The Ambler Gazette 19430114

              The Ambler Gazette
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AMBLER, PA., JANUARY 14, 1943
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Red Cross Accepting Names of
Volunteers;   Mol)iIc Unit
Here January 28, 29
R.L nOL BOARD OFFICE
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Walter A. Sobers Replaces Him
as Vice President; Monthly
Reports Given
Appointments now are being made for volunteer blood donors [ who are willing to give a pint of their blood when a mobile blood donor unit of the American Red Cross revists the Ambler flre house on Thursday and Friday, January 28 and 29. The unit will be at the fire house from 11 a. m. to 5 p. m. on both days.
Representatives ol the Wissa¬ hickon Branch of the American Red Cross will be in the I. K. B. Hansen real estate office, 12 But¬ ler avenue, Ambler, from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. every day from now until January 28 to make appoint¬ ments. Donors also may telephone Hansell's, Ambler 0343, or the Wissahickon Branch office, White¬ marsh 0373.
Any person between 18 and 60 years of age is eligible as a blood donor. Those under 21, however, must have their parents' consent, and those who have given blood previously must have allowed eight weeks to elapse before their second donation. All donors are requested to eat no fatty foods for lour hours before their donations.
The need for blood has become increasingly urgent. On Sunday Captain Reynolds Hayden, who was in charge of the Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital during the Jap¬ anese attack there, called for 5,000,000 persons to give blood to the armed forces through the American Red Cross.
Captain Hayden, who now is Third Naval District medical of¬ ficer, declared that the Army and Navy needed 2,500,000 units of blood plasma as soon as it could be collected. He pointed out that one pint of blood—the standard donation—yields one-half pint of plasma.
At Pearl Harbor plasma gave life to men near death. Captain Hayden said, adding that in the Southwest Pacific the use of plasma and sulfa drugs has re¬ duced the mortality of all wound¬ ed from the seven per cent of the First World War to less than one per cent. Abdominal wound mor¬ tality has been cut from seventy per cent to about five, he declared.  0	
The resignation of Roscoe L. Smith as vice president of the Ambler School Board was sub¬ mitted and accepted when the Board held its monthly meeting on Tuesday night.
In a letter to the Board Smith said, "For the reason that my work keeps me away from Ambler much of the time, I will probably not be available to function as vice presi¬ dent in case of necessity. It is therefore best that I resign that position."
Walter A. Sobers was elected vice president in his place. Smith will remain a member of the Board, however.
Elam E. Kerschner, supervising
principal,   submitted   his   report,
and told the Board that fire and
air raid  drills had been  held in
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L HEAR ANNUAL REPORT.
Dr.   Andrew   Godfrey   Reviews Progress of Ambler Institu¬ tion at Yearly Meeting
The stockholders of the Ambler National Bank held their ninth annual meeting on Tuesday, and heard the report of the president. Dr.  Andrew Godfrey.
The report follows:
"This, is the ninth annual meet¬ ing oU the stockholders of the Ambler National Bank. At this meeting it is a pleasure to report to the stockholders the progress' your bank is making.
"During the past year, due to the fact that the country is in¬ volved in war, there have been many changes made in our social and economic systems. These changes must be considered in evaluating the progress made. It becomes difficult for a small bank at present to make investments that will produce a fair rate of income with the proper margin of safety.
"While the statement shows ; that there has been a steady growth in the business of the bank, you will notice that the progress made, especially in in¬ vestments, has been done' with careful consideration of safety, thus properly guarding the con- (continued on page 6)
Reelect   Joseph   Rex   President
of  Company   and   William
Goss Fair Chairman
Fruit Cake for Africa
An Ambler soldier now some¬ where in North Africa had only one request when he wrote home recently. It was to "plea.se send me a fruit cake."
The soldier is Corporal George J. Kern, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil¬ liam  A.  Kern.
Mr. and Mrs. Kern received a letter from their son on Tuesday, telling them of his arrival in Africa. He wrote that he was sup¬ plied with plenty of cigarettes and candy, but that the fruit cake was one thing he'd still like to get.
