The Conshohocken Recorder, March 10, 1922

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Number 5513 PUBLISHED EVERT
TUESDAY AND FRIDAY CONSHOHOCKEN, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 1922. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
$1.60 A YEAR PRICE TWO CENTS.
Solicitor Advises Council Fund
May Be Invested in Govern-ment
Bonds.—Saving to
Taxpayers.
NEW STREET FAILS
Solicitor J. Aubrey Anderson ad-vised
town council, at the regular
meeting on Wednesday evening,
that, in his opinion, council has a
legal right to Invest the sinking
fund, which is maintained to pay
off borough bonds as they mature.
In securities that the legislature has
designated for investment of the
State and school districts sinking'
funds.
•Mr. Anderson said, the sinking
fund is a trust fund and cannot be
diverted for any other use than the
payment of the outstanding borougb
bonds. He explained that the legis-lature
has made no provision for
the investment of the sinking funds
of boroughs but designated specific
ally how the sinking fund of the
State and school districts may be
Invested in securities. The law
speclfjes U. S. Government bond?
and certain municipal bonds, and
the borough should be guided by
what the legislature has provided
for other sinking funds
Mr. Anderson said, he had no
doubt but that the borough has a
right to invest the sinking fund in
U. S. Government bonds as it is al-ready
investing the fund In a na
tional bank, and has, therefore,
made an investment. He strongly
advised that no bonds other than
Government bonds should be con-sidered
so that a precedent may be
established for future investment
of the fund and its safety guaran
teed.
The solicitor advised that should
the fund be Invested In bonds, care
must be used to select bonds that
will mature near the time of the
maturity of the borough bonds as
funds must be available to pay off
the bonds promptly at their matur-ity.
After hearing the opinion, Mr.
Williams urged that the funds be
Invested so that the borough may
receive a greater return upon its
investment and thus save the tax-payers
from paying interest upon
part of the borough loan.
Mr. Hamilton made a motion,
seconded by Mr. F. Kelly, that the
matter be laid over for one month
Mr. Williams immediately made a
motion that the matter be referred
to the ways and means committee
to prepare a schedule of bonds,
with prices and maturities and rate
of Interest yield, they would recom
mend for purchase, and report at
the next meeting of council.
Mr. Hamilton objected to Mr. Wil-liams'
motion calling the chair's at-tention
to the fact that he had made
a motion which had been regularly
seconded. The chair replied that
he would not accept the motion,
which was simply aimed at delay,
and would accept it If the recom-mendations
of Mr. Williams were in-corporated
in it. Mr. Hamilton
agreed and the motion carried.
Bad Foundation in Street
Mr. Bate brought up the matter of
the condition of Third avenue be-tween
Fayette and Harry streets
which was rebuilt last October with
asphalt-macadam by the penetration
method. He said the street Is In
bad condition and that Frank L.
Tracy, the contractor for the street,
is present and asked to * be given
the privelege of the floor. Mr.
Tracy explained that he had inspect-ed
the street with a representative
of the Atlantic Refining Company,
who is present and would Inform
council of the cause of the condi-tion.
The representative was given
the privilege of the floor and said
there are two reasons for the fail-ure
of the street: the street was
built on a sub-base of soft clay and
on this was used 5 to 6 Inches of
2 1-2 inch stone when the foundation
stone for such a base should have
been telford or else stones of not
less than 6 inches and theso should
have been laid flat and on top of this
foundation the 2 1-2 stone should.be
laid and a half gallon of asphalt
used for each Inch of depth of stone,
per square yard. Three gallons per
square yard should have been used
exclusive of the seal coat, he said
The second reason for the failure is
frost. The street was built late In
the year and did not give time for
traffic to "iron" out the street be
fore cold weather set in. Traffic
opened the seal coat and permitted
rain and snow water, the latter be-ing
very detrimental to asphalt
roads, to penetrate Into the street
and to the soft sub-base and forced
the foundation to move and break,
throwing the larger atones to the
surface. He said the only remedy
to save the street is to dig out the
soft spots, fill them with large
stones for a base, fill the holes and
place a seal coat on the whole
street. This work should be done
early in the spring.
