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AMBLER Gazette
AMBLER, PA.,     SEPTEMBER 3, 1942
$1.75 P«r Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
FIRST BLOCK PARIY PLANNED FOR AMBLER
PUPILS START TREK
Air Raid Wardens to Sponsor At^ (Tair on September 16; Danc- r*ing, Entertainment Scheduled
Ambler residents will be treated to their flrst block party on Wed¬ nesday, September 16. At least, it will be the flrst such party within recollection of borough offlcials, who are unable to recall any other such event in Ambler's history.
Sponsoring the aflfair are the air raid wardens of Sector 23, which extends from Ridge and Butler avenues to Main street, and back to Forrest avenue. Sector warden is Louis Neigut, and chair¬ man of the party is Selby Foutty. Proceeds will be used to buy equipment for wardens and to help generally in civilian defense up¬ keep.
Rosemary avenue, between Poplar and Orange streets, will be the scene of much of the festi¬ vity, with dancing to be held there. Booths and entertainment features will be at the lower part of the Mattison Avenue Playground, fac¬ ing Rosemary avenue. One of the booths will be devoted to the sale of war stamps and bonds, and Mr. Foutty has expressed the hope that residents will be generous in their purchases. The party will get under way at 8.30 p. m. and continue until midnight.
The entire staff of the F. W. Woolworth store, in Ambler, has offered its services for the evening, and store personnel will help air raid wardens in the supervision of block party events. Miss Marion Compton, of the store, will be in charge of dancing, and Henry Deens will sij'pervise lighting.
In case cf rain, the party will be held the following Wednesday evening.
Parochial  Sessions Open;   Am¬ bler Public School Students to Report Wednesday
The trek back to school began for Ambler school children on Tuesday, when sessions opened at St. Joseph's and St. Anthonys parochial schools. Public schools in Ambler are scheduled to open next Wednesday, with half-day sessions on the first day, and full sessions thereafter.
Also opening on Wednesday will be the schools in Springfleld, Whitemarsh and Upper Dublin Townships. Opening on Tuesday will be Whitpain Township schools.
In Upper Dublin, beginners have been asked to report on Tuesday, so that registration can be com¬ pleted. Hours will be from 10 a. m. to noon and from 1.30 to 3 p. m.
Changes in the teaching staff in the township have been an¬ nounced as follows: Matthias Sheeleigh School — Mrs. Dorothy Hoeger, grade four; Mrs. Josephine Duffield, advanced from grade four to upper grade; Jarrettown— Miss Aurelia J. Waters, former seventh grade teacher appointed temporary principal, to replace Henry W. Shoe, now in the armed service.
Granted a year's leave of ab¬ sence from the Jarrettown School is Mrs. Lucinda B. Fountain. Miss Charlotte J. Lee, of Penllyn, and Miss Cecelia B. Wyatt, of Phila¬ delphia, have been appointed as substitutes. In Oreland, Miss Vir¬ ginia B. Breithaupt will be the new teacher for grades three and four.
DRAFTEES TO LEAVE
Local Draft Board No. 5 will send another group of draftees to Philadelphia on Saturday for medical examinations, prior to induction into the U. S. Army. The group will leave the Ambler Railroad Station at 9.28 a. m.
Although the draft board is unable to report definitely the number of men to be exam¬ ined, it has been estimated that eighty-five selectees from this area will report at the Armory at 32nd street and Lancaster avenue, in Philadel¬ phia.
AMBLER BOY CONFESSES RESTAURANT ROBBERY
A twelve-year-old Ambler boy, arrested on Monday charged with breaking into and robbing John Brady's Cafe, 7 S. Ridge avenue. Ambler, on Sunday night, was sent to the House of Detention after confessing to the robbery. It was the youth's third offense.
According to police, the bo.y gained access to the restaurant through a broken window in the
Scherff Elected Bank Presidents- Company To Mark Anniversary
The Ambler Tru.st Company will observe the twenty-fifth anniver¬ sary of its opening next Tuesday, with a newly-elected president at the helm.
Named this week to the presi¬ dency was George Scherff, execu¬ tive vice president and secretary of the bank. He succeeds Robert H, Anderson, Jr., who died August 23, after serving flfteen years as presi¬ dent and director of the trust com¬ pany. Elected secretary was John L. Hansell, a bank director since 1937.
Mr. Scherff, who is 44, has been affiliated with the Ambler Trust Company for eighteen years, com¬ ing to the bank in 1924 as assistant to the president, Jeremy Under¬ wood. In 1925 he became bank treasurer, retaining that office un¬ til 1936, when he became executive vice president and secretary.
