The Ambler Gazette 19421119

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Clifton House        1 Sep 43f
care Miss Alice L. Roberts
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HE  AMBLER   GAZETTE
VOL. LXIV — NO. 38
AMBLER, PA., NOVEMBER 19, 1942
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
114 Draftees To Leave Here In Next Two Weeks
Baby-Sitters letting
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Both In Ambler And Townships
Men Will Go to Fort Meade in
Three Groups; Thanksgiving
Day Departure Postponed
.-r^Local Draft Board No. 5, in Am- ^^r, will send 114 newly-inducted (Soldiers   from   this   area   to   Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, with¬ in the next two weeks.
The men passed their final phys¬ ical examinations at Allentown last week and were inducted into the U. S. Army at that time. They were part of a group of 241 draft¬ ees examined.
The newly-inducted men will leave on three separate days, but all will entrain at the Ambler rail¬ road station at 8.30 a. m. and all will go to Fort Meade. Those scheduled to leave on Thanksgiv¬ ing Day will leave, instead, the fol¬ lowing Thursday, December 3.
On Tuesday, November 24, for¬ ty-five men will leave Ambler, and on Wednesday, forty-four will go. Twenty-flve will go on the fol¬ lowing Thursday.
Listed below are the names of those accepted for service, and the days on which they will leave for active duty. The names of those who volunteered are marked by asterisks.
Leaving Tuesday Robert   Everitt,    121    Bala    ave.,
Oreland. Michael Alexander Bosack, 340 W.
4th ave., Consho. Joseph   Aloysius  Ronnan,   113   E.
9th ave., Consho. Clarence Elwin Schrope, Madison
ave., Warminster. Eugene   Joseph   Carroll,   422   E.
Hector st., Consho. Davis Jefferson Redcay, 5620 Mc¬ Mahon ave., Philadelphia. John William Wengrejt, Flourtown
road, Plymouth Meeting. Ronald Allen Altemus, 112 W. Elm
St., Consho. Edward  Paul  Berryman,   117   W.
3rd ave., Consho. . Joseph Leo Rinker, 231 E. 9th ave.,
Consho. William   'I'homas   McGovern,   115
W. 6th ave., Consho.
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Special Canteen Doings
They're saying very nice things about Ambler at the Stage Door Canteen  in Philadelphia.
The Canteen had its second "Ambler Community Night" last Thursday, and Ambler still is the only community to provide for all the refreshments for one night there.
On Thursday, 1,019 service men received refreshments, thanks to Ambler residents. There were sandwiches, beverages, cakes, pies, ice cream and candy» - - all made possible by the contributions of local residents. There was a special birthday cake, too, for one of the service men, and everyone sang and had a wonderful time.
Entertainment on Ambler's night was furnished by the Arthur Mur¬ ray Dancers, the Jolly Joyce Show, Ted Lewis, Jr., and the cast of "Life With Father."
Latest to join the list of con¬ tributors are Mrs. Joseph Cleary and the Keasbey and Mattison Company.
^     ^ , ,^ Air Raid Test Runs Smoothly
Of course you  know about the ; ^
Baby-sitter Service. \
It's   the   local   project   for   the \
minding of young children while j
their parents are elsewhere.   The    r,     j    .    d i /»  • i i     •     e--       ««¦ i »*       •        n t-. -i.
idea is being sponsored by the Girl ¦ Residents  Kespond (Quickly  m   rirst Mid-Mornin{i  Alert;  Dril
Scouts   of   Eastern   Montgomery | Called 'lixccllcnt', \v ith No Violations
County. ' 	
This is just to tell you that thel     .,      • ,   .,.. i       ¦     »
idea really has caught on in Am- . Monday mormng's thirty-mmutc bier. There are ^ghteen young f'^/.^.d ^l^^Vthe first m,d-morn- girls registered now%s  Baby-sit-   ^^ft'2J^l.^^ ^1^^.
