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Sljc Consljoljockcn ttccovfccr Cc>ni.h"hiitkeli. Pa.. Thursday, .Mar.h T, l'.l.'.T TA S.4&H1 HR MtH l(k Fire Company Appropriations Questioned Gartliwaite Son New President Of Lee Tires Kilht-r Ht i - Chairman of Board. Killing a \ uruncy GAITHWAtTE Ruooer and Tire Corp.. announced yesterdny the election of Albert A Qarthwaite Jr as president of the corporation at a meeting held in New York City He U 40 Garth walte succeeded his father, A A Oarthwaite. president ainct IMS of the corporation ahlch man-ufactures tints and rubber foods at Its factones here and industrial rubber products at the Republic Rubber division In Youngatown. O. The directors alao elected the sen-ior Qarthwaite chairman of the board, a post which ha-< been vacant in recent vears The former president, sctlve in the Lee corporation since its form-ation in HIS. had served as a di-rector, treasurer and vice presi-dent The new president, who attended' Havcrford School. Haverford. la a graduate of Yale University with; a degree in mechanical engineering. His flci position with the corpor-ation was with the engineering de-partment of the Republic division In 1042 he Joined the U. 8. Nary and attained the rank of lieutenant. B O In IMS he rejoined Lee as1 ■ t* the vice preside!1'. !:: charge of plants and In 1MB he was elected a director of the Lee Rubber, & I .!•■ Corp. Conahohocken school board voted In 1954 he became a vice preal-lto have final plan* drawn for the dent and last year he aws named pioposed $800.000-pius public ele-general manager of the tire plant < nentarr school Monday night u:..urs here j On motion of Emii J Ctavarell!. A. A Oarthwaite Jr.. his wife, teconded by Dr. Walter L. Willis. stag farmer Miss Ann Bennett, of the board will notify Davis and White Plains. N Y.. and their iwo.Dunlap. architects who drew pre- Firemen Launch Drive to Help Blaze Victims '.!. mi., i - ol IhiriiuuiSliie I ,<>iii|>aiiv Start Pieraou Family FUIKI \fier blame* Dmti'uy llflyMI Reaedcaiec Final Plans Ordered for New School Arrhitrcl* to Procrecl ^ itli I)ruHiii£* for Klrmeiitary ttuiiitin- Russell M Piri-fon. 33 year-old garage mechanic, will get a big boost in restoring his pretty, two-storv frame-and-stucco home at 1403 Ridge Pike. B.a. k Horse, from fellow-members «.' Harmoiivillr Ptre company Firemen, who fought n-iiantly side by ode uith Pierson late Thurtdau night in u ruin effort fo tore the home Quickly confr-b-ufrrf W2 a! the company % meeting Friday less than 24 hows later They otto launched an area-tttdt drive for fund* to aid him The 110,000 fire gutted the seven-room dwelling, malting mtme.ee.- Pierson. his wife. Dorothy and a young son and daughter. John T. Fes-iler, vice president and fire police captain of Har-monville Fire Co. started the Pier-son Family Fund Drive at the fire urn: session Other members ap-proved It unanimously Pettier said today, although con-iisbuiiuii-. mi uoi pet tabulated wholehearted cooperation has been given by Grjinlaauou* and by bus-inessmen of the township Con-tainer:., set up In many places, are rapidly filling. Peasler also told that official* of boy and girl scout troops as wall as newspapers and radio stations of the area have been asked to aid Mall contribution* will alao be welcomed. Pessler uld Checks ohou.d be made out to Pierson Family Fund and sen; to the Har-munvtlii- ine sswawXt B" Harmons The misfortune is the second /o rrsif the pierson lamily in Iggg t'ian sir months Last Oct. I'i, Pieison's hrorfter. Robert 2S, uas instantly killed with tu:o other Conshohocken An Font veterans tn a factor trader-automobile crash at Oer-mantown Pike and Chemical Rd., Plymouth Meeting Pierson led h..