The Conshohocken Recorder, January 6, 1911

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CLUB AND COMPANY
HOLD BANQUETS
IMPORTANT BUSINESS
AND PROPERTY CHANGES
)
THE PENN CLUB AND WHITPAIN
AND WHITEMARSH HORSE COM-PANY
HELD THEIR ANNUAL
BANQUET8 YESTERDAY.
The 21st annual' banquet of the IVnn
Club was held last evening and proved
to be one of the most successful ever
given by the club.
The diners were entertained with
humor, wit and eloquence by past
masters of tile art. The banqut was
• opened with an address by lxmis E.
Jones, president of the eit'b, Judge
James P. Holland ail ins as toatsmast-
■ er. Alter an elegant menu was served,
Judge Holland <•ompllinente-i the mem-bers
of the I'enn Club and said that
ho was pi-cud of the fact that he was
the first president of the Penn Club.
He then caMed Dr. J. Chalmers Fulton,
a former resident of Conshohoeken.
and a son of the late Rev. Dr. Fulton,
whose theme was "Friendship and
Manhood." given with the eloqvence
for which the doctor is famous. Dr.
R. Kludlg, of Philadelphia, made a
great hit and caused much mirth by
giving away some of the seeretas of
Dr. Fuitor.'s practice. Mr. Charles
Hale, on Pills, brought -"own the
house. Grant McGIathery, on the
"Great Future of the 20th Century"
did himself proud. .1. Aubrey Ander-son
by his witty aaylnga is placing
"himself in the from rank: Of after
dinner speakers.
Joseph C. Jones, Bdwacl J. Caine.
v. . bloemhall, Wm. V. Meyers and
Edward Wentling, ali responded to the
call of the loastmaater and by their
remarks and stories, helped to make
the 21st anniversary of the I'enn Club
one to be remembered.
The menu was served by George
Benz, who perosnally took charge of
the banquet and he deserves great
credit for the able manner in which
the affair was handled.
The moru:
Oyster Cocketail
Sherry
Celery Olives
Sweet Bread Patties
Sauterne
Roast Turkey Cranberry Sauce
French Potato Rolls
Asparagus Tips
Champagne
Ice Cream Fancy Caftes
Cigars Coffee
Rochefort Cheese
Russian Cigaieltes
The officers of the club are:
President. L. K. Jones; vice presi-dent,
William Little; treasurer. T. F.
McCoy; secretary, A. A. l.i.idsay; Di-rectors,
S Meredith, \V. C. Garrett,
Ceo. E. Tracy, Chas Allinson, Edwin
W. Harrison, Chas. Messlngcr, YV. V.
Borley; Membership Committee, Chas.
Wessinger, Charles I* Wells, D. Stew-art,
Jr.
HORSE COMPANY MEET8
The Whitpain and Whltemarsh
Horse Company met at the Fort Side
Inn, yesterday for their annual elec-tion
and dinner. William Hamilton
Taggart was elected president; Chas.
Kerr, secretary, born of Fort Wash-ington,
and Sylvester Jones, treasurer,
-or Ambler. Frank I.. Tracy of Ply-mouth,
J. W. Frcas, of Ambler, and J.
Frank Oat, of N'arcissa, were appoint-ed
a telegraph committee to serve for
the ensuing year. Only one horse
•was stolen sinie the company lias bi D
'organized and that one was recovered.
The menu;
Ox tail soup
Oypti Cell Olives
Etc 'Si ii'.. Key
Sweet and white potatoi
Lima beans, Tomatoes. Cold slaw
Coin buttered beeta Ci inbi riee
Mince pie Neapolitan Cream Cheese
Cordial Corona cigars
Cigarettes.
Coffee
Auditing committee, George Cor-son,
William .Vonis, Percy Coulston.
Dinner committee—Thos. Coulston,
William Norris, Daniel Buckley,
FREDERICK PHILLIPS TAKES
OVER THE BUSINESS OF THE
VILLANOVA COMPANY, LIMIT-ED.—
BERNARD DEMBOWSKY TO
ERECT A MODERN BAKERY AND
SELLS HIS PRESENT PROPER-TY
TO ST. MARY'S CHURCH.
