The Conshohocken Recorder, December 8, 1914

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SCHOOL BOARD RE-ELECTS
OLD OFFICERS
SCHOOL BOARDS OF BOTH BOR-OUGHS
HELD THEIR ANNUAL
ELECTIONS FOR OFFICERS
LAST NIGHT.—LOCAL BOARD
INSPECTS HIGH SCHOOL AND
WILL ACCEPT THE BUILDING
TO-NIGHT.
Yesterday being the Brsl Monday
in December t ho school boards
throughout the state were required to
el< 11 a president and vice president.
in accordance with the law the school
boardr, of Weal ConshohOCken and
this borough met and re-elected their
old oflicera.
The local hoard held its llrst meet-ing
in the new high school building
and re-elected Dr. (' .K. Tegtmeier
president and Louis K. Jones vice
president. J. Aubrev Anderson Esq.,
DR. C. F. TEGTMEIER
was re-elected solicitor. The 'secre-tary
and treasurer were elected at
the July meeting.
The board held its meeting in the
high school for the purpose of in-specting
the building with a view to
accepting it. Contractor Little was
present and after viewing the build-ing,
it was found that several small
parts are still to be completed and
the board decided to meet this even-ing
when, it Is expected, the school
will be formally accepted and the bal
ance due contractor William Little
will be paid..
In the election the candidates had
no opposition as both men have given
effective service.. I'resident Tfegt-meler
has served a number of yeana
and his impartiality and his keen in-i>
re 1 in school affaiis have caused
tin board to recognize him as the log-ical
man for president. Mr. Jones,
while rarely called upon to assume
the duties of the president, lias been
an able and eilicient member of the
buildings and grounds committee and
been of great service in the erection
of the new school building.
Wett Side Election
The December meeting of the West
Conshohockeu School Board was held
JOHN FEARNSIDE
at the office of the secretary, William
J. Pennington, last evening.
The election of the president and
vice president resulted in President
John Fearnslde and Vice President ('.
itush Parr being returned to their re-spective
offices,
in taking his office Mr. FearnsMe
thanked the members for the honor
confi rred upon him and deplored the
fact that the financial condition of
the schools was not In a much better
shape; He, however, attributed this
condition to the extra expense incur-red
b) the School laws and expressed
hope that in the near future condi-tion;
in the borough would so change
that the revenue derived from the
ta ca would be larger,
it was d< 'did to close the Bchoola
on Thursday, December 24 until Janu-ary
l, IBIS for the Christmas holidays,
The report of the Building .Com-mittee
showed that the schools are
in good condition and no repairs have
been made during the month.
The Teachers' Committee reported
that all of the teachers were on duty
every day during the month and that
the Work is progressing smoothly.
The treasurer's report showed a
balance of I886t00 in treasury and or-ders
were granted for bills amounting
to $125.00.
Mr. Pennington was the only ab-sentee
and his olli<e was tilled by Wal
ter N. llannum, pro tern.
RAIN. SNOW AND SLEET
USHER IN WINTER
TROLLEY TRAFFIC IMPAIRED
AND ELECTRIC WIRES TORN
DOWN IN THE STORM WHICH
STARTED ON SATURDAY. THE
GROUND IS COVERED WITH A
MANTEL OF SNOW.— STORM A
BOON TO FARMERS.
experienced considerable difficulty by
reason of trees which had blown
across the roads and were yet unre-moved.
In a number of Instances the
drivers were compelled to take to the
fields In order to complete their jour-neys.
EASE BALL PLAYER
TO SPEAK HERE
JURORS SERVING THIS WEEK
Will Hear Many Criminal
with the New Judge
Cases
The following .is the list of grand
jurors and petit jurors passing judg-ment
in s:S criminal cases to be tried
this week at Norristown.
Grand Jury, December 7.
William Atkinson, Norristown.
Daniel H. Bartman, Collegeville.
Anthony I). Brunner, Towamencin.
Samuel 1). Bean, Limerick.
EDlwood W. Claypool, l ower Merlon.
