The Ambler Gazette 19420723

              A.MBLER Gazette
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AMBLER, PA., JULY 23, 1942
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SI, JOSEPH'S CARNIVAL CONIINUES IS WEEK
Festivities Extended to Tomor- V^i row  and   Saturday;   Hope "       Chest to Be Awarded
Old man weather may have spoiled some of last week's fun at St. Joseph's Carnival, Ambler, but the carnival people believe in per¬ severing. And so, shaking a warn¬ ing finger at the weather man, they will continue their festival tomorrow and Saturday evenings, at the parish grounds on South Spring Garden street.
One of the main events still is to take place, with the awarding of the 536-piecc hope chest on Sat¬ urday night .The carnival com¬ mittee has announced that it will not be necessary for the winner to be on the grounds at the time of the award.
Other awards will include sev¬ eral tons of coal, baskets of fruit, fancy work, groceries, blankets, kitchenware, c 1 o c k^ , umbrellas desk lights, dishes, baking sets, toys, thermos jugs, laundry hamp¬ ers and chenille bed spreads. On sale at various concessions will be cake, ice cream, soft drinks, coffee, hot dogs and candied ap¬ ples.  There will be music nightly.
General chairman for the ar¬ rangements is the Rev. Joseph P. McGeever, D. D., pastor of St. Joseph's Church. He will be as¬ sisted by the Rev. Francis N. Mc¬ Devitt, John B. Donato, Mrs. Jo¬ seph Cavalier, Florence Minetti, Mary Minetti, Mrs. James Paler¬ mo, Jennie LaSorsa, Anna La¬ Sorsa, Rose Notoris, Beatrice Cat¬ anzaro, Allen McCool, Joseph Hildman, John Reddington, An¬ drew Calamaro, Francis Hildman, Francis Hill, Frank Ciufn, Nicholas Scalfaro, Attilio Ciufo, James Ser¬ ratore, Thomas Durkin, Nicholas Melograno, Anthony Ricciardi, Mrs. Anthony Ricciardi, Joseph Lamelza,   Dominic
Blood Donations Grow
With 548 Volunteert  ^
Pints of blood from Ambler donors continue literally to pour into American Red Cross flasks today, as a mobile blood donor unit brings to a close its second visit in two weeks to Ambler's Fire House.
A total of 548 persons have volunteered as blood donors during that time. On Thurs¬ day and Friday of last week donations were accepted from 217 persons, and 290 volun¬ teered to give blood yester¬ day and today.
Red Cross officials yesterday commented on the high per¬ centage of Ambler's popula¬ tion which has answered the appeal for blood, and com¬ mended the heartening re¬ sponse which made necessary a return visit of the mobile unit.
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rdllCE ARREST 1J IN FOUR-DAY PERIOD
prehended  in   Answer  to One Moral Charge
NORTH HILLS WOMAN'S MURDERER IS SOUGHT
Upper Dublin police, together with the District Attorney's office, are .seeking Samuel Black, forty- .year-old-negro, who is wanted for the murder of Elizaljeth J. Chap- Ti :_. „ r^ 1 J V .L A I man, colored, of North Hills. Miss thirteen   Colored   Youths   Ap- chapman, who was twenty-three,
was found stabbed to death early Saturday morning on Girard ave¬ nue, in North Hills.
The stabbing occurred at about j 3.20 a. m., during a severe electri-' cal  storm  and  according to Wil¬ liam Coleman, colored, the assail¬ ant drove  away in  a  motor car. who heard Miss Chap-
Seventeen arrests were made by Ambler police between Saturday and Tuesday, with thirteen of them made in answer to one moral charge.       Two   arrests   were   for \ Coleman,
trafflc   violations     and   two     for drunkenness  and  disorderly   con¬ duct. The  arrest  ot  thirteen   colored
man scream, saw the struggle from his bedroom window, and notified police. Black's automobile has  been   found   in  Philadelphia,
ROTARY HEARS STORY OF AMERICAN FLAGS
boys, ranging in age from seven- j and it is believed that he boarded teen to twenty-two years, was a train bound for New York, made on Tuesday by Chief of! Funeral services for Miss Chap- Police Lester J. Carpenter. The | man were held Tuesday, from the arrests followed an investigation I Antioch Baptist Church, at North by Carpenter of the complaint of | Hills, with burial at Fairview an Ambler colored woman on I Cemetery, in Fitzwatertown. Miss behalf of her daughter, a minor. j Chapman is survived by her moth- Four of the youths were charged | er, her grandmother and an aunt, with disorderly conduct, assault and battery and attempted    rape. |
Each furnished $1000 bail lor fur-; AMBLER MEDICAL CORPS ther hearing.  Nme were  charged j      um nC nDIVC CAD rilNnC with  disorderly  conduct and for-       nULUa UKIVE. rUK rUHUO
History Related by John Dettra
at Meeting of Club
Yesterday
The history of the flags which have flown over the American continent since 1000 A. D. was re¬ lated by John Dettra, president of the Dettra Flag Company, of Oaks, Pa., when he spoke before the Rotary Club of Ambler yesterday afternoon. Mr. Dettra also is pre¬ sident of the Rotary Club of Nor¬ ristown.
nication. Of this group, seven fur nished $500 bail for further hear I ing,   while   two   were   committed I to the Montgomery County prison in default of bail, to await hear¬ ing.
