The Conshohocken Recorder, November 5, 1909

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THE CONSHOHOCKEN RECORDER FRIDAY- NOVEMBER 5- 1900 #1 PER VKAH
SCHOOL FINANCES
-A NEW METHOD PROPOSED
WHICH WILL BETTER GUARD
AGAINST MISTAKES.
POLISH SCHOOL
DEDICATED
The Bnsnces <>i the school district
were under consideration at the meet-ing
of the School Board on Wedni iday
•«v« nlng.
Tia- committee appointed to kubmlt
-a plan, of which Mr. I.ee Is the chair-man,
made a report, and point wan
lent to the need o( a better system
by the fact that two bills paid at a
I>r< vioua meeting came before " the
bi>;.r.l and were again approved by
-the committees.
Mr. I^ee made the following state-nieni
and suggests as to the pUn:
All bills for services, materials, etc.,
furnished to the Conshohocken School
Board must be sent to the chairman
•of the particular committee which
has given the order for such mater-ials
or services.
After the chairman of a committee
•hall ha\» examined' and approved
the bills which have been sent to him,
he, in turn, will forward the same to
the treasurer of the School Hoard.
And the treasurer shall then make
<iut the proper vouchers anil present
them at the regular business meeting
of the School Board^ready for the- «I«-
nntures. then the treasurer *ha1l
Anally sign the vouchers and make
tiiem negotiable paper. The treasurer
is not required to make out vouchers
tor any bill which is not In his hands
jit least two days before the regular
meeting of the School Board.
Suggestions.
It is suggested that the salaries of.
teachers pnd janitors be paid by a
■sii.gle voucher made to the order of
the Chairman Of Teachers ami Text
Booki Committee, who. in turn, shall
pay the teachers and janitors Individ-ually.
it u aoggeated that the Trej rarer
tli ill hand i" "ie chairman »r each
■commitit e ai each bualneas meeting.|
a slip oi paper signed by bint; Bet-I
tin}: Forth the yearly appropriation I
which has lx-cn spent to date, and thai
. balance, Of appropriation still to the I
credit of such committee.
AH goods 01 materials requlrt-J tor
Hi. -i ■• or" the School Hoard Bhould
•be ordered on a regular form, si mod
by the Superintendent or other author-ised
person. For tola purpose i tub
p.'d or book is suggest, ,1. which pio-videa
for making out such orders In
duplicates, so that when the original
order is sent cut the copy will bO re-tained
in the stub of the book. Such
«rd«r book should be in the charge of
tho superintendent, rbls rill facili-tate
the checking oi biila when ttey
4ire rendered.
After mucn discussion it was ('end
-ed to post|one action until the Decem-ber
inebtlng, as while the members
fully approved of the proposed chi'iig-
•es, it was deemed such an Important
subject that action was postpone"', so
that each member may have time to
thoroughly know the workings ol the
ohm before its final adoption.
Mr. Wood made a motion that the
resolution, as offered by the commit-tee,
be adopted by the Board.
This, however, was subsequently
withdrawn, and a motion made by Dr.
regtmeler that the resolution chang-the
financial practice 11 the Board
be i, ferrc d again ic the committee
lor report at the Decemoer meeting
"The Sinking Fund.
Troasurer Morrison suggested tin re
,.,,,. iuff|< lent funds In bank to take
Up a |3000 note dw on November
Hth.
Xhl caused > question as to the
pros: ui condition ol the sinking fnnd,
.As nothing ban been paid into this
fund this year. Mr. Woods motion was
adopted lliiil an order be drawn each
month from no* until the end of the
fiscal year tor $860 to be paid to the
.rein ol Ihe 'Inking fund.
Mr. McCoy's motion was also adopt-ed
that Treasurer Morrison pay off
Ihe $3000 note when due.
Orders for the following amounts
were granted:
John Kohoe, school supplies $4.85
11. C. Jones & Co., waste 48
Bell Telephone Co 4.M
Klecttic Light and Power Co. ..