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lOHEARMONOLOGIST
te;s: according to Mrs. wTnfi^d ! dents in Ambler and surrounding Cook, leader of Girl Scout Troop j communities quick to respond. As No. 108, of Ambler. i ^^ff/"  ' ^^^ dnl   was called "ex-
The girls —any young women i f»e"t by. civilian defense of- between the ages of 12 and 18 are i "^i^l^ .both in the borough and in eligible-receive fifteen cents an! adjoining townships, hour for evening work, and twenty i In Ambler, the preliminary yel- cents an hour for day-time duties.! low flash came through at 10.06 You can get a Baby-sitter, or'a. m.; the blue at 10.12. The sirens register to be one, by telephoning | -sounded at 10.22 a. m., and the all Ambler 1066. | clear came at 10.52.
 o  1     For the flrst time, no "iolations
were reported in the borough. Luther Fretz, chief air raid war¬ den, announced that all but one sector warden reported promptly. Springfleld Township, Ambler's control center, received the yellow flash at 10 a. m., the blue at 10.10, the red at 10.20 and the white at
  I 10.50 a. m.
Program   at   Fair   Grounds   to.    The yellow  warning flash was
10 MICE FLAG SUNDAY
received at 10.02 a. m. in Upper Dublin Township. The blue flash was received at 10.11, the red at 10.21, and the white at 10.51. The control center was well manned, according to Dr. Almon C. Stabler, of the Civilian Defense Council, and three ambulances and twenty- five first aid volunteers were on hand.
Whitemarsh Township received its yellow flash at 10.05 a. m., the blue at 10.14, the red at 10.20 and the all clear at 10.50 a.m. In Lower Gwynedd Township the approxi¬ mate times for receipt of the flashes was: yellow, 10.03; blue, 10.05; red, 10,15, and white, 11.00 a. m.
The alert was statewide and the State Defense Council said that the test was arranged to iron out kinks in the system and to give schools further experience in assembling pupils in their safety zones.
Received: 120 Pints of Blood
The Wissahickon Branch of the American Red Cross last Wednesday brought to a close another successful visit of a mobile blood bank unit when 120 full pints of blood were received at the Springfield High School.
Wednesday's donations brought the total number of donations in Branch territory to over 1000. The one thou¬ sandth donor, Mrs. Sheldon Smith, of Ambler, received a copy ot the best-seller, "They Were Expendable". It was Mrs. Smith's second donation.
The Branch has announced that a mobile unit will revisit Ambler some time in January.
Registration Begins For Mileage Rationing
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Thanksgiving Day Issue
Because of Thanksgiving Day, next week's issue of The Ambler Gazette will be pub¬ lished on Tuesday, November 24. Therefore, deadlines will be advanced for all copy.
All church notes, school news and advance publicity, as well as copy from corre¬ spondents, must be in the Gazette office by 4 p. m. on Saturday.
AU news copy other ihan that mentioned above must be in by noon on Monday. Classi¬ fied advertisements will not be accepted after noon on Tuesday.
Honor More Than  101 Former Residents
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Cornelia    Stabler   To    Present
Original   Character  Sketches
at Annual Party Tuesday
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Blue  Bell  Postmaster, Despon¬ dent Over Daughter's Death, Takes Own Life
IN CENTRE'S DRIVE
Collections Total $1,612 at Close of Secontl Week of Local Organization's Campaign   ¦
Have you contributed to the North Penn Community Centre .Drive?
That is the question the Centre is asking local residents, and of¬ flcers of the organization have ex¬ pressed the hope that all those who have not contributed yet will do so shortly.
Directors of the Centre point out the increasing need today for such organizations, and stress the point that, upon the success of this drive, will depend how much the Centre will be able to accomplish in the coming year.
With the second week of the drive concluded a total of $1,612.71 has been received. Of that total, $407.86 was contributed by Ambler residents; $210 came from Blue Bell and Center Squajre residents; $210.65 from Fort Washington; $210.75 from Jarrettown and Dresher; $100.35 from North Wales; $63.50 from Oreland; (Continued on page 2)
ON radio" PROGRAM
Mrs. E. G. Davies, of 307 Trinity jfi^ avenue. Ambler, was interviewed by Jean Colbert during the "For Women Only" broadcast over radio station WCAU on Monday morn¬ ing.
Mrs. Davies told of her work at the Stage Qoor Canteen, in Phila¬ delphia, where she serves each Thursday, and also told of her son's recent visit to the Canteen. He is Robert Davies, U. S. N,, a survivor of the torpedoed aircraft- carrier Wasp.
