The Ambler Gazette 19421001

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VOL. LXIV —NO. 31
HE  AMBLER   GAZETTE
AMBLER, PA., OCTOBER 1, 1942
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
AMBLER BUlESSiNlJtPENNSBORG MAN ELECI NEW OFFICERS! IN CRASH FATALITY
CANTEEN DOINGS
They've    been    having    yellow
cherry tomatoes, peppers and red
I tomatoes   recently   down   at   the
I Stage   Door  Canteen   in   Philadel-
I phia.     And   all   thanks   to   three
  1   [Ambler   residents.
CJianihcr of Commerce Names  Found Cuilty of Drunken Driv-:    The  latest to contribute to the n T.     • 1 ^1 • •       i     •! i,--ii- I Canteen  are  Mrs.   Annie   Landis,
25 Tons of Scrap Collected As Ambler Residents Pitch In
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Post    President;     Clianjics Christmas Lighting Plans
The Ambler Chamber of Com¬
ing   in   Accident    Killing Wyndmoor Man
Ambler residents finally rolled up their sleeves and got down to the business of petting into the .scrap with their .scrap. As a re¬ sult, approximately twenty-five tons of scrap material have been collected in Ambler during the past week. The drive will end on Saturday.
         Members   of   the   local   salvage
$100  and  costs  were imposed  on i _^YiTipson'rr'''%f 310 Highland ave-' campaign   committee,   headed   by
T , „;r„„„„  o^  „r r,„„„„u,.„„  ¦"';,i,e ^'Ambler,   who  serves  at  the I Stewart    Davis,    have   expressed
Canteen.    Among the visiting ser- i   heir appreciation for the coopera- vicemen in recent davs have been' V°."  ."*   borough   residents.    The men  from   Hawaii,  Scotland   and ! fir've s opening was marked by a ... ^     „ ,   . „, Canada,    Mrs.    Simpson    reports.!   a^k of cooperation, but with sec-
James   Cassidy  was   elected   vice   slaughter and  aggravated  assault! ^^ j   ^y^      g,,   jji^^   tomatoes  and   tor wardens and members of the president, succeeding Stewart Da-   and battery by automobile. ' I npriners j Civilian   Defense   Council's   Mes-
A   sentence  of  two  months  in
Mr.s. F. Hildman and Mrs. Henry] Walker. I
The peppers and tomatoes have I proved very popular with the visit- { ing  .soldiers,  sailors  and  marines, i
merce,    meeting    last    Thur.sday   the County Prison and a  flne of! j^   accordine  to  Mrs.  ,J.  Robert '¦
night, elected officers for the com ing year and discussed the advisa¬ bility of Christmas lighting in Am¬ bler this year.
Elected president was August E Post, who succeeds Henry Deens.
Leroy Mease, 22, of Pennsburg, in Montgomery County Court on Fri¬ day, after Mease was found guilty of drunken driving and acquitted of   charges   of   involuntary   man
vis, and J. Rus.sell Meyers was re¬ elected secretary-treasurer.
The group named George Scherff a director, succeeding Jo¬ seph Lapetina, who has been  in
Mease was the driver of an auto¬ mobile that figured in a collision with a car operated by Mrs. Bea-
peppers.
In the future. Ambler contri-1 butions to the Canteen will be! turned   in  on   the  second  Thurs- i
trice Thornton, of Pennsburg, on i ^      q,- ^gch month, Mrs. Simpson the    Pennsburg-Gerryville    high- i ^^i. announced. She and all of the |
.senger Corps canvassing individ¬ ual homes throughout the borough, the collections quickly picked up.
A large depot has been .set up at  the   lot  adjoining   the   Nesbitt
ducted into the U. S. Army, and I way, in which George Rubicam, ot \ q^'j^^^^j^ workers hope that those i Building, on Butler avenue by the
decided to present a money belt to Lapetina,  as  a   farewell   gift.
On the matter of Christmas lighting, the members felt that, be¬ cause of the war, any elaborate display should be dispensed with. Since the meeting, surrounding lo¬ calities have been asked about theiri lighting plans, and it has been found that most of them have taken action to replace elaborate di.splays by more conservative ones.
In view of this, J. Russell Mey¬ ers, chairman of the Christmas Decorations Committee, has an¬ nounced that the Ambler Cham¬ ber of Commerce will make plans for decorations that are in keeping with the times.
A letter from the Auch Inter- Borough Transit Company was read, in which Company officials pointed cut that there was no possibility at present for extension of their bus line to Prospectville, Jarrettown or Dresher.
The Public Relations Commit¬ tee, was instructed to compile sta¬ tistics on Ambler, so that a letter describing the borough might be prepared and distributed.
