Ambler Gazette

              The Ambler Gazette.
VOL  XXXI -NO.   34-
AMBLER.   PA..   AUGUST  21.  1913.
S1.25   A  YEAR
COLD POINT
AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local Interest to Our
Readers.
«
Miss Clara Phipps has returned from I
a visit Ut southern New Jersey.
'   IIrs.   H.n.H'.ij   visited   her   daughter,
Mrs. George Hippie, Sr., on Sunday.
Miss  Mary E.  Wolf,  of Xorristown, |
visited Mrs. John B. Lare last week.
Miss Elizabeth Marple has returned!
Heat   Prostrations  Among Looal   Employes—Creamery     Stockholders     to
Meet Aug. 27—Visitors Coming and
Going—-Miscellaneous.
Miss .Eleanor Foulke is visiting her
aunt in Bridgeton, N. J.
Miss  Clara Herbert has gone ior a
two weeks' stay in Delaware. i trom a two weeks' stay ln New York.
Miss   Grace   Rapine,   of   Cold  Point,       Miss  Mabel  Brown,  of Bryn  Mawr,
spent Sunday in Atlantic City. j is visiting Miss Mary Walton, of NaT-
Miss Elizabeth Dewees, of Narcissa, I cissa.
has been spending a week at Weldon.   I     Mrs. Wm. J.  Cusworth is in  Phila-
Mlsses Katherine and Emma Buck-   delphia recovering from a serious ill-
man are visiting  their aunt  in Ches- i ness.
ter. • Mr.   and   Mrs.   Milton   Marple  have
Miss  Hazel  Bex,  of  Three Tune, is j been spending a few days at Belmar,
visiting her aunt, Mrs. Eugene Light- I N. J.
kep.' Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fleck were vis-
A  daughter  has-been -born  to  Mr.   iting  Mr.  and    Mrs.   W.   Marple    on
and   Mrs. Horace   Ott,  of  Lancaster-1 Sunday.     »
ville. Miss   JSlIzabeth   Harper,   of   Maple
Oa Sep.   6   Norristown  friends  will I Hill   avenue,   is   spending  a  week  at
hold, a dance .in  creamery hall. Nar- ] Wildwood
Joseph  Maxwell    has  been    on" the
I sick list.
Mies Emeline Hoskins Is visiting in
I Lancaster.
Norman Taylor spent Sunday in At-
I lantic City.
Miss Margaret Cox is spending some  	
time in Ocean City. —
Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Herbert have I Need id by the Fort Washington Fift
returned from Atlantic -City. _
Mrs. Oeorge    Herbert    was visiting] Company,
in West Chester laat Saturday
INCREASED     Jj
EFFICIENCY.
OBITUARY.
Miss Hannah Coulston, of Harmon- I Members at the Regular Meeting Sug
ville, has been on the sick list.
DEATH FROM
HORSE KICK.
gest the Necessity ef Procuring Auto Apparatus—Cost of Good Hose
Kncouraging Reports From Weekly Festivals.
A very interesting and enthusiastic
meeting of the Fort Washington Fire
company was held last Thursday evening in the flre house on Summit avenue. It was the regular monthly session of the company over which U. G.
Funk, president of the company, presided. There were many discussions
among the members, of which there
were a large number present, for the*
good  of the "company.    Among these,.„_j   .—r . .__.     ...       „ ,
came up the question of an automobile* f"d  ,"'Tn,ent  prlvate  ,n  the adJo,n-
apparatus, and it la believed by those   '"s cernelery-
|who  took  the  lead . ln  discussing  this PHEBE ANN BEBKHIMEB.
question, that such an apparatus can | Phebe Ann, widow of Oeorge Berk-
be had by a little effort upon the part! himer, died on Thursday at Frank-
of the entire membership. It was j lin ville, aged. 87 years. The funeral
pointed out that the company Is very | was held  this    Tuesday  morning    at
B. F. JACOBY.
Benjamin Franklin Jacoby, of Lower Owynedd township, died at his
home early Tuesday morning in the
77th year of his age, after an illness
from Brlght's disease.
The deceased was born ln the lower
part of Germantown on Sep. 24, 1836,
and was one of eight children of the
late Albert and Mary Jacoby. One
brother, Decatur, of Philadelphia,
alone survives. The deceased was a
cooper by trade and for many years
had hts own place of business at Broad
street and Oermantown road, Philadelphia. In 1863 he married Marie E.
Branin, of Tioga, by whom one son,
Ashton, waa born, Who together wtth
his mother survive.
