The Ambler Gazette 19250730

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VOL. XLII-IS^O. 27
AMBLER.   PA..
XY   30,   192.5
T AND COLD POINI
ITEMS   OF    1 OCAL   INTEREST   TO READERS
PROSPECTVILLE. j
Rov.  Elmef' Leipart,  ol   PleaBiintvUle \ Iteflomned   church,   preached   in   Pros- ! pectvllle  M.   E,   church     last    Suhday evening.
Mrs. Sumuel Gouak Is spending a weiek with her sister, Mrs. Katherine Nitterauer,  i,n  Atlantic  City.
Little Margraret Ford, of Gwynedd. spent several days last week with her cousin,  Mary  Hill. ¦ '
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Isaac of   Philadelphia,     and Paul' Schflneberger.   of Va.,   B)iient   Wednesday Mrs.  Walter Sprouse.
Mj-s. Frances VVo,lf and daughteir, Mrs. Thelma Wolf, of Philadelphin. hpent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Moore.
Mr. Robert Compton, of Ambler
FORT FIREMEN
Schilnoberger, Mr. and Mrs. Charlotteville, with   Mr.   and
Local Grangers Enjoy Picnie — Party Leaves for Stone Harbor—Change in Parcel Post Ruling—Harmonville and flytnouth Centre Notes. •ontrcuy to their original plans the \iumni league of Plymouth township ^vUl piunlc this year at the ho,me of the Misses .Mary, Annie and Carrie Prooke In Cold Point.    Plans have been
lunnulaled to hold this event on Sat- Mr. Albert O'Brien, ot Ches.nut Hill, urduy, August 22. Members and their, ^^ere visitors at the honie of Mr. and fl lends will  attend. Mrs.  Marcus  Edwards  on  Sunday.
Kalhryn Walton, New Hop,e, la visit-      Axel   Magnuson,   of   Brooklyn,   Niew ing   with   .Mrs.   Harry   Styer,   of   Ply-   York,   wits   a   visitor   at   the   home   of Ith Centre ^'''' J'^'^"*' Kunz and family on Sunday.
'"mis  Dorothy  Geisinger,  Harm«pvlUe, '   Leslie  Shepherd  spent  the week-end la the guest   of Mlss  Carolyn Auster¬ berry,  of Plymoulh Centre.
and   Mrs.   Charles   Shuman   and u„d .Mr. and Mrs. Harry Myers
CARNIVAL  TO   BE  CONTINUED THIS  FRIDAY
EAR
AMBLER   DISTRICT      GOES OVER THE TOP
Last   Saurday's   Event   Interfered   With
By   Rain—Booths  and   Attractions  at
th;    Tennis    Courts    Along   Summit
Avenue.
I     Inasmuch   as   the   storm   last   Salur-
^ji,]  day evenins prevented many from tak
Canvassing Still in Progress, With In¬ dications of Reaching $2000—Infor¬ mation as to the American Legion Endowment Fund.
I^roniies.s Is being made in the Ajnb¬ ler' disUict with ilecord to the collection
• Mr. faniily
ing  p;ut  in  the  carnival  given   by  the jof   pledges   fo?   the    American   Legion
Fort   Washington   Fire   Company   and
also  becau.se  the  grand  success of the
affair was interfered wi.h by tho dash
of    rain,    the   firemen    a,nd    their   co¬ workers  have deqldcd  to hold  it  again
tills   Friday   evening,   July   31,   at   the with   relatives   in   Philadelphia. .tennis  courts  along   Summit  avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Hendricks, ofl It ^-ill be ojie more opportunity for LansdaJe, spent Sunday with .Mr. andl«oine to enjoy the festivities of the car- Mrs    Leslie Goiuak. .nival,   while   lo   others   It   wiil   be   an.»160;
Endowment tund for the disabled and the orihans of veteilans.
To Uate $lti87.75 has been paid and pledged, il.s a result of the effoiits of th«i following captains and theii- ieiipis:" Jlairy Grant, .$271.75; Ko«coe 'fft-atly   I    $322;    Cl»i-i(<topliei<   Branda;
QWYNEDD  VALL.EV
Mis Henry B. Barlow 18 reported 1«>" be now si.opping In Chester. Nova t-'cotla.
A. C. Cressman Ifl cnjolng an ex¬ cursion  to  Niagara   Falls  and  Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bolton are re- ceivin.g congratulations ujion the birth of a son on July 22. Both niother and son are reported  to be doing well,
A   house   Is   under     constiuction     on Statte road near the Owynedd turnpike for  William   t^arlisle,   who   Is   eonnect- jed   with   the   Columbia   Avenue   Trust j company   in   Philadelphia. i
The  Misses    Kmily    and     Elizabeth i Smith  are visiting in Jamestown,  R. 1.
A son was born to .Mr. and Mrs. Nor¬ rls Barrett, of this place, on Saturday, July 25.     - I
Mrs.   Aiken    Relchner    is   spendinjf, sonie time at Spring Lake Beach, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Kayton, who | have been touiing through the Near East, arrived home on Wednesday of Jast week.
