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VOL. LXVI — 27
AMBLER, PA., AUGUST 31,1944
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BEFORE PRICE PANEL
OPA   Prefers   Charges  Against
Amhlcr Grocer Second
Time; Holds Hearing
LIEUTENANT DAVIES MISSING AFTER FLIGHT
Amhler      Lieutenant      Missing
Since August l^; Edward
J. Bowers Missing
1 Loiiis Goldberg, owner of a groc- ) cry and produce store at 15 East Butler avenue. Ambler, was brought before the price panel of the War Price and Rationing Board at the Whitemarsh Township building, Monday night, for the second time for violations of OPA regulations.
Agents said that Goldberg has flaunted violations repeatedly de-, spite past warnings. After the hearing, judgment of his case was'. suspended for a time, and he will be notified by letter of the panel's decision on the course of action to be taken.
At the hearing, testimony show- 'ed that Mr. Goldberg's store was visited by an agent of the board who made a list of purchases be¬ fore entering and adhered to that list. He said that he did not select purchases with the thought of in¬ criminating the owner.
However, when the sales slip was scrutinized, the agent testified it was found that more than one- half the purchases had been charg¬ ed well over the ceiling price ^ allowed on those commodities. In 'ddiMon, the agent said that when \t ')i]l was paid an overcharge at.y  cents   was  made   by   the
sh»er, this said the agent, might . sily have been a mistake, but in view of the many other over¬ charges, served as added evidence against the dependability of the store  owner.
Members of the panel also learn¬ ed that an age old practice by butchers of selling a cross cut is in violation because technically and actually there is no cross cut of beef, it was said. Of the various cuts listed by OPA the cross cut should be considered under the heading of an English cut, Gold¬ berg told the panel. And in his explanation he unknowingly in¬ volved himself deeply, for the panel has on record a complaint that two women purchased in his market four pounds of meat desc¬ ribed by his employe as a cross cut at a price of 52 cents a pound, or 20 cents higher than the maxi¬ mum permitted for a grade AA English cut.
Informed  of  the  evidence,   the
merchant said the clerk who sold
the meet was in error and the cut
probably was something else.
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Two young men from Ambler are reported missing in action in Europe.
Lieutenant Ralph J. Davies, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Davies, of   Trinity   avenue.   Ambler,   has
Whitemarsh Township
Paper Collection Next Week
Waste paper and rags will be collected in Whitemarsh Township on Thursday and Friday, Septem¬ ber 7 and 8.
The township truck will begin at eight o'clock Thursday morning and cover the territory East of and including Germantown pike, and on Friday all the territory West of Germantown pike, includ¬ ing Fort Washington, Whitemarsh and  Cold Point.
The papers and rags should be tied in neat bundles and placed on the curb or within easy reach of the collectors.
FINE JOSEPH NOTORIS
Amhler Man Pleads Guilty Be¬ fore Judge William F. Dannehower
FOR USE TAX STAMP
Federal Authorities Inspect Ve¬ hicles In Amhlcr Section For Violations
Uncle Sam isn't winking at vio¬ lations of the "use" tax, and a good many motorists who thought they were "getting away with some¬ thing" are learning that, unpopu¬ lar as the tax may be, it can't be evaded. In the last week thousands of car owners have been summon¬ ed by the Internal Revenue De¬ partment to explain the absence of "use" stamps on their cars and have been compelled to buy stamps at the full $5 rate if they were unable to prove loss or theft of etamps   previously   purchased.
Cars in the Ambler section were checked, last week, and many mot¬ orists were ordered to report to the Ambler Post Ofiice on Friday to purchase the stamps. Federal authorities handled the violations.
Keystone Automobile Club, Vhich has opposed the tax in prin¬ ciple but which has consistently urged motorists to comply with the law's provisions, yesterday issued a statement clarifying some of the problems which have arisen in connection with present sale of "use" stamps.
