The Conshohocken Recorder, March 31, 1960

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TA 8-4600 Vol. 9046 Thunday. March 31. 1960—10c
♦ SO GOOD!
♦ 90 Year. .' Knew How
$5 yearlj by nmil
Hoffman
Not Talking,
Or Reading
Refuses to Admit
He Has KntnrletifH'
Of Open Letter
Km, Edna MM Mortal
S'pent Itooet of" Tier "leisure
hours last week answering- her
telephone in her home at
Black Horse.
The calls were the result of an
open letter penned by Mrs. Morris
which appeared In The Recorder of
March 34 In which she took ad-vantage
of the freedom of the
local press to "speak, her piece"—
a right she claims she, and other
citizens of Plymouth township were
denied at a public meeting of Lite
township commissioners on March
1* when a preliminary budget was
adopted over a roomful of protests
muffled by the gavel, wielded by
Bernard J. Hoffman, president of1
the board.
Mrs. Morris, who resides at 1309
E. Main St., has an army of s'.in-
"The phone nan been ringing all
week," Mrs. Morris said. "P«i-lilr
hare been calling to tell me how
well worded they thought my let-ter
was—and bow much to the
"Adverse comment >•• f I've had
none at all."
Asked If she lind any other com-ment.
Mrs. Morris said:
"No. I've said all I'm going to
(Continued on Page Seven)
Organ Tuner
A«|iliv^inti*>tl as
Fire Ruins Bed
Co- Worker Finds Body
Sprawled on Floor of
Home on Butler Pike
The nnk»'«l. iprawthlf body of Carl Mailman. 27. an
organ tuner and repairman, was found at 8:4j A. M. today
on the floor near a charred bed in a front bedroom of his
mi,' stiiry stucco home at 1678 Butler Pike.
:.,.: biaatetad (aa empty iioutej
and shaded most window panes. 1
Unopened mall—a copy of Read-ers
Digest addressed to the victim j
and a letter addressed to his moth-;
|90
Honors
At CHS
INEXOIUHI-K JOURNEY Resolutely perform- of Oari Hallman
injf a grim task this morning. Harmonville Kire Com- Simpson, who set
pany members Julius Ashton, left, Robert Wells, second said Hallman was
from right and Harold Foster, right, along with George burned his bed.
Snear of Ardell Funeral Home, carry shrouded bottj / R*V»* .hot?. *
time of death ;
asphyxiated by
!U'\ Coroner John c.
■ Wednesday morning;,
fumes from lire u hJch
—'i C. McOuen and Art Reese)
step.
Hiillmnn's death was attributed
n-sulling from a mattress
On which flared and smothered
unnoticed by neighbors or pnssers-by.
No burnt were visible on his
body.
The body was discovered by Nor- ■
r Continued .n Page Leven)
'Summer Parking*
Rules in Kffevt
In ( otmhohoehen
"Summer parking" regula-tions
will go Into effect tomor-announced
bv Burgess James J.
*Pat> Mellon.
This means that vehicles must
be parked parallel to the curb
In the direction of traffic. "Win-ter
parking" permitted parking
against Uie direction of traffic.
Kindergarten,
No.iFirernen Fhst Grade
Given Awards R^1™""™
Kr>p. John A. Lafore
a\gaBBTMMI KuiifjiKi
for all cr
ing kindergarten and first grade In
the f msliuhucl.eii Public Schools
will be held on Tuesday, April 5 from
0 A. M. to 3 P M. at the Cnn*hn-
Congressman John A. Laiure Jr..in0CIPtl Hlfh SchooI Building, 7th
of Haverford. addressed an Rnnual Ave ail(1 p0yette St
awards dinner of Conshohocken j children five years of age on or
Fire O. No. 2 Saturday night In before Jan. 31, 1961 are eligible for
the auditclum at Ninth Ave. and kindergarten.
