The Ambler Gazette 19250723

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The AMBLEt Gazette
VOL. XMI -NO. 26
AMBLER.   PA..
II AND COLD POIN]
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.1    ITEMS   OF    ' "ICAL    INTEREST   TO READERS
Enjoyable   Trip   to   Riverview   Beach—
Will   Leave  for   Mt.   Gretna   Camp—*
Boys   Hurt  on   Motor  Cycle—Sermon
on      "Evolution"—Harmonville      and
Plymouth Centre.
Ml. and Mrs. Hany Topley and t.'iiiiily, of Plyl'iiouth Cenire, enjoyed the week-end  in Al.ant:c City.
Mrs. J. H. Dugan and daughter, RoHa, of Plymouth Ceni-re, who aie novv vacationing for several weck.s at the seashore, were the guests uf Mils. l-,inda Schurch, of Plymouth Heights, a (ew  days prior  to  their departure.
Mr. ar^l Mrs. Jofeeph Jamas and .' daut^hter, Sarah, Mr. Jamca Rhoads, of i'lymouth Cenire, and Mn Aithur Airy, of Noiristown, motored to Ocean City on Sunday, whelne they, visited .'i.t the Elliott   cottage.
Mr. f<.n|ii Mra. William Whitely, of Phiadelphia were guests of the lat¬ ter's paronts, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Rlinei;, of Plymouth Centie, on Sun¬ day.
Mr, and Mrs. Earnest O. Giater, ot Plymouth Cent»-e, motored to Better- ton, Md., for the week-enU. They were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Ray¬ mond, DufiieM, of Franklinville.
MiB. Eugene Brown, New i'ork, was a week-end visitor t. f her psutemts, Ma and Mirs. James Lowrie, at Spring Mount. Charles Rhoiuls, of Plymotitth Centre, w is also a guest .-it the cottage
lE'dwa-ir Bitner, Plymouth Centre, apent the week-end with friends in Spring Mount.
I\al,a:on H. .Mtirple, o£ Ply>no,tMJ| Ccuire, was the guest of his jlauehter, Mrs. Russell Nitteiiauer, of Cedarville on   Sunday.
The members of the Plymouth Meet¬ ing United Evangelical church have set Saturday, August 25, as the date of their annual picnic. Memorial Park, Stihwenksville, is the spot selected for the outing, and the trip is to bemade in automobiles and trucks. The Men's B.ble class of the church held their picnic last Saturday at Clemmer's Is¬ land, Collegeville, where about 20 members enjoyed a gala day of sport. Services al the U. E. church Sunday were conducted by the pastor. Rev. H. E. Baker, and there was a. splendid at- tend.ince for the vacation months. His morning sermon was "The New Life," a subject which he has previous¬ ly employed and on which he spoke more broadly and flnely this week. The evening topic was "Christian Sol¬ dier." Mid-week prayer services as usual on Wednesday evenings, when thc sfUdy of the Propbopy of IXaniel i!* foa(>W#*«.p.*l^*t,.£Uin(lay tvciiiiti Uiu 5len's"':Bible" eTaSa^T\=fll take ohaT^e"ef the church service. r..adies' Bible class will meet on AVednesday, July 29, in Plyniouth Meeting. Men's Bible class meeting is next Mond.ay evening at the hom© of Bllwood Ziegler. Plymouth Centre. Finance board m,eeting, Tues¬ day, July 2S.
As a result of boyish thoughtless- nes.s two wei* hurt and one vei'y serioud'y in a motorcycle accident in Plymouth Meeting last Satli'day after¬ noon. Bayard Hinkle, young son ot Mr. and Mrs. "Wi.liam Hinkle, of Ply¬ mouth Centie, is now in the Chestnut Hill hospital with I'robable concussion of the brain. Herbei"t Moore, .Ti"., son ef a prominent lawyer in Norristown, and who is said to have been driving the machine without permission, was alao hurt slightly. Moore had just left the Hinkle home with the latter's niece In a car when his gas supply gave out. Retiuming, he took the motorcycle be¬ longing ot a third party and with tho HinWie by in the side-cai- headed for Plymouth Meeting to get the gas. At the Reading raiti'oad bridge a Dodge car sewpt over the crest and Moore, little accustomed to riiruiing a three- wheeled machine, failed to escape a collision. Hinkle was tossed from his sea.1 and struck his hcojd while Moore tumbled to the ground. At the Chest¬ nut Hill hospital 'Hink'fe was found very seriously hurt, and an X-ray was taken Monday. Mooro was discharged after  being  treated.
