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VOL. LXIV — NO. 22
Gazette
AMBLER, PA., JULY 30, 1942
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10 SEEK NEW PASTOR BY DRIVERS IN AMBLER
Committee of Seven Appointed ^¦- to Name Successor to Rev. ^' Charles Platt
A committee of seven from the Ambler Presbyterian Church will begin work immediately to seek a new pastor to replace the Rev. Charles A. Platt, who resigned to accept the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Ridge¬ wood, New Jersey.
The committee, which was elect¬ ed at a congregational meeting last Wednesday evening, is com¬ posed of B. Carter Millikin, of Lindenwold avenue; Ralph Drew, of Walnut Lane; W. E. McKinney, of Germantown, formerly of Am¬ bler; Mrs. Norman F. Kriebel, of Bethlehem pike; Miss Lorna Lutt¬ gen, of Lindenwold avenue; Fred W. Eckfeldt, of Lindenwold Ter¬ race, and Miss Josephine Little, of Fort Washington.
At the meeting the Rev. Mr. Platt asked the congregation to join him in requesting Presbytery to dissolve the pastoral relation¬ ship existing between himself and
More  Defense   Workers  Urged to Join Clubs; Anijile Gaso¬ line Assured Members
With the majority of car owners now dependent on four gallons of gasoline per week, the number of drivers joining car pools continues on the upswing. In Ambler eight¬ een share-the-car pools have been
REBER LOSES APPEAL
ON DRIVING CHARGE
An appeal of a reckless driving charge made against him by Am¬ bler police failed to clear Lester Reber, of 831 Haws avenue, Nor¬ ristown. He was fined ten dollars and costs by Judge Harold G. Knight in Montgomery County Court on Friday afternoon, fol¬ lowing a hearing at which Police Oflficer Edward Esmond, of the Ambler force, testified against him.
Esmond declared that on June 9
POOR RESPONSE MARKS IWO WAR DRIVES HERE
Residents Fail to Cooperate in
Campaigns for  Scrap
and Records
Maybe  Ambler  residents   don't
know about the war.      Or maybe
they're   just   indifferent.       Such
would seem the case, anyway, ac-
i cording to  their  response  to  the
a   station   wagon   operated   by | scrap salvage drive and the cam-
formed within the past two weeks, I Reber went through a red trafflc ! paign to collect old    phonograph
T PIANNED THIS WEK
Time    Kept    Secret;    Officials
Praise Cooperation in Last
Blackout Test
all   of   their   members      defense workers. I
According  to  Selby  T.  Foutty, | Ambler Share-the-Car Club chair- | man, there are still numerous ap-1 plications for membership in car | pools  awaiting  assignment.  More volunteers  are    needed  so    that drivers going to the same localities may be paired. Mr. Foutty stresses the  fact  that  a   driver  need  not carry any special number of pass¬ engers   in   a   car   pool.   However, the average number of persons per car  is three.,
Applications for car pools are available in Ambler at the head¬ quarters of the Share-the-Car Clubs, at 67 Butler avenue; at the
the local church. The congregation] rationing board office, US. Ridge
granted his request and appointed Norman F. Kriebel, of Bethlehem pike, and Joseph D. Haddon, of Highland avenue, to represent the church at a meeting of Presbytery the following day. The Presbytery of Philadelphia North accepted the Rev. Mr. Piatt's resignation, effective September 15.
Dr. John Harvey Lee, of Ger¬ mantown, was designated by Pres¬ bytery to occupy the pulpit of the local church on Sunday morning, September 20, to formally declare the vacancy. Dr. Earl L. Douglass, pastor of ttie Summit Presbyterian Church, of Germantown, has been named by Presbytery to act as interim moderator for the congre¬ gation at all session meetings un¬ til a regular pastor is installed.
avenue, and at the William Cline Service Station, Butler and Ridge avenues. While car owners can form their own car pools without making formal applications, they are urged to fill in the forms, since they serve as an added assurance that the driver will get additional gasoline.
Residents of Springfield Town¬ ship who wish to join car pools are asked to get in touch with Mrs. Cuthbert Parrish, at the Township Building, in Erdenheim. In White¬ marsh, the Share-the-Car Club chairman is Samuel M. Glass, of Butler pike, Conshohocken, Whit¬ pain Township's car pool chairman is Norman A. McMullan, of Center Square. In Lower Gwynedd the chairman  is William R. Wolf,  of
The session of the local church \ Sumneytown pike, Gwynedd Val-
will arrange for supply ministers to preach during the period when there is no minister at the church. Although Rev. Piatt's resignation becomes effective on September 15, he will conduct his last service at the Ambler church on August 16, a communion service, after which he will leave on a month's vaca¬ tion. He will take up his duties in Ridgewood on September 20.
Rev. Platt came to the Ambler church four years ago upon the resignation of the Rev. Dr. Joseph M. Ewing, who left to become pas¬ tor of the First Presbyterian Chuich of Fresno, California. Rev. Platt was formerly assistant pas¬ tor in the First Presbyterian Church, East Orange, New Jersey.
ley, and in Upper Dublin, the car sharing chairman is Luther Klos¬ terman, of Prospect and Madison avenues. Fort Washington.
