The Ambler Gazette 19180418

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Gazette.
I    vo L. XXXV-i^s^o. 14
AMBLER.   PA..
APRIT^
18,   1918
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Baf penincs «t Local Interest to Our Readers.
Evangelistic   Services   Close   at   Cold
Point   Church — Camp    Meade    Boys
Home — Visitors    in     Harmonville — Hickorytown    News—Miscellaneous.-
The pay Car passed over the Trenton Cut-off line on Monday morning,
irred. Strunk, of Flourtown road, has secured a position at the Wiedner farm, ' • \.' .
Mr. and Mrs. Fred. S.trunk, of Flour¬ town road, spent Saturday evening in Norristown,
Mrs, James Kyle and Mrs. George Sheller, 'Jr., of Cold Point, spent Mon¬ day in Philadelphia.
Miss Margaret Curry, of Tyrone, has been the guest of Mrs. William Curry at Harmonville.
Mr. and Mrs. John Supplee, of Flour¬ town road, entertained visitors from Philadelphia on Sunday.
John R. Rapine, of Norristown. was a Week-end guest of his grandfather, John Berkhimer. at Cold Point.
The Steadfast band, of Cold Point, Baptist church, will give a musicale at  the church  hall  next  Saturday.
Mrs! Harry Bowman and two child¬ ren, of Harrisburg, spent Sunday with Airs.  Leonard  Beck, in  Harmonville.
Laren L. Johnson, of Masten, Ly¬ coming county, has been the guest of his' brother, L. A, Johnson, in Harmon¬ ville.
Guy Wheaton, daughter and sister, of Oak Lane, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Johnson at Harmon- ¦ville.
John Berkhimer and daughter, of Cold Point, on Sunday entertained Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Berkhimer, of Harmon¬ ville. „ ,
Miss Mountain and Mrs. Batty and children were guests of Mrs. Willlam McCullough, at Ivy Rock, on Saturday evening.
William Kulp. of Cold Point, has secured a position with G. & AV. H. Corsoii as drivjet of one of their mo<;or trucks
Mrs. Samuel H. Myers and daugh¬ ter Gertrude, of Harmonville, are now both employed in the Lees mills at Bridgeport.
Anna, wife of Harry Fillman, a for¬ mer resident of .Gold Point and.'a member of the Baptist church, ia ci'iti¬ eally ill in Philadelphia.
Mrs.  Millie  Hiltner,    of Carr's  lane.
TREATED WELL IPLYMOUTH'S
OVER IN FRANCE
Letter to Mother From Major Frank Besson.
Busy as Bees and Very Comfortable— ^ts of Brown Bread, Cheese and Vegetables—Glad Red Cross Is Doing Much—Receives   the   "Gazette."
The following letter, dated March 23, from Major Frank Lesson, of the Fir.st regiment of United .States engineers, was recently received by his mother, Mrs. Ethma S. Besson, of Ambler :
AVe are as busy as bees but still very comfortable. War has its bright sides, you know, as -well as its dark sides. Tie jjast few days we've had beauti¬ ful sriring weather and that helps to make everyone cheerful. I happened to get into the big town a day or so ago and looked around for some candy in order to send you. but the sale of candy is now prohibited. Neither ,can one buy cake. The French people have lots of brown bread and chee.se, though. And there's plenty of vege¬ tables, and soon there will be an abun¬ dance. The men in Uncle Sam's army live like kings. Uncle Sam's army in France is growing by leaps and bounds, and soon we'll have one big enough to make a little dent in the Boche   lines,
I'm glad the Ambler Red Cross is do¬ ing so much for our army, From the "Gazette'*!* I can see that Ambler has furnished a large number of men for the army. And I'm sure the.v will all do their share. I'm glad you send the paper* so  regularly.
PAGEANT.
To Arouse Enthusiasm for the Lib¬ erty Loan.
Horsham School Tax 5 Mills. The Horsham township .school board met Wednesday evening of last week at the home of Albert Tyson, Hors¬ ham, with all the members present. A bill of .'$18.50 for coal was ordered paid. After mature consideration the tax rate was flxed at 5 mills, an increase of one mill. James A. Cozens was ap¬ pointed emimeratqr of school children. The next meeting will be held at the home  of  Thomas  P.  .Anderson.
SPRINGHOUSE.
During the storm pn Thursday night a large willow tree was uprooted at the I'esidence of Francis T. Chambers, and a> large cedar tree thVown across the trolley  track  at Greenore farm.
Mrs.   Emily  N.  Vaux  returned  home
Splendid Turnout of Persons, Interests and Automobiles for the Cause— Floats Typify American History — Addresses at the  Schools—Details.
-Xever in the history of Plyjnouth Meeting, has there ever been anything like the enthusiasm aroused, as was witnessed on Saturday afternoon, when Plymouth, AVhitemars'.i and Springheld townships, in the interest of the Lib¬ erty loan, held a remarkable parade of automobiles an,d a pageant of beauti¬ ful floats.
