The Ambler Gazette 19410626

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VOL. LXIII — 17
T?-iE Ambler Gazette
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*''*X' AMBIiEti.   PA..  JUNK   26,   1941 $1.75 Per'
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
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Attractive   1941   Edit ion   Com¬ pletely Revised and Im¬ proved
,MANY PHOTOGRAPHS
^ho 1941 edition of the Mont¬ gomery County map. completely revLsed and improved, has been received from the printer and copies are now available for the public, it was announced this week by County Commissioners Fred C. Peters, Foster C. Hillegass and Raymond K. Menseh.
Printed in five colors, the map shows the location and boundaries of all town.ships and boroughs of the County, as well as all public roads, bridges, airports, schools, churches, railroads, trolley lines, cemeteries, fire houses, quarries and   golf   courses.   In   addition   it
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lOAIE AUXILIARY POSI
Mrs. John S. Magill, Seeks Vice
Presidency of Eastern
Penna. Auxiliaries
!"*''"if&TLET.Ns Adult Educational Program to Open l„r''s;;s„/°;„"si,rL"'zr„li   At the Ambler High School This Fall
j subjects have been received by the ^__  |
ml''n*';n,^"""'ih   °ifn?o''r!^^H  l^'^hn;'     ^"    '"'""    «*ool    designed    to' ity orchcstia). Community Choius' quartei^ in the State Capitol, bu^^^^ ^ ^^^^ variety of the needs and  Voice Culture, Typing, Prac- this week  brought  a  query   from  .,„d   interests   of   all   people,   fori tical  Accounting  .Consumer's Re- a    new   and    unusual    source-a ^^j^^,  ^^^^^^  ^      been  little  pro- search.  Income Tax, etc.).  Public
ACTIVE WORKER
marsh, vice president of the Mont gomery-Bucks Bi-County Council, American Legion, in 1937 and 1938, is a candidate for the office of eastern vice president of Penn¬ sylvania auxiliaries of the Ameri¬ can Legion.
legion affairs for many years and is receiving the support of many Philadelphia, Montgomery and Bucks county groups.
She has been a member of the
gives the 1940 census flgures and | E'ght and Forty an honorary so
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incorporation    dates    for the townships and boroughs.
The reverse side of the map contains attractive photographs of Valley Forge Park, County build¬ ings and institutions, winter and summer scenes at the County's Upper Perkiomen Valley Park, a table of distances and a compila¬ tion of facts about Montgomery County. Here it is pointed out that Montgomery County makes an ideal place in which to live "be¬ cause of the County government's 'pay-as-you-go' policy, freedom from bonded debt and low tax rate" (two and one-half mills).
Typographically, the map re¬ presents a decided improvement over previous editions. County parks   and   institutions  now  may! --
be  readily picked  out since  they | R. W. Hartman Gave Principal nre  printed  in  rod.  State  institu  '
-rho K^foi  i„„ot«ri i^ -Piffchnrrrv, ' ^'slon  in  Ambler  heretofore,  has, Speaking,  Dramatics,  Folk  Danc- The hotel located in Pittsburgh, j^^^^  Planned  under the auspices ing   and   Gym   Work,   Homemak-
r    R^[i      M^   -  f r  Hi.^r^h^"i°f   ^^o   Ambler   Public   Library,  ing  .Dressmaking,  Cooking,  Bud-^
c.ls  Bulletm  No.  5 forJistr.bu- ^he committee on adult education geting,   etc.).   Amateur   Aviation,
tion   among   Its   employes    Thivj^gg   announced   that   the  Ambler I Looking   toward   South   America,
bulletin,  which  lists   12   ways   in ^^^j^ g^^^^^j ^j„ j^^ ^^^^ ^^ the | Photography, Public Forum, Cre-
Mrs.   John   S.   Magill,     White-  '^[hich   every   Pennsylvanian   can, ^j^^^j^,, ^.^^ g^^^^, ^^^ ^^^ sue-! ative Writing and English Funda-
aid m national defense   has been I ^^,^^j^^  Monday  nights  beginning i mentals.   How   to   Teach   in   the, the most popular of the    6 pam-^^^^ Q^^^j^^^ g " I Church     School,     Ke-discovering'
tt. Coundl     "'' i     The progxam is the result of a'the Bible, The Life of Christ, The;
Tvnical amone the anencies and'growing desire on the part of the  Church in a War-torn World, offices thaf^avc requested buHe-i Poople of Ambler for public bet-i     The last four courses will carry ti^s arf fi linntationrp  bUc  H^ through  adult  education,  on the annual Community School
Mrs. Magill was eastern direct- braries pSc sSX^^^ - "P^" to all who wish to at-' of Religion  which has been  held,
or,   last   year,   and   in.stalled   six; clubs     chambers    of    commerce,' tend, and will consist of two one.'" ^nc autumn. i
new  units  in  her  district  during j igbor' organizations,   B'nai   B'rith i hour class periods between eight]     Because this  is a  new  typo  of that time. She has been active in lodges   Bible classes, and profes-! and ten p. m., thus enabling per-. community  venture,  and  because;
sionai'and business groups. sons to enroll in two courses. Thc: it wants to offer a  program  de-i
Just off the press are two new' ^o^t will be determined by the signed to fit the particular char, bulletins one for outlining plans | nature of the subject and the re- j acter of the community, thc com- for establishing home registration' gistration, and it Is estimated' mittee is anxious to receive com- offlces in crowded defense centers i that the registration fees will ments and suggestions regarding and the other discussing coopera-i range between $1 and $4 for the the tentative program and cap¬ tion between Red Cross chapters 1 entire ten weeks. Although advan-1 able teachers. It is especially in-
ciety, since 1930 and has held other important unit and state offices. She is now state chairman of the Colonial American and Pan Ameri¬ can Study Program Committee. Mrs. Magill is eligible for aux¬ iliary membership through the ser¬ vice of her husband, John S. Ma¬ gill, who was overseas with Com¬ pany, H, 110th Infantry, 28th Divi¬ sion, in the first World War.
