Our Town January 29, 1948
Our Town January 29, 1948
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iPlan Penn Valley School; To [Link]
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· Board Aets to i;!
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!P. V. Garden [Link]
ITo Hear W. C. Hampton • • -".
RoutsWynnewood\ ~
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I Thc Penn Valley Garden ASilO-
:cialion will hold a meeting in thc
AVOId CrowdIng !
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·'y Frl-day I" 'Parish House of Ali Sa1l1ts Church.
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FNarberth and Ardmore I. FcbrullI'y 9,
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The spcal(Cr will be W. C. Hamp-
,ton, of CollcgcvlIlc, Pa.. formci'
LIghtmg, Kmdergarten,
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• FIremen FIK1lt Flames mcmhl'r of the faculty of Swal·th- Isua ucataon
More Than Three Hours I' 1l1~~. ~~\~~pCton. who wili spcak on to Be Studied
Firc swept through the Intcriar:" . ·\Voodcraft." wili illustratc his Icc- Thl'ec mOVCS to alleviatc crowded
I ure with examplcs "f woodcraft conditions In thc Lowel' Mcrion
, o't a large Wynnewoad home r.~r from his studio in Coliegcvl'1 Ic. schools wel'e made at a special
• lIonr)" l,. Clll\;lhan, whos" t('cordlllJ;" [Link]) in :'[Link],,·,lh IS
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Illlore than Ihree hours Friday mecting of the School Board Mon-
fallt he,·oJll1lJ/:" wl'lI knOwn. is shown in his control roolll Iistcning ,nlOl'nlllg" he fore fircmcn from the' dey night. The boa I'd dcclded:
r to a short \ 'c hroadellst.
_ Photo hy L \~'l!lIams
iNa"bcrth aend Ardmorc companies
I,coul,d
D,·str,·ct Holds J.-Thal prices for
"rough" dl a I of Pi I) ed
ar~hilcct:<
• bl ing it under control. Dam-i
,ages werc cstimatcd al $35,000. I t -t t f w ng- a 'op s
I'lementary school 111 Pcnn Valley
Now ~Cl't1Z0en of I~'
Sns I U e or
~ Callallan
_.\ World': The blaze, which startcd in thl' ;. to hegInning constl
be ascerlaincd at onee witha~a soon
uction view
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C 00. anc es
a 10 and Record" DI~triet
celIar of thc home of Mrs. Charles '.' as posslhle;
;st L;.b~ary
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!dalllag- e was pxtl'nsive tlllOUgholltl' "Col1pen." th" Il'lsn ~etter
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\vhf) lestlgalol' h,l\"e JOlllNI thc huntfol'l he was stalionl'd 'wlth Ih,' 11. S Ai,' R,'d C'!'hS nutlltlOn oPIVlce. w:1llse
1001. til"st pInel' In her class at til(' II),' Mell.' Lld~' of 'J'.1merocl'
[Link] director of The Amel'l~"n
'Corps C'ap(:lln BII~:l1 found Ihe tOJlIC was "Eat Gleens Evcry'lpst I'nlollment of
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Cynwyd aheady has the heav-
an~' of the
Ass
oard em ers nvislOn O
,Ih(' housl'.
The rapid ~plead of the fhe made
':\ladlson squal e Gal den Dog ~how
lIt nece-sar~' for the family to Ieav'J'
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l\Iost cdncl'I"ned wllh the loss -- hOll'lllg- shOl la~e ,lI'ute hut h" D ."
,allhoug-h Ihe\ wen' ,00 ~()unc: 10 flnall\· mana .r'd to ~"('UIl' :t ',lIl'I'l, James Hutton' of th .. SlatpI" Sv~-I • lIlee , ~"on lln
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<chools.
