The Ambler Gazette 19130710

              Ambler Gazette.
VOL    XXXl.-NO.   28
AMBLKR.   PA.,   JULY   IO.   1013.
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local Interest to Our Readers..
Williams  Station   Is   Burned—G.  A.   R.
Veterans Return—Samuel  Burk Uses
Auto     in   Hay   Field—Personal     and
Miscellaneous,
Wm. A. Freas has been on the sick list.
William Richards' acre and a half of potatoes look very line.
The road has been oiled In front o£ the  Carson and  Ewing  property.
Mrs. Daniel Hiltner Is disposing of some of her furniture at private sale.
John S. Young Friday evening visit¬ ed William  Rodemich. of Jarrettown.
Mrs. Walter Corson, of Plmouth, de¬ lightfully entertained at bridge last Wednesday.
Harvey Maxwell, of Harmonvllle, has been enjoying camp life along the  Perkiomen  creek.
George Liukens and wife, of Ger¬ mantown, were guests Thursday of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. L,ukens.
Wm. J. Ottlnger is preparing to make some repairs and improvements to  his  house at Hlckorytown.
Harvey L,. Claville, Cold Point store keeper, has placed his newly repaint¬ ed delivery wagon on the road.
Joseph Baker, one of the G. A. R. veterans of Cold Point, who has been very ill, is now much improved.
Rev. F. B. Yocum was a visitor at the home of F. U. Rosenberger, near Skippack, several days this week.
Mrs. Mary Baynes returned last week to Plymouth Meeting after spending some time in Atlantic City.
Jonathan Phipps has placed oil in front of his residence on the Norris¬ town road and the Germantown pike.
A marriage license was issued last week to Karmerz Fllonowie and Jos- eta Koorun, both of Plymouth Meet¬ ing.
The Misses Murray, of Whitemarsh township, entertained a number of Philadelphia friends over the week¬ end.
S. B. Haines has been filling up a portion of the yard in front of his residence and on each side of a small stream.
Samuel Staley, an aged resident of Cold Point, was removed to Charity hospital, Norristown, on Sunday morning.
Isaiah Moyer. who is a student at the Williamson school, spent July 4 with his grandparents, on the Consho¬ hocken  pike.
Misses Helen Keenan and Belle Beadle, of Conshohocken. spent sever¬ al days with their uncle in White¬ marsh township.
Walter Knerr. who has been suffer¬ ing from a very painful boil on his leg, is recovering after the growth was lanced by a pliysician.
William S. Dickerson, Jr., of Cold Point, has recovered from injuries re¬ ceived when he was attacked last week by a dog in  Hlckorytown.
Thomas Coulston hag sold a Ford touring..c?.r, t.q .Charles a>.3t'r.a nkanfiiPldr
of Conshohocken,'and  a Regal car to Wm.  P.  Green, of Fort  Side inn. :
George Bromhead. whose father is grounds keeper of the Manheim Crick¬ et club, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Latham  for several days.
Milton MaCutcheon, of the Bingham house, Philadelphia, and Miss Ethel Hyde, of West Philadelphia, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William Rich¬ ards over July 4.
Dr. and Mrs. Robinson, of German- town, spent from Friday until Sunday evening with Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Lewis. On Sunday they enjoyed an automo¬ bile ride and a picnic.
Amos J. Phipps, a former resident of Plymouth, now living in Oyster Bay, L. J., has been spending a few davs here, and recently purchased a new Cadillac  automobile.
William Urban, of the "Gazette" staff, who is canvassing this section, reports that he is receiving substan- tlcal assurances that his paper's local notes of this vicinity are appreciated.
On Friday Coxe's meadow was turn¬ ed into a ball ground and a pole mounted and flag unfurled. In the af¬ ternoon the single men of Cold Point defeated the married men by the score of 27 to 7.
Gus Brandt, who has relinguished the blacksmith shop at Blue Bell has secured a position in Mt. Airv,' and most of his former trade has gone to the Narcissa shop, conducted by Wil¬ liam Latham. On Monday the latter shod 14 horses.
Theedore Weideman, who is build¬ ing a frame bungalow adjoining the William Richards property, on the road leading out to the Hlckorytown sohool house, spent the July 4 holidays with his family camping in a tent on his new property. The members of the family took their meals with the Richards.
