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VOL. LXV — 48
AMBLER, PA., JANUARY 27, 1944
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War Bond Sales Total $200,000 During Week
Auil)lcr   and   Surrounding   Dis¬ tricts Well Ori^anizd for 'ii^'ourth War Loan Drive
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•        NEED $750,000
Ambler and its surrounding dis¬ trict reports War Bond sales total¬ ing $100,000 at the end of the first week's drive.
George Scherff and Walter Rell¬ er, co-chairmen of the drive, in a message to the people of this vicinity, explain that "the quota for this territory is at least $750,- 000. Ot this amount, the Govern¬ ment expects individuals to sub¬ scribe to at least one-third the amcrunt to be raised; this means we niust have $250,000.00.
"Our territory is well organized, and the volunteer workers are do¬ ing a splendid job. This includes Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and all the youth of our schools. When your representative calls on you, he is doing his part. The rest is up to you. Encourage him by giving your subscription for that extra $100 War Bond.
"The Fourth War Loan Drive now under way is exerting every possible effort to sell Bonds be¬ tween now and February 1st to individuals. That means within the next week, we must sell at least $150,000 more bonds to you. It can be done if you buy your bond. Be sure to get your sticker, put it on your door and say "I've bought my extra $100 War Bond." You will feel proud to know you are doing your bit for Victory and a more enduring peace."
Montgomery County is heading toward the mid-way mark of the $12,000,000 quota for individual sales in this drive, thus gaining a good start toward its total goal of $24,000,000. The grand total for the nation has been set at $14,000,000,000, of which $5,- 600,000,000 is to be raised by sales to individuals.
President Roosevelt, in a state¬ ment issued to the people of the country, declared that "it is the personal business of every Amer¬ ican to see that the Fourth War Loan is a success," and that "until we have actually occupied Berlin and Tokyo, we cannot indulge for a moment in the pleasant day dream that the war is almost over."
"During the Fourth War Loan Drive all of us will have an oppor¬ tunity to do cur share in shorten¬ ing the war and causiiig the un¬ conditional surrender of the enemy. Every dollar invested in war bonds is an addition to our offensive power, a contribution to our future happiness and security. Let's all back the attack"
REELECT LT. KNIGHT HEAD OF ASSOCIATION
Ainhlor    Building    And    Loan
Iloldff Annual Meetinji;
Entertains at Dinner
All the offlcers of the Ambler Building and Loan Association were reelected at the annual meet¬ ing, January 13.
Lieutenant (jg) Harold G. "Knight, Jr., of Blue Bell, now serving with the United States Navy and stationed at present at Ban Francisco, California, was re¬ turned to offlce as president. The other officers are: vice president, George W. Morris; secretary, Wil¬ liam H. Faust; treasurer, William W. Sholler; solicitor, Thomas A. Foulke. » The following directors were elected: Harold G. Knight, Jr., Blue Bell; George W. Morris, Charles S. Arnold, Fort Wash¬ ington; Walter L. Bright, Alfred Baldwin, Spring House; William W. Sholler, Blue Bell; William M. Clymer, Flourtown; John J. Rex, Lansdale; George G. Bridden, Erdenheim; Frank C. Weber, Wil¬ liam H. Faust, Edward C. Scott, Garnett M. Deck, Harmon C. Kin¬ ney, E. E. Kerschner, Walter Shaeff, Jr., F. O. Hoyt, Edward J. Kelly, James A. Cassidy.all of Ambler.
An amendment to the by-laws oi; the association was passed. (Continued on page 2)
NURSE ASSOCIATION
TO OPEN FUND DRIVE
The Springfleld - Whitemarsh Visiting Nurse Association will open its twenty-third annual drive on Wednesday, February 2. A goal of $7,000 has been set.
The association asks that resi¬ dents support its drive since ex¬ penses have been gratly increased due to the wartime shortage of doctors and nurses. The visiting nurses of the association are more than ever in demand.
