The Ambler Gazette 19260722

              The ambler Gazette
\ OJL. XLIIL-IN^O. 25
AMBLER.   PA.. JULY   2i>,   19lG
S1.7.->   A   YEAR
ITCirS   OF    1 OCAL    INTEREST   TO READERS
Frank Dannehower Improving—Motor Crash at Cold Point—Booster Meet¬ ing   for   K.   G.   E.—Rev.   Mr.   Holmes
SPRINGHOUSE I
Mrs. Kil:! Luaiiiy iy hostoas ot lifr ¦ Ki.stcT, iMi-.s-. FlKher, and lanilly, ul i I'hiladeliJlil!!,   thijs  wetl:.
Jac/ol, Ludwig is training with the -Natiunal Guards at Mt. Urctna this wci>k.
.MiH. Wa'ter Pairlirgton and daugh¬ tor, Bertha, are home al,'ter .siJundiny l.i.''it weok with Harry WIllaniH and family  of   Paoli.
Walter JJrlght, Julius Itempp, AVii¬ liam l^'.Hllo, Jr., and AViiliam Leslie. Sr., I'red. JlagarRal, Waiter FarriUK- t.,in ami Ilarry Wllliam.s with their re.'spectlve   famillcH     enjoyed   a   i.lenie
Preaching   on   tne   Doctrines   of   the.ilcng   the   -NcHhaminy   ereek   on   .Sun-
Church.
Kra;.k Dannehower, of I'lymouth Mo^iii.^i, underwent a second opera¬ tion in the .Montgomery ho.spital lasl week after a relap-se caused 'J/ '»•» (iuinuliHtloiV uf iilleclion behind thci tlr.-t Incision. His ejr.dlUon on .Mon- ciay was favoriCljIo and he has oeen steadily iniproving. Th,e "i''tr''V^' operation was for the removal of the appendix.
IL Oscar Young, of PI.\mouth  Meet-
Rev. e. f. mundy    at rest metuchen.
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day.
iilchard liarton is reported to he lying In a very low condition at the 1 .i,i.scopal home in fhiladelphia. A weak heart and kidney trouble are said to be the oau.«e af his serious iilne.ss. I
l.^onald Hlllsea is recovering fr^m i.'e.ore  ivy   pol.soning  infection.
.Mrs. Ciarvin 'Uouglaiss i.% enter- lainiiiii; her .sisters from the city this wi-ek. '
Airs.   Jacub    Ludwig   ajid    .Mr.   and |
NORTH WALES
.Mrs, Sura. Bui,'.li, aunt of .Mrs. ¦Maine F'oulds, living with her (jn •-'¦nth B^ourth «treet, last wetlt».iell un 'lie cellar bteps and fractured a wrist, ¦slie is SO years of ag'-'. I Tho Misses Jtnnetv Arnold and 1 .Vla.igu.ret  Kadcliff,  uf  To'edo,  O.,  who
pire   visiting   here   :or   tiie   scsiiui-ee;i-
tennial, also vl.=ited the Valley l'"o:ge I i.ark si^h-.s on Saturday. I Tlie 1 roposition l^ji ©'¦gaiiize an auto jtriaii ireigiit service fur the Norlh I I'enn .suburbs of i'hiiadtlphia, meets |«i1h upp;oval here as a Letter system lis needed, especially a.'.er the trolley : is   eliminated.
I The local Odd Fellows will iiartki'- late in the Montgomery Co. eomljina- iion  tor the se.siiui  parade  in  Septem-
MERKIINIANS UPPER DoeoN and ; HEAR Of SAlGi
BUILDING AND   LOAN     DISCUSSED BY  C.  A. GRANGERS
th
i   .s-jvereign      grand   i,,^  £y
Pl.nn.l.iliit-iln '.      .........
Beneficent    Results   Attained    Through Thrift—Work   in   Behalf   of       Under Privileged   Child—Club       Meets       a« Fine   Run Club. The   Kiwanis  club  of .¦Vmbler,  nieet-
Dicd on  Sunday at the John C.  Mercer
Home,   Ambler,  Where   He   Had   Re-
sid^ed    12    Years—His    Many    Acti'-'i- i     ine   local   Odd   Fellows  will   partici- |
ties—Leaves   Daughter.
itev.  Ezra F.  .Mundy, who died,      on Sunday  ul  the  John   C.  Meroer  Home   tember   when for   I'resbyteiian   Clergymen,   Ambler, was bui ied on Tue.sday, un the 'J3d un'^
niversary of his birth, at .Meiuelien, M.  linquish   reb'.illdlng    tlie   Main
J. Ho had been ill for eight weeks .niuriin Ktewer sfnee tiit3 Montgomery terest Charles C. Orangers, uf Furl loliowing a fall. ,and ills death re- mvenue iit-surfacing took all the .spare Washington, as iie reasoned the Kre:it *''^i'l<^''- e.-usii. The  stwer  will -Jinly  be  repaired   advant.'v^'es   of   the   buiUling   and   luiui
tho  lirsl  time  la;<'.   Tuesday
-.> a   among   tlie   eoul       refreshing;
lown   Council  has  concluded   to  re-   breezes   at   Pine   Hun   Country       club
street   heard with  profound attention and  iii-
lorlge  will  meet  in   Pliiladelphia. , tvenlng
Irg attended the three-day convention • ^\i,.„, jqIj^ Fteger and lamily were ; of PKstma.sters from New York, New 1^^.13 „f relatives in Philadelphia oni Jer!*./y,    Delaware   ,a.Hd    Pennsylvania, , Sunday. ,
tliH week, in Phl'urdelphia.      , X-ray   haa   exp'.sed   a   biiiken   bone !
