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VOL. LXIII —51
CLASS REVIEWS
AMBLER, PA., FEBRUARY 19, 1942
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
Ambler    Colony    Club    Plans
Spring Election;  Have
Patriotic Program
^Current light fiction was re- "viewed at the meeting of the lit¬ erature class of the Colony Club of Ambler, Monday afternoon. Mrs. R. W, Mcllvaine, chairman of the class, presided at the meet¬ ing. The program was in charge of Mrs. Frank Cary.
Mrs. Edward L. Towne, presi¬ dent of the club, read a review of the book, "Better See George," by Freeman Tilden. The review was written by Mrs. Frank S. Rothenberger who was unable to be present. The book was describ¬ ed as being a very relaxing novel having to do with life in a small New England town. It contains hurtior, pathos and human under¬ standing.
Mrs. Allan M. Craig reviewed "Yankee Doctor in Paradise" by Dr. F. M. Lambert. This biography deals with the work of doctors of the Rockefeller Foundation ?among the native Indians of Mexico. It was the only book not in the category of current light fiction.
"Northbridge Rectory" by An¬ gela Thirkell was reviewed by Mrs. W. F. Lutz. The story is con¬ cerned with life in an English country town under the blitz¬ krieg. It is described as being amusing with an undercurrent of philosophy. Mrs. Helen S. Netter discussed "When the Whipporwill —" by Margaret Kinnan Rawlings. Mrs. Netter said that the book is a volume of short stories drawn from the lives of the author's neighbors.
Mrs. Harry McClelland told about the book, "My Name is Aram," written by the Pulitzer prize winner, William Saroyan. The characters in the short stories (continued on page 7)
APPOINT RED v;ROSS
WAR FUND WORKERS
The Red Cross War Fund Drive in Upper Dublin Township open¬ ed on Monday with Mrs. J. Howard Buck as chairman and Mrs. R. C. Kratz and Mrs. Daniel Hickey as vice chairmen.
The following members of the committee will call at the homes of the residents within the next two weeks: Mm. G. Frank Arm¬ strong, Mrs. Jdhies L. Buck, Mrs. Charles   Donat,   Mrs.   George   W.
PUNS EXHIBIT
Demonstration   Will   Include
Motion Picture of War
Service
A combat pilot in action works
Farrington, Mrs. Alvin Fleck, Miss > in  a  bedlam of noise—the  drum
Mary Fales, Mrs. Alfred Gerbron, Mrs. Richard Gifford, Mrs. Harold Gearinger, Mrs. Gilbert G. Gar- side, Mrs. Joseph Haddon, Jr., Miss Flora Heckler, Mrs. Leidy Heckler, Mrs. Everett Hort, Mrs. Charles Harris, Mrs.   Joseph    Henderson,
fire of the guns, the roar of the motors, the whistling wail of the wind.
A radiotelephone transmitter, developed for air pilots, shuts out these sounds and the delicate mi¬ crophone conveys only the mess
Mrs.   Earnest  Jones,  Mrs.   Ralph ages of the pilot, directly from his
Klein, Mrs. Harold H. Lange, Mrs.  vocal  cords.
Warren E. Minkler, Mrs. A. Lane 1     This special transmitter, which
i DECLAMATION CONTEST I    HELD AT P. T. A. MEETING
The students of the seventh and eighth grades participated in a declamation contest at the regular meeting of the Parent-Teacher As¬ sociation of the Dorothea Hughes Simmons School, Prospectville, last Tuesday.
The judges were Mrs. Frank Mc¬ Nair, Mr. Fred Fowles and Rev. Frank Shaffer. They based their decision on the following seven points: (Quality and ease of voice, enunciation, bodily interpretation, memory, poise, general effect and expression.
In the seventh grade. Jack Fish- .er was awarded flrst prize of one dollar's worth of defense stamps and Earl Wismer second prize at fifty cents worth of defense stamps.
In the eighth grade, Robert Hibbs received flrst prize of one dollar's worth of defense stamps.
COLONY CLUB SPEAKER
MacBride, Mrs. Frank Mitsch, Mrs. I is strapped to a pilot's throat, was
J.   W.   Noble,  Mrs.   Oliver  Rose, | developed by the Bell Telephone i cVt^ "non't^ Wl^'-V^' „f^«^ot^,,»'
Mrs. Jane Shoemaker, Mrs  Silas Laboratories  and will  be  among I ""^ '^^"^^ ^"^^^^ °* ^^^'"P^-
PLAN PURCHASE OF AIR RAID SIREN
cil Hears Committee Reports; Needs   Volunteers
VICTORY BOOK CAMPAIGN A SUCCESS IN COUNTY
The 'Victory Book campaign has gone over the top in Montgomery County. Designed to make worth¬ while books available for men in the armed forces, the campaign was carried on under the general   i supervision of Mrs. Franklin Spen-
Amblcr Civilian Defense Coun-i f.^'".,^d'"°"t''nr"*.''^ "^"""^r^'^^i'^
I tivities of the Montgomery County
(Defense Council.
i     The quota of  books for  Mont-
i gomery County was 20,600 and to
I date 29,235 have been collected.
