Ambler Gazette

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VOL  XXX1I1 -NO.   47
AMBLER., PA..  NOVEMBER  25.   10m
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SI.25  A   YEAK
COLDPOWT
AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings tt Local Interest to Our
Readers.     fr.,4£,
May    McCullough,    of
has  recovered    trom  a
Officers Named  by Cold  Point Orange
—Trustees'  Supper a  Success    Lin
Solomon  III.  HUfcMyl^nn and  Harmonville. ' SSt.':
Joseph McGrudden, bf Harmonville,
[bas installed a Bell phone.
Arthur,-son of Mr, and Mrs. H. Oscar Young, of Plymouth, has been ill:
■Augustus Fie, of .Harmonville, who
.has been quite ill, is only slightly improved.
• Mrs. Reuben Coffman, of Ridge pike,
Harmonville, spent Sunday in Frankford.
' George Bromhead, of Germantown,'
spent Sunday with Leon Lyons, at
.Narcissa.
Miss Edna
Harmonville, |
severe cold.
Harry Fetter, of Harmdnville, bas
-been spending some time with Wyndmoor friends. ryiy"
Stanley wuigg, of Philadelphia,
spent'Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Hart at Cold Point.
Richard,, son of Mr. and,Mrs. Percy
' C. Rex,    of Narcissa,    is    recovering
from typhoid fever.
Misses Redo,' and Elsie Fetter, of
•Harmon ville, have recovered from
their recent illnesses. i-fy:
, Miss Lillian Ramsey, of Norristown,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ramey, at Harmonville. _*'■■
Mrs.  Gilbert   Amber,    of    Hickorytown, spent Thursday with Mrs. Mat-
' tie - Fisher, at Broad Axe.
■*   Master   William   McKannan,   3d,   of
Hamilton Heights, Barren Hill, is recovering from a severe cold.
•  Wilson   Cox,   of   Cold   Point,   broke
the rear axle  of bis .Ford, automobile
, tin the road- at Corsons station.
. Miss Elizabeth Fennel,  of Hickorytown, visited Mrs. 'Jacob Hart Sunday
at."The  Willows,"  Cold  Point.   .
■ Mrs.  Wm.  F.   Roberts, of  Chestnut
street,     Barren   Hill,     ls    recovering
from an illness of the last two week's.
Mrs. Reuben Sch wanger spent
Thursday as the guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. M. Fulton, of Spring Mill
road.
'Saturday evening Misses Jennie, and
■ Elizabeth Richards, of near Hickory-
'; tpwhy attended    a party 'in.   Roxbor-
o'ugh; .
Mrs. Jacob Hart, of .Cola Point, has
.been braving the cold winds in assist-
. ing her husband to husk his large field
■ '■Of corn.
Mr. and |Mrs. Geo. W. Bartholomew,
of Barren Hill,, on Sunday were the
guests of friends at 'Oak Lane, Philadelphia. ___»■
James Cunningham, of 'Maple- Hill
■avenue, -who. was on the sick list last
week, has recovered and is able to*be
out again,    ik.
Miss   Dietrich,   matron   of  Fairview
school,   Barren   Hill, .recently   enjoy--
ed a   visit to   her parents'   borne at
' Lancaster.
Allen  Mehler' and family,  of Philadelphia,  brother of Dr.  C.  C.  Mehle#
of Ambler, spent Sunday with Barren
Hilt friends.
A  fine    specimen   of    dees    passed
.' through Cold Point recently and' spent
I   mofe than an hour browsing in Jacob
: ^ajt'a^jmeadow*.    eJ__-_-_-i_ni
WEDDED. \Pf'*Ar-
.   WEAVER—EVERHAM.    ','
A beautiful wedding was solemnized ib Trinity Memorial church, Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when Miss
Viola Crosby Everham, .daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Everham, of Am-]
bier, became the bride of Mr. Harry
ft. Weaver, of Newpor.t, R. I.
The bride, who looked charming in
a velvet. traveling suit, white beaver*
hat with . lace trimming,' was given
away by her father. She carried a 1
shower bouquet pf orchids and lillies
of the valley: She was attended by
her  sister, , Mrs.'  George   Gorton,-    of
Newport, who wore a gown of old rose, | . "The records Of the past two years
taffeta and black velvet hat trimmed will prove that the Wissahickon Fire
with silver flowers and she carried company, of Ambler, la not only Hot
jjirik chrysanthemums. The groom was [ 'inefficient,; but has done most efficient
FIRE COMPANY
IS EFFICIENT.
Two Years' Record of Wissahickon
Firemen.
OBITUARY.
RegulSr
>    Work
chase
Other
Meeting     Hears     Report    of
■ Done—Proposition     te     Pur-
Part     ef     Company's     Lot-
Business  Transacted.
K-ff ROBERT A. LUTZ.
