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i The H»«''°.^r»o«- ctttw :?,-xBLER Gazette VOL. LXIII — 44 AMBLER. PA, JANUARY 1. 1942 $1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy FIRST COMINIIY « FESTIVAL K. I AMBLER ASSOCIATION NOMINATES OFFICERS I Officers and directors of the' 1 Ambler Building and Loan As- I sociation were renominated at a ! stockholders' meeting in the as¬ sociation office, 8 Butler avenue, j Ambler. I The officers are as follows: i president, Joseph C. Shoemaker, I Blue Bell; vice president, George j W. Morris, Fort Washington; sec- I retary, Frank C. Weber, Ambler; treasurer, William H. Faust. Wlh .Dr. Robert D. Hcrshcyj Edward Kelly was newly riom ¦iVc Cliristnias Message— |'"ated as a director to fill th< igc Albert Langbcin Director the vacancy left by the death of Wil¬ liam Johnson, Ambler. I Other directors nominated The first community Christmas | were: Walter L. Bright, William music festival was held by the IM. Taylor, William W. Sholler, Keasbey and Mattison Athletic i ^Edward C. Scott, Walter Shaeff, Association in the auditorium of ' Jr., Charles F. Arnold, Harold G. the Ambler Opera House, last Knight, Jr., Alfred Baldwin, Har- Monday evehing. Community sing- { mon C. Kinney, Garnett M. Deck, ing featured the program. j William M. Clymer, John J. Rex, A vested choir of thirty-five I Elam E. Kerschner, Harry J. Bow- mixed voices sang Christmas | ^'"Jy- ... , .^ carols against an appropriately i The association passed its usual decorated background. The choir j semi-annual dividends, stalls were decorated with laurel | and holly as was the conductor's stand. Also on the stage were two EFrai WARM VIIAL FOR VICIORY & P Head Urges Intensive! Effort to Build National j Healtli and Morale ! One of our greatest assets' in the | world conflict into which we have i been plunged is the health and i morale of our people, and ma-; ®0 Eu^rgntt? In tliis wonderful America of ours we should be very thankful for living in a country where "democracy" is still more than just a word. We can count it a great blessing to be living among real friends and good neighbors. Let us resolve, for the coming year, to do our part to preserve the rights thai are our heritage . . . that no single act of any of u.s will endanger this heritage . . . with this in mind, The Ambler Gazette wishes everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year. THE AMBLER GAZETTE WATCH NIGHT SERVICE 1 TO BE HELD AT AMBLER A community watch night serv¬ ice will be held in the Ambler Presbyterian Church on New Year's Eve with churches of Am¬ bler and vicinity cooperating. The service will begin at 11.15 o'clock and close at midnight. The music will be under the direction of the Rev. J. William Dow, pastor of the Mount Pleas¬ ant Baptist Church. The devo¬ tional speaker will be the Rev. Martin L. Tozer, pastor of the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church. The midnight meditation will be directed by Rev. Dr. Robert D. Hershey, pastor of St. John's Lu¬ theran Church. The service will ! be conducted by the pastor of the I host church, the Rev. Charles A. Andjler Postoffice Cancelled i Piatt. Other local ministers will I Y ATTEND CAROL SERVICE AT HIGH SCHOOL Ruth C. Manlove Director of Program—Betty Bocliner Soprano Soloist 1,33,000 Pieces from December 17th to 24th—24,000 Increase also share in the program. MARTIN SAFE Fred Martin, son of Fred Mar- i Jo"" „l!''=*°'\ '" mJiintaining that trimmed Christmas trees and two i tin, of 1004 Butler avenue, is safe six-foot lighted candles. I according to a letter received by Ralph P. Nicholson, president his family this week. Mr. Martin, of the association, welcomed the who was stationed at Pearl Harbor guests i vvith the United States Navy, Rev. Dr. Robert D. Hershey.! escfPed uninjured in the bombing pa^'or of St. John's Lutheran 1 °f the base on Sunday, Deceniber Chu^th, Ambler, made the address ^^ The letter just received in Am- of the evening. The pastor talked ¦ bier was mailed December 11. L DISCUSSES DEFENSE about the Christmas season and ^ what one would get out of a men- j tal pilgrimage to Jerusalem at this | time of year. j The choir was under the di- j rection of Albert E. Langbein. | The selections sung by the choral; group were: "Prayer of Thanks- i giving," and the two old carols, "Deck the Halls," English, and! "Unto Us Is Born a Son," French; I pj^ng Registration Dates, First 'Cantique de Noet "Dresden, " Amen" and "Silent Night, Holy i Aid Classes, Kaid Alarms; Night." The soloists were Miss Appoints Wardens Mary Micsion and Miss Munken-j '^ "¦ beck. I A negro male quartet compris-' health and morale is food. In these days of total war, nations, like armies, "march on their stomachs." The speed with which we achieve final victory will be largely determined in 1942 by our ability to produce and distribute the foods essential to national health. In no field will the complete vnity of ryri-julture and industry be more important than in the food field, fc-r America must be the larder as wf 11 as the arsenal ot democracy. Agriculture is pre¬ pared to produce a greater quan¬ tity of foodstuffs than this nation has ever known. Already, our armed forces are getting more and better food than ever before in our national history, but it is equally important that all of our people working and living behind CHRISIMAS EVENIS Churches, Schools, Clubs and Community Centre Distribute Christmas Gifts Old Kris Kingle visited homes in Ambler and surrounding com- rpunities in many guises at Christ¬ mas time. The North Penn Community Centre, church groups, men's and women's clubs and schools as¬ sisted the well-known figure in making Christmas merry for many ! families. Toys, clothing and food the lines shall be better fed and better nourished. This means that food distribu The Springfield Township Coun-\ ^^"^"'^""Z^''''^""^^ for 100 children were prov ded by T u x^ T. ,. T^ . cil for Civilian Defense held its I tt"? have a grave responsibility to mothers came ing John Hop.son, Harold Hopson, i ,,-„,,,„„ mpptintr in thp tnwnshin i redouble their efforts to reduce , ,r^"*^- ^ J '""'-"'^i'' ^«»me John Dean and Clarence Lewis I'SneZ Sund-fv eveniZ wi h the cost of moving merchandise to the centre headquarters on .u..uw..ig «u accme... at ui,. im^r-, k^-^^. , places m me lownsnip ana s sang "Never Grow Old," "Hold the | a ^ullLmbershlp in Attendance I ^om producer to consumer. There \ ^^?,''21^.:^}l^'^I^^^J.