The Ambler Gazette 19440420

              The
I4BLER Gazette
VOL. LXVI — 8
AMBLER, PA., APRIL 20, 1944
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
SPRINGFIELD BOARD
ipcivisors Discuss Change Re¬ quested in Zoning Code; Set Hearing Date
A number of routine matters were taken up by the Springfield Township Commissioners at their April meeting, last Wednesday evening.
David C. Birdsell, chairman of the Springfield Township Council of Civilian Defense, informed the board that complete plans and specifications for the township war memorial have been given to builders to secure estimates.
A letter was
GIVE MYSTERY PLAY
Amhlcr Students Present Thrill¬ er   Tonight   and   Friday Night
Most playgoers enjoy knowing something about the actors and actresses in the plays they see, what these performers like and dislike, their personalities, and their ambitions. The cast in "The Bat" is made up of interesting per¬ sonalities who are worthy of goad introductions to their audiences.
Five veteran actors, Robert Harsch, Anna Bolt, Barlsara Chap¬ pell,   Ann   Hickey,   and   Barbara
¦     , J*" w" H J        HU    acting or doing anything that will taxpayers  in  the Wyndrnoor  dis- L ^^^^^^  a   production  success-
^''^t,'°^ff*"fUthrc.fn.r^"l   Thumbnail  sketches of  their the booklet put out by the super-  ^^^^^^.^ ^^^eers and abilities are visors. It IS the commissioners  re-      „^i^^^ ^y their press agents, port for the year 1943. Concerning   her   nart   as   Dale
Elmer C. Perry, director of the   ogden. Anna Bolt, who is a vivac- bureau cf highways, was granted  i^us jjttie blonde    with a    quick
permission to prepare applications for county aid work to be done in the township.
An ordinance was passed enabl¬ ing the supervisors to borrow $20,- 000  to carry on  seasonal work.
Plans for the development of ¦jifty-four acres of land on which 179 houses are to be built were siibmitled for the approval of the commissioners by John P. Henry and Ccmrad Getler. The tract to be developed is bounded by Church road, Lorraine avenue, and Oreland Mill road. Part of this tract is in Class A and part in Class B of the zoning code and it is proposed that the Class A sec¬ tion be changed to Class B. The required advertising will be done, as necessary when a change is to be made in the zoning code. A public hearing in the matter will be held at 7..30 p. m., May 8.
It was reported that further complaints have been received concerning overflowing cesspools in the Enfield section. New cess¬ pools and French drains have been installed recently on some pro¬ perties. The builder will alleviate the condition when weather con¬ ditions permit.
Raymond Sonneborn, Woods road, Ncrth Hills, was appointed as a member of the Police Civil Ser-
temper, has remarked that she has never before been engaged in a play; perhaps that is why she likes her part so well. Whether she likes her part or not, Anna will do jus¬ tice   to   it,   for  she   seems   to   act
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Civil War Veteran Was Amhlcr
Resident for Thirty-nine
Years
f uneral services were held Mon¬ day afternoon for George W. Wfiod, ninety-seven-year-old Civil War veteran, of Walnut street, Ambler, who died Wednesday, April 12, in the Kurtz Nursing Home, Euclid avenue. Ambler. The Rev. Lloyd Stevens, of the Calvary Methodist Church, Ambler, offici¬ ated at the services at the Davis Funeral Heine, Ambler. The inter¬ ment was in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mr.  Wood was never wounded
authorized   to  advertise   for   bids
for a new police car and for eight
new   uniforms for police   officers.
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parenmScdbs
AT
Pack
6   Builds   Bird   Houses; Awards Pins to Memhcrs
_, .    .       , , in   action   although   in     nineteen
^'ice   Commission  for  a   two-year   j^^j^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^ivil War. He was a term. The    proper oflficials    were | ,p,,;dent of  Ambler  for the  past
thirty-nine years.
Leaving his home in Philadel¬ phia when he was sixteen, Mr. Wood enlisted with the Twenty- first Pennsylvania Cavalry, and saw service as a despatch carrier in nineteen battles of the Civil War. He served with General George Meade, the army officer who defeated Lee at Gettysburg in July of 1863, and his memories of that fight were exciting ones. With his horse shot from under him, Mr. Wood lay with one leg pinned under the animal until Union soldiers finally rescued him. He escaped serious injury and saw active service during the re- mpir.der of the Battle of Gettys¬ burg
He served three years and nine mcnths, being discharged on his birthday, July 8, 1865.
