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HE  AMBLER   GAZETTE
VOL. LXV —NO. 2
AMBLER, PA., MARCH 11, 1943
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Members Hear Report of Com- V'Stitecs;  Approve Library ,". Donation
The Ambler School BoariJ at its March meeting, Tuesday evening, authorized the renewal of flre in¬ surance on the high school prop¬ erties to the amount of $100,800. The board voted that the com¬ mission formerly paftd to the late William Urban be paid to James A. Cassidy, of 57 Butler avenue, who has purchased the insurance business of the late Mr. Urban.
E. E. Kerschner, supervising principal of the schools, reported an enrollment of 369 pupils in the elementary grades, 320 in junior high school and 368 in senior high school, making a total of 1,057. Tuition bills for the month totaled $4,577.51.
Fire drills were held in all the buildings during the' month and the time required Ijo empty the buildings was as follows: High School, two minutes land five sec¬ onds; Forrest Avenue, 1 minute and two seconds; IVJattison Ave¬ nue, 1 minute.
Miss Edythe Garges, school nurse, reported that during the month of February the pupils of the twelfth grade were given rou¬ tine medical examinations. Dr. Almon Stabler examined the pupils.
Mr. Kerschner read the activi¬ ties report of the high school.
Webster O. Johnson, of the sup¬ ply committee, reported that a car¬ load of coal had been delivered to the high school.
The improvement committee re¬ ported that thirty soda and acid fire extinguishers in the high school were charged. The ex¬ tinguishers in the Mattison avenue and Forrest avenue schools were inspected.
Paul W. Norris, treasurer of the school board, reported a balance of $14,633.40 in the treasurer's re¬ port.
The board ordered the transfer of $500 from the general account to the sinking fund account. The board also approved the author¬ ization of the state tax payment totaling $1,040.
A complete report of the de¬ linquent tax collector's statement will be made at the next meeting of the board, according to a letter received from the executor of the estate of William Urban.
The board approved a donation of $100 to the Ambler Public Library.
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Ambler   Group   Active   in   Sal¬ vage  Drives;   to  Attend Church Services
Girl Scouts of Ambler Troops 108 and 232 will commemorate their organization's founding by attending, as a group, the morning service at the Ambler Presbyter¬ ian Church on Sunday
Collection Dates Set
For Scrap  Drive
The Ambler Borough truck will collect scrap iron and old rubber in the various sections of the community.
The collection days will be as follows: first ward, March 29; second ward, March 30, and third ward, March 31.
Everyone is urged to co¬ operate in this drive. The quota for Ambler borough is 150 tons.
[Local Red Cross War Fund Drive j Underway; Name District Leaders
BUREAU NEEDED
The Community Ambulance As¬ sociation issues an appeal for the Girl Scouting was "introduced in  gift  of an  old bureau  or  set  of
The general solicitation for the Ame.rican Red Cross War Fund, 1943, has started in Ambler. The business people and residents will be asked to contribute this week.
The organization work for ef¬ ficient collection has been com¬ pleted. The business district is un¬ der the leadership of James A. Cassidy.
The residential district is under
want to "back up a fighting man", it will take ten dollars to do so. Ambler is proud of her fighting men. The flag is flying with 375 men represented. Will you do your part to support the men that are fighting your battles for you?
"If you turned down the person who called on you, because you did not understand, and now de¬ sire to do your fair part, call one
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Nutritional    Bciiclits   of    JVIilk
Shown in Film PrcsenlctI
al Club Mcctin}?
The nutritional benefits of milk were shown in moving pictures at the meeting of the Junior Colony Club of Ambler, Tuesday evening.
The first film was a comedy showing a new milkman learning the route. This was followed by a short   picturing   the   training   of
this country on March 12, 1910 by Juliette Gordon Low, of Savan¬ nah, Ga., where the first troop was formed. Today there are over 700,000 registered scouts in the United States.
