The Conshohocken Recorder, July 17, 1945

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ESTABLISHED 18G9. NO. 7501.
Jionm^li Made
Good Showing
In lioml Drive
Over Quota in all Cat-egories.
County
Shy in K. Sales
ire than 2000 men and
v:i i are serving ::i the v.i: :-
in :hei or the Armed Forcei
trom the Canshahorkoii ■■■
. Wing of the
home f- «rt given In
War Loan
('.'!■.
wr.ii the final figures -.Mowing the
district went over the I
purchases of all denom..
brmc!-.
While the csunty as a whole fail-ed
to reach the quota of "E" Bond.
sales, the Conihohocken Dlstri
Ii
newed their efT >rl
i.itlon -showed 111.1
per cent of '.he ormin.il. The coun-i
, i ■:■■ ib .:•)■■■! B6J per
i .:■ ou ■■ i ■< ■:! the i
w . . .
■ . : ■
M. ih.t ■ al individual bonds. N ■
"ni ut I
ou: ma in excel-lent
showing and snt>-~ribed to the
amount Of $2.388 000.
Tin' shown;;; ■* I
tribute to Dcnald P Rod
dent ol the F.:-- National Bank,
who has served a- chairman si the
local committee in all ot ;he cam-paigns
He has been confined to j
hts home in Wayne by
before the drive ended and the huge
. BeM ol bla rfToi;- during the
greater part of the campaign la
stifylng to him. He gave
04 his nme in ca
mi: the campaign and carrying 11
through until the final week.
The final report showed the QUO: a
for indlv! 11,076,200;
total sales. $1,109,779 or n percent-age
of 103.2, quota in K B a
1537.600; .sales. $619,192 or a per-i
sntage of ns.i i
(i-.vr.d lor Carporatlon Bonds.
While 'V Bond siies in the
county equalled only 88.5 pel
of the quota, the sale of Bonds <V.
all categories went far over the top.
The entire quota wis $20,700,000
and the sales amounted to $32,403 -
000 for a percentage o:
The quota for Individual Bonds
was $15,900,000 and the sales
amounted to $19,477,000 or a per-centage
of 12S.5; "E" Bond quota
. was $8,000,000. with .sales or «6.M6>|
4| 000 or a percentage of 86.4: Cor-poration
Bonds quota. $4,800,000, or
a percentage of 2693
Commenting on the record*
breaklng over-all .sales ■:
Mighty Seventh' W.u Lou
Drive in Montgomery County. Rob-ert
R. Titus, president of the M n.u-facturers
Association and Cam
Chairman of the County said to-!
day:
"Montgomery County attained a
new high mark for sake of band'
In the drive just ended, over-all'
figures of purchases esgre
$52,403,000. or 156 5 per cent of our,
$-•0,700,000 over-all quota.
Although we were unable to'
dm the goal fixed fca E
d|ncb I am delighted to report |
thai the total of bonds sold
category reached the remark.ibl*
.: ol $6.946 000 Regardless of:
a hat the final figures show for the.
E" Bond sales, the Job done In
.. drive by the thousands of vol-unteer
workers throughout M m
Komery County, LS the greats
bond selling achievement In this'
snous attack on|
"ThLs does not only refer to thej
large over-subscriptions by corpora-tions,
but It also specifically refers |
to the record sales by this vast arm)
of volunteer canvassers to individu-als.
I am especially delighted to
report as a consequence of their
untiring and persistent efl
» nda were antd than in any
• .#t months period heretofore.
I A ml ;o publicly extend my
worker for hts or
bermmntton and continued
Ite or sne put into the drive.
which inestimably helped In attain-
I high marks for bond sale.'.
:ounty.
"And finally, I want to empha-thai
aanoufh thai art*
been long and hard, the
tangible and intangible, have made I
a .i real home front victory- and a
nwsM ol tavaluable inspiration to!
P.r fiiilr.ing men on all fronts."
