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VOLUME 27-NUMBER 16 NARBERTH, PAo, THURSDAY, APRIL 29~ 1948 PRICE FIVE CENTS
THE SPECTATOR

If Council Works for Glory Uneventful Primary Draws Only 25 P.(.ofGOP,·

Its Glory Should Be Great
A four-pag'e letter of excellet content has come along
Heavy W·rlte- Inote
V for 5tassen Is Feature
from a wel1-posted resident and the purport of it is that
Council should be regarded only as a legislative and admin-

~r:~e~;eel~~;s~\~~~~~i~~~~aa~~~:~a;l?eV~eCae~~a~,~o~~rt~~~i~= Plan. Me. morial Day O&servan(e

istrative body and that al1 of its time is needed far such IMegless Ousts Latch· P d
Here Pew, Cooke Named as,nDee'engCaOtYes; 1
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pal chores of which "the citizenry knows little or nothing"
and all of i~ on a gratuitous basis,
That those elected to Council serve without cash-
Amerrcan Leglon Rotarians Attend Conference
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ar ert
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oting Quiet; Christie Defeat.
emolument is, of course, wcll-kno\vn, but the fact of itself
must not be al10wed to preclude comment or suggestion, as
Sponsors Pgrade \ Ryan to Retain E.
Post; 'Cadwalader Leads Ticket in L.
Bryn Mawr Committee
M.
the standards of voluntary stewardship are of a far differ-
ent and more advanced sort than is the case when men are
doing something for price, A Iso it is at least the American
And Services Approximately one-fourth of th~ registered Republlcans in Lower
Merion and Narberth cast their votes Tllesday for the unopposed
theory that all those who serve the people in the top posts Rollins Heads Committee; GOP nominees in November's genel'al election,
of public life should accept such tasks at a loss to them- Several Groups Will In one?( ~he quietest prim~rH's in the state, the hlghlight~ we~e &
selves, as the :-tipends which they receive are deliberately heavy \\'l'lte-m vote for pl'esldentlal aspirant Harold Stassen, aM
fixed on a basis which is meagel' compared to what their Enter Floats two committee fights, one in East Bryn Mawr and one in the Pen·
value is 1ntpposed to be in the open market. Proof of this Preliminar)' plans (or Nal'bel'th's co~'d No, 1 district,
lies in what the KRtion pays its diplomatic ag-ents, its Cabi- annual Memol'ial Da)' services and
net members, members or both Houses of Congress, etc. parade" ere announced thiS week
lnevitablr, as a result of politics, some are paid a great deal/bY' the Harold D, Speakman Post 11
Get Furs, Jewels Stassen polled 2059 votes in Low-
er Mel'lon Township and 404 in
Narberth, Thomas E, Dewey wall
more than they are worth, to the disadvantage of the peo- o~ ,the American Legion, whIch tra-'
pIe, but none is ~mpposed to get more than his mere living dltlon~I1Y spon~ol's the o~servance,
and that anI\' because he has been deprived of the oppor-, C,halrman (If the committee ~ak- I,
In Penn VaIIeyer second, with 1134 votes from Low.

Merion and 257 In Narberth,

tUllIt\·
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' of earnmg It III
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, a ' pnvate , capacI y,
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Paul Hoffman WIll receIve $25,000 gross for (hsbursmg po~t, HE is assisted by Phihp Cap-
' ,om
109 the al'l'angements IS Regmald
R II's , a pas t comman d er 0 f th e Horne R0 bbery •
SE'n, Taft poIled 659 votes in the
Township and pICked '11= 79 more
In Narberth,
the billions of the ERP, 01' about a quarter of what he got palonga, who heads the parade Senator Arthur Vandenb~I'R drew
in the job he had to quit, and what are\ the present net committee; Warren O'SuIli\'an and Thloeves G e t MOID k C oa t ,
(Contlnuei on Page Three) ,James McCutcheon, I Fox Jacket and ,454 Lower Merion,\'otes, and 74 In
______________________________ The pllrade Will assemble at 9 A delel:'ation from tl1I' Hal.l- Cynwyd-Narberth Rotary Club and tlll'ir wi\'l's attf'lllled thp. 179th Narberth, Scattel'ed votes \\ent to
A, M. on May 31 at the Communitv District Confl'rp.nep. of the R{ltary International, at Haddon Hall, Atlantic City, recp.ntl)·. l'l'ft to Diamond Ring Elsenho\l el', MacArt hur, Edward

Joyce Lownes Has Narrow Escape

, Fl 'B
BUildin~ on 'Windsor Ave. and wiil l right arl' Fred E. Caballero, Chairman of fhp. "On to Atlantic Cit~' Commlttf'e;" "'allace R, Smile",
follo\v a I'0 ute II' hi Ch \VIII take th ~n
ma cher' th ou host o( tIle BOI'
President of the 10l'al Rotar~'; !\IrH. "'allace R. SmUl's, l\lrs. Luke Rhodes, Mrs. Frf'd E. Cahallero and
Luke Rhodes, of C)'nW~'d, -Photo by Central StudIOS, AUnntic C i t " "
Lower Mel'ion detectives this Martin, Joseph Mal'tin, President
week were investigatin'" the t heft Truman and HE'nry A, Wallace,
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A S Revo1utIon ares 0 gota " '
:'h'," I' g m, - , of neal'ly $11 000 worth ( ' I In tr.e 1\10 committee batt es,
In 0 ,lewe r~ lone went to an incumbent com-