^1 l*!?/"" I TllT °^ ^""•''' ^^"'"^ ""'^ ^^'" i -i^"!^"'?^!"''".^^^'".^.!:?"". f°!"Pl'-1 ^^„_^Pj^':_^^^."..^S"Sing from_ The largest volume of Christmas mail in the history of the Ambler postoffice was handled this year . . m,. j, when 133,000 cancellations were i iho^« .°" Thursday, January - —-jej. kraut lunc! usual meeting date j AUXILIARY TO MEET The monthly meeting of the Wo¬ men's Auxiliary of the Artman (Lutheran Home will be held at the 8, sent through the local postoffice I following a sauer kraut luncheon i frnm nocomhoi- 1 7fV> tr^ n,^^arr,hoy \ at 1 p. m. ThC USl would have been January 1, but FOLLOWING ACCIDENT!- from December 17 th to December , 24th. This amount represents an I .^ .,, , ^ , , ,. ! increase of over 24,000 pieces of j 't will be postponed a week be - - - < f cause of the holiday. Perry Selheimer Held for Grand i Jury—Jensen Pays Fine— j Other Arrests I mail handled over the same pe¬ riod last year, according to a state- 1 ment made by Postmaster Oscar! Stillwagon. I The largest amount handled in ! a single day was reached last Monday when 39,000 letters were cancelled. This amount represents ! ¦— i an increase of 9,000 cancellations i Perry N. Selheimer, thirty- I over any previous high day of last j eight, 315 Rosemary avenue. Am-', year. bier, is being held under $1200 i Ten substitute carriers aug-1 Upper Dublin Defense Council FOR IR PROTECIION bail for his appearance before I mented the regular force of fifteen the Montgomery County Grand i employees. The assistant carriers \ Jury on charges of failing to stop assisted in the delivery of the at the scene of an accident and I regular mail. This method helped; failing to make his identity known i to speed the delivery services. | after an accident. ] In addition to the above figures He was arrested at his home' fi^ty-three pouch^^^ .^ ^^ ^^^ , about 2.30 a.m., the day before! P^^ilvvas disptached from Decern-; ^ ,... . . . '_ r _ . : Hot* i7th in 9AtV, I ^ Registers Civilians for Home Duty The residents of Upper Dublin orrircit'^rla^ I Township know that the United ot hrst class! c-.^^^g ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^.. hot- 17th tn 9dtVi I "•" "^o Something about it. Christmas, by Sergeant John]"'-' " ¦-" '^" ¦^*^"- i During a three-day registration, Mr ^*'" ..i-i-j tl Mona«o, of the Ambler police j Mr. ^ Stillwagon ^stated ^ there. period last week more than two were distributed by these agencies to needy families. Fifteen baskets of food and toys force, after the officer had! were 2,480 .sacks of parcel post j hundred civiHans voluntarily ap-i searched for him nearly two hours I handled during the eight day peared at the five registration following an accident at the inter- \ period. j places in the township and sign- air Wind." "K Jd My Hand I See j " rt'thVrm7etine''TownshirCom' i must be intensive effort to elimin- i f«>: Preceding Christmas and se-1 street. ! mented the employees of the de- { wardens to auxiliary "policemen. Trouble in the Air. There Must i ^.j^iXr'"f„„'^^^^^ spoilage and waste motion in |'^cted toys suitable for their At the time of his arrest Sel- Partment lor their splendid co-, -Women in particular expressed Be a God Somewhere" and "Don't | J!^'k hif seat on the council as a the great effort on which we are youngsters. n^ uJ ^^"^^'^ ^^^ taken to the office of operation in hand ing the onorm- , their desire to take first aid Let It Blow." .°°™f.ttL of thP ^Z,^ JL ' embarked. Every effort should be ' ,^The two Amb^r Colony Clubs Dr. John A. Hoffa for examina-; ous amount ol mail in record time, courses which will be made 1 ronrospntnt,™ nt ttiP r-ommiQcnr,. , J , tK^ .,,,1,1,^ o„i—,1= th^ T.o^.^c ^^^^ The physlcian Said that Sol-1 Mr. Stillwagou cxprcsscd his ap-! available Shortly and wOl be con- heimer had evidently been drink- i preciation to the public for their I ducted by competent Red Cross representative of the commission- The program by the choir and | *„;;^'"""""''""''" "^ ——— i made to reduce unnecessary hand-j the public schools, the Ladies quartet was interspersed with a ''''!: 7 •„ . ! ling operations and costs. Auxiliary of the Wissahickon Fire number' of selections by the audi- Reports ot all members wer? re- s fhe experience of chain stores j JT?.!"^' t""^ ^'^^ Calvary Metho- .,, 'ceived, showing progress in all |- ^. i dist Church, were responsible for ^'>;':- ^ _,. , ,^ j departments. I (continued on page 7) | ^jany ^f the gifts of toys and food The concluding number was the i Mrs. Edith Gager reported that singing ot The Star Spangled; registration periods for civilians «nce. Banner" by the choir and audi-Lave been arranged for Monday, December 29, Tuesday, December ! 30, Friday, January 2 and Satur- NEW OFFICIAL RECORDS I day, January 3. Interviewers will j Four Guernsey cowr, owned by! s't at the three fire houses, the KIWANIANS ENTERIAIN AI CISIAS PARTY distributed. The school of Horti' culture and the Ladies' Bible Class of the Ambler Presbyterian Church each took care of one fh^fl^,^^/'°'''f/h^Mn'?h<nT'ronH'"L°i|a"d Main street about 12.25 a.m., the family with clothing, food and n-_„„,,^ oo u c- ii. ¦_ Chri.stmas gifts. The Norton I ^^^^'"ber 23, when Selheimer, Downs, Jr., Post, American IjC ing but that he was fit to drive a i patience during the holiday rush. car then, which was about two: hours after the accident. ' _ At a hearing before Magistrate' William Urban, Ambler, Monaco! testified that he was standing at;' the intersection of Butler avenue I 'a. D. Thayer, of G%vynedd Valley, i township building and Spengler's have just finished new official; garage, during the hours 1 to 4. TfporHs for ¦nrofiiipfipn which GH- ' ^' ^^' t^ncl / iO y p. Tt\. titles them to entry in the Ad-• Every one is urged to register | Fo»'ty Underprivileged Children i Military Service, and the Women's i AT CHRISTMAS EVENTS^ driving north on Main street, hit Pion"°Af^Amhw'" ^^rclearf^tt^V'^ parked car knocking it on the i _ fo°?he1oys"in^'he'uniteTsfa"Is i ri:?