■William Wright
J. .1. Fineran. repairs
Henry Holt, books
Mrs. H. Buzzard
A. P. W. Paper Co., toilet paper. 13.50
Jan. Conrduff, sewing machines 54.00
Borough of Conshohocken, bond 182.44
* -William Rex. hauling 100
-M^COjfs Pharmacy 1.13
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NEW SCHOOL BUILDING OF ST.
MARY'S CHURCH DEDICATED
VESTERDAY WITH GREAT CERE-MONY.
lij.oir
tii.70
10.50
4.23
'.'be new school building ol St
Mary's Polish Catholic- Church wan
dedicated yesterday with appropriate
ceremonies. Five visiting priests
Were present including Hev. Father
Wassyca. of Heading, spiritual adviser
of the order of Bernedlne Sist. l in
Blasters Pennsylvania.
At 10.80 o'clock in the morning High
Muss was celebrated In the Church,
all the school children attending in
B body. The mass was celebrated by
Rov. Was/.yca. At the conclusion of
tne service. there was a procession of
the clergy, sisteis and school children
from the chuirh to the school, lleio,
a room was used as a chapel end a
temporal y altar was elected and dress-ed.
Father Was/.yca preached »lie
dedicatory sermon In which he gave
much good advice to bolh the children
an-' th' ir rarenfs, and pointed out the
great sdrantages of an education
Alter the exercises in the scho.il had
boon concluded a procession was
again formed and uroce eded beck to
the church, where a short service c in-cluded
the ceremonies.
The visiting priests were: Kev.
Waatyca, of lUuclng; Rev. Tonuk, of
Manirink, Rev. Wier'.inaki, of Ches-ter;
Rev. (Jtogowskl and Rev. Traw.
nlesek, of Philadelphia.
The school :s under the supervision
of Rev. .iihn Osadnik, rector of St.
Mary's, and la in charge of Mother
Marie and Sisters Vontlna and Ml ry,
of the Order of Bernedlne Sister*.
The school building is built of trick
and is located on Maple street, .ind is
attached to the rear of the <lunch
building. M is two stories high and
ii, first floor contains three large
light and airy rooms, whi< n ar I de-voted
entl'.ely to rohcol purposes.
The -!■■ ■ til tic.or contains seven rooms
and an- used by the sisters as living
T.I.- building is steam-heated
ami contains ail the i tern fiirjrrove-i,
i ntl and conveniences A oii'slory
building was built several years BgO
and tins summer the building was en-larged
and another story .ul>led. This
work baa Just been completed and
gives to this parish a wett-equlpped
school building.
The Slaters have- had charge "f the
school but a short time, and at the
beginning of the fall term havo ie-organlsed
the school and established
grades. The course of study torn-prises
the following subjects: Read-ing,
spelling, penmanship, arithmetic,
history, geography, mental arithme tic,
drawing, physiology, grammar, Blng>
ing, the English and Polish langdages.
l/icl. morning the school children
assemble at 8 o'clock and in a body at-tend
maoa In the- church, after which
tuey return to the school and proceed
with the day's work.
It is the deeve of Hev Oaadnlk the
rector, and Sitteis Maiie, Vontlni and
Mar) to make St. Marys school one of
the best Polish parochial school* in
the State'.
AMBLER GIRL BECOMES A BRIDE
The wedding nl Miss SlBle Leonora
Ring -end Stanley it. Stager look
place Wednesday evening, at "Grey-
Btnne," Ambit r, the home ol the b
mother, Mrs. Charles P. Ring.
The ceremony, which was witnessed
by the Immediate families only, was
performed by the Rev. William G.
Rommel, ol Bflaabeth, N. J., assisted
i,. tbe it. v. 0-. Berkley Griffith of
Trinity Memorial Church, ambicr.
The bride was attended by hoi- sis-t.
r. Misa Bath 1'iei.t .-s King, and the
bridegroom by Iir. t'hailes C. Norris.
A small reception lollowed the cere-mony.
Afterward >hc bride and bridegroom
left for i trip oi sevedal months
through Europe.
