The Ambler Gazette 19410501

              VOL. LXIII — 9
The Ambler Gazette
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BOARD NUMBER FIVE
CALLS NINE MEN
PLAN SPEED Lill
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Junior   Hijili   Pupils   Presented
"Five  Little  Peppers"
Last Friday
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K. GEARY DIRECTS
Stretch  From  Springhouse to Whilcniarsh
MAP SHOWS ACCIDENTS
i4fnericanism Speaker
Barents, friends and almuni of Ambler High School assembled in the auditorium last Friday even¬ ing for the annual band concert and Junior high school play.
The Ambler High School band, under the direction of Clifford K Geary, opened the program with a rendition of "Entrance and March of the Peers" from "lolanthe" by Sullivan and continued the con¬ cert with selections by Jessel, De- Nerdis, Bach, Franghiser, Daven¬ port, and other well known com¬ posers. "Coming 'Round the Moun¬ tain', a novelty by Fillmore, was received with much enthus¬ iasm by the audience. Daven¬ port's march "Glorious Tenth" concluded the program.
!     Nine   men   from  Local     Board
' Number   Five  will   report  to  the \
j induction station     of the    U.    S.
I Army at Philadelphia next Thurs-
I day  morning.     This  is the  ninth I
i call for men in this area. i 	
!    The following is the list of men siate Officials Discuss Six Mile
j to be inducted:
'   33.5  Hugh Lavery, Prospectville,
I   S.'JIA Raymond Edward Gear, 60 j
' Tennis   Ave.,   Ambler. I
I   354 Frank Stanley Sosnowy, 373!
: E.  Hector St.,  Consho. )
358 Thomas    Augustine    Finley,! 	
122  Apel  Ave.,  Oreland '     Indications that, after months of
366  Joe  Richard "chadwicki   106  effort, a 35 miles speed limit will I Montgomery  Ave., R.  D. No. I be set up along a six mile stretch |
1 3 Norristown. j on   the   Bethlehem   pike,   from   a'
I   375   Roscoe   Dewey   Mellor,   llOjPO'nt at the top of a hill situated I West 9th Ave., Consho. i about a  quarter of a mile  north
I   383 Ashton O'Donnell Nelson, 106 ' of   Springhouse,   to   the   dividing ! 1 Chestnut St., Ambler. I line   of  Whitemarsh  and   Spring- ;
!   388 Wilson Howard Rahn, Cedar i field Townships, was made known 1 Grove Lane, R. D. No. 2 Con-1 at   a  meeting  held   last   Wednes- :
' shohocken. i day atternoon in the headquarters
i   398  Richard  Nelson   Deck,  Glen i oi the Lower Gwynedd Township '
Mawr Drive, Ambler. j Police.
I Order No. 383, Ashton O'Don- The battle to bring about a re- nel Nelson is a replacement for I duced speed limit along Bethle- Call No.  4. Order No. 335   Hugh  hem pike, known    as Route 309,
CLEAN-UP ORIVE   ! Community Ambulance Campaign
Board   of     Health   Urges operation of Every Individual
Co-
FOlJR COLLECTION DAYS
PROSPECTVILLE WOMAN      j NAMED CO-CHAIRMAN I
The   Executive   Board   of     the Montgomery   County   Council   of I Parents and Teachers met at the ' Montgomery County Court House, j Norristown on Wednesday.
Seventeen   board  members  and
twenty-three representatives from I	
the local school organizations were  cpDIMr rONrFBT RV
„„„„. The,, ,,e „«,..„„ „a„. i ^^'^iJnsDAlE ORCHESTRA
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The borough of Ambler has de- '''•^^"o"^    '"  J^o"^?^'"^/^ ,,?°""iy
signated the week of May 6 as "Clean-Up" Week in the commun¬ ity. The co-operation of every in¬ dividual in the borough is asked to eliminate disease hazards and prevent fires by cleaning all ac- I cumulated rubbish.
The Ambler Board of Health, in
with a membership of 6442.      In |  —
Pennsylvania there    is a member- !     xhe Spring concert of the Lans- ship of 140,712. j dale Symphony Orchestra will be
William   S.   Wasscruian,   Guest
Speaker   at   Amhulance
Dinner   Meeting
URGES   COOPERATION
The Publicity Department    was. given Monday evening.    May 5th divided into a chairman and sev-i at   the     Lansdale   Senior      High eral co-chairmen. These co-chair-' School Auditorium, starting at 8.30 men  are  to  attend  all  Executive ¦ o'clock. Board and County meetings. Mrs. |     The   forty-eight  piece  orchestra Association has made an an
Department of Health, the Amb-, teller,    Royei;sford;     Mrs. Ryan, ! Dovlestown   violihst.    The  soloist
Hurry Mister, It's My Mother" is an appeal for help, to answer this  call  the  Community  Ambul-
Lavery is a replacement for Call
No. 7. Order No. 351 A, Raymond
Edward Gear and Order No. 354,
i Frank   Stanley   Sosnowy   are   re-
! placements for Call No. 8.
