The Ambler Gazette 19270505

              The Ambler Gazette
VOL.   XLIX-NO. 14
AMBLKR    PA..   MAY   5,   1027
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Whitemarsh  Supervisors   IVleet
Thi>  Whilciniii sil   huuril   ol'   roud   su- ix-rvl.soi-.s   mc-t   on   .Monday   .-it   Barfcii Hill." Bills   amounting   to,. $2S00   were Ul derod   paid.   Htate  award   fund.s  will lie uvailable for tln^  ruud  from .Sprini;- .Mill   It)       .Miiiuon   o'   one   and   tlii'e<'- iiuarter     niilex.   Tills   load   has     been widened,       and  a guard   ruil     -,vill  be erecled.   I'osts   for   .same   .'ire   already in.       and   the   township   is       securlns; Ijrlees     in   a   heavj    wire   cable.     Tlio Hurface it tills  road   will   lie  improved >^ork   Starred   on   Black   Horse   School    ^t a cost of about $3'20O.  Kiate award —School   Play   Successfully   Present- i is   also   available   on   Robeit;-.   aventlei Co.   Buys    Local ' '-''tlar   Heishts,   costing   about   $2700
ITEIVIS
OF  LOCAL  INTEREST READERS
TO
ERION OPENS M SEASON fiEKEl
WILL  PLAY   AMBLER       SATURDAY ON   KNIGHT   FIELD
TAX IS 15 MILLS
INCREASE   OF     ONE   MILL   OVER LAST   YEAR
Ele'^tric Plant    Will
Probably    Be
t'oj.inty aid has lieen liromised on W'-ntz road, the improvi'ment of whicii   will   co.st   about   $4000.
Koad oil contracts weve awardedi the- Atlantic HetininK Co., U. O. I. Co.,   and   the   Barrett   Co.
The ijapers af,'reeinK- to the si^'- rendcr of the franchise with the Box- borouKh, Chestnut ilill and Norris¬ town R.'iilway Co. were ordered exe¬ cuted. This provides fm- the abandon¬ ment, .so fiir as Whltemarsh town- tho liuildlnir of thoi''"'' ''^ concerned, of the electric line mo uuuauig o). >•"«! ,j,.t^veen Plymoulh Meeting and Har¬ monville.
Thiee-tenths of a mile of Joshua road is torn up in process of rebuild- inu as a i)enetration job.
ed—Phila. Site—Cox Sold.
'i»iii\«int llaineis, of Plymouth MeeLia;,', and -Miss J-'lorencc Jlae.jier, dautfhter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haebler, of Coid Point, were united in marrlaye last Waturday. Mr. and Mrs. Haines will nutlie tiieii"., home tun>porarily with Mr;-ai:d Mrs. Hueb- lor.
Fliarik    s^liuler.    ccntraetor   of    Xor- ( I'istown,   Btarted
I'our-room   addition   lO      the       Black, IJorse schoul  lasl week, '
'J'he  annual   chicKen   supper   of   the i Cold   Point   Urange   will   be  held   Sat¬ urday  fcve-niiKf,   May . 7.
The pupils of the  i£i;;hth grade      of I!l>1muutli    Coiisolidaud    sci*jo1   most I Kuccessfully   presenled,   the   play       of Japanese   inannei-s,   which   title       was ¦ii-.r   Father's   Wliil',"   in   the       school ^ auaitorium,   last   Thursday   evening^.   A | luiji^.isomo Japanese  setiiiit;   \va.s  made Willi      ajjple        blossoms, Japanese
screens and lanterns and blcjnded nicely with the plot. The cast was \ larye and all were allraclively attired | in native dress. Miss Blanche Detwll- ' er, leacher of the Bishlh Krade, and : I'aul Book, instructor in music, dir-' e«.le<l llie yoUihful players, anid at the ' end of the proalam were handsome- ¦ ly rtmemberul by the class, whose »pijj!.sur was JePiV Lowrie. 'i'he school oroht-.-^tr.;. maliina its Hrst public, debui, lurjiished the niusical enter¬ tainnieni. freveiiil recitations and < !:olos were rendered oy JMr. Zook j and several ol the pupilii during- the | iiLlei-niission. Following- liie presenta- j lion of the piay a number, of boys Irom all parts of the town.ship con¬ tended in tiie hannoniea conlest. Four priiits were aw-arded and Chaa'les I .Dctiter, of i'lymoutli -Meeting, receiv¬ ed lirst, wliich qualitied hiiu lo repre¬ sent the lownship in the contest held by the Bions Club of Norristown last week,
JVli-ht   Cieorge   Ciarr,   of       Plymiouth Meeting-,   is   still   ailing   from   the   in- j juries  received   in  llie  trolley   accident j at  Mogeetown  some  montlis  ago,   and in atiill suffcrinL;  terribly al limes from the injuries.  Airs.  Carr's condiiion  has j not  been encouraging since  her return i from   the   hospital   and   the   continue».l ^ iiTitation   of  her  injuries,   il  is  feared, j may cause a more series condition.       .
