The Ambler Gazette 19401212

              TFjw Ambler Gazette
VOL. LXII — 42
AMBLER.   PA..  DECEMBER   12, 1940
$1.7.'j Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
i SANTA CLAUS WILL
i ARRIVE SATURDAY
E OF PLAY FIRE APPAKi 'THE SHOW-OFF"
Santa Claus will arrive in Am- ' I bier on Saturday morning at 10.30 i : a. m., and will be escorted tlirough!
URGE RESDENTS TO DECORATE HOMES FOR CHRISTMAS SEASON
NEW TYPE FACE IN
GAZETTE THIS WEEK
IL
town in grand style by the kiddies, i n          i-.          ..              i «v    i       i-k       •       n     ,    , c-              i i    I
I This  year  he  is  traveling     in  a ^'""•*^ IJecorationH and Window Urc^sinfj Contest Sponsored Ity!
large car, decorated in distinguish-1 Ambler Clianilicr of Commerce—Merchants Ui
l^'^'slmlfwill leave hfs car at the' "^'^ Compete In Friendly Window Judging
I corner of Butler avenue and South i Contest—ColArful Li<!;lils Greet I Spring Garden street, where    he I
'i „   -1    i>    II I       UI        r    no .IT-  i.iwill   distribute  candy  and    gifts, i
Apparatus Built By llalin  Play   lo Be Presented   loni^dit   Alter   this   he   will   be   seen   in'
Shoppers In Coniinunity
Company To Be Deliver¬ ed Til is Week
ENGINE COSTS .$2900
and Tomorrow Niglit In High   School
ARTHUR RAU HAS LEAD
Ambler listening to the wishes of'     All home owners are urged to  ing their homes and  add  to  the | his small friends until Christmas. | decorate  their  homes  during the; beauty of the Community. ;
I Santa Claus and the Christmas gay Christmas season in a home i Homes in the area of one mile i I celebration are being sponsored by ^ decoration contest, sponsored by i in any direction of the Ambler I I the Ambler Chamber of Com- ^ the Ambler Chamber of Com- , borough limits will be eligible in I I merce.   The   large   tree   on      the i merce. I competing   in   the   awards.   It   is 1
In this issue of the Ambler Gazette the body type of the news has been changed to the new eight point Excelsior type. Linotype Excelsior is the result of years of experience in designing exceptionally readable plain types.
Each word is instantly grasped by the reader because Excelsior letters "flow"' into one another. The characters are so well fitted, and the distribution of white space is so uniform within and around each character, that the letters readily group into words and provide maximum reading ease.
It is this type that we present
HEAR PEARLS!
INESPEAKILIGHIOUOIAIN
Lecture  on   Preliminary   Hear- j H. C. Deens and Bro. Awarded
ings   and   Manslaughter  — Next Meeting at L. Merion
Bid of $2116 For Erection of Traffic Signals
NOMINATE OFFICERS
POLICE REPORT GIVEN
At  a   special   meeting of      the:     Ambler  High  School  will  pre-1 Wyndham Hotel grounds wi     be; Wissahickon fire company held last  sent  its  first  stage  production of I decorated this week so i   will be ue3^T„f Xred   awards   fo^^^^       ^^u..».^ ».-..  ......... „,. .o.... .. , .
Thursday evening  definite  action  the current season, George Kelly's j ready when  Old  St. Nick  comes.; ber   has   otlered   awaids   tor   the  ^^^^^^ ^^^ Ambler    Chamber    of  they will enjoy this step forward was taken towards  purchasing a! "The Show-Oflf,"  tonight and to-j . „^.^^„ i orevious  vears    cXrfudisolavs  Commerce, to avoid any possible;
new fire truck of a type long de-, morrow night in the high school; LOCAL   ARTISTS ^ K bLr  made     at     diffS ^ °^^^^^^^ ,.       ,    wu'
sired by the company and one that, auditorium. !   homes   in   Ambler   and   vicfnitv =.. ^^^ J"'^^*'^ ^'^P^'^^ ^° "^^^"^ ^^"^ '
will do efficient work along many,     The   .setting   of  the  play   is  in \ Work  of  Two  Children   Appears This year the top gift will be a   ^       '^^,^?''^!?^_- ?iP^ "^4,^'"..„*'
lines.   Chief  Yost  pointed   out  to | Philadelphia    and  many  of     the o„ Cover of Magazine $25 award, and the second award '"     "	
the members that the purchasing places mentioned should be fam-1     ¦n.,„v,.,,.„ ^, ,,   „„„ ,o     , ,^'will   be   $10.   Three   well-known
More than 40  members of the ;     The contract for the erection of
on Cover of Magazine
>of this machine will Rive the com-! illiar  to   local  citizens.      Aubrey!-, ^f*"^?,'"^ Chappell, age 12, of 16.        j .^^   .  ^      ^^    homes
pany the  desired  efficiency   until  Piper, the show-off, is in love with  ^ast    Francis     avenue.     Ambler.'2^ .'"''". '^"'  Juagt  ine^nomet,.
