The Ambler Gazette 19430902

              The Ambler Gazette
VOL. LXV —NO. 27
FOUR NEW TEACHERS
Mervin    L.    Henry   Appointed Director of Athletics; to Pur¬ chase More Hi-story Books
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^Mervin  L.  Henry, former Am- {i.[ier   basketball   coach,   has   been
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AMBLER, PA., SEPTEMBER 2, 1943
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E.H.
Joins Armed Forces
Register of Wills John H. Hoff¬ man Is Chairman of Newly Announced  Slate
E. Hey Rishel, an executive of the    American    Chemical    Paint
appointed director of athletics and j Company, Ambler, has been named the new football coach for Ambler | secretary of the Regular Repub- High School. At the special meet- | lican Primary Campaign Commit- ing of the Ambler Board of Edu- tee of Montgomery County, ac- cation last Wednesday night, this cording to an announcement made appointment was made, as well as | on Tuesday by Register of Wills the appointment of four new I j^^n H. Hoffman, chairman of the teachers to the High School facul- | group.
ty. The vacancy created upon thei     ,,,    ,      . „      i    n    i ,-.   n resignation of Mrs. Robert Levin, |,   ^^l^'''^ "AfvT^y^^P^"! ^/ """'¦ the   former  Miss  Evelyn  Marple, j ^^""^^'"'^  Gilbertsville,    who    an- secretary to E. E. Kerschner, su-'"°""^'^^   ^'^   candidacy   for   re- pervising principal of the Ambler
Schools, was also filled
Mr. Henry, who aside from be¬ ing basketball coach has been teaching   chemistry   and    mathe-
nomination and then withdrew hap been named treasurer of the group. Candidates on the newly an¬ nounced slate include: Judge Wil¬ liam F. Dannehower, for Common
matics, succeeds Coach John Mey- i ^^^""t ^°''^}' J^'"'^'" Buchanan, ers. who left the latter part oilf.'- '^ort Washington, for County April,for the American Red Cross ^r'''"°T' Y' ^'^J}^^]" ^'''¦^- Foreign Service Mr Mevers' wife ^^"' Wyncote, for County Con- roreign.-5trvicc mr meyeis wiie,|j J, ^ Ronald Dettre, Norris- Mrs.  Dorothy  B.  Meyers,   of  242 i , l     „    ¦ .       «,,,¦,,. i       ,.
n  ., J,    ,_, town, for Register of Wills  Joseph
Butler avenue.  Ambler,   was  one i t)^ ,,,'        *i fe'''•^j .     =^f
„f ,u    t r      It ~u        K. Weaver, Lansdale, for Recorder
of the four new faculty members! , needs- Warren M Cornell who was appointed; she is the new , Hatboro for Treasurer' and Mr High School hbrarian, succeeding "^^V,'/t. * <.fL Mis. Norman L. Jon^s, who re-1S*"'"'^' ^°' °'^^"^t Attorney, cently tendered her resignation. The Hoffman slate will have Mrs. Meyers' appointment was a only ""e candidate for County temporary one, probably for the Commissioner and no candidates duration. fo'" ^^e offlces of Sheriff, Coroner,
Miss Mary T. Madden, of 2003 , Clerk of Courts or Surveyor. South Salford street, Philadelphia,      Register  of   Wills   Hoffman,   in was given  a  permanent  appoint-1 his formal announcement accept- ment to the  High School faculty j ing the chairmanship, sent to all as'a mathematics teacher.   She is! members of the County Commit-
All Public Schools In This Area Open Next Week; Pupils Register
a graduate of West Chester State Teachers' College, and took post graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania. Miss Madden has been teaching in the high school at New London, Pa. j
Miss Daisy C. McCartney, of | Lansdowne, was appointed as a I commercial teacher for the High I School. She was graduated from! Temple University and taught at! Lansdowne High iSchool. Miss I Mabel P. Worthington, of Pros-1 pectville, also a Temple graduate, i was appointed to teach history in j the High School. She formerly | taught at Kensington High School.!
tee, said:
Text of Statement
I have consented to become Chairman of the Regular Re¬ publican Primary Campaign Committee of Montgomery County because I firmly be¬ lieve that the four-point pro¬ gram promulgated by William Buchanan, Jr., candidate for County Commissioner and en¬ dorsed by his colleagues on the ticket is the most con¬ structive platform ever to be presented to the voters and one which should prove to be (Continued on page 6) ¦  o	
War.