A monologist who has performed at the White House will be the entertainer next Tuesday evening, when the Colony Club of Ambler gives its annual party for the Junior Colony Club at the club rooms on Race Street, at 8:30 o'clock.
The guest artist will be Miss Cornelia Stabler, dramatic actress who has directed plays at Swarth¬ more College and at the Barn Studio Summer Theatre at Buck Hill Falls, Pa., for several seasons.
Of her performance before Pres¬ ident and Mrs. Roosevelt and their guests, Mrs. Roosevelt wrote in her column, "My Day", "We had a very pleasant dinner last night, after which Cornelia Stabler gave us some delightful monologues. Her long one on the refugee was particularly touching. I think all of us were glad to have it followed by a very light-hearted comparison of a girl saying good-night after a party in the '80's and a present day .gicl. doing the same thing in a different way."
Born   at  George   School,   New¬ town, Pa., where her father was professor of Latin and Greek and* housemaster of Orton Hall,  Miss | Stabler   attended   George   School (Continued on page 2)
K. C. Kratz Becomes Lieutenant
Colonel; Executive of Engineer
Procurement  District
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AT DINNER TONIGHT
Dr
. Stanton Lautenschlager To Be Guest at Amhler Pres¬ byterian Church
Members and friends of the Ambler Presbyterian Church will hold a congregational dinner this evening at 6.30 o'clock in the church assembly hall. The Rev. Dr. Stanton   Lautenschlager,   mission-
A   service   flag   honoring   more
than 101 Wyndmoor men now with
the fighting forces will be raised at
the Wyndmoor Fair Grounds this
Sunday.
The dedication ceremony will be
held   at   3   o'clock,   and   will  be
preceded    by    a    parade.     Judge j
Harold G. Knight, of Ambler, and !
David  E.  Grohsens,   of  Glenside, I
Assistant   District   Attorney,   will j
speak. Albert Pitcher will serve as I 	
master of ceremonies. Thfe opening |     Private   funeral   .services   were
prayer  will  be  delivered  by  the! held on Tuesday afternoon for J.
Rev. W. Chester Hill, of the Grace j Harold Hoover, 59, postmaster and
Lutheran   Church,   and   the   Rev. i general store owner at Blue Bell,
John Lorenz, of the Seven Dolors I who ended his life on Friday by
Catholic   Church,   will   give   the i slashing his throat with a knife.
benediction. |     Hoover was found dead by his! ary   in   China   for   a   number   of
Marching in the parade, which; wife, Hester,  in the basement of  years, will be the speaker of the
will form at Cheltenham and Wil- j his store and post offlce, at Skip- j evening.
low  Grove  avenues at 2  o'clock, i pack and Penllyn pikes. A sharp- j     p^    Lautenschlager   is   w e 11 -
will  be the  Wyndmoor,  Oreland, | ened meat-cutting knife lay on the | i^novi^n  for  his evangelistic  work
and Flourtown flre companies; the! cellar floor. Pronouncing the death | a^j,„g the Chinese people. In the
Fort Washington Drum and Bugle   a    suicide    Montgornery    CouVity, f^ur war years he is reported to
Coroner Winslow J. Rushong said, ^ave converted over six thousand that the man had been despondent i students over the death of his 21-year-old'     „       ¦'   ^ ^    .    ^       ,    , daughter, Mrs. Leroy Allen Harp, \     ^o*"" >" Ontario, Canada, he was on July 30 ' graduated    from    Kitchener    and
„..„..6-.......o       He was widely known through- i Waterloo   Collegiate   Institute    in
have been made by the Wyndmoor I out  Whitpain Township  and  had ! panada; from Huntington College,
Service   Organization,   of   which i been postmaster in Blue Bell for I "?, ^"''^^na, and from the Univer-
Val Steigelmann is chairman. Mrs.  about flfteen years. sity of Michigan. He served as a
¦        Surviving, besides his wife, is a  pastor in Canada and a teacher at
grandson | Huntington   College   for   several
Interment   was   in   Whitemarsh! years   before   going   to   China   in
Seven months after receiving his Majority, R. C. Kratz, of Sum¬ mit and Montgomery avenues. Fort Washington, has been promoted to a Lieutenant Colonel in the U. S. Army. He received his promotion on Armistice Day.