* tao keeping children to safety a hen ml smoke sis ta>t filling iheir bed-rooms shortly »ftci 10.30 Thursday nlght Dismantling an elect i.c tram in in as the children siepi upstairs, Pieraou I s i-.IKt- Tracing II to the kitchen, he found a ball of flame on top of a gas tCoat rased On Pape Joan Tax Rale Set At 6V2 Mills In Whitemarsh l>ii(l<*rt nf I oss t,-hi|t Hi^h** in HiMor> | PsstsW Cowta Soar Fared with the highest budget 8380.57706 - in the history of the township the board of super-visors of Whtiemursh township at ,t meeting Thursday night in-vested the rate of taxation from six to six and a half mills on a lotal levy of $23,000,000 for 1107. Thomas J White Mr., pr-ssdrni of the board eiplaineri the In erease wa* ne<e*al(ated In order to nseel higher easls. particularly in maintaining police prnterUon. The supervisors alloraled $JB.- 212.31 to the police department The department consists of a chief, four sergeant* and aeveo ofllaan. who wort I.' hours a wash The current tax on real estate will provide an income of $144,750 The additional half mill U ex-pected to yield about $13000 The Hoard again (atp-"?**! a las of one mill lor park and reerea- Uts facilities a mill for street Mghl lag and a hall mill for maintain-ing Are hydrants. Ant,, ipated receipts include $25.- 000 per capita tax: $30,000. real white transfer tax: $1000. issuance 01 building permits. $8000 fine-, imposed for traffic violation: and tOOOfl amusement tax in swawet lot the first \ciu Second law*,** expendtiiu- It the nan ol $30,531 for garbage and trash collection Maintenance of roads Is next al $30463. resurfac-ing. $11,310 . Fire Tax Referendum Financial Sought for Township ! Statements At Spring Primaries 'Are Required tCoMfifiard On Page Three) Truck Strikes Auto. 2 Hurt llmlnary plans, to proceed wl;h speTlfirations and general work drawings for the building to be erected at Third Ave. and Harry 8t. Mechanical Failure liliiinnl for < r.t-h A trattor-irailer went out of con-lini and jack-knifed at Fifth Avc. si it moved down Ptyette St.. Con-alionocken. at 12 50 P M Tuesday, injuring a man and hit titter-in- Stanley B Cooper, nuhcitor for the board and a/to tor the CtmasVo-hocken School Authority said the State expects to act on the district'*- npphration for financial aid or.' the proposed school, about Aua I. Three or four months will be re-quired to complete the archltec-.ura! plans A teachers' guidebook, first In! the district's bittorv Is expected to. be ready for the new Fall term Calvin W Rigg. school la* col-' lector, reported an additional $3081 - 77 collect ,'d in real estate taxes in Joiin Kubltkl. 42. nf 330 E Elm February and $M75 more In per ■U Conshohocken, driver of a sedan capita tax. bringing total roller-' Fills ggljsgal gf ggg| Wg VfJbswst, !i ,;""' "', ttW 10H 57 ,', in Sacred Heart Hoepttal wlUi $fW.2B7 84 The board voted In severe back and possible head In- February to place the unpaid taxe.v JIII v. The teat he occupied was of earlier ygan bj t He hands of ( pushed into the rear scut ol Uiel tn outside collector of delinquent ist taxe*. Mrs. Irene Baranaki. 30. a widow. Harry Ellam. treasurer, reported ].;..; Hlilerest Kd.. Flvmoulh Twp. a balance of S4iMf 3 i Feb. I; near !*even hlsn, riding with Ku- receipt* of i7410 5i disbursements ggggg, suffered tssswlt. She M treat- of 4.'g.OoOJ7. balaare March I. IJ1.