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AMBLER.   PA.i  JANUARY   23, 1941
$L75 Per Year in Advance, .'>c Per Copy
FIREMEN MEET AI BARREN HILL
Elitts Slavin,    of    Harnionville
Kc-Elected President
of Association
GRAVELL PAYS GOVT. I        TAX OF $830,425
I The estate of J. Harvey Gravell j paid a death tax of $573,925 to the Federal government, and another [payment of $256,500 to the State ] of Pennsylvania as inheritance tax. j Mr. Gravell was president of the I American Chemical Paint Com- ' pany of Ambler. He left a gross ! estate of $2,643,916, and had $555,- j 000 in cash on deposit at the 1 Philadelphia National Bank, ac¬ cording to an accounting filed in I Philadelphia Orphans Court.
SPRINGHOUSE P. T. A.
"Hobby Night" To Be Feature of | Next Meeting i
The executive bo^rd of the | Springhouse P. T. A. met at the | home of Mrs. George Crossley,, Schoolhouse road, Gwynedd, on \ Monday evening, January 20th. | Mrs. Arthur Bolton, president, was ( ill. Mrs. Albert Nylund, president  presided.
Twenty Prizes to Be Awarded In the Gazette Safety Contest
RECEPTION FOR BRAZILIANS
The people of Ambler will be given an opportunity to meet some of   our   "neighbors"   from   Brazil
ATTEND INAUGURATION
Over 300 From Montgomery Coun-; ty at Washington
The Raymond    K.     M e n s c h j
CAS! CHOSEN FOR
on Thursda.y  January 30th at the J j^-^^i^^g-ciub of more than 300 , Ambler   Public   Library   at   8.30 I o'clock.   At  that  time 'the   Inter- j national   Relation   group   of   the
members from this county attend ed the inauguration ceremonies of Franklin D. Roosevelt on Monday, i , Upon their arrival at the Union | ' station the county delegation led i by   the  American    Legion     Post; Band  of  Boyertown  escorted  the group to the Capital. Every dele¬ gate wore a red, white and blue
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DISCUSS FIELD FIRES
..The regular monthly meeting oi i ^^ g^^^y^t ^f his executorship, and the Fourth District of the Mont- j ^jn g^^ the court to allow him an gomery County Firemen's Asso- j additional $39,239, a total of $79,- ciation was  held  last Wednesday ; 239
evening in the house of the Bar-| j„ ^^^^ distribution, Thomas ren Hill fire company with the ^ Gravell, a brother, has received following companies represented-,$goooo on account of a $100,000 Harmonville, Spring Mill, Wynd- , legacy. Clara C. Bordona, who was tnoor, Fort Washington, Centre , the paint manufacturer's secretary, Square, Wissahickon, of Ambler; also has been paid $50,000, half Lincoln, of Cedar Heights; Flour- , of her legacy. Rishel has received town, Oreland, and Barren Hill, i $21,228, in legacies. The executor President Elias Slavin, of Har-1 reports a present balance of $1,- monville, presided. j 726,802.
After receiving reports from the ! 	
delegates  present relative  to  the I number   of   fires   in   the   district, election of officers took place and resulted    as    follows:    president, Elias   Slavin,   Harmonville;   vice' president, Joseph Rex, Flourtown; i secretary-treasurer,      Walter      C. Smith,   Jr.,   Flourtown;   assistant! secretary-treasurer,   A.   C.   Rose, i Barren  Hill;   fire   marshal,  Louis I IV. Hofman, Whitemarsh. I
The principle  question discuss- j
fd by the district was field fires 	
and according to the report of the; Held    Important    Meeting    at Fire   Marshal   there   were   more |        Concstoga Inn in Bryn field   fires   during   the   past  year "
than in the year of 1939.  These Mawr
fires are hazardous  and are also
Raymond K. Menseh, county chairman; Judge John Gouak, Mrs. Pearl M. Schrope, and Mrs. Mary
Third   Play   of   Year   Promises
to   l)c   Most
Popular
ELIZ. WARNER DIRECTS
,     Folks  in Ambler and  the  sur- grown-ups,   boys   and   girls,   men  ^0,0"^ fi" A.v^l        n  „
vice-  rounding   communities  are  start- and women, all eligible to win as ^''"^'^.^ as chairman, wil give a
es.aem  p.^=,^uc-u.                        ,    ing the New Year right and doing set   forth   in   the   rules,   open   to  reception  to four Brazilians who
ed^ch^airanTthXrhirrmV--^^^^ anyone   in   Ambler   and   vicinity  -   -/^eUf^  |t^^^^^^^^
mittee. Springhouse P. T. A.  has 1 ^h-^^g •''^u°^•'^ '^^,?  ^'1 F^'^'f" '*'A°v, ^""^ "°A ^""P^^^^^ ""^ °^"^^^ i     The four are: Maria de Lourdez
received awards recognizing it as Pf.'"S '" the Gazette safety edu-  of the Gazette. ^       .       j Sa'   Pereira    Mi ton  Sa^ Pereira , .o.^. w .v.. „  .....
