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AMBLER Gazette
VOL. LXIV — 19
AMBLER, PA., JULY 9, 1942
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
Springfield Commissioners Hear '^W Complaints of Residents; Wiii Bar Organized Shows
Controversy over the Flourtown Fair, scheduled for July 22 to August 1, highlighted the meeting of the Commissioners of Spring¬ fleld Township last Wednesday evening. Appearing before the Commissioners were both Flour¬ town residents ob.iecting to the fair, and members of the Flour-, town Fire Company defending it.
Protest centered about the Art Lewis shows, organized entertain¬ ment which was part of last year's Fair. After lengthy debate, the Commissioners instructed the sec¬ retary to .send a letter to the Flourtown Fire Company stating that the fair would be closed if organized groups came into the township. When advised of this action later in the evening, Wil¬ liam Goss, chairman of the fair committee, said that it meant it would be impossible to hold any fair.
However, rhembers of the flre company met the following eve¬ ning and agreed to go ahead with their plans. Chairman Goss was given a vote of confidence, and told the group that he would make every eflort to fill the attractions which cancellation of the organ¬ ized show would leave wanting.
Chief spokesman for the resi- dental delegation opposing the carnival was Justus Duetz, of By¬ sher avenue, Flourtown, who maintained that the fair draws an undesirable group of people, that immoral shows were presented last year, and that the noise cre¬ ated a nuisance.
Presented to the Commissioners as evidence that this year's fair would follow the same pattern as last year's was one of the. circu¬ lars distributed to advertise the coming event. It announced "The Greater Flourtown Fair", spon¬ sored by the fire company to maintain apparatus and to buy new equipment. It also announced that the Art Lewis shows would be on the midway once more. Of the flrst night's receipts, the circu¬ lar said, seventy-five per cent would be donated to Army and Navy relief, and twenty-five per cent  to   local   defense   units.
In answer lo the protests, the Commissioners pointed out that in September of last year a resolu¬ tion was adopted which declared that no organized fairs or carni¬ vals could come into the town¬ ship, and that all carnivals in the township must close at midnight. They pointed out, also, that the flre company had been advised of this   decision.
Members of the Board of Com¬ missioners then agreed to inform the flre company that appearance of an organized outfit would war¬ rant the fair's closure.
The    Commissioners    approved
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Flourtown Group to Hold Car¬ nival Despite Show Ban by Commissioners
Entanglements with protesting residents and township commiss¬ ioners have failed to daunt the members of the Flourtown Fire Company, who, at a meeting Thursday evening, voted to go ahead with preparations for the Flourtown Fair. It is scheduled to run from July 22 to August 1.
Fair Chairpian William J. Goss explained to the group that he had made arrangements for the organized shows of Art Lewis with the understanding that the only objections were to "girl shows." It was agreed that this part of the show would be eliminated. Ar¬ rangements had been completed, Goss said, when he learned that the Commissioners of Springfleld Township had ordered the police to close the fair if any organized show took part in it.
Fire company members gave Goss a vote of confldence, how¬ ever, and he promised to put forth his every effort to substitute for the attractions which would have to be cancelled if the Art Lewis shows could not participate.
The members agreed to donate $100 to the Flourtown-Erdenheim Recreation Association, and the (Continued on page 2)
E COOKINGFAIWASIE
War   Production   Board   Spon¬ sors Salvage; Aimed at Increas¬ ing Glycerine Supply
AID m CROSS WORK
Present   Check    for    $456    to
County  Branch  for
War Chest
A check for $456 has been presented by the Montgomery County Young Republicans and the Republican County Committee to the Montgomery County Branch of the American Red Cross.
Presentation of the check, rep¬ resenting proceeds from the Young Republican dance at the City Hall in Norristown on May 2, took place at the headquarters of the Norris¬ town Branch of the Red Cross, at 826 Dekalb street, Norristown.
Recorder of Deeds John E. Mar¬ shall, chairman of the dance com¬ mittee, turned over the check to Joseph L. Eastwick, chairman of the Norristown Branch. Other wit¬ nesses to the ceremony were Mrs. Dorothy Evans Copp, vice chair¬ man of the Norristown Branch; ' County Treasurer Mrs. Mary H. Beerer, vice chairman of the Re¬ publican County Committee; As¬ semblyman Lloyd H. Wood, chair¬ man of the Republican County Committee, and Harry Sacks, chairman of the County Young Re¬ publicans.
