The Ambler Gazette 19180704

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AMBLER.   PA..   JULY  4,   1918
81.75   A   Vl^lAR
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings oi Local Interest to Our Readers.
AMBLER IN FIRST PLACE.
OBITUARY.
Leads Race in Montgomery County Baseball League.
Lieutenant   Corson  on   Way  to   France   Trims   Doylestown   in   Torrid   Contest,
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Church    Notes   —   IVIiscellaneous Items  and   Personals  From   Harmon¬ ville,   Hickorytown   and   Narcissa, Mr.-.  Bavid  Smith and son.s,  ul  Cokl
I'oint,   spent   Tnur.nday   with   relatives
in Wyndmoor.
Willard  Tupper,  ot  Cold  Point,  will
leave this week fur a Htay with friends
lu Pittsburgh.   . ^
Mr.s.   Joel   Wolf   and   sons   have   re¬ turned to Cold Point after a visit with
relatives  in  Cynwyd.
Mrs. Ciirter and daughter, Mrs. Kulp,
au I ihildren, of Cold Iioint, ]iave gone
to  -Vlendan,  Conn.,  on
Point, have a  visit.
\/alt  r   !?5taley,   ot    I'liiladelpuhia.   i« ' t„iniy  .ud  their duty, spending   some     tune   with   his     aunt. Miss Billie  Kerper, at Cold  Point.
Uaniel Hallman and daughter, oC Philadelphia, visited- John Berkhimer an.l daughter in Cold.J^nt on Thurs¬ day. , ¦¦'"-
Mrs. Maud Raymond and son, of Wilmington, w
MATTI ll.V.S   C.   BBTTBUA.
•Multhius C. Dettera died at his home, Lindenwold avenue. Ambler. Pa., last Thursday atternoon. death heing Aue to a .-stroke which he ."suffered the Alon¬ day previous. The deceased, who was ijl years of age, was a resident of Am¬ ljler for almost S5 years. For about 20 years he was engineer and miller for J. Watson Cratt. Afti i leaving the l.'itter's employ' he oiiened a^ sales place for farm ni.ichineiy, accessories and seeds un IJutler avenue, which business   he   has   conducted   with   his
Mr. Dettera has long been a director of This does! the Am!)ler IJuilding it l.oan associa¬ tion and also lung an active ni'-mher of Washington com|i, Su. 21.^. P. O ri. of A., and <Jdd Fellows' lodge of Am¬ bler.
The deceased was born in Skippack township, and was the .son of the late Jonas and Elizabeth Dettera. His father   was     long   a   resident   of    this
un the hla<'ksnijth  busines.'-'.
The   deceased   leaves,     besides     his
4 to .2—Robinson  Makes Timely As¬ sist  and   Then  Scored  Two   Runs  by
ong   Single—Three   Double   Plays , ko„ tor the past nine or 10 years —Souderton  Wins,
IJUA lestown 2, Amljler 4. not tell ,ill the .-:tury of the contest that uur fellows had wilh the IJucks comity seaters, but as a beginning il is sulli¬ cient to let the results be known. The average tan. Iiowever, wants lo lind uul how it all happened. To start with the game was played at iJoylestoWn, and  a   big  crowd   went   up   lo  root  fur
the  Ambier  t'iim;  aud   il   we  are  any \ township,     wdiere   he   carried judge uf looting the Ambler fans cer
i.eg.irumg the game. It was cer-j ^^'fe, tw^o daughters and a son, wbo faimy w*j t.i ^uuii^ miles to see. There I are ; Elizabeth, wife of Frank D; was iilenty oi g..od .iitting, e.'<cellent''"'a'tman; Esther and Walter. The lieldiug aud splendid base running, anl 'alter two are luimanicd iind live at without a doubt tiiere never uere two home. The deceasetl is also survive,1 teams lliiit woiked any hiinler lu \>iii by two sisters and a brother : I'.'liza- i  basebiill game than did  Anibler and   beth,   wife  of     Thomas   D.   rfnyder,   of
.   ,  ,r      ,,       ^;'«^ '•''C.«?"t suests Ot Mr.   jjoyi^gfo^^.j,   OJ,     ^,,;j^     occasion.     Both i l-ansdale;   Tillie,   wite   of   William   H., and Mrs Bert Frederick of upper Ply ' teams   were  keyed  up  for  the contest,' Ji'imlv of  Logan,  and  Isaac,  of Phlla-
muuth.
as u, defeat f.,r Doylestown  meant the :'If^'l'^'a.     The   remains     were     viewed
John Mu.sselm<an, of Reading, spent ,,j^j. ^^^ ,i,.j.j place "in the league,'and Monday evening by relatives nnd Saturday and bunday in Plvmuutn .^ victory for Ambler might possiblv 1 Mends from 7 to !l o'clock. Interment Meetmg with his son. Rev. R. W. Mus- , j^j^^.g j^ j,, j,^g j^^^, j^ appeared, too, | W'i« made the next day in Rose Hill selpian. wiii^,..., ••  f'^i,i ''^at   the   fans   for  mibs  around   must j cemetery.
Jacob Har,  of    The Willows,    Co 1 ^ have known this fact, as the crowd, it ! 	