Mr  and Mn.s   Charles Fredericks, Sr.,   In    the   toot    of   Beinard    Ott,   which j of   iivmouth   Meeting,   visiied       their j «a.<3   mashed   by   u   motor   truek   while ,
Ch-trles> l''redcriei<,s, Jr., and I J.e was at work in Ambler last I''ri- ^?.'^,'tv iA their new home, near King- Iday. The atlcnulng physieian at llrst of       ussia   on  Sunday. ' .houKbt   his   ,foot   only   b.adly   bruised. ,
Tw'o'voting   people   were   very   badly | but   the   excruciating   pain   of   the   in- j hurt Jin   an   auUmiobile    aecidei|.    In:,;ur*      .signified      a    wor.se      condition, | (ull    i'oint   last    Saturday   afternoon. | whieh   was   exposed     by   tlie     X-vay ! A   Ford  runabout,  in  whi<-h  a girl and I i>hotuKraph.  Mr.  Ott  is home now and .,.^i„i"-   nnn   xroin   Cun.shuhueKeii   were i is  being  treated   hy  his  own  doctbr. •tcllng    was   struck   and   turned   over, |     .M,i«.    ChrlHian    SaJil   and    daufiiiter >   is  alle'-ed   bv a   Dodge  Ipurlns  car   .op   visiting   in   Mary1a.i;d   for   several wh ch'had just 'issued frum  Flourtown , rt-eoks.
rn.,d onto Bu.ler pike. B«th young! m,. n»¥J Mrs. R.^ph Gibeon and T,ersons wee hurt badly, as thoir car family .are tourln.;? Canada, r. 11. d across the road, and an ambul- | A nlghway lUghWhou.se sirnnl liae nri. P w-iB summoned to take them ito ] oeen erected through the courte.sy ot n Noirisi.,wn hospital. The Dodge | (he OacyUac i\Htor compainy on i which struck them broadside was 1 r>eii^I.\->i pdkqi. nenr the extremely badly   damaged   and   none       was ] dangerous   intersection     at   Bethlohem
J^eceased was burn at Metuchen, iN. iiuw. J., on July 2U, Isas, ailenued Kutgers' St. Peter's Luilieran ehurch guild univtr.sity, was grudualed in 1S52 wa*i,will picnic on the lawn uf our town.-i,- presideiit uf the alumni assuclation nmn, lilmer Buck, at Smithtown, on and was ius okfent alumnus. In 1S56 he the Delaware, this Tuesday, going by was graduated from Princeton Theolo-' 1 jitersoii's   bus.
gical seminary and was ordained that year. He faithfully served se-veral charges, and even after liein.g admitted lo tne .Mercer home, preached in local pulpits, even to paal UU years of age. He was the autlior of several volumes on Biblical subjects.
Althuugh   past   'J2.   Kev.   Mr.   Mundy
W',rd has been leceived from Miss AUa daughter uf Dr. H. F. Slifer who is touring iiurope that she has anived in Italy and having a .goud linre.
K.v-a-ostmastress Klilzabetli , Web^.n- !ias   purchased   a   Chevrolet   car.
nuide  a   successfsl  trip       to       Seattle,',, ';7'.,:'°I;"   ^'^^'''1 """,   ''^""'^   ""M 1 a^me   xiom        twu   weeks    vacation
and reeurned  soon I     ,,,,,.     «,..„„^,    i,-^..iL.i-o)t'   and    i;,niilv ' ^'''^•' ''"'""''"*^^ ^^"'^^ '''^^""'' '"'"'  *'''^'"
Wash.,  lasl winter
after the holidays. His wile
associations   in   this   country.
"To have just a little sum of iimnej beliind you back is always llie:4.iiJiu- lua of self-conlldtiice." reniaiUed tlu speaker, and his entire topic wa.^ based uiion the wonderful advantage? which are obtained tlirough .saving by the building and loan plan. iMr. Orang¬ ers v.as the moving spirit in tlie ur¬ gaiiizatiun of the Fort ' AVashlngtui: liuilding and Loan association in l'.;2l. and has guided it very successfully through five years of active service to that community.
It   was   repoiied   by   the   iniblic  ser-
died      lii I
Uev.    Samuel
not
^'"liev   Frank  K-  Holmes  will  continue his   theme   on   the     doctunes   ot church   next   Sunday.       i hus topi, s have been interesting and qmto o .niprehenflivp,   reviewing
the far   his nd <_ scope    of
I'iko lo in.sure greater saifety. These lights are an approved .standard of the   hlghwa.v   commission.
 — -¦ ].mk.LtM
Glority   pe7.ce   Not   War,
Edilor ot Amhler Gaz<'tle:
years  ago.       lie   leaves  one   daughter, ii'.'j^'^"'"'^'   ^'¦"'"
Mrs.   Edwin   ilupkins,   of       Lawrence, |     ,,
Kan.
|IMISCEn.LANEOUS     ITEMS    OF    IN> TEREST.
