The Ambler Gazette 19261216

              T HE  AMBL
VOL. X.IIL-NO. rtO
AMBLER.   PA..
AND COLD POINT
ITEMS   OF    I OCAL    INTEREST   TO READERS
Address  to   Friends  by      Wilbur       K.
Thomas—Alvin   Bunzel   May       Enter
Whitemarsh   School   Board— Christ¬ mas Plans in the Churches.
IMiw.s   1-Mie   .Miiipl,!,       of       I'lyuiouth Mteliiig ,1s out after a aliort illness.
l-.oiuiid   Duckman,  of  Cold   Point,   is ill with toiisllitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Wlnlleld Culp, and son, JofW of  lioxborough,  visited  Mr.  and
Mrs'.' Jacob  Hart,  of Cold Point,  Sun- | eil, who diod, Wcdiicwday, at the home uay. iof his d:iuglu'i'. MvM. Sarah  Ronibergcr,
Plasterers  are  ready   to   begin  worli j,, Conshohookei;, aged  79 >'eans.. Inter- in tho new home ot George Sheller and Uuent   was   In   Riverside   cemetery, family in Cold Point. Tlie heating sya- •      jje  was  ono  oC  the   ojdor  members
OBITUARY
- MLI.IAN U. SNYHKlt -Mrs. Lillian ii. Snyilor, agol 5G, wile of l.-4aa<' tjnyder, of Ixiiisdale, died tjunday after being ill for only a. few hours. Mrs. Snyder returned fioni work at u. Lansdalo store, on Saturday evailng; api)arently in good health, but complained of feeling sick late that night.
She resided in l-ansilale for the past seventeen years where Mr. Snyder is (iigMged in the tin.sniltfl business. I'uneral services will lie held Thurs¬ day at the I>ansdale Schwinkfelder Church. Two son,s, Viigil. and Itfilph. both of Lansdale, and her lii^band. Isaac,   sm-vive.
OEOKtJE  lU'SSlilj;^. •Services  on   Mond ly  afternoon were eld  over^tho  remains  o(f George Rus
THE HUB CLUB PLAYS SANIA CLAUS
WITH   AID   OF       PUBLIC  TO     FIRE COMPANY
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Ambler   Sch°ol   Notes
•:. Over IliUO tic-kel.s have been suld for , jElie high school play. "Anne \Vliat'.<- i'Hi'r-Name," given in the High .'^chool iaiHlitorluni 'U'ednesday, Thur.sday, nnd I l''iiday nights of this week. I The Christmas holidays arc from 'Crceniher ^.Ird at 3.J5 to .January 3rH |al .s.;jo.   ,
I     I'aiy.your Chrstmasi IioIIy        wreaths jfioni   the   membei-s   of   the   [.Jitln   club
Tliese wreaths are especially fine and I sell for only 25 ct.nts each. L'pon request ith'^-  will   be   delivered   on       December
'a].«t.
I     The members of the art clas.ses. un¬ der llie dii'cction of Miss Anne I'otteig- jer. arc pleased   to have bad  the  ojipor- itunity   <ir   eo-operatlng   with   the   eoill- mtte ,   In   charge   of   the       community
Over $2660 in Hand, and More to Come —Fair and Bazaar Closed Gloriously With Awards—Grateful for Assis¬ tance.
The l'"ireiiian s bazaar, given under til© direction of The Hub Club, closo^.-lfs'wt'vltes on December 24th, by making Saturday evening with the distributiotfe ill'merous appiopriate jjo'sters. of many valuable prizes, and tlie ladielj;;.,' W. A. Gensler, the assistant county of The Hub Club wish to thank the^tfU'Derlnlendent of Montgomery county many friends of  the Wissahickon  Firtfj SfohiHilK,   recently   sjient   two   days   oh-
tcm has been installed and a large part of the interior con¬ struction is linished, Mr. Slieller Is building on the Hart property, a por¬ tion of which he will purchase in tlie spring.
JSenamin Sprague lias had electric¬ ity installed in hia home at Cold Point, ^ jiuj,.Hp]]
A radio has been institlled in the home' of Mr. and Mrs, Atlee Famous, of Cold Point.
jUh. Marhsall Botstord, of Cold Point, who broke her arm recently In a fall,  reports  that member knitting
nicely.
..lembers of tho I'old Point castle, K. G.  K.,  enjoyed a  nice social      evening  'ed  82. among  themselves  last  Thursday,  foi- i    'Mrs.     Maxwell lowing  a  short  businees  meeting.  The "-
men   spent  thUr   time  at  cards      and
f     Conshohocken       Dodge     Na.     117,
nights oi! Pythias,
Oei^easfdi is survived by two aughters,     P.ertlia,     wife     of     Harry
rumbau.ifh,   of  I'liiladelphia,   and   Mi's,
,arah   Romberger,   with   whom   he   re-
idod in Camder..  A nister. Miss  Hatlie
of  I'liiladelphia, also survives.
is wife died almut two year,s ago. CHARLE.S  A,  MAXWEDD.
