Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 13

2Hurt For Today By BILL KAGLER Daily Times Staff Writer FOUR OP A KIND--Just before the Labor Day weekend, just two years to the day he left the Four Aces, singer Al Alberts received a phone call. On the other end of the Line was Dave Mahoney, tenor with the Aces. He told Al that Freddy Diodati, the Aces' lead singer, had been hospitalized by hepatitis and the quartet faced a weekend engagement at the Hershey Fair a lead. Dave then asked if Al might consider filling in for the Fair appearance. Al hesitated, meditated--and then agreed.

The "original" Four Aces sang before audiences which passed the 50,000 mark, and enjoyed an old-fashioned reunion at the same time. Rudy Pompilli, now associated with Continental Booking Corp. of Chester, arranged the Aces' appearance. He played with the 16-piece band that back the quartet, performed a solo on the program and directed the band for the Aces' numbers. One might say without reservation that Hershey audiences got a real taste of Delaware County entertainment talent.

After the weekend jaunt to Hershey, Al returned to his Media home for a few days of relaxing prior to embarking on a tour of clubs that has him booked solid until early November. Tangle DAVE MAHONEY calls pal Al THEY WORKED, TOO In a news story about the recovery of the body of a Montgomery County man who drowned in the Delaware River last week, we neglected to mention' the roles played by tsvo deputy harbormasters and Chester's Franklin Rescue Squad. The body was found off Raccoon Creek along the New Jersey shore by Lee Tilton of Prospect Park and James Oakley of Norwood, two deputy harbormasters for the State Navigation Commission. It tooft them an hour to tow the body to the West End Boat Club, due to a'strong tide current. When Tilton and Oakley reached the boat club, a Coast Guard patrol boat crew lowered a wire basket to pluck the body from the water.

The day before the recovery, Franklin Rescue Squad personnel in a private craft joined Tilton and Oakley in the search for the body. It was spotted the next clay by a ferryboat captain. 'ROUND TOWN Bill Mahoney, switchboard operator at the Chester Police Station, received an unusual request the other day. The Franklin Fire Co. ambulance crew wanted a fire truck sent to a station at 9th and Kerlin right away.

Seems the ambulance pulled up with a smoking motor. The crew's Franklin Fire Co. brethren responded and remedied the situation Sacred Heart Hospital's staff and physical plant will undergo an accreditation survey Wednesday East Lansdowne iforough officials are looking for a physician. The community lacks one at present, they say Dr. 1.

W. Kothberg of 1534 Chichester Linwood, is retiring from practice, the Delaware County Medical Society bulletin reports. The medical society, by the way, has contributed to the Health and Welfare Council ot Delaware County. The money will be used to assist completion of the council's survey of health needs in the county The Sacred Heart Hospital medical- dental staff has scheduled its annual dance for Oct. 8 in' the Brandywine Country Club near Wilmington Steve Snyder of 905 ML Holyoke Place, Swarthmore, the sport parachutist, is walking around with a cast right foot.

One jump too many, maybe? Pet cats owned by two Delaware County families have been named Pennsylvania Alt-American Winners by CATS Magazine. The owners are Dr. and Mrs. Trevor B. Hill of 497 Maplewood" Springfield, and Mrs.

Eugene Fouque of 7 N. Garficld Glenolden. (Don Murdaugh can't write about animals, but no such restriction has been imposed here yet.) School Bus Pupils Unhurt BRANDYWINE SUMMIT A Glen Mills student and a Coopersburg man were injured about 8:20 a.m. today when an empty sand truck skidded on wet pavement on Route 202 and crashed into a stopped car and a school bus'at the railroad crossing here, Some 24 other elementary school pupils from Birmingham aboard Ihe bus. escaped injury as the truck-- swerved across the four- lane highway into the front of Ihe bus.