and local councils of defense.
ORELAND MAN COMPLETES 25 YEARS OF SERVICE
ced registration is recommended,! terested in learning the desires facilities for registering on the of those who may wish to attend first night of the school, October ithe adult school, and urges that 6, will be provided, they communicate them with any ,
The educational program, which  member of the committee  before | is still in the tentative form, re- i July 3
NOTICE
All young men having at¬ tained the age of twentv-one years on or before July Ist, 1941, and sub.sequent to Oc¬ tober 16th. 1940 and all tho.se who have not heretofore been registered under thc Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 shall do so on Tuesday, July  1st.
Those who must register with Local Board No. 5, which covers the following area: Ambler Borough. Conshohoc¬ ken Borough. Horsham Town¬ ship. Upper Dublin Township, Whitemarsh Township, may do so at either of the follow¬ ing two places^
Legion MemOTial Building, Lindenwold and Park Ave¬ nues, Ambler, Pa.
Office of R. Lincoln Hain, 1108 Fayette Street, Consho¬ hocken, Pa.
Registration hours will be from 8 a. m. until 10 p. m. Daylight Saving Time.
All men living in Chelten¬ ham and .Springfleld Town¬ ships and the Borough of Jen¬ kintown will register at the headquarters of Montgomery County Draft Board No. 2 located on the second floor at 304 "Vork road, Jenkintown, between the hours of 7 a. m. anrt 9 p. m.
AMBLER SCHOOL BOARO PLANS Yl
ANNOUNCES PLANS
FOR BIBLE SCHOOL
,,,   -,,,, , ,    , I fleets  the   attempt   to  meet   indi-      Thc members of the cornmittce
Wayne W^ filler,    a  tcephone ^ ^^^^     ^ .^ ^ modern world ! appointed by the board ot thc Am-
rvryTa;'s'ofsLrt^%hTB^n  ?"^to   lift   the   general   cultural   bier    "     '       '  •
Telephone  Company.  He  lives at level  of  the  community.  Specific
204   Weldy   avenue,   Oreland.   Mr.
courses under consideration at the
IMiller specializes in the long range I Pro-sent time include: plans  for  telephone  plant  exten-;     Decorating  Your   Home,  Paint-
GIVE 39 DMAS:
tions within the County are print ed in green. The map also provi¬ des the answer to the question "what six counties border Mont¬ gomery County?"
Addre.«s at Fiftieth Annual Commencement
sion.   He   has   an   office   at   Bell j ing    in    Oils   'and    Watercolors, headquarters,    1835   Arch   street,! Metal-work    and   Jewelry,    Shop ladelphia. j Work, Instrumental Music (includ-
Mr. Miller is a member of the j ing the possibility of a commun- Telephone Pioneers of America, an organization of veteran telephone workers  with  a  membership     of about 51,000 in the United States and Canada.    He is a member o the   American   Institute   of   Elec-! trical  Engineers  and   is  affiliated with the Parent-Teacher organiz
Public Library, are: Rev Charles A. Piatt, 348 Lindenwold avenue, who is thc temporary chairman; E. E. Kerschner, Super
REPUBLICANS TO MEET
AT FLOURTOWN HALL
The    Upper    Dublin    Lutheran Church announces ita plans for a Bible School again this year. The school will begin on Monday. Jul.v 7, at 9 o'clock and will  continue! each  morning for  two weeks.   In! the past several years the school; has had an enrollment of from 85 | to 100 pupils. I
There  will  be  classes for those from 4Vi years of age to 15. Each} cla.ss will have a period  for Bible j Stud.v   and   memory   work.   They j will al.so have Bible Stories, usual- 1 I.y   illustrated   with  picture  slides, and   a   period   of   handwork   each day and a worship period at thc close   of   the      morning   sessions. Some religious drama is also the interesting part of each class pro¬ gram.
Transportation will be provided as in previous years. The Con¬ shohocken bus will run to the church and will leave from the church to accommodate thbse who live In Ambler. Another bus will collect the children from Maple Glen, Prospectville, Springhouse, , Three Tuns and intermediate points.