Allen (!. Cressmun, Upper Merlon.
John Cameron, Norristown.
W, ''. Claghorn, Narberth.
Richard to nan, l/>wer Merlon.
Arthur Davis. Moreland.
Howard 1 lager. Ambler.
Prank ll. Kox, Skippack.
Edward Glass, Norristown.
Joseph W. KolTel, Hatfield.
James B. Lowrle, Plymouth.
Fred Martin. Upper Dublin.
Thomas McKlbben, Norristown.
Eli Oberholtzer, Douglass.
Jacob (',. lx)ng, Upper Hanover.
Willis R. Roberts, Norristown.
William Sinnott, Norristown,.
Lewis F. Schmidt, Cheltenham.
Luther Weldner, Royersford.
Frank G. Wile, Franconia.
Petit Jurors, December 7.
Richard Adams, W. Conshohocken.
Joseph J. Altemus, Bridgeport.
James F. Burke, Norristown,
John II. Bruner, I'pper Providence.
Henry C. Biddle, Ambler.
George Brant, Norristown.
Frank Bechtel, Pottstown.
Aaron C. Bruner, I'pper Providence.
Paul J. Brltton, Royersrord,
Benjamin Binder, Upper Hanover.
Charles Buckman, Cheltenham.
Thomas Dairy. Jenklntown.
Walter Booze, North Wales.
Edward G. Brownback, Trappe.
Mired W. Conrad, Upper Hanover.
Howard 11. ifonly. Horsham.
James Crow, Norristown.
William Charles. Norristown.
Clarence Cadwalader, Pottstown.
B. B. Doub. Upper Providence,
dlarry C. Disston, Montgomery.
Charles H. Ellis, Pottstown.
John E. Finley, Norristown.
I-evan Geller, Lansdale.
Irwln Bruelich, East Greenville.
A. D. Mailman, Skippack.
William F. Herbert, Ixrwer Merlon.
Jacob 0. llackman, Lansdale.
Joseph E. Jeffries, Norristown.
Peter Kelly, Norristown.
Joseph S. Kriebel, Hast Greenville.
Jacob H. Kraft, Frederick.
William H. Kneas, Norristown.
Wllmer W. Kline, North Wales.
Theodore Knabb, Norristown.
Corbett I severing, Jenklntown,.
George W. l.utz, Pennsburg.
Mallory I-ong, Ncrristown.
John D. l.andis, Salford.
Marion L. Moyer, New Honover.
Abner Miller, Pennsburg.
Stephen Miller, Conshohocken.
'Howard .Mitchell, Lansdale.
William S. Miller, Norristown.
Wesley Mullen, Horsham.
Christ Miller, Norristown.
Sidney Morgan, lxrwer Merlon.
Joseph Marshall, Bridgeport.
Sdward L. Miller, Schwenkvllle.
John J. McWilllams, Norristown.
Samuel M. Naylor, Norristown.
Joseph Newbold, U Gwynedd.
Robert C. Pester, Norristown.
Samuel Roberts, West Norriton.
George R. Ralston, Norristown.
Allen Rosenberger, Lansdale.
il. M. Ramsey, Lower Merlon.
James Rellly, Ixrwer Merlon.
Thomas A. Schmidt, Red hill.
Edwin Shollenberger, Pottstown.
William F. Shade.
Charles Schniepp, Springfield.
John S. Shelmire, Moreland.
Jacob R. Smith, Fredrick.
Morris Sellers, Hatfield.
Rimer E. Saylor, U Pottsgrove.
Karl 1>. Souders, Norriiitown.
William J. Wousetler,-Norristown.
Morris Wolf, Jr., Ablngton.
William H. Walker, Norristown.
John F. Weyant, Pennsburg.
Levl Ziegler, Limerick).
The storm which started in this vi-cinity
on Saturday afternoon by a fall
Of ■:.iri and which, since that time,
has developed Into all kinds of weath-er
known, assumed a serious matter
yesterday afternoon and last evening
for the trolley and electric light com-panies.
