The Ambler Gazette 19440106

              THE  A^iBLER   GAZETTE
OL. LXV — NO. 45
AMBLER, PA., JANUARY 6,1944
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Fer Copy
John Berwind Elected Ambler Council Head
Dcwcy L. Behringer New Mem¬ ber  of Council;  Appoint Other Officers
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kNAME   COMMITTEES
John S, Berwind, of Forrest ave¬ nue. Ambler, was on Monday evening at a special organization meeting elected president of the Ambler Borough Council for a two year term, to succeed J, Rob-
trt Simpson, Jr,, of Highland ave- ue. Ambler, the retiring presi- ent, Mr, Berwind has been a mem- er of Borough Council since August 8, 1938, when he was made a member of the council¬ manic body to flll the unexpired term of Frank Wolff, He is a rep¬ resentative of the First Ward, Aside from being well known as a councilman, Mr, Berwind is also prominent because of his position as rector's warden at Trinity Me¬ morial Episccpal Church, The retiring president, Mr, Simpson, has served for the past two years. It was he who nominated Mr. Berwind,
Norman F, Taylor was re-elect¬ ed secretary of Borough Council, and Harry R, Weaver was re-elect¬ ed treasurer, both tc serve for the Councilmanic years of 1944 and 1945,
Burgess Abram Yetter adminis¬ tered the oath of offlce to the new member of council, Dewey Behrin- ¦ber, of the Third Ward, who suc- ^l^eds Harmon Kinney who declin¬ ed to' run for another term. Also Bworn in by the burgess for ad¬ ditional terms were: Edward Kelly, Joseph Cavalier and J, Robert Simpson, James B, Snyder and Mr. Berwind were appointed as a committee to examine the certificates of the elected council- men,
Mr, Cavalier was presented with two beautiful baskets of flowers sent by his many friends in the Second Ward, in acknowledgement of a quarter of a century of ser¬ vice as a Borough Councilman,
Following the organization meet-
g a regular meeting of Borough Council was held at which time a letter was read from the Board of Health, recommending the ap¬ pointment of Harry R, Weaver as Secretary of the Board of Health and Lester J. Carpenter as Health Oflicer for the Councilmanic years of 1944 and 1945, These appoint¬ ments were confirmed by the Council, Mr, Weaver has for sev¬ eral weeks been acting as secre- (Continued on page 6)  o	
DORIS JONES HURT
WHEN STRUCK BY CAR
Miss Doris Jones, a student at Carson College, FlourtcAvn, was injured on Monday, when she was struck by an automobile driven by Caroline H, Valentine, 70, of W, Highland avenue. Chestnut Hill, Miss Jones was walking along Bethlehem pike, near Yeakle ave¬ nue, Erdenheim, together with three classmates, when the Valen¬ tine car approached. The college student suffered shoulder and head injuries and was taken to Chestnut Hill Hospital for observation,
Mrs, Anna Eckert, West Point, was treated at Chestnut Hill Hos¬ pital for injuries sustained in a head-on collision at 10 o'clock Sat¬ urday night on Bethlehem pike near the old Whitemarsh school. Operators of the cars were Samuel Weir, Farm Lane, Ambler, and Mrs, Eckert's husband, Edwin, Mrs, Eckert sustained lacerations.
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BY MAJOR-GENERAL
Gwyneihl    Valley     Man    Coin-
ineiuUMl lor Work ou New
Georgia Island
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Corporal Ralph N, Priest, Jr,, son of Mr, and Mrs, Ralph Priest, of Plymouth road, Gwynedd Val¬ ley, was praised for his wcrk in the Southwest Pacific in a personal letter received by his father from Major General O, W. Griswold, in command of the New Georgia campaign.
He   was   lauded   "for   efficient
i and untiring performance of duty
1 on  New   Georgia   Island   and   for
I courageous   services   against   the
j Japanese,"   He  was   in   action  in
radio   communications   for   sixty
consecutive   days   on   the   Island
and  has  been  appointed  "mater-
I ielle   man,"   in  charge  of  all  re-
i pair and maintenance work on all
communications equipment.