Grace Union Church Solicitation Suo- j cessful—Beautiful Flowers on Hor- ! sham Places—Mrs. Collins Kecover- I 'ng—Jarrettown and Dres"er Items. Liberal eontril;utU)iis aie cuinlng from ull sides lur the new Uruce Ln- iou Cliurch building un lluiaham, Chureh v.orkers have gone among their friends in ijhe communiiy und lo tho business people of the coma.iunitie.-) adjacent to Iloisham for subscr.ptions and donation to a.sf>uie the suecessful linaiiting of the building plans. Up to date tlie sollcilors have done exirenie- ly Well. Conlributions ot :fi!5, *,",() and $100 are numbered anioag the amounts, and 'iiie fund has lieen in<-i eased by several thou.sand dolUus. The Grate Union church is a wortliy eau.se. Hor¬ shum village has no church building except that of the Friends and there la no mission. Several yeara ago .somo of the iieople of ilorsham, recognizing tho need of a church, held services in tlio lire hall on Sunday morning. Service on Sunday evening soon followed, and a Sunday school was funned. Today there are over 100 members and iierhaps ll.'i additional In tho aunday school roll. The extrema success ot the chapel services has war-
vacation   in   Ocean   *" K"'*^" "¦"f""= "' "^^^'^ corner in and   ranted  higher  aspirUons,      and   thero
fundamental elements through whicn j w„ hear so much these days about the chureh is guided. Last week's topic destructive criticism, may 1 be per- "Baptism," w-.is insiructivo and well mitted to enter wiiat I consider a con- received .Mr Holmes has not yet an- s- ructive criticism in regard to an T uunced his topic ifor next Sunday , item in your news column'.' To nie it Tv.oiinini;- Fvenii.g services are dis- , seems of vital importance. Wlion I .,t!..nA ..nttl .^entember. Wednes- , read that two "artillery pieces" had nav evining pl'a>c^r'^ service wil be ¦ been erecteJ on the Legion lot stand- iiori \t the usual hour. The Sunday 1 ing for "the ideals of the American Le- called  at  the  us  ai  """ August   5   gion,"   I  felt   thait   hundreds  of   people
schdol picnic ^'".„'^%,,J^^'*^Po."rTi,e, mu.st think that the gun stands for at Zieber's park '" .^f"' ^^X' pV^! ' death and destruction and that the pastor aiid a ^"'"^"^^f-^'^.„"°'T„'^for : time has arrived when we shorld put. paring   a  tenative  spoil*  piograjii  lu     away from public view, especially from
the  occasion. ,rv„i„«r.iro ' Uxe eyes of children, all such relics of
Saturday's  trip  dow-n   the 'Delaware   ^.^^^ ^^^^.^
whloh was open UU "'"^,i"'^\ , r^" i l<i a- future war means total annihil- their friends of the Cold I olni Bap- .,tiop j^en surely we must begin im- tist churcii was taken by only f"- I'^^v- niedi.ately to talk peace; work tor The pastor and his family enjoyed |,^.^ce, and not in any small degree the  trip  with   them  a.iul   spent  a.  very   gj,j,.jjy y.^^. „j. ^jjg things      pertaining
pleasant   aftetnoon.
Next   Saturday ;
another similar trip will be taken by I jf this should by chance fall under the pastor and all who desire to join . th^. eyes of any brave Legion member him to Pitman, N. J., where they will j am .sure he will understand what la enjoy  the  afternoon  ait   tlie   pari:.   Th«> , meant.
EUREKA
Tiie Ladies' Aid and the Women's .\lissii>iiary Jsocietlea luld their i'e-, speetlve meetings at lhe church on Wednesdayi af ernion .Mrs. Laura ilaiiiley l-reaenled the study ciiaiiter '.'f " instruction versus Eiiiucatldn" iioin thu book" New Days in Latin Ameriea", wri,tt£»n by the W'ebster E. Browning. .411 the members took pitrt in tile discussiuii of Christian Citizen¬ ship
Some of our residents liave received caids Horn Air. and Airs. Liiwrence iviaiz, who ai'e touaing the wc^-t op thei iioneymoijli tiip. At present they are siglil seeing in   Yellowislone Pai'^t.
Ur. Ta.\;'ior, ejf Doylestown, has given the second trealiiient of t-jlxin- anti-toxlh at the clinic held at the .Neshaminy seliool-house. 07 children have availed themselve« of the op- i portunity for the treatment. Besides '. the visiting nuiise acic^miianyinir Dr. Taylor he was also a.ssisted by Airs. Sadie Cadwallader. .Mlss Alartha Cadwallader, Airs. VVilliam H. Alercer, and Alis,s Elsie itoss who were re- irescntatives of tlie Women's Club and' the   Bed   Cros.s.
All's. Arthur Swartley of Horsham, is entertaining hei' iiiuiher, .Mis. Kate Weisei, ot tills place lor some time.
out  of  Anibler  on  the   southwest  side
of  the town  while  the  comt.ruclion  of
! the new  Wlssahiekon bridge is in  iiro-
; gress,   will   be   contributed   to   Ambler
i town council to be plaeed immediately.
!     The committee  in  ciiarge  of tlie un-
, der   privileged   child   worit   liave   done
great   service   in   tiieir   aiiJvities.   aim
lat   the   nieeting   Tuesday   evening   ad-
M,.    ...,1    «,„„    ¦!,¦¦.,¦ .^ I vised tliat a hospital case and a minor
Ml.   .ind   Mrs.   William   Springer,   lA , oixei-aixon   had   been   performed  on  om
Pussel lluiiimel, of itiehmoiid, Va., is visiting Prof, liury Snyder and family on School street.