- ed at the nearbv offlre of Dr. Kob- 3MS4. en Kale. j A tMlance of $1314 35 Li In the Oeorga E Oaiiman. 34 of Star sinking fund, after $10,000 in bonds. Route. Suuderton. driver of the was pulri off recently In the cafe tractor, blamed lota of control on tens fund, the balance is $1064.47 ' mechanical failure. The door of the A total of 923 pupils is enrolled, tractor cab flew open, hurling Ouli- in the public schools Of this. 488 man 15 feet away on the roadbed are in the high school and 437 in He was unhurt | the grade school The current The uactoi-trailer it owned by graduating class numbers 07. Oo\ Heavener Inc.. Harleyville j Bills totalling $1078.33 were order- Kublaki. a mill-room employe at ed paid. Dr. Ruuell C Erb pre-lee Rubber and Tire Corp., was' sided. John Z Hover KM the only driving Mrs. Baranaki to the Con-. absentee He Is 111 at home, shohocken Office of the Phlla. Na-tlonal Sank at the time. On the In- i;* 4a—asualaw4>aU,«a tide westbound lane, lie was just ■ « *■ *1M»M. lalllUIl Tht' l'p|icr Meiiun Tommt tn.n bjfjg adoptetl A resnlutiim ,'.'<>■ Ml '•■ at MM Sprinsf Priniiiru-.- The firemen of the Bwedelund | Hwedeabuig and King of Pruttia' lolunteei ■ 'omuaiues tuld they i reached tlie bottom of the fiiumcul barrel netoic taking tint course ana vowed that when tlie ttringent rnforeemritt ol the law it lifted they, will again -evert to self-sup-port ' The volunteers said they feel they are being subjugated lo the theory that 'ihe best way to repeal a law la to enforce it." They expreaaad their caasMttsca lhat the tstim and MM* MNa InlM-diitrd h» Male Hepre*eniati*os June*, llrennlnger and Wargo lo Ihe riunnsittea on Us anal order will aid than*. Passage of these bill.- would auth-orise the licensing of bona fide veterans' educational religious and traterii.il orgrnlmIHHIS. volun-teer fire compnnlea and other trnui^ such as rluirilMble institutions. William M Smith uce-piesldcnt of the Relief Asscciaiion reported that State Representative Herman B Wlllmditlt is in n.roid and will support tliese hills The flieniens le.soluioii stated WUeieas Uue to Mrmgeiil Ian I ty, tins araoclHiinii does hereby pe-tition the board of sypentsors or Upper Merlon Tow nslilp to havr placed on the ballot a referendum to tmpoar a fire tax on the resi-dents of Upper Mei.on Township lu the amount to pay compam opera tins expenses determined as between $4000 and $6000 per com-pan) per year, plus for an emerg-encs fund lu the time or event thai the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania are repealed to allow iCoaflnued On Page Fouri Butier Pike Illuminated 1 in* n-lii|i- Sharr ' <>-l Of New Mfgiiiiii", hip Ptrcntii'i Rrlict jH-titiiminjr the toWBattiti au-i...-.,.,..— 4'.oiigrc$»alions I nite for World l)a\ of Pmyi Tlie 71tt annual World Dav of Prayer observed tomorrow throughout the world, will be marked at a public Interdenom-liiatKmal sei * ice al 3 P M I" St Mark s Lutheran Church. Fifth Ave aitd Harry asl. Con-ahohocken Who Shall Separate Us" will be the theme In a chain of religious programs to begin at midnight tonight on thr Tonga Islands in thr Pacific Ocean. cloaitiK with worship on Hi LtYWrtnot Island Alaska Mrs Russell C Erb < host church is grneral man Mrs T TdsiAi Rowers nf thr PresliMcliau ('lunch. U ttrerl about to stop i Motorist IIiirt ]n Collision Rudolph Rio. tl. of 130 W. A;e. Cortshohockei •sught l To Discuss Tax The Upper Merlon Fire Relief Association will hold a