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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.
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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
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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-
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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: