Ambler Gazette

              The Ambler Gazette.
vol. xxxv-NO. 6
AMBLER.   PA^   FEBRUARY   15*   1017
S1.75  A   YEAR
COLD POINT
AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local interest to Our
Readers. >__tft
OBITUARY.
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Cold Point Church Activities—Evangelical Church Year End.—Harmonville Events ef Interest—Narcissa
Not..—H ickorytown H appeninga.
A number of local Friends attended
Abington quarterly meeting on Thursday.
Joseph Steiner, of Maple Hill avenue,
has secured a position at the Lee- tire
plant, Spring Mill.
George Corson,, of Plymouth Meeting, has recently sold 13 Berkshire
pigs to Ideal persons.
Miss Grace Frtas, daughter of Luther Freas, who has been ill 'with diphtheria, is slowly improving.
Rev. Mr. Nungesser, of Norristown,
preached Sunday evening in the Plymouth United Evang. church.
Henry Corson, of Avondale. Fa., spent
Sunday with his brother, George Corson, and family, at Plymouth.
Percy Rex, of Narcissa, report his
ehiekens laying nicely. Be is securing
56 -cents whole-aale for the eggs.
- Miss Helen C. Livesey, who was ill
in central Pennsylvania, has* returned
to her home in Plymouth Meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lorens, of Germantown, spent Sunday at their Plymouth home on Maple HIU avenue.*
Guy Wheaton, daughter and sister,
Miss Clara, of Oak Lane, were Sunday
guggts of A. L. Johnson, of Harmonville.
Mrs. Mary Baynes has closed her
houae at Plymouth Meeting and is
spending several weeks with Mrs. An-
ale F. Ambler. ,
George Williams), of Harmonville, a
veteran of the Civil war, has a largp
American flag prominently flying over
his side lawn.
Several persons from the Rosemont,
Plymouth Meeting, attended tbe Conshohocken Presbyterian church service
Sunday evening.
Tuesdav evening the K. L. C. ___., of
Plymouth United Evangelical church,
met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Caufman, Harmonville,.
A Plymouth couple were united in
marriage Friday forenoon by Magistrate Lenhradt, they being Robert
Harris and Mary I__ Simons.
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Rawlins, of
Norristown, were Sunday visitors at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham, Maple Hill avenue, Plymouth.
Magistrate O. F. Lenhardt, at his
offices on Penn street, on Wednesday,
united in marriage Miss Mary L.
Simons and Robert Harris, both of
Plymouth.
Howard Smith, storekeeper at Harmonville, has been conflned to his bed
with .pneumonia. Miss Lottie Mervine
has been helping in the store during
Mr. Smith's Ulness.
, Miss Lillian Freas, of Cold Point,
is now making her home with her
aunt, Mrs. Marple, in Norriatown.
Miss Freas is teacher ln the Conshohocken high school.
Mrs. Helen Hovenden and daughter,
Miss Martha Hoven.fc-n. who are | lending the winter in Washington, i). CJ
. have been at   their  Plymouth .Meetf
-*f,lUHK-*JJ_W?«l--*ln 11 Webster, of Seven
rStara, Plyi&Outh 'township, on Friday
evening entertained a number of|
friends at her home, in l|>nor of her
birthday anniversary.
At the George Freas estate sale. Cold
Point, last 'week, none of the properties was sold.    The two houses were
■-bid  to  $2575, ahd   the  stone  ho'ise  to
♦8600, but withdrawn.
Mr. and Mrs. Lemuel'H. Rodebaugh,
ef Hickorytown. who., are spending the
Winter with their .'son in Oakland,
Cal., on Feb. 9 observed the 49th anniversary of their wedding.
Miss Mary Dewees, of Harmonville,
Thursdav, underwent an operation at
the hands of Dr. Fordyoe. of Norristown. ' for the removal of tonsils and
adenoids.   She is rapidly recovering.
Gustavus Casopskey, of Cold Point,
purchased some articles at the George
Freas estate sale, Cold Point, and when
he went to haul  away the gooda he
. foi*"d seme one else had taken them..
The musicale, which ip being prepared under the supervision of the choir
ef the Cold Point Baptist church, will
be rendered Saturday evening at 8
o'clock at the church. Admission, 16
eents.
A home department has been organized in the Cold Point Baptist Sundav
echool and It comprises more than 30
members, and is still growing. There
have also been several additions to
the cradle roll.
Next Sunday is the final Sabbath of
the conference year in the United
Evangelical Lutheran ehurch, and Rev.
R. W. Musselman, on that occasion,
will speak in the Plymouth churoh to
eamp No. 63, P. O. S. of A., of Cold
Point
Thursday evening a .party from the
Plymouth Evangelical church will go to
Hatfield and attend the. services,
which Mrs. A. Kichline, of Allentown,
has been conducting there for two
weeks. These services win close nutt
Sunday.