I    1.   «      T,   „ ,     fA/r   ^     u     ui a  standard  organization  and  the cat'on campaign. Twenty prizes are There   will   be   two   American'*^ ^^^^^^^^
E. Hoy Rishel  of Meadowbrook   Acorn Scroll for selling the requir-i being given away for safety slo- flags,  four   by   six   feet   m   size, ^"^t   Newl^nd    'Thev   will   t^f^ carried
o2"^    f"^.„ ^*''^^'^?,'""^     ««fd.  ed number of magazines.                 ! gan^.   It doesn't  cost a  penny  to equipped with poles and halyard  =^°"   ^heh^'l'l'Jne land and about
Chestnut Hill, Grayell's   executor      .^he monthly luncheon will    be  Participate; there are no "ifs" and and  ready to use,  a  particularly  ^^,'^"\i„„'^ ^Tthnd^   in    Rr«^n
land former associate, has received | ^eld at the schoolhouse on Wed-i "ands" and the contest is open to fine prize at this time when the , !?"^^tionai    metho^^^^
of ! T^'^.l^f!°r./^^^:l'^VSJt't'A ' nesday, Janv^ry 29th Mrs. George j anyone not an employee or rela- patriotic spirit is at its height.       j ^^Tng   alkedT variousTotges farmer, of Dresher, led the Coun-      ^he   third     and   most   popular
Crossley  and  Mrs.  Reginald Ma-  tive of an employee ol the Gazette. There   will   be   four   handsome ' "„diiniversities   and    over    the' tv  delegation  down Pennsylvania I   .'"^-fX"   ^^^^^^ —"Erstwhile
cauley will be hostesses.                 i     The idea back of this campaign Esterbrook fountain pens, assorted  and    universities   and    over    the ,/^^^^^s^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^^.^^ ^^^   , play of the^ bf presented bV the
The fifteenth annual convention , is to make people think. If people colors,  economical  and  most  dji-|     invitation^!   have   been   sent   to viewed.                                                   Ambler Players on February 14th
of   Montgomery   Council   will  be; think there  will be no accidents, sirable inasmuch as anyone of tne ^ t^e faJu ty of the AmWerTuW^^      ^''- ^^^'°^'' ^"^ ^''- F^™^--' an^   15th In   the  Flourtown  Fire
held at the Hatfield High School, So the Gazette through the med- four parts of the pen can be re-  s'll_X'7.   the   members  Tf  the ^^""^  ^^^^^"^  '"  ^^^  P^ess ^section , ^",i ^^^^^ the direction of Eliza
Saturday, February  1st. Registra- ium of the handsome prizes offer- placed economically, the pen, the i i^*?""'''.*°     Kiw^n^   Hub^   and   '    '       "           '"      	
tion at 9.30.    . Both morning and ed, is paying people to think, and barrel   the too   the insert                 Rotary   and   Kiwanis   clubs   and
afternoon  sessions    will be  held. ;„ that way cut down the accident j There will be a dCzen pair of I ^'j^"\, ^'^f', ^"^ i°
hTjr.T ^}iJ'^J^:^t^.u^ i ratio in this section.                          | flne silk hosiery, thafa dozL wo- ! t.^^Lf'^!^.2^L  Tn   ."r^l I '-"-Rarel^hToteL'^^"^"' '""'"" \ ^^V.^jo^oHet'Dreary" better known
ary28th.MembersofP.T.A.and|th7toHd;r  "rl^d '^cor^rorkllT ' T"'*" °^ ^nese aesiraoie articles ^ s.^'th  America  are   cordially  in-  ^-"^"'^¦^'''"^?''-' '^''¦^^S.'^^'S.^'^^^l^s  "Swhile Tu'san,'''home"°and
tho Pv^or-iitivB Rf^QrH nre !iciroH t^! tns noiiday peiiod, scores or Kill- of women's or girl's wear. i  •'
during the  inauguration.   Senator I ^gth  Warner.  Only the most tal-
Guffey of Pennsylvania entertain-,     ted   of   the  nlayers   have   been
in that way cut down the accident,     There wilV'be a dozen pair of | ""^"t. ""c'olonv" Cur^'anr^th^ir l^   ^^^  ^TJ^"     '^r*'^ .^"^^'^'^'I selected to take'^part in this hilar-
the ,.»ti„ i„ tv,i= co^ti„„ ! "-10 ciiir v,r,ci»rv   thaf n Hny^r. wo-I °^   ^hc   Colony   Club   and   their French and Queen Elizabeth rooms,
the Executive Board are asked to I attend  if possible
ings.  So all should put on their I
I vited to attend There will  be a pair of roller j    Brazil is the largest and one of
Mrs. Mane Wilson, of Pittsburgh,; communitv builder, with ideas Col' and ^'rs- Theodore Sparks,-j^^^ ^^^ too horrible to mention, of Washington. D. C, Col. and Mrs.! ^^   ^e   portrayed    by      Bettina
v«.,.u  .1 t'-'""^"'^.                             Ithinkine ran<! fnr safetv  rpnH thP       i"<=»c   wui   uc a ^an   ui  luiici       ijrazii IS me largest ana one Ot oi wasnmgion. jj. »^., i-ui. diiu ivna.;    ¦,,   .      nortiaved    by      Bett na
Monday evening, January 27th,' thm^'ng^apsjor safety^                                 ^^^   ^^^   boy   or   girl   who ' the  most  important   countries  of Edwin J. Simmons and Mr    and j ^^^'^^^ ^^^^^^^  ^ver   amusing
"Hohh^v'Nie'h  " TherP wi f J"l I wWch are be;ng gi\ en away "^rUe ' P™^^^ /° ^e a wmner, well-built ; South    America.    The    Brazilian ! Mrs. James W. Murray, of Arling- i ^a'^^,"'B,^wn in the role of Dytch^
ni^n^il^^rhlhiJ^nH .r/iiM^ n   Cut tLk sS                                                          ^° ^^ Serviceable and  Government has done its part in ton   Va     attended   the  Inaugural      ^^   ^jf^ tamer and professional
display of hobbies and collections, out ineir slogans, nil out tne cou-  desirable, too.                                       I sending these neonle to the United Ball held at the Mayflower hotel.   Skinflint will have vou rolling in
Anyone   interested   may   display Pon which this paper contains and,     .,,,',.          .           .„                 , senaing ine.se people to tne unitea iskinnint win nave you roiiing m
_. ^^-...n.   ^.^^«.^,...»  «- articles whether a member of    P., go to town and win a prize. The!     Lastly    there   is    a   flashlight,  States to learn something of our
n FPTFR   PPFQiriFNT flr'"^' ^- °'' "°^' ^°^^ ^"'^ ^^® what'complete set of rules are published  f5_if|^PPef_ with thenecessary bat-! ideals and philosophy of life
WALTER B.LOWNESJR.
