The Ambler Gazette 19190130

              The Ambler CtAzette.
OL.XXXVI.-NO.
AMBl.KR.   PA..   JANUARY   30    101 IK
S1.75   A   YEAR
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings ol Local Interest to Our Readers.
AFTER THE WAR FEDERATED
Dr.
IN_EUROPE.
Linford Besson Visits France and Belgium.
Smith—Oyster   Description Wrecked
Death     of     Raymond
i^upper a Great Success—Events at Harmonville and Hickorytown — i^ission   Notes—Miscellaneous.
i-.iina, daughter of Evan Brooke, of Cck.  i'oint, has been ill.
Mrs. George Sheller, Jr., of Cold Po-!t, who was ill willi a heavy cold, is" now somewhat improved.
Miss Mabel Fi.shci-. of Hickorytown, Visited Mrs. I'"red. Ballard, of Norris¬ town, on Wednesd.ay.
.Mr. and Mrs. Kobert McPherson and two children, of Gwynedd Valley*, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Har- ve-    Rex at  Hickorytown.
Mrs. Kllicott and daughter Marion anl MI.SS Mabel Fi.sher spent Friday evening with Milton R. Marple and faniily  at  Hickorytown. !
I ioraue Wolle. of Cold Point, who W!'s  ill  with inlluenza, has recovered.   I
Misses EfHe Marple and Mabel Nel- | Bon. of Cold Point, on Sunday, at- ! teiide a C. K. chorus rehearsal In Nor- i ristown. I
j\'rs.   Mary   Supplee,     of   Flour6»)wn road,   who   was  afflicted   with  vertigo, ] ha ..recovered and i.s out again.
Morris  Williams,  who  was spending soiKi!   tims   in   Plymouth   Meeting  and Con¬shohocken, left la.st week to return to  his  homo in Palo Alto,  Cal.,  where i he iH interested in real estate. I
Success   in   evea'y  feature—social   as ¦well as financial—rewarded the efforts of the Men's Bible clas.s, of Plymouth U.   R   church.   Last   Saturday   evening, "When an oyster supper was held in the basement of the church.    A  Uirgo at- i ten ance rewarded the men, who were : most graciously assisted b.v the ladie.s^ and   whose    efforts   materially    .aided the   men     folk   in   making     the   event the success which it proved to be.    Of course,   the  co-operation  of  tho   com- i munity'". wa.s   also   necessary,   and   this response,   together     with   the   help   of. th   ladi-o   la  luosl  gruicfuhy   ackuow- , ledged. ,       |
The Jiarker family, of Pliiladclpaia, .spent .Monday witli the R. Stanton Stanley family. who aie occupying the Morris Williams lionieste.-id iu Plymoutli   .Vleeting.
Mrs. Kmily Barrett and daughter Pearl, after having spent two weeks vvith the foimei-'.s .'iisler, Mrs. William Kulp, in Harmonville, bave returned to their home in Pulaski, N. Y. i
Corson Stevens, of Harmonville, has secured a position at the Plymouth plant of the Amtrican Magnesia, com¬ pany.
¦ Oliver Reed and son Russell, of Har¬ monville, spent Sunday with tlie 'for¬ mer's mother at Trappe.
Edward Hinkle and family, of CaiT's [ lane, Hai-monville, entertained friends | on Sunday. I
Mr.   and   Mrs.   George   Dehaven,   of, Hickorytown,    -entertained   friends   on Sunday.
K,   Shoeti»Ji(.er
of    Many    of    the    War
Towns—Zeebruge,    Ypres,
Ostend    and    Other   Places—Mesinas
'     Ridge    Blown    to    Pieces — Turkeys,
I    $1.25 Per Pound.
j I have read Dr. J. Ai-min Stack- house's letters and could see myself I doing those .same hikes. Spent Augu.sl in northeaslein France. Wo went [through the Argonne with the Dist i Illinois, or the "Wild West" division, i and  think  they  made a record.     Made
WOMEJTS^ CLUBS
Montgomery County Group^Mtets in Ambler.
WHITPALV AND    GERMANY IS     ' L. GWYNEDD.    NOT STARVING.
Who's Who and What's ^hat in the|xhomas Aticinson, of Ambler, Says Two 1 ownshipcJ. |        Lots of Things Are ShorL
_ ... .       /%  I Mi  ,     . l^ewis   Sliepherd     and   his  wife,     of
Entertamed by the Colony Club in Washington Squ.are. who have both the Presbyterian Church—At the been in lied with inlluenza, are now Election Mrs. R. J.  Rolston  Is Elect-   coiivalescent.
