The Conshohocken Recorder, April 4, 1950

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ESTA1U8HED 1969. NO. 7993. CONSHOHOCKN. PA.. TUESDAY. APHIL 4. IMO. nvi CENTS
Gymnasium Needed, 22 Companies
o* 4 rri i l Already Listed sportsmen Are lolcl
Construction
Records Set
I'lvmoulli Kiiildinp;
Permi I* At New High
Plymouth Township recorded a.
iew high in home-building during
March and for the entire three-month
period ending March 11. it
its revealed at the April meeting
of the Plymouth Township Board
of Commissioners last night at Ply-mouth
Township building.
Henry P. niend. building inspec-tor,
reported that permit* for new
building construction totalling 1949.-
000 were untied In March, represent-ing
131 new dwelling*. Of thla num-ber,
106 are Included in the Erlen
Construction Company development
and 12 are individual homes,
For the period between January
1 and April 1, permit* were issued
for new buildings totalling 11,025.-
085. moat of It home construction.
■ A delegation of twenty Plymouth
valley residents protested Improper
surface and storm drainage on their
property. The commissioners will
request the Erlen Construction
Company to Install additional
drainage facilities to overcome this
condition.
An agreement was presented to
the board for the construction of
new road, Volpe Road, running
275 feet east from PairflWd Road.
Black Hone, permuting access to
eight newly-constructed homes.
The rommisMoner* sYreafj
iver the street after trip property-owners
have constructed it in ac-cordance
with specifications.
The commissioner* decided to re-quest
a firm using premises on Ross
Road. Mogeetown. as a motor truLfc
terminal, to move to another loca-tion,
as motor trucks are permitted
only In Industrial areas.
Edward M. Hawev Esq. town-ship
solicitor, ruled that Fire Mar-shal
James M. Baird has authority
inspect premises on suspicion
of their being a fire hasard and
order such hazards to be removed
or corrected.
Harry G. Heist presided. All
members were present
Fred Travaline
Hurial Tomorrow
Following an illness of several
months. Frederick Travaline, died
earlv yesterday morning at his
home. 128 West Eighth Avenue.
Hospitalised for a brief period, his
condition failed to Improve and be
as brought to his home.
Mr. Travaline, 29. son of Anthony
and Theresa Travaline. was born
In Conshohocken and lived his en-tire
life in the house in which he
died. He attended Conshohocken
High School. Following the decla-ration
of war in December 1941, he
Joined the Merchant Marine a
month later and remained in that
sen-ice until April 1948 During the
war he made several harrowing
trips to Mermansk, Russia. During
the period of years he visited prac-tically
every port in the world.
He was a co-partner In the ope-ration
of a service station at North
Lane and Butler Pike He was a
member of Norrtstown Lodge,
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Award Trophies
In Civic League
The urgent need for a gym-nasium
where the youtltf men
of the enmmunity can qMfid
their time in relaxation and
ivm-atinn was stressed at the
third annual party of the Coo-shohocken
Civic Basketball
League. Saturday night, at the
Polish EagtM Home, .109 East
Elm Street, attended by offi-cers,
managers and player* of
the league, members of the
Conshohocken School Board.
business men. game officials
and school janitor?. More than
100 persons attended.
George Pettlne, former C H. B
athlete, and one of the league ref-erees
last season, stated that the
amount of money taken at the door
was scarrelv sufficient to meet cur-rent
expenses He suggested that
season tickets be sold Harry Eilam
league president and president of
the School Board. Robert Long and
Donald McOonigle. Esq.. members
of the board, explained that at the
present time the league is given the
gymnasium free and If tickets are
sold and a fixed admission price is
charged, the school board will have
to make a charge to comply will
the law. the Federal Oovern
merit will have to be paid the regu-lar
amusement tax and the borough
would also collect its tax on amuse-
■
TWO KITES AVAILABLE
Mr. Ellam. speaking of a gymna-sium,
explained the only two silts
aval la Die to his knowledge are at
the Mary H Wood Park. Sixth Ave-nue
and Hallow ell Street, and at
(he Mary Jane Sutrhffe Park.
Former Burgess Ellas L. S. Blair
to name a motion for the president
to nanme a committee to study the
advisability of promoting a suitable
'-•ymnasium President El lam ap-pointed
Mr. Blair chairman of the
committee, 'he former burgess to
name his committee-members.
