The Conshohocken Recorder, January 27, 1931

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St. Mark's
Church Makes
Hi^ Gain
M. ml>rr-lii|> Mere Than
Doubled iii I"iv•- ^ean,
DUE TO CONGREGATION
Religion N«K Declining in
Town-. Church Flam-cm
and Societici
While clergymen throughout the
country an decrying the IndtfTer
IBM of America to religion, rind
:-'■ showing a de
dine in ini-inb" rship. a Conshohock
en church has DON Hum doubled
its membmhtp In UM last five
years
St. at-waVi Lutheran church had
IBS members in 1925, when Rev
OUy E. McCarney BUM U) lake ovri
m\ reins. The m
now LS 415. mi lncreti.se iit 2:111 unm
bers. or almost one hundred and
Lftt'liU-tlVt ]>r: ■
forty-five adult members
i f'ived Into the steadily
Browing church The increase In
church niemb"r^liip has automat ic-nilv
increased the Sunday school
membership, end the 180 enroll-in.
in which It ihOWVd In 1925, has
grown to 402.
The remarkable increase in mem
■
McOarnei Ui the voluntary work of
■ • of tlie congregation
have no formal plan to secure new
the pastor "xpliilned
'but we have always encouraged to
OW utmost, our members speaking
bo ottwn, and urging their nfnlia
N.III with the chunh In this way
m bill B large number of persons
endeavoring to add to
our church family. When prospec-
■iibers are reported, the
member wtio has Interested the
prospective member and myself call
upon them "
■ hut UM fffWl ;.
to religion said to exist In America.
in not felt to any extent in towns
and smaller oomn
iible And
1 think H i il<rimt. \ |
of a metropolis.
and to the Influences of city life
which are not particularly hpintual
RX-Thieves
Abandon
Stolen Car
A seven-passenger Packard sedan
on Elizabeth street a
short Ttitliinftt below fm
:i, by councilman
George Adams iM*
eph Oarnett Through tlie license
tags It was learned the car belong-ed
to AMBpO M Ogens, r*49 Mul-
Word was
sent to tin owner, and he came to
I
noon and machine,
not damaged
Mr Ogens said he left the car
in I runt of his home for a
few minutes on Sunday afternoon,
and as he was leaving the house to
the garage, he saw some
away with the machine
A robe had been taken from the
cur and this was found some dls-taMt
away from the machim'
A woman residing OB Morehead
■ aid a machine pass her
home shortly befor eleven o'clock
tundaj IWnlm and a minute or
two later another machr
past. Looking out the window she
Mop und saw a
man jump out and net Into the
second machinr whu li drove up to
: disappeared
County Social
ObservesBirth
of CJJ). Societ)
Winners in Rotary
Harmonica Contest
Improvements at
Park House Annex
Bandit* Hold
Up Skaters
( mnaje Robbed al Marble
II.ill Quarry, I-Ht■!#- \i-tempti
to Steal <ar. Gal
?.">.<>(, um] Miss Sum in
Girli Pocketbooh.
atUtude of people. Prior to coming
to Conshohocken. I served for
twfi.i' r*aa In rural communities.
not accessible to larger IH
found here that religion was almost
the main Interest of my people
Here, while in no way do I east re-flet
lion on (he spiritual character-istic's
of Conshohocken people. I
can see a subtle difference It is an
imrnifrri tow difference, something
that Is a result nlal] of the BUT'
influence I can't quite explain, but
It ls an Influence that disturbs peo-ple
in their natural Inclination to-ward
things spiritual Yet. I have
only the highest praise for what
my congregation does accomplish
Itaairr, despite tin.- effects of this
material Influence to which the*,
.subjected."
Tn the entire hlltorj of seventeen
years as a pastor. Rev Mr. McCar-nev
reports that he has never con
ducted ft communion service, at
which one or more new members
JI ere not received into the church
,<#> \t St Marks, the same excellent
. \* (Continued on Page Eight
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. .ipluin Hecker
Guest of A. I* Post
Captain Elder Hecker, of Bridge
N J.. a member of Uie United
M Chnmber of Commerce, will
be a guest speaker at the regular
meeting of John P. DeHaven Post.
