The Ambler Gazette 19410807

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Tft& AMBLER Gazette
VOL. LXIII — 23
AMBLER.   PA..   AUGUHT   7,   1941
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, ."Sc Per Copy
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YEHER RETIRES
I FIREMEN'S RELIEF !
I ASSN. BUYS bonds!
I United States Defense Bonds, in I the amount of $1,500, will be pur- I chased by the Volunteer Firemen's Relief Association of Springfield I township. This was decided at the   I regular  quarterly  meeting of the
Reading Agent  With  Company |"fe''"'=',«t!""^'^«'W  recently  in  the "     ^ I      ¦>   Oreland (Ireiiou.se.
43  Years, 31  at Ambler
#^,-DISCUSSES (JIIANGES
After
Charles V. Finley, postmaster of, Flourtown, was appointed by the, group to act on behalf of the as-! .sociation to make the purchase.      |
Charles   Kerper  of   the   Wynd- i
moor Hose Company and  Robert.
with'' Woolson, of the Oreland Volunteer i
forty-three years The Reading Comaany, thirty-one ! Fire Company, both in thc .services of them spent in Ambler, Abram "f the United States government W. Yetter, 321 Trinity avenue, armed forces, will have their an- Ambler, has retired from his ""a' dues in the association de- duties as supervisor of the Am-: fcned while they are m the army, bier and Penllyn stations.
Mr.   Yetter's   last   official   day   ««• rtif-n; was on Thursday, and on Friday he lell for a two weeks' vacation in Atlantic City.
His flrst job with The Reading Company was as night operator at Corson's station. Afler eight years there he left in 1906 to be
Winners of Gazette Movie Contest
ANSWER—NAN GREY Movie Star Contest 2nd Week
Catharine   Reynold.s.   39   N. Ridge   Avenue,   Ambler.
Claire Brenneman, 330 For¬ rest  Avenue,   Ambler.
Sally Albertson, 300 Matti¬ son Avenue, Ambler.
Mrs. H. Fillman, 913 Butler Avenue, Ambler.
Daniel Buckley, Jr., "Wood- row,"  Broad  Axe,  Pa.
Elizabeth    Jane  Zeitler.    4 Homestead Lane,  Horsham.
Scotty   Miller, ¦   Brushtown Road, Gwynedd Valley.
R.  Howard  Miller,    Spring Avenue,  Fort  Washington.
Donald Wentz,    Blue    Bell, Pa.
James Caterisano, 266 Maple Street, Ambler.
Girls Get Knitting Instruction at the     | Mattison Avenue School Playground
This week mai-ked the begin-, Ambler team by a score of 15 to ning of groups in knitting con-I 10. Charles Curtiss pitched a good! ducted by Mrs. Edward Cheston i game for South Ambler and allow- i on the Mattison avenue grounds. \ ed very few hits although he was' Girls from all the playgrounds! "wild" and walked 13. Ambrose! are invited to attend these classes! Duckett hit a home run with the; which will bc held every Tues- i bases loaded while others who • day and Thursday from 2:30 to, hit for the circuit were Melvin | 3.30. The girls are making artic-! Timers and Edward McCourt. [ les some of which tljey will keep Herman Ashton s-.ai red for North | and others which will be sent to! Street by pitching a good game | nearby hospitals. The attendence! and also hitting two home runs! on the South Ambler grounds as they nosed out the lACC team ! has increa.sed considerably since by a score of 8 to 7. A la.st inn- a sliding board and a croquet set   ing spurt saw horne runs by Willie
come freight, express, and passen-
GASOLINE SALES HIGH DESPITE CLOSING HOUR|
The regulation, barring the sale I i of gasoline after 7 o'clock at night!
were added to the equipment. For many of the children in this neighborhood it was the flrst time they had a "ride" on a slid¬ ing   board.   The   average   attend-
Marano, Sal Minio and Ralph Graziano but they fell short of winning the game. :
On  Wednesday  the Soutli Am¬ bler  team   ran  its  string  of  vic-
ance on all the grounds was about i tories   to   four   by   defeating   the i four   hundred   during   the   week | the lACC team by the score of 10 ^ w-ith  many  of these  participating j to ]. Behind thc two hit pitching in the interplayground events. of  James Dean   who  retired   th:5
Senior Softball ! '""-st thirteen men to face him in ^
cuM.^ .i^.j,.-, --i-"c, c.v. 1...00...-   „    ,„ ,. .^ ,      jh A    ir. er    f        f i     In    this    league    the    Knight's I orcfer before Willie  Ma.-ano got a j
ger agent at Fort Washington. In ^^etl  Cross Carment Completed i has   proved   inefTective   for   con- pj^j^    ^^^^    replaced    the    West i hit  and   scored   when   Sal   M.nio 1910  he  was  traiisferred to Am-j        As Volunteer Does Rou-       ifplst^   Motl?rists''simnlv ^t!y^k''^fn' ^^^^^    t'^a"' »"d suffered a de-   produced the only other base hit;
L!!^?t_'r'.^I'^l .-^J'T'Pi.fi^l^^ on   Monday  morning  at  the   off  Dean.  Milton ¦ Malone   starred:
'   ! hands of thc league leading South' (Continued on Page 8) I
tine   Tasks
blcr and assumed the same duties for the Ambler and Penllyn sta¬ tions.