. Robert A. Lutz, president of the
Independent Fire company, Jenkintown, was stricken witb heart disease
iri the fire house Monday nigbt/ and
died shortly after being removed to his
home on Cedar avenue. He was born
in Philadelphia 62 years ago, and has
been living in Jenkintown 25 years.
He w.as engaged in the insurance business until his health failed three.
years ago. For the past eight yeara
he had been a member of the Jenkin-
j town council, and he was a active Republican- worker.
groom wa
accompanied   bjr> Me.   George   Gorton,
I and the ushers -were. Mr. Harry V,
Everham, J»r„ of Boston, Mass., andi
Mr. Robert Hamilton-.-:of. Amhler. The
ceremony w__s performed by Rev. Gtl-
I bert  Berkeley Griffitlv rectorlpf THn|
| ity'    Memorial
j Miss     Marion
rentlered two beautiful soprano .solos
during the service. Mr. Mahfon- Yard-
ley, of .Doylestown, presided at -the
organ. I  .'
I, Immediately after-the ceremony Mr.
ahd- Mrs. Weaver left to -spend .their
honeymoon in. Atlantic City, arrd later they will be. at home at H8 Gibbs
avenue, Newport, R. I., In which ■ city
Mr. Weaver is manager nf the Acker-
Merrill -and Gondii Grocery company.
The bWde* was the recipient of manv
beautiful and useful gifts, including
silver,  china,  pictures, cut  glass,  etc.
work at local tires in promptly extin-
LANSDALE.
Joseph Rodgers, the postmaster, has
purchased  the former Goetler proper
gulshing the tlames, and also to Hmit-j |y on South Broad street, from Well-
r  the  loiE sustained  to  the  lowest ington. Rosenberry.
figure,"  said Howard J.  Dm- 1    Cecil    Charvanes
possible
ger, iif
meeting
and     wife
havi
Argument Ends i
As the result of an
the    European,    war
night.   Tony   Scarpo,
Ambler,    at Friday    Eight's ispent a  week  in  southern   Maryland,
of the company,    when    he f where  the former employed  the time
Ambler,    ami I commented  upon and contradicted thei!
L   Pos'ev     of' Ambler   recent statement in    the Philadelphia
Public .Ledger tbat the company, is inefficient.
*Mr,   Dager  further 'stated     that   he
has secured from the secretary of the
company, William Brown, a record of
alarms in the past two   years wbioh the
company has responded, and It shows,.
16 fires during a period of 2* montfta. *
Inasmuch   as   Mr.   Dager  represented
tbe  insurance     companies   in     nearly
every one of  these  losses  his report, ^^ ^^^ w Chlcaro.
. One of the new publishers of the
Reporter has rented a house. No, 418
worth Broad street. This is Walter
jl_. Sunborn, and his partner, William
C, Temple, will board with him;
A visitor mi the home of Postmaster
Rodgers,  on  South   Board  street, .has
been Mrs. Whitney Wilbur, froth Suffolk,  Virginia.    She  was called WmeL
*ftrfct protected *y the local .flrer com-   by telephone .because of the sickness H
'of her son from scarlet fever.
On Tuesday of last week, Valentine
|Godshall, of Lansdale, along with two I
* companions    went   to   the    woods  of
j Maine on a hunting expedition.
Last week was the death from diph-
I theria of ''Evelyn Rudolph, a twin I
1 daughter of George Rudolph, of Sixth
("street. The numbers of cases report-
led at present Is three. Two of these
{are children four years of age and an
J other is- a girl of 16.
William   Min ne wig  has  moved  front, |
i  Hospital,
argument oyer
late    Saturday
of   Jenkintown,
was listened to with much interest,
|and' he closed his address by giving]
tn detail the nature of the blaze,'and
tbe insurance adjustment, which
showed in every case the smallest
possible amount of damage considering the  nature, of the  tire.
It -was also explained by. Mr. Dager
that Ambler and the surrounding dis- j
was   taken   to. the  Abington   hospital
tp have a-deep cut
treated.   The knife, it is .alleged, was I pany. ahd served by the Ambler Spring
wielded  by Cesare Trigmano, .alao' of  Water .company enjoys the very'low-
: I _____  ».uburba_L   fire  Insurance rate    of
in- the hand ..and arm by Trigmano;
the- fight being a three-cornered one.
I'lmato hail his wounds treated at a
physician's office.
| trigmano escaped, presumably over.
tbe railroad in tbe 'direction of New'
Tpfk, but .Chief of Police Thomas says
he will "be arrested within a day of'
two. According to - Chief Thomas',
Trigmdno's son is nbw ln prison in
Philadelphia, having been the aggressor in a cutting affray similar Ip Jast
Saturday's affair.
Dedicate   Lansdale   Church.
The new. church ' building of the
Lansdale Baptists, oh Broad streeti
in Lansdale, and completed some time
ago, was formally dedicated Sunday.
