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Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 15

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SECTION Magistrates Elect New President MEDIA -f- W. Maxwell McKee, a petroleum research engineer, was elected president of the Delaware County Magistrates Associ: ation Tuesday night. McKee, a justice of the peace ana a councilman in Kuueage, defeated Joseph G. Getz of Eddy-stone, Fred W. Zerweck of New town, retiring president, did not seek reelection and turned down a last minute effort to nominate him Hum ine noor.

ARTHUR MAY HEW Up Top With fund drives overlapping' fund drives, you can't blame a person if he occasionally gives money without really caring where it goes. But not so in the case of Miss Marion Weathers of Lima. Miss Weathers, proprietor of market, recently gave the Riddle Memorial Hospital building fund a $525 donation for a motorized bed to be placed, in hospital when it is completed vin January. She two reasons one near-tragic, the other for her donation. Miss Weathers was seriously injured: December, 1956, when she was struck by a car as she crossed Baltimore Pike in Lima.

She was on her way(to a benefit at a Chester hospital. She was taken to a hospital where she was confined to bed with multiple fractures. Unfortunately, the hospital was understaffed and lacked modern' equipment. The beds were the; old standard patients had to rely, on attendants to help them in anu out ot oea. Forgotten One day an attendant helped Miss Weathers Vout oLbed and forgot her.

Shortly thereafter she contracted pneumonia from being out of bed too long. She said this would not have happened if the hospital had had a motorized bed, so she has made sure the new $4 million Riddle Memorial. Hospital has 'The bed. she said, is memorial to the late Charles Schoff of Media, a longtime county physician. She said, when she was 17-Dr.

Schoff urged her to become a nurse, but obligations to her family prevented her from mak ing nursing her career. "It broke my heart to say no," Miss Weathers said, but she added that Dr. Schoff in terest prompted her to become active various fields of nospi-tal work. She is the founder and current public relations chairman for the Lima Auxiliary of Riddle Hospital. Efficiency Plea William Mortimer, Trainer council treasurer, requested a filing cabinet for borough records at a recent He told them he was keeping important documents in paper bags from two area grocery stores.

He said the system was less than efficient. Council voted him up to $250 for the new cabinet. Final Answer A resident at the recent Rose Tree Union School District meeting asked how the residents could keep the millage rates down. The rates are expected to be boosted from 77 to 93. mills.

"Quit having babies," was the reply from somewhere in front of Ihe room. Priests honored Area priests celebrating their 25th anniversary will be FVnored at the second annual Delaware County Holy Name Union banquet May at tne Aipine inn, apring-field. The union represents 50 parishes in Delaware County. Principal srieaker will be Georee M. Schmeltzer of Her- shey, executive director of the Keystone uuuuing i.oiiiraciors ns sociation.

Other speakers will be Mon-slcnnr Charles Mvnauch. Phil adelphia Archdioccsan Holy Name director, and the Rev. Dennis P. McCarthy of New York, national director oi tne i-ioiy Name John J. McKcnna of Rut- ledge is banquet chairman.

A. Montella of. Marcus Hook was elected vice president. Montella defeated Phil C. Puz- Chester alderman.

Joseph "Sallzman of Marcus hook was ree ectea secretary, de feating Stanley Kester of Chester Township. iiiwood.w. Jticmer of rrospect Park was reelected treasurer ov er Daniel Curtin of Aston. McKee served as vice presi dent during 1961-62. A former school teacher, he holds degrees in eaucauon ana industrial ana mechanical, engineering.

Joseph E. Pappano. association solicitor, urged the members to participate in a survey, of the minor judiciary being conducted by the institute of public admini stration of Pennsylvania State university. The new officers will be install ed at the association's ainual banquet May 28 at the Alpine Inn in Murray bnyaer, cruet clerk of the county com missioners' of Aiiegneny county was a guest Tuesday night. Addition To School Proposed The school board Tuesday night recommended the districts building authority the appointment of Butcher snerrera, jpnnaaeipnia brokers, as fmancial advisor for a pro posed 18-room aavation to Delcrotl School.

Estimated cost of the addition is $750,000. The board directed the author ity to negotiate a contract Gilfallen Maymon of Philadelphia for architectural services inj connection with the project. The board said every effort is being maae to cut red tape so consirucupn can begin in tseptem ber. Dr. Samuel Craven, supervising principal, ioia the ooara enrollment for the September, term may jump beyond the projected fieure oecause ot new nome building in tne district.

He said the present enrollment showe a need for six additional classrooms. It was reported thai- the rnim- cil of St, Johri's Lutheran Church has approved the leasing to the school district five classrooms, with limited use of the social hall in the church's new educational ouuamg, for the 1962-63 school year. Rental will be based on actual cost to the church, with as a basis for contract A rental adjustment will made at the end of the school' year. The church council advised the board that the lease proposal will uc atieu on a i a special congregational meeting May 6. The board instructed Dr.

