The Ambler Gazette 19410220

              VOL. LXII — 52
The ^liviBLER Gazette
AMBLER.   PA.   FEBRUARY   20. 1041
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
KIWANIANS MEET
ISSUES NEW BOOKLET     ^^^ J„J^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ f^^^ ,^
Register All Legionnaires and Veterans
OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS
TO PRESENT PLAY
F!ll[ APPARATUS
Fort Washington School Children | Interesting Book    Contains Valu- Entertain ai Weekly E^ent       |  able Information for Consumers   I The members    of  the  Kiwanis!     Do you know the difference be- j
Club  of Ambler met    in regular j tween a spring scale and a com-: 	
session at School Inn on Tuesdayiputing scale'?  Do you  know  why     . , ,      ,       ,, ,. „ -, ..^
evening, with    President    Walter i you should ask for a definite quan-1 American Legion Urjjes  Veterans lo Kcport  lo JNorton Downs, , Reller presiding. Lieutenant F- O-; tUy wheji m^king^purchase^^ J,.. Pogt on Saturday-CTomnian.lcr Lindenfeld and
j Vaughan, was present as a guest on weight? How many cubic inches ! of Kiwanian Frank Peirce. Lieu- in a cubic foot? How to check up' I tenant Vaughan was an added at. on quantities of coal, wood, ice? I traction to the program and talked |    The answers to these and many
 ¦ I to the members on his experiences other questions are contained in a
New En}jinc Ha.s a Capacity of' in the South Seas. ; booklet just issued by  Montgom
750 Gallons Per Minute
Two pupils of the Fort  Wash- ery County Cdmmissioner Fred C
DELEGATES APPOINTED
.^      I JV vrniiuus 11.1 j ington school entertained the Ki
¦ ^"- " j wanians  in observance of Wash-
I ington's birthday. J. Howard Buck 1 supervising principal of the Upper j Dublin Schools introduced the stu-
  I dents.  Fred Klosterman  spoke to
Tho order for the powerful the group on "The Music Washing- firefighting machine Wissahickon' ton Knew" and Florence Weber Fire company has considered pur- I played it on the marimba.
chasing   for     the   past      several |     Immediately after the program i booklet, attractively printed, has a months, was placed last Wednes- i next  Tuesday    evening    a board 1 green cover and contains an index day evening at the regular month- I meeting  will  be  held  and Presi- and reference tables, ly session of the company. Presi- i dent  Reller   is  asking  for  a  full |    The booklet points out things the
Peters, Foster C, Hillegass and Raymond K, Menseh for the Coun¬ ty Bureau of Weights and Mea¬ sures,
Entitled "Fair Measure," it con¬ tains suggestions for thc guidance of consumers in making purchases based on weight as well as hints to  merchants  and   dealers.      The
Stewart Davis Head Kcgislralion Committee of   the   Local   Post
expect to be concerned with the problems of Pennsylvania,
All applicants    must    have     a
*,„ov,t,, ,. Tl A„„_;„„„ T „..,;„„ t bachelors degree from an accredit-    i  — "¦.- » "¦¦ ^.x...
Hr^lft*;LL^%l"'„?^LTHL'^Zled college, Ind have taken some j jng of real enjoyment It has been
judged the most popular comedy
presided, j attendance, machine
dent William Deuchar The order for the new was placed with the Autocar Com¬ pany, of Ardmore, after recom¬ mendation by the committee and careful consideration by the mem¬ bers.
The committee appointed by President Deuchar to consider this matter was headed by Chief Clar¬ ence Yost and other members were Harry Ott, Paul Garrittt. Elton Garritt, Wiliam Ruth, Harry Shep¬ hard and George Bowers. The officials stated that no committee ever worked more diligently and gave more of their time for the best interests of the company than the members of this one. Only after all the facts concerning the
construction of the machine    had      ,„...   „„ ^    . mi.    o ?
been agreed upon and it was deter-  ,. With 78 percent of The Salva- mined that the company would get ^'o" Army s $200,000 goal already
SALVATION ARMY CONIUES DRIVE FOR CAMPAIGN FUNDS
I purchaser should know when buy I ing articles by weight or measure. i Methods by which consumers may I be defrauded by dishonest dealers i are explained as well as the means i whereby purchasers may protect [themselves. Simple methods of (computing quantities of certain I commodities are also included
Full endorsement of Thc Ameri- local American Legion post. Bur- can Legion nationwide plan to gess John J. Troster issued the fol- register all Legionnaires and lowing statement: World War veterans generally on "Our Nation, State and Com- a volunteer basis, for any possible munity always have looked upon future national defense service, i The American Legion as their first was given todav by Burgess John lihe of defense. For more than I J. Troster, Ambler.