In the nineteen battles in which he fought he lost three horses from under him. A total of 1,819 men was lost in his regiment.
After the war he went to Wash¬ ington, D. C, and worked for a time in the Freedmen's Bureau, an oflTice set up to aid the liberated (continued on page 7)
CODNTYcimAN
The mothers and fathers of cubs in Pack 6, Ambler, watched with interest as their sons marched and drilled to the directions of the cubmaster, at the meeting, Friday evening. Following the preliminary exercises, each den of the Pack sang its favorite song. Everyone joined in on the final chorus of "Old MacDcmald Had a Farm".
The cubs displayed the bird houses which they had constructed during the last month and plans wore made for building kites dur- *ing the next few weeks. There are prospects of a kite flying contest in the near future.
New candidates who received their Bobcat pins were William Glatz, John Novak and Charles Antonoccio.
After the Bobcat ceremony, the parents of Charles Selheimer, Walter Dodds, Jr., Donald Norris and Jerry Price presented their sons with Bear pins. William Byrne and Edward Everding re¬ ceived Wolf pins from their par¬ ents.
Leidy Heckler, III, and Ronald Notoris made application for mem¬ bership.
JEEP RIDE REWARDS
JUNIOR RED CROSS
AU members of the Junior Red Cross in the Wissahickon Branch of the American Red Cross who have helped in the sale of Prison¬ er of War packages to the extent of cne dollar are invited to come to the Red Cross Headquarters at Wissahickon avenue and Bethle¬ hem pike, Flourtown, on Saturday morning, April 22, at 9 o'clock for a ride in a jeep. The jeep will stay until all boys and girls who have helped in the sale of Prisoner of War boxes have had a ride.
Any member who sells a pack¬ age, at $3.50 will also be entitled to an autographed letter of thanks from Private Martin Bergman, a Philadelphia boy who escaped from a Nazi camp.
The Red Cross hopes in this v/ay to help meet the deficit of the local branch the quota of which is $105,000. To date $81,662.- 41 has been collected.
The annual sponsors' meeting of the Junior Red Cross will be held at headquarters on Friday after¬ noon at 4.30 o'clock with Mrs. John
B. Prizer, chairman presiding. At this time the allocation of Junior Red Cross funds collected in the annual roll call, is voted on.
COLLECT 7980 POUNDS
OF   SCRAP   PAPER
In spite of a drenching rain, fifteen men and seven volunteer trucks turned out Saturday after¬ noon and nrcduced the best single paper collection to date in Ambler Borough—7980 pounds of paper and rags. The scrap was immedi¬ ately delivered to T. J. Coppola, who brought two large trucks from Philadelphia. The proceeds of ap¬ proximately forty dollars will go to the Ambler Recreation Council.
In the first ward, Russell Reed was assisted by Andrew Newman, who drove J. W. Craft and Son's truck, and also Lloyd Geiger and Carl R. Gorton, who used the truck donated by Charles E. Sprenkle. John Mcllroy, assisted by Louis Thompson and LeRoy Zettlemoy¬ er, Jr., covered the second ward with Mcllroy's truck. In the third ward Dewey L. Behringer was as¬ sisted by Mervin Tate, with the latter's truck.
In the business district Joseph
C. Noble and Raphael Coia were aided by Wesley Rose, Abraham Jones, Burns Rose, John Hopson and Percy Cupid. Jones operated his own truck and Wesley Rose cpeiated the truck donated by the Tilow Roofing Company.
Although this was a record breaking collection, it fell far short of eventual expectations. Doubt¬ less there were many people who, on account of the heavy rain, kept their paper under cover for the next collection.
The next paper and rag collec¬ tion in the borough will be con¬ ducted an Saturday, May 20. Home owners and storekeepers are urg¬ ed to commence saving these vital materials immediately for the May 20 collection.
MISSBETTSSSSES NEED OF FOSTER CARE
L ON TOOR OF FACTORIES
Amhlcr  Pilot    Ficw   Liherator
Bonierang  on  Many
Missions
Captain^ John Stewart, son of Dr. J. G. Stewart, of Loch Alsh and Cedar roads. Ambler, is back in this country after flying many missions abroad. He is an instructor in a Wyoming camp.
The young man flew the Libera¬ tor Bomerang when it made its first   raid   on   Ijille  on   October  9,
COLONY CLUB ELECTS INE!
I SCOUTS ADVANCED
I BY BOARD OF REVIEW
Sol((f>    New    ()flic(!rs;    Drama
Department  Gives One-Act
Comedy
P. F.
Mr.
