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VOL. LXIV — 13
The A-4BLER Gazette
^-cOJ.o* AMBLER, PA., MAY 28, 1942 $1-75 Per
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
SENIORS BRING SCHOOL ACIIVIIIES 10 CLOSE WIIH PROGRAM lONIGHI
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Students Will    Present    Revue
and Play; Class President
to Speak
PROPHECY TO BE GIVEN
The Class Day program of the Senior Class at Ambler High School will be held tonight in the school auditorium, at 8.15 o'clock. The  address  of  welcome  will be
HAINES MARIONETTES
PERFORM TOMORROW
The Haines Marionettes will be seen tomorrow in two benefit shows at the Flourtown fire hall. The performances are being spon¬ sored by the Springfield-White¬ marsh Lions Club, for the benefit of the Flourtown-Erdenheim Rec¬ reation Association. This organiza¬ tion conducts  a  summer  recrea-
made by the class president  Wal-1 tj^^gi program for boys and girls, ter Wyrostek.  George Cottrell and
Nancy Walker will give the class prophecy.
There will be an afternoon per¬ formance, especially for children,
_. ,       i    , 4u    «..or«   starting at 4 o'clock, and an eve-
¦The second part of the program   ^.       ^^^^ ^^  g jg    Guiding  the
.,'.°„l^%'."l\^^^^I^°L'.„''m   puppets are Frank and Elizabeth
SPRINGHOL. ^ P. T. A.
INSTALLS OFFICERS
Mrs. Charles Baker was install¬ ed as the new president of the Springhouse Parent-Teacher As¬ sociation at the group's monthly meeting at the Springhouse School on Monday. Mrs. Horace Jones, past president, conducted the in¬ stallation ceremonies.
Other offlcers inducted into oflRce were: Harry Sholler, vice president; Mrs. Howard Hays, re¬ cording secretary; Mrs. John Harsch, corresponding secretary, and Floyd Schneider, treasurer.
A play entitled, "Nobody Home," was presented by several of the association members. Rus¬ sel Bauer took the part of Mr. Carter. His wife, Mrs. Carter, was played by Mrs. Hays. Peggy Car¬ ter was portrayed by Miss Veron¬ ica Gray. Mr, and Mrs. Gilmer were played by Charles Baker and Mrs. William Rex. Mr. and Mrs. Bumper were played by Harry Sholler and Mrs. Albert Tramont.
The speaker of the evening was
?^v"e.'.^aste''of ceremonies Wll    „gjj,gg_ of Whitemar.sh, who have  Rus.sell  B,  Callow, rowing  coach
be William Lunn, with Nancy Walker as Miss 1942, and Gerald Bauerle as Mr, 1942.
The first number in the revue is "Hogan's Happy Harmonizers". The following students will take part: Walter Sobers, Hugh Bullard, Dudley Deck, Gerald Bauerle, Jack Holz, Alfred Kemmerer, Rob¬ ert Kriebel, Donald Leech and George Mullahy. "And the Villain Still—etc!" is the title of the sec¬ ond number, written by Laura Amey, In the cast are Thomas Mullahy, Laura Amey, Nancy Walker and Betty Hagginbothom. Third number in the revue is "Be¬ hemoth", a musical selection by Russell Benigno. Eight students will then present "Waltzing in the Clouds". They are: Betty Haggin- bothopi, Hugh Bullard, Laura Amey, Walter Sobers, Bill Little, Lillian Leslie, Mary Louise Allen and Grant Buchanan. Next on the program is Betty Boehner, with "The White Cliflfs of Dover", fol¬ lowing which Dottie Pennington arid Clarence Lucas will present '¦"Disney Studios".
Two musical numbers, "May Night" and "To A Wild Rose", will be rendered by William Cressman, following which a skit written by George  Cottreill,  "PuUin'  for the
gained nation-wide recognition for I from  the  University of Pennsyl-
the high artistic and cultural qual ity of their work.