The  local registration  will    be ' •?«« been almost singlehanded the , ^^^
conducted by the Norton    Downs,  toiemost champion of all patriotic'.    . Jr., Post No. 125, of The American ' endeavors, and has been rendering | ''')Z/ ,   ^  j        ., .    ¦   ¦
Legion. National Commander Milo ] a high type of community service." j . The course of study and training J. Warner has issued a proclama- i "It is inspiring to ¦ find The I includes: Local and State Adminis- tion designating Saturday, Febru- ! Amercan Legion in this hour of j trative Objectives Practice, Pro- ary 22 the 209th anniver.sary of national emergency, mobilizing all i blems, and Field Work; Research the birth of George Washington, I "s assets for the good of the i Methods; Statistics in Government; as the official American Legion na- country. The Amercan Legion con- ] Business Administration; one or tional defense registration day.      i stitutes  a  huge backlog  of man-  two electives; and a summarizing
rnmrninHor R   T inH^nfAw"    r.f i POwer, cxperence, training and de-   seminar in Public Administration,
Commander B.  Lindenfeld,     of • ^^j    'j   ^     national defense " It is a twelve month program, be-
the local post, already has started i *"""" "' ""'^ naiioudi ueiense. ainnino  Spntemhpr    ^<^   the    last
the machinery for the local regis- !^"To   catalog   these   qualities   so ; |''^^^^« September    15^^^ tration   into  motion.   He   has   an-' that they may be readily available i l\*.!!I'.^!?ilibeing spem^^^
University of Pennsylvania Offers' Presbyterian    Young    People    in Career Service in Government     | "Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick"
The University of Pennsylvania, j The Young Adults of the Pres. in order to promote a career ser-; byterian Church will present the vice in local and state government, j play, "Aaron Slick from Punkin offers through its Institute of Local | Crick," on Friday and Saturday, and State Government a limited j February 27 and 28. The cast in- number of scholarships for study! eludes Mrs. William Camburn, and training in that field. While j Miss Ida Hoyt, Miss Marian Sch- applications from students from wager. Miss Joyce Hayward, Al- other states will be given careful fred Gorton, Sam Worthington, and consideration, the scholarships are Richard Hoyt. Those helping in designed primarily to provide op- j the production are Mr. and Mrs. portunities for training in local and ; Roderick Cowles, H. L. Hutchison, state administration for those who ! Jr.,    Miss    Gertrude    Vandegrift,
PRESBYTERIANS
Mrs. L. B. Heckler, and the pas tor.
The play has a rural setting and has promise of offering an even
ANNIVERSARY
Ambler    Presbyterian    Cliurch
Begins Series of Events —
Historical Committee
REV. PLATT PREACHES
The Ambler Presbyterian church will be fifty years  old this year.
nounced the appointment of Stew-1 to our government authorities  in ; _    . .  ,u    u    , , .. ,_    art Davis as chairman of a special! preparing our nation for total de-
Copies iOf the booklet may bei^atj^^gj defense registration com- ^ fense, is not only a wise and prac- obtainediwithout charge by writ- „,ittee of the local post. The post ¦ tical measure, but it is also another ing to the Montgomery County ] ^ill rogist'-r men between 9 a m I great demonstration of The Ameri- Bureau of Weights and Measures, j and 12 noon and 1 p m to ,5 p m can Legion's devotion to God and Court House, Norristown. „„ Saturday ' i Country."
  j    Supervisor of the Bureau is Wil-       „,,„^„„'   .^^,^^„,^^,,^,„^ "It is my hope that all    World
u  II  ^'      i^       '¦ 'a    II      1     . h^*"  «¦ "^o"^^' °f Willow Grove.!      BURGESS'ENDORSEMENT        War  veterans  in   our   community
Held   lag Llay in Aialilcr  Last | Sealers are Norman  John,  Potts-j    Following    a    conference    with  will register."
Satur<lay — .$8,918.88 Col¬ lected in tliis Area
best in the    wa.y of a firefighting machine was their consent given.
Chief Yost pointed out to the members many highlights of the new truck. The pump will have a capacity of 750 gallons per minute and the truck will carry a 400 gallon booster tank, 1500 feet of hose as well as all other equip¬ ment. This will be the second new (Continued on Page 2)
TOWNSHIPS RECEIVE FUNDS FROM SFAIE
subscribed, volunteer workers In the Bethlehem Pike and Chestnut Hill Division were urged to spur their efforts to reach their quota for this area by the end of the month.
town; B. Harrison Springer, Lans-1 Commander   Lindenfeld,   of     the' dale;  Franklin P.  Kromer,    Cyn¬ wyd;  Lloyd   E.  Johnson,  Royers-1 ford, and Edwin C. Winner, Hat-1 boro. I
JOHN J. TROSTER
TO HOLD BAKE SALE
Community  Centre  Will  Conduct Sale Next Saturday
The Executive Committee of A Salvation Army Tag Day was ^ the North Penn Community Cen- held iij Ambler, last Saturday, \ tre will hold a Bake sale at the netting workers here $50 and, Centre, Saturday morning, March swelling this area's contribution to 11st from 9.30 a. m. to 12.00 noon, the campaign to $8,918.88. To date, I The money raised will be used $158,109.23 has been subscribed to-I for renovating the rooms. Per- ward   the   goal      of   the   Greater ; sons who are willing to help either
MISSIONARY TO SPEAK ,JUNIOR COLONY CLUB AIFLOURIOWNCHURCHl HEARS DR. M. WEST
ervised interneship in the field
The full annual graduate tuition fee of $325,00 is remitted. In addi¬ tion, group lodgings on or near the University Campus are provided free of charge during the academic year. Neither the University nor the Institute makes any cash pay¬ ment to the student.