American Legion. this evening
Captain Hecker. who nerved In the
First Division, will talk on the work
of the American Legion.
Plans will be furthered for the
local members to attend the testi-monial
dinner to be tendered Na-tional
Commander Ralph T O'-
Neill, of Topeka. Kansas, at the
Penn Alhletic Club on Thursday
i.mg. February 5. The speakers,
In addition to the National Com-mander,
will be Department Com-mander
Charles I. Engard. U. 8.
Senator James J. Davis and Mayor
"its tv About ten members of
ocal post will attend the testl-a)
dinner.
ursday evening the losing
In the district during the re-campaign
for new members
•nterUin the winning team at
vner in the Hotel Hamilton.
■esa tstown on Thursday evening,
n embers of the local post
will be present.
The first rhearsnl of the minstrel
show was held in the Legion home
on Sunday afternoon when forty
members were present A rehearsal
of those taking part In the sketch
will be held tomorrow evening. The
men In the circle will meet next
Sunday afternoon for rehearsal
An ice-skating party for two was
climaxed at the Little Blue quarrv
at Marble Hall golf links by a
daring holdup, Saturday night.
Brett. IS, of Joshua road,
Banen Hill, and his companion
Miss Amena Prints. 23, of 21 East
Dm street, Norriatown, ■
victims. Brett lost, $5 60 in cash A
gold watch in his pocket was over-look*^!.
liny wan itiing on the banks
eluded cove, taking off
ih'-ii skating shoes at 9 30, when
a deep masculine vuice spoke
hind them, commanding.
"Put up your hands and don't
make a sound.
Turning, they looked into the
business end of a nickle plated re-volver,
clenched in the hand of a
face covered beneath
face likewise concealed, walked
slowly, one hand was In his right
pocket, apparently holding
llus bandit was smaller
than his companion in crime He
was chubby, heavy, his back slightly
hunched.
Founding of G I- Celebrated
l,v t •Mini\ Societies in
Baptist * linn li
5 o i h \NM\I lisun
II.illv. in Nnrri-tnwii Tonight
Elaborate Prngranii
Bore, 'I ninurmw
One hundred and twenty five
■ ■
Society from all parts of Mont-
('Dunty gathered m the
First Baptist Church last night.
for a branch social which is part
i week's celebration of the hf-tieth
unm rounding
■ ftTOt m Anii'i'lca
The social committee of the Nor-nstown
branch ■ I
deavor were in charge of the pro-gram,
assisted by the social com-mittee
of the Baptist Church here.
of which Miss Olive Robinson, Is
leader. Tlie profrajB *a.-> of a soc-ial
nature, staged In UK
rooms of the church, and was fol-lowed
by refreshments uwtSd m
cafeteria fashion
Tonight, members of the Baptist
Christian 1^ ..stalls will attend a
rally al Calvary Baptist Church.
Norristown also part of the golden
jubilee observance
Tomorrow night, an elaborate
program will be staged by ,the
Endeavorers In the Baptist Church.
in place of the usual mid-week
devotional service The Swedeland
quareette will offer a group of songs.
Wilbur \\ nt of the
Baptist 0 V. will direct the prog-gram,
assisted by fellow officers of
the society
A harmonica contest, arranged by
UM I'.I.. Work committei , gsag
held last evenuiK in the Park House
during the regular weekly B3MltBg
of the Rotary flub The conleM
was conducted by Ian Forbes, in the
Hary
adjourned meeting of the
H Wood Park OommlsatOP
held I 1D| at the
Park Houast, will, .
enl and Dr J QuliKry Tl.
