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VOL. LXV — 50
AMBLER, PA., FEBRUARY 10, 1944
$1.75 Per Year in Arlvance. Iir Pfr Copy
iVeec? $112,000 To Meet V7ar Loan Bond Quota
Cu-Ciiairnicn    Georpjo     Schcrff
and  Walter Reller Issue
Drive Statement
VfiACK     THE     ATTACK
The qucta for Ambler and vicin¬ ity in this Fourth War Loan Drive is $750,000.00. Total sales to in¬ dividuals, corporations, associa¬ tions and other organizations at the beginning of the last week o£ the drive, amounted to $638,000.00. This leaves a total of $112,000.00 in war bonds and stamps which must bo sold if this area is to go over th» top.-
A separate quota was set for the ^ale of war bonds to individuals.
This was set at $250,000.00. At the last report the amount ac¬ tually sold to individuals amount¬ ed to $202,000.00.
Gooige ScherfT, president of the Ambler Trust Company, and Walter Heller, vice president of the Ambler National Bank, co- chairmen of the drive, have issued the following statement:
"With the Fourth War Loan Diive in its final week, and through the efforts of many willing volunteers, it is hoped no one in our territory, has been missed by a solicitor. If, however, you have not been approached, if you will call Mr. Reller, Ambler 3001, or Mr. ScherfE, Ambler 1400, some¬ one will call upon you at once to take your subscription. Better still, if you are near either bank or post office, call and your bond will be made out immediately.
"There is much to be accom¬ plished in this, the final v*eek of the Drive, and we must sell more bond.s if we are not to fail of our quota.
"So far, we have been on top throughout the past drive. We do not want to fail this time, and we Will not if you have bought your sxtra $100 bond."
Joshua B. Collins, of Euclid ave¬ nue. Ambler, has been e.specially .active in the sale of war bonds to 'ndi\'iduals, and as of January 31, he sold thirty-one bonds. Mr. Col¬ lins is a Lieutenant in the Ambler Civilian Defense Council.
HEAR M. F. SEIIZ
Seoul Executive Adtlrcsscs Local
Club,  Plan  Special  Show
at Ainldcr High School
Marcus Seitz, field scout execu- live of the Valley Forge Boy Scout Council, addressed the members rt; the Ambler Kiwanis Club at the weekly meeting of the group held at School Inn, Tuesday night. Elwood Adams introduced the speaker.
Mr. Scitz outlined the various ways in which the scouts function, stating that scouting did not have to change its program because the had been operating in the same manner, during war or peactime. He said the scouts have been taking part in sixty different ac¬ tivities, including civilian defense ai tivities,' war bond sales, scrap rampaigns, etc.
The sneaker stated that over 600 former bey scouts have been given medals during the present con¬ flict. Scouting, he added, builds a finer character, stimulates a de¬ sire for further education, deve¬ lops religious training and deve- loi« leadership possibilities in youtli.
Mr. Seitz stated that only thi-GUgh interested adults leiRder- Kliip can scouting be developed and   carried  on.
The Penllyn Quartet, under the direction of Clarence Lewis'pre¬ sented a musical program.
On Saturday night, February 12, the Kiwanians will assist in spon¬ soring a dance at the Ambler High   School.
The Youth Committee will spon¬ sor a program of music, magic and movies at the Ambler High School en Thursday, February 24, at 8.15 p. m. Tom Osborne, the magician, will head a twenty-five minute jjhow.
DIVORCE GRANTED
Judge George C. Corscn, of the Montgomery County Court, has granted a divorce to James S. Darnaby, ol Ambler, from Clara V. Darnaby, on grounds of indigni- ites and cruel treatment. They were married May 25, 1933.
Bed d Donor Quota Topped
affile Wissahickon Branch wishes to thank the people oi the American Red Cross of Ambler and vicinity for their excellent response to the plea of the Mobile Blood Donor Unit visiting the Wiss¬ ahickon Fire House, Ambler, today and tomorrow. "Due to the efforts of the school children and their teachers, the Civilian Defense Council, Keasbey and Mattison Co., the Ambler Gazette, and all' organizations and individuals who solicited for blood, we have a full quota of appoint¬ ments, plus a number of re¬ serve donors who can be call¬ ed upon if needed. Red Cross workers said in a statement issued for publication. "Am¬ bler has done a magnificent .i..b and the unit will go back to Philadelphia, as it has always done from here, with every bottle filled."
