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V^OL. LVII-NO. 7
AMBLER.   PA..   APllII^   11.   1935
S1.75  A  YEAR
SCHOOL OF   HORTICULTURE
Luncheon for April 17 When Campaign Plans   Will   Be   Announced
Tho .Sehool of Horliculturc, Am'bler, will hold a luneheon on ¦Wednesday, April 17, at the school, at which tlrr>e the program of the Spring Garden Day-s will be announced and the preliminary   plans   for     the     Harvest
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AMBLER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE   Ifotno   to   be   held   in   September,   also! MILLIONS   OF   DOLLARS   OF   SAV-
TO  HAVE SPEAKER
"^  ^«ry   One    Interested   Asked   to    At- 1  Slid Open Session in Forrest Avenus sichool Building Next Monday Even¬ ing.
Phases of thc National Housing' Act and opportunities for land owners, builders   and   homo    seekers   will   bo
the  details for the  new service mem- bershiix
There will be an opportunity during the afternoon to inspect the plant and work of thc Schcool.
State   Does   Net   Give   Free   Seeds
I.Vich   Sprine,   the  I'ennsylvania   De¬ partment   of    AgT'jioulture   is   flooded
considered at a meeting in the Forrest i .^^.n,., requests for free r.ardcn seeds. Avenue achool auditorium. Ambler, - ^,,,g imm-essioii prevails that the De- next Monday evening, under the spon- |,,^,,j_^^pj^j j^^,,^^^ .^ practice of dis- sorshlp   of   the   Ambler   'Chamber   of, j^,,,^^^.^„ ^_^^^,^,^,^ ^^^^^^ ,^^^  ^  ^ ^^_
Cimimerce. .   .     ,,       ,        ! sequence  both  city  and   country   folks
The conference was oriKinall.v plan-        ' ¦' .        ,
ilic v-i/i.i ,    ^ 71 .,,,„     continue  each year  to  write  tho  De-
ned for last Monday, but the canrpaign i .  «      *u  .       o  .        ..     r
J.,    -. . .,„.-t„.,.,.,„,.^,-,f   partment  for  their allotment  of  seed.
arrangements   made   its po.stponcment
a logical move, and plans are shaping i No seed is available from the De¬ fer an interestin.g session next Mon- hiartmer-t, and fuitherinore no seed day evening to ¦ivhich every person ] has ever been distributed in this interested in building, housiag an.l j manner in the i>ast, officials cm- flnanoing   construction,   whether     tlie   phasixe.
plans are  of renovation  or new erec¬ tion,  is invited to attend.
Contractors, builders, architects, miaterial men, l.and-owners and homo seekers are concerned with a revival of the building trades, and the questicui of financing such a program will be outlined by a speaker from the Na¬ tional  Housing Comimission. i
It was announced at the meetin.g of the   Chamtber   of  C<5mlmcrce   on  Mon¬ day afternoon  that  the United  States Otivernment  has  approved  a  plan   of j financing   new   construction   up   to   80 | percent of the cost of the ground and I building,   and   the   prograim   to   assist with renovation work, which  has been I operating for nearly a year, i.s already | well   known.   It   iai     hoped   that     all persons   interested     will     attend     llie Chamber   of   Commerce   open      forum r.ext Monday evening. ' „     ..    ,
B<lward Foulke, K.sq., president of; Urges That Public Works Be M_ade the Chamber of Commerce, presided I Permanent Feature to Add to Em- at the meeting, and the minutes were! ployment and to Increase Purchasing read by the secretary, John Ij. Hansell.       Power
A.   'W.   Yetter   h'.as     been   appointed ; Kdilor oC thc "Gaxettc:" .representatiye of the Ambler Chamber ]     Tho   National   Government   is  .about
It is understood that relief .agen¬ cies will endeavor to provide the nec¬ essary garden seeds for all worthy ca.ses. The Department is, therefore, referring all inquiries to their local relief   boards.
iyOCAiES PUBLIC
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INGS   EFFECTED
SUDDEN DEATH OF JOHN J. LINKEJ
Horace   P.   Livesidge,   of   Phila.   Elec¬ tric   Co.,     Addresses   Shrine   Club— Letter of  Thomas  A.   Edison,  Dated April  7,  1ES1,  Is   Read An   original   letter  from  Thomas  A. Fdison,  a recent  communication   trom Mo.seow  and     the   March   27   issue   of the   Toronto,   Ont.,   Globe     were   dis- l>layed    to  members    of    the t:lub  during     an   address   questionin.g tbe   genuineness  of   widely   publicized "low  electric   rate   schedules"   and   il- 'ustrating  "tho  penalties  which  result from   an   economic     relation   between the   cost   of     electric  service  and   the amount   received   for   such   service."
The speaker w.as Horace P. Diver- sidge, vico president and general manager of the Philadelphia Electric Company. He presented the various documents in cstablishir.g that "it is not by comparisons th.it discontent with Iiresent elecliio rates has beon fomented."
"At the time of Mr. XMlson's! letter, April 7, 1891, the rates of the Edison Company In Philadelphia had Just been reduced from one and one- | eighth cents a lamp hour—that is to say, 22 1-2 cents a kilowatt hour," Mr. Diversidge said. There h'ave been milions of doll.ars of savings In rate reductions to customei's since Mr. ICdison's letter, together with greatly augmented efficiency of the current so that lighting values have been increased    in   monetary    terms  in    a
Former   Business   Man   Dies  at   Home On   Race  Street.