„r"if„"l/1l":„^i°^*-^ ^^^^ «^ . Kriebel - Fisclier a high rate of speed vanced Register of The American as early as possible so that the | Guernsey Cattle Club. These I resources of the entire township j animals include three and one-! may be fully mobilized for any] halt year old Gold Boy's Violet ot! emergency. i Gwynllan 5 15 5 2 7 producing I Plans are conjpleted for the i Given Turkey Dinner—Ven¬ triloquist Amuses Guests iviuiiary oervice, ana me women ^s „ ¦ i a . . i r» ¦ ii i- i Republican Club of Ambler sent; The officer said that he blew his j Announced During Holidays; Ambler Kiwanians played host candy and cookies to the service men. A fiarty for the children who (continued on page 6) ¦ at a Christmas dinner and party nn'v p/tmit Tnrkrknc at the Ambler Presbyterian | BUY aLUU I IKUUra Church last Tuesday evening. The Rev. Paul E. Schmoyer was in charge of the program. The turkey COLLECT OLD PAPER Ambler Troops of the Boy Scouts of America will collect newspapers, other paper and card¬ board to help the national de¬ fense effort. Troops 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and the Cub Pack will work un- I 14525.5 pounds of milk and 677.4 opening of a first aid class at the; to forjLy underprivileged children pounds of butter fat in class D, ; Oreland School on Tuesday, Janu- three year old Ambler's Clarice '. ary 13. This course offers the stan- of Gwynllan 530170 producing i dard Red Cross first aid instruc- 11733.8 pounds of milk and 551.3 j tion and upon proper completion pounds of. butter fat in class E, ; leads to a Red Cross First Aid Cer- three year old Ambler's Bloom of j tiflcate. Hours are from 9 to 12 j dinner was prepared and served Gwynllan 530167 producing 9501.6 i each Tuesday for seven weeks. | by the wives of the Kiwanians. pounds of milk and 522.4 pounds' Membership will be limited to I Each year the gala affair looms of butter fat in class E, and two ' thirty. i greater on the club's calendar of year old Ambler's Belle of Gwynl-i Another class for the teachers I events, for the party is part of a ^^ .¦ ». ... a ui Ian 546233 producing 10733.3 ; of the township will start soon i program adopted by the Kiwanis. der the direction of the Ambler pound,S,of milk and 590.0 pounds after January 15. It is hoped that j Club for the underprivileged chil-i Defense (..ouncii. of butter fat in class GG. ! home-nursing classes may be start- i dren. j A telephone call to Ambler 1000 ed about the same time. A class i The program opened with the j or to Harry Landis at Ambler 447 for men is also being considered, j entire group singing Christmas, will bring Boy Scouts to your As soon as sufficient teachers i carols. Several children presented ; home for your confribution of old can be obtained additional classes' solos and readings during the eve- j paper. The boys, who have been will be organized. i ning's entertainment. Among the i doing many jobs as their part in Fire and Raid Alarms participants on the program were: i the national defense program, will For the present the sirens at I Jean Fretz, who gave a reading j be able to make a small profit for the various fire houses will serve i entitled "Songs My Mother Taught i their troops from this phase of WHO MUST FILE A RETURN'.'I both for fire and air raid alarms! Me"; Robert Schmoyer, w h o: their work by selling the paper Every single person having a i ^^d will be operated as follows: i sang "Jolly Old Saint Nicholas"; for industrial use. gross income of $750 or more; f^,. flre the siren will rise to and i Joan Biddle who recited "The every married person, not living \ he held for about one minute and I Night Before Christmas", and ¦with husband or wife, and hav-j .^^,^^ he repeated if necessary; for i Luther Fretz, Jr., who presented ing a gross income of $750 or ; gjr raid the siren will rise and' a piano solo. Mrs. Carolyn Walker: areas may get in touch with Philip more; and married persons living : f^n jr, rapid succession for two! gave several readings appropri-! Smith in order to contribute -wit 1 husband or wife, who have ! minutes and be repeated as long | ate to the Christmas season. j paper. an iggregate gross income of $l,-|as necessary. All clear will be a! Santa Claus took part in the i 500 or more. sustained blast for two minutes. ! program by presenting each child i —Twenty-eight states shared in FEDERAL INCOME TAX MATERIAL NO. 1 whistle and signaled Selheimer to stop but the man continued on. Monaco told of recognizing Sel¬ heimer and of cruising around, Ambler looking for him before he '• \"5i finally found him at home in bed. According to police testimony, Selheimer denied being in the accident until Chief of Police Les¬ ter J. Carpenter questioned James Bunnager, 215 North Spring Gar¬ den street. Ambler, who was a passenger in the Selheimer car at the time of the accident. Bunnager (continueu on page 3) This work has already been started by the Penllyn and Gwy¬ nedd troops. Residents of those instructors. Operating under a twelve man defense council which includes j Luther Klosterman as chairman, j the township's three commission- j ers and eight appointees, the i Home Defense Unit is rapidly tak-1 ing shape as a compact organiza-! tion fully prepared to handle all: emergencies in its area. I j At a meeting of the defense ] ¦ , ! founcil last Friday in the town- j Engagement I ship building, Bethlehem pike, it | was announced that first aid i , courses would be held in the [ Other Engagements \ American Legion's Old Mill at Fort I j Washington beginning January 7,) Engagements of couples resid-1 and