A portion of the Lavino property, situate beween the Bav ino row of cot- • lagi^i and the ii.;d.i;e pike, was re- ; cenlly soid lo the I'liiladelphia KI- I cctric Conipany and, it is reported ! will be used as a site lor a transform- | Ing- sUition for lines direct from the | future Conow-ingo plani, to this sub- i urban   diau-ict. ]
Opoi-ations at the CoJC Lime and i Stone quarries, whJch were being car¬ ried on by the creditors uf tlii; bank¬ rupt concern, ceased enliiely on Saturday last and tlie planl will be dispo.sed of soon, il is .said, Ciiarles O. Cox, who managed the business of the concern, located in Whilemarsh township near Cold Point, ceased op¬ eraliun on Friday, and the creditors will seek tu i-ecuver lusses thruugh tho sale of lhe qiuuries and equip- i ment. A lire about l',a years ago dis- elo«»3(J the fact llial no lire protec¬ tion had been obtained througii in¬ surance, and a $:;r),OUO loss w-a.s suf¬ fered. The reconstruction of a new and nioden plant, which followed, cost approximately $05,000. which proved too great a Ilnancial responsiblity for tlie corrvpany. Mrs. Margaret Cox, of Cold Point is reported to be the grcnC- est loser in the failure ot tho bust- | ness. '
The closing of tlie lime quan-y business of lhe Johns-Munvillc Com- I ^ Iiany in Cold Point is another strolie I which haa hurl busiuss m tills sec-! tion. Tills eoneern has cluse.I Us ^ quarry lor tiio period uf one yeur | while it undertakes the conlract to seoure magnesium from the rot-It for- I mation at Cedaj- Hollow near Uown- ! iilgtow-n. 'i'lie lucal quarries were clos-i ed  down  or.   May  2  and  all  men  wett'e
PL'
RATE REOUCTIOI^
AMOUNTS        TO    20    PER        CENT WITHIN   THE   ZONE
Eight Hydrants Ordered Along But¬ ler Pike as Rep.ult of Agreement with Underw/riters —Trolley Sit¬ uation   Clearinq    Favorably
! Certain liyniouth tuw-nship resi- I dents witliin llie urea bounded Wy I Cunsl-^uhuclken        pike,    Iliefee        pik«,
Cliemieal ruad and Uermantown pikei I will  be  favored     with  a reduction   oi,
20 per cent in their lire insurance ' rates, iiursuunt lo tavuraiile action ! My the beard ol siAburl-.an ll.-e I undcrw-riters ' an-V J'ljnifouth low-^n,- i ship.       The       latter       will   establisli
eighl     fire   plugs  along   the     Consho¬ hocken   pike     at  a   distane*-   of  about
I'OO   ur   1200   feet   apart   in   eumpha.nt-e
with   the   rc<iuirements   of  tlie   under-
wi iters.
This   matter     has   been  iulnder  way
by   the   Plymuuth   coniniissiuners   for
mole  than     a  year,   but     it  w;ik  only
recently     that   tho      favorable   action
by     the   underwriters   waa      secured.
The  plugs   will   iJle   in.stalled   at   once,
.¦md   the   reduction   affects   unly   those
properties       williin   the   zone       at  no
grealer   distance   tlian   000   feet   from
a   lire  hyifrant.
The   ouiiimi.ssiuncrs    held    then    re¬ gular   monlhly     meeting   on   -MondaN
evening.
¦With     regard   to   the   jjrupo.sed     re¬ lease     of   the   Bu-Kborougli.     Cheslnut
Hill    and  Xurrisiown    Jtailroad   com-
imny '  from,'oporttUng;. vthfeljv,   Vefoml'r;^^^^^ij^
Harry Richie, as the Popular Manager, Has Assembled a Great Team Around Cy Morgan, Who Will Pi ch for Ambler.
Next   Saturday,   weather   permitting, the funs uf Ambier ar..J  vicii-ily      will again   hear   liie   glad   cry,   "i'lay   ball," und  al  the same  lime  Ihey  will     liave , the   iJ.asiu'c   uf   watching   une   u£   uur j yuung men  wlio  is a  gre;i-t favorite as the   manager   of   the       leam.        Harry ' lilehie,   llie   boy   who   has   iilayed   bail ' on  the local lots since the days of the Boys'   brigade,   and   who   has     alwaiys | given  ills   bvisl   for   the   good   of       the i game and  the  lionor of .\moler,  whieli I tells   why   he   is  a   popular      manager ' I with  tile  fans. j
I     It   will   be   the   15th   or   ItJth   season ; I opening    of    the    -Montgomery    County ' league,   and   the        scliL>dule        miakers i could   not  have   picked   oul  a        more welcome  opponent  for      the     opening game   on   Knigiit   fleld   thun   they   did. Souderton    is   the   friendly   rival,   iuul I verybody   w-ho   has       a.ler.ded the
games ot the Jlontgomery County league since its beginning knows that the up-euur.lry outlit has always been a i.urn in the side of theAmbler club, -I ;k1 every contest has b.-(en worth  golnt;   miles  to  see.
"Kuss" Trumbauer, the fighting manager of Souderton, is a':;ain at their head, and this means anuihe-r baltle royal Saturday aflernoon be¬ ginnings at 3.30.