After the death of Mrs. Low in 1927, the Juliette Low Memorial Fun(i was formed to foster better international relations among girls the world over. This fund is sup¬ ported by scouts and friends ofi scouting and is used to bring girls ( of all nationalities together in summer camps. The western hemisphere encampment is Camp Andree at Pleasarttville, N. Y., where girls from Canada, United States, Central and South Amer¬ ica meet every year. Six selected girls are also sent to Our Chalet in Switzerland.
Since the war, with transporta¬ tion prohibited, the Juliette Low Fund, along with the Girl Scout Victory Fund, has been directed into channels for alternating war- born distress among children of the world. Since September these funds, through British War Relief, have provided ninety-four dozen pieces of cotton underwear, 400 discontinued Brownie uniforms, eighty-eight pairs of hose and 412 pairs of shoes. For three thousand Greek children rescued and being cared for in Egypt, $J500 was ap- (continued on page 3)
DR. JONES TO LECTURE AT GWYNEDD MEETING
Dr. Rufus M. Jones, of Haver¬ ford, will address the third of the series of community lectures to be held in Friends' Meeting House, Gwynedd, on Sunday evening at 7.30 o'clock. His subject will be "Spiritual Resources for the Tasks Before Us". Dr. Jones recently spoke on behalf of the starving children of Europe on a program with Herbert Hoover at a meeting in Carnegie Hall, New York City.
As chairman of the American Friends' Sei-vice Committee, Rufus M. Jones saw the committee un¬ dertake feeding in an attempt to save children of unemployed coal miners in the United States. He saw relief brought to children on the two sides of the fighting line during the Civil War in Spain and during the present war. He has been directing the carrying on of relief wherever it is possible.
In addition to being a professor of philosophy at Haverford Col¬ lege from 1904 to 1934, Rufus Jones is well known as a lecturer, preacher and writer. He has written over forty-five volumes on mysticism, religion and Quaker history. His most recent book, "New Eyes for Invisibles" has just been published.
The community lecture is open to the public.
drawers. The furniture will be used for storing the extra blankets and bed linen used in the ambu¬ lance.
Anyone  having  furniture   suit¬ able for ths purpose is asked to notify Bernard Lindenfeld, chair¬ man, by telephoning Ambler 0635.  o	
L FOR FRANK W. WORTH
Vice Prcsiflcnt of Anibler Trust
Company Dies Suddenly of
Heart Attack
the supervision of Mrs. Dewey I of the workers or captains on the Behringer, as chairman, with cap- I telephone and he will be glad to tains appointed for the districts of | come back and collect your money, the town.   The captains are: Mrs.  We want  to be able to say that
Frank W. Worth, sixty-six years old, of Prospectville, well-known throughout 'this section, died sud-
Harvey B. Allen, Mrs. Winfield C, Cook, Mrs. James Palermo, Mrs. William Rile and Mrs. Alice Wash¬ ington.
The quota for Ambler is $8,000. This sum will not be raised unless everyone does his part. In most campaigns about one-third is raised from the business men, one- third is paid by the residents and one-third by industry. In this drive it will not be possible to raise the quota unless there is a Red Cross sticker in every win¬ dow.
Those collecting for the drive have this to say: "In wartime your Red Cross does more for your boy in the service than any other or¬ ganization can. This year the Red Cross is spending ten dollars for every man in the sfervice.   If you
there is a Red Cross sticker in every dwelling and store in the town. Don't let your fighting rnen down; don't let your neighbors down; don't let your country down. If you fail to give to the Red Cross War Fund, in the sum that you can afford to give, you , are letting them all down, and you i are also letting yourself down. j "How can you allow the fighting men to give their lives for your country- and for you, and then not be willing to give the largest sum that you are able to give? Amer¬ ica has always been able to raise j the sums necessary to fight on to victory. But victory can be won or lost in the small towns and crossroads of America if the peo¬ ple do not catch the vision of larger flelds and larger ideals,"
Dates to Remember
March 15—Last day to use Coupon No. 11 for three pounds of sugar.
Deadline for filing 1942 in¬ come tax returns and making first quarterly payment.
March 16—Stamp No. 12 be¬ comes valid for five pounds of sugar to be used until June 1.
