The Conshohocken Recorder, August 3, 1961

              Published t-VEKY Thursday
Hv Weekly Review l'i Mlshlrig In. 1m
Alao Publisher of The tManayunkl
Review, fhl it heslnut llllli llrr.ilil
The Vallei eorge *entlnel and
The Suburban Press.
=-■*—
Bus Strike
Meeting Set
For Today
2.000 Panengen
Mil limit Aurh
Service (» l)a>*
The strike that has incon-venieneed
2,000 passengers
daily inr six days on the Aurh
InterhorouKh Transit Co.
lines may be .settled at a meet-ing
at :i P, at today in the
■i the State Mediation
Building, Broad ami Spring
Garden sis.. Philadelphia.
Michael Gibbons, president fend
Floyd Douse, secretary of the nim.
will represent the transit company.
John Bucclacco, of NonrtMown,
president of Division 11
mated Association of Street. Ele*.-
trlc snd Motor Coach En:-
America, will represent the union.
He Is rmpltiyi-d by schiivlkill Vullev
Unnkv-two drivi n fend msdun-
I M Audi Inter bo:-
Co.. Butler Pike. Plymouth tOwlt-
■nki' at midnight |
Friday and caused a nhutdown of'
the bus cotiip.nivs ti.t muti's which j
nrn Chestnut mil. Amblar, wu-bm
Drove. Oouhohookan, Wt it
Conshohocken. NoiTlsiown. pivm-thag
snd dulph Mills.
The employees are members ofj
Auialganutted Ammtfetitm
Electric and Motor Conch L'mplnvrs'
'Continued e.n Paae Severn
MAN ABOUT TOWN - Thafi William Dale, who
Conahohocken'l "man about town." Dale lives at
228 Hector St, Conshohocken, and has the mail fa-mous
best! coUeetion of antiques] and aofleetors' items
from racetracks; throughout the country. Even the
cane In tin plcttin Is famous. Anyway, the boneshot
attached to it If. Tin- horseshoe i- from she world's
gn itesl
pen ance
And I hat's Hill's latest "collector's item.'
H\)t ftoorftq*
Thursday, Aug. 3. 1961— 10c
Our 92d Year
Of lnk\y;rily. Dignity
\M) Dedication in
lonshohiKken and Vicinity jj
SPEAKER. Lt. COT lohn Margan
Potto ol 441 W. Aliens Unt. Ml.
Airy, will ba principal «ptak«r at
a banquat la ba held by Consho
hock en Council 1603. Knlqhla ol
Columbui, on Sapl. 23 at the VFW
Hall. Hector and Harry Sis., in
rommrmnrallnn nl ihe ennnrll *
SC'h anniversary. Ll. Go* Pa»l»
who ii piMidant al the Slot* Sen-ato
and will mark hut birthday
anniversary next Wedneaday. 11
la be Introduced by Francis A.
Carr, toctlmaster al the banquet.
Memb«r» are urged lo obtain their
licketi at early as poulble. Rob-
•rl J. Carroll U chairman ol tha
comraillBB arranging ieallvtilei tor
obsarvanca el tha council 1 jubl
lea. Hurting Sept. IT whan Blabop
i'rancl* ) Furey. D.D.. will ba cele-branl
al mass. The R«T. Thomat
P. Graves, ol St. Mary's Pariah.
Waal Grova. will ipaak.
No. 2 Starts
Drive for New
Apparatus
I in <!<nii|tuii\
TII K<*|>Ia«'r l*uni|M'r
Bought in 1984
F'.i'iv member of Conshohocken
Plre Co. No 2 is urged to be at lue:
Ore house Monday. Tuesday and |
Wctfneadav BSShkl DSflH ■BOB to aid:
in fee:ting, out letters on an annual!
apparatus fund drive, according to' 1 - ■:: H raantreyi r, chat
Open letters to residents of Con-,
shohocken will be distributed next;
week on the appointed days. Col-]
lecilnn of contribution* wifl take
place the week of Aug. 27, Hef-fentreyer
reveal*.