Miss Edn.a Rodebaugh has retumed to Plymouth Centre after a short visit with  Mrs.  James  Frith,  of  Bridgeport.
"Willlab Hinkle, who fell from the roof of his Plymouth Centre residence recently and sustained several broken bones, was discharged from the Mont¬ gomery hospital Norristown, on Sat- ^      unday.
*' Those to enjoy a boat trip down tho
Delaw.are     ot   Riverview     Beach     on Thursday are   Mrls. Georgo Herbert, of
¦ Plymouth   Centre,   :. nd   Mrs.   Edward Cheater, who is visitng her fivm West
¦ Grove,     and   he-       sister-lnlaw,   Mrs. Lynn   Herbert,   of   Conshohocken.
Mrs. CJljara %VaJket', of Plymouth Centre, who is employed by the Kre.sge store, NonristowTi, enjoyed a vacation last week ;"  .A,sbury Park. N. J.
Miss Mary Jaiiie.-^, Plymouth Centre, is having a 10-day v.acation.
Mrs. Eugene Liightkep, Plymouth Centre, entertained Mke. Ella Fulmer, of  NocTistowu,   one   d^y   last   week.
Miss Catherine Heln, Bridgeport, visited ber aunt, Mrs. Mary Fisher, in  I'lymouth  Centre lafet Wednesday.
WiUiam Neal, rj., Plymouth Meet>« Ine, called at the home of Mr.- and M^s. Eugene Ughtlkep, Plymouth Ccwitre, Sunday.
M KS Maragret and ECsie Seltzer, Norristown, visited Miss Katherine Rodebaugh, of I'lymouth Centre, on S.aturday.
George l-€upe and WiUiam G. Ne.al, of Plyraouth Mcstlng, will leave for Mt Gretna next Satm-day morning for two weeks of smnmer traiiiing at the encam.jiiment. Both axe members of Company K, Pernisylvania Notural Gual-ds. Norrtstown.
(eontlDue^l  Vn niifre 8.)
11EEBNER—KUNE Anna Klin*?, tlauprhter of Mr. and Mrs. Irw n B. KMne. of Skippack, and Ivan Heebner, son of Mr. and Mrs. .4 A. Heebner, of Centi-'e Point, were quietly niairried at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Flora Kline, Leder- achville. The immediate families pf the
ibride   and   groom   wei'e   the   only   at-   giyic tend.ants  .it  he  wedding.   Mr.   Heebner is employed at Cassel's Ser-vice Station Gwynedd      Sauare.       The   liride     and glioom  will  live in LansVlale.
McILROY—MURRlSOxN
I R. p'rank Mcllrcy, a young man of local    prominence      and    Miss      Isabe.
! 'Moitii-iuli". lol' S|icnan':<pah. w<"rt mairied quietly in Gle«ihide last Sat¬ urd.ay morning at 10. The bride, who resides     with   her   aunts,   the     Mis*es
Hannah and Anna Morrison, of Shan- andoah, has been a teacher in the schools at Ambier an,^l Fort Washing¬ ton for the last thi^o ye-ajs and was very lopular among the y( ung people (n GTenside, wh e she wsided while •each ng at  Korl  Watrhington,
j    The   bride   was   given   away   by   her
i'lants. who attended the wecling. Mr. Leidy B. Heckler,  of Ambler, acted as
I <n,oiiiHman.
SUNSHINE HOi
ASSOCIATION DECLINES
FURTHER  AID
LY   ::3,   1925
S1.75  A   YEAR
ade  and  voted  affhinatlvely  to the August  meoting.
