The Ambler Gazette 19380929

              The^^mbler Gazette
VOL. LX-NO. 82
AMBLER.   PA..  SEPTEMBER   29.   1038
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AMERICA AND WORLD PEACE j    LAST CALL TO REGISTER
PLAN FOR FIRE PREVENIION WFEKil
America'*  Attitud*   to   Europsan   En- tanglamanta to B* Told The North Penn Peace Action Coun-
Oetober  6 Final  Data for Ragittration to   Vote   at   November  Election There are only 8 daya left  In which
cll Is .sponsoring a public meeting to be j to register to vote at the Ceneral Elec- held this Friday evening, September j tion on Tuesday, Novemiber Sth. I'er- 30th, at the Friends' Meeting House sons who have not registered under the Gwynedd. to be addressed by W. i 1937 Permanent Registration Uiw may Marlborough  Addison    on   the subject [ do so at the Registration Offi.e al the
HOLO MONTHLY SESSION IN FIREl HOUSE AT AMBLER
"America and Peace of the World." j Such an address Is particularly ap- • proprlate at the present  time.
"If America Is to take her rightful I place as one of the great nations of the j world, it Is the people who must make
rn«.r...,i..  r.n^TtZ.., h« Pi... M.-. 1 ^''*  decision,  fhe  more light  we have Companies Called  Upon by F.re Mar- } ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^.^   ^_^^ ^^ ^^1^ „
ahall  Hofman to Cooperate  in  Drive j    ^r.   Addison   attended   the   Virginia
—   Pictures   Shown   of   Firemen   en   Military Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
Parade—Ladies' Auxiliary  Serve. and   the  Union  Theological   Seminary,
If the present plans of' the chiefs } New York City. He has for aeveral and active members of the Fourth Dis- ! ye-^" "««" addressing Individual groups trict of Montgomery County Flremens I and speaking over the air on the gen-
Association are carried out, an Inten-I ^'''^J  subject  of America's  attitude  t.i-   	
sive drive will   be made  during "Flre  ^a-'d ^p^'Kn    .alliances    or "entangle- l ^^.^^^ ^^^^^  ^^i,^,„  ^ district. Prevention Week," which     will    start  '"*"'"¦    "« •"^^ *" Interesting presen- 1 Monday,   Oot.>ber  Srd,   for elimination   t*^""" "f '»>« subject and a vital mess
Court House, In Norristown, befoi-e noon Saturday, October Sth. The Reg¬ istration ofllce is open dally from K a. m. to 4 p. m.; Saturdays from 8 a. m. to noon.
October 8 is the lasl day to register.
October f Is the last day to have an address changed when a registered voter moved from one district to an¬ other.
October 24 Is the last day to ch'tngc party affiliations.
LIMIT GIRLS' WORK
GREAT LUTHERAN CONVENTION
I Attorney  General     Ruled  on      Weekly j Thirty-one Synod* Will   Hold Biennial
Work   Period  of Girls  Under   18
Attorney   Oeneral  Guy   K.   Hard   has
I ruled that girls under 18 may not work
more than flve and a half days a week.
He Informed the l.>epartment of Ijabor
an.l Industry that the iy37 amendments
lo the Women's  Ijabor  Law supersede
i the 1935 amendments to the Child Labor
j Law.
  I    The Attorney General said "it Is not
MRS.   WILLIAM   BUCHANAN   WINS jlo   be   presumed   that   the  Legislature
GRiO OiSPLAY AI FALL FLOWER SHOW
THE  SWEEPSTAKES PRIZE
Mre.  George   Bardens     Shares IWith   Mrs.   Howard    M.   Clarke   for Wonderful  Success of Event — Mrs. Franklin Spencer Edmunds Has Most Outstanding   Display, Clifton   House,     the     home  of    Fort
Intended that a female of '21 years of age might lawfully be employed for no Praise I more than five and a half days in one week, while a femae minor of the .iigc of 17 coud be lawfully employed for six days."
Convention in Baltimore Tho United Lutheran Chuich. the largest body of Lutherans, In America, will hold its blennlel convention in Haltlmore, Md., from October Sth to October 12th. This body consists of 31 synods, one of which is the Central Hyn.id of Pennsylvania, of which the Philadelphia area la a, part.
The President, Dr. F. H. Knubel, who lias been reelected ever since the fonna¬ tlon of the United Lutheran Church in 1918, win preside. This Chur".h conven¬ tion will be preceded by the conven¬ tion of the United Lulheran Brother¬ hood, October 2nd,  Srd  and   4t,h.