Point,    nas   had   splendid   success     n   j^ g^;,,    „.,^^ „^ i ^^ ^
hatching   Muscovey   ducks,   getting   ib | ever witnes.sed u ball game in Dovles- out of IJ3 eggs. town ¦   i'.:   i,'
Plymouth   lownship   road   supervis
Drake Short  $14,351.96
During his six-year term of ofltce as
_   . , .    , , .   .   i Prothonotary  of     .Montgomery   counly,
o-s are engaged in spreading the cou- i   . Robinson proved to be a thorn in the  gyivester B.  Drake,  of Centre  Square,
?:S,:f'^?./"f.„^ i.."„,?rnrt!/n„   ?hJ«"1,%f Ooylestown  as it was hi.s splen-Uisapprapriated  the  sum  ot $14,351.96.
did throw to R. Wodock in the htth according to a report filed with the .session that brolie up ine Bucks coun- court recently by Controller Williami:. ty boys' rally as it enabled the latter Heebne- to get the ball to KlumP in time to catch Quimby at third after he had hit for two bases, scurnig both R. Hard¬ ing and Mayer. .N'ur wa.s this all that Robinson did in bringing about the de
tents of two caidoads of tar on the township roads.
A flag staff was erected last week in front of the beautiful new office building of the American Magnesia & Covering company.
Mr. Peacock, Joel and Henry Wolfe, of Cold Point, and others, have return¬
ed  after  hav-ing  spent  a  few  days   in | j^at   of   Doylestown.     With   the   score ISew Jersey fishing. ,! 2 to 1 in  favor of the leaders,  in  the
Mr.
and     Mrs    A.   M.   Hendren,    of | j^j^   period,   he" came   to   the   bat
Scranton.   have   been   spending   a  few
days    WUh   Mr.   and Wood,  at  Xarcissa
Mrs   Charles   E,
witl;
two   on   bases   and   lie   drove   the   ball ever  second  for a long single, scoring
Sliortly after the discovery of Drake's malfeasance in offlce, which led to his arrest and imprisonment, the controller's ciftic'e began an in¬ vestigation' of the prothonotary's ac¬ counts iind discovered a shortage' of $71i'i5.21. "Claim for this amuunt was made prior to Drake's arrest and con
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.
Wruj's Who and What's A'hai in the Two Townsihipis.
WAR  CHEST. Notice to AK   Employes of the  Follow¬ ing Plants :
Keasbey ,.\i  .Miittison Co.
Asbestos Shingle, Slate & Sheathin:; Co.
Cruse-Kemper Co.
Houpts & Townsend Co.
Tho treasurer of tlie War Chest di-
  rects that all persons employed by the
.,., ., ' abu\e named ulaiils shall make munth-
::'«"." .^."'¦j '^"i'ly.^erj guestS'i ly payment of pledges, each one at hi.s
or her pla<H of employment, to the iilli- cial ot the pliiul appolnteil to receive or  collect   the  same.
In   complying   with   t'.iis   new   older I every   employe   is   doint;   his   patriotP' • duty   to   the   War   Chest   orgiiuiziition | and very niiiteiiallv aiding in its effec¬ tive wcjrk.
HORSHAM^ dND UPPER DlBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Items of i IVIany Readers.
K'<t   to
ot 'J. DePrefontahie, of Blue Bell, on feUiiilay.
1 liink Hibshman ai^l family, of Dpi' JJell, have gone to Debanon for a fev. (lays.
Mrs. H, Bentley Middleton, of Ger¬ ma utouii, was a rei'cnl caller on fri' .1 Is in Blue Bell.
J'r. E. A. Rile and family, uf Am¬ bit.. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. r._ I   R'lF;  ot  Ulue Bell.
'I II" slorm on Sumlay afternoon put th.; I'l. ctrlc lights out of service in sojli" liumes in Blue Bell.
-Mr. and .Mr.s. Wright, if Philadel- Phi I, .iiUeu at the hume of Mi-s. Miir- letii   llo.jver.   Blue   Uell.  on  Sunday.
•Mis Howard Clair, of Philadelpnia, fo.ini-iiy of this neighborhood, isi cm- du. Ung the Holiday huuse at Penllyn foi   the  summer  monihs.
H.   H.   PUAXCI.NE.   Treasui-e;* SCRIGNODI WERRA. Avviso    a    tiitti     ql'    impiegati     della segtiente   fattorie. Jvi-asbey  L^i  ilattisun  Co. Asljeslos   Shingle,   Slate   & ing Co.
Cruse-Kemper Co. Hoopes iSi  Townsend Co. II   tes'jriere  dello   Serignu
Horsham School and Road . ii srcis Meet—Upper Dublin School Duard—. Horsham Fire Co.—Jarrettown and Dresher Personal Items. •Miss l-Jtli,'! liubinsun, of Ur, :.,.i-, spent Sumlay ,it Camp .Meade.
Jonathiin .Stackhouse, of Hallow. H, has been planting a large number gi' tomatoes.
Miaa Billie Corson, of Willow Grov, visted Mrs. William Sill, at Horsham, on Sun.lay.
William  Brooks,  of K.   G.   E.   home,
Davis (jrove,  has been spending a few
I days   in   I'hila.ielpha.
Sheath- i     Franklin   Crockett    and   mother,     of
' Horshain.    enteitained   reliitive.s    from
Germanluwn on .Sunday.
