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The^Ambler Gazette
VOL. LXVI — 23
AMBLER, PA., AUGUST 3, 1944
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
1NH.MIICHELLD0; mi KNOWN IN AREA
Former Gwynedd Tax Collector
and Justice of Peace Victim
of Stroke
, / John H. Mitchell, 67, prominent vJrwynedd Valley resident, died at his home at 7 o'clock Saturday . lorning from the effects of a troke suffered three months ago. ' uneral services were held Tues-
Born in Altoona, the son of ieorge S. and Mary Stifler Mitc-
.1, he resided in Gwynedd Valley jr thirty-seven years. He had been a retail coal dealer since 1923. For twelve years Mr, Mitchell was tax collector in Lower Gwynedd township and was a justice of the peace for many years.
The Gwynedd man was a direc¬ tor of the Ambler Trust Company for more than fifteen years. He was also a member of the board of the Ambler Community Build¬ ing and Loan Association. Mr. Mitchell held both positions at the time of his death.
Besides his wife, Eva Barber Mitchell, he is survived by a sis¬ ter, Mrs, Marguerite Brymer, of Shark Hills, N, J,, and a brother, Paul G, Mitchell, of Roanoke, Va,
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LOCAL  ESTATES   FILED
Accounts have been flled in Nor¬ ristown by the executors of the following estates: Annie F. Amb¬ ler, Whitemarsh,. balance $9,697 and Ellen M. Costello, Ambler, $4,- 609.
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Hallowell Missing In Action
Ensign Thomas Hallowell, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Hallowell, of Horsham, is reported
PRESENT AIR MEOAL TO LIEUTENANT HATCH
Whitemarsh Flier Downs Third
and Fourth Enemy
Aircraft
For meritorious service in aerial flight over enemy occupied Eur¬ ope, Second Lieutenant John J. Hatch, of Norristown, formerly of Whitemarsh, has been awarded the Air Medal, according to an an¬ nouncement by Majar General W. E, Kepner, Commanding General of the Eighth AAF Fighter^tom- mand.
The presentation was made at a special ceremony held at his fight¬ er station in England,
Lieutenant Hatch, who entered
AMBLER POLICE MAKE
WEEK-END ARRESTS
Three arrests were made by Am¬ bler police over the week-end and one summons for a motor viola¬ tion was sent,
John H, Reynolds, of 47 Over- lock avenue. Willow Grove, Negro, was arrested for drunk and dis¬ orderly conduct at 1 a, m,, Sun¬ day, on West Butler avenue. Amb¬ ler, He was fined five dollars and costs by Magistrate William N. Al¬ corn,
Nick Zollo, 24 Argyle avenue. Ambler, was arrested at 4.25 p, m., Saturday, on East Butler avenue, for disorderly conduct. He was fined five dollars and costs by Al¬ corn,
Thomas Heilman, Ambler R, D., paid a flne of ten dollars and costs at a hearing before Alcorn after being arrested for drunk and disorderly conduct on East Butler avenue at 1,10 a,Tii., Saturday.
A summons was sent to Salva¬ tore Puia, 271 North Main street, 'Ambler, for operating a motor vehicle without an operator's li¬ cense. He was arrested at 7,55 p. m,, Sunday,
Children Show Pets At Ambler; Plan Amateur Show Tomorrow
Announce New Date
For Food Demonstration
Miss Dorothy N, Traux, assist¬ ant nutrition specialist of Pennsyl¬ vania State College, will give a demonstration of freezing fruits and vegetables at the new Ambler Frozen Food Locker Plant, South Main street. Ambler, on Tuesday, August 15,
The demonstrations will be given at 2.30 p. m. and at 7.30 p. m. The public is cordially invited to   attend   the   demonstration.
electIrmad of citizens' group
More than a hundred children and adults attended the annual playground pet show held at the Ambler High School field, Friday afternoon.
There were forty-three pets en¬ tered in the show including goats, rabbits, chickens, dogs, cats and a tame robin.