John   J.   Link,   well   known   butcher, of  Ambler,   was  fcund dead In his home on   Race   street,   near  Bidge     avenue, Saturday  morning  by   Chief  of   I'olice Fred   K.   I''luek.     Neighbors   suspected that all was not right when they .saw the   daily   papers   on   the    porch   for several days, as well as the mail. Chief THuck  was  notiried,   and   on  goln.g  to the   house   he   found   the   froht   door! open.   He   went   to   one   of   the   do\vn- | stairs ro()(mi.s and found Mr. TJnk lying | on   the   floor   fully   clothed   with   hu-sj overcoat  on  ;ind   has   hat  nearby.   I'p- ! on   inquiry   by  Chief  IHurk.   developed
REPUBLICAN SWEEP
BEAN      AND      WINNER     CARRIED THROUGH   SUCCESSFULLY
Substantial Vote in All Sections Gives a Majority of More Than 15,000— Democrats Fail to Approach Last Year's  Mark
Thc Kepublicans swept Montgomery
ARTHUR LUXTON SEES NEED 0^1,^^^^   „, „^t,p„ ^^   ^ne."
MORE AVAILABLE FUNDS
to the meeting of the  National Cham ber  of   Corrmierce  in   Washington,   P. C, on April 29,  SO, May 1 and 2, and Mr. Yetter is ari-an.gin,g to attend one or i-nore  of tlie sessions.
Secretary Hansell reported that tbe credit bureau is organii^ed and avail¬ able for the retail merchants  ot Am-
to put into action its newly legislat ed P. W. A. fund of four billion doll'irs. Coui>lcd to a balance of unspent funis from the former public works program it will have about rive Diilioua to spend.
To  somo  Ihis  is  a  tremendous  sum of   money,   but  speaxlng  in   terms
bier and  vioinity.   The  Iile.s  and   data ! public  works  it  is  decidely   toi sniai) are  located in  the affice of the secre- I to  m.ake a real concentrated  drive  to
tary.
i restore purchasing power. .There Is j l>ut one way of restoring buying pow- and that is to restore It. GeHV- phrase.s,   buy-now  camipaigns  and
er, ing
i general backsledding can't stimul.iLP f ."pending in a nation starved for the j need of money. The masses 'Wfill sper-i I when, aud only When, the volume atil 'velocity of currency is- ine-eased to , the point where dollar'? will roadi'.v \ be  attainable.
illow are they to be attained- A\liy, by wages paid for the hire of cvery unemployed person. AVho is go'ng to emploj- tluni'.' Industry ean't, because they are already producing mor-s than Kiwanis Broadens Vision, Cements Uhe demands of the buying public, r'j-- Friendships, Offers Opportunities fori because  the   bu.ving  public'   has     too
Service, and  Entails  Responsibilities! imich to weiu", too much to eat, or too ..  ,     .        ^    .„
-lo er  Club   M.,.t  on   April   23. , much of the luxuries of this life, b'.tt | it«elf  out  in  twenty-flve  years,
.„.,i,l„„f   „r   only   because   thc   buying   public   has  I^iversidge     pointed     out
the'no money to buy them; therefore, thej that phrase has a familiar ring to duty depends directly on the Govern- | me—to all of us in America—right ment to 0m',ploy these unfortunate | now. It takes some time for such vicliini.s of an econo'mic and soci.il matters to work themselves out, collapse, and when I say employ them, j but  there  is no escapin.g the econom-
AME'LER   CLUB   INSPIPED   BY   ED WARD  FOULKE'S ADDRESS
"» Tho great inventor's letter, which enunci.ated the low-rate pclicy ot the   electric   industry,   declared:
"I am a believer In insuring the permanency of an investment by keeping priees so low that there is no inducement to others to come in ¦and   ruin   it."
"This,    as a  matter    of  fact,"  said
that the la.=;t time the decea.sed v.a., | county on T ue.sday at the special seen alive was after midnight on Tues- { <'lt'''tH>n, and Theodore Lane Ik>an is day, and it is believed that he had j''l^'Ctcd to the state senate to fill the Shrine j been dead since Wednesday mornln.i', ^ vacancy caused by tho death of Soti- The   coroner   wa.s   notified. Heart | ''tor  Boyd,   and   Edwin   C.  Winner   is
trouble l.'i said to have been the cause ' Pl^'^ted to the vacancy In the sUte of death. {Since the death of his ^it^\ tf^tntdy cau.'^ed by the resignation of the deceased has been living alone. \ Clarence Ederer. The majorities over Por a number of years he conducted ! M'ss Ely for the senate and Ch.arles a butcher shop on Puller avenue in i A. Wilson for the assembly. Democratic the Lapetina building, which he di.-?-1 fi"'lW'ites are substantial. Senator nosed of a short time ago. A d.aughter, j l-^^"" ''aving a lead In excess of 15,- Mrs.    John    J.    Sibley,    residing   at    9 i "fO.