Corporal Priest, who is 25, has lived in Gwynedd Valley for the past .seven years. He formerly re¬ sided   in   Roxborough   and   is   a graduate    of    Roxborough    High I School  and Mulvey  Institute.  He j is  proficient   in  photcgraphy   and j a rifle expert, being a member of j the   American  Rifleman   Associa- I tion.
i Priest enlisted in the Marine I Corps on May 1, 1942, He trained ! at Parris Island, S, C, and was selected for special study at the RCA School, New York, and then sent to the West Coast to train for jungle warfare. In February, 1942, he was sent to the Southwest Paciflc,
REPORT FRANK CARUSO WOUNDED IN BATTLE
Corporal Frank Caruso, son of Mr, and Mrs, Salvatore Caruso', 222 Maple street. Ambler, has been reported wounded in action on De¬ cember 8 in Italy,
The parents received word from the War Department at Washing¬ ton, D. C, on Monday,
Corporal Caruso was inducted in February, 1943. He was stationeel at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and at Camp Shenango, Pa. He was sent overseas in August, 1943, as a member of the infantry.
Caruso is married to the form¬ er Virginia Smith,'of Neshaminy. They have a daughter, Sonia, eighteen months old,
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Metnorial Service Sunday
A Memorial Service for all those who have been remembered through flower memorials and other gifts will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washingtcn, on Sunday morning during the morning worship, ac¬ cording to plans announced by the pastor, the Rev, Robert E, Horne, During the service, a flower calen¬ dar containing the names of per¬ sons remembered by floral gifts for the altar during 1943 will be dedicated. The calendar was pre¬ sented by the King's Daughters of the church, and the wooden frame was contructed by Philip Meiss. The sermon topic for the day will be "The Communion of Saints,"
TO COUNTY OFFICE
Keeeives   Ajtpointnioiit   as   As¬ sistant District   Attorney  of Montgomery County
District Attorney Frederick B, Smillie on Monday afternoon an¬ nounced the appointment of Miss Mabel B. Ditter, Ambler, to the post of sixth assistant district at¬ torney in charge cf juvenile cases. Miss Ditter is the flrst woman in the county's history to become an assistant district attorney. She is the daughter of Mrs, J, William Ditter and the late Congressman Ditter,
In his announcement of her ap¬ pointment,  Mr.  Smillie explained
MRS. LEECH RECEIVES I
Sgl.    Donahl    Leech    Awarded
Medal for Valor; Is Missing
in Aeliun
Mrs. Earle Leech, of North Spring Garden street. Ambler, yes¬ terday morning received the U, S, Army Air Corps Medal for Valor, at the U. S. Custom House, Phila¬ delphia, for her son, Sgt. Donald Leech, U. S, Army Air Corps tail gunner, wha was reported miss¬ ing in action on October 10,
Mr, and Mrs, Leech do not know exactly where their son was fight-I ing, when he was reported  miss¬ ing,   except   that  he   was  in   the European war zone. He is believed
AMBLER POLICE WARN
DAMAGE MUST STOP
A warning to those who have been defacing the shelter over the Ambler borough pump at Loch Alsh avenue is issued by Chief Lester J, Carpenter, of the Ambler police   department.
Police are watching the location and anyone caught committing property damage will be dealt with severely.
The new pump is protected by a temporary shelter made of a wooden frame and tar paper, and the paoer has been slashed in var¬ ious places. Police emphasize that this must stop.
Springfield Twp, Board Adopts Two Ordinances
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
ARRANGES PROGRAMS
The Suburban Youth Fellow¬ ship has arranged a program for each Saturday evening at 8 o'clock during the month of January, at the War Memorial building in Glenside.
A selected list of speakers, to¬ gether with musical talent, both vocal and in.strumental, will com¬ prise the programs for the young people of the area.
Probably the best known of these speakers will be the Rev. Percy Crawford, pastor of the Young People's Church of the Air, who will be present on Saturday evening, January 29,
The meetings held during the month of December were well at¬ tended, and greater crowds are expected,
WHITElilLIER OF
jocal Girl  to  Wed  Man From
Harvard;   Otlier
Engafieinents
Dr, and Mrs, James Acuff Bhelly, Ambler, announce the en¬ gagement of their daughter. Miss Caroline Marshall Shelly, to Robert Anthony Mack, son of Mr, and Mrs. Charles L. Mack, of Cleveland, Ohio,
Miss Shelly was graduated from the Germantown Friends' School and is now a student at Wellesley, Mr, Mack attended Harvard Uni¬ versity and is now connected with the Harvard Research Laboratory,
Mr, and Mrs, Eugene J, Dough¬ erty, of Ambler, announce the en¬ gagement of their daughter. Miss Marjorie Naomi Dougherty, 'to Corporal Charles Henry Wagner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wag¬ ner, of North Wales.
