The Conshohocken Recorder, February 23, 1961

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Welcome Jimmy "Inka-Dinka-Doo"Durante
To Captain Ferguson's Dinner at Barren Hill
Elmo Date
With Chair
Set Today
Maryunn Mitchell
Murderer Faces
Electrocution
Elmo L. Smith, Bridgeport han-dyman
convicted lit tlie slaving of
l«-y ear-old Maryann Theresa Mtt-i
chcll, in Darren Hill, on Dec. 21,!
1099. after a trial at Gettysburg last
September, aiived in Adams county '
at noon today lor formal sentrric- I
Int at 1:30 P. M. to death In the |
electric chair.
An order for the transportation,
of Smith to Gettysburg from the
Montgomery County Prison was
signed Feb 15 by Prealdent Judge
William F. Dannehower.
Tn custody of Morton H Bailey,
of Flourtown, deputy sheriff and
BherUT Peter J. Reilly, the con-fided
sex slayer left the Mont-gomery
County Jail at Norristown
iii an automobile at 0:30 A. M to-d*
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i Continued on Pape Ftre*
Wm. A. Moore
Heads Nurses'
Association
Funds Ktijuired
To * nn11iiii«■ Present
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BELL AND BELL RINGERS — Prominent gueats of Washing-ton
Kire Co. No. 1 group about the company's highiy-pohshei]
ceremonial bell at 87th anniversary banquet Saturday night. Tin y
are, 1. to r.. Alec Pecharo, president of the fire company; Dorothy Wei-damoyer,
president of the Ladies' Auxiliary; William R. Moore, clos-est
of all Washier to heing a charter member (he joined in 1901) ;
former State Senator Howard Adams, now president of the Berks
County Firemen's Association and principal speaker at the banquet:
James Miller, president of the State Firatnatva r\fMHttf?i1 and Ted
Lcsiliski Sr., t (Mint master. [Weakly Review hoio)
Stars of Stage*
Television, Radio
Headline Tribute
Tbe Sclino/ Will IM Toaatnuuter
Al <>nln llonoriii" Police Official;
North Light Boys1 Qub to Benefil
Comrdian Jimmy Duranto and hi.- brides* Hargu Little;
isinger Sonny King, si rut dancer Eddta Jadcaon, drummer
Jack Ruth, dai)C*r Sally Daw.-. COBlpOaeT Sammy Fain and
pianist George Fink-y will entertain COO gueati Saturday
night at a testimonial dinner honoring Capta n Clarenoa •'■
Ferguson ai Whitemarah Valley Country Club, Qernftfr-town
Pan and Thomaa ttrJL, near Barrea Hill. The par*
.formers will stop off op their way to Palm Beach, Fla.,
laftera BtHJaj engagement at the Copacabana m New >ork
City. Mrs. Donate win ba on her waj to the Durante raal>
deuce In Beverly Hilla, Calif.
The Schnos, star of stage, screen i
and radio and a recording nrn I «*■»■■■
as veil, will headline the bill at i I lit
tribute to Capt Pesguson, his' $
friend of 30 years, on the i
of the latter'! 41st VHI in polk-e
' work and the silver anniversary of
North Light Boys' Club, 178 Oreen
I ntfunk.
} Fain Is the composer of docens
of hit numbers, aome of which won
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Health President Defends Eating Houses LINE
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William A. Moore again was
«d president of the Visiting
Association of Conshohock-en
at sn annual meeting.
Other officers who will serve In
lPfll are Mrs. *Vatson Koldvs, first
vice-president; Mrs Paul H Mlr-
HfY.it, second vice-president; Mrs.
Glenn Davis, secretary and Mrs
Spencer L. Jones, treasurer
Appointed directors were: Dr
Ruth A. Brandt. Mrs. Oeorge T '
C.-iiee. Mrs William F. Collim.;
Miss Joan Crawford. William Davis.
Ji . Mrs. Dorothy W. Glandlng. Dr
Louise C. Oloeckner, The Rev Ray ■
Tf Huritnun, Mrs. France Horn,
Miss Marie Leary. The Rev, Mar-shall
W. Lee and Mrs. Frederick
Lytel.
Miss Viola B. McCord. Mrs Vin-cent
Miraglla. Edward Oermann,
Mrs Frnncls Pnlnclo. Walter,
Plitpps, Alex Piermanl. Mrs Josepn
Powers. Mrs. Harvey Quins. Oeorge '
J Rafferty, M1.-S Clsudia Ramey,'
The Rev Ignatius Reynolds. Mrs.
.T men H. Robinson and Mrs. Frank
Stitcllffe.
