The Ambler Gazette 19440511

              The i^^BLER
Gazette
VOL. LXVI — 11
AMBLER, PA., MAY 11, 1944
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
BOROUGH GETS BIDS ISPOSAL
IHREE OF ONE FAMILY IN MILITARY SERVICE
Curb-Line Collections Cut Cost; Approve Convention
^'      ' Delegates
Y Maintaining tlie present system of having garbage collected at the curb will save Ambler Borough more than half its costs, according to bids received at the borough council meeting,   Monday   night.
Bids based on collecting garbage at the curbline were much cheaper than lor making collections at the kitchen door. The new contract is to run for one year trom July 1, 1944.
Albert Jacobs, of Flourtown, holder of the present contract, was the low bidder. He offered curb- 'line service at $38 monthly and kitchen door collection at $108 monthly. The other bidders vvere John J. and Paul P. Numan, of Phoenixville, whose bids were $74.50 for curb-line collection and $150 for kitchen door collection.
The bids were turned over to the committee with instructions to make a recommendation at the next meeting.
Formerly, all garbage was col-
•'  lected   at  the  back  door  but  the
system was changed on request of
the collector when the war brought
labor shortage. '
At the April meeting, borough council authorized the solicitor to notify the townships of Lower Gwynedd and Whitpain that unless the fees are paid for the fire hyd¬ rants maintained in the two town¬ ships by the borough the hydrants will be removed.
Joseph Cavalier reported that Lower Gwynedd has given assur¬ ance that the township will pay the charges for maintaining the Jiyrdants. Whitpain Township re¬ ported to Mr. Cavalier that the necessary petition is being circulat¬ ed among property owners in that area which will give the supervi¬ sors the right to add the hydrant fees to the yearly tax bills. At the -- April meeting, council gave the two townships sixty days in which to comply with this order so that there are still thirty days remain¬ ing.
Authorization was made to in¬ stall three new hyrdants in Lower Gw.ynedd and to relocate one plug.
The public safety committee of which Edward Kelly is chairman was authorized to apply to the Federal Communications Commis¬ sion for permission to install a transmitter in the police car.
The bond of tax collector, Wil¬ liam D, Deuchar, was approved at $22,000.  The  surety  bond in  that (continued on page 3)
PRlZEliLilONS
Helen  Michael, Elmer Olt and
Clara   Spcn<'cr   Enlist
For Duration
iThree members of the Ott house¬ hold of 356 Butler avenue, Amb¬ ler, have entered various branches of military seivice.
Miss Helen Michael, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Elmer Harvey Ott, Sr,, a member at  the Army
Nurse Corps, will soon leave with According to word received from an evacuation unit for foreign ser-, the War Department by Mr. and viee. Mrs.   Vincent    Casalenuovo,     110
Lieutenant Michael who IS twen-, Roseniary  avenue.   Ambler,   their ty-two   years  old,  a   graduate   ot' ^^n, Pfc. .Salvatore J. Casalenuovo
Collect Musical Instruments
The Kiwanis Club of Amb¬ ler in cooperation with the Amblor Public Schools is spon¬ soring the collection ot musical instriimentsand athletic equpi- ment tor American war pris¬ oners in Germany and Japan.
Any musical instrument that can easily be transported, ath¬ letic equipment and playing cards will be accepted.
The collection depots will be the Ambler High School, Am¬ bler Postoffice and the Ambler Gazette office.
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Ambler Soldier Wounded
In Action In Italy
Parke New Disaster Chairman; Soldier Tells About Red Cross]
E. Hamilton Parke, of Erden¬ heim, has been appointed chair¬ man of disaster for the Wissa¬ hickon Branch of the American Red Cross. The branch plans a test disaster sometime in June, as, while danger of bombing now seems remote, it believes it is well to be prepared for any natural disasters.
Kenneth Brooks, director of dis¬ aster for the chapter, addressed a recent meeting in Flourtown at tlie local headquarters and told of a mobile unit which has been presented to the chapter and may be used in the branches and will be in operation -the night of the test. It is completely equipped as an office with a typewriter, flics, telephone, radio,    loud    speakers.
who can't go in the morning can go at night. Otherwise Sunday is just another day in the heat, rain, mud and jungles of New Guinea.
"The American Red Cross is here doing wonderful work. I'd like lo be able to return to the U, S, and tour, telling of their work overseas, and to help them get donations, Insteadr all I can do is write home and tell others.