the new larger fire truck can be ; Amey Fisher. They marry against'^nd   Thomas   Dailey,   age   12,   ofl    Under the terms of the Contest
built. The order was unanimously   the will of her parents and move Spring  House,   have  broken   into every  home  will   nave  an   equal
this  new  machine  into a two room apartment over the exclusive  circle  of magazine opportunity in the competition  re-
Hahn   Fire   Engine  a  barber shop. i cover  artists  whose  work     have  garaiess  oi   us  size,     ine  oojcc-
it will probably be      The trouble starts when Auhrev' aPPearcd on the cover of a mag- \ ^'^^ of the contest is to express, will  be judged  on attractiveness, '   time   during   the'* •/ ti!-^ ^ azine of national circulation ''"   "'""^   manner   or   another,   the , gales appeal and the proper dis-
.   time   auiing   me  ^,.,55  ^^ support    his wife  as     3;^^"?= 01 nauonai circulation. f„<,tivp nr- thP rplipions Chri.stmas \,i=„ r.t\^^r.^^..„A:^^   fri,^   i„^r,oo
not required, but any persons who j 	
decorate their homes are asked to  to our readers with the hope that' minor  judiciary  assenibled  'Tues-   the  signals    and  control     traffic
""" " ""¦ ¦¦ *'        '      ' '   day evening   in   the   Fort   Wash-   lights   for   Butler     avenue      was
ington hotel. It was the occasion awarded to H. C, Deens and Bro- of the regular monthly meeting ther, local contractor, at the regu- of the Mongomery County Just- l^r monthly meeting of the Bor- ice of the Peace Association. Pre- ovgh Council held on Monday sident of the group. Justice of the night, in the Fire Hall. The lights Peace Norman F. Taylor, of Am- w|ll be erected at a cost of $2116, bier  presided pnoviding the quotations are satis-
The members heard their solici-  f^^^^o^y to the borough superinten-
COMMUNITY CENTRE
selected as the winners will be asked to leave their decorations lighted for several days, so that they may be seen by everyone. The Chamber also urges the merchants to compete in a window dressing  contest.    The     windows
Executive  Committee Meld Meet¬ ing on Tuesday Morning
given  to  buy  this  new  machine  into a two room apartrnent "over the exclusive  circle  of magazine' opportunity in the eompetition, re built   by   the   Hahn   Fire   Engine  a  barber shop. | cover  artists  whose  work     have  S^™'^!^,",   '_ „x_rf'.._ i_  „.V_1„„^
Companv and
SS^^ir^   ""^   °"''"^   ""^iJiiln^SIry H^lt^^e^^even i "^el^ ';:^=r';^'liscov. ^ ^-tive^r the religious Christn^as ; p,ay of merchandise.  The  judges
The engine will be accepted by | covered his own expenses His ered when the children's mag- tl^e company subject to approval' difficulties pile up, culminating azine. Jack and Jill, reached read- of the Fire Insurance Underwrit-' when he wrecks a borrowed car ers here. The cover of the De- ers who are expected to be here ^^^ ,<. ^eld on bail. How he bluffs cember issue is made up of at an early date for the test. The j^jg .(^gy out of all his predica-, twelve drawings by children in purchase price,    fully     equipped.  n,entg    an^j   ^ow   he   finally   be-: different cities. Barbara has done
i spirit. The excessive use of lights  will select the winners next week
[or decorations will not be a ma-; on December 19th and 20th. Gifts
terial   benefit     in   winning      the  awarded  to  the  winners  will  be
awards. : $25 as a first award, $15 as sec-
The   Chamber     of    Commerce' ond  award  and     $10  as  a  third
urges everyone to join in decorat- ; award.
was  $2,900.
The   machine   will
comes  the hero  of the  family  is' a    Christmas    night    scene  with 1
Santa and his reindeer silhouetted
carry   1000  feet of 2i/^-inch  hose ; the problem of the plot.
gallons orwltei   The enginf has ^     Several excerpts   from the play I against the moon.  Thomas  did . f pump^g  capacily^rSM%a1^--e   presented   to   the      student; picture of Christmas toys. Ions   per   minute   and   in   addi-: ^od^ .f/^^en^bly on Friday and 1        „^^^„^„^^   ,,„»»„,.„ tion to the above  equipment the j t'*'^?, '^  from your reporter    ''it's!        "COCKEYED   EUROPE" machine will also car/y    ladders,  '"'^^"y/.^Sreat play and should be axes, bars and other pieces neces sary. If accepted and put into ser
vice. Chief Yost pointed  out,     it  .,        , „,.     ^ ...    -
will be ideal in fighting field and  1^^ P^^^ « •''"S'^T-  ^T P°"'g^^ small fires and will  be a saving
on  running  the larger  truck     to such fires.
