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AMBLER  GAZETTE
VOL. LXIV —NO. 30
AMBLER, PA.,  SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 '
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
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m\i WITH POLICE
Proceeds   To   Be   Used   For '•^l£,CiviIian Defense Equipment; *^')   $100 in Bonds Awarded
Five Officers Attacked by Loi¬ terers   on   South   Spring Garden Street
Attendance of over 1000 persons and gross receipts of approximate¬ ly $350 made Ambler's block party a complete success on Wednesday evening. The party was sponsored by the air raid wardens of Sector 23, in order to raise funds with which to buy civililan defense equipment, and was held on Rose¬ mary avenue, between Poplar and Orange streets.
Among the special features at the party was the award of $100 in war bonds. Winning flfty dol¬ lars in bonds was Mrs. Julia Nib¬ lock, of Butler avenue. Ambler. Twenty-five dollar bonds were won by Miss Varnice Thompson, of Center street. Ambler, and Jacob M. Shelly, of Lansdale. Fifty dol¬ lars worth of bonds and stamps were  sold  during  the  evening.
Entertainment was provided by a group of girls from the All-Girl Revue of the William Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, American Le¬ gion of Fort Washington, under the directiorr of Mrs. G. H. Britt. Dance numbers were presented by the following: Tessie McNair, Nora ) Roberts, Iris Montague, Georgia i Lancaster, Jean Spears, Anna Rob¬ erts, Sylvia Goshner, Helen Holtz, Jean Lancaster, Elaine Loughlin and Sue Curran. Acting as mis¬ tress of ceremonies was Nancy Hoflfman, of Broad Axe. Mrs. Hel¬ en Klosterman served as accomp¬ anist.
A specialty clog dance was per¬ formed by two five-year-old cous¬ ins, Barbara Kriebel, of Lansdale, and Jimm.y Dougherty, of Ambler.
Chairman of the party was Selby Foutty, and the entire staff of the Woolworth store, in Ambler, help¬ ed during the evening. Dancing was supervised by Marion Compton and Grace Danser, and lighting was under the direction of Henry Deens. On the refreshment com¬ mittee were Louis Neigut, sector warden, and Louise Goldtierg. Equipment was loaned by St. Jo¬ seph's Catholic Church, and C. Proctor, of Telford, was in charge of music. James Palermo, of the Rosemary Garage, Ambler, made possible block party lighting, by allowing a hook-up with the garage.
Mr. Foutty, expressing his ap¬ preciation to all who supported the party, declared that he was particularly grateful to the Norton Downs, Jr., Post, Amepican Legion of Ambler, H. C. Deens and Brother, St. Joseph's Church, Mr. Palermo, and many others who cooperated to make the aflfair pos¬ sible.
Charges of inciting to riot, re-i sisting arrest and drunkenness and | disorderly   conduct   were   lodged i against    three    Negroes    arrested Saturday night on Spring Garden [ street,   near    Butler   avenue,   in Ambler, after a tussle in which the three men, and the sister of one of   them,   "slugged   it   out"   with three police officers and two aux¬ iliary policemen.
Arrested were Allen Johnson, of the   Armon   buildi^ig,    on    Race street.   Ambler  and   David  John¬ son and Moses Hall, both of Jar¬ rettown.   At   a   hearing  the   next day  Police  Chief Lester  Carpen¬ ter preferred charges against Mrs. I Eugene Hall, of Race street. Am-1 blcr, sister of Allen Johnson, for ] disorderly conduct and interfering with a  police  officer in the per- j formance of Ws duty.
The trouble began when Police Offlcer Robert King and Auxiliary Policeman Mervine Tate, colored, cruising    down    Spring    Garden i street   in   the  police  car,   noticed ] the three men on the wall of the! Bell Telephone Company building. I Because no loiterers are  allowed! there,   they   were  ordered  to  getl olT  the wall.  Instead of obeying,] the men started a disturbance, and when   King   attempted   to   arrest Hall, the man hit him.
As King fought back the other two men and the woman got into the fight. Mrs. Hall was grabbed by Tate just as she tried to bring a rocking chair prong down on King's head, according to police. King blew his whistle for help and fists flew more furiously. (Continued on page 5)
. 45 DRAFTEES LEAVE
Forty-five draftees left Ambler last Saturday for the Army Induc¬ tion Center at New Cumberland, Pa. Forty-.seven were scheduled to leave, but illness prevented two Ambler men from departing.
