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The ambler Gazette.
VOIj. XXXV.-NO.   1
AMBLER.   PA..   J Als UARY   17,   1918
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WILL OF
E. B. SMITH.
Gwynedd Valley Man's Estate Sev¬ eral Millions.
COLD|OINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenintrs tt Local interest to Our Readers.
Interesting Experiment on Disston Farms, Near Lancasterville—Shep¬ pard Child Dies From Accidental Burns—Harmonville and Hickory¬ town—Miscellaneous. I The family nf Edward B. Smith, heal More   than   100   pupils   are   enrolled' "f the banking aiid  brokerage iirm  of
at    he Hickorytown Sunday school.       ; E,  H.  Smith  &  Co,   Philadelphia   who
tti  iiic iill,      J ., „,  „     .u  .^..t '¦ died last week, are the sole beneflciar-
The Sewing circle of Plymouth met | ,g^ ^^ ^.^ ^^^^^^  valued at several mil- Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs.  ^^^^^   dollars      according   to     his   will,
A, F. Wernle, upper Plymouth. ^^^^ j„,„ ^^^^3 ^^o
Mr. and Mrs. James Ott, of Carlisle,       xhe will was Hied at Norristoxvn Fri-| yj^e,   is    in  Charity  hospital,    Norris
were recent    visitors at    Hickorytown   day,    Mr,  Smith's   wife,  T.aura  Howell} town,  with  a fracture  nf the  hip  and
mission.    . j Smith,  his  son,  Albert,  a  friend,  Evan   other injuries sustained in a fall on the
Charles   B    Frederick,   Jr.,   who   is   a; Randolph,  and   the  Girard   Trust  com-| jcp   while     returning    home  from     her
student at    Williamson  school,    spent I pany,     are   named   as     e.xecutors   and j duties  at  the  school.
Sunday at Hickorytown  with  his par- | trustees.
ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Frederick.      '     -„.,,:., Rev   R.  J.  Haney,     of  Philadelphia,
Creates $500,000 Trust Fund for Wife and Three Children—Mrs. Smith Given the Lower Gwynedd Property, and Albert, Also a House.
Youths Face Serious Charge.
Acting upon information of the local police and Constable Stevenson, of Lansdale, state troopers, at Reading, arrested James Campion and Harry Meyer.s, both aged about 21, of Norris¬ town, otl the charges of having enticed Lillian Detwiler, aged 17, and Bertha Saxe, 18, from their homes, near North Wales.
It is announced that while the youths xvere being taken to the central sta¬ tion house at Reading, .Meyers man¬ aged to make his escajie. Campion was taken befoie Magistrate Kirkpat¬ rick, of North Waes, xxhere the charge of enticing a minor for Immoral pur¬ poses  xvas preferred against him.
•will preach    in  Hickorytown    mission Sunday night.
Misses Gertrude Myers and Kathar¬ ine Gallegher, of Harmonville, were riders on the 5.34 south-bound troUey car from Norristown last Thursday evening, which struck and killed a pair of horses near the Sinclair farm.
Nothing goes to charity. The wife receives the furnishings ot Mr. Smith's two homes, one in Tlower Gwynedd, and the other at 19th and Delancey streets, Philadeljibia, .She is also giv¬ en the Lower Gwynedd property. Mr, Smith confirms his previous gift to her of the Philadelphia home.
The  xvidow  is  given  .$25,000  absolute nnd  shares  in    a  $.''i00,000  trust    fund On"Tuesday of last week the remains   created for the beneiit of ber and thei;-! -.t ' .".7. of   Stella      wife   of  Joseph   Kuluk,     of   three  children.    The  residue  is also  t.i   *       " Harmonville,  were interred in the Po-   net Ihem the income, lish cemetery, Conshohocken. I     The son .Albert i.; given a house olher
Elmer Myers, of Camp Meade, ser- i than the home on the l.oxver Gu-ynedd geant ot the 304th supply train, spent' property, .A trust fund of $40 000 is from Tuesday until Saturday in the: created for the benefit of three sisters. neighborhood of Philadelphia on offl- ; Emily M. Smith, EliJiabeth Smith and cial business, and a partof the time Alice H. B. Bartow. The residue is fo visited Mrs. Myers and other relatives be held in trust fi.rex-er for the b'-ne- at  Harmonville. ) "t of lineal descendants of Mr, Smith's
John  J.  Albright,     of     Harmonville. ! wife and  children, who has been on the sick list. Is able
WHITPAIN AND: L. GWYNEDD.
Who's Who and What's What in the Two Townships.
Charles Jleehan. of Blue Befl, has an upei'a canary bird which was raise. 1 outdoors. tie seemed to enjoy the recenl cold weather for when out while the sun xvas shining lie xvould sing his best. One night the drinking wa¬ ter in his cuj) froze and the vessel bloke, but at 7 a. m. he was singing some new aria, so it ia thought he hus withstood the test.
