Delaware County Daily Times from Chester, Pennsylvania • Page 2

DELAWARE COUNTY (PA.) DAILY TIMES Tuesday. August 23, I960 Aston Board, Authority Fight Over Road Repair Sewer Unit Supports Program Open Sivitch Draws Thief CHESTER-Locked car doors do not always prevent the theft of the vehicle, especially if ASTON-The Southwest Delco Municipal Authority today re-' ed Township Demands Control Commission. by Swawrthmore police k-rs are Irving to correct street re teased a statement in regard early today, said he stole a car the current dispute over the street repair program, being conducted in connection with installation of the township's $3,250,000 sewer system. "It is the opinion of the authority, based on the report of Glace and Glace, sewer engineers, that streets are being restored according to specifications to which (he contractors must adhere. "The contractor doing the work is an agent of the sewer authority and works under the authority, not for the township commissioners.

Approval of all specifications was necessary before bonds could he issued to construct the sewer system. "Specifications pertaining to the streets were passed on by the sfate, of which the authority i an agent The specifications and materials being used here 'also are used by more than 50 per cent of such authorities in the state for this type of restoration and have been found satisfactory. The authority is an operating, self-supporting authority with no ties to the township commissioners other than appointment of its members. "The authority lias requested and invited the township engineer and the roadmaslcr to be present at any section of street installation. The township will collect about in plumbing permits with a very small amount of expense.

"The sewer system is now 90 per cent complete and the street restoration is 50 per cent complete. Materials being used are designalecl as a CP2 wearing surface. This meets stale specifications and should be sufficient for any roads. "The township engineer feels these materials and specifications are sufficient and acceptable. In his report to the commissioners, was his opinion that workmanship could be better.

"The authority and it's neers are' well aware of all street conditions to date and they are on (he program to be completed before final acceptance. II is premature to criticize an unfinished job the basis of a finished job. "The authority has met with township commissioners four limes to present these facts and has made very effort to cooperate and coordinate all phases of the sewer system as weil as street repairs. "The program calls for going through the streets on a production basis to save the public mon- ry. A follow-up crew will correct and repair all deficiencies left by the major installation crew.

To insure this, the authority will withhold 10 per cent cash on all contracts as well as street repair contracts. "The authority feels it can an twer any questions and tlic public is invited to attend its meetings last Tuesday of each month at Green Ridge fireball." Court Dei ays Housing Case hearing for two Philadelphia men, arrested on charges of violation of city safety ordinances has been postponed until next week becau.se witnesses were unavailable for a Police Court hearing originally staled for today. Aaron Sinister, 6-1, and his brother, Sidney, 53. were arrested on a warrant sworn out by Council- public late Monday night after he noticed the ignition was in the "off" position, but was not locked. The car is owned by Irvin Savitts of 318 E.

21sl St. and was taken from in front of his home about 11 p.m. Swarthmore Patrolmen Peter Maginnis and James Davis, alerted to the theft by a police radio message, saw a car traveling through Swarthmore on Chester road at 3:20 a.m. They trailed it to Baltimore pike, where the car was halted and the youthful driver arrested. He was turned over to Chester police who filed a charge of car theft.

The youth was then turned over to juvenile- authorities in Media. He told police he smashed a window to open the car door. Defends Student GREAT NECK, N. Y. (AP)The mother of an American student expelled from the Soviet Unon for taking pictures termed (lie action "utterly ridiculous." However, Ann D.

Andrews ex- iresscd concern because she has lad no from her son Joseph, 21, or American authorities as to his whereabouts or the situation concerning him. She learned of he expulsion from news reports. The U. S. Embassy in Moscow vas informed Monday that Andrews and two other American ludents had been booted out of the country, the latter for driving on a side road off limits to foreigners.

The embassy quoted Andrews as saying he was taken into custody and questioned four. hours after he photographed apartment houses in Rostov. The Russians accused him of taking pictures of a factory behind the apartments but Andrews said lie didn't know of one. Mrs. Andrews, a widow, has spent two years at the University of Munich in Germany as a major history and languages.