The cost of an efficient air raid •     Collections in various sections of
siren   for  Ambler  has  been  esti- i the County were as follows: Lower
mated at $650 according to a re- ' Merion, under the direction of Mrs.
port made at the weekly meeting j William  T.  Dickson,   1717   books;
of  the   Ambler   Civilian   Defense. York Road, under Mrs. Laurence
Council, Friday night. j Butler,   4708;   Pottstown,     under
The  organization     will present ^""s. James Wandell, 3697; Upper
Schook, Mrs. Harold Tyson, Mrs. Russell Tyson, Mrs. Charles Wiley.
ENTERIAIN AI SPECIAL PROGRAM
, numerous interesting exhibits at a I ^J^^'^- Charles Jago reported ort "Calls to Victory" demonstration t^e annual convention of the at the Ambler High School on I M°"tS°'"ery County couricil of Tennis avenue next Wednesday, i ga^^nts and teachers held at the February 25 i Springfleld   high   school   on   Sat-
Starting at 8 p. m. and free tolVr'^ay- February 7th. The general the public, the demonstration will i tneme of the convention was include a motion picture showing | strengthening democratic America,
DR. RAYMON KISTLER
Dr, Raymon Kistlcr,    president I
j the data concerning the siren j recommended by the Federal Elec¬ tric Company to borough council for its study and possible approval. Borough council will be asked to finance the purchase of the new siren.
SIUDY GROUP HOLDS ' PANEL DISCUSSION
Congressman   Ditter   Addresses
Guests at Ladies' Niglit
Event
The Rotary Club ot Ambler en¬ tertained at a gala event known as "Ladies Night" at the White¬ marsh "Valley Country Club, Wed¬ nesday evening. About ninety-five persons were present including the members, their wives, and guests.
After the dinner, the president of the club, John Hansell intro¬ duced the toastmaster of the even¬ ing, Judge Harold G. Knight, an honorary and charter member of the club. The toastmaster then presented the president of the Ki¬ wanis Club of Ambler, Henry Deens, and Mrs. Deens. Mr. Deens brought greetings from the Kiwan¬ is Club.
The speaker of the evening was J. William Ditter, member of Con¬ gress and also an honorary and charter
The defense council has been of Beaver College, Jenkintown,'| investigating the problem of pro- will be the speaker at the meeting viding an adequate air raid siren of the Colony Club of Ambler on i for Ambler since tests have proven February 25. His subject will be j that the present signal cannot be "Americanization." j heard everywhere in the borough.
Dr.  Kistler,  A   B.,   D.   D.,   LL :     Stewart    Davis    reported    that
......v.. o  ^.. ^.^.^.^ . s,    ^. K w    •"•    .u    u ..u I *^'  'yT''',"^^*^ o     V 1 """''^^K     "^ borough council had prcviou.sly set
the  accomplishments  of the  Bell j which begins m the home    with j the   United   Presbyterian   Church, ^p g fund of $275 for the use of
section of County, under Mrs. Richard Rogers, 480; Norristown, under Mrs. Frederick B. Smillie, 10,100; Lansdale, under Mrs. Isaac H. Clothier, 3rd, 8175.
These  books  were  collected  at central points and will be distri¬ buted among the  following mili¬ tary  establishments    in  Pernsyl- I vania:
Telephone Company in providing telephone service for the armed forces and for war industry. Ar¬ rangements for the evening's en¬ tertainment were made by G. Earle Tippin, manager for the Bell Company.
Special equipment tp be shown will include an Army fleld tele¬ phone set used for communication between outposts and command posts, and equipment for artillery¬ men who usually receive firing di¬ rections from a point distant from the battery of guns.
An informative talk, in non¬ technical language, will be given by Harry Hall who will be assist¬ ed during the demonstrations by William Hamilton. Both are Bell telephone men.
Mr. Tippin will introduce to the audience Miss Nellie J. Roberts, chief operator, and Seth A. Ottoson, plant wire chief. Each will speak briefly of the activities of their departments.
Members of the audience will be able to test their own voices by means of a "mirrophone" also developed by the Bell Laborator
proper food, rest, sleep and dental   m 1915. He has been president of: the    defense    organization;    that
Beaver College, one of the oldest j bills must be presented to borough and largest institutions for the j council for approval; that any higher education of women in the ' farther major expenditures would United States, since 1940. A speak- , have to be presented to and ap- er of dynamic power and a wise i proved bv borough council before counselor Dr. Kistler is well, commitment can be made, qualified to interpret the Amen- t3„ ^^ iiriT i-. t ^ „ .^, can way of life. !.   K?^' °''' WUliam F. Lutz, of the
hygiene,  sanitation  and   hrst  aid
health
The four children of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wismer delightfully entertained with two vocal selec¬ tions.