So there will be one more fruit cake starting on a long journey before the week is over.
1^ TTi^lT^o ¦    ^^ Ambler Seaman Writes Home
Ueal   r OIKS .       About a Battle with the Japs
The following letter was re¬ ceived by Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Dummeldinger, of 323 Southern avenue. Ambler, from their son, Albert, musician first class, U.S.N.
Albert, who is 24 years old, en¬ listed in 1939; studied music at Washington, D. C. for a year; then was transferred to a cruiser. Now he is stationed in Hawaii.
PLAN SPECIAL MATINEE
A "copper matinee" will be sponsored by the Ambler Theatre on Wednesday, January 20, at 4 p. m., according to Frederick Leopold, manager of the theatre.
Anyone donating one-half pound of copper scrap will be admitted to the special matinee. The copper will be given to the government.
Walter Rohrbach, Sr., fire chief of the Flourtown Fire Company from 1918 to 1942, was reelected fire chief at the annual reorgan¬ ization meeting of the company last Thursday. He succeeds Wil¬ liam J. Ward.
Reelected president of the com-! pany was Joseph Rex. George J. Bodie was named vice president and F. W. Young treasurer. Wil¬ liam M. Clymer, secretary since 1918, again was reelected.
Named first assistant fire chief was William T. White, with Ed¬ ward H. Chew named second as¬ sistant chief, Walter C. Smith, Jr., third assistant, and Walter Rohr¬ bach, Jr., fourth assistant.
William J. Goss was renamed engineer and fair chairman for J944-45 and Harry Peterman was reelected director for five years.
Members voted to raise the sal¬ ary of the secretary from five to ten dollars a month, and to cancel the annual banquet for workers for the duration. ,, ,^
The question of obtaining fuel oil for the building was discussed, and William J. Goss was appoint¬ ed as a committee of one to get in touch with the Fuel Oil Ration Board. It was reported that the (Continued on page 2)
DEFENSE UNIT DIRECTOR ADDRESSES SPORTSMEN
Captain Howard Snell, director of the newly organized Auxiliary Defense Unit of Montgomery County, was the guest speaker at the monthly meeting of the Wissa¬ hickon Field and Stream Associa¬ tion on Thursday of last week. He was introduced by Dr. Harry Stoneback, representing the Coun¬ ty Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs.
Captain Snell explained the work of the corps, whose members are being enlisted through various sportsmen's clubs. Guard duty in an emergency is one of the prime purposes of the organization.
Garwood Howard, of Mount Pleasant avenue, Ambler, was pre¬ sented with a gun by Robert McClean, of Pheasant Run Farm, for being the most helpful in rid¬ ding the farm of squirrels and rabbits.
The group agreed to contribute to the Ambler Service Flag Com¬ mittee.
WHITEMARSH GIRL JOINS   ' WAACS; LEAVES SATURDAY
Miss Ella Fine, 21, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Fine, of ] Bethlehem pike. Whitemarsh, will \ leave this Saturday morning for Fort Des Moines, Iowa, to begin her training as a member of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
Miss Fine enlisted in the WAACS on December 7 and was sworn in on December 15.
A telephone operator at the Am¬ bler office of the Bell Telephone Company for over a year. Miss Fine was graduated from Spring¬ field High School in 1940. She is a member of the Girls' Harmonica Band of William Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, American Legion of Fort Washington, and also has been active in U. S. O. work.
Miss Fine gave her reason for enlisting as, "I just wanted to help my country in the way I thought best, to get this war over with as soon as possible."
A surprise party was tendered Miss Fine by about twenty-five fellow employees on Tuesday night at Niblock's Restaurant. She was presented with a fitted suit¬ case by the group.
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III
CASE IS SMALLPOX
Hospital Replies to State Health
Officer's    Statement;    Will
Continue Precautions
ALBERT DUMMELDINGER
A graduate or Ambler High School, class of '36, Albert played the bass horn in the school or¬ chestra. Following graduation he was employed by the Keasbey and Mattison Company. In August of last year he was married to Betty Charters, of Oreland.
