Man of Many Wives Slurs American Gals in Escape
SAN FRANCISCO AP. Frank E. Gratto, 87, a house painter, hunted for the perfect woman while facing a polygamy charge. Police say he boasted of seven to thirteen wives, fled from a park chase after guards fired shots, and claimed the American woman spoils men. He lived with Mercedes Yates, 33, mother of his nine month old daughter Cheri, who says he’s “no good.” Gratto refuses to name all his wives. others in Portland and Berkeley criticize him. He hoped to settle down with a family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Frank E. Gratto
Kenneth Manley
Golden Gate Park
Mercedes Yates
Gratto
Portland
Mercedes
Guatemala
Cheri
Dorothy Demay
Iean
Isabelle Beniley
Berkeley
Calif
Chester Man, 67, Hit by Car in Crossing
A 67 year old Chester man Joseph Miller was seriously injured when struck by a car while crossing Morton avenue near 6th street. He was taken to Chester Hospital. driver named as Joseph Twardowski of Milmont Park. Police also reported a separate five hour earlier two car collision nearby involving James Maley 21 of Collingdale treated for face neck cuts and possible head injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Joseph Miller
Caldwell St
Chester Hospital
Franklin
Samuel Green
Jerry Steppke
James Maley
Spruce St
Collingdale
Neighbors Pull Woman From Well in Chester Heights
Mrs Frances Voigt Chester Heights School Board secretary fell into a 10 foot well in the basement of her home Friday. Neighbors pulled her from four feet of water and she survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Heights
Frances Voigt
Tragedy at Smith Bridge Road Well Incident
Mrs Voigt fell through boards over wells in a cellar at Smith Bridge Road near Chester Heights. Her mother in the basement telephoned for help. Mrs Ermatt Buckley sent James Crawford and others including Frank Bateman, Alex Little, and John Morgan to assist. State police arrived. Mrs Voigt refused further aid and declined medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ance
Frank Bateman
Cery
Alex Little
John I Morgan
Little
Voigt
New Trial Asked in Cancer Suit
Pritchard, a 61 year old Pittsburgh cabinet maker, seeks a new trial after losing a lung cancer suit against Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. He claims $1,250,000 damages and says he contracted the disease from smoking Chesterfield cigarettes. Judge Miller directed a verdict of negligence not shown and the U S Court of Appeals will hear the case likely in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pritchard
Pittsburgh
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
U. S. District Court
John L. Miller
U. S. Court of Appeals
Pritchards
Piuladelpiia Wo
Births Reported for May From Local Families
A list of births from area households includes Fitzgerald Tricome Clifton Heights a son May 26 Clatterbaugh Springfield a daughter May 26 Frances O Neill Darby a daughter May 26 Weinhardt Clifton Heights a son May 26 DiMatteo Woodlyn a daughter May 16 Cotter Folsom a son May 26 Gilmore Drexel Hill a son May 27 Knob Media a son May 28 Leonhardt Woodlyn a son May 28 Stergin Swarthmore a son May 28 McMenamin Broomall a son May 28 Gaffney Lorwood a daughter May 28 Jennings Arexel Hill a son May 28 Fowlkes Clifton Heights a daughter May 28 De Vries Springfield a daughter May 5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzgerald Mercy Tricome
Domenic and
Josemarie Tricome
Palmersail Rd
Clifton Heights
Clatterbaugh
Vernie
Helen Clatterbaugh
Netherwood
Springfield
Frances O'Neill
Wvycombe Ave
Darby
Weinhardt
George
Claire Weinhardt
Seven Oaks
Cotter
Waller
Jean Jotter
Evergreen Ave
Folsom
Gilmore
Robin
Ann Gilmore
Windermere Ave
Drexel Hill
Knob
Fred
