The Conshohocken Recorder, May 8, 1931

              ®I)e Consljoljockcn tlecorkr.
Bstablisbed !!'.','>. So. 6429
Suggests No
Tax to Attracl
New Factories
Treasurer Wood \.|\r-r
S.I | Board of Need for
Inl. r<-*l in Growth
"TOWN I S SLIPPING '
Would Have Board Wit!
Council Sponsor i ' turn*
ber «»f ' lommerce
PUBLISHED FVFRY
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
PEACE Ml I H. \li
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Then «ue winm slight
Increases in Ram
rreAaes The principal In
MUD for teachers' salaries which
for two addition-
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for teachers re-than
SL»fK». The
additional provided
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HOOD
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<>ii all lux monies
Bj the district Till* is also the
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od Informed the board
•hat $84,600 have been roltreted on
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exonerations "f about seooo. dm' to
and other
Mr w the tax
Fourth ward is in!
bad shanc: . that tbs assessor docs)
■ be Bounty
.; Hie errors
mutely $50,000 of property
! a. m. i | tlie com-but
Un
1.1 impcaglbla one and it
i> not tha duty >>f the board but «f
Hi'' assi unfy corn-
Mi Wood u ■■■
<■ both be and
Herbert aitemnied to
MI budlv muddled that I
up HK teak
On motion of Mr Wood tha fin-
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meat with Hi" tux collector on Kay
duplicate
Elect Treasurer
John r; Wood chairman of the
committee an
treasui*'!
himself at a sal arc of $250
par iinr , BO othi r
Care Of Children
Sup*;- . rrjiorted
an pxaininntion of the pupils as
been made and it
■ per rent.
one wen 111 pat
eighty. 10 percent and eighty-four
; ar rent undei ■
Mild 7 |yr cent II not harmful bill
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Mr under-weight
of many of the children is
tlon Some childi
to Baboo] without harmi
to eat and when they
■ d such pupils, b
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Driver of Gar Chm5!t®9'jfe
special Meetings
lii Occident
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. FRIDAY, \m B, 1931
Wist Side Man Pilot
In .Motor Boat Race
IWI I \1 PACES PRICK TWO CENTS
Given .10 Days
Driver and Owaer tgre
Paj for Damage Mom
% in. Bobeareitn
HWM K
Sentenre of Edward Ha] De-ferred
io Ma) 22. Sem>
eneei Given
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.been held nightly (or uie past two
Ing the sixth uni:i-
B
will be brought to a Bkl
aim H
to
horken, will be U
at the i , i ■
■ i Blears were
\i ill II III) pep admit
hip
MBS, lltMiuil'll r NASON
Sails to Stud)
Causes of \\ ar
The iirtermath of an accident
■ irred Apn! :J at tha m-
Ken and
Spring M1U m r UeJ -
Dented and driven
tfattl lw>r-oollided
with i■■
p H Ptrrman and own-
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i! Bob) li-retth
e/ai injured and
: m court.
morning before Judgt
MaryQ.Moore,
niaWeek,Dies
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W.I. of Former
I nun Cotni
iiimi'- to r
of
il street, in
Anthony,
both of w ■
borough,
left by automobile last evening for
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York Cit>
tomorrow. 112 entries van
red up to last Btaotag ami more
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■ i - dlihhHl man I
tend tn B
aapacti to main
iiowniK in trial raoet
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roHj ill miles an hour
lanl .'t the
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romlng ban from fJhicago with tha
UacDonald I lompany,
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I reaidenl meni plant After the buildlne*
ii Su<
Baptists Io
Observe 60th
A iiM-rsarv
Pounding of i hurrfa ts I***
Marked with Speeul
San l«ei
Margaret Bootfa W.
Dies. Ot|„-r Deaths.
Porman pleaded guilty to dnnntj
\lr^. H. p, IVaeon to Spend
si\ Montis in Eorope in
Inlereel of Peace ^momj
ibe Nations. Experienced
in (lauee.