Supplemental "B" books are be¬ ing issued only when, among other requirements, car owners prove that they are members of car poolp, or that they have made every reasonable effort to become members of such pools, but be¬ cause of certain conditions have found it impossible to do so. When rationing boards are presented with Share-the-Car application forms supplemental gasoline cou¬ pon books are issued without the involved questioning which would be necessary otherwise.
GIRL SCOUTS TO SERVE     ! AT'COMMUNITY CORNER'
When "Community Corner" j opens at Strawbridge & Clothier's' Jenkintown store in September, it i will be the culmination of a ser- j ies of community services, as spon¬ sored by the Girl Scouts of Dis¬ trict Seven.
Girl Scouts have always in¬ cluded "service" in their commun¬ ity programs, and now, with the need for better cooperation among citizens, the Scouts are offering help to war agencies, community organizations, clubs, schools and residents.
A    permanent    booth  will    be
TO
County Defense Officials Review
Members of Three Civilian
Medical Units
County Defense and Red Cross officials on Monday night re¬ viewed the members of three units of   the   Whitpain   Township
_             Civilian   Defense   Medical   Corps,
malnta'in'cd'Tv'adu'irmembers of I when they drilled on the Whitpain the Girl Scout organization, at i School athletic grounds. Follow- thc south entrance of the store. I ing the review certificates were Exhibitions of the Scout's defense awarded to the corps members, work will be displayed and any I The corps has been certified by questions about Scout activities i the State and the American Red may  be  asked.  A  bulletin  board i Cross,     with     first  aid     training
light at Butler and Lindenwold avenues. He said that the driver passed three other cars that were waiting for the light to change, and that he paid no attention when motorists sounded their horns to warn him that the light was against him. Esmond added that Reber was travelling at about   forty-five   miles   por  hour
records.
The government, together with Ambler's Civilian Defense Coun¬ cil, has been urging citizens to turn in all of the scrap metal they could find. The need for scrap iron, alone, is so drastic that some government furnaces have been forced to shut down because of its lack.
And yet, there hasn't been any in a twenty-five mile speed limit j scrap turned in here. All of the zone. gasoline stations are waiting to re-
Although the police offlcer was t ceive   it.   A  call  to  the  borough unable to overtake Reber at the I offlce. Ambler  1000, will bring a] o„,,„„r,..„H   th^t   oU
time,  he  saw  the  station  wagon   truck  to, collect^unwield, pieces   f,X"i...^fL^T?""'^^^.,/L^Ll^
At some unannounced time this week residents in Ambler and surrounding townships will be given their first daylight air raid drill, and civilian defense officials hope that they will respond as excellently as they did to the blackout test last Wednesday night.
The time for the coming test will not be revealed until the sirens give the signal, and accord¬ ing to Dr. A. C. Marts, executive director of the State Defen.se Council, the practice will last "a few minutes." The counties tak¬ ing   part   will     be   Montgomery,
SIREN TESTS CONTINUE
Air raid siren tests are to become a regular part of every Montgomery County resident's week.
At five minutes past 12 noon every Saturday, until further notice, sirens, and other air raid alarms will be sounded for test purposes, according to the State Council of Defense.
The alarm will la.st for twenty seconds and will not be followed by an all-clear signal. Air Raid Wardens and other auxiliaries of the Civilian Defense Corps will not be mobilized by the test alarm and the general pub¬ lic should not pay attention to them, the Council said, point¬ ing out that they will be held for mechanical reasons and to acquaint the public with the signal.
MOBILE UNII RECEIVES BLOOD FROM 428 DONORS IN AMBLER^
I    Blood Donors, July 22, 22
Keasbey and Mattison Company: James T. Heywood, Karl Shearer, I James Gear, William McCabe, i Elmer Brumbaugh, Wilmer Rosen- 1 berger, Domenic Sylvestre, Joseph 1 Palermo,   David   Street,   Clifford
Total of 548 Volunteer: Keasbey
and  Mattison  Company
Sends 279
Whether they know it or not, a good many wounded men in the fighting forces may, at .some fu- ! Bergey, Salvatore  Minio,  Roy  C. j ture^ time, owe their lives to some j Teets, Howard R. Fox, James F. | Ambler residents. Durmg the past
Nicholas,      Linford     M.     Boyer, I Kathryn  Freed,  Salvatore Talise,
E. L. MENGES WITHDRAWS FROM LOCAL LAW FIRM
Milan Petrov, Harold Rosenberger, ! Harold Shelly, J. Curtis Dengler, Donald Smoll, Russell Knight, John Riccio, Anthony Forte, John Silvis, George Bowers, Salvatore Decembrino, Charles French, Charles H. Chant, Wilmer Jack¬ son, Arnold Hazclwood, Lawrence
later   in   the  day  and   made  the arrest.
Reber had maintained that he had not operated the car in a reckless manner, and had waived hearing before Magistrate Wil¬ liam Urban.
