The Ambler Gazette 19440601

              The Af^iBLER Gazette
VOL. LXVI — 14
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AMBLER, PA., JUNE 1, 1944
$1.75 Per Y'ear in Advance, 5c Per Copy
TO ADDRESS CLASS
To Hold  Baccalanrcate Service Sunday; Connnencenient
Exercises Tuesday
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The baccaluareate service for the Class ^f 1044 of Ambler .High School will be held Sunday even¬ ing at 8 o'clock in the high school auditorium.
The invocation will be given by the Rev. Lloyd P. Stevens, minis¬ ter' of the ' Calvary Methodist Church, of Ambler. The A Cap¬ pella Choir will sing an anthem by Gounod. The responsive read¬ ing will be lead by the Rev. Wil¬ liam F. Lutz, rector of Trinity Memorial  Episcopal  Church.
The A Cappella Choir will sing a group of selections. The director is Miss Ruth C. Manlove. Eileen Urban will be the vocal soloist. The accompanist will be Doris MacEwan.
The lesson will be re;ui by the Rev. G. G. McGee, pastor of the Penllyn Baptist Church. The bac¬ calaureate prayer will be offered by the Rev. Paul Wertman, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, Ambler.
The Rev. Luther H. Harshbarger, pastor of tlie Ambler Church of the Brethren, will preach the bac¬ calaureate sermon. The benedic¬ tion will be given b.v the Rev. Norman M. Dunsmore, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Aml)lcr.
Tho commencement exercises will be held on Tuesday evening, Jiuie fj, in the school auditorium. Tho speaker will be Dr. Charles S. Swope, president of West Ches¬ ter State Teachers' College.
The student addresses will be made by Robert Virkler, valedic¬ torian, and Dorothy Marple, salu- tatorian. There will be musical selections by Eileen Urban, vocal soloist, and Doreen Sheridan, pian¬ ist.
Earl T. Baker, high school prin¬ cipal, will make the awards. E. E. Kerschner, supervising princi¬ pal, will present tho diplomas.- The invocation and benediction wil! be made by the Rev. Luther H. Harsh¬ barger, pastor of the Ambler Church of the Brethren. I There will be selections by the Ambler High School Band.  o	
DRAFT BOARD CALLS 30 FROM LOCAL AREA
Army Inductees Will Report to
New Cund)crland
Today
TIN CAN COLLECTION
TO BE MADE JUNE 9
Tin cans will be collected in Ambler on  Friday, June 9.
Clean, properly flattened tin cans should be put in cartons 'or boxes and placed at the curb for collection. Pupils of the borough schools should bring tin cans to school.
  I     The next paper and rag collcc-
The following men were accept- ¦ jj^n will   be   made   on   Saturday, cd by Local Board No. 5 for ser- : june 17.
vice in the t. S. Army and will i ^.^e collection of naoer and rags report for duty at New Cumber- ^^ May 20 was twice as large as land, Penna., June 1. 1944: | g^^j. before made in Ambler. The
Robert  Paul  Deal,  221  Jenkin- j volunteers collected 16,000 pounds tfiwn   rd.,   Fitzwatertown;   Martin   .    ,,    , ,   „,, ,   ,
Joseph Ronan, 107 Belmont ave., '" ^^'' borough. Ihe proceeds from Ambler; Walter Kennedy McCur-I the sale of the scrap amounted to dy, 634 Chain st, Norristown; Wil-' eighty dollars. The money was liam Proctor Matthews, 809 Wal- j turned over to the Ambler Recrea- nut St., Norristown; George Sulli- ,. Council van Caipenter, Trewellyn ave., |"°" L-ouncu. Penll.yn; Joseph Lenard Meszaros, 761 Chain st., Norristown; Charles Henry House, Jr., 19 E. Gravers Lane, Chestnut Hill; Robert Char¬ les Rodenbaugh, Cedar Grove lane, Conshohocken; James Oliver Col- lis, 125 W. 5th ave., Conshohocken; Joseph Michael Frederick, 804 E. Elm St., Conshohocken; Frank Wil¬ bur Kay, Butler pike, Ambler; Robert Ewing Betton, 1002 DeKalb St., Bridgeport;
John Henry Byerly, Carr's Lane, Plymouth Meeting; Alfred Cataldi, Limekiln pike, Edge Hill; Franklin Bahnor Smith, 25 Walnut st., Am¬ blei'; Norman Westley Frick, Street rd., Warminster; Thomas Franklin Lutz, Jr., 109 Jones ave., Flour¬ town; Russell Clay Burke, 117 E. nth ave, Con.shohocken; William Powell Duncan, Butler Pike & Stenton ave.. Norristown R. D. 4; Charles Nathan Johnson, 339 Woodland ave.. Ambler; Evan Edward Lightcap, Jr., 10 Sum¬ mit ave., Horsham; Charles Steve Gambino, Camp Hill rd., Dresher; Elmer  Jordan   Holmes,  45  Penna.