Mr. Moore stated that he had
taken the matter of the condition of
the street up with engineer Cresson,
who stated the failure is due to
frost and the same condition exists
on Ridge pike and many other roads.
He said there was 15 inches of frost
and that the building of the street
had also been delayed too late in the
year.
Many questions were asked the
oil company's representative as to
road building and as to the method
used on the Third averme job par-ticularly.
He explained the various
processes used and cited .the meth-ods
used by the State Highway de-partment.
None of the specifica-tions
provide small stone for a soft
soil sub-base as was used here.
Council could find no fault with
the contractor as he had built ac-cording
to specifications and had
used more asphalt than specified.
Nuisances
A letter was received from the
local board of health stating com-plaints
had been received from prop-erty
owners complaining of the
condition of the water course be-tween
Jones and Walnut street,
running from Spring Mill avenue to
Elm street. The borough neglected
to make repairs and abate the nuis-ance
and the matter was taken to
the State Board of Health. The
borough was requested to have the
course cemented and placed In
proper condition by April 15 else the
local board would do the work, and
chaise the cost to the borough.
Council instructed the street com-mittee
to abate the nuisance before
April 15.
Anthony Talone, owner of proper-ty
at Colwell and Elm streets, was
given the privilege of the floor. Mr.
Talone stated that it had been re-ported
to council that part of the
fence along his property had fallen
down. He said the fence had been
repaired. Mr. Talone then stated
that water from a borough water
course emptied onto his land and
backed up to the porch of his two
tenant houses and his tenants have
complained. He asked the borough
to abate the nuisance. The matter
was referred to the street commit-tee.
Streets
Mr. Hamilton, chairman of the
street committee, submitted an es-timate
made by engineer Cresson,
for the repair of Fayette street for
its entire length. The engineer
recommended the holes in the street
be cut out to the foundation and
filled with stone, thoroughly rolled
and penetrated with asphalt and
then a seal coat be placed on the
entire street. There are 28537.76
square yards, including street Inter-sections,
and the cost would be from
MOOO to $5000. The matter was
laid on the table for a month.
Mr. J. Kelly protested against the
water company laying service pipe3
in the asphalt streets when the ser-vices
could be run from other
streets. He suggested that council
make the cost for permits for apen-ins
an asphalt street higher than for
other streets. President Moore said
the ways and means committee were
Instructed to prepare an ordinance
governing the condition and suggest-ed
that the ordinance contain *
schedule of costs for permits that
would protect the asphalt streets as
much as possible.
On motion of Mr. Williams, the
■•allroad committee was instructed
to have the trolley company repair
Hector street and lower Fayette
streot between Its tracks. He stated
that in East Hector street, the tie
;rons are exposed causing danger to
traffic.
Mr. Welsh asked that Forrest
itreet above Second avenue be made
passable. The street has never had
a top dressing and the frost coming
out of the ground has made a bad
condition. The matter was referred
to the street committee.
Hector street residents protested
against a nuisance maintained by
•he Reading Transit & Ught Com-oany
operating cars with flat wheels
within the borough. The matter
was referred to the railroad com-mittee
to have the nuisance abated.
Reports
The burgess reported the collec-tion
of $C3, of which $28 were for
lines levied for drunkenness.
The treasurer reported a balance
of $515.20.
The street committee reported
having done repair work during the
month and having made an inspec-tion
of the streets and recommend
that the following streets are In
need of immediate repair: West
Tenth avenue, Forrest, West Sixth,
West Fifth, Maple, East Ninth, Har-
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HAS BRIGHT FUTURE
Encouraging Report Submitted
by Committee at Regular
Meeting of Athletic Associa-tion.
Officers Nominated.
A largely uttended and enthusiastic
meeting of the Conshohocken Ath-letic
Association was held in the
Park House on Tuesday evening.
