The Ambler Gazette 19410619

              Thf.^^Ambler Gazette
VOL. LXIII — 16
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AMBLER.   PA..  JUNE   19.  1941
$1.75 Per Year in A«lvanec, 5e Per (^opy
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9ISCUSS PLANS TO BUY FIRE ENGINE
KIWANIANS HEAR I
NEWS RESUME
Fort Wasliinjiton Eire Company
To Hold  Annual  Fair
Next Montli
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ASSISTANT  CHIEF
[D BY^' ^' ^^^M^^i^ Penis Freedom, Ditter n p I   Warns Montgomery-Bucks Press League
• Vil  Ij    Government    propaganda     and i with candor." '
iofilcial   censorship   are   the     hall-1     As   Chairman   of   tho   National]
.    , . - r. r ,    , Vl      1,.        11- ,,> *     ,r^      1 marks  of  dictatorship  throughout  Republican Congressional Commit-1
cated in the western part of 1 enn- Hepul)lu-an  (.roup ^o  Conduel the world today, Congres.sman  J.  tee. Representative Ditter is charg
Oscar Stillwagon gave a resume of the news of the week at tho regular meeting of the Kiwanis Club held at School Irm, Ambler, on Tuesday evening. He also told of thc Pymatung Bird Refug« Io
TWO GIRLS INJURED
IN BICYCLE ACCIDENT
Extensive Drive for New Members
TO MEET JULY 1
sylvania   which   he   visited   while
attending  the   annual  meeting ofj
the     Pennsylvania     Postmasters' |
Association on Friday and Satur-j
day.
  Past President Daniel E. Biddle!
V    ,. , , ,  presided at the meeting.  Edward
,u    J ? .TT"",     '^embers    of i ^ chairman   of   the   play-
the Fort Washmgton fire company, ' ^^^^jttee,   reported  that
conditions are now   avorable and  2'"^ i;  J  , ii„„<„j   r ,.  tu„
promising for the company to pur-  $265  had   been collected   for  the
chase   the   new   firefighting   ma-, summer playground fund. ^^^^      _^
chine, which has been under con-1     Four '"*'"',*?^';'',.°^ ^^^ ^'^^^"''^ I President  Samuel   ....   „.„..  ,„.  , ^„„„  w.uc.     .u ...a...- sideration for the past few months. I Club   are   attending   me   annual i gi^j^g. jhere were only two ot the judgments,"   Ditter  said This was indicated by the report, convention     of     Kiwanis    m^cr-; jj^^jj^^^^.g   ^^   ^he   committee   who 'federal  encroachments  i of Robert Miller, treasurer of tho i national    in    Atlanta,    Ga,,    this' company, who met recently with j week. They are: President Walter the township supervisors and took j Reller, Secretary Robert D.  Her- up the matter with the board. The ! shey^. George Davis and Leidy B. problem was received and consid-  Heckler.
William Ditter, of Pennsylvania,' ed with a special responsibility to declared before the annual assem- ' measure the influence of oflficial bly of the Montgomery-Bucks propaganda disseminated by the Press League, at Grey Towers, numerous government bureaus. An Glenside on Saturday. He urged increasing flood of official intelli- the editors to be doubly alert in ' gence has obscured from the Am-
PREPAREONESS
\^ issaliiekon Fire (]onipany Re¬ ceives Donation—To At¬ tend District Meeting
DEUCHAH PRESIDES
] Minnie Heywood, ten year old i daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Heywood, of Ro.semary avenue, 'Ambler, was seriously injured, j early Tuesday evening, while rid- I ing a bicycle when she collided : with an automobile owned anw > operated by Howard Crosby, North j Ridge avenue. Ambler. j The child was accompanied by I Helen Rose, ten year old daugh- ! ter of Mr. and Mrs, Burns Rose, of I Main street and Reiffs Mill road, ' Ambler, who escaped injury. Thc
GRADUAIE0 63
Fifty-Fir.sl Annual    Commence-
ment  Exercises  Held  at
Fort  Washington
AWARDS PRESENTED
The fifty-first annual commence-
, ered   quite   favorably.   An   agree-1 ment was reached by the board to | secure  more  information  on   the j question and  William N. Guthrie j was appointed   a committee of one to attend a meeting of the  com¬ pany.       These   facts   were   made known at the monthly meeting of the  company  held  last Thursday in the assembly room on Summit avenue.
U. G. Funk, president, presided at the meeting and as Mr. Guthrie, a member of the Board of Super¬ visors, was present, ho was given an opportunity to address the members regarding the board's view on the purchasing of the new apparatus.  Mr.  Guthrie said  that
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. .. f f   .1,   I defense  of  free  speech  and   free, erican people some of the    most ...
