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T J--]^.^ cutw" ' Ambler Gazette VOL. LXIII — 30 AMBLER. PA.. SEPTEMBER 2,5, 1941 $L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy MANYROIAK IMER GUILD kj\m mm elects officers yVnililcr CJlnlunen Win Pr Annual Event Monday i/.es al .^venty-four members of the A'.uijler Rotary Club were among *l'he 200 Rotarians who look part in the annual Montgomery Couniy Rotary Club Day held al Oak Ter¬ race Country Club, near Ambler, \m Monday. The North Wales Ro¬ tary Club was host for the day. A program of sports including Local iNeedlework Brancli lie; Guest SpeakerH al Annual Luncheon Mrs. Thomas A. Foulke, was i re-elected president of the Ambler Branch ot the Needlework Guild j of America at,the annual lunch¬ eon meeting held in the hall of the Wissahickon Fire Company, Ambler, on Tuesday. Abolil 113 directors, members and guests at¬ tended the meeting, opening the golf, tennis, quoits7and swimmini | forty-eighth year of service by thei was held In the afternoon. Dinner i branch. was served al 6,30 p, m. with Z. j Other officers elected were; Marshall Jones, president of the I honorary president, Mrs. Robert North Wales club, as toastmaster. i Rosenberry; first vice president. Miss Flora Heckler; second vice Ambler Family Holds Fifth Reunion; Elect Willow Grove Man President HONORED AT DINNER Among thc guests present were Andrew Vaughan, of Pottstown, governor of this Rotary district. LeRo.y Miller, who conducts a radio program in the morning, was the featured entertainer. Waller Shaeff, ot the Ambler club, who carried out the advance prospectus of sports in full, was awarded a special prize during the evening lor fortitude. Among oiher Amblor men lo win prizes president, Mrs. John K. Earnest; third vice president, Mrs. I. N. Cohen; fourth vice president, Mrs. Roscoe Brady; secretary. Miss Anna E. R. Dager; a.ssislant secre¬ tary, Mrs. William Fox; Ireasurer, Mrs. J. William Ditter. The guest speakers were Miss Mae Garrett, director of the North Penn Community Centre; Miss Janet Gemmille, of the social .ser¬ vice department of the Abington W. DOUGLAS ROE Well-known evangelist will con¬ duct a special .series of meetings i al the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Ambler, next week. EVANGELIST 10 HOLD were the Rev. Martin L. Tozer, i Memorial Hospital; and the Rev , vvho received a door prize; Richard ! Charles A. Piatt, pastor of Ambler Willis, who was judged the lightest, Presbyterian Church, and who won a tennis prize. | in her talk. Miss Garrett sni(i,' Harold G. Biinckempor, past w Ijresident of the Lansdale Rotary Club, was an eas.v sweepstakes winner when prizes were distribut¬ ed for miscellaneous excellence. Ho won the award fi r having the largest number of children; the largest number of married child¬ ren, thc largest number of mar- . Douglas Hoc lo ('.(uiiltict Spe« ial Meelings al Haplisl (Jiiircli William W, Ambler, of Willovv ] throe farms in lln' Mcntaomer.v- Grove. was elected president ati ville section. His son. John Amb- the Amblcr family reunion whenj ler, married Ann Foulke, of Gwy¬ nedd, and their son, Edward, mar-j riod Ann Mather of Abington. i It was their son, Andrew Amb- | ler, who bought the fulling mill' and home in Upper Dublin Town- \ ship which is now located on Main street in the borough of Amblcr. The old Ambler homestead is' now occupied by Mrs. Arthur R. t IlifT. i II was Andrew's wile. Mar.v' Johnson Ambler, for whom the borough was named. .She did heroic work at thc time of the tragic tiain wreck near the .Sandy Run station, now P'ort Washington, on July 4, la.'if). The name of the I Wissahickon station was changed : to Ambler thirteen .years after the | wreck. Eight sons were born lo ¦ ,^ndrevv anfl Mary Amblcr, Three of thom died in early manhood. ; unmarried, antl five grew ui) here. ' The reunion program continued with a reading by Mrs, Jesse Paul Ambler, of Harrisburg, Frank Am- i bier, Jenkintown, author of a his¬ tory of the Ambler family, told interesting facts about the Amb¬ lers, Dr, Jesse Ambler, of Pitts¬ burgh, showed moving pictures of former reunions. , i The sixth annual reunion will be held at the Merion Meelim,' Hou.se on the third Saturdav in the descendants of the emigrant .loseph Ambler, and His wife. Sarah Jerman Amblcr, mel al Gw.vnedd F'riends' Meeting House, i Saturday afternoon. About seventy members of the family attended the flfth annual reunion, coming from Harrisburg, iPittsiiurgh, Altoona, WiUow Grove, I Jenkintown, Langhorne, Norwond. Norristown and Ambler. I Tho new president succeeds George Ambler of Langhorne. Thomas Ambler, of Norwood, was elected vice president, in place of the new presiding officer. J. Pen¬ rose Ambler, Philadelphia, was re-elected secretary. Mahlon Am¬ bler was renamed treasurer. Mrs. Thomas A. Foulke, of Ambler, read a paper about "Tho Amblers in Ambler" in which she reviewed the history of the family. She said that Joseph Ambler, the emigrant, married