Arrested early Saturday morn¬ ing was Edward Clayton, colored, of 353 Woodland avenue. Ambler, charged with drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Taken into cu.stody at Ridge and Butler ave¬ nues, he was given a hearing be¬ fore  Squire   William  Urban,   and
Tho Volunteer Medical Service i Corps of Ambler has begun a I drive for funds, so that it may | purchase needed equipment, j Among things the Corps needs, are blankets, cots, and medical supplies.
Climaxing the drive will be the | award of a twenty-five dollar war j
SAY IT WITH RECORDS
The American Legion, through its various posts, is collecting old phonograph re¬ cords, to be sold as scrap. The money made through the sale will be used to buy new musical equipment for the men in the fighting forces.
In all, 37,500,000 records are being .sought, and each Legion post has a quota to fill. The Norton Downs, Jr., Post No. 125, American Legion of Amb¬ ler, has been asked to collect 2S50 records. The William Boul¬ ton Dixon Post No. 10, Ameri¬ can Legion of Fort Washington, has as its quota 6125 records.
Every citizen is asked to help in this drive for "Records For Our Fighting Men." In Ambler, record's — broken ones, too — can be left at the Legion Home, at Lindenwold and Park ave¬ nues between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m., on any day of the week. Or a telephone call to Ambler 0635 will bring a collector to your, home.
In Fort Washington a special box has been placed in the post office for records. Those wish¬ ing their records called for are asked to telephone the Legion Home, at Ambler 9895, or Thomas M. Tressler, at Ambler 0191-M.
DRIVERS ARE URGED TO JOIN CAR POOLS
Applications   Now   Being   Re¬ ceived    Here;    Menilicrs    As¬ sured Ample Gasoline Supply
Permanent gasoline rationing went into effect yesterday, and with it, car owners in Ambler, j along with car owners in seven
SIX HURT IN COLLISION AT FORT WASHINGTON
Six persons were slightly injur¬ ed on Sunday afternoon when two automobiles collided at Bethlehem pike and Prospect avenue. Fort Washington.
The  accident  occurred when a   ...  ...       .-, r
car driven by Peter Miller, of ^iv'Ha" Uciense 3078 Chatham street, Philadelphia, going north on the pike, collided with a car driven tiy Joseph Winterbottom, of 532 Tyson ave¬ nue, Glenside. Winterbottom was coming onto the pike from Pros¬ pect avenue.
SALVAGE BEGINS HERE
Council Com¬ pletes Arrangements for Col¬ lection at Weekly Meeting
Final   arrangements   for   Am-,^ bier's    scrap    salvage    campaign were completed at the meeting of All of the occupants of the Mill-! the  Civilian  Defense  Council  on
teen states along the Eastern Sea- {er car were injured, but no one in Wednesday evening, and gasoline board, came face to face with the i the other automobile was hurt. 1 stations throughout this section problem of getting along on  192   Taken  to  Chestnut  Hill  Hospital! now stand ready to accept contri-
for treatment were Miller; his | butions of scrap metal, rubber, wife, Mrs. Anna Miller; Mrs. i burlap and roijo—all things which Anna Marshall, of 3119 Marshall can be reclaimed and used to fur- street, Phila.; Mr. and Mrs. John Fox, of 3441 N. Bodine street, Phila., and Mrs. Rousche, of 3938 M   street,   Phila.
Both cars were damaged, and a broken gasoline line in the Miller
ii.fe   tJn.j.-vL   niiv/uftiiuuu   mv   ICJ- .Car causod  fire    in the machine.   ^""^¦- '" ^«.....  t-    .  ,
tioned area. In Ambler the pro- I The Fort Washington Fire Com-1 dents who ^ need the ^ service ^or gram   is   under   the   direction   ofi -.>^-i
gallons of gasoline during the coming year. That amount is the allotment of the basic "A" coupon book.
To help drivers both to conserve gasoline and tires and to get enough gasoline to meet their needs the Offlce of Civilian De¬ fense is sponsoring a car shar¬ ing   project   throughout   the   ra
ther the war effort.
Scrap also may be deposited at the lot at Butler and Railroad avenues, and collectors will be sent to those homes where there is scrap which is too heavy to be taken to collection points.      Resi-
BUS COMPANY STARTS RUN TO WILLOW GROVE
A new bus route, mainly to ac¬ comodate employees at the Brews¬ ter plant at Johnsville, was in¬ augurated by the Auch Interboro
Leif   Ericson,   landmg  on     this
,  ^   Pistelli,   Julia  continent in the year 1000, planted     , ..     , „  ,, ,
Spohn,   Lucy   Lelii,   Victoria   Fa-1 a flag consisting of a black raven ed Monday on Butler avenue, by
biani,    Carmela    Cassel,    Jennie i on a white background, and when Sergeant John Monaco.     Charged
bond   and  flfteen  dollars  in  war ,.„..„- ,,    j
stamps, on August 25. The drive   Transit Company on Monday
.^.^  ..H"..- »...   -.>.»..,   c...  is being directed by Mrs. Russell i ,  "n the new schedule buses will
fined ten dollars  and  costs. Also j Reed, Mrs. Walter Lawrence, Carl!'«'?^^, ¦'^'"f'^r   hourly,   at   nneen arrested on Saturday on a similar! Sabold and  Benjamin Towne. minutes after the hour from b.ia
charge was James Henry, colored. Members of the Corps met Tues¬ day evening at the high school and heard an interesting talk by Fire Chief Clarence Yost on fire flghting. Following the meeting members of the Wissahickon Fire Company presented a demonstra¬ tion on methods of flghting flres.