St. Luke's itefornied Sunday schoal wiil picnic at -Menlo iKirk on Saturday
Hch'. Hatha witiy. 1^ ;/.i'.la / Iphia, preached in the Baptist church on Sunday,
'I'ri.j;,
yuest
-Mr.   und   Airs.  Ueo.  Garner,   on  South
.^ixtli   sueet.
AIlss   Alarion,   daughter   oif   Mr.   and i\Ir.s.   Graville   Sellers,   of   West   Alonl-
ai-e many in Horsham section that will surely back every effort of the trus¬ tees of the church to make certain thu success of tlie new church building plan as contributed by a building com¬ mittee. I'inal settlement tor the ground whereon the churcli will be built, l8 about effected, and the transfer ot the deed, under way. I'rints for a structure, 70 by 45 feel ure to be ab.solutely ap¬ proved   before   long,   and   the       cellar
\Vii5.,    motored    heii-   and     are | i.hiid through their agency, and the re-   stair.ed   immediately.
ol   the  lormer s  sisters    fnmilyi j suits were most graCiifylng and encour-I     ,m,.   .,,,,1   ;,,,.,.    ,_„   vVingert,  of  Ohio,
I "S'n=- are   siniiding   tlieir  vacation   with   the
Baseball   has   entered   the   ranks   of 1 la tier's parents, P.ev. and Mra. Charles ivinwanis   and   the   varsity   is   in   line | Margerum,   of   Jarrettown. j form to meet Joiin I'Cirk's  Hoiary nine
Iiresented ihe an 'i.mei,geney lo\Mn   eiii.neil   1
.Samuel Engle, lor many yeara a iesi<i.ient !»!' Jarretown, ia seriously 111 nl the home of his daughter. Airs. Irvln Cewecs, at Cei«:,re Square.
-VJr. a. d Mrs. Chailes Willard, who have been t,|.K'n-,img suiim time with re utivesl  and   .iiitjiiu.^   in    Janettown
lire    department
uti'etcher,      for
.turnvd    thanks.
CENTRE   SQUARE
group will meet at liynv.iuUi Aleet¬ ing at 12 noon on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs. Walter Cummings an son, Walter and Mrs. Howard Bresch and daughter, Clara, of Harmonville, left Sa,turdny morning by motor to spend  this week  at  Watkins Glen.
Mi'S.   Benjaniin   M«sely,   who
has
IN  THE INTEREST OF PEACE. Ocean City, N. J., July 18.     '
OBITUARY
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Y.  W. C. .\.  work. Karl   liajrar,   Jr
MAitY b;llen SWOPB
Airs. Alary Ellen Swoiie, aged 6G,       for   the   past   40   years   a   resident   04
been  bedfast at her home in Harmon-   lansdale,  died        at   tlie   home  ot  Air.
ViUe   for   several     months     continues j^^,,   j^,,.g   j^^i  galtmer,   15  East Alain
ab'out   the   samie.   In   the   past   month ^ street.
her  oondljion   has   Improved   to   some       ,,„,.   ,he   p. st     five     months.     Airs.
extent and   she  is  resting  more easily U.^^.,„,p had  been  suifl'ering  with  sciatic
daily, suffering lap.se less frequently. | ,.i^^.yf„atism. She suffered a stroke a.s Mr.   and    Airs.   Joseph    Alarkle   ajid j .^   ,.,.snU   of   grief   over   the   death   of
fciniily, of Harmonville, entertained Mr. and Mr. Jones and son Weldon, of  Norristuwn   on   Sunda}'.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Har¬ monvlUe Fine company entertained very euccessfully at an Orange social in the fire hall Saturdiiy eveping. There were quite a number present to enjov the orange games and re¬ freshments made of this fruit. A neat sum  was  realized.
Mr. and Airs. Benjaniin Mosely, of PlaimonviUe, entertained the latter's sister and husband from Canada last week. ,    ,       }
A large advertising sign and signal lamp hail been erected at the corner of the Ridge pike and Chemical road by 1he Champion Sparli Plug Coim¬ pany to caution tralTic at that Inter¬ section.
Mrs. Charles Rhoada, of Plymouth Centre, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.   Blank,   of   Franoqnia,   last   week.
Motor vandals on Sunday night re¬ moved the best tire from one o|t tho wheels of the F<.'rd coujie owned by Centre, as it 'stoo<l parked in the -sde yard of her home. It ia supposed that some<ine having tire trouble along the highway sighted the car and helped himse'lf in an emergency. No clue a^ the miscreant waa found nnd Airs. Hamel was forced to replace It by a  new  one.
Two youths, Willam Neal, of Ply¬ mouth   Centre,   and   Allen    Slavin,   of
her mother. Airs. Lydia Hillpot, who died   May  !».
Decea.sed Is survived by two daugh¬ ters, .Mra. Joel Saltmer, I^ansdale^ and Mrs. Winfleld Munshower, of N'j^istown; a sister, Ali-s. Charles Allium, of Lansdale, and a grand¬ daughter,    Evelyn    Saltmer,    Lansdale.
She was born in Ottsville, Bucks county, and erected a home at 15 Ea:jt Main (street, when she came to Lans¬ dale 40 yeara ago, and she lived In the  same home  until  her death.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday.