Sarah Jerman in 1()H8. Their wedding was under the care of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Joseph Ambler received a cit.v tot in June, 1682, and his son, Joseph, settled in Montgom¬ eryville where he became a mem¬ ber of the Ciwynodd Meeting. He married Ann Williams, of Merion, under tho care of the Merion AS SPECIAL agent: BIRTHDAY PARTY ATTEiEDBYM j Tisiinionial Dinner (iiven in Anihler I'resliv leriah (lliuicli ' Honor of Inlelligenie Unit Cclelirales Fiflielli Ainiivcr- Cliief at Pliihifh-lpliia siirv of lite Foun<liiii Hobbies will lake the place of crooks in the life of Arthur A. Nichols, prominent Ambler man, who retires next Tuesday as special agent in charge of the In¬ telligence Unit of thc Bureau of Internal Revenue. Mr. Nichols, whose job it has been for forty years to track down evaders nf the law, will re- tiro on September 30. Instead of collecting criminals' "scalps" he plans to collect stamps; and in- More than two hundred mem¬ bers and friends of the Ambler Presbyterian Church gathered al the home of the Rev, and Mrs, Charles A, Piatt. Lindenwold ave¬ nue, to celebrate thc fiftieth an¬ niversary of thc church, last Thursday evening. The two ofiicial boards of thc church composed of elders and trustees wore Ihc hosts. Dinner vvas served in tlio lawn, Thc Rev. P. Delia Loggia, niinis- ARTHUR A. NICHOLS I'i'omiiKiu .".niijler man. who retires next week as a special agent in charge of the Intelligence Unit of the Bureau of Revenue. .stead of studying the photographs ter of thc Italian Mission, which of criminally defaultfig taxpay¬ ers, he expects lo scan the amateur movies he is fond of making. A testimonial dinner was given in Mr, Nichols' honor at the Penn "The f'li'T'.-sl organization of The Norlh Penn Communit.y Centre took place in February, 1923. Thc centre has been giving nursing care to the sick in their homes since that lime. It is organized with a board of directors, an ex¬ ecutive committee, an administra¬ tion committee, and a medical ad- ried daughters, and the largest j visory committee, and is support-1 M^unt Pleasant Baptist Church, number of grandchildren. When 1 ed by private contributions, sub-! Ambler from October 1 to 12, in¬ the distribution was over, Mr. i scriptions and payments for ser- elusive ' Miller, who was making the pre- j vice rendered. II is non-sectarian, jyjj. j^^g .^.^^ formerly a mem- .sentalions, gave Mr. Bonekemper! non-political, and no distinction is ^^^^. p£ ^j^g championship varsity the carton the prizes came in. j made as lo race, creed, age, or | ^jgi^gf^ team at Wheaton College, Other clubs represented al Ihc^*^^' , , ,., , . 'which he attended in the class of festivities besides Ambler were i ^ The visiting nur.sc service is ( 1931. while still in college he was of W. Douglas Roe, the young preacher for young people, and Douglas R. Fisher, talented con¬ ference musician, will conduct a special series of meetings at tho Meeting in 1720. Later he'bought August, 1942. HOAGLAND ELECIEO "jOFFICERS installed' LEGION COMMANDER: BY DISTRICT LEAGUES' •Til 0 l'in".«uit -of llappines •lolxr I Till and I81I1 at Flourlown William itoiillon Dixon Post | JNaniea and Installs New | ()flicers I 101 Attend Rally of '^ oiui;: People's Cliurch (;roiip,s At Amhler Frank Hoagland commander of Wil was iam elected! Officers were insta41ed at the Boulton I September rally of Section A, '. District, Luther ; The visiting nur.sc service is Pottstown, Con.shohocken, Souder-! "!^<L',°^ toever.yone within an j paj-t^,. ^f ^^e Wasco Baptist , _, ion-Telford, North Wales Upper j ^'¦""t.v-.squarc mile area. The only j (-.,,„„,j,(^ qC Wasco, 111inoi.s. In 1932 ' f^'xon Po.st, American Legion, of I Philadelphia i'erkiomon, Norristown, Jenkin-I'^t'pulation being thai a lamiiy j [^^ i^^^.a^^g paj.^,,,. „!¦ y,c j:j„sedale : Fort Washington, al the annual j Lcigiie. helil al St. John's Luther- town, Ardmore, Lan.sdale and i P"-^'^'^'^" ""'^t be in attendance. • B^pyj.^ C'hurch of Camden, N. J„ ' election of ollicers, ; an Church. Atnbler. Tuc.'-.dav night, Narberth. I The present stalT consists of a , ^^e membership of the church nurse director and three stafT j doubling during his five yciirs as nurses, all of whom are graduate i pastor. In addition, thc ' church nurses and registered with the; 3^)^^^ daily bn.ndcast periods lo state ot Penns.ylvania. They are | j^g church activities. Whilo pastor also members of the Nalional Or- ( ^e continued his studies at Eastern ganization for Public Health Nurs- | Baptist seminary in Philadelphia. '"8- I Now Mr, Roe serves both as Bala-C.ynw.yd Tho Souderton-Tellord Rotary club invited the clubs lo be its fe'ucsts next year. Olher ollicers named were: ; The Rev. Martin L. Tozer, pastor senior vice commander, Samuel ¦ of the Upper Dublin Lutlieran Moore: junior vice commander, 1 Church, conducted the service. Norman Gould; finance officer, Arthur Thomas. Phoenixville. KIWANIANS HEAR Thomas Tressler; historian, Wil¬ liam Yeakle; chaplain, Benjamin Bacon; sergeants-at-arms John Prout and Cecil Corson. The mem- is the new president. Tho other officers are: vice president. Miss Janet Brill, Glenside; secretary. , ,.,.,.. ..... *,„v. „^..