Miss    Evelyn    Kulp,    head    of the   commercial  department,   was named the successor to Mrs. Levin, (Continued on page 5)
WALTER  C.  SMITH,  JR.
¦ Walter C. Smith, Jr., of Grove avenue, Flourtown, will leave on Labor Day for the Army Induction Centre at New Cumberland, Pa. He is the son of Mrs. George R. Johnson and the late Walter C. Smith.
Smith was an active member of the Flourtown Fire Company, as¬ sistant fire chief of the company, fire marshal of the Fourth Fire District of the Montgomery Coun¬ ty Firemen's Association, a mem¬ ber of the Board of Trustees of the Montgomery County Firemen's Association, and a member of the publicity committee of the asso¬ ciation, secretary and treasurer of the Fourth Firemen's District As¬ sociation, secretary of the Volun¬ teer Firemen's Relief Association of Springfield township, treasurer of Flourtown Fire Company's Marching Club, member of the Eastern Association- of Fire Chiefs and International Association of Fire Chiefs, and an instructor of the Auxiliary Firemen's Civilian Defense group of Flourtown.
He was employed as a receiver for the Curtis Publishing Com¬ pany.
Schools of the district will re¬ open shortly after Labor Day, some of them calling the students back to sessions on Tuesday, others on Wednesday.
All of the Ambler Borough Public Schools will open on Wed¬ nesday morning, September 8, with a .half session the first day and probably a full session the second day. E. E. Kerschner is supervising principal of the Am¬ bler Schools, the High School, Junior High School, Forrest Ave¬ nue School, and Mattison Avenue School, and Earl T. Baker is principal of the High School.
Pupils who expect to enter the Ambler Schools and have not yet registered, may do so al the High School building dh Tennis avenue, this week and on the opening day. The vacancies on the high school faculty have all been filled and a good year is expected. A faculty meeting will be held in the High School Library on Tuesday, Sep¬ tember 7, at 1.30 p.m. Football practice, under the direction of Coach Mervin Henry, started on the high school field yesterday. Upper Dublin Township
The Schools of Upper Dublin Township will reopen on Tuesday, September 7, with the flrst day being devoted to the registration of beginners and all others who have recently moved into the township. Parents are particularly urged to furnish this year a cer¬ tificate of birth as more and more
former pupils are asking for school records as demanded by industry and in order to establish a record nf citizenship. Vaccination certifi¬ cates must be presented.
During the summer months the buildings have been placed in ex¬ cellent condition under the guid¬ ance of Arthur Thomas, who is in charge of maintenance along with the help of the regular jani¬ tors.   Improvements in the way of
0. p. A. REVISES PRICE
LIST ON FOOD ITEMS
The Offlce of Price Administra¬ tion has issued a revised list of prices on 450 food items, to be¬ come effective throughout this and other counties in the district, on Labor Day. Prices of most items remained unchanged, but twenty- six items were increased one cent, and twenty-seven items were drop¬ ped one cent.
The items on which the price was raised one cent included: sugar, syrup, peanut butter, un¬ cooked wheat, fruit cocktails, five branch  of peaches,  five  of  peas.
Third War Loan Drive Begins Next Thursday
painting have been made at Ore- land  and  the  Matthias  Sheeleigh' three  of  corn  and  one brand of Buildings.   Many parents have in-| tomato juice.
quired as to the bus schedule but Foods lowered one cent in price this will continue as of last year were: one brand of canned milk, wilh the following exceptions: the i one of coffee, two of bread, one of stop at the Wissahickon ^ Club | macaroni, two of rolled oats, one "  of farina, one of peaches, one of
Hou.se will be discontinued and children on Fort Washington ave¬ nue will enter the bus near Arn¬ old's.
Only beginners will report next Tuesday, the hours being from 10 to 12 o'clock and from 1.30 to 3 in the afternoon. Parents are asked to register in the morning, if pos¬ sible, as the teachers like to have tho afternoon for the arranging of ibooks and supplies. The bus will operate on Wednesday mdrning and there will be school in the morning only. Wednesday after¬ noon will be devoted to a general teachers' meeting at the Fort Washington building. Full sessions will be held on Thursday and Fri¬ day.
pears,  one of string  beans,  three i of   corn,   two   of   peas   and   two! brands  of  peaches,   five  of  peas, I off  the  list  were  fluid  milk  and! poultry; since the prices of these j items have been stabilized,  there | is no need to include them on the list.    Additions   to   the   list   were certain brands of fish, flour, twelve cheese    items,    seven    condensed milk  brands,  eleven  of macaroni and six brands of canned peaches.