Two other Dummeldinger sons also are in service. Walter, 20, is with the U. S. Army Air Forces, and is stationed at Chanute Field, Illinois, at present. William, 22, is in the Navy and now is attend¬ ing technical school at St. Louis, Missouri.
Dear Folks:
As far as I know it is now pos¬ sible to put out some dope that hcs been hitherto unmentionable, so here goes. It is now permissible to tell you we were in the battle of Bougainville, which, in case you have forgotten what you must have read in Life Magazine, is the
battle in which Lt. O'Hare shot down six Jap planes in one after¬ noon. That incident was the first time I'd been in action, and I as¬ sure you I'll remember it for quite some time.
The day it happened was beau¬ tiful as most of the days in the Coral Sea usually were, and we were moving as I understood it, to raid Jap bases at Rabaul. We had been at sea quite some time when it happened, and I was beginning to wonder il all the Japs hadn't packed up and left the Pacific.
Well anyway, about noon that day we spotted a four-motored Jap patrol bomber and in spite of the fact that a plane from the carrier shot him down he must have had time to spread the alarm, as sub¬ sequent evenfs of the day later proved. About two o'clock that afternoon as Lou and I were standing on the main deck alt watching the flying flsh and talk¬ ing about what we'd do if and when we got back home again sud¬ denly "A-A Delense" sounded. We knew we were within range oi shore based planes, so we didn't waste any time getting to our bat¬ tle stations. We hadn't been there two or three minutes when one of the repair parties dogged down tho hatches so there we were for the dui-ation of the engagement (I was a member ol the forward repair party).
About five minutes later we got word from the bridge over the phones that the cause of the alarm was a flight of eighteen two- motored bombers about ten miles distant, coming straight at us at an altitude ol about 10,000 feet. I thought to myself, "Now we'll see if the old girl is as good as we all thmk she is." '
I must admit I was plenty nervous, in fact a little bit scared. Then the guns cut loose. I'd olten been present at target practice and the noise bothered me a good deal, but that day it was a welcome sound indeed; in spite of the fact that they were firing faster than I thought possible. The din lasted for about five minutes and then there was a welcome lull. During it the "phone talker" on the bridge said that we had shot down six. V.'hen we got the word we all clieered and said, "We can't miss, (continued on page 4)
116 Men Get 'Physicals'
A total of 116 draftees from this area will receive their final physical examinations to¬ day and tomorrow at Allen- town. Those passing will be inducted into the United States Army immediately.
Fifty-eight draftees left the Ambler railroad station at 8.29 a. m. this morning for Allen- town, and another fifty-eight will leave at the same time tomorrow. All are under the jurisdiction of Local Draft Board No. 5 in Ambler.
KIWANIANS SEE MOTION PICTURES OF FLOWERS
Frank D. Jones, of the horticul¬ tural department of the American Chemical Paint Company, showed several reels of motion pictures of plants and flowers to the members of the Ambler Kiwanis Club at the weekly meeting held at School Inn, Tuesday evening. Harold Steinbright was chairman of the meeting.
The pictures showed the use of Rootone and Transplantone, plant hormone powders, manufactured by the local company.
Oscar H. Stillwagon was elected vice president of the club.
Next Tuesday evening Brig. George Purdum, Salvation Army officer, will address the club.
Harry Evans Sworn In As Borough Councilman
LT. GODFREY PICTURED
IN LIFE MAGAZINE
Lieutenant Ellwood. W. Godfrey, M. C. U. S. N. R., son of Dr. An¬ drew Godfrey, of Ambler, is shown m this week's issue of Life Magazine. He is pictured ex¬ amining several X-ray pictures in a .special viewing machine.
Lieutenant Godfrey is in charge of the X-ray department of a naval mobile hospital ship.
Despite the statement of Dr. J. Moore Campbell, State Health De¬ partment official, that Lester Tweed, of Butler pike, near Maple Glen, "certainly was not ill with smallpox" when taken to Abing¬ ton Memorial Hosfsital on Decem¬ ber 31, officials at the hospital maintain that Tweed is afflicted with smallpox.