The second half of thc program | -	
was  devoted  to  the  presentation; ncrirrnc  ci r^-rrrw
of   a   play   entitled   "Five   Little' NEW OFFICERS ELECTED Peppers" which was given by stu- j      gy SPRINGHOUSE P   T   A
dents  of  the  Junior   high  school; 	
under the able direction of Miss
FRANKLIN  S.  EDMONDS
ler Borough Council, and the Wiss- • ahickon Fire Company is sponsor¬ ing the "Clean-Up" Week cam¬ paign on May 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Mrs. Ryan, ! Dovlestown   violihst. Ivy   Rock:   Mrs.   Francis   Gloster,; will   be   Miss   Carla   Childs,   out-
Prospectville.
i in this vicinity.
At a meeting held at the Manu- i facturers County Club last Thurs-
All organizations were urged to'present three harp solqs as well as
.send   their   local   reports  to   Mrs. I play several    numbers with    the
Trucks will  make  collection  of ] Flack, the president, not later than | orchestra.
the trash and rubbish every day  May 5th. }     The orchestra will offer a varied
during  the  four  days  allotted  to ,     The Montgomery County School' program including    "The    Grand
the campaign here, but only cer- j of   In.struction   will   be   held   on \ March"    from    Wagner's     opera
„c,..^o ^,,....6...   ..X             '^'" sections are to be done each,,Tune 7th, at Upper Moreland High i TahnhaUser, the first movement of
Dublin     Township ¦ ing held annually by the William i day.   On   the  first  two  days   col- 1 School,  Willow  Grove.  All  presi- ' Schubert's     "Unfinished     Symph
was started last fall by Chief H.  LEGION POST TO     "
Charles Wisler of the Lower Gwy- 1 CPANCriR   MCPTIMr
nedd Township Police assisted by Orunai/IV   mcblinu
the following township and police I 	
officials:  Chief James Ottinger of:    The annual Americanism meet the     Upper
ll"^i"^»u*:^'*.lJl^i:5}!i'„^'?.?„,7L'i'day    evening     a     representative .,., ...n    oo  gj,^yp p£  citizens of  Ambler  and
vicinity   heard   the   plans   for   an intensive Ambulance drive,
Bernard Lindenfeld, Comman¬ der of the Norton Downs, Jr., Post No. 125 of Ambler gave a short resume of the formation of
Police Chief David Ennis of'Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, and lections will be made on all the dents were urged to have repre-} ony," "In a Persian Market" by ¦Whitemarsh Township Police,' the Auxiliary will be held in the | streets of the Borough North of ; sentatives present at all the con-1 Ketelbey, the ballet music from I Chief Lester J. Carpenter of Am- i Flourtown  Fire Hall    on  Sunday j Butler avenue, and on the reniain- | ferences. Tschaikowsky's "Enchanted Lake,"
! bier Police, and the supervisors of i afternoon. May 4th at 2.30 p. m.      mg   days,   Thur.sday   and   Friday.)     Mrs.   Henney,   of   Montgomery-' "Valse   Triste"   by   Sibelius,     the ! Lower   Gwynedd,   Upper   Dublin
State Sen.  Edmonds, of White-' on  all thc  streets South of Butler ; ville, gave an interesting talk on "Valse de les Fluers" from Tsch-1 u^h'VCV^^ "n"TmhiiVanpo""Amh
¦ the new Government Project call- ; aikowsky's      famous     Nutcracker \ lL"r'andtheTurrrn''d"ing common
fTr-iiltv   The   nlnt   nf  the  nlnv  cen-         ^t-'—o"—"v.    ^ ...^..„  .^v,c,.ii..io | gg^ngj-    wun    unaries    nioscnman, ; Kuesi    »(jcciis.ci.   xt.    uuiuiai    mviva-,      r-m i_uiici.iiuiia  .jic   w  uc  »i,cn icu , <->.•   .j^.^^..,.,   ^ .^^...o. .......  ou.^.uo   ouiic   auu    uuiiciuuiiig    Willi       lue
tered   around   a   widow   and   the °'^^^*''°" ^^^ ^^'"^ ^*^ ^'^^ ^'^'^''°'i representing t^^ has been extended to every-1 at 7 o'clock  in  the morning  and ^ food   is  given    out to  all  school overture to "The Barber  of  Se-
to    then   cafeterias   desiring   it.     especially, ville" by Rossini.
Anne   Gear    of   the   high   school   ^u'^^'o '¦*?^"1.^'''""'i!''^^ '"^''^'"^ °^'i and   Whitemarsh' Townships,   to-, marsh,  has  been  invited as     the I avenue. ,      ^    . ,.. , - , .... c.^ .... .u..^u..^...k w..,...^..-
Anne   uear,   oLu^^ni^nj^uoo    j^g   Springhouse   Parent-Teachers 1 gether   with   Charles   Hibschman,; guest   speaker.   A   cordial   invita-!     All collections are to be started ! ed Surplus Foods.      This surplus Suite   and   (Concluding   with     ihe \ ^l" ^"l ^"^^^^
people with the nearest ambulance eight miles distant or approxim¬ ately ten to fifteen minutes away from a hospital.