On the afternoon program will be "Little Black Sambo", "The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat", and "Mid-Summer Fantasie", In the evening the program will in¬ clude "Perez and Martina", a Puerto Rican folk tale; "The Scotch Pipers", "Alice and the Caterpillar", "Barnacle Bill the Sailor", "Diamond Lil", and "Dark- town Cakewalk",
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New   Appointments   Are   An¬ nounced at Last Dinner Meeting of Season
Three new officers were installed at the dinner meeting of the Junior Colony Club of Ambler at Fortside Inn,     Whitemarsh,     Tuesday
Army", will  be' presented.   In  iti^ening      This  meeting  officially
will be George Cottrell, Harley Smith, Walter Wyrostek and Rich¬ ard King. "The Music Makers", with Betty Boehner as soloist, is next on the program. In the num¬ ber are the following students: Rita Brumbaugh, Anna Cassidy, Betty Conaway, Jennie Dall'Agata, Marie DeSando, Clara D'Elia, Bet¬ ty Edwards, Marian Ganjamie, Irene Godshalk, Jean Knoblauch, (continued on page 3)
ZONE WARDENS MEET
Air raid wardens of zone 41, Ambler, holding their weekly meeting at the home of W. Clayton Irwin, on Highland avenue, made arrangements for an order of four¬ teen stirrup pumps.
The order was received by T. Cederlof, oil burner company rep¬ resentative, who was present at the meeting.
Present for the meeting were the zone warden, William Alcorn, Chief Air Raid Warden John Hansell, Bernard Lindenfeld, Frank Stephens, Jr., Harvey T. Heath, Felix B. Shay, Perry Sel¬ heimer, Stansell Richards, James Scully, Arthur D, Webster, Roy Zettlemoyer, W. Clayton Irwin, E, G, Davies, Sr., and Curwin Raus- houser.
n.WflSHINGION P.T.A HOLDS LAST MEETING
vania. He described his exper¬ iences with young men and stated that "character training begins in the home with the teaching of a child to be obedient, to respect God and his country and to work hard for his ideals."
The monthly P. T. A. class award for attendance was pre¬ sented to Mrs. Harry Alexander's sixth grade home room. The final association luncheon for the sea¬ son was held yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Harsch, De¬ Kalb pike, Gwynedd.
Legion Speaker
J. WILLIAM DITTER
Ambler Congressman who will speak at the American Legjon Post Home in Ambler on Memorial Day.
ELECTS NEW OFFICERS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ENTERTAIN ROTARIANS
Three Ambler High School stu¬ dents provided the entertainment at the regular meeting of the Ro¬ tary Club of Ambler, held yester¬ day at Niblock's Restaurant, Musi¬ cal selections were presented by Alfred Kemmerer, baritone, and Hugh Bullard trombonist. They were accompanied at the piano by Betty Hagginbothom.
Arrangements for the program were made by Joseph W. Craft, Jr.,   and   Elam   E.   Kerschner.
It was announced that a Rotary Club has been organized in Hat¬ boro, and that it will hold its charter presentation meeting on June 10, at the Old Mill Tea Room, in Hatboro. The meeting will bo- gin at 6.30 p. m
Memorial Day Programs To Be Held In Ambler and Fort Washington
REV.IAMIESONTOGIVE ADDRESSATFORTIL
College Head to Speak
Parade,    Music,    and    Special
Tributes Included in Day's
Events
Residents   in   Fort   Washington
will  observe  Memorial  Day with
a parade and special program atop
Fort Hill on Saturday,   The main
and a group of I address of the day will be deliv-
Ambler  Rotarians is planning to | ered   by   the   Rev,   George   Teaz attend. I Jamieson, of the Springfleld Pres-
Congratulations  were   extended } ^L^^rum Church jn F^lourtown^ Jhe by the membership to the Rev. N
B. Groton, rector of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, in Whitemarsh, and a membenof the Rotary Club, who was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity at Ursinus College last week.
PLAN ALL-DAY RALLY
A Memorial Day Young People's Rally, sponsored by the Eastern District Rally Association of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, will be held Saturday kt the Grove Avenue Chapel in Flourtown, and in the Flourtown Fire House.
Morning services will begin at 10.30 a. m. A children's meeting will be held from 1.30 to 2 p.m. at the Flourtown Fire House. The Rev. Harold Rhoads will conduct the meeting. An afternoon service, starting  at 2  o'clock  in  the  fire
William S. Acuff to Head Fort
Wasliington  Organization;
Final Reports Read
William S.|Acuff, of 2 Linden¬ wold Terrace, Ambler, was elected president of the Historical Society of Fort Washington, at the meeting of the organization last Wednes¬ day. He succeeds William Buchan¬ an,  Jr.,   of   Fort   Washington.
Other newly elected oflficers are
closed the club season until fall.
