The Ambler Gazette 19270714

              The Ambler Gazette
V^OL.   XLIX- ]N^O. 24.
AMBLER.   PA..  JULY   14^,   19:^7
S1.75  A   YEAR
Tfl'
AND COLD POINI
ITEMS
OF  LOCAL  INTEREST READERS
TO
Fruit  and   Vegetable  Growers on  Trip
A. nuniber^ i>[ fruit and vcaetalil" ATDWtir.^ ni Mt)ntK(.tinvry Ooun,'> nre naitlcii'aUnK in tlip annual .suniniti' tour ol the State Hoiticiiltuial Ajs- .socuition thill wt'fk. '''he trip l>ei;an July 11th and continues Tuesilay, Wednesday  and  Thursday.
Tlie   (.growers      usHenilded    at    Wes'-
j ChoHter   Monday  afternoon   and   made
I Htoi .s at- Kennet .'^nuai-e and the Tela-
, ware   expei inient   station   at   Newark.
Harmonville    Fire   Ladies    Plan    Lawn    \Vednesday,   the   Wower.s   ."topped   at
Party   for  July   S3  —  The   Moseleys   1'"<'"'''J': ,   ^Kiowinj;   areas   alouj.   the
'       1 „   , , „  .   .^ ._     ,     ' l)tiix>n.t hig-hway and arrived at Oeean
to Tour Canaaa — Cold Point Eagles , ^Ky   that   tvenintc.  The   followiPK  day
EI6ct   Officers  —   Harmonville'     and   ins|ieelions were made of larue nur.-ier-
1 '"s   and     orchards       near   Herlin   and
Sall.sbury,   Md.   Many   of   the   growers
  e4irned      iiy      wav   of        Aniiiipolis,
; Tliursdav.   tb   visit   the   fanns   at  the
j Naval  Academy.
1     Among-       those     from   this     county
will' maliln.i;- the trip aro A. R. Ty.son, Jef-
10' ferson ville;  H. Neilson. Norristown, Ii.
P..    Leroy   Fuhrman.    CidleMreville:    R.
O.   Waltz,   county     aKcnt,   Norri.-town.
DR. D. W. SHELLY   JAILE
BACK FROM EUPMICHIEF FORD'S SMY
RETURNS   AFTER        SIX TOUR   ABROAD
WEEKS'
Plymouth   Centre.
Mrs. i\KU-tlia Wetherill, who hais been a.ii.-j.; for some time with vertigo. Is laijins and bedfast at hcr liome in llarmoinviile.
(ieorae" Musely       and   fainily       aJid Brii.iamin Mos ly,  of llarinonville leave  on   Monday   on  a  motor   trip Canada,    whero   they   will   v.s;t   with | rtiative.s. j
The Ladies' Auxiliary, of the Har-1 monville Fire comijany, planned a lawn party for Satuiday tveiiiiit;, July eveninK. This alfair will oe lield on ¦^3, at tlieir meeting; la.st Thursday tho lawn in front ol the tire hall k<  11   le-.fit  for th.!  ;•    -llld   I     fund.     |
Grace, daub'Iner of Benjamin Mose¬ ly, Olf Hannonville, has been spend¬ ing a Week wilh her s.ster, Ktliel, in Co.atesville. I
Mrs. Anne F. Ambler and Miss Alice : Ami nir    returned    toi   their       ...ne    in riymouth    Meeting   on   Tuesday   from a   week s   stay   at   Stone   Harbor.   .Mr. | und Mrs.   Williani Anibler,   whom  they i atocnipanied,    r itiarned    last    week.       '
Waller   Knerr,   superintendent of
the I'lymouth ilectinij V. E. Sunday scliool, enjoyed a vacation last weeli at   Ocean  City.
MisB Helen Live;;ey, who. served a! very uppetizii t'. chici.4.'n ajid watHe dlni;or at her wayside ten garden, "Tho IMeasuanco," dined li, very larg.I n-jinljer of patrons during the holiday last week, and licr service wa-s   a    splendid    succeeds.
IJurlon   and   John,   sons   of   Mr.   and ,Mi-s.   .Maurice    I'rice,     of       I'lymouth Mceliim-,   are   attending   a   boys'   camp in  the'  Pocono   mountains.
Miss Sarah Itowan, of Con.shohock¬ en, formerly of I'lymouth Meeting, Is niaking a very gradual recovei-y from tin i>pei-atiion Jor a]ip».nil>cit(s per- loiTiicd last week in Dryn .Mawr hos¬ pital.
A. S. Robinson and lamily, Irom Swarthmore, are again summering at the iioine of Mrs. C. C. I'ricei in 1-lymouth   Meeting,
Announcement was made last Sun¬ day before the I'lymoulh ileeting Sun¬ day school that the annual picnic will be enjoyed this year at Zieb.»-'s Park on S;itiirday, July ;iU. Uuses will , convey tlie young people from tlie vil¬ lage  to  the   park and return.
¦The class of Jlrs. Charle.s Klioads ai'« to take tlu or annual outing this Thur.sday anil will spend the day at Riverview beach. The .itttndance last Sunday dropped to US in Sunday school. There were two star cliLsses refiorijd. Church sorvices were largo and interesting ,lhe pststor presiding. Next .Sunday tlio pasior. Rev. D. A. Draper, and his family will be away on   a   week's   vacation,   and     in
WOnt   Primarily  to   Attend   Rotary   In¬ ternational  Convention   at  bstend  — Tours    Southern    France   and    Into the   Boautii'ul   Pyrannes. •   Ur.   D.    W.   Shelly   reached   Ambler Monday   evening   after   a   si.\     weeks' European  tour.  This marked  Dr.  Shel¬ ly's    third    annual   trip   ubro.Kl,        and the irii> this year was undertaken pri¬ marily   to  allend   the  nieeting   of   Ko¬ tary    InteriiaUonal   in   Ostend,       Bel-
OFFICER   CONVALESCING   IN   THE HOSPITAL
! County   Aid   ^or   Hatfield.