Knox to Build a "White Houoe"
John I., llalteman. a Pottstown
contractor win tract the stone work
for Secretary of 8tate Philander C.
Knox's new mansion at Valley Forge.
Native .alley Forge stone will be
used, to which will be applied a spiral
preparation that will make the build-ing
a "white house."
If you have an item of news It
would be appreciated if you send it
to The ReVe order.
; 0:-(>\ \\ ILSO.N
DIES SUDDENLY
HEAD FARMER AT "CAMP DIS-CHARGE,"
MR. HOWARD WOOD'S
ESTATE, SUDDENLY STRICKEN
WHILE TAKING CHILDREN TO
SCHOOL.
Solon ('. Wilson, heael farmer lor
Howard Wood, at Camp Discharge
farm In Lower Merlon, died suddenly
on Wednesday morning. His death
Occurred in a most tragic and pathet-ic
manner,
As was his eu.seom. Air. Wilson on
Wednesday morning was taking his
two young daughters to school In a
buggy. When near Woodlane station,
Mr. Wilson noticed that part of the
fence enclosing a Held on the hillside,
was down, in- got out or the carriage
and maele his way up the Steep hill
to Inspect the fence and quicklv re -
turned to the waiting children. Upon
reaching the carriage he was si Ised
with a hemorrhage. In- told his-chil-dren
he was dying. Ills words fright-ened
the m but they were brave, and
knowing It was absolutely necessary
that assistance be obtained, they
helped him into the, earriuge. and
hurriedly drove for home. The yo.mg-er
child drove the horBe wfiil; the
elder supported her dying father.
The quick return of the team
brought Mrs. Wilson and a Polish
woman servant from the house to liud
the rause of their return. They aided
the afflicted man to the dining room
and placed him upon a couch, and
telephoned for Dr. William McKenzie,
of this borough. The patient, with
life fast ebbing away, became speech-less
but suddenly summoning all his
strength arose from the couch, took
off his overcoat, spoke a few endear-ing
words of farewell to his Wife and
children, and expired.
Mr. Wilson was tt ye ;irs of age. and
I son of Frank and Mary Wilson, anil
has been in the employ of Mr. Wood
as head fanner on his "Camp Dis-charge"
estate for tho past fitteen
lie came bera with his fam-ily
from Kennel t Square, Chester
county ii WSJ lovei and respected
by all who knew him anil had the en-tire
confidence of bis employer and his
family.
Mr. Wilson bad been a sufferer fioni
tube re ulosis of the lungs for the past
three years and under the direction
of Dr. McKenzie, of this place, has
been taknlg the fresh air treatim nt.
Bleeping OUt Of doors and leading a
most exact life. The treatment
seamed to be beneficial and during the
past year his condition seemed to be
bettor until he was stricken so sud-denly.
Dece ased was a member of the local
Presbyterian Church and a regular at-tendant
until the time of his ii atli
lie- was also a member of Montgom-ery
Circle No. 10, B. O. U., of this bor-ough;
West Chester I^Jelge No. 4-8, I.
O. O. F.; Wenonah Tribe No. 16, I
O. R. If., of Chad's Ford.
The funeral will be held from his
late residence, Woodlane, to-moi row
afternoon at 8.8Q o'clock. Tho inter-ment
will he made at Riverside
Cemetery, Norrlstown.
WILLS PROBATED
Bj the win oi' i.i/.z.ie s. Frets, late
of Jenkintown, the bulk of the estate
is li it to the decedent's husband, U'm.
II I ret/., for life, and upon his de-ls
to bo divided among the
children. The sum of $iuu is given
to tin- trustees of the Uorsham Friends
Meeting, In trust, the Income to be
used to keep in order the Shoemaker
famil) graves. The husband ana .'Mir
ristown Trust Co. an- made trustee s
aii.i executors. .
'.inford S. Hessen. late of Ambler.
makes bis widow. Emma C, BOle bene-ficiary
and executor,
wm tin iBberger, late of Bridg«port,
names his widow. Maggie, sole ben-dietary
and executrix.
Officer Charles Slavin is again on
duty after several clays illness.