The members on the committee who went to Hamburg to inspect the new machine and who were well pleased with it were: Chief Yost, Harry Ott, Paul Garritt, El¬ ton Garritt, George Bowers, Harry Shepherd, Jr., and William Ruth, all active members of the com¬ pany. Chief Yost during the past week also visited a plant at Buffalo, New York, to submit plans that he has drawn for the , new and powerful pumper the 1 company proposes to have built.   |
To  date,    all  companies     that 1 have been contacted regarding the ! building of the pumper have been j iTr.abie   to   compl.y   with   the   re- \ quest   Wecause   they  are   worlcing on government orders. It is to be hoped that a company will soon be found  which  will  be
cme^of the best in the school's his- g^bj^^j ^^ Address by Dr. Dorizas
The faculty has aided in making; ^t P. T. A. Meeting i
"Cockeyed    Europe"    was    tlje To of topic   of   the   talk   given   by   Dr. j 1 "Mike" Dorizas, worldwide travel-1 I er and lecturer and member of the \ ¦University of Pennsylvania facul-' ty, at the Spring House P. T. A.'s r^ regular  :n';eting,  November
SOCIEIY TO PRESENi;COMMONI]Y SCHOOL PLAY "LENA RIVERS"   Of RELIGION CLOSES
has   supervised  the   selection (Continued oniPage 6)
Be Given  At  Church  Hall | Rev. Charles A. Plait, Dean of
The regular meeting of the ex
S^Co^"rn'rCe°nt;e'was^'helS ' torV Ra7m3^^^ irn"Tu^erarDeLSreV"irS;on two v^^^^^^^^
Russell   was  read  ,and     ordered | have a right to hear the Common-  ^^^^    $7850.53,   sewer   fund,   $6,-
spread upon the minutes. She had | wealths side of a  case   or suffi-   ..gg ^g  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^   $7465,94.
been an active and interested mem-1 cient thereof to warrant binding Borough Treasurer Franklin Web- ! ber of the executive committee of j the defendant over for court. Do gj,>g j-eport was as follows: gener- 1 the North Penn Community Cen-j not hold the defendant without gj f^^d $7 850 53' sewer mainten- |tie for 20 years, | first  knowing why  and  the  rea-  ^^^^  $6,753,46: water department,
: Mrs, John Ingersoll reported i sons for your actions, otherwise $7^244 86: sinking fund accounts, ' that $3254,65 has been received in you may be censured by the court ,Bonds 1916, $1,781.64. Bonds- 1923, Ithe Drive, Anyone not having: for returning cases that should $6,522,86; Bends 1924, $5,525,60; I made their contribution may do, have been disposed of in your Bonds 1934, $1,228,52; Bonds 1935, jso  by   leaving  it  at   the  Centre, ] court," $48,892,71; Pickering fund $3,534,-
(Mrs, James Snyder, chairman ofi The second subject part of his ig. Water department sinking I Committee on canning, reported lecture, "Manslaughter," was fund, $2,571,80; water works im- I that the cans of food have been ^ principally for the benefit of , provement account $891,33; water I sent to England. j young   members    of   the   group, j works reserve fund, $9000,  Total
i The executive committee pre-| During this discussion he outlined ' deposits Ambler Trust $93,507,37 I sented  Miss Kate  Liddle  with  a | step by step what the justice must i Total   deposits  Ambler     National
traveling clock in appreciation of, do in such cases, Mr. Pearlstine j $18,649,79. Bonds deposited $26,- i her many years of service as head ! also stated that among some police   000.   The   treasurer    received     a
Next Wednesday, Thurs¬ day and Friday Nights
School, Led Open Foruiii Discussion
The Community School  of Re¬ ligion   closed   on   Monday   night
COMMISSIONERS MEET
Suhniil   Police  Report—Mulliii
.Motor Company Awarded
Poli.e  Car  Bid
There has been a great deal 25th. of speculation as to what play ¦ Dr. Dorizas showed many' films, would be chosen by St, Joseph's '• after one of the most successful : most of which he had taken, of the Dramatic Society for their next {seasons in its history," Running Axis leaders, their armies and, production. At last it has been i for ten Monday nights each year j countries, of Greece, and a very! announced that by special ar-; during October, November, and j ; recent film, sent to him by a fri-1 rangement with Samuel French, of j December, this school has been | ' end showing the shelling of Dover '• New York City, permission has ; sponsored by the Minister's Asso- ¦ ' and bombing of London i t>een secured to present the great- j elation   of   Ambler   and   vicinity.