"Here   at   <nir   base,   which   is
GET SCRAP READY
Paper and rags will be col¬ lected in Ambler on Saturday, May 20, Old books are especi¬ ally Vfantcd for scrao material. The bundles ui paper, rags or old books should be placed on curbs throughout Ambler for collection on the morning of May 20,
Red Cross In New Guinta
Ambler High School, received her : ^ygg wounded in action in Italy on  flood ligh^Ls and first aid supplies, j Also writing rooms, where station
nursing training at Abington Me- i March 12. He is serving with the "   '
morial  Hospital.      She graduated \ infantry.
there   and   was   appointed   head |     Casalenuovo  suffered   leg,  back
and face injuries, and in a recent
letter to his mother he said he had
undergone several operations    on
his leg and expects to be out of
the hospital shortly. He has receiv-
TOWNSHIPS TO FOLLOW
NEW RATIONING PLAN
On Saturday, May 13, the Springfield Township Distribution quiic'iarge," we'have"a good7izcd!t^«"te'' will stop issuing ration Red Cro.ss group. They have built i coupons for gasoline, but will con- several Recreation Centers. The i h'""*^ I"'''^':^'^'.^ ^PPI'^t'^'TI^;..!::!!'' natives   v/ere   hired   to   con
thatched buildings in wh.v,.. ...w„^, ,     „    ,    ,  , ,,    .      ^„.
centers are housed. Men on their 1 ^^"^ Central Issuing Center Office
off times assemble at the centers w'" '"'^"^ ^^^ ^'^^"''' '"'",'?°'i^J .''^ where music, games, and refresh- '' has been doing for all Phila- menls  are  given  free   of  charge. 1 f'clphia Rationing Boards for some
Asks Public Support of Program
For All Age
Groups
During the present mtmth, the Ambler Recreation Council Is mak¬ ing a drive for funds to carry on the program of activities which has been set up.
In order to follow this plan of
rnn.;tr,!r.t   that date, in the case of applica-, recreation for all ages and groups,
,i,hthP«.   tions approved bv the local board,  "^hich the council points out is a
." \u_:.  the Central Issuing Center Office  positive way of combatting juvcn-
! time.
As far as the residents of Spring-
ile delinquency and other undesir able by-products of wartime living, it will be necessary lor the public to bear a share of the expense. For this reason, a  conservative
ed the Purple Heart award.
A graduate of the Ambler High School, Class "t 1942, he was draft¬ ed in March 1943 and was sent overseas in Januar.v of this year.
Three brothers are also serving i in    the   armed    forces;    Corporal ! Tech.     Frank    A.,     29,     serving i in  the  anti-aircraft,  has seen ac- ; tion  in  North Africa and     Italy, where he was wounded in an air I raid. He suffered a fractured skull j and was recently released from the ! hospital. He is now in Corsica. An- ' other brother, Pvt. Fortunato, age 23, is with the Army Ordnance in Iran, and    Private James, 21,    is j serving with the Infantry in Eng¬ land.
HELEN  MICHAEL
nurse of the operating room. After
SCHEDULE LADIES' NIGHT
The  Ambler   Rotary  Club   will
BY
Hpbliy    and    Collectors'    Club
Dis^phiys Pitcher!', Cloth
And  Inkwells
serving in that canacitv for a year ^ hold its annual ladies' night at she enlisted in the Army Nurse, Forrest Inn, Tennis avenue, near Corps, She received her appoint- j Ambler, on Tuesday evening, May ment on March 21, 1944 and was j 16. There will be musical num- callcd to Fort Meade, Maryland, ] bers by Miss Betty Boehner, sop- on Aoril 15, On Saturday she; 'ano soloist; Miss Florence Reis, will leave for Camp Lee, Virginia, '< marimba soloist; and Miss Betty where .she will remain until her Hagginbotham, pianist. The speak- evacuation unit is made up to go on foreign duty.
Elmer Harvey Ott, Jr,, Seaman, Second Class, with the United States Navy, is seventeen years old. He enlisted in the Navy and first reported for duty on March 22 at Bainbridge, Marvland, After his boot training he was ,sent to Sanford, Florida, for training with an amphibious unit.
Miss Clara Spencer, a niece of Mr. and Mrs. Ott, who has made her home with them since she was eight years old, is now an official member of the Spars. Miss Spenc¬ er, who is twenty-six years old, is a graduate of Ambler High school.
She enlisted in the Spars on March 30, and, although she took her oath of allegiance'at that time
er will be a club member, the Rev, Nathanael B, Groton, rector of St, Thomas' Episcopal Church, Whitemarsh.
