The Ambler Gazette 19440810

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Thb«.mbler Gazette
VOL. LXVI — 24
AMBLER, PA., AUGUST 10,1944
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
m AND HOPWOOD
Fliers      Previously     Reported Missing In Action; Cap¬ tured by Enemy
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'; Two local men who were pre¬ viously reported missing in action are prisoners of war in Germany according to telegrams received by their families from the War Department.
They are: First Lieutenant Franlc P. Haag, son of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Haag, of 22 Hollywood road, Fort Washington, and Tech¬ nical Sergeant Henry Howard Hop- wood, of 517 Bannockburn avenue, Ambler, son of Ralph Hopwood, of West Chestnut street, South Am- blef.
Haag, who went down near Dresden on July 7, was the pilot of a bomber crew. It is believed that the crew hit its target near Dresden and was downed by German fighter planes. The radio operator was killed but the Haags have no definite word concerning any other member of the crew besides their son and the operator.
Frank's twin brother. Lieutenant George B. Haag, also a bomber pilot stationed at the same base, » is again flying missions after spending seven days at a rest camp in Scotland. He left for the camp on the day his brother did not return from his mission.
The Haags received notiflcation of their son's capture on Saturday while the Hopwood family was notified, last Thursday, that Tech¬ nical Sergeant Henry Hopwood was known to be a German pris¬ oner of war.
Young Hopwood, who resided with his brother, Thomas, and his family, went down over Ger¬ many on .June 29.
CARL MAIER KILLED
Dresher   Youth   Loses   Life  on
Second Invasion Trip
To France
State College Nutritionist To Give Demonstration
A demonstration of freezing fruits and vegetables will be given by Miss Dorothy N. Truax at the new Ambler Frozen Food Locker Plant, South Main street, on Tues¬ day. Miss Traux is the assist¬ ant nutrition specialist of •    Pennsylvania State College.
The demonstrations will be given ai 2.30 p. m. and at 7.30 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend the demon¬ stration.
DOUGHiTiAIE
Husband     To   Receive     Bulk: Friends,    Relatives  and Charities Named in Will
In the will of Susan P. Dough¬ ten, "Pinecroft," Whitpain Town¬ ship, who died July 24, a large number of bequests to friends, relatives and charity are provid¬ ed. The will has been filed for probate in the office of Register of Wills Mary H, Beerer. The estate is tentatively valued at $400,000.
Her. husband, William W. Doughten, is given the properties, "Pinecroft," Morris road, Whit¬ pain township, and 228 South 20th street, Philadelohia, as well as personal property. He is also given $50,000 should he survive his wife by  three months.
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Petty Officer Carl Maier, Jr., of Susquehanna road, Dresher, who was previously reported missing in action with the United States Navy, is now known to have been lost on June 9.
Maier, who had the rating of Metalsmith flrst class, made the initial trip on invasion day on LST 314. He came through D-Day safe¬ ly but lost his life on the second trip to the coast of France on June 9.
His ship, which carried a com¬ plement of troops as well as trucks, tanks and other cargo, was torpe¬ doed. There were great explosions and fires causing the rapid sinking of  the   ship.
Maier, who was nineteen years old, was at his battle station when that part of the ship exploded and was completely demolished. Since neither he nor any of the men near his station was ever seen
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PVT. BOLLINGER KILLED IN ITALY ON BIRTHDAY
Mr. and Mrs. F. Luther Bolling¬ er, of Skippack pike. Blue Bell, have been informed that their son, Pvt. Andrew Logan Bollinger, was killed in Italy on his 19th birth¬ day anniversary. May 24.
Bollinger, an infantryman, had been previously reported missing in a telegram received by his par¬ ents on June 22. He was a nephew of Frank A. Logan, President of the Bridgeport National Bank. His father is a well-digger and well- known resident of this section.
Pvt. Bollinger was in action with an infantry unit on the Anzio Beachhead when reported missing since May 24. On that date, U. S. troops were engaged in a major battle with the Germans.
The infantryman had been on the Anzio Beachhead, with a broth¬ er, Francis L. Bollinger, Jr., 21, a member of a mortar outfit. The parents had not heard from either for some   time.
He also has another brother in service, J. Robert Bollinger, in the U. S.  Navy.