She said ic speaks Russian fluently. He lopes to become a teacher or en- tcr the diplomatic corps, his mother said. As for his photography, she said that he is "the merest arna- Mrs. Andrews has three other children, a daughter and two younger sons. man Joseph Miclcarek, safety director, charging thorn with failure to correct alleged improper conditions in a building they own at 314 Market Si.

Mielcarck is away this week and was unable to festifv tocinv. TI I- The hearing will next Tucsdav. conducted 4Teen-Agers Held Killers Of Youth, 16 PHILADELPHIA f.n Four teen-agers were charged wilh homicide Monday in th fatal beating of William J. Matthews, Ifi. They were held without hail.

The four, members of the "Road Gang," arc Walter Norman, 13; Thomas Brown, 15; Spencer 'Lee', Ifi. and Jerome Wise. 17. Two other boys wore held as material Leroy Griffin, jlG, rind Frederick Taylo'r. Ifi.

Mall hews was returning home from a summer job on Aug. 16, Griffin testified, when Brown stopped him. Brown didn't like the way Matthews was walking. Griffin explained. A defense attorney said the death was a result of the figfit Matthews had a weak heart.

JudKo Theodore O. Spnuldinq of Municipal Court interjected "Fifzht This was no fight. It ij ai tacks one pair conditions they "find deplor able," Commission Presiden Frank Horan declared Mondaj night at an adjourned meeting the board. "The township engineer, Miles Potter, has reported a poor re pair job is being done on the streets" said Horan. "The admin istration committee of the com missioners has been pushing an effort to correct conditions.

"Township records indicate con tracts 1, 2, 3 and 4 for the sewe construction were approved by the commissioners a year ago las July, but contract 5, which covers the street installation, was never approved. "The Municipal Authority never received permission from the township to open any streets. The township never waived any town ship rights and it never waived the fees provided for opening streets. "Township commissioners will attempt to enforce their ordin ance 90 which covers permits to open streets and requires a fee "The township will attempt to enforce this ordinance to gain con rol of the slreet repairing, inas much as the permits would allow specify repaying conditions "The authority has contracts streets to be repaired as good or better condition than hey were. It is not being done.

The authority will withhold. 10 per of the paving cost for a year, but the streets may hold up for the year and then fall apart after the contractor is out. "The commissioners have writ- en the authority Mor information the sewer installation and treets, but the authority has reused to cooperate." Commissioner Bancroft Haviland said the authority brought up he sewer installation and enabl- ng ordinances last year before the commissioners and said they "had be passed at once to get the ewers. They gave the commissioners no time to read the spec- fications." "A majority of the commissioners passed the ordinances because hey felt the sewers were needed. )ut the commissioners were forced pass them blind because of the irne limit given by trie authority.

"The township engineer has valked the streets in question and ound them full of faults. He has ound mud pushing up through portions just paved. "The repair of streets in the fu- urc will cost thousands of dollars nd after a year's time, the au- horily will have to repair them rom sewer income. This will still come out of the public's pocket." Several spectators commented rom the audience. Ted Widmaier commended the! commissioners on their fight and aid he felt the commissioners must supersede the authority, "lenn Fortini echoed Widmaier's position and said the commission- must get control of the township streets.

Mar pie Okays Apartments way was cleared hen- Monday night for an ice skating rink and an apartment project in the township. The Board of Adjustment announced decisions giving its approval to the construction of a rink by the Marplc-Newtown Swim Club on Sunset boulevard near Bonsall avenue in Broomall. The rink, which wilt cost an estimated will be managed under a membership basis and will not bo open to the general public. The apartment project, consist- of structures containing a tntnl of 32 apartments, will be constructed by Robert O'Neill of nn the south side of rhrstpr pike at Manor road defenseless, weak bov. XON DG CAMPAIGN Robert M.

gional vice-chairmen. They are (left to right) Kimber Coun irman Citizens for E. Vought of Nether Providence D. GftS nf confers with three newly appointed re- Middletown, and Victor H. Jenkins of Drexel Hill $200,000 Value Put On Estate MEDIA estate of Harry A.

Bruder, of 427 N. Providence Wallingford, who died Aug. at 58, has been esti mated at $200,000 for probate purposes. Under his will dated Jan. 24 1956, he left half of his estate to his wife, Catherine A.

