The Ambler Gazette 19231004

              The ambler Gazette.
VOL. XL-isro. 87
AMBLER.   PA..  OCTOBER  4,   19233
S1.75  A   YEAR
WEDDED.
I
^     AND COLD
A at 4 was tock
ITEMS   OF
LOCAL   INTEREST   TO READERS
Harry Miller Purchases Property Near Penn Square — Cold Point Adds to Business—U. E. Church Prepares for Services.
ilarry S. Miller, of Cold Point, who recently sold his 12V2-acre truclt farm, haa entered into un uKreenient to'pur- clia.sc live acres trom the Felton tarm corner of the Stony Creek railroud und pike. Possession about Air. Miller will erect a !i   front  lot  and  hold  the
Ciermantown March next, liungalow  on
property for development and sale.
Mra    O.   C.   Sawyer,   Sr.,   and   sister ,.n,l   Mr.   and   Jlrs.   Geo.   K.   Karr   and
and   Mr.   and   _-
f-imilv, oi Hurmonviile, motoied rbiladelphia on Friday eveninK to tend a  surprise  party, given  in
(Dancing and  re-
to it- lionor
¦WIS.MBn—WHITTOCK. quiet wedding which took place o'clock i^n Wednesday ufternoon thut ot Mlas Mildred B. Whit- dauRhter of Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Whittock, of Centre Square, and Wil¬ lium P. Wismer, son of Mr. and Mra. John Wismer, of Lansdale. Xhe cere¬ mony was performed in the Third Haptlst church, of Germantown, by the n-i.<tiii Hev. Ualph I>. Mayberry. Rev .\Ir. Mayberi-y wua formeiiy the pas¬ tor ot Mt. Pleusunt Buptist church, ot Ambler. Only the Immediate families und u few friends witnes.sed the inur- riuge. A dinner t|||;1owed at the Adol- Ihia lintel IMiiladelphii. After u wed¬ ding trip, Mr. and Mr.s. Wismer will live at Centre Square. Mrs. Wismer was recently employed in the First Xational Bank, Ambler.
ISAAC—POX An interesiing home wedding will take place at Audubon on Saturday afternoon, when Miss Mury W. Fox, duughter ot Mr. und Mra. Ellia L. Fox, of Port Kennedy road, became the bride of W. Harry Isaac, Jr., son of .Mr. und Mrs. W. H. Isnuc, of Phllu- deliihiu. The ceremony took pluce ut 4 o'clock ut the home of the bride. Hev.   K.   L.   Williams,     pustor   of     the
OBITUARY.
CONSHOHOCKEN  TMS HYORMS
FIRST
SCRIMMAGE    RESULTS SCORELESS   TIE
IN
of Harry Juckaway
Ireshiiients   featured   the   evening
Mr. George Hugy. of Plymouth .N eet- ing,'and daughters. Miss Flornc Hagy, Miss   Miriam   Hagy     and     Mrs    A.   J.
and  daughter,   Miriiun   Phipps.  _^^^^^^^^ ^^^  ^^^ ^^^^^^^^^     ^^^ ^^^^^^
who   was   given   in   murrluge   by   her
father, has us her only ati-ndant. little
Doris     lleisler,     of     Philudelphia,     as
-girl. A   reception    followed    the
timo   at   the   ceremony.     The   wedding   march   was
Lower Providence Presliyteriun church, Phipps   and  uaugmci.   i...,,    ^ ....... ,  ^^ ._....
with   friends     from
tended the Bryn Mawr horse
Wednesday o£ laat week.
M.ss Mary Harris,    ot the
church,   hus   kindly   consented flower-
show on , Calvery
Buptist
to   pluy   the  piano  for
mission   in  Plymouth   Centre.
Curson and Ewing recently spent a lew dnys with AV. E. Withe at "The lioilow,"   Riegelsville.
Curson and Ewing have been sleep¬ ing out in a tent for severul months IJver-Open  Tea-Room"  camp- near  Harmonville,     and their  health
played by Mra.  Charle.s Fox,  sister-in- law of the bride.
Both Towns Have Home Teams and Good Attendance Results — "IVliss Norristown" Was Guest of Honor— The   Play.
Amliler opened its footbull schedule Suturday ut Conshohocken and ufler j 40 niinutes of excellent play the gume ended in a draw, as both sides were nnulile to seore. Conshohocken, fol¬ iowing in the footatepa of Anibler, has pluced a home team in the field, und inateud of the usual empty .seats which greeted the high priced aturs other seasons there waa an attend¬ ance numliering almost 800 and every fan present saw a game marked by m.iny brilliant plays on both sides. Miss .Miklird Maconachy, known us "Miss Norristown'* In tlio recent pag- eunt in Atlantic City, waa the guest of honor, to.gelher with Burgess Mc¬ Elhatton. Miss Maconachy hail the honor also of tossing put the pigskin, which wu.s caught by Wult Saylor and the gume wus on. Anibler won the tl ss. kicked oft to Conshy. And from then on it was nip and tuck, with honors ubout even. At one time the Iiome team had the ball on Ambler's four-yard line, only to lose it after be¬ ing   penalized   for  Off-side  play.
if KeUy, of .-Vmbler, " om   the   field,   but
THREE       IN
MAY   BE
CONNAUGHTTOWN TAKEN   OVER
this
the  jury
laat
at  the
ing  groundSi
have added much to
summer.