George Roberts, who has been farm¬ er for George Reiger, Springhouse, has moved to Ambler and is working at Hog Island, Wilmer Marple, of the Ingersoll fann, has taken tlie jilace.
Tile Sliringhouse and Sumneytown Tui-iipike company held its annua! mf-eting at Mainland and these offlcers were elected : President, I. M. Stover; treasurer, D. A. Moyer; managers—R, K. Kibblehouse, Ellwood Hoot, Wm. Anileis, D, A, Moyer, Wm. Moyer, A, B. .Alderfer, M. C, Clemens, I. M. Stov¬ er,  l';jih.  .Moyer,  Harvey   barndt.
The Gu-ynedd Friends' school, on Tuesday commenced sewing work by the inipils for reconstruction needs of Friends abroad,
"Mr. Boll," a two-act comedy, was deljihia, a ilealer in hor.ses. He iiad ! Siven, Saturday evening, in the Gwy- .senl the driver from that city in the i "^"I'l Fi'iend.s' sehool hou.se. Fully lilo afternoon  to delix-er the eoiilne'-i  to the! li"i«ons   were   present,   and   the   parts
Teacher   Injured  on   Ice. Miss   Elizabeth   Moore,     one   of     the oldest  si-hooI  teachers  on  the  Consho¬ hocken   school   force,   in   point   of   ser-
Two  Horses  Killed  by Trolley. Two  horses  said   to  have   xvanderod i on  the  tr.'icks  of  the  Reading  Transit Company's lines,    on  Ridge  pike,  near the Sinclair farm,  Plymouth  lownship, were instantly killed, shortly after 6,30 last  Friday    night,    when  they     were struck by a ear bound for Conshohock¬ en.
The animals xxere owned by William if   llainliridge   slreet,   Phila-
sales stables of Ivins Walker, Noi-ris- town, where tbev xvere to have b<^n disp-ised  of nt auction.
of the play-were so creditably jiresent-
AMBLER BANK ELECTS OFFICERS
New, Board OFganizes; andj^Defines Its Policy.
Will Continue the_ Well Defined and Long Established Policy of Caring for the Banking Needs of the Com- mur.ty—W. H. Faust Cashier. The newly elected board of directors j of liie First National Bank of Ambler —Edwin 11. i-aust, Ale.xander Kiiigm, Dr. Andrew Godfrey, Robert H. Ander¬ son, Henry C. Biddle, C. G. Funk, K. V. Matlison, Jr., John --V, 'Wenlz, Uen¬ jamin F. i'enrose and J. M. Hayuoo'l- — met Tuesday moriiiiig and organized by electing lhe folknving offlcers ; President, J, M. Hayxvood; vice presi¬ denl, Edwin Ti. Faust; secretary, Jolm A. Wentz; cashier, Wm. H. Faust: teller, C. Byron Michener. W. Clyde Bartges, who has been chief teller, having another posiiion in view, de¬ clined lo be considered aad the board reluctantly accepted his resignation. Victor S. Reitenbach xvas re-elected bookkeeper, and the position of sleno- graplier is open, as Miss Editli Y. Cly¬ mer has accepted a posiiion with lh»- Germantown -Xational bank. -Nevilb- D. Tyson, Esq., was again appointe I solicitor, Harold G. Knight, Esq., not¬ ary Jiublic and John W. Kitehie, xvatcli- nian.
Wm.   11,   I-'aust,     the   newly     eleciel cashier,   immediately   entered   upoii   his
North
to be down stairs.
Rev. H. W. Atkins, of Conshohocken, preached   in   the   HicKorytown   TTnion
Because  his  xvlfe  receives  a  eon-ad- | erable   sum   from   life   insurance   poli- ,
Penn    Gronn    of    Educators Organize.
A meeting of the North Penn group    , of sc^hoolmen   was  held  at  the  T'niver- ! - '' '""'
cies   Mr. .Smith said in his will :
sity  of-  Pennsxlvania  on    Wednesday
ed that numerous reciuests have been duties in the iiislitiition, wherein for maile to repeat the performance, rnore than -'u years he has been em- Jlissos Gwendolyn Evans, Ilannah jijoyed. He is well known lo all the Iniiike, —Emma Mammel and Esther j patrons of the bank and besides hav- Jeiikins and Clareme Piatt, liarlingtuii in.- been identifled wilh that institu- Ibiiijies and Thomas l-'oulke ably took tion-has for manv years been sei-re- :. .Vfter the jirogram a bazaa.-1 tary of the Ambler Building .v- Loan fnr the same cause was <-onducted. and ! assm-iation.