Ellam presented
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St- Mary*s (ihurrh
Holy Week Services
The ancient Holy Weei servu
the Tenebrac. in which the entire
church Is plunged Into complete
darkness for a brief period indica-tive
of the darkness of Christ's
tomb, will be held on Thursday
night at 1:30 in St. Mary's Catholic
Church. Elm and Maple Streets, one
of the few churches In this area to
hold this Impressive ritual.
Members of the Walter Zurkowski
ist No. 1. Polish American World
'ur Veterans, will carry out a cen-turies-
old European custom by ser-ving
as an honor guard at the altar
of St. Mary's Church following the
hour of the Crucifixion of Christ,
Friday afternoon at 3, until Easter
Sunday at sunrise.
Other Holy Week services: Wed-nesday:
mass at 8 a. m : confessions
t 3 p. BE,; stations of the cross at
30 p m ; Thursday, mass at 8:30
_,. m. and procession; Friday, mass
of the presanctlfied at 8 a. nt„ all
day adoration, passion sermon at
7:30 p. m.
Alan Wood Improvements
Double Property Value
Alan Wood Steel Company in its annual report for the
ear ended December 31. 1949, made public yesterday, re-ported
npt income of $2,255,840, equal after payment of pre-
" rred dividends to $3.76 a share on the 507,889 shares of
mmon stock outstanding at the close of the year.
1th net Income
Ask Merchants
To Observe 3~Honr
Closing On Friday
An appeal io all business houses
nd public institutions to suspend
ctivlties on Oood Friday between
.oon and three o'clock, is made by
he Or* I Friday Observance Com-mittee,
following a custom of many
wars' standing.
Closing of business and public
places for the three-hour period on
Christendom's most solemn day is
in commemoration of the three
lours preceding the Death of Christ
in the Cross. This closing will also
permit attendance at the various
hurches o* Consnhohocken,
najorlty of which have arranged
ipeclal services for all or a part of
that time.
Howard J. ONetll, chairman of
he Oood Friday Observance Com-nt'tee.
states that the local obser-vance
is part of a national move-ment
begun In 1°10, and that Con-ihohocken
was one of the first in
his area to cooperate Others on
he local committee are J. Alan
Moore. Jr. Dr. Joseph F, Leary and
3*orge J Rafferty
Mew Assignment
Major Harry A Overholiser. of
8 West Tenth Avenue, has been
eassigned from the Operations
t'ti«i!s. Finns DIVJ.urn Hrudiiitar-rs.
U, S Arniv, Pacific, lu the
:i Krgimentul Combat team,
huflrld Barracks. Cabu, Territory
if Hawaii Major Overhuiuer now
ives at Schofleld Barrack.;, with his
ife. the former Miss Mary Seder.
Hurry. Jr., age 8. and his
miher. Mrs Mubel 3. Overholtrer.
lie mother has been in Hawaii for
iiV past IB months. Major Over-loltzer
is a graduate of Norrtstown
[igh School class of 1923 and has
pen in the Army for the past
tghteen years During World War
1 he served with the Ninth Army
rom 1943 to 1945 m Northern
ranee. Rhinelanl at)"
:urops campskgn.
compa i
of $4,118,444 for 1948, equal after
preferred dividends to $7.78 a share
on the 483,767 shares of common
stock then outstanding.
John T Whiting, president, re-vealed
that the company's expendi-tures
for additions and improve-ments
in the past three years
amounted to 116,533.000. He aid
net property value of the company
had very nearly doubled in 'he
past two years and In the three
years 1947-49 had Increased to $22-
310.000 from $9,773,000.
Of this more than 116,500,000 In
expenditures, he said. 36 per cent
was financed by proceeds from the
sale of first mortgage bonds, 56
per cent by earnings and depre-ciation
accrunls and the remaining
eight per cent was obtained Trom
working capital
Mr Whiting said the principal
addition* to plant during the year
Included the construction of a 30-
Inch hot rolled stup mill, placed in
commercial operation on January'
23, last, and a water treatment
plant for eliminating mill wastes.