Sgt. J. M. Leaper Safe; Prisoner in Germany
SlafT Sergeant Joseph M. Leaper, Jr., son cf Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Leaper, of Penllyn road, Penllyn, recently listed as missing, is now reported safe and a prisoner of war in Germany.
Sgt. Leaper, who is'twenty- six years old, was reported missing in an air raid over Germany on December 30. Word of his safety was just received by his wife and par¬ ents this week. Sgt. Leaper, who is married to the former Rosemary Deakyne, is a radio operator on a Liberator bomber. He has a ten-month- old daughter.
The Penlljm man is the hblder of the Air Medal, Oak Leaf Cluster, and two African campaign stars. He saw serv¬ ice in Newfoundland and Iceland as well as Africa, be¬ fore going into the European theatre. He was graduated from Springfield High School, Class of 1935, and was em¬ ployed by his father, a chem¬ ist, at the American Chemical Paint Company, Ambler.
Community   Recreation
At Ambler High School
A Community Recreation Night will be held Saturday in the Am¬ bler High School, with games, dancing and other types of rec¬ reation offered for all. The young people of the Community are especially invited, but anyone is welcome to be present.
The evening's fun will begin at 8.30 p. m. There will be refresh¬ ments. T"he Kiwanis Club of Am¬ bler is sponsoring the affair this week, and other organizations in the community will take turns sponsoring similar Recreation Nights in the future. A small charge has been set, fifteen cents per per.son. All are welcome.
Flourtown Lieutenant Rescued From Lifeboat In South Pacific
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Addresses  Montgomery  County
Federation    of    Women's
Clubs, Plan Project
RECEIVES SILVER WINGS
CHARLES K. McCRACKEN
Charles K. McCracken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel L. Mc- j Cracken, of Fairview avenue. Am- i bier, received his commission as; a ¦ gectftM" ¦fTMJter^-nt and awaWfe'dl silver navigator's wings at the '¦ Army Air Forces Navigation; School, Selman Field, Louisiana; last Saturday.
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Scrap Paper Collection
The Salvage Committee of the Ambler Civilian Defense Council will collect paper in Ambler on Saturday. Collec¬ tors will go up and down every street in the borough, so householders are urged lo put their scrap paper, magazines, cardboard boxes, etc., in a prominent place where it will not be missed.
LCOAL SCOUT IROOPS 10 HAVE NEW LEADERS
Five Lo(!al Women Are Taking
Training Course in
Jenkintown
Five local women are about to become new leaders and assistant ledaers of Girl Scout Troops in Ambler, upon the completion of a troop training course at the Health Center, Jenkintown, next week.
These women, Mrs. James Hagaar, Mrs. George Weikel, Mrs. Norman Paul, Miss Dorothy Balee and Miss Gertrude Clark, began the training course in Jenkintown on January 24. They meet with the other future leaders and assistant leaders each Monday and Wednes¬ day evening, from 7.30 until 9.30 p. m.
Mrs. Hagaar at the end of next week will begin as an assistant for Senior Trcap 232, Ambler. Mrs. Weikel and Mrs. Paul will assist Mrs. Winfield Cook, leader of Jr. Troop 108. Miss Balee and Miss Clark will be the leaders of the newly organized Negro intermedi¬ ate Girl Scout Troop.
Scout leaders have announced that Jean Craft, Nancy Wolf, Jean Sprott and Peggy Robinson will be transferred frcm the Junior Troop to the Sr. Troop at the end of this month. Peggy Lou Geary is the new chairman of the Audu¬ bon Society which has just been formed in the Junior Troop. This group   will   have   charge   of   the
I bird   feeding   station   outside   of
I the library.
LANSDALE MAN NEW
JURY COMMISSIONER
Davis T. Kirk, retired Lansdale business executive, began his du¬ ties Monday morning as the new Republican jury commissioner of Montgomery County. He took charge of the dravying of names for the next term of  court.
Mr. Kirk, who is also chairman of Draft Board No. 7, at Lansdale, was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mrs. Helen N. Ridington, of Lansdale. Mrs. Ridington has accepted an appointment as research librarian of the Philadelphia Planning Com¬ mission.
