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^\ WIDOOUHrMT The Ambler Gazette >A [ 90 OUK MJtT VOh. LVII-NO. 1 AMBLER. PA.. FEr^RUARY 28, 1935 S1.75 A YEAR f EOERAL OFFICERS :l AU LI.EGEO GAMBLING PLACE VADED BY LAW IN- Ambler Colony Club News ¦On Saturd.ay afternoon, March 2, Mr.s. I'orcdval Theel, Montg. County Art CViainiian, ^v-ilI conduct a .County Art Tour at the Art Museum on tho Parkway. Phlla. Tho sf'tip w-ll meet in the Central Court, main entr.-inco .'it 2 o'clock. Meniihcrs of the Amliler Colony Club are urged to attend. The tour will Include the Post-Im- pres.slonlst Group; Van GorIo Czanno <:i«ugruen, and Kousseau. Those accept¬ ed artlst.i, rebels of their day who Completely Equipped Outfit Taken, and' seceded from the Aca,*™iic .school, Violation of United States Liciuor | revo.il the .simplicity, force .and nicr- i-aws Also Chargod—To Dozen Men | fredness of pioneers. Quite exten.sivo Is the unusual exhihit of Pone, whoso . ,, .brush vibrato'i v.''Ah the subtle evasive 'The second raid ' " -- FAVOR STATE LAW WIDENING POLICE POWERS, Arrested • , in West Ambler within a few weeks was miade Wed¬ nesday afternoon and resulted in the arrest of 24 men. Both raids were jiulled off in th© same buildlnp, which had been built but a short tinie and w^hich is said to be owned by James I'lllepgi. The first i-aid was meide on the Camera Club, which occupied part •of the flrst floor. This raid was made by Federal officers, who arrested the ollicialg of the club on a violation ot the United States liquor laws. The raid stufe'ed Wednesday was made by County Detectives Charles L-. A. Eiler, James Gleason, Bennett and Irvin C. Andersion, assisted by Chief of Police l''luck. Thiis raid was nmde against .an allesod gambling place. The olficers allege bets were Ixjing- taken on horse I .iklll of the old masters plu.« th.-^ trnlh i and experimentation of tbe moderns— I a rare combination in ono artist. i Philadelphia is iiroud to claim Borie as hor son. beuerici- P. Ilal- Wills Probated Two sistci-.4 nro naiiiod .ariOH in the will of l^aura lowel'l, Willow Cii-ove. Sho died on December 25. No value of ftho est:ifo is given. The sister.'^ are Arlene .-noi Ella Phillips with the Jatter beins named execuiti-lx. All estate wiitli a pcrs.in.al valuo of $.50 was left by Mary 1>. (loifror, Abington, who died I'V^bruary 18. Children and a grandchild are naniod Will Prosecute Theft of Traps The Came CommlsHion ha.'-i be 'ii reoolvin.g numerous rcl.ori.s of trails being .st(il(>n in \ar:iiiis ikh-.'s iu' the St.ate. Wliile the i'ohniu. .-.siin <l,io.-i not liaW' the power ti iiros<Tuto for l.arcony, it dix's h.a. o, .-md will strictly enforce its pnwiTs iiiulor tho Game T/aw.s, whii h ^i'. o it t.he right, under .Section CM of thc Ganw i'oilp, tv apprdu'ud Jin.'.c^ie disturbing the traps ol anotlier. ?,f.any tr.appers who bavo had tlr-ir traps stolen in the liast have re- .Horted to the pr.-ictlco of clearly punching them or othei-wise msirkiiiu them so th.at they can readU.v ho That the members of the Montgom-j ,,p(,,,p„iy^jj _.^n,, ,,iaim"d in tho event ry County Police Chiefs' Association | g^^pp^.^j, ^^^.^ caught. That has prac- riioiul to f.ght for their ri.ghts .and j ti(,.,Ily elimin.-.l.d tr,ap-;.tealing in CASTAHillS Greatly Hindered Under Present Motor Vehicle Law—Legislation at Harfis- bi-rg Being Closely Studied—^Chiefs Meet at Cheltenham INCREASE PROPORTIONATELY WITH RATE OF TAX ST. JOSEPH'S S,CHOOL greater powers Wa^ fully indicated .a,t somo .\ ti-.ip-lifter wil .'^^teals a trap which Is peniiiinontly murktd. if lir,:-! j procedure is t'oilnwed it will ovontu- j ally l>ut a stop 'to this type ol viol.i- ' tioii, ofriitia's holieve. beneficlarie.s. Charles D. Krcidtr, racing. The olflccirs arrived shortl>11 )„.y(-i,pt.^ jh named executor. W tore 3 o'clock and Irrimediately ruiih- ,'".¦ thc place. Barred doors halted their progress for a time, however, but they soon smashed their way through tht' doors and arrived in time to prevent some of thc men jumping fi-om the second story windows. One or two are said to have made their escape in tWs manner, not however, until one was recognized by Detective Eiler as l)e- Ing a paroled prisoner, who is want¬ ed for questioning. The man escaped before the officers could reach tbe place where he landed from the win¬ dow. One of Auch's large buses wa.s used in hauling the prisoners to the office of Justice of the Peace Urban, Forrest avenue, where they were given hearings. It was tostifled by the officers that when they arrived they found racing charts, a blackboard where the' at its special meetin.g on Monday records were kept of the rar^s as they j evening, adopted a resolution favoring were run off, together with a com- the jiroposed tax on chain stores and CHI SIORE m MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION AD¬ DRESSES GOVERNOR EARLE the regular monthly session of the, ti^j^ij twice li<-fore h( associi.ation hold la.-^t Thursday after¬ noon at the ^'(aktown Tavern, York Road and Ogontz avenue. Cheltenham. Superintendent Charles Smith, of the Ijower Merion township police who h.as been spendin.g considerable time in ll.ii'riKliur.g during the present s, s.sion of tiio legislature, gave ilr.st- hand iiii'orniation regarding the work being dnn(< for and .against the present police system of cities, boroughs and townships. "No doubt exi.