The Ambler Gazette 19270113

              V^OL. XLIIl-N^O. 50
AM'BLER.   PA..  JAilUARY   13,   1027
..^i.7.5   A    \ 1 AR
#YiUTH TOWNSHIP '    Ai COLD POINT
ITEMS   OF    I OCAL    INTEREST    TO READERS
Mymouthites Improving from Trolley Accident — Harmonville Fire Co. Plans—Cold   Point   Castle   to   Install I Deposits   Reach  $3,114,032.33,  With   Re
HAS GOOO YEAR
SHOWS   CONSIDERABLE   GROWTH DURING  1926
Officers —  Plymouth       Church   Debt! Free. |
iJoLIi Mr. and Mih. (tooi-fc Kiur. of ! Harmonville, who were liiidly injured i in the truUoy cra.sh at -Mog-eetown. j la.-t Saturday eveninK, alonK with a I niiinljei- of othors, are rejjorted to Ije in    no    .serious   condition.    Mi'a.    ICari-
sources   at 3'/z   Millions -^      Growth Evident   all   Along   the   Line—Stock¬ holders  Re-Elect Directors, tors. The   annual   meetin^^   of   lhe   stoclf-
I dolony   Club   Dance
I The Colon.v Cliib'.s .l.iiui.uy dance at I I'ine Itun Cound-y iMub last Friday cvonlnjr i'C'lli)sod any Klvcn In this 'vicinity for .several years. Tliose spon- sorlnK this very onjoyable afCalr. liavp (^xoellent roa.sons for thp evid(>nco of onthusiasni resulting tr^>ni their .suc- i'('M.s.l'id  efforta.
Aluch praise "l.s due the .Junior Colony Clul) ladies for the strong turn-out of younK tolk, thi.s oci*itrlbiit- inK Kreatly to the Kaiety, pleasure and success of the eveninK.
' IKING Hf m
with   many   pretty   plrls   and   hand-j Bafore   Kiwanis   Club   of   Ambler—Ad- sonie, . spriKhtly    lads,   Kood        music, |     vantages of a Clearly Defined  Instru- artlstio    deeoratlon.s   and    ta.sty       re¬ freshmenta   tho   Colonv   Club's   second ,     _
dance   of   the   season   was   Iriiimi-hant, '     =ervrce to  Be  Rewarded, both   socially  and   financially.   Partlcii- i     A siiirin.K  t.ilk  on   'Wills    and
1 Firemen   Injured   in   Crash
i     William  AfcKo n .-in  Oyontz  fliem;in. was   seriously   in.iurivl    wiien    Ihe   lire truck on wliicli  he was ridirK swerved sharply-  (o avoid  striking ,ah    automo¬ bile on  Jlontgomery        avenuo,      and erasheil   into   the   alone   sjeps   of       the Cheltenhani   hlKli   school. 'McKcdii   waa liui-led  over   lhe  top      nt    the       truck asainst  the stone sleps.  Ho wns  taken to   the   .lewish   Hospital,   where       phy¬ sicians said he was suftcriiifc'  from  in¬ ternal   injuries.
'    CrOorKC Ma.Nwell. driver olf the truck, told the police llie accelerator jammed ' I wlien  he  swuuk  sharply  to  avoid   hit- Playground  —  Outstanding   tiuK the passenKer ojir, and lie was un¬ able 10 slop the truck. The two firemen ' the   't^''''''' answerinK an alarm for a      Krafts
UPPER DOBLIN AND
SUBJECT  DISCUSSED   BY J. LIAM   DITTER,   ESQ.
WIL-
MISCELLANROUS     ITEIVIS    OF    (N. TEREST.
P.    R.   T.    Buses   Invade    Horsham   	
HodgOs   Property   to   Change   Hands —Geatrell    Family    imProving—Jon-
hol.lers ot the  Kirst  .National   Bank ofj'''"' ''" "^"""""cet'  .shortly. Anibler    was   held    Tuesday    mornliiK,
lars   resardinK   the   Februai-y       dance! M^'tinK   of' Wili.s"   was   Kiven       ),etore   "'''" "'""« the  Iteadiim      Kailway
the   niem'bers   of   the   Kiwanis  club   ot i'-''^^'*-^"'^"'"'
in
seemed   niore   severely   hurt.
haviiiK
with   tlie   full   quota   ot  slock   voted   in
sustained   a   fractured   leg   .ind   olher bi-uises   while   her  husbnnd   received  a ¦ ^j deep   gu.sh    in   the   head    from   which
'   i-e-electirK the retiriif. direclors as f-jil-
G.   Funk,   of   Fix!t   WashinKlon;   E,
, . A. Rile, V. M.   [>., of  Blue Bell:  Hirani
he  was  renlered   unconscious  lur  sev-    .     |j-,.i„,,,„   „,   „     ,        ' '   ""''"i
.   . ™.    . .... , .        A.   Krieble,  of  Cenire  Snuare:       John'
eral   hours.   Their   condition   since  has i ,      ,i-,.„„H     „f    m       . r^j    ,      ir  i
proved   less   serious   man   first     ^ ex-: ^^^^^-^•, j/^^    "''--V^   I^Cw n    H.