Tells   Flourlown   Auxiliary   of
Value of Home Life for
Children
Troop No. 2 of Ambler, Boy Scouts of America, was well rep¬ resented at the April Board of Re¬ view and the Court of Honor, at Wyncote.
Two scouts, Barton Bastow and Roland Hare were advanced to first class. Merit badges were awarded as follows: Roland   Hare
  for animal industry; Evan Pennick,
Election of oflacers was held atjP^^ys'^^^ development; Joseph Pen- , stating"that theii^son. Private First the meeting of the Colony Club ' ""=*^' Aremanship, reading and class Albert Dager, is now at the of Ambler, last Wednesday after-j ^"?,d'^»[;f^"«; P^^^*^''""''e';,, person-i stark  Hospital,  Charleston,  S.  C.
t al health, reading, woodcarving; | Later that dav, they spoke to him ....o G Franklin Armstrong ¦ ^'"^"'^'^ Morgan, animal industry, I on the telenhone, and he informed is elected second vice president. \ ''eadrng, and public health. Sum- i them he expects to be transferred rs  Edward Laflfertv was named I manzed. two  scouts advanced  in ! to a  hospital  here  in  the North,
and   five   were      awarded : possibly at Valley Forge, eleven merit badges. j    prjvate Dager was wounded  in
Voters to Cast Ballots At Primaries on Tuesday
C. ALBERT DAGER IN STARK HOSPITAL
a'nd Mrs. Albert Dager, 28 Church street. Ambler, received a telegram on Sunday,  April  16,
noon
Mrs was
Mrs. Edward Laflferty was named, recording secretary.    Mrs.  Ernest' '^^"'^' Hillcmann was reelected treasurer.
Mrs. Charles lllingworth was nam- I °' "^- ^^^"'!' .^''1^".^ ^' ^- ^^^^' {action in Italy on January 22, 1944. ed a director for two vears. The ':"¦'' represented the troop on the I He is with the oaratroops. having other officers do n-vt come up for board, Joseph Novak and Evan : been inducted int^. the .service on election until next summer. Pennick, also cl Troop No. 2   are ¦ January 5. 1042, and sent overseas
i new servins as Den Chiefs in Pack , jn j^ne of the same vear.
(Candidates  for  INiational,  State
and County Offices Will Be
Selected
No. 6, ( f Ambler and Fort Wash-
The one-act comedy, "Frankin¬ cense and Myrtle," was presented,.     . .¦    , by the drama group of which Mrs. i '"^tcn respectively. Edward Laflerty is chairman. The! play,     written  by    Mae    Howley Barry .was directed by Mrs. Henry S, Walker.
The cast of characters was as! I follows: Mrs. Powers, plaved by ; Mrs. Harold G. Knight, Sr.; Mrs.! Trippet, by Mrs. Edward Lafferty;! Myrtle Drwney, by Mrs. J. A. j Lcrd; Miss Russell by Mrs. Edward i DeLong: Mrs. Growley, the maid,: by Mrs. Fanning O. Hoyt, The play | was very successful. 1
Mis. Edward L. Towne, of Three I Tini.s,       will     give     "Thumbnail ]
JOHN   STEWART
1942. Captain Stewart brought the plane home with one engine out and another damaged. First sche¬ duled for the junk heap the plane was patched  up in six days.
Stewart flew the Bomerang on the first twenty-seven of its fifty- three missions over enemy terri¬ tory. The Ambler man was then made t perations officer and pro¬ bably flow on about ten more mis- (continucd on-page 6)  o	
TO HEAR CANDIDATES
A county-wide meeting of the Republican Committee of Montgomery County and Or¬ ganization Workers will be held at City Hall, Norristown, tonight. Prior to the meeting, at which Judge Howard W. Hughes, candidate for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, will speak, a buffet supper will br> sprvpd at 6 p. m. An hour cf entertainment will fol¬ low.
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JUNIORS PLAN MEETING
The Junior Colony Club oX Am¬ bler, will meet Tuesday evening, April 25, in the club rooms on Ridge avenue. An informal meet¬ ing ot games and other amuse¬ ments  will  be  held.