James Buchanan, of 111 Belmont avenue. Ambler, is recuperating in Abington Memorial Hospital, fol¬ lowing an appendectomy, and Jo¬ .seph A. Lapetina, of 437 Edge- wood drive. Ambler, is ill at his home.
Aotamn  Checks  In
One has left and one has come.
In other words, Summer checked out at 12.17 p.m. yesterday, and Fall checked in.
And from now until December 21, each night will be three min¬ utes longer than its predecessor. This will be more noticeable this year than previously, because war time is in effect all of the year. On Christmas it will be dark until 8 a. m.
TWO TRUCKS HOUSED BY AMBLER EIREMEN
IHEART AILMENT FATAL Poor Cooperation Marks Opening IN AMBLER BURGLARy! TO JOHN W. DRAYTON     °^ ^^^^P Salvage Drive In Ambler
Sentence to Be Passed Tomor¬ row;  Defendent  Linked to Numerous Thefts in County
Penllyn    Man,    48.    Was    Vice
President of North America
Coinjianics
200 Guests Witness Ceremony;
Hear  Address  by  Judge
Harold G. Knight
ON SOCIAL SECURITY
AIR RAID WARDENS HEAR COUNTY DEFENSE HEAD
Russell Matz, chairman of the Montgomery County Council ofj Civilian Defense, was the guest speaker last Friday evening at a meeting of Lower Gwynedd Town-| ship air raid wardens. The meet¬ ing was held at the Spring House School.
Matz,   who  also   is  the   newly- appointed procurement officer for Pennsylvania for civilian defen.se equipment, declared that local de¬ fense   groups   .should  not   be   too hasty   in   purchasing   equipment, since it is very possible that it will be provided by the Federal gov-1 ernment.  An open discussion was I held,   with   wardens   asking   thej questions    and    Matz    answering t^em.
Chief Air Raid Warden Charles Baker   presided   at   the   meeting.! A social hour followed.
H. C.  Hoover Addresses  Local
Cluh;   Report of  State
Convention  Given
H. C. Hoover, manager of the Social Security Board at Norris¬ town, spoke on "Old Age Security Beneflts Payable Under Amend¬ ments of the .Social .Security Act" before the members of the Ambler Kiwanis Club at the meeting held at School Inn, Tuesday evening, Frank A. Peirce introduced the speaker. President Henry C. Deens presided.
The .speaker said that the Old Age and Survivors Insurance is a system of social insurance op¬ erated by the United States Gov¬ ernment. The wage earners, who are covered by the insurance, and the employers of the wage earners contribute equally to a trust fund out of which benefits are paid. At the present time, he explained, one per cent is paid by the em¬ ployee and one per cent by the employer. After January first this amount will be increased to two per cent each.
Mr. Hoover stated that two mil- (Continued on page 3)
ERDENHEIM MAN ARRESTED
Leon Worthington, of 171 Haws lane,    Erdenheim,    was    released yesterday in $500 bail for court, | charged   with   operating  a   motor] vehicle while under the influence! of intoxicating liquor. j
Worthington was arrested atj Haws lane and Church road, Erd-; enheim, on Tuesday evening after he narrowly missed hitting a car driven by John O. Bremble, of 5820 Chew street, Gerrhantown, and then tried to start a flght with him.
Springfleld   Township's   Acting Chief  of  Police  John   Ferry   and | Offlcer Edwin Turner investigated.; Hearing   was  held  before  Squire 1 Joseph Quigley. !
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ARRESTED FOR PANHANDLING i
William Signs, of S. Locust; street. Ambler, better known as | "Stump" Signs, was arrested Mon-1 day morning on Butler avenue, | above Ridge, charged with pan-1 handling.
Following     a   .hearing     before ] Squire William Urban he was sentj to the Montgomery County Prison, to await further hearing.
PAYS FIVE DOLLARS FINE
Charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct, Dominick Mancinni, of 287 W. Chestnut street, Arabler, was arrested Sat¬ urda.y evening on Butler avenue.
He was fined five dollars by Squire William Urban.
With much of the usual cere¬ mony di-spensed with becau.se of the war, members of the Wissa¬ hickon Fire Company of Ambler last Wednesday formally housed their two newest pieces of fire ap¬ paratus. The occasion was marked by a dinner attended by 200 guests, and followed tho meeting of the Fourth District of the Mont¬ gomery Count,y Firemen's Associa¬ tion, at the fire house.