Josephine Knob
Greenhill Rd
Media
Leonhardt
John
Monice Leonhardt
Crumcreek Dr
Woodlyn
Stergin
Nicholas
Egey
Ann Stergin
Fairview
Swarthmore
McMenamin
Joseph
Datianne McMenamin
Schoolhouse Lane
Broomall
Gaffney
Francis
Wary Gaffney
Martin Lane
Lorwood
Jennings
James
Marion Jennings
Revere
Arexel Hill
May
Fowlkes
Holland
Miles and
Aiclen Pettengill
13Th Ave
Prospect Park
Police Nab Darby Man In Linen Theft Case
A 44 year old Darby man Louis A. Lamberto was arrested in Philadelphia on charges of stealing thousands of dollars of linen from Pennsylvania Linen Rental Service where he worked 17 years as a driver salesman. Also charged, plant manager Albert L. Haigh, 45, of Diss ton Street near Roosevelt Boulevard, who held the same tenure. Detectives and company reps seized linens and said the pair sold items to customers at low prices and split proceeds. firm losses exceeded 100000 dollars last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Darby
Louis A. Lamberto
Branford Rd
Pennsylvania Linen Rental Service, Inc
32Nd St
Powelton Ave
Albert L. Halgh
Disston Street
Roosevelt Boulevard
Lamberto
Haigh
Man pleads guilty to six morals offenses across three towns
Prospect Park man Asa R. Cowden 36 admitted six morals offenses in Ridley Township Sharon Hill and Norwood after three hearings Friday night Police Chief William Malloy said Cowden was arrested Thursday He asked to seek psychiatric aid and was released on recognizance for continued hearings Monday night and again Tuesday in Norwood plus Ridley Township later dates The case involved indecent exposure with four incidents in Ridley Township and one in Sharon Hill and Norwood respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Hill
Prospect Park
Asa R. Cowden
Taad
Black Holmes Avenue
Justices of the Peace
Ridley Township
Norwood
William Malloy
Cowden
Morton
Clifton Heights
Collingdale
Springfield
Justice of the Peace
Joseph W. Hess Jr
Hess
Open Air Service Set for Regina Mundy Priory event
Devon Pidgeon of Brookhaven and Albert Oodenaker of Media assist with the open air program on Waterloo road Sunday to benefit the Sisters of Jesus Christ Crucified, a handicapped women’s community. If rain, supper moves to St Katharine’s School Hall in Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devon
Francis Pidgeon
Victor Ave
Brookhaven
Albert
Oodenaker
4Th St
Media
Regina Mundy Priory
Waterloo Road
Sisters of Jesus
Christ Crucified
St. Katharine's School Hall
Midland
Aberdeen Aves
Wayne
French Farce Opens Tuesday at Hedge Row Theater
Rose Valley drama group presents Clerambard by Ayme starting Tuesday for five nights through Saturday. Continuous theater will see actors mingle with patrons between acts. Curtain time is 9 30 p.m. The guild rents the Hedge Row for this production. The silverfish note follows as a nonfish, wingless insect with a bristle tail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hedgerow
Drama Guild of Philadelphia
Marcel Ayme
Drama Guild
The
Officers Break Up Motel Fight Not As It Seems
In Cortez Colomb, Howard Jenkins and Roy Clay broke up a motel fight between two men. Officers found stitches would be needed, but later determined the bloodshed was actually caused by a bottle of catsup splattered during the scuffle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortez
Colomb
Howard Jenkins
Roy Claycomb
Ten youths stage brawl in Linwood cafe
Ten Delaware youths, ages 16 and 17, caused a brawl at the Black Duck Cafe on Ridge Road after being denied drinks. Six were taken into custody as eight officers from Linwood and nearby towns pursued them through fields and woods. No injuries reported and minor tavern damage noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood
Ridge Rd
Sliny
Russell Cheyney