^., .^ Miss Mabel Reed, Phoenixville; 'The visiting nurse work con-; g ^gn^ber of the extension staff of i l^crs of the executive committee ' tieasuier, Irvin Hill, Willow : sisls nol only of giving bedside | jvioody Bible Institute and as ex-jai'c: Roy Santman, Harry Grimm, I Grove; statistician. Miss Olive i care to the ill, bul more and more j eclilive secretary of the Montrose [ A. Hollingsworth, Charles Camp- ! Hart, Conshohocken. time is consumed in teaching the 1 conference, Montrose. Pa, As a \ bell, Frank Ferris, John S. Magill. I 1 rest of the members of the family ] teacher he demonstrates Bible ' The annual election brought, how to keep well and how to keep j truths with easily understood ob- i many members lo the meeting Os •ar IL Slillwajjon Descrihe.s Postmasters'' Con vent ion in Boston - from becoming ill I Miss Garrett stressed the im- : portance of the use of Needlework ' Guild garments in homes and ex- I ( Continued on Page 4 ) ject lessons, using his experience ! some of them traveling long dist District Forester E. Fred Brou.se, of Norristown, showed two reels of colored motion pictures on "Trees" al the weekly meeting of the Ambler Kiwanis Club, held FIRE DEFENSE PLANS THEME OF MEETING Fire defense was the main sub- on Tuesday evening al School Inn. 1 ject of discussion al the meeting Mr. Brouse, who is in charge 1 of the fourth dislriol firemen in of the Southeastern district of i the Wissahickon Fire Company Pennsvlvania, staled during the ; hall al Ambler. | past year there were a tolal of! Acting Lieutenant George Hoi-] 110 forest fires in this district I den, of the Philadelphia rescue, damaging approximately 3000 ¦ squad, explained the city's plans ; acres of trees i for fire defense. The address was' said many people do nol; ^^e fii'sl in a series arranged by \ the amount of damage i ^'strict officials oti the subject. ; in magic to sim))lif.v his sermons. Since refusing a contract with; the Canadian Broa<lcasling Sys¬ tem. Douglas R. Fisher has been \ a.ssisting Mr. Roe with original, arrangements of gospel iiT'olodics, I in addition to being organist, I pianist, and chorus choir director, ] For five years he studied under I concert pianist, R. M. Dryden, of j Toronto, Ontario. i The public is invited lo hear ! these men: inces in order to attend. Those coming the greatest distance were Daniel McMenaman, of Elkton, ' Tho department secretaries are: life service, Mi.ss Christina Rorer, Ambler; missionary. Miss Almeda Walton, Glenside; extension, Don¬ ald Miller, Barren Hill: inlermedi- ates. Miss Verna Hahn, Upper Dublin: pul.ilicit.y. Miss Eleanor Tho Ambler Players arc now tn rehearsal for "The Pursuit of Happiness" l)y Lawrence Languor | and Aimina IVIar.shall Languor, the season's o|ieniiig production, sche- i duled for performances on the | evenings ol October 17 and 18 atj the Flourtown Firo Hall. ] The play was a favorite of this ' summer's j^rofessional straw hat i circuit, but it was not given al: either New Hope or Yardle.v. and i therefore comes to local audiences ' as a fresh revival. In fact, in the I early days of summer theater pop- ! ularity, "The Pursuit iof Ilappi-' ness" was originally staged at thej Westport Country Playhouse and' immedintcl.v vvent on to hit runs I in New York and Philadelphia. It' is a comedy, and a hilarious one ! in spots, but it's no farce. It is: an engaging satire concerning the inconsistencies of American be¬ havior ailrl the reactions of one. Max Christmann, a Hessian de¬ serter during the American Revo¬ lution. Henry Stfong, vice president of the groiiij, will l)e general manager of ali productions this season. The opening play vvill bo directed Internal | Athletic Club. Saturday night, by j I his associates. He was presented. I with a gold medallion and moroc-' co-bound volume of letters from; United Stales Cabinet members, ¦ other high government officir.ls, j a.ssociates and friends. i Mrs. Nichols, the former Mar.v Belle Armstrong, of New York | City, was presented with a bou-' {(iiet of forty-three pink rose buds ; in honor of the forl.v-third wedding anniversar.v which she and her | husband celebrated on Saturday. A iiortable long and short-wave [ radio was also presented to the couple. ] The intelligence unit chief, who is flow sevenl.y years old, was I born in Neville, Ohio. He came ] east as a young man and was cm- i ployed in the advertising depart¬ ments of two large Philadelphia ' new.spapers. He entered the ser-1 vice of the federal government in 1 1902 in the New York postoffice.! Later ho vvas appointed a post-1 office inspector. ' Mr. Nichols was one of the | original five postoffice in.spectors: selected by Elmer L. Irey to form ' the Intelligence Unit in 1919. He (Continued on Page 5) 1 YOUNG PEOPLE HOLD FALL DINNER RALLY Md a past commander and Harry - craft. 