The Ambler Gazette 19280726

              The Ambler Gazette
VOL.  L-NO. 25
AMBLER.   PA..  JULY   20,   1928
«1.75  A   YEAR
I AND COLD POINT
ITEMS
OF  LOCAL INTEREST READERS
TO
Business Quiet but Confident—Mr. and Mrs. Phlipps Become  Residents—Ger¬ mantown   Pike  Work—Frank     Stead' Escapes   Injuries. I
A deprei5>;ion is felt among tlie sev- j eral Industries o£ i'lymouth and Wliite- ' marfli  townships.   Sliipinents  from   the ; local   f.'ittories   have   sluniped   nutke- | ably,   AVhile  little   m;aerial   at   all       is ; belnf  received   inbound   over   the   rail- , road.". Philli]) Carey ComiJany and the E. J. Lavjno  plant have felt the slack¬ ening of business, and sutler more thun ] their neighbors  in   the  lime  and  stone t business.   Withall,   however,   very   few employes  liuve  been  taken  from      the i payrolls, and  the fall ni<jntlis are look- ! ed forward  to  with  a      confidence     of better conditions. i
A   block  party  and   carnival   held   in the JhirmonviUe  fire house,      Saturday' afternoon  oicl  evening,  netted  tho  lire' conijiiiny   over   $100.   The   liremen   and [ Auxiliuiy   members    expended        great i effort to make  the allair successful  in i order  that   a   sizable   sum   might       be | realized for  the  Ilrst  interest  payment i on tho new lot. In this tiny were very : successful  und  gratified.       This   is  the first, of a  series of  benelit  fiinetions to be held  by  the  liarmonvllle  Flre coni^ i Iiany.    Beuinning    .Monday,    August    U and  for  five   days  and   evenings       the next  benelit to   be   held   is  a      motion ; pieture program at the Grand Theatre,, Norristown.' The   play   to  be  given  on these   evenings   is   "Tho   l.ion   and   the Mouse."  Tickets are  being  sold  by  the mijmliers  for  50  cents euch. i
Mr. and Mrs. Amo.s J. I'hipps, of L«ng Island. N. Y., purchasers of the Weber property in I'lymouth .Meeting, took po.'^session last week and moved therein on Thursday. .Mr. Phipps con¬ templates changes about the iireniises, | iind has secured the services of Wil- i liam Ililtner to grade and alter the aspect of the lawn and plant new shrubbery  thereon.
Sei-vices   last   Hunduy    were   in   tho ch'irye   of   Kev.   U   .A.   Draper,   pasior. His  morning   sermon       subject       was "Missionary."   In  the  evening   he     di.-- 1 cussed   "l^rayer."   There   were    151    in | Sunday   school.       G   were  visitor.',   and | tlifv was one new scholar.   The pastor ; ar.iiounced- lioy   Scout      meeting       fur' ircnday   evening,   inayer   niej'.ing   fori Wednesday   evening.   Junior   K,   L.   C. I E.  Hegailar  services  will   bo  ejiidueted ; next Sunday by the pastor. i
Mrs. Martha Wetherill, Jlarmonville, ia  recovering   from  a  recent   Illness.
Trade of every kind in I'lymoutn ; Mcci.rg hiis been severely eripi.i.-l byi the If pair of Oermantown I'^.i.?. The] n.cin thoroughfare has bcju i:lj.-ied for' mo.e than a week to all trj.tli;, and for 7 wt«ks past has been in no ¦ordition , fcv travel. The concrete ccni'.r'v;tlon i vv.Tk finished laat Friday and from | that day until Saturda-,', August 4, ! no passtt*;e over tlie new surfacu wltfj be permitted. Not only aja; bu.siness in- I te'.csts suftering from a prjfound loss,] but residents, too, softer noticeably | from the inconvenience. Those wl'.o | reside along the thoroughfare have I jio entnmce or exit. Tradesmen in i trucks and wagons aro eonipolled toj walk and solicit from dO'ir tu door .inU | re'.urn later to till their orders. .In j every w^ay is the village eiippled f jr; l.acu of good arrangement and manage- ; me) i". Uut there is a n.di einiii..? and considerable relief in the vhought lhat| tho great improvement accomplished | by the laying of a cone; ete higlnyi<V| through the village will bring not onl.v I gretiter numbers lo trade, lut wi.'l' materially increase the value of abut- I tin;; properly and make it tin j>;ore! des'ii.ble. In I'lymouth Centre, wht-re! rciidents have suffered Just as niavn,j tho respite has come, and thoy lire now free from their restraint. The new road from Sandy Hill tb tho Flour¬ town road below Plymouth Centre is open, and traflic may now use tho con- ciete to that extent.
A great baseball sjame wis won by the Cold Point team Saturday after- jioon when they defeated Conshohock¬ en P. O., S. of A. in a bitter 9-inning ttruggle, 8 to 7. Cold Point trailed the visitors 1111111 th© eighth inning, when 2 nins were made lo tic the scqre. Holding Conshohocken without a run in tlio ninth, the local boys camo baek to win in the last inning by a narrow iun,rgin. Cold Point won over Lancas¬ tervllle on Wednesday of l.-ist week, but fell hard to a 13-2 defeat ut the hands of an  Ainbler  team.