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SOCIETY TO ELECT OFFICERS The annual meeting of the Fort Washington Historical Society will be held Wednesday evening. May 17. The business session will be preceded by a covered dish supper at 6  o'clock.
The election of officers will be held and the annual reports of officers and chairmen will be re¬ ceived. There will be community singing and a guest speaker will address the meeting,
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Mrs. Towne at Conference Mrs, Edward L, Towne, of Three Tuns, is attending the regional and was given her credentials, she j conference of the Office of Civilian will not leave for training until Defense on teen-age problems lor May 18 when she will go to Palm Pennsylvania, Maryland and Vir- Beach, Florida. j ginia   at   Baltimore,   Md„   today.
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bureau of the Montgomerv County Office of Civilian Defense at Nor¬ ristown.
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The wonderful work being done I L^de Ts'^'comfoLble If ^ossib/^ !'-',f j™ budget  h^s  beeji   set  up   for   the
bv   the   American   Red   Cross   on i There are many young women who  w.U be little change in the method , ^™e   ^^^''^ be about $25oTln
tain hir   inuHinir   uincrintr   .ii-' U'l   rationing.  Ncw  applicants  for , "ecessary Will oc auoui ^.iauu, in- tain by   leading   singing,   or-! ^^^^,.^^ ^^^^^^^^^^j^^^^^^, ^^^ ^^^, | ..i^^cd  in  the  program   that  this
highway use, as well as large users j budget will finance will be opera- of  C   rations will  be  interviewed I tion   of  playgrounds   during     the
the New Guinea front is told in a i entertain by   leading   singing, letter sent by a young man who i ganizing  local     talent    programs visited in Ambler. He was one of I and,  most of all,  just talking  to a group of service men entertained ! the men.  Mobile units go out to
SET COMMENCEMENT , ATAMBLER FOR JUNE6
Keeled    J'aul    JNorcis    School
Board Trca,siirer; Award
Coal Bifls
two wcrmen's clubs, the Colony 1 reach the centers. The centers also iV.',!,^" Uenier, as in inc past. Club and the Junior Colony Club, have libraries and radios. Behind j^."^ ^ '¦«*'^'" holders and otheis were active in USO work. the  recrcatitmal   activities  is   the i ^i"'••"ntinuc to mail their renewal
In a letter dated April 23, 1944,1 Red Cross's greatest service, ;hat i [f.'IV'^i'^^"  *""'^""'"''''^ f^""^^'^
heTe""^Pv"pVflT'vp7r^"'V.^n "vThp'n'Vh^ i thoso^ at the Springfield Dis-   summer months,   the activities of
neie several years ago when the I mose isolated groups who cannot; J'.,.^,,,.^,^-'^^^,^,. ^^ i..''.^^ ,.ncf softball and tennis, archery, bad¬ minton and track; and the entire fall and winter program which will meet the demands of all age groups.
A tag day on Friday,    May 19, thorize ' will   inaugurate     this  drive     for .      .    «» .,,.,-„ 1 ,- •  . . . 'inp  I i'iiir:ii   ivsiiHiiit!    iiiiiter     to 1 funds.  With  the  assistance  of the
writes to Mr, and Mrs, Harvey B.   financial needs, or other domestic '"*=.,'".V'   ^.''*"'*'"'-  .^    f Uchook nnH  af all  the narticimt
' I mail the reauired number ot coup-I stnooib ana ot an me paiticipat-
ing organizations, the finance com¬ mittee under the chairmanship of Edward Kelly hopes to reach the goal of $2500,
"It will take tho line-spirited co¬ operation ol all the citizens of this : community and its environs to I make this program, for the benefit i of all, a real success," said Mr. j Kelly in announcing the drive. ¦a-
Allen, of Forrest avenue, Ambler.i troubles exist  at  home;  ho  may.
who were his week-end hosts. The I by calling on his Red Cross repre- i""^ directly to the applicant^ The letter in part is as follows: i sentativc, have a complete and de- I '""^ i"spection record must be at-
"It's   Sunday   in   New   Guinea,   tailed   investigation     made,     'Vou
tached   to   all    supplemental   re-
There are no church bells pealing I can't   imagine  how  this   helps  to j ?"f''^ ^"^^ =^"1^."^''^,^^'«'^°" V'*"''"
' 'before the ration is needed.