George Smith, who has been in the
employ of -the Hagy Brothers at Cold
Point for many years, is In Charity
■ hospital suffering from injuries sus-
talnel Friday night when he was struck
by a motor truofc while walking along
Hickorytown lane.
On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Berkhimer, of Harmonville. entertained Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ely in honor of their guest, Mary Streeper, of
Philadelphia, who lto 26 years was
moat actively Identified with the Cold,
Pohlt Baptist Sunday school.
On Sunday evening last one person
was received Into the fellowship of the
Plymouth United Evang. church, making SO for the conference year and II
aa a result of the special evangelistic
eampalgn. A reception to the new
members will be held on Feb. 20, when
all members and their families are invited to be present.
A     Roxborough    plumber's    motor
l truck, driven caraleeelv along the Con-
r shohocken pike one day last week, col-
' lided  with the guard rails on two of
the small culverts near the John Hagy
rei dence. Cold Point.   One side of one
ef the rails was broken, and the other
rail was knocked clear off.   The motor
car was stripped   on one side of mud
gunrds, step and wheels.
Earl Freas. son of -the late George
Freas, of Cold Point, haa gone to Chicago, IU.. as manager of the new office
to be opened there by the John Wood
Manufacturing Cril,,; of Conshohocken.
manufacturers of • teas and electric
welded boilers and tanks. Mr. Freas
will have charge of, the salesmen in
the territnrv from Canada to Mexico
between Chicago- apd Denver.
HARRIET C. MUNSON.
Mrs. Harriet C. Munson, widow of
George W. Munson, and aunt of Mrs.
1KB. Hansell end Mra, E. L. Posey,
died at tba residence of her niece, Mrs.
Posey, 615 Lindenwold avenue, Anibler,
on Feb. 8th, at 4i30 a. m. Mrs. Munson waa the daughter af the late Capt.
Thos. P. and Hannah M. Crowell, and
for many years prior to tha Ctttt war
resided in Norfolk, Va.. the exciting
events et that period being indelibly
Impressed on her mind. Mrs. Munson
was a devout and humble Christian,
and a person of unassuming manner
and was much admired for her many
sterling qualities.    Services were held
Offered  Bride, it ie 8aid.
Slot machines, of the variety that
give a monetary return in nickels, will
not "go" te the fashionable Wyncote
section, according to Chief of Police
Hallowell, of the Ogontz station.
Harry Fidullo and Andrew Poccia,
claiming residence in South Eighth
street, Philadelphia, brought two slot
devices to the shoeshop of Joe Cas-
ciano, and the harvest they reaped for
a few days made the machines pretty
nearly equal to a "war bride." The
o cer on the beat gave the men a
friendly warning to get out. They
responded, it Is declared, by an offer
of $10 a month if he would be deaf,
dumb and blind temporarily.
Then  the three  were arrested.     Be-
Sunday afternoon from her late resi- I fore Magistrate Hellerman they were
dence, and interment was made Mon- charged with maintaining a gambling
day morning at Cold Springs ceme- device and with attempting to bride an
tery, near Cape May, N..J. officer on  the  beat  gave   the men  a
HARRIET SLINGLUFF. required te furnish $500 bail tor trial
Harriet Slingluff, aged  84 years and   in  tn_f ' Montgomery  county  courts   In
six days,  died  Thursday  at  the home   March.       	
of her daughter, Mrs. Samuel  Harney, . T
Harmonville,   after  an   illness   lasting!
four weeks, following a stroke of paralysis. | fled to-act as reserve officers to regis
The deceased was born, Feb. 2, 1833, | ter themselves for duty in case of need
BEQUESTS IN
MERILLAT WILL.
Beneiiciaries Under Former Gwyn-
eddite's Testament.
and
and
Historical     Societies,     Plymouth
Gwynedd     Friends'     Meetings
Other    Bodies    Remembered—Nieces
and  Nephews Reside Herfe.
Charity   hospital,    Norristown,    and
the  Children's -Aid   society  of  Montgomery  oounty,  are  made  contingent
beneiiciaries to the extent ef $500 each
by the will of Mary Hallowell Forman
Merillat,   late   of   Norristown,   hy  her
will just admitted to probate.    These
are later reduced by a codicil to $100
and   $200   respectively.     A   still   later
codicil   (evokes   these   bequests.     The
deceased;   previous     to   her   marriage,
Feb. 2, 1S331
near Cold Point, and was one of eight I Ralph B. Strassburger,    of    Gwynedd
children    of Septimus and    Elizabeth  Valley, a member of an  old and  in-
Wood.   One sister, Phebe, wife of John  fiuential "Pennsylvania German family
jHen'sler, also of Harmonville, '• alone
survives. She resided near Cold Point
until -married, on Oct. 7, 1853, to Casper Slingluff. They then resided at
Broad Axe and other places in the locality, the latter dying at Harmonville
in May, 1913. One aon, Charles, of
Bridgeport, and one daughter, Annie,
wife of Samuel Barney, of Harmonville,
survive.
