The Ambler Gazette 19421210

              KrarORICAL SOCIETY
Clifton House i Sep 43f care Miss Alice L. Roberts R. D. 1
The Ambler Gazette
VOL. LXIV — NO. ll
AMBLER, PA., DECEMBER 10, 1942
$L75 Per Year iu Advance, 5c Per Copy
ALL BLACKOOT CASES
Ambler Civilian Defense Couu'
cil Appoints Three to Judge
Borougll Violators
Determined to crack down on blackout violators In Uic borough. Ambler's Civilian i:)€feiisc Council, meeting last Wednesday night, ap¬ pointed a special Board of Review lu review all blackout violation cases and to decide upon t\ie action to be taken in cach case.
Named to the special board were F,lmer Menges. Edward Foulke and Charles Hibschman.
Officials of Ambler's civiUan de¬ fense organization have expressed continual dissatisfaction with the respon.sc of residents during air raid and blackout tests. Terming the most recent blackout drill on November 28 "the worst let-down we have had since wc have been having alerts", Luther Fretz. cliief air raid warden, declared that everyone would have to lake hi.s job ,niore' seriously if a real dis¬ aster was to be avoided in the borough.
Prompt prosecution of all black¬ out violators has been promised by
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Furloughs For Four
It's quiet in the Retts home on Park avenue, Ambler, now. But the excitement is just over.
Mr. a n d Mrs. Raymond Betts have four ,spns with Ihc lighting forces, and during the past few weeks all four of them have paid visits to their liomc. !¦
Sergeant James Bells drop¬ ped in overnight- before- sail¬ ing "elsewhere". Lieutenant Roberl Betts spent a ten-day furlough at home, after service in Hawaii and at Midway Is¬ land.
Officer Candidate Raymond Betis, who saw sixteen months service iji Hawaii, arrived home on Thanksgiving morn¬ ing on a .seven-day furlough. And Private Donald Betts turned up for the holiday, too.
Mr. and Mrs. Betts have two other sons who arc waiting until they grow up to enter the service.
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Of 10 OPEN IN JANOARY
Nine-Week Course To Be Offer¬ ed Both in Ambler and Flourlown
Schools of Religion will be held in Ambler and Flourtown, begin-
Cluhwomen Keep At It
The seven Colony Club women who last week started to mend for "the boys" at the U. S. Naval Re¬ serve Air Base at Willow Grove, are still at il.
They s)3ent their .second Monda.y afternoon at the Base thi^ week, sewing away  for an  appreciative
group of airmen.
I And now they're trying lo help along the library at the training
I center. It seems there were nice metal  shelves, and a fair assort
Special Committee Organized To Plan Service Flag Raising
RcprescnlalivcB of Twelve Ambler Groups Meet and Make Ten¬ tative ArrangemenlH for Dedication Program in February
ncproseiitatives from twelve Ambler organizations mot Thurs¬ day night al the request of tho Norton Downs, Jr., Post, American Legion of Ambler, to di.scuss tlie
ment of books, but no cataloging  pt^fi'^i'/'y^f ]•»'«*"« ^ '^'-vicc Hag
ning  Wednesday, January 6,  the ] equipment,   so' that   the   books! *" ^'^'"''o*'""B'
ministers of Ambler and vicinity have announced. Dean of the Am¬ bler .School, which will be held at the Presbyterian C'hnrch, will bo the Rev. Martin L. Tozer, pastor of the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. The Re\'. George Teaz Jamieson, pastor of Ihe Springfield Presby¬ terian Church of Flourtown, will be Dean of the Flourtown school, which will be held at his church.
Classes will meet for nine con¬ secutive weeks, with eacli session including two forty-minute clas,s periods and a twenty-minute de¬ votional period. Clas.ses will begin at 7.30 p. m. and adjourn at 9.30 o'clock.
During the second class period at Ambler and the first period at Flourtown a course entitled, "Bible Study in the Prophets of the Old Testament" will be ofTercd, with the Rev. N. B. Groton, of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, White¬ marsh, Instructing.
For the first period at Ambler and tho second period at Flour¬ town there will be three coiu-scs for students lo choose from. Tlie Rev. MrV Tozer will instruct a class in "Methods of Teaching in the Church School"; the Rev. Dr. Robert D. Hershey, of St. John's Lutheran Ciiurch, will give a course in "A .fust and Durable Peace", and the Rev. Paul E. Schmoyer, of St. Paul's Reformed
couldn't be circulated
So the Colony Club women look the money from thoir War Fund Budget, solicited some outside funds, and turned over $61.00 to help buy library equipment.
They'd still like to see more books and magazine subscriptiuus available for the Base, however, and they're asking those who'd like to help to get in touch with Mrs. Harold G. Knight, of 331 Mattison  avenue,  Ambler.
SOLONiiECfPLAN EOR AIR RAID SYSTEM
Springfield Township (Joiuniis-
sioners Fintl Cost for Ceulral
Set ¦ Up  Proliibilivc
Agreeing to call them.selves the "Ambler .Service Flag Conunittee", the group elected the Rev. Marlin L. Tozer. pastor of the Upper Dub¬ lin Lutheran Church, as chairman, Named treasurer was Dr. Walter E. Fine, and elected sca-ctary was Louis A. Neigut.
