The Conshohocken Recorder, February 7, 1911

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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
46<>:S Till: CONSHOHOCKEN UECOUDEK TUESDAY. EEHKUAUY 7. 1 <>11 SI PER YEAli
BOHEMIAN CHOEUR
ORGANIZED HERE
| and bis name will be -Inly printed | QEATH SUMMONS
' for membership. Or if ho does not I
LOCAL MALE SINGERS HAVE OR
GANIZED A "CHOEUR" AND
WILL UTRIVE TO GIVE CONSHO-HOCKEN
A PLACE IN THE MUSI-CAL
WORLD. EVERY MALE,
WITH A GOOD VOICE IS ELIGI-BLE
TO MEMBERSHIP.
It is strikingly apparent to even a
casual observer that in recent years
there has been a decided udvance in
the production of music of every
grade in thib country. Even the
youngest of us can look back in our
limited experience and recall a time
when uot only the music presented
to our earn, was meager in quantity
bus even that which we did have the
op;X>rtuul'.y of enjoying »a» of : low-er
order man what our present taste
demands. The opportunity of having
Grand Opera, which waj brought
to the people of Philadelphia two
years ago, and the hearty and appre-ciative
reception of ii by them, is a
notable example of this advance in
the public taste, and a strong evid-ence
of the public desire for music
of the first order.
But this paticular branch dors not
reach ar> great a number of pt'ople as
another which baa ge^n introluced
by the German element of our popula-tion.
\W refer to Chorus singing
which is an institution peculiarly
German. The German "Msnne'rhor"
is an organization which finds a place
in evey German community, and It is
as Indispensable to them almost da
our Institutions of public 'nstructlon.
Tho "Mannorchor" Idea has boen
know of such person he may pn^ent
bis name to the Secretary in writing
or personally, and it will be preHented
at the proper time and action taken
upon it Of course members are ad-mitted
by the vote of those who are
already members and every candidate
must necessarily bear their scrutiny.
But this is one of the fundamental
neceE* f ties of any organization and
can be expected to by no fair minded
person.
The. success of the club depends in
a large nvasure upon the support and
encouragement it receives from the
people «,! onshohocken, and it is
.tiliKcieiy hoped that that encourage-ment
will not be lacking. All the
Club asks is an appreciation ot itfi
efforts and sympathy with the move-ment
This can be shown by a hear-ty
co-operation in all its productlonsi.
FRANK E. O'BRIEN
BASKET BALL
MARRIED ON PLEASURE TRIP
Instead of witnessing the perfor-mance
of "KaiN Did" at a Philadel-phia
theatre Saturday 'afternoon, as
they uad announced to their many
friends, Miss Olive Stewart, of 1221
Unnrwood avenue, Norristown, and
Mr. Horace Krewson, of Plymouth
township, went to the parsonage of
tho Temple Baptist Church, Philadel-phia
and were married, an assistant
to Rev. Conwell performing the cere-mony.
Miss Stewart is tho daughter of Mr
and Mrs. Constantlue Stewart, of
the above address. For the pats
few years she has been employed as
clerki in Borough Treasurer Metcalf's
ottice. at Norristown, and In that ca-widely
adopted by other people not \ paclty she enjoyed a wide circle of
•dtttlnctly German, in recent years
-uil numerous organizations have
boen formed in large cities. The
Fortnightly Club of Philadelphia is
a typical example of this movement.
N'or is this movement confined to
the large cities, or at least it '..■> not
necessary that it should be. No doubt
It was this thought that suggtt4~e<i
the ilea of organizing such a Ciiorus
to one of cur own town. The people
acquaintances. She is a popular
young lady of the West End and to-day
she it- receiving the congratula-tions
of ber many friendfe. Mr. Krew
son's home is in Trenton, N. J., but
for the past few years he has been
residing in Plymouth township. He
is assistant ireight agent at the Read
ing Railway <>;'..<., here.
About a month ago Mr. Krewson
obtained a three month's leaf of nb-of
Conshohocken will not be surprised ! sence and went South, At Mianie,
when they learn that such per- Florida, he was offered a position by
son is H. Grey Steele, Orgaalsl and j a large company. He acepted the of-
Chcirmastcr ot t'aivaiy Church. | fcr and returned home, quietly got
For thi pa I ten years or Elo Blnce his married and mad'' known his Inten-
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A FORMER CONSHOHOCKENITE I
AND A MEMBER OF ONE OF I
OUR OLDEST FAMILIES DIED;
AT HIS HOME IN PHILADEL-'
PHIA. FUNERAL WILL BE HELD
TO-MORROW MORNING
RELIANCE HAS A BARGAIN
NIGHT BY PLAYING THREE
GAMES, TWO OF WHICH VvtrtE
WON. PARKSIDE TO PLAY
HERE ON THURSDAY NIGh..
