The Conshohocken Recorder, February 16, 1961

              Published EVERY Thursday
BY WEEKLY REVIEW
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CONSHOHOCKEN. PA. w-- ■ ■ r . 'JJJM . - ' ' J »—- JF> :
4 Officials Testify
(hi \\ alker School ^
Heating Failure |
First Bill Paid for Wage* Is 15*384;
Testimony Being TraiiM-ribed by
Court Stenographer for Solicitor
Written statements were taken behind closed doors by
the Conshohocken School Board for two hours Monday niirht,
while two dozen citizens cooled their heels, awaiting an
explanation they did not get as to where roapPMlMHty rest.-*
for a repair bill that may total $25,000 at the new million
dollar Hervev S. Walker Elementary school.
Francis X. Clanei. president.
A MAJOR ROMRRHFTJ. of the
Montgomery County adminut re-called
the session at 7.30. then an-nounced
the directors would go Into
executive session for 15 minutes
The session lasted over two hours
while a court stenographer took
testimony in another office from
four employees, each In the other's
absence.
Testifying M In what they
thought caused the breakdown of
the heating system nn Jan. 3!. re-sulting
In shutting down the school
fur seven I week*, were Kdward I
(Irrnunn, buperinlendrnt of the
kchixil ih-.it f i Juneph It..Mi. prln-lipil
«f the elementary school;
Norman If. Clark, chief engineer
and Frank M Kulcllffc. custodian at
the elementary arhnol.
Clanei an attorney, told specis-tors
the four witnesses were heard
i.< | HM HM bOUd waul*
to ssscmble sll facts In the case
ONE MISTAKE AND THEY WANT MY SCALP
—Norman H. Clark Sr.. of 415 E. Ninth Ave„ btad trf
maintenance department. Conshohocken School district,
delivers off-the-cuff talk to spectators Monday niRht
alter jfivinjf testimony to school director.- in secret -i->-
sion on what may have hup|>ened to heating s\ stem at
Hervey S. Walker Elementar>' school. He told Riuup lie
tttayed on job in recent emerKency at the time of the
death of his wife. Mary, on Jan. 27, making smugs*
rnantl for the funeral while he was in the buamaal of
the high school. He also jnvn deUUlfl of oil that flowtd
from fuel tank down W. Sixth Ave.
tion exploded last week In the ln or<lf,r lo determine where the
court Hou« ., HUM. .!* ^S^P" '"""" " ""-
shock waves that earied for miles. He said If It is determined the
around. School Authoritv is responsible the
In a deceive show Q. authority, board will recommend the cost of
.._.-. ~~Z. restoring the heating «"d plumbing
the County Commissioners shook B.slftl! " lilreudv conslderablv be-
UT i to pur it nilldly> the County yond the 110.000 mark, be amortised
Planning Commission staff. The over » 30-year period Instead of »» o, ■«,» ««« „. Zsw&r^■SPE.'SS
technical director were eliminated. & a likelihood negligence may be
A single director wag n ..led to be found against the contractor. In
!(.-;•puiistblc to the County Com- which case action would be indi-in:
s»loners for all staff functions. cated to recover damages.
The move appeared la be a well- R»W out Is the possibility the
euglneerew. smoothly-planned coup damages are covered by insurance.
that well might aland as an ex- Leonard A Talone. solicitor for the
ample te the Planning <<im.mli-slun
for efficient future planning np-erallona.
I In- gmuiip at the Court
H-saat indicate* that th* planners
ir- tin tnr the three . [Tecterii mnd
< ■■nft Iloose personnel didn't aua-pert
the purge until they picked
iii* the daily newspapers and read
a'mut It.
The Planning Commission has
been the target of both legitimate
and unfounded criticism for some
t.me Despite the warning signs
bound recently, the staff chiefs
■: hey outnumbered the Indians i
anaUntud to run a sloppy ship.
The Info Is that they, in effect,
vunsldered the County Commis-sioners
to be their employees In-stead
of the normal relationship.
district and Stanley B Cooper, so-licitor
for the Authority, said, how-ever,
they would look further Into
the mntter.