Wyndmoor, a passenger in Mease's I contributions will be generous car, was killed. Sentence was I gnd frequent. With .some 1200 passed by Judge William F. Dan-, ^jg^ to be entertained and fed nehower, in Norristown. ; every evening of every week - - Although Mease admitted hav-; ^ell contributions come in mighty ing had flve drinks prior to the, handy- accident,  he  denied   that  he  was !  o	
drunk, contending that he could not avoid the collision because Mrs. Thornton was driving her car in the middle of the highway. Mrs. Thornton and other witnesses said that Mease's car was "weaving" on the road for some distance be¬ fore the crash occurred, and that (Continued on page 8) —. o	
HOME NURSING CLASS
TO BE HELD IN AMBLER
In an effort to strengthen the re¬ sourcefulness of Ambler home- makers, and to help them to take better care of home and family at a time when the shortage of doc¬ tors and nurses is increasing, the Wissahickon Branch of the Ameri¬ can Red Cross will sponsor a Home Nursing Class in Ambler, begin- ing Tuesday, October 13.
Class will be held from 7.30 to 9.30 p. m. each Tuesday evening for ten weeks, at the rooms of the Ambler Red Cross Auxiliary, 80 N. Main street. The instructor will be Mrs. Gertrude Cassell, of 320 Eu¬ clid avenue. Ambler.
Enrollment is now in progress, and those wishing to enter the class are asked to have their names in by next Friday. They may enroll by telephoning the Wissa¬ hickon Branch oflice, Whitemarsh 0373.
The Home Nursing course covers health and per.sonal hygiene, healthful home environment, home care of the sick, care of mothers, babies and ,small children in health and illness, and community health—prevention and control of communicable disease.
WOMEN HEAR REPORTS ON DEFENSE ACTIVITY
MRS. HELEN RIDINGTON BECOMES PELS SCHOLAR
Mrs. Helen N. Ridington, of Lansdale, a Montgomery County Jury Commissioner, has begun work as a Fels Scholar at the In¬ stitute of Local and State Govern¬ ment of the University of Pennsyl¬ vania.
Combining   intensive   classroom work   with   practical   experience four mornings a week in  a gov- j ernmontal office,  the  Fels  Schol-1 ars a carefully selected and limit- j ed   group,   specialize   in   training j •
railroad station, and scrap from sector depots will be taken there, to be hauled away for sale. Sector depots are located at the following places: N. Spring Garden street and Mt. Pleasant avenue; Forrest avenue and Glen Mawr drive; School street and Forrest avenue; Main street and Belmont avenue (Craft Lumber Yard); Butler ave¬ nue and Bethlehem pike 'Mullin Motors);    Lindenwold    and    Park
avenues;   Rosemary  Garage;   rear of   Legion   Building,   Lindenwold) avenue;    Italian    Athletic    Field, I Butler avenue and Chestnut .street. |
All gasoline stations in tho bor- I ough al.so are accepting scrap and ; residents who still have .salvage material are urged to have it at ono of the depots by this Satur-1 day, when Ambler's drive ends.; Large articles will be called for j if the Borough OfTice is called. The : telephone number is Ambler 1000. i
Lessing Ro.senwald, Chief of the ! Bureau of Industrial Conservation | of the War Production Board, em-' phasi7.es the importance of the na- i tional salvage program in the war! effort. I
"The immensity of the task wc ( still face requires a stepping up of the tempo of the salvage pro-! gram," he points out. "If we arc ¦ tl) keep our steel mills going full! blast this winter, we must increase: (he flow of scrap iron and steel bv' at least 6,000.000 (ons—twenty-five , per cent more than normal." j
Rosenwald   points out  that  an¬ other vital scrap r.:aterial is scrap rubber.   With the enemy controll¬ ing  over   ninety   per   cent   of   tho ] world's crude rubber supply, and ' with  synthetic  rubber  in  volume ' 'Continued  on  page 6) |
284 DONATE BLOOD
. Blood doning records in this area were broken once more last week when a total of 284 Wyndmoor residents gave blood during a two-day visit (;f a mobile blood bank unit of the American Red Cross.
According to the Wissa¬ hickon Branch of the Red Cro.ss. which sponsored the visit, it was the largest num¬ ber of donors ever to give a pint of blood apiece in a two- day visit in Branch territory. On Wednesday, 161 applied as donors and 149 were accepted. On Thursday 148 applied and IS."! were accepted.
The record set in Ambler in July, however, still is talked about. During four days of blood doning, 428 persons vol¬ unteered, and by their dona¬ tions gave the Wissahickon Branch the highest percentage of blood donors from a given population in the entire pro¬ curement area.
A mobile unit will operate somewhere in this territory on November 11, it has been an¬ nounced. However, as yet no specific place has been named.
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No  Serious  Violations   Report-j John  \\ .  Parrisl't   Sends  LrUor
cd; Anildrr Woman Injured Declining   Noniinalion   for
in  Fall  Down-stairs Second  Ward Post
Ambler residents took their un-
In a letter sent on Tuesday to
I announced blackout test lastThurs- | Robert Simpson, President of Ahi-
I day night more seriously than pre-1 bier   Borough   Council,   .Tohn   W.
I viously, and as a result no major! Parrish.   whose   name   was   sub-
( blackout violations were reported,   mitted  in August as  a  candidate
I according to  Bernard  Lindenfeld, j for the Council post left vacant by
chairman of the Civilian Defense; the resignation of Joseph Palorrho,
Council. I requested that "my name be with-
Lindenfeld called the test "pret-1 drawn as a candidate for council-
ty good", but it was marred by one I man from the second ward of Am-
accident. Mrs. Anna Tambourino,
! of 228  W.  Maple  street;  Ambler,
I fell down a flight of stairs in her
' home   during   the   blackout   and
I suffered multiple bruises. Dr. Wal-
' ter Fine was called, and  after  a
)' preliminary   examination   he   had
Mrs.  Tambourino removed  to tho
Abington  Memoria!  Hospital.  She
was admitted for treatment.
