The Conshohocken Recorder, March 7, 1916

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•1886 CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1916. S1.00 PER YEAR
Conshohocken's Offer Accepted
for a Joint Continuation
School; Opens Monday
LOCAL SCHOOL STARTED
The school dlatricta of Conshohock-
•■ii and West Conshohocken are "'
have :i first class continuation school
tor minors of achool age who are
working for their living. This was
decided al a meeting of the Weal Con-
BhohOCken School Hoard I;.si cvenmg
when the offer from this dlatrlel for
oonaoUdatlon of the Mbooli and each
o( share pro rate. "'<• expenses ol
conducting the achool thus securing
a saving to both dlatricta. The con-solidation
will make a ohange In the
present plans of the local board but
Superintendent Weaver has already
begun in making new arrangements
which will ho to the advantage of pu-pils,
employers and the school dis-tricts.
Beginning next Monday ses-slonsof
the continuation school will l>o
held every week day except Baturday.
The local continuation school opened
thai the shelving In tor supplies had
been erected In the cloak room of the
High School, iimt the locks throughout
the building had been repaired and
that the work of repairing n spigot In
the cloak room of the High 8 ihool and
the ralnspout in the building had been
ordi i ad done.
The Teach< ra" and T< si Books Com-mittee
reported that the school work is
progressing and thai Miss Agnes Far-rail,
teacher of the Grammar Grade
has been off duty for several days
owing tO illness. Her duties are be-ing
fulfilled by Mrs. Tyson, of Nor-ristown.
Principal Bteltz submitted a report
calling attention to some minor repairs
d about the building and reported
that the attendance is not as good as
il should be.
in view of the fact thai the district
decided to consolidate with the Con-shohocken
district In the continuation
school, the orders for desks and text
1 ooka Wl re ordered to he counter-manded.
All of the memhers were pros, ni
with the exception of Mr. Pennlngton
who was called to Chester late yester-day
afternoon owing to the serious ill-ness
of a relative,
WANT TURNPIKES
FREE FROM TOLLS
Success of Movement Would Lift
Burden From Main Line Resi-dents.
Success of three movements to
"."'""";• ' -nun- fr<''' tne Lancaster, Montgomery and
yesterday ™orning. Miss b..,i ff- turnpikes from tolls
rioswasmeh.irehaynKhe nel ^^ releasing the .Main
teacher of the school at il special ,,„„„„„.,„„„„„,,.,...*,,..„,,
meeting of the Hoard held last Friday
evening: Miss Jeffries was taken from
the departmental work of the regular
school work. Her place in the regular
work is taken by Miss Ada Khhedge,
who was advanced and Miss Helen
Line section completely from the toll-road
burdens.
The announcement made last week
that the engineers of the State High-way
Department will survey the 1-an-easter
pike from i"lty Line avenue,
;:;, of Ha.u,n ore, |fd., and who >. - Overbrook. to Haoli. was paralleled
Quinry. Pa., was b>' l|u 1M MI teaching at ' appointment ol Irvin Knipe,
elected a teacher iii the grades, MISS
Jones arrived here today ami will take
up her duties tomorrow.
The first session of the new school
was held hi the newly lined room In
tis master, and a jury ol" view in con-demnation
proceedings in the Norris-lown
courts against the Montgomery
avenue turnpike, and by the formal
presentation of a petition in the Dela-the
Third avenue building, li Is u , ware County Court for similarly free-
Ine, largo, well lighted and ventilated ing the West Cluster highway.
school room. The first class was IX
girls from the Bobrow Brothers cigar
factory. There will bo no sessions to-day
and tomorrow there will be 0
Class of hoys. No sessions will be
held on Thursday and it may be thai
no further sessions will be held this
week owing i aktng arrangements
for next week, which changes the pres-ent
plans.
Next week the sessions begin with
full classes and will be held each
school day. The instruction besides
the academic will include sewing for
the girls and manual training for the
boys.
Board Accepts Offer.
At the regular meeting of the West
Conshohocken Hoard held ai the office
of the secretary, William J. Pennlng-ton,
last evening, it was unanimously
agreed to accept the proposition offer-ed
by the Conshohocken Hoard for n
joint continuation school.
At a special meeting of the Consho-hocken
Hoard held lasi Friday evening.
