The Ambler Gazette 19440525

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The Ambler Gazette
VOL. LXVI — 13
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AMBLER, PA., MAY 25, 1944
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
Keceivc!* Award For Meritorious
Acliievcuicnt In Combat
Flidits
1 Wor meritorious achiever ojnbat flights," Second Liei
I-^j? CI iiitji 1 Lui lULia uLiiicvcmcnt in cofibat flights," Second Lieutenant James P. Keane has been awarded the Air Medal with two bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, al a Ninth Fighter Command Mustang Station, Eng¬ land. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Keane, of Penllyn.
A former professional boxer. Lieutenant Keane now pilots a P-51 Mustang airplane and is at¬ tached to a IX Fighter Command Mustang group. He has participat-
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SERVICES FOR POSIS
Amhlcr  And  Fort  \Vasliin};ton
Ltjiions To Attend Sunday
I'rojiranis
Two  Sunday    evening    church services will be held at which the
CHURCH TO OBSERVE
llOTH ANNIVERSARY
The Mount Pleasant Baptist Church ot Ambler will celebrate its 110th anniversary on SUnday with .services in the old church building on Mount Pleasant ave¬ nue at 3 p. m. Pastor Winfleld Ramish will conduct the service.
The Ambler church was organ¬ ized with eighteen members, eleven of them coming by letter from the Lower Providence Church.
,    . ,      ,«',., .J   TT.   i      The following two excerpts from
legum  posts o    Ambler and  Fort j ^^e minutes ot the Lower Provid- Washington will be guests.
Norton Downs, Jr., Post, Ameri¬ can Legion, of Ambler, will attend the service in the Calvary Metho¬ dist Church, Ambler, at 7.45 p. m.
ence Baptist Church mark the be- ginningof Mount Pleasant Church. "Resolved: That the church con¬ fide in Brothers Jenkins, Morgan and Alabaugh respecting the can-
Girl  and   Boy  Scout  Troops,  the i didates examined and baptised in Legion Auxilmry and^the Ambler [ Whitpain Township and agree    to T,     ,   .1,        , ^_   receive  them  as members of  the
church. November 2, 1833."
"Resolved; That Benjamin Mat¬ tis, Hannah Mattis, Catherine Mat¬ tis, Jacob Mattis, David Mattis, Mary Mattis, Elizabeth Mattis, Charles   Mathias,   Jane   DeHaven
High School Band will participate in the firogram.
Clifford K. Geary, conductor, will present the Ambler High School Band in several numbers as 0 prelude and postlude to the ser¬ vice.
RESETS OF lAG DAY
Collect .S781 For Brn.-fil of Ani-
hler'.H   Kccrcation
Program
JAMES P. KEANE
ed   in   twenty-live   missions   over enemy territory.
On a bomber escort mission to Augsburg, Lieutenant Keane de- gtroycd his first enemy plane, an ME 109. His group has accounted for 225 planes in four months ot combat operations.
A graduate of Ambler High School, Lieutenant Keane enlist¬ ed in the Army in Octobe», 1940. He was attached to a cavalry unit. In September, 1942, he transferred to the Air Corps as a cadet and received his commission and wings eight months later.
Lieutenant Keane has been in the European Theater ot Opera- ti(}ns since October, 1943. He is assigned ,to the Ninth Air Force, United Slates component of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force.  o	
Harrv Danner, operstic tenor of 1 J'J'-'ob Conrad and Ann Conrad, Philadelphia, who was soloist of j agreeable to their request, have the Bach Festival held in Phila-j^ Letter of Dismission from this ;ielphia this past week will sing church to become constituents of Geolfrey O'Hara's "There Is No ^ ^ church about to be constituted in Death."' A short message will be i Whitpain Township to be called given bv the Rev. Llovd P. Stevens 1 the Mount Pleasant Baptist and the choir will render Malhew's I Church.. May 3,  1844."