I     Mrs.   Annie   Collins   and   famil.\-,    of
i  Giierrii I Willow   Grove, spent from  l''riduy  unf^l
M:.   Wistler  and   family,   of   .N'orris spent     Sunday iiower   and   fa.iiily .  fai'm 11'  Centre Square annual picnic of the Sewing eir
dalle   su   dette   fattorie   devono   fare   i with     Harvey | loro   protnessi   ijagamenli   mensili   ogni on   the   Dane- ; uno  all   uffii.'io  della  loro  fattoiia  alia per.sonii   iiica;-icata  a   ri.'cvere  o collet- tare  la  stessa.
to Di 1 ho
'1' cl'' Ml   l!o'hill's church   will  be  held  on j     Fiieeudo   (|uesto  ugiii   linpiegalu   ii.ri Smiiilay   atternoon,   Jul.r   l.'ith,   at   the   il   suo   d.ivcre     d;i   iiatri.Hto     verso   la hoiiH'  of   Mrs.   William   Jloore,   on   the I siiciela  del  Scrigiiu dj   WVrra e  mater- MiMiis road. | iahnente
•Ml.  and   Mrs.   Joseph   Winterbottom   lavuro.
asi i niece, of Fort Washington, an.l Mis JIary Phipps, of Ambler, spent Sun.lav with M;\ Horace Phlnps and familv iit Blue Bell.
The Ladies' Mite society, of Boehm's chiii-. a. will postpone their meeting till- week On account of the 4th of Jul.': and will hold it next Thursilay aft'TMoon  at the church.
Ifoly communion wilj ne obsfrve ^ in B''i Inn's (hurch. Blue Bell, next Sun¬ dav morning.    Sunday school will com-
dice   che   tutte   le   persona   inipregati ; Sunday   in   Atlantic   Cit.v.
lialph  Tyson,  uf Philadelphia,   spent Sunday  in  Horsham  wilh  his  parents, I Mr. iinl .Mrs. Wm. J. Tyson. I     iMi.-s  Laura Ui'iunnioml, of  Philadel¬ phia,   is   spniiling   several   weeks   with . MiS.s  u  ka ZciiK-r  iii   Horsham. ¦     nn July  •!  races will  be held  on the I luuu.wi.-ii  tiiicii  under ihe au.spiv.e-'  of ; the W.I ir.insKr   hru'lng club'. ,     Mr.  and  .Mrs. George Rice, ot   LuAs- I dil'.,,. i;;.,i,   tue week-end with Mr. and
—  I Ml'.-.  Cli.irlcs  Jleredith in  Horsiiam.
WEST   POINT. I     Mrs.   -Matilda  Downs.    ,jf     Horsham,
A.   J.   Keli   snipped   two   of   his   linj i •"'.'^ '"   ''"i'day    as   tjie  guest  of    Misa
beiler  calves  from  his  Jersey  cowit^to i ¦'^'V''",,.^'   I^i'l'l"'''.   of   Conshohocken.
Garbutt,   Xew   York,   ..n   Jlonday    also I     •'' ^^'  '•''eaH has erected a Hag staff
nine   uf   his   celebrated   White    \V\\'an-   °" .'"'^   la.vii  ut   Horsham  and   has   the
aiutare     n i     suo     ellettin..
H.  H.   KRAXCLNE.   Teso'.'ie;
dotte dickens, wlii(!h were sold lo par¬ ties in  Fox  Chase  and   Hazelton,  Pa.
C.   J   Cresswell,   formei-   supervisin.u principal     of   the    township
Mr  an.i M,s  ('   w  lewis  Mvs   Mirv^°'*' ' ""ner.s.    R. and I'. Wodock, aid=d ,ion.    Ths  cam  was for Drake's  a-
Ml. and Mst,   W. Lewis   Mis. Ma y   j,y   Martin,  also  did   much   to   humble ipeed   peculations  during  the  vears of
Johnson   and   JIiss   Elizabeth   Daniels, i r-,,,v,„..,,,.,.„     ,f   ....,„  ,,,.  ,•^^e^.  rinnhiP ini.   in.?        ,  .n.o .    V-    ^^.^^^ 9^
r,f    Ho,-m..vniiio     onnnt   SiinrViv    with     , *^      , ^     '^    "^"^  i.iree  (louuie 1914   1915 sluA  litlfi.  Up to t.ie time  he
?rip.^sTt   iP^ir^nnvme ^    ^^'^.1     ,        t„  t these buys hiuidled that kill tendered his resignation, at the reciuest
viction and the same  was turned overi    'J''"? Whitpain township school hoarl j bcrn hiilled for the present vicnon ana tne same  was iuint(j o^eijin,,,,   Monday   and   re-elected   John   " i     -- to the county treasurer wit'ioiit litiga ^-
friends at Jeffersonville.
ed  any chance  that Doylestown might  of  the  controller.
Mrs. Joseph O'Byrn and children are   hgye had  to win spending  the  week   ^vith   the   formers       j;,espite   the   tact   tliat   Liebert.   Am- pareiits, Mr   and ^'rs. Charles B. l-re-; i^i^,..^  pitcher,  was  hit  over  the  heart derick,   at   Hickorytown. 1 ^^ith  a bat    that slipped out of    Wil
The present claim is for $7196.75 and
for Drake's alleged  peculations during
tht fir.st three years of h'.s term, 1911,
1912 and 1913 . During his entire term,
Drake  failed  to   account   for  $24,G11.2!).