KLEINHOFER FINISHES
NAVIGATION COURSE
E. Eo Kerschner Addresses Rotary; Reports On Recreation Program
Springfield     Hotel     Proprietor
Claims He Was "Treating"
Men at Bar
When arrested by State Liquor Control Board agents on Saturday on a charge of violating the Phila¬ delphia strike ban which had been extended to Springfield Township, William E. Gerstlauer, proprietor of Springfield Hotel, Bethlehem pike, Flourtown, for 39 years, said he was only treating nine custom¬ ers.
Gerstlauer, arrested at 3:30 Sat¬ urday afternoon, two hours after notification of the ban had been made at the establishment, was held under $500 bail for court by Magistrate Louis Hofman, White¬ marsh township, and the transcript in the case was returned to the Clerk of Courts office in Norris¬ town on Tuesday.
At a hearing, George Barnhart, a Liquor Control Board agent, testified that he and another agent went to the hotel Saturday after¬ noon. They heard laughing and talking and started to enter the place. They were told the place was closed by the proprietor. How¬ ever, after identifying themselves, they entered the barroom and saw nine customers at the bar, each customer with a glass of beer in front of him.
In a statement to the agents, the hotel proprietor said he had not sold the beer, but had "stood treat" to the men in order to get them ofl the premises.
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Coach Meyers Issues Call For Football Candidates
John W. Meyers, coach of the Ambler High School foot¬ ball team, issues a call to all high school youths to attend the iirst football practice on Friday, August 25 at 1.30 p. m. Equipment will be distri¬ buted at 10 a, m. on the same day.
PERRY HONOR MAN
OF NAVAL COMPANY
NAVAL  MAN   DIES
IN CRASH AT HORSHAM
Butlfr' Elliott, Jr., Negro, of Phi ad^l^ia. steward's mate sec- ( ,id c4s^, was killed in an acci- (I"i' •)'¦ Jne Easton pike, early yes¬ terday morning. Two others were painfully injured.
The three men, stationed at the Willow Grove Naval Base, were returning from Philadelphia, when the car in which they were riding missed a curve and crashed into a tree.
The others are: D. W. Mitchell, thirty-six, of Richmond, Va., stew¬ ard's mate third class, and David Benjamin, twenty-two, of Have- lock, N. C., cook's mate, second class. The injuries of Mitchell and Benjamin are not serious. Elliott died instantly with a fractured skull.
COLICE CHIEF°S PLAN
NINTH SUMMER OUTING
The Montgomery County Police Chiefte Association's ninth an¬ nual Summer outing will be held Thursday, August 17, at the Manu¬ facturer's Country Club, Upper Dublin Township. Chief James Ot¬ tinger of that township is chair¬ man of the committee in charge.
The picnic program will begin at 2 in the afternoon, and will in¬ clude a nine-hole golf tournament, quoit matches, fat men's race, swimming race, baseball, soft- ball, and tennis. Awards will be made to the various winners.
Dinner will be served at 7 in the club house and the program will be climaxed with entertain¬ ment at 8.30 o'clock.
Ambler's recreation program was described in a talk made by E. E. Kerschner, supervising prin¬ cipal of Ambler schools and a member of the Ambler Rotary Club, when he addresed the club at its weekly luncheon meeting at Niblock's restaurant, last Wednes¬ day.
Mr. Kerschner's talk was as fol¬ lows: "In January, 1944, a letter, signed by the chairman of the Ambler Advisory Council and the secretary of the Ambler Minister¬ ium was sent to about twenty or¬ ganizations of our community. The letter suggested that each organiza¬ tion appoint representatives to at¬ tend a meeting to be held in the high school library to discuss the recreational needs of the young people of Ambler. Outstanding citizens of the community were also invited to attend this meet¬ ing. In response to this letter, in spite of inclement weather, seventy persons attended this meeting.
"Edward Foulke was elected as cliairman, and after the group had discussed the various phases of community recreation at length, it was decided to organize a council for the purpose of providing suit- I able recreation for our community.
"At a subsequent meeting, the Ambler Recreation Council was formed with the following officers: chairman, Edward Foulke, of the Kiwanis Club; secretary. The Rev. Norman L. Dunsmore, pastor of the Presbyterian Church; and the treasurer, E. E. Kerschner, super¬ vising principal of Ambler Bor¬ ough Schools.