F..ditors,
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!'lotI': Thl' followln~ ' lIng and sllckmg ' \'Ve learned today ,
OU
At 11 A, M" the parRde Will end
a t th e M emona 1M ar k'er a t W'm dSOl"
Couner., Adml·tS Young Couple /lnd fur's from the .Iome of Fr'ank mitleeman and the other saw the
,J. Morr'issey, of Penn Valley, incumbent IInseat I'd in fllvor of the
"~'e-wltnl'ss account of the rIOts It hilt our fnend,s m t!le pensIOn \\ ~re and W nnewood Aves, whel'e serv-I
In Bogota, Columbia, wati re- ,evacuated at 2:.10 In the mornmg , y
cei\'ed hl're yesterda)' from ; ealr~ ing only a fell of their posses- Ices WIll be held, "
, iNew BUSlneSSeS
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R0bbed 0 f $2000 The rohbel'y took pillce bet\leen man w 0 ormer y e , e pos ,
1.30 P, M" Tuesdlly, when Morris-
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,JO~'CA P. Lownes, da.lIl1'hter of ISlOns,

former mal\'istrate \Yaltp.r B. I It \\ as \\ hill' \\ I' were eaP:lg ha ve a 1I'ell d ~' slgnl ti e,d
Among t he ?rg~OIzallons ~vhlch
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roup Silver, Clothing, Etc"
sey, his wife and a niece, EVE'lyn rumhent Geor,'!e
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Latch \,'as opPoSE'd
Lownes and ~Irs, I.ownes, of Ilunch In a Ip.staur'ant after movmg tlOn tn enter floats In the parade, M M d \ .Tanson, who Iiles with thE'm, left by George Megless, a (ormer com-
Ardmore, 1\Ii"s Lownes, who has ,llll OUt belongll1gs, (E'XCE'pt m~'lal'e the Nal bert~ Fire Compa~y,1 et on ay Taken at Villanova Ihe house Ilt 655 Montgomer) mittE'eman ~nd {or ma~~' years a
1W'lIn worldng in BOJ{ota for the hlPnds fUi "oat which she '<I'll I (he ,Naloelth BUSiness Councl1, lllt'l TllO np\1 hUSlnesses in Nal'herth School La" and 12,:10 A, M" Wed- stlOng polltleal figure In the dls-
PRoSt !levl'ral months, he.s heen Inevel see agllll1) Ihat we hE'ard the Itallan-Am~rlcan Cluh and the I\\ere admitted to memhcrshlp In When the Gibson Bell Kennedys ne~day, On their retul'n t hey found tricl. Megless, who 11\ es at 140
d G un CI u, h the N8Iberth Busine~s CoullC'il at moved IOto their nell' home on hoth the porch door and lhe front ROckland Ave" West Manayunk,
aetinl\',as siwe Ia I corrl'sp,oll d ent , nells that Galllln had heE'n assas-I L owel 11'1 erIOn, Rod ,an"O I Stony Cleek Farm Rd, Villanova, door open, and the house I'an- poller! 288 v()te~, lind Latch, of 1401
f or t b IS newspaper d IIrlllK t he 8m at ed, As YO_I kno\\, Gaitan \' 2S M 0 n S un d a), M ay."
'-I h P 'C I b ia d specla la meetlll'" t,
of the gl'oup held Mon- Monctay morn 109, the~ found t hat l,sa('k~I, HagysfC'rd Rd ,Penn Va II ey, poII e d
'" nt an-AllwrJcnn onfer- Ithe lelldels of one branch of th" emorla Day servIce will e he dav nl~ht In the An'lldla Chios ~
t he~ had been preceded by bUl'glars , 136,
,ence, ILllleral party and tl emendouo,ly at the Narberth Presbyterian IRest au rant.
o
who had II alked orr with more I Fu st psllmates set the los.... at The East BI yn Mawr fiRM was
h,. ,Joyc/, 1'. Lowncs popular \\ Ith the masses of people,lChurch at 11 A, M" when me -, The~ are thp MaIO Line G~'ro- m "a $')000 " f 'I" I" nearly $30,000, but SUbSeqUenllYjbetween two formel' business /l.S-
Satul day. Apl'1l 10, J9-18, I He immedIately hecame a mal tyr, bel'S of the Speakm1j.n Post \1'111 at-Iduclng Salpn, Haverford anct Nllr-
The stm v I IUlIe to \\ 1'111' IS not The Ilhera,l~ del11an~ed that conse,n'- tend in a hody, On the precedll1 g jllf>rlh AvE's, and Cele's Milhnel'y
Inl~~~rl hou~eo:ol~ ~UI ~I~::~g:, 0 1- some o{ the pe~1 elry thought lost "oclate"', John F, Chr'i~tle, Jr" 715
! The voun'" couple had be'e Ii\'- wa~ dlsco~el:ed In the house, Lancaster' Ave" lind ,John T, Ryan,
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a p easen t one,
r P\OU10l1,
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f,at 1\ I' prpsldellt OsplOa Perez resign Saturda\', t he L~glOnnau'ps Will (ol.,Shop, Hal'erford Ave
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a J era I he made preSIdent low thew annual custom of decor'at-
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I t ' · fhe m!1,1on~' of Columbl8ns IU'C Igg t he ,graves of war veterans m group, slated thiS II E'ek t hilt the
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Rogel' Burke president of the " ,
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10'" In lin apar men
dlrage at the home or K
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over le a
tl n StilI miSSing, however, \\ere R 1617 San Manne A\'e, Christie, the
g,. new mink coat, valued at $7500', a Iincumhent, \\'on 347 vQ',es, to 156
cI·'~
E'nne ) s platinum fox jacket, valued at I[or hl~ opponent.
df'vast:t:~ a~~:seln ~~~e ~~7;i~;il~,I'~ILiberals,hut bl'fore the last election nearb) c€meteries, ,grandfather, the Re\'. DI, GlbsGn $2800; II \Voman'~ /(old "'/'ist watch'l The \\rite-In eampaign of David
lind 111 .Tapan, llml the center ~[the Llhcrals ,spirt Into two pans
Rogota looks like some of th'he so t hilt t,h~ _Consel'\ atl\ es got Into
:Council 11111 enter a float in the
,BOIough, Memorial ~ll~' pilI ad",
and app~lI1ted n committee of RiCO-,
T0 F.Ire Post IBel1. at 529 Manor Rd" \\T~nne- \alued at $280; II woman's dillmond B, Cro\\ther, BI~n Ma\\l, and Eu·
II ood, since their marl'lage in No- ring, valued at $600, and a sll'ong- gene B, Scheetz, Glen~ide, for elec-
IIreas,
Perhaps I should st alt at t he tile \~I
ilO\\ PI'" 1 hi; count~y has been, on
g7 0 a ~:\ 0 ullon ev~r slllC,e
IL M Zoning Bd •
ard GII~IS" Charles Sauerhley, .To-
~~Phl 0 B~en lind Mr, ann MI s'l To Replace Titlow
\'f>mhel', 1946, 01', Bell is pastol hox \\ hich contained papers hut no Ition as delegates to the Rl'publican
I national convention ~ndE'd in fail-