Jover
Cheyney
Tuckus
Drexelbrook Club Stages First Music Circus Event
The Drexelbrook Club in Drexel Hill begins a week long Music in the Round, nightly at 8 30. A 1200 seat tent hosts local and national stars from vaudeville to jazz and classics featuring Louis Armstrong Woody Herman and others in a Back to Vaudeville night with a Madame Butterfly opening. Members and guests only admitted per manager George Beebe. Dancing follows each performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drexel Hill
Drexelbrook
Louis “Satchmo" Armstrong
Woody Herman
Pat Roaney Sr
Frankie Richardson
Clyde Dengler
The
University Glee Club
Ray Eberto
Snooky Lawson
Sandy Stewart
Drexel
Brook
George Beebe
Service Honors Young People at Baccalaureate
Chester First Baptist Church will honor graduates from college to junior high at a Baccalaureate Service on Sunday at 10:43 a.m. The Rev. Alpha A. Finch will speak on Making Your Vacation Christian. Sarah P. Holcroft chairs the event with honorees Clara Brooks Lewis Charnock David Cope John Davis John Hinderhofer Joanne Malmes Elaine Jenkins Eleanor Jenkins Lois Marriott Leonard McGinnis Edward Meek Patricia Nortan Randy Qwon Sabrali Owen Billie Ruth Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
First Baptist Church
Fulton
Alpha A. Finch
Sarah P. Holcroft
Clara Brooks
Lewisl Charnock
David Cope
John Daivis
John Hinderhof
Young recruits begin service training across branches
George Burns Jr., 18, of Woodlyn, has been selected for Air Force trainee programs after enlisting March 30 and completing basic at Lackland AFB. Gerome G Newsome, 17, of Chester, begins Army basic training at Ft Dix. John J Watson Jr., 17, of Strong Ridge, is in Marine Corps recruit training at Parris Island and will move to Camp Lejeune for combat training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Burns Jr
Bullens Lane
Woodlyn
Air Force
J. Burns
St. James High School
Lackland Air Force Base
Tex
Gerome .G. Newsome
Estella Newsome
Ind St
Chester
Ft. “Dix
Newsome
Chester High School
John J. Watson Jr
Sabel R. Watson
Scarlett Ave
Xeen Ridge
Marine Corps
Parris I Sland
S.C
Watson
Camp Lejeune
N.C
Pvt Estres Lucas Jr Assigned to Army Training Center Fl Dix
Pvt Estres Lucas Jr 21 whose parents live at 72L W 6th St Chester has been assigned to the Army Training Center Fort Dix New Jersey for basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Estres Lucas Jr
6Th St. Chester
Army Training Center
Fl. Dix
N.J
Chester High School
Chichester High Plans Baccalaureate And Commencement
Chichester High School will honor 141 graduates with a baccalaureate on Sunday at 3 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Rev Kenneth Hall Marcus Hook Baptist Church will deliver the address titled One Thing We Cannot Escape. Invocations and benedictions will be offered by Rev Daniel Parvin, Ogden Baptist Church, and Rev Walton Rankin Memorial Presbyterian Church will provide the scripture and prayer. Commencement will follow on Tuesday afternoon June 7 on the athletic field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothwyn
Chichester High School
Kenneth Hall
Marcus Hook Baptist Church
Daniel Parvin
Ogden Baptist Church
Walton W. Rankin
Memorial Presbyterian
Jane
Revival Ends This Weekend at Nazarene Church
CHESTER The closing services of the Spring Revival Campaign at the First Church of the Nazarene Highland Ave and 5th St will be held this weekend. Rev Robert F Woods of Petterlaw Ontario Canada, full time evangelist, leads the talks with song services and special vocal and instrumental music directed by Rev Chester M Williams. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Church of the Nazarene
Highland Ave
Robert F. Woods
Petterlaw
Ontario
Canada
