The Ambler Gazette 19340104

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The Ambler Gazette
WE DO OUR PUT
VOL. LY-NO. 45
AMBLER.   PA..   JANUARY   4, 1934-
S1.75  A   YKAK
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AN OPEN LEIIER
IMPORTANT ISSUE TO   BE  DECID-
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ED THIS TLURSDAY
SEWERS   FOR  AMBLER
li Vote on Bond Issue !n the Sum of $26&,CK)0 to Finance t!he Installa¬ tion Of Sewers and the Erection of a   Disposal   Plant,
' The citizens of Ambler will vote this Thur.sday, January 4, on increas¬ ing the bonded Indetotednesa of the borouffh by $265,001) for the installa¬ tion of a modern sewer systeim and sewage treatment works. There are nine Important reasons put forth in favor of the isaue, as follows:
1. To take advantage of Federal free grant .and the present day low building costs.
2. To provide work for the unem¬ ployed.
3. To safeguard the health and fu¬ ture well-being of the community.
4. To   raise  the  sanitary- condition's of Ambler to the same    standard    as that of all other communities of ejual | size  in  the  Philadelphia  Metropolitan
Dr. Mattison Says This Is no Time for
the Proposition To  the Editor  of the "Gazette"•
Almost every one to whom I have spoken upon the subject of '"Sewers n Ambler" agrees with me that this Is no time to think of building them, and they are going to vote against the pcoject to build any sewers at present. I think that this ia very wise, as we already are staggerin'g under a bor¬ ough debt of a hundred thousand dol¬ lars, the Interest upon which we find It n)ow difficult  to pay.
Kvery man who owns a little home will   be   up   against   more   taxea,   and
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PUBLIC MEETING IN HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Problems of Sewer Needs and Fir^anc- ing Brought Out by Many Taxpay- ersi^Engineora' Plans Explain*:) in Detail.
A largely  atten'ded  meeting  to  dls-
sewer rents, plumliers' bills, etc. If you ¦ cuss tho proposed loan and sewer que.s
want to lose your home because you oan't pay ';these addlitonal expenses woi'k and vote for, "Sewers in' Ambler." In tho "Gazette" last week you no¬ ticed $2400' sewer rents unpaid in Doylestown. Who is to pay these? AVIiy, additional taxes of (*ourse. This (1033)
year unpaid sewer rents will probably ; i^tive  to tho sewer question and also he about $5000. Who is to pay these?   giying a brl«f history of the movement
tion  was  held   last  Thursday  evening
in   the   auditorium  of    Amblei;      high
school.   Hon.   Harold   G.   Knight   w-'is
chairman of the meeting, while G. M. „_    ., „.,.„
., , ..lit*      *    i.i„,- many ot our taxpayers the opportun
retiring   president   of     Anibler ¦'
the budget. Mr. Millikin asked wheth¬ er It vi'IU be advisable at this tme to Install sewers knowln-? the fljiancial conditions  aa  they  are.
William Urban spoke on the inad- via.Tlbility of the sewer plans being executed at the l>re.'scnt time, and pointing out that for the past several years couno'l did not receive suffleient mon'ey from the taxes to pay current hills, and was therefore obliged to bor¬ row from  time to time.
Edwin Marchant spolio in favor of the sew-ers, and believes this is the proper time to do the work.
Leidy !'<. Hecklert spoke againat the proposition.
nernard Lindenfeld led the speak¬ ers in favor of the instJillation of aeweriS, as did sevei^'al others who fol¬ lowed him.
It wns   a   spleridid  meeting,  .and   no
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COUNTY CENSUS
MENACE   SEEN   IN   CREATION   OF I MUNICIPAL   SYSTEMS
'doubt did  much good bocnuse  It gave
Best Balanjed Business May Be Sever¬ ed frOm Utility Systems—H. P. Liv- ersidge,   General   Manager  of   Phila. Electric,   Makes   Statemen't. The hopes of f.-vrmers    and      other residents   of  run,al  sections  for  exten¬ sion   of  electric   service  to   them   will ! be  threatened   if   municipally     owned j and   operated   electric     systems
Heck,
Borough  Council,  opened  the  meeting
Ity   of  gaining   Inside  information   on i sewers,   and   other   things   were   d's
are tha ' American Association for the Advance-
created   in'   cities,   members   of
Business    Review    of    Montgomery   to Be Taken
Thirty peilf<ons will take a bu.finess o:>nsus in Montgomery county under the dlre<3'J<m of Mich.ael Kehoe, with headqu.ai'tera In Norristown, it is an¬ nounced by WiUiam H. Austin, direi^- tor  of  the  censi.s,   .at  W.as[hington.
Montgomery County ig linked with three other nearby coun'les to form the 12th dLstrict ot Pennsylvania for the census work. Other counties In th-,^ district with the numl>cr of enumera¬ tors to be apiH)lnted In each. are: I'ucka, 12; Cliiester, • 16 and Uincaster, 20,
The entire sJtato h.as been divided into  15  census  districts.