Harry Ct. | Children six years o% age <on or
Fifteen firemen received awnrds- ,**(„.,, Jan 3, 1961 „J ^iuM*!* tQt
Kintik Allan, captain, marie the The child's birth nnd'eaecma'tion
prMBtttBltons before 180 members, reconj8 are requlred.
ud BU, | Winner, '.u the point system In- r*
r'-led Herbert Wlmtner. 142: Frank HflUV SUIT
Allan. Ml Robert Hlaler. 120; Carl J
Hehulli, 113; Run-ell Heffentreyer. Af Wl.^,,,,;..™
Ill; Charles I.. Thomas. 7K; Milton ■'»* rllll»|l|IIH«»
lladley, 7«; George Met*. P"; Robert i
Carroll Jr.. 66; Thomas Kowalkow- ( (>i|(<>|- \n|'j| \\
ski. £3. I
Special awnrds went to Joseph
9. Thomas, fire chief; Joseph C.
Thomas, assistant rhltf; James Al-asslsUnt
chief; Franklin B.
Thomas Jr., chief engineer; Ber-nard
E. Slavln, assistant chief en-ginesr.
Mrs. Alice Noblit. [resident of the
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\\ .l-tlit"- to \-l-
Itiiihlin*! ItiiU
Bids *m be asked on construe- »utOi™P»»d picture of Sally Sta
Sally Starr, popular pal of local
area children, will headline the first
anniversary celebration of the But-ler
Pike Shopping Center on April
8.
Her present-.? fr*<m 8 to 10 P. M. a!
the shopping eerier between Ridge'
and Oeimhr'nvn Pikes, will be thej
feature of a day devoted to fun for
children and bargains for Mom
mid Dad. Every boy and girl will:
receive a -pectal favor and will
have the opportunity to obtain
lutographed picture of Sally St
tion of s one-story building to I *?'?"*£« r
DVuin5IV" BuU*F'
provide additional space for sp- £• JLW*™" . CJM™ "'
KS by the Washington Fire ^^^^ — »~
Tneodore Chylack, building' „£« JJJ^ M * **■"■ ln
nbairmi-.. tald -ptaw-*av» bttn, "ar or fltor<a-sent
to the department of labor i ,
and indust-y, HarrUburg, for ap-; "eler heite1!
Site of the new buUdlng Is a va-'",n8 Award
cant lot between the present flre; Peter Seltel, senior at Plymouth-;
i.juae and the new auditorium pur- Whiiemarsh High sclioul, was
chased by t.ie company last year, 'amrTig 30 winners from Pennsyl-:
the former First National Bank vnnla schools In an achievement;
buidlng. Hector and Fayette Sts. ( award contest sponsored b>- the Na-i
j tlonal Council of Teachers of Eng-;
llsh and approved by the National'
Woman Dies
In Blaze
Mrs. Win. Hewitt
liih - on Tiit-xflav
A total ef 00 itwttnta hm
been placed on the honor roll
;ii Conafaohoekan HiRh school,
accordinn to Edward W. Oerw
mann, HtipiTinteiult'tit.
Of that tuunber, 38 are on the-niKH
honors list and 83 on UM
honorable mention roll
H'MI. b.,„.,r. .^- UFVIClBIJ —
Pntrlrla Bulatewics, Virginia De-
MedJo, Jeanne Devilis. Patricia
Knoeller. Mary Ann Prlmavera,
Clare Richardson, Naomi Schrack,
Rebecca Slbole.
JUNIORS -- Bette Aman. Nor.
man Mover, Mary Ploone. Barbara
Ruth.
SOPHOMORES — Joy Benedict,
Susan Earl. Judith Horn, Joan
Matins. Anita Murray, Nancy Scott,
Kay Zinger.
FRESHMEN — Mary Ann Shlv-ii-
k. Dnvld Bpence. James Squire
KIOHTH ORADE — Jean Bon-koskl.
Mary Carlln, Elaine Heffen-treyer
Roaalyn Rohlnson.
/Continued on Pag Seven)
Fire Chief's
Car Dama^rd
In Collision
DEALING WITH DEATH — Plymouth township
!>oIke investigate death of Carl Hallman. 27, who was
found dead in hts home. Butler Pike near North Lane,
at 8:45 this morning* Chief Vito Fusco (center, hack
to camera) confers with Fire Marshal J. Donald Tar-button,
as Officer William Knobel, right, checks scene
outside home. At left are Assistant Chief Joe FosttT
and Chief Engineer Rolwrt Wells, of Harmonville Fire Co.