Born in Philadelphia, Mr. Scherff attended Southern High School and the Evening School of the University of Pennsylvania, in
kitchen, and removed $5.80 from
the cash register. The money was i that city. In Philadelphia he was
regained. The case will be heard! employed as clerk in the trust de-
in Juvenile Court.  ,	
George Serago, of Edge Hill, j arrested on Sunday evening out¬ side the South Ambler Club, on Butler avenue, charged with dis¬ orderly conduct, was fined flve dol¬ lars and costs by Squire William Urban.
HOLD FINAL PROGRAM
ELEVEN RACE EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR FAIR
Eleven events are scheduled for the four days of harness races to be held in connection with the J942 Montgomery County Fair at Hatfleld, with races opening on Labor Day and continuing on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of  that week.
Events   are  carded   as   follows: 2.18 class pace; two-year-old trot; j Friday    for    the    Ambler    Play ihree-year-old trot;    two-year-old j grounds, but everyone had a good Vace;     three-year-old    pace;  2.24 [time. A peanut scramble and as
partment of the Girard Trust Com¬ pany, and later as assistant to the head bookkeeper and savings fund teller of the Franklin Trust Com¬ pany. Before coming to Ambler he headed the trust department of the Bucks County Trust Company.
Together with his wife and two children he lives at 24 Hendricks street, Ambler.
Mr. Scherff becomes the sixth president in the Ambler Trust Company's history. The first presi¬ dent was William C. Brister, who was elected in 1917, by the bank's first Board of Directors. Other offl¬ cers elected at that time were: T. Duncan Just, flrst vice president; Ellsworth L. Posey, second vice president; H. Wilson Stahlnecker, trust offlcer; Wilmer E. Leedom, secretary and treasurer, and E. Clive Hammond, assistant secre¬ tary and  treasurer.
Following Mr. Brister in the presidency was Wilmer E. Leedom. Jeremy Underwood became presi¬ dent in 1924, and was succeeded the following year by Richard (Continued on page 5)
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JAPANESE ALIEN APPREHENDED HERE
Traveling Board of Eight Will
Sit at Fire House Next
Wednesday
Eight   traveling   registrars,   ap¬ pointed by the Montgomery Coun- ) ty   Registration  Commission,  will I be in Ambler next Wednesday to I enroll   new   voters   and   conduct other   registration   business.   The
Gardener Who Failed to Carry
Registration Card Called
'Potentially Dangerous'
A 62-year-old Japanese garden¬ er, termed a "potentially danger¬ ous" enemy alien by the United States Attorney's Office, was ap¬ prehended at Main street and Butler avenue, in Ambler last Fri-
GEORGE SCHERFF
Elected as sixth president of the Ambler Trust Company.
Youngsters Mark Close of Sum¬ mer Activities   With   Pea¬ nut Scramble, Races
It was a breathless closing  on
class pace; handicap pace; 2.18 class trot; handicap trot; 2.24 class trot; and free for all handicap trot ,^nd pace.
More than seventy-five horses from ten eastern states are en¬ tered, with about a score from Montgomery, Bucks and adjoining counties. Two Norristown horses are to race: Ernest Roediger's Ma
sorted races made up the program at the Mattison Avenue Play¬ ground, with prizes consisting of varied school supplies awarded the winners.
The peanut scramble opened the day's events, and, as usually happens, the smallest boy landed at the bottom of the pile. There were no casualties, however, and
jest June in the two-year-old pace; | he was extracted none the worse and E. F. Espenship's Myra Han- | for his experience, over,   in   the   three-year-old   trot. •,     winning   the   two-legged   boys' T. L. Gustin, of Holicong, Bucks  ^g^g ^g^e Harold Wolf and Ted-
FIRST AID UNIT MEETS FOR REORGANIZATION
A reorganization meeting of the Fort Washington First Aid Unit of the Upper Dublin Civilian Defense Council was held Monday evening, at which time new officers were elected.
George Morris, ot summit ave¬ nue, was named chairman, and Mrs. G. Harris Britt, of Summit avenue, and Mrs. Robert Miller, of Spring avenue, were named vice chairmen. Elected secretary was Mrs. Arthur Haggar, Jr., of Sum¬ mit avenue, while Mrs. Charles Kaufmann, of Washington lane and Montgomery avenue, was chosen treasurer.
A committee in charge of sup¬ plies was appointed, composed of Mrs. Edward Lee, Miss Louise Funk, Miss Ruth Gump, Mrs. Ed¬ gar Morris and Miss Marie Queenan.
It was decided to hold meetings on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, at 8.15 p. m. at the Fort Washington School. Instruc¬ tions in First Aid work will be held at least once a month.