rants 6ReqUeStSldetallS,
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- • of All Samts Episcopal Church. valuables,
heginnIng, Yeslpldav Il f!'lcnd and I H' ,I' ec IOns, oweVel',?n y sU~:JIG er lIlg crll1ender to complet" ° \VynnE'l\ood, ,,' " , " Ul'e as or anization-endor~ed can-
WE're scheduled to ~love to anotll(!r;OUII,lght aet as the assassination ~I I As ASSistant Marshal On Saturdar the~ mOl'ed most of MOIIISSE'Y, ~Iho IS plesldl'nt o~ dldates ,lo~eph N, Pew, Jr" and
' !the Idol of the ppople, Gaitan COllid Burke also appointed John Mil-I their belongings except fOI the fur_,lhe Whltemar~h Country ClUb, waSj C k t' h la d
apartment. As I h act an 1Il\ltallo') have cnuspd a re\'olution dUringl The LO\\E'r Merion TownShiP/IeI' ann Belmender to attend the ,Tames \\', Mulhn, 116 Elm A\'e"lniture into thel~ new home \Vhen'a noted football player when he at- ,J~y 00'1', s\\,eM P ~n Py 1\ InI d-
to attend a lal'ge partv gl\'E'n by the P A ' " J"... " I d A' t ' " .In" B C II ,hde, Ir. Lower enon ell' po e
'd' ,' ' , ' the an- mel'll'an Confcl ebee) - Boal'd of Zoning Adj'ustment last Main LIne ChaTJTi:lel' "Of~·€'OI'lnt~n:t'"" .... r"rr.ole, \las appo nte RR,stan '1Ifie\' lIniven \\'Itli '{FIe mO\,jh'g van"" ten....... oston 0 ege some yem's '27 ' d ' N b "th 1048.
P resl ent of eolumbla that e l e l 1 l n 1 ' ; , I , ' . ' ' , "IF M' h I f J M " " "H ' , 6 1 votes, lUI rn ar er
we drcidl-'d to move at noon, \Vh:ltl Muny thmkJng people belie\':? Thursday night gl-anted six re- meetl~~ held ,\\~ednpsday and Ire, ,als a 0 .o\ler" ell~,~ Mondlly mOJ'OlOg they found many ago, ,e ,IS now engaged m the Cooke took 6269 from Lower Mer-
Illek that we made that decisio'l, that It \~1l8 the CommuOl~t PaIt." quests for zoning \ariances and ex- Sau.elble~ and Gillis t~ attend the TO\lnshlp" at the Comm,lsslone~s lof the packed boxes emptied. textale IOdustry as 11 manufllcturel' Ion and 1045 from Narberlh, Crow-
hpcau~e OUr old li\'lng QUart.'13I whO had G~i1an assassinated, The ceptions mane by lesidents of Nar, ~olough CounCil meetrng on May me,etmg \\ednes~ay, ~~Illin IS Fire:, The miSSing items include silver of cotton yarns, thE'r took 28 in Lo\\el' Merion and
IChlef of t he Mellon FII e Compan~ ('Igal elte boxes, cllndlcsticks and
were in the very mlddlt-' of the burn- (Continued on Page Three) berth, Bala, Ardmore and Bryn
Mawr,
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T0 Mar k 0 fferlng
· 10f Ardmore, iellndy dishes, lamps, bed Irnen, an VEW Post Hoids 1 in Narhert h, and ScheE'tz took
25 in I,ower Merion and none in
. Inter-School Exchange Will Stu Y Mrs, P. Brooke Blllnd was grant-
'led permiSSion to construct a srngl~
He wlll succeed Willillm B, Tit- iC'e hucket, a portahle radiO, t\lO Narherth, ,
d
Irs t Meet·lng
10\0\', .II', \\ho reSigned last month brand /lew men's SUitS and eight, The wnle-In candidates had de-
dared 1hey entel ed the conte~1 oe-