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8 M b E i housc llllmedlall'l~' aftel' don,:1n 1916. w'" I<,poded lo"t Ihls wel'l leall70C thc pll'cl:<e \·:tlue of a ,!,)~ hou-l' In j'[Link]"ncp. on ellndllion t,'nl, Inc, dl,cu~sed bUSllH's., m;[Link]"Ulll'ntly nandhng studentI' pWhO
'ning- their clol lung in the lutchen' by hel owners. 1\1r. and ~:l's. JOh~1 hsl ed in I he Alllencan Kennell t hat the youn,.: "Hlpl,' [Link],l' C.1l e ofl ag-"ll1pnt, and FI"ances Randolph, I -l~~llld o.e :ltlendll~g' I hI' ,enn
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End of Budget Problem
Iwhpre they !led to escapc the hea\·y!In\·ln EIIg-hl.•Tr., o~ "laml'roCI' Club's ullrll-l'xcltbive "SOCI.t1 HI':- the IllslJ <l'ltl'I" 01 the OWII"I"S Both l of the Ashland School, told of sand- \'\)nne >;ehool .. lt IS felt th:lt the
If the contI ovel SIal I HISp In tax- smokl'. !Kenneb," P,'nn Yallcy. ,,,ter," "ele Ihe young- Blights lowncrs did \Ial" \\ol"k, and wele un-,WICh lllaklllg- Elizabeth C. Cook ex- [Link]>ed addition to that ~chool
IItion IS pC1Illltted n:o' the Colinly, weut v_ 11111mles• aft~I' ~ the al"l'ival' "CoJleell" red h'1I1<,d •and e\·el" .' •Tohn 1]'''111
n '11'] "JlhbIP" , 'asl·s !llain"all!n to, C'lI(' IHOllel'\· fll! tlll'dog • p I amed the p lace of Ill"'] t m the Will al:<o aid m cullmg down Ihe I
of [Link] ::\1enon TownshIp Fil e IJl1ch a lady. as well as a champlou. I iV{'ly 11)1· IllS lal ':1' pl'l\·mate on II n' Till'\" beeallli' IiN'ph' IntpI t'~l<'d In ,'I' hool Iuuch and I ('til Rol h of hc:,,·\· I'nJ ollmpnt of those schoo s.
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Court8. the htHlgd 1" oh1l'ms of t he I
Narberth ['l1l)llc LIljl.1I ~- 11I:'Y hI' I
~ pttled. [Link]·1! lllem!J' I, \\"('1" told
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:\lar~hal Harvev" Benfon and Nar- disappeared With hel" "Iother, "Tur- IlI'el:lc;e
bel'lh filemcn. Benson called on thc,loch." on Thulsday Illg-ht
. of:\o tinws a [Link]. And ht-Iher and Wht'l1 Ihl'~· ,·... 11' tt:lllsfpr-IBI'vn ::\[IlW"
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\\h.r" tie Sisler Tln,l. 100 small 10 asl, lcd. lIolu,d If the~ IIlI~ht I,epp h,'r'l~chools "~pt up' It IUllch countcr'
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• "AI~mol e1 J\vc • rlulhollzed Plans fO! ICI,t
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n"w cafelnllaand on l\1on-
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Miss Jeltn stape, was un:llll- the a\'el age honschold consumel' b,r'J,owel' Merion Selllor High 81"10011" : " . I, the Polio Pal enls Cluh of l\10n'- (hurch of Nat he!lh. was held at
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mously elccted 10 the bo.1I d. and OUR TO\VN an averagc of 10 perccnt. I
The wa.s crowned "Snow Qupen" at thel ~ th P. Sf' II PI', gomel \" ~ COUIU.\,• at the 01 ."anl7oa.- the church JanlHll ~I' 21. I, ,
.:1I~chool·s
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• lIfl·s. E: C. Dt·cw and Ihe Re\·. Roh- I~ ox SAI,..~ I,;ACII "I~EK AT 'company servl's 50 communities I I
ert G. l\Ilddleton was lc-cII'CI{'d TEl': 1"OLLl)\\ 1:\(; STOnES: Delaware. Monigomci i and Chc3.1
Elllolt ,l. lItol se. I del pnce Ithral'- J)1I\ is Slorl'. 224 Hd\"el fOI dAve.
senior pro'11 f'aturday, Scttlement has be,'n made.
l1lg ht. January 24.
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ff I PIayhouse
tlOn mCl'tlng l\londaj' lllght. Th." Repol ts on thl' \"allOUS church
meeting- \\ as held III ~C • .1Ohn·s·:,I·ou p s weI c given hv Ihell Il'adel s'l D-
M~., rJ,)}1f/1!est
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-Ian at the lJnivcrsilY of Pennoyl- NaIll!'! tho
vania. was l1aml'd to nil an unex- Granil.· Ihug Slor,', l\10ntgolll-
tel' countics.
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Thc ncw charges for mctere:l I
Miss Lawley. a member of thcl
class of 1948, IS prc"ldcnt ' of thcl:>J
'oca C'hUlch. Norllslown.