The funenil of Charles A. Maxwell. t Conshohocken, was held' Friday fternoon from the residence cif his ister,     Mrs.   Elizabeth   M.   Harry,    iOl
arry   street,   Conscohocken.   He   was
Company   for   their   attendance       anC
SLppolt.
Tlie proceeds to date from this ba¬ zaar are $26r)0 and will be increased, when all  returns are made.
¦JKuving the work in the Junior and son- ' lor high schools.
Pour iiienibers of vthe l«insdale :*chooi liiiard visited the high school buliding   Tuesday   niorning,   IJecembor
It is also desired to acknowledge thAj ^th, to  inspect  the ventilating system.
following donations: Joseiili I'Vetz, iiaiP'
chickens;   Kdward  Berry,  basket pota-,^sting of wands, Indian      clubs,      and ~ ~ f:«'^"i''' bells,  recently  purchased for use
iw  'he  gymnasium   are  greatly  appr ¦¦- , ijated   by   the   puiiils.
toes; PieiTe Piquemal, $2,'j; Mrs. Irvli* Smith, $25; Mis. D. B. Heckler, $10; J M.  Fisher,  $5.
game,! and were served a tasty refresh¬ ment   later.
The minstrel show to be given at the told I'oint hall by the P. O. S. of A, of Mt. Airy, has been postponed from December 17 to a later date,
Mrs. Edward Hallman, ot Cold Point, underwent a serious operation, for the removal of gall stones, at River- view hosjjital liLSt week, from which she has apixxrently emerged success¬ fully.
Christmas activities arc underway at the Cold Point Baptist church. On Christmas Sunday evening a cantata will be held in the church by the Sun¬ day school. Carol singing will also be undertaken Christmas eve. A New ¦year's social is lilanned for New Year's eve, to which all are welcome. ;
Mrs. Jacob Hart and      Miss        Jean Stead,   of  Cold   i'oint,   recently   visited I M'r. and Mrs. ,1. Harvey Hart, of Phila- delphia, who are receiving congratula- ! tions upon  tlie birth ot      a    daughter, , Dorothy  Adelle, |
Mr, and Mrti, Walter Staten and son, , of Germantown, spent Sunday with | the Bailey family in Cold Point.
died in 1921, Olne aughter, Fi-ances, survive.>». Deceaaed was ;' civil and mechanical nsineer In the employ ..t the Penna. -ailroad compajiy and the U. S. oveiT.ment.
JOSIOPH    CAR'T'ER.
On  Satnrda\- in  liarren   liill cemetery
ere   Interred   the   remains   of   Joseph
I  arter,   late   o)t   Conshohocken, 'whose
I eatli   occurred   on   Wednesday   night,
! ged  62  years.
j    Beside!!   his   wife   he   is   survived   by I Ve,m  Contihohocken;   Mrs,   Mary  Carr, everley,  N.  ,1.;     John  of  Norristown. nd   .Ta.-ieph   L.,  Jr,,  of  Trooix'r.
JOHN C. PARRY ¦Tolin Carle Parry died in the 80th ear of his age at hia home in Wyn- ote Friday, Dec, 3, fi-om bronchial reumonia. He was the only son of the ve children of Isaac C. and Sarah licks Parry, who resided on Norris- own ro'.d, near County Dine, In Wai- linptei^ township. He married Anina, aughter of Eliwood and Hannali omij',   Horsham.
They resided in H'itboro and he con-
iicted   the   coal   yard,   now   the   ,T   B.
<leliliatlen     place.  Later  they    moved
to   Phila.   and   he   was   with    .Mitchell,
PROSPECTVILLE
Harry Weikel and family and George Lear and family attended the funeral of John Lear from his late home on Tennis avenue, Ambler, last Thurs¬ day.
Miss Mabel Dager is attending the Anibler Junior high school.
of Mr. and Mr.s. Eugene Knitz on Mon-^ i day evening. f
Vergil Waggiey has secured a posi-f tion in the iron  foundry at Hatboro.
Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont ,of Wis.sainoming, and Mr. and Mrs. RichV ard'Jermyn   of      New      Jersey,      were
COMMUNITY   BROTHERHOOD   HAS MATTERS   IN   HAND
Meeting  Tuesday   Evening       Considers Bridge   Approach,   Better       Lighting and   Civic    Improvements    ,n    Upper Dublin   and   Springfield. The   Oreland    CouiiMuiiiiy    llrother- hood held a well att.n:lea and interest¬ ing   meeting,   with   David   L,   Russell president, presiding.
AVlth the advent of many now resi¬ dents, pioperty develoimient duiing the year on a wider and more extensive
IM.