Oist of the letter, written by the
chairman, points out the ■.
to replace their 27-year-old pump-er,
u integral pnrt of their flre-
| Bshfitni equipment.
Residents are reminded . . ,
"When you donate |0 uur drive, ynu
are having a -li^rr in buying Ihl*
new. needed .ipi1"""'- you all help
lu pay for ll. He must have the
right kind uf equipment tn lake
rare uf anv rmrrtrm i. lire or other
IsjSjr.
I "The proii Ir uf ( onshohocken
hsve always come Urn h for thr
mlutiteer hremen. we are «.ure they
will again Ihl* year.
"<iur Iflephune numlHT. In event
Of Hre. IN TA 8-4095.
"We have a line auditorium whlrh
ran be rented fur wedding recep-tion*.
I'- iHjurtx, etc."
THE
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Bell Phone
Strike Off
For 24 Hours
V« WiUitOffrr
Siil>titittr<l. Hut
*nipp i^ook Dark*
> A strike scheduled for uudnlRlr
■ by tlw Federation ol
■ TtlepbODS Workers of Pennsylvania
| was postponed 24 hours Ht the re-
■ i i■; the stale and federal
■
! A meetlnn is to be held this otter-t.
n HI
n S Leury, president of
I the union, M\id the Bell Telephone
< iiiited u new offer on
tint fur apart nn
u.ip-v." tU said. .iiictinK. "We are
f.n apart, bovevei m owttefs Meh CHange III tlli
us ntn pay for some fepoeUkl peo- Thrr-e men stopped al 5 42 A. M
pie n knks kind of dark to mo." Tuesday for a packane of nn.netus
Whatever is decided today will Tllt.v „rd ttlIli ^ ,n ,.M„ arM.r
liavt- in IH- Mibmittnl lo tile Iin'iti- , , ,
b.,sh.„ Th, poll M mall mlgtil ,,- ;""'h""-' "'■■"' """ ' '
quire H wtrk l"n R.yimn'tt Swing. 29, of R D. I
A siwik,Mii:m for the telH'lionp Rlnclsvlllf-. vno WHS on duly.
,,,,,„; on Mnnli IS, i
m wbldi Uir »«rtni • nlk »u«k.!:,
, King 2«0 •miunliiw !»•?• «'»"" :'
• ml 11.000 ptanl miiilniw. in ilrlkr «"»• on' ""I » H«««™ l-» > -•
und only 12 Jolw at UN ,.' ; ' ll,rRrj rt„
Coinlniliwki ■:.: MO- rii"ic5m9*! ant] John Volp-
•ll.r n rlrrk. »,„k In IKr r„m- "■ ""r,k",,t "", ,"" •*» »'","
niilrr r„„„, prrforn,!.,, KM. oper. '"' >""<< "" ">«!•' M> •""
Bowling Alley
Robbed Again;
Apartment Hit
Three Men Strong inn iitrmlmit.
Get $85$ Painter lutec* Equipment
In \ aeani tpartmenton Sorth Lane
■ ny. open around t hi
is getting to i"' ;i favorite spot for picking up a little l'»'-«
tioui i of the morning.
rC'>firiniird on Page Severn
N
G
Ms\K
) FIRST WITH THE NEWS—Fir-ing
l.me reported nwarly two
;months figb thnt N Romano was
I learing town and would have to
reslRii from the School Board, that
he WHS movliiK Into Upper Merlon
township in order to effect a,
rewnclUfetion wit:, his wife; also jj.v« »" J,he turbulent water at the
that he had been dropped as presi-i BchuyUUU under Plymouth Dam u,
dent of the mnshohorken Cham- «« ll'*m "«* W«lnesday after
ber of Commerce. Last week we re-peated
that Rnmnrtn soon wOUH >*•
■ubtniuuig his resignation to the
HEROES — John and Michael IVrmanski, of 10O
Morion Ave., Wt'Ht Conshohockcn, sa\iil the lives of
three boys who were drowninvr July -<> in the Sehuyl-kiil.
A fourth hoy iK'rished.