Craven to set a date for kinrierpar- ten registration. The board said! an registrations will be No firm policy can be annnnnc ed concerning the number to be accented for two board said, until it is known' what "in ue avauaoie. Denis Discuss Medical Care Delaware County Democrats said today they will brine Presi dent Kennedy's medical care pro-j gram to the precinct level May i-D aunng -uperauon support. Paul McCarthy. Clifton Heights council president, said literature win oe distributed to every home1 by precinct party workers.

Free Chest X-Rays Are Available Association Begins Survey Free chest x-rays by" the Dela ware County Tuberculosis and Health Association will be avail able at six county sites beginning ivionuay. The surveys are opeh to all Del aware County workers or residents 18 years of age or' older. The free service is possible inrougn annual purchases Christmas. Seals. A spokesman for the countv tu berculosis group said the results of the survey are confidential, go ing only to the person x-rayed ana ms ramiiv onvsiciam The dates, place and time of tne surveys win oe: Monday Milbourne, Pennsylvania State Employment Service'.

6706 Garden Court Road, from a.m. to noon. Folcroft Municipal Building, from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Upper Darbv.

Muni cipal Building, Garrett Road and bong from 9 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. to 4 D.m'. April Kiaiev Park. Riri pv Park High School, Dupbht and rree streets, 30 p.m.

to 5 p.m. and from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m April Sharon Hill, Sharon mil mgn ticnooi. Kennv anr Coates Streets, 3:30 p.m. to p.m.

ana p.m. to 8:30 p.m April Chester, 3rd and Flo wer Streets, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and p.m. 10 a p.m.

West Side YMCA Gets Members CHESTER The WpsI Rrannh YMCA announced Tuesdav it has; ciosea its iwi membership campaign with 610 new mpmhprs ne campaign produced $3,703.50 in tunas. for the campaign was S3.600: me top division, led by John Polk, produced 221 memhprs and $1,226. Earl L. Foster was top team captain, producing 83 members and $430. utner divisions and their lead ers were: casper H.

Green. 162 members, $1,202: Richard L. Pla- 140 members, $823, and Mrs. Hazel Sharpe, 87 $452.50. Dr.

William Wilkens. iof religious education at Crozer ineoiogicai beminary, addressed tne soutn district of the Inter national Y's Mens Club at the West Branch YMCA Saturday. Eighty-nine Y's and Menettes were present. The conference presided over by William Grad- well, district governor. Sherman Harmon, International director for the Pennsylvania region was present.

Suspension Appealed MEDLA COURTHOUSE Cnadds Ford motorist appealed a one-month suspension of! his driver's license. F. Alden Tiffany, in his appeal, contends the state action was and illegal." The petition states the suspension was imposed after he paid a fine and costs witnout a hearing for an alleged violation of the motor vehicle code last October in Concord Township. The suspension order lists a bus violation as tie offense. Judge John V.

Diggins set May 17 for a hearing. SCHOLARS Two Havertown students at Pennsylvania State University, Janet M. Grim (left), of 1736 Josie Lane, senior arts and letters major, and Linda C. Bright of 409 Stratlimore Road, a December graduate with a bachelor of arts degree in arts and letters, have been named to Phi Beta Kappa, national scholastic society. (50Mist Sailer WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1962 New Hotel Will Open in Summer DOG TIRED Hundreds of Delaware County dog courthouse following a warning by state dog investi- owners lined up at the county treasurer's office in gators that they would launch a countywide crack- the Media Courthouse Tuesday afternoon to buy down on residents who fail to buy dog licenses.

The license tags. Long lines have been common at the crackdown begins today. SWARTHMORE-RUTLEDGE Tax Hike Sought A preliminary budget calling for a two-mill tax increase was presented to the Swarthmore- Rutledge School Board Tuesday night. The board did not. discuss the budget in public.

There was an executive session following tne public meeting. lhe proposed budget is about $28,000 higher man that of 1961-62. iwo mills is equal to in taxes for every $1,000 of assessed valuation. A Iwo mill increase would; add $10 to the tax bill for a property assessed at $5,000. iwarthmore Borough council i has already added one muf to tne municipal tax rate.

Thus-Swarthmore property owners will pay an additional $3 in local taxes for every si.uuu of assesed valu ation if the school tax hike is the Kutiedge municipal tax did not increase. Ihe school aislnrt's now tax rate would be 71 mills, or $71 for every of assessed valu ation, under the proposed budget. ine budget cans lor expenditures of about $1,144,110. Income is estimated at $987,872 The remainder of the budget is covered bv a beginning balance ot Copies of the budget were dis tributed to board members by the finance committee. Board President John Spencer said the board hadn't had time to look over the budget yet.