'     Ui-pair.s   to   the   main   thoroughfiire." of   Jlatfield   co'st   $301.0   this   y-fir.
I     The county will  belir  $2,000  of   ¦tli>« r.vpense.   the   renia:niler   cuniing   from
' tlio  borough  treasury.
Thi.s will reduce the borough's ac¬ tual bill for road •improvement to abc.ut $J 00. However, this does not Include tho material used for patch¬ ing the streets, pnor to having oil and stone ),laced ot} thrm by Good  Itoads Coniiiain-.
UPPER OUBLIN AND
he the
MISCELLANEOUS    ITEMS    OF TEREST
IN,
Considerable   Stree*   Work   Done   Dur¬ ing   the   Pact   Month—Borough   Re¬ ceives   ?-teO   in   Fines—May   Change Police   Alarm   System. Anibler     boroiigh   council   met       In regular   nionsthlyi    sessiun   on    Moday j tv.ning.        the    session    having    been . held   over   from        indepenilence   day. I rhe   following  membtrs  answered  the I roll     call:    .Mesurs.   Allen,       Cavalier, ! Eiiiwn,   Diddle,   1 yne  and   .McPherson.
I Doylestown  Hospital. Boost
' The Doylestown Einergdicy hospi¬ tal has just recoived anoth<r helpful boost by the raising of close to $;i(»(iO on the two-day fete nnd carnival held in the Sixth Regiment Armory as a ho.spital   benefit.
i Tho cash donations amounted to ovci $1UU» during tho two days while the receipts of the carnival brouglit thf total  amount   of  money   in   the   hands
gium,   early   in  June,   which   nessltat-, Tho  minutes  of   the     June      meeting
cd   llis  leaving  Ajnbler  the  lutter  part'  jivei'e   read   and   approved.
of -May. -pj^jj       highway       commiltee
of 10.
tho        treasurer        to w-ith   .several   r<poits   .still
$L'7S9..
Hit.
IMRSH TWP.
SYSTEMATIC     IMPROVEMENT     Or HIGHWAYS
However, even at that time the voyagers were mainly Kotanans, and on sliipiuard Dr. Shelly found himself ono of almost a complete sailiirg list of sirvice men, su lliat despile the heavy si^as of lh,« liist few days out of Mew Vork harbor, the atmosphere was one of companionsliii; of Uuiary nu. mljci-o, '.villi daily meelliigs and l.rugranio of iuteicst in the service work.
Tlu parly landed at Antwerp, Del- gium, and proceeded lo Oslciid, reach¬ ing tliere on Sauruay, June -1, which allowed Sunday lu become domiciled und setlletl and aftordetl an oppor¬ tunity to view ihj beaulifui cily. ' Oslend is a watering place, not un¬ like  .Mlantie  Cily,  with   its  fine  beach
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Work Progressing on Wentz Road in Eastern Secion, with Soveral High¬ ways Yet to Be Completed in Wes¬ tern  End.
Whilemarsh   tuwnsiiip       ruad   wurk   frunt,   its   long   foolwalk,   und   its   line i ot is   progrcsisng   sleadily       along       the   buildingK,    including    the    King's general line as laid duwn by the ruad ; ace,  and  its many allracliuns e.M- supervisors  in  the  early   spring. ; ii'.g   uut  over   the   water.
Just now the road machinery la j Thu Rotary mellngs were must en- being employeil by the road mas*or joyable, inleresling and iiUurming, in¬ in the .*isiern end of the toiwiiship. eluding an address by King Albert, The    Wenlz   road   of   'J-l)-)   of   a   mile, ^ who   is  a   niember ul'  llle   organization,
.md   visited   several   sessions. .\itev tho conv^'iilioii Dr. Shelly jour^fJ
re- I ¦ported       the       building       ot       Main 1 Street       to     the       Reading-       railway property,   also       the   laying   of   curbs | un<l   pavements  on   Soutii   .Main   street, I till'   rebuildin      of   Race   street   fiom i r<lnillding   of.Nul-th   sireet   fruni   Lin- ; dt nwold   avenue   to   AVoodland  avenue ; and   part  repair  of  Woodland  avenue, ^ al.'-o    that      somi'    l alcliing    lias    be*-ii , drill.,   to   the   borougii   streets   and   :Jie i scarifying o£ Park avenuci from  .Mat- tisoji   iivtm©       to   Ronemai-y   avenuo. Till- amount of $131 for sireet i>eriii:ts w.-ts   reported   having   bci'n   colllected. ¦	
¦;   The   law   and   order   committee     ro-   Temporary   School   to   Be   Removed  —
pw.ed the condition of Cliief of Poiice M=tt     n c   i      . ..     :.
•'¦Old who met with an accident on I ^^" "" Avenue School Heatinc Siiiid.-iy, June 2Ulh, when his hor.se .j ^'ystem to Be Installed — Sewage ¦fell   upon   the   pavement   as   a   resull j      Cisposal.
WILL   ADD   TWO    ROOMS   TO   NEW BUILDING
ii.-iving   been  friglitened,   and   upon lolutlon  it  was  agreed  to     continu.'