•'Recessional." I ^'
T.,e   residents   of   Ambler   and! SURVIVOR   OF   SUNKEN vicinity are invited to attend the  DESTROYER HOME ON LEAVE
service in honor of the lives sacri-i      . ,, ., , ,„„„
liced for their country and to .join L ^ survivor o the sunken 1,630- in the pravers that those now serv- i ^^^ destroyer, Lansdale, Torpc- ing mav be spared to return. r^-""""   f^-^^   ^lass   Charles   Earl
I Kozlowski,   ."^S,  is  spending  a  30- Forl Washmglon | ^^y jga^g ^^ j^e' home of his par-
Trinity Lutheran Church will be ¦, ents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Koz- host lo the William Boulton Dixon j lowski, Plymouth Meeting. I'ost of the American Legion, Fort; "f was on the bridge of the ship," Washinglon, on Sunday evening, i Kozowski stated, "when we were May 28, at 8 o'clock, for a Candle- ] attacked by German torpedo light Memorial Day Service. | planes at dusk on the morning of Special prayers will be offered for 1 April 20. One torpedo skinned the men of the church and the Post I across our bow, then a second who are now in the service ol their i caught the craft nearly amidship. couiury. i The ship was torn almost in half
Participating in the service will [ and sank fast, be the choir and minister of the, My left knee was injured by the church, the Rev. Robert E. Horne; ^ L'oncussion and after I went over Commander of the William Boul- i the side on the order 'abandon ton Dixon Pest Norman R. Gould, i ship' I was in the water for four Chaplain of the Post Waller: hours belore I was picked up by lieeves, the Girls' Harmonica Band a destroyer escort." and Chorus, and members of the! The survivors were landed at pi).st. Mrs.. Luther Klosterman,j a North African port, and later church     organist,    will      present; lelurned to this country.
Tag Day for tho Ambler Recrea¬ tion Council was a great success. The receipts are nol all in, but the amount received so far is $784.27.
In announcing the success of Tag Day to the public, the Recrea¬ tion Council says, "Thank You! You have responded to our call in a whole-hearted way. You have realized that it is the problem of the whole community and neigh¬ borhood that we are working to solve, and you have backed our efforts with your support. You have evidenced a real interest in the program that we are setting up. You have supplied one of the most important factors, the parti¬ cipation of the public in the pro¬ gram.
"The receipts are not all in, but what has been counted amounts to $784.27. That is a great start to¬ ward our annual budget of $2500. We brought the matter to your attention and you have responded in }'our characteristically tine manner, and all we can do now is guarantee you that we will carry out our share, by putting the pro¬ gram in its fullest operation, to (continued on page 5)
SIAIE JUNIoltcTuBS L
BELIEVE WYNN DIED IN TRANSPORT SINKING
Sergeant William L. Wynn, Jr., twenty-nine, of Paper Mill road, Enfield, is presumed to have died when a transport was sunk in the Mediterranean area, according to word received by his wife, Mar¬ jorie.
The officer was previously re¬ ported missing in action. Wynn en¬ tered the service in September, 1^42.
"Besides his wife, ho is survived by hi.s stm, \ViIliam Wynn, 3rd, sixteen months old, and his par¬ ents, of 3049 North Nineteenth street, Philadelphia.