siding
present'>l
W t'sl Sitlt' to
Issue Itonil.-
ToPay Debt
,s mm: William l!(irs aI,d 1(lun(j txjrn.ti n will u
B riry Wilder and A. K puWlllwd n^ raquMd i
Taylor. Tht conmuintii m WB- !*• p»rk manmwr reported
Uain SUIPV. Vincent Fineran. Harry h»> "ik kx*1 »> 'i ""■ dralna«e
Rex. Samuel DeMedlo. Thomas'I*"-"" ' It U» ttW wllh « l»w
Kodinbauith. Alfred Bruno and Ed- "• •««■"» '•" ot the jhower baths
ward Uviiendo. The boys played rer.ntly Installed He was In-raiMiiiu
Hum )a//. to ,, OuStl I P1"1"* '"'i "'d * ""IT"* """'"'t petal, « lounuin pen. w„ ed about the showers The work .11
awarded to William Staley. second1^ ,d°"' *l """■ 0* •«•»> out to
and a record of Mmpjo^ /uam u,„, w,.„„ !„„„,.„„
I |..;lllllc. Drill nf $H(.,",(H) 111
II. H. f.in.l. .1 late Bond-ed
Indebtedness
scores of the members has been
taken.
President Willis H. Baldwin ap-pointed
the following commuter to
arouse Interest among the mtmbra
lo attend the Fiftieth District Con
Jerence in fading. AprlU9, 20 and, chmlmiU( m.t. ln ,h(, fninl ,)f th(.
k HOUM M .lead and was In.
Ham Davis, Oeorge Light. Perry; Blrucwd tu mteivaw Mr Harper
i Charles Wood Andorra Nurseries willi ■
Visiting RoLarians at the^meetlng i vipw to procuring another tree to
replace Hie pn mi oa
Three Cars Stolen
From One Family
Three brothers were made vic-tims
of motor thieves Saturday
night when their automobiles were
taken from three separate places,
and later abandoned within a
square or two of each other. The
victims were William. Edward and
John Irwln. sons of William S.
Irwln. local tax collector.
William's car. a Studebakcr
:oupe, was stolen from ln front of
Edward's machine, a Chevrolet
sedan, was taken from In front of
his father's home al 24f> East Sixth
avenue, less than a square distant
From v here William's car was
parked. John Irwln s, or rather
that of his wife. Mrs. May Irwln.
Eton of the fast dying fire (was taken from In front of U
Lhai had warmed the skaters now j Men s hall, where John was play-
OtM weird shadows as the flicker- | nig basket ball
basketball room
height of 6ft . the renovating of
■ n the norlh I I
building to tag held lllUle:
atlon for the present
The Manager MSI
were Mrs. Tmcey, Norristown
Albert Meehan, Jenkintowii; J P
and Charles R. Long.
' ienrge Hoffman and Al-bert
Seldy, of Boycitnwn
Mrs. Emily F P Wilson, executive
secretary of the Civilian Relief As-sociation
will be the speaker at the
meeting, next Monday evening
Ihe community service committee ls
arranging the program for the
meeting.
Mrs. Ellitk
Trratrd Justly
\--i-l.iiit DvlYn.lr District
\Unru.\ in lAiiiiiinntiun
of % HOW uf Mnnlereil
The 3-C Players gro■.;
Center are desirous of giving tM
plavs during the coming monllis In
the Park House for the benefit
er, and perm.
granted to give these two enter
tainments.
A new sanitary sink will be
placed In the kitchen of the Park
House, and the kitchen and the
ComniLAioners room re-papercd.
.ma
wnS
■j.m
ions
.K
MIX
POLICE FIND MJS8ING BOY
Clayton Williams, a thirteen-year-
old boy residing at 320 East
Elm street, who was missing from
home, was picked up by Manayunk
police on Sundav afternoon. Local
police were notified, who informed
the boy's family. The father went
to Maria yunk and brought his son
home.
ing flames reflected upon the four
human figures The Ice-skaters had
arisen. Brett with his shoe off, both
with their hands raised high.
Brett submitted quietly while
the chubby fellow searched him.
taking the money and the keys to
his car which was parked nearby,
and which the intruder*, before in-terrupting
the party, vainly tried
to steal.
The search completed, the bandit
turned till attention to Miss Printz
That did not meet with the tall
chap's approval He probably was
the chief of the bandit pair, for he
ordered the little fellow not to
touch the woman and the com-mand
was obeyed.
With their meagre loot the pair
lien [led across (he Marble Hull
links toward the club house, where
police believe they may have had
an auto parked ln a dark driveway
Brett and the girl hurried to their
Arriving at the roadside.
rid the robbers had been at
the car first As both doors were
locked the visitors attempted to
: by tearing up the floor
boards. Thev also ripped away
number of ignition wires.