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Other new OtllccIs mc u c nr~., d<'nl:< of the Lumate<,
. I J hOile mal"ng lepolts were
l\~. "nd Mrs. HUll'\' Gchharl Plcsl-1
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Hav('rfold '
'servlcc were filed \Vcdnesday with hridgc club and vlcc-presldpnt of'
't! S C I . T0 St afie Farce \\'alter \\·ag'1I'r. of AldmOle, \'Icc-I 'pd'
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Robb. Jr., \\'ho WIll I epl'espnt the Xarlwrth :\'('\"'s, 2:18 Ithc Pubhc tTtllIty Commission at, 11' tudent ounCl1. n her JUlllor prpsldent. F,tith Maxon, of Gle'l- , \VIIl Rchew.'II, ~ec! el'.1 I y-tre<lsul er's ' 1'1 on .0 : 1 .'. . , '. '"
school bolt rd on thc exeCntive eom- A\l'. Nmbelth IHall'lshurg, to oecomc effcctivc,year ohe was seclpt"ry 01 th" Red • :;) , ., ~Ide. lecordlng ~eclet,'l'~'; Kancy10f the Luam:es. [Link]'r~t R. God- hlghcst m 111stOI~, accoldlllg-. to.
i mittel', was Introduced. Dr. Allan ·l'raitll·r·s. 2~8 \\'Ol)dbllle AI·e, 'M "9 [Link] Cluh. and In hl'l" sophomore To Present 'Here Today', CI·es~on. of NOlI btown. corl csponu- ' sall. dll eetol of mUSIc "-Ilham ,I ppol'l relpa,ed lust week n b~ FI~1l
G. Chester ilresldcd. Nalbplth. L alch -.. n·ear she belonged to Ihp HI-Y, and ' 1m" oeclelalY' Thoma, Yholla of Hof SI It S d R I 'I . 1:l1al'shal Hal\'e~· \\' Bcnso . D.-
_ _ _ _ _- -- ....._ An otlicer of thc cOlllpany l'sti. illC Latin-American Club. Snow In H S AudlOt"'rloum IIN:lb-erth,t;'~asurel' and S;ellal t d P er· F • udn a\s' • c 100 superlhn- lect fin' loss cost the Township
· Townsh"lip Bu dget matcd Ihat thc company's avcrageiQuC'l'ns arc chosen on Ihe ha~ls ofl
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Chlllchilla of Non isto" n histOl'-
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b t,lheir populanty as wcll as their ac- Thc Malll Line Playhouse Will hn • ',' (ta\t' pnropmeln
:< a ISUCS; all C au We ,JUnIOI 1'-
"In' II a cn andec 'ullately thl' <ame number or fircs,
d t $149169
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Itlvltles. Ipresent . I-fl'l I' Today a thl ce-act \Valter \Vanner of AI'dmorc act-' . Ithl' loss was e"tlmale a · . .
ecelpts an Od
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that thIS includcs apal'tmcnt houscs . '
Ser\"lllg in the Qlwen's COIll t Rat- fa I Ce by George Opnenhellner. lfi cd as chall man of Ihe mec!m" and IC ' I " , .
p::11' tment . . supenntelllll'ni . . . Albert I Fll'C at the Taylor resl'd cnce. In .
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ures 1 so that the avcragc 0111 for a on~'IUrday night werc Libby Ridenou .. llhe Lowl'l Mcrion High School au-iannounced the statcJ !lUIPo:e of' • delstlom. finance "fIICI'I of the YllIano\·a. last August. aecoun'l'd
Ifanllly housc Is nearer' $20. Hc saiJ l\!lmho Simons. Peggy Smylhe
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~lIturday lllE:ht, January: thc npwl"- fornJed glO·lll
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Men's Org-al1l7oatlOn, and 1\11< Shel-'
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,1\·er" women .s "luld presl- 'for $110,000 of the !o's.. ar . 0
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• . Ihe proposed mcrca£c would add Dorothy Boswell. Pegg-y [Link]. Inst ' 31. I "Our g-roup IS :I service cluh." he,dpnl . . ." 'thiS was due to exceedmgl\' high
Actual E~tllnated I . Iyear's Quecn, presided. Each ofl To b~ ditectl'd hy ·Charles Tin-Ilsaiu "whose function is to aId Chil-I . rl'pair and replacement loss,'·, and
fOI Ple\ lOllS for CIllI'e"1t 150 cents to thc quarterly bill Of;lI1C me'mbl'rs of the cOllrt. as welI dle, of Haverford, the play's cailt dl'''~ and adult< whJ h'lye had I AI~O Mr5 . .T. Harold 1\lIll11l'el'. vice lIn this case. the house \\"as a mile
_ cash BalanCe for Anlll'ollll'j\lon Y(':ll, 1947 Yeaz·.1948 the a\'l'ragc householdel·. las the QtIPen was pr eselfled With I' \\ ill ineluue Philtppa Hl'rman i r I I' t I.' d"d 1 pl'('sident of Ihe women's glllld; I from the a\ allable watl'r supply.