There is no registration fee for admission to tho school.
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USIOFTAXCOLLECIOR
Local   Bidders     Receive      Coal (Contracts - Pnrcha.se  Mo¬ tion Picture Ecjnipnicnt
SCIIOOL CALENDAR
The Whitemarsh Valley Repub¬ lican Club will hold its monthly vising Principal of thc Ambler ' rneeting on Tuesday evening, July Public Schools: Thomas Foulke: ! ] j,, the social room of the Flour- Mrs. Edward Cheston; Miss Eve- j town Fire Company hall, lyn Kulp; Angelo Menna; J. W. ! President Samuel M. Glass will Cas.sel; and Mrs. J. William Ditter. 1 make   announcements   concerning
 ^      ^_  I the  future   of   the   club   and  the j
'~ I coming  Fall   election. I
The    entertainment    committee'
SECOND SEIECTIVE REGISTRATION OAY
.,'^u!.''^r„"iut-f'i^**'.„![^'^''c.P"P'l^i ations   at   Abington   High   School
and the Oreland grade school. He
iiPLAN PROGRAM FOR   REPUBLICAN GROOP THIRTY SERVICE MENi HEARS FRANK WORTH I»
of the Horsham Township Schools The  map   was   prepared   under | were    graduated    last    Thursday the direction of Warren F. Cress-i night at tho fiftieth annual  com- member' of'soy Scou't 'Troop'No". jU n i t c d Service Orfjanizalions ; Thinl   Ward   Rcpuhlicans   En-
formerl.y was a  troop  committee,
has  arranged  an  interesting  pro-ir^. .   ac a/ui   .„   n : .	
gram   including  a  guest  .speaker. '^"1"^*^*   ^^^^^^   *«   Register   on
"The social period will be held fol¬ owing the meeting in charge of Mrs. Ethel James committeewom¬ an of Lower Gwynedd township, and her workers. No meeting "will be held in August.
Tuesday, July 1st—Revise Rogidations
m.-in. County Engineer. Imencement held in the Lower Hor- ji'" oreYand
i,„ T?o° ,.       -^k""*'^ T"*'' ma.V!sham School. I  'Mr   and'Mrs. Miller have four
,.f.f^„      fK   ^    ?"^    charge by      Martha   Finckel   spoke   on   the I children.   Yeakle   W.   Miller.     a writing to the Montgomery Coun-! gybject,   "Opportunity—The   Am-1 junior  at  Abington  High  School-1
and Colony Chih.s S])on,«or Lo<'al   Program
dorse Many (^anflidalcs— W.  N.  .\horn  Presides
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t.y   Commissioners,   Court   House,, erican Way" while Ruth Fox pre- j A. Jane Miller, who graduated this
j Selective Service local boards of ; Penns.vlvania will conduct July 1 ' the second registration of .young jmen eligible for military training! without requiring the assistance of ' ! outside agencies. Dr. William Mat- Cash Awards were won by five  her  Lewis,   Selective   .Service   Di-
CARNIVAL AWARDS MADE
Norristown,  Pa.
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OFFICIALS J.C.
„..„..= ...,,>«... WW,. ^.c.,.,.„.... ..,..,,     Thirty   American   and   British;    Frank Worth, of Prospectville, a ! Ambler  residents at the carnival rector for Pen^^^ advised
«en..-,u   „..    v.c-ws   un     Right   Or i month from the Glenside-Weldon | service men station.*J at the Phil-, long time resident of this section, i heid  on  Knight   field,   last  week,. Governor Arthur H^^^ Wrong, My Country". Richard W.lSchool; Yvonne Miller, who grad- adelphia Navy Yard will partici-  was the guest speaker at the regu-  ^^.^V^nnTee'lon        ''       ' ''a Irt of     the  Selective Serv"ee
Hartmann,  Area   Co-ordinator   of j-.ated  from  the  Oreland     -hool     a , recreational program at | lar monthl.v meeting -  Monday;  Amen .n ^Legio^^^^^ ^ Dona-' ^.V^tem helped !n fhe SreSa-
Intlustry    and    Derense    tor    the; this month     and An ilia    Miller,  Ambler on Saturday  It is th£ first f^^Xlublican  Organization   Mr   to,   James   Heath  and   Jack   Ref- tion on October 16, 1940, Dr. Lewis Pennsylvania Department of Pub-  wno is lour yeais 01a. activity of its kind to be held  in   'ar  nepuoiican   urganizauon.   '«i|-j ,,    ,.  Amhler   won nward.! said that as the second reeistration
li,- rnstriiptinn   Hplix/erpH fhp nrin        The  M llers    have  a     summer Uup   apcXion  alonjr  lines   siiiT^PKtpd ' Worth spoke  on  the  subject  "To  snyei, an o   Amoiei, won awards sain mai as ine seconn regisiraiion lie Instruction, delivered the prm- RoV„^i,„th   Ttc^nX.      Mr«   tne  section  along lines  suggested • t- Mine"  The ' of  hve  dollars each  on   the   first will be much smaller, local board
; home  at   Rehoboth  Beach.     Mrs. >
Present Former Borough Coun¬ cil President Wilh Silver Mounted Gavel »
schools on behalf of their fellow graduates.