Inside the car was the woman's
purse. containing considerable
money and Jewlery.
Breil. an electrician at the John
Wood Manufacturing company, re-ru
wiring system without
much difficulty, connect ln» ths
wires so that he could drive with-out
a key He opened a door by
raising a latch through the space
the thieves had left by raising the
floor boards.
Then the couple drove to Brett's
home, a half-mile away. Officer
Harry Stelnmetz of the Whltemarsh
township police, was called. Ac-companied
by Brett and a posse.
he searched the territory In vain
for a trace of the bandits
In another quarry less than a
quai ter-mlle away four couples
were holding a frankfurter roast,
climaxing a wood-chopping party
Nearby In a third quarry, more
than a score of skaters were gather-ed.
Nothing occurred that disturbed
the peace at these centers
Miss Printz in the daughter of
Mr and Mrs. Carl PrinU. She also
ls employed at the John Wood
office
Brett Is a prominent member of
the Artisan club. Philadelphia !!•
lives at the home of his mother
Mr-; Thomas W Brett, of Joshua
road.
The John Irwlns reside at 143
Josephine avenue. West Consho-hocken.
and when they left the
Red 'Men's hall to return to their
bODS they were surprised to find
the machine, a Desola roadster,
missing. The theft was Immediate-ly
reported to the police and a
short time later the car was dis-covered
by the owner at Hector
and Jones streets, where It had
ben abandoned. No damage had
been done the car.
The theft of the other two cars
was not discovered until Sunday
morning when the police were
notified. William's car was found
Sunday morning by Chief Donovan
on Hector street near Jones street
and immediately after Edward's
machine was found by Chief Dono-van
on Spring Mill avenue near
Jones street.
All the machines were locked and
It is believed they were allowed to
drift down the Incline on East
Sixth avenue until they came to
standstill. Edward's car was not
damaged. The lights were left
burning on William's car with the
icsult the battery was dead when
the machine was recovered.
The automobile of James Bruno,
left standing In front of his home
at 219 West Fifth avenue, was stol-en
Saturday evening The theft
discovered sho. Uv before 10:00
o'clock and a report made to the
police. The car was found bv
Officer Williams at 2:15 Sunday
morning on Elm street between
Cherry and Apple streets, where
it had been abandoned. The ma-chine
was not damaged.
Teacher: "Is there anything that
hibernates In the summer?"
Tommy: "Santa Claus."
Wife Sues Student
For Support of Child
John Pollock. Jr, of this borough,
a student preparing to take a theo-logical
course, was a defendant before
MsglKtraU- Kehor in Norristown. lani
night, charged by his wile, Zelma
Eu&ton. IB. with non-support of their
•even month* old child Pollock was
held under a&oo ball lor court K
Arthur Nelson, of Royertiurd. became
the bondsman
Pollock and liln wife are separated
Mrs. Pollock Is employed as a wait-ress
in a Norristown restaurant and
lives with her child In Bridgeport
Pollock has tiled an action In tha
county courts for divorce, claiming
desertion.
Pollock and his wife were married
in Bel-Air, Md . after a brief court-ship
while the girl was employed In a
local restaurant.
ANTlF.It-
Man. \tlilrt-r-.-.'s Home
and School Leaaoe.
Defending Montgomery County
District Attorney Prank X. Ren-ulnger,
for his widely criticized
Mm. n*ely»
in the recent murder of her hus-band.
Attorney David E. Oroshens,
of the district attorney's ilaff. ad-dressed
the January meeting of the
West Conshohocken Home and
School League, last evening In the
West Conshohocken high school
auditorium. Attorney oroshens
spoke at the meeting in place of
District Attorney Rennlnger, who
was prevented from coming, owing
to pressure of business
The district attorney has been
unjustly criticised in his attitude
in the Elllck case. This criticism
comes only from those who do not
fully understand conditions. Mrs.
Elllck was not treated unkindly tn
the district attorney's office. I can
assure you. She was not committed
to any unfair treatment. What she
did. she did of her own volition."
Mr. Oroshen told his audience of
more than one hundred and fifty
persons.