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_, ~ .,• 148"8" ,_ ~ 81 1 Ill' said that this was the flrgt;colsags of roses. . .
.Jeanne Smith, Mrs H. O~bornc'IPo als 10,oPI;ortunltics
'Y llmgmg" 0fOI'SUClI' In cle 11·1
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111S. \'elllon R Dtlnl"p ..• snel'et a I' y and delay in leaching it causc(l th"
Receipts Ironl CUl"lent Tax Le\'y............. [Link] 4:i • . 150 (\Q mel ea~e since 1920 and that thc:'c I TI1C a f all
(111 r . was III' Id I n D owns' I\\. a It on, J,.1 l\K 01"1"1 II D I'. Phi'1·Ip I ~t udy and SOCial
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\'oca-ional . women s gwll1, alld J. F.' I I amag-e t· 0 sPI ea d .
Recclpts fronl T"xes of PI iOI ye~1J s... .. .. ...• • TI·lplclan. who pll'sent,'d a nnance I
~ othc .." \len R . t 3801:i.43
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-qolI' .1[' ")}I:JII;)Og uonplD ·.5u0'1na contacts, and to aclh·ely supple- I
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I' ••e ue eeeip S...................... 221,29:08 22109.,.0 lonow men. stars. !Cycles and whlte1clt Scott and Philip Bentz. Iment thl' \\01'1, of thc l\lonog II .. ,lepOlt of tne [Link]. pleplllted bYIApaltnwnts, earlIer In the year,
Miscellaneolls Rccelpts .......•. ............•
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sltmatcd ReceIpts and C bh
2;;.8:\9.30
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Icloth strctched IICIOSS the g-ym to
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Llta Ovalle. of NarlH'l"lh, will he 'Connt v Chaptel' of tl
1 Ie \\"a cr company. orgalllzed In ",11'(' an Ruthcn Ically WlntelY 1111'. chainl1un of aides. aSSisted by Pa- FoundallOn fOI' Infantll p . . I'"
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$1,3UJ,781.H $1,;;:15.':99 -17 Ihe 1880's. has I'llghtly morc than ,In the center stood the thronc. t!lcia Z,"g-Icr, GCI aldmc MUI phy, when sO desh "d bV' the eCh'I~lt~}.~ls At t hI' medlng fOUl' lllemhers I'd ::;34.000 to thc total. There ai,'aln
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N' ~.' 1'1)1 ,MI.;S Elinor BI·mel·. ltnancial secrc- aecounled for morro than $50,000
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loss. and two homes m Merion :1 d-
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I;;Xp[;;NJ l1TVRES . 100,000 cllslomcrs On mctered sCI'v-lcoyel'ed with a \'elvct lobe. Nanc,· >;ihlp-on and Bclt v Landl'l Olle' f th I I' f tl' ' . Iwere [Link] to I he Church Coun-, high I cplacemcnt costs swclIed the
j I"~ "0\ _.. - - , 0 I' U es 0 IC 01 g-am- I f II II I t' f
ice in an al ea inclu,l n~ all thc' Edmund Wilcox sponsor for the all of N'll bel th le presen a IOn 0 !l.. t1re~
'-7""nel'al v 'el'nmer:t;
Ad tr
miniS ation
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7.a IOn he sald was th:t only poho It I .
~ fil.7t,7 2'1 ~ 1l7,120 17 Mam Llnc to beyond Paoli, sou~[Link] class, said that 281 cou p ll:s The scenery committee Will be victims 01' theil' palents cO;lld hel \('Ir .nan::,s 01" I' erllOn hy t c , CIlIPless sllloldng-. wood 'lIngle
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Treasurer . 13 and Tax COllector ,.... 1042107 11 000. O~ Ito • ChestI'I west throug-h Conshu- Iattendl'd. . .and that the $200 Pl"ohtl Paul and Allce .McVlclHll', chair- e leeted t 0 0 !l'Ice or ~(,1 vc as CO!l'- InOmll1<ltlll" I .. cO~lmllt\ ' ep Those elect-, roofs. burnIsh rubhish, ovcrheated
T oWnshlP lJII(!lng s ' .......• ,... .. .....• 2.; 7::1)72 21;,84;;.1-1 hocl,en, northca~t to the Bucks l~eahZCd WIll ~e placed In Ih~ "Iass men. R[lhert and Etnc Dolen. Rulpn mittec chall"men. Ie( weI e .urs. '\. G B 1"ll1e 1". Ches- fUlnaces and lightnllll{ were the
VeteranS ~el"\'icc Centel ,... -1.74300 counly Ime ' lakin~ (~ In WiIlow Ir·casur~·. It IS an annual affair atl GIlcs~. Anlh Cal t
loll , Pe"gv Easlcy 'l'h C nc\v pi eSI'd ('n t nnnounc'd IleI" T .Jones.
