The Conshohocken Recorder, March 19, 1935

              ®Jjc Cansljoljocken ilecor&tx
Helen Koch
W eds Native
of Michigan
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., II KSDAY, M M(( II I". 19JS PRICK: TWO CENTS
IVutuifn-nt
Bride
LdeaJ Girl
BrillUnl
Howard I ddlrtn.m
Elected 8, S. Soot
Howard A. Eddleman, 133 West
H re-named -super-;
• limrtir Bebaol oJ
Brjafl church, at the
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tM Id in LB m of the
•hurch.
Ederer Leads
As Choice For
Senate Seat
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tilackbum. atislant superim ndent
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Miss Jeannette C Ronan.
. \; Miss Margaret
bnlth as-llLStS.
. M H: fbteT heat?* Uv
Rc|inliliran Lcm&en <
to Srl.rt Candidate
Sinned Senator Boyd
Abe Buzzard, Outlaw, Dies;
Preached in West Side Church
Abe Burrard. leader of the lam- He and hk brother* broVe Jail
ous Welsh Mountain gang of oul- several times, but each Ume they
laws, died in the Ra tern Penlten
<> T H E R
Hiindr.-d- Hen i „;ii,i,. t„
Gain idmitnuoe. .'(I
in Wedriatttj Part)
At one or the most brilliant wcd-|° 8'iiners' group as super.,
dings ever staged in thi.s borough M ata*J J. McFarland was elect-
Miss Helen Elizabeth Koch, daugh- ,(i prttnarj
ter of Mr. and Mrs Howurd Koch.,"": Miss E izabeth Baser, Junior.
810 Fayette street. became the tJapartmant head; M'ss Emma K
bride of Malt E Nuttlin, 129 Cha- WtlbOTOW, inteinn-dlate
iham road. Upper Darby, .son of tendent; Miss Catbirtrw R
Mr and Mrs Gust Nuttila of Ne- lenlor superlntandrnt; Thomas J,
guanee, Michigan. Batm ■ " ** adult luptrrrUendent,
Ing. at 7. baad of ihe home department.
With the church filled to capacity.' , M« M
Harr>' *hw* ml*' »H° "~
and several hundred pMOM stand-* F-ddleman Mrs. Williams Mrs
ing. throng* of periods al*o lined w»""r **** ?'"' "J L ,
tfJM entrance to the edillcr- ard W-themw formed UM COmmltf
clustered about 'he ground* of the preparing and serving supper,
church. It li estimated that close'
to 1500 persona witnessed the cere-
( wnmur-ii,,.
relumed rather stupidly to their
, mountains and into the hands of
Philadelphia, at the age of |K)!ll( „ depBtJ .s,l4.nfrv one es-
;||, i *« years, more than 50 of cape woe plotted ingeniouslv. Ike
which had been *pem in Jails, and Abe were in separate cells, and
Buaard and hu. gong conn: ,■ it and lover He
■ a'lov.ed a pet canary and the
stealing horses and chickens. bird was trained to carry message*
At tlic turn "l DM century Ok messagea giving plans- ... . , ,v
Struck by Car
asHeAlighted
From Bus
It.'tim II.,— Btsfi
■I Police H.,11
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MI iwu pi-iauiLs wiuicoMtu uie .—. . . ■
monv within the church, and close W. sil •! f ■ fcl* |w\\ i I
to a thousand were unable to gain ^* ■ ■CllWl BJ\WJ*.B
Laid at Rest admittance. Owing to the great in
tere-l evidenced in the nuptials, ad-mittance
was confined to those
bearing cards.
The church was magnificently
decorated for the occasion Tha Senator- and |{rpresenttttive«.
Join *.\ ill* Coimh in l.a-t
Tribute i<> (leant] - Snaa-tur.