JUSTICES ASSOCIATION
your  neighbor    finds    interesting' on page six of this issue. i teries    and    guaranteed   to    give
and amusing. There will be a ma-1     There   will   be   twenty   prizes satisfactory service, gician as an added attraction. Re-; given  away  for the  Safety  Con-;     So  there  are  the prizes young freshments will be served. j test of the Ambler Gazette, design- and old, get busy, enter the con- j Residential
ed to reach the ypung folks, the' test and go to town.
ANNOUNCE AWARDS
very expensive to the companies qf the district, this fact was brought out by the question  un
CHURCH SOCIETY ELECTS
Pleasantville Church Society Holds i
Annual Election I
An   all   day   meeting   of   the!
  Ladies' Aid and Missionary Soci- j
Important business was trans-;?,ties of Pleasantville churchy acted at the monthly meeting ofj Eureka, was held on Wednesday! the Montgomery County Justice of; at   the   home   of   Mrs.   Irvin   L.
COMMinEE REELECTS
ELECT J. R. MEYERS
Lighting    D i s pi a y
I     Awarded to  George  Crockett
I George Crockett, of Tennis ave- ! nue. Ambler, was awarded first j prize in the Chamber of Com- I merce Christmas display. The j display consisted of four reindeer and Santa Claus in a sleigh, with
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ON COMMITTEES
the  aisles with laughter.
A new actress in the group, Mrs. Harold Knieht, Jr., takes the part of sweet little Barnabetta, pretty little country, lass who finally mar¬ ries the tony lawyer from the big city, played by Henry Strong.
"The     villanous     character     of I Jacob will be acted by Bill Bald- I win,  and  Abel,   the   man   of  the. ; hour, is portrayed in fine style by', I David Peifly.
I     Parts  of  lesser  importance  are i taken   b.v   Marion     Baldwin,     as
many gaily colored bulbs outlining | Franklin   Spencer   E d ni o n d s [ Ramah,   and   W.   M.   Anders,     as the  home and Christmas display.,     ^r^med on Twelve Commit-     I ^'^^he^play is full of dutch humor,
DITTER AS CHAIRMAN! AS VICE PRESIDENT
uiuuBn. ou. uj.   uiequesuon  un-: — —----- ---^^^ lastMacNair.   Election   and   installa-
der discussion and it was finally, ^T^^fesdly evening at the Conestoga tion of both societies was held, the I to'df Its LsHn'havTng aTaS I Inn   BTyn'Maw?.    ApproxTmat^ \ new president  of the  Missionary |
reduction in fleM fires duri^^^^^ were! Society being Mrs. W. K. Beattie, |   I 	
,,t="iQdV ^ present and heard Magistrate Wal-1 who  was  presented  with  flowers I.. ...     p.. .,..     c^w,   ' n„...i.>rlv    Mn..Hr,.r   ,.f   F.wJoru
year 1941. i J^^^  ^   t „,.,„»c    t-    ^f   ArHmnrP ! hv   +h«   r«tirin„   r,ro=,vi„„f    ivTr. ! Congrcssional     Group     Selects ;»^Uiailciiy   Mectin-i;   ol   1-edera-
Among the stores competing in | the    business    district,    Louis A. Neigut   was   awarded   first   prize and  the  Ambler  Furniture  Com¬ pany receiving the second award.
Ices for Year
H.
iter  B.  Lownes, Jr., of  Ardmore,! by   the   retiring   president,   Mrs.
A   letter   received   from   C.   n. i^^tline    a program    to raise the; Frank P. MacNain .Goodhue    insurance   underwriter, 1 standards of the minor judiciary.        At    the    Missionary    meeting, ^ by Fire Marshal Hofman comph- Ardmore   justice   was   in-  Mrs. A. D. Markley read an inter-!
mented   the   companies   on   their     Jjf/   ^^ °he presiding official of esting article describing the noted
Ditter to Guide Minority Members
tion to l)e Held in Ambler
I from the beginning to the    very
I end, tragedies which come into the
Montgomery     County     legisla- i lives of Susan and Barnabetta are
^„..^  _^^ ^   tors are  well represented on  the i soon overcome with hapoy endings
The following received honorable j various  committees  in the  House while   Barnaby     and  Jacob     are I mention:     Hazel     Jane      Aures,  of Representatives and  the  State i doomed.