President Fearnslde of the West Side
Hoard was present The proposition
was thoroughly discussed from every
angle and at that time Mr. Fearnslde
BXpreSSi d his belief that the Offer was
tar more liberal than what he expec
>ii. (in Saturday the proposition was
sent to the West Bide Board In writing
and was submitted to the members
but evening. The figures were care-fully
scrutinized and compared with
the estimated cost previously prepared
by the Wesl Side Hoard and it wu.s
Seen that the cost to the district would
be much lower than for them in con-iliui
an Independent school. In addi-tion
to this the pupils will receive In-structions
In manual training and
sewing which the West Side district is
not in a position to give.
The cost to the West side Hoard In-cludes
no outlay whatever for filling
UP and furnishing the room, nor for
the lie.aing or janitor's work. The
proposition was also figured on a pro
rats basis and Includes the salary of a
continuation teacher at $600 per year.
of which the Stale pays $200; increas-es
in the salaries of the manual train-ing
ami sowing teachers amounting to
about $35 monthly, of which the State
pays a proportionate share: text books
and supplies amounting to $75, of
which the State pays one-half, and the
(osi of the material used in the manu-al
training course, This amount could
BO! be figured On very satisfactorily
because the articles made are all sold
and the money received from this
source Is returned to the district and
deducted from the first cost. The out-lay
necessitated for this work is con-sidered
very low.
By consolidating with the local
Hoard, West Conshohocken is saved
In addition to the outlay of money,
the trouble and Inconvenience or doing
away with their director's room which
il hail been decided to fit up for the
new school. It also saves the disrup-tion
of the school work by electing a
new teacher to the grammar grade to
succeed Miss Agnes I'arrcl. who would
in all probability have been elected to
the continuation school. This Is con-sidered
a most fortunate circumstance
at this particular period of the term.
The Conshohocken district has over
70 pupils and the West Coiisliohoeken
56. The cost to West Conshohocken
Will he the cost for tuition for each
pupil, which Is based on the salaries of
teachers and COSl of books and sup-plies,
less t he amount paid by the i sciousncss. They
State. ' find a physician.
All these actions are hacked 'by
Citizens Of the localities affected and
in the -Montgomery avenue case the
commissioners of lxiwer Merlon town-ship
are pushing the movement.
With Lancaster and Montgomery
avenw B as toll roads and West Chest-er
turnpike in the same class, the
Main Line section has been pretty
well bottled up. Either road offers a
ph asing highway to reach the Main
Line or for .Main Liners to reach the
city, but high toll rates have added to
the high cost of automobiles and oth-er
vehicles.
Some expert drivers of machines
in recent years have become more or
less familiar with a tortuous network
of twistings and turnings by which
one might eater or leave the Main
Line without traveling on the toll-roads,
but these journeys usually were
as expensive, because the roads in
sections were bad and hard on tires
and the added distance increased the
cost of travel through a large con-sumption
of gasoline.
COW SOLD FOR $1585
"Bellevue Daisy" Bred on Richard G.
Wood Estate Brings Record Price
J. W. Zell, of Woodmont, Bellevue
and Highland farms of lx>wer Merlon
has just returned home from Cleve-land,
Ohio, where he has been attend-ing
the annual meeting of the Milk-ing
Shorthorn Cattle Club of America
He also attended the annual sale at
Painesville, Ohio, where he had a con-signment
of 5 head Of cows and cal-ves
from the Bellevue herd. Mr. ZeU
claims the honor of having bred "Bel-levue
Daisy" the cow that topped the
sale at 11,666.00, the highest price ever
paid at any of these sales for a cow.
Mrs. Alexander, of Sousine City iCal.,
was the purchaser. Bellevue Queen
another fine representative from Bel-levue
was knocked down to Mr.
Charles F. Oatls, of Cleveland, Ohio
for $1100 00 and a calf 4 weeks old
at $250.00. 43 head of cows and heif-ers
in the sale averaged $621.00.
Fire Disturbs Breakfast.
Other Business.
The Building Committed reported
While Joseph Witt and his wife
were eating breakfast at their home
18 Washington strect.Sundny morning
they quickly made an investigation
and found the second story of their
home Hied wth smoke. An alarm
was sent to both fire com panes and
they quickly responded but did not
have to go into service.