-vts." Superintendent Smith .said, "that there is plenty of activity for centralizing the powers of the police with headquarters located in Harrisburg." He continued that the State I'olice Chiefs' Association is putting up a great flght against any ^iich movement. "Our greatest effort j Washington's Birthday Program Most now," ho said, "is to give the police, Appropriate — Would Washington Annual Entertainment Includes Fine Program The annual entertainment by the pupils of St. Joseph's School, Ainbler, will be pre.'^ented this Thursday and Priday evenings, and the progr.am as¬ sures an Interesting and delightful event. i The flrst nunibcr is: Radio boys' duet by Mary Signore and Elizabeth McCourt Impersonating. The address Cost of Collction Is Low so Long as "'' «'f''come will be followed by "Old the Rato Is Reasonable—High Tax I ^'^"'^'P'" Moon," by little girls, and Ent:oor.ago "Eot egginj" of Ga-5o- i "'^" ^^'^^ 1''""''° Friends, Ararguerite line From Outside Sources > K'lvanugh, Mry Stotesbury and KUza- ,„, , , , . . ' heth McCourt, %vlll give a. selection, he proposed nercise of 2 cents a Topsy-turvy drill will be executed gallon In the Penn.sylv^inla gcusollno ; ^y jutle boys, and the trio. 'We're tax. which will mwike the total state p,^yi„g Together." will be presented rax :> cents a gallon, exclusive of the „y e„,^ ^^^^ McDanlel, Marv Ser- fl ?.?'!.^''L?!I'".,'i''J''"".'\l!!''"*•_'f'"^^'>•<•^tore and M.argiaret Rogers. The glr]., will execute the "I-ittle Cleaners' l:rill. and James SeiTatore will render a violin solo. mM SIUDENIS ii^ m?[[ mm REHEARSALS AND TRY-OJTS NOW BEING HELD to light interesting features of the i rapid iii(i'i.)-o in Int.al Lvasohne taxes since tell las', tax was im'posed by Oregon in I'.ni). Pennsylvania follow¬ ed Oro'_;on a .scant two years later, in l;i21. being .among the ploreer s;,i(';i in (his respect. In 1923. Penn- y\-!v,inia riised the tax to 2 cents a p,il!on. .and in the years 1927 and 1929, iii'Dstoil tho levy to three nnd four rents respeetively. Then In the year 1981, an unus'a.al j "Sergeant" Joseph Monaco (hiivr liaoi nr'd. Pennyslvania red'.iced { mA.«ter," Peter Bruno. The Glow Worm t<ap d<ance will be "Around tho Camp Pire" will be <an interesting scene presented as fol¬ lows: "Rastus," James Ferrao; "Weary Willie," Aingelo Trofa; "Skinny," James Caterisano, "Percivlal Tflarold Reginald Rollinson," Fortun.ato Cas.sel- nuovo; "Charles Edwitirds," AllUa Culfo; "Ijieutenant," Kmery Kertesz: "Scout- )l o t ntr: 111)1 IX ry ¦\' fr tc o y -1 ot tho stato greater powder as to en¬ forcement of the motor vehicle code by permitting regularly paid police to make aia-csts on view of violations of the code in summary conviction cases, also to iiermit the police to take tho defendant to tho justice of the peace, alderman and magistrate nearest to tho scene of the violation, nt his option. Have Favored the World Court?— Basketball Pinal tryouts for dance chorus-c^ and speoiallties .are being held thi.-i- week by the Ainbler high sciiuol students for the coming presentation of 'T'urple Towers," which is <a merry complication of mistaki n idenliti's. ghosts and a love affair. !Mary Van- derlip. heiress and owner of Purple Text of Telegram Sent off After Meeting on Monday Evening Last —No Fear of Rising Costs—Protec¬ tive Ordinance Dis'^ussed 'The Amibler Merchant.s Association, j plete telephone system for receiving the information, and a cage where the bets were received. They tMstlfled addressed the following- telegrom to Governor Earle: "We, the merchants of the borough further that Ralph Bowers was thej of Amibler, County of Montgomery are alleged proprietor, and they retjuested; in .accord with your I'eply to the op- that he bo held under $1000 bail foripoaition of chain store taxation, ac- coort. The others were held under $300 | cording to new.spaper accounts, and I ball for a further hearing in order | is basically sound. Practically every! that investigation may be nxade. j corporate chain in the state of Penna. | Several residents were captured in . has made a net profit and paid divi- 1 the raid, aa wcill as several from I dends on Us stock during the entire | Wyndmoor, Lansdale, Doylestown, Fort j depression, whereas nVany individual j Wlashington .and Norriatown. Their i merchants have failed to m.ake .a wage j names aro being withheld for the j P'-esent. I Gelib«rt Reinstated Charley Gelbert, who hopes to get back into action with his St. Louis Oardin.al mates next season, was re- Instated by Base Ball Commissioner Kcnesaw M. Landis last week. Assail Utility Legislation John E- Zimmermann, president ot the United Gas Inaprovement Co., In n statement last v/eek .says that the Wheeler-Rayburn . Utility Holding Conipany Bill repro.sents Federal man- for their -labors, and many were forced i out of business. The claim of chain, j organizations that if tax is pas.sed the] cost to the consuinwrs of neee.