Mrs, Martin Brennan and infant son' have returned home from the hospital.
A son has been born to Hr, and Mrs.
m
T
MISCELLANEOUS     ITEIViS TEREST.
OF    IM.
Irvin  Radc'ff  Suffering from   Injurie Palmer   Tract    Being    Divided—Miss Buckman   (nju\red—Dresher  and   Jar¬ rettown.
iichool
LVWiani enjoyed
I'-bemlrf'    Piibifii^y a   picnio     Tuesday
along  tlie  Perkloiii.en  Creek  near  Au-
duilion.
Irvln Radcliff, in the accident Hoi.<<ham   tire
»12«.,C|.;  Ensley GWiiham, $104.50; Henri   Sf'^V.  "^  Haverford,  formerly  of  this K.   Faust,   $192.50;   Jos   W.   Craft,   Jr.,   I^'^ce.
one of thoae injuiiect e^uouMtered by the comiiany recently, ha* an infection in the dcei» cut sustained in his leg. iUidcIiff wa.'i i>lniied beneath a portion of the (ire truck la<;e;iition on the coif of the tht?   bcii.e.   The   cut  at
to
and son, ol Plymouth Cenirev were en-ij at the home of Mr. and Mrs.' of Anselma, o^  Sun-
Mrs. J. D. Sprouse and Mrs. Benjam-|lnvilatlon  to view
Thursday at
tertained
Cuil.s  Holloway,
day.
'i'he picnic, held on last Tohickon park bJ the Upper and Low¬ er Bucii.s County Gra/igcs, waa greatly enjo>ed Ijy a number ot thc momljers of the Cold  Point Grange.
William Mooje, Plymouth Contre, haa had a concrete walk laid from his ^ouse to the roadway. ^l<i. and Mrs. Theodore Uuerr and farirly. Uermaniown, and Mr. and Mr.s. SiKi'.ond Ketterer, Koxborough, were recent guests of Mrs. Harry Hojs- In^ton,  of I'lymoulh Cenlre.
Mr.  and   Mrs.   Earnest    (irabc daugliler,   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Hurry Miss Harrlei  Styer and  Kathlyn Wal¬ ton,   Plymouth   Cenlre,     were ^ully   enteitained     on   Sunday
Schuyler Wiley, of  Pughtown.
R.  Marple and  faniily,  enler-
his   hume   in   Ply-
Shirk, of Horsham, were eniertained-liiemen and to lend their suiiiiort. on Wedn«/sday at the home of Mrs. i^lenty of i'un will be inovlded and Walter  Sprouse. |lota   of  .social   activity.     It   is  a   grand
Mrs, Wni. Smith spent Wednesday,'Reeling place fo,r young and old alike, with   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Milton   Wentz   at  and yet in all it tends lo aid the cause
¦    and Styer,
of the  liiomen.
Last Saiurday there were labies and boo1.hs,   decorated   and   draped   in   var- ;ious   fancy     and   attractive   ways. wa.s   a.   fine   disiday   as   ojio   passed
Rose Valley.
Mrs. Hiram Ludwig, of North Wales, spent Wednesday with Mrs. Leslie Shepherd.
The official board  nieeting was post- poned  last   Sunday   morning  to an  in-1 the  Tennis   courts  along   Sumiiil  ave-,o#thc ilislrict  will   be  advised, deflnlte TIate. i nue.    A gala affair was promised, andi     Donations   are   accepted   in   cash
Andrew  Lenahan,     of     Philadelphia, would have  been   most  gloriously   car-1In    l>le(lt,^s   covering   a   period    of last   week   with   his   sisler,   Mrs. i''ied out  but for  the rain   which  drove
Oliver Tolan. $213; E. H. Rlch- he activities of theit^, $13.").50; Frank McJIroy, woi;k just stfc^ed. $18; .S. Jchnson, work now uitoier way. rciiorf lo be mad© Aug. 4. The Norton Downs Post has pledged $160.
Ca);t:iins   a.:e   striving   to   personally
Intei'vipw   every   one  wiliiin   their   diH-
trl?ts, Inu if anyoiw is overlooked    tha
plfidge      Ol'   cash   may     be   foawarded
Itjijawai-d   J.   Dager,   chairman,   or   Wm.
by IH^ Fau.st,   ti'easurer,   and   the   captain
spent
John Serrill. lall
Mr. and Mrs. V^ern Bou,n, of Cleve-'ind land, Ohio, spemt several days lastl'i"<' weiek at the home otf Mr. and Mrs Bald-
o   the   shelter   of   the   fire   house hall,   but   the   goods   were   saved, with tllie.se and  others secured an¬ olher effort  will  be made  this  Friday to a successful cul-
monlhs  or, any   shorter  period.