GLASS BY WILLEF
AMBLER   ARTIST   DISPLAYED   HIS WONDERFUL  WORKS TO 600
BACKSTAGE AT TELEPHONE OFFICE
October 29 Is the last day to have an j Wa.^hlnglon  Historical     Society,     was; address  changed     when   a     registered   transformed from a historic mansion of j
I Civil War days into a bower of color- '
October 29 Is the last day to a«k for ^"'  '^"•', ''^'"'"""j   '^^''-'^nf «^'   «";'''¦[«¦
 i ,„ .^    .       ^ .  „    ..  , .!.,.„„« i„ ,„..i„„ IS* entries in the flower show, held by
of all   flre   ha=«rd8 and   will  continue: ^^« which will be found especially help-   assistance In voting. ^^^   Historical   group   Saturday   after-1
throughout  the  week. ^"'  ^^  '•''^  critical period   of our  de-       .citizens who will become 21 years of noon and evening waa the occasion for{
The subiect was brought up by Flre  ^""ir'!'!"^"'", ..     »....„.«    ^ ,     .. age on or before N.ivember 9, 1938, may the adornment    of  the  mansion     thai
MarshaTiTulsrw.   Hofman   af   the  .„.?;!l„^!'l^!?.!rr^^':?i!!^lT:^„r   register before Oct.iber 8lh. Otherwise, face. Bethlehem pike at Kort Wa.shing-|
monthly session of the Fourth District, [);;'" ""''P'^ "»"""=«' talent for the meet- held   last  Wedneaday   evening   In   the j huuse  of Wlssahickon  I'lre  Comiiany, | Ambler. Mr. Hofman stated that he had ] received a letter from Albert Pitcher; j
KMS FETES JUNIOR
Wyndmoor, chairman ot Bureau of Fire Prevention,     requesting    the  district's | cooperation. The  bureau, he  said,  has | prepared  posters  which will  be ready for distribution a  week  In advance of Prevention   Week.  Fach  compuny  will J be  supplied  with advertising  data.
lilias   Slavin,   vice  preaident  of   tho district, presided at the meeting in place
of  the president,   David Gundlach. He 	
urged the members to be ready for the   ROTARIANS ENJOY TALK BY R. C. drive   during  "Flre  Prevention"   week I   ROSS OF  ABINGTON  TOWNSHIP
to  clean  up all   flre hazards   In   their I 	
respective districts. On motion of Flre' Belmont Acee   Are  Dined  and   Enter-
IRA mm SPEAKS
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JOHN MONACO AS NEW POLICE OFFICER
Marshall Hofman It was voted lo do¬ nate $15 towards the expenaes of the posters being prepared by the Bureau of Flre Prevention.
President William Deuchar of Wlssa¬ hickon Fire Company, called the mem¬ bers  attention   to   the   splendid     work
tained by Ambler Clubmen—Baseball Scout Tell* of Connie Mack — Rev. Piatt Invested into KiMani»—inter- eating Rotarian Program. Thirteen boys, all champions were feted by Kiwanls, Tuesday evening as
being done by the Second Alarmers < the Ambler clubmen met at School Inn •rew and urged all c<rmpanies In the and gave over their regular meeling district to back It with full coopera- | to the entertainment of their proteges, tion. This new association is vitally ' The group is known as the Belmont necessary, Mr, IJeuchar said, especial- Aces, chamiplons of the Junior baseball ly   where flremen    are on  duty     long  league, aponsored by the Kiwanls Club
hours lighting a flro or other doing necessary work such as the emergency caused by the recent flood In this area. Chief Walter Rohrbach, of Flourtown Flre Comiiany,  spoke  along  the  same
of Ambler.
The Aces compiled a aplendid record for themselves this seas.on by winning every game against their six worthy opponents In the league and it was with
lines and also paid a tribute to thej a deep sense of pleasure that the club Iriidles' Auxiliary of the Ambler com-| as a unit presented each boy with a pany, which served food and coffee fine sweat s'hlrt wilh the Inscription to the flremen em;ployed In pumping | lettered—Kiwanls 1938. water during the flood to save Anib- j j^a Thomas, well-known player and ler-s water supply. It was explained that „^ ^^ f„^ p„„„lp ^^^., phuadel- already the Second Alarmers ci^w has j,^,g^ Athletics, was present to talk to done a go.«i job at a recent flre In serv- t^^ boys-^ind what a flne speach he ing food and hot coffee where tAvo com- ^^^ ^^^ j„,^ ^^ Connie Mack and his panles were in service for. almost -'4 . ^^^p,„„^^,p ^^^^^ y^^ described his ( continued on pag* 2 ) I trials and hard!*hln« and his purpose to
—' •  I produce   even   against  adversity.     Mr.
i Thomas  asserted that  the  76-year-old ] baseball   mentor will  again  produce  a i championship  team before he retires. 1     Outstanding In his address, however,
Tn APoiOT nrimnnnATP'w'^* ^^^ ^'^^ *" ^^^ champions gaih-
lil   tt\ ll 11    I lr IVII 11 iKtt I  1 • ^""ed about him to live clean and build IU   nUUIUI    ULITIUUIiniUithelr character  with good  sportsman¬ ship. He told of the possibilities ruined
^.^^ ...,....-,.  . ..».i . . «w /^nniin ..^ U>y   uucleau  llving and carousing,   amd ORGANIZED AUXILIARY GROUP at; „„,„^^j  „„^  ^„   ^^^ ^,,„b^g„   ^^^^^   ^^^
AMBLER GATHERING 'moj-e recreation grounds that are built
  the fewer jails here will be.  His coni-
Coordination  of   Eflorts   of  Both   Men ] pUment   to   the  Kiwanians  for    their
they cannot vote in November. , ton. j
  The entire downstairs and a greater j
portion of  the second  flixir was  given j over ti> the floral exhibit and the walls i too were a profusion of color, for local ' artists  had   contributed     water    color drawings of fli>wers and their arrange¬ ments. The exhiblta for e.imi>etltion In- I eluded not only flowers, their arrange- jment and color array, but also berries, | fruit,  red   ears  of corn  and   treasured , acceasorle.s   .if anll.iulty  all   of  which j were used with foral decorations. !