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WORKERS'REPORTTEA
Sketches of Current Books" at the
next meeting of the club on Wed-! TWFfVF   FROM   ARFA nesda,y, April 26, at 2.30 p, m. ' * "'^^**=-   '^'^"™   ^"'•^A
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Postponed Tournament
The preliminaries of the iirst annual table tennis tourna¬ ment for Ambler and vicinity- have been postponed to April 24 and 78. This is the first such tournament tn be con¬ ducted in Ambler. There will be separate divisions for boys and girls. Joseph Kunsman, of 126 North Ridge avenue. Am¬ bler, is director of the tourna¬ ment.
j        DRAFTED BY BOARD 2
j Twelve draftees from this area j have been summoned by Mont- ] gomery County Draft Board No. 2,
Cross   Solicilor.s   Meet Anihler and Spring¬ field
a I
A   workers'  report  tea  for  the
for April as follows: John Warren 11944  Rg^ ^,.(,55 war Fuftd Drive t Erb,   305   Welsh     road.      Willow  ^as held at the Ambler work room
Grove, formerly Orlemann avenue, I Oreland; William Sherman Buller, ! 1918 E, Venango st., Philadelphia,
formerly  Bethlehem  pike,  Flour-
Tuesday afternoon, April 18, at 4 o'clock. Mrs. Thomas Reath, chair¬ man of the branch, and Mrs. Ram¬ sey  McKinney,  chairman  of resi-
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Ukrainian  Choir  to  Give  Con¬ cert of Folk   Songs  and
Dances
The Ukrainian Choir of St. Vladimir Orthodox Church of Philadelphia, with the members dressed in native costumes, will present a concert in the auditorium ot Ambler High school on Thurs
town; Raymond Roat Greener, As-jciential solicitation, received, as i cott road, Oreland; Bruno Colussi.igisted by Mrs. Albert Nylund, j 3324 N. Uber street, Philadelphia, I chairman of Lower Gwvnedd, and ilormerly 814 East Abington ave-| Mrs R. H. Giflford, chaiiman of inue,   Wyndmoor;     Paul      Joseph  Upper Dublin.   ,.tH*,.>"
te'nH;n!^n^^ w'Jt^'^T^li" ""''Tol;! Edward Foufke, "'Ambler head, Ki^ '^H r, H , ' ^f'reported $6,245.45 had been col- ?n>Hn Mi'i H o*"', ^'"w-r' lected which included $2,500 con- 5 Oreland Mil road  Oreland; Wil- ciiemical   Paint
ham McFadden   1022 E. Abington  company. There are 648 subscrib- 1 avenue,    Wyndmoor;       Brandon  „"   ^   Amhler I Mower Whistler, 8 Weiss avenue, I ^",      ,'. „    . j
Flourtown; Rueben Markley Groff, i     ^''s-   Nylund s   group   collected Jr., 4412 Wavne avenue. Nicetown, \ $1-963.17   with     432   contributors ,   ,, ,    ! Philadelphia; formerly Church and ^ The   following   captains   collected
00k Open at the pgper Mill roads, Enfield; Stew-: tlieir ouotas: Mrs. George Lavino, art Charles Tease, 7824 Flourtown : ^rs. T. F. Dixon WainwnglU, Mrs. avenue, Wvndmoor; Martin Char- : William C. Thompson and Mrs. les Brucker, 7717 Flourtown ave-j'^ei^''" ,^'^Sner. .„-„„-„
nue, Wyndmoor; James Yarnall' ^rs, Giflford collected $3,593.58 Springfield. 1020 E. Willow Gvove! with 800 contributors. The cap- avenue, Chestnut Hill. i tains who made their ouotas were:
 y  j Mrs,   James   Lesher   and   Mrs,  J.
ROTARIANS   TO   MEET iwavdcn  Noble,
The   sound   film,     "To      Each''^'""'^"'
Re^i.stration &
Gazette Office for Garden- iHW.     ¦¦¦(',--ing Ptot«      -»*'.<*-«*•-
Norman Paul, 102 Tennis ave- j nue, Ambler, is the new chairman i of the Ambler victory garden pro-! gram. His appointment is announc- \ ed by Mrs. Henry S. Walker, chair- |
who  doubled  her
day evening,    April 27,  at     8.15! m^" "^ volunteer workers of the ,'' " "   '"'"'       ^"    ..^ 111;    ^  ^eccnd   report  tea  was  held
o'clock. The Colony Club of Amb-1 Ambler Civilian Defense Council     O^^^^^^J^^lb^^^^^ the Springfield Township High
i„_ *i .u :. " :,.^.„ Mr. Pan . who.sp homp i.s   ocatpd ; 1""'^'''^°"   meeting   ot   the   Ambler ; c;,.v,„nl    mi    Wprino^^dnv   at    wh eh
ler through its program committee, 1     -¦"• " r"" ••-•"-- —-— - —"v^„ , p ^        p,  .      , iaji,i„,.;.v rpcta,,r- I "-
at  the  intersection  of Ridge  andi^""'-'  ^Jud. at inidiock s restaur-1 ^
¦       XL               - Tennis  avpnupq   will   hpln     thn<!p'' ^"t cn Wednesday, April 26. The chairman, is sponsoring the even-i tennis avenues, win neip    tnose , _^,  ^^   .__ lli.ixil   _*  ...,.:_,-
of which Mrs. Henry S. Walker is
School   on   Wednesday   at   which
ime the results of the solicitations
Whitemarsh   and     Springfield
ing ot gala entertainment i who want gardening plots;     and! ^Z"*^ service  committee  of  vvhich,,pj,;      ^^^g announced.  Mrs.