Frederick Phillips, of Lower Merion
has taken over the entire business of
the Villa Nova Company, in this coun-trj
and in the Island of Guernsey. The
Company has conducted the business
of raising and importing Guernsey cat-tle
from the Island Oi ihat name in the
Knglish Channel and has a large dairy
buslnessat Btoke-Pogls, located In i-ow
er Merion and West Conshohoeken.
The Company owns a great amount of
property theie. which comprises some
of the finest farm land and building
sites in Pennsylvania. Mr. Phillips
ha3 taken over all these interests and
will conduct the business in his own
name.
Mr. Phillips is one of the largest
breeders of Guernsey cattle in this
country. He is a large Importer and
some of the finest stock of the Guern-sey
breed is to be found in the herds
at Stoke-l'ogis, where a model dairy
is conducted. This dairy is one of
the finest in operation in the L'nited
States. Mere the milk anil other pro-
• lii' ts are handled by the most ap-proved
sanitary methods; the cows
and their stables are models of clean-tineas.
The product of this dairy is
consumed at the large hotels of Phila-delphia
and New York,
This dairy and the herds of fine cat-lie
attracts many visitors from distant
points.
• • •
WILL BUILD A LARGE BAKERY
Bernard Dembowsky, who conducts
a bakery at the corner of First ave-nue
and .Maple street, has purchased
the tract ot gionnd situated on the
corner of Elm and Maple streets, with
a frent of 80 feet on Elm street, and
in the early spring will begin the
work of erecting a large modern bak-lngplant.
His business has increased
so rapidly that the present plant is too
small and there is no room at the
location to enlarge it. Mr. Dembow-sky
has sold his property at First
avenue and Maple street, which ad-joins
the property of St. Mary's Catho-lic
Church. The church has purchased
the Dembowsky property and will use
it for a Sister's Lome. At present
the Sisters are living in part
of the school building, but the num-ber
of school children has increased
so rapidly that the whole building will
be devoted to school purposes. The
newly acquired buildings will be re-modeled
to suit the new purposes for
which they are intended as soon as
Mr. Dembowsky can give possession.
SCHOOL BOARD DOES
LITTLE BUSINESS
At the Regular Monthly Meeting of
the Board on Wednesday Only Lit-tle
Routine Business Was Transact-ed.
A missionary tea Will be given by
Mrs Klziabeth M. Harry a' her home
next Wednesday at 2.30 P. M
Umbrellas covered and repaired at
Kebne's, Hector street, oppo. school.
♦e»-se»»eeeec»ee»e»o
♦ J. ISitEHSEN
LAUIES AND GENTS'
TAILORING
» West Bun Street
Conshobocken, P
The School Hoard held its regular
monthly meeting in the School House
on Wednesday evening. Very little
business was transacted, the session
i'; but 20 minutes. The commit-tees
made no reports and as the school
month had not expired, Superintend-ent
2<iegler had no reports to make.
During Ihe tall term of school much
trouble was experienced with the heat-
I paratua In the high school build-ing
and during the bollda reci ss the
Building Committee had a new Amerl
can sectional boiler Installed by How-ard
Jones. The cosi of the work was
|881. The boili i 11 giving e tin
Faction and no further trouble
pected by reason of cold rooms.
Janitor I L iron reported that the re-cent
storniB had Interfered with the
working ol the town clock and that it
needed i pair.--. The proper commit-tee
was Instructed to have the neces-aary
repairs ma
Orders were granted for salaries
and BUppJl" s.
Tax Collector Hampton has turned
e treasurer $400 on account
of ill. 1909 duplicate and $200 on iir-
1 in notes become -due on Feb-ruary
3rd and the Hoard ordered thai
these be reduced by the payment of
34,000. Treasurer Morrison reiiorted a
i :il. ■ 1 la Ibi treasury of fgjttlM
The ibsentei were Messrr. Tninlap,,
llastin.'-. McGovcrn and W < I.