E.   Curson   aerved   on -week.
j^r. nnd Mrs. Irvin Tuylor, Mr. and Mrs. John Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. .George Thompson and Merritt Major. a;l ot Media, and J. Harvey Hurt und niother, Oi Philadelphia, were Sunday , guests at ije "Willowa," home of- Mr. and Mr.'. '.1;-.ju:j H:^:'t,  of Cold Point.
Mrs.    b;a-a"ri   S-uvi;;,   Vvi-.o   has   been spc.'iding baVsjral v>'efck8<4* the l-.on.e of her    daughti*',   Mrs.    Jiicob    Hurt,    ;.-. Cold Point, jjpiB  n dence  in  Coiguihohoc'ken
RJrs.     Dan'ifcSj     Armstrong, ¦point, entertained Mr. and ard   Meyers  ahd   family phla,   un   Sunday.
George   iSfteller   and Point,   visited   his Sundav.
In  the secondt/ tried   for   a   g
I failed. In the gan Its aerial it looked as thii^
i going   to   be   scoi tereepted  forwuffij^
erlod  Ambler be- arid  tor a whiie JKonshohocken waa upon,   but  an   in- jiass  saved  the  day
GREENE—i;CKFELDT. A  beautiful     wedding  was     aolenin- ized,  this Wednesday  ut high  noon  at the   home   of   Mr.   und   Mrs.   Jacol)   B.
¦ Eckfeldt,   No.   6   Lindenwold   Terrace, -Ambier,     when     their    granddaughter,
jMiss     Kmily     Catliarine '    Antioiiette,
¦ daughter   of   Prof,   und   Mrs.   Howard   ,       .,      ,       ,       .-, ,.. ,        ,     ,  , i Eckfeldt,   of   438   Seneca   street,   Beth-   ^""^  «'«  IrontowivJ^da.     In  f" >;>^e«a  to
lehem,  P.u.,  became  the  bride  ot  Mr.: ^'"*''^'   '*   might  l,e   stated   that  the
!Omar V. cieene. of 31 Lewis Parkway, ^ ^^^^^'-^ ^¦TiJ"^'^j:'\ T"  1?, 'T V    i< vB   N   V -"iforin, which had ipueh to do with the
I     ThehoinVvL beautifully  decorated ^'"<="''• f;^"lns to cffi^ the goal Ilne of Iwith cut flowers, palms and ferns,   -phe ;"'""''"""°*^'^®"'       .\   -, !ceremony wus performed by Hev. Hay- |     Next   SundSijr   AMbl^   will   plfty   at I mond   S.   Hittinger,   pastor   of   South i <^l'^<,o"  Heights.    Fallowing  is the line church,   Bethlehem,! ^^Jif Saturday's gaihe:
Conshohocken.        pos. Ambler
Side  Presbyterian Pa. Tlie bricie, who wore white georgette ith  Vaiencienne  lace    .and
m.s.   u.»v.w..   "•-;-¦,    .trimmed    wi
returned  to  hei  icsi    ^^^.^.j^^    ^  shower  bounuet  of    white
of    Cold
Mrs. Klch-
of  Philadel-
imd :-Sa par|hi
mily, ts At
of   Cold Primas,
m
jirt.l-eiitS;
.Mr-
TToM-   .\v.s,iV.,a,   <,ai   hUi-
 <t.  centre
...i-isSV suard ¦   (Erci p:lii)) ¦ % '
Fisher , i,-i8ti<' ta ek 1 o
.•;.(Nevii5»i-       ¦ . -'" dot; '¦^iRfcS' Abraijrfv Voir.  *S
or,   .Ml
ai   2  p.
W
il'.dns
¦ 1 the
adelphia
Tin-   Ul-' high
|Spellman  ,.. (Keyser)
Krieble  	
roses und lilies of thj? valley, was giv-icoUina en in marriage by li^r lather and was '     (Mltcliell) attended by her siater. Miss Jeunnette j,.\vin \V. Eckfeldt, whose gown was uf apri-  g^u cot  color trimnied  with  ailk  luce  and she curried a spray of aun burst roses. The   trooiii     was   attended   by     Mr .   -Miihlenl^rg,     Jr.,     of   41 ,,„,, et.  Philn4elphia,
Mrs.   .Ioi '^''^   |U-es«it   &roin   Pittsl;.¦id
u   Ambler :jo„^,    „.,,   „
1 was graduated from Le- |     (Boise)
services for Mi.ss Mary  Supplee ut the ' nign   University  in   the   ciuss   of   I'.i:!:;,  Laverty    full
Mowday funeral parlors in Norristown.' is  u   member  of  the  Sigma   Phi   fru-,     (g   j^^p^)
Miss Supplee died ust Tbursduy morn-I ternity,   and   is   now   the   mettului-;:ist j
Ing^ ut  her  home   in   Norristown.     She ' of the  Philadelphia  and  Reading rail-'
eaves   a   brother,     John,     of  Narcissa, ' road. I
nnd   'I   sister    Mrs.   Buker,     ot   Barren '     The bride und groom will be at home
Hill  'interment was made in the Nor-   after  Nov.  1 ut  &01 Greenwich  strict,
ris City cemetery. I l^'^"'"'^'. I'''-
This Sunduy is rally duy ut the Cold ^ CORNELL—WEBSTER.