'     Mr. Boulton reported the arrival' est  of  all  plays,   "Lena  Rivers.", and    attended    by   members    of of the first unit of the pjayground , " will be staged in St   Joseph s , ^churches of all denominations.       { equipment, which will soon be in-; ^hmxh     hall      on      Wedn|sd^y |    ^s the final session closed, re- stalled on the school grounds, i P^'i:ir?^^.S,of "'in^v,"lfi!.T. tl„ ' fresh were   served   and   an '
Thd Commissioners of Spring¬ field Township held their regular monthly meeting in the Township building on Wednesday evening o last week. President Henry N Paul, Jr., presided and all mem- able to bers were present, give a date as to when a start Following the reading of the can be made in building this ma- minutes by Secretary Billingsley chine.   When  the   new   engine   is  bids were opened for the collect-
nurse of the North Penn Com¬ munity Centre, The staff com¬ mittee announced that Miss Mae Garritt, assistant director of the Germantown Branch of the Phila¬ delphia Visiting Nurse Association, has been appointed head nurse ol the North Penn Community Centre to begin her work Janu¬ ary   1,   1941,
Money   and   canned   goods   for the Christmas baskets may be left
at  the office  of  the  North  Penn j 	
Community   Centre,     corner     of 1 Wyndham Hotel Scene of Sup Ridge avenue and    Race    street '
TALK AT AMBLER
? SERVICE CLUBS TO FETE
Church     hall,     on      Wednesday,
I Thursday, and Friday nights, De- I
cember 18th, 19th, 20th, under the' f      _   -• ,   ,,
able   direction    of     Mr,   Charles; SPul"  ^°''"'" discussion was  held.
I Flamini,
!    For  years   "Lena  Rivers"    has \'
Ambler.
The  Reverend   Charles  A.   Piatt,
dean  of the school,  led the  dis-
,K    A ^^T^¦  ^'"J^T^IL   '^''ificmsion and asked for an evalua- I headed the list of best sellers-it i ^^^^   ^^ ^^^  ^^^^  ^^  ^^^ ^^^^^^
Suggestions  were  made  concern-
P.O.S.OFA.HELO
officers  there is a mistaken  idea j check   for   $1,226,83   representing that when you hold a defendant' the final dividends of the    First
,„  -„,,„,! „„ -or^ac n\ \ National Bank,      The    Pickering
(Continued on Page 7) j j,^^^   ^^^   discussed   and   it  was
I decided advisable to use a part of the recent dividends from the old Ambler Bank and restore the Pickering fund to its full amount, Mr, Cavalier reported for tho utilities and asked that $87,44 in water debts be taken off the books due to debtors having mov¬ ed, died or the accounts being' otherwise uncollectable. The State Board of Health refused a per¬ mit for a cess pool at the power house and recommended a septic tank. The borougli superintendent, (Continued on Page 4)
per   Meeting   of  Junior Women's Cliih
SPRINGFIELD HIGH DINNER
still does. In ever.y civilized coun¬ try in the world Mary J. Holmes',
bought and put into service it is  ing of garbage  in  the  Township' i,,,i,i Timm   -.nrl Tli'i expected that the truck just pur-; for  the   year   1941   and   also   for/""",."'"'     '""' ^'''
chased  will  be   used   for  salvage  the   years   1941,   1942   and   1943 purposes  and  to   fight  such  fires as already mentioned.
AmULcK   H uf]       LnmO and enjoyed until it has reached ^f°°l  "^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^  expressions niTIULLIl   IIIUII    I UfllllU ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ j^^.^g included with, f ^ gratitude  were  given  for  the
  I the  finest classics of literature,     I benefit received by those who at-
Celhcrt '     " 's ^'"'^ wonder then that St,, tended.
" ¦   ' I Joseph's     Dramatic     Society      is I     There  was  an  enrollment  this
I proudly preparing to offer "Lena j year   of   sixty-nine   persons   whj^
I Rivers" for your approval.      Ned  represented     fourteen     different
1 Albert, the celebrated New York .churches. These churches included
'playwright, has prepared a special nearly all local communions and
j    A supper meeting was held by
j the    junior    women's    clubs    ot
! Montgomery county at the Wynd-
I ham Hotel, Ambler, Friday even¬ ing,    with   twenty-five   members \ Fathers   Association   To   Sponsor
; and guests present. Mrs. Franklin 1      p.. ^, „ , ,        , .^,
A. Allen, Hatboro, vice chairman, I      ^'""" "^^^^ °" January 6th
Will   Speak   at   Baiupict In the High School
Elmer   F.   Schrope   Presided- County Convention To Be Held al Willow Grove
CHURCH LEAGUE MEETS
church next Tuesday night at 8,; for   the   J,   Milton   Brooks
Bids   were   received   from   Frank Birchler  and    William  Smolinski
and  it was moved  and seconded ,        j "-— -=---¦ r---.- ^  ..^«i»j   ^..^  »v,^ui ^v^......^..,^..., „...,.