' The   Civilian     Defense      Council
urges   residents     to   scout     their .,,,,..
homes—especially their attics—for ^e cleared  and  pedestrians must
scrap  metal. ^^^"^ '^'^^^'¦- " "^o f^'^^^e/ '« ^^ail-
As for the drive for old records, ?!?,'L P^!;^°"L5".„*^?   u.^?,!,L!?"f^ there have been no records made
...e   uait    wm     ue   iviui.i,suiiiury, I     Ending thirteen years as a mom-   ^ Clarenre Ritz    Mrs   Tasner
Philadelphia, Bucks,  Chester and j ber of the law firm of Ditter and  Kv.''sL'^f. ""st^ni^'Fi^'^nH Delaware. -I Menges, Elmer L. Menges, of 414
Bernard Lindenfeld,    chairman I Fairview avenue  Ambler  has an- of   the   Ambler   Civilian   Defense i nounced his withdrawal from the
firm. Mr. Menges will open his own
CONGRESSMAN DITTER
Discusses   War   Effort;    Urges
Truthful Information from
Government Leaders
in that collection. The Norton Downs, Jr., Post No. 125, together with Legion posts throughout the country, are seeking old phono¬ graph records. The records are to be sold as scrap, and the profits used to buy new musical equip¬ ment for the men in the armed forces.
Ambler's quota was set at 2550 —its part of the grand total of 37,500,000 records the Legion hopes to collect. But only a few hundred
traffic must come to a halt as soon,, „ „ .     ,      .    .,     ,.,
as the alarm is heard. Streets must | ^w offlces on Saturday in the Na¬ tional Bank Building, Ambler.
Admitted to the Montgomery County Bar in 1927, Mr. Menges became Assistant District Attorney in 1932, working under District Attorney Frederick B. Smiliie. He retained office until 1935.
Nicolls, Isaac L. Stong,    Edmund Busby, Santa B. Valeo, James B.
two weeks residents have given unstintingly of their blood to a visiting mobile blood donor unit of the American Red Cross, and as a result, 428 pints ot bloOd poured into Red Cross flasks here. During the first two days that the mobile unit visited the Wissa¬ hickon Fire House, on July 9 and 10, 215 persons donated blood, with 258 volunteering. Last Thursday and Friday, when, be¬ cause of the great number ot vol- ' unteers, the unit returned, a total
DelPopolo   Nathaniel Perry, Paul; ^^   213'   persons   donated'  blood.
Pfleiger, Anthony Bocchino,  Nor
man Gery,  Howard  Hays,  Elmer
j Kern,  Anthony   Caperella,   Harry
stand as close to a building as possible. Motorists are asked to leave their ignition keys in their automobiles. Only emergency vehicles will be permitted to operate.
All civilian defense volunteer workers are to report to their re¬ spective stations immediately, ac¬ cording to Mr. Lindenfeld. The test will provide a challenge to all defense organizations, to see how promptly they can summon their air raid wardens, auxiliary police.
have been  turned  in to date.  In  firemen and other emergency ser
The spotlight turned on Wash¬ ington at the meeting of the Ro¬ tary Club of Ambler yesterday afternoon, when Congressman J. William Ditter, honorary member of the club, addressed the group.
Taking his audience behind the scenes in the nation's capital, Mr. Ditter discussed the feverish war¬ time activity in Washington and declared, "I have no very exalted opinion of the virtue of any pro¬ gram which depends for its ac¬ ceptance on the credulity of the citizen, and which fears the searching examination of common sense and reasonable intelligence. Courage is not kindled by keep¬ ing people in the dark on public questions," he said. "Truth will fortify our spirit and strengthen our determination."
Mr. Ditter told his audience that the war is not a social experiment, but rather, a grim, stern, unyield¬ ing undertaking which can only be won by a common sharing of the burdens and a common accept¬ ance of responsibilities.
"The war is a challenge to our devotion and loyalty," he con¬ tinued. ".It permits neither person¬ al prero'gatives nor political pri¬ vilege. It is a practical, a very realistic task, which calls for such realistic factors as toil and tears and sacrifice. Wishful think¬ ing, idle day-dreaming and the delusions of idealistic planners of Utopias cannot withstand the merciless demands of war," Mr. Ditter said.
Emphasizing the fact that war demands sacrfice by all, the Con
Fort Washington, where the quota is 6125 records, over 1000 records already have been collected.
A telephone call to Ambler 0635 will bring a collector to any home where there are old records. Or they may be left at the Legion Home, at Lindenwold and Park avenues. Every citizen is asked to help in the drive, so that thefc may be "Records for Our Fight¬ ing Men."
In Fort Washington, residents may leave their records in a special box at the Post Offlce, or have them called for by telephon¬ ing Ambler 9895 or Ambler OlM- M.