On b<>ard aoihorixev SatyuVtnl
of the first Mil MibmJIted In WI1-
(Conflnuerf on Page Foun
Rabbi Cites
Brotherhood
IVaiftC* Plymouth
Mfptiiife Frieodi
Rabbi Howard L . .abtnowlti. of
As we Indicated ln one of our the Ivy Ridge Jewish Communltv
earlier columns, the County Com- Center, Ridge Pike below Hart's
mis.-loners were ted up with this Lane. Barren Hill, today praised
tort 0f nonsense. In particular, we the Plymouth Meeting Friends,
pointed out that Commission Chair- Butler and Germantoftu Pikes, for
man Elklns Wetherill was ready to allowing the members of the cen-go
"all the w„y" las we quaintly tet to use the Quaker faelllriei tm-put
if In righting the wrongi that m the Jewish jroup built Its own
existed for years. Ah so! The axe home
lel> decisively. In a message to the members of
Although we don't know the the Ivy Ridge Center. Rabbi Rab-gcntleman
named as director, a Inowftz said:
surra* of his background Indicates "Brotherhood can be the most
be possesses sobd experience along meaningful or the most meanlng-vith
the maturity so badly missing less word In the English language.
in previous operations. We wish it depends on how you use It. It
Ivm well He tin* a tough row to can mean the main Ingredient for
hoe to restore the respect and dig- peace and Justice among all man-nity
which the Planning Commis- kind It can be the source of re-sion
so greatly needs. We can't spect and dlginity that one human
help but feel however, that Imtital being shows towards every other
reaction from other planning fellow human being,
agencies and municipal officials in 'It can stand for a time when
this part of the state was good. all men ihall realize that they are
Aside from the outside reaction children of one God, and shall be-ta
the move, the show or strength have towards each other u broth-and
authority given pause to think era
to Court House employees. Both "Brotherhood can also mean a
Republican Commissioner Warren vague Idea that we all believe but
Cornell and Democratic Daniel do not practise — that Is, except
Costello were In accord with during a special week or brother-rConrfniied
on Page Thitt, iCoatinued on Pag* Thrtt}
Ordination of Baptist
Pastor Thursday Will
Be Second in 59 Years
QUESTIONED — Frank If. Sutcliffe, custodian of
Hervey S. Walker school, leaves office at Conshohocken
High "school Monday night after testifying on break-down
of heating system Jan. 22*88 at the million dol-lar
building opened last year.
ORDEAL OVER — George Snear, vie i-n.-idcnt of
Conshohocken School Board, leaving Bdcnt executive
■aatloxl Monday night after interrogating four top offi-cial*
of school district for two hours.
(Wse-kly Ftaview photos by HorcM
Police Ordinance
Enacted, West Side
Citizens Are Bitter
Petitions Favoring Chief
Culled Fraudulent; Two
j \ />/>(> in led Patrolmcn
Wrt Coubohoekfln h:i- a legally established police d#>
I tart men t today, but the .\;ty lioitiugh Council brought it
abmit is rigorously oppossai i'v a majority of cltismu who
InaUt tliev'l! go to court "to protect our rights."
I-^_ _ ■ An ordinance creating the depart.
SiH'liIiil'i! mrnt *n! Cl""",fc! al in adjourned
• ■ 'I II IfIM I II meeung ISM night over the. pre-test
of an angry throng that filled
Ra*CltTllh: IIp'lllll 'l,*bor,lu«hn»Uto°wflowU1gar«l
IlCoIJlll* ■liullll eventually left the chambers em-
C> bittercd bmanas Albert P Mlll-
■ a I || •. • house, president of council, stead-fftll'irfl
r ilWIl Will lastly refu.Ned to allow their coun-
LVIKI1 \l 1 Ui31ilUll se,. Mflton MoaR to ^ ^^^
Leonard Talone. borough aollc-
I'lMlloiltll tt» Borrow ttw. said today he saw no reason
* for objecting to tho fact borough
S 10.000 Oil l*«» I council was adhering to a Supreme
Court ruling ln legalizing Its po-
Ta\ iFIIIllirutP • lice department
i "Borough Council may create tha
According to a report submitted office of chief of police or sei-lo
HIP Plymouth Township Com- geant at any time by an amend-n,.-
j,. is M.md.n night h Robswl BHUl to UM onLtQSa | t kJggM aaJS
i i..., ,,...-.,< .,.....■..-. ._i:- aasjij Cn,.:::ri! by rrsoluilcn iy.n-.cd two
inn 11 was only SIT,- patrolmen at lilOO c-a. for a 41-
B35« snri the normal rmmthlv ex- hour week: Albert L Slnrer, »ho
pendllures ran amiind $23,000. was chief and Charles Mtllhouse,
Tiic ivimiiusMoncrs authorised th« president's ami, who assumed
the secretnr> lo borrow up to 940.- duty as chief last August.