FORMER BUGLE CADETS ATTEND LEGION MEETING
Former    cadets   of   the    Dixon Bugle Corps, of Post No. 10, Fort-'
tlJt^a^h^S 'cortf ^No'rmfn^ ^^ j Washington   surprised the Legion Jones and Henry W. Shoe continue  ^^   ^^e  meeting  on  Monday  eye-
' ning when they marched in to the
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LABOR  DAY SPEAKER
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins will deliver her Labor Cay message over stations of the Columbia Broadcasting System on Monday, September 6, from 7.15 to V.30 p. m. The broadcast will be nation-wide.
Columbia Broadcasting System outlets in Pennsylvania are: WCAU, Philadelphia; W G B R, Scranton; W J A S, Pittsburgh; WERC, Erie, and WMBS, Union- town.
AlLERraiEARRESI FOURDURING WEEK-END
The above two appointments are temporary, or "for the duration". | iw-      Jafauelinp   HainPK* Charles J. Shearer, a member ot '""*   Jacqueime   names
the faculty who is entering the Engagement Announced
armed forces, was granted a leave j The engagement of Miss Jacque¬ line Joyce Haines, daughter of Mrs. Daniel Aronson, of Forrest avenue. Ambler, to Private First Class John Hayes Hoffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman, of i Broad Axe, was announced at a I dinner party on Saturday eve¬ ning.
Miss Haines was graduated from the Ambler High School in 1939, after which she studied art at the Moore Institute, Philadelphia. At present she is employed at the Bendix Company, having tem¬ porarily suspended her art studies to accept a defense position lor the duration.
Private Hoffman was also grad¬ uated from Ambler High School, the Class of 1941, where he was active in football and track, hav¬ ing  acted   during  his  Sophomore I and Junior years as coach of the ! 110 pound football team.   He was I vice  president of his   home-room ; when   he   was   a   Sophomore;   a I member   of   the   Student   Council i when he was a Junior and Senior, I and president of that organization I the latter year.   Private Hoffman j will   be   stationed   in   California, Charges \ when his furlough is completed. No  date  has  been  set  for  the wedding.
Davies Brothers Transferred
Ralph Davies, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Davies, of Trinity avenue. Ambler, has graduated from Aviation Student to Aviation Cadet and has been moved from Tempe, Arizona, to Santa Ana Army Air Base, California, ier his pre-flight training. His brother, LeRoy Davies, Seaman Second Class, has been transferred from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, to the U. S. Naval Dis¬ tributing Center, Pleasanton, Calif.
LT.loiiBERWIND
Discusses Sixth Pillar of Peace
at  Amhlcr  Lihrary;   Plan
Fall  Meetings
The aim of American Education, said Dr. Charles Morris at a meet-
SGT.ZIEGLER DESCRIBES HE EXPERIENCES
A
mhler     Man     Stationed Jungles of  New  Guinea for Ten Months
Sergeant John Ziegler, Jr.,  son of Mr. and Mrs. John Ziegler, of
ing   of   the   Post-War   Planning, South Spring Garden street. Am-
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Graduate of United States Army
Air Forces' Advanced Flying
School in Arizona
Lieutenant John S. Berwind, Jr., son of Mr. artd Mrs. John S. Berwind, of Forrest avenue. Am¬ bler, on Monday morning was awarded his silver wings when he
Group held at the Ambler Public Library, is to give every individual the opportunity to develop the best that is in him. Teaching the 3 R's is an attempt to make people literate but literacy is not suf¬ ficient. There were no more lit¬ erate people in the world than the Germans. The real function of ed¬ ucation is to develop clear think¬ ing and good citizens.
Dr. Morris was discussing the sixth Pillar of Peace which says: "The Peace must establish in principle, and seek to achieve in practice, the right of individuals everywhere to religious and intel¬ lectual liberty."
He addressed the last session of the summer for the Ambler Post- War Study Group.