Hldrf
The SupeniiU,nd"iit reporl
(conUnued on pace two)
■ dotab Palmer Kaaon, of
Oosa Hi.' former Miss
luabter at
I
from New
York city, on the s a Aauttanla,
for six months' siudv and
gnoil-wlll B
The fbn
polntment,
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amoBf '• loman in
taimnjboui tha United
baa ham u -
aal movc-haa
bean
leader of dlacuailon groupa m tha
■■ 'tkjnal oonfai 1
Waahmglon on the cause and cure
of war. and WBK 1928 chairman of
BU Connectlcul ^-11:011, when the
croup was nrganlaed in behalf of
Brland-KBt-
She has also bi
I Interna-tional
H. organJaa-
Uon
ons which
itet reeom-
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in workinu with or.
inierna-
I lofllty as a speak-ui
write «nd 'that polae
1 urination which
• aeaarUy he eaaenUat to the
carding out o! the proponed pro-it
ram."
Parti neat
Mr* Naaon'a inimeriiat«> destina-tion
la Paris She will 1>
m ttM vicinity Of the en .■
HI then
Lake her to Berlin where she wlil
have a brief stay. Iravint; Uie
middle of June for Poland The
I (trip ..: r-.i.iiHi
rutUOf tato Germany, and an ob-
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at present, will be her heai
for two Btonab Ben
make an intensive study of condi-
■ ■ t.ally, and in ('■•
1 laUoa Lo tlie out-side
world
Mrs Nason wi'l
Bwitaerland, the middle of August.
will enter a school for
foreign itu reeled In inter-naUonal
relations and w
frtll riatl the Assembly of U<°
Learrue of Nations, tn its regular
1! with introduc1:
large number of mfluenUaJ Burn-
Haaon will be enabled
to establish eontaet in each section
visited, with persons and organiza-tions
which will best aid her in
carrying out* her res—earc..h work.
Mis Haaon 1- ;u compan led on tlie
;i distinpuished
European, Dr Enia Pol."
the Austrian Association Of
University Women, returning home
after attending Hie itoldcit Jubilee
of the American Association of Unl-
P/omen. held three weeks
ago :n Boaton, afam Mrs. Nason
emi a delegate to the BM
Coilliet t;
"tie of a group of
women sent by the In'ernaltona!
Association of University Women, to
it the celeb
She is a tutor at
Vienna, and was one of il,
at the jubilee Bat
Fatal
Tlie husband of Uie former resi-dent,
and a group of friends accom-panied
her to New York City, at
her departure Mrs N:iw>n S|x»ut
the weekend here with her p.innts
her two-year-old daughter. Mary
i'< nmpanving her and re-maining
for a three-mi '.'
At that
will go to Peterboro, New
Bampahln to visit Mr Bason
parents. Mr and Mr
■ ii ber iiintii.-i's retuin
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Following an Una
week, Mm y \ wife of Michael
UOort we!i-kni.wii u
while intoxicated and Was ten-Idled
tanned to par
m jail
: iraed with pen
ting an intoxicated peraon to 'ii daj evening She attend-bis
car and "I UleaeJ I"
■ small durbuj ths da] and in the evening
was round ill '■; • .hienlv 11: I' ■
directed a KKUel of not j developed which was roUowed wltb
guilty. ins From
In ti;. Ing her eondUlon w-»s
thrown from tug sat and rendered oonstderad BBTIOUS and she grew
UnOoneOOUl anil blS ear damaged gradually weaker until her death
(culiiin. no ■: l-\ d'-.ideil to
iiriiniii.i
,j,.| as an acetylene
an esthual-torbosl
ia. at fui a iiuinb-it
yaan batag 1 membt
Niaristown Mi>torls>at Club He
speed boat at the club*
DUae along the HcJiuylklll river
Tie- KH ai i»ai l> wttl B
Sunday nlgfal
I emaa and
Pi ice pronuaed tha attorney for
BolM'tireitli anil tlie court was so
inhumed, that tlnv would pay for
the rtamaan abas to the ear. Bob-cnreith
did not ask for pfimal
(lamases
■Bay ri.M.K r.uiity
Fdwurd H<i\. who operated a small
ton io tin Opera fToiaai building,
aven M ph aded t»oul mi bee!
guilty to illegal possession of'ou^l
Deceased was tha daugtotar of the
lute Jajaea and Anne QuJ
In tins hnrrnarh
A di.ou.
member .>f Bt laatthew's ohurefa
Mrs. Moore was anbued with Chris
Mill) ideals which reflected UtTOUgh-
BUl bet life ami WOO hei ■
lasting blends
Beeidaa bet hu
Frane;.