«is:ties j will be incr,-'ased, is sure propagand.a, I as the c'hain organizations do only 27 | percent of tho business, and .as such j the comipetition of the individtial; merchants will necessitate their keep¬ ing prices in line with present day. conditions. It h.as been proven that] individual mei'chants are in most cases i selling at s.ame .and in mlany cases at ( lower prices than chain store organ- ] izations, in.asniuch .as the individtial I merchant does not have the hi.gh ex- ; ecutlve expense of chain orgaiii;'ations. agement of businCvSs generally. j Py very slight curtaihnont of this In a letter addressed to com'merciial, executive expense the tax ran welt be' consumers of electricity, M.f. dimmer-; paid without affecting stockholders'. man points out that the Federal Pow-i dividends. And if chain organirations ' er ConinrLssion is authorized to pre- ^ should carry out their threat of elos- | scribe regulations and issue orders to j Ing stores and increasing unemploy- ; nny conipany ns to disclosures of pro- | wnt, this would he negliRliblo as i fits, duration of contracts, competitive j P''ovan In various parts of the T.^nited bidding, and simlilar matters in trans- states where special chain taxes are actions with electric utility companies.! irv effect, and thoso so placed on "It is mado unlawful for you," he I employment list would be readily ab- ' sorbed by the individual merchants. The Merchants Association, nt its Superintendent Smith cited that the j Towers, finds when she returns from more objectional features that have j Pari.s. that her agent has rented her | hindered the police in prosecuting; property to Miss Appl. i-vato and thej reckless drivers of motor cars as ] Philip Bradley. All of them meet at, merited, arc being eliminated, and the | Centerville station, when Mary is, law is being simplified in form. AVhen I mistaken for the cook Miss Apiilegate ' finished, Superintendent Smith said, j h.as eng.aged. I it will be presented to the committee ! j^ the preceding months. Red I on laws. I Nichols, a prize fi.ghter, .and his man- | >The principal objectors to thi.s bill j ager Earl Parker, h.ave .surreptiotisly j are the automobile clubs, prlndixilly j nsod Purple Towers as a traini;iT ; the Keystone Automolnle Club. These ¦ cantp. thus giving rise to tho rumor; club.s, ho s;iid, are prep.iring a 1 :!l | (hat the old hou.so is V-'H'li d. Th <y it i.s allaged, that will hinder j loave beforo the other ¦y:'\<^'-ds arrive. the police in doing their duty, and if j but find that they m'l-t return to , it is enacted as written it is doubt- | find the contract they lefl in tho bouse, i ful if any policem).a,n will care to take | Then the fun begins, a cha.nce in arresting nn,v motorist Tlehear.s'.als .are boinT held e^-oi'v for anything but a felony. "The afternoon. Mabel Pit,l .v,.aiiT3d Marie ; regularly organised and paid police ; Wolff are rehearsal assistants, nn?, Betty McFarla'id and Latii-a .'^l-Airi are accompanists. A short but 'interesting program ' commemorating the .anniversary of Washington's liirthday was given last' Thursday .at Am'bler IIi,gh School. : After the usual opening exercises. the pupils from Room 1.5 gave a re¬ view of various sayin.gs by "Washiir-^- , ton. Then Edward Pavics told soni" amusing anecdotes taken from AVash¬ ington's life, w'hic'h slicd H;Aht on hi.: ' to 3 cents a gallon. Iho gener.al trend In the ¦1 \',liole D'osru'te the de- o\-i as - in the tax. however, the state I'lvoniios; from this jMO-aroo declined only $,sr.3.0.".2. Although a reduction of on'>-fourth Av.i.« made in the g.as tax. 1ii<'. l*,.;,.; in revoniio declined onlv one- fiftioili. ivo< ill": that <a. lower gasoline lav rato increases consumntion to tho point where an inconsiderablo decline in roveniio i.s evidenced. On this basis it is iiont^iuio that t'he proposal to raise | the state tax on gasoline 2 cents a gallon In 1935 may restrict the use of .1 11 tr.,'-nnH'1eti olid on'-'o,...'n o*o fiv .^.-ncl..n nnd bootlegging to such .an extent that tho highor lew ivlll b" a dlsapnolnt- niont to State officials from the stand- po'nt of revenue. The history of the st.ate tax indicates that tho cost uf collecting the gasoline ;i \ \- ins been low so long .is the lax reiniiiKd low. Just .as soon as the tax is Increased the cost of collection shows an incr6<a.se. Thiq has especially I'o'11 ii;i Ml slates siiu.ated asPenns^i- vania. 'l"l,c nearness to New A'ork, i executed by Marcella Bernhardt and Irene Peters, and tho '^Ioly City." will be presented In pantomime by the Seventh and Eighth Orade Girls, ac¬ companied by St. Joseph's Choristers. WILL SPONSOR THE SUMMED JUNIOR BASEBALL GREEI m ilFR SALUTATORY DELIVERED BY REV. MR. GROTON Harry Speed Is Welcomed—Address by R. A. Melville, the Venetian Glass- blowC—Plans Announced for Meet, ing on March 19 The Rotary ('Iul> of .