S'SiorLnmen^'X"'':::^:^:^^"''''^'- •'¦¦• --"-"¦ ^-"-''  -• ^"1   ^
MI CO. SHOWS GOOO STATEMENT
SCHICK TEST RE-
panied Mr. and Mrs. Kair. received 'bi-ui.«es in tho wreck. Mrs. 'Mary Zlm- nn-.iiian, of IPlymouth tow-nship, was aiso a passer.gei- and received a cut lil) which was stitched at the hospiuil. O-Lliers from Plymouth Meetins and Plyniouth Centre In thi- car were Miss Casey and GeorKc Neal, (both of   whom   were   unhurt.
.Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hallman, of J iariiionville, enlertained on Sunday entertained Mrs. Itoliert Baird aind dauiihter, Kmma, and Robert Kauf¬ man,   i^f  Clenolden.
CONGRATULATED
sou,   .Tr.,   Roberl    II.   Anderson.   L^wis i 	
Uiddle,   Royal  Mattison.  ,I<>s. W.  Cralft, ; AMBLER   FINANCIAL   INSTITUTION .tr.   ,and   .Jos.   M.   Haywood.
The  report  of  the iiresident  review-- 	
ed   the   activities   and   Ri-owth   durinK
the  past   year,   with  a   quarter  million :'*'°   LosSes   Sustained   During   Year,   6 increase      in   deposits,   the   hiKh   mark haviiiK been  on  Oct.  13,  when  the de¬ posits    were    $3,114,032..33,    of        whish iil)out   $1,900,000  were     In  the  snvlnss
per cent Paid Shareholders, and  Un¬ divided   Profits   and   Surplus       Totai
. IJI..     111. i,i,,,riH    nil     III,-     i-v 11^ cijiir;    ^.luk.    ^'^ I
.'Amblir 'I'uesday eveninK by .1. William
outer, attorney and a prominct local icltizen. .Mr. Uitter cited lhe advantiige iof a clear artd deilned will over one I of mere woi-ds and  emphasized espec-;
lally  the great handicay set for in the \
intestate laws of the state wherever ino will represents the desires of ' dei'edent. ' |
I     Wupplementlng has talk, ho proiduc"ed ' !a dociiMieiit  whii'h  lie  read  and  which' ____^_
jwas  iHitetiially  phras.. 1  in  les^l £oi™. [ 350 PARTNTS  FAVOR  IMMUNIZING In   the  document   was   bequested     the "        i.n^.-.i».iiiv»
'glories   uf   nature,   the   happiness       ofi PROCESS
I childien,   tho   respect   of   our   brothers 	
and the  love ot our parents.  It  was   i j Test   Will    Be   Applied   by   Dr.   C
department. The   bank
allows   inlerest   at
per
beautiful  administi-ation  at the  testa
m,ent of a  poet.
In a short business meetinK of the $57,620.57-2^Treasurer's Report Shows j menimrK the matter ot supporting the Growth. I proiliosai  of  the  American   Legion  post
^raig.
and    Community   Centre    Nurses   to ' minus, Assis'—972   Pupils    Enrolled—Build-
athan  Stackhouse  Plans to   Build 	
I      Dresher and Jarrettown.
I*.    U-    T.   nul-top   Inises      are   now uiicivaing     aloiiK    l-:as.on   luail      from I'iiilailcli)liia     10   Doyiestowii   oil     trial lri|)s 'I'lie i>ropo.ied  1 eplai^enient of the irolley   route   oiKcratinK   from    Willow (irov, I lo  Doyieslown  seems to be  un- j (lier seiious considi iation  ijy  the  Mit- i ten   managemenl   much   against      tha ilisiiv  ot  the rural  r.isidents  who ap¬ pear   lo   prefer   tin-   troiiey.       Popular lomnii'iit   in    I loi sua mi   espocially   de- iioMiices   the   advent   ot   the   Ins   and I oMiiises  liic   pnibaiiU) abandumnenl of I lh 1   trollo.y.   Tiif   fare   lo   be   chargea I is said to i>e T.'i cepls for one way tho I eiiiiro route.  The  fare  fiom   Iiorsiiam I tu  W^illow  Oroy<>  Iirobably  will  be   ID ; cfnls.   The  time   element   presents     a I saving, one and a half liours being the sliodule   time   from   terminus   lo   ler-
Tiic nnnual  meeting  of  the      stock-
cent   on   average   balances   above   $r,00 ! iiolders  of  the  Ambler Trust  company
in   the   checking   accviunt,   and   during 1 ^^''i''   '"^'''   Tuesday  afternoon,   and   the
in Ambler to JointLv provide a play ! grounds and equipment for children of i the tuwn was reviewed and action was
last  year   paid   back   to   its   depositors
.Joseph Shepjiarl. .lliirmonville, is , $14,!)0!l.42 in this account. Jn the able to be up again after a slight at- | s.avings funid 4 per cent Interest is com- tark of pnciinvlnia. , iiounded   semi-annually,   and   in      this
•Miss Dorotliy Tarbutton was ill aiuiind the bank returned to depositers few  da\s   this   weelc   wilb   cold. i t''^   •''"m   of   $08,299.28,   so   that       the
'Little    David    Skilton     of    Hamion- ' ''"'"'^   P''"'   ^"^""^   '»   '^«   depositors   the l.ltue    iJa\m    SKiiion,    o.    na m«ii   , v;,st „um of $83,208.W, or at the rate of
ville,   observed   his       lliird       birthday, ! Mond.ay.