I     Mrs.  Howard  Mason Clark,   of Jen- \
  1 kintown, was diligent  in her efforts  to!
RTFUSE   TO   WAIVE   lfi'70   PERMIT   niake the show the Iremendous success I
FEE   FOR  SCHOOL "annex ''  ^vas but  much credit must  also  bej
  given   lo   the   efforts    of  Mrs.   tieorge I
rtj r.^ . . ... ^ -. r ...Bardens, of Ftirt Wa.shlngton for her Order   Cotntract  with   County  for   Aid
to   Repair   Six   Streets—Meet   With
Engineers to Work Out Detail* of | noon and evening were guile gratifying Water Co. Project—Patrolman Wil- I '" "^ose who worked toward the suc- ... « 1-      ,. cpss of the show and the coniiments of
loK -Now on  Police  Force pleasure and ecstacy al the exceptional
Annbler Borough Council chose be and lovely decorations show exemplifl- tween tiwo candidates for lihe selec-I ed the splendid Impression made by the lion of a fourth   police  oflicer  on the j exhibit.
Boniugh force at an ind.i.iurnrd meet- Mrs. W^lUlani Buchanan, of Fort Ing M.«niday evening and .selected by Washington waa awarded the sweep- a 7 to 1 vi«eJohn Monaco over Ilar.ild stakes prize. Mrs. KVanklln Spencer Groff. I Edmunds.   Whlteinaish   iiossessed   the
With the view of adding a more m.ist outstanding exhibit, complete police protection for Ambler Blue ribbon winners In the several It hail previously been decHed that classes were: Mrs. Mary Montgomer.v, tihe loctl police iforoe w.mld be ade- Mr. George Bardens, Mrs. T. B. Pierce. (pisiCJe only when two policemen w<iuld:Mr. Robert Bisbing, Mrs. Harry VVeav- nerve by day a'nd two by night. The 1 er. Mrs. M'allaca Keely, Mrs. F. Hesae, present force now consists of Chief of Mrs. F. S. Edmundia, Mrs. H. M. Adams, i Police Lester J. Carpenter, Sergeivnt j Mrs. B. Houpt, Mr. James Bell, Miss Oiiarles   Stackhouse,   Tatrolma.n   Alex. I Kleanor Mcllvalne, Miss Nan  Bardens.
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RALLY COUNJy WOMEN
More  than 7,300 local and  long  distance telephone calls are
handled each day at tne Beil Telephone     Company'* central office,
31   Butler   avenue.  Ten  operators  are employed   to   handle thi*
traffic and fve  of them are seen here   putting     call*     throush
the local switchboard.
Open House at Bell Telephone Exchange Reveals Intricacies of Remarkable System
VISITORS   AT   AMBLER   CENTRAL OFFICE. TODAY    AND TOMORROW,
TO VIEW MAZE OF WIRES WATCH  TEST  TABLE,  HEAR OWN
TELEPHONE VOICE AND  BE SHOWN  COMPLETE
EQUIPMENT
Did you ever hear your u'wn teleplione 1     On   the   lirst   lloor   the   open
, Barn   Studio   at  Place   on   Butler  Pike I     Filled  With  Stained  Glas* WIndov.s, Panels   and   Medallions—The   Icono¬ graphy alio   Hung—Tea  Served.
I More than six hundred guests al¬ lien ded the studio tea given by Mr. and l Mrs. Henry Lee Willet at their country I place, "Wiilow W'addl Fann," near I Ambler, lasl Sunday afternoon from 4 j to 6. Miss Cornelia Oreenough, an artist jof .Mayfair, (Jermantuwn. Mr??. Wm. 'clay, of Swarthmore, and Mrs. .Vrthur I N. Crosby poured lea with ^I^^ Wll- [let.
The flne old farm house, hnllt over ,a hundred years ago with th'? magnl- I flccnt Elm tree at the door, was never I more beautiful as a setting for tho j barn studio, resplendent with stained ! glass windows and pa.nels vying wUh j one another in light and c.ilor. NyLio'es I from all directions came to view these I wonderful works of Mr. Willet an.l his twenty-two associates, many ot I tliem noted arlisls on their own yc- : count.
1 Among the gueats were iiotbBd. j Violet Oakley and I'ldith Kniev.«on. ; Henry and Albert Dagtt. architects of j the Cathedral al Atlanta. Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Idell. Koland Taylor and hia j daughter, Mrs. Hardwick, Mr. and Mrs. I Bloodgood Peck. Mr. and Mrs. Waltpr Schwartz and scores of others eijually j prominent In the art and architectural
world.