special meeting tomorrow night at the King of Prussia fire house 10th' The meeting was suggested bv ained the Upper Merlon township board ry at 3.45 AM. Saturday of tupervisort to discuss enactment the car he was driving east °» ■ n*» ** advocated by the as on Conshohocken Rd. was ttruck' ■Delation by another, headed west | upeort« Beck. Upper Mer.on town-nnvei of the other car. Plymouth •*"P ,uPf"1 soT Wl">* ,h/ *****" lawnahlp police aald. was Anne Nf^ SWllsda; King Msnor. will Mae Boyd of 6S7 Rsletgh Place. P1™0*- Wfh.ngton. D.C. Rio told Patrol- —. .. , _. . . men John Casey and Joseph BogwtV « arrellfl 111 I" Ifirifhi lewskl that the other car veered, Mr and Mrs. J Albert Warrell. acroaa Ll>e road into his lane of 330 W. Tenth Ave,, are vacatlon-mlflg .nrt VTHC* ihe left side nf' lr<g tn Vern Beach. Fla They will Rowland Pressing For Air Raid Signal raid mi j return In .about two weeks Alan Wood Co. Sales Set 130-Year Record Also. Wood Steel company's salet m 1»4 were the highest In the trm's 130-year history Ms* pro-din'ion records also were set. Her-lesion R Wood, president and John T Whiting, chslrmen. »-l- in their annual report to stockholders re-scued yesterday Sales for 10M reacneo s record tap.lWnnn compared with $68,378- nv t:>;,s Net earnings for the vet', after all taxes and charges amnunied to M.0M.0OO. equal, after d.\ ..leiui* on preferred stock to I4U4 |»-i ahwrt uii Lite i>W.uu. torn-i,,..„ Isguaj Dvigtsshdissi al «i.j cssfnotwid •"— »- «^ *** ev,.^. la $333 per share uli 8IS.7S4 .. itstandlni ■«' las • «' i«-v production of ingott, slabs, plates and cold rolled sheets and strip uas at sew afl-fim* highs During the year the Company produced 714.000 foni of Ingots, uhtch exceeded .'-.. 7.. the precious record of 006 0U0 foni viade la 1056 Discussing the company's expan-sion program, Wood and Whiting .•aid that tn 1058 Alan Wood ex-pended aa.8g0.ooo for property im-provemenis and $017,000 foi m.ne deveinpment. The company com-pleted expansion of lu open hcanh department to a raed capacity of suuuuu ILII pai <•■" i atp Its pfwv ... Uf bliUOV lulu li. goid r«ueu aoneaiuts- L»p»t;ty HAS a.u - |0*s and DUBfad saving itsxprovrineni^ were lom- ..— -r\ '•SCHOOL COSTS AM) TAXES" — R. Graeme Smitli. ACS tUnctor, vxpuuiKl cd hift theory on topic HI Cimshtihocken Rotary dull .MontUiv mjrht. MTtag< "wgi iboald strive Tor better education rattier than better Imildinyf." Hi- -tirrin^ talk brougiit OOOffrattuaUaaa from William H. Wallace, Jr., pmkLejit end Willimn A. QlsVaa, pro-irrani and puMicity chairman. p.rwti* She** Indauntedl w hat's umjm Far Play Area? Mrs. Robert P Homer. 3018 Rebel Rd . Laftyelt* Hi;i. start-led spectators attending a monthly meeting Thuraday nigh: of the board of supervisors of Whitemarsh township by re-questing the construction of a recreation center coating an estimated $200,000 Thomas J. While 8r . presid-ing at the session, said thr township didn't have ihst kind of money to put Into s recre atlon building. Mrs Homer was undaunted She said if the supervisors gsve approval, she would pcrsonslly launch a drive for 133.000 Should she succeed. Mrs Homer continued, would the superi-ors donate ground at Col Miles Psrk ss the site of the recre-ation centar? The supervisors agreed they surely would consider the mat-ter. White said he was inclined to venture the opinion the board auuld act favorably Mra. Homer disclosed yester-day she u going ahead with her plans There will be s meet inn al tin r-.