The funeral was held on Tuesday at
10 o'clock from her late home in Har-
monvill.e and at 1 o'clock from the
Upper Dublin Brethren church, of
which the deceased was a member for
60 years. Rev. Mr. Sweigard was in
charge of the service. Interment was
made in the adjoining cemetepy.
from a district which has long preserved an affectionate attachment to
the Fatherland, has placed his services
at the disposal of the navy department.
ln a telegram to Secretary Daniels,
Mr. Strassburger. who Is noted as a
Navy League director, has volunteered
for duty te any emergency this country may fa ce.
WEDDED.
HUGHS—PENNINGTON.
Mr. William II. Hughs, of Audubon,
and Miss Vera Huchioeon Pennington,
of Ambler, were married hy Rev. A. C.
James, of Calvary M. E. church, Ambler, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. l. a. Pennington, i Miscellaneous  Items of Interest to
of Ambler,  at  6  o'cock  Saturday af- tt--... —-   -	
ternoon. Many Readers.
C. Ashton Pennington, brother of the I 	
bride,  was  best man,  and Miss Bessie i Horsham Farmers' Club Meats—10 Be.
HORSHAM AND
UPPER DDBLIN.
Hughs, of Philadelphia,    was maid of i
honor.   The bride was dressed te whita
lace and carried white roses and lillies
of the valley.   The maid of honor wore
a gown of pale green mull and  car-
ried   white   sweet   peas.     Miss   Nellie has been ill.
Pennington played the wedding march.      John Kotelle, of Dresher;' spent Fri
The house was decorated with  potted   day in Philadelphia
plants.    The guests    were:     Mr. aad      William Rode.Wick  of Dresher
Mrs. Johnson    and family,    of Three j Monday te Philudephis
teat  Zero   at    Horsham    Store—The
Sick   Improving   Events   at   Jarrettown and  Dresher—Miscellaneous.
Mrs. Emanuel Dewees, of Jarrettown.
pen t
Responding to the call for men quali-1 was Mary Forman, of Lower Gwynedd
township.
The Montgomery    and    the    Bucks I
County  Historical     societies  are  also
made recipients of antiques.
Decedent directs that her body be
buried in glymouth Friends' grave
yard and suggests that James Billiard,
of North Wales, be employed to furnish the head atone to be inscribed—
"Mary H. F. Merillat. Born 3rd mo.
5th, 1856—Died—"
To her husband, William Corson
Merillat, is given for life the Income
of monies that ahe haa committed to
the 'Norristown   Trust   company.    So
Sale of Gas Co.  Effects.
Sheriff LouiS A. Nagle has levied
upon all of the personal property of
Penn Green Gas company of the Perkiomen valley, and will aell the same
at the East Greenville office of the
company thia Wednesday.
At the same time the sheriff will
also offer for aale the franchises wbich
Were granted to the company by the
boroughs and townships in the Perkiomen valley.
The real estate will be sold on the
the afternoon,    in  the
Hartsville Man Ttte-. to Shoot
Daughter,
Charged  witn attempting to kill hia
I daughter by firing three shots from a
I revolver at her at 11a_L-tsville, Lawrence
Ketsham,    a Philaclelphlan,    -was .held  same day,
; under    bail for court by    Magistrate | c°urt house.
Eastburn   at   Hatboro.     Ketsham   did
not secure a bondsman and was taken
j to the county prison ut Doylestown.
Mrs. Ruth Player, Ketsham's daugh-
i ter, has been among the caretakers at
i the residence of George Jamison, at
Hartsville. Ketsham went to the Jamison houae to visit the daughter, but
when she saw he was under the influence of liquor .she attempted to close
the door, after refusing him admittance.
Ketsham, enraged, fired tbree shots
through the doorway. Mrs. Pleyer saw
him draw the gun. and jumped to one
side, the three bullets plowing Into the
wall on the opposite side of the room I Sheridan-and     Mix*
[and  missing    both   Mrs.   Pleyer    and | both  of Conshohocken
Jamison by inohes,    A telephone
Tuns; Mr. Hughs, of Norristown; Miss
Bessie Hughs, of Philadelphia; Mrs.
Owen Hughs, of Central America; Mrs.
Sadie May, of Maryland; Mr. and Mrs.
Melvin Pennington and daughter, of
Cedars; Oliver Teas,- of Flourtown;
Miss Gertrude Karr, of Plymouth;
Samuel Johnson,  of Ambler.
The newy married couple will reside
I at their new bungalow at Audubon.