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Gross, Frank N. Thomp.son, Syd ney Buchanan, Edward Taylor, Michael Ciocca, Albert D'Elia, Franklin Adams, Kathryn Gresh, Jane Tompkins, Charles E. Kep¬ ler, Volney Hartman, Hasting Fox, Joseph Pulli, Herbert Kulp, Ed¬ ward Wilson, Ashley Collis, Ave- (Continued on page 3)
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to Convert Equipment Into
MOTOR CORPS TO COLLECT TOMATOES FOR CANNING
The  Ambler   Canning   Kitchen, with 2500 cans of tomatoes to be
Coal Biu'ning Unit
A contract to alter the heating
into action Last week's  test,  in which  the sirens sounded at 9.20 p. m. Wed¬ nesday evening,  was the  best so far, according to    Mr. Lindenfeld
and Luther Fretz, chief air raid ; equipment at Ambler High School warden. Both said there was 100 ; go that coal may be burned instead per cent cooperation, and com-; of qji ^gs awarded to J. M. Kirk, mended civilian defense volunteers ¦ of Ambler, at a special meeting of on the smoothness with which; the School Board last Wednesday they performed their duties. No, night. The $440 contract includes serious violation was reported m 1 two ash pits, fire doors, and a com- Ambler, and twenty-two incidents, piete  set of  grates with  holders.
The board agreed to pay a meehan ic   $1.50  per   hour   to   install  the grates.
Authorization  was given  board officials to handle the purchase of j i^noum   as any other materials which may be | Sensation"
were successfully handled.
Reports of "100 per cent co¬ operation, everything going smoothly," also came from civilian defense officials in Springfield, Whitemarsh, and Lower Gwynedd townships.
Dr. Almon C. Stabler, report¬ ing on the test in Upper Dublin Township praised highly the work
of volunteers in that township. He , „ ^__   ._. „ ^
filled, started work Tuesday at the j commended, particularly, the work I cipal. Also authorized was the pur
Wissahickon Fire House, on But- j of the auxiliary firemen, who re-  chase  of  lumber to  build  chutes
ler avenue. To aid the work, the i sponded quickly  to  four  fire   in-1 and bins for the coal and the or-
OLD CARS ON DISPUY AT FLOURTOWN FAIR
On exhibit this week at the Flourtown Fair are thirteen an¬ tique automobiles from the ctl- lection of Joseph B. Van Sciver. Kirk   Awarded  Contract   Ji-. of Germantown. Featured ir.
the exhibit is the 1903 Ford which Mr. Van Sciver drove to victory on Saturday in the derby held by the Veteran Motor Car Club of .A.mer;ca at the Fairflpld Hunt Club, at Westport, Conn.
Also exhibited are a 1904 Max¬ well, an 1899 Locomobile steamer, a one-cylinder Brush, a 1902 Pierce Arrow and a 1900 Huls- man   bugg.y.
The fair, which is bcirj; .spon¬ sored    by    the    Flourtown    Fire Company,  will   continue  through this  Saturday  night.   It  is   being held on the fire company grounds, on Bethlehem pike, in Flourtown. Appearing   nightly   is   the   act the   "Famous   Deteros a dare-devil  combin-
needed, and the work was left in the hands of Mr. Kirk, under the supervision of the improvement committee, the superintendent of buildings and the supervising prin
ation of two girls and a man who perform on a rigging high above the midway.
I Motor  Corps of  the  Wissahickon I Branch of the American Red Cross has volunteered to call for all to¬ matoes which are contributed for canning.
Those wishing to take advantage of this service are asked to call Whitemarsh 0373 on Mondays, so that the Corps can call for the to¬ matoes on Tuesdays.
The kitchen will be open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 8.30 a. m. to 4 p. m., throughout August.
courses completed by all its mem¬ bers.      The organization has nine
will be maintained for use of all organizations.
Mrs. Gustavo E. Rosenau, Chair-: .:.'"""" ....t,.^...- ^^^.^^.— ¦„. — , r,„in;„„ ,,,:n, *u„ ,„„„ „«„.,*' man of the Public Relations Com-1 bulance work, and only recently P^^'^'f.^^^^'^^ the war effort, mittee announces that the first ex-! lent   assistance   in   the   head-on I conciuoca.
BELL SERVICE FLAG
CARRIES 452 STARS
A red, white  and blue  service flag  with  •J52  stars,   in  honor  of J    ,       ,    ,,. , ,, Bell Telephone Company of Penn-
gressman declared that personal sylvania employes with the armed sacrifice by the citizen and political; forces of Ihe United States, now sacrifice by those who direct the j jg displayed at the company's government should go hand in | building at 100 Greenwood avenue, hand. "If sacrifices are required [ ,„ Jenkintown of our people they have the right | service flags are on display at to expect sacrifices from those who \ g number of other telephone com-
cidents. Communication difficulties I dering of three cars of coal, were  completely  ironed     out,  he j     The board elected Mervin Hen-1 said,   through   the   work   of     the! ry,  assistant  teacher at  the  high; messenger    corps    under    Walter i school for the past year, to a regu-1 Pearce.      Motorcyclists, bicyclists 1 lar  position  on   the  faculty.   Mr. I
and foot messengers are included : Henry replaces S. B. Gilliard, who,! . 	
in this group. j in   1941,  was granted  a  one-year 1 Receipts Top Those of Former   ' leave of absence, to go to Pennsyl- ]
vania State College.  Mr. Gilliard's j
resignation from  the faculty was
accepted   at   the   meeting   of   the A service flag honoring fifteen | school board two weeks ago.