Xearly 100 automobiles and floats were in the line, headed by George Corson, chief marshal. The parade started at Harmonville, th*'fli'st stop' lieing made at t-ie Plymouth Township Consolidated school, whence It pro*» ceeded through Plymouth Meeting tp Hickorytown. to Black Horse. th«M Conshohocken, Spring Mill, Barren' Hill, l-'lourtown and AVhitemarsh, near l<'ort Washington.
Stops were made at the different sc.iools, and after singing by the school children, the people assembled were a,ddiessed by the following speakers, two speakers at each place making short but elfectual speeches : Mrs. Frank Wilson Miss Sallie M. Aiken, Miss Mildred Ci-awford,^ Rev. J. Ken¬ nedy Moorhouse, Judge Miller and Mr. James Gorman.
The floats which comprised the pag¬ eant were headed by f.ie Plymouth and Flourtown Fire companies. The Goddess of Liberty, Miss Evelyn Young, standing against an immense American flag, with nine little child¬ ren, dressed in white, with a red ban¬ ner inscribed "Liberty for the Little Ones," was truly a beautiful and dig¬ nified float. Next the P. O. S. of A., nf Cold Point, TO rnen in colonial cos¬ tumes, standing in a boat representing "AVashington Crossing the Delaware." was most effective. The Plymouth Meeting Red Cross members, dressed in t.ieir appropriate and becoming garb, witlr two small boys, one a .sold- i^r and the other a sailor, was follo\V- | eil  by  the   l<'riends'   war  relief,  having ' sjient a few days in Philadelphia last
Local   District   Congratulated   by Treasurer McAdoo.
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.
Who's Who and What's What in the Two Townshipa.
Sleet Storm Does Great Damage at Friends' Corner—Peculiar Condition of Sumneytown Pike — Personal Events About Blue Bell.
Charles Haley, of Blue Bell, has pur¬ chased a Kord touring car.
A. S. Valentine, of Blue Eell, has moved   to  his  country residence.
C. II. Danehower, of Centre Square, is reported again on the sick lisl.
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Maurice J, Hoover, of Wyn¬ cote.
-Airs. P. A, Meyers, of Gwynedd Val¬ ley, has moved to SUS Euclid avenue, Amliler.
-Mr. und Mrs. AValter Shaeff, of Blue Lell, entertained a number of relatives on Sunda.v.
-Airs. Bayard U. Livingston, of Chestnut Hill, called on friends in Blue   Hell  on  Saturday.
Bayard U. Livingston. Jr., and fam¬ ily moved this week, back to their country residence at Blue  Bell.
Howard Baker, of Centre Square, bas the misfortune tu have all of his horses afllicted   with  distemper.
Mrs. Marietta Hoover, of Blue Bell, is spending a few days with her broth¬ er. ('. H. Danehower. of Centre Square.
.Mr. Roscoe JuntJs and family, ol- -Atlantic^ City, spent Sunday with the former's lather, R. R. Jones, of Blue Bell.
Harney Cavanaugh, of Blue Hell, who works in Philadelphia with his large hauling trucks, spent Sunday at bis home.
I'^our quilts were completed last Thur.sday at the Whitpain high school by the Ladies' Missionary society, of Boehm's church.
The     First-day     School     union     of Friends will be lield at Gwynedd next   until   the   very   last   day   of  the  cam- Seventh-day,  when an interesting pro¬ gram  will  be presented.
William   Walton,   of   Blue   Hell,   tore one    of   the   mu.scles   of    his   hip   one day last  week  when  on  a  visit to his ! bi-other   at   Franklinville.
Airs.   Henry    Drayton,    of    Penllyn.
AMBLER IS HORSHAM AND   '
COMMENDED.   UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Items of Interest to Many Readers.
Subscriptions of $170,000 in the Great Liberty Loan Drive—Prompt Sale of Its Quota Responsible for Telegram and the Flag—The Drive  Is Still On.
The Liberty loan suliscriptions in the Ambler district have now attained the handsome total of .-jlTO.O'OO, consider¬ ably more than tly,' quota allotted, aiiil the drive is still on, with all the cap¬ tains working diligently.
Chairman I'lulei-wooi.l of this dis¬ trict, has received the following tele¬ gram from W. U. McAdoo, secretary of the treasury :
"1 have just received the cheering" news that your city oversubscribed its allotment of the third Liberty loan on the opening day of the campaign. Please convey to your citizens my warm congratulations upon this renew¬ ed evidence of tlieir loyalty and po.- tiiotism. They have deninnsliated t'.ie true spirit of .Americanism. 1 earnest¬ ly boiM' tliat tlieii- ifloi-ts will nut be diminislicii and that iney will cuiitiriue buyin.g Liberty bonds to the limit ot their ability until the last day of the canlpaign. It will not be enoug'i to Kubsci-ibe this loan. It should be heav¬ ily oveisubscrilied. AA'e must send a message tu the German Kaiser that tiie people ot -America are ready to back to the limit ofHheir resources their heroic soldiers and sailors who are risking and giving their lives that free America may triumph over despotic military   goveniinciil   and   that   Peace , •^^^.'^'j^'^j^'  ^^j^
may lie restored to the world upon the stable basis of justice and  liberty."