Rev. M. C. Hare is ipastor. The services were,- inaugurated during the
morning, wben Rev. Dr. H. J. Whalen,
of New Castle, preached the sermon.
During the afternoon the serihon. was
delivered by. Rev. Norman R...Smith,
of North Wales, and Dr.* Whalen made
a short address.
The formal dedicatory service, eon -
ducted at night,, was-.directed by thej
pastor. Rev: Dr." Hare; -'and Rev. Dr.
Whalen' delivered his third sermon ot__
the day. Marking the dedication, the
services will be continued an entire-
Week, with Rev. L. W. - Hainer, of
Norrlatown, bs tbe principal speaker
on Mohday night. Tuesday night was
^'Neighborhood Night," and Wednesday night, Baptist night.;
I
£tfbnTS%tol_ro^, i>f Harmonville, who
-IjMfK-'.'.'week' was    removed to    Noiris-
srwS-i is "now somewhat improved from
his recent illness.
" Miss FTaust, .-one of- the- t-earhers- iff
the Fairview Scbool. Barren Hill, recently enjoyed a visit to. her parents'
bome at Chalfont...
Mathew Buchanan, -of Park avenue,
Barren Hill, who has been in the
" Ohestnut Hill hospital for some weeks, <
is recovering slowly.
. Mjs. Martha J. -Blair, of Maple Hill"
ayenue, Plymouth Meeting; spent Sun-
day at the home' of ber son, James J.
'Blair, at Jeffersonville.'   '
The sewing circle; of-Cold Point
grange, held a'meeting Tuesday afternoon at the home of* Mrs. Wm. B.Richards, east of Hickorytown.
Mrs. Harry Cunningham, of West
1 -'Conshohocken, • .Was a visitor Sunday
at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. James
Cunningham, Plymouth Meeting.
; Mrs. Mary Hellings, of Norristown,
I spent a -portion of last week at her
old bome with W. M.x Hellings and
famli«- • on Germantown avenue, Barren Hill. .V ;^.
Mr. Hugh, of' i-Norristown, will be
in charge of the Hickorytown. mission 'services Sunday evening. At 7.15
Mr. Hebel will lead the Christian Endeavor meeting.
Mr. and 'Mrs. Lemuel Rodebaugh,
of 'Hickorytown, left Tuesday to spend
the- week in Staten Island, »L.Y., as
the guest of Mr. Rodebaugh's old com-,
rade, Jobn -DougHerty.
Brinch   Meinertz,    who    fob    some
>years  has   been   an   assistant  in   the!
| popagation    department of the   ■Andorra nurseries, • is «<j a 80-day business trip  to Kentuclty. ■ /
' Charles  Brown,     brother-in-law ■• pf
;   Mrs.  Wm.   F.   Roberts,   has Just
isbed painting  the  residence of   the
latter at Barren Hill; which has great-
; ly improved Us appearance.  ..    .
The Helping Hand" class will give a
box party on  Saturday evening* next
at the Hickorytown mission.    Everyone -is -.invited.    The ladies will each
- bring a box of lunch to be sold later.
Joseph. Bolton, of Wissahickon;  Mr.
and Mrs.  Samuel  Richards,   of Norristown, and John Smith, of Philadelphia, were guests Sanday of Mr. and
Mrs. Wm, B. Richards, east of Hi<_k-
i  orytown.
The trustees' chicken supper Saturday evening at Cold Point 'church was
' a great success. About 25 chickens
■were' consumed. Tbere was a large
attendance of people, some coming
from Norristown.  J
Mrs. .Lillle Ooulstoi.,) who has been
spending some time in Harrisburg,
was in Cold Point Sunday' visiting
friends. She has recently • erected a
stone in .-the cemetery in honor of her
late husband, .Thomas Coulston.
.St, J. CorBett and family, who have
been occupying one of the Houston
properties for some years, - bave mov-
eij ilnto tbe church house, Ridge and
Church avenues, Barren If ill, recent -
ly vacated -by Jean H. Cojan, ..
Sunday morning in Cold Point Baptist church the services will .comprise
m .five-minute report from three or
four men on the recent men's convention in Philadelphia. Rev. Mr.
Houf will then occupy the rest of the
balf hour with an - address on the
samo subject.
Sees .Aftes_.Eight Yajri.,. .
(E5ai."_jeili£ B-moror. eight -years,
D7 Morgan Casselberry bas returned
to his" home in Evansburg from Charity hospital, "with bis sight fully restored. • ■    ''
Mr. Casselberry wa.s admitted to the
locftl' hospital as. a private . patient
about two weeks ago. Ten days aga
he underwent an operation, performed
by * Dr. "Frank • C. Jftyrker,- of Norristown. The operation 'consisted of removing a cataract from the inside of
the .eyeball and was so successful that
Mr. Casselberry rapidly recovered.
I At the annual meeting of the, Lansdale -Water company, William D.