ST. JOHN'S TO DEDICATE    i SERVICE FLAG SUNDAY
r
HIGHLY SUCCESSFOL
Years; Philadelphian Wins Hope Chest
St. Joseph's Catholic Church, in
station wagons equipped for am- I have shown a disposition to play | pghy buildings in Eastern Pennsyl
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hibition will demonstrate tin can cooker.y. This type of war-time emergency cooking was successful¬ ly shown at the Red Cross Test Mobilization and proved how effi¬ ciently the Scouts could care for their neighbors should an occasion arise.
Mrs. Russell Harrar, Program Chairman, will arrange a change of exhibitions twice monthly. Those serving at the booth the opening week will be the follow¬ ing members ot the executive com¬ mittee: Mrs. A. J. Spaeth, Chair¬ man of the Board; Mrs. Edwin Hallowell, President of Leaders' Association; Mrs. Annie Landis, Chairman of Scholarships; Mrs. Louis McLean, Vice-Chairman; Mrs. Arthur E. Owen, Training Chairman, and Mrs. Ernest Na¬ chod, Secretary.
crash of two trolley cars on the Lehigh Valley Transit Company line. The unit's casualty stations are located at the Center Square Fire House, Whitpain High School, and Boehm's Church, in Blue Bell.
Commanding the group is the Rev. Edward Rutledge Cook, S. T. D., pastor of Boehm's Evan¬ gelical and Reformed Church in Blue Bell. Certificates were awarded by J. Maurice Strattan, instructor. James B. Long, head of the Whitpain Township De¬ fense Council, presided.
The Medical Corps membership is as follows:
Corps Commander Edward Rut¬ ledge Cook, S. T. D.
(Continued on page 2)
ORCHESTRA MEN TO PLAY IN CONCERT AT CHURCH
vania, including the general head¬ quarters building at 1835 Arch street, in Philadelphia.
At a formal presentation of the flag at the general headquarters building, on July 17, Philip C. Staples, president of the Bell of Pennsylvania, recalled at the close of the flrst World War, the Bell service   flag  had   1276   stars.    He
  I BIBLE SCHOOL TO OPEN
MINISTERIAL GROUP i       AT FORT WASHINGTON
HONORS REV.  PLATT j     The Daily vacation Bible school
! ol Trinity Lutheran Church, in >^' i Members f the Ministerial As- j port Washington, opens Monday, |>W sociation of Ambler and Vicinity, I and will continue for two weeks.
^ wfif/n'thi^R^v^ r.!rJr''ipt' A "pfpn I     Classes for children between six
pTstoi°of'the^AmS^rPrLbyterfan'   -fd ^^0^9" a^^m" t^J n^o^oVMo^^ }-,, .   „„ . ,„„.,  rii„»t  ..f X «o4v.    held trom 9 a. m. to noon, Mon-
ington I     Teaching the classes will be the
The Rev. Mr. Platt has resigned I following: Miss Gloria Davies, his Ambler charge to accept a call j Miss Vera Coombs, Miss Theresa to the First Presbyterian Church | l^cNair, Mrs. Thomas Tressler,, of Ridgewood, N. J. 1 Mrs. Robert Horne and the Rev.
On behalf o'f the association, the | Robert Horne. Rev. M. Luther Hocker, of the Zion j Instruction will be given in Lutheran Church of Whitemarsh, j the lite of Christ, the history ot extended final greetings to the i the Church, and heroes of the Rev. Mr. Platt, who, in turn, spoke ! Bible. There also will be construe- briefly. I tion work and play periods.
Present    were    the    following: i	
Rev. and Mrs.    Martin L. Tozer,
Four members of the Philadel¬ phia Orchestra will give a con¬ cert at the Trinity Lutheran Church,   in   Fort  Washington,   on
Thursday evening, August  13,  at \ added  that" the  total  represented 8.15 o'clock. I by today's flag is fast increasing
The musicians have offered their i —	
services to the church, to aid  in \     —Read the    Gazette the   raising  of  funds  to  pay  for j ads. new lighting equipment    recently i installed in the nave. The concert is open to the public, and an offer¬ ing will be asked.
Members of the quartet are David Madison, first violinist; Jul¬ ius Schulman, second vioUnist; Samuel Singer, violist, and Harry Gorodetzer, cellist.
Mr. Madison, who is a Fort Washington resident, is concert- master otj the    Robin  Hood  Defl
with 290 volunteering.
That brought the total number of donors to 428. the total num¬ ber of volunteers to 548. And from the Keasbey and Matttson Com¬ pany alone, came 279 of the blood donors.