. [Link] Jr. and J.F. leadin"" ~ causes of flr'e III 1947. FIl'ld.,
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.Pro t eclion t 0 Per~ons and ploperly: Glove and .Plyntoulh. thc school. (CO!;I Inued Oa Page Four.) \ 'I that lit a fnturc mect ing he woulr! IlplCl:lI1. (Continued on Page Four.)
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400 ""91)4 In a notlcc scnt to consumcrs
90,41;,0Q the company explallled that the
I t e Inc I·[Link] h as h ecn a d op t c d bol-\' o r m e r
19,n3.001Ia
F M· aglstrate
L ownes
S ays
Iappoin t memher'S to 'he followmg
!committees
pUblicity. ..
rC"ional lIlforma"on
" , ' C1ll1cation,
lecreation. .• so-
I ~Y' W kS or prea
d D s e m o c r a c y,
Health and SanitatIon: Icause of Increased costs and afte:- cial. transportatIOn, l'qulpmcnt and
T otal f 01'
• Opel ation, Malntenancc and
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"1';alld Avonwood Rd .• Haverfol·[Link] flnul,vote. The 30-day holdover perl-Igested
lelccted chairman of the Board of od bcforc final passage was fixed,'moves;
the following
IMlinage.1 s of Montgomery Hull, Jcr- by the Statc LegIslature to givc' "I. By 01 dinancc a formel' boarj It
economy
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.. repol·ted thcre
delphia and dcinity. declared that ale now 1008 members on the roll.
tllP prl'sent fneillt iI'S of the Mam One hundrcd ninety-six diffcrcct
CaPltal OUtllly •••••••.•.••••.• ,., ... $1.214,15201
Debt Se/'\'ice:
'$1333324471
. • . f el'son\. III c, a t a mee ti ng I n t'":Ie t axpaycrs an oppor tum
Icounly COUl·t house last weck. He a budgct protcst.
' t y to en t cr 0 f comnussioncl's
. crcarcd the offices
of malor of policc and captain of
() IJ'I' I.. ()IJI) I L'Ine Y are Insull
thc program.
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' t to h an dl e g-roups h avc an agg,t'ga t c R tt cn-
dance of 48.717. he continued. and
Interest , $ 221.92
$ 250.00 Isuccecds DI·. Frank P. K. Barker, Formcr Magismte Waltci' B. detl'ctives. "The program Is neing carrlcd with additional groups and sp~cll,\l
Transfcr to Sinking Fund.................. 2,12500 2,125 CO Iof Conshohocken state Rd., Glad- Lownes. Jr., Who is making the pro- "My suggestion Is to do away with lout now only because Of the coop-I eve~t<. 284 g"roups met In 18,Ot1
I\\Tnc. fOI'mer controlll'r. Itcst, dl'clarcd in 6 lettcr to the both of thcse offices and thl'rebv The popular new col- eration of the schools. churchcs and Isesslons. The agg-rl'gate total at-
'rotal ~llProprlatlOns from G(!neral Laforc also was named to replaCe commissioners that the employl'cs saVe at least $30,000 a ycar. Tb~
I umn with"a :i\lain Line 10thCl' facilities in othe area." he re.\tendance was 74,973. During the
FU cls " $1.246,498.93 $1,335.699.471 Dr. Barlter as secretal'y of the \ should have been given a $600 a, department could be adcquately ~\.l- Locale portl'd. "Fol' half a century the "y" summer R special daB)' program
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1948-10 1.(, Mills or $10..50 on each $1000.0~
of Asseascll County Retiremcnt Board at an- year Increase to meet added costslpervlsed by the captain of police, Ibulldln g at 116 WI'S~
Lancaster lwas held for bo)·s. Ninety-two boy.
• valuation, 10 Mills Gcneral Fundi \" MIll Parks and Playgmunds. other recent meeting. 10f living. The former magistrate. (Continued on Page Four.) ~rurn to Page 2 Ave. has .served boys and girls oj (Continued on Page Four.)
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