(Weekly Rsvtaw phcto by Hnrold C McCuan,
Community Honors
Hero Brothers: John
- Michael Cermanski
$1700 in Safe
Stolen From
Historic Inn
I asked for rhaniw tor a dollar M>
I he rould insert loins in ihe etg*
arette niiu'hliie One tOMB ITtuked
I toward the maehme. the other two
isUxid in front ot the counter while "lit
Ewing went i-< UM
"I reached the change lo lite mm
and one gruhhed mr h> my -Inn
anil viiil '(ilte me all Ihe mone>.'
Ihe attendant ..ml
The Otntf m:in said. "Lets go.'
Tin iiiu witJki^i out the door and
Painter
Brushless -
Breathless
Atiilnw Perrara, "i 8711
Ivy Lane, North Hill-, had
every Intention of getting an
early stai t j esterday paintinfl
aaaitmetits under construe'
tion on KorUi Lane betwo rl
and Bldge Pilcee, in
Plymouth township.
WnSO bS mined he found nil
too equipment none thnt he had
Dl room Tuesday
nicht.
told PlymnuUi low ualiip
Buriflnrs who stole SHOO from
historic General Lafayette Inn <i<-r-miitown
Pike and Church
Three boys are alive today be>| 3:30 P. M. July 27 near Uie Phtladel
cause two brothers risked theU-iuhla Swj)n Club Mlquon.
Numerous clrle leader* have in-dicated
a dinner hh»uld be given a, nuniber of uncaahed checks and
tar the two heroes and a Mlmlar-
They are Michael Cermanski in whip fund e-tahUihed. Thl. new-fend
John Cermanski. 14, of 100 paper U prepared lo ro all-nut In
Stsd car whlota ■ -d to do
iwtnMrsj *»i us Ooui
or 'S5 model. With a "bhw mp mid Apurlinen'.^ lie HUa the <i<mr lend-
*hlte bottom " The sed.ai dtSfeD- \,\n. into ihe room where he lr.fr
BSRM I.HI. are taking no chances p,,„rcd U1 tne milx.nu„ ()t Phiife- the equipment had been nailed sliui
on lbs money getting away from ,„.„„„„ TUmm■ puehed It down
them-they stole ft 245-pound safe -j loekea the front dour god ause Hiisini eroro one
to keep It In. iback tnSo the olfue and called po- pump valued at $750, a two-home
Tluv camel th- safe down ft lire" Ewing said. power clcctr.r compressor; 100 feet
flight of steps lrom a second floor Ail uninu^ked the Uuec «fJM cle- of clrvtnc cord: 100 feet of one-room
and lifted lt through a panel ■erOwd HI hv. ,., ,,,.,. io pnnil brushes;
: mOTSd lrom a door. ulna inches and drop sheets and a 14-fout sit-p
The inn is located on property[Each hud dark hair and w.ne tlmk ladder,
udjolninn the MB year - old St.tri),.s.is The Ullt.it man had
Pelar's Lutheran Church The inn pock-mnrked fswt ht added
is oppoBftr?■ thf Bnrrcn Hill Ftrt' Nothlnsj was taken from the \.
house. i
Sgt Joseph Blewttt, or White- academv Three nnpluyes had left
mar»h townsnin police said, Hilton thl > enlj a ;.hort Mine
Must in, of Aii i ukr, owner of the before bokhtn, ii.iviiiK completed
inn. told him Uie lout Included their «orfe
miscellaneous currency and change*
Councilman Ihur
board, which svtl! not meet until i
September
Firing Line also reported lasi
week that Frank Claud would re<
ajgn lrom the bend because hi
«nd hi. bride would be ,novln« totolSPwMBJC
tlieir new home In Whltpain town-i ^e vJl(t
ship after Sept. 23. This same news I ^ tne j^ghor.
Mrrlon Ave.. Wuat Cuniholiockeu. cooperating with a rommlllre.
i::ne spiTi.il stumps lor lriial docu-ment*
valued at !5 each.