In commemoration of^the Forty- fifth anniversary of the founding of the Parent-Teacher Association, a very appropriate candlelight ser¬ vice was presented by ten mem¬ bers of the Association.
The  first  session  of  the  study
group was held at the school on Wednesday afternoon.
COMMUNIIY CENIRE
SCHEDULE ACIIVIIIES
Invite    Post   lo   Attend   Ward Meeting;  Report Wel¬ fare  Work
DRAFT BOARD REGISTJIS1768
Ambler Hegisters 708, Wbitr- marsb 159 and Consholiockcn 901 in Third Draft on Monday
Di Thomas G. Barlow, profes- ¦ committee, reported that a plan of | Routine business was discussed soi ot music and director ot pub- , instruction to physicians has been : at the Februarv meeting held bv he relations for Beaver College, I approved. He said that the main ! the Auxiliary oi'the William Boui- will song a vocal solo at the same : need seems to b^ mostly for in- I ton Dixon Post, American Legion, ""^^ ^"^u  J ,ir   r.    .J       11   1-   ' Struction in public health precau-  of Fort Washington, at the legion
.J"^' .:"."?^°l\ ^-  ^^®°  ^^"  °^ j tions  to  civilians.   Rev.  Dr.  Lutz I home on the Bethlehem pike. Fort
at the tea table.
CHURCHESIOSUPPORI
"A ; New   World   Order",   Dis-
cussed    at    St.    Thomas'
Episcopal Church
That Cf. 'istians and the church will have a great part in working out a permanent world peace base- ed on improved living conditions around the world and economic adjustments for the good of many, rather than for selfish nationalism, was the summation of the panel discussion on the subject "A New World Order" at St. Thomas' Par¬ ish House, Whitemarsh, last Wed¬ nesday evening.
Searching questions submitted by the audience were directed at the members of the panel by Louis M. Washburn, who acted as moderator. The other members of the panel were: AUston Jenkins, an accountant; William Draper Lewis, attorney and director of the American Institute of Lawy¬ ers; Dr. Edward B. Krumbhaar, professor of pathology of the .Uni¬ versity of Pennsylvania; Eric Mc- Couch, attorney; Charles Cunn¬ ingham, industrial counselor; and the Rev. Frederick Nulte, D. D., dean of the Lutheran Seminary, Mt. Airy, and associated with the ecumenical movement of the Fed¬ eration of Churches.
What Christians and the church can do to further the new order was summed up at the conclusion of the discussion as follows: first, use the churches as an administra¬ tive body to spread the ecumeni¬ cal jrinciple; two, respect special- (continued on page 4)
    member   of   the   Ambler,. ....
Rotary Club. Mr. Ditter spoke ofi'^s which is used extensively  in the things in Lincoln's life which! voice   training.   They   will   —   -
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Washington.   The  president,   Mrs. Charles Reuter,  presided.
William Etherington, auxiliary contact chairman, on behalf of the post accepted the invitation of the auxiliary to attend the, March
Public Health Nursing Service
Tabulations Given—Nurses
Made  4215  Visits
Open Campaign in Five Coun¬ ties for Special  Relief Fund
To Buy Dafanse Bondc
The Agawan Tribe, No. 279, In¬ dependent Order of Red Men, has decided to purchase ten $100 de¬ fense bonds. The project was dis¬ cussed at the weekly meeting, Fri¬ day night.
would be worthy of imitation in these times. He said that these days demand a straightforward honesty and courage. That the successful completion of this war would not come with wishful thinking or a false patriotism but by the sacrifice and effort of every true American.
The surprise, of the evening was a hobby program by the guest of William C. Scott, vice president of Keasbey and Mattison Com¬ pany. Herbert Klein, of Drexel Hill, entertained with his hobby of hypnotism. He asked for volun- ters and succeeded in getting about ten likely as^stants about four of which developed into vic¬ tims for his art of inducing sleep and most anything else on the pro¬ gram.
^ program of entertainment and
rare magnetic alloy capable of lifting its own weight 112 times over, and hear the heart-beat of a demonstrator, amplified through an electrical stethoscope which has
With   religious   leaders   of
said  that  civilians  should be  in-
; structed in preparing against epi-
j demies, in protecting the general
\ health   of   their   families   and   in
j building up resistance against di-
^ sease. He suggested that a general
; meeting be held for the entire ci- i business meeting. There will be a
j vilian  defense  personnel  as  well j guest speaker.