An   execuuve   meeting   oi   ineipj.ggg fundamental facts concerning thei    Chief Clarence  "Vost    informed two girls who were riding a bicycle .     ,     , ,,
Whitemarsh     Valley     Republican |    "Propaganda     and     censorship national defense program and the  the members of the  Wissahickon' west on Forest avenue struck the ment of the variou.s schools olUp-
Club  was held  m The Old  Mill, tj,reaten our free institutions be-  reasons  for     its  recent    bogging  fire    company     la.st     Wednesday  gj^e   of  Crosby's  car   which  was P^^"  Dublin  Township  was     held
Bethlehem pike. Fort Washington, ggugg     self-government     assumes i down in strikes, violence, and or-  evening at their regular monthly proceeding south on Ridge avenue. JO'"t'y   on   Thursday   evening   in
last    Wednesday    evening,    with that the people will have the facts iganized  sabotage. i meeting that the  building of the j     q,.   ^   G   Ciavarelli  examined ^*^^''"'^'*°'''""'"' '^"^."'"^ ^.'''l.'
M,   Glass pre-, upon which     to make    informed I     "Anyone who is at all familiar  new  apparatus    by  The  Autocar ix^    children and found  the Hev- '"g^on school. Prospect and Macii-
-    ent with the organization    and opera-  Company in Ardmore had to    be^^^^J^^i^ to have lacerations and %«^^"^^^^^^
upon    the, tion of  the federal government in   ^<eaycd becau.se the company wasi /j.^^g  „f  ^^^  j^^^^    She „ °"",fi„"j? ^."^'^P^^^^^
aware that in   obliged  to do  a  certain  work  fori l..„j    ,„    ,v,„     ai .,.„ gram, selections were renaeien oy
were not present at the meeting,   t right of free speech over the radio,  Washington is we
It was decided at this time to and the subtle spread    of official  recent years there has been a tre- the   government on  the     defense
cancel the trip to the seashore this I press   censorship     in   Washington   mendous increa.so in the publicity program.  However, assurance has
summer   because   of   inability   to are   omens  of  a   dangerous   trend'and informational work of its de- been  given  that every effort will
make satisfactory arrangements since many of the members woulu be unable to go due to important defense employment. The annual picnic will, therefore, have to re
Mrs. James A.  Shelly Receives
Scout District  Award at
Committee Meeting
of
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in American life, the speaker add-  partments," Ditter explained. "Btit be made to complete the machine ed. j even   the   well-informed      person , at.  or very near  the time  stated
"Threats  to  free  expression   in I will be amazed to learn that sev- ; some time ago. this   country     cannot  be     longer i fral  hundred  employees   in     the      Chief  Yost  reported  the    com- Dicn.c w..., ...^...v...-, ..„v. .^ ..-ignored.  We must begin  at once | federal establi.shment, with annual  pany   having   responded   to     one D ace it and it is hoped that it will to wage a vigorous fight, not for ; salaries  running  into  millions  of  alarm since the las   meeting^ The Khe biggest and b^est ever spon-lthesymb^^^^
^°Se 'p'icnic wm be held in the berV.^'"^ I^'e%rc;t^d^"w'^^oro^''^n- | ^ci^mg the government's activities. ; ported the apparatus in good , beautiful     Montgomery     County, son on the point: "It is patriotic ] ^^^^s  re eases. Park  at  Green Lane,   it  suitable j to learn what the facts of our na-! Pamphlets
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and
,was    removed    to   tho    Abington  the   combined     .school     orchestra Hospital by Mr. Crosby. ;with Elizabeth Reisenwitz present¬
ing the welcoming address. The invocation was given by tho Rev¬ erend Robert E, Horne, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washington,
Barbara Heppe entertained with
a   vocal   solo,     "Carmena"     after
I which Catherine Dinkins present-
i ed  the  class project  followed  by
I Sylvia Reed, who gave a reading
press  conferences, I dition and ready for use, and thatj „ ,      .    ^ „~~~.    ~       rj.    ,, , , : c"t'tled "Mr, Bush's Kindergarten
I     leaflets,     radio | the   committee  to   look  after  the ! School ol Horticulture 1 o Hold ; Christmas."    Marimba    .selections
re- con-
The     District     Committee
Montgomery County,    District
met at the Health Center in as-! meet within a week to make plans the supervisors were heartily in sociation with the members of the i fQr the entertainment of the mem- favor of the movement, but felt' Leader's Association last Wednes-1 jjgrs and guests. Tickets will be that more  information  should be ' day. At that time two scholarships i ^^t gt an early date and only a
arrangements can  be'made. Jus-1 tional life are, and to face them
tice of the Peace Louis W. Hofman, j —	
who is chairman of the committee in charge of the aflfair, stated that despite   the   fact   that   the   event will  not be  held until  Saturday,! September 6, the  committee will
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FKN WARNED OF
I apparatus room for thc month had! I been appointed. |
i Chairman of the house commit-1 i toe reported that permi.ssiin had, ' been granted to the Women's Club
Out-Door Graduation Ex¬ ercises Next Friday
were then presented    by Florence Wheeler.