Mrs. Charles Miller, president, formally welcomed the three new offlcers—first vice president, Miss Jean Lutz; corresponding secre¬ tary. Miss Helen Adams; treasurer, Mrs. John Taylor. Only one-half the board of offlcers is elected each year.
Mrs. Miller announced the fol¬ lowing appointments for next year: directors, Mrs. William F. Drake and Mrs, Thomas J. Lane, Jr.; historian, Mrs. Leonard Drury; program ckiairman. Miss Isabelle Milligan; dramatic chairman, Mrs. Leonard Drury; house and hospi¬ tality committee, Mrs. Winfield C, Cook, and Mrs, William Camburn; memljership committee, Miss Gladys Knott and Mrs, Curvin Rauhauser; music, Mrs, Kenneth Rempp; publicity chairman, Mrs, William F. Drake; finance chair¬ man, Mrs, Paul E, Williams; ways and means chairman, Mrs, Hugh Sevill; welfare chairman. Miss Blanche Foxhall; U, S, O and de¬ fense committee. Misses Peggy Smith, Margaret Adams, Mabel Ditter and Eleanor Massey.
The minutes were read by Mrs. Albert Stout and the treasurer's report was given by Miss Jean Lutz. The yearly audit will be made by Miss Helen Adams and Mrs. Thomas J. Lane, Jr.
u -11 u       iu   D      r> J 1 Mrs.   Mark   Z.   McGill,   of   Fort
house, will have the Rev. Raymond i Washington,  vice  president; Miss Kowles, of China, as missionary.' Dr.   W.   E.   Powers,   professor   of theology   at   the   Eastern   Baptist
HERBERT AMEY NAMED E
IMPRESSIVE SERVICE
E.
Audience fo Hear Hon. J. liam  Ditter  and  Dr. Ivor Griffith*
Wil-
Wins Hijili Promotion at Twen¬ ty-nine; Now Stationed in California
A twenty-nine-year-old Ambler man has been named for promo¬ tion to the rank of Major in the United States Marine Corps. He is Herbert R. Amey, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Amey, of 114 Race street. Ambler.
First news of the promotion came to his parents last week when they read his name in the
DR.   IVOR   GRIFFITH
The president of the Philadel¬ phia College of Pharmacy and Science will be one of the guest speakers at Memorial Day services in the Norton Downs, Jr., Post Home this Saturday. Dr. Griflfith is well- known in the fleld of scientific research.
Theological Seminary in Philadel¬ phia, will speak.
The Rev. Kowles will speak at the evening service, at 6.45 p. m. in the fire house.
EKNI AT SPECIAL SERVICES
Calls for Co-Operation for Vic¬ tory; Patriotic Groups Present for Program
The Honorable Hasold G. Knight, of Ambler, president judge of the Common Pleas Court of Montgomery County, addressing the gathering at special Memorial Day services in Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church on Sunday, de¬ clared that the world cannot exist half Nazi and half Democratic and that it is up to each individual in this country to see that it is not our side that fails.
"We have never lost a war yet," he told the audience, "but-in this war   our enemy  had  a   five-year
.. J i.. i i_        start.    Me  must admit    that  we
It was announced that members  j^^^^ ^een badly defeated in these of the club assisted in collecting j ^j^g^ gj^ months " money at performances in the Am-j     ^      ¦^^^      discouraging     losses, bier Theatre,   last week    towards! j^^     j^^j j^^ ^^j^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^^   ^^^ the relief fund for the families of  ^^^^       ^j,, ^^^^   ^^        ^^^^ ^^^
men in the army and navy
Mrs,   Dewey  Behringer,  junior (continued on page 3)
REES ROBERTS HONORED
Hears   Talk   On   Victory   Gar¬ dens;   Chooses   Winning Student Posters
Victory gardens should be grown
Rees C, Roberts,  of  126  Penn sylvania   avenue.   North was   honored   this  week   by   the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, from which he was graduated  in   1892.     He  and the
work of civilians in the war effort and cited the cooperation of Up¬ per Dublin residents, alone. Out of approximately 2000 persons, over 400 are doing some sort of I volunteer work, he pointed out.
¦  I     "Just what are we fighting for?"
Wales,   he asked.      "We are fighting for
peace, for our own way of living,
for   churches  as   we  want  them,
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not only because they will aid in  other members of his class were
winning the war, but because they bring happiness to the gardeners. That was the point stressed by John A. Andrew, Jr., faculty mem
awarded   Semi-Centennial   Certi-1 ficates marking the completion of | flfty years of service in the pro¬ fession since  they  received  their
ber of the School of Horticulture j original diplomas
for Women, in Ambler, when he      The  ceremony incident  to  the
addressed   the   members   of     the I presentation    of  the     certificates
Fort Washington Parept-Teacher Association at their meeting Thurs¬ day evening.