.1    n      ..1    i.    D —    D     J J Miss    Mary   tCC^ontitl,    who   leHliIen
ed    President-Program    Rendered.       ,,.,„,   William   Shoopard.   at  Wa.shipg- On   Thursday   last   the   Colony   Club  ton Square,  has been  bedfast with ill- of Ambler  was  hostess  to  the   Feder-   ncs.s for a week,  but  is  now  recovcr- iition  of Woman's Clubs of Montgomr   iim.
ery pfiunty. entertaining them in t'.ie .\[,. .steward Wurts, Jr., of Philadel- Pr,'sbyteii;in eiiurch. In siiite of the phia, sjient Saturday ,at his father's ver.v disagreeable  weather there wius a! larm  at   Iilue  Bell.
very large attendance, delegates being | A. A. Nash and family, of Kureka, pi'esent frpm Ilatboro, Ardmore, Cyn-jcallcil Sundae afternoon at the home what they call shock troops, then sent 1 wyd. North Wales, Noiilstown, Potts-i of Mrs. Marietta Hoover, of Hlue Hell, up in lielgium and took Audenar le ¦'"^^n •'md a .splendid lepresenlation .Mr... I,aiira Shcirer and daughter, on the'Kscault riv^r, early in .Xovem-|'"''Pm membirrs of the Ambler club. |M:h. Wan-en Fl-ck. of Blue Bell, spent ber, ju.st before tlie armistice was The nofrmng session, which convened j las' Tuesday with Mr.s. Roy (iernhard, signed.    There our company lived in a'"'-   1«.'10   was   dcvot(!d   to   the   regular, of Xorristown.
HORSHAM AND UPPERJUBLIN.
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest U
line chateau for a couple of weeks, aci'o.ss tlio river on a hill, from which the Germans hail shelled the town, killing hundred of civilians mostly by .s;as' shelly.    The civilians lived in eel-
! Iars and  .stayed   there -two  weeks  with
¦ little   to   cat,   and   many   de.ad 'among
1 them.
I     Came
I through
1 city will
' been.
with   the  .Jiresident, of  Ardmore,     in   the
i-oiitiiie Inisines Mrs. Hamilton, cliair.
The meeting opened by singing "America," followed by an address of welcome by Mrs. Thos. AtKinson, prcsWent of the Amljl r club, ivho. ill a. few well-chosen words, made the guests most welcome. Mrs. Ralph Ivinder, j,resident ofthe Cynwyd club; ie.sponde(\ to the address of welcome, .speaking of tho urgent .need of coni- Ypres was an awful sii;ht—dozens oi'jmittees and the great good they car» stranded, wrecked tanks, shell holf s, accomiilisli in their own particular HO numerous that Ihey touch each I conimiinit.v. The minutes of the last other,   bones ¦ and   bodies   everywhere, | annual me-ting weitj then read by the
baek     to   Inghcim   and     then
Roiilerfi     and   Yjires,     wiiich
ll.' in histor.v as old Rome has
No   man's   land,"   in   front   of
reciiverinj.'
nearly Lf   done
old barbed wire entanglements, piles or a.uiinunition. trtiiiche;i an.l dugouts. At Mesines Ridge, blown off by the British, who tunneled' it and mined it, is a hole a hundred feet deep and 300 feet across. ''No mand'Js iiand" is: about 12 miles .across ali along this Belgian front and as one proceeds north towards Ghent the sludl holes become farther apart and the roads good with rows of trees uninjured on either side.
"A few A'ayS agu I took a trii> ih an .ambulance from Poperinge, which is just 1ft miles west of Ypres, to Calais, then to DuiiKirk, to Usteiiu, Zecbrugv and back throu.gh Bruges the next day.
Ostend is a beautiful (dty on the coast wilh a iii;iguiHcent beach, large white buildings and streets. TIh' be.ach was itovered with barbed wire, and even the steps to the buildings were blocked by entanglements. There were many big- guns all along the lieacli from there uj) to Zeebruge left by the Germans and blown ONt at the beach. At Zeebruge 1 walked out on the pier about a mile and saw
the ships sunk by the British to  block i witty   manner   sli the  harbor.    There w.'is  the  jieriscojie   in an old  t iviieh
of
secretary and ajipvoved a.s read. Tlio president then called for the reports of the different committees from each district, \yhose responses were much enjoyed. .
The eletjtlon of olficers resulted as follows : Previident, Mrs. Robert J. Rolston, of Amliler; vice president, Mrs. Jone.s, of Pottstown: secretary, Mrs. Fowler, of Narberth; treasui-er, Mrs. Pugh, of .Merion. jiresident of the Suffrage Club of Montgomery County.
At 1 o'clocU a box-luncheon was .served iu the Sunday school room, "hic'.i was (njo.ved by all. The .after¬ noon meeting was ojiened by Mrs. Rolston. Ille newly-elected jiresident. Mr.s. Frederick Brister delighted tho audience by singing several s( lections, accomjianied by Mrs. Williams on the riiano, and also led the audience in singing soni^- jiatriotic selections. <}ne OI the spe.'ilsers of the afternoon, Mrs. .1. Clarence l,eo. was then inUpduced. She gave the audience a choice of two subjects. France or Russia. Tlio ma¬ jority rut-d and l-'rance was selected. In a most deligluful. vivacious anil ilescribeil her life !i;ile.iu  at the ojiem-
•Mrs.   Mathias      llooz     is from  nil  attack  of  inlluenza.
R.   R.   .lones     has   his   b.-irn c(.in'deled.     The   work   is   bein, b}'   -.t   No'-vistown   contractor.
-Mrs. William Sailer, of Springhouse, is recovering .slowly from double in iimonia. i
Jlrs. Daniel I'h-li, of Blue Bell, is ahle to be around again after herj llliio.ss.
The   famil.v   of   Giun'.ge • Rossiter,   of; P.lup-'Bell,  is  able  to be  out again lei- havin.g the grip.
ilow.ird Bernliard, of t'.lue B-11, bus.v  bnliiig hay.