Miss Dougherty was graduated from Ambler High School, the class cf '41, and is now employed by SKF industries. Corporal Wag¬ ner was graduated from the North Wales High School, the class of '38. He is serving with the Army Air Force in England, He enlisted in October, 1941, No date has been iet tor the wedding.
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Arthur ilann, of Ambler, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Betty Mann, and Seaman First Class John Kayser, grandson of Mr, and Mrs, Robert Murray, of Renfrew avenue. Ambler.
Seaman First Class Kayser is now serving aboard the    U. S, S,
orktown,
Mrs, Margaret McNair, ol Madi- 'son avenue, Fort Washington, has announced the engagement of her daughter, Miss Theresa McNair, to Private Frank G, Wolff, Jr,, son of Mr, »nd Mrs, Frank G, Wolff, of Nor^O^pring Garden street, Ambler.^V*
Mrs, Eiizabeth M, Walsh, of Park avenue, Oreland, announces the engagement of her daughter, Elizabeth Ann Walsh, to First Lieutenant Walter K, Farewell, U, S, Army Corps of Engineers, son of Mrs, Frances Farewell, of Chestnut Hill,
MISS LESHER NAMED
TO BALL COMMITTEE
Miss Catherine Lesher, of Amb¬ ler, has been named chairman Of this section of Montgomery Coun¬ ty for the annual President's Birthday Ball, sponsored by the Montgomer.y County Chapter of the Infantile Paralysis Founda¬ tion, Inc. The affair will be held January 31, at the Norristown City Hall, Music will be furnished by Jack Sheffy's Arcadians,
Dr. James J, Kane, Norristown, is chairman of the Montgomery Countv Chapter which has dis¬ pensed large sums during the last several years in aiding persons afflicted with infantile paralysis. The ball is held to increase the fund sent to the National Founda¬ tion; a portion of the proceeds is retained in the county for the aid of local persons who need assist¬ ance.
MABEL DITTER
that Miss Ditter will work with President Judge Harold G, Knight in Juvenile Court affairs and add¬ ed that a new plan has been work¬ ed cut whereby a new method of dealing with juvenile delinquents through the attention of a trained assistant district attorney will be (Continued on page 2)  -o	
to have been participating in one of three mammouth daylight raids on Germany and the Balkans, ati which time more than 300 German defenders  were   ripped   from  the i sky. He was a gunner in a Flying j Fortress.
A graduate of the Class of '42, j
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FORT WASHINGTON YOUTH INJURED IN SICILY
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith, of Highland avenue and Pinetown road, Fcrt Washington, have been notified that their son. Private First Class Anthony Smith, serving with the U, S. Army Infantry overseas, was injured on the field of battle in Sicily, He was removed to a field hospital, and has since been sent to the Fletcher Hospital, Columbus, Ohio. —
Mr. and Mrs. Smith were not told the extent of their son's in¬ juries, and are awaiting further wcrd from either their son or the government. They were told that he was injured on August 10.
Private .Smith saw action in Africa before he was transferred to Sicily, He has a brother, Joseph Smith, in the country's service, now stationed in Tennessee,
MUNGER TO ADDRESS SPRINGFIELD HIGH TEAM
The annual father and son foot¬ ball banquet to honor the mem¬ bers of the Springfleld Township High Schoot football team, winners of the Bux-Mont crown, will be held at the Flourtown Fire Hall, o-n Wednesday at 6,30 p, m.