Selby T. Foutty, local store mana- ; ger.
j     Headquarters  for  Share — the ' Car Clubs are at 67  Buller ave- 1 nue,   where  between   9.30   a.   m. I and 5 p. m. Monday through Sat¬ urday, applications can  be made for   participation   in   a   car   pool. Application   blanks   also  may  be obtained at William Cline's Ser¬ vice Station, at Butler and Ridge avenues. Ambler.
To date, the response to the car sharing idea has not been good in Ambler, with only one car pool organized, to the knowledge of Mr. Foutty. It is hoped, how¬ ever, that the number of persons (Continued on page 2)
pany,  called  to the  scene,  extin- j scrap collectors are askc^ to tele guished it.      Investigating the ac-' P^o."e„^he   Borough   Office,   Am cident were members of the Up per  Dublin  Police force.
of 23 S. Chestnut street. Ambler. Following his arrest on Chestnut street, in South Ambler he was given a hearing before Squire Ur¬ ban and fined ten dollars and costs.
Robert E. Lewis, of 400 Perkio¬ men avenue, Lansdale, was arrest-
a. m. to 10.15 p. m. On Sundays the buses will leave from 8.15 a.m. to 10.15 p. m.
Buses will turn at Welsh road, continue to Moreland road, and go on to Willow Grove. At Willow Grove connections can be made with PTC buses, which will continue to the Brewster plant.
Dall'Agata,     Ignatius     Zaffarano, i Columbus,    Magellan  and    other
Betty Palermo, Jeanie Palermo, .Mrs. Lucy Signore, Civia Signore, Mrs. Vincent Talese, Ray Coia, Thomas Carney, Joseph Gradin, Dennis McGettigan, Joseph Capu¬ to, James Roberto, Joseph Cuce, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bolt, Anna Bolt, Hugh Shields, Rose Romano, Jennie Sabella, Catherine Pucci, Mrs. Victor Romano, Mary Mal¬ lozzi, Ann Mallozzi, Mrs. James Roberto, Rose Romano, James Del¬ Conte, Mrs. Mary Erthal, Mrs. Jo¬ seph Paul, Lena Zaffarano, Romeo Gigliotti, Frank Manna, John Zol¬ lo, Joseph Notoris, George Mas¬ tromatto, Nicholas Gigante, Grace Gigaiite, Francis Gigliotti, Vincent Zaffarano, Josephine DiRienzio, and members of the Italian Citi¬ zens Bocce Club.
Spanish explorers landed here they also planted their individual flags,
with operating his automobile at an excessive rate of speed, he was given   a   hearing   before   Squire
according    to Mr. Dettra.        The I Urban, and paid a ten dollar flne. British flag, until  1673, consisted  A similar fine was paid on Mon-
of the St. George Cross in red on a white background. However, with the cessation of hostilities with Scotland, the Cross of St. Andrew was added. When Queen Anne ascended the throne in 1707. Mr. Dettra pointed out, the throne
day by Harold Chubb, of Doyles¬ town, who was arrested by Offlcer Edward Esmond, charged with passing a truck loaded with stone at an intersection on a hill on Butler avenue, near Park avenue. On  Friday  morning,     sentence
design was placed in one  corner i was passed on Joseph DeCoursey,
SEEK MORE TRAINEES
Numerous Free Courses in Vital
Fields Open to Men and
Women
of the flag, and a field of red predominated. Later a stripe was added, as Ireland became part of the British domain, and so, the "Union Jack" came into being.
Describing early Colonial flags, the speaker explained that one of the flags flown in 1774 was an English flag with the word, "Li¬ berty" superimposed on it. Thir¬ teen linked hands made up the "linked hand" design used on one of the colonial flags,, with the hands representing" the thirteen colonies. During the early days of the Revolution, one flag carried an elm tree, commemorating the tree at the Boston Commons, where plans for the flght for li¬ berty were made. Mr. Dettra told the group that the rattlesnake flag of the South signified the readiness of the southern colonies to strike on a moment's notice.