The work is to be started soon af'.br .January 1. Supervisors will be paid at the raj'e of $300 a month. The lowest minimum pay for enumerators will b^^
SCHOOL REPORI IS
ment   of   Scelnce   waa   told   by   H.   P.! -r- cents an  hour. The pay rate, how
by outlin'ing the present proposition re-r^^^^^^'^l^^^ ^^^ ^^ great value to    the: I-lv'»'-s"lK«'. ^'^ president and general
taxpayers, and favorable comment waa
manager   of  the  Piiiladelphia  Electric
There is only one way. Still more taxes! You can shut ofT w^ater when people do not pay the b:ll. but you carft shut olt a man's sewer. This cost goes on every yeiir whether the house is empty or not, because it is a fixture ! of  the  town.
I hear that some Italians  are going to  vote  for   "Sewers  In   Ambler"   be-
""^"to increase the value of properties i ^^^^^ .*'?!': J1!"'^„l*. ,1'!' ,f'!!„ .'.!:!!^ in the area served by the sewer system
6. To take advantage of the oppor¬ tunity .to borrow money at a low rats of interest.
7. To use the best opportunity yet afforded for installing a modern sewer system In' Ambler.
8. $3,300,000,000 is being bor,rowed by ; your little homes, vote against "Sewer? he   Federal   Government   for   Pu'iblio ¦ in   Anxbler"   at   this   time,   and   "Kill"
work, but today Isn't like it w.as years ago, for instead of a line of Italians, now we have one or two trench di,g- gers run by steam or gasoline motor, and that soon makes short work of the excavation.
now under consideration. Mr. Heck then presented Judge Knight as chair¬ man of the meeting.
In taking the chairmatiship Judge Knight made It plain that be was not there for the purpose of expresHng his own views, but rather to render such assistance as may be within his power to help discuss the question that will bring about the bBSt results for the taxpayers of the borough. He said there Is no doubt but that Ambler needs a sewer system, but as to this being the best time to t.ake up the proposition' he Is not prep.ared to say, as  this  la  a matter for the majority
given Judge Knight for the able   mart- .Company, In an addrpss at Cambridge, ner In which he conducted tho meeting. ; Mass.
 . .  "Speaking on
POSTAL RECEIPIS   i EALLAI IBLER
TOTAL RECEIPTS ARE $6S5 LOWER THAN  IN 1932
the
W'orks Projects. We ivill have to repay I the ambitious, and at this time, need our portion of this whether we use It, loss project. No sewers at present. No or  not.   Why   not  take   advantage   of  more debt!   Respectfully,  etc..
Don't be fooled! If you want to keep | gf t^e  citizens  of the borough  to de-
I cide,   and   he   was   happy   to   see     so i many turn out at tne meeting, although
the Federal Grant now offered and secure our share?
I 9. The State Health XJepartment has rjequlred Ambler to Install a sewer system and sewage treatment works. If we don't do the work now, we will have to do it at a ftriancial dis^advan- tage later on. Please realize that the defeat of the project now does not mean that the matter will be dropped for any considerable length  of time.
RICHARD V. MATTISON, M. D.
it   was  his   opnlon   that    even     more should  have been  present.   The Judge
If the people of Ambler are still asking why they should vote for the $265,000 bond issue to build a com¬ plete moder,n sanitary sewer system and sewage disposal plant after bein'g satisfied that now Is the logical time to build from the financial point of view and that health considerations demand it, the most important reason for acting promptly at this time Is that the publ-c -tt'orks building program will
The Relationship Be¬ tween Utility an'd the Farm," Mr. Liversidge traced the advances made by existing utilities in serving out¬ lying sections and showed how this consistent program will be halted by "Severing from the private utility systems all the best-balance business" through the Intrusion of municipal plants.
"During the past decade    we    have seen  the  growth  of a great dlatrlibu- tlon system which is slowly but sure¬ ly  cover,lng  the   outer   zones   farthest _ —~;77~  „. _-> «-,      •   ' removed   from   the   congested   centers
Banner Business Was 158,351.97 m ^^^ population," he decl.ared. "Here ia ISea—Postmaster O. H. Stillwagon ^^^ ^^jj^^j^gj.^j, ^j .^ j^^^j^^^, p,.^pregj,i„„ Assumes Charge—Salary Last Year ^^ p,^^^^^ m'volving many factors, all of Was $2550. j-which finally largely rest on questions
(Pos^tniiaster   Oscar   H.     Stillwagon   „f economics."
' 'When this present job has been accomplished, the t.ask next confront¬ ing, the industry Is the development of increased con'surnption by the three classes of customers—urban, subur.ban and rural—so that maximum use may be made of invested capital both in generating  plant  and   in   transmission
PENNA.    SCHOOL   OF    HORTICUL¬ TURE  FOR  WOMEN
Attendance Was 72 Students During Past Year — Condition of Stressed Times Met with Fortitude and Suc¬ cess.
Tho annu.al r,eport of the board of directors of the School of Horticuitiu'd for Women has just been issued, and shows some  very  interesting features.
Durin'g the year 1P32-33 tlie srhoul was attended by 72 students, (iaasifiod as follows: 1 third-year student, IS seniors, 22 juniors, 5 speci.al course students, 17 students in si)oc'<al week¬ ly course in floriculture, and nine sumiTier school students.
On June 30, i.s seniors were grad¬ uated an'd the third-year student re¬ ceived a  eertlfioate.      The  commence-
ever, wi'l be higher in districts where the  businesses e.re scattered  widely.
Appointment of enumerators v/ill be handled entirely throu,gh lo&al offices of the United Statics Employnnent Ser- vloe,  It was  said at  Civil  Works  Ad-
minlfftration    headquarters.   Appicants  ^^^^ address  was given  by Miss  Hil may register at once, it was said, and the joba  will  be  .aWotticd  on the basis of fitness for  the  work and the need of employment.