The effort is l>elng made tlu'oughout the I'liited States lo establish a fund 0* ai ie.ast $5,000,000, the Income of whhli
Scout N>3ws
A number of the boys from No. 2 are still at Camp Delmont, tho Scout Camp at Gree;n Lane, Pa., which is en¬ joying the biggest season it has ever had. The Camp is all booked for the season, except for a vacancies durin" the last week, Aug. 15 to 22. The boy.s, the direction of "Merd" Doug- did some excellent work last and indications are that when cards are turned in No. 2 will in excellent showing.
under
lass,
week,
lh<>lr
make
ind Uie leg was -- Hrsl seemed to heal rnpdly, then puss gallioi-edP and on Monday a physician leoponedl the wound af*iesh. The member Is very soife und Radcliff is ujiabi' to at- iten;ii his w'ork. Williiim l!urkli|iiMlli who was ( ut about thb head is none the wore for the accident now. Tha other.i,, too,   suffered   no  bad
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Geoi-»,'e   H. Hoisham  cnler;ained i,iid  Mrs.      liarii;
and
Tohickon  Park Activities
Thursday, July 2:J, marfied the larg¬ est assemblage in Tohickon Park iVr the season, when beiween 500 and 1000 Grangers
delight- at  the
Cold   Point next     Tuesday
Ha)
Mrs. Sajn- Mlss    Nettle Charles   Hen-
the exception  of Fisher, who  re- Sunday,  are  spending ily spent Sunday with Wm. Dager and jdeveloiied by a group of local business
lioifie of
Milton tained   relatives   at mouth   Cenlre  on  Sunday.
The next meeting of ihe Orange     will   be   held
evtiniiiB-
Thoe  who  left  for   Stone Friday    evening  to     occupy   the dricks cottage are  Mr.  mid uel   Fisher   and   family. Ambers.   Mr.   and
drick,     Mrs.   Martin   Dietrick,     George Dietrick   and   Miss   lOleanor   Whitaker, al from Cold Point and Plymouth Cen tre.    The  pany,  with Mlss Ambers and  Mr turned  home  on the week  there.
Williain (..'oulslon, who is on from Iowa with his wife conducted services at the Plymouth Centre Union mission on Sunday evening. Mr. a former old  resident  of
The public has been advised thiough the postmaster and a notice has boen posted in Plyniouth Mectfng po.st offlce that on .'ind after August 1 all domes¬ tic pai-.cel post jparcels will be accept¬ ed only with 'I'di'^rWH'iyi'»lH'a!'>i<Wl)l<M^| pootage   guaranteed   liy   the   sender.
Charles Staley and family, Plymouth .Meeting,   spent   the   week-end lantie City.
Gwynedd    Monthly   Meeting, Includes       the       Plymouth Friend.s. convenes at ing this Thursday.
Mrs.    Anne    F.    Ainbler,    I'lymouth spending the week at Elm
is   lo   be   used   to   cai«   for  the 1 •-¦''''¦"Kers   and   friends   assembled   and win   Spence. to bring the affair to a successful cul -1 disabled  and   the  orphans  of  veteiuns. i ^"iioyed   the   "perfect   day"   from   start
Mlss  Dorothy Hestler, Clara Dotten-  minaUoii. JT^ie   iiurpose   is   to   kdep   the   child   in |'«   finish.     Guesta   were   present   from
ville, Mr. and Mrs. Robert White, Mrs. The Fort Washington Flre ompany ^the home wherever possible, but where ;'"""y co.untles of Pennsylvania and the A. Keller, John Keller and George thas expressed its gratitude to all those the hom* is disintegrated the Legion slates of New York, New Jersey, Del- Bush,   of   Philadeliihia,   spent   Sundayi who gave  their support to Uhe  success | provides   a   Legion      billet,   where   the :iwaj-e,  Ohio  and Maryland.
o!"   the
tempt on to  tlije
wilh John Bush and family.
Mr.s.   Harry   Stem   and   Mrs.   Sidwell j weather, Conklin   and   daughters   Florence   and i ^"^^a  gTcally Ethel,  of  Wyndmoor, spent Wednesday wilh   Mr. and   Mrs.  Edward  Boehmer. j     Mrs.   Frank   Buck,   of   Norlh   Wales, bor  on spent several days last week with her Hen-  daughier, Mrs. Matthias Landt.
Mr.    Wm.   ThornhiU   and   family,   of i^h Iladelph la,   spent   Sunday   with   Mrs. Nettle Spence. The Misses Aim
results. Zeitler,   of on  Tuesday  Mr. nan    Reinhardf,      and daughter  of  Olney,  and   Mr. Frpd Loesche, of Oak  l..ane. I    Mr.   and   Mrs.    Wlii.iim   Brown   and family,  Morrisville,  called at  lho jof   Mr.    and    .Mis.    Filank Ilorsham, on Sunday. i    John   Hembold    Horsham,   has , .spendiiig   a    few   da.vs   this   wc^ek h .s    friends.        Richard    and Reynolds of Media.