The speaker added that it is difficult to define intellectual and religious liberty. Freedom of speech and of education were ex¬ pressions of this liberty. These freedoms must be protected from future obstructions, so that never again can what has happened in Axis countries happen anywhere. In order to guarantee that educa¬ tion will not take same trends af¬ ter the war, we should be think¬ ing now in terAis of what we can contribute.
Dr.    Morris    suggested    several
bler, has been recently enjoying a ten-day furlough at a resting base for soldiers in Australia, his first) furlough since he enlisted twenty months ago.
The resting base is a camp oper¬ ated by the American Red Cross; the boys pay a nominal charge dur¬ ing their stay there, and good food, lodging and entertainment is    supplied
Post while the meeting was in session. Those attending were Second Lieutenant Emma Kerman, W.A.C.; Second Lieutenant George Haag, Second Lieutenant Frank Haag, Air Corps Pilots; Private Thomas Tressler, Jr., in the In¬ fantry; Fred Hofman, Radio 2/c U. S. N.; Grant Buchanan, Seaman 1 c, U. S. N.; First Sergeant John Magill, Ordinance, and Captain in Thomas Tressler, Corps of Engi¬ neers.
The group visited the Delaware Ordnance Depot at Pedricktown, N. J., and had dinner on the Post with Sergeant Magill, then trav¬ eled to the Legion meeting. The Dixon Bugle Corps has its former cadets in every branch of the service, seventy-five in all.  o	
RED  CROSS ROOMS  OPEN
The American Red Cross work¬ rooms on Main street. Ambler, will be open every Thursda.y, be¬ ginning today, from 10 a. m. until 4 p. m., for sewing. The rooms will be open every Wednesday and Sergeant    Ziegler's j Thursday   from   10   a. m.   until   4
NEEDLEWORK GUILD
PLANS ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of the Am¬ bler Branch of the Needlework Guild will be held on Tuesday, September 14, at 1.30 p.m., in the Ambler Presbyterian Church. Dessert will be served, prior to the business session. There will be several speakers, including Mrs. J. J. Dager, the present sec¬ retary, who is a daughter of the first president of the Guild, Mrs. J. J. Dager. Miss Dager will read the flrst minutes ever recorded for the organization, written on Oc¬ tober 26, 1893. Mrs. F. O. Hoyt will give a short history of the guild. Mrs. Elam E. Kerschner is chairman of the program. All the offlcers, directors, members and friends of the Needlework Guild are urged to attend this meeting. Further details will be given in next week's paper.
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ANGELO F. MENNA
NOW IN CENTRAL AFRICA
Word has been received by Mr. and Mrs. Frank O. Menna, of Rosemary avenue, Ambler, that their son, Angelo F. Menna, has arrived safely somewhere in Cen¬ tral Africa. Mr. Menna enlisted in the spring as a recreational di¬ rector of the American Red Cross, and is now in charge of the Mili¬ tary Welfare of the soldiers where he is stationed. Mr. Menna has been granted a leave of absence from his duties as a member of the faculty of Ambler High School, where he taught mathematics and assisted in the athletic program. Mr. Menna for several years was director of the Ambler Community Playgrounds. His home is at 67 South Cannon avenue, Lansdale.
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GET   RECORD   CATCH
Walter Lawrence, J. Russell Meyers, Charles Scott, Alexander Niblock and "Pop" Gathers, all of j Ambler, made a record catch of 205 Kingflsh on Monday when they went fishing in the bay off Fortesque, N. J. Besides catching so many Kingfish, they caught twenty-flve other varieties of fish. The captain of their boat, Mr. Clarke, was the one who described the catch of Kingfish as a record one, the largest he could remember in his many years as a captain in that locality.
George     Selierlf    and    Walter
Reller Named Co-'Chairmeii
in Gigantic Campaign
COUNTY   QUOTA   SET
praise   of   the   camp   was   fluent, IP- "i-  foi"  the making of surgical stating in part, that "here I can  dressings.   Surgical dressing mak-
eat beefsteak three times a day." The local soldier wrote that horse¬ back riding is the favorite pastime in Australia.
Sergeant Ziegler has lor the past ten months been stationed in the jungles of New Guinea. In describing Army life in the jun¬ gles, he stated that "it isn't as bad as people would think, even if it does rain every other day, when it doesn't rain every day." He said that recently the tempera¬ ture dropped as low as 75° and they all thought there must have been a light frost. The weather where he has been stationed usual¬ ly runs between 120° and 130°, but now it is in the cool season, the monsoon season for that part of the country, so the thermometer is under 100°.