that the  bids  be  referred to the \     The service Clubs, Kiwanis and ; dramatization of this famous clas- i also   churches  from  Germantown Director of the Bureau of Health -. Rotary, in recognition ol  the fine, sic and it is conceded to be  the \ and  Philadelphia, and  Sanitation  for award  to the I team   that   Ambler   High   School; finest modern version ever made i     si^ rniir<=e« «/PrP nffpr^H hv inni lowest responsible bidder. had  again  this  year   are  tender- ; of the play. You will become so i „,^'ilp°"'^^.^p,T1i^ Wnrthin"   -^1
Plan<;   were   nresentcH   hv   Mr ' '"g the football squad a testimon-' engrossed with this fascinating en- : '"'"'^i^'^-   .^""^^'^   Worship     was HaaSv^the Georcf B   Lb^^^^ ^'""e'"   *«   ^e   given   in   the tertainment  that  you  will forget 1 taught by   he Reverend Paul  E.
?ffi?fan^dEVg'lne''laVfhmaie'f\'nd^ -hool  cafeteria  -xt  Mon-1 you are in a theatre -d    you'll: Schmoyer;  "^^^^
Mpivin H nrphp rpi-itivo fn twr>' ^^ay evening at 6:15. The whole shed a tear one moment and howl 1 ersnip by ine Keverend waiiei subdivision? under the oroDosed Trojan squad, which finished its with laughter the next and wish i J- Leppert; "Youth Looks at Life" zon ng reaufreraent      The    o^ans  season in a tie for tho Bux-Morit that it could go on forever, jby the Reverend Martin L, Tozer;
zoning,7-equ,rpment_    The    plans  ,_,_,.„     .^ampionship     with      Audiences   all   over   the   world! "^hat the New Testament Teach-
presided,
Mrs,^ Richard Pollock, Glenside,
The    Springfield    High    School football team will be tendered a
chairman of finance of the Mont- • dinner Monday evening, January gomery County Federation of' 6th, at the Fortside Inn, White- Women's   Clubs,   and   Mrs,   Paul'- marsh, according to an announce-
Thc quarterly district meeting _,_„tmpr,t nf of the Patriotic Order Sons of; g,!^"me"i^ 01 America was held Monday even
Federation ing ^i"irthe'"headquarterrof Camp i ^^re ^the £uest^speakers,^ No, 15, Ambler. District President
ment by William F. Leary of the Father's Association.
The dinner, expected to be the Women's " Clubs,  largest ever given a Spartan foot¬ ball   team,   is   sponsored   by   the Father's  Association  and  Alu^ini
E.   Randall,   Mt.   Airy,   Philadel¬ phia, chairman of the drama de- the    Pennsylvania of
Plan  For  Formation  of  Basket¬ ball League al Church
Members of tho various church- -es that formed the Inter-Church Softball     League     last     summer
have  been  invited  to  a   meeting ^ _      ^  ^^^ .„^..v
to   be   held   at   the   Presbytenan , p^ele'rtted'^by ""Mr' Haggerly we^^^^
pro-
Springfield,   will   be  the    invited;
es" by the Reverend George l^az Jamieson; "How to Get the Most Out, of the Bible" by the Rever
.„!    ....^   „.   i.*..vw..   j-.iuv,,n.o   ^.it.-     - , , , I have   been   unanimous  in  stating
The   meeting   is   relative   to   the' perty on Church road and Paper \ guests at the grid banquet. ; ^hdX "Lena Rivers" is one of the
forming of an Inter-Church Bas- '• Mill road in Oreland and the ones Head coach Heber T, Meyers, 1 best plays they have ever seen, ,„,._,„, ketball League. Heber T, Meyers '¦ presented by Mr. Barthmaier and i assistant coach Mervin O, Henry : so get your tickets early, for to j end Robert D, Hershey and and Mervin O, Henry of the fa- Mr, Grebe were for Montgomery I and the four managers will also j miss this grand play would be a' "Christianity and the Problems of culty of Ambler High School will i avenue opposite Birch Lane in ' share honors with the team. Other, misfortune indeed. Don't forget, T°day,"^ by the Reverend Nevin attend the special meeting. 1 Wyndmoor. These were approved' guests at this gala laffair will in- the  date,     and  be   on  hand     to
Everyone    interested    in    the; and the proper officers were auth-' elude  the  high   school   band   and participate in an evening of sheer Inter-Church League  is  cordially: orized to sign the same and affix ' its conductor,    Clifford K. Geary, | delight.