Tht( grounds have been put in e.x- cellent condition, and are also cleaned up lo look spic and span. The grand¬ stand lias been gone over uni repair- I ed, wliile Manager Bichie lias left I nothing undone to bring to Ambler [anothir good ball club that will be in , there figiiting for the fia,:--. Cy Morgan, I whu is quite well kiiiown to the fans j of tlie North i'enn. will be on the I mound for .\mbler, with Manager j Hiehie liehind the bat. ! Uuest, who (lecanii a great favor¬ ite with the Anibler fans while with I J-iindenwuld last season, will also oe i signed and probably be ready lo take I his tuon behind the bat. The unite.! j i a.ssociations, Lindenwuld ar-d Ajnbler. j now lined uii baek uf the team fur- ' I ther insureis the locals havin,g a first] I class club. 1
) The rain Saturday knocked the lo- j cjils out of a practice game. All the players had arrive<l and were met l>y ilanager Bichie and each signed ' tlie usual league contract. Weather permitting a game will be played this AVeUnesday   evening,
Will    Yield   $2700   Additional   —Street Work  to   Be     in   Nature  of   Repairs Oniy   —Pavement   Ordinance   Pars¬ ed   for   South     Main   and   Bannock¬ burn. '   The     urgent   nete.'^oity    foi'     addi¬ tional   revenue       to   iiqijldate   floating debt,   is  the     reason   for  the   one-mill ' increase  of  Anibler  borough   tax levi¬ ed     M<inday   evening  al   the     regular ! meetiiit;   of   cftuncil     and   fixed   .it   15 mills.   i.;ven    this   additional    revenue , of   $2700   provided   wiH   pay   off   only a  iiortiun  of the   floating   debt  of  the borough,    and      ii4-,'ictical|j-    preclude)-' I any   new   street       eunsti uction   worlt ' ' for  the   present' year.
I Alessrs.   .-Mien,     Cavalier,    i'yne,   Mc- ' I I'herson,   Koempel   and    Brown    were j I pi-esent.   The   Hnancial   needs   of   tha i j boruugh    were      fully    discussed,   and : action  levying     the   increase  was  un- ] tinimunsly   passed.
j Under unlinished business the ; grade of South -Main street was : adojited according to the tilans sub;- I mitted by Kngineer Weir, allowing i a grade of about tour inclies higlier 1 than at present, witli .t six foot side- j walk.
I      Mr.   Cavalier   reported   liavin.^   nur-
chased     llie. roller   as    authoiized   by
: council,   and  a  series  of   non-interest
I bearing   notes   fur   three   years   were
given   for  same.
With regard to work on Church stre.t, Mj-. Cavalie<- reported that Ambler's portion measui-es !i00 feet, and to permanently improve .same will cost aboul .iiason. .\t present tho streei  is  filled   wilh   cinders  to  grade.
I Ambler  School-News.
I     Tho folhiwiiv-   members  uf  the  Sen
ior   cla.ss   gavn   three   ininute   talli ithe   Senior   High     Sehool       assemlily: I S;l.ra.   lviiiWchous«^,       William     Cliirke, I Mabel   liaiiowell,   Bessie   Hiinkin,   Lou- ! ise   Hostetter.
j The Seniur High Schoul o-i erctta, I "Sailor Maids," will ba given in the high school auditorium May 11, 12, ; 13 at 8.15. D. T. S. Admission 50 [ cents.
I The Norton Downs, Jr., Post, of tho I American Bpgion. presented the school with $')0 lo be use<l for eiiuip¬ menl for, tho new lilgh school band, Tho intirest and generosity of the I Begion is greatl.v appreciiitexl e.spc^- . cially so at this time, as the btind is planninp to ordor its unifomis w-hioli wili consist of blu<' sweaters trimmed in gold, and bluei anl gold caps. The , band is preparinig lo make its first ' puiilie ajipearance in the parade un Memorial day. May 30. i In a Senior chuss meeting- held last week, the Siiniora voted to revive lho : cusHun( of ha^'r,'-' (."',lasK .i|-i.v, 'fhe dale tlor the Cla-ss day program was , fiot fiir Friday. June 17. Further an- ; nouncement. will be fui-thcoming. Coinmeiu-emLiil exercises will be IieUl on  June  21.
z UPPER OUBLIN AND 1
MISCELLANEOUS    ITEMS TEREST
OF    IN-
URGENI APPEAL F
AMBLER   DISTRICT CAN SHOULD DO MORE.
AND
Only $673.13 Raised to Date for the Work Among the Mississippi Valley Sufferers — Contribute Now to the North   Penn  Centre.
Bp to Tuesda,V noon the' Nortn Penn Cumniuiiity Centre has receive 1 bul $673.];!  in answer to tlii Ited Cross
The borough will fill the gutlers with I ..pp^^^j ,-^„. j^ j,, i,„, Mississippi val-' cinders pruvided -i cement curb is , sufferers. The Ked Cross now laid, but can Mo.nii.se nothing '"ore!.^^,,^ j.^^, jjojj, ,0,000, of which Phila- delinite  at  pi-es<-nt. : delphia's  .share  is  $700,000.
Solicitor i'oHIke reported that he , The local respunse lo date ia uny- is unable lo find a state enactment thing but credll;ible in view of the requiring the iminicipality to jiay urgent apepal ^r aid to carry on over lu the fire company any portion , the i-LMlef work among the flood suf- of tho tax receivod on foreign flre j ferers. If everyone givos a little, our insurance. : quota   ean   easily    be   fliled,   and   res-
Looal!
WaHion
dliscJhargod. ^ohit Coleman^ isuiierin- tondent of the planl, is alone employ¬ ed for tho lime being to louk after th-l local iiiteress. ll is surmised that this move un tlie part of the Johns- Manviiie eumpany ia an alleinpt to tibanjdon tiie responsibility of operat- insr their own quarries without any ma.terial increase in the cost of ob¬ taining the raw stone product. The elo.sing- of llie above quarries in Whitemaisli lownship v.ill mean a great slump of business in this sec¬ tion this ytar. There will be many out of wuik IUl- some tliiii.', Tliere will also a disiinel liK-l; ul i xiiurl trado from the tuwnship whicii is felt main¬ ly by the railruads pasainj;^ through the tow-n,shipi. Ag\i,i,1i this Inidustry was doing more export bu.slness this spring than ever before and led all other local business in its gross ship¬ ping.