The   nienibers   of   the   Ambkr   bor ougli   schuol   buard   met   again   Tues¬ day   evening  tu   further   the  plans  for J lill-  . ijiiiiiuLu'e  ais.)  siulcu   iiiai  .lonii ' repaii'ing   tile   heating   system   at    Lli. ¦^ 'I".  Camburn  is  emidoyed  as an ollicer | Matlisun    avenu..    schoul.    Rcprcsenla-
' lives  iroiii J.  .\1.  Kirk,  uf Ambler, and
mil. deluur ' s  nuw i aid. '
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K^    ¦..-;!   l:   I-   '  ' ne.sday.    This    Thui'sday    evening Girl   Scout   troop   will   hold   thcir gular   meeting   in   tlio   church. -"    ¦       lielil
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ode- will
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Junior
i' riday
which was badly cul ui> uy u.se and other heavy hauling, being eompli'lcd under county The couniy comniissioneL-s, appro¬ priated .|:;:iuu fur tliis work, the total cost of wbieli will be aboul $4uuu. It Is a thuruugh job of oil i).-nelra- tion   and   should   last   for   years.
Over in the west end of the town¬ ship the road master is at present eomllning- his labors lo patching holes and cleaning dilelies, but as soon aa he c;iii secure the township machin.ay he will start work on Ruberts ave¬ nue. Cedar Heights, about 2UU0 leel in lengtli, on whieii state aid of uO per cent has bc m graiTled. It will cust about $U7U0. County aid has al¬ so   boen   reiiuested   for   this   work.
Tenth uvenue will also, be repaired at a, cost to the lownVship ot about JUOd, and it is planned to improve i-Jjid   str.let,   aboul   lltt   feet   in   length.
It is hoped to be aide to slart wurk on tho Uiver road from Siiring .Mill to MiiiUon, 1.3 miles in length. Here it will be nei'cssary to Ijlast the hill¬ side and widen out the roadway, which is very narrow, and the surface must also be graded. Slute aid on this higliway has been granted in the sum of   .t43UI).
Wyi-k has  about been completed on Goit roa4v XiiiAyJUi, Q«,^M>wuy  iiiii i< ' through   the   (Jcbrgo   'Avi.l.'ii.'i-    i:i. lii'iiu   farm   iJi-.jiperty   uut    '"   c-ih town   pike   past   the   Wliiteniarsli   Val- l.'y  Country  club,  and   for  some  yeai-s it   has   been   in   bud  cuiMlllIon,   duo
his   salary   during   his   convalescence. | III.-  .ommittee  als.)  stated  that  John
ohoir    practice    will    Ijc    lielil    J-riaay   h, avy  truck   hauling   thereover   to   Mr. evening. Widener's  operations  and   oilier  work.
Rev. D. A. Uraper, of Plymouth j -fho Whilemarsh road supervisors Meeting, attended the annual Dible ' met Just before July 4, and will hold conference  of the church at Allintown j ;i„utlier   session   next   .Monday   to  con-
iieyi'd back lo I'aris, spending several., days with friends he lui.ii mado ooi fonner tnps, and then went intu tli^ ^ challeau counlry in lhe suuthern part; uf France. Tlm coasl town of Ciarrlt'«1 was visilLiil with ils interesling old; assouii-iiiuns ami liistui'>', dating baclc; many eciiiuries. It is nut far front the Spanish border ,and has been a' famous water place from the early, days. ^
Pan,   a   mountain  resiJi't   was      ne visited   w'illi   ils  beaulifui  sci-nery Shelly,   then    visited    Lourzes,   fanio for its cliurch histury and atmusphei of   tile   old   iiiunks.   The   trip   into   tl Pyari'.-iiies  muuntains  was  made    Iro: this   point,    with   the   beauiful sceii.r waler    falls,   views,   mounlains,   era and   heights.
Carciisunne was visiteil. It is a wal ed   city   of   the   ancient   days   oi   I .Moors  and   the   Sarasans   dating   li beforo   the   sixlli   century,   full   of terest   in   antiiiuity   and       .luaintn' Marseilles   was   the   ne.'it   chief visited.    Here   is   a   line    harbor much   of   interest   und   beauty   lo mil.' .-uul enjoy.
Dr. Siielly tlicii wenl to -Monte i-'ar which    is   intereatini;-   for    its   bnni.'i iiddition i. nd   atino-i .,1-1.111    l'l*.   Sln.'li.v   a^ani   \iriU'.l   A\ig-, lion,   whicii  ciiy  he  had   been  in  on  a | funner  trip,   but at  this  time   he  made j a   point   to   visit   the   interior   of   the i famous  old   palace  of  the   popas.   Who, were   located   there   for   some       years: following   exclusion   from   Kome,   Italy. I
unlil   further  notice.
Justice ol the Peace  Williani  L'rl>aii was   reported   to   have   Itiaed   in   tines 111 alin.g    .'S4liO,      wliich    was    eollecteil Ini-   lhe   violation   ot   llie  motor vehicle laws   and   local   trallic   ordinances. i he   higliway     committee   was   ad- ^• d,   after   conside..able   discusssion. Following  a  discussion   of  the  Sfew- agi;  disposal   system   the   bourd      de¬ ci.i jd   to   review   ^he   propo.sed   instal-
the  American   liealing     A:   Ventllalini; eompany,   of   I'hila.l.'lpliia,   wire   pres¬ ent   to  present  revised   ligures   on   lh ¦ Lids   pvescnted   for   his   work  on   June 14.   In   these   new   caiculali-uiis,   ,1.    M. Kirlt  agre{;d   to.  install   a   steam   heat ing   plant   tu   h.ul   the   building     an.! repair   Uie   two   hot-air   lical.'rs       fur temperiiig  air  lo  be   used  in   the  ven¬ tilation  of  tho  building   for  a   sum   ol $3,SUU.    The    ligures   of    the   utber    re pr. sentative   aniounted   tu   $4,5T.'i   plu^ $4Hti   ior  a   teinpometer  installatiun.   J M.   Kirlc  was   subsequently      awarded the   bid.