"Il "I this bor-home
In curt uila mornmg, tner. of New
Judge w. 1 Bentence
until May 33.
The store of Hoy w»s raided by
6a upon anony-
'!'• to the
ol the detective in an-swer
lo a question of Judge Wlt-the
office of
District Attorney Renninger. Hoy
told 'he detective to help himself
aareh Stevenson said ne
found BOfhbng until lie lifted an
overcoat of defendant, and a pint
of whiskey was displayed.
bad made sales of
llqui r. and claimed tin- bottle found
contained liquor which he had pur-chased
lor his own use,
Mary A O'Uoun. 0, Of thai BOf
ough, who is serving on the Jury
Uils week was railed from the panel
11 behalf of the defend
H. to. .1
tan B^andnhBaran
Mrs. Marsraret Booth
Mrs. laargarBl Booth Wedel.
life-long resident of this borough,
died at the home of her twin
ter, Mrs
Sixth
W Baal
I'd 11)
neat from a enanpltcatton or all
merits.
Deceased was the daughter of the
late Mr and Mrs John Hume] and
was born In Robinson's aJk
two years ago Kh. pas bean
resident here all her life She was
known and most
highly respected women m the
community.
Deceased resided with her son in
(Eaat Sixth avenue for atanv rears
!!", If"..^^.t':s!^!^.^!nl I1':' When . health began to I
eral months ago. the home was
broken up and she went to tlie
home of her daughter. Mrs. Ellnore
Rubber? Case on Trial I Jackson, in Norrtstown. but Inter
Charles Lynch. John Wallace ! "-''irned totbtal bomavh to spend
had an 1 | aton.
said she hud known him for a mini- i
ber of years.
and John Haney. Norristown
yeutha. set irsjad with
robbing Louis Biddl-, prominent
Ambler resident, of a ring valued
at S8C0 and S80 in cash, on the
night of April 12 in the yard in the
rear of a Norristown garage.
It was testified 1 hat Biddies car
became disabled in Norristown and
one of the youths directed htm to
a rntrage where he was taken to a
ird and robbed.
I he deft Oat cttered testunonv
that Middle entered the garage and
asked when- he could get a drink;
that he was taken by on
men to a speakeasy In B
and liquor was secured and brought
buck to the garage and the four
en drank it
The Norristown men were arrest-ed
in Philadelphia as Uiey were
brytni to pawn .1 r^t, and ■ a in b
of their tied, bank
notes issued by an Ambler bank
Oteen Three Months
Oanifl Boyd, ol Norristown. was
Otaneed by Judge Knight* this
morning, to serve three months In
Jail on the charge of stealing chick-ens
from the farm of Amos SchulU.
Point Beyd pleaded
guilty and has been m Jail for
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Returns From
Funeral in Mich.
Mrs. Carrie Benner. or 106
West sixth avenue, ret in
tarday al noon ft
tgan. where she intended the fuu-dral
of fan am Raymond C Ben-ner,
38, whone deato OOUrad April
[23. from pneumonia and erysipelas
The deceased man. a former
I local resident, had an adventurou-
(earlier life-, bnvna
Pranoe and England and most of
the western part of the United
States at an early age. He was a
World War veteran, serving al
the Edgewood Arsenal, a large gas
shell arsenal in Maryland In U)11
he married Kuth I Kilts, in De-troit.
Lau-r the familv removed t"
Lyons Mr Benner was ,1
1st.
In addition to his wife, his
mother and a brother, six children
survive Tin \ are Natalie. Wal-lace,
Shirley. Verlon, Beverly and
111.:.lie !■' ■■:
from the Mpthodist ctiureh, Lyoni
with Masonic services at the grc
tiie leinuhalei of her life with he
Deceased Is survived by one son,
James Booth, of this borough, and
a daughter. Elinore, wife of Eugene
Jackson, of Norristown She IK also
survived bv two sister^ and a bro-ther
Mrs Samuel Smith, Mrs
Hannah Courduff and George W.
Rumel, an of this borough
Tlie funeral will be held
funeral parlors of Paul ;> Miller.