"I  have   decided   that  il  is   wi.se  and,'¦''"•'¦-^'inK      ""      scientilic      educational
mission Sundav evening.    Dr, J. Rufus   for her best  interests  in  insuring  her I "i''''>--iii'<'mp"'« '"  "^p resjiective .school
• visited   the   a    permanent    income    t.i   restrict   i,pr, <li-'-<t''iots.     Sujierinlendent   E,   S.   Ling.
j control  over  h^r  shares  of  the  princi-i"f  »'"'   Abington     .schools,   wns  elected
evening  to discus.s  xvays and\nernT'of j •''^^;-;^'l\;};,7i°2 ''i'!,",?"^!^''',!?^^^^ '"'   "''^   ¦"''''^ent   board   is
Barr,     of   Conshohocken Sunday  sehool
J. Edwin Exving, of the Eckened bun-I pal of mv estaie,    T am  happy lo .sav |'¦''<'''''man;   Superintendent Gehman,  of
HORSHAM,^AND,; UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest^to Many Readers.
Horsham Wife Granted Divorce—Hop- sham Scl-ools Visited—Farmers Sell¬ ing Potatoes—Miscellaneous Items from Jarrettown.
The three children of John Park, Horsham, who have had scarletina, are now much improved and are able to be about  llieir roorris.
Mrs, William Doyle, of Horsham, who has been quite ill with congestion Of the lungs,  is improving steadily.
Miss M. Ella Ruth, principal of tha Upper Dublin township schools, three of which scliools have been closed be¬ cause of fuel shortage, visited the Horsham public sthool and the Willow Grove school on Monday.
Howard Comly, of Horsham, with his motor truck, has been busy hauling- out potatoes lo the Philadelphia mar¬ kets for local farmers.
The following pupils of Babylon school -were present every day during the month ot December : Amanda Cooper, Irene Cooper, Mabel Cooper, Gertrude Fell. Mary l-'ell. Hazel Hag¬ erty, Alice Meredith, Clayton Fell and Paul llagerty, The per cent, of at¬ tendance were: female, .SM; iiiab-s. 72. Jane W. Meredith, teacher.
-Mr, and Mrs. J. Grant Detwiler, of Ja. ri I toxvn, aiinouni-e the marria.ge of their danghter, llel"n Anna, to Mr. El- , mer Lenhart Stortenbecker, of Willoxv [ Grove, at lOIkt^iii, .Md., Monda.x-. Jan. 7. Jlr. and Mrs. Stortenbecker are resid¬ ing in Wesl Philadeljiliia for the w-in- ter, sjiending Saturdays and Sundays wilh the bride's parents in .Tarret- toxvn. They will make their perman¬ ent   bome  at  Glenside.
The court has granted a divorce to Elsie   Collins,   of   Horsham,     from  her
galoxv, near Hickorytown, sjient sever¬ al days at home this week because of illness.
The heavy wind storm of last Fri¬ day Ught tore down a portion of the sheds at Hickorytown mission. Some of the wreckage was blown past the front buildings. The damage will amount to fully $.';o, and the loss is not covered by insurance against des¬ truction by wind.
The Golden Rule club, which is a successful feature ot the Hickorj-town mission work, numbers almost 300 members. The pins emblematic membershin are now caried by mem¬ bers in almost ever.v state of th" I.gnited Stales and some are even in France and in other places. The club, which has for its aim the doing by a. member of some good  to  fellow man
that T ha\-e her assurance that she ap Jiroves  of  my    judgment   in     this   re¬ spect,"
The Smith interests in any flrm are to remain unconverted and undisposed of until the trustees shall have deter¬ mined the best method of dealing therewith.
Mr. Smith's trustees are authorized, if they see fit, as to the whole or any part of his capital contributed to any flrm, to enter into a limited partner¬ ship with members of the flrm xvith which he -was connected at the time o"
Souderton,   xvas elected  secretary
The grouji comprises Sujierinlendent O. AV. Ackerman of Cheltenham; Su¬ perintendent Carmen Ross, of Doyles¬ town; Superintendent Seaman, of Lansdale: President J. M. Fisher, of Ambler; Superintendent Weaver, of Conshohocken; Principal William H. Rroxvn, of Rockledge; Superintendent E. S. Ling, of Abington; Superinten¬ dent  Gehman, of .Souderton.
.Mrs, William    Scott    and   jlnughter   to  continue' the   well   known   and   ap .Marguerite, of Germantoxvn, have been   proved     fai-ilities,     ojiporiunities     and
Sjiending some lime xvith Mr. and Mrs. hanking privileges to all those who inisband. Joseph C, Collins, on the AV. II. .Adams. Mr. Scott spent Sunday are xvorthy and who di-sire to mak- ground of desertion, upon the re¬ use of the services of the organization, commendation ofthe master, Harold G. which has assets of a million and a Knight, Escj,, of Ambler. The coupio half of dollars. It is jilanned lo make ; were married .Vovembei- IS, 1011, and the bank more of a community organ-!,he desertion took place March 1,.1914. ization, xvhere all classes of patrons \ nespiie tbe fact that the couple were may have their banking needs prompl- , married for three years, they nevei- ly and satisfactorily cared for, j saw each other more than a few times
The Ambler bank is a roll of honor | during  that  period.    They  were  mar-
Admits to Sendinq Black Hand Letters. Henry     Sanferd.     aged  2S.     noxv
with  the  latter
William G. Jusl, of Gwynedd. has icceix-ed his new Franklin roadster. .llis heavy Locomobile he is retaining for truck purposes.