The traditional volunteer fire¬ men's ceremony of pushing the trucks into the fire hou.se was per¬ formed by the fire chiefs and en-, gineers of the ten companies in the district. Housed flrst was a $7,000 Hahn 350-gallon-per-minute pumper, with Albert L. Blauser, a former driver of the York, Pa., fire department, steering the ap¬ paratus. Blauser now is serving in the U. S. Navy.
The second truck, a $12,000, 750- gallon-per-minute pumper espec¬ ially constructed for the Company under patents by Fire Chief Clar¬ ence Yost, was steered into the building by Robert Moss, U. S. N., who also is a former member of the York Fire Company.
Before the housing. Judge Har¬ old G. Knight introduced William Deuchar, president of the Wissa¬ hickon Fire Company, who un¬ furled a service flag with twelve stars, representing twelve iriipm- bers of the company now in the armed services.
Tho.se members of the company now in service are: Charles Deu¬ char, Earl Dinnell, Harold Groff, (Continued on page  4)
PLAN SPECIAL SERVICE
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
A special service in observance of Young People's Sunday will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washington, on Sunday morning at 10.45 o'clock.
Members of the Young-People's Group will participate in the serv¬ ice and the pastor, the Rev. Rob¬ ert E. Horne, will deliver the ser¬ mon, "Not Yet Fifty Years Old".
Thomas Tressler will be the lit¬ urgist for the occasion, while Charles Kaufmann will read the scripture lessons. The offering will be received by Roger MacBride and prayer will be offered by Frederick Klosterman. Misses Helen Klosterman and Betty Mich¬ ael will sing a duet and Miss Mary Fales will sing a solo during tlie service.
.Sentence will be passed tomor¬ row morning on Jefferson Kane, 65, who was convicted on Mon¬ day of burglary and larceny of an adding machine from an Am¬ bler office last year.
Kane acted as his own lawyer in Montgomery County Court at Norristown in his trial before Judge George C. Corson. The jury deliberated but flfteen minutes be¬ fore returning its verdict.
The defendant was charged with stealing an adding machine from the offlce of Ely Hough, in 1941. The case was one of several in which Kane, also known as J. W. O'Connor, had' been involved. Earlier this year he entered a guilty plea to a charge of receiv¬ ing stolen goods before Judge Har¬ old G. Knight, and was sentenced to a term of six months in the County PrLson. He completed this term in July but was detained in jail to answer additional charges which had been preferred against him by District Attorney Frederick B. Smillie's offlce.
Ambler Chief of Police Lester Carpenter, Chief Frank Sweeney, of Jenkintown, and several Phil¬ adelphia detectives testified at Monday's trial. Chief Sweeney tes¬ tified that a total of twenty-four adding machines had been stolen in the county, and that all of them had been traced and recovered. He said that Kane had been connected with many of the cases in one way or another, either as the man who took them or had sold them.  o	
Funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow at St. Thomas' Episcopal Church. Whitemarsh, for John W. Drayton, of Penllyn pike, Penllyn, who died suddenly yesterday at the University Hos¬ pital in Philadelphia, from a heart ailment.   He was 48.
Mr. Drayton, who was Vice President of the North America Companies and widely-known in flnancial and insurance circles, was in his offlce in Philadelphia on Monday, when ho became ill, and was removed to the hospital.
He is survived by his wife, the former Charlotte Rush, of Phila¬ delphia; three sons, Benjamin Rush Drayton, now serving in tho U. S. Army; John W. Drayton, Jr., a student at Princeton Uni¬ versity, and Richard Drayton, and a daughter. Miss Mary Drayton. Two brothers. Dr. William D. Drayton and Henry Coleman Drayton, al.so survive.
A son-in-law of Benjamin Rush, Chairman of the Board of the North America Companies, he en¬ tered the flrm in 1927 and in 1934 was made Vice President, in charge of investments. As vice president he also served as vice president of the Insurance Com¬ pany of North America; Indemnity Insurance Company of North America; Alliance Insurance Com¬ pany of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Fire and Marine Insurance Com¬ pany; National Security Insurance (Continued on page 2)  '¦ o	
ACCIDENT VICTIM DIES
Charles Cleaver, 69, of 1602 I^I. 15th .street, Philadelphia, died in Ihc Chestnut Hill Hospital on Monday as the result of injuries sustained in an accident at Beth¬ lehem pike and Church road, in Whitemarsh, last Saturday eve- j ning. 1
Walter McCormick, of Bethle¬ hem piko, Fort Washington, the driver of the socond car involved in the accident, will be held pend¬ ing a coroner's inquest. McCor¬ mick was going north on the pike when Cleaver's car, going, south, went onto tho wrong side of the road and crashed into him.