The hospital, through Janies R. Mays, executive director, has is¬ sued the following statement:
"In view of the apparent con¬ flicting opinions concerning the diagnosis of the illness of Lester j Tweed, a patient who was sent to j the Abington Memorial Hospital on the morning of December 31, 1942, whose condition was diag¬ nosed by several members of the staff of the hospital as smallpox and because of the statements re¬ leased to the Press by Dr. J. Moore Campbell, Director of the State Bureau of Health Conservation, it is deemed advisable to make the following statement.
"The physicians and officials of Abington Memorial Hospital, hav¬ ing in mind the responsibility of the hospital to protect the patients and the people of the community, I took the necessary steps to af-' ford this protection on December 31 when a diagnosis was made (continued on page 6)
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Stockholders     of     Coramuttity Building Association Hold An¬ nual Meeting; Hear Reports
Ration Dates
TWO WAVES COMMISSIONED
Two women from this area were among the Waves who were com¬ missioned recently as ensigns in the U. S. N. R. and assigned to ac- i tive duty.
They are Margaret M. Tonkin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Tonkin, of Hillcrest avenue, Erd¬ enheim, and Janet Willaman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Willaman, of Germantown pike, Plymouth Meeting.,
Captain Harold S. Funk Directs Statistical Work at Air Field
SoM   of  Fort   Wasiiington   Couple  Now   Is  Stationed   al   Army Training  Center in Wisconsin
'|fladi\./Post", the weekly news¬ paper published at Madison, Wis¬ consin, for the personnel of the Army Air Forces Technical School there, recently carried an article on Captain Harold S. Funk, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. G. Funk, of Madison avenue. Fort Washing¬ ton.
Captain Funk is in charge of the statistical department at the Army air field. He formerly lived in Lower Merion Township, and entered Officer Candidate School at Miami Beach, Fla., last Spring, after seventeen years in the gen¬ eral insurance business. Complet¬ ing his course, he was assigned to Nashville, Tenn., and was sent to the Wisconsin post in June of last year.
The article was written by Pri¬ vate Max H. Silver, who says in part, "It was interesting to learn from the captain what an im¬ portance statistics play right here. The assignment of e\'ery man must
be cleared through his office. When you stop to think how many men are stationed here you certainly must realize what a difficult task this must be."
The article explains that the men to be assigned to officer can¬ didate school, flexible gunnery school, and the advance radio schools all are determined by the office of statistics. The office of statistics, in addition, has super¬ vision of the collection, mailing, and/or teletype-writer transmis¬ sion to headquarters. Army Air Forces, and other headquarters of reports as directed.
When interviewed by Private Silver, Captain'Funk related the importance of statistics in actual combat. He cited the part they played in the battle of Midway, where, according to reports from the battle*zone, it was the Statis¬ tical Bureau that decided and kept count of how many men were to be en the field.
January 15—Deadline for initial tire inspection period for com¬ mercial vehicles.
January 15 — Deadline for ob¬ taining War Ration Book 1. Per¬ sons who have not registered for this book must do so even if they do not use the commodities for which it is now used (sugar and coflfee) in order to be eligible for War Ration Book 2.
January 16 — End of three-day period in which fuel oil dealers and suppliers must report to ra¬ tioning boards on unredeemed coupon credit notes. Deadline for secondary suppliers reports is! January 23, for primary suppliers reports, January 30.
January 18 — Holders of non- dwelling fuel oil ration must re¬ turn their coupons to ration boards during this week to have books "tailored" under the new 25 per cent ration cut.
January 21—Last day to use A gasoline ration Coupon No. 3. Cou¬ pon No. 4 becomes valid Janu¬ ary 22.
January 26 — Last day to use Fuel Oil Coupon No.  2.
January 27 — Start of "ration- banking" system for wholesalers and retailers of rationed com¬ modities.
Last day in which temporary T gasoline ration coupons for com¬ mercial vehicles will be issued.
Last day to use sugar ration coupon No. 10.
February  1—Starting today, all
i T gasoline rations for commercial
vehicles must  be obtained  under
strict Certificates of War Necessity
allocations.