Temporary employment, it ia esti¬ mated, will be afforded one persons for every 140 business eatablisHments in the United States. The canvass wi'l include more than 2,400,000 establish¬ ments.
the on
RF.SIGNED     PASTOR     OF      UPPER DUBLIN   LUTHERAN  CHURCH
Kalf Cntury in Lutheran Ministry— Was Teacher for Some Years—Serv¬ ed Local Charge 12 Years—Funeral on   Friday
stated further that his family Is    one' -j^^s  sworn  in  as  postmaster at of tlie hirge.st property owners In    the !-|A.mbler   office   on   Saturday,   and borough, an'd if the decision is in favor Tvfesday   morning  assumed   the   offlce, of  the  loan  they will  go along    With ' succeeding F. C. AVeber, who had held the majority, as that is the rule of the ^ t,]-,^ position for five years and  2    1-2 American people. ] months.
The   Hrst  speaker to tie    introduced j     ji^.   Stillwagon   assumes   the   post- wns H. W. Freedborn. of the Sanitary | mastership on  the completion of    one
Water  Board,   Who  spoke  of  the»un-|of  the  leanest   calendar years   In   the  and'diytVlbutVon facii'ltles. This,"iri turp sanitary conditions in  the borough  as  pf^gj   gj^   years,  the  total   receipts   of, he   finds   them,   and   poirfted   that  the!the   offlce   having   dropped   fi^om   $58,-^ w.-tter .'-ireams flowing through Anibler  351.97  in  1923  to $36,436.95  during the! are  furnishing  the  outlet (or a  large jygj^^ jy^t  closed,  which was  $635   be- number  of   cesspools.     He   also    told ;JQ.^y the receipts of the year 1932. }
what  It means  to  permit a  continua- j     rpj,g   A'mbler  postofflce   in   1928  was, tion,  stating that the  Sanitary Water ^ quo of the largest in tho congressional: Board   will  be   obliged   to  take   action : district. Iri 1929 the total receipts fell sooner  or  later on  this  question and;to  $54,496.25:   in 1030,  $52,717.05;   1931, compel  the  property  ownei-s    to    take J jf;o 523.94;   1932,   $37,071.51;   1933,   $36,-'
AMEY
I care  of their sewage In such a man-! ^3(595
I ner as  to  prevent  its  flow    Into    th'^j     rp,^g   total  cancellatJons    for     seven Rev. Martin P. Hocker, D. D.. passed ! streams.   In   conclusion   he   commend-I ^.jyg prior to  Chrictmas were as fol- away this Wednesday morning at 4.30 Ud  the  members  of council  for    their | j^^^.^   j^   1929.   91,760;   in   1930,   9t,13C; o'clock   aftor  an  iUne.Sia  of  about  (me action. 'in 1931, 82,MO;  in 1932, 63,114;  in 1933,
give" jobs. In other words, this bond Near. Funeral services will be he'd this Fi-ancis S. Fiiel, junior membpr "^f i (54 ggo, the year just c/osed represent- Issue of $265,000 and the free grant] Friday afternoon at 2 o'cock in Upper the flrm of Albright & Friel, en1?ln-'i„g „„ increase over ihe preceding 12 from   the   United   States   government j 11,,uiin L.u hcran church. I'oers wiio drew tlve plans for the sfw-^r I months of 1756 carioellations.
of ov«r $10C-.OCO will mean that money       rpj^^   deee^iaed   was  the  youngest   ofj system, was thp next speaker. He gave'
! eight     children     of   the   late
irivcs thf^ utilities ftirther opportunity to pass on to the customer the lower rates which he will earn by the more extensive use of electric ser,vice In a combined territoiY-
"Consider, If you will, the effect on ,^-,-,M \- cu^f'^Tipr in the frintre area?! r.re- vlously referred to, If we proceed to remove from this composite picture the nucleus around which every addl-
AND     HIBSCHMAN AMBLER CLUB
VISIT
College «t P.
d.a Smitli, drector of the sumnior school at Bryn Mawr college, and re¬ cently appointed to a fed-or;il commis¬ sion to correlate the work of tiie state _ boards of education witli vocatiimal training of the unemployed. The prize scholarsliip offered by the school for /excellence In school work and in' school -spirit was awarded for the year 19,13- 34 to Miss Agnes Minnirk. of York. Va.
The summer school students formed an active, interested group, and.useii their short four weeks of instruction to good advantage. The special week¬ ly course in floriculture, which wns given entirely by the school's own teachers, was very popular nnd was attended by 17 women, many of whom have succes.sful gardens of their own.
Owing to the generally prevailin-r difflculties of obtaining emploj-ment, only one.of this year's gr.aduates suc¬ ceeded In' sectirng ,a position. This is most unusual for the school, aa its jgr,aduates ordinarily experience little difflculty in securing work.
The regular work of the school con¬ tinues to he carried out by .an intelll- jgent  and  enthusiastic  staff.  The  gar-
tiort to our system has been made. We are forced by the logic of the .sit¬ uation to agree that any such terri¬ torial division of .=rervice is nothing short of ant!-social. , "Specifically, tt is a reversal o< the process  of  evolution   which  has  made
Life,   Work   and   Achievement M. C. and  Penn. State  College I
Enthusiastically    Described    by     the!