In the meantime the well organized forces of the district, with the return of more favorable weather, are at work this week with renewed vigor with the determination    to   continue   the   effort
Upper Dublin School Tax Raised—lm- provements at Hallowell—Horsham Boy Operated Upon—Jarrettown and Dresher  Notes.
John Rotelle, ot Dresher. has pur¬ chased a house in Ambler.
John Seiple. of Horsham, has been appointed Democratic committeeman of Horsham.
A. Dieter, of Hallov/ell, spent sev¬ eral days recently visiting relaliives in New Jersey.
John McMullin and family, of Dresh¬ er, spent Sun<lay with I'rank Mick and family   at   Roelofs.
The Ridgewood farms, of Dresher, shipped a line Percheron horse to Le3-> lie. Md., this week.
Aliss Alargaret AVillard. of Hallowell. who has been quite ill, is somewhat improved this  week.
AV'ni. C. Whiteside, of Hairowell, on Alonday shijipeil a load of' beet.s to the PhihKk Iphia   markets.
AA'illai-iI iJylitKep, of Cam]) Meade, sr.enl .-^uturdo.\ and Sunday with hl(4 iiarents  in   Jarrettown.
Aliss Sui-ali llelyer, of. AVashin.gton, D. C, bas been visitin.g Airs. Harvey D, Thomjison,   in   Horsham.
AVilliam C. Whiteside, of HaUowell, on Tuesday was hauling seed potatoes purcnaseil  from James Park.
Raymond L. Tyson, of Camp Meade, spent .Sunday in Horsham with hi» parents. Mr. and Airs. Wm. J. Tvson.
Richard   Vaux.     of   Fatlands     farm, has  been  away  to  an
Harmonville,   spent   several   days   with | Thursday  from   her  southern  trip. Mrs.   AVilliam   McCullough  at  the   lat-       Mi-s.  J.  Cheston .Morris  and  daugh¬ ter's new home at Ivy Rock. ter   Miss   Mariamne     returned     home
The  woman's  missionary  society,  of  having   spent     several   weeks   in     the Plymouth   United  Evang.    church  met i south.
Tuesday  evening at tbe home  of Mrs        Aliss   Alma   Geuther   is   conflned   to William White, Plymouth Meeting. I the house with an attack of measles.
Among  the  local  Camp  Meade  boys |     Mrs.  Joseph  C.   McCabe,  of  Ambler,
home Sunday ' were Fred. Sulzbach, Arthur Roberts, Fred Zeber, Jacob Ruser. Jonathan Cleaver and  others.
was   a   recent   visitor  at   her   parental home at this place. '   .,      " ¦
John  Shields  has secured a  position
Mrs.  Frank  AVilson.   of  Conshohock-   a.-*-.salesman .pf auto supplies In Phila- en,   delivered   an   exceUei)t  address  atjdelphik.      , •'   '- •' the   Plymouth   Consolidated   school   on "    Air. and  Mrs.  Carl Moser have been Monday  niorning on  the Liberty  loan,  spending  several  days  at  Carl  Kueb-
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Christian   Wisler  and ! ler's. children,    of    Lansdale.    and    Charles!     Air.   AIcGinis  and  faniily  have  mov- Rhoads   of   .N'orristown,   spent   Sunday' ed to the hoiis-e vacated by John Madi- -.vitli  Alls,   linvi.l   Hli.'oil.-,  ..;¦   Hickory-  gain
.-.town,-.. r«.        '^'-^JMiMtw-A^-i
D. A.  Nltterauer.  or Cedarville,^To.r-'+i merly of Cold Point, on Saturday par
ticiiiated in the local Liberty loan parade using his new six cylinder Studebaker  car.
childien, some dressed as old-time JFriends and others in some of the gar- .ftients the. unit has been making for its relief Vork. ¦ 3?he .Maplelitirtit Bed $^ross, six- a-Ot<^nliobiles. cleoorated tot,l< Jted Cro.ss flags and . Oiled.with Red :(pross workers, 'wag¦>foUo\ve'd by tUe Norristown (?<>uilt'ie.s 'GaS * l-nectrlfi tto.'s float, fllled with high school girls, tiie Plymouth Towtiship ConsfJidated Sfhoul, the Plymouth Afeetin.g Friends' sc.iool. the AA'omeh's Bible class, of the Plymouth Fvaiigelical church; Spring IjJill school and two Italian floats from Black Horse, all attractive , aivl- vety. well decorated features.
The Boys' orchestra, of the Consho- Ihocken high school, t'.ie Italian band and the Norristown band furnished the music. -       •
The  parade was very wellHianaged
by  the   marshal.   Mr.   Corson,   and   his
Bssistants; and too much praise cannot
: bo given  tn all t'.ie committee and the
; people of iIk?  community,  who Ji^pe4
ifrnmP»!k*,r«ami^imAwS^^ '.'