Tlie new gymnasium equipment, con-
EUREKA
• The annual Christmas services will be observed by the Sunday school Sunday, Decenib, r 26th, A white gift Oei'vice   will   be   used.
The cost of the "The Heavenly Host" Held their second rehearsal Sunday 'afternoon" in   the  clit»-ch.
UPPER eUELIN m
^^scbLLA^  ous   iTtMd   of
TEREST.
Horsham  S-hool   Bids Too  High—Gun¬ ners   Bag        Dcer—Bus        Lands       in. Ditch—State   Bor.rd   Suggests   Healt" Mea-ures—Horsham    Light    Proposi¬ tion.
All estimates for the new iiiir.vham school building were rejei-ted by tha directors of Ihe jscliool district ol Hor¬ sham tounshii, at their meeting last week when it was found that the pre¬ sent plans would iniuir ex|i iise beyond *'"¦ limlls of the recent school loan, scale the state road improvement, traf- ^^everal bida were r<>celved but all ex¬ ile and lighting problemsi, ralli-oad needed tlui amount llxetl by the Hor-*^ crossing, train sci-viee schedule and the '¦'ham board, A siiecial meeting was pressing need for a suitable railroad therefore callcl on .Monday evening to station, Oreland has pioblems such as ''PVlse the plan.s and make necis.sary no other local community of its size. changes so that the costs will be ma- The Brotheriiood organization has 'crially lowend within the means of fores,en the state roa<l iiroblems to be ^^"^ board. .N'ew b'' ¦ will be rciitiistod faced next spring and summer in the I'Pon the aiehiteefs Kubiiiission of a, concreting of Pennsylvania as a main completely revi.sed plan shortly, and concrete highway trom .Jiaston road at the board will look forward to a less Glenside to the Bethlehem pike at exixmsive but as conimouious building Fort   Washington,   and   now   seeks   to   "« I>lanned  herntotore.
Mr .and   Mrs.  O.   P.  .'-imith  and  Misa
make traffic  thereon as safe as
Mr.      Leroy  Kratz   and   family,       oi % The Woman's Mi.ssionary and Ladies' Montgomeryville,   visited   at   the  homi^ ^'d soci. .i.es helj their regular nionth-
¦ meeting at the home of Mr.s. A. A. .. ash. Mrs. Mullin was in charge of the 9itudy period.
•:, Sunday,  December  19th,  the evening sermon wil ihe preached      by      T.      J. Schneider,  a   student  at  Princeton, Mr.   and   iMrs.   Carl   Kohler  and   son
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ar-ii ^re spending  a  few  days at  the  home thur  Williams on  Sunday. IS^ M''-  and  Airs,  Kohler.
Mis.  John  Serrill  and Jlrs.  Whitlejft^j Mr.   and   .Mrs.    Charles   Shive   and
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bagnal, of Phila- yjeteher   and   Company   euntinuing   in delphia,    were   guests   on    Sunday^ of | ,^.jj  ,,oaltion after going  to  Wyncote.
Of Coldj   ,5j,g   widow,   four   children;   TfflltrtJda, (^,el^ose Park, Anna,  wyneote, J. Carit-
"\Villlam Little, Sv.. of Harmonville, has  n.covered   from  a   light   illness.
The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Armstrong, of HarmonvlUe, has been ill  with grip.
The new home of the Smith family, under construction on Butler pike in HarmonvUe, is nipidly being complet¬ ed. Mechanics are working on the inter¬ ior, anld it is expected to be ready tor
".,   Gwynedd   Valley   and   Edward   H., [V/yncote,   five   ,gl-andcliildren   and   one i^tpr,    Sus.nn,   wife   ii,f   James   Harrar, Warminster  township,  survive  him. MARY EMMA NASH ^lary    PJmnia N.ash, age Ul, wife   oif Joseph Y, Nash, died Saturday at her la,te residence at Flourtown. She suc¬ cumbed   to  complications after  a  ion.g" Mhiess. I'ntil several .\ ears ago she re-
Whitle; ¦Vincent sjient Monday in Phila.
Mrs. Arthur Williams visited Mri Wm. Diehl on Sunday.
George Walters and family spen Srnday with Mr. Leslie Gouak an famil>'.
Ml-. Matthias Liindt and family si>ent; Sunlrlay with Mr. and Mrs. Georg^; Sweiker  at  Penn   Square.
G orge  Rue  and  family  and       Mri Anna  M.  Anderson,  of Ambler,  visit, at the home of Mr, Fi-ank Anderson 01 Sunday,
Mr. Griffin, of Phila., preached i- ProspectviUe M. B. church last Sunda; morning, and the pastor, Ri|V. M Griflith Lloyd, preached in the evenin
Mrs. Han-iet Shepherd returned to, her home at Maple Glen after having spent a'oout two wch-'Us with Iier son. Leslie   Shepherd,  and  family,
Mrs. ¦Cb.ofioa.fioaak, si)ient Sunday a^ I the home ot     Mr. and Mrs. Gouak.
r.  and  Mrs.   \\';m  Swartzlander were
Hers   Sunday   afternoon   of   Mr.   and
TS.  Kohler.