The latter, he added, was installed
at a cost of $800,000 In compliance
with the requirements of Pennsyl-vania's
Sanitary Water Board in
cooperation with the effort to clean
up the Schuvlkill River
For Big Parade
Good Progress Made
By I .oral Committee
For Centennial Event
Twenty-two fire companies
from a wide area have for-mally
signified their intention
to participate in the big fire-men's
parade, which will high-light
Firemen's Day, Satur-day,
May 20. of Conshohock-en
Centennial Week. May 14
to 20.
This was announced at the week
ly meeting of the Firemen's Centen
nial Committee, a Joint repre*enta
tioii or Washington and No 3 Fire
Companies on Sunday morning at
the Washington Fire Company.
This number represents only s
small portion of the number invited
totalling 134. It is expected that
many more will take part In the
big march in which $5,000 In cash
awards Is being offered by the Cen-tennial
Committee
LIST Ml SIC GROt'PS
The 22 already reporting will
number more than eleven hundred
men In addition to this, seven will
be accompanied by auxiliaries, com-prising
several hundred women.
The twenty-two companies will
bring with them nine bands, four
bugle corps and a string band, and
22 pieces of apparatus.
One of the 22 companies to ac-oept
the invitations to date is an
out-of-state fire fighting unit. Clay-mont
Fire Company, Claymont. Del-aware.
Included among tne oiners are
fire companies from York. Reading.
Birsboro. Coatesville. Malvern. Tem-ple,
Pottstown, Ardmore, McKink-y
Bast Norriton. Llnfield, Telford.
Quakertown, Columbia, Bryn Mawr
North Wales. Norristown «3i. Spring
Mill and Barren Hill.
Thomas Johnson, former presi-dent
of Washington Fire Company,
is chairman of Ihe Firemen's Cen-tennial
Committee
Lad Hurt In lfci>li
into Taxi's 1'ath
David Reed, four-year-old son of
Res Reed, of 332 Ea-i Hector Street,
is a patient in sacred Heart Koepi-taj.
Norristown, suffering from i
fracture ot the left leg above the
knee, a cut In the side of hta head
and abrasions, the result of being
struck by a taxicab near his home
Friday night, at 8:30
The taxicab. owned by the Town
Cab Company, Michael Meaaara.
proprietor, wa.- driven by Robert P
Friend Friend took the child to
the office of Dr J. H. Hargreevea,
who ordered his removal to the hos-pital
According to the driver, the
child ran from between parked cars
directly In the path of the auto-mobile
Friend was released In $800 ball
by Magistrate Bobenrieth to await
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New Nurse
Is Named Here
Attftiftlant Elected
To Aid Mioa Slurp-.
A new visiting nurse assumed her
duties here on Saturday as sasavt-ant
to Miss Ada Sturcjls, strtef com-munity
nurse.
She M Mrs. Doroan» Metvki. R. N .
of Mount Airv, a graduate of Hah-nenuuin
Hospital School of Nurs-ing
who has had extensive indus-trial
and private nursing exper-ience.
Mrs Melvln will remove soon
from Mount Airy to North Warner
Road. Country Acres
The newly-rJWmed nurse succeeds
Mrs. Oertrude Powers, who realgned
more than a year ago, but contin-ued
on dutv until a successor could
be found. Mrs. Powers will be feted
at a tea, by the Visiting Nurse
Association on April 22, kn recog-nition
of her excellent service to
the community throughout the
thirteen years which she served
Dr. Stanley Rookln. local dentist,
has been engaged to assist Dr.
James Brophy, who has served at
iummunitv dentist here since 1026.
Need for community dental work la
Increfutmg steadily. It H stated.
The appointments were made at
the March meeting of the Consho-hocken
Halting Nurse Association
recently at the home of Dr. Loutoe
Gloeekner, president.
Permits Over
Million Mark
Whitemar*h Lists
91.096.624 In M.H. 1.
Permits issued by Charles P. Mil-ler,
building Inspector of Whtte-marsh
Township, during the past
month, totalled $1,000,634 In valua-tion
Contributing to the high val-uation
is construction of ill homes
in Plymouth Meeting VUlage, set at
$888,000: 12 residences in the same
development, valued at $00,000 and
six homes In Country Acres valued
at $48,000.
Fees collected for permits Issued
during the past month totalled
$3,050.
Mr. Miller's report Inctudod the
following other permits; A Viola
Woemer, North Lane, demolition,
$750.00; Cheltenham Township,
Flourtown «ad. disposal plant, $4,-
SW.W; HI RMft PUtt.
signs. $500.00; Fred M Milter. Val-ley
View Road, residence. $10.000 00;
Green Valley Club, Oermantown
Pike, demolition. $300.00; John W.