Point   Buptist   church.     Only   ""e   ^er-,      ^j^.    ,^^^^   ^j^.^    jl,^^.^..^   Webster,   of will   be   hold   in   the   morning   at   jjutboro, huve iinnounced the murriuge Tlie  Sunduy  school will _ „£   t,,^.),.   daughter,   Mury   S.,   to  Wur¬ ren JI. Cornell, also ot Hatboro, whicii took  iiluco  quietly   in   Philudelphiu  on Suturduy.
.Mr. Cornell is actively engaged in u rcul estute business in Hutboro and became widely known in the recent political   campaign.
Miss Webster is well knowii throughout llorhum township, having been a resident  a number of years.
The couple huve unnounced that Ihey will bo at liome January 1st, at "West  Lane l-"arm,"  Hutboro.
.left  end
.Kriesen
left tackle   Fesmire
left  gUEVrd   ,.... .Morris
... .Lewis . .Bashore
.. . neftms
Have Been Paid for by the P-yn)0uth Fire Company—Have Used 32,000 Gallons of Oil on Township Roadc—. Bills Paid—Budget Conditions, i'lymuuth town.-iliiii bourd of coin- inlKsioiii-rK, (.n .Monduy evening con¬ sidered the question ot the three flre |.lugs in Connuughttown, which rentals fur some yeurs have been paid by the l'l} mouth Fhe Compiiny at the agi-eed- upon rate ot $,52 euch per year. The a.gieenieiit between the Springfleld ('onsolid.ited Wuter ('(inipuny und the flre compuny requires u notice It there ii3 to be .my ch.-inge or cuncellution in the i-ontract. This notice, the lire company alleges', has not been given by the wuter compuny ulthougli tor .--cvei-.il yens p.-i.st the w.iter compuny liu.s diilloil the (irc com)juiiy for these plugs ,11 th<' rate of .-JOO per .year. There is now due ut this rate rentnls in the Kniuunt of ^•JlO su du ims the water conipiny. In reply to bills foiwarded ut lhe udvunicieil rite the flre compuny h.1.1 reiiuested u billing ut the con¬ tract irice, slating its willingness to puy the bill at that flgure. .Now the water company, through ita superin¬ iendent, in 11 conference with Wiliilum .Sliej pard, secrctury of the township ooinnii.xsioners, advises thut the plugs will be removed.
The ^¦¦ituati(ln w.ia dicussed, and the facts ubove were st.itcd by t^omiiiis- sionoi- Juhn O'Neil, whu is preaident of the Plymuuth Fire comp.iny. The property in the vicinity of the plugs enjoya a clu.ss A fli'e insurance rating. The township biiurd, however does not desire to ussume u part in the con(- tentiun, and the 3ecretui-y was in¬ atructed to address the water conipany i.d^'isiiig that if it teiniin.ite.s tbe con¬ tract witll tiie l^iylniouth Fire Cumpany the township commis.5ioners will coii- .sider all contract with the water com¬ pany if aatisfuctory terms can be ur- raiigatl with regard to plugs in Con- naughttown.
Ail tho menibers of the bourd were present, with President Grifllth in the chair. Secretary Slieppuid ret id the minutes of the regular nieeting on Jr/Cit;-! and of the  speciul meeting on
I HENRV   LEATHEHMA.V
I Henry ijC-uthei man, ilged sevi-nty- I eight yeurs, died ut his home m.' ir I Iviiie Lexington, WuJiM'sduy uftfrnudu ! I leuth wus the result uf a cumplica- j tion of diseuaes. He^is survived by |a  widow Ka.llir>ii;   iwu il.iu„-hti,s. .\li
John S. Nice, of Souderton, find Mias I .Sallie.   1-eatherniun,    Lina   Lexington;
three sons. Abi-.un, Willium und  I'l-un,.
I-'uneruI  services    w«ie  held     Tucs>.lay
¦ Mtiinoun in tlie .Mennunitc .Meciing- hutiKe Line Lexington, with Interment in  the Mdjuining cemetery.
I MARY   A.NN   ROEUEH.
I .Mary Ann liocdor. wife of Ambiusc llueder, of l-iast Greenville, ufter un illness extending over a period ol seven yeara, died at her home on Wednesday aflernui. -t the uge of Ti yeur.s, ti niunths und 20 duys. Besldc.-s her husbund she is survived by two daughters, .Mrs. Hurry "i'oung, of Eust Greenville, ui1d ilia. L. S. Brey, of Hcil Hill, und one broth. - Deorge II. Zieg¬ ler, of East (ireenville, R. I). I''uiie,-a! services wua hold on Sunday ut 1 p. 111., ut her lute residence. 420 .Nortli Main street, Eust Greenville. Further servicea were held in the New Gun- henliuppen Uefurnied church. Rev. C. .M. IJcLung olliciated. Intermeni wus made in adjoining cemetery.
, MAHV   A.   SUPPLEK.