The difference between this figure an.l
eetuig puini last weeu. scattered   exoeotintr in  the fifth  innin.^   ^"•' '°"" .'""°"!.'i '^''-'"""l ^'^ Montgom-
ChaVles  B. ^^^ederlck.  Of Wllliamsbn   ^^^e"'Doyie"to^""!corecMts"onh!"run;;   l^^^-^iTentiulA'"'  "¦"  '"  "'"'  '"  "
n.„.   «.hn.,   ..,   w.tn   h.=   nnrent«   in   „f ,j,^ ^^^,,    g^^,^ Ambler's new out- ! "¥1x0  work   of auditng  Drake's   books
George   Crabb.s,     of   Cincinnati,   O., , brick's hands, and  which knocked him president   of   the   Ameri(^iin    Magnesia   qu^ for  several   minutes,  he   pitched  a. &  Covering Co..  visited  the  Plymout.i : splendid game, keeping the 11 hits well Meetljig Iilant last week. '
Trade school'is with his parents in Hickorytown fOji. eight weeks assisting with- work on the farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Krew.son and daughter, Evelyn, of Philadelphia, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hart at Cold Point Sunday evening.
field'r,   showed   up   well.     He  not   only
hiis been a tremendous task.
„^, ,       , . , who is at his home waiting to be call
m-nce at 9 1,5 a.  m.  church service at   ed   for   service   in   the   national   army, 10  ,1. m.    In  the  evening  Mrs.   Rufus   was a recent guest of friends here. Zartmen,   of  Philadelphia,  will   deliver       ^   -w.   Mattern   entertained   friends the  address   in   behalt   of   the   Ladies' ' on Sunday Missionary society. j     -^vork   un   the  new  garage   here  has
R. Morri.s secretary .and S. S. Collins. trpa>urer. The auditors went over the books of the active and of the building ac(.Hints'. A balance of about Sl.'iOO will remain in the former after all thf bills are paid. Schools will re- op. n on  Sept.  2.
An  engagemnt   uf   m icb   laf're'
Jlrs.   JIatilda   Lutz.  of Logan,   was  ;i | recent  guest of relatives here. I
national coli rs dying every clear day.
Mrs. Samuel Ramsey, Jr., and son, Samuel, of i-Iorsham Terrace, visited schoids I relatives in Willow Grove on Sunday. • • ' I Miss Evelyn Worth and Jlildred Stevens, of Prospectviile. were guests, Monday evening, of Miss Helen Zeit¬ ler,   of   Horsham.
Mrs. Kate Rich and Miss Margaret Riebold, of Gloucester, X. J., wera ¦v\'tek-eii<l visitoi-.s uf Jlrs. Elizabeth Fird, at Horshain.
E.   C.   McConnell,   agent   at   DresheP
Our baseball team lost last Sunday j to the -Ambler all-star team hy the score of 4 to 2. The contest was an intttesting one and was much enjoyed bythe bi.g crowd. July 4 afternoon the locals will play the Peerless Giants, Icolue.l.  of Xorristown, and next Sun
.V, /"','«l\\^'''\i'"*'"."ced recently is   „ay the  Highland Park team, of Ches that   of    JTiss   Katherine     R.   Hunte-. • laughter,      of    JIi-s.    Ei-nest      Howard
Sergeant  Arthur   Luken.s,     ot"  Cainp   and  Klump    was out.    Wildrick to C. Meade,  spent    Sunday  in    Cold  Point with  his  father.  Wm  E.  Lukens.    He expects shortly to leave for overseas.
fielded  well, but Jiis base running  was | poiV subm"ltted'''to''Contro'dei-   Hoebner all that could have been desired, whioh   i,y the auditor covers over 1000 cl,;sely   Ipt was also a feature of the game.    The   typewritten  pages li^cals tallied their first run in the third. |  " "
After Liebert Hew out to Harding in le
Conshohocken  Boy  Kills Huns. l-li-.n' ng.  K. W'Klock was given a bas" I ,. ^^'o''":! h''^ been received from Leo J. on   balls  and   he   advanced   to   .second ^'^.'"I*-'?e>'  /^f . <-ompany     C,     Secon,! when Mayer made  his second  batterv ! Brigade,   Machine   Gun   Uattery   X,   of
.Mr... and  Mrs. G^irg^  -Jhejler. Jr.   of  ^,.^01. by hitting Gear with  a pitched   {i'e  Amei-ican  Expeditionary   force   in
Darby and Primu.s frl^ds^aiidf Mr^. Sheller's parents, Mr. Ki.u Jis. Arm- etrong-.
Mrs. Helen M. Hamel and two child¬ ren, of Hickorytown, and Jtr. and Mrs. Charles Erri<'kson. of Jloorestown, N. J., motored to Atlanlic City, on Wed¬ nesday of last week.
Lieutenant George C. Corson, son of George Corson, of Plymouth Meeting, on his return to Texa.s, was at once ordered to go to .Vew York, and it is believed he is now on his way to France.
The Hinkle family, of Norristown, has moved to one of A. D. Bartholo¬ mew's   houses,   on   Carr's   lane,   whic'.i
Doylestown tied and went us one bet
the '
lej;
the colored boys from Ambler and vi-|]ai,i conductor. H. A. l^twiler; guards '^i'?'.^' .^, ^2'"'=?  J5<'?.P..^*'«'?  ^""".jy"'I Khner      Bookbiimer      and     Laurence
The  2uinn.
-^str^-jnm'KTEs: —^a- TT*-*'***'"****'*'™ *'"^- family entertain-
est   anp'were^^ awarfleci  e,j Jfrs. Amanda Mattern, of Phlladel-
I round that looked"baTTor AmTder. bViV. i'^0""ict with the Huns.    It was written j Harold G. Knight   Esq., Charles Jones j ^ra^/"^sf'Thursda^'. '^^°^*.''' as.told above. Robinson's throw put the   ?"  "^^  I^»ner furnisned   by  the Amer-I and   Edward  L.  Reed.    The  presenta-1     .,o!.:i    F.    1-en.sttri.-u.cher,     the   local
      -ttEfliv«iitfttm"i,!
irents   In   Consho-   '
ter county, will be here.    Both of these TT    ,   >     f  oo.i.i   TT .      .    n,..,   ,  ,     sames will be worth going miles to see.