Details concerning job place¬ ment and other features of the Institute's program may be obtain, ed by consulting the pamphlet "Training for Career Service in 1 Local and State Government," This booklet and forms for ap¬ plication may be obtained from the Institute of Local and State Gov¬ ernment, University of Pennsyl¬ vania,   Philadelphia,   Penna,   Ap
in America and has been produced; ^t the service last Sunday morn- more than any other. Its charm lies („„ ^^e Reverend Charles A. m Its allusions to true American pj^tt pastor, preached on the sub- customs, which are presented i iect, "Our Christian Heritage as through the medium of scintillat- . Ambler Presbyterians."     He read
ing dialogue.  t ,^^  original    petition  signed    by
¦ thirty-six  residents,    which    was
' sent to the Presbytery of Phila¬ delphia-North in 1891, and follow¬ ing account of thc founding of the church on September 18, 1891,
"The Committee appointed by the Presbytery of Philadelphia- North to organize a church in Am. bier met this evening in the chapel building, and at eisht o'clock or¬ ganized with the Reverend Rich¬ ard Montgomery as Moderator. . , "It was found that fourteen per¬ sons desired to unite in the organ¬ ization. All the applicants were thereupon questioned in conform¬ ity with our form of government and Book of. Discipline, and hav¬ ing given satisfactory answers thereunto,   on   motion,   the   Pros-
.LUTZ GAVE INTERESTING TALK ON BRITISH ISLES
Showed    Colored    Pictures    of
England, Scotland, Ireland
and Wales
Rev. Wm. Filler Lutz, pastor of  , „,       ,      „   .    , ,
Trinity Memorial Episcopal church I byterian  Church  of  Ambler   was
spoke before an appreciative audi- i thereupon organized and constitut- ence last Monday night on the ' ^'^..Yi* Player. British Isles. His talk was illus-I "After some words of oncourase- trated with about two hundred I ^nent and admonition by the dif- pictures, mostly colored, of Eng- ! ferent members of thc Committee j plications mustlae filed by March land, Scotland, Ireland and Wales i ""f^   ^ev.     Mes.srs.     Gould      and
Rev. Clark Will Address Group'Hold Round   Table   Discussion al first Presbyterian . of Public Health
Cliurch Measures
KIWANIS SPEAKER
Thc   Reverend   Allen   D.   Clark, of Chungju. Chosen, will speak in
1 His   first     picture     showed     the I Worthington of the Mercer Home,
British    possessions    all over the I the giving of the right hand of fel.
world, Africa, India, Australia, in   lowshio  and  prayer,  the meeting
fact, a chain extending around the!"" motion adjourned with singing
An interesting talk and motion world   with   the   British   Isles   as (the long metre doxology and the
picture   will   be   presented   next the connecting link but the British i ,^,''^^';?i°^„ ,P™"°'^,"'=°^  *^°  ^P°^-
TuG.sdav nieht hv Mr  .T  J. RiirW. Isles looked small compared with   toijc  ijeneaicuon.
The Junior Colony Club of Am-   Tuesday night by Mr. J. J. Buck, bier had as their guest speaker last i of    the    International    Harvester her other possessions.
Philadelphia    Maintenance    Fund j by  contributing  or  buying  home ¦ the  First  Presbyterian  church  in; week. Dr. Marion West, one of the J Company,  at the regular  weekly      Rev, Lutz showed a number of ^_   „„:-„ ,_.. .. .* a.u„ c,„i c r.^^A  i:'i„.,„< „„ <-..„..„..  ,-„, ^-_. -, ,        . .,_.   jjjgg^^jj^g ^^ ^jjg Kiwanis Club, His bridges   spanning the Thames
Campaign for support of The Sal- i baked food may telephone one of I Springfleld, Flourtown, oi\ Sunday, local doctors, and a member of the vation Army's    22    humanitarian j ^^e    committee     Mrs.    F     Lewis i ""-o^^ng at eleven o'clock. | staff of the Woman's College Hos
I agencies. i Barroll,   Mrs.   George   Schaufler
"Because  i  am  sure  that resi- Mrs. Albert Nesbitt, or Mrs. Ar I dents of this area    know of    the, thur Nichols.
j great   work   carried   on   by   The | "	
I Salvation Army here," Mrs. Welsh Madeira, chairman of the division.