86 years    ago    Mr. Jacoby    retired
from active business and moved to a 	
property on State road and township I crushed several rius
line, Lower Owynedd township, where | ed the lungs, causlni
he resided until his death.    	
The  funeral   will  be  held   Saturday | also cut and bruised about tho face,
afternoon.    Services  at   Boehm's   Re-      Tbe unfortunate man had been em-
formed church, Blue Bell, at 4 o'clock, j ployed on the property, in Upper Dublin township, during the ownership of]
Craig Heberton,  and  when Mr.  Cad-
OBITUARY.
MARTHA T. SHOEMAKER.
Martha T, wife of the late Richard
C. ShoernaKtr, died at her home, near
Jarrettown,   on   Saturday   morning  at
8.50 in the 76th year of her age.
The deceased, who was the daughter of the late Jacob and Jane Lukens,.
was one of a family of seven children.
and was born March 26, 1338. Two.
sisters survive: Elisabeth, wife oC
Jonathan Iredell, deceased, of Horsham, and Mary Ann Lukens, wife.-
of John Thomas, of West Grove, Va.
In 1878 the deceased was married
to Richard C. Shoemaker, of Jarrettown,  who died  in  1908.    One son by
  I this   marriage   survives,   Oeorge   Ro-
was almost instantly killed at Camp I berts Shoemaker, who resides at home.
Hill J.- riday morning, when in gearing Mrs. Shoemaker had been ailing,
up a spirited horse the animal threw many weeks, but not critically ill.
Hoolihan and stepping on nis chest until the past 10 days. She was ac--
which  punctur-   tive in charitable and benevolent work
 |death about an  and was president and one of the or-
| hour after the accident.   Hoolihan was! ganizers of the jJarrettown branch  of
Distressing Accident Fatal to Camp
Hill Man.
Michael  Hoolihan  Trampled by Spirited  Horse an  the  Property of R.  M.
Cadwalader,     Jr.—Deceased     Leaves
Family—Funeral   Monday.
Michael   Hoolihan,   agedl   52    years,
an employe of R. M. Cadwalader, Jr
walader purchased the  estate, Hooli-
the Needlework Ouild of America. She
was also an elder and overseer of the
Abington Quarterly meeting of
Friends.
The  funeral   was  held  on   Tues.lay
afternoon  from  the late home of  (he
Mrs.   Kate Biddle,   of   Roxborough, j sister hap been visiting her in Har
has been visiting the family of Enoch ! mon ville.
Marple. •   Hugh  Cunningham,    of  Maple  Hill
Miss  Julia Fie,   of  Long  Island,  is  avenue,   spent   Saturday  and   Sunday
visiting   her  nephew,   Enoch   Marple,  lo Atlantic City,
and family. Mrs. Oeorge Hippie,    Jr.,    of Hlck-
J. Percy Coulston last week thresh- | orytown,       entertained        Norristown
ed the wheat on the farm of the An- I friends on Sunday
a_rs.~ Joseph  Maxwell's mother  andj m_u^h___-_^_»_■„;_. !__?_3**??J?*__ | 10 °'c,ock
the present time, and this was provenT]
a fact, said* on of the members, when j
the   company   responded to   a regent
alarm,  at   which  time   It   was  stated
dora nurseries. 	
Walter  Clark,  J.   McQuirns  and  W.
T. Collins, of Cold Point, spent Sunday in Atlantic City. '
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ely, of Har]
Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Fie, of Coilegeville, epent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. James Frith.
John B. Lare and son Allen H. Lare,
called on the former's father, Albanus
nut Hill hospital, and Dr. Seymour, of
j Whitemarsh,    were    summoned,    but
they found  they could do very little
  except to relieve the sufferings of the
Ellen, widow of the late James Oor-   injured man,  who remained conscious
tnan,    of Harmonville,    died    Monday  to the last.
ning at 8.80, aged 73 years. A wife,  Ellen,  and several chlldre
ban was retained. Immediately after I deceased, and interment was made in
the accident Dr. C. A. Walker, of the Upper Dublin Friends' meeting
Glenside;   Dr.   Barnes,   of  the  Chest-' ground.
ELLEN GORMAN.
„..•«,   ..,.,;,,,„.„.   ,h. i - «■ veuiai* in o.ov, agva io years, a wiie,  _uen,  ana  several  children
{_*L.t« ♦£ h,» Hv^mHHciv -Lf thi The deceased was born at Carrick- survive. The funeral was held Mon-
two^rheel hose cart X rest ol h%\?n-Sulr' Ireland' and was the ^augh- day morning from his late residence,
apjmratus!   lifter %"delay!   w_.   tauledf ^...^2* X^™*? tl^l^l** ."»_*.."?___. "S" -Waa   8al*
monvllhj, will leave Friday to spend 101 Lare, on Sunday. .___. -
.days in Ocean Grove. Walter Coulston and family and Miss
Mrs.   Daniel  McQuirns  and   daugh-   Sarah Coulston visited  the zoological
iters  spent  Sunday  visiting    Leonard  garden on" Saturday.