I     The enormous studio, the upper Hoor
of the barn,  (Mr. Willet does  his glas-»
work at his studios at 3900 West Girard
Avenue)   was  filled  with  huge  stained
glass windows, panels, medallions, etc.,
I each  accompanied by   the  Iconography
ion the side walls. The nativity me.lalllon
i detail   of  the   chancel   window  of   1^9
I Duncan    Memorial Chapel, Floydtwburg,
I Va., was hon.ired  by  being selected a.s
I an   outstanding panel  for  L'exposillon
Internationale atl'arls In 1937.
A detail of the Miracle Aisle Window of the Co-Calhedial of Christ the King and the lefl Lancet of the Clere¬ story window, depleting the women ol the old Testament, showed a deptih of feeling that  wa« very  perceptible.
The "Season's Window" in tlie May residence in I'lttsburgh will be a last¬ ing memorial to the skill of Mr. Willet,
houio J.  Willox.   Wh.) wais sworn   into    duty  Miss    Certrude    Funk,    Mrs.    Edward   voice'.'                                                                 ^guests  will  see   the   telephone    "main ^ ^^^  ^^^ IMttsburgh's sons only on Tuesday maiming by  Burgess  Foulke.     Miss Jtlorence Knapp,     Mrs.       The oiiportunity will be afforded every   frame." Here are a maze of wires thnt,     .j.^^^^.^ ^.^^ ^|g„ j,„ exhiblll.in the cen- J.>hn  J.  Trotter,  and   miw   Patrolman  Frank Ut«er. Ml-ss >-.  K. Comly,    Miss ; r. sident ot  Ambler and  vicinity today   lead   to  all   telephones   In  Ambler 'i"''(..„., , . ... ,u„ ...._„..... ,..,  ..  ...
Monoc.V, who'is yet to be comimission-! Alice F. Roberts, Mrs. Howard M. Clark.'. and  tomorrow  as  the    Bell Telephotie ' vUlnlty. They come Into the telephone
I tral lancet of the wlnodw medalliiwi in
ed. I Mrs. Clyde FeWsmlan, Mrs. A. M. Craig, ^ C.impany holds an ojien house program   building Irom underground and at  the i n'^,^n^J„.^'7hr'^'ti^<''hi?e'ct'"or^vhTc^  wL
M.maco.   who  w>,iis  b".rn   In   Italv. h  Mi-s. Wm.'Battersby, .Mr.s. Wm. Buchan- ; at ils central oHlce. 31 Bulier avenue,     main frame are sorted out and connect- i „' '   ,,      '        , „„„„!„
by  a  id with tiny fuses which prolect Uiem | ^''',;,'|;*^*^ ^..Vf |;:,.."^«^^_,'^'__'''*;,^J^'^^^^^^^
naturalized   citizen  and   has   been a  »"•
Hearing yourself talk   ia   done
The  windows   were  all  boxed   afler the  exhibition .and were sent   to   their
' ed glass orders.
splendid efforts along this line was of the highest.
President    Elmer Menges    had     the pleasure   of  Investing  a  new  member ( Continued on Page 8 )
cial  Relationship Cultivated — Huge
cial   elationships   Cultivated—   Huge
Attendance Here.
Accepting, In true American style, the Invitation extended to them at the annual membership meeting and rally of   the  Ambler   Democratic   Club     on
September 14th, a group of ladles rep- 	
resenting   practically  every  section   of •        . an^B.thlekem Pike.
laslern Montgomery County assembled
Overturn* Machine
Two accidents occurred on the Beth-
DOUBLE ACCIDENT ON PIKE
at the club's head.iuarters on North Main Sireet last Wednesday evening to discuss the organization of a wo¬ men's auxiliary.
For years many of these ladies have   "uon been actively oooperating    with    their
lehem   pike,     A'mibler,    within  a     few minutes of each  other,   Sunday  after- One  car overturned when      It cntahed   with   another  about   4:45     at
i"e«ldent  bf Amblen- ten- 24   years.  For |     TKe two children's classes saw Betty | "lelephone voice mirror," which  is one  from any electrical disturbance. |
tihe lak'iti 15 yea,r.s he ha,s been employ-!¦*"*"""<* S->'f''-<''d Carlyn Adams the I of   sevei-al  siiecial  displays   that     has;     Here,   loo,   the  visitors  see  the  test j
ed 'by the  Ke-i»bey-Mattis.in Company, i dinners. [been brought here for the open house,   tracked down.   By   means  of  this and I''^'^'""¦''^''' ^^^*'"'V""-''   ''^"^     Monday.