000 aa needed Upon request ui For Shier, the salary represents
Commissioner Lee M WhetMonr. a drop ot %9H a year. It was #»■
Townsend explained tho reason for plained by Mas*. He ssld Slater has
borrowing money so early In the been on a 40-hoar schedule and has
year was caused by the later receipt been paid e»lra for the ililh day.
of the tag books by Uie tnx oat- 'T MllllmuMi. however, hi* pay will
lector from tho County Bureau of be up MM for the jear. Moss salt.
Assessment and Revision of Taxes! The president of council Informed
ln NorriMo\i:i , Moss lie had advised his son to
Commissioner Thomsn Kopach ' quit the Job In the police depart-with
a sharp eye on expenditure*, merit
questioned same Items on the list I Tha throng showed greater an-or
bill* to be paid, which were ex- noyance last night than ln a regu-p)
iilned to *i aatisfiirUnn. ' lar session on Feb. 1 and formed
The highway department, Harold ■ a blockade when Attorney Taloni
Hartranft, cliairmuit. and James attempted to leave the building by
Murphy, superintendent, received the front entrance. Spectators were-high
praise for their work of snow: rough in their demonstration of Ta-removal
for the last two mouths. ■ lones position in tlie matter and
The county also came in for a also in expressing their attitude to-sJuire
nl prHiso but the State «aa ward (Tie five couiKtlmen whe> *p--
aeverely «rltJcii*d for "a \cr> i*xa proaed tne third «nd flr.^ reatnTig
job." of the ordinance. Councllmen Vln-
Don A Bnrnlt, Township Line Rd cent Kehoe snd George D Barr op-and
Butler Pike, presented a pe- invsed adoption of the ordinance and
Ution signed bv 12 people living Peter Plazr.o declared the motion
on Township Line Rd. requesting) "went so fast I didn't know what
that Improved service be given I was voUng for." Councilman Jo-
Tounship Lino Rd between Nar- seph Pollock was absent due to Ui-clsaa
Rd. and Butler Pike which la' ne*a.
mnlntained by Whivnln township ' Moss said today President MIU-Tlie
commissioners agreed to Join
the petitioners ln their plea to'
commissioners of Whitpaln town-ship
Mia James Norm, of 1300
E Main St., Black Horse, directed
attention to an allrv running o!f
Lucetta St at tha rear of net
property which she said had not
received proper attention The com-missioners
promised relief
Isaac J Sheiipurd lestgued from
Uie Board of HmlUi. The resig-nntlon
wna accepted witii regret
Mr. Bheppard was born In Ply-mouth
and is one of the herll
most ututeinsh workers in the
(Continued on Page Fnvr
Parking Increase
90 Democrats Install Lights Now, Reported at Hill
In New Club Commission Orders
The Public Utility Commission soon, but the commission is will-today
ordered installation of a traf- tug for construction to be delsyed stockholders' meeting Monday ol | j^ *nd ,^r.a"k *&+%'* *"*•* "te
Co ugltt at GeniiAiiluAu Piko »uJ ptDdtes onrnpiatlntl of pstaa foi a tne chestnut HUl Parking Co., at ^rmautm ""
W hihiiiai-li «.niii(
KlertH John lliihrr
Park Property
Destroyed
I >- <- Hravy at
Little l.i'Mtiin- Field
Vandals have done damage In
township Albert DcAnuchs. 1214 exress of (400 at the Little League
Colwell Lane, wus appointed to fill field In the Mnrv J Strtettfle Park,
the vacancy. Joseph Kelly, of 4gg W. Tenth
The James J. Blddle Co was Ave. president of the league, dis-given
approval for a change of zun- covered yesterday
ing to permit erect ion of an office He said his attention wag at-op
Toanshlp Line and Jolly Rd- trncted to the club house and pre&a
Tlie states recommendation waa room when he saw the door ajar
Accepted to re.-.trlr: •.:,: < VhOo he ul%j walking down the
on Plymouth Rd. to 40 miles an avenue Tlie door aparenUy had
hour. | been open a number or days, enow
Decisions on the following mat- , having blown In recently,
less were postponed until a Inter t'.nU-anre was gained by rvttlng
date: DedlcnUonof Perm Rd . Huh- away one »f three bolt* holding a
ard Pox for apartments on Butler awing door In pure at tlie refresh-
Plko: changes In tho plumbum code; ment aland. Tlie main door then
Jackson builders for apartments' was apened rrinri the In-ldr
and offlres to the rear of Ease Ply- { Officer Jesse Zadroga of tha
mouth Valley and approval of the Conshohocken "'
A total of 174,000 cars were park-ed
in th» four parking lots in Chest-,
nut Hill during I960 -- an increase subaivlalon plans" of^Benson and and Ray Oravlnese. chairman of
of 2.700 over the two previous yean. Miller. the grounds committee. Inspected
This mis announced m mi annual! Theronlng applications of Oeorge| the Intensive vandalism yesterdsy.