The  Ambler  control   center  re- RAMir rttrrCDC VAIII T ceived its yellow flash at 9.55 p. m.;
BAIMN l/hrtKJ) VAULl : ,he blue at  10.10. and the red a-
AS  AIR  RAID  SHELTER; Iarm signal at 10.22. The all ftlear A vault in the basement of thej s"""^ed at 10 48. .^    *    .
Ambler   Tru.st   Company   will   be, ^^^''^he first time since the tests available  for  use  as  an  air raid  have begun there were no viola-
COMMinEES REPORT SPRINGFIELD TO HOLD
FOORTH SCRAP DRIVE
, shelter in the event of an air raid,! t'on^  on  Butler  avenue.  Linden-1
I companv officials have announced, j feW reported; and also for the fust
I     Nece.ssarv   first   aid   equipment i ^'mf, all but one sector warden re-I
will be provided, and although the j P°^ted promptly on his sector. ,
; bank itself closes at 2 p. m,. in case  , Asserting that there still is room i
of   emergency,   the   building   will^"'\ ""P^^^fT"^'  Lmrtenfeld   ur- ' be open to the general public. ^ed residents to remember to turn ,
There   are   ample   exits   in   the
Wliilemarsh    Group
List of All Township Men in Service
Almost 200 Whitemarsh men now are in the armed service,  accord-
s.sociation   Reviews   Activities of Year at Annual Meeting; By-laws Aj»provcd
for service in local and .state gov-1 I ernment. Work of the Institute has received   widespread    recognition Prepares j and  its  graduates are  helping to
' establish a new conception of local j 	
government as a career service. | The Community Ambulance As- Mrs,, Ridington, who is well; sociation of Ambler held its an- known throughout the County, is) nual meeting in the Legion Home, a past president of the Montgom- j Park and Lindenwold avenues, ery   County   Federation   of   Wo-! Ambler,    last   Wednesday    night,
i.,,r t^ ..„ „* .„„^„ „t «K„ .v,oo+ir„ri "len's   Clubs,   a   member   of   thei with the President, Bernard Lind-
ing to report made at the meeting I j^,j.jj^   p^^^   ^^^^^^   ^^   Women | enfeld in the chair.
Voters and is a member and vice j Reports of the treasurer, Walter president of the Lansdale School I Reller, and the secretary, Russel Board. She was elected the Re- j Meyers, were received and flled, publican  Jury  Commissioner  last ] and the committees gave their re-
I ports.   Charles Milburn Jones, of  o	
Collection Begins Monday; Ap-
proxinuilely 45 Tons Received
in Pervious (^anqiaigns
are ample exits in basement, i( is pointed out, and | the vault, together with the rest | of the basement, will hold about! 350 persons. i
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CHURCH MAKES PLANS FOR SPECIAL PROGRAMS
The Autumn program of Cal¬ vary Methodist Church, in Am¬ bler, will begin this Sunday, des¬ ignated as Rally Day, and continue for six weeks.
A special Rally Day Service will inaugurate the church's Loyalty Campaign, and will feature the Place Duo, performers on the ma¬ rimba and octave chimes.
An "Every Member Present Communion Service" will be held at 11 o'clock Sunday morning in the church, and the public is in¬ vited to attend.
The emphasis of the Loyalty Campaign is on renewed church attendance and interest in the var¬ ious departments of the church ac
of the Women's Activity Commit¬ tee of the Whitemarsh Civilian Defense Council, a short time ago.
Mrs.   Charles   Frederick,  chair¬ man   of   the   Service   Committee, i Fall, who has been working in cooper-
ation with the Whitemarsh Wo- firemEN SAVE GARAGE men s Club, reported that a rec¬ ord is being kept of all men from The Wissahickon Fire Company the Township now in service. She j "f Ambler saved a garage on the requested that members of the I Property of Roland Taylor, on Contact Committee help secure Bethlehem pike above Spring the names and addresses of the House, on Friday, when material mothers, fathers, and wives of the! '" the building began^to smo^dci- men. Eighty members of the Com-j Firemer mitte agreed to visit every home in | broke out Whitemarsh within the  tollowing j —
weeks, to ask contributions to-1 wards gifts for the men, as well as | to secure their new addresses.        i
The women of the Township | have voted to purchase a Town-; ship Service Flag, it was an- i nounced, and the flag will be pre- j sented to the Supervisors at a pub-, lie meeting on the second Sunday of November. !
Mrs. Franklin Spencer Edmonds,
Mattison avenue, the volunteer driver, gave his report and he and Mrs. Elsie Stevens were given a standing vote of thanks by all of the members present for their work in manning the ambulance. Jones reported 112 calls—86 hos¬ pital   cases,   12   accident   cases,   9
TTiromon   QfviirnH   hntr^rc  (lamoc  transfer cascs, and 5 mental case ¦  ^ j      i        -, . ...
r iremen   aniveci   oeioie   names    ,    -        ., •,!_        ,  *  ,     .? r>ointed out   and tin cans must he
during  the  year,   with  a   (otal   ot   h"";>-«=\' uui, nnu uu tun.  luuhi  uc
2919 miles travelled.