Miss Eleanor Harrar spent Saturday
tcrnoon   and   night   with   her   sister,
rs.  Charles  Stenger,  Abington,
Mi.«s .Marie Swartly and Miss Evelyn
orth   spent   Sunday   with   Mr.       and
rs.  1-;.   E.   Leiphart.
Mr. and  Mrs.  Sherman Perry enter-
Ined  Saturday evening to a venison
Inner. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stenger and n, Aliington, spe,nt Sunday with Mr. id Ml s. E. H. Harrar. The (i. M. G. Christmas, bazaar was l)d 1 liday evening in the Sunday hii, i  room. The room was decorated
11 bl    , and gold the gild colors. Fancy |-k and novelties, ice cream,      cake. ,'Ce  and  candy  were sold. Mi^'aad Mrs. Charles Hamilton vlslt- SamueJ I ed  .Mr, and  Mrs.  Carl Kohler on  Sun¬ day,
¦ Following is a list   if tlio.se who' at- j —    • ^—	
tended  the      ProspectviUe      Grammar j M*.   Pleasant   Baptist       Church-Boys' school:   Laura Anderson, Mabel Dager, ! Work
Many    HiU,    Piiji'Iine    Hubei/,   '    Anna ;     ^ .^.^^y active and complete program Lovery, Caroline Mullin,  Jennnie Mul-' ,f   ,,„    ,   activities   is  being   conducted
.sible, csi)ecially with regard to jied- Susanna Walton, of llorsham. were estrian tiavel, and the (lUestion of suf- the guests Sunday eveiiliii; of .Mr. and ficient lights along that road within M''s. Hai-ris Webster and Mr. and Mrs. Springlleld and I'liper Dublin was dis- Warren ,M. Cornell, of .Meetinghouse cussed. The road will become a muclir»  load, near Hatboro.
travelled  higliway  next spring. !     Hamr«l   Whit-N   who   recently   undcr-
Tlie safety of the bridge aiipioaeh went a minor operation at the .Vorth- over the railroad is another question western liospital, Philadelphia, is je- which concerns every Orelarkl resident cuperating at his home in Horsham, inasmuch as the lives of childi-en are j Mrs, William Dow ns, ol llorshiim, especially, concerned and the Broth.i- enjoyed a week-enil trip to visit with hood seeks to correct the menace now her brother, Mr. Palmii-, iii Pittsburgh, rather than later probably after a fatal Mrs. Downs left Friday and returned I accident has occurred.  In this proiiosi-   on  Monday.
1 tion the railroad company is involved, | Mr. and Mrs. S.'imuel Yingst, who land el'forts are being pressed, es|)ecial- reside on Avenue A, in Horsham, have I ly since the matter has received favor- purchawed the lot from his brother, I able action on the part of the Spiing- B-,nJaniin Yingst, on Avenue D. Tho I field board of township coiniiiissioners, former, SamU'l '^'iiigst, ban disjiosed . j which has pledged 'ts cor operations in of liis property to a I'hiladeliihla party. I renied.,ing  the  danger, Pos.session of both will be given about
'     M.itters with  regard  to a convenient   March  1.
! railroad schedule and plans for a suit- j     Mr,    Benjamin   Yingst,       a   resl'lent labie station  are also  being pressed  by   of   Horsham,   who  spent   several   suni- i committees  from   the  Brotheriiood   the   mers   in   llorsham.   Is   Just   recoverlnjr Imcmi-rrs  ot  which  are  i-eaching       the   from a very serious operation perform- proper oflicials of the Reading      coiii;   id  at  St.   Luke's  hospital, pany.   While  nothing  taiigiblei has  ap-,     Three  Horsham   gunners  have       re- j parently lesulted as yet, it is conlldent-   turned  from  the  wilds of Penns.vlvania ly  felt that substantial progress is be-   with results,  while (jiite a  large mim¬ ing made iti  both  these  matters. .   ber of others have not. Those to b,ag a I     The surface water condition on Ply-   deer during the s «ison  which  has Just ! mouth  avenue,   which   was  referred   to   closed   were   .Messrs.-Getchel,     Harlan jthe township commissioners      by      th.    and   Linkrist.
1 Brotherhood is in process of correction ' The Dodge coupe ot Raymond Tittle, land already the board has had two colored, of near Horsham, was severe- plans submitted by its engineer show- ly damaged Saturday wh m strui'k by I ing means of eoi reeling same, and i! a. I'hillipsburg bus. None was hurt, the court grants the Poara authorMjHTtttle alljnL*wit«it wHttt^^lWlWMIIWiWWOW to increase tho road Lix rate from l'i|bus skidded to the ditch and In trying: to 12\'2 mills, no doulit that drainage ¦ to be extricated under its own power problem   will   be   permanently   ctirrect-   it  sank   into  inud  and   was  pulled  ouit
.Servlco
ed during the coming  summer.