Prank E. O'Brien, son of the late
John and Mary A. O'Brien, died at
hifl home 33 N. 51st street, Philadel-phia,
early Saturday morning after
a lingering illness.
Mr. O'Brien had been in 111 health
for several months. About two
months ago his physician deemel His
condition so serious that he ordered
hiu u bed. He dlsregi.-.lH thtsej
ord'.i* and with great .orei». i.Je .on-tla.
ied a' his k at lite »aimt*Cfr
urere ffltib, Philadelphia, until le
OC niscil Lnd was re.tiv>Viv i< "Jfl
home. He was compelled to stay in
bed and his condition became rapid-ly
worse until death ensued.
Deceased was born in this borough
38 years ago and received his edu-
—Manager Hyde inaugural-' d an
innovation a* Reliance Hall on Safe
i urday evening when in an end< .ivor
I to give the patrons their money's
worth he arranged three gaintc for
one admission. All of the OOutestS
were fast and exciting. The ilrst
M.F.MOORE FOR
COUNTY COMMISSIONER
THE WELL KNOWN AND POPU-LAR
UNDERTAKER, HAS BEEN
PERSUADED TO MAKE A RUN
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMIN-ATION
FOR THE COMMISSION-ERSHIP.
HAS A LARGE AC
QUAINTANCE IN THE COUNTY.
M F. Moon-, who is in the Under-taking
and livery busines here, has
announced his caDdidacy for theDem
ocratlc nomination for the oltlce of
game was pulled off between tht 3rd. I County Commissioner, Some time
team of the Boys' Club, of the Bap- ago Mr. Moore's name was mention-tist
Church and the 3rd team r.f Re-1 ed in connection with the Coroner's
liance. The game was fast, f.. no .is' office, but. he had no intention
and exced'ngly rough and the t.oie,of being a candidate for that office,
was close throughout the yarae. The
Baptists came out victorious b- tie
WILLARD W. McFARLAND
KILLED ON RAILROAD
YOUNG MAN LEFT THE TRAIN
DUE HERE AT 11.87 P. M, AT
IVY ROCK AND WAS STRUCK
BY THE NORTH BOUND WIL-LIAMSPORT
EXPRESS. BODY
WAS TERRIBLY MANGLED.
sjcore of 24 to 22.
8econd Team'* Game.
—The Second team of Reliance
won from »n«= First team of the Boya
Club by the score of 41 to 30.
On account of the good records of
Williard McFarland, aged 22 years
and bon of Charles and Ellen Tinkler
McFarland, of 309 \V. Kim «treet was
run down by a train on the Reading
Railway, at Ivy Rock early Sunday
morning and killed. The body was
terribly mangled. The top and back
of the head was crushed, the body
terribly torn but the face, besides a
few bruises was uninjured and enab-led
he identification of the body.
On Saturday evening, McFarland
cation at St. Matthew's Parochial (these teams and as they are etenly
school. He had a most affable dis-! matched there was much interest
position and made friends wherever ! manifested as to the outcome. Tho
he went. His death is a shock to hla rooters of both teams were out in
many friends here. | force and urged their favorites on to
Mr. O'Brien was a member of one victory, and while Reliance won, the
of the oldest families of this bor- j Baptists consoled themselves with
ough. His father, the late John O- the fact that the game was played
Mr. Moore says that he has been
strongly indorsed by many friends and
and the lower end of the County to \ went «•« Ni.rrlstown and wita William
make the try for the nomination and Tinkler, of this borough, William
'alter serious thought, has decided 'o . Garnett and Joseph Black, of West
enter the race. . I Conshohocken he spent the evening
His platform will be for the new I In that borough. He left themi dur-bridge.
Mr. Moore stated that he he- J ing the evening and they supposed
lievea the proposed bridge ocross the I ""at he had gont home but it Is knon
Brien, owned much property here
and built the house, which is now
on Reliance floor and are anxiously
awaiting a return game when they
the Methodist parsonage, at the cor- ] expect to retrieve their lost lam els.
ner of Sixth avenue and Fayette
street, where the church now stands,
the house being removed to the cor-ner
of Forrest street. He also oper-ated
a brick yard on Sixth avenue
below Forrest street and when the
best clay became exhausted, he open-ed
a yard along the Plymouth Rail-road
near the borough limits and an-other
yard at Ridge Pike and the
Spring Mill Road, in Plymouth town-ship.