Annual Outing
St. Mark's Choir
CONSHOHOCKEN. PA.. TUESDAY, JULY 17. 1945.
The County's
Real Estate Sales
n inertias aoqulred
bj Montgomery County at County
: tax liened prop-
■ sale by
Comml
I ■■ . tii n
thi C ..'
Abtngton i
Li..id Com] igli Dennl
■.■/
U 19C3, 1903. 1004
i mi Tree:
No. I, Mli Prank E.
H Krelder. his
I
Pa fir $150.03. .".
CO. Ou
i: l). Pa
fur s.T 03
'. ■
Ferguson Tract Na I. to Poul 111- ' .
O. Avenue and Woodrow Avenue
Pa . lor $175.00.
Plymouth—Lots, 3, 4 5 and d.
Bkicic l. Ridge Park and :...* ,u and
35 Block 14 Bui Avenue, to Gia-como
Romano ■ •{ 539 But Mhln
street. Norrlstow... Pa., for $360.00
West Poitsgrove -Lot on Qulldin
Plan to Oeorge u. Oron and Mami
I on hi a Ife, : I
R D Nu 3. Pa . fof $8500
ChoralConcert
Set for August
ISlKM'ial Events Wedding Ceremony Becomes Reunion
Scheduled for At West BorouSn Church, Yesterday
The Mary H Wood Choral So-ciety
win present a community
outdoor conceit in August, ll was
i loday by Dr. Russell C
F: ij pn aident
for th.' public
musical event wiic made at a meet-ing
of the Choral, which followed
I In the Park Roua
: he on 1 rt a ill
ustom ol
other years, on U
the Park House, the date to be an-nounced
oon n« hearaal ■■
gram lot the concert was begun at
hut nights practice
An OUttng for members will tw-in-
Id July .:.
■ irl Rein, recenil;
>ni ol the Choi 1
oral chairman
Membership an
mltteee will be named by Ui Erb,
:t w.i- announeed Two an
for membership were pSeelved ai
the meeting.
Dr. Erb outlined an unibiiious
program for the tnture. which will
include numerous out-ot-penrances
u '.veil .1, perl a
concerts
In the .1"
nth. direct. ; r.r during
the Summer. Margaret Oslttni Kn -,
ed as director and accomfN
13 Electric Fans
Given to Hospital
Thirteen electrli e ben
.!■ Dated here, through :!;<
formed Coiishohocken Camp and
Hospital Committee, in ntSpo9M to
an emergency appeal from Valley
Forge General Huspital. Mrs Ar-thur
F Paul co-chairman of the
committee with Mrs Edmund Ci
Cook announces
H 0. Jones Company donated ten
the fans. St. Mark's Lutheran
Church, 2. and Howard Eddleman.
133 Weal Tenth avenue, 1. The fans
are standard size. The appeal was
in emergent 1 request, due
to the unusually large number of
veterani being received .it the hos-pital
now taxing the reguhu equip-ment
The next meeting of the Camp
and Hospital Committee will lie held
August 1 at UM P. O S of A Hall
Playgrounds
Amateur Show, Doll
Show, Soft Ball
on Programs
■ the local
rtei an
> he pre- • (
...
the Pat*
B P
!' . : i ■ ■- 1
:■ :
nave no: yet been completed
lit of the hinJ
duced during the fti
eason ut now on dis-play
in the tfflces of
Magi rite Thomas -S \\
■ ■'. Donald McOd
dolls and 1
■ ■ anlmali
A new " I 1a ha* »en
on the
P u < ii ni ■ rounds
Stuffed animals will be I
for the!
Third Avenue children ari
the Park HoiL'-" play cen-and
picnic race.s and
grams uul Prtday Wlnni
: oelow;
Park Hnu-e (.rouniK
Bingo — Joseph Pierce. Herbert!
lerteh
Shce Race —Ri
Running H lard Welcer
Cl kwlmg Race-Joseph Kelly.