Mr. Lindenfeld stated after dis¬ cussing the situation the Coip- munity Ambulance Association was formed with  committees ap-
tered   arwncl   a   widow   and   the, ^^    Monday   evening,    with    the | ler " icne.   The   program   has   been   so I residents are reque.sted
TOun^ered while raising her fam-! '^^^'^*'°" of officers for the coming|     Eugene Davis, who was elected ' arranged that children and grown-| have  their   trash
in   containers, (those giving free lunches.
year as a feature of the meeting.! chairman at the meeting held last' ups   will   enjoy  every   minute   of i such as baskets and boxes. Placing i 	
Those elected for the term 1941   fall,   together  with  Chief  Wisler, 1 the program. 'jof loose trash at the curb is pro- j AMBLER   HIGH   BAND
( Continued on Page 4 )
ily of five children.
The roles of the five Peppers i .1942''were: Mrs. Albert Nylund. | were played by: Robert Harsch,' president; Russell Bauer, vice-1 Donald Reed, Ruth Towne, Nancy j president; Mrs. Reginald Macau- I Wilson, and L. Meyers. Barbara] ley, recording secretary; Mrs. Wil- Chappell portrayed Mrs. Pepper: nam Harrall, corresponding sec-1 while Doreen Sheridan did except-1 retary; and Floyd Schneider, I ' ionally well in her role as Grand-, treasurer. |
ma Bascomb. Eileen Urban, Ro- a play entitled "Bud Answers I bert Hoopes, Robert "Virkler, Hen- gn Ad" was presented by the; ry Deens, Vera Coombs, Robert, gchool Patrol and was coached I Conway, Ann Bolt, Arthur Boul-; by Susan Sizzheimer and Margar-' ton and R. Gerhart gave an ad- j gt   Boulton.   The   cast   of   char- i
mirable   showing   of   the   minor | acters included Charles Baker, Jr.,' 	
roles. i Richard Lee, Jean Evans, Ronald j Sponsored hy thc Ninth District
ESSAY CONIESI
The   proceeds   from   the   event  Barlow,    Janet    Fitzgerald,   Joan! will be used to purchase new in- j gell,  Wilma Fulton,  and Thomas!
struments for the band.
AMBLER COLONY CLOB HEARS GOES! SPEAKER
Daly. I
The next meeting of the P. T. A, ]
will be held on Tuesday evening, | I May 6th, at 8.30 p. m. It will be | i a Parent-Teacher meeting at the
of  thc  American Legion
No admission . or  collection     of, hibited.
j any kind will be taken, as this is
!a part of the American Legion to
j "foster and perpetuate 100 per cent
I Americanism." A special message
I will be given to the groups that
j have attained the age of twenty- one years  during the  last  year. An   outstanding    musical    pro-
! gram   has   been     arranged,      the
j Legion Bugle Corps, the Harmon¬ ica Band and the Springfield High :
School    orchestra    will     furnish 	
music for the occasion. Miss Jane! Assistant Scout Executive Urges Thiery,  a  vocalist of West    Oak
BROADCASTS OVER WFIL
The Lansdale Symphony Or¬ chestra is probably the North Penn "Valley's youngest musical organization, having been estab¬ lished a little over two years ago. Since that time, however, it has been enthusiastically received by j p'^ntedto'beg'in'a drive"forTun"d*s
He   urged  everyone   to   cooperate
I Lane will render several numbers.
I
SCHOOLS TO COMPETE
ANNIVERSARY DINNER
With   the   Tenth      Anniversary
The annual American Legion i Banquet of The Young Republican school, and Mr. Carl Aretz will i essay contest, open to 1941 seniors j Club of Glenside but two weeks address the group on "Education I of public  high  schools,  parochial; away,  reports  from    the   various
Better Understanding of Scouting
The    splendid     Ambler     High
Schocl band,  under the direction, two concert audiences. The orches'
iOf   Clifford   K.   Geary,   was   ac-. tra  has grown  from thirty musi-1 "JJi "r'^ise   "the"'necssarv      funds .corded   another   great   honor     by cans to the present group of forty- ^^.Vh^^essjrtoas^^^^^ I being invited to give a half-hour eight,  including    many musicians i the  evening  introduced  Mr   Lin
radio broadcast. The Trojan unit from the surrounding North Penn   ^^^  evening  iniroauced  Mr.  i.in
was  heard     over    radio     station | Communities.
IWFIL  last   Saturday   morning  at'     Edith    Clark    Shoemaker    and 110.30 with  the  personnel  consist- jane     Kline,     violinists,     Henry
ing oi about  52  members. j Barrv, trombonist, all of Ambler,
I    The familiar radio figure known and Eleanor Pearce, clarinetist, of I as  "Col'^nel  Bill"  introduced  Mr.; Fort Washington are members of I Gear.v,  the  band  director,  to  the; the orchestra. I radio   audience.
NEED SCOUT  LEADERS
GARDEN CLUB MEETS
Mrs. Helen Holcomh Presented
'"D<)wn the Garden Path In
Song  and Poetry"
The band played in excellent fashion as its opening selection, "Queen City," a March by Bourne.