David Basnor, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Basnor of 19 Woodland Glen Mills, reportedly was cut in the crash. He was en route to 4th Grade at Chadds Ford Elementary School. Witnesses said he, was taken from the scene in the Talleyville Fire Co.

ambulance, but Cheste County Hospital in West Cheste said the boy was not brough there. Also injured was L. G. Hobbs 51, of Coopersburg, whose ca was struck in the rear by the true and pushed across the highway. Hospital attaches said Hobbs, also transported to the hospital by the Talleyville ambulance, was being x-rayed to determine the extent of his injuries.

Witnesses said the northbound bus, headed for Chadds Ford and for Unionville Schoo! in Marlborough, was stopped at Clemens Lumber Yard to pick up several students when the crash 'occurred. The truck, driven by Robert Brandon James of Box 161, Glen Mills, was southbound on Route 202. James said he applied his brakes when he saw three cars stopped on his side of the highway for the school bus, but he was unable to halt the vehicle on the wet pavement. The truck crashed into Hobbs' car, which struck another car before it was pushed across the road by the truck. Hobb's car was damaged extensively and the front Cabin Boat Fire Burns 2 Countians; 1 Escapes RIDLEY PARK Two Leedom Estates men were burned severely late Saturday night when their 26-foot cabin cruiser burst into flames and Castle, in River.

A third man, SHE KNOWS--Pert Julie Delo, 3, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter of 303 W. Rose Valley Wallingford, symbolizes the hundreds of youngsters rh this area suffering from cystic fibrosis who eventually may benefit from the annual fund appeal of the Philadelphia-Delaware Valley Chapter, National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation. Some 12,000 volunteers will launch-a door-to-door campaign in eastern Pennsylvania and southern Jersey Sunday raise funds for medical research to conquer the disease.

sank off New the Delaware Robert Haring, 444 Glendale Springfield, es- aped injury when he jumped from le flaming craft. The two victims, removed to aylor Hospital Sunday morning, re John R. Miller of 626 Darby and Charles Eichel- jer'ger, 49,. of 630 Darby Rd. Both are reported in satisfactory con- jtion today.

Hospital attendants said Miller las first, second and third degree jurns of both hands and arms and irst.and second degree burns of he face. Eichelberger is suffering from tirst, second and third degree jurns of both arms and hands, first degree burns of both legs and first and second degree burns of the face, The craft was in the cabin at the time and had to run through the flames to escape. Haring was in the rear of the boat. All three jumped into the -water. They had two iifejackets among them.

The "Mormacelm," a motor vessel, radioed the Coast Guard that it had sighted the burning burst into flames about 10 p.m. off Liston Range near New CasUe. Miller had purchased the boat in Cape Slay, N.J., and was taking it to Darby Creek. The motor apparently died and Miller attempted to start it. He was standing over it when it exploded in flames.

Eichelberger hulk drifting in the main channel of the river. Four boats put out from shore, but by the lime they reached the site a Bethlehem Steel Co. freighter, the "Bctheoaster," has fished the men from the water. The three had been in the water about a half an hour before they were rescued. The freighter's captain first decided to' take the men ashore at Reedy Point, the Delaware end of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, but then radioed Herbert Wilfong, the canal dispatcher, thai Miller and Eichelberger were burned so badly that they could not climb'down the ladder.

The freighter, instead, took them to Baltimore, where relatives met them and- rushed them to the hospital. The Coast Guard gave up looking for the hulk when it decided there was no menace to navigation. MONDAY, SEPT. 12, I960 Delaware County DAILY 13 PMC Rites to Honor Gen. J.

J. Pershing of the bus was smashed. Another bus was called and CHESTER A program honor-1ing ing the 100th anniversary of the birth of General of the Armies John J. Pershing will 1 be marked at Pennsylvania Military College xansferred the students to school Witnesses said the youngsters and bus driver, Dennis Arnold of Kcnnett Square, were shaken up but otherwise uninjured. Donald Clemens and William Cloud, lumber company employes, heard the crash and ran out.

Cloud summoned police and firemen while Clemens administered first aid io the victims. State police of Elwyn barracks said they had no further details, pending completion of their investigation. report to the campus for a week of orientation. President Eisenhower, in a proclamation designating the centen- Water Company Installs Main who founded -the Pershing organization. County residents are invited to watch the exhibition.