Mary   A.   Sutiplee,   duughter   ot   tli<: lute    tieorge   and    Ann    Kuiiplcu,    died
I I'hursday    in    Whitpain    township,    IH
1 years uf age. The funeiul was held from the undertaking upartinents of li.
; W. and H. i). Mowday, 61U Delvaib street, Monday atlernoon at 2. Inter¬ ment was jirivately niuili- ut Noiris (-ity   cemetery.
I JOHN J. HAHVEY
I John J. Hurvey, custudiun of Mer¬ cer Aluseuiii, Doylestown, died eurly Munday ufternoon at his homo in T)uy- lestuwn. He hud been in ill heuitii fol- a numlier uf yeurs, but his i-uii- dition had been serious but u few days. .Mr. Harvey was born in Portsmoutli. England,     but   came   lo   this     country
, when  quite yo.ung . His eurly  life  was
• spent as a cubinctniakor, but jiuur health    led    him   to   take   up   farming.
, For some years he furnied in War¬ minster,     Warwick,     Buckinsiham   and
I Horsham   townships.      Fur   fuur   years
i he   was   tile   efflcient   custudiaii   of   the
¦ IJui-ks County  Histurlcul  society. He is survived by his widow und one
son, Jurret G. Harvey, l^loylestown; a daughter, Mrs. Ethel Ferguson, Pliilu- deiphia; and several bruthers and sis¬ ters in England.
JOSEPH BARBOUR.
After an illness of three weeks, Jo-
I seph   Barbour,   single,   aged   2'J   yeara,
idled   early     Monday   morning     ut   the
home  uf Mra.  Snyder, of Joshuu roud,
jMurble Hall, where he resided.
MISCELLANEOUS     ITEIVIS TEREST.
OF    IN.-
Undergoes — Horshan* —Jarrettown
1-
the
¦ ll.
laying  of
lulh    sitb ,- l^,v.-vw.M¦
f : .ll   W( ¦
a cold
i'.rr.tirir.i
scv- d"-
Mrs.     Harry      Rutherford Operation   at   Abington Township  Road   Matters and   Dresher  Events. Mr.   und     .Mrs.   Jului   B.   I'curce,     oi: Phlladeipbiu,   visited   ut   the   K,   G.   E homo,   Davis  (iruvc,  on   Sunday.
Mrs. Gertrude Twining and three daughters, und Mlss Elizabeth StacK- housi , of HaliuHcIl, called un .Mrs William Veach, of Davis Grove, Sun¬ day.
William Walton, of Willuw Grovo. was a Sunday visitor at the resideneo of Mr, and .Mrs. Albert 1'. Bissey, ot Davis Grove.
A purty of 20 or more vislturs from Eaaton ure expected to spend next Sunday at the Eagie's home in Davis Grove.
Mr.s. Wiiiiam Veach, of i-a vis Grove, who hus been very ill for the puy'v month, is greatly Improved and liasi hud tho doctor's permission to Icavo her bed.
Mrs. Harry Huthertord, ot Halluweil, underwent u seiiuus uiicrutiun ut Hie Abingtun hospital, eurly Suturday morning. The character of the oper¬ ation was such that its success is not ininiediuteiy evident, but Mrs. Rutheiford wus reported soniewhut improved   ut   lust   report.
Mr. und Mrs. Charles R. Huthcrfurd, of IluHowell, entertained Mr. und .Mrs. John Leyrer und son, William, and wife,   uf  Germantown,   un   Sunday.
Mrs. Mury Coarse, ot I^hiladelphla, ia spending aeveral days at the liom» of Mrs. C. R. Jtutherfurd, uf il.illuwelL Rol>ert Burns, of HaUoweli. cx|iecta to race his 4-year-uId puccr, "Bub¬ bles," ut the i.)oylestowii fair thia week.
(Ml  .ust Tbursduy evening thu mem¬ bers  und  friends  of Jarrettuwn  M.  B.- cliiirch   guthcied   ut   the  parsonage   to help  the  Uev. and Mrs. C. H. .Marger¬ um   celebrate   their   wedding   anniver¬ sury.    Mr.  William Tuylor, with u very lining   addiess,    pre:iented    thom   witb a  vci-y handsome floor lump fioni their friends.       Mrs.     Margeruiii's      Sunday ' school   clasa   presented  a  bridgo  lamp, und   many  other  uaeful  gifts  wero re¬ ceived    ufter    un  evening   of    muaic, mirth und a general good time, refresh- I iiieots  were    served  and  the    friends ! left   for   their   homea,    after   wishing I their pustor and wife many more auch. ; anniversaries.
A   regular   businesa   nieeting  of  th«r
Horaham     tuwnship    supervisurs    waa
, held  at  llulluwell  Monduy   evening  at
which  time  it  vyaa  reporled  that the
' bond"    (oHiied   fur   the  purpuse  ot
.. Saylor
Time ot periods—10 minutes. Refe¬ ree—Hopkins. I'mpire—Tliomas. Head linesman—Darby.
buck
PENLLYN
Ranck,    who    resigned
I",
^30 the Junior Chris-,
dor   12 ,
ncdiute,
people ,
6.30,   the ,
Ende.avor     society,
evening   worship,
at
on   sale   for
vice
10.'30  o'clock
take entire charge of the exercises, the afternoon at _,_
tiun   Endeavor   tur   ciiildren   undor   li will  meet-,     ut  3.30   tile     Intermediate Ciiristian   Endcuvor   for   young up   to   iS   yeurs   ot   age;   at Senior     Christian meets.     At   the   -
7.30  o'clock,  the  pastor  wili spcaii on "The Great  Day  Coming."