With BO members present, the
newly re-organized Democratic
Club of Wnltemarah Township
held a meeting Feb. 9 at the town-ship
building in Barren Hill, with; »>e _hght -t-ndard and pay
sent; Umpire's checkers were missing,
In- one ail smashed, damage war
the Chestnut HUl Parking Co., at formation. found at the third base dugout, bsl
Chemical Rd. scene of numerous new highway linking the Schuyl^ Mio rjermuwoun Ave. The approval of a request of racks were smashed and palea torn
fatal accidents. gjn Expressway and the Delaware' Lloyd P. Wells w»s again elected the building inspector to attend a from the fence at centerfleld.
Tlie state will pay SO percent of KxU,|W|OU 0f the Pennsylvania a director, as his term had expired.; building inspector1 school w»s "All the work at Uie field was
the cost, the township will install Ty™,^ flt []*, Nnrrlstown Inter- Morton L. Smith was appointed a passed on a split vote, Commission- ! done on s voluntary basis,'" Kelly
change in Plymouth Meet me director to represent the Chestnut era Kopach and Whetstone dissent '
A service of ordination will be
I - ;i! for Paul Livingstone Jackson
at a P M, next Thursday ln the
First Baptist Church ln Conslio-hocken.
The service officially will set
apart Mr. Jackson for the Gospel
ministry. The Pint Baptist church
has not had the opportunity to or-duin
a pastor in 89 years. The Rev.|
Aoner James Davlea was ordained ■
by the church on April 10. 1902
Several friends and members of
Mr. Jackson's family will participate
in the service. The Rev Marshall
Lee. pastor of Si Paul's Baptist
church. Conshohocken, will offer the
invocation Tlie Rev. E. Marvin
Jackson, Uie candidate's brother
and pastor of two Baptist churches
in Maine, will read Uie scripture
The Hev. Adrian Mumford nnalor
of the Plymouth Valley Baptist
church, will deliver the Charge to
Uie Church.
The Rev. Dr. O A. Gabelman,'
director of placement at Eastern
Baptist Theological Seminary, will
g.it Uie charge to Uie candidate
The Rev Dr Albert O Williams,
professor of Homlletics and director
of Field Work at Eastern Baptist
Theological Seminary, will orrer the
ordaining prayer Tlie Rev Ruth
E. Jackson, mother of the candidate
will preach. She is Uie pastor of
The Buckfleld Community Baptist
church In Maine
Mr. Jackson's school davs were
divided among several towns in
•he state of Maine. In 1052 he was
graduated by Skowhegan High
school. In the Fall that year he
entered Gordon College, then lo-cated
In Boston. In I960 he naa
awarded a Bachelor of Arts De-gree
In History He enrolled In
Eastern BapUst Theological Sem-inar}'
and was graduated with a
Bachelor of Divinity Degree In 1960.
During kls last two years at East-ern
he completed his class require-ments
for an M. A. at tlw Univer-sity
of Pennsylvania. After his grad-uation
from seminary Mr. Jackson
was called by the First Baptist
Church In Conshohocken He as-sumed
duty Aug 28. 1960
John Huber, president, In charge.
A nominating committee was ap
pointed consisting of Paul Marls<
cavage, Mrs.
and Mrs. Paul Donahue, to bring
In a slaic of ofll an tet the cluo.
at the next meeeUng, March 1. at
ihi township rldg.
A motion from the floor, to ac-claim
John Huber president for the
ensiling term of office was made
by Mrs. Charles A. Manos It was
unanimously accepted.
Plans for an Intensive drive to
Inform all Democrats of White-rr.
arfh Twnship of the ...
organized club and to recruit their
Ideas were discussed.