March 21—Coupon No. 25 for one pound of coffee be¬ comes invalid after this date.
Deadline for motorists to use A-4 gasoline ration cou¬ pons worth three gallons.
March 25 — April's ration points for canned and pro¬ cessed foods become valid.
March 31—Tire inspection deadline for A gasoline book holders.
1942 Pennsylvania motor vehicle registration plates be¬ come invalid at midnight.
Council Sets Tax Rate; Discusses Annexation
j Nancy    N.    Wells,    Springfield High School Graduate, Will Be Stationed in New Mexico
MISSING IN ACTION
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Miss Nancy Newbury Wells, R. N.,' daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Everett  S.   Wells,  719   Bethlehem
COMMUNITY CENTRE
GROUP HEARS REPORTS
The regular meeting of the ad¬ ministrative committee of the North Penn Community Centre was held on Tuesday. Twenty- four members were present.
Mrs. Frank A. Libbon gave a comprehensive report on the needs in our community for the care of children of mothers engaged in defense work. Mrs. Libbon and her committee obtained their in¬ formation from schools, churches, police, industries, Montgomeuy County Council of Social Agen¬ cies, Office of Civilian Defense of Montgomery County, the health committee of the Council of Social Welfare of Montgomery County, Philadelphia Council of Social Agencies and Judge Dill who is in charge of federal funds in the Philadelphia area.
The survey showed that most mothers working in defense plants make their own arrangements for their children.
Seventy-five new patients have been under the care of the Cen¬ tre's nurses during the month of February. The nurses made 470 visits and conducted two child health conferences during the past month.
Donald Stillwagon, Son of Am¬ bler Postmaster,  Missing in North Africa Campaign
FRANK W. WORTH
denly of a heart attack at his home, Sunday evening, about 6.-30 o'clock.
He was planning to leave with his wife for a visit to Florida when he was stricken.
Mr. Worth was vice president of the Ambler Trust Company since its founding in 1917. He was also treasurer of the Community Build¬ ing and Loan Association of Am¬ bler.
A former Ambler man is re¬ ported to be missing in action in North Africa.
He is Private First Class Donald \ Stillwagon, son of Postmaster j Oscar H. Stillwagon, of Mattison avenue. Ambler.
A telegram fromj the War De¬ partment on Monday to his mother, Mrs. Laura Duffy, of Philadel¬ phia, revealed that he was "miss¬ ing in action" in the North Afri¬ can campaign. He left this coun¬ try in September,  1942,.
Stillwagon, who enlisted in the U.- S. Army in January, 1942, was assigned to Camp Wheeler, Georgia, where he received train¬ ing in a tank division of the in¬ fantry. He was employed in a Philadelphia war industry prior to his enlistment. He attended Norristown High School.
Postmaster Stillwagon last heard from him in February, when he received a letter from Tunisia. His brother, Oscar H. Stillwagon, Jr.
Civic   Organizations   Distribute
Over 500 Kits; Receive Letters
of Appreciation
NAMED PRESIDENT
The Rev. Martin L. Tozer, pas- cadets in the United States Army i tor of the Upper Dublin Lutheran Air Corps. The last film explained i Church, was elected president of the advantages of homogenized i the Philadelphia District of the milk and described the process of | Central Pennsylvania Synod of the homogenizing.       I United    Lutheran   Church   at    a
The hostesses were Miss Helen meeting which was held in the Klosterman, Miss Jane Tompkins, Upper Dublin Lutheran Church and Mrs. Paul E.  Williams.   The I last Tuesday.
refreshments   were  served  under j     The District is composed of the 'the   direction   of   the   hospitality   churches of the Philadelphia area chairman, Mrs. Doris Wilson. | and southern New Jersey.
Miss Jean  Lutz,  president,  an- j  o ¦
nounced that the executive board |     Complete 350 Overseas Bags appointed Mrs.  Paul  E.  Williams i     The women of the St. Thomas' as first vice president to fill  the   Auxiliary     of    the    Wissahickon
More than 500 "refresher" kits have been given to selective serv¬ ice men leaving Ambler for in¬ duction into United States armed forces. The kits were first dis¬ tributed May 8, 1942.
