The Ambler Gazette 19170607

              The Ambl
VOL. XXXV.-lSrO.   22
Gazette.
AMBLER.   PA..   JUNK   7,   1917
.^1.75   A   YEAR
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COLD POINT AND PLYiyiOUTH.
Happenings of Local Interest to Our Readers.
Cold    Ppint    Auto     Accidents—George
Corson Wins Shetland Prizes at De¬ von—Ridge Pike Work—Miscellan¬ eous     Events    at    Harmonville    and
Hickorytown.
Clinrles iJlair, o: iipp^r Plymoutli, spent Sjiinclay in Piiiladelphia.
William Wliite, Jr., oi Cokl Point, has pincliased an Overland roadster.
Siiiniiel Sands, of Coltl Point, motor¬ ed to Valley t'orge on Memorial day.
Willard Xiipper, ot (J-Aii Point, went to Willow Grove on Wednesday even¬ ing.
Kdward Rodebaugli, of Plymouth Meeting, has purchase(3_ a Baby Over¬ land.
The Corson reunion will be held next Saturday at the Plymouth Friends' meeting' hou.se.
Miss Catharine Lightkep, of. Cold Point, spent Sunday afternoon visiting Flora Nelson.
Mrs. Hippie, of Germantown, attend¬ ed services at the Cold Point Baptist church Sunday.
Mrs. Groff, of Philadelphia, spent the week end at the home of Enoch Marple, Plymouth   Meeting,
Frank Lemle, of Cold Point, enter¬ tained his father, who resides in Phila¬ delphia, on Sunday
Carl Williams, of Harmonville, has moved to one of the apartments in the Lysinger hall property.
Miss Louise Holland, of Fort Wash¬ ington, is spending some time at El¬ mer Waxler's, Hickorytown.
Mrs. Allen Kirk and son Edwin, of Cold Point, visited Mr. Kirk in the Chestnut Hill hospital Sunday after¬ noon.
The Texaco company has opened a gasoline supply station at Cold Point and Eugene B. Tupper has charge of s^me.
Albert Kline, of Philadelphia, a for¬ mer resident of Harmonville, spent Monday visiting friends in the latter place.
The musical given in the church last Saturday night by the choir of the Cold Point Baptist church was greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Wi-E, Baker and Miss Hallman, of Charity hoapital,- were callers at Cora Shearer's,- upper Plymoruth, on Wednesday.
Mrs. Cora Shearer, Miss Sara Shear¬ er, and M. L. Holland, of Hickorytown, spent Friday with Mrs. Harry Hart, ot Norristown.
nr. G. W. Tupper and wife and sons, Eugene and Willard, of Cold Point, motored to Valley Forge in the after¬ noon on Memorial day.
Miss Catharine Lightkep, of Cold Point, spent Saturday and Sunday vis¬ iting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Solo¬ mon Lightkep, of Plymouth Meeting.
On Saturday night the Steadfast band of the Cold Point Baptist church will hold a strawberry festival in the church hall. Everybody invited. Tick¬ ets 16 cents.
Mr. and Mrs. V. Hastings, of Phila¬ delphia, have moved into the George Frecw estate property. Cold  Point, for
Lewis D. Corson, of Portsmouth, C, a cousin of Walter H. and George Cor¬ son, of Plymouth Meeting, died sud¬ denly on June 1 aged 40 years. He leaves a wife and one child.
On Saturday last the baseball team of the Cold Point P. O. S. of A. defeat¬ ed the Green Goose team, of Consho¬ hocken, by the .score of 24 to B. The game was played on the Plymouth Consolidated school grounds.
Elmer Waxier, of Hickorytown, en¬ tertained the following on Sunday : Mr. and Mrs. William Goodman, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reed, Master Willie Reed, Miss Anna Bimmer and Miss Louise Holland, from Philadelphia.
A quantity of crushed stone has been spread on the Conshohocken pike be¬ tween Harmonville and Plymouth Meeting, and there having been no binder placed over the stone it has been spread pretty well all over th0 road by passing vehicles.
At the Devon horse show last week George Corson, of Plymouth Meeting, won first with a Shetland pony mare and colt. He had three entries. Four ponies which Mr. Corson had sold dur¬ ing the year came in for honors and one took first. Mr. Corson has had seven colts foaled this spring, one of which, however, died. The rest are all doing nicely and promise well.
For the Ridge pike contract, whicn Wm, G. Just is executor, the filling in of the road sides will require about 20,000 wagon loads of earth, a portion of which is now being secured from the magnesia plant at Plymouth Meet¬ ing, where the soil i.s beins removed to open up a new limestone qunrry. Mr. Just has 28 double teams at work and about sa men. and the work will be pushed along just as rapidly as possi¬ ble.