Hunter,   of  2222   Pine   .street.   Philadel-       .^yalter    Fenstermacher   has   secured
?, I'V ^,^'   ^V' '^"^^ v?°^^r.*« ^?.^''?,' •Jf-   a  position   in  Norristown. .Jl-th Mai'hin.- Gun Battalion, U. S. A., |    Mr.  and   Mrs.  Julius  Roehner enter- son  of   Jlrs    Is^ac   Roberts   Davis    of | t.Tlned relatives and friends from Phil- Penllyn.    JIiss Hunter made her debut 1 ^|,.]pbi,i on Sunday
several .seasons ago and is one of tse j     The  semi-annual  elecyon of officers
"-¦' jof West   Point   camij.   P.   O.   S.  of  A.. took ptace last Wednesday evening an
mosl popular members ot the
Last  Thursday  evening  in  the  Pen-
re^^ulted   as   follow.s :   . Past  presidenl,
llyn liapiist church a most interesting . Edwar.I Hallmey.r: president, Walter meeting took plac- of the Ambler Boy , Fenstermacher; vice president, W. Y. Sconts   of   Troop   Xo.   4    c^omposed   of|eassel;  master of forms, Clarence No-
t^ndeF foof
• • in the    filth   period     This  is    the I hocken tails Of his experience in actual   badge.s.  Addresses   were mnd that looker! bad for AmbleV. but. I confiict with the Huns.    It was writteii \ Harold G. Knight. Esq.,
..amper on Doylestown's efforts by his ^'^^n Red Cross and posted from a bus:, i tion cf the badges to the scon's was 1 |i(:rf'-ct peg that caught Quimliv ;• hospital sutnewhere in l-'rance inw ' | made tay IJurgess Harvey Allen. .An third. R Harding opened for his side I'pmpsey is now recovering from on.lyable feature of the interesting nc- in the fifth ses-^ii n ii.v hitting for two '>oiind.s sustained in buttle. As the tasion was an essay delivered by Ko- loseo. JIayer toll .wed with a single, missive was daVed June 12, his famii.\ bert Lee, a member of the troop on th.'" sendiii" the for . r to tlrrd Qi' .i '^eel sure thiit the "counter-attack," of"''rigin and History of Dur Fla.g." aiso ht for two bags scomg both R which I^eo speaks and in which he wa ., Scs>utmaster Brown is making effort Harding and Maver. Quimby. however wounded, is the one now famous n possible to place his iioys in the front tried to make* tliird on his drive, but history as the Second Battle of the j ranks of_ the troops along the Xorth the  ball   was  returned  so  quickly  and   Marne. ,   . ^     ,
arcurately by Robinson that he was' Dempsey briefly describes the coun- caught. Wildrick fanned for the sec-, ter-attack in which he was wounded, ond   out.     C.   Harding   was   given   his   P^ feels proud to say that Lie Amer-
11    „„..,:.__   ...   .u-   „..„„!.   "gave   a
tinsmith,  has the" contract to do som repair   work     for   Frank   Renner,     of Ambler.
station, is preparing to enjoy his vaca¬ tion on a trip to Boston and through the Xew England states.
Raymond Tyson, of Camp Meade, sjient a few days at home in Horsham, i-etinning un Jlonday. He expects .sli(.r'l.y  to go  overseas.
"¦ -tters    testamentary      have    been granted   in     the   estaie  of     Susan   M. Harris,   late  of Ambler,   unto  Su.sanna ; j..  WalUn, uf Horsham.
JIiss Sarah Hiliye., of Washington, I D. (.'.. (,n • 11 -'iia,- arri.ed in Horsham 1 !<) spend hey iication with the Misses .JIary nnd HpI,';i Thompson. ' .Miss I'.erlhii !Iuit'iistein returned ta her home in Snow Hill, Jlar.vland, a(- , ter spending some tme with her broth- ^ er, C. T. Plottenstein. in Horsham.
Mies Mabel JlcConnell. of Honey¬ brook. .who has been visiting her brotb'-r in Jiirrettown expects to go to Atlantic City the latter end of this week. 11
Mark  Rose,  of Edge HIII,  who  is  a student   ot   the    West   Point   Military I school,   X.   Y.,   was  a  recent  guest  of ' Mr. and Mrs. E. C. McConnell at Jar- ' rettown.
j     Lewis K. Carroll, of Eddystone, pur- I chaser of the Samuel Fisher farm west of Jarrettown.  has  moved   to the pro¬ perty, and Richard J. Wilev is farming
Ell'.vood H.iot spent two days las' v, eek in Lanoastei- arranging for th • innual   meeting   nf   the   State   .Mutual   "P'-'iding ,Iulv   4   with  her  sister,  Mrs.