OBITUARY
Action Taken After Full Discussion Last Thursday—ijly 4 Winners at Picnic Anr>ounced—School Trans¬ portation—Will Equip School Kitchen
.Sensa:ioiuil charges against the nianner in which the Sunshine Home for Ol phans and other Childiien, in Whitemar.sh, and the resignation of Kev. .\. B. Groton, recti^r of St. Thi mas' Episcopal church, who ha^« been a director since December lust, was the aubject of a prolonged dis¬ cussion by the inenibea's of the Erden¬ heim-Flourtown Civic Assoc ation at their JulV ineeting, Thursday even.ng, A question arose, when a motion was  uut  on   the  floor  to  make  further
i .\s the ceremany was conducted In donations to tlie home, as to the real a vei-y informal manner, tho ljri,ile and, nece.-is.ty for "such a measure, and re- groom wore traveling suits, and they sullanUy, pe.-aonal comments sup- left imniedif'tely afterwards on the r Porting the investigation recenty con- honeymoon trip to the Pocono moun- duced Ly the Pennsylvania Stale Wcl- tains for the weeii'-end. On their t'e- faro association and the I'hiladelpliia turn, they p;-oceeded/directly to Glen- Society to Protect Children from s:>le, where they are to i-eside until Cruelty were made, while other iii- theii- home, which they will build this slanee.s ventured uiion the reported fall at Oreln.nd, is completed. inadequate   discharge   of   his  rcsponsi-
I .M-. ,Mfllr<jy is assistant cashier of bilities by the director of the home. the Glenside bank. J"hn    F.   Hart,    president   of   the   as-
j  — sociation,  who  pi"evious  to  the  discus¬
.sion suirendercd tiie chair to Vice 11'esidenu   Louis   Shanntm,    took    the
, ,. .     „ ., ,^^. „„¦„    tloor   and   spoke   at   length   concerning
.a sprained ligam,ent of the foot, receiv- ,  ., *   .i,     ...   • ¦  .¦
.       , ..       ... .   •_   _     , ,..11  the   relation   of   the   Civic   association
B.
F»ENLLYN
D.   Switzer,   Jr.,  is  sufferln,-!
with
ed while taking part in a baseball game last week. Mr. Switzer. who is an employe of the Burroughs Adding Machine company. Philadelphia, waa playing on one of the teams of the firm at the time. He is now able to use the foot slightly.
' Mrs. Hector A. Slnzheimer returned from the Chestnut Hill hospital on S.at¬ urday and though yet quite weak from
to  the home.
The asaociation, of course, has no deep interest in the institution and the niannei' in which it is conducted. It. is conducted pure'y for children oli I'hiladeliihia. and lias been supjjoited by I'hiiadeiphla churches . and chari¬ table organizations. Ho^evei\ it i.s located   within     the   confines     of   the
,. . ,      ,       Erdenlieiip-Flomtowii    disfli'ict,    wh.ch
her  recent  opeiations,   is   cc^nvalescing  .,       ,,.,       . ... • ,,
.... the   Civic   Association    represents.   Its
v.^ry   rapidly !     Mr.  and   Mra.   Joseph   Leidy,   of   this
place, are  reported  to  have  left  Paris,
and  are  now  in  Vichy,  France. I     Mrs.   William   Drayton     was   among itho.se who attended the airplane events
at   Brj/n     Athyn,     Saturday.      Captain
Henry   Drayton,     her   son,     who     w.as [scheduled   to   Ily  along  with   the  other
army   planes   was   prevented   from   do-  ,.     . ,,        ¦ .     t   .,       u    .,
'       ¦'     , . ¦     -J.     t Such,  was  the  gist of  Mrs.  Harts  re
ing so by nn  unforeseen  incident. I    ¦  -ks
]    Martin Reardon, of New York, was a
week-end   visitor   at   the   home   of  Mr.   „ .   ,    ,.,„     ,. .u      ,¦      . i,
,   ,.          „  ,     .     .,                 ..           ,, financial   difficulty,     the   director     has iand   Mrs.     Robert     Kenyon.     Mr.   and   ,, ,, ,    .,„.„  „.. .,     .....
Mrs. Kenyon, of Philadelphia, were alsa
callers   on   Sunday.
:    liutli and Billy .SlngKelmer nnd Mi.,;-  —— oT^^S^tTfhe\^e:~^'^-
tlSv'n^llS^":r^I^fe^?1iJit   -i.r-T'^^^^'^^^^^^^^ relatives  in  Sellersville. '     Mrs.   Earnest   .Moggs     was     stricken!
appeai'ance and the happiness of the childi'en in the home arp a matter in w-hich the association is interested and for whicii puroose lho association has heretofore acted in a neighborly maii- iiier, through donations, and an .auxilary of women who have aided in the discharge of some of the dutie;^ which   have   ovoiivhelnied   the   matron.
Further,  under the guise of being in lifficiilty,     the   director     ha accepted gifts of money, supplies,  etc .from  the   assoeiiition,  foj-  whic'    theie
itho   I'^cal   organization   to   see   to   the benefits   needed   in   the   home.       Oliver
IIENRY   GROFF y   Groff   one   of   the   oldest,   if e   oldest   res dent   of   Chalfont, ery   su<^den!y   while   sitting   on KCh   at   his   home   at   this   place
evening about 9 o'clock, deceased had been suffeiing fronlf[>ilrop.sy for many months, but had*'been .ali'e to be aliout until his deatK. On Saturday he walked across the strep' to the bakery to do the week-end shopping.