George  Munger,    head  football coach at the University of Penn¬ sylvania, will be the guest speaker. Other speakers will include Paul Riblett, end coach of the U, of P. eleven. Dick Mattis, head coach of \ the   Lower   Merion     high   school j eleven  and    Coach    Warren     A. \ Lieutenant Gockley, c f the Springfleld eleven, i
Invited guests include Dr. John \ S. McCloskey "and Dr, James | Ellzey,  both of Chestnut  Hill;  A.l
L, Gehman, superintendent of the | Lieutenant William Berl Pat- Springfield Township Schools, I terson, twenty-four-year-old Army Richard C, Ream, principal of | transport pilot and son of Mr, and the Sprmgfield schools. John i Mrs, F. Lytton Patterson, Jr,, of Pfautz, of Wyndmoor, will act as. valley Green road, Whitemarsh, ^^ toastmaster, ; f)jg^ early Friday morning in Ash-
A full course turkey dinner will, fc-d General Hospital, White Sul- be served by the Ladies' Marching phur Springs, West Virginia, from Club of the Flourtown Fire Com- i pneumonia.
Estahlisli Police Pension Fund;
Regulate  Parking in
Township
retiring Commis-
Mrs, Julia Myers, Springfleld Township sioner from the Wyndmoor dis¬ trict, was honored by the Board ^ of Commissioners at a special meeting last Wednesday night, at which time she was presented with a desk fountain pen set with an onyx base, on which was in- I scribed, "Best Wishes, Employees
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MEYERS ADDRESSES iGlVE OATHS OF OFFICE
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pany.
Tickets may be purchased from Harry Oppenlander, for the Flour¬ town and    Whitemarsh    districts,
Hamilton   Parke,   for   the   Erden-,   ,. ,   ... .    .i     u       * ,
heim district; Harrv Edenborn, for I «"«^»" admittance to the hospital.   , the Wyndmoor    district;    Gilbert i     The y( ung man graduated from Diamond, Barren Hill; David Gis-i Wilmington   Friends'    School    in! burne,  Oreland  and  Joseph  Ful- j 1939  and  entered  the  Army Air i
1 Corps   in   1940,   He   received   his i
of Springfield Township,  1943,"
Also at this meeting, which was called to finish all old business for 1943, two ordinances were pa.ssed. One provided for the establishing of a Police Pension Fund for the Police Department o'f Springfleld Township. The second regulated parking on certain sections of Gordon road, Montgomery avenue, Elm avenue, Roesch avenue, Beth¬ lehem pike, Grove avenue, Weiss avenue. Mill road, College avenue and Bysher avenue, all in Spring¬ field tov/nship. This ordinance also provided for penalties for such violations.
The Police Pension FunW shall be maintained by an equal percent¬ age charge against each member of the police force, not exceeding annually four percent of the pay of such members. The fund will be under the direction tf the Township ' Commissioner, to be applied under such regulations as the Commissioners, by ordinance, may prescribe, for the benefit of such members of the police force shall receive honorable dis¬ charges by reascn of age or dis¬ ability and the families of such as may be injured or killed in the service. It was provided that tho regula-
' coly,
Fort   Washington, -o-
The flying oflicer, who contract-; .. .   ,, u     „   .«:„:.,..,..«,
ed nneumonia in North Africa, had tions shall prescribe a minimum returned to this country to recup- f«="°d of continuous service not erate. He suffered a second attack 1 ^^ss   than  twenty  yeais   and  an
age limit after which members or the force may be retired from ac¬ tive duty and may be entitled to benefits.
The basis of the apportionment
Cluh   Memher   Discusser   "Sae-
rifiees" on iluiae Front al
Luu<'hcon Meeting
Universal Week of Prayer,
January Second to Ninth
The Universal week of prayer is held annually during the first full week in January, It is a world fel¬ lowship. Christians in all lands ob¬ serve the week simultaneously. In countries other than the U. S,, the Week of Prayer is sponsored by the World's Evangelical Alliance, with headquarters in London, In the U. S. this week it is sponsored by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America,
The local ministers issued the following statement about the Week of Prayer:
"Perhaps there never has been a time when christians needed to pray more than during these days of suffering and conflict. Christians need to pray for themselves that they may be true to Christ and the Church, Also, they need to fervently pray for others. Simul¬ taneous and united prayer helps to bind the churches of the world into an unbreakable fellowship. While there may be other things Christians are prevented from do¬ ing because of circumstances over which they have no control, yet there is always one thing they can do—they can pray, 'Men ought always to pray' for one another in times of war as well as in times of peace,"
ANNOUNCES MARRIAGE
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Streep- ! er,   of   Chestnut   Hill,   announce j the marriage  of  their    daughter, I Eleanor   Elizabeth   to   Allison   H, i Whitcomb,   2nd,   son   of   Mr,   and | Mrs, Allison H, Whitcomb, of Lin- J denwold   avenue,   Ambler.      The wedding   was   performed   in ¦ the Washington    Street    Methodist Church, Columbia, South Carolina, on Tuesday, December 28, 1943.