I Iniii-and- l'a\ He-
BJMCt
Marked with a solemn dignity In
pulpit platform, before which the
ceremony was performed was trans-'
formed Into a high bank of cybo-i
diutn palms and ferns, against
Which were arranged bouquet* ol
calla Ulltes. white snapdragons, j
white carnations Candlebra. with
tall white candles arranged in tiered)
effect, glimmered among the floral keeping with hU station In life
&*, 'SSk'VSS^" ""mfd B.^ *„..„,. ,„„,, 8. Boyd »«
Outlining the pulpit platform ,ald t0 rpsl ln Montgomrey ceme-were
tall silver standards, upon 'cry. Norristowu, Saturday naratflf,
which stood silver boskets, filled while hundreds of people stood In
with bright pink carnations and hushed silence in his meniorv
daffodils. Hung effectively about The funeral starieu a) tha late
the walls n*-ar the platform, smllax residence on West Main street at 10
added to the bower-like effect. The oWoek attar thousands had viewed
ceremony was performed on a raised the body, Friday night and early
dais, especially installed linmedi- Saturday morning With thj l)"
arely in front of the pulpit plat- ginning of the solemn cortege, thi
form Here, the bride and the1 honorary pall bearers, including
bridegroom and the three ministers figures prominent In the life of th<
were assembled for the ceremony i Slate, county and town left lh<
Wedding rarty i Valley Forge Hotel and walked
Thirty-one--persons were Included slowly up Swede street to Airy and
In the wedding party. Miss Mary! then to St John's Episcopal vhun-h
Cleaver. 712 Fayette street, attended in the hands of Thomas H IJann
the bride as maid of honor and the chief sergeant at arms, the moc* of
matrons of honor were Mrs Wlllnuii thi Benats draped In black. Along-
C Koch, of 121 Fayette street, and,side wrre A. Boyd Hamilton. sec-
Mrs. James Francis Kocli. of Hazel-J^tary of the Senate. John Me-lon,
both slaters-ln-iaw of the bride, curdy, chief clerk: Clark Rice,
The eight bridesmaids included journal clerk and John T Homsher.
Misses Ruth Giles. Clara Roden-, president pro tempore of the body
baugh. Myrtle Tees. Mary Tweedtr.i0f which James S. Bovd was
Betty Oaston. Irene Murray. Helen! member for many years.
Griffiths, all ol this borough, and Then came the members of the
all members of a club In which the Senate who were able to attend;
bride Is affiliated, and Miss Mary Max Aron. Philadelphia: Edward D
Louise Koch, of Hazelton nicre of; Bennett. Indian; Clarence Buckman
the bride. Miss Janice OrlfBth. of1 Bucks; Anthony Cavalcante. Union-
West Conshohocken. served as Jun-itown: William J. Clark. West Ches-lor
bridesmaid ter: James J, Coyne. Pittsburgh:
There were three flower girls ln-;CnarlM H Ealy, Somerset; Fred T
eluded in the party They were, oiider. ForTest City; Peter Graff
Carolyn Mason, of Norrlstown; Jane13d. Worthlngton; Francis J. Harris
Baker Burdan. of Clifton Heights.'Pittsburgh: Lnnnlng Harvev. Wllkep
and LilUan Hlltner Deever. of this Barre; John W Howell. Scranton
borough James F. Koch. Jr.. of i Harvey Huffman.. Stroudsburg
Haselton. nepliew of the bride, was willtam C. Hunslcker. Philadelphia
the rtngbearer. , leg R Mallery. Altoona; John
R. Nelson Williams, of Orerns- j McClure. Delaware; John J Mc
burg. Pa., formerly of Ptuiadrlphla.l creeoh. Philadelphia; Bernard Mc-served
as groomsman. Nine ushers|ainnlfl pittiburgs; Charles E
and two honorary ushers included I Miller. Mount Carmel; James E
navld Johnstone. Murl OrlfBth, Morlon Reading. T. Mason Owlett
Vernon Vandegrlft. Joseph Wallace. vVellsboro Henry J. Pearson, UttU
oil of this borough; Arthur Paul Walter s Pytko. Philadelphia;
Wendland. of Upper Darby; Melvlnl a(<,rgc L Reed Harrisburg; John
B. Woirord. of Penn Wynne; Jameslg Rlw aettysburj: Warren R
J Rowe. of Upper Darby; Lewis A Roberts BelhK'hem: George A
Childs and Robert Cato, both of Rupp Allentown. Harry Shapiro
Philadelphia. The latter two are .Philadelphia; Andrew J. Sordont
graduates of the State University OfI Kingston; Charles W Stangen
I.u'iit. (.ii\,rm»r t
lion Halt- Teds* or Tmiinr-row,
Misf i;i\ Supported
Political leaders of Montgomery
County conftrretl todav In an at-tempt
to M-Iect candidiiles for both
major parties for tha position of
| State Senators.
I The Republican lefders were lr.
, conference for three hours todi-y
| and after the session DO
i was made. It Is understood the
names of three candidale-s. Attorney
Franklin L Wright, Plymouth
chairman of the county *
J Aubrey Anderson. Uuper Merlon
former district attorney and now
Ol the Montgomery Traal
Company. Norrlstown. and Fred-erick
B Smlllle. Upper Merlon, an
assistant district attorney, were
seriously considered by the Repub-lican
chieftains.
j Thp name of Clarence I F.dern
i Elklns Park one of the senior
lliaatfaMi oi t&t Boms ol Represen-
I tatlves from Montgomery county
! has been ln th? for.front of pos-s'b'e
Republican candidates. *
i Ederer Is known to be favorably
! inclined to switch from the hous1 tc
j the Senate, and his friends in the
: of the county are
backing him to ihe limit, ■dam i-
I not out of the fight and 't is pos-sible
that he will wage a bottle for
the nomination when t!i
committee meets in Norristown
Aithln the Basil week
| Lieutenant Govnnor Kennedy
stated last night that he would not
set the date for the special elec-tion
until late today or possibly
Wednesday Meanwhile the county
[Wimfftaoa are awaiting the Axing
of the date and the official an-nouncement
that an election mus
be held before selecting their can-didates.