He   ts   maj-ried   ami     the   f-ither of a '     There were many   commercial  floral'and J.  llo'ward  Reiff, manager for the  associatetl  enuipment. teleph.me main-:"""'    "¦ >"«   -i""   "'s   artists   are   now
shild. I exhibits that added greatly to enchance ' Lcll Company, has extended lo  every-   lenance men delect and coixect trouble ; 'j*^,'    *'.   ' **  .     "" "^ "^^^ group of stain-
J.  Willard  (^as.sel, Ireasurer  of Amb-i*'^®  .xtti-actlveness of  the rooms.    The j on.^ In  this section an Invitation to go   virtually before  It   happens. ler   Borougrh  IsciIkiIoI  'Ixiard,     apjieared ; P'"'<"h adornments that were an attrac- | behind    the   scenes   at   the   telephone I     "Seventeen men and  women are em-
'olfcc from 3 to 9 p. m. on one of these   ployed by  the Bell Conipany  In Amb- (iayt. j ler," Mr.  Iteiff sai.l  in  annouu'cing the
Open house visitors will watch opera- route of the tour thiough the building, tors complete aomo of the 7.300 lele- "Many of these employees will serve phone calls that originate at the local as guides during the open house, ex- sv'llchboard each day. Ten women are plaining the intricucies ot the e.iiilp- employed     as     oi>erators,     connecting   ment.
Ambler to all parts of the world. I     "There are 2,468 telephones here and
Another exhibit    of  Interest  Is    the  more than 120 residents of Ambler are "listening post," where visitors have an   owners of Bell Company securities," he opportunity to listen to the .iperator as   noted. ."Eiveryone living in  this are,a Is i she receives  the  subscriber's     number   invited to visit our central ctflce build- I and  completes  the cxinnection. ing this week."
bef.ire  t.iwn     council  to  request    the j "^e entrance were    supplied by  J. K. exemption  of  the  school  district  from;"'"'" "' **>*" Ambler Nurseries and by the fee of $270  required In  issu'.mce of   ^^i^- ^o'''''' " K'^^'-er from Hatboro who a permtt to erect t.he  new addition to decorated with pottery and ^mall plants, the   prewent   high   a. h.Hil   building.  Mr. Ca.'.scl  p.ilnted .ml  that -such a chcwge ag.iinst  the  Borough   project    sfemed j fooltsh     and      unwarrant'ed.     hut     aa pointed out  bySoliojitor t-'tewart  N'ase, the   ticho.d   board   is  lii  iseparate   cor- P()rii(ti.)n   a.n'.l   no   such   exremption     is niade according to law. Council there- ( Continued on Page 8 )
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REV. CIIARLES A. PLAH:
WIS.SAHICKON    FIELD   &   STREAM ASSO.  RELEASES  GAME   BIRDS
YOUNG REPUBLICAN AQIVIH
Alt-Day Conference Will Include Dinner and  Dance at  Bellevue-Stratford
Young Kepubllcans of Montgomery county, under the leadership of John McOarvey. county chairman, and Samuel l-i Ewing, Jr., State vice chair¬ man,   both of Bryn  Mawr, are preiwir
TALKS ON BULBS AND SHRUBS f      THE CANDIDATES' TEA
hu.'^lbanda in futhering the party's in-j Sutler avenue and Bethlehem pike. In | jng f„r an all-day conference, dinner terests, but not until recently was the attempting to drive across the pike as and dunce of Southeastern Pennsylvania the need tor some agency to coordinate ^^e was traveling east on Butler ave- i Young G. O. P. Saturday. October 29, their efforts so keenly felt. Aside from ""*"• J^"" Waterhouse, Second street I .^^ the Bellevenu-Stratford hotel, Phlla- the political  benefits that will  accure. I P'^^'  Huntingdon Valley, collided with ; delphia.
the closer .social relationships that will ,«¦ '^'"' traveling north on the pike. |     ,j.,,^^ r,-county regional conference will
result arc alao considered lo bea whole-j     The second oar  turned  over and H»  attract Young Republicans from Mont
SERVICE   CONDUCTED    BY   PRES¬ BYTERY   OF   PHILA.   NORTH
Installation   Made   by   Moderator,   Rev.
Jacob  A.  Long  —Rev.   Delia   Loggia
and    Rev. Criat Take    Part~Recep-
tion     Followed   Ceremony     —Young
Peoples' Choir   Favors.
Reverend Charles A. Piatt was In¬ stalled in Amibler prmbyterlan ohurch llou.se to enjoy a covered dish Uinch- on Wednesday ovening of last week. \ eon. AboiH fiO paj-took .if the rep'.ust Services' 'were conjudted under the , arran'jed by Mrs. James O'Brien .if ausplceis of the Preabytery of Phlla. | Amliler. Mrs. T. Duncan Ji.-st. presd- North In tlie Ambler Church audit- d.'int. prewided at the ibuslness ses- <irlum. I sion.
