The Ambler Gazette 19191218

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Oli. XXXVI.-NO.   48
AMBLER.   PA.,   DECEMBER   18.   1919.
S1.75  A   YEAR
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
itppenlniis oi Local Interest to Our Readers.
The  Community    Christmas  Tree   andi the  Proper Spirit—Sudden   Death  of Miss  Sarah  Casey—Church   Services —   HIckorytown     and     Harmonville K - tes—Miscellaneous. The  Men's   Bil)le   class   of   the   Ply¬ mouth U. K. church, h«I(l a Iiirgfly at- ttiiUcJ  supper    on  Saturdjiy    evening, when more than $110 was r( alizefl.
Milton Marplo and fiimily, nf Hick- orj'town, sitent Sunday witli G. Clay- tlm   Rex  and   family,   iMaplc   Glen
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.
Who's Who and What's A^hat in the Two Townshipa.
Andrew Murphy, of Gwynedd Val- loy, had ahout $3900 insurance on hi* frame .s'table and barn, which Wa.s destroyed by fire last Thursday morn- inj?. Flames wore seen at a window in the hay mow about 6.30, and the men rcsjK MdPd at once. With the aid «( water ii w:is thoiipht the blaze. had been e.xtinKui.shed, hut apparent¬ ly the flame had crept alonK Lie bal¬ ed straw until it reached loo.se hay, wlien it immciiately burst into flames and   soon   was   beyond   control.     The
I     Mr.   and    Mrs.   Wm.    T.    Patterson, I according  to  their cu.stom,  will  spend I the   winter     in   Florida,     and   left   on ( Saturday  for Daytona,  that state.
l^cather g-oods, purses and pocket iMjoIts and ca.ses. Never forgot their imi)ortancG for Christmas. Stillwa- gon's drug store. adv
About $65^000 was paid out last week by the Keasbey & Mattison and. the Asbestos Shingle, Slate H, Shoath- ing companies to employes as bonus. 'J'ho report circulated hero Last wecl< that tile lleiss' store was robbej, is untrue, which was established after a  iiolice investigation.
John B. Neely, of Abington, pur¬ chaser of the Ridgvvay store, is mak¬ ing improvements and renovations therein and when completed will greatly enlarge  the  stock.
At  the  parsonage  of  Calvary   .Meth-
Cranberry  Sauce,   25c  a casii  store.
Oysters   and     clams  for
lb
Stoufg i adv     * (Christmas
SDPPER
will be extra fine  this season at  Nib- locli's  restaurant.     Order  early.       adv
From r/ow until Christmas, Deck & f'n's. store will  be open evenings, adv
A splendid line of ice skates at la.st year's prices for sale at Deck & Co's. adv
Toys and Games complete. Bring tile youngsters for selecting. Stillwa- giin's drug store. adv
Camera-  a   gift  of  pleasure  will  last: foiever.    Small ones for kiddies.    Still- w.ignn's drug store. adv
-V helpful list of Christmas sugges- I tions for every member of the fa,m- j ih i» given in Deck & Co.'s adver-' lisement,   page  4, adv     I
ANDJTRAP.
Events Scheduled for Benefit Local Firemen..
HORSHAMLAND UPPER DUBLIN.
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Supper to Be Given This Thursday Evening by Colony Club—Ytrap at the Fire House Dec. 22—What Is a Ytrap?—Go and See—The Ambu¬ lance. 'I'he    members    and    friends    < f    tire
Wi.s.sahickcm File Co. have plans .-ifoot 1 ..Hh. Mary f.yday, wlw has been for several benellts to be held in Arn- vi.«iting   her   si.ster,   Mrs.   H.   .S.   Cook, | |,i„,.,   |,y   whicb   it  is  hoped   to   realis;;'
odist  Episcopal  church  by  the  pastor, i or  Fairview  avenue,   for  the   List   two I Kuflieient    funds
to   pay    the
linmejon   the     morkg-age.-   due   Jan
interest 1,     and
Niscellaneons  Items of Interest^t* Many Readers.
Horsham /auditors Meet Road Sup«f*'- visors — Augustus Funk Purchase* Willard Small House—Walter Pax- son Farm Sold — Jarrettown antft Dresher Notes.
Frank Jrvin, Jb'enjamin Archer and. J-iary Kniuierich, the boaid of maii- agers, visltod the K. G, K home at Davis CJrove on Sunday and carefully inventoried  the  property.