Prizes were awarded to the ex¬ hibitors as follows: handsomest dog, Joseph Reed; dog doing most tricks, Barbara Paul and Maurice Henry; biggest dog, George Wei¬ kel; prettiest cat, Ronnie Amey and Joseph Kunsman, Jr,; cutest kitten, -Warren Rose; best chicken or duck, Norman Paul; best can¬ ary, parrot or other bird, C, War¬ ner; flrst prize rabbit Jean Paul; second prize, D. Johnson; third prize, Signore; miscellaneous, goats, D, Helsel and J. Pierce,
The judges were Mrs. Dewey L.  Behringer and Earl T. Baker,
Plans are being made to hold an amateur show at the High School Playground tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The three playgrounds will be represented and parents are invited to attend.
Mrs. J, M, Fisher reported a daily average attendance of forty-
nine for the week at the Mattison Avenue Playground and a total en¬ rollment of 184, The projects for the week were sewing cards and scrap books. The following stories were dramatized: "The Three Bears," "Little Red Riding Hood," "The Three Pigs" and "Jack and the Bean Stalk,"
Miss Martha Hoffer reported a daily average attendance of forty- five and a total enrollment of 105 at the West Ambler Playground, A sandbox and two swings were add¬ ed to the playground equipment. The activities for the week were the construction of paper lanterns, weaving and paper beads.
At the High School Playground, Joseph Kunsman reports a daily average attendance of fifty-one and an enrollment of 132, The follow¬ ing articles were completed in the arts and crafts shop: bird houses by F. Barringer, P.Carney, G. Grauel, B, Smith and G, Renner; tabourets by D, Lightkep and H. Bauer; bookracks by G, Jack.son and G. Weikel; teapot hot mat holder by John Leaming; recipe box by E. Everding.
The standings in the playground (continued on page 2)
LIEUT. JOHN J. HATCH
foreign service in April, is flying
as missing in action in the South ^nj, one of the outstanding P-47 Paciflc. The family is well-known in Ambler, the father having con¬ ducted a garage business for a number of years at Bethlehem pike and Butler avenue.
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CARS CRASH AT ERDENHEIM Two cars were damaged in a collision at Gordon road and Whitemarsh avenue, Erdenheim, on Saturday morning. According to Chief Andrew White of Spring¬ fleld Township police, the opera¬ tors were George P. Fondersmith, Melrose Park, and Austin Sum- merlin, Erdenheim.
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Hold A. L. Umstead for   Grand
Jury in Double
Fatality
^. Linford Umstead, of Foun¬ tainville, Bucks County, who struck and fatally injured Mrs. Sue Morton and her daughter, Mrs. Edna Godshalk, both of Beth¬ lehem pike, Montgomery Town¬ ship, in a motor accident, July 19, was held for action of the Mont¬ gomery County Grand Jury, on a charge of involuntary manslaugh¬ ter, at an inquest last Thursday. Umstead, who is forty-nine ^,', years old, is free in $2,500 bail. He struck the two women with his car as they were walking along the Bethlehem pike, north of Welsh road, on their way home after picking berries.
Mrs. Morton, who was sixty- eight, and her daughter, who was forty-four, were well-known in the Ambler section. They were pro¬ nounced dead at the scene of the accident of fractured skulls and other injuries.
Principal witness at the inquest
was   State   Police   Private   J.   R.
H'vrris, Doylestown barracks, who
nucted the investigation.
He refused to definitely commit
limself as to whether Umstead's
fV'gence was responsible for the
J iient, but he did testify that the
al crash could have been avoid-
1 by a vigilant driver.
He said that the portion of the
oad  where the  accident occured
•as  straight  and  that Umstead's
ision in front of him was at least
quarter of a  mile.  He  further
Jiated that on the day of the fa-
lilities Umstead told  him he did
not see the women until they were
J -4 directly in front of his car, but the
¦ „\next day he said he saw them enter
rthe pike from a dead end road.
There  were no  obstructions  in
the vicinity to blot out the driver's
view, Harris told the jury. He tes-
tifled that the defendant told him
be   was   traveling   about   twenty
miles per hour at the time of the
accident.     His  car    was  stopped
forty-five feet from the point  of
impact.