Mr. Andrew declared that a person Who has a garden is a really happy person, and he urged widespread planting. He also dis¬ cussed cultivation, planting, and insect control.
More than twenty-five posters, made by school students to ad¬ vertise   the   meetings,   were   ex
was one of the events of Com¬ mencement Week at the College, Mr, Roberts is well-known in Ambler, havhig operated the drug store on the corner of Main street and Butler avenue for over thirty years. Giving up the Ambler store, Mr, and Mrs, Roberts moved to Atlantic City, N. J., where Mr. Roberts remained in the drug business for about twelve years. Upon   retiring   he   and   his   wife
FIVE ARE CONFIRMED
Confirmation exercises were held at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, in Ambler, last Sunday with flve confirmands.
Members of the class were: Marguerite Rose Barbakos, Charles Henry Dager, David Eugene Wal¬ bert, Elsie Alice Wittmer and Ed¬ ward IiUther Wood.
Emma T. Comly, of Flourtown, re- ¦ newspaper story announcing the cording secretary; Mrs. .Harold | selection of 310 Marine captains Gearinger, of Ambler, correspond-1 for higher ranks, Mrs, Amey ad- ing secretary; Miss Alice Roberts, mits that she "sort of expected of Ambler, treasurer, and the it," but adds that "it certainly has Rev. Paul E. Schmoyer, and Mark ; been   a   wonderful  thrill."      The
Z. McGill, of Fort Washington, Clement Comly, Jr,, of Flourtown, trustees,
Mr. Buchanan read his final re¬ port to the group, in which he re¬ viewed the work of the society during the past year. He offered, for the consideration of the new¬ ly elected offlcers and official board, a 'suggestion for the <jon- version of the society's oil burn¬ er into a coal burning furnace, i Mr, Buchanan declared that such | action would mean a thirty to (continued on page 3)
telephone in the Amey house has been ringing almost constantly, she says, with friends calling to say "Congratulations."
Mr. and Mrs. Amey don't know just when they will be able to say ^'Congratulations" to their son in person, however, for they haven't seen him for two years. And when he was home, on a nine- day visit, there \yas such a streanv (continued on page 6)
POPPY SALE A SELL-OUT
The poppies proved popular in Ambler on Saturday, and as a re¬ sult 1000 of them were sold dur¬ ing "Poppy Day", for a total of $57.85.
Proceeds from the sale, which was carried on by the auxiliary of the Norton Downs, Jr., Post No. 125, of the American Legion, will go for the rehabilitation of disabled war veterans.
Much of the credit for the sale's success goes to the Girl Scouts, who sold the poppies throughout Ambler. Every available flower was sold, and had there been more to seW, the Girl Scouts are certain that Ambler residents would have  taken them.
Helping in the sale were: Mary Jane Willox, Joan Craft, Eleanor Scherff, Anne Hough, Ellen Kamps, Mary Jane Thompson, Nancy Thompson, Doris Sholler, Carol Espie, Peggy Lou Geary, Betty Snyder and Josephine Croc¬ kett,
MAY START FIRST AID CLASS IN FLOURTOWN
The Wissahickon Branch of the American Red Cross, in Flourtown, has announced that it will start a standard or advanced First Aid class at the Flourtown fire house whenever there are enough appli¬ cants to warrant it.
Those interested in joining a class are asked to leave their names at the branch offlce at the fire house, or to telephone White¬ marsh 0373.
Members of the Junior Red Cross Committee of the Wissa¬ hickon branch have been announc¬ ed. Chairman is Mrs. John B. Priz¬ er, of Chestnut Hill.  Vice chair-
CHURCH GROUP  TO PICNIC
The annual picnic of the Men's Association of the Ambler Pres¬ byterian Church will be held Mon¬ day, during the afternoon and evening. Dinner will be served at 6.30  p.  m.
All members of the church are invited to attend and those ex¬ pecting to be present are a,sked to notify Harold Worth, of Fair- view avenue, so that transporta¬ tion and dinner arrangements can be completed.
program is under the auspices of ] the Fort Hill Memorial Association and   the   William   Boulton   Dixon Post No, 10, of the American Le¬ gion.