Tentative plans myde by the I Committee call for the r.iising uf a I .service (lag on February 21, with j special exercises lo be held cither j at the Ope;a Hou.se or in the High j School Auditorium. It was .sugges- ! ted that the flag be Ilown on But- i ler avenue, between the National I Bank Building and the Bell Tele I phone Builfting.
! Money with which to purcliase I the flag will be obtained through I contributions of borough residents and organizations. The committee members approved the suggestion that containers be placed in all business places in Ambler, for the collection of money.
Tiie secretary was instructed to
write to all absent organizations, telling thom of the plans, and re¬ questing that each group have a I'epresentativc present at the Com¬ mittee's next meeting on January 7, at the Legion Home.
Each family with some member in the armed service will receive a special invitation to attend the ceremony, the Committee decided.
The following chairmen were named: George Deens. flag hang¬ ing; H. C. Kinney and Thomas Durkin, securing Opera House; and John Donato, Louis Neigut and Bernard Lindenfeld, flag purchase.
Rendezoous in Africa
Africa is a long way from home. But it doesn't seem quite so far away when you meet someone you | know. i
That's what liappencd to a! Wyndmoor and an Oreland soldier, 1 both .somewhere in North Africa.
School Board Approves Victory Corps Program
MARIE HOLLANDER BURIED; I Class Period Time io Be  Ke-
The soldiers are Staff Sergeant FIANCE   ALSO   FIRE  VICTIM',      duced Tu  Allow for  Ad-
lun-Ani-'n     "P;it       Komrr      enn    of 1
Funeral  services  were  held
ditional Projects OFFICERS ELECTED
the lollowing organizations: Am bier Borough, represented by Dr. Fine; Third Ward Republican Club, William Alcorn; Rotary Club, the Rev. Mr. Tozer; Kiwanis Club, Bcriiurd Lindenfeld; Civilian Dc- fciisc Council. Thomas Durkin; Norton Downs. Jr., Post, Louis Nei¬ gut; Am.bler Liberty Sporthig Club. John Donato; North Street, Guid¬ ance League, John Burrell; Sons of Italy, .Sol Buccuti, Chamber of Commerce,- Bernard Lindenfeld; Wissahickon Field and Stream Association, George •'Deens, and the Ladies' Adxi1iar>' of the Wis- sahickoii Fii'e Conipany of Ambler, Mrs. W. P; Dickinson.
Lawrence   "Pat"   Kerper,   son   of,
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Kerper, ofi Funeral services were held m Abington avenue, Wyndmoor, and! Boston last Wednestiay for Miss Technical Corporal Francis Robert Marie Louise Hollander, 21, daugh- Woolson, Jr.. son of Mr. and Mrs. j ^g,. ^^ Sumner R. Hollander, of 100 Francis R. Woolson, of Plymouth: ^,
avenue, Oreland. | Grove   avenue,   Flourtown,   who      Flection   of   ofT.cers   and   plans
The parents of both received died in the lire that swept the j for a high school Victory Corjjs word this week of their sons'safe I Cocoanut Grove Night Club, in I program took the attention of arrival in Northwest Africa, and I b,„,_,. ,,,, Noxemhrr •>« Crem-1 ""^'"'^'"'^ °^ *'^'-' ^'"^ler School of their chance meeting with each .''•^^°"' ."'''T^' "**;, ^'<^'"- Board, when they met Monday other. According to Mrs. Woolson,) a*'"" Was at Mt. Auburn, Boston.   ^ night.
Kerper is the flrst b o y from j Miss Hollander's father, who re- | Reelected pre.sident of the Board "home" that her son has met in i turned to Flourtown from Boston ! was William Faust, who has .served his two and one-half years hi the , ^,^^,^^^1 ^^^^ ^^^^^ ,,; tiaughter's! ",' 'hat capacity since 1937. Re- Army. And Mrs. Kerper says that  ,,    /, ^  ^, ,    ,.,'; ,_   i elected vice pre.sident was Roscoe
Smith.
The Board approved adoption of a Victory Corps program in tht; high schfiol, "insofar as it coincides with .sound basic education and preparation for war, technical and business activities."
II was agreed lu revise the health and safety program without attempting military drill, which the group feels it is not prepared to properly conduct, and to have
Represented at the meeting were ] Woolson   is  the  flrst  young  man I nance.  Coast Guardsman  Charles
from this section whom her son has met in his year and a half in service.
The Kerpers and Woolsons both have other children with the arm¬ ed forces. Corporal Charles Kerper now is stationed in Hawaii, and Private Richard Woolson is at Carhp Wheeler,  Georgia.