Tennis Place. Glen Pldge. New Jersey,! ^"'^ to prediction, tho 'W hitemnrsh was notifled by Chief I'1iicl<.  and  she | Galley Pepublic.a.n County Com.Tnittee-
men and Coiumitleewomen gave a substantial ma.iority for Be.an and Winner. As early as Ia.st F'riday the mcmljer.H of the ctimmxittee from the districts in the valley announced they would give 1(100 majority for the ticket. It is believed the ma,iorlty will exceed this when all returns are re¬ ceived.
The only two districts in this group that failed tor the victors were Amb¬ ler Second AVard, which gave Mi.ss ]')Iy 34 more votes than Bean, and the AVo^t Ambler district of AVhitpain township. However, the committee did not estimiite these two districts in the winning colirmn. The vote of the districts  is as  follows.
AMBLER BOROL'GH Anibler  I'^'irst   AVard,   Senator.  Bean. R., 307, Ely, P., 227; assemibly, AA'inncr, R.,  304,  AVilson. P., 228.
Ambler   Second     AVard-—Bean,     K.,.
11.^;    Ely,   i:.,   149;    AVinner,   P.,   123;
AVilson.   P.,   140.
Ainbler Third AVard—Bean, R.,  222;
H.,   2C0;   AVHlson,
reached Ambler Saturday evening. The funeral .services wero held Tuesd.iv froi.. the funeral home cf I'ndertakcr Jes.se F. Pavis, Ma^in street and Bel¬ mont avenue, and inteHnvcnt was made [ in  Rose Hill  cemetery.
COLONY CLUE HAS HELD CUR¬ RENT EVENTS CLASS
Wi'fried      Percy      Bartlett,      Lecturer, Guides   Consideration   to    Phases   of National    and      European    Relation¬ ships   and   Tendencies The  last     mooting   of  thc     Current ! pjiy,  i,>.,  7S;   AVinner,
Events   Classes   ot    the   Colony   Club, j P.,   58.
given by "The Little i-orum of Phila- I     ITppor Publin  North—Pean, P.,  252
AMBLER PUBLIC   LIBRARY
Mr. Milllkin Will Show Pictures Illus¬ trative of "Musa  Dagh"
The regular monthly meeting of the Executive Committee of the Atm)>ler Public Library was held in the library on Thursday. The following facts were brought out:
Contributions to the drive are still coming in, the amount to date i>eing $484. Income from fees and fines for the month was $38.54. This is the only certain income the library has. It is used for the purchase of new books. The circulation for the month -wes 1312 books, which were almost equally divided between adults .and children. To minimize losses and fines thc child- ron are limited to one book at <a time.
Interest in Franz AVerfel's new book, "The Forty Pays of Musa Dagh," con¬ tinued unabated. In response to re¬ quests, Mr. B. C. Mlllfkin haa consent, ed to show his pictures of the events depicted In this book and give a short taJlk on it in the library on Wednes¬ day, April 24, between 7.30 and 8 p. m. Mr. Milllkin, representing the American Red Cross, was in temporary charge of the American Refuge Cantp at Port Said when the British and French warships brought thc refugees from Musa Dagh. Because of this his pictures and story have feal interest. The regular work of the library will be Interrupted for about 15 minutes to allow the showing of the pictures. Any one interested Is Invited to go to the library at this time.
Hitherto unacknowledged subscrip¬ tions to the library fund have crtme from Carl Sabold. Miss Grace AVood¬ ward, Mrs. Samuel Ljirwlcre, Mrs. Annie l.andis, Mrs. Charles E. Inger¬ soll  and  Mrs.  William. Deuchar.
Mr.   Liversldge,   "has   been   the   policy j delphia"     wf of this  company and   its  predecessors j Club  rooms
held     in  the     Colon" 1     Alirll   3,  v,-ltTi     Mr!!.
from the early days when this twen¬ ty-two and a half cent r.ate w.as barely enou.gh to meet the fixed charges and the costs of doing busi¬ ness."
The letter was written at Ogden Mine, 'N. Y., .and w.as addressed to Prof.   AVll'Lam  D.   Marks,   president   of
Ely,  P.,  133;   Winner,  R.,  258,  AVilson, D.,   122. '
UPPER  DUBLIN      ' Ul>|ier Dublin South—Bean, B., 163;
Raymond    M.-ixson   and   Mrs.   Thomas
Foullre  in  charge.  These  elas^-es  have
proven   to    be  of  great Interest    and   Kly,  P.,  3S;   Winner,  R.,  165;   Wilson,
help   to   the   members hi   the   Colony i ^^ ,^^'       .,,.„.„ „
Club     and   their    frlei&ls,   and   It     is!     ^ Wer  Dublin  East-Bean,   R,
hopod     it   will   bo     Pol them     another     yoar. luncheon      preccdcdi
ible   lo     have:';^'*''  '*' lA     .sandwich j ^''   ^""^ ch     meotii-^, iho   American
99;   Winner,  R.,
125: 122;   Wilson,
tho» Edison   Electric     Light   Company j most   effl.ciently   serve
of  Philadelphia,     predecessor   of     tho i Home     Comniililee,     B®s.     AVm.     E.