During the course of the pro¬ gram the glee club, under the dir- Ambler borough officials gave' ection of Mrs. Eleanor Edwards, a testimonial dinner in honor of'. rendered .several selections includ- Joseph C. Hess, Jr., who has re- '"S, "Little Chinese Mandarin', signed as president of borough j "God Be Our Guide", and "Ac- council, at Forrest Inn, last Wed-1 eept Our Thanks" by Sibelius, nesday The  Reverend     E.    Kellmayer,
Mr. Hess was presented with a' Pastor of the Grace Presbyterian
""EUzfbetrL*°  no/:,f^rtnect i=r.^whT'^^gai^ed "recogn - j ^^^^^^^^  United  Service Or.aniza-^ —'--^-^-—-^-{J^'^^--| to jghts  of  the  carnival   The members and clerks are expected
Elizabeth Semenoff, of Prospect-1 ^.       ^^ ^^  amateur artist   is ac ' I Shoemaker i*^'ft   of   ten   dollars   awarded   on to handle it without difficulty,
ville  school,  and Claudio Perosa, j^^^^ j^^  ^^^^  ^^.^ League gt Reho-i     The  program  arranged  for  thc |     The   organization    unanimously! Saturday  night   was   received  by:    Estimate^ by the Bdrcau of the of the Lower Horsham school, pre-; jj^t^ and has displayed landscapes entertainment of service men fa. | endorsed for election at the com-  ^^ena   Tragasso,   Ambler. Census    in  Washington     indicate
sented   gifts   to   their   respective, ^^^^d     other     paintings     at      the i from homo is part of a national  ing primaries on Tuesdav, Septem-      The post officials and members that about 6^,773 men will be reg
League's exhibitions.
G.G.OAVIS DESCRIBES
iplan   to   boost   morale   and   offset, ber 9th, the following ward  oflic-   "'   the   committee   wish   to   thank  "stered   in   Penns.vlvania   on   July
I homesickness   among   young   moN' ers:   Judge  of  Election,   Harry  A.
i living under military regulation.   'Wood:   Inspector  of  Election,  Al-
!     The   afternoon   of   sports   anct | bert L. Stout; and Councilman. A.
i evening of dancing planned for the | H.   Albertson.    Al.so  unanimously
jmen coming to Ambler on Satur- endorsed were Earl B. Bechtel   of
! day is under the supervision of the I ^2,""^°T p °L '"^"f'^<-'t'°"  .^^ J^^
TT.,i.„^  «or„i.„   r..«.„i,=tir,r,=   a<=. I offlcc   of   Prothonotary   and   Mrs.
Charles R. Ridington, of Lansdale, for the office of Jury Commission¬ er.
United Service  Organizations  as sisted by the Senior Colony Club and   the  Junior   Colony   Club   ot Ambler. The men will be entei
Silver mounted gavel as a gift of'Church, Horsham, pronounced theU.y.    ,.       r)„,„„„„.,„„   Throu-di/l tained at dinner in private homes  .„*: u..  ..:-   r .         invocation  and  benediction. 1    "•••"'^'^    ±.n 1111.1,1 cn.y     juiuupn/ „„„,,;„« man  ,.,111   o<...;<ro  ci
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ppreciation. by his  former  asso- lates. Brief talks were made by Bur ess John J. Troster, Superinten-
invoeation and benediction.
Diplomas were presented to the! following graduates by C. D. i Smith, president of the Horsham
, „ r .1 <• T' ¦        •       I     The service men will arrive at
Service,    I heme of Kiwanis     | the  Chestnut Hill  trolley  station ' Internalional Convention       1 about   3.30,   Saturday   afternoon.
They  will  be  met there  by   pri-
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ent Charles A. Hibschman, Soli-! Township ;School Board:—Reu-] George G. Davis, delecate of I vate cars and taken to the Am- tor ; Siiward Foulke, Secretary | ben Anders, Ruth Bates, Alice; the Kiwanis Club of Amblef to blor High School grounds. Equip- larl^ Einkbeiner and En.'jineer | Beigler,  Catherine  Blanding,  Da-j the   Internationa}   Convention   at' ment  will  be  provided     so  that
'   Raymond Weir: ] Vid Blanding, Fred Brocker, Betty; Atlanta,  Georgia,  last week,  was, (Continued on Page 4)
^ lis    activities    in    community "^ane   Blythe,' Philamena   Childs, ithe.speaker at the regular meet-;
b-'—    yere  enumerated   by   the'Weldon    Claire,    William    Clark,' ing of the group on Tuesday night '	
Do wi. - Hn rP«!onnH rnnt^ntw a«' Claire   Emeigh,   Martha   Finckel, at School Inn.
Mr.  Davis stated  that approxi
all   those   who   helped   make   the  1- Men who have become 21 years carnival a financial success. • ol age since October   16  will   be
  jreouired to register.