Cadet Williani R. Lunn, Jr.
Arrives in North Carolina
Pre-aviation Cadet William R, Lunn, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lunn, Sr., 238 Forrest avenue. Ambler, has arrived at Basic Training Center No, 10, of the Army Air Forces Training Command, at Greensboro, N, C,
While attached to this station, Pvt, Lunn will take basic training in the Army Air Forces and under¬ go a course in physical condition¬ ing, Lunn is a graduate of the class of '43, of Ambler High School, where he was a member of the football team. He entered the Army, September 28, 1943, at Allentown,
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Township Naturalial Known for Bird aud Bird Egg
Collection
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ARREST FRANCIS WICK FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING
Harley Smith in Texas
Harley N. Smith, Jr., of 53 Hen¬ dricks street, Ambler, is now in training at the preflight schocl of the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, near San Antonio, Texas. He is one of 3ll from Pennsyl¬ vania, Smith will receive nine weeks of instruction at the Center, learning the fundamentals neces¬ sary for actual flight training in primary, basic and advanced schools. The men there are pre¬ pared physically and mentally to attain their common goal, the silver wings of Army Air Forces pilots.
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Funeral services were held on Friday for Thomas S. Gillin, ninety years old, prominent resi¬ dent of Lower Gwynedd Township who died Wednesday, December 29.
Mr. Gillin, widely known as a naturalist, was born at the Gillin homestead at John's lane and Sus- uehanna Stieet road and lived there all his life. He traveled to Cuba. Mexico. South America and in the states in his quest for birds and their eggs.
He was the owner of the largest bird and bird egg collection in Eastern Pennsylvania, His coUec- ti n cf stuffed birds was purchased by Calvin Pardee in 1922 and pre¬ sented, in Mr, Gillin's name, to Princeton University. His son, James R. Gillin, of Tennis avenue. Ambler, also a prominent natural¬ ist, has greatly increased his father's bird egg collection,
Mr. Gillin was a civil engineer by profession. He was one of those who worked on the project of lay¬ ing out the borough of Ambler in the early days. He served as a sur¬ veyor in various parts of the coun¬ ty for about sixty years. For more than thirty years he was a mem¬ ber of Montgomery county juries of views.
He was educated at Sunnyside School, Ambler, and at Arret Pri¬ vate School, Penllyn, He graduat¬ ed from the Poly technical College of  Philadelphia,
His wife, who died eleven years ago, was the former Mary Rhoads, a native of Allentown.
Besides his son, James, Mr, Gillin is survived by his daughter, Mrs, Henry F, Kent, his grand¬ daughter, Mrs, Hauley Taussig, and two great-grandchildren, all living at the old Gillin homestead.
Funeral services were held at the homestead followed by crema¬ tion at the Chelten Hills Crema¬ tory.
J. Russell Meyers was the "sur prise" speaker at the weekly luncheon meeting of the Ambler Rotary Club at Niblock's restau¬ rant. Two speakers scheduled to appear were enveloped by the prevalent wave of flu, and home talent in the fc rm of a club mem¬ ber came to the rescue.
In his impromptu address Mr, Meyers said, "It is too bad that we have to be reminded again and again that the petty hardships to which we are subjected are a mere pecadillo to those that are borne by civilians in other allied na¬ tions,
"And what about the boys on the front lines? Your boy, your cousin, your long-time friend',' Per¬ haps it is because we consider it a constitutional right to speak freely that we are prone to gripe about this, that, and the other thing, and perhaps, at heart, all our grumbling is only on the sur¬ face. Let us hope so'.
"We on the home front scarcely know there is a war on but we must back the military effort one hundred per cent with everything we have. Even if we give our all financially and in other ways, we are still far short of having matched the 'all' that those who die in the service of our country have given, 'All this I did for Thee, what has thou done for Me' might well be the slogan of any service man who has been at the front. And, have we done what we should or even half what we c-uld?"