Jones and Johnsi n, pur,cha.seis of the Palmer pioperty, l.ving betwoen liirosher road and Eaaton road, having same surveyed for streets. I Miss Mary ThoiuiiHoii, who ,to   her   home   in   Hort
Ml-B.
homa Korkett'.   of
been
wim
Edwaid
ara
carnival,  despite  the   inclement wtork   is   organized       und,er     a   houae      1"   spite   of   the   inclement   weather , J,       ,,'^7"®   '"   Horsham   on   Sunday
and it  lias  pleased  the mem-'mother with  8 or  HO children of vary-i^ind   floods   of   Saturday   and   Sunday   '"'*''"   ""-ving   spent   a   week   with   Mr.
to  hear  thai  another  at-jiljg  ages.   When   natural     homia    with 130   men   ll-om   Philadelphia   motored   lo o" ', ""^''   Meredith,   of   Kennett
lih,eir  part  will  be  supported Injotli.r   c.miiot      be   iiuiintaincd,     the  the park  Saturday  pitched  their  tents.'   .'l.""!'^'      ''^*'   ^"^^       ^»   visit   with   her
4^'"o*'- liwgion   assists     upon   legal     adoption.  '^"'1   camped   during   the   night   in   the'f, ''"' Harry  Hobensack, of Doy-
e  l.egUm   ^fill  make  cajieful   invest-I'l^^dow.     Although     the   water     was'    \Vf^^"' tion   l^afore   allowing   adon.lion   and .high,   it   did   not   overflow   the   banks   .        •*  "^"^®  Herediih,   Horsham
  .ere. not  obliged  to i?.,.^''"'"'''   ^^'"^
inside.
Up-:
ORELAND.
That section of Oreland lyi,ng per   Dublin   township,   knowii   as   East Oreland,    is  growing    into  a    thriving settlement, and Viola William'modern and attractive homes and withi*<>.
owing   adoo-'tion   and insist   upon   follow-up  for   year.s.   |and %illets   are   eKtablished   in   Michigan, l-^^ek ;W     Jei-sey,     Kansas,   and      wiil   bo
was did   not   overflow   the   banks.
campers   were, not  obliged  top,,,.,,   ^^j   j     ,„  reiwrted  lo  be shelter   inside,   as   did   the   unfor-
the
frionds   neai-
With   the   construction   ofiCsflftbli.shed   in   Califoinia   and   Tennes-
Jersey   billet   is     at
I'he   New visited   Mr.   and   Mrs.   Herman   Arnold a beautiful landscape view  overlookingjjjlaik.sljoro.
on  .Sunday. jthe   Sandy   Ru|n   valley   and   the   hills I'J A   sjiecial   build-up   and   help   policy
Jolin  Dager and  family,  of German- of   the   Manufacturers'     Country     club, ft, extended   the   shell   shocked   veter- town, and   Mr,  Frank  Dager and  fam-, this   portion   of   the   village   has   beenJj^-reliabtUt.ation     service   under
f   experts   amidst   esi>ecial
linen  inlO; the
Coulston was Cold   I'oint.
lamily.
Prospectville M. E. Sunday school |in the suburb, north of Philadelpliia, will picnic at Chalfont Park on Wed- Incorporated as the Oreland Improve- iii's(J;iy, Aug.  19lh. nient   Association   this   coterie   of   men
iliirokl Moore and family visited re-1 has disposed of many lots along l.atives in the neighborhood on Thurs-1 Wlschnian avenue and Weldy and Bala day. iU.venues, and  has built tiiercon  quite a
Helen Mann and Alice Davis, ofiiiuinber ot siilendid looking homes that Philadelphia,   are   spending   the   week;are   a   credit   to   Oreland.     Al   presont
coming  residential  place iwfidings.  and economical  as  it  is  ap ¦ifealing and  humane.
lunate  campers   along   the   I'erkiomen.! On   Sunday  the  cainiieis  wei-e ghad   loi reach   the   large   diningroom,   prepared for   dinnei'   parties,   and   there   paitakj qf  a   sumptuous  breakfast,   which   was sufficient   foi'   some  ,of   them    for   the' tljpjrest of the day.    .\i1er dinner and sup- suJ-'P*'"   were   seivcd,   the   guests   returned
who Asbury very  iU
IS in  the care of
with  .Mrs.   Krank  Steever. AIra.   Eugene     Kratz    spent
At-
Friday
   Willi
irs
Dr.   Hairy   Roessler   and   wile   wt-n^ Hers  in   ilie   vicinity  on   Sunday. i     .Mr.s.    Nettie   .'-^jience   is   spending   a which tew days with hcr daughier, Mrs.  Wm. Meeting I ThornhiU,   in  Philadelphia. Norristown Meet-j     Mr. and Mrs. Ralph French, of Lans¬ downe,   spenl   the   week-end   wijh   Mr. and  .Mrs. John  Serrill.
Elwood   Ely  and   Mr.  Edward  Boeh-
WEST  POINT
• John   Kulp,   painte."  of   Hatfleld,   has. aibput linished  painting  the exterior of'        ,"'"¦"* IWaa-ry  M.   .Nase's  store  and  dwelling.   |l^i'»'"U«
¦W. D. Tyson and family, of Spring eify, have flnished moving into their new iJioperly here.
Preaching servidAs conducted by the liaitir.   Rev.   D.   D.   Bieulle,   in   Grac
to Philadelphia well .satisfied with thoir picnic trip, and the full assurance of a return to the-same place in the future.