POLICE CHIEF^S GROUP
MEETS AT PENNSBURG
The Police Chiefs' Association of Montgomery County voted to in-
Special Memorial Day Services In Amhler and Fort Washington
WHEELER McMILLEN FORT HILL SPEAKER
Congressman to Speak
To
Pay   Triiiutc   to   ^Veterans of World Wars 1 and 11
The   parade   sponsored   by   the William Boulton Dixon Post, Am- ! erican   Legion,   of Fcrt  Washing
vest $518 mU. S. War Bonds at u^„ ^j,, ^^^^.j j^^^ Wa.shington its regular meeting last Thursday ,3„^ and Prospect avenue at 10 at Pennsburg Fire House, Penns- L.^^^i^^.,,    Tuesday   morning. i
burg. Preliminary plans for the j ^^^^ ^^hiet Marshals will be annual outing were also made. j ^^^j^ McCrork and Norman ^Chiof James Ottinger, Upper :Q^y,^ They will lead the line of Dublin Township Chief Kenneth i^^^.,^ followed bv the committee Lear, Lansdale, Chief Harry Stein- | ^^^ sneakers.   Wi'lliam R. Yeakle, i
metz,  Whitemarsh Township, and
assistant marshal, will lead the first
Chief   Russell     Fletcher,     Lower j^jj^-gj^^   ^^  ^j^^   p,^,.^   Washington'       SAMUEL K. McCONNELL Moreland Township, were named \      ^ y„^, dix-isions. and guests. by Chief Lester Carpenter. Amb- i     ^^^^.^^ ^  j^^^    assistant mar- er, president of the organiza ion, I gj^a,_ ^^j,, |p,,^, ^j^^ ^g^.^,,,^ division to serve on the outing fommittee^ , ^.^^^   .j^j^     Ambler  organizations. The sum of $100 was contributed i j^ jj,^ ^^¦^.^ division led bv Erwin
PARAOE WILL OPEN
Congressman   Samuel   K.   Mc-
(]onncll To Speak qt Local
Legion Uomc
Fort Hill Speaker
toward expenses.
The association tightened its membership regulations by the pas.sagc of several amendments to its by-laws.
The Juno meeting will be held in Lansdale Moose Home, Thurs¬ day, June  15.
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NATIONAL prize;  ENJOY CLASS NIGHT
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Trinity Church Speaker
AT ELLINGTON FIELO
Anddcr    Yoiilli    Coniniis,sioncd
Second Lieutenant al Grad-
uali<m   Exercises
Richard P. Slayton, Jr., son ol Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Slayton, ot Trinity avenue, Ambler, receiv¬ ed his wings and commission of second lieutenant at the graduation exercises of the Army Air 'Forces Advanced Flying School of Elling¬ ton Field, Texas, Tuesday morn- jng  at   10   o'clock.
Slayton, who graduated trom Ambler High School in 1940, at¬ tended the School of Pharmacy at Temple University for throe years. He left belore entering his senior year to enlist in the Air Forces in February,  1943.
He received his basic Army trjfiining at Miami and then attend¬ ed Fenn College at Cleveland, Ohio. He received his pre-flight training at San Antonio, Texas, and primary training at Coleman Field, Texas. He took his basic flight training at Perrin Field at Sherman, Texas, and then went to Ellington Field for his advanced training.
F. E. ATKINSON SPEAKS
AT KIWANIS MEETING
F. E. Atkinson, of the Calvert Distilling Company, spoke at the weekly meeting of the Ambler Kiwanis Club held at School Inn, Tuesday night. Luther Fretz was chairman of the meeting.
"The distilling industry is now devoted entirely to producing alcohol for war production and over $1,400,000,000 is paid to the government in taxes," the speaker stated.
« Mr. Atkinson stated that alcohol is used in plastics, synthetic rub¬ ber, medical products and hun¬ dreds ot other manufactured pro- ucts. ¦   •
scar  H.  Stillwagon, president,
lided.
ELm REV. GROTON
Pennsylvania    Group.^    Heeeive
Award For On Islanding
Work llejtort
llislorical   Or<;anizution    llold.^
Annual Meeling and Covered
Dish Sui>j)er
Tho Rev. Nathanael B. Groton, rector of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Whitemarsh, was elected president of the Historical Society of Fort Washington at the May meeting.
The  other officers elected were
as   follows:   vice   president,  Mrs.
Percival  Theel;     secretary,     Mrs.
, William  Buchanan,  corresponding
i secretary. Miss Emma T.  Comly;
I treasurer,    Mrs.    William    Aeuff,
trustees. Judge Harold G. Knight,
I William Bucha'nan and T. Duncan
I Just.