Chief of Police Charles Wisler, " Lower Gwynedd, who was the flrst oflficer to arrive on the scene, said that when he reached the spot, he found the bodies lying on the east shoulder of the road, and Um¬ stead's car parked in the north lane a short distance away.
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—"A business relationship which results in loss to either side will not long continue." — John A. Brown, ores.. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co.
Thunderbolt groups now operating in the European theater.
Led by Lieutenant Colonel Ben Rimerman, of Omaha, Nebraska, the group has participated in more than 10,000 individual operational sorties and has destroyed more than 200 enemy aircraft during its flrst year of combat operations.
It was this veteran fighter unit which originated divebombing tac¬ tics with P-47's and later pioneer¬ ed with the Thunderbolt as a low- level strafing machine.
Hatch  destroyed  his  third and (continued on page 3)  o	
Local Church Group Assists At Lutheran Service Center
The women from St. John's Lutheran Church served 373 ser¬ vice men and women in four days last week at the Lutheran Service Centre at 1215 Walnut street, Philadelphia. Mrs. Walter Sobers of Mattison avenue, Ambler, was chairman of the following senior hostesses: Mr, Kertman, Mrs, Mur¬ phy, Mrs. Leh, Mrs, Groff, Mrs, Deck, Mrs, Bunting, Mrs, Sherner, Mrs. Springsteel, Mrs. Walbach and Mrs. Keisel Smith.
The following junior hostesses assisted: Sarah Vandegrift, Chris¬ tine Stewart, Margaret Wood, Hilda Bunting, Christine Rorer, Geraldine Lukert and Ilene Luk¬ ert.
EQUITYlciioiLED
Whitemarsh Association Formed
as Result of Scliool Board
Dispute
Lieutenant    Richard    Cope Fatal Plane Accident in Florida
I
m
Alleges Wrongfid Use of Power
of Attorney Given Her
Husliand
Donald G, Farley, cf 55 Kerper road, Lafayette Park, was elected president of the Citizens' Associa¬ tion of Whitemarsh Township at an organization meeting, Wednes¬ day night, at Barren Hill fire hall.
J, Morris Bill, Sr,, Chestnut street. Barren Hill, was chosen vice president; Harold C. McCuen, Ridge pike, secretary and Mrs. F. G. Tatnall, Whitemarsh; treasurer.
The charter officers were named' unanimously on recommendation of the nominating committee head¬ ed by Francis Hankin of 54 Ker¬ per road. They will serve until January, 1945.
Accepting the presidency, Mr. Farley said the organization "has a big job ahead."
"We have won a decisive vic¬ tory," he commented, referring to the situation in the school district which gave birth to the organiza¬ tion. He said that the united ac¬ tion ol citizens brought about the retention of Irvin A. Horne, super¬ vising principal of the Whitemarsh Township Consolidated Public Schools and contributed largely to the restoration of peace and harmony on the board ot educa¬ tion.
It was also said that a petition signed by 482 resident taxpayers favoring the appointment of Rev. Harold F. Doebler, pastor of St. Peter's Lutheran church. Barren Hill, in preference to Charles T. Block, of Spring Mill, a teller at First National bank, Conshohoc¬ ken, was rejected by Judge George Corson in Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas on July 21. (continued on page 6)
HARRY WOOD°RECEIVES ASIATIC PACIFIC RIBBON
Private First Class Harry Wood,  lyn Gorton Jr., of Ambler, is how serving with j Miss  May
Seeking to recover possessions which she claims were taken from her through wrongful use of a pow¬ er of attorney given her husband, Wilhelm Bock, of Upper Gwynedd, an equity action has been filed in the prothonotary's office at Norris¬ town by Mary Bock, of Spring¬ fleld Township, formerly of Upper Gwynedd.