Attorney Oroshens complimented
the West Conshohocken citizens
on I heir hnnd.'-onie new school
building and stated that Its high
location should be conducive to
bv the development of
muscles, tn the dally climb to
classes.
Mrs. Jacob Holland presided at
the business meeting, which opened
the program at 7:30. and at which
It was decided to hold a banquet.
In February. Further plans for
the event will be made at a meet-ing
at the home of Mrs. Walter
Adams, 507 Ford street, Thursday
afternoon, at 2.
amusing sketch. "Madam
Queen" was presented by Miss
Emma Ferrler, as Madam Queen,
and Miss Eliza Riles, as Ruby-
Taylor, whose identity was not
disclosed to the audience until
after the performance
The Brewer Conservatory of
Music was represented by its presi-dent
at the meeting Various types
of musical Instruments were dis-played
and demonstrated to the
audience, with a view towards
forming a school orchestra.
Mrs. Hugh Adams. Mrs. Thomas
Havener. Mrs. Leroy Fisher and
Mrs. Oeorge Russell were appoint-ed
to assist Mrs. Walter Adams,
chairman of the banquet com-mute.
Red CrossAsks
Relief Funds
Local Branch Bai Received
$226 to Data from Tlnr
teen tontriliutors.- Kiiml-
Nenaed t<> Peed Bnngrj
und Prevent Psstilstnce
UMMtOIMUVI. - I 1.7 IK
Provide VS:.<MI t,,r Streets.
-1"ini t..i I ii.- i ... and
I] 155 tor Water
HMD ON SERIOUS < M..R*.K
Blr-Tcl*
SON'S. 217 I Hector it
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READ THE REt 4>ltI»K 11.50 YE
At noon today, Conshohockens
contribution to the Starvation Re-lief
Fund, being raised by the Amer-ican
K#d uam to aid the sufferer*
■>ites. seared
desolated by the nine months
drought, hid reached $226
The local branch of the Red Cross
ls making an urgent appeal to Con-
■farOhoefcan citizens to bend every
effort to aid their one million coun-trymen,
hungry, half-clothed, then
iiind burned out and useless, their
stock dead and dying, their water
supply polluted, and with
of pellagara and other diseases
looming before them.
Local contributions are requested
to be sent as soon as possible to the
Mary H. Wood Park House, where
they will be received by local repre-of
the Red Cross, any
time throughout the day. Dona-tions
of anv amount will be wel-comed.
Mrs. L. C. K. Ridlngton.
treasurer of the local branch of the
Red Cross, is acting as treasurer of
the drought relief fund.
Only thirteen persons are repre
stilted as yet among the local con
tributors to the fund They an
Mrs. Laura W. Wood, Miss Marlon
B. Wood, Mr. and Mrs David
Ross, Dr. Oeorge T. Lukens. Miss
Sara £ Pierce, Miss Mary L. Clark,
Mrs. William F Davis, Peter Dl
Rossi. Hanta De Paula. Edwin W
Harrison, Miss Eliza Hall and Irene
M Huflv
Need r.M.04M
The Relief Fund in the Philadel-phia
district Is now touching the
eighty thousand dollar mark With
the public Imagination stirred by an
unprecedented spectacle of suffer-ing,
the Southeastern Pennsylvania
Chapter of the American Red Cross
Ls mustering every resource at Its
command for the completion of the
$700,000 fund asked of this district
foi the drought sufferers. The
quota is slmlllar to that which at the
time of the Mississippi flood was set
for ihe citizens of Philadelphia and
tIn- uujoining counties of Bucks,
Delaware. Montgomery and Chester
by the officials ot the National Red
Cross.
Following the nation-wide broad-cast
made by President Hoover.
Cal.in Coolldge. Al Smith Mr;.
August P Belmont. Mary Pickford.
Will Rogers and other notables, the
Philadelphia Red Cross Chapter
reported the receipt of the largest
mall at Its headquarters on any day
since the war. Contributions, large
and small, poured Into the head
quarters of the American Red Cross
Starvation Relief Committee at 2100
treet, at the rate of nine
hundred every twenty-four hours.