The  program   wais   opened   with  an i     An     enlightmin'T    and     fascinating organ recital by Mra. Charles A. Koi'Ti. j talk   ..n   liiilbs  and   .shnjl.s   waa  given
Given Before Fort Washington His¬ torical Society by Miss Haines Jleml>era of Fort Washington His¬ torical S.iclely .gajtherel ;iit n'^ion on WedJieadmy ot laiHt Week at Uhelr revf- ular   Inminess   meeting   in  the  iCllfton
Council     of     Republican     Women      of
Donate Toward Work of Couinty Fed¬ eration of Sportsmen's Cluhs—Issue Data About Local Association—< New Members—Committees Named Adolph   Muller,     luxxsldeint     of     the
Montgomery County to Sponsor Event • Pennsylvania    St.-ijtle  Ganw     Coininis- There   is   every   Indication   that   the   "l^"'  l"«?w"t'''<l   tl^'ee  reola  of  motion
plcturog   together   with   a   Klescriptlve OctolM^r meeting of Fa^stern Montgom-   j^^,^  ^^    ^j^^  _^_,^,^^ ,n.e«t:ing of    the
ery Couniy Council .if Republican Wo- Wi.sisahickon Field anJ Str«i,m Asso. men, to be held at Baederwood Country held In Che Kire ll.'ill, last T'hursday Club at 3 p. ni. Thursday afternoon, evening. The mvition pictures ishow.'i (Jctober 4, will draw  a huge gatherin«. 1 were    t'aU.'n   .m   Mr.   Muller's     various
some  influence well worth  cultivating. 1 occupants.    Dr.  and   Mrs.   R.   J.  Yost, j j^^^^ery,   Bucks,   Chester,   Delwaie  and i The  selections  -wiere  Grand   Offertolre! by     Mi.ss   Ktiti-inku   Haine«.     of lAn-t   candld'u'e't.ir Congress   Fdw-rn AVhile it was anticipated Ihat a fair-11"^^^^'^^^'    Fourth    "f^eet,    Bethlehem, ¦ |.j,,iy^jje,,,hia countlea. John II. H. M.ir-'in   K,"   by   Baitlstte;    "a  .«on,g  without   \Vashlngton.  In  her talk of  bulbs .she
A number of state and county candi¬ dates will, It la decla'red, attend tills meeting, among whom will be Mrs. Hannah Durham, of Allentown; Krank¬ lin Spencer IMnionds, candl.latc for State  Senate;   Hon. J.  William Uitter,
Win-
1,  i...^»   „...», pHn,^   w„nl.i  he on  hnnri i suffered Severe ahock. They Were treat-; ^ow, of Philadelphia, vhe   piet^ident of   Words,"   by   Raff-Sheely;   "Sarabaude , mniko    <if  tihe    anow^ d,i-op   being    the i .  i-h     inm>7 !!,LMn."    the   rcs.mn^^^ ithe   Young   Republican   .National   Ked-    from     Suite   XI,"   'by   Ilandel-Arcm; I Herald   of   spring;   of   the  daffo',111 as
tor  rne   '"'",'   '"';_""J:'^',     '''   "^ The accident   w-as    Investigated    by   eratl.in, is chairman  of the event and   "Nocturne,"     Barrett,   and   "Culhedral  ,,ne of the oldesil.  having beern brought
Z'^^u^n.iiohr.vorohle comment from ^ "'«f^<^'-   ^"^^''^      Dra«er     and     Joseph   McGarvey and  I'jwing are   members of ] Shad.iws,"   by   Ma.son, to   thia   c.untry   by   tihe  Col.inial Gov-
eJKiiea   muon lavoraoie comm«ni '™iu; ^^^^^^^    ^,^^^^^    Dublin     police,     and   ^^e commillee on arrangements. j     The  service began  .at   7.45   witji   Hhe   e.-nor     of   Pennsyl vania.     Sir   AVilliam
Judge Arthur H. James, gubernatorial , «l"^"tr   "'   the   iXixidogy,   followed by   Keith   in   1720  from   Kngland.   The or-
Iiarty   leaders   throughout  the   county. Viewing the success that has been at
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Chief    Lester    J.   Carpenter,     Ambler
tained by similar bodies in neighboring ! I'u'''^^' townships, this latest civic group isj The second accident was the result confldent that their organization will of the flrst due to congested tralflc on far surpass anything yet attempted I the pike. A station wagon was stop- along this line. i ped suddenly by Its driver, Winifred With  so  many ¦ sections   represented   "'^'''¦''^¦••l-  "wynedd Valley,
( Continued on  Page 8 ) 1     '^^^^ '^"¦'- *'«'^'"'' "' <>'"'^«" ^y '''*" ^'-  . i Decker, 1 S3 East  Roosevelt Boulevard,
Philadelphia, was also stopped sudden-
I iy and waa hit by the machine behind
  j It  driven  by Elijah  Clark,  241(i  South
I,..,     _       .L  /M.           >     I      J   A    Ul     i Nineteenth   sireet,   Philadelphia.   As   a Kitty  Donath Chosen  to  Lead  Ambler! ,.   ..._ ,,..,._._    ., J_j ,_.  V>,_..