Mr. Groff built the hotel which is now occu))ied by the Bates bakery. He 'ran this lictel for many years, Liiteip he become engaged in the butcKering business. Uon retiring this business was sold to Mr. Ludwig and later.iStill the husiness w-as purchased by .^thur  Bray.
Th© deceaaed i,s sifrvlved* by his ageid Widow, Bniniu, who is quite ill at the present time.. He is also survived by a son. Albeit Kr<iff Vauxtown, and a step-son.Elwood Wanipole Liinsdale, and .two grandchi di<en. He was a member of the Washington Camp, P. O. S. of A. No. i!5, of this place an'.* the iiansdae Lodge, No. 077, I. O. O. F.    , '
GEORGE W. ROHHO.N'G The nterment of the ate George W Roshong a resident years ago of Wh'teniar.'-.h townshii,, look place Wednesday afternon at 2 o'clock in the Union ceinetWN-. Death, due to a strorfe three wetlts ago, ov'ertook the deceased e.arly Sunday ino'i-ning at the home of his daughter, Mrs. John Gear, 442 toepot stre'et, Bridgeport, wheie he hks been a prominent resident for neauflqr a quarter of a century. He was 75 y«^rs of age.
Deceased spent the eai'ly part of his life ,Jli Whitemarsh and applied hi: tradd: as blacksmith at the forge locat¬ ed aJong .Sandy Run t;reek noa-- Camp HilLj-jyhich had been nia'ie famous previously at the time of the wreck on the Hpading lailrcad in Iti'iti. It was to tws sl\op that the aeatl anf"! dying w-er^taken anil the old homestead neat^ was also use\l aa an ..mergency a' at the time. He wa.s alao a -.at the shop in Fort W.ishing.on, he locatted al Black Horse where inducted a shop. His final resl- was in Bridgeport, and recent- Was employed -is night watchman Monigomery Trust company own.
i,Rosh<i(ng died some years ago, survived by the follow-ing child- John M. Roshong, ftf Martin-* Ohio; Eizabeih A., wffe of Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y,; George ¦W,,Bfc8hong, Jr., Norristown; Mary. wImEc John Gear, Bridgeport and, J. W.aSoshong,   Trooper
relatives and friends of tho fanvRy and members of the Foreslters of.-America  atlended   the  funeral.
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TRUCK  OVERTURNED  WHILE   EN¬ ROUTE   TO   FIRE
OPPER oueiiN m
Ti
MISCELLANEOUS     ITEM3    OF TEREST.
TWSv
suddenly  with  appendicitis on  Monday
hcr  physician.
Patrick   Fitzsimmons,
minor instances that h c also crop-" pcil t the surface, it waa said, have interferod   with   the   desire   to   render
f   Ph'ladel   l''''^   which   may     have   been     deemed ,,       . ...        . 1 .   .,',necessary, and  the    recent  ilesignation
phia.   .a   spendmg   two   weeks   at   the,^^ ^^^   ^^  ^   ^^^^^^^^ ^^,^^  ^^^^^^^ ^^^^
Kenjon  home.  .j^^,,^   ^y   harmony   within   the   confines
of the board,  have brought the  niatter SPRINGHOUSr Ito  (5uch  a   point   whefe  the  Civic  As-
A   deli.uhtful   little   party    w-as   held!sociation  ca.nuot feel  free to  offer any last  Wednesday  afternoon,  July  15,   injfujther assistance.
honor of the eighth birthday of Missj iihe previous motion was therefore Marion Magargal. .4 party of 18,defeated by the membership and an- youlhful friends of the little hostess | other was made staling that until a from Gwynedd. Ambler, Gwjjnedd Val- ireport has been made of a rumored ley nnd Springhouse enjoyed the after-j pending investigation the association noon at play on the lawn of the Ma-^ill suijport no further aetion-with gargal home, in this village. Thelj-ggard to the Sunshine Orphange. little hostess received a number of This was passed unanimously, beautiful and splendid remembrances a full report of the grand outing from   her  friends. [fostered  by    the Erdcnheim-FIwirtown
Miss   Marie   Rempp,   who   has   been;civic   Association    at    Cai-son    College visiting with  her  uncle  and  aunt,  Mr. !g.,.ounds on tho 4th of July was  ma^le.
jing   Skippack   Transit   Car   Road no^ al o3Pi'faJt!K"«0PPBr;'."Wl»w,v
and   bridges   if. tlic   old   Skippack  and
Perkiomen   'iransit     company,     which Iseveral   w-eeks  ago,   virtually  sold   out
to the 'Montgomery Bus conipany of I Rosemont, is well under way. ' Samuel Green, Royersford junk deal- ;er, expects to ha-ve all copper off the I right of w-ay wilhin the next two j weeks. He has a large force of men 'at work.