Judge Harold G. Knight, of Am-1 ^ succe.sslul covered dish sup- bler, who will speak at the Mo-! P^^^as held preceding the annual morial Day service to be held in I business meeting at vvhich the elec- Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church i t'on was held. Annual reports were
! made   by   the   various   committee
JUDGE HAROLD G. KNIGHT
on Sunday morning, o-
LEGION AUXILIARIES
! chairmen.
I     The guest pianist of the evening
j was Dr. Clement E. Faust, of Elkins
j Park.
! " The next regular meeting will be
i held June 21 at 8 n. m.
Mrs
KERN FINISHES COURSE
Robert G. Kern, son of Mr. and Robert P. Kern, of 5 Spring
Donate   125   Pounds   id'   Candy: Garden  street, Ambler, has com
Tho County
to Coalesville ;
Hospital
Montgomery-Bucks      Bi-1 Council   Unit   No.   10   of!
American Legion Auxiliaries met';
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EDWARD MURPHY WINS
MARINE PROMOTION
pleted his course of studies as an aviation mechanic in tho Army Air Forces Technical Training School at Amarillo Army Air Field, Am¬ arillo, Texas.
His graduation from this techni¬ cal school now fits him for air- i plane maintenance and he will be at Doylestown last Thursday with ; gent to some air base where he will ninety-three members and guests,; assist in keeping America's Fly- including twelve gold star mothers] ing Fortresses in the air for allied of World Wars 1 and II, present,     j victory.
The invocation was pronounced; In addition to completion of the by Rev. Charles Freeman, pastor; schedule of academic and jsracti- ot Salem Reiormed Church, Doy- i cal studies as an aviation mech- lestown, a member of the Doyles-' anit, he has been thoroughly drill- town post. The Unit president, Mrs. i ed in military tactics and defense Butler, and Richard Murray, past i and a course of physical training Commander of the Doylestown I ^hat has conditioned him to meet Post, now county service officer,' ^^^ requirements of an American extended greetings and welcomed i soldier, the guests who were presented! with corsages of poppies in ob¬ servance ot Poppy Week. Gold Star mothers were presented with white carnations. i
BAPTIST YOUNG PEOPLE
CONDUCT SERVICE
The young people ot the Baptist Youth   Fellowship   of   the   Mount Various committees reported as Pleasant Baptist Church conducted follows:   Mrs.   Rothrock,   rehabili-1 their  regular  monthl.v  service  on lation   chairman,   stated   she   had! Sunday evening    at tho    Artman Edward  Murphy,   Jr.,   formerly j sent 125 pounds of candy to Coates- j Heme. The pastor ol the local Bap- ot Ambler,     has been    advanced ] ville Hospital, and urged that each! tist  Church,     the  Rev.     Winfield trom  Second  Lieutenant  to  First , urlit contribute generously  to the I Ramish,  gave  a   short  talk.   Five
picnic fund lor the hospital. Mrs. | of   the   young   people   also   took Davidson,   membership   chairman,! Part on tho program.
A spcial prize of fift.y dollars has been awarded to the junior clubs of the Pennsylvania Federa¬ tion of Women's Clubs. It was offered to state juniors of the Gen¬ eral Federation of Women's Clubs by Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, re¬ tiring president of the national organization, for the most out¬ standing report on junior work in the federation program for 1941- 44.
Mrs. William S. Githens, Jr.. second vice-presideiit-at-largo of the Pennsj'lvania Federation and i' delegate at St. Louis, accepted this prize in behalf of her state federated clubs. It is the first award ever received b,v the Penn¬ sylvania juniors from the General Federation and the largest to come to Pennsylvania this year.
Since Mrs. Whitehurst announc¬ ed this prize in January of 1943, the individual club presidents and chairmen responded splendidly to Mrs. Githens' i-equest for reports on the nursing program of the past throe years.