Mvs. Alvin  Hawk, has  been  conflned     ,  ,     ,,      , ..„,
to   her  home   in   Harmonville   through [^.'..".'^.r^PJf^^f '" "« «l°San, "We pay
?227.!I7   per   day.
The  policy  of the  ban.k is therefore
illness.
The membors of the HarmonviUe I'ire company met last Friday nnd dis¬ posed of the regular routine of busi¬ neiss.
At ll(e meeting Ladies Auxiliary, of the HarnionviUe Fire company on Thuraday evening of last Veek the membera ener.Ketically laid plans for several lienefitw to be held during fhe month. For tbis Wiednesday even¬ iiig a BOUI) sale was planned and will be  held   in   the  lire  house.  Continuing,
you to save.' ! During the calendar yeair the paper I discounted amounted to $8,862,568.54 ] comprised in 12,786 items, as against ja,  little   more   than   $6,000,000      during
192ri.   The   average   of   each   item   dia- icounlod was $319.50.
I The trust department haa grown I slowly but steadily, apiiarently with • the full confidence of an increasing ; illentolle.
' Tlie recent' • elected 'board otf dir- 1 ectors will be duly qualified at the i meetinK   next    Tuesday   morning   and
following retiring directors were re¬ elected: Richard V. Mattison, Jr. Harry Renninger, Frank W. "Worth Frank X. Renninger, John L. Shoe¬ maker, Dr. Mattison, Robert IJ. Ander¬ son,  James  Bartleson,  Dr.  A. J.  l^raig, ]
Howard J. Dager, Rober J. McCloskey, [,    .   ,     ,   ,      ^,     .        „.,.,, H.   Wilson   Stahlnecker,   E^q.,   wilh   J.l'^"^ •'^*"  ^"^ ^^^ ^""^"^ ""^ "'" William  Ditter, Esq, arrd Thomns Foulke,   Esq.,   added   new   members   to the board. ,
The   trea.suror,   George   Scherff,   pre¬ senled   to   the  stockholders  a  detailed
1 taken to Investigate the Idea more I thoroughly before taking definite ac- I tlon.
I     An  offer from  the I'ennsylvania dis- I trlot  of  Kiwanis  International  relative Uo the awarding of a jirize to tlie per¬ son  will) has  done the finest  and nob-
com -
.   I muniiy   other   tha)n    for   charity,   was
^ - ' apOiken  of  by   Past   President   Sieberg.
This was well received by tbe member-
I'lKMiiliire liulirce is now oiioraling ing Progress Discussed—The Budget a .small gre inliou.*; on Iiis lot on In   urgingg   liic   a|)|ilicaliiin   of     tiie ] iloisiiain   Torracu  and   is  raising   pot-
Schick   lest  and   llie   imniunJzation   of '' '^<'  ""'t  Ijcddtng and vegetable  plant.i
school  children     from  diplilheria    the!
Ambler      schuol   board     has   received '
liermlsaion from parents of 350 child¬ ren to apply the toxin-anti-toxln. Iluring the Iiast montii 'I'liomas Foulke, chairman of that coinmittit^ together witli Suiierviaing Principal J. M. ¦'¦•isher and F. C. Weber .secrelai-y, iiave issued ail data tind information available and blank forms to secuve p,miission from ¦ parents of all the nubile   .school   children    lo   apply   tlia
, . , ,. . . ,1 toxin   and   tljus  uialio  it  possible   to
ship and a committee was set to work   begjn the work.
upon   this   subject
The attendance  prize, a large nickle report ot Uie  business  for  the      year, f,n^gh,ij,ht, was presented by the chair- 1926,   showing   a   substantial   increase   ,„an of the evening,  John C.      Moore. | In  tlie  earnings  of  Us various depart- 1 it  ^^as  won by Stephen  Thurber,  pro-
for sale.
The 10-ai rt proiierly and lioiije of Chari 0 A. Hodges, on Maple avenue and Jiiuslon road, Horsham, bas been sold in trade to .1. P. Btirne. of aien- side. for two bungalows in (lienslda and a iiioiiey considerat'on. Tha liaii.saclion wiil be clo.sed iiiiiii .dlate- b', and Mr. liudgos is to vacate be¬ fore  Februaiy.
.Miss Adele (i.irbron, of Jarrettown, vislt.Rl Miss .N'alalio Poor, of Oerman¬ town, over the week-end.
