The Conshohocken Recorder, March 15, 1935

              »r% • Hljc Consljoljockett ftetorfcer.
1 .i.il,li-lir.l I860. No. 6828
Mail) Official
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Ho-yd Funeral
Sarvh•«■- lo Bfl Held Tomor-row
Morning in St John*!
P. K. Chorea, Norristown
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CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY. MAIM H 15, 1935 PRICK: TWO CENTS
B.&L. Matures 'Good OrdtT
$55,500 Series
Gets Salesman
In Trouble
Voutli Jailed oa 1 Ukm Katajm
KoUwr) (harp.- Da (:iuinlvlo(:aivst,^"(\ri;°u,u tor 1 -t.u. >\ rockt'd on I't. K„.
STATE BEPRESENTED
Saftatar in paj pigh Tribute
- |C <-"!)<■-;!".■ Shfl 1>if»l
of I'm ii i.i
Funeral service* for the lite
State Senator James S. Boyd will be
held tomorrow morning at 10
A semi-annual meeting of the|
ihe Rls.ng Sun
nd 'mm Association <i
West Conshohocken was held keel
-venlng at the office. Front and
. rge S. Elllwistte
i i the abM-mr
tWjf, prc-rlie
status of thai
f lowing which the
in declared t;.
MraM muuir.d, Th M.W
Which continued for a period ol ISO ^ i: , w • ■,,..„_ .,f I -
mototha, was 5 1-3 per cent. itruni wa* in l.mir ol LO-T-
ID. be salianed on
tiotaockea ana "West"
Conshchockcii. agyrcgating $22-
00000. and checks for free shares
wilt be available within a few days
for approximately $3350000
Reese P Davis was re-elected
Celebration of Pint Deoant
ihiln in I \w> ^ eaii Landt
Saleamaa in Jail
TRIAL GRVNTF.i)
al Hen. Sentanoed
mi Anon Ctarjp
Two Swedelm.,; Kn Irene H Ihindal. widow of
la(l I)i Hurry B Randal, will'
it! i .i hearing before Magistral SI remain in possession for Lb
While. ton, vc.-terdav Ixinr Hi least, of hei late husbands
n charged with ... *•*•• Belle Vista
coin beam ol telephone booths n. aaiwlsjrhjRl in Springfield Town-lh'-'
Reading railway station. Nor- ship.
ristown ln aT1
I U, 18. ol 113 OH) Ad*d down U Judge
street, and Char Cheater K ' : ■***■ Rnn-
11 al i Stewart .sheet ad-!"a' egalnai Marie E. Barbour, a
nutted mbhing Lb* box.- according «"■> m '»<* institution.
to a signed statement produced HI The pnaWrt decree Is based upo.i
.ring bv Fred■ peUttojl by Miss Barbour for a
Schwartz, lieutenant Of ** cnus*; *2 a *"";/'
KtllCf A sk-leion kev U previously liven
to open the coin boxes, and a quan- Kandal should not be set tide. |
,n. |ouw, ta Ow issuing of this writ
Slawicki when 1 I Misa Barbour WHS in possession of
iru and Officer v. -" V™**?? f**"?* "***..™*
■cent oruer ta son. R«dln, pO«ce«. %fftfSS^ffStk
»o years. Max Rietenack. 3d. I^IM.t''-»-r2,^>
u Schwartz, clow to Wm Barber completed an appeal
owne. a salesman for railway |(>n dollai' ln colrL, was obUiliii>d!l\|**_B^m_e £"»*
For Homeless
Family of 10
A 1035 sedan ni "lied stolen
■
i hinged (low n
foot rmbanknieiit on River road, be-rtng
Mill and Miquon. and
iiisytvania railroad
Fail to Settle
L932 Borough
TaxDuplicatf
|,.,, M.m\ I liil.lien
Mm Ii I iqnor Make* lam-ih
a PmbHc Quraa
OUSTED PROM Y .1.