Before the firemen arrived. It was
discovered that the family of John
Kelly residing nextdoor, had built a
fire in their parlor stove. It was the
first time for a great while and it was
not noticed that the chimney, which
supplies the both houseB was not in
condition. The pipe ho'.e in the
Witt homo was covered with wall
paper. When the fire was started
the smoke poured through this hole.
When the smoke was discovered Mr.
Witt informed the Kelly family and
they drew the fire from their stove
before the damage was done.
The excitement caused Mrs. Witt
to become ill and Sunday evening she
suffered a severe heart attack and be-came
unconscious. Neighbors went
to her assistance and by administering
home remedies restored her to con-were
unablo to
The condition of
Mrs. Witt is much improved.
Solicitor Fails to Tender Resig-nation
and Office is Declared
Vacant
$8000 OF BONDS REDEEMED
At the adjourned meeting of the
Wesi Conshohocken Town Council
held on Frldaj evening the office of
Borough Solicitor was declared vacant
by a vote of six to three and Qeorge
c, t'orson Esq., of Plymouth Meeting
was elected to the office by a vote of
r, to 4.
At the regular meeting of the body-on
Wednesday evening, a resolution
u ■ adopted asking, for the resignation
of Solicitor Miebaei i'. Donnelly on the
strength that his work In his official
capacity was unsatisfactory to Coun-cil,
and that all property belonging to
the bOrOUgh and in his possession
should he turned Over not later than
7 O'olOCk On ITdiiy evening.
When Council convened tor the ad-journed
meeting, all of the members
MICHAEL F. DONNELLY
Advertise in THE RECORDER.
ware present. President I'assey slated
that it had been called for the pur-pose
of receiving Mr. Donnelly's re-signation
lie turned to cierk Pen-nlngton
and asked if he had the do-cument
in his posseslon. Mr. Pen-nlngton
stated that he had served the
notice on Mr. Donnelly but that he
had received no communication from
him.
On motion of Mr. DeHaven a resolu-tion
was immediately presented de-claring
the office of borough solicitor
vacant. The resolution was adopted
by a vote of 6 to 3.
The vote was by Aye and Nay and
resulted as follows:
Aye—Messrs. 1 >< Haven, Adams, El-lam.
.Whitton, liamey and Cassey.
Nay—Messrs. Entwistie, McElhattan
and Powers.
President Cassey announced the re-sult
of the vote and on motion of Mr.
Whitton it was decided to go into
election for the office of solicitor, Mr.
DeHaven nominated ..■ • <-'. Corson
Mr. Kntwistie novlt'tUa .'. i.lurnctto
lb ai d Bsq,
The result of the ballot was as
follows:
Mr. Corson Messrs DeHaven, Adams,
Whitton. Ramey and Cassey,
Mr. Holland Messrs. Knlw isllc, El-lam,
MeKlhattan nnd Towers.
A resolution was adopted transfer-ring
$13 from the Miscellaneous ac-count
into the Kinking Fund Account
and the treasurer was instructed to
Day off $800 worth of bonds which
have matured.
The Way* and Mean Committee pre-sei
ted an cnllniincp fixing the tax
rale at ten mills. The crdinance pass-ed
first and second readings.
Burgess Cameron presented to
Council an Invitation to attend the
sessions of the State Association of
Boroughs to be held in the Capitol
on April 11 and 12. According to the
Ait Of Assembly, a BurgPSS, solicitor
and one or two councllmen are per-mitted
to attend the sessions and the
expense may be bourne by the bor-oughs.
Burgess Cameron stated that
il will be impossible for him to attend
the meetings but he expressed his be-lief
that it would he an excellent idea
If council could see its way clear to
semi some representative as the many
ami varied ideas on borough legisla-tion
sure to be advanced would be
most profitable l«> his borough. The
communication was laid on the table
for one month.
(Jnequalisatlon of taxation which
seems to have been a bone of conten-tion
ever since the new council has
been organized and when President
Cassey asked if any of the large num-ber
of citizens present had any re-marks
to offer. Alva Mackenzie sug-gested
that Council invite the proper-ty
owners to a meeting and give those
who think they are assessed too high
an opportunity to air their grievance.
Mi. DeHaven. of Council, said that as
the School Hoard receives a portion of
the taxes it is no more than fair that
they should be invited and sit In con-
Junction with Council. He said that
he was in favor of anything for bor-ough
betterment but does not think
i; fair that Council should be made the
"goat.1' Mr. Mackenzie said that his
reason for proposing that Council ex-tend
the invitation was simply to have
a central hody around which to hold
the gathering.