Mrs.  Frank  Forker,  of  Horsham,   is
property was recently vacated by Pat-   base on balls, but nothing came of it   '''3"   soldiers   ;n   the   attack rick   Fitzgerald,   who   has   moved   into  gg jj   Harding went out Ro-we to Mar-   g'^oA account ol themselves" and states one  of  the     E.   J.  Lavino    company's   tj„    '^fter this inning Doylestown was 1 ^^^^ he vividlv re<-allH the deadly work houses.       "      _   _        _        _  _    _ .      iverv- tame and failed to score another  Pf  his  gun  on  the  Germans.     To   use
,^^      ., J  ,       ,       , .r   J.,   .   ..J'very tame and failed to score another
The steward  board and Ladles' Aid  yy^
society. Of the Plymouth U. E. church,,     vVith  the pixth  -ound  Ambler began
met  Wednesday  at  the  honie  of  Mrs.   jo hit  Mayer'fe delivery with more  re-
¦Charles Nelson The Men's Bible class will meet this Fridayw evening at the home of Jacob Moser, West Third ave¬ nue, Conshohocken.
On Monday evening at the Ply¬ mouth U. E. church were held the re¬ gular monthly meetings of the board of trustees and of the par.sonage com¬ mittee. The Ladies' Bible class met Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Frank Steiner, Plymouth Meeting.
In the line of economy and effl.- clency, it is being arranged that one' shifting engine do the work of shift¬ ing freight cars at the plants of the American Magnesia company *id the E. J. Lavino company, Plymouth Meet¬ ing, on both the Penhsylvania and the Reading railroads.
Last Saturday evening a very de¬ lightful entertainment was rendered In Hickorytown Union mission by eight young ladies of Haws Avenue M. E. church, Norristown, who presented "Girls Over Here." There was a large attendance, and the —ogram -was most creditably rendered.
The second quarterly conference will be held next Saturday evening at 8 In the Plymouth IT. E. church with Dr. Schlegel, presiding elder, in charge. Communion will be served Sunday evening at 7.30. when Rev. Dr. Schlegel will preach The regular service will be held at 10.310 a m., and the Sunday school at 9.30.
On Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Fouke, of Conshohocken pike, Harmonville, most delightfully enter¬ tained the ushers and their famiHes from the Conshohocken Methodist Episnosal church. A party of about 60 friends assembled, .-rid a most enjoy¬ able evening resulted. After games and social intercourse, refreshments were served,
Charles B. Hersh, collector of taxes in Whitemarsh township, will be at the following places on the dates from 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. as mentioned for *he collection of taxes : Patrick Har¬ kins', Scoring Mill, July 27; Mrs. Lentz's, Spring Mill, July 29; 'Wliite¬ marsh inn. Barren' Hill, July 30; Fort Side inn, July 31; at his residence, Stenton avenue, Lancasterville, at all other times. *
On Sunday evening in Plymouth U. E. church Rev. B W. Musselman, the pastor, preached to and In behalf of the Woman's Missionary society of the church, the members of which were the especFal guests of the pastor at that service. On Sunday morning Mr. Musselman gave an illustrated talk in the interest of new Sunday school pu¬ pils, and the subject matter was most cleverly and forcibly presented both to the mind and also, ihrough the pic¬ tures, to the eye.
gularity that foretold what was to happen later. The eit'hth period, thp session in which Ambler cleaned up. Gear responded to the cries of the Am¬ bler rooters by hitting safely. Cavis also hit safely and when Martin fol¬ lowed suit, there certainly was joy in the local.s' camp., but what took place when Martin stung the ball for ft single was tame to what followed Ro¬ binson's screaming single that flew over second, sending both Gear and Cavis home. Robinson stole second and on Row's difllcuit chance Martin scored. This was all and it was enough. Following is the score : Doyleitown Ambler
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Quimby' cf 0 2 0 0 0 Khimp, Sb 0 S 1 1 0 Wi1drick,2b0 2 2 4 0 R. W'k, re 1 6 8 5 1 CH'ine, IbO 0 18 0 CGear.rf 1110 0 R.B'inc, If 0 0 1 0 0 Cavie, If 12 10 0 Power, SB 0 0 '« 8 0 Martin, lir 1 8 11 0 0 Stccl'an, rf 0 1 IOO Rob'son.cf 01110 Sisel, rf 0 1 0 0 0 P. W'k, 2b 0 0 4 6 0 Joffe, 8b 0 2 2 0 0 Rowe, c 0 0 5 4. 0 Roi8H'ff,c 114 0 0 Liebert, p 0 1 0 3 0 Mayer, p     12   0   3   0
Totala       2 11 27 IE   0   Totali      4   £ 27 19   1
Doyleatown '.0  0  0  0   2   0  0   0  0-2
Amblar ...0   0   10  0   0   0   8  0—4
Despite their good playing of the week before, the Fort boys played at Souderton last Saturday and failed to put up their usual good game, going do-wn to defeat by the score of 4 to 0.
Southampton  pushed   Glenside   down further in the league, race, winning by the one-sided score of 12 to 1. STANDING OF THE CLUBS.
iW L P.C.
Ambler E 8 .625
Southampton E 8 .626
Souderton 4 8 .671
Doylestown 8 S .600
Fort Waehington 8 4 .428
Glenside 0 4 .000
The schedule for Independence day is as follows : A. M., Ambler at Sou¬ derton; Doylestown at Port Washing¬ ton, and Glenside at Southampton. P. M., Southampton at Ambler: Fort Washington at Glenside, and Souder¬ ton at Doylestown. Next Saturday the teams are scheduled to play as fol¬ lows : Ambler at Glenside; 'Port Washington at Doylestown, and Soutft- am,pton at Souderton.
his words. "I killed four or five of the Huns,."    He adds that he captured one.
In doing this heroic work Demp.sey recived several wounds from gunflrt? and shr.iipnel. Two German bullets en¬ tered his leg. one pierced his ankle, and a piece of shrapnel from an exploded shell  lodged in his back.