The teams lined up as follows:
..RELIANCE 2nd BOYS' CLUB
Armitage forward Merkle
Hcrron forward Roth
Hyde centre Greunor
Ramey guard Riker
McCabe guard McFai laud
(Nctier)
Filed Goals—Armitage 9, Barren 8
Hide 3, Ramey 4, Merkle 5, Roih 3
Gronnor 4, McFarland, Nester. loul
Goals—Armitage 2, Merkle 2. Ref-
After the death of his father. Mr. eree—Ellani; Time 20 minute halves.
O'Brien lived with hie mo'her here, Relianc
until her aeath and about 10 years There was
ago he married Miss Mary McGlincy j expressed by the spectators at
of Wilmington, Del., and tuey made' showing nade by North Wales
their home in Philadelphia, For a'gainst Reliance First team,
number of years he was e.nployed at! The boys from along the Koith
the Conshohocken Stone Q'-arrics, of ptnn wen expected to give ti
wnion hla ancle, the late Michael 0' cats one ol the hardest games cf the
Vs. North Wales
much disappointment
a-the
Schuyikill river and railroads at
this place will be of the greatest com
merclal benefit to the lower end of
county and if ne is nominated and
elected, he pledges himself to do all
in his power for the speedy erectioa
of the structure.
Mr. Moore is one of Conshohock-en's
leading business men and has ex-tensive
interests here. He is engaged
in the undertaking anil livery busi-ness
and does an extensive business
throughout the whole of lower .Mont-gomery
County. Ha is popular and
and has a very large acquaintance.
His integrity is beyond question. He
is a thorough business man and has
proven by the conduct of his own
large business and enjoys the confi-dence
uf all his acquaintances.
Mr, Moore has always been a Dcm-crat
and an active party worker. IK
has serve! his town as a member <f
Town Council and did efficient work.
His many friends will be enthusiastic
over bis candidacy and will give him
strong SIIJI ort at the primaries to be
held next ..'u.ie.
POOL TOURNAMENT
hat he wus a paaieenger on the train
leaving Norristown and due here at
11.37 P. M. on the Reading Railway
as passengers on that train who kpew
him say they saw him. He left the
train at Ivy Rock and was seen wan-dering
about the station. Why he
Jeft the train la not known. It is
supposed that he alighted on the west
platform, in order to make his way
to the road, he WHS struck by the
Williamsport express, which passes
through here at midnight. Railroad
men say tbat the body must have
been caught between the locomotive
am' the platform ani rolled ulong for
the length of th platform and when
'released was thrown into the ditch
above the station, where It was
found early Sunday morning by track
walker, Sylvester Rodenbaugh. of
Norristown. Rodenbaughl at once
noli'led th( railway officials, who
notified Undertaker Mow day and ths
Coroner. The man's effect showed
Detain* to identify hini except a
membership card of the Order of
Moose, Issued by the Conshohocken
i Ixnlge. Word was sent to this bor-ough
and the dead man's father and
[ brother, Charles went to Norristown
George Connelly of the Cnnsho-!to identify the body. V?ben they re-advent
into this town, Mr. steele has tion of taking his bride to the SouthlBrien «i • r ar.d bead of the :. bui were badly out-classed at beckon pool team1 opened up ft " l" m '''''• """' ,m<l J40i:
been the means ol i to reside. He afterwards reconsider- j Quarry Company. After leaving the MI .■■ the contest I tournament before .. large rowi ! H s''' ■'"'' IT"lil«''' U*w «'•
n , cantata almost every year, as- ed his Intention and yesterday wired Quarry Company, he was employed! in, nxals <• need very < ai Hart's Clgau Store bj Inj ,ir-v as lne>' w«'"e give tnr name of
stated bj i Ms declaration of the offer and by several large Philadelphia con ■ nbl< in breal ft ird Burke ol •' Tlirner- When Ifcm wove shown the
of Ph diticn to the ndaj » II i his position al tractors and of late years he was ■> of the visitors while th e ft as '"''-, []"y wer6 botl1 overcome with
ol efflce ot the P. A U. Rail !|'' Onion League. He left i» timea completely 1 Jcne, dlthu h Uonnoll] ■- *;rief- The body was taken in charge
works'of the beat eon:-. of tcj way. this position and opened B cigar store their i '•-• l': '■ rtaker Moore, of this bor-rcii
muaic. Bui ii The well-knowi couple several -" Ninth and Walnul Btreets, Phila- u a\\ end«d is favor ol te- I •'"^
bition ( - oounced their e - deiphia bul was compelled to give up Ifance by the scoro 01 - to 11. dii ol troni th<
hoi ken on op tui eai not
only 'l mu tic but tlao
music <i a higl pn i- - oted
throuj b ' he medium <>.' a
Chorus sinrliar to the Qernan "Man-
I tnat
■ ddl l no i ir for sev-eral
months. On Saturday afternoon
; couple left Norristown presum-ably
to attend the theatre perfor-nerchor."
