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The Ambler Gazette
VOL. LVII-NO.  48
AMBLER,   PA..   JANUARY   23,   19.30
Sl.7.5  A  YEAR
LOCAL BALL PLAYERS
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PLAYED    IN  DOYLEiSTOWN MUNITY  LEAGlUiE
COM-
£^ puet Served in  Moose Hall, Lans- ^,.le — Johnny Taylor  Led  Team   in
Batting and  Fielding—^O'ther Amibler
Stars Alao  Honored
A beinritiet was .given last .Wcdinoeday
evening- in M-kjokc  Hji.11,  LtinKdale,     to       _„ 	
the Moose tcaini, championfi ol Uie ,Dioy- j a fow, durin leeJtown Community Lea^^ue. It was attended by almost every cne of the players of the chajnplon team and a numher of Invited guests. The larso roam was beaultifuUy decorated with the colors of the clubs and as thei play¬ ers and guests entered the room they ¦were presented  with a buttonler,
Tribute to  Dr. Gelbert
The following trlhiito to rtho late Dr. Geltert from thc pen of "Oirard" wks published in hl.s letter Monday morn¬ ing in the I'hila. Inquii-er:
Those w'ho crowded l<Vanljlin Field 40 yeai's ago thrilled to the cry oX cheer leaders:
"Man hurt!  Who's .hurt? Geltoert!"
Clilairlie was a star even among such other g'llttering ¦pla.yors as lirooke. Minds, Buck ,\V"hartx»n, Knipe, Csgood, Woodruff and Sa.m Uoyle.
Teams then jjlayed Wedneisday as v-ell as Saturday games, so that the schedule called for from 12 to 14 matches. ,
Ponn licked all coimera, 3G .crames In throe fseayons and was by  a   6-4   dtfcat   from
then   stunned Ija&iyette.
That victory will st'ands in the Maroon's record books ay ils star per¬ formance. I   ,    I
George Barclay miade Ijafayette's toudhdown, a,nd the gigtintic Ithineih&rt
J. WILLIAM DIHER OUT EOR CONGRESS
JUNIOR  COLONY  CLUB
GIVES
NOTICE   CF   HIS CANDIDACY
COMING
AU j w^as a,Hercules ais guard, lioth dt'ud! did ju.stiee to a, flne turkey dinner pre-       Now  Cielbert  follows his   old   teum- pared by Amos Kilaner and served by | m)atas^   Osgood   and   Doyle—latter   a« mombers of the Mioose. : flashy an en<l as foollxLll over «;nV.
William  O'Llnnell,   president of  the       Ma,gniflccni athletes do net seem to Ka^stern    i'ennsylvania    Lea.gue,    was   outlive their weaker fallow-students.
tcnastmiiister,   and  airtuiTg   the   honored  —
guests were: Hill Dartlngton, president of Doylestown Comirriunity League; j Dan'iel Atkinson, secretary of the i league; Oounty Controller, William C.\ Irvln; Justice of the Peace, WlUialm Urban; Wilmer Cressmian, sports editor of Korristown Times-iHerald; Morria Nelburg, sports editor of North Penn Reporter; umpire, Etfb Smiith, who p'a'yed on Lansdale team during the diayis of "Lew" Richie. C'omiixlimenUiry retmiark.'S wero miade on behalf of Manager Ernie Kilo and hiis champion playei-s, who played so well througli¬ out the scetson of 1935 and brought home another trophy.
The outs'tandlng player was J(/linny Taylor, of Ambler, .star first baseman, who played throughout the seaison with a perfeot fielding average and proved to  be  the  best  batter  in   the   league, finishing with the e.xceliient average of .385.  Taylor was  oalied  to the speak- j ers' table, where lie was presented with ' two statuettes, one for fielding and the ! other for babtling. 'Squire Urban, who | has been indentified with baseball along !