Seeki Court*! \UI f<»r Can of
I niiiiril lit'fu
100 nlglit wadn
- I
ttr Forrester. HUB York road. Phil-1
adelphia Accordinn to UN OwiWf
it was stolen TuaMaty n:«lit while
t was parked at O-'imantown ave-nue
and OOttlKr -street
, Coon". AM for CM, ol " ^ , , Mch w„
I jr« ;iml raatB*' '>'« (badlv smashed, was
roiiiniill'-il
b kM .N>rm« Mill atttioo
"Too many children and too uch °U* Wednesday morn1 nit by i> Ptnn
liquor." said Judge King)'
iielm.s WeM who has a wile and velml- A prnn^yhanta wracking
*.ppnna
1 i-i of Ex Mtioni 3un«
miti.-.l l.\ i ollectoc
ii i 11 < rs PROPOSALS
I mini,in-'.' \ulliori/r«l in
Confer ^ nil Imlu-iri.-- tn
I riiph.v Local Man
The borough tax duplicate for
nock from hU Ute Mktono.. 819 pMMMnt: Om. ». IMk v,c ^ ,„ celrbn>te „, ^' ^»«; « -^"^ o. com J^gc Cor™„ rate th«- lM, .cl rigt cl.ll.lr,n .nj no 1J« «na ■ «' «-^»~'^,ia ™;',';„m ,„ c
.. , .«.,.. itr.Mdent: Michael J Kehoe. sec- , ,. , . _ . "7. 2 ulr .K_ ■ --■ nf *hM created a supersedeas. an3 ttierefrr, who has been soending the past w*. aeene, anil the »rp(ten aui'iniuiiii
West Main street. Norristown. fi.-t.il . Norrtf „ I((1V^ wmitUrrr.' told Judge Darmehower. by taking box mbb.■■ . ^^ ^ pror(iedlnw are Mld.yaBi the Oountj Bone alt.-, \* treet Spring Mill
The obsequies In the memory o. Lt.„n.ir,i
the legislator who died n Mort-. recto; s. Alv
Talone. solicitor; di-
Muckenzle, John J.
•evenil fblnkl while in Beihl1 lu:u
He was arre.s;ed as a drunken
gomery Hospital early Wednesday, McCabtv James A. Harper Jt^ Ed-! driver by Offlcer Jonathan Taylor , J^"" Y7Merdav"VhVrailway police
morning from branchial pneumonia fj^- Woodward. Harry J. Miller | Norristown. a, he drove down De-;™" *,' rJ to anorehendnw
after a "-ek's illness, will take -
place
Church
i St. John's Episcopal
East Airy street. Norrts
and Michael Kalb pike Into the borough
Kehoe a February 15 DisMrt Altomev
The Rising Sun AssocUtlon was Stewart Nase. observing th
Incorporated In Septemier. 1878. driving zig-zag. notified the police.
loan wiit.hh RRBeVv. Jlaammee*s Mif NNllbblloo. ^thelja^nd^"^,^aIw">'" contulued * vt'r>'; Judge Dannehower Imposed . and wel,.mail8ged cor. scntcncf. Qf ^ days Qn KfbmMk
rector, In charge. The services In ^ration A new series, the 70th. anrt ordered him to pay the eoata
■vlvaiiia trackman Railroad lrafflc,1935 ^ rettd> u> be turned over to
imperilled by the i QoUwioi William B I
(or collection as soon as he sub-mits
a bond. He was uoti
.■■■ present his bond at the rogu a
0CfU1? ,^?^^in.i.tL «5 longer within the contrcl of this famUj Was ami from New Jersev utei In the day. the abandoned meeUng ol town
coin box al UH rt.-adrng ■UUa^"*U0v| flnd adds- "If the Defendant not far from OtAoan. because they car was reported Lo Oil Mi Irwln «
lamwifii] in her Hppaml it n. ito and not resldenls of Farland. Whltemarah townahlp enl al Lb* maeUnf but did not have
thai the ..piM-llat. OOUn Will N' I ' t*mily was turn- ■ commissioner, who notified Chief of lu* bond H« ICplalned thfl OggpH]
make an order of n-stitut!on to'ed back to Pennsylvania, and as police Harry Batlninsti ih- car [„„ company would not give him a
carry out Lhe Judgment of thai thev were former residenu; 0f|v*l removed to Olllnger's npair bond covering the l»3S duplicate
court." Ilootsjofnen eount) the authoiiUes shop in Barren Hill, wta ntll full aetUemenl had been made
Judge Corson thereupon rormal " ukf chsrge- jgter claimed b) iraaa*|on the 1932 duplicate A list of ex-robbed,
and about $1.30 In mc
N successful in apprehending |
the boys at their home Bett)
pieaOid i■■.
Magistrate White set the bail atj
the church will begin a. 11 o"cloc
The list of honorary poll bearer:
was being prepared this afternoon. |
The body may be viewed at his
late residence this evening from 7
U> 8 Thousands of men and wom-en
are expected to pass the bier ln
mourning for the popular It gislator.
Prominent state officials, mem-ben
of the State Senate and State
Assembly, including the five Mont-gomery
county legislators. William
E Zimmerman. Fred Peters. John
Longaker. E Arnold Forrest, and
Clarence L. Ederer; county officiate.
delegations from every lodge and
organization of which Senator Boyd
was a member and hundreds of
friends will attend Die services.
Norristown police are maklni:
preparations for the handling of
the funeral at the home and at the
diurch
Since Senator Boyd's death, the
bereaved fomilv has received hun-dreds
of messages of condolence
and sympathy.
Senator Boyd was born ln Nor-ristown.
