The Conshohocken Recorder, June 12, 1958

              Our 88th Year Of Service
In
America's Historic Region Xo. 1
121 Awarded Diplomas
At Plymouth-Whitemarsh
0
Third Commencement
Sally Stevenson. Lafayette Hill.
Linda Uri-rlil. lint II ashinpan
II inners of Toft Academic Honors
1 y — ■ ' ; —
10c Thursday, Juno 12. 1958
'hirst Baptist
('oiigrpfzatittn
To Install Vastor
The Rev Erling Nielsen, r
cently ejected poxtar of Pint B«
tist Church of Conshohocken. *
w itiMailed formally at a ser\;
\ at ■ PM Wednesday
A h.iuie o! Dcnma:k. the 3
raarnial clergyma u succeeds t
Rev Warren D. Russell J> »
returned to li-» native
setts.
The new pallor (MM a bach-
-iiunity degree m MM1
i:on May 30 at Croser Theo.ny.
Seminary. Cheater, where he «...
*pectsl study.
' The Rev Mr Nielsen, married ;
,I„d. jrrajd.,u»a.t»e*. a„♦t iMl>M- and the father of two children, br- mmtm Bapl!s. muulUr ln ^^
.outh-Whiteniaish lli^h Khao] Thursday at ils third an- ^ri, ln 1944 alter an art career
mal otMuntneemenl nn natoed by Mfu Sails Sttvenaon, He u a graduate m Men awn*
"•:' Theological SemW~ToliosTboih
jifayette Aw., fnrt W*^hmgton;___ __ __ t ^ m Denmark
Top Head- mic hoaero UHU
^o-Publisher
Undergoes
Surgery Today
MM. ftmmtm MCOMB
l\ili< ni al Satreil
Heart Hohpilal
Mra Frances II McCuen. eo-pub-iaiier
of Weekly Review newapa-ere,
mhos* column, "Fran's Letter,''
ai attracted wtde Interest, un-lerwent
an operation at * o'clock
1111 morning at Sacred Heart Hoa-
DeKalb and Fornance Ste,
■JorrUUown
At noon today. Dr Paul R Mlr-iglla.
attending physician, aald Mra.
en'a condition » ■ mM&tm ■
Their rAoice for honor*, uadn-closed
until the MMVMM. sCteX
B'ight uat given the title Ot salii-
IrturiMit and Wtxi S.'errpisow. ceJr-rfn
Mr HI 11 They Wt accorded
magna cum laude" graduation,
hnnftrt
MIM Elizabeth Simons. 1501 San-
,1v M. . Rd. Plymouth Township,
won the gr atest number of grad-uate
awards She famed sU of Die
23 offered. Inc.uding two riusen-ship
award.*, three awards in Eng-lish,
and a history award.
Miss Margaret Oppenheimer 810
Ciermantown pike. Plymouth Val-ley.
won the lop award for higher:
jo.nl average In mathematics and
science and gained two othci
awards in mathematics
John C Tins, also a three-award
winner, won top honors tor science,
with honor; also ln English and
history.
In addition 14 tcholarthtp* to
win geeJsetf, tthoott. and Anipifai
nuriino schools, some of thetn un-announ<
ed until (he exercises, were
awarded.
Miss Lucy Vslero. Harnsburg.
Council
Won't Let
Burns Go
Burgess Breaks
Tie Vote on
Resignation
HAII. \NI) I \RF.WKI J — TV Per Gtorp K O'P '!.!..:! IV. ,....f. , „,
St. Charle, Borronwo Seminary. Ovtrbroafc. itamU between Albert Stonl mayor, ltft,
\;ilt'(!i'-tonnn an.) Mark tjuinn. rijrht. aaluUtorlan, at 79th ciminieiKTiiU'iit of St. Mmt-lliiw's
Ilijrli M'hixil. Suiulav afL-i noon.
