The Conshohocken Recorder, July 1, 1913

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A FINE PROGRAM MADE
FOR THE CELEBRATION
ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN
COMPLETED FOR THE FOURTH
OF JULY AND A GOOD DAY'S EN-TERTAINMENT
IS PROMISED.—
CEREMONIES WILL BEGIN BY
FLAG RASING AT THE BOROUGH
HALL.
Every arrangement is now about
completed for a grand patriotic cele-bration
of the Fourth of July. All
that is now desired is fair weather.
The general committee held its last
mating for completing arrangements
for the celebration on Sunday after-noon.
The finance committee reported
receiving JU30.57 in subscriptions to
defray the expenses. Of this amount
West Conshohocken made a sad show
ing when It Is (considered that the
parade route covers Ford street to the
George Clay Fin. House and the citi-zens
of l;i« borough rre represented
in the committees. The contributions
from West Conshohocken amounted to
$G. The finanta committee further re-ported
that It is neceptary thst all
members of the committee turn in all
the money subscribed as soon as pos-sible.
The parade committee has secured
five hundred nice badges for the day
and will sell them at fifteen cents a
piece. The committee will also meet
the chief marshal, John Pugh and tta9
aides to complete the arrangements
for the parade, which will form on
Spring Mill avenue, right resting on
Fayette street, and move promptly at
nine o'clock, proceeding over the fol-lowing
route: Fayette street to
Twelfth avenue, countermarch to
George C!ay Fire House in West Con-shohocken.
countermarch to Third ave
nue and Fayette street and dismiss.
The Conshohocken Band will give
a public rehearsal, on Wednesday ev-ening
at the Borough hall. At this
time, the souvenir badges will be on
sale.
The Fireworks committee reported
receiving bids for the display and re-commended
that the contract be a-
•warded to the International Fireworks
Company, of Philadeli hia. for J300.
The display is to last about two hours.
If the display cannot be given on ac-count
cf ruin on the night of the
Fourth, it will be given on the first
clear night thereafter, Sunday ex-clued.
The contract calls for a de
duction of S10 tor eacn set piece that
falls to go off and $."> for each of the
other pieces that prove failures.
The day's exercises v/ill open by the
raising of the flag at the borough hall
at 8:15 o'clock. The band will be pre-sent
to play during the ceremonies.
The parade will move at nine o'clock
and the public meetim; will be held at
the grounds of the Frei Library at ten
o'clock.
During the afternoon, a band con-cert
will be given by forty musicians
at Fifth avenue and Wells street, from
2:30 until J.3o o'clock. Chairs will be
provided for the convenience of the
people.
In the evening, th i fireworks dis-play
and hand concert will be given.
The dlspla> will be started as soon as
darkness sets in.
The program for the patriotic meet-ing
in the morning It, as follows:
1. Selection Band
2. Invocation Rev. W. I. Keel
3. Welcome Address
Burges James B. Ray
4. Reading Declaration of Inde-pendence
Mr. A. A. Lindsay
5. .Music—"My Country 'Tis of
Thee" Band
6. Presentation of Flag to Free Li-brary
by J. A. Anderson Esq., on be-half
of the Woman's Club.
7. Music—American Airs... Band
8. Acceptance of Flag
Mr. Charles Heber Clark
9. Music—"All Hail to the Flag"
Band
10. Address..J. Burnett Holland Esq.
11. Selection Band
12. Address .. Frederic Clark Esq.
13. Selection Band
14. Benediction Rev. J. T. Fox
The band concert in the afternoon
will be held at Fifth avenue and Wells
street beginning at 2:30 o'clock. Dur-ing
the concert, the band will play the
"Conshohocken March" a delightful
composition by John Moser, of this
borough and leader of the Consho-hocken
Band.
The program is as follows:
1. March: American Airs Henneburg
2. Overture, "Poet and Peasant"
Suppe
ISO* WALNUT ST. PI.ILADA._
HOW THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING WILL APPEAR WHEN COMPLETED
The above picture made from the
plans drawn by architect H.L.Relnhold
and accepted by the schoo 1 board.
Bids will be asked for within a few
days and the work of constructing
the building is expected to begin dur-ing
this month.
The school board and the archlteot
are to have a conference within a few
days and bids wi\be asked of the co«
tractors.
The building will be placed twenty
feet from the Seventh avenue build-ing
line and thirty-five feet back from
the Fayette street building DM -fhv
lot has a frontage of 120 feet on Fay-ette
street and is 187 feet deep, ex-tending
tc Forrest street.
The picture shows the main en-trance
on Fayette street and the pu-pils
entrance on Seventh aevnue.