Mrs. Charles Cunningham is chairman of the drive and her as¬ sistant is Mrs. Frank Ellis. The district chairmen are as follows: Mrs. Lewis Hatch, Whitemarsh; Mrs. Heberton Fricke, North Hills; Mrs. E. Pierce Myers, Wyndmoor; Mrs. George Boyd, Plymouth Meeting; Mrs. Barnett Fairchild, Barren Hill and Spring Mill; Mrs. Levi Lessig, Erdenheim; Mrs. Paul Maust, Flourtown; Mrs. B. F. Algeo, Oreland.
FIREMEN'S RELIEF
GROUP BUYS BONDS
The Springfleld Township Fire¬ men's Relief Association voted to purchase three $100 war bonds at its meeting, last Tuesday evening, at the Wyndmoor Hcse Company building.
WiUiam Reape, of Wyndmoor, was elected secretary succeeding Walter Smith.
Among those attending the meeting were: Chief Walter Rohr¬ bach, Joseph Rex, Edward H. Chew, Jr., Harry W. Lynn, Irving Hosking, George Gray, David Mc¬ Cullough, William T. White and William A. Hobbs, Jr., all of the Flourtown Fire Company. Walter Rohrbach, Sr., presided.
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DANNEHOWER TO ADDRESS COUNTY BOROUGH'S ASSO
Judge William F. Dannehower, of the Montgomery County Courts, will be the principal speaker at the annual banquet of the Mont¬ gomery County Boroughs' Associa¬ tion to be held tonight at 7.15 p. m., at City Hall, Norristown.
County Commissioners Foster C. Hillegass, Fred C. Peters and Ray¬ mond K. Mensch will be guests ot honor at the affair which it is ex¬ pected will be attended by about 100 borough councilmen and other borough officials.
The Asscciation will elect offic¬ ers fcr 1944 and entertainment has been arranged. Clarence E. Burk¬ hardt, president of the organiza¬ tion, will preside. Vernon E. Wynne, Conshohocken councilman, is chairman of the banquet com¬ mittee.
ENLISTS IN WAVES
Miss Joyce Anne Luxton, daugh¬ ter of Mrs. Anne Luxton, of 316 West Moreland avenue, Hatboro, formerly of Ambler, has been in¬ ducted into the Waves and will take her basic training course at the United States Naval Training School at Hunter College, N. Y.
Miss Luxton is a graduate of Ambler High School where she was active in athletics, being hockey captain and assistant bas¬ ketball manager. She was employ¬ ed at the Roberts and Mander Company before entering the ser¬ vice.
Miss Luxton has one brother, a coxswain in the Navy, who is somewhere in the West Indies, and two brothers who are corporals in the Army.
Blood Donors Needed Here By Red Cross^ February 10,11
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Wissahickon Brancli Will Hold
Annual Gathering at High
School Tomorrow
A tableau, "Giving Lile to Your Soldier," will be presented as one of the special features of the an¬ nual meeting of the Wissahickon Branch of jthe Ainevcan- Red Cioss, South Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter, tomorrow evening at eight o'clock in the Ambler High School auditorium.
The tableau will be based on a photograph published recently in many of the newspapers, showing the Red Cross giving blood to a soldier in Sicily. Joseph Noble, Ambler, will take the part of the doctor in the tableau. Donald Reed, Amblei-, will be the soldier, and Mary Fanu, Ambler, one of the peasants. Other peasants and nurses will be students at Miss Helen Bork, Ambler High School faculty member.
Miss Bork, director of dramatics at the High School, and Miss Ann Potteiger, art teacher at the school, are both assisting in tableau pre¬ parations. Abram R. Hunsicker, shop instructor, and some of his students are making the scenery. Mrs. Henry S. Walker, Ambler, is in charge of the tableau.
Among the pprominent guests who will be present at the meeting will be Mrs. William O. Rowland, chairman of the Volunteer Special Services of the South Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Am¬ erican Red Cross, aVid Miss Besse Howard, platform and radio lec¬ turer who for twelve months has been doing Red Cross recreational work overseas. Miss Howard will address the group and there will be official war department mov¬ ing pictures.
Miss Howard will be the dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reath, Haws Lane, Erdenheim, be¬ for the meeting. Mrs. Reath is chairman of the Wissahickon Chapter of the Red  Cross.