'Philadelphia. Casler ot Burlington, N.^ J. ^^^^,^ ,„j r;,^^^^,,, ., The installation service Was'. conducted b.v Ninth District Com- I itlended and hoard the main address of the „ , , , „ , ¦ i , , i evening by the Rev. E. W. Huston, mander .h)hn pax er assisted by , a^^or of Christ Evangelical Luth- Distnct Deputy Nase Leedharn ^ J^^an Church, Oreland The minis- and District Adjutant Belford' Hannock. Ho tain Frank Rowe, fire chief of Philadelphia. defense 1 F ELEAP , ter enlarged on the theme tiiat the j I abundant life is dcvelop-.-d and < [ insured by love, interests, faith | ! and acceptance of the gift of ; i eternal life. i Richard Woolson, of Oreland, ! j chairman ot the rally, presided.: . ,, r-- . c \ m 1M iThe hymn service vvas led bv ' ^"''.:!fu ?a"'} ^^.^?",L,T''™'P'..^_*:: George Rourke. Amblor Highlands, Bett.y C^l'llara, one of thc most ex pericnccd directors in local little theater circles. The role of Max will be played by Ray Mayhew. Mr. Mayhew, a talented newcomer of considerable experience, was formerly chairman of directors of thc Merchantville Players. Rita McCloskey. remembered as the ( Continued on Page 3 ) A delegation of Ambler Prtsby-, terian young people attended the > fall dinner rall.v of the Presby-; terian Young People's League of Philadelphia - Norlh Presbytery,: Monday evening, at the Mt. Airy ! Presbyterian Church. 1 Those who attended from Amb-1 ler were: Richard Hoyt, <iilen! Ta.vlor antTMisses Jo.vce Ha.vward, j by ' Charlotte Kriebel, Ruth Nice, Ger- j IS a part of tho Prcsliytei ian Church. olTercd the invocation. The lawn was lighted with paper lanterns, and each tabic was de¬ corated in gold and yellow. A lowering birthda.v cake, baked b.y Mrs. Alexander Willox, a member of the church, was the central theme of decoration. Napkins with the aniTiversary dates stamped in gold added to the festive occasion. Mrs. John Stackhouse, the oldest member of the church iiresetH, cut llie birthday cake. She became a member fort.v-nine years ago, one year afler tlic orj;anizalif:n of the congregation. After Kii|)pci' Mr, I'latt _ read a congrntulritoiy k'tter from tlio McC^andlcss- Avenue Piesb.ylenaii Church of Pittsburgh, He alsfi read the minutes of the meetin,!,' held fift.v .veais ago, pointing out that the principal features of that moct- : ing were the examination and ac- i ccptance of the lirst fourteen members, words of encouragement, ' by various ministers present iii- I eluding those from the Mercer I Hou.se. near Ambler, a service of ! devotion and j)raise, and dosing I wilh the singing of the long metre ; doxolog.y and pronouncing thc I apostolic benediction, B.v way of imitation and inspira- I tion these same features vyerc re¬ peated. The Rev, CJenrge .1. Cii.sl, I of Fort Washington, li'itnci- pa,',liir iof the church, led tlu- «iuup in , prayer. A devc.lional hymn siii.t; I was also conducted with Clilford ; Gear.v as trumpeter. j The congregation then st()od and* : sang the doxology, after which Dr. I Paul J, Lux, (^f the Mercer House, ; pronounced the benediction. I Entertainment which followed i this historical service included I motion pictures iirovided by E. E. I Kerschner and Abram R, Hunsick¬ er. The guests were also invited to inspect the improvements made ( Continued on Page 5 ) AMBLER GIRL SCOUTS TO RESUME MEETINGS realize tne amount ot damage 1 „. , 1 ,-. ^ , ,. ^ done by field fires, which destroys' ^^^ speaker substituted lor Cap garne, food and cover for game "Cscar Stillwagon, postmaster at', Mr. Holden explained the plans Fort W ashiiifiluii Man ll.-hl in e Ambler postoffice, told of hisi ^"^ organizing auxiliary fire fight- it lo the Po.stmasters' Conven- I '"f "'^"s. Louis C. Hofman, flre marshal, told^f the plans for ^ire Preven¬ tion'Week from October 5 lo 11, He urged caution in preventing field flres which usually are pre¬ valent in this district during the fall season. n, held in Boston, Massachu- jfts, last week. Former Postmaster. General James A. Farle.y and Postmaster General Frank Walker were among the speakers. The conven (iirl's ,\llenipt lo Fnd Life 108, with Mrs, Winfield C, Cook as captain, will resume its activi¬ ties with its first fall meeting next Wednes I ly.. The members vvill meet in the Ambler Presbyterian Church at 3.4,') i), m. The roar ciitrance of tin? building will bc open for their use. Girls from ten lo twelve years of age are eligible for membership. Tlie first meeting is an import¬ ant one vvith the election if officers and patrol leaders schedu tion was held at the Slaller Hotel, ' Waller C. Smith, Jr., secre- !';!l!?..''T"f:^'"n"!,'.'i? ,§!'.^.^°"A *'™"^ I tary of the group, reported on a """ " " Hawaii recapitulation of the equipment in ever.v state, Puerto Rico, and Alaska. I use b.v companies of the area. Mr. Stillwagon stated that tvvo '. William D. Deuchar, president days afler the conveniion started, '' ot the Ambler company, welcom- | Peter Taugo, the host postmaster, \ cd the flremen and a supper was of Boston, fell dead during onc , served by members of the Ladies' of the sessions of the program. The Auxiliary. j delegates to the convention wore ! The next meeting of the group Miss Loretta Wanda Wnlozyn. twenty-one years old, of 87 Cen- , , ,^, ^ .