Hennessey. N Warner Road, resi-dence.
$4.9740(1; Philadelphia Cric-ket
Club, W Valley Oreen Road.
roof. $2,000.00: John N. Poster. Jr.,
2001 Butler Pike, addition. $1 M000;
John Kusek. 821 E Hector Street,
repairs. $50000; Charles R. Davis,
Ridge Pike and Church Road, ware-house.
$10.00000; Fred M Miller,
Lot No $1 Grove Avenue, rasadepot,
•0.000.00: George R Cwert Mdsst
Pike- £. Chestnut, residence. $0-
000.00; Watson H Harper. Valley
View Road, addition. $1.40000: Ed-ward
C. Smith. Barren Hill Road,
repairs. $1.00000; Fred M Miller.
Grove and Parkside Avenues, resi-dence,
$900000: Ralph A, Blooms-burg,
81 Edmonds Road, patio.
$10000; John H. Loughrtdfjt 1M
Quarry Lane, patio. $100.00.
First Class
Status Sought
In Whitemarsh
Stt|H*rvisor» To Hold
Public Meeting May 2
For Consideration
Th* possibility of WhJi«-
marbh Township takinjr on
first-class status waa discuaasjd
at a meeting of the WhiW-ma-
rah Supervisors ttl th*
Township Buikiintr, Ridf?*>
Pike, last night, and a twbtic
meeting to consider such a
proposal WEM take pino* on
.May 2. An ordinance will b*
drawn rPKiriatinj? peddiinsT in
the township as a raaoH of a
sufrjraation made by the Civic
' I rjraniisatK' it of Cowitry
Acre*.
Thorns WTista, president of she
board, brought up Ihe posslba*tv of
the township rsecorrung s first sjgasj
Decision was reached to
School Board Sets
2 -Mill Tax Raise
frsnrise Speaker | Police Busy
i lOver Weekend
at an open mart-ini
of the supervisors oo hi
the Barren HU1 Plre House Stres-sing
thai this Is aa importam step
and of Interest to all resident* of
the township, the supenisors are
hooeruJ that a large delegation will
attend the meeting, stating thai a
great deal will be determined by
action of the people at that tame
It Is hoped that action for the
change- *an *» brought to a vote at
the General Section In ""
SEEK PEDDLED*' HI I l\..
Michael Laputfca.
for the Country Acrta Civic or-
KanusMion, suuKiii so isuustmi* kt>
prdOBBp BSjdaassj taw saaasaaanaad
soltcttlue;. The township's attornrv
was drrected to prepare such an
ordinance, requiring docc-eo-ojoor
nohcators to secure s permit fcom
the ponce department.
A | 111- II ajpii 1 by tag residents
of the townsfcto, aws presented op-
Prosaacsro PiiasTjr on Mdgja
reported to be ovuaPwang
in Lafayette Will and Wnfsesisacsfc
petition, ooraaderaUon ^nCx a
the Earst Baptist Chareh
i nnsnohctrkea. will be the speaker
at a* Easter sunrtw an'iti» to be
held at VsHev Perg* en Satsr-da*
mornktig at 5:3$. The aerrlre
1< spnnaered by She Nstrtstawn
VHCA.
CHS Seniors
To Take Trip
IMM Tomorrow For
Traw^lK»«i^<4r.a»-J
li-Slsfifi tW^wjaTbe ap Stt
Hit sjsn tcsrwerow.
rpisMtrilerly ( umlui-i
Cssafaw NitflU'MMi-*
U. of 449 West
Carmen Oalasco.
venth Avemte, and
James Davidson, West asteth Av«-
nua. were arrested at Hector and
Pursue Strssts bp Officesa afar-wood
and Oatnmmone at t:4S Bat
urdsw monung. Orabossi and Gal
aseo west ftghttng when officers a*
tampted to arrart them and Laavtd-son
snterfered and was stso placed
under arrsst.
Pdmund K Williams arter an the
day and was* charged wsth dtaor
.t.-rlr conduct. OrabosM and David
■ .11 wars each fined SIS. Oaauo
escaped with a fans of M50
The sear fender of an auUxnobaV
■>wned bg William O. Bopptck, 1
I'.rd Btreet, West Oonshohoc*
vvas damaged Prtdar night at fl_.