\ni1il(a- held a bu.sy monthly liusinoss meeting Wed¬ nesday eveniing of last week .at Nib¬ lock's restaurant. The members heard a review ot tho businoss as transacted by the I'oard of ¦Uirectors. They en¬ joyed an earnosl .address by Rev. N. P. Groton delivered In welcoming Harry Speed, a new memilK-r. Rotarians were reminded, in the address, of the high st.antiards expected in vocational, community and iicrsoniil endeavor, .and of the rosi)onsibiliti(>s as.sumed .a«i members. In addition, R. A. Melville, the Venetian glassblower appearing at the Amliler Theatre, spoke on his ai't and the part it has played in civiliza¬ tion. IThe meetin.g oi>eried with the presi¬ dent, R<alph P. Prey, in the chair, .and the routine business was soon trans¬ acted. George Bennett, of the Jenkintown Rotaiy Cluii, and Jii.-- .guest, liarry Kelly, were greeted. J. M. Fisher, o' the Rotary ICdiiratiou Comimittee. presented I'ev. .Mr. (Iroton, who reviewed the expansion of Kot.ai-y. and weighed the importance of the meeting each week of 40i)0 oi'ganiz.i- tlons of business men associated with the s.aine hig'h ideals of senice. who efforts are constantly bein.g directed In striving to reach upward, .as their mission also Is the fellowship of other men with like ethical aims. j "The new meml>er natur.ally expects I to receive benefits from such an as. I sociation," declared llie .'--peakor. "Init ; he has respem.siliiiitie.s lo pi'Vl'iirin as warned Jii". Groton. 'lb Frank King Chairman of Committee- Club to Attend Wm. Penn Inn Meet-[ „„ , ^^^ ^, , ,, _ , in 1 -J Ull I well, warned Jlr. Groton. Ho must ing on March 19—Leidy Heckler . ,, , , . „ . ,,1 All. J • iri -J , giYO as \vell .as receive, and his efforts Makes up Attendance in Florida ,* ,, , ,, . , . , ., ,..-.. ,. . , , , ! should bo directed towards tho uplift The Kiwanis Club of Ambler held department have only one object in making arrests of motorist."! wiio vio¬ late the law, and that is to protect thc traveling inibilic, but under the present law our police can not make an ar¬ rest on view, and as a result all kinds of influence is brouglit to bear upon the police departments and officials hi.gher up to release the offender." After a few remarks by the inem,l>ers complimentine' Superintendent Smith, it was decided to petition the mem¬ bers of the assembly and senate from i character and h.abits. j Jlontgomery county to support the Mildred Hale speculated on whether! bill that' will bo presented by the j or not AVashin,gton would want the .'itato Police Association in the interest j United States to enter the AVorld of greater protection to the traveling j Court According to his opinions as pnblic. I expressed in his farewell .address, ChairiTvan of tho executive com- I "Keep out of foreign entanglements.- mittee. (iiiof Patrick .McTlee, stated he would work a,gainst entr.-mce into that this committee has preiKired a the court; however, the ^Volid AA'ar resolution, but sug.gested that same ' and the hectic post-war period might be given further consideration and I have ..served to change hi.s mind since that it be withheld until action is \ attempts at world peace are more de o ¦ wanis Magazine, stressing the Import-I'^ "'"" " !. ant articles and their Interesting con-T J'l-fsident P.ali.ii noted with tents. a,nd makln-g tho applic.ition the local club. Its monthly closed business meeting' on Tuesday evening at School Inn, and .\'ow Jersey, Ohio. M'.aryland,', West : despite the snow storm and embryo ' \ii-,inia or .Delaware makes bootleg-j liUzzard, the attendance w.as up to the ging an easier matter than for a state: usual high standard. Past I'resident located .as Florida, for instance. If the ! I^idy B. Heckler, who is touring proposed t.ax of 5 cents a gallon should , Plorida, is making up his attendance go through this year, it would tend I in the land of sunshine. to imroaso the buotleg.gin.g of f uel | President Ewin,g presided, nnd I'M',- III.' .st.afo liorders. in addition to j Secretary Biddle read the minutes. causing a decline in registration ofi and the reports of the comimittees moor ^!hicies and ae< reuse in con-, followed. i-aimption of motor fuel. A further j Harry Swartz ga,ve nn interesting point in reil.ation to increase in the [ and comprehensive review of the Ki tax is the tendency of a high tax t drive business to neighboring states Motorists go over tho state line for gasoline in order to purchase It nt the pi-eviiiling lower price?. The tendency '¦ HI '.• ¦¦ as shown liy the exper- ioiiro of otiier states, to buy other iiioi-ehnndise than ga-^oline \vhen once tlio motorist travels over the border. A considerable amount of bootlegging h.as been .going on across the O'hlo- I'oiinsylvania border. During 1931'there Avoi'o niniors that "bootlegging" was being done in A'oungstown. AA''arren. .and the Cleveland districts.' An In- ^¦ost;!J:ll ion cr».