Delaware County Daily Times (Newspaper) - September 8, 1976, Chester, Pennsylvania Delaware County If ML Alfe I 1876 1976 HOME DELIVERY MOTOR Wednesday Septembers 1976 CENTS Burned using Homing baton Two brothers keep cool go to aid of neighbor 14 which were borrowed from a friend In the meantime Paul had run Mini Daily Times Correspondent presence of mind of a boy and his old brother when faced with a human torch may have saved the life of their door neighbor Colleen Cronauer 14 The girl was engulfed in flames Friday morning when her apparent attempt to light fire batons ignited gasoline she spilled when filling the torches according to the boys mother Mrs William Moran of 204 said Mrs Moran said the girl was anxious to learn to use the batons which were borrowed from a friend and had ignored the friend's ning not to touch them until in- in proper handling My two boys were in the driveway fixing their bikes when it Mrs Moran said Paul the oldest kept yelling grab the hose grab the she said Jim told Colleen to lay down and turned the hose on her Fortunately because of some work being done at the Moran home the outside water supply was turned on inside the house so Jim could obtain water promptly Mrs Moran explained In the meantime Paul had run into the house to tell his mother who first called police and ambulance and then wrapped Colleen until aid arrived Mrs Moran is understandably proud of her sons Paul was the more scared but he was the one who kept toiling Jim what to Mrs Moran said Jim kept his head pretty well she said Colleen the third recent area teenage burn victim was taken to Burn Center Her condition was listed as critical by a hospital spokesman this morning JIM MORAN COLLEEN CRONAUER PAUL MORAN Boy burned in school blast dies A youngster burned in a fire at the former Essington Elementary School last month died Tuesday in the Crozer Chester Medical Center burn unit Upland A hospital spokesman said Michael A McCaffrey 110 3rd St Essington had been in critical condition at the burn center since Aug 18 when he and two other youths were burned in a chemical explosion at the school Bruce Ward of Glenolden was still listed in critical condition at the burn center The third youth Kenneth mer of Essington suffered only minor burns on his hands as he tried to extinguish the burning clothing on the other two boys Inside the building at the time of the explosion a wall protected him from the ex- plosion Police said the youths were in- jured when they placed firecrackers inside a drum containing a chemical solvent The building purchased recently by the township was boarded up but authorities admitted youngsters continued to enter Michael an acolyte at St John's Episcopal Church would have been a freshman at Senior High School He is survived by his mother Mrs Sylvia McCaffrey one brother John two sisters Jean and Kitty and his maternal grandparents Kathryn and Allen Greenwood of Essington The funeral will be 9 a.m Friday at the Cavanagh Funeral Home 301 Chester Pike Norwood Burial of- fice will be 10 a.m at St John Episcopal Church Essington He will be buried in Edgewood Memorial Park Concord in vandalism THORNBURY Workmen at Thornbury Elementary School Creek Road in Glen Mills have been busy repairing worth of vandalism damage in time for the opening of school Thursday According to Principal Samuel Mustin 271 windows were broken in the two-story building early Sunday Windows in a car and trailer truck parked at a nearby railroad bridge construction site also were broken Mustin said state troopers discovered the damage while on patrol about a.m Sunday Apparently the vandals were not children Railroad ties were used to Break second story windows Mustin said As yet police have no suspects in the case and no arrests have been made An investigation was con- Daily Movies 8 Bridge 22 Obits 4 Classified Outlook Comics Sports Crossword 23 TV 22 Editorials 6 Weather 4 Horoscope 23 First day of school Bus driver Glenda Smith of Upper Chichester rives Cheryl Schaaf 12 a helping band as she boards the bus for first day back in school today Cheryl a sixth grader at the Old Forge School in is one of special education students transported by the Delaware County Intermediate Unit The unit's 52 buses traveled more than a million miles last school year The unit also transports another students for special sessions and therapy Cheryl is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Carl Schaaf Stockton Circle Ridley Township Back of old post Crossing guard Pat Martino was back at his old post on Baltimore Pike near Clifton Height Junior High School today The school had been scheduled to close and the nearly 400 pupils bussed to other schools in the district but a court order prevented this from happening Seventh and eighth grade pupils attended meetings today and regular classes begin Thursday More data sought on cable TV UPPER DARBY Cable TV was again aired at the council meeting Tuesday night Councilman Mario Civera reported he has written to James Foti president of Delaware County Cable TV asking for a written reply in areas of concern Not satisfied with phone con- Civera whether would cover the costs to record the private easements needed by the company to use existing poles on private property The Delaware County Recorder of Deeds charges to record private easements Civera also questioned