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Raymond   Smith  and
'Thus far," reported iMr. Foulki,   al    <l:iughte.- of JarreUown, siienl Sunday
Lhe meeting of the board on Tuesday ovening, "theie hava beon 3.50 permis¬ sion    blanks       signed    and      returned
ments,   inchidlng  a   detailed   report   of 1 p,.iejo,. ,,f jj^g Hotel Nesbitt, who ia .Tni "'''<''»  rejiresenta     about  35   per  c^nt
i ing Ila ofncers.
PROSPECTVILLE
Mr.   Baldwin   Spence  altenue',1 aulomobile show In Xew     York
they  chose  a   committee  t* arrange   -   ,,      ,        ¦,,„., .      .
sauerkraut   supper   for   Salurday even-11'"" I'"'"''!  ^-"I  »«"" o''B'>"i-.e by  elect Ing,  Januury   22.   which   they  will  also hold   in   the  fire  hall.  Al   Ihe  end       of their   lnjsiiiess   meeting   the  Indies  en¬ joyed   a,   nice   refreshment.
Miss  Helen   Skilton.  of  Harmonville, who  was   ill   with   fever  and  an  upset. week.
stomach   condition   for   several   weeks;     Mr.   and   Mrs.   Auguslis   Frank,       of returned   to   schi/ol   Monday. I Three  Tuns,  were  Sunday  guests      of
Mrs.   John   Bowan,   Plymouth   Meet- j Mr.  aril  Mrs.  Marcus  Edwards of  this Irj?,  is  on  the sick  list. j place.
Rev.   C.   H.   Mengel.   presiding   "'der |     Mrs. Wm. Diehl has been on the sick of United Evangelical churches in the  Hat. Harrisburg   and    Reading        disti. lets, |     fVank  Weikei and family, of Ambler,
the last
'active niembor of the club.
The visitoi-s introduced al the meet- 1 ing were Howard Amoy, an .Ainbler; Rotai'ian, William B. S*inds, of the j Xorristown Lions Club, and A. Glen- | dennin'-:'. . j
of our school children."
This   is  Silld  to  be  a  liigli   percent-
wtis  a  guest   ot  Rev.   and   Mrs.  .D.   A. Draiier, of Plvmouth Meeting, on Mon-
and   Rfv.   GrirtUh   Lloyd   and  -ivife,   of
Phila.,  were  entertained  on  Sunday at peo^ge   ScherfT.      treasurer; hiyne  oif   .Mr,   .nnl   Ml,.       .';i,,rles I l-flb''
title,  trust and  surely  departments.       I
'l'he  company  paid  to  its  stockliold- ! ers during the year a six per cent di¬ vidend,   amounting   to   $7500   on       its capital stoc'k, and at the close of busi¬ nesa   had   remaining   from       earnings $7620.57   In   undivided   profits.   The  re¬ poris reeeived favorable comment fi-.jim , NORTH   WALES thli    slockholders,        with        inrticuUir j     .si.   Luke's Reformed  church  at  iheh, stress   upon   the   faei   thai   no   losses j annual meeting on .Monday evening el-    '•'' ^^''   I'""'"'"',  "i' ^- J- C'l-aig, of i.'oit had   been   sustained   by   tbe   comixriny j p,,(p,i   ]|     t;    Krieble   president.   Osear ' ^^ "^-'*'''"*^'""'     ^^'"'^   selected     by      the iliiriliK tne yeai-. The slockholders c om- i i^fai-dejifelt,   Seavetarv,   and   J.   Martin plemented   the   offlcers   amd      directors ^ Hunsberger treasurer. Jn the consiatorv upon   the  efllcienl  management  of  thei,.;,,.,,,,,,,  .vi.^s.  and  Harvev  Beaver and business  of the  company.                              irh(X-cn elders.  Hairy  Danner and A. A.
Th newly elected board of direclors ! Wireback, deacons, artd .J. M. Htansber- convened immediatelyi IoUowIiik tbelger and Adam Keller trustees. The meeting of the stockholders an»l or-! ^.^urch has 310 members, and lost gauized for the ensuing year by el- | ti,^^g ,„- ^path the iiast year. The electing the following offlcers: Richard annuSil report shows the iiast year a V. Mattison, Jr.. president; HiiriT -i,ro.4^perous one. All the minoi- offlcers Renninger, first vice president, Prank ^y^j,^ retained for the ensuing year. AV.    AVorth.   second       vice    president; i.-jji*.  .i,„i  .mi'ts.  Adam  Kellor left      on
¦Walter IJI ,^n jlay   (or   southern        Florida        to
witii  Jlr.  and   Mrs.   ICrvin   Engle.
Max Keyser, of JarreUown. who has been serioL'sIy ill witli iincamonla, la reported sliglitly belter al lhis writ¬ ing.