W. B, Cassel, of the Lancasterville crusher, has been awarded the con¬ tract to furnish the crushed stone to tlie three miles of private road which B, T. Stotesbury will construct on his property from Willow Grove avenue to Paper Mill road. The road is 20 feet in width, with concrete curb and rip-rap gutters, and the Lancasterville quarry will furnish all the stone for the whole highway operation.
Two automobiles collided headon at the Mrs. Graham corner. Cold Point, on Sunday afternoon, and the wonder is I hat none of the occupants was injured. Both machines were damaged about the front. One suffered a broken steering gear, axlo and front wheel. This is one of the dangerous places, cornei* of Flourtown road and Conshohocken pike, which the "Gazette" has frequent¬ ly condemned. Both the county and the township should erect large warn¬ ing signs on the roads near the corner, as the Graham house is so located that it is a very dangerous turn. A near accident resulted one evening last week, which was more of a fortunate escape than otherwise. A man driving a Ford touring car dashed down the church hill so rapidly that he nearly capsized and narrowly escaped going into the culvert at the bottom. As it was he made a fortunate escape. On Monday morning a Ford roadster which was standing on the Lancasterville road in front of Dr. Tupper's, somehow leleased its brake, and backing down the grade plunged into another Ford roadster v.-hich was standing at the bottom. One of the rear fenders, a back wheel, shoe and inner tube were smashed. No one was in either car at the time,
(oootlnned on p«c« Q.
FOR A FORT HILL PARK.
Purposes of Fort Hill Memorial As¬ sociation.
FORT BOYS TRIM AMBLER.
Dungan and His Mates Too Nuch for Boroughites.
lo Ambler  Batters  S rike  Out—Carson
Catches a Pretty Game—Victors Play
Scientific Ball—Some Changes Due at
Ambler.
With Warren Dungan in the bu.x Kiirt Washington played the kind of baseball against Ambler A.-A. last Sat¬ urday afternoon on the South Spring Garden street grounds that will return many victorie.s. The Fort boys wer'j un their toes, as they say in baseball, fi om .start to llnish, and when the ninth inning was over they had romp¬ ed liome witli the game liy the score of 7 to 2. Dungan, barring the first .session of the contest, was easily mas¬ ter of the situation. He had the Am¬ bler boys almost breaking their backs going after his fast breaking out curve. 10 of the locals were turned back from the plate Ijy way of the strike out route. In the pinches the Fort star box man gave a wonderful exhibition of pitching, an ¦• when a liit meant a run he either struck tbe batsman out or caused him to hit a Ily that was easy for one of liis supporting cast. Carson, his battery receiving mate, was a tow¬ er of strength on jboth the defense and attack. Roy's record for the nine rounds of play read three runs, two hits, 12 put outs and five assists, with¬ out an error. The Fort boys also .show¬ ed us that they know the game by changing their method of attack after discovering that they were making poor headway against Ambler's pitch¬ er in trying to drive the bSIl out of the lot, and beginning with the fourth period they started to play inside base¬ ball and as a result our fellows had lots of trouble. Starting the fourth session, after Waldis went out on a fly to Robinson, Pennypacker caught our fellows flat footed when he placed a neat bunt a short distance from the home plate. This seemed to rattle us for awhile and before we got our bear¬ ing again two runs were over the plate.
The locals started like winners In the hist inning. Davies walked as a starter and stole second. Wildrick got an infield hit that sent' Davies home from second. Robinson's grounder waa too hot for Kreps and the batter was safe at first. Wodock forced Robinson at second. Scholz singled infield. Wildrick started late for the plate and then attempted- to get back, but was run down for the second out. Martin drove a long single to left field, scor¬ ing Wodock. Scholz also attempted to score on the'hit from Stcond, but was nipped at the plate by A. Dungan's per¬ fect throw to Cai*on. After this only four more than the regulation number of batsmen faced Dungan during the remaining eight rounds of play.
Pennypacjter paved the way for the first run for the visitors by beating out a bunt. Scljolz's error gave W. Dungan a life at first. Carson forced Dungan at second. A moment ^ate^ Carson and. Pennypacker pulled off a double steal, the latter scoring while the former went to second. Leaf fol¬ lowed with a two-b(;^se hit to centre field sending Carson home with the ty^ lirg run. In the i3^«nthX!axaon'8 two- liasc hit, tu'i successive outs and an er-iir tally.