The Base Bull Committee submit-ted
an encouraging report and pros-pects
for an exceptionally Strong
team to represent the borough in Hie
Montgomery County League during
the coming season look most favor,
able. Manager Cohee stated that h
already has lines on some excellent
material, including some of the beat
battery men in the Independent ranks
in Philadelphia and as soon as tlie
contracts are issued will sign them
up.
The team was represented at the
meeting of the League held In Lans-dale
last Saturday evening, when
l'erkasio was admitted and given the
franchise held last season by Chest-nut
Hill. The schedule committee
will soon submit their report and it is
expected that the season will open
on Saturday, May 13 and close us
usual on Labor Day. Each team will
play twenty games. In view of the
fact that the local teum opened the
season away last year, they should
play their first game at home this
season.
The Committee is bent on giving
the town a good team and Intend to
have things In shape at the earliest
possible moment. There are a number
of improvements to bo made to the
athletic field and these will be made
as soon us the weuther permits. In
the first place the field will havo to
be rolled and placed In better condi-tion
as the diamond is badly cut up
and very rough, owing to the play*
ing of soccer. A change will also be
made in the lay-out of the diamond.
In order to get away from the short
left field, which was interferred with
by the entrance to field and grand-stand,
the diamond will be swung
farther toward the upper side of the
field. This will shorten the right-field
fence but a screen will bo erect-ed
on tho fence to prevent the ball
from going out of the lot. Practice
will tie started us soon as possible
and u pre-season schedule of games
to get the team In condition will be
pluyed.
Officer* Nominated
Much interest was manifested in
the nomination of officers and in a
number of cases there will he con-tests
and a merry fight for positions
will ensue ut tho regular election
which will take place at the April
meeting. In order for uny member
to vote for his friends it will be
necessary for him to havo his dues
paid in full. The result of the nomt.
nation is as follows: President—EM-win
W. Uurrison, Robert J. Craw-ford;
vice president—William S.
Campbell; treasurer—John P. Her-ron,
David M. Hayes; recording sec-retary,
Reynold Thwaltes; financial-|
secretary—Carroll Meyers: publicity
manager—Arthur Murland, Walter
N. Hannum; trustee—James L. Hol-land;
board of governors (four to be
elected)—Edward Eagan, C. S. Hot-trnsteln,
Russell Hamilton, George
Giles, Bernard C. Qulnn.
CALVARY CHURCH NOTES
Owing to Illness, Rev. William
Roberts, who was to be the preacher
at the Friday evening Lenten ser-vice
In Calvary P. E. church this
evening, will be unable to be pres-ent.
The sermon will be delivered
by the Rev. W. W. Taylor.
A meeting of the Brotherhood of
St. Andrew will bo held following
the morning service on Sunday.
The regular monthly meeting of
tho Women's Auxiliary of Calvary
church will be held In the Parish
House on Next Tuesday afternoon,
at 2.30 o'clock. An address will be
made by Archdeacon Zeigler, of Al-berquerque,
New Mexico. At four
o'clock the members will attend
evening prayer In the church. After
the church sorvlco tea will be serv-ed
In the Parish Houso.
At the Friday evening Lenten ser-vice
in Calvary P. E. church next
week, the preacher will be Rev. C.
C. Silvester, rector of All Hallow's
church, Wyncote.
ENTERTAINED AT
FIVE HUNDRED
Mr. and Mrs. William Wallace,'at
their home, 112 East Tenth avenue,
on Wednesday evening, entertained
a number of their friends at a five
hundred party. The date incidental-ly
was the sixth anniversary of the
marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace.
The evening was pleasantly spent
and after laying aside the cards,
supper was served. Six couplea
participated In the evening's pleas-ure.
HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S
COMMITTEES FQR 1922
S. Gordon Smyth. President i)f
the Montgomery County Historical
Society, has appointed the following
Committees for 1922:
Library Committee—Wm. M. Qear.
hart, Dr. Henr^ T. Spungier, Mrs.
Clara S, Murray, Rev. vV. O. .-"egeley.
Howard Krieliel.
Program Committee—Mrs. A. Con-rad
Jones. Edward vV. Hocker, Miss
Frances M. Fox, Flunk F. iluber,
Mrs, Relnoehl Knipe.