The value of day nurseries in the care of children of working mothers was described by Mrs. Edward L. To-wne, of Three Tuns, director of the burea of child carp of Montgomery County under the Montgomery County Council of Defense, at the dinner meeting of the junior clubs of the Mont¬ gomery County Federation of Wo¬ men's Clubs in Philadelphia, Fri¬ day evening.
Mrs. Towne said that the setting- up of day nurseries throughout the county for pre-schoal child¬ ren is a war emergency child care measure designed to enable moth¬ ers to work in defense plants. She emphasized the fact that this is not a welfare program but a plan devised to enable women to do war work, whether in a de¬ fense plant, a laund/y, or other such establishment, while their children are receiving supervised care.
The speaker outlined the daily program of supervised play, rest pei-iods, and balanced diet provid¬ ed for the youngsters. She said that each nursery should be un¬ der the direction of trained work¬ ers aided by volunteers. A nomin¬ al lee is charged for the daily care of the children. She said that the establishment of good habits of health and recreation in young children will stand them in good stead throughot their lives, especi¬ ally through the difficult period of adolescence.
'"Mrs. Towne said tlial it is up tti the community fo help mothers who are needed in industry by relieveing their minds of worry about their children. She said, too, that there is tendency among youngsters, no matter how young, to gang up. She illustrated the change in behavior and health alike that is wrought in the child¬ ren by the well-balanced routine of the supervised day nursery. She said that this is true cf children from overprivileged homes as well as underprivileged. She told the clubwomen present that they are the ones who should aid in the nursery program.
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Wick Sentenced to Jail
For 3 Months; Fined $200
Francis C. Wick, Susquehanna read, near Ambler, was sentenced to pay a fine of $200 and costs and to serve thirty days in the county prison, after he pleaded guilty before Judge Harold G. Knight, president judge of the Montgomery County Court, Nor¬ ristown.
Wick, a' third offender in a | period or seventeen years, vifas first arrested in 1926. At that time he entered a plea and was-sentenc¬ ed to pay a fine of $200, costs and to serve three months in pri¬ son.
Three years later he returned as a second offender and this time was sentenced, $200 and'costs, and one year in prison. In impos¬ ing his sentence this time. Judge Knight said that he did not impose a longer jail sentence because he took into consideration the fact that Wick is employed in a war plant.
TOWNSHIP erects"
SERVICE  HONOR  ROLL
The names of men and women from Whitpain Township who are in the service cf the country have been placed on an honor loll erect¬ ed in front of the old school build¬ ing in Blue Bell. However; the work en the honor list has not been entirely  completed.
Names not printed on the roll but eligible for listing should be forwarded to Rev. E. R. Cook, pas¬ tor of Boehm's Church.
To date,  the  sum  of  $249  has Been contributed by  residents  of i the  township.      Of that amount, I $160.55   has   been   spent   for   the I honor  I'oll,  $38  lor  names  print- I ed and $7.72 for postage. Persons I who have not contributed to com- ! plete payment of all expenditures j are   requeste«l   to   make  payment j to Rev. Mr. Cook or other mem- ' bers of the committee.  The com¬ mittee   will   meet   next   week   to plan   for   the   dedication   of   the honor roll.
First Lt. John E. Warner, 25, son of    Mrs. Frank A. Warner, of    7 Weiss avenue,  Flourtown, winner of   the  Air  Medal   and  two  Oak i Leaf   Clusters,   is   safe   with   his! entire crew at an American bomb- i er   base   in   the   Solomons   after having been rescued from a life¬ boat adrift in St. George Channel, in the South West Pacific.
On January 18, his mother had been notified, Lt. Warner's Mitch¬ ell Bomber participated in an at¬ tack on Vunakanau airdome at Ilabaul, New Britain. Seven Jap Zeros disabled his olane and forced him down within five miles of the Jap-held New Ireland Island.
When the plane was over its target, the right rudder was torn apart by flak; shortly afterwards, enemy Zeros cut the plane's oil lines and disabled one engine. The Japs then pursued Warner until a group of Warhawks manned by New Zealand pilots intercepted and drove the Zeros off. While Lt. Warner's crippled bomber was limping away, his gunners shot down two attacking Zeros.
The left engine of Warner's Mitchell then failed, so he had to make a forced water landing in
Mrs. Warner stated that on one occasion her son brought his plane in on one motor after the other motor had been shot out. A third time he survived a mission when his plane was badly riddled.