Cleaver   was   admitted   to   the hospital, suffering from lacerations of  the   face  and   legs,   contusions of the abdomen and apparent frac- j tures.  McCormick suffered lacera-( tions of the left hand and lacera¬ tions of the upper lip and nose.  o    <
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WOMEN'S CHURCH GUILD      | HOLDS CONVENTION i
A group of residents from this area were among the 275 women who  attended  the  First   Biennial i Convention   of   the   Philadelphia | Synodical  Women's  Guild  of  the j Evangelical and Reformed Church' at St. John's Reformed Church, in Lansdale, on Tuesday.
Election of offlcers was held with the following reelected: President, Mrs. Charles D. Rocket, of Royersford; First Vice Presi¬ dent, Mrs. Paul S. Gerhart, of Tel¬ ford; Second Vice President, Mrs. John Smith, of Quakertown; Sec¬ retary, Mrs. Charles Knowles, of Philadelphia. Mrs. David D. Math¬ ews, of Philadelphia, was elected treasurer, succeeding Mrs. George Rauhood, of Norristown.
The guest speaker was Miss Lael Henderson, of Cleveland, Ohio, who is Secretary of Literature and Publications for the Reformed Church. Devotions were led by Mrs. Harvey Jone, of 150 E. Butler avenue, Ambler, and the invoca¬ tion was offered by the Rev. Dr. Alfred N. Sayres, pastor of the Lansdale church.
Four  Tons  Collected   to  Date;
With    Only    Two    Sectors
(living Full Support
DRIVE   ENDS  NEXT  WEEK
Charles W. Churchman to Speak ] Next   Wednesday;   Club        j Names New Directors
BENEEITS OE GUILD   jMacNAIR TO ADDRESS TOLD BY SPEAKERSIOPENINGP.T.A.MEETING
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Members of Needlework Organ- Spring House Group Will Hear
ization   Hear   Reports   on Work; Name Directors
The beneflts of the work done by the Ambler Branch of the Nee¬ dlework Guild of America were described by speakers addressing the Branch's flrst meeting of the year on Tuesday, at the Ambler Presbyterian  Church.
Miss Mae W. Garrett, general director of the North Penn Com¬ munity Centre, told the group that 1,215 garments were received from the Ambler Branch during 1941, and related several interesting stories of the uses made of the clothing.
Representing Chri.st's . Home, at Warminster, Miss Julia Martin, a member of the Home's faculty, re¬ lated the growth of the institution from a small beginning to its pres¬ ent size. Miss Martin asserted that the Home now includes forty buildings, and cares for some 300 children and about flfty aged guests. She pointed out that dozens upon dozens of garments are need¬ ed constantly in order to clothe all of the institution's family.
Miss Dorothy Johnson, Amer¬ ican Red Cross staff member who is head recreation worker at the U. S. Naval Hospital in Philadel¬ phia, told of the needs met at the Hospital by the garments supplied by the Guild. She said that there was  a  particular  need  for  small
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Rear Admiral Discuss Present Conditions
Rear Admiral J. Duncan Mac¬ Nair will be the guest speaker on Monday evening at the first meet¬ ing of the season of the.Spring House Parent-Tea.cher A.sso'ciation, at the Spring House School.
Rear Admiral MacNair, who is retired, is a former Navy chap¬ lain, and was the only chaplain ever to be made a Rear Admiral in the U. S. Navy. His topic will be, "Present Conditions and Our Future  Outlook".
The meeting will begin at 8.15 o'clock, with the Rev. J. William Dow, of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, Ambler, offering the in¬ vocation. A surprise musical fea¬ ture will be presented during the evening, and the program will be followed by a reception in honor of members of the Spring House School Board and faculty. The public is invited to attend.
Members of the Executive Com¬ mittee of the Association were en¬ tertained on Monda.y evening at a business and social meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sholler, of Penllyn road, Ambler.
The first covered dish luncheon for the season will be given by the As.sociation next Wednesday, at 12.30 p. m., at tho home of Mrs. William Wolf. Sumneytown pike, Gwynedd. All PTA members, as well as those interested, are in¬ vited.