85DRAFfi¥GET EINAL EXAMINATIONS
M. Fauci, Jr.. of  Welleoley  Hills,
Mass., also had perished in the fire. Fauci, who was 22, had been a
member of the class of '44 at Vale.
but left college to enter the Coast
Guard. He and Miss Hollander had"
planned to be marrieti in January. I The dead girl was born in Scars- I dale, N. Y., and studied at Miss j Day's School,' New Haven, Conn., i and'in Chicago. She and.her father I each student receive that training
moved to Flourtown about a year ago. A brother, Sumner R. HoHah- der, Jr., lives in Germantown.
Installation of a central air raid warning system in Springiield Township was defei'red indcfhi'itc- ly by the township's Board of Commissioners,* when it met lastj Wednesday. I
David C.  Birdsell, cliairinan  of! the Springiield Township Civilian
CENTRE SOSPENOS HEALTH CONEE
LEGION POST TO EE T
i Men (to to Allentown,Tomorrow '     aud Saturday; 68 November Enlistments Reported
/-.u     1,   T.   t i«r   u-„«4 Ml I.    Dcfen.se Council, appeared before j
Church   I ort Washmgton, will be  ^^^  Commissioners   to   urge   that the mstructor for a course in   The ¦ - ¦'
History of the Christian Church." A representative in each church now is taking registrations. Regi.s- Iration also will be held on open¬ ing evening, with the fee one dol¬ lar for two courses.
hope
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opportunit.v to continue their study of Christianity.
provision be made for the central system. A ¦¦: partial -central lire I alartn\systcm,iiowiis in operation! in the' township, between the 1 township building in Erdenheim j i and the Wyndmoor FLi-e Com|)any.{
After  consideration   ol  the  ex pen.se   involved,  the  board  mem
Service  For North   Wales Re»i-
dculs   Discouliuued
For Duration
Directors  of  Aircraft   Warning
Service Also lo be-Honored
al  Dinner  Tonight
the hope that many  in ^ the com-, ^crs agreed that  the maintenance munity will avail themselves ot the , ^.^^^ ^^^„^ ^c excessive.
I     The ratings of the three apph- I cants  in the recent Civil  Service
Discontinuance ot the Child I Members of Local Dratt Board i Health Conference in North Wales j Number 5 will be the guests of for the war's duration was ffli-, honor at a turkey dinner to be nounced by Miss Mae W. Garrett, i given by the Norton Down.s, Jr., general director ot the North Penn! Post No. 12.'5, American Legion ot Community Centre, when the 1 Ambler, f\l the Legion Home lo- Ccntrc's Administrative Committee | night, examination given for the Springl I mei on Tuo.«:day. The dinner wi!I mark the post'.s
lield Township police force were   ,. Miss Gai;rett gave as the reasons   observance ot National iMtimw
announced '"'" "^'' chscontinuance insuflTicient; ol Appreciation Week, set aside by ,     .-.^.,   ...^....„ , ...,,.
medical   pcr.ionnel   and   increased j tlic Legion's National Commander,! David R. Tr;iill, 404 E.  10th Ave
Eighty-flve draftees from this area will report in Allentown to¬ morrow and Saturday for final physical exarhiiiations. Local Draft Board No". •!> has announced. Thi^ty-flrvc will" he -¦examined to- morfhw and fifty oh'Saturday.
Both groups \Ariir-leaA'e the Am¬ bler railroad statiini at 8.43 a.m.
The draft board reports that a total of sixty-eight registrants en¬ listed in vari(.us branches of tne armed forces during November. The group includes twenty-four fri'in .'\niblor.
The enlistees arc: Edward  M.   Kidp,  Cottage   Ava,
llorrjh.im. Franklin E. Kriebel, 6339 Rogers
Ave.,   Merchant\ilc, N. J
RED CROSS BRANCH    ' APPEALS FOR NURSES j
The Wissahickon Branch of the ! American Red Cross is requesting ' that all registered nurses in Am¬ bler Borougll and in Springfield. Upper Dublin, Whitemarsh and Lower Gwynedd townships get in tou<;h with the Branch office.
Nurses are. needed in,this aiea to teach Home Niirsing.cJasses. and to man ev'acuation shelters during emergencies.
¦ Those willing to offer tlieir .serv¬ ices are a.sked either to telephone Mrs'. Mary K. Willets at White¬ marsh 3466 or the Red Cross oflTicc al Whitemarsh 0373.
Glenn E. Kougli, ot 0 Weiss ave-
HOLOS YULE PARTY
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT AT STRAWBRIDGE STORE[^    , ,,„-—-.. «..»_^«
nual Christmas Pageant, giveJi^a!     ..'pjtiyed; Santa Claus pis-
nue, Flourtown. .scored «2  in   the i hicomcs in the majority of families test:   William   H.   Egner,   Jr.,   of i attending the Conlercncc.
She also announced that thirly- .se\en  patients were  taken  under
Wyntlmoor, scored HO, and Paul I! Clayton, of 414 Lorraine avenue, Oreland, received 79.
It was announced that the con¬ tract  for  the collection of  ashes.