present     Philadelphia   Electric   Com-j Dowler,   chairman,   duri^ which  time |     ;S,ji-inir(ield AVest District—Bean,  R.. I tween   250   and   750   students.       The
pany.                                                                   | .an   informal   di.sriission|: rf   thc   notes jj.^^.   j,,,y^   ^ jg^.   ^vinner,   R.,     171;! Amibler   Kand   omitted   the   customary
SPRINCrFIEIJ? Springfield East—Bean. II.. 483;  Ely, D.,   215;   AVinner,   R.,   483;   AVilson,   D., 215;
TWO   FIRSTS   IN   DISTRICT     FOR¬ ENSIC   AND   MUSIC   LEAGUE
FIREMEN'S RELIEF RECEIVES $11,240
AMBLER'S   SHARE   IS   $301.30,   BUT ONLY   $103   ARRIVES
Represents Share of Two Percent Tax on Foreign Fire Insuranco Carried Within the Severa.' Dis¬ tricts—Funds    Diverted,    Is    Report
Checks lotalin,^ $17,219 .'ire report¬ ed to have been mailed to volunteer flre companies in Montgomery Coun¬ ty as their share of the state tax on foreign fire insurance carried within the   districts.
AVIhile Ambler's share ot this i;!34 tax is $310.30, the check that came through to Borough Treasurer Wclier was for $10333. It is confidently be- ' lieved that tho balance will bo forth¬ coming as the funds, which, it is a'¬ leged have been temporarily diverted, are restored to the proper channels at   Harrisburg.
The money is for use only for relief purposes of volufitecif- )flj'emen, atiitr is available only where relief asso¬ ciations are legally organized and operating.
The amounts for the several local dlstrlcls are as follows: Ambler, $;;i0,30; Conshohocken, $5t'0,06; Hat¬ boro, $111.57; Hatflpid, $S0.1S: Jen¬ kintown, $1,21,1.55; Lan.sdale, $761.82; North AVales, $337.54: Horsham, $82.- 22; Lower Gwynedd, $124.76; Mont¬ gomery, $35.74; Plymouth, $12LC9; .Sprlngfleld, $295.56; Upper - Dublin, $159.04; Upper Moreland. $156.40 AVest Norrison, $70.26; AVhilem.arsh, $218.94; AVhitpain, $91.5C; AVorcoster, $37.28. I
Holstein Breeders Elect The Montgomery County Holsteln Breeders' Assixa.ation met at Krauss' Hotel, Eiast Greenville, nnd elected the following offlcers: President, AV5l- liam H. I.«indis, East Greenville; flrst vice president, .1. L. AVood, Red Hill; Robert   Colmer   Baritone   Solo' Honors i second   vice   pre.sident,   Harve^•'   Mur-
—Ambler Track Stars Lost to Lojver Merion, 65 to 43—Will Meet Girard on   Saturday
On the evening of April Sth thc District Elimination Contest of the Pennsylvania Alusic and Forenslo League was held at the Lowtr Merion High School.
The Anxbler High School Band, un¬ der the direction of Mr. Clifford Geary, made its appearance as an entrant in Cia.ss i'. Class H High Scho'ils are high  schools whose  enrollment is be-
phy, Non-istown. R. D. 3; third vice president, AVayne Schultz, Tlist Greenville; secretary-treasurer, Har¬ old Alleb<ach, Trappe. Members of the Bucks, Berks and Lehigh county associations were present and tod briefly ol conditions in th'>ir coun¬ ties. I.-iaac Gross, Plumsteadville, spoke  for the  Lucks  group.
FIREIN JNSIALL
The   Canadian   Newspaper   contain-   of  the   previous   meetin)?   was   led   by ed     prominently     displayed,     ffcngthy | ono   of   the   members.   This   luncheon
AVilson,  P.,  145.
Springlleld   Third—Bean,
136;
news  stories ,of  the  diflftculty  of ' the | .and   discus.sion   alsff tt^iaed- for  gre.aT T;!ly7"i5-""4();   'Winner,""n".,~'r4tr;'"'WltglW-mttiity¦ Hi t!tr ftre'i;"mef«tnent—Fautmi^r
publicly   owned   .and   opcr.ated   hydro- j enjoyment   and   sociability. | p.,   3(j.
electric experiments in Ontario, whore j     AVilfried   Percy   Baitlelt,    who   has;     .^Sprin.gfleld   Fourtli—Bean,   P.,     248;
40  per eent  of the  total   funded  debt , b.'^en   the   lecturer   for   each   of   these j Ely, D., 117;  Winner, R., 246;  AVilson,
was shown by the speaker to be due moe'.ings, is a speaker o! splendid directly to the electrical experiment. I personality, and hiis presented the "All of these things happened,' ne^^s of the iiast few months In a despite the confident assertion, when j concise, str.aighttorward manner and the experiment was launched in 1910, | from an unbi.ased vie\7point. At this that   the   whole   proposition   'will   pay i lfi.''t   meeting,   air.   Bartlett   sprke     of
P.,  112.
LOAVBR GAVA'NEDD Bean, R.. 322;  Ely, P., 113;  Winner, P.,  322;   AV'ilson,  D.,  112. HORSHAM Bean, P.,  303;  Ely, D., 209;  AVinner,
I  mean  at a profltable  w;iv,'e.