All Red Cross members and friends of the Red Cross are invited to attend Friday evening's meet¬ ing. Mrs. John H. Packard, Chest¬ nut Hill, is in charge of table decorations where retreshmenits of coffee and doughnuts will be served after the meeting. For re¬ served seats for the program, the nublic is asked to call Whitemarsh 0373.
W. S. LIVENGOOD TO BE NEXT LECTURE SPEAKER
The Honorable W. S. Livengood, Jr., Secretary of Internal Affairs of the Commonwalth of Pennsyl¬ vania, will speak on February Oth, at the third in a series of com¬ munity lectures to be held at Gwy¬ nedd Friends Meeting, DeKalb and Sumneytown Pikes, Gwynedd on Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clcck. His subject will be "A Layman Looks at Christianity."
Allen H. Moore, of Fort Wash¬ ington, a member of the Com¬ munity Lecture Committee, will preside at this meeting. Everyone is   urged   to  attend.
The purpose of these commun- inty lectures is the stimulation of thoughtful consideration and in¬ telligent discussion of social and religioHs   questions.
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A second front in Europe, bigger and more terrifying air raids and invasions of enemy territories, and finally, complete victories over the armies of Hitler and Tojo, will mean more deaths, more missing and wounded soldiers, more blood shed than has been seen at any time in this war.
The Mobile Blood Donor Unit of the American Red Cross has been doing a remarkable job in gathering plasma and saving lives, since early in this war; but even this is not enough. There must be mora blood doners than ever be¬ fore, giving blood to save the lives of the thousands of soldiers who will need blood or who will die.
Those who gave blood in the former drives are urged to give it again. Those who have never given of their blood, for one rea¬ son or another, are asked to make the coming blood donor day their time, by signing up now.
The Mobile Unit of the Ameri¬ can Red Cross will come to the Wissahickon Fire House, on Feb¬ ruary 10, and 11. Thursday the hours will be from 12.45 p. m. un¬ til 5.15 p. m. Friday, from 10.45 a. m. until 3.45 p. m. The daily quota is 180 pints, which means that there should be 210 appoint¬ ments daily, as there are always a number who cannct give blood because of  colds,  etc.,  when  the
blood donor days arrive.
¦¦ Walter Reller, vice president of the Ambler National Bank, is chairman of recruitment for Amb- lier again, with Thomas Durkin acting as recruiting chairman in charge of the Keasbey and Matti¬ son Company. Mrs. Henry S. Wal¬ ker is chairman of the three wards in Ambler, assisted by Mrs. Earl T. Baker, Mrs. J. Russel! Meyers and Mrs. Edward G. Davies, Mrs. C. S. Jago is in charge of solicit¬ ing Donors in Prospectville. Mrs. Robert McLean is chairman of Blood Doners for the Wissahickon Branch.
A quota of 420 volunteers for a two day period, is the largest quota ever set for Ambler and vic¬ inity. But it is felt that this quota will be met, because everyone on tlie home front ralizes that this is one of the most important ways qf winning the war, for those who cannot  be   en  the  battle  field.
' In August 2, 3 and 4, 1943, a fetal of 483 pints of blood were donated, and 512 persons volun¬ teered. This figure, which repre- afents Ambler's most succsesful Blood Donor Days thus far, means ti^at approximately 170 persons \blunteered to donate blood for Mch day.
I In February of 1943, there were 363 volunteers who gave of their Blood, 244 of which were employ-
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SPRINGHOUSE CHILDREN PRESENT PLAY FOR P. T. A.
A .special feature at the meeting of the Springhouse Parent Teacher Association on Monday evening was a play presented by the stu¬ dents of the Springhouse School, consisting of religious songs and scenes from the Bible. The audi¬ torium of the school, where the program was held, was packed with P.T.A. members, parents and friends of the children.
Russell Bauer,' president of the organization, gave a talk on "Rea¬ sons Whv Parents Should Belong to P. T. ^.", explaining the bene¬ fits derived by both the parents and children of P. T. A. members, and the close cooperation between the Association and the school.