Warrington, are entertaining Ihe hit¬ lers brother and family. Air. and Airs, llajmond MacNair, of Los Angeles, Cu,Iiforiiia.
Norris   White,   Jr.    is  assieting   Wi,l- liain  Evans .with   his  hai-vesting.
WHITEMARSH
Mrs. C. Hostetter and daughters, I^lizabeth and Eleanor, apent l.oslj Thursday at the home of the former's sister, Airs. John Heinold, In German- towxi.
Mrs. Frank Aliller and daughter, Mildred spent last Thursday In Phila¬ delphia at the homie of the form r's sister,
Martha Kulp, of Lebanon, who has lieen spending a few weeks with her aunt, Mrs. Franlc Aliller, has gone to visit her aunt. Airs. W. Clun, of I hiladelphia.
Miss Alame Ticc, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday .at the home of l^anic. .^lili^'r and itamily. ,
Two   sheep     'belonging'     to     Joseph P'jUon   were   killed   by   a   car   ot'the Harmonville,   are   with   the     NaUonal |'-^jeh  Valley  Transit Co.,  last Wed- Guords  at  Mt. Gretna for two  weeWs. ' "™*y "JB^ni.
services   at   the   Plymoulh   Meeting | ,^^J--J--^ tw^o^^^P{^cnic^s^^l,eid  ^on
Sunday.
Lewis  Huber,  Sr., Albert   Worthing- i be occupied""by homes' ton,  Clarence  Spr^.use,  Air.  Boyer and I     In  doing an act of kindness,  James, Lewis   Huber,   Jr.,     enjoMed     a   day's | son   of  Air.   and   .Mrn.   Howard   Baker hishlng  at  Cape  Alay,  N.  J.     . ,  .    1.    .
Aiiss Ada Wiorthing'ton has return¬ ed from a weeks vloit with relatives in   Ueriiiantowii.
Air. and Airs. Wilfred I. Childs are receiving congratulations on the birtli uf a sun at Abington husjiital, Alr.s. cihildf} was formerly Aliss Helen Stemiile.
Aliss Lovett, whose term as post- j mistress at Challont expires on Sept. 19, will not seek re-appointment. An examination for postmuster will be held at Doylestown se/rae time in AugusV. iTl^e Chalfonl Iiostofflce is now third class, and pays a salary uf *1500, with an allowance to $00 per year  for  heat  and   light.
Air. and Airs. William J. Kelly ck'- lightfully enterlained , the schoul dUiietAora aixdi wives and hl.^>¦JiJan(l.'¦^ also- 'the auditors of Warrington lownship at a 7 o'clock duinner at Hotel   Kelly,   Chalfont.
Air. and Airs. Granviilo Sellers, uf North   "Walas.   delightfully   entertain
guiiiery   avenue,   was   given   a   dinner ; on July 21). After the ilinner and meet- ! uiui   shower   upon     the   announcement, i ing, Tuesday evening, the players wan-I ul   her   engagement   to   GoJi-ge   Potts, ; dered about  the lawn at the line Rur ol   Audubon,   N.   J.   A  large   party     oif i club and  secured  a splendid  work-out, fl lends   larticiiiated   and   many   valu- j in this seclusion. Ambler Kiwanis was 'dile  presents  were  received. defeated   by   its   LansdaJe   fellow   Ki-
The  Baptist   Y.   P.   U.,   on  Thursday,   wanians  in   a  close  contest last  week,
with   1 to 5, and the chairman of'Uie sports , and   vicinily,   wiil     leave   on     Alonday
whieii   committee   has   annouijced   that       mi , next,   liy   automobiiu,   for   their   homo
.Ifurther   defeats   will   be   tolerated   this | in   l.iikc lanii',   F'l.rida.
season.  Tli.e local  club  team  will  meet,     ijr.   a„d   jvjrs.   J.   Ervin   Engle   and
'the   Lyons   club   of   Germantown,   and!,|,idn.n    sn.nt    Sunday   with   Elwood
the Kiwanis of Norristown some time   Craven und family,      of      .Mlchanics-
It. W. Smitli is ijulnling his house, a,long   Limekiln   pike,   Jarrettown.
.,...s. .,ia.--.uell .uul da..;,..c.r Anna, mint Sijndaiy with Air. and AIra. Ge.rge   I'.riiardt,   oif  Ambler.
Ailr.d G^ri ron anti' .ain.ly, of Jar- |ie-.lij\Mi, eiit laist \w*;k fjc Ocean |Ci..-n wVii.re thi-y will ii-emain until ] I    '-Ol-   uay. e
I 32 young chickens were found dead In a pile in a secluded corner of the chicken yard of the K. G. E. home farm on .Alonday, apparently ;he work of some night prowlers. Air. Fenel, super¬ intendent of the place is at a loss to the motive of the acl, and is very much Incensed at tiie meanness displayed. There is no obsoluto clue as to who might have perfoniied such a deed, ellher through malice or intent to steal.
Mrs. A\''illiam A'eacli. of Davis Grove, visiied Airs. AViiliam AA'ilson, of War- rington, on Tuesday.