in thcAmbler High School on j in the Ambler-Whitemarsh ] January 6, the Upper Dublm I Valley area were announced dur-1 Classes to follow immediately. j ing the Christmas holidays. ' To speed up women's activities In Ambler, Mr. and Mrs. Nor- | in home defense work the coun-, man F. Kriebel, Bethlehem pike, j cil approved the appointment of; announced the engagement of ¦ Mrs. Edward L. Towne, of Three j their daughter, Charlotte Marie,' Tuns, as vice-chairman in charge j to Frank C. Fischer, 3rd, son of ¦ of women's activities in the town-' Mrs. Frank C. Fischer, Philadel-; ship. . j phia. No date has been set for \ C. H. Jacobs, of Fort Washing- \ the wedding. I ton, was made vicie-chairman in Miss Kriebel graduated from : charge of auxiliary firemen. It is' Ambler High School and from the ' understood that he wiJl appoint i journalism course of Temple Uni-1 as his assistants trained members; versify in 1941. She is a member! of the Fort Washington Fire Com-j of the Alpha Sigma Alpha Soror-! pany as well as several ex-chiefs; ity and the Junior Colony Club of i of that organization. j Ambler. Mr. Fischer, who is chief; Air raid work will be under the i inspector at the E. G. Budd Manu- direction of George Dotts, of Maple i facturing Company, Philadelphia, i Glen, who was made chief air raid is continuing his studies at Temple | warden of the township. He, in Over 800 persons attended the annual Christmas carol service held by the pupils of Ambler High School, last Tuesday evening, in the school auditorium. The combined girls' choruses opened the program with a proces¬ sional to the selection, "Adeste Fidelis," a seventeenth century carol sung in Latin. The audience joined in singing "Silent Night" by Franz Gruber. Elam E. Kerschner, supervising principal of the Ambler public schools, read "The Christmas Story." The A Cappella Choir sang "Sing the Noel", a French carol from the sixteenth century, and "The Birthday of a King" by Neid- linger. Selections by the Junior Glee Club were "O, Fir Tr<*e, Dark," a Swedish song by Hop¬ kins, and "Carol of the Birds" a French song by Bas Quercy. The audience sang "Joy to the World" by George Frederick Handel. , Miss Betty Boehner sang the soprano solos, "Jesu Bambino" by Pietro Yon and "Ave Maria" by Franz Schubert. Selections by the "Girls' Chorus were "Carol of the Sheep Bells" by Kauntz from the Slovak and ""The Little Jesu of Braga" by €Jaul from the Portu¬ guese. The A Cappella Choir sang "The Holly and the Ivy" by Boughton, "Carol of the Bells," a Ukrainian number by Leontovich, and "Let Carols Ring," a Swedish composi¬ tion by Black. The combined choruses sang "O, Holy Night" by Adams. Selections by the combined Girls' Choruses were "Good Night and Christmas Prayer" by Adolphe Adam and "It Came Up¬ on the Midnight Clear" by R. S. Willis, the last being the reces¬ sional number. The solo parts were sung by Miss Betty- Boehner, Miss Edith Albertson, Barclay Douglass, Wil¬ liam Little, Billy Albertson. Miss petty Hagginbothom was the ac¬ companist. The program was di¬ rected by Miss Ruth C. Manlove. FEDERATION MEETING All members of the Montgomery County Federation of Women's Clubs are invited to attend the meeting of the international rela- tions department, Wednesday morning, January 7, at 10.30 o'clock in the Bellevue-Stratford. Rev. Imre Kovacs, national chairman of the Hungarian Demo¬ cratic Federation of America, will discuss "The Tragedy of Central Europe". Hungarian music also will be played. The meeting is being arranged by Mrs. Charles H. Evoy, Glenside, chairman of the department of international rela¬ tions of the federation. SANTA CLAOSAHENDS Vv^HEN MUST RETURNS BE | plans for additional sirens are' with a sweater and FILED? For the caleTidar year 1941, on or before March 16, 1942. Foi the fiscal year, on or before (continued on page 2) candy A ventriloquist and magician! 30, 1941 entertained the group. I a box of I u. S. Navy shipbuilding operations during the fiscal year ending June the I5th day of the third month, SQ DEFENSE COURSES fob .wing the close of the fiscal, pL;^fjfj£|) pQR STUDENTS Life Insurance Benefits WHERE AND WITH WHOM i Pennsylvania State College stu ML 5T INCOME TAX RETURNS 1 dents who are anxious to contri-1 Death benefits paid to Ameri BE FILED? In the internal rev-| hute to the nation's war effort | can families in the first 11 months en( 3 district in which the person : while continuing their studies; of 1941 amounted to $917,687,000 liv s or has his chief place of 1 will find 50 short courses available' and payments to living policy- Pay^rTor Eleven Months Record-Breaking Total of $109,887,000 bu. ness, and with the collector I to them after the Christmas holi-' of iternal revenue. . OW DOES ONE MAKE OUT IIiS INCOME TAX RETURN? By fc'lowing the detailed instructions g en on the income tax blanks, r jrm 1040 and Form 1040A (op- f-t onal simplified form). WHAT IS THE TAX RATE? A normal tax of 4 percent on the amount of the net income in ex¬ cess of the allowable against net income (personal ex¬ emption, credits for dependents interest on obligations of the Unit- , , r^,, • ¦ , , ,¦ and its instrumentalities ered. "They include such diyersi holders were $1,367,000,000, mak-! ing a total of $2,285,541,000, it is' days. ing a total of $2,285,541,000, it is' Pennsylvania motorists, farm- The "student defense training reported by the Institute of Life | ers, truckers and other motor plan" involved the setting up of Insurance. I vehicle owners paid in 1941 a numerous courses designed to co- November death benefits totall- ' record-breaking total of $109,887,- operate with the various civilian ed $72,926,000 and payments to; 000 in automotive taxes to the defense training programs in all living policyholders $101,514'000,1 state, W. Purves Taylor, Secre- sections of the state. Students making a total for the month of i tary, Associated Petroleum In- enrolled in the work at Penn State $174,440,000. i dustries of Pennsylvania, said will become more