Josei'.h Camjiurn, of Philadelphia, formerly of Cold I'oint, visited Jacob Hart and family on Sunday.
Frank Stead escaped injury by a najrow margin iccently when his car was wrecked in Conshohocken. While parked along tho curb .jnd sitting in the ear Stead noticed a car swerve toward his machine and he bolted Just beforo the cars collided. Mr. Frazer, of Oermantown, was the driver. who claims lo hiive lost control of his machim'. Mr. Frazer ordered the Stead I car taken to a gaiage and repaired atj hia exiiense. Jlis own ear w;i& little damaged.
The Bible reference contest at Cold ' Point liaplist Sunday school has do- I vcloped enthusiasm among older mem- j bers are well as young. The leaders in fact, are from the Ladies' Bible class, \ and last Sunday Mrs. Miller and Mrs. i Wetherill were tied in tho lead. There i were 12 present. Ilev. Richmond Tay- ' lor, pastor, preached a .sermon of great j ohar.acter in whieh he illubtratud the , Inclination of m'an to shift his rcspon- ^«bility. The text was called "Passing j tho Buck," and was taken from the | thix-d chapter in Genesis. Mrs. Ilall, of j Lansdo\\'nc, favored with a solo. Xext j Sunday morning the ijermon will be ini song. Tho subject is ".The King of ] icings," in which both pastor and c-on- , gregation partieiiiate. The SundaiT school picnic will be .hold next Sat- ! urday al Forrest I'ark, Chalfont. Cai-s ; will convey the Tnembers from the' ehureh at 3 a. m. i
Miss    Alice   A'ogt.   .Philadelidiia,      is | Miicndliig the week with her nv.nt, Mrx. ; lAtrolino Vogt. of Plymouth  Centre.       i M:rs. Millie Hiltner, Plymouth Meet- ' ing,   continues  to   be   quite  weak   und |
MIs-H Anna Lewis, Plymouth Meet- I ing', is returned from the hospital and | ablo to be out again. I
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CooBtlnund on pare *)
Claiming   Alimony,   Vfdl   Face   Trial    ]
('laimine that .her Ihusband owed j hei- .tldn .-..vimony nionev Mrs. Kathryn U( nson, 37, of 1617 Venango street, I'hila., paid a visit to her husband's hoarding liouse at Nesh.-iinlny shorlly after 2 o'clock Sundav niorninj,: and stiirted .something that resulted in her ari'f-st a short time later.
Next niorning. Justice Irvin M. James, " 1 >o.\lestown, held Mrs. Ren- sen under $300 bail for the Sepiember ' --m of <riminal c'f<urt v>n a charge of malicious mischief, and discharge-.! her on two other ehnrge.s, forcll.l; en¬ try anid assault iind battery. Ball was Sirnislied    by   the    woman's
sister.
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40 CHILDRENIE
POOL TO  BE  DEEPENED TRACT CLEARED
AND
"The Ambler Park and Playground As¬ sociation" Is Crganized—Plans Pro¬ posed for Financing —Seek CcMnsel on   Equipment.
Gn Alonday evening a nieeting was held of delegates from the several or¬ ganizations in Ambler interested in securing a jjlayground lor the com- iiiuiiii.). '1 mre was repiesented at lhe j statloi> that a meeling   the   North   Penn   CommunUj ( to  th»   station
CHARGES ARE FALSE
MATTER  TO   BE     CLEARED,  SAYS EROAD AXE WOMAN
CONDUCTED       BY      CHARLES EMES, JR., CF  GERMANTOWN
Plans   Under   Way   to   Stock   with   1030
Animals for  Breeding   Purposes   Both
for Pelts and Meat—Has Silver Foxes
in   Wyncote.
In course of construetlon just out¬ side of the borough of Ambler is a Chinchilla rabbit ranch. Charles K. Kn es, Jr., of Uermantown, has le;ise;l an iicre plot frum AVilliiim Krliart, on Lutlir pike, luilf a mile northeast of An.hler, and is erecting thereon p.'ns lo  house nearly  lOUO  aniniiils.
Having been for some time ii fancier of Chinchilla iiibbits, .Mr. Kmes h.-is Just entered the business as a voca¬ tion, which he dechues will be under- tiiken on a large sciile. He will raise slock for breeding purposes, .as well iis for iiells and mciit, and now has in the completed portion of his jiens a stock of IUO well-bred rabbits, ob- tiiined from the well-known Chinchilla strain of the Master Fox liincli at Bttzwood. Mr. Kmes has named his pliice the Ambler Chinchilhi Rahblt lianch.
Now in course ot building are two long structures, in which pens t)t various sizes to aceummodale various broods and fantilies are constructed In tiers. These are localed v/ell baek from the roadway, and the plans show thai this young man contemplates the ar- riingemenl of shrubbery and Hower beds at the front to a conslderahl? depth in ordor to beautify the huid- sciiping.
.Jlr. Kmes is also Interested in silver fox i-iiising, iind has a tew of these ani- miils on a small  ranch in AVyncote.
He is il member of the American Fox Breeders' association and the .Na¬ tional liabbits and Cavy Breeders' as- Kocialion. He has also exinessed intei¬ esl in the Philadelphia Uiibbit and Cavy Breeders' association, in many In this section arc affiliated by inenihership.