HEATH—MYERS.
Mr. Harvey Heath and Miss Mar-
i garet Elisabeth My'ers, both of Ambler;
i were married by Rev. H. S. Cook on
[ Monday evening, Feb. 5, at .8 o'clock
I at the home of the bride's parenta Mr.
I and Mrs. L. D: Myers, Rosemary ave- •njoytag
nue. Ambler. I lake.
Only   immdeiate   friends   were   pre-      Jervis
I sent.    After   the   ceremony,   Mr.   aad ! *■• wee
1 sham.
Mrs. John Engle, of Jarrettown, was
quite seriously ill last week.
Mra, Harry luitherford, of HalloweU,
spent Tuesday te Newtown.
Mrs. Leroy, Wright, of Hossham,
spent Monday in Philadelphia.
At Nash's hotel Tuesday morning
the mercury touched 2 below s-*ro.
Mrs. Lukens Comly has been visiting Mrs. Alice Walton In Horsham.
The mercury at Horsham store stood
at  lo degrees  below Tuesday morning.-
Mrs. Arthur Wood, of Horsham, has
entirely recovered irom her' recent illness.
Horsham young people, hurfl been
the skating at Willow  Grove
in Ambler.
I was sent fo tbe Hatboro police and
Kotz, an offloer, hurried to the Jamison honse ln a motor car.
Ketsham saw the machine turn into
J the lane and ran across +ha fields, with
J Kotz  in   pursuit.    As  ha neared    the
I banks  of the  Neshaminy  creek,  Ketsham threw the revolver into a snowdrift, where Kotz..found it, after cap-
ring his prisoner.. _a___a___..
~~ rnKf.-jPT'e .    '*0   ' Jmat-TA*-
Historical Society.
!   The annual  meeting of the   Ilistor-
! leal Society of MoutsV-merv county will
! be held in Historical Wall; Penn street,
I Norristown,  this  Thursdav at  2  p. m.
I There will  be the reports  of committees and thai election of officers for the
[ensuing year.   Miss Clara A. Beck will
! read a paper-,"Whitpain Township Potpourri."    Volume  IV  of  the   publics -
tttoiis if the Historical Society of Montgomery  County   has   been   Issued.     It
I is uniform with the preceding volumes
and contains    much Interesting
history, being chiefly papers read before the society prior to 1911.    Those
wishing  the   bootof will    please  notify
Mias Frances M. Fox, curator of the
j society.
Motor Crash; Four Hurt.
Four persons were slightly injured
Thursday in a collision between a jitney and a touring car, which the police declare was taken without the permission of the owner. The collision
occurred at Greenwood avenue and
Walnut atreet, Jenkintown.
The touring car is owned by M. R.
Reed, a contractor. Conshohocken, who
ls in Florida.   Chief of Police Thomaa,
Jenkintown, aaid John Sheridan, chauffeur for Mr. Reed, had  three, girls in
the machine at' the time of the accident.
Two of the girls escaped injury, but
nry   Sheridan,
received  cuts
call I and bruises of the face.   After the ac-
Mrs.  Heath   left  on  a  honeymoon   EL
, Buffalo and Niagara Falls, and on their    . Ellw
much of the income i* to-be given to  return they will occupy their new home "lowly  i
him as wilt enable him to live comfort- | |n a__o__,i_____ i ness.
ably,   and  the  residue,   if  any,   is  to
be added to the principal.
Family heirlooms are left to various
relatives.   To the Bucks County Historical society, is given the marriage
certificate of the decedent's great great
grandfather and grand mother, Alexander Forman aad Jane Harris, 1771,
together with the deeds to the old Forman homestead te Bucks county.    To
the Historical Society of Montgomery
county is given an old hand wrought j
spoon and fork marked    "J. C. M. M.
1812."    These,  testator 'explains,  were j
given  to  her  husband's  father,  when |
he was christened in France snd cam
to this country about 1831.
<tnltli,  of  Philadelphia,  spent
end with his parents in Hor-
Wheatland.  of  Horsham, .is
proving  from  his recent  ill—
Friends Send Peace Message to Wilson.
The Frienda' Abington quarterly
meeting assembled te tbe Abington
meeting house, Thursday. There was
a full attendance, Including several
Frienda from other meetings and some
visitors from different religious denominations.
At the head of the women's gallery
sat the venerable Mary Baynes, of
Plymouth Meeting, 99 yeara old, dressed te the quaint garb of the olden time.
The flrst to break the silence of the
I devotional meeting was Daniel Batch-
ellor, who defined prayer as the God-
ward atUtude of the soul whioh might
m Wearing apparel is to be given to be expressed te many different ways.