The Bocks, who separated Sep¬ tember 15, 1943, recently figured in habeas corpus proceedings in which the husband and wife both sought custody of their five-year- old son, Eric
For some time prior to the sep¬ aration, Mrs. Bock claims she was the owner of two separate busi¬ nesses, the Fashion Form Company and the Hy-Press Metal Company in Upper Gwynedd, and had four separate bank accounts. She said that the accounts were either in her own name or trading as Fash¬ ion Form,
Mrs, Bock says that for some time her husband has been active in conducting the businesses as she had a child to care for and spent less and less of her time in active participation.
On or about September 11, 1943, Mrs. Bock says that her husband told her that since a larger amount of the activity ot the business was then in manufacturing parts and heating equipment going into war work, the government required his
an  Ordnance     Ammuntion   Com pany, section of an advance base of Service Command on Bougain¬ ville, Solomon Islands, Before en
Second Lieutenant J, Richard Cope, 22, son of Mr, and Mrs, Lorenzo S, Cope, of Mt. Lebanon, Pa., near Pittsburgh, formerly of Ambler, and nephew of Mrs. Jrv- ing B. Smith, of The Manor House, Ambler, was killed in an air plane accident near Jacksonville, Flori¬ da, last week. He was flying a P-51  "Mustang."
At the time of his death Lieuten¬ ant Cope was under orders to go overseas. He was stationed at Pinellas Army Air Field, St. Pet¬ ersburg, Florida.
Lieutenant Cope attended Penn College, Cleveland, Ohio, and Penn State. He was a member of Kappa Delta Rho Fraternity and the Blue Key Society. He entered the Army in February, 1943, and received his commission in March ot this year.
His brother, Robert, is serving in the South Paciflc area.
CLAIRE BRENI^EMAN
SHOWER HONOR GUEST
Miss Marie Fisher, of Walnut lane, Ambler, entertained at a surprise shower, last week, in honor of Miss Claire Brenneman, daughter of Mrs. Albert S. Brenne¬ man, of Forrest avenue. Ambler, whose engagement to William Kleinfelder, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kleinfelder, Sr., Church street. Ambler, has been announc- ¦ed.
Miss Brenneman graduated from Ambler High School in 1941 and is now attending Temple Univer¬ sity where she is studying to be¬ come a medicaj^ technician.
Mr. Kleinfelder graduated from Ambler High School in 1937 and is now employed at the Ambler Post Office.
The wedding will take place on Labor Day, September 4.
The guests at the shower in¬ cluded: Mrs. Albert S. Brenneman, Miss Jane Pearce, Miss Martha Hoffer, Miss Caroline Shelly, Miss Betty Jane Rothenberger, Mrs. Frank Rothenberger, Miss Anne Foulke, Mrs. Thomas A. Foulke, Mrs. Wallace Falger, Miss Evelyn Kulp, Mrs. Robert Astler, Mrs. Earl T. Baker, Mrs. Albert Schade, Mrs. Carl Gorton and Miss Mary- Mrs. Claude Rohr, M.  Rynear,   and  Mrs.
J. M. Fisher.
LiT. SHAEEF SPEAKS
Former   K.  and  M.    President
Guest Speaker at Weekly
Meeting
A letter from Lieutenant Walter Shaeflf, who is stationed in Eng¬ land, to one of the members of the Club was read at the regular meet¬ ing of the Ambler Rotary Club on Wednesday, July 26. Lieut. Shaeff mentioned the fact that he had at¬ tended a Rotary Club meeting in England and had been called upon to replace the regular speaker, and he utilized the opportunity to speak highly of the local Club and its practice of keeping in touch with its members in the service by correspondence.
Augustus S. Blagden, of Amb¬ ler, formerly president of Keasbey and Mattison Company, spoke at the regular meeting, recounted the steps of his early career subse¬ quent to college days to his posi¬ tion as a mining engineer, working ¦teoulder fo shoulder with the min ers as manager of the plant, and later as President of American Steel Foundries. Mr. Bladgen's relationship with the men has been uniformly friendly, and he drew upon his own background of ex¬ perience to illustrate the truth of Rotary's setpnd object.