Lieutenant Colonel Kratz is an executive officer in the U. S. En-
TEEN-AGE YOUTHS GET QUKTIONNAIRES
Local Draft Board Sending Out
Forms at Rate of Twenty
a Day
Starting Today. Car 0 w n e r s
Must   File  Tire   Serial
Nund»ers at Schools
Corps; the Springfield High School Band; Red Cross Units, and mem¬ bers of various civilian defense organizations. The parade marshal will be James Larkin.
Arrangements for the dedication
Roy Rineer is the organization's treasurer, and Mrs. Charles Con¬ yers the secretary.
Funds were solicited throughout Memorial Park. Services for his i 3^^O Dr Lautenschlager has Wyndmoor, and besides purchasing aunt. Miss Susan Craft, of Blue taught in Yih \Ven School, Cheeloo the service flag, the organization .Bell, who died on Wednesday, I University, and has served as has arranged to send Christma?lwere.li«ld on Saturday, from .the J?ean at Lingnan University. He is presents to all local men in service. I Davis Funeral Home in Ambler,    the author of a number of articles
Nineteen   packages   already   have j o  o" the war in C^ina.
been  dispatched to those  serving j'DQLLAR-A-YEAR  CLUB' '     ^^^ persons wishing to attend
MEMBERSHIP GROWS
FORT WASHINGTON P.T.A. TO HEAR JUDGE KNIGHT
Judge Harold G. Knight, of 331 E. Mattison avenue. Ambler,. will be the guest speaker at the month¬ ly meeting of the Fort Washington Parent - Teacher   Association,   on Tuesday evening of next week. His | topic will be, "The Home Front." I The meeting, which will begin ! at 8.15 p. m., will be held in the ! auditorium of the Fort Washington I School, and the public is invited to attend.
I The regular business meeting will follow Judge Knight's ad¬ dress.
WIFE-BEATER FINED
Charged with assault and bat¬ tery and disorderly conduct, George Jones, colored, of the Ar¬ mond Building, Race street. Am¬ bler, was arrested at his home at 2.15 a. m., Monday by Police Of¬ flcers Robert King and Edward Esmond.
The arrest was made in response
to   a   complaint   by   Jones'   wife,
Beatrice,   who   charged   that   her
I husband had beaten her.
I     He  was  flned  flve  dollars  and
! costs   by   Squire   William  Urban,
and  signed   a   bond   to  keep  the
peace for a year.
abroad.
Because the number of men en¬ tering the U. S. Army increases i xhe Community Ambulance As- daily, the Wyndmoor S e r v i c e | sociation of Ambler reports that Organization is finding it difflcult i the list of members in its "Dollar- to keep its list of service men up A-Year Club" continues to grow, to date. Therefore it is asking that, | and officers of the Association where relatives find that the names | gratefully acknowledge all con- of members of their families have ¦ tributions.
been omitted from the Wyndmoor i The following haye contributed honor roU, the.y notify Mrs. | flve dollars or more: H. C. Deens Charles Conyers, at Whitemarsh. and Brother, Mr. and Mrs. William 9851.
the dinner, who have not made reservations, still can do so by calling Mrs. N. F. Kriebel, of Bethlehem pike, who is president of the Missionary Society of the church, sponsor of the dinner. Ad¬ mission will be a covered dish and flfteen cents.
gineer Procurement District, and is stationed in Philadelphia.    ,.
He first entered the army on Au¬ gust 12, 1918, and served over-seas lor nine months during World War I. In the reserves since 1923, Lieu¬ tenant Colonel Kratz was recalled to active service on August 12, 1940 — exactly twenty-two years after his original enlistment.
Reentering service as a Captain, he was promoted to Major on April 23 of this year.
The flrst selective service ques¬ tionnaires to be sent 18 and 19- year-old youths went into the mail in Ambler on Tuesday. Local Draft Board No. 5 has announced that, from now on, they will be sent out at the rate of twenty a day.
Included in the first twenty are six Ambler boys, nine from Con¬ shohocken, two from Horsham, one from Fort Washington, one from Ivyland, and one from Hatboro R. D.
The questionnaires must be filled in, signed, and sworn to before a notary public or a member of the draft board, and returned within ten days.
Listed  below are the names of those to whom questionnaires were sent on Tuesday: N 188    Franklin Gerhart Wolff, Jr.,
288   N.   Spring   Garden   Street,
Ambler. N 189    Harry Morton Steimetz, Ft.