"The council is composed of twenty-nine members, represent¬ ing the following organizations: Ambler Borough Council, Ambler Borough School Board, Ambler Borough Public Schools, High Schools, Senior and Junior High School Student Councils, and Am¬ bler Ministerium, comprising Pro¬ testant churches. Catholic church¬ es, Rotary Club, Kiwanis Club, Colony Club, Junior Colony Club, Wissahickon Fire Company, Amer¬ ican Legion, North Penn Com¬ munity Centre, Ambler Public Li¬ brary, South Ambler Club, Keas¬ bey and Mattison Athletic Associa¬ tion, Civilian Defense Council, North Street Guidance League, Field and Stream Association, Li¬ berty Sporting Club, representa¬ tives at large.
"Committees were appointed to
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PRICE BOARD INVITES
Managers   of   Restaurants   and
Drinking Establishments to
Discuss Regulations
GIVE AMAIR SHOW
PRIVATE JOHN R. PULLI INJURED  IN  FRANCE
Pfc. John R. Pulli, son of Mrs. Angelena Pulli, of South Chestnut street. Ambler, was struck with a piece of shrapnel in France on July 15, according to a letter re¬ ceived by his family, yesterday. His wounds necessitated amputa¬ tion of his leg just below the knee.
Private Pulli, who attended Am¬ bler High School, entered the Army in December, 1942, and re¬ ceived his basic training at Camp Wheeler, Georgia. He participated in the Tunisian and Sicilian cam¬ paigns before being sent to France.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Chief Petty Officer and Mrs. Arthur F. Grabert, ot Brandon Apartments, West Philadelphia, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Doris Mae Grabert, to Robert John Broughton, Aviation Machinist Mate, Third Class, U. S. N., son of Mr. and Mrs. C. John Broughton, Butler pike. Ambler.
JACK NIXON RECEIVES
PILOT SILVER WINGS
Children Present Various Dram¬ atic   Acts;   Plan   Wheel Races Tomorrow
2ND LT. CARL J. KLEINHOFER
Second Lieutenant Carl J. Klein- hofer, son of Mrs. H. Kleinhofer, Tennis avenue. Ambler, was one of several hundred more aerial navigators for the globe-circling fleets ot the U. S. Army Air Forces graduated Monday, July 31, from San Marcos, Texas, Army Air Field, huge navigation training base of the AAF Training Com¬ mand, and received their orders to active duty.
All of the graduates, unless pre¬ viously commissioned, were ap¬ pointed flight officers or second lieutenants. Each now wears the silver wings of the AAF navigator, qualifying him to guide the flights of the powerful bombers blasting the Allied path to victory.
AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION PLANS ANNUAL DRIVE
At the regular meeting of the Ambulance Association of Ambler in the Norton Downs, Jr., Post American Legion Home, Linden¬ wold avenue, arrangements for the Fall membership drive were under discussion.
The drive will be held in Oc¬ tober, and the group voted strict enforcement of the regulation pro¬ viding lapsed membership status for those who fail to renew their dues during that month. Anyone who renews membership later than that date will be regarded as a new member, which means that he must be carried on the books for three months before entitled to free service.
Final plans will be made at the next meeting on September 6.
NEWLYFieCROUP
Whitemarsh Townshij) Citizens A.s8ociation Attends Regu¬ lar MectinK
NATHANIEL   H.   PERRY
Nathaniel Henry Perry, 23, of 301 Maple street. Ambler, graduat¬ ed from basic indoctrination Mon¬ day, August 7, as honor man of his company at the U. S. Naval Train¬ ing Center at Great Lakes, 111., and will go on recruit leave.
Perry was elected candidate by fellow Negro blue-jackets and se¬ lected honor man by his com¬ pany commander on the basis of military aptitude and progress. He has been recommended to attend Aviation Metalsmith School for further training.
Prior to joining the Navy he was employed as a welder by the Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock Com. pany, Chester, Pa.
He will spend his leave with his wife in Ambler.
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—"Be kind to our customers. The war won't last forever."— Sign in a Miami furniture store.
Interested in local government, the members ot the newly-formed Whitemarsh Township Citizens As- I sociation attended the regular I meeting of the Whitemarsh Town- I ship Commissioners on Monday evening. They expressed their de¬ sire to keep in active touch with all township activities. The men, Donald G. Farley and David C. McCaflfrey, will report back to the Citizens Association on the meet¬ ing, as on all township meetings.