' Kraut's  Jewelery    Store,    G,  M. Senate   in   Pennsylvania   for   the I    As  a   prelucle  to  the   play    on Deck, Muller's Flower Shop, Har-  1941 term. 1 January 31st, the players are hav-
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PRESBlfTERIANS HEAR | mWART NAGLE SPEAK^
ris   Dept.   Store,    Ambler-White-
marsh  Valley  News,   Harton  and i whitemarsh, has been named on
TJ, .,.„   c„^^„„„  Trj~„„Hc    ^f'ing  an   informal  get-to-gether  at
Franklin   Spencer  Edmonds,   t^i ^^^   HiUcrest  Hotel,     Erdenheim.
 ...„  . „_..„    Hildman, Ambler Drug Company j twerv7""separate  "committees    in ! ^^Xnd \lu°s^ffTir'*'' ""'^ ^""'^^^ '
men's Federation held its annual   and   Ambler   Men's  Wear  Shop,    state Senate. Among the members] ° ^"''"° ^" '' ''"'"''¦ meeting at the Valley Forge Hotel'     "he Philadelphia Electric Com-1 ^f the House representing the var- |   .
Norristown, on Monday night, op-  P^ny cooperated in awarding the
posing the    proposed mine tunnel to dump more polluted water in-
prizes.
ious districts of  the County  are:
  Charles  H.  Brunner,  Jr.,  Norris-
,     "TT       ZZ     rrrr, ,'town; Lambert Cadwalader, Villa-
Apoointmenf for HiUegass Boorse,   Lans-
County Commissioners Foster C.   ,,   '„*,.    ,,.¦       _  ij„*u    „  „„a
;no„o„   ^f r.o„.,=v,„..„   v,=c, K<>^„!dale; Edwm Winner, Hatboro, and
Lloyd  H.  Wood, Evansburg. The commjttees:
.    ,.-      .       ,..,     ,       I     .  ..        u^     , .       ,x- nM.     „.    The National Republican    Con-      The Montgomery County Sports
the organization for 1941 along i painting, "Breaking Home Ties," | gj-gssional committee, independent with Earle M. Oberholtzer Nor-. by Thomas Hovenden of Plymouth I campaign organization maintain- ristown, vice president; William, Meeting. Mrs. Markley's child-1 ed by the Minority Members of Urban, Ambler, secretary, and N.jhood home was near the latter ¦ the House held its first meeting R.  Brown, Hatfield, treasurer.       j place, and she recalled the sorrow , of the Seventy-seventh    Congress
President Lownes told the jus- \ that swept the community at the [ today and  re-elected  Representa- I to   the  Schuykill   river,   and   are tices that he plans to name a com-j time   of   Mr.   Hovendon's   tragic | tive J. William Ditter, of  Ambler, I seeking more  game  warden  pro-
mittee on professional standards, a 1 death, when he tried to save the! to be chairman through the  1942!tection in Montgomery County.       , Hillegass, of Pennsburg, has been committee on public relations and j life of a little child. A picture of'campaign. ' The oglcers reelected are:  wil-i appointed chairman of the public-
a conunittee on vigilapce. ' the painting was also shown.        I    Following    his  re-election     as ' liam Sconeoacu, West Point, prrfsi-, jtv committee of tJie Pennsylvania r Serfote
 —' !    He took exception to statement I     Preceding  the  meetings  of  the {chairman, Ditter said: jdent;  J. Russell Meyers, Amblel^ ; State Association^^^^^^^ Edmonds-Banking        Cornora
Cbairman   of Presbyterian   of an. automobile club mw^^^^^^ a delicious covered dish      "The first functu^n of our Con-! first v-epresiden^^^^^^^^
U...I1..I t„ flw. I O.W...C T,,lk       ;said justices were termed    nning luncheon was enjoyed. igressional Committee is to main-, *aiiana, uaKs, secona vice presi-.
Hoard to the Lepi,is 1 ells       Uquires"    and     "cheap    political i   j tain the strength and influence of i dent; Leroy Schultz, Gilbertsville,
of Disease hacks" and that the administration j the Republican Party in the House ! secretary   and   William   H.   Ellis,
—¦  of their offices bordered on corrup- | QTI llirn 01 1 HO ll/|MnnU/ '^^   Representatives.     Historically, j Bridgeport,   R.   D.,   treasurer.
A.   Stewart   Nagle   spoke   to   a i tion. '  11 Allll*l I 111 A iN Willi II IW I the importance of the House as aj     The nominations were reported
capacity    audience    composed    ofj     "I took exception to this broad-jV inillLU UUlUU IIIMuUll ; defender of balanced constitutional | by   the   committee     headed      by the   King's   Daughters,   the   Wo- i side," he said. "So did you. It is j | government   always   increases   in | George Sinclair of Norristown and
man's Missionary Society and the  true that there have been political, Jl nTj OT OA\/r  I CPTI IDC' ^'"^^'^ °^ stress. So long as the Am-1 including   Joseph   White,     F.   J. friends   of   both   organizations   in i hacks and fining squires among us.; U 11 I I \ I   l-illVr   I Ml 11IKl  ! erican two-party system is permit-1 Henry    and    Merrill   Flemming. the Presbyterian church on Tues-j ^"t this is true of every profes-j'"'* IIWI   UIIIL.  I.I.U I Ulll.{ ted  to  function,  members  of thej     Ambrose    Gerhart stated     325
day   night    His   subiect   was   the ' ^i°nal group. Our reply can come:   I Minority in the House will be un-! rabbits    and   114 pheasants    had
American  Mission   to Leners  and i from within.      We can    establish ——" I der   an   imperative   constitutional, been trapped. Fish Warden Harry | „,
/American iviission  to i^epers ana , ^^^^^ principles of practice.     We : Henry   Lee   Willet     Spoke     at | obligation to maintain their cam- i Z. Cole, reported    600 trout    had   ^ '"easu
ers,  is  president.