Washington ave.. Ft. Washington. N 190    Edward Felix Stubinski, 57
Oak street, Conshohocken. N 191    George Spencer, Williams,
Jr., 6 North street. Ambler. N 192    Arthur  Henry   Ciavardelli
(Childs), Upland ave., Horsham. N 195    Richard Bender Cragg, 27
Belmont avenue. Ambler. N 196    Frank    Benjamin    Wilder,
118 Fayette st., Conshohocken. N 197    Francis Joseph Entenman,
406 E. 8th ave., Conshohocken. N 198    George  Hibbert, Jr.,  Ave.
C, Horsham. N 199    Vincent    David   Ruggiero,
217 W. Elm St., Conshohocken. N200    Edward Charles Camarda,
157 W. 7th ave., Conshohocken. (Continued on page 5)
Beginning today, public schools in Ambler and surrounding town¬ ships will serve as registration sites for all owners of passenger auto¬ mobiles and motorcycles who musl register the serial numbers of all tires, including spares, under the modified gasoline and tire ration¬ ing plan which has been desig¬ nated as "mileage rationing".
In most of this area registration will continue through Saturday, but in Upper Dublin and Horsham townships registration will be for two days only.
Ambler car owners will register at the Forest Avenue School today, tomorrow and Saturday. Hours will be from 2 to 9 p. m. today and tomorrow, and from 9 a. m. to I p. m., on Saturday.
Registration for Upper Dublin residents will be held at all five schools, Mathias Sheeleigh, Fort Washington, Jarrettown, East Ore- land and North Glenside. Car owners may register either today' or Friday, between 2 and 9 p. m. There will be no Saturday reg¬ istration.
In Horsham Township, where registration will be held only to¬ day and tomorrow, registrants may go to either the Horsham or Pros¬ pectville school. Hours for both days will, be from 2 to 5.30 p. m., and from 6.30 to 9 p. m.
Three-day registration will be held in Springfield Township, at the Springfield High School. To¬ day and tomorrow hours will, be from 2 to 8 p. m., and on Saturday from 9 a. m. to 12 noon.
An alphabetical system will be followed in Whitemarsh Township, where registration will take place for three days at both the.Barren Hill and Spring Mill schools. To¬ day, those car owners whose last names begin with the letters "A" to "G" will register between 4 and 9 p. m. Tomorrow, those residents whose last names begin with the
(Continued on page 5)
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GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Snyder,
Jr.,  Feted   at   Party
on Sunday
TO HOLD CARD PARTY
Ration Dates
Fort Washington Guild Holds Annual Ingathering of Garments
8000  Articles of Clotliing Collected; 'Roll of Honor' Read  In , Tribute To Relatives In Service
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The Fort Washington Branch of the Needlework Guild of America held its annual meeting and in¬ gathering of garments at St. Paul's Refonn^ Church, in Fort Wash- ingtoi''ik> Wednesday of last week, with 8,iro0 garments on display.
Mrs. Thomas Reath, chairman of the Wissahickon Branch of the American Red Cross, addressed the group and described the work of the Red Cross. She stressed the urgent need for blood donors and for women to volunteer to roll bandages, and asked all those present to do what they could to help in the war effort.
Also addressing Guild members was Mrs. John Y. Huber, Jr., of Haverford, former president of the Fort Washington Branch. Mrs. Huber read the "Roll of Honor", names of 77 relatives of members who are now serving in the armed forces. The roll was presented to Mrs. Mark Z. McGill, vice presi¬ dent of the Branch, who ac¬ cepted it on behalf of the group. It will be filed in the library of the Historical Society.
Miss Elizabeth Ramsden, of Fort Washington, spoke briefly, to tell
how she enrolled nineteen new members this year. Minutes of the last meeting were read by the assistant secretary, Mrs. George F. Armstrong, and Mrs. Nellie Bon¬ steele read the treasurer's report. The opening and closing prayers were given by the Rev. Robert E. Horne, pastor of the Trinity Luth¬ eran Church. Mrs. Howard Buck, president of the Branch, presided.