whether poles already erected would be removed by the company In view of Mr William Hettchen a resident said formal complaints will be filed with the Public Utility Com- mission against Bell Telephone Co Philadelphia Electric Co and the Township of Upper Darby Several months ago Cable TV wires were strung throughout the township and arose when poles were erected in front of people's property without their permission pact sett Catholics Penn Delco students and teachers returned to school today following a tentative contract settlement late Tuesday night The opening of school has been delayed however for about students in the county's six diocesan high schools Lay teachers belonging to the Association of Catholic Teachers ACT were reported picketing the schools Penn Delco Supt William Moser said teachers are expected to ratify the settlement as soon as it is typed and distributed We're he said en- Details of the are not et available Msgr Francis B superintendent of schools in the Philadelphia Archdiocese Tuesday closed the 30 diocesan high schools pending the settlement of the teachers strike The teachers voted to strike Tuesday after rejecting a two-year contract providing increases of about three per cent Our hope is to start fresh when the strike is Msgr said All extracurricular activities have also been postponed Students in all Delaware County public schools except Radnor which opens Thursday were in class today Teachers at William Penn Southeast Delco and Ridley Tuesday ratified contract agreements Haverford teachers approved a settlement Monday and teachers were to vote today Garnet Valley teachers have a wage agreement in a contract good through this year School boards at Ridley and Garnet Valley ratified contracts Tuesday night William Penn school board will vote tonight Haverford's board is expected to ratify their contract Thursday Ridley teachers received an average 0 per cent salary increase plus for teachers not at maximum pay An individual dental plan was added to their benefits Henry Groff assistant tendent said the average raise for teachers was about Garnet Valley teachers won a 4 per cent salary hike plus an increment provided n the contract signed last year Together the increases give teachers an average 7 per cent pay hike Service personnel in the Garnet Valley district are still without a contract Members of the sylvania State Education Association which represents most county teachers some of the workers protested before a meeting of the board last night A spokesman said they were in- in negotiating not striking In Haverford teacher negotiator Conrad Hellwege said We are very pleased with the settlement and are happy to recommend it to the teachers Details of the settlement have not yet been released Other districts have also declined to give specific information on settlements pending ratification by the school boards Across the state about 20 school districts are on strike and another 150 face possible walkouts as teachers return without contracts Philadelphia teachers approved a new million contract Tuesday and will return to work Thursday The two-year contract provides for a per cent raise in February and other raises later Philadelphia School Supt Michael Marcase said he would ask the state legislature for million to help meet the expense Mayor Frank Rizzo has indicated he will support the move In all teachers and pupils are affected by strikes in the state Attitude of negotiator in FOP talks criticized The chief negotiator for the Fraternal Order of Police FOP claims that the appointment of Alan J to represent various boroughs in Delaware County has had a damaging effect on the status of police contract negotiations Francis P Bascelli a detective in the Ridley Township Police Department and the secretary of Delaware County Lodge 27 FOP said negotiations have undergone a change in attitude since began representing local municipalities former township manager in Marple and Radnor entered negotiations recently in several municipalities including Marcus Hook and Darby Township According to Bascelli negotiations were progressing until entered as a negotiator for the municipalities Negotiations have broken off in Darby Township and it appears that Marcus headed for binding Bascelli said The situation relates direct to and his he said We were moving without problems until he began to represent the local borough officials According to Bascelli Darby Township had two meetings with FOP representatives and had reached agreement on most of the fringe benefits The negotiators were discussing wages when entered the talks He submitted a list of that upset everything He attempted to go back over some areas of agreement and now the talks are broken Bascelli said We didn't have any major problems in Marcus Hook until made an appearance there Now he is advising borough council to attempt a test case in court on the 20 years of service and age 50 pension plan This is state law and he wants to challenge it at the expense of the borough government and taxpayers At the rate he is going the payers of Marcus Hook can look forward to the possibility of lengthy litigation at considerable expense advised the officials of Radnor Township to attempt litigation when he was township manager there The episode cost the township considerable money and departed as township manager soon Bascelli said