-idurted by the Ohio '' .iio 'i'a\- Conimiission showed that llio iiii|.,ii-^ voro based on fact. The 1 "raohod its climax in 1931 d'.'iior was caught wiille haul¬ ing .g.asoline across the state line. The gasoline ^ya.s being sold .at n cut rate { of his business and tin' in.i iiitonaiK'e of personal character." a-nd tlien the speaker stressed attendance obligations. As he closed his excellent .address he presented the applicant with a Rotary badge, explaining the sj'mhols there¬ on designated. ISecretary Ilan.sell reported the poll of business as Ofi.i; ji-in out good. Thomas Foulke iiototi iljo IJtii an- niyersary of the Ambler Public Ijibrary and its drivi? for Jmr; nut .il this time. Josepli AV. Craft, chaii-mnn of the On-to-ReadIng convention, April 28, I pleasure the record of attendance maintained by the club. The members voted to transfer the.'r | "^- J"''" Prou.gbfon, chairman of tho meeting on March 19 to A\'imi. Penn Inn i <^<>"^"'i""'ty Service Committee, In- and join with the Rotary CluS of | formed of tbe plans for the meeting Amhier In a dinner and pi-ogram. the i of t\xo club on Tuesday, March 19. feature of wiiich will be Cia:>tain Tim. i which will take the place of the Healy, of thc Proctor and Ganible! nilonthly businoss session, and will be radio program. ' at AVm. Penn Inn. The junior bfiseball for the coming! By courtesy of the ProcU summer will be continued, and Frank , Gamble C sittint w hen says, "to negotiate or perform any | contract with an electric utility com¬ pany, by using the mall or instru- ., , , mentalities of interstate commerce, in'"^''"!''" *<> '^^'P''^"'' it.t organization. contravention of the dictation AVeuihin.gton commission." "That commission ,is given of a I wiiich was formerly only the retailers. power <'f and has decided to omit thc word "Re- tall" from its caption. ... 'The following nominations were no approve, disapprove, alter or modify | ^,_^^^j^. pj-p^j^p^f -j.^ank King; vice any contract made by you with «", p,.pj,i^pnt, Bernard Llndenfeld: secre¬ tary, L. A. Neigut; fln.ancial .secretary. IHarry Seidman and Carl Sabold: I treasurer, Roscoe Prady and Henry taken towards advooatinsr police cen¬ tralization. Tho meetin.g was presided over by the president, Samuel Wolfinden. After callin.g the members to order Secretary H. Charles AAH.sIer read the minutes of the January meeting wiiich were approved as read. The regular order! Quotations "¦A\t". P. Ferla; ".A", of business was then transacted and | V,anneit: ".S", M. (loldren: "II"'. sir.a/ble as contrasted to war than ever before. With this "timely topic" talk, the program ended. On Thursday, Room l.'i gave the following AVashin.gton Birthday pro¬ gram for the Junior High School as¬ semibly: Song. "A.nieriea." exercise. J. J. contract imade by you with electric utility coiripany. This is; Federal management of our business j and your business." Deens. In conclusion Mr. Zimmermann urged business men genemlly to study | rpj^p annual election will take place the legislation and make known their i j,j^ Mfirch 21. and in the meantime a position to their Senators and Repres- i merchandising nlaili is being eonsidernd entatives in Congress. i y^y jj^g organization. In connection with the .same bill, j Thomas N. McCarter, president ot thej Lansdale Couple Wed Public Service Corporation -of New] ^j^g j.^i^y K.an,,, l..in.sdale. bcame ¦j the bride of .loliii K. llrolMior. I.an- dale busine.ss man, in a ceieniony per- fcrnied at the Palm ,Scliweiikfcldev t:;hurcli, Friday afternoon. IThe ceremony was perfoniie.l by . . . , ^ , , Rev. Lester Kriebel, pasloi- of tlie pending bill in its present dangerous, ^.^^^^^.^^l^^ ^^,^^^ .^ ^^^ jTroom's cousin. At- j tendants were Garnet Keiiiii. a .sister ! of the bride, and Cleon Koini'ii. .i j brother of the bride. Ilida Lives and friends witnessed the o. r,'iiinti,\-. Following fho ooronioiM Ui,, .oiiiflo left for a iniotoj trip to l''lorid.i. Tlioy will be gone for tlyee weeks and will be at home in Uinsdale after March 18. Sfr.S. lieezuer wa.s :i student at Jersey, urged stockholders to protest j against it. "Reasonable regulation of public i utility holding comipanies is not ob- j jected to, but every liiwful effort will 1 ¦be made to oppose the passage of the j pending bill in its present dani and destructive from," he said. the oayment of all bills ordered. (Treasurer l'"i-ed R. Fluck reported a balance of $1(14. I '.Squire Howtird Boorse addrcs.sed the I niomibers on legislative work at Harris- ' biir.g. The March meeting, wiiich will be tli(^ anniversary of the as.sociat.lon, will I be hold in Ijansdale. The features promise to lie an anniversary dinner, to wiiich will be Invited prominent . men in the county. Tne meeting then adjouiaied and the monVbers enjoyed a social hour, and all voted Chief Theodore IlolloweU a fine host. Cor¬ poral Bugle and Patrolman PevUn, Henry C. Peons and George Leens were among the guests. Arrest Motorists t.Tntil further notice, all motorists Involved in an acildent of any kind on the highways will be placed un- "Sa^r arrest by the State Highway ,;^^Rtrol offllcers. It was announced by Vffergoant A. A. Discavage. in chiu-ge of the Doylestown and South-Lang- liorn,e substations. IThis announcement follows one made last week that the war <in reckless drivers will continue in the ymost detailed manner in order to cut down the rapidly increasing accident toll in I'enna. It makes no difference, under the latest ruling, who is to blame for the highway uoi ident. If you ,iio hit by somebody <dso, it is uji to tiio proper authorities to decide where tha blame i.s to be plaoed. Ralney; "I". S. Boyer: "N", R. 'I'urkin: I "G". L. Jfarano: "T". G. Drjigani: "G", |v. Romcndio: "N". ,I. Petringelo: iioein. '"AVashington's Birthday," Klizabeth I Kline; violin solo, "Minuet in ft-" I Phoebe Dickinson: stories—AVas'hing- I ton's IMother. Phoebe Dickinson; j AA'ashin'.'