The  board will  continue to is-
out their call to worship, nor are I ease worried minds.    The soldier 1
there  crowds    dressed    in  many 1 knows  that   the  local   Red  Cross! ., , j f     ,
colors—men with spring suits and i Chapter in his home town will take | •'*"*^ °''' ^,^^%^.- ^""c and food cou- women    in   their   pastel    shaded ! care of sickness, etc,, if it exists, I P""'' ''"" rati( n books.
clothes. Instead, men in faded, scmewhat dirty khaki, stop work long enough to gather under a tent or under the trees where some chaplain leads a .service.      Those
Red Cross representatives are upi«.Dr>CM  nroADTMrMT at the front with the men so there  UAKUhN  DtPAR 1 MtN 1
is not a soldier in the Army who
doesn't have access to their ser¬ vice,"
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T TRACK    lELECT MRS. LANGBEIN
MEET AT AMBLER
Sixth  .Annual    Track Meet    To
Be HcUl On Local Field
On Saturday
The Countryside Questers Hobby and Collectors' Luncheon CluD met on Thursday morning. May 4, at the home of Mrs. Robert W. Trump, Valley Green Farm, White- Aiarsh.
Mrs. Mark Z. McGill was elected , corresponding secretarv in place of ' Mrs. Charles E. Llewellyn, whose resignation has been accepted.
Mrs. W. George Bardens, presi¬ dent, presided at the business meeting and appointed Mrs. Franklin G. Armstrong to keep the club  scrap  book.
Members brought exhibits in three classes. In the first class for pitchers the articles displayed in¬ cluded: Spode, Wedge wood, Jas¬ per, salt glaze, Staffordshire, Chel¬ sea and lobby jugs. Among the outstanding were a Jasper ware jug that won a prize at the Paris Fair in 1843, an Empire blue and white china pitcher which com¬ memorates the Upper Ferry cov¬ ered bridge on the Schuylkill River built in 1813, an English mosaic syrup jug, a pair of blue and white soft paste pitchers, Liverpool, late 1700.
In class two were linens, home¬ spun work, covjerlels and so fcrrth. Among   the   outstanding   exhibits were a linen table cloth with the Lord's Last Supper  woven  in    a design, a hand woven  linen table cloth  with a design,  a  homespun ••' *h  from  Mexico, a  bed  covcr- B        /ith Indian influence made in "        '  by  Sarah  Wynean  Hood,  of ^^•yland, and  several homespun r<te cloths and scarfs. ^Inkwells   were      shown   in   tho hird class. Here were exhibits of taffordshire, Chelsea, Delphi and ystal   inkwells,   a  double   brass olonial   inkstand   and   a   Persian ilver  inkwell  and  an   ink   horn.
REELECT CHARLES KORN PRESIDENT OF TRUSTEES
Charles Korn was reelected presr ident of the trustees of the Amb¬ ler Presbyterian Church at the monthly meeting.
Robert Astler is vice president and Ralph  Drew  is treasurer.
I. K, B. Hansell occupied tiie chair during  the eleclion,
Mr, Korn appointed the follow¬ ing committees; property Leidy B, Heckler and Robert Astler; finance, Ralph Drew, I. K. B. Han¬ sell and William McKinney.
Tho finance committee reported that at the annual congregational meeting it was decided to increase the budget lo $9,420 and raise the pastor's salary to $3,000, The mo-
PHILADELPHIA YOUTH DIES'IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Two Otlier Boys Injured When
Car Overturns at
Oreland
A seventeen-year-old boy was killed in a motor accident at Ore- land about  12,30  a. m,,  Saturday
tion was made by A, L, Gehman; when the car in which he was joy and seconded by B, Carter Millikin, I riding with two other youths over- After  other business  the meet-   turned, ing adjourned. /     The young  man   who was pro-
 •'  I iiouncod   dead   al   Chestnut   HiU
Church Plans Celebration       \ Hospital at 12,45 a, m. was Joseph National  Family  Week  will  be j Burke,  2150  Church  lane,  Phila- climaxed in the Ambler Church of' ^^'-''Phia, the Brethren by the celebration of'     The driver of the car. Arthur J.
the Festival of the Christian Home, Three important services will be held on Sunday, May 14, tor this event.
At the morning service, the pas¬ tor will conclude the discussion of "The Christian Family in War Time",
At 4,30 p, m, there will be a family Vesper Worship at which time the A Cappella Choir of the Lansdale High School will present a concert, under the direction of George G, Messick. The Rev. Na¬ thanael Groton, rector of St. Thomas' Church, Whitemarsh, will be the guest preacher.