Pennington at Ambler. I    A carload of hogs from Pittsburgh,
Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer    Hamel    and I consigned  to   Hagy  Bros.,  arrived  at
.two children, of Moat Clare, have been! Narcissa on Tuesday,
to the scene of the flre through the
kindness of one of the residents, who
happened to have his team In a position where it could be used. While
no action was taken in reference to
the automobile propoeiton it is believed that before any great length of time
>ws:    Edward, Mary, James and
,. mi  . i     j *-1.        a, -1 ""■=•■»   ot. Harmonville,   and   Alice,   of
the company will take definite action | Pniindei^fla,     jja
in the matter.
Another good move made by tho
members at this meeting was the ap- j
poimment of a committee to ascertain i
gm-sts at Milton Marjple's
Miss Ella Gillman, \>f Bridgeton, N.
.j., has returned after spending a week
with her aunt, Mrs. Harry Foulke.
.Mrs! A. C. Buckman sent a very
valuable horse to har son-in-law,
■Oeorge Johnson, at Bridgeton, N. J.
Mc.  and   Mrs.   Eugene  Lightkep,   of
Mrs. H. Oscar Young and children
spent a few days recently with John
Harner at Flourtown.
Miss Martha Maxwell and Miss
Stella Donnelly spent a few days recently in Atlantic City.
Edward Carter, brother of Mrs. J.
K. Corson, wiU. return to his home in
Hickorytown,    visited    Mr. and  'Mrs, | Georgiaearly this week,
Harry  Rex,  at .Three  Tuns,  on  Sun
day.'-    :   *•
A Oar of bituminous co.al has been
unloaded at Corsons station for Sylvester Oilinger company, of. Barren
Hill', and hauled to the plant.
Kev. F. B. Yocum, of tfhe Evangelical church, but. who resides in .Norris -
town, has been on an automobile trip
'through southern, Pennsylvania.
[spent  Tuesday  with  her  sister,   Mt,
S. H. Myers, of Harmonville. .
Herbert Walton and wife, of Croihe
N. J., are visiting toe-former's parents
Mr. and Mrs. William Walton.
 ^^  Miss   Florence   Wright,   of   Trappe
About 40 boys and young men from j ts    spending   a few days with    Miss
the William    Disston    country    week | Florence^ Sands, of Cold Point
Mra Marry Ellen Vankirk, of Phil. .    ... ., .   .   =—,-,-—      —— -
adelphia,    visited  Mrs. John    Supplee .ral"ee> which held an event, last Sat-,
from Tuesday until Sunday. 1 urday evening on the lawn of the flre;
Mra. Edward Werts, of Norristown, 1 house.     It   Is   expected   that   the   net
as fol
Ellen ____—, ____
^^^^^^^^^^      .rgaret     Is  deceased
Jatnes   Gorman   died   in   Harmonville,
whither    the    family had    previously
I moved, on Oct. 10, 1911.
.. .    * _    j, i sx -    ,„ —'     The   funeral   of   Mrs.   Oorman   will
the cost of good hose same as is now|b    hela Friday at 9 a, m    wlth  ser
being used by the nearby companies, j
This  committee    will   report  at    the
next meeting of the organization, when I j
.it ls expected  that  the company will'
place an order    for several    hundred
feet.    One of the most gratifying reports  that    the  company    has  heard
from any of its    entertainment committees was that of the festival corn-
eight children, of whom one brother, I at St. Luke's church, Olenside, and
Patrick, of Springfield, Mass., alone interment was made in Holy Sepul-
survives. She came over to America chre cemetery. The deceased was a
and married James Gorman, from her member of division No. 2, O. O. H.; I.
own town in Ireland, and they lived C. B. U., No. 663, and the T. A. B. so-
in Philadelphia,    having six    children  ciety, of Jenkintown, and Holy Ne
^^^^^^^^^ jntry
outing    resort    attended    Cold    Point
Baptist, church last Sunday morning.
The   ..trolleys.   on    Satur.dayE. while
passing.'.$
a large .-lift
•Wo1"" WIlTaffi^Henns,' a'it daj
Spent   Sunday   with  «• 3.
