The Ambler Gazette 19240320

              The Ambler
azette
SUPPLEMENT
MARCH   20,   1924
SUPPLEMENT
BE
GENERAL       CONDITIONS      DELAY, REALIZATION
I OBITUARY.
'. .M-A-RY   TRUCKSESS '
:     <lne   of   the   oldest   residents   in   the
' vicinity    of    CoHe^'evllle   pa.s.sed    away
Wednesd.iy   ni&ht   of   Itist   week,   when
-Mrs.   Mary   TruclisesH,   of   BvansUui-g,
died   followini'   a   tstroke ' of   paralys s.
The   deceiused   had   been   a  resident   of
; Bvanstiurtf    for    more    Ilian    50    years,
i where she  was  the owner  of a notion
store. ,'<he was in her 8!tth year.
Despite    her   advanced    years,    Mrs. ; Truek.se.sis     was     active   until   a.     few
  weeks   ago.   Sunday   evening-   she   .sirf-
Historic Land  Aliout   Fort  Washington ' fered   a   sU-oke   of   |>;ualysls   and    her WNI   Some   Day   Be   a   State   Park—.^""lition  giew worse steadily. Progress   Made   Within   the   Past   10  j.,j,„   „.,,„   ,^   meniher   of   the    lt;iuden- Years  —   Extension     of     Fairmount   hush   lanilly   that   resided   at   (ioshen- p-P^^ hoppen,    She   wa.s   the    widow   of   the
° ship and control of the hLsioric Kort'^^^^•" ¦^¦^"""1 l-^«l>onshi„. ol West hill    Camp   li.ll   and   .Militia   liiil   camp j    "JJ"- ,       ,, ,
lak aloni- the W.ssahickon creek her health irt-rmilted, Ikmiik a member Irom  the   Citv   line   secti,jn   up   along,"^   tl'<^'   oiH   (ioshenhoppen   chureh. |
that wiiBdiiif stream nto the historical- j HOHACIG    M.    (JKYBR
ly sacred territory about Fort Wash- i ij„,.,|i.e ir. (iever, of Cedars died intiton, .so that the two plans—one T.j^„,,,,y „, ,,,„j ^^.^^,^ y^.^^^^ ,^g^^_.^ favored by Senator Vare and the other f,,j,u,.p „,, „..,j. ,,,, ^._,j,^n„i^„. y,y^ „to<-k by Mr. Morris—doveut.led into esicu,(,e,,ip,. j,, Worcester township for the other very beautifully and lurmshed a ; |„st ,10 years, and was widflv know.* bea.utirul extension t.) L>hiladelphias ;„ e.,Htern Fen.i-vlvanla. .us' well aa famed i-'auiiwunt park and linked theie- Uh J, mi.UUe west and in Wesl Vir- with the scenes of tremendous Rev-;^,i„i,, ,,,, ,.,„i,,,„.,e,i «,ies of livestock olutionary   interest     which    transpiriil   „„,,,   .s,,.ic,ke„.   ,j^  .^vas  also   interested
irkins"   company in the .Vorth Walea
OF
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JRecopt Sales of Wm T. Roberts & Son < Wni. T B. Roherts & Son have sold rfor Han-y Cornelius new house on jKdKe HU Road, adjoining the corner 'of Ai'd-sley Avenue, to Mr. A. C} Gret«inser.
I .   Also     a   large     trai't   of  ground     at
lElaston.   Chestnut   and   Church    Roads.
for   Herbert   Simons.
I     They have sold tor I'aul  Hhoads new"
house   on    S.    side   ol    Harrison    Ave.,
iWiiveily Terrace, to l.,yni;in A   Kassatt
Also   new-   house   on   tl»e.   S.   E.   sido
of    AVharton    Ave..    .N.    1-1   of   tJeneva
Ave,
.•\lto    iM-eniises   27S    Broo Motion   *"   ^'-'"-   Janies   L,.   Kast.   for' Kdpfj n  t.    nf J<bOi,ds.