the North Penn for almost 50    years, ; ,^^,^,,5^^ ^03; „ames asking for the re-   |>elleC  in  the  c^nmtry' presented    the   trophies   to   the   looal I i^^^atement of  the  oilicers. people,
boy   Whom   he   praised  for  his great | „ ^^  .^^ organization       "During this same se,..sion," he con-
work on the diamond, adding th^t f°i f.^f^'^o^ j^^^'e ap,^<inted William tinued, "a bird beg,.n to appoar-the thTcommunityieSu: b^c^us: U aU S^WthTa," of" Jenirtown, Chief; day that bird was born $5,000 w^orth tLts X highLf^peX;rlTr dur^^^ Stackhouse,    palrotatm    andot    taxpayers'    money was    .spent    in
tlTe seisin Both stoTuettrare of s^^^^ John T. Cambuni, extra- and hmlUi i Wa.shington for fireworks-und a n»w anrararepTodu^irof'-^Mlorn^*:^^ Tbe change was  to have been j phl,o.sophy   of   business     --created
ing a catch of a high-thrown toll, and   eflVctlve on Feb. 1. A  tew    of us  .^aid     unoonstitu tional
also representing his stance at the The action w^s responsible for a un-American and voted against it plate w-hile batting. I borough-wide movement, in the absence   And  then    the Judicial  b^dy  of_   nine
' of any expressetl reasons, in- behalf ot m'-n, slurrmgly called old men , men the oiricers, and .sympathisers spoke I that I hope will live to be much old- and petitioned for a rehearing of the, er, rule^i a;;'ainst the XKA, and tho m'atter.  The  petition  was  received by j bird ditnl '
RE-EMPLOYS MEN ON MONTH-TO- MONTH BASIS
Law and Order Committee, Burgess and Police Will Confer to Disruss :Probi'ems—Sewer Committee Met on Monday  Eveneing
Ambler  Borough   Council  has   reap¬ pointed     Fred   Fluck,     Offlcer       .lohn T. Camburn and IClxtra Offlcer Charles Stackhouse. Action was taken at the special n^oet
Tells     Conshohocken   Women     Voters His   Name     Wll   Bo   in   thg     Party Primaries—^Pkces   Dlame   on    Presi¬ dent   Roosevelt   for   Conditions Congres.snian   J.   William   Ditter,   ol Ijuwer   Gwynedd     Ti;wnship,   will     b:? a   candidate   at   the   primanies   to   suc¬ ceed   himself   as   representative   ot i.hc Mont.gomery       County       Dis-.trici        in Washington.   He   miade   the  statement list   week   Vv'hile   delivering  a   forceful jjadj^ress before the Republican Women 'bft* conshohocken   in  which   he   scored 't^,^.;,p ilicles   of      President   Roosevelt \vA   said    that  the  President    cracks the       party     whip     in       the       White Hous-e   and     the  Democratic   majority bows     in     subserviency.       He     saud: "Pro:?ldent   Roosevelt   must,   therefore, i bear  the  responsibility  for  thc    flight [ of  the   blue  eagle,   the  chan.ye  in  the j country's monetary   poJcy,  the loss ot place   in   the   world's   colton   market, I the   present   sliver   program,   etc.,  and all the national policies and belettered programs of the  past three years."
"Since March 1933, there has been a dominating pe.r.sonallty In the Dnited States, one individual/ who has defi¬ nitely impressed himself on the af¬ fairs of the nati ni and has contlnual- I ly Impres.sed on the Amerioan' jieoplc his  will."
"If, in the last three yoars a record which hasn't imin-assed Itself lavor- ably here or abroad has been achiev¬ ed, the resiKmalbllity rests with that man,  Franklin  D.  Roosevelt."
He scored the cti.stlng aside In 1333 of the solemn pledge and oblls'ation of the United States, declaring em¬ phatically the breach ot solemn obll- gation of the United States rests not with the "rubber -rtamp Congressmen" but in the White House "rrom the rhe   speaker   was   one
Makes Gift of $25 to the Ambler Public Library
A gift of $25 w'as ni.-nle to the Aniib¬ ler i'ubllc Rlbrary at the meeting of tho Junior Colony Club of Am'bler on Jan. 14. The check was sent to Mrs. ^\'5niam H. Bussell, who has been ac¬ tively Identified with the library since its organic tion.
"Stained   Gla.ss   WlndoW-s"   w'-is   the subject ot a talk by Hiiiry Ix-e WiUett, of   Three   Tuns,   guest   .speaker.       Mr. i AV'ilU-tt .said   that  tihe art  of    ¦ma.klng I stained glass windows wan a lost one ] until   the     beglnnlnB  <:f  this    centutT,! When the original basic principles were reviv(d.
The speaker explained, "Stained glass windows are definitely archiiteotural. Tlhey are definitely one of the appoint¬ ments of a buildinig, and should not be treated as a  picture.  Dotiigns  and
GELBERI FONERAL HELD
Harry Rynear in Charge
Karrj' I. Mentzer, Recreation Project Head for Jl'ontgomery County, under thc WI'A Urcroatlon anil Adult Bdu^a- tion Program, announces that a pro¬ gram of rccrcathm 'Will be oarried >ut in Montgomery County, with the aid of oduoatlonal and sooial agencies and other  interested grouns.