George W. Williams, of Harmon¬ ville, James Gllmore, of West White¬ marsh, and Mahlon McNulty, of Ply¬ mouth Meeting, of Conshohocken post No. 79, G. A. R., and George Keys of Harmonville, a delegate, and Lemuel Rhodebaugh, of Hlckorytown, have returned after attending the great G A.  R. reunion at Gettysburg
The Ambler-Davis company has been very much delayed in commenc¬ ing its road work on Germantown pike north of Plymouth park. Much labor has been necessary to put the machinery in place, and the mater ial is also slow in arriving, but all this win get under way shortly and the work will be pushed along rapidly
The reunion of the Williams fam¬ ily, which was to havo taken place On July 4 at the home of Mr. and Mrs Morris Williams, Plymouth Meeting was indefinitely postponed owing to the sudden illness of Mr. Willinmo' sister, Mrs, J. Mather, of West Phila delphia, who, instead of participating in the reunion, was removed to a citv hospital on that day. " '•o a city
On Monday afternoofi while Nicholas Carter, employed by Wm. L. Zeber Conshohocken Ice dealer, was prenar' ing to deliver ice to Lewis KillnVer's residence the Ice tongs slipped and caught Carter in the fleshy part of the left arm below the elbow, making an ugly wound and passing almost to
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Mr. Killmer who bandaged the wound W. E. Lukens on Tuesday commenc-' ed mowing his alfalfa field of six acres, which had been mowed pre¬ viously on June 12. it is thought that four crops of alfalfa will be har¬ vested this season from the field. Last season It was mowed for the first time and yielded 34 tons. Mr. Lukens stated that It cost about $115 to pre¬ pare the land, fertilize and seed the crop, which he finds a most paying I one for his milk-producing cows.        '
Percy Rex has a line yield of hay this season.
George and William Wood have pur¬ chased a new horse.
J. S. Trego and George S. Trego on Sunday motored to Bristol.
Mr. and Mrs, Solomon Lightkep are ¦pendlag their vacation In Reading.
.Th« road from ClaviUe's store to Hlckorytown Is being stoned in places.
ueorge iiagy and wife, of Oyster Hay, spent July 4th with Mrs. Wilson Cox.
Miss Ada McQuirns, of Plymouth, spent Saturday with Miss Laura Bar¬ tholomew, of Harmonville.
Joseph Cusworth and wife, of Phila¬ delphia, were guests of Rev. and Mrs. Wm. J. Cusworth on July 4.
Albert Bartholomew and family, of Stone Harbor, N. J., spent from Thurs¬ day  till  Monday  with Joseph Johnson.
The trustees of the Plymouth Unit¬ ed Evang. church met Monday even¬ ing, and all the business was trans¬ acted.
A marriage license was issued Mon¬ day in .Vorristown to Antonio Cipro. Norristown, and Louisa Granese, Ply¬ mouth.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fulmer, of Cedar Hollow, spent July 4th with Mrs. Fulmer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hoskins. I
Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Corson, of Maple Hill avenue, have been spending a few days with their son. Dr. E. i-'. Corson, at Cynwyd.
John ir. Young is preparing to go to housekeeping this week in a part of the house with Thonins White, Sr.. at  Plymouth.
Mrs. l<"rank TTarrison and daughter. Miss ATinnie Harrison, of ConshohoiMc- cn. were guests of Mrs. Thomas Sin¬ clair on July 4.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. George S. Hiltner and daughter.. Miss Dorotliy, of Conshohocken. were guests of James Cunningham iind  f.'imily.
Elmer Gliidl'elter, assitant agent at Xarcissa station on the Trenton Cut¬ off, is enjoying a week's vacation at his homo  in   Rlizabethtown, Pa.
liishop Kennedy, of Rome, Italy, who has been in Conshohocken for some time, called on Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Corson. Maple Hill avenue, on' Sun¬ day.
Augustus Cooke, of Cold Point, ran a splinter through the fleshy part of his left h,T,nd. The wound, which has been very painful, is now healing nice¬ ly.
Thomas Sinclair has finished har¬ vesting his M acres of wheat and has housed the same. His 16 acres of grass yielded better than was antici¬ pated.
About 60 guests were at "The Pines" this week, but half the number left Wednesday to make room for an equal number to be sent out Thursday from PhliadelphLa.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kline, of' Har¬ monville, left last week to viSit in Courtland. ()., and then w^ill go to their large farm in Minnesota to spend the rest of the summer.
The Plymouth Alumni Building and Loan association held its monthly meeting Saturday evening and loan¬ ed out about $4600. The asociation is both well managed and prosperous.
The Plymo\ith Friends' association has lonipleted arrangements for ,a pic¬ nic to be held on Saturday at College
JULY4TH
IN AMBLER.
National Holiday Celebration Safe and Sane.
AUTO TRUCK FOR CHEMICAL.
Proposed   Equipment   for   Centre Square Fire Company.