Mrs. Frar-k L<eetioni. of PB^moutli Meeting, is doing well and may be ablo   lo   be   downstairs   shorlly.
Firo i>n Monday  in the home  of Air. and   Mr.w.   Jam «s   ilarshall    on    Bidge pike,  Hiu-monvlilo.  destroyed  the  front room   of  tlie   second   Hour and   serious¬ ly   Ihreatene'l   the   rest   of  tlie   bunga¬ low.   No   or..'   being   at   home   al       llu;. B - i«>,   gav      ll.   lire  a   cliance   to   gala "ladway   and   only   ehanee     discovery toy  a  jmsser-toy  sjived  tlie  home.  Con- ; shohocken,. and   Harraonville   flre   coni- lianiCB   ditfl   splendid   work   in   quelling the  blaze,  while uther  comiianies  ren¬ dered a.ssistance.  This is  the   tliit-J lire : to   thn lately   the   Marshall   home   and ! was   perhaps  tho  mosl  serious.
SevoraJ   lie.'iutiflul   gifls    of   flowers ' were   received     , Sunduy      by   :Mai-tin Berkliimer,   wiio   is   very   ill  and  in  a i weiikened   condition at his  home       lu j Harmonville.  One ,a handsome liasket i of   caJla   Jilies,   and   ca.i-nation»       was | sent   from   tho  Plymouth  Meeting  U. | H.   ohurch.   A   second   came   from   th«( | niemlbea-s  of  the  Cold  Point       Sunday school.   The  third   bouquet was  a gift from   tho   Men'a   Bible   class   of       the Plymouth   Meetiag   church.
Mrs. Hari-y Bowman, of H.irri.sburg, vialted Mrs, 1-eonard Beck, of Har¬ monville, on I'Viday evening, Mr. and Mrs, Fiiel Shannon, of Norristcwn, woro also guests at tiie Beck home on Suniday.
line between Plymouth Meeting and ilainiunville for a term of 50 years, the a.greenient will be signed by Ply¬ muuth follov.-ing siniilai- action b.\' Wliilemarsh,
l'l ogress was reported with regard to the en.gineerin^- work in connect- j ing with a compreliensive road plan of the Black iiorse section, it is pro¬ posed to inslall two additional finv i plugs on tlie Norristown Water coni- .jian.y's line. .\ water main will be ex¬ lended duwn the Uidge piki' and uul .Sehuol iiouse lane, and one plug will be placed at the corner on itldge liike and another opposile thei S(-hool   huuse.
Bills were pas.sed as follows: Har- numville Fl'e Co.. appropriation, $500; nionthly labor, $S03.50; Atlantic itefining Co., $01.00; Counties Gas and l-Ileetiic Co., $270; Bukens and Yerkesi, $50.42; Yach and Roberts, $72.07; Pliili)) Carey .Maiuifiieturiiig' Co;   $322.17.
A.   i'\   Wernile,   lax   eolleelor,   turn¬ ed   uver   $15,03.1.42      in    taxes;    iiiermit fi'es.        $H.5o;    previous        balance   on hand.   i3S7.3U,   less  the   bills   of $207it,- 32,   leaves\     a   balance     of   $17.3,57.1)0. which,       reniiv4ent» |   a   '(lonisiiV'abllii purtiun   of   taxes paid, less tlic   the dis- j cuunt.   Tills   buIaiKC   w-ill   be   required { tu     llniince   tlu'   township   ni-eds     for 1 the   major   part   uf   the   active   seasun.
IS   now   ul- meml>-i Sl, ils   charier
Chapter      of    Izaak League
The  AVissahiclion       ('hui-ter   of   the Izuak     Walton   B'eague      of   America, completed  . .ita   ui-K,anizaHon_     ¦- ..±   jm^.j.....   , Ifl,.. UiV-'^'(jAihi Fii-e     Comp.-in.v   Hall,   at     .Anibji , April   20111.   Tlie     cliapter .ganized;    'w-itihi   aUout   30 und     expects   to   receive williin a few  days.
The following ollicers were elected: President, Harold U. Knight; vice president, Bewis Biddle; currespund¬ ing secretaiy, Ciiarles A. Haines; linaneial secreiary, Juseph W. Craft; treasurer,    Charles   D.   Jones.
l'resi(U-nl Knight api«)inteid the followyig cliairiiien . of euiniiiiltees: fi'lsh cummitlee, Jusepli W. Crait; game conimitleo, Charles A. Hlbschman; forestiy committee, Janies B. Uillin; inenibership com¬ mittee,    Ueorge    -M.    Charllon.
The members discussed tlie estab¬ lishment of a game refuge near Ani- I ler, and the president was instruct¬ ed to talte the matter up with the proper otflcial.'J, and ascertain llie- leiiuiremcnls necessary for a game I refuge.
Mr, Cavalier paid $14 for permit fees received from Geo. J. Spohn, Elizalietli S. S. Bile. John M. Kirk and the Philadelphia Suburban Uas and   i--lectrie   Co.