Capable Young  S'tudents. !
The Kot.ai-y Club of Ambler main- i^ens increase in attractiveness year by tains a Student Loan Fund. At its ] yg^r. The trees an'd shrubbery have maL-ting, rioon, on last Wednesday, the - j^ade much growth this p.ist seijson. niombers h?ard from two young men i.^^jng. to a satisfiictory rainfall. The to wham the facilities of the Fund | j.,.^,;t crop has been a good .one. the has been extended. The ease w.th which | peaches p.articularly fine and the prices the young men gave an account of ! pood. Mr. Andrew has exhibited fruit themselves and their college work | and vegetables of flne qualtiy at a made the Rotar, ans leel thai the Kun-.l 1 number of shows and has t.aken forty is being well used and appreciated.       | fir^t prizes.
The flrst young man to address the j /pjig pvent of importance during the Rotarians was Herbert Amey, ot Penn-   ygar has been' the resignation of Mrs.
Hocker and was born at Union De¬ posit, I'ii,,. 0-1 O-ct. 1, 1S5.3. One sister, Sarali .wife of th,o 'ate I'Vank S auffer, of Harrisburg, survives of his'genera¬ tion.
Mr,  Hocker  prepared  for  colleige
will be spent her,e for labor and  ma terials   and   that   local   'business   will beneflt.
The children of the community bathe in th© Wissahickon into which, as Dr. Appel described It in his letter to Borough Couricil dated December 14th, "there is considerable discharge of sewage." Their bodies are contam¬ inated by direct contact and their ihealth impaired by swallowing it. Thia consider<ation should bear weight upon the citizens of Am'bler In making up their  minds   whether   or   not   to   vote j
for the bond issue. The health of the | ^ ^^^,^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^^,^^
people  m  a  community  *otUd   stand ^^^ ^^ ^^
foremost in t'^%,'-^"f "'^ .f J^,",^"^;"!  til thie r.Oth anniversary ot his ordina-
considerations.  Upon   their heaitn   "o- .  „       „„„
pends   their   phy..lcal   strength,    their i tion, resigmng on Sept. 26, 1933.
,    .,.,,. ^1, 1    I     The Insured parcels sent out during 1 pipct,.icai  service  on which  our wholei     7^ ,,,    to co to college
-O^of-g^ a  most scientific address on the sub-,^^^ December  month  showed  a  slight ! national  productive  capacity ia  baaed I »t impossible to go to colle^_
sylvania  Military College.  A graduat«
o4 Ambler High  School,    "il,   . young
Amey declared that  without  the  Stu-
poasiVvle the widespread use of jmdern ^ ^^^^^ j^^^^^^ Fund he would have found j .,,chool's .affairs has been pr.nisoworthv.
" ' To   her  watchful   eye   .nnd   her  .'ikillful
Schedin.   director   of   the   school      fol three  and  one-half  years. Mrs.  S<5}v'^;%„
;din's   business   manacrement     of       the
ject. giving to the taxpayers present a full outline of the entire matter, as to the cost' of Inatalling   sewers,    and ;
.and was    graduated Seminary in 1S83. His flrst chai-ge was St. John's
decline the last year over 1932. In the
latter  year the  insured
,^,   . . ,       .,      , business was 865 parcels, w
i comparing s.ame with the cost In othei '^^^^ ^^^^,^  .^^^^ ^j^^^^ ^^^^ number was
|sect:ons of the county ana state, also' .
J showing the  difference   In   bids   under] ' .  .    ^      ., „   f-i,
ati.,      ,-,r.    ^_,_   -.-,  X,.   ..  _„  _   i-.j  _„.!     The  postal  receipts  for  the     month
Speaking  of  his  Alma   Mater,,
Mr.
the NRA code and  that  of  a bid not
in our rural and agricultural regions of that electrification wherein lies their   greatest   hope   for   social   and
Myerstown,   Pa.,   '"i^'   "«,«    f^^auu....--.,^^^^^^ ^^,^ ^^^^   ^^^^ percentage varies *'"°'"3".^'"1"''^  rheological seminary,^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^,^ ^^^.^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^
over   Tecember,    1932,   when
Lutheran   Churoh   at   Steelton,   which i
the latter bid. Mr. Friel said that the jthe postal receipts were $4464.56
he served for 31 ye.ars, then resigning 1 to acocivt a position as tutor at Elmiaus Oi-phana^TC,   MiddJetown,   Pa.   In   1921
The extension of the mun'cipal- I plant idea will do much. In my opin- The postmaster's salary for last ; ion. to thw.art the joint program Avhlch stallat'ort of sewers will b« from 40 year was ?3000 less 15 percent for do- has boon so eoura.geously advanced cents to $1.40 higher In these places i duction, with three <lays off fich | during the past decade. It will sterilize than the estimated cost to tho proper-1 month   for   timo.   The   falary   for   last . most   of  our  further  oppoi;tun,ities   to
icost to the property owners in the in-
^^„ .......   ._   -. . management it is due that, in spite of
'We must agree th.at to deprive ""•" | ^^^n^^y mentioned the enrolimenl is decreas-i^d gifts and long doforr,..d fees, parcel Post cj.ij,tin^r utility sy.stem of their <^'ty j^^. ¦• ^j^^ ^J^^ tliat out of that'small ; the school has closed its year with a while during loads   Is   to   dim   tlie   bright   Projects .^.^^^^gj. ^ {gt^^all team that later made j net   cash   balance.       This   is   a     rc\l
number waa  , „,.„.,   „„.,   „„,.i„,.u.„.„i   ,.»,rio,.=  ^^ enviable record was organized. The j aehievemerit. As no one was found be-
SehoOl, he said, is being enlarged un- | f|,re the school opened to tako^ the der the C. W. A., so that the 110 year- ^piace of permanent director, Mrs, hush- old institution may soon accommodate iiBrown consented to serve in tho em- ^.-jQ students. j erg'ency  and   has  been  appointed  act-
" Mr.  Amey   described   the  life  of    a i ipj, director for 1933-34. student  at  F.  M.   C.—the  schedule  ot \     !„  common  with all tho rest of the the   ordinary   day,   the   mfUtary   disci- I world, the school  finds its income  de- pline, etc.—and the academic work that, j ci'ioa.sed.   Subscr'ptioris  have fallen   off lie is pursuing.