'-"-'* °^ I >nd premises :;:'0 Fairhill Ave., for Replace ^{He account of .Nicholas ,'C- Ainenia E ("ontiolly; a hunKlsoiiiH luing-alow and 2-car saraKe; bungalow cont.-iins ten rooms and two baths: in the finest tioner. had visions of numerous „,e-<(i"» itlf-ntal .section of (ilenside This cli.-niical devices, nvmy of which he B>""lJ<n-ty was held fot- .sale at $2.^ (lOO. worked uixin. tried out and some ofl AI.'--<. lol^i .N'os. iri2 and l.")3 Diiiiimont. which have since become realltle.s. corner of Paxson Ave. and Mill Road; (Jne of the latter is the horse.ess wa- : "^'"rni r lot No. 1080 Sylvan.i .ind Wel- K.tii, which he concerned, not of the, don .Aves; hits .Nos l."0 and l."i] Pax-' foiln or motive i)ow-er a.s in realty (•*'" ¦^'''''¦ Dummoiii; b.ts .Nn; Ii7s and today,   but   his   machine   w-;is   ;t  cum-. . STft Willow (Jrove .md lots .Nos. (J!!!  and
DR. RILE'S CAI    SPORTSMEN TOLD
I
PERPETUAL   MOTION   MACHINE NOT   POSSIBLE
Despite    Ambler    Former    Resident   to tfie    Contrary — "PerpeHual" Must    Result    in    Wearing Mechanism,   Which   Cannot Itself.
.More   than   -10 Dr.    Slirawder,
NEW   INSTITUTION      LOCATED   AT   STATE     COMMISSION   WARNS BLUE   BELL i TO   SOURCE   OF   SUPPLY
E
AS
k^ale   Ave., ' PuMy      Equipped      Dispensary,       With r   Kdpfai-   S. i     « .•   _        -  /~ i...,.-^
yeai;s  ago   in an    eni;inious
.Ambier practl-
Convalesdent and Even An Enlarge This
ar.e   worthy   af
of   tremendous     Rev which    transpireil in  tho  VVhitemarsh   valley. jin   jjjp   .North   I'enn   i
iiowevei-, tho war n-anie on, and dilji--   .j^j  ^^,.,„ ,,  ,y,„.^.y Ing   tlio   reconstruction   i.^eriod   folh'W-   ,j;,„|(.  ,,•„,. ,,„. ,.,„,  , , ..^.^,
inK   the    two   controilintf   peisonajilie^   ,,^   supervisor   of   W       " weio rcJiJoved  frouv.   tlio  .scenes wf ac- n^   .,,„„   ,,|ipr.-i(ed tiviti",   and   the   stato   of   Fennsylvania I.,( ,.pj,i,.g lindH itself pressed  to devote its  f,T-eat,     |,o„i,ics his widow linancial  resources  in  olher directions.   ,^.,„j^,|,(p,.j,   survive-
Somo progress aias  Ijeen made  how- i   „,    .\-,,i„.,,„)(,..     |.,issell    CHwr ever,   for   in   lUKJ  the  .state   lefjislature , ^^i,.  i,,;. Uobert     r
bersome thing of metal and wood, driven by .steam lienerated from ai coul lniriiiii«; Hre under a boiler.
Another dream w-as that of a per¬ petual motion mechanism, which Gar¬ rett P. Serviss, in a. recent pjper, de- Clares to be imiMissible. in answeringT* the Iiuestions : "Whal is the meaning of perpetuity '.' What is motion and definition  of perpetual  iiuition ?