Clerk Pennlngton. of Council, said
that he did not favor the plan because
If a property owner thinks his prop-erly
is assessed too high, there is a
day set aside by the County Commis-sioners
as a day of appeals and that
it is the proper time and place to make
SUCb appeals.
No definite action was taken on I he
proposition and council adjourned.
AMATEUR ACTORS SCORE
A BIG SUCCESS
St. Matthew's Dramatic Society Pre-sents
"What Happened to Jones."
—Children Score a Triumph.
St. Matthwe's Dramatic Society
scored the triumph in its presentation
of "What Happened to .limes" l-'rlday
evening, at Little's Opera House. Two
shows were given, a matinee and night
performance, before capacity houses.
Many were unable to get Into the
building and those who were fortun-ate
in getting seats witnessed the
best amateur theatrical performance
ever given in the borough. The farce
WM well staged and well acted. There
was movement every minute and the
audience was delighted with the funny
situations. Every member of the cast
gave a fine and pleasing interpreta-tion
of his or her role and the audi-ence
was kept in high good humor.
The play was such an enjoyable one
and there were so many persons dis-appointed
in being able to witness it
that a demand has arisen for Its repe-tition.
• * •
Tom Thumb Wedding.
A thousand persons attended the
Tom Thumb Wedding in the Sunday
School of the Methodist church, Sat-urday
evening. The audience was so
large that the auditorium of the
church had to be used to accommo-date
the crowd.
The wedding was a great success
and was one of the most enjoyable
affairs ever presented here.
The children were the stars and the
older folks entertained.
The youngsters were all attired In
evening clothes nnd wedding finery,
and presented a pretty and comical
picture. The little- ushers, half the
height Of the guests, escorted each
guest to his or her seat with the sol-emnity
of a real usher at a real so-ciety
wedding.
It was a funny picture to see a lit-tle
fellow In a "claw hammer" escort-ing
a huxom 180 pound guest to her
seat.
All the ceremonies of a real wed-ding
were carried out and the children
went through the ceremonies with a
gravity and dignity that was highly
entertaining.
The bride wore the regulation bridal
attire including a bridal veil. The
bridesmaids, eight in number, wore
pink dresses and pink picture hats.
The "clergyman" wore a cossack and
stole.
After the wedding, instead of the
usual reception, the wedding party
gave an entertainment which was
greatly enjoyed.• • •
Farm Folks.
"Farm Folks" a rural comedy was
given by amateurs Saturday and last
night in the Parish House of Calvary
church, under the auspices of the
Men's Bible Class, before large audien-ces.
The cast was a strong one and
the play was well staged and acted.
The play had been well rehearsed
and every member of the cast made
a splendid showing.
G. F. S. PARTY
Mid-Winter Party Was Enjoyed by
Many and Was a Delightful Af-fair.
The Girls Friendly Society held
their annual mid winter party, Fri-day
evening, in the Parish House of
Calvary Church. It was the largest
and most enjoyable party the Society
has given. About 200 persons attend-ed
and were treated to a delightful
entertainment, after which there was
dancing and refreshments were serv-ed.
Tho entertainment opened with a
piano duet by Miss Olive Campbell
and Miss Elizabeth Forrest.
A sketch was presented entitled:
"The Trouble at Satterley s."
The cast was:
Dorothy Margaret Cavanagh
Alice Ethel Apple
Mildred Helen Steen
Marion Marlon Murray
Bertha Edna Eddleman
Students at Miss Satterley's semin-ary
for young ladies.
Miss Ophelia Satterley, Principal
Florence Cox
Kathlene, a Celtic Maiden employ-ed
in the seminary, Margaret Klrk-patrlck.
For a mild, easy action of the bow-els,
try Doan's Regulets, a modern
laxative. 25c at all stores. Adv.
OUR GAS & ELECTRIC-ITY
BILLS ARE DUE!
HAVE YOU PAID? SAVE
THE DISCOUNT.
Well Known Restaurant Keeper
Was Stricken Friday and
Died Sunday
VETERAN PASSES AWAY
Two of the best known men of this
borough died on Sunday. Daniel Hur-ley,
the well known restaurant keeper,
died at his home, l'a.vcltc and Marble
streets, and Albert Wood, died at the
home of his son-in-law in Philadel-phia,
Mr. Hurley suffered a stroke of par-alysis
at his home on Friday, lie was
immediately placed in bed and a phy-sieian
summoned. Some time ago Mr.