The club said that when a motor¬ ist receives a summons for driv¬ ing withcrut the "use" stamp, he will not be allowed to buy the stamp at the decreasing rate, which amount to 42 cents each month after July. Stamps at the (continued on page 4)
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POLICE FIND STOLEN CAR
A Ford car belonging to Mrs. Walter L. DuBois, of Oak Terrace Country Club, near Ambler, stolen from the club grounds on Saturday ¦light, was found in Germantown, r n Tuesday by Philadelphia police. . fl The car was located on Vernon -ad near Stenton avenue after ijower Gwynedd Township police sent out descriptive messages over the police radio system and the teletype. The spare tire was miss¬ ing and the rumble seat damaged.
LT. RALPH J. DAVIES
been reported missing over Germ¬ any since August 15 according to word received on Sunday by his (continued on page 2)
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DEAO FROM PARALYSIS
Henry P. Friend Appointed By Foundation To Help Com¬ bat Disease
One death has resulted from the twenty-nine cases of infantile par¬ alysis victims in Montgotnery County since this year's outbreak of the disease.
Foster G. Weber, nineteen years old, son of Harrison and Josephine G. Weber, of Jeffersonville, died early Tuesday morning of infan¬ tile paralysis. He was taken ill at Ocean City last Thursday and was removed to Montgomery Hospital, Norristown, Monday afternoon.
In a move to help arrange for hospitalization erf Infantile Par¬ alysis victims in Montgomery County, the services of Henry P. Friend, Executive Director of the County Institution District, have been made available by (io'.i.uy Commissioners Foster C. Hillegass, Fred C. Peters and Raymond K. Mensch.
Mr. Friend will act as "place¬ ment" officer for the Montgomery County Chapter of the Naticmal Foundation for Infantile Paralysis which is throwing its resources (continued on page 4)  o ¦	
Report Paralysis Case
In   Whitemarsh   Township
Thomas White, 11,,son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. White, of Gillinger road, Lafayette Hills, is in the Philadelphia Municipal hospital a victim of infantile par¬ alysis. This is the first case to be reported in Whitemarsh township during the present epidemic.
Taken ill at home Friday, the boy was removed to Women's Col¬ lege hospital. East Falls, where a diagnosis upheld the family phy¬ sician's findings. He was later re¬ moved to the Municipal hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. White and two younger children, William and Mildred, returned Sunday after spending two weeks at Atlantic City, N. J. The boy is a pupil of Barren Hill Consolidated school.
WYNDMOOR FAIR
OPENS ON MONDAY
"Fearless Gregg," the human cannon ball, will be the free night¬ ly attraction^ of the annual fair sponsored by' the Wyndmoor Fire Company on the fair grounds. East Willow Grove avenue, from September  4th to  9th  inclusive.
Latest amusement rides and ex¬ hibits will prevail and three hun¬ dred dollars in war bonds will be awarded the last night of the fair. Free parking will be provided for patrons.
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Physicians    Will    Convene    at
Norristown On September
Sixth
FIREMEN ANSWER CALLS
The Wissahickon Fire Company of Ambler was called out, Mon¬ day about noon, to extinguish a blaze in a dump behind MuUin's garage at Butler avenue and Beth¬ lehem pike. Ambler.
The Ambler and North Wales companies fought an extensive grass fire on the former Kolb pro¬ perty in Lower Gwynedd Town¬ ship, near Spring House, Sunday. The Ambler company was called back when the blaze broke out again.
Wartime medicine and the fu¬ ture of physicians and medical service will feature the program of the annual meeting of the Sec¬ ond Councillor District of the Med¬ ical Society of the State of Penn¬ sylvania at the Plymouth Golf and Country Club, Norristown, Wed¬ nesday, September 6.