,'Matters 0 f MutuaI oncern

e' Found·rng In
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family dwelling and aUached ga- The new ASSistant Fire Mar"hal dl esses, IF·
Irage at 46 L1anberris Rd" Bala, ha~ held the post of Fire Chief Entl)' II liS galllect through an un-i Icaus e thE'y feared Pew and Cooke
\lith a front yal'd dE'pth of 32,5 feet 1"lth the Menon outfit for 20 ycal'" locked IImdoll on the tirst floor'l The fir'st re~ular meeting of the "?uld not rightfull~' :epresen,t t~l!
he Merion T ' I' t d "t ' d I 1 !mstead 01 the required 40 feet, The st. ,John's Chul' h I 1',,' M II lind ha~ been a membcr of the \ 01- llccordrng to LOI~er Merion Town-I Bala-Cynwvd Post VFW WIIS held I\'lshe~ of t he P.~publ,lca/l pal,ty In
T Lower o\lnsuPjsen e a lepol, aPPlo\e as J'O 1" R-2' id d'--I c , .Iellng I unteer organizatIOn fOl' 23 )CllrS, ship olice, ,,:' , ',' ('hoosrng a pre~ldential candIdate.
Jnter'-School Exe!lllnge recently ap_lweek h~' school directors, express- I~, pe ty IS m an les ence IS Rd, Bala-Cynllyd, Will observe thE' _, , p AplIl 22 rn the UnIOn Fire Hall, They WE'nt on record as favoring
, . IlI1g llpproval of Ihe punitive met h, tllCl. se\'cnty-first annll'ersary of I he A fOleman at the Autoeal Com- Montgomery Ave" Bala-Cynwyn, the ~elE'ct ion of Robert Taft. Cooke
Ernest A, BlllT'S Iequest \\ as ap-! founding of t he Mite Box Offering pan~ of Ardmore for ntOe, ~ eal s, I
pOinted a committee to make Sllg-I ods berng used by township prrn-
geslions to the school boal d's puh- clpals lind teacher s,
llc relations committee 1II lrne With
[1~OI'ed t,o construct ~ p~rch .enclos- II his evenmg, tn the Pansh Hall, at! ~\e, III es at/ome \I:t h his \\ Ife awl
At thE'lr recent mE'etlng, the par- UI e to hiS ho~e at L9 Simpson Rd, 8 P, M, \ 0 sons, ' ames, ,Ji" ann John, In-
Drama Group T0 Installation of officers of the POJt hr,arls the Pl'nnsyl\'ania Commit-
was conducted by Jarob J, RuseI', tee to elect Stassen, and Pew hall
commander of the Montgomel" made no announrement, hut is lin-
futlll e "mllttel's of mut lIal ('oncel'l1 ent s pomt ed out to Hemlel'son tha, Ardmore. whIch would decr~ase ,t,he
to pal'ents and schools,"
St. John's Church held its tirst clude~ In the Itst ,of hiS hobhles ar:
lin their oplllion teaching should be ~Iont yard depth from the lE'qulled service In the old wooC\,en chureh,Pollt~cs, golf, sPOltS and, ': as 1\11.
Stage Pdt·
ro UC Ion Count~' Council, VFW, The officel:s der~tood t,? ?e committed to "fa-
are: vOllte son ..,enator Edward Mar-
The actIOn wa~ taken \\hen rep-:I,ept on as high a lE'vel as posslblC", :,0 feet to 16,6 fE'et, the ,propert)' Ion the same propelly, August 6,I Mullm I:e~orts It", ~l~es, hres and The honor o( staglOg the til'St Commandel', Daniel .T, Hlcke~'; lin" Of, Penns~!vania:
TE'sentat h'es of the memh/;'r pal'enl 'and t hat any school resoiling toJ m an R·6 reSidencE' dlStnc~, , !186:3, ThiS day \I liS declared as a' more til c", He II Ill, J e Ign 1~1~ post local production of "Lost at Sea" l.John Lawler, senior \ ice-command- L:~dInR t~e ticket lo Lower Mer-
, gl'Oup~ of the E'xchange met With ,Cal POI 111 punIshment, 01' the threal A~l appe~1 ~~ Pasquale C~CCOIl1 ~o Ida~ of natlona) thllnksglvlng by lilt Aut?car nn Mll~ ,J to t,ake on goes to t he Main Line Plavhousc er; Ed\\ ard Rose, iunior vice-com- Ion 101l:nsh1 P \\ as Lamhert E, Cad·
, James Henderson, chalf'man o( the of it, was not o( the highest cal_'~llke al~elatlons and addItions ,O/Ahraham Lincoln In l' it d fo' hIS dutil'S \11th the 10\\nshlp, " , " _jmander; Henrv R. McLean ,JI, lIaladE'I, ~f VIllanova, unopposed
, , '. _ ' IhlS dwellmg at 2.'34 Chestnut A v e " , ~ at u e ,/ IIhl(h \1111 plesent the drama ~llt, ,,', " G O P candIdate for Ie-electIOn to
pUhhc 1 elatlOlls commlt\pe, to diS 'Ibel.
cu~s metho d s 0 f punishment III
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town~hlp schools,
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fhpy a so to d Hender'son t l e y ,
I Ardmore. was grantNl, HIS reque~t
" " was {Ol' a variance of the fl'ont yard
had deCided that· 111 ordel' to faci 1-
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the \ Ictor)' of tile UnIOn Army In
the battle o( GettvsbUl'g fourrht thl.'
preceding veal',
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Narne Off.lcers I
urda\' e\'E'nlng Mal' 1'5 in I OWeI' chaplain, Gilbert Thomas, quarter-
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Menon Senior High School Audi_lmastel'; FranCIS D, 0 Connell ad-