Emma Butat if living and if not, it is ■ Isaac Wilson's theme was "Resurrec-
to go to the Lang School for Negroes i tion,',' which he interpreted as rising
at Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. out of the grave of a dead past into an
At the death of the husband the es-  active, spiritual state of living.
tate ts to be converted into cash.   The      Eleanor Scott Sharpless spoke of the
sum of $9000 is to be divided equally  coming of the kingdom of Christ,
among eight first cousins on her ma- |    All of rhe representatives were pres
I ness.
Mrs. Frank 1-nrker. of Horsham, has
I been nursing ut Mrs. George Porker's.
I Hatboro.
Stanley Tomlinson, of Horsham, who
haa been quite- ill with an abscess,' ls
recovering.
Mrs. !*..•• miiel  Fisher and  Miss Bessie
Howe, of Jurrettown. speni  Monday iu
I Philadelphia.
The  large   maple   trees  surrounding
the K. fi. K. home, Davis Grove, have
| been trimmed.
Mi*----   Dorothv   Lightkep,   of   Jarret-
1 town, has returned to school after her
recent Illness.
John C. Donat, of, Jarrettown, ts
somewhat Improved after his recent
serious illness.
Miss Gertrude McCormick, of Philadelphia, spent Monday with her parents In Dresher.
H firry Worth, of Davis Grove, reports having received $3 per bushel
for some of his potatoes.
MImh Clara < 'arr, of Dresher, spent
Thursday   afternoon   with   Mrs.' E.   C.
ternal side :    Mary J. Ambler, of Am- eat but two. who were absent through   ^T'^'i, i„w„m '
bier; Walter H. Jenkins, of Gwynedd, sickness.   The reports from the month-      NoTt Hi,nrinv -/(.Sn _,.   aaa
and Jennie H. erbough, Phebe M. Lu- ly    meetings   of    Abington,    Byberry, | . "S." p"'"1'^      ?     ™   ,,"
kens, Mary H., Johns■m. Julia K Stout. Hon-ham.     Gwynedd     and     Richland   *'"_ __t_Z?h _,_,,__ '
Walter H. Stout and William 11. Poy- showed them all to be in a satisluc:- I * "Sr™ ,„  „   Sv™..   ... ,-,_.
Rev.
will
Walter H. Stout and William H. Poy-1 snowed them all to be
ott^_ If any are deceased their shares  tory conditionj
divided among their respectivi
shall I
heirs.
.Edgar H. Townsend, a ""usin, is giv-
en $2000; Plymouth Preparative meeting is given $100 and Gwynedd meet
ident, Sheridan is said to have hurried away in the motor before the
poUce arrived.
The jitney was driven by James
Barry., Jenkintown, and in the machine
also was Herbert Wise of Jenkintown.
Whe4 the jitney struck the other, car
it turned over and threw out the occupants. They escaped with a few cuts,
and    bruises.,   NQ^a$_%_^«___$>....jMBffi
**Tt£ ImTaSiel kn.l^nothta^T-^rS-*-^ ^ritaf Sotep-tny  ls  named
lal-onf the *.ffa_r.   The Reed'home is on   as executors.
Crawford Hill, West Conshohocken. The will was executed December 18,
   11913.
Do You Wish to See the World, Save I    A codicil   dated    December 80. 1915.
The Rev. Richard Montgomery, Pres-1
byterian    minister    from    Ashbourne,
said he was    impressed  by  the quiet j
restfulness of the assembly.
A    communication    from    Gwynedd j
As'stated Charity hospital, meeting. Which a few years ago laid
Noiristown, and the Children's Aid so-j down ^midwe_ek meeting, *aid that sc
ciety of • Montgomery county are e|
given $500.
_.*asidueof the estate is gJgeJV-Jo
d ~*t-_metfrr—_tt— i
adrtwhip' *i&  tiie
$135th Anniversary at Bethel.
Bethel M. E. church, Belfry. . will
celebrate its H86th anniversary on Sunday, Feb. 25, at 10.80 a. in. with ser-j
vice, special singing and the aermon by
Rev. A. Graham, Jr., of the Trevose
M, Ei. church. At 2 p. m., special service. Solo by Mr. Harry Stevens, choir
master; duet hy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
G. Comly. selections by Bethel male
quartet, choir selection under the supervision of Choir Master Harry Stevens, remarks by visiting pastors, sermon by Rev. Alfred Dingee, of the
First M. E. church, Norristown, a former pastor of Bethel. The evening
service will be in charge of the Epworth League president, Harry Stevens. With the remarkable history of
this famous old house of God, there
haa never been auch a spirit of activity as haa been shown during the
year Just closed. $1200 te additional
property and church improvements.
The church Is entirely free of debt, and
every department of the churoh work
is well organized. The Epworth
League haa an enrollment of 80 members, an addition of 40 during 1916.
Tbe Bethel Aid society has added many
new members and closes this conference year with $135 in its treasury.