Dr. Paul D. White, Chief of Cardiac Clinics and Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, will be a guest speaker discussing "Heart Diseases." Dr. Augustus S. Kech, Altoona, Presi¬ dent of the State Medical Society, Dr. F. F. Borzell, Philadelphia, Chairman of the Society's Council on Medical Service and Public Re¬ lations, and Dr. Paul Correll, Chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Medical Education and Licensure, are other speakers on the  program. •
Eight physicians who have prac¬ ticed flfty years will be honored by formal citations. Dr. Walter F. Donaldson, Pittsburgh, Secretary of the State Society, will make the presentations to the following vet¬ eran members: Drs. Charles J. Brower, Spring City; Harry J. S. Keim, Catasauqua; William H. Knipe, Limerick; Frank P. Lytle, Bird-in-Hand; Henry W. Saul, Kutztown; Joseph Scattergood, Sr., West Chester; J. Clinton Starbuck, Media, and George G. Wenrich, Wernersville.
'The meeting will open with a luncheon presided over by Dr. Joseph Scattergood, Jr., West Chester,Trustee and Councillor. Dr. Louise C. Gloeckner, Conshohoc¬ ken, President of the Montgomery County Medical Society, will greet the attending physicians from Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lehigh, Montgomery, and other counties.
WILL INSTALL NEW
PASTOR AT BLUE BELL
The Rev. John Joseph Stoudt, Ph.D. will be installed as pastor of Boehm's Evangelical and Re¬ formed Church, Blue Bell, on Sunday, September 3.
The Installation Committee, ap¬ pointed by the President of Phila¬ delphia Synod, will consist of Dr. J. N. LeVan, Director of United Promotion of the Evangelical and Reformed Church; the Rev. Walter K. Beattie, of New Britain; and Elder G.  Bernhard, of Penllyn.
A special tenor solo, "If Christ Came Back", will be sung by Dr. J. Raymond Christy, Jr.
FILE FIRST ACCOUNTING
IN TAYLOR ESTATE
In flrst accounts of executors flled today in the office of Register of Wills Mary H. Beerer, balances totaling $4,559,113.08 were shown for distribution in the estate of Anita M. S. Taylor, Lower Gwy¬ nedd.
In an account flled by the Penn¬ sylvania Company, Gordon A. Hardwick and Robert C. Walker, succeeding executors, a balance of $1,162,882.67 is shown. In another flrst accounting of Roland L. Tay¬ lor, executor, as stated by Girard Trust Company and G. A. Hard¬ wick, executors of the will of Roland L. Taylor, a balance of $2,396,229.41    is   shown.
A flrst account of executors also has been flled in the estate of Roland L. Taylor, Lower Gwynedd, showing a balance of $863,390.09 for   distribution.
No Change in Butter Points
Butter will stay at 16 points a pound when the new September ration point Values go into effect next Sunday, the Office of Price Administration announced this week.
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ITIA HILL
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A sedan stripped ot all four wheels and with the rear window smashed was found in the woods on Militia Hill, Sunday morning, by a horseback rider.
Edward Eustice, of Grove ave nue, Flourtown, the rider, found the automobile and reported it to Sergeant Edgar E. Mitchell, of the Whitemarsh Township Police force, who investigated.
The machine, owned by Pracsy Frink, cf 5341 West Priscilla street, Philadelphia, had been parked on Wissahickon avenue at Manheim street at the time it was stolen.
A trio of Philadelphia boys will be charged with the theft. The youths are also being held in connection with a series of thefts of furs, jewelry and liquor valued at more than $8000 and with other car thefts.
Among the automobiles believ¬ ed stolen by the three boys are two taken on separate occasions from ihe premises of Mr. and Mrs. David D. Milne, of Whitemarsh. Both   were   later   recovered.
The three Philadelphia boys are: William S. Briggs, 18, Tulpehock- en street; Joseph Morgan, 22, Wil¬ lows avenue; and John Rehill, 15, East Duval street.
Whitemarsh township police are investigating.