IIfist'puinir"pfiToT'hiaFic"d"bn Tues day in the store's Exhibition Salon,! eighth floor, will be repeated each] day during the week at Si o'clock. ]
This year's production is built j around carols of the United Na¬ tions, portraying the manner in which the Nativit.y is celebrated in several European countries and Some of the Americas. Selections from the cantata, "Saints and Ser¬ aphs", and the Christmas Reces¬ sional "Rex Gloriae" also are in¬ cluded.
Herbert J. Tily is the director; Isaac H. Clothier, Jr., the reader and Wilham S. Thunder, organist.
tributes Gifts lo Members
i,i«?d lj.es.tJ-ilwaiflQrJ VVillia«Q,^^-.-t 1 sher, Sr.. of Erdenheim.   Byshe
care anrl a total of 437 visits were made during the past montli. .Mrs. Gcoj-ge S<!hauflcr reportetl
Roane Waring, and endorsed by President Roosevelt, as a time for Legionnaires to honor mcn^bcrs of Selective Service Boards.   '
The chief and assistant chiefs of the Aircraft Warning Service also have  beeru'invLlod.-to atlenitl,., and
Conshohocken. Marlin L. Collier, 15 Butler Ave.,
Ambler. Paul  E.  McKeon,   122  W. Hector
.St., Conshohocken. -
SUbley P. Urban, r>:\() Harry Tit., .. Conshohocken
L TO GIVE BARRIE PLAYl
POSEY WILLS FILED
The wills of Ellsworth L. Posey and Harriet E. Posey, of 213 Lin¬ denwold avenue. Ambler, were flled simultaneously Thursday in the oflice of Register of Wills jolui H. Hoffman at Norristown.
Mrs. Pose.v died at her home on November 13, froni a heart con¬ dition, and her husband, former Anibler burgess, dieil I wo weeks later, on November 27. Mrs. Posey's estate is valued at $2,000. and Mr. Posey's at $2,600.
Both left thoir entire estates in life trust for the other, directing that at the death pf the resiieclive beneflciaries tlie incomes be paid their .son, E. Edmunds Posey, with the principal to be paid children of the son at his death.
CENTRE NURSE RESIGNS
Miss Mary M, Keyser, a member of the nursing staff of the' North Penn Community Centre for the past three months, lias resigned her position. ,
Miss Keyser Is a graduate of the Hahnemann ¦ Hosi>ital School of Njn'sing.
A Christmas party featuring the annual collection bf dolls was held by the Junior Colony Club of Ambler, Tuesday evening.
More than thirty dolls dressed by members of the club were placed on displa.y under a Christ¬ mas tree. The toys will be dis¬ tributed to needy children at Christmas time by the North Penn Community Centre.
Christmas carols were sung un¬ der the leadership of the club chorus and there were solos by guest artists. The program was arranged by Miss Isabelle Milli¬ gan, program chaii-man, and Mrs. Albert E. Langbein, music chair¬ man.
Miss JaneKlein.-violinist, played "Cavatina" by Raff, "Jesu Bam¬ bino" by Yon and "White Christ¬ mas" by Irving Berlin. Miss Betty Boehner sang "Bird of Love Di¬ vine" by Hayden, "O Holy Night" (Conlhmed on page 2) •
.BOEHM'S CHURCH CHOIR TO SING IN AMBLER
The Motet Choir of Boelun's Reformed Church, Blue Bell, will
bottles 5n*-cans"fn^the,t»vm!,W»»-l'*}i^t  two Chrislmas parties,,>»«-e
ijv-dSeld on lucsdav anil  Wednewtay sher's'f'f  iasr-\V6er 7r-parTN""was  held bid,    submitted   at   last   month's!''" T.V'^tS'''^'.'*'^ ''^*' Ambler Child meeting  was for $6 49.')                     I Health  C onlerence,  and  on   Wed- Collec'tion will begin in January, i '"^sday   at   tlie   North   Hills   Con- i and will continue through April al I iGicnce.   A   total   ol   .soventy-iiiiie the rate of  once a  week.   From | ^'hil-^'-en   and   fifty - two   mothers I May   through   September,   collec-i wei^ present.         ,.    .    . I tions   will   be   made   every   two 1     f repOTto" the Centre s annual weeks, and for the remainder of I drive for tunds showed that col- the year, every vveek.                      i          (Continued on page 8) David C. Birdsell, chairman of |  q	
"'' ''.clnth.i!^i/Tn'nSe"2)'* '" j AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION (Co^itniued on^age^ 2)        ,   CONTINUES YEARLY DRIVE
I     The Ambler Community Ambu- I lance   Association,   still   receiving j contributions   iu   its   "Doltar   A i Year" drive, has expressed its ap¬ preciation to the many  triends of the  Association   whose  genoro,sit.v will make possible the continued service of the organization.
—  {     The most recent donors of live
Community   Workers  Will   Re-; dollars or more are: Mr. and Mrs.