EUREKA
A. Kratz, a student ol lo'.lege at Collegevilk preached In the Pleasantville Refotin ed ('hurch on Sunday evening-. Th« subjeci of his dlscoui-<:^e was: -"r! ut Wcifihiit"
Ne.xt    Sia,iul,ay    nioi-iiliig    In^I.V    coni-
thfe
to   th* Thursday  whera:
two  houses are  under construction  for .Messi;s.    Dier   and   Dorninfr,    who   are
l..-t-lll      |iuc rl[:].-,c I .s.        'i'liil.      .,ve     utluerB,,-     ^^    •              --     -   -     - ^•
'' ' ,111. h.V'isb, i-l'-»'?'»"»Jed cliuixli..jiejtt  aiui(}ay  at  7.30 '"Uiiion    will   be   ad.-niniHteied   in
Imu   uill   waJi   uiiiii  next ,s ./ar   Lo deveU | P-   I'l-   Sabbath   school   wllT'he  H©!a'^at"^'^'''''''''""'^^^'""^'*"f'"'''''T,-and' In   t^r- rx-,';,-
op   their   properties.     Through   the   ef- the usual houi'. '"'¦    'i':''     -i.    ,,    tar. weh
tons ut the association all improve- "^ho work on the West I'oint loau ''¦^" '"' ' "ii;-, i,; ,,; j,,,, i^,. .\ii;,., i.^-.., nient.s have been placed on lheseih'<s been flnished and once more this ^-'^^wiiei', who has been aipiinted a streets and the roaway, themselves, j highway is in ofccelleiit condition for |"''ssionary to Chin.a. Adcb esses will be are either  iniproved or to  be imiiroved  '•'''•-Vel. given   ly   Aliss   Gertrude   Hoy.   a   mis-
through  the persistent agitation of the!    nVs.   Fred   Hackman,   who   lias   been  ^'onary  from   China,   home   on   a   fuil-
Meeling   is .-.,  ^
vllle, ^^ Y., visiting with Misses Leticia I ner   and   faniily   attended   the   Ely   re
and  Mabel' Webster,  who  are conduct¬ ing a hotel  there.
Miss  Helen   Skilton  and  cousin bert.a  Shaw, of   Mr.   and   .Mrs.
, union   al   the   home   of   Mr.   and   Mrs. lAlfred  Michener  al Doylestiown. Ko-I     The Montgomery Co. Apiary associa- Harmonvlllc.  were  guests itlon  met    iat  the    ho^ne  of     Matthias! completed   from   Lafayette   avenue   as John   McFelridge,   of .Landt last Saturday afternoon. jfar   as   the   school   building,   acc«f ding
co'iiimenoed  b.v  the  supervisors of Up-1 Hackman    it per  Uublin   township  on   the Bala avenue,  but activitfes were slop¬ ped   'i'uesday,   to   await   the   laying   of curbs.     Wlschman avenuo will aJso be
tormei"
improving.   Mrs. ;''J"fc'li;   Rev.  Paul   W.   Yuh
I   slight. jP"--*'"^'"   of   the   church   here,   and   Rev. i i-'-ckman    was    ictiunlng Halde-,^'   ^-   Leiphart,   the  pi'e.sent   pasior   ollichurch,   with   her
now years.
Conshohocken,  during  the  week-end.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. .1. Martin Berkhimer, of Harmonville. entertain¬ ed at their h04ne Mr. and Mrs. Albert Cline, Mr. and Mrs. Albert C. Ij-edoni and daughier and a friend, all ot Glen¬ sido. Mr. and Mrs. Cllne are well known in Harmonville, having resid¬ ed there for many years. Mr. CUne Is aged Ofi and Is (|uite hale for his Mrs.  Clino is also aollv.e at 92.
Miss Elizabeth Ambler, of Plyniouth Meeting, is at camp this week with the C.Tjnp Fire Glrla of GwT,''nedd. The camp, which is under the supervision of Mrs. Thomas Foulke, of Ambler, Is located on the plot recently purchas¬ ed, by the Young Friends' Movement along the Neshaminy, near Richboro.
A large open porch has replace<l the former porch at the front of the houae on   what   is   kncwn   as   the   Litchfield property,   now   being  remodeled   by   its i new  owner,  Mrs.  McConachy,  of  Con hohocken.
The Knights of thc Gold Engle, of Cold Point, wlil picnic with the castles of Norristown district at Mepnorial Iiark,  Schwenksville. this  Sunday.
Rev. Charlea B. Firman, of Penn Snuare, presided during the service nt the Cold Point Baptist church Sun¬ ilay morning. A goodly sized congre¬ gation was rresojit to hear their for- mj"r pastor "-d Mr. Firmnn spoke well. N<^xt week. "v. <*. D. T\'niiamRon, who wiT move to the Cold Point parsonage on Thursday, will take the pulpit to lead the congregation during the month of August. Rev. Mr. William¬ son Is a minister of great repute, hav¬ lni; preached tn many of the largest churches in Wilmington and elsewhere during his long and succe.ssful career. Not only is this pastor well recom¬ mended, but his pleasing .address nr'i out of the pulpit is a chnracter- iBtlc that aJao precedes htai.
