The Ambler Gazette 19400229

              The -%mbler Gazette
VOL. LXII-NO. 1
AMBLER.   PA..  FEBRUARY  29,  1940
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
10 PURCHASE COMMUNIIY ambulance!
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i POST 10 TO GIVE INHALATOR
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OLD FORT GLEE CLUB COOPER¬ ATES TO PRESENT INTRODUC¬ TORY ENTERTAINMENT ON MARCH 26—POST IN AMBLER NOW DEBT FREE—TO BURN MORTGAGE IN APRIL
GIRL SCOUT BANQUET
Local Leaders to Attend Event at Gimbels Restaurant Next Week The unnuiil 'lirl Scout lA-;nIfr«' banquet will be lii'ld on J'Viday. March H, at Gin^brl's Ucstauriint, fi p. m. TTie Program t'ommitlfo l)a.s planned an interesting evening with opportunity to bciiinu; aoiiuainteil Willi other leaders and council niini¬ bers.
Horvlce  .strlpe.s   will   bo   .awardwl
for ten, lifteen,  twenty years'  eon-
sccutive  ftcrvlce.  Leaders  of Senior
of   j\nibler,      the
New Faces Supply Fine Talent In H^h School Play, "You Can't Take II With You"
j  PROADWAY   HIT   WILL   BE   PRESENTED THURSDAY   AND   FP!- I DAY OF NEXT WEEK IN THE   NE'-V AUDITORIUM  AND 18
1 UNDER THE  DIRECTIO N OF MISS HELEN BORK
FACES DEPORTATION
City
William lionlton Dixon I'ohI, .No. 10, Amoriean Legion of fort "Wash- Ington, has started a movement to procure a smoke inhalator  for  the [ Trooji,   No.   232
use of the liremen of Buclts nd i mis„os Ijorotliy and Kleanor Hhar- MoiUptmiery Counties The post ,.0^^- .,n,j ijuth JIaasf. an^ planning members   decided   on   this     action, j („ attend.
when at  tho recent fire at the t-'ort ]      .Senior  Troop,   .No.     2I!2,     held     ,i \\'a.sbinfe'ton  school   il   was  learned | swimming  party  at   the     .\binKton that four of  the  fi.e lighters  were ' overcome by smoke.
It   was   learned   that  this  condl-
Tho Ambler High Scliool play, mitted to ]iut nail.i in the new sta.ge, ">ou Can't .take it with you, " the 1 Mr. Hunsicker has devised a new hit of Broadway last year, which ia | type of set which c.in be easily as- to be presented on .March 1-x, is be- ' scinbkd and taken d«wn for ftiture ing developed carefully and the cast I use.
is  in  the   iast   .-jlageR   of plot. |
The play will introduce .several '¦ new faces to the AniMer llighj .Scliwol stage. .lofi Ivvan.s, I>;iura' Amey, Walter Dummeldinger, Kllaine ¦
The ' Tipiiin, Nancy Walker, Walter Sob- '
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Ambler    Man    Arretted   with Numbers Gang   in Raid
fclalvatore .'^a.belll, ot North Main street. Ambler, -wmi arrested last weeli when I'hJladelpfcla police smashed a numbers ring on Sth street, near Carpenter. Salielll, one of eleven aliens arrested l.n 'the ring  of  20' men,   faces  deportation.
I'olice raided a ci?ar store, head¬ quarters for the) ring, and found many ntmibers slip.s, a shot-gun. tally Khireta a.id money. Other meniibers of the gang are from rhiladelphia.     and     thre©    of    the
"V"   pool   on   Friday,    night.
group  wa.s    chaperoned    by     Mm. j ers and (,'liurleH t>mart are the pro- Joseph   Craft,     Mr.s.  I.  Kly  Hougli. j nilsini; newcomersi Catherine   Bolt,
tion is prevalent at all largo (ires, : An ambulance for Amibler, modern I and that it takes several days to clear , In every detail, ih practically a cer- j the smoke from ones system once tainty now, and ail depends upon | a, fireman is overcome. In many ' the success of a musical and dance ] cases he must be attended by a 1 that will be held in the auditorium 1 physician.
of the Ambler High School on Tues- j     r,,^g   Second   Aiarmers     As.^ocia- |
day evening, March 26. j (jo,, „[ willow" Grove is an organi;a- I
Tho   fund   to  be   raised   for     the ; tion  that taltes care  of a lireman's I
.Jiurchase of the Anibuiance tor Ai.i- ; needs when he is lighting a fire, fui*- j
.'(¦ler  is spon.sored    by  the     Norton j niahing coffee,  sandwiches,  etc.,   ini
I'ost No. 12ii, .Vnu rican \ cold weather, lime and orange juice \
i-enderinK 1
Jtrs, John Burton, and troop le.id- crs, Misses Kleanor ami Uorothy .Sharrovv and Kuth Haag.
Uowns, Jr
Legion. Through the inspiration and ] in warm weather, a-.tui cncrgie.4 ot their t;omnia_nder, Ber- ; lirst aid in case of injury. They arc | nard Liindcnfeld, the local J^egion- | in serious need of a smoke inhalator '. naires arc well inspired and prepar- 1 to take care of those overcome by | cd  lo put across tnls idea as their I smoke that rob the firemen of their ;
I vitality   while   they  arc   saving   lite |
LOCAL SPORMN REVEL AI BANQUET AT
prime project this  year.