"The majority of young men affected." Dr. Lewis said, "will be registered at the local board head¬ quarters in the community in which they live. In the event, however, that local board offices are so situated that it would be difficult for the registration to be conducted there without hardship to the registrants, other public buildings ma.y be used with per¬ mission of State Headquarters, providing that there is no expense to Selective Service* or the Gov-
  I ernment."
Voters of the United States arc'     Also,  the Director said,    where
to  Reject    Two- Thirds of New Puhlic Bond Issues
FOULKE NAMED ALTERNATE    ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
1 T is B ,1p the Amhler Piihlic-iRuth Ann Fox, Doris Marie God-1 Mr. Davis stated that approxi- 1 ^•¦'¦'^ V Helsh^ assisted inl shalk. Francis Gloster, Elizabeth, mately 6000 Kiwanians attended the woAthrCommS Am-i Henry, P"*"! «'"' Sylvester Hoff-[the convention and that it was the bulance   A.-sociation   and   he   has I man,   Beulah  Hunsberger^ ^.^'^^" MzaUon Tinc(f the foun^ attorney,     was    recently | Gray,  daughjer  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.; centl.v by the U. S. C2ensus Bureau 1    The Fort Washington Historical
William N. Alcorn chairman of the organization took charge of a \ political   discussion    during     thej^^j^g  'Voter meeting.
The   refreshment   committee   at this meeting consisted of John H'. j Burrell.     Joshua      O.   Thompson, | Samuel Ayers, George S. Williams, j
^"¦There^tm^bo n^rM^iriar meet  I beginning to demand economy  in,unusual  circumstances exist, local |nJ^P;rS=r„r.^SH„rih'oji~"'S^^^^^                                        ^.Co„U„ue<, .,„ P..o „ '"™^" 01 juiy^  1 two-thirds of the new public bond  :—
issues  submitted  at  the  polls.       COLUMNIST ADDRESSES Congres.sman J,  William  Ditter, UICTHDirAI   CfinCTV
of Pennsylvania, today called  at-' tliaiUKll-AL dULlEI I
tention   to   figures   published   re- i
Repairs and improvements to the Ambler public school build¬ ings and grounds were discussed at the June meeting of the Am-, bier school board. The total cost of the proposed work is estimated at $3200.
A small building will be con¬ structed of concrete blocks on the high school property for forging and welding work. The cost of 1 erecting this bgilding twenty-one by twenty feet will be about $.'>00. A new study hall will be made from the old book room and bal- con.y at an estimated cost of $5,'jO. The ventilating system in the auditorium will also bo improved.
Landscaping work is planned but no action was taken. A gutter will be m.ide along the tennis court to carry off the water. The football and hockey fields and the junior high school fleld and terrace will be graded, seeded and rolled. Total cost of work to be done .at the high school is about $2250. ¦
At the Forrest Avenue School about $635 will be spent in repair¬ ing the boiler, improving the play¬ ground, buying fifteen new shades, buying draperies for «the v^rndows in the auditorium, painting walls and ceilings in the auditorium, basement, flrst floor halls, stair¬ ways and the boys' and girls' rooms, refinishing desks in flve rooms, and making other minor repairs.
The walls and ceilings in three rooms at the Mattison Avenue School will be repainted, the pave¬ ment and playground apparatus will be repaired, an electric clocl« will be installed in the principal's room, a new rug will be purchased for the teachers' room and a small concrete space will be construc¬ ted outside at the door from the playground. The total cost. for ( Continued on Page 5 )
UP. DUBLIN RESIDENTS |
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Protest Re-Cla,<<sificalioii of Two Tracts of Land on Beth¬ lehem Pike
Thomas A. Foulke, well known j     The engagement of  Miss  Hope
named  an  alternate  to the  Penn-; John Gray, Forrest avenue, Amb
ler,  and  Edward J.  Assenheimer
showing that,  for  1938  and  1939,1 Society  held   its   last  meeting   of voters   rejected    sixty-four    por-! the  season  at  the Clifton  House, son of Mr.  and Mrs.  Edward  W.  cent of all the  local  bond issues i Bethlehem pike. Fort Washington, Assenheimer, Township line. Fort 1 submitted   for   ratiflcation. jon June 18.