George    Kerper,    of!    Mrs.
ruforgSSeS'
at   Philadelphia,
Mr. • and    Mrs.
•'Hedge!' cottage.
Ho'ward Noblit and wife, of Hickorytown, ' nnd a number £ of friends
from Germantown, were recently the
guests'' of  George   Wood   and   family,
[•.of Ridge avenue.
Miss Mary Hiltner, of Conshohocken, will spend her vacation of one
week'at  the  home  of her grand par-
| eats, Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham, of Maple HIU avenue.
Last Sunday Bev. Wm. J. Cusworth,
of Cold Point, preached In the Bridgeport Baptist church, and Rev! Theodore Heysham, of the latter charge,
preached in Cold Point church.
"Miss Julia Connelly has returned to
her home in Conshohocken after a delightful week with friends ln Wil-
liamstown. Pa. She is now being visited by Miss Margaret Gottschall, of
Williamstown.
A special car will- leave Plymouth
Meeting "at 6.16 this Thursday morning for Norristown , to cpnnect   there
-with- the special excursion for Stone
Harbor. The occasion is a union Sunday school excursion.
The Royal Crusaders, of Cold Point
Baptist church, held a very delightful picnic Saturday afternoon in Freas'
woods. A grand assortment of refreshments was afforded all, but the games
and baseball contest were dispensed
with.      ?_? '
The Boys' Golden Bule club on
Friday broke camp at Yerkes, along
the Perkiomen creek, where they had
-been for a month under direction of
Messrs. Carson and Ewing, and returned to their homes' much pleased
and benefitted by the outing.
A large car of Texas oil has arrived
on the Corson siding at Corsons station for the county, and ls being placed by Contractor Scheetz, of Jeffer-
sonville, .on the pikes, from. Harmonville to Conshohocken and from Harmonville to Barren Hill.
The Ladies' Aid .society, of the
Evangelical church, will hold a carnival on the -lawn of Harry Maxwell,
at Harmonville, on Saturday afternoon and evening. A guest table
and an orange tree will be some of
the many attractions to be seen.
• A lawn fete and carnival wlll be
held  Saturday afternoon  and evening
| by the Ladies' Aid society, of the Plymouth  United Evang.  church,  at 'the
proceeds from the festival will reach
$200. The members were loud In thelrl
praise of the work done by the ladies
at the event, especially the interest
taken on behalf of the company by
Mrs. Brinton, who is a summer guest
here at the home of Mr., and Mrs.'
Louis Kittson. The company to show
their appreciation of the interest talc*
en by the ladies passed a resolution
giving all a Vote of thanks.
.The proposition to InstalLa. flre hy-
PhltedeTplSZ _^" speeding" the' weejl! drant    at the. .: corner ;»fj^Pgjgtod
**- •~"-M--£!mzmA,,£Sie
mmttr&tmU'tterTv&a.llPf*?   -*-*c, % ftoeueM WO>mmeaWt»1BAl
recentlyTStjsdge water lark.'™1™ "* the Pj*8 could be raisefl as |Trag
Miss Julia Marple,  of Wissahickon,
has been visiting ber aunt, Mrs. Mar- i
li-n"VDeitrieh,  of  Hickorytown.
Mr. McCutcheon and  Miss Hyde^^ofJ
vices in St. Matthew's Catholic church,
Conshohocken, at 10. Interment will
made ln St. Matthew's cemetery.
Sbes for Money Paid Out by Sohool
Board.
Setting forth that the school directors of West Norristown,township had
illegally paid out $408.63, Alfred S.
Griffiths, a resident of that township,
bas appealed to the court to compel
them to reimburse the treasury to that
.amount,
The sum of $408.63 was paid by the
school directors of West Norristown
toi the school directors of Norristown for the tuition of seven children from the township, who attended
the local high school. Mr. Griffiths
contends that this .amount was paid
illegally, that the parents of the children attending the local school had entered into individual contracts with
the Norristown school ■ '^directors and
lupj that the .school district &f \y___•_*:
Se>i_t, ---^^        i—mmmjaaa7mm-
K. & M. A. A., 0;  U. O. I., 7.
The Journey of the K.  &  M.   boys
to  Point    Breeze,    Philadelphia,    last-
Saturday afternoon proved to be very
unprofitable,    inasmuch    as  the    gas
men walked away with the game  by
the score  of    7  to  0.    Rube  Walker,
who was in the box for TJ. G. I., had
the locals at his mercy, allowing but
three hits and the nearest our follows.
came to the scoring station was second base.   From the second inning until the eighth Just 21 men faced Walker.     In   the   second,   third,   sixth   and.