Medals and prizes wore present¬ ed by the William Boulton Dixon Post No, 10, Anicrican Legion, and
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  ^ ^    _^    _           In   the  beautiful,  injsiiring   set-
of Arnbler to "use the ^'all'foi^ the'tin of the out-door theatre of the ^ its auxiliary unit, of Fort Wash- purpose of raising funds for the ¦''^'"bler School of Horticulture for: ington to tfie following students: new ambulance and to the mem-' Women, commencement exercises I Best all-around girl. Betty Reisen- bers of the First Presbyterian ^or the graduating class will be | witz; Best all-around bo.v, divided Church of Flourtown to hold a ^ ^cld on Friday evening, June 27th, j between Frederick Klosterman rummage sale.    He also reported' ^t  ^-^^  P-  "^- and Robert Gump; Progress medal,
that the company's Athletic Field t     ^^-  Andrew  W. Mutch,  retired ] Bertha   Newman;   7th   grade   En.'
had by them regarding the type of ! were awarded to members of thelji   ^ed number will be given to Flourtown Fire Chief Rohrbach ; "Jaydc the Great" Makes Night-   is being well looked after by the I n?>nister    of     the      Presb.yterian I glish prize, Shirley Klein, and tht
Discusses Work of Firemen In Emergencies
ly Appearance at Annual Flvent
'Paid and volunteer members of |     Residents of Ambler and vicin-
LOCAL GROOP RECEIVES LEnER FROM ENGLAND
More Red Cross Workers Need
cd hy \X i.'*sahi<:kon
Chapter
children are separated from par-] mitteeman   William   Lightcap,   of j ents and friends, and need to' be j Wyndmoor.
! cheered and entertained. _ ¦
I     With  machinery  operating     ati I top speed,    and  the hustle     and ! bustle of men and women to fulfill i the     order      for     "Preparedness
ahead" the Girl Scouts of Ameri- j i ca find themselves in their routine i stride,  with  "Preparedness"  their I ] year in and year out motto. Hav- j , ing been active in civic and patrio- j
tic services these many years,  it|_, r-.   i> r c....:..,rr.,.l,l
I has been easy for Girl Scouts to Elmer C.  Perry, of Si)ringheld
members of the Keasbey & Matti-1 church in Bryn Mawr, will give | 8th grade Arithmetic prize, Bettj son Company baseball team. ^he address of the evening. The j Reisenwitz, Diplomas were pre- After a discussion on the ques- i musical program, arranged espe-1 sented to the graduates by Super- tion of preparedness in case of an ! cially for the exercises, will be in! vising Principal J, Howard Buck, emergency and the furthering of charge of Mrs. Amos Y. Lesher. i The second part of the program the efficiency of the company dur-' ^n case of rain the exercises will; took the form of a playlet entitled, ing any such a period. Chief Yost' ^e held indoors. i "A Festival of America," in which and the Assistant Chiefs were in-' Diplomas will be presented by | pupils from all three schools. Mat- strnrfpH In rnnfpr artd aprcn r,n n ! Mrs, Jamcs Bush-Brown, director i thias Sheeleigh, Fort Washington The   next   meeting   of   the   or-ias   indicated   by   tne   numoer   or i appears nigniiy at me annual c^'--   »""<-'^tu lu Lumti  anu dt,it.c on a   ^  ,,        __,._,      ,_  ,,_  ^_„ ;„,.!._j  ^r....u  ^,.....:., a:.,;.-_x_j
avenuoI Amb- i [ of   the   Flourtown   Fire   Company! ler, under the  sponsor.ship  of  the;     r^^^ members also annrovod the ' Betty Beyer, New York City, New| in  an address directed  to  the ac-1 Norton  Downs,  Jr., Po.st  No    125,       4*^^ '^^'""^^^^/'so app^^^^^^^     ^'^^ ! York: Miss IBaraba Brown, Ocean- tive members of the company. American   Legion,   of   Ambler.     I ^^J^^^g^jl^^ "^^.^'^f^" ^^J^^^P^i ade ^ m
"We do  not know." he  contin-I .   The free act, "Ja.yde the Great   i Arnbler  with  two machines   The  Alburtis,     Pennsylvania;      Miss ued, "where fire is going to break : is well worth a trip to the carni- ,^ ^j   , ^   '. I Louise B. Clark. Sanford. Maine;!
out  next,  as the  person  bent  on | yal-  .You  ^.H  see  m  action,   100  mcmoeis  laKin.  ere  ot   tne  ap  ,,,,__   ^,_,_   ^    ^,__.._      „,	
sabotaging     any      manufacturing I feet 'n the air   the one and only
plant  or  other  place  which  they! J^yde. He has been proclaimed the
desire  to destrov,  works in  such' "barest thing to a real ape ever j
a   manner  that  he   is  difficult  to 1 brought out in  America.   He  has
stop.  The  saboteur may  throw a I "^^er been in this section before.
time   shell  that  will  burst  hours j an^l   th's   will   be   the   only   time .
