The Ambler Gazette 19270127

              The Ambler Gazette
VOL. XLII1~:S^O. 52
AMBLER.    PA.   JANtJARY   27,   1027
.«1.75   A   YEAR
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m COLD POINT
EUREKA
The Siiniley mornlns sermon "Clirls- j tiiin Hdut'ution" was preached liy Ittv. I..oii)hart.
l'"rom the iiresent to Marcii 27th I stcwardHhlp ia to be emphaalzecl in I thf Reformed church. The annual I Stewardship  KssJiy   Contest  tor  youn^
\ JyS    OF   LOCAL  INTEREST    TO i ixxiple  fs now  In  proKress. '•^ READERS! '     I'layei' meeting was  helc;
fiAN lODiNG m mm
HELD IN AMBLER  HAS DOUBLE DUTY
'UPPER mmm
NATIVE CUSTOMS AND PRACTICES THROUGHOUT
held       at       the
home of  .Mr.  and   Mrs.   Klmer  Clymer.
Fire  Alarm   Proved   Maid's   Mistake  at!     ^l'"- "'"1  Mrs.  Elw«od       Ilarr.-u-      on
Fernley   Home-Mr.   and   Mrs.   Jphn i'^""';^»'   ^ntortained       Mr.   and       Mrs
'' iChiirlis   StenRor   and   son   t harles,   of
Supplee Wedded 50 Years—Harmon-j j^,,injrton',   Mrs.   .Stens^r  and   (Charles,
ville   and   Plymouth   Centre. i .Ir.,  remained   for  a few  dayiS"   visit. sian    Church    in    Philadelphia—Fes
A   flre  alarm   turned   in  one  evening'     '''he farm belonging to Janies Maw-       tivities   Continued   in   Ambler—Wed- last  weok,   whicii   brought   lire  engines   son   was   recently   sold       to       Kugene       jj^g  Breakfast to  the scene  proved  a allse on at the   l<i"'>'z,    Prospectville, vr ..,„,.       ,¦    oi
home of Mr.  and  Mrs. G«orge  Fernley'     Mr. and Mra. J. I^wls Greenly visit-   „  '^   p.,,,. ri",nhf.! ,   «,   """'"f ,".'='
>Tho  reside  in  the  fo.-mer  I^ukens'  es-' ^cl    .Mr,   und   Mrs,   Carl   Kohier       on   ! ^^mbl m     vo-l^ "'
tate,   near   Cold   Point,   A   hoavy   blast i Sunday, snn^w!      ,'     nl     f    I , "'"¦'•>"««-¦'
Miss   Gladys   Ught   was   the   week-   '^"""•'•.V   m   one   of   the   most       unnue
JURY   AND   MILITARY,   DISCUSSED BY  CONTROLLER   IRVIN
First   Vows  Taken   in   the   Great   Rus- i Addresses Before Kiwanis Club of Am¬ bler  Urges  Patriotic  Regard  for  Our ICountr^s    Sacred    Institution^—Ki¬ wanis   Directors   Hold   Meeting. 'Thli',, are  two duties given  to every voter,   u"t  only  of  our  county,   but  of the nation," said      County      Conliollci- WiUluin C. Irvln to the ..tmbler Kiwan-
t.''':urrlng  at   one   of   the   stet^l   factor-.      -            „„,    i„,„„„„n„„       ,. ,        ., .       ,
les In Ivv Park caused the maid of the , end  gue.sts of  Mi.ss  Francos  Hoover,       -""I     nteie,stlng   ceionioiiles    that   lias   ians  on   Tuesday  evening  at  their re
Fernley family  to  vision  gas  tanks  In       Mrs,    Carl    Koliler    with   a   number | ^y^^    "'^"^'; ^'!Vr.L"L \    ,       ^'l''*  «"'ai-  'linner  meeting.   "These  are,  the
the   cellar   ci'oating   havoc   to   one  end   of   her    Ftr/yleMtown    friOnkls   recentily   J^",';^.';;,", ,,!1*'™°1^„,T"!„"^'-'' _"'™",^'h-| duty t„  serve   the  Jury,  and   the 'duty j home  on  Pennsylvania
of the houso.  She thereupon  phoned In   w«^nt to Philadelphia  to .see "Big Boy,"
a   fire   alarm   to       which       companies!     Mr,  iind   Mrs,   William  Kohier      antl
from  Barren  Hlll,  Hannonville,  Spring' Misses   Klejinor   Harrar   and   Margaret
Mill   and    Conshohocken        i esponded,   Kohier   attendod   the   oratorio,       "The
I ORtLAND
j      It is IntorestiiiK  lo iiMie  that durin:-; I (he   rocont   rad'o   i.'li.pbono   trans-At¬ lantic C(>nvoi'siit,oii ),et\\'eon  Now  York
and   London   the   niossage   was  picked
up   b.v   some  anialeui'   radio   receiving
sets    in   this coiiiit,\,   .Among  these     is
numborod        Bi-.idley    Algoo,        whose
singlo  cireuil   .s<>t   was  able   to  attract
the long waves into hift ear phones and I
make   both   oall  and   aiiswtr   mes.sages
pt'-rfootly  a'uHble. 1 	
.1.   ..Milton   ISi'ook   mul   lamily     sp'U.    lev   RnaH.   I ..-i   .      .     ..
