Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 24

By HARRY GRAFTON Daily Times Staff Writer FINGERED (Mike) Clark a deputy county controller, was called on by county detectives for duty above and beyond the other day. Seems they were staging a "lineup" for a suspect in a forged check case and wanted him to appear in it. Mike agreed then gulped as the victim's accusing finger seemed to point directly at him. Mike did a fast sidestep and then realized the victim was actually pointing at the real suspect. Mike went back to checking books.

the county's FRANK CLARK not the man ANOTHER STORY are wild over why DA Jacques Fox called in Fred Jack and his vice investigators to lay the shakedown trap that snared Darby Township Commissioner Raven a 1 Maxwell and Building Inspector James Whitsett. Since Jack and his men concentrate on numbers and bookies, normally such an investigation would have been handled by Chief County Detective Maurice (Bill) Maitlarid. "Everyone is silent on the why of the switch but many bet it's a better story than the actual arrests which resulted. Treasurer Bob Backall is also GOP chairman of Darby Township and apparently a novice walking" a verbal tightrope. Questioned about the arrests of Maxwell and Whitsett he maintained that the building was a carry-over Democratic appointment whom the Republicans would like to, but couldn't, get rid of.

That was the morning after the arrests. That afternoon it became known that Whitsett had given him his also held a county the Chester Township political endoz'sement just a month earlier. "We were just trying to help him out," explained Backall then. "He has several children and had been out of work for some time. Actually he changed his registration, too I think.

DIRT-Y JOB The county may make a few bucks out of some unwanted dirt it has on the site of the second incinerator in Darby Township. Seems there's about 50,000 cubic yards the engineers would like to have moved elsewhere so the vacant space could be used for landfill. Solicitor Edward H. P. Fronefield has ruled that it would constitute a real estate transaction and must be handled just like any other real estate the county sells.

It must be advertised, bids received, sold to the highest bidder and the whole dirt-y business approved by the court. One interested party indicated it would be "worth- about DELCO BITS Baptist Women Elect Drexel Hill Resident Mrs. Kenneth L. Cober of Drexel Hill has been elected a mem- ber-at-5arge of the National Coun- cii of American Baptist Women the American Baptist next Tuesday in Rochester, N.Y.. F.

P. Coggeshall of Philadelphia; who graduated from Pennsylvania Military College in 1940, has been appointed manager of the asphalt division of Ameri- Fireinen Douse Gas Pump Blaze LANSDOWNE Borough fire men didn't have very far to go to put out a fire in a gas pump at a service station Friday afternoon. In fact, they just went the street to John Guerin's station at 19 E. Baltimore Ave. The flames leaped high for a few minutes after the fire broke, out around 2 p.m.

but firemen quickly extinguished them. They did not spread to the other three pumps. Guerin said he believed the fire; was started by an empty car parked at the station which rolled; a few feet and hit the tank Sparks apparently touched off the biaze. can Oil Co. He has been assistant manager.

Charles W. Dietz of 5 S. Swarthmore RtdJey Park, has been pledged to Delta Chi at Lehigh University at Bethlehem. New officers of the Principal' Association of the Chester City School District have been elected. They are Charles Giles, Chester High School, president; Charles Spain, Watts Elementary School, vice president; Nathaniel Plafker, Pulaski Junior High School, secretary; and Mrs.

Fannie Dubois, Martin School, treasurer. Two-Car Crash Injures Pair persons were reported injured slightly in an accident at Concord Ave. and coin St. Friday. The accident happened at p.m.

Police identified the drivers as James A. Gibbs, 47, of Limvood and William Elman, 16, of 609 3rd Chester. Ernest L. Watford, 26, 126 Penn and Nancy Clark, 124 were treated at Chester pital for bruises. i auto :30 ers jod W.

Penn Hos Bus Firm Heeds Cry of 'Dotvn? MILLBOURNE A "down In cry by resldeats has been heeded by the Philadelphia Transportation Co. The PTC, it was revealed agreed to its power station four feet deeper into the ground so an Unobstructed scenic view may be enjoyed by Mtllbourne Test- deals. The borough, Friday, granted a building permit for the station on the basis of the agreement. had been argued by Lillian H. Mustard, president of borough Council, and a number of residents that if the building had been constructed according to initial plans it would have blocked out the view of a waterfall in Cobbs Creek Park.

Court Sets $1,000 Baa For Suspect MEDIA COURTHOUSE The third of four suspects in the Bargain City U.S.A. larceny ring was freed in $1,000 bail Friday by Judge William R. Toal. He set the bail for Joanne Laub 19, of the 300 block S. Morris street, Crum Lynne, a clerk in the store.