Headquarters
—FOR—
Men's Army Shoes
Orsell's Shoe Store,
79 rsyette Stratt, Coruhertctken
AMI; in (is CUBS
BNTERTAINMENT
THE ELECTION NIGHT BANQUET
AND ENTERTAINMENT WAS THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL EVER GIVEN
BY CLUB—PROFESSIONAL VAU-DEVILLE
TALENT WAS THLRE.
A COMMUNICATION FROM THE
CLUB.
Election night is looked forwur I to
by the mebers of tho Americus Club
as a Unit for banqueting and enter-tainment.
The commit', i- in charge last Tues-day
evening offered a program far
BIIIpassing nny of their former affoita.
Thriugh the Courtney of Manager An-lrews
of Little's Opera House and Mr.
S'blo-ki ol (he Qarriek Theatre, Nor-ristowii,
the performer* from • aoh
lion e were sent to the club after ibeir
uct:e wen finished and gave one ol the
best vaudeville entertainments ever
been in Conshohocken.
Joseph W. Cavanagh acted as toasts
master.
Prof. CosteOo with the piper.". B.
Fera cornet and an orchestra or
four, led by Prof. J. Didonato, \- ere
the instrumentalists. Messrs. James
and Alan Campbell. Joseph Baird. John
and William Miller and Frank At'.in-son
and his Continental Quart-tto,
were the vocalists.
Burgess Ray in a few weU-choem
n murks, welcomed the vls'tors. John
(Cobbler) Murphy recited an original
tiavesty entitled "New Year's Eve at
Meaneys." The committee consist",|
of .1. B. Ray. R. Bate, Jr., P. I.
P. J. Meany and Joseph Cavanagh.
The club, which has been organ /eel
nearly twenty years, is in a flourish-ing
condition. M. F. Moore is pi si
u--:it, James "Holland secretary, and
John Casey, treasurer.
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A COMMUNICATION
A DEFENCE OF ITALIANS
To the Recorder:—
A Noirii-town paper of VVednc I iv
published an erroneous account of th<
proceedings at the Americus ciib on
Tuesday evening, stating that Mr
riurty, Jury Commissioner, was lv»
en a reception at the Americus i
While the members to a man -. i r<
glad to See a ! fellow'-townsmen e|. !
on the county ticket, they take (bis
opportunity to contradict the
ments as published in that paper.
Mr. Moriarlty is not a member of
the Americus Club anil there is an
iron clad rule which says no one ex-cept
he be a member can enter the
club room. The Club Is not In any
Way identified with politics and "ill
take no hand in politics as a olnh.
We will appreciate it if you will
please publish the above in the He -or-e'.
er as the article in question pi-wed
Mr. Moriarlty and the Club in a false
light.
JOS. W. CAVANAGH.
Chairman Kente rtainment Com,
CALVARY CHURCH NOTES
Tho Girls friendly society win Lave
their annual Corporate Communion on
Sunday at 7.80 A. M. All communi-cants
nre expected to be present. Do
not miss it. It is the highest oxp'"ss
ion of love and good fellowship.
Holy Communion «iil in celebi I il
Sunday at 10.30 A. M. it is l I
that every communicant of the P b
will be at the altar to be food bj in i
Christ—Tbe Rector, Rev. Archibald H.
Bradshaw, will preach upon "Jesus as
the Bread of Ufa." A special i for-ms:
will be given for 'Ministerial Edu-m'
and will be presented as i 'ok
en of love and osteem to Mr, E
Harry.
A special musical service wll' be
the ei-dor nl 7.80 P. W. .Mrs. s- ■ -n
Mills will be the soloist. She is • n
the Welsh Church in Philadelphia—
tnnt is noted for its good music. Mrs.
Mills has sung In Calvary Church be-fore
ami all who have heard her "ill
he glad to have the opportunity nl Ha
tmlng to her beautiful, sympatr 'tic
and well-trained vobe again.