I as   for   the   general   public. I     Henry     Grimm,     Americanism
Stewart Davis reported that the I chairman, invited the auxiliary first aid classes are progressing 1 ^"d friends to attend the Ameri- well. He said that the first class i canism meeting at the post home will finish its standard course this ! o'^ Monday evening, February 23, week   and   that   nineteen   of   the' at which time Isadore Buckbaum,
1 twenty-seven pupils in the class | county vice chairman of the Am- have volunteered to contniue with I ericanism committee which em- ,, ' the advanced course. He also said I braces fifty-eight posts, will speak. ^'^ i that the second class has 116 mem- I Mr. Grimm also invited the auxil
A total number of 1768 men were registered at three enrolling centers of local Draft Board, No. 5, under the selective service sys¬ tem on Tuesday. Ambler listed 708 registrations; Whitemarsh, 159, and   Conshohocken,  901.
This third draft was held to register men between the ages o> twenty and forty-five years. A fourth draft to include both younger and older men is expected to take place in March.
The chief clerk of the risgistrars who sat at the Legion Memorial Home, Ambler, was Miss Grace Snyder, The other registrars in¬ cluding Ambler public school teachers and residents at this cen¬ ter were: Mrs. Edward Groff, Mrs. John Shoemaker, Miss Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs. J. Fred Martin, Mrs. J, M. Fisher, Mrs. Arthur. R. Iliff, Miss Evelyn Kulp, Miss Evelyn Marple, Miss Frances Bar», Miss Ann Gear, Miss Bernice Boyles, Miss Bruna Abrahams, Miss Edith Garges, Mrs, Louis Kirk, Mrs. Grant Buchanan, Mrs. George Davis, Mrs, John Niblock and Silas Shoemaker. Luncheon and dinner weve served the registrars i by Mrs. Alexander Willox.
At St. Thomas' Parish House, Whitemarsh, the chief registrar was Mrs. Erie Kulp, of White¬ marsh, and her assistants weve Miss Martha Weller and Mrs. Fred Hall, both of Cold Point, Teachers from the Spring Mill and Barren Hill schools worked in the morn¬ ing, afternoon and evening shifts to register the men, / .
The Conshohocken High School
served  as the  registration  center
in that district of Draft Area, No.
5. R. Lincoln Hain, Conshohocken,
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AMBLER LEGION POST
The North    Penn    Community Centre has made its yearly tabula- \ denominations supporting the War : ^'^^^ drvide''d*into7ourgrou"ps.''An ! iary "to"attend""a"patHotirchurch tion ^ of Its public health  nursmg i fund campaign of the Southeastern ; ^^^^,^13,^^,^   ,.„ ,f"^^^^ at   the   Trinity   Lutheran
services.
The work listed under morbid¬ ity was as follows: non-communic-
proved invaluable to the medical  able—number taken under    care, profession. —        " .    . .
247, and number of visits   made, 1870. The maternity work was as
Pennsylvania Chapter of the Am erican Red Cross, churches throughout this section will ob¬ serve "Red Cross Sunday" this week-end.
The campaign is being conduct-
follows:     antepartum,    expectant j ed in  Philadelphia,  Bucks,  Ches- mothers, number taken under care, 1 ter, Delaware    and    Montgomery
FIRSI AlOiHENI
Chief   Clarence   Yost   Reports
Five Fires During Month—
Discuss Blackout
4
51, and number of visits made, 162; postpartum, maternities, num¬ ber taken under care 81, and num¬ ber of visits made, 540; deliveries, number taken under care, four¬ teen.
The health service division in-
countics for $2,500,000 toward the national goal of $65,000,000 needed for the vastly enlarged services of: the Red Cross. !
Observance of next Sunday in \ support of the War Fund cam- j paign    in     Protestant     churches!
day afternoon in front of the Le- Church, Fort Washington, on Sun- gion Memorial Home when in- i day evening, February 22. The struction   in   general   ambulance I Bugle  Corps  and  the  Harmonica
(continued on page 8) ^^if ^j," ^'^ in attendance.
I Mrs. Emma Buchanan remind¬ ed the auxiliary members to send letters or cards to the boys in camp. Mrs. Agnes HoUingsworth reported that the junior auxiliary made fudge to send to the veterans at  the  Coatesville  Hospital. '.
Mrs.   Ethel  James  reported   on j the  National  Defense  Conference I
Urged
Legion     Member
Register   for   Civilian Defense Duty
to
OLD-IIME SKETCHES
dudes  the  following:  new   born,  throughout this section was asked-^Horse  and Buggy Days" Pre. number taken under care, seventv-1 ^y    a  Committee     of  Protestant 1       ,      _    .,.""'        /,
. I Church leaders.
daricing followed. The committee .^/i'^ J'^'^^'f"""^ ^i''^^°"'P^^^
five,   and  number  of  visits,   452;,      »,,..*        , , ,    ,
other infants, number taken under I     ^^^ ministers  have been asked
, care, twenty-eight, and number of! ^°  "'¦^f  from   their   pulpit     the
visits made, 113; pre-school, num-1 "e«=^s^'ty   of  supporting   the   Red
sented   at   Zion   Lutheran Church in Whitemarsh
Reports from officers and chair¬ men of the Norton Dov^ns, Jr., Post, American Legion, of Ambler, were received and discussed at the organization's February meet¬ ing.