ame | eighth  innings  he fanned   two  of the J
batters  and   in  the  ninth  he  finished
_^_______ | up   his   grand   work   by   striking   out
ANNOUNCEMENT. -the side after two hlta had been  re-
«, „ ,_ i _„.. u.-j»a,.»a. w.mm.        gistered.    Despite   the   fact   that   tho
Change In Local Hardware Firm. score wag one-sided, the game was in-
The firm of G. M. Deck and Co. teresting from start to finish. The
which has for nearly six years been fine fielding of the K. & jvt-
successfully operating the local hard- boys was one of the pleasing
ware establishment in Ambler an- features of the game. Oood catch-
nounces a change of membership m es were made by F. Wodock and H.
said firm. The original partner- Bobinson and a great stop over sec-
ship, consisting of Q. M. Deck ond base by R. Wodock kept the gas
and M. H. Shoemaker, succeed- men from scoring at least one more
ed H. W. B. Beed on Jan. 1, 1908, run. Two chances were offered the
which  partnership    has  existed  until I locals to score in
aciet
of Olenside.
July 1, 1013, when Mr. John T. Daub,
of Norristown, Pa., purchased of M.
H. Shoemaker his half interest in
said partnership and became a member of said firm. Mr. Daub Is a practical hardware man, having been connected   with   the  Seltzer-Kiahr  Hard-
^^ l the each of the first,
and ninth innings. In the former
period R. Wodock was first up and.
went out Walker to Irvin. Wildrick,,
who covered third in place of Firman, was caught out on a foul fly, C
Robinson got on by being hit with a
pitched  ball  and  a moment  later  he
ware  Co.,  of  Philadelphia,  from   1900  stole second, a run looked good when
to   1908,   and   With   Neiman   &   Frey  h.  Robinson  drove a  long fly to  left
Hardware   Co.,     of   Norristown,    Pa., ] geld,   but   Stewart   after
from  1918  to  1913, and  will  take an  made   the   catch,
active Interest in conducting the bus   '
Lemuel      Rodenbaugh
 of  the residents#**fe*'nW    Se^lchooT directofPl?F West  Nor-
and jajcenowaway on their vacation," re»j ristown township named in the act'loi
daughter, Katharine "enjoyed~"a  motor] !u™i*?.lh!ir_ah°n?e?-. 35\ _9onov<"i**!*l a-rej'tvfluam"RVuermpuae, *F."c! Park
Iness. Since 1908, when this firm sue
ceeded H. W. B. Reed, it has made
many changes and improvements,
In 1911 a large three .story rear addition was added, • giving more
and better facilities J.or
_
a hard run
The "ninth inning
chance to score came after Oberholtzer struck out. Houpt, the next batter up, singled, but R. Wodock could
not advance him as he waa Walker's
second victim on strikes... Wildrick,
laid down a perfect hunt, ,..beating
£_fci£P/a throw to tir.sth_t.flht.~3E*,
BobiB.
^^^^^PXtm^evarvBtWGW, "aTrv-Tfiri i^tefTflWow^sain^^pW-r'dSf
to  the people of - Ambler and vicinity  went  out  on  a roller to Hotipt?   Mc-
a. n,lu:Sh  longed   for  and   needed   store   Barley's   hot   one   wa*   fumbled  by C.
of  this   kind.    In the  spring  of  1912  Bobinson, and the batter rea "   ™JMB
of Plymouth Evangelical church will
go on a straw ride to the home of
Leonard Pennington, Ambler.
Mrs. Samuel Ramey, of Harmonville, last Saturday afternoon entertained the Ladies* Aid- society of Upper Dublin Brethren church.
Mrs. Alice Frith and daughter Jennie returned on Friday to their home
in Norristown after visiting Mrs.
James Frith ln Hickorytown.
Mrs. Albert Knecht, of Philadelphia, spent a few days last week
wtth her parents, Mr. and Mrs-
Thomas Farley, of Hickorytown.
The Junior Christian Endeavor society, of the Evangelical church,- will
meet this Friday afternoon ln the
church to .decide on the annual outing.
Councilman William Cameron and
granddaughter, Ida Cameron, of West
Conshohocken, were guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Myers, of Harmonville.
Mrs. Oeorge Cook, Miss Grace
Shuesberry, Mrs. Joel Kerper and Mrs,
Rodemich, of Oermantown, spent
Tuesday with Mrs. Oeorge Kerper, of
"Hedge" cottage.
The Plymouth United Evang. church
wlll have the gas service introduced,
and a gas range. In the kitchen and a
gas heater in the primary department
will be introduced.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H, Chick spent last
week in Philadelphia. Mr. Chick on
Tuesday, after his vacation, resumed
his duties as mall carrier on route
two from Conshohocken.