The unit is asking residents to donate old awnings, canvas, or any similar water-proof material, that can be used in emergency treat¬ ment to insure warmness. It was announced that $50 has been set aside by the Civilian Defense Council, to purchase blackout cur¬ tains for the windows in the school auditorium.
PLANS FIRST MEETING
LEGION WOMEN ELECT NEW CLUB OFFICERS
Opening Program for Year to  Mrs. John Magill to Head Fort Be  Held   at  Presbyterian     j        Washington Past Presi- Church September 22 j dents' Club
county, will race Upset in the two- year-old trot; Bradley Hanover in the three-year-old pace; Fan Han¬ over in the three-year-old trot; Gallantdale in the two-year-old pace; Singapore and Baker Han¬ over in the three-year-old pace; and Bradley Hanover and Fran Hanover in the 2.24 trot.
Joe Hyland, of Doylestown, has named Modest Peter for the 2.18 class pace. A. B. Wilgus, of Chal¬ font, will run Darnella Hanover in the 2.24 class trot, and Dr. E. A. Rile, of Blue Bell, has lasted Ad¬
dy Schaufler. The girls' two-leg¬ ged race was won by Minnie Haywood and Annabelle Dean. In the races for small boys, Francis Catanzaro and Albert Mastromat¬ to were the winners. The kinder¬ garten events were won by Charles Wells, and the primary grade events by Albert and Tony Mastromatto.
John Zollo and Teddy Schaufler were the winners in the races held for fifth and sixth grade children, and Harold Wolf took the prize hi the races held for seventh grade
APPROVES NIGHT WATCHMAN
Patrick C. Delaney, ot Butler pike. Ambler, has been approved as night watchman for the Keas¬ bey and Mattison Company.
Approval came Tuesday, in an order handed (down by Judge George C. Corson, in the Mont¬ gomery County Court at Norris¬ town.
more Grattan for the 2 24 pace | yp^,„g5tgrs. Taking top honors in and Peter Abee, Jr., tor the three- the girls' shoe race was Minnie year-old pace. | Haywood.
^ .,^„ ^„ „,,„ . _        i     More     than      100     youngsters
18,003 POUNDS OF SUGAR       j turned   out   tor  the   closing  pro-
ALLOTTED FOR CANNING I «--• frchTo^- ^^i^'i^'^J.
A total of 18,003 pounds of can¬ ning sugar was allotted residents in the area including Ambler, Whitemarsh, Horsham, Upper Dublin and Conshohocken during August, Local Rationing Board No. 46-5 has announced. Applications for canning sugar totaled 612.
Three automobiles and one type¬ writer were allotted, and the fol¬ lowing tires and tubes were dis¬ tributed: 14 new passenger tires; 137 passenger tubes; 273 passenger recaps; 20 second grade tires; 58 new truck tires; 52 truck tubes, and 34 truck recaps.
The board, which is located in the Whitemarsh Township Build¬ ing, at Barren Hill, has announced that it will close its office at 1.30 p. m. next Friday, because voting j registrars will use the offlce that afternoon.
picnic
'up the playground, the children j were given loll.ypops by the school ; janitor, Mr. Lancaster.
GOVERNMENT TO TAKE READING FAIR GROUNDS
Uncle Sam's fast expanding war program will encompass Reading's seventy-two acre fair ground plant on October 1, ten days after the close of the twenty-eighth annual Great Reading Victory Fair, Sep¬ tember 13 to 20, Secretary Charles W. Swoyer has just announced.
Government engineers have completed the survey of the tract and the lease has been approved by fair directors, covering the period of war and six months thereafter. All exposition equipment must be moved out of the twenty big dis¬ play halls immediately after the close of the fair next month. It will be the first time in the twenty- eight years the tair has operated
PLAN FULL PROGRAM AT
The Ambler Branch of the Needlework Guild of America will begin its 1942 activities with a dessert-meeting on Tuesday, Sep¬ tember 22, according to an an¬ nouncement by the Branch's presi¬ dent, Mrs. Thomas Foulke. The meeting, which will be attended by directors, members, and guests, will begin at 1.30 p. m. at the Presbyterian Church, in Ambler.
During 1941 the Ambler Branch collected 5,741 garments, which were distributed to twenty-nine organizations, including the North Penn Community Centre, the Montgomery County Children's Aid Society and the Salvation Army Day Nursery.
Any man, woman, or child in the community is eligible for mem¬ bership in the Needlework Guild, according to Mrs. Foulke. Eligibil¬ ity consists ot donating two new garments or a sum of money to the organization. Any person who col¬ lects twenty-two new garments and a sum of money may become a director, Mrs. Foulke added.