Plans for making changes in the which she attended at Washing- i '^gion building were shelved tor a ton, D. C. Mrs. John Magill and ^^.'^f ^"if }° the shortage of ma- Mrs. Alex Niblock also attended. \\?''^^^ l^^L^°"^1 ^^ needed in Mrs.   K.   McGettigan.     welfare | ^^^ork   The post mer^^^^^^^^^
I chairman, said that several over- i (continued on page 3)
which made arrangements for the (continued on page 2)
'Of Ambler will provide the neces¬ sary equipment for the first aid station located in its building on Butler avenue. The company auth¬ orized this action at the February
PLAN PATRIOTIC SERVICE
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washington, will have as special guests at a Washington's Day Ser¬ vice at 8 o'clock, Sunday evening, February 22, the William Boul¬ ton Dixon Post, American Legion, of Fort Washington.
The guests will march from the I cigarettes to each of the members
ber   taken   under^ care,   fifty-six,! P?^^   ^"^f^f'-, "°1 ^^   "l- 1^''^'^^' number visits made, seventy-three; i ^"^^ ^^ ^ definite phase ol the Am- school, number taken under care, | ^"^^n ^'^'^ "^^o":'.for victory, fourteen,    number    visits    made,!     ^^e leaders loining in this ap- forty-four; school follow-up, num-  P^^J, '"elude   Bishop   Francis   M , ,.       ,,,.,.. .-   ber visits made, 375; adult, num-jTaitt, of the Protestant Episcopal, ^aish
meeting, last Wednesday evening. 1 ber taken under care, ten; number i '^h"''^'}' ^,i^''°P ^™^??^ ?¦ ^'^^^''t It was also decided to pay uplyigitg  made,   forty-five;   not   seen I ®°"' °t    the Methodist     Church;
Legion Home on the Bethlehem pike to the church where the worship will be led by the pastor, the Rev. Robert E. Home. The Commander of the post, Frank Hoagland, will give a brief resume of the purpose and ideals of the legion and the chaplain, Benja¬ min  Bacon,  will  lead  in  prayer.
the memberships of members    of j and not taken up,  193;  all other the  company or social club  who I visits made, number taken under have been called into, the military  care,    nineteen,    number     visits service of the United States. The {made thirty-six firemen  will    send  a  carton    of |    The total persons taken under
care during the year was 649 and the total number of visits made was 4215.
Forty-seven percent of the visits
in the service
An order will be placed for 1000 feet of two and a half inch fire hose and 500 feet of inch and a half  hose  with the  Quaker  City
"Horse and Buggy  Days", pre- i LUTHERAN CHURCH senting     old-time    music     and I rDflllPC UAVP  PADTV
sketches,  was given by  the Zion UlVUUra nAVE.  FAKl I
Gleaners' Sunday School Class of      The  Crusaders and  the Luther the Zion Lutheran Church, White- I League   of   St.   John's   Lutheran in    a    fastnacht    social,! Church, Ambler, were entertained Tuesday  evening. I at a joint party by the pastor. Rev.
The pantomimes were directed I Robert D. Hershey, and Mrs. Her- by Mrs. Herman Bocher. The: shey, Monday evening, musical background was supplied ' The evening was spent in play- by Mrs. Russell Rohn, pianist. The • '"g games in the church basement narrator was Miss Carol Bocher. 1 and prizes were awarded. The The program opened with the ' guests adjourned to the parsonage Founders' day and the third' ringing of "The Star Spangled j later in the evening for refresh- birthday of the .Spring House ; Banner" by the audience. The Gib-! ments. ,, . , Parent-Teacher Association will' son Girls were portrayed by Mrs.! Those who attended vvere: be observed on Monday evening at | Elwood    Young    and    Mrs.    Carl I Misses    Christina    Rorer,     Ruth
(continued on page 2) |
spring^housTgroup     I
TO HONOR FOUNDERS
Rubber Company.  The  hose will | were part pay. be used on the new fire truck on 1
were full pay;  forty-two percent j the   Spring   House   School.   Plans i Dokenwadel dressed in the fashion i Wood,  Margaret Wood,  Eliza^^^^
percent! for  the   evening's   program   were i of^^L^lj^an   Rushers ,tiHie.^Mi;s.; Groff, ^ Edeen ^Lukert,^ ^Z^^tT
to go ahead with building an ad- ; dition when conditions permit. It I was reported by J. W. Craft, Jr., that the sagging of the floor is due to the shrinkage of Jumber and that  there  is  no  safety  threat.