I .siuy to the in<iuirer th.it from tiio grouping    ot    your    iiuestions    I    judge
692 Ardsley.
Water Company, Asks Valuation. Tlie Springlield ('.iiisiilid:i led Water Conip.iny, .serving li; boroughs and townships in ..Montgoinery. ISucK.'.. llerks and Delaw.ire rountles. as well as pjii't of Philadelphi.i. was heard last week by Comiiiissioiiir lieiin on its application requesting that the Public Service Commission determine the value  of   its   properly.
The  valuaUSon   is  .sought  so  that   fhe
Operating        Room^
Wards,     Infirmary.
Aml^-dance—Will
Spring.
That domestic pet- respect end atfenti(n is becoming more and more apparent ;ts modern science teaches us fhe ch.irficter and: nature ot an animal. Hy this is nv«mt tli.-it a dog or a c;t. to wliich one lias become alf:iche<l. Iiecoine.s to be con¬ sidered a piurt of tile family and do- ¦, erves ne.-rly the same intere.st and eoncern as a child m gh' receive. AI- fliougli uiialil< II' tell of its appr.'cia-, lioni the pet is alw.ivs able to ex pres ¦ its   feielings  intelligentl.v.
Quite a (iiieful ami thorough study has been made of the: e animals, both I .--xiliolngicaJ.^- aitd phy. iic.iv(.\. and man is becoming inipi-ewsed wth tlie ii:iliaitlon tli.:f although these be lilit dilinb animals thel'' intelligence anl cli.u-acteristii-s are. in a riica.'.^iire, human   'I'lius  the  f:ct  h.'i.s  become im-
497,191 Huntbrsi Licenses Issued in Pennsylvania Last Year—Protected Sites for Game Needed—Game Com¬ mission   Owns 46,883   Acres  of   Land.
I'ciins;, .vania spoi-fsiiien are w-arned liy u.e suite gyme commisH.on that game within fhe boundarle.s of th<» state must be con.serx ed .as Ihe sources from which sultabli- n'tive ganie cam 1..* (.'... cil ..sed lor tocK.iig purposes are rapidly decre.islng. Dulllcuity ia experienced even in obtaining rabbits, and more states .ire tjijcing steps to. prevent  wholesale exixntatioii.
,.i.., lo->es 'll   the loiiimisslon  ai-« ad¬ vised   to   notify  the  cniiniss.on   ot any- sites   suitable   for   regular     game   re¬ fuges,   either     on   st.ite   1 uids     or   on. laivls   that   can   In    purchased.        .Most j of   the   av.L.liible   s les   of   .'lOOo   acres lor   more   have   been   aciiuired    bV   tha ctommi.ssion      and    keepers      plaoed    In ' charge.
I J rotetlioi-s are uiged to look euro- full.y oxer thetr district.- in search of any refuge site tli.it iniiy be accqulred '     'U'lug:(s   must   be   suirouiideit   by   a
orcesfor I'.iisturd".'.
township, creamery
pasted   a   bill  approiiriating  $10.<IOO  f"r ; hi.,,,],,,, a   preliiiLiii;ii-y   sitrvey   of   tiie   iiroposedi'i extension of   F.-iirmouiit   Parli. (jovern- ' Tener.    however,    w^as    obliged    to the   sitate   funds,   aind   voted i
nine sons and tw-o Cl.uence     (Sever, AV'esf yer,     Nebraska;
^ fJe.yer,        Hree/.cwood,        Pa.;
ilyeslcr.    Horace.    Frank,   .lohn   and   Al¬ bert    .ind    Hessie   and    Marv   (lever   at or    Tener.    nowever.    was    "o"fi^"     '" ; home.   Kdwood   M.   Cover    of   F:iirview constrvo   the   state   funds,   and   voted , ^.„l„j,,.    ^,„„   Alvaiiu,/M    (Lyer    .N'oi- th'e   bill. rlstown.   are  brothers,  and   .Mrs.  I3-avid
Tho  measure  cume  up  agiun   in   tlie.,,   ,,,,„„i„^   „,. p^,,„.«   j„      ^, ^ next   leg^^lature,   but  (Jovernor   Hrum-; ^ ... is a .sister,
baugh.   fai-'ing   a   like   linancial   necess-; .REA.   I.   T.   KDW.ARDS-