ORELAND
Mrs.   Herman   Reed   was
brought
later   by   the   large   Cadill" : truck  from   the Horsham   Service sta¬ tion. The accident occurred as the bu!»
occupancy   shortly  after January J.
A  Christmas  entertainment  is  being | wided on Uermantowa?  pike near Penn prepared   by   tho   young   people  of   the 1 Square,  wheri^ she  is  well known, Plymouth   Meriting   Friends'   First-day j      She    is survived by two    dajghters bchool, wlilch  they will  iirewent on  the   -and  two brothei-p
niorning of December 2« in the Friends' sclioolhou,se  at   11.45,
Mrs, Walter Lightkep, of Norrlsto\vn, visited Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lightkep I of Plymouth  Centre,  on Sunday.
Mr.  and   Mrs.  L.  V.  Rhoads .and
davlghler,  DoJ-othy,  of Non-istown, and | Mr.   and   Mrs,   Christian   A\''issler   and family, of Lansdale, were Sunday visl- ' tors at  the liome pf      Mrs,      Maggie I Rhoads,   of   Plymouth   Centre, j
Mrs, Joseph Janus, ot Plymouth! Centre, is convalescing frdni a severe j case of gl-ip. j
Elizabeth Lightkep,' of Plymouth Centre, has be«n ill for sevviral days with grip.
The hiial report from the roast pig supper, given by the Cold Point Grange
The funeral toolt place from her lale home, Weiss avenue, Flofurtown, Tuas- day afternoon at 3, Interme.nt was made at the Union cemetery White¬ marsh.
MRS.  HENRY A. JAMES.
B-jcks CO .mty's most prominent sroman. Mis. Henry A. James, died It her home at KJoylestown, Saturday foUowinjf an illness with whicli she ¦va,? stricken sever.al months ago. Born March 26, 1867, waa the daughter t Riehaid Watson, President Judge -if the Courts ot Buc'.<s cou,nty. Her "'lother, Mrs. Isa'oeila Thomas McCoy 'Vatson,  .¦survives her.
.Mrs. James was a member of the Re- "Ublican state committee and vice -halrmnn    of the    county    ooniiiiittee,
lin    Eleanor   Spcncii,   Elizabeth   Wal ters, Ruby Willler, Emily Worthington, Lewis Huber,      Dudley Lear,      Vernon
passed
truck   and   struck       Tittle's
for a large number of boys at the Mt. l^Ieasant   Baptist   church,   Ambler. Boy  Scoiit   Troop,   No.   1.   is       being
Kratz,   I'Vances  Mayers,   Teacher   Miss; ,-|^rolyi   organized    un/V-'r   the   scout*-
Ma,ude Carvill
Mr. and Mrs.  I^ester  Y'ingst, of Wil
mastership of S. K. Cowell.
Over the  Thanksgiving day holidays
low Grove,  visited  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Wm. ; ,„g   following   boys   had   a "successful
home from Abington hospital on Sun-, ^^^pp j^^ i,p drive from Hodges, gate*- day and is convalescing at her home. ;.^^,.^y ^^^^ j|,g Easton road. Thi front Several were hurt last week while | p,^,, „( 4,^^ ^.^^ was mashed in and th« coiusting on the snow coveied h'H^iside wtts battered from the sideswipe iibout  the  village.  Miss  Dorothy  Tlion j ^^.)^ic,, resulted. The bus proceeded with
^^''l'''   its shaken passengers after it was pull-
had   one  hand   lacerated   and ! Shinn  suffered  cuts about  the
head.
Vingst on Sunday,
j camping    trip to  Camp Delmont: Wil-
Mr. and Mrs. John Serrill spent Sun- :,|.j^   ^^^^y^   Judson   Johnson,   Herb.rt day  wath   Mr.   and   Mrs.  Whitley   Vin-I^^,,,^.^    wilbeit   Landes    Allan   Buzby,
*^*'"'- I inton  Weikel,  Robert  Flur\'.