H. Bruder and the balance in equal shares to children, Mrs. Jeanette Sheiton and Airs. Maureen A. Kil larriss, both of Florida, Mrs.

Mary Mattel! of Philadelphia, and Harry A. Bruder of Media. In addition he directed that $5,000 be given to the Nativity Parish of Media, for the saying of mass on the anniversaries ol his death, and $1,000 to St. Patrick's Parish of Miami Beach, Fla. Formerly associated with M.

A. 3ruder Sons, a paint firm, Mr. Bruder died in Crozer Hospital after a short illness. Under the will of Mrs. Gertrude B.

Martin, who died at 60 on Aug. 3 at her home, 33 Ardmore Lansdpwne, her estate is livided between her daughter, lean Martin Polk, and her son' Villiam A. Martin Jr. For probate purposes her personal property was listed as 550,000 upwards and the value placed on her home was $12,000. Show Planners Slate Meeting meeting of he committee for the "High Fev- Follies," a variety show to be Nixon-Lodge Group Names Delco Aides at Sun Oil Center, Felton- ille, Sept.

30 and Oct. will be Vednesday night at the home of and Mrs. Robert S. Stainton r. on Turner road.

The show is being given for the gliding fund of Chester Hospital, "ickels may be obtained or re- crvcd with Mrs. Bernard Laaken if Springhaven Estates or Mrs Kenneth Ferro. Dr. Newton A. Wyman and Eugene F.

White are co-chairmen. Members of their committee in- lude Mr. and rs John )ownes 2nd, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Brincr 2nd, Mrs.

Anthony Schmidt Mrs. Newton A. Wyman, Mrs' Eugene F. White. Mr.

and Mrs Durham, Dr. Frances Tri- boletti, Mrs. Laaken, Mrs. Fer-o and Mr. and Mrs.

Stainton. Today's Weather Temperatures in 24 hours- High Monday, 84; low this rnormng, 65; average Monday 78; normal for this date, 7.3. Expected temperatures today, S5. Precipitation I 24 hours trace; this month, 2 44- this year, 26.52. Sun rose, 6:20 a.m.; sun sets.

7:47 p.m.; moon sets 8'28 p.m. Today's tides -Off Chester tidewater terminal pier- 2:04 a.m. and 2:25 p.m.: low 0:22 n.m. and 9:37 p.m WKATT1KR ELSEWHERE Appointment of three vice chairman to handle various geographical divisions of Delaware County was announced today by Robert M. Scott, chairman of the Citizens for Nixon-Lodge.

The three are Kimber E. Vought of Nether Providence, who will handle the central area; Victor II. Jenkins of Drexel Hill, who will handle the Upper Darby vicinity, and D. Barry Gibbons of Middletown, who wilt handle the western end of the county. Announcing that one other vice chairmanship remains to be filled, Scott said that "we are extremely fortunate in getting men of this high caliber to help -us in our determined effort to convince the independent voter that Richard M.

Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge are the best qualified men on the basis of experience alone to assume the difficult duties of leading America at home and abroad." Vought, a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Schrader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis, is a former commissioner of Springfield Township, and served as a special assistant to the Philadelphia district attorney. He is a graduate of George Washington University and the University of Pennsylvania Law School, married and the father of one child. Jenkins, a buyer for Sun Oil is a past president of the Philadelphia Junior Chamber Commerce, chairman of the Drex el Hill Red Cross, and in 1956 served as a member of the Na tipnai Committee of Vote-Getter: for Ike, as well as an expeditor OL the Eisenhower birthday parties in Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. Gibbons, recently named a Re publican candidate for membership in the -General Assembly from the 3rd district, is a Media attorney and serves as chairman of the Cancer Crusade of Dela ware County and vice chairman of the Media Area Committee for the United Nations. He is a member of the Board oF Governors of the Alumni Foundation of Villa nova University from which he graduated in 1956.

At the same time, Scott announced the Citizens for Nixon- Lodge will open an operating headquarters at 216 W. Fronl Street, Media, this week. SUPERINTENDENT REVERSED School Board Names Packer Head Teacher DARBY TOWNSHIP- A junior high school teacher was appointed head teacher of Darby Township Elementary School Monday night at the. climax of a heated special meeting. By a 4-3 vote, the school board named Harry N.