July 11. 1883. He gradu-ated
from tha lforristown Hhjh
School In 190ft and from the Uni-versity
of Pennsylvania lr 1906, He
was captain of the track team dur-ing
his University days and creat-ed
a record for the 18-pound shot
put. He was a member or the Uni-versity
news staff and contributed
to a number of periodicals during
his rollege days.
He was a member of the Beta
Theta Phi fraternity, and Sphinx
Senior Society.
After graduation he engaged in
Journalism. He traveled through-out
the west and worked on a num-ber
of western publications as re-porter
and sports editor. He con-tributed
to a number of periodicals,
but in 1915 he retired from literary
work and became interested ln bus-iness
and politics.
His first venture In business had
been In 1900. when he became In-terested
in the automotive industry
Re entered this business tn 1915. in
Norristown. and the same year was
elected to the State Legislature.
Prom this position he was elected
as State Senator In 1918. During
this campaign. Boyd stood out as
one of the leading candidates on
< continued On Page Seven)
the Republican organization tick-et.
He served for four years in the
Senate, retiring in 1922, only to be-vas
Issued at last night's meeting.
u« mortgages are all find Hens on
"oca! real estate, no second murt-waK.
ever having been taken.
\\ oinan.
Ends
111,
Life
[)<--)M»n<lcut Over Hint-".
Mrs. III,. I Bailei I ml-l.
ifr W ilh (,ux. I.r;iw
Note fur Hii-haml.—Full-er;!!
Hotaoai.
but in drfauit of this amount -""»" tZT 1";U1"" '""
DW m ii nun • discharges the rule to vacate
HI health caused a Conshohock-en
woman to end her life, at her
home here. Wednesday. She In-haled
UlumlnaUng gas.
For nine years. Mrs Ethel Anna
Bailey. 53. wife of William Bailey.
100 East Third avenue, has been ln
HI health. She bore her condition
stoically, rarely oomptnuilng.
time went on, however, there was
no Improveuici.l. Gradually, ahe
grew worse, lhe spectre of serious
Illness looming before her. affected
her outlook.
A note which she left for her
husband In the kitchen of the
home which they occupied alone,
assured him that her despondency
was caused In no way by anything
he had done, or by any domestic
condition. "It is my bad health."
it said The note further showed
that her last the tight was for the
welfare of her husband. "You will
find me on the third floor. Don't
open the door until you have turn-ed
off the gas in the cellar '
A physician called to the home
as soon as the man discovered his
wife's body, said she had been dead
four or five hours "That was at 4.30
when Bailey returned from work in
local iron mill Coroner R Ron-ald
Dettre. Norristown. rendered ;i
verdict of "suicide while mentality
deranged"
Funeral services will be held on
Monday from Paul Miller's 300
Fayette street, with interment at
TYemont Cemetery. Norristown
The dead woman was a native of
Chester, but hid lived ln this bor-ough
for many years No children
survive.
HONOR SOCIETY
MEETS TONIGHT
Miss Kathcrine Sampson, of
Cedar Grove lane, a member of the
first Honor Society group of Con-shohocken
high school, will tell of
the constitution of the society at a
meeting of the local chapter of the
National Honor Society. tonlKht at
8. In room six of the high school
Raslmlr Baczewskl. of the class of
14. will also give a short talk
James Degnan and Oeorge Relnert
will play a piano duet and Stonier
P. Welssman, Juvenile magician, will
perform. Mrs Herbert Barron, who
before her recent marriage was Miss
Alicf Williams, will preside. The
committee in charge of the meet
Ing includes Oeorge Relnert. chair
man. James Degnan. Miss Elizabeth
Koch and Miss Stella Duda.
WIN'S ATHLETIC HONOR
AT SMITH COLLEGE
Miss Katharine Wright, daugh-ter
of Mrs. Samuel Wright, Sev-enth
avnue and Fayette street,
received an outstanding student
athletic honor at Smith College,
Northampton, Mass., where she Is
a senior. Tuesday.
The local resident was one of
five students to receive the All-
Stnith blazer, acknowledged as
the highest athletic honor which
Smith College bestows. To quali-fy,
a student must have played
on three All-Bmith teams, or
honorary varsity teams
Miss Wright played on two
hockey teams and the college
La crosse team. PresentaUon of
the awards was made Tuesday
night at "Demonstration Night",
an annual exhibition of sports
and gymnastics at Smith Col-lege.
'May I a.sk a question?" Rle
benack asked of Judge Dannehower.
after sentence was passed
'In my absence from work during
the time T will he In prison T will
lose my job. Is it possible to serve
my time ,hree days a week. Friday,
Saturday and Sunday, so that I
'■ould hold my Job "
Judge Dannehower replied It
would not be possible and pointed
out he had received a very lenient
sentence.
New Trial Granted
A new trial is granted
opinion by Judge Dannehower in
the same damage suit of Karen Wit
son against A. Irving Supplee and!
Robert Fowvr. both of this borough.