The musical cntertainmenl plan¬ ned is to be presented by the Uld Fort Ulec Club, whicn group lias enthusiastically agreed to cooperate to the lullcst extent, 'rhe Old l-orl Glee Club will piesont tlie musical and furnish tlie music for the dance thai will follow, and will deduct only  the  costs from  tJie proceeds.
prcceeds    from     the entertainment'PETITION FOR SCHADE FILED
and will place the entire amount Into
the  newly   established     Communily
Ambulance J-'und as  a  nucleus   for
collection   of  monies  lor     this
ause.  'J'his   event is the   lir.si ot   i
FINE      ENTERTAINMENT      AND SPEAKING AT ANNUAL EVENT
who turned iu such fine perform¬ ances in "Charle's Aunt" and "Berk¬ ley S.piare, ' apiiears in the role of Alice. John llarKh, Bob Brou,ghton, .\rthur Uau and Uon Meng, also of former jilays, appear in major rules.
The pla.\ is under the able dircc- tiiiii of Miss Helen Bork, who has produced many well-reniemberrd stage hits. She is helped by Anita Bulk, rehearsal assistant. If Miss Bork is detained after school. Miss Anita Burk lia.s the rehearsal in hand  until Miss Bork arrives.
The set is being liuilt uniirr the direclioii of Mr. Abram Hunsicker and  .Miss  Ann  I'olteiger.  The stage
Several scenes will be    presented to the school on Kriday in assembly.! lenders,  al.si)   aliens,  also   face   de-
Orant Buchanan, known    around I P"'''='*'""- the set  as "Props," has  one of the I     Sabelli     formerly     conducted     a most  difflcult   Jobs    of   the    entire I l-utcJier   shop   on   Chestnut   .street,
fried I Aniblir, and  later moved  his  busl-
to   a   store    on    North   Miiin
street.   He   lefl   his  shop   and  sold
meats in. a truck,  but was arrested
L BOARD WIIiOLDS INSURANCE" CONIRACI; CONFER WITH LOCAL AGENTS
COUNTY S. S. CONVENTION
group. (Jrant must produce chicken, a model of the t^ueen Mary,   "ess 2   kittens,  an    aijuarium    .full     of snakes,   and   101     other   properties when ever they are called for.
j     Margaret   Maxwell,   offlcially   the stage manager, haa turned her hand to   sewing a   costume  for Mr.   Up- i Pinna,   then   painting  his   portrait.
I JXirothy Pennington, of the art de- i partment, has made a mask and .a | paper niache skull, besides design- 1 ing the advertising posters. Bill Huber built a, thi-ee-foot long de- ; tailed  model of the  Queen Mary to'
: be used in the set. j
I     Laura Amey, who takes  the partj I of Kssie. the ballet dancer, has made ! her own ballet costume. Harry Wood , and. Harold King who liave attended!
when   found   that   he   also   carried lliiuor for sale in his truck.
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45th  Annual Conclave Will  be held! in St.  John'» at Lansdale I
Arrangements have been complet- i ed for the 45th annual convention of the Montgomery County Habbath School .Vssociation which will be held in fet. John's Kvangelical and Reformed Church. Ijinsdale, March 1 and 2. Sessions will be held on Friday evening and Saturday after¬ noon and evening.
Two noted speakers and church leaders will address the evening ses¬ sions. On Friday evening, Hev. Paul S. Lcinbach, U. D., of Philadeliihia editor of "The Messenger" ot the Kvangelical and iteformed Church, will speak on the theme, "The Need for a. Vital Personal Religion." On Saturday evening Rev. Howard K. Williams, D. U., pastor of the Alpha Baptist Church of Philadelphia, will give his famous address on "The Tiacher as Shepherd."
Church School teachers  and offl-
HERE AT BETTER RATE
LOCAL STOCK INSURANCE RATES ALMOST DOUBLE MU¬ TUAL BIDS — BOARD SEEKS CONFERENCE WITH AMBLER BROKERS TO SEEK REASON¬ ABLE REDUCTION OF PREM¬ IUMS — PLAN FINAL PAY¬ MENTS ON BUILDING CON¬ TRACTS.
Ambicr Borough Sehool Board will not allow the lire and extended cov¬ erage Insurance on the puiillr .•^chool buildings and equipment thereof to go out of town if local agenis can present estimates that appro.ximatc those of the mutual insurance com¬ panies from Philadelphia who arc the   low   bidders   for   t^e  insurance
I cers will reeelve practical help from j a„ shown in a tabulation of the bids the    Conferences.     .Miss    Myfanwy I ryppiv^,,!   and
md propert In our communUies. In .sponsoring this movement Post | Wi«sahickon Field and Stream Asso-
No. 1(1 will arrange card parties throughout the area of the two counties so that all may participate and share in tiic raising of the funds. Tho lirst card party will be held in the Post liomc on l'"riday, March 2'i.