Under   the   advice   and   direction   o
 ~~' ' Architect   Watson   K.   Phillips,       who
WEST   POINT ^ altended    the   meeting,   electiic       llx-
Crain   harvesting   i.s   now    in'      full'lures   lor   the   two  additional       luuni
suing   with   the   wheat   and   rye   being   and   corridor,   to  be ¦lilted   un  the  sec
cut.    Oats   are   alsu    ripening   rapidly,   ond   iloor of      tjio      Forrest       avenu'
Corn   does   not   show   much   improve-   school   building,   were  ord red  from  J-:
lution   with   the       Ambler council   and   secure   a   permiit stall   such   a,._5j;stcm   siniilar usi'd   at   tlie   pre.sent       high builiiing.
borougii to     in¬ to   that school
ng
several   days   this   week,   and   is   ex¬ pected   home   Thursday.
Mrs. lrvin Taylor, of Germantuwn, spenl a day la.st we.k with -Mrs. Ja¬ cob  Hart,   of   Cokl  Point.
Miss Jean Stead, ol Cokl Point, spent Tuesday with her friend. Miss E-mily Cleaver, uf Plymuuth" Centr.', and was also a caller at iJie home of Miss Catherine Junes, iu Consliohock¬ en,  last  Saturday.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Shel¬ ler, of Cold Point, during the weejt- end   w.ere   .Mr.   and   :Mi's.   Albert   Bag-
sider  lownship mailers.
nalt    of   Pliiladelphia,   and    the   two \ ning.
NORTH   WALES
A big deligaliun of the D. V. P. U. allended the big cunveiuion in Phila.
Mrs. Harris Key sor, Jlrs. Mary Johnson, Mrs. Linford Christman and daughler are atteaiding a B.'iptist Mis¬ sionary convenlion tills week at Buckneli   college,  Lewlsburg,
Communion services were Iield in the   Baptist   churcii   on   Sunday   mor-
111' 11,   as   the   weather   cundltiuns   have' iiuL   Leen   favorable. ¦
'I'iie   game   here   Sunday   lias   post- p.ined   on   account   of   rain.   The   ciub wilicil   was   to   have   played   here   was he  Thompsuii   A.   C.   A  game   will   be layed   as   usual   next   Sunday. At   the   recent  meeting   uf   che   West oint   Fire   company,   which   was   at- ended  by a fair numlier of  the inem- L-rs   lhe   usual  order   of  business  was triinsacted.        The    .S.'crctaiy    reported have   received   the       annual      returns mn  the   VVliite Hall  Mutual  Fire  In- .-airafico   compaiiy   in"' the   fbitil 'of     a check   for   the   sum   uf   .'51j,   for   which the   membera   are   very   grateful.
Geoi'ge  A.  Seipt  has   taken  into  his employ   Karl,   the   grandson   ot   .Simon Frick.   The   young   man   has   recently recovered    from   a   severe    illness. Don't   forget   the   watermelon   feast -There was much of inu-r.'st in tlie old j *»   "'«   '"^'^   '^V   the   West   Point   Fire ' ported   liaving' issued palace,   which   is   still  w. ne   preserved, i «^°"il'''"y   Saturilay   ovening,   July   23. | ing  .i;3]. !     Dr.   SlKdly   then   returned   to   Paris, ' ;^.''"-'   c-ominittee   is   charge   promises   a        ,|.,,^,   treasurer,      Samu.'l   A.   Fai,.st 'and  .soon  thereafter sailed  from  Cher-; f"»   «un)ri.se   tiiat  evening  in   the   way ! i.ppg,.tp,^   .^   b.,i.,nco   of  $1750.
buurg.    During   almost   tbe   whole   ^'^^ l^lj^^^^'tife '''eoLnv'^Ve^^^^^^^^ 'i'ho   following   bills     were     ordcrc.;
weeks  ho  eiicounter.^d   unusual y  co d. 1 "^*;'"'-"^'' , "-"f   conipany    ntecis    ,yoi»     ..,.,,.     vvi.-.,;.h,7.i;„„        i.-.j,.,.   <.,,,n„.,m wet   weather,   but   despile   this   liandi-i h^Jl''   ""^l   l^ese   events   are   held   fori;.-'.,";     \^i-'inle-u!t^W-^^' 'c.'.p,  ho reports a most delightful timr. i "-he  purpose  of providing  lunds  in  "'¦^'scIlwoerel•   SlVs    Fedi Telt?nl,on« com
" 'der that your home, and  perhaps your ' "^"^^°^"''>  '^-o.   Den   telephone corn-
life, may be protected again.st fli-e. j l--yb •^4.SU; Ddwin F. Koberts, s,4s.ij; Help the boys, and they will surely I •/^'"Ij't'i' ^/f,'",V,'^''-,.,„*'?¦""',, ^'''^^'', '^' help   you   In   case   of   need. ^ I Kobeits,   .$00.30;  .PhiU.delplila   Subui-
Saturday      evening   the   Pa.st   Presl-i''¦tn-<-od""t-'^_«'is &  Kleclnc company
H.   Henderson   an.l   Co.,   who   were   rt cenlly   awarded    the        contract       for such   work   in   that   liuilding.   The   ii: stallalion   of   clocks   and   buzzers   wa also ordered iiy the. biiird from thein- lia-natioiial    Time    Recording    Co.