Letters were read from patients who have used the ambulance and from doctors, praising Jones for his genial and efficient service, and commending   him   personally   for
Springfield Township will begin ils fourth scrap collection on Moi
CONGRESSMAN TO SPEAK     | AT GOP CI,UB MEETING;
WAR'S END IN 1943
The  November election  will  be
in    the    spotlight    next   Tuesday |
evening,   when   the   Whitemarsh j |{ j. a r day,   under   the   direction   of   the  Valley Republican  Club  meets  in Springfield      Township      Defense I the social room of the Flourtown Council. j Fire Company,  at Flourtown.
Approximately   fifteen   tons   of I     Arrangements  are  being made, iron,  brass,  tin'and  rubber  have' through   Congressman  J.  William
been collected in each of (he pro-; l^'t(er,   to   have   an   outstanding ^     a     -i   iqaq       . rr,..A,.
vious collections, according to i Congressional leader as guest | be over by April, 1943 was made David C Birdsell chairman of the ^ speaker. To date his name has not by Rear Admiral J. Duncan Mac- defense  coundl'He.^X    Riln! i been announced. I Nair, retired Navy chaplain, when
Admiral,     Addressing Spring   House   PTA,   Sees Germany's Fall Near
A prediction that the war will
Hereafter, Bird- sell said, scrap will be collected on the first Monday of every month, until further notice. . Township residents are reques¬ ted to deposit their scrap material on the curb in front of their homes
Information regarding the elec- he addressed the meeting of the, tion, as well as plans for future I Spring House Parent-Teacher As-} Club activities, will be presented 1 sociation on Monday evening. |
by  .Samuel  M.  Glass,  of  Con.sho-1     Speaking    on    "Present    World | hocken. president of the Club. j Conditions and  Our  Future  Out-!
A spaghetti supper will be ser-; look".    Rear    Admiral    MacNair j
.-„  th„ ^„c- „t„j ^„ *u„*   ii^'ed before the meeting, from 6 to  traced  German  history  over  400
on  the designated day, .so that^ it j - 3^ p   ^   Ham platters also wil!! year.s, pointing out that the Ger-|
be served. Arrangements are un- j mans   always  have   been   a   war- i der  the  supervision  of  Louis  W. Hofman,   assisted   b.v   Mrs.   Anna Malozzi and Mrs. Anna Wittman,
may   be   collected   by   trucks.. No paper   will   be   collected,   il   was
washed,  with  both  ends removed' and the can flattened..
W'iierever there are heav.v iron j articles, such as kitchen ranges,; fance or other unwiold.v items,' auxiliary    police    will    dismantle.
; the quickness and cheerfulness ofi them and see that they are collec
his response to calls. '     A .set of by-laws drafted previ- I ously, was passed.
The committee commented upon
ted,   and   residents  arc   a.sked   to; telephone the defen.se council for help.
Trucks  have  been   donated   for the collections by Robert J.  Mc-!
E FOR WAR FOND DRIVE
bier Borough."
Parrish's name was submitted at tho August Council meeting, and referred to the second ward coun¬ cilmen for consideration. At the September meeting, after debate, the matter was again referred ba,ck to (he .second ward councilmen.
A copy of the letter was received, yestcrda.v   by   the   Gazette   from Parrish.   It reads as follows: Ambler. Penna. September 29,  1942 Robert Simpson, President,        ' Ambler Borough Council, Highland Avenue,       , Ambler, Pa. Gentlemen:
Kindly inform members of - .your honorable bod.v that I no longer desire to become a.sso- ciated wifh Ambler Borough Council, and therefore request that my name bo withdrawn as a candidate for Councilman from the second ward of Am¬ bler Borough.
For your information I ,did not seek the office and onlv al¬ lowed my name to be used af¬ ter a two minute telephone .^ solicitation by Committeeman v Albert Geyer of the Socond Ward.
I assume no responsibility for the contents of the letter which was signed and for¬ warded to you by Committee- woman Elizabeth Urban and Committeeman Albert Geyer. The writer was not consulted as to tho contents of the letter, nor did he sec the paper be¬ fore it was forwarded to you.
In order that all members of your board will be' familiar with my withdrawal, I ask that you kindly have this let¬ ter re'ad at your next meet¬ ing on October 12.
Very truly yours,
John W. Parrish
208 Lindenwold Avenue, Ambler, Pa.
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POLICY ON COLLECTIONS
loving people.