Running Races—J Hal Bel
j 1 ih iv ..
I I
1 bird Ivanae Oroonda
Dell Shew I'.- tlesi Ann Mur-unusual
— Pi
■ ■ ; Duffleld.
ingest—Ml mtea; fun-!
R ■■ M me Denno; old \
V1 c i!t )i. R uase ;..
itte Stemple: best ■
Charoletta Btemple; p.i-
H iWk; oldest- Fay
Carroll Ru
P Back Race Junmy Plef-j
Denno.
Paper1 aid Slvlckl
PI -hock.
tnd Knife Rao .
— Joe DeSantLs
RUM e John i*ii •■(■;.
r .\m
■ ice- Anne-. Oavtn
Vincent Santi ;md
Joe DeP .
Skipping H ice
H Dpp I :: -....: (i.ivin
ram.
Now a Captain
UM 11 OSTEOPATH
HMSHKS INneWSStllT
Dr Ol-*- 31 Provi-dence
road. Media, hi
. ii tnte M \i Riverview
11 .
H:chard A Daddona. Superintend-ent
announced today.
Dr Forbes trained at Pennsyl-ranle
State College and was gradu-ated
from the Philadelphia College
ed Osteopathy. The hospital ex-pects
the arrival of three other in-ternes
in the Pall.
Two internes completed their
•. h the hospital Saturday.
They are Dr Erne-'. T Talone.
Conshohocken. and pr WlQlaal J
.Beirn, New Tor*
Twenty six members o!
Church senior choir and:
Hies joined in an annual l
outing, Saturday afternoon and \
rung at Broncho Lodge, Miquon.
home of Mr. and Mrs Ralph Woer-
An informal program was fea-nrimmlng
In the lodtte
pool and followed by basket supper
Pre-?nt were Rev Dr and Mrs.
0 I \T Carney. Mr. and Mrs Alan
ind sooa, Rav and Richard:
Raymond Pfleiger, choir director;
Mr and Mis Vaughn ReUrner and
■ i.'iiore: Mr. ajid Mrs. Charles Bopp,
Miss Jessie
William Jones, * Howard
Walter Rex Mr and Mrs
John HefTentn-.cr and John; Mr.
oger, Ralph
ind Mr and Mrs. Theodore
I
^ Mrr Carter, president of the choir.
neral chairman
DR CEORCE P REA. Cl
Souih»a>t*tn PeniurlTani*
Amwicm Had Cirn
(APT HARRY I. FOX
! Ca] Un Fox ol the Marine
lorns, now. (or Conshohocken HIKII
too
ttn-s. on iiuiii ii'. leave (or the bud
. ■
Announcement baa (u
made of the ptotnotion from first
lieutenant to captain for Harry E.
Fox. former Drexel Institute foot-ball
star and Athletic O: I
it the Marina Supply De-pot.
Philai!'
Capt Fox had 11 fine record ot
months of combat duty in
the pacific theatre before being as-
■jBwd U) the PhihidHphi.i poet
. h
Roxboroufh High
School. Copt Fox was an out stand-
■ng member ol the varsity football,
etball teams at
Drexel. captaining the baseball
team there during his junior year
Ds tor the AH
■ iiall team .
I i \ In 1S*0 coached the
Oonshohocken Professlonabi to grid-iron
glory, hts team garnering
. ihlp honor.-, foi th
He also developed some of the best
basketball fives in the Philadelphia
Suburban League, and equally adept
.: played for a number of
. ihe Narberth team of the
Main Line League, the team win-ii.
impionship si 1
ed with them
The M u .in- ''■'■■■
letlc director and coach of the Con-shohocken
High School for five
In the Ma*
I0C3 Uiy rising in
rank to his present post
The RECORUc.it will oe mailed
twice each week to any U S Army
Camp for 12.ou a year.
