The Ambler Gazette 19250806

              r TheI^ble
V'OL. XLII   NO. 28
AMBI-ER,   PA.
1925
PL'
SPRINGHOUSE {
Ahrnm   Hinkle,   who,  now   resides   in' Ijimerlck township, was in this viHape I on    Monday.     He   Is   well   know^   und 'once lived here. i
Kla Obenland, of Columbus, Ohio, In the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Finley.
IvtLfUHk   ne   tKr't.1     intfrert   TO I    A   flne  garage   is  being  er«K;ted  for I.N'^EMB   OF    V!f*nppfa"   "      ^**!Ha.rry    Williams   at   the    roar    of   his RE.ADb.KB home.   Walter Bright is the contractor.
E.  Castles  at   Memeri.l   Park-'i     ^'•^¦^J''   N.  Newbolo  will  be  at  tho
Sprlnphouse store during both day and
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Ai COLD POINI
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Iowa   Visitor    Returns    Home—Fire ;Tening"to"r"e^eive""alT''ta7ea
LOIR FIRE RAIES
INSTALLATION  OF  PLUGS  ALONG '¦ CONSHOHOCKEN PIKE
Si.7.5   A   VEAR
Co.  t'o  Contmue  Carnival   Next  Sat-,     xhe   youngest   daughter   of   Mr.   ajid urday—Church  Services. Mrs. Joseph Shelly, wno has been very
...       ,„      Pivlhnnth     Meeting   '" with  indigestion. Is better. |
Carrol   V"'f°"; . .^^?'*l°"!f a   trip   ir^      M'«-  "¦  McCall  has  returned  to her I
.etmu.d   lust   Friday   r,o^   a   trip   in „^„,„^,^ ^^^i^^„,^ j,^,^ ,,„,„ ^.^r Cbest-,
C-Miudu, Where he spenl several weeks, ,,, ..._..,.   ..  	
accompanie-i by  two friends from  the nut Hill home
Main Line.
mouth  Centre,    en
s.  Christian  AVisler   ajid~fatnlly,  of
Plymouth    Commissioners    Want    As¬ surances of Lower Insurance Charges Before   Plugs   Are   Erected—Building in the West  End. Ill health,   it uppeais,,    p,y,„„„^^     township     commissioners prevented  her ear her ^oj""'". held a busy, but short .session, Monday
Mrs.   Jesse   Smith   and   family   visit-  ^^,.„i„^,  „„   ^l,e  occasion   of  their  reg-
monthly     meeting.     Mr.  Griffith
Mr. and Mrs. J. Tierce Rhoads, Ply_^  ^^y fi-jends near Hatboro on Sunday. ,
iiertained     Mr.   ana      ^ ^^   g   ^^^^j  delivery box has been      ¦
m DUBLIN fm
"     NORTH WALES I
Mr. anrt Mrs. Frank It. Uo:.sLcr ovei»i the  week-end   motored   ,o  Wlldwood.
About 20 of our .'jO-year residents have joined the 50-year club, many ot whom attended the picn.c at thc oJd Whitpuiji school house oa StraHslnir- ger's farm at Franklinville this \\'(id- nesday.
The medicine show people atter ii j two weeks' vaudevtUc snow on the lots i moved   to   Souderton   on   Friday. '
Jiust   Montgomery   uvenue   has   been P"''^"'"   Tract   Lots   Selling   Rapidly-*
  opened  again   for truflic  from  Main  to,     Hdrsham    Fire   Co.   Plans    Benefit—.
AtlnuarOutino a Great Success—Sports,Kighth  streets, and  is now „ flne per-      Frank      Porker's and   Contests—Business   Ssssion   in mane,nt   thoroughfare   that   far.     "   '-
r|OT MANY   LOCAL  MEMBERS AT¬ TEND  PICNIC
MISCELLANEOUS     ITEMS    OF    ll»v TEREST.
It   is
Flowers—D-esher
, .,     , .  .   ;    and Jarrettown  Items.
^.        _       , ... Kl     L proposed  to extend the improvement to' •
the    Even.ng  —  Addrosses — iNext y^i^y^yyy street. •    l-^nix-ed  Schuefteu. of HalloweH, -waa
Monthly  Meeting  in Conshohocken. .pj,^   borough     is   nolirying     owners ^'^o giiest  of William  Kupp,  in Wlllovr
Not many local flreinen on  Satmday   ulong    outl^ng   .s.roels    lo   clear   the  ^rovc,   Suiiday. attended  the annual  outing und  picnic .sidewalks and  street  gutters  of  weeds      Oeorge   Farquer   and   wtfe,   of   Kaat
ind   grass   that   have   beconie   a   nui-  Gei-niantown,       vl.si6q<4     Mrs.     Sural*
of the  Firemen's Association  ot Mont¬
gomery     County   at     Memorial     park,  sance for some time.
presided,     and     Messrs.     Marple     undi^'*^^""''''^"^^-    This annual  picnic fOi-1     The   big   dump   hole   Hlled   with   rc- Rhoads   were   present    -Mr' O'Neil   and'"*"^"^   years  was   held   in   Bodenstein's fuse near the Pennsylvania avenue trol-
, ,     ^   .          " «"" Dem-  j^j     Wright beine at the spnshnio tnr a'P^'^'  when  the  county  members  were,ley   bridge  has  been   cleared  of  refuse
Miss Dorothy Latschman and friend, „hem pikes for the convenience of the Zil^'^!;^ \:,\"„lyll orthe meeting on 1"-'^   "'
Mr
liansdale, on Saturday.