Tickets   ure   now chicken    supper    to be given trustees     ot  the     Cold church   in   the   churcii October  20.    The
be prepa..,,„  ..-  -..
...—i„rr  ivie    enter
the   Star
und  a num- members,   at   tlie   Cold
x-uii.i   V  cleverly   presented.
A varied program ot music,
¦      ¦-•¦dings,   	
rendered.     The
the
by  the
Point     Baptist
bull,   Suturday,
committee is  suid  to
•ing to cuter to 250 people
Last  Suturday    evening  the
talnment,   given   '^v   the   Star   Comedy
company,  of  Norristown
ber   of   cliurch
Point   church,   was     .    .
' '-•'"   both vocal
and   instrunicnt.al,   readings,   sketches, dialogues,     etc.,     was success of the entertainment waa  as¬ sured.
Final settlement was made for the store property of Horuce Bieber, Cold Point, who sold to V. M. Comolli, ot Phiiadelphiu, lust week. Mr. Comolli has expressed his intention to build an addition in front and carry on a general store business. At present '¦- ¦"¦' tlie same business er, can
1 Ambler  High  Has Fast Team.
I     The   Douglass   bruthers   und   Hippie, i a great back  licld triu, and Myers und Gigante, sturs ut  tuckle, huve returned , lo  strengthen   the   attack   of   the   .Vm¬ bler   High   .school   foot   ball   team   this Kf ason. ^   Ambler   haa   been   practicing for the past four weeks und is in  flne conditiun,   both   flrst   .-n       scrub   teum. Besides   the     veterans   named     above there   are :      Eddowes,     Segar,     Nuble und  Conwuy.    This  Friduy  ut  3.30  the ¦ Ainbler  boys  will   pluy  Jenkintown  on I the       Soulh     Spring    Gurden       street grounds,   .¦\mbler.     The  local unly   have   good,     but   well material, and with Coach Duncan buck - to couch them it is expected that they will make equally us guud showing.
boys  noti seu.soned
Golden  Wedding  at Colmar.
they are conducting
as that of Mr. Bieber.    Oroceries, can
.Mr.
now
attendance  at  the  Ply-
tT    E    Sunday   school
an'offering uf  iflO  was
nd Mrs. Juhn D. Stout, uf Colmar, celebrated their golden wed¬ ding at their home Sunday. A unique feature of the occasion was the fact that all the eight living children und tho eleven giundchildren of the couple were  present.
The day  was spent  in  social  inter¬ course,   a   flne   dinner   being   .served. The  huppy  couple  were  the  recipients number  ot  gifts.    Both are hale
1^ r\iey Runck, who resigneu his iwsition witll John Luxton, hus re¬ tui-ned tu his furmer position with H. R. t:"oxo.
Clifford Martin, cf Ambler, is in¬ stalling boilers r.t the (7amiJ('!eIl green- hnuae.s. Mr. Campbell is refltting his heating system, which wa.s bailly damaged by the tornado last spring.
John Lynch and fumily and Patrick Carney a,nd family mutored to the Trenton   fair hust  Thursilny.
Born to Jla-. und Mrs. Concerto Im- besi a daughter on October 1. Mr. Imbesi, formerly attached with the Frencli iu-my, i.^ emiiloyed us ch/iuf- feiir for Albert L. Smith, Jr.
Arhtur  Lancaster,  of Gwynedd.  wu.s
held   up   und   robbed   by   two   ulleged
I negro thugs on  the I'eullyn pike near
Ithe    toll-gute   one     night   list     week
I ufter the thieves had caused ijancuster
to   stall   hlis   engine   they   confronted
: him  und   i-ob)>ed   him.  They   then   told
! him  he  wa.^i  not  the  purty   they  were
I after and allowed him tu gu nnh.irmed.
Miss Mildred Frey. uf .¦Vmbler, visit-
• ed    her   gw indmothlor,    Mrs.   Lutz,    of
this place. Sunday.
Jlrs. Wuiter Ad .ms und grandson, Frank, journeyed to Cuindcn on Sun¬ day.
-Ur. und Mrs. John Lynch motored through New Jersey to u point neur Atluntic City  on  Sunday.
ii;,,iny li.n o^t-u u.jdijc^A ..... Lii.- ..CC. ¦ .;ii-y ot liic boird to move three of its pulea which I.re aiinlost in the center ul the pave- ni nt requiredl to lie luW.