Each of the packages contrib¬ uted by residents of this draft area, No. 5, contains a package of cigarettes, matches, a candy bar and chewing gum.
The slogan of the civic organiza¬ tions sponsoring the custom of presenting kits to the boys is "Do your bit—a quarter a kit".
The kits are given to the men when  they gather  at the  Legion j tlie Army Nurse Corps. 7'emorial Home, Ambler, prepar- I    She left yesterday for Albuquor- atory to leaving from the Ambler j que, New Mexico, where she will railroad station for  an induction   be stationed at Kirtland Field. Her center.   The  plan was originated {rating will be Second Lieutenant to show the men that the folks at j A. N. C. home are thinking of them. |    Miss  Wells was   born  in   Law-
Those who wish to help provide  rence, Mass., but attended school kits may get in touch with Mrs. | in Pennsylvania, graduating from
NANCY  N.  WELLS
pike,  Erdenheim, has enlisted   in
is a radio operator on submarine The prominent bank official was! duty in the South Pacific area.
Private Stillwagon was a former
Sheldon Smith, chairman, or Mrs. W. W. Quarles. Donations will be received at the Brenneman and Brady drug store.
Springfield High School in 1939. She was captain of the basketball team in 1938 and held the Middle Atlantic States Championship title
a past master of the Hatboro chap-1 _ ^_   ^    ^_   _^ 	
ter of the Free and Accepted Ma • I member of the  Wissahickon Fire  Fund7The"con'slioh^cken"wo^ School of Nursling ot Chestnut Hill
The     sponsoring    organizations i for the discus throw the same year, are   the  Ambler   Community   Kit i    Miss Wells graduated from the
sons and was also connected with  Company, Ambler the Jenkintown chapter.   He was i a former member of the Ambler 1 Rotary Club. |
Besides his wife, Martha, Mr., Worth is survived by his son, G. j Kingsley Worth, of Florida; his i daughter, Mrs. Evelyn Taylor, .of} Prospectville, and three grand-1 children. j
Funeral  services  were  held   in j the   chapel   at   Whitemarsh   Me-1 morial Park, Pipspectville, yester¬ day afternoon at 2 o'clock.   Inter
SIX YOUTHS ARRESTED
BY CHIEF CARPENTER
Five   Flourtown   boys   and   one Fort Washington  youth were  ar¬ rested Monday morning, for mali¬ cious mischief after breaking pri- ! vate property in Ambler on Sun- I da.y evening.
j The youths arc: Joseph H. End, i fifteen, and his brother, Edward ment Yo'ok'piace Jn'tiie^^adjoining i End, sixteen, Flourtown; Sydney cemetery. Viewing was on Tues- \ ^- Gregory, sixteen, College ave- day evening at Felty's Funeral ""e- Flourtown; Ralph Schuman, Parlor, Hatboro. | seventeen, Haws lane, Flourtown;
 ^^^  I William Straub, sixteen. West Mill
I road, Flourtown; and Neil Dulin, I seventeen,  Ellerslie   avenue.   Fort Washington.
Chief of Police Lester J.  Car¬ penter, Ambler, arrested the boys
REPOBLICAN WOMEN TO CONTINOE meetings:
Club, the Conshohocken Good Will Group and the Whitemarsh Wom¬ en's Club.
Letters from the men show that they really appreciate the thought behind the idea as well as the kits themselves.
PURSELL RECEIVES
Graduate of Air Forces Officer (^uudidutc   School Miami Beach
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George  D.  Pursell,   son   of   Dr. and charged them with malicious 1 ^"d   Mrs.   James   P.   Pursell,   of mischief and disorderly conduct.   | Morns road, Port Washington  has Carpenter said the boys were in I successfully   completed   his   three
vacancy left when Miss Lutz be¬ came president in place of Mrs. Charles Miller who resigned.
Mothers   of   the   juniors,   and members of the senior club will be
Shelly's  store  between  9  and   10
Branch of the American Red Cross yesterday completed 35£ overseas ditty bags.
The  ladies not only made and filled the bags but were also re
President Esther M. Jeiikiii Gwynedd   Valley,   Appoints Nominating Coiiimitloo
months course at  the Air Forces Officer Candidate School at Miami
,-¦ I p. m.,   Sunday,   where   they   bent I „      ,     „,    . , ,  , .     .
"*   spoons and tore up the menus. The | Beach, Florida, and  has received
entertained   at  the  next  meeting | sponsible for securing the various to be held March 23.  The speaker will be Dr. Raymon Kistler, presi¬ dent of Beaver College.   He  will
discuss "Learning to Live". The hostesses will be Misses Helen Nightingale, Elizabeth Nice, Helen Roesch and Mrs. Harold Gearinger.
Members of the Eastern Mont- articles such as pencils, envelopes, j gomery   Countv   Council   of   Re-,,      , ^   ,     ,
paper,   cigarettes,   soap,   needles, j publican   Women,   meeting   Tues-' °.°!J\'^f f""^   ^'"'^^ thread, razor blades, chewing gum,: ^ay at the home of Mrs. William i ^^^^t ""^"^
chief said that later they went to i the   Nesbitt   apartments,    Butler I avenue, where  they  tore off pri¬ vate   mail   boxes,   upset  a   water j bucket placed there for incendiary street  electric
Hospital  in  May,   1942,   and  has since done private duty.
She   has   two   brothers   in   the service.. ,
j ANGTHER~AMBLER NIGHT AT STAGE DOOR CANTEEN
I A party for 600 of the crew of ! the U. S. S. Boise with their wives ! and sweetliearts was held at the I Benjamin Franklin Hotel, Phila- i delphia, last Friday. Several I French  and  English sailors were
also  guests.    The   party   was   ar- j ranged by the ship's cliaplain and
the  food committee of the  Stage ! Door Canteen.
The boys provided the food and I the food hostesses ot the recrea- j tion center served it canteen style. I Edward Everett Horton and I other members of the cast of I "Springtime for Henry" enter- I tained at the canteen last Thurs- i day night.
j Ambler night will be celebrated I this evening wlien the food served I the men will be ctintributed by ; Amblor residents. The sum of $100 j is needed to pay for one evening's I food bill.
Contributions   will   be   received
etc., which went into each one.
-Do your part
Buy U. S.
IT.   Muldrew,   of  Noble,   voted   to j continue the monthly meetings in |,      ,   ,.     ... spite of the transportation difticul- [ ^^^'' '^*^^ "'S"''
They were arraigned at a hear¬ ing before Magistrate Robert Kcp-
War Stamps & Bonds every week. | tjes during the present emergency
It was decided, liowever, to liold
Facts About the Income Tax
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TliF <'s the ninth of a series of articlet! prepared by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, and presented each week in Tlie Gazette.
Losses incurred in the operation of farms as business enterprises are deductible from gross income. If farm products are lield lor fav¬ orable markets, no deduction on account of shrinkage in weight or physical x'alue, or by reason of deterioration in storage, is allowed, except as such shrinkage may be reflected in an inventory if used in determining profits.
The destruction by frost, storm, flood, or flre of a prospective crop is not a deductible loss in com¬ puting income since it represents the loss of anticipated profits which have never been reported as income. Likewise, a farmer en¬ gaged in raising and selling live¬ stock, such as cattle, sheep, and hogs, is not entitled to claim as a loss the value of animals that per¬ ish from among those animals that v.-ere raised en the farm, e;:-
MISS HOFFER ENGAGED
; the meetings at the homes ol mem-1     ,„ ,   -,       ,     ¦     ,,   .r  a-
! bers in various sections. The April |   .'^AVn "'^   ^''^-   ^''"^'^  ^^ "°"'"' j meeiing   will   be   held   on   April I "^   Willow   avenue,   Ambler,   an-1 ' 6th at  the home of  Mrs.  Edward I """"'-'f   "le   engagement   ot   their, Phillips, 31   Woodland  road,  Ab-I ^juighter, Floy, to Willis H. Ware, ineton ' °' Flushing, L. I.   Both are grad-
Hostesses for that meeting will! ""|f ol^Amblcr High School, be   Mrs.   C.   Harold   Godshall.  of I     Miss Hoffer was recently grad-
cept as such loss is reflected in an inventory- if used. If livestock has
been purchased  for any purpose,   ^.^   .......   ^.   ,.^.^...   v.^..,. ,  — i     ,   , „        „        ,, ,t  •
and afterward dies from disease, Wyndmoor: Mrs. William T. Mul-! "ated trom Cornell University. Mr exposure, or injury, or is killed by | drew, of Noble; Mrs. Walter F. ^are who is the son of Mr and order of the authorities of a State I Linton, of Abington; Mrs. Frank ; Mrs Willis Ware, ot Pleasantville, or the United States, the actual I Du Broe, of Jenkintown, and Mrs. i N-J. isa„ alumnus ol the Univer- purchase price of such livestock, George N. Hing.ston, of Glenside. \^^^\ "' Ponnsylyania and the Mas- less anv depreciation allowable as' A tea will be held on May 4th ! saL'luiscUs Institute ol Icchnology. a deduction in respect of such per-I at the home ol Mrs. U. S. Grant 1 "e is at present employed as re ished livestock, may be deducted j Blanchard, of Parkview avenue as a loss if the loss is not com-
I search engineer with the Hazeltino
pensatcd for by insurance or oth¬ erwise, Tlie actual'cost of otlier property (with proper adjustments for depreciation) which is de¬ stroyed by order of State or Fed
Willow Grove, when Congressman | Research Corporation, Little Neck, (Continued on page 2) i    '     '
No  date j wedding.
has   been  set  for  the
his commission as a second lieu- j
tenant  in  the  Air  Forces  of  the j
Army  of the United  States.   His
duties will  be to direct vital ad-   ,     .„^ ^
ministrative and supply operations; ^.v Mrs. J. Robert Simpson, High-
of   the   rapidly  expanding   Army i'and  avenue, and Mrs.  Harry R
I Weaver, Forrest avenue. The name of Mrs. Harvey B. Allen has been added to the list of contributors.
CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Maurice E. Allon, 352 For- ' rest   avenue,   Ambler,   celebrated
her eighty-seventh birthday,, Sat- ! urday. Mrs. Allen, well-known ' dry goods merchant, received ' many cards, telegrams, flowers ; and other gifts.
I She had been ill lor several days i prior to the anniversary but was ! much improved on Saturday. She ' has   been   resting   at   home   this
week.
NAMED CHAIRMAN
Mrs. James A. Shelly, of Bethle¬ hem pike. Ambler, and Mrs. Annie Landi.s, of Tennis avenue. Ambler, ha\e been named as chairmen of the Hroup organization and schol¬ arship committees of the District No. 7, of the Girl Scouts of Eastern Montgomery County at a recent meeting of the group.
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ARREST TWO YOUTHS FOR STEALING IN AMBLER
Two Ambler boys were commit¬ ted to the House of Detention on Tuesday night for looting a bakery truck in Ambler.
Receiving a report that several boys were stealing cakes and pies from the parked truck, Chief Lester J. Carpenter sent Officer Robert King to investigate. He failed to flnd anyone near the vehicle, but while cruising in the neighborhood saw two boys stand¬ ing at Bannockburn avenue and Church street with several boxes in their possession.
OflScer King questioned the two boys and found that the boxes contained cakes and pies. He also found a quantity of cakes under the jackets they were wearing. . The boys gave their names as Joseph Giampa, 15, of 305 Church street, and James DelConte, 14, of 347 Church street, both of Ambler. They were committed to the House of Detention for Juvenile Court by Magistrate Robert Kepler.
DR. CHARLES MORRIS
ADDRESSES KIWANIANS
Dr. Charles Morris, supervisor of special education of the Mont gomery County Schools, addressed the members of the Ambler Ki¬ wanis Club at their weekly meet¬ ing held at School Inn, Tuesday evening. James A. Cassidy intro¬ duced the speaker.