Start Military Ballot Canvass In Montgomery County June 14
YOOTH ARRESTED IN HELSEL DEATH
Daughter of Andiler Chicoprac-
tor Killed Instantly
on Sunday
Troop No. 3 Receives New Mem¬ bers At Investiture Cerenioiiy
' Funeral services will tie held to¬ day at St. James' Lutheran Church, Chalfont, for Elizabeth Helsel, eighteen, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Chester A. Helsel, who was killed instantl.y on Sunday night at 9 o'clock by a hit-run driver while returning to her home on a bicycle. The girl suffered multiple injuries, including a skull fracture. She was pronounced dead by Dr. Frank E. Bo.5ton at Elm Terrace Hospital, Lansdale.
Miss Helsel was returning home ave,, North Hills; Lee T. Whaley, 1 «."^'' " ^'^^.'^ with friends, and was 14 Forrest st., Conshohocken; Her-1''^'"« "n"'^^'u T K""^'',^,^' ""' bert Dukes, 2004 Butler pike. Con- f^'^.^er. Or. Chester A. Helsel, a shohocken; Flovd Price, 251 E. t'hiropractor with offices in Amb- Elm  St.,   Consh.ihocken;    William ler, saw her approaching the house,
Dallas Burrell, 11 Race st., Amb-   ^"^ ,f'''  ^'?''\'.'^^'^»' '''5.''"S on 2p|, an old roadbed that was abandon¬
ed when a curve was eased some years ago.
The  car  approached  at a high
rate of spec<l, he said, swerved off
the road at the curve and ran down
1 the girl and her bicycle. Her body
The following were inducted March 31, 1944.
John Joseph Reillev, 1325 S. 54th st„ Phila.; Albert Charles Fluck, 228 Lindenwold ave.. Amb¬ ler; John B. Huber, Evans rd., Gwynedd Valley.
springfieldIlass
Boy' Scout Troop, No. 3, of Am¬ bler, held its Iirst annual "Parents' Night " at troop headquarters in the First Presbyterian Church, Amb¬ ler, last Thursday evening. About sevent.y-five parents and scouts were in attendance.
The program opened with the singing of one verse of the "Star Spangled Banner" and pledge of allegiance to the flag led by Scout Perry Selheimer. This was follow¬ ed by the invocati'^n by the Rev. Norman M. Dunsmore, chaplain of the Troop Committee.
Scoutmaster Russell K. Tomp¬ kins introduced Fred Eckfeldt, chairman of the Executive Board })f Troon No. 3 and Pack No. 6 who outlined briefly the history of Troop No. 3 and told of the forma¬ tion of the new Cub Pack. He in¬ troduced the otlier members of both committees.
An Investiture Ceremon.v for Tenderfoot was the next feature on the program when the f<il low¬ ing scouts sponsord by their fath¬ ers were inducted into the Troop; Donald Hoff, Richard Jervis, Lyn- ¦ wood Stong, Jack Ledcboer, George Grauel and Walter Wen- hold. Scoutmaster Tompkins was narrator and the following scouts took part. Perry Selhiemer, Jack Betts, John Burns, Mark Burns, Harry Ott, Charles Baker, Charles Smith, Daniel Shoemaker, iVIartin Troster, Kenneth Becker, John Rile and Edward Wood. The guide was assistant Scoutmaster William Welch.
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GT. C. jared" INGERSOLL
KILLED   IN  ITALY
According to a tclogruni received M'. Charles Jared IngersoU, chief W     the Pliikidelphia Ordnance Dis-
rl,  his   son.   Sergeant   C.   Jurcd
^'crsoU, has been killed in ac- '   ,.ion somewhere in  Italy.
A descendant of Jared IngersoU, a Pennsylvania signer of the Con¬ stitution, Sergeant IngersoU was graduated from St. Paul's School, Concord, N. H., last spring, and enlisted immediately afterward. He was a member of the ice hockey team at his school.
Sergeant   IngersoU's   m o t h e
was hurled about twent.y-five feet. The driver did not stop, but con¬ tinued along the road making a turn into Iron Hill road, the next intersection.
Dr. Helsel put the girl into a car operated by Fred Sachs, Jr., ot Philadelphia, vvho had been be¬ hind the hil-runner. When the.v reached the Elm'Terrace hospital, the victim  was  dead.