  IThe  second  number  on  the  pro-i     The  meeting  of  the  Old  York
The cooperation and support of i gram   was   "Transcendence,"     an, Road Garden Club was held last the   citizens   of  Ambler   and     its I Overture     by     Frangkiser     after \ Friday    in    the  Strawbridge     &
   _.__ „ ,_ . _ . vicinity in an extensive recruiting I which the unit played "A Spanish' Clothier salon in Jenkintown. An
as Affected by Prtesent World i and preparatory schools in Mont- | committees indicate that it will be; drive soon to be opened bv the ' Village," a Safranek Suite — Don' air of Spring pervaded the room Affairs" A large attendance is gomery County, will be held: a most unusual and entertaining j ggy scouts of the Eastern District t Quixote. For their fourth selec-j especially when Helen Riddell expected | from  9  to   12  Saturday  morning,, evening. iwas asked for by Chester L. Nel-   ton the members played a  num-; Holcomb gave her delightful ren-
 L_  [May 3, in Norristown High School.!     Charles S. Sale, Jr., of Glenside, 1 gon, Assistant Scout Executive of i ber entitled  "Pavanne,"  a Symp-1 dition of "Down the Garden Path!
CLUB   MEETS  TONIGHT       I     The   prize   for   which   students; who  had     charge    of  "Hawaiian i the   Vallev   Forge  Council   at     albonetteby Gould. Then the band'in Song and Poetry!" Mrs.  C. J, i
'    '"       "- '- '  "  '  iivT:.-u*-  „„j  "Americana Festival" ; meeting of local Scouters and in-   rendered   the   selection   "If   Thou  Brinton accompanied at the piano.'
as arranged an out- i vited  businessmen    held  at     the | Be Near," a choral by Bach. The |     Mrs.   Florence  Cahill  spoke  on
denfeld.
Vice-Chairman Mrs. Arthur Iliff stated the various womens clubs and organizations have assured the Association of their support. There are over twenty-five organ¬ izations participating in the drive.
Russell J. Meyers, secretary ol the association gave an outline of the plans of the drive. He stated we carry life insurance and man^ other forms of insurance in case of an emergency and the same ( Continued on Page 6 )
,              ^^,        ppfnu nfl^''^ compete is a four-year schol-: Nighf  and  "/ fKWilffhiM^'n^Fl^l.^^nn.f stream  s....  „..„...   j Vliea   DUSinessmen      neio   ai      uie,—   '—.     ", "¦".'   —-   —,      mx«.    r.uic-,,ci.-   v.a....i   »i.u.vc-   un
the WissanicKon rieia ana oiream i^y g^g^g gg|.^g^i^j, P^,gi^^j;j^ ^ bill   of     entertainment, i Trinity   Memorial   Church      last  closing number of the very  sue- "Flower Arrangement" illustrated
Association  will  oe  neia  ai    me , ^^^^^^^^jg | headed by Woody Traver's Orches-; Wednesday night. , cessful   program   was   the   March'with pictures  of arrangement by
  ..arJ^'Zel 'r*-  ^^^-^wi^be^'^Th^'co^^^^^^^^^^^ lo=S%h1; , ^^^ ^^ive is being made in or^ f^'^^^J^^ Xe^^Z^'ltl'^^rZ^ ^I'^^ah/Tr stres^^d'
Club were privilegedjo hearlastjan  interesting  prbgram has  ^een, wdl^ be^^The^ Contrd,^ut,o^^^^^^^ orchestra will pla^y for  f - ^o^^acc^^int^the^gene^aj^ p^ band    was    heard   is | ^^t^Jr^, stabi^ty^^^^
Democracy."      However, entrants! dancing. Scouting and of the pressing need ! ^T"^?    ^^  „        Suburban    High the three "S's," pointing out these
will write their essays of not lessl. Senator   John   M.   "Walker   will j f ^°"tmg |no °i ^ne p^^^^^^ program   and   is   on   the: features  i
be  the principal  speaker at    the    V.   "'Vj;''''^". V"'"^''-''"^''''   "^''"<:'   ! radio every Saturday morning at
Wednesday, April 23rd, at their | arranged last regular meeting of the current season, an unusual program of music and poetry entitled "Down the Garden Path in Song and Poetry."
Mrs. James E. O'Brien, the club's chairman of music intro¬ duced the "Song Weavers," di¬ rected by Mrs. Helen Riddell Holcomb '  with    Mrs.     Caleb    J,
MEMORIAL HELO FOR
F
flower  arrange-
I than 800 words or more than 1,000 i words on a certain phase of the i subject which will be selected j Saturday morning.