ner. Howard V. Boorse and Lmyd II. Wo.jd, candidates for the General As¬ sembly. Other guests high in c.iunty and state affairs of the Uepulilican party, expected to be piesent. are Mrs. John Y. Huber, vice chairman of the atate  .omniittee;   Mrs.  John   Hampton
nominee, and United States Senator j ^^ Invooition by Rev. P. Delia initial bulbs are Btilll i.n existence at ; Karnes, Miss Nancy >llghley, member James J. Davis, aspirant for reelection, ' ^^'SU'^i- *•'' the Presbyterian Italian the Graemie Park H.>u»e in Horshajii of state conimittee; .Mrs. Beasie llanip- wlil attend the event with  members of : Mission.    The   Scripture   L6«.son    was i towii«hip  aibove   Hallowell. | ton Altemus, .Mrs. R.ibert Van Monwch-
the entire State ticket.    They  will ad-jj^i"'«l   ^y   H-ev.  J.   Garret   Keel,  of   thej     ,^,,._,^   Eleanor  L(mgc«ipc  reported <m   zlcker,    Mra.    Frank     I'aterson.    Mrs
LEGION AUXILIARY ELEQS
i result, the Decker car ehashed Into^ihe I station wagon. No one was injured.
FIND MOTHER IN MORGUE
Group for 1939
The regulaj- meeting of the Junior Auxiliary of the Norton D<iwns, Jr., IVist N.I. 125, Aniibler, was hebl In the I'ost Jlfjme .m Tuesday evenin'^, Beilha Farrington, chairman, presid¬ ing.
Election of otfticers Was hel.1 and tho followitvg 'were elected for the coming   year:   Ohairii«i.n,     Kitty   Don-j ¦""   7  ITi!""
'.tth;   Vice Chairman, Jean Knoblauch; I ^-  ''  "^^^  ^'^^ ""« "'   ''^''^^''^  "' Sn,«-eta,ry    Anne   Knoblauch;      Treas-' Their parents. Loul. C
urer,     Gloria   La.ngianese;     Chitplaln,   ^^^ '
dress the a.ssemblase and discuss cam palgn activities. j
The day's activities will open with a i conference at 3:30 In the afternoon.! A dinner at G;30 will be followed by j dancing. )
'Central Presbyterian Church, Norria town. Rev. Roliert Brewster Beattie, D. D., of the .Munn Avenue Presby¬ teriain Church, Kiust Orange, N. J., ( Conllnued on Page 4 )
hunting   trips   in   the   western   p.a,rt of United  States.
The  associatl.m   donated   $-5   tn   the M.»ntgomery     C.»unty     Federation     ot Sportsmen's   Clubs     to   carry   .>n     the I work     of     propoc'ating     and     raising ¦ e'anit.   PrcsUtent   Russe'l   Meyei*.   stal¬ led  he has .senj, out  more  than  100 let-' Irrs   to     lanil   (nviiicrs   in   this     section ' exidaimiU'T     tihe   aims  ot   tho     W'fcjsa- i hickon  Kield  tuid   Stiieaim  Asso.
RuNsell Meyers alpii.iinted Franklin Stre«per. Sr., ;U5 chalrnuin of the l'\w- estry Ccniniittee, and islx new iiv?™- bers 'Were add.'d So the iiTemtiersihip of   the  association.
Ambrose    Gerlurt,     raiiie    warden,
CORNERSTONE  TO   BE   LAID   FORI NEW   MONTGOMERY   HOSPITAL
WHITEMARSH POLICE CALLS
a trip t.i Bowman's Hill '\\iild tlower preserve taken on August 17 by t'he members.
Mrs. Clyde HiitchoiHifl, of Eureka, music chairman, wiaa In charge of the progi-.ini, f.fr the lafterm.ion. Soprano .sol.is were sung by Mrs. William Depnoilel,  of  Chalfont,
r.ame ( Continued on Page 6 )
SERIES OF BIBLE LECTURES
, Radio  Messages    Now Received    from I
County Broadcastlng'UnIt
Paul Hartenstein, of Hatboro, and Fllnney Hartenstein, of Prospectville, found   their   mother's   body   yesterday
Marking another step in th© reali^a tion   of   Montgomeiy   County's   newest j    Radio calls sent and received by the medical Inatltulion, the cornerstone for j Whitemarsh Townahip  I'olice now are .Montgomery Hospital, nearing comple-   routed  through   Montgomery   County's tion   at   I'owell and Fornance   Streets,
CRIPPLED AMBLER MAN TO GET TREATMENT AT WARM SPRINGS
Horace  G, Lorimer and    Mrs.   Barclay i Waiiburton.       County    Commissioners, ! Frederick C. Peters and Foster C. llill- cgas.
A  general   invitation  is  extended   to
all   those  Interested   In   the   succesa  of i 	
the party at the November ele. tion to ^ prof. Alexander C. Purdy Will Speak at attend this meelng, which will be known I p„^,^ Meetings Sponsored by Friends as   a  "Candidates    Tea.    Among   those I
listed   to   speak   are:    Hon.  J.  William i     An  invitation   la   exten.led   to  all   to
Ditter tnd Kranklin Spencer Fdmon.la.   i'**^"''   '^ «''>•'<'«  "*   <¦""¦"   l^'turcs      .m
 ,  "The Pla. e of the Klble in Modern Re-
BARN   FIRE   AT   '.'ROAD   AXE
Norristown, will  be  laid  with   Impres¬ sive exencises at 11 Saturday morning.