In   the   line, 'besides   the   townships
week visiting her sister, who 16 re¬ covering from a  broken  arm.      j'
Air. and Mrs. Walter Hand, iames Hand, Mrs. h.lmer t'laviUe. of ;'niue Bell, spent Sunday:aftejtKJon witii Mr. and  AIi-s. ,'-!ailer. of Springhouse. .•
During Friday's storm a large jtihei-ry
paign.
The ladies in .Ambler nlone have re¬ ceived subscriptions to the amount of $52,000.
The ladies' committees have been doin.g a most valiant work, and In many sections litive led the men -a pretty chase for lirst honors. The larg. er tinancial men  h.ave generousl.v sub
aviation camp, has been spending a few days at home.
Rev. Dr. C. M. Haddaway has re¬ turned to Jarrettown after a stay at his .son's at Palmyra, N. J., where ha was ill  with grip.
Chester, the infant son of Mr, and Mrs. James Cooper, of Babylon, Ihas been undergoing treatment in the Wills Eye hospital.  Philadelphia.
AVm. C. Whiteside, of Hallowell, has unloaded another car of manur© at Hatboro and hauled the fertilizer to  his  farm  near  Hallowell.
I-'rank Reeardelll and family, of Dresher, spent Sunday with Joseph Malozzi  and  family  at  Fort Washing-
tree  .just  ea.st  of    the   meeting Jrliouse   made  jus
scribed,   but this  need not  deter  thosa | ^^jj
persons wbo can afford only t'.ie lesser j     nih„™„ .   tjc i:„,. «  »»
amount.s.    Both the Ambler Trust com-1     l^ppias   Reading,   young  son  of Mr.
pany   a
systems
of   bond
Want Farmers to Report.
l''arniers   !n   need   of   farm   workers
representation       were      Mrs.      Cooper, cbairpian ot the Conshohocken. AVhitt
will! and opiiosite the Gwynedd, ;p(isl- oflice was blown oyer, brealiing a' por¬ tion of the wall.       ' , ¦ .
Horace Fraiu.ine. of ...ngar .Ambler, has been canvas.sing the lower- part of Whitpain township fqr the sgle of Lilierty bonds, while Iliram Kcieble, Ol Franklinville has the .upper; sec¬ tion. "
liextep While, of Gwynedd, returned home from the Jewish hospital last S.aturday, having been undergoing treatment since .April 4. when he broke three  bones in his  left foot  while en-
earner as  it   is  to  "lim   who  can   pur-
Mr. and  Airs. AValter V. Allen, of Hal-
one  IS share.
expected  to
Injured   Firemen   Improving.
rin  v,,«  nnrl'    1,'Iv  '°^^'*=". "^"'"^^ entertained by Miss Irene CIO  ms  and     net    .^„p^  g^,,   Clarence  Allen  in   honor of
  : the   former's     birthday   on     Saturday
\ and the latter's on Alonday.
The  severe  storm  on   Friday  played
lour liivraen were injured and sev-i havoc with the telephone lines" through ral others es.-aped serious hurts by a northern Horsham. Three poles wera arrow  rniirgin     late  Saturday    alter-   jq^^.j,     between   the     Norristowii   roa.'li
Walter Campbell and Rav Donley. ' are requested by the Pennsylvania -of Hickorytown, were two of several I oommittee of public .safety to; report hundred employss of the Lee tire and j <hei>' 'a''"'' needs at once to A. S. rubber plant laid off because of short-! Kriebel, Xorristown, farm labor man¬ age of crude rubber. ! a^^-r for Alontgomery county. The °Jacob Hart, John Larkins and j county mauger has lieen appointed es- George Sseller, Jr. of Cold Point, on'j P»cially to keep in touch with the farm Monday motored to Phlladelp'.iia, pur-I help situation and to • furnish . farm chased their seed potatoes and brought ] workers wherever jiossible. same   home  with  them.
Joseph Williams, conductor on t'ne dinkey between Harmonville and Ply¬ mouth Aleeting, has returned t,> duty .ifter having been laid up for a few days with rheumatism.
Miss Gertrude Alyers, of Harmon¬ ville, spent Saturday and Sunday with her aunt. Mrs. Joseph Barrett, in Nor¬ ristown, who was also visited on Sun¬ day by Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Myers.
Stephen Laubert's motor truck be¬ came stalled in the mud,- last Saturday, at Milton Rhoad's coal yard, Cold Point, and about three hours' work was required to extricate the machine.
The effort made by the Plymouth United Evang. church to purcha le a $50 bond of the Liberty loan bids fair to be successful. $43 has been sub¬ scribed and the balance is pledged.