Chief Clayton Refsnider, of William Liveiiftood, Secretary of ! Montgomery   township,   convoyed
Internal Affairs, to Speak       l^J}"" r-"'   i"to   the   hospiUil   from
' ' Montgomeryville.  Later  he called
At Coniinencenicnt ' in   the  State  Police,  giving  them
  the  leads  that he had  picked  up
William Livengood, Jr., secre-: in a preliminary investigation, tary of Internal Affairs of the i Sachs had given a description of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,' the car, and Corporal Harold Dan- will make the principal address ' do, of the Doylestown detail, trac- at the commencement exercises of j ed the ownership to Allured Lo.ieski, Springfield Township High School, | Sr., a fanner of Doylestown R. D. on Thursday  evening, June 8, at j 2.
8 o'clock. The exercises will be I Loieski said that he had loaned held in the high school gymnasium, i the car to Raymond VanLuvance, The diplomas will be presented ! of Chalfont, one of his farm hands, by James W. Mankin, president of j Only a coincidence enabled Van- thc school   board. I Luvanee  to clear himself  of im-
Baccalaureate Service icontinued on page 4)
The   baccalaureate   service   will' "
be held  at St. Thomas' Episcopal ' AMBLER BOMBER PILOT
The Military Ballot canvass will begin Flag Day, June 14, and is to be completed by June 28, it is announced by E. Russell Matz, chairman of the Montgomery Coimty Council of Defense.
Election board .judges and in- .spectors of Montgomery County's 191 election districts will sit on Miljtary Ballot Day. July 7, which was set by Governor Edward Mar¬ tin, to receive the lists compiled through the Civilian Defense can¬ vass as well as individual re¬ quests for listings. Schools of in¬ structions will be given local elec¬ tion boards by the County Board of Election prior to July 7.
Chairmen of the local councils of defense of the vari(jus townships and boroughs of the county re¬ ceived information on the canvass¬ ing procedure at a meeting, Thurs¬ day night, at the Court House, called by County Chairman Matz. All local councils of the county were  represented.
Mr. Matz emphasized the various steps which must be completed locally prior lo Ihe start of the canvass. They are as follows:
1, Local council chairmen are to call meetings of their organiza¬ tions at which the procedure is to be explained, a director named for each voting district and cinvatsers appointed.
2. Credential cards for canvass¬ ers must be filled out by the local chairman.
As many canvassers may be used as local chairmen think best. There
is no limit established. In fact the canvass may be completed as soon after June 14 as convenient, in¬ stead of stretching out until June 29, the established deadline.
An Act of Assembly, passed at the recent special session of the Legislature, revised the procedure for   militar,y   absentee   ballots  by
Whitemarsh Township
Paper Collection June 7 th
Waste paper and rags will be collected in the East District of Whitemarsh on Wednesday, June 7. The towitship truck will begin collections at eight a. m,, and ever.vone is rcauosted to scour their attics and basements for any article that may be no further use to them but which will aid the district in attaining its quota.
The papers and rags should be eliminating registration provisions j tied in neat bundles and placed and providing that such ballots be .on the curb or within ea.sy reach sent by the county boards of elec- of the collectors. Since this will tion to all persons in the armed probably be the final canva.ss un- forces or in organizations attach-' til September, evervone is urged ed to and serving with the armed to cooperate to the fullest extent of forces of the United States.
Under this new law,  the State Council of Defense was given the task of obtaining the names, mill- j tary addresses and other informa-1 tion of such persons.
There arc more than 25,000 resi- fleiits of Montgomery County serv-i ing with the armed forces. i
The instructions for canvassers,! promulgated by the State Council' of Defense, read, in part: 1
1. Canvass only the area assign¬ ed you. I
2. Show your credential card, if | commissioned by Civilian Defense.;
3. Fill  out   the   form   yourself, j i after  asking  the  necessary   ques- j tions of an adult member of the! family, jf possible.
4. Print, don't write, the answers, i
5. Ask nu questions and secure no information not required by the form.
6. Do not discuss politics.
7. Visit every   residence within
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Rep, McConnell Speaks At Ambler Legion Post
their ability.
School children are urged to continue their collection of tin cans and store them in a conven¬ ient place until the school term begins in September.
"FREeIF IsiNOTE i: OF McMILLEN ADDRESS
mprespive Oremonies Conduct¬ ed at Fort Hill Following Parade
Land Owners Respond
To Corn Acreage Appeal
There has been a heavy resiwnse to Uic appeal for the planting of more field corn in this section, to alleviate the expected shortage of feed next winter.
According to C. Clifton Lewis, of near Ambler, who has been named chairman of the program of organ¬ izing a campaign for the pur()ose, many well-known land-owners are contributing corn land that had been standing idle, and otliers arc providing tractors for plowing, at nominal rentals.
One rep(>rt indicates that prac¬ tically all av'ailable land in Wor¬ cester township has been taken up.