Following is a list of names in¬ cluded on the "Roll of Honor":
William J. Arbuckle, Private First Class, U.S.A.; Preston Archer, Private, U. S. A.; Ellwood F. Ber- (Continued on page 3)
INVITES NEW MEMBERS
The membership committee of Norton Downs, Jr., Post No. 125, American Legion of Ambler, has issued an invitation to all veterans of World War I, as well as to future veterans of this war, to be¬ come members of the Ambler post.
Bernard Lindenfeld, chairman of the committee asks those eligible for membership to "join now and do your part in the war effort on the home front."
Tl i. „« ,  ¦.,      ^      ¦ The   Ladies'   Auxiliary   of   the
Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Fanning i wissahickon Fire Company of Am- O. Hoyt and Charles B filing- bier will hold a public card party worth, all of Ambler; J. Story | at the fire house at 8.30 o'clock Smith,   Gwynedd   Valley;   Robert i tnri,-„ht
W. Self, Fort Washington; Frank!    "r.      ¦, ^ „„   ,^,.^a
A. Libbon, Spring House; Mr. andL^^he Auxiliary has announced Mrs.   George-H.  Bennett,  Jarret-1 that is annual Rummage Sae w^ll
With registering for the Nation-! town; the Ladies' Auxiliary of the ^e held December 4th and 5th_ On wide mileage, full oil and coffee Fort Washington Fire Company; Pecember 4 the sale will be held rationing, Montgomery Countians the Agawan Council No. 15, i ^™'?, y° ^ p. m., and on Decembei have a  busy time 'ahead of them i Daughters of Pocahontas; the Ital- ¦   ' ^^'
for   the   last   two   weeks   of  this I ian-American Citizens' Club, and;     Those having rummage for the month. ] the   Washington   Camp   No. 215,  sale are asked to telephone Ambler
The calendar, obtained from Of-; Patriotic Order Sons of America., 1440.
fice of Price  Administration  offl-1 ————o  |  o	
cials, follows:
November 19, 20, 21 —Registra¬ tion of motorists for mileage ra¬ tioning at public schools. Forms, now available at local rationing boards and most fllling stations, calls for serial numbers of all tires.
November 22—Deadline tor dis- j posal of idle tires. After this date I it will be unlawful to use gasoline! Mrs. in  a   car  if  the  owner  possesses more than five tires per car. Idle tires may be given or sold to the Government by phoning the Rail¬ way Express Agency  which  will pick them up for the Defense Sup¬ plies Corporation.
November 22—Beginning on this date,   and   continuing   until   mid-
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JUNIOR CLUDWOMEN El
AUXILIARY PLANS CHRISTMAS PARTY
Bapti.st Congregation Pays Tri-
hule  to  Sixteen   Memhers
in  Armed  Forces
Wiliiani    F.    Drake,    ofj Amhler, Rc[>orts on County    | Federation Project i
Fort   Washington   Woiuon   To
Hold Holiday Program at
Next Meeting
Four   members   of   the   Junior, Colony   Club  of  Ambler  met  on! Friday evening with  twenty-four I other representatives of the Junior I . , ,  -, u     r,o 4 -1     1    I Clubs of the Montgomery County i
night November 28, no retail saes.pederation of Women's Clubs fori of coffee may be made. Such sales I a dinner - meeting at the Colony j will  be frozen  to enable dealers jj^^gg j^ phUadelphia. '
to stock their shelves preparatory      _ ^,       ..       .    , ,
to coupon rationing of coffee. I     ^^PiTent ng   the   Ambler   club
November 23 — Termination of' w^-'e Mrs. William F. Drake, Miss "coupon credit" on deliveries of Jfan Lutz, Miss Peggy Gordon and fuel oil. After this date, fuel oil ^'ss Isabelle Milligan suppliers will not be permitted toj ^ M'-s. Drake of Bethlehem pike deliver fuel oil with receipt of fuel Ambler Highlands, who is third oil rationing coupons now being is-i vice president of the federation sued to consumers and junior chairman, presided ati
November 29— Coffee rationing the meeting. She reported on lasti begins. Each person 15 years of! year-s project, which was the col-! age or older will be eligible for one' lection ot money tor the Children s pound of coffee for the flve-week
Aid   \g o c i e t y   of    Montgomery County, and announced that $142.- | 50 had been given to the Society,, (Continued on page 6) ]
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period running from this date through January 3. Coupons from War Ration Book No. 1  (the bookj
now in use for sugar rationing); p.-,__, __,„ npiiMwrNNrcc will be used, starting with Coupon; FINED FOR DRUNKENNESS No. 27 for the initial period. Cou-1 Monroe Weldon, colored, of 344 pon No. 9 from this book continues W. Maple street. Ambler, was ar- valid for the purchase of three ^ rested on Saturday morning by pounds of sugar until December 15.1 Chief of Police Lester Carpenter,  o j charged with drunkenness and dis-
rooK-iF «!AT E TOTAL Orderly conduct.