Suitable  Chassis  to   Be   Secured   at   a Reasonable Price—Location for Pro¬ posed  Fire House not  Decided   Upon —Other  Matters  Discussed. The   two  new   40-gallon   compressed air chemical tanks and all the attach¬ ments  for  mounting   the   same   on  an automobile chu.ssis  will arrive  for  the
Centre Sciuare Flre Co. some time dur-        	
ing  the  present  week.     This   was   the   iuicnded the lield events and the flre
announcement made by the equipment | vmi-ks   display   at   night,   it   was   evi-
committee    at    the    regular    nionti'ily   dent that very few of the residents left
Field   Events  of  Athletic   Skill   Afford a    i-rogram    Which     Enthused    the Large    Crowd—The   Relay     Races— Fireworks in the Evening. The people of Ambler celebrated the glorious 4th  in a safe and sane man¬ ner,   the  citizens'     committee     having arranged a j)rogram that was approv¬ ed liy all.    From the large crowds that
meeting of the company held Thurs¬ day evening in Odd l<'eilows' hail. Centre Syuare. Irvin Detwiler, sec¬ retary of the company, who made the announcement on behalf of the com¬ mittee, also stated that the committee; through C. E. Klein has been looking over several automoliiles on which to mount the chemical tanks, but inas¬ much as the price on second hand cars is higher at this time than it will pro babiy be two months later, the com mittee deems it wise to let the matter lay over until a car can be bought at a more reasonable price.
No action as yet has been taken by the  committee  on  selecting  a  site   on which  a   fire  house    is  to  be   erected,! although  Dr.  Seiple,   who  is  chairman" of this committee, stated that the coin-' mittee has met and the matter regard-«| ing the  gift  of a piece  of  land,   60   b>'fl 40  feet,    to  the  company    by  Mrs.  J.I Howard   Breed,   has   been   looked   into and   the  general  opinion prevails  that this  piece  of ground  is  too  small  for the    purpose.    In  reference    to    i^ro- curing  a  suitable   place   to   house   the apparatus   when   it   arrives,   was   dis¬ cussed.   Richard   Roynan   stating   that it had been decided to remodel one end of the  sheds  at  Waggon  inn,  by  ow¬ ing  to  the  sale  of  the  hotel  property nothing has  been  done  in  the matter, yet  it  is  believed  that  some arrange¬ ment has been made between the for¬ mer and present owners of the proper¬ ty  whereby the company can have its temporary quarters at the place men-, tioncd.     This  matter  was  also  left  ini the  hands  of  the  committee  with   thei understanding that the matter is to be taken   up   at   an   early   date   with   the new owner of Waggon inn.
The company lias discarded the Idea of erecting a large triangle for an alarm, because, as stated by J. Hou- iiid Breed, a member of the alarm tummittee, the triangle had been made of inferior steel, and as the man- iilactures    would    not    make    another
town. Xot only was the celebration attended by the home people, but quite a Ifw of the residents of the neighbor¬ ing towns were present, and it was • stiniatcd that fully 4000 people were on Linden wold field in the evening to •«e(.  the display  of  fire  works.
The day's celebration started in the niurning at 10 o'clock, when the Keas¬ bey &. Mattison A. A. met the Wynd¬ moor A. A. in a base ball game. Al- tliiiugh there was some delay in run¬ ning off the siiorts in the afternoon, >et, through the efforts of William Hough, the events were pulled off iiiore quickly than in the two previous years.
The lirst race on the program was a 100-yard dash for juniors, there be¬ ing eight entries. This event was won liy Bideman, who ran the distance in l-"i seconds, with Kreps a good second. Thei-e were four entries in the 100- yard dash for seniors. Israel Hough was lirst, with R. A. Smith second. The winner's time was 11 seconds. The mile handicap was won by W. Walt, who had given his two oppon¬ ents. Tony Contasaro and Garwood Howard, a handicap of 50 and 55 yards respectively. Walt's time was 5 min¬ utes 11'4 seconds. Howard was sec¬ ond ill this event. The 220-yard dash for juniors was an interesting race and was won by McCormick, with' Yost an easy second. JlcCormick did tlie distance in 30Vi seconds, only 41/2 seconds longer than it took W. B. Smith to defeat a field of four in the 220-yard dash for seniors, although it was believed that Smith was saving liimscif for a later event. R. A. Smith was second in this race. In the high .lump Leedom scored first over a Held of four with Edgerton second. The lieighth given was 4 feet SV^inches. There is no doubt but that the next event on the program was the pretti¬ est race ever seen here on this day <ir sports. This was the half mile re- uy race with the following clubs hav-
iind   guarantee   the   sound" to   carVy'a j [nP^teams  entered^^ Keas¬bey &_ Miit
ertain distance, the purchase of one was dropped. Later it was agreed to accept the tire donated to the com¬ iiany by T. W. llhngworth, of Fort Washington, who made the presenta¬ tion through George Porter. John Berkhimer together with the equip¬ ment committee was instructed to have the same erected upon its arriv*.!. Treasuier   D.   J.   Schwenk   reported
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convey   the   picnickers   to   CoIIegeville, f J",.the  equipmen_t   tund;    In_order   to
30 and relurnirig will leave     "
leaving at at 8.30.