I     The  Sunday scliool board      of      the [Grace Union church, of Horsham, have I set  Wednesday, August 11, as the date : of the  Sunday  school picnic,  which  Is ; to  be  held jointly   with   the   Prospect- , ville and  l.'pper Dublin Lutheran Sun- I day .schools at  Funks Park,  Chalfonr. I     The Liidie.s' Aid society, of the Graco Union  ihureh,  of Horsham,  held  their regular  business  meeting  at  the   home of   Airs.    Williani    JIann    on    Tuesday .evening. Tlie men comprising the build¬ ing  committee  uf  tlie  new Grace  Un¬ ion cliurch also met at the same place
The large dooi's on Charles Alurphys,in August,
new  garage  ure now   being  hung,  and I 	
guud  progress  is  being made  wU.li  thei ORFLAND
other  portion  of  the  building. | ORELAND
Charles -Meore, who conducted an '¦ Rev. H. AV. Heppe, pastor of the auto parts shop here, has closed oul i Oreland Baptist church received not his business and has gone to Work for long ago a $10 bill in an envelope aa- the former company that employed him , dres.sed for the use of the church. No at  V\ayiie. signature   accompanied       the       letter.
,, , ,  , ,, ,       , ...    1     -Bei-nhaid'H  new  house,  on  the  Skip-, Gratitude  for  the  gift  is  publicly   ex-
Alrs.  Adeline  Horner,  leather  of  the   pack pike, is progressing favorablv  i,-' pressed,  .,.herefor,  to       the       generous I County    Line   school     in      W arrington   wards   completlonl.    TUe    interior" has ! giver  of   the  mysterious  donation, townshii.,   IS  spending  some   time - at, almost  been flaished.  and  the lathlnp I     Mr.   and   Mrs.   Jacob'   Hummel   left Silver Bay,  New York,  specializing  in j on l-^he  exterior  ha.s' been  done  and   !,-1 on   Saturday   to  s|)ciid   some   time      in
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.now ready tor the plasterers. i VVinfield,   Pa.   .Mr.  Hummell       returiUKl
.   of  Philadelphia   is |     The annual  outing of the      .Sabbath 1 on   Tuesday  and  will  visit  there  over spt^nding  a   jiart  of  hi,s   vacation   wiUi I ^'^""01   of  St.   John's   Lutheran  churcn 1 the   week-ends.
Ills   grandparents,   Mr.   and   Airs.   Ki-   will be lield at Alemorial  paiik .-August I     F. A. AVarren is enjoying ripe tom.a- wood   Hariai-,   c*   tliis  lilace. 1 ll*h- toes from his early garden
Air. and  Airs.  G.   Sherman  Perry,  ut '     *?'';'>wenk Realty conipany, which has       .Mr.   and   Airs.   Herman   Reed,       ol
built several houses on the Zimnicnuan ! AVeldy   avenue,   who   are   enterlainini; road   just  west   of  the  Skippaek  pike.'Air. and AIra. Charlea Bates, of Boston has  now   cleared  off  the  land  extend? i Mass.,   treated   -<hejn   to  an       Atlanti.' Ing to the pike and  has erected there- , city trip Alonday. on  a   large  sign,  which   begin   to  look "'
as though tills iiortion, which was for- ! merly   the  Jack.son   properly,  will  also
Mr. and Airs. Russel Barnes return¬ ed Saturday evening from their honey¬ moon trip to Canada, and are residing with  Air. and  Mrs, A. L. Aiman.
Benjamin NtghtSinger and family are the occupants of the end house on was repi'id by being injured. A neigh- | Bridge street, formerly the home of bors dog had a family of pup'pies, and Air. and Airs. Fred L. Behre. The house the mother dog having carried her belongs to the Bradfield e.sMite. young to the lawn of another neigh- I The double house on Bala avenue, bor, ran away and left them. The lat- j owned by Roscoe H. AVals, is oceu- ter, calling James, asked him to take pied by two young nianied couples, them home, which he did and had just | Air and Airs. D. L. Aloyes and Alr.and flnished depositing them on the ground Airs. .Mereane. when  a large  male  police  dog jumped       Air. und Mrs. Jaines Alarkham visil-
upon his back and sank as teeth into the flesli. tearing it badly, besides des¬ troying his clothes. The animal had to be beaten off, and later James wa.s taken to the faniily physician for treat¬ ment. Neighbors have been complain¬ ing for aome time beciiuse of the large nuniber of dogs that have been running at large, killing live stock, and
ed Air. and Airs. James Welsh in Olou ¦,,•.,,
cester,   N.  J.,   on   Sunday.   .Airs.  AVelsh   "o  ideal  willi  the progress of the  new
was formerly a school  teacher in Ore
land.
Air. Blackwell, colored, of this vil¬ lage, had his foot crushed by a falilir-: slone while walling up a cesspool on the property of Thomas Alurphy, or. Plymouth   avenue,   last   week   and   has
rid the community of thfese pets. Any one has a right to kill a dog, whether he is licen.sed or not. It he Is caught In the act of ajtlacking persons, poultry or live stock. Or if he comes upon one's property, he is then considered a nuisance. Dogs must be kept upon the premises of the owner at all ed the following guests at a 3 o'cToi'k i times. He mny be permitted at large luncheon; Airs. Bertna Alullin Air- I'"f/eon, between sunrise and sunset. Hana L. Jolinson, Airs. Adele Harm' i ^^ "? longer, and then he mu.st b,. -Mrs Miri-un U'l iin. v . i-V '''"""¦'¦'y fastened botw-een sun.set and Moore Mrs Fn,,' , i n ¦ 1 '¦ «"nrise. A violation of the provision A rs   S'li-M   I     K, ,     ;,    '^"'¦^""1"" "Of the .act may result in      pro.secution,
iWis.  baia  L.  Krout.  In  the evening .   .-   _
nuinber   of   .\*oung   iriends   tendered
now drastic measures will be taken to | i^een   since   indisposed   and   unabl«   to
resume his work. The lieavy stone fell from the top of the well, narrowly missing the unfortunate man's heail, and landed on his foot. It will be sev¬ eral weeks befoi'e he is able to be about again.