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lutant, an(\ fhomas Poole offi CE' I'
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Atten d 109 t e meeting lIel<' tate the \101 0 lhe schoo oar" _
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mem bers ,or ,~a1ellt g,IOUP~ ,0 t e p~ IC rE' atlOns com~lttee, no commercial.
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I h d' dept h from t he requIred 10 feet to
1,95 feet. The propelty
, 1 h e conseclatlon sermon was
IS zoned C-l
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preached October 20,186.3, by Phll-
For Stu dy G up , "
CommitteI' Chilli men fOl'the pro- of the day,
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duct ion II ere announcE'd thl~ week I FOII~I\'lng IllS Installation, Hlcke\' meanWhile, lE'd the Narherth slat/!
II "1 a a er go
Narberth
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Fr'el~I' k C P t
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"votes In
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Bala, C~Il\\)d, MI.'l Ion Square, plessure should be applied on the
Penn \V)'nne and "Vynnewood Ele- committee other than to intel'pret
d'" :5 hps Brooks, then rectol' of Holy ro In charge of the House Committeelstated,
Als~ grante \las MIS, ~~aIY 'Trinltv Church Philadelphia and New officers of the C"n\lyd Par \\'111 be Robelt Peter of w"nne-I "BeSides dedicating itself to thp Ian unoppo~ed as candidate for the
I with a total of J083 Yotes, Peters
,, B I C' ' I J ' b" ' d I Fuch~ lequest to alter the green- ' " ~, - " h' h ' .. ' ,
m~nhtal)h anld a a- )n\\y(
H Ig sc 00 S,
unlOI to 1~lsI m:tm el~ a:< a equ(ate ,Y, as house at 112 KennedY Lane, Bryn la~rehr BIshop of Massachllse~ts.
POSSI J e ,Ie consensus 0 opinIOn ,
~[a\\ 1', mto a sing e- ,
'I'{, d II
ent Stud~' Gl'OUp were announced wood, On his committee are Ralph ,\:gt Ideals Fand , trawdlttons of the State Committee, Returns on his
e chul'ch school came Into ex- Ihis \\'eE'k foliowlOg a meetln'" held Giles and Bert Simpson I e erans 0 f orelgn aI'S, our Post ballot \\ere unavailable in lower
Th e meet In",0' was ca II e d I JC(' ause t h I'aug I lOUt t h e to\~ ns'h'Ip" .. amll\'
'Ist we e -n , c e a few, ears latel', "l'he old I'ecentlv at the horne of MI'S "Fran Miss Gordon Fel'now ' , Puhllcity pans I to take 'ItS place among the ME'l'Ion, , •
" 'I', 'h ' ' h ' , lng, and to el ect a Single-car de- . , , ' ' - .. , " , S
of an Inv,estlgatlOn of dls(Jp,lIlalY 1 e committee, appolllted ~ E'X- tached garage and in so doing tolChurch school bUIlding \\3S bUilt III C'is LUkens, 34 Vv', Ley&ring MIll chall'lnan \\Ill lIork \\Ith the 101- CIViC or~anlatlOns or ,Bala-Cynwyn .amuel K, McConnE'lI, Jr" of
methods In the schools, which at, change chall'man, Mrs, Robert 'd f 1871. .John Mal ston \\ as the lil'st Rd CYO\\ I'd lOWing committee' MiSS Mal'gal'et and Merion, Ilnd lend ItS active sup- Wynnewood, al~o running unop-
, b I f decrease the rear )'ard ept h 1'001 , " .' . ,. ,
the time was belOg conducted y Pearce, to re ay suggestions rom 'd f 13" f t supenntendent and In 1877 founded Dr Ashlev Montagu of '526 Ham Robel'ts of Narbcrth' MISS Edith POl't to the welfal'e lind promotion (Continueoi on Page Three)
, h' ,) b 'cl the requu'e 40 eet to , ..J ee, , " " , -', ," "
Hf'ndersonandluscommltteeattl',the exchange to the sClool oal " 'R2 I the Lenten Mite Box Offermg ilton Rd Cvn\l\'d lIas elected McGlntv o( Upper Dal'bv' Miss of thesecommumtles,
'f f' I I Y K J fhe property IS zoned - res - . " , " ' ,, , , ., ' d "
Instigation 0 a numher a to\\ n- ,Inc u( I'S
.hip parents.
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rs, OI'k A,
, ' M r s , William ,Jeffers, Dr, Malcolm
mg,. 1'" dence
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II luch has Spl ead through the enol president, and other new offlCer" Betty Cody, of Narberth; Mbs lsa-
_ tire church at home and abroad, are:
Un er 1he dn'ectlOn of SllmuE'1 New PreslodentlOal T.omber
hel Jeffel'les, of Germantolln, and Stl!llell, of 167 Upland Ten'ace, thE'
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H'IS comml It ee I18S Sln('c ' 'Iples t on lin dM'IS, P au 10"SJorne,
ple- struct ",Alah\eldesappealtocon
altel'ations and additions to A t the M Ill' Box party to/ught!\ Mrs, Lukens, VICE'-pl'eslctent; Mrs, Miss Helen Wengh, of MerIOn, I mem,b ers h'Ip ('om~1't tee h,a~ panned I 1°
Ch ar Ie MC earthy Gets
his senll-detached dwellings at 110 p?I'tralt o( John Mlll'slon and t,hr~e W, L, F, Nardham, recording sec- Other chail'men al'e Mary Gil- a dl'lve to recruit a minimUm, of N b h W •