I February 2—Sugar Ration Cou- ; pon No. 11 becomes valid for an ; amount to be announced shortly. I February 7 — Last day to use j Coupon No. 28 for one pound ot i coffee. Coupon No. 25 becomes valid February 8 for an amount to be announced later.
February   7 — Fuel   oil   ration Coupon No. 4 becomes valid until' March 24.
The Board of Directors of the Community Building Association of Ambler was elected at the an¬ nual stockholders' meeting of the organization last Thursday eve¬ ning.
To fill a vacancy, Lewis E. Hatch, postmaster and storekeeper in Whitemarsh, was elected a di¬ rector for the ensuing year. The following were reelected: Dr. A. J. Craig, Joseph W. Craft, Jr., George G. Davis, Benjamin H. Eves, Thomas A. Foulke, John L. Hansen, William C. Irvin, Robert J. McCloskey, J. Russell Meyers, John H. Mitchell, George Scherff, John L. Shoemaker, John J.. Tros- ter and Frank W. Worth.
The twenty-second annual re¬ port of the condition of the Asso¬ ciation at the close of business, De¬ cember 31, 1942, as compiled by N. DelRoy Acker, C. P. A., was presented.
The stockholders were advised that during the year 1942, the two (Continued on page 2)
RED CROSS NEEDS WORKERS
The Ambler Auxiliary of the Wissahickon Branch of the Red Cross has received 100 pounds of wool, to be made into articles for the Army and Navy by February 15, according to Mrs. George Bard¬ ens,  chairman of production.
Sleeveless sweaters, service gloves, socks and knee-bands are only some of the things to be made, and Ambler women are urged to aid in the work. Il The Auxiliary work rooms on Main street are open each Thurs¬ day ftom 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
EMPIRE OF ISLANDS
OFFICER 10 SPEAK AT RED CROSS DINNER
PUBLIC IS INVITED TO CENTRE MEETING
A Birthday Idea
An Ambler couple who expect to have especially nice birthday presents this year thought others might like to plan something of the sort lor their birthdays. [ They've told The Ambler Gazette \ about it, so that it might be passed along.
The couple (who preler to re¬ main anonymous) have lour chil¬ dren, all married, and living away! from home. Two live in New York State, one in New Jersey and one in Massachusetts.
A short time ago they received; letters from their scattered | "brood" saying that the four had decided that this year, instead of presents, they were going to send their parents only birthday cards. The money which might have been spent on presents instead will be donated to United Service Organ¬ izations in their respective towns, in  the name of their parents.
That's the plan. The Ambler parents are delighted with the idea, and they hope others also will find it a good idea for a happy birthday.
Former   Solon   Takes   Oath   as
Second Ward Representative;
Lindenfeld Addresses Body
FLAG DEDICATION
Borough   to   Honor   Those   in
Service; Conmiittcc Agrees on
Erection  of Special Case
Administrative  Committee  An¬ nounces Annual Affair, to Be Held Next Tliursday Evening
Navy Man to Be Gitest at An¬ nual  Meeting of  Wissa¬ hickon Branch
The WissahicKon Branch of the American Red Cross will hold Its annual dinner-meeting next Fri¬ day evening at the Ambler High School, and all members of the Red Cross are invited to attend. A naval officer who recently saw action in the Pacific will be the guest speaker.
Dinner will be served by the Canteen at 6.30 p. m., and Branch officials point out that it will be a "strictly patriotic, war ration meal". Tickets are sixty-five cents, and reservations must be made by Tuesday, January 19.