A meeting of the stockholders of
the Plymouth Valley Creamery association Is called for 10 o'clock a. m.
on Wednesday, Aug. 27, to act on the
Strouse,  of  Sprin, 	
night.
The two were driving towards Barren Hill, and came across the wagon
apparently abandoned, with horse at-
the middle of the
lgated and found
the man lying under it. The stranger's head was in a position that, had
the horse moved a few feet, instant
death would have resulted. The victim was placed in their wagon and
taken to Barren Hill. He was removed in a trolley car to the hospital in Boxborough.
the Philadelphia  department  of  pub
lie safety.
After the proposition of Charles A.
B. Hetzell had been recived and  }Cr.       wmu,  aonuuom
Hetzell elected a member of the com-  tached, standing In
pany,   the   treasurer,   Samuel   Yeakle,  road.  ' They    invest
read* the   following   financial   report: I the ninn i,h_ „n/iJ
Balance  on  hand  last  report,   $77.06;
cash received,  $5, making a  total  on
hand  of $82.06.    Bills  paid  on  orders
granted   $26.48,   leaving  a   balance   in
the treasury of $56.67.
The flre announcer, which is to te
erected on the fire house, is expected
to be Installed by the Bell telephone
company ln a short time. Mr. Michener, who has Charge of this part of
the efficiency of the company, stated
that the bell would have been placed
before this but he had been informed
that the telephone company is rushed
with work on aeeount of the recent
storms having done much damage to
the lines.
Chief Walter M. Hook, upon the re
commendation of fhe company, appointed Dr. Conover second assistant
chief, whose duty it will be to have
charge of the active memoers ln th.
event of the chief and first assistant
chief being absent in case of fire.
A donation of $5 was received from
Daniel Buckley, for which a vote of
thanks was extended.
First assistant chief, Frank S. Ottlnger, and Dr. Conover were appointed
a committee of two to ascertain the
prlie of hose.
The excellent musical program rendered by the North Wales band upon
the occasion of the company's festival
was one of the enjoyable features of
the event and for this reason tbe company    instructed Secretary    Michener
home of Harry Maxwell,""Harmonville" i proposition   of   William   Hendronj, "o<[ tjj^orvvard a, vote of^ thanks to J. _D
sent and listened with Interest to an
able sermon delivered by Bev. Mr.
Swigert.
Next Saturday the Cold Point
grange will have its annual outing ln
Plymouth park a*nd the event will be
an all-day affair. Two prominent
speakers will address the friends ln
the afternoon, and one of these la to
be Miss  Bromall,  of  Chester .county.
The price ls reported to be
Electric
Tickets are Id cents. The** will be] 5^°SHfS! t0 Purchase the whol
refreshments and various amusements.
Rev. J. D. Swigert, of Trinity
church, Beading, In place of the presiding elder, filled, the pulpit Sunday
of tne Plymouth Evangelical church.
Bev; J. Hoover, the presiding elder,
was ill and unable to keep the appointment.   A large audience was pre
Clark, leader of the band.
Jenkintown Elopement. ■
Announcement la made of the marriage of Miss Evelyn Warner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warner,
of Jenkintown, and William Baird,
of Noble, along the Old York road,
following the elopement of the young
couple. Mr. and Mrs. Baird have returned to Jenkintown and are living
at the Warner home, in Greenwood
avenue
The'wedding took place In Philadelphia about August  8.    The groom is
an  employe  of the Wharton    Switch
company.
They will reside ln Jenkintown.
Band Fest at Quakertown.
property,
$3800,
The    Counties    Oas    and
company  employes  have  li
lengths of gas main northw
Conshohocken pike, placing ... <* *, w-ia... ,    ♦•»-   .««»«^ .,„,   	
wards both Cold Point and Hickory- k.asi,% wthe"JH\^eCaZt0a°?Uff0 m";
town. It Is thought here that 'the 18lc*1 fest *lven.by artists of the two
mains  will  not be further  extended
Churoh League Scores.
St. Paul Increased Its lead ln the
Church league Saturday afternoon by
defeating St. Anthony 8 to 3 while the
Boys' club lost to Zion by the score
of 8 to 5. Trinity defeated the Baptist
team, 20 to 3. Next Saturday St. Paul
and the Boys' club play two games.
Wife Finds Husband's Body.