In which a Jury found for both de-'
fendants.
The case was based on a tlm-e-c:ir
accident on Ford street. West Con-shohocken.
March 24. 1934. The
plaintiff and Clement Rlghter were
In one of the automobiles.
"The plaintiff iflmltlllil ttUl three
months after she received the In-jury,
she and her companion. Clem-ent
Rlghter. travelled by automo-bile
to Reno. Nevada, where both
A* I secured divorces after remaining
ttirec nfmth*. Thev wen1
i hen married and returned by au-tomobile
This must have unduly
prejudiced the Jury against the
plaintiff Even though plaintiff
had sufficiently recovered from her
I take the trip to Reno
■Oni I months after the accident,
■jean « divorce and remarry, still
under the evidence, the Jury should
have renderd a vrdict In her favor
I nat least the amount of the un-contrndlcted
hospital and doctors
bills."
3 to fi Year- smtmrc
Hymnn Pogach. Lansdale business
msn convitied of arson In connec-tion
with .i lire at his store. Was
sentenced V serve from three to six
yesrs in tht Eastern Penitentiary by
Judge Oeorge C Corson.
I-,,..-.—eil liquor llkgally
Iverson Jefferson of Ardmor*.
pleaded guilty to illegal possession
of liuuor was sentenced hy Judge
Knight to pay a tine of $500 or serve
S months in Jail
$500
youth
prison They are
larceny
committed
charged with writ of possession aj
defendant Lo possession.
Plan Election
For Senator
Sp-i-hil Ehethm la Ba HeU.
1 pun bmaaaa •■( Writ l>>
PraaidcM "f Senate, u< Kill
Yiimm-Y Catwil !»> M'.itli
„f Senator Boyd.
Tax Mount
Causes Fear
Amrriran Lrgjon
Plans Activities
Plans for a St, Patricks Day
party to be hel dtomorrow evening
the American Legion Home were
completed at a regular meeting of
John F. DeHsven Post Tuesday
evening Old time dancing to the
tune of a string orchestra will fea-ture
the program of entertainment
Refreshments will be served. Brooke
Moore Is chairman of the committee
on arrangements.
Howard Wilkinson tendered h's
resignation as caretaker of the hom»
and Louts Robinson was elected to
the post He began his new dutle«
on Wednesday.
A committee was appointed
George Clark, chairman. Rev Btan-
'ey R West and William Williams
to confer with the Conshohocken
post. 1074. Veterans or Foreign
Wars, on plans for Memorial Oov
A talk on his trip through Ger-many
and his visit to the Kaiser
Wtlh'flm at Doom will be given at
Lhe March "open house". March 26
it the Legion home, by Professor
Lambertus Wartena. of the Upper
Merion high school. John Allan is
fti charge of the program of enter-tainment
for the meeting which will
be known as "Profeslonal Night"
NAMED CARETAKER OF
FRIENDS' PROPERTY
JH-IMC- of Peace
Have \mii\ entrj
The Montgomery County Justices
of the Peace Association observed
their fifth anniversary with a dinner
at Nlblock's restaurant. Ambler.
Tuesday evening The event was
known as ■Ladles' Night" and the
wives of the members were present
to enjoy the festivities.
Hon. Harold O Knight. President
Judge of the Montgomery County
Court, was the main speaker of the
evening He paid a tribute to the
Msoclation. saying the minor Jndlc
lary is necessary and a vital part in
the rural sections of the county.
Other speakers included Congress.
man Dltter and Burd P. Bvana.
The publicity committee was au-thorized
to answer 'he attack on the
president of the sasoclatlon. Francis
Bobenrieth. of this borough, by
George Wanger. solicitor to the coun-ty
controller in court recently.
Magistrate William Urban, of Am-bler,
was toaatmaster. President
Babenrteth presided
PoUca tn Hold
Fourth Animal Hall
Many stage and radio stars will be
heard in special numbers at
fourth annual police ball to be held
In the Crystal Room of the K. of C
Building Monday evening
Among the cek-brltles who will as-
■M in making the ball enjoyable in-
Eddie Arnot. radio star; Benny B*s»
■ nd his brother Harry, singing duo;
Al Copeland and Dave Bmuckler
Music for the dance will be pro-vided
by Jack Griffin's Columbia
Chain Band, featuring Eleanor Lane
radio star, as soloist.
The interior of the hall la being
beautifully decorated with green and
white for the occasion.
The grand march will start at 830
UmVWMMK* CO! MV col RT
Constable T Mason Osborne. of
2058 Butler pike, Harmanvllle. ha<
been elected caretpker and Janitor
of the Phlymouth Meeting Society
of Friends property. Gcrmantown
pike and Butler plk?, Plymouth
Meeting, to fill the vacancy caused
by the death of Btreeper Karr.