Donors of gifts of five thousand
dollars each were, Mrs. Edward W
Bok. of Merlon, and E. Walter
Clark: Miss Anne Irwln Laughlln.
it Hill, gave $2,500, and
other numerous gifts of one thou
At an adjiurntd meeting of West
Conshohocken town eouncil, held tn
the Oeorge Clay Fire house, last
eniiiK. it was decided to Increase
tl OBMM ol ihe bor-ough
by $10,000. Soht nor Potts was
empowered to araw tne necessary
ouhnanres to be presented to coun-til
lor aition The loan will not be
uhmititd bo ths voters as It comes
within two per cent o! the assessed
valuation in which limit the bor
ough has not borrowed.
It is the intention of council to
use the loan to pay off the notes in
hank amounting to $10,500. At the
present time there ls about $5000
in the sinking fund account and
bonds of the issue ln force at the
present in that amount
paid off. Tlie bonds n
1038.
The appropriations committee
submitted an ordinance fixing the
appropriations for the year. The
.its tor $3500 for street
work, and $1500 for miscellaneous,
an increase of $500 ln each amount
The ordinance which passed first
and second readings provides for
the following expenditure:
Police $1600.00
Supervisor 1260.00
Seeieturv 160.00
Treasurer 75.00
Solicitor 2500
Auditors 30.00
Health Officer 25.00
naat 343.00
Hie Hvdranta 1455.00
Lights 1550.00
Fire Company 1000.00
Discount on Notes 630.00
Smklng Fund Account 924.00
Interest on bonds 685.00
Slate Tax 9T00
Streets 3500.00
Veteran Huried With
Military Honors
The fUMBSl ol James Brace I in lor-
■
RUBS ui Foreign Wars, witn a rat-al
IwantT SI8I.I yearn in UM
rt.1 aaggfjj Army who |~
day night at the Naval hospital.
: Saturday
imTTig with lull military honor*
The funeral waa held Irom the resi-dence
of a cousin. Mia* Mary Mellon,
ib whom he resided at lia W<-*t
Ninth avenue. The body was borne
av motorized caisson 1 rum
bouse to Ht Matthew's Church where
.Solemn Hiich MiM waa celebrated at
1000. The service* were attended by
assemblage ol relatives and n.< un-til*!
hliM the edifice.
aas was celebrated by Rev Thom-a*
t Peleahek. ar.iuUrd by Rev Father
McCarthy, of Texas, a friend of the
deceased, as deacon, and Rev Rupert
Ranch, aa sub-deacon Rev Father
McCarthy preached the sermon Mia*
Hoae Hoey. urganiat. was in charge ol
the mualc. Mrs. Mary Cunningham,
ol West Conahohtx-ken. waa the solo-
1*1 Interment waa made in St.
Mary* cemetery. Plioemxville The
pallbearer* were: James KiUnym-
Daniel Murphy, John Morianty, Aug.
u*t Abrama. Albert Mlllhouae and
Oeorge Carolm
Polish Consul
To Visit and
Spt'i-k Here
Dr. Rsrsynski < lonsul Geae$>
ul ,ii V« York to Be-
(.in--! ol I li-li llagli's
Ml I iING \T ii ALL
Miscellaneous 1000.00
Total . $14,746 00
There waa a dlaf.iisa.ion as to the
two -Through thoroughfare" signs
at Ford and Front streets being too
high to be observed. Tlie Police
tonurtlttaa decided to change
iifin on the east side of Ford street
and make It twenty-six inrhes high
It was decided to move the light
from Balllgo road near Church
itMSt and place it on Elizabeth
treet near the bridge spanning Wll-sontown
creek.
The absentees were Messrs. Ryan
and Bath. President Ingram pre-sided.
Doaths
Mrs. Mae Sevan ll.ilev
Word has been received of the
death of Mae Be van Haley,
of Edmund Haley, of Black road.
Ardmore, and mother of Mrs Earl
O Althouse. 617 Spring Mill ave-nue,
on Saturday afternoon at 3
Mrs. Haley suffered a paralytic
stroke on Thursday and never re-gained
consciousness.
She is well known ln this bor-ough
where she had ninny friends
she fiinierly taught In the Lower
Merlon school district.
Besides her husband, deceased Is
survived by these children: Edna,
wife of Joseph Winter, of Penn-field.