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Joseph Notoris, thirty-nine, of Mattison avenue. Ambler, was fined $100 and costs when he pleaded guilty to maintaining a betting establishment, before Judge William F. Dannehower, in Montgomery County Court at Nor¬ ristown, Friday.
Notoris said that he took horse racing bets when the condition of his health prevented his employ¬ ment at work calling for physical effort. He promised to give it up in the future.
The defendant was arrested on June 28, the day following a raid on his home by Ambler police and county detectives. His wife was arrested at the time of the raid but this part of the case was listed as nolle pressed. Notoris was not at home when the raid took place but gave himself up the next day.
V. A. BUTLER ENTERTAINS LOCAL KIWANIS CLUB
Forty-flve members of the Ki¬ wanis Club of Ambler were the guests of V. A. Butler, operator of the repair shop at Wings Field, Inc., at his home, Skippack pike, Springhouse, on Tuesday evening.
A picnic supper, served cafeteria style, was held on the verandah. Quoits were enjoyed until dark¬ ness necessitated moving the party into the game room where the members spent a most enjoyable evening.
Five members of the Glenside Kiwanis Club were also present, as well as Ted Gross, guest of Mr. Butler, Rev. Paul E. Schmoyer and James Durkin.
FILE  KEMMERER   ESTATE
There is a total of $10,098 in in¬ ventory items in the estate of Emma May Kemmerer, late of Ambler, according to the will filed in Norristown.
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Y OUPL IN G.I. REGISTRATIONS
Large Staff Engaged To Segre¬ gate "New" From Dupli¬ cated Cards
DISTRICT GOeNOR SPEAKS AT AMBLER
Rotarians   Hear   George   Derry
Discuss PostWar
Plans
The Ambler Rotary Club was addressed by the newly elected district governor, George Derry, at the luncheon meeting, Wednesday, August 23.
District Governor Derry warned the Rotarians that peace is around the corner and that as soon as the war with Germany is ended, we can expect from one to two million men coming home as soon as transportation permits.
"What are we doing to provide jobs for them and to arrange our own businesses to enable them to fit into those jobs," a-sked Mr. Derry. "Well, that's our job now'.
"Rotary is the child of America. It is our baby but some outsiders seem to take it more seriously than we do. In New Zealand where all the public utilities are owned and managed by the government, it is reasonable to assume that work is going to be supplied for the returning soldiers and pensions for the widows. But the Rotary Clubs there feel that the child who is an orphan from this war is en¬ titled to the same heritage he would have received if the father had returned. That means educa¬ tion, and the kind of affection which only the father can give. The clubs in New Zealand are pre¬ pared to head up community movements there to furnish just this, and if government Support should be withdrawn from the widows this must be supplied also.
"Other countries on the Allied side take oflf their hats to our coun-
Charles Grakelow To Speak
At  Republican   Meeting
Charles H. Grakelcw, Director Purchases and Supplies of the City of Philadelphia, will be the speak¬ er of the evening when the White¬ marsh Valley Republican Club re¬ sumes its regular meetings for the 1944-45 season on Tuesday even¬ ing, September 5, at 8.15 in the Flourtown Fire Hall.
Mr. Grakelow has been active in Philadelphia politics for many years and will undoubtedly deliver a most inspiring message.
Since this is the flrst meeting after a two month's vacation, .members and their friends are urged to make every effort to at- end. Refreshments will be served, followed by entertainment.
UPPER DUBLIN POLICE INVESTIGATE ACCIDENTS
When the truck he was driving ran off the road into a large tree at Ambler Highlands on Friday morning, Ralph Fahringer, of All- j entown escaped injury. Upper Dublin police   investigated.
Fahringer explained that he was crowded off the road by two cars that were trying to pass each other on the Bethlehem pike. His truck went up the bank on the F. M. Stout property, at Bethlehem pike and Bannockburn avenue, and knocked down a tree which fell over the highway blocking traffic.