'■■ street. tomo-T«'w after-noon
at 2 o'clock.
Hannah I\ Davis
ii Preston, widow of Mil-lard
F Davis, a former well-known
resident of this borough, died early
Yesterday morning at the Mention-
". Home Rotateton, following a
protracted illness She was seventy-
<.f age
Deceased resided In East Eighth
its borough, for more than
twenty-five years, her husband be-ing
a well-known plasterer and at
one time served as a councilman
BtaOS the denth of her husband.
Sean ago. Mrs Davis has
the Kotiderfon home
■ BgO she WHS I Oil 1 Mill to
BiesrrtBri hospital. Norristown. bti:
1 ...iii-
Bhe is survived by two
and a niece Horace P I.iversidge
ol Bala-Oynwyd. vl"e president and
gtnarBl manager of ms Pioia.ki
ph Fleet 11.' rjemnany; Lewis t.iv-
■•', Pfttaburgh, and Mrs
Hannah Cliurrh. of Bala-c-.\.-* ■ d
The funeral win be h.id from ths
Kogelschavs funeral parlor Hoi
ristowu. tomorrow morning at 11
o'clock.
James Hasson
og an illness of the past
six months from a comDllcattnn of
ailments. Jama* 1 an "f llatthew
and the late Myrtle Royer Ha.vson
morning at his
home, 106 Cedar avenue He was
fourteen years of age
Ith was a first-veer slti
dent In St Matthews high school
Dtnpefled to gf ■
•fo on ac-count
of failing health Bed.re en-terlng
the local school he ot
the grade course In St Gertrude's
■1 bool
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\anif Assessor
For 4th Ward
Frank Retty Appointed by
( iiiiiilv ( .niuni--ioiur-.
\--i--i.i Keen.HI'- Books
Snow (*t■ 1 i—ion- and Re>
.In.in.11- of 164,710.
MOTHER'S l>\> ^1 U\M I
Key. Wen, RfjaaeJI t-. Preach
\1111i\t r-arv Scrnnm,
1 ongregatiofj Meets
"Would you give jour aeat to a
in East Plums Cemetery. Don't know, I nen-r had a seat;
■|'1"1 CCgj man
■■! by the Count)
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Founti ward to fill lh.
caused by the resignation of win-
Him ateenan. whom H
resldi's in Wlldwood. N .1
Kceiiun made the trtem.ial .
on whtrh the taxes for [lan^Bervtre
this year Will be collected, and on
which DO advances may be made
' ■ other than fur
additions to propertaai and for
trUCttOn until tlie next
■ Baaaaanw ol
Mr Kelly has taken up BBS
duttea of UM oj'!~^ and is now
making registry a-weenmrnt. asaw-ment.
assessing all citizens to
qualify Ihem to vote tn the next
primary elections The registry
lists are In bad shape and the new
assessor bib
and make a complete tn m Hat of
voters
Many Omissions
The tai ■ Ustl are
m.w being bwnacrtbad m the
barwayh . ■ I irthward
asiessmenis have been found to be
in bad shape fatiii it Wood
treasun-r ol the school dlstrlit ie-bool
board of the
BBBdltlon of the Fourth ward
a.sse.ssim nt and this
Borough Manager DjglU
heck of the duplicate and
found omissions and redia tions
assessments compared with
Keenun s assessmeut.s for 1930.
amount to 184.710 equal to 11164 78
at 1 he present tax rate of the
borough Tlie loss to the school-
{bat net in taxes amounts to
11087.7] or a toUl loss to the Ux-payers
for school and borough pur-poses
of $2332 40.
1 Ike their returns
to the county commlssit"
: 's are transcribed by the
county and duplicates supplied to
the Bchool (Uetrlct. The borough
i from the
school duplicates Manager Herbert
d when making a aou
assessment for borough
which was ordered by town council
and rejected when 11 was com-pleted,
a baa of 150.000 in assessed
valuation The mutter was not dis-cussed
in either tta school board
or in town council.