tho  week-end  in  Atlantic  City. i'ey   Roads   Lead   to   Accdents-Ladies
.lanios Miirkham is roixirtod improv- :     "    "'"^'^ ChupCh  Prepare Supper for
I ing and  able  to  sit  up  in   bod. [     ^^^-   5—Jarrettown       and
I     .Milton  Yerkes and  his  father enjoy- •     Notes.
i od  a motor  tr.pa to fitmaii,  .\. J.,  on ]     Klipperv  roads   Siini.,,, .,. i   ai      , : Sund'iv J "".HIS,  .'^unliiy .and  Monday,
i Mr;.^.tor,uan ttoed has again lo- h:r%:r:e:LrT::z:^^i^:"z
, turned   homo   from   Abingt.m   hospital   other   on   Moreland   nve/me vvm'"^°
ibriti^iiroter'''""'""'''''" •'"'^'^ ¦" y;-;?'^'-':-""^"-^" ""--•'-"
i bit  impioved.                                                       '""'v'nK- h'« Dodge louring car   be \vaa I     B.   C.   Algeo   and   osn.   Bradley,   Jr..; struck  b,  (leorge Snmmors   of      ,v ^s now  nicely   settled   ¦"   ¦"¦¦^i"     •"¦"           ¦       ""kih. or   i io.mls-
MISCELLANEOUS    ITEMS    OF    IN- TEREST
Dresher
the   Rev.   Mr.   Kianks,   pastor   of       Ihe
Upon arriving at      the  scene the flre- ; Holy    Citv,"   whicb    the   Nitshamlnlny r"«   ''P„   -7, '    7;   "^^^^^
aion  found   no  blaze  nor  any   trace  of | P.'e.shytorian  choir rendered  on P^'ldav   f .^  ' ^,;"r"'  "    x"i?^,'",h      'l^c   il"""
fianies. Kxplar..a .on revealed the maid s , evenlr.„.       ..^^^^^  ^^^^^   ^^^^^^^   ^^^,^   ^^^^ ^^^^  _^^^^_
caiigbt il   iiart
mistake. The blast, it appears. oJmes from the steel mills when slag and arhe;j at exU'eme heat is discharged franit he Area and out Into a heap Vhere .striking cold' snow or water a reactive   explosion   occurs
OBITUARY
, ,     I '     —-    "''e     now  nicely   settled   in   their     iww , io\vn,   at   the   M..ii.,„„ii   .   ',, '      ¦•¦¦;-"
,        , ,, , hrou,gh-   duty to  serve   the  jury,  and   the 'duty j home  on  Pennsylvania  avonue, 'as   tl,     at e^'     i "^"i •''"'"^^'   ¦''"•'''^"
out, and the same customs as ompIo^e,l   to serve as a soldier," '      s.irah Unruh Collins  a sister of Mrs    Tbe    -J?     r    f^ttonipted   to   pass   bim,
in    that    country    were    followed.    The!     "Ours   is    far   from    mililaiistic   na- j DutTlel Stout   olPe;^^ -•
t,r.st   step   m   unitmg   lli^.   young  couple 1 tlon.   though   there   ar,-   many who I who for a Io ig period of vcirs was an '   f     h^    sidoM;      P    XT   "'^
was  Utkon  when  thoy  appeared  before i would    picture    it    so;    y«    we   must ! invalid in the state hospital, la-t woe" le'eaped       iliurt    Tl o "'\ '"'".'T'''
no«l8 looognixe preparedness us an Is- | fell  and  broVc her  hip  in  the  institu-   ar    Easton    ro'd     S mr,^,""      aeeulent »u«   t,j   insure    p,ftc|., !,i„n and  is  In a very serious condition,'when   •,   count   In    ,n^;       "'•^,""-'-<l
T\o    would    have   our    nation    le<idlfrom  the  shock.  On  Saturday  lasl   she   tenvted    to    soeoVl    „.   ,,     ''".V""   ' the World, ^re would have It recognized ! was       removod   to   the   hotne   of       bor   nnl   skidded   fliVt       l''''"! ' another    car
JOHN   CARN Jtyhn   Carn   long  a   resident  of  pro-
jnlng when the custom was completed jby the band, composed or several nian- Idolln players, marchtxl the best man, Iwho   was   Dewey    I^oronskj,    to       his
mlnence
HarnionviUe,   was   burioil jhome,   A   wedding breakfast  was  serv
lave It recognized j w^as as .foremost  aniong   nations,   yet       wo ' d.'i,ughter, would  neglect our vote—our duty—and leave our ship of      stato a derelict for mai'le  neglect  of  this   duty,
'Evi'ry Aimriian  has the duty offer
W'ill'ow
lasl   she , tempted of .Mrs,   Biu'liman   Iloupt.
irto   the  car       tliien
.. , ..      ,   '" , •"¦¦•OH-'' th.. trolley tracks Into tho ditch.