If the school board tl**'*'W to not
build the school the lull length as
bhown by the plans, the part to be left
out will be the section shown on the
Seventh avenue near Forrest street,
which is distinctly shown on the right
and comprises the section where the
last three windows are shown. The
building is to be of brick and stone
trimming and will have a frontage of
74 feet o:i Fayette street and to be 102
feet deep. The plot of ground has
a frontage of 120 feet on Fayette
street and is 187 feet deep.
The building Is so planned that any
fture additions needed will be made
In th? rear, thus preserving the orig-inal
front.
In the basement will be located the
toilets, locker room, gymnasium, do-mestic
science and manual training de-partments
and the heating plant. On
the first floor will be seven large class
rooms, a stock room superintendent's
office and the Directors' room, the
third floor will contain the commercial
course department, two laboratories
lecture room, two retiring rooms for
teachers and an auditorium with a
seating capacity for 480 perons.
There will be three entrances to the
building: one from Fayette street,
which will be used by visitors and ot-hers
having buslnes with the schol,
the other from Seventh avenue which
will be used by theboys, and the third,
on the south side of the building will
be for the use of the girl students.
The present plans are for a building
of 130 feet which will provide for ad-ditional
space for the need of years to
come. A building of this depth can
be built for very little more money
and some of the director® believe it
will be economy to make the building
a depth of 130 and not furnish the
rooms in the 28 feet of the rear of the
building.
3. Popular Songs:
(a) "In My Harem" Berlin
(b) Waiting for the Robert E. Lee"
Muir
(c) "Snooky Ookums" Puck
(d) When the Midnight Choo Choo
Leaves for Alabam".... Shulz
4. Selection—"Offenbachime"
Offenbach
5. "CONSHOHOCKEN MARCH"
Moser
6. (a) Waltz "Faust" Gounod
(b) "Silver Threads Among the
Gold' Danks
7. Popular Songs:
(a) "Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
Smult
(b) "Somebody Else is Getting It
Vontilzen
(c) "Billy, Billy Bounce"... Fisher
(d) "That Mellow Melody".. Myvr
8. Descriptive Fantasy:
"Way Down South Laurendeau
9. German Pot Pourl:
"A Night in Berlin" Ilartman
10. Songs of the Day "emicks' Hits"
Lanii*'
11. National Airs:
"Grand American Fantasle" Bendrix
Finale: 'Star Spangled Banner.''
WEDDED AT VALLEY FORGE
Local Girl Chooses Historic Spot to
be Wedded
Miss Estella, daughter of Mrs. Lucy
A. Moore, 1018 Fayette street, became
the bride of Mr. Floyd E. Kerr, or
Philadelphia, at eight o'clock, Satur-day
morning, in the Memorial Chap-el,
V»lley For^e. Th? ceremony was
performed by Rev. iHerbert F. Burke,
rector of the cha|>el.
' Ihe couple were attended by Miss
Elizabeth Moore, a sister of the bride
as bridesmaid and Mr. Howaro Web-ster,
of this boroueli. »«• grooms-
The bride was attired in a svown
traveling suit and wore a hat to
match.
The wedding party left here early
on the wedding day and after a pleas-ant
drive through the historic country,
in an automobile, arrived nt the his-toric
camp ground.
After the ceremony, the party drove
to Norristown where the bride and
groom left on the nine o'clock Will-iamsport
express for Mifflinsburg,
where they will spend their honey-moon.
Upon their return, they will
reside with the bride's mother, at
1018 Fayette street.
MANY OLD GRADUATES
AT ALUMNI REUNION
CLASS OF '12 C. H. S. PRESENTED
"JUMBO", A brlORT PLAV._
MANY MEMBERS Or THE EARLY
CLASSES PRESENT.— TOASTS
WERE RESPONDED TO BY PRO-MINENT
MEMBERS OF THE AS-SOCIATION.
One of the most pleasant re-unions
held by the Alumni of the Conshohock
en High Schoool was nerd In G. A. R.
Hail, last evening, and was attended
by many of the older graduates. The
younger members were out in force
and every one had a fine time meetlne
old school mate& and talking over
the "best days".
A very interesting program was
given. Miss Ada Eldredge recited
and played a piano solo. Miss Mar-garet
Stemple gave a recitation. The
main feature of tin entertainment
was an Ethiopian drama by the Class
of '12, entitled: "Jumbo Jum." The
"drama" was a particularly funny one
and those in the cast did their parts
well and received mucli applause. Tiro
cast was.
Jumbo Jum Harry Tyson
Mr. Gobbleton Luther Johnson
Mrs. Gobbleton Edna Jones
Hannah Pilkins Anna Laverty
Adelade Gobbleton I-aura Carter
laborer Frank Ferrler
Henry Mervllle Harry Murray
1 * '"• yer Clifton Woodward
After the drama caterer Benz serv-ed
the banquet. Howard I-entz pre-sided
over the banquet board and
toacts were respond vl to by Charles
Magee, Ph. D., professor of English at
Villa Nova College; Superintendent
of Schools. Frank Cloud, Ph. D.; Dr.