At his i lie
portie-n oi bis Choir witii
some of their friends have forniel
atnch an organization.
The "Bohemian Chorus,'' for such
Is the name of the Chorus, has be a
in existence for the past tWO months
and haisi already begun to work in
earnest. The officers are as follows:
President, Mr. Alfred Bell; Vic pres-ident,
Mr. C, M. Woodward; Secre-tary.
Mr. Hrrry Maconachy; Treas-urer,
Mr. tie.:. Ciles; nirect^i1, Mr.
II. Q. Steele.
The object of the "Bohemian Cho-
«ur' i.-. to i m ot i a ril of clv-a
bai i did thi Ir
1 DOM i i the mai rii -
For the pn lenl Mr. and .\irs. Krew-son
will reside at the Stewart home.
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the business owing to failing health.
Por th pa i j ear he has been em-aa
a clerk al ft fael ;r-era'
Club and remained there until
his health tailed him completely.
Be is survived by a widow, a son
Frank aged 0 years and brpl i
George, of Philadelphia and Man,.
who owns' and conducts a hotel at
Coney Island, N. Y.
In ile second half the locals i bun .. and th i i anas - to
up In their playing and allowe \v. iin- i,e.,.im.'ng jf IM
- Ii Iti i D cham to d p a few . i.. Burke, on ti"- oth< r
pointers and IneideuUilly nwik
score look a l i 11 • - - bettt r to th
Itoitg in this hall
acoi ng 6 goals from the Q< Ii
liance caged the ball nine times .i.r-liils
period. In Die last half I
who lias teen playing hard all e a-
J. ELLWOOD LEE CO.
ELECTS ITS
The funeral will be held from his ^n retired in favor of Evans. The
OFFICERS
At the annual stoclvliolders' meet-ing
of the J. Ell wood l.ee Company
held at the company'! office In this
1 i rough, last week, the following of-ficers
and board of directors w< re
. lected tor t!:-' ei suing year i
late residence to-morrow morning at
8.30 o'clock. Solemn Requiem Mass
will be celebrated at the Church of
Our Lad of Victory at 10 o'clock.
The interment will be at St. Matt-hew's
cemetery, this borough.
W. C. T. U. TO MEET
President and General Manager, J. I
Inourtowr or • m i BUwood Lee; trice president, J, W.
of en. ot an i 'anug type,
and if pi lop In Lhom a j
keener appccfatlon of mu La in gen
eal and In particular to en- *>.«rage in- i
teri|\ in the better 'Ij'nds of music. |
The Idea «.f commercial profit is tot- j
«• y foreign to the purpose of the cho ! P^'^ndent. M. O'B. Hallowell.
«ur solo antlmatlnr motive being the Bo"rd of Wwctom-J. Ellwood I#e
love of music (or musics sake, and '• w- JobTlson' '• R- !<>">'*■ A- R-the
assisting others to enjoy It. Lewla, Charles Heber Clark, J. Carl
The requisites for membership are Do La four, A. A. Carthwnite. S.
lohnson; tecrelary, F. it. Jones; as-sirtant
secretary, it. C. Nicholas;
treasurei, C. A. McCormick; assist-ant
treasurer. A. A. Oarthwaite; an*
perintendent, s. Wright; assistant su
but two. (•'irst, t!:o candidiue desir-ly
good male voice. Secondly, he
The regular meeting of the W. <
T. U of i.a.-.t ami Wesl Conshohock-en
will b: held on Thursday after-noon
ai 2 o'clock in tiie Holiness
Christian Church, As business of
importance is to be considered it is
requested that a full attendance of
the members be present.
final score was Reliance 49] -No: in
(Vales 84. The line-up of the t.. ..,.
was as follows:
Reliance Pos. North Wales
Armitage ....forward t.i.y
Clinton forward ■■
Ellam centre Hoclley
fairgan guard Jackson
"Ishop guard Krets
i divans)
' a st ady gam •■, palling off
cul si ots !IM the
ti d we i too
and he a . d< al id by the
score ct loO to Bl, much to t'i i -
, (.■.. ui i b< large i row d ol rootei
.•I Iroin Norrisl >>» u to see the
game.
David Hayes, who has mode oul
,i n..I., for bimseil as a cue artist,
win meet Whiteman of the Norris-town
tii'iii* at Norristown to-niglu.
and It*is expected that he will
coinunnieJ by a large delegation of
rooters to urge him on to victory.