Packer of 800 W. Ashland a general science teacher in the district, to the post for the 1960-61 school year. He was appointed over Arthur Knowlton of 1725 S. 16th Philadelphia, and Walter Davis G13 W. 7th Chester, both 6th "rrade teachers in the District who also were being considered for the post.

Knowlton had been the man for the post by Donald Snively, associate school superintendent of the district. At the Aug. 9 meeting of the board, Knowlton was rejected by a 4-2 vote for the post and a political wrangle resulted. It was decided to meet Monday night to consider candidates for the job. Officials said it was the first time since Snively was named to head the district that the board had rejected one of his recommendations for appointments to) ucrc on he said that principal.

Knowlton had been acting as head teacher since the principal's resignation. Naming of a head teacher instead of a principal was considered because the candidates here do not have the necessary administrative qualifications at this time to be certified as principal by the state. The first motion on the question came from Rothberg who moved that a fully-qualified principal be named from outside the district The motion was defeated 5 to 2. After a recess, the more than 50 residents present were permitted to join in the discussion. Some spoke for Knowlton and wondered why Snively's recommendation was not During the discussion some residents became heated and said the directors were not performing their duties.

When Judge made his motion to appoint Packer, he said he had stated his reasons for the choice previously. But when Alfred J. Anescheck, district secret ary-business manager, was asked if Judge's reasons the professional staff. Board member Thomas J. THE WEATHER Widely sc-nUererl thimrlershmvors arc exportwl tonight over the south Atlantic slates, tho northern rc-ntra! Plains ami the central and Rockies, will be cooler in the northern tier of slates from the Atlantic westward'to the northern Plains and the central and southern Rockies.

It will continue warm in the Ohio -Valley, and the middle and south Atlantic states. (AP Wirephoto) City Albauy clear (.1 84 76 SS fil SI 70 92 71 77 tintrrrrt rlmn ninller Hit iindor Ael or i Albuquerque, clear no fil Atlanta, cloudy Boston, clear Buffalo, rain Chicago, clear Cleveland, clear Denver, clear Detroit, clear Fort Worth, d'y Hetcna. cloudy" Kansas City, clear Los Anselcs. clear Louisville, clear Memphis, cloudy Miami, cloudy Milwaukee, cloudv Paul, c'l'r 87 6fi Orleans cl'r 85 75 New York, clear S2 6.0 Oklahoma City, cl'y 89 74 Philadelphia, cl'r 84 Sfi Plmenix, clear 88 76 Pittsburgh, cloudy SO 59 Portland, 87 66 Portland. rain 66 56 Rapid City, cl'y fifi Richmond, cloudy S3 71 St Louis, clrai- Sfi 71 Lake City.

Sfi -Jfi San Francisco, cl'r 6S 5.v Sent lie, cloudy fifi 52 Tampa, cle.ir flj 75 Washington, clear S7 Judge moved to appoint Packer. His motion was seconded by John W. Taylor, vice president, and members Thomas V. Studevan and George L. Stewart voted with them.

Opposing were Dr. Robert G. Rothberg, board president, and the two Democratic members ofj the board. John W. Phillips William H.

Polk Jr. At one point, a woman from the floor ctinrged the failure to appoint Knowlton was a "political deal." Packer has been a teacher for were not. Packer was" named for one year and is to get an increase of $600 in salary and be further reimbursed for duties to be performed the week of Aug. 29 before scho se of school opens. Slate Suspends Darby License HARRISBURG- Citing Sunday Low Pr.

p0 nl Knowlton was a "political salcs Sun dancing and insuffi- .07 cicnt chairs and tables, the State Liquor Control Board on Monday 31 ifive years, all of the lime "in the lnnoi 'nccd it had suspended the license of Tubby's Hopp Inn. Chester Pike and Quarry Darbv. But the owner, Irvin Wankoff said today his lawyer had "made arrangements" under which he of a headj 'P bc ablc to remain open dc- vvas necessary P'tc the original suspension or- ilhe resignation Inst month of Jo-! cr Wankoff wouldn't say what ph Tindi.sjlia. elementary school arrangements were but said he 'a letter from the stale pcr- fiO .27 township. Knowlton has a total of four years teaching experience, three in Irie township, and Davis a totnl of 10 years, three in the township.