In the next session, the eighth, all j hoys of Fort Was'hington sChool; ""The hopes of ever winning game left us for Rising and Pledge to the Flag" by the  visitors  went  in and  pounded the i Ralph Kistler, of Whitemarsh schools;
Members Will Pay 53 Cents Per Year — Flay to Be Kept Flying on the Hill—Legislation to Be Urged for Preservation of the Historic Spot. A.s .1 if.<ult of tlie .Memoiial day ex ercis_-s, held duiiii^ the iiast three years in the Whileniarsli valley. Fort Washington, the following organiza- (iun has been effected : Pi-esident, itev. C. i-:. Smith; secretary and treas¬ urer, Rev. X. hi. Groton; directors : George IJodenstein, H. M. McAdoo, .Samuel Yeakle, David McL'rork, Wil¬ liam Clymer, l-'red. Kli^sternian, tJ. G. I'unk, Harry Coggins, Jr., George Hom¬ er, George Wentz, Jacob Hinkle, H. Wilson Stahlnecker, Esii., Fred. Kitt¬ son, Williaiii Kerper, Allen Cressman, Georfie Krecker, Kred. Buchanan, Miss i-.mma Comly and Miss M. Ella Ruth. The lirst move of the association, which has already been started, i.s to enroll members at an annual minimum fee of 50 cents. This membersliip fee will be used to furnish funds to keep a flag flying on the old l''ort hill all the year round. Later, it is the hope of the association to urge certain legisla¬ tion that will lead to the establishment of a state i)ark to include the historic environs of the valley.
The association will meet shortly to clo.se up the business of the Memorial day celebration, and at this session cer¬ tain movements that are being consld- eied will be outlined. In the mean¬ time it is hoped that the people of the Wissahickon valley will enroll as mem¬ bers of the association.
The whole movement has had a tre¬ mendous stimulus by the Memorial day exercises held on Wednesday of last week, when the residents of the White¬ marsh valley and environs duly ob¬ served the day, with a parade, songs by the school children, addresses and the vocal music of a double quartet. The parade started from the athletic grounds of E. E. Dungan, and the line of march was to the old historic Fort Hill, where Major R. H. Rolfe, U. S. A., delivered a stirring address. Chief marshal! of the parade was U. G. Funk, and his assistants were David Mc- Crork and John Harner. The follow¬ ing organizations were in line and in the order named : North Wales' band, Wissahickon Fire company, Ambler, with apparatus; Fort Washington lodge.s—Wissahickon council, No. 137; Sons & Daughters of Liberty, Wissa¬ hickon council, No. 100, O. of L A.; In¬ dependent Order of Odd Felows, No. 1123—Fort Washington Fire company with apparatus; Flourtown lodges— Washington camp. No. 784, P. O. S. of A.; Washington lodge Independent Or¬ der of Odd Fellows, No, 178—nourtown Fire company with apparatus, Orei- land Fire company. Cold Point grange, Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1, White¬ marsh; Girl Scouts, of Troop No. 1, Oreland; schools of B'ort Washington , and Whitemarsh; committee and | speakers. •
After assembling at Fort .}|JilI the I following44irogram   was   carried "out:
WEDDED.
CADWALLADER—WILLIAMS. ' Imiire.ssive Friend.s' ceremony char- act^Tized the nuptials, which, on Sat¬ urday afternoon at i> o'clock, at tin- hon.e of the bride's jiarenls, M]-. anil Mr.s. Alfred K. Williams, of florsham. united .Mi.-,.s Florence J. Williams ann •Ml', ilraiit Cadwallader, of 'vVilke.-> Barre.
The roloiiial house offered,a most ap- pr'iiiriate setting lor the event, and the rouii;.s wei'e most tastefully decjrted with i)ott';d plants. The bride, who enteiej the room on the arm of her father, was dressed in white satin and •Jianifci white roses and orchids. She was attended by Jliss Ra.'hei Jarrett, of Hatboro, who wore pink silk and carried iiink snapdragons. The lirides- maids .vere Miss Sarah Packer, of -Newtown, and Mis.s Jemii" Twining, of Horsham, both of whom were dressed in -.vnite satin and georgette crepe and- carried shower bouquets of pink and white snapdragons and sweet peas.
The groom was attended by Mr. Frank liukman, of Wilkes-P.arre, and the ushers were Mr. William Paxson, <jf Ijresher, and Mr. Russell Cadwal¬ lader, of Warrington.
The certilicate was read by John K. Williams, of Germantown, and IJfl per¬ sons attached their signatures. A wodilini,' breakfast was served by Wini- ley, and the bride and groom left, amidst best wishes and congratula- tiims, on a wedding trip to New Eng¬ land.   They will reside in Wilkes-Barie.