ITHREE MEN INJURED IN
.$1,062,500 Paid lo Second Class I said, "I am confident that they will ,.,... ; generously aid this campaign    to
1 ownslups in j i^ggp up this great work of caring
Slate for orphaned children, children ofi P* Til      I IITn    HOninrMT
  I working mothers, unwed mothers, I rfl I UI     A11 I 11   Al il ill I N I
^Avditor General Warren R. Rob-1 the'   homeless   and   the   destituti;11 111IlL   llU I U   nUUIULIII
tu-ts today authorized the payment i family, all of whom find haven in
on  March  1, of $1,062,500  to the! Salvation Army agencies," I * 	
The missionary with the most Pital in Philadelphia i advantageous background for his j Dr. West led a round table dis- I work is the "second generation" cussion of public health measures. ; missionary, who has been born and She ialso spoke briefly about oc- raised on the field, played with cupational therapy explaining that the children of the country, and it is a type of treatment given to I knows the language so intimately a patient who needs rehabilitation. I that it is a second tongue. The Rev. The treatment will bring him back j Allen D. Clark is such a one. His to health by keeping him occupied. j parents. Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Clark Dr, West said that one need not be jot Pyengyang, are still in active a (tollege graduate to be admitted j missionary service. | tri' a course teaching occupational
subject will be "Captain Gattis' Blackfriars Tower and London Jungle Yacht In the Belgian ¦ Bridges and the Sphinx on the Congo." i Thames Embankment,      He    also
  I showed  Cleopatra's    needle,     the
wonderful  obelisk     of  rose    red I granite   that originally   stood be¬ fore the temple of Heliopolis, the birth place of Moses, it was moved I to London in 1878 by Sir  Erasmus I Wilson,     This   conspicuous object jwas designed by Cleopatra, Many, pictures were shown of the interior ; I of Westminster Abbey, the mecca ' of all Americans who visit England \
FIELDS STREAM HOLDS!
Plans to celebrate the year of Golden Jubilee are being formu¬ lated and a Historical Committee is being formed. The first big ac¬ tivity of the year will be the Church School Attendance Cam¬ paign which begins next Slmday, February 23rd. As planned by Clyde Hutchcroft, who has charge (Continued on Page 5)
second class townships in 66 coun¬ ties of Pennsylvania,
This is to be the flfth payment from an appropriation of $8,500,- 000 made by the 1939 session of the  General Assembly  from    the
Other campaign leaders here in. i Palmcrton Man Found Dead in : English   -  speaking   children      im structure. The chances for employ
Born     in  Seoul  and    educated I therapy. The  course includes  the ,   .„ .
partly in the excellent school for j study    of    anatomy     and muscle , Uvcr 200  Guests  Attend Affair I because  oyr  own   beloved   Long-
Crcck Four Hours Later
Glassy highways, in the wake of
elude Mrs. Edward Ingersoll. Mrs
Nicholas   G.   Roosevelt,     Mrs.   J, I
Storey Smith, Mrs W. Potter Wear, |
Mrs.   Allen   Dungan,   Miss   Grace j
Porter,  Mrs.  Joseph  Myers,  Mrs. j Licei^se'FundVolhe Department"of Ig^^^ M^^de,  and  Mrs., a light snow^that first melted, then
Highwa.ys to be distributed among ¦. Bernard Fox | froze caused the death of one man
the second class townships for the ¦ °"^ °^ ^"^ Salvation Army and the injury of several others, maintenance and repair of town-1 ^^"'^if "." the Ivy House - -" | on Bethlehem pike near Hague's ship roads and bridges. ' ™*^^- Madeira continued, "takes in Mill road.
P.yengyang, Mr Clark came to the \ menX in this line are very good United States to complete his edu- i but most of the positions are in in- cation with the firm resolve to re- j stitutions. The equipment used in turn to the country he knew as j treatment is too expensive and ex- home and carry on the work in | tensive for private work, which he had been reared. Ma-! A short business meeting was calester College was followed by | held prior to the talk by Dr. West McCormick  Seminary,    then
at Casa Conti in Glenside
fellow and ethers have memorials ! there. !
FTWASHINGrNFIRECO. L
Then    followed the Houses    of j Secretary Woodward and Trca- Parliament with Big Ben, St. Paul s, 1 ^
at- i St.  Margaret's, The Strand,  Tra-!      surer Miller Prepare Com¬ plete Statement
Over   two  hundred   guests tended the  third annual banquet j falgar Square, Nelson's Monument j of    the    Wissahickon    Field    and j and St. Mary Le Bow Church, in I
._   .,  ._  ^ _..      Stream   Association   held   at   the Cheapside,    that was famous be--     ^be annual  report of the Fort
by! The meeting was opened with the ! Casa Conti Hotel m Glenside last cause  all English  subjects     born ; Washington Fire Company, as pre-
Ambler,    on  Monday  armed with a classical and a theo-  led by Miss Nancy Stevens,    ai.^ , children orphaned by homes brok- ] night.      The fatal accident, which i logical degree, Mr. Clark returned the reading of the Collect, led by
Princeton Seminary, and in   1933,! singing of    "God Bless America," i Thursday night. Bryan Anderson, i within hearing distance of its bells   pared by the Secretarv Carlton F.