efficient par- The November payments includ- \ yesterday in reviewing the re- "' "" ticipants in the local programs, 1 ed $19,749,000 for matured en-; markable expansion of automo- credits ¦ c^Uggg officials believe. I dowments, $6,579,000 for disability 1 bile ownership and use in this Subiects raneine from air raid ' income, $12,609,000 for annuity state. Of the total automotive tax warnS to wSgareVbeo^ I payments, $36,137,000 for surren-j revenue, an estimated $67 486^000 ,^* . ^ ¦. . . * ,*• ered "Thev include such diversi- der values paid out. 1 was derived trom gasoline taxes, iV^tates and its instrumentalities ^ fied suhiects as blackout driving November death benefits were and an estimated $42,401,000 from co^(;:ftat[o'n oTthTnorma tax ne? i sewinf'bomb"res!S"'cotstruc': I divided as follows: $53,997,000 un- registration and other fees, nco^ef and^'a 'graduTd 'furtTx I tion- home nursing auxiliary fire ; der ordinary We policies $7,839 ¦ on the amount of net income in hghting, home gardening, indus- """ •¦"'^-'"" "'¦"¦"—"'"" ""i— 000 under group insurance policies "It almost' is unbelievable, but the State of Pennsylvania in 1941 on me amouni oi nei income in ^¦^q|^-----'^-^---^-g^° ^^^--^^.^^^^^ $11,090,000 under industrial received in revenue from automo- fnp?4^n-ilexemnttornndcrfi'it for ' school evacuatioA, gas defense, and j Pol^ For the 11 months, the | five taxes an amount exceeding (pel sonal exemption and ci edit tor _ , jf: '" ' I death benefits were divided as fol- i its total annual tax revenue from dependents) against net income in i ""j-iJi''""' ^ , , , , the computation of the surtax net O^er 2,000 students have al- income. NEED VOLUNTEERS The Ambler Civilian De- tense Council is making an appeal for volunteers to en- li't in the various groups , lanized ior civilian de- J se. The recruiting office ¦ 17 Butler avenue, Am- I r. IS open trom 9.30 a. m. 5 ti, 8.30 p. m. daily. __ lows: $670,091,000 under ordinary I all sources less than two decades readV" filled "oul."bianks as regTs-1 Policies, $100,274,000 under group] ago. In other words, car owners tration for one or more of the 1 Policies and $147,322,000 under in- j are now paying to the state more courses to be taught by members 1 dustrial insurance policies. i money than everybody used to pay of the faculty and some students! „, .irT».,.,.T r^...>T^„ i '" taxes to the state just a fevv qualified for the specialized work.' _.^^^^ ANNUAL DINNER i years ago. In 1923 the state s total ji.iiii ilic Ked Cross The annual dinner meeting of 1 revenue was $93,165,110, as com the officers and directors of the Spared to the estimated $109,887,000 Ambler Building and Loan As-' tax bill of the motorists for 1941, sociation, will be held at Niblock's j exclusive of Federal taxes." Restaurant, Saturday evening, i Registrations of automobiles and January 3, at which time the re"- I trucks in the state increased by port for 1941 will be presented, j 9 per cenf in 1941, according to Mr. Fred A. Werner, President estimates from preliminary fig- of the Pennsylvania Savings and 1 ures, and at the close of 1941 an Defense will take about 30 per Loan League, will attend this j all-time high number of motor cent of all paper produeed next meeting and present items of in- vehicles were operating on the year. terest and helpfulness for the con- I highways of this state. More than ^ sideration ot those present. College officials, in addition to I preparing the curriculum for civil- ! ian defense efforts, are devoting ' considerable time to the prepara- ! tion of a pre-induction training I course planned for those studentst jjwho will shortly join the armed forces. New Air Raid Sirens For Lower Merion Lower Merion township is in¬ stalling a new air raid alarm sys¬ tem. Twenty-one electrically-operat¬ ed sirens are being affixed atop j uj,"i^'g]^gj^y''^j^"g''¦^^""g'J^gJ^h^'^'^o^ j tur has appointed' several men telegraph poles, just below the, ^1.,^ Sigma Pi Fraternity and Sig-' to assist him with his duties. His crossbars. They will be operated j ^^g Delta Chi national honorary j appointees and several members simultaneously by a switch in | journalistic fraternity I of the defense council are attend- police headquarters at Ardmore. j AMnTrpcnM rtt r r-Trw | ing air warden classes in the Nor- A test is planned when the in- I ANUt.lxbON-tilLLGh>K ristown High School, December 29 stallation is completed. ' The engagement of Miss Josep- '^^ 30 ^t 730 p. rn., under the The township will have some- i hme Billger to Edward Anderson,} direction of the State Department thing older to fall back on should ; Philadelphia, is announced by her; ^f Lghor and Industry, an electric power failure make the 1 Parents, Mr and Mrs. Jonas BUI- I The U p p e r Dublin Defense | siren system inoperative. Ten old ' fer. North Spring Garden street,, council will meet again on Janu- ¦ locomotive tires are to be hung up ^F^^}^"' ^''•i,i^"'^'i*"^T '^ 4*"^°" i ary 2, at which time plans for} throughout the area. There will be : "' ^^'- ^"9 Mrs. Andrew Anaei- various courses in which all civil- sledge hammers to pound them I ^"^"'"^t Philadelphia. 1 la^g ^^gy take part will be com- - ^ ' Miss Billger graduated from 1 pigjg^ '^ j Ambler High School and is em-1 ' ployed at the Keasbey and Matti- _ ... . .,_.. i son Company. Mr. Anderson is | "WHY THE CHIMES RANG" ' an accountant at Cramp s ship- dVEN BY CHURCH GROUP ! (continued on page 4) 1 , ,„.»,,! ' The Luther League of St. John's ; Lutheran Church, Ambler, as- i sisted by the church choir, pre-1 ANNOUNCES NEW TESTS ^ sented a dramatization of''Why j ; ^, ,, . , ^, ^. ., r. .1 the Chimes Rang" by Richard l the' ^^° United States Civil Service , MacDonald Alden on Sunday eve- i \ Commission sent out a call today ' ning I 'for young men between the ages; ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ characters was as; C1 11 b Entertains Pujiils of Roycr-Greaves School for Blind with. Paid In Motor Taxes To Stale In 1941 civil service commi^^^^^^ half of all the families in state now own automobiles. "Expansion of automobile own-1 „, ib v„j or ,.,i,„ v,^,,„ „„~„i„*aj ; me cabi. ui Limiauieis wcib ao ership^uring^ recent years has | ^\'^ ^^ ^^S^Tstu^'^t' i^^^o.