Rcniuic Wallace; and Josepli ; D. Haddon, all of Fort, Washinglon; Mr. and Mrs. J  Andwnv Harris.3d,
tt-
they will iveceive their wirfgs dur-i Richard E.-Gump, Madi.son .Ave,,
ing the cvciiilig. "^"-i'vsii "•Dlini?i"-\ctlt't)o 'pvepared: by members of the Ladies' Auxiliary. The following have been jn\ ited: J. W. Craft, R." Lincoln liain and William Egolf, Sr., all members of Local Draft Board Number 5; Russell Meyers, Stewart Davis, Francis   Gummey,   and   Mr.   and
Fort Washington.
ClaJEiiPe a ShtnB-,'3'426 W. Clear¬ field St., Philadelphia.
William     C.   Dummeldinger,   323 Southern Ave., Ambler.
Filbert A.   D'Angclo,   10,'i   W. 7th Ave., Conshohocken.
Harry Z. Landis, E. Tennis Ave, Ambler, R.D. Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, 3d, mem-1 Norman L. Jones,   Manor House,
"Quality Street" to be Prcecnicd Nc.vt   Thursday    aud Fr^jl^ Eyeniiigs j
PLAN EOR INSTITUTE!
ceive Training al Bi-]\lontli-
bers of the Aircraft Warning Ser I vice; Judge Harold G. Knight, Burgess A. W. Yetter, Borough Council President J. Robert Simp¬ son, Department Adjutant Edward Linsky, Ninth District Commander John Baxter, District Vice Com¬ mander T. M, Tre.ssler, Edward Foulke. August Post and Mr. Staufler, of Legion Headquarters.
K. & mTcHORAL SOCIETY TO GIVE CAROL PROGRAM
Forrest Ave., Ambler. (Continued on page 6)
LIBRARY OIRECTORS PLAN CELEBRATION
ly Sessions Ne.vt Vear
The Montgomery County Fed- j eration of Women's Clubs on I Monday became the lirst group I in the state to eiidorse a plan for | an institute to train , coiiiinuntty I present a special program of music workers.   The plan has been pre-
Following a custom begun last | year,    the   Keasbey   &   Mattison I Athletic    A.ssociation    will    again j sponsf>r   a   Christmas   Carol   pro¬ gram   at   the   Opera   Ihiuso   next of Blue Bell, and Weber dc Vore, I Wednesday evening, Deceniber 16. of Tlu-ee Tuns. !     The  K.  &   M.   Choral   Society,
Those wishing to become "Dollar | consisting of approximately twen- A Year Club " members may send  ty - eight   members,   will   present
Kel-1 well-known carols and folk songs
their conlributions to Waller ler or Bernard Lindenfeld.
at Calvary Methodist'Church,  hi Ambler on Sunday evening.
Members of the choir arc well know  in this section.  During the summer they were the guest sing-1 ers at the Ocean Grove Association meetings.
The guest speaker at the service, which will begin at 7.4.') p. m., will be the Rev. Edward Rutledge Cook, pastor of Boelun's Reformed Church.
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—Do your part . . . buy United States War Bonds, and Starhps.
Draft Board Continues Mailing
of Questionnaires to 'Tfeen-iigez^j^Lt^l^trrh^^^urEi^i^ri^i:
pared by The Pennsylvania State College Extension' Services, and both the Colony Club and the Junior C'olony ..Club of Anibler are expected to send delegates to the institute.
Miss Rose Cologne, specialist iu community adult education for Pennsylvania State College, and H. A. Myers. Penn State Phila¬ delphia district representative, ex¬ plained the program at the meet¬ ing of the executive board in the New Century Guild building, Phil¬ adelphia. A unanimous vote fol¬ lowed. '
•Virtually^ all presidents of the forty-two clubs in the county were represented. They will present the ! idea  to their clubs,  whose mem-
i traditional to the Christmas season. j Solos and community suigiifg will I also be a part of the excellent I program arranged by the com- I niittec.
,     The association extends a cordial It   will   be   oiien   house   at  the! invitation,   not   only   to   its   eni- Chftoii   House,   in   Fort   Washing-   ployees and friends, but also to the
HISTORICAL SOCIETY TO HOLD YULE PROGRAM
Committee to Arrange for Open
House in February As
Anniversary Feature
Plans for the celebration of the Ambler Public Library's twentieth anniversary   in   February   were
"Quality Street", Si.r James M. Barrie's populai' play:,- will Uc pre- ¦ sented by Amhld' 3f-ifgh School inext Thur.sftay and Friday o\p- ! nings. The performances will lie I given ill the high school audi- I torium, and the curtain will go 1 up at ti. 1.') p. 111.
The play, in four acls, was di-
! reeled by Miss Helen Bork. Tak-
jing the part of Miss Fanny  Wil-
! lov/by will be Anna   Bolt, wliilc
I "the other" Miss Willowby will be
j portrayed by Agnes Rourke. Anne
i Illingworth will play  Miss Susan
Throssel,   and   Barbara   Cliappell
will be Miss Henrietta ^rrumbull.
Portraying Miss  Phoebe Throssel
will be Anne Hickey, while Patty
will  be played by Eileen Urban.
Anthony Urban will ha\'e the role
of the recruiting sergeant.
Valentine Brown will be playeil by   George   Miller   on   '^hursda^' night   and  by  Roberl, Harsch  on (Continued on page 8)
appropriate to his or her abilities and needs. The Board 'Avent nn record as not advocating the use of Coips insignia.
In order to cany <nil the pro¬ gram it was agreed that a forty- li\'c minute period schedule re¬ place the lifty-livc minute periods now in effect.
Club progranvs, special  instruc¬ tion and woi'k in physical  fitness will   be   included   in   the   Victor.v Corps project, plans for which wjll (Continued on page 6)  o	
It's 'Ambler Hight' Again   ;
Tonight again Lt will be "Ambler Night" at«the ,Stage Door Canteen in Philadelphia. ¦ And tonight again vtsitiiig .service men receive their're¬ freshments thanks to the gen¬ erous contributions of Ambler residents.
This will be .Ambler's third such night, anrl Amblei- still has the honor ot being the onl.y comnlunil,v to .sponsor an evening at the (Janleen.
The lato.'it to join the list of contributors are Mr.s. 'vVillitim Andrews, Mr.s. A Dunimel- , dinger, Mrs. I. S. WcMKlwartl, Mrs. Irvin .Scheetz, Mrs. E. I.. Allison and the I''. W. Wool- worth store.
Are- the hovx icall.v grate¬ ful':¦ The walls .oj; the Can-, "teen show you that they liic. t'cj- ta.ckcd'-lii.Jhe- vvij'ds 'itre some of the l«!il*is wliich*tlie Canteen liecflves •'fV?)Wi sol¬ diers, sailprS'anirl mat«iiies wd|o have spq'iit sonic time in tlie basement ot the Academy ot ' Music.
There's one letter addressed "To M.v Friends at the Stage Door Management." It reads: "The kindness shown me dur¬ ing my stay in your city will remain with me forever as one of the finest places that 1 have been in for real homelike entertainment. Keep the good work up as sometimta il makes the service mftn forget harsh, things in .this war. Two,,, things I will olwaysrcmcralaer are my trip to Tokyo and the Canteen." \ i
It's signed, Scrgeaiit S' 'Wi Bennett. Bombing Squadron, A. A. F.
FLY MINUTE MAN FLAGS
The Cruse - Kemvier Coinpaiiy and the American Chemical Paint Companj-,  both  of Ambler,  have
made at the meeting of the Lib-1 joined Montgomery County's honor rary's directors on Monday even-. roll of industries entitled to fly the ing. I Minute Man flag, Rodney K. Mer-
A- committee headed: by Angelo \ '"'c'^-  <-'o"nty  War Savhig Chair Menna was authorized to proceed
(Continued on  page 3i
Selective  Service   Forms   Must   Be  Filled   In,   Sworn   To.   And Keturned   Within   Ten  Davs
CHURCH TO DEDICATE
ton, next Wednesday evening, when the Historical Society of Fort Washington hokis its annual Christmas party.
Members of the society, as well as the general jiublic, arc invited to attend the' special program, which will begin at 8 o'clock.
A Christmas reading will be given by the Jlev. Robert E. Horne, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Cluirch, Fort Washiiigt()ii. Special musical selections will be presented by a choir wliose members include Mrs. Ralph Klein, Mrs. Earl Kulp, Mrs. Paul E. Schmoyer and Mrs. James Wright.  I'he accompanist is Mrs.
townspeople of Ambler and vicin it.y.  There  will   be  no  admission charge.
evening^cIasTforming for advanced first aid
An evening class in Advanced F'ir.st Aid will begin on Tuesday, January ,'), at the Wissahickon Branch of the American Red Cross headquarters in the Flourtown lire hou.se.
The group will meet from ^ to 10 p. m. cach week. Mrs. Philip Corson will be the instructor
t\'e Service (|ucstioiinaires  „   to   be  sent   lo   eighteen
.Sf conthif
and inneteen-ycar-old youths b.y Local Draft Board Number 5, at the rate of twenty a tlay.
The questionnaires must be filled in, sworn to before a notary public or a membei- of the draft board, and returned within ten days.
Listed below are Ihe names ot those who have received their questionnaires since last Wednes¬ day;
12.245    Milton   Edwin   Eisenhard, Horsiiam, Pa,
' 246 Emidio Josepli Mallei, 105 V, Elm St.. Consho. 47 (Jarnien Anthon.v Pagliaro, ';! W. '-ind Ave., Consho. ill ,Salvatore Samuel LePore, .2 N. Spring Ctarden Streel, nblcr.
'9    Edw.'ird (Jeorgc  Milewski, , and ,loii("s St., Consho. >    John .loseph McCami, Jr., I W. 5tli Ave., Consho. s   Robert Thomas McNamara, ^E, Hector St., Consho ft
12.252 Hugh   Myron   Bullard.  20 Hendricks St., Ambler.
12.253 Joseph Andrew Kcnna, 227 W. 6th Ave., Consho.
12.254 Raymond   Francis   Stone, 38 Fayette St., Consho.
12.255 Maeco Malone, 31 Orange Ave., Ambler.
12.256 Edwin   Francis  McGrath, 143 W. Sth Ave., Consho.
12,258    James   Robert   N.vce.   512 Spring Mill Ave., Consho.