The success achieved is.due to the congenial co-operative working plans cf
pastor and members. Everybody welcome to join te worship on this anniversary and other occasions. Bethel
churoh is remarkable on account of
having been one of the first organised
Methodist churches In America.
Money, and Serve Yojr Country ?
Consider this free travel. See the
Philippine islands, Alaska . Hawaii.
Panama—Xo expense—every thing, free.
Pay, $15 tu $99 a month. Splendid
< pportunity is offered to young rron
under 35 years of age, unmarried _."..!
who are. citizens uf the United States
local | wtth good character to enlist in the
United States army te any 'branch of
the service. After one year's service
with the colors you can be transferred
to the reserve and return to your civil
pursuits. One year of open-air life
with full physical and military training you will return a 'better man to
civil Ufe.
Think this over. Apply for enlistment to any postmastl', or come to 264
High street, Pottstown, Pa.
makes the bequest to Charity hospital!    "Abington quarterly meeting of th
S100 and to the Children's Aid society  Society of    Friends  now  te    session,
$200. hereby   gives   its   expression   of   sym-
A still later codicil dated November I pathy for thee    ln this hour of trial,
IS,  of last year,  revokes all  bequests land of unity and accord with thee in
to the two local ins "is and gives  thy efforts  for peace.    May  we as  a
"S100 free of collateral  inheritance  _______ nation, through thy endeavors, lie pro-
Elizabeth R. Richards.
Dr. Leidy's Home Robbed.
Robbers with an appreciation for
wealth and culture who have been
operating along the PenUyn pike, where
prominent Philadelphians have country
homes, made the last call Friday night
at tbe estate of Dr. Joseph Leidy on
Morris road. They took clothing and
other articles to the valut. .'_ $1600. In
telling of the robbery. Doctor Leidy,
whose town houae is at 1819 Locust
street, said *
"For the last month or six weeks a
band of burglars has been ransacking
homes in the Penllyn section, and since
my place was entered I have found that
the thieves alao visited the houses of
Lyman Biddle, Bayard Livingston,
Judge WUUam Wilkins Carr and William Drayton. "The raids are particularly annoying because the men rummage all through the house. They take
out wardrobe drawers and empty them
on floors and go through closets."
(Continued on Page S.)
Auto Owner Held for Trial.
Joseph A. Baldwin, of Conshohocken,
was held tn $600 bait by Burgess Saul,
of Norriatown, for trial at the March
term of court. He is charged with
reckless running of an automobile
while under the influence of liquor.
Officer Charles Parvirf arrested the
defendant on Wednesday at Main and
Arch streets, Norrlatown. According
to the testimony of the polio* officer
the defendant was in no condition to
operate an  automobile.
Penllyn and Blue Bell Pike New Free.
Settlement waa made last week between the county commissioners and
the owners of the Penllvn and Blue
Bell pike, extending from the station
at Penllyn th Blue BeU, which was
freed by a jury some time ago. The
gates were. opened on Wednesday and
no more tolls will be taken on thia
road. The road from Penllyn to
Springhouse ls still a toll road. "Several years ago an effort was made to
free this toad, hut the movement was
dropped, stockholders of the road it ls
said having declared thai unless the
county would keep the road in its present excellent condition they would resist all efforts to free the road. The
county has paid $8199 for tbe pike from
Penllyn to Blue Bell.
Recruits Por Uncle Sam.
Corporals Mlddeton and Downey, the
IT. 8. Army recruiting officer!!, report
having examined and accepted for enlistment in the army the following
named young men:
LeRoy Ranforth, aged 19, of Penn
Square.
Walter K. Boath, 18 Port Kennedy.
Howard Mclntyre, 24  Linfield.
William O. Krause. 81, Chalfont
Arthur J. Pierson, 17, Ambler.
Earl P. Greene, 20 Ambler.
These men have been sent to Fort
Slocum. New Tork. where they *"•"'
be enlisted for their various respective
branches of the service. Pierson and
Greene, being high achool graduates,
will be sent to West Point Military
academy, where they wfll receive a
first class college education at the expense Of Uncle Sam. after which they
wiU become commissioned officers in
the army, starting te with the rank
of second lieutenants.
Flagman Killed at Penllyn.
Charles Glasley, flagman of the
Reading railroad at Penllyn station,
waa killed Monday afternoon shortly
after 4 o'clock wben be was struck
by a south-bound express. He was
flagging a north-bound freight, aad
owing to the cold bad hia ears tied up
and hia head down, so that he did not
see nor hear the express approaching
on the track on which he was stand-
Mr.   He was killed Instantly.
The man waa ahout M years of age,
leaves a wife and one child, the latter a daughter of about three years.
He waa formerly engaged as flagman
at the Gwynedd Vallev crossing and
was transferred to PenUyn on Dec, 31.