In accepting the check on behalf of the Montgomery County Branch of the Red Cross, Eastwick de¬ clared, "We are very appreciative of what these organizations have ¦'f'"; done to help the Red Cross in J^^ Montgomery County. Tho demands on the Red Cross today are great and you may be sure that we will make good and efficient use of this money".
Cooperating with the War Pro¬ duction Board's drive to salvage waste fats and greases from the nation's kitchens, the A&P Tea Company this week starts pur¬ chasing such waste from house¬ wives in the Philadelphia area, ac¬ cording to L. A. Mullen, of Phila¬ delphia, Unit Head. The move is company-wide.
Considered one of the most im¬ portant salvage programs proposed by the WPB, the efTort is aimed at increasing the nation's supply of glycerin, a fat derivative vital in the production of explosives for bombs and shells. Estimating that two billion pounds of household cooking fats are wasted each year, WPB hopes to salvage one-fourth of this amount.
Local housewives, who will be kept informed of the program through company advertising in newspapers and on the radio, will be asked to save fats in large- mouth metal containers. Glass Containers will not be acceptable. The fats, in quantities of one pound or more, may be brought to A&P meat counters, Mr. Mullen said, where the prevailing rate of flve cents a pound will be paid. The company will resell the fats to rendering concerns under WPB regulations.
¦The company, Mr. Mullen added, already is cooperating with the government in salvaging waste paper, old rubber and scrap metal resulting from store operations. A continuous program is maintained for conserving cartons, boxes and other articles that pile up in store basements in the normal course of business.
UPPER DUBLIN COUNCIL PRAISES MESSENGERS
Members of the Upper Dublin Township Civilian Defense Coun¬ cil, meeting on Friday, heard re¬ ports of the outstanding progress of their Messenger Corps. The corps is under the direction of Walter Pearce, scout master of the Whitemarsh Boy Scout Troop.
During the trial blackout sev¬ eral weeks ago forty-four runners, thirty-three bicytlists and eighteen motorcyclists reported for duty. There is still necessity, however, for increasing the ranks, accord¬ ing to Mr. Pearce. All boys and girls flfteen years of age or older who volunteer will be trained for messenger work, and those wish¬ ing to join the corps are asked to submit their names to their Air Raid  Wardens.
A report on the dusk-to-dawn blackout in the township was given and several suggestions were made for improvements. It was found that the five control centers had inadequate space, that proper forms should be provided for mes¬ sages and that sighs should be placed at control centers so that their locations are known. The council is asking for volunteers to letter the signs for the centers.
Attending the meeting as Red Cross representative was George Farrington.
258 Volunteer As Blood Donors; Mobile Unit To Return July 22
Today and tomorrow 258 volun¬ teers from Ambler and vicinity will donate blood to the American Red Cross. A mobile blood bank unit will be at the Fire House in Ambler from 1 to 7 p. m. on both days, to receive a pint of blood from each donor.
So great has been the response
to this call to help save the lives
of wounded men in the    armed
forces,   that  arrangements     have
been   made   for  a   third   day   for
blood donations. The mobile unit
! will visit the Fire House again in
j two  weeks,  on July  22.  Already
j more   than   eighty   appointments
I have been scheduled for that day,
but approximately    126 donations
can  be  taken.
Those wishing to volunteer may do so by calling the North Penn Community Centre, at Ridge ave¬ nue and Race street. Ambler. The I telephone number is Ambler 0,379. I Appointments should be made by i next Friday. Donors must be be- ! tween the ages of 21 and 60. Those between  18 and  21 years of age
RED CROSS AUXILIARY ENDS 34,405 WORK HOURS
Hours of wor\c: 34,405. Garments completed in sewing room: 1,194. Garments finished in production department: 6,550.
That is only part of the work accomplished by the Ambler Aux¬ iliary of the Wissahickon Branch of the American Red Cross. A complete account of the auxiliary's work during the year which ended on July 1 is made in the report of Mrs. George Bardens, produc¬ tion chairman.