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'8    of entertainments    for    the c that will be sponsored by the on   this  year.  It   is  judged  tliar .ill a sullicicnl amount will  bo the fund to purchase the machine eompleto  and  perhaps   enough   ac¬ cumulated for initial expenses there¬ fore, j
The announcement oC this in-ojcci j comes siniultancondy with that rev¬ elation that the Beglon has freed it¬ self of all  debt by  making the linal payment of faotl  on llie I'ost Home
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oil J.indeiiwold .ivenue. Thi;^ inf iiiu'ion came to ligiil a I a social "¦¦'<'¦ by Uie J^egionnaires a fortiiighl aUu. when Commander i-.indcn'teid made the announcement that Ibe inortgage will be burned at a speii.il ceremony to be held a I Ihe Posl Jlome on Wednesday evening, April 3, At this occasion Jx'gion digni- tarios from the .Slale Ucpartmenl, tho Ninth J'eiiiisylvania Uivisioii in ( Continued on page 3 )
SECRET SERVICE AGENT CITES COUNTERFEITING
, Supporters   Take  Care  of Commit- | I       teeman, Who Will  Run  Again       i 'I he petition of Albert Schaile, Jr., ] j (ogclhcr  wilh   that  of   Mrs.  JVIarion ] Id.    I.    i;atleisby    for   Ihe   OiIhc   oi'I j coniiiiiLtiemaii and committecwomaii \ ot   Ihe   .North     Uistriel   of      l"ppcr \ ! Uu'bliii   lownsliip,   will   bo   liie 1   be-! I fore  llio closing date,  .SaUirda>',  Inr ' j all  iielltioiis   tor   political   ollices   in . Ihc   county.   Mr.   .Schadc's     iictUinii' has    been   ref;iilaily   conipo.scil   .mil I laUen   care    of   by   a    group   of   lijs I supporters and will be  liled at .\oi- 1 I lislown liiis  \i'eek while .Mr.  .Sciiadc i I is yet  in   the hospital. j     .Mr.  .Schade.  who has  served  well ; as coiiimiHecma.il for the Kepubiican I party in tliis dislriet  for a  number ol'   years,    is   remark.-ibiy   imiiroveii i from   Ihc   serious  accident   and   rc- ' .'full.-iiil   illness   he   siilTered   just   a lew   d.i,\M   bd'oic   Christinas.   He   is j now able to be oul of bed and about tthe    Naval   hospital,     Philadelphia, I wliei-e  he has hecn  under treatmenl. I      111      his   picsenl      condition      .Mr. ."¦¦.cliaile   will   soon   be   able   lo      ob- Uiin his discharge from the hospital, , und ill a few weeks he will be back among  his  friends  and   will  resume bis   political   .leliviUes.   He   there¬ fore,   now   desires   to   (~xpress   his apprecl.ilion   for    th,e    splendid    in¬ terest    and   support  id'  his     many friends and promisi's to offer every seivicc   possible   when   he   is   again able.
elation     Entertain     Wiv.es      and Friends— 2CC Attend— Congress- ; man   Ditter   Toastmastei—Count> '¦ Fish and Game Heads Attend and Speak—George Deens New Presi¬ dent, i (lose lo 20U lucml'ds, llirir wives and friends of the Wissahickon I icld and   .Stream   Association   enjo.vccl   a j splcndiil ilinner, line speeches, a floor i show   and   dancing   at   liv>ii-  hi 1 - ml annual   banquet   al    h'oii   Side   li n. Wliilem.iish. on W'asliinglon's Piiih- da.v.        Till'   huge  dining   iiioni   was j decora led with pine bough.-i and (n.))- ^ hies—deer. sUunk, hawk and m nii:;i'. ; and   the   tables     had   pulrfl     pin ; ! iLzalea.s   for   dccoi-;itions. i 1 iundreds of small toy b.illna.s werej lilown up and senl .all oV( r the n'nm | a.iu!   Iloali'd   about   lUiiin.i;'  tin' e\eii-| iim".   .\ iiiiieriH.is   iih')|i.;;r,i piis   ol    il)i'' .41 i.iiip wri'c takeii ami uere linlshi'il 1 ' Idl-  iii.speclion before the group  IlmcIJ ' llnishcil dinner. I I      The   new     president,     deorge     ,1. ! l.>eciiK.    iiKi .iibictvl   C<>iigr(>5KUiiie    .'.'' j V\'illiani   Hitler who acted as toast- j master  of   Ihc  evening.   .MV.  Uill;,'!-!
j crow, which has been working after; ii-Hearsal every day merely to eon- : school on the set, deserves a great j Uol the Hghls, are now busy help- deal ot credit for their fine work- jng Mr. Hunsicker raise and lash in- manahip. Because they are not per-    to phaco  the eigbtecn  foot flats.
AUTHORESS SPEAKS TO OISTRICT FIREMEN ASK LITERATURE CLASS of! BETTER COOPERATION
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CRACE    CHANDLER,     RELATES   STATE DEPARTMENT NOTIFIED INTERESTING  FACTS O?^ NEED FOR PROTECTION
SnoK' Blocked Roads Menace to Life and   Property—Philadelphia   Fire¬ man     Address     Fourth     District Group—Met  at  Harmonvillje  Hall. Belter    cooperation    in     opening roads after  snow  storms   sucii    as th.it  wlilch  occurred recently   is be¬ ing sought from the state tllghway Fourth  r>lslrtct
called upon '' the following roi- speeches, AVm. K .stoneba.ck, I'Ve. i- dent of the Monlgoniery I'^edci at i'Hi of Sportsmen t"lnbs; Ira J. Mills, Director of .Vgricullural I'.'ducalion at (Jra.terford i'eiiitentiai y: Ilarr.v '/,. Cole, .Montgiiniery Counly I''lsh Warden: and Joseph O'Pyrne, Sporls
F'earl  Euck,   Dorothy Chandler,   En- skino,   Herbst, Wcxiey and Others Now   Reside   in   Colony   in   Bucks County   —   Colony   Club    Womten Serve Tea—1.0  Attended. .\t   a   iii(-c|iiiK  aiet   li'a   helil  at   the Iticloiy (ll  1 rinily .Vleniorial churcn, last  week,  by   members  of  the ].,it- erat'ire   I li-'s   of   'he   Colony   Cbd-. o(   .Ambicr,    ,'ils.s   (Irace   Chandler of   Uoyleslown,   giiesi   sjieaker   and an   aulhority   on    writers,   told    iii¬ leresting   facts   about    "Writers   of laicks   Counly."