At 6 p. m. there will be an All- Family-Luncheon to which all the members of the family are invited.
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PRESIDES AT MEETING At   the  Ministry   and     Counsel Quarterly     Meeting,  Society     of After  luncheon,  the club mem-1 Friends, held Sunday afternoon at bers enjoyed a walk through Mrs.  Plymouth  Meeting,  representative Trump's gardens. groups from all the monthly meet-
At 2 o'clock, the program chair-  '"Es took part, Thcrmas Foulke, of man, Mrs, Stanley Kern, present-   Ambler, a member    of Gwynedd ed    Mrs,   W,   D,    Battersby    who gave a paper on inkwells, ink pots and   ink  horns,
Mrs, Percival Theel gave a short talk  on modern  textiles.
Thro next meeting will be held Thursday, June  1, at 11 a, m, at the home of Mrs, Stanley C, Kern, Custis  Woods,   Glenside.  n	
Comas, seventeen, of 6050 Nor¬ wood street, Philadelphia, was treated at the hospital for 'abra¬ sions of the right leg and left hip. Bernard McElderry, sixteen, of 2035 East Chelten avenue, Phila¬ delphia, the other passenger, was treated for abrasions of the left leg.
Chief James Ottinger, of the Up¬ per Dublin township police, who investigated said that C6mas was driving his parents' car west on Pennsylvania avenue, near Lynn I avenue, Oreland, when he sought to avoid striking a machine going in the opposite direction. As he swerved the automobile he lost cimtrol and it rolled over on the roadway.
Comas will be brought before the Juvenile Court. McElderry is being held as a material witness. The boys told the police chief they were out for a ride when the acci¬ dent occurred.
The Ambler men, Claude Fisher and Tony Boccutti, took the youths to the hospital.
The sixth annual Bux-Mont track meet will be held on Satur¬ day, May 13, on the Ambler High School field. The field events will start at 1.30 and the running events at 2 p. m.
The teams participating in the meet will be Ambler, Doylestown, Hatboro, Jenkintown, Sellersville- Perkasie, Springfield, Lansdale, Souderton and Quakertown.
Arrangements for the meet are being made by the Bux-Mont Track Committee composed of Warren Gockley, Springfield: Earl Druckenmiller, SellersviUe-Perk- asie, Kenneth Poust, Lansdale and Joseph Kunsman, Ambler.
The defending team champion will be Lansdale. Ambler came in second and Springfield finished third last year.
Some of the outstanding competi¬ tors this year will be Wayne "Pud" Helmaii, of Lansdale, who scored 13 points in last year's meet by winning the 100 yard dash and 440 yard run and Who placed second in the broad jump. He has also developed into a high jumper do¬ ing 5'11" in the George School meet last Saturday.
Norm Pollock, of Springfield, smashed the old meet record of 4 min. 44.8 seconds for the mile run by more than 6 seconds. He paced the distance in 4 min. 38.2 seconds and will be out to break his own record. He also came in first in the 880 yard run last year.
Lero.y Doll, of Springfield a double winner last year is favored lo repeat in the 120 yard low hurdles and the discus. He also scored a third in the high hurdles. Frank Carter, of Ambler^ will give plenty of competition in the broad jump and dashes.
Joe Signore, of Ambler, won fourth place in the javelin and will compete again in that event.
John Spears, of Ambler, a mem¬ ber of last year's winning relay team will run in the relay and the 440.
Bob McCracken, of Ambler, will be on the relay team and also run tho hurdles.
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don department of the Colony Club of Ambler will bo held Tuesday {morning. May 16, at 11 o'clock at j the home of Mrs. Edward B. i Steinmetz, of "Acres Away", Cedar i Hill road. Spring House. j The classes in the flower lourna- I ment will be: one, a May basket; I two, an arrangement in a teapot, I I any material; three, the contestant . i to bring a  container  and flowers
Junior Colony Club i\anic8 JNcw I to  make  an  arrangement  at  the
meeting,
Mrs, Gustave C, Ballenberg, of Jenkintown, will judge the ar¬ rangement classes, and give gener¬ al constructive criticism of same. She will also give a talk on flower arrangement.
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TO HOLD TOURNAMENT, whitpain Township
regular meeting of the gar- i ^^^^^ p^^^^ Collection
The Whitpain Township Salvage Committee will col¬ lect waste paper on Saturday, May 13, All residents arc ask¬ ed to have paper tied in bun- ' dies, according to Ross G, Rile, chairman.