The Board of Directors for the coming year will be elected at the meeting. Those to be voted on are:
Mrs. George Bardens, Louis Bieler, David Birdsell, Mrs. Rob¬ ert Bole, Mrs. Orville Bullitt, Mrs. Jay Cooke, John W. Cornell, Jr., Mrs. Lewis Dick, Mrs. P. Glendin- ning, Mrs. S. Powel Griffltts, Mrs. Frazer Harris, Mrs. Sidney Keith, Harry Lauer, Mrs. Samuel Ma¬ deira, Mrs. Delaplaine McDaniel, Mrs. Ramsey McKinney, Mrs. Robert McLean, Mrs. George Mill¬ er, Mrs. James Miller, Dr. B. D. Parish, Sr., Mrs. Henry Piatt, Mrs. John Prizer, Mrs. J. J. Radcliffe, Mrs. Frank Ramsey, Mrs. Thomas Reath, Joseph Rex, Mrs. Alfred Seddon, Mrs. Robert Toland, Mrs. Roscoe Smith, Mrs. J. Howard Buck, Mrs. Albert Nylund, Mrs. William Harvey and Miss Ruth Nash.
The work of the various serv¬ ices and departments of the Red Cross will be displayed at the meeting.
NAVY'S   ARMY
There are five main islands and i     U.  S.   Marines  torm  the   land- some 600 smaller islands in Japan, fighting arm of the U. S. Navy.
Facts About the Income Tax
This is the second in a series of ten articles dealing with the Fed¬ eral income tax. The series has been prepared by the Bureau of Internal Revenue of the Treasury Department, and the articles will appear each week in the Ambler Gazette.
Form of Return
Persons subject to the Federal income tax must report their in¬ come to the Government on forms, or blanks, prescribed by regula¬ tions. These forms are obtainable from any Collector of Internal Kevonue, and generally from any bank. Special forms are designated for corporations, for partnerships, tor trusts and fiduciaries, and for nonresident aliens. Farmers who keep no books of account on the accrual method must attach a special   schedule   to   their   return
• Form 1040F). For individuals, two forms are used, depending upon the amount and source of income to be reported.
• Form 1040. This form is in¬ tended for general use ol individ¬
uals who are citizens of the United Stales, or residents in this coun¬ try, whether citizens or not. It contains spaces to show the amount of income from various sou ices, deductions allowable, ex¬ emptions and credits, and compu¬ tation ot tax liability. As most of the items require some explana¬ tion in order to be allowable, the form also contains appropriate schedules to show in more detail how tlie income or the deductions are determined.
Form 1040A. This is a simpli¬ fied report, which may, at the op¬ tion of the taxpayer who makes his i-eturn on the cash basis, be filed instead of form 1040 by citi¬ zens and residents whose gross income was $3,000 or less during 1942, provided all this income con¬ sists wholly ot one or more of the following: salary, wages, divi¬ dends, interest, or annuities. In using this form it is necessary only to enter the amount of gross income    as    shown,    deduct    the
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The annual meeting of the North Penn Community Centre will be held at the Centre, Ridge avenue. Ambler, next Thursday evening at 8 p. m., the Centre's Administra¬ tive Committee announced at its meeting on Tuesday. The public is invited to attend.
Miss Mae W. Garrett, general director, reported that the Centre had assisted in the work of vac¬ cinating Keasbey and Mattison employes, since the company's nurse. Miss Dora Russ, has been ill. To date 1,235 employees have been vaccinated. Miss Garrett said, with volunteer workers giv¬ ing thirty-seven and a half hours. The Wassahickon Branch of the American Red Cross also co¬ operated.
Miss Garrett reported that fifty- five patients had been taken under care, and that 400 visits had been made during the past month.
Mrs. James Cheston, 4th, an¬ nounced that collections in the Centre's annual drive for funds (continued on page 3)
DEFENSE COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSS TIN CAN SALVAGE
The necessity for residents to save tin cans was discussed last Wednesday night when the Am¬ bler Civilian Defense Council held its monthly meeting.
Because no adequate solution for the disposal of the cans has been found, the secretary, L. A. Neigut, was instructed to write to the County Salvage Chairman, re¬ questing that the matter be taken up with the County Highway De¬ partment.
E. E. Kerschner reported that total scrap receipts from the col¬ lections of school students amount¬ ed to $524.54, and he presented the Council with a check for $301.02, its share of the receipts.
He also announced that several educational films had been secured and, together with travel pictures, would be shown at the High School on January 19, February 2 and February 16, at 8 p.m. All unit heads have been asked to invite unit members to attend the show¬ ings.