Miss Chandler, herself a, writer, declared llial many following this proi'ession-—representing all elassi- licatioiis ill this Held—had settled in Buclws  County  within   the last   t.vc
jJe|li.) I iieni  !*¦   Ihe Foi liire.uen s .\s:^iciailon.'
COMMISSION TO STUDY ORD'N- ANCE8 AND RECOMMEND PLAN
Three  Classes  of Zones   to  be   In¬ stituted and Residential Class Wili be Subdivided—H. H. McClintock, Whitemarsh,    Chairman   —   Five Placed on  New Board. I'ive     prominent     residents      of Whitemarsh  township  were   named members  of the  new  Zoning C^om- mlRsion of Ihc township at a. ,«poc- ial mooting held last Thursday night in  Ihe Township  Building,     Jtidge pik-e.   O.   C.  McKarland,   West  Dia- trlct   supervisor,   presided.
The men named to the commis¬ sion include Herman H. MeClin- lock, of Whitemarsh, l-5ist Uistrlct, chairman; Charles Wapner, Ridge pike, liarren Hill, Middle district, •Secretary. The .ither three members arc Ij-. I'"i-ank Markel, Butler pike near l^onshohocken. West Dislriel, Philii> H. Corson, Spring Mill road, I'lymouth Meeting, Middle Uistriel. and neofl'rey Smith, liii.st District.
Supervisor McKarland and the members of Ihe comvnission. the 1 tirst in tbe lilstory of AVhjiemir.sii i township, went over the orrtln.ine.v^ ' of surrounding townships and ber - [ oughs studying Iheir methods and aclivitie.s wilh regard lo zoning. ' The Commission was j^piiointed so | that it may suggest for the taxiiay- ! ers just whore to build, how lo build, etc. It will be divided into residen- 1
Roberts of Scranton wiil lead the conference for workers with children and will be assisted by Mrs. Nor¬ man Rice of (Conshohocken, County Children's Division Superintendent. Rev. Lee J. Oable of Lansdale State Leadership Training    Super-
opened on F'o.'oruar>' 1.3. The directors a^ an ad,ioiirned mcetiing last l<'riday failed to talic any action to place the coiitii'ail when it was found that loc!i! bid¬ ders were not within a reasonablo comparison wilh the bids of oulsido companies. The  rcsiili  is   that   local
The liisuraiice committee, com- I osed of Uireclor.1 F. O. Hoyt and Roscoe   I..  Sniith,  ea.refuUy  ta.bulat-
Intendent, will direct the conference j agents will be called upon lo al- for workers with young people and | tempt lo reduce their estim.itc to will be a.ssisted by Rev. Joseph Har-I a, proportion that will be nason- ris oi; Bridgeport, Couty Toung j ably within Ihc .•Jcope of the low- People's Superintendeni. ! bid of tlie mutual eomiKUiies or they The conference for adult worker.) 1 will stand no chance of receiving will be in charge of Rev. William F. | the consideration Ihe board deeues Weber of Narberth, director of I to give Ihem. Cily Missions for the Philadelphia' Presbytery, and he will be assisted by  Kev.   I'reenian     H.   Swart;^     of
Schwenksville. ,.,..,      „   ,     .-
I ed Ihe bids of the  17 companies a.n(l
,,   ,,        .,, I repi-esentatives. who subniilted their Sayres,   D. JJ., will 1 ... ,    .       ,     ,,      , . ,
,     ! jiropositioiis,     but  onlv  the  bids of the  conference   for 1 ,. . ,. , ,      .
,, ,   .      ¦ ,     „, .   Ihose who conformed lo    be adver-
all   superintendents  and   officers  of!,. . .¦     ,1
I       11., ,     ... , .       , .       Iisenieni  lor the  insurance, as writ--
local schools and will be assisted by   ,        ,      ^.  ,¦    ,       .„u ,      ,,
ii.!„,.   ,..    ,„      ,,       ...,,.  ,    ''»¦>"   I'.v   .Solicitor   Thomas       ; ou ke, Lrich   Sander.   County   School Ad- 1 , „,.„      ,   , ,       ,   .„,   ¦ „.¦.,<,..   .1       ._. •   .      , iwere  consldei eil.  Their rciaal care-
mlnlstratlon Superintendent. ..  ,,   ., ,
 [  ; fully pointed out  the   wide  vafiancc
lof Ibe bids anil  the distinct d.ivaii-
AT  GAME   BIRD  BANQUET     h^S^  ^'^  """"'^'  ln.su,.,n.-,.   rnm,   me
stand   point of cost in < r Ihe H-year period the hisur;ince calls for.