E. H. Wilscm and conipany, Phila- ^dclphia, who bought the rails, have al- I ready taken up about a mile of track- ! age.     As   soon   as  the rails  have  been
removed.  Green   says he  will  taJ<e  up
the bridges.
Driver Radcliff Steari^d Car to Ditch When Proaress Was Barred by Tele¬ phone Pole—Men Injured, but Not Serious—Right Machine and Go On. To lrvi,n Radcliff is owed the lives of six of Horsham's Volunteer Fire ccmpany. His coolness and pluck are not to be overlooked by the manner in which the accident resulted that oc¬ curred lo the Horsham pumper en¬ gine, on Iiatboro pike while enroute to the fii-e near Hatboio on Thursday evening last. All .seven of the.se men riding the truck at the time wore hurl to some extent, and but for Radcliff. who was driving at the time, no doubt, some, if not all, the crew would havj met a, more disastrous fate. The ac- cjlent occuried wben two of tbe crew- were swept fi-( ,m the truck by the cross beams of a pole blown down in the ."-torm that evening and left at such an angle that it ...-.liiung the road at a dangerous jiitch. Without a second's hesitation Radcliff st,cared for the gut¬ ter to .avoid another pole which woulil have wrecked the enure outfit. Al- thoueh the truck slid into the gutter and overturned. Radclift never once lest his control of the wheel .-ind not until he was thrown from the seat be¬ neath the side of the overturned ciir did he loose hia hold
Three of the crew, seeing the ap- roachlng catastrophe, jumped and were but slightly hurl, due to the slackened momentum of the truck. Wilbur Burkhart ar.d Chester Duckwortli. chief of tlie Horshani company, who were knocked off tiy the ixile, were hurt, the forniei to such an extent that he was sent back lo receive profession¬ al attention. Radcliff, too, was badl.v cut and bruised about the legs, but did not give  up.
Chief Duckworth was saved a pos¬ sible fracture of the skull by a trencb helmet which he was" wearing. Most admirable is the courageous dctermin ation of the badly shaken and bruis,;d men who uith help righted their over¬ turned machine and continued to the fire, w-here Ifor a sort time they ren - dered assistance in saving buildings adjoining the demolished barn. Those who composed the iiumper crew arc chief, Chester Duckworth, Irwin Kad¬ cliff, driver; AVilbur Burkhard. Harry Devlin, Joseph Ddugherty, Charles Monteith and Earl Hartman. Hors¬ ham's chemical truck, which negotiat¬ ed the trip successfully, did good work at the fire. j
Mr.   and    Mrs.   John   Park   Reach   Lo«
Angeliss—Firemen     Win     Praise     for
Effective   Work—Answer  Three Call*
—JanetLovvn   and   Dresher   Notes.
The newly buill seven-room no.us« erected by George H. Zeitler and son. on their Ilorsham proerty, has be«it. lentcdi to Ilarry Sollenberger and fam¬ ily, of Southampton, who will take possession  about  August  1.
Word has been received from Mr. and Mrs. John B. Park, of Horsliam, who at the time of writing, July 13, had juat arived in Los Angeles, wher» they expected to spend a week or Ife days.
Miss Evelyn Shugard, of Horshant, is entertaining her friend. Miss Dorl* Langhan, of New   Vork city.
Miss Mary llammons. of Horsham, is spending a two weeks' vacation witb, relatives  in   Deluware.
George H. Zeitler, of Horsham, ac-- companied by Frank Worth, of Pros» pectvllle, enjoyed an outing at Eureka, cabin. Pike cou,nty, from Friday untlS Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Thoinpsoi^ ot Horsham, entertained relatives frona Norristown on Sunday.