Among    the   land-owners    that lavo joined the effort are Arthur Nowbolfl, Jr., Laverock, Henr.y I I'"razcr   Harris   and   Clarence   M. ! Brown,    Chestnut    Hill;    Edward i Liebc,   Germantown;   Leonard  T. ! Beale, Ambler; Mrs. Daniel Buck- i ley. Broad A.xe; Richard Campion, Spring House; M. 11. Landl, Pros¬ pectville,   and   Edward   B.   Stein¬ metz, Spring House.
Mr. Lewis is still listing applica¬ tions for tractors and land as well
Downs, ,fr., Post Presents
Gold   Star   Citations
at Special Services
In an impressive address before ! fs   thosje   who  have   tractors   and
T
Tribute of Roses Paid to Soldier
Dead of World Wars
I and 11
Church, Whitemarsh,    on Sunday evening, June 4, at 8 o'clock.
TEACHING IN WYOMING
.,, , ,    , , The    Dilot   of    Boomerang,   the
The sermon wdl be preached b.v , giobc-bustling Liberator bomber ^"^"''^*'' "^i which is the granddaddy of them all and the first of the Eighth Air Force Liberators to be retired from combat after completing fifty mis¬ sions, is now stationed at the Ca
the   Rev.   Harold   F Barren Hill.
The Class Day program will be given Wednesday evening, June 7, in   the  high  school  auditorium
Candlelight memorial services for the William Boulton Dixon Post No. 10, American Legion were held Sunday, in Trinity Lutheran Church, Fort Washington. An or¬ gan recital openeil the service, fol¬ lowed by the processional hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers." The regular evening prayer service was conducted by the pastor. Rev. Robert E. Horne, after which the congregation sang "God Shall Wipe Away All Tears."
Presentation of a gift to Trinity Lutheran Chur'ch was made by the Posl Commander, Norman R. Gould. Selections were ^hen ren¬ dered by tlie girls' harmonica band. Candle prayers were said for members of Post 10 and mem¬ bers of Trinity Lutheran Church who are serving in the armed forces. As each name was called, a candle  was  lit by the pastor.
After a silent prayer, the even¬ ing sermon "Come Back, Come Back" was delivered by Rev. Horne.
' The remainder of the service was conducted by members of William Boulton Dixon Post. After four    recitations,     "In
HONOR ROLL TO HAVE
a solemn audience, Wheeler Mc¬ Millen. editor of the Farm Journal, speaker of the day at the Memorial Day program held al the Fort Hill Redoubt under the auspices of the Fort Hill Memorial Associa¬ tion and William Boulton Dixon Post No. 10 American Legion, im¬ pressed upon them the importance
land available, so that no oppor tuiiities for expanding the local field corn crop will be missed. He may be reached by telephone at Ambler 1079 or at Posl Office Box 89, Ambler.
The  object  of   the raise 5,000 bushels of field corn in the county this summer, to relieve
Committee To    Raise    Service
Flag;   Plan  July Fourth
Celebration
of the freedom for which men; transportation lines of bringing have fought and will continue to | that quantity of feed in from the fight. j corn belt of the Middle West.
"Freedom is an intangible thing '-'
that permits us, and people like us Qiy£ CIRCUS TICKETS all over the country, to come here today to pay tribute to our dead. It is that which has created the tan¬ gible comforts, the real things we
The service flag committee of the Ambler Civic Association was authorized to find a permanent location for the borough honor roll, listing men and women in the service when the organization held its June meeting, last Wed¬ nesday evening, in the Legion Me¬ morial building.
The committee was also au¬ thorized to ask permission of post office officials to hang the service flag from the flag pole on the post office grounds. It is planned to purchase a double-faced flag.
Chairman Norman F. Taylor ap¬ pointed Bernard Lindenfeld and August E. Post to serve with Rev. Martin L. Tozer, chairman of the service flag commitlee.
Plans will be made for a Fourth of July celebration at a special meeting to be held on Sunday, June 4, al 2,30 p, m,, at the Le¬ gion Memorial building. Letters will be sent out announcing the meeting.
TO BOND PURCHASERS
Circus tickets will be given as a bonus to those purchasing war enjoy day by day in this America | bonds between June 1 and 7. The of ours. All luxuries are the pro- tickets will be for reserved seats duct of freedom," the speaker stat- I at either the afternoon or even¬ ed, ling performance of the Ringling "At the constitutional conven- ', Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Cir- tion held in Philadelphia in 1787 i ciis in Philadelphia on Thursday, one   delegate   asked     of   another I June 8.
'what do you suppose the people Anyone buying a bond within of America will think 150 years | the dates from June 1 to 7, inclu- fropi now of this action we have; sive, will receive a free ticket taken here today?' The delegate, by paying the fifty-two cents to whom the Question was address- i amusement tax and showing his ed leaned back in his chair and'bond purchase receipt al the Am- laughed at the very idea that any- j bier National Bank, thing that the convention ntight 7,,^, better the bond the better accomplish would even be remem-1 t|jg  j.gy(
bered  for  a  century  and  a   half. I J „	
That   delegate   who  laughed   had
history on his side. He knew tiiat
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NORRISTOWN COUNCILMAN MAKES  PUBLIC  APOLOGY
A public apology was made to District Attorney Frederick B. Smillie, last Friday, b.v William F. Musselman, Norristown council¬ man.
The importance of the individual was stressed by Congressman Samuel K. McConnell, Jr., when he spoke al the Memorial Day ex¬ ercises in Ambler, Tuesday morn¬ ing.
In order to change society so as lo salvage civilization from the ravages of hate, Mr. McConnell said that it is necessary to chanfc the individual. He .said that so¬ ciety can be changed only by changing the individual.
"Our enemies whom we are fighting today have contempt for the individual," said the Congress¬ man. "Dependence on the state is weakening to the individual. We should nol lean on others. This is no time for timidity. Wc shall come out of this war with heavy casualties, witli a terrific debt, and there will be problems thgt will try the souls of cver.y one of us. It will be a temptation to take the easy way out, to listen lo pres¬ sure groups tliat will work on our leaders.
"There can be no more prop! ous time to dedicate ourselves the task before us than Memorial Da.y. Let us put first things first. Revive our faith in the individual as of divine origin. Renew our faith in the value of hard work. drive is to ¦f^'^^^^''^ discipline to the homes. Test all plans by the gauge of hon- esl.v and common sense. Thus we will kcp faith with our heroic dead." ,
The program held at the Legion Memorial Building, Ambler, was opened with the reading of memor¬ ial services by ('omander Walter P. Dickinson, of the Norton Downs, Jr.. Post, of Ambler, followed by the invocation by the Rev. Paul R. Wertman, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church, Ambler. The na¬ tional anthem was played by the Ambler High School Band, con¬ ducted by Cliflord K. Geary. The public joined in the pledge of allegiance lo the flag. District Deputy Commander Bern¬ ard Lindenfeld, of Ambler, intro¬ duced the following guests: Abram W, Yetler, burgess; John S. Ber¬ wind, president of borough coun¬ cil; William H. Faust, president of the Ambler School Board, and Mrs. Aiexanoer Willox, -president of the Ladies' Auxiliarv. A musical (continued on page 51  ^o	
TROOP 2 CELEBRATES AT
Ambler    Boy    Scouts    Oliserve
Twcnfy-Ninth Anniversary;
Present Awards
The township schools will close ^ per   Army   Air   Field   al   Casper, June   16. j Wyoming, in tho person of Captain  o  1 John E. Stewart, of Ambler, com-
Trinity Memorial Church |
To Observe Rose Sunday {
In keeping with a request made in the will of the late Dr. Richard : V. Mattison, one red rose, the sym- \ bol of tenancy of a church con- j gregation, will be presented on 1 Sunday morning.. June 11, in Trin-i ity Memorial Church to the Episco- j pal Diocese of Penns.ylvania.
The Rev. Dr. Francis C. Harts
manding ofiicer of Section II
The captain returned from over¬ seas August 19, 1943, and with him now is his lormer tail gunner, S Sgt. Homer O. Sheetz, a gunnery instructor on the held.
With Captain Stewart as pilot, the oldest baltle-worth.v Liberator in the Eighth Air Force has slash- ! ed at Hitler from Norway to Plocsti by way ot dozens of tar¬ gets in Germany, France, Italy and
h-rne, chairman of the Church | No^.i^ Africa. The Boomerang was f oundation has appoin ed Louis i (he ihsl Liberator in the theater B. Runk ol Chestnut Hill, to rep-! to i-ompiete lifly missions. The resent the Diocese m accepting, Ambler man flew on thirty-seven the   "rent    at   this,   the   seventh
Hose Sunda.y service. Mr. Runk will make an address in lieu of the sermon at the Morning Prayer service al 11 o'clock.
Dr. Mattison founded Trinity Memorial Church in mernnr.v of his daughter, Esther Victoria, who died in her youth. He stipulated in his will that the rose should be given to signify the tenancy of the congregation, without own¬ ership. The church itself was given lo the Episcopal B'oundution.
Everyone is cordiaJly invited to attend this pojiular service.
of them.