The war garden in Gwynedd on AVm. H. Jenkins' property, planted an 1 attended last summer by Boy Scouts, yielded 300 bushels of potatoes,
l.oxver Gwynedd township reverently recounts the loss of no fewer than five very prominent men Avithin the past fexv months : R. Mevle, TL B. Bar¬ tow,  J.  ,S.  Goodman,   Iir.   M.  R,  Ivnajip
and   I-J.   ii.   Smith, oil heen
All in
of   them   have j tj,]... j,
institution, having surplus and undi¬ vided profits more than equal to the capital stock, which condition not only guarantees its absolute security and safet.v, but also ^affords facilities of flnancial    opjiorlunity
ried in Xew York city. On the day of the wedding they came to Philadel¬ phia xvhere they separated, the wife going to her home in ProspectviUe, this   county,   and   the   husband   lo   hi.-i
unsurpassed   in   home   in   AVest   Chester.     They   never ,. ocality, actually lived  together since  the mar-
Of I his death,  the amount contributed  not! Thirtieth  and  Wharfon  streets.  Phila-   inu^inesr ~''\roZsio^''''^!^l:^i'\ teatu^^^'l^  inst^tiition'^ltm/its "m '   '¦"^"    '"¦°" "" ''"' "' "" ""'¦'¦'"^'
dali3hia.   and   who.   until   Oetober   1   of   ,i,.s,   and   in   addition   each   has   also | |,eriy    bond   clubs last  year,   w-as  emjiloyed   on  the  farm        ' •
the
to   exceed   the   capital   he   had business xx-lien he died.
The limited partnership shall not run more than flx'e ye.ars, and may he terminated at a shorter period. At th" end of the flvo years, the trustees shall
has accomjilished   vtanv results, a few! ^^it'i'li'aw- at the rate of not less than of which  are  knov  i   lo   the  founders,   $400,000 a year,
Eck Carson and J,' i:   Ewing.    Almost —	
weekly, and at some tmi-s daily, there       ._     Remember the  Live Stock. 'KrrlVb  U--:'...L.r-.£vxf^      .-i.-cra     in   '"-^    JRe-clenneA  feed nbt.-iined nt Stvin,ir.
. .erformed his part in toxvnship .affairs of ,Iohn S. Connelly. Germantown pike, j ,i,e,.pj,y helping in the work of improx-- near Arch street road Plymouth town- |n„. jncal conditions for neighbors and ship, has been held for trial at court, others in the neighborhood, charged with having sent "Black jf,.„. Arabella Huber. of Gwvnedd TLnnd" letters to his former employer,   i \-ajipy    has   gone   to   Philadelphia   for
Sanford   admitted   havin.g   sent   the j t|,(,  xvinter letters.    TTe said he had once been em- |     -while Horace Phipps was digging a
sS^.
recounting   experion<fes   of   helpfulness  thrive, and uplift.
Elizabeth,   one-year-old   daughter   of Lewis   Sliejipard,   residin.g   on    P.elvoi'-
avenue    Plymoiith   lownship      xvas   .so   Vajjey Traction  eomjianv. al their an ba.dly  burned  about the  body,  Sunday' morning,   th.at  her   death   resulted   the same   ovening.     The   child   was   in   a crib  on   the  flrst . Hoor  of  the    family
jiloyed by Connelly, who had dlscharg-
-stly, a
e'T^i the farmer.
I**,.
rave in  lioeli... ',- cemet-
bust week.
Christmas (lubs sells war saving stamps, and in all matters is an index of all business activities. Its jn-ivate booths, xvaitiu-- rooms and other interior facilities an- convenient and comfort.ably furnished. xvhile the vault and safe deposi* boxes are^many and varied in size and price.
• -.      ...     II ,- .,„¦- ^    , ed him unjustly, and  that he was only >>«.   „,„„   sin-ori-    i   >¦¦  -«¦   i    r-ie   around
away places and s^f. .-e M.cumstanSKTgcTS Gilt-EnTge FIour'Mills makes themi trying to  "getSnua-r6"'by ¦ii'ighteiiiti^<-^,^^„^^!^^^^-,^,,.~^(g^       ^r^r^&t
residence and alone when the accident  „„,,  George   Xox  JlcCain,     The  direc- occurred.    Her parents and  grandpar- , ,or„   reorganized   bv   electing   as   vice *;nts   had  just  stepped   out   tor  a  few, president,  F.   J.  Clamer;   sei-retary   F moments, when they were alarmed by   aA'. Wack, and treasurer   G, M. Carl smoke,   and,     upon   rushing     into   thai| ;__
beloxv the siirfnce. Prabnbly the cov¬ ering of ice and snoxv ser\-e<l to pro¬ tect the "ai-.rli from being frozen to a greater depth.