The   following      bills   were   orilored , ^«''i'''-' paid:   The Barrett  Co.,    ?212".30;   John'' Marple,  ruad wurk,  $4li3;   Phiiudi Iphia Siig Co.,  $72.S.li3;   Nui-risto-ft-n  Times— lleiuld     $3!).««;      Lul;cns   iind    Vt-rkes, iiJl.Ut;;    Provost     Press,   $6.50;      L'piier Merion   and    Plyinuuth    Railroud   Cu., ; (.'rtsson,   $30;   Benjamin j
¦$G;    Counties   (J-.s   and :253.34,  u   total  uf  ^3003.-
! ,, p.-iris'   .;i
!'       luus   1',
nu.sir    III     uf       ' ii    a,     ...       .'.':...'.¦.''.¦     .     --
taurunt,   in   .Norristown.
The   funeral   took   place   this   Wed¬ nesday  murning     from   his  late     resi- witii   liigh   mass  of  requiem Jn .-Matthew's church ut 'J o'clock.    In¬ terment   was   mude   in   St.   Mutthow's new  cemetery.
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ot
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'^'^..¦*t;-::-
h'
ol:>
f.eio-
.$,s.S4;   James QuiUmiiii   Co.. Klectric Co.,   .i
of
there.
IIG  wero   in mouth   Meeting
last week and ^..^...^^^--^^^ were those received.    Tht sta. Mclntye. :
of Miss  H'^'-'''  ^'*1^,,^'^ uy the class of , The banner ^^ ^^^J.^^'^'J^t ^the    morning ,
Mrs. ..Vlvin "^!:^;^ „ g. Baker de- and hearty, tlie husband's seventy-four church «'''"^'*^';„i.ion on the 4th chap- ] years and the wife's sixty-eight set- ,ivcred .un expo j„  t„e  evening he   ti„g highly  upon them,
to- of 11^""' .."(¦..„.ments of the Re-l ji,.. ;,„d Mrs. Stout were married at again si»°^'' ."' Mp'.'.iincs for tlie week (jj^^,.,„antuwn, September 30, 1S73, by newed Soul. '^^^ f^iHowa : Monduy , uev. E. P. Cuwan. They went to live ^ere    listed _ aa ,.^^,^^.,. supper in  „„ „ f^rni near Glenside und remained
evening. Men f f" . ", ,vhich aroua- j there until 1.S93, when they moved to the   church   ^'•"'^'Yf   cnti'iusiasni   in  the, ,ho  Evans'  farm,  near Colmar.    Holy
ed   quite  a   loi .|.,,esaav    evening,  a(^.,,uIchro  cemetery  now  occupies  the
Bible   ^'1'^^^.,';'     ',',,.,^    meeting   at    the , „it,,   ^t  tho    furm  where   they    began
'^¦¦"''"''f Mis   Margaret Rowan;  Wed-, their  murricd  life. ^Tinir    prayer   service;   l-ri-i     tci: ''^''¦announcement  that  Mr.sJ,,j.i,ig in infancy, und unother helpers,
ORELAND
! ! along
liuiiie nesday duy  evenin
'"'^"i  Moseley   vlll give '"'^',,,1^ rally and sociul hour l'l'""'"   ''..,..,M    and   the  cholr
lir rally Sunduy   school,   ..-¦-   ; .^la  for
n-vried  I'*!";)^';^;,"' nCt' son   ut   Rev. Urouko   Bake., _^^  inymouth
and   Mrs.   H
.Mrs, Meetin-.:.  has his seriuiis
Mrs.   Wesley hi-r  home  in hrving spent a ,or.   Mrs.  H. Meeting.
Ten cliildron were born to them, one
Joseph,
Gladys  and | iVcmg a victim ot the  "llu"  epidemic.
young peo-   -I'hose living are Mrs.  11. E. Curry,  of
.lenkintuwn;   J. Francis Stout,  ot .-Vni-
hicr;   Lintord   Stout,   of   Lansdale;   C.
slcy   Stout,   ot  Culmar,;   ^Villiam
n the of  un-
W
F.
recovered partially  from  ,-ij illness
Stunt, Hatlield;   Seth R. Stout, Sellers- Ralph   Stout,   Lansdale;      Mrs. 'ird Bergey, Line Lexington.
¦•iill
Rockledge   Takes
First.
the   first-half
D.   Mohn,   returned   to Readitig.  Saturday   after,     ,.„„,„,,,^.,.   winner   uf
week with her daugh-   „f   ,he   Suburban   League   ruco,   wun
Baker,   of  I lymouth  ,,.„„i natboro. secund-hult chumps,  in
, the  flrst  game  of the  pennant  seriea.
un Saturday, f, tu 3.    Fink and Yerk&a,
bulb  left-handers,  opposed.
E.
(continued on pa^a S)
Fi-ank i'ulter and family liuve le¬ turned frum their summer residence ut Oceiin City. A slury hus leukcd out thut Jlr. Potter is credited with having siived a wonian from drowning in  tlie  surf recently.
Water systems are being installed in the 2 houses, owned by the Phila¬ delphia and Heading R. R. Co., near Oreland station.
Charle.s Schneipp went to New York, Monduy, where he was lo meet his cousin, Hobert Brecht, who has just arrived trom Wurtenburg, Gernuiny Mr. Schneipp wus not ablo to loculc Brecht. but the latter iiuido the jour¬ ney safely thut evening and arrived in O.-eland several iiours atter Mr, Schneipp had returned.
Mr. and -Mrs. Charlea Black, ot Phil¬ adelphia, wero Sunday guests of Hen¬ ry Thornbergc.-, caretaker ot tho Ralph estate.