There cannot be too much praise ac¬ corded the firemen who fought a>» barn blaze on the property ot Jainea Parks which lies between Hatboro and Horsham. Although the building ilselt was ignited and beyond control lonflf before companies could reach t^» scene, due to the electriciil storra Thuraday evening, tho men who com» jHised the companies from Hatbortt, Willow firove. Horsham, HartsviUe aad others, worked in splendid harmony to save the buildings which surrounded the barn. The fight lasted until far into the night, and Hatboro comp<ajiy remained until daylight lo watch for a po.ssible outbreak. No other struc¬ ture Was consumed except the barn» and, although only a roadway separv. ated some of the buildings from th». barn, scarcely any ot them war*, touched by the fire; so thorough wa* the work  of  the hose  crews.
Martha, daughter of Mr. and Mrsw. Evertet Rutherford, of Hallowell, visit* ed her uncle, Harry Day, and family in Buckingham  on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Anne Green. Hallowett, left on Sunday to visit with her daugh¬ ter, Mrs. E. B. Satterthwaite, of Tioga, for some time.
Auguat Kunk, H.allowell, entertain-.- ed Mr. and Mrs. James McStay, ot- Tioga, on  Sunday.
Miss Itiilian Baum and brother have- returned   to   their   home   in   Hazlet«a
i The annual Anna Gordon picnic by the Warrington W. C. T. U., will be held at the home of iMy-'. and Mrs. Howard Cadwallader. of Warrington, on Wednesday afternoon and evening, July 22nd. The chi'dren of thc Loyai Temperance Legions ane invitei-l for the afternoon and also for suiipei. Mrs. M.aude Seymour, state vice presi¬ dent,   will   be   presenl  and   deliver  an
Robert Burns, Hallowell, spent Bun»- diiy  off Cape May.
Miss Katherine Kane, Davis Grov«v entertained Misses Margaret O'Donnell' and Juli.a McManus, of Philadelphia,. on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jamca A. Hannum. ot Devon, and daughter. Mra. Minnie "S. .Savin and -Mr. Paul R. Hannum. ot. Phil.adelphia,   were   guests   of   Godfray-
,, ¦     ., m,       ,  , I Kohl,   resident   of   the   K.   G.   E.   home-
ff''.?!^.:".}^^f.'¦^!'!"*^:  ^^^i"^'f>''^'"'"|in Davis Grove.  Sunday afternoon.
to  the  state  convention  of  the   Young 1 People's   Branch   will   also   give   their I'epovts.
and Mrs. H. E. Bennett, of Bristol has returned  home.
The beautiful ride to Collegeville and along the Perkiomen creek was enjoy¬ ed by Mr. and Mrs. Emery Wiser and son and William Leslie and family on Sunday.
Walter Bell is having his Ford se¬ dan painted.
Miss Lama E. Magargal. of Wayne. is visiting her brothers. George and Fred. Magargal, and families, of this place.
Lewis Finley was fishing off Wild- wood, N. J., with ,a party of Philadel¬ phia friends during the week-end.
Several local residents attended the great airplane demonstratio.n at Bryn Athyn  on  Saturday.
A collision of two cars at the junc¬ tion Olf the Sumneyto-wn and Bethle¬ hem pikes, Saturday, resulted in sev¬ eral damaged fenders and broken bump-
and an estimate of the proceeds nelted at the carnival was roughly given at $140. The report of the sports com¬ mitlee, under the change of Mrs. Lightkep named tho following win¬ ners: Tennis, Joseph Donan and Helen Fisher, who received $2.50 gold pieces; Louis Campbell and Bessie Longhlan," $1. Alan McCool caught the greased pig. Margaret Loughi-an, for the girls, and Mr. Peterman, for the men, climb¬ ed the greased polo Ethel Smith proved to be the champion watei-melon eateii-. In the baseball contests. Flour¬ town won two games from Bethany, 4 to 2 and 3 to 2. Carson College girls overcome tho Springfleld township girls, 22 to 21. Individual reports from each of the special committees were also received.
Especial comment was made by the generail committee on the eicertlentJ manner in which the entire affair was
ers.    One,  apparently    a new    DodgeJsycpeggjuHy  conducted and  the show- roadstier, also suffered a broken  front jjng  among  the   children   of  the   Sun-
For Whitemarsh Supervisor Edward A. Stanford, of the Middle district, has announced himself as a candidate for the nomination of road supervisor of Whiteniarsh township on the  Republican  ticket.
Mr. Stanford is eminently qualifled for the position he seeks. For the past six years he has been a resident of the district, and is manaser for George D. AVidener on his Erdenheim estate. During this time Mr. Stanford has taken an interest in local and community affairs, but has not until now aspired to office holding, and only now he announces himself as a can- id.ate in the laigcr sense of community service to his township, willing to give of his time and ability to the bei-t interests of the tow-nship as a whole should his friends and other party workers favor his nomination and election.