Clove    where   an    atfrndant    A  wheel   wns  torn   oft      during       this
Is    ever  watchtul  of  her grave    con-    adv-ntuio.    The   driver   adniitted    his
fault,  but  as  the      other      wis      not The   Sprlgfleld   Township   T.eaguo   of  dam.ngod, was n.,t bold by the"
an'
tor.   I'Ull il,  of  Conshohocken,  were  en- 1
tei'lainod   at   the   home  of  Mrs.   Jacob! ,   ,  .,
Hnrt,  of Cold   Point,  0   d.ay  last week. ; St.e,   and   two  sotus,   Ceorge  and  John, Misses   Atrna   and   Jeanette       Ken-:''^"'7'^^:    Doceasod    was   >n erred    pri- worthy   of   Philiiidclephla,   nieces       of jv^^tely  in  the cemetei'y at Barren  HUl. Mrs.   Ge-n-ge   F.ailey,   of   Cold       Point, 1 WILUAM   B.   RHOADS
Point,   who  .were   her  guests   for   sev- i     q,,   Sunday,   J.inu.'iry   23,   Justice   of
, ! ville,
A Avife,  Mary Jane,  .and  a  dau.ghter.
folk  dances  of  the   Servian       country        "Many   d,i   not   lecognlzfe   jury   duty [Mrs,  A.  Bothe,   who  has  provod  ,.   de Then   anothier'custom,   unk,ue   as  wt^l | with   any   regard.   .Some  avoid   it   with ! ligbtful host. Two days l.ast weok werei .'IS  en,u,ya ' .lie  playful  attempt 1 weak oxcus,>. There Is no sense of duly   spent   in   Now   York,   also  a   week-enn I
upon   the   part   o     the   friends   of   the U.cqiflred  Is being  drawn  for  this obli- ihouse party,  the guests i.eliv-t Mr, andj groom   to   steal   the   bride,   but       ihey ication,   AU,n,%,   likewise,   do   not  recog-IMrs,    Richard    Smith,    We.st       Phila.;
let   Mr.   and   Mrs.   C.  A.   H^wo,  of  Di-exel
Charl <s Hodges, Horsliam, is report¬ ed still sullering from thi> infootion ot an it grown toe nail. Removal of the nail at the Abington hospital has fiiven  him  only     partial   relief.
M'r.s,    WilmeV    ^\¦ood,    Ilorsliai
Is
day.
were 'detected   and   brought before  the I nize   military   duly.   They   would
judge,   in   tho  person   of  Mr.       tHadin, 1 our national ship flounder in   themur-.Hlll ^       ' "" | about again after a  short  lllneK,^'
eral  weeks,   returned  home  on   Satur-. ,,,rpe.,oo   wiui^imB "Rho'ids  of  fort   '""^ each  was oblig.rJ  to  p|.y a sum   of   key targl,. of Intorn.atlonal affairs. Mr.   and   Mrs.   Paul   Swo*e   w.,re   in-       Mrs.   Mary   C.   Williams,   rosldonl   nt
Washington   dtratthT Naval hosp      '"""^ ""  '«  ^'"-J   """^t   bo  rnc-,.gnized   as  a   vited  guesls at  an  in-town card  party   "orsham,    is    now    enjoying    pleasant
)^,;     W  u";iph^^ a   UngtM^ik     r.    "^ ^   -'nJoyahe  n.s  the  v.cal   selec- 'duty, an obligation uf   the highest .,ual-I on  Wednesday   evening. summer   conditions   at   Mt.   Dora.   Fla.,
I'ui^ra^   serv^^^^ ?,"   "'"'"r/""!"";  '""I there | ity   that   ou. s   shall   be   a   nation       of'     Hi.storic   Uelmont   mansion,   in   Pair    ""here   she   has   gone   to   .spend        the
toon   suspended   during   the       extreme-,,,;  ,,,,„,';"'t''sUiuel       Yeakte,      krt' ^1?: '." Z!''^ "^ount   p.u'k,   where   Washington     and i ^^'nter,   M.'.s.   William   writes   thai   .she
weather.  Plastering  ar.d  a  few  finish- ' VVashinglon,  this Wjednesday      at Ing touches remain  to he      completed, I p,^,,,,^,,^ y^^,   ime„„ent will be inade at   „,
Allentowr.,   Pa.