The Ambler Branch includes twenty senior auxiliaries, seven junior auxiliaries, and sixty-three directors. Offlcers and members of the Executive Committee are as follows: Honorary President, Mrs. Robert Rosenberry; President, Mrs. Thomas A. Foulke, Vice Presidents, Miss Flora Heckler, Mrs. John Earnest, Mrs. I. N. Cohen, Mrs. Roscoe Brady; Secre¬ tary, Miss Anna Dager; Assistants, Mrs. William Fox, Mrs. J. Clay¬ ton Reed; Treasurer, Mrs. J. Wil¬ liam Ditter.
On the Executive Committee are: Mrs. F. A. Hoyt, Mrs. Frank Rothenberger, Mrs. Israel E. Hough, Mrs. Edward Groff, Mrs. Robert Wind, Mrs. Dewey Behrin¬ ger, Mrs. E. E. Kerschner, Mf-s. Joseph Kunsman, Mrs. William Andrew's, Mrs. Esther Dettra, Mrs. Frank Weber and Mrs. Stewart Davis.
LIBRARY HOURS CHANGE
Winter hours at the Am¬ bler Public Library will go into effect next Tuesday.
The library will be open Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 p. m., and on Wednes¬ day and Friday evenings from 7 to 9 o'clock. On Satur¬ day mornings hours will be from 10 a. m. to noon.
registration will take place at the ! day by Police Officer Edward Es- Wissahickon Fire Company's build- fnond. He now awaits a hearing ing, on Butler avenue, from 2 to before an Alien Enemy Hearing 9 p. m. I Board.
_'     '     . , ,        ...   .,    ...    !     Esmond saw the man alight from
The registrars also will sit at the ; ^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^    ^is surroundings
Springfleld   Township   School,   on | uncertainly.    He   questioned   him
Plymouth avenue, in Oreland, next I j,,.igfl      ^^^   discovered   that   he
Wednesday.   On   Thursday,   they \ ^^^.^.j/^ „^ g,jg„ registration card.
I will   be   in   Wyndmoor,   handlmg. j,^,. ^j^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ identiflcation.
fi'il'fl? '°r "^ Spengler s Garage,      .j.^^^ Japanese, explained that he
8151 Flourtownayenue. Upper Dub-;^3g   ^   landscape   gardener   and
pin  voters  will be  registered  the i ^^^ ^„ j^j^ ^^ ^ nearby nur-
I same day.at the E. Oreland School,! ^^ obtain some material. He "
on Wischmann avenue. The follow- i g,^^ remarked that he didn't need
ing day, Friday, the registrars will be in Barren Hill, with registration taking place at the Whitemarsh Township Building.
On   Monday   of   the   following week,  (September   14),   the  regis
any registration card, and gave WS name and address as Ben Katsemi, of Arch street, Philadelphia.
Federal Bureau of Investigation authorities in Philadelphia, tele¬ phoned by Esmond, requested that
trars will be in Flourtown, with j Katsemi be sent to their offlce. headquarters at the Fire House.: Later in the day the United North Hills will receive a visit | states Attorney's offlce in Phila- from the registrars on Friday, Sep- j delphia announced the gardener's tember 18. Registration will be at  arrest,  for  failure     to  carry  bis
TWO ARMY PROMOTIONS FOR JOSEPH NIBLOCK
Joseph O. Niblock, son of Mrs. Henrietta Firman, of 164 Tennis avenue, Ambler, has been pro¬ moted from sergeant to staff ser¬ geant in the 67th School Squad¬ ron at Goodfellow Field, Texas, Army Air Force basic flying school. He also has been made Assistant  Crew  Chief.
His new duties include dircct- j ing   and   checking   the   work   of
I Mrs. John Magill, of White¬ marsh, was elected president of the Past Presidents' Club of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the William Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, American Legion Post of Fort Washington, at a meeting of the club  Monda.v evening.
Elected secretary was Mrs. Ed- ¦ , ,, ,-    .,
ward Murphy, oi Ambler, while i ground crews a.s they adjust, re Mrs. Frank Hoagland, of Erden- | P''"" heim, the outgoing president, was named treasurer. Mrs. Magill for¬ merly served as the club's treas¬ urer. Outgoing secretary is Mrs. Grant Buchanan.
Plans were made for the in¬ stallation of Auxiliary officers next Wednesday night.. Conducting the installation will be Mrs. Alta Ott, of Philadelphia, who is the East¬ ern Director. Guest for the occa¬ sion will be Mrs. Roy Smith, for-,,, q,.,- „ ^. ,. ,,, , . „, „ merly of Ambler, who is Eastern I »' §?i''"S.J^'_^'l'. ^.^_'.h'"8ton,  D
I the Edge Hill Fire Company build ing.   Limekiln   pike   and   Cricket avenue.