The Democrats are reported U
have centered on Miss Gertrude
Ely, Bryn Mawr. Miss Ely losl t<
Senator Boyd last fall by approx
imately BO00 votes. The Republi-cans
are her strongest backers for
the Democratic nomination. They
OOttUdsr her easier to defeat than
some strong feodWpMKlsill
Ban. The Democratic committee
■*r/;t rolled by Charles D McAvoy
United States district attorney, k
reported to be awaiting H
but the Committee of One Hundred
newlv organized Democraltc group
is In back or Miss Ely. with Matthew
McCloskey. Lower Merlon leader
declaring she will be the candidate
ol the Democrats.
Barren Mill li.-i.leiii In
fnred Retunrlni FVoan
Chorea Sawv lea
TO Iltxi'l I" \1
Mile- to lii
famous outlaw temporarily forsook of the escape
his trail ol (rime, claiming he had When Abe was freed from prison
'■got, religious and stinted out ^ last In Igtl, he promls*.
a ■■converted outlaw" to preach. For more to reform I'm old,
a couple of yeorc he appeared In "I don't want to n<
ohurchM ol many towns ghmg an lew veins later the sight of a
potBttas] out chtokta coop near West Chester
(hat ciline dont pay" He made wrecked his good ttttaH
i Ducobar od ■ppaaaancai m i west He win in- bertMl ba Reading.
Side church. These visits are stl!l A brother. Joe, who spent BUUU
rod by the older resldenu.' vears in Jail il nil bsBdJat the mission for men in M
His laotura tour ended when ha I He oofaptatad ail Mattheafa R 0. Church. Frank
lOO again and au ntttl ago butjMa'k 43. of 20 Center avenn.- Mai
Found In his bag, along having no place to go and being so j h1„ „,,, ,.™ni,„, «,,ffrrinu with
With ■ Mbto and hymn book, a much at home m the penal tasUtU
BtVtol and set of burglar loold. He UOB he dediled to aaand tha n
went back to jail. malnder of his life there.
ban 500 ptiwnv it Is eatt-j
mated at-.i udrd llir fuurili annual
' p< lire bull held kwl BJaht In ihe
jeryiuU room of the K ol C hstl
| Bt'ttimii.i ilecurultoiu of green
| and white lent mi eflcctive back-
,. rful rmtumri of
| the feminine gurat- BurgTM John D
I Hampton and Mr» Hnmpton kd the
|giand march, in win. ii
{entire aMcmhlage uaiiur>att-d Jack
Oriffm and hit CBS oi'oadc*»nnf
Linnilfl niriii-hid mi ■ I
I hall
I.iu BOM hiat lunloi ikgfct
lui-mht and iightwriKht champion a
UK World -VHH iitiiimp the ouUtaud
ing guest* at the ball, and wen >
I ana^uoi «un Ma vocal
He w*a recall *U i" the
Motoriat DP
l'li\-i» iaii. Driver Meld
til Own ffofiognliiBtw
Run down last nbjht at 9.50 as lie|j»*«» "*«"' tlm" H,,,b"n
lV*r'H"'l
Bau also aang aevptal
was returning to his home after at- |tlu1nbera
\l ndt. widely kni-"
radio broadcaHting. piiiertainid with
sings, "jimnii-' Lcmahray |*>piiiMi
local alngOT. oftired Irlah a In. Jack
Clrlffin sang and Jimmy Hagrn »h»*
ed hl» ability as a tap dan
I'hlladrlphla WM master o
Father, Son IFiretnen Plan
abrasions of the left leg ami minor
! Injuries He Is the husband of Mrs
Helen Mark, postmaster af 1 IttT'
nir Hill postofflce
ceiem
Chief of Pollec PramiN Blske nd-dreaaed
the large galhrring. thanking
(Continued on Page Sis)
Controller Opposes
Special Election
Claiming a special election to
name the successor of the late
State Senator James S. Boyd will
cost the county taxpayers approx-imately
120.000, William C. Trvln
countv controller, wrote a letter.
Saturday, to the County Commiss-ioners
unilng them to use every
effort possible to prevent the Is-suance
of a writ for the special
election.