Wa.shington, was announced at ani     "These flgures are of the utmost;'    Dr. Arthur D. Graeff, Philadel
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advised    the     Wissahickon    Fire I I'ne    Kreisher,    James    LeClare,! Detroit in  ign     He,
Company in flnancial matters. He Evan    Lightcap,    Dons    Lintner. I ;^[|J emo^a^^^^etro^^ State     Bar   Association
served as president of the Amble.^ James McFarland, Hugh McLaugh-'p^Q members in the 2175 clubs in ,'convention now in session at Bed- Taxpayers'   Association   resignina; lln.   Bud   Noerr    Claudio   Perosa,, ^j^^   ^^.^^^   S^^^^^   ^^^   Canada,   l^*""^'
member of the Ambler Republican Emanuel   Saunders,   Freda   Seiz,|service," and    this thought    was'county   attorne,ys,   from   Desrnond "on^e on Sunda.v evening. Nejirly , sam.in^m^^^^                                                                                 -The Life of Club                                                       'Elizabeth     Semenoff,     —•--'-¦'--                                                                    -             •             ...    - As" president of borough council, | S-^ith,    Betty    Thomas
I I home,     ijorotnv     inu       «>=....,. x^.v^c,..-,,.,«:.„c.,u.icu, uik-|     wuieis .moi«. at uit- :,a...i- i....u ^-^^^     fj,.^y     graduated      from   the people are given  a chance to I Graeff  told     of   various     famous
ed   that   all   voluntaiT   groups   in, were   Aaron   S    Swartz,   Jr     and (Ambler High .School  in   1940. Mr,  o.xpress  their  will  on  pro.iects  of people who are connected in .some
every   communit.y   in   the   United | Franklin  L   Wnght,   as  delegates As.senheimcr  graduated   from   the  public extravagance, tho spending way   with   Pennsylvania.   Among
^^ll   ^      Canada  be  called  to-iand Russell .1. Brownback as the ^3^0 school with the class of 1935. < proposals fail to command major- them  are  Conrad  Weiser,    Peter
gether   to   coordinate   efforts   for.other alternate.      The  convention He  is  private  .secretarv  for  Con-; ity  support.  Those of us  in  Con- Muhlenberg.  Benjamin    Franklin,
Mr. 'h^^ss'ma^ arexcrilent offl-' | Thom^' ^°.-othy    Thur
cer  in  speeding up  the  business j "'^^"^^  weisei^	
procedure and in keeping a har-1
monious atmosphere. His long busi-; TO SEEK RE-ELECTION
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S'Tntd'mSrinf tie C'l ^^^ ^^^'^^^^^'^ ^^"^ \'Vr''B7vT!oM oi ihe cUrn^ '^"'   -^^'^l^s^an    J.  William  Ditter,     of i «ress   who   have     been   insisting Molly  Pitcher,     GeneralJohn  J.
ough's affairs. I     _..._...      ,     ^ I fh™"flfil° Ih .f ?^^^ Ambler. | upon  curtailment   r,t  non-defense, Pershing,    Jane  Adams,     Amelia
Councilman
A.    H.    Albertson
Earl  B.  Bechtel, of  Pottstown,! the convention and ot the election
Montgomery County Prothonotary, I "f the new president of Kiwanis
I expenditures in the federal
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ciation with Leeds and Northrup ] j j ^^ ^^^^^ ^fl^^g j^ ^ tetter] Pittsburgh, widely known traffic Company, Philadelphia, outlining | ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ Republican Commit- expert, was chosen to head the his accomplishments in this field.' teemen and Committeewomen ofj Kiwanians for the 1941-42 term. Mr. Hess' resignation was^ forc-^ ^j^g County last week. | ( Continued on Page 2 )
In advising the Committee mem. ; — ¦	
bers   of   his   plans,   Bechtel   said, ] ATTENDS  RELIEF MEETING "I do  this  recognizing now  as  I:
ed by increasing business activity.'
SEVENTY ON STRIKE AT
K. & M. SHINGLE PLANT l to   the  member
have always done in the past thatj    ^,.5.   Harvey B, Allen, 346 For
JURORS NAMED FOR
Draft Boards Number Two and Five        ""¦'"""'"'"
gov-; Earhart, Lowell Thomas and many noted Quakers.
j The flrst fall meeting of the I society will be held September ;17th.
The.se questionnaires have been^
bier.
I     The following is a list of per.sons,
1 from this vicinit.v who have been ;
called  to  serve  as jurors  for  the.
ISSUE NEW PAMPHLET
"If She Were Yours" is the title
to   the  members     of  the  County i^gst  avenue. Ambler,  represented M'"a« boards luii Committee  is due  the  credit  lor j the Colony Club of Ambler at a I ^"'"'nK  ,tbe   pas
mailed  to registrants of thc local, 2800  1S60 Lloyd    Morris    Coates,   fall   term  of  Montgomery  County i of an illu.strated pamphlet recent-
imber two and flve; Stenton   Ave..   Whitemarsh,     Courts. Petit Jurors, September 15 'l.v issued by the Rural Child Wel
,                                                                      ...^  „ ,   ^,„„  „.  ^„„j,^.,   „,  .,                           .ast   several   days.     | 238 1961  William Francis Roden-i 194I:     Ella     Dietrich,    Plymouth' fare   Unit   of   the   Department   of
Seventv men went on strike at i the outstanding Republicanism of j meeting of the war relief commit-^     Questionnaires will bo sent daily I baugh. 129 E. 8th Ave., Con-  Meeting;    William    H. Eckestein,! Welfare.     This  pamphlet    begins
he   Keasbey   and   Mattison   Com-: this County."                  ,    .   ,   „      I tee   of   the   Montgomery   County i b.v various boards and must be re-1 .shohocken.                                     i Whitemarsh     avenue.       Ch'-<-tnut with   a   statement   regarding   the
'^jany shingle plant late vesterday'     Bechtel   was  first  elected   P.ro-j Federation of Women's Clubs held ; t^'ned within five days. Answers] 620 1962 Arthur Howard Urban, Hill; Lydia Fisher, Plymouth Meet- large  number  of   dependent   and
Titernoon when  their  request  for, thonotary   in   1937   alter   winning ^t the Clifton  House, Fort  Wash-'"'"•'^t be written in ink and sworn 423 Church St., Ambler.           | inrr:  Rach'>l  Fries,   I.Mtay"tte   Hill;  neglected   children     in     Pennsyl-
raise in the hourly wage  scale , the   Republican   nomination   in   a | j^gton, last Thursday.                        ito before   a   notary   public   or   a j 1806  1963 Parke Walter Fraelich, William K. Helmbold,    Horsham; vania. and continues with the de-
Mrs, Clarence B. Burke, of Con- | member of the Local Draft Board, shohocken, chairman of the com-11584 1947 Harry Freas Coulston, nfiittee,    conducted    the    meeting, i R. D. No. 2 Consho.