All women who have married since they were registered and persons who have moved are es¬ pecially urged to have their voting registration records corrected. This also is an opportunity for those (Continued on page 5)
or overhaul the planes. Ev cry craft must be In perfect me¬ chanical condition before it flies, and the job of supervising and approving this work, as well as the direct responsibility "of keep¬ ing the planes flying the maximum number of hours Is a key position in the Air Force.
Staff Sergeant Niblock was graduated from Ambler High School in June of 1940 and en¬ tered directly into the Air Force
T RULES ARE EXPLAINED
registration card. The Attorneys* offlce added that Katsemi would be sent to the alien detention camp at Gloucester, N. J., and that he would be given a hearing before the Alien Enemy Hearing Board some time this week. .
Assistant U. S. Attorney Jamea^ P. McCormick, who questioned the man, reported that Katsemi, has lived in this country for seventeen^ years and has registered as an alien, but simply did not have hts
j card  with  him  when  questioned.' It was after the interrogation on
I Friday   that   Katsemi  was   called
I "potentially dangerous."
H.
C.  Since  then  he has  served   at
Large Rodeo Show to Be Given ! On All Six Days of County     | Exposition
NEW OFFICERS NAMED FOR JARRETTOWN GUILD
Ration-bound citizens will have a big show in their own back yard when the eighteenth annual Montgomery County Fair opens on Labor Day, for six days, at Hatfleld.
Offlcials of the fair have been flooded with favorable comment for their decision to carry on the exposition in spite of the added difiiculties of war-time conditions. Authorities at Washington have commended   the   county   fairs   as
j The directors of the Jarrettown j Branch of the Needlework Guild I of America, holding a luncheon- I meeting last Thursday, re-elected i Mrs, Frank W. Cary, of Dresher, president.
Other offlcers are: Honorary President, Miss Alice S. Roberts; First Vice President, Mrs. Harry McClelland, Jr.; Second Vice Pres¬ ident and Chairman of the Auxil¬ iary, Mrs. Daniel Hickey; Secre¬ tary, Miss Hannah M. Forsyth; As¬ sistant Secretary, Mrs. Russel Ty¬ son; Treasurer, Mrs. Joseph Kirk. Outgoing   officers   include   Mrs.
Director-elect. I
To be installed are Mrs. Lillie Quinn, of Philadelphia, as presi¬ dent; Mrs. Mona Britt, flrst vice j president; Mrs. Grace Aronson, ] second vice president; Mrs. Bes- i sie Grimm, recording secretary; | Mrs.   Helen   Klosterman,   corros- i
ponding secretary; Mrs. Ruth ! . ,. , a ui i. Schlater, treasurer; Mrs. Alice ! ^"'^'at'O" °'^n^bler has announced Rohr, chaplain: Mrs. Mabel Mur-1'.'^'jf'Pt of '',^'^\,°{ twenty-eight phy,historian;Mrs.Marie Campbell i ^""ars ^•'"'P^he Protestant Church S^nH Mi«« .S.-,lliP Movers, .serceants-! League Soft Ball Team. The money
was   raised   at   a   benelit   game
the New England Aircraft School, Boston; Kelly Field, Texas; Stam¬ ford Fying School, Texas and Goodfellow Field, San Angelo, Texas.
GIFT FROM BALL TEAM
The Community Ambulance As-
A. B. Detwiler Issues Statement On Stamp Validity and Ad¬ ditional Rations
and Miss Sallie Meyers, sergeants- at-arms.
Members of the Club have been invited to attend a house party at Ocean City oh September 29, as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hoagland.
TO HONOR MRS. PLATT
WITH FAREWELL TEA
Members of the King's Daugh-1 ters Society of the Ambler Pres- ] byterian    Church    will    be    the guests at a farewell tea in honor i of Mrs. Charles A. Platt, wife of I the church's pastor, from 3 to 5 o'clock   this   afternoon.   The   tea will be held at the home of Mrs. Russel   Davis,   of   Mattison   and Greenwood avenues, Ambler.
In charge of arrangements are Mrs. F. O. Hoyt, Mrs. Alfred Gorton, Mrs. Robert Astler, Mrs. Norman Kriebel and Mrs. Davis.
The Rev. and Mrs. Platt leave Ambler about September 14, to assume their duties at tho First Presbyterian Church of Ridge¬ wood, N. J.
played in July.
The executive committee of the Association will meet at the Le¬ gion Building, Park and Linden¬ wold avenues, in Ambler, on Sep¬ tember 23, at 8 p. m. At that time a complete report of the year's ac¬ tivities will be prepared.
FAMILY REUNION HELD By HOFFMAN FAMILY
In answer to numerous inquiries from retail grocers as well as con¬ sumers, A. B. Detwiler, chairman of the Montgomery County War Price and Rationing Board, today issued an explanatory statement regarding the value and term of validity for sugar ration stamp No. 8.