Compulsory Education Act Upheld.
A decision of Judge Oriady te the
superior court was affirmed in a per
curiam order" filed refusing the appeal
of William Gillen, wbo was fined for
violating the provisions of the compulsory education act. Two children
!of the appellant were refused admission to school because the father refused to have them vaccinated. Gillen
was arrested and fined by a magistrate.
The case was carried through the various courts on appeal. Judge Oriady
sustained the fine after an elaborate
review of the compulsory education
act, and the supreme court refused to
entertain an appeal, as the case was
fully covered in that decision.
Mrs. T. F. Stackhouse. of Kintnersville, apent several days with Mrs.
AUce Waton"! in Horsham.
Miss Florence Brooks, of the IC 'G.
E. home,  Davis Grove, has  recovered
after an attack of tonsilitis.
Miss Agnes Ambler,  teacher of the
j Newtown achool, spent Thuraday with
Mrs. Tomlinson in Hoi. mm.
Miss Florence McCormick. of Ambler,
who has been ill, spent a few days
with her ofir^u-tk-afe-:_^«eJsA_<_.r._ -~m-«- ■" -*.- j
' Mrs. yieorge -Sill, of Horsham,' is
steadily improving fiom a severe attack 'of catarrhal'appendicitis.
Miss Agnes Tomlinson, of Horsham,
who was critically ill last week with
pneumonia, is now convalescent.
Miss Phoebe* Potts, of Horsham, haa
been spending some time with. Mra. L.
Beideman  in  Wilmington,  Del.
Miss  Susanna L.  Walton,  of  Hors-
j ham,   who    has  been   111  for    several
weeks, is now improving steadily.
On  Saturday  evening  a  number of
j Horsham     voung   people    attended   a
school entertainment at Warrington.
Mrs.  Edith   Hampton,   of  Hallowell,
,  is staying with Mra. Nellie Ambier, of
The Lafayette paper milla are in full1 Glenside, who le ill with pneumonia-
operation despite the strike of 60 for-      The Meehan nurseries. Dresher, have
elgn laborers for a 16 per cent, raise [been  unloading  880  cases  of  nursery
much new Ufe has been manifested
among it that lt wishes to-take up the
regular meetings again. This .course
\vas approved, by- Ahe- -quarterly meet'
ing.'
A letter and telegram sent from the
I American Union Against Militarism
I wae discussed. Instructions were gh—
I en to send to President Wilson tne
following :
(served from war."
Strikers at Lafayette.
License Court.
License court for 1917 practically
began last Friday, the last day for filing applications for licenses to dispense intoxicating liquors during tho
year ensuing from April 1, when all
the present grants expire.
Up to noon all but five of the 211
license holders te the county had filed
in the office of Clerk of the Courts
Stretch their applications tor renewal.
Sp far there has been but one so-
called "new application," aad thia is
not for a new place, but for one from
which the license was revoked two
years ago. It was filed in behalf of
Max Gruhl for Sower's liquor store,
Green Lane, a wholesale place.
A year ago there were 814 applications, if all the old applicants reapply this year, and there are no additional new ones the total applications for 1917 will he 212. This may
be lessened by one if the court should
decide adversely against John Wetcer
of the Beatty Mansion hotel, Con-
naughtown, Plymouth township, a
hearing on a petition to revoke the license of which has been heard before
the court.
Abington Commissioners.
A meeting of the commissioners of
Abington township was held on Thursday evening, with all members present.
Joseph Laning appeared before the
board to protest against the closing
of a part of Bradfleld street, contemplated by them.
Mr. Thompson, as a representative
Of the Western Union Telegraph Co.,
spoke relative to a conduit oa Cedar
road which the company wishes to
construct.
James B. McFarland, Jr., made a
plea that the township place more
lights on Lexon road.
The contractors of the past and preaent year for ashes and rarbage were
present to settle the differences between them and- the commissioners,
the former to pay old fines owed by
them to the township, and the latter to
arrange for the days on Which ashes
and garbage are to be collected. Both
matters were arranged satisfactorily.
MAPLE  GLEN.
O.   Clayton   Rex,  whose   horse   was
stricken with paralysis at M. R. Mar-
**io'<*. TT'cfcorvtown  hrouaht the animal
home last week much (Improved.
in wages, which the company has refused. Other help has been secured,
and some of the old employes are
working 12 hours to help out temporarily To guard against threatened
trouble, the firm secured a detachment
of state police, but so far there has
been no disturbance.
H. R. Ringe Wins Embassy Post.
Henry Ralph Ringe, Esq., aon of John
H. Ringe, of Three Tuns, haa been
appointed an attache of the United
States embassy at Mexico City, according - to a despatch from Washington.