The decision of Judge Harold
Knight was reversed bv the Superior
court yesterday in the divorce action
of Fountain Edmunds Ward against
None Roberts Ward
Judge Knight had upheld O. Her-bert
Jenkins, the master, who recom-mended
that the divorce be refused
This opinion was handed down Msy
38. 1934 and the husband took appeal."*"
Special Flection
The law provides Tor the choice
of a successor at a special election
lo be held only on warrant of the
president of the senate, who will
be guided in hie action by his
judgment as to whether tba
enl session will continue for forty-five
days, the time required !|i
hold an election and certily the
It ta anticipated ibat
I, ,. >.- ■ m-
■lection writ pract.cully
tory. since the law contemplates
'iiilon for the district
Mibjpct to the limitations spect-tScIof
the cast [to the car wa
H„. lh- entire family appeared In hundred dollars
,iie ooui tthis morning Seven —
of the eight children were listed as
neglected children. Their liafli Q^MTO I I j > LI
(range from 4 to 12. with an Infant' J \\ O I >0\ C III 111
under 2 years of age
The family could not be kept at
:!■. rjountj Home because children
over 2 yesrs of age are not ad-1
mitted
West admitted he drank at limes I
but denied the picture was as black Ailmil. at Hearing, Idtlihintz, with linn and go over the list again
For KoblwTv
an the 1B32 duplicate
WHS submitted to council by Mr.
Irwiu several months ago and at
Itlial lime many persons appealing
,m the I1M were exonerated. There
I were also a number of taxable*, de-
' nled exoneration These names
were returned to Mr Irwln with
■juke collection It was
reported m Wedw
■ there Is still »4«MM3 uncollecled.
Mr Irwln uskeri that council meet
Supermen aaWWUtlOU Told M painted He promised to stop
i , , , i i drinking, try and get work, and
iH.wrill.ient <-.M> In-:ar,ded he had been promised a
Creased rrnm 10', in \ home In Bridgeport
]<>I8 In 11' nf Nulinnnli Jl,dftf K,"«nt aft*r lW«»mK to j no in .•>.-> , in >«Hic.!ui Mi(i ]ti|uir( ()I MlM 8us|m Dun.
Inroiiie. r.lerl nflicers. more, juvenile parole officer de<ui-led
to separate the family for the
The tar problems of realty holder* present, and give the husband and j Benedi
\ 9 Use* (' |BI,t1 «tllk'' olf an sdriltionul num*
re ,il JO. _ |(|l[ )i( nnm,.s porwHis who are nn-
I Planned to »"li ray- able to pay or who have moved
|l;.| ..«n\ Of died
I Ml Ke,l>' brought up the ques*
OftVe. Lion of working out the tax. He
I charged that only a certain Kiwip
Dander ; wrrr allowed to work out tlvir lax-
51
II
etu Street Stores
Near Ma^i'lrate"-
discussed iliH mm
Fmnklm Spencer Edmonds
imirsli in an address to the Super'
of Montgomery County at ttM remanded
30th annual
elation Tti
< hi- .-"in t tKHaV
l.iiter the kiifM-t
Twu 16 -year-old boys.
ie Maple street, and cs and none of these were from Lhe
by father an opportunity to get a home j Michael Oehnich aae East Hector ' Second ward. He charged that
White-1 together for the children. .treet were committed to the House'MOO was spent on street work last
Owendolyn. Dora. Eleanor. Cor-Lr natation, when arralngned be v,i" ltl"1 ll,,'»; of it was paid in
neltiis and Lillian, the oldest, am* I tor* Magistrate White Wedneaday! ts»e« He claimed thai five men
the care of the Cliil-1 aaoraing on the oharga ■■! Monloua were a> work and tney were paid
ling of ■ ■ Am sjQctaty Robert mid i entry and larceny in oosineeUon Imm $42 to 135 weekly per man
• session opened In James were placed ln charge of | with the robbery at the store of c..,, Mr McAvoy suggested that tne
m Ooort Room B. Miss Dminmn- Hi the House of De- """borken Fire company No 3. early ,,,ul,,1|ni(.I1 of rach ward go ov«r
,l«,rs had luncheon t tentlon. The baby, not being 11*-1T^^T- r"J.t nf Pni'le nuk" ,hr ]M ol P*»o«.owtng Uxes and
the Valley Forge Hotel.
1 William F. Dannehower and i
Legislature j
Political followers of both major
parties groped about for candidates
enator yesterday following
mcement that a special
election must be held within the
for
Judge Knight Informed VftJ I BfefeJ
i noun aa he had a proper home
pw.Uw nguraalhe would be given his children.
nment aa eon I nr u* Fve» ami TeHh
national Income He Forrest rn^Kcrnld 11 and t*Roy
governmental costs had I Fitzgerald a. of West 4th m Brldge-mountrc)
to 33 |ier cent of the na-i|torl were lltiterl us dependent ehll-tlonal
Income at the present time, dren It <levelo|>e(l that the mother
compared to 10 fiereent in 191B d-nlred only to have assuraine of the
He admitted the country has better ! tare of the eyes, teeth and to have
roads and educational facilities Inn b*i chlldMn clothed The raae was
declared the heavy burden on really I referred to tha Children's Aid Society
shohoeken Fire Company No 3. early |,
Tuesday morning The charge was
pret,rr„l b) <h„i „. PoU?_»UUi ^^ ^ <h()1||d „,. ,„rapwl.