afterwards or he may place bun-  "^ will  ^poar  in Ambler.     You, n^. p.^^     -^ . .|«|| f—, man, Kingston, Pennsylvania; Miss I Name  G,   S,   Wright,     of Bryn
dies of papers saturated with cer-1 cannot afford to miss him. I HI II 11\     K A IU 11 11 I- I > Ann Elizabeth Heartt,  Montclair,'
machine and the cost of the pro-! District  Committee,  Mrs. Thomas j ^j^^ members for their friends who posed apparatus. Hill, of Glenside and Mrs. James I jjggjre to attend
Following a general discussion Shelly, of Ambler. These scholar- \ ^jj^ther important question con- on the .subject it was unanimous- ships cover a course of training ^t; . ^ ^ ^j^j meeting was mem- ly agreed to wait until the com- i Camp Edith Macy, New York  and, ^'".gj^jp ^he club now has a mem-
mitteehas obtained more informa-1 a course at wiHiarnsDurg, Virginia jj^^^^j^ ^^ between 300 and 350 j fire companies are now facing a ' ity have exactly three more da.vs tion and has made its decision.: Mrs. Edwin Hallowell, President. ^^^ ^ ^^.j^^ ^m ^,g ^^^f, to in- most serious situation regarding left in which to witness the sen- The committee is comprised of the j of  the  Leaders  Association   and    ^^^^^ ^j^.^ ^^^^^^^^^ to 500. Uhe saving of lives and properties, i sational "Jayde the Great"    who
?oS"aSdoT Ja^s O^tTnl^K'in SntoU a^rleT^t      The   next   meeting   of   the   "v-! -   mclicated   b^^^^^^^^^^ ^^STtl-^t"*- to" the-problem-It was j of the    school,    to the following J and North Glenside participal.d
cr. former assistant chief who bt I stimulate Girl Scout interest in the ganization will be held on Tues-j^r^e!^^^^^^ that   Homer   Fluck   had graduates, Lrf./   ¦.      a    ^ Edwavd
rame chief when Ray Michael en-. Red  Cross Toy Librai^v       A  toy | day evenmg  July l^n th^^^ the  door  to  the  shower I     M.ss Dorothy    Frances    Barry, | Meade  served  as announcers  for
tered  the army,    Charles Jacobs,  distributing arrangement for car-1 room ot the flourtown nre com ;   ,.  ^,      ^„ ^    ,^._  ^ 1 ,^^    ,__^ ^^^^ _—„„.,„u:„  „<¦ *u„:ioom.
Arthur Haggar and Robert Miller. I rying happiness to children, and i pany and an enjoyable program is About 25 members attended the! particularly a means of aiding [being arranged by the entertain- ( Continued on Page 2) | morale in times of disaster, when [ment committee, headed by Com
Lambertville,  New  Jersey;     Miss jthe  Matthias    Sheeleigh     group,
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IIWP. COMMISSIONERS FORM ASSOCIATION
"put full steam" on for the extra
\ ordinary responsibilities of citizens
,   ,    I in a Nation preparing to equip it's
An  appeal  has  been  issued  by I ^alia^t neighbor.    England,    with
the   Wissahickon   Branch   of     the
the   tools   for   winning  the     war.
Townshij), Namc<l on Ex¬ ecutive Committee
tain chemicals that will not react: At the opening on Monday night until some time after the person i there was plenty of fun and excite- placing them has escaped. You ment for the good sized crowd I active members are warned to be ] that attended the premiere. Games ready at all times, for no one i for both young and old, novelties knows when the call may come I and amusements, including a fcr- for our company to go into the city  ris wheel, make up this important
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GIRL SCOOT TROOP HOLDS BANOUET
Miss Gloria S. Clarke, Wynne- iwood, Pennsylvania; Miss Maryj I Jane DeMuth, Connellsville, Penn-1 I sylvania; Miss Katharine Freeman,] I New York City, New York; Miss ; Jean Corson Graham, Villa Nova, j 'Pennsylvania;     Miss   Jean   Hart-
I. SETS' UP DEFENSE COUNCIL
Sc
New .Jersey; Miss Lillian Luben, 1 Bronx, New York; Miss Marilynnj Mitchell, Jersey City, New Jersey;! Miss Doris Netwick, Roselle, New:
Mawr, as General Chair¬ man of Council
A  Montgomery County Defense
The   Montgomery   County   As-
Southeastern  District  of the  Am-  gnd.  at the same  time  equipping; sociation    of Township    Commis- erican Red Cross for sewing ma-; j^g^jf ^¦^^y^ armament and men.      I sioners, comprising the eight first
or some other distant point to ren der help,"
The address of Chief Rohrbach
local event of the season
The admission    to the carnival, which is located on Knight's Field, will      be     free    every     evening, awards   are   being  given ght also.
^'^'u ^u^   T'''^ """"T  '*'¦''  '^P^'j'the Red Cross;    they are making I er7*offi7e "^aT thrCoWt House" last j sident presided   an^ was given in | each Thursday from 9 a. m. to 4 , garments and knitting; they    are! Thursday afternoon. ! connection  with the defense  pro¬
gram now being planned through¬
out the county by volunteer com¬ panies.
During tho regular order of busi-
P'  *"•, i speeding   up   their   First Aid in-j     Dr. Frank P. K. Barker. Lower
The  greiup   in  this  branch  has j struction,  so that every  girl  will Merion  Commissioner  and  Mont- been .very   active   and   has   com-    .        <ContiHued on Page 3) ¦      :     gomery County    Controller,    was
pleted    ^nany    surgical    dressings            lelected  president  of  the new  or-^
and   hundreds   of  garments. ! .T"       1 j ganization.   Dr.   Barker   is   a   p^st, ness, Chief Engineer Wilham Goss
PFNIIYN   RFSIDFNT .       inresicfent   of       the   Pennsylvania I reported  the   fire  apparatus    and
1 L,Mi^i.in. i\i.oii/L>fii state    A.ssociation    of    Township i equipment were all in good order
DIES   FROM   FALL I Commissioners and is second vico | and  ready   for  use, i contributors  who  have  made   do
president      ot   the     Pennsylvania I     The company .took action at the | nations   to   tho   Community   Am
Community Ambulance Fund Contributors
A lett^'r 'reicived from Miss Emil.y Simmonds of the Rest Cen¬ tre at' Firisbury Park of London, England, tells of the appreciation ehowri^ by the victims of air raids in the London area.
tifteen   G.rls   Receive    ^^^^o^n j .^-^^^^ ^^.^^^ p ,^^„^^^ ^^^.^ ^^^^
Class  Badges—Award  five     lestown. New Jersey; Miss Mary C.l     proclamation   issued   by   Mont-
Camperships i ^^'^'   .,    wl h""\ ^^^""vf'     r    '' So'^«'-y      County     Commissioners
_J * li^^"""}}" Wbitlock Renshaw, Lou-!Fred C. Peters, Foster C. Hillegass
  IdonviUe,   New  York;   Miss  Pene-!„nj RavmonH TC   Mpnsrb
A very successful mother-daugh- lope Smith, Princeton, New Jer-1 and Raymond K. Menseh. tor banquet was held by Girl sey; Miss Florence Smoogen, Villa- ""^ County Council was set up Scout Troop 108 in the assembly! nova, Pennsylvania; Miss Rhoda | ""°er provisions of an Act of the hall of the Presbyterian Church Constance Specht, New Canaan,! "^f "^ral Assembly which establish- Schoc' last Thursday evening Connecticut; Miss Margaret Van- ^o a State Council of Defense and with 45 girls and their mothers Buren, Versailles, Kentncky; Miss P>'ovided tor the creation of local attending. The program which, Nancy H, Wickes, Saginaw, Mich-i <^ouncils ot defense by fhe govern- included the dinner, feveral skits, i igan, and Miss Ruth Yates Harris-; L"S:J?"_^''=^ °* '"^"^ P"''*'™^ ^"'^ and   some   dances,   was   presided i burg, Pennsylvania.
over   by   Betty  Jean   Snyder,   the,' 	
mistress  of  ceremonies,   and  ^^as, ^j^j^Qy^j,^ p^^^g pQp
! arranged by the  following chair- The following    is a list of    the | men:  program,    Anna  May  Dick¬ inson; music, Betty Groflf; tickets and    invitations,    Sally    Walker;
divisions.
Guier S, Wright, of Bryn Mawr. World War veteran and chairman of tho Home Defense Committee of the Ninth Di.strict of the Ameri¬ can Legion, comprising Montgom¬ er.y and Bucks Counties, was nam- Plans were announced last week led general chairman of the Mont-
ANNUAL OUTING
Charles IBenson  an  80 year old State Association of County Con-, suggestion   of   Chief   Rohrbach   to | bulance  Fund     during   the     past   tables     and     decorations,     Helen by  the  East  Montgomery  County | gomery  County  Defense    Council
^Penllyn resident, died in "the Ab-itrollers. | purchase 200  feet of one and one j week
London   County   Council  ington Memorial Hospital on Sat-i    The purpose of the new as.socia-1 half inch ho.so. a "Y" coupling, a
Montem St. L. C. C. Rest Centre i urday from injuries received last; tion   is   to     promote     legislation j spray nozzle and a fire extingui-
Finsbury   Park,   London   N.   4.! Monday when he fell from    the 1 beneficial to the first class town- sher known as "C O. 2," which is
England; roof of his home. i ships and fight vicious legislation, j to be used principally m exting-
S.   E.   Penna.   Chapter,   American j     Benson, who suffered a fractur-'as  well  as  to  act  as   a   clearing iuushing oil  and gasoline  fires.
Red Cross e^j vertabrae and a spinal injury house   for   all   problems   affecting j    The report of the hoard of di-
when he fell from the shingle roof i first  class  townships.   Dr.  Barker : rectors indicated that the company
which he was repairing and land-j cited the Philadelphia annexation j will erect a new fence between the
ed on a flagstone walk, was given ' proposal  and  the  Moul-Woodring Company's and Donkolberger's pro-
I received six very carefuUv pack-   first     aid   treatment     by   Officer 1 milk  bill  as  examples  ot  legisla-j nerty. Edward Chew, reported new
ed  layettes     from     the   Women's  Kenneth  Rempp,    of  the    Lower 1 tion  which  the  association  would ^badges  have  been   received     and
Voluntary    Service    here,    so     I' Gwynedd   township   police,      andlepposc. I were ready for distribution.
thought you would like to hear a : Chief Lester J. Carpenter,  of the;    Named  to  the executive    com-'     Chief  Rohrbach   reported     that
li   'e  of our  work  in  London.        j Ambler  police,  who   happened   to I mittee were, J. Russell Sonnohorn. ithe   company   had   responded      to
',,   have been here since last Sep-j be  passing   the   scene   of   the   ac-i president of  the  Upper  Moreland  lour   fires   since   the   May   mect-
t; nber,   and   these   are   the   first ' cident at the time | Board of Commissioners;  Isaac J, iing. none of which was serious.
'{A  Cross  supplies    that   I   have I     Further treatment was eiven the ^ Sheppard. .secretary    of Plymouth I     The  company will take  part in
!*'«. The London  County Council i„ed man bvD^T   A   Hen^^^^^ ^"ssell P. Yost, secre-ithe   parade  at   West  Chester     on
mi i,„ ,„i, ., , ,•'. , ,_;agea man oy ui.  i. /\, nenatibon, i, ,,   ,,r„,,,    r>,^  onr¦r,^,o   Tr,i„n. ! !.,„,.  oaiu
Philadelphia. Pa., U. S. A. Dear Madam:
It was with groat joy that today
was remov-
i tary   of   West   Pottsgrove   Town-; June  28th.
t    ^e taken over the public schoo s ; of Ambler, before he was .^.-.uov-,  ..-    „.   „,. ^   „„,„.„   <.„Hn„«oiri J      over London, wherever condi-| ed to the Abington Memorial hos- ship,  Elmer C.Pe..ySpringf^^ '^        (ContiniipH on PaoA 51 „i»oi ;Township     Commi.ssioner,      and
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pital
^»'     ed
Montg. County Federation of Women's Clubs Adopt Another British Child
Franklin    LT"wrigh'tr''"piymouth i REPUBLICAN  WOMEN I Township   Commissioner. j HKriKQ PI FrTlflN
Townships  represented   in    the I • UlOKAJSO tLC*-1 lUn
association   are:   Abington,   Chel-1
I tenham. Lower Merion, Plymouth,      The Ambler Council of Republi- I Springfield, Upper Moreland, West! can Women met on Monday even- { :Norriton   and   West   Pottsgrove.     jing in the office of Squire Urban I In closing the meeting Dr. Bar-j on   Forest   avenue   with   quite   ai Iker expressed his appreciation to large   number   of   members   pre-1
  I the   County   Commissioners      for i sent.   President  Mrs.  Sara   Landis j
The latest British child, "adopt-' events   and   public   contribution.'making the Board Room available ' presided   and   several   new   mem-j ed"   by   the  Montgomery   County Local   clubwomen   are   aiding   in I for  that  and  future  meetings  of bers were admitted. ,
Federation    of    Women's     Clubs,  the collection of funds. In addition! the Association. I     It was announced by the chair-,
through   its   War   Refugee   Relief  to Mrs.  Burke,  tiiey  are:  Mrs.  E.; iP^a" of the committee. Mrs   Betty
Committee, is a twin to the latest L. Towne, president of the Colony TESTIMONIAL GIVEN ' V'h^ked h^ J .'i.noe," nn Snt nri"nv
one adopted by Mrs. Franklin D.  Club ot Ambler and Miss Nancy i UCRCD T   MFYFR^' •   ;   t7    Vo    •   on s,atuiday
Roosevelt,  America's  First  Lady. Stevens,   president  of  the  Junior H^BER T. MEYERS ^evenmg.  .1 ly   12^ in  the   re^^^^^^^^
The newest Montgomery county , Colony Club of Ambler.   ' ^""^ ^"""^ "' *^^ ^""'^^ Memorial;
adoptee    is    little    golden-haired ¦     It requires $120 to afford shel Mary   Maloney,   3   years   and   7   ter   for   each   child   for   a   year.
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AMBLER
Catiiarine   Allen
Samuel   Ayres
Anna Bailey
John S. Bailey
Thomas Bailey
Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Bender
J.  H.  Borrell
Mr, John Brady
George  Cathers
Raven  Chavis
Mattie Crawley ,
Jamos  Donato
Daniel   Ford
F. Fulcher
Alfred   Gaskins
Roger  Gaskins
John   Giampa
Miss  Paula  Gebicke
William   B.   Gross
Harton   and   Hildman
E.   K.   Haupt
L.   B.  Heckler,  Jr.
John  Hopson
Mary L, Illingworth
Mrs.   Andrew   Johnson
Clabon Johnson
Rosetta Johnson
Abraham Jones
Harvey D. Jones
M.  J.   Keating
Edward J.  Kelly
Rev. N, L, Kilson
Mrs,   Elsie   Knight
Mrs,  Kolbach, Jr.