ereced   upon    a  substantial     concrete post ut the corner of Penllyn and Beth-
Irom Anselma, sijent  Sunduy with the public.
lormer's sister, Mrs. Benjamin Sprague,;
of  Cold  Point . I PENLLYN
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.,     Having   received CUuence   Fulmer,   of   Cold   Point,    on,und   care  at  the  Chestnut
Sunday '"'  *^'"" ^^^ I"'***  ^^^  weeks,  Mrs. Kar-  ^gj ^g
" MiBse",   Helen      and     Vera   Killmer.  nest   Moggs     will   return     home     this
Johi    Kninier,   Miss   Effle   Marple   and week      Her   stay   here,   however,   ^y"!  ^^.^^^ ^^ ^y^^ township highways,  $642.-H G, "go   Young,   of   Plymouth   Meeting,  be :of  short  duration,  as  an  operation  2 1       g        J  ,
^n]:;;'e'^. a U-ip\o I>eU.ware water Gap is^ unavoi^^^^^^^^ ^,,   „„,,,„,   .,,„,,^„,   ^^^„   _.,^   ^^,.
""ATgrdelegatlon. numbering J00_ or I     Harold    Sharp,    of    Philadelphia,    "
the   Fort   Wasliington   Fire  by a bi^ bon flre jointly by the Read July   13   were   read   und  approved." Cornpitny. iing  railway  and  the   borough  und  will
The   following     bills     were    ordered I     The   picnic,  with  many  sporlB and a | be   fllled   in   wilh   cinders  by,  the   rail
Tomlinson,  of  Hallowo'.l,  on   Sunday.
I'Yank Weid ar^l family, of lvyiana„ and Mr.s. Saauh Ward and Kilwartli Kessler, oj Frankford, ca'Jed a. Ui«i hoiuq of Mr. and "Mrs. Frunk Foiketv ot  Horshum,   Sun(l»»y  evening.
Eimeii I'otts ajid faiii;i
-;",        . .   paid:     Philadelphia   Suburban     Waterlbase ball game,  was held in ,tjie alter-, way  company   much  to the  Joy  ot the gyy y^ Horsham  after .spend...g
timely     trea_ meiii j,„ _   y^^,^   p^^,   j.^^.^,   ^^^   ^.^   months,!"Pon. while following a roas. beef sup-.residents of the vicinity. weeks at the shore,
estnut Hill   hospl-  ^^^,   ,^,j,;g„^  ^   Verkes.  crushed   stone.  Per   «-rved   by   the   park   niunageinent, i     A   big   improvement   hus   been   nvule;    j^   number   of   thc   mcml.o.:s
Ameiilcun  Mugnosla Co.,  crush-!the   .Miwust   business   iiieeUiig   of   the  to uhe vicinity of FlitTi street und Wal- <-}„.jj,,^, Endeavors   of   lie
cd   stone,   .$24.64:   nH.n-IIv   nn.,  ...n   ,-„..'omrain/:.ti.>n   was    held.     Manv   nron.-  nut   bv   new   storm   sewer   inlets   und   a   fjnion    iTiui'di    of    llorshum    u!
the  state   convention   ut  C!iosti-. luiday evening'.
-    I    M-it'SKieriL   iviuiuiew    caiieu    mc   uusi-i* "   *""-   ''      --•¦'^       -^    *    ¦•    I     Aliss    A.      Maude
lows With the above ilems paid :    Bal-'nr .  - -n.-t   ..nnn .,n   ,   n   „...„ ~
A  large ueiee""""'  ¦'" "i'^fviV^-ia   staying   .at   the   home   of
more    members,   families   and   friends ^^^^.^^ ^^^ ^^^.^^ ^^,^^^^
of Cold  Pftlnt Castle. K. G. E.,  partl        ^^^   ^^^^l^^_. ^^^^^^^^ _^^^
cipated      in   the   picnic   at     Memouai  ^.^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^.j, ^^^.^ ^^^, ^^^ ^^,^^^
park.   Schwenksville,  on   Sunday.     inc ^^^_^^ Dorothy  Adams,  who  accompan-
ouling  wus  held for a.l  castles  ^'""" , jed her, will stay fc>r two weeks.
the  Norristown  district -which  is com-,     yy^^^^,^    George   Davis,   of   CoUinga-
pose.l   of   Iron   cttstle,     Conshohocken. ^^^^   Russell  Da^s,   ot  Camden,
Hanc'ck   castle,   Norristown,   Ardmore ^^^.^^  ^^ ^1,^1......    oe   aaaressea   t.
cistle     and   Cold     Point   custle      All   j,^ , J y^^^ jin oider to secure datt
lodges were well represented   but Cold      ,^,.„ %.^^„.,^'„     Ingersoll     left     early ]V^^^.   °{   ^'^^^^^"Oe   ri
stone,   .$24.64;   nKn.lly  pay  roll  for |oJjgaiiiz;aion   was   held.     Many   prom-  nut  by  new   storm  sewer   inlets  und   a
nt   oounty   and   state   Hremen   were permanent paving ot me Walnut street iticndanee '' .crossing     of   the     railway.     The     ap-
resident   Muldrew   called   the   busi-.l"-«"^-h«'« Jo  the  passenger  station  wilF .....    ..,.s  nieeting   to   order  at   six   o'clock. i"«t   receive   the   same   treatment.