.in objected to thifl
ire ni u.mi- rnsthod MI Campbell claimed the
alone Building Second Ward did not get a square
bleb tbey had deal the last time the list wa*
l,*J ?i,h!?"°»Yl i*one OM"r t>v council,
lied tin Ho • », a#»a7M .,.«™.
i niKiit by
■tory adloi
1 in
has caused fear among investors and
has caused abandonment of plans for
the future.
He advocated a lifting of the tax
burden from the realty owners, and
discussed the proposal of a Federal
Sales Tax to care lor school pur-poses,
with the states receiving HO
percent retura of monies collected la
the different commonwealth*
William D Rldgway. president of
the association and president of the
Board of County Commlasloner*, as-sailed
the present system and urged
a return ol the 1931 system where
(.hi VMI ta MriKiit.ni raraai
Mildred Clark. 16. North Wales, wh
has been under the care of the Chi!
(Irene Aid Society (or several month1
got beyond "their supervision, and
day was sent to Slelghton Farms by
-lodge Knight
Libert) Store*- Make
Rapid Stride- Men
next month to name a
the late James SUngiuff Boyd.
The news of the legal need of a
ptclal election found political lead-n
in u quandary as to candidates
"lie Republican County Committee
fill name a candidate for the office
w l^lmluZr£v
C*l£2iMil T »lied vhe"pr«iVVys«W'.7d^rged| Two years ago. the Schuylkill
"n. »*"°!S!n
F™Wm L of system, where- i Vallev Grocers' Association
The Deniocrat'c County Commit- *>r the county paid 76 percent of the lorganlted with twenty on- stores
tee hai a special rule which pro- ■ eosU and the townships 25 percent | throughout this section Today,
vldea for a special committee to fill *"* ttlc "county supervising the morp tnan tWQ hundmj storPa arr
Bny
t:*?*nTWThu ea«Iiuf1h«tS There was a contest for the elec'Eluded In this live, progressive
party Wtot Thli "^^i^S ^f'tion for secretary, when members of.B^uP- The store.- partlclpatin
special r?«**»^iJ^P™5>M^ tba association opposed the men- the Schuylkl.l Vui>y Oroc-r A^
,1 ' u XS urKn-- « *■ c.fde& .rs.ld.ntUl.lbn ,r, I r.uwn as UtaBTty
body will select the man or woman | of near Camden N J aa aacreury > 8torflBi 0f whl;h there mr fifteen
whoTwill represent the PemocraU on J^Tl&? nlto&StZ on th. !" :•"',, ,n •" '*'-*<*-kcr. «"" UB-
**_****« V'lr./'rne "l^mocriaic I °™« S&JfTS^LSS^ i £ ■"■»• ,2?^ ™ nied-fn lys-
.ia.S--.-tSS r=. ha. he,d the of.ee for nearly 6 |Jjj£«*s^g^oc^rs palpal-
The opposition proponed the names,nt Lhe advantage of low prices
of Charles J Carey. Upper Dublin.. throu/'i maas buying, but still pre-mid
HermHti P Wlllrrndet. tipper
Providence, for the past Kratise
won by getting 39 votes Carey re-ceived
24 and WUleradet 19.
President Ridgwny waa reelrcted as
were ROB* O Rile Center Square,
vice president, atid Irwln Derstlne.
Hat field, treasurer
rhtrf Blake was called tn the ho | - „ MfAvm, ... f„;^r;,r„r;'Sr ars ssr. 1^^*5^*552.'.'.;
gallon auapccled the two boys Ii- taH collector U i-onrrnied Prest-testlfied
at ttM bavUaf, Ba rurtln ' ;isked if lhe Idea waa
niormatloii for comnil to nssiimr the respon-of
the two hoy* dlspoalng of cigar- f nlbllltv for the IH1 Mr McAvoy
ettaa In front ol » Norrlatowti theatre ri.t,Hed it waa. President Coyne re- .