Captain   Stewart   was    overseas
from September   10,     1942,    until
August,  1943, anrl he and his ship
found   their   first   mission   t)ne   of
thoir   toughest.   The   plane   came
clo.so to being grounded after that
I lirsl    mission    seventeen    months
I ago. It was severely damaged  by
! enemy  action   but  was   put  baciv
I into the sky by competent mechan-
; ies, and since has operated in all
I kinds of weather and against many
I kinds of enemy opposition.
j     When  Captain  Stewart  left  the
ship, which is now touring aircraft
factories in the United States, the
Boomerang hud twelve fighters to
its credit as well as some of the
Receives Sharpshooter Award
Private   First  Class    James   D. s   m o I n e r, I Caterisano has qualified as Sharp-! toughest missions in aerial bomb- Marian   Baird   IngersoU,   died   m  shooter with the Carbine ritlc and: ing history.
1939. In 1942, hisi falher, who | i.eceived the Sharpshooter Medal, j Captain Stewart, a resident of served as a lieutenant in the Navy 1 jt was announced by the Com- : Ambler, has the Distinguished Fly- during the last war, married Mrs, I mandjng Officer, Lawson Field,; ing Cross and an Oak Leaf Clus- Agnes Clement Rf)binson, Ford- j port Benning, Ga., a base of the', ter plus the Air Medal wilh three ingbrook,  Gwynedd  Valley.  Thoy  u. S. Army Air Force Troop Car-1 clusters   to  his  credit.   He  is  the
rier Command, ; son of Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Stewart,
Pfc. James D. Caterisano has Loch Alsh and Cedar roads, Am- been a member of the Army Air i bier. His wife, the former Miss Forces since his entrance in August Gladys Hollinger, of Woodbury, 1942.  He is the son  of Katherine: Pa., is with him at Casper.
Caterisano, of    266    West Maple ^  o	
—Classilicd Ad.s BRING Results,    -stiect. Ambler. 1—Classified Ads BRING Results,
Earlier in the week the district An invitation was accepted from j attorney was charged with laxity in
the Ambler Liberty Sporting Club | following through with  a  resolu-
to attend the dedication of a new i tion   adopted   by   the   council  re-      "^"^"^ Iweny-nuith anniversary of
honor roll lo be placed on the club! questing complete investigation of I Ambler Boy Seoul Troop, No. 2, ,,. , ,„   ,      „     .     ^. Flanders  grounds  at  346  Railroad  avenue, 1 "all appointed and elected officers! was   observed  Fridav   when  Par-
Pield     by  Erwin   Simpson;   "The  Ambler,  on  Sunday,  June 11,  at of the borough." i     , ,   „ „^x , .     ,   ,
Reply to Those.Who Sleep in Flan-  2,30 p,m !     Mr.   Musselman .stated   that   he h""   ^'^"^  '""'  '-¦''^^^™''^''-
ders Fiekis ' l.y Robert E. Mc(.:ian- j^ ^^,^^ ^^^..^,^^, ^^ ,^^,^^^ along had "talked the matter over with ^, «""»;» ,«1'"« '"^ ^''r'"'PK°'"n °\ en, and So Shalt Thou Rest , by the lines of the proposed by-laws Mr. Smillie since the time the ' t-«l'?.P, D'^1'^."'?,^ ""^ of Ihc Road Cecil  Cor.son;  and     Wherefore  It,^^^.,  ^^^.,,   ,ij„^ as   they  may  be  charge  was  made and   had  apol
formally  adopted. ! ogized  personally   and  had prom
The following men donated lifly j iscd a public apology.
cents   each   towards   covering  the'     "I   understand   now,"   he   _ ,,    , ,,,¦,, ,,
cost of printing undertaken by the "What Mr. Smillic   is doing,  andi^^^t!;^,::^'''^!'^J'>!^_^:[}!\^
association: William N. Alcorn, A.' the   reasons that   make   il   appear
E.   Post,   N.    F.   Taylor,   Michael ; thai  nothing is  being  done about
Zollo,   Bernard   Lindenfeld,   L.   A. , our  request for  investigation   into
Neigut, Charles Hibschman, Dewey i local public o/licials."
Behringer, John Siegfried.
Behooves Us," by Benjamin Bacon,; Commander   Norman   Gould paid | a  tribute  of  roses  to  the  soldier • dead of World I and World War i II. After each name was pronounc¬ ed an American Beauty rose was placed   on   a   green  grass  mound in the front (jf the church.
A prayer was offered by Chap¬ lain Walter Reeves, followed by "Sleep, Soldier, Sleep" by the gii I's chorus. Taps, the benediction, singing of "The Stai' Spangled Banner," and the organ postlude "Praise Ye Jehovah" concluded the service.