.Mis. John Bower and daugliters. Blue Hell, .sjient Friday evening Pliiladelphia.
Miss  Flor;i Walton,  of  Philadelphia sjient   Sunday   wit'ii   hei;  jiarents.   Wil- 1 liam  Walton and wife, of Blue Bell.       !
W.irren Brooks and family spent j .Sunday afternoon with Miss Kmma | Walton!  of Blue  Bell. ' i
First Sight of Coblentz Was a Column of Real American Soldiers Marching Down the Main Street—Boche Play¬ ing Second  Fiddle to  Yankee  Boys.
Thomas Atkinson, of Ambler Hlgli- liTnds, who is attached to tho thud army of occupation of the Y. M. C. A. motor service, is now stationed, at Coldeiilz, Germany. In a recent let¬ ter  to Mrs.  Atkin.son, he  writes :
"Germany, starving nnd -freezing, is a joke; thougli, of course, lots of lliings are short. The (irst sight I saw in Coblentz, which i.s a. largo city, was; a column of real American soldie)>:— band and all—coming right down The main street. It surely does ones heart good to see the lioohe popul.-itloii .stand hack. The doii.gh boy is mon¬ arch  of  all   lie  surveys   in  this   coun
try.     Our  military   police are  runniii.ur,..fi-eslinients   v.'f ro the   towns;      our   soldier.s   are   every- ¦ was   a   deservrd
ets wliat he ai^iis for   buH'   to  the  youn^   man,   who once.     The   German:,-, to return   to camj)  lliis  week can't   do   enough   to |     Cinders have been hauled to
where,  a.nd  ono j
and   gets     it   at
.seem   as   if   they
make   on'i   comfortable   and   are   even
.surprised   if   ono   expects   to   pay   for
.anything.      We,   therefore,   try   not   to
Murjiri.se them  too often."
JTr.   Atkinson    started    for   Coblentz
from  the Y.  .VI.  C. A.  headfiuarters in
Paris in a  Berliel  (Belgian ma'le)  car
i whicii   he   soon     discovered   was     nol
pf mueh  gooil.  and  at  Nancy  had  a  bad
jjj I accident.     i\o   one   hmi, ' but   the   car
I was   comjilelely   demolished.      He   re-
iluiiied to Paris by train and asked for
I a   Ford   car.     He  was  pleased   that   lie
1 was   assigned   a   new   one,   which   h.ad
come   riglit     from   Detroit.      Ho   then
made the trlji lo Coblentz in aVa days.
via  ("bateau   Thierry,   Har-le-duc   and
iMany Readers.
Albert Tyson and John B. Park, . of Horsham, Win State Honors as Potato Growers—Reception to Otto Hlppeli, of Dresher — Jarrettown Items.
'Ill  Monday evbiimg a very delighti- fiil   i-fcejition   was   teadererl   Otto   Hlp¬ peli,   of   In-e.slier,   whicii   event   was   a total   sui-jirise   to     the   young   veteran who   has   just   returned   from    Franco nnd  who is  under treatment at  Camp Ujiton,   .V.   Y.,   for   wounds   received  In the  light   for  human   libDi-t.v.     I'riends and   relatives     to   the   number     of   75 Hwoojied down upon him. while ho waa , engaged   in   the   act   of   dres.sing   the wound  in  his  leg and  look  him  prls- oni r.     Games,   social   diversions,   con- I yer.sation, dancing and music wero en- i joyed,   and   at   a,  seasonable   hour   ro- enjftyod.     The   event testimonial   and   tri- expecta
trance buildin.:
.VI.
the en- Jarrett's   tarn\
lit¬
is;
lo   Charles ^.   Babylon.
-Mrs. .Tames B. Er- home. Davi.s Grove, Philadeliihia. ¦
Owen Taylor, of Weldon. h.j.M threshing out the wheat crop on a than Htackliouse's large farm, lowell. .Mr. Stackhouse hns baling his ha.v, using hi.s own tion engine to furnish the power, ni.-icliiiie  ran pr:rfectl.v.
Harry   S.   Nash,   of   Hallowell,
in, of the K. G. E. sjient  Tuesday in
been Jon- Ilal- been trac- Tho
pro-
.Mrs.  Fred. Slingluff and  children, of
.Ambler,   have   returned   to   their   home
after  staying    some   time   with     Mrs.
i Levi  Slingluff,   of  Rlue   Bell,   who  has
I l:ieeii  ill.
! Xext Sunday evening will be Chri.s- : tian Endeavor night at Boehm'.f I church. .-V good jirogram has been ' )'r"iinre('   by  the  committee.
On   Tuesday   evening   Harry  Walton
1 was   given   a   sui-|irisc   at   his   home   at
: I'riuikliiiville  in   honor of his  Iiirf.iday.