Our 88lh Year 0/ Service
In
Americt('s Historic J{r»io;i So. I
*Yours a Privileged
Age' Orator Assures
Si. Matthew's Class
89 Receive Diplomas;
Paul I/yer and Mailer
Willihnganj Top List
Six of the 35 award* and a full «hnlar«hip to Note*
Dame Inivenuty rame the way of Paul Hyer, sen of Mr.
and Mrs JWj.h f Hyer, Ol K. Huh Ave., ('.msnohocken.
at the 79th annual commencement of St. Matting H kh
school, held Sunday aftermxn. at Tracy Halt.
__ | Eighty-nine received cliploman
| Nest highest prise-taker waa Hal-ter
Wilubngank, aoa al l>r and Mrs.
Eugene M illlhngana, 40tS Indian
Burgess James (Pat) Mel-lon
last night turtlfaj Bit
pOWW prescribed by gM to
vote in case of ties when he
ststatu executive of Pennsylvania voted "yes" to retain Joseph
State Education Association, pieat Burns as president of Borough
■ he main mHUe ol Weekly R*-.rlca Bn(1 Pfnnjylvanla. Conled a t-1 Vote on Burns
ew Publishing to. Inc.. MO W.i •ytaet iludent speakers delivered resignation.
lector st., I onshobocken. B» Me- >ddr(l!l,r on lr|(i tneriie. "Conlinue Burns submitted hit resignation
- ■*TJ1*1 u, Live". Nelda F. Smith spoke on in May when council voted i-6 to
By Paith". James W. Bierman on table the action until last night.
By Leanting" and Ellaabeth SI- Mellon eat through the lengthy riis-nona
on "By Leading'. cusaion ln silence. Called upon alter
Cardin D. Brown, supervising the tie vote, be aald simply. It
rded the prises and is with a gnat deal of pie
ueaday afternnun fnr nbaervatlan
■ I an abdominal rondltlon aggra-ated
by a hernia.
addition, she Buffered Injury
o am .ii«g"h*t ilcemg w»«h«ic.«h h•»a•s r"eNquu"ir™ed nrlnrlnli
lira sound therapy dally at The *,£?.,
tehabllitatiori Center at Phlladel-'
>ua. UOl Stenton Ave. Chestnut
ill She haa been absent from her
rCoaffnaed on Pace Sevtnj
Hre Wroi'krt \ulo
k-fore Owner
,el** First Ride
SUnley Oarapitudd of ft E Bm
II . aBrjJBaO>UK.kaO i"»"i •■■■
xuriirmr o{ liatiiia hi" -
recked before he ever got a ride in
Purchasing a IftW coupe, he had
perked in the rear of propenj at
41 E. Elm St. awaiting repairs he
tanned to make.
At 1:55 PM Pflrlay, the carburst
nto flames Washington Ptre Co.
,as unable to salvage It Origin of
he blase la ptinllng. aa Oscaplnskl
old firemen he had removed the
,ttery. aa a precaution against
nued on Page Five
12££
anber -nnnrll veeed aa
r>l to areepl Use resig-nation
Burna abstained from »vt-
IHJIosU. Kell> Met a
() (.arwuv awd F.itiae
Beat. ItoalBBtine. PiresteaM. <
ear. Mnnro. No<
Burns told council he was acting I
in Uie best intereata of the borough "
He aald he wou'd continue as a,
councilman but thought with ennw-j
one else In »he rh.tr ••-* ""tiff
get more things done fnr the bet-!
terment of the borough.''
Councilman Philip Oravlnese
who last month forced the tabling
of the action, demanded Burns to
name "what we have done detri-mental
to the taxpayers of Con-ahohoefcen
"
"I don't see what we have done
(Continued on Page .Sere*/
St. Matthew's
Ili«hOpens
Door to 45
AwanU IVfwittt'fl
I'liiiil* of 8th I.r.oh
At MIM YeMtrntuv
.. Lafaveite Hill He gained
five af the gr -dusir awards and waa
l In the same national merit
hip rontest wort hi Hyat.
Joan Welcer eswMkStf al Mr and
■tn rrauk Welcer, ^10 Harry St..