Those wisliiiig to take the course Luther Klosterman. A soprano solo i arc asked lo telephone Whitemarsh will  be rendered  by  Mrs.  James j 0373 or to send a  postal  card lo .Wright and IVIiss Jane Klein will; the Red Cross at Flourtown.
SERVICE FLAG SUNDAY i sve a vioi.n soio  o	
A service flag honoring Iwcnty-N ,   '='»""^^.'i"8 ">^ P'»Sram there will     p^RTY FOR SERVICE MEN
i\ aeivict   licit, iioiioiHit, ivNciii,.'*  ,( j^^ .^ social hour, and rclreshments four members of the congrcgatioi., ^j,, ^^^ ^p,.^.^,,
with   tho   lighting   forces   will  be i ^^	
dedicated  at  tho  Mount  Pleasant j __  ,._,..„_,  „_...rv.rv.   .•.«.•¦» Baptist Church, Ambler on  Sun-! TO HONOR SCHOOL TEAMS
with arrangements for an open house celebration some time in February.
Miss Ann Craft, librarian, re¬ ported a thirty percent increase in circulation over November, 1941, during the past month, with 1,263 books circulated. She reported ad¬ ditional gains in borrower regis¬ trations, and told the directors that 100 persons had become library members during November. Thir¬ ty-eight books were purchased, bringing the total number now available to 8,090, she said.
The directors heard that classes from all of the elementary schools in the neighborhood were eiiter- tailied and introduced to the lib¬ rary system during the past month. (Continued on page (i)
SCOUT FORUM TOMORROW
A Christmas Party for all men
from  this area on  furlough  from
the armed forces will be held at
the Legion Home of  the  William
day evening. The program will be- \     ^ turkey dinner for members of I Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, Amer-
gin at, 7.45 p. m i the football, hockey, cross country i ican  Legion  at Fort  Washington,
Congressman J.  Wilhaui  I>'ttcr; | ,pj,^y   y,,^,   u^^,   ,,:,„,,   ^f  Ambler  on Tuesday evening, December 29.
of  Ambler,  wil  be   the   ^Pf^^j^^-^.i mah  Hvhnol will  be  hcl.l   in the      There  will  be  dancing,  Christ-
and guests Wll   include  members  ,,i^,,  ^^y^^^y   cafeteria   next   Wed-   mas   gifts and   refreshmenls,   and
of the Norton Downs. Jr., Post No. I,jp^?^lg^, .p^,gj,l^      r[.,.,p   dinner,  an'all service men arc cordially  in-
125   American Legion of Ambler,!   ,,,,,,3, y,,.^.    j^-^^1,       -^p,, ,    ,,,^1 viled  to attend.
and members ot the Gw,yiiedd Boy   f,,.,j,.„    .,„.    i,'i,,,..,,1,.    r-ini,.^   i,t  -1^	
l'i.259    William Webster Ambler,  gcout Troop. 'aw Kiwanis    Clubs   ot
Jr., Merion Hall, Haverford Col-j    Those now in service arc: Harry I "^"T.^f''¦.„,,„,.,„   ,    vviiii im   ilitter lege. . Gibbs,  Jr..  Vernon   llarp.   llarold!..V,"L'^\'-t^7;"',L,^^^^^^^^
12,260    Eugene Hamilton Smjthey.  Harp,  Wilbert Landes. ('.ordon J ' ^''^ ^"^ ""^ toastmastci. and pioni
A meeting to dii^cuss conditions affecting local Boy .Scout units will be held at 8.30 o'clock tomorrow night at the Anibler Presbyterian Churcli.   E.   L
man, has announced.
The Ambler firms are two of forty plants in the county which have at least ninety percent of their employees deducting ten per¬ cent or more from their wages for war bond purchases.
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ADDRESSES GARDEN   GROUP
Mrs. E. C. Phelps, of Abington, spoke before tlie Garilen Group of the Colony Club of Ambler, when it met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Elmer Briggs, of Mattison avenue.
JUUA ECKFELDT WINS COLLEGE HOCKEY HONORS
Miss Julia Ann Eckfeldt, of 6 Lindenwold terrace. Ambler, ha:; been honored by the Wilson Col¬ lege Athletic Association tor pro ficiency and sportsmanship during the hockey season which ck)sed Thanksgiving Day, Miss Elizabeth Gilreath, professor of physical edu¬ cation, announced yeslorda,\
Miss Eckfeldt, a senior, wa:; um- of eleven girls named t'.> Ihc All- Wilson liocke.v team and was the only one to win the Third Honor¬ ary Certificate given lo girls who have already won the "W" and the Wilson emblem. She plays center position.
Miss Eckfeldt is making cljem- istry her field of, conccntratioli at Her   topic   was   "Gardens   and   Wilson. She is the daughter of Mr. Special Arrangement Classes."       and Mrs. Fred^W, EckfckU.