„ . . ter street, Bridgeport, a Chestnut 1 •^,f'' The troop will start work on Hill Hospital graduate nur.sc who : tlueo badges—clothing, dramatics leaped off the Henry Avenue i a"<i bookbinding. Bridge in Philadelphia, earlv Sat-1 ,'"c annual Girl Scout cookie urday morning, is improving in! •:^ale will open October 4, and de Roxborough Memorial Hospital. She sufTercd a fractured pelvis and internal injuries. The girl, vvho fell into a cluni)) of l)ushes bordering the Wissa¬ hickon Creek in Fairmount Park, left a note for her mother ivories will bc made from CJictober 7, to November 1, Tho scripture was read bv Mr, Woolson, Rev, Dr. Robert d'. Her¬ shey. pastor of the host churcli. offered the prayer. Miss Kathryn Meyers. Ambler, sang thc solo, ; "My Task," A welcome to leagues ' and their members was extended i b.v the novv president. i Thc fall rally wil! be held at! Emmanuel Lutheran church. Nor- j wood, on Tuesday, October 14. The speaker will be the Rev. F,' C. Clutz, pastor of Trinity Luth- ; eran cfiurch, Germantown, | TO MAKE ADDRESSES I'.irlicipale in Services Coin- nieiiiuratiii<! (Jer ma 111 own Hattie A service commemorating the 1 Battle of Germantown will be | sponsored in St. Paul's Reformed trude Vandegrift, Marian Scliwau-; ger. and Julia Ann Eckfeldt. i Three noted speakers who ad-; dressed the large group of young' persons were: Dr. A. R, Kepler,] ' executive secretary of the C'hurch of Christ of China; Dr. L. K. An- ; derson, former missionary to ! Africa, and now secretary of the j portfolio of the African and South I American fields; Mrs. Winburn I Thomas, American-born Japanese i j who is a teacher in the Doshisha : University, Japan. | I Dr. Kepler hfes been, spending; ; the last years traveling over China ] ! and is closel.v connected with the | ' administration of the refugee pro-, gram as well as the advance ofj ! tlie church in free China, Dr. I ' Anderson has just recentl.y re- ; turned from a tour of Presbyterian ] mission stations in six of the coun- ; tries of his district. Mrs. Thomas; I represented both the student field : I of missionary work and the al¬ titude of the young Christian Na- ' tional. I On October 6 this same league ! LISTS FALL ACTIVITIES I'\t11 Program Includes Music, Prominent Speakers, Dance, Sjiecial Classes " Church, Fort Washington, by the ! will hold a''Bovv Wow Barbeque CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO MEET TONIGHT black ribbons over their insignias during the remainder of the con¬ vention. The postmasters visited various historical points in anri near Bos¬ ton. Many of the delegates attend ed the Cleveland game to witness pilcher of the Cleveland Indians perform. Ralph Smith and George Huff, of the Lansdale Kiwanis Club were guests at tho meeting. will be held al Cedar Heights on October 15 when the Lincoln Company will be the host. Companies represented al the meeting were: Harmonville, Fort Washington, W.vndmoor thai she and Walter Gouak, Ambler LLUd iO HLAK ARllSrS Board of Directors of the Ambler Thc PhilaflelphiA Opera Com- Chamber of Commerce will be piiny vvill iiiesenl the program at held tonight at Niblock's Restaitr- aying^ the meeting of the Colonv Club of; ant at 6,1,'i p, m. 3-Boslon baseball Square, Flourlown, Lincoln, Bar- "o ce at the Ridee iv "Bob" Feller, ace >'en Hill and Wissahickon. | Cveringto 1 street stitk^ Elias H. Slavin, of the Harmon ville Company, presided. on Wedno:sdav afternoon, i A general meeting of th'- mem- Fort i October 8, at 2,30 o'clock, Mem-1 ber.ship is called for at 7,30 p, rn, Washington, planned to end their bers aro invited to obtain guest to discuss thc plans for the pro- lives in a suicide pact, cards. posed credit bureau. Miss Woloz.yn was with Gouak ; Center ^hen she plunged from the bridge , ' and the young man went lo the [ enue and i on for lielji. Gouak is being held under $800 ¦ GUEST SPEAKER I COLONY CLUB ACTIVITIES , I Mrs. E, Roger .Stevens has been appointed chairman of thc home | riwfj-'nsc council commiltee of the ! ^'^r yiy Club of Ambler. The dis- ^^',"1'¦ chairman is Mrs, Franklin Spencer Edmonds, Whitemarsh. VIrs. Stevens will serve on the Vmbler Home Defense Council. j A night class in home nursing j ill shortly be organized by the I mbler unit of the Red Cross. On Tuesday evening, September ), the house committee of the j olony Club with Mrs. Harry R.j Veaver as chairman will serve a | upper to the Ambler Kiwanis j lub. Mrs. Harry McClelland, of the i _ jjbler club and county chairman ' yardens, was among others who ;ndcd a meeting ot county I President Judge Harold G, irmen ot the Montgomery | Knight, of the Monlgomery County inty Federation of Women's' Courts, will