Heebner was ejected' president and
William R. Ridington, the secretary.
■ Edgar Haldeman, of Line Lexington, who was injured and his auto! i
smashed   by  collision   with  the  Laris- j [j "m
Motorists  Freed   From   Blame.
Dr.• B. -T, Quinn, of Jenkintown, and
Edward J. Brimmer, of 7749 • Cottage
avenue, Philadelphia, have been exonerated by a coroner's jury,: the former
of having caused the death of Chas.
H. Roberts, 48 years old, of 6418 North
Woodstock street, on, November 7,
and the latter of fatal injuries to John
A. Reese, 77 yeans old', a retired .physician, . of 414 N. -Twelfth-street, on
Nov. 17.
Both deaths, it was testified,'»were
due to automobile accidents, which the
testimony  showed   were unavoidable.
any community,, and. this -fact alone,
outside of the actual review of statistics as 'shown, proves the efficient|
\vork,; of the company, 'its personnel
of .figjitmg fprce and the character of
its equipment'.
' Mr. Dager further said that as a
d irectpr in a Norristown - Mutual
company, as rejpresentative of several' stock' companies, as a citizen of the
community, a property owner and as
a member of the company he will do
all in his "power to assist in increasing the efficiency of the company, in
strengthening its financed and height-j
eriing. the -interest among the members..
Several 'other members present—
William Brawn,'" Walter Vollentine,
Lewis Parrlhgto.n-, Jesse •Hayden/
Harry Hinkle. and others—expressed
themselves along the same lines.
They showed that with a motor apparatus the company will be able "to
Cover a wider radius over • wbat is
now possible with horsjedrawn apparatus.
Mr. Hayden ..said that the present
apparatus is* ample for all needs of
ithe borough- now and tbat 'if the funds
lare subscribed by • the adjacent pro-,
perty- owners' and others sufficient in
amount to' purchase a motor apparatus the company will be glad to' lend
its aidjyfd as wide a territory as possible' through the use of sucb apparatus.    At  tbe'. present" time the, fun^fe ,
Collected, for a. motor engine amoiftft! fons at <me' Onto xnnal
to   about   $600;   whiclt. -of   coVi'rpe,_{'is;|.*P a^«ie'atber- cause. V /
maclfirie. foTthe needs Of' the servieV.T*?**™W*m_kAee_«-rt
"" Mr."Dager asked tiie company to put'
a selling' price on- one half of its lot,
or 25 feet front, on Butler avenue, ex-
ending 160 feet in depth. He stated
he has a client Who desirei to ,pur-]
chase a lot and erect a bujlding thereon. He asked that the matter be considered at the.next meeting and an
answer given him. . i£s*a
It was decided to notifv each mem-
jber "of the'meeting on Dec. 3 stating
the important business to be .consid-'
ered- and urging a, full attendance.
The .board: of engineers reported
the ji'nparatus ln good condition. i
"Chief Craft -.reiported |S85 damage
done by the , recent fire at Samuel
Ayer's house, which loss lias been adjusted by the Insurance companies.
A letter was • read from the board of
engineers addressed to Ambler council  with   regard  to, the recent  appro]
prja,tion; of $10 semi
tag the'fire engine.
. The next meeting of the Firemen's
Association   of   Montgomery   county
will-.be held at Rockledge oh Dec. 4.
The following bills were ordered
passed: ' T. M. Scheetz, $16.18; "Ambler Gazette," $2.75.
NORTH WALES.
' Mrs. Susan Ashford, one of our old
and highly respected residents, died
at the home ef her son-in-law, Harry
S. Krieble, Main and Shearer streets,
on Wednesday morning. She was tbe
widow of John Ashford, a well known
nursery man and florist at Third "and
Walnut streets, where the family had
resided for 47 years. She is survived
by Jennie, wife of H. S. Krieble; Liz-
Izie and Grace, living with her at the
old homestead; William, of Allentown;
I Mrs. Emma Ga ret son, Mrs. Sarah Ambler, and Mrs. Ella hinders, all of Philadelphia. The funeral took place on
Saturday afternoon. Interment Was
made at Christ •■ Lutheran church,
Towamencin. She was in her 71st!
year, and was long a member of St.
Peter's Lutheran church.
Union  Thanksgiving    set-vices     will
I this year be held in    St. Luke's Reformed  church  at   10.30.     Rev.   Charlies    Beck,    of   -St.  Peter's    Lutheran,
church, will preach.
Mission services will be held -in the
Episcopal church of Messiah commencing Nov. 28th and continuing until Dec- 11. On Sundays, Mondays,
| Wednesdays and Fridays conveyan-
I ces will carry persons free, leaving
from Main and Walnut' streets each
evening.
St. Rose Catholic church had a very!
successful  supper on  Saturday  evening.