7,'stow"ny onTbTS ! •". for one was no. going to
the boys had disappeared n.- r« e*»um< uch responslbUlty other
turned to the local.ooltce .utlon and voiced the same opinion. Mr Mc-
' I ordered the police to arrest the two Avoy then suggested the exonera-boy.
if they aaw them Officer 8U-tion of all disabled persons, per-
1 lie li.ei.teo than in the Talnne jonj ovrr jj^jy .,,,„„ tf ^^ ^ gji
hiilldiiiK Tweedy "'K"t st ■ houw ^^ „d tave ^ Ux „„,.
thief Hake offered as evidence .1 .„.„,. _..,_ ., ___„„_. ,_—„• »_-
the he-oing a confession which both f^ ?lv<' bis oersoisl bond toT
boys admitted st the hearing of hav- "» bulantc Mr. Irwln stated the
lng signed It described how they! proposition could not be accepted
met si the hum wiiool Monday morn- 'as all of his estate has already
ing and going into Plymouth town ibeing held as security with hl«
ship, of their returning to the bor- bonding company. Mr Freas sug-nT\
iy%\*'*TT:i\?.^\Ti?J'*<•**** «™i council elect another into the Talone building at night ^.„,,.„,. „.„„ XMr f„ „.,„„ ,h.
AccordliiK t" the itatatnwnt the boys;
tried to rob the store of Sam
d Hector witli Mr Irwln having tha
;ri' ol limning such a person. Mr.
lew doors removed from thellrwin objected to the proposition,
• Building but were unable to I
committee was placed in the hyli
at a meeting of the general county *«•"■
committee last Spring At that time
the resolution waa adopted by calling
for Mr Albright who holds the post
of cha.rman to act ln the same ca-pacity
on the vacancy filling board
While the news of the death of
Senator Boyd caused sorrow among
the political leader, of both parties
newa that a special election must be
held at once, created feverish activ-ity
among friends of potential can-didates
Mentioned among the Republican
candidates is Franklin Spencer Ed-monds,
a resident of Whitpain Town-ship,
and a former member of the
.isUture Edmonds repres-ented
a Philadelphia district st Har-nsburg.
but has been a Montgomery
it on tinned On Page Eights
Critically III, Went
to Hospital in Bus
Joseph Vieleck. 65, who resided
alone tn Wesl Third avenue, died MRPip. slrpi'x
in Montgomery Hospital. Norris- '
town. Wednesday evening at 9:30.
a few hlurs after belnit admitted.
The man visited a physician. In the
afternoon, who advised him to go
to the hospital The man rode to
Norristown by bus despite his ner-serve
their Individuality, and means
to the consumer a grocery stjre.
with a personalized relation be-tween
the store and the buyer, yet
with all the advantages of the cor-poration
store. Local Liberty Stores
are as follows:
M Buler. 107 West Sixth avenue
C. Cardamone. 129 Maple street.
J Cardamone. 900 Maple street.
William Cherry. 415, Spring Mill
nven lie
D'AUesandro, Sixth avenue and
Held in Bail for
Further Hearing
Max F. Bonkoakl. of East Elm}Ions condition,
street, waa released in $300 ball for) Coroner R Ronald Dettre made
a further hearing next Wednesdavan Investigation and pronounced
night when arraigned before Mag- that death was due to pneumonia,
lstrate Francis Bobenrieth Wednes- The man was born ln Italy and
day on a charge of assault and bat- had no known relatives. Local po-
. ierred by Frank KuchrawcT-i lice were notified and after an ln-
303 Spring Mill avenue, steward of vestigatlon learned the dead man
the Polish Eagles Home. Accord- has a married brother living In
lng to the testimony Bonkoski was Coatesvlle. They are now trying to
playing a radio at the Eagles' home j locate the brother.
last Mondav night during a poor
game, and the music interferred R, & \, DbtlibutM
with the players hearing the "calls" ..,- /jU, , .< ■
being made, Kuchrawcz was asked, ?l »-».olHI t» Meml.ei>
to tum off the radio. Bonkoski isi —-
claimed to have resented the re-! The sum of 1175.600 is being paid
quest and when the Instrument was to shareholders In the Excelsior
turned off, It is alleged he struck Saving Fund and Loan Association.
Kuchrawcz In the face. Inflicting a Norristown. with the maturing of
gash that required two stitches. «* M{» •*"*■■. J,lflt announced.
. The 90th. series of stook Is now
RESUME ENUMERATION open, the assoclaUon states. The
main office is at Main and Cherry
The enumeration under the Bet- )streets. Norristown. and the
Ler Housing program, a federal i°flte ta at 119 Fayette stree
120 Ford «titet. West
Conshohocken.
M tireenbaum. Spring Mill.
J Holden. Sixth avenue and Wells
street.
W Imes. 915 Hallowell street.
D. Nanaszko, 314 East Elm street
H. J Tole. Fourth avenue and
Harry street.
M. Blasband. Eighth avenue and
Hallowell street.
Samuel Wallach. Germantown
avenue and Chestnut street. Barren
Hill
I. KroAzcsnotkl, 16 West Elm
street.