During the administration of Mrs. Githens and Miss Jean Shel¬ ley of Willkes-Barre (who resign¬ ed to give full time to Red Cross
Ccleitratc Wilh Projirani nS Pro-
]die,«ic8 and Entertaining
Features
Tlic Ambler High School gradu¬ ating class of '44 held its Class Day exercises in the high school auditorium, Friday evening, before a capacity audience of class mem- j bers' proud parents and guests, all | of whom displayed the enthusiasm j and enjoyment so typical of class- j night audiences.
Arthur Boulton, class president, ; set the program off to a good start after the "Alma Mater" with his •veU'ome address. The .prophesies oi the cldss members were written by Mr. Meyers, whose attempts at verse, both blank and otherwise, were enthusiastically applauded. There is some talk about that Rob¬ ert Franklin Harsch, who was hon¬ ored  with a fanfare, metal,    and
W. Simpson, assistant marshal, will be pupils from the public schools. Girl and Boy Scouts, and the Girls' Harmonica Band, of the Dixon Post. Fire companies will take oart in the fourth division led by Louis W. Holmann, assist- lant marshal.
I The annual program will be held lat 11 a. m. on Fort Hill under the auspices of the Fort Hill Memorial Association and the William Boul¬ ton Dixon Post. 'Norman Gould, commander of the Fort Washing¬ ton post, will bo chairman. B'ollow- ing the massing of colors, the na¬ tional anthem will be rendered by Mrs. Cattierine Wright.
The invocation will be given b.v the Rev. Robert E. Horne, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church. Fort Washington. Greetings will be given by Mrs. G. Harris Britt, pre¬ sident of tho Auxiliarv of the Dixon Post. The Girls' Harmonica • continued on page 5)  o '
WHEELLR McMILLEN
FIFTEEN TO RECEIVE!
Coimneneenient    Fxerei,ses nighl   in  High   School Audiloriuin
To-
PUPILS TO SELL BONDS
Ambler High School stu¬ dents will sell war bonds and stamps in the Fifth War Loan Drive. The pupils will start their drive on June 1 ending it on June 10. Although the official bond selling drive does not open until June 12, the Ambler pupils will conduct their campaign earlier so as to conclude il before the clos¬ ing of school for the summer vacation.
Memorial" Day services will be held in three local communities on Tuesda.y.
At Ambler a parade at 10 a. m., will rirocedo the service at the Legion Home al 10.30 o'clock. The Fort Hill Kedoubt at Fort Wash- ' ington wii! be the scene of the annual service in that community. A parade will also bo held. Ambler Program
Norton Downs, Jr., Posl, Ameri¬ can Legion, of Ambler, has arrang- ' od tho program for tho service to bo held at tho Legion Home, Lin¬ denwold and Park avenues. Amb¬ ler, at 10.30 a. m.
Commander Walter P. Dickinson will   open   the   service   wilh   the Rev. Paul R.  Wertman,  rector of St. John's Lutheran Church, giving the   invocation.  The   national  an¬ them will be sung with the accom¬ paniment  played  by   the  Ambler High School Band of which Clif¬ ford  K.  Geary   is  the   conductor. [ Tho pledge lo the flag will foll(>w. '     Guests   will   bo   introduced   by District Depuiy Commander Bern¬ ard  Lindenfeld, of  Ambler.    The , band   will  render  musical  selec- ' tions. ' -
Tiio presentation of National American Legion Silver Star cita¬ tions to ihe nearest of kin of Lieu¬ tenant Colonel Herbert R. Amey, Jr., of the Marino Corjjs; Captain Harold R. Irenchaid, of tho Mar¬ ine Corps, and Pri\'ale Grant C. Reimcr, of the Armv, will be made by Commander Dickinson. Past Commander Norman F. Taylor will bring grcelings. ' •
The address ot the day will be made by Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., a member ot the United States Congress.