It  was  in  September  that   Lt.
Warner was awarded the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters for distinguished action in the South West Pacific area.
He is a graduate of Springfield High School, the class of 1937, and William and Mary College, the class of 1939. He was a foot¬ ball and track star at Springfield High School and at Germantown Academy, which he attended for a time.
In September 1941, Warner en¬ listed in the U. S. Army Air Corps and was sent to the following places for training: Maxwell Field, Alabama; Shaw Field, South Caro¬ lina; Valadosta, Alabama; Lake¬ land Air Base, Florida; finally he was sent overseas for combat duty seven months ago.
In May, 1942, Lt. Warner mar¬ ried Miss Betty Greer, of Mt. Airy. She is at present residing with her parents in West Palm Beach, St. George Channel. The plane sank seven minutes after the crew crawled into lifeboats.
When Warner radioed his posi¬ tion back to the base, the Japs intercepted the message, so the crew had to quickly cover up when engines were heard coming from Rabaul. A few hours later the men were rescued by a Navy Patrol bomber, and were returned to the base in the Solomons with¬ in five hours after the original attack.
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Robert B. Kleinfelder, Jr.
Completes Radio Course
Robert Blair Kleinfelder, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs, R. B. Klein¬ felder, of 118 Greenwood avenue, Ambler, has completed the course of training in the aviation radio¬ man school of the U. S. Navy, at the Naval Air Technical Trainmg Center, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Kleinfelder, a graduate of Amb¬ ler High School, had his boot training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in Philadelphia, on June 26, 1943, shortly after his graduation from school. Kleinfeld¬ er is 18 years of age.
AMBLERlSlJAILED FOR TURKEY IHEFI
BOY ESCAPES INJORY AMBLER SCHOOL BOARD WHEN CURTAINS BLAZE BACKSYOUIH PROGRAM
Mother  Prevents  Serious Dam¬ age  By Fire In Penllyn Home
Ihonias    Stiger,    Negro,    Coni-
inilted to (Zoinity Prison
for   Two Years
MOYER TO OF
Agriculture Professor  at  Ober¬ lin-in-China  to   Speak at Ambler
The speaker on Sunday evening at   the   Church   of   the   Brethren School of  Missions,  Ambler, will be  Dr.  Raymond 'T. Moyer,  who returned last year on the Grips¬ olhm as a repatriate from China. For   fifteen   years.   Dr.   Moyer was director of agriculture in (Db- erlin-in-China,  in the Shansi pro¬ vince.   When the  war   broke  out he remained in Japanese occupied territory until 1940. In the summer of 1941, he returned to China, but being refused  permission  by  the Japanese authorities to return  to ' the Shansi province,    where    his j work was located, he set out for jChunuking,   via   Hong   Kong.  Hn ! (Continued on page 3)
AMBLER CUB PACK RECEIVES ITS CHARTER
Fort   Washington   Cub   Pack
No. 27 Assists in Bobcat Investiture
Wissahickon Field  and Stream
Association Plan Activities
for 1944
Chester Nelson, assistant scout executive of the Valley Forge Council, Boy Scouts of America, presented the charter to the Rev. Norman M. Dunsmore, pastor of the Fir.st Presbyterian Church of Ambler, the sponsoring institution of Ambler Cub Pack No. 6, on Friday evening. He also presented Scouter Registration cards to the members of the Cub Pack Committee.
Roger Stevens, of Andross ave¬ nue. Ambler, presented a Cub- master Registration Card to Clif- ord Gehman, of Lindenwold ave¬ nue, Ambler, cubmaster of Amb- .^r -Pack No. 6. Mr. Stevens ah;o presented to the new pack an American flag and a Pack flag with standards, the property of the former Ambler Pack No. 6, of 1942  registration.
Cubs cf Dens No. 3 and No. 4, of Fort Washington Pack No. 27 and W. H. Pennypacker. Den-dad, assisted in the Bobcat investiture for the Ambler pack, under the leadership of Elmer Lawley, cub- master and neighborhood commis¬ sioner of Fort Washington.