Norman F. Taylor agreed to- prepare a questionnaire to be sent to each member of the post for the purpose of obtaining informa¬ tion as to that members part in the voluntary defense program. Members who do not have any special duty will be asked to regis¬ ter at once for the air observation post, which is a direct legion re¬ sponsibility.
Commander   Stewart   Davis   in reporting on the  district meeting said that most of the business had (continued on page 8)
were   free,   and  eleven
which  delivery is  soon expected. Fire Chief Clarence Yost reported
JUNIOR COLONY CLUB
William R. Yeakle, the historian, that he went to Wilmington, Del., will present a brief history of the to inspect the new truck. He said local post. I that it is completed with the ex-
The Harmonica Band sponsored 1 ception of four gauges and    one by the post, which includes forty- . Rqss release valve, five  members,  will  play   several selections.     The Drum and Bugle
I completed at a meeting of the ex-1 Charles Russ played Mark Twain! Lukert^ S.°'"°,lr^, ^'T't''k^"^ ^t ecutive committee at the home of' ^ another sketch. The figures in , liam Kolb, Willard Leh, Gera d Mrs. George Crossley, Gwynedd, a tintype were Mrs. Robert Nelson i Leh, Dawson Deck, Dudley Deck, on   Monday    February   16      Th(31 as the mother, Mrs. Frank Sanson j Donald   Rorer,    Frank    Mallozzi,
TO  ENTERTAIN  SENIORS : program for' the birthday celebra- i as the father, Mrs. George Pursell; Ralph    Schwager     Frank    Wolff The Tnnlor Colonv Club of Am ' tion will be presented by the men  as the  son   and   Mrs.   M.  Luther! Charles Reyner, Donald Small. The Junior Colony Club of Am-; association   John Allsoach Hocker as the daughter,
bier will entertain the members of I "'.,.'•"'- associauon. Jonn Auspdcn^ &
the senior club at its regular meet-1 ^'H Play a number of piano selec-      The can can dancers were Mrs ing on Tuesday evening, February I tions. Warren    Beidler,    Mrs.    Clifford
BOARD MEETS TONIGHT
Local Red Cross War Fund Drive Opens; Name Captains For Wissahickon Branch
selections      The Drum and Bu ele ^     Chief   Yost   reported   five   fires  24   The  speaker    will be Robert . At the executive committee meet-  Clem,  Mrs   Alvin Godshall,  Mrs.
Corns wiil bl In'^onf th2 fiuests I '>""'"« the preceding month-three  Clarke   Taber,     chief     probation '«g  Mrs.   Walter  Farrington,  fin- | Russell Pullinger and Mrs.  Clar-
Veterai^  and  au^mfrv members!'"  Ambler, a fleld fire  in Upper  officer for the Municipal Court of ance   chairman   announced     that: ence Seddon. In the sketch show-
Jre'TnyTtedto XndThe'^Tv'lc'e   g"!?"" J°-"^^'P ^"^ ^ ^ouse in , Philadelphia. ^ Mrs. Charles Baker
which is arranged in their honor.      Hoisham. The  hostesses    will  be     Mrs.
In  discussing    the     company s Thomas J. Lane, Jr., Mrs. William ,       „ i_ oc   m       mi.    .,
part in the test blackout, Mr%ost F. Drake and the Misses Eleanor ?fsday   ^ndT«   Han-v' ShoUe
said that thirty-seven men report-i Kinney,  Peggy  Smith  and    jp,.»! Nylund   and   Mis.   Haiiy   Shollei
Foulke ave- i ing Casey at the bat, Mrs. Clar- nue. Ambler, will entertain at a ] ence Seddon played Casey. Those covered   dish   luncheon   on   Wed- 1 riding the "Bicycle Built For Two"
(continued on page 2)
The Ambler Chamber of Com¬ merce will hold its monthly meet¬ ing at Niblock's Restaurant at 6.30 p. m.., tonight. Important matters will be discussed.
POST OFFICE HOLIDAY
There will be no United States Mail deliveries by carriers on Monday, February 23, because of- the holiday in honor of Washing¬ ton's birthday. The lobby of the Ambler Post Office will be open all day for bo.x office service, but no deliveries will be made by local carriers or carriers for the star route and rural delivery. The post office will be open in the morning for window service until 12 o'clock,   noon.
ed at the firehouse to take up their I Bussing.
reported on attending the sixteen-
eu ai me nrenouse 10 laKe up ineir  xjuooiue. i ,i,-„ , „  !„.r„f +1 n/r„„*
duties at the various stations Fire-      About 150 persons attended the  ^^^""" o '^°"/.^?il.?l°/ .^^1,?^°"*"
men were stationed on the roof of  'Valentine dance h^d by the junior the  high school,- the  roof of  the | club at William Penn Inn, Gwy-
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The American Red Cross War^ Fund Drive has opened in the area of the Wissahickon Branch un¬ der the supervision of Sidney Keith, of Wyndmoor, and Mrs. Reynolds Brown, of Blue Bell. The captains appointed by Mr. yth and Mrs. Brown have their kers in the field calling upon -. 'Cents and business houses to raise money for the huge relief fund which the Red Cross plans to establish so as to prepare for any war emergency.