The flowers cjn the altar were as a Memorial to The American War Dead as remembered by the William Boulton Dixon Post No. 10. .
o Citizenship"   were   shown. The
i films gave  an  outline of   the  ac-
j tivities  at  Camp  Delmont  and  al
y.jjl I the caniporees and traced  several
114AnEND GALA DAY AT
Colony Club  Ends Yckr  Wilh
Luncheon Party; Introduce
New Officers
live    al    Warriston    Farm,    Fort Washington.
Surviving arc three sisters, Anna W., Sally W. and Gainer B. IngersoU.
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MISS STEVENS ENGAGED
Mr, Earl Stevens, oi 506 Ban¬ nockburn avenue. Ambler, an¬ nounces the engagement of his daughter, Gertrude, to John Abra- hamsen, a Second Assistant En¬ gineer in the United Stales Mer¬ chant Marine. Mr. Abrahamsen is from Ncw York and is the son of IVIr. and Mrs. Ernest Abrahamsen, of Oslo, Norway.
Miss Stevens, who has recently received a medical discharge from the Waves due lo a fractured third vertebra of the spine, is a gradu¬ ate of Ambler High School and is now employed in S,K,F. Indus¬ tries as an inspector.
No dale has been set for tlie wedding.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Mr. anil Mrs. James S. Corson, of Su.s(|uehanna road. Ambler, an¬ nounce the engagement of their daughter, June, to William Powell Duncan, son of Mrs. Theodore C. Duncan, of "Wissahickon Farms," Whitemai'sh.
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POST   ATTENDS   SERVICES
Norton Downs, Jr,, Post, No. 125 American Legion, of Ambler, at¬ tended special memorial services on Sunday, May 28, al the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church in the morning and at the Calvary Metho¬ dist Church in the evening.  o	
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different age groups from the lime they   oilier  as cubs   and   go     on through  the program    as    scouts, senior scouts, sea scouts, explorer !     Musselman  had  stated   publicly  '^^"^'^^ and aviation scouts, thai he and Leland Hovey "would       Scout     Linwood     Stong       and do all  in their power lo see that  Samuel Petrov also rendered scv- jactiim was taken." Hovey himself! oral  niusical  numbers. I subsequently made  the statement j     The Fridav  nighl program was jthat   he   had   no part   in   Mus.sel-1 „nlv  one of the events of a  busy man'.s  statement  and   that  he  did | week-end for troop. No. 2.
Al the monthly Board of Review
not share his attitude.
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DONALD ROOD TO SPEAK ,,    , ———      ,      . I AT RELIGIOUS RALLY
leachers  lo    Receive     Aquatic I     a   special   guest   speaker   will Instruclion; Junior Group      | address   the   "Christ   lor Ambler"
To Hold Dance
Two scholaiship.s  to  atteiul the ! oV'lock National   Aquatic   School   of   the j American Red   Cross   have   been 1 jy awarded,  one  by  the  Junior  Red | add Cross and  the other  by   the  First, px Aid    Department,   of   the   Wissa¬ hickon  Branch,   in   charge   of Dr. Benjamin Parish, Sr., to a teacher of   uunils   of   the   Ambler   High School    and    of    the    Springfield Township High School. Miss Anne McConaghie will attend from Am¬ bler    and    Miss    Jean    Bill Springfield,
The course in this section ot the
! rally to be held in the Mount ! Pleasant Bupli.st Church, of Am- ' bier,     Saturday     evening,     al    8
twenty-six merit badges were a- wardcd to eleven members of llic troop covering eleven din'erenl subjects as follows; Animal indus¬ try, liremanshi|), woodcarving, stamp collecting, poullry-keejiing, public heallh, reading, .sately, phy¬ sical devcloiimenl, and path find¬ ing. The boys receiving llie award,s Old  the  number    areas    follows:
peo; to
At lasl Saturday's rally there were spirituals sung by the I'en- llyn Young IVIen's t^uarlet under the direction  of  Clarence  Lewis,
j'here   will   also   be   vocal   and numbers    ut    this
Shieffer,   2,   and   Norman   Willox,
from; instrumenta i week's rally.
?cT'e.SI^  Md   amr^J^n'AUXILIARY TO SPONSOR Letts,  Ldgcwa.ci,  Md.  and  wilL    CANNING DEMONSTRATION
take place June 9 lo 19 and alsoi again August 13 to ;'3. The course! consists of instruction in first aid, water safely and accident preven¬ tion and lluise who attend will be (lualificd teachers of these subjects. There will also be boating, swim¬ ming, surf board riding, etc. | Plan Annual Dance The    Wissahickon   Junior    Red
Saturday to Sunday all four pa¬ trols particiiiated in the District I camporee al Wiinderland, near Roslyn, with sixty-four Patrols I from troops in the George Wasli- j ington District totaling about 350 ', scouts.