Henry   Hlbschman,   the  other young
ust closed of $4,47S.5!> showed a sll-rht j^conomlc  improvement
ty owners  In Ambler. In addition Mr. ! year, was  based  on  85  percent  of  the  -^vard greater exparision of electric ser-^      „_
Friel   gave   considerable      information [reroipts of the offlce  for the  flrst  si.Kjvice, .and will indefinitely postpone the | man, after picturing the natural beau
Individual happiness and their econ¬ omic independence. Two funidamental necessities In a built-up community Uoklng toward the health of the peo¬ ple are a safe and adequate water sup¬ ply and an efficient method of collect. Ing and disposing or sew,age. Ambier in the fir,st respect has a public water supply. However it is without a sewer¬ age system, sewage disposal being ac-
D;-. Hocker nxarried Amelia SarnsJer, of Union Deposit, Pa., on July 5,  1S83,
relative to the federal grant and the, months and 90 percent of the receipt.-^ | „rderly extension of distribution facili- ioan that can bo secured, s.aying that for the last six months, so that it Is ^ ye<. to the balance of our agricultural the matter has already been' gone Into : probable that the salary of Postmas- pf„„,],, (j.^n. It also will seriously ham- ,with the authorities at'Washington, and ter Stillwagon for the year commenc-i ppi- if not bring to a stop, the pro- v'ho, with the foFowin.g sons and'that grants for sewers are second on ing July, 1 will be $100 under the j,.ppj,j^i^,p ^ate reductions of electr'c sup- idaughter sunivies: G-oorgo F., of jthe list of grants for public works. ! amount wiiich Postmaster Weber re-j pjy companies in comhiriation areas. Pethlehem;   M.  l>uther, pastor of ZIou jjp also answered many questions thatjceived durin.g 1933. j     "With this picture before us—a pic-
Diitheran Church. ^Vhitemarsh;   Mary, l-wore to the satisfaction of those pres. ( . ¦ I turo  I believe  not  overdrawn—I leave
wife of O. Wlllliam Neff. of Pt-thlehem: j ent. iBorrowing  Capacity and    the     Sewer  to proponents nf mun'cipal plant dev-
L,°ona. wife ot tho late Arthur Nesbit.)     H.  K.  Moses,   chief  onglneor   of  tho |    . iProJed i elopment the task of finding a solution
of  Washington,   D.   C;   Francos     wite 1 ifiepartment  of Health   at  Harrisburg, ( Mo   our  future   problem  of   farm  clec-
rtf Han-y H. Robinson, of Washing" on I was the riext  speaker.     Ho  ment'oned )    The  Impression   exists  .among  some, t.-iflc.ation'.
tics of State College, Pa., told in detail about the buildings that make up hla Alma Mater, and described the cour.so in chemical engineering that he is fol. lowing there. This courae, he remarked, is limited as to the number pursuing It, and it enjoys the advantages ot certain contacts made by State Col¬ lege with certain oil and textile in¬ dustries  of the  State.
That young Hiibschman  is "sold"  on the   chemical   engineering
to
be   .gained   by   In-  oltizens of Ambler that a sewage sys-j     ."phat tho f.armers them.selves recog. I state   College   is   evident
if  defeated  at   tlve   polls
complhshed   on' the   individual  proper-I d. C; John S. of .Tohnstown. Thore .are  the  ndvant.agoi
tela   As a result   Insanitary conditions i a'so nine grandchildren. Ist.alling   an   up-to-date   system,   such  tem  project,   If  dete.aiea  at   uie   i'""-';nlsTe   the   serious  con.soquences   of  any
aftiound and the need for public sewer-       ^h  d'ceased   w.as  a member  of  thejaa  has  heen  prepared   by  Albright ,*   today, can be re-cons:dered within five ^ ^^^ift   tow.trd   municipal   ownership   of
'¦       Indor-ndont   Order   ot   Americans,   of^FHel.   Their plans,  he   said  have  heen ^ yoars or more. ^ j olectnc  util'ties  Is  shown  by  the  ac-
' fully  approved  and  meet thp require-;     OnB must not  overlook  this  imr-or-^ tion of the Pennsylvania State Orange
'ments   of   tho   stato  bo.-U'd   of    health.'tant fact. At the prosont time the total  at their annual meetirig in Johnstown,
age is apparent. Sewage Is also dis¬ charged Into th© Wissahickon Creek and Its tributaries through privately owned sewers.