Points of judging will be origin-; rhe"county and^locafleaders of the ' ''emedy this and to reolace those j p mV a'dessert'bridge""forthe"bene'
banquet  which   precedes the   en-^^^P  with  which  to carry  on  its i ^^e  same  time.
tertainment.      According to     the   P™^''""'-   ^¦''  ^^^  P''?'^^"^leader-, 	
nresident of the Club, Donald A. j ^^m. m manv ca.ses, is inadeauate,     tO   HOLD   BENEFIT  BRIDGE Gallagher,   of Glenside, nearly all \ Z^^L^r.^JlZ'^' tZt'^jfrtll I     On Wednesday, May 7th, at 1.15
Brinton,   Jr.,   as   pianist   and   ac-1 j„     .j.^^;^,^; .(^g^tftiionies. Hchl at i
 »,.»,,»:^4' TK«        xiroli Trmnf»H i » ' 1
ality  freedom of expression, unity j Republican   Organization   will   be ^ ^.h° ^^.Y^   .V^'T    galled for    ser- I of structure, evidence ol prepara-1 o,.e';ent,   including     the      County i ^'^^   ^'^'^   "ncle   Sams   forces. I tion and good Lnglish. | Commissioners,    Hon.    Lloyd    H.      Prim-nrv among the need local-
All   entries   must   be   in     the: Wood, chairman of the Mo'ntaom-! IV   >«  that   of   leadership   for   the
Trinity .Lulhcriin ¦' Church
companist.      The     well     trained chorus of pleasing voices was very 1 well   received   as  was   Mrs.   Hoi-1
comb, whose  fine  speaking  voice 1 	
made-Hhe poetry a delight to hear.      impressive   memorial
Helen   Riddell   HolcomW well-! ^ere  conducted     in  the    Trinity | t^own High^Schoofcan be mT^ng-! ^ known   as   a   soloist   of the  First, Lutheran Church on Summit ave-, „h |i^>."cio
fit of. Girl Scouting will be held al the home of Mrs. Henry Walker on Tennis avenue. Tickets are thirty-five  cents. Prominent mer-
REV. PLAH BEGINS SERIES OF
Resident of And)ler For Fifty- Seven   Years—Active Fraternal Worker
1 hands of the American Legion Es-! ery  County   Republican   Commit-' newlv formed Troop No. 5 which 1 ^.^gnts   of   Ambler   are   donating'
services i
I say Contest Chairman at his homel tee:      Mrs^   John   Y.   Huber,   Jr., ^'s being soonsored by the Italian I ! at   Melrose   Park   or   the   County i vice chairman of    the R'epublican  Presbyterian  Mission    of  Ambler I i Court House, Norristown, not later i State   and      County   Committees:   and is at nresent functioning as a than   May   2,   in   order   that   pro-: Frank  Hilton,   State  Chairman  of   Patrol of Troop  No.  3. |
door    prizes.    All    mothers    and; friends are urged to attend.
per   accommodations   at   Norris-1 Young  Republicans,    and
Chijirch of Christ Scientist in Jen-: n^e, Fort Washington, on Sunday'
Assistant   County     Superinten-
kintown and as the director of | evening in honor of twenty-six de-I "f'"V"'"'. ^V^'i^'' , ¦^"P«',"'^«"- many women's choral groups ted firemen of the Fourth Dis- ^ent of School 'Wesley Detwiler throughout the County, is Chair- trict of the Montgomery County r'f''L^^ 'u f'^'^^^^ the contest man of Music for the Montgomery  Firemen's  Association. i ^^ ^^^ "'^^^""^ °" Saturday morn-
County Federation    of     Women's Clubs.      She   holds   a   degree   of
the
mg.
Elias  Slavin,  president  of ^S,„,. ?rMS" VoVS'raeus; | i'^'^h.^r.^^-, ~", °'&!?. I KIWANIANS HOLD
many 1     E.   R.   Stevens.     Neighborhood 1 j Commissioner,   who   presided   at I the meeting, introduced Assistant REPUBLICANS  MEET i ^fo.ut  Executive  Nelson  who ex-
  I plained the functions of Scouting
rr.v.       „ 1 ...1 ...        c\ and the urgent need for increased
fh^^'^-Tw' Tn^h^'T ""^rf^'"!!" I leadership. David Shearer, Chair- the Third Ward Regular Renubl.-I mg„  „f \he     District     Activities was   nelrt     on j r-„.„^iff„^   ^,,a    john  R.  Porter,
Kiwanian Honored
University, where she was award-
members as Charles Jacobs drop-
jean   Organization     was   nelrt     on j p^^^jt^pg   ^^^ I at Lindenwold and Park avenues.