Bills for $300 were approved for payment by the Commission¬ ers, and receipts for the month were reported to have amounted to $2,100. The township building inspector's report included $22 re¬ ceived for  new building permits.
Steven Lauber, who presided, stated that the repairs made on Elm street, near Borough line, were completed. Center avenue and Chestnut street in Barren Hill will receive oil and chip treat¬ ment in the near future. Mr. Lau¬ ber is chairman of the Roads Com¬ mittee.
A complete police report was made by the Whitemarsh Town¬ ship Police. In the absence of Sergeant Edgar Mitchell, Lloyd Frankenfield is acting police ser¬ geant.
O. C. MacFarland represented the West District, Mr. Lauber the Central District, and H. Allen Lin¬ coln the East District.
Proprietors of all restaurants, eating and drinking establishments in Ambler, Coi^shohocken, and the townships of Whitemarsh, Upper Dublin and Horsham have been in¬ vited by Mrs. Wiliam Bosch, clerk of the price panel of War Price and Rationing Board 2646-5, Barren Hill, to attend a trade meeting at 2.30 p m. on Friday in Court room A, Court House, Norristown.
Commodity specialists represent¬ ing the district Office of Price Ad¬ ministration will speak on revised regulations pertaining to ceiling prices on food and beverages serv¬ ed by several hundred proprietors in the area embraced by the board. Prices are required to be posted in each place of business and a copy of a menu already on file in headquarters of the board should be available for inspection at a customer's request. The prices are based on the amount charged April 4-10, 1943.
William Graham, of Lafayette Park, chairman of the Price panel of Board Five, disclosed at a semi¬ monthly meeting last night that the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals re¬ cently held that OPA has the right to question witnesses privately in looking into alleged violations of the law.
"The price agency's rights in this matter are similar to those of a grand jury," he informed a stafI of ten assistants.
Emphasizing that the panel has "leaned over backward" in an effort to gain voluntary co-opera¬ tion of merchants and firms en¬ gaged in performing various types of service, Mr. Graham said that Congress in continuing OPA an¬ other year strengthened retail 'en¬ forcement to the extent where de¬ finite action will be taken by the board against persistent violators.
"OPA investigators may now buy
goods for evidence of violations,"
he  explained.     "OPA  itself may
now sue retailers for overcharges.
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NEED BLOOD DONORS
FOR THOMAS RORER
Thomas Rorer, of John's lane, an Ambler realtor, remains ser¬ iously ill in Abington Memorial Hospital. He was given his thir¬ teenth blood transfusion on Tues¬ day.
Additional donors with type four blood are needed. Donors are ask¬ ed io call Mrs. Rorer at Ambler 1531 or Ambler 1119.
Mr. Rorer was taken sick on June 21 and has been a patient at Abington Memorial Hospital since July 13.
The children attending the Am¬ bler playgrounds took part in ama- teXir acts at a program presented at the High School Playground on Friday  afternoon.
Miss Martha Hoffer and the children of the West Ambler Play¬ ground gave the first part of the program. They produced a stick puppet show of "The Three Little Pigs." The children who worked the puppets were as follows: first pig, Edith Puia; second pig, Marie Zollo; third pig, Madelyn Pistelli; wolf, Phyliss Johnson; flrst house, Phyliss Puia; second house, The¬ resa Antonucci; third house, An¬ gela Antonucci. The announcer was Betty Puia and the reader was Nancy Rotelle.
^hree plays were prestented by the children of the Mattison Ave¬ nue Playground under the direc¬ tion of Mrs. J. M. Fisher. The flrst was "Little Red Riding Hood" and the cast of characters was as fol¬ lows: Red Riding Hood, Natalia Signore; Mother, Martha John¬ son; Grandmother, Joan Laberta; wolf. Junior Zaffarano; hunter, George Reigel.
Those who took part in "The Three Bears" were as follows: Father Bear, Joe Mastromatto; Mother Bear, Diana Donato; Baby Bear, Tony Conte; CJoldilocks, Nola Dougherty: the reader was Natalia  Signore.
The cast of characters in "The Three Little Pigs" was: Mother, Elaine Hoff; flrst pig, Ann Taw- ney; second pig, Marie Laberta; third pig. Patsy (Jontee; wolf, Jean Johnson.