After a search extending over a period of six months, Mrs. Albert C. Deis-
er, of No. 4011 North Eighth street,
Philadelphia, has recovered from the
pickling vault of the state anatomical  board  the  body of her  husband
Ud several I -Fv*n--' 10.°00 persons from points who on February 2 was struck by a
ard of the throughout the Perkiomen and North Reading train at Penllyn and died a
in a T to-  Penn valley vtsktm Menlo park, Per-1few days later ln St Lukes hospital,
this summer, although there ia demand for the service in both the above
places.
M. McVickar, Jr., postofflce inspector, visited Narcissa postofflce last
Thursday morning to meet those persons who are applicants for the office,
but no one appeared -as such. Mr.
McVickar gave it as his oninion that
There yrkjt   be other    exerciser "andl the office wUI likely be dlseoBtinued,
valleys was held.   	
200 musicans representing the following organisations participated In
the various program: Coopersburg
band,    Quakertown    Germania    band,
I Lansdale Military band, East Greenville band, Red Hill band, Trumbau-
ersville   band,    Croll's    orchestra    of
I Pennsburg, Schnavellls' orchestra of
Perkasie, Pfaff's orchestra of Quaker-
town, Beta's orchestra of Lansdale.
as the rural routes from both Norristown and Conshohocken cover the
territory very thoroughly.
Augustus Cook   is recovering from
painful injuries sustained recently at
amusements.    The publlo  is  cordially
invited.
The terrific - heat on Monday afternoon   was   almost   unbearable,   here.
Two of    the trackmen  employed    by, _ _ — _         ,
William T. Collins on the Reading his home in Cold Point He was on
line at Williams station i were over- top of a load and on going onto the
come during the afternoon.    The men  barn floor the load  was of sufficient
      *"-    •      —      - -  — height to  squeeze   Cook  between  the
top Jam of the doors and the load.
Charles Barcle, who was leading the
horses, heard the outcry and stopped
.the animals just In time, ter had they
been allowed to go much further Mr.
Cook would have surely been killed.
As it was, he was painfully bruised.
were Antonio Bucallo, and Florinto
Nanni, and they were obliged to lay
■ ott tor a few hours pending recovery.
The employes at tne Ume burning
plant and auarry of G. and W. H.
Corson at Williams station stopped
work, for several hours Monday afternoon because of the heat
Record Swim for Lad.
Ous Abrams, a youngster living in
Connaughtown, near Conshohocken,
established a mark for swimmers of
this locality to try for, Sunday, when
he swam from the Conshohocken
Bridge to Flat Bock dam, over what
is known as the Marathon course, In
the* remarkably good time of 3 hours
and 25 minutes.
—Frank Clifford has been elected
superintendent of the Jenklntowut
club* and reading room. •
South Bethlehem. He had not given
his right name to the authorities and
as no one claimed the body lt waa
turned over by the undertaker to the
state board.
In the meantime Mrs. Deiser had a
post-card picture of her missing husband sent out by the Philadelphia police. By accident she one day reoently came in contact with the conductor
of the train which struck Deiser and,
as her description "of her husband
tallied with that of the man killed,
the conductor directed her to Undertaker Kinney, of South Bethlehem,
and he was convinced that the dead
man waa the one ahe sought. Kinney
told, her that there was one chance in
a hundred of securing the body, but
she took the chance and Informed
Kinney that she had identified the remains, which were still ln good condition owing to a special embalming
fluid that had been used. She buried
the body in Hillside cemetery.
—The newest Republican candidate
fpr treasurer of Abington township
is Frank T. Comly, of Edge HUt
Qreenwalt   Descendants . Meet.
The Pennsylvania Greenwalt Descendants association held its eighth
annual reunion at the old Greenwalt
homestead near Centre Square, Thursday. The officers are: President,
William Frantz, Owynedd Valley; vice
presidents, William Bernhard, Centre
Square, and Harry Greenwalt, Los
Angeles, Cal.; secretary, Mrs. Flndley
Braden, Doylestown; corresponding
seoretary, Miss Mary A. Frantz, Philadelphia; treasurer, William L. Greenwalt, Allentown.
The Greenwalt homestead is 125
years old, and Its first owners were
John and Elizabeth Greenwalt. . The
land was originally Included in the
large tract purchased from William
Penn,-by Richard Whitpain, a wealthy
butcher of London, England, for whom
Whitpain township was named. This
year's reunion was a rally day meeting, with every living charter member
present. The annual Sarah Frantz
Rile memorial gifts will be awarded to
the oldest male descendant, the oldest.    Bob.r2b 0 0  4  2  l BWl.'rf   l o  i  6 6
lady,    the youngest child,    the newly g^b'r.if o o l o o R'enter,c    l 2 n  2 o
weds, the one who comes the farthest  sholz.ib     0 0  7"   '
to attend  and the latest descendants,  Davies, cf  o  1  0
not forgetting the host and hostess.      I P.Wod'k,rf 0  0  3
xcellent opportunity was offered ln
the fourth, when Walker got on
through a base on balls 'after C. Robinson had made a great catch of
Regan's fly, but he was caught at seoond on Stewart's fielder's choice.