FUNERAL ON TUESDAY
Philadelphia Woman Dies Two
Months After Son's Death
In Crash
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. Anna Elizabeth Ditter, mother of the late Congressman J. William Ditter, of Ambler, at her home, 932 West Erie avenue, Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ditter, who was ninety years old, died exactly two months after her son was killed in the crash of a Navy airplane. She has been conflned to bed since last June when she suffered a frac¬ ture of the hip. Her condition grew steadily worse as compUca- Ruswl Meyers Holds 0«ice ; "ons set in, and her family did ' I not  tell   her  of   her  son s  death.
J. Russell Meyers, Ambler, was i T^ey   told   her  he  was   seriously chosen flr,gfc.wp^,m€sM.^;, Sl|,itIiS|«J .ib-^^jtSBSin,- **y he n» long^* Montgomery County Federation of  ,-,aiH Hp.- vuppk-K- vLsits and wrote Sportsmen's    Club    at  a     recent meeting in Norristown. William J.
Stoneback, Lanaj^ale, was re-elect¬ ed president or the organization fcr another year. War bonds were
paid her weekly visits and wrote his customary two or three let¬ ters a week to her from Washing¬ ton.
Mrs.  Ditter was the widow of George  Ditter,  a blacksmith. She
awarded to ten county sportsmen  ^^g   active   in   Lutheran   Church
at the conclusion of the business session. George C. Brown, Penllyn, and J. Russell Meyers were among the winners.
JUNIOR CLUbIiEETS
The Junior Colony Club of Am¬ bler met in the Red Cross rooms on Main street, Tuesday evening. The members spent the evening in sewing and knitting for the Red Cross. Mrs. Thomas J. Lane,-Jr., program chairman, was in charge. Miss Jean Lutz, president, pre¬ sided at a shcrt business meeting.
STATIONED IN FLORIDA
organizations until recently
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Edward Biester, of Doyles¬ town, and Mrs. J. Q. Shearer, of 932 West Erie avenue, Philadel¬ phia; and a son, G. Harry Ditter, of 906 West Erie avenue, Philadel¬ phia, an attorney and a former member of the Pennsylvania (continued on page 6)  o———
INCREASED DY WAR
  Rev. Mr. Lanburtus Wortena, a rwtive of Holland, will be the f*incipal speaker at the Ambler j^uth dinner to be held in the ^mbler Presbyterian Church on Tiiesday evening, February 1, at 6J0 o'clock.
The toastmaster will be the Rev. Luther H. Harshbarger, pastor of the Ambler Church of the Breth- r^.
Silvery young person in Ambler is'invited to be present with his Iriends. Each person attending is a^ed to bring a vegetable dish. The balance of the meal will be UffiRJ^d   W   the   Ambler   Youth
sponsoring the effeir.
The dinner is being planned in observance of National Youth Week. Besides the talk by Rev. Mr. Wortena, there will be a pro¬ gram of entertainment suitable for a young age group.
The guest speaker is a former minister of the Dutch Reformed Church and has traveled exten¬ sively in Europe. He has been teaching in a school on the Main Line and has recently accepted the position of personnel director for a large Philadelphia manufactur¬ ing concern.
COMiNIMNTRE ACTIVITIES REPORT
JNalional     Vssocialioii    Stresses
Bcnelils of Conmiimily
Program
ANOTHER LIFE SAVED!
i !<!i?^it to do iiiy part in trying to save tlic life of souic wounded  soldier,  .sailor or  marine.   1  would  like  to   donate a pint of uiy hlood.
NAME    :	
ADDRESS	
TOWN   	
TELEPHONE   NO	
TIME AND DAY PREFERRED  '	
MARY E. ENGLE
First Sergeant Mary E. Engle, daughter of Zebulon C. Engle, Limekiln Pike, Jarrettownj is stationed at the Second WAC Training Center, Daytona Beach, Fla., doing company work.