Judging from his letter he Is optim¬ istic as to, his recovery and anxious to get back to the firing line. He says the physicians and nurses of the Red Cross have assured him that his wounds will have healed within a month's time. The Red Cross and their work in France Dempsey praises highly.
The remainder of the letter Is given to inquiries for his family and friends.
Dempsey wa.s one of the first in Conshohocken to volunteer. He en¬ listed in tTie country's service shortly after the outbreak of war and has been in France six or eight months.
F'ty Tnjiurance eompany. whicii will h. held   next  month.
St.  John's  Lutheran  church,  of Am¬ bler, picniced last Saturday in Zieber's park, going by large motor trucks. A    large     number    of    honey     bi>es
  swarmed  last Saturday under the cor-
,.,   ,     _, c   • .J ; nice   of   Harry   M.   Nase's   store   ruof.
W. L. Clayton a Suicide. t Later   Harry   Godshall   removed   thern
William  L. t:;iayton. newspapei- pub- j and took them to his home,
Penn. This week the members are busy assisting the farmers to .secure help durinL.- ttie '' ¦,¦••-^••'r'" sudson an' liiter wiil gather the fall crops.
EUREKA.
MLss Dorothy Clymer Is this week visiting relatives in New Jersey.
A business meeting of the Sunshine class was held on Saturday afternoon at the home of Miss Louise Ehrhardt.
Lemuel G. Dager and son visited re¬ latives here on Sunday.
Mr. Hartman, of Philadelphia, was entertained on Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Worth.
The graduation exercises of the Teacher Training class will be held on Sunday evening, July 14, in the Pleas¬ antville church
Miss Uvinza Daly and Miss Eliza¬ beth Zimmerman, of Lansdale, were guests of Miss Wilma Markley on Saturday.
lisher. former burgess of Jenkintown and prominent Montgomery county politician, shot and killed himself at his home in Summit avenue. Jenkintown, early Monday evening. Physicians who had been treating Mr. Clayton for months for nervous trouble of an ag¬ gravated type, believe his mind gave way under the strain and that he was deranged at the time
Clayton had resided in the Old York road borough for many years. He ac¬ quired the Jenkintown Times and Jen¬ kintown Chronicle, two weekly news¬ papers, combined them under the title of Times-Ohronicle, He flgured ac¬ tively in politics and served as the chief burgess of Jenkintown, preceding the present incumbent, Andrew Gra¬ ham. He was fhe county committee¬ man. Republican, for the Third ward of Jenkintown, and was the secretary of the Lower End Republican Club of Montgomery   county.
For more than a year he has been under treatment for nervous trouble of an aggravated type, and to his friends often expressed the opinion that he would recover his health. Monday he was in his office until late In the afternoon. Members of the household heard a shot fire'd a short time later and found him dead on the floor of his apartment.
The  West   Point   Fire   company  was unable   to     hold   its   regular    monthl meeting   on     Monday   on     acoou
Wnrr."i ^"la-i- \- at Croyden. and they expect to witness the launching at Cornwells.
William Whiteman, deceased, who was recently buried at Horsham, at one time owned'the house on Doyles¬ town pike in Horsharri now owned by Enos D. Watson.
Mr. and - Mrs. - Joseph Taggart, and ' Wetherby and son, of West Philadelphia, were Satur¬ day a-nd Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
(Contlniiad on Pace 9).
Doylestown   Pike  Again.
Testimony given recently before the jury to assess damages for the con¬ demned Doylestown and Willow Grove Turnpike company related principally to the ownership of the bridges and also to the value of the toll houses. Witnesses testified that the condemna¬ tion of the pike will reduce the value of the toll house at Edison $60 and the other house by $500. Each house was estimated to be worth $1500. Further hearing of testimony -was continued until July 21st.
Not A Spy, Only Crazy.
His talk about the participation of this country in the world war and his evident knowledge of machine guns and other weapons, led to the arrest of Lewis Baumann, giving his address as North Twenty-Sixth street, near Lehigh avenue, Philadelphia, in the Abington section. Department of jus¬ tice agents, suspecting that Baumann might have spy tendencies. Interview¬ ed the man, but when he flatly assert¬ ed : "I'm the inventor of the Lewis machine gun, the torpedo used in the submersibles and of two or three kinds of explosives, and my royalties run well into the millions each year," all decided that Baumann wasn't a spy, but he was Insane. A commis.slon of physicians, appointed, made an exam¬ ination, confirmed the diagnosis and Baumann was taken to the Hospital for the Insane, at Norristown.
MAPLE  GLEN.
Three Tune school closed on Friday.
MIbs Edythe M. Mann spent Sunday with Mrs. H. Russell Vansant, of Am¬ bler.
there not being a' sufficient number o the members present.
A letter recently received from Ray¬ mond Hoot, son bf Mr. and Jlrs. Ell¬ wood Hoot, of Main street, who is with the American forces in France as a member of Co. B. 3f05th Ammunition train, states tliat he arrived .safely arid when he disembarked he wae very much reminded of home, "foi^ not far from where we handed," he .said, "there were rine Guernse.v cows in a field. They were the kind that Drover Zern usually stood in the first three stalls In the local sales stables." In closing his letter, he adds, that ton much praise cannot be given the Y. M. C. A., as it is doing a wonderful work "over here." Many of the boys wonld become home sick were it not for this organization.
Frank Coleman has sold his bunga¬ low, on Main street near Morris road, to a Mr.  Odgen, of Philadelphia.