The concert willTe a combina-1 those who have plots of ground to I il"^T±Sj'}f.^! .l^l'l"!!" ^^"^ i Albert tion of chorale and dances.     The ! lend  for  gardening  purposes  are ¦
Ukrainian'Choir  directed  by   the
asked   to   nc tify   Mr,   Paul.   The!
in charge of the program.
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Rev. John Sawchuk is famous in ' garden chairman will also be avail-1 the Philadelphia area for the re- | ^^le to help amateur gardeners ; freshing oualitv of its work. solve  ether  problems   in  relation
The mixed group of thirty men and women, dressed in the color¬ ful crstumes of the peace-time Ukraine from which they are de¬ scended, will present old folk songs
to the "food for victory" program. 1 A regisration book for the con-1 venience of those looking for gard- i ening plots as well as those willing ! to provide the ground will be open '
RECEIVE REVENOE
and dances. .Some of the favorites | at The Ambler Gazette oflfice.
are "Kozachok." the most popular dance among the girls: "Kolemey- ka,"  a  dance  native   to the  Car-
W omen's Orjianizalions lo Elect
Officers al Spring
Session
Nearly 1000 club members and their friends are expected to at¬ tend an annual spring meeting of the Montgomerv County Federa- Cliflford Gehman, cubmaster, and tion of Women's Clubs, all day Roderick Co-wles, assistant cub- j Friday, April 21, in the auditorium master, directed activities at the ¦ of Gimbel Brothers' Store, Phila- pack meeting. j delphia.
 o  !     Features of the meeting will be
talks by prominent speakers, elec¬ tion ot officers, the uresentation of
lEHMAN AND GARWOOD ATTEND AVIATION SCHOOL
Two local young men, one of ' nblei and one of Erdenheim .ave arrived at 40th College Train- i.n.g Detachment (Aircrew), Wof- ord College, Spartansburg, S. C. They are Hugh Gehman, of 314 Forrest avenue, Ambler, and James J. Garwood, of 37 Gordon road, Erdenheim, both twenty- three years old. They are aviation students and have reported for a course of" instruction lasting ap¬ proximately five months prior to their appointments as avaiation cadets in the Army Air Forces Fly¬ ing  Training   Command.
During this period they will take numerous   academic  courses
a $25 Series E War Bond to the club .judged to have done the most for its community, and a dramatiz¬ ation of reports of committee chairmen.
Heading the list of speakers will be Mrs. Bonaro Overstreet, psych- (continued on page 3)  o	
BLAKER TO ADDRESS . PRESBYTERIAN SERVICE
Charles Blaker, a member of the Philadelphia Anti-Defamation Council and the National Confer¬ ence cf Christians and Jews, will speak at a special mid-week ser¬ vice to be held in the First Pres- as I byterian Church of Ambler on WjCU as elementary flying training. ' Wednesday, April 26, at 8 p. m. .yjon completion of the course I Mr. Blaker will present modern they will go forward to the Pre- ! problems trom the point of view Flight School for which they have j of Judaism. He has a wide back- been classified, as pilot, bombar- ground of religious and community dier, or navigator for training in aflfairs, and will present a timely these specialities. I and enlightening message. He has
Gehman is the son ot Mr. and I spoken to many Christian church Mrs. A. L, Gehman, of the same groups, and they have all com- address. His father is superinten- mented very highly upon his ad- dent of the Springfield Township 1 dresses. The public is cordially in-
"What foster home care has meant to some ot our children in the armed forces," was discussed at some length by Miss Margaret Betts, secretary of the Children's Aid Society of Montgomery Coun¬ ty, when she spoke to the Women's Auxiliary of the Flourtown Fire Company, on the evening of April 12.