Calvary Church has exception.i' -id
vantages in having a fine organise ind
choir master as Mr. Crev Steele. The
choir of thirty-five voices is one o' the
best in the Diocese. Visitors from
Rryn Mawr and other places say 'Cal-vary
Churrh Choir Excels". Th, neo-pie
of Conshohocken who love m« '<<■
have a privilege at their very £ nra,
During the winter months Cn1'un-church
will make a specialty of n Ha-
IOUR music. This is your chance!
Why not improve a golden opportuni-ty?
To the Ret order:
l an ii dltor ol this pap i or any
i' ader explain why BO many so- ailed
Americans are always condemning
and making it disagreeable for Ital-ians
or descendants of Italians. While
I consider mysell an American, being
born in this country, my parents came
from Italy, i am classed by many
people who consider themselves learn-ed
Americans, which I must say they
are not, as an ltajian. I do not coi>
sider It a disgrace to be called an
Italian; in fact, 1 thluk that a person
of that nationality has reason to be
proud.
I ask the above question because I
know that those conditions prevail,
know It by personal experience and
Observation For Instance: A highly
respected and progressive Italian fam-ily
moved moved Into a house on West
Thirel avenue, this borough, a few
days ngo. and on account of the male
members of the family having all the Ir
time through the day occupied per-forming
their duty at their various
employments, it maele It necessary
lor the m to tack elown their oarpeta
and arrange their furniture in the
evenings. Last evening while tack-ing
down carpets, a neighbor, who
calls himself an American, callud at
the house of theso Italians and de-manded
to know why the y were doing
such work In the evening, he claiming
that it disturbed his sleep. FuiUier-niore,
he stated that If they wouid go
into the street he would whip them
all. He sneered and said. "You nre
trying to become Americanized cent
yini."
Th-v 'lie Italians, refused to accept
his challenge to fight and tried to ap-pease
him am! talk the matter over
in a ge ntlemanly way, but h" refused
to listen to reason and kept on b>
stilting Ilieni in a brutal way. He
also state.I thai they would DOl be
neighbors long If he could help, a--' it
was his intention to try to get them
evicted from the premises. Other
members ol his famil] throw insults
by Bpittlng when they see am ol
ihi -" Italian • about.
Now dear editoi and r ader, « h i do
yon cwnalilw is more- American!; d
the Ann ii, an and his family or the
Italian famil] who, b> the way, at
tend to their own business, lime a
' itlon ,eu the lr cleanliness and
bavi always been reri desirable neigh-bora.
I must admit that many Italians
ore dirty and noisy, but why should
all oi them be condemned because of
tin fallings oi some. The editor and
reader will agree with me when I say
Hint if the Italians were not bold back
so much there would be many more
Of them to become thoroughly Ameri-canlied,
but notwithstanding tne fact
that they are being hampered in their
endeavors to become BO, they are mak-ing
very rapid strides.
There Is little possibility of any
Italian coming to your door to ask
for the loan of a little sugar, etc.
You will' Bad that they are all Indus-trious
workers and are not afraid to
do the hardest kind of work in ord« r
io be independent ii'oni the charity
ol others. Ikies this cla-s of people
e condemnation!
in closing I desire to saj that If this
American and many.others of '"Is Ilk
would live like the family on
Weal Third avenue is living, it. would
do away with many undesirable peo-pj
p, rbaps i t.i i, an thinks thai he
. ttei :- ii; uthei i" i
CORNBUUS DESIMONB.
COUBI i hock n. Pa., Nov. 3, 190 i
DEATHS
Wll SON.—On November :'-. 1909, al
I lane, Uontgon t i) cotmtj. "-' ■
Ion C. Wilt-on, i:u. i ai ■■ "i Cat's
Wilson and son of Frank and
Wilson. ag< d *a years.
The relatives and friends Of the
tamll;, also Montgomery Circle No 10,
it o rjM of *%>nshohocken; West
Chester Lodge No. •)-'. I. 0. 0 P.,
Wenonah Tribe, No. 75, 1. <> B. M..
of Chadd's Ford, are respectfullj in-vlted
to attend the funeral on Satur-day,
November 6, at 2.80, from late
residence, Woodlane, Montgomery
countv. Interment, RlveraWe, Norrls-town.