Earlier he had set the same bail for Ray J2. Keene, 26 of the 900 block Potter street, Chester, and his wife, Elizabeth 19. A fourth defendant, a Chester juvenile girl, remains in custody of juvenile authorities. The four have been accused of periodic stealing from Bargain City and the stolen items included luggage, china, crystal and ceramic pieces. Court Rules Two Senses Worth Plenty PHILADELPHIA The loss of his senses of taste and smell was worth to John Corcoran 50, of 2232 S.

70th according to the State Supreme Court. The court, in a unanimous decision here Thursday, upheld the damage award by a Delaware County jury against Arnold McNeal, Chester tavern operator McNeal had appealed the coun ty court ruling after his request for a new trial was rejected in August 1959. Corcoran claimed he lost his sense of taste and smell and the hearing in his right ear after he was knocked down the steps by another patron in the Palm Gardens, a taproom on Edgmont avenue, Chester, operated by McNeal. The incident took place in October 1956. McNeal, deputy commander the Pennsylvania Wing of the Civ il Air Patrol and a former counf.y detective, charged there was no proof Corcoran had been struck by another- customer.

In the decision, Justice Michael A. Musmanno wrote: "The loss of the sense of taste is one of the most grievous of all losses in the keen enjoyment of life." Lions Elect Dr. DeFries CHESTER Dr. William J. DeFries of 1223 Potter has been elected president of the Chester Lions Club to succeed Irving Mitchell of 70 Gerda Claymont.

Other officers elected Include Edward Calderoni, vice president; Anthony DiLodovico second vice president; John Stevens, third vice president; Mitchell, secretary; Daniel Clendening, tail twister; Albert Nacrelli, assistant tail twister, and Ernest Wilson, lion tamer. Elected for a two-year term as directors were Stanton Bon- sail, Allen L. Cullis and Felix Tircuit. Named directors for one year were J. Edward Parkinson, William M.

Kyttle, Arthur Sadley and Edward C. Block. Girl, 18, Hurt In Collision 18-year-old Wilmington girl was injured early this morning in an accident involving an auto and truck at Painters Crossroads. Stale Police reported that the accident occurred at 12:35 a.m. at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Route 202.

Ann Sauers 18 915 W. 24th Wilmington, was admitted to Delaware Hospital in Wilmington with possible internal injuries and a possible broken leg. Murals Along the Delaware ig the Delaware First comes Philadelphia Electric's new Eddystone power plant FOLCROFT CHIEF EXPLAINS $240 Gut from $240 He Never Got Delaware County SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 1961 DAILY TIMES 13 ANOTHER SIDE River Cruise Can Give You New Outlook Next on the river are the vast Sun Shipbuilding yards Then the Scott Paper plant and docks I By BUZZ BURR Daily Times Staff Writer CRUISING down (he Delaware River can be a fascinating experience on a sunny afternoon. The Delaware County rusty and crumbling as much of it interesting features seldom seen by the thousands who drive by the waterfront every day. The lower end of the county's waterfront assumes a new perspective when seen from the middle of the river The hundreds of acres of tanks, pipes and other apparatus of the Sun Oil and Sinclair refineries in Marcus Hook come into view at one time, appearing like something from a science fiction movie.

Here, too, is an anchorage for huge ocean-going tankers where vessels await clearance by customs authorities before unloading crude oil at refinery pipelines which jut out on long piers. GETTING up-river opposite Chester you spot the Philadelphia Electric Co. power station which sits smack on the edge of the riverbank. A large scoop bucket runs out a door atop the building at the north end and drops to unload fuel for the generating plant from barges. Industrial plants, such as Pennsylvania Industrial CheHii- car huddle together next to the river.

Then comes the West End Boat Club, tucked back behind pilings into a small cove. Dozens of small pleasure boats are tied to wooden floats extending from shore. The next landmark is the Chester-Bridgeport ferry slip. A couple of the large, cumbersome-looking craft are tied up beside the slip, while two others make steady trips across the river PHILADELPHIA Electric has another installation next to the ferry and a small grass strip on the riverbank provides a break in the scenery before the Philadelphia Quartz Co. installation.

Then comes Ford Motor's Chester assembly plant, where the long docks are empty. In previous years Ford's wharf got considerable use before removal of the export division from here. A pile of rusty iron and junk sits on the bank at the north end of the yard. Cranes and a long conveyor are busy sucking up and dumping gravel from barges tied at the Warner Co. clocks nearby.

The Chester River empties into the Delaware. JUST PAST the river mouth is the Scott Paper Co. Several barges loaded with bales of paper sunolies in various hues provide a bit of color on the drab waterfront. As the barges are- unloaded, they tilt at various out of balance. Almost lost in the midst of ihe Scott docks are several yellow iron gates topped by a walkway.