A lawn carnival will be given on Friday, July 15, at the home of Milton Marple, Hlckorytown. A cantata, "Haijpy Days," and a playet, "Cin¬ derella," will be presented, and in ad¬ dition there will be cakes, candy and ice cream for sale.
A tank car of road oil has been run on Corson's siding at Cold Point sta¬ tion. The oil will be used on local roads hereabouts—probably to com¬ plete the oiling bf the turnpike, wh'ch is now oiled as far westward as Mj- winney's residence at the township line.
About 4 o'clock Monday morning Williams station, on the Reading branch, was discovered to be on fire, and was burned to the ground togeth- ed with tho platform, and only a por¬ tion of tho steps remain. The origin of the blaze is a mystery. The struc¬ ture, which was frame and of one story, had probably stood there for 3J years since tlie railroad was construct¬ ed through there.
Monday evening the Sunday school board of the Plymouth United Evang. church met witli a full attendance. A number of bills were paid. It was de¬ cided to hold the annual picnic at Willow Grove on Thursday, July 31. in case of rain the affair will be held the next day. Ample cars for all will leave Plymouth at 8.15 for the park and returning leave Willow Grove at 8 p. m. Tickets, 25 cents. Persons, under 10, free. Ample i-oom for all who desire to go.
On Saturday Gustine Acqula, an Italian workman on tho Plymouth branch of the Reading was painfully injured in a very peculiar manner. He was pulling on a hand car when the lever broke at tho top of Williams hill On the railroad, and he was thrown sustaining two scalp wounds and bruises in his back. The injured man was sent to Conshohocken, where he was attended by Dr. G. T. Lukens. The unfortunate Italian who was 22 years of age and unmarried, had taken the examination for tho Italian army on June 22.
Last Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lukens attended the funeral in Phila¬ delphia of the late Alfred H. Love, a member of the Society of Friends, who died aged 83 years. For years he has not only been one of the leaders of the society, but was also president of the peace society. Y^ears ago he addressed a celebrated letter on tho subject to General Grant and receiv¬ ed a reply, which contained many terse sentences on the subject of peace, and later when relations be¬ tween Spain and the United States ¦.ere being strained, ho received a let¬ ter from the queen of Spain in reply to a communication he had addressed to her on the subject of peace.
Samuel Burk, who farms the Rlne- hart property, near Narclssa, has found it necessary to utilize gasoline power in his hay field. On Monday he hooked his field mower behind his automobile, and while his man man¬ aged another machine drawn by horses, Mr. Burk drove tho automobile and performed the same amopnt of work. On Tuesday he utilized the samo traction power in turning the hay into winrows for tho loader. The automobile has been a great conven¬ ience and pleasure on this farm, and in these days of scarcity of help and tho necessity for rapid work has been pressed into many degrees of useful¬ ness. A representative of a well-1 known agricultural paper took a pho¬ tograph of the power-drawn machin¬ ery a few davs ago.
Additional Cold Point and Plymouth notes on page 2.
tison A. A., Fort Washington and the -Anibler Boys' club. The runners in tlie first named team were R. A. Smith, C. Robinson, R. Wodock and W. B. .Smith. The second named club's re¬ lay tenm was Roy Pennypacker, Henry Oberholtzer, Herbert Kreps and Ed. t;avies and the latter team's runners were D. Leedom, T. Jenkins, R. Edger¬ ton and I. E. Hough. Right at the fetart the .big crowd was stirred to a high pitch of enthusiasm, and at the erack of the starter's pistol a gieat clieer went up. R. A. Smith, Penny- packer and Leedom got away to a good start and at the first station Smith led Leedom by a yard, with Pennypaeker a short distance behind the latter. The second trio to take up the race were C. Robinson, Oberholtzer and Jenkins. The first named man .should have started in the lead, but just as he was touched off his man accidently spiked him in the heel which threw him to the ground and before he could I'ise Jenkins jumped into tbe lead which he was pushed to maintain by both Oberholtzer and Robinson. Tlie real test then came when the third and fourth men of their rtspective teams took the field. Edgerton for the Boys' club, took the lead given to him by his teammate, wliich he main¬ tained until he touched off Hough. This put the three fastest men in the teams on the field and for aliout half of the distance the race was close until Hough began showing his cUis.s when he gradually pulled away from the others and was an easy winner. The Boys' club was first and the Ke.asbey «& Mattison A. A. second in the relay race. The time of the winner was one  minute and  29 tJ   seconds.