Marbergers Market. 72 Fayette
si reel
( Hllli «iin: VII ii UPON
William Ambler, 5-year-old-sot
Mr and Mr*. Mariyn L. Ambler. 226
avenue, returned
day from the Oteopathlr hospital
Philadelphia, where he inderwent
for a throat co lit Ion. for
■ weak He is still comt pd to bed
but is improving. -
NOVENA AT ST MARY'S
A novena to St Joseph Is being
1 held In St Mary's Church, in con-in
the MOttOD with the Feast of St. Jos-relief
project slopped two weeks'offices of George W DeHavm. The jeph. Tuesday. Special services,
resumed In this borou-h ITllll'MI Saving Fund and Lonnj which began Monday, are being
per-I Association claims the title of the'held each morning at 7:50.
Elide, WHlerd .nd;wh.ch was argued berm.tha Super- |«W ^^^^"J^,* »^. |oW#At building and loan Mutation and instructions are included. The
Court by Attorney J Ambler wil-'^ns were given employment i
I llama. I umerators.
It WHS finally agreed that council
into the building because of the, meci wltn Mr. Irwln and go over
heavy screen They then went to the ; ^p |tat oI deHnqupnu Q,, mr I932
andd as?sstvm *?* «* **"•£'-rning- tluues. where they aeraped the putty March 27. was set as the date,
off one of the wlndowa with the in-| Mr. Gravinesc made a motion
■ring the .tore when < that no taxpayer whose name Is not
they saw a man watching them from on lhe 1935 tax duplicate lie em-the
opposite side of the street A< gloved to work on the borough. Mr.
cordina to the document thty went to McAvoy gpronded the motion which
t!,.- Amarieao store al EiKlith avenue
and HaUowaU street with the Inten-tion
of breaking Into the building
but were afraid to break the glass In
the door for fear of arousing the
neighbors" They then went to the
No 3 fire house according to the 1 employing out-of-town people He
statement where Oehnich I. alleged
to have broken the window after-anj
paaaaat)
Seek Loral Employment
Mr. McAvoy told council there
are 500 men In the borough out of
work and that local Industries are
'Continued On Page light)
they hid behind a houae on
the opposite side of the street to see
If any one came Into the store. Ten
minutes later, the atalenient aald.
the boys went to the fire house
where Oehnich is said to have crawled
through the broken window In the
' d a side window
through which Brnedicto entered the
building Oehnich. it Is claimed
<( "fitinued On Page Foiiri
IVile-trian HIHIK
Hurt hy Truck
John Karlogo. 65 years old. Is In
• •liathic hospital Potts-town,
ln a serious condttiM
Ing from a fractured skull and e
broken right leg.
The man, who told hospital au-
\i the pres-ent
time, was struck by a truck a*
he was walking along the Benjamin
Franklin highway early Thursday
morning He said In- WHS on his
way to Conshohocken whetv he had
fotmerlv resided Tin* driver of the
h »rge Moyer. tool: KeriogO
to th" hospital
EITHER I 101 I
lo HUI liUEsT
| in Montgomery County. |a%9raM will close Tuesday morning! tt guest.
The Sunday evening devotional
meeting of the Senior Luther
League or St Mark's Lutheran
church will be held at 6.30 p. m.
In Lhe Brotherhood room of the
church The meeting will be in
charge of George 8 Run
will discuss the topic, "Getting
Direction and Power."
Each member II requested to bring
II. S. Student Bride at
Secret WeddlM
A Junior student at Upper Mer-lon
high school, and a Weat Con-
1 - ' were united in
marriage at a quiet eei
Monday night st fl 30. before Mag-istrate
Oeorge Collins, of Broom-all.
The principals are Mis. Betty
Jeanette Lennen, daughter ol Mr.
and Mrs Thomas Lennen. of Re-bel
Hill. Nludent at Upper Mrrlun,
and Arthur J Homer, sun of Mrs.
Frank Horuer of 111 Merlon ave-nue
Weat Conshohocken.
Attending the youthful couple
were Mr and Mrs. Oeorge Opelakl.
Weal Tenth avenue Following
the elopement, the couple re-turned
to their homes, and kept
their marriage a secret iiiitll
Wednaaday. when It was an-nounced
to their families and
close friends.
The bride wore for the ceremony
an ensemble of brown with brown
accessories Mrs Opelskl wore an
ensemble of green and brown with
brown accessories i lie couple la
maiding with an uncle and aunt
Of the bridegroom. Mr and Mrs.
Oeorge Renshaw 111 Menou ave-
Dtie, The bridegroom, who at-tended
Waal Conshohocken high
school and also Con.huhocken
high school, I. employed In the of-fice
of the Alan W'*>d Iron and
tnpany, Ivy Rock. A dln-
• unplimcnt to the newly-weds
was held last night at the
home of Mm Maude P Reynolds.
143 Josephine avenue, Weat Con-shohocken
Members of the !m-madlata
families were guests. Tba
bride has discontinued her stud-ies.