   rm  Fridav  morning last  the remains
nual  elei-tlon,  chose  the following offl-I     six' shares   of   the   Montgomery   Na-; of Henry Plu(-k. of Lederaebville,  wore
cers:      President,   Irvin   11.   Bardman: ! tional bank,  lion. James S.  Bo.xil,  $2'31 j interred   in     B'lehm's   cemetery.     Bla"
directors,   .S.  E.   Hughes.   F.   J,  Clamer,   a share. i BoH.    .Services xvere held in the church.
I John H, Dager, G, M. Carl, F. AV. AVa:'kl  " .six   shares   of  same,   Hou.   Jamos   S. | Some   years   ago   the   deceased   resi.1'>d
Trolley  Company  Election. ' Sale of Local Stocks.
The   stockholders   of   the   Perkiomen'     Sale   of   local   sIih-K-s     xvas   held
cently in Norristown :
the xvife testilied she had never seen her husband more than four limes, on whicii occasion he had come to visit her and would stay over the week-end -ivilh her at her sister's horae. The husband stated that he is not certain hoxv man.v times he saw his wife, but thought that it was tliree or four times a year. During the entire time of he marriage the husband did not con- tlian $200 for the sivpport hiid.
room, fouufl the child enveloped in flames. The flre had spread to the clothing and was making headxvay. It was immediately extinguished, but the little one had already been painfully seared. Medical aid was at once se¬ cured, but it was evident that the chil.d had inhaled some of the flame and that her life could not be saved. It is the opinion of the parents that Elizabeth threw a newspaper, with which sho was playing, against the red hot stove, and that this xvas quickly ignited and communicated the flames to the child's clothing.
William Sheppard, of upper Ply¬ mouth, on Saturday last observed his 76th birthday. He says he hopes to \ote for Judge Miller for governor of this state.
An  interesting    -experiment  is  being
Jeffersonville People to Wed.
Boyd,   $233  a  siiare. I in   the  vicinity  of  Centre  Square,
10  shai-es  of    the   Peojiles     .Vatimial 1 lea\-es a xvife and one son.
bank, J. J, Corson, $H2 a share. j 	
Nine   shares  of  same,  J.   J.   Corson, | WEDLiED.
$143.
Photoplay^ Ber
Committee.
Jlore of our -Ambler bo.\s xvill li . called lo the colors in February. Yoiir lioy ma.v be ainong them. Will yoa help the xvool fund eommiltee make a success of this motion picture beneflt ? Your 2.'> cents xvill give xon an even¬ ing's  entertainment   and   the  satisfac-
hil-h -With tributarloB thre.atened
He i tion tbat
central   Horsnwm   wav recent  rains    and  with its overfloxved      the      banks, bridges and  toie out  roads.
AA'alter \'. -Allen, of near Tlallowell. on Tuesday, shipped 100 bushels of flne potatoes to the Philadelphia mar¬ kets.
Mrs. Joseuh  AA'ood, of the Jabelwadi
the   -Abington   Memorial   hospital   xvith comfort   her infant eliild, has gone to her Phlla-
.Seven   shares   of   the   First   Xational
AVilliam Riitenhouse and Mrs,  Boyer ! I'^"'^, R- "- Gotwals, $1C0 a share.
Getty, of Jeffersonville, obtained a marriage license in Philadelphia, last xveek. Mrs. Getty's husband was killed in a trolley xvreck in Conshohocken several years ago. She was later em¬ ployed in a Main  street store.
Farmers to   Meet Jan. 23.
Speeding up production xvill be the slogan at the annual fiarm bureau meeting and the large public meeting of farmers to be held in the court house on AVednesday, January 23. Judging by the responses received by the farm bureau office and the execu¬ tive committee of pubilc safety bolh meetings will be well attended by farmers    from  every    sectioii of    the
worked  oul on  the two Disston estate | county.