Celine, the Colony Cluo, the HubCluO, the Kiwanis t^lub, the itotary Club and 111.- Amerieiin  Legion.
The   eunuiiiiiee  on  grounds  reported that  arrangements  had       been with   t.'harles Gerhart  Lo  clean liool  now   used  lor   biithing   so   that   it will be deep enough for swimming, and tlie  deepeSL  part   will  be al  le:isi  lour feet   in   depth.   This   is   to   be   done  at il  cost  not  exceeding  .$11^0. \     Tlie   spacial   eommittee   appointed   at : the   lasl   meeting   lo   prepiire   iind   jno- , jjose   a    plan    tur   luising   funds   with 1 wnicli    lo    purchase        locations        for I playgrounds   submitted   a   comprehen¬ sive   plii.n.       Among   the   rccummenda- lioii.s   suggested    was   that   this   wui-r. be   carried   on  heieaCter   by  a   separaie organlziiiion,   the  direetors  of       which would  be appoinled, for the time being, from tho various organizations alreaci.v interested   in   this   work.   The
Story   of  the   Cas'   Which   Originated With   Alleged   Worthless   Checks   of Hussey  at   Royersford—Mrs.   Hussey in  Highly  Nervous  Conditio.-i. This Kectiun, of Montgomei-y county was  thrown   Into  a  state of consider¬ able  excitement   las'   Frida.v,   w-hen   il was broadcast from Norristown  i«'lie woman  had walked  in- house   and   announced
J.udge   Knight  to   AddreES  SchocI   Clos- I ing.
I      The   linal   wttAi   ni   the   Diiily   Viica- ] tion   Bible   sehool    under   the   cuspic.es jof  the  .Sunday  seiiool  St.  John's Luth¬ leran   chureh,  of Ambler,  will     contain I many   features.       .Speakers   announced I ure  as  follows:       J.   William      'Diller, .irsij.,  A\ iljiiim   Ueuchar on  Hre preven- Ition;     Williiim   f^aust  on   banking,  Al¬ bert   Lrennamen   and   Miss   Ciillierine I Miller.    Friday   flight   the   sehool   will j close  with  suitable exercises.  The pub¬ lic   is   invited   lo   attend   this   service, which   will  he   primarily  an  exhibition of the mentiil and manual accomplish¬ ments   of  the   students' during   the   l.'i '. days   of   school.   Judge   H.   G.   Knight I will  be  the  main  speaker at  this  .ser- ' vice.
OPPER DOBLIN AND
MISCELLANEOUS    ITEMS    OF    IN- TEREST
tha,! she had Just shot her husband and Jlis alle.ged woniidd cctnpan.im. She gave her name as Virginia Al- VHJ-ez Jlussey, and that her husband made I la findley M. Hussey. No mention | up  the;wa#niiide at  the time ns to  the  iden-1
tltyof the w-oman, but the police sus- | 	
pectft! it the woman's slorv wire true] REPORT MADE TO LOCAL KIWAN- :t' conn, cted Mrs. Grace Sau\eur. of near Broad Axe. The police ni Amb¬ ler Were notified and Constable .Morris tt(<jk up the ciise and m;ide svery I>pS8ible effort to learn the where- abpiits of Mrs. .Sauveur, but without success, aa her relatives or llie hi- mates of her home could ai parentl.v throw no light on her disii|j|>(-arancl, Which took Jilace a week before. . .. IIu.«sey on lhe previous l''rfd;i,y had be<>n 'arrestid in front uf the oflice i.f Justice of the I-'eace I'rl an on a war- i-ant  that  hiid  been, i.'-sued  bv   'Siiuiie
 ,        ...        ,,    , ,    ,,, """'6  ot    Anderson,  ^f  near  Royersford  .m   the
lhe   Ambler    iaik    and    Playground j ^barged' ot fraud  and  che^t in that he As.sociation,     met with  the iipproviil  ol   ,,ad       pa.s.-ed   a     number       of  all^^ged : tho.se present, and tins w-as adopted. II   ,vortl,!,.Hs     check.v.   Chief   Koons,     of s   proposed   eventually   to   incorporate   SpWngHeld  township  ma,f.  the  arrest, under  this title, and  accju re  whalever   ,^„„  ;„  ,.^„,^,,,„y   ,.^^  Constable  Mor- "dsn'Tiiii,      """"^ J^"''^^''"''^^'   "¦»'^'-   ris,   ilussey   Wi^s   taken   lo  lloyersf.^d,
una name. given a  pri'linijnarv heaitng and   later
the  special  committee       on     l.nance   returned    to    Ambler,    wheiv    he    w.as I of coarse  underbrush.