' Scott Nearing, formerly of the University of Pennsylvania,', gave a lecture on Industrial Democracy" in
Amusement hall on Saturday evening. |
The North Wales band's benefit entertainment takes place this Thanks-
givng evening in  the opera house.
James   Stains,   formerly   a   resident!
here  and    now   a  successful     textile
manufacturer in German to wn,  was in
town  on  Saturday  attending  the  an-
nual   meeting     of  the   North     Wales
Co.
The • Noj;th   Wales  -Water   Co.   held I
its annual meeting at. its building on L
East   Montgomery   avenue   on   Satur-
day afternoon.    The  retiring board of
officers was re-elected and a dividend
of   six   per   cent   was -declared.     The
com pan ys business  is on the increase
the  spread   of   building'   opera-
HORSHAM AND U
UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous Items of Interest td
Many Readers.
[dale autO
will   file   a  suit  for' damages   against
the cpmpanv.
Earnest Cook and family have removed from Lansdale to Pine Run
farm-, Horsham township.
The delinquent tax collector for
Lansdale is W. W. Zimmerman, uy
recent appointment.
A new - resident here Will be George
Sutton, who with his family, ~ has
moved to 121 Fifth street,-, coming
Ifrom Springhouse.
On Tuesday of last week J. W.
Heckler and daughter left for St.
[Petersburg,' Florida, to stay all winter.
Miss Hannah W. Koons,.whose aged
[mother lately died here, has spent
[several days in Atlantic "City at the
borne-,of William Baldwin;.-
' Mrs. Harry Metz. of Fifth and
Broad streets, had the misfortune to
dislocate her right  shoulder.
A petition has been filed' in court
bv A.. R. Place to permit the Lansdale
Rngles ;to sell real estate at private
'sale. .
An  efficient Inspection   of  the  milk
furnished     in     Lansdale     by     M.     B.
Krnuse  declares   that  it  is  pure.     So]
the "recent* sickness here of many per-
be attributed
on  the
truck  of the  fire  company, n^y-^T outlying.districts of the
Third   ward  and    vicinity   in    Upper
j Gwynedd.
The children of Augustus Keyser,j
of J- if th street and Montgomery ave-j
juue, gave him. a golden wedding surprise at the residence of bis son-in-
law, Elmer H. Buck, on South Main
street. A number of friends and immediate members of the family were
present to congratulate him and his
wife on the happy event. Mr. Keyser
is 75 years of age, and his wife is
two years his junior. They received
many golden gifts. Mr. Keyser is a
prominent member and official, in St.
Peter's Lutheran church; and the pastor and wife attended the event.
The North Wales Water company
has contracted for the erection of another large iron reservoir" adjoining
the 'other erected a few" years ago.
The big wooden tank will be done
away - with. The' work will riot be
completed until spring.
Arthur Sturgee has removed from
Lansdale to Swartley. street, this bor-
Fire at Enfierd.
' Tbe large barn on the Megargee
property- at Enfield was destroyed 'by
tire last Sunday evening. The fire
companies of Oreland, Wyndmoor,-
Flourtown, Fort Washington, - Edge
Hill, Glenside and Jenkintown responded • to the alarm, but could not
save the building, as tbere was. tto
water near af band. 'The chemical
crews of the companies, however, did
good work in saving the dwelling,
which was closeby. The place has
llorig'/been untenanted and the bam
fin- was "empty. The cause of the blaze
4s unknown, bt_t" it is believed to have
been set on "fire, as four men Were seen
leaving the place a. short time before!
smoke was discovered coming . from
tbe building. Insurance covers • thei
structure.
its staying a
few weeks with friends in Squth Jersey.   IgiRjK
Mrs.' John 11. Addons, and Mary
Lutz, 6f Niagara Falls, have spent a
week at the home of Mrs. Frank Jo-
senh,  North   Broad  street.
The Lansdale Structural Iron works
has received a contract to furnish iron
to a party near Detroit, Michigan,
old
and
' ser-
. annually for test-   5_-_.
.   •>"-   Krewson
Jacob Krewson Seriously  III.
Jacob Krewson, th# "erand
man," of Cheltenham. township^
oldest resident of the section, is
iousiy in at the hohie of his grand-!
son, J. Howard K.rewsorj, of Cheltenham. Born in the lower end nearly
96 years ago, Mr. Krewson is O'ne Jf
the pioneers of that section.
He is the father of James Krewson,
president Qf the board nfa commissioners 'of' Montgomery county, and six
grandchildren, of whom J. Howard
of the board of commissioners of Cheltenham townsbip, is ope, are
living. His present condition is attributable to two causes—old. age and
grief over the recent death of Sylvia,
a '6-year-old great-grandchild, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Howard Krewson.
ough|
Elm avenue, ..which has been in a
bad condition since opening it to lay
sewer pipes, is now being put in repair by the borough authorities. .