Family CounselUng has become
an Integral phase of service It wai
disclosed l>y the treasurer that
funds ^ allotted by Community
Chart "for the current year wiU
curry the cost of this service up
to the month of August. Service
hv:st be curtailed then unless funds
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Safety Record Dips,
Alan Wood's Is Better
Than National Average
Safety performances at Alan
Wood Steel Co. must be Improved'
In 1961. according to Harleston R. i
Wood, president. In his talk be-;
fort; more than 300 members of the
company's safety committees and
supervisory personnel, at an an-nual
safety banquet at the David!
J McDonald Labor Lyceum, Mon-day
night.
Wood said the low frequency
rate of 1.00 in 1056 had slumped
to 2.13 In I960. This was better than
the national average for the steel
industry of 351. he said, but re-flected
s downward trend which
should be corrected He urged the
entire group to stress safety, by
pitching in as a team, so the rec-ord
does not go downhill another
year
Wood presented President's;
: Awards to the departments with
the top safety records In 1960. In
Oroup "A" operating departments,)
Charles E. Pritchard. general su-perintendent
II. Mills, accepted the
award for the Rolling and Finish-
Senator Adams Salutes
Washington Fire Co.
On 87th Anniversary
Coiu'iohocken's firemen marked
the 87th anniversary of Washing-tor.
Fire Co. No ; Saturday night
With a banquet In the company
■ ..Ml.
The more than 220 persons who
attended heard former State Sen-ator
Howard Adams, president of
tlit Berks County Firemen's As-sociation,
salute the company for
ttl years of service to the com-munity.
He told the volunteer firemen
that a bill to establish a Fire Safe-tv
Commission and Fire Commls-bM
been introduced In the
slate legislature
H* said that such i state organ-bv.
tiun would Insure the safety of
the school children of the com-r
■alth.
"We will i ot have lo fear a
f in Pennsylvania," the
former senator said He was re-
Wring to the fire which swept a
□ the midwestern city two
yen.a ago. killing tencherr and pu-pils
alike.
It* said the Mil will need the
saVpOti of rstaBBBBM uf the stale
.ind told xnrMs that fire officials
i .11 t II ■ttasaaW in their respective
■ BtttSTrnttws tu write to their state
np-p'fiiU.lifii when the measure
<' - up fur a vote.
' 'pnsal. he ssld, would do
■ the people of Pcnnsyl-
/ . resolution
now before the legislature.
Adams also discussed the com-monwealth's
fire association, say-ing
that he believed "in the years
'o come, the Pennsylvania Fire-men's
Association will take the
lead of all fire organizations In
the state."
Adams also psld tribute to the
founders of the Washington Fire
Co
"1 wonder why we dan'l some-times
stnp In our busy life." he
■in! "and look hack and think
ithmt what tfegf though; 87 years
ago when they founded this fine
company."
William R. Moore, who comes the
closest of al] present members of
I h" company lo being s charter
member, having joined In 1901. was
at the banq if!
So were William Res. who Joined
In 1905; Jesse Stemple Sr., who be-came
a member In 1906; Earnest
and Charles Rempp. who joined tn
1905 and 1906 respectively: Howard
Campbell. 1906; Frank Burton and
Charles Hcr-on. both 1907; Frank
and Elmer Allen, who became
members in 1908 and 1909 respec-tively:
John Cruwford, another
1909 member, and Irvin Campbell,
who joined in 1911.
Charles Slavin, a 1902 member.
mi unable to attend
All the M-year membei s were
lO.H.'inued on Pope Three)
lng department In the Service de-partments,
the award was present-ad
John L. Clemens, assistant chief.
Plant Protection.
William E. Boger, vice president,
Operations, presented these awards
to other departments and individ-uals
with outstanding asfety per-formances:
A nine-year plaque to
the Blooming Mill, with Samuel
Warburton. safety commit teem an
accepting: seven-year award to
Metallurgical department, Joseph
Rogers. accepting; three-year
plaque to the Coke and Chemicals
department, William .'ohnson. ac-cepting;
a gold watch to Francis
Murphy. Steel Works truck driver, I
for 20 years of safe driving: a S25
Savings Bond to Joseph Maahin-tor.
lo. Steel Works truck driver, t
for 15 years of safe driving and
wallets to Leroy Myers and J. B
Satterwhite. Steel Works truck
drivers, for 10 years of safe driv-ing.
Additional '-'psrlmental awards
were presented by Robert F
Oiooves. director of personnel, and
went to A D Dennis, for Service
departments, two years without an
accident; Robert Ford. Cold Strip
Mill, two years: Thomas Jornn.