be one of the guest .ubs held at the home of the speakers at the annual service resident, Mrs, Richard Pollock, to be held at Fort Washington jler.side, last Thursday, to dis-commemorating the Battle of Ger- jus' plans for the coming year, mantown. I bail to await the outcome of the j girl's injuries. i In a statement lo The Gazette I the Gouak family .said that Waller ! dissuaded the girl twice when she threatened the suicide Icap bul ' was unable to stop her the tliird ' time. He explained th.it he had , known Miss Wolozyn about seven I months and had ' been going vvith \ her steadily about tw ) months, ! He said further that he refused her ] coaxings to marry soon because ; he was not financially prepared I for marriage and becau.se he ex¬ pects to bc drafted soon. Questionnaires Mailed to Draftees of Draft Boards Number Two and Five TliT-sc questionnaires have been'2136 271(1 George Dewees Knoll, mailed to registrants of the local draft boards number two and five during the past several days. Questionnaires will be sent daily by various boards and must be re¬ turned within five days. Answers must be written in ink and .sworn to before a notary public or a member of the Local Draft Board, Bethlehem Pike, Ambler. 2117 2717 .lames Gaspard Crow- der. Ii, V. D. No, 4, Norris¬ town, 2518 2718 Edmund B, Cardamoiio, 234 W, llth Ave. Consho. 1923 2719 Frank Thomas Fertsch, Bethlehem Pike & Valley Green Road. Flourtown, NO DECISION MADE ON SCHOOL OPENING No decision had been made this morning as lo whether the public and private schools of Monlgomery Couniy would be allowed lo open on Mon¬ day. Couniy oflicials were waiting for word from Dr. J. Moore Campbell, director of the Bureau of Conservation, Department of Health, at Har¬ risburg. If the public and private schools are nol allowed lo open on Monday the Sunday schools will be prohibited ft'tm cesumitig classes for' young people on Sunday. 87fi 2707 Joseph Tiers, Spring 2310 2720 Pasquale DcPalma. IOI Mill Rd„ Plymouth Meeting. ; '^ W. 7lh Ave. Consho J140 2708 George Williarti Hilde-ill^'^ 2"^-' Walter Linton Smith brand, 19 Center Ave, Bar-! 353 Summit Ave, Consho. " Scott, ren Hill. IICO 2709 James Edvvard Dough¬ erty, 513 Derstine Ave., Lans¬ dale, S 141 S 2709 Francis William Lang, Summit Ave & Walnut Lane, Fort Washington. 1524 2710 SelhM'K Huppert Fecht, 417 W. loth Ave, Consho. 1717 2711 Leonard Sparks Cooper, 106 N, Main St., Ambler. 1396 2712 Filbert Albert D'Angclo, 105 W, 7lh Ave, Consho. 977 2713 James Jerry Zinni, 516 Harrv Sl,, Consho. 1246 2714 William Paul D'Orazio, 443 Old Elm St., Consho, 2303 2715 Francis Anthony Gig¬ liotti, 213 Locust St,, Ambler. 2699 2722 Oelhan Scott, 358 E. Elm St,, Consho. S 106 S2722 Raymond Harry Mc- CJuirns. 119 W. 4lli St., Bridgeport. 999 2723 Francis John Lynch. Limekiln Pike, Prospeclville 1169 2724 Jo.seph Charles Hoj- iiacki, 805 E, Elm St,. Consho, 587 2725 Frederick CJuincie JJi- Nino, 257 E. Hector St,, Consho, 1490 2727 Henry Kness Dornheim. 342 E. 6th Ave, Consho, 477 2728 Peter Delliponli, 36 Favette St,, Consho, 986 2729 John Francis Stewart, 333 Hector St., Consho, ( Continued on Page 7 ) Historical Society of Fort Wash¬ ington and the William Boulton I Dixon Post, American Legion, oni Sunday evening, (.>clol)er 5. i The Battle of Cicrmantown Com- 1 nicmorativo A.ssociation sponsors siuli a service each .year in dif- ; lorcnt sections along the liiip ot ¦ niiirch lollowed b.v Wasliington's : army )ireceding the battle which took place cn CDctober 5, 1777. : Historical societies, chapters of Ihe l);iughters of thc American i Hevoluticn, various veterans' posts, '¦ Bo.y and C^iil Scouts along the route of the march Have been invited lo take part in the service,', About twenty-live organizations! are expected to send color guards j to present their colors before the i altar al Sl. Paul's Reformed I Chui'ch during the service ! Harold G, Kiiigbl, president j judge of the Montgomery County! Courts, nnd Thomas K. Clemens,; author, hislorian and president of; the Battle of Gerniiintovvn C'om- niomorntive As,s(H"iatioii. will be! the principnl speakers. The sorvice will be <'oiidiicled by j the h'ev. Paul E. .Schmoyer, pas-! tor of thc host church. j The memljers of the committee i on arraiigemenls arc: Thomas E. ; Clemens, .Stanley Cauffman, Wal¬ ter M, Reeves, of the association; ¦ William Mucliaiian, Jr., the Rev., I'':nil E, Schmoyer, William R. i Yeakle (f the historical .society;] c;. 