The   t.abulalion   shows  a,n   overaH
The  pastor  of  Ihe    host   cliirch, Rev.  Alfred  .N. have charge  of
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erican (ianie Bird Breeders Associa- { policies now in force. The cost to tion at the Hotel Philadelphia on I install this insurance is approxi- Monday evening. The .Ambler men i mately $3,200. The yearly 'premimn Were guests of t;iarence Keller man-j on this insurance is apiiroximately "t'er of Ihe Pheasant Jlun Came ' $1,000. Therefore, using Ihc returit the! Jhe   residential  will  be  subdivided j Farm of Ambler,  who is secretary-i premium, viz  .?1,X00,
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ACCIDENT IN WHITPAIN
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EXPLAINS PROCESSES BEFORE| JUNIOR COLONY CLUB   !
59,042 MORE PHONES
Clubwomen    also    Enjoy     Pictures   b^II   Company   Reports   Concerning
of ,the Fleet at Their  Reciprocity; Gains in the State
Meeting—County   Juniors'    Meet- ;     .,.|„.   |.,,n  Telephone Company  of
ing    Announced    for    March    E—   i-eniisylvaiiia.   has    reported   a    net
Miss    Arnold    Conducted     Enter- 'gain   of   50,0.12   telephones   tlirougli-
tainment Program \ ""»    'h''   i^t'it'-   '"    ^^^'^   compared
.,, ...        ,, , With   2S,4C0   in   BiSS   a.id   72,0.'!0   in
Allen   A,    Murphy,    agent   ...,„,,,,.,,
I Bi37.  Total   bell   telephones   in   ser-
vbe   in   Pennsyiva.iia   at   the   be- 1 ginning   of   1040  were   !.2!i2,i.l5. I     'J'olal    operating    revenues    were ¦ reported    as    ;52I.V:8,72.X   greater   in : llloO   than   Ihe  Preceding' year, , this rise was offset  largely by in ! (rca.sed
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Major Allen A, Murphy, agent ¦for the United States Treasury Secret Service department, spoUc before the niembers of Hie .luiiioi' Colony Club of Ambler Tuesday evening, when the Club women will their Reciprocity Meeting i.i the Club i-iionis. Mr. Muritliy «as in¬ troduced by Miss Mae .\riiold, who was in cluiigo of the program.
Mr. Murphy spoke of the prob¬ lem of •'Counterfeit .Money' and how it can be delccled liy the lay¬ man, llo related fjhe process of niaki.ig standard bills al the Bureau of i'rinli.ig and Jar^sraviiie; and compare*! it uitli that used by counterfeiters in tiie making of spurious  mone.v.
Another interesting fi atiire of the program was the showiie.;- of liicture.s of •¦prince Jklwaid Island" a.ld included views of the I'niled States licet.
The members of Ihe .\.nibler Club are inviteil to a lleciproeily nieet¬ ing to be hold by llie Junior i:very- wonien's CIuli of Olenside on March ith.    Tho   Junior    County    ineeting
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^GS WITHOUT LICENSES
Owners of Pets Found Without Tag
Subject to $100 Fine : According lo iiiinrl quilc a laigu nunitber of owners ot dogs have thus far failed to sci nre a neces¬ sary lieeiLso for htcii pits, ll is set forth in the dog law llial all ili.'4s must be licensed   on  or  hdiMc .lan
uary .15,   of each   ;>car  and   as   si	
as they l>ecouic six montlis old. i'ail^ig to comply may rcsull in 1 rosocutlon and a line of not mine than Jloo and not leaa llian |j, lo¬ geiher  wilh  costs.
By applying to tin  ci.iiui.x  irc.isin -
pDl", a license, for a  male  dog    oii.\-
obtained  for   $1,10,   lor  a   leinalc
J2.10.       If   the   llcenst>    is   secured
through a Justice cd' the I'eace ollicc
iicrc is a small cb:' >' d.
ICdilor of ICV/AN". Bro.idi;asling j or six years. Of the number living Opnlpan^¦. l');icli speaker told of his I llieie now, per/laps l.'io aulliors, individual line of work in an in-j Pearl Puck lieails Ihe list. Icresting way and cilled lorlh niuchj ,m;,-s. tiuck, who in private life is laughter with a variety of jokes, j jt,-,.,. jtiehard J. Walsh,, was the Hrst .Members  of  the idub who had been ' Aiiierieaii  woman   lo win   Ihe  .Nobel ,
piizo   and   Ihe   only   woman   lo   re¬ ceive  the   Pulitzer award.  Hbe  won this   on   her    book,    "(lood    Karth," 1 which       is   considered   a      modern ) classic.   It   is   read  in, schools. Mr.s. j liuck   is  loved   for her honesty and sinccrit.v. Slie writes of women  be¬ cause "Women are iniiiortunt: Their Iiroblems arc fuiiikimental and  uni- I versal."
was 1 iiliii.; on Skipiiack I'i.ce Whit- iloroihy Parker, like I'eail Buck, pain Townshiii, was involved in an I has won international fame. She iS accident. | bonored   for   her  short   stories   and
.  ! lioeniK.   Her   latest     book   of     short
h lories,   •Jlerc   Lies,"  was     broyght ( t'ontjnued on  I>ago 2 )
.Mrs.   Betly Washington, Mloiiigomery day   moming bruises after
Knisell,   21,,   of    fori
was      aiPniltcd       to I
1 lospital    carl,\    .Sun-
witli   lacerations   a.id
the  car  in  which  slic
T!i,:h necesBlty of having roads cleared promptl.S' as a protection for life .md nroiiertv waa discussed Hisl week al the nieeting of the tircnien of the district at the Har¬ monviile tire house.