Iron Porder. one year, and Rlofao-
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Pharmacist
Says Many
Places Safe
A i'vuusly confidential report
of the State Health department
concerning sanitation violations In
tht Borough of Conshohockeii was
read at an adjourned meeting of
borough council Tuesday night by
Dr. Henry J. Olssta. health officer.
The report, published In the Feb.
9 edition of The Conshohocken Re-corder,
concerned two surveys of
the borough's restaurants and tap-rooms
made last October by In-spectors
of the State Board of
Health.
The surveys were completed st
the request of Dr. Olssta, who want-ed
to find out If the borough's ea-tablislunents
were up to Uie regu-lations
of Pennsylvania's Act 369,
passed In 1945.
Among the violations listed are:
Rat harborages, sn open trash
dump, loose-lidded garbabe cans
and illegal burning of trash and
garbage In metal containers.
isince the October survey, the
Borough Board of Health has used
3o0 pounds oi rat poison to kffi tne
pests.)
Also Included were sewage viola-fConfmued
on Page Plvil
I I<'"s Candidate
For Justice
Of the Peace
GOP Slate
Endorsed in
Whitemarsh
Present office holders in White-marsh
township were endorsed by
the WhI lemarsh Township Re -
publican Club lor addtiiuual tanns
at a meeting M night fes tot
township building
tteamac and wofam wen
, In attendance. Lester E Halivs
1 president, was in irharm.
I The slate to go before the pri-mary
on May 16:
Thomas J Wuile Sr., supervisor.
for a third term of six years
William T. Frankenfkld, third
term ol four yeuts as tag i
I Oeorge Kr&mmer, auditor.
Edward W. Humphrey! and tin
1 Marshall Hull Simpson, incumbent
■ school directors, six-year terms
Charles House, constable
Auxiliary to itoltl
Card Party April .7
The Ladles Auxiliary of Consho-hocken
Council. Knights of Colum-bus,
will formulate plans for Its
first annual card party at a month-ly
meeting st 8 tonight
The card party is scheduled for
April 5 In St Matthew's grade
school auditorium Mrs Mary Oalle
is chairman and Mrs Ann Prlm-anera
ts co-chairman.
Members are asked to bring can-celled
sUmps to be sent the mis-sions
Mrs. Margaret Botto will preside.
Mrs Joan Murphy and Mrs Dolores
McFadden will be hoatesses-
FlnmcH Damage
Bearoff Plant
Two Upper Merlon Fire com-panies
fought a blaze In a cinder
storage area shortly after 6 last
night at the Bearoff Contractor*
Inc. plant on Swedeland Rd. near
Flint Hill Rd Swedeland
Fire companies from Swedeland
and Swedesburg brought the flames!
under control In an hour The vol-i
jiiteers used booster and one and!
one half inch hose lii.es under dl- j
rectlon of Swedeland chief Robert
King and Swedcsbuig chief Ed-ward
Ke5czwy, [
John A Davidson, of 1239 Wood-side
Rd, a Korean War Army
vetcrnn, is making his first venture
Into politics by entering the Re-publican
primary as a candidate
for justice of the peace in Plym-outh
township.
Davidson served In Korea as an
Army sergeant for 33 months and
THE BCHNOZ — America'.- top flight comedian
Jimmy Durunti; entertains r'riend.s of North Light Boys
Club, Manayunk, at dinner Saturday night in honor of
Capt. Ferguson at Whitemarsh Valley Country ('Ink
''Income TaxeW
hiuani* Topir
"Income Tuxes" will be topic to
be discussed by Kiwanis Club of
Conshohocken at a meeting tonight
by two experts from within the
club—Ralph Falconlero and Carl
Santoro Nell C. O'Brien will pre-
I Elizabeth Ann Bonnell and John
! Seelye celebrated their sixth birth-day
anniversaries Feb. M and IT
a- Plymouth Meeting Friends
School.
VFW Women
Entertain Officers
District 18 President Pearl Oer-bart
and District Membership
Chairman Marie Sosnomey were en-tertained
at last night's meeting
of the Ladies Auxiliary of Con-shohocken
VFW Post 1074.
The VFW Pennsylvania Depart-ment
has asked all auxiliaries to
donate boxes of tissues, soap sod
grfaita cloths to Philadelphls can-cer
hospitals.
The auxiliary made s contribu-tion
to the heart fund. It was an-ncunced.
District 16's annual dance will be
held here March 8
Marie Coyne, president, conduct-ed
the meeting.
Borough Tax
Kale Itelniiieil
I Conshohocken*s tentative budget
I for I9f>i calls for expenditures of
$246,60!) M. an increase of $5,395 (il
over 1960.
The budget U based on rrtentinn
of a 24-mill ti x rate Last year's
, budget totaled $241,214 w.