Tho temporary .school building' i now to be advertised lor >iie t. .. removed as,.soon as possible. to take some action relative to i. . onimend arlother method ol ca the ollicer from the pre-'-ent telphon systein of call Ijoxen, v.Iiitli may I. .discontinued. .'..,.'.    .    -   -   '
The bond  of Edward  C.  Scott,      ta;, coll'-ctor,   was  duly  approveil.       **
The   (Ire   committti e,    borough    im¬ provement   committei'    and    the   Ixv- ougli   properly  and   suji] ly   committee I ha.l   no   reiports.
The  building   nerniit   committee   n - permits   total
McailuUen boys from Girard college. ]VIJ.=s Elsie Sheller was also their gticst, and Mr. and Mrs. Fr.id AVorth .ind children, from the city, were S-unday callers.
I'hilip Grove has returned home last week from at a city hospital for an operation for prostrate gland, and is improving.
I'l'ank Krieoel, of the North -Wales homo   from
Mr.   and    Mrs.   George   Builey   and i Water   Co.,   has   returned daughter,    of    Cold   Point,    and    Mrs. ! a   visit   to   Long   Island. Jennie   AVahl,    of   Germantown,   spent i     The   Legionnaires   had   a   very   suc- the   holidays   in   .-Vllantic   City. -cessful   bazaar   and   festival     .on   the
i.lharlc-   ll.'iiilricks  and   family.   Cold ¦ iilaza   on   Saturdaj'   evening. Point,    sp in    the    week-end    at   their j     A   girls'    choir   has   been    organized cottage   in   Stone   Harbor. lln  the   Dai,tist    church,      with       Jlrs.
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Christian  AVissler and i Lloyd  Robinson  as leader,  who render lamily,   of   Ltuisdale,   spent   Sunday  at' excellent  music.
the home of -Mrs. JIaggie Rhoads, ol Plymouth Ci«itre, who had been their guest  fur  the  i>ast  iWo   weeks.
Mr; and Mrs. liugene Lightkep, Plymouth Centre, called on Jlr. and .Mrs. Harvey Rex, of Conshohocken, last Thur.sday. and on Sunday ihey and tlieir children visited with Jti'. and M<>i. Walter Liglitkep, of >;orris- town.
Mrs. Mary Pisher, who has been stricken with an illness due to her advanced years, is lailing rapidly and is i>epod'led in a semi-conscious con¬ dition at her homj. in Plymouth Cen¬ tre.       - .
The Cold Point castle, K. G. E., met last Thursdaj' c^•ening to elect oflicers and the lollowing men were named to oflice. George Kirk; past grand chief; Louise Killmer, noble chiet: Clayton Rex. vice chief; Mel¬ vin Thinim. sir herald; AA'alter Khoads, !: ^h priest. These offlcers are O'l'di o election semi-annually, l.hstallatioii is scheduled to be heid ^lis Thursday evening at the Urange jfwill. Plymouth Centre, where the c;is- yl^e convenes. Sick and death btsne- fiHs   were  reporteel   to  be   in   excess  of
i'Vldman's  newly remodelled    depart- m.iu  slore  building  will  lie  feady  for opening-   in   a   few   days   with  the   lat- ' est   sliow   windows   and   fixtures.
The   ccnienting  of  Elm  avenue  was completed   last  week. i     Donald   Cassell   has   purchased       a , home on  Soutii Sixth street, to which
he   will   move. I     A   largely   attended        mid-summer ' comniunion   service    w.is   held   in     St. Luke's   Reformed   church   on    Sunday ' morning.
I The Baptist Sunday school will pic¬ nic at Jlenio Park on Saturday. I Higliland avenue, from Jlain street , to Fairview avenue. Is now being I macadamized by the borough, a very much  needed  improvement.
AVhile   ni.'iny   industrial   mills       are complaining   of  dull  business,   the  At¬ las Asbestos works and the Kleen Pro- .  ,, ,.   , ducts Co., makers of picnic plates and     .^ i. spoons,   report  .a  rush   ol  orders,   and   ""eeK. the   Swartley   Street   Carpet   Jlill   is I     -*"¦'^¦ working  over  time  to   fill  orders.
JIlss   Ann.T.  Krieble,  who   suffered   a struke,   is   slightly   improveil. I
I     The Reading Railway Co. is prepar- | Ing   to   lay   ncAV   9-inch   rails   through
ho reports a most delightful which   afforded   him   a   much   ne<'d.=d r.ist   frum   iiis   aclivo   practlco.
WHITEMARSH
Jlr. and.. Jlrs. Frank Anderson ami daughter Laura and Jlr. and Jlrs. J. B. Hoffman, uf Prospectville, visiit-.-l Joseph  JIaust  and  family   on   Sunday,
Jlrs. JIary Ella Hinkle, of Whii.- niarsh, di. il at her home on Tuesday evening and was buried on Frid ly afternoon   in   St.   Thomas'   cemetery.
Laura -Anderson, of Prospectville, is   visiting   her  cousin   at   this   place.   I
Rev. X. B. Groton, pastor of Hi. I Tliomas' chureh, is attending confer- ! cnce   this   week. '
Betty   Riker,   daughler   of       Jos.'i'ii| Riker,    of   AVhiteniarsh,    visited        li- r! grandparents,       Jlr.   and   Jlrs.   J; 1. ^ •.".o-   Conshohocken       over, week-i«id.
Parish   Soeiety   of   Whitemarsh joyed   a    -,-tT?!r.t-   at   .'-'a' -i.e.ga    Park   "'.' ' Saturday.
Jfrs.   AA'm.   Degn,   of       Hope   Lodge | farm,  entertained a few of her fricii.ls on    Thursday   afternoon. I
Jlrs.  Wm.  Jloore  and  sons,  AA'illii'ii and   David,   and   daught.-o',   Ruth.   i--. turned   home   on   Salnr iter   hiv¬
ing   spent   some   time   at   Stone   Hu - bor.