The latter stole second while Oberholtzer held the ball. McSoriey gft
the second free pass of the Inning, but
both he and Stewart were left when
Bushnell was thrown out at first. Irwin opened the eighth Inning for U.
O. I. by striking out. Roberts made
the longest hit seen on the gas men's
grounds, when he drove the ball between II. Robinson and Davies for a
home run. O'Brien singled, but was
forced out at second on Regan's
grounder to short. Walker dropped
one over F. Wodock's head, for three-
bases, scoring Regan, and he 'scored an
moment later on Stewart's single..
The latter made the third out when*
he tried to steal second. Following
is the score:
K. AND M. U. G. I.
rhoae rhoae-
Wodock.ss 0   0   8   2   0 Stewart.cf 0   2   3   0   0.
W'rick,8b   0   10   2   0 M'S'leyJf    0   0   8   0   0
Hallman Family Reunion.
The sixth annual reunion of the
Hallman Family association will be
held August 28, at Ursinus college,
Coilegeville. Mr. . and Mrs. J. Allen
Hallman, of Berlin, Canada, prominent members of the Canadian Hallman Family association, will take part
in the program. Hundreds of Hallmans and their friends will be present to enjoy the exercises and welcome the Canadian visitors. Everybody welcome.
Oberh'r.c
Houpt,p
0   0   5
0   1   1
0 1 Irwin.lb 10   7 0 0
0 0 Roberts, ss 2   2   2 2 0
0 0 O'Brien.Sb 0   8   0 0 0
4 0 Uesan,2b :0   0 1 0
3 0 Walker.p 110 3 0
Totals      0   3 24 13   2   Totals        7 10 24   8   0
K.&M 0  0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0—0
U.G.L 4   0000108   X-T
Rowdies on Cars Arrested.
On Sunday afternoon, on the 3
o'clock car north from Chestnut Hill,
five rowdies boarded the car of the
Lehigh Valley Transit company and
proceeded to run things to* suit themselves. Five arrests were made by the
company and the rowdies landed in
Jail and were kept there until their
hearing on Tuesday afternoon. This
is another Illustration of how the Lehigh  Valley  Transit  company  is  en-
Kriebel Family Reunion.
The annual reunion of the Krlebel  ..„.„„
family will  be  held  at  the residence I forcing law and order upon its cars.
of Charles Kriebel, Jr., near the Tow- 	
ame'nsing Schwenkfelder church, Sat- Racing at Horsham,
urday, August 80. Ex-Governor Samuel Fully 2000 residents of Bucks and
W. Pennypacker, of Schwenksvllle.J Montgomery counties attended the
and Jacob  S. Moser, of Conshohock- [ racing matinee given at Nash's track.
en, will be the speakers. There will
be special music, and a good program
has been arranged.
Hallowell, Saturday afternoon, for the
benefit of 15 flre companies.
Besides the trotting races there was
an exciting pony running race by two.
young boys, an event the crowd thoroughly appreciated, and after scheduled races there waa a speed contest
by five or six motorcyclists, which-
added excitement and interest, to tho
Russian Royalty at Abington,
As the guest of Barclay Warburton,
at the Warburton country seat, near
Jenkintown, the Grand Duke Alexander Michaelovitch, of Russia, has been
spending some time.    In fact, had it  meet]  	
not been for the dissemination of 17 horses were entered ln the trot-
the news earlier in the morning none ting races and while the time made
of the suburbanites in the Old York in the faster classes- was not as good
road section would have known that | as has been shown on the track ba
the husband of the czar of Russia's
sister, the Grand Duchess Xenla Alex-
androvna, was here.
The grand duke Is here as "Monsieur G. Alexander," but Inquisitive
passengera on the liner France, on
which he arrived from Europe, and
still more inquisitive reporters at the
dock ln New Tork combined to make
a total wreck of the Incognito.
fore this season, there were a number*
of fast and exciting heats. The only
event in which an extra heat was necessary to decide it was in the 2.40
class which was a close one between.
Executor and Bud, the latter winning.
Faster time was made in the 2.25
and the 2.30 classes than in the free-.
for-all, but the latter race was a fine
one.