:" "a  i;:,minieit  elin^^^^ ¦"•-•'^-'  ""•  '^  '^  '-<'  -«¦¦-"   '"   >nal<" i,,'^'"^^ '-^>'<'" -' -M'- King, made before,
with   n   .       n- iLn T   rMi!e   f^n   «     \f     •¦<*><tit"l'»n.   ^   was   stilted. t'"'   meeting   of   the   Klwanls   Club   ofi
e     dlsctis"ion Yt   was   detmed   ad^ts:   ¦  " ^"^ l^"""" «'^='' ""¦¦"'»-' '"^^^ "'"- i t"'\'"'l  '''"'  .'J'^-Uiy       evening       at
eommittee before the final selection of L^?,,'',"'"' ^^''.''- ^,'^''';'V''"r, and un the   individual   members.     Kflorts   will   ^^^""^''\ """'"'""  ^'J ''•'""'•  ^™^  '""'
Ibe   made   during   the   coming   week   to   ^uj'^ ' 7,        ^'^'   ''"'''"'¦d'"S   tu
! enroll   the   serviees   of   an   outstanding     i'^Vf!' "'""k"?" ""'''" "''i"?, ^"¦
members ot this community lo help the   Ij^'^ '" ''¦:>;^ ''«"«"  '"  ?-^'^^'^« of ^"'""¦
Wlnanee  eommittee. However,  it   w-as  sufficient  to pay  th-
i The next meeting ot the Anrbler ftao.uiil involved .and lfu.«ey was re- Park   and    I'layground   Assocuition   is   ^f'l'i'^'   ^t M''^,   llt'ft'V    appeared
'tixed for Tuesday night, July 31st. ft'"?-      home of  .Mr.s.  Sauveur    Ina
It   was   announced   that   the   service.-,!.'''«'^'/„"'^'"^;""«   f.ate,   it   Is  said,   with
of  unexperienced   playground   director 1 ^''^   full   acknowledge   that   Mrs.   Sau-
oi" administrator   from       Philadelphia I ¦^'¦"''  ''•"'   f'"*  "" ^^'"'     ni"ney  lo  .save
or New Vork can be secured some eve-
lANS
'The Ambler Park      and      Playground Association"  Is  Functioning—  Health Camp   Is   Proposed—State       Conven¬ tion  at  Uniontown. "Things   are   rolling   unoothly,"   re¬ ported   Frank   King,   who   has   charge of the Committee representing Kiwanis ort   the   Ambler   Park   and   I'layground (ommittee.  "The grounds in the  Walk¬ er  meadow  are   nuw  open  for  the  use of  the  ehildren   of Ambler,  as  a   tem¬ porary recreation  park.  Their numbers are   increa.sing   daily.   Meanwhile,       as the conimiltee jjliins  to  iiuike  this      .i pernumenl  location,  the  grounds       arc being- conditioned   for  recreational pur¬ poses.   The   pool   is   being   cleaned   of debris,  iind  the jilot of ground cleared
Hersham Eoy Found in Frankford, Kan.—Thomas Henry, Jr., Enter¬ tains—Firemen's Carnival— James Harrar  Improving.
Harry Jansen, Jr., 13, who sudden¬ ly di.siippciired from his home in Hor- fchiim on .luly 4, and who has been sought through the Insistanee of hla I'.irintjs by pullce in several slates ha.s been locateil in Fi-iinkfoid, Kansas, ioung Jiinsin wrote to his parent's last week Informing them of his v.-herciibouts that their fears might be allayed. He is there employed, ha slates, on. a laneh.
A number ot little friends from the village of Ilor.sluirn. were the guests of Thonias Henry. Jr., „n Tuesdiiy af- teinoon. It wiis his fourth birthday nnd the party in which a few of the elder folk parlicipaled, was In his honor. Games were played un the lawn at the front uf the lienry mansion, and the tots enjoying romping about as the elder ones looked on and directed their play. Refreshments were sei-ved at the latter part of the day to the delight  of  the children.
Parry liioueher and Miss Ksiler Ambler, both of Horsham, are visiting with friends in the Pocono mounlain-s thi.s week.
ion.
j ning to outline the work uf eiiuipping iiind conducting a communiiy liUiy- , ground^ and that such service can be j secured withoui expense. Accordingly I ariiinginienls will be made in the near ; future lo have such an individual au- wld'ch I '''"'-'¦'^^ fhe menibers of the association ' so that their wurlt will proceed iilong modern lines.
The  menubers  of  tho  association lis-i'l
the splendid co-ordination iind progres siveness   ot  the   comniittee   whicii       a; Mr.   King   staled   is   now   "The   Ajnble Park  and     Playground       Associati The  clul
fine  iirogresH niiide .and  the  senllmenl | of   the   members   was   in   hearty   sup- '. Jiort   of   the   activiljes   pursued   by   the reinesentirtive   committee.
A  bit of Kiw.anls  education  was  e.\- i
pounded   by   Rev.   K.   J.   Mattson       inl
speaking of the relationship of one man I
Iher   husband    from    Jail.    From      that!'n   service   to   another.   The   feeling  of'
I time il appears that the niime t.C Mrs. j^lose   relationshij)   should   be   strongly j
i Savweur   has     be-n    linked   w-ith   Hu. i aroused.   In   each   Kiwanian.   "Fellow-:
1 supposed   shooti>-'-   affair. I ship   squiiie   and   true,"   he       declared!