In her talk, Mrs. Pollock said,
: Elmer   F   Schrone  nreqided     and - "Good   financing   brings   a   sense Society of Springfield High School.
weTcomed    the   delSs     repre    of security to the club as well as In addition to the Varsity football
iTeS  Willow     Grove      Camp,  to   the   individual   and   we   feel team   the coaching staff'   Warren
: Flourtown Camp, Glenside Camp that    after    we    have    obtained Gockley and his assistant Horace
'and   the  members   and  delegates' everything   that   we   need    that Brosius and members of the foot-
i from  the  Ambler  Camp.  District i we  still  have   a   few   pennies  lo ball teams will be g u e S t s of the
; President Schrope in opening the' jingle in our pockets. One of the Committee.
' session   delivered     an     excellent' most important things is to have Athletes who starred at Spring- and   enthusiastic   address   calling: your  president appoint a finance field since the inception of sports upon the members for greater ac- ^ chairman. She is really the watch- at the school will pay homage to - tivity for the upbuilding of what dog of the treasury. The finance the  best Spartan Squad yet pro- he said was the greatest patriotic! chairman has  charge of  drawing duced by Gockley and Brosius.
invited    to    be    present    at    the i session. |
The people eligible to play in '• the league, if formed, are those i residing in the borough or in the
(Continued on Page 2)
TEA ON WEDNESDAY
I the cheerleaders, and Miss Ber-! ! nice Boyles, her hockey team and' j its managers,
i     Prominent  figures in the  sports I world  will   be   the   gue.st   speak-
"WHY THE CHIMES RANG"
The  young people  of the  Am-
H. Zuck,
Mr. Piatt spoke of the high cal¬ ibre of work done by each of the instructors, and made special mention of the work done by the registrar. Miss Clara V. Stack- house. In token of the apprecia¬ tion of the entire school a book
order in the state of Pennsylvania,!
Plans were outlined for the fu- i ture by the delegates and an in¬ tensive   drive   is  to   be   made   to increase   the   membership   of   the camps in the districts. It was an-
(Continued on Page 8)
POLICE NEWS
Victors over Ambler in one of the most dramatic games of the 1940 Bux-Mont season, the teams captained by Albert Galley and Gilbert Rex, lost only to Quaker- town.
Ev^ry   father   of a   student   at
^«iu...s iM tuc ^^.luugii v.. i„ u.u-      ^^ ^^    beginning of the season':,,""   V. 1 occasion   Two of the bier Church of the Brethren will  """ "'  u.u cu.i^c ^v..xuui a  uu«- townships   that  .send   students   to ; ^^.^^   g    jJ  ^^^f chal-' ^i',?" " 11,^"™^^^ Timm   present the Christmas play, "Why ^'^^« presented  to each instructor
Ambler   High   School   or   -X-e ^ jenged Mr, Meyers'^tball ^oysf^^^.^'to^^.^t^'T^^ R-g.l   «% f unday, and    M.ss    Stackhouse    tor    the
111    lue; f„ n  too   ,.r.tvi tho ^r^.¦,^1t¦„r¦  +v.,,t        . "       '       Id   meotor   at evening. December 22, at 7.30, The ¦ ^""^ aune
John Henderson, of Dresher, nounced that Willow Grove Camp | ^^^ a^^sted 'ast Friday by Con- has already received  73.applica" S'siCrn\T.-t ^y^A^   Meeran,' Spring.ield  High  is  invited  to  a
charging   trespassing.   Henderson  meeting    at    the     High     School was given a hearing before Justice  Thursday evening, December 12th,
I tions from proposed members and , it is the hope of this camp to in ; crease the number of new mem
igh who    has    graduated local high school. ..All   high   school   students
to a tea, with the condition that gj^^
now   head   gr
the squad losing the most games \ Moravian College     and     Charles P'^y will  be part  of  the  annual
are ^-i^Quid treat. The hockey girls lost!/-¦Bihp.t   n  inmi  inH   whn !« nnw white gift service of the    church,
ineligible to participate in league ^ two games and the boys lost one' r;^'linl hn^ke^^^^^^ '^tory of the play concerns it
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play.