Work  on   the   new home  of  Mr.  and
"VThon the house Is complete Mr, Shel¬ ler expects to  move his f.amily therein I
^jCent ,so onjoyawo .and harmonio'.;s, The       -vw   ,„„st   be   p.'on.-irod   for       ,.voiy ' I.afay ette   we.-e   entertained, has   be./n i''"Joys  comfort on   tbo  poi'ch   of       the
! groom   IS  .juite  well  known  to  a .argo   fmergoivy   th.-o.i«b   the   dominant   ef- ! remodeled   to   its       oi'iginal colonial ^'lotol   in   .summ-r   clothing   wilh       lhe
mnbor   of   our   residents,   lie   is   the   forts   of   eve.y   individual   citizen   and! beautv   and   will   ho   known tig son  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Bal.nt.  of | bis vote.
and  Is  the  third  chair bai'Vior
the j tempo, ature   at  80  degrees. 'Plateau   Playhouse."   .Miss   Klsle   .Mit- I     Wm.   M.   Taylor,   of   Jar.'otluwn,   is Suth,   in   brief,   iue   tno   words   from 'chell Is one of the mejnbers of tho ori- ion a business trip to West   Vi.-ginia,
'Mary'^'Xnfie tit't\himer,   tVhose' fHrHer.^tJ,f ^,,p j,^ational OiTard of Penmi., being
the      lato   Aiidiow   Borkhim.o.',   owned t,,,   ^^^.^^.^   quarteiniastor   of   tbat       or-i
a   large   farm   below   Cold   Point       '"'ganizalion,  and  was  also a veteran ofl
Whittmiai'sh   township,   is   quite   inter-| ^^^  „j,.^„j^,j  ^„^(,,.i^,,^„  „.a,. |     Mis .-    . ¦ ,,
esting, and  though  crippled  slightly  in,     ^,,.   j^hoads was the son of Tilgh.nan j end   with   her   parents,   .Mr,   .and   .Mi's. !'""i   lancien
PROSPECTVILLE
Viola  Williams spent the wecik-
one limb  is  active at  tbe  ago  of
7.S
V.   nnd   Elizabeth   14.   Rhoads   and   isj'^i'thur  Williams.
years.   Her   hu.sband,       Johr.  ^"I'P'ee, 1 ^^|,„^,j,^,p,^    ,,y    three       sisteis: Mrs, |     The   Toadies'    Aid   socioty,   ot   Pros
.\ lottei*,, .-lecelved from a committee of the Rotai'y club discoui'agcd an Inter-club ladles' night social, and in community social. Opinion expressed at the moeling dis¬ couraged this heni-tily anl lbo acting committi'e was instruoled lo review the niatter further with the Rot.arians.
Visito.'s int.'oduced   lo   the   niem)>ei'S
me'tlnc  In  the nftornoon.
who originally came from Norriton'.,,1,,,,^.^^ g uitfin, Ani"olei-,; Mrs, Sam- Peclville M, K, church, will meet at towTiship, farmed the oL;l B.a-khimer ¦ ,^,^, Yeaklo, Fort Washington, and Mrs, the homo of Mrs, Arthur AVUliams estaie for 3G years and  oW!;el It  until i,,    p,,.ooke   Johnson    Ambler. ! next   Tues.   afternoon,   at   which   lUmi
recently    when   ho   disposed    of Itl ' | every member  is  reiiuested  to  be  pro   ! "'"'e   VV illinn.   M,  .lohnson,  of  the  Ro-
througi.   .sale   to   the       Johns-TVIanvllU-' CH.VPLES    Pl.PMI.KY'. j ^p,^^    .^^   j,,p   ,,„i„y   ^^^^   ^.^^^^   ,^^,,„   ,„,, tai-y Clnb ot Ambler and .Tohn P, Fretz,
Company,  Two  years  ago  they bought!     cbarli's  Plumloy,  long a I'esidont ol" iopened, I"''  tho  Rot.ary   Club  of  Troy,
a smal  hous,. and  lot  on aermnntown | Ainblor,  died  Sunday  in  the  Chestnut |     Mr,  and   Mra,   F.-ank   Woi'th   a iri ved !     ^^¦''-   i'ret'/..  who  Is  the niusical bad- pike,  in   Plymouth  Centre,   where  they I |.|i,)  bo,spitaI iifter a short illness, Tho j „afetly   in   Florida   l.ast   Tuesday. i*'"' of the Troy club, favored  with sev- r.ow  residu.  The   couple  were  married j tieooased was 73 years of age, and long ;     Rev,   OiiUlth   I.loyd,   pastor of  Pr'js- un   Janua.'^   21,   1877,   at   Bobm's   Ke-j a     i-osidcnt  of  Anibler,   He  was    <-iii- | poolvllle   M,    K,    chm-ch.    Is    sufferln.g fomiad  church.  Blue  Boll,   by   the latei ,,i,,yed for many ye.irs by the Keasbey iwith    grip.