"I   wouldn't   give   up   some   of
ers are urgently needed, so all the young ladies and women of the community are urged to come and devote some of their spare time j to this worth-while service.
FIRS! DAY SCHOOL
Interesting Programs Arranged
for Each Group; to Discuss
Six Pillars of Peace
Gwynedd Friends First Day School will reopen on September 12, with classes for the various age  groups — nursery,  kindergar-
Dieordcrly     Conduct Brought Against Four Men; Pay Fines and Costs
Ration Calendar
September 5—Red Stamps Z be¬ come effective. The first brown stamp A, in ration book No. 3, to be used for meat, becomes valid Sep¬ tember 12, followed by B, on Sep¬ tember 19 and C, on September 26. All red stamps in ration book No. 2 will be invalid after October 2,
Four disorderly conduct cases were brought before Magistrate Robert Kepler over the week-end. On Monday night, James Puia, of 27 North Main street. Ambler, was arrested at 11.10 p.m., at the corner of Main street and Butler avenue.    Ambler,    charged    with
disorderly conduct. He was fined j and beginning October 3, only flve dollars and costs when he was i brown stamps from book No. 3 given a hearing Tuesday morn-1 will be honored. Brown stamp D ing- i becomes good on October 3.
Samuel Queenan, Negro, ofi September 20—Last day to use Railroad avenue. Ambler, was ar- j Blue Stamps R, S and T. Stamps rested at 11 a.m. Friday at the i U, V and W became valid on Sep- corner of South Spring Garden; tember 1 and are good through street. Ambler, charged with i October 20. drunk and disorderly conduct. He      September 30-Last day for sec-
paid a fine of five dollars and costs that same day when he was taken before Magistrate Kepler.
Perry Wright, Negro, of South Chestnut   street.   Ambler,  paid   a
ond tire inspection for A drivers
September 30—Last year's pe¬ riod 5 cQupons for fuel oil are good through this date. The new sea¬ son's period  1  coupons are valid
ten dollar fine and costs when he i through January 3 for ten gallons was arrested at 10 a.m. on Butler i per unit.
avenu
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Ambler,     on     Friday,
charg<4jiSvith  disorderly  conduct-
His heXring was  that  same  day. j i"^^; one pair of shoes.
October 31 — Last day to use coupon No. 18 in Ration Book No.
Thomas Heilman, ot Tennis ave-I October 31—Last day to use nue. Ambler, R. D. 1, was ar-i coupon 14 in Ration Book No. 1 rested at 11.30 p.m. Saturday at | for sugar. Until this date stamps the corner of Spring Garden; 15 and 16 are each good for five street and Butler avenue. Ambler. | pounds of sugar lor canning pur- Charges against him were drunk ! poses, and disorderly conduct.    He paid j — o	
Sunday before Magistrate Kepler.!        AWAKUtU btHULAKMllr
All of the above arrests werei Miss-Eleanor Morgan, of Reiff's made by members of the Ambler; Mill road, has recently been noti- Police force. j fleld by Senator Franklin Spencer
 o : Edmonds ot her appointment to a
ROBERT  DAVIS  HOME j Senatorial   Scholarship   for   tour
Lieutenant Amos Robert Davis, I years at Temple University. Miss of the United States Army, is en- I Morgan is taking the Physical Ed- joying a furlough at his home, 342 j ucation course at Temple Uni- Buller avenue. Ambler, visiting i versify. While in Ambler High his wife and son. Lieutenant Davis j School she was outstanding in is stationed at Camp Davis, N. C, I girls' sports and other activities, where he is in the Anti-Aircraft She was graduated with the Class Division of the Coast Artillery.      ] of 1941. f
ways by which this can be done. I '"y  Jungle   experiences   for   any  , was   graduated   trom   the   United . Exchange of students and teach-! thing , Ziegler told his parents in j ten, primary, junior, intermediate States Army Air Forces' Advanced i ^j.^  freedom of travel, an interna- I'' recent letter.   Many of the ex-   and senior.   Interesting programs Flying School at Douglas, Arizona. | jjonal  language,  and ' an  interna-1 L'iting   things   which   happen   he   for each group are being planned
Lieutenant Berwind Was one of | Uonal   offlce   of' education   would | '^ unable to describe in his letter, i for the coming year, the class of 43-H pilots who was i gjj    promote    international    good I because of censorship. |     First  Day School  will open at
presented his wings at the cere- ^jjj qj ^j^^^g suggestions, the He was living in a tent all the | 9.45 a. m. with a song service, to monies held in the Post Theatre, speaker felt that an International! time he was in the jungles. Sgt. | be followed by the children's He and his bride left shortly af- ] q^jj^^ ^^ Education was para- Ziegler said he doesn't think he'll ,1 classes and two study groups for terwards to come to Ambler to I n,ount Its task would be to edit <^ver want to sleep in a tent again, | adults. One will be on The Six visit   Lieutenant   Berwind's   par-  ^^^ textbooks ot each country to i when he gets back to the States, j piilars of Peace, as  prepared  by
eradicate the materials that arouse i ^or   seven   months,   none   of   the \ the   Committee   of   the   Federal
Ambler Rotarians Meet
New District Governor
Each   year,   Rotarians   of   each club  are  privileged  to meet  and discuss Rotary problems with the District   Governor   of   the   year. President     Harmon     C.     Kinney called August  25th  another  "red letter day" for the locaT club in i introducing H. Leonard Paret, of | the Lansdowne Club, who is the j 1943-44 incumbent.
In an inspiring talk Governor Paret set before the Ambler Ro¬ tarians the many assets possessed by the Rotary organization, most of which are of the intangible varietj'. He pointed, out the many responsibilities and privileges tliat stem from those assets and urged Rotarians to be increasingly aware of their part as individuals in carrying forward the program that Rotary has in community, voca¬ tional and international service.
From the committee and other reports made to the District Gov¬ ernor, he assayed the work of the Club and referred to it as a typical example of Rotary-in-action.
Within a short time—the zero ^ hour is only a week off—the Third War Loan Campaign will be under way. George Scherff, president of the Amblor Trust Company, and Walter Reller, executive vice pres¬ ident of the Ambler National Bank, have been appointed Am¬ bler's Co-Chairmen in the War Loan Drive which will open throughout the United States on September 9, one of the most ex¬ citing days in American .history.
On that day the American pub¬ lic will participate in the greatest , war financing effort ever attempt¬ ed in history. And, led by the workers on the home front flring line, the campaign will be in keep¬ ing with the historic importance of the objective — the selling of $15,000,000 in War Bonds to help flnance the War: the buying of "an extra $100 War Boitd" by millions and millions of Amer¬ icans.
Thirteen local men have been appointed to assist Mr. Reller and Mr. Scherff on the committet; from Ambler, heading the local drive. They are: Elam E. Kerschner, su¬ pervising principal of the Ambler Schools and president of the Am¬ bler Rotary Club; Frank Peirce, president of the Ambler Kiwanis Club; Ernest Muehleck, president of Keasbey and Mattison Com¬ pany; Harry H. Kelly, editor oi the Ambler-Whitemarsh Valley News; Abram W. Yetter, /'V.mblev Burgess; Fred Magargal, Spring- house Postmaster; Lewis E. Hatch, Whitemarsh Postmaster; Oscar H Stillwagon, Ambler Postmaster: Mrs. Bernard Kavanaugh, Fort Washington Postmaster, and Bern¬ ard Lindenfeld, Civilian Det'enst chairman; Luther H. Klosterman, Upper Dublin Township Civilian Defense chairman; George G: Davis, of Ambler, and .Carl K. Groth, "managing editor of the Ambler Gazette.
T. Allen Glenn, Jr., is chairman for Montgomery County, which has been given a quota of $23,000,000 in war bonds. There are 300,000 people in the county, the third largest in Pennsylvania. Ambler had a population of 3,953, the last census. Upper Dublin township's population was listed at 4,620; Whitpain, at 2,451; Lower Gwynedd, 1,992, etc. Judging from the population of Ambler and surrounding territories, Am- (Continued on page 6)
ents,  during  his   furlough.   They are expected to arrive today.
Lieutenant Berwind enlisted in the service two years ago, in Jan- uar>, 1941. As a member of the 104th Cavalry, he went to Indian- town Gap. In March, 1942, he re¬ ceived an appointment to go to Officers' Candidate School, at Fort Knox, Kentucky, where he re¬ ceived his ?nd lieutenant's com¬ mission on July 4, 1942.