COOKIE SALE TOTAL j     ^-^^^ ^  hearing  before Squire
The Girl Scouts in Ambler Girl. William Urban, he was flned five Scout Troop No. 108 sold a total of  dollars and costs. 1,450   pounds   of   cookies   during their recent cookie sale, it has been announced.
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—The billion dollar paper in¬ dustry of America owes its mod¬ ern development to an insect.— Frederick Keller, inventor of the
paper      pulp     machinery,      flrst  o	
watched a wasp chew wood into     —Do your part . . . buy United pulp and spread the paste to dry. States War Bonds and Stamps,
Plans for a Christmas party, to i be held after next month's meet- | ing were made by members of the | Ladies'  Auxiliary of the  William Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, Amer-! ican Legion  of Fort  Washington, when  they met on Tuesday eve¬ ning of last week.   There will be an exchange of gifts at the party.
Christmas checks will be sent to the three sons of Legion members now in the armed forces, it was decided. Those in service are: Lieutenant William Lancaster 3d, Supply Sergeant Edward Murphy, Jr., and Private Melvin James.
It was announced that members of the Mother's Club and the Junior Auxiliary will be enter¬ tained at the January meeting.
A special  Bond   Bread   demon- (Continued on pr^ge 3)
CHARLES MASCOLA FINED
Charles Mascola, of S. Chestnut street, Ambler, was arrested last Thursday, charged with disorderly conduct.
He was flned ten dollars and costs by Squire William Urban.
SOCIETY TO CELEBRATE SECOND ANNIVERSARY
The Woman's Society of Chris¬ tian Service of Calvary Methodist Church, Ambler, will celebrate its second anniversary this evening at the church with a special anni¬ versary party for friends and members of the church. The affair will be held at 8.45 o'clock in the Sunday School room.
Robert Tease, of Wycombe, Bucks County, will entertain with numerous recitations and Mrs. Josephine Rockett, church organ¬ ist, will have charge of special music.
A short business meeting lor members of the society will be held at 8 p. m., the entertainment preceding.
Sixteen members of the Bethle¬ hem Baptist Church, at Penllyn, were honored on Armistice Day when an honor roll was unveiled during a special ceremony at the Church. '
Attending the service were Aux¬ iliary Police from Ambler, and Lower Gwynedd and the First Aid Unit and Boy Scouts trom Pen- , llyn.
Tho program, prepared by the Women's Civic Club, included an address by the Rev. G. Goodwin McGee, pastor of the Church; a reading by Miss Lois Fountleroy; instrumental solos by Mrs. Horace Stewart and Mrs. Allan Rose; and a vocal solo by Miss Mary Harris. Mrs. Norris Lee served as Mistress of Ceremonies.
The Honor Roll, accepted on be¬ half of the community by Philip Smith, includes the following (Continued on page 2)
LEGIONNAIRES PLAN I
ANNUAL TURKEY awards;
Members of Norton Downs, Jr.,!
Post No. 125, American Legion of'
Ambler,   meeting   last   Thursday, |
made plans for their annual award j
; of turkeys at the Gazette Building, i
beginning   this   Friday.    Other'
I awards will be made on Saturday,
: and Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-'
! day of next week. ' '
I     It was decided that the regular
! social   night   be    postponed   this!
i month,  since it falls on Thanks-1
i giving. j
'     William   Alcorn   spoke   to   the'
I membeis of the possibility of dedi-!
eating a service flag in Ambler and j
a committee of five was appointed
to meet with committees of other
civic organizations to make further
! plans. (Dn the committee are: Louis
I Neigut, Alex Willox, Bernard Lin-
i denfeld, Henry Faust and George
I Schaufler. The group will meet at
I the Legion Home on December 3.