An unexpected
at Primitive Methodist Church
\\ r ■ Oonshohocken, yasterdaj
Bt 11. turned Ju ' U
expected]v into a miniature high
school reunion
Pr.nt'ipiiis in the nuptial were
■.;. Margaret Parry and Radio
Technician 2 <• F.iri Brown, both of
Blakley, Pa The bridegroom recent-n
ed on a 30-day furlough
. he P.i' Ifn
■
pliui; for the wedding hod been
completed (or sometime pending the
arrival ot the bridegroom. R«
Willt.im Reaaigh, pastor of Primitive
church, and ■ clas mate of the
Is al Blakh 1 11. tin
School had arranged to n
DUpb In his church as --oon as th" .
ii m. not until the couple ar-rived
in West Conshohocken yes-terday,
however, that the pastor had
Increase in
Pax Values
An Increase of $16,324,780 :n
U n : am ry County's personal
property .t iiH5 over
today in figures
released by Chief Clerk George H.
Wcldner of tn COM Board of
.<:■.■ and Revision of Taxes.
lUte of personal property
in the county now is S2T32462.S0.
according to the report
1 -.line time, the ftgu
close an increase in county real
ienu of srn)3.595.
bring- this year-- total to $304,626-
310. Last yen's B
S304.322.-1,S
i:;:y receives a '
four mills on the personal
holdings 1 stocks, bonds, mortgages.
etc. 1 and a return or one mill on I
iluatlon.
In the
-•anal pro;" Me valued
at $283399.960 and real BStau
led a.s $221,247,915
in the boroughs, personal proper-'
hren at $S4A«J9fl
and re.u estate Is held .it HMH*
39:.
Lower Marion i^ the all around
leader Here real
at $83.849725 and the personal
property valuation 1- $13ft.&45.ft>0
Real estate In Conshohocken is
valued at $4 500.055. and the total
. holdings are $!.-
5677.820
The aeaeesed real estate and per-sonal
property valuation :
of the borouglvs and townafaipa In
the Conshohocken area la shown on
the follow::
Real F.st Persona!
Ambler ..... $5.031.03:i S 988.35.1
Conshohocken $4,500.05-.
$1,107,005 62.315
Pivrn Twp I3JBT3.TO0 1.496.665
U Merion $5,713,150 2,236860
iTSh , $5,530,525 7 990 620
Oscar F.Wilde
Trapshooter, Dies
After a two-day Ulnesi Oscai P
Wilde, 63. of 510 Dupont street, died
of a heart attack ot home uul W< -
nesdny
A native of Roxborough. he was
mperintendesl ;it Pencoyd iron
Winks. 35 years and at the time Ol
bll death lie was employed m the
State department of the Citj Trea-surer's
office.
Well known In trap shooting or-ganlaatloni
during the last 40 yea; -
be was secretan ol Roxborough uun
Club, tin office he held (or the last
17 years. Mr Wilde also was a mem-ber
of Leverlngton Presbyterian
church. Roxborough Lodge. 135. F
md A M . Roxborough Lodge. 66.
LOOP, and Patriotic Order Sons
ol America, Camp 50
in addition to his widow, Mri
Liihe Kuhn Wilde, he is survived
by three sons, Thomas, of 4573
Boone street; Benton. of College
avenue, Flourlown and John of 549
Hermitage street: a brother. John.
260 Fountain street and four grond-
•hildren.
Funeral services were held Satur-day
at the Whlteman Funeral Home.