The    entire   problem      was     solved,!"""'-'*'   '"'   npiireciated.       Service     and!
however,  by  the excellent  police  w'ork ! f'iP"''-'-'''iP  to  all   men  and   in   piirticu-¦
on  the  part   of t:hief bf  Police  Koons. |''ir   to   brother.'s   in   service,   must       bei
D«tactive   Hannafee,       of   Pottstown,   strong   within   us." (
anAr e«i-gean I   AViillace.      vi   the   New-'     ^'•¦-   JIaltson   announced   that  durin..'I
J^ey state police.      Acting on ii trip i''Is   vacation   in   the   next   few   weeks I
he   expects   to   visit   the       clubs
There were Sfl to po to the picnic of the Horsham i'^iiends' FIrsi-day school last Saturday. The evi-iit was held on the Geoige School campus, near New¬ town, where all enjoyed tennis, swim¬ ming in the outdoor pool and games and contests between the nn.inbcrs and ! tlieir friends. The picnickers enjoyed supper there and leturned in the early evening.
The   three-day   firemen's ojiens this Thursday  evening hani.   The   three   evenings  at of  this week  have   been   set this   grijat   bciRtil   occasion Ilorshiim   Volunteer Flre  company. The firemen have arranged  lines  of booths was  indeed  pleased  with  the i and   racks  for  Ciirnival   articles  beside
the   •¦ ¦
carnival in Hors-
tfie end aside for for       the
As   nuyiy i-iS liiSol-d.
eil Association is on' its annual touri len are using tli5 p(56rdaily. At pr<?? this week, covering a 310 niile trip i ent there is not sullicient clear spac through   Airglnlii   and   AVest   A'irginia. j for  olher  games or activities,   bul  th
toi-mer  two jifileers  left for I>ain-i f"^   expecis   to   visit   tne       cluhs       in ,ti.ned   with   inlerest   lo   tho   report   ofi I'ortville.,       where     they   were  met  by; Stroudsburg iind  Scranton and  he wil! Fruit Men on Tour. , ^^^ ^^^ ^j^^^ j^ j,^,^^^ being made of the = f-'^tJeant  AAaallacc    and  after  an  all-; ca"'y .the   felicitations   of  the   Ambler
The Pennsylvaniit Stale  Horticullur-   proposed   site. ,As   niany   as   fO   child .        ;    :   .      n'ached  the  place I Club   inlo   their   midst.
A„«„«i...!««   ,u   .;...'¦? ..   o^«;,..-i ¦' «¦.,.. I ..u_.      ..,.j   *'i.-f ..-.r?.-Tj-i.-.    * - ....J. ¦,..   ..W.I     -XT,. CM.... I-1     A   ue&v   idea   was   created   in        th^
¦ talk   by   IMr.   Mattson.  A  health   camp
] for   underprivileged   children   will .«?uh-
seiiuentlv  be  placed   for    consideratiiiii
. before the club. Its development, if the
turn.  Both  were  taken   to  Norristown. I Proposition   is   feasible   will   result dur-
aiid   on     Tuesdav   wu-re     admitted   to 1 '"B  the  winter  and   the   idea  launched
bail       on  a  statutory  offense,     which I hf-^t   year.       The   suggestion   of   Rev.
how-ever. is denied by Uith, who claim j ^i"-   Mattson   is  the  embryo   of a new
that   the  entire  affair  will   bo  cleare 11 project    no\Afr   beijore   attenijitcvl   ,hy
up  in  due  tilme  bv   Mrs.  Hussey,  who 1 ahy service club  in this eection  of the
Is   said   to  have   temporarily   losl   her ; country-.
miiVl   d'uring       her   pr»senl    trouble. !   . Secretary   Daniel   Fiddle   announced
The Pennsylvania fruit grow-ers are Ktud,vlng niethods and in-iictices used! In thesa nelghtioring states on the j l')2S tour. . Profe.ssor S. AV. Fletcher, I head of the department of horlieulluro I at the Pennsylvani.a Stato College, Isl In ch.arge of the tour. Several Mont-1 goniery County growers are wilh the tour.
County to Help with Road. Through the generosity of the coun¬ ty coimnissioners. t'pper Merlon to\\Ti- ship and the V^alley Forge Cement company, the Biver i-oad, AA'est Con- shohoisken, which is being rebuilt as a concrete lilgliwa>-, is to ho extended into I'pper Merion township for a distance of 330 feet ending at the top of a hill west from the plant of the Cooper Creek Chemical Coinpany. Th>s w-ill be a big benefit to traflio and win relieve a very had road condition on the hill.
locality is becoming increiisingly jiopu- . lar, and more children are coming toi the place daily. An experienced dir¬ ector is in chargi'. and under his dir¬ ection the older boys are assisting in j cleaning up tJie projierty. It is hojied that as the inlerest in the project in¬ creases, and ils ultimate success be¬ comes assured, that the grounds will be iml in e.\cellent condiiion late this summer or fall so that a well grad¬ ed and cleared tract of ground will be aviiilahio for playground use ear¬ ly  next  season.
ir   .Iryd      TTusw.e |
\\--l.'    ^^;lMl     In     i'r    .-la.\ing.    As    SOOIl    it..-
 ' latter made his a'>pe;iranco in tin niorning he Wiis phiced under arrest and  Mrs.   Sauveur .al.so  agreed   to re-
Game
BUys
6000
Commissioner Pheasants
Cuntracl for tlie purchase id' fiOOO ringneck pheasants has bii'ii made, J. B. Truman, secreiary of the Board of Game t'onimissioners, announced: The birds will be dlst-ibuted in suit¬ able territory next spring by county game   protecUirs.