A   large  number  of his friends gather-
' ed nnd heljjed him celebrate  the event
a British submarine sticking out j ing of the 'war. ."^he had in charge of the water beside the pier where it \ several young .girls. They were 70' had blown up part of samo just be-| miles from Paris, all communications! fore the Germans Iiad sunk it. The! eut off from there as well as from t British have since constructed a I America. For some time they wefie i swinging  bridge across  tho pier.    The  looked  upon  as  spies,  but   tinally,   ,af
Letter   From   Robert   Pfanner,   of Dresher. Dear  .Mother.   Father   and   Sister :
Just a  few  lines  to^;et you   know   ! am   still  among  tlie   living  and   hajijiv. I   sujipose  you   thought  I  w.as  killed, heard   from   me   for   such but  I have lieeeii  too busy aiiv   body  or  had   not   the
purpose  of the  "mole"  was  lo jirotect the entrance of the c'fihal from the sea and   it   goes   out   in   a   semi-circle   in of it.
Erance, in
of Hai- with her has
I,
Mrs.  Anna'    	
of ConsliohoclffeftJ'^Bpeiit Mrs. Walter Campbell town.
Samuel   H.   Myers     and" f.amily,     of Carr's   lane,   Harmonville,   on   Sunday, ' visited    Mrs.   Myers'   sister,   Mrs.   Ed¬ ward Wertz,  in Conshohocken. |
A  repori   is  current   iu. iiarmoiivillo | that  Mrs.  William  Corey,  of Port In- | dian, has purchased of Wyniield Mer- i -.¦ine the  Jiroiiert.v along the south side; of Conshohocken  pike,   which  the' lat¬ ter occupies.    It was the former Percy Coulston   place.     The    purchaser,   the report  goes,   will  occupy  the  property and   enter   the   poultry   business   ex¬ tensively.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Donley nnd son, of Germantown pike, Plymouth Meet¬ ing, Imve been spending some time witll Mrs. Donley's pareiils, Mr. and Mrs. Harry M'axwell, Sr., of Harmon¬ ville.
Mrs.   Harry   Maxwell,   Sr., monville,   i-.j  one of  the  first early  spring  flowers   and   already a beautiful narcissus in bloom,
l-lo.euco,   the   dau.gliler   of   Mr.   and • Mrs,   Vickers   Tarbutton,   of   Harmon¬ ville,   has   been   critically   ill,    but   at this  writing  ii  somewhat   improved.
Ray Bowman and Mis.s Louise Ilyde,- of Conshohocken, wero Sund.ay visit¬ ors   at   l.jeoiiard   Beck's,   H.arnionville.
Miss Kdna Bei-lvliimer, of IJhiladel¬ phia, spent Sunday in Harmonvillo with hvi- parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Berkhimer.
Mr.s. Daniel Lightkep, of Carr's lane, Harmonville, who has been ill, wai aole to bo out last Sunday.
Mrs. Phebe Hensler, of Harmonville, \ ho has been on the sick list, is im- provingj
Charles Slingluff, of Bridgeport, spent Saturday at the homo of Mrs. Samuel  Ramey,  Harmonville.
On Jan. 20 at the Gujf ccnitery wero interred the remains of Mrs. Alexan¬ der Turner, of Harmonville. who was a brotlur of the late Samuel P. R.-im- el, of tho samo place. The funeral was held from tho residence of a son of the deceased in Norristown, Mr. Turner is now residing in Harmonville with Mrs. Ramey.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Trankle, of Cold Point, spent Sunday afternoon and evening In Norristown with friends.
The E. J. Lavino coinjiaiiy is paper¬ ing tho new houses which it erected neir tho iil:ii.t some months ago. ' Rev. Howard R. Maxwell, who la connec'.'ed with the Fleleher Methodist church, Phlladiliihia, was the .guest of Messrs. Carson and lO.ving at Hickory¬ town last Sunday and preached in the il ickorvt'iwn mi.sslon during the even¬ ing. Rev. Mr. Maxwell is a brother of Mrs. William Disston, and ho is doing a grand work by his Christian example,  word and  work,
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. lowing, of Read¬ ing, were guests at the Eckened. Hickorytown, on Sunday. Mr. Ewing is vice presidont of the Reading Rail¬ road company. '
On Wedn sday afternoon in Cold Point cemetery were interred the re¬ mains of the late Raymond Smith, of Cold Point, who died on Satuiday in Charity hospital, Norristown, afler an illness of 15 weeks. He was 19 years of age, .anA the son of Mr. and Mrs. David Smith, of Cold Point. One brother, David, died in France within the past few months. Two brothers, H.'irry and Howard, and a glster, Flor¬ ence J^urvive. luneral services, con¬ ducted by Rev. Df, G, W. Tupper, were held at the home of the deceased's | parents.      .^ i
to   £?i
uifope
Had iH turkeys yesterday (Dec. 24) ior our company of 80 men and we paid ^1.I'.'i per jiomid for them. A franc looks like a nickel to all Amer¬ icans here, and the French know it, so you can see tlic result.