First it was rain, then hail and la-ter
snow, with a high wind blowing
all the time, On Saturday night dur-ing
the time sleet was falling the
trolley service was hampered and the
oars to and from the borough were
running behind their schedule. The
same conditions existed on Sunday
and yesterday, Last evening a car
left the car bam above Norristown
; i 5.86 and did not reach this borough
until 8.26 o'clock.
The electric light service was im-paired
last evening by trees being
blown down and tearing down wins.
Workmen of the company were (may
until alter eight o'clock making the
repairs and after that time the u
good service was H stored.
This morning the residents awak-ened
to be met by a mantel of snow
which covered the earth to a deptli of
about two inches'. The heavy rain
which fell last evening turned the
snow to slush and walking was most
disagreeable.
One cf the worst p'.aces in the bor-ough
is at the siding running into the
ouga is at the siding between the two
bridges at the foot of Fayetto
i. The sidewalk is low at this
point and the water is allowed to lay
there to the deptlr of several inches).
This point has become known to
every one who is compelled to cross
the bridge, as the same condition has
existed for year, with no effort on the
part of anybody to remedy the condi-tion
One enthusiastic slelgher, more Im-bued
with the sport than the rest of
his kind could not resist the tempta-tion
and with the ground covered with
the pure white blanket, ventured
fortli in his sleigh and with bells
jingling crossed the bridge from West
Conshohocken about eight oclock this
morning.
The rain Is looked upon by farmers
as a God-send who welcomed it as
one of the greatest blessings of the
year. The long continued dry spell
had caused the springs to dry up and
in many instances water had to be
hauled for the stock. Tire rain came
irr a most opportune time and it is
now hoped that the supply will last
throughout the winter.
The Counties Gas & Electric Com-pany,
which operates a .plant at
Wayne as well as in this borough, ex-perienced
great difficulty at the for-mer
place since the storm 'began.
Poles have been blown down, drag-ging
with them the service wires and
the situation became so serious that
it was necessary to secure the ser-vices
of about twenty linemen from
Norristown, in order to repair the
great damage done.
Last week the weather was balmy
and the warm days were counted as
being unprecedented for the time of
year. On Friday afternoon eleven
Quarts of mushrooms were picked on
a lawn of one of the I'pper Merlon
estates and were the finest that have
ever been picked from the place.
On Saturday morning the thermom-eter
took a sudden and long leap
downward and by afternoon a cold
rain, which was chilling to the bones,
was falling. During the night the
rain had turned to sleet and on Sun-day
morning the residents awoke to
see the trees garbed in a coat of ice.
All day Sunday sleet was falling but
during Sunday night the thermometer
crawled upward enough to again
change the sleet to rain and this con-tinued
to fall steadily until yesterday
at noon when hail again began to fall.
Later in the afternoon (lakes of snow-began
to tly and the mixture made
traveling most disagreeable.
The storm was accompanied by a
high wind and while no damage has
been reported in the two Conshohock-ens,
the trees in I^ower Merion town-ship
adjacent to the West Borough,
suffered greatly. Yesterday morning
persons driving through this section
P. L. Schwerk, of the NeW York An
ericans Will Address) Calvary
Bible Class.
of Calvary
social in the
The Men's Bible Clas,
P. E. church will hold a
Parish House, Friday evening, which
promises to be one of the most Inter-esting
and enjoyable events of the
season. A fine program for entertain-ment
has been arranged and the Cit-izen':
Band will play a number of se-lections
and the stewards will pro-vide
refreshments.
A feature of the social will be an
address by P. L. Schwerk, captain of
this year's base ball team of the
University of Pennsylvania and now a
membe. of the New York American
League team.
Mr. Schwerk Is one of the leaders
in the religious movement at the
University and is one o^ the most
popular men there.
All men are invited tt> this nreet-
Ing.
WAR IS NOT CHRIS-TIANITY'S
FAILURE
REMEMBERED THEIR DEAD
Wschita Tribe held a very Impressive
Memorial Service Sunday
In memory of their dead, the mem-bers
of Washita Tribe No. 58, I. O. R
M., he1-' memorial services in G. A.