Hurley suffered a slight stroke from
Which he recovered and was able to
attend to his business, but since then
his health was Impaired,
Mr. Hurley was about (>0 years of
age, and was prominent In affairs of
both boroughs. I'or many years ho
was a resident of West Conshohocken
and served several terms as tax col-lector.
He was a capable and efficient
official. About ten years ago he re-moved
to this borough and opened the
restaurant at l'ayette and Marble
streets which he successfully conduct-ed.
Mr. Hurley was a Democrat In poll-tics
and took an active Interest in
home affairs. He was a director of
the Rising Sun liullding and Loan As-sociation,
of West Conshohocken; a
member of St. Matthew's Beneficial
Society and an active member of Divi-sion
No. 1, A. (). II., of this borough.
Mr. Hurley is survived by his widow
and the following children: Anna, wife
of John Blake, Miss Mary, Joseph,
James and Edward, of this borough,
and Daniel Jr., of Port Reading, N. .1.
The funeral will be held from his
late residence tomorrow morning at 8
o'clock. High mass will be celebrated
in St. Mutthew's church at 9 o'clock
and the interment will be at St. Mat-thew's
new cemetery. The organiza-tions
of which he was a member and
the relatives and friends of the family
are Invited to the funeral.
Albert Wood.
Albert Wood, one of the oldest res-idents
and a member of one of the
most prominent families of this bor-ough,
died Sunday night at the homo
of his son-in-law, Dudley Hallowell,
2518 East Indiana avenue, Philadel-phia.
Mr. Wood was 75 years old anil
had been In impaired health for some
time but was able to be about until
two weeks ago when he was compelled
to take to his bed. Death was due to
a complication of diseases due to his
advanced years.
Mr. Wood was the son of the late
Charles Wood and for many years re-sided
at Fourth and Spring Mill ave-nues.
His grandfather, .lames Wood,
established the iron Industry In this
borough under the firm name of
James Wood & Sons, the parent In-dustry
of .1. Wood ,\L- I'.ros. Company
and the Alan Wood Iron & Steel Com-pany.
At the outbreak of the Civil war,
Albert Wood enlisted in the 51st Regi-ment
I'enna. Vols., and served with
distinction until he was honorably dis-charged.
I or many years Mr. Wood was em-ployed
at the works of the J. Wood .'•
Broa Company and was a skilled
workman. For n number of years he
lived retired and for the past two
years has resided with his daughter in
Philadelphia.
Deceased is survived by his widow,
who before her marriage was Miss
Kate Staley, of Whitemarsh township,
and the following daughters: Mrs.
Thomas Coulston, of Norristown; Mrs.
Albert Shore, of this borough; Mrs,
Dudley Hallowell, of Philadelphia and
Mrs. I'lank Keil, of New York city.
Funeral services will he. held at the
residence of his son-in-law. In Phila-delphia,
at 8 o'clock this evening, and
services will also l„ held at 2 o'clock
tomorrow afternoon at Plymouth
Friends Meeting. The interment will
be in the adjoining burying ground.
NEGRO SLAYER CAPTURED
Overpowering him before he had a
chance to use a revolver, Junius Al-ston,
a negro was captured in River-side
cemetery by iCliief of Police Fell-man
and Detective Carrigan Sunday
evening and is in jail at Norristown,
charged with the shooting of Edward
Brown, another negro worker at
Warner's quarries at Malvern. lie
admits he killed his mate and alleges
self-defense. Chief Jeffries of West
Chester, will call for nisi tomorrow.
The shooting occurred at the (mar-ries
Sunday morning during a quarrel
Alston, who is from the South had
worked there but four weeks.
Daughter Born.
A daughter was born on March 1st
1916 to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Raymond
Smith of 11 Ramsey Court, Albany,
New York.
Mrs. Smith was formerly Miss Edith
M. Cook of Conshohocken.
F. & F. HAT OPENING
at Norristown, on Friday nnd Satur-day
of this week, showing the new-
Spring Styles for men.
FRBY & FORKEi:.