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and 112 Sibley Ave Ardmol'e was pictures of a chul'ch school plC'OIC relary; MIS, Rogel' I., Stehhart, pinan, of Narbel'th, tickets; Mrs,II00 members during the coming
«ranted ~rovidin,g' he confined thE' Iheld A~gUSt 29, 1872, t~e gifts of corresponding secretary, and James Allen Beek, of Ardmore, propel'ties; year,
z'se of the til'St floors to busines~IMI~, \Vllllam \Valter Fanes, Will be' P, Grant, treasurer, .Iohn Meagher, o( Ardmore, prO-I
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ar ert rite-In Vote
Nal'berth voters, exercising their
pl'E'I'oglltive to "write-in" candi·
Del\r DOltlE', IGo\ernnwnt 10 Philly lecent1\" " ' _ dedicated, ' CommiltE'e chau'men, also electedl~rams; DllVld Zollel', lighting; and • dates of their choice, had II fleld
Time out from the flurry oftl\lol'e than 50 Penn:<~'lvanta colleges ~:'~~::~c;I~~:~~e~~~~e~'~'~a~dR 61 MI'S, Faries, the former Carolinf' at the meetlllg, are: 1M!'. lind Mrs" Paul McVickel's, Of/Former ASSistant Pastor nay at Tuesday's Primary, Not
pl'e~a."~tlon for the hlg Del b) Day 1'\\ ere lepresented at the ~'oo\ en-
festiVIties Saturday to get )'0\1 tlon, \\ hrre the st udents discussed ,. . g
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Permission was ranted to'R H Reichncr, o( Bllla-Cyn\l yd, \\ as a
, 'student at t he school In Its eal hest M "J'
"YIlYS lind Means, MI s, Miner' Phtladelphia, scenery.
1M" 1 P G' t' _ _ __ __
I To Be Ordal' ed
n
I content wit h slH'h candidates as
Stassen, DewE'Y Taft and Vanden-
II fl I 0 I I t th tl ht Snvdel' Jr to construel an E'nclos- elnc, an, IS" ames , Illll, ~ R IE J '
caug h t up on some 0 f Ie ne\ls 0 ,anl prop sel \I HI , ey
thE' kids from Narherth off atl"oulct be a good national platform ure to a second-lIool pOich at hlsl
colleg
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Ifor tfle call1in'' presidential elec- home at 405 Penn Rd" Ardmore, uC'1 Sturgis"
'" " Id!1~S, as \IllS her cousin, Ml's, Sam- Ie Islatl\'e Mrs, Phlll J \\'llIllllel"
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' hlstollan, MIS, Edwal'd Davis; rafE'-
r ,Servrces
· PI anned eue
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"ohnson, fOl'mer aStiist- helg, one cnizE'n cast a vote lor
lant pastor and member of the Nal'- Chal'lle M('C~I'thy-evldentl~'under
Hone~rs galore fOl' the 10l'a Ii t iE's II ion, Hank I; a SOpholllol'e at thus decl'easing the (rant yard l\II's, Fal:les, and ,Mrs, Sturgl:;, terill, 1\11 s, HOll ard Mal'llIl; ho~pl- j'hel'\h Presbytel'1an Church, will b" It he assu~ptl~n 1I,18t here, indeed,
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1It Penn, BI'It), HOIJkllls has .lust BucknE'lI, and a memher of Phi
heen electE'ct sports edilor of the Lamhda Theta (ratE'rOlt)'.
" dept h from the reqUired Iboth 40 feet to
23 feet, The property is oned R-2 be the guesls of honor,
111 their nlnetv-tirst 'ear Will tall't\'
' ' ' ' " ~'Il's '"
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C'amuel Al'nlS
tlansportatlon, MI'S, Hyde W, Bal-
tl'ong'
, For George Blarr " •
e\'enlng M • 4 t 8 P M
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,ordained 10 the church Tuesday ,was preslctentlal lImbel' ' .,',
In addltlo~, the~ \I rote In I'/lndl-
Pennsvl\'ania NE'II~, the \\oIllcn'sl .Jane E\'sns wrote me a 10nR let- reSidence a~ ,a
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------- - - - lard; plogram, Mrs, York A, KlOg" ' " , Idatps of theIr chOice wherever E'lse
und&I'gTRduate II E'ekl~ npw~paperItel' ahout \I hat sounds hke a very , 'Narberth Woman Hurt ',Jr,; room, ~I'S, Wells H, Denne), F~nel'nl sE'I'\:lces for, COI:poral Guest speaker for the sel VICeS 1 , ",le t,lcket they chose" David 10