A car owned by F. D. Wilson, of Maple Glen,  was  badly  damaged Thursday evening when it was hit by an unidentifled machine. Wil¬ son was in the Jarrettown Hotel, on Limekiln pike, when he heard \ a crash and came out to find his i car  smashed  up  and  the  hit-run j driver  speeding  away. '    j
The Upper Dublin  police  were summoned and upon arrival at the I scene found several leads, includ¬ ing a Chevrolet hub cap, headlight rim, and lens.
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Amhler Schools Open Fall Term Wednesday
try   for   our   ability   to   produce, j mui'TirMAD^H Qrunni Starting from scratch our war pro-   ""' ' CfflAlvan dl^nuUL duction has been stepped up until now it is twice that Of the other Allied Nations combined. They are going to keep on watching us how¬ ever. Are we going to enter into a  period  of  economic  maladjust¬ ment and unemployment? Are we (continued on page 2)  0	
GEORGE COTTRELL DIES
Anihler Youth Entered Marine
Corps in February, 1943;
Overseas Since April
The Montgomerj' County Board of Elections has received approxi¬ mately 1,300 soldier registration cards from the Secretary of Com¬ monwealth, Harrisburg, to be add¬ ed to those already in the hands of the Board, as being eligible for military  ballots.
Officials of the County Election Board said, however, that approxi¬ mately half of these are duplica¬ tions and that perhaps not more than 500 "new" names will be ob¬ tained  from this source.
The principal reason for the dup¬ lications, according to Board oflfi¬ cials, is that while relatives here were furnishing names of service¬ men and servicewomen to Civilian Defense workers who made the canvass to obtain them, cards also were given out in the various army camps. These were sent by the soldier or sailor who, instead of sending them to the County Board, mailed them to Harrisburg. There they are being sorted and sent to the various counties. "'
The Board also is presently con¬ fronted with the task of obtaining correct addresses for ballots that have been returned because of improper or insufficient address.
A large staff is now engaged at the Court House in Norristown taking care of this w -rk and mak¬ ing certain, insofar as possible, that every man and woman in the ser¬ vice from Montgomery County will receive a ballot in adequate time.
Election Board officials declared that the process of checking has been extremely slow because near¬ ly all the cards forwarded by the Secretary of the Commonwealth are incomplete.
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—Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence in one an¬ other's integrity.—South.
Private First Class George L. Cottrell, of the United States Mar¬ ine Corps, son of Mrs. J. A. Sheets, of Mount Pleasant avenue and Morris road. Ambler, was killed in the invasion of Guam on July 21.
The young man, who would have been twenty-one years old on Aug¬ ust 19, was inducted on February 16, 1943. After his boot training at San Diego, California, he was sent to radio school. He completed the radio course at Wright Junior Col¬ lege, Chicago, and then was sent to Grove City College, Pa. From there he went back to the west coast and left for overseas duty from California in April.
He graduated from Ambler High School in 1942 and was studying chemistry at Dickinson College, Carlisle, when he entered the Marine Corps.
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Charles Graff To Speak
At Young People's Rally
Charles Graff, of Cheltenham, will speak at the "Christ for Amb¬ ler" Rally on Saturday, September 2. Mr. Graff is a prominent young people's worker and has spoken in Ambler several times.
The Good News Trio, talented young women, will come with Mr. Graff and render musical selec¬ tions.
The public is invited to attend this Rally which will be held at 8 p. m. on September 2nd in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Am¬ bler.
BOARD MEMBER RESIGNS
James L. Grauel, of Joshua road. Barren Hill, resigned as a member of Whitemarsh Township School Board at a special meeting of the board Monday evening at Barren Hill Consolidated school.
Mr. Grauel had served on the board for eighteen continuous years. His resignation, accepted by the board, followed an an¬ nouncement of his intention to do so in July. At that time he stated he had made the decision to re¬ linquish the post, but desired to await completion of the annual audit of the board's books. He had served as board treasurer for the past year or more.