"They have always started prc-1 ANIMAL  SOCIETY -ALTERS
paring for the next war as soon
as one was over," he said.   "They
feel that they are a superior race j     xhe   Montgomery    County    So-
and    should    be    the    controlling j cietv for the Prevention of Cruelty
power of the world." to    Animals,    in    view   of    policy
:     The   speaker   told   his   audience I changes  necessitated  by  the  war,
i that he felt certain Germany's fall | has    asked    that    people    in    tho
! would  come soon.   "The  German | County   be   acquainted   with   the
i people,  and certainly  the  peoples \ following facts.
of the occupied countries, are thor- ;     xhe   Societ.v
Burgess    Requests    Compliance   the generosity of the Meyers Dair-    ..  -..   --.  „.  —^  i/-- 1    t- . ht      1      .    W7i      w;-ii 1 ^„„i„..„^
*' ' ' ' ies in allowing the ambulance to | Closkey, Tho North Hills Country | Girls List Merchants Who Will j declaied.
of the County Defense Board, ad-1 With President's Proclamation dressed   the  group,   and  spoke  of!     .    r-     .    1 r»    .       ••      oi the many unforeseen demands that j    *» Control Destructive Blazes
would be made upon everyone inj   ^^    ^_^^   ^^^^  ^^  i,.^. „„.v.,_u   ,-.   -•
(Continued on page 6) i „,J.^l^ ^^^T ^'''^ P'"^^®"*'°".,Yfi^'^J ! tte"wissahic°kon FW'company of ! p'oiiceVnd members oT'the"Mes.sen
along   with   hun- oughly ted up with Hitlerism," he ! cj,-eds of peojjie,  is faced  with  a
critical' problem in gas and tires.
! be housed in their garage, and a J Club, Joseph Rex, Nusbickel Bro-;
i letter of appreciation was directed   thers,    and    John    Miller,    They [
to be sent to Russell Meyers.   A i are  manned   by   volunteers   from,
'letter   will   also be forwarfled  to | among air raid wardens, auxiliary j
Cooperate; Amhler Woman Heads Project
He pointed out that Japan would particularly the latter.. It must do ! be harder to conquer than Ger- j all in its power tp conserve the I many,  because the Japanese feel; tires it has and, at the same time.
The
j it is an honor to die for their Em war-activity-mindeti   Girl   geror,  and   will   be  more   apt  to
GETS ARMY ASSIGNMENT
First Lieutenant James I. Du¬ fur, .Jr., of Ambler, who reported t_or  duty  at Columbia  Army  Air; j^^^y^^
Base, Columbia, S. C, last week,' '
7J^'±tfZ\Zl':-^nZ'r.f\^^^^^^ *°    ^    ""'^'^    *'''>"    ^'"    ^'^^
an entire nation preparing to de- j fend itself from fire that may be caused by incendiary bombs. President Roosevelt, in a special has   declared   that "an.v loss of human life, any in
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has   been   assigned   to   a   service | 4^^^^^^,^^.^   ^j^^   production,   any group as an admmistrative officer ;,^^^  ^^  ^^.j^i^^l  materials  hinders
Lieiitenant Dufur was graduated, ^^^ impedes our war effort." from Officer Training School, Mi-1     „, ami    Beach,    Fla.,   and   received!     The     proclamation     continues:
LEGION AUXILIARY   'STATE COUNCIL LAUDS'
ject  (o  their  already  long  list of j C'^'"'"''"®.
helpful onterpri.ses. I     The  invocation  at  the  meeting
Cooperating with the American! was given by the Rev. J. William; Red Cross, the Girl Scouts are! Dow, pastor of the Mt. Pleasant! mai. In the case making a survey of all stores in i Baptist Church, in Ambler. Frank- i unwanted animal, the area covered by the Old York | lin Wright, of Church street. Am- | will be made just as soon as a lew- Road Branch. Thev interview bier, entertained with .several vio-1 calls have come Irorn that district, merchants and list those who will'lin selections, accompanied at the; and people arc asked to keep their cooperate in the next  War Fund I piano by Mrs. Ann Matz, also of! animals  until   tho  Agent  can  get
tr.y to render efficient service  in the districts.    *
Accordingly,  il has adopted (he following poiic.v—the Agent is on call   at   any  time   in   the   ca.se   of cruelty or  a  sick  or  injured  ani- of  a  stray  or tho   collection
specialized  instruction  at  Mobile, Ala.
His mother, Mrs, Rosabel le Du¬ fur, resides on Butler pike, in Am¬ bler.
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"Uncontrolled flre, even in normal
times,  is   a   national   menace.    It! .   ————
kills or disables thousands of our  Eastern Director Conducts Cere
people and destroys a significant' portion of our national wealth! each year. Today, when evor,y | machine is being taxed to its full¬ est productive capacity, when new hands are working with unfamiliar tools, and when agents of our ene
mony   al   Fort   Washington; Committee Chairmen Nanied
New officers of the Ladies' Aux¬ iliary    of    tlie    William    Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, American Le gion of Fort Washington, were in
Reports     That     Montgomery Ranks Third in Corps Mem¬ bership; Malz Elected
Drive, and also the special enroll ment drives for Nurses' Aides, blood donors, etc. Details about available exhibition windows, booths, etc., are grouped according to troops' localities and when ma-
Ambler I there.