The special evangelistic services held for 10 days in Cold Point'Baptist church by Rev. J. H. Farley, ol Phila¬ delphia, assisted by the pastor, Bev. G. W. Tupper. D. D.. came to a close last Friday evening, during which time 11 persons had signified conversion. "At a later date nhey will be reeeived into the church.
AVilljam AlcCulluugh and family, who resided in one of the .Wbrlght .es¬ tate houses, on Ridge pike, .hioveil Wednesday   of   last   ^vee^   to   the   old
WouM  Jesus  Fight ?
This is the jieriilexing question con¬ fronting many honest people today, and they are unable to answer it satisfac¬ torily. The yuesiion is of Interest to all .Americans, for we are fundamen¬ tally a Christian people. AVhat is the answer ? AVould Jesus be a pacifist or would He shoulder arms and light in the trenches ? and, if so, on which side would He Hght ? With Germany or with the Allies ?
Rev. Ralph L. Alayberry will discuss and answer this <|uestion next Sunday evening at the Alount Pleasant Bap¬ tist church, and we can trust him to do justice to the theme.
The male chorus, with their special music, will be an added attraction.
Service at 7.45 p. m. Everybody in¬ vited. ^^^   ,
Disston Farm Used by Woman's Land Army.
The Disston estate fai-m at Lancas¬ terville is one of the six units of the woman's land army about Philadel¬ phia, and it is in c'.iai'ge of the Chest¬ nut   Hill   national   league   for  women's
er
narrow iniirgiu laie ouuu-uay aiLer- jQ^^.f, between the Norristowii roa.'li noon when the big piimping machine ,„,, -^ym. C. Whiteside's on the Hors- of the AVissahickoii I'ire company, ot_ha,„ ^^.^^ j„j(j j„ y^j^e places the road .Ambler,   skidded   on   the   Sumneytown   ^y^y ilosed
pike  at  ll   point  near  AVales  Junction, i     j(,j,   q   Hjtner, owner of the Hallow- sideswiped a telegrapi. iiole and swept  ^,1 ^.^^^^^ j^^^^ ^^  Hallowell.  contin- ui;ing in the sports at the Cheltenham | the men from one side of t.ie car into   ^gg .j^jth  the  improvements  to his re- high  achool.    In pole vaulting he-.j^lrop- j the  roadway.    Two  of the men     wei-e   cently   purchased    property     aiid   this ......   .,        -. ..jm ,-_   _.   .t^-ris. ...J,.   i._.—«=-- ---e Chestnut Hill hospital and   sveek' has lieoi'i  unloading  r.-Vtili/er  and
».m>^^\^^r£S^'f^^f^sf^^^
'"-'""'5, "r? ¦ , ¦ . , Workers for th.- Liberty loan In  thr
....,, .-,..„.  ....       ^..^     1.....I     ^-   ^-   Kushmore.   assisiaui   (iul   ..i
mar.s.v      Plymouth      and      Spiingfleld | fp„.  ^aim  days have  ciiused  the loii I ! tl>e   Xorth   Wales   company,   fractured
leg, deeii cuts and contusions and pos-
A liioRt peculiar eonilition is? ''rt5)Par-
eht    ori  the    Sumneytown  piite    from , Springhouse  . northward..      The , past
^{iwnshipK,   ar.'l   a   great   many   of   her yommlttee  in  automobiles.
3^:. THIS   AVEICK'S   PROGRAM.
The district workers will, this week, continue the campaign when the fol¬ lowing pro.gram will lie rendered :
T!iJursd>>y sveiiing, at the Pl.\'moutli ConsttHdated school, whfen t.ie speak¬ ers will be Hon. Fletcher W. Stites. Theodore   Lane   Bean.  Esq..  and  Lieu
oil of the  inacadam  bed  to ooze  up  on
tjie surface, and  on  Monday afternoon i •¦«ible   internal     injuries;      Lewis   Fi
the  roadwav  i-esemhled  a   freshly  oiled ^ rington.   Ambler,   cuts   and   contusions
tenant   Somerville'.   a'Canadian   soldier  'y:^'':^L^^t^''^J'^^:.   ^^^'^L'^l hack  from   the    European   battletields. Musicj-will   be rendered  liy  Aliss, Alary McCoy, ,   Alis.s   Atariile.     Air.   Detwiler, Messrs.-Carsop,,Ewing and Corbett.
Friday evening at Sti petfer's l.utb- eian church. ^Barren Hill, when the siieakers will be Miss Margaret E. Ala- guire. of the McCall school, an,d Mus¬ coe Gibson. Music will be rendered by Miss Cassell. H. G. Steele and c.iild¬ ren of the Barren  Hill school.