-juic al 8 P M Marvh 18. she intormtd Donald R Kooniz. director of recreation in the township Mrs Homer •aid she ;* imlting reprever''- ■■'. various orera nutations to attend Tiwta nation of modern Ughilne. ass li.nun ye*-. BUttgr Pike Uriuern 13th Ave and North Lane Action WHS prompted bv petitions from local resident* to nffirinU <,f Phmouth and Whiiemarah towu-slil| ks as a result of one fatal and several serious acridents Joseph B Rittlne. a Conshohock-en resident, was killed by tn auto-mobile Inat June near live Consho-horken borough line Purler Pike is the bound are be-noen Ut> tao townahips and The t«.«tii of i ommlationera and the bnord of *nii>or\ isors Joined in .irranvma with the Philadelphia Rlectric Co to draft nlsns for :l\e : h i M' compinv officials describe the lights as being predoni-itisti'ly 300 aatt, having output of 8ooo -!"minflr. with two 20*100 "hunin'' lamps to be located near North Lane, similar lo turnpike in- :crr^Mitee lamps. Officials of tlie tao townahips BtBO hare approved plant for sim-ilar lighting slong Btitlei Pike from North Lane to Ridge Pike Harmon-iiUe A plea for a publl I alert in Conahohocken ail) be re-mewed by Hsrry M Roalanu pte>;- < dent of borough council, at its I mcinthlv meeting next Wednesday eight I "If an air raid comet tu tins |ares we have no say of sirnmi, the i>eople of Conshohocken Row-i land declared : "We are a dead spot si far as tn slert Is concerned Yei ur Bl» considered in the danger tone if, | Philsdciphis it attacked Because | | we are an Industrial area »e might ' be kit before Philadelphia, he said "I think we are lai In our duties If we don't tee lhat the lawn is pmperlv prepared." Rowland dddrd Councilman Peter Bruit!, head of the public safety commit'ee. praised the work of Chsrles M sillier, foi-mer councilman and sssMtant head of Civil Defense here He said Mil-let informed liim 130 men and women are signed up for Ci, il Defense and that they are uaining regularly But the only 'alert'' Brunl said, is one In the police sta-tic." eonnei-ieci with Norrlstown civil defense Run., said he will confer With Admiral Charles R Will. Mont-gomery County Civil Defense di-rertoi. to discuss a public alert ivatem and provision nf other .ml defense equipment Duller IMiinn Form Plans for s St Psirlck a riancr Maroa 18 will be formulated alien the ladles' Auxiliary of George Clay Pire Co, West Conshohocken mre at I Monday night at the f;:e house Mrs. Terrcnce Campbei: n... Spring Music Festival Tomorrow at High School i UiiniiiUsioiifrst M(-t-l lt.€ u»j j wl ilidllllilOOl ilgfl Ol Ptytnouth toanaUp ettl meet al 1 30 P M. Monda) at ttie (uvn-sluii hall Adoption nf 'he budget ■*r»d its r«ie are »rH—t-j'"t A aide gamut of musics! rom- , positions from classics '. songs sill blend in the 21ft animal Spring music featlval of Consho-horkni High School at B tonior-row m the high school auditormm. Seventh Ace and Maple Bt Seser- !al hundred boys and girls will par-ticipate. Solo. duet, trio and quartet num- Urii wiii be playoil and Mddiiiwit (S jssacUuDj t,, viic bend, U ,;.is ehatJ I~J-. tthoai itiid huilui hlitii S'IK-.I cBaif Btaolfl) Sukalskl will play a rtar-i »e< sg'o Pisok p,r"ri" l" Ustiejr, will sing Helens dunning will otter a time solo, Sandra Swing, an obue solu and William H-» '•■—;■" W cone .aid Hurry Spenee a Irumpei trio Incidental solows will be Robert Herbert. Sandy Atkinson and Cnmiie Bell Accompanists ail) b* Sandr* Swing and Beverl* linger Rosalie Ricci will be narrator in Brem-entown Muatclans", a novelty num-brr Ham 1 ssatan ■ i k dutt.iur. .Ill dll*-.l tlie t-I.il nOi «iil. Clioiiis. 