A wreath will be placed on the strne memorial as a tribute to de¬ parted veterans. There will be a rifle salute under the command of Past Commander Ensley J. Gra-
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Commcncomenl exercises for the Class of 1944, Whitpain Township six-bag salute for his generosity I High School, will be held this lo the Junior Red Cross last fall, i evening al eight o'clock in the high is going lo be further sot up as a i school auditorium. The program public example of charitableness I wjll open with the "Processional" by moans of a handsome statue in j and "Pomp and Circumstance." soap. When Mr. Meyers and his ! Tho invocation will be pronounced committee of junior Shakespeares | by the Rev. Herbert D. Cressman, had finished declaring to tho pub- '¦ pastor of St. John's Lutheran lie all the "dirt" they knew about! Church, Center Square. The girl's each class-member, the first part j chorus will sing "America's Pray- of the program ended, and the! er," by Captain J. W. W. Cum- band showed its colors once more i ming, U. S. N. with a thrilling march during in- j The commencement theme is worki, every effort was put forth I termission. ("Toward a Better America." The
by the junior club women of Penn- j The second part of the program, i first address will be given by Etta sylvania lo further the programs of, that is, the hilarious part, provid-I Reed on "Post War Problems." the General and State Federations. I ed a convenient center for the en- j Thomas Elder will speak on "Bet- The juniors ot Pennsylvania were j tertainment representing a service-1 ler America." A mixed quartet the  first  in  the United  States  to   man's canteen. The stage was set
establish a nursing scholarship and from 1941 to 1944 reported twenty- five scholarships totaling more than $4,000.
All  over  the stale,  junior  club women participated in home nurs¬ ing classes, wilh many serving as • continued on page 8)
BEGINNERS TO REGISTER
Children who plan to start school in tho first grade at Mattison Ave¬ nue School, Amblor, next Septem¬ ber, should register at Mattison Avenue School on Thursdpy, June 1, or Friday, June 2, between 1.30 p. m. and 4 p. m.
Birth certificates should be pre¬ sented at the time of registration. Vaccination certificates ' may be presented when the children start school in September.
wilh  tables  al either side  where
several  class members,   costumed
as soldiers, sailors,    and marines,
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FIRE DAMAGES PLANT
consisting of Alice Moyer, Dorolhy Husk, John Perry, Thomas Elder and Paul Koffel will render two -selections, "Memories" and "1 Love Life."
Tho next talk "A Better Ameri¬ can,"  will  be  delivered  by   Dor- L..      , J .,     •  .    •       r i,      "thy Huck. Following this, Helene
I-.rodamagod he interior of tho I Genip will speak on "Mutual rotrigerating building ol the Lans- R3ibiiiiy." Two more selec- dale Ice and Storage Company on   ^- ..Qn  the Isle  cf May" and
South Main slrool. Ambler, early { -Woodon Shoos", will bo rendered Sunda.v aflernoon. ! by  the girls'  chorus.
The blaze was probably the re-1 suit of an electric light bulb left i (continued on page 5)
burning.    As    the  hot  bulb     lay I """i	
against   insulating  material   along | BEN   TOWNE   RECEIVES one wall for many hours, it caused the material to smolder and finally burst into flames.
The fire was extinguished by the Wissahickon Fire Company before there was any extensive damage.
NAVY WINGS OF GOLD
FORT WASHINGTON NEGRO HELD ON MORALS CHARGE
i Pending morals charges preferred i Monday by Clarissa Hodges, 17, I Negro, of Port Deposit, Maryland, I George Barnes, Ihirly-four, Negro, ; of Fort Washington, is being held ! at Montgomery County Prison. ; He was arrested by the Upper ; Dublin police after Miss Hodges j told them that ho had picked her [ up near her home al Port Deposit I and brought her to,F(,rl Washing- I ton in a truck he operated for a ' Norristown  firm.
>     Miss   Hodges   is   being   held   at ; the House of Detention.
Maryland State Police informed . Upper   Dublin   Police  on Tuesday ; that they would extradite the de¬ fendant, charging abduction.