.Meanwhile experiments being made 1 .V kiiipU'yes of the conimission lo l-.l ise ringnwks are proving success¬ ful, according to reports made by the '¦¦•>ne   refi'ge   l.-eeners.
WHITEMARSH
Jlr. Kinsey Huber, of Belfry, called Sunday at the home ot his aunt, Mrs. Abo Kinsey, of Hope Lodge Farm, Sunday.
Afr. iJnd Mrs. J. B. Hoftman, of Pi-ospectville, visited Josepli Maust and family on Sunday.
HJirriet Ilinklo and Girl Scouts aro camping at Delaware  V^'ater Gap.
Itobert   Robough  and   Mr.   and   Mrs.
Jack McGill spent Sunday nt the shore.
Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  Maust  visited  Mrs.
! Amos  Moore   and  family   on       Friday
I evening at Montgomeryville.
Mrs. Stephens, of Phila., is spend- I ing some time with Mrs. AVm. Degn. I JMr. and Mrs. Abe Kinsey visited i in Belfry on Sunday. I AValter Cralg and Wm. AA'enstrom, .spent a diiy hist week at the shore ' fishing.
!     Mrs.   .T.   Maust   spent   AVednesday   in : Philadelphia.
County ortlcials are also of the opinion that neither Mrs. Sauveur nur llusse.v win he held on this charge, although the man is llkel.v to face a chiirg? of non-suid crt. Ilussey is a well- known v\-iiler of short stories, and Mrs. i^auveur stated that she is Inter¬ ested only  in  Air. Huss?v's writings.
Kiwanis Sept or..-
that the  stale  convention  of
iv\ill  be  held  in  Uniontown,
! ber 24, 25 and  26.
j     Wylie   Diiv.d   was   drawn   ns   chair¬ man of the meeting  two  weeks  hence.
I     The members di.scussed several itetiis
I of busines.^, and adjourned at an early
; hour.
Mid-Summer   Races   at   Hatfield
Admirers of rily harness lua-se raiins; Irbat  afforded  them mer race      meet to
slrauiemefwtynho
will have a rare
at the Mid-Sum-
be  glvim    at  the
rleausf   of    Ideal    conditions    a   six j ri~7,
iicre     triif?!   recently   was     leased   all Co'jnty   May   Be  Liable.
Asaph,  Tioga county,       where   holding       Montgomery   county  may  be      liabie
pens       w-lll   be   erecli d   to     properly! for  damage   to  cars  by  the  deep  hole house      tfco young      birds  until    theyiin Ridge  pike reeently  near tho Pliila.
Ciin   be  relea.'^»d   n"xt  spring.   Holding;-| _.\ii.    Transports  fleld.
Pens   iilreadv   have   been   conslnlcted ,     The   hole   measured   about   two   feet at  the  game  refuse  in    AA'estmorelanl 11,,  diameter and w-as located aboul tw.i
eouiu.v.
his sum-
being tarvia.
re-
hundred feet south of the fleld. It I was nearly four feet deep and rim under the surface like a cave to tut side on w-hich the flying field is located. Thi* point was later marked by an¬ other cave-in.
AV'ithout any marker to v.-arn them jOf the danger, many motorists struck ! the hole with sufficient force to bursi their tlr*s and break their shock iih- sorhers and springs and the flyin.g fleld took on the aspect of a fiist-aid station  for diim.aged tires.
Shortlv after the cave-in. occurred the hole- was filled, hut tho heavy rain storm  during  the   ni.crht   caused      the
tem-
GWYNEDD    VALLEY
Afrs. Luther She.Trer. and daugliter. are  vacationing  in  l-'riendship, Me.
AV. I'". Kersh.aw visited his f.amily, who are summering at Stone Harbor, during the week-end.
IMontgomery   Harris   hns       returned from   Kdgartow-n,   Alass.,   leaving family  there  for   the   remaining mor' months.
The   railroad   crossing paired   with   stone  and
Dividend for Creditors ^
The   dividend   8..r   general   creditors .filfing to disappear. Xext morning of   the   Conshohocken   Millwork   Com-. porary  repairs  w-.re   made again.
I iiny,      Inc.,   will   bo      amiroximately —— .jT c't„,„.
37 II       per cent., according to    an an- Trust  Co. to   Build  Stores
noiind ment of Jiimes C. Crumllsh, The Security Trust Company, of Philadelphia attorney, who a|fted ns ' Pottstown, will denfilisli tlilljo frame siieclal master in the bankruptcy pro- i structures on South Hanover street ci.'odlngs.   The  company  has  been   in-land  erect a  Prick   laiilding  wliich   will
Montgomery   county  fair  track,   AVed nesday and Siiturday, August 1 and 1. Some of the best half-mile track cam¬ paigners  in   the  country  will   be  seen in iiction  ov?r the  Hatfield  course.