ance at close of last  meeting, $1,3,927.-    fhiiiv-flve    companies    responded   toi    ^he fire depurtment boys had a nias- 21;   taxes,   $1448.48;   bills  ordere<l  paid.  ,-Oll call and minutes of the July meet-  l«^>- carnival  and  festival   on    he  plaza tor^    o New ^^¦'3-"«:   balance,  $14,631.91. jing   were     read   and     approved.     The""   -Saturda.y   evening  und   will   realize
to.eo to INew ,     ^   representative  oi:  the  Phiiudelphia tspasurer's report showed a balance on  «¦ «""f «"n, for the liremen s relief as- Fire Underwriters visited the township hand of  $764.91.    Treasurer Fleck also  sociation^ during the month, and viewed the pro-j reported    that    tlie    Relief ¦"association       "'• bably   location  of   flre   plugs  along  the Ihas un hand at present $235.79.    James,P""**
tion
'.urn- . »'era.V
r tb«. -' -ac*
me*
--•.itv
of   Robert  Ken ks' vacation
Ritter ami : faa Anna Ritter, of Willow Grovai. cul'.cj at the K. G. E. home, Davis Grova,. on Mr.*and Mrs. Thornton Stuckh'iu.** last Sunday.
Mr. and  Mrs.  Charles Margerum,  oft Jarreftbwn,    returned    to    Jarrettown
Conshohocken    pike   and   suggested
Ita as to any low- rates   within   the ]VI,e      ' district  to  be  protocoled   by  the  iiistul-
'I'he   Sunday   school,   which   is   con-i'^^r  "' '"''^ ^'""'-m ,
  .,    HV ducted   under   undenominational     aus-      "  ^J «^';"^« P««^^^^^^^
cured  ffTr  during the whole day.                    .^^         ,^^  Sinzhelmer  home.  Is  welir'    '''J^''.   ^^"'   "^^   secured   to   residents Cold   Point,   spent    .....,",.... ,.    ... ... ..  ..   t;-<<-...
Point   had   the   banner   crowd.     There ^^^^ ^^^  Northeast  Harbor
was  p.'ustlme for  chiUTrcn.  young   peo¬ ple  and  grown-ups,  anti  all  were  well
Rei«   Brumier   and   ..rni.y   have ¦;^^-^-'-ni;:;":^^ex^\p:^T^
by  motor  for a  lortnlgh; s  vaca- ^..^^^ ^^.^^ j^I^.   ^„^, jj^^   ^^.^   ^j
to the eustern «hore of A^>rylund. ,^,.   ^^y^^ ^,.^ ^y 0^^^„
e locul  beard ot health  is mak.'n"       a i4__.i   .......     .   .¦      .. .    -
a;Cre«si;n   chief   flre   marshal,   submitteJ
a  report  in  which  he  cufled  attention'     "he
to   the   report   of   county   flres   during a"  "Kort to  have  onr  milkmen  supply  	
July.      Number    of    flres,    three,    viz : l^^"h  Pt^rfe  milk  by making  inspecKons  „^^^ ^j,^   ^^^^^^j^
one  frame  house,     one  barn    and  one  '"  ^'"'"'•'l ""h  the new  state law  reg-   ^ chicken   houso.     Cause   of   flres,     un-  ""^"ng  the  dispensing   of  milk   depots known   two  and   lightning,   one.     Loss, ''"«^  pasteurizing establishments. iiEti.      Insurance    not    known.     Pro-I     M.irris  Gaiigawer   and   fumiiy,   yeurs
Alfred   Gerbron   und   fiunily,   ot   Jar-, lettown,     huve   returned   home     after
tn
Ocean Cl;y.
Mr.   und   Mrs.   Edward     Smith,     ol Dresher,  are  enjoying  two  weeks"   va-
            „   , 1 1 V. ¦ f  cation ul the shore.
Mrs   Jacob   Hari.   Cold   Point,   «Peni  ¦-.,--"   -"-¦;^^^^^^^^^ by   the   plugs   to   be   instullcd licrty  endangered,   $29,000.     Hose  used,^**"   P'^"'"'"*'"'   '¦^'    ¦''"^''„,r*^'!f; "«='I„!^   '    The   llorsham     H.iemian   plan     a,  big.
a   div'last week with  Mrs,  Irvin  Tay-  """''!'";"*' '';4„"attC protected   by   the  recently .organ-  « fee...    Chemical use<l, 35 gallons, und i Eethlehem,   were   m   town   on   Satur- ^^^j,^,     ^^^^   y^^^^^^^     y^^     ^^^ -^
"oi    of Germanlown. sW  last  Sundav i'"""  "^'•'"""ville  Fire  Company. tfne  fiie  foam. I'l-''^'    «>¦¦   «"';»'7"^^;f'-   '""f, ^^^f i^'i^xi"^  ot   Saturfdi.y.   August   29.   liarly   in
""a  social  meeting was  held  Tuesday ^'-J-t  S^ nday^ ^^^   ^^^^   ^^^^,     ,,^^        ,,,^^^.^ ^^^,^^  ^^^^^_  ^       ^^    ^^^^,^     ^_^^_^^^^^  ^^   ^^^   I^a^-'::f';,',^r'Walnut's ret' now    t duct   ^»>«     —'"'-'     commencing     about     *
evening   by   the  members  of  the  Cold .   ^y^^   ^^^ ,^   ^y  ^^^   ^„„3 |ing   ordinance    having   been   approved ^„ter  as.sociulion,  addressed  the  meet-\''^^^ ^y^l^.'-l^ l\%^^%'^ ^^^^^^^^ o'o'ock   they   are     .onsidering   puttine
Point  Grange. \vhile   at   piay   lasl   Saturday   and   the 1"^^  th.«/»^vnship board  of health,  was|^j,.    Mr.   Grofi:,     of     Lancaster,     also,"L^^^ °"'  \,;yj";*;^ g ^^;.   e' '^^^^^ an,   exhibition      polo   match     withi
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Leonard   Beck    Har- J^,^ Ls hecome infected.    Un-!«."bm.tted     by   the     commissioners   to:^ade  a  few  remarks.    Messrs.  Eandis ,,,^^',.t"]itll   ,,TZ,n2 ^Ix Fo'-d  ^ars  as  their  steeds.   Litter  Ihejr
monville,     en
f^"',  t7"a'"'^tx7x^^^\in'nnon  injure<l part has become infected.    Un-1 = "'"""•''^"     oy r.*"i!l?i„Jj'l''i!f"rv   willing 10  admit  his  pain   the  boy  hid itheir.counsel.