~, 41.1     1      u r   41    I     The  Society  does not  iecl  that
The   monthly   luncheon   of   the i ^;,^   ^^   unwarranted
Association was held ye.sterday at, ^^ ,^^ ^„^,
the  home ol   Mrs.  William Wolf, ^     .      ;^ ^^, p^,^,,^^   ,^„^,d
of   Sumneytown   pike,   Gwynedd. The Parent-Teacher Association, it
ARRESTS  DRUNKEN DRIVER
Zigzagging   his   truck   East   on
Butler avenue without lights, Ron-   	
aid Rhoades, of Black Horse, R. D. j mjes' are seeking°to hinder us by
4,   was   arrested   early   Saturday   every possible means, it is essen-   iv^n^j u,, a/fi-c   ah-T rut   p-ncforn 1 nort   from   the   State   Council   ofi''"'"•>     v-iictmncni.     i:.ou.i     i.ikjvij . morning between   Spring  Garden   tial that destructive fii'e be brought  flailed by Mr^ HI   meet   with   Mrs
street _and Ridge avenue, in Am- Under stricter control in order that i °'l^,'^i°'''^\v,i^Li^"'''''^'^ '   '^''^  t^e  Znf^rff^onnfrnoffnso: ^ook and direct her troop ,n cur
Montgomerv County now ,-anks I «'^,o* "^e Red Cro.ss Motor Corps third in the State in the number of i „T"   m^"^,?   th's   survey   efficient, -j persons   enrolled   in   the   Civilian ^ ^'•''-  ^,^^'"^'^'^   ^^  ^°°^'   °'   ^'"-
- Defense Corps, according to a re-i .^.'^.V ^''lJi^Z.f°^V^ ^' ^^"^'"
-    4   <¦ .V'   C4.,4„   r?„ M   „f  tivity     chairman.     Ee
1 terial    is   to    be   distributed,    the i ^gg announced, will .serve a vege Scouts wiU be in charge, with the  table   soup   supper   on   Saturday
evening, October 17, at the Spring House School, from 5 to 8 p. m.
 o	
iqn.     Each
troop's rs.
tivities, according to the Rev. Lloyd I bier, charged with operating a mo-i victory   mav  be  achieved   at   the ''"'^'^^'"^   .   '^^   ^®^'^-
[ the  Montgomery  County  Defense ; Council
rent projects.
BIBLE CLASS MEETS
The regular monthly meeting ot the Young Women's Bible Class of St.   John's   Lutheran   Church   was
P. Stevens, pastor. Special sermon I tor vehicle while under the influ-1 earliest da'te """     " '     "   "'  i     New officers are: President, Mrs. 1 *-""'"-"• 1     The   Salvage  Drive,   which  the ¦ held at the home of Mrs. Paul Wal-
themes and musical programs have [ ence of intoxicating liquor. j      .^.,     r,,vb„c- AK,.-,rr, vott.,   . J Lily Quinn, of Philadelphia; First j     A total of 35,340 are engaged in ; Scouts   have   successfully   carried I bach.  Ridge  avenue.  Ambler,  on
been   arranged   for   the   six-week I     He was given a hearing before'     j?:  p u .^"^h  recinJintc +,1^^,^^^^ President,  Mrs. JVIona  Britt,! civilian defense activities in Mont-i on  for over a year,  also will  be! Monday
program. I Squire   William   Urban,   and   re-i ^^'^'"^ Do.n..<j    r^ci ^.n =   r, ,.r.m.   . _ _
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jorough residents to com-
probably have to wait longer than a few days for his call to be at¬ tended to.
The Society asks for under¬ standing and cooperation in a dif¬ ficult situation. II will continue to serve both the residents and the animals to the l^.st of ils ability.
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WINS  NAVY  ADVANCEMENT
Roscoe Smith, Jr., son of Mr; and Mrs. Roscoe Smith, of Forrest avenue. Ambler, has been ad¬ vanced  to  Second  Class  Pharma-
—Buy United States War Bonds I arresting and stamps. ' Monaco.
Squire   William   Urban,   and   re-i °n''l!^ifh"V"hT'W«=iXnV'c ^e^.^t i "t ^ort Washington; Second Vice I gomery, the report indicated. Only, controlled     by     this     committee.!     Mi.ss'Mela Petrov presided over i ci.st's Mate, U. S. N.
leased in $500 bail for court. The i f,';^ ^„j^,-J,  ^^^^ k° ",lr,  t^^^^^^ ^L^-   Grace   Aaronson, | Philadelphia ajid Allegheny Coun-i Butchers vvill  be questioned as to   the  business  meeting,  which   was;     He is .stationed al the Receiving
importance of taking active meas ures during the week, and through
General Martin To Tour County
oflficer    was    Sergeant, |'|^^„*^^/^'^'^^^^„J?*^t^^|I^^ ^J.yf,f„ ^^„*j^^         Arnbler;   Recording   Secretary!! ties _ surpass   Montgomer.y   in _ the t thoir willingness lo piirchase fats, j followed   by  a   .social'   time.   Miss I Station  at  the Philadelphia Navy ,mr.rir an^n r,     n   m    an nr(. moat.     _  , ,  .  , ,,   ,    „,,.,_,.,_       ,.  ..  ,   j Sara  Vandegrift was co-hostcss.       Yard  at  present.
Needlework Guild To Observe 57th Anniversary of Founding
man  and material resources from ] the destructive toll of fire.