Horsham    Volunteer    Fire   Company
answered  three  calls  last  week :     One.
mt-       1 ...,   ,....-. ..  ^, broke out in the garage at Five.Point*
The pay,  entitled   "A  Case  of Sus-     .^j^j, ^^^^ ^^^^^ j„ y^^^ y^ „^ ^^y^^
pen.sH,n     given  by  lho  G.rla   Miss.oii^ |,j.j,^   ^^^.^^^   ^^^^   ^^^   p^,^^   ^^^   ^^^^^
'"3. ,' r,\,"'"^.''^u^''^"'"^' '"'''" livening during the storm, .and th» weii rttended J^Jespite the very un- jj,j^,, o<curred in a grass fleld on th» favorable   weather.     It   was     decided
spring.    No one was hurt.
Andrew Murphy having resigned from the Lower, Gwynedd board of wajdi. supervisons, a ptitlon is out for the appointment of Stanley Marple, of Sprlnghouse, to the vacancy.
The h^dge along Norristown road, between Five ''^oints and Springhouae, has grown so much at the turn of the road that it is a real menace to the traveling public. Charles Livezey do¬ nated a section of land to remove the worst part of the old "S" turn at this point, but the danger there still existp In a Large sense because of this hedge, which is on Eugene Gather's property. Cleaning out underneath or trimming oft the top is the remedy.
Urges Support of Mr. Simmers Editor "Ambler Gazette :" The un¬ dersigned ia asking everybody, both white and colored, to help Mr. Wlalter G. Simmers in the tax nomination, which he is running for in Upper Dub¬ lin. Owing to his condition he would appreciate everybody's help, as he Is a crippled man. I hope everyliody will oonsid,eir his condition, as he has no other aid.'
¦   M.  H.  ROBINSON. F'ort Washington, Pa.
shine home, who were gtven every attention during ,'t'he day, w'as rle-' marked.
The matter with regard to the transiKiiitatlon of local school children to the .SlM'ingfleld township high school 'i W'hich the civio assclation has taken much interest, wheh it has been agitating before the school authorities is yet in question and little was  reported  "t  his  meeting.
In a discussion as to the advisability to purchase tea kettles, boilers, towels and other necessities for the kitchen and also a dresser in w-hich to keep them, the question aioee as to whether or not It will be permissable to install same in the Odd Fellorws' hall where¬ in the association meefs. Final action taken, Iiowavai\ supported tbe pro¬ ject, and if the permission is obtained It waa orderafi that the refreshment cominittee secure the necessary articles and have a dresser erected.
A vote waa given unanimously to ackno\vlifedge the support of those in¬ dividuals and olrganizations who help¬ ed in making the 4th of July holiday program a success and the secretary was Insti-luct^d to addaess ilietters of thanks to each.
Before   the   adjournmeait   a   motion
Conshohocken Tax Collector George A. Shaw, upon petition of Town Council of Conshohocken, has been apjxiinted tax eoilector fo flll a vacancy created by the resignation of John D. Hampton, who had been ap¬ pointed-to succeed Harry T. Wood¬ land,  t'esignejil.
In presenting his resignation to Council. Mr. Hampton set forth that "Owing to my age I find that the bonding ^-omp.'inies are reluctant to take the bond. 1 have served the borough .as t-JX collector for more than twenty year's and have einideavored to render the best service possible, and I regiet that I can not accept yom- con¬ tinued confidence and respect."
In the petition to the court it was set forth that Hampton had reeignejft because of his inability to qualify to tako the offlce.
Diehls  Meet at Tohickon
The Diehl Faniily Association held its annua) re-anion at Tohickon parTc Eugene V. Hartley, of IjansdiiJe, -was re-elected president; Cleveland Over- peck, Olf Re^ Hill, was elected vicei president; Mr:. Pli Hartley, o* Lans¬ dale, secretary, and Claude Beck, of Uhlertown, treasurer.
At a business meeting of the family it waa deeiided to hold the reunion cyi the Becond Simday in July next yetur Instead of on .he third Sunday as henetofore. Afteir the business meet¬ ing the afCaii* was placed In charge of tho sodlal conunittee which liad pire- ptu-cd a progiram of sports.
however, ot repeat the program on Thursday evening of this week. Miss Frances Hoover also rendered some excellent  selections  on  the  piano.
A nieeting of the Ushers' Association was held on Tuesday evening at thai home of Luthera Nash.