he    showed    three    enlightening scrupul-1
films   which   brought   home   very j ^^jg,    ^j^^j^ ^      I
forcibly the importance of the work I     „, '   . ,     .      ,'
to be done for these unfortunate! 'In creating a professional; people. Mr. Nagle was well qual-! f^andard committee, I would like | '^    ^ " ^        I to  carry  forward   and  abet     the'
Germantown Friends Seliool
i paign machinery in readiness for! been   placed   in   the   Green   Lane I the next election. \ Park dam.
"Our Committee already is look-I A big .shoot is planned on the . , , , ing forward to. and making speci- Boulder Valley Shooting Associa- Ambler s : f^^ pja^g f^j.^ the general congres-; tion grounds. Meadow View Inn,
TAX LIENS IN COUNTY TOTAL $930,505
irers     Sales     Boost     Big
Eijjhf Clubs to Represent Coni-
ninnily  Baseball  League
of  And»lcr
1 illations.   Federal    Relations,    Fi- i nance,   Insurance Judiciary  Gen-1
eral.    Military    Affairs,    Welfare, I 	
Public Assistance and Pensions,     i     The representatives of the eight House I teams    forming    the    Community
Brunner—B o r o u g h s. Cities— 1 Basketball League held a very im- First Class, Judiciary Special, \ portant meeting on Monday night Public Health and Sanitation, i in the Presbyterian church. "Bob" Welfare. ! Davis, co-president of the court
Cadwalader—Corporations    and | loop, presided at the ineeting. Industry,   Counties,   Military   Af-i     ^oach Heber T. Meyers, of the
¦ I lu i,ciiiv ivjiwaiu Qiiu auci viic Hcury Lcc Willet ified to handle this subject, bemg Lpig^^i^j ^^^k that is already be-maker of stained glass windows; gfon'^YeYecTionrfn mi! We "will "be Sumneytown on February 23. chairman ot the I'resbyterian i j^^^ ^^i^^, by Scyiicitoi- Raymond I lectured at the Germantown spared also to function militant- A new member, the East Green- Board jo the lepers, and lor, nine : pggj.jgtine. Bv a professional stan- Friend's School on Monday on ; f y^ ^pg^ja, elections which j ville Rod and Gun Protective As- years 3 missionary at bingapore,, ^^^.^ committee I do not mean i the work which has made his ^^y ^^ called throughout the i sociation, was admitted, and these the, seventh largest port in the j ^gj.giy issuing ^ blanket statement: name one of the best known in:poi,ntry In these plans, the Com-i other organizations were repre- world. He was at one time prin-| that Magistrates should avoid mal-! the art world of the country. imittee's first objective is to pre- ssnted: Boulder Valley, Bucks- cipal of  a  boys'  school  number- i practices. To my mind the program      The  workers  in   this     medium i serve the constitutional    integrity \ Montgomery,   Douglass   Rod   and
D I fairs.      Municipal      Corporations, ¦ Ambler High School faculty, help- Paynienls on Delunpient Railroads   and  Railways. ^^ prepare the league schedule at
Taxes i    Boorse—Cities—First      Class,! the   session.   The   opening   game
  Building   and   Loan   Association, ^^ ^e played next Tuesday eve-
;^ I Constitutional  Amendments,  Law j^jng^     the     Boehm's     Reformed
and Order,  Military Affairs. ! church team from Blue Bell will
Winner—B a n k i n g.   Elections,  take on the Flourtown Presbyter-
ing   2650   boys   and   editor   of   a \ of this committee should be three church  paper,   while  working  in 1 fold:
the hospital at Singapore. |     "First, with Solicitor Pearlstine's
He spoke of the early morning j help we should set forth and cause
must keep in mind certain essen-i and authority of the legislatvel Gun; Lansdale, Lower Merion tials if th»y hope to make the i branch against encroachment from i Montgomery County, Perkiomen windows serve their purpose well,  whatever direction.    Dictatorship,   Valley, Royersford, Souderton, Up
The glass for churches must "en-! as we see it at work today in the ' Per Perkiomen, Upper Providence | years,  caused tne  nig returns on
An increase    of $180,942.82 payment of liens on Montgomery i
County Real estate for county, bor-' „ »»"""^i—" ex.. .v ... s.   i^j,^^.^^
ough, township and school taxes frottssional Licensure, Public j^n church five on the Carson brought the total satisfactions    to: Utilities,  Ways and Means. : College floor near Flourtown.