Birthdays celebrated at the meeting were those of Leon Cherk¬ sey, Lieut. Harold G. Knight, Jr., Rev, Norman M, Dunsmore, Rich¬ ard S. Thompson and Joseph J. Johnson.
At a meeting of the Club yester¬ day, the speaker was Leslie Heath, Director in North Africa of the American Friends Service Com¬ mittee from August 1942 to 1943. Mr. Heath had charge of the Ser¬ vice Committee's work in refugee and rehabilitation activities and was present during the Allied in¬ vasion.
The Rev. William R. Seaman, of Souderton, will address the meet¬ ing of August 9, which will be in charge of the Fellowship Commit¬ tee, Mr. William Faust will intro¬ duce the speaker.
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CORN ON RATION LIST
Canned corn has been ordered back on the ration list by OPA, Grape jam, tomato preserves and tomato marmalades have been made ration-free. Both changes were effective Sunday.
Three points for the 12-ounce can was assigned for whole kernel, vacuum packed corn, while other canned corn has a value of flve points for a 20-ounce can.  o	
ORELAND BAND TO GIVE COMMUNITY CONCERT
Oreland's secona anci last band concert of the summer will be held at the West Oreland School on Friday evening, August 4, at 8 o'clock. The band consists of both young people and adults from the entire township.
Novel features presented by local personalities will add variety to the program. It is expected that a large audience will be present to enjoy the free entertainment and to participate in the commun¬ ity singing,
ILL WITH PARALYSIS
Francis Draper Lewis, ten-year- old son ot Mr, and Mrs, Winslow Lewis, of Stenton avenue. Blue Bell, is a patient in Abington Me¬ morial Hospital suffering from in¬ fantile paralysis.
The boy was stricken on Fri¬ day, He was one of twenty students attending the Awbury Tutoring School, a summer school camp on Beaver College's Grey Towers Campus. The children and several teachers have been confined to the grounds by a quarantine plac¬ ed on the summer camp.
James Maguire, twenty-month- old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Maguire, of Church street. Ambler, is reported to be ill with infantile paralysis.
Edward, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J, Horvath, 2 Argyle avenue. Ambler, is con¬ fined to the Children's Hospital, 18th and Bainbridge streets, Phila¬ delphia, with infantile paralysis.
The child was stricken three weeks ago and was removed to the hospital after the first week. At the present time, he is showing some improvement,
ELECTliTsiOT TO BOEHM'S
PENLLYN LIEUTENANT
James  P.  Keane  Wins  Promo¬ tion  and Distinguislied Flying Cross
COMMANDER PRATT
Tells    Amhlcr    and    Glenside Cluhnicn of Recent  In¬ vasion of France
Medically   Discharged   Army
Chaplain Accepts Blue Bell
Pastorate
The Rev. John Joseph Stoudt, of Allentown, Doctor of Theology, has been elected to the pastorate of Boehm's Evangelical and Reform¬ ed Church at Blue Bell, The elec¬ tion was held at the close of the Sunday morning service.
Rev. Mr. Stoudt, who is a dis¬ charged veteran of three cam¬ paigns, will come to his new charge before the end of a month. He will start his work in Blue Bell as soon as he is transferred from the Lehigh Synod of the Evangelical and Reformed Church to the Philadelphia Synod, Th? young pastor has studied at Cam¬ bridge University as well as in seminaries in this country.
Rev. Mr. Stoudt, who is thirty- two years old, was an Army chap¬ lain and served in the North Afri¬ can, Tunisian and Sicilian cam¬ paigns. He was injured in England in an accident when a jeep in which he was riding turned over on top of him. As the result of the broken bones he suffered in the accident he was given a medi¬ cal discharge.
He is unmarried and held his last pastorate in Bangor, Pa., be¬ fore enlisting in the Army. His late farther was also a pastor. His mother  resides  in   Allentown.
Rev. Mr. Stoudt succeeds the Rev. Edward R. Cook who resign¬ ed from Boehm's Church.