A MASS MEETING
FOR THE WEST SIDE
A PROMINENT GULF
MILLS RESIDENT DEAD
CITIZENS OF WEST CONSHOHOCK-. ELIZABETH, WIFE OF HENDER-EN
ASKED TO MEET ENMASSE, SON SUPPLEE, DIED SUDDENLY
TO DISCUSS PURCHASE OF WA-TER
SYSTEM—THE BUSINESS
OF TOWN COUNCIL.
That something definite in the mat-ter
of purchasing the system of the
West Conshohoeken Water Company
by the Town Council of West Consho-hoeken
ami placing it under municipal
control, will be done now seems cer-tain.
The developments ai Wednes-day
night's meeting of Town Council
augurs well for the proposition an.I
the citizens will be given an opportun-ity
tQ voice their sentiment en Thurs-day
evening. January S Bth, at S o'clock,
in Odd Follows Hull, when a mass
meeting to consider the proposition
publicly, will be held.
The Conncilmen from each ward
will endeavor to interest ihe residents
in the matter and the clergymen as
well as all business and professional
men will lie asked to co-operate in this,
the greatest question that has ever
confronted any Council on the West
Side.
The Water Company has served no-tice
that beginning on January 1.
1912, the water rates would be in-creased,
and it is the desire of the sol-icitor
and the members of the West
Siiie Council to prevent this increase,
it possible. 11 is the dutj of < very
loyal, publlc-slpil led citizen Of the
Weal Borough, to attend the mass*
meeting, express his views on Ihe
ir and give the members of
Town Council an opportunity 61 Know-ing
how le act tor the best or their
constituents.
• • •
The purchase of the water system
was the chief topic of conversation at
the January meeting Of the West Con-shohoeken
Town Council held on
Wednesday evening.
A notice was received from the wa-ter
company to the effect that begin-ning
one year from January 1st, 1911.
or on January 1st, i.ilL', an increase 111
the water rates would be inaugurate.!.
Contained in the notice was a para-graph
stating that after consulting
their lawyers about the matter the
company Lelieved they were breaking
agreement by raising Ihe rate on the
1st of last July and that they would
revert to the old rate and send out
new bills.
Borough Solicitor M. F. Donnelly
was in attendance and told cf an in-terview
he had with President Ahrens,
of the Water Company. He also toll
of how Mr. Ahrens proposed entering
into a new ten year contract calling
for a written agreement for the bor-ough
but only a verbal agreement
with the private consumers.
The Solicitor also stated that he
asked Mr. Ahrens the lowest possible
price for which the West Side water
plant could be purchased and the fig-ure
was placed at 142,500, the price
named several months ago.
Mi. Donnelly then addressing the
members of Council, said that he
thought the borough should own the
plant and contends that It can be
bought for much le3s than the juice
named by Mr, Ahrens.
According to the Solicitor the bor-ough
has the privilege through an act
of the Legislature of asking the Court
of Common Pleas to fix the value of
the system, whereupon three civil en-gineer*
would be appointed to go over
Lhi e"iip sysl■ i ' BH ii the books of
the company, going over the OXDi Uses
land receipts and report to the Court
what they think is a reosonasle price.
If unsatisfactory to either i»artj the)
make an appeal in 1 the conn will
Lestlinon and then set 1 he price.
The bon 1'gh accoi d;ng to the act,
would also have the privlletfi of float-ing
bonds allowing the plant to aland
si urity, Thli 1 ould n 11 pod 1
Interfere with the tax rate and 6 ■
is tii • borough from :.11 lidblltiy
snould the plant turn out to be un-
BUI ' 1 BStUl,
The Solicitor, however, ur-'cd Town
Council not to take anj a tion what-ever
uiuii the water consumer? and
;■!-..1 ei-iy cutlers should 'low some
Inclination of being intciesicd in the
matter.
The meeting of Town Council vaa
■ .i.. rtised and 1 h< 1 II l*en - Invlti d to
■ it, and v.i en the bi d;
venod there were thn pel ions pi
ent aside from the members of Town
council—clerk, solicitor, burgess and
the Recorder representative.
John J Fcarnslde, ihe well-known
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OF PNEUMONIA—TAKEN ILL
LAST SATURDAY—MEMBER OF
AN OLD ENGLISH FAMILY.