The need of blood donors never abates, according to Red Cro.ss officials, and at the Blood Donor Center in Philadelphia, 1400 pints have been collected every week since Pearl Harbor. According to Mrs. Ruth S. Mayo, assistant di¬ rector of the Blood Donor Service, "Our soldiers and sailors are us¬ ing up our stores of plasma .every day all over the world. And one victim may need several pints. At Pearl Harbor, doctors gave a single wounded man nine quarts of plasma to save his life."
Discussing the wosk of the Philadelphia center, Mrs. Mayo says that men and women donors are divided about 50-50. More women came in to give their blood at the center, but men make up for this advantage through the mobile units. In a t.ypical month, June of this year, she adds, 3710 men and 3535 women donated.  "
The fainting average is low, ac¬ cording to Mrs. Mayo, with about five, faints in every "100 donors. As to rejections, a fairly largo number of volunteers are rejected because of physical condition. More women than men seem to be turned down for health reas¬ ons, and in June, seventeen males and seventy-four females were re-. jected in Philadelphia because cf low hemoglobin. For faulty blood pressure, irregular pulse, too high a temperature, etc., thirty-one males and 279 females wer( weeded out
However, for other reasons, the men are turned down more tre- quentl.v says Mrs. Mayo. In June, thirty-five women were rejected because they returned to give blood too soon after their first do¬ nation (six to eight weeks*, or be¬ cause they were too old (over 60). The number of men rejected during the same period for the same reasons was fifty-two.
The fear that the loss of blood is enfeebling is .discounted by Red Cross officials, who point out that within twenty-four hours, the complicated machinery in your body has manufactured the volume of blood lost. Within six to eight weeks it has restored the lost red blood cells. And for every 2.2 pounds in your body there are three ounces of blood The Red Cross takes but a pint :ib a time. ,   jjiij
young men now in the fighting | Turned in by Magistrate William 1 Ambler, brought its twelfth and forces will be presented and dedi-1 Urban, delinquent tax collector, I most successful carnival to a close cated at St. John's Lutheran j was $15.75 for 1940 per capita on Saturday night. Receipts from Church, in Ambler, on Sunday taxes collected from the period be-1 the five days of festivity this year morning. The ceremony will take | ginning June 9 and ending July 14. | topped all" previous carnival re¬ place during the morning service, 1 Supervising Principal E.E.Kersch-i ceipts, according to the Rev. at 10.45 a. m. I ner was instructed to buy all need-1 Father  Francis  N.  McDevitt,   as-
Those now in service are: Joseph led book replacements. sistant rector of the church.
J.   Bender,  Lieutenant   Henry   G. j     Plans for a fiftieth anniversary!     Although   threatening   weather Bussing,  Richard    Nelson    Deck,  celebration   in   the  Fall,  marking j overshadowed   some   of   the   fun Truxton Wayne Deck,   Charles A. i the   high   school's   establishment i during  the  first nights,  the  total I JIJNIOR  COLONY fl UB Deuchar, .lohn R. Fluck, Lieuten-1 f,fty years ago, were discussed at | attendance was over  10,000, with' v^wv/n t   vl.vu
ant Earl R. Matson, Richard J. the meeting. It was suggested that I the carnival extended to Friday Roesch, Stewart B. Rorer, Lieu- William H. Faust, president of the | and Saturday of last week, tenant Donald E. Small, Earl W. School Board, participate in thei One of the highlights of the af- Wood, Lambert West and George ^ celebration by reading the saluta- ¦ fair was the award of a 536-piece McClellan Rourke. With the tory address he delivered as a j hope chest on Saturday evening. United States Marines is Staff Ser-1 member of the first high school j The winner was Mrs. Marie Cur- geant Edward Murphy. Serving in | graduating class. It was recalled j ran, of 1013 S. 50th street, West the United States Ferry Command j that Mr. Faust was the only boy in ! Philadelphia. A ton of coal, do- is Frank D. Martin. ' his class, which had six members j nated by the Ambler Coal Com-
The  morning   sermon,   "Setting  in  all.  His  address  was  entitled,; pany, was won by Florence Lape- Up Our Banner," will be deliver- ' "America fgr Americans." | tina, of 27 Hendricks street, Am-
ed   by     Dr.   Robert   D.   Hershey,      Chairman    of    the    committee I y^.r-.. while  B.   A.   Oberheidt,   of
by pastor of the church.
—Steel  saved by  banning   nail
files  for  the  duration  will  make
forty-four 155 mm. guns, 46,000 .40
classified' caliber machine guns or 575 six-
I teen-inch shells.
planning the celebration is Walter Bethlehem pike, Whitemarsh, was
- -    —        the winner of a ton of coal donated by Pulli Brothers.
Sobers. Assisting him are Mr. Ker schner and Mr. Faust.
THEY'RE IN THE ARMY
PLANS YEAR'S PROGRAM
Tentative plans for next year's program were made at the meet¬ ing of the Executive Board of the Junior Colony Club of Ambler on Tuesda.v night. The board met at the home of Mrs. Paul E. Williams, on Andross avenue, with Miss Jean Lutz, first vice president, presiding in the absence of Mrs. Charles Miller.