Public works should be made a ler- imanent feature of our Government, not only to take up the slack in in¬ dustrial employment, bul of such pro-
. portion in relation to size and effort as well as wages that it will result in direct competition wilh industry. Accenutating industry to likewise pay
I a just and profitable wage to labor, it would l)o forced to oblige if it hoped
I to compete with public works for thq
ic fact that when the price of any product or service is less than its cost somebody must make up the difference. And in the Cvase of electric service which is publicly owned this difference usually comes out of the pockets  of the  taxiiayer."
The communication from Moscow showed that the present electrical rate  there  is  15 cents a kilowat-hour.
"The secret of lower prices for electricity   lies     in   greater   use,"   the
Mr. "Somehow
Leidy B. Heckler,  past  pr the  Aimbler    Club,     presided   at Kiwanis meeting at fechool Inn Tues¬ day evenin.g, and I'Zdward l-'oulke, Bs.i., another past president, was the si>cak- er.
Mr. Foulke chose, most happily t'O I'.resent some thought on K^iwanis ih-o- gress week. He mentioned the in¬ creasing membership roll and the education of thc personnel P-iong Kiwanis lines. He noted tho effect of Kiwanis on the members, and the broadening of thoug'ht with growth of lellowship. so heipiu: in social an 1 business circles.
Kiwanis raises tho standards of living.  Men  increase  their  power  and   ^^^.^j^^^ „f j^„or_ ,    ,      .,    ..„,„
ambition   to   forge   ahead.     1 he   mdi- .     ^   p   -yy   ^   fu,nj   ot   twelve   billron j wP^i^ker   declared.   "That   greater   use vidual   life   is   developed,     and     that ^ ^.^^^jj,^^.^ .^^.^^^^j^j ,j^,j.j^,j. ^p^.,^,^, jl^^ p^^.p^g^ , depends    on  a  better    understandingi life   bfoadened   and   deepened   "»   the 1 ^^ ^^.^.^j^j^^g ^^^^ ^^^.^,^.^^5,.,^ p^^yp^.  ^he!'jctween   the   public   and   its   utilities, i si^lendid  brotherhood   and   humanitar-; ^^,^^^|.^  of  this  could,  and   should     be | I   therefore     declare   that   those   who j ian  work of the  movement is  carried ' ^^^^ '^^^  ^^^^^.^   clearance,  road  build- I are     fostering   suspicion  and     ill-will forward. i jj,^^   grade-crossing   elimination,   and I against     the   utilities     are     definitely
The   underprivileged   child   work   is; gyg^  more   imporiant  tho   ll'^hting  of ' slowln.g  down     the  approach   to   that a  phase  which   not  only  restores   the   jjig.].|^^,.^yj.     (.g   reduce     night     driving j objective  toward  whieh" we  aro  striv-
both I R., 317;  AVil.son, P., 190
the     unsettled     conditions
United   States   and   l'.'!urope,   some   ot i AVIHTEMARSII
the   problems   President   Roosc'clt   is:      East   'D'istrict—^1.5ean,    P.,    219;    Ely
facing   in   Washington   at   the   present j D., 7S;  AVinner. P., 219;  AVilson, D., 77
timo,     of    the     "circus     p .rtormanc^
tactics"   of  1-Iuey  Lm.g  to  attract  at-j P-,   120;   AVinner,   P.,   2S3;   AVilson   E'.,
tention,  of several  other  persons who I 123. ,
are  in   the  public  eye  at  t'.ie  pre.sont I     AVest  District-Boan,  P.,  273;     Ely,
moment.     Mr,     Partlelt's     talk     and'''-   tl>i;   Winner,  1!.,  273;   Wilson,  P.,
comments gave  thc  audience  a  much I ^ti.
"warm-up"   number  and   opened  with the   required   contest   selection,   "Sym-
APPOINTMENTS NEEDED
ACTIVE   WORKERS
BY
and continued by rendering the overture, "Morning, Noon, and Night in "Vienna"—^Vojn Suppe. The Band displayed, in the performance of their two numibers, an excellent exhibition of  pliraseology  and smoothness.
Robert Colmer, a senior of the Am¬ bler High School, entered the contest in the baritone soloist classification and was awarded flrst place in his group by the decision of the Judge. He sang for his first nuimiber the re ((uired contest selection, "To the Sun- | Middle  District—Pean   K     2X5;   Elv! 1 shine." Op. 36, No. 4, by Robert Schu-I given     additional     f.aclllties     in
and   as     a   second     number, | form   of    lockers,   which     have     been
Company Responds to Seven Alarms During Month—New. Pump Given Test by Engineers—Reading Rail¬ road   Co-operates
The  active    list  of  fire  fighters    ot
"To the Sun- [ the   Wissahickon   Fire   Co.   has     been
additional     f.acilities     in     the
clearer    insight    into    the   affairs   and j
AVtlHTPAIN
conditions prevailiii,:;- in Europe and j AVhitpain North wont strong for the America, than they would have so- Republican ticket, liean winning for cured   from   many   hours   of   re.idln.g. i the state senate over Ely by a vote ot
Mrs. •  Harry   .Everham     and      Mrs. j -^'-^ to 104. Harry AVeaver  will  entertain   the   Ex- | A\1HITPAIN-AVEIST  AMBLER
eeulive Board ot the Colony C ub I AVhitpain-AVest Ambler was carried at luncheon at Niblock's Restaurant, I ^^'ir the Democratic ticket. Bean, 65, Ambler,    Tuesday,   April    10,    at    12.30 i I'-'U'.    l-''.>;    AVinner,   71;    AVilson,   122.
mann,
"S'hortnin' Bread," by Jacques Wolfe. | placed in the ajiparatus room. Sev- Colmer's tone (quality, expression, and j eral jjears ago the organization com- enunciation  were  unsually    flne,    and I menced  adding  lockers  for  tho  active
ho proved a worthy representative of the vocal music department of Ambler High School, which is under the direc¬ tion of Miss Ruth Manlove.