...« -. .  ^   • „  t3„„,imr   Willing  10  uumii   iiiH   pa.111   llie
and fnjnily,  of Norristown, on S=unday.  ^^_^ ^^^^   ^.^   ^^^.,y   ^
Rev. C. D. Wlllitmison conducted J.h^^ ^^^^   ^^,^^ ^^,^^^   festering  was ,
conn; FiNias   SI yer.
tor   hisl
"it ing relatives at Lewes, Del.
permits   for
^"^'Jl* and   a   doctor   summonecl.     There   ap-!""*   °*. .........
^*''- pears  to be little  danger of blood  poi-."^'^Je   '"   Jefferson   street,   which   work -  ' was done    without  the permiis  having
.^B— -    - nosed ''^^"   ¦'iecured.     The   township   fees   in,
residing   in   the   purskniage   f"--Jhat.P        \.y^ y^y^^.     colored, was buried at l^"-^  ^'i«« are  $2  and  $2.50, while  the^j of  time,   conies   from   the  Beth-  ^^^^^  vnii».„   ,.»r„»t»rv  nr,   Mnnd.nv   nf-  ""^s  for  neglect or  refusal
communion    services    at    Cold church    Sunday    morning.    Rev,
WilUamson,  who is '^"PP'y"*,,.®.^^^^.soning,   although   the   Injury   was   ex-. cant pulpit during  August and  who  is _^ _,
-;,-,   ;-,;, scrutiny. ¦      i«'3  «'°'^,^^^7  "i-'''*'   '"''""'•'^'¦y  "^'^'^-l"Abrunr'Jnn^^^^^ a   varied    demonstration   oft
ntil   the; J  ,j   ,       . bers    of  the  Montgomery    association ' *'       •— 	
detected I    1' was  deided  to  require  the taklng|*he meeting adjourned lU :•  o'clock.
street     opejnings ''
theii-
spjico nny
o   01  lime,   c.M.ie=   .,.,„...,..    Valley   cemetery  on   Monday   af-j""*"j;'  ior  negie
Baptist church  in Wilmington and  « ,««^^^      ^^^.^   ^^.^,^^   ^^^^,  y^^^   resld-i^'\^h instance
....   . ,.._     In     Waat     T'nl In rtplnniu. .11.     .......    ,.—,.
ure  $10  in
is"'well-known   In   West   Philadelphia, ^•^'¦'""¦;•   j«"«.   »>¦-«=.   >v..u   ..«o   .^.,,^- iB   w«ii n _, .,   _^  .!,„    ¦o^,.„,.„t ed   with  her  three  sons,  alone  in   t'he
and shoe store building on .South .Sec- ;¦-"    "Tr^"^   ''"'*   ^"^^   •'•'I'T"'"^-
'ond street Then will follow a supper aiu! bazaar.
f-All    hills   against    the    organization,     Active work on altering the old flour ^"^'^ wee  plans presented and  passe*
fere  ordered   paid.     L'pon   mollion,  the'„,i,i   p,.„perty   inlo  an  au omobile-ma-  ^po"/-"  ihleir i-egu lur monthly meeting-
big mnnsion  house, opposite the Bethle-
It   was   decided   to   uuthoj-ize   Jumes liuu.^ 0,^,.,^=.,.^ I..C A..^....^-i'''*'''"""    to give    grade    on the    Con- Avenue   Baptist   churcn   for   20   y^^""^- ".'^^''p,l^^[Zt ThmchTt^^^ was  a  ''hohocken     New  roafl   as    fur  .as    thei There was a large congregation to hear ^.^^^   ^^   consumption   and   had   been • ''"unty    bridge.      The    review   hy    the him on  Sunday  morning, and h's ser-»                      vigilant   care   of  the   Norlh,ht'ard  ftf the Fairfield  road  grade will
¦ -- -"'"""     """"'"-  P^nn Community Centre of Ambler for I'f "'t   '".a   six-inch    flll   in   the   low
several     weeks.     Her   deuth     resulted I P'^^e   and   the   removal   of  a  little   ofl\!