On Tuesday evening a rally was held in Odd F'ellows' hall. Flourtown, when Rev. J. Kennedy Moorhouse and, Hon. Fletcher W. Stites addressed the meeting and music was rendered by the  St.  Thomas'  church  c-.ioir.
highwav.    It .seems that f.ie oil .cannot i about  the  head  and   face;   Peter  Gai     ,^__    „.,„.,^
penetrate  tbe  bed  and  the  warjintb  of |''ett. sprained ankle and bruises;  John   ever possible the   sun   has   drawn   it   to' the   atirface. I Martin,   Ambler,   cuts,   contusions   and A  covering    of chips  ,,r  dust     will   b-1 shock.    Kiishmoie   and   h'arrington   aro necessary   to  dry  up    the  con-lition   if i in  the  hospital.    All   of them  are  im- the'oozing process is continued. i proving,   and   Alartin   was
The   line     of   the  Postal     Telegraph i about on Alonday
lower end of oHrsluim slate that a su¬ preme effort is necessary to fill t'.ie (|uota. Several substantial subscrip¬ tions have gone to Philadelphia, and it is stated that the local farmers should   subscribe more  liberally  wher-
alile   t(
Ambler  Pupils  Participated.
Students at the Cheltenham town¬ ship high school, members of the sen¬ ior Vslass and of well-known northern suburban families entertained two large audiences Friday and Saturday even¬ ings at the Elkins Park school. The event was the annual production of the elass play and for the two-night affair an original comedy, "Somewhere in AmeriOa," written bv Miss H. E. Alat- Included in the Aliss i
service.    Npne of the units is complete
nnd  recruits are yval\ted;    Xb*J purpose I thews,   was   selected Q„o»f    w,„.w.!..„    , ..      .,      ,,r     ,.       I is -include^   in   flie.. following 'In.stnjC; | ca.st   were     Afiss   Emilie   Weyl ^   siLwn^nan       t''^'*"«^°,'^ '^i"'   "on»-* ' I Ala He   Lu«ar,   Miss   Elizabeth   Water-,.
«   ?we'   company   at   Ivy   Rock.     Mr.       -j iie unit will be run on lines closely ; jfiss   Margai-et   ('ulin.   Miss   Elisabeth
resembling  those  of  a   military   camiJ, 1 .^cuff,   Afiss  Emily .Fretz,     Aliss  Ellen the \yorkers enlisting for the patriotic ¦ (jaftmeier,     Aliss ¦iaarJe<  Scholtzliauer.
«
McCullough is chief of the special o81oer.s of the company. .The vacated house wlil thia week b© occupied; by Edgar E. Miles anti famliy, dfi Atlantic City. Mr. Allies has rented and is conducting t^e blackstnitb shop of the Albright estate. •¦
Last Suhday eventhg a special ser¬ vice was held in the Plymouth United Evang. church for the Ladies' Aid sp- cjety and the steward board of the church. , M,rs. Lemuel Rodebaugh. president of the Ai^. spoke on behalf of ih» society and'conducted ah active canvass" for Increased members. She was successful in securing a half dozen pledges. Mrs. John Ho-iven. treasurer, gave her report and stated there are $144 in th» treasury. The steward board ''uis also hail a prosperous year, and Hhowed its appreciation of the successful work done by Hev. R. AV. J^Iiuiselman. pastor, by gi-anting him an appreciated increase in salary.
On April 1 the Cold Point Baptist church closed its fiscal year, as did all othera in the denomination. The local church made the best showing in all its history, contributing Its full quota, with a 15 per cent, additional increase to all the boards and besides gave $.52 to the siiecial drive for the Baptist laymen's organization. "The church has also prospered in the membership enrollment and in it,s influence in the community. Rev. Dr. G. W. Tupper and the congregation are to be congra¬ tulated ort the showing which is made in the face of increased efforts and calls for help on the part of a half dozen almost equally worthy organiza¬ tions and activities made neces.sary by war-time conditions'.
6er\icie of food moduction. They wil] be given- a week's preliminary traininjf in the unit vegetable garden and when ready for.farm work they will be .sent out    AaX^' '. to   neighboring    farms   in
Arthur Silverman, .-Marciis Tutelman Allah .Craig. Jr., JohiJ Birnbrauer. George ' Bssllngei-; '¦Harry Alackennie, Samuel Boggs. Jay Steele, Carson Gable.  Harold   Butterwortli  and  Fred
squads under captains. Any one who pj-ic Bauer. Included in the audiences displays especial ability and quicknesb at each of ihe two creditable perfoi-m- may become a squad captain. An •. .ances were many prominent people eight-hour day will be the standard | f,nm Elkins Park. Ogontz. Alelrose after muscles are hardened to it, but pm-k, Oak Lane. Glenside, Wyncote, at  first full  working time  will not be; Ashbourne. Jenkintown, Foirt.Washing-
expected.
'•|''armers apjdyihg for workers will gf't tirst service, but if there are more than enough workers to supply this dei- mand work also will he done op es¬ tates and small gardens.
F.ach   girl   will   receive   board   and
ton and Ambler:
$500,000 ih  Liberty  Bonds.