A.   Dieter,   of   Mallowell,     who   has
On   Sunday   evening   Mr.   and   Mrs. | liorpes were rescued with  difllculty;   iii, Jacob  H.art,  of   Cold   Point,   entertain- \ fact,   a   son   o'f   t/ie   owner   was   over- eid   Miss  Julia   M.   Connelly   and   Miss] come   in   the  stable  and   was  dragged i
Kev.   J.   Perry   Cox,   Mrs.   Annie   Con-1 months,   left   last   week   for   her
stantlne   and   Mr.   Walter  iSimon.   both | in   Xowton,  Iowa,
of   Ambler,   were   united   in   marriage, '     Miss   Gertrude    Harton    is    conlineil ,     '|'|,,, |j,.g^ „{ these benefits is a chick
November   26. M.i   Ciiarity   hospital.   .Von-istown.   suf-   i.„   supp<-r  for  tliis   Thursday  evening
i'Hst Sunday night or early Monday j f'^ruig from ruptured blood vessel. At f,om fi tp 8, planned and executed by McCowen, of Ccatesville. Miss Con-! out by Jlr. .Murphy, who, himself | "io''aiug the Keasbey & Mattison giir-jjliia writing Miss Harton is doing as ti,,. colony CUub. The liremi-n and nelly    was  a  former     Rell   Telephone, fac^d great danger of suffocation wheni'it'i" was entered and the cash register! Well   as  can  be  expected. ] members of  the  Ltdie.«'  A\ixi'iary '.ire
company  oi)erator at  tlie old exchange! he went  in  to liring out the last horsi', j'""hbed   of  almost   %M.     The  state   po-|     /Cero  weather   is   a   sure   test  of  any | djspo.sing   of   the   ticket«,    which    are at  Plymoutli  Meeting,   and  is  now as-1 Tlie  hay  wagon  was  |)iilled  out of  the'"<^''  ''''e   working  on   the  case, i lualing  system.     The   pii)eless   heaters ! fi„,ij,-|j,   ..^  ready  sale at   7.5  cenl.s  cac;i.
sistant   to   the   general   supervisor   of 1 barn   willi   the   driver's   seat   top   lilaz-'     (ieorge   i.;]cs.sing.      one   of   the   aged | in.slalled    by   G.    .M.   l)e<'k   it   Co.   are j ,\   .spl-.ndid  suppei-  is  .assured. "        ,     Harry   JMetei- ¦ of
traflic of the Coatesville district.    Miss   Jng.    About four tons of hay. 4',<.  tons ,''^f^'dents  of  .\mbler,   fell   down   stairs , giving satisfactory service on even the j     < )„  next Monday evening at tlie fire   ited' his   lather    A Cowen is district chief operator at the I of   straw,   all   the   machinery,   harness   'it his home and was p;iinfully injured,   eoklest   days, adv     | house   there   will   be  a  "Y'iraT'."     Cir-, well   on fcJunday
Coatesville     exchange.      On     Monday  and   gasoline   engine   were   destroyed.,     A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs.      'What shall 1  give wife or mother?"   culais have been, issued  calling atten-1     Mrs    ChaHies   Wtljer   and   diughteV ;.-t<rnoon  they  attended   a  conference!-he   buiKling   was   erected   in   August i Ho''ace    Walmsley,     of   South     Ridge   is   a    puzzling     .iiiestion.     The   Ape.K , (jor,   to   this   new   and   novel   form   of! of   HallowW ¦• left   on   Saturday     una" at  .Norristown and later a dinner and , of IDl.s. and  the loss is not fully cov-i avenue, i U.ctiic   Washer   and   VViiuger   is   the   ;inni„e.ment,   and   the   public   generally , reacin'^lAiilwirhiiale   Florida   oil  Suii-
rec  .,tion tendered  the  general  super-I crc'l. :     M   J.  Dunn has contracted  \vith  the, hc.s^^ It   lasts  .a  life-time. ; j.,     i,„.ited     to   attend.     What      is   a.| day   evening,     where   she  joined     her
v!.-- ,.- of traffic, I     Rev. (). T. .Moyer and daughter were   ^uoform  Co.,    of  l.tica,  .\   Y.,     to  .sell i .^oLI  on  easy  terms  Ijy  G.  -M.   Deck   '^ >  'Vlrap "'      Well       come    to      i!ie    lire   husband
At  the    election   of    Sunday   school   entertained (m Sun.lay at the home of   "ic'licines,       toilet     articles,     etc,      in, Co. adv     i house  on  that occasion   and  then vt)u       m,"    and > Mr.?    Arthur   Hagerlv    of
(ifTircrs in the Plymouth   United  Kvan-   |i\in    Yost     and    family.     of     Centre   'ho  t-rritory   taking   in   part  of   Phila-        I'he   biautiful   display   of  jewelry   in , wip    gpg       Awards    of    ttirkey,    geise, ' Sejijiiti gelical church  last Sunday  the  follow-   S(|uare. i deli)hia.    Mr. Dunn  reports sales com- ' ilic  window  of  R.   K   Lamphere's store   chickens!    candv    and
hi   the  result:     Sitperintendent,   Wal-^     \Yillia;ii   Walton,     of   lilue   liell,     is j'"g  in  abundantly  for  this  company's: is  u.eiiting    attention and    atti-acting. n,;,je_    -md   those,   persons  who   have' assistant     superinten-, driving  liiH  new  auto  track. | products. | lniyers.      The    well    selected    slock    at   iionaled   to   tiie Vause   will   be  allowed
c)ther  claims which  are  now  pressing. , been ill, has.gbuc  to spend some timo
'with his daughter,  Mrs. File,  in  Phil¬ adelphia.