Mlss Roberta Shaw, of West Phll».- delphia. Is spending a part of her vaca¬ tion with her uncle and atint, Mr. anfl Mrs. John  Skllton. HnrmonvlH"
Miss Katherine Rodebau^ Ply¬ mouth Centre, spent la«t Thursday-with M'S.   J.   M.   Berkhimer,   Harmon-vIIle.
The Busy Bee Sewing circle of Har¬ nionville, enjoyed a pionic at River¬ view Beach, along the Delaware river, Wednjesday.
Inipi-ovenient   jVssociation.     Work   wasi'"'   '»   reported  to   be
i   said   suft'ered repair  of|-'*tiiDke  a  iV»w  weeks  ago.   Mrs
iiuin   ajid   Roland    Fenstei-'maclier   are|the   chuich.   .Mi.ss    Detwiler,   will   also also reported to be on  the sick list.       i^'^'^ » parting message, .-ind there w.ll
It   Is   announcel   that   Wentz's   Re-,1^ siiecial music by the choir. jEormied   Sabbath   school   will   hold   its i     -'^l'-   '^nd   Mrs,   Howard   A.   Clymer. annual   outing   thi.s   year    on    August I^t"-   '""'   Mrs.   Williain   D.   Worth   luid Mrs    Laura  Weiss   and   Mrs.   Frankito the Plans of the supervisors. 28th,  at Memorial park, Schwenksville. |I>»-   ""'^,/'^J'-^', Smith   spent   the   week-
Anderson, K     and Mrs.  Eugene  Kratz      Mrs.   A.   L.   Aiman   and   Miss   Anna      The sc.l.oul  ,,oai'd has decided to en-len^^att'      i-^^^ attended Vie   funeraleof   George   Ros-  Aiman   visited     relaUves  in     Palm   on  elose   a   nor.ion   of   the   i orch   of   tbs  Peek s„ond .n Pike county, hong    of   Bridgeport,   last  Wednesday Sunday, and viewed,  there, the deva.- |We8t  Po.nt   school   and  also  to   inaKe      I^iwhtning     played     some     fantastic afternoon,    luueriiienl was made at the jtalion  wrought by  the  bursting of  thn
with  dipht;i,ei'la and a tiaincd  nurse.
TlicK' was .' large nuniljei- of visitors at the nieeting of the Horshani castle, K. G. E., on Frid.ay evening. Repre- sentalivies from 1 oth Red Cross Castla and Langliorn ca.stle were on hand. The icjg-gj/ii' business meeting wa^ pnoceedied with, ujid afterwards thei, men ^njoyted   a  good   social   evenins:.
.Mr:^. Alaiy .Seiple and .Mi', and M.r3-. Robert. Rani-sej't Ifiiisham, am* Mr. and .Mrs. Percy (,'j;aig and daughter, Bott.v, of Logan, motortel I'ocono Mountains on tbey   speni   the   day.
A portion of tire Horshani troop, li. S. A., wiil liave for Camp Delmont this Satiu-day. Scoutmaster Krick¬ baum their leader is unable to accom¬ pany them because of his duties. The 1 —'•-•  -',-!   i.-   ;.      ',,,:,       ¦        .:ap-
'li.-, j-Jt..ii.. .,a. lull.111. whu resides near No;tth Willow Grove, v.as lor spvoral days -.-.l the -Vbington liospi.UJ.1, suffering bruses sustained when struck by an automobile in fmnt ot I^'^'aj*'    stoi'e      Sunday    niglit.   \   Misa
homo    froir* moth  ",   and      both
other needed repairs to  the buiiding.     Ipriinks on There   is   indications   here   now   that ii-arzalere, corn    will  be a    bumper    crop.    The
Union   church,   Whiiemarsh. two  dams  in  that  section.
Mr.    Frank   W,eikel   and    faniily,   of Mrs.   Delp,   of   Lansdowne,   was   the
Ambler;   Miss  Doris  Plotner,  of  Clay- guest of Mrs. Elizabeth Flynn, of Ply- recent   rains   and   Avaim   nights   have
mont,   Del.;     Mr.  and     Mrs.   Granville niouth avenue,  on Sunday.                           done   much   to   make   the   corn   glow,
Leedom,  6t Trenton,  N.  J.;   Miss Mar- Andreas   Bothe     and      family      arei'ind the farmers are very much  enlat-
garet  W^eidner,  of Ambler,  and  Vivian spending some time at Piermont, N. J.   ,Ofl ovei- the prospects  of   a very    flne
AIcGucken,  of  New Jersey,   were  Sun- Mr.   and   .Mrs.  Roy   Meyers  and   son,
day  callers~nt  the  home   of  Mr,  and Joseph,     spent     the     week-end     wlili
Mrs. Charles Gouak.
Mr. Vern Bean, of Cleveland, O., is spending two weeks with his sister, Mrs.   Baldwin   Spence.