Mr. Cadwallader, is a son of Sarah and the late Eli Cadwallader, of Vv^ar- ringion, and holds a responsible iiosi- tion with the Vulcan Iron works, of Wilkes-Harre. Mrs. Cadwallader is well known in Horsham. She is a >;raduate of the Horsham Friends' sihool. where she also served as one of the faeidty. She holds a diploma from Drexel institute, and also attended George School,
AIMSjOFTHE FIRE, COMPANY.
President Knight Speaks Confidently cf Ihe Present Year.
OBITUARY.
MRS. CHARLES BLATTNER, Mrs. Charles Blattner, of DeKalb street pike. Centre Square, died last l'"riday, aged 50 years, after a short illness. The deceased leaves a hus- bandand one child.
Funeral services were held on Mon¬ day and interment was made in St. John's Lutheran  cemetery.
Probing   Negro's  Death.
Coroner McGlathery has been prob¬ ing the death of Harry Warwick, a negro, 38 years old, who died suddenly in the Abingrton hospital from a cause unknown to the doctor, having been ad¬ mitted with a broken thigh, said to have been sustained by being run down by a railroad train while driving a team across a crossing.
It is reported that the broken bone was set and doing nicely when the man suddenly died. Practically no de¬ tails as to how the man is supposed to have met with the injury was in the hands of the hospital authorities.
Diplomas Presented Hatboro.
14 graduates received diplomas at the commencement of the Hatboro high school Friday night. Dr. Calvin O. Althouse, of Philadelphia, made the address to the class, and the diploma awards were made by W. W. Wilgus, Members of the class were : Franklin Palmer Flowers, Jr., salutatorian;  Miss
Re«: A.  cf SdiHSi'
Methodist   Rplscopal   church.     Ambler gave   the   Fort  boys   their  third j ],incoln'.s Gettysburg speech and chui-
us,   "Ame^rica,^ by  the   seventh   grjjde
iMBier.bx I Alice Eli*ibeth Sheldon, valedictorian; "^Cinvar^ I Miss  Julia. Van  Horn   Sl»ck,    Charles
ball to all corners of the field. Fou runs were scored. The slaughter hap pened in this manner. Kreps opened the period by striking out and then the fun began. Waldis and Pennypacker hit to Scholz and he fumbled both. W. Dungan singled, sending Waldis home. Carson also singled, scoring Penny- packer. Carson stole second. The in¬ field now playing in close and Leaf bounced a single over Wildrick's head sending W. Dungan and Carson home. This was all and it was enough.
Scholz is surprising his many friends by his poor playing at short this year. Thus far he has made no fewer than nine errors, and he seems to have lost confidence in himself. Fred, gave us many a thrill la.st year and it is hoped that he will soon start and play the game of which he is capable. He is a great favorite, and local fans prefer seeing him at short than any one else, but Manager Egolf feels that a short rest may do Scholz good so next Sat¬ urday a new man will likely be found at short.    Following is the score :
FT. WASHINGTON
r h   o
Waldia, 2b   1 0   1
Penny, cf    2 11
W.D'gr»n,pl 1   1
Carsor. c     3 2 12
Leaf, rf      0 2   0
A.D'gan. ItO 0   1
Hetzell. 3b 0 u   2
Fialier, lb   0 0   8
Kreps, ss    0 0   1
AMBLER
r  h   o a e
3   6 DavlB, If    1110 0
0   0 Wrick, 2b 0   1   2   3 0
1 R'Bon, cf    0   110 0
0 W'ock, Sb   1   0   0   5 0
0 Scholz. BS   0   1   2   3 3
0 M'tin, lb     0   2 13   1 0
0 Haff, rf      0   1   1   0 0
0 Ritchie, c    0   16   10
1 M'cll, p        0   0   12 1 McG'ey, o   0   0   0   1 0
Totals      7   6 27 IB   2     Totals      2   8 27 16   4
Fort Washington 0   0   0   2   0   10   4   0-7
Ambler  20000000   0-2
LEAGUE STANDING.
W. L. P.C.
Glenside  6 0 1.000
Bethayres  4  2 667
Jenkintown 8  3 500
Ambler  3 3 500
Willow Grove  1 5 167
Fort Washington  1  5 167
Result of other game.s played : Jen¬ kintown 2, Bethayres 3; Glenside 16, Willow Grove 1.
STANDLXG OF CLUBS.
Where they play next Saturday : Ambler at Jenkintown, Fort Wa.shing- tnn at Glenside, Willow Grove at Beth¬ ayres.