Double honors were conferred upon James P. Keane, P-51 Must¬ ang fighter pilot, when he was pro¬ moted from second to first lieuten¬ ant and was awarded the Distin¬ guished Flying Cross for distin¬ guishing himself by extraordinary achievement in aerial flight. The award was made by Lt. General Lewis H, Brereton, commanding general of the Ninth Air Force, United States component of the Allied Expeditionary Air Force.
Lieutenant Keane, son of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Keane, of Pen¬ llyn, has shot down three enemy aircraft. He is a member of the Pioneer Mustang group of the Ninth Air Force. This group, which recently received a Presidential citation, has destroyed 380 enemy aircraft in seven months of com¬ bat operations.
Dui-ing thirty-five missions, Lieutenant Keane has flown record breaking distances into Germany's industrial heart, providing fighter cover for bombers. Since the launching of the Allied offensive in Normandy, he has dive bombed and strafed tactical targets of the German defenses, breaking up troop movements and disrupting enemy communications.
A graduate of Ambler high school. Lieutenant Keane was a professional boxer before enlisting in the army in October, 1940, He became an aviation cadet in Sep¬ tember, 1942 and was commission¬ ed in May of the following year,
LEE MISSING IN ACTION
According to a telegram received from the War Department, Staff Sergeant Charles H. Lee, 33, Gwy¬ nedd Valley, was reported as miss¬ ing in action over Yugoslavia on July 15,
A turret gunner, and having completed forty-seven missions, Lee enlisted in the armed forces approximately three years ago. He had informed his brother, Robert Lee, Jr., Gwynedd Valley, that after this flight he was scheduled to return to this country,
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STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
Luther Fretz, Jr,, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Fretz, Sr., Edgewood Drive, Ambler, is ill with a slight case of infantile paralysis. He is confined to his home and improv¬ ing steadily at this writing,  o	
Returns From South Pacific
"The grand success of the re¬ cent invasion of the Normandy beachhead was due to the excellent planning of General Eisenhower and his staff of capable assistants," stated Commander Richard Pratt of the Royal British Navy, at the joint meeting of the Glenside and Ambler Kiwanis Clubs held at School Inn, Tuesday evening. Luther Fretz was chairman of the meeting.
Commander Pratt, of the U. S. S. Nelson, took an active part in the invasion of the French coast He said the complete plans of the invasion fllled a book which took a space of three foot and two inches in height..
The speaker, a veteran ef both the invasion of Sicily and Salerno, stated that during the day it was very quiet off the coast of Nor¬ mandy, the German Air Force, "just didn't show up." "At night," the speaker said "several Jerries would drop mines in the area, but they did not land too close to our ships,"
"The large mines, which weigh about 4000 pounds are dropped by parachute and make a pretty si^t landing at night through the anti¬ aircraft flak and the flares dropped by the enemy," the speaker added.
Commander Pratt, who is the executive gunnery officer ' aboard the U. S, S, Nelson said "We were part of the bombardment forces during the invasion of the coast and took part in knocking out sev¬ eral shore batteries, and with our 16 inch guns we were able to de¬ stroy many of the obstacles con¬ fronting the landing forces," The speaker said that flring shells from a distance of twenty miles they were able to hit within 50 yard* of the target. He stated that men on the shore would radio to the ships the exact location the shells were landing.
Guests of the club were Allison Whitcomb, of Ambler, Ross G. Rile, of Blue Bell, William H. Faust, of Ambler and Wayne Wil¬ son, of  Glenside.
Oscar H. Stillwagon, president, presided.
Explains New Program Adopted
to Safeguard Rights of
Workers
—"The people may not be fully informed on all the complexities of any given issue, but that does not stop them from having opinions." —Dr. George Gallup, on his polls.
—"I wouldn't have Eisenhow¬ er's job on a bet! He's got no tering the services he was employ- i chance to be promoted!"—The gen- ed by Ross G. Gerhart, Moving &! eral' himself, repoti^.ing a GI's Storage, and was a member of the {remarks.
Wissahickon Fire Company of Am- j  o	
bier. —Classifled Ads Bring Results.