$930,505.94, according to records', Wood—Building and Loan As-: rp^e question of eligibility was taken from the court house at sociation. Constitutional Amend-; discussed at the business session Norristown. The figures for 1939 ments. Highways, Judiciary Gen- ^^^j jt was decided that each team were  $749,563.12. i eral.  Legislative  Apportionment,    may have no more than 10 players
The   scheduled   treasurer . sales,!   on the roster
the   first   held   for   a   number   of |       EXHIBITION IN SALON        '     The   teams'in  the  league have
decided   to   charge   15   cents   per
atmosphere   at   Singapore,   when I to  be published  a  pamphlet     or i close" the congregation  in a sort  former democracies of Europe, was I and   Wissahickon   of   Ambler.        • aeiinqueni  'evies,    accoraing     lo i ^^^^   ^^^   Crafts   on   Display   at  person to be able to witness the
the sun was on the cocoanut palms i book of correct    minor judiciary I of isolation from the outside world I accomplished  at  length     through!     The quarterly meetings lor the i court house officials and this i^^^^       Sirawhridoe and Clothier Store   'league   games  on  the  local   high and said it was like "the breath I practices that will guide us in the \ and must fit harmoniously into the \ some final act of abdication by the i year will be he d at Gilbertsville   fleeted  in returns computed from    utrawDriage ana ^'"'"'e' ° s^.hool t,o„r.
of  a  goddess"  One  of  his most! conduct of our office and protect' architecture of the whole church.; legislative branch. History records   April   21;   Ambler,   July   21,   and; April, when $119,929.29 was paid j     The   fourth   annual   Aits     and
forty    women,    saved    from    the I     "Second,   there  should  be     set | ook at it. Above all   it must help  tive, never  are reclaimed by the , PLAN   LINCOLN   DAY   DINNER , held^in^he^spnng.^
scourge.    They   sang   the   hymn, i forth for us a code of ethics or at to create a worshipful attitude of | people."  |     p,a,-,s  ^^^    underway  for
"In  the  Garden."  The  leper  has | least a systeni of ethical practice [ mind. ._,,,,. ,    '     n   x    a   Urti r^c MrrTiM/^      1 annual Lincoln Day dinner to the ! to $43,929.29, but the official year ! give,  in  the  Exhibition  Salon  of | with 1 final game being played to
-absolutely    no    friends   until    he  f^'/ar to such forms   hat govern |     Mr ^WHet  described  the  niak-;     p. J. A. HOLDS MEETING     | members     o      the^   Mon gomery i does not close until January 4, and ! the Strawbridge and Clothier Old  determine   the   champion   of   the
finds Christ and then he has the    he legal practices of attorneys and   ng   of   vrmdows   beginning   with   i Republican Committee, ac- ! the totals released include only up  York Road Store. first  Community  Basketball   Lea-
"Peace of God" to help him. ^^f-Thlrd  T nrnnn^,p7h«t ?hU com    would   be   most   suUable   for   th»      '^^^ Parent-Teacher Association ! cording to an announcement    by j "nUl December 31. The exhibition will include tho  gue in Ambler.
The   society   for   the   relief   of 1      Thn^  ^ pr^^^^^^                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      -The larger portion o   the nearly I following: i     This      Community      Basketball
lepers was  formed in   ^^^^  by  a | ^^t-^^,^^^^^^^ —'=   —-   -   --     ^*"^""-^     -"^^     w.„.      ..   .    .^ ...
(Continued on Page 5) \ made  small   but to correct scate ; ^^^^^t^.^^Z^!"^ ' ?u\';ri2%V'tr'5ity'K^L^'s:
Old  York   Road   District   will   be' schedule. There will be a Shaugh-
December was the lowest month held from Monday, January 27th' nessy   playoff   of   the   first   four
the ''or payments, the figure dropping I to Saturday, February  1st, inclu-1 teams  at  the  end   of  the  season
Scotsman, Wellesley C. Bailey, who became interested while he was a missionary in India. In. 1906 the American Committee of the Mission to Lepers (London) was formed   and  was  incorporated  in
! ?na color ana siiDmittea to me , teachers were in attendance. The town It is understood that some- future purchaser. When the design ,,j„„ rrrPfiiHpnt Mrs Trvinst qmith *u- unaerbtoOQ uidL some ic annt-nifii it is r-arf>fllll^/ Hrawn ' ^"^'^ president, MIS. irving bmitn, thing unusual in the way of enter- is accepted, it is carefully drawn , presided   in  the  absence  of     tha ! tainment is being arranged.