Held   Up  By Thugs.
Willow Grove police are trying to locate two negro highwaymen who held up Harry .Schwartz, early Monday morning and relieved him of $26. The liold-up took place on Davisville road, in Moreland township, near Willow Grove.
Schwartz, in his statement to the Abington police later, said that the highwaymen leaped from the shadow of a clump of bushes and grabbed him. While one heavily-built man held him, the other went through his clothing and stole his money. Moreland township has no organized police force, and .Swartz reported the affair to the Ab¬ ington station.
patriotic songs and drill by the pupils of the Flourtown public school. The following songs were rendered by the double quartet: "Tenting on the old Camp Ground," "The Flag of the Free," and "Soldier's Farewell." -Ad¬ dress by Major R. H. Rolfe, United States army, following which Rev. C. E. Smith, pastor of Zion Lutheran church, made a short address outlining the puriioses and object of the Fort Hill Memorial association. The exer- ci.ses closed with the singing of the "Star Spangled Banner." Later the Fort Washington school and O. of I. A. distributed floral tributes in St. Thomas' cemetery while like services were performed in Union cemetery and Springfield cemetery by Whitemarsh school and Sons and Daughters of Libertv and Flourtown school and P. O. S. of A.
Firm Takes $300,000 in Bonds.
The largest single subscription to the Liberty loan from Conshohc ken was made by the Alan Wood Iron and Steel company, of Conshohocken, which has subscribed a total of $300,000. This amount, with individual subscripiicms, brings the town's total to *v:.sr,,000, which already exceeds the town's cjiiota. An active campaign during the present two week.s, will be carried on b\ the banking institutions and public siniited men of tlie two boroughs, who hope to double the present amount during that time. This hope is largely based upon the card payment system, dw li on .several days ago. and none of wliich ! has been counted to date, sime the payments will not start until next week.
The subscription of the Alan Wood company was placed through the two local banks the First National and the Tradesmans, in equal amounts The First National has subscribed fli'.OOO for itself, and the Tradesman's $1.VOOO, In addition, the First National reports $24,650 of individual subscriptions, and the Tradesman's has $35,600 from the same source. In West Conshnlio' ken, the People's hank has subscribed $L',000, and reports individual subscriptions of $3150,
William Longhead, Mis.s Kayjryn Blsle
Allen,   - Miss   Fiances,   Mae   Peterson,
Miss Helen  Craven,  Miss Edith  Kratz
Gehman, Earle Haslett Yerkes, William
Bush   Kooker,  Miss  Emma  Mae  Park,,.
Miss Cecia Hodges, Carl Joseph Goess- | 5'".'*'«„ap<' ,E-  '^'"^i}'* ,C;rajrt;   auditors.
Hopes to Be Located in the New Build¬ ing—Double the Membership and Materially Decrease Indebtedness — Officers Elected for the Year.
President II. U. Kni«!it, of the Wis¬ sahickon 1-ire, rumijany, at the annual meeting last III ;day eveniny, coniidLut- ly outlined liiB hopes for the company during thij present year. Jlr. KuiKiit had just been re-elected president, and his impromptu remarks may be con¬ strued as a pjatfurm foi the company. After thanking the members for the evidence of their renewed confidenc'.>, he said that with the help of the mem¬ bers the company can double its mem¬ bership during the year; it will en¬ ter its new home, it will be one of tho vei-y best equipped suburban compan¬ ies in the county, and he hopes to see a material reduction in its outstand¬ ing debt. "Every residentj" said Mr. Knight, "and especially eveiy property owner, should become a member of the comjiany, and not only pay his $1 per year, but should also take an active in¬ terest in the affairs and conduct of the lire company."
Secretary Brown read the minutes of the meeting held on May 18, and Lewis Farrington, of the board of en¬ gineers, reported the company's appar¬ atus in good condition.
Alexander Niblock, Jr., was elected to membership.
Wm. J. Devine, of the auto chemi¬ cal committee, reported that the Pierce-Arrow machine is in the paint shop. It has been equipped with new fenders.
Watson K. Phillips, of the building committee, reported that work on thei building is progressing steadily. Lath¬ ers are at work inside, and the slag roof was put on last week. The ques¬ tion of the telephone lines was left with the building committee, as was also that with regard to the construction of a cess pool. Partitions are almost ready for the reception of the jail cells, and it was left for borough coun¬ cil to decide whether or not to use the cells in the present lock-up. 100 keys were ordered secured for the building, and the selection of furniture was left with the building committee.
Mr. Devine, of the Memorial day committee, reported that the company participated in the Fort Washington exerscises and made a creditable sliow- ing.