R.  )i,  nearing   Postponed. |
The   public    servico   ooinmission    at; .the request of the  director general ofj railroads has issued notice that it will defer   tho   hearing   on   the   change   in commutation    tickets  set  for January '2'j.    The  statement  follows :
"The public s-jrvice commission ap¬ pointed a lifaring on the Jiroposed change by the Pennsylvania Railroad and l->liiiadeljiliia Roading Railway companies, .acting under authority of tho "director general, in ch.anging com- mulation tickets, so that they are good only during the calendar month in- .s.teail of for thirty days from dale ot jiiircluise as ordered by the commis¬ sion. Notice of tho investigation and hearing by tlie ..•ommission was serv¬ ed upon the dii-ector general of rail¬ roads, who in a telegram received, re¬ quested that tht> hearing be postpon¬ ed without date jiending the result of review of the question by the riiil¬ road administration, and advised that he had directed the railroads to defer for one month action in making pro¬ posed chango effective. Hearing on tl»e twenty-ninth has been postponed upon tho director general's request."
ter a lot of trouble and disagreeable ex«r>eriences, they were able to escape. The audience were so interested In Mrs. Lee's descriptions that they would gladl.v have listened longer. ,Ti|g JteOUnd   s]ieal:er   was   Miss   Col-
the goveriiment fe'Sjieak ori tiene. Thin work is national and in¬ ternational in scope. The aim of the speaker is to interest women in lielp- ine- fo :-id the world of venerial di¬ seases.
¦ The v's^ling clubs oasaed a motion of thanks lo the Ambler club for their generous entertainment. and the meetin.g adjourned.
not liaving a long time lo write to anihition.l
1 was in the last drive and sure bail some experiences, which I will tell' you of 'when I return, which I hope v.ill  not  be  very  long.
We  are  now  in   Germany  and   have
eriissed   the  Rhino  river.     I  was  dis-
iilijuiiiited  witii  this  oountry. as It has
1 loo   many     mountains,.     I   have     been
«>J OBhiWMlBfertJUte   a   lot   ^f   c^oiiiUry^sinc
the     arniisti.-e     Mas   "sTgiTed' siariiul   in      I'ra'iee.   traveled     ihroii.giil i Belgiriin,     Luxemburg     and    German>'.' ! AVe  had   to  tr'i'.el   hy   foot, .but   we   en-, I joved   it  just the  same.
I  certainly   liavi'  a  Hue  Htor.\-   to   tell I
; you  all  when  I relurn.
I     I  have  been  jnst  as  disappointed  as |
you,  as  I  bave  not  received  any mall i
since  r have  been  in  this part of the j
I world. !
The peopl;^ here are treatiii'.;  us  line jand thoy sure arc glad the Wiir is over, i In   the   estate   of   (jcorge   Wartsner,       We  sleep in  good   houses and some- late ' of   Whitpain   to^v^l^hip,    there   ls!'inie.s   barns,   but   the. best   jilace   we. made   ilistribution   of   the   proceeds   of. find   i'l   when  we  jnit  up  in   a   convent. I
been de- [ We "ro .in one now
Weriz
sick list
Nevin
.piiivv I buildin.^v
havrnrr#rtr'MM
himseli.
Fund   Created   for   Bertha   Wertsner.
Child   Poisoned.
Harry Hallowell, four years old was brought frorn tlio "Sunshine home," at Davisville, Thuraday afternoon to the Abingion hospital tiulfering from carbolic acid poisoning, and died dur¬ ing tho night.
As the result of information devel¬ oped by Chief Lever, of Abington, a thorough investigation has been ordered to d:tennine wdiethor attempt was made by ;in attache of tho homa to  murder  the  boy. .
According to the rejiort furnished of   tho   boy
an Si!-aCr'e farm, which had vised to Benjamin, as son, censed. There is shown a balance of over .iieOOO for distribution, of \vliich i^VMO is .given in trust lo Attorney C. S. Shelve for the us? of Miss liertha P. Wertsner, a daughter of the late lienjamin, and the balance is »io be equally divided among the estates of the lat:' Dr. Milton Newberry an.I .To¬ seph Haywood.
Dr. Newberry, of Fort Washiii,r;ton, and . Jo;;ei)h Hjtywood, of Ainijler, both of whom are deceased, b i ame endorsers, 25 years .ago, for tln' late Benjamin P. Wertsner, of Wh'M'aln, in the Slim of $0100, laking as their security an aasisywMit of lior inter¬ est in a $6000 mbrtgago in favur of Bertha Wertsner, whieli, under tho will of her grandfather, Georgo W rts- ner, was to be paid Miss W. r -ner only if she survived her father. ':' she outlived her the security would :Mve been nil. .Mr. Wertsner died two years ago. However, in the me;i;ilimo Dr. Newberry and Jos?ph Ida .vood had liquidated the amount for hich the.v became Fecurity, .and tb" pro¬ ceeding recently adjudicated s a clearing up of tho trust creni i 50 year.s .¦n.go. By tho proceedings ''lay- Ion Wertsner, a gr,andson of leorgo Wertsner, and the estates of Dr. .\'ow- bH-ry and Joseph Haywood vol' itar- lly create the $1000 fund for th .• use of Miss Wertsner.
de- 1 We de-!and
it.thoi time 1 write this expect to s'lend Chrisim is bei-e. They intend to have a largo Christmas tree and .also give our company a "feed"   on  Christmas  eve.
Well, as tli'is is all the paper I could get at'this time, I will have to close, so there is only one way to send me a letter that 1 can get oui''k cui that is by special dejivery and register it, as I am just breaking my iicart to hear from   vou.
Tell my trieiid.H that. 1 will write to all in a day or two. I am also go¬ ing  to  s >nd  you  some pictures.
I will have to close, hoping you are all well. I am feeling line and may soon return to the .good old U. S. A. I am as ever, with love, your loving son, BOB.