Oniccrs; Chorus Presents Musicale
Mrs. Albert E. Langbein, of Am¬ bler Highlands, was elected first f ice president of the Junior Colony Club of Ambler at the annual meeting, Tuesday evening. She suc¬ ceeds  Mrs. Paul  E.  Williams.
Miss  Helen    Klosterman     was
ANNOUNCE   ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs, Charles Flanagan,
of Bannockburn  avenue, Ambler,
elected cr/rresponding secretary in   announce the engagement of their
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Meeting, presided. Luncheon in the Plymouth Meeting Friends School preceded the session,
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place of Miss Helen Adams. Miss j daughter, Elizabeth, to Edward L, Lenore Weikert is the new trea-j Hubler, of Grove avenue, Flour- surer succeeding Mrs. John Tavlor. I town. No date has been set for the The judge of elections was  Mrs.   wedding.
Howard Angstadt and the tellers I Miss Flanagan, who graduated were Mrs. Albert Stout and Mrs. | t'om Ambler High school, is em- Clair Williams. • ployed  by Keasbey  and  Mattison
The new officers will serve for I Company. Mr. Hubler, who is the a two-vear term. The other officers i son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hubler, do not come up for election until! 's employed by the Roberts and next year. I Mander Stove Company, Hatboi-o.
The   spring   musicale   was   pre- j  o	
sented after the business session by the Junior Colonv Club Chorus under the direction of Mrs. Albert E. Langbein,  music chairman.
The   opening  selections      were "The     Green     Cathedral"      and i "Where My Caravan Has Rested" sung by the .chorus. Miss Lenore I
Weikert plaved the oiano numbers, \ .  , , 	
"Three Moods and a  Theme"  by | Addresses Faslcrn   Monlgoniery Gustav Klem and  "Deep'Purple" I      County Council: Or<;aniza- by Peter de Rose. ,.       171    .   ,\n-
A tap dance was performed by [ ^'•^" *^'*'*''*' •^"'^•^''¦*'
Miss Helen Klosterman and Miss ^ 	
Kay Rich, Miss Florence Reis, a i Mrs, Edna R, Carroll, a member guest artist, played selections on j of the board of directors of the the marimba. Her numbers v.'ere 1 PeniLsylvania Council of Republi- "Whispering," "I'll Take You ean Women and chairman of the Home Again, Kathleen," "Gypsy' Post War Planning Committee, Lullaby," "In |he Garden of To-1 was the main speaker at the May morrow" and "Smoke Gets in Your '; 2 meeting of the Eastern Mont- E,yes," I gomery County Council of Repub-
The chorus concluded the pro-' lican Women, held at Strawbridge gram by singing "The Navy; and Clothier's Store, Jenkintown, Hymn" and Brahms' "Lullaby", j Mrs, Carroll spoke on post war The solo part of the last number j planning, reviewing it from its was sung by Miss Lillian Leslie, three approaches- international. Miss Mary Jane Sleath accompan-; economical and educational, say- ied the chorus at the piano. j ing, "The children of Eurooe must
Miss Jean Lulz    appointed the j be taught that  we  arc interested
OPEN SALVATION ARMY DRIVE AT DINNER-RALLY
Judge Harold G. Knight was the principal speaker at the dinner- rally, held Tuesday evening at Norristown City Hall, which officially opened the Salvation Army's 1944 Maintenance Fund appeal for home service and war work in the Norristown area. The campaign will last two weeks, with a goal of $17,500.
Charles H. Westrich, head of Sears, Roebuck Company, Norris¬ town, and General Chairman for the campaign, presided at the dinner-meeting, which was attend¬ ed by 300 group and section chair¬ men and campaign workers from every community in the drive area.
In order to keep the campaign expenses down to a minimum, the dinner was prepared and served by a canteen unit, and, following a Salvation Army drive custom, each guest paid his or her own check.
Commencement exercises for the graduating cla.ss of Ambler High School will be held Tuesday even¬ ing, June 6, in the schofil auditor¬ ium. The speaker will be Dr. Charles S. Swope, president of West Chester State Teachers' Col¬ lege.
Class Day will be held Friday, May 19, with baccalaureate ser¬ vice on Sunday, June 4. The Amb¬ ler schools will close on Friday, June  16.
Paul W. Norris was reelected treasurer of the Ambler School Board at the May meeting, Tues¬ day evening. His salary was set at the annual sum of $360 plus $150 for the payment of his $15,000 bond.