In the surgical dressing room, under the supervision of Mrs. Heniy Kieffer, 16,390 surgical dressings were prepared. Knitted articles done in the production de¬ partment numbered 2,221. Mrs. Bardens supervised the work in this department, where 450 home workers did both sewing and knitting. Supervising the work in the sewing room is Mrs. Orville Bullitt.
The report added that there is still a great deal of, sewing and knitting to be done at the Aux¬ iliary rooms, 28-30 Main street. C)n hand are ninety snow suits, seventy-five boys' suits, 200 romp¬ ers and 100 women's dresses which need workers. The rooms are open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
may  volunteer  if  they  have   the consent of their pai'ents.
A naval doctor and a staff of ¦Red Cross nurses will be in at¬ tendance during each visit of the mobile unit, and thorough physi¬ cal examinations are given be¬ fore each donation. Members of the Canteen Unit of the Wissa¬ hickon Branch of the American Rad Cross will serve refreshments. Although the actual donation takes but about seven minutes, donors will be asked to rest for a short time before leaving the Fire House.
In urging citizens to contribute blood, Harry C. Groomc, Jr., co- chairman of tho Blood Donor Ser¬ vice of the Southeastern Penn¬ sylvania Chapter of the American lied Cress, says, "The larger and more frequent the engagements.in which our armed forces take part the more urgent is the need for the adequate quantities of dried blood plasma to help save tho lives of the wounded."
FIREMEN HOLD ANNUAL FAIR AT SPRING MILL
Last night saw tho opening of the fourteenth annual Spring Mill Fire Company Fair on the com¬ pany's grounds ,at North lane and Hector street. 'The fair will con¬ tinue for ten nights, excepting Sunday.
Special attractions include aerial performances by Eric the Great, every night at 11.30, and aerial acts by the Arley Family, who will perform at 8 and 11 p. m. Side¬ shows filled with oddities also are included in the fair program.
To the Army and Navy Relief Fund will be donated ten per cent of the proceeds of the perform¬ ances on Wednesday nights.
Food booths are under the di¬ rection of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the company, with Mrs. John Le- bold in charge. General chairman of the fair is Samuel M.  Glass.
No admission is being chargcct to the fair grounds, and there is free parking for automobiles.
HAYWOOD BURIAL
TODAY FOR GAS HELD F
Passenger Car Owners Apply at Schools; Others at Ration-
VOLONTEERS AID OPA 'PLANS ARE CANCELED BY VISITING STORES
More Workers Needed Here to
Tell   Merchants   About
Ceiling Prices
WILL END TOMORROW
Residents Urged to Make Final
Search of Homes for
Contributions
112 DRAFTEES LEAVE     j
Families  and   friends    of     1121 draftees from this area crowded the Ambler railroad station yesterday morning  to  see  the  selectees  off for  Philadelphia. j
At the 166th Field Artillery Armory the draftees underwent medical examinations and those qualifying for Army service were permitted to begin fourteen-day i furloughs at once. i
When leave is over, the men will leave here in a unit for an Army induction center.
COMPLETES NAVAL COURSE
Ralph D. Bitting, son of Ralph L. Bitting, of 24 W. Butler avenue, Ambler, last week completed a 16-week course in the school for Machinist's Mates, at Great Lakes, III., thus preparing to take his place with the specialists who help to make tho United States Navy the most efficient in the world.
Bitting was selected for the Ser¬ vice Schools because of his record in the series of aptitude tests given to all Bluejackets during their re¬ cruit training. All Service Schools graduates arc immediately eligible to take the qualifying examination for petty officer ratings in their specialized flelds.
ERDENHEIM TO HAVE
SUMMER BIBLE SCHOOL
The Community Church of Er¬ denheim will open its second sea¬ son of daily Vacation Bible School on Monday, July 20. Classes will be held Monday through Friday for two weeks, from 9 a. m. to noon.
The school is an independent organization for all children in the community, and there is no charge for those attending. The work will be divided into three departments, beginners, primaries, and juniors and intermediates.