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Next Week; Will Address i?aiiy ™r/„HEM a%V
General Edward Martin, Repub¬ lican candidate for Governor, will tour    Montgomery    County    next
f ursday, concluding his visit at a inty-wide rally that night at I ristown City Hall, when he I be the principal speaker. The program for the day, which will be the Republican standard bearer's only visit to the County prior to the election, also includes visits to Pottstown and Chelten¬ ham. Planned also, if time per¬ mits, are visits to the County In¬ stitution District Home to inspect the new ho.spital, and to the Coun¬ ty's Upper Perkiomen Valley Park at  Green Lane.
General Martin, together with state and local candidates, will meet County Republican Chair¬ man Lloyd H. Wood, County Com¬ missioners Fred C. Peters and Fos¬ ter C. Hillegass and other leaders at the Valley Forge Hotel at 10 a. m.
The events of the day, arranged and sponsored by the County Re¬ publican Committee, begin with a rally and luncheon at the Elks Club, in Pottstown. Later the gub¬ ernatorial candidate and other candidates will be guests of honor at a tea, from 3 to 5 p. m., at the
Mrs.   Bessie   Grimm,   of  Philadel-,! total   enrolled.   Philadelphia   hav
,  ., , ,      iphia;     Corresponding     Secretary,' ing 107,806 and Allegheny 70,490.
out the year, to conserve our hu-1 }^,,_,    H^,g„   Klosterman,   of   Fort!     Among   other   nearby   counties
Washington; Treasurer, Mrs, Ruth i Delaware   is   in   sixth Schlater,    of    Ambler;    Chaplain,; 15,789,     Bucks Mrs. Alice Rohr, of Ambler; His¬ torian,   Mrs.   Mabel    Murphy,   of Ambler;  Sergeants-al-Arms,  Mrs. Marie   Cambell,   of   Philadelphia, Curtis Arboretum   Cheltenham           Frank      D.     Jones,     American! and Miss Sallie Meyers, of Ambler. The  party  will'return  to  Nor-I Chemical  Paint   Company, execu-:     Chairmen   for  the  coming  year ristown for a buffet supper at 6.45,! tive,   addressed   the   members   of, were appointed.   They are: Mem- to   which    all   members   of   the | the Ambler Kiwanis Club, at their |           (Continued on page 6) Countv    Republican    Committee,; meeting held at School Inn, Tues-: „	
County "row" officials, the Judges, | ^^f^.f^^'"^;.,, "^'"''j!, -^-^^f^^^l-1     HANSELL GUEST SPEAKER
area supervisors and local repre-   bi ight    intioduced    tne    speaker., . ,    4   , .,
sentatives of the Republican Or- j President   Henry   C.   Deens   pre- ]     John L Hansell president of the
ganization and County newspaper-   sided. ] Amblor   Rotary   Club,   was   guest
editors and publishers have been      Mr, Jones spoke on tho subject  speaker  on  Thursday  evening  at
i.avited. i "Seeing America al War".   He de-' the meeting ot the Souderlon-Tel
Following the supper, a county-j scribed  several  striking  incidents   tord  Rotary  Club,   in
'vide public rally will be held in   in regard to the present world con-
(he   City   Hall   Auditorium   with  flict,  .stating  that  "the  people  in
General  Martin   as   the   principal! this country are willing lo do any-
speaker. The state candidates ex-1 thing and  make  any  sacrifice  to
pected to be with General Martin   win the war".
Guests of the club included Lieutenant S. W. Worner, of Am¬ bler; William A. Leafer, of the American Chemical Paint Com¬ pan.y; Homer K. Dunaway, of Nor¬ ristown; Charles A, Johnson and G. T. Mullen, of the Kiwanis Club of Philadelphia.
in the County are: John C. Bell, Jr.. Lower Merion, candidate for Lieutenant Governor: William S. Livengood, Jr., candidate for Sec- (Continued on page  4)
Frederick's Restaurant, Souderton. He spoke on "Club Service".
Mr. Hansen's talk dealt with the main objects of Rotary: friendship, business ethics, service and  international relations.
as suggested by the OCD.
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SON BORN TO DRAKES
place   with:     y^   ^q,.,_   p^^^^.   ijadcliffe   Drake, I
is    eighth    with I ^as born to Mr. and Mrs. William!
12,279   and   Che.ster   is   sixteenth! F,.a,uis Drake, Ambler Highland.s, I
with  8,284. jon  Monday  morning  at  Abington |
At  the meeting  of the  County j Memorial Hospital. j
Council,  E.  Russell  Malz, of Hat-1     Mrs.  Drake  is the  former Miss | 	
field, was elected chairman. Matz, | Doroth.v Allen, daughter of Mr.! With next week proclaimed by who was chosen unanimously, has j and Mrs, Harvey B. Allen, Forrest j Governor James as Pennsylvania served   as   acting   chairman  since; avenue. Ambler. 1 Needlework Guild Week, members
the resignation of Waller A. Knerr. 1  ——o  | of  the   Ambler  Branch   will  join
David C. Birdsell, of Erdenheim, j AMBLER MAN SEEKS DIVORCE! with Guild members throughout was named vice-chairman. |     g^^jj   j.^^^.   f^j^.^j.cc   ^-is   filed   in j tbe country in observing the flfty-
The   County   Council   approved ' N,;,.,.jstown on Tuesdav bv Joseph' ^^^^enth anniversary of the organ- the  appointment   of  Frederick   B.ljufjson      Johnson.      of    'Ambler,!'nation s founding. Smillie    as    chief    instructor    of! through Attornev Thomas Foulke, Training   Di.strict   No,   3   'Norris-  against   Mildred' Agnes   Hamilton town and vicinity), to succeed  H.jpbnson, alleging desertion on No- E. Reinmiller, now a lieutenant in ; yember 21, 1940, the  Army, and  Victor J,  Roberts!     The    .lohnsons    were    married
as chief instructor of Training Dis¬ trict 4a (Pottstown and vicinity),! succeeding Stanley A. Ward, now; a captain in the IVlarine Corps.