The band of the secretary, Frank C. Weber, was renewed at $1,000. The cost of the bond will be borne by the board.
The Ambler Trust Company was named as the depository for school funds.
Bids for coal supplies were awarded? J. W. Craft and Company were awarded the order tor three carloads of bitumnious coal at JlS,54 a ton plus four cents federal tax. Two carloads of anthracite coal were ordered from the North Pent! Lumber and Coal Company al $8,96 a ton plus four cents fed¬ eral tax.
The bond of the tax collector, William D. Deuchar, was set at $38,000. He will be paid a commis¬ sion of three and a half percent nn his collections. Paul W. Norris and Walter Sobers were appointed a committee to go over the tax list.
Dr. Frank S. Rothenberger wafl appointed to represent the boar* on the Ambler Recreation Council.
The balance in the general ac¬ count is $19,738.40. Bills ordered paid amounted to $968.80.
The meeting was adjourned until tonight.
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Skorup Addresses Kiivanians •
Joseph Skorup, manager of the Philadelphia office of the Social Security board, explained the pro¬ gram outlined by the Social Secur¬ ity Board at the weekly meeting of the Ambler Kiwanis Club held at School Inn, Tuesday night. James B. Srtyder was chairman ot the meeting. Oscar H. Stillwagon,i president,   presiued.
Guests included Private Henry Peirce, A, S. Roscoe Brady, Jr., and Howard Henzc, ol Lansdale.
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ADULT SCOUTS ATTEND SCHOOL FOR LEADERS
Adult Scouts from Ambler at¬ tended the "Charm School" al Strawbridge. and Clothier Store conducted by Mrs. Ella Waters, fashion director for the store. The school was held to train leaders and their assistants.
Representing Ambler were Mrs. Annie C. Landis, Julia Landis, Mrs. James A, Shelly, Mrs, Winfield C. Cook, Mrs, Paul and Mrs, George Weikel, Mrs. Wellerstorm, uf P'ort Washington, who is taking the training course, is the new leader of the Fort Washinglon Troop, Mrs, Lee is her assistant. The troop will meet each week at the Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washing¬ ton,
The Brownie Pack went an a iupper hike to Dager's Woods, last Wednesday. The girls look hobo lunches on small slicks. They were taught how to build fires.
The Brownies collected plants for little jars to make lerrariums as gifts for Mother's Day. They  are
LOCAL SPORTSMEN
Wissahickon  Field  and  Stream
Association To Kid Section
Of Fo.vcs
I in their health and in their future. Mrs. Albert Stout, chairman. Miss j ^c will, of course, have some Eleanor Hamil and Miss Florence , gn^yn p-^.t )„ the planning and the   "ow making napkin holders from
l\^^'\    , .¦        ... ,„! building of the now world of to-   Papor plates.
The last meeting of the year will I „,oj,,,„^.- under the educational be a  dinner  party at Forest Inn,, p^^,.^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^.,^. yi.,„„i„j._ ^rs
Tennis avenue, near Ambler,    on May 23, at which time the officers
Toomey,  of Hatboro,  will  give  will be installed. Cars will leave
PING PONG RESULTS
The ping pong tournament at Ambler High School came to a close wilh the finals being played off lasl week.
The men's open and the 15-18 I class was won by Harold Wolff af-
—Classified Ads Bring Results,
SPIELMAN ESTATE
An inventory liled Friday in the estaie of Alice D, Spielman, Upper
Dublin, lists its appraised value I ter defeating Ted Schaufler, In re- as $14,928,53, The eslate of Susie | turn Ted Schaufler won the champ- Bowman, also ot Upper Dublin, lionship lor the 14-vear class bv de- was appraised at $1,712,50. featiiig Ivan Pennick.
opposition in the pole vault and high jump. He scored in both of these events in lasl year's meet.
The outstanding relay teams will be Springfield and Doylestown, Quakertown and Ambler. Spring¬ field and Doylestown were winners at the Penn Relays this year.
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WAR SERVICE CHAIRMAN Esther M. Jenkins, of Gwynedd, County Purchasing Agent, who was named chairman of war ser¬ vices for tho Montgomery County Council of Defense recently, i'e¬ ceived a "write-up" and pholo in the current issue of "Defense Council News," the monthly bul¬ letin issued by the Slate Council of Defense.