R. hall, Sunday afternoon, which were
largely attended. The aervice was
thai of the order for the dead. Grand
Senior Sagamore, Samuel H. Walker
of Philadelphia, dellverd an impress-ive
address* Tire muslo was beauti-fully
sung by the Calvary choir under
the direction of H. Grey Stcele.
The services were held in memory
of the following deceased members:
rhatles Buckle, George Neff, Alan
Bar." and Jonathan Traub.
MILEAGE TRICK IN STORM
Fixed Schedule Fail6 to Cover Round
about Court Trips
DR. ISAAC SHARPLESS IN AN AD-DRESS
BEFORE PLYMOUTH
FRIENDS SAID THE PRESENT
WAR SHOWS THAT CHRISTIAN-ITY
HAS NOT ENTERED FULLY
INTO THE HEARTS OF THE
PEOPLE.
"The European war is not a proof
that Christianity is a failure but that
Christianity has not yet had time to
enter fully into the hearts of the peo-ple
as to make the terrible butchery
now going on imi>ossible," so said
Dr. Isaac Sharpless, President of rlav-erford
College, at a Peace meeting at
Plymouth Friends Meeting house,
Sunday afternoon.
Despite the Inclemency of the
weather a large number of persons
from Norristown, Cold Point, Ply-mouth
and this borough attended the
meeting and were impressed with tiro
remarks of the speaker.
The meeting was held under the
auspices of the Philanthropic Com-mittee
of Abington Quurterly Meet-ing.
Dr. Sharpless Is one of the leading
advocates for world peace and great-ly
deplores the present war. The
Doctor said the way to maintain peace
is not to prepare for war as "what
we sow, we reap." "If a man sows
oats, he does not reap corn; if we sow
gUnB„ we will not reap peace."
He pointed out the great opirortun-
Ity presented to the United States In
advancing world peace. He said, as
the United States is the largest coun-try
not at war, It has a great work
to do and It is for us to have the
warring countries take each others
hands in peace. He urged upon his
hearers a firmer belief and a great
practice of Christianity as a means
of a sure and lasting peace.
MANY PERSONS HEAR
YOUTHFUL PREACHER
Thirteen-Year-Old Girl Occupied Pul-pit
of Free Baptist Church.
Notwithstanding that the weather
was most unfavorable for traveling,
large congregations Wire present at
both the morning and e\citing ser-vices
at the Free Baptist Chinch, in
West Conshohocken on Sunday, when
Miss Klvu llackett, of West Philadel-phia,
occupied the pulpit ami preach-ed
two most elo ptent sermons.
Although tiro girl Is only tail
'years of age she held her audlen
throughout her discourse and expound-ed
the teachings of the Bible itr a
(manner that would have reflected
great credit on a per son of much more
I mature years, Irr the evening she
! took as her text from the eleventh
verse of the thirty-fourth chapter ot
Psalms. Her sermon was a rnasn r
ful discourse and was thoroughly en-joyed
by the large number of persons
present. The youthful preacher is
a'.so an accomplished vocalist and
rendered several solos. She was ac-companied
by her mother and a num-ber
of friends.
BIG EVANGELISTIC RALLY
Biddle Bible Classes Will Meet In
Baptist Church.
Constables, jurors and witnesses
developed a grouch at Norristown,
when they came to the clerk of the
Courts office, yesterday for their pay,
because, under a recently-revised
schedule of mileage, they were given
less money than formerly, but owing
to the storm had to make roundabout
jourtreys to Court.
The Perkiomen Valley residents for
Instance, were obliged to leave the
railroad cars at Collegeville and then
come by trolley to Norristown. As
the trolley cars were not running reg-gularly,
because of sleet many were
late. Those living along the North j
Penn Valley were obliged to go by '
train to Philadelphia and thence out
to Norristown, as the I^ehigh Valley
Transit cars were not running because
of broken wires caused by tiro storm.