: Augustus Funk, who resides ir» I Jonathan ,|.«Ui<'kli juse's properly at j HallowelL is liie purchaser of the i frame tenant'hou.-e on the C. W. Wil¬ lard store  properly  at llallowell.
Philadelphia,   vis- Dieter,   at   11 alio--
ter A.  Knerr;
dent, Benjamin Mosely; secretary, •Toll..than Rodenbaugh; assistant sec- reu.ry, Charles Staley; treasurer, Thomas 'WTiite; librarian, Jacob Stal¬ ey; pianists, Mary Harris, CJladysi Mosely; choristers, Kathryn Rode- bangh, Mrs. Alvin Hawk; superinten¬ dent of primary department, Mrs. Lynda Golden; assistant. Thomas Oooke
A  men's  meeting  will ibe  held   next   i,ome  of Jo.seph  Shoemaker and  fam- Sunday    evening    at   8  in   Cold  Point |i)y,  of  Blue  Bell, ohurch,   and   the   congregation   of   the Plymouth   U.   E.   church   will  unite  in
the    meeting.     Thom.as  Kingston,     of                ^  	
Norristown, will be one of the speak- : pack   the   Christmas   box   to   be   sent
J. I larold Hoover and wife, of Am-! ¦'^a interesting game of basketball! such reasonable pi-ices inclu/les gifts bier, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. ;'"¦vlll be |)l.iyed this Thursday at S p.; of luxuries and necessities for old and George   Hoover,  of  Blue  IJell. S m-   i-n   the   floor   of   Calvary   gymnas-   young.
ium,   Parle     and   Lindenwold   avenues.!     'i'lie .Sunday  scliool  of Upjier Dublin
when   ('alvary   lirst   and   second   teaiim: l.titheran   churcli   will  hold  its  Christ-
wii!l    meet    Triangle    lioys'    club    first j mas e.\ercises  next  Sunday  evening at
and     second     team.     of    Philadelphia. • "-I'l   o'clock.     The   churcii   will   be   ap-
Admission.   20   cents. ; inopriately     decorate^d.       A     beautiful
I'la.vton  Colem.in  ha.-;  enlisted  in   the.: mnsiral     progr.am     will     be    rendered.
United   States     n;iv.v    for     two   years. ' Tlie   public   is   cordially   invited.
lie   left   Ambler   last   Friday   and   wasj     Cliristmas     morning     carol     singers
assigned     to   the     Mare   island     niivy   will go from  Calvary  Methodist Kpis-
May J.  Rossiter,  Mrs.  Clarence  Zim-   yard,   San   I'Yancisco,  Cal,     The  young | I'opal  chuivh  starting at   .I.SO.    A cor-
merman   and   Edith    Roberts   were   .a   man   was   coxswain   in   the   transport   dial  invitation  to join.    Give  name  to
committee of Hoehm's Sewing circle to   service   during   the   w.ir,   and   was   on | Mr. S.  Franklin.    At 6 o'clo<>k  Christ-
The    Women's     Missionary    society
will  meet   next  Saturday afternoon  atj
I'.liO  at   Boehm's church.  ¦ I
R.   R.   Jones   ,of   Blue   Bell,   is   very much   improved.
Ml-,   a ad   Mrs.  W.  E.     Lindblad.     of Philadelphia,      spent   Sunday     at    the.
lo enter the competition. other .it- iractions will figure in the "Ytiao." all of which will be of interest and will .add to the excitement and pleasure. The Ambler Fife and Drum corps will furnish music.
geese, ' Sejkiik, N. Y„ returnetl on Sunday- will be I after having .sii>t.nt several days with the former'n parents. Mi'. aJld Mrs, S. S.   Hogerty,  of   liaiiylon.
Deeriiig liageity, of New York city, has been spent!ing boveral 'Jays with his parent.^  at   Babylon.
Horsham castle. .Vo. 484, Kniglita ot the Golden Kiigle. on Wednesday even¬ ing,   I>ecein.ber   3rd.   elected   the   fol-
A number of donations have been i living named for the ensuing tetrn'r received by the fln.ance committee: i>;,yt Chief, Wm. JV. H. Zell; nobler during the week, the receipt of which chief. Elarl Koons; vice chief, Ben- is hereby acknowledged. Financial ; jamin llowaith; high priest, Cornelius- ¦lelp is needed now and at once, and u Corson; venerable hermit, George the members ai-e looking to those per- j M.adden;   Hiaster  of   records,   Franklin
to   Bethany  orphans'   nome  this  week. Francis Schlater, of Broad Axe. was
spending some time .at Shamokin.
Boehm's Reformed Sunday school is preparing the Christmas music en¬ titled "Christmas in the Heart" by 1. H, Meredith and will be ren<lered on Christmas eve.