The Rotary Club of Ambler next Wednesday will welcome Charles W. Churchman, governor of the 179th di.strict of Rotary Interna¬ tional, which includes forty-nine Rotary clubs in Southeastern Penn.sylvania.
Churchman   will   speak   at   the i regular    meeting    of    the    group, ! which   will   bo   held   at  Niblock's | Restaurant, on Butler avenue. Am- j bier,  at   12.15  p.m.    Prior  to  the I moetinj;, he will bo present at the Club Assembly, which will be held at   tho   restaurant  at   11.15   a.m. Matters pertaining to club admin¬ istration and Rotary service activi¬ ties will  be discussed at the As¬ sembly.
The Rotary governor is a mem¬ ber of the Rotary Club of Easton, Pa.,   and   will   hold   office   until shortl.v   following   the   1943   con- i vcnticn   of   Rotary   Internationaf, j which is scheduled to be held next June   in   Philadelphia.     He   was nominated as governor at the con-! ference of the  179th district held i last April at Swarthmore, Pa., and j was  formally  elected  at  the  19-12 ; convention   in   Toronto,   Canada,} this past June. |
Churchman is associated with j his father in conducting thej Churchman College, at Easton.
At yesterday's meeting the Ro-J
tarians heard Dr. Russell C. Erb,"j
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AMBLER WOMEN HONORED AT GIRL SCOUT PROGRAM
Two Ambler women, Mrs. James A. Shelly and Mrs. Anna Landis, were among the members of District 7 Executive Board, Girl Scouts of America, who received recognition last Thursday in a special ceremony at Philadelphia.
The occasion marked the swear¬ ing into the U. S. Citizens' Service Corps of" 200 registered adult Girl Scouts, who have served over fifty hours in Scouting service. The program was held in the Social Service Building of the Scouts, in Philadelphia.
Mrs. .Shelly is group organiza¬ tion chairman, and Mrs. Landis is member-at-large. Other executive Board members receiving recogni¬ tion were: Mrs. A. John Spaeth, of Lansdale; Mrs. Edwin Hallowell, of Jenkintown; Mrs. Louis Mc¬ Lean, of Wyncote, and Mrs. Gus¬ tave E. Rosenau, of Elkins Park.
Mrs. E. Swift, Newton, Com¬ missioner of the ' Girl Scouts of Philadelphia, presided.
Stage Door Canteen Gets Money For Milk From Ambler Residents
There were 175 bottles of milk at the Stage Door Canteen, in Philadelphia, on Saturday that Qv^^ed their presence to eight Am-
I   M residents.
Miose eight people decided that they'd like to do something to help with tho entertainment of the boys in the service. So, in a jiffy, they collected the milk money and sent it down to the basement of the Academy of Mu¬ sic. And because milk is one of the most popular beverages served to servicemen there, it's needless to say that the gift was appreci- , ated.
According to Mrs. J. R. Simp¬ son, Jr., of 310 Highland avenue. Ambler, who serves at the Can¬ teen, about 500 bottles of milk are used each night. In all, it takes about $100 per night to supply the food to serve visiting soldiers, sail¬ ors, and marines, according to Mrs. Simpson.
The Amblerites who contributed money were: Mrs. William S. Rile, Mrs. Charles Hibschman, Mrs. Robert Egolf, Mrs. Walter Calvert, Mrs. Dewey Behringer, Mrs. E. G. Davies, Mrs. Robert Rosenberry, and J. R. Simpson, Jr.
Contributions   to   the   Canteen
were made during the Summer months by members of the King's Daughters of the Ambler Presby¬ terian Church; the Methodist Women's Society of Christian Service; the Colony Club, and the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Nor¬ ton Downs, Jr., Post, American Legion of Ambler.
The Canteen is serving about 1200 men each night, while it originally planned only to serve some 300 men. So there's room for other Ambler residents to help, too. Those who wish to volunteer their services may apply at Room 410, Land Title Building, Broad and Walnut streets, in Philadel¬ phia. And money contributions are always gladly accepted—and put to good use.
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BANK   CASHIER   IN   NAVY
T. Clinton Rapp, cashier at the Ambler National Bank since its opening in March of 1934, has left for active duty with the U. S. Navy. He is a yeoman third class, in the Intelligence Division.
Rapp's duties as cashier have been taken over by Walter Reller, executive vice president of the bank. Oliver Tolan has been made an assistant cashier.