at the Uni\'ersit~, And ~;arie 1'01-/ interest ing proJect in \1 hleh she ° Mrs, Fredel'lek H, Jeager and Mrs, Ge~1 ge, H. ,BIllll' USA, \I ho died 10 Will he t he Rev, Andrew W, Black· Cr Ol~ t hel was not only wrItten In,
look has hE'en dHl'<en as seci etary and 20 other students at Colby Bids Opened for School As Car Overturns In ~rash Wanen Benfield; plllYgJ'ound, MI'S action In ~?UI hern Fl'ance AugUst wood, 0,0" professor at Princeton lat ~IS I'equest, a~ delegate to the
~' of the Pan-Hellenic AssoeilltlOn, the ,lUIllOI' College have been takmg LO h °
wonlen's interfraternilv, council , f'1r'[part. Thc socsal ~tudies department
the nE'xt college , year'BettI' , and at Colbv - is working ' on a vear-Iong
Ig ling
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ystem
MI'S, Mlll'Y H. Merkel, of Windsor Leslie Kindred; puhhcity, George 16, 1944, \\111 he held at 2 P, M'sem'nary Th e R
Ave" Nal'herth, \la~ injul'ed Satul'- , Davies' , Jr'" budget , Robert .1", Saturday from the home of, hl~ sa, ID 0 'th e R evevB, I'yan
Nal'berth School dirE'ctol's last da\, afternoon when her automo- Brown', J'unior . high school , Mrs., BI' parents, f Mr, and I A Mrs, EdWin I
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P Ian'd' an 'd' t h e R'
J h D I.' d- national conventIOn, but ltot a vote
~ nt M' K~nk Ir - las altelnate delegate, too, Russell
ev R obert 'J L a- E. CI'awford got two votes for dele-
Marie are hoth 1.0\1 el' Mel ion High I regional sun-ey o( Vel mont and Thursday night opened bids for' an bile ovel'turned lllter colliding with EII"lng C J ulstedt' local pl'es" Mr< ' " ., , . all', 0 12 Ba a ve, Ba a-C~'n- mont WI' Ipal'tlclpate I ' , ' ,In the 'sel'v- gate;, county committeemen wl'lt-
Iten
School . graduates, and as I I(-','all, Montleal, lIith a selies o[ ecological ,emergency _ school , lighting ~ystem a Yellow c'ab at Alleghenv ' Ave, and C" C Dllnla!)'
. hoal'd of heallh " Mr< wyd, He \las 25 at the time of hiS Ices, A receptIOn ' for M I'" J 0 h n S O10l l were
, Al'lhm' Cooke, 1 vote;
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Marie was a member o[ the Na- stUllies ot pl'()ple s adaplatlon to and fOl' InstructIOn supplies,
t Th ')1 'I
e ~ gil'S spell a t Du 'd I' , tl
15t h St., Philadelphia, She and her J, Shel win Brenneman; repi esent- nealh,
' B 'n' PI 'I'd I I' C 1 BI' \I
'II f II ' h
I 0 0\1 t e sel
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Vice,
I GeOl'ge GIll, 1 Yote; George Bailey,
,

" tIOna 'I -.01101' oCle y, le stucen en\1I0J1ll1en, e to a WI e ciscrepency 10 11' son Edl\ard 13 who \las ul1ln- atln.'s to intel'sehool exehan"e Mrs 01 In u a e pua, IJ, all' , &0 \otes,
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counCI, an d plesl ' 'd en t 0 f the l '1'1G'l s \\ee,I' t'la\e 'I'lIlg th'10Ugl I th e alea, "d hi S, th~ awardtng 'f 0 contract s IUled' were "able to crall! out of Merrick . Mrs King and Mr ,." and.. h a d I"lie d 'III Baa- I' C YIlII) d f'rom Mr, Johnson Will be guest preach- , M rs, M osle II er (no first name)
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H I-Y \\ en s le \I as a 'I " t Ll\K 1"
Sb' I-t I" tl I
e S " lI( ~ ml; 11' I e atlo~s ups a ' I' f E • "
ng- was refE'I'l'ed to the supply com- t he cal', \\ hlch was propped upSide Mrs, Kindl ed, , . . , ' 1 9 3 ' 'I h t ' d I
.. untl e en I!I I' t 11' rmy I n , A er at the church Mal' - , 23 dUl'lng got a wrJle-ln " vote as county com·
a junior in the College of Llhel',lljJlsh and FI:ench reSidents o( Mon- mltlee fol' further stUdy, The com- dowll b~' lin opE'n door, ,June, 1943, He wa~ the leclpient the a~sence ~f ~he ~e\, ~,amo~l,t, mittee\loman from the Second Dis-
Arts for Women, a member of the Itreal, and 10 V~rmont concentmt- mittee \\'<IS author'ized to compare Mrs. l\lerkel was treated at Tem- of the PUl'llle Helll t, Combat In· \paslor of the ChlllCh, 1\ ho \I III sell e tdc\. Stel'ling Chain, was named
Tri-DE'lt sorority <I st~ddfastl~, re-ll n g on the rel'lIal, of the cl'aHs the bids and award the ('ontrRctsl pie University Hospital for a po.>- Cub Pack Inducts fantry Medal and the Bronze Star ~s a ~elegate t~ the ~E'neral ~~- with the delegate~-I\t-Iarge to the
fuse, t~, call a sorortty a ,fra-Iunder the sponsol'slup Of, the sta~e to the lowest reputable bidders, "ihle fractured foot. The cah driver, After hiS graduation from Lower sembi) of th~ Plesbytellan Chulch, national convention; Congressionl\/
tl'l'Olty, as the~' do S? :o~fll~~nglY ?e~artm~nt o( EdueatlOn, On~y A tentative 1948 budget of $149,- 'Andrew Gergely, 40, of Philadel- New Member Friday Merion High School, he operatedll!.S,A" meeting to be ,held at that candidates named Wel'e R. B, Reyn-
• at Pen~), and she \IllS c~al1manlselll?,1S IIho had ha~ at leas,t thr~: 500, approved by thE' school direc-I hla, was unhurt, The regular meeting or Cuh ~a('k his own antique busIness from his time In Seattle, Wa~hlngton, olds, 1 vote, and Franklin Sheeder,