A Golden Opportunity
There Is every reason to believe that now Is the logical time to build and that the golden opportunity of obtain¬ ing a governmental grant to help pay the costs is one that should not be missed through failure to approve the $265,000 bond issue. The government W'ill make a grant of over $1CO,000 toward the construotion of the system. To vote in' favor of the bond issue means that you are opening the door tn an opportunity that In all probabil. ity will never arise again.
In consider'ng the problem do not forget that the State Department of Health of Pennsylvanai has required Ambler to Iristall a sewer system and sewage treatment plant. It must be realized that the defeat of the project now does not mean that the matter will he dropped for any considerable length of time. However, in the future, tvsi^pportunity of a Federal grant wl'Bliot be presented.
Steolton,  Pa.
Missing  Man  Found—In  Jail
While detectives wore (luestioning fri'ud.si of H'erbert C. Pray, 26, tap¬ room proprietor, of n'ear Hatboro, about his disappearance Thursday, Pray was spending ,a 5-da.y sentenoe in Moya- mensing prison.
He wias arrested in Fia.ikford, charged with being drunk and disor¬ derly and sentenced under the riame of
The deceaaed was one of tho i>est known of loc:aa clergymen and was most active in his jiarish and com¬ munity work. Having a large fleld and widely scattered coagrogation, he served faithfully and diligently, bui'd¬ ing u;p the membership and solving thii con.gregation and tlifi church in its many capacities througii his years an iiastor of tho old "Puff's" church, which wHiS «-g..uilzed nearly 200 ye.ars ago, and wiiich has just el^/cted Rov. M. L. Tozer as successor to tha dec&ased.
l\rr. Moser also told of the letters W-'assessed valuation of real estate in j hold on tho flftoonth of l^^^oem'-x^r nt ceired by his dopartmont from real-i Ambler is $5,274,540. The 7 percent | wiiich time they passed the following dertts  ot Ambler regarding unsanitary Umlt of borrowing capacity permits the : resolution:
corfdltlons. Iborough to borrow 7 percent of the as-
Tr.   James   A.   Shelly,   burgesa,   was: sesaed   value,   or   $369,217.   of   wh'ch
the last speaker. ITe covered the sub-   there Is now borrowed  $93,500, leavin
ject under discussion from a profes-a net borrowing capacity of $275,(17, 'dealing with electi;lc service to recog-| from a Honduras, C. A., Rotary Club, alonal point of view, and It Is his opin-I ^j, prp^pnt construction costs the I nize there is a mutual interdependence ^ and announced th.at the weekly busi- ion  that  sewers should  bo   construct-;    .^^^ "j^p^^,a.ge. disposal  system andlx'tweon   the   farmer   and   the   towns-| ness-lxiUot   indicated   ';good"   In     the
Sccut TrooB No. 2 Notes !
Fight  of  the mombers of  Troop No. 1 Poy  Scouts,  spent two days  and  v.
ed.
Tho meeting was then opened for full and free discussion of the ques- * tion. Judge Knight, however, urged , those who wished to speak to hold : themselves to a three-mirtute discus- i sion  ot the Issue, |
Miss Lucinda  Mart'n  Iliff,  wiio  re- ' sides ill the Homestead property, North j
and   tuition   fees  are  delayed   in   pay¬ ment.   A   number   of   prospective   stu¬ dents found themsolvps financially un¬ able  To    enter,   .and   the   requests   for student position's and  for soholarsh'ps were  never  so  n'umerous.   In   spite   of this  and  with  the speci.al  scliolarsh'p help   of   interested   fiiends.   the  scho'il has   an   enrollment    in     this     current year, of 35 students.
The school  finds  It  a  real   pleasure
to mention, at thia time of m.any por-
-jilexities.   the   loy.alty   and   devotion   of
the   faculty  and   staff.  Thoir  siiirit  of
course    at j cooperation and cheerful willingnoss to
from      his   accept  necessary  s.Tcriflces  in  adjust-
concluding  remark  to   the   effect   that jed .salaries and in time, h.avo l>oon not
ho  would   not   change   from   State   to llonly a material help to the well-bein'^
any of the more vaunted institutions.   ; of tho school, but an  inspiralion      U)
James   R.   Giliin,   President   of   the   members of the board. Rotary Club,   welcomed  at  this  meet- |     The  f.aculty  f(U-  1933-34   is   as   fol- ing  of  the   organisation   not  only   thei lows:  Mrs. James Bu.sh-Brown, aciiiiig young men already mentioned but also   director;    John   A.     Andrews,   teacher T.   O.   Wischlusen,   of   Glenside;   Har- | of  fruit   and   vegetable  growing;   Miss morf C. Kinney and W. J. Cas.sell. jAnne Wertsner, teacher of fioriiniltur;';
The  Club's  Secretary, John L. Han- iMiss  MarKarot  AVatt.   teacher   of  florl- carrying  out  policies' sell  read a request for children's liooks | culture;   Oeorge  B.  Kaiser, teacher of
- -¦   ¦ ------    hotany;   Jamos Oillin,  teacher of trees
,and shrubs: James Bush-Brown, teach¬ er of landscape design; Ooorgo 11. Wirt,  teacher of forestry.