Private First Class Wood has re-  	
ceived the Asiastic Paciflc Ribbon I
iffh^ Slhefi^'-s^o^^ritTVrNForm Victory Patrols of Scouts
paign. His outfit had to work day and night at times to supply the fighting units with ammunition.
Private Wood is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Wood, 106 Poplar street, Ambler. While at the Bou¬ gainville base he met two of his buddies. Earl Dinnell and Joseph Friel, of Ambler.
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SOCIAL SECURITY FIELD
of Boy Scouts, Senior Scouts and Sea Scouts, now serving in the armed forces of the United States, have been registered by Ambler troops.
The scouts in forming the hon¬ orary   patrols     point   out      that:
nrcirr   ii/ii i    *irk   vrvit i'"^'^^'"'^ *^ "° doubt that the Boy Urritt   WILL   AID    lUU j Scouts of America have contribut- Sometimes young widows, aged   od more men from their member- parents, and orphans do not know I ship, past and present, to the arm
Now Serving in Military Forces
Victory Patrols, honorary patrols bert Drager, J. William Ditter, Jr.,
LeRoy Davies, Robert Davies, Al¬ bert Ely, William Erhardt, Alvin
Thomas
they are eligible for social secur¬ ity benefits and lose money through delay in filing their claims. In addition to the monthly old- age benefits payable to the insured worker himself at age 65 or after, the Federal old-age and survivors insurance system provides for monthly benefits to members ot his family. Benefits are also pay¬ able to his family, whatever his age
The social security field office signature on papers and that it j nearest your home will be glad to would   be   necessary   for   her   to  assist you in these matters.
execute   to   him   a   power   of  at-  o	
torney. Mrs. Bock claims that hei —"South of Minsk, German tor- prepared the power of attorney | mations fought their way farther and that she signed it. backwards."—Nazi communique.
H^kMaaMMiMB
ed forces of the United States than any other single organization. A goodly percentage of those receiv¬ ing special awards have been en¬ rolled in the scout ranks."
Listed in the Victory Patrol of Troop 2, of Ambler, appear the names of the following who have or are now serving in the U. S. forces: Herbert Amey (killed in action), Donald Angeny, Richard Brister, Joseph Bender, Daniel Bruder, Robert and ¦ Sydney Broughton, George Brumbaugh, Randolph Church, Edward Cope, Roy Cramer, James Corson, Robert Cassel, John Charlton, Walter Dickinson, Lester DuBois, Walter and William  Dummeldinger, Al-
Fleck, George Fertsch, Friel, Joseph Gear, Richard Gump, William Hibbs, Linville Hutchison, Oakley Hoyt, Robert Hallowell, George Hatton, C. W. Haywood, (died in service), David Hellings, John Holz, Griffith Jones( (medical discharge), Harold Knight, Jr., George Kerns, Carl Kleinhoffer, William Lindelow, George Lutz, Willard Leh, Donald Malsbury, Hampton Moore, James Manogue, William Maxson, Thomas Miller, David McKinnon, William Morri¬ son (medical discharge), Arthur Nichols, Edmonds Posey, Wilmer Parry, Thomas and George Rue, Stewart Rorer, Robert Rex, Elmer Spence, Richard Slayton, Jr , Ed¬ ward Sage, Edward Smith, Carl Silverman, Oscar Stillwagon, Jr., Willard Stout, Earl and Dan Stone, Roscoe Smith, George Sandiford, Robert Simpson, Jr., Robert Stev¬ ens, James Stevens, Taylor Van G.    '•'"-—
To clarify in the minds of the public at large the policies of the new priority referral system placed in effect in this area on July 1 by the War Manpower Commission whereby all male workers are channeled to jobs through the Un¬ ited States Employment Service, Carl B. Harr, Aj-ea Man¬ power Director, has issued a ser¬ ies of flve articles to explain the new program which was adopted to safeguard the rights of workers and at the same time to furnish all important war industries with necessary manpower. We publish today the flrst in this series of articles.
"Priority referral of job is not new. It is merely an extension of the Employment Stabilization Plan which has been in operation for many months in the area with not¬ able success. The extension was found to be necessary to meet the increasingly urgent demands of the war production, and to meet them in full. Failure to meet these demands would be a catastrophe.