47th Co., Sth  Regiinent, U. S. M. C,    Amer. B. I-'.
• iiriet'ir of '.he Horsham hotel, has been ill with grip.
!     Charles   and   Harry   Rutherford,   tho 1 HalloweU   blacksmiths,   are   recovering I from   grip.    Tho  shop   was   closed   for several days.
I     Mis.s     Alice    Kearns,     of     Hatboro,
I teacher   of   Horsham   primary   school,
j who   has   iieen   quite   ill,   is   improving
I slowly, and  now  Miss Anna Aledinger,
principal of the same school,  who al.so
residi's   in   Hatboro,   is   also   ill.     Tha
.schoril   has   been   closed   this   and   last
'weeks.
Richard V'aiix, who is a cajitain in the aviation deiiartment of tlie army, and who was stationeil at Camji Kelly, is expected home about the middle o£ Februar.v.
At the state farm jiroducts show, held at llarrisburg last week, Albert Tyson and .lohn P,. Park, of liorsham, wero awarded lirst and second Jirlzea respectively on their exhibits of pota¬ toes. These tubers wero. in competi¬ tion with, lhe ixhibits from liie dis¬ tric! including .Montgomery. Lehigh, Fierks, Columbia and Schuylkill coun¬ ties. Mr. Tyson's exhibit also won thi» grand ilianipioiishiji of the state in. comjiel,itioii   with   150   entries.
At the business session of the Statu Potato   Grower.s'   association   at   Har-
  risburg,   John    M.   Park,   of" Horsham,
NORTH   WALES. was elected  president  to serve  for tho
.M.   Weber  has   lieen   on   the   ensuing year.
for il W'^ek. with a severe cold.'     Robert   F.   Whitmer.     of     Horsham, KeH.v   has   rented   the   Bean   who   is   Largely   interested   in   lumber- r..,   vv'p..:!   Wiilinit   street,and  j>rop'erlies  in  the  me : .      .i',  ol   .^orHi si««b»i.fov,.CSvoytoaiaBfiitj^?!i -. i/ievtJf.Qtrisisi
'.een with a miSSHBHSBWRa : . , ot";-n<i'ho'd-- \\'1II take ings. The propoailioii hj.s i.een in- corponiteil and a limited amount of Btoclv has been sold. The yield ot last mica is said to be of high quality and sufflciently abundant to form the ba.sis for a paying- enterprise.
On Sunday there jiiissed along tho Doylestown jiike through Horsham to Doylestown from Philadeljiliia anl re¬ turn, S.iniiiel E. Cavin, Esq., of IJhil¬ adelphia, on his annual birthda.y hike. He was BT years of a.ge on that day. The day previous he w.alked to Pal¬ myra and return, and on Sunday ho tramped     10   miles   to   and     from   tha
•N'ancy.
Soldier   Dies   of   Wounds. The   relatives   of   John   C.   Courtney, Quakertown,   have  received  an  odicial ; message from  the government tluit he ' died  of wounds  in France on Decem¬ ber   14,    1918.     Deceased   would   have > been   2',   .yea.'.-i   old   ne.xt   Octobe:-.      !'y Irade  he  ivas  a  steel   worker.    .Siirviv- iirs   ill-     liis   jiarent.s,   Robert   t'ourtiiey and   wile,   four   lirotliera :     l>'r.ank,   Ro¬ bert.  James,   William:   two  sister,s   liv- in,;.;'.   Alargare;   and   Ann.a. •
MAPLE GLEN.
Iloberi .Mann, wlio lias been ill al I'liailes   .-^.   Mann's,   is  about  again.
.¦Vlrs. Jo.s-;ih L. Botten, who was sfck in bed for a few days, is again about the house.
Charles .S. Mann and family visit¬ ed Frank Houpt and family, al Wil¬ low Grove, on  Monday.
The Misses  Button and  Mr. iiud  Mrs. Josejih   Bot len  ilesir to     their   neighbors man.v   UindiiesKes   ii reavement.
lo extend thanlcs and friends for their   recent    b-'-
Rorer Bros.    Win. Heniimrly his  place  with  the  Rorers.
Geo.    -Welniiire,    of    WisiBiihicKon former   residenl,      was   in- town week.
Miss Lottie Johnson and mother, of Mt. Airy, were visitors in town last week.
Samu"! Callen, of West Philadel- jJhia, a former lesident, waS| in town last week. He is now a foreman of '••ev.-truetion ai the Hog Isl.ml siiip- yards.
Raymond Bean and irvin Bean  were
visitors in town last week.
Dr. Chitrlif Ettheelcr wip Itmove ! Bucks county seat, back to town this Tliursday frohi hisi Clarence Allen and sisters wert> home on tho iiike above town to his' Sundny afternoon guest.s of Walter newly acquired property on South JV. Allen :it Hallowell. Alain stieet. He has made some addi- J Joseph Wltiteside, of Ilallowell, 13 tioiiB to the property and will, a.s soon > koejjing his motor truck busy those iis weather permits, erect in front to i days, conveying produce to the Phila,- exteiid even Willi adjoining business t delphia markets, as follows : Hay* jjlaces   two     modern   stores,     one    of  and   jietatoes  of  his  own   raising,   hay
which he will occupy a.s a drug store and move from hi^ Jiresent location on East Walnut street.