From Fort Knox, Lieutenant Berwind was assigned to the twen¬ ty-fourth regiment of the armored division, at Pine Camp, New York. He served with this di¬ vision also in Tennessee and Cali¬ fornia   before   receiving   his   ap
hate between states. No one of these would be enough, he said, to do the job but all should be em¬ ployed.
The   speaker   said   that   it  was easy  to  flnd   in   Christianity   the
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men   in   Ziegler's   company   saw j Council of Churches, and will be
any white women; then several Army nurses were sent to a point where the men had moved.
Ziegler   is   in   the   Army   Air
Corps, and has been on the move
I a great deal of the time that he
j has been in the jungles.  He stated
! that he had seen  some beautiful
j scenery, but that no matter how
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Philadelphia representative of the poVntment"'in~ No'veniber to^go to ' War Food Administration
Butter Famine to End Soon According to Announcement |
wS ^s hari^Ldtcai^i^iSugg^t Plan to Reduce wives   since   last  spring,  "is   inj Kural rires at Lonrerence
sight", according to an announce-       More    fire-fighting    equipment |     The meeting house is located at ment made by W. B. Woodward, j for   rural  areas   in   the   post-war j j^e   corner   of   Sumneytown   and
led by Lars Ekholm, of Fjrt Washington. The second will be a forum on Old Testament Prophets and Their Message for us Today. Miss Lola Hoff, of Lansdale, and Mrs. Ben Seaver, of Prospectville, will direct the discussion. Mrs. Thomas A. Foulke, of Ambler, is superintendent cf the First Day School and Mrs. William Austin, of Oreland, is assistant superin¬ tendent. Mrs. Ethel Hallowell, of Horsham, is superintendent ol the Lower School.
air school. On December 6, he transferred to California to Pre- flight School at Santa Ana, Cali¬ fornia. From there he went to school at Santa Maria, California; then to Lemoore, California, and flnally to the Advanced Flying School at Douglas, Arizona.
On June 19, Lieutenant Berwind took as his bride, the former Miss Elaine Baker, of Gallatin, Tenn. The marriage was performed in Fresno, Calif.
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DRIVING  BAN IS ENDED
Although the pleasure driving ban is over. Police and Offlce of Price Administration agents are warning motorists that they  will
period is suggested by a graduate , DeKalb pikes, Gwynedd.   Meeting
of the Pennsylvania State College Dr. David J. Price, president of the National Fire Protection As¬ sociation, in the opening address of   the   Fifth   Annual   Firemen's
RUBIN ATTENDS ARMY I   ADMINISTRATIVE SCHOOL
I Private Albert Rubin, of Am- I bler, has arrived at South Dakota State College this week to attend an eight-week course in clerical ad¬ ministration at the Army Admin¬ istration School.
He will learn how to handle basic army records and admin¬ istrative procedures, and attend a short course in typing at the school. Upon completion of the course of study he will be grad¬ uated and assigned to duty as an administrative - clerk with the Army Air Forces.
He is the husband of Mrs. Sylvia Rubin, of 123 Greenwood avenue. Ambler. Before his entrance into the army he was a window decora¬ tor, at Martin's Department Store, Norristown.
Community Ambulance Activities
During the past week the Am¬ bler Community Ambulance made one call.
William Ford, 7 ChestnCit street, Ambler, to Abingtort Memorial Hospital.
Local   Man   TelLs   of   Shortage
of Living Quarters;  of
High Rents
A directive has been issued from Washington stating that "the quantity of butter to be set aside
by producers in September is re-   „    ,  .      ^ ,     ,   ^ .. duced from 30 to 20 per cent, and j ^rain'ng School at Lewistown, sug-
.„   r^ i 1      ;„   *.,   u„   „„™„i.,t.,i„   gested   that   the   additional   fire-
in   October^ is   to   be   completely | jj^^^j^g equipment and appliances eaminaiea. I provided by the Offlce of Civilian
This means that the amount of Defense tor the protection of butter now being set aside tor the American cities and industrial armed forces and lend-lease will | centers against air raids be turned be reduced by one-third this; over to rural communities after month and discarded entirely next , the war.
month.  However, the order should j     "If this were done, it is reason- ^^^^ be further clarified to explain that | able to assume that in a few years ' Holjlefi' i the   increased   supply   for   retail : following the war there would be |
convenes at 11.15 a.m. Everyone is cordially invited lo attend First Day School and Meeting.