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QUESTERS TO MEET The Countryside Questers will meet on Thursday, June 1, at 11a. m., al the home of Mrs. Stanley C. Kirn, Custis Woods, Glenside. The program and exhibits will be on  Pennsylvania  Dutch Art.
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED BY
THREE NEW OFFICERS
Total of Red Cross Fund Drive, $88,877; Donors Give Blood
Lieutenant in the United Slates' Marine Corps. He is stationed at Camp Lejeune, N. C.
Lieutenant Murphy, wlio is the 'son     of  Mr.   and   Mrs.     Edward
Murphy, Sr., of 127 Greenwood i up the good work. Mrs. G. Harris avenue. Ambler, enli-sled in tho ; Britt, of William Boulton Dixon Marine Corps in September, 1939. !post road the activities report of He graduated from Amblor High j ^q^. p,,sl.
announced that the council had; gone over the ouola set for mem-j bership, and asked Ihat thoy keep
School in June,  1939.
His wife, the lormer Miss Jeanne ¦ Sandell. of Erdenheim, is wilh him in North Carolina.
A report on the poppy program
WINS   SEWING   AWARD
Mrs. James C. ' Bradley, of 90 Cannon Place, Oreland Gardens, received fitly dollars as second prize in a sew.ing contest, spon¬ sored by the Alma Kilcholl Radio program over radio station WJZ.
Mrs. Bradley submitted a baby's
was given *)y Mrs. Arthur Yealy, I cj^ess^ made of while powder puff (continued on page 6) muslin
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The final totals for the 1944 Red Cross War Fund in the Wissahick¬ on Branch of the American Red Cross have just been released by Morris Lloyd, chairman of the drive Ich- the branch.
They are as follows: grand total; $88,877.68; which is made up of these divisions: special gifts, $62,- 176,42: all divisions in Ambler, $8,- 243.49; business and industry, ex¬ clusive of Ambler, $1,055.84; mis¬ cellaneous, $197,00; Junior Rod Cross through sale of Prisoner ol War packages, $475.03; and resi¬ dential,  $16,729.90.
Mrs. C. B. Bulk, chairman of women's activities for the White¬ marsh Township Civilian Defense Council, headed a convoy of blood donors on Thursday, May 18, who were driven lo the Red Cross Blood Donor Headquarters, 1424 Walnut street,   Philadelphia.
The affair was under the spon¬ sorship of the Wissahickon Branch of the American Red Cross, Flour¬ lown, and those who performed this life saving and patriotic duty were rosidenis of Whitemarsh TuwasiniJ. They included Mr. and
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Iniporlance of Hepuhliean Vio
lory   in   .\j»jiroaehing
Flection Stressed
BENJAMIN D. TOWNE
Benjamin  D.  Towne, 21, son  of
Mrs. Clarence Howell and Mrs. Clarence Howell, Jr., Whitemarsh; Mrs. Lillian Flood, of Plymouth'. Meeting; Mrs. Frank A. Swing, ' Conshohocken; Mrs. Ayres and A. j Kline, cf Cedar Heights; and Miss ; Dorolhy Payne and William Wet-i hey, of Lafayette Hills. I
The previous week Mrs. Frank j M. Ramsey headed a similar group ! of twenty-two persons from Wynd¬ moor,  Springfield  Township,  who', gave their blood. I
The Red Cross hopes that other groups will avail themselves of i this opportunity. Appointments and transportation may be arrang- Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Towne cd by telephoning Whitemarsh of Buller pike, Amblor, won his 0373, the Wissahickon Branch I Navy "Wings of Gold", and was headquarters. i commissioned   an   Ensign  in   the
Members of tho Red Cross Motor , Naval Reserve this week follow- Corps in the Wissahickon Branch | iog completion of the prescribed furnished transportation to thirty-1 flight training coui.se al the Naval six student nurses at tho Chestnut ¦ Air Training Center, Pensacola, Hill Hospital last week when they t Florida, the "Annapolis ofj^lhe wore sworn in as Cadet  Nurses al a ' Air."
ceremony at tho Academy ol Muic. j Having been designated a Naval Mrs. Charles K. Lennig, captain of j aviator. Ensign Towne will go on the Motor Corps, headed the con- j active duty al one ot the Navy's air voy in the Red Cross truck with j operational training centers, be- other members of the corps driving] tore being assigned lo a combat station wagons. I zone.