Revta'end John Sickler. Tho have' ^(j-^latllso.. company, and a short timp'I Mr. and M.'S. ("'harlos (TrOuak and beon residents since of Whitc.iiarsh i |„.f,„.,. i,e was Inkon to tbo hospiial , Mrs. Arthui- AA'illiams and Miss .\lm.a iind Plymouth lownships, and Mr. ' j^p j.,H and fiactiirod his hip. The de*. 1 Willianis we.e i^mtortalned on Sunday Supplee was always recognized as a j j,|..,„,,rl is survived by his wife nnd four j.it the home of the Misses Ijlllan flrst-class farmer. They have two chil-    |.)]iiai-on. who aro:  Ethel, wife of Sam- .and   Dorolhy  Kuuz.
drKn, Andrew W,, ;uid Edna, who la; , ^[ ;vicVaugli, of Ambler; Phoebe AV. 1 AValter Fillman .ind family wore en¬ the   wife   of   Froiderlok   Strujikl       who ! ,.,uq  i-esldes  at  home;   Ralph,  also  of ] tertained   on   Monday   evening   at   the
leside  at  home, ' .vmblei'  and Walker, who lives in Now Ihome of  M-i-,.and   Mrs,  Samuel  C.ouaif.   t''e'"ely honorable decoration. The pub
Mr    and   Mrs.   Jacoh   Hjart,   of   Cold j  ,,,,.„,,,,   The funeral sci-vices were hold       AA^m.  Brillman  returned  to his  home  '"= atC'i"''* committee was      thus
•     ¦   • • ,.^„t   week   after   having -spent   several   structed  to  look after  the  matte.
f.amily'<,n   Sundny, ~' '     -Ml',   and   -Mis.   Hibbs   wil!   .novo   into
j CENTRE  SQUARE Robert   l''aii'ley's   house   at   Jarrettown,
A nt'mber of our i-esidynts atlcndol [Which will be vncal.id by .Mr. aiid  Alj's. ! the   automob.lo   show   in   l^hiladcIphia   Lake.
i last   woek. j     Howa.-d   A.   Cressman.   iirincipal      of
i Mr. and Mis. .1. W. Bruiiiiei' locent- Ithe Jan-ettown schiMils, spent the : ly ontorUiinod the Rov. D. K. Lau- Week-end nt his home in Salfoidvllle. ' ; denslagor,    ot   Schwonksvillo, !     Mr. and  .Mrs.  Kdwa.'d (Iuild,  of  Ilor-
;      Uosplte       the  ic;'  condition  of       lb' 'ham.    entertained    her   iniighbor.'^,    .Mr, i'o:|'i,sl« jMoiplay    morning   th,e   ,scliool   and   Mrs,   AVilllams  'Downs,  TMr.       and j buses     made  tho  usual  trips  and  do- ; M.'s.   l''i-ai;k   F',rker   and   M. s.   .Matilda I livered the children to and from tlieir   Downs,   on   Saturday   eveining. I homes in safety. j     Miss  Dorothy  Ci'avene, cf  Hor.sham,
I Chautautiua will lome to Centi-.« ;lias returned from Abington hospital. I Siiua.'o Feb.'uary :;, 3, and 4th, It will j whe.-e sbe underwent tiealiiiont for I be  lho ijixlb  annual  event ot  its  Uind ian  abscessed  eaea-,  and   is  nbuiit   once
AT.r.   Frotz. r of the Tn ei'.'il   fine   solos. I     At  hte  di.'ootor's  session       following tho  regular meoting  the officers  I.ives- tigating a jiroiio.sal of the public affairs committee   favored   the   Issuance   of   a
mo'lal   at   the  end   of   this   ye.ar   to   the   '^'^"^'^       of  the  gunnmtoi-s, . ,. , „ .
citizion „f Ambler who does the  finest ^"'''!"t'^ti.,ua will be hold as rs.ial In th« I ham,   now  have   the  enjoyment   of
unselfish public act for his community
j to be held here. Tickets are now in tho   iiio.-e.
of  the  guni-nntoiM,  and       tho       Mr, and Mrs,  Fi-ank  Forker, of Hor
Such  a  medal   is  preiia.-ed   by  Kiwanis International   nnd    is   do (.nod    ,a.i    ox-
Point,   entertained   Mrs,   Irvln   Taylor, : ^j^j^,  vVediicsdny nftornoon,  nnd  inlor-
in-
ful-
of   c.ermantown,   on   Sun-lay,
A  go'xlly   quot.a  of   meiixlx'rs   ot   the
mont wns .nade in Rose HiU ce.iictoiy.
wooks In A'l.-ginia,
W.-s, Dorothy Bray, of Abington, vis¬ ited   Mr.  and   Mi'S,   Eugene   Kratz  on
8,15
Eug<?ne K.atz had the misfortune to accidentally catch his arm in the power   pump,   causing   .a   deep       gash.
Harmonvilli Fire com^any will .attend j T..n,ihlo  in  Mexico"     "oa   a.
the   .annual   barcuet   of   the       Fourth |   Lecture on    The Trouble  .nMexi.o       ,,^^^^,^.^^^y
firemen's association of Montgomery , l..ai'gc delegations itniguts 01 loi- , j^^wn.d S.nith and' fa.nilv have countv to be held February 2, at; umhus from Amblor, Olenside, Hatboro ^^^p,, j,.,.,^, jj,p formor Geoige Stong Springfleld   hotel   In   Flourtown, jnnd   Jenkintown   will   attend   the   free   ^.^^^^   ^^   ,,^p^.       recently       purchaso.l
William    infant son  ot Mr. and  Mrs. I public   lecture   ou   "The   Trouble       la
William   W.   Ambler,       of      Plymouth {Mexico"   to   be   given   by   Hon.   Joseph     ^^	
Meeting,  Is recovering frcm  an attack j Scott^m the Metropolitan o^P^ia "o^use   ^^.m^  ^^.^^   Oeorge Mooney  in Phlla of grip.