Tlie highways wore i-eported in¬ spected. Some repairs are needed un Maple . street, a sealing coat should be placed on Orange a.venue. North street     and   a    purtiun   of      Woudla:id ,     .   ,
should    be   s<-aiifled,    surfaced ]'<^'f.'^   school
avenue wttli   some
tai- and chips. Park avenue between Roseinitry and Mattison should bo graded and covered wilh tar and eliiis. Tire amiesite from Buller avenue, was plaeed in Xorth sireet iund HiKliliind avenue, but un Nortii -treet tho highwiiy is above griide. '-.Cavalier   suggested   grading   and.
pon.so is iisked for ill once. Miill in¬ take your contribution (however small it may In-) to the Norlh Penn Cum¬ munily   (.-'entre,   -Vmliler.
i     Follow   the   exiuniiie   uf   the   l'ii])ci
IDublin schuol children. at Fort Washington,  who vountiirily iin.i with-
. out reiiuest from their teacliers, giive $50,        The   pupils-   of        the        Anibler
i schools conlribuled $105. The Shet- cullecting.
stone     iind   covered   withi     Cp to Tuesdav  noon donations      are
iicknowledgcd  from: i      lienry   Schaeffer,   itotary   dull       uf Anibler,   E.   L.   Boger,   throu",ii   ilu,ary j Club,    -Mrs.    J.     WiUson    Cp-.ifti    Hurni-y AlcKean   ingersoll.   -Miss  .leanne  Ing'J- i .sull,   -Mrs,   EdWiird   Ingersoll.   Jlrs,   Ar- ! thur   -\,   -\ichuls,   -Mrs.   William   Dniy- ^ ton.   Aid    Sueiety    St.   John's   Liilher- t-'hurch,   Ur.   and   Mrs.   James     A. Shelly,   Miss   Kate   Liddle,   Mrs. ^ajtc. Ai'iustruiig,   Mrs.   Wm   II,   Russell,   .Mr and    -Mrs.    l-'red,   Uilbert.    K^-v,   ddi-iji J.  Crist.   I.suac  Pyniie,  Ueor.ge   Y.  .Sty¬ er,  P. Pierrot. Mrs. Munis Lewis, Mrs H.  E.   Dallas.  E.   E.   Pusey,   Mrs.   Wii¬ lium    Walker,    Miss    Bureltu    Wiilkcr Miss   IjOuIsu   M.   Hayv^ood,  Mrs.   --Miar Ci-iiig.  -Miss  .Styir's  Cliiss.  Pub. Sehuol. Mrs. Henry   K.  Fausl,  Miss Jlarv   liut¬ ler.  Miss  ilurreil,   -M-rs.  Addle   -N'ichuls. ,Mr.o.   Liiui-ii   Hummell,       Mrs.   Kdward Gordon.   JIlss   Eleanor   Tomlinson,   Ft Wushington    I'ublic    Schoul,    Air.   and Jlrs.   .loiie's   .lohnson.   J.   Jl.   Ilaywoud. Jlrs.  Jliiry  lllingswurth.  .Mr.  iuuI   Jlrs. J.    J!ohii(sorw    William    Vincit>nt,       Jlr. and   Jlrs.  J.   Sherwood       Knight,   Hub Glub    of   Aniiiltn-,    Jiin-i'ttown    publii- school,  St. Anthony's Parochial  school.
and should
MARRIED
WHITPAIN
Tli« Sewing Circle of Boohm's church will meet next Tuesiday afiler- iiooii at llie home of Mrs. Warren Siiearel-,  Norri.stown.
Miss Ida Sliaeff .sang: a bciiutiful solo in Boehm's cliurch Sunday mor¬ ning.
The Ladies'  Mite socic-ity of Boohm's cliurch will meet this Tliursday afler- ! noon at 2.30 ut the home of Mrs. L^wis r.nlclle   in   Ambler.
Jlr.   Saniuel   Shaeff   and   family,   of Norrlstowr, were guests on  Sunday at i the home  of  tlu-i former's  parents.
JIiss Josepliino Uunn, of Blue Bell, iittended a, luneluHjii iiml theatre par¬ ty in Phila. in honor of Miss Jennaine. daughter of Mr. artd Mrs. Edmund 1 "iLUsseur. i
The fiowers in Boohm's church on \ .Sunday morning wito furnished by' tile   Women's  Bible  cla.s."i.
Jlr.   Bugene   Johnson   is       s)iendinv some  time   with   Jlr.  and  Mrs.  Russell • Shaeff.
John F. Kommer, hail (iiarge of the lioehm's eliun-h iit Til d-e  wero  Oti   prosent.
The Whilfxiin school lioiird met JIunday evoning. The commencemem will be hel" on June 3, andi eftorts are bein.g niiulo lo secure Judi?e J. Anibler Williams aa the speaker. Of the faitully, the grades are fliled ex¬ cept one, Willi the high school faculty yet to be elected. The tux rato iias beiin set at 12 mills, wltli $4 per cupita lux, which is the same rate as  last  >ear.
WALES—BKEVIiW Tlie  marria.ge  of  Jliss  JIary    Prim- i I rose Reeves, ilaughler uf Mr. and Jlrs. I Francis   B.   Reeves,   of   "Babbit       Run 1 j ii'arni,"   Biu.-   Bell,   to   Jlr.   Orval       -\,' Wales,   uf  New   Vork,   son  uf  -Mr,  and , Jlrs.   Charles   S.   Wales,   of   Binghaaii-' : lon, N.  Y., tooic pliice at noon Tuesd ly , al  tho  home  uf  the bride's  parents   ui . tlie  prosenco   uf  the   imniedial^i famil¬ ies  of  the   bride  a.nd  lirldegroom.   The i liev.   William   C.   Patterson,     of       the ' Chureh  ot   the  Jlessiali  at      Gwynedd 1 Valley,  oflicialed.
I     The  bride,  who  was  given  in  mar- ii-ii'ge  by   her  fatlier.  was  unattended. Jlr.   Wellington   W'ales,   bruther       of the  bridgeruom,  was best  man.