The  -Alan  Wood  Iron   &  Steel  com¬ pany,      or      Conshohocken,       which,
    ^     _        _ t'.iroughout the war, has been conspic-
lodgin^, carfare from town and  $15 a'uous in its generosity to the many de- month  as  wages.    One  monf.t  will  be   mands   made   upon   the   people  of  the
(CoBtlntied on Tata 8).
the shortest period for enrollment. Workers should be between eighteen and fortv vears old and must be certi¬ fied as physically fit for the work.
"In wet weather canning and pra- serving will take the place of outdoor work. Chauffeurs and dietitians will be neede.d as well as farm workers and will be employejl and paid on the same basis as the agriculturists."
country, h»s subscribed $500,090 to tha Third Libertv loan. The Wood com¬ pany subscribed $300,000 to the Second Liberty loan. , ,
Asked to  Appoint  Kulp  Trustee.
The court has been asked to appoint William Kirkpatrick. of North Wales, as trustee of the affairs of John H. Kulp now at the Norristo'wn State hospital. Kulp. who is advanced In years and in a helpless mental state, is in receipt of a government pension anid the beneficiarv of an itisurance on the life of a brother recently _de ceaRedi - - —
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Plant Turn«ct Over to U.S.
As the result of a walkout at the plant <if the John AVood Manufactur¬ ing company, Cons'.iohocken, on the part of some men who were dissatls- tied with wage conditions, the opera¬ tion of the big industry, in every de¬ tail, including that of wages, was. on April 11, turned over, by the firm, to the United States government, in the hope that officials of Uncle Sam will be able to keep the place in operation, and prevent the continuiince of t'.le numerous tie-ups which have occur¬ red lately. It is likely that as a re suit the whole industry will be in re grular operation.
Ambler Red Cross Notes. Aa. opening tea will be given at the New Red Cross headquarters Thurs¬ day afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock. It is Hoped- that every meniber of the Ambler Red Cross will come and bi;ing a friend, that all may .see how practical 'the ni;w quart^>-» 'ar.e„ and learn wliat is ¦'beirig • iiccotnpllshed there.
A general meetin; womein of Amlder wns held athead- cjuarters last i'ri<iny afternoon . at -jS("i)ich a numbei- of women volunteered tie(v.give a riemonstration of their pa- trtatism by taking part in the Liberty loak parade to take place in Phlla- t^elphia Saturday, April 20. All wo¬ men's organizations in and about Philadelphia arc expected to be repre¬ sented In this parade, not only to create a greater demand for Liberty bonds, but to demonstrate woman's work in the war.
All Ainbler women . whd are to par¬ ade are requested to meet at Re,d Cross headqi}prter» at S-IO a. ni. Saturday prepared to go' to Philadelphia by train. Bring: Red Cross apron and cap. and be provided with a lunch. Tbey will g(j in a body from the hendaunr- ters here; j'ui'ther instructions wiU be given thejn (it::that time.
There ivlll be no lunch served this Thursday at headquartiers on account of the tea in the aifternoon.
Mrs. Charles Fox and Jlrs. Fran¬ cine are conducting a sewin.g elass for school girls Saturday mornings. Much interest is being taken and many ^'ai- ments are being fashioned for tjje 'wfee BelgiaiLS and otlier destitute child¬ ren.
The superiority of the motor truck for farm economy of time was amply shown by AValter A^ Allen, of Hallow¬ ell, on Alonday. Leaving his home soon after breakfast with a load of hay for the Philadelphia market, he „, ,-„    .  made the  trip,  unloaded and  i-eturned
chase a motor engine.    The equipment   j^Qjjjg  by  noon
lit -Jthe ¦ VFi«saliickon company—the • .p p,,^^^ Stackhouse and familyj lar.srest jn4 most powerful apparatu.s i jQ,.^g,.,y ^^ Horsham who now le- in the North -Penn sectlon-^ppealetl. gj^^g ^^ Kintnersville.' were recently to  themjand  to aid  in  the  raising of p.^,g,,p„^g   ^y   ^^^   jj.^^   j.^g   chimney.
fhe fuiid a,, detail ot the AVissahickon | .^he house is heated by hot water, and Company; went to North AVales in tlie ^^^ j^^^^ .„ ^^j^ ^^^^ ^.^^^ ^^^ ^j^^ atternoon to give a demonstration to | j.himnev and seemed to affect aUke all the  members and citizens. p^rts of the house.
Laten-wjih la men riding on the big      William   Lightkep.
The North AVales volunteer lirenien nedd township, each side of AVm. Penn »>'« >aising a fund witn which, to,.pur inn, was very badly damaged by thq sleet storm last Friday. The. w'.iole. line, wns badly wreclted between the corner at. the Fvans arid State road.'S; artd as far " as Shadrack AVilliams' house. Nine poles were down between Wm. Penn inn and F. 11. AVhite's resi¬ dence, seven being within sight of the Gwynedd postoffice. One pole was brolten into three pieces, four in two pieces and two were blown completely across the road, while the highway was blocked with a mass of tangled wires, poles and other debris. The line went down .soon after eight o'clock in the evening. .About 4,') men have been employed making- repairs to the line, the greater number of the workmen coming  ft-om  Maryland.
machine ar;d al! equipment in place, a run waa made up Sumneytown pike. Near .Vorth Wales Junction, in order to pass a team, the driver swerved the machine to the left. The two wheels on that side slipped from (he hard roadway to thei soft mud and the ap¬ paratus, weighing- several tons, skid¬ ded and crashed into the pole. The men on that side were swept otf lik- flies.