Pressure of business is given by Mr. Grauel as the reason for re¬ tirement from the board. He is an electrical engineer with W.C. Ham¬ ilton Paper Mill at Miquon.
No successor was named at the meeting. According to John Brett, board president, the board is em¬ powered to name a successor to serve until the next school board election in 1945.
PLAN JOINT MEETING
On .September 7, members of Ambler Troops No. 2 and 3, Boy Scouts of America, will hold a joint  outdoor meeting.
The program will consist of con¬ tests between the troops in knot tying, string burning, water boil¬ ing and signaling. Following the contests will be a Camp flre in the usual scout style.
The program is being arranged by Scoutmasters E. Roger Stevens, of Troop No. 2, and Russell Tomp¬ kins, of Troop No. 3.
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APPOINT MISS NIBLOCK
Miss Mary Jane Niblock, R. N., of Ambler, has been appointed school nurse for two schools in North Wales, and schools at Spring House, Penllyn and Blue Bell.
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DEENS ACADEMY GRADUATE
Cadet Henry L. Deens, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Deens, But¬ ler avenue, was graduated from Valley Forge Military Acadmey on Saturday, August 26, with the accelerated Class of 1944.  o	
Appeal of Mrs. Wucherer
Scheduled For December
Attorney Charles H. Brunner, Jr., has notified District Attorney Frederick B. Smillie that an appeal from the second degree murder conviction returned against Mrs. Helen M. Wucherer last March has been flled in the State Supreme Court.
The appeal of Mrs. Wucherer, to set aside her conviction in the fatal shooting of her husband, will be heard at the December sessions.
Attorney Brunner was co-coun¬ sel for Mrs. Wucherer, who is now serving an indeterminate sentence at the Women's Industrial Home at Muncy. The sentence was im¬ posed last July 14 by Judge George C. CoTson after the woman lost her appeal for a new trial.
Mrs. Wucherer allegedly fatally shot her husband, August, 50, last Oct. 31 in the living room of their home at Erdenheim. Mr. Wuch¬ erer was a former teacher at Nor¬ ristown High School.
His wife testified at the trial that she overheard him tell her father that he planned a divorce to wed another woman.
"I did it because I could not live without him," she said.
Before he pronounced sentence. Judge Corson told Mrs. Wucherer's attorney that after she serves six years of her sentence, he would approve an application for parole.
PROMOrnANSELL TO FIELO DIRECTOR
List Opening Dales of Schools
In Surrounding
Townships
RELEASE   TIRE   QUOTA
A total of 3,193 new passenger tires will be available in Montgom¬ ery County in September, the Office of Price Administration has announced.
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Amhler Man Given Responsible
Red Cross Position at
Norfolk
John L. Hansell, of Ambler, for¬ merly assistant field director and secretary of the Tidewater Camp and Hospital Council of the Amer¬ ican Red Cross, has been appoint¬ ed field director at the Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, it was announced this week by Neville G. Kail, regional director of the American Red Cross.
Mr. Hansell served as assistant field director in the Norfolk AAA Region for the past , thirteen months. During the last flve months he was also secretary of the Tidewater Camp and Hospital Council. Prior to these appoint¬ ments he spent sometime in Wash¬ ington, D. C, for training and a short time at Fort Knox, Ky., as an Assistant  Field  Director.
Mr. Hall, in announcing the ap¬ pointment stated that the Naval Operating Base was one of the most important Naval Stations in the Eastern Area.
Mr. Hansell will be in charge of (continued on page 4)
PLAN TO COHOATE
The Ambler Public Schools will open on Wednesday, September 6,. and morning sessions only will be * j held during the first week.