The   Itally   day   attendance   at   tl.o Lutheran   church,     Sunday,     wus     u'J Collection  taken,   i;i7.12.    In  the even-jjiihn ing  Kev.   Pursona   conducted   the   aer- I vice  at  which   there  wus  speciul  inu- i sic  und  singing for  the occasion.
F.. L. Craven is huving gas fuci- lities put in his now homos on Bala avenue.
Orelund tire cumpuny i-esponded to 2 flres this week : One ut tho home Howard H. Henry, where 3 third story rooms and a iiortion of the root iibove were destroyed, and ceilings und liuurs of the rooms bolow were ruined. The totul estimate of loss is pluced ut $40,000. The other flre w;is a burn -iiriige, owned by Louis Schnell Flourtown.    The loss wus slight.
Treutsurer W;ej-nle turned uver to ^ tiiu secretiiry u check for iJil21l.'J6 re-'' piesenting tuxes coll-ected. Tho leport sliowd M bunk buJunce at the close ot tlie ineeting amuunting to $7321J.21. It was stated tluit niui-,e than $10,000 in taxes remain to be collected.
The i-uiid upprupriation for niain- ti nance w-us {10,000 in the budget, und i liiere still romuind a jbalunco in this iient uf $4300. Tho Creajnery ruuxl is yet to cover with tar. To date the read work has utilized 32,000 gallons ef road oil frum the Barrett Co. The ivy Kock steel pUnt has .boon utiliz¬ ing a ixirtion uf the town.ship roud past its plunt and has also opened a .section to erect u wail, und the boiu-d I'lesumcs the "roper repuirs to tills read will be nuule by the compiiny. I'airfleld ru;id wiH ulso be repaired. A dangerous situution -vu.s I'eported at the Seven Siurs bridge. 100 concrete posts iire being made fur use in tiic township.
A letter with regard t.) tho organization of a li.'ciil buai-d ot hoalth, which th<ji bourd proposes to include in its 1924 pru- g-i'im and include an item in its bud¬ get  tlieretur.
The  steel cumpuny  has    muintahiod a   flre plug neur its ruw of huuses.
There is sume promise ot an ox¬ tonsion of Curr's lane, through tho furmer J. J. Wtjislor furni to Gulla- glier's ruiul, and the extension ot the water comimny line through thia high way     up  into     tho  Luviiio     company
plunt. The   question ot   the concrete  gutter tliu township road at the  geotj-
SPRINGHOUSE,
l-:i-lwurd B.Mckwood hus purchaseil a Fprd delivery  truck.
.The     infant   sun   of   Mr.   and     Mrs. Alfred Yanktiw is on the sick list.
Samuel Hund und duughter. Miss .Muy, visited their i.\ii-!ent.s here last week.
The peach and ice cream festivul, hed at Hotel Keubler by the Athletic Association  last  week,   netted  $50.
.¦Vmong tho many from this sectiun tli It motored to the Tienton Fair lust wie«?k wei-o K. M. Haliowell und Gcoigo E.  Tuylor.
Muny farmers repurt their potato crop will be small this year, and un account uf the wet weuither, are caus¬ ing thom to rot.
.Mr.s. Juhn M. Binder
SLilf<Ji.e is re i.1: lf.i continuing the work on Jiabyluii lubv. it ia thought that the Davis Grovo road will be entirey finislied. Beforc^ adjournment the nieeting decidBd to convene uguin un Monday, October 15, to muUe piirt puyment tu the contrac- tur.
Dn iMunday evening Jlr. ami .Mrs-. Charles R. Hutherfurd, Sr.. oi llullo- woll, visited their grandson, Ch.irles R. Itutherturd, :ird, uf Hurtsvi'.lc. who Wiis  celelirating  his  eighth  birthday.
Mr. und .Mrs. li. P. Christi.insui'i and Mr. uml .Mrs. .Meade, ut West PhiUideiphiu, .Mr. und Mr.s. (Ieurge Lear, of Willuw Gruve, and .Miss l-Ithel Gusman, uf I'hiludoipliiu, wore enter¬ tained Sunday by .Mr. and Mr.s. Franic. Forker,  ot  Horshum.
I Mr. and ilrs. H. D. Thompson un(J diuighti'r. Helen, ot Hurshum, and Harry Hobensack, of Doylestown, mu¬ tored     tu     Kennett    Square,     Sunday,
I where thoy visited Mr. uud Mrs,
' Meredith.
I     The   sule   ut     the   farm    .
, Samuel     Kessler,     on     Dresher     road
! Horshum, tu ti .Mr. Hundersun
i udelphia,      is   reported dropp(-d.     $1000
Hugh owned     by
to
who underwent   ,-   -.Vt,,, „,,ij ^„ iill   uiK-rutiun  at  n  Phiadelphiu   hosin- ' tal.  is inuih improved, and will roturn home this week.
'l"he stute ihjI. ce lieid up 35 autonio- biUsts ut this pluoe one night last week in search of liquor. Severul ot our residents who wero out lute and were i-eturning tu their humos, mot with the same fate.
Congratulations   ure   being   received       .