Bennett said he had asked veterans organizations in the Del- Tuesday as 350 freshman students aware Countv area to mark the Pershing observation during their meetings. The college is in readiness for the influx of 350 new students, and more than 600 upperclassmen nial date for the commander-in-iwho will be arriving for the open- chief of the American ing MC 140th academic term ary Forces in World War J. McCaffrey, all Americans to pay honor and! cja ce president at the college respect to' Gen. Pershing and the! said students would begin moving into the third new dormitory be ing built on the. campus.

men who served under him. Gen. Pershing was 13, I860, SPRINGFIELD The Philadelphia Suburban Water Co. has begun installation of 2,491 feet of 12-inch cast-iron transmission main starting on Madison road and continuing on Wood road to N. Norwindin Rd.

and Valley View Rd. where it will be tied into an existing 6-inch main. Workmen will be laying the pipeline under the sidewalk so as to cause as little inconvenience to the community as possible. As part of the company's current expansion program, this project, which will cost approximately 540,000, is designed to improve service to homes in Springfield and to strengthen distribution facilities in the area. Auto Blaze Gives Police Arson Fears DARLING--State Troopers had a mystery on their hands today On Saturday, afternoon, a fire ruined a car abandoned on Darlington road just off Baltimore 1 pike.

Sgt. Reynolds V. Comstock, commander of the State Police Barracks at Elwyn, said the license plate and the manufacturer's serial number piate had been removed from the auto. Comstock said the vehicle might have been a stolen one--although it did not match reportsi of any taken in the area--or it might have "been torched for insurance purposes. The car was a 1957 Chevrolet, blue and cream in color.

The blaze was discovered about 2:45 p.m. Troopers found a couple of cans at the scene which might have contained gasoline to ignite the vehicle. The Lima Fire Co. responded and extinguished the flames. The interior was burned completely.

NO SNOW--No, it wasn't i a a a snow, but newly poured that attracted a heavy- footed walker. The scene is a sidewalk in front of an Eclgmont avenue shoe store in Chester. The culprit may not have been the Abominable Showman but the agrees he was abominable. 7 Philly Unit Outstruts County Drum Corps FQLSOM--Colorfully clad boys arjd girls, strutting and marching to thc sound of drums and bugles, were cheered by a crowd of spine 2,000 persons here Saturday night. For the second consecutive Carmichael year, a Philadelphia group won top honors in the annual competition sponsored by the Mann Hangers Junior Drum and Bugle Corps of Ridley Township.

The Vasclla Musketeers walked off with first place with a score of S2.05 out of a possible 100. They were given the Frederick L. Mann Trophy, a rotating one, to keep for another year. If they win it next year, the group will retire the trophy. The Musketeers also were pre- Fall in Home Hospitalizes GOP Leader CHESTER John J.

McClure, veteran Delaware County Republican leader, is reported in condition today in Sacred Heart Hospital under treatment for a fractured left hip. McCIurc, 74. was injured about 8:30 p.m. Friday when he tripped on a mg and fell to the floor at his home at 20lh St. and Providence Ave.

He had been reading and chatting with his wife, Alice, prior to the fall which occurred as he was leaving the room. Mrs. McCIurc called Franklin Rescue Squad, which look him to the hospital. Hospital attaches said he is in a modified form of traction, pending surgery on the hip Wedncs- near Lacledc, The PMC observance for Gen. Pershing carries added significance in that the famed warrior visited the PMC campus in 1921 to receive an honorary degree of military science.

An overnight guest of Gov, and Mrs. William C. Sproul. Gen. Pershing also addressed Chester Rotary Club.