Treasurer Jesse F. Davis reported as follows : Balance on hand at last meet ing, $466.32; receipts, $679.67; or. ders paid, $6S6.33, leaving a balance of $460.66. The auto chemical fund contains $793.67.
On June 19 will be due the note for $650 given the American LaFrance Fire Engine company and representing the balance due on the $7000 motor fire apparatus, and the firemen decided to pav $300 on the principal, the interest and to renew for the balance.
The following officers were then elected : President, H. G. Knight, Esq.; vice president, J. M, Haywood; secretary, Wm. J. Brown; assistant secretary, Jesse Hayden; treasurer, Jeswe P.- Davie; aWef,. ,A.-R.^ayden; trustee, Wm. S. Acuff, Esq.; represen¬ tatives to the Firemen's Association of Montgomery County, A. R. Hayden, Wm.   J.    Brown,   Albert   Kulp,   Harry
ler and  Channing Jesse  Barnes.
Killed at Grade Crossing.
Fatally injured when the team in which he was riding was struck hy a train at Bonair station, north of Wil¬ low Grove, Henry Wamick, of near Hatboro. died in the Abington Mem¬ orial hoispital. .'»    1 ,        I.
Flags Raised at Cheltenham. Cheltenham village turned out en- masse Saturdav for a double flan-iais- ing. Headed by the Stetson Military band, of Philadelphia, and a del lil of mounted officers, the Grand Arm; \et- erans. several hundred .school children and a number of civic, fratei-n.il and community organizations march< d in parade. The first flag-raising wis at the plant of the Rowland Shovel com¬ pany. The second, in reality a com¬ munity affair, was pt the fire st itlon of the Cheltenham Fire company. Con¬ gressman Henry W. Wat.son, of I.ang- horne, was the jirincipal speaker.
Fire at Roslyn. When an oil stove exploded in the kitchen of the home of John Mitchell and family, at Roslyn, near Glenside, Sundav the family escaped injuiv. but the resulting fiie destroyed the house. Through the efforts of neighbors and vohmteer firemen from York road su¬ burbs, much of the furniture w.'i- sav¬ ed    The loss will total nearly $2r)U0.
Horsham  Man Before the Court.
Charles Satterthwaite, the 18-year- old boy of Horsham township, and Charles Paxson, age 18, of West Phil¬ adelphia, two former fellow students at the George school, were arraigned be¬ fore Judge Miller, Thursday, on charges arising from a series of entries made by the two young men in no fewer than six private garages between Willow Grove and Horsham on the nights of March  13 and  14 last.
Both are of excellent families, brought up under the best of environ¬ ments, and have had unusual oppor¬ tunities. The two had taken an auto they found standing along the street in West Philadelphia, took a ride in it to the home section of Satterthwaite, and when the stolen machine failed, sought to get out of their difficulty, according to their explanation to the court, by entering the various gar¬ ages, removing valuable parts from various machines and trying to flxe up their difficulties, even planning to take another machine, in order to get back to their respective homes. A stolen license on a stalled car finally led to their  apprehension.
The revelations of the conduct ot the youths and their failure to realize the enormity of their actions proved a shock to their friends, especially .is Satterthwaite was regarded as an ex¬ pert in the handling of automobiles and all mechanical work.
Since their apprehension, Paxson, as a result of an examination by a mental expert. iJr. Theo. Weisenlierg, who declares that Paxson has no moral sense whatever, has been under treat¬ ment at the Gladwyn sanitarium for mental and nervous disorders. The physician told the court that Paxson has a very bad family history, men¬ tally.
In view of the tact that full restora¬ tion had been made and other condi¬ tions attending Judge Miller suspend¬ ed sentence in both rases.
C. A. Hibschman, G. W. Frankenfleld, Robort H. Kepler.
The following bills were ordered Iiaid : Ambler Garage. $31.07; "Amblt^r Gazette," $5.75; Wm. J. Brown, salary and postage, $40;  J. F. Davis, $10.
.Secretary Brown read an interesting- report of the company covering the year. The memliership increased 52 and is now 262 Apparatus added to by the purchase of two motor ma¬ chines, new fire house started, six alarms responded to. Receipts during the year total $3484.17; expenditures, $.1550.91;   balance,   $465.32.
A committee was appointed to pre¬ pare proper resolutions on the death of Samuel W. Burke, of Broad Axe, a member of the company.
rrackwalker Loses Foot, Three Fingers.