The management of the local cloth¬ ing factory is looking for larger quar¬ ters, as the present ones are too small to accommodate the increasing busi¬ ness of the concern.
The meetings held in the interest of thrift and war savings stamps in the local school houses last Friday evening were very successful. Harry M. Nase was chairman of the meeting held in the Broad Street sehool W. U. Ca.ssel, presided at the meeting in the West¬ ern school, and Joseph K. Huber, sec¬ retary Of the local committee, was in charge    of the meeting    In  the    high
j^j   ^'f   Joseph Gouak, of Horsham.
Walter  G.   Simmers  and   family,   of    „_    _ --w..^,     «    ..
Fort Washington, were Sunday visit- school. Almost $1800 was pledged, ors with Edwin W. Simmers. |     Mrs. Frederick Seasholtz and daugh-
Mrs.   Robert   T.   Mitchell   and   Miss  ter Mamie    and Viola, have   returned
—The court has appointed John J. Bready to be police officer in More- land township at the request of Fre¬ derick Ehrenpfort, who desires his ser¬ vices at the MIneril Sprlnf^s- hotel. Willow Grove, at his expense.
I'ily G. Mitchell, of Germantown, spent Sunday of last week with Miss Ger¬ trude K. Conard.
The regular monthly meeting of the Aid BocietA of Three Tuns Baptist mission wll be held at the home of Mr. and Jlrs. Joseph Worthington on Saturday evening.
R. Comly Wilson and wife, of New- to-wn; Emma A. Johnson, of Horsham, and Thomas P. Conard attended the funera] of John C. Walton, of Quak¬ ertown, on June 22nd. making the trip by auto and returning on Sunday.
Physicians at Knipe Farm.
Dr. Norman Knipe, of Philadelphia, recently enterti-tined the members" of the Aesculapian club, of that city, and the members of the Schuylkill Valley Medical club it the farm of his broth¬ er. Attorney I. P. Knipe, at Areola.
The Aesculapian club is an exclusive organization of Philadelphia physi¬ cians, while the members of the Schuylkill Valley Medical club are the more prominent physicians hereabout. It is stated that there were present at the outing belore the close of the day about 100 of the medical fraternity.
after spending some time in Indiana.
The mercury dropped as low as 52 degrees here on Tuesday morning. Despite the cold weather grain is ripening, but harvesting will be about a week later than usual. The corn, while late In being planted and get- ing started gives every evidence now of being a fine crop.
George West and family, of Main street, are entertaining for the summer Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Flyter, of Millers- burg, Ind.
No services will be held next Sun¬ day in Grace Reformed  church.
Autoist  Sues   Autoist.
Action in trespass has been begun by Attorney T. Lane Bean In behalf of Isaac Whitman against Harry L Reed to recover $1000 damages as the result of an automobile crash on the evening of June ?5 last on the Ridge turnpike, Plymouth township, near the Steel Plant road. ^^
The automobiles of tre respective parties crashed together, through the fault of the defendant, it i.s alleged greatly damaging the plnintifPs ma¬ chine.
Miss Harriet Brown and Miss JIar¬ ion Meredith, of the School of Horti¬ culture, Jarrettown, .spent Saturdav in PhiladelpWa, They will be graduated from the scliooi on July ?6.
Mrs. O. W. Willard and son Ernest, of Hallowell, are spending a few days With John J. Engle arid family, of near Fort Washington, who are now oc¬ cupying their cottage at Ocean City.
William Rodemich,' of Jarrettown; Charles W. Wlllarif, of Hallowell, and J. W. Freas. of Horsham, on. Monday went to Xorristown to fill out their forms to secure their consignments of sugar.
?243 worth of thrift stamps and war cevtificntes w^re sold at the Horsham postoffice during last week. J. W. Freas. postmaster, has been very ac¬ tive and suece.ssful' throughout th© whole camnaign. 3 j The Horsham IJIire companv met I Monday evening and transacted rou¬ tine business. OptStanding bills. In small amount, were ordered paid. Tlarry Maurer. of Horsham, was elect¬ ed <n membership.
On July 1 Charles Ruthei-ford, blacksmith at Hallowell advanced prices for shoeing horses as follows : $2 for new shoes and $1 for removals. Hia prices are still below the rates charged for the same work in many- places.
Miss Lillie McMuUln, of Dresher, has a position in Philadelphia. She was graduated last month from the West Chester State Xormal sehool, and in the fall will assume the duties of teacher of the Fourth and Fifth grades of the .Tarrettown school.
Misses Harriet and Evelyn Roberts, daughters of Charles R. Roberts, of Jarrettown, have left to take positions in the treasury department at Wash¬ ington. Miss Harriet Roberts was teacher in the Sheeleigh school and Miss Evelyn taught the Three Tuns school.
Clyde R-ankenfield, of Plainville, Kan., who is in the navy, last week ^pent a portion of his six-day furlough with his uncle. S. S. Hagertv, near Davis Grove. The young man has just been transferred from the Great Lakes camp to a destroyer in the Atlantic ¦waters, but inasmuch as the boat wa.s not quite ready for its crew the boys were granted the furlough.
The Horsham school board met Monday afternoon with tha auditors at the Horsham school house. The year's accounts were gone over. The school district, by very careful mana.gement, ¦was able to get through with a small deficiency of $250. The offlcers were re-elected as follows : Secretary. Frank W. Worth: treasurer, Thoma<» P. Anderson. Bills amounting to about $900 were ordered paid.
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