There wiis nu veiepllun. I'lHin the ir reiurn from their wedding trip, the bride iind gruuiii will be the guests of honor at a reception whicii Jir. and Mrs. Reeves will give on Siiturday iif¬ ternoon. June 18, from flvo until sevin   o'clock.
Jlr, AViil(>s and his bride will live in New   York.
.   su>faclng with road material. South I '^¦• j -Wain   street   and     Biinnockbuin   ave- j 1 nue       are   in   need     of   re|iiiirs.       and ; Euclid avenue sliould  be  covered  with i ! Uir   and   cliips.     Forest   avenue i North   Spring     Garden I iilso  be  tarred.
\     John       ii.   Spoiry,   of   G45       Nurth j .Sprinir   Garden   street    advised,  coun¬ cil   that   heav-       trucks   have   broken I about feet   of   his   concrete   guller,
I and     requested  council   to     make   ro- imiiiiitant j pairs.  Catincil advised Unit il  wili re- ' Iiair  the  broken  gutter   with  iisphall. Final    notices   wire    ordered    issued i to    deiiii'iuent    protiert.v   owners    with I regard   tu   laying   siilew-.alks. ¦      21   .arrests  were  reported   made  an^ I flnes   inipo.sed   I'or   violiitlons   of   bkir- I ough     and     state    law.s,  and    council i decided     to   continuo    with   activities compelliii       compliance      with   tralflc code   and   parking   i-eqtiirementa.
Thomaa       Hall building    permit buildin-.;      into   a he   complies   with requirements.   Jlr
Real    Estate    Men    Meet
of Germantown, men's mooting in 0.30   last   Sunday.
-IS   UiaJ paid:   Norton   Downs   Post,   $30:   AVJs- i-d   tliii,t. *"'-'"''*'"'^      ''"'"'''    '^"'''-'    -^''--S'J;      Georgo
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11OFFM -VN—FU LLEIi
A pretty homo wedding Monday tdok plaoo Monday at Pittmbn, N. J.,   when   Misa       ICatharyn leller,
daugihter of Mr. and Mrs. Gewrgo W. Fullor, of 40\0 Snyder avenue, became the brldu of Enoch F. Hoffman, son of Rev. and Mr.s. E. F. Hoffraiun, of Gleaaide, formerly of Gormantown. Tho bridegrooia's fatlier for acvoi-al years was pastor of tlio l>'lrst Metlu- odist   ehuvcb,   Nurrlsto^ni.
County
Suburban re.al estate men, niemb-rs of the Jlunlgomery County Real E.s¬ tate Boai-d. meeting at I.,u lai Coun¬ try Club, Jlondiiy were lold by Dis¬ tl'lct Attorney I'Yanlt -X. Renninger, of Jlonlgoniery county, lliat "it is the activity   of   such   organizations
Philadelphia   ileal   Estaie   Buai	
has  raised  the  slanling  of real  esuiie   ?'^"'-'-."'^'K^'}'-   ->,'.-•'; men   to   a   profession   of   the   iiiglnst reputation   and   dig-r.ity."
i>istriet .•Mtuniey Renninger assert¬ ed the nettt fow yeoTs will witness "tremendous development of the dis¬ trict nortii of Philudeiphlu; and ihat it will bo up lo the Jlonlgoniery County Real Estate Boai'd, to point the way lo miiny tliousands who wi como Into lln' 'eounl.v. ufler the uper- ution of the Broiid Strei-t Subway, and exiMinsion of bus lines through tho northern suburban district." Fit¬ ly real estiito men altended the meet¬ ing. All intensive drive to line-up active, as well a.s associate, junior and  aililiated  members,   is  plannml
will be issued a. - remodel an old. gill-age, providing tlie building code Pyno, ihairniiin uf lhe iiUllding perniit committee, li|-ned   uver   $i;i   fur   pennits   issiii-<l.
Ml. Cavalier repurted liaving pur¬ chased two inlets lo be used in con¬ nection with the pavement laying along  West  Butler-avenue.
Treiisurer Fiiust reported aa fol¬ lows: Balance last meeting. $26SS.58; permita iasued. $03; taxes from E. C. Scott, $5000; orders granted, $1424.70; sinking fund roquiremenls, $4450;   halanee.   $1X70,S2,
Jlr. Faust s-tated that the returns f5iloni tjrfis pilovenledi "bori<owing tempui-arily to pay off bond.s due Jlay 1, and at iiresent the $1500 note is tho unly teiiipui-ai-.\ uliligiitiun, How-ever, $4 000 is still djue the sink¬ ing fund cf this yi-iir's reqiiirements. monls.
Permits Nos. 522. 52;i and 521 were were ordei ed reissued to tlie Philii. Suburban (.liis and Electric C" and .same w-ill be returned for the amount deposited.   $40
An ordinance reiiuiring niiving alon.g llie easi^ side of South Jlaln street from Butler avenue lo Orange iivfiuie. and on the wesl side of South Jlain street from Orange ave¬ nue to Bannockburn avenue, and along the southwest side of Ean- nockbuin avenue from .South JIuin streot   lo   Cluneh   sreet,   was   passed.
The     followln.g   bills   were   oroered
Another   Serious   Shooting   Affair Ambler Bicliard  Tliomas,  a  well-known 1 ored   man.   of   the   .-hmbler,   about i j.eiirs   of   age,   wtis   .shot   by   one ' Roach.   Jlonday   night   aboul   10.30. this lime  there  does not seem to much   liope   for       the       recuvery
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Horsham FirOmen to Entertain Coun¬ ty OrganizaSon — Horsham Aids Abington Hospital — Annual Meet¬ ing of Civic Association—Jarret¬ town.