"This election will cost the tax-payers
In the neighborhood of
$20,000 and It seems to me a useless
expenditure. If this can be pre-vented."
wrote, Controller Irvtn. '*I
trust you will use every effort to
stall the writ. If I understand
meter, Ashland; Benjamin
Thompson. New Kensington;
ward Thompson. Phtllipeburg
eph C Trainer, Philadelphia and
George Woodward. Philadelphia.
Behind the Senators were I
other honorary pell bearers.
As the casket was carried Into
the church, between bareheaded
lines formed by members
Masonic orders of which Senator
Boyd was a member, the bell tolled
I Continued on Page Two)
ADDRESSED (HESTER
<<HNTV KOTAKIANS
A. K Taylor, proprietor of the
Conshohocken News Agency, was
the guest speaker at the weekly
meeting of the Paoll-Malvern-Ber-wyn
Rotary Club. Thursday evening
He took for the subject of his ad-
,. dress •Boys' Work." during which
clearly, the Legislature will adjourn'he told of the progress that has
some time In May, and It Is hardly b»en made durin« the past ten y
ll\\ (LIB ELECTS
likely that we can elect a senator
who will be of any benefit to the
county from the time of his elec-tion
to the adjournment of the Leg-islature."
The County Commissioners re-fused
to make any comments after
receiving the letter
ARDMORE MINISTER
WILL SPEAK THt RSIIAV
Rev. A. C Kanzingrr, of ihe Ard-more
Lutheran church, will be thelHoogland. Roscoe Prlzer was chosen
speaker at the weekly Lenten ser-lvlce president; William Davis, aec-vlce
In St Mark's Lutheran church reury and Tyson Heller, treasurer
Thursday night at 7.45 Miss Phoebe i Trustees elected are Thomas F
Knoelkr and Burnett Frees will McCoy, 8r . Edwin W Harrison and
read the scripture lesson I Charles Measlnger.
for the betterment o." the American
youth. Mr Taylor Is a member of
several national organizations that
are working to correct Juvenile de-linquency.
Thomas Forsythc was elected
president of the Perm Club, Second
avenue and Fayette street, at an-nual
election of officers, recently
held He succeeds Marvin
Refute Summon*
For Stata Oflii \a\>
The battle of Norri»*owr> Fire
MershAll F, J. Redrrh.. .. LO force a
Justice of the peace to Issue a fum-mons
for State Senator John J.
McClure and the owners of five
other vehicles for parking near
fire hvdunt continued today, with
Redmond the loser in two skir-mishes
thus far.
Redmond claimed that he has
twice requested Magistrate Oeorge
Mover. First Ward. Norrlstown, t<
Issue a summons for McClure. an
other autolst and the four State
Highway patrolmen, who parked
their vehicles In front of the Valley
Forge Hotel and in a restricted
anaa
Redmond said today that Moyer
refused the summons Saturday
night and that he took the num-bers
Monday night at Redmond
reed them off. The numbers were
taken down on a typewriter by
Moyer. according to the militant
Are marshal!, but when he got
home he found the typewritten list
under his front door.
Redmond declared today that he
would take legal action to force
Moyer to Issue a summons.
MISSION FOR MEN OPENS
AT ST. MATTHEW'S ( 111 in M
With the church filled almost to
capacity, a mission for men opened-on
Sunday evening at 7 30 In St
Matthew's R. C. Church Rev. Fa-thers
McCarthy and Duhamel of
the Jesuit Fathers. Phlladeplhla
headquarters, are conducting the
session Special services being held
every morning and evening. A mis-sion
for women was held last week
The mission will continue until
Sunday, when closing exercises will
be held
Held For Theft
Veil Sid.- Stun- Itolihrrv
Crumad t<> Two Y..utli-
.MI.I Father Meld on Ke-eetvituj
Stolen (iootU.
Seek Third Party.
Barmy Oriedus. Sr. 49. and his
son, Barney. Jr. 16. or Btlligomui-
|B am commuted to Jail without
bell at a further hearing before
Magistrate Minnls last eveniHK in
B with the robbery of the
Ittra of Mrs Mary Flynn
■felon occurred be-tween
1 and 4 a m.. Saturday morn-ing.
The son Is charged with lar-ceny
and the father is charged with
receiving stolen goods. The two de-fendants
were arrested by Officer
Ruth, of West Side, late Saturday
nlKht They were bj Id for the
further hearing by Magistrate Min-nls.
A third party wanted In con-
DBCtton with the robbery is a youth
loaova by the name of Tony. He
hid near the Oriedus home md a*.
wiped when tin- officer appeared to
uteit me father and son. He is
behaved to have gone to Philadel-phia
and a warrant hns been sworn
»l (or his arrest.