Elected to membership were: air raid wardens: Kenneth Klinfelder; messengers: John Sylvester, Jo¬ seph Lindsay, Theodore Williams, Charles D. Smith, James T. Hey- wood, Jr., John Naudasher, Wil¬ liam Edward Jordon, Americo Balestiero, George Sarzetta, James Allen, Norman Jones and Louis Thompson.
GIRL SCOUT TROOP ELECTS, HOLDS COURT OF AWARDS
Members of Junior Girl Scout Troop Number 108. of Ambler, met last Wednesday and elected Joan Burnett patrol leader of the "Keep 'Em Flying" Patrol. Joan Towne was named patrol leader of the Senior Patrol, Peggy Rob¬ inson patrol leacfer of the Cheerful Patrol and Helen Jackson patrol leader of the Snugglebugs Patrol.
The girls elected Mary Ann Deckman air raid warden and Ann Hough war activities chairman. Molly Tompkins was named treas¬ urer and Peggy Lou Geary was elected scribe and newspaper edi¬ tor.
A Court of Awards was held at the conclusion of the meeting and Claire Everding, Peggy Robinson and Barbara Menges received their second class badges. Josephine Crockett and Mary Jane Willox received their first class badges.
It was announced that a large carton of discarded silk stockings had been received from the Heiss' store.
A case containing a service flag and honor roll, erected on the lawn in front of the Ambler Post Office or at some other suitable location, was agreed upon as the best way to honor borough resi¬ dents now with the armed forces when the Ambler Service Flag Committee met Thursday evening.
The  members   felt   that  a   flag! strung across a highway would de¬ teriorate rapidly and soon become an eyesore.   Therefore the group I unanimously  voted in favor of a ! case, and post office officials will j be   petitioned   for   permission   to place the case on their property.
Thomas Durkin, representative i of the Civilian Defense Council, j suggested that a glass-doored case,! once used by the Keasbey and! Mattison Company might be se- i (continued on page 3)
ANY TIN CANS AROUND?  |
A tin can salvage drive will begin Monday in Upper Dub¬ lin Township, with school stu- i dents collecting the scrap.
All township residents who have salvage material are asked to telephone the nearest school, so that students may be sent to collect the cans.
Ambler Borough Council opened its monthly meeting on Monday night with the swearing in of Harry Evans) of Mattison avenue, as councilman from the second ward, replacing Joseph Palermo, who resigned in June of la.st year*. He was sworn in by Burgess Abram Yetter.
Evans, who served on Council about five years ago, was elected at last month's meeting. He is a tipstaff at the Norristown Court House.
Bernard Lindenfeld, chairman of Ambler's Civilian Defense Council, appeared before the group to review the work of the organ¬ ization to date. He said that ap¬ proximately 500 to 600 persons had been accepted as members of various units and trained since June, 1941, when the defense council was organized.
He pointed out that there had been one disturbing question, "where are we going to get equip¬ ment?", and that, knowing the borough's appropriation was lim¬ ited, the council had agreed to allow the .sectors to raise their own funds.
However, because of regulations governing civilian defense work, Lindenfeld explained that all money must be turned into the finance committee of the defense council. There is some money available now, he said, and he asked whether the borough or the committee was to take the re¬ sponsibility lor financing future civilian defense work.
Council    President    J.    Robert Simpson, Jr., requested that Lind¬ enfeld meet next Tuesday evening (Continued on page 3)  o    •-
It's 'Ambler Night' Agmn
Tonight again it will be "Ambler Night" at the Stage Door Canteen in Philadelphia—the fourth such event—with Ambler residents pro¬ viding for all of the refreshments on that night.
Tonight Ambler still will remait the only community to sponsoi such an evening at the Canteen. And tonight again service m'en will, say a heartfelt "thanks" to bor¬ ough residents.