. of the lecent Pan-Hel ~ance,

, neoll
'lcol~lses in th~ soual studies de tors April 8, alonA' with a four-mill p
PatrIcIa Cooke, a se".,lg r at BdUCl,- ~t altment, 01' ,1uOlorS ,\I,h O htad h,!(l tax reduction and a $5 per capita ICADET HONORED
is one o( t l11' ,,- 4 St U cn t Sj \1'0 ('ourses, lIere E' l I~I b Ie 0 pa ' - ,
the~e to make an 85 average last til'ipate in the SUrl'e\'. Jane sal'S tax, Will cor;ne up for a opt on a
tf'rm, and as a rE'sult to he nam~d that the tOUl' lIas lots'of fun, qUiilO! the May 13 boar'd meeting,
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Geol'ge I., Complon, son o( Mr, .
212 of Narber'th was held Api'll 23 parents' home"
in the Narberth ·Public School.
Th l'
e prog am I c e
'n Iud d the indu h
Besides his parents he is survived
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c- y SIX, 10 ers,
Ed' P J
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and Mrs. Horace N, Compton, of \Ion o( DaVid Stevens a~ a memher G,lral:dnlle, Pa,; H~l'rY, whTo IS THE FOr.LOWING S'rORES: nate delegate-at-Iarge. while Bor-
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l O UR TOWN
f
2 Yotes, Marion Scranton, unop-
posed as a delegate-at-Ial'ge to the
IS ON SALE EACH WEEK AT com'enlIon, also got a Yote as alter-
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W. )\Ioeller has been cited by the too,

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to the Dean's LL<;t. And Edward intE'rest ing, and very instrlll'tive
HEAI.TII REPORT
622 Bryn Ma\', l' Aye" Penn ValleY'j Of, t he RIO~~, and a Skl,t plesented IPlt~llIng for the Lexl~gto~ IN, C:' Davis Swre, 224, Havet'fol'd Ave" ough Couneilman RobE'rt M. Cam-
rel'eived t\l 0 honors this WE'ek "t b) mer,nbels of the Pack, , Baseh~1I ClUb, of the Phlladelphl~ Narberth, eron got One vote for the state leg-
6upel'intendent of Stllunton MHi.r I'm all in favor of spring, The There were 12 nell' cases or Valley Forge Milital'y Academy, Otliclals of thl:' grou~ stated thl, Athletll's; Wilham, Branch, John E. Granite Drug store. Montgom- islature, Kathel'ine Trotter got a
tary Academy fOl' high academio weather Is so nice t~at not even measleos, nine of mumps, two ')(1 Compton, a second year ,;atlo>l, lI'eek ..that large ,quantlt)' of news- ~\Od WaynE', ~Il ~f B~la-Cyn\\'Yd; el'Y Ave., Narberth, vote for ~h~ count~ committee,
the faculty or admlOlstratlon take scarlet fe\'er and one of whooplnl.l'lI'BS appointed a sel'geant III tll-:- papels and magazines had heen col- and three ~Isters, M,ls, Harmon Narberth New". 238 Haverford from the 1 hll'd DistrICt, and John
.. standing.
Speaking of BucknE'Il, Henr)' college seriously,
Frye, Jr., was its representative Love,
cough In Lowel' Mel'ion TOII'nshiplcadet corps and \las named business lected by the boys, Pr~ceeds trom Hand and Viola Blair" o,f BaIa-
last week ac/'ordlng to Robert J \manager o( Crossed Sabres, th,~ the sale of the collectIOns will go CY,nll'yd, a~d Mrs, Wilham E'I Tralner'lI, 238 Woodhlne Ave,. t~' committee, also from the Third
Ave" Nat'berth, C, Robel'l.!! got a vote for the coun-

at the Intercollegiate conference on BOB. Thomas, Health Officer. Academy's yearbook publication. Into the Pack treasury. Bailey, of Middleburg, Pa. Narberth. Dislt'lct•

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