Soppsok, aecordlns; to a report Mad
with the local pollrw, was d**v4ng
his car SB Sprlns atn Avenue near
FsveUe Bweet. when a ear driven
bt Harry iaakv BMI Osaee Ave-i
ue. PhusdekphlB. baoaed out from
tsjetj and strwk rat aatomoWtt,
' >■ ■ leers Msrwnod and HuisshahsT
d i oall to 30* East asaotoi
Bt PnsW rUtfht and found th«
Kdwsrn Taytoa. of MB West
had Men and em
waa taken to B«nnt-
Hortistown. ashsea
> —<i In Ok— •»
M. nctfnd tar •»
uaaatoean Pkke tfen *qmhm» noad
to CAssrrh Lane. The Dsparanatnt
rToatinued ost Paoe ThrwmJ
West Side School Board
Airs Financial Problems
The financial condition of the davtrint W*M dtottased
nl«;ht at the April meeting of the Weevt Conahohocken School
Board held in the library room. No definite action waa taken.
According to the discussion, Ihe sAfate aporopriatirm wiU be
reduced after this year atv) ttie bofard WTH be compelled to
increase salariea of teachers amr^ntmtt to |8,(KK) a year
within the next few years, accordlrig to ktw.
Queen Committee
Is Announced
Announcement Is made today by
Samuel W. De Medlo. chairman of
the Queen Committee for ths Con-shohocken
Centennial, of the com-mittee
personnel.
Included are Mrs Prancls C.
Pftlaclo, Mrs. Carrie Boehret, Mir.
William A Moore, Mrs. Joseph
Famous, Mrs. Gerald Blessing. Mrs.
Charles Loper, Mrs Joseph Lawler.
Mrs. Edward Oermann. Mrs Doris
Fozard. Mrs John Kreasky Mrs
Samuel De Medio, Prarilt Yabloruskl.
AS members of the committee
re asked to attend the first meet-ing
of the group tomorrow night
at 8 in the Park House, to advance
plans for this highlight of Centen-nial
Week.
Assets Over Four Million
The Conshohocken Federal Sav-igs
At Loan Association now has
a&<ets of more than $4,000000, it
announced today by Edwin S
RocJcett. executive vice-president of
the association. The pre cut Sclrr-ally-
chartered organization resulted
from a merger of three state build-ing
and loan associations in 1941
Starting at the time of merger wirh
assets of about 1650,000. the present
savings and loan association re-jxv'ed
assets of S4.046.000 on Its
balance sheet as of March 31
1000 VOTES 1000
CONSHOHOCKEN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
NOMINATING COUPON
FOR "QUEEN OF THE CENTURY"
I Nominate
Her Address
Nominations Close April 10th. 6:00 p. m.
1000 VOTES 100C
Mail the coupon Io Centennial Headquarters
Mary Wood Park House. Conahohocvan, Pa.
ti
Two aays of meeung the tncreas
ed expense, which were
at the meeting i» to douU
grades and dtsnaaa some
and to abolish bus
tatlon for the high school paptla at'
lending Conshohocken High School
According to the anlt syaaecrt gsj
which the srrrrraprtatlon Is now
being paid, the West Skat District
Is paying for more than one
teacher.
A complaint was filed with the
directors about boys playing
on the school athletic field
damaging nearby property
board has placed a ban on the
of the field unlew. permission Is first
obtained from the directors. The
school children were absolved from
any blame as the damage Is done
after school hours and by older ""
Sixth grade boys.
Alfred Rlsetl, treasurer of
West Conshohocken Recreational
Council, was present at the meeting
to ascertain whether or not the
board will continue to contribute
»300 annually to the work of the
council. The board has been unable
to arrange the budget for the com'
Ing year due to the fact the third
ward tax boo* has not been tecelv-ed
from county authorities Until
It Is received the board will i
know the assessed valuation to wi
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Compose* March
For Centennial
C Lester Shade, supervisor
music at Conshohocken High
School, has composed a march
especially for the celebration ot
Conshohocken s hundredth birth-day.