Thomas Hapey, of Willow Grove, a trackwalker on the I'ennsylvania rail¬ road, was seriously hurt, near Horsham station, on the Trenton Cut-off, Friday night, when he was run down by a west bound freight train. He is at Charity hospital, his right foot and three fin¬ gers of his left hand having been am¬ putated. He also suffers from internal injuries.
Haney was inspecting the east bound tracks when a heavy freight came along. He stepped out of the way of the draft of cars, but failed to notice a fast freight on the west bound tracks. Before s^' " could step to one side, the locomotive struck him, and he was drawn part way beneath the wheels. His body was hurled in a peculiar position, for the engine passed over his right foot and his left  hand.
According to railroad men, who were at the scene almost immediatelv afterward, Haney must have retained sufficient presence of mind to throw liis body to one side, after he fell, and this probably prevented his instant deatii. The Internal hurts were sustain'-d when he was struck by the engine.
Nurses Graduated in Norristown.
From the Norristown hospital the following nurses were recently graduat¬ ed :
Department for men—Thomas Wil¬ liam Boyle, Grace Victoria Hill, Walter Irvine Hitchcock, Helen Mae Hodgert, Charles Henry Hoffman. Loyall Leslie Momby, Clara Catherine Saulsburj', Sara Swarner and Maude Demottia Todd.
Department for women—Vernie Lulu Ault. Rva Wiltrout Berg, Winnie Gaw Clarke, Madaline Jane Clarke, JIarie Elizabeth Cloherty, Anna S. Fallen, Maltha lOm'dia Goerdel, Eva Tiarbara Gugelmeier. Mary Theresa Mullen, Florence Electra Mundorlf, Margaret Veronica Murphy, June Alta Newton, Mary Peterman, Mary Katherine Weil- er and Ada Elizabeth West.
York  Road  Motorists Warned  of Speeding.
Asserting that automobilists are us¬ ing the Old York road within the lim¬ its of the borough ot Jenkintown as a real speedway. Chief of Police Thomas ordered his men to get busy and time violators. Saturday Motor Cops Kil- lian and McCreary listed just about 100 offenders and on Sunday the number was equally large. Warnings and sum¬ monses have been sent out.
Chief Ihirgess Andrew Graham, in view of the exceptionally lai'ge list of violations reported, authorized the issu¬ ance of this warning.
"The action of the Jenkintown offi¬ cials is not to be regarded as a crusade. The motorists have brought it on themselves. It is simply an effort of the police department to regulate traf¬ fic conditions within the borough, so that the town's highways will at least be fairly safe for pedestrians.
"That 'pull' so many drivers fondly claim they have will be absolutely use¬ less, in all events where the violation charged is that of passing of trolley .ars stopped to take on or discharge passengers. It will be equally useless in flagrant cases of speeding or in cases where tlie motor cops charge 'reckless' handling of cars."
—Doylestown may have a larger foundry before long. The Doylestown Agricultural works owners are making plans for a Inger foundry which will employ many more hands.
—Four carloads of peanut and grain separators have been shipped to Te.vas by the Doyl< stown Agricultural works.
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Items of Interest to Many Readers.
Negotiations on for Sale o*,' Part of Hallowell Estate, Hallowel'—Hors¬ ham Fire Company—Fire at Hors-; ham—Jarrettown and Dresher Evenisl of Interest.
.Mrs. C. Lane, uf Dresiier, spent Fri-< . day in Pliiladelphia,
iMiss Jennie  Shalfer,  of Jarrettown^ has a new Saxon touring car. I     Walter   Paxson,     of  Hallowell,     lia.q . been laid up with German iiiuasles.
--V. D. Barnett, of Dresher, received ,a carload of chestnut coal la.st week. I A daughter has been born tu Mr. and, I Mrs. Howard Hubbard, of Hallowell. I Charles McCormick and wife, oC ; Dresher, visited Philadelphia on Frl- I day.
I Mrs. Kirk Radcliff, of Prosi>ectville, I has been suffering with a sprained .ankle.
Cliarles Donat, of Philadelphia, spont , Memorial day at his parental home ia Jarrettown.
Mr. and Mrs. Gouak, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday at the K. G. E. home, Davis Grove.
Robert McMullin, of Philadelphia, spent Memorial day with his parents in Dresher.
The Horsham board of road super¬ visors met Tuesday evening at Nash'ij hotel, Hallowell.
John .McCormick, Jr., has sold hia Ford runabout to the Singer Sewing; Machine company.
Grace Worthington, of Willow cot¬ tage, l''ordhouke farm. Three Tuns, has been ill  with measles.
The tenants who have taken Wm. D. Lewis' Jarrettown house for the sum^ mer, have moved therein.