Mr, and Mrs, Leor.ard Bi«;k and daughter. Mildred, of "HarmonviUe, called on Mr, and Mrs, Friel Shannon, of NoiTistown, last Saturd.ay aftemoon,
AValter Cummings, Jr„ of Harmon¬ ville, Is recuperating  ftom  grip,
Tho ladles' of the auxUlaJ-y to the HarmonviUe Flre company served a splendid sauer'kraut supper in the fire hall last Saturday evening and enter¬ ed to a large number of guests. An¬ other beneflt, a soup sale, was also held successfully, AVedneslJay evening of last weeik from which a tidy sum was realized for the buUdlng and loan fund.
A line sermon, superior In its com- PiU-alive qualities, was prenched Sun¬ day moi-njng l^y Rev. F. E. Holmee b'fore his congrog- ' - in Cold Point B:iii'' 1 clmi-ch. The suiiject, "The First Cliui'. il." hold fortli tlue divine tea,';yings of olden times in comparison
ly.
I on  liYIday night,  January  28,  at
[u'clock.
I     .\1.-. Scott,  consldoi-ed the most brill¬ iant o.-ator In the order, was the fonner-^.^j^,^   necessitated   the  ,servlces  of
district  attorney  of Loa  .Angeles,       P"   phjysician,
many visits to .AI.e.Nico he has studied j^^. ^..^;„.,^ preaclved in I»i'|DsiiiecJl- i conditions which have causud tho re- j ^.j„p jj ^ Church last Suiiday mor-! cent  disorder  and   unrest,   Tlis   lecture 1 „i„jr ' j
will   be   a   unbiased   and   unprejudiced j     eha.-les   Greerling   hns   boon   some- i discussion   without   religious   partisan-; ^^.,^,^-j   indisposed   fc   seve.-al   days. »^hlp. ;     Aliss G^ne  Pio. son,   teacher  ot Penn
G.-and   knights and   other  offlcers  of , p,.^.^   school,   bas   .-osignod   her   posl-1 Amble.-, Glensido, Hatboro nnd Jenkin-   ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^j^^ ^ position at Lock Haven,!
This finnl disposition of the balance ot mo.e than $70 no.n the rccolpts of the .Ambler day at the Sesciul oc¬ casion, was made when the eommittee in charge reported that tho Ame.'lcan i "" Legion, who aldod so handsomely In I nioniber and .the its succiiss, bald agreed to share equally this   proflt  with   the   ICiwanis,
A "oudgot, prepared the tre.asurer, was recci\ert by the board and flled bjr the secretary.
main audilorium of  Fironio.i's hnll,        -radio,   a   gift   from   their   soni,   Leroy
So  far as  known  no accidents  took ^ I'^orkei-,   of  Tacony, piace here Monday mo.-ning during the !     O.   11.   Shugard   has   moved   liis   ,eal icy   condition   of   tho   roads.   However, ifVtate business f.om his homo in Hor- much   troubl'e   was   oxperenc.;   by   the   sham   to  his   new   office  along   Easton farmers  in  transporting  thoir  milk  to   rond,  wlw.'o he  is now established, the   dairy   at   Norristown. j     'J'ho  roast  beof and   roast  pork sup-
Installation of the ollicers of Centr.'   Per given annually  by the  l.adios'  Aid Si|uai-i>    (!.-ange  will  tako  place    thi.s : society  of the  G.-aoe   Union  Ch.urch  of Thur.sday  ovoning.  This  event was  to   Horsham will be served this year      on have taken place on Januai-y 13th, but   Saturday,  Februa.-y  5, in the  Hor,shnm account   of   the   death   of       one, hull.   Plans   for   thi.s   grand       oeciision
lown Councils will head tho delegations attending the lecture, which will lie free   to  the  public.
LANSDALE
Mrs, Wallace Croll is sl*e.idi.ig some t'niG  in   Florida.
Wesley C. Most, of Reading, hiis boen made nutniietk- of Fi-eeman's I^-osid Sti-eet pharmacy, sjicceedlng Janies  Loratt.
.Air. a^nd Mrs. llalph S. Adams, of .0 the element of reaction of'^^i^ Pe.-kiomen avonue, iire receiving cbirg  then,  and  as  It  Is  mani- I congratuhitions on the birth of a son.
Mrs.  J.  S.  Fiirnswo.-th, wife of Rev.
Mlss Maude Carvell spent the week- | nnhiu-t
Car Skids into  Pole.