Mr. Dettra went on to describe the many flags originated and flown by settlements throughout the  country,  and   concluded    his
of Hartsville, Who was arrested in Ambler on July 3 after he had damaged two cars and abandoned his own. In the Montgomery County Court he pleaded guilty to failure to stop after a motor ac¬ cident, and failure to show his cards. Sentence . included a $100 fine and costs and thirty days in (Continued on page  4)
LEGION POST MEMBERS
CANNINGOFTOMATOESjRED CROSS APPEALS
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REV. PLATT TEACHING AT YOUTH CONFERENCE
The Rev. Charles A. Platt, re¬ cently resigned pastor of the Am¬ bler Presbyterian Church, is this week serving as a member of the
faculty at the Presbyterian Young I year with the'org~a"nizkTi"on'"in"Un-
i People s       Summer    Conference, I occupied 'France.  Mr.  Wood  is a
i which is being held at Westtown j graduate of the George School, and
ir.,„.,.^ .     School,   Westtown,   Pa.  Swarthmore College, and has stud-
blor 1000.
j     E.   E.    Kerschner,    supervising I principal of Ambler schools, took I exceptions   to  two  points  in   the , I minutes    of    the    council's    last ! meeting.   He   declared   that   the j high school was well equfppcd as I a base hospital, and that it had se¬ cured all items called for on the equipment  list,   with   the   excep¬ tion   of   chemical   heating   pads, which   were  not  available.
Mr. Kerschner also pointed out that the "Defense Council's juris¬ diction on Bethlehem pike extends to houses on the West side, not the East side, of the road.
Bernard     Lindenfeld,     council
  ! chairman, reported that the Phfla-
The work of the Friends' Service j delphia Electric Company has in aiding war victims in Europe \ agreed lo assign two of its elec- was vividly described by a mem-1 tricians to this section, to assist ber of the Service in a lecture at j the public utilities group during the Gwynedd Friends' Meeting ¦ drill and in case of emergency. He House on Sunday morning. | also   announced   the  appointment
The speaker was John Wcipd, Jr.,! of Selby T. Foutty as adminis- who   has   just   returned   from   a! trator of the "Share - the - Car
Member   of   Friends'   Service,
Back from Unoccupied France,
Addresses Gwynedd Group
Kitchen   Needs   Volunteers   to
Help With Work at Fire
House
Wissahickon Branch Needs Vol¬ unteers to Help in Surgical Dressing Workrooms
Residents of Montgomery Coun¬ ty are being urged to take ad- Vantage    of  the    tree  vocational
training facilities  in Philadelphia i address" by"'re"minding''the"'"grou'p under the direction of the School i that only one flag may be flown
Fort Washington Group  Holds
Picnic Supper; Followed by
Business Meeting
Members of the William Boulton j Dixon Post No.  10, American Le¬ gion,   ot   Fort   Washington,   were
District of Philadelphia. Thirty- two different courses for men and women are being given at the var¬ ious vocational and high schools throughout the city. For example, it is not generally
above the American flag at any time. That flag is the church pen¬ nant, and it is allowed to fly at the masthead above the stars and stripes only when religious ser¬ vices are in "progress in a military
known   that   an   entire   school   is j chapel  or  aboard devoted  to  training    ship     yard < navy
Phn^H'.ir^f- ^vnr^' w°Zfn!^to!ri     Guests at the meeting included Philadelphia     from    Wilmington, Carpenter,
Trenton, and many other nearby  ^.^    ^ Meckimen,   David
guests at a picnic supper given last: ,.      followine orBani7atmnq-   Rt-i
Pollowine .upper .1 brict busi-1 IConllnued on page 4)
ness meeting was held, with Mrs. Harry Reuter, Auxiliary vice pres¬ ident,   presiding.    The   next  busi-
With a quota of 2500 cans of j The Wissahickon Branch of the tomatoes to be fllled, Ambler's American Red Cross is appealing Canning Kitchen will open on Tuesday at the Wissahickon Fire House. The work is being carried out under the auspices of the North Penn Community Centre, on behalf ot the state's emergency aid program. The canned goods will be stored in the community, for use in emergency or disaster.
The Kitchen will be open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from 8.30 a. m. to 4 p. m., throughout August, with a possible extension into September.
Both tomatoes and volunteers to can them are needed. Those wish¬ ing to donate tomatoes are asked to bring them to the fire house on Monday afternoons, from 1 to 5 p. m. Those wishing to help with-, the canning are asked to telephone Mrs. Carter Millikin, at Ambler 0727. Information on the work at the Kitchen may be obtained by telephoning Ambler 0113 or Amb¬ ler 0736-R.
Helping with the work will be
TRUST FUND FOR CHURCH
A $3000 trust fund will be ostab- i lished for the benefit of the Mount
a  ship  of  our] ness meeting  was announced  for j pj^ ^    ^j ^ Church Wednesday, September 9, at_which  h,»r   Xrmrriir.^ tn pn .Hi
communities go to these free schools and learn welding, shipftt- ting, shipmold lofting coppersmith¬ ing, marine pipefitting, marine electrical construction, sheet metal work as well as inside and out¬ side machine shop counses.
Other courses which are frete to all applicants and which are given in the various schools to both men and women are: power sewing machine, mechanical draft¬ ing, detailing and tracing, electri cal construction, electrical tenance
Scully and J. L. Gardner, a mem- ber of the Ardmore Rotary Club. James Gillin,  the official  dele- (Continued on page 3)
TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY ISSUES YEARLY REPORT
The report of the year's work of the Montgomery. County Tubercu¬ losis   and   Public  Health   Society, given last week by the Rev. Robert main-! J. Gottschall, president of the so- machine   shop   ordnance I ciety, showed a total of 4,192 visits
time Mrs. Winfield Ott, Eastern director, will be present to install the new officers.