-fon's Courtship and Marriage. i Mary Coldren; AA^ashington nnd His I Men, .Tack Petringelo: AA'ashinrrton at A'alley For.g,->. Kl-zabeth Kline; AA'ash- I inirton's Farewell. .Tack Rninev; ",Ad i dress to the Fl.ag." Alexander po,vi;io.,- I song, "Columbia tho Gem of the j Ocean." Assemibly. I iBefore the largest crowd over ;is- ! sembled at Ambler High the Souder- i ton Itedmen jiefeated a powerful A.m- I bier team by si, score of 26-19 to win Ithe Lux-Mont league chamiiionship. I Rudolp'h lead his team with 11 ; points, and if Burrell could have ,gol- I ten loose lo score, tho linal score might i have been a great deal different. Shoe- i maker did not lot Rudolph caidure j the hitvh scorm.g honors l.ot In- vimo through with 11 points to tie Annhler's ford Pyne.' Claude Rohr, h.aving associated him¬ self with a hardware store in Brid^4e- port. reauested that he be relieved of I nnd no tax was being paid. The dealer ! the chairmanship of the underprivileg- wns arrested and sent to .tail. Shortly ! <"<* child committee, which requoHt was .¦ifterward another denier was arrested, i grante<l, and AA'iiliam Burnett w-as ap- : The situation becnmf f-o acute that I Pointed. i the Clovo'and now^smpers lie.gan ! President Rwing appointed an nt- ¦ featuring the "bootleg" activities In I'llli iv,.rr, ,->dvertisemenls. A border jKi'i'd v.as flna'ly set un. The Int'^st fuH vear figures available "'or gasojine gallonnrre on which tax Captain 1"i:ii. He;ily King was appointed chairman of the j been secured as speaker, and committee, tho other members being j event is oi>on to .all sonieo Cluh-^- Wm. Burnett, assistant; Claudius Hay-1 Kiwanis Cluli of .Aioojor li.iviiu; wood, Claude Rohr, L. B. Heckler, j cefVted, and all sorvioo iion arc Roscoe Brady, Laniel Biddle and Lin- i vited to brinu- avivos or other lady wliiiii will be in- and ba.i the the ac- in- ,\ I .iddross the .Amhier at 1)1 ii :'n Iiouse that same wi". mid in Pennsylvania was during thd year 1033 ivben 1.04S.4(i3 000 trallons were reported. This was an Inoroase of .71 nor cent over the year 1032 wiien 1.041 oni .gaVens were reported. ; Willo'A CrovG Concessions Involved j A widow's effoit to collect $31,000 as s:ilury from her husilKind's estate I for ni:in.a.ginK concessions for him : ended unsuccessfully Saturday in I (v.-]ihaiis' Court. —In Oregon during the 'flrst tlir.o months utt l£3t, a gasoline tax iii- creuso of one cent ii gtallon brought about a decline of 5 percent in the amount of gasoline consumed. During the same |H>nod there w.as an in¬ crease (if fnorj 7 to 77 |ioi-oeiit in tlio neighboring states i.E Cilifornia, AAlashlCigton, Idaho, and .\evail i, in which there h^d been no chaiiau in rates. '' ¦ (, I.an.sdale Hig'h i-'idiool. and tho groom is a graduate of Perkiomen sel-.ool. Prof. Horne Escapes Iniiries Prof. I. A. Horne. suiii rvis'ir piineipal of \ho Wiiitoiaarsh town¬ ship sehools. win, -was ih iviog on the BetlVlehoni linke on l-'riday inoin- ing above .Amblor irashod into llio i-o.ai- of a .Moliilo ,i:-:is triirk. Tlio d 'iv- or of tho tniok Ind -liM'P'^il t" v.ioo the snow ii-i m h' 'lilod. .Mr. Home was imaio -o lli^; ear ill tinio to .avoiil llu- r..|!i lloriie's car l'('<oi\-i shield, sioaslioif ti lights, a bint front ciai.sliod h 1. .M withool aii.v iii.iiiiy to hii.isoir. .\1 the tiiiio of tho ao.iiloni ji,. wa., looloriii.g In ,lio iioiiio ,ir his iiaronis at (,)iial:fa'town. --Xoriis Fire Co., Noriisl,iw,n, li.i lelcbraled its SlJtU auaivcraary. Lester Robbins Faces Charges ! l.,osler Itidibiiis. twenty-three, of ; Susiiiiohanna. :n'onue, I.,ansdale, Is j hiing bold for .a. further he.aring lie- I fore Pur.gess W. VX Rourke, North Wales, on .a charge of larceny of '] tools from the Alias Asbestos Coni- Jp.iii.x. So'.-tli AVales, Jslovember 21, ' big center. Rudolph and Shoemaker ]f::i. The defendant was pl.aced un- j were followed closely by AVenger, who ; dor arrest over the week-end by j had marked up 10 points. Cor.iily Detective jl'harlos laler on j Anabler started off just as it did at ^a warrant issued b.v;, Burgess Rourke. | Souderton, about three weeks earlier, i lloldiins formerly resided at North , by scoring about four or five point.-* ^\-.,lj..^ ' i before Souderton f-cored. The score at I the end of the first <|iiarter was Ainb¬ ler 5. Souderton 4. Durin.g the second quarter Ambler outsoorod Sondertoii by one point, and ai llio half time , Lillio II. Barnett, widow of Ilarry - i,.;^ ^hey will remain at the southern Af. B:irnolt, 4S55 Rid.ge avenue, made | resort until spring j tho claim against her hu.sband's resi- j g,i,^ ^^^ white-haired, but with a i duary estate asserting that be had by ! healthy tan, Stotesbury continues to an oral agreoment promised to pay i ^ppp in the background the reserve I her $SOIIO a oo-\y of trho years 191Sand i ' 1912 and .f7500 a year for 1919 and 1920 for managing his "Candyland" I and other concessions at AVillow '.Irove ; I'ark. She said he only made good on I his promise to the extent of $1000. ; Jud.ge Allen M. Stearne, wiio heard j testimony on the claim, in ndjudle.iting I tho matter, said that "mere loose" I stat.-'monts made by Parnett to some guests. The dinner, formal, will be at (^.aptain H!oi.l.v .