Swinging    sbarjily    lo  the    side    of I tlie  rond  as  the  wheels  skidded Avhen | 111' uttomplod to cro.ss t  o trolley ti-acks on   Mjiiu  st.-eet  .lOar  tlio  ca.-  bani   at 1 Oak   Park,    near   Ltinsdialo,   .--'atui-day I
night,     tho  automobilo  of  Linfo.-d     1".   ,      ,    . _,,.„, j.
olK-i-holtzo.-, of Lansdale, o.-ashod  into !-^dmits   Moving  Still   Before   Cops   Ar a    polo and  was wrecked,  .AI1-,    Ober- \ rived
luiltzor    crawled   from   the     wrocknge j     lleliovin^; that bo has peon ninii.ufac
;o   number   being ill   it   liild   to   be  postponed   until   this ; Thi rsday evening, I
Uliver Re.vner nov/ has the cellar ; dug tor bis now house und recently I ho comi leted tho garage in tlie reiu- , of the new opo.-atioii. -M.-, Reyner is 1 ei-ecting his now house alon.g the Penllyn pike, oppoaite the residence of Kugone AVentz, j
Miss Grace A\'t*lton ijli^illlniios to | bo cniilinHd 00 hor hame sulTorin'-;' from I •I   s •voi'o nttiick  of griy. 1
I
are b -ing made extensively by the ladies who will p.'oparo a finer dinner than ever served betore. A bazaar 'ivIIl be hl-ld in conjunction with tho supper when cakes, c.andy and fancy worlc will  be  auctioned.
Miss Elsie AA'ynne, wlio will be re¬ membered by those who frcHiuentcd the Horsham sloie .iiore than a yeiu- ixgo and WOI'O waited uto ' hcr, was mil.ried in No wYoik on Friday to Mr. Robert AVoo:l, of Beltimore, Md, ,Miss AVynne was a residont of Ge.aiiantov\Ti.
Arthur Ma.rtin and children of AA'^ar- rington, we.e visitors, Sunday at the lioran of Mr, and Mrs, Charlos Ruthor- to.-d,  of llallowoU,
Subsequent to a suggestion made i-e-
J those  In   the  church  tod.ay;   and.
ll .I*-'-','!
foo.»ni among the present day church-j .  „ .„ . , „
men.  Continuing   bis  discourse  on   Uie,'-)-   «¦   Farnswortb,   ol   Pottstown,   for
•AA'omen   of   the   Bible,"   the       pastor I '"erly  Pa«tor  If  the  local  LvangelloiU „     p,.i„,a       ^oom    has   re-
Church,   died   at her   home   on   Thurs-    i lospoiOLviiie    11 unary    room,    nas   re
day.
Dr, J, P, Mooro, a formor missionary
I. ,1
end   with   relatives   at   Cheltenham.
A.'thur Brtholf lost another hoi-se la.st week. This makes two horses in less   lliu.r.   two   weeks,
Vernon Kratz liiis been on the sick list  and   unable  to  attoirtd   school,
MiU'gery Kvlene, Infant dauahter, of Mr, and Mrs, Leslie Shepherd, aged 11 days, died in con\-ulsIons at the home of her piirents l.ast I'Mday, The Infant was burled on Snt.irdiiy cemetery.
.turlng Iliiuor .,n a large .scale ;ind sup- j cently  by  someone  In       Hor:diam,       a
spoek of Eliziibeth at the evening ser¬ vice. Pr.ayer meetln.g this weok Is held at the hom© of Enoch Mai'ple In Plvmouth Mooting. The less<Jn is giv- o-    '1'   tho  4th   Chapter,   of  Acts
John Gegea-ly and iamily, of Chel- ( Trust & Stxfe Deposit Co,, teU dead tenham, spent Sundiiy with Mrs, Ijatira ' of heiirt disease while walking from Carvell. I his  home,  510   North   U.-oad  street,  to
Miss   Margiiret   Monison,   teacher  of | his  oflice  at   8,30  A,   M.   Tuesday.
He    was iin active  .iionibor  of    the
signed her position  to tako effect Jan. ' board  trade  and a member  of  Shiloh
Slst. I Lodge, F. and A. .Al.,  Liinsdnle.
lapan,   addressed   the   men   of   the I     Eugene Kratz hits purchased the old       Mr.     Swartley  is    .survived   by    his
1    Rothtrock  Bible Class of      gt  | Swartzlandoi^   farm   of   35   acres.   The j wife,   Miirthii;   a daughte.-,  Grace  also
This   Fi'ldav   evening   the   mombers I-I-'""'f       ^'''f'eh   School  on       Sunday of the P, O,  S,  of A„  of      Mt.      Airy, I '""'¦"'"*^',      ,„,,,. ,
, X, r,       IVJ..   iT^irv^^o   ,..ui  ,i,ii.ji„^t !      Mrs.   Chiu- es   W,   Montgomery   and
thtough Rev. Mr. Holmes,  will  p.iofient' . =. .
farm   was   purch.ased   f.'om   Mr,   Jiun<"is I of LansiUile, two suns, Ralph H„ lirie,
its mlnstrol ,show in the Ba-ptlst chunli hall. Cold Point, The perforrti- nnco has beon long talked of and is depleted as a clever entertitlnmont. Tickets have been sold rapidly and n l:u','40 croA\->d Is expected. The opening chorus will be suns promptly at 8 o'clock.