Publication Committee—Dr. w.
H. Reed, Wm. Gearhart, Irvla P.
Knipe. Miss Kmellne H. Hooven,
Charles K. Barker.
Marker Committee—S. Cameron
Conon, Miss Nancy Highley, Samuel
Yeakle, l.ymaij Kratz, M. D. Selpt.
Museum Committee—H. Severn
Rcgur, Wm. 8 ontngue, Mrs. How-ard
Alexandei Miss Mury Marple,
George K. P. '\ 'anger.
Membership Committee— Charles
W. Shuw. of Jeffersonvllle; Milton
R. Yerkes, Bryn Mawr; Charles W.
Bray. King-of-Prussia; Rev. John F.
Sheppurd. Conshohocken; BenJ. F.
Evuns, Norristewn; Luther C. Par-sons,
Cynwyd; Charles B. Mann,
Maple Glenn; Raymond T. Pitcuirn,
Bryn Athyii; Howard .1. Jenkins,
Gwynedd.
Reception Committee—Mrs. Geo.
S. Kite, Mrs. Hurvey B. Dunnehowcr,
Mrs. .1. W. Marry, Miss Lillian Sum-mi
is, Mrs. I.'l*. Knipe, Mrs. George
K Brccht, Miss Isabella Walker, Mrs.
W. G. Wilson, Miss Bertha S. Harry,
Miss Helen E, Richards, Miss Marie
Yost', Mrs. H. C. Gresh. Miss Elis-abeth
Huston, Mrs. Wm. F. Solly,
Miss olive Jenkins, Miss Emma C.
Beyers, Mrs. I'rnnk Rittcnl.oijse.
Auditing Committee—W. H. Wili-er.
Miss Nina B. Bead, Harold K.
Gresh.
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Chamber of Commerce is Try-
1 ing to Get Trolley Service
to Spring Mill.—Debate
on Salary.
EXPLAIN SCHOOL NEEDS
York Firemea to Observe
Fiftieth Anniversary
Rescue Fire Company No. 4, or
York, Pa., will observe the fiftieth
anniversary Of their organization in
June with a two-day celebration.
Washington Fire Company of this
borough, hiiH been invited to attend
the anniversary. The Invitation wus
received on Tuesday in the form of
a well-worded communication getting
forth the mutual feelings of true
friendship which, has existed between
the two companies over a period cov.
ering the past twenty~-flve years.
The celebration will begin on Fri-day,
June 2nd and on that evening n
lanre buniiuet will be held, followed
on Saturday with a street parade in
which the entire fire department of
York will participate.
The Invitation to the local com-pany
sets forth that arrangements
have been completed for their enter-tainment
over the two-days period
and in closing states that they ex-peol
a favorable reply.
The local company will hold u
special meeting on Saturday evening
at which the-invitation will be ac-cepted
and on Sunday morning the
Active Association will hold a spcciul
moetlng and formulate plans for
about fifty or sixty of tho members
to attend the anniversary.
K. of C. Applies for Charter
Conshohocken Council, Knights
of i i • 11 J in I J ii , which recently pur-chased
Grand Army hall from the
surviving members of George Smi'h
Post No. 79, intend to organize the
Knights of Columbus Home Asso-ciation
and have made application
to the Court of Common Pleas of
Montgomery-" County for a chartor.
The purpose for which tho asso-ciation
has been formed is to main-tain
a home for the social enjoy-ment
of its members, wherein read-ing
rooms shall be supplied with
papers, books and periodicals of the
day and for this purpose to have,
possess and enjoy all the rights,
benefits and privileges of the said
Act of tho Assembly and Its supple-ments
under which the charter Is
being asked.
The application 13 now on file in
the Prothonotary's office and will
be presented to the Court on Mon-day,
March 27th.
MRS. J. RUFUS BARR
UNDERGOES OPERATION
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Mrs. J. Itufus Barr, of lower Ford
street, West Conshohocken, was op-erated
upon in Bryn Mawr hospital
yesterday afternoon. The operation
was successful and her condition was
reported as being very favorable at
noon to-day.