On Wednesday evening at Hart's
pool parlor, Walter l^acey will play
Ralph Clonl, kmown as the boy wen
Field Goals—Armitage 7. cr... m. tier, who las achieved greai fa
•', Dllam ;:, Began ;i. Bishop -i, ( - a n-11• r skater, but now has i
JONES -McDERMOTT.
Wright and M. O'B. Hallowell.
The company progressed so rapid-must
deeJre to learn a ! )■ • can about ly last year thai it was compelled to , piaCe were marj-ied
Magistrate E. M. Harry, of Nofri-
Daniel Jones, a well-known
worker of this borough and Mrs. Jen-nie
McDermott, a widow of the same
niusi< and work fdr the auceeas of tuulrl a new four-story concrete plant
the Club as e whole, and show a spirit The capacity of the auto tire building
lp to all other mem- v.,n ,„. B00 puncture proof tires and
I" ' ' " I 10 Inner tube's pi r da
which v.
pur]
Ali a
detain to i i
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work „„,, ,„ pany hav« I en removed to the new
An 'lent and i' la expected thai the en-ud
desii mber, tire plai In bis borough will be re
may make their desire known to any j moved o the new mill and ho in full
one whom he knows to be a member I operation by April 1st.
town. The bride, who has been a
widow since July 18 laal conducted a
boarding bouse on Spring Mill vae
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no In-e
i
Doan'a rtegulets cure constipation
without griping nausea, nor any a
enlng ef et si< yoni druggist for
tin i. SE cent pn !iox.
::, Buck, ■"., lloolley t. Foul G(is \
Clinton 3, Corey -I Referee—Eilam.
Time—^0 minute halves.
Two games of basket ball will he
played at Reliance Hall, West Coo-shohocken,
this evening. One ol tne
contest will be between pla■ i-rs'
piclaad from the North nnd I si
Mills of the Alan Wood CampC
Iron rolling mills, while the other c.
will he Letween Reliance Set end
team and Rolg, of Philadelphia.
—Reliance First Team wUl have!
for tl.eir opponents on Thursc'-
enlng, the crack Parkslde tea., o
West Philadelphia while the s
ti am w 111 b< oppo ted bj ■
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:
hen both
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whi n hai Kened to, an o
three games of basket ball are .
played for one admission.
Of com i ■. the dl
READ .HE Rfc BORDER, $1 a Vr (Contiuutd on Last Page.)
voting hla time to playing pool. TLIs
game should he ti great on . Cam'
will stau at halt-pat ( itiit. o'triooic.
Fir«t Week
Monday—Connolly and ltuike at
Conshohocken.
Tucsdpy—Hayes and Whiteman, al
Norristown.
M'pdnr) da1 %—Lecey and CHoni, al
Conshohocken.
Thursday—Robinson and Goldslein
at Norristrwn.
Frlilay— Glllepsle and Keys, at
Conshohocken.
Second Week
Monday—Connolly and Murphy, al
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a' ■• BUI • aonlv Dr. Thbi— '
i' OIL Pain cai i Btay where 11 i-used.
uorom the
case and until to-day could not .ind
> ...i i arlaud came
ai train
killed him
it la now known that he left the
., r aln at Ivy Ko
m /ound
iUed him.
Deceased was unmarried and lived
at home with i.;., parents. He was
employed in the Schuyikill Iron
Works, In this borough und is sur-vived
by bis father, mother and the
following brothers and Bisters: Ca-leb,
Charles, Joseph, George, Harry.
Andrew, Herbert, Mary, wife of Da-vid
Rlgler, Alice, all of this borough
and Funny, wife of Howard liartman
of Trenton, K. J.
The funeral will tike place from
his i -J jnts' residence at 1.30 o'clock
ti i: i -'- aftei .u. /.. .'-.».. will
: . aousi b; Rev, J.
Kt- »i u] - ,i. r i cal-
. ... The i.:.< i t:."iit
a- <; ii. i . • i- rj.
JURY AWARDS DAMAGES
A juiy appointed hy tho Court to
'-'■« l-fc( (lane v.- dent l!i«- pro|>ertlea
Of William Hallowell. Rufus Messl-mer
and Simon Caal estates viewed
the properties this morning. The
jury consisted of Messrs. T. T. Relff,
A. T. Kelley end J. F. Zane. Com-missioners
Baylor nnd Christman,
with Solicitor Shievo were present.
The jury agreed to award Rufus Mis-s!:.
i' r |500 but came to nb agreement
1 cs-on.
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