HURT IN SIDEWALK FALL
Daniel Romberger, 54, of 1627 Columbia avenue, Philadelphia, suffered lacerations of the^scalp when he fell to the sidewalk at Ridge and Butler avenues, in Am¬ bler, on Friday afternoon, stricken with an epileptic attack.
He was given emergency treat¬ ment by Dr. Walter E. Fine, of 145 Forrest avenue, and then taken to the Abington Memorial Hospital in the Community Ambulance. Following further treatment, he was discharged.
Romberger is a salesman and was in Ambler on business.
TRAINING AT GREAT LAKES
Sydney C. Buchanan, of Fort Washington avenue. Fort Wash¬ ington, a carpenter, who recently enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve as a carpenter's mate, third class, is now undergoing a period of recruit training at the U. S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, 111.
Following his completion of re¬ cruit training he will be assigned to duty with tho U. S. fleet, or at one of the naval shore stations.
PRESBYTERIANS MEET |ET. MINGTON P.T.A. TONIGHT EORRETREATISEES AIR RAID FILM
Members of Four Churches to  Picture Gives Pointers for Einer- Gather   in   Norristown   for       gency Action; Arboretum Cur- Dinner—Meeting I        ator   Addresses   (^roup
OYSTER SUPPER SATURDAY
An Oyster Supper will be held on Saturday, from 5.30 to 8 p. m., in the basement of the Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church, Beth¬ lehem pike and Rosemary avenue,
i Ambler.
I The supper is being sponsored by the Ladies' Guild, and the i)ub- lic is invited to attend. Roast beef
I will be served those not desiring
j oysters.
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I        New   Library  Hours
The Ambler Public Library has announced that beginning tomorrow it will be open every Friday morning, from 10 a.m. until noon. This is in addition to the ] regular Frida.y afternoon and ' evening hours, from 3 to 5 I    p. m., and from 7 to 8 p. m.
The annual retreat of the First Presbyterian Church of Ambler, the First Presbyterian Church of Bridgeport, the First Presbyterian Church of Norristown and the Central Presbyterian Church of Norristown will be held this eve¬ ning at the Norristown First Pres¬ byterian Church. Several hundred persons are expected to attend the dinner-meeting.
The Rev. J. Garret,t Kell, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, will preside over the meeting, which will open with a banquet at 6.30 p. m. At 7.45 p. m. there will be a devotional pe¬ riod in charge of tho Rev. William Pedicord, pastor of the Bridgeport Church. 'The speaker of the eve¬ ning will be Mrs. Charles D. Rockel, of the First Evangelical and Reformed Church, Royersford.
Beginning at 8.45 p. m. there will be a hymn sing. The bene- (Continued on page  4)
MISSIONARIES TO SPEAK
The opening .session of the Cliristian and Missionary Alliancei Missionary Convention will be | held on Tuesday evening at thej Flourtown Gospel Tabernacle, I Grove avenue. Flourtown. j
The Rev. H. O. Watkins, mis-! sionary from French West Africa,' will be the speaker at the lirst! session, which will begin ut 8 p. m. j
On Thursday evening. Miss Edith Moore, of India, will be the' guest missionary. Sunday eve¬ ning's guest speaker will be thej Rev. R. L. McCJougan, of Washing-1 ton, D. C. Both sessions will begin j at 8 o'clock.
Face emergency calmly; know what to do, and do it.
Those were the points stressed in the Vocafilm, "Air Raid Warn¬ ing", which was shown nt the first Fall meeting of the Fort Wa.sh¬ ington Parent-leacher Association la.st Thur.sd.iy.
Tho picture, which was pre¬ pared by the First Fighter Com¬ mand of the U. S. Army, gave a stop-by-step account of the pro¬ cedure by which all aircraft now are identified in the Civilian De¬ fen.se set-up.
Members of the Association also saw a colored nature film, pre¬ sented by Henry T. Skinner, cura¬ tor of the Morris Arboretum, in Chestnut Hilt. Mr. Skinner gave an interesting lecture in which ho told the history of the Arboretum. He pointed out that many of the trees, plants and flowers on dis¬ play were brought to this country from the Orient in 1890, and that they are part of the estate of John T.  Morris.
Several vocal selections were presented by Mrs. James Wright, of Fort Washington, and following her miinbers, tho business meeting was conducted.
Greetings were extended by Mrs. Joseph Barclay, president of the organization, and committee reports were submitted. Refresh¬ ments were .served by the Hos¬ pitality Committee.