Tlio appointment 71 .01 .02 .06 .04 .20 Manhole Covers Stolen in Aston "jniitting him to operate. i As announced the suspension, was to become effective Aug. 30' jfor 30 days. In addition to the previously mentioned charges it I was claimed' that Wankoff per- Richard Tipton has issued, a warning io residents of Die township sower district, requesting that entertainment on the prcm- ithout an amusement ncrmit and that what he operated was not a bonafide restaurant "habitually and principally used to pro-! parents keep their children away vide food for the public from the newly-built sower man-! holes. He reports that several have la llrl for "'omen boon damaged far and that LONDON rAP)-E Democrats Seek Unity In Linwood LINWOOD The Democratic Club of Lower Chichester has been organized in an effort to unify the various factions within the party.

Regular election will take place as soon as possible. Commissioner Micahel Olenick says the club has the full support of the four elected Democratic officials and the vast majority of precinct workers and voters who have expressed their approval and stated a desire to take a more active part in politics on this basis. The newly elected committee people who were originally in agreement with the organization of the club have withdrawn support, he added. Olenick, as spokesman for the club, says that the group feels that Joseph Hooker, who is pres ently township chairman, com mitteeman, township auditor and listed as an applicant for the vacant magistrate's position, applying pressure to these com mittee people to resist unity within the party in fear of losing some of the position he now holds. All registered Democrats of the township are invited to attend the next meeting of the club, which will be at the Township Building Thursday at 8 p.m.

The club' has planned may activities the first of which will be a corn boil Sundav. Police Ask Delco Plane Crash Hunt MEDLA. COURTHOUSE The district attorney's office has been alerted to be on the lookout for an airplane which is believed to have crashed in the general area about Aug. 16. A plane carrying a prominen Oklahoma attorney, his wife anc two children left Teterboro airport that date and has not been seen sinco- Maurice L.

Maitland, chief of county detectives, said the districi attorney's office received a tele gram Monday asking that a search be organized for the plane and offering a reward to whoever finds it. Maitland said the attorney, iden tified as Henry S. Griffing, hij wife, son and daughter were ir, single-engine Cessna 80 with ind the numbers No search will be organized here, Maitland said, but area police are being alerted about the possibility of the crash. Patricia Dahl Rites Thursday Four-year-old Patricia ahl of 135 N. 3rd St.

who was struck by a car and killed Sunday mi WiJchvood. N.J.. will be buried Thursday in SS. Peter and Paul Cemetery, Marplc. Patricia, daughter of Mr and Mrs.

James P. Dahl. was killed an hour after the family arrived at the seaside re.sort to start its vacation. She was hit as she darted across the street the family car. The viewing will be Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

at the Marvil funeral home, 1110 Main St The funeral will be Thursday at 9 a.m. Mass of the Angels will follow at lO a.m. at St. Clements Church '1st St. and Woodland Ave' Philadelphia.

Other Deaths NEW YORK (AP)-Dr. Davis Bernard Steinman, 73, who designed 400 bridges in a career covering SO years, died Sunday Ie was in charge of reconstruc- ion of Brooklyn Bridge from 1948 1954 and considered the 77- year-old bridge the worlds most Obituaries See Death Notices on Page 14 WILLIAM H. FLETCHER, 51, of 1019 Upland Chester, a Weslinghouse Electric Co. em- ploye, was stricken at the wheel of his car in Chester and died Monday. His wife, Fannie, managed to bring the car to a stop without an accident at 9th St.

and Elsinore PI. Death was attributed to natural causes. Mr. Fletcher was born In Berryville, and moved to Chester 18 years ago when he went to work at Westinghouse's Steam Division in He was a fitter at the plant. Besides his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Barbara Ann and Nancy Lee, both at home; two sisters, Mrs.