Latest to join the list of local contributors are the Rev. and Mrs. George J. Crist, and the Gamma Theta Sorority. George Miller is another Amblerite who has- joirled the workers at the Canteen,
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CHDRCH TO DEDICATE PLAQOE ON SUNDAY
DITTER    REELECTED TO NATIONAL COMMITTEE
The National Republican Con- j gressional Committee, reorganizing j ' on Monday, unanimously reelected | as chairman J. William Ditter, of ; Ambler, Congressman from Mont- j gomery • County. The Republican j Congressional Committee is the j party organ for the election of I Republican members ot the House | of Representatives. Congressman Ditter has been chairman of the Committee for the last four years.
In welcoming the new members of the Committee, Chairman Dit¬ ter emphasized the responsibility resting upon the Republican mem¬ bership of the House as a result; of the November election. |
"I am confident" he said, "the Republicans will live up to the high hope held by every defender of constitutional government in America. As chairman, of the Re¬ publican Congressional Commit¬ tee, I know the Committee will leave no stone unturned in co¬ operating with the floor leader¬ ship, so that the Repubhcan pledge for the waging and the winning of the war can be fulfilled."
Fort Washington  Congregation
to Honor Fifteen Men Now
With Armed Forces
TO HOLD CARD PARTY
The Ladies' Auxiliary ol the Wissahickon Fire Company of Am¬ bler will hold a public card party in the fire hall next Thursday eve¬ ning at 8.30 o'clock.
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washington, will honor fifteen members of the congregation now with the armed forces on Sunday morning when a service plaque is dedicated during the morning worship service. The service will begin at 10.45 o'clock.
Among those to be honored are John O. Tressler and Thomas M. Tressler, Jr., sons of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Tressler, Sr., and George and James Haggar, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Haggar. John Tressler is in the Army and his brother is a member of the ROTG at Drexel Institute. Both of tha Haggars are serving in the Navy.
The others whom the plaque will honor are: Robert Earl Buck, Herbert Hurt, Arthur T. Bimson, Burton Davis, Nelson Downing, George W. Sandiford, Orville S. Johnson, George Mower, Francis Deery, Jr.. Conrad Muller and Charles Kaufman.
Inscribed on the plaque, which was designed by G. Harris Britt, a member of the congregation, are the words, "May we remember our boys in the service of our country with our thoughts and prayers." The frame for the plaque was made by Lloyd Stew¬ ard, also a member of the congre¬ gation.
Ambler Family Goes 'All Out' As Fourth Son Enters Service
Nineteen-Year-Old Charles Benzenhafer Joins Fighting Brolhers; Two in Army, One in Navy, One in Marines
Those "Fightin' Benzenhafers" are still at it. A fourth son has entered the armed service, so now it's two in the army, one in the navy and one in the marines.
Nineteen-year-old Charles Ben¬ zenhafer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Benzenhafer, of 7 Ridge avenue. Ambler, reported on Thursday at the Army Induction Centre at New Cumberland, Pa. Private Benzen¬ hafer is married, and he a»d his wife lived in Germantown until he was drafted.
Also in the arm.y is Philip, 30, who was inducted in September, 1941. He was stationed at Camp Barkley, Texas, as an assistant clerk in the Medical Corps until a short time ago, when he was transferred to the Bushnell Gen¬ eral Hospital, Brigham, Utah. There he is doing statistical work in the registrar's office.
Seventeen-year-old Thomas, sea¬ man second class, enlisted in the navy in October and is now train- ling at  a naval  aviation  mainte¬
nance school at Memphis, Tennes¬ see. He received his basic training in Maryland.
Holding up the marine end of the service is Geoi-ge, 21, a tech¬ nical sergeant now stationed at Parris Island, S. C, George has been in the marines for two years, and recently married a Southern girl.
The boys' lather is a former marine sergeant, who saw service during the Boxer Rebellion in China, during the Spanish-Amer¬ ican War and during the Philip¬ pine Insurrection. He was one ol three   men   awarded   medals   for
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SPORTSMEN TO ELECT The Montgomery County Fed¬ eration of Sportsmen's Clubs will hold its annual meeting at 8 p. m., Monday at the Valley Forge Hotel, Norristown.
Election of officers for 1943 will be held.