In Ambler the captains are: first ward, Mrs. Arthur Lesher, Reiff's Mill road and Tennis avenue; sec- '^Ud ward, Mrs. John Ziegler, jj4h Spring Garden street; third Mrs. Edward G. Davies, avenue.
>ther district captains are [vs: Lower Gwynedd, Mrs. ^ge Levino,    of    Penllyn; Mrs. Frederick Fowles, ville;  Springfield,  dis- "rs. Benjamin Parish, _jeim; Springfleld, dis- "^1 Louise Strawbridge, 'ill; Springfield, dis¬ c's Sydney Cheston, ' ipper Dublin,    Mrs. liUck,  of Fort Wagh-
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club' plans program
been  secured in  the  Whitemarsh 1 district, the area is without a cap- !     The    Whitemarsh   "Valley   Wo- tain. I men's Club will hold its regular
The  officials   in   charge   of  the! meeting   on   Monday   afternoon.
drive for the war fund have issued the  following statement:
"The challenge of the Red Cross charter in war and in peace is 'To act in matters of voluntary relief and in accord with the military and naval authorities as a med¬ ium of communication between the people of the United States of America and their Army and Navy.'
"In quoting from the Ameri¬ can Red Cross Charter, granted on January 5, 1905, the word, war, is emphasized at this time and for the following reasons.
"We all know—or perhaps we only feel that the Red Cross is there to do the job in times of peace. The Annual Roll Call takes care of that and we gladly give to it 'our heart and our dollar' so that it may carry on its peace time services. But this is War."
"Do you realize what th6 Red Cross is prepared to do with the war fund for which it is now appealing. It's services to the armed forces include: military and 'continv^c" or nasc 2^
nedd,  Saturday  night.  About ten soldiers from Fort Dix, N. J., were special guests kt the affair. A  combined    heart  and
gomery County Council of Parents |
GARDEN CLUB TO MEET
The   February   meeting   of   the
World Day of Prayer Services To Be Held
iil?;;fe"Ss;'r»KSiS^'.3*'^^^^ Churches Tomorrow; Candlelight Service
first prize in its class. i bridge and Clothier Store, Jenkin-1 	
It was reported that the group \ town, on Friday at 2 p. m
February 23, at 2 o'clock, at the home of the president, Mrs. David B. Cathcart, 8107 Ardmore ave¬ nue, Wyndmoor.
Careers for women will furnish interesting topics for the meeting. Some of the members will discuss \ and red hearts, careers for women are interested. Mrs
Christians all over the world gpQt; has just received its honor stan-1 "The year reviewed with a color ; will gather tomorrow at special dance was won by Mrs Winfield '¦¦ dard certificate from the state | camera" is the topic chosen by; 'World Day of Prayer services to Cook of Ambler and "christian i^rsanization for fulfilling require-j Miss Anne Wertsner, the speaker, i pray for five objectives: for Diegl'er of Philadelphia Partners "^^nts. The committee set April i The Flower Tournament will i peace, for a change in world con- were selected by matching theU'' as the date for the annual! include the following: Class 1—i ditions, for a change in the hearts numbers on small hearts j spring card  party  to be  held  at: Pictures   lany   size)   made     from; of men, for the national churches
The music was furnished bv Bill i the Spring House School. .pressed    material;     Class  2—Ar-1 and   for  the   missionaries   in   the
Hammersley's orchestra from Ger- | . " ^^^ „n«,„ > « ! 'o"""?;?^']^ °^ '^'''^^ flowers; Class : countries  at war.
mantown. The room was decorated ARREST NEWMAN 3-Valentine mmiature; Class 4-,     Two   services  will   be   held   in
Patriotic   dinner   table   arrange-1 Ambler, an afternoon meeting at
Flourtown, will have as her sub ject, "Women in Real Estate." Mrs. Frederick Niedland, Wyndmoor, an authority ' on ballroom dancing, will discuss this art. Mrs. Cathcart, who teaches home nursing courses at Germantown Friends' School and other schools, will speak on the subject.
with red and white crepe    _  „  ,   ._ „..,       , , „    .
'      " •       -'""°"'        '2.30  o'clock  in  the    Men's  Bible
I in which they |     The chairman of the dance was! of 207 Locust street. Ambler, wasjpnBMPn   amrt rn  man wrne' Class Room of the Ambler Pres- . Joseph Bacher, I Mrs. Thomas J. Lane, Jr., and the j arrested for the fifth time on Tues-1 * ^i   and Mrs  F  Ravmond Max  i ^^'^^'¦'?" Church; an evening meet-
paper j     Henry  Newman,   sixteen   years; ^jent ! old, colored, who lives at the rear 1
Approve Farm Show Awards
Auditor General F. Clair Ross this week approved payment of $18,116 in premium awards to win¬ ning "exhibitors of livestock in the 1942 Pennsylvania Farm Show.