The speaker said the Common¬ wealth of Pennsylvania is pioneer¬ ing in special educational pro¬ grams. The work of a supervisor includes the educational adjust¬ ments for the mentally retarded, the exceptional, the delinquent, the partially blind and deaf chil¬ dren, the speaker added.
Percival Theel wa& a guest of Rev. Paul E. Schmoyer and Nor¬ man F. Taylor was a guest of Bernard Lindenfeld. Frank A. Peirce presided at the meeting.
Robert Kelly and Daniel E. Bid¬ dle were elected directors of the club.
Graeme Frazier, 3rd, will ad¬ dress the Kiwanians at the club meeting on Tuesday night.
Approve 8I4  Mill Tax Rate at
March  Meeting of Ambler
Borough Council
PLAN PRAYER SERVICE IN LOCAL CHORCHES
Special Programs Will Be Held
in Amhler, Fort Washington
and Gwynedd
The property tax rate for the Borough of Ambler remains un¬ changed. It was set at eight and one-half mills at the March meet¬ ing of borough council.
The tax rate is based on an esti¬ mated income of $57,098.50
The meeting was enlivened b.v two heated arguments. The first was instigated by Joseph Cavalier who questioned the dependency allotment sent to Mrs. Sara Lan¬ des. Mrs. Landes has been receiv¬ ing checks since last fall in one- half the amount of the salary paid her son, Wilbert, when he was a clerk in the borough office. Landes was inducted into the army in August.
Cavalier held up a recent check due to be sent to Mrs. Landes on the grounds that the finance com¬ mittee had no right to issue it without first consulting the coun¬ cilmanic body. He supported this viewpoint in an argument with John Berwind during the meeting.
Berwind said that council* had, at a previous meeting, authorized his comm.ittee to act in the matter as it saw fit. He proved his point and his report of the activities of the finance committee was accept¬ ed and spread upon the minutes.
The dependency checks have now ceased as the borough has paid the maximum amount for this year as set by state law.
The second argument was in re¬ gard to the annexation of a sec^ tion of Upper Dublin Township by the borough. Solicitor Edward Foulke said that he was not sure what it would cost the borough to annex this tract and that he. was unable to get the proper figures on the township's debt status. Ed¬ ward Kelly insisted that council should know exactly how much expense the annexation will mean to the borough.
Twent.v-two residents of the sec¬ tion have petitioned council for annexation because of the better sanitary facilities offered by the borough. There are fourteen double houses on Church street" and three double houses on South Main street involved.
Children living here would at¬ tend whatever school the stata council of education directs.
C. Raymond Weir, borough en¬ gineer, will draw up a plan of tha properties involved.
After discussion the matter was (Continued on page .3)
LITTLEliW IN BUCKOUT TESTS
Erdenheim,   Girl   Hurt   During
Practice;  Stage Many  Lici-
dcnts in Ambler
GEORGE  D.  PVRSELL
POLICE  CHIEFS  TO  MEET	
The   Police   Chiefs'   Association | '"    "
or  Montgomery  County   will   hold | TIRE  INSPECTIONS
eral   authorities may   likewise  be' their annual banciuot and meeting i     Persons making application  lor ^'i''^"''-''^'^.S''"'-'"'; f"'''-'*^^' '^'JJ'^.'''^" claimed as a  loss.   If reimburse-  at the Whitemar.sh Country Club,! supplementary     gasoline      ration |''cving trained pilots lor lull.time        GARDEN CLUB TO MEET ment is made  by a State or the  Germantown     pike,    Whitemarsh, Iwoks were advised  this morning i "y'"*^ ''^'^y-     „ , .     ,, i     ^^^^^   °''^'    ^'"'^   ^"'"^    Garden
United States in whole or in part' Township on Wednesday. i bv War Price and Rationing board i     Lieutenant  I urscU,   who   is  34,1 Club will meet in the Strawbridge
on account of stock filled or other'     oflicers of the association  are:   2646-5, serving this area, that they I entered the Army last August and , Si Clothier Salon, Jenkintown, on
nt tire  inspection  cer-] served as assistant flight leader in { Friday,    March a "        ' ¦   '"     "      —   - - •
property  destroyed   in   respect  of  David S. Ennis, Whitemarsh, pros-j must  presen
which a loss was claimed in ajjcient; Howard D. White, West j tificates showing their tires have prior year, the amount received is j N,)i-iiton, vice president; H. | been inspected bctorc they can required to be reported as income j Charles  Wisler, Lower  Gwynedd, i obtain the coupons.