In comparing the 1931 assess-ments
for the Fourth ward with
the 1930 assessments, that assess-
1. the 1930
books ban been reduced io 113.795,
a difference of $49,710. It was fur-ihat
properties
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assessed tolalng $15,000 ■
leased
In making out the tax duplicate
foi this -■ ii'Tbert is
Checking tha lists against the
1930 books and fflfflTf'a to have
the work completed in time n,
make a full report lo town BOUneU
at the ragulai maetng next wed-
■ nlng
•nth anniversary of ths
founding i.l the F,i-t BatptM
church win bs markad aith
oeiiiuinning on
eas founded
A BoecleJ program has been
for both morning and
evening service on Bundi
I'lTfontain.' am! lh.
Chob have arranged a speeial
Ui William (i R
delphiu. Who fills an
secretarial post m the BajrlM Oje
numlnatii .
annln rear) HI n at ths rnorn
ing Bsrvloe, bea^nntag al tOJQ
o'clock iir RuaaaB ami |
BapUal Church, Nums-lowu.
when ths preseirt |
1 ai nlmiiBi isi;..i 1 be
l hull. tUMtei the dire, (I,
de Prefontalne, win randat thi
followtag n
..: Bymn
The Ok
Anthem How Amuible are
• 1 moles- Bchneckei
Solo "Qonaldei and Hear ma,"
Perrj gkatvei
Anthem <ih Pray For the Peace
of Jerusalem." Kim*
Chanson Danobw."
Kanbv
J'osllude "JayoUS March ' ROgen
enlng servlee will blend
the n"
acamv Ul,;
'He* A .1 Davies. pain.: « "l"
paal twent' "'"*'
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'iinoii. "igotherhaod and
musical program at this
srrvice will be as I
livening.
Organ Numlxi i)„. Angelua."
Massunet
Anthem Hark the Bound of
Hot) VelOSl ' l>r Wolff
Pnayei Perfect."'
Mrs Kennrih Amtilet
Posi Benedlillon Home. Sweet
Home."'
noial business gg I
Bh will be held on Wed
n Blag and cui Thursday
evening there win be « "fteUow*
ship Bttpn ■ mbera As
d Sundav in Mav ;■; 1HVI
ten on Mav n un. Bveni wiii rail
on the precise anniversary date. A
roil call of the membership will
The Church was founded on the
BBOOOd Sunday in May, 1H71. hut
prior lo that time a Sunday Bchool
had been organized on April fi
1H05. the day on which l,ee
surrendered lo Gram at Appoma-tox.
In IB70. the Sunday School or-ganization
was able to have erected
a chattel at Fourth avenue and
Ham street, on the rear of a lot
which had been given them by
George Nugent In 1H71 tb
enough persons ph-dged tO make
possible the formation of 1
Baptist Church, which ■
H the Second Sunday in
May nf thai year
To Increase Si/e
Of Water Maini
Sentences M11-I. ni.i
John Hendrlckson. of Bi
Station, Upper Merlon, am
April 6. charged with being drunk .grade on Moir street along t
iderlv. at a hearing before|*elK»oi proi»erty to Bullock a-.11
ite Isaac Kehoe informed One property owner on thi
Tlie water pressure in v
ShOhOCfcea will l,e increased ;n Hi.
Dear lulure, according to a report
at a regular meeting of the West
Side town council Wednesday ev-ening
Burgess IfeBhah
the Philadelphia Suburban
Water Company intends to replace
the present six-inch main on Front
■treat with an eight-Inch main It
is the Intention of the errnpany
ac.irdmg to Burgess MrKlhattan.
u» have the new main Installed be-fore
tfie contemplated repairs to
reel are eianmeiiced Mi
apart <■;■ unhg kau
way Company will place a DBTb and
gutter along their property
Front street He also reported
thai the winiam Davis A- Company
will ro-oper»tc in repairing the
kloeaj their property, by
sharing part of the expense
Alva 8. MacKen/ie pn
Bl board, pn
rounell a bond from the school
board In the amount of $1000 In-demnifying
the borough against
any damage that might occur from
giving the school district a new
Bank Cashier and \\ Ife Buried
in AdjoiningGraves at Gulph
I'lltllT I Services for II. i Pedrkk and Wife Were Prirata
Funeral rNutponed. Mrs, Pedrick KiDed
b) Gas I- Police ittenrj
. :
,-. dimmed. Low-hung
"ilmil. ant
of those left be-htad
1 ..!■ • dimmed
1 ■., Boras
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...ii to Bsarch m the rear of a man
and woman who but a few short
■'■' 11 i- fi di thi pinnacle ..1
■ hohock
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/ii McOuigan Fed
til" Win;..