G. 0. P. CONTRIBUTORS
  I full size on paper. This pattern or i f^rpqidpnt
Among  the  heavy   contributors i "cartoon" is then cut up according i '^ 1+    Vu
_     .  up  according l        a j.       *y.^       \'orv    chnrt       hiicinpcQ
1920 as the American  Mission to , during the past presidential cam-[ to the color and pieces, of glass ; ^i;::„„„,u:^hwaTpnnHn^^^^ Lepers.  Two  hundred  stations  in  paign includes the following: ; to  be  used.   The  color   is  in  the ! "^^f'."J!,:.'!.^'':" ^^^^ n card n«Hv
forty-four  different  countries  re-      Clarence A. Warden, Haverford, | glass,   not   painted   on   it.   It   is : ^.f definite   arrangeLnts^ ceivc  support  or  aid   from  some  $2,000;    Mrs.    SamuDl P.    Rotan,, produced by chemicals of various; ,_„j_  „_  ^y.^ Hptaiio nf thn -iffnir branch of this mis.sion. It was re-1 Wyndmoor, $1,000; Albert A. Car-| sorts and hundreds of hues must ^f,, u„^°  „„uil"^^      -i Htpr dnt^    ' sponsible   for   securing  Congress-! thwaite, Conshohocken, $1,000; J. (be  used   to  produce   the  desired i'^''''"'''"""""'''''"'.^-"i"'^"''''^¦^•, ional appropriations which fstab-  Andrews Harris, 3d, Blue Bell, $4,-j effect.  The  small  pieces  of  elass'J^e     group     enioyeo     several ¦ lished   the  National  Leper  Home  500;  Roland  L. Taylor, Gwynedd; are fastened together with    lead,   vocal   solos   by   A btnt   Langbein i at Carville Louisiana, to t£-):e care  Galley.  $1,000;    Brank    B.Soter, then   made   into   larce   square   or ; and   they   we e   also   en^^^^^^ of the leners in tho United States   Phoenixville, $1,000;    Joseph     R. rectangular secUons held together i with   thico   nims   shown   by   tne ol the lepeis in the United btates.  Q,.undy, Bristol, $2,500; Mrs. Wid- ^r^ntinnpH nn Patrp 4^ i Bell  Telephone Company.     Light
(Continued on Page 3) | ener  Dixon,  Elkins Park,  $2,500; v<-unnuucu oil jrasc i, i refreshments  were  served  and  a
-^       1 Millard D. Brown. Hatboro, $1,000;    ^amta-p*   at ct   TuniuAO I social  hour was  enjoyed.
||A.EE CLUB AT BEAVER       | Mrs. Walter Sinkler, Elkins Park;i  CANTATA AT ST. THOMAS
^r   __        I Louis J. Kolb, Spring House, $1
TALKS ON TOBACCO
i Kiwanians   Hear   Dr.  Troxler   at
' School Inn
,   1.      ..   ,iTi.i I,   n.-     c     A The   members   of   the  Kiwanis
church, Whitemarsh, this   Sundav, „,  ,      ,,   a™ui t V, i „
1 „« .:„„     T „   o«.u    .,*      A   Club  ot  Ambler  met  in  regular
session at School Inn on Monday
Tlie   Temple   University   Men's j 000;   George   W.   Elkins,   Jenkin-I "Bethlehem" to be Sung on Sun- Glee Club, an organization of 75   town, $1,000;    N. Lauer, Penllyn, i      day Afternoon at 4 O'clock men, will sing in Taylor Chapel, | $1,000 and    Joseph    E.  Widener,!     ^he cantata  "Bethlehem"    will Beaver College, on Saturday eve- : Elkins Park, $4,000. ; ^^ ^^^^^ ^^ g^   Thomas' Episcopal
ning,   January   25,   at   8   o'clock.: 	
The   concert,   sponsored   by   the ILLUSTRATED LECTURE       , afternoon.   January   26th.   at      4
Glee  Club   and  Choir  of  Beaver i — j- o'clock. The choir and soloists of . .,,.    „     ¦,..,., ,i
College, will include songs both i The second in a feeries ot illus-1 the church will sing the cantata ' evening, with President Walter religious and secular in char- trated Garden Lectures in the aid by J. H. Maunder, under the direc- RcHor presiding. William A. Gum, acter. ' of   British   War   Relief   will   be , tion of W. Norman Sterling, organ- ! Immediate  Past President of  the
The concert will be followed by  o'esented in th" Parish House of  ist and  choirmaster. ' i Lansdale Club, was present as a
a reception for the musical organ- St. Thomas' Episcopal church, j xhe soloists on this occasion will i ^ueft of the club. A new member, izations and guests of the college, Bethlehem pike, Whitemarsh, on ; be Mary Jackson, soprano; Shel- Cleland Shields, of Ambler, was which in turn will be followed by "ext Wednesday evening, Janu- •¦ don Walker, bass, and J. D. Green ' inducted by Elmer Menges, Past an  informal  dance  for  those  at- 29th. _ i and J. Davidson, tsnors. Everv(3ne I Lieutenant  Governor  of  Divisio.n
tending the concert.
Miss   Anna   B.   Wertsner,   field  is invited to attend this service, secretary    of    the    Pennsylvania;
Nine.
Robert  Kelly  was chairman  of the program for the evening and
 Fleetwings Inc., Bristol, is list-  Horticultural Society, formerly of |    DIRECTORS MEET TONIGHT
ed among the aircraft firms' select-, the Ambler School of Horticulture, |     The regular monthly meeting of' introduced the guest speaker, Dr ed to furnish parts for attack bom-1 will  be   the  lecturer.     Her  topic | the Board of Directors of the Am-; Troxler who Is connected with tho bers  which  the  Douglas Aircraft will be    Demonotration of Flower i bier  Chamber of Commerce   will|Philip   Morris   Tobacco  company. I firm,   Santa  Monica,  Calif.,   is  lo Arrangement." | be held on Thursday, January 23,! Dr. Troxler spoke on the history '
build  ior the United States Gov-      The   lecture   will   begin   at   8   1941,  at  6.15  p.   m.   at   Niblock's j of tobacco from the very begin- unui-'-iu. o'clock. __     ¦ Restaurant. ning up to the present day.
PUBLIC MEETING OF COMMUNITY CENTRE
Miss Julia L. Groscop, Secre¬ tary of the Health department of the Council of Social Agen¬ cies of Philadelphia, will speak on "Community Health Plan¬ ning" at the meeting of the Board of Directors and mem¬ bers of tho North Penn Com¬ munity Centre, Thursday even¬ ing, January 23rd. at 8:15 o'clock p. m. in the Ambler Public Library. The meeting is open to the public and everyone interested in the work of the North Penn Community Centre is welcome.