farms, near Lancasterville. along Sten- |     At   11   o'clock   in   the   morning   the
Water $100   a
Garden
ton avenue. J. A, Middletpn, formerly of Fox Chase, has leased, w-ith the privilege of purchase, these txvo farms, arvd for some mouths past has been most vigorously prosecuting the alter¬ ations to the farm buildings, which were in use some years ago, but which latterly, and especially since William Disston's death, have been allowed to fall into the lack of repair. Mr. Mid¬ dleton has remodeled the hor.se barn and the poultry houses, while the old cow "barn has been transformed into a poultry laying house and a portion of it Is used for a garage. The old house on the property, Mr. Middleton will paint and paper and later move thereinto, as at presetil he is quarter¬ ed, comfortably but somewhat primi¬ tively. In one of the farm buildings. The two farms constitute the south¬ ernmost portion of the Disston estate nrooertx-. splendidly located, adequate- 1.x- drained and susceptible of intensive tiflage and readily '-ielding to proper rteatment, Mr, Middleton refers to his undertaking as h scientiflc research in poultry and stock, xvith especial refer¬ ence as to stock lo horses and goats. TTe states that he has been experi¬ menting fmj a neriod of six years, and latterly tlije high cost of purchased •eed ha ici him to seek a sufficiently ^lrge pi I ll- , xvhere he will be reliev¬ ed of hit; 11 fist prices and where he ¦n-in be IOl • .0 raise nearly all of the feed rr jnir,.. by tho animals. Mr. Mid-lie,o;i .,, an enthusiastic student of the worV, und Is endeavoring to nut into suocesbful practice the theories which he ig; firmly convinced will worlc out to scientific advantage. Last year he spent some time on a large pro- n»rty alo,ng the .Tames rives eight miles fronn Richmond during which his idana assumed practical form and ¦iv'iloh he Is no-n- endeavoring to work out at LpincastervIUe.
Mrs. Car.^ Williams, of Hickorytown. entertairihfdher mother, Mrs. Ridge, on Friday   '' ^
county farm bureau will hold ils an¬ ual meeling. Reports xvill be read, election of offieers will be held and the- work of the coming year  will  be out
Seven shares of .same, James -A Hurst,  $14,T  a  share.
Five shares of the Montgomery Trust company, Robert TI. Dager, $233 a share.
Nine shares of Xorristown company, Ambrose Johnson, share
10   shares    of   the    Spring Street   Market   company,   C.   N.   Hart, $20 a share.
10 shares of same, C. N. Hart, $21 a share.
30 shares of same, C. N. Marl, $21.,10.
One share of Farmers' market, Ir¬ win Zimmerman, $112.
15 shares of the X'orristoxvn and Germantoxvn railroad, bid to $107 and withdrawn.
20 shares of Norlh Penn Railroad xx-as offered.    No bidders.
Red Cross Notes. The latest returns of the member- lined. "pi.-inTs xxilVaIso"be''consi'dered"forhl''P/a'"Pa'K» >'^''>w that Atnbler '-as carrying out some important emer- j enrolled 1660 nexv members. The allot- gency work that may be suggested at l m^,"' ^y^'^ l"""- ""^' ^"I'^lf 'f« ''°"^ the afternoon meeting, Everv farmer i better than any town of its size and   businessman   is   expected   to   get I     ^"'- "'^ '""^'^ "'''«•• f"'" ^^''f^i^^i '"•«?«-'^
attend
behind  this    organization  and the meeting.
The afternoon meeting will be held at 2 o'clock. The various phases of the agricultural outlook will be dis¬ cussed by three prominent speakers : Howard Heinz, director of food sup¬ pl.v for Pennsylvania; I.,ieul-Go\'. Frank B. JFcClain; John A. McSpar- ran, master of the state grange. After the addresses some time will be given to general discussion, in which sjieei- fic jiroblems may be brought to the attention of the speakers and the exe¬ cutive committee of public safety.
Fight  Increase  of Trolley  Fares.
Bridgeport town council has given instructions to its borough solicitor to institute proceedings against the Read¬ ing Transit and Light company, be¬ fore tH- court at well as the public •service commission, for the purpose of restraining the eompany from col¬ lecting a six-cent fare from passengers on cars passing through that borough.
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Lieut. Foulke Buried.
Lieutenant "Walter L. Foulke. U. .S. signal corps, -ivho died-from pneumon¬ ia in the camp hospital a' San Antonio, Texas, -was buried Crfatrday with mili¬ tary honors. Ho was a widely-known athlete and lived at Mill House, White¬ marsh, At the lieutenant's bedside when he died were hia wife and their two children, William G. and Anita J. Foulke, -An older son, Calvin, remain¬ ed with his grandparents in Philadel¬ phia. Mr-s. Foulke and the children accompanied the body to that eity. Lieutenant Foulke was a son of Wil¬ liam G. Foulke, a member of the bar.
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ings 2600 were required of the Am¬ bler branch, 2787 were turned in. 2,525 were made by the .Ambler ladles alone aside from the auxiliaries.
. The Lone AVolf xvill be shown at the opera house next Tuesday evening for the beneflt of the xvool fund, Txvo performances. -All seats down stairs are 25 cents.
Jlrs. Howard Dager has been ap¬ pointed chairman of the xx-ool commit¬ tee to take the place of Mrs. Godfrey Mahn because of the latter's going to Philadelphia for the xvinter.
Another lot nf drafted men are to go from Ambler in February, The knitted goods and comfort kits for lliem must be prepared. Donations for the xvool fund and for the kits xvill be veyy acceptable at this time.