Joseph Jfaust visited his sist. r. ; Jlrs. I.  X.  A'arnall, on  Fridny evenint.;
Jlrs.   John   Roshong   and    daught' i'. i
ten],
tiie
on-
vlslted   ri^atlves   h.>
of   Bridgeport on  Friday.
Jlr.   and   Jlrs.   Frnnk       Smith,       "f Hallowell,    attended   the   funer.tl C
the  former's   aunt,   Friday,       at    tMs place.
Harry   Hinkle,     of      Conshohock'-1, relatives   in   Whiteimarsh   1, -^t
dents' Association of the Pa.triotic Order Sons of ..Unerlca met Saturday evening in the AVcsl Point camp room. There was uuite a large at¬ tendance. Past State President A. D. Boyer, of Potlstown, and Prof. Ralph Smith, ol Lansdale, were the speak¬ ers. The usual order ol business was transacted.
No services will be held in Grace Reformed church until Sunday, July ¦34th, when it is believed the congre¬ gation will have the opportunity oli hearing a trial minister. -All mem¬ bers ar# urged to altend this ser¬ vice. In the mean time Sunday school sessions will be held at the regular hour   each   Sabbath   day.
Local memibers will be pleased to know that $l(i!i will be added to the farmers' hall lund, for the recent community party held on the AVor¬ cester   school   grounds.   The   result   i.<
! very  gratifying.
!     Joseph   Lucas,   who   has   been   con¬ fined   in   a   Philadolphia    hosplt.'il   un-
' dergoing    treatment,    has      suflficleinly recovered  to  return   to   his  home.
Sneak thieves entered the Cdftk refreshment    stand    .Sunday    night    or
: early   Jlonday   morning   and       robbr.l
; the place of candy,  cigars and cigar-
j cttes and  also  a .sum  ol money.  They
I also    stole   a    quantity   ol
I|i3;;4.57; L K.B.Hans".lI, $3.38; Ambler (iarage, .'jliO.IIO; G. Jl. Deck & com¬ iiany,    71)   cents:    K.'.witoiie   TelephoiU'
company, $21.96; Brilliant Jli.nufactur- ing comi*ny, SlU.oU; Charles Ji I Stout, .$3.99; J. AV. Craft & Sons, $10.- 12; Keasbey & Jlattison eompany. $7.93; Brenncman & Brady. Inc., .>!.- ,S0; Nic <fc Lyle, $ti.'27,: C. Raymoml 'I'liomas liall, $115.49; Samuel A. AVi'ir, $74.: 45; John. Caniburn, $32.S. Faust, $2.'-); A. .1. JIurphv, $144.92; total   $1144.
ORELAND
Jlis
Jlrs.   JIary    Dickinson       and LUraee  Fry,  Jlr.  and  -Mrs.  Geoi'ge  Foi- j : on  and  Frank  Dickinson,  all  residents ; cl    Philadelphia,   were   entertained    by Jlr.   and   Jlrs.   Leonard   .Schaeffer,   on Sunday. ]
Williani   Jlooney,    of   AVeldon,    pur- j , chaser  of  the  Gillingham  estate      on ; Bridge  streii,  is having repairs made I thereto.
I The annua! picnic of the Lutheran i : .Sunday schuul will be held Saturday. ; August 13, at Foi'est park, Chalfonl.' ' Everybody welcome to join with the :membii's. Buses wilJ be afforded for] 1 transportation, and those not mem- 1 I bers   of  the  school   will  "oe  charged   a j
gasoline. ' tare of 50 cents, or children, 25 cents, showing that whoever the robbers i Russell Barnes has begun the con- are  they  came, in  a   machine.
The  registry assessor  of  the  tow •ship  win   sit   at  the  regular       polling ' business.
'struction of anothcii- building and  loft j r'/,Y,h„,.f),I.a i-n-.'for   his    rapidly    increasing        I'leeon T  ^Vr       in,i
Frantk   Anderson   and Eugene   Kralz.   of   Prospectville, tended  the   funeral   of  Jlrs.   Mai-y ta  Hinkle   on   Fridny.
Jlrs. I't- Ft-
;i,siii»
during the pas^t C months, one of  town for ihe new electric signal to be |
th.' largest premium reports of pay¬ ments made to dependents during the life  of this   castle.
M. Wesley Detwiler, supervising principal of tho AA'liitemarsh cchools. has been named a_s enumerator of the school children, again this year by the   district   board   of   directors.
The Sunday scliool picnic for Cokl Point has Leen arranged 10 tal<e place Thursday. July 2S, at Elm-n'ood park. The matter was discussed and .set¬ tled at the meeting of tho Sunday Kchiiol board last Thursday evening at the Mai'ple homo in Plymouth Meet ing. In conducting further the board elected Mi'S. Earl Buck- man as substitute teacher in the jun^- ior  departmient.
installed  soon.
MARRIED
ME'ADOWS—HARRIS On  July   7.   Janies   3.   Jleadows,     t member   uf   the     United   State     Jlar ints. and  Dorothy JI.  Harris,  of Jen kintown.   Pa.,   wei'e   manied G.   JI.   AAliitenack,   at   the lan   man.se,   Duylestown.
by   Rev. Presbyter-
Cadet  Keller Promoted Cadet Ed-(\'ard B.      Keller,      United   , business ' .stiite  Milltai-y  Academy  West  Point, I "Uncle Joe
(continue^d  On  |iage  S)
New Tork, son of Jlr Mahlon Keller, Perkasie and .iiiiiointtd to tba acadiimy by tho Hon. Henry AV. Watson, was ajipoinied a cadet sergeant in the .J corps ot cadets.