Awards for dairy cattle head the list with $7,445 paid out. Next in order are: draft horses, $3,255; beef cattle, $2,745; sheep, $2,399; arc* ^—.ire. $2,Z'i2.
members  of her committee were i day morning.
in   St.   John's
Miss Gladys Knott, Mrs. Paul E Williams, Miss Mary Dickinson, Mrs. Julian Ralph, Miss Jean Lutz and Mrs. Thomas Stephen.
!     Mr. and Mrs. F, Raymond Max- | ing   at   8   o'clock son   and   son,   Gordon,     "Custis 1 Lutheran Church.    The afternoon
is being    sponsored    by
arrested  by
penter who charged him with en¬ tering the home of Mrs. Eva Hawkes,   Butler  avenue,  Ambler,
PAST PRESIDENTS MEET
The Past Presidents' Club of the Auxiliary of the William Boulton Dixon Post, American Legion, of Fort Washington, held its Febru- j Monday afternoon ary meeting at the home of Mrs. j thirteen dollars John    Magill,    Arlingham Whitemarsh.
Mrs. Evelyn Hoagland, president of the club, conducted the meet¬ ing. It was reported that a good profit was realized on the recent card party. Another card party will be held at the legion home on r.py I.
w^r '^ ^fK'"^   A^'^'^'f ^^2'",ir.l^''i Woods," North Hills, formerly of i seVvice
William Urban, Ambler, on Wed-j ^^^ler, have returned home from   ?he women's missionVrf'societies nesday  morning,   on   a  charge   ofi     .       wppk^' trin tn Tpvn« u/hprp     * jiT •     "nr''onary   socieueb
larppnv Mpurmpn was ni-HpipH hpiH i " ^      weeKs  11 ip 10 1 exas wfiere ] of the various churches in town, larceny, JMewnian was oideied held , jj^g    attended the wedding of Mr. i The evening service  for men  wo- for the juvenile  court.      He wasi   ^iiyr^  MnvsnnV snn  t innipnanf   ^ne eveninj, seivice, ior men, wo rw,pf T Pstpv   r   Par I''"" "^'^^- J^>'iaxson s son, L,ieutenant ^ men and children, is sponsored by
William R. Maxson, and Miss Ro
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termg   the    home   of  Mrs.    Eval     ,„, .,   ,. ',, . ,1
and    stealing
While there, Mr. and Mrs. Max- saw   their   son   receive   his
the     Ambler     Young People's League.
The   prayer   program for     the
I afternoon   meeting   will be   built
Chief Carpenter I "wings in the United States Army i upon the five topics already men
road,  recovered $11.10 from the second! Air   Corps     at   Ellington     Field, floor of the Newman home. I f^xas. Lieutenant Maxson expects
The  boy,   who  is  believed     to i to be kept at Ellington Field  as have   entered   the   back   door   of; an instructor.
the Hawkes' home, has been ar- j On the return trip, Mr. and Mrs. rested on similar charges four j Maxson visited their daughter, times previously. He has been out | Miss Faith Maxson, a student at on parole from the Glen Mills Re- j Lenoir Rhyne College. Hickory, 'ormatory 1 y "¦"':.''¦ '^aro'i-ia.
tioned. Each topic will be develop¬ ed by a different church group in its own particular style, some in silent prayer, some through music or the singing of prayer hymns.
Mrs. Martin L. Tozer, wife    of the  pastor  of  the  Upper  Dublin
over the meeting. Mrs. Blanche Farson, of the Methodist Church, will be the guest soloist. She will be accompanied at the piano by Mrs. Wesley Seger.
In the evening the World Day of Prayer service will be in the form of a candlelight service, with the Rev. Nevin Zuck, pastor of the Church of the Brethren, as guest speaker. The Rev. J. William Dow, pastor of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, will lead the song service and the Rev. Charles A. Piatt, pastor of the Presbyterian Church, will be in charge of a season of prayer.
The Upper Dublin Lutheran pas¬ tor, the Rev. Martin L. Tozer, will present the. invocation and the Methodist pastor, the Rev. Walter J. Leppert, will give the benedic¬ tion. Rev. Dr. Robert D, Hershey, host pastor, will have the offer¬ tory prayer.
Representatives chosen from the various young people's societies and church groups will also parti¬ cipate in the program. Miss Marianne Schwauger, from the Presbyterian Young People's So¬ ciety, will lead the responsive reading. Miss Jean Munkenbeck, of the Brethren Church,    will be
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