TO HOLD RUMMAGE SALE
The Spring House Branch of the Needlework Guild of America will hold a Rummage Sale at the Wissahickon Fire Hou.se. in Am¬ bler, tomorrow afternoon, and all day Saturday,
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Dan.ser, of Highland  avenue.  Fort Wash¬ ington, announce the engagement j of   their   daughter.   Miss  Eleanor ) Danser,   to   (Corporal   Technician j Raymond G.  Beaver, son of Mr. ; and Mrs. Walter Beaver, of Lans¬ dale.
Miss Danser was graduated from Ambler High School in 1939 and is employed by the Employ¬ ers Liability Insurance Company in Philadelphia.
' Corporal Beaver, who was grad¬ uated from the Lansdale High School in 1938. is now stationed with the United States Army at Camp Whitside, Kansas. He ju.st returned to duty after a ten-day furlough.
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NAMED TO  COUNTY  BOARD
; Carl G. Lorcn/,, of Old Spring Mill road, Plymouth Meeting, last week was appointed to the County Board of Assistance by Governor James.
Ho replaces Dr. Paul T. Moyer, of LaiLsdale, who has resigned.
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LEAVES COMMUNITY CENTRE
Miss Irma Umstead, of 33 Am¬ bler road. Ambler, office secretary at the North Penn Community Centre, in Ambler, for flve years, has resigned to accept a secre¬ tarial position with the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation, in Hat-! boro. I
¦* To date, no successor has been named for the Centre position.      i
AUXILIARY   TO   MEET |
Plans for the year's work will: be made at the first fall meeting j of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Art- j man Home, at 2.30 o'clock, next | Thursda.y.
The meeting will be held at the
homo.   Bethleliem   pike.   Ambler,
and  nil  members and  friends are
I urged to attend. Tea will be served
at 3 o'clock.
AT PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL
Clifford Horner Martin, Jr., son of Mr, and Mrs. Clifford H. Mar¬ tin, of 68 Bethlehem pike, Ambler, is now enrolled as an aviation cadet at the Arm.v Air Forces Pre- Flight School for pilots at Maxwell Field, located on the outskirts of Montgomery, capital of Alabama.
In the Pre-Flight School Cadet Martin will receive nine weeks of intensive military, physical and academic training, preparatory to his twent.y-seven weeks of flight training, which leads to the high¬ ly-coveted wings symbolizing the role of a fl.ving officer in the na¬ tion's air forces. Upon completion of his training at Maxwell Field, he will be sent to one of the many primary flying schools in the Southeast Army Air Forces Train¬ ing Center.
Cadet Martin is a graduate of Ambler Public Schools and had his basic training in Army Air Forces at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was appointed an aviation cadet in the Army Air Forces on March 10, 1942, at Chanute Field, Illinois, and began his pre-flight course at Maxwell Field on August 18, 1942.
The campaign to uncover and collect all of the .scrap iron, rub¬ ber, and rags lying idle in Arnbler has begun. And by October 3 the local .salvage campaign committee hopes to have collected thirty tons of scrap.
To date, about four tons have, been turned in, but Stewart Davis, chairman of the committee, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the cooperation of Ambler resi¬ dents.
"The sector wardens are doing their part by canvassing the homes in their sections," Davis said, "but the people in Ambler are show¬ ing very poor response.
"Members of the Civilian De'- fcnse Council's Mos.senger Corps, as well as school children, have agreed to .aid in the door-to-door canvass here", he saijl, "and sep¬ arate depots for scrap are being set up in the various .sectors. Bor¬ ough trucks are calling for aR heavy scrap material, upon request at the Borough Office.
"Now it's up to the residents to show_ they're going to help win this war," Davis asserted.
At present, the only reall.v lively response to the plea for scrap ma¬ terial here is in sectors 11 and 12, according to Bernard Lindenfeld, chairman of the Defense Council. Lindenfeld prai.sed tho work being done by Sector Warden Frank Wolf, of N. Spring Garden stre^fc in the two sectors, and doclarea that in one day alor^e, over 3000 pounds of scrap had been collect¬ ed from four houses in that sec¬ tion. He said that Wolf has ar¬ ranged for a wagon to go through the streets to collect the material, and expres.sed the hope that other .sections of Ambler would show similar spirit.