last'ilridav '"^''  *""'"''  "'  ^^^   '"w*"''  ^"'^•
msi a.      J. ,    Among the proposed  building opera
mon topic was well received. Wednes¬ day evening services aro conducted as usual, and next Sunday morning the pastor will again address membera on "The  Soul's  Holiday,"
Rev,  H. S. Baker, pastor of the Ply¬ moulh. Meeting U.  E.  church spoke  to
^crttary    was    Instructed   to    request p^ine shop is progressing,
le county commissionfrs to inspect, a man with an airplane was doing Jl county bridges that are under a a good business on Monday and Tues- Mpited   capacity. j,.,y  taking  persons  up  for  rides at   $5
-*^hp   ne.M   nieeiing   will   lie   h^ld   at  per 10 minutes from the Florex Garden <5'{insli( hocken  as   guests   of   the 'Con-imeadow along  North  Main street.
tohocken   Fire   Company,   No.   2.     A-     H.  A.  Gerhart,  of  the  Slate  oflicials te  of  thanks  was   extended   the  en-  of   the  Knights   ot   Friendship,   was   in |fertainment eomniittee and members of  town on Suturduy. ithe Schwenksville Fire company. J'At   the   picnic   the   winners   of   the:j>ense  wilh  services atler next  SuiKla.y various  contests  were-as  follows: ;unti'    improvement   to   lnl/;rlor   of
Baseball     game—Spring     Mills     vs.  church are made.
is    cectiiig   a-   n<'W
Mls.ses
the "children   of   the   churcii    Sunday JLuug^iiin,  of  Fortuna.    have    reiurned  ^..^^^e   ,i„g„
~r.\,or,», e I'iois  '"  the west end  of the rowrisiiip'ials)i\v-enksville,   won  by   Spring   Mills.   ]     Thomas    Ro.i
LANSDALE -       :jj.s   an, operation -of   12   houses   to   x^ r'*4tu>it.-..ooat^i— E'ltat,     Beau     aai^sacafie.
Margaret    an'd    Amfa    ™c-le^egted along F
Monday evening. The truck crew haa volunteeiiQd in the auto polo niatobi arjl is busy equipping several 014. Ford cars for the occasion. "r".?* demonstration of the hose equipment will be intereoting as the various*, nozzles and pressures wi;l l>e use'd' to designate the force and distance the Ktieams can be Ihrown. Following the> St." Lukes" Heformed church will dls-  «ui>Per,   to   be  senved   by  the  auxiliary
the   fU-emen   wlU   entertain   and   dlal^
,j,'^.  po!»e of a Iiew  novelties for the b. rvetlti
ot   the   company    There   will   also   V)«.
dancing     Several    likeiy   op|xiIti.nllie.s
ig Fairfield road/fo^r which ;i:<"»'b -Sltippack;     second,   ¦ MHleV
^«nif "Mr*:. Barvos.   lSj,ipp;«c .ai
morning   His scumon  was very beauti-(from   their  vacation   which   was  spent  ^^unces he will also erect several
ful ,and  Impressivle.   In the evening he | visiting in Westmont Heights and Riv-;,Gerties.     Other  houses   are   startecj   on i„l_»0_-y?';^_^'^*'h^
ire   desired.     Stefaiio  an-j*^**^'^'''   Skippack;    third,   Weltzenkorn (spending two weeks at AVIld'wsod. .¦^. J
pi;o-
II.'   I    (»»'/(II    IV-    '.en. "i ¦'-"nt.:.-    .....itt^i     ..in.-^
U.nd  Witmer. |     George    Mole   and    son    Churies,    of •'<'  s.ihsr.ih.d   i^n  th.  me^ir'tlme   Tlil^e
MacGrady,     Bryn!Dover,   Flu.,     last  week  were    visitors were   about      0    mem'• rr    y'«sert    it
again   ocCpiel   the    pulpit   and    con-lerview  Be,ch,   N.  J.,  and  in   Phil;.del-,Lousetta  street.""-- "'""¦^-'   -  Mawr;   second,  Frankenfleld;   third,  G. | with  Mr^ and MrsJhomas Proctor on ^J^Z^tt^'su:::^ iLid gro:^'lv
ducted   tho     regu'ar   church      service,  phla. ;     The   condiliCKn     resulting   from     the -^^"^y- ,    ,       ,       , ^ ,,„.   "*^'*'   vvainui   "reei. „,.-,.nizat'on    F.ve  new  meinw.
SurtiUiv   school   attendance   this   sum-       Mr.  and  Mrs. John  Algeo  have  gone ,,,.,,j^,  „„ ..efferson  street into  Lousot-'     r.O-yard     dash     for   fat     ™en     (17p;     Mr.and Mrs. Sanford Morris, of Bas    °y^''^^'^,.^'^X;"*i^";,„V fouT^P^^^^ mer  is   holding  well.   109     were     p«-  ..n   a   two-weeks'   motor   trip   through  t„   ^,,,^,    ,,.„,   ,,^   ,e,„edied   when   the l">"nd3 and over)--Tance and Wittmer.  Montgomery     avenue      lave   .'¦*'l"'-"'''\^^'!^ ^^'eive 1  at    h s m^^^^^ Tent   Sunday, ^and     the     offering   wasNew   York     a,nd     the     New     England ,,t,eet   ,«   improved,   which   work   will L.«—   ^hrow-E.   Zelley   and   ^^'^-\^'^orn vU^ng^x^i^ea^ln^Minr^     M./ilX;;^:    vl^   /Ls^ure^   aiid    p'a^
da#i—me^  50   years     and! and   Mrs.   Yohn   and   -Miss   Krugg,   ot |made   to   caiuy      out   the   suggestions.