Chester M. Williams
Milk Prices To Be Aired At Hearings
Harrisburg AP reports Philadelphia hearings resume Monday on proposals to set all cash discounts for milk sold in gallon jugs. A full week of testimony is planned to address the Philadelphia area milks pricing order with a June 21 Pittsburgh hearing on a higher minimum retail price to offset rate hikes. Dealers cite costs of converting to gallon jug operations while opposing the gallon container.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
State Milk Commission
Pittsburgh
Milk Commission
Four Pay $100 For Street Fight
Chester police fined four young men $25 each after a street fight on Mary street near midnight Friday. A fifth suspect was released. Officers John Bradley and Bart Spedden said a combatant showed a broken bottle as the melee unfolded. Eugene Walker was released when involvement could not be confirmed. Fined: Richard Callahan 18 Malvern, Clarence Lee 18 Malvern, Ross Jacobs Jr. 21 Paoli, Charles Jacobs 21 Paoli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
John Bradley
Bart Spedden
Mary Street
Bradley
Eugene O' Walker
Sth
Anthony H. Smith
Richard Callahan
Clarence Lee
Malvern
Ross Jacobs Jr
Charles Jacobs
Paoli
Wallingford Junior High Group to Meet at Church
Wallingford Presbyterian Church plans an informal meeting Sunday between 6 and 7 pm to organize a Junior High Fellowship. All junior high boys and girls invited. activities and program will be outlined. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be observed at both worship services. Rev. John B. Rowland will conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallingford
Wallingford Presbyterian Church
John B. Rowland
Obituaries from Chester Hospital area
Obituary notices for Larry R. Perry 54 of Claymont and Mary E. Ferrell 61 of Boothwyn, DeWayne Mays 50 of Ridley Park, John E. Hamilton 76 of Chester, and Cecelia Kane Linwood. include birth places, spouses, addresses, relatives, funeral details and burial plans. Perry linked to Westinghouse and Lafayette Lodge. Ferrell survived by husband and family. Mays, Hamilton, and Kane noted with church ties and cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry R. Perry
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Estelle Setaro
Harvey Rd
Claymont
Chester Hospital
Mr. Perry
Delmar
Del
Marcus Hook
American Viscose Corp
Westinghouse
Lafayette Lodge 14
Wilmington
Alfred Hickey
Linwood
John Ciccarone Jr
West Chester
Archie
Laurel
Randall
Boothwyn
Vernon
Robert Moreland Funeral Home
9Th
Main Sts
Trainer
Lawn Croft Cemetery
Joseph ‘Wooten
Marcus Hook Missionary Church
Mary E. Ferrell
Jonas R. Ferrell
Chichester Ave
Taylor Hospital
Painter Dies After Fall Outside Chester Home
William J. Barnett a 55 year old self employed painter died Friday night after an apparent fall on concrete steps outside his home at 12 Morton Ave. He was found on the pavement by William Campbell a 21 year old sailor aboard the USS Chambers whose ship is at Sun Shipbuilding. Campbell offered artificial respiration but Barnett was pronounced dead on arrival at 10 20 p.m. Patrolmen Bart Spedden and John Bradley listed death as natural causes and the body was turned over to Deputy Coroner Walter Kaniefski after being taken to Chester Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
William J. Barnett
Morton Ave
Barnett
William Campbell
Chambers
Campbell
Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock
Bart Spedden
John Bradley
Chester Hospital
Franklin
Walter Kaniefski
Oil Firm Owner Dies in Texas
Frank B. Champion, 60, owner and president of Champion Oil and Gas Co., died Friday of a brain hemorrhage in Houston. An oilfield engineer who began in California and rose to manage Glenn McCarthy interests, he formed Champion in 1948. Survivors include his wife, a daughter and four sons, all of Houston. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Hamilton