Mr. Yetter was born at Plymouth 'Meeting and has lived in Mont¬ gomery County all his life.
The retiring supervisor said that  he  has  seen  many   changes! B,rj't.,,„
take   place   in   railroading   since!     Qne sweater in particular    has he   started   forty-three   years   ago.! ^^^  ^ ^ ^^^  ^^^-^^  pg^^p,,   ^
He explained that  the advent oi! ^^j. ,_,gg„  crabbing,  to the  black
in the daytime for nighttime driv¬ ing.
The clicking of knitting needles! ..^f'^.y''^^ station attendants report j	
is heard everywhere nowadays asj^'jat it means doing sixteen hours | nnnmrn
afghans  for  the   fightmg  men  of r,^^':^^.,«»°"8h   the  change     of|»-«WI""   "'^-'^   UMU1.I11.U
^ ft. 'closing time, since the night men j
are   needed   to   take   care   of  the!
added customers during the day.
The new regulation was put in¬ to effect    on Sunday    by    service I
'HOPE CHES! FEAIURE: TO REPOR] TO ARMY^ OF ANNOAL CARNIVAL!
TAG DAY CAMPAIGN
Tag da.v in Ambler on Sat¬ urday netted $175 for the Un¬ ited .Service Organizations in the campaign for funds con¬ ducted in the borough under the chairmanship of Bernard Lindenfeld. representing the Norton Downs. Jr., Post, Am¬ erican   Legion,  of  Ambler.
Street solicitations were made and a house to house canvass was held in Ambler to collect money to swell the national fund to u.se in staffing and equipping 360 USO club buildings throughout the coun¬ try. The amount also includes the money deposited in sealed containers in business places throughout the borough. Fur¬ ther sums are .yet to be col¬ lected from large Ambler firms that made their own so¬ licitations.
In conducting the campaign the chairman was a.ssisted by the following comm ittee.- Stewart L. Davis, Louis A. Neigut and Mrs. George Meade.
Thc tag day solicitations were made by Girl Scouts un¬ der the direction of Mrs. Win¬ field C. Cook and Mrs. Wil¬ liam Camburn. the Boy Scouts under the leadership of Harry Landis and Elwood Adams, and the Ambler unit of the Volunteer Medical Service C^orps under Captain John Pavelich.
MAYER CRITICALLY
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Michael Mayer, sixty-flve years old. 16 Francis avenue. Ambler, remains in critical condition in Hahnemann hospital, Philadelphia, as the result of injuries suffered in an accident on The Reading Company lines at Darien and Wil¬ low streets, Philadelphia, Mon¬ day.
Mayer was crushed while coupl¬ ing a box car to a Diesel-powered locomotive at the company's Eighth street yards between Darien   and   Willow   streets.
He is conscious but physicians have not been able to make a complete examination becau.se of his .serious condition. He has been employed by The Reading Com¬ pany   for   thirty-six   years.
The operator of the engine was John   McQuillen.
FLOURIOIFAIR
Youngsters    to    Preside    Over
Busy  IMidway  On
Saturday
GALA PARTY PLANNED
"OLD TIMERS"TO PLAY BENEFIT BALL GAME
Field   Day   Events   Planned   to Aid USO Campaign Fund
SCHOOL FUND
trucks has been  the  most  imp(>r-: ;„ ,u "t.' „  "tf-   kji^hen  and    the   7 ^^.""="-''    "" -^"""".v    oy service
tant. Mr. Yetter said that the use! ^.'T; f.eid   R has been in a onade   f^**i'""'   "k"*   f ?^^'   '". fu'   ^*   D
nf trunks for h-iulinc has creatlv I     ' Pelade, igntic  seaboard  slates, at the  re-1'J
of trucks loi   haul ng has greatly I     j^ ^^^ ^^^.^^^  -^^ ^_^ ^j^^ Wissa- quest of Harold L. Ickes, defense!
The snm of $12,189.32 will soon raftees To Leave Ambler On I Grand Award  to  be  Presented ^^^'^f^ 'Hr'st^'e'm^/n^^al
reduced he Height, business as^j^^^,^ ^^^¦^^ ^j ^^^^ Southeastern I oil co-ordinator, in an effort to far as railroads are concerned, es-1 pjg^^jpt Chapter of the American | conserve the supply of gasoline pecially with the cham stores us- ^ j^gj c,.„gg ^y ^ woman who is tool He explained that there is a short¬ ing their own vehicles. | b^sy to sit down and do nothing I age in the East due to lack of He told how at leasi two car-! but knit. She received the wool transportation facilities caused l:).v loads of ice used to be received! from the Wissahickon unit and'the government's diverting fifty at Ambler each day by one deal-I turned it into a completed sweat-! oil tankers to Great Britain.