A Punch and Judy show was presented by Bill Emerick. George Mastromatto gave a demonstration of stilt walking using a pair of stilts that he had made in the shop.
The program closed with a comedy boxing act put on by Bill Emerick and Bill Kleinfelder.
Joseph Kunsman, playground supervisor, is planning to hold all types of wheel races on Friday at the high school. The following races will be held: bicycle, scooter, roller skates, kiddie car, wagon and soap box. All children are invited to enter.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Sayre, of Cape May, N. J., announce the engagement of their daughter, Elizabeth, to Joseph C. Rex, S. M. 3/c, U. S. N. R., of Fort Wash¬ ington, Pa., son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam F. Rex, Sr.
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JACK R. NIXON
Jack R. Nixon, of Prospectville, has joined the world's most pow¬ erful air force as a bomber pilot. On August 4, he received his Army Air Forces silver wings and com¬ mission as Second Lieutenant in the impressive graduation cere¬ mony of the twin-engine advanced school of the Central Flying Train¬ ing Command, at Frederick Army Air Field, Oklahoma.
To Lieutenant Nixon graduation meant the termination of ten months of the world's most thor¬ ough military flight training, and the realization that, fledgling air¬ man no longer, he may now be¬ come an integral part of the Allied forces. As a qualified big ship pilot his war role will become an ever-increasing important one.
INDUCT E. HOY RISHEL
INTO KIWANIS CLUB
E. Hoy Rishel, of the American Chemical Paint Company, Ambler, was inducted into the membership of the Ambler Kiwanis Club at its weekly meeting at School Inn, Tuesday night. Elmer Menges, Am¬ bler attorney, had charge of the installation.
Ernest Schmidt, of Wings Field was a guest  of V. A.  Butler.
Oscar Stillwagon, president, pre¬ sided.
ISSUE HUNTING LICENSES
Hunter's licenses which arriv¬ ed Tuesday from Harrisburg are now available at the office oi the County Treasurer, Edwin Winner, in  Norristown.
SET datTforIaring
Red Cross Asks Aid In Supplying Comfort Kits To Men Overseas
The War Department has asked the American Red Cross for 30,000 additional comfort kits for men in our Armed Forces, to be finished within three months.
The Wissahickon Branch hopes to furnish 300 and is making an urgent plea for contributions for this purpose The contents of a bag cost approximately one dollar and the Red Cross hopes that various groups will give to this worthy cause. Donations may be sent to the American Red Cross, Bethle¬ hem pike, Flourtown, Pa. "The work is in charge of Mrs. Lewis C. Dick, chairman of production, and Miss Anna   IngersoU,   vice-chairman.
The kit bags will contain the following articles, but it is request¬ ed that money be given and not different items, as those in charge can buy them wholesale to better advantage: small soap box and soap, deck of playing cards, pack¬ age of cigarettes or smoking tobac¬ co and cigarette papers, shoe pol¬ ishing cloth, small pencil with cap,
if available, package of fifteen envelopes and 30 sheets of paper, hard candy drops in waxed paper roll, pair of tan shoelaces, package of double-edge razor blades, five to a package, small book (pocket size) detective, humorous, etc., sewing case, (housewife).
No letters or cards bearing in¬ dividuals' names may be included in the bags, but a card bearing the chapter name and address with the name of the donating organization or club may be placed in each kit.
The bags are to be distributed to servicemen at ports of embarka¬ tion and are the only things of a personal nature the men are per¬ mitted to carry. This service has proved a valuable builder of mor¬ ale and many people enjoy having a part in meeting this need.
The Red Cross must meet this quota and is making every.effort to interest everyone possible in the branch in the Comfort Kits so that each service man can have a kit before he goeb overseas.
Declaring     She   Is     "Virtually
Penniless" Mrs. Bock Asks
$50 Weekly
Night Football Comes JTo Ambler High School
AMBLER UNIT NEEDS
RED CROSS WORKERS
The women of Ambler are urgently needed to fulfill an emergency call of the Red Cross for surgical dressings. The Ambler unit has been given an unusually large quota of dressings to complete by- August 21.