©rs,   and   others   will   al-so  deliver  ad-
James Lynch, who was an airplane •perator in the service, attempted on' Sunday to fly to the home of his father, Thomas Lynch, Rldg-e pike, HIckorytown, but getting lost in the Jog, landed at Daniel Freas' on the AnJorra nursery tract, near Barren Hill. The young (jian, who is an ex¬ perienced aviator, plans to go south this winter and give demonstrations^ at the various resorts
The death of Mas employ  in  th«    superin of    the    Plymouth •aat widespread many     friends     a where   she  was   w ser\'edly popular year of her .age.    She
phia one  day     early   lasu   ween.,    miu   jnj, later      developed     pneumonia,       from ; family,   of  Blue  Bell, which  she  died  on  Saturd.ay  morning.,     William    ' S&iler     and
lS':tna.s   morning   a   nativity   .service   will j ypt ,„ „„ke their flrst donation  to the ¦ hr held  at  the church.    Everybody  i-'* I support of an oriranization  which  has
the   Amerika,   on   which   he   made trips overseas to Brest, France.
-A.  despatch     from   .Von-istown     says I invited. home   over  the   week-end   visiting  hia  that       Controller-elect       Horace      W.!     \Vm.   1).   Deuchar,   treasurer   of   the I parents. | Smedley   has  requested   Wm.   C.   Irvin, l linance   committee   of   the   Wissahick- ;
Mildred    Duffleld,    of  'Blue   Bell,    is | of   Ambler,    to   remain   as   deputy,   a  on   Fire  company,   reports   the  receipt i
position    he  has  creditably     flUed  for* of donations   from   the   following   per- four   years   under   Controller   Heebner.   •'<oas :      Mrs.   J.    Ii.    Fokfeldt.   Godfrey .Mr.  Irvin has been 111 at his home for  S.   .Mahn,   Philip   Maas,   Wm.   T.   Pat-i several   days,   but   has   now   returned! terson,     Xorman     K.     Hibbs.     E.     L.
sons who for many years h.aye been accorded protection . by the company ' and at times service and who h.-ive a»
to his ofliee in Xorristown. ! Posey.
If  you   are   undecided   as   to   a   gift I     Stop,  look,   listen!
The  rush  is  on.
not only furnished protection in time of threatened damage and danger, but al.so h;i8 .afforded a saving in lessening the rates of Are insunmce on the (property of all our property own¬ ers,
'I'he  persons  who are  always   ready I to  give,  have  given  during this  cam
paign, and their splendid  co-operation
A. (brocket; clerk of exchequer, John W. S'teever; keeper of exchequer, Al¬ bert Tyson;- sir herald, James Slugg: representative to grand castle, John W. Steever; alternate, Albert T. Bia- s^y; representative to home and or¬ phanage .Cornelius I.<. Carson; trustee.. Emory KooQS, district grand chlal^ EWgar P. Walton. Installation of t-iese- officers will be held early In Janctajry» The ¦ roa<l leading from the Doyles-^ town turnpike to Palmer's mill has al very bad mud hole which needs at¬ tention,   as several  auto  trucks ha-vei
family.
Her   mother     died
year   ago.     She   sp|,inj,|,(,usp spent      Sunday      with', on the theme, "The Story of The Star
ClirKt-: r""""""    '   .i::   ¦-¦¦•-¦•-"   ...--."¦...   ,     mjss  Terence   Whiteside,   of   Baby-
. .,, ,1 , .....1-      TT ,      ^;,',„, lance     committee.     Ambler,       Charles   inn    mienf  the   week-end   in   Philadel-
of, morning service the pastor will preach | mas   themes    'The   Heavenly   C.ioir,'    Hu^jcley, chairman, or J.  M. Hayvvood \Xa  witidliU   Reba  Mow^
and  "Heart   Helps  lioin  the ( linstma.'^   ^.gggm,f,|. -.ipnia   "'MSSt. % V       .     "/ ™
At   ;! .o'clock   in   the   afternoon   next
Lexington has called a meeting for Jan. ."> to consider the sale of the road, an offer, said to be about $80,- Oitn, m.ade by the state highway de¬ partment of Pennsylvania. The road , is about 10 miles in length, and for «pent Sunday, in Plymouth Meeting f,),r,ut two miles of its upper portion •with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Frederick. | jg ^hp jjue between Bucks and Mont- Mrs. C. B. Frederick, of Plymouth j o-omery counties, the remainder lying Meeting, srient Monday in Roxborough .^,.^,ol]y ;„ the latter county. The tip- with her daughter. Mrs. William P'unk. ^ j,,,,. ,.nd residents, boards of trade and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wertz, of Con- ,),p Quakertown .Motor club are inter- shohocken, si)ent Sunday in Harmon- ested in the nroiiosed freeing of the vllle  with  Mr.  and   Mrs.   S.   B.   Myers^. j.Qad,   and   have   been   a,ctiv^e   for   sev
The   company   ownijig  the   turnpike, and   Mr.   H.   Rynear   will   play  a  cor- fi-om   Springhouse    to  north   of    Lino  net solo.    The church will be decorat-
leaves   two   sisters   and   three   broth-j j,T^,„es Hand and f.amily, of Blue Bell. . and at llie evening service, "His Name  .Story."   by the   pastor.     The   attention! ersT ' ]*^oF~BoiB'e^y«tt«^ she !ni^-te»t-J>T*bff,.,;<.-|3r^.-«. A, Rtle,' of Blue Bell,-moved'l-^-Jemis."    apeclal in«Ae>«'*MSttK|i>W«W*«»«im«i»te9|HiaU>
efflcienif Secretary and treasurer of the 1 ;^   <:<   Valentine'.s cow down to  Chest-, Camburn   will   render  a   soprano   solo,   thesp .services, vi'ith a cordial welcome. ( Plymouth  townshl])  board  of road  su-^^iut   Hill  in  his auto truck on Monday. | duet,    Helen   and   Dorothy   Woodward
pervisors.    The  funeral  was  held  this       — - •       ¦ " -        '   '"^-    ''''   "      -¦"     '    -   -
Wednesday   morning,   with   interment In St, Matthew's cemetery.