Majorie, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Usar Hard nfelt, of School street, severely burned herself by pull¬ ing a bowl of scalding hot gravy over upon   hcr.solf  last  week.
Wesley Howland, tho young man who    was   so   severely   injured   m   th
and   potatoes   for
for   Howard   Allen John   Meredith.
' Wil!i:im White.side. of Hallowell,  lost a valuable  cow on   Sunday.
John H. Harrar, Sr., of Horsham, who h.is been ill for many weeks, li improving slowly and is now able to bo out.
John Harrar, Jr., of Horsham, has been  made    head  farmer  on     the  Dr.
PROSPECTVILLE.
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Whitehall   Road   Blaze.
The old McClain property on "White¬ hall road beyond Germantown piko wa.s thi' scene of an exciting bliize, Sunday night about !) o'clock when in some'.mysterious manner the pump house became allre. Messages lor as- sistaiSce i\'ei-c sent to Norristown, and tho Hancock, F.airmount and Mont¬ gomerv chemicals respon.led to the summons. The Norristown apparatus was also on the *cene.
Wh-n tho liremen arrived, sparks from the burning building were land¬ ing on the residence, and it was with dilllculty thnt the house \v:is kept frnm being Ignited. The pump houso was destroyed, but the other buildings on th > jn-i misc.: wore not ilaniaged, ow¬ ing to the work of tlie local firemen.
Tho place is occupied by a family named Hodges. There wero 50 gal¬ lons ef r.T-nline nnd 50 «il)ona of ker¬ osene stored in th3 pumn house.
Press   League   Meets   in  Atlantic  City.
,'    the .Mont- turd av afternoon     at   tho  Hotel  Denni.s,    At¬ lantic  City.
In   the   evening   the   annual WJIS   enjoyed     by   tho   membe: a  their wives, tho'     The   following   ofHcers/ wero
to  ser\ e  during  tho ensuing  year :
Pre.sidcnt, Charles W. Bauni, Per- kasl". Vice-president, WiIIi:iin G. Hower, Bryn M.awr. Secretar\-. G. D. llotchki.ss, Dovlestown. Trea.siirer, B. Witm.an D.ambly,  Skipjiack.
Chief   Lever,   the   mother        ,   .-   .    -        -,,.,,
leti   tho   institution   for   a   briet   tima,       The   22d     annual     meeting
leaving her son in care of an  attend- \ Press   League     of   Bucks   and
ant.     When   sho   returned,   tho   police  gomery   counties   was   held    .S
say"     the   boy   was   missing   and     tlie
mother   found   him   nearly   a   half   an
hour   later   in   .an   upstair.s   bed   room,
unconscious   on   a   bod.     Tha   c,over3
were drawn tightly about the child
chair was lying across  the  top
bed  and a  carbolic .acid  bottle  itnd  a
snoon were found hidden in the room.
dinner :    and
I'l^cted
As   She   Leaves   Window   Bu'Iot   Pops Through.
Mrs. Mary C. Tyson, of Woodland avenue. Trooper, had just slepji-d iiv.'iv from .a window of her dining room, which oyerlook.s the higli way, when there was' a crash, tho iiaiie be¬ ing shattered by a bullet from a rUla in tbe hands of somo parties who im¬ mediately fled.
iN'otwilbstincling her narrow escape from possible serious injury, inn-iiniich a^ she had ben sitting at the window in such a manner as woul ' have re¬ sulted in the shot's rausiiig a bad wound, Mrs. Tyson succeeded in get¬ ting an Idea as to tbe perpetrators; and trouble is in stor-" for someone unless the damage is speedily adjust¬ ed.
Mrs. Fniuk Anderson spent Thurs¬ day with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mar- chant at Ivy Hill.
A pubhc .^ale will bo hold of the real estato and personal property of the late Friend Barlow ou Feb. 5.
Mr. iiii'l Mrs. Frank Oberlander are on  tho  sick  list.
Mrs. Tliomas Anderson visited Mrs. Edward  Boehner on Tuesday.
Stray dogs arj killing poultry in our neighlKirhood.
I'^lwood Finley, of Philadelphia, for¬ merly of this place, i.s ill with pneu- moni.a.
Penn Blair school reopened on Mon¬ day after being closed for three weeka on account of tho epidemic.
The Liidies' -Aid society of Prospect¬ vlllo M. E. church will meet at the homo of Mrs. Walter Fillman on Feb. 4.
The 'turnpike is boing repaired with stone  from  the Jackson  quarry.
Mrs. Williiim Smith iuid daughter Dorothy visited Mr.s. William Leslie at  Amiiler on  Tuesday.
Raymond Weidner has purchased a neiv "overland  touring car.
Mr. and Mrs. Willing Weidner, of Montgoniervville, spent Sunday dt the home of Thbinas Filhnaii and  family.
Mrs. Harry Longcop?, of Chelten¬ ham, spent several days last week with   Mrs.  M. Lukens,
Frank Dager has purchased a Ford  many ton: ing car.
Mrs. Waltor Fillman and son spent Tuesdav wdth her prirenta, Mr. ahd Mrs.  Charles  Ridi.  of  Horsham.
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Leedom and Mrs Amy Yotlicr.! and Miss Viola Yo'.hers. of Philadelphi.a, were tho guests nf Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gouak on Sunday.