Luncheon    was    served  by     the
vas not granted. , primary   contest   waged   on     the
It is the desire of some of the j Principle   of   geographical   repre pr.kers of the plant to join the  sentation. „    ,., .
f"i]rican  Federation    of     Labor!     Prothonotar.v    Bechtel, a    lite              _    _. .^..  „.,
'l^o^.p, but flfty one percent of the I long     resident     of    Montgomer.v , whitemarsh Women's Club
mployes in all four plants of the i County, is a member    of several,     •
ompany in Ambler must agree to' fraternal organizations and has al-! to ELECT DIRECTORS
his before the federation can act, ways maintained an active interest; 	
,s a bargaining agent. | 'n  sports  and  in  the  welfare   of j     -r^e Ambler Chamber of Com-
Police officers from Ambler Bor-iVoutn. „ ,. . merce will hold its monthly meel-
lugt, and the townships "f "PPer! c^^^J^^^f'0'-^^° t   he'is secrerrv  '"« ^""'ght at Niblock's resliurant
Dublin,    Lower    Gwvnedd     and S HI   ii 1. . h        ? secretary ¦   .   „ .^ o'clock
vVhitpain  were  called  to  duty   in  of the Pottstown Moose Lodge, and       ^    election'of directors will be' 319 W. 6th Ave,. Con.sho.
he   strike   area   yesterday   after-; a meniber of the Eagles Eks. Ma-       |"ee^ec^^^^^^^ 1953 Maxie AI Hankin, East-
noon    Chief   of   Police   Lester   J   sonic bodies, Kiwanis. Tall Cedars   ne'"- »ix will oe selected from the, on  Road   H-illnwell
crrpente^r" was"'in'^c"ha%e'^"TUre of Lebanon, Tri-Count.y Fish an^ ^ ^eT yfar   termT'Tosloh" ^^0^ 1^459 1954^'Da^id'-^hm-les McCaff was  no  disorder yesterday  after-  ^^'^'"^ ^f ^'^'^Hu"'')."f'^ ^^""'l^''^ tinn   J.?itL r^^^^   Joseph   Lape-i noon  or eveninp president    of  the  City     Bowling tina, Walter Reller, Bernard Lin-
""" ^'  , League of Pottstown. ; denfeld, Ray  Coia,  Grant Ritter,
¦ —A  45,000  lon   battleship    re- ' ..    —  m T?— .  \ ^ouis A.. Neigut, Joseph W. Craft,
81  1948 Eugene Alexander Ber¬ ecz,   157   Greenwood      Ave., Ambler. 2030  1949 Joseph Francis Slabin- ski, Jr.. 219 W. Elm St., Con¬ shohocken. 525 1950 Morrill Hainer Plumley, 123 Belmont Ave    Ambler. 1   471   1952   Daniel  Peter MiMedio,
I)
quires some 20,000  tons of steel:      —More than 200 million pounds Jr., ri. T. Foutty, Walter A. Shaeff an   airc'idft   carrier,   about   17,00(1 "f soybean oil are used each year and John L. Hansell. ions.         >ruiser.   5,500   tons.   The 'n maiiutacture of shortening and       Officers   for   the   term    1941-42 figuVt     are exclusive of the steel more   than  70 million  pounds  in  will be elected at a specjal meet- in   the   .ship.-      guub   and   armor ihe nianutacture of oleomargarine,  ing following the election of the 3092  1959 Nicholas Peter DelPop- plaiing. according lo lilt; Census. I directors. ' olo, 102 S. Chestnut St., Am-
ery, Hartranft Ave., Ambler. 1075 1956 Nicholas Angelo DiPros- pero, 148 W. 6th Ave., Con¬ shohocken.
975 1957 Alfred Joseph Bruno. 131 E. 7th Ave., Consho.