William Furr of Fair-' fax, and Evelyn Fletcher of Hagerstown, and five brothers, Russell and Harry, both of Washington, D.C.; Daniel of Berryville, Herbert of Winchester, and Howard of Fairfax. The viewing will be Wednesday evening at the George White funeral home, 9th and Madison Chester. Services will there Thursday at 10 a.m. The Rev. Alpha M.

Finch, pastor of first Baptist Church of Chester, will officiate. Burial will be in Glenwood Memorial Park. MARGARET R. PAUL, 93, wife of the late Samuel L. Paul who was associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad, died Monday "in Germantown Hospital following an operation.

She was a former Norwood resident. Mrs. Paul was the oldest member of the Norwood Lutheraa Church and the auxiliary to the John Wesley Cross 307, American Legion, in which she was a former president. She was a former president of the Tri-County Council American Legion Auxiliaries and she was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She is survived bv two sons W.

Lincoln of Wallingford and Samuel A. of Broomall; two daughters, Mrs. Harry A. Dieffenbach of Walnut Lane Farm, North East, and Mrs. Homer O.

White of Lansdowne; 14 grandchildren and 37 great-grandchildren. The funeral will be Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at the Griffith Funeral Chapel, 520 Chester Pike Norwood. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill Friends may call at the funeral home Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. BENJAMIN J.

KOBUS, 56, Sun Shipbuilding Dry Dock Co em- ploye for 34 years, husband of Edith Buyle Kobus of 46 E. Delaware Marcus Hook, died Sunday at his home after an illness of several months. He was a member of the Polish American Eagles' Citizens' Club of Chester. Mr. Kobus is survived by his wife; his mother, Mrs Frances Kobus of Chester; brothers' Anthony, Theodore and Sigmond of Chester and Edward of Harrisburg; four sisters, Mrs.

Walter Burke of Aston, Mrs. Helen Whalley and Mrs. Sophie Rush, both of Chester, and Mrs. William Wolfe of Concordville. The funeral will be Thursday at 9 a.m.

at the John L. Clancy funeral home. 9th and Upland Chester. Solemn Mass of Requiem will be sung at 10 in St. Michael's Church.

Burial will be in St. Michael's Cemetery, Chester. Friends may call Wednesday at the funeral home. NANCY COPELAN'D, 65, of 1826 Harris Chester, wife of the late George Copeland, died Saturday at her home after an illness of several weeks. Mrs.

Copeland was born in Greenville, S. and had lived Delaware County for about six years. She was amember- of the Little Refuge Church 1111 Reaney St. Surviving are four sons, of Greenville, Benjamin of -ing and Odel! and Posteal, both of Chesler; three daughters Mrs. Emmaeliza Butler of Greenville and Mrs.

Nancy McKennev and Mrs. Rosetta Cottman, both of Chester; 34 grandchildren; 41 great grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. Services will be Wednesday at at the Refuge Church. Burial will be in Haven Memorial Park. Friends may call tonight at the Laws funeral home, 4th and Chester.

KENDALL C. SADLER of 641 Pamsh Swarthmore, a longtime manufacturer's representative who died unexpectedly Friday at his home, was buried Monday Media Cemetery. The cause of death, was listed as a heart attack. Bom in Delaware City Del Mr. Sadler had lived "in "Swarth" more since 1937.

He had been a manufacturer's representative for the Fabnc Manufacturing Co. of Newark, N. for at least 25 years He was a member of fha Swarthmore Lions Club and during World War II was a Civil Defense auxiliary policeman and ac- MX. manhole covers taken away and that por- i.sons found doing this will be pros- iWis. Rifle Surviving arc his wife.

K'ancv 2 J. Richard Sadler, of Sprmgheld, and two grandchil- SHETDON, 76 husband of Alice Robinson Sheldon of 6 ttoodclrffe Media, died Sunday in Crozer Hospital after an illness of several weeks Mr. Sheldon was- a member of Post 3460. Veterans of foreign Wars. He i.s survived by his wife I Uncral wil1 -be Thursday at 10:30 a.m.

at the J. Nelson funrcl ahome. Baltimore Ave. nnd Jackson Media Burial will be in Valley Forge Gardens, King of Prussia. Friends may rail Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

at the funeral home..