Mrs. Ann Preston, j-ea ttt
iWhitemarsii - Springfield- was
present and Informed the com-mittee
people of a meeting to elect
a recording secretary, lor uie
Democratic County Committee to
replace Mrs. Hope Bogert. who has
resigned
A slate of candidates tor the
primary election was chosen tent-atively,
with nominations fnun the
floor at tlie next meeting.
Committees are In the formul.it-mr
stage. Including by-laws, fi-nance,
publicity, etc. and will be,
confirmed at trie next meeting. ,
balance
The highway department was in-structed
to check all drainage prob-lems
at Uie site of Uie camel-back
Henry GMhorn M^„. ,„,„ „ ,„ „, con,lrucMd
adding, "That* whv we feel
badly about Uie vandalism. This
Medlnucr was appointed to repre-1 The fire loss In Plymouth town-! year we are spending »400 more
M;l] iiiid Mi, Any ship was set at $300 In the fire to Improve the field: all labor and
InstallaUon of the light Is to be Hill Community Assn. and RusselMng
undertaken as soon u possible.
Reassessment
Issue Is Urged
Seoul Kxcrulhr
Speak* to kiu.ini-iiiiMIH
NJ ns Aasn, 1 marshals report.
Robert Maynes, executive
Colonial District. Boy Scouts of
America, will be speaker at meet-ing
of Klwanis Club of Valley Forite
A I (jOSed SeSSUm t(»"1nt »'J*™*l O.rdens in ob-servance
of Boy Scout week
Hugh McDonald is program
chairman
Trinity to Petition
For Parish Status
i most of the money are donated
don't know why anybody wants to
destroy park property."
Conshohocken Borough Coun-cil
and the School Board will
meet in a closed session next
week to discuss the borough's
financial position.
Councllmen are said to be ln
favor of setting nn annual sal-ary'
to be paid the tax collec-tor.
Nicholas Romano, chairman
of the property committee for
the School District, urged at a
meeting of the board Mcndny
night that the directors be pre-pared
to discuss with council
an upward revision of assessed
laluailun of real cstnto and
buildings. Reassessment would
mean addtUonal tnx revenue for
the borough and the school dis-trict.
Borough Council will meet to-night
us a committee of the
whole, meaning the public's
barred.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Route Webb. Mrs Raymond Lee and Mrs
21 Gulph Mills, will ask Uie Bis- William Anderson, members.
Last week he Introduced Peter ^DCse^or'parbh^al'us" °" P»rm" 8eoU' M" °e°r8e C
Oodfrey of Smith. Kline snd ""£ resolution to submit a petiUon VTUttam and Daniel Webb formed
French pharmaceutical firm who [3 ^ cornmiuee was passed unan- :hr nominating committee. Ad-cxplamed
srxrj N ■* often spend lrnoualy Jan. 29 by a "majority of d'tlonal nominations wcr; made at
more at the drugstore than at the (ne rcg|l[erMi contributors of adult the meeting.
supermarket. age wll0 haVP been contributors lor The resolution slain: "Kesahed:
James and Am: Mmeaaa ten olil yw uexl ^^ ^ lhc „,Bkine We, as regUtered contributors of
feted Feb B on their wedding an- oJ ilich appUcation" during Uu Trinity Churt-h, (lulph Mills, do
Sunday worship service The ns> herebv petillon the Bishop and
Jority is a nqulremint of the Mandlnr < ommltlee of the IHo-
Canon Law of Uie Diocese of ee«e of Pennsylvania for reeom-
Pennsvlvnnia. mendatlon. through the rommltlee
A Rector's Warden. Accounting nn Incorporation. the HMM
Warden and a Vrstn '«■ tsM pet- <ou»"ilk.ii of 1961. to brtonw a
posed parish were ele. ted. Thejr parish."
are Ri<harrf S. Mai llouxall. John If the BLshop and standing eom-
Ifnn sad fatal K. »»*d mlttee of the Diocese approves it,
U the petition will be submitted to
Federal Business A-v.i* utlons Cer- BnuDtT, c Owen Duncan. Thoni- the Convention of the Diocese In
tlftcate ol Recrwnitlon fur Ui re- aj C Gleuwnght. John W, Holter. May The Convention w:!l meet at
:sesrch on ne« Cedrlc c Phflipp. Parrnrr Scott. H01 I Church m Rjtwn-ifor
leatiier tWili-v^ W Portal J. . D«UeJ C bMM bq. Phua ?lphlg.
nlversary.
Joseph Robins newest member,
will be formally Introduced tonight.
Cited for Research
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Avondale Rd.. Bdenhelm. a O
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