May 14 to 30. The composition,
entitled Conshohocken Centennial
March, will have its premiere dur-ing
Centennial Week. The original
number Is dedicated to the Con-shohocken
High School Orchestra
Fartory BuiMin";
To Berome Warehouse
The large manufacturing plant of
the Kimble Glass Company. TVmh
Avenue and Hatlowell Street, va-cant
since this local branch of the
owen-- Illinois Glass Company
moved to Vineland. N. J. in Decem-ber,
has been sold to an out-of-town
firm for use solely as a ware-huuse
The name of the firm and
the purchase price were nut yet dis-closed.
The sale was made through
Samuel W DeMpdlo, realtor Mr.
LVMedio staled that no manufac-turing
of any kind will be carried
on at th ' plant.
Choir To Give K,,Kineer Powt
Annual Cantata
j, Washington National
Monument, JatoteaW of Congress 81
AI bun s Nations! gamaclriil. Mount
Vemon, ArnutjLon watlonal Oemr-t'TV.
Too* of thg »aSjnown sW*.r
Lincoln Memorial. Alexandria, BOV-
■rnmen* bwreaas and ravacanga and
tther potrrts nf interest.
Sleniple U* mtBBm
'intnv "ill? posaso affwt*h the of-ncrrn
and Wg
lag Satlinlay
Willisms when a fine of fWJO
krnposid
S|lPsaillir'a flaalli«HI
A speaker* bureau of SO meentw
to carry the issues of the Dull
Fine-Wood-Uvengood ticket to the
of Montgomery Counts'
nt Komerv Count y lUpahskaa
mnry CampMsm Corrrmfttee Per-insd
of the bureau to date m-dat
Stanley B. Cooper, Esq., of
Salary Increases
Cited As Reason
The school projvrty tax
rata will be increased two and
nne-ha)f miHs, this year, it
waa announced at the April
meeting of Conshohocken
School Board, held last night
in wte hiffh school offices.
A balanced budsjsft. totallyin Wf»-
4lk was tentauvety adopted ai ihe
session, based on a property tax
rate of as mills per every dollar of
assasssd vahte, and a rontlnuattoa
of the at par eapita tax The cur-rent
pronarfey taa rate M 33't mills.
The nuae Is the rarst in rive years.
Major Items on the budget tee-the
necal year of tWO-fil brginnlng
July first, are •M1.17S for instrec-tion:
tl8.tf» for debt service and
$14.0*0 for general eonarol.
SAI AHirti or sii.***
School directors lay the Jarnp at
taasa dtrsetif to the satansivs year-ly
snoraasas to taaehsn" saauiss, at
mandated by the State Thi* yea*
the Imwiiiaa aatotants to lilOOO.
In prsaentiaa the budget for ten-tative
adoption. Marry Bllsm. pras-
I,I.'Hi afaggsL |sv ni«o on thu boars]
wants th« tea raised, bat K a foroai
upon as."
Oaty ftvs of the aevan school di-rectors
voted for the Increase Dr.
WtWam Brandt was absent Of the
six present. Dr. W P Clesielskl,
new board rnernhar, declined to vote.
Ths badgel and rncreaasd rate
wi« onmt bs+ijss aha board for final
st the neat meeting, set
a M-day ka-requlrad
be
adoption atlaSe nsstt rr
spscaton By Ihe pwosta, i
The based sago mads plans te in-
Teess tne hajraas* fire insurance
-.laaaaje cat aanool property, which
>>cotQans; to an Insurance scent
—'on. Is only lif'v
ssUmnlrd value
' lately f1.000
current yearly
charfsB, to proper*/ Insure thr prno*
-Ttv, uoe aeent told them The
rxHsed ecaad to have a current preo-iTty
aeatnaaN mads and a rats
Marti on of ■apetlntendeni of ihe
■<hoc4 daswaat waa set tot Aixil II
ai l-Jri. a« the school.
Tne ensstarsT'ii report shoved a
bulsnse of M.faWSt
sri^aaaWf"
■snort of Superti
follow*,' aawollmri
m aFPORT
mendent
Kin-
>ec«
trade rOt: third grade.
fourth grade, IB; fifth grade. St:
h grade. SO; total elementary.
540: seventh grade. 126; eighth
tirade, 132: ninth grade. 15* tenth
gride, 134: eleventh grade 101;
elfth grade its secondary total,
7. Krnnd total 1277
rTonfiRaed on Page Three)
Awartlrd Diploma
William Cory 110 East Eighth
Avenue, ha* completed a course In
practical and theoretical radio and
television and ha* been awarded a
diploma by the National Radio aa-stttaes
of waabstajtoa, D. C.