Aaron Ruth and Willird Young.
After the banquet, there was danc-ing.
MOOSE TO APPEAL
TO SUPREME LODGE
COURT SUGGESTS COUNSEL
AGREE TO LET THE CASE OF
THE LOCAL MOOSE AGAINST
WOODS STAND AS IT IS UNTIL
APPEAL IS TAKEN TO SUPREME
LODGE.--CASE OF PLYMOUTH
SCHOOL BOARD.
RAMSEY LAVERTY
Do you want a Rockford Watch?
You can have It on easy terms. J. B.
RAY, Jeweler—adv.
KHHOE'S for Fireworks—adv.
The wedding of Miss Clara Laverty,
of East iHector street and Mr. George
Ramsey, of Spring Mill, was solemniz-ed
on Saturday afternoon, by Rev. J.
T. Fox, pastor of St. Mark's Church.
The ceremony was very quiet and was
witnessed by only a few friends. The
cauple later left on a wedding trip
and will reside in Spring Mill. The
bridegroom is employed at the Lea
Tire and Rubber Company's plant.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank the many friends
who gave aid In our recent bereave-ment
and death of our Son Joseph T.
Rossister; also to those who sent
beautiful flowers.
Adv. PARENTS
There was to be a hearing in the
case of the local lodge of Moose a-gainst
Wellington G. Woods. Samuel
Lawrence, Adin Lewis James Swee.i-ey
and Jchn Hughes, by the cour/
yesterday mornlnf, ' ut before an;'
otl'cr legal action Is taken, an appeal
will be. p-.ade to the Supreme lodge
io haw- it right the differences exist-ing
between the local and th« Su-preme
Lodge.
Attorneys J. Aubrey Anderson and
Charles D. AicAvoy represented the
local lodge and had filed a bill in
equity. The complainants asked that
the defendants be restrained from or-ganizing
another lodge of Moose In
this borough and asked that the lodgo
charter, the charter from the com:
and othaf urticles removed by the de-fendant
be r-Hurned Ui the complain-ants.
Mr. Anderson argued that the lodge
charter had been lifted without auy
notice from the Suprurre Lodge; that
the Su.reine lodge -n-a not bl.-<n no-tue
of noi made, knewn any charges
against the local lodge.
Attoruey I<otsrrv>r, Crand Counsell-or
of the Supreme Louge, of Harris-burg,
represented the defendants and
argued that the Supr< me Lodge had
the pouei io revoke 'he charter.
The Court advised that counsel en-tut
Into a-i agreement to have tin
case reiian as t s u itl an appeal u
takjn tc. the Supreme I-odge. Ceua-sel
agreed
To-morrow, a committee from tho
locil lodge. accomnaileJ ly Attorney
Anderson, will go to Camd-jn, N J.
and have an Inler7:-ew with Supreme
Dictator Donges They will ask for
the return of the charter aue other
paraphernalia u ken fr< m the Home.
The locals will exhaust every pro-cedure
wflhin the Order to gam what
they consider their rights and if they
do not secure what they bolievo to be
their rights, the courts will bo resort-ed
to.
Plymouth School Case
The court, yesterday, granted leave
to Frank L. Traiy and others to inter-vene
with George W. Williams in the
bill in equity brought by him against
the Plymouth township schnoV. board
to test the right of the board to levy
a ax and also to tesu-s bond3 f;r the
purposes of creating A school building
wnen It is held the directors wrre a-ware
that proceedings were pending
for the 'li'vsiou of the township into
two separate townShps.
Attorney Henry M. Tracy represent
ed the intervening petitioners.
Attorney Bean, representing per-sons
favorable to the neutralization of
school* asked that a hearing be given
In the mttler within tcu days. Mr.
Tracy asked that the case be post-poned,
which was done.
The Plymouth casen, the bill In
equtiy and the hearing; on the petlti«n
for dividing the township will te
heard in September.
The Plymouth school board has ad-vertised
'.rr sale an Issue of bonds in
the amount of $:<0,00) aud also has
the tax duplicate ready to place In tho
hands or the collector which should
be done today. „.»
With the legal proceedings pending
the board will be unab'.e to rolled :he
portion of the tax levied for the school
building at.d the sale of the bonds will
be affected.
15 CENTS SOLD A HOUSE.
WILLIAM M. WOOD IS
CALLED BY DEATH
SECRETARY AND TREASURER OF
THE J. WOOD &. BROS. COMPANY
AND WELL-KNOWN IN THE IRON
AND STEEL TRADE, DIED ON
SATURDAY. — EMPLOYES OF
MILL TO ATTEM) f-UNERAL TO-DAY.