.\fr. and Mrs. N-.-iin. ituiP mich, of Igo to begin willi, bul in discussing '¦ •'arreLlown visited WiUllani Willard the matt <r the board decided to ati- ""<' fiimily, of i.'liurciiville. on .Sunday. temi>t to make their efforts morel Mrs. Wlatier (Jerlnan and daii.ghte..s, general. In Ihe meanwhile Mr. Foulkei I J"'''"'- '""• ¦Mildred, of fiermantown. waa instructocl to iiroceed and it Is I visited .Mrs. Conard .\rnolil .ind other likely that the tests will begin witliin I friens in Jarrettown on Saturday, a   niDiilh.    l'pon   th..   recomniendation 1      *^''"-   "'"1   ^''''*-   ^^'"'-   •'^'-   '¦'"."•'¦"r  and
daugiiti'i. of Jarrettown, visit <1 Ilia i former's broliier in Xewtown on Sun- i day.
I Miss Bessie Ligbtlicp delightfully ; enlerlained her Sunday acliool cl.i a, j at  her home  in Jarrettown  on Friday
livening.
whr> U now a" sftident of Havi
foi'd   coUuKc.   spent   the   week-end   at his  parental  home.
Daniel P. Good, who bas established a neat stand and resLaurant at the pilyinoutli Meieting- coiliieil. Mppe.irs' to be doing a good business and has established. «   good   Ui-ade.
Mr. and Mrs. John Serrill spenl Sun day with .Mrs. Mary Burk al Washing¬ ton  Square.
Ciiarles Ballirger and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Steever.
(^harles AVillier and family spent C-unday  with   Mr.  and   Mrs.     Howard
trust    officer secretary.
Narrow   Escapes  at  Glenside  Crossing
The Glensidcf grade crossing of the. Residing railroad Monday morning came within an ace of adding another
Harry)   Keown,    Plymouth    Meeting, I DetAveller, of near Chalfont. is  ablo   to  about again. I     Mra.   Frank   Worth   was   a  guest   ot
Mrs. John Supplee, of Plymouth i Mrs. A\^m. Ylr.gst on AA'ednesday of Cenire,  Is reiiorted  to bo 111. Ilast week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Pearce Rhonda and' Mr. and Mrs. Horace Phipps, of near Mrs. Maggie Rhoads. ot " Plymouth I Maiilo Glen, visited Mr. and Mrs. Centre,  spent   Sunday   at  the  home  of 1 jougene   Kratz   on-  Sunday.
Mra.   Anna   Moyer,   of  Philadelphia
Mrs. Mary Hallman, Cold Point, Is still quite bedfast, but Is steadUy improving.
The installation of tho newly elected offlcers will be held this Thulrsday evening at the meeting ot the mem¬ bers ot the Cold Point castle, K. G. B., who meet at the Grange hall In Plymouth   centi-e.
Mlss Mildred Brown, who was 111 with measles at her home on Butler pike. In Cold Point, is noAV out of quarantine.
The two infant children of Rev. and Mra. D. A. Draper, of Plymoulh Meet¬ ing-, have been Ul with colds, but are belter.
Adolph Vogt, is bedfast at his home
 file culd jpontlis
iTom cla>-,   last  'week,   a  S*.1r.
Mrs. R. R. Freed eiit'ita hi..] the St. Luke's Sewing Circle at her home   on   School  street.
Alra. AValter Lukens entertained the Civic   Club   last   week.
I'he   Rotai'y   club   dineO  at   the  Iron
I bn.iid lo laki'l charge. Cominunily Cenlro nurses iiavn very wiIIinKl^ volunlered to nssist in every depart¬ ment of tlie work.
Sii|) rvislng    Princiiial   Fisher.      re-,      ,, ,.,    ,,,    ,   ,,       ..   ^,.     ,,     ,
polled the percentage of atlendance I «"'•'''''-' W. Helmbold, ol ^,1. Paul, as higb as 93 in the .schools. Then;., f•¦'""•¦ .''}¦""' T "^t^i" ,- ¦'. , '*" are now 972 pupils on record, t,,,^ h-;m'"i his hrother, UllIiainK. Ilelnti- truanl offlcer lias been quite active in | '«*'''' "'. l<''-«ljam, while visung in tha the  enforcement  of attendanc:.. j fT,   T     I'   ^TT     -u ^T"
AJr.   Fisher  aiso  reported   two  Jani-    '^"''': ."'l"  ^"''T'' '" "
tors,   .Mr.   Smith   and   Mr.   Marlin,   ju,    'Ull'h'a ho.spital.
,    ,,    ,       ... .    , ..      J    , Mrs.  Clarence  Geatrell. nl   1 lersliiiiii,
an.l    lhen     (Inlle.s    a r.,    bciim'    atlended  ' .... , , ,     •
still   in   .1   very   w .akeiiiil   .i.ii.lili.nii
and her improve-
-mmmtmmmi
Tlirough  the .<lforts of the improve-     ""-""- '"  l«-'J   BIUUB"" menl   conimittee   an   ornamental   ei..'c- ¦      ' ^¦"''''"'*   <'Calrcll
.A. daughter was born on Monday to   Mr.  and  Mrs.   Leslie  Shepherd.