for tlie year in which reimburse-i secretary; and Lester J. Carpenter,'  o	
(couUriued cu page 2) Ambler, treaturer. —Claawfied Aclt, Uriiig RESULTS.
19th,    with    Mr. Technical   School   Squadron   at j Charles E. Mohr, director of cdu- (continued on page 3) ; cation of the Academy of Natural
 o  I Sciences, as guest speaker. He will
—D(j your part . .  . Buy U. S.i present  an   illustrated lecture  on War Staiups h. B-Jiidt every v.'eek.  "Familiar Birdt".
The World Day of Prayer Serv¬ ice for the Fort Washington- Flourtown - Whitemarsh District will be held in Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washington, tomor¬ row atternoon at 2.30 o'clock. All women are invited to join in this worship service which is spon¬ sored yearly in all Christian churches by the United Council of Church Women. I
Seven churches are uniting for the program this year. They in¬ clude St. Thomas' Church, White¬ marsh, joining the group for the first time; the Presbyterian Church, Flourtown; Zion Lutheran Church, Whitemarsh; Christ Lu¬ theran Church, Oreland; the Erd- enheijn Community Church, Erd¬ enheim; St. Paul's Reformed Church and Trinity Lutheran Church, both of Fort Washington.
Women from each of the .seven churches will participate in the program which is built around the theme, "Father, I Pray That They May All Be One". The six parts are entitled "Out of tho Depths", "Glory Be to Thee", "O Lord, (Continued on page 3)
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TO HOLD CARD  PARTY
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Wissahickon Fire Company will hold a public card party in the lire hall on Butler avenue, Amblor, next Thursday c\'ening, March 18th, beginning at 8.30 o'clock.  o	
—Buy U. S. War Bonds and Stamps^ E'.ery Pay Day.
Satisfactory results of last week's blackout test were reported by air raid wardens throughout this section. Chairmen Of local de¬ fense councils said that residents and motorists showed a desire to cooperate, but that confusion re¬ sulted through the use of the ne>v warning system.
Many householders did not un¬ derstand that homes were to be blacked out at the first signal and to remain that way until the "all clear" was given by radio. In some cases residents received notifica¬ tion of the "all clear" before the wardens.
In Ambler, Bernard Lindenfeld, control center commander, said that the practice incidents were reported rapidly and that every¬ one was on the job. He said, "There was very little confusion in general". Luther Fretz, chief air raid warden, reported that the test was "all right".
One home accident during the blackout was reported in Erden¬ heim. Constance H. Dallas, six¬ teen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George M. Dallas, Bethlehem pike, fell down the stairs of her home and suffered bruises of the shoul¬ der and a slight concussion. She was admitted to Chestnut Hill Hospital for treatment and re¬ leased on Saturday.
Richard S. Cross, who is in charge of defense activities in Springfield township during the absence of Chairman David C. Birdsell, said that the test was fairly good. It showed up several dead spots in the township where the siren could not be heard. Some of the dead spots were eliminated by the use of the steam whistle on the Eastern Regional Research Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture in Wyndmoor. This was the first time the whistle was used.
Whitemarsh reported vei-y good results of the test. The "incidents" were completed satisfactorily and in good time.
WAR BOND QUOTA
Montgomery County has a quota of $1,475,052 in its March war bond sale, Rodney K. Merrick, chairman, announced tliis week. The Pennsylvania q u o t a is $50,000,000.
Extinguish Field Fire
Tho Wissahickon Fire Conipan.v i>f Ambler was called to a field fire on the property of Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Jr., Mathers Mill road. Ambler, at 2,20 yesterday altcr- a66c.