The flrst meeting of the coming .year was set for Tuesday, October 13. It will be a covered dish sup¬ per and prospective members will be   entertained.
Following the Executive  Board
Draft Board Questionnaires
Go Out To More Registrants
To Romeo Gigliotti, of 16 Cen¬ tre  street. Ambler, went a ra^io
donated by James Palermo.   The meeting a marshmallow and dog-
Thirteen  men  from  Flourtown,; winner of a money doll was Mary j gie   roast   was   held,   with   about
Erdenheim   and    Wyndmoor   are | Goettner,  of Butler avenue. Am- ] twenty-five club members present.
I among   the   registrants   of   Local, bier, and Anthony Signore, of 336 j in charge of the roast were Mrs.
! Dratt Board No. 2, at Jenkintown, i Railroad  avenue.  Ambler, won  a ' Howard J. Angstadt, Mrs. William
who leave this Saturday for indue-j lady's neckpiece. j q. Williams and Mrs. Paul E. Wil-
tion into the United States Army.      In charge of carnival arrange-; Hams.
Leaving Jenkintown at 8.30 a. m., I ments   was   the   Rev.   Joseph   P. |	
they  will  report  at  Fort  Meade, \ McGeever,   D.   D.,   pastor   of   the
The evening's program will in¬ clude     the     Beethoven    Quartet, Opus 18, No. 4; the Brahms Quar- j T 311 tet in A Minor, and compositions by Tschaikovsky and Turina.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hershey, Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Huston, Rev. and Mrs. M. Luther Hocker, Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Platt, and Rev. and Mrs. Paul E. Schmoyer.
—Buy United States War Bonds and stamps.
Mclaughlin a.w.o.l.
Kenneth McLaughlin, of Amb¬ ler, was taken into custody last Friday by Ambler police, for be¬ ing A.W.O.L. from his U. S. Army post.
McLaughlin was turned over to military police in Philadelphia.
Selective service questionnaires continue to be sent to the regis¬ trants of Local Draft Board No. 5. ;„.,,„.       ^. .  ,      ,.     Listed  below are those to whom
I Orchestra. During the winter he | questionnaires have been mailed serves as assistant concertmaster! Within the past ten days They of the Philadelphia Orchestra. Mr. | j^^gt be filled in, sworn to before Schulman, another member of the : g notary public or a member of quartet, this past winter presented | the draft board, and returned a violin recital at Town Hall, in | ^jthin ten days. JNew York. T1636    11,149    Walter F. Ciesiel-
ski, 310 Fayette st. Consho.
11,150     Rudolph   E.   Bru¬ der, 311 Church st.. Ambler. T 165    11,151    William W. Hardy,
509 Orlando ave., Oreland. T 7.58    11,152    Edward L. Urban,
530 Harry st., Consho. T1166    11,153    Edward W. C. Oer- mann, 307 E. 9th ave., Consho. T    13    11,154     Harry  L.  Jordan,
113 Fayette st., Consho. T1381    11,155    Edmund F. Hylin¬ ski, 518 E. Hector st.. Consho. T1712    11,156      Volney  G.  Hart- mann, 236 Butler ave., Amb¬ ler. T1427    11,157    Herbert Y. Gibbs.
Limekiln pike,  Dresher. T 948    11,158   Harry L. Reed, 135
N. Main st.. Ambler. T 727    11,159    Howard  R.  Auch, 14 N. Gilinger rd., Lafayette Hills. T 629    11,160    Thomas A. Sava-
OLD FIDDLERS TO PICNIC
Lenape Park, near West Chester, on Saturday once more will be the scene of the annual Old Fiddlers' Picnic.
Musicians and their friends throughout this area are invited to attend the picnic, which last year drew over 20,000 persons. Chair¬ man of this year's event is Dr. Samuel Lane Anderson, of Con- cordville.
The picnic will .serve a double purpose for Christian C. Sander¬ son's Pocopson Valley Boys, for they will hold their annual re¬ union there also.
—Defend your country . . Defense .Stamps and Bonds.
Buy
rese, 11 Gilinger rd., Lafayette
Hills. T 412    11,161      Victor   N.   Potts,
309 Bethlehem pike, Ambler. T1625    11,162    Herbert H. Brand •
reth, 1 Cherry Lane, Miquon. T 136    11,163    William H.  Reed,,
Germantown   pike,   Lafayette  David  Dickson,
Maryland.