I ?!"T^^."T__"'^.^*,'"...t,''a_L,^Si°""^" I District Commissioner,  were then i
ped white carnations into a large ]
ANNUAL LADIES' NIGHT
ed a graduate scholarship in voice, l^«"-''- 7-;-'^^^^^^^^ AHHUAL   LAUIM    INIbHI !     narrv   A.   Wood,   acting   chaii-
and has taught singing in various; "^^^ sounded bv Thomas Tressler I   I man  of  tho meeting,    introduced
colleges. She also directs the Twin I ^as sounded by  inomas iressier,,     .j,,^^    mteenth    annual    Ladies'ithe Reverend Rohert D. Hershey,
Arts Studio in Jen'Kintown. i     Tho Revernnd Rnheit F   Horne I ^ight   dinner  and  dance  held   by | minister  of  St.   .Tohn
As this was the last regular club j pJtor "rthe church   gave a ser-' ^ was; Church, who address,
eeting   of   the   season,      reports ^''„„^„thrtonir of "Death^ Manufacturers Coun-1 on the subject "My Personal Ob
lg   of   the   season,      reports ;•„„ „n the tonic of "Death" while  i"-"'^,'  ''"'-  "'"""¦""-•luiers  <.,oun-ion tne subject "My Personal  Ob Ld    by   the^^ omcers^^and i ITehoi^'^S^^^if l^o^^l^te |  - ^h^b on Tuesday .^ht   About: ser^.tio^^of Germany.' Dr^ Her
meeting
were
chairmen and filed with the Secre
^"'"mI-s.  J.  J.  Radcliffe,   in  charge : e/me"mbers'Vhr'werThonored i     President   Walter     Reller   wel-| latter part'of  1939 of Gala Day, announced that the i ^t tl?eTrviceT Barrel, Hill Com-1'^^"l?^  t'?°. Kiwamans and  guests j     Chairman    William
introduced and gave further in¬ formation on the program of Scouting. Stevens, former Scout¬ master of Amhler Troop No. 2. - estimated that between    400    and
!i  .f,'"theran | 5„q   Ambler  boys     had   been     in essod the group | scouting    for an    average of    2Vi years since the formation of Am-
I song service. 1 aflfair
Following is a list of the depart-1'   president
j 125   guests   enjoyed   the   splendid ] shov spent several years studying
bier's first troop.
Gala Day luncheon will be held at i p;n7-L"wXV "Hansen"'Reuben | °[.j^^^^ Pa"l  K-1 announced   the   policy   of   having ! P«^i.^lBiillia!,^d^EnsleyGr^aham.
the Whitemarsh Country Club on; former,   William   Pfleger,     John! S';hrj^'_mtroduced   Rev.   N.   B. Wednesday, May 28th, at 1 p. m. [Qy^ioch, and
in Germany and left there, in the I,. ^"^"dme the meeting, in addi
I tion   to   scout   officials   and   local |
N     Alcorn 1 'scouters.   were   E.   E.   Kerschner, j
Daniel Biddle and Ensley Graham,!
who represented the local Rotarv I
a different member of the organ
Rev   H   M   Bou^er i S*"?*""'J^'"^^'^*="t of  the  Ambler  ization   act  as  chairman  at  each i ^"f* ?^iwanis Clubs and the Ameri- Tickets   will   be   one   dollar   and, Ha™onviiie"comoan; - Arthur ^"^^7 ^^l"^' Z^° brought greet-! meeting. ! can Legion Post respectively and
'Harmonville  "-ompany Aiinur  ,„gg ^^.^^ ^^^ Rotarians, many ofi     Refreshments were then served ^"'":^'^'"^,^'' ''e'^-^ to their orpan-
by   a  committee  composed   of  A. i''"^tions  the  appeal   for  support. Leonard ! 'Whitcomb,   chairman,   William   F. '
thirty-five cents. A very entertain-1 Campbell, Arthur Long, Anthony ;    r nrec^ont
ing   program   has   been   arranged; QeAngelis. Harrv Keown, Angus- '^'i°.'" ,'^®'*' present, but details of the program are the i t^s Bell, John Marple, Louis Kill-'     Lieutenant    Governor
Cl mmittee's secret. ! mer, and Morris Cole: Fort Wash-j halderman of the Ninth Division I Fox, Daniel Shoemaker, and Rich-      —Contribute to the Community
Mrs. Joseph Cleary was hostess: ington  Company — Chief Walter i 9^  Pennsylvania   extended   greet-1 ard P. Slayton, Sr. Ambulance Fund
at the meeting while Mrs. Helen. j^^^jj   jesse Arbuckle. Isaac Het-i m^s   to   the   local   club.   Colonel 1 ;	
Staoles Netter presided at the teai^ell, Charles Hetzell, Harry Mau-!??athan  J.   Gorelick,   president  of
Funeral  services  were  held  on
Monday   for     Thomas  Redington,
who died last Wednesday after a
short illness.      He  resided  at  49
Ridge  Avenue,  Ambler,  and  had
I been   a   resident   of   Artbler   for
' fifty-seven   years,    residing       or
. claiming   residence   in   the   same
' house since 1884. He was aged 88.
I His wife died in Florida in  1928.
Mr.  Redington  is  survived    by
! four sons, William of Norristown;
i Thomas H. and Charles R., of Den-
I ver, Colorado; Robert R., of Hilles-
I boro. New Mexco; and one daugh-
I ter, Grace E. Clark, of Norristown.
A new series of sermons' was be- | ^.S^'^^,^^' °- ^-^^-
Mr. Redington's ancestors were for generations miners or steam engineers engaged in mining tin in the ancient mines in Cornwall, England. His father, before com¬ ing to America had been engaged
Will Preach on Various Import¬ ant Characters in the Early Cluirch
gun last Sunday in the Presbyter- ] ian Church, entitled, "Seven Men Who Shook the World." Rev. Charles A. Piatt, pastor, preached on the subject, "The Man Who Came to Dinner," which was a study of the work of the apostle
Peter, as described in the Book of j in one of Mexico s famous silver
Acts. Each of the other sermons in  niines for a period of nine years,
the series will consider an import- ' this allowed him sufficient means
ant character in the early church, j to decide to emigrate to America
Next Sunday the second  in    the  where coal mining offered oppor-
series will  be given,    "The  Man ' tunities    for  the experience     his
' Who Faced a Mob—and Lost."       | family had acquired.