Mrs.   Anne   Bailey,   mother   of   Mrs., Horace   I'hipps,   died   at   the   home   of        ' '^^ ''"J-'' "'•« ""^ conducting a paper
her daughter, Mrs. Phipps, last Thurs day.   Her  body   was  removed   to home  ot  another daughter,       Mrs,
collecting   campaign.   They   expect   to
jl"jp I collect   a   sufficient   quantity,       which
j.^ I whe(n sold for the benefit of the troop.
ed   from   the   gutter.
at Plymouth Centre hall recntly, waj ,||„i, ;„ 11)24 was elected an alterniate presenteia by the committea at their | "piegate and .attended tho Reptdjlican meeting last week and the total re- lational convention at Cleveland, and c.iipts of the benefit amounted to $190. ^..^^^^ ji,^ ^,y,g „( Bucks county lor Mr. Warburton, chairman, stated that ] .^jyi,^ Coolidge for president, first $136 was derived fiom the supix^r, $33 j w-^nian in the county to have this, from the fancy work table and $211 y^^nor. As a repi-esentative from B-.icks from the sale of house dresses. '    | i.Qimty    she  helped     to  organjze    the
AVith a stirring address, in which he Inspired his listeners to recognize the pinnacle of service WUbur K. Thomas, executive .secretary of the Friends' Service committee, pointed out th splendid work in which the Friends aro now and have been participating in their world construction undertak- ing. Mr. Thomas spoke before a large gathering of Friends and visitors at the Plymouth ileetinghouse in the moi-ning and afternoon of la«t First- dav.  Tho time  for service,  he  empha-
9late Council of Republican Women ^nd was an honorary president.
•aiie waJ a member ot the Colonial ''*imps iaf America, the D.au.gliters of the American Revolution, the Bucks '"lunty HIstorlcp.l Society, the Order of  the  Etistei-n   Star  and   the ,i:)oyles-
rrvm Natl re Club, In all of which she took an active 1 art. She was one of the original     members   of     the     Motners'
<<sl,stance Board a.nd served act- 'vcly up until the time- she was stricken.   Always  deeply   interested   in
Lore, in New Jersey, at which place her funei-al was lield last I-Ylday.
Those  present  every  day  during  tl.e
will add greatly to the equipment fund. It is hoped that the people of Ambler take note of and help the boys in this
month of November in ProspectviUe I ;¦""•*; Notify William Behringer, Ani- prinuuT room were: John Bertholf. j''"'^ ']*^' '/ y°" '^¦'^^' °1'' I'-'l""---' <"• Charles   Huber,   Andrew   Lovery,   Wil-   '"¦'f?'izlnes to give.
liani Lovery, Georg* Walters, Mark \ '''he younger boys are organized into Willier Donald Silence, Ardith Ander-''''''endly Indian Tribes (an organiza- son, Rachael Bertholf, Catherine May-|<'tm sponsored by the Y, M. C- A, all ers Elizabeth Worthington, .Mary Janej"^or the country) under the Leader- Edwards. Teachcir, Miss Margaret;--^''iP of -Walt.-T Slitter, George Keni- Morrison. i merer, Wesley  Reger and S, K. Cowell.
Mrs. Frank Anderson spent Tues- I On last Saturday, Dec. 11th, some day with  friends at  North Wales. I ol   these   boys   with   Mr.   Cowell   and
Augustus Heck and family moved on ,.'^Ii-. Kemmerer were, tlie guests of the Tuesday from this place to White- i Fiiendly Indian Tribes of the German- marsh, town Y. M. C. A. in a inter-tribal meet
Js'ext Sunday Rev. Griffith Lloyd, j ineluding track events, water polo, tho pastor, will lu-each    a      Christnias | and  a   demonstration   ot  Indian   dance
Other   lesser    mishaps   occurred,    but |     jj,.. and .Mrs. WMrson Kessler, of AVll- noni!  was so badly  hurt. ij^^^ Grove. Mrs. Ella Hartman, ot Cam-
Mrs.  Roy  Meyers   is  receiving  curds ^^^^^^ .^^^^ jj,.   j,nj,  j^[,.„, George Lear, of of  condolence   uiion   the   death   of   her j ^\-,||„^^,  fjrove    woie   gi^-sts   to   dinner mother,   Mrs,   Joseph   Nash,   of   E'ou''-I Sunday  at   the  horn-, of  Mr,  and   .Mrs. town,   whose   burial   took   i)lace   'I'ucs-, ,,,^,^j,,^-p^.j^pj.   „(   Hoi-sham, day in Union cemetery, Wiiitemarsh,     j     ^j^.    ^^^^   ^^^^    Iredell   Twining   liave I     Mrs,   Plac.i   who   lesides   with       »r-  returned   to   Horsham   after       having George   .Maxwell,   of   Park   avenue,   is  j,pp„j  „,„„e  time  in   Lakeland.  Florida, ! visiting in the city  for  the  holidays,     I ^^,j,„,,j, ^hev had entered  busiii.\ss.  Poor I     Mrs,   Joseph   Yeakle,   of   C;amp   1""   cxindittons" in   that  section   caused   .Mr. Iroad,  was  taken  to  the  Chestnut   HiU   ,^^^   jj^,^   Twining  to  return  and  give j hospital   tor   observation   on   Tllwday.   ^^^ ^^^^^J. venture  there. i The illness, apparently an internal ab- ,     j^^.   ^^^^  ^^^.^   William  Penrose  liavo j.scess. had not been localized liy the at-i^,^^  j^j^   i^akcland   to   return   to   their lending  physician  and  her  removal  to  ^^^^ ^^,^,. Horsham. ithe  hospital   tor  X-ray  and   treatment j     ^^^,   .^^^^j   ^j^,^    Oeorgel  Thomas,       of I was advised, 1 Horsham,   have   both   been   ill       with
I     Howard  William and  Leonard  ^^"l- [ ,,,umi,>^.  but are now recovering, ter, th^'.3-iiionths' old twins ot Mr. and       ^j^.^   clarence Geatrell,  of Horsham.