Music lovers of Ambler and vicinity
will    have  an opportunity    to  attend
.classes  and   rehearfialis   under    Harry
After    Long     llness,    Deceased    Took ! Rynear. Jr.', new-ly appointed music in-
His   Life    in   Hahnemann     Hospital, ! „tructor.  Mr.  Rynear,  who hiid     been
Phila.—Was    Star  Athlete     in     His ' identified with Iwinds and orchestras for
College   Days miore   than   40      yeans,   will     conduct
The  funeral   of   the  late  Chju-.os   S. I classes   of   instruction   in    all   instru-
Gelbert,   V.   M.   IJ.,     ot  Anibler,     took ! menls;   oi-gaiiize Ixa.nds and orchestras
place   Saturday     at   tei an. on,     where ! In various  nearby oimwTiunities.  He  is
SERVICES    OVER    WELL VETERINAmian
KNOWN
WATER RAIES ANO
PRICES
AND      QUANTITIES OTHER   PLACES
IN
Interment  followed  the  services.
Dr. Gilbert, who was being treated at the Hahnemann Ho.spit«l, I'hila., slashed his wrists on Thur-sday andi was so weakened by loss of blood that death  soon .followed. He  Was aged 64
scenes should be made entirely of glass j yoai's.
that previously has been colored, not j The deceased, who was a veteriniar- gla-sa on which the design or scene has | 'an, resided at 218 North Spring Garden been painted. Some texture painting i f'treet, Amibler, and entered the hos- may be ueed, but very little. j Pital   .several   weeks  ago,   having  sub-
"In   viewing   a   tnie   stained     glass ! '"'"^'^ ^'^ '^'^ abdUttlnal operation early window look first for harmony of color, (1<>cor.ative   treatment   In   deislgn     and
line, sln>pllcity of composition, a.nd sil¬ houetted flgures. The mietal work is part of the design, and should be work¬ ed out that way. Tho three primary colors, red, yellow and blue, are best to be used In windows. Haoh color has a very great effect on the others," concluded the speaker.
'The resignation of Elllzaibeth C. Campman, who will shortly move else¬ where, was accepted.
The literature clas.s will meet on February 18. The next club meeting will be in tho cluib house on Jan. 28 at 6.30 p. m., When a covered dish supper will be held and a surprise pro¬ gram     presented   afterwards.
ing Monday evening, which was called by Chairman Kinney  to hear the re- j orders   given.' port of llie Law and Order Comhiittee   of 57 members of the  House of  Rep- after   it   had   considered   the   petition   resentatives  who  voted   to  upho.d his
proaiilso   to  its
Another  player who has a s.plend'.'d
)¦((-(,i-d   is   the   pitcher, George   Shelly,
whio wont through the seasotn without
a defeat.  He also w'as presented, with
a  statuetter Th7 ^e»entatihm^'iro^<^n^ i ^''^Wenit Kinney a-nd r"fetre<VJ.o the
tell to Daniel AtkinisiDn, wiio at one time wore an Amibler uniform. Presi¬ dent Darlington presented a silver cup to Mianager Kile, for winning the championship. Cther players of the chaimpion teajm were pi-eisented with gold baselHiills. Among the players tt*om Anijbler, besides Taylor, w'ho received these .gifts are: Albert Saylor, Albert Bishop, Clair Livezey, iSiherman Wright, Bert Coffey and Domenick Joseph Ganibone. The musical features w^ero eoveral selections on the plona by Phil W.atson and vocal nuiinibers by Al Leh¬ man, Larry Gllck, Charlie Jerscheld and Clair Livezey. Clyde Bis'hop ex¬ ecuted a clever tap dance.
Law and Order t'onviiittee, wiiirh con sidered the queHtion with couivil a,s a oumimittee of the whole. ,Of the 1037 niames a little n*)re than half were ascertained to be residents of tihe Borough.
IA.S a result of this conference, Mr. Wolff, chairman of the Law and ,Ordor Committee, recommended to .Borou.gh Oouncil at its special meeting Monday ovoniixg that the  vote on Jan.  C  v.ith
During last summer and the early ta'l appeared the fll-st^eviclences of real revolt. Tho la.st straw that bx'olce the camel'is back in this Instance wtas an old potato. The limitation of >ota- toes was jilanned just as the limita¬ tion of other crops, but it was drop¬ ped. They siiid they woum nor en¬ force it because thoy hadn't enough money."
"The st'jme nine men," the si>eaker continued,     "who  ruled     against     the
reg:u-d to the police be rescinded, which J NRA said the AAA,  including all pro- was done, an(t tho folloiwing action was | grams     of   limitation.     of     urtiflcially of   Police,   Fi-ed I creaAing  a   priee   level,   in   defiance   of
taken:   Acting   Chief R.   Fluck;   Acting  Patrolman,  John  T. Camburn; extra offlcer, Chiarles Stack- hou'Sie. The questions were decided on a 5-to-4 vote by t'he memibers.
iNo Health O'fflcer was appointed, as it is desired to secure a lega.l opinion on the responsibility for this ap¬ pointment.
It   was   further  decided   to   bold   a joint meeting of the Burgess, the Law       "After  the and   O'rc'er  Committee  and   the  police   constitutional to  discuss imatters  of  law  and   order for the Borough.