Some of these wer paid only for the
short way—across from Lansdale by
trolley—even though they went a-round
to Philadelphia by steam road;
but one, Monroe Springer, of Ijans-dale,
objocted, and the Country Con-troller
allowed him for the extra fare
under the circumstances.
What Is expected to be the fore-runner
of the Evangelistic services to
be held in this borough, will be held
on Sunday afternoon at 2.40 o'clock in
the First Baptist Church, under the
auspices of tire Drexel Biddle Bible
Class.
All organized Bible Classes and the
congregations of various churches In
the vicinity have been Invited. Sam-uel
Jackscn, of Norristown, Chief
Director of the district will preside,
and tire principal speaker of the day
will be A. J. Drexel Biddle, the weal-thy
social leader arrd churchman of
Philadelphia, and the president and
founder of the organization.
The other speakers will include
some of the leaders In Bible Class
work In the Middle Atlantic States.
Special music will be rendered. A
cordial invitation is extended to the
public to attend.
AIM TO FREE POPULAR PIKE
Montgomery Countiant Sick of Pay-ing
High Tolls.
HAVE TO BATHE SCHOOLS
Sorrre Radnor township school chil-dren
who apparently wer utter suing- |
ere to a bathtub are being given free
or compulsory baths, according to the
point of view, by the teachers of the
district, according to a report made
yesterday at the regular meeting of
the Board of Education, by Superin-tendent
George M. Wilson.
Items fo r the purchase of scrubbing
brushes and bathtubs, together with
soaji and towels, called for explana-tions
by the superintendent.
"They were bought so we could
give some of the pupils baths, said
the superintendent. Some of the
school dirctors started to laugh.
A regular bathing system has been
inaugurated in some of the schools,
Wilson explained, and those pupils in
need of it are allotted a regular time
for their enforced ablutions.
If you have an item of Interest, So.-
slal, personal or otherwise, send or
phone it to This Office.
Another toll road in Montgomery
county is to be made a free highway,
if the petition of residents of Ablng-ton
township to the Montgomery
County Courts shall be favorably act-ed
upon. The highway in question is
that portion of the Willow Grove and
Gerniantown plank road which is
within tire limits of Montgomery coun-ty,
and runs from Willow Grove to a
point in the city limits In Gerniantown,
after traversing the suburbs of Wil-low
Grove, Weldon and Glenslde.
The petition for appointment of a
jury of view and ultimate condemna-tion
proceedings Is being widely cir-culated,
and will shortly be presented.
Decision of the JudgeB Is eagerly o-wuited,
particularly by autoists, as
the highway Is a favored one for mo-toring.
Tolls have been collected on this
turnpike for many years, the rate be-ing
regarded by many motorists as
excessive. For instance, several
months ago a ruling was put into ef-foct
by which, when a motorist turn-ed
from the York road at Willow
Grove, and traveled over the turnpike
to the Welsh road, where the first
gate Is located, about 400 yards, he
was compelled to pay the full rate-five
cents.
Glass Ornaments and Toys at KE-HOE'S—
Advt.
BOHEMIAN CLUB WILL NOT SING
Entertainmf.it Scheduled for Decem-ter
21,inMtthodist Church has
been Cancelled
It will be a disappointment to
many to know tlrat the scheduled en-tertainment
by the Bolremian Club,
in the Methodist church for the 21st
Inst. has been cancelled. The Club
was to sing Gounods communion mass
but as there has been a small attend-ance
at rehearsals, those active In
the club decided that the iClub could
not do justice to the public or Itself
and cancellation of the entertainment
was necessary.
Besides cancelling the entertain-ment
all rehearsals have been dis-continued
until January 4th when a
meeting of the club will be held.
MRS. C T0U|
CLAIMI
FORMER WEST
WOMAN, WHO
FOR MANY MO|
WATERFORD
SATURDAY^—F|
EE HELD TO-1
ING.