This is the gateway to the old Wilson Line dock at the foot of Market street, unused or months by the riverboats which no longer stop at Chester. For the next several hundred feet, the waterfront is taken up by ways of the Sun Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co. The entrance of Ridley Creek breaks out along the southern end of (he shipyard. Here is a busy bustle of workmen, dwarfed by the huge ships and the large, cranes which tower over them. Two Sinclair ships are berthed at one dock.

The Navy cruiser umbia and a destroyer escort, the Courtney, are docked at other piers Dozens of sailors wander around the destroyer's deck. WORK IS undo rwa yon eht Mormacbay, which is waiting addition of superstructure, and on the Monnacpride, recently- launched at the yard. Both vessels are owned by Moore-MacCormick Lines of New York. Construction is just starting on various olher vessels almost hidden in the framework to the huge ways. At the northern I end of the vast yards are nu- merous ways, built to handle wartime construction, now in seeming disrepair from lack ot use.

Past some crumbling docks which appear next is the Baldwin filtration plant. Then the new PE Eddystone power plant looms high on the horizon, marked by huge of fuel. A crane and bulldozers are busy on the pile, transferring fuel to the generating plant. FINALLY- there is the mouth of Darby Creek and an area of mud flats, followed by the Corinthian Yacht Club and the Es- singlon Yacht Yard where pleasure craft of every size and shape rock gentle in the current, some tied to docks and pilings and others anchored off the yard. Topping off these varied views is the passing scenery in mid- river heavily ladcned tankers moving slowly up stream, freighters going out with the tide, puffing tugs pushing groups of barges, and comparatively tiny speedboats skimming along the surface.

Fascinating. Nearby is the Warner sand and gravel operation The empty Ford Motor Co. docks follow this Then comes the Chester Ferry slip FOLCROFT Police Chief Samuel Myers today amplified a statement printed in Thursday's Daily Times that his salary had been cut tentatively by Borough Council. Council on Wednesday night as continuing in its attempt to reach a balanced budget. The Daily Times story said "the annual salary of Chief Samuel My- tentatively trimmed by Myers said the sum of amount received when he had served as borough health officer.

This was in addition to his $5,000 salary as chief, he said. When Myers took Burgess Hugh McVicker to court last year to get back his powers as chief, part of the settlement was that Myers would give up the health officer he later did. The chief said the court suggested that the salary which he had been paid as health ofi- cer be added Jo his chief's salary. This was added in the proposed budget which would have brought his salary as chief to $5,240. But council Wednesday tenta- lively deleted the $240 from his' proposed salary.

It this provision eventually adopted, it would leave him with the same salary last $5,000. Burgess McVicker was not present when council tentatively trim-i med Mycr's praposed salary Wednesday. Council mil meet again Wed-1 ncsday in another attempt to bal ance the budget. And finally the Sinclair Refinery In BALLOON EXPERIMENT Chester Students Plot Meterological Details CHESTER-Those ballons you may have seen flying over this area last month weren't the work of a few idle children. They represented a unique experiment in meteorology by a group of Chester junior high school science enthusiasts.

Each school day at 9 a.m. during May a small group of students at the city's four junior i.ighs— Douglass, Pulaski, Showalter and balloons on which were attached cards asking that the finder return them to the school. At the rate of about 20 ballons a day, approximately 400 were launched from Chester during the month. The ballons the ordinary toy type, were inflated to 11 inches in diameter with illuminating gas. The cards asked that the finder supply information on the date and place the balloons were found.

Thus far, the students have received about 30 cards. Some were rom as far away as Quakertown and Baltimore. About one-half of (hem landed in New Jersey. As the balloons were launched, SpotlightSet On Fire Safety CHESTER At least, three county firemen will attend the Governor's Conference on Fire Prevention in Harrisburg Monday. Others also are expected to attend the conference.

It will highlight the progress made in fire safety In schools since the great Chicago school fire in December 1958 Scheduled to attend the daylong conference from Chester are Joseph Landino, 2nd assistant fire chief; Benjamin Berry, a trustee of Moyamensing Hook and Ladcr an John Cal- hoim, also of Moyamensing, who ta a past city fire chief. the students recorded pertinent mctcrplogical data, such as wind direction and temperature. The experiments have confirm' ed two known facts thus below 500 feet wind directions ara unstable and that the balloons may go anywhere and that above 500 feel Ihe odds are '4-1 that they; will travel east from Chester. The latter is substantiated by the fact that one-half of the card's returned were from balloons that landed in New Jersey. School officials hope to continue) the project next year and to induce other schools in various of the area to participate.

That way a more accurate dcterminat tion of wind directions can be obtained. Carmiehuel TO RUN AWAY WITH.