The girls' 75-yard dash was also an interesting race and was won by ' Miss E. Shuman, who did the distance j in 9'/i seconds. Miss Eleanor Shuman was second in this event. The shot- I put was won by Jenkins with Busby 1 second.     H.   Sfiangler,   of   tho   Wynd-
have sufficient money on hand at the time of purchasing the automobile chassis, a peach festival will be held by the company on Saturday evening, August 16. J. L. Johnson, James Chalk, William Dailon, John B. Haines and his four sons were proposed for membership.
Mr. Kline, who had presented the company with two fire axes, Mr. lll¬ ingworth, who had presented the tire, and Mrs. Porter, who was instru¬ mental in procuring the latter gift for the company, were all e.xtended a vole of thanks, and Secretary Detwiler was instructed to forward the resoUitiun to the above gentlemen.
Despite the fact that the evening was a warm one and many of tlie members, who are farmers, being- bti.sy at this time, the meeting w^as well at¬ tended and much interest was tal<en by all in the welfare of the companv.
Stories By Workers a New N. A. Fea¬ ture. Something different in the way "f newspaper features is one that T!)e Xorth American Inaugurates in i^s Sunday edition for July 13. Work' is have been asked to conti'ibute sh'Kt stories based upon incidents possible in the occupation of the writers. Ti" first stories are the outcome of 11 invitation sent to keepers of apar;- ment and boarding houses. An imi¬ tation to stenographers which f lowed brought results in the shape
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story.'Nt is now fmfndcd "Jo mal-e \:i'¦. "^^VrenVl^i.T w ' ^"'Jfn'wfn The invitation general, and all workers ¦ -:- i ^'J^'^'^P^' "} ^ort Washington won the cept professional writers are invited m ! fJltt^riH i'"'^ 1 '^^ fi^'Tn^' ^ un contribute stories of not more tli. n ! "I'^f?,"'^^ ^^Uh "«'."nn'd t^'n n n ,st' 1500 words in lentrth to thi« verv 11-I "'"^ ¦"• Smith second, who almost lerestmg dcparln^e^nl. '° '""'' ^'"'' ! f°"^P??J «t the finish. Time of win- The conditions  are  few and  simpl.j"%',"''^4je':onds.
Aside from the length limit there M-L,„-"'.^.P'e  and  cracker eating conte.s no conditions except that the incideii-i ^"rnished   lots   of  amusement   for  the upon  which    tho stories aro    toune   ¦ll^^'f ^"^    the  winner of    these two shall be taken from the occupation  ,.il*^'e"ts  was  Peter Dccenbnno.    In  the
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which the writer is engaged,
.Stories are to be paid for at $5 eac!'., and the best story of each Sunda> - quoto it to be awarded an addilioiMi superiority prize of $5.
Liberal editing is to be allowed, ii being intended that the story merit 1 contributions sh.all count higher tli.in mere' litei-ary form.
Large numbers of stories are stP' to be submitted, and it is safe to pi - diet that the product will be me. readable than most of the fiction d - partments. Manuscripts should be :e dressed to the story department '' the Sunday North American.
Bergey's  Reunion,
The llth annual reunion of the Eei- gey Family association will be he'i at Menlo park, Perkasie, Saturda July 26. The program: Mornii: ; session—10.30; Piano solo—Miss Maiy Hendershott, Philadelphia; devotion¬ al exercises; reading of minutes an ' reports of ofiicers and commlttce^^: hymn.
Afternoon   session—2:      Hymn;    a^ dress—J.  Banks Kurtz,  Esq.. Altooir solo—Miss Helen Bergey, Altoona; a.
running broad jump there were four entries as follows: Hough, first; 20.37 feet; R. A. Smith, second, 10.S4 ;feet; Leedom third, 15.84 feet, and McGargal, fourth 14.74 feet. All the winners of the main events were awarded handsome cups, while the second men received a bronze medal. Pocket knives, base ball, glove and bat. the last named prizes being donat¬ ed by O. H. Stillwagon, were the other trophies awarded.
The fireworks display, which took place at 8.15 p. m., closed the day's celebration.
The citizens' committee which had the celebration in charge and deserve credit tor the enjoyable program ar¬ ranged, were: Referee, H. J. Dager; tnarshals, Harold Spaulding. Clarence A.cutt. Dr. C. C. Mehler, Dr. R. G. Wild¬ rick. William C. Irvin, W. IT. Smith; clerk of course, Norman K. Hlbbs; starter, William Hough; announcer, O. H. Stillwagon; time keepers, Hackett and Webster.