Volunteer workers are asked to report lo The Ambler Branch nn Main street io help make dressings. The unit is open every Monday evening from 7 to 10 o'clock jn charge of Mrs. Washington. On Wed¬ nesday, the hours are 9.30 a. m. to 4 p. m. and 7 to 10 p. m. On Thursday, the hours are 9.30 a. m. to 4 p. m. Mrs. Minnie Heywood is in charge of the work on Wednesdays and Thursdays with Mrs. Charles Ncrritt and Mrs. Claudius Haywood as co- chairmen during the daytime and with Mrs. Ann Price and Mrs. Mildred Kleinfelder as co-chairmen on Wednesday evenings.
Harkins Resigns  After Fifteen
Years;   Set  Tuition
Rate
MISSING AIR SERGEANT GETS Fl
Staff Sergeant Lec and Lieuten¬ ant  Lewis   Receive   Oak Leaf Clusters
The date set by Judge George C. Corson for the hearing on an alimony petition filed with the Montgomery County Court by Mrs. Mary Bock, of Springfleld Township, formerly of Upper Gwy¬ nedd, is August 25.
The petition, which also asks for counsel fees, was flled Thursday at Norristown. It declares that Mrs. Bock "is virtually penniless and I have no money even to support myself except what I earn, and that is barely sufficient."
Her present flnancial condition, according to the petition, is a re¬ sult of the actions of her husband, William Bock, Gwynedd manuiac- turer. It is alleged he made im¬ proper use of a iiower of attorney by converting to his own use about $40,000 from the sale of securities  owned  by  his wife
The Bocks liave been separated since last September, and Mrs Bock has started divorce proceed¬ ings, charging her husband with in¬ dignities. He is fighting the action
Due to the fact that he plans to contest the divorce, .she avers, her expenses will be greatly increased. Mrs. Bock asks the court to di rect him to pay alimony of $50 a week, counsel fees of $500, and an additional $500 for expenses that are now apparent.
Mrs. Bock declares that her hus¬ band is not paying anything to- wai-ds her support.
Two Gwynedd Valley airmen, one of whom has been reported missing in action, have been awarded oak leaf clusters to their air medals.
Staft' Sergeant Charles H. Lee, 33, of Gwynedd Valley, a nose turret gunner on a B-24 Liberator Bomber, has been awarded the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal, it is announced by the Fifteenth Army Air Force in Italy. Lee has been reported missing in action over Yugoslavia since July 15.
In the words ot the citation, the award was made "for meritorious achievement in aerial flight while participating in sustained opera¬ tional activities against the en¬ emy."
Sergeant Lee entered the ser¬ vice September 21, 1941, and at¬ tended the Air Force Airplane Me¬ chanics School at Seymour John¬ son Field, North Carolina. He studied aerial gunnery at Fort Myers, Florida.
Sergeant Lee has been flying on bombing missions over German- held territory, in direct support of the Allied advance in North¬ ern Italy. At the time he was re¬ ported missing he had completed forty-seven missions and expected to return home.
An Oak Leaf Cluster to his Air Medal has been awarded to Sec¬ ond Lieutenant WiHiam K. Lewis, 22, son of Mrs. Thomas Rice, Gwy¬ nedd Valley, for "courage, cool¬ ness and skill" displayed while participating in several bombing attacks in the air offensive against the enemy over Continental Eur¬ ope. He is the co-pilot of an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress in the bomber group command by Colonel Elliott Vandevanter, Jr., Washington,  D.  C.
Prior to entering the Army Air Force on January 30, 1943, he was an airport attendant at Wings Field, Ambler. He won his wings at George Field, Illinois, on De¬ cember 5, 1943.
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Miss  DeCray  Popular Soloist
Miss Bertha Marcella DeCray, gifted young Philadelphia harpist, formerly of Ambler, served as harp soloist in a program Satur¬ day evening at Paradise Falls in the Poconos under the auspices of the Auxiliary of the Paradise Falls Lutheran Association for the bene¬ fit of the Lake Crawford Fund.
Miss DeCray, well known to music lovers ot this section, also performed at the church services at the mountain resort on Sunday.
AMBLER COLLECTION TO BE MADE AUG. 19
Every scrap of paper and every thread of rags will be in a paper or textile mill with¬ in forty-eight hours after it disappears from Ambler curb lines on August 19. That's how desperately they need the ma¬ terial which fighting men MUST have and which we would like to have.
Magazines and newspapers fhould be tied in SEPARATE bundles. Old catalogues and useless books also should be tied in SEPARATE bundles. Pack waste paper in cartons or bags. Tie up all kinds of cast-off clothing, rugs, cur¬ tains, etc.