Warren Sawyer, of Aurora, N. Y.; Ben Condee, of Syracuse, N. Y., and Gene Holdridge, of Knox¬ ville, Tenn., three boys who are members of Civilian Public Serv¬ ice Camps, stationed at Byberry State Hospital, on Sunday visited at Meeting. They all gave interest¬ ing reports following the regular meeting for worship. There are now 1,000 C. P. S. members sta- at      Mental      Hospitals
buyers will not be available until ! a marked  reduction in farm and  ,.1°"!^,°": 1,L^°T^'    ^    ^
after the middle of this month.
rural   flre   losses   in   the   United 1 States," he said.
At the present time, rural .flre losses exact a terrific toll, c'ausing
they act as attendants
A picnic lunch was enjoyed on the Meeting House lawn and dur¬ ing the afternoon the guests spoke
REPUBLICANS MEET
remain on the lookout for motor-j     Twenty members of the Repub-' an annual damage of $200,000,000 ' to    the    Young _ Friends'    Group ists wasting gasoline.   R. F. Ash-, lican   Primary   Committee  of  the   and   representing   about   60',!-   of enfelter,   director  of   the   O. P. A. ' Third   Ward   of   Ambler,   met   at | the entire flre loss of the country.
for this district, explained fur¬ ther that his force of agents would concentrate on checking B and C coupon holders to make sure they were using gas only lor occupa¬ tional needs, and hunting out "black market"' gas operators.
the American Legion Home, Lin denwold avenue. Ambler, on Mon day evening.
William  N.  Alcorn,  committee- \ man and Harmon C. Kinney, chair
Dr. Price pointed out.
—Easy readings of sixty-fourths
of an inch on a machinist's scale
are made possible with a sliding,
man of the committee, addressed ; plastic-lens magnifier made by  a
the group.
Maryland engineering company.
Wiiliam    and    Margaret    Rhodes
were also present.   Mr. Rhodes is
with the C. P. S. Medical Group at 1
the office cf the American Friends' '
Service  Committee,  Philadelphia. I
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McNAB SENT TO HOSPITAL
Albert K. Darling-McNab, of Chestnut Hill, has been ordered committed to the Norristown State Hospital, by Judge William F. Dannehower. Darling-McNab has been serving a three-month term in the county jail on charges pre¬ ferred by Frank J. Bradley, con¬ stable, who said that the man menaced him with a gun and ejected him from his offlce when he attempted to serve a warrant" on him. The term would have ex^ pired on September 18.
Dr. Albert P. Noyes, superin¬ tendent of the State Hospital, handed down a report of Darling- McNab's condition, stating that the man is "of unsound mind, suffering a mental 'disorder, and should be sent to the State Hos¬ pital for treatment." It was stated that the man is "mentally ill, in¬ sane, but not of criminal tenden¬ cies."
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Alfred Dursley, of Poplar street, Ambler, who recently went with his brother, Ernest Dursley, to San Diego, Calif., tor an indefi-' nite stay, writes to local friends about the shortage of living quar¬ ters there. He enclosed a clip¬ ping from a San Diego newspaper, showing the lengthy list of persons advertising for places to live.
Many of the advertisers offer as high as fifty dollars reward for an apartment, offering at the same time, to pay as high as $150 a month rent. The rents people state they are willing to pay, in the advertisements, average from $100 to $125 a month for a furnished house or apartment; or $35 tor a room in which to live.
The advertisers state all their good qualifications, trying to en¬ tice someone into renting them their place. Many of the adver¬ tisements state what the head of the household's position is; how many children there are in the family, or that there are no chil¬ dren at all; that they will take good care of the property, keep everything clean, post cash bonds for security and pay three months rent in advance. Others adver¬ tise their desirability by stating that they do not smoke, drink, have children or pets.     .        •
Several   of   the   advertisements
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YOUNG  PEOPLE'S  RALLY
On Sunday evening, September 5th, the Young People of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church will con¬ duct a special rally  service.
A young men's quartet, averag¬ ing around 13 years of age, mem¬ bers of the Methodist Church, of Penllyn, of which Rev. G. G. McGee is pastor, will be st)ecial guests. These boys will rendei- several Negro spirituals under tho supervision of Clarence Lewis. All are cordially invited.  o	
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