Cubmaster Clifford Gehman presented Bobcat pins to the par¬ ents of the fifteen boys of the Ambler Pack. The beys who quali¬ fied for the pins are: Den No. 1— Caryl Warner. Raphael Coia, David Hemmerle, Norman Paul, Gerald Price, Elmer Menges and Donald Norris. Den No. 2—E(*- ward Everding, Charles Selheimer, Philip Gehman, Edward Esmond, (Continued on page 3)
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HIT BY DR. STRAYER
After being convicted of burgl¬ ary and larceny by a jury of eleven [ women  and     one  man,    Thomas ' Stiger, thirty-four, Negro, of Am¬ bler,   was   sentenced   by      Judge i Harold G. Knight, of the Montgom- i ery County Court, yesterday after- ! noon,  to serve from two to four ; years   in   the   county   prison.   He I also was ordered to pay the costs and a fine of $10.
Stiger's   new  sentence  will  be¬ gin at the  end ot a three-month term he is now serving for larceny. He was one of four Ambler men ! who  went  on  trial before Judge ; Knight,   on   Monday,  for  stealing twenty-two    turkeys    from     the ' Pennsylvania  School of Horticul- I ture.  Upper  Dublin township,  on I the night of November 3. I     However,   after     the   common¬ wealth had presented all its testi¬ mony.  Judge  Knight sustained  a demurrer   raised   by   counsel   for James Pileggi, another of the de- ' fendants.
Menges contended that the evi- I dence presented was insufficient to : hold his client, and in sustaining ! the motion, the jurist also quashed : the charges against Harvey Run- i ner and Petit Alexander, both Ambler Negroes, the other defen- j dants. i
!     Stiger,   the  only   defendant  re-' ; maining took the stand in his own j behalf   and   emphatically   denied I that he had any part in stealing i the turkeys. j
!     Asked why  he  had  dictated   a \ ! statement to Ambler police    and Chief James Ottinger,    of  Upper ' Dublin  .implicating himself    and • tlie   uttiers   in   the   theft.   St'.gor j said that Ottinger and Chief Lester ' Carpenter,   of  Ambler,   both   had : threatened "to beat his brains out with     blackjacks"  if he  did  not tell them he took the birds. Carpenter and Ottinger, on the
A five-year-old boy escaped ser¬ ious injury when curtains near him burst into' flame as he sat playing with matches in the large front bedroom of his parents' home on Dager road, Penllyn, Tuesday afternoon.
Quick action on the part of his mtjjther, Mrs. Thomas McCabe, saved the house from destruction by fire and confined the blaze to the second floor room. Mrs. McCabe ran upstairs from the first floor and groped around in the smoked filled bedroom for her son, the youngest of six children. Finding that he wasn't there, she turned the mattress over to smother the flames, closed the door to cut off any draught and tele¬ phoned the fire company.
The blaze was out when the Wissahickon Fire Company arriv¬ ed shortly afterward, and the men said thafi Mrs. McCabe's quick work had prevented a serious fire.
The mattress and bedclothing of one of the twin beds were burned (continued on page 3)  o	
Pla<o  School  l'"a<'ili''
posal of ('onii!ii ¦
l5<'crei(tiou
Dis¬
ci
SERVING IN AIR CORPS
John S. BerwinH. |)r(M. Ambler Borough (.;()iu)cil: iNuunati Taylor, secretary of that same or¬ ganization, and Edv/ard .1. Kelly, all members of the general Civic Committee of Ambler. ai>peared at the regular month!;, rriceting of the Ambler Board o!' ''^lUMtion on  Tuesday  evening. that
the school board  plac be¬
hind the local movement to jiro- vide a recreation program k>i' the ¦ beys and girls ol tnis community. ¦The Board expressed its desire to cooperate and placed the high^ school facilities at the disposal of the committee in charge of the project. Saturday evening the building will be iif.od fiir Ihe first in a series o( ynn'; lieople's dances and parlies, v.'iiK'ii will be open to the public. Other events' are scheduled for the noar future. The Bnard of Education .granted full graduation credits to the lour seniors of the high school who have been taken into the aj-med forces. Their diplomas are now ready for tliem, it was announced. The bovs are: Joseph Wallace, Ernest Smith, Calvin Ashtoa and Robert Lindenfeld.
William N. Alcorn rcfu.sed the position as collector of deliimiicnt 1941 taxes. Edward J. K:.iiioncl. East Butler avenue, Ambloi. was appointed as Truant cflico- >•¦¦• the school district, on a temjjnrary basis.