Hertjert Sharp and Miss Cathartne McKay, of Phila., and Mr. and Mrs. Horace AA'amsley, of Ambler, were guest solf Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serrill on   Kunday  evening.
Miss Edith Bush spent two weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Robert AA'hite, in Piiila.
J. B. Hoffman visited his brother. Charles Hoffman, and family at Amb¬ ler on Sunday.
Chailes AAlllier has secured a posi¬ tion at the Hatboro foundry.
Mlss -Anna Strope, of Phila., spent the weejf-end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Serrill.
Mfr. and Mrs. Ralph French, of Bryn
in Plyniouth Centre', and is reported I M^wr; Mr. and Mrs. AVm. ThornhlU, in a very weak condition. He is now j ^f Phila., and Mr. Elton Boyer spent suffering with a painful condition In gunday at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. his remaining leg and foot. 1 Baldwin  Spence.
One of the foremost events to hap- j >foxt Sunday morning In Prospect- pen among the members of the Ply-, ville M. E. church Sunday school at mouth Meeting U. E. chui-ch will be j,, preachlnK by the pastor. Rev. the Uurnlng ot their mortgage and (;,.i|||,i, i.,ioyd, at 11. In tho evening at th^fcelebration which wlU accompany j 7 45 ,i,e Klansmen will attend in a "?^B|iis event wus postponed from last; i,ody.
faJ^lien, following the Golden Jubilee | j^,,. .^^^j ^j^.^^ Ralph French and Jos- week,''the  rem.ainder  of  tho  mortgafre i ^.,^^,^   Stackhouse,  Mr.  amd  Mrs.      .John
to Its list of vicliins. A nonstop express i Lantern Cafe on Monday and .held an train bore down at more th;.n 50 milos : interesting business meeUng. an hour upon an automobllei driven by j I'aran encampment of patriarchal H. Fl. Springiiian, 32, of S29 Xorlh odd Fellows, Xo. 84, at their nieeting .Sixty-third street. Philadelphia, as lie .next Tuesday evening will celebrate drove onto the crossing, conlident Ih.'il ithe 78lh anniversary of its institution the way was clear because the 4;uai-d I in 1848 by having slate graivl ot- gatea were not down.Jamming on j flcials .as guests who will deliver ad- brakes and Instantl.v reversing Ills 1 dresses and be entertained .it a sup- machine,     Springman   oscaix'd     deatli   per in  the temple.
literally by Inches, his car leaving theil     The   Sunineytown   and    Spriiigh-.use tracks juat aa tiie locomotive siJed by. 'new  cement higiiw.ay      section      from
I'wo other motorists had  close calls ' Swedesford   road   to   Prospect  avenue, but the only  victim  of the. nioniont of ; will, on Saturd.ay,      be      opened       ifor near tragedy was a dog, struck by tbe Ulirough   tr.affle   from   Chestnut       IIUI i locomotive and instantly killed. northward   to   Beaver      street,       from
The station platform was crowded i wliich point there is still a good tarvia Willi men and women commuters ¦ highway to Kulpsville, Harleysville awaiting a local citybound train duo 1 and northward as far as .\llento-wn. at 8.12 .\. M. A minute ahead of the 'giving up-state towns a shorter good local, an express train that does not 1 roaid highway for tourists, and the bus stop .at Glenside reared toward the ' lines again restoretl via Gwynedd slation at more tiian 50 mllea an hour, j Square.
As  tlii-i express  passed  Xortli  Oien- ]	
side,  a  bell  warning  the  grade  watch | EUREKA
man to lower the guard gales against |     Mlss   Margaret   Kohier  spent  Satur-
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trie light posl bus been erectiid at | tho southwest corner of tlie higli | school building In part payment lor | this improvem 111 a gift of $100 was j conlribuleil by the graduating cias.s of  1926. j
Watson K. Phillips, arehiteel, now in charge of the construction ijf llie new Forrest avenui school building, brouglit a few matters of detail be¬ fore the board. In one matter espK'ial-
and son. Harold, who a.rc now out uf danger alter hav¬ ing suftered tlie r.ivages ot lyphold fever and have been reaiiov |1 lo tha home of Air. and Airs. Horace Geatrell in Horsham, wiiere they ar... lieing nursed back to health again.
Aliss Susiinna L. AVnlton. of Hors¬ ham, Williani Burkhart. of HalloweU, and Han'y AVorth, of Halboro, on Sat¬ urday called on their friend, Jamea B. Park, .and found him imiiroving nioely  from a I'ecent op.iration at  tli»
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iy  Wiiere a  sub-contractor  apparently I xortiiweslern hospital in Philadelpiiia
has not followed tlie plans and speci¬ flcatlons to a letu«- Afr. I'liillips took exception. This was with regard to the type and cost of stairway for Hie new building, owever, the board de¬ cided tbat having .approv.iil the plans they expecod .same lo be, followed to tho leiter.
Miss Helen  WiUson, of Horsham,  i^ driving a new Hupmobiie sedan.
.Airs. .Matilda Downs has bo.in with a hoavy cold at lur home Horsluim.