After filling out the above form, donors are asked to mail or take it to the Ambler Gazette offlce, Butler avenue, or to the Wissahickon Branch offlce of the American Red Cross, Bethlehem pike and Wissa¬ hickon avenue, Flourtown. A representative of the Blood Unit will then contact you to definitely set a time for your appointment. Those who prefer may call directly to the Wissahickon Red Cross office, Whitemarsh 0373, for appointment. Persons who have no phones, or who will not be home between now and the date set, are urged to personally contact the Red Cross office to get their appointments, in order to save time and avoid confusion. N
Assistant District Attorney
Addressed Club Group
Thomas Waters, Assistant Dis¬ trict attorney of Montgomery County, addressed the members of the Ambler Kiwanis Club at its weekly meeting held at School Inn, Tuesday night. Walter Reller introduced the speaker.
Mr. Waters addressed the group on the importance of backing tho Fourth War Loan Drive. He stated ' that "this Fourth War Loan Drive is an essential—must—on the part of everyone." Attorney Waters added "the boys are doing their part, now it is up to us to do our part to raise $14 billion dollars in the present drive." I Abram R. Hunsicker, of the I y^nibler High School faculty shcrw- ed two reels of motion pictures of the Fourth War Loan Drive. Ross Rile, of Blue Bell, was a guest of the club.
Dr. Joel S. Strickland, of Amb¬ ler, was accepted as a member of the group.
Recent guests of the club in¬ cluded V. A. Butler, Walter A. Streeper nnd Stewart L. Davis, Jr.
Recreation needs are increasing as the war continues, the National Recreation Association has pointed out in a statement received here this week by Mrs. Marmaduke Til¬ den, of Blue Bell, Mrs. Tilden is the association's sponsor in Amb¬ ler.
The statement, issued in connec¬ tion with an appeal fca' funds for the work of the association in 1944, further reveals that "adequate community recreation programs e.xist for only about one-fifth of the American people. Small child¬ ren of working mcrthers, as well as the mothers and fathers them¬ selves, need recreation leadership. Servicmen and war workers create a major community problem if an adequate recreation program is not provided far them."
Wholesome recreation opportun¬ ities for youth are considered one of the means of combating juven¬ ile delinquency, which is the con- j cern not only of adults but ot I ycuth itself, as evidenced by the following letter received by the National Recreation Association:
"Will you please send me at once a 'Teen Trouble' pamphlet ... I like men in uniform but I haven't gone out with any. I don't get in trouble like some of the girls in your story. I'm sixteen years old, but it is so hard to get a decent boy. I don't feel like going out with boys. Then if I do go out with boys people say her mother doesn't care who she goes out with. But my mother does, my mother is always worrying about me."
Recreation departments believe strongly that the resources of com¬ munity recreation belong to all t&e j people and should be freely used I by all the people, but they are often restricted in what they are able to do by lack of time and space and by inadequate leader¬ ship and budget. The National Recreation Association serves as a cooperative clearing house to which recreation departments may turn for help in facing such pro¬ blems. The association is support¬ ed by voluntary contributions.
lATIVE OF HOLLAND TO SPEAK AT DINNER
|ev. Lanhurtus Dortena to Ad- J       dress Anihler Youth I Meeting
Lutheran Church Council
To Be Installed Sunday
During tne Sunday Morning Service at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washingtcn, at 10.45 o'clcck, the members of the church council for the year 1944 will be installed.
The following men were elected to the council at the congrega¬ tional meeting held recently, and will be received into the council: for three year terms, William C. Ccry, Arthur VanSant, A. Lane MacBride, and G. Harris Britt; for two year terms. David A. Wilkie, Samuel W. Fales, James Sandiford, and Elmer Lawley; for one year terms, James Wright, J. J. Osbrrne, Philip Meiss, and George Schmaienbergcr. Preceding the installation service, the pastor of the church, the Rev. Robert ¦ E. Hcrne, will preach rn the sub¬ ject, "Christian Men—to Make the World Seel"
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INDICTS IDEOICATE MEMORIAL WOMAN BUILDINGS TO DITTER
Mrs.  Helen   Wucherer  To  Go
On 'IVial Fchruary 7
For Murder
Mrs. Helen Wucherer, of Erden¬ heim, who has confessed to the fatal shooting of her husband, August, will go on trial on Febru¬ ary 7 , in Montgomery County Court, charged with murder
Present Naval Chapel Al Cere-
mony Honoring Late
Congressman
The J. William Ditter Memorial Chapel at the Naval Air Station, Willow Grove, was dedicated on Sunday before an assembly of congressmen, high ranking navy officials, and members of the late
A true bill was found against [ congressman's family. Mrs. Wucherer by the grand juryj Mrs. Ditter, widow of the prom- on Tuesday morning. It was the: inent Republican leader, lighted first case heard and because the j the first candle in the dedicatory charge is murder, it was presented | ceremony.