Detwiler also announced addi¬ tional sugar allotments for civic and social welfare organizations which serve meals infrequently.
Stamp   No.    8,   which   became
valid August 23, may be used at
I any time up to and including Oc-
! tober 31, Detwiler  said, and will
be good for the purchase of flve
' pounds of sugar during  the ten-
I week period. Thus, the allowance
of one-half pound per person per
week is unchanged.
Extension of the term of validity of Stamp No. 8 to October 31, Det¬ wiler pointed out, carries it through to the end of a calendar month, so that, if found desirable, future sugar ration periods may be set to coincide with the calendar month.
Another  advantage  is  that the five pound stamp value will per¬ mit   the  disposition   of   stocks   of (Continued on page 2)
C. TATNALL RECEIVES AIR CORPS COMMISSION
H. C. Tatnall, of "Latohes", Whitemarsh, treasurer of the Wis¬ .sahickon Branch of the American Red Cross and head of disaster re¬ lief work for the branch, has re¬ ceived his commission as a captain in the U. S. Army Air Corps, and now is attending the Offlcers Tech¬ nical Training School, at Miami, Florida.
Captain Tatnall, who also is a director of The 'Southeastern Chapter of the American Red Cross, was a lieutenant in the 11th Cavalry during the first World War, and saw service on the Mexi¬ can border. He is a graduate of Princeton University.
TO STUDY AT BUCKNELL
Miss Mary J^ouise Allen, sister of S. Rushmore Allen, of Penllyn road. Ambler, has been admitted to Bucknell University as a member, of the freshman class, Registrar H. W. Hotter has announced.
Miss Allen, who was graduated in June from Ambler High School, plans to enroll in the Commerce and Finance course. While in high school she participated in several activities, including, literary, mu¬ sic, and dramatics societies.
She is one of approximately 400 i students who will report at Buck- I nell for the opening of Freshman ! Week on Wednesday, September I 23.
Sixty-eight   Members   of   Clan
Gather in Ambler for
Annual MectinK
WHITPAIN TOWNSHIP
CARS COLLIDE IN FOG
Sixty-eight   members     of
MUST PAY HEARING COSTS
OPENS SALVAGE DRIVE j gtreet"'^   Ambier,     charged     with
"Anything but paper"  is  what I violating     blackout      regulations,
Whitpain Township  is asking  its 1 surety of the peace and disorderly
residents to contribute now to the | conduct, was ordered to pay thB
the j township's salvage campaign. The   costs at his hearing before SqOira
"morale builders at a time when i W.  Ernest Jones,  who served  as
GIVE SURPRISE SUPPER
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Davies, Sr., of Trinity avenue, entertained at
a surprise buffet supper on Sun- that there has been a break in the day in honor of 'the birthday of I continuity ot the annuals, offlcials Mrs. Davies' mother,    Mrs.    Sara j say.
osenberry.  Guests present were rom   Haddonfield,   Germantown Vnd Georgia.
Mrs. Rosenberry had visited for several days last week with her grandson  and  his  wife,  Mr.  and
Consideration for the fair as- .sociation which has spent thous¬ ands of dollars making ready for the 1942 exposition kept the war department from taking immediate possession, offlcials said.
morale builders are most needed".
The county show is within easy reach of everybody in the county, and of many Bucks county and Philadelphia residents, at the expenditure of a minimum amount of gasoline.
The shortage of fairs this year has resulted in the Montgomery county organization being able to get together the best show in years. It was this that made possi¬ ble the scheduling of a rodeo the size of the Flying X outfit from Montana.
The rodeo, featuring broncho busters, trick riders, bulldoggers and wild bull riders, will play all six days and nights that the fair will be showing, Monday through
second vice president and Auxil¬ iary chairman, and Mrs. Harold Tyson, who was the Branch's treasurer.
The annual meeting of the or¬ ganization will be held on Tues¬ day, October 20, at the Jarrettown Methodist Church, starting at 8 p. m.
Mrs. Edward Davies, Jr., of Ger- i     There will be no curtailment in mantown, and Mr. and   Mrs.   Da- | the 1942 agricultural show and the i ca*t;,;.'rtav
vies brought her home on Sunday  I only  attraction omitted from  the ^:	
where the surprise party awaited | daily grandstand programs will be   (cvCMIMr f\V CITN» DI AMNirn her. I the championship auto races which I  t-VtWJNu Ur rUW   rLANNt.U
j have  been   featured  here   for   19
GETS NAVY COMMISSION
John T. Burton, formerly of Cedar road, Ambler, has been commissioned a Ueutenant in the U. S. Naval Reserve. He will re¬ port for active duty some time this month.