"The new program is a volun¬ tary one, in keeping with the bost democratic traditions. No worker is subject to compulsory assign¬ ment. The primary consideration (continued on page 5)
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore C. Shive¬ ly, Water street. Ambler, announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss  Margaret   Doris   Shively   to Lieutenant  Robert  M.   Reckeweg, _     ¦i.rii;„.v,o ' U. S. Army Air Forces, son of Mrs. dergrift,    William    G.    Williams, j ^^^^  ^   Reckeweg, of  Philadel- Walter   Webb,   Jr.,   Harry  Wood, Ij^.^  ^ieut. Reckeweg is stationed (continued on page 6> r ^^ England.
ROBERT  E. McCLOSKEY
Corporal Robert E. McCloskey is spending a 21-day furlough at the home of his father, Robert J. McCloskey, Bethlehem pike, Flour¬ town.
Inducted into the Army in March 1942, McCloskey reported to Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, and went from there to Fort Bragg, N. C, where he received seven weeks of basic training. Following his basic training. Corporal Mc¬ Closkey was sent to the South Paciflc. This is his flrst visit home since he was inducted in March.
McCloskey was assistant chief of Flourtown Fire Company and assisted his father in conducting a retail coal buiness before his in¬ duction. He will report to Camp Butner, N, C, at the end of his 21-day leave.
DENY MRS. WUCHERER'S REQUEST TO VISIT HOME
The court denied Mrs. Helen Wucherer, 42, whom a jury found guilty   of  murder   in   the   second
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Hatfield Man Sues for. $35,000
as Result of Motor
Crash
Joseph C. Romano, of Ambler, is defendant in a civil suit asking $35,000 damage as the result of a motor accident in Plymouth Town¬ ship, September 2, 1942,
The suit was flled by Harold Dennison, of Hatfield, in the pro¬ thonotary's office at Norristown. The plaintiff asks damages for in¬ juries sustained when the defen¬ dant' truck allegedly backed in¬ to the plaintiff's car at Ridge pika and School lane, Plymouth Town¬ ship,
The statement of claim contends that while Dennison was driving the automobile of his employer, James Cortellucci, west on Ridge' pike, a truck owned by Romano and operated by Harold Giant, backed out of School lane, with¬ out warning and crashed intd the right front of his  vehicle.
Despite the fact the accident ac- curred at 4,30 a, m,, while it was dark, the Romano truck was with¬ out lights, the plaintiff claims.
Dennison, his attorney Maxwell Strawbridge, alleges, as a result of injuries sustained when he was pinned under the dashboard, was unconscious for three weeks and lost two teeth. The remainder of his teeth will have to be extracted because the nerves were killed by the impact, it is claimed,
MISS DITTER SPEAKS
AT ROTARY DINNER
Miss Mabel B, Ditter, Assistant District Attorney of Montgomery County, was guest speaker at the weekly dinner meeting of the Con¬ shohocken,Rotary Club, held Mon¬ day evening in Baumgart's Gar¬ dens, Ridge pike.
Taking for her  subject     "Our
degree, charged with shooting her  Heirs," Miss Ditter told the group
husband in their Erdenheim home last October, the privilege of re¬ turning to her home before going to State Industrial School, Muncy, where she will serve an indeter¬ minate sentence.
The woman wept bitterly as she was taken into the administration building of the school by Sheriff Samuel M, Glass and Deputy Sheriff Charles Hendricks. Her tears were not because she was taken to the institution, but be¬ cause she had been denied the re¬ quest that she be allowed to return to her Erdenheim home long enough to obtain a wedding ring given her by her husband,  o	
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that our heirs are today fighting for freedom and opportunity and it is up to us to lay the foundation so that the opportunity for re¬ creation and job training will be here when they return. "It is up to the individual communities", she said, "to start now for such a post-war plan. The boys will not be the same wten they come back as they were when they left to enter the armed forces and they will not want to return to empty houses."
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