Because both Robert Colmer and the Ambler    High     School     Band
child to noiimalcy, but tends to pre vent crime and assist the comimunity in that resjiect. 11 broadens the use¬ fulness of teh individual recipient and enables him to be self-supporting and to take his proper place in com¬ munity activities.
As the men b( conie more identified with the work of the club they realize that the meimbors'hip is a great cross section of the business world, and through the club magazine they learn
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hazards. j ing—tho  ralsiug  ot  the   si.andard   liv-
I'm not unmindful  of tho  fact that; ing  in   this  country  by  m.aking  jihy- |
this  would   be   fertile     soil   in     Which I sieally   and   economically   possible   the i
chiselers and pelty grafters would w.ix , greatest   use   of   electric   service     by \
fat nor am I unmindful that in many | j,.,p greatest nunxber of people in this
cases the chronic kickers who ;'ondenin , country."
P. AV. A. pri>gi'a,ms most, are the first j 	
to leach on it. Bo that as it may, the]
undeniable   fact   rentiins   that  this   is   Lawyers     Appointed     for     Work
ono depression that we  can't let take
Its  course.
Wo   may   havo   followed   that   pro-
P-   m. I'LA'MOUTH
Plymouth  g.ave  its  usual  majorities
for the Republican  ticket,  as follows; F«i;jl    District—Boan,   R.,   218;    Ely,
D.,   SS.
AVest  District—Bean,  P.,   353;     Ely,
P.,   202.
Wild  Flower  Lecture  for Troop 2 and Friends
Afr.   AV.   AV.   Heiiiitsh,   who   is   con-   ! nected  with   the  Bowman   Ilill     AVild
ASK   BILLS  COMPRISING   ITET/l   qf ! ^'''^^^'^i' i-'^'eservc,    maintained  by  rhe
State   at  Washington   Crossing,      Pa.,
$16,6C7.40
of activity and progress to meet great • pedure in tlie past, but in this de- world-wido as well as community con- ; pj-j,ssion wc aro smarting under the ditions. I burden of economic and social collopse.
Kiwanis   objectives   arc   to   develop ] Sincerely, ARTHIUR   LUXTON.
leadership  training. AVhile the depres- i penllyn,  Pa.,  Apr.  ,S,  1935
sion   has   been   respon.sible  for  a  loss,        , _ —  ,i„,p.
members,   .'ilill     thoiVVm.   S.   Dickcrson   Seeks   Reappoint-!""''-
Countyi Two   members   of    the   I'hilado'iihia I County   r.ar  Association     havo    been named   deputy   attorney   g'onerals   to work   in   Montgomery   County.
jn   Ambler   Tiixpayers   to    Hold    Reaular i      Meeting    This    Friday—Purchase    of Water   Co.   Studied—He-M    Members Enrolling
What is expected lo be the- largest itlonded and most inii>ortant meeting of  tlie  A'mbler  Taxpayers'  Association
awarded the decision by the judges, they are entitled to continue in the S-tate   Contest.
On I'Yiday the pupils of Ambler IF'Th School were? entertained by two ntusicians, PeCoster and Ferrari. Miss Ferrari played the accordion, and Mr. DeCoster performed on a variety of instruments, including the saxophone, clarinet, guitar, banjo, bass clarinet, .and trombone.
Mr. PeCoster did    one    particularly unusu.al and original number: he play¬ ed two saxophones at the same time. He was accompanied by Miss Ferrari. Miss   Fen-ari   sang   "Moonlight   and Roses,"   and   also   rendered   a   comic I song.  "The  Making    oC    .a  Saxophone I Player,"   with   sound   effects   by   Mr. I DgOostGi'
illustrated   lecture   on   AVild   Flowers j     Although   the   program  ^^^s   largely
! made up of classsical or semi-cl.assical music,   the  couple ended  with  an  ar-
auspices of Troop 2, of Anibler, an illustrated lecture on AVild Flowers at the meeting scheduled for April 12,
range'ment   for   .sax<,phone   and   accor-
men, who need the lacilitles for their individual boots, co.ats, etc. The list of workers soon crowded the lockers so that at times two men v.'ore ob¬ liged to use the same space. This, 'were | however, w.as not satist.aciory In all cases, and added lockers became im¬ perative. These havo now been se¬ cured, announcement of which was made at the meoting on Friday night   of   last   week.