er.   That   business   has   been   lost er as she went about her everyday  —
through  mechanical   refrigeration. 1 duties and pleasures. J MRS.   EDWARD   HOUPT
Mr.  Yetter said that twelve men!     When .she sent the sweater into | uCAnc   i vntntLi   r'nntm
nsed to bc employed at the Am- ! the Ambler Red Cross unit,    the j nfcAUO   LbUiUN   liKOUP
hler freight office and  now there; knitter  wrote  a  letter  to  accom
Tuesday For Fort Meade. Maryland
I
Closing  Night  of Fete
are only six. i pany it telling how she had flnish-j     Mrs.     Edward     Houpt,     Hart 	
In discussing his plans  for the j «''^,„^'^'-'.^^.^rk. | ranft avenue, Amblcr, was elect-! ter  with  the  Willise   Side  Show,   lowing articles for use in the din-j Montgomer.v
The letter is as follows:    "The '¦ cd
payment of state aid  in  the sup¬ port    of   public    .schools    for   the .school   year   1940-41.   The  sum  of s       I ¦ . ,$1,939.28 which has been due since
Eight men will be sent to /ort j     A complete hope chest contain-: f'^hruary   has  al.so   been   ordered George   G.   Meade,   Maryland,  on  ing 500 pieces will be awarded at, pajd   to   the   Ambler   school   dis- Tuesday  for    induction  into    the! the  close of  the  annual  carnival i tj-jpt  as  part  of  the   support  for United  States    Army   from   local, of St. Joseph's Church.   18 South! the   school   year   1939-40. draft board, no 5, at Ambler. j Spring Garden street. Ambler, on |     jyiore   than   2100     of   Penn.syl-
Thc draftees will leave the ] S.iturday evening, August 16. Alvania's fourth cla.ss school dis- Ambler station at 7.15 a. m. in | ton of coal will be awarded for; tricts will share payments total- answer to the thirteenth call from each of the second and third ^g $7,051,150 approved by Audi- this district. ; prizes. I tor   General   F.   Clair   Ross   for
Thomas Fsanklin Walls, a pain-      The chest will contain the  fol-ithe   term   1940-41.   The   sum   due
County's     fifty-one
m.irp    Mr    Yetter   siid   that   he ^     ^'"-' "^'i^*"   >» «» iouow.s:     me eu     president     of     the     Ladles'1 is a transferred man being induct- ing   room:     a   thirty-two      piece'districts  is $186,946.05.
luiure,   jvii. .. those ' ^^''"^''^'' "^ "" ^^^ ^^-^ '"^ ^"^- I've; Auxiliary   of   the   Norton   Downs,! cd into the army  from  board no. hincheon set. a twenty-eight piece)     Nearby    lown.ships    will    .share
,   I worked on it in the oddest places i Jr.,    American    Legion    Post     of! 5- His local board of origin is St. silver  set,   a   butter   dish,   an   ice i that   .smn   .-is   follows:   Horsham,
lo j       „„  ,. n,.n+ ;r.  .. ........A..   A.. 3 — 1   .      - - '   '
hopes    to    accomplish    all
things he has  looked  I"rY"rd   lo ^ _p^ ,, j^^^^^ i^^ .^ ^g,.^^^^_ ^^.p^j,^^ ^^^;-^   -^^^^^^ Ipet^al ^meetine i Lucie'County, Fort Pierce- Florida, tub  and  six  glasses,    six     table,! $3,731.92;     Plym(Mith.     $6,880.66;
doing   lor   many  years,   lie   may , .,„  q,^  ^^^^j,   lad.y—on  a     boat, I Monday evenine meeung,      , , : glas,se.s, twelve ice tea glasses, tw* Upper   Dublin,   $6,781.,56;   Upper
travel to Cahlornia this winter,     u-rabbing   in   the   Chesapeake^on i     The ' other   officers   elected   for|v   1320   W-dter   Joseph   Maziarz,' "ine-picce   refreshment     sets      ^i^wyned^d,   W, 190.63;   WhUem^^^^^
the   tractor   between   trips   across  the coming year are:  Mrs. Alex-i 623   K.   Hector   St.,   Consho.  ^ream   and   sugar   set   with   tra.y .$6,044.23;   Wh.tpain,   $3,784.4b.
ander  Willoi,   of Tennis  avenue,! Laborer. i one four-piece salad set, two salt
flrst   vice   president
Seddon,     of    Rosema
AMBLER WOMAN SEEKS TAX COLLECTOR JOB
the orchard—lo pull the hay fork up from the load into the mow— in a blacksmith shop while getting
,,.,_-      , .......   o.   ™Aa?J'%S;^u^l""ni^"r 3^"a:4.,^=S^: bot^^^                         $uil| TO DELIVER AMBULANCE
^lal^el^^n^S^^v^^l^^^iJ^^ —tvTT?i^^^> , bow,, a silver bi.ad^tray,six^sher-1     __   -__ ^
reaper and binder cutting oats di'^^''^   Wind,   of   Highland  avenue   VI772  Edwaid worked   the   machinery   with   my ' "'™?:^in? secretary; ^ Mrs. Richard | 5th Ave
Nietupski   400  W ' I'^^rt glasses, a crocheted bread tray i     Ambler's   new   ambulance   will Con,sho   Laborer    I doilv.     flve  dinner    cloths,     two ! be delivered some time this week- ,-•-".--.---.---     -   p     siavton     of    Trinitv  .avenue 'V2189 Charles Stewart'McCarron,'•V"':h«'n     cloths,     two   breaktavt end  according  to  information  re- feet—while   keeping   the   pressure; *;;_^_|°y^°j]^^°^  __"!.\_ "«   't 208   E      4th   Ave,     Consfio.  '''"**"'¦ ^''r^^ '^'^^'P'^'!^ bridge sets, j eeived    by    Bernard    Lindenfeld,
! steady   on   the    pressure
secretary;       Mrs.