Col. James G. Bennett, professor of military science and commandant at PMC. said the observance for Gen. Pershing would be at 1:30 p.m.

in Charles E. Hyatt Armory as President Clarence R. Moll and other administrators greet the parents of new students. Cadet Capt. Stephen Walter, one One ot the highlights of the freshman week schedule will be the picnic President and Mrs.

hold for the new students Wednesday beginning at 4 p.m. in Smedley Parkr Nether Providence. Public Speaking Club to Meet CHESTER The Chester Toastmasters emphasis Club, upon which places Chester Gave Pershing Rip-Snorting Welcome i CHESTER--Gen. John J. Persh-; ing, whose birth is being observed Tuesday in a program at Pennsylvania Military College, delivered two brief talks when he visited Chester in 1921--one to the Rotary Club and the other at the coilege when he accepted an honorary degree.

The Times, in its June 15 edi- of the company commanders innately 3,000 similar units, with a development of lion, wrote that the regular meet- public speaking ability, will spon- ing of the Rotarians was trans- sor an introductory meeting atjferred into a tumultous welcome 6 p.m. Thursday at Windsor inn, 9t hstreet near Sproul. The club is a non-profit organization, part of a chain of approxi- the corps at PMC this year, will be among the speakers. Later, at 1 5:45 p.m., PMC's national championship Pershing Kifies Drill Team will give an exhibition in PMC Stadium. It was Gen.

Persh- in attendance. membership exceeding 80,000. Walter P. Moran. international director; Ecimund Thelen, district governor, and James Dallas, lieutenant district governor, will be for the nation's hero and President Warren G.

Harding's secretary, George C. Christian who also was in Chester to receive a degree from PMC. After telling a humour story of the fighting overseas, the genera 1 launched into a more serious vein, saying: My father was born in Pennsyl vania and most all of my ances 2 Boys Hurt In Chester Car Crashes CHESTER Two young boys were struck by cars over the week but neither was hurt seriously. The first mishap occurred at 8:30 pirn. Saturday when Franklin Homes, 12, of 530 Cherry was knocked down at 6th and Welsh Sts.

He was treated at Chester Hospital for cuts and bruises and released. Police identified the driver as Robert M. Baldwin, 21, of the 1100 block Clover lane. Baldwin was taken to police headquarters for questioning about the accident, received a military degree and Patrolman Edward Mea said "in police court today. While there, are buried here.

Perhaps some of them died with their boots on. I like always to come to Pennsylvania, not only because you nave a most hospital governor sut because it is the state of ideals. "It is delightful for a military man like me to be in Chester because it is the home of "a great military institution. I have never am frank.to say it has always been my ambition to get one. "It is a great honor to be given this degree by one of the greatest military schools in the country.

One who has a military degree from Chester needs nothing more." During his visit in Chester, Gen. Pershing was the overnight, guest of Gov. and Mrs. William C. THEY'RE JUST AFIRE AT FAIR ACRES Enthusiasm Burns Hot Over $1 Bargain day.

McClure had returned home just before Labor Day after several weeks' rest in University Hos- ital, Philadelphia, recovering 'rom nervous exhaustion. Mayor Eyre, Republican county chairman, said McClure's illness will not affect plans for Ihe coming election campaign. Eyre said campaign plans were drawn up three or four months ago in conferences with McCIurc and counlj LIMA--There's something new I The 193S model pumper was a at Fair Acres, the county home for the aged. It's actually something old, nit it's new for Fair Acres. And take it from Administrator Paul C.

Kaestner, it's a welcome addition. It's a fire truck--the first lo be kept here in the 153-year-old history of the institution. sented a Memorial Trophy in lion- leaders and "we'll continue along the lines already mapped out." or of George Heed, who died a few weeks ago. Heed was very aclive in assisting the corps. The rimncrup in the ccmipcti- at the Ridley'Township Senior High School Field was the Brncken Cavaliers of Bristol with a score of 81.0.

The others placed as follows: Vagabonds of Haddon Heights. N. Dundalk Dukes of Baltimore. 79.0; Belles of St. Mary of Gloucester, N.

75.4; St. Nicholas Cndcts of Baltimore. W.S5, ami Sahler-Seunn Cadets of Coalcsvilic. 59.15. The competition was opened by an exhibition by the Media Fawns and closed with one by the Rangers.