and I president of the club, presided,     \ were   called   "Cockney,"
Judge George C, Corson, of the , (Continued on'Page 6)
qid^'^n'nnn^^.^ro^^'aHr^iv^m'Ill a.^,° I ^" ^^ ^^^th or economic turmoil, j happened just north of the But-; to Chosen under the Presbyterian the President,    Mrs,    Thomas    J. i Monts^'m^rTf^^imwTv.r.rt'.i Vhri'lT .**.'.2_^"/"f?°'_'^^'f '"=*'''' trom_the ap- ! These children come from all parts | ler avenue intersection at a point j Board of Foreign Missions. Since Lane, Jr. i ^ "h!.T, ^^T,, ,°Tv.^,1. V=it -J i"-
propriation last year, and the pay-
ment   to be made March 1   repre-^ °^'  *"•  Philadelphia   metropolitan j where there is;^a sharp grade and | then he has been engaged in evan-;    Mrs.  Albert Langbein  reported ! fel-estofexL^'^^^^^^^^
Sng one-Sh  of the  appro- i area^ including Ambler. curve oyer a bridge   cost the life 1 gelistic work in Syenchun, in Sin- i f„r the Cabaret Dance Committee ' *^'^'^'"S experiences encountered
p^-^ "on is the fii-st to be made th"s '' rru^^^V'  f.^^^'^f«    sujpported  by of Frank  Donchez, Jr., thirty,  of , pin (Manchoukuo), and, smce 1936, stating that a profit had been real
puduoii, lb mt, nisi lo DC maae inib  The Salvation Army Maintenance  ^'^   t „u._i-         ti_, 1—    , .„ ,;	
year.  It  is expected  that  similar ! Fund Campaign" are the""transTent payments  will   be  made  to     the
213   Lehigh   avenue,   Palmerton.   ; in Chungju. ! ized as the result of the dance, and
The   tragedy   occurred  about" 8 j     The people of the Chungju ter-1 exnressed. her thanks to the com-
Woodward and Treasurer Robert R. Miller, which is being. distri¬ buted to the residents of Upper Dublin and Whitemarsh Town¬ ships, is filled with important in¬ formation. This review of the ac¬ tivity of the Company during tho .vcnr of 1940 shows a fine  record of
townshins in Time   Spntcmlier and ' ^^T'o*^ i}^"'^*^'*",' }l^^  ^^^. Nursery | p. m. when a motor car operated | ritory   are   very  conservative,  the ' mittee for their cooperation.
De"3r.     ''" '' ^'^P^^'"'^^' \^Ztf.^'^ll"lZ±''^Y.'X'J}^. .^uTl^ by  Alader   Syle,   twenty-nine,   of | upper class being largely Confuc-,     Miss Blanche Foxhall spoke for
304 Delaware avenue, Palmerton, lanists and ancestor worshippers, i the Literature committee and an- which was traveling south on the 1 while the lower classes worship a; nounced  that  plans were     being
Hotels, the Fresh-Air Camp, which Payments to be made in Mont- j provides  summer    vacations    for gomery county total $17,608.04 dis-i poor children and  their mothers; tributed as follows: I caring for the homeless and un-
Douglass, $839.05; East Norriton, I employed and maintenance of ten $291.95; Franconia, $804.64;    Hat-  corns or community centers," field, $562,77;    Horsham,  $645.61;!     Workers from this area will be Limerick, $1,260.36; Lower Freder- i among those attending the seventh ick,   $431.99;     Lower
in  boating  along the  Chesapeake Mrs. Paul Ledig Addresses Colony Bay. Robert C. Ross, of Glenside, Club Group
was the toastmaster of the even-:     ,,      t^    i t   j„ ii._iii.cj        i        i       i    •
ine and introduced the sneakers ^^^- ^^"1 ^^"^'^ ^^^ the guest; the fire department and gives in- ^ o,f Ji^inl^r^o 1 ^^^^^^'^^ speaker at the regular weekly dications of the valuable services in an excellent mannei. meeting of the Colony Club  last, rendered   to   both   Upper   Dublin
David   E.    Groshens,   Assistant week.   Mrs.   Ledig  described   her  and   Whitemarsh    townships,     as District Attorney, gave a very en- home on "The Hill" above Lima \ well  as  communities  outside   the
pike,   skidded   as   it   reached   tho  multitude of spirits. As their con-; made for a Theatre Party during I I'Shtening   discourse   relative   to  jn peru and drew a vivid picture i boundary
curve and crashed into the bridge wall on the left side, in front of a car coming north, driven by Floyd Snyder, of 211 Rosemary avenue. Ambler. The Snyder  car
L. Ralph    Phillips,    of
$431.99;     Lower     Gw.ynedd,! ""eport luncheon of the Campaign | j-ammed the Syle car at approxi-, $320.43; Lower Moreland, $234.98; i at   the   Bellevue-Stratford   Hotel, mately the same time it hit    the Grove,  has been named  superin Lower Pottsgrove, $296.70; Lower' Friday, February 21. j
Providence,   $735.80;   Lower   Sal-1     Mrs.  Madeira  said  that contri-j ford, $844.99;    Marlboro, $505.57; ] butions to the    campaign,    if not j Montgomery, $189.89;    New Han-' given to a volunteer worker, may over, $1,075.22; Perkiomen, $242.-jbe  sent   to  The   Salvation   Army,
10;  Salford,     $636.11;    Skippack, I Headquarters, 1442 Fidelity-Phila-! "'J^A p„„.__, ^f 408 T?iH«« =t.„„f $665.78; Towamencin, $541.1?"Up- \ delphia Building, Philadelphia, Pa. iZf.^h.Fl'''^?,l°^ f.'^l^l^?l^}r?}:
"   ¦ "¦      $716.82;  Upper Fred
(Continued on Page 2) ; March
  Future dates to be kept in mind
I are March 6th, when a Rummage
Sale is to be held for the benefit
Willow °^ the Club, and March 29th, when
NEW SUPERINTENDENT
the early laws made by the ^f the life of the Indians in the' The Company responded to 42 Quakers, for protecting fish and j^igh Andes, On display were sev- alarms during the year which rep- game, Mr. Groshens stated that gj-al priceless relics of the ancient resented in Upper Dublin Town- when the Quakers flrst settled in jncas and many pieces of the ex-i ship, 17 field flres, 2 woods' fires, Pennsylvania  240 years ago, this quisitely  carved silver  and hand : "? dwellings, 1 outbuilding, 1 barn.