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were    pile- inn offering  was New  York    and    the    New J7 "0   Ellwood  Zieg:er  had the  banner  stales. i probably  be  done  this  month. i Grady,
class.  August  15   is  the  great   day  for      Mrs.   Annie   Wililamfe   and   grandson, |     Tj,g   matter   of   lighting   throughout      -^"-.y";:'.'
the Sunday schoi>l childi'en. Memorial park, Schwenksvil'e is the pl.ix^e. It will be an all-day picnic. Trucks will leave the church .at 9 .a. m. and 2 p. m. No plans are ina,\e for the morn-' ' Ing, but after dinner i-aces, novelty games and dashes, contests of an nmuslng nature will be pursued un¬ der the supervision of tho Men's Bible Vlass. A gala day is promised. Meet¬ ings: I.^dies' Bib'.e Class Tuesday evening at home of Jlrs. Benjamin MoScly. HarmonviUa. Prayer service followed by meeting of Sunday school managing boaixl on "V\''ednei^lay even¬ ing. Men's Bib'-e class meeting at home of Ellwood Ziegler! Plymouth dentil, Monday  evening of next week.
The treasurer of the school board of Pl.Miiouth townahip i-eporls the re¬ ceipt of a check for $5,060.87 as their portion of the State appropriation to school Histrict s  ot  tbe  fourth  class.
Rev. William Coulston and wife, who have been visiting relatives in Har¬ monville and Norristown, left Wcdijes- day to return to his pastorate in Iowa, where he has been residing a number of years. Rev. Coulston was a youth-, known about Cold Point'. Many heard him speak from the pulpite of Ply¬ mouth Centre Union Mission and the First Baptist church in Norristown while he visited here.
Mrs.   Eugene   Lightkep   entertained the  Busy  Beo Sewing  circle,  of  Har¬ monville,   at   her   home   in   Plymouth . Centre  this Wednesday aflternoo;i.
Abington quarterly meeting, of which' Plymouth Meetjing Is a part, meets this Thursday' at Gwj-nedd at 10 o'clock, Sfandard time.
There are quite a nuniber of old resi¬ dents In Cold Point and Plymouth township whi have lived in this coun-] ty for fiO years or more and who at- tended the first annual reunion of the 50-year club organized !n Norristoiwn. AU of the old residents thoroughly enjoyed renewing old acquaintanoea and maklnig new ones as well.
Miss Mary Beriihimer, op Sunday afternoon, called on Mr. and Mrs. John Supplee, who have just moved from Coja Point to HarmonvUle.
Harry Bowman, Jr., of Harrisburg, i^ sp.ending some time with his auiu, Mrs,. i.«ona"rd Beck, of Harmonville.
.Mrl and Mrs. Charles FredeHck', Jr., of tipper Norristown. are ' recei+ing congratulations upon the birtli • of a son on Monday morning. Jlrsl-Fre- aerlck is the daughter of Mr. find MrB. 1%. Oscar Young, of Plymowth Meeting.
Mrs. Helen Hamel, PlymouttK-Centre; has accepted a position In thre United Stites inlnt at Philadelphia andf'as¬ sumed lior. dutips on Monday.
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Edward,   of   New   Philadelphia,    spent U,,e 7^,^^.,;„hip" was  dTscu\s!S.d"ut"re''nlnh, i°^®''>—S*'°"^°  and  Fox.
several days with her brother, Thomas Edwards,  of Walnut stree*.
Miss Miriam Walters, of Prospect avenue, have gone to Pennsgrove, N. J., to spend  this week with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhine Moyer .and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mulvaney motored to Lakehurst on  Sunday.
Mrs. Ella Geisinger and daughters Marion and Cai-olyn, are spending the week at  a bungalow  in  Schwenkville.
Miss Metta Steward, of Vineland, Ontiario, who has been living here, and Mlss Catherine Smith, both local lele¬ phone operators, left for Ontario on Saturday. Mlss Smith is spending a Week's vacation there while Miss Ste¬ ward has resigned her position here .and has accepted a position with the Canadian BeU Telephone Company in Vineland, Ontario.
Mrs. Edna S. Lynch, of East Second atreet, visited her mother, Mrs. Martha Stempel, Mrs. Stempel, who lives at the • Meinnonlte home, Souderton, has been cxuiflned to her room by illness for seVeral days.
iPhiladelphia, wfere guosts la.st weekjThis is the p.oposal to hold moving: and the commissioners will view ";;;«-^"--^ brc^ jumi>_MacGrady '^.« Mrs. Clara Shultz on North Third ; pjciu.. ^'^>^XMr'^hf fliT ctT: ^tnJ;!^  vTl^r^^L^^rS^ns^L^l^    -\ -^^^^^^^^ --0-V  and  ^%\1Ve   is   ou.e   a   nuisa.nce   of   do.sipanV.       It   was   asd.,talnoa    that     .
road repair work in an examination ot',^:^^^^^'^-   , ,  ,.   . „r    ,-.    ^      -trit
the  township. Running high jump-MacGrady, Kil-
Along  the highways proposed to be  P^^"':'* J^"'^ °'  kelley. repaired   and    oiled    yet   this   summer      Sack  Rac^eorge Zelley, E.  Zelley
aro the Conshohocken  New  road. Nor-:""^ <^,'''"'^^ ^'^"f-,    ,,,    . ^„,„^
ristown   road.   Chemical   Works   roa.l, i ^ I^uck   ch.ase-Earl   Missimor, Ralph
and   several   others.     The  operation  u:   ^^^if   ""''   ^'   Geist. -
tractors   over   the   highways   by   cer-1    ^'^If","^     contest - Titus Moyer tain   farmers   was   decried   as   an   ef-i^n^ Charies Bitner. fective means of breaking up the sur
There is quite a nulsa.nce of do'is,panV. It was running loose and complaints are be-[machine and a choice of some of fh* ing made to place officials to abate'finest pictuies with Path news ln«- same or the state offlciais will make elusive can be obtained at a reas-< a-raid soon. Officer Hell is endeavor-jonabie cost and a .seven-month agree-. ing to remedy the evil. iment was favorably considered to tkia
Miss  Bertha  Fleur,  of Be'jhlehem,  isj extent.       The   initial   showing   of   th«i visiting  her   aunt,   Mrs.   Almon   John-j pictuies  will  be   September   23.  A  re-.
the   flre   chief   included.   tb«
face of the highway.