Local    .liislices    of    the    I'eaec
Sworn in hy Judge
Knight
J. C.  CROWELL SUCCEEDS      \f^Y sh">t time later, serving in once 'DII c   AC   ncci^D   ^"S'and and Atrica. KUdd   KILb   AS   UrrlLbK |     Prior to entering the service he
John C. Crowell. Center Suare, i lived in Wilmington with an newly-elected to the Board of; uncle, Lieutenant Colonel E. En- Road Supervisors in Whitpain ' nails Berl, who is now stationed Township,   was  appointed   Secre- | overseas.
tary-Treasurer Monday to succeed \ Besides his parents, Lieutenant Ross G. Rile, Blue Bell, who held ! Patterson is survived by three that position  for many years,       i brothers: F. Lytton Patterson, 3rd,
Paul Bean was re-elected Presi- | of Arden ;Corporal E, Ennalls Pat-
wings in January and went over-1 "^ the pension is to be determined " •' by the rate of monthly pay of the
member at the date of de^th, hon¬ orable discharge or retirement, and shall not in any case, exceed in any year, one-half the annual
WRIGHT TAKING NAVY y-12 TRAINING PROGRAM
Franklin P, Wright, of Ambler, is among a number of new stu¬ dents assigned to the University of Pennsylvania under the V-12 program which the Navy has es¬ tablished at various colleges and universities to train offlcer candi¬ dates.
Wright, whose home is at 401 Church street, Ambler, was gradu¬ ated from Ambler High School. As a basic student in the V-12 pro¬ gram he holds tl\e rating of ap¬ prentice seaman and is following a curriculum which includes his¬ tory, English, mathematics, phy¬ sics, engineering drawing, naval organization, physical education and drill.
With the new arrivals, who number approximately 300, there now are more than 800 under¬ graduate students in the Navy V-12 unit at Pennsylvania, includ¬ ing Naval Reserve Officer Train¬ ing Corps men. About 500 others are enrolled in the program as medical or dental students.
The undergraduate trainees arc expected to remain at the Uni¬ versity from one to eight terms of sixteen weeks each. The V-12 men in the medical and dental schools will remain until they re¬ ceive  their  degrees,    -
Captain L, M, Stevens, U. S. N. • retired), commands the V-12 unit at the University of Pennsylvania, while Dr, Matthew W, Black, pro¬ fessor of English at the University, is educational director of the unit.
New and reelected officials of Montgomery County took the oath of office at a simple but impressive ceremony in a flower-banked court room at Norristown, Monday morning.
President Judge Harold G. Knight, Judge George C. Corson and Judge J. Burnett Holland pre¬ sided at the ceremony with Judge Knight administering the oath of offlce. About 250 persons attended. New county offlcials are: Mrs, Mar.v H, Beerer, register of wills; Edwin Winner, county treasurer; Samuel M. Glass, sheriff, and Louis V, Dorp, clerk of courts.
Re-elected offlcials include: Judge William F, Dannehower, County Commissioners Fred C. Peters. Foster C. Hillegass and Raymond K. Mensch; Dr, Frank P, K, Barker, controller; Frederick B. Smillie, district attorney; John E, Marshall, recorder of deeds, and W. J, Rushong, coroner.
Deputy Prothonotary Abram D. Hallman read the commission for Judge Dannehower, signed by | Governor Edward Martin, and Judge Knight administered the oath to him, Hallman then pre¬ sented the certificates of election for the other county offlcials and Judge Knight administered the oath to them in a group.
Officials whose terms came to a close at the end of the year were John H. Hoffman as register of wills, Paul G, Hunsberger as clerk of courts, R, Ronald Dettre as sheriff and Mrs. Beerer as treasur¬ er.
At re-organization meetings Monday afternoon, Hillegass was elected president of the Board of County Commissioners and Peters was elected president of the Coun¬ ty  Institution District.
Three justices of the peace and
a township supervisor were sworn
into offlce at Ambler on Monday
afternoon    by    President    Judge
Harold   G.   Knight.   The   offlcials
who took oaths were: Luther Fretz
and   William  N.   Alcorn,  both   cf
i Ambler,   and  Melvin   E.   Lake,  of
I Lower Gwynedd, magistrates; and
I John   Croll,   Whitpain   township,
I supervisor.