Services were held Tuesday for \
Mrs. Ella V. Boeley Hewitt. 18, who '
died of burns Friday when her cloth-ing
caught Are while she was pre-partng
riinner In her home lop W
PlfUi Ave.
Mrs- Hewitt, vlrtim of an arth-ritic
condition, apparently wai
aware her clothing was afire, .she
wf.ii to the living room and sat in, An electrical fire which Hared
a rocking chair near a window. Herjbrleny at 7 P. M. Monday at the
physical condition did not permit Benkoaaki home on Oermamown
B«r to help herself, firemen said j Pike. Ijifsyette Hill, oppoitlti
A son. Merrill Weldamoyer, said Whllemarali Valley Country Club,
he waa asleep in a second floor room I mused little damage to the prop-when
he heard shouts. He dashed, erfy—but left In Its wake extensive
down the stairs and Utrew a blanket j damage to two motor vehicles—one
on his mother In an effort to' the fire chief's,
smother the Humes. He then dashed j The accident, which occurred on
to the street, calling for help. ' Oermantnwn Pike near Mnvflower
Mrs. Hefty Shtvlck. who lives neat Rd as Barren Hill Fire Chief El-door.
caHed Washington Fire Co. mer Bague, 501 Oermantown Pike
Two passersbv, sand* Itetmoro. of; rushed eastward on the pike toward'
rnnshnbnrkrn and Howard Reich-1 the fire, caused tl.OUO damage to
ert, of Baltonwood St.. Norristown, Sague'a new sedan and MOO dam-ran
to the houie to give aid. The flKe to a sedan operated bv Mer-men
said they were loo ute. sd-tin J Bradley. 31, #13 Qermaii-tlioush
Keichert, who threw a pan-! town Pike.
ful of water on the flames, said the! Bradley, who was westbound on
fire was almost snuffed out by the u,e pikp, wan attempting a U-turn
small amoant or water. | st MsyHower Rd. when Sague's ear,
Firemen said they used only a siren sounding and nre lights
\ rrmoiit Day
Ai Vallry Tor^r
I Association of Secondary School
, Prii^ipiib.
I T-ter plans to enter ccilege and
\ermont Stnte Day will be ob-; .,ludv physics, it was ■« jnced by
irrad a: 3 Sunchiy at Washington; James I. Graham, director of ac-
.'Jemorlal Chapel, Valley Forge ; tivilles at P-W High.
The Rev. J-hn Bobbins Bart, Th? National Council rea'iers
p.iD.. rector, will offlciste. [0r English works with English
Mus.c will be by the senior choir'te: -hers through publications, con-o-
Zion Episcopal Church. Phils-! venUons and other eduxittonal1
d.-lph'.a. The R*v. John R Norman med! to ''■»»»•"» the teachinir of
rector und Rlcmru r. Lee eaiglifli from kln(*ergnrten to the
,.«■: ami rtlrerror rnlipun nerntin-r
Ralph Spanish, 11
Is National Champion
Orator-Wins Trophy
Cu.i^iohocken has
all m von
He is ll-ye»r-oId Ralph SpanL-
't ": J .-cph Span
; or 305 W. Third Ave. Ralph i,
trade pupils at S3. Cos-tins
oH DamUn school.
i:.; oratori si competition Is
cu::::'.e-! among grade school pu-oghou'
tru- oountry and is
i lODaond. by the St. Domuiic Savlo
'I be ooncast is ui honor
... -■ Dumliiii; Savlo, Patron Saint
• E ff
.: i pi e. a twin, re..liy puts h'^
Oto hb> work. Indicative of
i in- came to win the national:
, ■*
;:■ c./ui) tad aga'iwt 150 other
. in the semi-finals at New
1 h Y . 11 nd tgAlr at Ram-i
S J v' » h? wag presented
• . '.'..j i>j 3lu.iiei ialCtiael,
icher at Don Bosco Prep school,
Ramsty. who created the competi-tion
In 1950 s New Rocheiie.
Ralphie. as he lifccj to bj
delivered hu speech at Hew Ro-cheiie
on Washington's Birthday.