1 reparatoiy service and infant bap¬ tism will be observed next Suniday morning   in   the   Pleii.santvilie   churtch.
The annual Sunday scho* picnic of Pleasantville church •will be held in Forest jxirk, Chalfont, on Wednesday. July 29th.
Mr. .and Mrs. George Cornell en¬ joyed a motor trip to Oaks, Pa., on Sunday,  visitng  f.-iends  there.
Jfr. and Mrs. A. D. Maikley on Sun¬ day entertained Mr and Mra. Howai-d Ll. Robeson, and Mrs. Ada Shainllne, of Centie Square; Mr. anid Mrs. Ad- jdison W. Drennen, of Flourtown; Mi-p P^lora Markley, ot Germantown; Miss Betty Macllry, of Pittsburgh, and Mr. R, J. VanBillaird,  cf North  Wales.
Fi-ank W Worth, pf Prospectville; George Zeitler, of Horshani. and G. Haa-tmai^, cf PihIlfejUdiilphia, spen"f sevenal days of last week in Pike County.
Mrs. FSora Maikley, of Germantown, is spending a few /days with her brother and wife, Mr. and Mra. Wil¬ liam  D.  Worth.
The Collegeville summer assemblt' for Christian Workers will be held from August 3rd to 9th. The lecturers this year will be from England, Scot¬ land,  Austra,Ba,  anti America.
Miss Modest<a Abbott and sister. Miss Saiah Abbott, havo returned fijom a week's viisit at Ocean City, N. J.
Mr.s. "VVilliam Yingst w,as entertain¬ ed at lunch on Monday by Mrs. Frank Worth, of iProspeclville.
Luther Nash has secmwd a position with a contractor at Doylestown.
Miss Lizzie Kohler, who has been ill, is much improved.
a grass Ferguson    tract   on    Saturday.
The Ladies' Aid. of Grace l'nion church, of Horsham, met at the honift of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. K. Helmbold. on Tuesday evening.
The Christian Eneavor meeting o^ the Grace Union Church of HorshEia which is held every Sunday at 7.13 p» m.. will be held next Sunday by Mr» White, tre.-isurer of the Northe>ast Branch  of Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Monteith and daughter, Catherine, of Horsham, ar*. spending this week at Point Pleasant.
Mrx Charles Mai-perum returned tti Jairettown Saturday evening after Si, visit  in Newark,  N. J.
William Rodemick and Daniel Camp«w bell, Jarrettown, enjoyed a fishing tt'ljk to Port Morris on Tuesday.
Miss Martha McConnell, JarrettowT*^ spent Sunday with Miss Eliza.heth Krauskoft, of Ambler.
Mrs. Robert Christy, Dresher, enter-, tiiined friends from Geimantown dur¬ ing the iiast week.
Several parties from Jarrettown anct' Dresher attended the activities at Bryn Athyn  on   Saturday.
Walter Gerbron, Jarrettown, spent the week-end  in  Wildwood,  N. J.
Mlss Gertrude McCormick, of Phil¬ adelphia, is spending her vacation witK her brother, John McCormick, ot* Dresher.
P. G. Meyers, Jr., of Dresher, who. has been quite ill, has been aken to & Philadelphia bospit.aI.
Charles Rodemich, Jarrettown, suf¬ fered three broken ribs in a fall trout .a ladder on Monday. Rodemick waa ¦working for George Paxson at thft time and was taken immediately to th* hospIt<al. He was discharged after hl» injuries were attended.
Marriage Announced
Abington Treasurership Harold N. Cross who is serving hia.- fourth year as treasurer of Abingtoii TownBhip. is out for another term. Hr. Howard Wilson, whom he defeated for the Republican nomination in 1921, will- again be a candidate, as will Waltert Watson,   president   of   the      Nortlx
Mr.   and  Mrs.   A.  Howe,   of  Wash¬ ington  fequiu^, announce tho marriage blenslde   Home   and   School   Assocla-
,JA tliclr ^iUj-ilgtitej-, -MJES (iHaJtheaylnl Elizabeth Howe and Simon J. Brennen son of iMrs. J. Bivnnen, of Philadel¬ phia, on Wednesday, Jtily 15, in Phlla- lielphia Mr. and Mrs. Bi-ennen -will live  in I'hiladelphia.
tion. who ie a Republican committee-'., man. The po^t pajs $15,000 a year.
—The cost of ptihllc -education in tha» NorriBtoTv'n has increased 400 per cent»> Jn 25 years. ,