433 Lyceum avenue with Rev Dr
David A- Noble, pastor of Levering-ton
Pteebyterian church officiating
Interment was in Levenngton cemc-
■i rj
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All styles As low
as few cents each. RECORDER |
Hector and Forrest. Phones 50 and
wi —Advertisement.
an; Intimation that the wedding
was ■ iheduled (or thai daj
Tunttng al the home ol Mr and
Mi William Williams. IB Cedar
avenue, West Conshohoclten. when
■ urived sen H
ard I. Evan- and hie wife of Wllkes
Barre The latter \m the tonner Alice
.i datutrfter ol ^fr. and
Mrs William Williams
)■;* ■ Mi Evans, 1 former pa rtoi
ol Prim;',- I! urch, was
also a schoolmate ol the wedding
principals and of Rev. Ml
.it Blakley Quickly called into the
picture. Rev Mr Evans and nit wife
served as attendants al the nuptial
and held on Impromptu reunl in .md
. immediately afterward .it
the Williams home
The bridegroom expect*
•ion. d at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard .' the expiration ol his fur-
Two Listed
As Casualties
GOOD NEWS for LETTER-WRITERS'
For the first time
since the war the RECORDER can
offer SMART AIR MAIL STA-TIONERY,
50 sheets One white
paper. 50 envelopes lined in delicate
pink or blue and IMPRINTED
WITH NAME AND ADDRKSS .,:.
both SHEETS AND ENVEIOPKS
only $150 Twenty red. white and
blue air mail stickers to) ■ 1
included without charge. Light in
1 r-mail stamp or 3-cen:
stamp will carry IS sheets of It,
Makes :> charming gift Order
promptly at RECORDER. Hector
snd Porrew Phones so and 501 |
Ar.verttspment '
Two local Marines h
: , 1 the list ualtles at
Okinawa, and both have been re-turned
to the 3"atei and are ros-
C
(pi. Howard King. 31, of 20 East
B3m rest, was wounded June 29.
suffering the loss of the right eye
inds. ol the .■■:■
He WtS brought to Cali-fornia
recently and Is hospitalized
I at Corcna. In .1 ■
Ife yesterday he said he
to he transferred to the
N ■■ ,. H ■.,,. 1] in Philadelphia
' within a *.< ■
■ ■ ■■
Zl. 1943. and received his basic
il Parrb Island. S C He
[be end of
■ and thai a 1
time he saj home He went over-
■ ■A ■ .11 Ma), 1944
His wife Is the former Siell.i Qor-ika.
They have .HI eight-year-old
ion, Howard, Jr Cpl King was
employed at the
Mills West Conshohocken, prior to
entering the service
l'h.iiinari>i Hate 3 c Edward
i and) i!J Bpj.:. Mill avenue.
father of two small children, was
wounded at Okinawa June 26 H<
suffered shrapnel wounds of the
:; en the hip down. He was
inducted into the Navy the early
part of I1* ii his basic
i training at Bainbrtdgi>. Md He
hue later transferred to the Marine
Hi H|
compleilon 01 his training period,
his only furlough. He arrived In
:., ■ week and
Philadelphia
liort time
HL- children are Edward. Jr two
and one-half-years, and Barbara
Jane, one and one-half•years He
was employed with the Lee Tire
and Rubber Companv prior to hi*
■ , , . :
Asks $50,000 Damage
In a Libel Action
Dunagea tot aline $50000 are
sought from Rober; M Cameron.
Narberth councilman, in two libel
actions (Ued today [n the Pro-l
Office of Montgomery
County
Individual plaintiffs are Fred
Waliar, former Justice if the Peace.
Ol Narberth and John J. Cabrey. a
prominent resident of thai Maul
Line communi'i
The suits are the outgrowth ol
two letters allegedly by Cameron
written to t.he weekly on
Our Town and the Mam Line
Times, and published on Jupe 14.
five days before the Primary Elec-tion.
Cameron, who is listed on the
count] payraU u Safety Engin-eer,"
at tt.OOO a year. Is alleged to
have made false and malicious i
charge, against Walzer. a former'
who WH defeated for1
the Republican nomination by Vin-cent
Colelll ac the recent election.
■■ nded by Cabrey -
and maJbrtoua and mjmiou
reputation.