The parade, which will begin at 10.15 a.m., will form at Washing¬ ton Lane and Prospect avenue, Elliger Park, Fort Washington. The chief marshals are David McCrork and Frank Hoagland. Participating will be the following: William Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, Junior Drum and Bugle Corps, i Auxiliary, Junior Auxiliary, le¬ gion post members, and Sons of the American Legion. Also marching will be the Girls' Har¬ monica Band of the legion post, the local Girl Scout and Boy Scout troops, Whitemarsh and Upper Dublin Defense Units, and stu¬ dents of the Upper Dublin Town¬ ship public school. Fire compan¬ ies that will participate include: Oreland Fire Company, Flourtown Fire Company, Center Square Fire Company, Barren Hill Fire Com¬ pany, Wissahickon Fire Company of Ambler, Spring Mill Fire (5om- i pany, of Conshohocken; Lincoln I Fire Companv, of Cedar Heights; i
Wyndmoor Hose Company, Har- The Christomathean Class of monville Fire Companv, and the the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church Fort Washington Fire Company. | held its Mother and Daughter Immediately after the parade, ^a^quet at the parish hou.se Sat- services will be held. Frank r.' urday evening with 147 in attend- Hoagland, commander of the Wil¬ iam Boulton Dixon Post, will act h'"^'" "', """ >=""uay scuooi, i,m. <
^ ,. J „„„„ n\ ! niusical program followed the ban
, „„.,„ quet.
Mrs. E. L. Towne, of Three Tuns, was the principal speaker, and was introduced by the toast- mistress, Mrs. Isaac Stong, of But¬ ler avenue, Ambter. Mrs. Stong is president of the Chri.stomathean Class.  In  her talk     Mrs. Towne
(continued on page 3)
14 TO BE GRADUATED
Memorial Day and Defense Day, both of which fall this Saturday, will be celebrated in fltting man¬ ner in this commanity, with a colorful program that is scheduled to start at 10 o'clock in the morn¬ ing. Included on the program are a parade and special services, dur¬ ing which the Honorable J. Wil¬ liam Ditter and Dr. Ivor Griflith' will  speak.
Starting the day's events will' be the parade in which representa¬ tives from civic and defense units , from Ambler, Lower Gwynedd, and Whitpain Townships will march. It will form on Lindenwold avenue, from Bethlehem pike south to Park avenue? and line of march will be across Park avenue to Mattison, north on Ridge to Tennis avenue, west on Main street, south on Main street to Butler avenue, and then east on Butler avenue to the Legion Home on Lindenwold avenue.
Heading the parade will be a color guard, police officials, and the Ambler High School Band. Participating will be borough and school officials, civilian defense units. Boy and Girl Scouts, the American Legion posts and aux¬ iliaries from Ambler and LaMott,'' and lodge men. A group of sailors* from the Philadelphia Navy Yard will also march in the parade.
Services will begin at the home after the parade, at approximately 11 a. m. Opeing the program will be the reading of memorial ser¬ vices by Commander Stewart L, Davis, of the Norton Downs, Jr,, Post No. 125, American Legion. The pledge to the flag and the ance. Dinner was served by the i singing of the "Star Spangled men of the Sunday school, and a i Banner" will follow. The invoca-
CLASS HjLD^BANQUET
147 Mothers and Daughters At¬ tend Dinner Given by Christ¬ omathean Class
President of Beaver College to Deliver Conunencement Ad¬ dress Next Thursday
Fourteen students will be gradu¬ ated from the Whitpain Township High School at commencement ex¬ ercises next Thursday evening in the school auditorium, Skippack pike and School House road. Blue Bell. The program will begin at 8 o'clock.
Addressing the graduating class will be Dr. Raymon Kistler, presi¬ dent of Beaver College in Jen¬ kintown.
Honor students are Irene Cassel, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cassel,  of  Broad  Axe,  who  will
tion is to be given by the Rev. Dr, Robert D, Hershey, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, of Ambler. The high school band will offer several musical selections. Guest speakers will be introduced ly Past Commander Norman Tay¬ lor,  of the  Ambler  post.