Members of the high school fac¬ ulty and their departments are: Miss Evelyn R. Kulp, Commer¬ cial; Mrs. Henry A. Schleeger, Commercial; Mrs. Violet M. Fisher, Commercial; Miss Ruth C. Man¬ love, Music; Clifford K. Geary, Instrumental Music; Miss Ann L. Potteiger, Art; Abram R. Hun¬ sicker, Industrial Arts; Joseph E. Kunsman, Industrial Arts; Henry A. Schleeger, Industrial Arts; Frederick G. Volp, Jr., History , and Geography; Miss Bruna Abra¬ hams, Home Economics; Miss Ber¬ nice L. Buck, Home Economics; Raymond L. Duncan, Social Stud¬ ies; Willis A. Millspaugh, Science; George J. Meyers, Jr., Mathematics ^ and Science; Mervin L. Henry, Science; Miss Anne M. McCona¬ ghie, Physical Education;* John Meyers, Physical Education; Miss Helen M. Bork, English; Miss Anne M. Gear, English; Miss Elizabeth E. Sleesman, English and History; Miss Isabel Creagmile, English; Mrs. Dorothy B. Meyers, French and English; Homer P. Eichhorn, Science; Miss Dorothy Adams, Li¬ brarian, Mrs. Edythe G. Blythe, school nurse.
Members of the Forrest Avenue School faculty and their grades are: Mrs, Edna D. Geary, Third and Fourth; Miss Emily Searing, Fourth; Miss Bessie B. Lightcap, Fifth; Miss Marion T. Hambright, Fourth and Sixth (Principal); Miss Grace G. Filler, Sixth; and Mrs. Elsie Y. Reyner, Sixth.
Members of the Mattison Ave» nue School faculty and their grades are: Miss Martha J. Sin¬ clair, First: Miss Sara M. Pyle, First; Mrs. Frances D. Behringer, Second; Miss Ardella G. Styer, Second; and Mrs. Doris Griffith Schiller, Third.
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP •
The schools in Springfield Town¬ ship will open Tuesday, September 12. There will be a half day session on Tuesday with the schools clos¬ ing at noon. Full sessions will bs held after the flrst day.
All children who will reach the age of five on or before April 1, 1945 may enter the kindergarten. All children who will rea'ch the age
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Boards Will Be Merged to Cur¬ tail  Personnel  and Save Rental Costs
REGISTER 5299 VOTERS
Jobs for 134,000 Necessary To Avoid Unemployment in 1946
According to joint report issued by the War Production Board and the Census Bureau jobs will have to be provided for at least 134,000 men and women of Montgomery County in 1946 and for 140,000 workers in 1950 if serious unem¬ ployment is to be avoided.
This estimate does not take into consideration the return of all county residents in the armed ser¬ vices. While it is believed 1946 may be the first post-war year, it is probable that many local men will still be in the Army and Navy.
The estimate is based on normal population grov/th, recent popula¬ tion shifts, and changes in the out¬ look of various age, sex and em¬ ployee   gi-oups.
Women are expected to total more than 25 per cent of the coun¬ try's labor  forces fur the rest of
the decade. It is expected that wo¬ men workers will increase in num¬ ber, entering into more and more industries heretofore considered exclusively masculine.
Ten are most certain to be at work if they are between 25 and 29 years of age, the Government experts said. The female group with the largest concentration of employment persons is younger, ranging from 20 to 24.
Age is losing its importance as a factor in retiring women to their homes. For the last 20 years, wo¬ men workers from 35 to 50 have shown a growing tendency to stick to their desks or work benches.
Government authorities say that lightened housekeeping tasks, the [ declining birth rate, and decreas- | ing self-employment enable more,' and more women to work in offices) and factories. )
Adding 1529 new voters to the rolls during the past week, the total of new registrations in Mont¬ gomery County now amounts to 5299, it was announced today by the Registration Commission.
New registrants include 3361 Re¬ publicans, 1825 Democrats, 112 registered non-partisan and one Socialist. Traveling Registrars sit¬ ting in various localities through¬ out the County have enrolled 4399 persons while 900 others have reg¬ istered at the Commission's office in the Court House.