Constable  John -Stephens,  of- Lahs-
Progrsm   of   Horsham   Farmers'   Club
—New   15-Acre  Orchard—Events  at
Hallowell, Jarrettown and  Dresher-—
Miscellaneous-
Harry  Dougherty,  of Dresher,    has
been repainting bis house..
George Ryan, of Dresher, has purchased- a Maxwell roadsteit
Mrs. Cornelius Lane, of Dresher,
spent Monday in Philadelphia.'
Miss Elizabeth Lightkep, of Jarret-
jtown, spent Saturday in Philadelphia.
Wm. F. Burger, of Hallowell, has
some fine Rhode Island Red poultry.
The Horsham Friends' school closed Wednesday afternoon until Monday.   ■
. Charles Rutherford, of Hallowell,
Isold 12 guineas for. the Thanksgiving'
I trade.
Scarlet fever has been Interfering
with the Horsham township school attendance.
Russell  Megargee's  bulldog recently '
| killed a fine 10-pound opossum on tbe
| farm at Hallowell.
Mrs.   Charles  W.  Willard   has   been
I confined to her homp. at Hallowell' for
a few days With illness.
George R. Fox, of Philadelphia, visited ,his  cousin,  Franklin  A.  Crocket,
| at  Horsham on Sunday.
A. Dieter, of HalloweU, will spend
Thanksgiving day with his daughter,
Mrs. Harry Fite, at Hatboro.' -
Miss Bertha- West, of Germantown,
visited her aunt, Mrs. Susan * R.
Crocket,. at Horsham,  oii' Sunday.
Miss Irene H. Atkinson, of Hallow-
spent  the  week-end  with  her sister; Mrs,  C. ->R. Rittenhouse, in  Philadelphia.
On Tuesday seven fine hbgs were
killed at Palmer's pork manufactory,
wihch animals came from William
Dager's at Hartsville. ,
The remodeled, frame house bit the
former Greaves estate, Horsham, is
being completed. A porch is being
erected about the structure.   .
Mrs.  [_. R. Atkinson, of Durham, N.
IC, and    Mrs. C.  R.    Rittenhouse.    of
Philadelphia,    spent    a day    recently
-with Mrs. J. W. Atkinson at Hallow-
.ell..
Mr. and Mrs. C! B. Taylor, of Jarrettown. entertained'Mr. and, Mrs. Robert Taylor, of Neshamin^ and Mr.
and Mrs. Amos Erb, of DrassheSj; on
Sunday. **f >
Ernest Sehwemm and  family,   ■°who':
haye gone    to their Winter    home ln
Atlantic   City,   are   spending   Thanksgiving at tbeir farm, on' Butler drive,
near Three Tuns.
Emery G. McConnell on Thursday
resumed his duties as agent at Dresher -station', having enjoyed a 10-days"
vacation;-" being relieved by Frank
Handwork, of Lancaster.
Tbomas Shoemaker;, John Bradfleld,
-Sr., and John Bradfleld, Jr., of Jarr
rettown, have returned from a gunning trip Into ' Wayne .county. They
brought bome about. 80 pheasants. ■
On Tuesday Charles Rutherford' at
his Hallowell blacksmith shop sharpened the shoes, of tbe horses of Chalk-
ley   Stackhouse,   the   first   sharpening
the    *b™^£.^^^^
SttSfS wBTlg I deeped 'on^hT Effl*1 ^ »?"
was given a hearing at Norrisotvm 2- |? ' £n vel^ond „, Pr£?mty"
and beld for court: \rrm«S  <   \ -   a^"f003.,  of    Willow
The  scarcity' of laborer,    and   m_.   ?JZnJ fl™ h *! ""*   TJ-^     The   W?U
supplies five,houses with" water on the
Horsham .Terrace.
Karl   Maier,  of Dresher,    bas  purchased from tbe J. ■ W.  Mann
Icarcity of labor
etianics • is being sorely
vicinity.
rs   and'
feljt    iri
me-
thts I
Victim of Thugs Dies.
Guiseppi La Matono,    50 years    of
age,  of Edge Hill,    who wiUi_Nicolia
Ka;,5^r"^0fa^d^^\^3 I "Pm? fromVhunting trip.
(continued on page _s
County Historical Society. ..,
The Montgomery County Historical
society Saturday afternoon, at the
society's rooms, Penn. below * Swede
streets, Norristown, with' President
Fornance in the chair, held an. interesting meeting, -i&'i
Several. interesting papers were
read by.• S. Gordon- Smyth arid Dr. W.
H. Reed. The latter told of an old
time hatter and postmaster of Skip-
pack. Michael H. Read, Us father.
Mr. Smyth read from, records ef
George Shearer, who was supervisor
of Plymouth township' from 1846 to
1854.
held, up and robbed .and badly beaten a week ago at Tenth and Chestnut I
Streets, Philadelphia, by six men, died
early Friday morning in. the Jefferson
hospital. Following the hold-up Testa
was arrested and at a hearing in the
Central station was beld without his
bail as a material witness.