■ Important won 1
group in the borough.
Tragi'dv bad Inh 1 -■ ■ .1 H ,:
at none, who, bad
time' deaths been otherwise would
have h.c-ieii. d tn pi) n iau m n
i*t iMii 1 had l
by lOVed ones left I- hind U I (hell,
bear their tai rfcak
Twent] raoui m n only the im-mediate
famlhee ol Lha victims, and
(lie eight prominent men who
avrved as paJl-bearera, formed ths
ortege 'Hie pa
*i re Roberl 0 LasuUs
tendenl ol pubhc ichools bare;
wniis 11 Baidwtn pn .
CoDshohocki n ii' ■
Tuuiej. a brother of Frank I m
dlan, and the fol-lowing
ne ■ Board ol
ot tha Rotary Club
Charles Bchlactar, Dan Wiiiieman
M B ! kjhl Hei ■
and Charles Wood In adduion In
- Mh fleeted as us oexi
tht di id man was also
ol the Botarj CQufa
The lit'le group ut mourners
crushed by the stunning blow that
the dual tragedy M<>n.ia\ bed deal)
uieni. gathered rrnJetly at the un
derteklng parkm '•! Paul Miner.
300 Payel
promptly at eleven They had an
appcuraii<<
ourntng was not worn A
handful of %
manner had
'U-loii'-. who
•ertained the
rnmged ' w,tcnft
from the (.pp...ne 1 BJraa ■• ,
aaaal A fcuaaaei paator &
CouBty Starts
T«»\\ iilciih'o.-nl
tlie police that he had Ixtught
liquor at the farm of Jo
lick, a farmer, of near H
Station, and that the liquor was
kepi In a red bum.
kaon wa scommltted to
jiul for illegal possession of liquor
1 small quantity was found on
bai peraon
riaidiictor 'on railroad train)
This isn't the ripht Uckol
Ab-eni -minded Passenger
What s the matter with it '
tor This ticket calls for
a diamond ring
rtUroh, nf which •
both hunt! staunch
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four ut the eight nall-
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0) the inniMei
In the meantime, ths
more cur:-
otheri wh.
ny uiwut the mortuary, and by daa>
, bool 1 hildr.'ii g
funeral Bartaga ami forming
There were rune automi
hind tht
lha in. idetiia! crowd at thi
taking piii lot no undue
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doe 11 Payi its stre« t, aen
county bridge, and weatward to the
htStOI Ii i. metei y
■■ ally dur-ing
the entile period "I the funeral
llille hand n a, hei! I he I -
The in.! I brief It
■ ■ nigh noon that the bodj>
. wared to UM b ■
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brilliant-hued. in tell-ing
contrast U) the Whole drama,
covered the mahog 1
< rdng .1 bti b) ■ bt
beppssr daya, the unuauaJ ladBaaa
of the timiai
Bteel-COlored aluminum o v e r-bexaa,
awaiting since (he previous
day *iiii ths runaral was ortgtnal-
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rs bared and low-ered
there was s brtef prayei by
■
The final episode in two Ihraa,
that had been colored wtth attain
ptQjn was written.
held the , 0
FaatattneaeeaJ
■
. nt;r, I'-dtlek
liagedy from the sensational dis-lifault
Saturday mOCO*
ing, through the ■ ;ni Hie and
strangulation Monday, and until
., an involved i\ ,
far the estate appears Ui tin' oHllig
The same element was evident In
Announcement tha:
. " ,*Jai ''■ Itl ind WOUkd lie
;jie fam-held
at the convenience ol a— ..
Barentry whetted curiosity,
and a aonosrted sffori was made on
the part of UM public lo learn the
rat hour
It was originally set for 3 BS,
Wednesday Daapits Bverj
11011 taken to withhold the knowl-edge
1.1 the Urns from the public.
hundred par-mns.
which grew with ev«
ent by UM BOhool children. Just dis-missed,
formed near the Miller
parlors, at the hour
The nail bag twin were seen to ar-riVS
Tin I There
was a wait Then dran
;i faff minutes later the i*ill bear-hoarse
drove oft.