.Ml', and Jlrs. Iredell Twining, of Iftrsliam, have purchiised the liomo of Mrs. Cln-lsUne D, Sill, luealed at lownship line, in -Moreliind township, iind will receive pus.sessioii abuut Juno 1. Mr. iind Mrs. Tw-inin.g expeet to nuAo. this their liermanent resiileace. Mr. and Jlrs. Horace Uoulrell, of Horshani, ent.irtuined Uoorge t'uinly und   wifo,   frum   Ambler,  un   Sunduy.
A case of searlel fever has been discovered in lloi-sluim and has beon properly   isoluted.
.liimes JlcJIullin. wlio for years has lived on the I'onily fann in Horsham, has acoepted ii position aa caretaker ol the A. H. Hood pliice, on Easton road,  iinil  has  moved  ihereto.
-¦\birg-,;un (lUariciiy iiieeting will bo held in lhe llui-sli;iiii Jleetinghouse this Thursday. The Friends will con¬ vene  ilt   10.30,  standiird  time.
HowiLid llub.Kird, Sr,, returned lioiiie Irom a weelv's rest ut lhe homo ul a, friends, whose farm Hi-k aIon.g llu! 'i'ohickon ereek noiir Plumstead¬ ville, and .seems to have recirperat- e.d   considerably.
Those of the board of educiution of llor.sliuim township to visit and In- api-et the new and very complete an¬ nex building to the Willow Urovo liigh schooi. lust Siiturday, wero Mrs. .Sai-iih Watson, (.'harles H. Mann and. William  K.   Helmbold.
jVliss   lOiuily   Winner,   of       Wyciiinb;*, spuiii   .scvei-ul   duys   last   week       with  . her  aunt,   Jlrs.  ii'iank  Forker.  of  Hor¬ shiun.
I'reiiaratioi-.s were mad.i Monday evening iit the meeting uf the IBir- sliam Vulunteer Fire cunipiiny to en¬ tertain the Jl'untgumery County Fire¬ men's iissociation Ihis Saturday even¬ ing. All details were discussed, and the cj-ow whieli bus become the uctivo body of the cuniiHiiny, ha* been allotted, full charge of the proceiflings. Quito a list of fires whieh occurred during the iiiist month wore reported. Tiie oj-.iw was vi'sted wilh the power to 1.uri. base an.v needed eiiuipnient for the apparatus and the men. The latest firo reported w;is Sunday afternoon, when a hiiyriek on the .Stortenbecker farm, un Welsh 'ruii. 1, threatened lho newly buill barn. Ilurshiini eompanyi aionvj attondi-d the blaze and prevented it from reaching neai'by buildings.
Tlie bungiilow, which is just being ccnnpici'.ed b.v Wni. F. Tyson, on Hoi'¬ sham Ten-ace, faoiiig the lower end ot Horsiiani road, has iieioi rented to Robert .\iren. of Horshiim. who will movo thereir. when the building is com¬ pleted.
Jlr. and Jlrs. Prentiss Jlyijs enter¬ tiiined the I-,adio3' Aid society, of the Jarrettown JI. E. cliurch, on Tuesday ovening.
Mr. and Jfrs. Charles Williard, Er¬ nest 'W'illard and Harry CoTswdt all former residents of Jarretluwn a.nd vicinity, arrived here on Friday even¬ ing   from   1-iikeland   i'''lorlda.
Mra. i'Jmnia SmUli, of Jarrettown, attended the funeral of her sister, Miss Mai'y Unruh, of Ulenslde, on Wednesday.
Piclui-es will be .shown in the Sun¬ da.v school room, of the Jiirrettown M.    E.    church    un   Ii^'iday   (-.venincr.
A number of the Jarrettown friemis of Mr. and Jlrs. Oeorge i3rhardt, of Amliler, gave theni a surpri.se on Wednesdiiy   evoning  of   last  week.
The Jarrettown branch of tho Needlework Uuild will meet at the homo of Jlrs. C;ornelia Kirk on Wed¬ nesdiiy,  May  11.
Jarrettown .school collecte<l $20 for the   -Mississippi   flood   sufterers.
Si-.veral of the .fiirrellown residents attendod the piano recital given by tlie pupils ot Miss Thelma Deerj-, tn the fire house at Fort Washington on Saturday. Jliidred Smith, Betty Tay¬ lor, Adele Gerbron, Helen Gerbron and   Berniee   Arnold,   pupils   of       Jlisa
line and Lyle, $3. Ambler Sprinc- \Niiler Co.. $211.- 75; "Anibler Gazette," .$47.20; Keaa¬ bey and Jlattison Co., $4.05; Sellers¬ ville Foundry iuid .Muchine Co., $27,- 71; C. B. VVeir. $!)3,H0; Phila. Subur¬ ban Gas iind Electric Co., $325.37; Kevsiune Telephone Co., $21.96; lid¬ ward Be|-ry, $S; J. W, Craft andisl'' iJi.'^on.s, $12.44; Amblf'r AutomotivH Service. $2.15; Thomau Hall $27.07; H. T. Binduil $17.05: Barker .\spliiilt Co,,   $84.93.   il   total   of   $1113.53.