Declines Perkiomen Post
Ralph S. Adams, of PiTkiomen .avo¬ nue, Lansd,ale, who was elected -vitie J iilnc.ipal of the Pej-kiomen .Schi "1 ilt Pennsburg lai-'t month, \rill not ac¬ cept the post and -n-ill rem.ain wi'.ii the Reformed church board as a n- r;il  worker.
.Announcement is made of the '1- ection of Prof. Joseph A. Rotherrii' 1. former vico president of the FranU¬ lin nnd JIar.shnll Academy nt LancaF- ter.  to  the Perkiomen  .^school  positii n.
Prof. Rotliea-mel has been at the Franklin .and Jlarsh.-ill AcaJemy many ye.ars .anil is known to hundreds ' f praduatles iiind unlilerg«ui!uateig : s He is much interested  in
place next Tuesday and Wednesd.ay July 19 and 20th. for the purpc»se of enrolling the A'oters of the townshi)) and to make correction of nny er¬ rors In the registr.v list. Only the voters on the litf may vote nt the coming primniT in September. A'o¬ ters already on the lift need not vis- It the assessor on these dates, as he is sitting only lor the purpose of en¬ rolling fhe voters  not  already listed.
iitliletics and is the "daddy" of tiie annual Fi-anklin and Jlarshall track meet, which is ono of the larg-cMl sc.holaslio track and field events ia Central   Penn.sylvania.
County    Realtors   Plan    Expansion.
Organized only sis wee-ks agn. th' Montgomery County Re.al Estate board ha.? outlined a plan of .act:-\-ity. -K\'hich Includes an intensive survey ol vir¬ tually the entire county for members and the development of .a V'i'ogram of co-ordination and pnrticlpntioii in community affairs which are of in¬ terest in the further adv.ancenient of thn  seciion. _
Application has been filed for af¬ filiation wtih the P<'innsylvani.a State Associ.ation and h.as been approv.^a by that body, -with approximately thir¬ ty active real estato men and firms listed on tho applic-.iticn. In addition there nre approximalcly fiftv assoclntn members and .a number of co-active members. 1
Juseph JlcCauley and George Ro¬ berts are erecting portable asbestos homes on Orleman avi>nue.
JIiss   JIarie   Gallagher,   havirg   re¬ covered   nicely  from  an  operation  for appendicitis       nt       Abington   huspital, was  .allowed   to  return      homo      last 1 Saturday. 1
Mr.   und   Mrs.   A.   L.   Aiman       and ' Jlr.   and   Jlrs.   Russel   Barnes   visited | Charles   Harmer  and     family,   o£   Ol¬ ney,  on  Sunday.
Mrs.   Thomas   Jlurphy     and       Jlis.-i' Myrtle   Thon   spent   Jlonday   in       the cifli^ together. ;
Tho aivard of tho Chevrolet car will' be  made   next   Saturd.ay   under       tht nusrdces   of   the   Orelaml     Communi;\ Brotherhood,   and    the    iroceeds   will be  devoted  to tho      park       purchase j fund.   The   p-otherhood   has   suspend-! ed   regular   n.cetings   until   .Sept.    13.
"Tho Neighbors" Had Picnic TwentA''-iseveni mombers ot "The Neighbors," Hatboro, enjoyed a picnic on Thursday at "West Wind," the homei of Mrs. Philip J. Mitchell, chair- man of the legislative rommltfee of the clu'o. Aa the day was soi, cold and windy, the ladles ate lunch in the din- ] Ingl   room   and   later   played   charadus
Christian   Endeavor   Plans   Lawn   Fcta —Mra.    Scott       Caught    Fingers    in Grass     Cutter   —   Jarrettown       and Dresher   Happenings. Inview    uf   the    sijl.ndid   iiiissonary     ¦
-vvork     of   til'    Chiistiiin        En.leavor
society  ot  the  tii. m   church  oC
iloi-snani a lawn fete lias been plan¬ ned for this Saturday evening anil will bc held on the Friends' Jle..ting- house ground.s as a beneilt for tlia missidiiai-y fund. Fo sevi'i-al ye.irH the local society lias won the higiiest lionor., in this gn'at social work ab.ivm all other Chiistiaii Endeavors of thei .\ortli Penn braiieh of liie Chrisliaii; l-Tndeavor iini..11. 'I'he lawn fet.' will be an iifterneon nflair, and r.-fresli- iiien.,s of Ice cream, soft drinks .'in<^ home bilking will be si'i'ved. Such Wire the urrangi 111. nts of the Hors- liani so.-iel.y al a incting lii'l.l .M.1.1- day evening at the home of .Mr.s, l-.ila.   I''illmiiii   in    llallow.'ll. ..,
; JIiss Lillion Craven ha^^ recovereil very nicely from her recent operas lion at thj Xortiiweslern (.lenei'iil hos- pital and was able to return to her homo in  Horsluim   on   tjatur.lay.
Edward Thonias, of Hallowell, who nl.so undirwent a similar operation at the Xorthweijtern General hospital, was able to return hum" last Thurs^ day and is strung enougli to be about again.
.Mrs. Maud,< AVorstall, of Horshftm, is spending  the munth in Ocean    City.
i J. Wesley Freas, storekeeper in Horsham, has been suflering witrx rlieumatism for several days and IiaHi been    lesling    from   his   duties.