Feb 22 The speech, which the
little fellow delivers wiUi gusto and
feeling, deals wit'i freedom in
America and implores tu "to show
by our actions and not merely oy
our words that American stands
for equality."
Raiphte not only m)n himself a
trophy, but he brought a large one
to the gchool. The ichool trophp Is
^in the form of a chalice mounted
• -m a wood bate. Ralphie'e is a
tjatuette alio mounted on a soc-ial
base Kith the appropriate in-iptiont.
> was assisted In preparing the
a; Uotbat ttaraaret Maty,
NATIONAL CRAMP The Rev. Louts P. Gtergl,
assistant pastor of SS. Cosmas and Damian Church
and parish school principal, inspects trophies won by
Ralph Spanish. 11, af,n of Mr. «nd Mrs. Joseph Spanish,
of SS. Comas and Damian school.
The speech:
"On a hot day ln July in
1776 a young man sat writing
a speech. Beads of perspiration
glistened on hU young face.
His desk was piled high with
books of all descriptions, mostly
on governments of foreign
countries. But his gaze went
UKMt fit^utiiiUy „i.» a large
book which contained the writ-ings
Oi the famous Cardinal
Bellarmlne His quill-tipped pen
moved c ver the parchment
siuwly. He must choose his
worJs carefully, he must say
what was in his own mind and
heart about the importance of
freedom. . . . 'All men are
Created equtl They are ep-fConiinued
on Page Seven)
Schweiker
Desperate?
Ijtfort* IJI-IK-Out
at Opuojsfjrt _
In a [ace-to-fsce encev'er,
Cangressn-isn John A. Lafore Jr. on
Tuesday night flatly charged Rich-ard
S. Schweiker with an "absolute-ly
false'- statement about Lafore's
1958 vote on a military bill end laid
that the statement "reveals for HIt I
to see the unscrupulous and inex-!
cusuble tactics being used by,
Schwelker's high-priced publicity i
»III tilling in a reckless and trrespon-l
■ihle pffnri in rii.srrrriii my ri'rnrd
in ConKreas."
Lafore. Organira tlon-endorsed
candidate for the Republican'
Congressionri i "omlnation, and,
Schweiker. running for the nom-ination
independently, spoke at a:
meeting of the Young Republican'
Club of Lower Merlon and Nnr-berth
in the Narberth Community'
Hall.
In a fuTI-drrM presentation nf
ibli record during three sessions In
| the house of representatives, Lafore
I emphasUed his record nf support (if
: Sdminlstratinn bills wa» "belUr
: than *A percrnt nf the entire mem-
; bershlp of the llaase," and that in
j 1959 he led all Pennsylvania Re-pnblicans
in "supporting; Ihe s9sWSB-hower
Administration on domestlr
issues'' and "voted with the Repub-lican
majority 94 perrent nf the
lime" on 48 important rohcall votes
where the majority took a position
Lafore is completing his first:
two-year term in the House.
Lafore asked why his opponent'
had criticised him on a mere bait
dosen or so bills "Wrung!*, nlun I
have answered more than 170 roll
call votes so far. many of them In-volving
important ieglslat'— I
assume — and I think we can all
assume — that my opponent agrees
with me on the bul1: of my record."
Lafore said that another "effort
to twist my vote (against inflation-ary
spending) was as ridiculous as
it was unscrup'ms It was a bald
misrepresentation constructed by
wrenching facts from their context.
These are the tactics of despera-
The Congressman said that the'
ISM military construction bill 03.
R. 13016i provided money frr thei
i" B B ";: rr^cre.m'
fCosfmued on Page Seven) i
Schweiker Hits
Rival's 'Cruise'
* h:ir^f> Made
H\ ( iiiifliiliilr
small amount to extinguish what
jftre was evident when they arrived.
The rocking chair was consumed by
the flames, but no other damage
resulted.
Mrs. Hewitt was a former resi-dent
of West Conshohocken, re-moving
from there to the Consho-hocken
address ln 1945. Her hus-band,
William, Is a maintenance
blinking, collided wi.h Bradley'i.
Two passengers In BradleVa car.