March  29,   1935.
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MORRIS  BYRON  PROMOTED
Morris R. Byron, formerly of Lindenwold avenue. Ambler, now serving with the Army Air Forces, has been promoted to the rank of Staff Sergeant, according to a re¬ cent announcement by the Public Relations Officer at Harding Field, Baton Rouge, La.
Because they played so big a part in the achievement, subcon¬ tractors were honored guests at a Wisconsin company's rally, which celebrated completion of the com¬ pany's first tanks three months j kitchen fat provide enough glycer ahead of schedule.
FINED FOR CRUELTY
Harry Grosch. of 44 Hudson Alley, Lansdale, was fined ten dol¬ lars and costs on Friday by Squire William Urban, of Ambler, on charges of cruelty to a small dog. „     _. ,   .,     m j
The prosecutor was William H.iClub on Sunday, a(  thejerwood Mulvaney, stale agent of the Penn- i traps       •   -¦ "        -"-"'¦
GUN  CLUBS TO  COMPETE
I Members of the Wissahickon I Field and Stream Association, of j Ambler, will hold a return match I with  the Terwood  Rod  and  Gun
OYSTER SUPPER SATURDAY
The Ladies' Aid Society of (he Springfield Prcsby(erian Church, in Flourtown, will hold an Oyster Supper on Saturday, from 5.30 to 7.30 p. m.. in the Lecture Room of (he Church.
The public is invited to attend.  o	
And the Ambler group is proud to think that it was one of the earliest branches founded. It came into being in 1893, and with its first meeting of the year last week, marked the beginning of ils fiftieth year of activity.   Founding
! the Ambler Branch vt'as Mrs. J. .1.
I Da,i4er, whose daughter. Miss Anna
i Dager,  is at  present  secretary of
j (he Ambler group.
(Tfficers  in  the Ambler  Branch,
I are: Honorary President, Mrs. Robert Rosenberry; President, IVlrs. Thomas A. Foulke; Vice Pres¬ idents,   Mi.ss   Flora   Heckler,   Mrs.
™,« t,«, „, ....^.-.T ../^TTcr.        ' John  Earnest,  Mrs.   I,  N,  Cohen, TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE | ^rg,    Roscoe    Brady;    Assistants,
4,4,4 .,, O.C..V. „fe^..4^. 1.   I Willow  Grove.  The  match;     rp^e   Rev,   and   Mrs.   Martin   L. j Mrs. William Fox, Mrs. J. Clayton
sylvania Women's Society for Pre-! will replace the monthly shoot ot |-r^ye,.   ^f ^j^g  Upper  Dublin  Lu-|Reed; Treasurer, Mrs. J. William vention of Cruelty to Animals.      1 *he Association. ! theran     Chuich.     will     entertain I Ditter.
o  I     The   regular   meeting   of    the' members of the congregation at an (     The local Branch includes twen
include young groups (hat meet together to sew, and sixty-nine Directors.
The Fort Washinglon Branch of the Guild was founded forty years ago, on June 5, 1902, when a group of thirty-eight women met at the home of Mrs. U. S. Grant Funk, in Fort Washington. Mrs. H. S. Jones, Jr., was named president and four vice presidents, a secretary, treas¬ urer, and twelve directors also were appointed at that.time. Pres¬ ident of the group now is Mrs. J. Howard Buck.
Thirty-one vears ago, on No¬ vember 1, 1911. the North'Wales Branch ot the Guild was founded. Mrs, Hannah L. Hoffman, of Spring Hou.se, called on her neighbors and asked their cooperation in the forming of a branch. A temporary organization was created, vvith Mrs. A. K. Shearer as chairman, and Mrs. Jo.seph Morris as secre¬ tary. Fifteen directors also were chosen, OfHcers of the original group included: Miss Mary J. Hand, president; Mrs. Hannah Hoffman, first vice president; Mrs.
Seventeen  pounds   of  salvaged ' group will be held at 8 o'clock to-j "open hou.se ' and tea at the par-ity Senior Auxiliaries, composed of | E-  M. Jeffers,  second   vice presi-
  ' "     ¦ night  at  the   Legion   Home,  Park , son.nse   on   Saturday,   from    1   to' various   clubs   and   organizations: j c^en*:   Miss   Florence  Rempp.   sec-
ine to fire 85 anti-tank shells. and Lindenwold avenues, Ambler.   8 p. m. seven   Junior   Auxiliaries,   which' (Continued on page  5)