PQoljg,.! corresponding .     ' when" canning beans—while riding Ensley Graham, of Ambler High-! „ Business    rartiier   Ac-! j,,   our   cattle   trailer   with   twin! lands, treasurer; Mrs. Roy Smith,;
Former
tive  in   Cluli   Work   and PoKlics
calves which needed watching.      I of   Elkins   Park,    chaplain;    and
"Oh,   I  can't  think of  all     the!
Mrs.    Marie    Brosz,    of    F'rancis
I queer   places.   There   wasn't   any: avenue, sergeant-at-arms. : time to just sit and knit! So. if it      Mrs.    Alexander     Willox
860
was :
p]grl^ ! a  three-piece  embroidered   lunch-1 chairman of the Community Am-
Vincent Pershing Wood 128 •^"" '''*'*• two nine-piece luncheon, bulance Association, which pur- W llth Ave Consho Sten- ^^*^' ^^o flve-piece embroidered chased the machine through funds Ciller ' ' i luncheon     sets,    two  seven-piece; contributed by the public.
Michael .fos. Martinelli, 214' !""<^h«'°" ^^}\^'a- ""'^'^f**'^ ^"''"J The ambulAnce will be deliver- W.   3rd   Ave.,   Consho.   Car!'e^-   '^o  relish  dishes,  two  scarf | g^, ^y the Wolfington Body Com-
.,-7  1-   t '       "     — - -v ™. ¦ ,   , ,      ,       ,' Bracer. sets. pany, Philadelphia, where it was
Mrs.  Sara  M.  Landes,  37   Last  isn't too bad, I'll gladly tackle an-  named as the omcial delegate ofiggl Co.smo Dominick Balzano, 144 |    Articles for the living room are:, purchased.    It   wiU   be   formally
Butler  avenue.   Ambler,  a   candi-: other p^g to pick up whenever Tthe   local   auxiliary   to   the   state. w. l.st Ave., Consho. Packer, i two   pillows,   one   crocheted   end! p,.ggcnted lo the borough within a
date   for   the   nomination   of   tax  can." j convention being held at Altoona 11314 Thomas Franklin Walls, care table doily, onc radio scarf, three: tew  weeks  as soon  as  the  asso
collector on the Republican ticket, i _— [on  Thunsday, Friday,  and  Satur-! of  Willi.se  Side   Show.   Painter.
has  had  actual  experience  in  the   {)niy]£CTir' SOUGHT i '^^^ "* "^'^^ week. Mrs. Roy Smith '
. Mrs, I^andes assisted her late | ihusband. William Landes, in the [ operation of their meat market on ;
president of the Ambler Council; a Philadelphia employment agen of Republican Women. She has! cy. He had been in the employ ,'ived in the first ward for thirty-' of the Paxson family for ten days, three years and served as clerk: Last Saturday night he disappear- on its election board for several I ed with the car and other articles, years.   Tlien   she   was   appointed ' including the valuable dog.
inspector   in   the   flrst   ward   and; .	
has   served   in   that   capacity   for:
the past eight years. j
Mrs. Landes was born in Amb-'
ler   on   October   3.   1893   and   has'
^     ,,     ,     Local  Board, No.  2.  at Jenkin- IM TUCCT rUKorr  "^^^ named as the alternate. Mrs. .town, will induct eight men    into in   intri   tHAKUt; Willox   has   also   been   appointed i the United States Armv on Tues- as a toller in the elections to be'day. They will report at the Jep-
I kintown station at 8 a. m, ]    The Jenkintown draftees are as follows:
j 1321  Roy Walter Allen, 744 Well- : ens Ave., Phila. Student.
il543  Baylor    Brooke Shackelford, 8530   Ardmore   Ave.,   Wynd- ! moor. Secretar.y.
! 1560 Earl Albert Leslie. East Mill j Road,  Flourtown.  Laborer.
; 1584   Martin   Luther   Early,      202 ; Walnut St.. Jenkintown. Lo-
! comotive Fireman.
j 1642 Albert Lawrence Tramontina, i 1005 Pleasant St., Wyndmoor.
Laborer.
crocheted     centerpieces,    a  nine- ( Continued on Page 2 )
The "old timers" are coming out of retirement to help the USO!
Baseball pla.vers who have won fame locally will forget their add¬ ed years and literally "go to bat" for the USO in a ball game at Lindenwold Field, Ambler, Sun¬ day,   August   17.
The Ambler Old Timers and the South Ambler Old Timers will ignore the weight of years and extra poundage as they thunder around the fleld in homerun after homerun for the benefit of the boj's in the military service of the United States.