ORELAND
A.    G.    Cressman    and    family   havt left to spend the month of August al
son.
Monroe A'an Billiard has resigned as letter carrior ajid will rent his home on Fourth street and will go to Flor¬ ida  on  Aug.  10th.
Mr. Stanford's Candidacy R'lwaj-(I St;;.n,''or(i. superintendent of Beach Haven, N. J. Erdenheim Farm for the past six j William Mower is spending a week's years, has idcclai'ed his candidacy for vacation in Lebanon, township superylsor for Whitemarsh. | Evelyn and Alice, youthful daugh- to succeed Mn. George Miller whose;ters of Mr. and Mrs. John Robinson, term expires this year. It .should be'.are visiting with their aunt and uncle gratifying to the townspeople to know  in Frankford.
that  a   man   of  his  wide  business  ex- i     Mrs.    C.    Sands   observeid   her    85th
perience   .and   knowledge   of   engineer-  birthllay   Wednesday   by   entertaining
Ing an^i road  building,  gained  through  her   friends,   Mrs.   J.   H.   Williams  and
„.,^        ,..„       ,„    .,4ti|dy   and   flfteen   years'    experience!'Mrs. Jennie Alcorn, of North Glenside.
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gilbert Mi   s   of  Eastjig  ^nUng  to   give  his   services   fo  thci.virs.    sands    has    been    a resident of
betterment.      of   township      l^lghway.'i ^thls   section   during   a   major   ixirt   of
ehould he be elocted. . her life and is wlfdely known here. She
BARREN HILL     jg  gtilj  quite  active  and   possesses  all
  iof her faculties to a sui'prislng ilegree.
Lower  Gwyn.edd   School   Boar^ I    cijfford   Keating     is   spending     thib
port   of
runs lo three flres during the nuHth,, One at th'e garage at Five PointSi,. a second the Pruk's fire in HatljofOi the thirfl a grass flre in the Ferguson
Lewis  Stannard has moved  inlo  his | traot.
new home. The   supervisors   of  Horsham  town-
Mrs.   Frank  Fry   has  returned   from ship are soon to begin work on Baby-.
a visit to Pocono Pines. lon  road,   one  of   the   main   highways.
Mrs. EUa Fi-ick, of Germantown, was  from the section through the middle ot:
a visitor to former neighbors in town over the week-end.
Albert AVeikle is altering his garage on South Second street into a refri¬ gerating room for his restaurant. *¦
Clifford Jones has resigned as a member of town council from the See¬
the township. At present only a per-. mit from the slate highway depart¬ ment, which was promised no later- than August 1, according to a com¬ munication received by Secretary- Comly, prevents them from starting operations   now.     Both   'he   state   and;
Third street, and Mrs. Mills' mother Mrs. R. Melman, of Ashland, spent several days this week 'motoring through the Poconos.
Dr.   H.   O.   WllliamsCand   wife   have gone to the Thousand Islands and Can-
.,   ,       „, , ^ _, ,     Bids  for the  supply  of coaJ  for the ...pekfn  Atlantic "citv
l^-',--t^,'^^t'''"'rnplam and George,,,y,,^,^  „,    I^^er Gwynedd  township i^^^^^. Tmd ^l^^enc.   HuTisberger
were (0!>ened at the meeting of theiand family, of Baltimore, Md., were school board on Tuesday evening, and quests of Mr. and Mra. H.N. Thomas, the contract was awaided to the Gwy- of Plymouth avenue during the wieek- nedd "Valley  Supply yard.    Bids were  g^^
asked front J. W. Craft & Sons and ^iie services at the Lutheran church the Johnson coal yard also. The board gu^^ay morning were conductetS by elected janitors for the schools for the j Salter Lauer, who has just inoved year. C. AA^ Taylor was rechosen lo ;„,„ ^j^jg community from Ambler. In care for the Penllyn school, and George;,he absence of the pastor; Mr. Lauer E. Magargal for the Springhouse a_j,„^p4^a to lead the service and ren- schoo. The latter will also transport ^^^^^ ^ ^^^y j^^j j^, christian talk to school children to these schools from; ,j,^ congregation. Mr. Lfiuer also the o.utlying districts. A music toi«=h-.^^^g^t t^^ Sunday school lesson and er win be m the district one day eachip^ov,^ well vers^l as a Bible teacher, week.    This  position Is  being worked \    pj y^^y^  been   drAV^-n   to  erect a
in co-ordination with Hatfield and Up-j^ou^^ on Weldy avenue forH. H.i per Gwj-nedd townships.    The teacher, j^, j,.
Mlss Verna Glbble,  is to be employed ' ___^___^____
m  these' sohool   districts  on  specifled j Polling  Plac'e Ch.nged
days each week.    Tha treasurer of the i
The   court   has   signed   a   lecree   to
New York state.