He said the Duagei would be available for public inspection at the Swarthmore Rutledge High School office 9 a.nr. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays April to May a. in other business, the board: Authorized the architectural firm' of George M. Ewing Co.

to Robbery Nets NEWTOWN A han. dit obtained $200 in the holdup a cjoinin" store in me st. a nans snopping center uuesday. The bandit, described as 6 ft. 3 in.

tall and weiehine 230 entered' the Sports Soccialties anop, i6 at. Aioans at 4: is p.m. He had his hand in a pocket of dark tan rain coat as though holding a gun. The bandit ordered tne cierK, wsie watson, hih Arti-more Ardmore, to give him tne money in a cash drawer. The man walked out of the shop and ran away.

Autos Crash, Drivers Hurt A. car comintr out of a driveway collided with another, car on Baltimore Pike Tuesday night and both drivers were hurt. i Treated at Chester Hospital! were Harry unan, ot Gradyville, and Thomas Pugh, 25, of West Chester. Both had chest injuries. Pugh also had fractured ribs ana ur-ian bruises about the right eye.

State Police of the Klwyn Bar racks said Pugh came out of a driveway near Unole Ave. and collided with Urian, who was go ing west on bauimoro pikc, snort-ly after 11 p.m. prepare specifications for new Law on the grounds that its pro- floors for the high school gym nasium, work shop and mechani cal arts room. Approved a resolution opposing! the State's new Prevailing Wage! Textile Printing PlantSold Joseph Bancroft and bons of Wilmington has an nounced plans -to sell its textile printing plant in Eddystone to the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock CO. The plant will subseouentlv be leased back to Bancroft under a long-term agreement.

No opera- lonai changes will be made. Ralph Maclntvre. comoanv president, said the arrangement wouia reuuee tne costs at tin and at the same time as sure Bancroft of long-term Macinlyre also announced the company has begun a $500,000 program to improve its finishing pianc tacmtics in Wilmington. The program will result in mor flexible and efficient operations. and make possible improvement i in quality standards.

The program calls for installation of new equipment. Plant op- erauons win not be interrupted. Auto Injures 8-Year-Old Boy An 8-year-old boy was injured wnen ne ran into tne side of a movine car at 9th St and Ridge Ave. about 3:45 p.m. Tuesday.

John uault of 134 N. 4th St. treated for cuts of the left leg and lower lip at Fitzgerald Mercy Hospital. Darby police said the boy ran into the side of a car driven by Benjamin F. Lentz of 135 Ver- linden St.

AT $5,600 YEAR cedures could delay school build ing projects and that it imposes on tne scnooi Doard the responsibility for guaranteeing (The law provides for the pay ment of minimum wages estab lished by the State on all public wonts involving or more. Philadelphia uniqn rates have been used as the basis for the State-mandated minimums.) Restated a previous decision to allow the Tennis. Club to resurface two tennis courts at the high school, lhe board said school chil dren will have the right to use tne courts aunng scnooj nours. After hours the courts will be open to the pubuc on a first-come- tirst-servea basis. Approved the use of elemen tary school rooms for a summer music program.

Awarded supply contracts to taling $11,961.77. Referred fuel oil bids to com mittee for study. Approved the Provident Trades man Bank Trust Co. to handle the district payroll at $1 a 2 Trees To Grow NORWOOD-Two trees chopped down several months ago by pranksters at the Seneca Avenue School will be replaced. The Norwood School Board voted Tuesday night to purchase an oak and a maple at a cost' of $193.

In other the board: Passed a motion giving the school administrator authority over elementary school custo dians. Approved the summer recrea tion program to begin June 25 and continue for six weeks until Au2. 3. And referred to the property committee for study a letter from the Seneca School Parent-Teacher Association proposing that share in the cost of equipping a ladies faculty room at tne school. DA Fox Appoints 2 Neiv Detectives MEDIA COURTHOUSE Twol county detectives will be added soon to the staff of District At-1 torney Jacques Fox.

The two positions, each paying were approved xuesoay by the county's salary board, boosting to 13 the number of countv detectives on the payroll, in cluding three specializing in vice investigations ana one assigned to the Coroner office. Fox said the two new men, when thev arc named, will spc cialize in criminal investigations of major proportions. He said the two men will be in charge of a mobile crime labora lory when it is purchased. Fon said he has made arrangements1 with the Federal Bureau of In vestigation, the Treasury Dept. and Philadelphia Police Dept.

to supplement tne training of tne new men. Also approved by the board iwere a matron, rune guards and iu laborers tor woric in tne coun-i ty parks on a temporary basis at fiu a day. The county commissioners ap proved $10,000 in limiid fuel tax- funds to Aston Township for road improvements; S3.7H) to Pros pect Park for -storm sewer work at am ano -I'ennsy vania and $1,735 for restoration work on Wildwood East Lansdowne. In each case the counlv shai Police Get Questions On Titles UPLAND-Upland's police de partment came under fire twice' in Tuesday's borough council sion. And, council had enough am munition left to level a verbal blast at the construction company 'orking on the Keriin blreet bot tleneck.