142 W. Main St. Norristown.
CHARLES M. PYLE NOW
A REVEREND
Deacon in Free Baptist Church Ele-vated
to Ministry on Sunday.—
Five Deacons Consecrated.
diaries M. Pyle, a well known resi-dent
of Wesi Conshohocken, for many
years a deacon i nthe Free Baptist
Church, and employed as an iron
worker, is now a full-Hedged minister
empowered to preach the gospel, mar-ry
the love-lorn, bury the dead and
fulfill all other duties pertaining to the
profession, it Is nol the Intent! I
Mr. Pyle, however, to enlist in the
ministerial Held to such an extent as
tins and in win continue to follow his
chosen vocation III the iron mill
through the week and devote the Bab-bath
In assisting with the affairs of
the Free Baptist Church as he has
been doing heretol The new Rev-erend
has spent much of his life in
studying the Bible and reading religi-ous
literature and felt that if admit-teil
tO the ministry be could better US6
his Influence In the work of the church.
Mr. Pyle was examined before a
hoard of examiners of the l-'ree liap-tist
Church, the result of which show-ed
conclusively that he was entitled
to the honor to which he aspired. The
examiners wire Rev. /.. A. space, i>.
D., superintendent, of the Central As-sociation
of Free Baptist Churches, of
New fork, and Rev. C M. Butler, of
Thompson, Pa., who came to the West
Side Church, to confer the rite of con-secration
upon five deacons on Sun-day
afternoon.
On Sunday morning a vole was tak-en
at a special business meeting of
the members of the church to act on
the application of Mr. Pyle and not a
single dissenting vote was recorded
against his conduct both in his church
and home life.
The day among the Free Baptist
clan is looked upon as the gn
day in their history. The day of spe-cial
services was commenced with a
session of the Sunday School at 9.3U
A. M. At 10.45 Dr. Space occupied the
pulpit and preached a powerful ser-mon,
at the close of which the ordina-tion
to the ministry of Mr. Pyle was
conferred by the noted prelate, assist-ed
by Rev. Mr. Butler and Rev. S. J.
McLaughlin, pastor of the church.
Sacraments of the Lord's Supper and
Holy Communion followed the ordin-ation
service.
In the afternoon, at 2.30 o'clock, spe-cial
services were opened with a song
service followed by a sermon at 3
o'clock by Rev. S. J. McLaughlin.
This service was followed by a testi-mony
meeting after which the conse-cration
services were held. Five pei-sons
were given the rite of consecra-tion.
The class was composed of the
following persons: William H. .Ruth,
Win. .1. Watson, John Sowers, Frank
W. Pyle and Earl German.
The evening service was started at
T.4B o'clock. The sermon was preach-ed
by the Rev. Mr. Butler.
Many out of town visitors were
present at the services and they wen
supplied with dinner and supper pro-vide,!
jM the basement of the church.
The dignitaries of tin- association
arrived in the West Borough about
five o'clock on Saturday afternoon and
went to the home of Mr, Pyle where
they were entertained during their
Visit. In the evening a reception was
accorded them and a large number of
the members of the church were pres-ent.
The entire evening was devoted
to singing and oilier forms of religious
Worship. The evening was a most
enjoyable one and the visitors were
accorded a most hearty welcome.
The distinguished visitors left for
their respective homes yesterday
morning well pleased with the work
that is being done by the local chinch
and the condition of the church's
finances.
Edward Dougherty.
Edward Dougherty, father of mail
carried Francis Dougherty, died yes-terday
at the home of C. H. Steln-hovver,
on the Camp Discharge farm,
Lower Merlon. Mr. Dougherty was
taken ill about 2 months ago with
■pneumonia and had apparently re-covered.
He was about for a time
when he again became ill and this
illness proved fatal.
Mr. Dougherty is survived by the
following children: Francis. Fen J.,
Joseph, of this borough and BeSSlSt of
Bridgeport
The funeral will be held on Thurs-day
morning from the residence of his
son. Leo .1. Dougherty, 113 East Tenth
avenue, at 8 o'clock. High mass will
be celebrated In St. Matthew's church
at 9 o'clock nnd the interment will be
at St. Matthew's new cemetery.
Personal
• Mrs. Keturah Parvin Riemann, of
MS Noble street, Norristown and
Mrs. Arthur Harroon, of New York
City leave on Thursday for Washing-ton,
1). C.
They will be gone several days.
Chic Lucas in Argument With Police.