Ohio    Girl    Picked    Up.
I shqwer (to Ali.sM .Mai'ian, Seller.s, I youngest daughter of Air. and Airs. I Granville Sellers, she will be mairied in October to All,. Potts, of New Jersey in which state Aliss Sellers has beeJi a teacher |for several yeai-s.
j and If found guilty a penalty may be ; imposed of $100 and three montlis in ! jail. I
IJ. iB. church Sunday were well at tended. Rev. D. A. Draper offllciated and delivered Inspirational sermons both morning and evening. There were 143   in      Sunday   school.     The   banner
W.   DetwlIei-   was   In   our  nelghbor- ho<,\d  this we^ek.
Alirfijk  Jean      AluJllcan. > of   AA'Ulow
Class waa thaT^f Ellwood Z.'gle.'and  S'^-'^'Jaa^'^^'ee'^?''"^^- "-' ^"^"^
fixe   star   ol saes   thUse   of   Mra.   Kiirr,   -^"""can,   laat   week.	
Miss Mo.seiy  and  Mrs.  Kllp.atrick. The ;
l>aHtor   also     conducted   services     in Recreation Farm Opens
I Worcester during the a,'**-rnoon. Re- j/ Mlss M^ry A. Townsend and tlie Rev. gular prayer services are held in the j Williajn A. Ferguson, superintendent Plymouith Aleeting cfliurch every i ot the Missionary and Church Exten- AVedneaday evening. i sion Society of the Miethodist Episco-
eRv. D. A. l-Kraper and family, of i Pal Church, ofHclated Monday at the livmciuth Meeting, are away for the opening of Carson Simpson Recrea^tlon y.rAnu farm, near William Grove.
.',        ^      , „ „„.    .   ..„      , ,       The   first   100   girls,   many   of   them
A pie and cake sale la telng Plainned   gj^ngers   in   Philadelphia,   will   spend f  the  D.  I.   N.  Girls   Club,   of  Cc^  vaqatlons  there.
The comp, offlclal sunxmer plape ot the Girl' PVUowshlp Service of the church, affords various sports and hikes designed to give "lonely glrjs" an opportunity to become acquainted.
WEDDED
AIARKLEA'—BREISACHER A   quiet   church   wedding   joined
Al..    ..,,.1    XX....    ^Mt , --*¦   quiet    eiiiiren    weiiuiiig    juiiieu    in
..J f lit 'x W'"l"'""y and child-I marriage -Aliss Lilhon Breisacher, of len, ot Oak i-ane; Air. and Mrs. | Oreland, and Mr. Kennth C. Alarkley. bheiwood and chihiren, of New | of Oak Lane, on Saturday, the cere- Biitain, anu Mr. and Mrs. Frederick j mony. was solemnized by the Rev. Dr. U,orthington, of Gemantown, were 1 Carroll Vulmer at the Presbyterian Sunday g'.:est,3  of  Mr.  afid  Mrs.  Seth   Church of Peace, at 1230  Snyder ave-
AVorthington
Air.   and   Airs.   R.   J.   VanBlUiard,   of Germantown,     were     entertained     on
chureh   building   iilans.
Visitors at he K. G. E. home. In Davis Grove, on Sunday were John B. Pearce. president of ihe home, and hl,9 wife, of liiil.idelphia; Representative P. B. AVilliams and wife, of Hancock castle; -N'orristown; Airs. AA'JUiam B. Detterline and Robert E. Detterline, visitors from NoritiJ.own. and A. C. Snyder, direclor ol the home, from North Wales.
George Alarple, who has been visit¬ ing for the i»ast three weeks in Ef¬ fort, a hamlet in the Pocono moun¬ tains, near Stroudsburg, has returned to Horsham after a most enjoyable tlrlp, which was for the recuperatloa of  his  health.
Airs. William J-. Tyson, of Horsham, retui-ned from Ocean Cily on Friday after a visit ot several weeks. Mlss Su¬ sanna Walton, who was also a guest thm-e for a fortni.?ht, returned with her,
Mr. andSiMrti. Frank HilUmd dhuglflfer
Watchi,ng her actions la.st Alond.iy nigiit at the Erdenheim trolley depot for some time. Chief of Police Koons ai;rested Anna Caldarelli, of Steuben ville, Oiiio. The girl was brought to the ofiice of Justice of the Peati. Urban   at  Ambler,   where  she    stated
that she is 15 yiears of age and that of Prospectville, called on the fsiuiy she had been meeting men at the , of Frank I'orker in Ilorsham Alonday tioiley   depot,   who   hud   been    taking   evening.