Conahohockeii. was third as an
..»*rd-getler She cnplured four at
the graduate award*.
The Rev. fieorge E O'Unnnell.
I III II . pnifr.«.r al Si t hjrlea Ber-rntnee
Semlaarv. Overbrook. aald In
an In.pirhig address. "Yawn la •
privileged and vital age".
BffjmM Rti-eaard the \ir-
: tiies of iruth and humility and ex-eujhl
grade studies at St llo|,«' 'ne graduates to use tlie di-
Mat-hewe Parochial school at mass vllie ""■"ts o* <h*ir jears toward
) laj ■■—tlal til tt Mllllna ■ "* »• 'or vhlch they were
Church, gaining promotion to Si Ti111
Matthew. High school. The Rev T*" Rt R" "Mi Cletus J Ben-
Ueorge L. Murphy, rector, olficated '*""" D D- "«»" of I
Awards for general excellence "[^ ^ PM,-h' "»»«>«'P«ia.
among eighth grade eludent* Meal The R„ „.,,„„ |j|Ul prtnr,pH,
greetrd the rlau and atftemHagr
and Intrndiirrd the ■prakrr
urty-five boys and girls
to Robert M Buek and Helei
Mahon Re Union awards were (roOJD
Joanne F. DlUlaoomo and busan
Carroll.
American Legion medals offered
an eighth grade boy and girl tor
excellent character trails and abilm
were gained by Nancy E. Best and
James C Kiilhsllon.
(Confutaed oa Pope thn$i
TOP WINNKRS — Piul V. Hyer. left, winner of m«
rVIUlbjigang, center, winner of next highost number of pr
wards and Waiter 1>.
own with the Kt. Kev
MsgA i.'letus J. ^PJfjp|"r *ea-w.r of Incarnation of Our Lnrrl Church, Philadelphia.
aawlrUliaj L»iiyiigeB^%e>iirVteWwirBt hohWy at St MatMir^s Kigrf gchohl. Myrr
69 on \\a\
Catholic War Veterans Award Bat I |fe llllllf II*
i eighth grade boy and girl
with * " JUHWF1
lli^h School
won full national merit acholarahfp to Notro Dame t niversit).
finalist for same honor*.
YVillihngans was
iphOtrN b* John DlSi
M'S^PTC^ 35 Promoted
~ At Exercises Chsrles Storm
Ave., Conshohocken.
•manded to the county pruoi
fudge Oroshen^ to swslt sentene
londay alter he pleaded guilty to
robbery charge.
Sgt. Francis Blake testified that
,-mn obtained 1*0 in a holdup at
drug store of Samuel stall.
ecurr and Poplar Sis. on the eve.
Area Spray in*:
To Control
Mosquitoes
(.. r;ilil Nsri, Allies
GoccifJ ^innent
Tf residents of Plymouth MretlnR
Park awaken Saturday to the sound
n( something which sounds Ironically
like all the mosquitoes ln the world
ganged overhead for stuck — it
'will be Just the reverse
Oerald Nerl. son of Mr and Mrs The Riant btrattng will be that of
Alfred Nerl. 13 W Elm St . Conaho- * low-flying plane which will aprav
ng nf March 5. and that he was! hoc ken and Agnes Cocclo. daughter the Bran between 8 and B A. M. to
aught le.is than an hour later in of Mr and Mrs Ernest Coccio. 530 control mosquitoes
aproom on K Kim St bv Officers, Old Elm SI.. Plymouth township. Sponsored by Plymouth Meeting
Ulsm Donovan and John Maaur wou top honors lor general excel- Park Civic Association, the spraying
Kata was preparing lu iluse the tenet al annual exercises held b> will be the first of HUM
an when Storm came In snd an- SS roama.* and Da nils n eight-1 The area to be apmyed consists
unced: This is a sUckup," ac- | Kmde Parochial school kt mass Sun- of 75 a. res. stretctung bet wren Bui-lding
to Blake. dav at SS. Cosmas and Damnui ler nnd Chfmicnl roadh and from
Wawng what appeared ■ lo be a Church Thirty-five boys and girls QermHiitowu Pike to the west edge
o.ver, ha ordered KaU to open completed study. Gerald) also re- of Fnxbllt Homes The tiKSoclstlon
he cash register, taking $40 After reived a two-year scholarship to St hended bv Don sidiei. 2112 Sierra
<ionn left. Kata quickly called Ma-1 Joseph's College High school. Phil- Rd. Plvmouth Park . lias notified
I and Donovan. j iCummur'1 on Pane Seven) bhf Otvll Aeronautics Board.