Officers of the Montgomery County Republican Committee were unanimously re-eleclef) at the annual reorganization meet¬ ing of the group lasl Thursday nighl al City Hall, Norristown, The meeting was featured by Vir¬ tually a full attendance with com¬ plete harmony.
Lloyd H. Wood, Evansbur,t;, Kej)- resenlalive in the Slate Legislature from the Third District of the County, was returned lo office as chairman of the Commitleo, a post he was first elected tu lour years ago when the present Republican loadorshii) in the County became the outstanding force in G. O. P. circles. Wood was re-olecled chair¬ man two years ago without oppo¬ sition also.
Re-eleclori as vice chairman was Mrs. Mary H. Beerer, Norristown, County Register of Wills, who was first named lo that posl two years ago and since then has done an outstanding job in enlisting inter¬ est and onthu.siasm among the women voters nt the County.
The four secretaries of the County Commitlee, likewise elec¬ ted two years ago, were leluriied to (jffice without opposition. They are Harold C. Pike, Cheltenham Township Manager; Otto Quinque, of Harlevsville, Suoervisor of Area (couUaucd oa page 2)
Andjlcr   Colony   Group   Closes
Year's  Program   With
Dinner  \Iec\ing
Now officers were installed at tho dinner party hold by the Junior Colony Club of Ambler al Fox'est Inn, Tennis avenue, Tuesday even¬ ing. It was the lasl folmal meeting of the club year.
Mrs. Albert E. Langbein is the new first vice president. Miss Le¬ nore Weikert was installed as treasia-er and Miss Helen Kloster¬ man as corresponding secretary. The other officers do not change until next year. The installing officer was Mrs. Frank S. Roth¬ enberger, a past president of both tho Junior Colony Club and the senior  club.
The president. Miss Jean Lutz announced the following chairmen! finance. Miss Eleanor Hamil; mem¬ bership, Mrs. Winfield C. Cook; music, Mrs. Albert E. Langbein; program, Mrs. William F. Drake; publicity, Mrs. Albert Stout; ways and means. Miss Margaret Lauer; welfare, Mrs. H. Leroy Jones; war activities Miss Helen Roesch. The directors appointed by Miss Lulz were Miss Helen Adams and Mrs. Clair Williams.
The sum of five dollars was con¬ tributed to the tag day of tho Am¬ blor  Recreation   Council.
Mrs. John J. Radcliffe, president
of the senior club, was a guest of
the juniors. She told about tho con-
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SCOUTS TO SELL POPPIES
The Ambler Girl Scouts will sell poppies for the Auxiliary of the Norton Downs. Jr., Post, American Legion of Ambler.
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STUDENTS TO REGISTER
Registration of students who wish lo enter the Ambler Junior- Senior High School next Septem¬ ber will bo held tonight between 5.45 and 9 o'clock in the library al the Ambler High School. Thi.s registration is intended'primarily for pupils who do not live in the borough or are nol now enrolled in the public schools.
It is advisable that students •con¬ fer wilh their parents prior lo registering in regard lo prospec¬ tive high school courses and future plans.
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Community Atnbulance Activities
During the past week the Amb¬ ler Community Ambulance made the   following  calls:
Roger Graham, Bellaire avenue. Fort Washinglon lo Elizabethtown Stale Hospital for crippled child¬ ren.
Charles Breinninger from Ab¬ ington Memorial Hospital to Hen¬ dricks street, Ambler.