Death has again invaded the local-ity
of Gulf Mills and removed from
our midst one of the oldest anil a
most estimable woman, Elizabeth,
wife of Henderson Supplae, senior
men.her of the firm of Henderson Sup-
' piee & Sons, flour and feed manu-facturers
of Conshohoeken.
Her death was not only U sho< % t<
the family of del eased but to her many
I relatives and liicnds in Upper and
' lyower Merion. Xorristown, Philadel-phia
and other places.
Mrs. Bnpplee passed away at about
8 o'clock Tuesday night, there being
present at the time of her death, her
husband, Henderson Bnpplee, son Al-bert
Irvin and Henderson Bnpplee,
Jr. granddaughter, Elizabeth Sup; se,
daughter ol William Supplee, of Junc-tion,
N. J., and some other relatives
anil friends.
Her son William was telephoned
Tuesday regarding his mother's et
ii MI - condition) but he did not 1., ih
t.l.e par) ntal residence until lits
mother bad expired.
Up until Saturday last Mis.. Sui ;>i<e
had been enjoying her usual good
health, although at intervals during
last week she sometimes compli
Of feeling unwell. On Saturday It
was ascertained by a physician, who
had been summoned, that pneun lla
had developed, and despite the
'that everything that lay in me<:i<ai
j power was done to alleviate he: 1
I leiings and stop the ravages of th' all-
1 inent, Mrs. Supplce grew worse until
Tuesday night when she exphed.
Her age was 7.'i years.
In the death of Mrs. Elisabeth Sup-plee
ti a vicinity of dull Mills, In 1 tot,
Upper Merion township, where I be
was born and resideil her entire life-time,
has lost one of its best citizens,
and her demise after such a shun ill-ness
has left a gap In the everyday
life of the suburban district ol Rulf
Mills that ethers, perhaps, may not fill.
She was a woman of a high Christian
character; she was a devoted wife
and greatly attached to her family:
had a loving disposition; Mrs. B 1
plee was very philanthropic and ^ he
was always ready to assist the needy
and those in distress. The Supplee
family enjoyed the friendship ol a
w ide circle of acquaintance, ann de-ceased
with her pleasing manner, was
always ready to co-operate with I er
husband in extending hospitality to
many distinguished guests who Often
assembled within the portals of the
historic Supplee homestead at Gulf
Mills.
On her paternal side, Mrs. Supplee
was of Knglish descent. Her fat or,
ihe late William Wagner, together
with Mr. Mitchell, now deceased, r.nd
father of Mrs. Margaret Stiteler. of
Gulf Mills, emigrated from Dnglanil
to this country many years ago and
settled in Upper Merlon towns: Ip.
At one time William Wagner was em-ployed
In Ihe capacity of dyer at the
extensive textile works along the Cult
creek, in the early part of last cen-tury.
The mills were then opei.. -'d
bj Bethel Moore. By his Industry
and frugality, Mr. Wagner ema 1
what was considered a good sum of
money in those days. He afterwaids
purchased property at Rebel Hill,
known as Mechanicsville, Inolu
the store I.ml some dwelling ho !S,
I i.-i e he i imaged in 1111 r< !'i ih"
suits, and at Rebel Hill was wl ere
Mrs. Elizabeth supplee. his daugl ir,
I was born "3 years ago. All the i- -~
erty at the above named place was
■til retained by Mrs. Supplee at U<
time of her death. The father ol 1 •■■
1 ea led continued successfully in 1 I
n. ss at Rebel urn for some years, l
store being known as Wagner'a B
William Wagner afterwards added oth-er
valuable real estate to his 1 us-sessions.
Including the 200-acre I I'm
at Gulf Mills, still owned b) another
of his daughters, Mrs. Kmma Jones,
who several years ago remove'!
the place to Xorristown. and a
In Lower Merion, now beiongii
T Wistar Drown.
The husband of U "' beta i'
rlei • •••' ■ I !'! tl
front d
tlnguished Himself in cavalry service
through the great ...ne. Some time
after retaining from th" war he » -
married to Elizabeth Wagner, and tc
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BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
APPOINTS COMMITTEES
PRESIDENT DAVIS APPOINTED
THE STANDING COMMITTEES
OF THE BUSINESS MEN'S ASSO-CIATION
YESTERDAY.