Air.    and   Airs.       Edward    Guild llorsham   eniertained   a   nuniber
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friends from  llie city,  Saturday even-
,)U.'h   the   use  ot       f""<ls ' SerriU were recent gue.sts of Mr.
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raised ai   i; » jubilee services. The ex-;^j,.j^  Gustave Huber. act  date  of  the      morlgage       burning       j^j^   ^^^^  ^^^.^   Robert  SerriU celebration Is not  yet  decided        ipon  gynj^y  with   Mr.  nnd    Mrs. but will undoubtedly tako place during, „^,.^^„ .^^ ^^,.^^^ ^vales. the  last week  in  January. j     j^j^.   ^^^.^ ^^^^   prank Worth expeci to
The Christain Endeavor society of ^^^^.^ ^^ ^^^^ „p,^r jutu,.g f^r Florida, the Plymouth Meeting U. E. church ia ^^j^^^ ^,,py ^^.,„ ypj,„j several weeks, holding a scries of debates on Sunday nenjamin Beat and fainily, ot Glen- evening .among Its nienibei-s. Last ; ^^^-^^ ^^.p,.^, entertained on Surtday at Sunday Rev. Mr. Draper, pastoi-, andi ^^ ^„^„ „y j^,,. ^„^, ji„ George Klr.jr  Dawalt   took   the  aflflrmatlve   o'Up,,o,„,.y
till, subject, "Resolved, that a Christian | .^,,. ',; j -Rp^tty „„,! ,vlfe, ot AVel- !-.h,uild Join Church. Mlss Jvatberine, j^^ ,^^j j,,. j„geph SheUy and fam- Rodebaugh alone supported the nega- j ^^y ^^.^^.^ Sund.iy gueats ot Mr. and tive  side and  argued  weU,   but   failed i^j^.^    Leslie   .Shepherd.
to   convince   the   Judges,       AIlss   Elhel 1"    "        '	
Powell,   Ellas  Slavin  and   AHss  Baker, Lamo't   Negro   Jailed,
over  lhe arguments of  the anirmative. This  week  again     debate  will bo  the
automobiles sounded, but the meehan-   'l^iy night -witht Mlss Janet MacXair. ism  jammed  and  tbe  gates  remalni^l I     Mr. and Alra.     J. L. Hoover on Sun- upright.   Railroad   oflieials   said   laU-r 1 d.iy  entertained  Mr.  arid Mrs.      Elias they believed  the mishap due to cold. I Sellers, Doris, Frances nnd Bobby Sel-
Springman,   driving   north   to   Noble I ic'''^- to pick up a friend before returning to :    Word   has  been   received   from   Mrs. LANSDALE
his   work   in   Phila.   A  moment  before ; AVashlngton   Cadwallalder  th.at she     is       AVUlter   Gilinger.   of   Chalfont William Tresaidcr. of Johnsville, driv- ; improving   and   will   soon   leave       tlie   purchased  an  Esse.x  Coach  from  J  Jj. Ing a truck, h.ad crossed in the south-,  Jefferson hospital to go to the      home   Freetl and Sons.
bound  traflic  lane and  as he &aw th.i'uf her daughter.  Airs.  AA'illiam  Oehrle.        ^j,.   n,,(| Mrs.  Ralph Hummel   of 140 approaching train he called a warning !    A. Christian Endeavor business meet-J south Board stivet, have return-,'.' fro'" to  Springman which  the  latter  failed i ing w-as held at  the homo ot Mr. and to heal'. I Mrs.   Irvln   L.   MacXair  on      Saturday
But as he reached the tracks a evening. Offlcers for the coming year glance showed him the train si>©edinK ' "•^''e elected as follows: President, toward him. He Jamm6<l on tho brakes. Norman AV. Kratz; vice president, Ir- biit not bofore the I'ront end of his car 1 ^'^ '^ MacNair: secretory Miss Elea- reached the tracks, directlv in Ihe pat). ;""'¦   Harrar;    con-esponding   secretary
A  nimber  of  noeessary  repairs are i ing.  Air.  and  Airs.  WiUiani  Downs, of
Ilorshani,  wi-ii-e also their 'guests.
All-s. Alary Selple is just r^HJOvering from neuralgia at her home in Hors¬ ham but is not yet aliie to be out of doors.
Conimunion   .service   was   liuld     last Sunday   evening   In   the  Graci^   Union ciiurch     of    Horsham    and     16    noAV members   were   administered   the   or¬ dinance b" the pasior. Rev. Frciflerick l.'ate. Tho sermon subject of AJr. Cata dwelt  upon  the     theme,   "Temptation shall  nevca-  txali  llie  strength  of  ro- I sistanee."   Prayer   meeting   arc     held I Wednesday  evoning   this  week al  ihet j^a^g I homa  of  Mr. and  Airs.  Charles  Alon- 1 toitli,   of   Dreslier   road,   neiu-   Jan-et- I town.   Sunda.v   scliool   board   meeting- i will  also  he held   there  on  the    sain& I evening,  iiunday school nexl    Sunday
at  9.45,  churcii  al  10.45 and 7.-15. '      Tbe reglilar montlily meeting of tha. ' school    directors   of   Horsliam    town-
being made at the high school on Tennis avenue and Mr. Foulke report¬ ed same.