I     Other   titles    for   the      coming      After several years they began
I weeks are, "The Man Who Had a | to  drift  apart,     Mr.   Redington's
I Christian  Home"  May   11,     "The : father moved  to Chester County,
! Man  Who  Dissovered  a  Mission- j where, as late as 1865, he was an
jary"   May   18,     "The   Missionary  engineer in a textile mill at Gulnh
i Who Discovered the World," May ; Mills, turning out material for the
I 25, "The Singer Who Played As-' Union Army uniforms.
I sistant  Martyr," June   1,  and  "A |     In 1845, he with his father and
Young Man Enters the Ministry," i four     brothers,      including     tho
I June 8. I wives of several of them set sail
At the service last Sunday, Mr. \ for America and after five weeks
Piatt explained that each of these character studies will be an at¬ tempt to get a broader perspec¬ tive on our modern problems, be-
in crossing, located in Pottsville.
Mr. Thomas Redington was born near Gulph Mills on November 2, 1853,  about  which time  zinc  ore
table.     The  flower arrangements.
pav,
a  wealth of forsythia  and  Soring  ottinger.   Sr.,   Enoch   James   and bulbs,  were    by    Mrs.     William  prank Weber, Sr.; Flourtown Com-
Thnmpson.
The "Portrait of Man Reading" i now on display in the Public Li-1 brary is by Francis Randall, well; known artist of Germantown. It is i noteworthy for its use of blue | iout a great deal of highlight-
pany—Frank P. Sail, Forest Jayne and Harry Barnes.
SOROPTIMIST CLUB MEETS
The regular weekly meeting of
NATHAN  J.  GORELICK
G;"oVgrBod7nste\^n:-F7a^k^he^Do^^^^^^^^^^^^ {q Womcii's CluBs Writfcn in
To-Atlanta   convention  committee' urged the Kiwanians to attend thc, convention    in  Atlanta,    Georgia this  year. I
Several   novelty     acts     proved' very  entertaining     to  the group.!     A   description   of   the   third   of; gratitude    returns    many     times   man of Doylestown, who has re- j success was a small groupofmen MiSs   Ethel   Brown   was   an   out-  five European children, victims of j over.  I  am  writing  by  the   light: ceived his appointment as a Col-   who had a kind of power which
II IT   1       T      •/•      n      1      1        .' DOYLESTOWN KIWANIAN
House Under lerrinc BombardmeBl   made Georgia colonel
cause each of the men lived in a ! was discovered at Triedensville, i day when conditions were similar [ Lehigh County which promised to i to those in the world today. The'. be over a large area and which I Church,faced a dictatorship which ! resulted   in   the   family      moving
discouraged     personal     initiative  there in 1866.
Nathan   J.   Gorelick,    business-
I and   oppressed  minority     groups,
; and yet,    in spite of   persecution,
\ it continued to grow stronger and
more influential. The secret of its
(To be Continued)
AVIATION  GRADUATE
">vithout a great deal of highlight-;     rne regular vveeitiy meeunK 01; standing   mistress   of   ceremonies.' the  current    war,  and  "adopted" ; of a dim torch in a sitting room.' onel   on   the     staff   of   Governor ^g and  for the  concentration  of; the Soroptimist Club of Old York 1 The    dance    team    of    Romaine by the  Montgomery County Fed- \ The flre is burning — luckily the   Talmadge of Georgia, tne  figure  in  contrast to  the  in-; Road was held  at Niblock s Res-land     Cawthorne       delighted eration   of   Women's   Clubs,     has  fireplace   is  set  well back  in  the'     Nathan  J.  Gorelick, of Doyles-, formality of the pose and attire.   | taurant on Tuesday evening. The j the audience with their many fine just  been  received   here  by  Mrs. 1 wall and the rays do not shine tool town, was highly honored recent-1
ispeaker^of the evening was Miss acts. Captain Eldridge, sand artist, iC.   B.   Burke,  Plymouth  Meeting,! brightly. You see, all our windows My  by    Governor    Talmadge     of
" "  ^se j held   the   interest   of   the      many president of the Whitemarsh Wo-1 have been blown out by a bomb ; Georgia for a movement    started'
b.y him to  foster  better  relations j
shook the world to its very foun¬ dations.
RED CROSS WORK
The committee in charge of tho
i Emma   Severns,   who   is   a
1 worker with the Middle City Dis-j guests  present    with  his  impres-i man's Club and chairman of the'which fell just a few minutes ago
I trict   of   the   Family   Society     of | sions   of   many   scenes,   buildings  British war    relief    work in  the: and  there  is a  terrific bombard
; Philadelphia.  Miss  Severns spoke and cities. \ federation. j ment on now.