According to Officer Ruth Tony
tnd the younger Oriedus went to
in Flynn store early Saturday
warning and opened a rear door
with ■ .skeleton key owned by Tony.
ihev gnterad the place are
quantity of tobacco, cigarettes and
Lilher articles valued at approxini
.itely |30
The youth who escaped Is a na-tive
of Philadelphia He has been
'.ny!ng in Balllgomingn for several
years. Since coming to the West
Borough he .ias had no regular
home and has been sleeping in dif-ferent
outbuildings m thi vicinity
About two years ago he was ar-rested
for robbing a store on Ball!-
go road and stealing a qru
food stuffs. No charges were press
■■d against him at that time and
he was discharged. It Is under-stood
he came to the West Borou«h
from the northern section of Phila-delphia
and it is believed he has
■ana back to that section. The
youth Is an orphan.
Woman Driver Held
For ' .i MI.I Jury
ORGANIST nstoira
Mrs Matt Nuttila. who before
her marriage Saturday evening in
the Methodist chureh. was Mtas
Helen E Koch. "10 Fayette street
tendered her resignation as organist
and director of both Junior and
senior choirs ln the church. No
successor has yet been announred.
Miss Marion Neville pr sided at the
organ. Sunday.
No Need
Marathan Runner (coming in an
easy lost*: "Did you take my time?"
Timekeeper: "T didn't have to.
You took It yourself."
Miss Ann Love. 17. 207 Chain
street. Norrlstown. was held for
ac'.ion of the Grand Jury, this
morning following an liar
the death or Lena M Jenkins 14.
Port Indian, the evening of Decem-ber
14. 1934
Miss Love was driver of the car
which crashed Into a pole along
Ridge pike. Limerick, overturning
and injuring the occupy
Jenkins. 17. a sister, sustained head
injuries and Alice Jenkins, 14. a
cousin, received a fractured hip
Miss Love testified she was driving
a car she borrowed from Walter
Holzworth. Noble street, Norrlstown
She said she picked up the Jenktni
girls and was going toward College-ville
when she saw the parked car
of Fulton Schroder, Fairview Vil-lage.
She stopped and Schroder, with
his brother. William and Theodore
Jenkins. 19, told her they war*
going to Pottstown. The party
agreed to go together
The Schroder car passed the girls'
automobile above Trappe M
Love said as she was driving alonK
the Ridge when she hit a bump and
everything went black.
Clarissa told the Jury she was un
Annual Fair
ipring Mill Fire Company
ba llnld Till \nnnal Fair
Mack had just alighted from the them for then c-ooperwit
St Matthew's school bus. which
was used last night to convey men
from the Barren Hill section from
llltlulH(jk>egnn sseerrvviicceess.. AAss nhe -»*. * .
took a few steps away from the bus, l4ir>|»|t|ji|| I \ 11 uL\
he was struck by » sedan, operated j * "* lll< " uVFWOJ
at Firld Fires by William H. Oauthier of Norris-j
ciaiithier stopped his car Imme-diately,
and placing the injured |
.1 tilV 12 In 20. (ierinuu "nan inside, started out to secure
*>- - . , n • I » medical attention He drove a down' ,,, ... ,
i.vmn;i-I tO Be Special It- , before this was ob-i < "'»>T'- QsTJ lire (,orii|.;Hn
tntrtmn. i mined taking the man first to; ReetHHldl to Flee UotiraatB.
Center Square to visit his own pin- ... r. ,, i..,- i
Committees will .. named nextUcian, the latter was found ti Del ?*"« H-realm I lUUa)
•eafe tor the 7th Annual Spring confined to bed with Illness and was
Mill Fair to be held Trom July i2ih',mabl<' tn ln"Bt ^^ injured man
to July 20th inclusive it was an- [Tllpn th* lf,tt*r w** taken to
todav by Samuel aioss Chestnut Hill Hospital, the trip lie
«eneral chairman of the man
The Fair this year promises to
be greater than ever. wIUi the most
sensational feeture act evtr pre
ressltating retracing the c.Ure dla-
('•aiithier was released on his own
recognizance by Chief of Police
sented in this section and wtth HMT* Stelnmels of Whitemarsh
several additional feature to niake: lowiwhlp. and will be given a hear-
It more elaborate than tveT before [l,,K M,areh M by M*«lsl™t« J°"b
The feature of the fair will to araurl
the performance of 'The Oreat
Bravs," a German gymnast who. Noted Ilor-enniii
performs dltncult headstands. hand-! t »j i . 70
stands and other gymnastic special-ties
at a height of 210 fret above
tna giound. To make the act more
sensational and daring, he performs
his feats 110 feet above the guide
lines on a slender German steel
l>n|.\ He chmusi's tile act by slid-ing
head first down the pole.