The work of members of the Auxiliary in selling defense stamps in the lobby of the Ambler Theatre was commended by Mrs. Grant Buchanan, Americanism chairman.
inspection, pattern making, pipe | made in connection with patients fltting, screw machine operation, diagnosed as tuberculous, their sheet metal, gas welding, electric I contacts, and other public health welding, blacksmithing, automobile j matters.
maintenance and repairs, electrical Also noted in the report were switchboard assembly, glass blow-1 1,068 x-ray studies of the chest ing,   instrument   inspection,     lens i taken of pupils in schools and for j
grinding,   radio and repairs, These cour.ses are given during j,"^.? • the day, in the evening and dur- -'^ ing the night in three shifts just
in Am¬ bler, according to an adjudication handed down Friday in Montgom¬ ery County Orphans' Court, con¬ firming an account in the estate of Emma J. Mathias, of Lower Gwy¬ nedd.
The  estate   balance   totals   $6,- 589.25, and the residue of the prin¬ cipal is awarded, in equal shares, Mrs. Edward Murphy, publicity | to the Baptist Orphanage' of An-
chairman,  reported  that  a  scrap | gora.    Fifty-eighth    and    Thomas
book on Auxiliary publicity dur-1 streets,  in   Philadelphia,   and  the
ing the past year will be sent to I Baptist Home, on Roosevelt Boul-
Pittsburgh,   to   be   shown   at   the j evard,  Philadelphia.
state convention in August.
The group heard an appeal for
old phonograph records, which are
being collected by  the Legion as
part of a Scrap Record Drive.  The
records will be sold as scrap and
the money made in the sale will
be used to purchase new musical
equipment for use by men in the
armed forces.
The winner of the coupon  col
Friend's
Three young people also are at tending the conference as dele¬ gates from the local church. They are: Miss Betty J. Miller, of Beth¬ lehem pike; Miss Doreen Sheridan, of John's Lane, and LeRoy Zettle¬ moyer,  of  Trinity  avenue.
The Rev. Mr. Platt has for the past three year's been a member of the faculty at a similar sum¬ mer conference held at Blair Academy, Blairstown, New Jersey.
led law at the University of Penn sylvania.
He told the audience that when the Society of Friends first started its work in Unoccupied France the service was misunderstood, since other relief agencies had been lim¬ iting their aid to particular groups
Clubs" in Ambler.
William Lewis was appointed as property officer for the Defense Council, in line with instructions received from the State Civilian Defense Council, establishing the offlce.
Orders wore reported received from the State Council, to the ef¬ fect that each candidate" for a ^- vilian defense post must prepare a proper application, and that the
and^ad beTA se^klnrto^^o'n7e*rt  fP^^^^^^
those they helped. In time, how-i the Ambler  o^g^mzaUon^
ever, the needy learned that  the   ^^^ [ed f^ m^e a  checT'on all Friends   Service was on hand to  ^^^^.^^ .^ ^^^j^^ ^o see that they
10,   at  the
•1
He  also  has been   teaching  at  a i
young   people's   conference,       at 1 ^f" 3'.- ™'\'it"''nr'fa^ are properly equipped for black-
Hood College, in Frederick, Mary- i      "       "     / °,       \L^   tu ' 0"^^- ^he wardens also were in¬
land   for several years ^^-   ^'^°'^  described  the  more • structed   to  check  the   homes  in
A„r.*h„,- e,,rv,rv,o,. oo„f«,-o„^„ important Friends' stations at, their districts, to request the loan whl^h the T^Z- ch frch wm Marseilles, Toulouse, Perpignon ^f any materikl or tools that could ^^r.^ 2^^^.tT ^iu^^^l^ i^.}},l'''''^ Montauban. At Perpignon a | hp used bv the sectors for the dur- A':?i!.„.''*'i''^f.!'''A,.r:!!:l  'Prf'^l.^TJ!?! refuge has been estabhshed in an , ation, so cutting down purchasing
abandoned house,  and  here Nor-: expenses.
j wegian sailors as well as children I 	
I who have become separated trom j.
I their parents are cared for while,'
j they await emigration.
I     At Toulouse 10,000 school child-'    ¦^|^
\ ren were fed in one year, accord- j
I 111  VL I    M L U/   U L I' 11 U I r 84,000 children were given food at |
j the four largest stations of the ser-!
for volunteers throughout this sec tion to help in the work of prepar¬ ing surgical dressing.   An urgent
call has been issued for 26,000,000, «„„„„.   «   4,    »,,„,, . surgical dressings, and Red Cross j hi ,f,  Academv chapter  in the  Philadelphia  area | "*¦*" Acaoemy^ are expected to furnish 359,000 by | August 31. I
' Women with any free time are j asked to report at any of the six 1 surgic'al dressing workrooms being ] operated under the direction of the Wissahickon Branch. The Ambler workroom is at 32 N. Main street,-, with  work days  on  Wednesdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 7 to 10 p. m., and on Thursdays  State Employment Service Finds
TO SET NEW RECORD
iVOLUNTEERS CITED )E
from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
No special training is needed, but each volunteer is requested to bring with her a washable cover¬ all and a head scarf.