The Rangers arc sponsored by the Patterson llnvisc American Legion 'Post N'o. 168 of I.cc-dom Estates and directed by Pat DiAntonio. This marks the third year the corps has sponsored the competition. The crick L. Mann of Folsom, altemV cd Ihc competition.

The Rangers will participate in competition Saturday aftcmwn sponsored by Ihe Bracken Cava nt Bristol, gift--actually it cost $1--from the 1 Garrettford-bvexel Hill Fire Co. N'o. 1. Volunteers from 'this company were purchasing a new truck and had been to the county home here recently am! saw a need. So they decided to give their old 500-gallon pumper lo Fair Acres.

Although the truck is of ancient vintage, the motor is newer a in good shape, Kaestner said. The administrator also had a hand in the gift. He is a director of the fire company and has been a member since 1929. The administrator is training six of the home's employes to operate the truck and serve as the Fair Acres fire company. The vehicle is being housed in a the administration Mea testified, Baldwin became loud and cursed an officer.

He was arrested on a'disorder- ly conduct charge and fined $50 by Magistrate Anthony H. Smith after today's hearing. Joseph Gordon, 14, of 142 Pontiac Lester, was struck by a car at 4th St. and Morton Ave. at 5:45 p.m.

Sunday. He was treated at Chester Hospital for bruises and released. Police identified the dirver as John H. Ross, 26, of Pomeroy. Ross told police he saw the boy dart into the street and braked the car in an attempt to avoid hitting him.

The car skidded on the wet pavement, he said, and the fender hit the boy. Ejarago near auilding. The truck as a 200-gallon booster tank, ladders, feet a( iuch hose. 400 feet of hose and a 200-foot booster line. The three Mtddletown fire companies protect the county home.

But the truck at the site will give Fair Acres even better fire protection. Rangers namesake, Frcd- Car Skids in Rain, Rams Wall, 2 Hurt CHESTER Two men were admitted to Chester Hospital Sunday morning after the car in which they were riding skidded on wet pavement and smashed into a Scott Paper Co. warehouse wall. Edward Ruvkc. 51, of 2Sth Upland, and William Saundcrs of 2-123 Madison were listw: in good condition today.

Burke (Jentified by police as the driver sustained a fractured clavicle cuts and Urnisos. Saundcrs cut ami admitted for obsrrvatiot of possible head injuries. Burke told police the car skidd ed on 4th si reel near Caldwel street and smashed inlo the wa of a Scolt Paper Co. warehous shortly aflcr 8 a.m. The wall an a window frame were damagex and the car was towed to a Broomall Woman Hurt iu Collision SWARTHMORE A Broomall woman was injured slightly in a two-car collision at Swarthmore Ave.

and Chester Rd. about 6:11 p.m. Sunday. Mrs. Etta Venturella, 50, of 297 S.

New Ardmore Ave. suffered a cut on the forehead requiring two stitches to close. She was treated by a private physician at the scene. Swarthmore police said she was a passenger in a car driven bv her husband. Angelo Venturella, 53.

same address, which was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by Irene A. Lanahan. 24, of 1347 Baltimore Springfield. SOMETHING NEW--Jack Founds, grounds superintendent at Fair Acres in Lima, inspects a fire truck given to Ihe county home for by the Garrettford- Drexel Hill Fire Co. No.

1. The truck, the first vehicle to be kept at the home in its 153-year-history, will be manned by six institution employes. Taxi Passenger Hurl in Crash MEDIA A passenger in a taxi cab was injured Saturday in a two-car collision at South Ave. and Franklin St. Mrs.

Mary Zamichieli, 4S, of 109 Sherbrook Upper Darby. iwas treated at Chester Hospital for shock and injuries lo the chest and knee. Cpl. James F. Lynch of Media police said she was a passenger I in a Keiser Taxi Co.

cab driven by George Firpi of US S. Orange The vehicle, was involved in a collision with a car driven by Rosemary V. Arters, 5tS S. Oranee iSt..