The ball game and field events will start at 2.30 o'clock and the proceeds will go to the Ambler fund which is to be turned over to the national fund for United Service Organization. The national fund is to be used to staff and equip club houses for service men throughout the countr.v.
Among the "old timers" who will participate in the game are Charles Robinson, Bill Finney, Sam Firman, George and Henry Deens  and   "Windy"   Douglas.
The nrogram of field events will include various races and games for the children. Many prizes will be awarded during the afternoon.
For the flr.st time in the history of the Greater Flourtown Fair the children will rule the midway. This coming Saturday afternoon, August 9th, a gigantic kiddies' party will be held and everyone from far and wide is invited to a-t- tcnd. Arrangements have been made whereby all the admissions on the twenty or more rides and the score of tented theatre at¬ tractions will be reduced to only five cents. William J. Goss, gener¬ al manager of the Fair, and his ^ committee have completed ar¬ rangements to handle thousands of children and every precaution will be taken to ln.sure the safet.y and comfort of all who attend. Addi¬ tional attendants will be on hand at all the riding devices to help the mothers with the little tots.
A special .section of the^ huge fairgrounds, located on thc Bethle¬ hem pike, has been set aside for the children. Here there are minia¬ ture autos. prancing, gaily bedeck¬ ed ponies, and a trained animal circus with Princess Mary, the movie moijkey: Special juvenile entertainment will be held in all the tented shows with special per¬ formances. Every child who at¬ tends thc big children's wh-/opee party will al.so receive a free cir¬ cus gift from the firemen. Chair¬ man Goss has also arranged to present the Four Stars, the World's Highest Aerial act, at 4.30 p. m. for the beneflt of the youngsters.
Despite a rained-out .opening night last Wednesday evening, all records for attendance at the Fair are being broken nightly. Mr. Goss has stated that from all expecta¬ tions the 1941 Flourtown Fair wib be the greatest in its 22 years of history.
The Fair will close on Saturday evening with the grand award of a new 1941 automobile going to 3 lucky person.
COONTY FIREMEN' HOLD ANNUAL PICNIC
PIECES OF EIGHT CLUB       ! ENJOYS VACATION
William  L.   Paxson,  of  Paxson! held at the convention.
ftlptler avenue. Ambler, for twelve ! road, Dresher, has reported to tho 1	
jyears and then coiui'uctcd the 1 Upper Dublin township police that! ijusinesg for .several years fol-! a 1936 Dodge car, portable radio,! lowing his death. She has also j electric toaster, and a Chesapeake' . acted as bookkeeper for various | Bay retriever puppy were stolen! Ambler business houses. She was : from his home. Chief of Police! trained in the Ambler public James Ottinger is seeking a col- jichoyjs-.' lored man domestic who is alleged,
¦fhe  candidate   has  been   active | to be the culprit. }
in Republican politics for over ten:     The  man,     using  the   name  ofi 	
years.       She   is   now   serving   as James Brown, was obtained   from j p„^^,k„,.   £,„„   T,,   Perform  L-r  Council; a Philadelphia emplovment acen-' ^*'^"°>   ^'^'^^   ^"   I'ertorm
TO
I ciation  receives  its  charter.
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REPUBLICAN WOMEN !
SEEK ADDRESSES
COMMISSIONERS ACT TO PRESE
ture Is 105 Year Old Span Over Perkiometi
at
Annual  County  Exhi¬ bition
POLLS TO BE CHANGED
,,,.., ... f  t,    .j» >  u    f   :V2791  Robert Jay Thompson, Jr.,
With  a  tattoo of horsis   hoofs , igg denview Ave., Wyncote.
and    a    crackle    of    six-shooters,; Ass'l   Hotel  Mgr
Hollywood is coming to the Mont-;vi97i Joseph Lawrence Fitzgerald, gomery  County Fair  at  Hatfleld,] gQS   Campbell   Lane,   Wynd-
this year. I moor. Shipping Clerk.
Two  of  the   most  popular  and;vS-3l98    Maurice Hugo Johnson,
318 Boyer Road, Cheltenham.
¦^   hearing   witii   reference   to,          ,, „„.  ^..^^	
fi.ved in  the"borough"an her  life"   changing the polling place of the  widely known cowboys'who ever
She   is   a   member  of   the   Mount, ^*^™rid   ward   of   the   borough   of  rode across the silver screen wiU j Handv Man.