Conshohocken
StudivH Coat
Ol Incinerator
Conshohockrn Boroufh Cou-ncU.
indlcsi.ng mat 11 must
be done in the future, glossed
over tentative fxfures on the
cost ot UMiig tire Whitemarsh
tnwru-hip incinerator now un-der
construction.
Ernest Pettine. chairman of
a committee that mat with
Whitemarsh officials last Thur-sday,
said the coat would be ga
a ton. based on population
Population there la about the
same aa Conshohocken's, he
said.
"The co*t Is based on four
and a half pounds of refuse
per person." Pettine said, "and
at thai rate || would cost us
about 1110 a day."
Joseph Burns, president of
council, said the street work-men
weighed a capacity load
of trash to determine an ave-rage
load in order to arrive at
an estimate. "It would be more
than 115.000 a year on that ba-sis."
he , m
However, council Indicated
1 would have to consider tne
Whitemarsh offer <an answer
must be given by Aug at) be-cause
the quarry now used near
Bridgeport for dumping; la ai-
.TO'I n:>fl
The incinerator committee
and street erowa wlB submit
a report next month.
Bridgeport Contractor
Enters Boy, 11 in Derby;
21 Boys Building Racers
outstanding characteristics went
Judith H. O'Rourke and John M
; Kelley. Klwants Club Award to at:
] eighth grade pupil waa given WU-
[ Uam Can.
n*w uni.i.
I Francis Blake. Albert Brnarr. Rob-erl
Buek, Paul Burke. William Can
Donald Clark. Michael Ford Thom-as
Ford. John Kelley. James Kll-
. gallon
| Thnmaa Moore. John O'Brien
Fraiuls O'Donneu. Ronald roillllli
f Fianru Pnpek. John Rlchter. Mab>
1 ert Roninno. Joseph Sclafani. James apenking parU. others In
K Donald Smith
John SznuinsK!. Jiunrs '!.',■
(Continued on Page Three)
\ Bhtty-ntne brwa aivl suit
pleted afudy In Irw
Conshohorkeii Pit
schools at eai
In the audit
High school. They were prom <
Junior high school
TftMSM of the ttrocram was "
An ol Living Together The <
■iited.
■
I Ml V Ol'MMISM AM) HAK1) MtiKh Plans
for RsrpubUcaJI I'tiily dinnn 1'iidav next week ;it Sliera-too
Hotel, in Philadelphia, fol rwal -. M1|-i»rr by Philip
■ >n. left, I'ljnimiifi M.-t'tinjr- new chairman of
Sf>uthea.*tern Republican Finance committee; Jfime« M.
Anderson, president of tho Union League and chairman
of eoninlttM arranging tinnier aiul Oeorjl fcloon. >t*tc-cliairman
of the Rc|niblitan Part* uf Peniisyhaiiu at
liMH'ht'iin atl'-nde.l liy Jiifi .M.muay at Ihe Kan-lav. BetU
Ht'Htm: "VSith unity, optimism and hard work. '
publican Party will be organised early for a vis;oroii«.
winning campaign in the falL"
A Bridgeport contractor stepped
up to "Hank" Slater, director of the
Lt-.iahohocken soap Box Derby, one
night recently after a sound film of
Hie 1017 national Derby ln Ohio
had been shown a Boy Scout group
I'd like to sponsor a boy In the
Derby," ha ssld
John P. Buckelew. IK W Fifth
I.. Bridgeport, head of a contract-ing
firm at 404 DeKalb St. Bridge-port,
was enthusiastic about the
derby. He termed the film "one of
the moat inspiring I have ever seen "
As a result at hi* genereus effer,
the Bridgeport baalnea* man will
aponsoe Thoenas (larnril. II. son af
Mr. and Mrs. Edwla (•arnril. 030
Her tor HI., tonshohorken, a
atxth grader In Con*hoh orken I'uh
schools He Is thr MM boy to
refiner far the rutting I iiurlri of
Julj r.fiil, upeii la all bojs af the
area. 11 la la.