per  Dublin
erick,   $398.7(5;   Upper ' Gwynedd, j RESIGNS POSITION
$344.17; Upper Hanover, $1,229.51; I Owing to illness, Mr. James B. Upper Merion, $562.53; Upper Pro-! Snyder has resigned his position vidence, $826.17; Upper Potts- at the Ambler National Bank, grovo, $329.93; Upper .Salford,; It is with deep regret that¦ this $477.09; Whitemarsh, $439.11; | resignation has been accepted by Whitpain, $467.59; Worcester, j the Board of Directors of the $690.71. 'Bank.
the  Club  is  sponsoring a     Sport I P'o"s and  upright group enacted weaving of the modern Peruvian, 1  oil truck,  1  dump truck and   1 „,^,, i U-n~d'ont orv^Uev Fm'L^rp-irk^Tho  I^ance.  Mrs.  faul  Williams  is to i a series of laws Which have been Indians. Paint works; in Whitemarsh town-
iu        •   •      .                                  imnolnmLt wasmacfc^oi^^^^^^^ A nominatine committee to se  '^'^'   '   "''^^   *"'^"   ^"^   ^   dwell-
Those   injured   were   Syle,   who, ''PPOintmcnl was maclc on lecom-                                                        Febru-       I aws   enacted  hv   the   Quakers ^,    .   iiominating copimittee to se-   j^gg.   {„   Horsham     township,     2
suffered a broken nose lacerations' mendation ol Lloyd H. Wood, Re- j'"« "'J"e liud win oe neia feoiu  |     i^aws  enacted by  the  Quakers ig^t officers for the following year  d^e lines The causes of these flres
DioKen nose, 'acerations ^    ^^j^^.^^ ^^           Chairman.     The | ar.v 25th.             ,  .   „     -           ,    | before 1800 included a bounty to ^^^ ejected by preferential ballot.: aiT outlined   in   me  renort     and
position pays $2,600 annually with 1     ^rs. Thomas J. Lane  Jn^s^^^^^ crows and blackbirds, and The  members  of   this   committee I complete in de"ail   Til engineer^
the free use of the dwelling on the  to the Club members in regard to ! to protect deer on land belonging         -    -             compieie in aeiaii.   ine engineeis
„v^.,„j^.. ^„.....-^, v^i x„u in,s>- onccu, I       .   ,,,.,,,,„,.i,, the  work  of  the  Red  Cross  and i /^    i-       j       t..       o\
Palmerton,   who   was   treated   by i ^^lif P',"^^ Jy,' , ._J .n„„,i.,„„,. „„ o„„„ .. I (Continued on Page 3)
I of the face and  a possible spine a   passenger   in   his   car.
Questionnaires Mailed to Draftees on Draft Boards Number Two and Five
Dr. Carl E. Lorenz for lacerations of the scalp and then admitted to Sacred Heart hospital, Norris¬ town, and Snyder, who was treat¬ ed by Dr, A, G, Ciavarelli lor (Continued on Page 3)
Phillips is a former commander; of  the  American  Legion. |
Colony Club Speaker
(Continued on Page 4)
SPRINGHOUSE P. T. A.
Tlieso questionnaires have been    706    903 MyrI L. Michael, High mailed to registrants of the local land Ave., Fort Washington.
draft boards number two and five  2891    904 Harold A. Wildrick, Jr.,!^"""";";;" •'"'"'".''!" °"" ":'"'": during the past several days. C        Summit Ave., Ft. Washington! i'^^^°'^^l, gymnasium    at    West
JR. RED CROSS BENEF^T
Jenkintown Student Council To j Sponsor   Gala  Event
; The Jenkintown High School I Student Council will sponsor a 'dance   for  the  benefit   of  Junior
Red Cross, on Saturday evening,
March 1st from 8 to 12. Tho [friends, parents, and students of ! the   high   school   are   invited   to
make merry in the red and white
Questionnaires will be sent daily by various boards and must be re-
985    905 Russell Jamison White, Easton   Road,   Hallowell.
and   Highland   avenues,   Jenkin¬ town.