Mr. and Mrs. John Serrill and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph French visited Mr. and Mrs. John Fretz at Lake Side on Sunday.
Air. Elvin Schrope, of Phil.adelphia, and Mr. Clarence Detweiler were re¬ cent visitors of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Willier.
crop.
A laj-ge nuniUer of the childen from the congested sections of the city ane enjoying th'e fresh air camp of the Volunteers of .-Vmerica. This is tlie 13th season for the same, which each year docs an excellent work in giving the  chlldrtn  some  relief from  the  hat
and Mrs. Walter Sprouse. Gladys jweek
Mr.
Mr Sprouse,   Douglass   Sprouse   and   Anna AVood motored  to Gap on Sunday.
Nine men from here recently enjoyed a fishing trip to Cape May, returning with   346   flsh,
Willard Kratz, pastor of Prospect¬ ville M. E. church, preached in Pleas¬ antville Reformed church on  Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yingst will mo.ve in the near future to their newly built house In Palmyra, N. J.
friends  in  Norristown.
The   Oreland   troop   of   Boy   Scouts,
under  the   leadership    of  Scoutmastti'
Breisacher, are now at Camp Delmont,
near  Sumneytown. Mrs.     Clement     Sands     entertained
Mlss Emma Harvey and Miss Carqllnej streets of the city.
Sands, of Olney, on Sunday. "~    I ,,T~; TT,       'ZTTi
Ellwood   Thon,   who   Is   employed   at ,       ¦'^1'   fo""   •'"''ae   Miller
Reading, was at home over'the week-     ^ DtJiiocratic petition ha.s been filed
gjjij I to have the  name of John Faber Mil-
Frank   Potter   and   lamlly   spent   thei'^r^   pr-sideiit     Judge   of     Montgomery
end, at   the   shore Russell,     of   Philadelphia, the Delaware Water i moved  his  family  into  his  newly residence  on   Wischnjan  avenue.
county,   placed   on   the   ballot   of   the j,,|.,'diemociiitic   party     at   tne   September '    prlmtu-y election.  Republican  p<tltions wei-«  flled  for  him  at  HariHsburg  last) week.
bui
Inquest   into    Horsham    Man's    Deaith
Following an inquest by Coroner Huff, of Monteomery cou/ity, into causes of the de.-.th of Hari-y Stacey, Jr„ of Horsham, a juny exonerated I^lGeor^ Knoell, of North Broad street, declaring tlie boy's death to have been the result of an  unavoidable accident
Young Stacey, hurrying to his hame croBsed York i-oad and wa» struck by an autpmobUe driven by Knofell, on July 16. He died In the Abington Hospital a few houra later.
The  Bergeys   Meet Shooting .Accident   at   West   Point
MoiJB than 100 members if the Ber- "it was an accident,"' was the only gey family braved the inclemein i statement made by Floyd Snydei- wealher on S-'.turday jind attended the,when admitted to Montgoniery hospi- annual reunion and pilgrimage held a' tal Sunday withia bullet wound in his Hallowell's   Grove,   Skippack. ichest. Accoi'ding to .T-ttening physicians
Rev. James Riley Bergey. of Balli- jthe 32-caUbre bullet punctured a lung, more, president of the family assocla-|.and the youth's condition is seilious.
presided  at the  sessions.  He wa.-' :     The shooting took place at the home association  for of   Snyder's   mother.   M:-s.   Nelllle  Sny¬ der,  who  found  him  shot  in his  bed-
fcontlnuefl .>n »<«i'» \ »
Released  When
Mre  Paid
Taxes When Mrs. Addle Sperling was com- mltled.to prlBOiD. at Doylesto'wn, isrlth a baby in her arms, for non-paymen^ df taxes, the prlsojiers subscribed suf- ficolnt  funds to have her released.
tion,  presided  at the
re-o!eated  head  of  the
another   year.   All   othor   offloerri   wen
re-elected.    They   are   F.    P.   AVanger,
vice   president,   Pottstown;    Dr.   D.   H.
BeilB«y.  secretary, Philadelphia,  and AV
S.   Bergei-y.  treasurer.   Line  Lexington.
The annivlersai-y address was madi- at the afternoon session Uy Rev. Wil¬ liam Barnes Ixi-wer. Immediately fol¬ lowing this session a pilgrimage wa-s made to Die Lower Salford Mennonltr Meetinghouse and to, the homestead of the ancestor of the family, John Ulrich  Bergey. '
Brief services were heid ait botli places. At the meetinghouse the pre¬ sident of the association dellver'ed a mmorlal address ~3iMn^ D. David H. Bengey spoke on "The Ajicesturs ofl thlff F'amily an Thetr Influence on Poeterity," at tli* homestead.
the premises ot .Mis. L.2zie but no damaged was done. Mr. and Mrs. Elias Sellers and family, of Gwynedd V'alley, were en¬ tertained on Sunday 1 y Mr. and Mrs. J.   l.Kjwell   Hoover.