President Reese P. Davis, of the
Business Men's Association has an-nounced
his appointments of the
standing committees of the Associa-tion1
with the exception of the Fi-nance
Committee, which Is to be com-posed
of three members of the trus-tees
and as the trustees will not be
elected until the meeting on Thursday
evening ixxi ihe committee will not
b. made until alter the election. Th ■
committees named are as follows:
Publication, Advertising and Transpor-tation,
W. I. I lev wood, John ('. Tracy
and s. J. McLaughlin. Manufactures
and Real Estate, H. V. Armstrong,
Samuel Wright and George M. S.
Municipal Affairs, J. A. An-
1 n Esq., Joseph E. Kindrogan
aini Prank Meaalnger. Membership.
Bernard Kagele, Herman Kleinman
and Uiorge W. Taylor.
The regular monthly meeting "f the
association will be held in Little's
Hall, on Thursday evening next. At
the last meeting there was a good at-tendance
and 11 is expected a larger
numbei of business men will attend
the meeting on next Thursday. The
stewardi .T Ihe association have pro-
.Hit d a 1 inch at ca< h i leeting and it
• •' tod thai they will not c
the 'iext ■ eetmg,
The association la now on a perma-nent
i.e.- ■ rii v j! begin active work
for the betterment 01 trade and living
condition* In the Conabohockena and
Vicinity. Everj business man in this
section Is ;ii\iiii! bo j 'in the organisa-tion.
The itues are very small und it
will be the aim of the association to
secure new industries to locate here,
to aid and foster town celebrations and
every Interest of the community, In
eluding the placing of sports on a per-manent
basis.
The members of the organisation
recognize of what value it can be and
will devote their efforts to buil.iiiic. u
strong organization and accomplish-ing
some good for ihe community.
ALEX. KIRKPATRICK SR. DEAD
Alexamlei Kirkpuirick, Sr., one of
the best known residents Of this vic-inity,
died at his home, in Spring Mill
just beyond the borough line, early
yesterday morning. Deceased was in
the 52nd year of his age. He resided
in this borough and Whltemarsh town-ship
all his life. As a voting mar. he
entered the employ of the Alan Wood
Company and for twenij-five years ho
was one of their most faithful work-men.
Several years ago he opened a
cigar store in Spring 11111, just beyond
the borough line anil conducted this
business until the time of his death.
Forniany months he has been troubled
with a disease of the liver and this
caused his death. While lie was ail-ing,
lie would not go to bed until
about :ix weeks ago, when he failed
rapidly and was forced to take to his
bed.
Deceased was a member of the
Schuylkill Iron Workers Relief Asso-ciation,
of the Alan Wood Iron and
Steel Company; Conshohoeken Coun-cil
No. 211, O. I. A.; Iron Castle No.
62, K. Q. B.
i. ,:« his widow, who was before
her marriage, Miss Blizfl .'ones, of
Norrlatown, be is »iivive,i by two
1,0ns, George and Alexander, Jr., a
1 1 V : m of this borougc and
ten Irs, Mary [xHuj and M1 a,
1 eont 1 i v. Uliam "f this borough and
Mrs. Maggie Ct :< r and ' - Elisa-beth
Conaway, ol Norrlatown. Hi;
:, v ho ii well advai ot d in • 1
also survive him.
The turn ral will be held from hia
ate ealdenct , 1 lei tor street, on
1 aftet 1.00a ai 1.80 O'I lodh
services will he conducted by the !!( v.
J. T. Gray, pastor of the Methodist
Chin' 11. T! e interment will !,■•» at
Montgomery Cemetery, Norrlstown.
The organizations of which he was a
member are invited to attend the fun-eral.
The body may be viewed
day c\ entng tr 1 7 to 10 o'clock.
DAMAGES AWARDED
BY STREET OPENING
PEROT AND WOOD ESTATES ARE
AWARDED $6500 AND $3750 RE-SPECTIVELY
FOR THE DAMAGE
DONE BY THE GRADING OF
FIFTH AVENUE.—CHRIS COX IS
AWARDED $8C0 AND MRS GETL-FREAD
$900.