Mrs,   Leonard   Supplee,   were   baptised
who on Sunday was considered in sucli
on Sunday,
Ruasel Barnes motored to th 1 Poco- no mountains Wednesday where friends sliarcv ivitli hini some venison which he has brought home for liis family  to  enjoy.
sized is the present. Today the I''1-iend 1 t,^p oivlc betterment of her home town
sermon at H o'clock and in the evening at 7.30 a song soi-vic« will be held and Cm-istmas oongs will be sung.
Miss Jennie H. Ingersoll will enter- tain a Christmas party at her home on Christi>-u.s day.
¦remonles   by   the   Amliler   boys.
is strivir.^' 'iiore than ever before to participate prominently not only in re¬ us, but In social political and Konomic problems, which pi-edomin- at J, the nations. He cited the sphindld work ot the Friends In France and Germany following the World war: al¬ so their stand as a recognized organ
narticl ¦Sjglous >%;conon
nd county, -sne was oaio of the original -nembers of the Village Improvement A.ssociatlon ;i.nd was the first president ¦-t the Bucks County Federation of Women's   Clubs,
Mrs, James was educated at the Lin
den Female Seminary, tho Doylestown
¦''Tngllsh   and   Classical   .semlruu-y   and
Ization to do good in Russia dui-lng! "w-.arthmore College, and on April 30 the period of unsettled conditions there. Ano,ther points vividly portrayed by Mr Thomas Is the pacific inclina¬ tion ot those of Quaker faith to abstain from bearing arms. He emphasized the fact that those of the Fi-iendly f.oJth are ever mindful of their patriotic duty, and though they avoid the cjuryihg of won pons their attitude Is to help thlelr country Is every respect. The addrees was -well received and has brought much favonible criticism from those who enjoyed hearing lilni, and the topic has delivered to many a clear«r con¬ ception of the policy of the Friends,
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"S02, was married to Henry Abtah James, a prominent attorney and *«iiker at Doylestown, who survives 'i«p.
The fur.ei-il was held Tuesday iftemo<jTl tit 2,30 In St. Paul's Protest- •<nt Eplscdial Ch-JU-ch. Interment was lade In tne T>iylestown cemetery.
"'ire Makes *amily of Pastor Homeless Philip Eckert, a court crier at the '^otI^t hou.oe, has received word that *hp home of hts brother, the Rev, Louis Kckert, formerly ot West Consho- hofkcn, at Geneva, Pa., was destroyed by /irp with all itfj contents.
The fli-e occurred while Mr, and Mrs. ¦^kert and their son were away from home. It is .supposed to have been due 'n a defective flue,
¦"he Rev. Mr. Eckert is .a circuit pi'eacher co^nnected with the United Bretliren church. At the time <.f the ''re hewaa conducting service in one •»< the churches of which he is pastjor. ¦'le ard his family losteverythinir the' -iwnedi with the exception 0|f the "lothlng they were wealing , at the '•me. BYlends olf the minster and 'imlly provided shelter aJVd additional ¦¦lothlng for them.
Settles Case for $5C00.
The sf.it of Andrew Schemer and his 1 Hither, Emma Sclieurer, of Salford, against the Counties Gas and Electric ( ompany, r>ec4iuse of tiie death of riiilip Scheurer husband and father, and because of injuries sustained by tlie son after a live wire had fallen from a pole, was settled Monday morning in civil court when a vei'dict was takes before Judge Knight in favor of the plaintiffs.
'Ihe cases were not listed tor this term olf court, but when the settle¬ ment was agreed uixm and an oppor- tmi<i^\'>afforded,(th^ verdiv/ts were, taken Andrew Scheurer receives $500 because of his injuries and his mother $100 for the loss of his .services. In the other action of Rabert H. Kephart versus caf.se of the death of her husband.
in the I\lt. Carmel Presbyterian church I.^   crUiKil   condition   at   the   Abington
hospital with tyiiboid pneumonia, has ralli^id and since been pronounced im¬ proved by her atttnding physician. IMrs, G, atrell, who nui.sed her husband a.n<l   son   until   tbey   had   passed tho
critic.il   .-stages of  typhoid,  later       cun- .,       n  ,, c       • 1 lowed making ber condition serious.