Other surgical dressing workrooms are located at tho following places: Gwynedd Friends Meeting, Sum¬ neytown and DeKalb street pikes, Gwynedd, open on Mondays from
Positions for 7,146 Persons in One Week
The speaker related some of the  Activities of 25,00a Civilians in hardships which the total popula-
County Reviewed by Guier
S. Wrisht
Weekly job placements by the United States Employment Service in Pennsylvania set a new 1942 records, as 7,146 per¬ sons were placed in jobs in the week ending June  19, it was an-
(Continued on page 2)
FORMER BARR£N HILL       j TEACHER ENTERS WAACi
.   , „ .,..,,        ,     , i Montgomery   County   are  partici-
A former Barren    Hill   .school       ^^      ;,, Civilian Defense activi-
teacher.   Miss   Vera   Goodrich,   is i '^
More   than   25,000   citizens   of
10 a. m. to 4 p. m.; St., Thomas'i nounced today by H. Raymond Episcopal Church, in Whitemarsh, I Mason, director of the U. .S. Em- open Tuesdays and Thursdays from I ployment Service for Pennsyl- 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.; Springfield j vania. The number of persons Presbyterian Church, Flourtown, | placed in the week ending June open Wednesdays from 10 a. m. to 1 19 topped by a narrow margin the
ties  at the present  time,  accord Women's   Auxiliary; g
among the candidates for commis-¦ j^g ^^^ ., ^^^.^^^.^ submitted by Guier
sions   in   the
Army Corps now in training    at
Fort Des Moines, Iowa.
Miss Goodrich, who taught Eng¬ lish at the Barren Hill Consolidat¬ ed School trom 1930 until 1934 was one of the first three candi-
4 p. m.; the Lutheran Church at Wyndmoor, open Thursdays from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. and from 7 to 10 p. m., and the Fire House at Oreland, open Thursdays from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. and frOm 7 to 9.30 p. m.
TOMPKINS NOW IN IRELAND
Kelsey Tompkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell K. Tompkins, of 162 Park avenue, Ambler, now is serv¬ ing with the United States Army in Ireland. Word of his safe arrival was received by his parents.
List of Draft Board Registrants Receiving Questionnaires Grows
The list of men to whom Local I Draft Board No. 5 is sending selec- I tive   questionnaires   continues   to
communications 1 private   physicians.   Examined   atilecting   drive   was   announced   asj^row.    Following   are   the   legis- '   ¦    ' "• '" Mrs. Harry Reuter. This is the sec-1 t^ants   who   have   received   their
ond   year   that   Mrs.   Reuter   has | questionnaires    during    the    past won top honors in the drive.   She  week and a half: received   defense   stamps   as   heriTlHO    11,051    Leo.   C.   Peterson, award.   Winner of the attendance I     „ ^°^\^,^^ ^^^^ Horsham, prize was Ethel James. |T 761    11,052    Corrado Del Pop
' ninety-seven clinics were 516 pa¬ tients.
Included in the volunteer group which  has  given  many  hours of
as War industry is working. For I service in the program to prevent the convenience of those wanting | tuberculosis in Montgomery Coun- training many classes are given on | ty are the following members of Saturday and Sunday only. To I the society's board: Dr. Philip J. obtain additional information, | Lukens, Ambler; John Brogan, those over seventeen years of age ] Norristown; Mrs. Jesse K. Cope, should apply at the various offlces Jr., Lansdale; D. Sheller Emmert, of the U. S. E. S. in Philadelphia, | Norristown; Dr. Rcmo Fabbri, Nor- locatcd at 703 S. Broad street, ¦ ristown; Mrs. U. S. G. Finkbiner, 5219 Chestnut st., 66 W. Chelten Royersford; Dr. Albert R. Garner, ave., 2200 N. Broad St., 1320 W. 1 Norristown; Foster C. Hillegass, Erie ave., 4417 Frankford ave., and i Pennsburg; Mrs. Jonathan Hille 7032 Garrett road.
CLUB GIVES SHOWER
A personal shower for their re¬ cently married president was given by the members of Unit Ten Mothers' Club, when they met at the Legion Home in Fort Wash¬ ington on Tuesda,y evening.
Twenty-flve members were pre- These offlces I gass. Red Hill; William G. Hower, | sent for the shower,  which hon
olo, 215 S. Chestnut st.. Am¬ bler.
T 41 11,053 Harry J. Zimmer, 610 E. Hector st., Consho.
T 525 11,054 Granville H. Jef- feries, 13 E. 1st ave., Consho.
T 711 11,055 Ellsworth E. Faust, 207 E. 8th ave., Consho.
T1631 11,056 Clarence E. Walck, 112 E. 10th ave., Consho.
are open trom 8.30 a. m. to 5.30 p. m. on week-days and from 8.30 to 12.30 p. m. on Saturdays. For the convenience of workers not free in the day time the offlca at 253 N. Broad street is open to accept applications from 6.30 to 8.30 p. m.