.Mr.   und   .Mrs.   Orvillo   Bullitt,   on '     The  cuttugc   pruyor
•    --      1 c.race   Union  chapel  oX   Horsham waa
uf I'hil .
lo   liuve     boon,
down-money liad. liocr..
the plaoe.
Mrs. ¦      ¦
wus   tuken
pitui, Monduy morning tu gu   troiitnicnt   and   prububly ution.     Her     conditiun boen such thut the lutter aee.ns inevit¬ able.
Mr, und Mrs. William K. Helmbolc.. of Horsham, entertained Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cuivis, ut Weat Philadelphia, on Sunduy.
Wurren   Sturkey,   ot   Horsham.
the   Nurthwestern   lius-
lin undor-
uii   oper-
recently     hua
vio
by
the/birth ot u daughtior la.st week. Mra.
wiil   be   remombeied   us   Miss
11,  duughter     of  Mr.
Bullitt was received from the state j Susan   B.  Ingois'
and Mrs.  Churies EdWiird Ingersoll. of
this place.
George E. Tuylor, munuger of the Colonel Louis J, Kolb estate on the Betlilehein pike, just above our villugo has on exhibition at I. J. HlulowoU's store, -aome of the largest put itm-s ever raised in this section of Mont- gonitd-y county. The potatoes wero gathered just iis they were taken out ot tho giound, iund tiiey avenigo one iind a half pounds.
Burn to Mr. and Mra. WiUiam Dully, a' daughter, on Mondiiy.
raphical centre ut the township, which w irk  hlis  been  dono  along tli,e  Simon
Iiroperty, was discussed by tho  '^'^'"¦''-1'"Vr ""'" K.-auseTind family, of Wynd-   ' visited Mr. and Mrs. George Fal
BLUE   BTLL.
Two automobiles wore abandoned thia vicinity last week, one in near tlie olcl Sh;uly " ¦'-
tho oilier
in a ditch
    Grove scliool,  and
liear Howiud  Bernhiird's.
Gi-iice   Union  ...........  ^j.   	
held this Wednesday evening at the hume of .Mrs. Robert Weir, Jloreland avenue, Hurshum. Tliere wus a goodly iitlendunco. and u gruwing iniorest i?i boing shuwn by ilio niembers ot tli« chapel, who are swelling the number the servico. Last Sunduy evening. Ellson was ugain in the pul- cliod to a lurge congre- I'h.ima Buckman and tavored with a Next Sunday wiil be observed well us members, ara urged tu be in  attendance.
Mrs. Joim Seiple, oi Horsham, spent. Thursday iust with her daughter, Mra. Percy  th-aig, of T.ogan.
Mr. and Mra. (.-hurles Montieth and daughter, Kutherine, visited relatives in Dulilin on Sunday. Mrs. Joseph Gouak, Sr
at
Rev. Mr.
pit   und   preuc
giUiun.     Miss
Willium    Crickbuuiii
duet  at  this     sorvice.
communion   sorvice
und   friends,   us
r?"^=^-:-".^-?^
'°The'°port''able   school
tho   lawn   °L"'^j-thV-third   and
on
ot Proapect-
with her
im.
house   erected
Horham   public
Anniver- , moor, lows
cliuri-1.
I
Pastor   Installed   on   Church sary.
Membera  of  Gulp  Christian
celebrated   thtit   institution's   ninetieth
•uinivoraury  lust  Sunday.       Tho  Rev. |
C. Barrett, tho new pi.stor, wus,
iiisalllod  following the  services. j
The Rev. W. H. Huine.-, of Ir\ington, ,
N    J.,   p.-csldoiU   ot. the   New   Jersey |
Conference,   delivered   tho  anniversary,
sermon. The charge to tho nev,- pixstor i
delivered      by   tho   Rev.   W.     H.
und  the Rev. Uuy  C.   Lamsoii
delivered      tho   chiirge   to   tl.e
poople. Among those laking p;irt were
Hov    L.   F.   Johnson,   of   CarversvlUe
orphanage, and the Rev. W. Butler, of
.Muncie. ind.,  who tor elgth yeara wus
°^''llii stor of the Gulph congregation.
Paul
Johnson   spent nd     Mrs.   Sam
recently.
Mr.   and   IMrs. Sundav     wilh   .Mr Fisher.
Tho holy communion will bo obsorv od   in   Boelim's   RetoriiuM Sundiiy morning gin ul 10.
Mr.  and Mrs.  .Mexander Miller, were guests of Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Rile on  Sunday.
Dinner
s<Jiool  f^'-.the^^tiae^^--^ completed and
churi-h The servico will 1
fourth grades
""1' '^iTpast" ciiief degree will I "^¦'iferTed i7 Ogontz, this S.iturdny
E., of Ogontz.
bo con-
even -
Hurshani,
K,   G.
aer-
wus lliiinor, D.   D.,
Women's League to Hold
The Cunshuhocken League ot Voters, urganized iast .sear und direction ot M.-s. Harold De Li'nce.v Downs, founder of the Modern Club of Philiidelplhi.-L and chairmnn of the league will open ita fall soiison with a i dinner Monday evoning  October 15.
^^r'th:: %^ r'^c^i^^^i \—
town.
jontin  ed on peso 8)