The letters, according to the!
statements of claim, alleged that1
while Walzer was serving as magis-trate,
he was dominated bv Cabrev
and took the latter'.* advice in de-ciding
cases brought befon
Army Nurse Seeks
■Pancake Griddle
Wanted ■ pancake griddle
1 ■■ Ueul Mary p Oroh, Army
Nursing Corps write- from the
Barracks, Damp Pickett. to
the RECORDER, making the ap-ical
In order to provide some
old-fashioned pancakes lor the
boys, Just back from war Lieut
Oroh's honi' .- al 390 Ba 1 Re 1 1
street
■perhaps someone In our town
would be willing to contribute a
pancake griddle tn us" Nurse
Qroh writes i have been dome
some scouting around for one. but
have been unsuccessful In
any headway
■ ifeal of the boys hen u
: km and I know how-much
a little home-cookmt, mean-to
them
"1 would appreciate very much
if you will make this appeal in
the RECORDER''
Lieut. Groh's addre^.. is Nurses
Barracks No 9. USA General
Hospital Camp Picke*- Vs
Miss Stewart
I Mrs Following
Long Illness
Passed Away in Hvyn
Mawr Hospital
This Morning
A ..:■■•]'-■•; resident >■
I me 01 the best known
wtimen of the 1 immunl Ml
I 1 Andn ■'■ Stew in of 320
! . morning in
Bryn M iwr Ha pltal, wb< ■
nine weeks
She had been m Falling health for
everal ni »l
u:jer jf one of the
early famll.es at the borou
daughter ^f the late Daniel and
Isabella 8 ewarl she w« barn
June 10, 18T1, and lived ■-.■
life here. She attended I
shohacken ichOOl Her lather was
one : the pi ineei buslne
the borough He opened a store
Ol women's apparel nt 67
(•'.■■ ■*■■ ii reel and later admitte
hia Bon-ln-1 iw, Ch I
partner, under the firm name H
Stewan and Porat, The business
venture was a success trom the
••art. F ■. "i Ot both
partners, Mb 1 Stewart on
ter, Sarah, continued the business
For a number at
tired about fifteen
During the rears she a/as in busi-oesa
Miss Steweu I came In contai 1
with many people and ante
know them personally, thereby es-tablishing
a widi la J friends.
Aside from her business she devoted
much of her time to civic
and for >'M:- was prominently
identified with the Wom.i
and the Conshohocken Branch
Needlework Guild of Am.
on active memo
Presbyterian Church until falling
health intervened .
she is the last membei
ily of thirteen children,
the late Da
mer Register of W
er; county,
she Is survived by thn
Ibel Porsl. who resided
with :!•■■ at the !■'.■-■■ ■
Irets; Ml Of Norris-town
and Mrs. John Let.
:. N .1
.. ral elU be held Thurs-
:^->on from her late resi-th
Rev Arthur Copeland.
I the P esbytenan Chureh,
officiating at the service Inter-he
in West Laurel Hill
Cemetery
Th*r«*a CWlzfread Ferrier
Funeral services for Mrs. Theresa
)■■ 1 ■ n
. . ■
lent, were held th
noon from the Drewers Funeral
Home. Da
Mount Zion Cemetery.
1. afternoon at the
1 daughter, Mr-- Wain 1
Bailiff. Manayunk, Pollowij
■
A native of this borough. Mrs
Perrier resided here ;n.
when the family removed to Darby.
Inued her reaiden
until a tew monthi ago when she
moved 'o the home of her daugh-ter.
Surviving are four children, Had-man
of Ve iarby . Ben-jamin,
Luasdowiii-of
Walter Bailiff of Manayunk He:
husband died about .'i-' wars ago.