Osmond Lee
Moses Lucas
Wm,   E,   Maider
Mr,  F'red Martin
Mrs,   McPhail
Mr, J. R. Mullin
Alexander Niblock
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Reed
W.   S.   Rile
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Schaufler; and food and prepar-, Real Estate Board for its outing to'by the County"Commissioners, ations, Dorothy May King, The : be held June 24 at Toms River, at | A teacher and lecturer. Wright troop leader is Mrs. Winfield Cook, • the summer home of T. W. Monta-1 has been actively engaged in de- and the assistants are Mrs. C.; gue, board president. The program | veloping a home defense program Wm. Camburn. and Mrs John I. i calls for a variety of sports events, | for the Legion for the past year Prickett. .luncheon and dinner, jand a half. He is a member and a After tho proeram a Court of "^^^ outing committee includes past commander of the John Win- Awards was held. Fifteen girls j ^°"^^g"^; William K.DonaMson, I throp Post Na 118, Bryn Mawr. received their second class badges. W,,Griffith Knorr.W^ W. Deissler,, Durmg the World War he was ™, „, „ T„ „ 1 i „ „ r- !^i, I William D. Ridgway. John C, ^ overseas with the A, E, F, and saw It "^AHcc ioulse'^ D^ens Ann;^^'"*"-' ^- ^«"*='- Gallagher. W. active service in the Argonne with ett, Alice Lou^e Deens ^n"^ Cl.yde Gourley, Howard R, Yoder, the 79th Division, MayDickinsori, Betty Groff, Helen. joj,„ p „^„,ig William King, ^ Other members of the Montgom- Jackson, Sue Anne Jackson, Betty i (-ua,.i„g Tpvg,.j,,„ William J Stew-'„ ^'^"•^'^ ""'^"'"'^'s "i I'le montgom n<;1pvhniH Anno nstprhoiit Rpfl v: a vfu . a ,.r V j n * 1 ^T County Defen.se Council will Usttinout, Anne Ubtetnout. Hetty grt. Chester A. West and Preston be anoointpH at an Pirlv ,iatp tho Jean Snvder, Mary Jane Willox,! pa'. oe appointed at an eai ly date, the c 11, -^r.-n^k., T-.„..„ti,„ vir,n ^'*"- Commissioners indicated. The pro- Sally     Walked     Dorothy     King,; j ^^ ^^^^ Council, while outlin-
Anne Hough, Helen Louise Schau- ^^ ^^t forget to give to thoied generallv in the Act providing fler, and Nancy Wolf. An award c„^^„„jty Ambulance Associa-, for establishment of such bodies for excellent troop work was tion Fund, Send your check to J. [will be developed in detail upon presented to Anna May Dickinson,' Russell Meyers, Secretary, Amb- completion of the Council's per- and fBiewell awards to Anne and, ier, Pa. sonnel.
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NEW COLORED CARD      I Questionnaffes Mailed to Draftees of
USED FOR REGISTRATION r n    Cl H      J    M     1       T i r-
Draft Boards Number iwo ana Five
Two colors of registration cards will be used by Pennsylvania's 422 Local Boards in registering ap¬ proximately 65,000 men for Sel¬ ective Service on July 1,  1941
These questionnaires have beeni  686 1855  Herman    Peter    Blair,
mailed  to registrants of tho  local
Willow   Grove.
Dr. William Matlier Lewis. Sel-i'^¦'aft boards number two and fivei   831   1856   Benjamin    Llewlyn
A testimonial dinner was given; Episcopal Church and that tickets | Heber . T.   Meyers.   Ambler   High, for the supper are ready for dis- -, , , ,      , , , ... (Srhool athletic coach  bv the mem-1 tribution, Mrs. Urban also declar-'
,ms   old,   niade   homeless   by:     A meeting of  the  chairmen  of ^ch°ol athlete coa^^^^ ^^^^  ^^^^     ^^^^^^  indications!
HvJi bombs and now sheltered at war refugee work m the various i J'^f ^'^^fg^'^S^hoT Board     last! the event will be largely attend- Broxwood   Nursery   in   suburban ' clubs   listed   in   the   Montgomery | rjij^^^g^g     evening  at   the  Spring ed and that anyone desiring tickets :
London,   on   the   estate   of   J.   B. I County   Federation    of   Women's j^jguntain House   Schwenksville.      may secure the same from her or | ,	
Priestly,    noted    British    novelist Clubs   will  be  held   next   Thurs-1     Attending the'affair, in addition any member of the group or they   «rp,T.pp   nmiPirc CTIinin and supervised by his wife. i day at Clifton House, Fort Wash- to the school board and the facul-|Can  pay at  the door. TTmiEIV  UUl^UriCO OlUUlU
Her brother, brown-eyed, curly- ington.    Covered    dish    luncheon I ty,   were   Mr.   and   Mrs.   N.   H.,     The coming primary election in j 	
haired    Tommy,    has    just    been  will be held between the morning; Meyers,  parents    of the     Trojan i September   came   up   for   general      Walter  Eldridge,  a  writer  who
"adopted"  by Mrs. Roosevelt, ac-, and afternoon sessions. i.coach. and Miss Lucy G. Coyle, a I discussion \ind   consideration  was , formerly   lived
cording to word telephoned from,
New York, Wednesday, to Mrs. C. j
B
presi
men
War _
The    connection    of    the    county  can Headquarters, Foster Parents  "y<   ! refreshments were .served, Hovenden,  whose  pictures     hang tive "color of card" wii'fbe'used'for
,octive Service  Director  for Penn-j "^"ffg   the   past   several   days. i sylvania, said after a studv of re-j     Questionnaires will be sent daily ' vised regulations that white cards ¦, by various boards and must be re- will be used  for men born on or I turned within  five days. Answers before   October   16.    1919.   while I must be written in ink and sworn melon colored cards will be used' to before   a   notary   public   or   a to  take  the  registrations  of  men ; member of the Local Draft Board, 'born between October 17, 1919 andi 1331  1845 BVancis Edward Fertsch, jJuly 1. 1920. I 416 Tennis Ave., Ambler.