The Christmas exercises of the Ply¬ mouth U. B. Sunday school will be held on Dec. 28, when an interesting' program will be rendered.
Albert   Zimmerman,   ot   Norristown,
Free Doylestown  Pike.
Sunday  ill   the  (Sunday  .s, hool  room  of I     Wscovery of an cild mortgage. wIiuIl Trinity  chuich   there will  be a  public ¦ ™'"'.<^   ''   essential   to   start   additional
Mr.
of   Hr.ll
ithe   !.-rtt<
."VinMcr
Whiteside;.
irtainpd
- ' Ot
Wiirrafii   Ivrout," <if   Cll<alfont>
iiid   f^aniuel   Krout,   of   Siiring   City. Misses    Mabel   and   Irene   Allen,   of
ed  by  Jlr.  George Martin. rehear.sal   of   the   carols   which   are   to
-Vew   Year's  eve  will   be   spent   most [ be  sun.i;-  about the Community  Christ- jirontiibly   by     those   who   attend   the i fas  tree   on   Trinity  Green  on   Chrisl- thrce-fold   function  at   Calvary  Meth-I mas Eve at 5 .and again at 11 o'clock., odist Episcopal church.    The llrst  per-i before   the   midnigiit   service.     AH   .arei^^'"-''   mack iod     will   be    an   entertainment.     Mr.'. asked to come and rehearse the carols
omlemnatitm   pi-oreedings,   has  delay- i Hoj-sh.am,  spent ^aturday  in Philadel- ed  making of settlement by  the coin-   plna.
moiiwcilth  for  tlie AV.illow  Grove  .-in 1 I     'Walter   Paxs«n-has   disiiosed  of his Doylestown   turnpike,     but   settl^ihent | fine  Hor.sham   farm,   along  the  WeLsJi
111   .Monday   and   the   toils ' road   occWpie<l   by   Harry   Conarct. removed. j     The  auditors  of  Horsham  township.,
et-al ye.ars in the movement. For <a time the turniiike company, it is re¬ ported, was holding out for a price of $12.'S,0Ofl  for the  road.
and Mr. and Mrs. Klmer Myers, of Bridgeport, motored there in the af¬ ternoon, taldng all hands to Consho- hocken in the evening.
Charles B Frederick, of Plymouth Meeting, who has been ill for some time reported Monday morning for iiiitv nt the ulant of E. J. Lavino Si Comuany but found he wa.s not able Ham D. Yingst spent Friday in P-nila '    work   and   returned   to  'hi^  delphia
EUREKA.
Mrs. Frank W. Worth and Mrs. Wil-
to jresume
home. , .,  ., „
Edward Hinkle, an employe of the Diamond Stole Fibre company, Bridgeport spent P>iday at his home in Harmonville, having been ill.
On Tuesday, in honor of her i4th birthday, the many friends of Mrs, Sallie Slavin and members of the Cold Point Baptist church, of which she is a ipemiber, tendered her a very pleas¬ ant postal shower in honor of the an- nivers,ary     of   her     natal   day.    Mrs.
Mrs. Emma McN'.-iir is on the sick list.
.Mr. and Mrs. Ellas Sellers and fam¬ ily were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.   J.   Lowlel  Hoover.
Miss Florence Williams and MiSs Arline Hoff, of Lansdale, were week¬ end  guests  of  Miss  Wilma Markley.