....     ..........       ^^.^,,1    1(1,,,^^,^      ,„     ,||g      Phil.idelphia
ity.  reduced  the apiii-cpriafioii   fo  $8000 | l>efure   approving   ''    Thi>   desired   sur¬ vey   liaving   Iveeii   I'.oiiiplelwd   the   next '¦ legislatiue    provided    $100,000    for    tlie j purchase   of   land,   at   that   fiTiie   e<-ili- iiuited  lo comprise 1100 acres, (.overn- ¦or   Rrumbaug-h   cut   tho   appropriation to $,"iO,000,and  it is believed nioa-e  than 100   acres,    lying   weslwiud   of   I'loui- town   has    been    pre-empted.   Mosl   of this  countr.v   is  almost  warfie  country, "Willi     niu( h      woods,     and   It*     iideally adopted     for     p;irk     puiiMises   on     a Bimllar scale to the  VaJiey   i-'orse \iark oontines. thougli the lopograiihy of the county ia materially dilterenli
Tho   pliui,   an   worked   oist   ftccordin;?
iVlclhiiilist conference, died Wedne.sday at his home in .St. Clair. .After ser¬ vices in the First Methodist church ther*'. the body was brought t«i, Phila¬ delphia, and services w.is held Satur¬ day afternoon from an undertaking establishment at Highteeiuh .iiid Chestnut streets. Dr. Kdwaixis w.ts a iiiemlier of (.'onriid B. Hay Hiwlge. I', .unl A. M. He is survived by his widow. The deceased, 20 years ago. was p.is¬ tor of the ATubier   Methodisi   church.
".' that  vou  are   perhaiis.   teiiipfetl   to   be-'.
h "wTj";; I lieve  in the pos.sibilit.v  of  iiiaking ma-' <;':'\\V''"y   '''''V   !'"""<<'   H-^   i'llahs   and
" ^^•'''^'j .hines   which   on.c   set   going   will   run        «^,''l'^   f"} ' f   l".'   nec^ess.ry   Improve-
ion   "forever.-  or until   worn -ut.   with-. «'«"*«-   /\   •l'->'»   H.   Roth,   vice   piesi-
ioiit  anv  additional  .supply of   mechani- ' <^^"' . ot, tlie    conipany.    explamed    to
¦ ..-.1 enevK-v I<,'omiiiissioiier   i'.cnn  that  the .'oiiipaiiy
c.ii c.ie.bj. .       , ,      •'•'•«   spent   $2,00«,000   in   four   years   in
There   are   I)<><M>1<'   who   passionately, ,,u,i,,ipj,   ,,,,,„„,    extending    its    mam,
believe that.    .Some persons have  pur.   .„„,   ,„   ,^,„,p,.   i,„,„.,ivement.s.     An   .id-
; sued   then- behet   to  a   tragedy   of  dlB-   <,itional $3,.-.00.0.00 must be spent in the
illusionmeilt   and   dis;tpimriitiiienl.     OI ' „g,„. j^^.p   hp .s;ud
j course,   human   knowledge   is  far   from I     j.,^  said  the   renuest  has   nothing  at ! perfect,  but   all   fh.'  same  we are  vers'    _,^„   y^   ^y^   ^^.j^,,   .,„y   ir,t.,.ease foolish   ot  run   counter  to  basic  Pnncl-^; ,j,ij^P(. y.,{pj,
pies of our .iwii know.edge which 8.1 ( Oporge W. Fuller. civil engiiicer. far have n.ver been f.iund to vary. | ^y^„ y^ ,, ,„t,,„|„.p ,,f ,i,p commission. The niiiii who can m.ike a perpetmil apolnted by .MiiJ-or Kendrick for oh- moli.in macliine that passes all sclen-j taJning a lietter water suiiply ror tific tests will blow thv present sc-leiice ! Pfiiladelphia, sai.l thai he ha.l nia.lc a of me.'baiiics. logelher with its funda-'jBiirvey of the coniiiany's propeity. mental Iilws. sl<y higJi ! i      His   esliniales   <in   the   viiliie.   using
niineiit that these pets uro deserving'isuiricient area on whicii bunting right.^ of every care and there are now a j aro i eriiiitled. It is the .ile.s re of th» number of iiistitut ona Jt mercy set «oiniiiission lo obfan hunting rights apart  expri* slv   for   IheJr  w-olfare. in   areas   of   from   lOiiO   ii,   .-,110(1   :,crea.