Cli.'iiles Stackhouse. of Philadelphia, ¦^pent Sunday with Mr. anl Mrs. A. Huler.
railway wreck,  is still  in .a  very  ser-! Hart   jiroperty,   Abin^iton.   .superceding ions  condition  at  the  Jewish  hospital, i James   Roid     and   will   mo\e     to   tha through some what improved.    His in-j largo f;irm as soon as jiossible. juries are of such a nature as to re-i     Jonatlmn   Stackhouse,   ot   Hallowell, quire   a   lon.g   time   treatment. " 1 whoso  f.arm    bullrlings  aro   tho     most:
Tho  Wi.--sahickon     Valley     Brother- • complet.i     in   Horsham,     having   even hood  will meet in ,St. Peter's Lutheran ' hay    weigliing     scales,   has     preparea"
—J.   Kirk   Leatherman   resigned   aa treasurer     and      Doylestown      cnunell
elected   John Mieaiicy al a
C   .Swarllev   to salai-y of $300.
fill   tho
pai-ish liouse this Thursday evening, l.'ev. R. A. Bowers Will make an ad¬ dress.
Mrs. James Fine and daughter, Rdna Moorhend, of .Montana, aro visit¬ ing Mr. and Mr.s. Isaac Rorer.
W. W. Miller, Esq., ha.s .sold to Wal¬ ter ITooley tho former Wolf homesteiid at W.ilnut street and Beiiver road, for Alonzo Lesher,
John Rorer has sold for tho John Foulds estiile, tho green houses, boil¬ ers and radiators on South Third street, to a party from Arvilla, who is dismantling samo and will remove it to  their  nur .^ry  at  the  latter place.
Albert Uitchio has sold a row of building lots on South Fifth street to Adam Schnel, wdio contemplates erecting dwellings thereon.
Frank Maure hiis moved his b.arber business from Third and Walnut street.s to Lansdale.
Tho  North   Wales   Machine  Co.   has commence.1 tho r'^-ercction of tho ma- chino  shop  of thoir plant at Elm  and Centre   streets,   recently   destroyed   by , fire.    They  wiil enlarge the samo also. | The   loss   is   estimated   to   have   been' i{50,000,   partly   covered   by   insuranco. Many valuable designs anl blue prints were   lost   thiit   cannot   easily   bo   re- ! jikteed.     Work   has   been     found     for of     the   employe's    that     were thrown   out  of   work.     In   assisting   in! erecting   the   new   machinery.     It   will ; require     several     montlis   before     the comji.any   will  be ready  to resume  full work   to  complete  their  big lot of or- j ders on hand.
Word  has  received  frorn  our towns- , men,   Balpli  Grove,  in   Franco, who  has! in   charg'   the   carrier   pigeon   service! ol'  tlie  armv,   that  he  Is  well  and  en¬ joying the service.
'i,ir 'own men, David Band, haa ¦iNo receive ; word trom his son Her¬ bert   that   he  is  in gocl  health.
it band is flHini;  n   week's on- nt   I orirp'bsv Ille for thp ba-
i~iiii- Inc- :i,i;emiMlt
him.'-eir wilh a record weight book for use at the scales.
Mr. iind Mrs. Charles Monteith, oC Horsham, spent Tuesday in Philadel¬ phia.
Mias Marth.a Ramsey, of Horsh.am, who has been ill. Is convalescent.
Charles W. Willard and son Ernest, of Hallowell, spent Monday in Phila¬ delphia.
The prayer meeting held nt Mrs. O. P. Smith's, Horsham, on Wednesday of last week, was largely attenl d. < The meeting this week was held at tlie homo of Mrs. George Fillman, Hal¬ lowell.
Henry Shaffer, of Horsh.am, who was quit> ill,  is now much   ininroved.
Mr. and Mrs. Klmer E. Potts, of ITorsham, on Friday last renehel Dnn- verg, Mont., where thev will visit tlieir daughters, Mrs. Theodore Con:ird and Mrs. Charles ITammons. JTr. and :Mr3. Potts will return tho latter end of March.
i\lrs. Samuel Ram-i^y and son Siim¬ uel.  of Horshtini. have both been  ill.
Mrs. Susan Ci'ockct, of Hor'^ham, one of the oldest r(\si'lent3 of tha township, suffcrel a stroke last week and  her condition i-; critical.
One year ago last Tuesday a heavy snow fell, blocking -the mads. Dur¬ ing this season up to the p'.'cs -nt tliero have  been  no  piiow  blockades.
The L«adies' .Auxiliary of the Hors¬ ham T'lro comjiany are pliuin'n'r to givo a play. Ih ' date of whi.'.'h will bo- annnunced later.
j Raymond Tyson, of TTor'-ham. who is in Franco with a sujiply train, re¬ cently sent hom ¦ a b.ag containingr se^¦^n  Germnn  helm'^ts.
Mis'! Mart'in Wood, of Horsham,, who was qu-'io '!'   is Imjirovlng.
Charles W. Willard and fnnii'v. of T-itiiie-'-en, ¦ne.ij F^imibiy a'' -^-o-^nn wi'h Willinm '''nf'emick and WlMiam L'plitliep,  Jarrettown.
CContbined on im.go 8.)