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VnOOOUtMIIT The Ambler Gazette WE DO OUR PUT VOL. LY-NO. 45 AMBLER. PA.. JANUARY 4, 1934- S1.75 A YKAK I I AN OPEN LEIIER IMPORTANT ISSUE TO BE DECID- M\ 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 E 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 L E 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.
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Title | The Ambler Gazette 19340104 |
Volume | 55 |
Issue | 45 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 01/04/1934 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
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Month | 01 |
Day | 04 |
Year | 1934 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19340104 |
Volume | 55 |
Issue | 45 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 01/04/1934 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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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-
M\
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
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