BTBm AT BKIIKIKPORT
On Furlough
SCJT. MAX HlsMtH^KI
Local Men at
I IH I in 111 <>w n
1 ■
made a reputation as an
Army
ol the cast of an
Arm) sh a th 11 11 ivelled exten-aUlt
ttidiamown
Qap ',-,.. Ri ■; ■... tl :i far rur-louvh
and redepl tymeni
He la Su'. Maxim
ski. son of Mr ai H
120 Wan S'-.
nue He was graduated
Army Air Forces Trainll
mand School al Chanu
ilii ,:i September, iwt
While a student at Con
en High School he play
■
Also a::. UltOWn this
■■■:
201 Ea-r Ninth n
Pfr Edward Davis, husband Ol
the forme: B m Keown ol West
Conshohocken. received his honor-
: hidlantown o«p
-in Prida] ■: i'l service
rhe West S;,:.1 infantryman, who
waa ^ mnded In Italy w!:. 1
bed to the
Eighth Army arrived In
try last 1
Miami Pie to Endiantov 1
li ■ -■
!!■ iw bj younger daughter,
oid Edna, for the first'
time upon hie arrival Si:
ha* another daughter. Dorothy
I ■
A .strike tied up the I F Mai
Sons Lumber Company. Bridgeport.
one of the largest concerns Of it.s
kind In the county, yesterday.
About thirty employes railed to
report f:>r work. They are members
of the chauffeurs' and truck drivers'
local of the American Federation
Of Labor, but union official-, nw
that the atl
According to the management of
the firm, which is headed bv Briga-dier
General William A. Ml
strike has its origin in a pay dis-pute.
About six months ago. the com-pany
agreed so a pa) Increase ol
tree to eighty-eight cents
an hour, -subject to the approval o:
■:;, War Labor Board.
A report came through at the end
reek that the WLB had
refused the increase, which rentiers
the compair. powerlesa to grant it
to the men. according 1
riie strike waa piesumawy called in
resentment against the
Itnvii: \|;till l; HOME
Ived ot his,
home, 4:"> West Eleventh avenue.
. rurlough
A bombardier on a B-30
a year in the European I
War. completing sixty-two missions,
itatuned on the Island ol Corsica
and In Italy He has been in the
service since February, 1943. Li.
Sut<liffe haa been awarded the Dis-tingutshed
Flying Cross Air Medal
tdentlal Citation and four battle
ttars Hi- ■: mer Doris
Rlgg. daughter of Calvin W Rigs,
chief clerk 14 I he Montgomery
County Election Board. At the ex-
Ol his furlough. Lt. Sut-cliffe
will report at Oreesuboro
N. c. for further assignment
IHI -si \|| I-KOIM I TS
IN Ot TIMi SITIROAV .
memben •■: th* b Famtilea attended
the fifth annual outing of Tri-
Corporatlon, Ridge
Pike, seven stars, held oil daj s.r-the
Frees Kami. Sklppacit.
An Informal pro pram of water
■ hletic events and baseball
■ ii the group Luncbj a
and supper were provided
firm Waller Wmterbottom, plant j
manager and Ml
Qulph Mills, were co-chairmen 01
■
DIED SfNIlAY FROM
■ I i;i m; \l HEMORRHAGE
Mr BdWard Powers. 74 |gl|
Creai road Penn Wynne died Sun-;
day nlghl at her home of a cerebral,
■ pi Two SOILS H :
i nd a number of grand-'
children .-.urvive Harold Powera la
manager of the 8ta
Real Mali N arisbown.
PRICE: THREE CENTS
Freak Mishap
Causes Death
of \\ orkman
Steel Slive,- Severs-
JuKular Vein.
Two Are Hurt
Adolf Johnson. 51, of Orandvlew
■ ■ Co'.legp'.'ille. wa
momln-i
n .1 freak 1 ivy Roe*
r the Ai.m Wood Bti ■! 0om-iny
John-ssn.
• 1- pro-
■
ll M .1. m -y- Di W
Nonistown.
1 according to
Dr Wal ive loss of
blood which resulted when John-
.... , . red by .1
while lie nma working in the plat°
he Waa help::
steel.
After the . ;-.)n bled
•o freely that he
■
■ .
■
Ing nearbi .1- a large
slab of hoi
ed through the rolls . . .
i:;n:i Johnson
.' .i Injured waa when he
doubled up and slumped to the Boor
according to tetlow empl 1
ninatlon U waa 11
about a half inch
l
ce off from
I rolled.