in open court. Grand jury hearings.     The invocation was given by the are private in all other charges,     j Rev.  Edward P. O'Neill.  Captain
Mrs. Wucherer did not testify at! H. R. Lacey, public works offlcer, all during the proceedings. Her, Philadelphia 5favy Yard, present-* attorney handled the brief formal-1 ed the chapel to Commander J. M. ilies. The Erdenheim  woman sat  Rutherford, commanding offlcer of
with her head bowed, a picture of  dejection.
In leaving the court room, she collapsed and had to be assisted by her attorney and Fred R. Fluck, county jail warden.
Mrs. Wucherer has been in prison since October 31 when she was arrested by the Springfield township police. She walked into the township police station early that morning, dressed in a night-
the station, who in turn presented it to Captain R. D. Workman, chief of chaplains, Washington, D. C. The prayer of dedication was offered by Captain E. W. Davis,' district chaplain. The program was in charge of Lieutenant F. O. Sveom,   station   chaplain.
The chapel, with a seating cap¬ acity for 350 was named in honor of Congressman Ditter who was instrumental in  obtaining    funds
gown   and    housecoat,   and   told j for the construction of the $25,000 the  offlcer on duty  that she had  building. -The  representative   was
SPECIAL YOWTH SERVICE
Thi.s   Sunday^ January  30th,  is Young People's Day, so the Morn¬ ing Service at 11 a. m., in the First Presbyterian Church, Ambler will be   a   Youth  Service.   Miss   Irma Umstead, President of the Senior •C.  E. Society,  will  give the Call 'to Worship, and Invocation. Don¬ ald Reed, President of the Inter¬ mediate C. E. Society, will lead the responsive reading selection. Miss Betty Boehner will sing an offer¬ tory solo, and the following young people will usher and take up the offering:     John    Astler,     Robert Astler,   Tom   Elder,   and   Charles ] Weir. The  theme on which Rev. I Norman Dunsmore    will    preach I will be one of interest and chal- len to youth—"Are Ye Able?"
just shot her husband. The hus band, whp died shortly afterward, was employed in a Chestnut Hill real estate offlce. Previous i to that he had taught school in Nor¬ ristown.
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crash   of   a   Navy Columbia,   Pa.,   in
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Texas Woman Discu.sses World Conditions At Cluh Sponsored Meeting
. DOTTS IN ENGLAND
Technical Sergeant Edward D. Dotts, formerly of Gwynedd Val¬ ley and now of Berks road, Nor-
land. Word of his safe arrival has been received by his aunt, Mrs. James Harper, with whom he made his home. Dotts was inducted on July 16, 1941 and was stationed I at Phcenix, Arizona.
Mrs. Nancy R. Armstrong, ot Houston, Texas, chairman of the international relations department of the General Federation of Wo¬ men's Clubs, addressed the mem¬ bers of the Colony Club of Ambler and invited guests at a meeting held in the library of the Ambler High School, last Wednesday eve¬ ning.
She  spcke   in    place  of     Mrs.
Hirpm G,.;jHPu«htoa.,Jr^,^of ftedjevenjng'is "^^'^sewttoa "o?   the Oak, Iowa, cnafrmart of eaucalion (.^^^^y p'j.5,-g(,{-   - •' '
of the General Federation of Wo-      jhe speakers will be Mrs. Ed- men s Clubs^ wh(3 was scheduled: ^^.^r^j  l,   Xowne,  of  Three Tuns,
killed in the airplane near November.
Miss Mabel Ditter and Ensign J. William Ditter, daughter and son respectively of Congrs.sman Ditter, and other members of the Ditter family attended the cere¬ mony.