Anna, wife of Harold Syard,
of Kingsport. Tenn . John, of West
Chester, and Dorothy, of this bor-ough.
The funeral will be held from
her late residence on Wednesday
afternoon at two. Interment will
be made in the Lower Merlon
Man, 8J,Victim
Of Hiccoughs
Oorge Stnmsa Striokan Af-ter
Vu.ic'k of Grippe.
Under Tn.itm.nt fur M
House Without Relief.
H.Mtii'(lii'- (ail.
A Spring Mill resident has been
suffering. almost continuously
with hiccoughs, for tlie past forty
right hours
The victim ls Oeorge Strousc.
eighty-one years old. who for many
years operated a canal boat on the
Schuylklll River canal, between
Conshohocken and Reading
Strouse was stricken at his home.
Saturday, with a severe attack of
nrlr$M His wife has been HI for
several weeks with pneumonia, and
it waa at first feared that the same
malady had afflicted him
Sunday afternoon, about 2.
Strouse was suddenly afflicted with
hiccoughs, and has been racked
with the disease almost n.
lime Numerous remedies,
has faiiud to stop the uiseajw. which
la fast robbing the victim «f hts
strength His itui
has been difficult to break down,
bul the continuance of the entrvn-ilng
hiccoughs has alarmed his
family
At noon today, he had no relief
from the attack ln an hour and a
half
The case recalls that of Howard
Buler. of Walnut street. West Con-shohocken,
who about two years
ago, suffered continuously tor four
days from the disease. Dozens of
remedies, suggested to him by per-sons
all over the United States.
who learned of the case throuuh
the papers, were without avail,
until it was suggested that he visit
a Bridgeport drug store. Here, a
remedy compounded many years
ago. by the proprietor. William A
Hurst, cured him almost Instant-aneously.
Earl S. Althouse. 38. of Spring
Mill avenue, this borough and
engaged ln the coal business with
a yard In West Conshohocken.
waived a hearing, yesterday after-noon,
before Magistrate Kehoe.
Norristown. on a serious charge | sand dollars each gave impetus to
preferred by Dorothy Woodward, of the raising of the fund.
West Conshohocken. He was com-mltted
to Jail, without ball Later! Conductor' "How old are your
In the afternoon, he was released three children"
under ball set by the Court ; Pat: "Ellven years old. all of
Tlie complainant charged that In . them They're triplets."
1929 she was violently attacked by "Triplets, eh? Where were they
Althouse In his office. ' born?"
• —»r^7.-rt—mTHumrn'' Patrick was born In Chicago,
SONS. 217 E Hector * l-aa-Un. Bridget In Manila an Michael in
—Advertisement Panama"
Electric Company
Buys Ground
The itriL of land between County,
line and east of Shawmont avenue,
running alongnhe right of way of
the Schuylklll Vallev Branch of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, containing
approximately twentv-eight acres.
has been conveyed bv the Electric
Realty Corporation a holding com
nany. to the Philadelphia Electric
Company, for $98,508.12 The ground
holds the transmission power lines,
which start at Plvmouth Meeting.
Montgomery rountv. and end up
east of Shawmont avenue.
Tlie ground was assembled last
year as the Mte. it is understood,
for a large power house to supply
the electrical needs of that grow-ing
section of the city Included In
the upper section of Roxborough
Tlie conveyance of the ground la
understood to be a step in the
direction of the early construction
of the building, which ls a part of
the extensive program of Improve
ments to be carried out by the
Philad"lphia Electric Company
this district st an carry dnif Thl
price paid for the thirty and one-half
acres was $98,508.
i man can smell with his nose,
. that's where a woman shines.
BANK ELECTS Ollli » li-
Public Meeting Surnlsy.—
% arm Welcome: Planned
For Visitor
iblk in Poland's official
will visit
Conshohocktn, on |
ul Is Dr.
Tadeucsi Racaynakl, Polish
ral at New York City, who
thl invitation of
the Polish f
Borough officials. clttKvmen and
out-of-town guests will be here to
greet the visitor, prominent ln
Polish-American Ktlvltleg during
ihe World War.