Prwbylrriati Service
To Be Held FrifkT
Three guest soloists and an aesj-manled
choa- wiH present ihe an-nual
oantats, "The Seven Lest
Words of Christ." Oood PH
night at 8 to the auditorium of the
Presbyterian Church
William Knottier, tenor, and Bs
thar Kriebel. soprano, both aaaaw
bers of Haws Avenue Methodist
Church ohou1, Nomstown. and David
Halsel, of Ambtarr, who at M at al
ready singing solas in grand open
in Philadelphia, will be the soloists
The augmented chow will com
prise ■ Soprano* Mrs Charles P
Smith Mrs Russell Law, Mrs Rus
sell Seckai Ellen Kirk. KsteUe
Dunarujaty, Mrs Wilbur Orahsun;
aHos. Mrs Ralph Hartman. Mrs
Francis Johnson. Mrs Arthur Tay-lor,
rTorence Leopold. Mrs. Charles
Zinger; tenors. Jack Norman. Nor-ristown.
Edwin W. Vogenberg. Wil-bur
Uraham. Charles P. Smith.
Hsrry Uoussr. Vemon Stevens;
bass. Dr. Chester A Helsel. Ambler:
Vemon Gotwafc. Jerry Dunacusky.
Russell Law, John Rahm. Jr., John
Rahm. 3rd. Duncan MacKenzie, and
the gue.Bt soloists.
Mrs. Vcrnon Stevens, Trooper, at
orgamst and chorister.
Baptists Plan
For Holy Week
At the Maundy Thursday candle-light
communion service at 7:30
the Senior Choir of the Fi'«
Baptist Church will sing "The Cru-cifixion"
oy John Stainer. This is
on* of the most demanding pro-grams
by the choir in recent years.
Under the direction of Walter De-
Prefontaine, choir leader for 22
years, the chol will be augmented
by several guest staffers making the
total voices for the evening tnvnty-two.
The tenor MI\O parts will be
sung by Walter tlengin, the boss
solos by En
Tonight, tiie guest speaker will be
Rev. Robert GuiLschall. ol th* Nor-rtstown
SchweiKfelder Chun h At
this service the Temple Male Chor-us,
of NorriMuwn, will sing three
numbers
Tomorrow night, the guest speak-er
will be Dr. George W. Davis, pro-fessor
of Christian Theology at
Croser Seminary Chester
On Friday afternoon at 2, the
pastor. Rev. (laUlM T Winters will
present a number of hand-painted
• lides entitled. "A Lenten Medlta-tinn
with the Makers of A'
Thomas Collins will be ihe guest ao-
Jesse rjternple, far., chief engeiieer|
<( the Washingion Plre Oompaiiv.i
resignation at the
Apr* rryweasl of the oosnpany lait
hat duties this|
I absent since'
Thursday. March W, when he w-aayrjsd
the poet
R was decided to re-open the fere
school neat Monday evening and
continue It weekly every Monday
night, under the supervision of
Pope ftashh. of Baa Phuadalphla
Fare Department and his assistants,
and she company's two sasauent
Are chtefs. Alan Worth and Theo-dore
Pope: Chief ftosdneer Jesse
Stemple. ».; Jesse stemple, Jr.,
captain, and Thornas Johnson.
The company wax peace the two
pumpers In the civic parade to be
held Tuesday evening. May 16, as
part of Conehohocken's Centennial
Celebration
Invitattons were ordered sent to
the Rescue Fire Company Mo. 4
and the Laurel Fire Company, both
of York, to be the anew!* of the
Wat-hirst ton Fire company at the
oeremonles attending the Iiouslng
of the new serial nruck SaiMrday
mornlraT May 20
Two propositions for momberahlp
were received William Worth.
president, presided.
Rotarians Pledge Support
To Centennial Activities
Mernlit'rs ot* the ( otinhohotkcn Rotary Citrh, through
their prfKidcnt, Edwin S. Kockett, pledged fuel aupmrt to tha
itonta which will take BskoB duriiit: CgsJItaaafsBaw Week. May
l.VJO, foUowinK s talfc by Harry S. Dorrinjrton, repreaenU-live
of tha John B. Rotrera IVotluciriR <>»m|iany, of Foatoria,
Ohio, who, with Mrs. DornnKton will rrtajre ttia Centennial
.p.'ttaek' here.