While the July I registration is 11653 1846   Charles   Frank   Brad- I intended  primarily  to  cover  men j field.  North    Lane,     Spring
i who   have   reached   their   twenty- Mill.
i first  birthday  since  last  registra-11084 1847 Alvin Glenway McClel itlon   day.   October   16,   1940.     thB | lan, 456 Tennis Ave,, Ambler,
I local boards will be supplied with 11761  1848  Erwin    Chester Heppe, I white cards also in the event thati Ft,    Washington    Ave,,    Fort
aliens    between  twenty-one    and Washington,
;it   Meadowbrook Suffering of Children i retired   member  of  the  facultv,     , given   to   holding      two   meetings ^ lane. Chestnut Hill, recently mov-! jhirty-six   who   have   entered   thej 2715  1849    Harry    James   Leight-
Mrs   Burke offers the followine      Coach Mevers, who will assume  prior to  the  primaries.    Speakers; ed    to    the    remodeled    two-story, United  States    since  October     16' ham, 356 E. Hector St., Con-
¦      -  ¦ —"'   " --"   '--   "- '     '-¦¦'-'¦"''    •¦¦'¦¦'¦'-    u..........    .u„    .f_,       ,,,..... I shohocken.
850 Marvin Hanloy Lap- radd, Skippack Pike, Ambler,
851 Lawrence Lufkin Bates, Madison Ave., Fort Washing¬ ton.
469 1852 Harold William Long- acre, 112 W. 9th Ave., Con¬ shohocken.
group vvith Ihe First Lady, through  Plan lor War Children „ _A recent study of what hap-1    Mrs, Josephine Billger and her  in this country's largest and best each, thus making it easy to keep
war  relit 1   activities,  was  reveal- ihe   poster  Barents   Plan   tor ^^ ordinary whole life insur- committee    were hostesses on the known museums. the registration cards of registrants
ed   by   .he   Foster   Parents   Plan,; War childrtn, has 0P«I'ed a nevv  ^^^^ p^jj^.^^ ^^^j. ^j^^ ^^^^.g gj^^^g,occasion. i     Eldridge entertained 60  friends of each new age group separated
New   ),  uk office. ; recuperaiiqn centre in i!.ngland, at ^ ^y^^^ counting bv amount of prem-i   lat an informal party at his   new  from those of the older age groups,   447 1853 John Lewick Borkowski,
Tht   Jhild is the sixth  adopted   Hampsiead, lour miles trom Lon-^j^jj^g p^j^^ g^ peVcent are matured I    —Influence is the exhalation of' studio  home which  is  located   atj 200 E,  llth Ave., Consho.
by tht couniy chibwomeii, through  don 11^.^, death, 41i'& percent are cashed . character.  —  William    Mackergo Butler  and    Germantown     pikes.       —Do vour part -  - give to the 891   1854 August    Michael    Bar-
Jundi     raisea     through     benefit, 'Continued on Page i) in, and 1',-ij percent are lapsed.        Taylor, Plymouth  Meeting. Ambulance Fund, bate, 120 Maple" St., Consho.
Thomas, Foulke Road, Amb- bler,
1477 1857 Edward Alexander Munoz, 311 E. Hector St., Conshohocken,
1284 1858 Joseph James Augus¬ tine. 27 Oak St.,' Consho.
1699 1859 William Fredfirick Bosch, Conshohocken, R, D, No. 2. 378 1860 Cipriano Alfredo Chav- arria. Jr., 711 E. Hector St„ Conshohocken.
2205  1861 Frederick Krinvic, East¬ on  Road,  Hallowell, 790  1862  George    Lucien   Casev, 121   Apel  Ave,.  Oreland,
1660 1863 Jo.seph Cupchak, 1206 Fayette   St,.   Con.shohocken,
2236  1864  John   Leo  Monaco,  200 Mattison  Ave,. Ambler, 2  1865  Benjamin  Franklin   In¬ gram.   119  W.  7th  Ave.,  Con¬ shohocken.
3301 1866 George Caradine Somes. Jr„  112 Bala Ave,, Oreland,
1277 1867 Peter Paul Slowik, 109 Center St,, Conshohocken,
1294 1868 Francis John Dippolito, 200  Maple St,,  Consho,
1953   1869   Francis   .Jo.seph   Clark,
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