Not only will tho world's chamjiion trotter, "Peter Manning," 1.50^4 halt- i mile track record 2.02'4, be seen in an I iittempt to luw-er ths world's amateur ; trotting record, driven by his owner ' Lawrence B. Sheppard, of Hanover j Slwie Fiu-ms, but thje bast horses to be . aeen racing iit the coini"-- fair circuit ; meets,  have also been  snCered.
The present worhV's rsjord for an ! amateur driver of ;i trotter over a I half-mile track is th»,2.05%, iniide in i la26, whenK. T. Bedfo-' of Oreen.-i i Farm, Conn.. dr.ive the speedy "Dip- I loniat'" b.v Dillon Axworthy ti mil" j to a cart in  2.05U.
Good day      and      track this      mile
I should be b iiten  h'-    quite a margin.
with   Owner  Sludd-ird  driving  '"Peter
1 Manning,"   lhe      urealcst   iiutttr   the
world   has   ever  seen.   Just   what   sc.rt
i of a horse he is     may be taken from
i the fact  that he has beaten  2.04 on :i
i half-milo       track   14   times,   and     one
, other   trotter,      "L'lilan,"   b'.at   it   just
once.
PENLLYN
I Controller  Again   Saves  Co::nty   Money
'      Oouiit.v    Conlrollei-    Ifvinfi^    mein^ir^- has again  saved the county money.       j Irvin is an officer in an Ambler build- i ing and  loan association.   While  asist- \ ing   the   secretary    in    handling    p;iy- ' ments  for  sliares,  the   controller-  came across  a   check,  drawn  on  a Philadel¬ phia   bank,   and   signed   with   a   name which  seemed  familiar to him.
He followed up his "hunch" and dis- ! covered that the family in question j was receiving counly iiid, in tho form jof support for aged and Infirm yiar. ' ents of the person tendering the check. ! The parents are on the counly books as Jiublic charges, the family hiiving rejiresented itself unable to pay the ! maintenance- cosls.
I     Irvin   then   learned   that   the   familv
has  a   sub.stiintial   hank  account      and
; jjossesses  other  interests.     He  iinni.'d-
ialcly  .summoned  ils members.
>     As   a   resull,   the   treasury   has   been
reimbursed   for   every   dollar   of   lax-
jiayers'   money   exjiended.   and   ;i  gu.ii-
; anlee   has   been   given   assuring   pny-
ment  of  the   maintenance   cosls      for
the aged couple, who will remain un-
ider the care of the c'-,unty.
I , 	
j $M) for Cemetery Provided in Will I The will of Joseph A^ AUebi: -h. late c.' AVorcester. disposes of an es- : tate valuid at $2000 I Testator gi.'^.s $50 ti> the trustees I of the Skiiiiiiik AIe-| ^-jrlite i churel.- I for the cemelerv fund. Tho re9:due of ; the   estiiK'   is   given   in   equal   shares
to the children      of      the      decedent, Winfield  CarnBurn win leave Satur- j Lineaus  K.  Allebach    and  AVilson  K. day  with  the  Lower  Gwynedd  Scouts | Allebach   are   named, e.vecutors  of  111 ¦ to  sjiend  a week at  Camp  Delmont.     iwill,     which  was     executed    Jriu-   1^ George Lutz, Jr.. is enjoying a we'ek < 1927.
at   Camp   Ocean   AVave,   Piermont,   N. j  —
J.,  which is  conducted  bq Rev.  AV.  F.'Store Superintendent   Given   Promotion
Lutz, pastor of church. Ambler. Mr.<?. Edward still quite ill in proving.
Trinity
!
•I* rutivo sinco 1925.
corttain   live
sti
$40,000   Will   Contested 'I'lie  will  of       a.arrett Blanche,       oi I'uiisliuluicken.   is   luing   contested   be- ore   .ludge   Holland   in   oil bans'   court 'it    .N'orristown,   on,   the   ground   that orgeiy   Wiis       committed   in   the   sig¬ nature.
The (ibjeotlon lo the probate is m.-wle hy I'litrlek Blanche, a brother. In the will tho testator left his estate, w-orth $40,000. to relatives, with tin; cxeeptNin of the contestant. St. Matthew's (iuiroh, Conshohocken, wn.v ta receive $2000.
Help  Playaround
a    representati've
May
11. Stone, a representati've of the IMayground and Recreation Asso¬ ciation of Ameri'Cii and of the Har¬ mon l-'oundation Fund of New York city, niiide a iJcent visit to Consho- h) cken to inspect il ple.t of pround w-liieh the Consliohocken Realty Cor¬ poration recently gave to the borough to be i'.sed as an ."nldllional play- g-round'. It Is hopo;d tliat tU • Harmon fund will give the Ijij-ough $2,000 with wliielt to pul the pliiygiouml in condition.