Physician Sells Practice Dr. H. Nath.aniel SclioU. of Kulps¬ ville, has .sold his property, equipment and pr.actice to Dr. Harold Warner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Warner, of Lansdale. Doctor AA^orner rfecently completed his year as an Interne at the Harrisbv-g Hospital ar)d will as¬ sume Doctoii Scholl's practioe as soon as he receivts his Stalte Boar^ certin¬ cate.
Conshohocken   Polling   Place
The fut uro polling place of the Fourih ward of Conshohocken is the basement of the high school, at Sixth avenue and Forrest street The change Is made becauae the former polling place has been leased- to a chain stone cor{)oration.
Buys Geiger Home Bernard J. AVeber. of Wissahickon, hafl purchased through the offlces of Frances AV.' McDermott, Realtor, Con¬ shohocken. Pa., one of the Geiger bulW homes on West Efeventji ave- 'nue, Conehohoclien, .:flr. Weber will move with his family into the new residence this week.
Ond ward, being engaged in out-of-lO|wn i county have agree^l upon aid to the, business requiring all his lime. Na repair and resurfacing-xjf the Babylon., successor has been appointed  as yet.     'load,   but   the   latter,   as  was   roported.
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Lewis are sum- at the Bupervtsors' meeting last Mon- mering at Point Pleasant wiih Mr. and jday evening, has through its appar- Mrs. R. R. Freed. ,ent  oversight  prevented  the  beglnning-
I  of the work.    There were a nuniber ot
Fortnightly "500" Club Picnic 'representatives     from   various   quarry
The Fortnightlv "500' Club, of Am-f^'T^^ present at the meeting and. bler, held an enjoyable picnic at th\'''^ offered, good inducements to supply ¦¦Sp^rry's Old Homestead," corner of rl^r/Tt ^^ h ' '^"^^"°"« ^7« ^- AVelsh  Road    and  Lower    State road, ^^P^^.f/'^^^J''"^^ ^^^52:^,^''
n^^^rarse^er^^llliur^^d^l--     '^^^ ="^^^^^^^^
per was served.   Ball, quoits and danc- ,     .   _._._„„,„   ,„   „¦„„_   ,y.°.   ...
mg  were  the anausements  which   thej^^-^ depends u^n the^up'port^^lch
g^eslB enjoyed    A game of ball result- receWed from the state.    Th«.
ed in a score of 19 to 0.   The afternoon '      '
came to a close all too soon for the happy crowd. 42 persons were present, among whom were the following : Mr.
secretary was Instrusted to inquire aSL to the attitude of that departnient tn Harrisburg toward such support. At. present Roadmaster Gouak  is  stojilng-
?,^* ^'"tv""';,^- Buchanan. Miss Susan j5.Vnnl7 aCenue between Time'kirnTlke- Wood,  Mrs Wm.  Rose,  Miss  Benjetta'
board reported having received as its share of the state appropriation to dls-Jchange the polling place of the Middle tricts of the fourth class a chedc otjelectlon district of Whitemarsh town- $1,921.49. The board of directors alsoiShIp Whit«marph Inn is no longer claims   the   amount   of   $200   for   the javailabte     so   the   Barren     Hill   Flre
discontinuance * of each 'of the old school hcfuses is due from the state; and as well, one-half the oost of sal¬ aries for conveyance' shall b« charged to the state. These Itjems have been brought to the attention of the de¬ partment £^t Harrisburg and' the' re¬ mittance is expected prom'iitiy^- i    :• ¦
Company house will be used-
—John Baue, proprletcr of a hotel at BaMo, near Pennsbu^-g, who for¬ merly conducted a milk routo In North Wa)es. was tho target of bullets fired by. two chelck fwgerb who, afterwaJMs, nxade good itheir esoape in Boyertown.
Ralston, ¦ Mrs. Mabel M. Brainerd, J. Grist Brainerd, Ralph S. Brainerd, Miss Anna Ventress Brainerd, Miss Olga Reenst Pema, of Charleston, S. C; Paul M. Grist, Mlss Elva L. Hum¬ phrey. Pittsburgh; Wm. H. Grist, Miss Ruth AVdbd, Mlss Hatio Reck, Miss Alberta Deck. Paxrell Douglass, Miss Ida Sperry. Mlss Janette Thoman. WkJirris L. Thoman, Mr. and Mrs. Estan Hanf, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. E. Robertson, Mlss Helen Robertson, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Alexander, Miss Isabelle Alex¬ ander, Dr. and Mrs. Edward R^ves, Mrs. James RIchenson, Misses Fanale M. and Katherine A. Miller, Mrs. J. R. Lynch, Mr. and Mrs. Finley Kitzel¬ man, Mr. and Mrs. B. Frank Danehow¬ er, Mr. and  Mrs. Jno.  Sperry. '
and the entrance to the Coho proper¬ ty. This Improvement, though but ev temporary measure. Is looked upon a» a great asset to those who use It. The permanent repair of this strStclx will foUow that of the Babylon road.
Taxes exceeding $600 and $41 In flr* tax were received from Collecitor Wat-. son. AU biUs were disposed of ejgteptt two from the state highway A^ffrp. ment, each for $300, for Horsham'a share of maintenance of route 87 or tho, Meeting House road. The supervisors, will contest these bills, for, according; to their opinion, repair to such an ex-. tent waa not actually accompliahedi, The matter will be tpken. up lmme-\ dl9.tely.
(ccmtinned  m nsige S.)
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