Chief Thomas reported having re¬ sponded to seven alarms during the past month, and reported the api>ar- atus ready for service. He and his engineers had the large pumper in oper.ation several times since the in¬ stallation of the new pumping unit, and they are anxiously awaitin.g a test to be conducted by the Ameri¬ can LaFrance Co. under the neces¬ s.ary gauges, etc., to determine its full   capacity.
It was staled that the Porough Treasurer has rceeived from the st.ate a check for $103, being a iior¬ tlon of the tax on foreign fire in¬ surance for tho ye.ar 1933. This p.iy¬ ment  will  bo  turned  over  to  the  Re-
;,U   Trinity   Church,   Ambler.
(While  the spealcer plans to  empha-    ,.        „ , ^,     .,„,    ,
si.e the Scout requirements in botany   d.on of two popular songs, the   Shadow. Hef A.ssociation  of the Fire Company it   will   undoubtedly   be   ot   much   in- i ^^^^"^    ^n^J the   'Isle  of Oapri. |     i„   this    connection   Secretary   Deu-
torest   to   >lho   growing   rtimoers   |if !     'Two   field   records   were   broken   as, char     read   a     communication     from
Harry Ball. Ardmore, and Morris ; ^vill be hold this Friilay evening in the I Gerber, Amblor, fhe appointees, wero '• assembly room of Forest avenue sohool. I given   the    oath  of  offiee  at    Harris- | It is  said  that  the  officials  havo  en-
of   some   20,000 movement     has    been   solidified     an-l | ment
made more responsive and responsible.: per 'M years AViiliam S. Pickerson, It has become strong yet elastic to | „( (joj^j i'oint, has held a detective meet the change in the social situa- i license and conducted a detective tion. There arc a lot of classifications , ^^„pJ^^.y jji^ office is in Norristown. yet to be filled, and the opporlunity i j^jj. ivdjc.yon desires lo continue for   growth   still   is   evident. ! ^^.ji',^   ,.,|^   agency.,   and   has   peUlloncd
f^The club greeted Henry SchnCKlcr,.^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^. ^^ ,.j.no,.,y, ot the ap- Pm. P-, "f T^hree Tuns^ -;«, ^^.^"''"'^ 1<'Int monl. Judge tl^alU,eho^vcr, who and  congratuLaled  I^"-"1<1. *"'t'''"l"'"'>'; i-eoeivod   the   petition,   fixed   April. 23
At the same time, Ralph .1. Rinalducci, Norristown, former assis¬ tant district attorney, under Frank X. Rennlnger, was named to a $5000 job.
It   is     understood   that   the   salaries of liall and Gerber will be $20flC each.
deavored to have e.\plainod what is included in tlie miscellaneous item of Hl).li67.40 a|'.pe:-.ring in the exiienses on the auditors' reiiort ef boiouy,. oijerations for  last year.
The  committee   of   the     association, headed by the president,  .loseph Hoss.
1 those interested in tho preservatum ] 1 of our AVild Flowers, and to these! I and Scout Troops a very cordial in- i vilalion is extended to be present. , There will be an offering for the ex- ; penses of reprcsonlalivos to the Scout .lamboroe on Aug. 21-30 at AVashlng¬ ton, D. C.
Ambler High track men lost to Lower I Charles     Clark,
on   the  birth   of   a   daughter.
Lelry Heckler announced nn intcr- elub meeting this Thursday al Hiirrls- burg, which some local members will attend. Tho international i)re\ddent, Br. A\^ J. Chorrin'.,'lon, will be present
as   the   time petition.
for  a  licarint.'   on     tlie
Death   of  Elwood   S.   Moser Elwood   Smith   Moser,    77,     founder rhere is also an inler-eUib meeting on j and   iir.blislier  of  ihe  CoUegeville  In the 23d at Morion.
T.  E.  Webster  Engaged
They   will   be   under   the   direction   of I has   been   allciidin^^   rhe   meetings   '>f ; ,  -^'"^'';""~   ';''^,i''rEmTv''catlin
council, .securing infoHmation tliat will , the engagement of Miss Hmilj, Catlln also be of much inierest lo llie tax- ' IMcKittrick, daughter of Mrs. Clifford payers, and a report will be made n i Rosengarten, of AVoodley, Villanova, the taxpayers, all of whom arc in-M^d T. Ehvood AA^ebster, son ot Mr. vited   to  attend.
Another imporiant (luestion that ^-ili bo   considered   is   the,   purcliase   of   the
Rinalducci, who occupies the position of caring for matters connected with closed   banking  institutions.
Sale  at   Edge   Hill
AViiliam   T.   P.   Roberts   &   Son,
of
Illustrated Lecture on Wild Flowers at Troop No. 2
Tills Friday night at the Headiiuar- j Amibler Spring Water Coniiiany, which ters of Tro.-ip N(}. 2, Anfbler. ii. S. off is a problem that will liuve to be de- A., thore will be given a lecture on ' elded sooner or lalor. Some thought dependent, a weekly newspaper, and i ^^"'1 flowers by Mr. W. AV. Heinilsh, I has been given to the [luestiun, but prominently' identilled with publlca- | custodian of the BowUnan HiU Pre- \ no action has been taken, lions in Alont'-'onierv and Perks! serve, at Wasliingtons Crossing. The ] Tho above aro only a few of the Counlie'-i    died     Tesd'n«   at   his   home! speaker  ha.s  a  number  of  beaulifully i imiportanl   niiatters   th--i-t   will   bo   con-
of
and  Mrs.  J.  Davis AVebster  of  RiJge pike. 1,1:;
Merion last Saturday af)ternoon on the local field, 65 to 43.