K. & M. Twice Defeats Wyndmoor.
The morning game of July 4 be¬ tween Wyndmoor A. A. and K. & M. A. A., was a very interesting affair, due largely to the good work of the pitchers. Manager Wacker sent H. Robinson to the box for the locals, while the visitors used McTague, who without a doubt is one of the best boys pitching independent ball today. Many of the fans doubted the wisdom ot sc- leetiiig Robinson, who does not claim to be a twirler, but for eight innings he pitched shut-out ball, and only for a slip-up in the field he would have applied the brush. As it was, the game ended 3 to 1 in favor of Ambler. Both pitchers allowed only five hits each, but those of the K. & M. boys were the most damaging, being mi.vcd with the visitors' errors. Robinson had the best control, not issuing a pass, while McTague gave one base on Ijalls and hit a batter. "South" pulled off the unique feat in the fourth inning by retiring the side on four pitched balls, for which he was loudly applauded.
An error by Bolger, two singles, a stolen base and a forced out scored two runs for the K. & M. boys in the lirst. McTague then pitched shut-out ball until the seventh, when a two base hit to right centre by Haff and a single by Firman scored the third and last run for the home team. Houpt paved the way for the visitors to score their lone tally in the ninth by fumbling G. Spangler's grounder after Bolger had been thrown out at lirst by Firman. G. Spangler stole second and scored when F. Spangler hit for two bases.
Manager Wacker in this game also tried out two young players in Irvin. of the local high school team, and Scholz. formerly with the Baraca team. The former pliiyed a nice game in left, accepting his two chances in fine style, while the latter, who played first, accepted 10 of his 11 chances. Both boys give evidence of making good, and it is Manager Wacker's in¬ tentions to play them as regulars as soon as possible.
It was after 4 o'clock when the af¬ ternoon game was started, the delay lieing caused by the field sjiorts. This game was also won by the home team, after a great up hill battle, the score standing 8 to 6. The Wyndmoor boys got a six-run lead in the first three innings by pounding Hoiipts' de¬ livery hard in which Donofry took the lead, having two singles and a home run. Houpt walked F. Spangler in the initial inning and he stole secojid. Donofry drove a long single to right on which F. Spangler tried to score, but was nailed at the plate on H. Robinson's perfect throw, Donofry took second on the play and moved up to third when H. Spangler was given a life on Sholz's error. Rubican hit to Firman, who tossed H. Spang¬ ler out at second, Donofry racing over the plate with the first run. In the second round, after Henke was thrown out. Houpt again was responsible for setting the stage for Donofry's clean¬ up wallop by walking McTague, which was followed by Perry's single over second. Each moved up a station while F. Spangler was being thrown out. third to first. Houpt had three and two on Donofry when the latter got the next one on the end of his but for a home run, scoring two ahead of him. Davies' error on Bolger's drive tl left and G. Spangler's single, to- gither with two stolen' bases, wild jiiteh and an out netted Wyndmoor its la.st two runs. Houpt fanned McTague and  Ferr.v.
I'rom the fourth to the ninth innings ll.iupt pitched splendid bail, .allowing (inly one more thtiii the regulation number to face him. The home team drew blanks until the fourth when they scored their first run in a two- li,ise hit-.ind an error. Davies opened the fourth inning for the locals by going out on a fly to Donofi-y. Half was struck beneath the left eye with a pitched ball and rendered uncon- seious and the game was delayed for alidiit 15 minutes. Irvin ran for Haff, later going to centre lield, and C. lloliinson, who plays that position, went in Haff's place at second. The loiiils then hit Rubican freely. After Irvin had taken his position to run lor Haff, Firman hit for three bases, scoring Irvin. The former scored when Donofry fumbled Houpt's grounder .and let it get away from him. Houpt pulling up at second, scoring on Wodock's single. Another run for the K. & M. boys was scored in the sixth On H. Robinson's three-bagger and an error by Rubican on Davies' infield tap. In tho seventh the locals tied the score and went two runs to the good. Then three runs were scor¬ ed in singles by Houpt, Wodock and D.ivies and a two-bagger to centre by Sholz. The features of the game was the third base playing of H. Spangler for Wyndmoor and the base running and batting of Wodock for TC & M. A, A. Following are the scores: MORXIXG GAME. WYNDMOOR K. AND M.
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F.S'ler.lf 0 0 10 0 Wodock.ss 13 3 3 0 D'nofry.sa 2 3 3 B 4 Oberh'r.c 0 0 11 2 0 H.Sp'r.Sb 0 2 2 2 0 C.Rob'r.cf 2 110 1 Rub'an.p 0 0 0 4 1 H.Rob'r.rf 110 10 Bol8rer.2b 10 10 1 Sholz.lb 0 1 11 0 1 G.Sp'r.cf 1110 0 Daviea. if 0 10 0 1 Henk. c 0 18 4 0 Haff. 2b 10 110 McT'e.lb 10 7 2 0 Irvin. cf 0 0 0 0 0 Ferry, rf 1 0 0 0 0 Firman.Sb 110 4 0 Busby.rf   0   0   10   0   Houpt.p      2   2   0   2   0
FIRE PLUGS RELOCATED.