RBSOUVFD, that w^e call upon lo cal,    state   nnd   nation.al   agencies   In 1 formulating an'd
men. so that the present day electric sori'-'ce area unit must include the city, town arid country in order to best 'serve the public Interest socially and economically.
ascendancy.
Dr.
sewage treatment works will cost $365,
oco.
The borou.gh can give considt^ratlon to the construction of a .sewage system at til's time only for the reason that tho Federal Oovernnient haa offered to grant   outright   on   pi;ojects     of     this
,     ,^ -^ ,        ,     „.,,-"" „..„....„.._„.„......, ch.aracter  a   sum   of  money  which,   if j metric service area unit, thus    leaving | pretett"  Presidenlt   Rooaevo't's   hankin.?
night last week .at Camp Delmont. and ^^^.^^^^^ ^ ^ „^^„^,,^^ „f ^j^^ approved for the h">o"Kh will amount;        ^„^mtry d,'strict by itself and plac- I ,,r„el.amatioa  as  a gesture  to  absolve
in «pite of the 5^01-0 w-e.athor th-^y weie  ^..,.^^^^ ..      ,M^^
Harr Sees  Gesture to sponsibility D". Duther Hiirr.  son of Mrs.    Harr, THFJRKiFORK. we are opposed to! ot Three Tuns, professor of finance ot any   measures  under  which  the  town ! thn   Wharton     Sch(«>l,   University     of or city would be taken out of this el- 1 Pennsylvania,   Saturday     night   inter-
On the staff Miss K. K. Baiiiors ro- Dodge Re- j mains as matron, and Miss T^adm- h:is taken the placo of Miss Walker as sec¬ retary.
Contributions to current oxponsoM for the year amounted to nearly $4,OC0, and contriluitioiis for spocitiod purpos¬ es  totaled  $585.50.
quite comfortable in the Council Lod.ge which   had  been  resferved Johji   Cantre.'!,
ing   the   rural   people   in   .a      position  the   I-'ederal   Oov<<rnm|ent     of
"moral
ulty.   presented   a   nun-*ber   of     facts 1    Even without any Increase  in  sew- j -^yhero  it  would  be  impossible   to   se- I ,.csp„nsibi,i|ty" for the futuife of State
and figures  showing  that     this  Is an ;age construotion co.sts. It would bo im-j p^pg   the   extension   and   maintenance formerly   assicoiated ; inopportune   time   for   the   Installation  possible In the future  on  the  present ¦ ^f pjpptric service In a favorable basis.
with   the  ColVyn  Troop   now  a  resi¬ dent of Amibler,  was in oharge.
Friday   evening.   Jan.    Sth.     tLarold
of sowers, because it will wan-k a; assessed valuation of real -estate in j-yy,, comment the present policy of financial hardship upon the people of Ambler to borrow suffleient funds to | nnlform rates in tho town arid country the borough. Miss llit'f also showed construct a sewage disposal system | f^,,, the same class of service. Knight, Jr„ formerly a niember of the' the number by percentage of people until the assessed valuation of real I "Thus it will be seen that the far- Troop '2, wi'l give a short talk to'in the Jwrough who have been tillable estate has matori,-illy Increased. Based | mc,- today is in no frame of mfnd to the Soouts .at the regular meetin.g! to pay their taxes, not only for the j upon the preserit rate of increase this; tyi^i-ate any arbitrary or dictatorial s'-hcduled for that date, on the blcyclf^ I present yoar, but also for the past; will probably roquiro 15 or 20 y^ai's, | policies, based on tho mistaken pro- tiip  inade  by  him  in  the  siHnm«-r  of iweveral years. [and the defeat of the proposed sewage'
cordial I     Mrs. i.ucinda Iliff, mother of the for-! project   today   would   probably     delay
mor speaker, told of tho conditions in | the project for that length of time.
1932  through  England.  A Very invitation      to   twrents,   friends     and
former momborrt of  Troop 2  to attend .many homes of the borough ascertained I  —
;his meeting is extended by the troop,  vvhlle      meoting      with      people      on j      Pn«s   for  Christmas   Decorations
 ithe sewer   question.  Siie also   told   ofj    The   following   por,sons   won   prizes
g.  .   ... I hor work in connection with the North  in  the "Porch  and  I^vwn  Decorations
Held  m Auto  Fatality [Penn   Community     Center,,     asserting (^oritost,"    sponsored   by   the     Anibler
Harry   S-au-^rs, , 30,     Stenton   Avonun   jhat  a  groat  hardship   would  i-osult   it'Chamber  of-Comnierco and  the    Mer- I and   Sjiring Afill  Road,     was  ordered  the .sewer proposition wore  to pass at chants'     Association       Buy-in-Ambler
mise   of   helping   the   urban       c'ti^en, wiion such action results in' downright Injury to himself. It Is my belief Ibat the   proponents   of  such     uneconomic developments—be  they  u.sed  as  yard- j -sticks   or   what   not—are   shor,t-8'ght- j ed,   and    I   would   expect   the   great, j stable,  sound   and   clear-thinking  part 1 of this nation's  citlzerii'y  to  bo  heard from the no uncertain terms whon this
1,anto.
"The president's prcKi.amation con- (lorning non-member Imnks does not legally change the respontihility for the conduct of the Stat:' banking sys- teniis." he'said. "Now, as before, the State banking systems are orqated and s-.upervksod  by  StaJtle  banking authori-
tfos.