Miss Betts started her talk by saying that in these days, the pres¬ sure of war is having its direct eflfect on family life and on thosv. children whose "own" homes have Tailed them. For these boys and girls '204 of whom are now in the care of the C. A. S.) substitute parents must be found. When "own" fathers are cverseas and "own" mothers are ill or unable to give proper supervision to their children in their own homes, the society finds suitable foster par¬ ents, able and willing to oflfer long time care. The agency pays $5,25 a week for this service and in addi¬ tion provides necessary clothing and medical supervision. The agency pays $6.25 a week board tor temporary homes tor new children or those needing only a short'perifd ot boarding service.
Because faster homes are be¬ coming increasingly diflflcult to secure, for new children as well as tor those who must be replaced. Miss Betts felt it would be help¬ ful it the members of the Wo¬ men's Auxiliary could hear some cf the results of what this "foster care" has meant to the children themselves who have experienced it. She mentioned a seventeen year old colored boy, Fred Boston, now at the U. S. Naval Training Station, (continued on page 8)
CIVIC GROUP TO MEET
A meeting cf the Ambler Civic Association will be held at the Legion Memorial Home, Linden¬ wold avenue, Wednesday, April 26, at eight o'clock. Representa¬ tives of various local organizations are cordially invited to attend and
Anyone desiring to apply for a ] plot or wishing to provide garden- j ing ground may stop at the oflBce
Tax Collectors W ill Benefit Un¬ der New Coinniission Sche¬ dule of County
Increases of one-halt to     three j
P.   March,   chairman   for Whitemarsh,    reported    contribu- i tions   of   $2,413,13   with   548   sub- j scribers.
I     Mrs.   Shirley   C,   McCall,   chair-
I man for Springfield, announeed a
I total  of  $9,085,16 •with   1189  sub-
i scribers. The quota tor Springfield
I was $9,000. Mrs. McCall wishes to
i thank   all   captains,   workers   and
contributors     who     made     these
splendid results possible. She ex-
I plains that those captains who did
I not make their quotas worked .just
as  hard  and  successfully,  but  in
I most cases  their  olotas were  too
high. The list of those making their
Mrs.  Knox  Henderson,
pathian Mountains, and "Katherine of this newspaper and register in
from  Kherson," which  originated the book nrovided for the purpose      .„^.^„.,^o .., ^..^-„„,.   .„     ^,„.^^ •
on the boundless steppes. by  the  Civilian  Defense  Council.; percent in the commissions to be ^"°^^'  ''•3,^  wirner   Mrs   H-.rrv
The  concert  is  described a.s so Mr. Paul will use the registration ! paid tax collectors of Montgomery I f\'-^°7'\^.™^''B^;:'^^^^^^^
entertaining and  authentic that it information    in   accelerating    the; County tor collecting County.  In-![,,,,th'    Wvndmoor- MrT Russell
haa tremendous   appeal   to    both borough's  victory  gardening  pro-j stitution District and County Per- ^""'^'^.'^•J^""^"'""''.?!'"• ^"f^.'
adults and young  people  because gram. i.,.,„..r   n *..  *   1     1 l^euiei  and ivirs. Godtiey bautei
ot the beauty ot the singing and  q	
the gaiety of the dancing.
Do you know where the Ukraine is',' Do you know any ot its history, when   it  became  part   of  Russia','
RECEIVES PROMOTION
County j sonal Property  taxes  have    been ; ^^„,j^ hju    ^rs, William J. Mor I authorized by County Commission- jers   Foster   C.   Hillegass,   Fred   C. j Peters and Raymond K. Mensch.
Candidates will be chosen at the Primary Election Tuesday, April 25, by Republican voters of Montgomery County for important" national, state and county offices in addition to delegates to the Na- ional Convention, where the Party's chcice for president will be selected.
The Primary campaign, conduct¬ ed by the Montgomery County Re¬ publican Organization, has includ¬ ed a series ot enthusiastic meetings about the Countv at which various candidates and oflficials addressed large gatherings.