It was reported  that the drive of   the    high    school    pupils    to finance the purchase of an fairplane with war bond purchases has been oversubscribed.    The     goal    was $15,000, and a fund of $1H,000 has ! been accumi^lated . j   ¦ The board approved the Mont- i gomery  County  Tuberculosis  So¬ ciety   program   of   pro\'iding   for x-ray examinations ot pupils. The usual   arrangement   will   prevail, i making the'x-rays available at one ! dollar each, provided a minimum : of one hundred pupils are grantetl (Continued en page 3)  o	
JAMES E. LANE
Second Lieutenant James E. Lane, of Glenside, formerly ol Dresher, is now serving in the Canal Zone with the United-States, Army Air Corps. He recently fin¬ ished an intensive tran.sition course and has been assigned to a tacti- | cal fighter squadron. |
The young officer, who entered !
TRINITY CHURCH PLANS CANOLMHT SEiCE
Invil*
^ Olli!
ing r
 ^ the service on September 28, 1942, i
stand,' denied using an'y unlawful received his wings on August 30, methods to gain the confession. 1943 at Craig Field Alabama. He They testified Stiger furnished the took his prefiight trainmg at Max- account of the robbery of his own well Field, Alabama, and his pii
or
rograi! 'riuir
free will.
After the jury returned its ver¬ dict, and just before Judge Knight pronounced sentence, Stiger ad¬ mitted his guilt.
mary course at Camden, Arkansas. He received his basic training at Greenville, Miss., and his advanc¬ ed course at Craig Field, Alabama. Lieutenant Lane is  the  son of
REV. 1. W.DOW ACCEPTS
Republican  Club   Speaker  Ad¬ vises G. O. P. to Adoi>t Strong Policy
'I helped to steal those turkeys,  Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Lane, Sr., ; Judge,"    said the defendant "but, of Glenside.
, the  others were  in  en  it too."     J o	
1 Mrs. Louise Bush-Brown, direc-' I tor rf the school, had previously testified that the turkeys were j found to be m'ssing on the morn- I ing of November 4. She said the j birds were worth  $10  apiece.       ;
GARDEN DEPARTMENT        i TO HOLD TOURNAMENT
The Garden Department of the i Colony Club of Ambler will meet | Tuesday. February 15. at 11 a. i m., at the home of Mrs. Russell! K. Tompkins, Park and Mattison I avenues.  Ambler. !
There will be a flower arrange¬ ment cf five classes as follows class one, an arrangement ol forc¬ ed shrubs; class two, an arrange-
Mt.    Pkasant
Pastor  Will
Church
Baptist   Church Leave  Andiler March 1st
The Rev. J. William Dow, pas¬ tor  cf  the   Mt.   Pleasant   Baptist ; Church,  Ambler,   has   accepted   a ! planned  especially
A candlelight youth service for all boys and girls of the Ofoland- Whitemarsh-Fcrt V'" ¦ ¦ '¦", Area will be held at tiv. Luth¬
eran Church, Fori '...,. '\ on
Sunday   evening   at   V.' !;.
Boy    Scouts   from    1: i    -
marsh   and   Orelai-     ' id
Girl Scouts and (' . i : t
Washington will p;: ';i ilio
service. The uastc- lii-ch,
the   Rev.   Robert   il. .1. M
present  his  sermon ot;   .' "A Little At a  Time."  An  yiwng people are cordially invi'iCd to at¬ tend.
Following the oisening period of worship, the Cubs and Girl Scouts will repeat their respective oaths. The choir will Sing t!io anlliem, "Fairest Lord Jesus," a traditional hymn. Following the sermon, the Boy Scouts will present in the baptistery a candleliRht ritual at which time they will ,yivc their Scout  Laws and (Jalli.
The   service   held   icr   liio   last
three years in Trinit.v    li;,;.     >)eeii
lor   Ijoys   and*
Congregation Hears Spirituals
More than 450 persons crowded into the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church auditorium and overflow room last Sunday evening to hear a chorus choir from West Phila¬ delphia, under the direction of Mrs. Inez McCullough. The choir of thirty-four members present¬ ed a program of sacred music in¬ cluding some of the favorite Negro spirituals  of  the  southland.