Tlie program, at which the
ni. is open to
he public, and will begin at 7,
Sunday evening. In the Polish
Eagles' headquarters. East Elm
addition to Dr. Racryn-k
i, other speakers, Including
Walter Pytko. or Philadelphia.
treasurer of the St John Conto
Insurance Compam. Rev Sebas-tian
Jerzak. rector of St. Mary's
R C ciu;i.ii, Rev J Harry Mar-eckl.
assistant rector, and Rev. J.
Maclelewnkl. rector of the
Heart Church of Swedelni-d. w
address the gathering, Berot.
Manager H. D. Herbert and inc.
bers of town council will t
the borough. 11 ls expected.
An elaborate greeting has b>
prepared for the dlplamatlc vlai
Upon his arrival in Philadelj
from New York City, at 4. he
be met by a committee of oflic;
from the Polish Eagles. St Mai
Church, and the borough, and ■
be escorted by a caravan or twet.
automobiles to Conshohockei..
Right of way Is being secured for
the procession, the committee stat-ed
today. Upon hb arrival here,
he will be greeted at Ht. Mary's
rectory by the clergy, and will be
entertained at dinner, there.
Pupils of St Mary's Parochial
School, garbed In while.
ing red saahee, ths color schema
cam-Tin* out the national colors of
J. asset ih'ed in group foirmv
lion, will gree, the consul at the
Polish Eagles' Hall, aa will be a
long receiving line of prominent
persons.
Tlie event ls arranged to give the
members of Uie Polish Eagles and
an] person MI onset*
meet an official repre-sentative
of Uie Polish govern-ment,
unit lo com nit morale mi im-portant
date In Polish history,
which tails on January 32. It waa
the 66th annivcraaiy of Poland's
'declaration of independence"
against H'issla. and Is also an im-portant
■Vorld War anniversary
date for Poland.
m Hyllnskl ls chairman of
the committee arranging the event,
and is assisted by Stanley Sctcsal-kowskl
and Walter Otublnskl,
the Polish Eagles or*
gaol anon,
The board of directors of the
First National Bank reflected the
officers of the bank for tin- ensuing
year The officers are: Horace C
Jones, pn p- Davta,
vice president and trust officer:
Spencer I. Jones, vice president
and assistant trust officer: John 0
Tracy, secretary; Howard C Ped-rick.
Cashier and tru-■•
David M Hayes, assistant cashier:
Pederico Mauck. solicitor
Delirium: "They tell me you're
smoking Y W C A. cigarettes now
What are they?"
Tremens: "That's the brand that
Young Men Cast Away."
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motor car, except In .*e If-defense
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THE CONSHOHOCKEN
KKCOKDKR
Workman Claims
Thusrt Heat Him
Benjamin Kuryllo 41. of 101
Chun ii burg, is a
path nt in Aiuut :■
Norristown. <ulfiiing with a com-pound
fracture ol the lower Jaw.
Kuryllo WBJ found at R. last night,
in a semi-conscious condition near
the gate at the rear of his home by
a neighbor The m n was carried
into his home nun a physician
Minimum c! K .i ■- h
moved to the hospital State poliss
■
and McBride secured a ■'
from Kuryllo. who stated that he
was out of work nml went, yester-day,
to Llnfleld In search of a Job.
Dpon bii return .. Nonii
. ui the railway
station He hoarded a trolley car
for home and the men also boarded
the car. Kuryllo said be became
suspicious and led tlie cur a short
hram his home He told the
police, the men also left the car and
followed him and when near the
rear gate nt hi;, bom. be was
attacked and badly beaten.
The police are not willing to be-nwn
were bandits seeking
money as Kin—Ho was dressed as a
workman and ha<' no mow
■
hood was made but no ciw
Year's Supply of
Oil for Ambu'an e
Thlrtv gallons of or I
donated by Oonshohi "ken n-d West
conshohocken nil man
to the No 2 P
nany, for use In the operation of
the communliv ambulance 'Hie oil
wilt be i
for a year's opera' Ion I larvey
Shaw, a trustee of the company,
Lributtone.
Donations of gov |
run the vehicle for a year, wr-r?
Charles
Cauvel, also a trustee of the com-pany.
ADV IN THE RECOHDER