Highlighting the campaign was a huge county-wide meeting af City Hall, Norristown, April 20th at which Judge Howard W. Hughes, candidate for the State Supreme Court, was scheduled to speak. The meeting was to be pre¬ ceded by a buffet supper for mem- f bers of the Countv Committee and guests, >
Party leaders view the Primary as a preliminary dress rehearsal to next November's presidential election, when they hope that Republican majority for the Co' ly will set an all-time high, turning out a big Republican vote for the Organization-endorsed can¬ didates at the Primary, leaders hope to nave the way for a smash¬ ing Republican victory in Novem¬ ber, '•
Polls in the 191 election districts c-f the County will be open from 7 a. m. to 8 p. m. at the Primary.
Tho County candidates for dele¬ gates to the Reoublican iNational Convention are Joseph N. Pew. Jr. and Russell E. Crawford with Nancy P. Highley and Alvin K. Rothenberger as alternate dele¬ gates.
The followinfr slate of candidates has been endorsed by the Area Supervisors of the Republican Countv Organization:
Judge of Supreme Court—How¬ ard W. Hughes.
Judges of the Superior Court^ J. Frank Graflf, Arthur H. James.
U. S, Senator—James J. Davis.
U, S, Congressman—Samuel K. McConnell, Jr.
State  Delegates-at-large tp Na- (continued on page 7)
LEGIoSioBILE NOWSERVINGIN ITALY
I
Harmonica  Bund  and  Dancing
Class Pcrforiiicd al Valley
Forjic
Erdenheim and Mrs. William (continued oA page 7)
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Herbert  J.  Luxton,   Jr,,   son   of ,     rr., ¦ , _ , ,      ,
Herbert J, Luxton, Woodston. New ;   .^'^^ ,^'^^  announced  on  Friday, The   s.rnsors   wager  that  it  you i Jersey, has been promoted to ty^e'^lltl'coZTr^^^^ d.n-t lock  It up before you go to j''ank ot Corporal. Having been in-!-^cTa" o^^^^ lUnl   Hotel,^^^ H^^^^ the concert, that your interest will, ^^^^g^|-----««-|-|-   le.ysville, bv W". Vervl Walton, Jen- i be so aroused that you will when \ ^^^¦^¦¦I^^^H   kintown. President ot the Associa- i you get home, because this group \ ^^^^^HHH^^^^^HJ^^Hl I tion I
The   unanimous   action   ot   the!
County Commissioners followed a | 	
j conference with President Walton | ^f,„„.     t;^,^,,,,,, C.n.nillc. lat which he pointed out that the! '^ ^ t-v '   1
compensation ot tax collectors had j     l'"'" Economic Develupnicnl decreased substantially during the ! ("ondiicts Survey
past several  years  due  to  the   50 j     ^he   Montgomerv  Countv  Com percent reduction which has been c , .
will make the country "come alive" ' to you.
Plan Soecial Ceremonies
At National Union Plant
Tlie formal ceremonies award¬ ing the Army-Navy E, for produc¬ tion excellence, to the Lansdale Plaht of National Union Radio ' Corporation, will be held on the grounds adjacent to the pjent at four n. m, on Tuesday, may 2. according to an announcement made yesterday by William Mc¬ Cracken,   plant  manager.
High ranking Army and Na\ y officials will present the flag and j "E" insignia to be worn by the employees, whose outstanding re¬ cord c f production for the armed forces brought the recognition to them. Employees, their families and friends have been invited to attend.
ES EMPLOYMENI REPORT
,    ¦     ,.      ^ I mittee tor Economic Development
made  in County taxes since  1939! ^ag   issued    encouraging    reports
! concerning   post-war   employment I in   Montgomery   County.