11, Ihill. .lames Corson, R, H. Thoi'iilon. of the William Boulton Dixon Post, Ameiican Legion ofj Fort Wiisliingtoii. ' i The jiublic is invited lo attend] llic .''ervice i on Bowman's Hill al Washington's Crossing. PRINCETON PASTOR TO ADDRESS RETREAT The ;uiniial retreat of thc First Presb.vterian Church School of Ambler, the F'irst Presbyterian Church School of Bridgeport, the First Presbyterian C'hurch School of Norristown. and the Central Presbyterian Church School of Norrislown will be held this .Sat- 1 urday afternoon at 3.30 o'clock at ' St. John's Evangelical and Reform- ! ed Church, Lansdale. I The Rev. Charles A. Piatt, pas- ] tor ot the Ambler church, will I preside over the afternoon meet- 1 ing. Rev. Dr. A. N. Sayres, pastor ; of the Reformed Church, Lansdale, I will olTer the invocation and the i Rev. Dr. Elmer G. Homrighausen, ; pastor of Christian Education al ! Princeton Theological Seminary, i will deliver the address. The Rev. Joseph R. Harris, of j Bridgeport church, will be in j charge of a short devotional : period, and the Rev, J, Garrett I Kell, of the Central Presbyterian ; church, Norristown, vvill ofter the ' closing pra.ver. There vvill be a social period i from 5.10 lo 5.30 p, m, and dinner will be served at 5,30 o'clock, Winfield R, Hartzell of the Fir.st i Presbyterian Church, Norristown, I will be the song ! occasion. Roberl ] Lansdale, will be al the organ Future activities of the Junior Colony Club of Amblcr vvrMo i!is- cus.sed at the meeting of llio ("<o- cutivo board held attlu' li'-mc of the club's advisor, Mr;., Uowc y Behringer, Rosemar.y avenue, Ani¬ bler, last Thursday night. Miss Nancy Stevens, president, conduct¬ ed the .session. The club's opening meeting will be held October 14 when a sp.'i- glietti supper will be served in the club house on Hidge avenue Members are invited to liriiig prospective members so they ni'iy have an opporlunity tti meet tho girls. A musical program will follow the supper. Miss Helen Adams, chairman of hou.se and hospitality, vvill.be in charge of .serving the meal. Reservation:, are lo be made wilh the presi¬ dent. A rummage .sale will lie liclii I'li C!)ctober 16. probably in tlie tire- hf)u.sc. Members may bring rum¬ mage to thc meetin.g of CK'tobcr 14 or Ihey may c;ill JVlrs. Thoni.i.'; J, Lane, Jr,, to h;ive one of her committee ctUccl it, Thc firsl meeting of the lileia- ture class will bc held October 21 at the home of the president on Ardro.ss avenue vvith the Misses Ada and Helen Ziegler, co-chair^ (Continued on Page 3) SWEETEN ACQUITTED IN FATAL SHOOTING LIONS CLUB MEETS AMBLER CHURCHES TO OPEN SCHOOLS The regular dinner meeting of the Spi'inglield-Whitemarsh Lions' Tlic Ministerial As.sociation of Ambler and vicinity through its president. Rev. Dr. Robert D. llei I Club was held at the Central Inn,' shey, announces that the church Flourtown, Monflay evening. Elm- j cr C. Perry, president, conducted ; ! the meeting. ; j The speaker of the evening was I Eugene J, Kellner, of Erdenheim.! His subject was "Real Estate Past, I Present and Future." I schools will open on Sunday September 28, with the permission of the state department of health. This opening date will hold unless a last-minute decision is made by state offlcials extending the in¬ fantile paralysis quarantine, Frank D. Sweeten, nineteen, of Germantown. was acquitted b.y a coroner's jury al an inquest held •in Norristown. Tuesday morning, in the fatal shooting of Eugene (Jculher, of Ambler, on Sentenibcr 1, Goiithci's death vvas tcrmel an unavoidable accident, Geuther was fatally in.inrcd as he was walking thrt^ugb Ihe woods on a protjerly al Noriislovvn ro.'id and Betlilehem ))ike .Spriii;; House, which, shortly befi>it: that leader for the i had been sold by him" to tho H. Sloan, Jr., j Sweeten lamiiy. Geuther, vvho w,'i;; seventy, had lived there for rn;in,v .years and often revisited the place According to the testimtiny, Geuther vvas shf-t as he approach¬ ed the place where the Sweetens were erecting a house The youth WHS shooting at apples on a wall and one of the bullets went over the wall striking the Amlilcr mftn. Geuther died Ivvo days later in the Abington Memorial Hospital. Chief H. Charles Wisler, of the Lower Gwynedd p( lice, who in¬ vestigated the accident, said it would have been impossible for Sweeten to have seen Geuther as he came through the woods.
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19410925 |
Volume | 63 |
Issue | 30 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 09/25/1941 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
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Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Month | 09 |
Day | 25 |
Year | 1941 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19410925 |
Volume | 63 |
Issue | 30 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 09/25/1941 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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' Ambler Gazette
VOL. LXIII — 30
AMBLER. PA.. SEPTEMBER 2,5, 1941
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
MANYROIAK IMER GUILD
kj\m mm elects officers
yVnililcr CJlnlunen Win Pr Annual Event Monday
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.^venty-four members of the A'.uijler Rotary Club were among *l'he 200 Rotarians who look part in the annual Montgomery Couniy Rotary Club Day held al Oak Ter¬ race Country Club, near Ambler, \m Monday. The North Wales Ro¬ tary Club was host for the day.