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RATION BOOKS READY
! The residents of Lower Gwynedd ¦ Township who have registered for 1 fuel oil and kerosene may receive j their ration books at the Spring I House School on Monday and I Thur.sday evenings, between 7 and I 9 o'clock.
JUNIOR CLUB TO HOLD I        THANKSGIVING DANCE
I The Junior Colony Club of Am- ! bier will hold a Thanksgiving j Dance at the Oak Terrace Country : Club on Saturday'evening, No- i vember 28.
I The dance is for the beneflt of i the Ambler High School Fund, I which has been maintained for a ¦ number of years by the club. Each ; year one member of the Senior Class who expects to attend col¬ lege receives fifty dollars from the fund to help him further his edu¬ cation.
Music for the evening will be provided by the country club or¬ chestra.
The committee in charge of the affair includes: Mrs. Hugh Seville, Mrs. William G. Williams, Miss Jane Tompkins and Mrs. Howard Angstadt.
PLAN SPECIAL SERVICE A community Thanksgiving Day service will be held at 10 a. m. next Thursday at St. John's Lutheran Church, Ridge avenue. Ambler.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse H. Snyder, Jr., of Butler avenue, Ambler, were the honored guests at a party given on Sunday at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Seipt, of Oak Leaf Farm, Sumneytown pike, near North Wales, in celebration of their flftieth wedding anniver¬ sary.
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder were resi¬ dents of Upper Gwynedd township for many years before moving to Ambler. Mrs. Snyder Is the former Elmira Kriebel, and her husband taught school in Upper Gwynedd for twenty-eight years. He also served as a township assessor.
On Thursday, their anniversary,
the Synders were the recipients of
many   congratulatory   cards   and
flowers. And on Sunday they were
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CHURCH CHOIRS TO GIVE THANKSGIVING CANTATA
The combined choirs of Calvary Methodist Church, assisted by the Junior Choir, will present the Maunder Cantata, "The Song of Thanksgiving", on Sunday eve¬ ning, at 7.45 o'clock, at the Church.
Guest soloists will be Carolyn" Thomas, Philadelprtiia soprano, and Frederic George, bass soloist with the Strawbridge & Clothier Chorus. Mrs. Josephine Eddowes Rockett will direct the chorus and preside at the organ.
Music - lovers throughout the community are invited to attend the program.
Crowds Jam Ambler Fire House As Church Holds Annual Sale
Rummage Brings $818.48 for Whitemarsh  Women's  Auxil Offers for Buick Reach .'$300.00 With Bids Continuing
ary;
The line was curb-deep an hour before the doors opened.
At least 200 persons crowded in¬ side within the first hour.
The Chief of Police had to limit the number who could enter at one time.
Yes, you've guessed it. It was the tenth annual rummage sale of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Whitemarsh, held last Thursday at the fire house in Ambler.
To say it was a huge success would be putting it mildly. Re¬ ceipts at the end of the day totaled $818.48. And offers still are being received for a 1938 Buick, which was donated to the sale by Mrs. Edward Ingersoll, of Bethlehem pike. Spring House. It's a four- door sedan, with five tires, and the offers have reached $300.
Included in the sale was every¬ thing you could possibly think of. There were tables of books, cur¬ tains, dresses, hats, shoes, under¬ wear. And then there were fur coats, chairs, tables, games, clocks, pictures, chinaware, silver, lamps and toys galore.
The crowds kept coming throughout the day, and the large
piles of rummage quickly dimin¬ ished. Whatever was not sold was turned over to the Ladies' Aux¬ iliary of the Wissahickon Fire Company of Ambler, to be .sold at their rummage sale on Decem¬ ber 4.
Conducting the Church's sale was the Woman's Auxiliary, under Mrs. Lewis C. Dick. Proceeds will be used for missionary work out¬ side of the parish.
PUPILS VISIT LIBRARY
Pupils of the Mattison Avenue and Mathias Sheeleigh Schools have visited the Ambler Public Library this week to hear Miss Anne Craft, the librarian, explain how to join and how to use the library.
Many of the youngsters have be¬ come members during their visit, and others have enjoyed reading at the children's reading table.
Visits to the library by the school children are for the pur¬ pose of encouraging their outside reading, and fo acquaint them with the library.