As a safety measure,  the district   'ial, industrial and business zoning gi'oiip went on record  to  ask
suite lo cooperate more fully in • into three different classes, opening snow-blocked roads. Letters' A hoard of adjustment will be ap- regarding this important matter , pointed at a later date. It was ex- wlll be .sent to Slate .Senator Frank- j plained.
liu Spencer Kdmomls. |     ^„^  „,.^j   meeting of  the   Zoning
City  Firemen  Speak j t;oinniission was held last Wedncs-
Talks on Philadelphia firemen and! '^"¦y "'ff'it i" "'e township building.
liu   cooperation   o£  the police  were '  ¦— .—
given by Battalion Chief AVllliam .McKnight and <,'aplains Frank KoWc> and William H. Kemp of I'jn- gine c'ompany '3'l, I'hiladelphia Fire Depart ment.
I'lri; Marshal Louis \\'. llofman spoke im lire prevention and told of the organl/ation of a bui-eau in the fourth district. A tire hazard on t$i-tli!eheni pike, near Churcli Road, was discussed.
reported
Game Association Officials Ambler Enjoy Meeting President (ieorge Ueeiis and Past :'ie.'Weiu lUL'sell .Me.vers 01 the Uissahiclton Field and Stream As¬ socialion attended the national m • t- ing and banquet of the North Am-
5-year cost on the $4,'i?,ii0ii wurtli o'l insurance to be placed on these Am¬ bler kpIkhiI buildiims and eqiiip- iiient, of about S.'i,BOO on Stock.l^om- paiiy insurance. This is after deduct¬ ing   Ihe   cancellation   value   of   the
COUNTY LEGION CONTEST
treasurer of the National organl/.a- tion and a member of the associa¬ tion in .\iiibler.
Mr. Keller won a first prize for the best rlng-neek phea.siint at the sportsmen's show at Commerri.il Museuni, Philadelphia, during the afternoon. Mr. Keller, it was an¬ nounced at the banquet has the'lin¬ est strain of ring-neck pUea.sants in Ihe I'nited .States.
Another   announcement   at     this
premium, viz  .?l,xoo, on iiresent tn- (Continued on page 2)
Montgomery County  Posts  Sponsor I ineeting  was to   Ihe aflec't  that an i
Annual   Essay  Competition | allempt is to be made to extend tho |
American     Legion I hunting season for small game nexl I
WILL SOLVE PROBLEMS
AMBLER PASTOR DISAPPROVED CF   MAN'S   REGIMENTATION
The annual essay contest in Montgomery County will be held Saturday morning, May 4, at the Norristown High Sohool, aceordl.ig to an an- j nouncement by Rajinond L. Hem- by I merly,     chairman,     from     Melrose
fall for the advancement of interest among the sportsmen. i
The sportsmen, after Iheir  miH'i.j ing.  enjoyed    fino   game    pictures, shown by 'Bob" Kdge, noted hunter, | fisherman and game sports conimeii- i
CHAMBER INVITES members;
.\mldir Chamber of (iinuiic;^re will hold its membershiii nieeting this evening at 015 in .\'iblock's (jut I restaurant, llveiy member has been ' asked to have a prospective niem- cqierating expense, the- ^ ''<'r aecompaii.\- I company c.-cplained. Diiri.ig lifi!), i and join in tin ! local calls averaged 5.270.710 a ' ''"•¦^''""¦¦'P'"''" ¦""' I day, as rompared wilh 1,07!),237 in i B:3S.
SCOTT EXPLAINS PAYMENTS
him   to  the  meeting proceedings.   Ivvcry
woman    in
Anibler   community   is   eligifbli'
I invited to attend. r
the ami
TRIO FROM THE K. & M. MINSTRELS
Misconstrued     Article     Had That  Was  Not  Inferred
In ail article of Ihc Cazellc of Ihe isMuo of I'c-briiary 22, I'cgard- iiig the report of the nicefi.ig of the ¦ .N.iiil Icr ronai.gli Council -Mr. I.' C. Scoll. ta.x laillcctor of the r..p|iiiiuli of .\iiililc.r, was referred 111 as liaving been "cuiiipellcil to p:i.\-   to  Ihe  Baroiigli  treasiirer  wilh
Nineteen iires  were seven  companies,    in  Ihe    district,' Park.     A     four-year     scJiolarship , 'at<J''- These ncluded marlin lishing Harmonviile,   tenter   Square,   FoVt: is    awarded    as    prl-ze    by    State ; "'^ Ocean  City,   Md., and a  moose Washington,   Wls.sahlekon   of   Am-I Senator  Kdmonds. bier,  Cedar Helght.s  Flourtown and 1     This   year".s  subject will  be  •'The \Sy ndmoor. j Contribution      of      the     American
The aniiual memorial service w ill | Fonii ! be  held tho last Sunday in  April at j cracy
public,   prc/paratory
Sting i ,i„, Wyndmoor I..uthera.n Chureb and • I J. B. Kerper  was named chairman. Klias  .Slavin presided.
lliunt in Quebec.      AIha AV'iltwker: I president    of  tho     Valley      Forge
 j Spaniel  Club and a member of Ihc
of    ciovernment    to   Demo-| ^^'''""^'>'cl<on Field and Strealii As- All     ticilor    students     of i *^oclalion  was one    of tho banquet a.ld   parochial j si>eakers,
schools  of Montgomery Count.v iiJ"c ¦ '—'	
eligible to write essays. The com-- positions must be 8U0 words in lengith  but not more tiian 1,00 1.