The ceremony took place in the
new    magistrates'    offlce    in    the
basement of the old national bank
building.  The office  will be open
j during the day and evening.
Among those present when the ! oaths were administered were I Abram Yetter, burgess, and mem- i bers of borough council and other I Ambler oflicials.
dent of the Board, while Rile con¬ tinued as third member.
At the same time Joseph G. Murphy, Police Chief, was desig¬ nated as Superintendent of High-
terson, stationed with the air forces at Gulfport, Miss., and Henry Drexel Patterson, signal¬ man third class. Amphibious Corps,   United   States  Navy;   and
of Germantown; Michele and I Jeanne Patterson, of Whitemarsh. j Funeral services were held in! St, Anthony's Church, Wilmington, j on Tuesday morning, with the Rev. i
Tucker   officiating.
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Ambler Kiwanis President
ways,  another post held by Rile, | three sisters, Mrs.  Philip -Brown, However there will be no increase in  salary for Murphy.
Attorney J, Stroud Weber was elected Solicitor, succeeding At¬ torney Samuel H, High,
Rile held the post of Secretary- j Francis   J
Treasurer for many years. He has i 	
been  a Board  member  for more j than 25 years. j
The Township auditors will ; meet to audit the Road Board i books on Saturday, January 8, The \ re-organization session was con- ' ducted in the Police Chief's oftice in  the  Whitpain School.
The January meeting of Whit¬ pain School Board was postponed Monday night.
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pay of such member, computed at such monthly rate. For the pur¬ pose of computing the charge against each member and retire¬ ment allowance, the Commission¬ ers may retain the services of a (Continued on page 2)
FLOORliilioR
PLAN INSTALLATION OF
Installation of Lutheran Church I
SeJiot)! OflTicers and Teachers, l)V Hev. Paul Werlman
Allen S. Renner will on Sunday morning be installed as superin¬ tendent of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church School, at the regular morning worship service beginning at 10.45 a, m. The Rev. Paul R. Wertman, pastor of the church, will preside over the cere¬ monies,
Kev.   (Jeorge   T.   Jamieson   Re¬ ceives Training at Harvard University    -
OSCAR H. STILLWAGON Oscar H. Stillwagon, Ambler postmaster, was installed as presi¬ dent of the Ambler Kiwanis Club, on Tuesday evening at School Inn, Ambler, Elmer L. Menges, Ambler I attorney, installed the offlcers and
Other newly elected officers and \ directors of the club.    The    past teachers to be  installed  are: I presidents pin was given to Frank
Secretarv, Miss Alberta Roesch; j A. Peirce. Financial Secretary, Miss Dorothy i     Stewart L, Davis  was installed Smith; Asst. Fin. Secretary, Miss I as vice president of the club and Margaret   Wood;   Librarian,   Miss ; James A, Cassidy, treasurer. Rev, Alberta Roesch; Asst,  Librarians,' Luther   Harshbarger,   Clifford   K.
Communily Ambulance Activities
The Ambler Community Ambu¬ lance made the following calls last week:
Mrs, Alice Eustus. 94 Hoover avenue,. Ambler, to Abington Me¬ morial  Hospital.
Mrs. Frank C. Weber, 303 Linden¬ wold avenue, Ambler to Abington Memorial   Hospital.
James Lucas, 21 S. Spring Gar¬ den   street.   Ambler,  to   Abington Memorial Hospital, I     Michael   DiNunzio,    115   South j Chestnut street. Ambler to Chest- ; nut Hill Hospital. j     Mary Pisceri, 268 Maple street, Ambler, to Woman's Medical Hos¬ pital,   Philadelphia.
Miss Helen Speacht and Miss Anita Magerl; Pianist, Miss Chris¬ tine Stewart; Asst. Pianist, Mrs, Paul Wertman; Primary Superin¬ tendent, Miss Sarah Vandegrift; Asst. Superintendent, Mrs. Eva Fluck: Pianist, Miss Kathryn Mey¬ ers; Asst. Pianist, Miss Eileen Lukert; Cradle Roll Supt., Mrs. Rudolph Sterner; Home Depart¬ ment   Supt.,   Mrs.   Keisel   Smith;
Geary and James A. Snyder were installed as directors.
The attendance for the month of December was 96 per cent.