Committees were appointed and various reports were given at a meeting of the Wissahickon Field and Stream Association, Thursday night, at the home of Norton Downs, Jr., Post, American Legion, Ambler.
The newly elected officers for the year were present. They are: Charles lUingworth, president: Charles Hahn, vice president; Paul E. Williams, treasurer, and Ann Deens, acting secretary. The presi¬ dent appointed the following com¬ mittees:
Game—Warren Fleck, chairman, Garwood Howard, Wilmer Gano, Paul E. Williams, Joseph Hess, John Dull and Fred Bonds.
Fish—Charles Mulvaney, chair¬ man, Franklin Streeper, jr., Anna Choyce, Theodore Powell, Howard Angstadt, Robert Belts and Frank Long.
Membership—Henry   Deens. Trap—Joseph   Noble,  chairman, Charles Robinson, Garwood How¬ ard,  Charles Hahn,  John  Martin, Harmon  Kinney.
I     Forestry  —  Franklin  Streeper, ¦ Sr.,  chairman, Franklin  Streeper, j Jr.,   Howard     Angstadt,    Wilmer ; Gano.  Charles  Mulvaney. I     Entertainment—Charles     Hahn, I chairman,   Charles   Mulvaney. I     Ways and Means—Edward Pow¬ ell, chairman, Henry Deens, Rus- ! sell Meyers, Steven Constable. ;    Treasurer Paul E. Williams made i (Continued on page 5)
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'     DISCHARGE AMBLER MAN I     Thomas Wilson,  thirty-eight, of i 273 West Chestnut street. Ambler, j was given a hearing on a disord¬ erly conduct charge and discharg- I ed by Burgess William Hendrick- . son, of Norristown,  this  morning. The man was arrested last Thurs- I day afternoon by the Norristown police.
The importance of building up the strength of the Republican party at this time to prevent a collapse of the two-party system was stressed by Dr. Edward R. Strayer, of Upper Dublin, when he addressed the Whitemarsh Valley Republican Club at its regular meeting in the Flourtown fire hall.
The guest speaker was intro¬ duced by Luther Klosterman. He took the place of the scheduled speaker, Paul B. Dague. Chester county sheriff, who was ill. Samuel Glass, Montgomery county sheriff, presided.
In his talk. Dr. Strayer said. "Today's unusual times are not all attributable to Hitler," and point¬ ed out that there was stress and dissatisfaction throughout the world before the war began. It was unrest and a striving for something better that brought about the fol¬ lowing of wrong leaders on the part of great masses of the people.
"We as Republicans must know where we stand in the situation," Dr. Strayer said. "The party has always had a sound policy, and it must offer a real program and a real strength. Disaster will follow if the party is split by internal dif¬ ferences.
"Something must be done to do away   with   this   ten-.vear-menace (Continued on page 5)
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BOY   SCOUT   SERVICE
National Bov Scout week will be climaxed on Sunday evening with the annual Boy Scout Service for the scouts, leaders and workers of this community. This year the service will be held at 7.45 p. m., in the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Forrest avenue and Spring Garden street, Ambler. Everyone connect¬ ed with scouting in any way and all who are interested in Boy Scouts are cordially invited to at¬ tend.
call to become the minister of the First   Baptist   Church,   of   Lewis-
: m;nTora"drsrga;den;"clars\h;re; | Ir"^ w" ?^^ '^V^^'Z^JfuoZ a patriotic arrangement commem- ' f ^''^^^ ^ ^o  ake up his duties there
lour  days later.
patriotic arrangement commem I orating Washington's or Lincoln's I birthday, or both; class four, a i Valentine arrangement of any ma- , terial, artistic; class five, a Valen- ! tine arrangement of vegetables or ', fruit,  humorous.
1 The judges will be Mrs. Norman i Blank, garden chairman of the Woman's   Club   of  Lansdale,  and
girls so that they may lo-arn lo worship together as a part oi living together in a community.
JUNIORS HAVE PARTY
Twenty-three monibors (if the Junior Colony Club of Ambler took part in a theater party, Tues¬ day evening, in Philadelphia. The young women attended the mu.sical comedy, "Something for the Boys."
The'following club members were in the party: Mrs. Thomas J. Lane, Jr., Mrs. Claii- Williams, Mrs. Charles lllingworii i .s.