Serville Kiikner. a former resi-dent
of Barren Hill, and a colorful
figure throughout his life, died Fri-day
in the Chester Countv hospl-
I He was 78.
A noted horBemtui. he was widely
•keown for his unusual ability
■The Great Brava" t* the highest trnlnlng horses The most vioVms
ict in the world, according tol8t, i\im quicklv became docile at his
Ghwrge C. H»mud. of New York {hands. He was extensively know
City through w.iom the act is too as the owner of the trained
booked It is the first Ume this.horse "SlUei which lie exhibited
German gymnast has worked inin virtually every state tn ttu
Pennsylvania. For two years he union During hia extensive trav-was
featured at the Steel Pier els with this animal, he developed
Atlantic City. {a unique collection of freak ant-
Samuel Glass was mode genera! |mals vhicii '«? also exhibited wlde-chulrman
for the seventh con- Iv-suiime
year Hr is being ably as- A n»phew of Daniel Klrkner. who
ratted by Samuel McFarland andl'or a number of years operated the
Charles Supplce
Residents throughout this vicin-ity
look forward every year to the
Spring Mill Fair, because of Its
unique attractions. This year It Is
expected persons from all over the
county will attend.
Tomorrow night Spring Mill Fire
Company is acting as host to the
Fourth District Montgomery Coun
Fountain Inn Hotel at Barren Hill
he hod many friends In this sec-tion,
and resided at Barren Hill
until ten years ago. when he re-moved
to Downlngtown. Several
properties on Ridge pike, now own-ed
by Harvey Rapine, were former-ly
owned by Mr Klrkiirr He also.
for many years, superintended the
farm on the Rlghter property
Heanaa in
Townahlp.
I 0 Mc
y Firemen- Association NinelS^»f «»>■ »?^ZZ*. >
companies are expected to be pres
cr.t
As has been the custom for thi
post several years on St. Patrick'!
Day. the Oeorge Clay 1
pany of West Conahohoi'KI n had 1
busy day on Sunday ctiiigulshinr
field fires. Five times 'lie flremei
were called Into service and 01
occasions then piomptm-s
prevented serious consequences.
The first call was received short-ly
after 3 In the afternoon when t
heavy growth of dried grass in t
field adjoining the lieautlful horn
on Highland Farm :it Conahohoek
en State and Spring Mill road
caught fire Fanned by a high wind
the names spread rapidly toward
the building. When the flremei
reached the scene the blaze W*u
about to communicate wtth thi
house With brooms and paddle*
the firemen braved the heat ant
omofet ittd succeeded In keanrjuj th.
building from being dajnaged Attei
a fierce battle that lasted nearly at
nOOT the Ore was entirely beatei
out but not until after rantaaj aur
tJirubbery about the place was de-stroyed
No one was In the bousi
at Hi'- 'im<> The alarm was sen
In by a passing motorist when tin
house became threatened.
Early in the evening Ui- seem,
call was received, this from thi
Murray Estate in Lower Merlon
where another field fire had start-ed.
The blaze thmiWu J u> ooot<
muuicHlc with a frame bulldlni
which was saved by the
iponse of the firemen Shortly af-ter
9 p m probably .pie largest Hri
of the group started on the Murray
estate. A great portion of the en
Battalion Chief Nahlll. of Phila-delphia
Fire Department, will be
the sptnclpal speaker, with several
nther prominent ones also. The
meeting will start at 8.30.
Dennis O'Neill, Esq.
to be Post Speaker
Alton: -v Dennis A O'Neill of
Norrlstown. will address Consho-hocken
Post. 1074 Vete-"»ns of For-eign
Wars, at their weekly meeting.
Thursday night In the Mary H
Wood Park House.
All ex-service mm of the com-munity
an- tBtltad to 11 It'-nd the
meeting.
A delegation of the local post will
attend a meeting or the Montgom-ery
and Bucks County Council at
Proydaa tomorrow night
A committee to draft by-laws
has been named by the post The
committee Is composed of F.zcklel
Klrkmitrlck. Joseph Dimmick and
Philip Coyne
Daniel Cannon was named a
delegate to the next county coun-cil
meeting William Wright heads
the committee for the benefit party
to be held March 31 at the Powers
tearoom. West Conshohocken.
Trnati
the th* upper hillside was burning and
Spring Mill Fire Company. * ltt,e nam** moved rapidly towe-df
Funera Iservlces will be held to-'two palatial residences. The flre
morrow at ten from a funeral par-ilnen nad * lonS- bard battle
I !-r«pe-
From Peniientiarv
A twenty-hour »earcti for Emanuei
saoa Bl, Delaware eouniy negro
able to remember any of the details j fugitive from the Eastern Pmiten-of
the accident Alice Jenkins, who Mary Orsterford. haa been fruitless,
appeared on crutches, said tfney n was said at noon today
.^ „„in8 »bo„, 16 UO. .„.,. SSS.,L2"^V2
wh*n we sremed to hit a bump and vp t>(,for, hf. wouM DPC,™ rliniblr
had the accident "
their hands and managed to check
the spread of the file as It reached
the lawns. The Zagorsk! residencf
was also menaced by this fire.