Councilman Richard Willing, a former parttime Upland policeman, asked why the titles in the1 do rough two-man police depart ment were chief and captain. "It seems to me," Willing said, we have all chiefs and no In dians." Mayor Raymond Ruditys told Willing that the borough also has five parttime policemen who help patrol the borough at night. Kuditys said the utle of police chief was given to Leland Hunter ui 1958 as an "honorary title so Hunter could represent the borough at a police chief's conven tion. Council approved the honorary designation, Ruditys said, at no increase in Hunter salary. willing asked why-all the po lice department mail was de- lived to Hunter's home instead of the ponce station.

He said mail sent out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other state enforcement agencies was never, brought to the police station. Ruditys said he had reauesfed1 Hunter to start receiving police mail at the municipal building muie man iwo montns aeo. Council Voted to rnnlart tho Chester Post Office and request maL an ponce man De sent to tne borough's municipal building in the future. Ions ditch near the Keriin Street intersection also came in for criticism. Ruditys said the ditch Sfl long, two feet deep and 18 inchest had only two ie at eacn end.

He said the unguarded ditch was in front of a drug store and is "dangerous." Council votpd nut im uiaiy iignm ana Darncaoes Tuesday nieht and nontant Penn sylvania Department of Highways! today. The bottleneck elimination proj- Construction of New York the same company working on the expressway. uuoitys complained that Berlan- was working on the bottleneck diwiu two davs a said he tried to contact the tractor Tuesday but failed. in omer business, council: Awarded an SI. 873 General Crushed Stone Glen Mills, for road resurfacing Voted to make Upland Terrnrn committee a stated meetim move allows all of whom serve on the Terrace com to attend either the council meeting or the Terrarp mnot.

ing ana sun receive their $20 a month council salaries. Asked Hobert Baxter, fire rhiff ana Dorougn civu aerense director, to see if a new firp ciron be acquired through civil defense ratner man borough money. The! ure company maintains the pres ent horsepower siren at the urc nouse is too weak, Requested Ruditys to arrange a meeting between Upland coun cil and commissioners from Astbn and Chester Township to discuss represents 50 percent of the ex-possible park lands near the Caleb! pccicci cost. House. Builders Rename Clubhouse 'Colony' Reflects History CHESTER The city's newest hotel will retain a touch of the old.

The former Hotel Clubhouse, presently being renovated, will be renamed The Colony when it opens this summer. John G. Pew Jri, president ot the Chester Improvement Co. which will own and operate the hotel, said the name was chosen to reflect the colonial history of the area. William Penn landed at what later became the end of Welsh about five blocks from the new hotel.

Pew said Penn's coat-of-arms with slight alteration will be The Colony's Insignia. He said it will be woven into carpeting at the entrance ana lOODy ana will be used on the china and glassware. William W. Rumford, general contractor, said the remodeling win De iimsnea in early June. Rumford said partitioninfr in- stallation of air conditioning and plastering have been finished.

He said bathroom fixtures have been instailea ana workmen are now laying tile. Pew "said the hotel will fur- nished when the construction Is completed. When opened, the hotel will have 43 rooms with private baths, heating and air conditioning. A paiiung iol ai me rear ot the hotel will accommodate 90 cars. 500 Aid In Drive For Funds SPRINGFIELD IWh.

told will Head the annual Spring- funiculi membership drive scheduled for May 7. Theme of the drive is "Operation Youth," and more than 500. citizens will participate in a to-door campaign between -7 anrf 9 p.m., to solicit funds. Monies given, will finance year-around a i program sponsored by the Athletic Association for the children and youth of the community. cecnioia, cnairman of the drive, SO is vice president nt Board of Directors.

-Servine- as wrfrH M-ofcafrmBr. of the drive will be: Ward 1, Charles Bechtold, Les Gregg and Jack Miller; Ward 2, Harold Simon and George Kelley; Ward 3, Jack Ferrante, Ray. Doyle and Marty Dell; Ward 4, Ed Millison, Warren O'Hara, and Bill. Adolph; Ward 5, Charles Bill risner, Jim Duffy and Ray Bo-shold; Ward 6, Jack' Dana, Ed LeBon, Bob -Larsen and Paul Brennan; arid Ward 7, Joe Clark and Herb. Batspn.

Adult residents interested In assisting with the drive, are urged to contact any of the chairmen listed. Volunteer collectors are needed to complete the fund raising campaign. JCs Set Banquet UPPER DARBY Darby Jaycees will hear Richard u. joraan, northeast divisional representative for Smith. Kline French Laboratories, at thier installation night banquet Saturday at Kostick's Restaurant.

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