Sunday,   the   Trooi)   was   reprc- j sentcil at  the  Memoiial  Dav  .Scr- A   tree   canning   denioiKstiation,' vices at Trinity Memorial  Churcii .spoiLsorcd liy the Ladies'Auxiliary, ;,nd at Calvarv  Methodist Church f tlic Oreland Fire Con.paiiy, will  ;,nd   they  also  purticiiiated  in   the June   6,   al   8 j ]\/[j>,j„||-i;,l  r)ay program under the j direction of the Norton Downs, Jr., i.ssistunt j f>,,st,  American  Legion.
The troop has made an outstand¬ ing record this year in advance¬ ment  having  led  or  lied   for  the
be   held   Tuesday p. m., at the fire house. Miss Mnllie Pickeriii h 11 ni c   economics   representative from Montgomery County Agricul¬ tural   Extension   Association,   will
Cross will  give  its  annual   dance  demonstrate the latest methods of  u   i    , , i- ,        .       .
and floor show in the Springfield  home   canning   and   dehvdiiition.' ^'i^^''^'^.""'"'''-''"   "^   applicants  ul - -•'".]- " .'    H three  ol   tin;  sessions.
Evan   Pennick   has   been   made senior   patrol    leader   in   recogni-
Township High School gymnasium [ Everyone is invited to attend
on   Friday  evening,   June   2,   at  9 •  o	
o'clock.    The    American     Legion | TO   HOLD   LUNCHEON
Po.st   10,   Girls'  Harmonica   Band!     A covered di.sh luncheon will be i ix"' "^ '^'--^ ""»«lai'r''"H work  dur-
and   All-Girl   Review,   under   the; held  by  the  Eastern   Montgomery!'»«  t'''- past year, Barton  Bastow
leadership of Mrs, Mona Britt and ' County Council ol Republican Wo-1 ^»f' Peter Huber were matte troop
Mrs. Thomas Tressler, will furnish j men,   at  the   home     vl   Mrs.   c .'scribe and quartermaster respecl-
the  floor  show  and  Reds. Conner' Harold Godshall, 713 East Willow | lively.
and   his   Royal   Aces   will   play.j Grove   avenue,     Wyndmoor,      on!     Evan Pennick was also ud\anced
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Tuesday, June 6, al  12,30 p. m.     j to the rank ni  Lile Scout.
The Colony Club of Ambler cele¬ brated its traditional Gala Day. the climax of its year, with a luncheon party at the Manufacturers' Club, Oreland, lasl Wednesday. There were 114 members and guests in attendance.
A lite membership in the club was presented to Mrs. Frank S. Rolhenbergor, a past president of bolh the junior and senior clubs. Mrs. Annie C. Landis, also a past president, made the presentation of the lifetime award given in recog¬ nition of Mrs. Rothenberger's out" standing service to the organiza¬ tion. The recipient, who has servedC in every office of the club, had not been told that she was lo be iiorior- cd by the group.
Mrs. John J. Radcliffe, president of the organization, introduced the guests of honor and ihe new and retiring officers of the club. Those iiitioduccd were: Miss Jean Lutz, liresidcnl of tho Junior Colon.y Club; Mrs, James E, Nider, of the North Wales Civic Club; Mrs. Henry K. Faust, retiring treasurer, and Mrs. Ernest Hillemann, her successor; Mrs. Harvey B. Allen, retiring recording secretary, and Mrs, Edward Lafferty, her succes¬ sor; Ml s. George F. Armstrong, in¬ coming .second vice president; Mrs. Frank W. Carey, first vice presi¬ dent; Mrs, Allan M, Craig, presi¬ dent ot the Past Presidents' As¬ sociation; Mrs. Annie C. Landis, liarliaiiiciitarian.
The club iliorus sang a group of .selections under the direction of Mrs. Jaincs E, tJ'Brien, music chairnian. A duel was sung bv Mrs. C. Raymond Weir and Mrs. Lloyd Geiger. Mrs. Florence Wanner Kuvc u   vocal  scleclion.
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Oreland  Golf  Caddie
Injured on Club Grounds
Francis Lawler, fillccii, of Ger- maiilown, a caddie at the Manu¬ facturers' Country Club, Oreland, was a patient in Abington Me¬ morial Hospital today with possible head injuries as a result of "hook¬ ing" a ride on a milk truck yester¬ day on the club grounds.
Lawler, according to Uptier Dublin Townshii) Oflicci' Joseph Haddon, Jr., jumtied on the truck without the knowledge of the dr'ver, Edward J. Schaffer, 532 E. Benner street, Philadelphia, As the vehicle rounded a curve, some empty cases wre dislodgd and the cases and Lawler were thrown lo the roadway, Lawler was knocked
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