LOCALG.O.P. WOMEN MEET
his for .Mr.
Illl
own leal
personal  tliecii"   the   lielis c'Slatc deliniueiits  of   l!)3x. .'card It   chsires  il   explained   that not    .sii   compelled   by   the
roroiiUi. Tut it is a recpiireiment 111' the law a.Td was not at all an iiTi'gi'l cr proei'diire as sonic have iiinstineil  it  to  be.
/Schools     'With    enrollments     of ] more      than      ],5C0     students,      i.i
  I grades  nine to  12  shall  be  perniit-
The Ambler Woman's Itepublican , (^.^j l^, enter eiglil contestanis, lie- Couiicil bad a good turn out at ital (ween 1.001 and 1,500, six; 750 to ineetliig last .Monday night. Theji.oiio, |Ue; 000 to 750, four, and parly eciinmiUee reported th-'t jess than 50^, three students. Sug- aroiind fltfl was cleared during the j gpstion has been made by tho evening. l'"rom now until after elec-, eommittee that each scliool con- lioii, the (_"ouncil will meet twlc-c I duct its own elimination contest a montli, the meetings being the ! and send tlie winner to compete in first   and    Ihird    .Mondays   of     the   the finals at Norristown.
nionlh, .March 4lli and ."Vlarch ISth.
Kiwanians Amazed at Expanse of the Tobacco Business—Club Re¬ ceives Two New Members — Am¬ bler Business Report—Kiwanis At¬ tendance Good.
The meeting uf the ,\nib!er Ko¬ lary Club on Wednesday, February 2S, was addressed liy llev. Jtoliei-t IX Hershey, jiasli.r uf St. .lohii'ii Lutheran cluirch. .Vinliler. l)v. iier- ' I she.\' stressed the iniporlaiice oC careful and cunscienlioUK thinking on the part of individuals in order lo understand and sohe Ibe social political, moral and religious pro¬ blems uf Ihe day, whether these prublcms be uf a Imil. natiunal, or _ ,,.,.. inleriialiuiial  ii.ilinr. In  his remarks
Several   Slightly   Injured   in   Colli-   ue   regretted   the   im,,  ,,.ing   nuni- »ion at  Highland Avenue i ber   of   men   and   wuuun   x\ ho   arc
Three molorisis were hurt la.st 1 willing to be directed a nd ic;-;iiiiciil- Saturday evenins- in a foiur-car i ed in order that Ihey may bu li cciI collision a.i Ihe inlcisection of | from the strain entailud in initiing Bethleheaii itike and Hishland avc- ' forth iinlividnal eHuii and tlimmlit nue.   Ambler. ! in  iiu>  sobiliun  ut'  i.liuir  own    pro-
A car driven by Samuel Morrow,   bleins.       Tin' Butaiians greatly en- Cedar    avenue,     Philadelphia,   joyed   Ur.    Hershey's   address.   The by  .Samuel  Pollock,  41!) I speaker   was   presented    by   Oarnei iVinbler,    failed    to I Deck, a member uf Ihc Club  Service In I committee.
I FOUR CARS CRASH ON PIKE
5300
and owned Church    street, , stop   at   the   intersection,   drove
FIRST MINSTREL AND VARIETY SHOW OF K. & M. A. A. WAS GRAND ENTERTAINMENT
All entries mu.st bo in the hands i front  of one   ear.   and  cau.sed   iwo!     In  the absence of President  Ray )f   the   contest   ehairnian   by   May   other cam to collide.  Mr.  and  Mrs. i Ma.xson,   vice  president N.  B. tlro- a.'eoinniodatlons   .Samuel     Pollock    were    i.asseiir.-is,    tiqi   presided   at  the  meeting.       He
2,   so   that   proper   a.'eoinnioaaiions   .Samuel    Pollock    were    passe.igers can   be   secured,   Mr.   Henimerly's   ^f the ear driven  by Morrow.
address   is   1015    Melrose   Avenue, Melrcao I'ark,  Oak l^nc, 1'.   Oi.
and  an:
preseii- .Amblei'
This Romantic u'oup «'*" from the Insulation  Minstrels and Var¬ iety  Show presented   last  Friday   by  the     Keasbey     and     Mattison Athletic Association. They are left  to right; Singer, Viola Grebe, John Silvis as "Bones"  an-l   Mary Serratorts,
Tbe   Iiisnlalion   .Minstrc-ls accoinpaiiiii.g  Variel.x   SlioW, led   last   Fiiilay   night      in c  p.la I luusu  liy uicnibeis (I and    \Miiuin)    ul     Ihe   Keasbey   ami j .Matli.si.iii I'uiiiiiaii.'   .Vlhletic .Vssocia- tiun. was uiic ul Ihe finest enterlain- inunis i'iijii.M'(l   by an   Anibler  audi- 1 1 nil'    till     lllali.N'    a    .vear.    iMaliy   be- | tiiM d   llic  minstrel,   ils.lf.   was   nut - I .siandiiii;   III   run  and  inturesi, others' llioiiL;iii   Ihe  iuniccl.\-   of  tile variety slum   ,i|i|iualed thu mure:  but is was a j;raiiil   sliuw   1 liniimbunl   and prov ed   a    gland      iiit rmliictur.v. fu      lljc annual niinslrel eiilurlainiiienls plan. IMil b.s- Ihis must aili\ u spoils group.