Classes will include Bible les¬ sons, memory work, games, chalk talks, and religious craft-work. Di¬ recting the work will be Dean A. Allen. Teachers include: Napcy Jane Gehring, Norma Fegley,Betty Fegley, Esther Seigrist, Laura MacFarland, Miriam Johnson and Mrs. Elsie Roberson.
Registration for attendance will be held on the first day of school.
The success of Pennsylvania's scrap rubber drive is going to de¬ pend on the thoroughness with which every man, woman andchild in Pennsylvania makesa flnal search through closets, basements, gar¬ ages and barns for additional arti¬ cles to add to our contribution in the great national campaign and- ing at midnight tomorrow, accord¬ ing to W. Purves Taylor, secretary of the Associated Petroleum In¬ dustries of Pennsylvania.
"More rubber is needed. While the response has been generous to date, the campaign must be ex¬ panded and speeded up," Mr. Tay¬ lor stated. "Citizens must realize that the rubber shortage has al¬ ready forced our combat forces to cut their use of rubber tully twenty-flve per cent in essential equipment."
Mr. Taylor made four sugges¬ tions to Pennsylvania residents for the flnal days of the intensifled drive. If you have not turned in your scrap, comb the entire prem¬ ises for every ounce of available rubber. Try to reach a goal of at least five pounds for every mem¬ ber of your family. If you have already turned in your quota, please make a further search. Even if the additional amount is not large, it will count heavily. Look around your olfice, shop, store or factory for scrap rubber which might be made available. Add mo¬ mentum to the campaign by tele¬ phoning five friends or relatives to make sure they have tiirned in their share.
"This campaign will succeed if we have teamwork on the part of those who have scrap rubber," Mr. Taylor concluded. "Every delay should be avoided in getting the supply to the nearest service station. The need for speed is urgent."
Ambler this week is lending its support to the Oflfice of Price Ad¬ ministration, in the effort to in¬ form retailers of the regulations regarding ceiling prices. In answer to the demand of merchants for aid in the posting of the "costof living" prices, a group of volunteers is visiting the 101 retail outlets in Ambler and surrounding sections.
To each businessman goes a kit containing various pamphlets and bulletins which explain the gen¬ eral maximum price regulation, how the retailer is to determine his maximum selling prices, how he is to display and report his ceiling prices for cost-of-livirtg commod¬ ities, what records he must keep in his store, and how adjustments can be made of abnormally low maximum retail prices.
There is still time for any men and women desiring to aid in this retail store canvass to volunteer, according to Bernard Lindenfeld, chairman of Ambler's Civilian De¬ fense Council, which is supervising the local job. ExpressingtheCoufi* cil's approval of the OPA's plan as an important service to retailers in every community, Mr. Lindenfeld said, "Some of our merchants al¬ ready have i-eceived help individ¬ ually at the regional and state OPA offices, and others have at¬ tended clinics at the regional office. It has not been and it will not be possible, however, for the majority of retailers to go to OPA for help. Therefore, with the assistance of patriotic volunteer aides, OPA can go out to them in response to their urgent requests for help". He also expressed the hope that merchants would give their full cooperation in this effort to avoid inflation.
The visits to retail stores will continue for the rest of this week. Those wishing to volunteer their services may do so by getting in touch with Mr. Lindenfeld, whose telephone number is Am¬ bler 0635. Volu'nteers will be given brief but concise instructions on the price posting regulations.
In urging men and women with some free time to aid in the work, the Defense Council stresses the fact that this is as important a part of the war effort as any volunteer job that has come along, for it is the flrst citizen action in the "Battle Against Inflation."
School Board Hears That Neces¬ sary Equipment Will Not Be Availahle
Cancelation of plans for a weld¬ ing school, which was to have been set up in Ambler to train men for defense jobs, was announced at the meeting of the Ambler School Board  on Monday  night.
The training center would have been located at the Cruse-Kemper Company's plant, with the com¬ pany furnishing welding machines and other equipment. Heightened activity at the plant, however, will keep all available equipment in almost constant use, and so the firm will be unable to furnish the necessary machines.
Plans for the school were flrst announced at the meeting of the School Board last month. They were approved by the board mem¬ bers, with the understanding that the federal government would pay all costs.