AVitle, a sophomore on the Lower Merion squad, set a new standard in tho quarter mile at B3.5 seconds. The old record of 55 seconds even wus held by Weaver, of Radnor.
R. Burrell, Ambler, threw the diiscus 121 ft. 6% in., to erase the record cf  Phil   Dillon,   Amblor  star  of  1933,
secretary     of     the
Penr^i. .Sjlate Firemen's Association, advising of efforts made in behalt of the fund at Harrisliurg when un¬ friendly legislation threatened to do- vote it to hosiiitals or destroy its present usefulness altogether. A list of proposed bills affecting this luad and volunteer firemen was also read, and it is assured that the interests of   volunteer   firemen   are   heing   zeal-
Glenside,   reiiorts  the  followin.-^  sales: , ^^„^^.^  months 534   K;st   av-,   Edge   Hill.     lot   50xir)0,
in  Colle;;evi!le  afler  an  illness  lasting
to Clifton and Bessie Pard, and 117 j Arnold av., Roslyn, lot 10x175, to; Amey   Risley.
—Mori'lsvillci proposition of liylit  Iilant.
is      c.a n si d taring a   municipal
JTr.  Moser  was a lifelong Democrat md  for  a   time  v,'as  burgess  of Ool- ] le:',evil'.e.  He  founded  tho  Indci)endGnt 1 in   1S75   and    w.as   one  of  the    oldest publi.shors   in  tho  state.  At .one  time j benefit of tho scbuts. he   luiblishcd   the   Norristown   Regis-|     rpiie  lecture will  be hold  at  Trinity electric I ti'i'.   Fo   is   survived  by  a   number   of i ]vTem-orial     Church,     Friday    eveming, ( i tiuns   and   daugluers. i April  12,  ut  7.au.
colored slides, and the talk will be j sidered by the taxpayers, and it is most Interesting and timely. The local j therefore important that a largo al- Scoiit troops have been invited to at- i tendance result. Quite a number havo tend, and a cordial invitation is also sent in thei^- niemiicrship cards since extoiided lo all adults wlio iiriy lie in-   the March mooting, and it is said lb
State   Investigates   Mi,'k   Dealers
Milk   dealers   ill   Afontgoniery   coun ty   aro      h.-lng   Investigaited State    I\{llk    Control  lioard been   learned   invesli.gators
by   6%   inches.       The   old   mark   was , _, ,   , .,^      . ,
121 ft   even I """'y   safeguarded   at   Harrisburg   by
First   Place     winners   for     Ambler I Secretary Clark  and his  co-workers. were,  Cupit,  120   low  hurdles;   Ja-mes, !     A letter was read  from Olaf Feldje, half    mile;    Knight,   javelin;    5:ehich, i "f  PhlUi.,  who  for  several  yeara  was p .le   vault:    Burrell,   discus. i "n   aciive     volunteer   worker  in     tho
Lower Morion scored a clean sweep j Wissahickon   Fire   Co. in  the  220,  and  Ambicr repeated  this      A     donation   for     .$20   from     Adam
terested.
There  will  be an  offering for
tha
feat in the javelin. Crowley and Hartley, of Lower by tlie i Merion, were high scorers, with 10 It has i points each. Burrell. Alm'bler, cnme md audi-i third with 8>^ points, just Vj point tors of the contnd board are now in ' ahead of Beeten, of L. M. Cupit, Am- the county, chocking the accounts I bier, and Conoway, L. M., were next and business methods ot dealers in i with seven each. Anibler, Lansdale, -Norristown and Pottstown.
The   board   has  announced   20   deal- |
'     Anibler will  meet Girard  next   Sat- 1 urday at  2  o'clock  on   the  local   field.
tb(N
many more taxpayers will join the association al the iiiocting tliis I'Viday evening.
—Perkasie   borough   has   decided   to not buy the water aud sower iilant.
CIS in the state will bo cited to show cause why their licenses .sliould not bo revoked. i
- liuelv-.y   County   firemen   will   moot in  Duylostuwn  on  June   7.
North Wales School Tax Rate A reduction of one dolllar was made in the per calMla tax set by the North AVales School Board. The Ijroperly ta.x rate v.'as set at twenty mills   and   the   per   capita  rulu   il.
Fleck, of Sprlnghouse, was gratotuUy acknowledged. |
Councilman Harry EVans reported that he had conferred v.ilh the Reading Co. with rc^-ard lo box troughs under the railroad tracks lor the layin.'T of hoso in case of emer¬ gency, and he advised the firemen that the division engineer h;is orders lo   maintain   this   important  facility;
Pills were ordered pr.id as follows: A'oMl's Service Station, $3.47; Bell Telephone Co., $3.75: It. El. Frey, Inc., $27.20; Ambler Spring Water Co., $11.oS; Phlla. l-:ieelric Co., $46.75; lookers. $103.35; Ambicr B. and L. Assn.,   $61.80.