Thomus, who is in tlie -Vbington hos¬ pital with il bullet 'iouinl nea.r if: liiiirl. The poiieo ido nut have iiiui-h infurniiUion eonceining the affair. Thomas lives on llie second floor oi tfio Armon building, wiiere lie' has :: roum. lie is unniiirried, iind un JIun¬ day nighl lie attended a. gutiierin.'- in West -.\nil)ler, and trouble starti-d Thomas is said to have returnei lo his room and was later followed by Loiieh, whom he ordered uul of his ruum, !>ut insteud uf i-^uing Buucli drew il revolver ar.ii lire three shots, tine of which took pffect in Thomas' leg und anolher entered his breast below- the hoiirt. lie Wiis removei to the Abing'ton hospital whero the doctoi-.-s probed for the bullet and exti-ueled it on Tuesday. Very little in known ubuut Loiieli, who is .also a negro, us he came here late last summer witb u nuniber ot other colored ball players and played on tho Aniblcr "Black So-x" team. Where his homo is no one seeins ti) know. Directly after the shooling he dlHappeared, and durin;^ the ontire nlg'ht t^'hiet ot Pulii-e Ford and Constablo Cumi>urn searched in vain for Loach. This is tlio seeunil shnoting iiffair to take place here within the la.st four weeks. The other aftair occurred at the comer of Chest¬ nut streot iin<l Butler avenue un Sun¬ day morning. April lOlli. wiien two white men w-ore shot by a negru, who is   Slili   a   fii!,;itivo   from   justice.
of, Deery,   very   creditably   participated.
NORTH   WALES
The iKiard   of  education  on  Jlondiiy
ApPeal to Fort Washington Branch Jirs, Jolm V, Huher, presideni of tho I'\)rt Vv'iisliington Branch of , tho Needlework Guild of America, haa received iin ulipeal from .Mira. Thomas J. Preston. nationiil president, in behalf of the flood sufferers.
OBITUARY
HARRY DEHAVEN Funeral sci^'lces for Harry DeHav¬ en, late of Lancastei'ville, wero held Saturda.y' from tho homo of hjs son, Gtoi-fd DeHaven. wliere he ha« resi- e<J for soveral years. Interment fol¬ lowed in Whltemarsh Union cemoitery. Decoiised hiid been ill for about une ye.ar, and li;s demise v/as tiio result of a stroke.
ovening hiid a busy session acting on conditions arising befoio eoiitnictoi-s can bid on theii specilications, with eondemiiivtions iind no sewer mains to connect to or street in shape for trafflc for coiitiiietor, al", of whicii may delay its complet iun uf tlio building unlil winter. Couiu-il- man Charles Liever of tho Third ward having moveil to the Hardin-.; homestead. s<iuth of mwn. out of the borougii  limits,   has   resigned,
Borougii Council liad a busj- .session on Jlundiiy ovening over a nuin'iier of side w-alk laying ordinances and ils trouble wifh tin* glartiifje culleetor. chargetl with failing to do tho work properly. Tliey havo ordered u nuni¬ ber of sidewalks to br Uiid on East Walnut street and arntter paving on rfouth Soventh street to Montgom- r>' * avonue.
Mli.^9 Berniee Arnold of Jiirret¬ town. is suffering with a badly sprain¬ ed   Ibunib,
Cliiirles .Schlachter and lli;« Hora¬ ham troop of Boy Scouts and Mrs. Su¬ .san Stiickhous. ot Hallow-oll. who have iill been ill-lively engiiged in uiding tho very successful driv i for funds for the now addition to the ,\^binglon Memorial huspital, attended the griind bamiuet given in -Vbington on Jlonday KVtning U) all workers ror that splen¬ did cause. Ilursliiim tuwnship is re¬ ported to liave been quite llboriil in ita contributions, iund those >¦ ¦" spon¬ sored tlie work of cullecting from thla siK'tioii   were  highly   eomniended.
Jlrs. Eilwin Guild, uf llur.shani, has beon. visiting' relatives in New Yoi-Tt S'.ate during tlie past week and is ex- po<'ttHl  hunit" this .Sunday.
Tlio annuul reorgnniziitibn meoting of lhe Bower Horsham (Uvic iissocia¬ tion will be held in tlie Hor.sham liall Monday, Jtay 0. All niom-nira aro urg¬ ed to iittend and take aclivo part in the ©lections.
Pred. Pletcher, Jr., of Horsham, who has been employed at the oflice of tho Hatboro Spirit, lett hla poai¬ tion last week and hus since acquir¬ ed similar work with the. Walther Printing house,  in Phiiudelphia.
The Nortii I'enn branch of tho (;iu-istiun Ejideuvor Union meets thia Thursduy evening- in the -Vbington Pre.siiytoriiin church, unl menibers of tho Christiiin Endrtivor society of tho Graco I'niun church of Horshum. who havo always been well represen.ted at these gatherings, iiro expeoli^.l to at¬ tend w-itli a large delegatirtn.
A packii.ge party which is to be giv¬ en as a benelit for the nL<w Grace Un¬ ion churcli in Hor.sham, will be held this Friday evenin-,' at the^homo of Mrs. ICUw-uod Wolfl, of Budnort street, Frankford. Jlembers ot llle ciiurch and all Horsham pilople are cordially' Invited   to   attend.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rutherford, (if Hallowell, visited their son in Hiirtsville   on    Sunday.
Fanners in Hor.sh.im report that tho freezing nighl air last weelt may do some damage to the fruit crop, I'eaohfa, sweet cherries and pear, which wero at the height of lilossom, seem to havo heen nipped. Apples arul tho latter 'blossums. huwever, which Inivo jOpena.l  since,   are  apparently   uninjur-
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