Mrs. Hair was stricken with a
serious attack <>f pneumonia about
three weeks ago and Just ns sho
seemed to be on the way to a com-plete
recovery, complication arose
and her condition become serious
aguin. with the result that the opera-tion
'was necessary. Her many
friends hope that sho will continue
to improve until her health Is fully
restored.
The Chamber of Commerce is en-deavoring
to havo the Heading
Transit & Light Company extend its
line (In Hector 'street from the bor-ough
line to North Lane in White-marsh
township, in order to give
trolley service to that section wsiere
there are several hundred factory
workers. George Light, of the trans-portation
buerau, reported at a meet-ing
of the Chamber held last night,
in the Park House, that he and sec-retary
Mitchell had been in confer-ence
with George Magill, superin-tendent
of the transit company, and
proposed that tho company extend
its line into Whitemarsh. The dis-trict
is built up and contains several
factories in which several hundred
persons are employed and many of
these would be dally riders on the
I cars.
Mr. Magill said he would pi esent
the proposition to the general man-ager
of the company and the ne-cessity
claimed for the extension.
Complaint was also made to Mr.
Magill that the cars do not wait for
the arrival of the 12.14 a. m. and
12,18 a. m. trains on the P. R. R. and
P. & R. railroads, respectively.
Theso are the theatre trains and tho
cars not meeting them cause great
Inconvenience to many persons. Mr.
Magill stated that the car crews
have orders to wait for the arrival
of these trains and would appreciate
It if reports were made to him of
failure of the crews to meet the
trains.
Tho question of restoring a five
cent fare within the orough limits
was also discussed but Mr. Magill
said the financial condition of the
company is such that It does war-rant
a reduction in fares.
C. A. Desimone asked the directors
to consider the matter of the secre-tary's
salary. He~B(ftd the salary
was fixed at $600, the same as last
year. Mr. Desimone contended that
nearly all the revenue of the Cham-ber
is expended in the secretary's
salary and leaves no funds for other
purposes. He made a motion that
the salary of the secretary be recon-sidered.
The motion was lost by a
vote of 10 to 4.
Mr. Light stated that the schools
are congested and the school board
proposes to ask the people for a loan
for larger school accommodations.
He suggested that the Chamber ask
the school board to hold a public
meeting at which a member of the
board, the school superintendent and
the architect give information as to
the needs of more room and what
the board proposes for relief. The
matter was referred to the safety
and welfare bureau of which William
Lacey Is chairman.
Resolutions in respect to the mem-ory
of the late P. J. Leary were
adopted and a copy sent to his fam-ily.
Daylight saving time was approv-ed
of and town council will be asked
to adopt the time here from the last
Sunday in April until the Last Sun-day
in September.
The directors approved the boost-er
tags for Conshohocken r.s sun-mltted
by Walter Smith.
The transportation bureau Is co-operating
with the railroad commit-tee
of town council to secure an ad-ditional
afternoon train to Philadel-phia
on the Reading Railway.
Mr, Desimone, chairman of a spec-ial
committee, reported progress In
planning for the collection of garb-age
and preparing a building code to
be submitted to town council.
The directors named John Kearns
as their nominee for election as a
director of the U. S. Chamber of
Commerce.
The treasurer reported a balance
of $224.20 and all bills paid.
WILLIAM H. RAY
Watoh and Jewelry .Repairing
—Advertisement
AUTOMOBILE ON FIRE
The fire department was summon-ed
to the garage in the rear of Mc-
Call's dry goods store, on East Hec-tor
street, shortly after noon today,
when an automobile caught fire.
The firemen made an immediate
response and extinguished the blazo
by the use of hand extinguishers.
The machine was badly damaged,
though not totally destroyed.
PANNING TO START MILL
Orders have been received at the
local plant of Joseph N. Sussklnd
Company. Eighth ayenue and Harry
street, to have the engine and boilers
placed In condition and ready to re-sume
operations.
Wireless Sets Need Not
Be High Powered
To ii"' Recordei:
Since the formation of the Consho- I
hocken Radio Club it seems thai a.
little infui ination in regards to a re- I
I Delving set would not come anus-- to
the public, who will no doubt, become
nti rested.