Norman Hansell, 12. 603 Oerman-town
Pike, and his brother. Bar],
14, were treated for minor Injurlta
by Dr Walter 8. Darby, Lafayette
Hill, and discharged
Sague, halted only temporarily bjr
the accident, continued on his way
"o the fire which, he reported.
worker at E. J. Lavino Co.. Ply-! confined to the service cable on the
mouth Meeting outside of the housa Damage 'o
I iCGtUiniitiii. ./a-fBDi Seven/—-uaa eatHe-waa «rt!m*u*r at HOC.
Richard S Schweiker. candidate
for Congress, Tuesday charged his
opponent "mlsseu important votes
in the House because he was (Ml]
a Bttasan cruise."
"A blot on Ills voting record,"
Schweiker said, "is the important
votes he missed while on a cruise
on a chartered yacht with Congress
in sessloi..
"This is typical of his attitude
of indifference and apathy,"
Schweiker declared at a meeting ^ Robert Burt. director of the 1960
ot the Lower Merion-Narberth Conshohocken ^j.ip Box Derby, an-
Young Republican Clab in Nar-, nounced eligibility regulations and
berth idling rules for boys euter-
Schweiker coi.tlnued: "My op- lug the big race Foi.'th of July
ponent failed to Inform the voters: Boys entering must be school
of Montgomery County about his'pupils within the II to 15 age
position utt public issues during the bracket and live in the areas
Rules on Car-Building
And Eligibility for
Derby Entrants Given
(Continued on Page Setem
War Memorial
Repaired by
Brother Team
Two civic-minded contractors
aided ln preserving the Consho-hocken
borMigh war memftrinl
on W. Second Ave and Fay-ette
St.
The memorial, for whlrh
maintenance is assumed by
Conshohocken Federal Savings
and Loan Association. Is now
kept In Rood order, where sev-eral
years ago It had deterior-ated
through lack of care.
Joseph and Anthony Gam-bone,
trading as Clnmbone
Bhs hers, contractors, donated
their time and materials to re-pair
flagstone walks around the
memorial and provided the ce-ment
wort needed.
The Federal planted shrubs
and engages a gardener to plant
and care for flowers and keep
the grass trimmed.
The Oambones are engaged
ln two building projects, con-structing
homes at Sixth Ave.
.ind HnUnwell St. and ln the
300 block of W. Fifth Ave. An-thony
lives on E. Seventh Ave,
rvinnhnhockm and Joseph on
Ciiuicii ltd.. King Manor.
■ Conshohocken. West Conshohocken
I and portions of Plymouth and
IWhltemarsh townships
| Boys who will be 11 through 16,
j inclusive, on Aug. 1, are eligible.
If a boy is no* at least 11 on that
' date or If he is IS o over thai
i date, he cannot enter. Proof of age
is required.
Those II and 12 race In Class B
'competition and those 13. 14 and
I Is ln Class A. Boys who will be
I IS as of Aug. 1 are ln Class A.
| Finalists in each class ra . for the
I iocai title.
Other ruies:
No boy wiiu has HOB
l "Derby" nor his car, wheels or parts
I of his ear trill he allowed In trie
j nice; any boy or car entered In one
j authorised race cannot enter an- j
; other one in the same year and a [
boy mas ente only one car in j
I the Derby.
; Boys lacking funds can find help.
! Burt stressed. Business firms, in- j
dividual* and organizations spon-1
' sor boys and purchase the official
! wheel and axle se's and supply ad-
' ditional cai -building funds In re-turn
for having their identification!
I lettered on the car.
I E. F. Moore Inc. 12th Aft .<nd
I Fayette St., is the clearing house
i lot boys wanting to obtain spon-
; SOTS Sponsors may r.d', du any
r:mWriw"_ion work on cars.
j afw* iwtportanf nils change lor
1960 M the increase m the amount
each boy may spend for car esilsj-tng
materials The former figurm
of |16 has been raited to 120 Thie
it exclusive of the cost of official
(Continued on Page Seven)
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are ready to bud and the flow-ers
will soon be coming up.
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something you may want to buy.
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columns, widely read ever; wtrclt
In the five Weekly Review news*
papers fhnt resi-h a total audi-ence
of 150.000.
And the cost is nominal:
Twelve words only %1 So now s
the time to telephone and
place your nd.
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