A reception for Miss Mae W. Garrett, R. N., Head Nurse and Executive Secretary ot the Cen¬ tre will follow the address. "
The North Penn Community Centre serves the boroughs of Ambler and North Wales, the townships of Upper Dublin, Whitpain, Lower Gwynedd, and parts of Horsham and Upper Gwynedd.
This meeting affords every¬ one living in this territory the opportunity to become better acquainted with their public health nursing service. The public is cordially invited to attend.
county will go    to the townships,  Henry  Lee   Willet,   Three    Tuns. | taking as it will provide recreat- boroughs and school districts. Artists   from   the   studios   of   Mr. j j „ and eniovment for many loni
The figures showing returns are j Willet will give a comprehensive | ' laverg enjoyment lor many local not as yet available for 1940 but at; demonstration of the designing and | ^ .p. „ ^¦^.^ ^-.„^ ,„, „ v,o,,„ v.i„ the end of 1939, returns to the bor- making of stained glass Almost i ,^^.^/'e'^**^^'"^ ^^h° ^av^ •'en¬ oughs and townships totaled $653,-I every stage of this justly cele- ?,'' ^^^ comt league are: Ambler 296.22 out of the total of $749,563.-, brated art will be shown as the „'°''^"J'„ ^"^'^"^ ^ Reformed of 18 received during the year in ad-| artists work continuously in their, ^'"^  ^*^1''  ^-alvary  Methodist  of
(Continued on Page 3)
dition  to  a balance of $82,261.51 ] temporary studio in the Exhibition |
which was on hand in the account i Salon each day except Saturday.     '
on January 3, 1939      The county I    pottery   making  under   the   di-S
received only $63 834.95 irom tax  rection   of   Edward   deF.   Curtis,'
hens on  county  taxes;  $13,350.39 Uyayne and Mrs. C. Naaman Key-1
(Continued on Page 2) ser  Plymouth   Meetine       Pottery I   /"iV-       t  ,¦ ,.,     ,    ^„
b sei   x-iyinouui   iviecuii^,.      '^^oi'-'^'.y I ol   Miss   Juliana   Wood,   68,   who
  ' making in the authentic Pennsyl-1 g^rved   with  a  French  ambulance
JULIANA WOOD ESTATE
The bulk ot the $200,000 estate
A CAPPELLA CHOIR
vania  German    manner will     be'
unit in the World War and a noted
shown   using   traditional   designs i g^patrigte,   who   died   Dec.   30   in
Juniata College  Group Will  Sing i'n   decoration    Demonstrations   in, xighon, Portugal, is bequeathed to
In Ambler on Sunday ! w?'"^''i'", Y^'^ '''l^!.''^" fS/'^'*^^'' her   nephews,   Theodore   V.   and
in AmDier on ounaay 145  g^id  3.15  each  day,  followed   r: hard   D   Wood    2d    it  u,;k tp
The Juniata College A Cappella by work at the pottery wheel,     i "ialed  by  h™ill probated     in
Choir   will   sing   in   the   Calvary!    Wood   carving   by   William   C.; p^^JaHelDhia Piobated     in
Methodist Church, Ambler on Sun-1 Hampton   Collegeville. This is an |     ^Lss  Wood   bequeathed  $10,000
day afternoon, Januar.y 26 at 3 p. exhibit ot pieces hand-carved from  to Richard D. Wood, 2d, instead of
m. The choir, under the direction j unusual woods. .,   half   interest     in   her   tvvo-acre
of Professor Charles L.  Rowland,      Oriental   Rug   Weaving  bv   Ed-  French  estVte two-acie
"ini^ 'fhp'"]' "r ^ Cappella group ; of  Old  Y<M-k   Road  Art  Guild. ,he willed it to Theodore V. Wood,
sings the best in classical and High School exhibits Arts and j Her chauffeur, Dominique, is to modern choral composition, and 1 Crafts work by nine local high' .pcoived "fil 000 nnd iho rP^iHi.P has built a fine reputation for it- schools' pupils. They will be from ,'f,^°'X„ ,,fj',™ ^ ^^^  lesidue
self in past tours.
j Abington,   Ambler,   Bristol,   Chel-
goes to the nephews.
It has been the  policy of Pro-1 tenham, Jenkintown, Lower More-      	
fessor Rowland to include numbers i land, Richboro, Upper    Moreland L.„i-'^"\"'°"'.I'"^^  •''^f
by Palestrina and Bach in each of and    Upper    Southampton     high' ^^^^.    ,^       , ^}, .     ,^
the choir's programs. Three spirit-! schools and will arrange school ex-  "^^nt in the past „0 years in the
—Life  insurance  year-end  sta- improve-
uals on the program represent the hibits in competition, best and most virile in this type;
of music. Three compositions    by      —More than 200 model airplane 1 Nobel Cain are also included, the J hobb.yists are working at the Lang- last being very difficult and clos-1 ley Field  laboratories of the Na- j ing on a chord of thirteen differ-1 tional  Advisor.v    Committee     for ent tones. ^        ' Aeronautics.
control of tuberculosis. Just 20 years ago, this was the greatest single cause of death among pol¬ icyholders. In 1940, it accounted for <5nly 4.8 percent of all policy¬ holder deaths, nearly one-third the 1920 rate.