Among others present were: Rear Admiral W. B. YoUVrg, Vice Admiral Lewis B. Combs, Assist¬ ant Chief of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, Washington, and Con¬ gressmen Harry R. Sheppard, of California, Charles A. Plumley, of Vermont, and Noble J. Johnson^ of  Indiana.
C0UNT77uNIOR~aLUBS TO MEET FEBRUARY 4
Junior clubs of the Montgomei'^ Counly Federation will hold i dinner meeting at the Colon? House, 1235 Locust street, Phila¬ delphia, on Friday evening, Febru« ary 4.
The principal item of business will be the nomination of a new chairman to succeed Mrs. Wil¬ liam F. Drake, of Ambler. Also listed   for   discussion   during   the
to discuss "Education in the Post
who will explain about the system
RECEIVES PROMOTION
War World." Mrs. Houghton  was j ^f public day nurseries, and   Mrs.
North    Pcnn    Officers    Want
Puhlic lo Keep Informed
On Activities
Tho offlcers and directors of the North Penn Community Cen¬ tre realize the large responsibility j vested in the centre by the com-! munity and feel it is their duty j to keep the community advised of the daily activities as they are can-ied on 365 days of the year; Therefore the following report has been presented for publication.
"The Community Centre is wholly local in its organization. The community of the North Penn is fully responsible for its exist¬ ence and it is with real pride that we can all look on the Centre as a great accomplishment of a hum- antarian effort that has been and will continue to be a hard-work¬ ing, thoughtful organization, able, ready and willing to do its part in maintaining the welfare of the North Penn.
"During the monlh of December 'he nurses have made many visits in the interests of aiding us to keep healthy, happy and continue our normal home and business life activities.
"377 visits were made through¬ out the community. These visits required the nurses to call on their wide knowledge to so successfully perform the many duties required.
"244 bedside care vists were made. 15 more visits were of a special nature; these serviced ones having ills of a communicable na¬ ture.
"Also,  52  calls   were  made  in the all-important maternity work i carried on continuously.
"In spite of these most important calls, the general wo^k of health supervision and school visits was not nagelcted. 68 visits were made during the month, of this nature.
"During the entire year of 1943, 5,666 visits were made; an in¬ crease of 376 over the year 1942.
"We all can be rightfully proud of our Community Centre. Let's think of it, use it, and make it a bigger and better Centre as time goes on!"
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—You'll always    be    glad    you bought those War Bonds . . . and so will the boys!
ROSCOE LEE SMITH, JR.
Roscoe Lee Smith, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe L. Smith, 336 Forrest avenue. Ambler, who enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve, on September 6, 1941, has been advanced to pharmacist mate, first class. The new rating was effective January 1, 1944.
Smith graduated from Ambler High School in 1938 and from Banks Business College in 1939. He was employed at The Ambler Gazette for two years.
He was given the rating ot pharmacist mate, third class, when he enlisted in the Navy on Sep¬ tember 6, 1941, and was stationed at the Philadelphia Naval Hospi¬ tal at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. He was later advanced to phar¬ macist mate second class.
In October, Smith was attached and asssigned to a beach battalion at the Amphibian Training Base at Camp Bradford, Norfolk, Va.
called home by the critical illness of her husband and Mrs. Arm¬ strong took her place.
Mrs. John J. Radcliffe, president of the Colony Cluh, welcomed the guests and introduced Mrs. Henry S. Walker, program chairman, who j presented  the  speaker.   Mrs  Gil-1 bert J. Huber, international rela- j tions  chairman  of the  club,  was also introduced. |
Mrs. Armstrong said that the upheaval of the world is not due to one man alone; that peoples all over the world are uprising. She advised marching along with it so as to direct it since America is the outstanding power.
"Peace had already broken down when war began," said Mrs. Armstrong. "And don't think that we will return to peace when the shooting is over. Something must be radically wrong with a world that can bring another war in the followiing generation as destruc¬ tive as was World War 1.