The flgures, ccmplete through August 26, cover the current regis¬ tration period which began May 1 and extends until October 9, the last day to register before the presidential election.
Last week's registration added 1175 Republicans, 313 Democrats and 41 non-partisans.
This week, the Commission's Registrars are sitting at Willow Grove, Rockledge, Bridgeport, Jar¬ rettown and Pottstown. Many of the more heavily populated sec¬ tions of the County have not yet been visited and their new voters are expected to boost the total for the County well over the 10,000 mark.
Since induction quotas have been reduced, the State Selective Service Headquarters has plans un¬ derway to cut expenses in Penn¬ sylvania by consolidating as many of the 422 Local Draft offices as possible.
Wherever possible, three or per¬ haps four boards will be merged to curtail personnel and save ren¬ tal costs, a headquarters spokes¬ man has announced, and it is pro¬ bable that a number ot counties will be left with only one office.
Each local board, however, will retain its previous jurisdiction and continue to operate as an indivi¬ dual unit, the spokesman said. Records will be kept separate and quotas will be fllled only from in¬ dividual districts.
The spokesman had no idea which offices would be closed pending completion of a survey started last week in Philadelphia by Col. George E. Grace, State Procurement Officer. The study of that city's 85 local boards was described as "only the beginning" of an intensive check before for¬ mal action is taken.
While Selective Service activi¬ ties have decreased sharply since earlier this year when each local board filled, large monthly quotas, the spokesman said that local lorces are aiding discharged ser¬ vicemen in every manner possible.
He pointed out that duties of re¬ employment committees assigned to each board will become heavier as the current monthly average of 2,000 discharged Pennsylvania vet¬ erans increases with "continued victories in the European theatre."  o	
FIVE BLUE STAMPS VALID
Five more blue stamps, worth ten points each, will become valid for buying processed foods, start¬ ing September 1. The stamps, G-5, H-5, 1-5, K-5 and 1,-5, will be good indefinitely.
T. Hastings Yeakle, County Pro¬ bation Officef Issues Report
According to figures released by Desertion Probation Officer T. Hastings Yeakle, juvenile delin¬ quency in Montgomery County in¬ creased by 30 cases during the first six months of 1944 over that period of 1943.
The total of 152 delinquents for the flrst six months of 1944, com¬ pared with 122 delinquents for tha first six months of 1943, does not mean that there are that number of wayward children in Montgom¬ ery County. If the number ot tRose coming from Philadelphia County and other counties sur¬ rounding Monlgmery were takep out and statistics considered orv resident Montgomery Countians, it was pointed out, the juvenile de¬ linquency problem in Montgomery Cunty would be far less serious than the total figures of cases com¬ ing before the court seem to indi¬ cate.
Chief Desertion Probation Offi¬ cer Yeakle could suggest no par¬ ticular reason lor the increase this year over last year, except the "trend of the times." He pointed out, however, that Montgomery County "got off to a bad start in January and February of this year." Cases in March, April, May and June, however, decreased over those months in 1943.
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AMBLER PUBLIC LIBRARY HOLDS READING CONTEST
A party was held at the Ambler Public Library last Wednesday afternoon for all the children who took part in the summer reading contest. Those who won prizes were Ann Lightkep, Robert AUen, Jimmy Paton and Lloyd Gold¬ man.
Other contestants included: Jim¬ my and Mary Reap, Peggy Glymp, Judy and Arlene Goldman, Maur¬ ice Henry, Edith and Margaret Bryant, Ann Schultz and Judy Long.
The contest was for members of the second through sixth grades, and the abject was to determine who could read the greatest num¬ ber of books during the summer.
The library will be closed on Labor Day. Regular hours will begin on September 5. They are as follows: Monday, Tuesday, Thurs¬ day and Friday 3 to 5 p. m.; Friday and Saturday 10 a. m. to 12 noon; Wednesday and Friday evenings 7 to 9 p. m.
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