In  a schoolhouse' morgue at'westerly ] f"--,Wllliani Mather Lewis, president of
liglous  Life and  Thought." to  be  given by  .Alcxan.ler C.   Purdy.   Prof,   of  New
 " ' Testament,  Hartford   Theological Sem-
The lire  that   c.msumed   the   $S,000, i„^,.y   «„,, sponsored by three monthly Smith   pro-Inieetlngs  of  the.   Religious  Society   of
Horace W. Cressman, 441 Renfrew broadcasting unit Instead of the Phlla- avenue, who suffered an attack of In- delphla deparlment. I fan tile   paralysis about   one  year  ago, i barn  on   the  Geoffrey   S
The switch In stations    Is now made.   j,a» been permitted t.i enter the Warm ! perty on Skippack pike was the result, i-piends The Whitemarsh Poilce department, the   Springs  Foundation at Warm  Springs, I of a bolt of lightning during  the  brief tl„. I Lafayette C.dlege, will deliver the prin-,fli-st   to   use  radio   euulpment   In     the  cicirgla,  to  undergo  apeclal tretUment. | storm Tuesday evening.     The structure Philadelphia  area  still  missing  in  the   <-'l«>-l address. I county,   has been  connected with     the ui^. (.ressnian was striken quite 8ev-*r- 1 was entirely deali-oyed, two cows and a
Harriet   Hartenstein,   of   Sprliig-
JEWI8H   HOLIDAYS
Marie     Wright;      Hl8torfci,n,     l^^eanor  "-^J^  -j-^^^"^,^-;'-;-;-,Y,„'g'i„"\v^;;;rry. 1     Uosh Hashanah, Hebrew New Year's Lightkep. ^ tidal wave wa.shed their shore house   day,   was  celebrated     fr.mi     sundown
It wu« decided  lo ih.ild a cake sale, | away.       Unable  to  locate  them,      the ' Monday until sundown Tuesday, usher- date    to  be .inn.iun.ed    later.    Rians jbrothera hurried to the st'ene.      Their i ing in the month.of Tishrl In  the year are also  under  way  f.ir a. Hallowe'en | father they found In a Red Cross hos-I 5«a9 In the Jewish calendar. PO'riy. I pital, not seriously Injured.    Then they j     Yom Klppur,  tho Duy of atonement,
'Phe  .next   Junior   meeting   will
j Philadelpliia station sin.'e April 1«. 1337,   ly and was crippled in his back und one ' calf  and   two ixmiea  were bunied and
David   Ennis   Is   chief   of  the   White¬ mursh Police.
leg. He has since made wondertul Iin¬ pr.ivement and through influential frienda acc.iniiiio.lations have been ar¬ ranged for hi.s Ueatment beginning next
crops that fliled the barn were a total loss. W^issahickon Fire (Company of Ambler and Fort Washington Fire Company were on duly for 12 hours an.l
REPUBLICAN   RALLY
A Republiciin ItiLlly will be hel.l in week in the hospital established in j saved the buildinga that stood very the Amliler Flre House hall next ' (ieorgia by President and Mrs. E'ranklin i close to the flaming barn which burned Monday evening.  Oc.ti.iber S.at 8. Mrs. iD. tloosevelt. jiike   tinder,
be I began   the heartbreaking trek Ihrough ¦ another Jewish high holy day, a day of | Carolyn   Huber,   vice  chairraun   of the
held in  the Poat,' H.ime Ttiesday eve- | the Improvised morgue. They sent word | fasting, will be olisei-ved fi'om sundown ] RepubldeuJ)   State Committee   In I'enn-
-I>.iylestown   Council   haa  voted  tJo
-Mr.  a.nl  Mrs.  H-trrj-   M.   Stratton,
ning,   October   4.   lat   which   time   the | to  friends here that  their mother will | Tuesday.   October 4  to  sundown,   Oc-[ sylvanl.-t will  be the  princlp«J  apcsik- I enl.trge and rebuild the Borough sew-[ North Hills,  have just observed  tiheir
ecrap  books   will   be  finished.
,be burled today In Sprlngtield,
tuber
lit.  An  invitation ia .e.xtendeU to nil. yij^t at a. cost t>f »8O,000,
50t.h   wedding  annlvarsary.
"What Kind of Religion Does the Billie I'resent'.'" at Horsham Aleeting H.iuse,  Sunday, Oct.  2, at 7:30 p,  m.
"The Rtiation of Religion and Ethlc.<! in the Bible." at I'lymouth Meetin« House. Sunday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p. m.
"The Klble and the Life of Devo¬ tion: Worship and Prayer," at Gwynedrt .Meeting ll.iuse, Sunday, Nov. 13, at 7:30 p. ni.
"The Billie anil t.he I'mbbMiis of .So¬ ciety; Is the Gospel for the IndHidual or for Society'.'" Place to be announced. .Sunday, December 4, at 7:;!(j p. ui.