Tho report of tlie trea.surer, Kdwin H. Faust, was read as follows Bai- aiice ]>ec. ti, $40,382.42: receipts for tuition, etc., $8,994.34; cr idits $11,- 958.68: leaving a balance, January 11, of $37,418.08.
President St.ver reported tlie budget revised to sucii an uxtent that tliere will be $1500 as working balance for the current yenr.
if the lociimotiv '. Sliifting into reverse
Mlss   Mai-garet   Kohier;        tre.asui-ei-.
ImoKl   befor..  tiio  forward   movement I ^^^^''¦''"ff ,'^™i'':    pianist.   Airs.   Irvln
of his maciiine had be<'n hailed, he stepped on the gas and the machino. shot backward off the tracks just as the  loeomootlve   reached   tho   spot.
issue, hut no subject nor the names of the debators have beer. announced. Chrbtlan Endeavor meels at 7 p. m. every Sundin- -'"d all are weUoma to Join in. the services.
Frod Pender, coloro|d. of Lamott, was committed to prison at Norris¬ town tor 30 days by Magistrate Haines of I'heUenhani on a cliarge of   lisordorly  conduct.
(continued   on   p.igo  8)^
—Quakerlo'vn p-rnuna In 1926.
lock-up   loilgcd     2431
Rob  Lodges in  Lansdale
The mysterious <lisapi>caraiice of $50 in cash from ilie Moo.se Home. Thinl and AValnut sts. late Thursday nigiit, has c.iused olficials of tho lodge to  protect the  building at  night
I...ast night a radio was laken from the building and other things have also lK«en nils.ilng. members state. The thief entere<l the building by re¬ moving hinges  from  tiie door.
A Lansdale man is believed to have coiiimiltxsl the act although no arl- rests  have  been  made.
U  MacXair.  After the  business meet¬ ing   a   social   was   held.
The Cr. M. G. held their meeting at the home of Aliss Lueille N.ash. Tho chapter was discussed by AIIss Alar¬ ianna Cornell and Aliss Louella Mullin. Tlie treasurer rei>'rted that about $45 was cleared on the "oazaar. The" next meeting will be held at the home of AHss Ann.a  Cornell.
I Prayer meeting was held at the ' home of AJi'. and Mrs. Wm. Kohier. j Mra. Elmer Leiphart and son, Marlin I Leiphart are spendin.g some time at Ithe home of Mrs. I>eiphart's parents at A'orlc.
I '.Mr. and Afrs. E. Carl Koliler an.l |aon visiter!JVlr. and Airs. .AA'illiam 'K
Buffalo and Xiagara Falls
Raymond II. Anders has relurned to Pittsbirgli. .after h.aving spi-nt the j „i,jp nieets this Wednesday ovening at holld.ays with his sister, Mrs. Raymond ! the residence of WUlIiam K. Helm- S. Dresher of Columbia avenue. bold.
Air. and Airs. Robert Stuart and son, Ilobert,   of   Penn-Monto   farms,   have
Charles   E.   Hodges,     of     Horsb.im. who  for  sometlmV  has  been   suffering
of the winter. .Mrs.    Jolin   F
High  and    children.
Xatalie and Richard, of Xorth Broad street, have i-oturned home afte»- hav¬ ing spenl a week in Boston, Mass., visiting Alj-.s. K. R. Fretz.
Air. and All's. Barle GuUck have moved from lIu" fornier Samuel Shaw property on AA'alnut street, to the H)cnr.v AV. Pn s house on Kast Fourth street.
Andr.>w  GUkeson.   proprietor  of  tha Ijan   laJ.e   Monumontal    works,    spent several  daya in  Barre.  Vermont,  on a Inisiness  trip. 'I" l-Mi        ,    ffff::     m<'>)fo v flgT.westdr
.Mrs. Ira B. Harr. of .North Broad sireet, :iiiil   -Afrs. AViin.'in  Campbell,  of
gone to Oermantown for the nim.iinder 1 with  an  infection   from  an  Ingrowing
toe nail, undiinveiit llie slight opei-a¬ tion for the removal of the nail, on Alonday,  at   .Miington  hospital. Ha
was ablo lo I'otuin lioiiie the next afternoon.
Jonatlian Stackhouse, ot HalloweU, has beim conflned to his bed for several days wilh grip, but i.-i again able to be about. Afr. Stiickhouael speaks of Improving lils plot of tlii-ea acres on the east .side of Koston road by ericting a small house thereon, next sunimer, which lie will probably- make his home at the ox; Iration of his 5 year lease with the Pitcaln* Aviation, Inc.
.Vrlhur Jarrett, of Davis Grove, liaa reci)\<i'ed   from  a-;    iLt-Tck  of grip.
tcontlnued on nage K)
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