,.     ^ T,  T     ¦    1       -J n/r      iiT      ¦        I.-  1       , r.      |T1059    11,057     Otto   G.    Straub,
Bryn Mawr; Mrs. George R. Irwin, | ored Mrs. Morrison Kulp, ot Ger- 441 ^  g^jj gy^   Consho
Bridgeport; A. M. Kulp, Hatfleld; I mantown. Mrs. Kulp was married 11-1740    j] 058    Harold   H    Ruch
Dr. H. D. Lees, Bala-Cynwyd; Mrs. | on July 6. An attractively decorat-! Dresher rd   Dresher ¦
Mary McF. Cutler, Bridgeport; Ira j ed wedding cake was included in ! _,    an    1, mo   ' t u     t \/r r-    ^
Moyer, Souderton; Mrs. Thomas F. I the refreshments. \'¦    ""*    ^^'"^'*     ''o""   ^-   McCann,
McCoy, Conshohocken; Rev. Daniel!     The   club   has   started   its   fifth!
—During World War 1, airplane engines had to be overhauled ev¬ ery 50 hours. Today, because their vital parts are machined to within a few ten-thousandths of an inch, they can go 600 hours with¬ out repaii-.
W. Nicely, Willow Grove; Mrs. Eugene Seltzer, Norristown; Charles C. Smith, Bridgeport; Har¬ ry L. Smith, Pottstown; Mrs. Her¬ bert Taylor, Elkins Park, Mrs. J. R. Turner, Jenkintown; Mrs. Wal¬ ter J. Whitaker, Bala-Cynwyd; Di. Walter A. Yeakle, Norristown, and Sara Yerlws, Hatboro.
Miscellaneous Club, and the win¬ ners include Mrs. K. Newman, of Valley   Forge,   Mrs.  K.  Rich,     of Erdenheim, Mrs. T. Barr, of Chest- j nut   Hill   and   Mrs.   A.   Holt,   ofj Ambler.   New   members   are   still [ T being accepted, and those wishing i to   join   are   asked   to   telephone | '¦ 'Mrs. Rich, »t Whitemarsh 0379.    j
623 Spring Mill ave., Consho T1762    11,059    Owen Holmes, 828
Maple  St., Consho. T1490    11.060    Ignatius M. Zaffa¬ rano, 206 Rosemary ave., Am¬ bler.
T 163    11,061    Charles H. Horisk, , 116 W. 10th ave., Consho. 814    11,062     Vincent  J.   Rossi, 455 Old Elm St., Consho.
T1227 11,063 Egerton K. Hunter, Butler pike and Spring Mill ave., Plymouth Meeting.
T 667 11,064 Harry Thwaites, 807 Spring Mill ave., Consho.
T 424    11,065      James  H.  Lewis, I 332 Randolph ave.. Ambler.     I
T1705    11,066      Philip   Domenico!
previous high mark of 7,145 place¬ ments registered in the week ending May 15.
The placement total dipped slightly in the week ending June 26, when 7,109 job openings were filled, according to Director Ma¬ son's report. The placement figure in both weeks was approximately (ive pei cent above the level of the average  week  in May.
Applications for employment filed throughout the state drop¬ ped one per cent to number 32,- 560 in the week ending June 19, and dropped another eleven per cent to total 28,882 in the week ending June 26. These decrea.ses reversed the upward trend which had marked weekly job applica¬ tions for the past month.
The   number   of  jobs   filled  by U. S. Employment offices in Penn¬ sylvania   so    far   this   year   now totals approximately 149,000 (Continued on page 6)
Wright,   Director   General   of I the  Montgomery  County  Defense Council, to County Commissioners Fred  C.  Peters,  Foster  C.  Hille¬ gass and Raymond K. Mensch.
Wright's report, which     covers the  fh'st year's work  on Civilian
Ma-
TRAINEE AIR-TRAFFIC
CONTROLLERS NEEDED
M„..: T30 \ir rr\,^ ot o„«oV,« i The United States Civil Service T,n.^ '. n«7 T- ^'"l?^.'r.^°"'^°-1 Commission announced today that ^^°^^,JhP^L  Joseph DiGiacomo,  ^^^   ^¦^^^¦^^  ^^^^.^^   ^^^^^   /^^.^^jj
dates from the Philadelphia area I Defense in the County, concludes to be notified of their acceptance. 1 with the following statement: "It A native of Vermont, Miss Good-; ig to be noted that the results rich has made her home in Phila-} obtained in Montgomery Count/ delphia, and has been teaching j are largely through the efforts o£ English at Girard College there nien who have willingly volunteer- for the past six years. Last Christ-1 ed their services. Ours has been mas she directed the annual play j a campaign of education and ap- presented by St. Peter's Lutheran, peal to the American spirit, and Church,  at  Barren  Hill. i never,  knowingly,   one  of   undue
Of the appointment, Miss Good-1 pressure. We have dealt with the rich said, "I'm sure that we're | local communities of the county all completely earnest about this 1 and they have given us a re- great possibility. We are all look-1 sponse ^ of which they can be ing for a chance to serve and we, proud."
applied for this training because ; The report points out that sixty- we feel that we have something ' one local Councils of Defense have that may be useful to our country." j been organized and that forty-flve
  j are in good working condition. It
I^INAI   PITF5  APF HFI n also states that 20,000 of the 25,-
riHAL Rlica Ant ntLU |q(,„ citizens participating in Civil-
FOR ACCIDENT VICTIM j ian Defense activities    are    fully
„ .. .   1 ,     „ ., .„,,; qualified by training or service.