Boms persons say thai to luccesi
fully receive radiophone concerts it
. necessary to buy a set costing $1.00
for ivory mile to be covered. For in-stance
Pittsburgh is 300 mil<s from
Conshohocken and to receive the
concerts und news broadcasted from
there- the set would necessarily cost
J300. THIS IS NOT TRTJB. In fact
the Westlnghouse radiophones at
both Plttsbnrg (300 miles) and New-ark,
N. J. <»0 miles) can be lieurd on
sets costing but $30 to $50. On these
same sets it is also possible to re.
ceivc the radiophones of the wes-tern
Electric Cc in New York City
(90 miles) und that of the General
ESectrlc Co. In Bchenectady, N. Y..
I (270 miles). So much for the larger
I stations. Now amateurs using low
IIIAII- stat imis can be heard here
i nun Philadelphia, Camden, Haver-ford,
Norrlstown, Bridgeport, Oak
Lane, Ashbournc and many other
surrounding places. Many of these
stations can bo" received on much
smaller and simpler sets than those
in actual use. Anyone interested
can get more information by com-municating
with the President or
Secretary of the Club or by calling
at the clubs headquarter 120 West
Eleventh avenue, Conshohocken. Vis-itors
must have permission of either
the President or Secretary before en-tering
the club. This permission will
he given through mail, a Mend,
phone or by a personal call. Anyone
culling ut headquarters to listen to
the music without previous arrange-ment
may be admitted if there an
not too many people present but
they will run the risk of being
turned away If there has been no
previous arrangement.
Anyone desiring information con-tng
the building or buying of
Radio Bets can get it by writing to
the Club's headquarters.
The meeting of the club aro held
at 7.30 every Wednesday night at 120
West Eleventh uvenue. Anyone de-siring
Information will ple&SO address
nil mail to. tho following:
President—Howard W> liuz/.ard,
120 W. 11th avenue, Conshohocken.
Secretary—Stanley Wilson, Tracv
Terrace, Conshohocken, PH.
CHILD LOST
A two.ycur-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Rowley, residing on West
First avenue, wandered from his
home yesterday ufternoon und be-came
lost.
The child was found on tho Schuyl-kill
river bridge near the steps lead-ing
to the, Philadelphia & Reading
.ailway station by a woman, whosi
name was unlearned, about 3 o'clock
and tuken to the store of James Mut-nfflc.
35 Fayette street.
The child is unable to talk and
Could give no clue to his identity.
Otlicer Heuld WSJ notified and h(
made u search on Marble. Oak and
.Maple streets for the child's purents
but could find no information.
About six o'clock Mrs. Rowley
came to the police station to report
the child missing and she was told
where to find him.
The little tot was returned to his
home none the worse of his experi-ence.
Fire Company Meeting
The regular meeting of the George
Clay Fire Company was held on
Tuesday evening and provod to be a
largely attended and interesting
session.
There remains a balance on the
mortgage against the building of
only about $500 and an effort will
be made to pay this off during the
month of July. A committee was
appointed to devise plans to raise
the amount. As soon as the build-ing
is free of debt plans will be
adopted to replace one of the fire
trucks with a more modern piece of
apparatus.
Six new members were received
into the company.
The following were elected as
delegates to the Montgomery County
Firemen's Association: Charles
Adams, Tcrrance Campbell, Hugh
DeHaven, John Klnsler and Harry
Bliam.
LEE RUBBER
COMPANY'S REPORT
The Lee Tire & Rubber Company,
for 1921, reports net sales of $7,358,-
436 against $0,705,930 and operating
profits of $214,798 against $301,034.
The net, after Interest and Inventory
adjustment, amounted to $9,238.
equal to 6 cents a share on the 150,-
000 sjfares of common stock of no
par value outstanding at the close
of 1921. In 1920 the company earn-ed
$326,638 or $2.11 a share on the
same amount of stock.