The   play   given   by   thie   Girls'   Mis- siionaj-y   Guild!  two   weeks   agoi repeated   last   Thursday   evening attended   by  a  number  of  people   who were   prevented   from      coming   before the   sev'ere   electrical
sUndingf loo   lata
of
on   account atorni.
Aliss   Eleanor leader    iit    Slie
A'ash waa the Senioi- ClirS.'Stlan Endkavlor Society   on   Sunday  evening.
A meeting of the consistory of the cnurch   was  held  on  Tuesuay evening
Tl<e cxtei'Jon of the Pleasantville church has been much improved by painting and aiso pointing of the stone.
Mrs. Eleanor Leaman, of Philadel¬ phia was a week-end guest of Miss AVllma  Markley.
v\^ai'0 waiting to lake the trolley car¬ at the ciossing when the accident o<:cuii'cd. A car in tow was re- si>on.sible fov the guls Injuiy, although no blame whaUjver can be placed uii¬ on the one stearing. .Vs the lattei* at I swing in towai-d the Hoisham ser¬ vice station from the highway AIlss Buckmiin is alleged to have turned her back to look in anolher directioru The man at the wheel, a purty frora Haddonfleld, X. J., unfamiliai- with the turn, did not make tho corner so tiuickly and being without lights, did not discern the girl, wlio was besides at the corner, until was Miss Bucknian fell when .struck and waa and I badly hm-t and shocked by the im¬ pact. It was reportel fi-,o:n the hospltai thai no bones are broken, although the bruises and scratches alxjut her tody are severe.    .
Mr. .and Alrs, William A'ta.ch, lesi- dents at the K. G. E. homo, Davia Grove, observed their 41.st wedding anniversary on Wednesday, July 23. Air. and Alls. Veach were married at Chesapeake  City,  Aid.
l-'red Roth, vice president of the IC O. E. homo ajid orphanage, and Air. and Mi-s. Funk, all of I'hiladelphia, spent Sunday as gue.sts of the resi,-> dents   of  the   iioiiJo  in   Pia\'i-i  Grove.
room aften he had taken his wife to hee motrter's home in West Point. She told the police she found him lying on the  floor.
Air.   and   Airs.   Gtorge   I<Ml:nan   and Tlie   annual   reunion   of   the   Weisei ifamily    Hallowell,   were   in   Capo   May
duringV, thj(    woek-eh'd,   i(eturtiing   oa Monday.
Air. and Mrs. Charles H. Rull.ei-forJ, of Hallowell, and Chj-fes Rutherford Jr., and family, of HartsviUe, visited Mi-, and Mns. A, J. Rulhei-ford and family,   in   Wajf^ington   on   Sunday.
A   number   of       persons     from   th»
Christian     Endeavor      society     of  tha
church,   of   Horsham,
to   attend   the     great
family was held on Saturday in the grove at AliU Creek school. About 50 membera were present.
Airs. Sarah Schaffer, of Davis Grove who was overcome by the heat two weeks ago, has recovered and is able to   resume   h'ei'   work.
It 's reported that a bus will opei-nte this fail from this place to Ambler.
Fi-ank   W.   Worth,   of   Prospeclville, Orace    Union is hauling tilfe preparatory to buildi/ig have   planned
Glenside Man Drowned Volunteetti Avore sought in Norris¬ town to search for the body of James Sweetwood. of NoiJ-istown, who 'WB» dro'wned in Indian Head Parjc Sunday while he and two companions were shooting the rapids in a canoe. For tWenty-foui) hom-s a search has been made of the I'erkiomen Creek for tho body, without result. He was 24 yeans old ajid before coming to Norribtown two monthe a,g:o lived in Gfenside and B^lefonite, anfl '\^tl8 eimployed by the State Highway Department.
a house on lus  proiierty  on  Limeljiln    Qhj^ig^Ian  \Hn;deayo(rtx c^n^ventlon   ^^ P^lte. Chester on  Saturday  evening.
M. Bender and family have moved The Christian Endeavor of the Graca In\o the farm house on William union chiirch of Horsham pit?sented Kohlier's   property,  along Lower  State! ja nne program Sunday evening, which
-waa   jurtdor   thlaj laadei-ilHii)   ofl  Mr,
Road.
The Sunday school of the Pleasant¬ viile Reformed church is picnicking' to-day at Fojiest park, Chalfont.
Mrs. Sarah Fogarty, of First avenue was the victini of an unusual accident, while assisting at the home of Mre. Lawrence Blanche. She was working in an outside kitchen when the floor gave way, pnocijiitating her into the well below. She struggled and scream- aiis oaojeq aui]-) oiuos joj dioq joj pa was heard by members of the house¬ hold.
Whitehead, tieasurer ol tne '.N'orthoast bnanch of Philadelphia C. E. Union. A quartet of splendid voices was aU so present and rendered very enpoy- able selleotions. Clarence Detwiler, one of tho prominent leaders In the Hatboi'o Action, was present.
On Auirust 1, Air. and Mrs. WlUiank Veach of Davis Gro-v'e will leave tc spend a month with tbe ^forimei'% .(jrVi.IdauR'htfln, Mrs. David Unglt)-- bach, of Lynwood, N. J.
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