Cremation was held yesterday j subjects covered in Director alternoon   at   West   Laurel     Hill, ^.^^^^J^j ^^jgj^^,^ ^.^p^^^     .^^^^^^
419 W. Elm St., Consho. T1265    11,068    Richard   H.   Hall,
North Hills P. O. T 794    11,069     James   A.   Miles,
757 Linden ave.. North Hills.
airway and airporl trafflc con¬ trollers at the trainee grade, pay¬ ing $1,800 a year. Applications may be flled until further notice at   district   offices   in   New   York,
Cemetery for Miss Ruth Marble, 24, who was killed Tuesday morn¬ ing as she crossed the tracks of the Reading Railroad at the Spring Mill station.
Miss Marble, a registered nurse who had  been residing with her
brother,   William     at   11  Miquon j ^;^*i-^g^^;;^'^gJJ^*^¦g-f';¦p%¦^^-^ road. Spring Mill, was enroute to | j^^g^ salvage, victory gardens, wo-
men's activities and  Montgomery
the following: Air raid precau¬ tions, radio warning, air raid war¬ dens, demolition squads, decon¬ tamination squads, fire watchers, auxiliary firemen, auxiliary police, emergency medical .service, mess¬ enger service, feeding units, con-
^ ^^oloV/l"..°""^°r^ Martinelh, Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New n^io^n^^Vnl,'"'''?''*'•• ^""^T^'u Orleans,   Seattle,   and   San   Fran-
T1250    11071    Terrence   J.   Han-^ ^isco.   Citizens,   20   to   35   years.
Ion, Jr., 1947 Butler pikc.^ith general experience in the r^.,„7;°".^, ^'^r,    ^ .    ,« I fleld of air-traffic control mav ap-
T1188    11,072    George A   Moser, | piy, jf they possess a current pi-
231 E. 9th aye   Consho. | lot's certificate showing they are
T1564    11,073     Walter   J.   Risley,; physically   qualifled   for   commer-
Jr.,   318   Maple   ave..   North | cial pilot rating. Applications for
Hills.
T1491 11,074 Salvatore Gam¬ bone, 345 W. 6th ave., Consho.
T 379 11,075 John P. Eliff, 336 E. 11th ave., Consho.
T 9 11,076 Edmund Kraje- wski 222 E. Elm st., Consho.
T1422 11,077 Robert J. Hissner, Box 5, Consho.
T 273 11,078 Peter P. Kurke, 125 Summit ave., Hatboro. (Continued on page 5)
higher grades of air-traffic con¬ troller will no longer be accep¬ ted.
Full information as to require¬ ments, and application forms, may be obtained from D. S. Stevens, secretary of the Board of U. S. Civil Examiners, at the post offlce or customhouse in Philadelphia, or from the Commission's Secretary at first-and second-class post offices.
Broad Street Hospital, in Phila¬ delphia, where her sister-in-law gave birth to a son a week ago. She had been at the hospital un¬ til 11 p. m. Monday night and left her brother's home in Spring Mill at 7.15 a. m. Tuesday to return to it.
As she ran  to catch her  train, the      Pottsville - bound which  makes  no  stop  at   Spring Mill,  bore down upon  her.  More
County Defense Council offlce.
FIRE DAMAGES ROOF
AT CHEMICAL PLANT
Excess heat in a cooker at the
Fort Washington  Chemical  Com-
, pany. Township line. Fort Wash-
e^P'^e^'^^ I ington, causerl a roof fire al the
""'"",'plant at midnight on  Monday. ,  ..        !     Members of the Fort Washing- than fitly persons on the plat orm I ton  Fire  Companv   responded  to screamed a warning but the_ tram , t,^p   alaj.^     a„^   together     with
whistle   rose  above   their   shouts. <
plant employees brought the fire
Miss Marbles body was carried; unfier control. Damage was lim- about a half a block before the, jtgd to the roof, but because flre- swaying train tossed it aside.        j ^^en     feared     the    blaze    might
Death from fractures of the skull  spread,   lines   were   laid   through and   both   legs   and   internal   in-  the nearby  lumber  vard  and  up juries   came  as  she  was     being | to the water pump on Bethlehem rushed to the Montgomery Hospi- i pjke, tal at Norristown. j     Instruments were quickly  cov-
Miss Marble, a resident of Buck- ered with tarpaulin to protect fleld, Maine, is survived by her, them from water, and it is be- parents, another brother and two lieved that they e,-.caped damage.
sisters.
I The water did cause a short cir¬ cuit in the electrical system.
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