PROSPECTVILLE.-
The   Christmas   exercises   of   Pros nivers.a.y     or   "''^^     "-"i'   "^^'  j^cob i pectville   M^   E,   Sunday 'echool   will K" of'cold ?o[nt"and   m'akesTer | be^ held on Sunday evening, December' home with the latter. Mr.  and    Mrs.  Leonard
Louis Docelli and Mr. Herbert Merkel. : accompanied by a cornet, at the noted blind entertainers, will pro- An excellent missionary iirogram vide the program, Mr. Docelli is a was given in the Mt. Pleasant Bap- master vocalist and Mr. .Merkel i<'ti'-l <-hiir<-Ii on W'e.lnesday. I>ec. 10th. humorous. The second period will In- The addri-sH . was delivered by Mrs. a .social hour, and refreshments will be, Geyrge Ginger, of Wissahickon. Phila., served. In the liHst period, n wal(-li who spoke on the Colden .liiliilcc o; night service will be held with a<l- lie Women's Baptisl l-'orei.mi .\iis:-ioiL dresses by Rev. W. C. Stix'er and tlu. sceiel.x'. .Mrs. (T.ui.ger is one of tlie p.astor. I best    women     speakers     .-Vmbler     has
The   local     lire     company     received   heard  for a long  lime, three   .alarms   on   Tuesday.     The   lii-st'     .Vext Sunday at 10.;i;i a. in. the Sun- call   came   from   the   Three   Tuns   sec-I day school of Trinity Memorial church' tion,   when   the   windmill   and   engine   will litjld  the yearly "Manger Service" house   was   destroyed   on   the   Duncan ' in   the  church  followed   by   the  usual j ^^'^
morning  worship.    The  public  is  (-or
Til.
and   Johnson   place.     This   Are,   it
o'clock.] ''"' turnpike, longest of the few re-j Arthur Jarrett and Arthur AVilliams. ¦ ' maining toll roads in the Old Vorl; . met the board of i-oad supervisors on road section, bist>cts the Old York I Monday evening at the Nash hotel, road at Willow (Jrove, .and traveises; Hallowell. They completed the au- a rich agi-i<-ultui al section. inclMdii;:.- dit, and a. s!„--tement will shortly btn Horsham, llallowell and Edi.son, a dig- mailed to the taxp,a.< ers. laiiee o!' ' :i :nili'<. !; is on- e- t-..; -phe Christmas exercises of the Hor- main roadways leading from Phila- sham Safebatli school will be held in delphia to Easton, and the [iroceedings the hall at Horsham on Saturday, Dec.^ to make  it  a  "free"  road  lia.ve covered   27.
a pi-riod of many months. In the pur- i 10 ears of cinders from the trolley- chase b.v the st-ite the commonwealth power station have been spread oiv paid an amount equal to that paid by the Moroland road, and one car hast both counties—Bucks and Montgom- j been spread by J. W. Freas about th» The  Bucks  county  share  is  ap- | front  of his Horsham store  property.
Rjilph,   son   of   ivtr.   and   Mrs.   Ralpli
Beck, of Oaormonvllle, spent Wednesday of last ¦uresk  in  PhtlaJelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Shannon, of Nor¬ ristown, on Sunday entertained Mr. and  Mrs.  Leonard  Beck,  of Harmon-
Mrs. 'Vlckers Tarbutton, of Har¬ monville, and mother, Mrs. John Mc- Gettigan, of near Conshohocken, sipent Monday in Philadelphia,
L. A. Johnson and family have mov¬ ed from Harmonville to Conshohock¬ en, and the vacated property haa been occupied by John Skilton and family.
Miss May Markel, of Harmonville, and Miss Reba Fitzgerald, of Wissa- hlckon, spent Saturday in German- town.
Mr. and Mr=. F E. Miles, of Har¬ monville, spent Sandfly at a daugh¬ ter's home in Llanerch.
Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Shepherd, of near Washington Square, visited Miss Doris Wood, in Roxborough, on Sun¬ day.
About $93 was realized by the ba¬ zaar at the Plymouth Consolidated school on Saturday afternoon and evening. The event was held by the teachers and pupils to raise a fund wherewith to provide the pupils with hot lunches especially during the cold¬ er months, The complete success of the event has greatly encouraged the friends of the movement, who extend thanks for the most grateful support extended  the  bazaar.
On Wednesday of this week Josiah Freas,   of  HIckorytown,   quietly   pass-
_8th.
The choir of Prospectville M. E. church is retiuested to practice at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gouak on Friday evening.
The scholars of Prospectville gram¬ mar school -will hold a Christmas en¬ tertainment in Prospectville hall on Dec.  20th.    Admission  20 cents.
Rev. Alex. Smith, pastor, of Pros¬ pectville M. E. church, will preach in Prospectville M. E. church, next Sun¬ day morning. Topic, "The Coming" Star of Bethlehem." In the evening a  service of Christmas carols.
TOWN TOPICS.
Cruse-Kemper company has donated $10 to the ambulance fund of the Wis- sahickon   Fire   company- ^„     ,
Calvary basketball team will, play the strong Ascension team of Phila¬ delphia this Thursday evening on Calvary floor, Park and Lindenwold avenue.s.    A good game can bo looked
for
Mr and Mrs. John D. Stackhouse will leave Thursday for Milwaukee to spend Christmas with their son, Char¬ les Enroute they will spend a few d.ajs in Erie with their other son, Dr J Armin Stackhouse. Mrs. Stack- hoiiso expects to spend several months
stated.     was   due   to      thawing   iiipes. | dially   invited Tho   second     calls   were   minor     ones and  came  from  Penllyn.