The Spring  House  School  will years. The government has banned i be the scene of "An  Evening of
the   sport   because gasoline rationing.
of   tire   and;
TIMBER IS NEEDED
TOWNSHIP    GETS   STATE-AID
Two hundred and ninety-seven second and third class school dis¬ tricts in flftv counties will share nearly     $6,000,000     in     reguluar
Shipyards, steel mills, and other i semi-annual payments of state-aid
war industries are needing more and more timber, say foresters of the Pennsylvania State College, Farm timber owners can help by cutting and skidding their salable timber, and hauling, if possible.
—Buy United States War Bonds and stamps.
due this month and approved Tuesday by Auditor General F. Clair Ross. To Springfleld Town¬ ship goes $7,247.18.
Largest single payment, $679,- 518, goes to Allegheny County. Luzerne County is second with $638,100, and Lackawanna third with $398,100.
Fun" tomorrow night, when sec¬ tor air raid wardens and auxiliary police of Lower Gwynedd Town¬ ship present a program of games and music.
There will be no admission charge, and the program is open to the public. Civilian defense officials have announced that over $100 in war bonds and stamps will be awarded.
Proceeds from the night's events will be used to purcha.se equipment for civilian defense work.
LOWER GWYNEDD TO FLY TOWNSHIP SERVICE FLAG
Plans are being made for the raising of a service flag at the Township Building in Lower Gwynedd Township, to honor all men from that area now in the flghting forces.
In line with the plan, town¬ ship offlcials are requesting all parents or relatives of tho.se in the armed services to get in touch with either Mrs. Melvin James, of Gwynedd road, Gwynedd Val- I ley, or Floyd Schneider, of Brush- town road, Gwynedd Valley, so that the names of all those in ser¬ vice may be obtained.
A truck and a Plymouth sedan were seriously damaged on Mon¬ day morning in a crash on Town¬ ship Line, near Summit avenue, Fort Washington. No ono was in¬ jured, however.
The  truck, driven  by  Emanuel Mattero. of 344    W     5th    street,      ^^ ^^^ youngest present Lansdale, hit the sedan ot James .»       &      i
Hoffma^ Jamily^met on ^Saturday | campaign got under way on Tues-   William   Urban   last   Wednesday
. ^^^^ ^^^ .^ expected to continue | night.
for the war's duration. I     Charges     had     been      brought
Two offlcial depots for deposit- i against Carey bv Harold Hopson, ing scrap have been set up, ac- | colored, of North street, an aux- cording to Ross G. Rile, of Blue ; jijary policeman, who claimed that Bell,   chairman   of   the   .salvage | carey   threatened     him    because
at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Erhardt, of Butler pike, Am¬ blor, for their twenty-ninth annual family reunion.
Offlcers re-elected were: Ross i Hoffman, president; William Rog- I ers, vice president; Gilbert N. I Hoffman, secretary-treasurer. i The oldest member of the family \ present was Mrs. Elizabeth Hoff- I man, of Norristown. Fourteen- I month-old  Joseph Townsend,  Jr.,
B. Gaskin, of 309 Walnut street, Jenkintown, which was parked while tire repairs were being made. The truck continued offl the road for 100 feet and turned over.
Upper Dublin Chief of Police James Ottinger, who investigated, attributed the crash to the heavy fog and the speed at which Mat¬ tero   was   driving.
Mattero will be summoned for a hearing on charges of motor law violation.
Members  now  serving   in
—Buy United States War Bonds and stamps.
' REPUBLICAN CLUB  MEETS
The Whitemarsh Valley Repub¬ lican Club held its flrst annual banquet on Tuesday evening with more than 200 persons present.
Guest speakers included County Commissioners Fred C. Peters and Foster C. Hillegass; Assemblyman Lloyd H. Wood; Prothonotary Earl B. Bechtel, and Miss Esther Jenk¬ ins, president of the Lower Mont¬ gomery County Council of Repub¬ lican Women.
ARRANGE FOR REUNION
Miss Gertrude Vandegrift, of Francis avenue. Ambler, and Al¬ fred Gilbert, of Ardsley, are in charge of plans for a reunion of young people from this section of the country who have attended Presbyterian Summer Confer¬ ences, either at Blairstown, New Jersey; Hightstown, New Jersey, or Westtown:
The reunion will be held at Forrest Park, Chalfont, on Sep¬ tember 19, beginning at 2.30 p. m., and anyone wanting to attend is asked to contact either of the com¬ mittee members.
armed forces are: Kenneth Hoff¬ man of Norristown and Robert Hoffman of Conshohocken, sons of Mr. and Mrs, Gilbert Hoffman of Conshohocken; Richard W. Hoff¬ man, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Hoff¬ man; Howard Garrett, of Ambler; Samuel Smith of Ambler; Kenneth - and Robert Hoffman, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hoffman of Hat¬ boro; Herbert Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rogers of Bridge- ton, N. J.; Iliff Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Rogers, of Fair- ton, N. J.; and Wilson Hughes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hughes, of Bridgeton, N. J.
program. They are at the lot next to the Villa Mona Inn, on Skip- pack pike, in Blue Bell, and at Murphy's Garage, in Center Square.