Keasbey and Mattison Compan.y officials, compienting on the im¬ portance of the salvage, pointed out that many people are not fa-' miliar with the tact that th^ most pressing need is in the iron and steel producing industry itself. The.y explain that this condition is brought about by the tremendous strain being placed today on pig iron producing facilities.
Not only is demand taxing the producers beyond capacity, the.y declare, but • transportation also represents another pfessirtR pro'B^* lem. Pig iron is tremendousl.y bulky and the necessary number (Continued on page 4)
SCOUTlilElALE
Girls in Philadelphia Area Are
Asked to Sell 28,000
Boxes
CANTEEN COURSE SCHEDULED
A Canteen cour.se will be started on Tuesday, October 6th at 10 a. m., at the headquarters of the Wis¬ sahickon Branch of the American Red Cross,  in Flourtown.
The course consists of twenty lessons of two hours each, and will be held every Tuesday morning until completion. For information and registration those interested are asked to call Whitemarsh 0373.
C. OF C. TO ELECT OFFICERS
Offlcers for the coming year will be elected tonight at the monthly meeting of the Am¬ bler Chamber of Commerce.
The group will meet at 6.15 at Niblock's Restaurant, Butler avenue.
The Girl Scouts of Philadelphia will launch their ninth annual cookie sale this Saturday, with Girl Scouts all over the Eastern Montgomery County area partici¬ pating in the sale, according to an announcement made by Mrs. Richard Patch, 435 Newbold road, Jenkintown, and' Mrs. Edwin J. Hallowell, 306 Nice avenue, Jenk¬ intown, co-chairmen of the cookie sale committee in this area. "Cook¬ ies for sale" will be on the lips of over 7500 registered Girl Scouts throughout the area, from the smallest seven-year-old Brownie to the Commissioner of Girl Scouts, Mrs. E. Swift Newton.
Mrs. Patch, who has been in Scouting for twelve years and is a member of the Council, and Mrs. Hallowell, whose eighteen years of Scouting have included work in the Trenton, N. J. council and who is aLso a member of the Philadelphia Council, both feel confident that this area will meet its quota of 28,000 boxes. They sa.y, "We feel confident because we have man.y new members to sell cookies in our area, and we know that many people will want to buy (Continued on page 5)
To  Address  Rotarians
'How Would You Feel?'Red Cross Auxiliary Asks Ambler Women
Charles W. Churchman, gover¬ nor of the 179th district of Ro¬ tary International, will be the guest speaker of the next Wed¬ nesday's meeting of the Notary Club oi Ambler.
"How would you feel if you ex¬ pected your son or husband to have ever.v attention possible when ill or injured while in his country's service, and yet you hadn't done a thing to guarantee that aid?"
That is the question Mrs. Or¬ ville H. Bullitt, chairman of the Ambler Auxiliary of the Wissa¬ hickon Branch of the American Red Cross, would like ever.y wo¬ man in Ambler to ask herself.
Then, if she's honest with her¬ self, perhaps she'll decide that it's about time she did her bit. And there's no better nor simpler way in which she can help th.in by giv¬ ing a bit of her time to the local Red Cross.
The Ambler Auxiliary has been in operation for two years, and has been at its present location, on North Main street, since May, It has important work to do, in pre¬ paring surgical dressings and in sewing, and yet nn average of only thirty women have volunteered to help with that work twice a week, Mrs. Bullitt points out, and adds that these loyal workers must carry all of the load.
Because ot the few helpers, the
Auxiliary's rooms are open but two days a week, on Wednesdays and Thursdays, from 10 n. m, to 4 p. m,, and on Wednesda.v eve¬ nings from 7 to 10 p, m. According to Mrs, Bullitt, the Auxiliar,y could easil.v use fift.v to sixty women every day—the more vol¬ unteers, the more surgical dress¬ ings and .sewing that could be com¬ pleted. And the more aid that could be guaranteed for men in the  fighting  forces.
There's no rigid schedule for volunteer workers—no certain number of hours per week they must put in. But the need for them is great. And the response has been cxtromel.v poor.
And so Mrs. Bullitt i:i asking, "How would you feel if you ex- (jccttri your son or husbaiul to have ever.v nttention possible V/hon ill or injured while in hi.s coun¬ try's service, and yet you hadn't done a thing to guarantee that aid?"
She and the whole Ambler Aux¬ iliary hope that a number of Am¬ bler women will feci a little guilty, and start making amends. The Auxiliary's address is 30 N. i Main street.