- . °'d. ^S^- Pl^>'^l„^„^ been chiefly downward through ; the low-income families," said college, university, or sc technology of recognized standing hool of' ^'^^^ ^^tty Groff; Pedro, George ^!^- Taylor "During the past de-i ^^^.^j^ included courses in chemis- cade the lite expectancy ot an ^^.^^ physics, and mathematics, in¬ cluding a course in trigonometry. Eligibles selected for employ- Renner; Little Brother, Otto Wol- pert, Jr.; rich v/omen, Miss Doris McCoy, Miss Margaret Wood; author, Gerald Leh; King, Willard Leh, Jr. The pianist was Miss Kathryn Santa Claus arrived a day early, last week, in Ambler so that he might be present at the meeting of the Ambler Rotary Club. He .distributed presents to the mem¬ bers of the club. Some were use¬ ful, some were humorous and some were—well presents. The high point of the program was when he distributed gifts to the boys and girls of the Royer- Greaves School for the Blind at Paoli who were present for the meeting. The boys and girls from the school and their teachers with Mrs. Jesse Royer Greaves ate din¬ ner with the club and then, as Mrs. Greaves told of her work with the pupils of the school, she called upon several to entertain with instrumental or vocal music. The spirit of Christmas pre¬ vailed fostered by Christmas music and by the enjoyment of the boys and girls. The thanks of the club went to Dr. Theodore A. Henderson who had arranged for the pupils of tl.e school to be the guests of the club. eight to twelve years. That means' the average car made today has; ^^;^j,jj^j.^^g^i^„^^ ^ ^.. years ot added usefulness that .^^ « under Inspector ^ Smith and the organist was Miss are available to families who can ; ^Trainee for Junior Inspector) Or-' Christine Stewart. Mis^s Lillian , afford to buy only second, third; ^'nce Material at $1440 a year I ^Pringsteel was the reader. Mrs.; or fourth hand cars. The result, ^^^"^^i^^ff;,-*'' ^^^^^^^^^ Hershey directed the, IS that in the United States there j ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^. university in Phila- i Production. i are more low-income tamilies^ j j^j^ ^^^ training course will | owmng cars than there are car- .^, juU-time study, eight' owning families, rich and poor,' ¦" ^ in all the rest of the world. "Recent studies of car owner- AWARD ESTATE \ '' hours a day, five days a week for' Five grandchildren will benefit j three monttis, and upon comple-| from the balance of $1678.39 in the | ...,,.., 1 t 1 tion of the course, graduates will i estate of Ellen Shaffer, Upper j snip in this siaie reveal not only | ^^^ assigned to inspection duties i Dublin, who died January 14,'. that about hat oi me cars are ^ ^^ recommended for reclassi- 1911. The sum which is the bal-; owned by families with modest in but also that over twice (ication to Junior Inspector, Ordn-1 ance from a trust fund now ended comes, uui uisu iiwi o^^''-"'^"=: ance Material, $1620 a year, when I was awarded in an adjudication as many used cars are sola man j ^^^^^ ^^^^ demonstrated sufficient, handed down by Judge J. Burnett new cars. Alter me original own-: ,yf.^.jgj^ ^ warrant such pro- Holland in Montgomery County er, an automobile often passes to., J^^^j^^ ^ \ orphans' Court, the possession ot three or more, Detailed information and appli-' The fund was created by Mrs. families betore u is nnaiiy ie-,^,g^j^j^ blanks may be obtained i Shaffer in her will as a trust for frea to the junK neap. from the Secretary, Board of' the life benefit of a son, Walter S. 'this remaricaDie trenci oi m- ^^j^^^j g^^^gg Q¦^^¦^^ Service Exam-; Shaffer, and at his death the prin- creasing ownership ot older cais|j^^^^ ^^ ,.,.^^ ^,^^ second-class' cipal to be divided among his among the low income famines; ^^^^ ^pj-^^^ .^^ eastern Pennsyl- i children. Walter Shaffer died Sep- in this state has almost escaped i vania, southern New Jersey, the j tember 23, 1941, ending the trust. notice. Yet studies indicate that | g^^^^ ^j. 13^,^^^,.^. ^^^ the Man- The balance of $335.68 each is approximately halt ot me cars, r^.^-^^^ United States Civil awarded to Laura Shaffer,-Eleanor operating dn the highways ot I ^^^^.^^^ District, Customhouse, B. Cole, Ruth Hoffman, Mary C., (continued on page 8) Philadelphia. Penna. | Cole and Earl W. .Shaffer. I AIR OBSERVATION POST ASKS WOMEN TO SERVE Women who live in Fort Wash¬ ington, Whitemarsh, and Flour¬ town, are needed to serve at the air raid observation post in White¬ marsh. Those who are able to give the time to this important defense work are urged to registe'r im-« mediately. Only daytime hours will be al¬ lotted to women of the district who volunteer their services a» air observers. They will be on duty two hours at a time," and will not be asked to serve on Sat¬ urdays or Sundays. If enough women volunteer they will be re¬ quired to serve only about every fourth day. Women who wish to assi-st the air observation unit may get in touch with John S. Magill, Arling¬ ham road, Whitemarsh. His tele¬ phone number is Whitemarsh 1921. Let's Go! U. S. A. — Keep 'em Flying:
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19420101 |
Volume | 63 |
Issue | 44 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 01/01/1942 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
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Language | English |
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Month | 01 |
Day | 01 |
Year | 1942 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19420101 |
Volume | 63 |
Issue | 44 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 01/01/1942 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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VOL. LXIII — 44
AMBLER. PA, JANUARY 1. 1942
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
FIRST COMINIIY « FESTIVAL
K.