so the girls will give the tea on, f, „    ^ ^here   will '¦ Wednesday, the 18th of December,' '-o"'^g^-    ^^^^^   ^"^
be
a   third ^^" with the legend of a perfect ' gift   on   Christmas   eve.,      which
To Speak at Library
—There is more true philosophy i in  the gymnasium.  All  the foot- | heen'^nnmnmced "'^'"'^ ^^^ ""^ ^^^ '"'"g^   the   cathedral   chimes,   and to an inch of laughter than there ' ball boys and hockey girls are in- ; ,' _        i how a small child's act of service
is  in  a  yard of  sarcasm, ' vited to attend. i     Coach Timm s Moravian  Grey-; bought about the ringing of the
, hounds suffered only one defeat on chimes.    Leading parts will     be
;the gridiron this season which is: taken bv the following: the    two
an enviable record for any team, nttie    boys    Holger  and     Steen,
Gelbert,   once   a  member   of   the gjeanor Norris and Walter Dum-
j St. Louis Cardinals baseball team meldinger; Uncle   Bertel,   Robert'
Local Woman Describes Trip Through the West and Mexico In Interesting Manner
Vifiil Indian Grave ol' Heroine of Lewis and (JIark Expedition —
Iniprcssi'd hy the Bcaiily of Wyoniiiij;—Visit Wind
I'iver (Canyon- -Altcnd the Golden Annivcr-
sarv  of W'voniiii"  Statehood
(Continued on Page 6)
B. C. MILLIKIN SPEAKS
, Explains   Work   of   North     Penn I     Community Centre at Meeting
!     The members of the Ambler Ki- I wanis  Club   were   privileged     to
: hear a talk by B, Carter Millikin Chiirch's "china" Misskmaries at   their   regular , weekly   dinner ^ard and Helen Angeny.
Broughton,  and  the Old  Woman,; Martha Hoffer, The play is direct- : ed  by  Leah  Musser  Zuck,  After the pla.y, the organizations     and' membership   of   the   Church   will bring    gifts   of   substance      and' money.      The fruit and     canned goods will go to Christ's    Home,! Hatboro, and the monetary offer¬ ing will go to the support of the
Ed-
^l^t ^ei'"""" '^'¦""^ *" Sweetwater , River Canyon, across Owl Creek 1 meeting held at 6„30 at School Inn Vailm/viid the Indian Grave yard Mountains, over a beautiful wind-} ^^ Tuesday evening About 25 on tlW^hoshone Indian Regerva- ing highway, which was chisled members were in attendance with tion in which "Sacajawea," a girl and tunneled out of the mountain, Lawton Wood, ot the Norristown guide and heroine ,of the Lewis, to "Big Medicine Water" as the Club, a guest' of the local club, and Clark expedition is buried. We Indians called it. The world's lar- Daniel Biddle presided in the ab- also saw many other places of; gest mineral hot springs is in Hot sence of President George Davis tiistorical interest on our tour, : Springs State Park at Thermopolis. ¦¦ who was at the Division Nine Wyoming is noted for its vast The spring has a greater llow than i Officers and Directors Training industries among which are five all similar springs in the United ¦ school at the Merion Cricket Club, sugar   factories   in   which   thirty-' States combined and ha.s 18,600,000 , Haverford,
five thousand tons of sugar beets gallons of mineral water bubbling j The speaker, B, Carter Millikin, are used every year. This state 1 from it daily at a temperature of, talked on the Community Centre is one of the largest cattle produc- j 135 degree Fahrenheit, Originally j of Ambler, He outlined tho work¬ ing states in the union. It has' the property ol the Indians, they ings of the Centre in great de- many minerals, large alabaster'. deeded the spring to the state. It I tail and told of the various calls Hiines, much iron ore which totals vvas very interesting to watch this; that were made in the past year a million tons yearly, the largest outstanding phenomenon. if"''J*'^" "^ the number ol  cases
open pit coal mine and the great-: Traveling on over the prairie on he Community Centre treated 111 est coal deposits known, Wyoming  ^^^^^^^^^^^f^ ^-J LtnS^   i" whici^'^s^orga^n!
?ndusti-;ns"one'o/ufmo t mpo - . rerhldto'lind'w'her: wT speTit I -ation operates and what the ex- muubu.v   lb oiii, Ol iia luuai iiutiui , it„„^„H tho n.-ur-H i act purpose ot t  e Centre is. Rev,
Ea.-i    mile  .seemed  more  inter-1 session ot the O. E. S. and the cele-1 ^^^ meeting, introduced the guest estini. as \ve went through Wind ¦ (Continued on Page 5) speaker  ul  Uie  evening.
STORES OPEN EVERY EVENING
All stores in Ambler will remain open every night un¬ til Christmas, according to an announcement made by the Ambler Chamber of Com¬ merce. With the exception of food stores, the stores will be open late to accomodate shop¬ pers.
The Ambler business sec¬ tion never looked brighter, with the new street lights, the gay colored strings of Christ¬ mas lights along Butler ave¬ nue and Main street. Stores never have offered a better selection of merchandise for a Christmas season.
bers to   00 before the date of the  ^^ the Peace Urban and upon the   to  assist  in   completing   arrangc- CounS C^nvenUon ^February'  2"  defendant    entering    a  plea     of ments for the dinner,
1940,      The  County     convention J gu'lty,  he was discharged     upon I 	
which is an annual affair, will be the   payment  of   cost.   Henderson EVERYWOMAN'S CLUB CHORUS held this year in the camproom of, trespassed upon the Meehan nur-¦ the Willow Grove Camp. j sery Property at Dresher, despite
A pleasing   feature of the   dis-  the   fact    that  he   was     warned trict meeting was an address    by  several times to stay ofl.