The first address will be de- compared the life the mothers and j livered by the Honorable J. Wil- daughters in this country are lead-1 Ham Ditter, of Ambler, Represen- ing with the Ufe which th€> moth- ( tative to Congress ¦ from the ers and daughters in England must { seventeenth district. Following his lead. speech greetings will be extended
A violin and clarinet duet was 1 by the ciiairman of the Ambler played by Edith and Ruth Ann i Civilian Defense Council, Bernard Faust, of Ambler, accompanied at | Lindenfeld. A so addressing the the piano by their sister, Florence. I assemblage will be Dr. Ivor Vocal solos were offered by Miss j Griffith, ot Elkins Park, who is Mabel Garretson and Mrs. Mabel president ot the Philadelphia Col Anderson, of St. Paul's Reformed Church, in Fort Washington. They were accompanied by Mrs. Charles Korn. Mrs. Ernest Hilleman, of Ambler, also participated in the program,   playing  a  piano   solo.
or-   r.r  i noorni.T   mil    ^/.^o /.no,.- ^6   the  salutatorlan,  aud   Charles „. ...
er, 01 wnesmui nrn.   v ce cnair- lyrpPracken   son of Mr   and Mrs ' tow.   The parish  house   was   at-
men include: Mrs. Orville Bullitt, ^^c^racKen   son ot Mi. anfl mis. decorated    with roses
of Whitpmarsh;    Mrs.  Lewis    C. Samuel    McCracken.    ot    Center   tiactively decoiateci    with roses,
lege of Pharmacy and Science. Dr. Griffith also is a member of the Pennsylvania Advisory Health Board.
Tribute  to  departed     veterans
will   be   paid   by   the' placing  of
G~roup singing "was "led by Mrs.! a  wreath on   the^ stone memorial
Walter Brown and   Miss Jeanette | '"front  of the  Legion  home.   A
rifle salute will be given, under the command of Ensley Graham, and  Taps  will  be  played.
The closing benediction will ba delivered by the Rev. Francis N, McDevitt, assistant rector of St, Joseph's Catholic Church. Ambler.
Baker, with Mrs. W. Ritter, the program chairman, as accompan- iest. In charge of-the bancpiet com¬ mittee was Mrs. Grant Swartley, while the dining room committee was headed  by  Mrs.  Walter  Bas-
Dick, of Chestnut Hill; Mrs. For-   Square, who will deliver the vale- rest Gager, of Chestnut Hill; Mrs.   Q'ctory.
Harrie Price, of Wyndmoor; Mrs. i     Members of the graduating class Shirley McCall, of Chestnut Hill; ' are: Jacqueline Barry, Washington
irises and orange blossoms.
Mrs. Thomas Reath, of White¬ marsh, and Mrs. Alfred Wolf, of Blue   Bell.
In charge of production are Mrs. Roscoe Smith, of Ambler; Mrs. Henry Platt, of Laverock, and Mrs. Lewis C. Dick. Mrs. Shirley McCall will supervise roll call, special drives and councils. Helen Johnson, of Chestnut Hill, will act as secretary, and Mrs, Harrie Price will be in charge of publicity. Posters will be supervised by Mrs, Nathan T. Humphrey, of Laverock. Chairman of the Disaster Relief Corps is Mrs. Bess Lightcap, of Erdenheim, with Marjorie Boyles, of Flourtown, and Bernice Boyles, of Ambler, as vice chairmen. Sec¬ retary for the Disaster Relief Corps   is   Mrs.   Marie   McNelis.
PLAN BENEFIT FETE
The   June   Fete,     twenty-ninth annual benefit for Abington  Me¬ morial   Hcspital,   will   take   place T il., nr^^^  /-„., „.. c„.,o..«. i\/rii^.-„^   "ext Saturday, June  6,  at Lyne-' b'i->;il°?'^^!."*!'o^J'."„!.':':'J^'i^,:^^   wood,  the  Elkins  Park   estate  of
Square; Jane Butler,  Washington Square; Irene Cassel, Broad Axe;
Heilman, Center Square; Caroline Klein, Norristown, R. D. 4; Jeanne MacMullen, West Point; Charlotte White, Norristown R. D. 3; Rich¬ ard Lee, Blue Bell; Charles Mc¬ Cracken, Center Square; Harry Miller, Center Square; Malvin Moulder, Blue Bell; Edward Roberts, Berwyn, and William Walton, Center Square.
Baccalaureate service will be held this Sunday evening, at 8 o'clock at St. John's Lutheran Church, in Center Square. The Rev. Herbert D. Cressman, pastor of the church, will speak. School in Whitpain Township closes next Friday.