Total reglatratlon now la 23 New
contestants, since the last list pub-lished
In The Recorder include:
(•as Speldel Jr.. 14. aon of Mr
and Mrs Speldel 8r. 148 E Sixth
Ave, aeventh grade, Conshohocken
Junior high school.
F.rweW Iebald 14. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oeorga lebold. Mb HslioweU
::• . ninth grade. Conshohocken
High school. Sponsor. McClements
Pharmacy.
Betas Thomas. IS son of Mr and
Mis Walter J. Thomas. 2231 Cor-dons
Lane. Plymouth Meeting, eighth
grade. Plymouth-Whitemarsh High
rchoo) sponsor. Conshohocken Ct-,
so Sen ice Station
RosiM lileaaager. tt. son of Mr
snd Mra. Ronald Dieaintrer. 146 Bar-ren
Hill Rd.. Spring Mill, aeventh
grade. Plymouth-Whitemarsh High
school Sponsor. Spring Mill Fire Co.
Jesse t*temple. 11, son of Mr. and
Mrs Jesse Stemple Jr. II W. Hec-tor
SU fifth grade. St. Matthews
rliuh school. Sponsor. Ladles' Aid
Wnslilngtou Fire Co. Conshohock-en.
Solicitation of representative In-dustries,
business houses and organ-izations
for prizes for the derby has
been begun under direction of Jo-seph
Flneran. an officer of Wag*
JIT Post 723, American Legion, so-sponsors
of the Derby.
Registration may be made I A
M to ■ p. M. Monday through Fri-day
and I A. M. to I P. M, Satur-day.
hpJojMj Elect
Merritt lUackburn
| Merrltt Blackburn. )
o nte:. was elected president .if
the senior class ot the lft&g-U lai :>
P;ymouth-Whitetnarsh High *c!uw.
Last Friday.
Other officers are Ronald D'Lou-ao,
of Flourtown. vice pi i
Nancy Joan McCuen. Spring Mill,
secretary snd Anna Marie Verna-chlo.
Black Horse, treasurer.
The class will be the first to
complete a full four-year oourar v,d" "B'|"'^
at tile new high school
GBHBSC Salr to 4id
ttn\- BaM'Uall I iiml
A cake sale aaflj be he^d Saturday
at Our Lady of Mount Carmrl
cnurch. Black Horse by the West
District No l CMc Association
Mrs Seth Calcagnl will be chair-man
Proceeds a ill aid* the biddy
baieba.! equipment fund.
The baseball program has regis-tered
35 boys under the direction of
Ralph San'.oro and E'tro Volpe
A meeting of the ct\ic group will
be he.d at 8 Wednesday in Moun:
Csrme! Club. Beth Calcagnl w...
preside.
Identity of winners nf awards mn
■'* the program
Awards Roslyn Robinson
Hi nee T<dd Patty Ronnni,
Garnrlt. James Bruno snd Robert
Laskey.
A-h.■irment Awards' Jean Bon-bjgy
link. NlroUi Racich,
Mi Cell. Wayne Flowers.
All roeeh ed gttetuta silver pins
from li . "
Eva M.ttn. r recetrsd Hie »a Con-
KiwiMiis Club Award for
cliiir;T'-;;sl!rs
Ushers were MarUjra Pearson,
Betty Bailey r>.ris Hltohoaeh and
Susan McKlwee. fifth grade pupils.