NORTH HILLS YOUTH KILLED
Thomas Herger, 13, negro, of North Hills, died while being taken to Abington Memorial Hospital on Saturday after he had been struck by the south-bound Black Diamond Express, while walking on the Reading Railroad tracks between North Hills and Limekiln pike, near Glenside.
the clubhouse promptly at 7 p. m. The  dinner  commitlee   comprises'
Carroll   said    "We   should   begin
wilh   nursery   school   eduealion,
1 through to adult, that is,  forums
for  adults; radio programs which
Mrs,   Thomas   J,   Lane,   Jr„   Mrs, j''"¦f   extension  courses  from   high
Julian      Ralph,     Miss    Margaret
school, similar to the Town Mcel- )bile  book
Lauer, Mi.ss Helen Nightingale and''"fi ''^ 'he Air, and mot Mrs. Philip Keidel. | canteens  from  libraries".
GARDEN CLUB DISPLAYS
The new officers elected at this meeting  for   1944  are as follows;
Tho cake sale recently hcUl by the Brownies was very successful and they thank the townspeople lor their support. The proceeds will be used lo provide a Brownie library for nature books and for camperships.
FRANCIS CALLAHAN
GETS ADVANCEMENT
For   the   second   time   since   he i was assigned  to this ship now in
operation   of   the   Ambler   Furni
I Mabel S. Siedentopf, Glenside; re-
ture Company, Ambler, flower ar-
_ cording   secretary,   Mrs.   Edward
rangementrmadr"br'mcmbers"of! PhiHips. Abington; Corresponding the garden department for living i secretary, Mrs. Melvin James, rooms, dining rooms, guest rooms, "Gwynedd Valley; treasurer, Mrs. breakfast tables, coffee tables, Louis Fretz, Willow Grove; direc- mantles, garden terraces, occasion- tors. Miss Esther Jenkins, Gwy- al tables, special occasions such nedd and Mrs. William Ridgway, as holiday parties, luncheon tables,   Huntingdon Valley.
both formal and  informal  dinner  o	
tables, buffet tables, etc, will be BUYS KENDERDINE PROPERTY j on one of the ship's forward holds staged in their proper settings and; At a public sale held on the 1 where he is responsible for Ihe backgrounds and displayed in one | Kenderdine Estate, 36 North Ridge I operation of tho huge winches and of  the  windows of the Furniture ' avenue. Ambler,  last  Wednesday, j booms used lo load and unload ma-
now a Boatswain mate, second class.
Prior to coining aboard this Coast Guard-manned attack trans¬ port he was on subchasers operat¬ ing off the cast coast. He received training at New Orleans and Man¬ hattan Beach training station after entering   the  service.
Callahan  has charge of a  crew
Company   various   days  of month.
each
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Chester A, Helsel,     Chiropractoi;, | terial.  He  also takes  his  turn  al who has been practicing in Ambler I other  boatswain    duties—security for  nearly  six years,  bought  the 1 watch, bridge watch, and mainten- properly and will move his office I ance   and   repair  of rigging and his liome. 1 tackle.
At the regular meeting of the Wissahickon Field and Stream Association last Thursday, a pro¬ gram designed to clear foxes out of this section of the county wa£ launched.
It was staled that Montgomery and Lancaster counties have the highest fox counts in the state, and that a high percentage of the young game released by the clubs is being lost. Several members of the club will obtain fox hounds, and the organization will finance the boarding of the animals inde¬ finitely so that they will be avail- ' able for fox drives. These drives wili be held from time to time to keep down the animals that arc preying on the game.
A report showed that 2,678 items ot game have been liberated in this district recently, Joseph Blessing was authorized to obtain 250 six- weeks-old chicks from the Game Commission for local distribution.
The forestry leport showed that 225 red pines have been distributed by the club.
As a club project for service men, a committee was authorized to send (^ut the Montgomery News to all members of the organization who arc in the armed forces. The mailing will start as soon as the list is completed.
iThc sDorlsmen discussed al some length the opening of due shooting in the county, and the new regula¬ tion that declares skunks to be vermin, Tho treasurer, Paul Wil¬ liams retjorled a balance of $497.- 38 on hand.
Charles lllingworth presided at the meeting, and Charles Mulvaney acted as secretary.
churcFannounces
religious rallies
The first of a series of religious rallies will be held in the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Ambler, on Saturday evening, May 13, at 8 o'clock.
Each meeting will consist uf a song service, other music by local talent and guest artists, and the bringing of a gospel message. At the close of the service there will be a social hour wilh games and refreshments.
The rallies are being fjlanncd b.v
the young people of the     church
who announce that their purpose
and ' is to bring people, especially young
people, back lo the word of God.