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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 Gazette KMJ3ER 10, 192« .^^1.75 A \ EAR 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, (continued on page 8) "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*!, (continued on pac« 8)
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19261216 |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 46 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 12/16/1926 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 12 |
Day | 16 |
Year | 1926 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19261216 |
Volume | 18 |
Issue | 46 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 12/16/1926 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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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
Gazette
KMJ3ER 10, 192«
.^^1.75 A \ EAR
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 |
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Day | 16 |
Year | 1926 |
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