I AMBLER ASSOCIATION
NOMINATES OFFICERS
I Officers and directors of the' 1 Ambler Building and Loan As- I sociation were renominated at a ! stockholders' meeting in the as¬ sociation office, 8 Butler avenue, j Ambler.
I The officers are as follows: i president, Joseph C. Shoemaker, I Blue Bell; vice president, George j W. Morris, Fort Washington; sec- I retary, Frank C. Weber, Ambler; treasurer, William H. Faust.
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.Dr. Robert D. Hcrshcyj Edward Kelly was newly riom ¦iVc Cliristnias Message— |'"ated as a director to fill th<
igc Albert Langbcin Director
the vacancy left by the death of Wil¬ liam Johnson, Ambler.
I Other directors nominated
The first community Christmas | were: Walter L. Bright, William music festival was held by the IM. Taylor, William W. Sholler, Keasbey and Mattison Athletic i ^Edward C. Scott, Walter Shaeff, Association in the auditorium of ' Jr., Charles F. Arnold, Harold G. the Ambler Opera House, last Knight, Jr., Alfred Baldwin, Har- Monday evehing. Community sing- { mon C. Kinney, Garnett M. Deck, ing featured the program. j William M. Clymer, John J. Rex,
A vested choir of thirty-five I Elam E. Kerschner, Harry J. Bow- mixed voices sang Christmas | ^'"Jy- ... , .^ carols against an appropriately i The association passed its usual decorated background. The choir j semi-annual dividends, stalls were decorated with laurel | and holly as was the conductor's stand. Also on the stage were two
EFrai WARM
VIIAL FOR VICIORY
& P Head Urges Intensive!
Effort to Build National j
Healtli and Morale !
One of our greatest assets' in the | world conflict into which we have i been plunged is the health and i morale of our people, and ma-;
®0 Eu^rgntt?
In tliis wonderful America of ours we should be very thankful for living in a country where "democracy" is still more than just a word. We can count it a great blessing to be living among real friends and good neighbors.
Let us resolve, for the coming year, to do our part to preserve the rights thai are our heritage . . . that no single act of any of u.s will endanger this heritage . . . with this in mind, The Ambler Gazette wishes everyone a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
THE AMBLER GAZETTE
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE 1 TO BE HELD AT AMBLER
A community watch night serv¬ ice will be held in the Ambler Presbyterian Church on New Year's Eve with churches of Am¬ bler and vicinity cooperating. The service will begin at 11.15 o'clock and close at midnight.
The music will be under the direction of the Rev. J. William Dow, pastor of the Mount Pleas¬ ant Baptist Church. The devo¬ tional speaker will be the Rev. Martin L. Tozer, pastor of the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church.
The midnight meditation will be directed by Rev. Dr. Robert D. Hershey, pastor of St. John's Lu¬ theran Church. The service will ! be conducted by the pastor of the
I host church, the Rev. Charles A.
Andjler Postoffice Cancelled i Piatt. Other local ministers will I
Y ATTEND CAROL SERVICE AT HIGH SCHOOL
Ruth C. Manlove Director of
Program—Betty Bocliner
Soprano Soloist
1,33,000 Pieces from December 17th to 24th—24,000 Increase
also share in the program.
MARTIN SAFE
Fred Martin, son of Fred Mar- i Jo"" „l!''=*°'\ '" mJiintaining that trimmed Christmas trees and two i tin, of 1004 Butler avenue, is safe six-foot lighted candles. I according to a letter received by
Ralph P. Nicholson, president his family this week. Mr. Martin, of the association, welcomed the who was stationed at Pearl Harbor guests i vvith the United States Navy,
Rev. Dr. Robert D. Hershey.! escfPed uninjured in the bombing pa^'or of St. John's Lutheran 1 °f the base on Sunday, Deceniber Chu^th, Ambler, made the address ^^ The letter just received in Am- of the evening. The pastor talked ¦ bier was mailed December 11.
L
DISCUSSES DEFENSE
about the Christmas season and ^ what one would get out of a men- j tal pilgrimage to Jerusalem at this | time of year. j
The choir was under the di- j rection of Albert E. Langbein. | The selections sung by the choral; group were: "Prayer of Thanks- i giving," and the two old carols,
"Deck the Halls," English, and!
"Unto Us Is Born a Son," French; I pj^ng Registration Dates, First 'Cantique de Noet "Dresden, "
Amen" and "Silent Night, Holy i Aid Classes, Kaid Alarms; Night." The soloists were Miss Appoints Wardens
Mary Micsion and Miss Munken-j '^ "¦
beck. I
A negro male quartet compris-'
health and morale is food. In these days of total war, nations, like armies, "march on their stomachs." The speed with which we achieve final victory will be largely determined in 1942 by our ability to produce and distribute the foods essential to national health.
In no field will the complete vnity of ryri-julture and industry be more important than in the food field, fc-r America must be the larder as wf 11 as the arsenal ot democracy. Agriculture is pre¬ pared to produce a greater quan¬ tity of foodstuffs than this nation has ever known. Already, our armed forces are getting more and better food than ever before in our national history, but it is equally important that all of our people working and living behind
CHRISIMAS EVENIS
Churches, Schools, Clubs and
Community Centre Distribute
Christmas Gifts
Old Kris Kingle visited homes in Ambler and surrounding com- rpunities in many guises at Christ¬ mas time.
The North Penn Community Centre, church groups, men's and women's clubs and schools as¬ sisted the well-known figure in making Christmas merry for many ! families. Toys, clothing and food
the lines shall be better fed and better nourished.