This Wednesday the remains of Willard Deemer, who died suddenly in Philadelphia last week, were interred in Philadelphia. The deceased resided with his sister, Mrs.. Louis Deemer, and  years  ago  they  lived  in j^mbler.
The Ambler Market house, .adjoin¬ ing the Ambler Trust company, will carry a larger stock than ever for the holidays, of the finest fruits and vegetables in season, and the meat department will also be kept up to its- high standard. In this department will be carried the finest of dressed poultry for Christmas and New Year's. In the new oyster department there will be the finest prime and stewing oysters to be had anywhere at $2 and S1.50 per 100. It will pay the house¬ keeper to deal there.
Henry C. Biddle, real estate broker of Ambler, reports the following bu.si- ness for the past week : Sold for Henry A. Earnest, of "Whitemar.sh, two houses, Nos. 224 and 226 Green¬ wood avenue, Ambler, to George W. Linde, of Ambler, who will take pos¬ session and occupy one house and lease the other on or about February Ist. Sold for A. C. Creasman, house and lot on Forest avenue, fronting on Forest avenue and Ford street, .Vm¬ bler, to John Preston, of Ambler. Sold for H. L. Henderson his farm in Whit- paln township, at private figures, to parties whose names will appear in a latter issue. On Thursday, Dec, 18th, for Milton N. Nice, on Lewis Lane, near Ambler, large clearing-out farm sale of horses, cowe, hogs, chick¬ ens, geese, ducks, crops, farm im¬ plements, wagons, harness, tools, etc. On Monday, Dec. 29th, for the Wood estate, on Ridge pike, between Har¬ monville and Barren Hill. large clear¬ ing-out sale of real estate and per¬ sonal property consisting of a line 27 acre farm including all stock, crops, farm implements, tools, butchers' out¬ fit, household goods, etc. On Thurs¬ day,   J.anuary   Sth,   for   Charles   Davis,
The   children   will   as-    ^O'   county     in   the   neighborhood .semble   (with   the  gifts   that   thev   will ! ^-H'OO-   i'"*!   'hat   of   the   state   in la     the  Manger    for    hospital ^ neighborhood of $l,'i,00.».
in  Milwaukee.
Richard A. Brelninger, aged 17 years of Ambler, after returning homo from on Skippack road, between Belfry and the morning session of the high school! Centre Square, large c'earing-out farm in this borough, Dec. 2nd, disappeared , sale of horses, cows, hogs, chickens, nnd has not since been seen nor crops, farm implements, tools, etc, ., ,,.= 77tb"hrrThd''a"v"'fTT*r»''LtnT°nn he.ard of. Ho was about five feet,, clearing out farm sale for Wm. Moore ed  his  77th   birthday.     He  is  still  an. beara weighed about   on  his  farm  situate,  on   Morris  road,
:;r'.^e S^aleTrbet'/rind%S  12^^^^^^^        slender   hulld. Jias Jig.nt  „.o   mi,e_Jrom ^Gwyn^edd   Valley   sta-
?o^ hTs;=rsi;re.-He is^er^^^^^^ «-', «*  *^«  -^  "^  ^--''^  -^  "-
served   and   rugged   and   enjoys   good  coat,  an tk
health.
(ConUnned on pas* t.)
cap and  cordovan    shoes, beginning    of    January.      The    exact
Any'information as to his whereabouts time will be mentioned .In a later is-
will   he   gratefully     received     by   his sue, consisting of horses, cow.s. chlck-
anxlous parents. p»"-   ^»-on«   firm  Imnlements   etc.
cthildren) in the Sunday school rooirf at lO.lf). and will march in procession into  the  church singing carols.
Paul Harton, while operating the light delivery motor truck of his fath¬ er's, local gi-ocer, J. J. Harton, last Saturda.v', had a narrow escape from de.ath when the steering apparatus failed to work and the machine plung¬ ed over the high bank on Ridge ave¬ nue near the i^mall creek. Fortun¬ ately he escaped injuries and it took one of t/ie large truclts of Keasbey & Mattison company to pull the machine out
Tlie Sunday scnooi entertainment at Calvary church will be held on Friday evening, December 26th, in the church. A program of compelling in¬ terest has been jirepared which includ¬ es selection,s' by membo»-s of tho primary deparement, a visitation ofl old Sant.a, a distribution of candy to every member of the school and an appropriate gift to every member of the cradle roll, and an entertainment by Punch and Judy. Everyone is In¬ vited.