, According 'to Testa,, he and La Matono, went to Philadelphia to visit
some friends' and were on' the way to
the railroad station. As they were
passing Tenth and Chestnut streets,
three men attacked them and robbed
Testa of $9. Testa and La Matono
fought the three men, but later three
more arrived and assisted the" others.
- When the police who answered a
riot call; arrived at the scene' they
found    La Matono    unconscious    and
.   Hunters  Return   Home.
' County-Treasurer-elect   George  Anders,    of    Norristown,   bas    returned
with a par-
and Cum-
ty of friends, spent in Perr
berland counties,
: One of the trophies of the hunt, now
on exhibition at the county treasurer's office, is a flne specimen ot the
American bob-tail lynx, shot
of the friends of Mr. Anders.
Mr. Anders' own trophies is a
pound wild turkey.
by one
Among
fine 20-
106 Miles of Road in Abington.
Abington township, third wealthiest
first class . township in this section,
now has 106 miles of highways of>
which sixty three-.miles 'are vateer-
bound macadam, six miles are
asphaJtic macadam, fourteen miles are
private roadways not yet dedicated to
township ownership arid fewer than
twenty-three  miles   are  old-fashioned
Testa standing beside him.    They removed . La   Matono   to - the   Jefferson |,llrt. roadways.
hospital   and   arrested   Testa.     Addi - i ■ '—
tional arrests have been made. ' Pennsburg  Gets Ultimatum
Explosion at Ivy Reck,
. When m pipe directly over a ladle
of molten lead bursted at Ivy Rock
plant, shortly after midnight Sunday,
there was a terrific explosion at the1
steel thills, and the noise was so terrific that all the residents of the
neighborhood were shaken in their
beds and aroused. Miraculously, no
one was Injured.
The bursting of the pipe was' evidently an -accident. The pipe bursted
over the pot of hot metal and when
the water poured down Into the." fiery
mass, the explosion occured, Fbrtun-
ateljr-there were no workmen near at
band, and dueMo this, no fatality occurred.     ;','.*"■'••'_ t;:;™
-4. ,-     ' Auctioneer   Delp   Dead. '
Abraham A. Delp, aged 73,' Columbia]
and Richardson avenues, Landale's
widely known auctioneer, died on Wednesday afternoon. He had been ill j
for the past six .months and death was
due' to .debility incident tn age,
Mr.. Delp  cried sales  in  the  North
Penn section for a half century.    He I
had resided at Lansdale for the past I
22  years.    He  conducted  more  than
6000 sales.    His- wife died a number!
of years ago.     'A'.'i--
The funeral was held from tbe residence of his son, Howard W. Delp, on
[Columbia  avenue,'  Monday afternoon, j
Interment was made in Christ church
burying ground, Towamencin.   .
Pennsburg is not living up to the
i laW'requirements In-regard to sanitary conditions, and If prompt action
fs not taken in the matter Dixon will
send- a man there and charge the work
to the borough council."
These are the words spoken by Dr.
j Wb|tcomb, of Norristown, saying they
are th. strict orders of Samuel Dixon,
state health commissioner, of Harris-
ipurg.
Trolley Freight Burns.
Fire destroyed one of the trolley
freight cars of the Lehigh Valley
Transit company on 'the outskirts of
Souderton Friday. The oar was run-l
Aiiup from Philadelphia to' Allentown
With a load . of < mlscpllaneous riier'-.
chandise, valued at $2000.
Trolley Co. Earnings.
Lehigh Valley1- Transit company's
earnings foi* October show up as well
•is had. been forecasted. .Gross earnings, increased more than ,23 per cent.,
and net earnings available for dividends gained more than 141 per Cent,
figures for the year are interesting in
view- of-the' recent increase in the
preferred dividend. The full rate of
five per cent, requires less than $250,-
000, and the amount available sow
shows more than 20 per cent. In excess of that sum, the actual figures
being $303,321,. compared with $205,-'
650' in the previous 12 months, aa increase of $97,661.
Corn and  Fruit Show.
• The annual corn and fruit show, in
which the Montgomery farm bureau, |
the Montgomery County Horticultural
association and the ■, Pomona grange
are jointly interested, will' be-held in
the Norristown city hall on Thursdav,
Friday and Satul-day, December 2, .,
4, It promises to be considerably larger than last -year, and without doubt
the biggest show of its kind in the
eastern part of the state.
$'--- will be given in prizes. $25
will be giveii ln each oi the four, classes of corn, three lO^ear classes and
one an-ear class and the class of potatoes. $18 will be given 'in each of
four classes of canned vegetables, and
|$25 in six prizes for tbe largest and
best variety exhibited of canned fruits
and vegetables, ht addition to this
[the Montgomery County Horticultural
association 'offers special .prices ° for
the best plate of each of the following
apples: Stay man Winesap," 'Grimes
[Golden, Jonathan, Smokehouse, Paragon, Stark, Rome .Beauty, and Deli-
clous, as well aa for different vegetable
and market gardeners' exhibits,
A number of booths to be arranged
along the walls of the two rooms will
be occupied by different merchants,
'and. firms of Norristown and elsewhere.