Ambler Council Orders Change^of Two.
Refused to Pay Excess;  Fined. Williani     Klehl,       of     1215     North
dres.s-Rev.     Ira     S^ssaman?     TurtL ! T,i?"ty-Seventh   street,   Phil.;idelphla,
Creek; solo-Mrs  Helen G. Kulp, niis-,   i^adia gullty"ln"the'''squir sionary at_Shanghai, China;  memonallNT .^^   "       '    -
who owns a farm at Wales Junction,
e's court at
services—Rev. Wm. Barnes Lower, D D., Wyncote; greetings from other family assochatlons; reports and an- ouncements;  hymn;  benediction.
The ofiicers: President, James Ril¬ ey Bergey, Altoona; vice president: George F. P. Wagner, Pottstown; re¬ cording secretary. Dr. D. H. Bergey, Philadelphia; corresponding secretary Rev. Wm. Barnes Lower. D. D., Wyn¬ cote; treasurer, Wilson S. Bergey, Line Lexington: historian. Dr. D. H. Ber¬ gey, Philadelphia.
Norristown, and was fined for refus¬ ing to pay tha excess fare on ono of the limited cars of the Lehigh Valley Transit company, between Lansdale and Wales Junction. The Lehigh Valley Transit company on its Phila¬ delphia division is making systema- .1 ^'"2,^^'^titlons of all misdemeanors and offences commited on the ca-s of the company. ;
—The village of Skippack boasis of n residents who own automoblleJ.
Totals  G 7 24 17 6 Totals   8 10 27 13 3
Wyndmoor 1   3200000   0-6
K.& M 0   0   0   1   3   1   3   0   X-8
AFTERNOON  GAME. K. AND M. WYNDMOOR
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Wodock.ss 10 3 7 0 Donofry.ss 0 1110 Oberh'z.rf 110 0 0 Hill, lb 0 0 8 10 C.Rob'n.cf 0 12 0 0 H,Spa'r.3b 0 0 13 0 Houpt,2b 0 0 3 3 2 Rubin'n.rt 0 12 0 1 Sholz, lb 0 0 10 0 1 Balger.2b 0 0 14 1 Haff.c 12 7 0 0 G.Spa'r.cf 10 0 0 0 Firman.3b 0 10 3 2 F.Span'r.lf 0 10 0 0 Irwin, if 0 0 2 0 0 Buaby. c 0 2 11 1 0 H.Rob'n.p 0   0   0   3   0   M'Tague,p 0   0   0   10
Totals     3   5 27 16   5
K.& M 2
Wyndmoor 0
Two   Plugs     on   Maple   Street   to     Ba
Discontinued    —    Will     Macadamize
Reiffs   Mill   Road     and   Mt.   Pleasant
Avenue—Trolley  Promises  Made.
The   regular    monthly     meeting    oS
Ambler     borough     council     was    held
Monday evening with all the members
present    but    Mr.  Flavell,    and    with
President    Aculf    in  the    chair.    The
minutes   of   the   meeting   held   June   2
were read and apijroved.
E. W. Spring, superintendent of tho Philadelphia division of tlie Lehigh Valley Transit company, addressed eouni'ii in reference to the speed limit of cars, which he promised will be observed in the borough. He suggested, meeting the highway committee in reference to the paving on Jiutler ave¬ nue between the rails, but in reforenco to the use of the strong headlight, ho asked council to not compel the com¬ pany to extinguish it while operating through  the  town.
The solicitor read several ordinances from other boroughs providing for a lieensing of jjlaces fo amusement. The law and order committee was asked  to prepare such an ordinance.
Mr. Kramer, of the fire plug com¬ mute, reported having conferred with the superintendent of the superinten¬ dent ol the water company concerning Hie iJlug on South Main street and the plug at Orange avenue. The com¬ mittee suggested moving tho former plug 75 feet farther south and placing it on the east side of the street. Hero it will be supplied by a four-inch line from the water towers. Tho plug on Orange avenue near Ridge, the com¬ mittee recommended, be moved to the southwest side of Ridge 00 or 60 feet from the south side of Orange ave¬ nue. It was reeommendcd that the water company t-xtend its present line on Trinity avenue to Ridge and then to the plug.
Mr. Hayden doubted whether even these changes will afford sufficient volume of water to furnisli the fire en¬ gine with enough watei', and accord¬ ingly voted "No" when the question was called to request the water com¬ pany to make the changes.
The Cruse-Kemper company re- guested council to place an additional fire plug at the lower end of the plant on the high pressure service. Mr. Kramer stated that this is not neces¬ sary, according to the committee, in view of a proposed change in location of the plug already there.