¦school cliildren of the Ambier oihtu afternoon. lOn March 27th tho IJotary oliib pro¬ .gram will coiaprise the finals in tho Annbler high .sclio;! iniblic speaking contest, on which occasion four boys will address the club, and the nieml-ers will Ix^ the judges. The prizes are $10, $.'5. $2..'iO and $2.50. Mr. lickard. nwinagor of Ihe Amblor Theatre, presented il. A. AlolvLlle, master A'enetian glaftsblowor. a ii.itiv;, Phoenici.a, who spoke most iiil'i, I- Ingly and educationally of the art, whicli antedates the Christian er.a by 1450 years. He accredited to the i rt the attainment of present dav oivil'/a- tion throu.gh the agon-ios of the tele¬ scope and tho miid'o.scope in soientihe pro.gress. Mr. Melville w.a.s clo.sely followed in his interesting address and was ac¬ corded appreciation by the club. Rotary Is 30 Years O'd The 30th anniversary of the tonnd- lr,g ,of Rotary, on Febru.ary 23, wtus of the flnancler and particiiiates in i celebrated In more than .'17:!f cities the social life of the resort. i all over the world. More than 15 years a.go Stotesbury I An Increase duiintr the la«t live laughingly declared he "missed .a lot years .of an average of one !• w oluip tendance comnilttee to attend the meeting in Norristown on March 26 to study the five-point program on attendance, of Which Ray Houghton is chairman. All clubs of the Southeast¬ ern Division will be represented. Kdward Foulke is making a study of the club's budget needs, and prom- isofl an interesting report at the next meeting. Mr. Stotesbury Ic 86 I'Mwaxrd "Townsend Stotesbury, Philadelphia flnancler, art patron and philanthropist, was 86 years of age on Tuesday. State.sbury and his wife marked the event at their villa in Palm Beach, of fun" by sUvying too close to bivil- iiess. "I want to l>6 .a sjwrt," he said. That youthful spirit has marked him ever since. He repeatedly takes flrst prize for being the best-dressed man at society costume parties In P.alm third party do not con.stltute proof of | Beach, wiiere he and Mrs. Stotesbury are the acknowledged social leaders. At society dances, he fox trots and Hu¬ ll ;i axl<- llsoll Al.'. \\ ind- 111(1 hoad- nd a Iia,li.v ¦¦ oso.aiiod Junior Colony Club of Ambler Pans foy llio card p.i.rly of tho .lunlor ('o!,iii,\' Club of .Aiiililor lo 1m' held oil llie ivenin.g ot .Maiili fi in the oliili house were disiaissod al a iiu'oiiii.g .Monday night. I; XV.IS do, idod to have a door |ii i;:o a:id (uizos for each table. Jlrs. ! vonard l-riiry is goiioi'.al (li.iiiiim ol Iho .aff.iir. Alis.s Uoliiata I'al ai .ind Mis .Marfoii St.N'er aro in oIi.u-l'o o'' n rroslinients. .Miss Tini .lapiliso is cliaiiiiian of the prize committeo. Miss Sara, Cassel, president, was a conlraot between himself and wife. Hi' disinissed the "wage" claim. Prfirnett, who died July 24, 1933, left Ills widow one-third of his estate, be- iiueathing the balance to other rela¬ tives. There were no children and Mrs. Barnett elected to "take against" the will, thereby receiving one-half of her every; three days h.as broutjht llio imembership lot- limitary Interna.tional to 3730 RoUi.ry clubs, v.ith an Indi¬ vidual mombershii) of n«tiiy iril.OOO If/iarians, within .a few hundrod of the highest total in the liistoi-y of Rotary, and steadily i'ncrea.slng. In this extension of Rotary In the past flve years. Rotary c'.uljs liavo waltzes with as much grace and vei-ve; ^^^^ organized in. many additional as men half a centur.y youn.ger. Fro- i quently. .at his own private parties, j he takes the sticks frmni the drumimer j and beats time for the music himself. | Stotesbury wns born in Philadelphln | orlod 1. clod ¦ling, sidod. to lo Air- - oonval'-soiii o in-osoiit a I l)riir.\', vli'o aial tlio 1 ro: iioxt Idoiil, Prepare Soil Mixture .ioil iiiixliiro lor .ivroAiiig c-.iii he iiiailo li.v iiiixin::' I , of in.iuure comiiust and l'-..)U. tlio scon- wa.s .Aiii.lilor 1:.'. Souderton 10. The second-half proved fal.il t-i the Shin.gletowners, as they wero out- scored by Souderton to a tune of 16-7. ! Tho Anxbler second team flnisbod on the low end of a 20-"-; score to s'-uid-i-- ton's second team. .Aiubler and .lonliiitowii lini.'iol tiioir return gaiiio of tho season on Kohruary 21 with a ;!2-:lil i Ambler, a revenge of one the 22-21 Jenkintoyvn viol S. it was a li:ird and Ihri.'ii'.iioiit wilii n i Mil- I Iil iioai- ¦ lie Olid. 'I'lo ii \ i' 1 to go and 1 !n- ^ ¦ oio I 2,S-3_'. Aniblor's I'avoi ! ed time mil. In II .loii!.;iiilo\\ii made anollior goal, bring ing th.e scon- to 30-32. Tlio hlB'Ii scoror I were Pohrabaugh. of Jenkintow i: I Saunders, of Ambief, victory for point over i|-V of Vol,. .11 -11 li i 111 o \'. 11 I ¦: I ' l.-i-i ¦-'2 socoin I husband's .M4,0f)0 estate, plus the $500 j February 2fi, 1849. and w.as educated widow's exemption. Had she won her claim she would '. have become entitled to more than the j amount of the residuary estate. ' .Tudge Stearne pointed out thnt even I hough receivin.g an adverse decision on her salar.v claim, Jfrs. Barnett has r-1 1 iv- i ;"!r,.000 life insurance and ob. laiu.-il lillo to the PJidge avenue, prop. ! erty, wiiich was held Jointly with her hitsliand, making her interest in the ; osldaa;-..' o.