"It will take much courage to work out the causes and the reme¬ dies ot war. There is a possibility of a good world arising out of the upheaval of today. One of the re- (continued on page 6)
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BOND RALLY SUNDAY The Italian American Citiz¬ ens Club, cm West Butler ave¬ nue. Ambler, will hold a bond rally on Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at the Club Hall. There will be a number of prominent speakers present and a program of general ap¬ peal. Everyone is invited.  o	
—Classified Ads Bring Results.
Richard Pollock, of Glenside, pre¬ sident of the federation, who will discuss post war planning.
companTreects
U.G.fl
Fort
W a.'^hiiigtoii   I'ireuieii
appoint  Oflicers al
Annual Meeting
The Fort Washington Fire Com¬ pany re-elected its officers at the annual meeting.
The.v arc: ))resident, U. S. Funk; vice president, W. George Bardens; secretary, C. F. Woodward; trea¬ surer, Robert R. Miller; chief, Harold Davies; first assistant chief, C. F. Woodward: assistant chief engineer, Russell Maxwell.
Robert Wiley was appointecf chief engineer in place of Arthur Haggar who is now in the Navy.
It was reported that the com¬ pany had a good year financially. Chiel Davies reported eighty-seven fire calls were received during the year.
William Parry, Fort Washington avenue, was elected as a new member.
The water survey committee i headed by Walter Nethercott, Sr., made a survey at Wissahickon Farms near Fortside Inn by re¬ quest of the owner.
Man Killed, Woman Injured
In Two Week-End Accidents
Westminster Society Began
The Presbyterian young people of the Presbytery of Philadelphia have just been organized into a Westminster Fellowship, and the first meeting is to be held Satur¬ day evening, January 29th, in the Bethlehem Presbyterian Church, located at Bread and Diomand streets, Philadelphia. The meeting will begin at 7.30 p .m., will close at 9.30 p. m., and will be followed by a social hour. There will be speakers from the Boards of Chris¬ tian Education, Home and Foreign Missions, who will explain the work of each Board. Several young people plan to represent the local Presbyterian Church at this meet¬ ing, and also Mrs. Wallace Folger, counselor for the Intermediate C. E. Society, and the Rev. Norman Dunsmore, pastor of the church.
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An elderly man was killed and an elderly woman  was seriously injured in two accidents over the j week-end,   one   in   Upper   Dublin j Township, near Fort Washington; ! the other in Philadelphia. The Up- I per Dublin accident was attribut¬ ed to an icy highway; the Philadel- ()hia accident, to fog.
John De Marco, 60-year old watchman, who resided at 7242 Hegerman street, Philadelphia, was killed when he was struck by an automobile as he was crossing Cottman avenue, at Dorcas street, Mayfair, at 6.45 a. m., Saturday. A tentative identification from a pistol permit he carried was con¬ firmed later by members of his family.
The car which struck him, when the entire area was blanketed by fog, was operated by Harry G. Hey, 26, of Edward avenue, Hat¬ boro. Hey stopped, picked up the man and was about to place him in the automobile when another car, eastbound on Cottman avenue, appeared suddenly out of the mist. Elwood Frankenfield, 55, of 311 Rosemary avenue, Ambler, opera¬ tor of this second car, applied the i brakes, but his car skidded on the
icy street, spun around and crash¬ ed into Key's car. Both Hey and DeMarco were thrown to the pave¬ ment.
Police took DeMarco to Frank¬ ford Hospital, but he was dead on arrival. DeMarco, his wife and three children came to this coun¬ try about eight years ago from Italy. In September, 1942, Sferg-j- ant Major Rafaele DeMarco, cap¬ tured with other Italian soldiers in Ethiopia, wrote Philadelphia city offlcials asking assistance in locat¬ ing his parents.
On Sunday night Mrs. Julia L. Williams, 56, of Cornwell Heights, was wedged between the front seat and the dashboard of an automo¬ bile that was wrecked in a crash after skidding on an icy stretch of road on Township line road, near Camp Hill road, at Fellwick. The stretch of the road is deserted and without lights.
Mrs. Williams could not be ex¬ tricated by police, because her in¬ juries were so very painful. Ab¬ ington Memorial Hospital physic¬ ians were called, and with nurses, operating by the light of flash¬ lights, they removed Mrs. Williams (Continued on page 5'