Dr.  Norman E.  McClure, Presi-
HERBERT   J.   LUXTON
by the County Commissioners
In their letter to the tax coUec tors. County Commissioners Hille- i
gass, Peters and Mensch state:       | ^^nt ot Ursinus College and Mont- In adopting the above schedule : g^merv   Countv  Chairman   of  the jot  rates   It    was our purpose    to   jn,poi,{ant     post-war       planning ; lormulate a plan whereby the tax   g^^u      ;„   ..gieasing   figures   just (continued on page 5) compiled said, "The County Com-
° mittee realizes that the first duty
of everyone is to win the war. Nevertheless, it is urgently neces¬ sary that we start to plan now what we expect to be able to do tor the returning servicemen  and
COUNTY GROUP HEARS
NOTED OPTOMETRIST
Dr.   H.   W,   Glazer,   of Philadel
iJUDGE TO ADDRESS
I LEGION MEETING
j    Judge   William   F.  Dannehower will be the principal speaker at a I special   and   elaborate   point   pro-, ducted into the army in July, 1943,1 gram   of   William   BouUon   Dixon''°'' t^"^*' ^^"'^'''' ""^ ^"^"'^^ he   spent   nine   months   at   Camp'pfst, No. 10, American Legion   ofjniaking  the    materials    for  war, Gordon,   Georgia,   receiving   basic i ^(,,1' Washington, and Voiture No ' 'continued on page 3)
training. j 927 of Montgomery County 40 and! ,,, .on aut~^^V^VD
Luxton is now serving with the ; 8, an honor society ot the Legion,! WAKKAn I   UttlLt,K
phia, addressed the members of i Ordnance Department in San lo be n^esent at 8.30 Monday! James H. Sloan, formerly of the Montgomery County Chiro-: Francisco, California, He gradual-i rwoing, April 24. in the Fort i Bethlehem pike. Fort Washington, praetors Association at a" meeting 1 ^ci   from  Ambler  High  school   in ! Washington  post home. : who  has been  serving    with  the
held  at Hotel  Trement, Lansdale, i June, 1943, !     A feature will be the conlerniiH   United States Marine Corps in the
Thursday night. ' ' I " i "' the American Legion inititation   Soutli  Pacilic area  for more  than
He sDoke on the importance ofl —"Unless we adjust costs so i on new members of World War II, j a year, has been promoted to the correcting sight detects. I that   t will be profitable  to pro- |     A special program has been out-1 rank ot Warrant OflHcer, according
Dr, J, S. Strickland,-'of Ambler, I duce, and  insure  to management 1 lined by the Montgomery County! to   word  received  by  his  family,
is president of the ccninty group.! the rights which incontestably be-140   and   8   and   past   and   present, Sloan,   who   is   now   twenty-four
 Q  ; long to it, we better stop looking 1 members have been urged to par-  years  old,   is     stationed   in      the
—"I have  always  had  a  wood , for   full  employment,"—Professor ] ticipate   in   the   festivities  of   the : Hawaiian Islands.
schools
vitcd  to attend.
present   their   civic   problems  for I stove but now my wife is sick and   Leo   Wolman,   Columbia   Univer- discubsiun iuul probable  action.    1 can no longer brnu
in the uood."   sJty.
I fun and honorary organization of
the Legion. |
—Classified Ads Bring Result;;.
Mrs. Melvin James, chairman of war activities, rep»rted at the regular meeting of the Ladies' Anxiliary of the Wm. Boulton Dixon Post last week, that the clubmobile .sponsoreci bv the aux¬ iliaries of Pennsylvania is now visiting our boys in Italy, and when one serviceman was treated to doughnuts and was told that the service was made possible be¬ cause the auxiliaries from Penn¬ sylvania were sending in enouglj coupons to cover the expense, hfl gave them the coupons from his packs of cigarettes to bring back to this country. Mrs. James re¬ minded the members to save as much paper and tin cans tor the salvage collections as possible. She also stated that the stamp and bend sales are increasing.
Mrs. Harris Britt, Mrs. Luther Klosterman, Mrs. Robert David¬ son and Mrs. Frank Hoagland at¬ tended the banquet held at Mc- Allister'c, in Philadelphia, last week in honor ot the National President, Mrs. Lawrence Smith, of Racine, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Harry Piper, of Altoona, who is Department President, It was pointed out that Pennsylvania has the largest number nf auxiliary members in the United States, .the total being 50,000.
The harmonica band and danc¬ ing class entertained the boys at Vallev Forge hospital last Mon¬ day evening. They will stage a show at Soringfield high school in May fcr the benefit of the Red Cross,
The dress club winner was Mrs. Button and Mrs. Gould won the attendance nrizc. A wash cloth and soap shower was held tor the Naval hospital ot Philadelphia. Mrs. <^. Harris Britt, president, presided at the meeting.
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Springhouse P. T. A. to Meet
The Springhouse P, T, A. will hold its regular monthly mfeeting at the school Mondav, April 24, at 8.15. Carl E. Seifert, of Beaver College, will speak in line with educational pictures, which he will show.
Eleclion •<[ olHcers will take place and refreshments will be served.
The regular luncheon meeting of the group will be held Wednesday April 26, at the home of Mrs, Les¬ ter Fcuntaine, Knight and Buckley road, Penn Ambler.
The executive meeting was held at the home of Mrs, Laura Rosen¬ berry, Foulke avenue, an Monday. Mrs. Harry Alexander, principal of the Spring House School, was a.'-.si.^taiit hostcis toi   Uu- ucdbiou.
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