The safe. 30 Inches high and 18
loan, was kept m a second
While there Is a movement under' Saved were .Joseph Hoffman, tl :'I,f,r oUitx Bt t,he ftont oI the
way to properlv recognise the boys';tuid brother. John Hoffman. II. of b"""-"*- Four roIlers oa tne D°l-courage
and alertness, they have 470 Old Elm St. nnd Larry Marks. '•"Il e,"ied "* mnvemenL.
had one reward: two days with their! 14, of 408 Old Elm St.. all of Ply-family
at Atlantic City, Tuesday | mouth township
Sobbing at the scene and some-
Charles Hummer, 47, an employe
.Continued on Pagr Seven,
the family's first
was covered yesterday In a Mfc Qne ^ ,Mt hu „ff „ UM four
double column head on top of p»Ke .awlmmers ^^ illflB(ed lmier tube8
V1?, .In. f'.\ out-of-town county ovpr the dam Th^ baav o( Andrew
daSrl And the guy who has footed Kucharski. 11, ton of Mr. and Mrs
himself and numerous merchanta { Andrew Kucharski, of 745 E. Ford
for 30 months about the effective- Swedesburf. was recovered at
nesi. of his way of "filling the void"
didn't carry the story at all.
You read it first in The Consho-hockeii
Recorder . . . every time:
TA 8-4600 BR 6-0950
ON DISPLAY ON ROUTE 011 in
the heart of Stroudsburg Is a hand-smno
1961 sedan to be given away
commonplace on the public thor-oughfuret;
upstate and in Phlladel-plua,
but they arc prohibited In
Montgomery County People who
can't bin chances on cars in Mont-aoawry
County to aid fire compan-ies,
hospitals and churches have no
trouble spending their money with
bookies who usnsJej me on the re-ceivlni'
end of the charity line tn
more ways than one; and nobody
uing about it.
We will never understand why
our district attorney is so different
than the other 66 district attor-
DOyi in our Commonweal!:
(Continued OX Page Thrtet
what in shock, the trio at once told
police their lives were spared only
because the two broth,
come to hteir rescue Tbfldr mission
accomplished, the boys returned
homt.
Tlie boys were sad, neiRhbors
(■Continued on Pag,- Srvtn)
i*SP*v Col. Kennedy
% To Sim On
Kiildy < j.rnival 0|M'ii>>:
Cake Salt* Tomornrw
1 Conshohocken VVW Post 1014 ll
conduj lint BiraJ tontgat
MuniiBh Saturday at Bweath and
Favette. The Ladles' Auxiliary' ol
the Pc*t will conduct a bOB
ttenl 'omnrrow at the carnival site
All donations are being sent to
Mrs. Marie Coyne. 100 Forrest St.
Will Dirrrl
( i\:l Defenai
Knighu to Hear
Lt* Gov, Davis.
/>/•. R m. C.ostello
Warren F OTJonnell.
vaniu state deputy and
Louis DouKherty, of Chambersburg,
lilaln and Dr. William
Cos'ello, nn offlcial of the Kniglita
ol Columbus on state level ban
I invitations 1" ; ■
to be held Sept. TS by
Coii;.hohocken Council 1603. Knightu
■
ind Harry Sis. in obser.-
j ance of the local or.;.D
'50th anniversary. Robert J Carroll.
chairman of the gOnerSJ edttunit-tnjSi
imnimiKiri todsj
Tlie celebration will ii
od
•st trotter, Adloa Butler, who made a recent ap>
rice ai Brandywine Raceway, in Wilmington, Del,
hat*S Bill's item."
■ ■
Conshshocken Horse Lover
'Bookie Regularly Goes to the Races
Bui He Never, NEVER Bets on Horses
DINNER AT THE 5HO*E Praal
dam fudqa William F. Dnnnhnwer
was enterialned Friday «t dinner In
Oceun Clly an Uia occoalon ol hi*
"lit birthday aaalranary. Hia
lamllr >■ on vacailun at ihair
auromer hotn* at tha retort On
F.-tday for tha prealdant ludqa II
wot "court's la lassioa" as usual
In Notrlalown.
Col. John M Kennedy III, direc-tor
Ol Civil DefeiLie In Plymoiiih 1
I township for two years, announced LI- °ov- Joh" SftSU I
llMesday he .01 couiinu- ' leUo •"W^ tJl" b™
| In his unpaid post on u temporurv _.