Margaret and Pauline Fenton, oC Dresher, spent the week-end with theii* grandfather in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Potteiger, and!
daughter, of Camp Hill, spent Sunday;
with Mrs. Randal Fenton at Dresher.   .
Daniel   Iredell,   of   Jarrettown,   haS
been  suffering from ' a  sprained   back,
sustained while lifting a heavy bundle.
Lewis  Qulnby  and  family,  of Holi-
cong,  formerly   of   Three  Tuns,   called
on C. W. Willard Sunday at HallowelU
Benjamin    Eves    and    family    and
George Schaffer and family, of Jarret-*
town, motored to Valley Forge on Sun-i
day.
George Pry, of Eureka, was painfully) injured by a fall of about eight feet from a portion of the new barn of A, A,. Nash.
Joseph VanLuvanee, of Philadelphia, spent several days last week with hia sister, Mrs, Charles McCormick, of. Dresher.
E. C. McConnell and family, of JarM rettown, spent Sunday with Mrs. Mc- Connell's sister, Mrs. Gowell, at Pen- sauken, N. J.
The board ot managers of the K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, has been con¬ sidering the installation of Delco lights at  the  home.
Ridgwood farm, of Dresher, during? the past week, has received several cars of coal, one of crushed stone and. one  of  shavings.
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Arnold  Marsland  and', Mrs. Ward, of Philadelphia, were Sun¬ day guests  6f 4lr. aiid . A&s.. E^-".'- (>;- Henry at Hallowell.
John Chapelle, of Philadelphia, presit dent of the board of directors of thet K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, visited th» institution  on  Sunday.
Mrs. Benjamin Eves, of Jarrettown, has returned home improved in healtlj after having been undergoing treat¬ ment in the Woman's hospital, Phila¬ delphia.
Miss  Susanna L.  Walton,   of Hors¬ ham, returned  Friday from St. Luke'a * hospital.  Philadelphia,   where she  suc-l cessfully underwent an operation sev¬ eral weeks ago.
The remains of Patrick McCormick; of Dresher, were laid at rest, Saturday morning, in St. Anthony's cemetery. Ambler. The deceased was a ^veIl known business man of Dresher and owned the blacksmith business there, although for some years he had lived retired.
The War Relief society, of the Jar¬ rettown branch of the Xeedb'worlc Guild, w'ill hold a supper and sale of cake, candy and ice cream at the home- of the Misses Blokiston, Cherry Lane- farm, I>imekiln pike and Fort Wash¬ ington road, on Saturday, June 16; from 5 to 10 p. m. for the benefit ct the Red Cross, Supper 25 cents. Seed¬ lings, bulbs, etc., also for sale.
Children's day, in the Jarrettown M. E. church, will be celebrated on Juno 17, and next Sunday morning at 10.45 the pastor, Rev. Dr. C. M. Haddaway,. will speak on the subject "Heart- Touched Men," and in the evening oa "The Man With the Measuring Line." This Wednesday evening after the prayer service there will be an election of trustees. The pra^-er service topia will be "The Chastisement of I»ve."
The Horsham Fire company met Monday evening and held an interest¬ ing session. A festival will be held on Saturday evening, June 30. In the ab¬ sence of Jeremiah Kelly, who is em¬ ployed at night, Davis W. Sill, ot Ho-rsham, was appointed assistant chief. Work on the new fire truck is expected to be completed shortly, and in the meantime the apparatus room of the company is being plastered. The company netted $13.63 by the re¬ cent benefit.
Reports are current, and same arel not contradicted, that negotiations are( in progress for the sale of that part of the Hallowell estate, at Hallowell, lying on the northwest side of the Doy¬ lestown pike. In reply to a <iuery from the "Gazette" on Tuesday Mrs. Hal¬ lowell said she did not then know for sure whether the place is sold, which shows that the negotiations are draw¬ ing to a close. Rumor says that if tha sale is made the purchaser will cut up the  tract into  building  lots.
On Saturday evening the bungalow, of Mrs. Alice Burley, on Saw 'Mill lane, waa discovered ablaze. The pro¬ perty had been rented by Rev. Mr. Weikel, of Philadelphia, who had mov¬ ed some household goods therein, but. was not then residing in the house. The Platboro and Horsham fire com¬ panies and neighbors responded, anrli most of the personal property waM rescued although some of it waa brok¬ en. The bungalow waa burned down and a newly planted garden was also damaged. Tlie loss to the house is partly covered by insurance. The pro¬ iierty was originally a part of the FJ~ mer Potts farm, and the barn on tho plot was twice destroyed by fire.
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