Pleasant Baptist Church, Ambler.!-^"^hler will be held in the office  greet and perform personally for .---	
Also active in capacities outside! "^^ '''^*= Montgomer.v County Com-| the big show that opens on Labor, THEATRES AID U. S O.
of the political world, Mrs. Landes !f'^^'°"^''s. *** ^"rristown on Mon-! Day. They are: Ken Maynard, The Motion Picture Theatres of ha.4 served  as past matron of the   "''¦¦f "lorning at 11 o'clock. I himself, and the Lone Star Rang-' Montgomery  County  are  organiz-
Wissahicknn Chapter, Order of the i -^ petition has been flled by; ers, and the incomparable Hoot i ing a committee to participate one Eastern Star. She is now secre- Mrs. Betty Urban, commitleewo-; Gibson, probably the most daring'hundred per cent in a national tary of that organization, a posi-  ri^an.  and  Magistrate  Norman  F.  rider who ever leaped from a fly- ; theatre drive for the U.S.O., which
The Ambler Council of Re¬ publican Women asks that names and addresses of enlisted men from   the  Ambler  section  be  sent!
to Mrs. Sara  M.  Landes, 37 East I _         ;—
Butler avenue, or Mrs. John Zieg- j County's   Only   Covered   Struc- ler,     11     .South   Spring     Garden street.       The   council   is   sending, boxes   of   candy   and   cookies     to j
drafted   and   enli.sted     men   from! 	
the Ambler area. Lists of thei gteps have been initiated by drafted men have been obtained; Montgomerv County Conimission- from the local draft board, but' grg Fred C Peters, Foster C. Hille- there is no record of enlisted men: gagg and Ravmond K. Menseh to from Ambler and the council | preserve the" onlv remaining cov- members ask that families and gred bridge in Montgomerv Coun- friends of enlisted boys supply tv, the 106 vear old structure over them   with    the  names  and    ad- the Perkiomen Creek on the Kutz-
The Pieces of Eight Club with members from Flourtown, Erden-
j heim,   and   Fort   Washington,   re-
I turned Sunday after a week's va-
: cation trio in the Pocono Moun¬ tains.      The group stayed  at the
, home of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Hpuck  in Laanna and took short
I trips each day  b.y motor.
The members who enjoyed the vacation trip were:    Mrs. Russell
IW.  Rohn,  Rorer  street,  and  Mrs.
, Alvin Godshall, Yeakle avenue, of Erdenheim; Mrs. Russell Y. Pull¬ inger and Mrs. R. W. Beidler, Wissahickon avenue, Mrs. Clar¬ ence Seddon and Mrs. Charles Wood, Grove avenwe, Mrs. Daniel Nash,    Min    road,    all    of   Flour-
I town; Mrs. George Pursell, Morris road. Fort Washington. The mem-
I bers were accompanied by Mrs. J.
j Paul  Pur.sell  and son,  Donald,  of
I Miami, Fla.
i The group visited Lake Wallen- ipaupack. Buck .Hill Falls, Mount I Pocono, Tobyhanna, .Skytop and , Promised Land  Lake.
Attendance  Record   Broken  by
Largest Crowd in 35
Years
SPORTSMEN'S PICNIC
!     The annual picnic of the Mont- i gomery County Firemen's Associa- ' tion   was     held   at     Montgomer.y County   Park,   Green   Lane,   Sat¬ urday afternoon and evening, with I the   largest   attendance   in     over ; thirty-flve years. Nearly 700 per¬ sons  were present including rep- I resentatives of nearly eighty  flre I companies with their families. !    A   Softball   game ¦ between   the ! Wyndmoor   and   Edge   Hill   fire¬ men with the former winning with I a score of sixteen to four featur¬ ed    the    afternoon's    program    of j .sp' rts  events.       Another    special event of the picnic was the music ! rendered by the band of the Phila- I delphia   Fire   Company   of   Potts- i town. Concerts were given in the I afternoon and evening. I     One of the main events of the j individual   contests   for   those   al I the picnic was the "old    timers'- : race   in   which   men   who      have been active in the county organ- ( Continued on Page 5 )
dresses. Mrs. Landes may be reached by telephone at Ambler 537M and Mrs. Ziegler at Ambler 972W.
in  Upper     Hanover
town    Road Townshio.
The  Commissioners    passed     a
resolution takine over a section of
the   Kutztown   Road,   State  Rural
Route 46013, from the Gravel Pike,
, Route  29,   in  Marlborough  Town-
317   VISITS  DURING   JULY|.ship south ot Red HiII Borough, to
. „  ! the     Pottstown-Pennsburg     Road,
Fortv-eight patients were taken! Route 663, near Perkiomen under care by the North Penn Heights, a distance of two and Communitv   Centre   diu-ing     Julv three  nuarter   miles.   This  section
CENTRE  NURSES  MAKE
The Wissahickon Field and j Stream Association will have its | annual picnic and program of! sports events at Loch Alsh Reser-! voir on Sunday beginning at 12 : o'clock noon. :
Trapshooting and casting events!    Mt.    Pleasant    Baptist    Sunday will be featured during the after-1 School noon. Various games and contests I     Robert Begnett
Community Ambulance Fund Contributors
for women and children have been planned. Prizes will be awarded ' after each round of trapshooting 1 and for the other fleld events and
Julie A. Buckley
Dr. Anthony Ciavarelli
Thomas A. Foulke
tion   she   has   held   for   over   ten' Taylor,   committeeman,   to   trans-' ing   cow   pony   to   the   top   of   a  will be held in all theatres through  according to the monthlv report of!'^f  road   includes  the  old   covered
yea.-s.  The  candidate  Is  also  past   fer   the   polling   place   from   Tay-: careening   stage   coach. I the. country,  week    of September! Miss   Mae    W.   Garrett',   director.! bridge.
matron  of the Lansdale Court of I lor's oflice at 201 Mattison avenue!     Both   movie   stars   signed   con-1 1st. | During that    month    the    nurses!    This action by the Commisson-
the Order of Amaranths. j to a room in the Rutherford stor-1 tracts this week with E. J. Brooks.
mVs. Landes has two .sons, Wil-   ^'K^ building, 12 Poplar street. The | president     ot     the    Montgomery bert and Richard, both of Ambler,  date of the hearing has been fixed j bounty  Fair  Association,   for  the
and  one grandchild.
by the county board of elections.