Mrs. Catherine T
wi II known bu ]
Conshohocki n. di< i
hei son Harry Toil
she resided, at W';|
J., on Sat in
Deceased for mad
West Conshohockel
i of the time "of herl
; conducted stores it|
, the borough. For
1 conducted the sto|
', Ellis C. Crip
The news of the I
sain, came as a grl
many friends irr tl|
nrany months she
from a complicatioj
it was her failinl
prompted her to di|
ness itr the West B
to New Jersey abd
i ago. Shortly afti rj
Ire;- condition I
weeks she was CO)
She grew gradual!jl
relieved her on Sit
Ill-side her husbaj
by a daughti r, Mr
upper Ford street, j
en, and two sons.
sho resided at Wa|
Joseph Toussaint.
The funeral will
the home of her sol
j ing and the intern]
at Waterford Worts
MARRIED AT ELKTON
Bridgeport Man and Local Girl were
Married in Maryland
A wedding of much local interest
and a surprise to the many friends of
the couple, occurred last Friday at
BUtton, Md.. when Miss Kathryn Bon
ticue, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Reed
Bonticue, 131 East Ninth avenue, be-came
the bride of Mr. William Groff,
of Bridgeport.
The bride is very popular here and
at Norristown where she has many
friends. The groom Is a railroad
employe and Is one of Bridgeport's
best known young men.
The couple ure now on their honey-moon
and upon their return will re-side
In their newly furnished home in
Fourth street, Bridgeport.
POSTAL DEPARTMENT.
Postmaster Heywood was advised
by Postmaster General Burlcson la t
week that the reparatory measures
for Christmas must be perfected well
in advance of the rttsh period. Mall
must not be permitted to accumulate
and clerks and carriers should be
encouraged to put forth their best ef-forts
at this season. If necessary, ex-tra
clerks and carriers may be em-ployed
for more than eight hours
dally.
"Patrons are vitally interested In
having parcels delivered on or be-fore
Christmas day and every effort
should be mado to accomplish this,"
writes the Postmaster General to the
postmasters. "A supply of placards
urging the public to mail parcels ear-ly,
wrap them secure1}- and address
them plainly will be sent you and
should be displayed in the main office,
stations and elsewhere and every oth-er
means at your command should be
used to induce the public to co-operate
with the department to avoid conges-tion
by distributing tire mailings over
as many days before Christmas as
possible.
"It should be advertised esirecially
that parcels may hear the words
'Not to be opened until Christmas,'
or a similar inscription. The timeli-ness
of gifts depends on being receiv-ed
on or before Christmas day. Ear-ly
mailing will Insure this, whereas
the practice of mailing packages late
in the ltope they will rea.ch the destin-ation
on Christinas day is likely to
defeat Its own object through unavoid-able
delay due to the consequent con-gestion
of the mails."
P. 0. S. of A.
A Delightful Patnj
Held at the BJ
Washington Cam]
of A. presented,
a handsome sll
set vices were held ii
day evening for the!
Despite the^bad w|
was filled
S. of A., turtr frie
of the church. A|
Hancock Command^
phia was also preset!
The service was
organ selection by
ker, oragnist of the
Roberts presided an|
reading 'by William
county president of I
duced Assistant h:|
Aubrey Anderson w|
flag. Mr. Anderson]
address which stinj
emotions of his heat
The Hag was rece|
ner J. Da vies, paste
and a short address
Henry T. Stone, of
dery.
The service was bl
"by Miss Walker plaj
anthems of the varil
eluding with "Amej
audience arose and
Rev. II. W". Atkins |
benediction.
SPECIAL TO HI
BUYERS
On account of the
allow 10 Per Cent, o
bought at my store.
Specials for this
$1X0 Percale Shirt.
$1.50 Silk Stripsd Sh!
$2.50 Silk Front Shi
50c Silk Knitted Tit
N. Sne-llenburg & Co.l
or Overcoat, now.
N. Snellenburg & Co
or Overcoat, Now
N. Snellenburg & Co
or Overcoat, Now
A. .B Kirschbaum
or Overcoat, Now
A. B. Kirschbaum
or Overcoat, Now
10 Per Cent. Off of
above p
WILLIAM
Guarantee
&3 Fayette St.,
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