Mr. Domngton's talk was
feature of the weekly meeting of
the Rotarians at Ridgeway Gar
dens last night He .sketched brief
ly the founding of the Rogers
Company back in 1908. when Mr
Rogers, foroed to gfve up the
■tiidv of law because of defective
I vision, stnick upon the Idea of
the entertsinment fleU. Of the 44
states and Canada where Rogers'
services see used, Psnosytratna
leads th the stnpioyroent of the
Limn.. IIHI. To M&Ml
A three-reel motion picture, "Byes
of Science," will be presented
through the courtesy of Bausch ft
Lomb Optical Company. Philadel-phia,
at the meeting of the Con-shohocken
Camera Club, tomorrow
night at 8 in the Park House. "
aphs taken at
His talk cfcnrd with an outline
of Consnohocfcen's Centennial
plans. He urged Rotarutns to en-ter
a float In the eivle parade, to
sponsor an entry to a>
the ci-ntury" oontast,
ter the beard oonteat.
(luston of Mr. Dorrington's taar.
President stockett pledged the co-operation
of the Rotary dub
toward the success of the eatebra-
Uon.
Hiruhdsfw of Joe Colon, Harry
Oehman, Oeoraa Smith aid Dr
Stanley Wast were recof^axed- Ed
Snyder, of Bern !fy-Harris Com-pany,
was welcomed b»ek knto the
; rhib i I member. Marlvn Ambler
CIVIC PARADE — ENTRY BLANK
CONSHOHOCKEN CENTErfNIAL CELEBRATK5N
Parade Dale—May 16. 19M — Tfanet 8:30 P. M.
Name of Participating Organization or Individual
Individual In Charge
♦ crlption of Entry
IMpieltt type ot
laaat is.
Float. Comic Unit.
Hi n.riral EhXtt)
Unn >
Number of Individuals to Participate .
aagnaturs of Irisa^vtdual In Cnavar
Forward This Fern Ta:
c ivie Psrsde Cnrnmittes
( »n»hnh<M-ken <'esttennlal. Inr.
Vlart H. Wood Park HIIIM-f'omihohocken.
Pa.
Dull-Fine-Wood
Rallies Next Week
The Duff-Fine-Wood and Liven*
good forces, and Republican can-didates
running for County office
under that banner at the Primary
Fltrtiim. May 10, will launch ihr;r
Montgomery Cauotv campaign next
Wednesday sasnlnff with s huge
meeting in the Plymouth Township
Building. Oermantown Pike. Ply-mouth
Meeting
Sponsored by the Plymouth Val-ley
Republican Association, the r*I-lv
will spearhead a long series of
flimilar meewrses to be held m all
sections of the Coeavty right up un-til
Election Das'.
AB miller sre open to the public,
HccordUig to Thorns* I Water*.
K-<j . chairman of tne Montgomery
County Repubtscan Primary Cam-paign
CottUTwetee. which has ar-rsnged
the sphedsjle.
Raadlntr the Hat of prominent
nttaani to speak Tuesday is Ju?-
me John C. Bell, Jr. of Wynne-wood,
a former Oovemnr, who is a
rsndidate for the State Supreme
Court.
The Duff-Fine drive will swing
igrrt back uMo sotton again Thur<-
d*r night of next week in Con-shohocken
with its second meeting
nf the campaign
This rally wtl' be held in the
lieadfruarters of the Lannulti Ve-esans
asaocaatlon. BOB Maple Street,
it id will mark the Initial appear-ance
of fhnaer District Attorney
Frederick B. Bmlllle as s speaker in
'lie current campaign. Mr. SmUJu■ i
talk wlH deal with the national at>
UHlion,
IrropB) From Kace
Pour MepubUcau and one Demo-cratic
candidate for County Com-mittee
posts withdrew by the 4 o m.
wiUvwawal deadasne yasterdsy In
Cnnahohooksn, Anabony Travagllni.
121 West oVoond Avenue, removed
himself from the saoe for th* Re-publican
C'>n:mitteeman position in
action left Frsn-l
ti West Third Art-knur
M4l Francis J. Rugglaro, 13
Warn Bwn aaseea, to saw 11 l in