Mr. Rose stated that no bids were received for tlie macadamizing of Reiffs Mill road and Mount Pleasant avenue, and the ' highway committee was instructed to do this macadamiz¬ ing.
ft was suggested that the supply committee secure prices on a tank car of road oil.
Mr. Kramer, of the liglit committee, reportSKi that for the July 4 ceiebra-" tioii several tempofar.v lights were piaeed on North street, which have sinee been discontinued. An addition¬ al light is asked for on Orange ave¬ nue between Ridge and South Mala . street, and same  was granted.
Mr. Itex, of the fire eomniittce, re¬ ported the lio.se to the chemical en¬ gine requires renewal. The company needs aeid, soda and waste. All of which were left with the supply com¬ mittee to secure.
Mr. Tinner, of the building permit committfe, reported permits issued the Hatboro Baking Co., addition to stable, .fJ; Geo. W. G. Wle.ss, house, $2;  C. J. Kemmerer, house, .f2.
Mr. .Tenliins reported having had the cannon eleaned and repainted.
Treasurer Faust reported as follows: Balance on hand last meeting. $1767.91; Keystone telephone tax, $13.10; Bell telephone tax, $13.90; building permits, $11; gas company, $223.70; water com¬ pany, $1.95; Jno. M. Kirk, .$1; license, $5; trolley pole tax, $6.10; stone sold, $3.79; R. E. Gift, $74.79; taxes, $200; bills paid,  $5;;S.56;   balance,  $1785.78.
The law and order committee re¬ ported one arrest. Two extra officers employed over July 4. The officer's report of the Keystone Telephone Co- w-as  turned in.
1. B. Smith addressed council in re¬ ference to stray dogs and the ap¬ pearance of a rabid dog in Anibler. The letter was referred to the law aridl order committee to take up and report at the next meeting.
Mr. Jenkins moved that the two upper plugs on North Maple street be abandoned,  whicii was ordered.
The following bills were ordered paid: R. S. Ford, officer, $62; street commissioner, $56; extra street work, $81.SS; garbage collector, $8.34; II. G. Stong, extra olficer, $3; C. Seifert. ex¬ tra ottlcer, $2.80; G. M. Deck. $3.80; "Ambler Gazette," $9,55; F. L. Thomas, $1; .L W. Craft. $108; Ambler Electric Light Co.. $368.84; Ambler bank, $10; David Knipe. $83.96; Wissahickon Fire Co., $32; J. G. Danehower, fire insur¬ ance, $30.
Mr. Rose stated that in times of rain water stands over the pavement in. front of Calvary M. E. church. Mr. Acuff reported that David Knipe i,. ready to open Park .avenue, which when graded will relievo condition.'} at this point.
Totals
0
0
0   0
0   U
0
0
1
1
0
B 24 11
1
0
0  X-
0   1-
2
-3
-1
Barren Hill  Man Captured.
Leonard Iho kins, who says he lives at Barren Hill, was arrested after a chase Monday by Policeman Gough, of Philadelphia, after he had paid a visit to the homo of Frederick Fow- les, 2060 NorlH Thirty-third streel/ that city. When searched hia pockets wero found to contain gold watches and jewelry valued at $200, two ham¬ mers, a screw driver and a jimmy.
Mr. Fowles and hia family are away from the city and tho house is closed. Jennie Pickles, a child, saw Hackins enter the yard and try a shutter. She told the policeman who arrived In timo to chase tho man. Hackins kept on until he tripped and fell.
Family Reunions.
During the present summer 10 fam¬ ily reunions will be held on the ground.'! of Ursinus College, CoIIege¬ ville, as follows: July 19, Godshall; July 24, Yost; July 26, Spare; August 9, Hunsicker; August 16, Markley; Au¬ gust IS, Landis; August 23, Hallman; August 30, Bechtel; Sept. 6, Harley; Sept.  13,  Schwenk.
—Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Kneezel, of Overlook avenue. Willow Grove, cele¬ brated their 10th wedding anniversary on Sunday, June 29th.
Boy Drowned at Lansdale.
Seized with a cramp. Jay Albert Earracliff, aged 17, while swimming in Wissahickon creek, Wednesday af¬ ternoon, drowned before his compan¬ ions could answer his call for help. He was a resident of Lansdale. Tho body was recovered by divers several hours later and was found to be Ice cold when brought to the surface, several springs enter tho pond, and it is .-supposed that a cold current of water paralyzed his limbs.
Announcement.
S. E. Dr.'ike, of Centre Square, bass announced himself as a candidate for the oftlce of prothonotary at the com¬ ing primai-y election. Mr. Drake is tho present Incumbent of the office which he has conducted in a highly approv¬ ed and successful manner during his term.
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