CLAM IOI I
William Ames. James Bruno. De-nary
Brmisoii. Jamea
Pwalh'l'.), David Dotler. John Do-baali.
David F.ml, Howard Flowers,
Wayne Flowers, Dennis Ferst, Fd-wjrd
Freese Thomas Oan lets,
Richard Oarnett. Richard Graham.
Nathaniel Oreen. Gerald Gray, Rob-
The board of iqpon isors of rTt Hanaeli Wm. Hadley David
Whitemarsh to»ni<hi[. will meet al Harris. Harvev Jone«. Harvev KItt,
8 tonight at the township building. Thomas Keensn. Michael HowelL
Joshua Rd and First Aie. Latay- Robert Laskev. ET.iest Mathls
William McCall. John Matchin-lonin.
Larry McQuirns. David Mc-
Quitnt, Ttiomas Mrdunlck. Robert
Rodenbaugh. David Hmerecki. David
Smith, Orvllle Shtvlck. Bruce Todd,
Thomas White. Walter Zellnskl
Jean Bonkoakl. Dorotry Bovrfl.
Mary Carlln Irma Fortes, Volatida
Pnrtee. Joy Oarnett Elaine Helfrn-irayer.
Margaret Heffeptrsier, Rita
Hill. Pattt Horn, Janet Henrtquee.
Grace Jackson. Fannv Johnson
Deborah Link. Julia M.usells,
Fva Maurer. Reltyann Noblitt. Sut
sen Oatrowakl, Linda Frignarla,
Mary Phlpps. Barbara Ruben. Ro-salind
Robinson. Sunrtr:i Richard*
aon, Carole Rode nn* ugh, Pmiv Ron-an.
mesjg " Ira Todd,
Dorle Turner Mary While. Jean
Wodarski. Willie Foggv
Supervisors
Meet Ti)iii|£lit
Mount Holyokr t.lnh
&p<Ht*&rittg Henefit
Mrs John J Saundeia 3d. of 713
rilMaTollllSj)! H4 krdenlirlui u a
BMMBM of a SMaattltM i
benefit MefotMOas e rd "**snpi
rtuntlng'' *omorrow hlght at the
Va!lev Foige Muajc ClrotlO The'
even' is sponsored bv i
saWjesM r\-,f "f Philadelphia foi
'ha support of the college.
THKOI (,H THK VLARS — Frank R. Sykea. com-mander
of Hattal-Taylor Pont 333, Veteran* of For-
«ijni Warn nf the 1 nitcd SlateR. preaents citation t" Hut-old
fTiailllllll -McC'ji'n. lOjstor <>i Weekly Rcnrtt« n*'\t>-
paper.s, which include The Conshohocken ReconUr and
The Valley ForgfJ Si-ntinel, at brief ceremony Thursday
nijrht at hooairjljartfiri in Rt>xlxirou/h. Awurtl is in
LOU lit Id.-.- trails uf Alltt-lUaii i ilii.-naliip
Ovtrrarwifngrnntritnitjori t«i the foininunitv Issfvuo/h tn*
medium "I tin- prtoa. lit- ha,-. a« oatftor and paalisher
of The gewVJwW and The Suhurl-an Pnaa, fmthe,
reliffi-'i". cultural and aocia! life of our com-riunity
through tho years. -a*s4sel* ugm pnoto o» fun MbC'jsa
Four Calls . . .
And Then Sold
Thev re the words of Mrs
gsfcrald 13-vis, 210 Overlook Rd..
gaMfeOtl Bfdjl
"Four calls and then sold
Mrs Dajrij had a gaa range
for sale. It was white. M Inches,
oren control
She told all of that tn a Clas-sified
Ad m this newspaper.
The cost: |3 for 13 words
And the gas range waa sold
oo the fourth call
Why did Mrs Dr.vis place her
ad In this newspaper'
Because this is one of ■ family
chain of six Uiat reaches 110.000
every Thursday
Her ad appeared in six news-pupeiB
for the pritr of one
in pesj a a classified
Ail iti jii*( |
TA 8-4600
BR 9-0950