'Ilw^dnre K'uot *wis alit. *ill dtird >h. bm» i'urn unrt the in\rd i boil Spring Is Just Around The Corner And maybe you MM BOOM* thing you want to get rid of . and we don't mean a winter cold But there are othei tnnoytna things around How about grandma sold chest of draaeit that served the old ladv all tlnougli her life.ime and It tull too good to throw on the trash pile? Instead of tossing ihe chest of driven twty why not tell It? Somebcd'.. somewhere can use Ltel gsssW Whv noi advertise 1: in next week's clsssified ud luhimn' Id MI Swgf li wurda hit TA 8-4600 BR 9-0950 A cheerful ad Uker will bt ; J.J lu 11' l|i >Ull AllU V«UI ill .. C || ..III uc tttJB ID M.r li'- h •dit'-d ur* vapen Watl lv torlti Newapa r*ei s Piolrstiuit i nun lies ol Plv-moulh and Whilemaiali towB-shlps will join in a service it 10 A M at Pis mouth Pi lends i Meeting House Oeimantoau ■Od Hut lei Pikes. Phmonih Mepting Duuiizoning Of 43 Acres Is Approved l»:irn ii Hill Irerl I'll lit' DIM II.|M.I fur lluiur- Hid ItiiMitt'-. I Do« iisouiug ol 43 acres from! AAA to A on OcrmsnUran Pike op-posite Barren Hill rnnanltda led. Hchool was appi oved Thuraday night by the board of supervisors of Whitemaraii township A portion of ihe tract ha* ing a frontage of 300 feet on the high- • IIV ass roned from AAA to busi-ness Ttie properiv Is listed in the name, nf June Clinton, of 8316 tierman-town Avc.. Oermaniown It u un-derstood dwellings will be erected < by Jack Beckei of Jefrou Hornet Tlioinss J White Sr. president of tne boaid, indicated the super-visors favor making tlermantown Pike bualnaat from the Banen Hill fire hall to Joshua Rd , a distance of more thnn a mile Construction of a sidewalk Is to ge1 under wgy In the Spring, be-taeen Lafayette Hill Shoppnm Center si Gcrmantown Pike and Jothuu Rd . lo Crescent Ave. Bar-ren Hill, at an estimated coil Of $13JXn. Willie aniiouiii-ed Wliih'iiiarHli (,OV LrgeH U«ni^ii .III-MI At a dinner-meeting at the Lib-erty Sporting Club. Ambler Tuet-day night. 1H members of the Whitemaraii Vailcv Republican Club were urged to promote regis-tration among eligible residents of' 'the area Next Thursday It aas pointed 1 nut It the laat day that traveling registrar! will ait in the various boroughs tiid townships to regis-ter voi'is fot ihe Prlmsrv At the courthouse In Norrlstown registra-tion will continue aeekdayi B to 4 and Saturday 0 to noon until March 38 The dinner ■»« planned bv the entertainment committee compris-ing Joseph Darby, of 1317 Wells St Conshohocken. chairman: Jack Magill. of 8138 Arllngham Rd. Muurtoan, Mrs Ethel James, of Clwyuedd Valley; and Mrs. Julit Kernrn 800B Plourtown Ave v, jataoa The clubs next event *Ul be a curd pUtJ ;.'■ .1 "., William Boulton Dixon Post, foil W ,«liln^lnn Supervisors fan For 'Efficient ond Eronom'u- I nils" n,, .a-i iHatiiil "f Whtte-mar. th io«nshi|ul«ri\«'- need- \gnUiri' Irom nti aiimiiil Bp-l »ropnation of $750(1 eltotted liy tbf luiard to lUpei for fire pr*itfctioti. Geolfre) S. Stiniii Jr. svtreeeed Tlnu — ilay turrit at a month! mi/ ef the iMiard. The benefits accrue tn rtstaontt ,i/ the middle and wast A'ltiifh. a member ol the (word iienf on. brcaii se no lire com pa n i, i. located In the east distm the rxiifirtn'U o' Htg ssMMssOa, Barren BUI Fire cOCDpan] the middle districts. Spring Mill and Lusooln »l Cedar H tu Mid ahilr ■ Fort Washington. Ambler and ■ One-thud the gsgfl llie ihree ^ Uie UMVnahlp IrMsUr) '■ paid by pro) u< LhO ■•,.