Chester
Fair Acres
Lima
South Chester
Alonzar H. Hamilton
Graysonville
George White
9Th
Madison Sts
G. Kenneth Klowa
Upland Methodist Church
Lawn Croft Cemetery
Houston
Tex
Frank B. Champion
Champion Oil and Gas Co
California
Glenn McCarthy
Pennsylvania jobless drop noted amid steel slowdown
Harrisburg AP reports unemployment in Pennsylvania fell 27 000 from April to May to 296 000. State officials attributed the decline to activity in construction and services, with steel production slowdowns expected to push figures up again. The mid May unemployment total was 296 000, down from 323 000 in mid April and 413 000 a year earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Employment Security
Darby
Darby Fire Companies
Darby Lumber Co
William L. Batt Jr
7Th St
Toran, former Chester athlete, buried in Atlanta
William B. Toran, 41, a Chester High School alumnus and 1937 graduate, star athlete in track and football, operated a drug store in Atlanta. He was buried Sunday in Atlanta. Surviving wife Bernice, daughters Jill and Wendy, son Jeffery, and his parents, Alex and Mrs Toran, with a brother Harry and sister Helen, plus listed memberships in local Jewish and professional groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Toran
Atlanta
Chester
Bernice
Jill
Wendy
Jeffery
Alex Toran
E. 22Nd St
Harry Toran
Broomall
Helen Toran
Chesser
Death notice for Harry Shapiro Philadelphia grocer
Harry Shapiro of 341 W N Smedley St Philadelphia died Friday. Father of Meyer H Shapiro of Chester he was a grocer at 341 N Smedley St for 29 years and a member of the Ben Gurian Lodge. Surviving are two grandchildren. Services Sunday at noon at the Joseph Levine and Son funeral home 1512 N Broad St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecelia Kane
Huddle Ave
Linwood
Michael Kane
Crozer Hospital
Upland
County Mayo
Ireand
Philadelphia
Harry Shapiro
WN. Smedley St
Meyer H. Shapiro
Chester
Shapiro
N. Smedley Street
Ben Gurian Lodge
Joseph Levine and Son Funeral Home
N. Broad St
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Chester Man
Maley
Clarence T. Greager
S3rd St
Greager
Bell
Morton Avenue
6Th Street
John Riley
Bradtdson St
Dimattia
Joseph and
Kathleen DiMatteo
Bullens' ‘Lane
Police
Nab Darby Man
Percival S. Gerhard
Harry Broomall
Foster
William
Helen Toster
Harwicke
Springfeld
Mahoney
Richard
Winifred Mahoney
Edwards Rd
Folcroft
Cunniffe
Bernard
Jose Cunniffe
Felton Ave
Sollingdale
ALGEO
Thomas and
Ann Mgeo
Reese St
Taylor
Pat Taylor
Haller
Ridley Park
Edward
Charolte Taylor
Harmil
Roomall
Ford
Laurence and
Kathwine Ford
Georgian Lane
Cawley
Florence Cawley
Glen Cove
Dane i. Connell
Kenneth and
Mack Connell
N. Llanwellyn
Glenolden
Jime i. Fernandez
David
Diane Fernandez
Jaglay
Frank and
Elizabeth Fagtey
Chester Pike
Sacred Heart
Cosenza
Pasquale
Jillian Cosenza
Johnson Ave
Zaleski
Adam
Stella Zaleski
Althea la
Wolff
Kenneth
Glenalyn Wolff
Pennell
Grushl
Lorraine Grush
Faulk Rd
Boathwyn
Thawley
Charles
Puglieske
Dominic
Geraldine Pugliese
Stiles Ave
Muncie
Ind
Upper Chichester Township
Bethel Township
Burns
Lucazz
Chichester
Jwallingford
Dewayne Mays
General Steel Castings Corp
Edna M. Mays
Bonsall Rd
Mays
Walter Coppock
Martin Kelly
Ridey Park
Howard
Harry Bisbing
Donald
Eddystone
Earl
New York
Gordon
Wellsboro
Stuart
Covington
McCausland Funeral Home
S. Chester Pike
Glenalden
Arlington Cemetery
Texas
Walter J. Clancy
Providence Ave
Thomas E. Rairdon
Third & Norris Streets
Cheater, Pa
Mary E. Carr
Tos Hong
Clmb
Ulio Barre
George F. Cullis
Edgmont Ave
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