It was announced that forty- two students have enrolled for summer school classes, which are under the direction of Clifford K. Geary and Raymond L. Duncan. Mr. Geary was named to take charge of the enumeration of school children. He will be paid forty dollai's.
In his report, Elam E. Kersch¬ ner, supervising principal, gave the tuition bill as $41,477.50. Cafe¬ teria expenditures were reported at $758.28, by Miss Bruna Abra¬ hams. The balance on hand in the general account, as of July 1, was given as $127.84, according to J. Willard Cassel, treasurer. Govern¬ ment securities to the amount of $60,000 have been pledged at the Ambler Trust Company, he re¬ ported.
The resignation of S. B. Gilliard
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BABY SMOTHERS IN CRIB
Found smothered to death in her crib early yesterday morning was the three-month-old daughter of Lieutenant and Mrs. Seth Worth¬ ington. Jr., of Limekiln pike, Pros¬ pectville.
The baby was found, suffocated in a blanket, by her grandmother, Mrs. Seth Worthington, Sr.
Lieutenant Worthington at pre¬ sent is stationed in Georgia, and during his absence his wife and daughter had been making their home with his parents.
COURT HOUSE EMPLOYEES TO CONDUCT SURVEY
A "Share-the Ride" survey for all County employees at the Court House, Norristown, has been au¬ thorized by Montgomery County Commissioners Fred C. Peters,Fos¬ ter C. Hillegass and Raymond K. Mensch in preparation for the per¬ manent gas rationing plan which goes into effect July 22.
To be conducted by means of a questionnaire in charge of James W. Potter, assistant executive di¬ rector of the County Institution District, the survey will also pro¬ vide necessary information to de¬ termine whether a staggered sys¬ tem of working hours would be advisable in operation of the Court House.
The questionnaires will indicate to what extent private automobiles are being used to and from the Court House by County employees and whether further "sharing the ride" or use of public transporta¬ tion facilities is possible.
ing Boards
Starting today automobile own ers once more are registering for; gasoline  rationing, as the    Office ! of    Price    Administration    issues; coupon   books   for   a   permanent j rationing system that will go into' effect along the Eastern seaboard on   July   22.   In   Ambler,   drivers, of passenger cars and motorcycles i will  apply     for   their     rationing | fcooks   at   the      Forrest   Avenue j School today and tomorrow. Those i whose last names begin with the letters "A" to "L" register today; those whose last names begin with "M"   to   "Z"   register   tomorrow. ¦ Hours are from 1.30 to 5.30 p. my and from C.30 to 9.30 p. m. ;
Only drivers of family passenger vehicles and motorcyles may apply | at the school, however. Applica-; tion for gasoline must be made \ at the War Price and Rationing; Board for the district by all driv- I ers of the following vehicles: I those owned or leased by a Fed- | eral, State, local or foreign govern-1 ment; those built or rebuilt as' ambulances or hearses; trucks, | taxis, jitneys, livery vehicles ori vehicles available for rental; ve-' hides which are part of a fleet ] of four or more used for the same i purpose, and vehicles held by a' dealer  for  sale or  resale. i
The Rationing Board, for LodBl District No. 5,    to which Ambler! residents whose cars fall in any j (Continued on page 2) I
Service    Conducted    Yesterday
for Youth Killed in Crash
of Army Plane
ROTARIANS ARE QUIZZED
Ambler Rotarians had another question and answer session yes¬ terday afternoon, when six of the members turned "Quiz Kids" for a quiz program conducted by Chauncey Koch.
Answering questions, or trying to, were William Morris, Russell Meyers, Robert Dudrear, William Wolf, Harold Knight, Jr., and Philip Keidel.
Present at the meeting was J. William Ditter, an honorary mem¬ ber.
RELIGIOUS COONCIL HOLDS CONFERENCE
Makes Plans for Celebration of Education Week Through¬ out the County
BY COUNTY DEPUTIES
Tests by Bureau of Weights and
Measures Will Prevent
Inaccuracies
DRIVER FILES APPEAL TO URBAN CONVICTION
Lester W. Reber, of 831 Haws , I avenue, Norristown, who was ar¬ rested in Ambler on June 9, charg¬ ed with speeding, has flled a I petition with the Montgomery County Courts for allowance to j appeal his .conviction.