Memorial | John Skilton, uf Hiu-monvllle, fui - ]mer manager of the American stoie J. l^ershing, though J at First avenue and Fiiyette sire, r, bed, is reported im-i Conshohockeni. has been transfern. d I from the Potlstown district to tht' Helen and Eva. daughters of Air. j Norristown district as euperintenf' -.t. and Mrs. George 'Dull, are visiting with ' Jfr. Skilton has been in the emi. ! their grandmother, Mrs. Hazlett, of I of the Americiin Stures Compiiny fi,.- i GemiantO'wn. Itho  past eighteen   years.   He   was   iid-
A large number of people atiendd ¦the 3-day series of lectures given iv the Penllyn Union Sunday school la.-i "week. Bev. Asa Mooro spoke. He is a returned missionary from Santo Do¬ mingo. Sunday evening Rev. Moore preached a sermon lo the congregiition on tho "Four Marks: in Scripture." The Sunday school lession was also taught by Mr. Mooro from the desk. 54 were present. Next Sunady evening Robert Mllligin, of Philadelphia, a lay-speaker will again address tht' congregation..
vanced from manager of the local sto; e to district superintendent of the I'otis- low-n district about two yetirs ago. Uls recent transfer is iin adviincemenc and Itns been given in i-ecogiiitiun for his faithful sei-vice.
Woman  Gets  Bail. '
Lydia Blaltc, North Gknside. c.i J mitted to prison last week by Magi> 'i trate "Williami 'Urban, Ambler, chur.-J ed with violating the IfQuor Iaw.s, fin'-Jijj,. , ,-¦ nished $1000 bail anft -was releanedf from priKon. *
Freas' slore building in Horsham where a gigantic haziiar iind sale of iill .s-orls of articles will be held. .Simi"- lar events held before by the firemen anil auxiliary have always resulted in much .success, and tho carnival this year, which is to be held on even a greater SK-ale than ever b(ifori\ is expected to net the flre comjiany a subhtantial  profit.
A number of the .scouts of Horsham troop. No. 1, v/ill leave Saturday to spend a week in Camp Delmont.
Mrs. Josephine Forker, of AVest Phil¬ adelphia, visited with lier nephew, Frank Forker, and family in Horsliam, for several days last week.
Abram Guild, who has been making his residence with his brother, Edwin Guild, in Horsliam, is spending the week in Union City with a brother, Ar¬ chibald Guild, ahd family. — Kegular servieoB will be held in Grace Union church S'unday. Rey. Frederick Cate, jiiistor, will jneach. Sunday af¬ ternoon the Chrislian Kndeavor so¬ ciety will conduct the regular monlh¬ ly service in the K. G. E. home, Davis Grove. Prayer meeting, tills AVednes¬ day evening, is held at the home of Mr. and Mis. Iiiie Fillman in Hors¬ ham. A trustees' meeting will also bo held at the Fillman residence on Fri¬ day evening. The .Sunday .siiiooi jiic¬ nic will be held Saturday, August 8. Buses and cars furnishea by local people will conduct the menibers of the Sunday seliool and churcii from Hors- j hiim at 3 a. m. They will picnic as ! Forest jiark, Chalfont and return 1 home in the early evening. Last Tues- I day evening members of tho mission- 1 ary .society of tho church enjoyed il. I .splendid illustrated lecture depicting I the life and religious work in Africa. Rev. William Downey, a member oj tlie Africiin-lingland mission, was the speaker. His set of jiictures was an exceedingly excellent culleclion. Th« regular business session of the mem¬ bers was also held at this time. The leeluro was given in the basement au¬ ditorium of the church.
James Harrar, ot Hallow-ell, Is suf¬ fering with three fractured ribs. Air. Harrar, a fiirmer, fell from the toj* oi a., load of hay and landed heavily on his side sustaining the injury. The ac¬ cident oeeuired on his farm. He is now ablo to walk about, but can do na( work for some time.
Horsham kc-pt its hold on the ilrst ! Jilace position in the Bu.x-.Moni league 1 by defeating New L'rita.n, Saturda.-, 17 to 1. Halboro, Horsham and Jen- I kintown -Moosa have lostyl out of 3 I giunes, and hiive a leg on the top posl- I lion, lliilboro dropped its game Sai- ! urday, and suffered the first defeat of! j the second half to Willow Grove by I a score of 5 to 2. Jenkintowin defeat- ! td Bridge Valley, 4 to 3. Next Sat^ I urday Ilursiiaju plays W'illow Grovo ' at home. .N'ew Britain vislLs L'ndgo Valley, and Jenkiniown battles Ha»- boro.
Japanese beetles have entered Hor¬ sham and new- is the time lo begin to combat this menace. Set beetle trajjs, as advised by experts, and spray and combat the insect with all the pres¬ cribed agencies that are certain dcatli to them.
Residents of Babylon are about as¬ sured of receiving- electric current. .^ petition of the residents in that sec¬ tion has heen looked upon favorably by the I'liiladelphia Suburban-Counties Gas and Klectric comjiany, and it is sujijjosed the line already extended from I'rospectville to tho Park A'alley nur.'jeries will be continued into Ba¬ bylon.
Contract for coal to bo supplied «• the several schools in Horsham town¬ ship was iiu-iiided lo E. B. Mcllhatton. of Hatboro. The members of the scliool board met last Wediie.sday evening ana up'oned bids at tho regular busines.i meeting. The Mellhailou bid for suji- Plying stove and buckuheat coal was '^'> lowest of seven. The board ban ¦¦'.,¦. . ijoate prices for grading the •V :...;ui>! grounds in Horsham ana proo'. d. with the work as soon aa e. urk Is awarded. A room In thq ille school is to be aliere;l ged, and th:s work will bo d for and '<..mpleted wiUnn month.
(continuetl on peso 8)
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