Questionnaires Mailed to Draftees of Draft Boards Number Two and Five
big    show    at    Hatfleld,    opening September 1. 1
Hoot Gibson   will  be   on   hand; Monday    and    Tuesday,    with    a: whole    sombrero-full    of    riding, j roping and shooting tricks; while (Continued on Page 8) !
These questionnaires have been mailed to registrants of the local ld*ift boards number two and five ''trins   the   past   .several   days, '^uestioniialies will be .sent daily by various hoards and must be re¬ turned  within  five days.  Answers must be written in ink and sworn to befoie   u   iicjtary   public   or   a member of the Local Draft Board. 2126    '^547   John    Francis    Brum¬ baugh,    127    Renfrew   Ave., Amblei-. inm 2548 John .loseph  Hcill.v, 508 ''-.. ,S))rlng   Mill   Ave.,   Cun.slio, ¦^549 ,lohn Colbert Wilev, 45(1 \V.   I nil   Ave.,  Consho.
2550 .lo.seph   P.   Sergio.   ,lr.. ,')   ri.   Chestnut  St.,   Ambk-r.
2551 Owen   Barlow   Clarke, 113    Bala    Ave.,    Oi eland.
UJlO ;!552 Joseph Benjamin Riker, 117 FoiTbst St., Consho.
:ii)()   :i,.i}3   Edwarci   Walter   (Jwsi „ay. '260 E. EI.ti St., Consho.
14:1   iiiM Cusiy Anthony BralskI, 315 L. Her.or '¦"1    Ci.nsho.
1534 1701
()77
526 2555    Alvin    Marple    Fleck,
Ellerslie Ave.,  Ambler. 1184  25.56 James  Martin
OUTING CHAIRMEN NAMED
118 Tennis Ave., Ambler
597 2557 Harry Francis I'lortrich,
127  K.   711.  Ave., Consho.
3097  2558 Wilfred James Quigley, 325 Spring Mill Ave., Consho.
1106   2559  fJiovanno  Santino,   133
W.   7th  Ave.,  (Jonsho. 325    2560    Dominic    Chendorain, 323   W.   Elm   St.,   Consho.
Committees for  the fourth  an- Devlin,'nual   outing   ot  the     Whitemarsh
Valley Republican Club were nam- , ed last week by Chairman Louis j W. Hofman. The chairmen of the; outing lo be held at Montgomeiy : Countv Park, Gieen Lane, on, Saturday afternoon, September 0,, are: refreshments, John J. Troster,; Ambler burgess; prizes, M.-s. Betty: Urban, Ambler; baseball, Samuel: M.  Glass,  Whitemarsh,     piesident
.Mil7  2561   Raymond   Wallace,  .534   ,jf the club,  and  Earl  H.  Mcchlel Spring  Mill   Ave.,  Consho.     I Pottstown.   prothonotary   of     the
2249 2502 .Samuel Summers Vose. Jr..  224  Bala   Ave.,  Oreland.
1160 2563 Jo.seph .lohn Urban. 204 N. .Spi-iiig Garden St., Amb¬ ler.
.872 2,564 Norman Millon Paul, 102   Tennis   Ave.,   Ambler.
1630 2565 Roland Trauger, Olive Ave.,   Horsham.
21(10 2566 Joseph Aloyious Devan
county;   wheell)arr(^w   coiite.st   for ! women, Mrs. Julia Kernen, Wynd¬ moor;   fat     men's   race,     William; Deuchar, Amliler; tug of war,    (). : C.     McFarland,     Miquon;      (|iii>ll match,   John    S.    Magill,    White marsh.
The annual event   will  begin  al 2.30  o'clock   with   a   pi-ogram     of,
sports.  A  clam bake  will  be  held ey. 141 W. 9lh Ave., Consho. | jn the evening. Ham platters will Continued on Page 7) also be .served. «
COUNTY PASSES
HIGHWAY WORK
Construction work on Bel¬ mont avenue and Glen Mawr drive. Ambler, at the estimat¬ ed cost of $12,600 with sixty percent of the expense borne b.y the count.y, was approved by the county commissioners, yesterday.
The section of Belmont ave¬ nue from Ridge avenue to Glen Mawr drive was cut through about eight years ago but the street was never built. A short strip of several hun¬ dred feet will be under con¬ struction on Glen Mawr drive from Belmont avenue to Val¬ ley  Brook road.
The length of the roadbed to b<! constructed is 2,751 feet varying in width from twenty- four to twenty-six feet. The roadbed will have a four-inch stone base with a two-inch macadam surface.
Sixty iiercenl of Ihe ostl- maledCost of $12,600 will be paid by the couniy and tin- re- mnlnder by the borough.