"Chic" backed up to his place of
business with an auto load of Wall
Paper, the officer on duty, told him
not to spread ii all over the pavement
and "Chic" said, "he wouldn't, he
would spread it on the wall with the
rest of his Spring Samples.'' "CII1C"
1.1'CAS, I'aperhanger, 20 East Hector
Sheet. AtlV.
LEE T. AND R. CO,
TO
Bids Will be Asked for a Steel
and Concrete Building 80 by
130 feet, 2 Stories
TO BE READY IN 3 MONTHS
DR. A. J. DOUGHERTY,
Dentist.
JACOBSON BUILDING,
v9 Fayette Street.
The Lee Tire and Rubber Company
completed plans ami specifications
for a new mill building 80 by 180 6
2 stories high, to be erected 800 feet
back of the present tire mill. The
plans and specifications will be sub-mitted
tins week for bids.
The building is to be in harmony
with the other magnificent buildings
of the plant and will be of steel and
concrete and of the sami architecture
as the other buildings.
The new building is to be completed
within three months and will be used
for the manufacture of miscellaneous
rubber goods and hospital supplies.
This is a branch of the business now
being carried on in a part of the pres-ent
plant but the company has so In-creased
its automobile tire business
that more room must be had.
The new building will he so located
that In the future a large addltioi
be made to the present tire mill thus
keeping the tire manufacturing de-partment
in a connected unit and sep-arate
from the other I.ranches of the
business.
The new mill will mean the need for
additional help as the tire business is
constantly expanding, and the demand
for the Lee tires, especially the punc-ture-
proof, is increasing in all sections
of the country.
The Company has for years been
engaged in the manufacture of various
lines of rubber goods and hospital sup-plies
and this business is also grow-ing.
With the separate manufacture
building especially designed for the
business, the company will devote
greater energies to this line of bus-iness
and will enlarge it.
CHILDREN CAUSE FIRE
Were Playing With a Candle in the
Attic of Their Home and Set Fire
to Roof.
.\ stubborn lira occurred at 10
o'clock yesterday morning al the home
of liaiph Cardamonc. Third avenue
near Wood Street, which gave the
firemen of both the Washington and
No. - companies a hard fight for over
an hour before the flames ware extin-guishi
d.
Several children Of the family were
pi...v ing iii the attic Of their home,
Which is a two and a half story brick
double dwelling. The roof is a tin
laid over shingles and the shingles
ami rafters are exposed in the attic.
The children were playing in the at-tic
and had a lighted candle. It is be-lleveil
the Ham,- from the candle ignit-ed
some rags and then communicated
to the shingles and rafters. Tho
flames followed the rafters and com-municated
to the partition studding.
The lire ate Its way down the parti-tion
to the second story stairway land-ing.
Both tire companies were in ser-vice
with chemical streams and a line
Of 1000 feel of hose was laid to a lire
plug in case water was needed.
The firemen had a stubborn light as
they could not see the flames and had
to follow (hem through the partitions.
A large section of the roof shingles
ami rafters and much studding in the
partitions wire burnt. The damage
done amounts to about $300.
It was several minutes after the
alarm was sent to the Washington
company before the members were
aware of a fire. A number of the
members were in the building when :i
woman passing by knocked on tho
door and informed the firemen
alarm was ringing. The alarm
connected with the telephone
change, is located on top of the
story addition to the engine house and
cannot be heard inside the building.
The firemen have asked that the lull
bo placed above the door of the main
entrance to the building where it can
be heard both inside and outside of
the building. Sunday morning the
alarm also rang without being beard
inside the building and a hoy notified
the firemen.
The firemen will ask Town Council
to have the alarm properly placed.
tho
bell,
ex-one
BIG RUG AND CARPET SALE
Starts Next Week at B. E. Block's De-partment
Sto-e
Bvery lover of home life in this
vicinity will be greatly interested in
the great carpet and rug sale which
is now in progress at B, EL Mock
and Hros. department store, Norris-town.
Hig reductions prevail and
wonderful bargains predominate.
Tho annual rug and carpet sale at
this store is recognized as a money
saving event and opportunity to se-cure
new rugs and carpets for the
home just In time for the Spring
cleaning.
Spectacles and eye glasses adjusted
free of charge. JAMKS II. HAY, Jew-eler.
Adv.
Read Till', KECOllDER, fl a Year
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