' very interestingly ot the    service
TALK ON CANCER
Private First Class, Joseph O. Niblock, who enlisted almo.st a year ago in the United States Aviation Corps will soon arrive home to spend a fifteen day fur¬ lough with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Upman Speelhoffer,    of
recent  musical  and   tea   given   at  which this agency is rendering, the home of Mrs. Amos Y. Lesher, j 	
Wissahickon Branch of the Amer-1 LEGION   FAMILY   BANQUET
ican  Red Cross wishes to    thank 	
all   those   who   gave   their   time 1     The third annual Legion family and efforts in making the    affair banquet will be held at the Post
The    North    Penn    Community  Trinity avenue. Ambler.   Nilblock
between ths North and the South, \ Centre announces a meeting to be  was a graduate of the  1940 class
especially Georgia    and   Pennsyl- i held at the Ambler Public Library  of  the  Ambler  High School.
The Kiwanians enjoyed dancing      The    committee    is already    atj     "The children for whom we find j vania. For his meritorious service I on  Thursday evening.  May  8,  at I     Upon   entering   the  service  thc
to the music of Clifford  Gehman ' work on raising funds to "adopt" ' sanctuary may be classified as fol-' he was appointed a Colonel on the j eight o'clock on "The Prevention : government   sent    him   to  attend
and his orchestra. jthe sixth European child. "Adop-i'ows:      Children    from    bombed   Govenor's  staff. ,, Iof  Cancer." The  speaker  will  be  classes at Wentworth Institute and
The    entertainment    committee' tion" means the  contribution     of  houses declared unsafe to remain ,     Gorelick,   who   is   president   of j Dr. Stanley Reiman, Head of the \ later to the New England Aircraft
was headed by Chairman Claudius  $120 to provide a sanctuary in the i '"• Children who have been 'tube ; the  Doylestown Kiwanis Club,  is j State Commission for the Control | School,   Boston,   Mass.,  where   he
such   an   outstanding   success.
Volunteer workers and knitters are needed and are urged to re-
No. 10 Legion Home, Fort Wash¬ ington, on Thurs. May 8. The ban¬ quet is sponsored by the Sons of the
Haywood    with Daniel     Biddle,
George     Davis, Robert      Kelly,
I Joseph  Lapetina and  James    A.
I Cassidy assisting.
country in Great Britan for a child : sleepers' since    September    when 1 also  co-chairman  of the  "On-To-1 of Cancer.  Dr.  Reiman  is  also  a ' gained high honors by comoleting now in areas being bombed. i the  raids began.     Some  of  them   Atlanta Convention committee" of j cancer  research worker at Lank-1 tho   course,   by   careful   attention
In addition to the description of: have lost the ability to sleep and   Kiwanis  International   in  Atlanta 1 enau   Hospital,   Philadelphia,   and : and  diligence, in six months.  He
the third child, a letter expressing the appreciation of the group sup¬ ervising the children's sanctuaries
cry out constantly in the night,     i this year. j a   member   of     the   Philadelphia  will graduate from the school to-
"Children who have been eva-j     Gorelick's proposition of an in-'County Medical Committee for the ; morrow and as a reward  for his cuated early in the war to unsatis- ; ter-state good-will promotion cam-1 Control of  Cancer. The public  is i splendid achievement he has been
port   to   ihe   headquarters   in   thelLegion  and   the  Junior  Auxiliary      —One American chemical com-j ervising me cnuaren s sanctuaries | ;""-—^'•'I'l'-'i "ViI'Tj   "'u «"   i ^ci-oiai-c ku^.u-w... ^.it,...wt.u.. wc..-1 . _    .
-     ¦ ¦ at Lindenwold  and! commemorating Mothers  Day and' pany is now treating 137,000 gal-1 has  also  been  received  by    Mrs. i lacory billets. Children who suiter ; paign  between  Pennsylvania  and | very cordially  invited  and  urged  granted the 15 day furlough. Up-
Legioti   Home
Park   avenues.   The   headquarters j Fathers   Day.   The dinner will be  Ions of sea water a minute in or
is opwu on Thursdays from  10 a. i served   al   Y   p.   m.   after   which
m. Ill 4 p. m. tor work or for the  there will be speakers, entertain-
disuibuUoti  yJ   kiiil'mg irialerials.' ment and ctaucmg.
Burke. The letter in part, is as fol¬ der   to extract   bromine   from it. [ lows:
Bromine  is a  vital  ingredient   inl     "As  I  write  tonight,"  Eric    C. modern high-iesi gasoline. Muggeridge of England says, "My
'shelter bronchitis,'  the  effects of ! Georgia   was  highly  endorsed   by, to attend this meeting.
sleeping in damp shelters. I Governor Arthur James, who as-1 	
"The war has affected all child- i sured  Gorelick  that  a     program      —Contribute to the Community I Continued on Page 2 ) will get undernw/ i*«ii«diately.     Ambulance Fund.
on completion of his furlough Ni¬ block will go directly to Boling Field, Washington, D. C, to await further orders.