1
Christian Endeavor Society of
Presbyterian Church Adopts
Resolution Disapproving
Sunday Parades
COMMITTEE REPORTS
Tin regular monthly business meet-
Ihg of the C. 1:. society ,.t die Pres-byterian
Church was held last Mon-day
eyening at the home of Misses
Bus and Bertha Ramsey. Reports
of committees .showed the Society
doing good work, and the work of
eaoh committee was thoroughly can-vassed
to ascertain If there was any
way in which (he Society as a whole
could help each committee in secur.
ing better results. Resolutions, re-garding
Sabbath observance, were
presented und after careful consider-ation
were unanimously adopted.
The weekly prayer inciting ne*t
Sabbath at 6.46 1'. -\1. h is for consid-eration
the topic' "Habits." Scrlpturo
reference on the subject 13 Prov. 4:
L'3-:'7; Ilcb. 10:28-26. The meeting
will be in charge uf Mr. J. S. Moser.
Tlie following is the resolution
adopted:
Whereas, there w is held last Sab-bath
in our town, c parad-3 and-pub-ic
meeting, bel'o■■• and during which
tags were sold and the whole affair
CM ndUOted in s■:■•!, a way as to tend
to destro) the peace and sanctity of
the Sabbath and offend Sabbath lov-ing
und observing people, ami
Whereas, such affairs tending to
publicly commercialize the Subhiih
I lay are not in keeping with Chris.
iiaii and American Ideals, therefore,
Be it Resolved, that, we The Young
People's Society of Christian Ku-deavor
of tin I'resbyterlan Church,
do hereby, express our regrets that
this affair was HO arranged, and our
hopes that those who offered nil for
American principles during war, will
not again cause or permit anything
which will tend to undermlno the
Christian Sabbath which means so
much to the peace and prosperity of
our nation in ponce.
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
The program of the Woman's
Club, Wednesday afternoon, was !n
charge of the Legislative Committee,
of which Mrs. Frank B. Wilson Is
chairman. Mrs. Wilson presented
Mr. George M. S. Light, who spoke
on the subject of the Courts—Feder-al,
State and County, also explaining
the office of Magistrate or Justice of
the Poace. Mr. Light's address was
clear and informing and greatly ap-preciated.
'
Members of the Club who had
served on jury duty spoke of their
experience—Mrs. Butcher, on the
Grand Jury; Mrs. Fearnslde, on the
Petit Jury, and Mrs. Wilson, on the
Federal Jury. All expressed a deep
interest in the experience.
The program of tho afternoon also
includod a report by Mrs. Charles
W. Jones on the subject of "Public
Welfare" as discussed recently at
the Eastern District Federation
meeting.
The Club was honored by the at
tendance of Mrs. H. DelAncey
Downs, president of the Modern
Club, and her guest, Mrs. Arthur
l^evis Bunting, president of the Phil-adelphia
Mothers' cfub. Upon in-
'vitatlon, Mrs. Bunting made a few(
remarks, expressing her confidence
in the moulding power of the home.
Mrs. Downs entered into the discus-sions
of the afternoon.
Tea was served on the adjourn-ment
of the meeting.
ATTENDED MEMORIAL CONCERT
A number of residents of this bor-ough
attended the Helleau Wood
Mimorial concert held last evening
in the Grand Opera House, Norrls-town.
A large crowd was In attendance
and thorough! enjoyed an excellent
program.
The prcoeeds will be given to aid
in the rebuilding of the village .of
Helleau as a permanent memorial to
the twenty-one hundred Americans
who there made the supreme sacrifice
in stopping the advance of the
enemy.
A feature of the program was the
address of Major General Wendell C.
Neville, who was in command of the
M.ii-ims in the drlvo. He described
by map where the Marines checked
tho German drive and showed the
territory over which tho enemy was
lriveu back in taking the town
illicit has become world renowned.
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Announcement has been mado of
tho engagement of Miss Eleanor S.
Ki'ohn, of Philadelphia, to Samuol
Gilbert. The wedding will take place
In June. The groom-to-be Is tho
popular manager of Jacobson's De-partment
store, 69 Fayette streot.