New Pullman Service ' .,      iV     , .„   ,„i ._«..,.„r,„i„  f,.i
tracted the disease and pneumonia tol-
''"hc    interiors  of tile  new    Pulliii.i;» '     .p^g   g^^^^f,   hoard   ot   health   has   in-
'iirs now   opeiuted oh the Li'ertv Bell   ,,,, ^ted   an   unsanitary   condition       in
! 'loute    of the    Leiii.yh A'alley    Transit   jioi-sham  three   times" during  the  past
• Unpairy have been mateiially improv- I .^^.j,gjj ^„j   j,,,^   advis(>l   several   roine-
'd.    One of these new Pullman ear    is j^^.^ ^^ residents in the lowland behind
¦Itaclied    to the    S.U5 and -4.05    fains L,.,^   p^^,   j,.^„    ai,^iiow   dug   wells   and
'saving Allentowii dally for Pliila. The ^jj^ proximity of cess pools aro thought
Pullman   ears  are  uph .'Istered  and   HI   ,0 have  made an  outbreak  of  typhoid
ied exactly like those in service on the l^^gr s^iisonable. In an  instance, since,
'sading steam rjiiiroads of the country. * ^^j^^, resident  of  this   section  has  been
../LjiTciuADCu :advise<l  to  dig another cesspool      and
WHITEMARbH I others   have   been   told   that   arteelan
Mr.  Josiah  Hoffman  and   Mr.   Frank \ .^ygll„   ^^-m   ^e   more   sanitary   than   the
Anderson called at the home of Joseph 1 shallow-. <lug wells which fiU with sur-
Maust on Monday eivenlng, who is con- I'f^^^ water only.
fined to his home with iUness. |     ,pj^g  Lower  Horsham   Civic   associn
Mr.   William   Maust  ,and   son       Paul 1
tion   held   a
board   meeting       Mondity
Fire Co. to Have Birthday The Humanei Fire compan, Nor- rlsto-wn, -will celebrate Its 75th anniver¬ sary next February, when the members will gathfr at a banquet. Plans for the banquet were dlsor^ed at the December  meeting  of  the company.
Plaintiff Fails to Appear The only c.i.^e called Mtrndaj- In civil cio'urt before .ludse WiUiams was the actloaiof Robert H, Kephart versus fVaiik G, Ijeaf, on an apiical enteivd on June 22, 1926, This eaSe was of short duiution because neither the plalnlff nor his cour^sel, apjieared. Attorney J, Stroud Weber, representinar the <te- fend.ant, was awarded compulsory non-suit.
Mt. Airy Nurseries Sold. Goiwen avenue, north and south sides, between Germantown avenue and Bryan street, two tracts of ground formerly known as .Mount Air.v Nur¬ series, with froJiUi'.e of 1204 feet on, tile soutli side ot Gowen avenue, ."i04 feet on the north side of G-iwen ave-i nue, 103 feet on Ge'.-mantown aveniie and 32 feet on Bryan street, have been ,solil by GlyTi,don Prlestman, acting witli Robert DalgUesl,, to Harry B. Cahan for $110,000. The purchaser will build immediately 36 houses oiii the south side of Gowen avenue and on Gowen Circle (tor sale at prices |troni 113,500  to  $20,000.
Maust,  ot  Flourtown,   visited   the  f"''" j evening  and   reviewed   the  work  dun. mer's brother, J.  Maust on  Sunday,       j j^^   petitioning   residents   along  Easton
Mrs. S, J, Walton visited her sister'^^g^^ ^^ support tho electric light pro- in  Phila..  on  Thursday. jj^^^  sponsored   by   the   club.   Nearly   a.
Regular   preaching   servides        next Ig^j^^jg^t  ,n,.i,ber of  signers ha>*      al Sunday  niorning at  10.45  and  evening 1 ^.p^^jy ,,ee„ secured, and members u.rc services at 7.45. [urged to complete the petition  rapidi/
George Wentz, who is confined to the I pjjjy,.(,„g p^r cent ot the pror^rty Chestnut Hill hospital, is doing very ^^^^s abutting the pike musi sign to "'f^lY ! cause the petition to be eftectlvo.  The
Whltemarslv Orammai* school ^vlll j submission of the petition to the si;r- hold  their Christmas  cantata on Dec.  (.^visors'   board   in   the   township  then
23 in the parish house,
Franlc Miller was recently struck by a light truck and was home a tew days with head and minor Injuries.
Fine Rural E.xample Parents of the Sar.dy Ridge com¬ munity pet a good example the other night when 75 of the families -were represented at a parent-teacher meet- 'ng, Bucks county.
follows, and they In turn accept the en¬ terprise when found agreeable In evei-y legal respect. The upkeep of lights then installed is done through taxation. Snow does not hinder the flying at Pltcaim Aviation field in Hiillowell as the planes are in u.se dally, and on Sundays wrry ttasstengera aloft as usu*!,
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