C mpan< offl
■
U if 633 East
Ha tree! unTi 1 ad
tlon of the tip at the ri^ht middle
■ ! .
his hand was caught ui
wan ai the Hale pump Compenji
Conshohorketi He was brought
Re irt Hospital for emer-
4d Yocum.
1 a orker .
:...■ W> CO!
blood ■ Saturday
.vhen a barrel fell against
' his left foot while he was working
at the Cooper Creek I
Company plant m West Consho-hocken.
He was taken to Sacred
lack Schapiiet
Local Singer
in Dell Choir
caliat Is ■
member of the receni ly-iormed
Robin Hood Dell Chorus which tang
■ here preeeaung
Vertii's Requiem in tribute to the
late President Roosevelt Dlmltri
Mhropoulos directed the event
. mi ;i." ■ . Mi Ri leu
Hoffman S29 Spring Mill avenue,
soprano, member ol the Second
. .:: Church Choir al Jl«t
and Walnui street, Philadelphia.
: Ohnrua com;
hundred and fifty men and women
from church and
other thou.- In Philadelphia, dl-reeted
by Walter Baker, organist
and choruter a: theBaptli
17th .md Siin.som Btreet Philadel-phia,
when* rehearsals are held
The final two rehearsal.- prior to
trance of the chorus
Thuisday night were held at the
H Dell Symphony Orches-tra,
comprising Philadelphia Or-acaompanled
the
Chorus A large audience attended
RECORDER, Giving Church History,
Featured at Nearby Antique Show
I ■ The 1 ..11-hiiii.i, k. n Re-carder
of April. 1927 was one of the
the antique show pre-settled
Thursday at st. Pn
tlieran church. Barren Hill creating
much Interest. "While the paper
ens not in antique, tl wmtwlned on
account of the history of St. Peter's
Lutheran church, pictures of the
pastor that built the church and
those who later served the parish."
.1 D M11.'hell, chair-man
ol th* show, "It was well ex-amined
bv all persons attending the
antique dl
■.-nderi by residenta of
Whitemarsh township Conshohock-en,
Norrislown, CbeatnUI
Roxborough. the even' was the firs'
of Its kind held in the area There
were more than twenty-five aisplays
ot heirlooms, and antiques by indi-viduals.
Mrs Elizabeth Sharpe. who
conducts a newly-opened antique
'fchop in Spring MM. and Mrs Am-bra
Buck, proprietor of an antique
shop in Bkippeck <■.,. h pi
display of the most pruied poBseea
ions of their shops
imong the ai tl
played was ^1 plate, 178
shown bv >.f: William Huahes
b Ball A
portrait ol the Roden-
; :iv of Park avenue. Bar-ren
Hill, was shown, and also the
m bv the woman in the
ilayed
An old round table, similar to
; ,n the dininc rooms of
many homes dees ■
with an old time
b loth An old coal
oil lamp placed in the renter of the
table lent luen.
Other interesting groups wrre
handmade quilts and coverlets, at-tractively
arranged; old bottles a
small room of furniture, needle
point chairs, old rockers and chil-dren's
chairs: tables of glassware
chfnawars copper and bran
fORP. ROBERT J Mi t I | N
Corp Robert .1 McCuen, 18 ion
of Mi. and Mra James M Cuen
Rldgjt pikl ' ■ nue, Bar-ren
Hill, -tin serving m tl
been transferred irom the infantry
■ Quartermaster Car com-bear
from
him recentli for more than a month,
and when they Fmalrj n
letter, he ■ had been
on a trip with the Colom-i
been unable to communl
them during thai
;-ember. 1943, he
■ December
13, 194.1 and overseas since April of
thai year He received h:s training
at three camps in Texas A graduate
of Barren Hill Consolidated school,
he was employed by Alan Wood
Steel company before entering the
service