Hardly lino the hremeti reached
the hose house trim this run untl
they were called to OuJph and Mat
•onford roads when- another lln
was fiercely blazing. Fortunatelj
A man admitting driving on auto- "° buildings were tn close proxlmiU
moblir while under the influence of to this blaze, The fifth Are was li
SU?'«T^! •^mirn 1 «• «a*dt to J.ll for BatllgoiiiHigo where the flames wer.
lor on East Lincoln Highway, near
Cofttsvtlle, and Interment will be
made m the Streeper burial plot
at Barren Hill Cemetery.
Held For Court For
Drunken Driving
Settle Cases
For Death of
Three Boya
jnr\ Hcnders
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( harlea I
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IttOS >IK1 i.K BY :\R
Ba h Walter 8. Clegg. 6531 Beech-wood
Btreet. But Oermsntown. He
wan arrested early loot evening at
Elm and Fayette street by Offlcfrn
Klrfcpatrfea and Phipp* »fWr the car
he was driving collided with another
machine driven by Michael NordulU
Clegg VH examined by a local phy-sician
who pronounced him unflt to
drive an automobile.
Nardulli. at the heading, teatI Red
he was driving south on Fayette
street and had stopped his machine
to make a left turn Into Elm atreel
While the Nardulll car was at a
standstill it la alleged the Clegg car
traveling north on Fayette street
crashed into it Nardulll teatlfted
Clegg was under the Influence ol
liquor.
IK-TIM ill III txr \1T.4r-K
Prank C Pnincis. 43, 304 New
street. Pottstown. died suddenly last
night from a heart attack. Coroner
Dettre said today after an Investiga-tion
AccordtiiK to the coroner, Francis
was feeling In good apiritu during the
day. About 1030. when his wife was
going to bed he told her he would
go up later About 1130 the wife
went downstair* and round him dead
Patrolman Francis P. Raffey told
Bating the accident. Ful-ton
and William Schroder and
Theodore Jenkins told of not seeing
the lights of the following car a.*
they were going along the Ridge
for a parole e>ca|>ed yesterday after-
FREE niSTRlBt Tln\ Of
MOLOGICAt M PPI.II>>
while he wss doing work
side the prison walls.
He was serving a five to ten year
sentence for larceny and receiving
stolen goods
His absence was noted when the
prisoners were checked at 4 15 yester-
Thev turned and after going about d»v State Police. State Hlghwaj
a half a mile came to the overturned patrolmen^ prison guards and joc*i,t|on ln ^ borough. WllUam Long-(store for'Ihe free distribution
MU.-l/IM siBst RIPTIONH
TO AH) FIRE rOMTAMES
growth of brush. No buildings wen
menaced hut scores of trees welt
threatened with tli-.struction.
The West Side firemen were sum-moned
tr, Montmoro and Oulph
roads Bt 5 yesterday afternoon
when a field fire threatened ike (|i-struction
or hedge and shrubbery on
several of the beautiful propertle-
In that section.
Roteriatu to Hold
Inl.r-City Meeting
The Conshohocken Rotary Club
will sponsor au inter-dty meriing M
be held in this borough on May 30
It was announced at the regular
weekly dinner meeting of
in the Mary H Wood Park House last
evening An inter-city DM ■ I
held in Jenklntown an April 3
was made known at the meeting
The Road Ahead'' was the subject
an Illustrated lecture given by
Colonel Wlllard Chevalier and asperl
on the road problem for the future
The talk was an especial j.l.n for nn
adequate road-h in id Ing program
without the rvll of t«* «v
A birthday remembrance WBS pres-ented
to Robert McFarland
Charlm Kepner was present aa a
guast of the cloh
President William Walla"
The drug store of William Nev-
Subsrriptions to leading national
magazines are being solicited under
the auspices of the Conshohocken
tire departmen'. Proceeds from; tile, First avenue and Payettr
the magazines will be added to the street, has been selected
Highway fund for the fourth of Jujy celebra-j State Department rf Health
of
automobile They took Lena and,P»l'" '? ^1 "l^ch °/n,^l^',n^I »<-■"■ »« ^airman of the subscription SUte hmloglr-a] supplies These
AAlliiccee ttoo MMoonnttagroommeerryv hhoossnpIitUaIl. Joined in the search following the . , „,__,,„ h^vnr ' ' . ^ „,
AKVIKTIM; IN THE KM m:ni 1;
spread of the alarm
1 I.von* wss sentenced
tentlery In 1930.
cainpuign. however can not be Riven
free except In cases where In It is
ADVERTISE IN THE RECORDER I Impossible to pay for them.