-lato a|iiiroximat(d.v $60.- IHM). eoiinitries on every continent. The most reeent country, to bo added to the list is Lithuania, wiiero a. club was chartered at Kaunas last -N'o¬ vomber. A club Ins been orgunlzid in the public schools and at T-^ie^-i.'!<>' Heykjavik, leeland and has made Centi-al School. He worked as a clerk | *il'"'if''-"'"> l'«' tiec'ioii to member- in a wholesale grocery store and later j *¦¦'"'"¦ with a sugar concern. ^''^^ ""-'sin "f l^'is .groat world-wido Then he secured a clerkship with f«'>^'*""'"-*nt had its inception In a P.'-exei R' Co. nt $10 60 a niont'i. He j meeting in <iiioa:-;o, Feb. 23. 1905, rose through the grades to liecorme head of the cotico-n a"d ¦"•'" a part¬ nership In .1. P. Morgan & Co. Indiistri 'I rsfi ,a to-fai in iiro.liio- hianiil'.ioiir- E45,C*0 r.Tocors I ¦ Int. III.a lors varied I'onn- Allairs Willi Paul Harris, a lawyer, and three of his friends. It was the foiindor's purpose to bring together .-oinc- i-f liis. friends and their friends in a club designed iirhiiarily to enoourage fol- ross-rolllnatlon I lowship among the leading liuslneKS for low yields and iirotossional mon of a. coinniuni- iPlile ,ty. t!io r.'Miio Uol-irv .'iL.:.od. Use Apple Bouquets ¦AVhere lnadei|Uate has been responsible In pasrt years, bouquets of blossoms .fnmt the right varieties j At the convention in 111'.'. can bo placed In the trees nt b'los-| Internation.a Associatiioi of S'lnilng time. Demonstrations con-| Clubs was adoj.ted, iiiul charters ducted by extension workers during j were issued to Rotary cluljs lu AVln- tho last fiiur A-cars havo proved thatinlpeg. Canada: I.oo.don Emglnnd, and jhis is a praolioa.l solution of theJDublin. Ireland. The name was shoi-t- polliuutiou problem. jened to llatwy IntOjnati-onal in ia22.
Object Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19350228 |
Volume | 57 |
Issue | 1 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 02/28/1935 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
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Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | English |
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Month | 02 |
Day | 28 |
Year | 1935 |
Description
Title | The Ambler Gazette 19350228 |
Volume | 57 |
Issue | 1 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 02/28/1935 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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The Ambler Gazette
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VOh. LVII-NO. 1
AMBLER. PA.. FEr^RUARY 28, 1935
S1.75 A YEAR
f EOERAL OFFICERS
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LI.EGEO GAMBLING PLACE VADED BY LAW
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Ambler Colony Club News ¦On Saturd.ay afternoon, March 2, Mr.s. I'orcdval Theel, Montg. County Art CViainiian, ^v-ilI conduct a .County Art Tour at the Art Museum on tho Parkway. Phlla. Tho sf'tip w-ll meet in the Central Court, main entr.-inco .'it 2 o'clock. Meniihcrs of the Amliler Colony Club are urged to attend.
The tour will Include the Post-Im- pres.slonlst Group; Van GorIo Czanno <:i«ugruen, and Kousseau. Those accept¬ ed artlst.i, rebels of their day who Completely Equipped Outfit Taken, and' seceded from the Aca,*™iic .school, Violation of United States Liciuor | revo.il the .simplicity, force .and nicr- i-aws Also Chargod—To Dozen Men | fredness of pioneers. Quite exten.sivo
Is the unusual exhihit of Pone, whoso
. ,, .brush vibrato'i v.''Ah the subtle evasive
'The second raid ' " --
FAVOR
STATE LAW WIDENING POLICE POWERS,
Arrested • ,
in West Ambler within a few weeks was miade Wed¬ nesday afternoon and resulted in the arrest of 24 men. Both raids were jiulled off in th© same buildlnp, which had been built but a short tinie and w^hich is said to be owned by James I'lllepgi. The first i-aid was meide on the Camera Club, which occupied part •of the flrst floor. This raid was made by Federal officers, who arrested the ollicialg of the club on a violation ot the United States liquor laws. The raid stufe'ed Wednesday was made by County Detectives Charles L-. A. Eiler, James Gleason, Bennett and Irvin C. Andersion, assisted by Chief of Police l''luck. Thiis raid was nmde against .an allesod gambling place. The olficers allege bets were Ixjing- taken on horse
I .iklll of the old masters plu.« th.-^ trnlh i and experimentation of tbe moderns— I a rare combination in ono artist. i Philadelphia is iiroud to claim Borie as hor son.
beuerici- P. Ilal-
Wills Probated
Two sistci-.4 nro naiiiod .ariOH in the will of l^aura lowel'l, Willow Cii-ove. Sho died on December 25. No value of ftho est:ifo is given. The sister.'^ are Arlene .-noi Ella Phillips with the Jatter beins named execuiti-lx.
All estate wiitli a pcrs.in.al valuo of $.50 was left by Mary 1>. (loifror, Abington, who died I'V^bruary 18. Children and a grandchild are naniod
Will Prosecute Theft of Traps The Came CommlsHion ha.'-i be 'ii reoolvin.g numerous rcl.ori.s of trails being .st(il(>n in \ar:iiiis ikh-.'s iu' the St.ate. Wliile the i'ohniu. .-.siin |
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