turned within five days. Answers 2947    906   Louis   Banditt  Meyers,      The   executive   oflicers   of   the
membc^o ii' the Local Draft Board. The ¦  ..(Allowing
have    received
must be written in ink and sworn to   bell^n   a   notary   public   or   a
questionnaires:
COUNTY    BOARD    NO,    FIVE. Serial   Order No.   No. 817    896 Earl A. Buzby, 10 Hen¬ dricks   St.,   Ambler. 149    897   Edwin   F.   Stoertz,   741 Brooke Road, North Hills. 1576    898  John   F.  Marwood,  320
E. 10th Ave., Conshohocken. 3346    893A  Frank  L.  Smith,  207
Locust   St.,   Ambler. 2817    899 Charles F. Hall, Bethle¬ hem  Pike,  Whitemarsh. 1892    900     Henrv  L.   W.   Bower, 1306 Butler Pike, Consho. 730    901   Collin  H.  Foulke,    205
Orlando   Ave.,   Oreland. 481    902    Harvey    S.    Swanson, Cedar Grove Rd., Con.sho. R. D. 2.
Jr.,   R.     D.   Box   76, I        Wales,
!     60    907 Edward Anthony Pilci- I cki,    513    Spring    Mill    Ave.,
I Conshohocken.
2964    908 Reese Howard Robinson, I 702 S. Bethlehem Pk., Ambler.
I   321    909     John  Charles  Taylor,
2nd, 361 E. Butler Ave., Amb- I ler.
I     72    910 Richard Milton    Archi- I bald, Norristown Road, Maple
j Glen.
I 1230    911 Rudolph    Joseph Duna-
jski, Bethlehem Pk,, Ambler, 13284    912 Walter Stewart Liggett, i 151   North  Hills  Ave.,  North
!        Hills.
I 3147 ¦ 913 John Waber,    Cor. Up- ! land   and  Edgley   Sts.,   Hors¬
ham. I   497    914   John     Joseph    Carda- I mone, 900 Maple St., Consho.
(Continued on Page 2)
North I student Council who are planning the dance, the proceeds oi which will go to the Junior Red Cross of the Old York Road and Hunt-
PLAYERS PRESENT
"ERSTWHILE SUSAN"
The executive board of the Springouse Parent-Teacher Asso- | The Ambler Players group pre- ciation met at the home of Mrs, ' sented before the largest audiences William Wolf, Sumneytown pike. \ of the current season, the play Gwynedd Valley, on Monday eve- "Erstwhile Susan" on Friday and ning, February 17th. Plans were ' Saturday nights of last week in the made for forthcoming events of I Flourtown fire hall. The play, a the next few weeks, i farce comedy by Marion de For¬
rest, was presented in such a hurq-
On  Monday  evening,  February I
orous   fashion   that  many   in   the
are: Mrs, Helen Staples Netter, of the company have continud to Chairman; Mrs. Percival Theel,; keep the trucks in good repair and Mrs. Chauncey Koch, Mrs. Philip i always ready for use throughout J. Lukens, and Mrs. Gilbert Huber, | the year.
Hostesses were Mrs. Lewis B.' Four members of the company. Miller and Mrs, Cecil E. Watson to further the efficiency of the fire Mrs, George Bardens was at the fighters, were sent to the Penn- tea table. j (Continued on Page 3)
Montgomery County Commissioners Are ''Unalterably Opposed" to Annexation
In  a  statement  indicating  they' have endeavored to apply simple
CAROLINE HOOD
24th, the regular monthly P- T. : ^^^,^(^^^,3 proclaimed it to be the A meeting will be held at the I funniest given so far by the group, school, and Founders  Day will be 1     ^ i*    w ' another
observed. The birthday of the or- i ^^^.j^^ ^^^  he"^'^arm^ToT^directing are  "unalterably opposed" to the rules of good    housekeeping    and
ganization  will be celebrated  by  jj^^g*^   j^     .^^j^j^   g^^^,^  professional' annexation of Montgomery County sound  business  practices to     the
a special program, and a large at- ; intelligence and judgment   ' ' by     Philadelphia,       Montgomery conduct of the County governmsnt.
tendance  is  expected. A  comedy i ' '„,iCounty Commissioners Fred C. Through efficient management and
skit entitled "Aw Nuts!" will be j „ Vf "''^   r   ''  '^*"?c'"'*"vr=f?.?hii» I Peters,  Foster  C.   Hillegass     and our    'pay-as-you-go'    policy,    we
presented   by   the   members,   and i °®"'",'? c     i?^"»v,(      d^,."k1u" .'Pvaymond K. Menseh pledged they have been able to reduce the Coun-
,-of,.«cV„v,„„f.   ,„iii   uc   c«,.„^H    r^„.^usan  - *ue ivnigni as tjainaoeiia ,    ^j ^      jj j    ^j^ ^ ^ j^ ^     ^^^   ^.^^^  ^^  ^^^^   Montgomery
^:?i,?''?r!Jii', Barnaby, and David | ^.^-^  g^^^ government    and     the ' now enjoys the lowest tax rate of
benefits which    citizens    of    the any debt-free county in the Corn-
refreshments will be served. On Wednesday, February 26th, at 1 p. m, a covered dish luncheon will be  served  at  the  home  of   Mrs
Piefly as Abel,
Bettina had the audience in tears ' County now enjoy.