CALLBl'^LLI—PALTIMBO.
^ .x-ou are heliiiiig to eijuip "our   farm,  near Hallowell,  who has been  in
I boys     xvith     an   outlit   of   a     sxveater I scraf,     xvristlets,   helmet  and
' ^^\„ . delphia home.
' .V,  .    P"'«""-'^-   interested   in   the  wore.,     jlarry Dieter,  who  has  had  a  posi- that   the   wool   fund,   a   committee   oP, tion  in  the new Caldxvell slore,  Phila-
few days of   I-Tallo-
Mr. Joseph S. Callbelli and Miss Eva   the  Red   Cross,   is   doing   to WuT^o    -    lelphia   has been  sne  ding a Palumbo,   daughter    of  Mr.   and   M:-s. , boys  with   outflt.s,  as    outlined  aboxe, ^^Ih   his lat  e^ T D e?er    < Frank Palumbo. of East Orange, N. L,   and who are interested  in a  photonJav   well
formerly  of  Ambler,   were  married  at   of the highest type, a story of breath
the home of the bride's parents ou January 7. The bride wore a beautL- Tul goxvn of white dutche.ss satine and a veil trimmed xvith orange blossoms. The room in which the ceremony was performed was beautifully decorated with potted plantS and ciit flowers.
The bride was the recipient of many useful and handsome presents. Mr. and jjirs. Callbelli lefl on a wedding trip to the south, and upon their re¬ turn they will reside in East Orange, wliere Mr. Callbelli has a large tailor¬ ing business. -Among the Ambler resi¬ dents wlio attended the wedding xvere : Mrs. Rudolph Speelhoffer, Mrs. Frank McCool and George Phipps, Jr.
William Whiteside, of Hallowell. has
Church   Days   For   1918.
Epiphany, January ti.
Septuagesima, January 27.
Se-\agesima, February 3.
Quinquagesima,   February  10.
Shrove Tuesday, February 12.
Ash  Wednesday,  February 13.
Quadragesima, l-'ebruary 17.
Palm Suuday, March 24.
Good Friday, March 20.
Easter Sunday, .Alarch  31.
Loxv Sunday, -April 7.
Rogation Sunday, .May 5.
Ascension Day, May 9.
Whit Sunday, May 19.
Trinity Sunday, May 26.
Corpus Christ!, May 30.
Advent Sunday, December 1.
Christmas Day, Decemlier 25. EMBER DAYS  FOR  1918.
February 20, 22 and 2;3; May 22, 2-1 and 25; September 18, 20 and 21; De¬ cember LS, 20 and 21.
Ember days are English and Roman church feast days and occur on Wed¬ nesday, Friday and Saturday after the first Sundav in Lent,
less   interest,   mystery   and   rapid   firo, been   hauling   large   quantities   of   hay action, .should certainly go to the Am-   to the Koehler dealers near Eureka, hler opera house. <in Tuesday evening.       Ellxvood   Ely  and   daughter,   of  noar Janiiary 22nd, to see Herbert Brinnon's   Davis  Grove,     were  recent    guests  of brilhantscreen interjiretation of Louis : Tloward   Allen,     Horsham   road.
.Toseph A'an^e's famous nnxel, "The Lone Wolf," a Selznick-Pi<-nire offer¬ ing of exceptional quality.
The story centres about a remark¬ able criminal, xvho, because of his hab¬ it of playing the game single-handed, and his cleverness in covering , his tracks, is known to the police as the Lone  Wolf.     In   Paris,     this   man   b"-
near Horsham.
Clarence Allen, of near TTorsham. commenced morketing his hay in Phil¬ adelphia, hauling the product to the city,
Arthur Kunz. of near Prospectviile, is recnverlntr from a painful Injur.v to his head, sustained several days ago, when he slipped on the ice and falling
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comes involved in the machinations of i backwards struck his head heavily
Moore Garage is Ruined by Storm.
Tho big concrete block garage, oxvn- ed by Michael F. Moore, and situated at Twelfth avenue and Fayette street, Conshohocken, was almost completely wrecked by the hi.gh wind storm, dur¬ ing the night. The loss on the building .alone is ox'er $3000 and may reach con¬ siderably higher figures. -.V number of automobiles were damaged xvhen the wreckage came crashing doxvn upon them, and tho extent of this loss ha.s not yet Iieen estimated. About IS of the 2,"i machines stored there escaped damage.
Killed by Falling Tree.
John Seachrist, of Perkasie, xvas al¬ most instantly killed tvhen a tree w-hich he cut down, struck him. He died a few minutes after the accident. He xvas "i." years of age and married.
To Pay Draft Boards 30 Cents For Each Man They Have Registered.