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Ll'THERAXS TO
MEET HERE
THE PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE
OF THE EAST PENNA. SYNOD
WILL MET IN ST. MARK'S LUTH-ERAN
CHURCH ON MONDAY-SECOND
TIME IN 15 YEARS—LA-DIES
MAKE PREPARATIONS TO
ENTERTAIN VISITORS.
The Philadelphia Conference of the
Evangelical Lutheran Syno.1 of East
Pennsylvania win meet hire in st.
Mark's Church on Monday and Tile-B-elay
next.
The first meeting will be held on
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. In
the evening services will be held at
7.10 o'clock. On Tuesday, three serv-ices
will be held. The morning serv-ice
will begin at 9 o'clock, the arter-noon
at 2 o'clock and the closing serv-ice
will begin at 7.45 o'clock.
Many clergymen and laymen, repAB-sentlng
the various churches in this
Synod, will atte nd the conference and
the Busy Workers, an organization of
ladles of St. Mark's, are making prepa-rations
to fittingly entertain the visit-ors
during their two days stay here.
The Busy Woikcrs have engaged the
banquet room in Little's Hall and will
serve dinner and supper to the \islt-ors.
This is the second time in th ? his-tory
of St. Mark's Church that the con-ference
has n.et he-re. About IS
years ago when the church was" In it*
Infancy, the conference met here and
the visitors were highly pleased with
tne hospitality of St. Mark's. This
year greater preparations are being
made and it is the hopr of the mem-bers
of St. Mark's that the visitors will
be Well taken care of and that the
services will be largely attended.
The Philadelphia Conference e m
braces tho eountii'S of Philadelphia
an.i Montgomery, several churches in
New Jersey and a mission in the State
oi Delaware, The churcheh forming
this Conference have over '.moo mem-bers
and own property valued at $1.-
ii4.»oo. Mr. -i. Warren Bchllchter,
of this borough, is treasurer of the
Conference.
The program will be as follows:
'l.vo—Opening of Conference; Organi-zation.
3.30—Family Worship (16 Minute*
Papei I
a. Its Biblical Basis.
Kev. W. Frank Hersh
h. Its Practical Observance.
Rev. .1. W. Henderson
Discussion.
3.80—The Prayer Meeting (16 Minute.
Papers)
a. its Benefits ....Rev. J. B. I.au
b, Participation.
Kev. J. Eugene Dletteilch
Discussion
4.30—Appointment of lCommlttees.
Adjournment.
Monday Evening.
7.46—Kvening Service
Sermon: The Responsibility of Par-ents
for the Salvation of Their
Children Hev. w. w. Anstadt
Tuesday Morning.
9.00— Devotional Service,
Rov. P. IS. Hierbnner
9.30—Conference M lesions
a. Report of the Advisory Commit
tee ■ Rev. J, F. Hartman, l>. D.
b. Finances ..Mr. A. i>. Chlquolne
c. An Outlook ..Kev. K. W. Staley'
1 i ion Business,
11.00 Exegesis: Matthew 16:18, 19.
Rev. Q. /.. Btupp
loll.
11.60—Announcements and Adjourn-ment.
Tuesday Afternoon
2 0' Business.
.:.::•)—The Bundaj School (15 Minute
Papers i
u. organized Classes,
Rev. I-: ii. Parson
b. General Organisation,
Rev. \V. II, l)e rr
o. How to Develop Teachers,
Rev. I.. H. W. Kline
el. Graded Lessons,
Rev. M. c. Richard
Discussion.
i to -Adjournment.
Tuesday Evening.
7.4")-Song Service.
8.00—Church Loyalty (1", Minute Pa-pers)
a. What It Is. Re v. Stephen Trnver
b. How to Cultivate It.
Kev. H. S. Cook
8.40—Revision of Membership Roll—
How, Wheu and Why,
Rev. W. H. Harding
Adjournment.
SaOSSSaaOSOS»<><>•>SHSj<5 HEAD THE RECORDER, $1.00 a Year
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