I m nwealth. In fact its one and one-
Secrets  of Rockefeller  Center's Horace Evans, Evans road, Gwy- h'/'^". ^1^^, 1?''^,^^' ^w ' ^c    f ^''^ '     The annexation proposal is con-1 half mill rate for county purposes
behind-the-scenes life will be re- nedd Valley, ' °t °^,'".S '^tt at the altar, bo tense 1 tgjned in a bill introduced in the, is   the   lowest,   save   one,   of   any
ingdon Valley Branch, are:  Mary vealed in an illustrated lecture by      Tuesday evening, March 4th, a.u^Vo'^^^^l^i^tihlw^^Jt'^^ *^°"''^ j State  Legislature  by  a  Philadel-  county in the State. We were also
Foster, President; Earl Lange, and  Miss Caroline Hood of the Center town educational program will be 1°^ J"^^" ^'^'"^ then eyes. [^^^-^  legislator,  Charles  E.  Voor-  fble, a lew years ago, by applying
Peggy   Pollock,   Vice   Presidents;  next   Wednesday,   February   26th held at the home of Mrs. William i     ^l^^'^^^o   ,!"   u^a'J^"^ Brown, bees, as a means    of getting the  the same policies, to eliminate ths
Edgar   Cortright,   Secretary;   and  at a meeting of the Colony Club, 1 Wolf at 8  p.  m.  Miss Botto,    of ' «"^ °^.^''^ P'^f^^l^ad the audience , city out of its financial morass.   ; last yestiges of debt so that our
Harry   Wambold,   Treasurer.   Mr.  Miss   Hood   is   well   qualified   to the   Ambler   Pubic   Library,   will i ^^^•^^'"'"g .^'^^l.^^l'^^t and howl-;     During   the    administration   of, County has the unique distinction.
Robert Clendenning is the faculty  lecture on Rockefeller Center be- speak   about   the   equipment   and | l^L.l^u.ui^.t.l\...'*^.,._.®iL_^.^"j:! Commission and  Hillo
adviser. i cause she watched it develop from advantages offered by the library
The  decorations  for  the   affair' a  few   sketches   on  the   drawing to  children.  All  are   welcome  at
are designed around the Red Cross board of her uncle, the late Ray-  this meeting.
flag. They are being made by the mond  Hood,  one  of the Center's      The Springhouse P, T. A. is on
students  in  the  Art  department, architects,    to    the    fascinating the honor roll of the Pennsylvania
which   is  under  the  direction  of "city-within-a-city" that it is to- Parent-Teacher      Magazine      for
Mrs. Gladys C. Lanks. The work day.  By means  of  colored slides subscribing to the required num-        _
of Junior Red Cross is being fur- Miss Hood takes her listeners be- ber    of   magazines,    Springhouse' ^gnnonites and" Society folks are  iTing of l94o7has subscribed to^th^^ '" Montgomery County. Dur-
_            shared by only flve other counties
through their humorous acting and i gass"'the last of the county's debt' '" the Slate, of having no bonded speech making, ! has been paid off and the tax rate, indebtedness   whatsoever.       This
Others who did equally well i reduced one half mill. Peters is means no interest charges or sink- were Bill Baldwin as "Jake"; j beginning his sixth .year as a Com-1'"8 funds to swallow up County Henry   Strong   as  Judge   Jordon; i missioner while Hillegass has vir-1'"evcnues.
Marshall Anders as Emanuel; Mar-itually completed  four years'  ser-1    The statement by the Commis- ion  Baldwin  as Rama;  and    Ed,  vice in office. Commissioner Men-1 sioners  continues as  follows: DeLong  as Lawyer Punz,      The I sch, who took office at the begin-1      I-et us review briefly the situa-
thered daily by Mrs,  Lanks  and  hind the scenes of all departments also won first prize in its class for ; aig^ ^n the honorable mention list,  policies   which   have   made      the her students, who have many in-; in this vast enterprise. ; its  putlicity   notebook  ,and   was ;     The   next   and   final   play     "A  name of Montgomery County svn-
teresting projects in work. i     The    Faculty    of    the    Ambler ' commended highly  at the  Mont-1 Woman's a Fool" is to be presented i onymous throughout the State with
"The   Ambassadors",   the   high  Schools will be the guests of the gomery   County   council   for   the, in  a  very  short  time.   Plans   are i good government, school orchestra, will play under Club at this meeting. Mrs. Allan; work   it   has   accomplished   since ' already under way to make this an |     "Here    in    Montgomery,"     the the direction of Parke Edwards,      Craig will be at the tea table,      'its organization. 'all-star performance. ! Commissioners statement said, "we
ing the past five years nearly $3. 500,000 has been spent on highwa.v projects in the County, of v.'hich 60 percent was paid by the County Commissicners, thereby saving (Continued on Page 5)