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ilaiightor, Jiuio, of Cloverdale Fa.-ms, (.'iil.uni-, spent Sunday . visiting re¬ latives In Haddonfleld,  N. J.
Ml-, and Mrs. AValter E. AVilcox, of Siisii|i|eha.nna. avenuo, spent the week- ond on a trip to Niagara Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. ICurlo Gulick, of Fourth and Rldgc streets, spent Sunday visit¬ ing rolntlvoa and fi'lends in Haddon¬ fleld, N. J.
F,   Mawson,,   of   Germiintown. slon nbout March lat.
Poss««-
Thei iiccident hnppenod ns lie at- j plying a group of boolleggo.'S, Mikejsloi-m door bns boen 0.'icied at tho tompted lo turn out to iiiiss another | Kwasnik, of liinsdale, wus arrested I f.'ont oiit.-a.-ico of tbo Horsham hall, machino, .Mr, Obo.-h.iltzor is manager j Thursday iifternoon by Cliief of l'o- which shelters those who pass from of the Souderton plant ot the Schoo- 1 licr; Woflindin and has been hiild un- j the ont.-nnco into the lower portion nomim Clothing conipany, of Balli- ider $1,000 bail. Police say he admitted of the fli-ohouse. It was fo.'.nerly ne- niore. j moving  <a  still  from   a  rural   pi-opertj j cessary lo emerge outside tin; liuildlng
  , beforo  the.v ai-rived, I from  the  stops   to   the  hall   In       order
] Kwasnik was in the act of moving ' to enter the ground floor. This In equipment, which iXhlice say was cold or Inclooiiont weather was dis- useid in manufacturing liquor, from a ' agreeable. The flremen received the farm near .Alontgomeryville, leas<Hl ! suggestion, therefore, m the manner from D.-. Carl F. BIgney, I-ansdale, In which it was offered, and have un- when an-ested, In,formatlon was lodg- 'dert.aken 10 enclose bolh entraucefi ed Doctor Bigney, and the defen- ,with a birgo storm door, dant w.as held on charges of UU-Kal Mr, and M.-s, l-'rank ForkiH', ot Hor- miinutactui-e of intoxicating liquor | sliam, wore enorbilned to dinner Sun- and using a property for illegal pur- iday iit tho homo ot Mr, ar.d Mrs. Wil- poses. 'son  Kessler,  of Five  Points,
 I     Frank   Loiir,   of   Willow   Glove,   has
Mother   of   Five   Dies : moved his faiiiUy into the      Upplncott
The fiinei-al of the late Mrs. Nonnan j'"^"«'""   °^   Hallowell,    in   which   tho G,   Nyce,   of   ].iinsdale,   uiis   heild   this I
Lansdale Realty Man Dies.
Jacob    ('.  Swartlo.v,  71, resil    esUit.'
t   Rosii Hill ! man at Lansdale for thirty years, and
former     president     of   the     Lansdale
GWYNEDD   VALLEY
Ml-s, G, S, Smith is nt I„;iJ{e Pacid, .N,   Y.
Mr, iuul M.-s, Jnhn H. .Alitchell aro again enjoying- ,1 flvo-dnv cruiso on tbe Cliosapoako bay for tho hoallb of the  fonner,
Goorgo Taubol and family are winlerin.g  on   Lung  Island.  N,   Y.
and Heni-y C„ Lansdale, and tour brotliers, Henrj' C„ Phlladelphiii; Abi-am, Collingswood, N. J,, Isiuic, North AVales, aud Wellington, Phila¬ delphia. A sistoi', Miu-y, lives at Lans¬ dale.
Announcem. nt Mr.    and  Mrs.  F.   Rus.sell     Webstoi- .iinnounce       the   lUiin-iage   af       thoii-
daughoi-.   l.il urn Barnett, to Mr, Frances invo   Iruthors,    UussiaI Ncill,  Jr,,   01   Endflold,   Pa, 'Detweiler,
AVednesday afternoon 6oni her late homo aloiig the Allentown road, ill I White's  Corner,
I Noi-man G. Nyce, bereaved husband, jis empl ..ved at the ICi-ate store, Lans- idale, TlM flvo children are: Catheaine, fivoi; John Norman, four; Helen, three, and  the  twins,  J.ane and  Jean.
Her parents,     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Daniel
Letweilor,   Hve  at  Kulpsville,       aa  do
and       Henrv
Muir family has been residing. Mv. Muir will move shoi Uy to Southamp¬ ton and reside there on the farm of Alien   R.oeves.
WUliam Rurkhard is repainting, the interior of his home In  Hallowell.
Loul.i Rich and his daughter, Mrs. Sllfer and AVtiltoir C. Ehle,'of Phila¬ delphia, were visitors at the K, G, B. home. In Davis Grove, Sunday,
Mrs, Annie Shankln, of Hallowell, visited   In  th<^ ciiy  on  Mond.ay,
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