The additional money will or
i spent as follows:
lUcreaUon, S2,0C0 Increase; Ihr
. borough's two fire compani'- si (KM
'more each: six paid holidavs for
1 the borough's police department;
I and a $340 raise for the borough
solicitor.
The 24 mills are cut three v.... •
Twenty mills goes to tin
fund, two mills for debt service and
two mills for lfghUng service
The budget must be advertised
for 30 days before It becomes law.
Councilman Elmer Munro Is chair-man
of the budget commit tef
(In motion of ("ntiwllmart timn-onlc
Huizlero. Uif borough em-ployed
Frsnrl* J. Mullen of \nrrf*-
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JO IN A. DAVIDSON
Rrv. Ceuica lo Talt'
The Rev Carl H. Oeorec Jr. mis-sionary
from Eastward Missions.
Maine, will speak on "National
Missions" at a meeting of the Con-shohocken
United Presbyterian
Church Ladles Aid Association. |
The meeting will be held at 81
P M Tuesday instead of the us-ually
Monday Mrs. Winfleld Craw.,
ford will be in charcc of the de-|
votions snd program Mrs. John
Blair w.U be chairman of the
hostesses, assisted by Mrs Wil-liam
Hunsberger. Mrs. Benjamin
Mrs. Eii7.arwth Naughton
and Mrs James Dlclf-on
Former Review Photog
Wins 3 Top Prizes
In Press Competition
David H. McCuen. formerly chief
photographer for Weekly Reelei
■-. yesterday was acclaim-ed
Philadelphia's champio- news
photographer
Ai CommarelaJ Museum Tuesday
nig' t, he won three top pftti
eluding ttu be.-,t of show, In an an-nual
conte.-' ponsored by Phllsdel-phln
Tress Photographers' Asaocla-i.
a.
It was tha first time he entered
i i by the|
Philadelptiin Dally News. |
The Judges were Arthur Sasse. of
Uie New York Dally News; William
Forsythe. of the White House press
pliotograpliers and Larry Williams,
of Holiday magazine
Dave is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Hurold C McCuen of Spring Mill
When Weekly Review Publishing
Co. acquired The Cnnsbohorkrn Re-corder,
the Hemld -Grststnui BUD
and The Suburban Press In 19">2,
.■« wen! to wort i i
fCoitfiiued on Pag» Three*
THE UBOENT NKEI) for more
judges In Munlgomery county, ss
..dvocnt.d by President Judge Wil-lUsn
F. Oannrhower, was navw
more evident than It is right no*.
Proof positive that the local
ft urts are sorely understaffed II
there for everyone to see during
:hi current twD-inek term of
: Detirt which began Mon
daj at1 tlie Couti H . I
Altogellier, ovei 100 etjaa »>«
hviin;!,! to be processed In n.n*
days, tlie term hcliu cut short
virtue of tin i Uuiiig of the Court
Houat oa Washington's birthdiy
Th* list Includes two murd*r
trmls. Each of these will tie po i
Judge for at lenst one wool *
;t usually takes daf ox two be-
I
ask, 61 cases are Lstad by
■
judges Judge Oroshens vOJ nut
if«x any ot the trials, de-lating
his time to liuiulhiig ms-lll.
ilteis.
Many of tba trtsJj involve three,
four and even five defendants
'hurged with multiple crimes that
will require days '•> complete
One of Uie Judges on the bench
this week Ml sent here by the
State Supreme Court to help out
at the raq I Djhne-bower
ssBOthar •i.-itiiiK Judge will
sJsl DBtl wasa
As a miiitir ol faol Judge Oan-
IIIIIIWIT hus p.sked th.it oiuxldo
i;"ip be *> nl ia to tra t u nn ol
Criminal and Civil Court through-out
the year.
"Why then." :t Is beiim asked
"are some of Judge iJ.iimchower's
colleagues imlstina that Mont-uoroery
Ootmty has a sufficient
number of Judgos?"
No one can supply the answer
i keep! the objectors themselves,
nnd the st'ick reply 1ms been two-fold:
1 "The bii'kloa of rases has
been cut down substantially and
we are fast catching up
2. 'There || no room In the
overcrowiled Court House for an-other
Judge"
Appiiretith, Judge Dannehower
(Cofj.'.f...'if OSI Pnqr Five*
HE WOULDN'T
TELL A LIE
Whi n ' ••■
chopped down the cherry tree
he was houesl about It
If he were alive today he
would admit this Just as we are
doing:
Classified Ada In the f.ve
Weekly Review newspapers gel
results every time
And wc can prove it There
are more than 10,000 ads every
year In the five newspapers
One reason people nclvertlst
Is because the rate Is low; IS
words for $2
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