Church's Special News Letter Tells Service Men About Amhler
King"* Dangiiters" .Society Sends Monthlv Account of lloinc i'owii Happening,s To Meinbers of Prcsliyterian Congregation
Intimate  excerpts   from service
men's  letters,   local   and   national
Tricker,   assistant 1 news, sport jotthigs. highlights ot
Jr., 322. Woodlaiid Ave.. Ainblcr.
12.261 Charles    Smith   Jefrwles, 1100 Maple St., Consho.
12.262 Hobert   Elias   Packer,    17 Oraiuie  Ave.,  Amhler.
I2,262A    John   William   Happd, i yvitref Coiinl.\'   l.iiic   lid.,   Chalfont,   R.  RadclilTi D. No. 1.
12,264    Harry Glenn Judge, Cedar Heights, Consho.
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Meyers,   Heber   Meyers,   Wiliiani Davis.   Jr..   Franklin   Pledge, Thomas Gibbs, Elwood Adaim., Jr., Earle   A.   Leech,   ,n.,   Donald   E. Leech,   .lohn   M.   Ambers,   3id, Kirk,    Frederick    Serial, Italph Slutter, Ed- Hcrbcrt It. Amey, is, Robert Reding¬ ton, Ralph Bishop, Edward Dotts, Edward Johnson
Allen, ward M. Amey, Jr., Eugene Wil
incnl guests have been invited
o , TRAINS   AS  MARINE   OFFICER
Supply ,Sfrgcaiil Edward Mur¬ phy, .Ir., tl S. M.C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Kdwai'd Miir|)hy, of 127 Greenwood avenue. Ambler, has been tiJiMsl'cir(>(l f 10111 ,Saii Diego, California, to Quantico, Virginia, where he will attend Offlcers Training School '
FILE JEFFERYS WILL
Barbara B. Jefferys. wife of the late Robert F. Jefferys. of Spring House is named as sole bcneiiciary of his .'tl0,000 estate, according; to his will filed tor pinbalc.. lagl I'hiiisdav. The vvill i:; dated lie- cember 21,  1938.
JclTer.vs was acciilciilally slml and killiHl by his own gun on No¬ vember 10, while hiiiiliiig oil his estate,  "Faulcon   Farms."
In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Barbara.
district commissioner representing the Valley Forge Council, will preside.
Members o( .Scout Committees, as well as representatives of civic gr-ups are inviterl to attend.
Roy Scouts of Troops 2, 3, 4, 5 aiul fi will meet at the church at 7.30 p. m. tomoi'row.
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ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Chtirles Kukas, of Waukegan. Illinois, announce the marriage ot their daughter. Miss Eleanor Rukai,, to Sergeant James H. Sloan, formerl.y of Fori Wash ington. now staiioned wilh the liiiiled .States Marine Corps al truantico, Virginia.
The ceremony was pcrlormcd in .St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Whitemarsh, on Saturday alter¬ noon at two o'clock. The Reverend Nathanael B. Groton, rector of the I church, officiated.
church activities and the latest 011
what the Ambler young people are
doing, all are an important part of
the monthly news letter which is
being sent tb men and women from
the  Ambler   Presbyterian  Ciiurch
I who are in the country's service.
I     The   idea  for  this   i)ersoiialize<l
! news tetter was conceived by Mrs.'
i F. O. Hoyt. of Lindenwold avenue,
ipresident of the King's Daughlors'
Society of the Presbvtcrixin Church.
: Mrs. R.  B.  Macomber. of Bcthlc-
! hem pike, -was chosen editor and
! narrator' of the  letter, and she is
! as.sisted  b;    the   members  uf  the
King's   Daughters' Society   ot  the
church, wlio art as correspondents.
Fifty news letters are being sent
rcgul.irly to nicnibcrs i.if the Pies
byterian  church  f.imily  in .service
both   ill   this country   aiul  abroad.
These  men  and   women   write   to
Mrs. Macomber in return, telling
her of their latest experitncts, and
keeping    her   mfonncd   "t    their whereabouts.
All interesting sample of the letters received from the service men is an excerpt from, a letter from Roy Cramer, of Lindoiiwnld avenue, who recently was pro¬ moted to Private l''h-st Class- and awarded a certificate of proliciency in parachute packiiigJKyntuul train¬ ing and iiimplhg fidm; a-plane in flight.  ¦ -':    ..,':.-.:.,   .
"This past Tuesday niorning 1 mode my first jump.", RoV writes "I'll admit and so will cvcrypnc else wlio jumped, wc were scared as heck. We all lined 'ip, v/itli our chutes on. apd then marched into the transport The plaiic tool; off, and circled the field. 'I'hc no; I thing, we h(;ard the juiii]i ina.slci- say 'stand by'. Wc stood up and hooked oul. :latic liii(>,s. Isvciy one's legs were shaking. 1 won dcrcd, while wc were gdtiii,", irady to juin|), whalevcr made inc join this suicide outfit. We could see aft (Continued ou page 'j'