Reber   was   arrested   by   Police Offlcer Edward J. Esmond on East i Butler avenue, and given a hear¬ ing 'before Magistrate William Ur- I ban. He was fined $10  and costs I and furnished bail for the appeal at that time. i     However, since he failed to file ; j his appeal within five days after ' I the hearing, the court, in an ac- j I companying petition is asked    to allow  the appeal  nunc pro tunc, i Reber was two days late in flling.
Ninety-Six Years 'Young'
—Buy United States War Bonds and stamps.
GIVEN FAREWELL DINNER
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin M. Scheetz, of Lindenwold avenue, gave a farewell dinner party on Tuesday evening in honor of their son-in- law, John Ziegler, of South Spring Garden street, who has enlisted in the United States Army. Mr. Zieg¬ ler left yesterday morning for New Cumberland, Pa. Those pre¬ sent at the dinner party were: Mr. and Mrs. Ziegler; Mr. and Mrs. James Stewart, Bobby and Jackie Stewart, of Oreland, and Mr. and Mrs. Scheetz.
DEDICATE CHOIR STALLS
New choir stalls recently pre¬ sented to the Trinity Lutheran Church, at Fort Washington, by the Kings' Daughters of the church, were dedicated at the morning worship service on Sun¬ day of last week.
The stalls, which are Gothic in design, harmonize both with the architecture of the church and the style of the chancel. Two stalls have been placed on either side of the altar.
With this gift, the redecoration of the chancel of the church is nearing completion. The church is being remodeled throughout, and the interior will be rededicated in the near future.
APPROVES PAY RAISES
I     Pay increases for both the Chief of Police and members of the po-
! lice force in Upper Dublin Town¬ ship have been approved by Judge
I William F.  Dannehower.
I     A   petition   requesting   the   in¬ creases was signed by twenty-five taxpayers. It asked fpr a salary of | $200 per month for the police chief, ! who now is paid $180.
Judge Dannehower gave the township supervisors permission to pay police force members $170 instead of $150 per month.
AUDIT SCHOOL ACCOUNTS
Ambler Borough Auditors star¬ ted work on the accounts of the School Board on Monday morn¬ ing.
I   TWO ARRESTED ON FOURTH
The   Fourth   of   July   week-end I brought only two arrests in Am¬ bler,  and   both  were  on  charges i of    drunkenness    and    disorderly conduct.
Arrested were Charles Mc¬ Laughlin, of Mount Pleasant ave¬ nue, Ambler, and Haywood Green, of Conshohockekn. Both were given hearings before Squire Wil¬ liam Urban, and each was ordered to pay a flne and nosts of $5.
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The Bureau of Weights and Measures, operated under the jurisdiction of Montgomery County Commissioners Fred C. Peters, Foster C. Hillegass and Raymond K. Mensch, has been busily engag¬ ed in checking gas and oil pumps at gasoline service stations to make sure in these days of rationed gas and shortages that the motorists get full measure.
During June 456 gas pumps were checked by William H. Jones, chief sealer of the Bureau, and his deputies. Of this number twenty- four, or flve per cent, were l^und to be incorrect and were condemn¬ ed until repairs or adjustments were made, whereupon the Bureau re-checked the pumps.
In addition, 499 oil pumps were checked, twenty or four per cent, being found incorrect. Also check¬ ed were 3420 oil bottles and 415 liquid measures. Of the former, forty-six or one per cent were con¬ demned while fourteen or three per cent of the latter were found incorrect and condemned, fourteen or three per cent of the latter were found incorrect and condemned.
Because of the gasoline short¬ ages, representatives of the Bureau have been obliged to make many trips to thfe gas stations, both early in the morning and late at night, in order to make the necessary tests.
During the past month, a total of 177,063 weighing and measur¬ ing devices were tested, according to Chiei Sealer Jones' report. Of this number, 365 were found in- (Continued  on page  2)
DR. ELVIKEN MAKES STUDY
Dr. Andreas Elviken, of Morris road and Mt. Pleasant avenue, Ambler, associate professor of His¬ tory at Temple University, is one of thirteen members of the Uni¬ versity's undergraduate depart¬ ments to participate in a $10,000 research fund, which was estab¬ lished three months ago by Dr. Robert L. Johnson, the institution's president.