lier out in their automobiles. tjhe ' There are a nuniber of homen In further stated that she had come from Horsham this year which have been Ohio with her sister who had gone on made beautiful show places by the to New York. A telegram was sent to ; exjrensive shrubbery nd floral display the chief of police at Steubenville in the yarda. Vegetation being ao pro- w-ho got in touch wilh tlio father of fuse and abundant this year and tho the girl, who aent on the fare to liave   season adapted to a prolific yield, tiiero
nue, in Philadelphia, .at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The bride was given away   by   her   morher,       Mrs.     George
Sunday   by  .M.r.  and  Mrs.  William  D. i ^""^'sacher,   of  Park   avenue,   Oreland. 1 "(^   t.he   c-  d-;
his daughter returned. Chief of Police Koons took the girl to the Broad .street station in the city and placed her   aboard   of   the      train   in   charge
by
Point, which Is to be held on Satur¬ dav, August 7, on the lawn of H. O, Toung In Plymouth Meeting" between tihe hours of 3 and 5 p. m,' The girls have iBuspended ithelr July meietinis amd will not convene again tinUl^ the first Mond.ay In August.
Jack Skilton, Sr., of Harmo^nvUe, found his son quite improved on Snn^ day when he visited him In the Munl- cipaJ hospital at Camden, N. J;,' and looks for him home In a short time. The lad has been ill with contagious AlfleoBe and was taken there for treat¬ ment. I
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Hotel  Guest on  Rampage.
C. A. Ames, of Philadelphia, a guest at the Spring Mount hotel, along t^e Perkiomen creek, was Injured In a plunge dowtistaJre alo'n^ with Police¬ man i^treet, wl. ¦ was oalled after Ames broka up hotel furniture, smaiahed -windows and threatened em¬ ploy*. He -frtll be given a hearing when he  reooveria.
Worth.
Clarence Sprouse, of Lansdale, h:.s secured a iH»sltlon working on the highway here. He is living with his sister.   Airs.   Clarence   Johnson.
Drowned    Boy's    Funeral.
The funeral of a nine-year-old boy was attended by a detail of 50 uini- fornfed "• Philadelphia pati-olmen ThuAsday wh^n AViiliam Buck, the youthful mascot of the stationhous<^ at Eighth and Jefferson streets, was buried. The boy was drowned on July 18 in the Marble Hall quarry near Barren   Hill.
Sergeant Burns lan ented the deatli of tho lad"wJi6 was such a flne little chap." He said that the boy wati vrilling to do favors and run errands for the. patrolmen. The ivolloemen took a floaj weath to the home of the boy at H43 iNorth Eiighth sUeet, Phlla. street,   Pt^i)^l^,lphia,    .,,,     ;.,,,   ....   ,..;
The couple are now enjoying a honey¬ moon trip up the Hudson river, thenoe to Niagara  Falls and Canada.
Musselman Family Meets The fourth  annual reunion of      the #.     _     A-j X     I        J  1 Musselman family  was held Saturday
County Aid to  Lansdale at Perkasie park.
Mjohyt^omery County Commission- j Elmer S. Shelly, preventevl by pro- ers liave appropriated $7500 toward | Sessional reasons from attending the the cxwt of paving'North Broad street   •      ' ' ¦   -
fom   Seventh  to   Tenth   streets,   Lana¬ dale.
T'he broiigh has accepted the offer uf the commissioners. Council will receive bids ifor the work on August 5 and -will make an effort to have the project completed by L^bor Day when the L,:ui.sdale Board otf Trade plajis to hold u celebration to mark lh<! ooin ii/tetion Jof the Lansdale- Colmar highway.
are some wonderful displays to be seen. Theodore Dubree, whose home Is near the centre of Horshamville, haa had a massed display of flowers of alt varieties and colors on his plot oC ground, and has taken just piide in their beautiful bloom Frank Forker, who has studied flower production for years, has a garden that few oan match for color kind variety of plants and as for quality of bloom is willing to match any. Out along the Babylon road the home of Charlea Rich is one that none passes -wltjiout a word      ot
'^'.i ^.^L^^^i^v'ii^^ r^i-:!: e^"e^red"to^r xroT^d^r^-his' r ?^/%o^e^riiig^"iiraX =n^rx'
he has held from the inception of Uie I ^,^^1,8 and bushes. Mi-. I^ch has now association. An appeaj by iftey Howr pjant^d a small nursery fSxA Is raising ard Nyce, ot Lansdale, i-. son of     Air. ' ghrubbeiy and small' trees for the Am-
—A new pipe organ has been Install od In S-wamp iReformed Church to re place'the one which -was destroyed by tire and lightning last sunvmer.
and Mrs. Morris Nyce, of Souderton for a. more generous aJltitude by eld-' ers toward wh4t appears to-b« frivol-' Ities of youth, was one of the mem¬ orable features of the gathering.    •
A .M. Musaelraaji, ol Bethlehem, who presided In the absence of Preeident Shelly, was re-elected vloo-president. Mrs. Adelaide Moyer, of Qqakertown, is secretary, and iBarren Moyer, of Quakertown, treasurer. Singing of old- fashioned' hymns wo/i (i fixtvre ot the ' reunion.
bier Nureeiifes. Outside of this his yard la colorful with floral bloom tho -wtiole summer. Frank Crocketji always has an attractive yard. Tall bushes dotted -with luxuriant flowers surround his home and m.ake it a sm&ll garden paradise. Earner Potts and Frank Da¬ ger have finer displays than,usual, and are marketing hundreds of. bloomfl dally.
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