Mrs. William F. Drake, .\., an
The pastor of the local church came here in 1937, direct from the Philadelphia Eastern Baptist Sem¬ inary, where he took a large part of his undergraduate and graduate work.
It was on Sunday, January 30, _ that   Rev.   Dow   announced    his
Mrs. Robert S. Heebner',"or'La"n"s"' resignation to the congregation, in dale, and Mrs. Walter Thompson, i the church bulletin. He will de- of  Abington. i liver his farewell sermon on Sun-
A talk on the "History of the I ^ay, February 27. It is with deep j Rafpjj'^ ^j-g. "Warren Kiiuii, ivirs. Dogwood Tree" will be given by regret on the part of the pastor | George Jennings, Mrs. Lerov Mrs. Walter Thompson, conserva-1 and the congregation that they i jo^gg^ ^rs. Howard Angstadt, tion chairman of the Old York , conclude their successful work to- j jvii-g. john Taylor, Mrs. Ruth Wil- Road Garden Club, of Jenkintown. i gether. *    i ijams, and Misses Ada and Helen
The program was arranged by I Rev. Dow's first service in his , zjegier. Jean Lutz, Florence Les- Mrs. W. George Bardens, garden new charge will be on Sunday,! ter, Helen Nightingale. Margaret chairman of the Colony Club.       ; March    1,   at   which   time   Holy
 o  j Communion will be administered.
no   IfICTI FR Tfl CPPAIf      ; The installation date has not dofi-
UR. IV1011.E.IV lU jrtAlV      initely been set, but it will prob-
Dr. Raymon Kistler,    president j ably   be   .sometime   shortly   after
of Beaver    College,    Jenkintown, | Easter. The Rev.  and Mrs. Dow,
will address the March meeting of; and   their  twin   sons,   will  reside
at 109 E. Third street, Lewistown. The church in Lewistown is somewhat larger than the local church, as it has a membership of approximately 471, as compared to a congregation of 230 in Amb¬ ler.   There   is   only   one   Baptist
Lauer,   Lonore Weikert,     Eleanor
Hamil.    Helen Klo.sterman,     Kay
Rich,   Dorothy Umstead,     Helen Roesch.
the   Eastern   Montgomery   County
Council of Republican Women. He i will be introduced by Harold C. j Pike, assemblyman from the Third
District cf Montgomery County. j Mrs. Mabel Spahr Siedentopf, a I member of the program committee,
; is responsible for making arrange-1 church in Lewistown, a commun ; ments with the speaker. | ity of about 18,000 residents. Rev.
I Due to inclement weather, the | Dow and his new church have the I February meeting was cancelled ! advantage of having radio facilities j and a large representation is ex- ; for aiding in their religious work. ¦ pected in March. :     Lewistown   is   located   halfway
 o  j between Harrisburg and  Altoona,
Council   Birthday   Luncheon      ,            (Continued on page 3) The      Montgomery-Bucks      Bl- j  q	
County  Council of the  American i o           •.    »_i    i »   .• •¦• .
i Legion Auxiliary will celebrate its j Community Ambulance Activities
I twenty-first birthday anniversary i Harry Behringer, Devitt's home, on February 17, with a luncheon | Fort Washington, to Abington Hos- at   noon  at  the   William  Boulton | pital.
Dixon Post. Fort Washington. This      Russell  Riley,  Abington  Hospi will   be  followed  b.y  the  group's
regular meeting. Mrs. Anthony ; Cardone, president, will preside. : Mrs. William Rolhrock, of Norris- i town, v;ill be the toast-mistresd.
tal,  to  Fort   Washington   avenue. Fort   Washington.
Mrs. Charles Danser, Highland avenue. Fort Washington, to Wo-
Im-jn's Medical.
World Day of Prayer
A World Day of Prayer Service will be held in St. John's Lutheran Churt^li, Ambler, on Friday afternoon, February 25, at 2.30 o'clock. Representatives from the various local churches are making arrangements for the service, under the chairman¬ ship of Mrs. Martin L. Tozer, wife cf the pastor of the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. Mrs. Paul R. Wcit- man. wife of the pastor of the host church, will pre¬ side. The program, an an¬ nual event in this commun¬ ity, is held throughout the world on this day .set aside especially for prayers for missions. Members of tlio various churches in the c( uv - munity will take pni- • • program.  EveiMuie
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