The county's share in the expense was approved by Commissioners Frederick C. Peters, Foster C. Hillegass, and Raymond K.  Menseh.
made 317 visits and attended one'ers is the first step in the neces- delivery  case. ¦ s'^ry   leual   procedure   seeking     to
The "^hourly appointment ser-! make this piece of road a County vice which was inaugurated in;tliRhway. Completion of the plan February, 1941, has shown a i's subject In the apnroval of the marked' increase since that time. •'Secretary of State Highways and This service is a plan which pro- the Monteomery Couniy Grand vides a nurse ior any person wish-1 Jury which meets in .September, ing a nurse at a particular houri The action of the Commissioners providing that person is under "^vas the result of many requests the  care  of  a   physician. ! frrim   residents  of   all   .sections  of
Miss Henrietta Bonhevo, who is [the County asking their coopera- the territorial supervi.soi- from the!*'"" '" preserving the covered Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-1 ^^ridt'e as a structure ol historical pany in New York Citv, spent! siemfi'-""'' These requests vvere Thursdav, Julv 24, at the centre\"»ade when residents learned of office. Miss Bonheyo congratulated! '"'/^t'''-'^'-;' P'"," to demolish the the  centre   in  its   increased   nurs-!'^'idge and replace it with a mod
I games.
i Platter lunches will be served from 4 to 6 o'clock to the mem¬ bers,   their   families   and   friends.  _.,.,,.,    ^, „,
!"Hot  dogs"  and  soft  drinks  wiU St. Johns Lutheran Church
I be  available throughout  the  day.
1 Children fifteen years old and un-
I der and accompanied     by  adults
i will be admitted without charge.  .
:     The rain date is August 24.
Robert H. Kepler
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Kleinfelder
Ladies'   Aid   and   Members . of
Rev. W. F. Lutz Mrs.  Edward  Murphy Mrs. E. M. Weltin H. Ziegler
Servicemen May Vote on Election
Day With Special Military Ballot
ing .service to policyholders of. the
ern stiucture.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com-!   />'>''»"".v " ^-'':','"t^ 'r;,'.ll'^'';/''^
pany. The .service has been doub-
structure was built  in   1835.  Most
led during the fir.st six months of '¦' he wood Iraming is the origin-, 1941 as against the year of 1940. |''' '.'"i'^*";"- " has been repaired at I The Medical Advisory Commit-! ^'"''."^"^ t"^«\""<I '« '•'onsidered toj tee of the centre met with Missi ^^^' '" thoroughly sound condition. , Garrett, the centre director, to! MAisia^pc ncc-rniTiiftu'r ' confer about the principles and! y!^,^^^^^^ RESTAURANT i policies of the centre. The mem- ^^-"^^'^ ?u'TP' 'u ^'"f'*^''' '^"1 bers of the committee are: |)r.''>"""«"« that he has, taken over Philip J, Lukens, chairman,- Dr.: the management ol the restau-1 Walter E. Fine and Dr. Ellen i{. rant and bar located m the Wynd-1 jjaii)(>s I ham   Hotel,   Butler   avenue.   Am   ;
Mi.ss Jennie 11. Lear, oiu- of the'l'l''r. The bar has been complete-, staff nurses at the cenlie. Is al- Iv reiiovaled and furnished withj tending a series of cla.s.ses in lirsl clinmiliim tables and chairs. The! aid conducted by the American restaurant is liiiiig ledecoi ated I Red  Cross  at    511     Norlh   Broad, this  week. I
street,   Philadelphia. ! .  I
Looking    for    a    position   —
—Read the classifled column.
read the classified columns.
"Military Ballots" for per.sons in actual military service of the Country will be rnade available for voting in the Primary and municipal Elections this year by the Montgomery County Board of Elections, in accordance with an Act of the State Legislature sign¬ ed by the Governor.
Heretofore men in military ser¬ vice were given opportunity lo vote but special ballots wore sup¬ plied and all details handled through the Secretary of the Com¬ monwealth. Under the new Act, the Count.v Board of Elections, composed of County Commission¬ ers Fred C. Peters, Fo.ster C. Hille¬ gass and Raymon<l K. Menseh. is charged   with  this  responsibility.
In order to obtain a "military ballot," a soldier, sailor or marine must apply in writing to the Countv Board of Elections, Court
] House,   Norristown,   Pa.,   not   less
I tlian 30 days and not more than 50
idays prior lo  the election.      This
makes  August   9   the   last  day   to
apply for a military ballot for the
Primary on September 9.
Calvin W. Rigg, Chief Clerk of the   County   Board     of   Elections, estimated that approximately .3500 persons from Montgomery County are in military service, as the re- I suit of a checitup with the County ! Draft Boards. He anticipates, how¬ ever, that only a .small percentage I of this number will apply for mili- I tary ballots for the Primary. I     In making application a .soldier jiniisl  stale  the  township  or  bor- ' ough in which he lives, as well as ithe  precise  ward  or  election   dis trict, or the street and numhei   at which   he   lives.   In   order   to   ob¬ tain a militar.v ballot, he must, of ' Continued on Page 3 >