650 1958 David Harvey Phillips, Jr., Logan Ave., North Hills,
230  E.   Hector  St„   Consho.   j Wilhelmina   Maason,     A m b I e r , scription   of   the      Child   Welfare
871  1964 Michael E, Ochnick, 121   Marion     Magargel,     Springhouse;  Services    organized    in    nineteen
W, Elm St., Consho. Dorothv   R.   Magill,   Whitemarsh;, counties of Pennsylvania  through
1081   1965 Dominic Michael Duva, i Harrv  Phifer,  Sr„   1004   Limekiln,the   cooperative     undertaking    of
1007 Main .St., Ambler. I pike,'North Hills; Eleanor Rohner, County    Commissioners,     Depart-
289 1966 Thomas Arthur Gaskins. j Pine road, Wyndmoor. and George I ment   of   Welfare   and   the   U.   S.
Ft,   Washington  Ave.,     Fort; Snyder, Horsham.       " ] Children's Bureau.     This bulletin
Washington. |     petit  Jurors,    October  6,   1941: imay be obtained from  the Rural
215 1967 John Joseph Ostapowicz, i Jean F. Anson, North Wales R, D. Child   Welfare   Unit   of   the   De-
209 E. Hector St., Consho.     h;  Jesse  E,  Bardens.  Fort  Wash-jpartment of Welfare, Harrisburg.
3032  1968 John Edward Camburn, I ington; Carlton R, Brown, Penllyn;' 	
55  Francis Ave.. Ambler. Hilda Burnette. Barren  Hill road,'POLICE ACADEMY GRADUATE
785   1969     Edwin    H.    Simmers,'Spring Mill; William Clayston, Sr., 1 	
Maple  Glen. [North Wales R, D, 1; George Cook '     Chief of Police David  Ennis. of
532   1970   Robert  Mvron   Gouak. 1 Blue  Bell;  Stewart Davis, 2  An-' Whitemarsh,    will be    graduated
Summit   Ave,,   Ft,   Wash,        i dross     avenue.     Ambler;      Marie  from   the   Federal   Bureau   of   In-
20 1971 James Paul Lawless, 522   Dunn, Plymouth Meeting: William [vestigation  National  Police  Acad-
Spring  Mill   Ave..  Consho,       h.  Frank.  East Montgomery ave- emv at exerci.ses to bo held in the
3312   1971A .John  .Tack.son. Jr.,  R.   nue.   North     Wales;   Ulysses      G. i Department   of   Justice    building.
D. No. 2 Conshohocken. Funk,    Fort Washington;    Reuben  Washington,     D.     C.      Saturday
3312A   1971B       Stewart      Loring  Hartzell,    North  Wales;   Viola   C. morning. Chief Ennis has been at-
Beers, P, O, Box 170, Butler  Hoffman.  Broad  Axe.  Ambler  P. | tending classes of the academy for
Pike,   Plymouth. • ,0.; Elizabeth L, Morris,  122 West the  past several months.  Officials
189 1972 Jonas Rome, Ridge Pike, i Monteomery nvenue. North Wales: land   residents      of     Whitemarsh
R.   D.   No,   1   Consho, and .Toseph  C.  Shoemaker,    Blue,township will attend the exercises
More than twenty-five residents of Upper Dublin Township appear¬ ed at the public hearing held in the Township Building, Bethle¬ hem pike and Ardross avenue. Ambler, on Monda.v evening by the Road Supervisors of Upper Dublin Township to protest the ro-classiflcation of two tracts of land fronting on the Bethlehem pike from class "B" residential district to class "I" business dis¬ trict.
The two tracts in question, sit¬ uated at the intersection of the east side of Bethlehem pike and the south side of Loch Alsh avenue and at the intersection of the east side of Bethlehem pike and the south side of Argyle avenue, are owned by Luther Fretz, Ambler real estate developer, and the Mattison Estates, Inc, respective¬ ly. The latter is a liquidating cor¬ poration formed some time ago to dispose of real estate owned by the late Dr, Richard V, MattLson. Thc proposed re-classification of the two tracts extends to a deijth of 138 feet while the actual depth ( Continued on Page 3 )
ANNOUNCEMENT
n
At the request of the Treasury Department we announce a new feature of interest and service to many readers who aro buying or will buy Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps. This will be called the Defense Bond Quiz, and will start in  next week's issue.
The questions will be chosen from among those asj<ed b.v most Bond and Stamp buyers. The an¬ swers will tell what the new De¬ fense Savings Program means to tho individual and to the Nation.
( Cbntinued on Page 7 )
Bell.
' at   Washington.
NOTICE
The traveling registrars will sit in Ambler and nearb.v com¬ munities in July so that local residents may have their names placed on the perman¬ ent voting lists without go¬ ing to the courthouse at Nor-, ristown.
The Wissahickon Fire Com¬ pany's hall on Butler avenue will be headquarters for the registrars who will come to Ambler on Jul.v 2.
The schedule for surround¬ ing communities is as follows: July 8. G. Spengler's garage al Wyndmoor; July 9, town¬ ship building at Barren Hill; July 10, flre house at I'"'!our- town; Jul.v 10, Springtield Township School, Plymouth avenue. Oreland,