Dr. Elviken is making an ex¬ haustive study in the field of European Diplomatic History.
The annual Planning Conference of the Montgomery County Council ot Christian  Education  was  held j last week at the Hotel Hamilton, i in Norristown, with Mr. and Mrs. j Walter E. Myers of the state staff I as guests. The Rev. Robert J. Gott¬ schall, president of the Association, was in charge of the conference.
Plans were discussed for  cele¬ bration    of    Religious    Education Week throughout the county from September 27 to October 4. These plans follow a national pattern and will cover newspapers, radio, pub- j lie schools, the churches and ser- I vice clubs in an effort to reach that I "Other Half" of America. I
The County Council expects to j send a  delegation  to  the  annual' State Convention at Uniontown in | October. The group voted to hold' the County Convention in Norris- j town on March 26 and 27, of 1943. Reports on District work were gi¬ ven by W. S. Price, of Royersford; H. L. W. Bower, of Conshohocken, and  William K.  Bean of  Norris¬ town. Mrs. W. S. Price presented a report   on   Leadersliip   Education schools and classes held in Lans¬ dale, Ambler, Ardmore, Pottstown and Norristown. Miss Elaine Bar¬ rett ot Norristown was appointed Office   Secretary   for   the   county council.
The Rev. H. F. Doebler, of St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Barren Hill, was guest speaker and he de¬ scribed his experiences as a Sun¬ day School worker in Lycoming County.
Funeral services were held yes¬ terday afternoon for Corporal Claudius William Haywood, 3d, the first Ambler youth to lose his life in the service of his country during this war. He was one of twenty-one who were killed Wed¬ nesday when an Army transport plane crashed in southern West Virginia.
Haywood was the son ot Mr. and Mrs. C. William Haywood, Jr., of 111 North street,. Ambler. He would have been twenty-two in  August.
Burial was from his home, with interment at the Church of the Messiah Cemetery, at Gwynedd. Officiating was the Rev. Charles A. Platt, pastoi' of the Ambler Presbyterian Church. Sergeant Walter Ohda, of the Fourth Troop Carrier Squadron, Kellogg Field, Michigan, accofnpanied the body to Ambler, serving as military guard. Pallbearers were: Richard Hoyt, Lindenwold avenue; Hugh Gehman, Forrest avenue; Douglass Brooks, Euclid avenue; Jack Davis, Mattison avenue; Robert Lutz, Forrest avenue, and Sergeant Ohda.
According to Army officers at Patterson Field, Dayton, O., the transport, a former American Air¬ lines flagship, lost a wing at 500 feet and plunged in flames intg. a hillside at Premier, three miles from  Welch, W. Va.
First word of the accident came to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. William Haywood, of Annas- mead Farm, Tennis avertuc and Welsh road, when a Philadelphia newspaper called them on Thurs¬ da.y to get additional details on the story they had received on the crash. A telegram from the Army did not reach the family until later that day. Meanwhile, how¬ ever, the news was confirmed by telephone by government officials.
Prior to the crash, Haywood had been stationed at Kellogg Field, Michigan, where he was an avia¬ tion mechanic. Enlisting in the Army in March of 1941, he flrst was stationed at McClelland Field, Sacramento, Calif. He spent flve months in training at the Army's Technical Training School at Chanute Field, 111., and later was transferred to Michigan. His last visit homo  at at Easter.
A graduate cf Ambler High School, Class ot 1938, he starred in many of the school's football games, and was a member of the track team for four years. His en¬ gagement to Miss Edith Ellen Hasselgren, of Ambler, was an¬ nounced in February. Miss Hassel¬ gren is a student nurse at Abington Memorial Plospital.
Surviving him, besides his par¬ ents and grandparents, is a broth¬ er. Jack, also of Ambler.