Members of local draft boards will divide a fee of 30 cents for each re¬ gistrant finally classified. This amount was announced in regulations prepared by Provost Marshal Gener.il Croxvder and approved by President Wilson,
It Is intended that the amount be apportioned equally among the mem¬ bers, except in cases where it is .agreed, by unanimous vote to change to pro¬ portionate distribution so that some member will receive more than others. This provision is made to allow a more equitable compensation for those mem¬ bers who perform more work than the others.
—A postcard was received by Fran¬ cis Stout, of Selersville, recentl.v, whieh was mailed from Perkasie in 1910, seven years ago.
a band of crooks xvho term themselves the Pack, Among them is a .girl xvho arouses the Wolf's interest and in hi- belief that she is one of his craft, he aids her in escaping from the Pack,
This   escape   is   fraught   xvith   many perils and  thrilling episodes,  inehidiiii a motor-car chase  througli  the street-- of  Paris,   the   bnrniiu;   of  a   hotel   an' j a battle in the air lietxveen aeroplanes I over    the   English   channel.     The   giri I turns  out  to  be  in   reality  a   member of the  secret    service,   but     upon   the I..one Wolf's    promise of    reformation .she   gives   him   his   liberty,   xvith    tb" prospect of a more tender alliance be¬ tween them in the future.
Txvo performances of this interesting play xvill be given at this benefit on the evening of Januarx- 22nd, the first at 7 and the second at 9 o'clock.' All seats for each jierformance -xxill be re¬ serve,! until 7.10 and 9.10 respectively. Tickets, 25 cents each, can be obtained at the box offlce of the Ambler opera house any ex-ening, or at fhe Red Cross house. 722 Butler avenne, at any time prior to the performance  on  Jan,  21,
Pulmotor Saves Life. The first aid men of tho Counties Gas it Electric company wilh their pulmotor saved the life of William Dunlap, nf 208 E. Fornance street, Nor¬ rislown, who had been overcome with illiiminaiing ga.s, and whose life was ebbing xvhen they arrived in response to a hurry call.
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—Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Grubb, of Frederick, celebrated their silver xx-ed^- dlng anniversary.
—Tho Trappe Re.d Cross has enroll¬ ed 190 new members, exceeding its quota of 75 to 115.
—Norristown council presented a handsome rocker to its retiring presi¬ dent.  Thomas ,T. .lamison.
—Dr, P. Y. Eisenberg has heen elect¬ ed presltlpnt of Charity hospital, Nor¬ ristown,
—Owing to failing health, Henry t Snyder,  principal  of tho F-^st  Green¬ ville schools, h.a« t^nAor-•• Viis resigna¬ tion to take e''-'ect MarCi 1st.
the ice,
William Lightkep, of Jarrettown, is op the siek list.
Mr''. Cornelius Tane. of Dresher. spent spx-e'-al days last xveek in tho rito with  friends.
ATiss Gertrude Pongheily. of Ogon'.a ^-/i)ior>i -¦•-if-nt Sunday 'Vith her pnrenls in  T-lveplier,
Mr end Mrs. .Tohn ATcCnrmicIf, ro- 'M.intic City, snent Sundav Di-^'sber.
¦VTrs. Charl°s Cov.ieal of Philadel¬ phia    snent ..=iundav  in  .Tart-ettown.
Oliver Hniint of Camp ATende snent Sinidax- in D>-esher and visited bis par¬ ents in -Ambler.
Willard Ligbtk,en. nf Tarrettown. Is n  corp-iral at Camp Meade.
Frank Foster, _,of Dresher x\'as in Philadelphia on Mondav. TTe recentlv had his leg nnd arm broken at Mld- A-ale. and is now much better,
Francis Rodemick. nf Dresher, spent Sunday xvith Triends In Dresher.
Mr. and Mrs. ,Tohn McCormick. of Drpsber. snent .Sunday with their daiiErbter Jlrs. Frank ATitcli. at Roe¬ loff".
Fr.ank Corneal, of t^bilnr'elnhia. snent .'^nndai- wifh  bis fatboi- jii ,Tarrettown.
The storm la-st Frida.v night blew part of the .Tarrettown church sheds off their foundations,
George Heilman. of Dresher, went to Pbilndelnliia  on  Tuesday.
Raymond T'-^-cr, -x-ho Is stationed at Camn IMeade "pent the -week-end with ^is onr-'-nts. 'Mr. and Mrs, William 3. Tvoo.i. of TTorsham.
Mrs. ;\nnle Collins, of Willow Grove. railed on IVfrs. Wm. Sill, TTorsham, on- Thnrsdny  afternoon.
Jfi-p. Samuel Ram.sey. .Tr.. of ITors¬ ham. and •^trs, George Nuss. of Wil¬ low Grove, have been en.ioylng the flne coasting.
M. 'Winner of ITatboro, visited his- slst .-v. Mrs, Frnnk Forker, of ITorsham, on Sunday.
Mrs. Georgo Lear, of Willoxv Grovo was the guest of Mrs. Frank Forker, of Horsham,  on  'rtmrsdav.
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