This means that food distribu
The Springfield Township Coun-\ ^^"^"'^""Z^''''^""^^ for 100 children were prov ded by
T u x^ T. ,. T^ . cil for Civilian Defense held its I tt"? have a grave responsibility to mothers came
ing John Hop.son, Harold Hopson, i ,,-„,,,„„ mpptintr in thp tnwnshin i redouble their efforts to reduce , ,r^"*^- ^ J '""'-"'^i'' ^«»me
John Dean and Clarence Lewis I'SneZ Sund-fv eveniZ wi h the cost of moving merchandise to the centre headquarters on .u..uw..ig «u accme... at ui,. im^r-, k^-^^. , places m me lownsnip ana s
sang "Never Grow Old," "Hold the | a ^ullLmbershlp in Attendance I ^om producer to consumer. There \ ^^?,''21^.:^}l^'^I^^^J.^1 l*!?/"" I TllT °^ ^""•''' ^^"'"^ ""'^ ^^'" i -i^"!^"'?^!"''".^^^'".^.!:?"". f°!"Pl'-1 ^^„_^Pj^':_^^^."..^S"Sing from_
The largest volume of Christmas mail in the history of the Ambler postoffice was handled this year . . m,. j,
when 133,000 cancellations were i iho^« .°" Thursday, January
- —-jej. kraut lunc!
usual meeting date j
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The monthly meeting of the Wo¬ men's Auxiliary of the Artman (Lutheran Home will be held at the
8,
sent through the local postoffice I following a sauer kraut luncheon i
frnm nocomhoi- 1 7fV> tr^ n,^^arr,hoy \ at 1 p. m. ThC USl
would have been January 1, but
FOLLOWING ACCIDENT!-
from December 17 th to December , 24th. This amount represents an I .^ .,, , ^ , , ,.
! increase of over 24,000 pieces of j 't will be postponed a week be - - - < f cause of the holiday.
Perry Selheimer Held for Grand i
Jury—Jensen Pays Fine— j
Other Arrests I
mail handled over the same pe¬ riod last year, according to a state- 1 ment made by Postmaster Oscar! Stillwagon. I
The largest amount handled in ! a single day was reached last Monday when 39,000 letters were cancelled. This amount represents !
¦— i an increase of 9,000 cancellations i
Perry N. Selheimer, thirty- I over any previous high day of last j
eight, 315 Rosemary avenue. Am-', year.
bier, is being held under $1200 i Ten substitute carriers aug-1 Upper Dublin Defense Council
FOR IR PROTECIION
bail for his appearance before I mented the regular force of fifteen the Montgomery County Grand i employees. The assistant carriers \ Jury on charges of failing to stop assisted in the delivery of the at the scene of an accident and I regular mail. This method helped; failing to make his identity known i to speed the delivery services. | after an accident. ] In addition to the above figures
He was arrested at his home' fi^ty-three pouch^^^ .^ ^^ ^^^ ,
about 2.30 a.m., the day before! P^^ilvvas disptached from Decern-; ^
,... . . . '_ r _ . : Hot* i7th in 9AtV, I ^
Registers Civilians for Home Duty
The residents of Upper Dublin
orrircit'^rla^ I Township know that the United ot hrst class! c-.^^^g ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ ^^ ^..
hot- 17th tn 9dtVi I "•" "^o Something about it.
Christmas, by Sergeant John]"'-' " ¦-" '^" ¦^*^"- i During a three-day registration,
Mr ^*'" ..i-i-j tl
Mona«o, of the Ambler police j Mr. ^ Stillwagon ^stated ^ there. period last week more than two
were distributed by these agencies to needy families.
Fifteen baskets of food and toys
force, after the officer had! were 2,480 .sacks of parcel post j hundred civiHans voluntarily ap-i searched for him nearly two hours I handled during the eight day peared at the five registration following an accident at the inter- \ period. j places in the township and sign-
air Wind." "K Jd My Hand I See j " rt'thVrm7etine''TownshirCom' i must be intensive effort to elimin- i f«>: Preceding Christmas and se-1 street. ! mented the employees of the de- { wardens to auxiliary "policemen.
Trouble in the Air. There Must i ^.j^iXr'"f„„'^^^^^ spoilage and waste motion in |'^cted toys suitable for their At the time of his arrest Sel- Partment lor their splendid co-, -Women in particular expressed
Be a God Somewhere" and "Don't | J!^'k hif seat on the council as a the great effort on which we are youngsters. n^ uJ ^^"^^'^ ^^^ taken to the office of operation in hand ing the onorm- , their desire to take first aid
Let It Blow." .°°™f.ttL of thP ^Z,^ JL ' embarked. Every effort should be ' ,^The two Amb^r Colony Clubs Dr. John A. Hoffa for examina-; ous amount ol mail in record time, courses which will be made
1 ronrospntnt,™ nt ttiP r-ommiQcnr,. , J , tK^ .,,,1,1,^ o„i—,1= th^ T.o^.^c ^^^^ The physlcian Said that Sol-1 Mr. Stillwagou cxprcsscd his ap-! available Shortly and wOl be con-
heimer had evidently been drink- i preciation to the public for their I ducted by competent Red Cross
representative of the commission-
The program by the choir and | *„;;^'"""""''""''" "^ ——— i made to reduce unnecessary hand-j the public schools, the Ladies
quartet was interspersed with a ''''!: 7 •„ . ! ling operations and costs. Auxiliary of the Wissahickon Fire
number' of selections by the audi- Reports ot all members wer? re- s fhe experience of chain stores j JT?.!"^' t""^ ^'^^ Calvary Metho-
.,, 'ceived, showing progress in all |- ^. i dist Church, were responsible for
^'>;':- ^ _,. , ,^ j departments. I (continued on page 7) | ^jany ^f the gifts of toys and food
The concluding number was the i Mrs. Edith Gager reported that singing ot The Star Spangled; registration periods for civilians
«nce.
Banner" by the choir and audi-Lave been arranged for Monday,
December 29, Tuesday, December
! 30, Friday, January 2 and Satur-
NEW OFFICIAL RECORDS I day, January 3. Interviewers will j Four Guernsey cowr, owned by! s't at the three fire houses, the
KIWANIANS ENTERIAIN AI CISIAS PARTY
distributed. The school of Horti' culture and the Ladies' Bible Class of the Ambler Presbyterian Church each took care of one
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