> Olitrtel "'■' Tlie sajt ■ •hip. 11 rtStsOCfcl BOM pi'inipled by til observation by Thorn us r til pn'-driu ol the oo.n. effect a merger ol 8p>-tng '• Lincoln Plre comp advisable hum the ttanqj aj acsOsVfl and effuiencv Smith «ud he ooy "tan (ire gMBpastk siruggling for existence in i <• small area " The board uilhtuUi apt mitrood F Hetle- ,. membership on BM rommitsiori for IBS7 unit J. Laputka. sacretaiyt'ru termtne* If he is a letul.■■ terminates It SoBtt the tovnshtp Heller [g < Spring Mill Fire cowpoiiv Appointed lo tba DOflU Paul A. Smith »"d P, Joseph, representing tip. Fire compinv. Jn], i Joseph Krll and Arilin: ■ representing Lincoln smi P >elm Robert Young anil Elmer (Cosfmued tin Page Pt0*l IVaffic Liglils Cost !More — For Township County aid for InsUllstlon of uafti. lighU at u ia(ed In townships is reaching ma vanishing point. Thomas J Sr. president of the board of su-pervisors of Whitemarsh U>*HMUI>, disclosed Thuraday night The ruunly moimiwnarn sra willing lo iMimr onlv ^^ perecul nt the enai of Insisting prnposed •li-sts Is at Butler Pike and Hth In . he said In oilier years the munti has paid 4* cents, the lownthlp SQ eenls. While eommenleri Al one lime there was a 30-S0 sharing of ■MB Cost of Installing the nrw ini-tials will be MMM) l aupervlsoi of the weal dlSti Phinnuih and WbltentU ■: ships have agreed to >>r ble fot 75 percent ol the total, Hain added White aald he Lh> aamueh as Butler Pike - mostlv headed for oi li-. Bchuylkill Expn ware extension of tne Prm i the Nn ■■ lei Pike It - tlie COtt Of lllStalljU-il Escapee Caught in Soui.i Tried to Steal Car Her* A 24-year-old Nqrrislown bur-glar, one of two who escaped Montgomery Co jail. Norristoau shortly before » P M Bin arrested testerd*'. to*' poll'e nf Bicklev. W Va RcOMTl J t-et* »:>s <li I d i '. .nutoJli said MoMtR-.lorn Co Sheitll pelet I ■ irf M rli ' tig 1"T BlfWIr lee* e+<»pr • omp-uiUn Vntl I leminr Tl. at Laurel >pring-. i* ■ till g| large Trusties. I lemlnc wuukl l.»»e keeo rli :ILlr l«r paTtsV ■ u ;«c.u<l Irt tn VIJ. "I IMI en. a sttoti ' from a 30-foot priaoii tool dom ■ driver or a Heort rtpall tuuk on dutv on 'i, »i . (in11 on i"iii" i ■■ - police Ml ■ muutll II ■ ; lumpilte. I ..I I.. .
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Title | The Conshohocken Recorder, March 7, 1957 |
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Date | 1957-03-07 |
Year | 1957 |
Month | 3 |
Day | 7 |
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Sljc Consljoljockcn ttccovfccr
Cc>ni.h"hiitkeli. Pa.. Thursday, .Mar.h T, l'.l.'.T TA S.4&H1 HR MtH l(k
Fire Company Appropriations Questioned
Gartliwaite Son
New President
Of Lee Tires
Kilht-r Ht i -
Chairman of Board.
Killing a \ uruncy
GAITHWAtTE
Ruooer and Tire Corp.. announced
yesterdny the election of Albert A
Qarthwaite Jr as president of the
corporation at a meeting held in
New York City He U 40
Garth walte succeeded his father,
A A Oarthwaite. president ainct
IMS of the corporation ahlch man-ufactures
tints and rubber foods at
Its factones here and industrial
rubber products at the Republic
Rubber division In Youngatown. O.
The directors alao elected the sen-ior
Qarthwaite chairman of the
board, a post which ha-< been vacant
in recent vears
The former president, sctlve in
the Lee corporation since its form-ation
in HIS. had served as a di-rector,
treasurer and vice presi-dent
The new president, who attended'
Havcrford School. Haverford. la a
graduate of Yale University with;
a degree in mechanical engineering.