POLICE CHIEFS AGREE TO
p. A. B. Widener. On the program will be horse and dog show, an old-fashioned barbecue, and a countr.v dance. There will be a Midway, also.
Co-chairmen of the fete are Mrs. Widener Dixon and Mrs. Horace G. Wunderle.
County    Oflicial.s    Place    Their
Solicitor  at  Disposal  of'
Lansdale Man
MINISTERS   WILL   MEET
New offlcers will be elected at the meeting of the Ministerial As¬ sociation of Ambler and Vicinity next Thursday. The meeting will i be held at 11.30 a. m. in the Penllyn Baptist Church.
Following the meeting a chicken dinner will be served.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MEMORIAL SERVICES AT TRINITY MEMORIAL CHURCH
hibited by the art committee. They took up residence in North Wales, were judged for outstanding work where they now live A daughter, by Mrs. Wilson Matthias, Mrs. Mrs^ J^^n Burton, lives at Sus- E. M. Wright, and Mrs. Irving 1 <l"e*ianna road and Lindenwold ' avenue, Ambler, and a son, Mat-
(continued on page 6)
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The monthly meeting of the Women's Auxiliary of the Artman Home, Bethlehem pike. Ambler, will be held at the home next Thursday at 2.30 p. m.
thew, resides in Walpole, Mass.
NOTICE
The Ambler Civil Service Com mission will hold an examination |
for patrolmen on Thursday, June i „i  the  national  anthem  by  	
11, 1942 at 3 p. m. Apply at the  Elizabeth   Grimm,   soprano,   and Borough Office, 22 E. Butler ave-  the anthem, "Taps," sung by Mrs.
WAR DEAD ARE HONORED AT MEMORIAL SERVICES
Memorial services for the soldier | dead of William Boulton Dixon j Post, No. 10, of the American Le¬ gion, were held at the Trinity Lu- j theran Church, in Fort Washing- i ton, on Sunday evening.
The service included the singing |
Mrs.
nue. Ambler, for application forms and additional information,   adv
James Wright
Also taking part in the program were Thomas Tressler, Harry Grimm, U. Grant Buchanan, Wil¬ liam Etherington, Frank Hoagland,
TO   HOLD   EXAMINATIONS
The Ambler Civil Service Com¬ mission will hold examinations i and the Girls' Chorus, for patrolmen on June 11, at 31 The Rev. Kobert E. Horne, pas- p. m., at the Ambler Borough tor of the church, delivered the office. Information may be obtain- sermon.
ed at 22 East Butler avenue, Am-' 	
bier. —Subscribe to the GAZETTE.
Montgomery County police of¬ ficials voted their "fullest support" to Chief Samuel Woffindin, of the Lansdale police department, at the meeting of the Montgomery Coun¬ ty Police Chiefs' Association last "Thursday in Jeffersonville. The association placed its solicitor, Charles H. Brunner, at the dis- po.sal of Chief Woffindin.
This action came in answier to the Lansdale police tangle that began when the Borough Council, at its May meeting, passed a recommendation of the Public Safety Committee that "Woffindin be relieved of his duties as police chief as of May 31, 1942." Tlie motion did not discharge him, but put him on the "reserve list" at a salary of $100 a month.
Wofflndin's reply to the council's action vvas a public declaration that council did not have the right to take any such action, and that he would flght the move. Holding that hiring and firing of police can be handled only by the Civil Service Commission, he has insist¬ ed that until he is removed by the proper authority,- he will re¬ main as chief of police in Lans¬ dale.
The count.v police association, in
voicing its support    of Woffindin,
! went no fm-ther into the Situation,
; since officials believe any deflnite
' action   would   be   premature      af
present.    Woffindin vvas     present
during the meeting.
Pictured above are a number of the participants in the patriotic Memorial Day Service which was held ai the Trinity Memorial Church, Ambler on Sunday. The organizations represented in this group are the members of the Ambler Civilian Defense Auxiliary Police Unit; Norton Downs, Jr., Post No. 125; Ambler First Aid Unit;   Ladies' Auxiliary   of   the   Norton   Downs, Jr., Post;   Wissahickon   Chapter,   Order of the Eastern Star;  Ambler Boy  Scoula, and  the Anibler  Girl  Scoulb.
NEW STUDENTS TO REGISTER
Registration for those who will begin classes at the MattLson Ave¬ nue School in September will be held next Thursday, at the school. Hours for registration will be from 1.30 to 4.30 p. m.
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