The show' will be open all day- and
evening. On Thursday ' tbe Pomona
grange Will have charge of the program.' ' R. P. Kester, associate editor
of '.the Pennsylvania Farmer, will be
the chief speaker at the open meeting
in the afternoon.
On Friday the Montgomery County
Horticultural association will present
an interesting .program. Prof. R. Ia
Lake, of the U. S. department of agriculture, and Prof, H. A. Surface, economic zoologist, will speak both in the
Injorning and afternoon.
Saturday will be farm bureau day.
The jjjeeting will be devoted to the
Wind up" ef the various boys' and
girls' clubs:. Tbe Montgomery Trust
Co. will present tbe awards to the
Potato club .and the Girls' Garden and
Canning club. The general corn club,
Consisting of members who do not live
in • the Vicinity, of the local clubs, will
also receive their awards. The poultry club's work will not be finished
until April 1, 1316, but eacb of tbe 20
members will have a trio of bis or
her fowls on exhibition. County Supt.
Lapdis will preside and Geo. M.
Phillips, of West Chester Normal, will
award the county corn club sweepstakes prize, and Judge John Fab or
Miller will also deliver an address.
Saturday afternoon will bo devctol
to the election of officers and a round
table discussion on "The Future of
Dairying in Montgomery County."
—Seyferal new streets have been
opened in Pennsburg, and electricity
has been installed along Dotts. street.
—While •George Gerhart, of near
Palm, was working underneath his
automobile, he was overcome by gas
fumes from the engine, and it' required the work of a physician to bring
biro back to consciousness.
.. poultry
yards, of Walnut Hill,, 29 full bred
Barred Rock hens' and a prize-winning
rooster. Mr. Maier • intends ' making
poultry, raising his business.
The Keystone Telephone company 1* -
erecting a line of poles on New t»ad
and on the Meeting House road westward from Doylestown pike. A., ivey-
stotae telephone will be installed at' the
stow and several other subscribers
are also* listed.
• Judge Solly on Tuesday filed an
opinion in which he modified a previous^ distribution of the estate of
Elizabeth and Rebecca Jarrett, so that
Rebecca, and Gurner Jarrett, children
oft David Jarrett, share in .each estate
to the extent of about $650.   -. V\7
The board of appraisers of the
North Wales Mutual Live Stock In-,
sura nee company met Tuesday at -H.
S. Nash's, Hallowell, for the appraisement and insurance of horses thereabouts. The farmers■ and others responded liberally and the day proved
a Busy one for the committee;
At the Palmer pOric products- factory, Horsham, dh Friday Franklin" A.
Crocket and Elmer Hoffman killed a
very fine hog for J. T. Williams, which
animal weighed 429 pounds. The
porker was very cross, and several
times had the- men ' on the defensive, '•
but a well directed; bullet did the
work and the. knife finished the killing..
Jonathan Stackhouse, of Hallowell,
is planting his 15-acre field along the..
Horsham road with' apple. and peach
trees. About 1600 trees will be planted, and the ground was laid out in
rows on Tuesday. Mr. Stackhouse secured his stock from tbe West Chester nursery of Hoopes Brothers &
Thomas, going over himself and se-
lecting-the trees.
The new bridge over the Limekiln
pike and Susquehanna Street road, on
the Trenton Cut-off, ■ was slipped . into
place this.wepk, the old structure being Moved out at the same time withr
out qny Interruption of travel. Tha
new bridge has a concrete bottom,
which prevents hot cinders, etc., from
falling through t9 the roadway. During • the. present week the Cut-off
tracks In front pf Dresher station are
being reballasted.
Thq full list of questions to be answered Saturday evening at the Horsham. Farmers' club, meeting at the
home of John Park, Horsham, ts as
follows: "if a family of six asks foi-'
white bread, whole bread, Graham
bread, buckwhea-t cakes, corn gems and
muffins, what Is the housewife's dutv
iin sueh a family.? Mrs. IX •"W- Sill.
!"If a .family of six request.' coffee,'
chocolate, tea, etc., what is the house-
Wife's duty in such a ease ?"—-Miss
Mannie Goentner. Is Christianity'a
failure because of the war ?" .■ Tsaao"
Parry. "What country could support
itself entirely on its own products _vi
time of war?" Tarsal TT. Ely. "Describe your idea, of a perfect garden."
Katharine L. Goentner. Current topic.)
Iwill be discussed l.v Seth. T:-. .Walton
and Martha Ellen' Paul.
- (Cojitinned- en page 8.)