'basis.
I Last January Col. Kennedy, a
reUrea Army officer, said he would
' resign Aug. 1 because ol "the total
D tin. par', of the Con
. mlstioiitra of Plymouth townaJi
Strhsbip
|ep*il as the lailurc In kndenblp
your director."
| Col Kennedy said part of his
| decis.on to atay a> director of
iCivil Defense lies with ttk
) lug Interest shown by residents and
.toners.
Tlie colonel received a letter
tnft Wife (win*
Thieves a Break
Two natives of Puerto Rico
were cautclu steallnu the riKht
iiiint wheel lrniti an iiuii.iiiiiliil'-
iK'longlng lo Mrs. Oeon■■
Of 2V2 ICoorehOBd AM */l
Conshohocken, al 3:30 A. M
Sunday.
»- councilman, and his
wife declined to
utter listening to a "sad
The (leiendants. who lai I
the car. said the offense was
tlieir nrst, accordant to I
Aiheil Millhouse.
Officer Millhouse isrefved a
vnV. that a car was beint
■tripped The men were ap-proach!-
fe] when
he nabbed than
Officer Millhouse upprrhend-ed
thre^ other Bit
pieioiis circumstances at 2 A. M.
last Fi.'
■ Uon work under*
' •• rtrude's. He jinwlml
James Coalman. 3S at
broUier. Dolfif. 20 and OUfford
alemndar, 3ti. aii of Phiiadei-
■: chantes or (its'
conduct They woro tut
before Justice-of - tin
Daniel McTamiiey.
Wilbur Named
\ ice President
r-ices, Int .
bonk-jl
An -ir Dale suld, "I nnrr
gaoiWt, fend I have very lew olhrr
rteOS, u.lli llir exception ol liking
rig the Lee protlu, I
;...-- i.k, ■ttsJoi
make!
Imp a nol
No!
B> c. ■
MUt t m ii .
or the job w*> 'tMHikiruker' t lear
ll up any?"
Thai il does. Mr DsJS
By Ihe way, how did yuu get in-lerwtted
in horses?
"Ever since I was a boy I've hud
interest in horses, especialh the
Hoffman, chairman of the board
of commissioners, requesting he
continue as director until the board
acts on his resignation.
"We realize th. apathy which
surrounds Civil Defense and the
fact that it Is In large measure
At a meeting of the shareholders ^ thankless task,'' the letter said,
.of Walker Brothers held July 27, He announced h) has submitted
I Donald E. Wilbur was elected a dl-; •Continued on Page Severn
rector of the company __^^_____^__
'Mr. Wilbur has served this com- is I LJ I
pony very faithfully a period of al- iKlllkCl* ^IM'ilkS
most 25 years and Is now vice Pres- r|, _., ' . . ,
idem in charge of our Underflow | U |'|\ IIKHltll I JO|l>
I Sales, in which IMISUIUII lie is dolis«> *
| nn excellent job," A. Newton Walk-i
■aausrOi flat, n. 2nd president of the firm Hiltl
ud Hie title
Minnt'nola Serviw
Mrs. Nolde Dies atHome;
Author, Correspondent
Was School Teacher
Mrs. Ellcn-Jaroen Nolde, corre-'came from SwItTcrlat,'. r
■nondenl [OJ this newsiwper at the her husb.-r.d, th- ):• O. ]
United Nations, suffered a stroke Nolde, repreaenUtive of the Worlu
•H-itrfta-EJ?fL5 ^S^ELi *"° di«» '»« l^rsday at home.,Council of Churches In p.
got latIons, returned Iron
Directors Ask
Cafeteria Aid
< nil-lioliiH'kril Mflkl
Ii inr Grade School
-- a is la-iiiK souKitt by the
Conshohocken School Board for the
Uarvej I Wawar
I sctiool.
Th- directors at special meet-
■
■■; a in a poatMon
lo meet reea I
qualify for state aid, They expect
to have the tn/ormaUod to bt con-
1 sidered at s aoeona special meet of
in be held Aug. 14.