FRANK WORTH ESTATE IN TRUST FOR WIDOW
A balance of $32,096.42 in the estate of Frank W. Worth, Hors¬ ham, is awarded the Ambler Trust Treasurer, Mrs. Daniel Springsteel. i Company, testamentary trustee for Teachers: Primary Department, I Martha G. Worth, expressly sub- Mrs, Rudolph Sterner, Mrs, War-' ject to oayment of amounts found •ren Groom, Mrs. Eva Fluck, Mrs. ] to be due upon two claims; Globe Walter Bunting, Mrs. Keisel j Indemnity Company, contingent Smith. Main Department, Miss; liability en tax collector's bond, Alberta Roesch, Miss Ruth Wood,! executed by the decedent for Wal- Mr.s. Daniel Springsteel, Mrs. Mil-1 ter G. Simmers, tax collector of ton Nice, Mrs. Edward Groff, Miss ] Upper Dublin township and for Christine  Stewart,    Mrs.     Horace ' possible tax found  to be due the
Groom,   Mr.   Allen   Renner,   Miss j United   States     of   America     c.-n | member  of  the  Flourtown     Fire Lillian' Springsteel. ; audit of the federal succession tax ' Company, member of the board of
 o  j return. 1 directors of the Whitemarsh Lions
ORELAND AUXILIARY i     other adjudications toUow: I C'"b     member    of    Wissahick^^^
Estate of William    E.    Nelson, ; Lodge, Independent Order ol Odd
The Rev, George Teaz Jamieson, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Flourtown, Springfleld township, for the past six years, has been commissioned a first lieutenant in the United States Navy. He will serve as chaplain. Rev. Mr, Jamieson left Sunday, January 2, for the Chaplain's School at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., for training.
His wife and daughter, Isabelle, will reside for the present with ! Mrs. Jamieson's parents, Mr. and i Mrs, Thomas Chambers, of 5818 I North Howard street, Philadelphia. !• The pastor, whose orders came ' rather suddenly, preached his farewell address at the watch night service in the Flourtowtl [ church on December 31, His guests ' at that time were the Rev. M. Luther Hocker, of Zion Lutheran Church, Whitemarsh, and the Rev. Norman Dunsmore, ol the First Presbyterian Church, Ambler.
Rev. Mr. Jamieson is a graduate of Frankford High School, class of 1925, Temple University Teach¬ ers' College and Temple Univer¬ sity School ol Theology.
He was former assistant to the minister of Union Tabernacle, Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia. Rev. Mr. Jamieson is a past president of Temple University School of Theology Alumni Asso¬ ciation, past secretary of the Middle Atlantic Division of Inter- seminary Movement, past presi¬ dent of the Ministerial Association of Ambler and Vicinity, a recipient of the Temple University Award of Honor,  1942.
The pastor served the commun¬ ity in the following capacities; a member of the board of directors of the Springlield-Whitemarslu Visiting Nurse Association, mem¬ ber of the board of directors of Carson College for Orphan Girls, member ol the board of trustees of Carson College for Orphan Girls, member of the camp and hospital committee of the Wissa¬ hickon Branch, American Red Cross, president ot the Flourtpwn- Erdenheim Recreation Association,
Fellows.
TO INSTALL OFFICERS   Lower Gwynedd. Balance $2,097.-1
The new officers of the Ladies ( 40, awarded $500 to Margaret A. I Auxiliary of  the Oreland  Volun- IjNelson, and residue one-third each teer Fire Company will be install-   to  Margaret  A,  Nelson, Mary  E, ed at the meeting to be held next   Nelson and John D. Nelson. !
Tuesday evening, (  „  |
Mrs, Jean Bailie  will serve as i     —Glass     fiber with    a    tensile i  	
president The other offlcers are: strength of 80,000 lbs. per square! of the Norristown Kiwanis Club vice president, Mrs. Frances Wool- inch is now used to reinforce plas- I last Thursdav evening in the Val- son; secretary, Mrs. Betty Gerney;   tics. ! lev Forge Hotel, Norristown.
treasurer, Mrs. Dorothy Dangler. I
Menges Installs Ofiicers
Elmer Menges, of Ambler, a past lieutenant governor of Kiwanis, was in charge of the installation ceremonies   for   the   new   offlcers