1 mpty
There was Io !«■ no funeral, that
day. it was slated The n
the sudden, dramatic pastnenaugagl
as a "purely family one Thai
was all that could be ascertained
Bonnected with the tun-eial
were pledged to silence
Autopsy
It was an nutopsv, said to be or-
. r 1 P n . wed'
<;u-t- Company. <>( PJortii
ahtoh had bonded Pad-nd
paid $4<itXHi to tl
National Bank winch had held up
he intei D
4 30 Wedaeeda) b) Dr 1
Sltupsnn. 1 hysician ta I
Oeorn Buff, ol Montgomery
I nnlV OH
the avanan bod) The reason
hment of
. ,:h oceurn d nwl the
bg woman's His Ixtdy was
cold *hn.
But the fact that p.iln.ks txtdy
was tn a cold garage, while his
Wife's was covered in bed, wouh'
: mdlngs
Eater, it was fahiy m U
was l>cr-
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1 death
in Bin ;
hour BU-
. did the family ph
and all who were approached on
Rain Baits Widening of But-ler
Pike, ..11 W liilcmurhli
Siilr. Between Esojoogfa
line 11111I \orlh 1 «m
ProtBita.
Workamn <•« u 1
day morning began work on etden
lug Butler pike on the Whltemarsh
side between the borough Uae ami
North lane Shortly after work
,1 began to ruin Tin
heavy downpour lias postponed
further operatloni until nest week
The highway has been graded on
the Plymouth side to tlie full width
This work was completed last fall
Tlie Wtntemarsh side was delayed
bseaoas "f opposition of tha prop<
erty owners
In the sale of the land on th-
Wlutcimush side, excepting the
property of lha Philadelphia Su-burban
Water Company uml .Si
Matthew:. eemetery lha frontage
on the pike 10 a depth of twenty-live
feet was dedicated a;, a par) Ol
the highway.
lha property owners have had
the use of the land for a number
of years and have it as luwic
A number of the abutting property
iwners desire the highway widened
Io its full width and the building of
sidewalks, curb and gutters to ehm
inau* many of the danger* to pe
in the heavily* traveled
highway
Charm Berron Ii leading the
movement for the widening of the
highway and is supported by S
number of the propelly owners .
have retained eounael ti> represenl
.1 have notified ■■■■
:^.i Whttemarsn
township supervisors that tf any
action Li taken hi the p
widening of Butler pffci trutttei Coroner Hun denied
be in position to take such action any knowledge ol H
* 1 expedient for lh r pro
tection
Mr Herron, leader of tl
ment for widening tlie highway.
takes the position thai tht
owners opposing the \m\
are striving to retain land which
they do not own and ban
■
i that "as fai
■ in Simpson also
-d it as a private gtt-md
thai il win be
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man H
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As the work has been started.'
refused to sign a release from dam
age and I he BBOOOl Ixiard offered
the bond in order the change
should be made Council agreed to
meet with the school board wlthi
Engineer Cresson this evening and!
the tlioroughfare and
what damage would la* done to
property in question should the'
change of grade be authorized The
bond offered by the school board
tad and Solicitor Potts,
was instructed to draw up a new
bond with an indeterminate
amount to be presented to thei
School Board for signature
next move is up to tl■-
aal property owneti
seel
< the
PASTOR'S WIrL TO PB] till
An unusual service will mark
Mothers' Dav, Sundav In the
Methodist Church Mrs [1 A
llinkel. wile of the post
churrh. will preach the Minion
mothers In the congregation will
form the choir, and moti
serve as ushers, at Uie morning
service at 10 U. The BUD
address
will be lh- Qrsal Heart of
Motherhood '
are believed to be the WOOOn DStUnd
the BUtOp
II pedri ■ irred first,
n ths few mtautt before
lift expired became his 1 1
her estate would 1
her survivors, if Mrs. Pedrlcfc'a
death was the first I
ite, would
In all pmbobilnv be Inherited by
her husliMixl in ilc
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It has been learned tha' b
man's family and the
{family have engaged tawv I
In determiiimi: Hu
(1 .oilinued an Pare Thrrei