George bnear v.ce pi.
the ooard. was In ofaafM ol Ihe
, aesston In the *\n- DM Q] franca X
jC.anci. who m with Uu
Joseph J rtreSIllWllill. treasurer of
N Itdinuiio and Dr Rua-
At the J I :;ng, bid*
..a to Dl purchase
■ fend ijpe-writers.
The board will convene
Sapl 11 ehen Hiuiiano's resigns Uon
Is to be read. He has gone to Luffey-iDWOSlUp
Sluilnil lairiillinriil
Date Sri l»> School
Parentl nbo are planning to eu-i
i-school
lor the
M-hool year 19fll-fl: and who have
then are
Of Aug.
■ N I'M , school
;rge.
i
"bookn
W.-ll now, Iha's another story.
man "You see." said the tall, liki.iuic
'.i 111 Dkll . 1 tUdnl make book the'
I think 1 did I worked for; trotters. I uuess my dad btfed
DOS 1 I tlie Lee Rubber and tin Corn In interest m mc, because at the time
true. B : i . retired, Cnn.-.hohocken from 1911 until 1958,' I was mowing up tn Conshohocken.
,;oes t< i F.: indywlni '■»"'■ Insi n bookmaker there." ;th.y used to have races on Fayette
RaoeWl .- "taoklOfe"]Bt, between 8th and 12th Aves. at
I : . ■
I; not 10 llkl Trhej *ure do. hul Ihry were my i«i . Dart, wlio «Rsrh>
(kind of 'bookie*'. I had a job paek-( (Continued on rage Seven; I
it :t on Sunday
Dr and Mrs David Brasheui
will be soloists and Roger E
Hardesty will be at the organ
during an annual Minnesota
state service at 3 Sunday after-noon
iit Washington Memorial
Chapel, Valley Forge
A carillon concert on the
Naticnnl Bell Tower will be of-fered
after the service by Prank
P. Law, Valley Forge carlllon-
■
E A V..n Roden.
of the First Pennsylvania Banking
and Trust Co. was speaker last
uight before l'i. ;
Lions Club on the topics of Estate
Plantiinir — Family Wills — Trust
Estates" and other phases to enable
small and lame businesses to look
ahead.
This banking Imti-i- will npen
A new branch nest month adjacent
lo Plymouth Square Shopping
Center, Ridge a id llutler Tikes.
Feted on th eoccujlon of his
birthday onntffSnasTf was Lion
Prosper War Ouerre-Chalry
II Krav.tx. president, con- Meld township
ducted the session. | Mrs. Nolde s la
MRS ELLEN lAJIDCN ROLOE
. . . dies ia bar slaap
land late In June
Author of a book entitled "The
United Suites In the United Na-tions.''
written on the basis of her
extensive experiem •■. oa the activi-ties
ol tlie United Nations, was pub-lished
tarty in 1061 by the North
Central AasoclaUon of College-- and
Second Schools
While her book currently is be-ing
used widely. Mrs. Noldi
■ ;j;n-ared to be t" And the
Unit would attract Mr.
tad fetri Average Cfthsn to de-n
lop .u tnteraet in the UN aa they
aTOOkl in local, city nnd state gov-
To that end ihe invited
many groUpJ to visit U.e UN in New
Vi-ik u:id personally escorted visi-tors
ou a tour uf ihe building. She
: meeting* with outstanding
and fiequently she was
hostess at luncheon in the delegates'
dining room.
Mrs. Nolde at one time taught in
II.'' Miquou and Germantown
Ki.eiajn Schools In recent years a
''irri-spondent on international af-fairs,
she was a member of the
United Nations Correspondent** As- '
tocintion. She covered inlet national
(Continued an Paye Itiit%$
BIGGEST
BARGAIN
IN TOWN
only vi you can sell
lytblng you want intheClass-ned
Ad columtui of tins psnjag.
■ And the result* ..
Why?
Because more than KAOO0
t«d liv Weekly Re\iew nrws-iMpera
and what you don't need
-Mjinenue else does.
If you have aomething tu sell
try the Classified Ad Bojoi
Fur 92 you get 12 words and
results '
TA 8-4600
BR 9-0950
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