Motoriat Awarded $8."»n Fur
Repair ( <>-i- to * ;ir Dani-anod
in t'nlli-ion
Two coses against Charles I*
Urtibb of Roxborough. in which
damages were sought becawe of the
death oi threw bays when struck
by the automobile of Orubb, on
Gravel pike near CoIlege\ !!;<■ on
Itine 31. 1934. were announced set-
Jed when culled today before Janaa
Knight, ami | ardjatj 1
■ idarad b\ the
The nlimi'ifT- in the flr«,t case
vere Jonathan Earl Marshall and
\lu. S Marshall Two ■OBI Of 'he
iiaintin.'. Hairy Relsoo Marshall,
13 Hiid Horace Thomas Marshall,
10. were kilted by the Grubb car.
Die verdict, as agreed upon, was
IDT the p«rcn'* of the boys- for $650.
In the .second case the plaintiffs
.vere Frank Palmer and his wife,
Ida M Palmer. A son. Joseph
lames Palmer, 11. was a victim of
the Grubb car The vrrdir; 1,11-
iered was one for Mrs. Palmer for
M00
fttt tiffs are residents of Oread HHI
Verdict for J5tJ
William J OondxB Uryn Athyn.
was given a verdict for Bill by a
Jury before Judge Coraon in his
damage suit against Ci.sales M.
Longsdorf, a minor. Old York road
■lein Jenklntown, and hts guardian,
lames M. Love
Condon brought suit to recover
'or injuries he sustained May 23.
1933. At the time he was standing
it Second street pike and Byberry
road, near Bryn Athyn
.he driver of a hay wagon In mak-ing
a turn. The wagon was loaded
with a group of young people out
For a straw ride.
Longsdorf. It was charged, swung
iround the wagon and struck Con-ion
Attorney R. W. Childs repre-enied
the plaintiff and Aaron S.
iwartz, the defendant.
Awarded SS50
Inin F Impink, was awarded
1850 by a Jury in his suit against
Karri MancT West Philadelphia.
Or repair costa to his automobile
which was involved in a collision
vlth the Morad car on the Trooper
ood. April 8. 1935.
Three actions based on the col-
Wlon were tried Monday before
ludge William F, Dannehuwer with
'he Jury rendering a sealed verdict
Tuesday morning.
In the case of Maude Thompson
Morad against Irvln Implnk. the
(ury found for the defendant Mr...
Morad. driver of the car. sought
iamages for personal Injuries in
tbfl aoOon of her husband against
Implnk. the Jury also found for Im-
Olnk. Morad sustained a fractured
ipine and his right arm is paralys-ed
In the final action of Irvln Im-olnk
and his wife. Rasa Rehr Im-ilnk,
the Jury found for Implnk to
the amount of the damages to his
lutomobllc but refused damages to
'he wife for personal Injuries.
The Implnks charged Mr. and
Mrs. Morad with negligence, claim-ing
Mrv Morad drove on the wrong
■ road, colliding with ttretl
car and causing it to overturn
In their crosa-aetioi;. Mr and
Mrs Morad accused Implnk or neg-ing
Implnk was attempt-
Ing to pass an automobile while the
Morad car was approaching and
that he was boxed in. and crashed
Inta the Morad automobile.
Attorney T Lane Bean represent-ed
Mr and Mrs Morad and Attor-ney
F. R. Ambler was counsel for
Implnk.
Caaea Soon End
Two caws which were started In
rotation before Judge Knight were
agreement before the
actions had proceeded very far.
In one action, Clara M Camp-bell,
who conducted a flower busi-neas
at Pcnllyn. was plaintiff
against Henry D. Mitchell Com-pany.
Philadelphia The case was
aider the sheriff;, brna ■
and Involved an execu-tion
by which property of the wom-an
was seized and sold. It was al-leged
the goods had been sold prev-ious
to the filing of the ex. rut ion
During the course of the trial
1 Id a conference, and It
W8.S agreed to settle In favor of the
planrtifl for »20o.
B« action which was sud-denly
concluded when an agree-ment
was reached was that of John
B Keyser. of Norrlstown. against
Partjj Service Company. No amount
was mentioned tn the settlement.
Settle Damage Case
While Alice Dtipotit. WiliniiiKton.
Delaware, was crusing sou
in touthern waters, In the Mont-nta,
a suit brought
against her by John and Wllma
Pflug. Hatfield. for $35,000 datTtafae
d by the attorney, a Jury
hud been drawn and the action wan
about to be heard by Judge William
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