l.iltic cm iiu rel,llill almul the i\e)iinf;'s I'mi, ihat bus iiul already I uun lallci'd 111 by tiiusu i:'.iNi who lairl.\- iiiuMled the (i|iur.i llunsc, Iml lllc iiicimis Hi ilu' cvi 111. slum 11 in lliis  istuc,     siNc   a fair   iUc.t  uf Uic
comedy of Hie viiriety show and the type of the ininslrels. Mainly re- spcnislble fur Ihe success of the en- tli men | tei tainmcnt. were .Mberl 1.. I.ang- bniti, the general director, his gen¬ eral asslslaiits, (Jeorge Davis. Clif¬ ford (lehnian. Royal .Mattison Jr., Kalliryne   ScotI,   Anne  Holt,
BEAM HEADS P. 0. S. OF A.
tendered birthday congratulations Bruno CVerwonka, 172K Juniata lo Jolm Uruiighton, (iemge Scherlf, j street, Philadelphia, was Ihe driver I Ben,ianiin I'ldiiklin, Flam 1.:. Kei- ;<)f Ihe second car. Those injured 1 schiier, and aeknowlegcd bis. own 1 were Hcdeii Dmueliowskl, 4237 Hicks ' birthday.  Tli.c-  club members sliareil
I street,   and   l'a.ullne   Haze,   of   41)7
 . ;< iermantown    avenue.    I'hiladelphia,
County Organization Selects Marble  '".'"1   "were   treated   by   pr.   Stabler
Hall   Man   for  Second   Term
Lester Beam of  .Marble Hall was
i-e-elecled   presidenl    of   tlie   ,Mont-
gomers" Coiinly   P. (>.  S. of A.   for
John I a, second  term at Ihe annual coun-
ina- ; dri- I
I
Dlngee, Burton Coffey and James "I'low. Mrs. .Marion herrell was bifel- iiusa manager und Alfred C. Fies- calore was stage manager of the evenl.
tn lliu ininslrul ring the midille man, Ilarr.v Reimer was iiiler- liM ntur. 'i'he end men were John .'-•ilcis and • Harrell llarl, lirst duo, and Clayton Miller and Hugh Sivell, the seciiud. The chorus was compos¬ ed of Cliftord Martin, .Saiiiuol Slied- inger, i:;ugene Berecz, James   Trow,
tj-   convention   held   last   Friday   at Kulpsvllle.
Other oHicers re-uanud al thu aftc-rnooii session were: Austin Smith of Norristown. secretary, and Orion   V".   B.   Swinchart   of   Potts-
I'fcr sliocli
tTlie  occupu.ils   cif   Ibe   third lne.   Fred   W.   KhreiiI'orl.  Ihe ver.  and   his   wife.   I'"lc>rence  Kb ren- fort,   410   Betbleheini  pike.  Chestnut Hill,   were  iiiiliijiired.
Tn the fourth cir wove I'err.v Kliiikiii and Dorotb.v \Vard, both of Walnut streel. PerkasU'. Tho latter  was  treufud   by   in:  ,=-tabler.
Oflicer .\lbert Drager, I'pper Uub' lill   police,  ordered   all   drivers   held
j town, treasurer. Williani KCsmler of i on charges of assault and batfery I (ilenside was elected vice president: ) by HUlomoblle for a hearing, t'liar- I <;erald .Markley of Pottstown, mas- i ges uf failure to stop at a stop sign ] ter of forms, and ¦Williani While of : and reckless driving will probab- j Norristown, conductor. , ly l>c Prcferrtnl against  .Morrow.
j      Principal  speaker at   tlie  coiivcn- i  — —	
I lion WUS Dr. i'ldward Riiy SIraycr cd']     --Conshohocken  has   adopted     its
.Mian   Taylor,      Ivdmund     I'lumley, i oreland,  stale prc-sldent. who spoke
t Coiitinuca un page 8 ) ! uu  Wasliington'm'  farcweU  udarcsa.
budget for PJ40 based on a tax rale
of 2 ' mills, the same aii last yeaf.
liirlbda.v   cake   in    honor   ot   tho ( Continued on page 4 )
MOTORING TO TEXAS
Ambicr Croup Will Leave Tomorrow for   Extended  Tour
Air. and .Mrs. Uoland-.Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Smith and d.iiigh- Icr, of .Ambler, and .Mrs. .Mli >rl Ilolliiigsworlh. of 1 loiirluw n, will le,i\<' I'rida.v aflernoon fur Texas. They will make the trip by aulonto- hili- and altogelher Ihey expect to lravc>l IXliO niil^s, completing be trip in about three or four days b.\- moloring at lilgbt, as well as diiric the da.v. 'I'he.x will remain a'     ¦ ¦ *. ucul;.   \ isiling  the   jiarents
,.^v-and and Harold Smith and '.c .'s. HoUliigswurth before their re- I I lliu   to   .Vlllblcr.
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