Mr. Ringe is now in Washington, and
left for Mexico City on Saturday, accompanying Henry P. Fletcher, the
new United States ambassador to Mexico. He will be private secretary to
the ambassador-
Mr. Ringe, who Is about 30, was
graduated from the Wharton school,
University of Pennsylvania, in 1906,
and from the Tale Law school te 1909.
Immediately after hts graduation from
Tale he went td Mexico, practicing law
te Mexico City two years, and in Mer-
lda, Yucatan, four yeara. Two years
ago he returned to Philadelphia and
formed a law. partnership with his
father, the offices being in Philadelphia
Mr. Ringe has acted as secretary of
several     Latin-American     conferences
stock,  which  have just arrived  from
Holland.
Mrs. Ralph Tyson's mother is ill in
Philadelphia with typhoid fever, andi
Mrs. Tyson has gone to .her parent's
bedside.
Misses Mildred Tyson and Virginia
Potts, of Horsham, were week-end
guests of Miss Mildred Kroupa in
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Thornton Stackhouse, of the
K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, who was
quite ill for several weeks, ls now able
to cOme down stairs.
Twining Brothers, of Davis Grove,
have ordered a two-ton Republic truck.
Samuel Krewson and Alfred Downs are
making a body for the vehicle.
On Tuesday at Frank Palmer's
abattoir, Horsham, the prize pig of
the season wan killed, tt was from W.
E. Kneezel, HalloweU, and tipped the
beam at 421 pounds.
The township line road passing the
Albert Moore, propertv was shoveled
open on Monday, and In some places
the snow Was so hard that picks were
used in opening a pathway.
Commencing  next   Mondav  evening
services, in charge of Rev. W. Sheridan ;
Dawson, of Hatboro,  will  be held  te
the Horaham hall on Monday, Tuesday,
Thursday and FHdav evenings.
Mrs. Charles Weber, of Bridesburg,
spent the week-end with her parents.
during the    last few yeara.    He  was
connected with the Pan-American fin- I Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Willard. at Hallo
ancial conference and the Pan-Ameri- well. Mr. Weber came up Monday and
can scientific congress, and acted as they returned home that evening,
private secretary to Dr. Leo S. Rowe, John 11 ines has removed from th©
of thi Unlveraitv of Pennsylvania, Reilly farm, north of Hallowell, to ths
while Dr. Rowe waa secretary of the Hallowell estate house formery occu-
American section of the recently dis- pied bv Joshua Atkinson. Mr. Hlnea
solved  Mexican-American commission, | is employed as night  fireman  at  the
which had under consideration the
drafting of a protocol between the
United States and the Carranza government.
Mr. Binge's sister. Miss Marguerite
D. Ringe. waa recentl- married to Joseph F. Rihani, New Tork, who ia to
the hemp business in Yucatan. Mr.
and Mrs. Rihani left for Yucatan about
three weeks ago.
Quests at Dinner Dance.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Whittem
and J. Sergeant Price, Jr., gave a costume dinner dance Monday evening at
t"-"'r residence "Edgecombe," Chestnut
Hill.
Among the guests present were Miss
Ruth Ryder, Miss Louise Larzeiere,
Miss Katharine A. Scheldt, William F.
Dannehowe. Jr., Edward A. Harley,
Elwood Webster, and Joseph Craft, Jr.,
of Norristown.
Case Dismissed on Payment of Coats.
George White, of Spring Mill road,
apeared before Magistrate Clark, last
week, upon a warrant Issued by his
wife, Abbey F. White, charging him
with assault and battery In addition to
non-;support. Following a satisfactory
agreement between the quarreling
couple, the ease was dismissed upon the
payment of costs.
Whitmer greenhouses tn Horsham.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ramsey and
chud, of Horsham, on Saturday evening, attended the banauet at Prospectville of the P. W. A. societv. Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Gea+rell and Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Geatreil. of Horsham, were*
also present.
The Horsham public achool has been
presented with an American flag by
the Hatboro P. O. S. of A. The emblem was flung to the breeze on Monday, and during the n.tc rn<stn<r thei
pupils sang "I Snlutp Thee Old Glory"
and "The Star Soansde-. Banner."
Ellenwood farm employes Watlv-ro,
have been unloading at Dresher station three oars of soft cnnl for the
Whitmer greenhouses. The product
has been hauled by motor trunk. Some
of the coal was thrown out of the cars
on the ground In' %rder to save the
railroad demurrage.
On Monday afternoon while Dr. A. B.
Arthur, of near PmsT-ctville was hauling lee .he fell off the load and was
so badly injure!, that Harry Worth
took him to Plr'idpinhiR in the latter's motor car, I'-a'-'ng th<- man with
relatives. Mr. Worth renehed hnmel
Tuesdav mominsr at 8 o'clock, when
the mercury registered below zero.
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