TO AWARD HOPE CHEST
Gift of 536 Pieces to Be Fea¬ ture of St. Joseph's Celebration
KIWANIANS HEAR TALK ON BLOOD DONOR WORK
The Ambler Kiwanis Club heard I an urgent appeal for blood donors j at the weekly meeting of the i group held at School Inn, Tues- [ day evening. Frank A. Peirce was j the chairman of the meeting. j
Louis H. Bieler, chairman of the ¦ blood donor committee of the! Wissahickon Branch of the Ameri-' can Red Cross, said that everyone , may take part in saving the lives • of American soldiers and sailors j by giving one pint of blood. :
The actual blood is not used, j but the plasma, which has been hydrated, is used on the field of i battle or in hospitals. Plasma prov- j ed very effective during the at- j tack on Pearl Harbor, Mr. Bieler | stated.
Mr. Bieler said tho next mobile' blood donor unit would be station¬ ed in Ambler on July 22.
GEORGE W. WOOD
George W. Wood, Civil War vet¬ eran who lives on Walnut street, in Ambler, celebrated his ninety- sixth birthday yesterday. Mr. Wood still is active and in good health. Possibly it's because he re¬ fuses to worry, and lets nothing bother him—not even the war.
TO START ENGINEERING
Hugh M. Bullard, of 20 Hen¬ dricks street, Ambler, has been awarded a freshman competitive scholarship at the University of Pennsylvania and will enter the! Moo)e School of Electrical Engin- j eering there, according to an¬ nouncement by Dr. Arnold K. Henry,  dean  of student  affairs.
Bullard, who formerly attended Amblor High School, is one of a number of secondar.v school grad¬ uates from this Slate to whom the University has awarded scholar¬ ships upon the basis of the results of College Entrance Board exam¬ inations given in April.
HELD IN TWO SMASH-UPS
A Bucks County man was arres¬ ted by Ambler police on Friday, charged with being the operator of an automobile that damaged two parked cars in Norristown the pre¬ vious night.
Joseph DeCoursey, 45, of Harts- ville, was arrested shortly after his car was found in a ditch on the Germantown pike, about six miles from Ambler-. The automobiles he is charged with hitting were struck on two different street.^ in Norris¬ town. at about 7.30 p. m.
DeCoursey was turned over to Norristown authorities and held in $300 bail for action of the grand jury.
BENEFIT  CLAIMS  INCREASE
The Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation an¬ nounced today that 22,217 idle Pennsylvania workers continued their claims for unemployment compensation beneflts during the week which ended on June 27.
This figure was slightly more than the number of claimants ap¬ pearing at local employment offices during the previous week.
WINS COLLEGE HONORS
Arthur f. Lesher, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur C. Lcshci', of Reiffs Mill road and Tennis ave¬ nue. Ambler, took top honors at the recent graduation oxoicises ol St. Miuy's University, in Sau Antonio,  Texas.
Mr. Lesher. who received his degree from the School of Law, had the highest scholastic average in his class. During his law school years he was the witmer of six prizes.
While still in his senior year, he was honored by the San Antonio Bar As.sociation by being appoint¬ ed to the legal aid clinic main¬ tained by the association. In his clinic job he advised needy clients in matters of a civil nature.
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The award of a 536-piccc hope chest will be one of the main fea¬ tures of the twelfth annual carni¬ val of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, which will be held on the church grounds, on South Spring Garden street, Ambler, next. Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The chest, which is the largest ever to be awarded at the church carnival, is now on display in the windows of the Ambler Furniture Company, on E. Butler avenue: On the Hope Chest Committee are Julia Spohn, Jo.sephine DeRienzio, Lena Zaffarano, Lucy Lelii, Jennie Dall'Agata, Antoinette Spano and Ann Cassidy.
Also to be given away are sev¬ eral tons of coal.
General chairman of the carni¬ val arrangements is the Rev. Jo¬ seph P. McGeever, D. D., pastor of St. Jo.seph's Church. Other com¬ mittee members are: Andrew Cal- amarg, stands: Francis Gigliotti, lights; Mrs. Joseph Cavalier, gro¬ ceries and fruit; Mrs. James Pa¬ lermo, fancy work; Mrs. Lucia Sig¬ nore, snow balls; Mrs. Erthal, flsh pond; Mrs. Howard Bolt, cakes and ice cream; Mrs. James Roberto, hot dogs: Andrew Calamaro, ring pitch; Italian Citizens Bocce Club, chickens; James Ricciardi, bingo, and Frank Ciufo, balloons.
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