Where   there    is   scrap    which
residents are unable to  bring to
; the depots,  arrangements will be
the  made to have the material collec¬
ted. A telephone call to Mr. Rile, at Ambler 272-R-3 will bring a collector.
The scrap will be sold to junk dealers, who in turn will start it on its way to use in defense in¬ dustries. Proceeds from the sale will go for local civilian defense equipment. ,
wires had been cut in order to put out a light on his property during   a   blackout.
Carey was warned that any fur¬ ther blackout violation would be pro.secuted, and he agreed to in¬ stall a switch in his chicken yard, so that the light could be turned off quickly in an emergency.
CHARLOTTE   KRIEBEL   FETED
Mrs.  George  Jennings,  of  Nor¬ wood,   entertained   at   a   surpri.se miscellaneous   shower   on   Satur¬ day   afternoon   in   honor   of   the coming marriage    of    Miss Char¬ lotte Kriebel, of Bethlehem pike. j The party was held at the home I of Mrs. Jennings' mother, Mrs. J. I Wesley McPherson, of Butler pike, Broad Axe. at the meeting of the Rotary Club ;     Guests present were: Miss Mar- of Ambler yesterday afternoon.     I .iorie Brunner, Lansdale; Mrs. Ed-
Sweet Rotary Doings
They had a "honey of a time"
Guest  speaker  at   tho   meeting was Dr. George T. Haymen, past The next meeting will be held' president of the Doylestown  Ro-
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rob¬ ert Rogers, of Bridgeton.
ASKS SUPPORT INCREASE
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j The alleged improved financial j status of James R. Aaron, of Glen I Mawr drive, Ambler, has led his 1 former wife, Helen K. Aaron to flle la petition with the Courts asking j an increa.se in a five dollar a week ! support order imposed November i 23, 1934. The order was for the i support of a minor son, James AMBLER MAN FINED j Aaron, Jr.
John Gray, of 2 Ridge avenue,' In 1934, according to Mrs. Aaron, Ambler, was ordered to pay a flne | the boy was five years of age and and costs of $12.46 by Squire ' hor husband was earning $22 per Charles Idell, of Springfield Town- ' week. Tho boy is now twelve and ship, at a hearing last Wednesday. , sho claims that her husband now
Gray was arrested on August 6, i earns $45 per week, charged with driving his automo-;     Additional   funds  are     needed, bile   without   a   state   inspection i Mrs. Aaron says,  for the proper sticker. J care and education of the boy.
tary Club, who spoke on "Bees. Dr. Haymen raises bees as a hobby, and went so far as to bring a swarm of workers with him, so that the Rotarians might see, at first hand, how the bees keep busy.
And as added proof that bees can be profitable. Dr. Haymen dis¬ tributed jars of pure honey, pro¬ duced b,y his bees and marketed by himself.
In charge of the program was the Community Service Commit¬ tee, headed by John L. Hansell. Visitors were William Chalmers and William Brennan, of North Wales, and Stanley Houser and Dr. Wiliiani Hartzell, of Lansdale.
Next week's speaker will be Frank Jones, of the American Chemical Paint Company, of Am¬ bler. He will discuss "American Travel in War Times."
gar Eckfeldt, Miss Betty Hough¬ ton, Miss Anne Lukens, Miss Ada Ziegler, Miss Helen Ziegler, Mrs. Mary Krauss, Mrs. J. McPherson, Mrs. Norman Kriebel, all of Am¬ bler; Miss Josephine McPherson, near Norristown; George Jenn¬ ings, Norwood; Frank C. Fischer. Philadelphia, and the guest o£ lionor.
WINS   ARMY   PROMOTION
Robert A. Smith, Jr., son of Mrs. •Robert  A.   Smith,   Sr.,   of   242   N.
Ridge avenue. Ambler, who now is
stationed somewhere in England I with the Engineers Aviation Bat- {talion, U. S. A., has been pro- j moted   to   sergeant,   according   to
word just received by his mother.
Sergeant  Smith, who has  been
I in tho armed  .service  for  a  year
and a half, landed in England in I June. He received his basic train-- I ing at Fort Belvoir, Va., and later ' was transferred to Langley Field, ' Va.