The apparatus was but slightL' damaged and was brought back to Ambler early iri the evening, when minor repairs were made and it was again placed in aervice........... _..-„._.
of April Zb. Kven a iimue.i ¦;¦ •¦ ¦-¦ '"•"" ',,'•' ",^'= " ?r of monthly drafts in succeed-I •'"""'-''»" Stackhouse s o: lonths,     if  flguie.d  on  the    same ! •*'»•''"   fPes     was   damaged
Cheltenham Calls Draft Quota Unfair. Lower Alerion and Cheltenham resi¬ dents are protesting at the high cinot i of tbe Red Cross ' demanded by the draft authorities ^'or the rnovement of men to cainp in the week of April 28. Even a limite.l numbe: ing' mont
basis, will promptly strip the two su¬ burban townships of their physically lit men in Class 1.
Draft board officials are jiuzzled by a. system which calls ninety men from one group of 2825 registrants and -IC from another group of 2600 registrants. Board No. 2, at Willow Grove, will furnish "9 men on the same calls, board No. ,'!, at Bridgeport, will fur¬ nish i!7- No. 4. at I-ansdale. will fur¬ nish p.v'and No, ."i. at Pottstown, will supply 63 men. All furnish fewer than the First division board, but do not have correspondingly lower registra¬ tion.
one of-'the factors which make the job of the first division board difficult is that hundreds of young men in the A'ork road and Main Line districts en¬ listed or were commissioned and the division has never received credit for more than .50 of these.
Sell   Hens   Gradually.
Uhe United States department of agriculture again advises farmers to sell their hens gradually and not to glut the market immediately after April 20. when the restriction against sale of hens Is removed. Hens should be sola gradually. This will stabilize the market and bring better prices for them. It also will mean more eggs. Every laying hen at this season pr<n- ducee eggs at far less cost for feed J than during the winter. k
BLUE  BELL.
Air. and Mrs. Walter Shaeff enter¬ tained relatlvee ifrom Phillipsburg, N. J., over the week-end.
More damage was done to poles and wires in this vicinity by last week's storm than at any time during the past  very  severe winter.
Aliss Clara Roberts has returned to work,
Mrs. Alexander Miller. Jr., of Sel¬ lersville, is the guest of Air. and Mrs. T. J. Kile.
Bayard IT. Livingston. Jr.. and fam¬ ily -will move from Chestnut Hill to their country residence this week.
Measles and mumps nre still preva¬ lent in   this   communitv.
w'.io  is   the   cap¬ tain   of  the  Jarrettown  district in  the present   Lilierty   loan  drive,  says  that despite tbe fact that several subscrip¬ tions from  the district have gone out- ' side,  he still has faith  that the quota I assigned    will   be   reached.     He   says- j the local farmers have responded gen¬ erously.
I One dav recently while at the Alaple I Glen shops one of James Cooper's horses broke loose and ran towards home near Babylon. Mr. Cooper fol- i lowed in an automobile and overtook jthe errant animal near his home. The j horse was uninjured and no damage I w.as done. The animal was returned ' to the shop.
' During last Friday's storm a large shade tree in J. J. Chambers' lawn, Hallowell, was uprooted, .A large limb from ;i willow tree ..ii Charles Ruth¬ erford's lawn was blown down and several   peach   trees   were   blown   over.
rchard      of and   the work of resetting the trees was neces¬ sary.
The Liberty loan canvass in Hors¬ ham township bids fair to be success¬ ful. axiA despite weather, road and other conditions it is confidently ex- pecte.l fhat the quota of $25,000 will be exceeded. The faithful workers, who have so fai* done exceptional work, are continuing the canvass this week and will try to secure every sub¬ scription   possible.
Bothwell Park, of Horsham, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Park, who is com¬ pleting his first year at Cornell uni¬ versity, Ithaca, N. Y.. was operated upon, last week for appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Park made a hurried trip to his bedsiile, and returned home Satunday with the reassuring new.>? that he withstood the operation suc¬ cessfully, and recent reports are also favorable.
At the last meeting of the Upper Dublin school boaud tbe tax rate foi- the curi-ent year was increased from 8 to 9 mills. The local township has found itself, like all others who desire to maintain established rates of pro¬ gress or even to hold their own, that materials as well as teachers and teaching forces are costing more, and the increase is therefore necessary to meet existing conditions. AVliilo the rate may seem high. It must be remem¬ bered that real estato asses.sments throughout the township are not high, and at the same linio the local shcools are on a idane at least equal -with the nearliy boroughs and first-class town¬ ships.
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