H. J. Dager, real estate broker, Am¬ bler, reports the following business. Sold for Harry F. 'Welkel, of Hors¬ ham township, improved IS-acre farm at the corner of State and Horsham roads. In Horsham township, to Ma- thias H. Landt, of Springhouse. Pos¬ session about March 15th. Sold for Mrs. Sarah Keown, of Fort Washing¬ ton, bar residence - property on tha Morris road, near Lafayette avenue, Fort Washington, to Mrs. James P. Pursell, of North Wajes. Possession February 1st. Mr. Dager announces that on January 3rd, he will conduct a public sale of the entire herd of high- grade Guernsey cows and heifers of Charles E. Ingersoll, Esq., at Mr. In- gersoU's Penllyn farm. This herd is being sold to make room for an en¬ tirely pure-bred herd of reg. Guern¬ sey cattle. Also on January IDth, Mr. Dager will conduct a sale for Mr. Charles J. Glbboney, at Three Tuns, of Mr, Gibboney's 65-acre country estate, all the household furniture, etc., of the mansion house and all the stock, crops and machinery. The advertise¬ ments of both these sales will appe.-ir In the next issue of the "Gazette." Mr. Dager states that there is an un¬ usually active demand for high-class farm properties at this time and he will have some interesting sales to an¬ nounce in the next few weeks.
Hamilton   Paper  Mills  Close.
The   Ilamillon   paper   mills.
.-It La¬ fayette, were forced lo close down Thursday owing to a .shortage of coal. A result several hundred employees have been thrown out of work. The mill hxis supplies ordered, but these have been diverted to other points. One of the officials stated that the mills can stand a temporary shut¬ down, but that a gre.at hardship hai^ been inflicted on the employees, thrown out of work just at Christmas time. With tlie suspension of a part of the l\-y Rock Mills, where many locaUties are employed and the lay¬ ing off of many men at the Rainey- Wood Coak company plant, many .aomes in Conshohocken are realizing' the seriousness of the coal fdmine. The jutper mills are outside of the first 'five priorities to which coal is now  being distributed.
of Tyson, of Philadelphia, formerly oC the Horsham, died last week and the fun~ , era! wa.s Iicld on Tuesday. i Miss Hmily Winner, of Wycomt>e, I has been spending several 'days wUK I Mr, and Mrs. Frank Forker in Hors¬ ham.
Prank A. Crocket, of Horsham, ha» been working up some choice pork at Frank PiUiper's abattoir, Horsliana, last week ha-ying killed and butchered animals as follows : Eight fronrn James Park, two from Thom.as Ar- ringtOD, t-wo from the Wiegand farm. On Friday Ithey toutchered one (foif- Harry Aiinan, -one for Edward Blake- and two from the Sauers farm.
Violating   Borough   Law. \_
It was with great pleasure I read in a, recent issue of this paper Ciat not only a Colony club member, but others voice my sentiment regarding^ the reckless motor driving don6 through the borough of Ambler, There is only one answer to the ques¬ tion and that is : Some one is ne¬ glecting his duty. So it is up to tho individual to take the matter in hand at once, before some serious accident happens. The present motor laws re quire jiarking on the right side of all streets always heading about 12 inches from curb, not to cut comers, always rounding all posts which are station¬ ed at intersections of the streets, and many other laws which all motorists should know  and observe.
Our borough speed limit is 15 miles per hour. Every one driving a car knows that 15 miles per hour is very slow driving, but it is much better to keep near 15 miles per hour, than it is to see how far you can get away from it. It every person who is interested in correcting this evil, will secure the license number of every car whose driver violates the law. also the name of a witness, and present their case to Justice Urban, whom I know will give everybody a square deal, I am satlsfiivl this trouble will soon be corrected.
A  MOTORIST.
WYNDMOOR.
Servicet) will be held in Grace IiuUl~- eran church on Christmas morning at 6.39 o'clock. The pastor. Rev. Waltei- M. Ruccii(s, will preach a special ser¬ mon.
Mrs. Wurst has moved to Philadel¬ phia from Flourtown avenue.
A social mooting of tho Grace Luth¬ er League -was held  Tuesday evening?
An enjoyable parly was given to» Oswald Ackenback last Saturday T'V'enlug by a number ot his youns friends.
The regular monthly business ses¬ sion of the Auxiliary society, of Graccii Lutheran church, will be held Thurs¬ day at 2.30 p. m., at the home ot Mrs^ Frank P. Myers.
John McCormick has moved fron^i Tioga to one of E. T. Stotesbury'a tenant houses on Plymouth avenue, formerly occupied  by George Mellon.
The Wyndmoor public school wil^ close at ttoon December 24 for tho Christmas holidays and will reopen January 5. The Christmas entertain¬ ment will be rendered December 23.
Legion    Named   in    Honor   of    Nortor; Downs.   Jr.
At   a   meeting    of   tho   local    post, American      Legion,      held      Thursday*" evening,   Docenilier   llth,   it   was   un¬ animously   decided   to   n.ame   the   per ¦ • manent     post   in     honor   of     Nortoii Downs, Jr.
Dr. C. P, Brown was unanimousI.\- oiected post commander for tho eri.'?u- ing year, and the following eyecutive committeo was anpolnted : William, S. Kohler, Henry Kindig, Ileniy Obor- holtzer, R. L. Liebig, Dr. C. P. Brown, Edward H. Cushman. Howard J. Rile, Walter Ramsey. France.-? Eogor, Roy A. Smith. Joseph Craft, Ralph E- Frey, The annual dues were fixed; at $5, payable half yearly.
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