Place all bundles on your curb by noon on Saturday, Aug. 19.
Ambler's Recreation Council will receive all proceeds from your scrap paper and rags. ALL Ambler patriots will find the way, easy or difficult, to salvage their paper.
Ambler Salvage Committee
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—"New  Jersey    no  longer     is known as the Mosquito State."— Gov. Edge, proclaiming extermina tion progress.
Night football will be played at Ambler High School this fall.
Permission for night games was given by the school board at its monthly meeting, Tuesday evening.
Equipment for lighting the field has already been donated by Amb¬ ler citizens and the project will be undertaken at no expense to the school board. Lights, poles and cross arms have been given the school and the directors granted permission for their erection.
Lights will be placed at the twenty, thirty and flfty yard lines with three lamps on each pole.   •
It is believed that night games will arouse more interst in the school's football schedule and that the attendance will be increased. Many high school pupils are em¬ ployed in the afternoon hours i after school as, well os an Satur¬ days causing low attendsince at games.
Robert A. Harkins, a teacher at Ambler High School for the past fifteen years, resigned his position to accept employment in personnel and accounting work with a Phila¬ delphia cOTicern. His resignation was accepted, and appointment to the vacancy will be made at a later date. Harkins taught arithmetic and history at the high school. The resignation was announced by Walter A. Sobers, of the teachers' committee.
Miss Dorothy E. Adams, of Lancaster, was appointed a mem¬ ber of the high school faculty as librarian at an annual salary of $1950. Miss Adams, who has had fourteen years of experience at the Red Lion and West Lampeter High Schools, received her B. S. degree from Millersville Teachers' College. She also graduated from University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Almon C. Stabler, of Ambler, was re-elected school physician at a fee of $800 for a ten-month period.
S. Clifford Gehman presented the annual auditors' report as of July 3, 1944. Solicitor Thomas A. Foulke reported the collection of $368.45 in delinquent per capita taxes for 1942. The solicitor was authorized to send out notices for the delinquent 1943 per capita taxijs.
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TO CAMP AT DELMONT
Ambler Troop Three fo Spend Week at Sumney¬ town
Nineteen members of Ambler Troop No. 3, Boy Scouts of Amer¬ ica, with headquarters at the First Presbyterian Church, Ambler, will leave on Sunday for a week's stay at Camp Delmont, the Valley Forge Council's camp above Sumney¬ town.
Camp Delmont, rated by the Na¬ tional Council as one of the finest Boy Scout camps in America, is enjoying the largest season in its history. Registration for the eight- week period was 3100 scouts, and each^ week has seen an active, instructive and progressive pro-- gram in full swing. All phases of the out-door program are carried out, such as, swimming, cooking, overnight hikes, nature study, handicraft, boating, pioneering, bird study and camp fire gather¬ ings. Horseback riding has also been added this year.
The Ambler group will be un¬ der the direction of Scoutmaster Russell K. Tompkins and will oc¬ cupy a site known as Camp Sen¬ eca. Members of the troop who will be in the party are: Sta^g Patrol— Martin Troster, patrol leader, and Walter Wenhold, Jack Betts, Donald Hoff, John Burns, Martin Burns, Joseph Shoemaker (continued on page 6)
AMBLER MAN° RECEIVES NEW INFANTRY BADGE
The army's newest award for infantrymen, the Combat Infantry¬ man Badge, has been awarded to Pfc. Frank J. Rocca, Jr., son of Mrs. Frank Rocca, of Ambler, who is serving with the 37th Infantry Division somewhere in the South¬ west Pacific area.
Awarded for exemplary con¬ duct or for combat action in a ma¬ jor operation, the new medal is a .silver rifle on a blue field with a silver border, imposed on an elipti¬ cal silver wreath.
Since starting his tour of over¬ seas service on May 26, 1942, Rocca has been stationed in New Zealand, Fiji and Guadalcanal. He is a veteran of the New Georgia Campaign, and is a member of the infantry regiment which repelled the Japanese attack on Hill 700 in four days of historically intense fighting which saw the annihila¬ tion of more than 1700 of Japan's 6th Imperial Division, infamous for the 1938 Rape of Nanking.  o	
—John Paul Jones, the United States Naval hero, became an ad¬ miral in the Russian Navy after the  American   Revolution.
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