Howard W, McCray, Regional Co-1        _.       , , .^ ,  ,    ,, ,.  „    ,
,/-    *•      J       Tl       ,•> i    —The state capitol building at
(Continued on Page 4) Ralpieh   N  C    is called bv archi-
  ifects a perfect exar^So'^Do^^^^  Strawbridge   &   Clothier   Jenkin-
DR.   J.   A.   LONG   TO   SPEAK l architecture. It is 105 years old,      town Store,
On Monday, December 16, at 4 p, m, the vocal ensemble of the Everywoman's Club of Glenside will present a program of Christ¬ mas  music  in  the  Salon   of  the
Illustrated   Lecture   "The   Santa I       Fe Trail" To Be Presented
Special Sunday evening services ' in   the   Presbyterian,  church   are being  continued  each  week  dur- , ing the pie-Christmas season. Last ', Sunday  night a  deputation  team i from  Tennent College  ol Christ¬ ian Education of Philadelphia was ' present  to   give a  most  interest- i ing   and   helpful  presentation   of the   work   of   the   college.   Three young   women   and   an   insructor were present.
(Continued on Page 5)
Ambler Postmaster Announces Mailing Dates For Christmas to Assure Delivery
Postmaster   Oscar   11.   Stilhva^iou   Slates   Special   Delivery   and
I'crishahks Will Be Delivered oil Chrislnias Day
•—Urge Everyone lo Buy Stamps Early
MELVIN   K.   WHITELEATHER
1     Melvin K, Whiteleather, a mem- , ber  ot   the  staff  of  the  Evening Bulletin, and for thirteen years a foreign Correspondent for the As¬ sociated   Press,   will   speak   at   a meeting sponsored  by the  Inter- I national   Relations  Group   of  the ! Ambler Colony Club, Mrs. Thomas j A. Foulke is chairman of the In¬ ternational   Relations   Group, i    The meeting will be held at the i Ambler   Public     Library,      next ; Monday evening,   December   16th ! at 8.15 p. m, Mr, Whiteleather will ! speak on  "Germany  From With- I in,"   There   will   be   a   voluntary I silver offering for membership in the Foreign Policy Association for Ambler  High  School Students.
Community Centre j Solicitors Report
I End Of Campaign
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Blue Bell & Centre Square $425.60
iFort Washington   213.00
Penllyn & Gwynedd   469.15
North Wales    186.00
! Oreland    70.70
Prospectville   187.75
! Jarrettown & Dresher  297,15
$1849.35 AMBLER
First Ward     461,95
Second Ward      146,35
Third Ward       147,00
Keasbey & Mattison Co.      650.00
December 10. 1940 $3254.65
MRS.   JAMES   CHESTON,   4th MRS.  JOHN H,   W,   INGERSOLL Chairmen of Dri\e
Postmaster Oscar H, Stillwagon, has announced that in order for his patrons at Ambler postofflce to assure themselves that their mail and parcels sent through this office will be received in time for Christmas the following sche¬ dule of dates must be adhered to in order to prevent disappoint¬ ment in delivery: California and Far west, Dec, 16 Rockv Mountain States, Dec. 16 Middle West States Dec.  16
Southern   States Dec,   16
Ohio, Indiana, lUnois, Michigan,
Kentucky Dec.        16
New   England,   States,       Dec,   16 New  York,  New  Jersey  and
Pennsylvania Philadelphia Local
Mr.  Stillwagon plain  how  mail and   stamped   to several different classes
Christmas  greeting   cards
Dec, 20 Dee. 21 Dec.   21 goes on to ex- must  be   sealed go  under     the
and
I fodders, mailed in unsealed enve- I lopes at the third class rate of ¦postage (1'/^) are not accorded the j same privileges as those sent in i sealed envelopes at the first class I rate <3c per oz),
I First class letters not only travel i faster, but can also be forward- I cri, in case of removal; or if in- I correctly addressed, may be vg,- ': turned to the sender, free of i dharge, provided the envelope j bears his return address, which I thould be placed in the upper left corner of all letters mailed.
Greetings mailed at the    third olass rate are not entitled to this JBrivilege, Consequently the send¬ ers,   in   many  cases,   never  know that tho greetings were not rcceiv- ^ed b.y the addressees, I     Greetings  mailed   at  the     first iclass rate may be sealed and con- |ftain written messages. [    Greetings   mailed   at   tho   third (Continued on Page 5'