Leroy l.'orkcr and f.imil.v, of Tacony, who have just returned from a trip to Nliigara  Falls  uud  Canada,  relurn-
; ed anil spent Sunday al the hume ol" his foster piirents, Jlr. and Jlrs. l''runls i''orker, of Horsliam. Jlrs. I.ydia Ber¬ ger, of New Hope, and .Air. and Jlr.-j* Charles Dreher, ol Tacony, were call-, ers at tiie Forker home on Sumlay evening'.
Jlrs. Sarah ;ind Jlrs. JIartha Jar^ rett, of llorsheam, have b <en holding social lunelieons lo enlfitiiin a num¬ ber of their Iriends during the past, week and wiil hold .'i llnal funcUor\ to their relatives and local friends tlii.si F'riday afti'iiioon on the lawn of thi-ie hoiiie   on   Babylon   ruad.
Jlrs. .Scott, of Horsham, is suffer¬ ing wilh a badly laecratnd hand which was injured in tlio cogs of a griisa culling niaehine a fortnight ago. .She is now having ti'aeated at the -Abiiig^ ton   hospital.
1 Jlr. iind Jlrs. Edwin (Jtiild and daughler, of Horsham, spent last weeiC visiling the latier's sisier, Jlrs. Carl« ton  I'iilincr,   ol   Jiorrisvillc'.
l.'ranklin A. Crockett, of Horsham, left on Wednesday for Ocean Cily, where he will join JIiss Su.sannii L. AValton for a few days' vacation. i'otU will   reiurn   on   Friday   niorninff.
The   ambulance   irom   Abington liofi-. liital   hurried   to   the   home   of  Charlie I'rice   on   Jlonday   iiltia-noon   nn.'   '-¦"' veycd  tlie daugliter to  the  liospii
'treatment of a serious fhtei-nal iii
Hoisham defeated a Willlow Grovo team in biiseball Sundiiy 10 to 3. Oa Friduy  Halboro  iield   them  to  a  7   l.j  7
tie.
I     Mrs.   Charles   Jfeisnei'   ::iis     opened
' her   suminer    home    near        Halloweill
afler having spent the winter ii\ apartnienis   in   Tioga.
I Jliisses Lillian and Ruth Shankln ol Hallowell, left Saturday to spend some time with Jlrs. Waltei' Kneezel, of   MechanicsviUe.
I Jlr. and Jlrs. Charles Ridpath. ot Hatboro, paid a visit to Mr. and Mra. Ciiarles   Rutherford,   of   Hallowell,   oa
' Monday.
i Tho tongegatlon of the Grace Unioa church   of   Horsham   enjuyed   a   treat
¦ Sunday evening when the.'.- heiird JJr. l-'red Tinsley in a tenor solo. Rev, Air. Cate, the pasior preaclicil il very fine sermon on  the  opic of "Forgiven-
' ness." In the morning the pastop spok I   un   tho   subject,   "Just   Strength
' for   Today."   Sundiiy   school   m 'ets   in
Jthe   morning   at   9.45,   church   at       11;
! Chrislian Kndeavor at 7, and evening worship a 7.45.      The Sunday      SclwoJ
I board was entertiuned at the liornQ of Jlrs. Ella Fillman on Tuesday evening and ai-rangem;"nls wero iniidij for   tiie   annual   churcii   iiicnic.       Tho,
jliustees also held a .short business sea-, sion   later  in   the  eveniir-r.
i     Jlrs. Clara  Schaeffer.  uf  Ti.;.ga,  call*
' ed on "Ilari-y Rutherfurd, of HaUoweU on   Sunday,
i Howard Hubbard, Sr., has jusl un¬ dergone :l second gliind operation at the   university   hospital   fjuite  success-
I fully  and  is expected  to  return  to hla
I home   in   Horsham   In   anolher   weel*.
I M. J. Dillon, of Jarrettown, rejiorta the  potato  crop  quit.'   promising      fov"-
; this  year.
1     Mrs.   Susan   Stackhous,   of   Hallow-
' ell, is again in -Atlantic City for arv extended   sojourn.
1      i'Vanklin   A.   Crocke'.t,   of   Horslinm,
j spent Sundti-y in fcermanlown at thes home of a, cousin, Mrs. AVilliam Hv Donagan,   who   is   criticitlly   ill.
Jlrs. .Sarah .A.nn ToinliiLSon, of Pliiladel|)hlii, hits been spending ii fev^ days with Jlr. and -Mrs. Charlei'^ of llil Howell. md Jlrs. John Ro.ssler ixnilt daughter, of Gerniiintown, and W'-ni, J. Rossler, of Trenton, N. J., calle.* on David Hartranflt, a resident of tle^ K. O. E. home, David Grove, on Sun¬ day.
Mrs. AVilliam A'each, resident oP the K. O. E. home. David (Jrove, en¬ tertained Mrs. JIary Caruthers. ot; Hallowell.   last   Thursday.
Rev, C. A. Jlargerum, of J'arret-. town, is spending two weeka at ,-v summer   school   In   Ulica.
Wm. JI. Taylor, who is summering^ In Ocean City, returned to Jarret¬ town   over   Jlonday   night.
A diiughter was boi-n to Jlr. anc^ Jlrs. Angelo Jlarchino, of Dresher, orv Tuesday   evening.
Henry Nelson, of Dresher, took his family   on   a   motor   trip   to   Niagartv
Falls  last  week.
George Niigle, who has soart his pro-.
i perty   in  Jai'rettown  to   a  city  party^
: has   just   purchased   a   house  and   loii
in   Amblor   for   his   future   residence. John   Rotrll.:',   of     .Ambler,       vislteii^
friends   in   Dresher,   on   Sunday.
 ^j.ames Jt. Sellers, prominent Sel¬ lersville biisine;--sin.in, has pui'cha.so<i an interest in tiie Sellersville Jlotor Company. . '   :   .'H (