To be inducted are the follow¬ ing: William H. Ashbridge, Jr., 526 E. Willow Grove avenue, Wyndmoor; Francis Joseph Boyle, 8141 Flourtown avenue, Wynd¬ moor; John Francis Dempsey, 813 E. Abington avenue, Wyndmoorj Mill road, Flour¬
town;    Joseph    Anthony     Foley,
Church.   Assisting with the work I ^^^^^  MONDAY   FOR ARMY
(r'^.,*i„,.„j „„  ov Four men from this area were
(Continued on page 2) | ^^^^^ ^^^^^ summoned last week
n.n.>..   «. .«„   ..w,^^^ \^y    Montgomery    County    Draft
BIBLE   CLASS   MEETS , Board   No.   6   for   service   in   the
Members of tjie Young Women> i "^iS^nlnf at'N^n-istown   next
Monda.y  will be  Frank   Ferla,  of
35 Belmont avenue. Ambler; Clar-
h,n.,r^c. ^f M...,   n„Ko,.4  i\/!.",......„   „„ ¦ cHcc   E.   Williams   of   276   Maple
home ot Mrs. Robeit Murray, on  ^^^^^^  Ambler; John H. Dailey, of
Bible Class of St. John's Lutheran j Church, Ambler, held their month-1 ly meeting on Monday night at the j
T 680    11,165
Hill P. O. I - , ,.,,.,
OK    iiifid   «n,.,.«, TT Ronchn,!,   Springfleld    avenue,     Flourtown;; Walnut lane.
AvP  R   Hnrshnm      "*="^'^''^' | Robert Lore Hood, Jr., 518 E. Wil-'     Following the business  meeting, Ave. a, noisnani. ^ j^^   Grove   avenue,   Wyndmoor; | which was presided  over by  the
Joseph   F.  Organ- | gjng Senfred Jacobson, Flourtown, president.   Miss   Mela   Petrov.  a r„     ^i"'.^,^,^J^Z'e ^^'^U   „ , ?'•    ; road and E. Gravers lane, Wynd-1 social time was enjoyed. Hot oogs I .,,,.. „   ^,   ^_„„   ivr„.jHo    Mr! T 653    11,166 George_ A. Robbms,  ^^oor;   Lawrence     Johnson,     Jr. i and   marshmallows   were   roastid | i!^^V.?^If,",^'lL K^^^w^^tt R..i!^£':
Ardmore avenue and Gravers lane, i over   an   out-door   fireplace,   and Wyndmoor;   Donald  Willard   Jor-' cold drinks were served, dan,  703  Bethlehem pike, Erden- {     Assisting   Mrs.   Murray   as   co- heim; James Louis Little, 1015 E. j hostess was Miss Christine Stew- Pleasant street, Wyndmoor;  John j art, class teacher.
Earl  Nash,  Flourtown,  Mill road, 	
Flourtown; Joseph Erne.st Schmidt,        AT AIR FORCE SCHOOL 517 E. Mermaid lane, Wyndmoor,!     Two Ambler youths arc among and   Wesley   WiUiam  Senior,  906 j the 216 young nien from Pennsyl- Bethlehem pike, Erdenheim. \ vania who were enrolled this week
Butler pike. Ambler,
T 679    11,167   .lohn R. O'Donnell, 704 Maple st., Consho.
T 509    11,168    Vincenzo   Cappel- letti, 130 W. 6th ave., Consho.
T1593    11,169    Herbert C. McFar¬ land, 121 W. 7th ave., Consho.
T 864    11,170    Harvey R. Peiffer, 434 E. 9th ave., Consho.
T1377    11,171    James B.  Snyder, 148 Park ave.. Ambler.
T1368    11,172   James M. Ingram, 355 Spring Mill ave., Consho.
T1386    11,173    James  P.  Bolger, 452 Old Elm st., Consho.
T1701    11,174      William   Sweden, Columbia ave., Horsham.
T 449    11,175    Clarence K. Rad¬ cliff, Jr., Birch ave., Horsham.
T 720    11,176    Carmen Zinni, 433 W. 6th ave., Consho. • Continued on page 2)
Blue Bell road. Spring Hou.se, and Arthur Carter, Jr., of Penllyn.
There will be ninety-six men in the contingent that will leave for
Sixty of them live iu the .Bridge¬ port—Swedesburg—Upper MerioH| District.
KNIGHT WITH NAVAL CADETS
Among the twenty-eight naval cadets who left Philadelphia on Monday for advanced flight train¬ ing was Alexander Knight, 24, son of Judge Harold G. Knight of 331 Mattison avenue. Ambler.
Also in the group of cadets were ten students from Westminster College, who joined the Navy in a unit.
in the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command School at Keesler Field, Miss.
Raymond K. Aures, son of Mrs. Hazel Jane Aures, of 127 Butler avenue, and Jay H. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hampton Moore.! held
ARREST DRUNKEN COUPLE
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lewis, o£ County Line and Pinetown roads. Huntingdon Valley, were arrested Saturday evening at Butler ave¬ nue and Hendricks street, in Am¬ bler. Mrs. Lewis was charged v;ith operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, and her i-.usj- band was charged with rirunKen- ness  and  disorderly  conduct.
Given a  hearing before Squire
William Urban,    Mrs. Lewis waa
under   $500  bail   for   court.
of 301 Butler avenue, have started  Mr. Lewis was fined five dollars
an   intensive   19-week   course   to land costs.
train   as   airplane   mechanics   fori     The arrests were made by Ser-
active "line duty" with the Army Air For(?es.
geant   John   Monaco Offlcer  Robert King.
and   Police