"However. there is a question whether the Adminstration b^- its ac¬ tion ot March 6 In dticlaring a bank holiday did not assume a moral 're¬ sponsibility for the Stat^:- banking riys tems. It Is questi<mat»'e if the Pnesi- deiit's proclamation aiters this re¬ sponsibility."
Death   of   William   H.   Hanseil A\'il1iam   H.   H.ansoll.   of   P.uv'i.   mc- ¦ch.anical  engineer,  dii d  on Wk-dni-sdn.v at his 'homo aftor .an illness of '-,''Vor:i! weeks  from   pneumonia.
Tho doooasod, who w:is li:!, is sur- vi^od by his wifi\ Mrs. K!l,'a Stili-s Hansen, and 'a sister. IMrs. Wlllinui Curtis White. Wa.shin.qton, D. ('. Tho funenal  was iiold   Saturday morning.
Mr. llansoll .simie 30 years ago wn-i 'ar.gv^iy intorosttxl In tho HansoU Siiring Co., which had Its p-lant la :i, porion of tho KKa.'^boy and Mattison Co. Tho project, however, was later abandoned.
I'rice by Msigistrate Coste'lo.
Howaid O'.Veill, 45, a  neighltor,  has j held without   bait to await  th" action jthls time. j Campaign:   Tirst   piize,   $25.   to   Mrs. j development,   which   now   Is   so  -con
been  held   for   iiua-^tioning    regarding j of tlie Grand ,Tuiy In connection  with       B. Carter Millikin. asked mariy quoa- pi-pd Fluck, West Butler Avenue, Am-| fidontly painted in roseate hues, is pre Play's   disappearance.   The   two,   with ' the death of John W. C-lark,  48, Ridge jtlons  rcgard'ng  the federal  grant and  hler;    second   prize,   $15,   to   John   R. j sented  In   ita  true  color.'' Winia.m   Mycirs.    46.    and    Myer.s'    tion  ; Avenuo.  by     a Coroner's jury on   I'Vi-,a.sked if tho loan' is coiiditionod on tho ^Taylor.    T''ali;vIow     Avenue,      Anibler; j     Mr.   Liversldge   disc start.c>d   for   Phlla.,   together   Thursda^ 1 day, 'grant.   Mr.  Priel  answered   the   ques-   third   priye,  $10,  to Fred  Blessing,  K. the   technical   arid   so'cntilic   progress
morning.  O'NelM  said  they  had   som.«:     Clark  was  stiaick   and  kill >d  by an   tion to Mr. MilUkln's satisfaction, and Butler Avenue. Anibler. I wiiich   has   been   made   by   manufac-
drinks and didn't remember whore they ] automobile by Sauers on IXiceuibor 2(1 | the lattoi; also asked how Coun'o'l pro- |    It is hoped that in another year this turors of cloctiical appliances  as well separated. He was released. jat Uidgl> Avenue and Caliiinet Streets. ' vides for the non-payment bf tho tax-  contest, will draw  oven  more entries,   j as  power  companies   in  lessening  the
 — lit   was   tet^tified   tht?   acidont   occurred
—Charles IT. Howell, of Photnxvillo, [ A\iion SaiK-rs aWcmiited to iwu^s a has been just'ce of the peace for, 50 j liroUey ear on the wrang side i>£ tho years. He is aged 83. IJtreet. /        (   '      .    ' ' JJj^'
es   during  the  current  year,  and  this      The judges of tho coritest on behalf j burden of farm  toil "luestim was answered      by      Solicitor of the Cliam'lier of Commerce     were: j Thomas  A.  Foulke  who  said   Council i John Burton. .Tamos It. Oillin, Edward j makes provision for such condition in ^Foulke und Mr,s. Netter.
14 towmhlsp in Bucks county have 1 adopted the area testing project.
Refsnyder   Reappointed   to   Mercantlilc Appraiser Post Harry   liofsnder,    of   -01ciisidt>.    was ¦"'•   ,     ^   .    _,,  I re-apnoint(«d   mercantile  apu'raiser   ti ussed   at   ''^"'^'1 : Montgomery  county,   by Auditor Gen¬ eral   Frank   B.   Baldwin,   upon   recom¬ mendation   of   Churlos   .lohn.son,    Rc¬ pulilican ileadcr of Moiit>'oni<n-y counfy. Mr. Refsnyder has served In this posi¬ tion   for   several   years   and  his  record is  an (ixcmplary   one   in  tlio state  tor efilclency  and   thoroughness  in   listing tht*   buainei-b   places   of   thib  county.
Golden   Wedding   at   Roslyn
Mr. and .Mrs. Harvey M. Km! ry, of Roslyn, celebrated their go'<1'jn wod- 'dln-r aiinivorsiiry at a family liinu-r at the home of thoir daughtor :in'l .son-in-law. Mir. and Mr.s. O-orge 11. lKavoii.il. of Ri>slyii.
Kmei'y was for many yc-irs coiincc - ed with the Reading Railrtuid.
Th'j f<nir children, Mrs. Oeorgo 1 i. Long, of I'hi'adelphia; lHai'l' i". l';iinor> ot Collingswood, N. J.; Mirs. Walter Fritch. oC Reading, and Mra. Ijiiveroll. and their families iiiduding tiV'- grandohildiren, joiudd in tho cefobra- tlun.
iil.