One   of   those,   persons   who   has   re-|"'"^,"t,  i''i«--ithli'd,    .,f    which ^^Would    be c.ignlze.l   with   <'.,nip  ssi.m   the  need   of :'.".V.'"^'"'l     '}   "'^   '^'f"*-'"   '^n"   "'«   '"es*:
hy-
ipplj-ing man's l;now-ledge in the iire- servafioii of these companioha^il* .•iiiim.i.l.s. fs Dr. lOdw.ird A. Rile. Dr. Rile, a resident of Hlue le'' is ^v. dely knowii and recognized as ono of the nioi t i-.iiisclenti.jus. priil-taking- and thorough of vK'it.'rina,ry siirg-cxins. A penetrating inter.-1, years of exiierien.-e iind a broad liel.1 of appli."' knowledge lia\e   lic.'ii   llie   moans   tliroui-jh   whicii
left open for Iiunting-. Al the pre.sent time the conimission will not p.iy any i-ein;\ner.it «jn for l.ind used as auxil¬ iaries, and l.ind owners are re<iuHred fo .'igrte to turn ov •(• the hunt.ng rights for a period of not less than ten years. .\t ja-e ent Penn ylv.inia has thirty- tw.i regular or Ijoge game refuged wilh kccper.s and nine imxihiry re¬ fuges, aggreg:Uiiigi 7S,4ii.") acres, oi» idea   was   in-plied   in   '1-   'loel.irs ! «^hi^^',;;- h^^iUiig is  pw'..^
mind,  which  has found expr. sion ^-,1 | ^>,,;,f/^J-..^,^^^^^-f^l^'en oif linds^wn- realizalion.   and   today   there   .s   a   cat ' ^^j    ,^y    ,„^    comm.ssion    and    five
various mettioda of lietermining tlie total, ranged from .?lS,iriO,0!l2.61 to «2;i.4S2.09I.22. I Commissioner P>eiin referred the mat¬ ter to the engineers of the commission, ¦who will investigate .in.l reiiorl on the need  f<n-  an"  oflicial   valuation.
1
Catholic   Club   Seeks   1000   Members.
tlrganization   of   a   Catholic'   .Atlilctii' club   which   it    is   hojied    wij    liave
to several meetings  lield   10 years iig.J' membership   of   1000,   ir   being   losfer.>d
ill city hall, Pliiladelpiiia, of whi.li iimetings, Mr .Morris w:ts chairman, Khuwed a p.irkw.'.y :ilong The "Wissa¬ hickon creek, anl liicbiding land for a dislaiue of about .'lOO f*el on each side ihereof. and in additon the ac- >f  abi'Uf       11  .icii-s  coiiiprislng-
iiuiring
the   bjsliiri.-
Jtl'.-f    vciltll'.'"
bills
O    llf     I
Wllii
tlirougli Llf the (ieorge.D. grounds of 'be club and many smidl   tracts.
No   r.r.n'Kvay the    streiim    llir volopmenl    for neoessilal*'    tb.^
'io\-<*    ri-'feri-.'ii    lo rl   Wa.shington. planned    some    10 ^¦W)'(r»'-T«ctenB*o»