His flci position with the corpor-ation
was with the engineering de-partment
of the Republic division
In 1042 he Joined the U. 8. Nary
and attained the rank of lieutenant.
B O In IMS he rejoined Lee as1
■ t* the vice preside!1'. !::
charge of plants and In 1MB he was
elected a director of the Lee Rubber,
& I .!•■ Corp. Conahohocken school board voted
In 1954 he became a vice preal-lto have final plan* drawn for the
dent and last year he aws named pioposed $800.000-pius public ele-general
manager of the tire plant < nentarr school Monday night
u:..urs here j On motion of Emii J Ctavarell!.
A. A Oarthwaite Jr.. his wife, teconded by Dr. Walter L. Willis.
stag farmer Miss Ann Bennett, of the board will notify Davis and
White Plains. N Y.. and their iwo.Dunlap. architects who drew pre-
Firemen Launch
Drive to Help
Blaze Victims
'.!. mi., i - ol IhiriiuuiSliie I ,<>iii|>aiiv
Start Pieraou Family FUIKI \fier
blame* Dmti'uy llflyMI Reaedcaiec
Final Plans
Ordered for
New School
Arrhitrcl* to Procrecl
^ itli I)ruHiii£* for
Klrmeiitary ttuiiitin-
Russell M Piri-fon. 33 year-old
garage mechanic, will get a big
boost in restoring his pretty, two-storv
frame-and-stucco home at
1403 Ridge Pike. B.a. k Horse, from
fellow-members «.' Harmoiivillr
Ptre company
Firemen, who fought n-iiantly
side by ode uith Pierson late
Thurtdau night in u ruin effort
fo tore the home Quickly confr-b-ufrrf
W2 a! the company % meeting
Friday less than 24 hows later
They otto launched an area-tttdt
drive for fund* to aid him
The 110,000 fire gutted the seven-room
dwelling, malting mtme.ee.-
Pierson. his wife. Dorothy and a
young son and daughter.
John T. Fes-iler, vice president
and fire police captain of Har-monville
Fire Co. started the Pier-son
Family Fund Drive at the fire
urn: session Other members ap-proved
It unanimously
Pettier said today, although con-iisbuiiuii-.
mi uoi pet tabulated
wholehearted cooperation has been
given by Grjinlaauou* and by bus-inessmen
of the township Con-tainer:.,
set up In many places, are
rapidly filling.
Peasler also told that official* of
boy and girl scout troops as wall
as newspapers and radio stations of
the area have been asked to aid
Mall contribution* will alao be
welcomed. Pessler uld Checks
ohou.d be made out to Pierson
Family Fund and sen; to the Har-munvtlii-
ine sswawXt B"
Harmons
The misfortune is the second /o
rrsif the pierson lamily in Iggg t'ian
sir months Last Oct. I'i, Pieison's
hrorfter. Robert 2S, uas instantly
killed with tu:o other Conshohocken
An Font veterans tn a factor
trader-automobile crash at Oer-mantown
Pike and Chemical Rd.,
Plymouth Meeting
Pierson led h..* tao keeping
children to safety a hen ml
smoke sis ta>t filling iheir bed-rooms
shortly »ftci 10.30 Thursday
nlght
Dismantling an elect i.c tram in
in as the
children siepi upstairs, Pieraou
I s i-.IKt-
Tracing II to the kitchen, he found
a ball of flame on top of a gas
tCoat rased On Pape Joan
Tax Rale Set
At 6V2 Mills
In Whitemarsh
l>ii(l<*rt nf I oss t,-hi|t
Hi^h** in HiMor> |
PsstsW Cowta Soar
Fared with the highest budget
8380.57706 - in the history of
the township the board of super-visors
of Whtiemursh township at
,t meeting Thursday night in-vested
the rate of taxation from
six to six and a half mills on a
lotal levy of $23,000,000 for 1107.
Thomas J White Mr., pr-ssdrni
of the board eiplaineri the In
erease wa* ne |
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