Local Real Estate Man Tells the
Value of Advertising in the Recorder.
Recorder Pub. Company.
Conshohocken, Pa.
Gentlemen:—
I Inserted In your paper of Friday af-ternoon
the 20th inst. a small adver-tisement
costing me fifteen cents, in
which I offered a certain property for
sale. The same afternoon I sold the
property to a man who had read the
advertisement. This no doubt
breaks all records for quick results
In so far as real estate advertising is
concerned, for the sale was made a
few hours after the paper came from
the press.
Have always received good returns
from large and small advertisements
inserted in your paper. A large num-ber
of Iceland Manor lots and prop-erties
in Conshohocken and vicinity
have been sold as the direct result
of said advertising.
It is my opinion that if many of the
business men of this borough would
awaken to the fact that "Progress-ive
Advertising" in the local paper
is an asset as indlspensible as a well
stocked and modern looking place of
business, the complaints that Conshoh-ockenites
prefer to do their buying in
Norristown and Philadelphia would
cease.
Wishing your paper the great suc-cess
which It deserves, I am,
Respectfully yours,
CORNELIUS A. DESIMONE
William M. Wood, secretary aud
treasurer of the J. Word and Broth-ers
Company, manufacturers of iron
and steel with mills in this borough,
and one of the best known men !a
the iron and Steel trade In the East,
dl ;d at hi:; home 2731 N. Thirteenth
street, Philadelphia, on Saturday.
About five years a6o Air. Wood was
stricken with locomotor ataxla and
never fully recovered from the attack.
While still very lil he carree every day
to his office at the mills and transact-ed
business until about six weeks ag>
when he became ill. He was confine*
to his home and his condition became
worse until death ensued.
William M. Wood was the soa of
Thomas Chalkley and Annie M. Wood
and was born in Philadelphia, about
61 years ago. He was educated In th»>
schools of Philadelphia and graduated
from the high school. After leaving
school, he entered the offices of J.
Wood & Brothers, located In Second
street, Philadelphia, where a ware-house
was also maintained. Here he
learned the selling and business part
of the business. When the firm leas-ed
the Fulton rolling mill, known as
the No. 4 mill, the Philadelphia offic-es
and ware house was abolished and
tho main offices of tho. firm''vere lo-cated
in this borougn. Mr. Wood
then came- to Conshohocken but con-tinued
to reside with his siste;- at
Philadelphia.
Upon the death of George W. Wood
who was president and general mana-ger
of the concern, Charles Wood was
elected president, James M. Wood,
vice president and general manager
and William M. Wood was ■elected
secretary and treasurer which posi-tion
he held until Ma u^.~.\
Mr. Wood was a man of fine person-ality
and was greatly esteemed in the
ousiness work' and by the employes
of the local mills. He was a quiet,
unassumiag and efPcient business
man. He was an ar lent sportsman
and for recreation ha would spenJl
many hours on the Iielaware River
and Bay either in fhhlng or gunning.
Mr. Wood's business associates and
the employes of the mills fell
their loss in his death.
The employes of tiro mills have had
prepared a beautiful set of resolutions
which they will present to Mr. Wood*
sister. . k^
Deceased Is survived by a sister,
Annie, with whom ho lived; a broth-er
T. Cnalkley Jr., and the following;
cousins residing in this borough:
Charles Wood, James W. Wood, John
Wood Jr., and David W. Harry.
The mills of J. Wood & Brothers
Company closed down last evening iu
respect for their late officer and the
employes will attend the funeral to-morrow
afternoon, In a body. The men
wiil leave here on the 1:10 P. M. train
over the Reading Railway. Service*
will be conducted at the house anil
the interment will be private.
A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE PARTY
Isaac Fishbein Attains His Majority
and Friends Celebrate the Event
Isaac Fishbein, of r>7 Fayette street,
attained his majority on Friday and
in the evening, a number of his
friends gave him a surprise party to
celebrate the event. The evening
was pleasantly spent In music, games
and dancing and at a late hour re-freshments
were served. Mr. Fishbein
received many congratulations from
his friends and relative*.
Those present were: The Misses
Rose Welnherg, Bessie Citron, Ida
Fisher. Grace and Pauline Horwltz, of
Norristown; Dose Newman, Trenton;
Jacob Newman, Trenton; Samuel Cit-ron,
Hyman Weinbeig and John Fish-er
of Norristown, David Paschall.
Henry Klein, Jacob Klein and Adolph
Rakosky, of this borough.
Mr. Fishbein is one of the borough's
bi-st known young business men and
Is associated with his step father, 11.
J. Kleinman, in the dry goods busi-ness
at 57 Fayette street.
Fireworks—wholesale and retail at
KEHOE'S—adv.
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