.luries appointed by the Court for
the purpose of viewing and awarding
damages caused by the opening of
i'ilth avenue and Forrest street met
yesterday afternoond and this morning
to perform their work.
Yesterday afternoon, Matthias L.
March, Benjamin P. Kerper, of Xor-ristown,
and 'Squire A. I). Johnson, ofl
I^ansdale, a jury appointed to view!
and award the damages done the prop-|
ortlMOf Ida S. Wood and Auuie W. Pe
rot by the opening and grading oil
West Fifth avenue met and viewed!
the properties. Both properties are lc
cated at the corners of Ffith avenue1
and Fayette street. Damages were
awarded to Mrs. Wood to the amount
of 375U and to Mrs. Perot in the
amount of $6500. In the case of the
Wood property the jury derived at thei
amount of damages by ascertaining
the cost of the wall and the value
the tCn-foot strip of land wh h Wl
taken into the street. In the I'eri
case, Mr. Perot showed by, actual uifll
received for the construction of a
all along the Fifth avenue side of the
property, that it will cost about $3800.
The jury took this into consideration
together with the tukiug of the ten-foot
strip of ground from the side
yard and the consequential damages
to the ii.welling house, which was
i 1" «l at *27UO making the total
award $8600. Both these awards were
accepted by the owners of the proper-ties
and the County Commissioners,
who were present with their solicitor
Attorney Conrad S. Sheive.
This morning the jury consisting ot
.lames Cresson, J. K. Yost and Mr.
Stokes, of Norrlstown, appointed to
view the damage done the properties
of Christopher Cox, at Ninth avenue
and Forrest street wid Mrs. Mary
Getzfread, on Forrest street, between
Eighth an 1 Ninth avenues, viewed the
properties. The County Commission-ers
and their Solicitor were present
and the jury was a great while in
coining to a conclusion. They finally
awarded Mrs. Getzfread JilOO for the
damage done her property and it is
1 likely that the County Commissioners
■ will accept the award. The award is
, satisfactory to Mrs. Gefctread. Mr.
Cox claimed damages to both his p*op-
1 erties, one on the northeast coiner
jof Ninth avenue and Forrest street
I and the other on the sotithefst corner.
, The jury awarded $800 on both proper-ties.
In the claim there was an item
1 fo'- a large tree which was sacrificed.
The Commissioners have not decided
to accept this award with the claim
for the tree included. Mr. Cox will
I have to muke some changes in his
property and the jury allowed $7.">0 for
this work. Mr. Cox is satisfied with
the award and the Commissioners will
go over the matter thoroughly before
ftnallv accepting the award of $800.
MILK THIEVES
Reard is Offered For Their Capture
of Ones Stealing Milk From Door
Steos.
I^ocal milkmen and their customers
have been greatly annoyed of late by
thieves stealing milk which has been
I left In bottles, on the door steps of
1 ual imers lilkman John Ramsey
has particularly suffered from this
petty thieving and has notified the i>o-lice
ol several instances of thieving.
However, the thieving still goes on and
11his week a quart bottle of mill) bag
bein Btolon for thret juccesBive
mornings irom the step of a Fayette
street resident, living in the business
section. Mr. Ramsey is del rmlned ti>
break up this aiinoyain e and offers n
reward for Information which will lea>I
1 1 the arrest of the thief or thieves.
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Ol III' Pecpli ....,;:
N'orrlsti » u, has resigned am: ha-succeeded
ly an experienced elo
of Philadelphia.
dock Blood Bitters conquers dyspei-sit
every I me. P drives out IrnpurV
tones the stomach, restores \,^r-fect
digestion, normal wieght, and
rood h«*ilth
Umbrellas rovered and repaired -
Kehoi , Hi ■ . 1 ■ 1 , oppo. BI .
Fir.cc:r?rg^*^vee;al at Kindregan's.
;•
Umbrellas covered and repaired at
Kehoe's, Hector street, oppi achoo]
READ THE RECORDED $1.00 a yr.