A program of sports including
Local iNeedlework Brancli lie; Guest SpeakerH al Annual Luncheon
Mrs. Thomas A. Foulke, was i re-elected president of the Ambler Branch ot the Needlework Guild j of America at,the annual lunch¬ eon meeting held in the hall of the Wissahickon Fire Company, Ambler, on Tuesday. Abolil 113 directors, members and guests at¬
tended the meeting, opening the golf, tennis, quoits7and swimmini | forty-eighth year of service by thei was held In the afternoon. Dinner i branch.
was served al 6,30 p, m. with Z. j Other officers elected were; Marshall Jones, president of the I honorary president, Mrs. Robert North Wales club, as toastmaster. i Rosenberry; first vice president.
Miss Flora Heckler; second vice
Ambler Family Holds Fifth Reunion; Elect Willow Grove Man President
HONORED AT DINNER
Among thc guests present were Andrew Vaughan, of Pottstown, governor of this Rotary district. LeRo.y Miller, who conducts a radio program in the morning, was the featured entertainer.
Waller Shaeff, ot the Ambler club, who carried out the advance prospectus of sports in full, was awarded a special prize during the evening lor fortitude. Among oiher Amblor men lo win prizes
president, Mrs. John K. Earnest; third vice president, Mrs. I. N. Cohen; fourth vice president, Mrs. Roscoe Brady; secretary. Miss Anna E. R. Dager; a.ssislant secre¬ tary, Mrs. William Fox; Ireasurer, Mrs. J. William Ditter.
The guest speakers were Miss Mae Garrett, director of the North Penn Community Centre; Miss Janet Gemmille, of the social .ser¬ vice department of the Abington
W. DOUGLAS ROE
Well-known evangelist will con¬ duct a special .series of meetings i al the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, Ambler, next week.
EVANGELIST 10 HOLD
were the Rev. Martin L. Tozer, i Memorial Hospital; and the Rev , vvho received a door prize; Richard ! Charles A. Piatt, pastor of Ambler Willis, who was judged the lightest, Presbyterian Church, and who won a tennis prize. | in her talk. Miss Garrett sni(i,' Harold G. Biinckempor, past
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Ijresident of the Lansdale Rotary Club, was an eas.v sweepstakes winner when prizes were distribut¬ ed for miscellaneous excellence. Ho won the award fi r having the largest number of children; the largest number of married child¬ ren, thc largest number of mar-
. Douglas Hoc lo ('.(uiiltict Spe« ial Meelings al Haplisl (Jiiircli
William W, Ambler, of Willovv ] throe farms in lln' Mcntaomer.v- Grove. was elected president ati ville section. His son. John Amb- the Amblcr family reunion whenj ler, married Ann Foulke, of Gwy¬ nedd, and their son, Edward, mar-j riod Ann Mather of Abington. i
It was their son, Andrew Amb- | ler, who bought the fulling mill' and home in Upper Dublin Town- \ ship which is now located on Main street in the borough of Amblcr. The old Ambler homestead is' now occupied by Mrs. Arthur R. t IlifT. i
II was Andrew's wile. Mar.v' Johnson Ambler, for whom the borough was named. .She did heroic work at thc time of the tragic tiain wreck near the .Sandy Run station, now P'ort Washington, on July 4, la.'if). The name of the I Wissahickon station was changed : to Ambler thirteen .years after the | wreck. Eight sons were born lo ¦ ,^ndrevv anfl Mary Amblcr, Three of thom died in early manhood. ; unmarried, antl five grew ui) here. '
The reunion program continued with a reading by Mrs, Jesse Paul Ambler, of Harrisburg, Frank Am- i bier, Jenkintown, author of a his¬ tory of the Ambler family, told interesting facts about the Amb¬ lers, Dr, Jesse Ambler, of Pitts¬ burgh, showed moving pictures of former reunions. , i
The sixth annual reunion will be held at the Merion Meelim,' Hou.se on the third Saturdav in
the descendants of the emigrant .loseph Ambler, and His wife. Sarah Jerman Amblcr, mel al Gw.vnedd F'riends' Meeting House,
i Saturday afternoon.
About seventy members of the family attended the flfth annual reunion, coming from Harrisburg,
iPittsiiurgh, Altoona, WiUow Grove,
I Jenkintown, Langhorne, Norwond. Norristown and Ambler.
I Tho new president succeeds George Ambler of Langhorne. Thomas Ambler, of Norwood, was elected vice president, in place of the new presiding officer. J. Pen¬ rose Ambler, Philadelphia, was re-elected secretary. Mahlon Am¬ bler was renamed treasurer.
Mrs. Thomas A. Foulke, of Ambler, read a paper about "Tho Amblers in Ambler" in which she reviewed the history of the family. She said that Joseph Ambler, the emigrant, married Sarah Jerman in 1()H8. Their wedding was under the care of the Philadelphia Monthly Meeting. Joseph Ambler received a cit.v tot in June, 1682, and his son, Joseph, settled in Montgom¬ eryville where he became a mem¬ ber of the Ciwynodd Meeting. He married Ann Williams, of Merion, under tho care of the Merion
AS SPECIAL agent:
BIRTHDAY PARTY ATTEiEDBYM
j Tisiinionial Dinner (iiven in Anihler I'resliv leriah (lliuicli ' Honor of Inlelligenie Unit Cclelirales Fiflielli Ainiivcr-
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