DEVOTED  TO   INTEREST  OF BUSI¬ NESS  PEOPLE
John L. Hansell, Secretary of Organ- ^ izatlon, Congratulated on First Num¬ ber—Limited to Members of Ambler
Chamber of Commerce
The first nuirnber of tthe News cf the Ambler Chiaimiber of Comimierce appdared last week and wias mailed to meaulbers and reproscnUutlve grouite of business peiople and civic loaders, but the editor, John 1'. Han.sell, secrettu-y of the Chamber, states tluat the future issues will be limited to memibers of the Amibler Chamber. It will be publish¬ ed  i>eriodically.
A section is devoted to the coan,ing business census of aiotivity shiortliy to be inaugurated iby the Depantmerkt of Comimerce. 1   , i
Note is made that window shopping lias Iw^come e. coniimunity project in A.lenitown. ; ,   1
Announceimient is made tliat the Chamber is in close touch with happen¬ ings in Washington affecting busineiss, and through the N'atlonal Cliaim|ber will be advised iirmie:diately of legislation coiicinning buslnesis Intoreats.
Under the caption, "Use Your Cliam- ber of Connnierce," tha following appeal and iiiistructions are given:
«io your Chaimlber of OUmimeroe for i';U legislation informlation. Our ties enable the ChamlMjr to ob¬ tain information promlptly on ponding ' bills, and to give a complete analysis. ' "Connection with foreign Chamlbers of Comiinerce tliroiigh tiie National Chainilbor of Comimerce and other ma- tlunal oommeroial and trade associa¬ tions enables the Oluirmlber to provide contacts with foreign and domestic markets. 1
"Miemlx.'rship in the Chamiber ot Comimerce of the United States and close co-oi>eratlon wiith local Chamlbers and national Chamlbors and ibusiness orgauiaations in noa.iiy every city in the country enable us to give valuaWe ti-ad'e, commercial and industrial da'ta. "Usiing the ClTainHber of Comimerce ns a mcdiUim through whiich to w'ork, the iclall trade can bo increased and the tiading area more fully developed. The Chamiber of C\>nimerce is a clciaring houso of coiTect informiatlon. Send along your question,or problom to the secretary." 1
A. FUNERAL
WELL KNOWN AMBLERITE VICTIM OF  ACCIDENT
Killed by Slide in Sand Quarry Along Susquehanna Street—^Services and Interment to Ee Held in Whitemarsh 'Memiorial  Park.
Funeral services over the late Samuel A. Hand, will be held this Thursday afteinoon at 2 o'clock at the home of the deceased, and at 3 o'clock in the chapel of the Wiltemai-sh Memkiiial I''ark, amd interment will fol¬ low in the cemetery. Viewing lof tho i"emialn:3 will be this Wednesday even¬ ing at his late home, 37 North Sprln,g Oarden   Street.  A.mbler.
'The deceased, who was a well-known local  business imlan  for ,17  years,  met death   in   his  sand   quaiTy   along  H'J,s- quehanna Street B,oad, In l'ipi>er Dublin i canlsm.' Township. <m Satur<lay afternoon, wiien i
the laws of Cod aud the laws of na¬ ture,   was   unconstitutional.
"Tho tjnited States used to have 89 percent of the cotton nijarket of the world—^the AAA SLUd they would not permit as much cotton to be grown as formerly—'the result today is tliat we have only 43 percent ot the  cotton  market.
"After the AAA was declared un- tlie president said a moral responsibility rested on the government to pay the farmers for 'the contracts entered Into. Since when," he asked, "has moral responsi- hilHy come into the "vv mro iiouse?"
In speaking of the silver program he cited instances of the earllei in¬ terest In the purchase of the metal and said-that the .govornment is not buying  much   silver   today.
He made a plea for the return to the day "wilien iirinclplo means .some¬ thing  and  politics  are  subordinate,"
"I believe that America wants to reurn to that day and a great obliga¬ tion and opportunity rests on you—if we win. nnd we're goin,g to—a, good .-^hare of the credit will rest on the v.-iomen   of   America."
"If women will keep say-: n.g, 'We need a new president,' 'we need i, new- party in power,' 'we need thost old standards and traditions,' there's go¬ ing to be only one result. This coun¬ try's going to havo a renaissance— we've been living in the dark nges theso last three years—and we are going to have ;'.n opportunity of liv¬ ing as Ameiicr.ns have llve<l. Remem¬ ber the responsibility and let it lall where it behmgs, in (he White House. Join the crusade of defiance for self pre.sierv'ation  anil   the   spirit  of Ameri-
PLAN FUTURE WURK
SEVERAL   MUNICIPAL   PROBLEMS DISCUSSED
Parking Needs Near Business Cantre —Street Illumination—Credit Union Suggestion—Second Annual Prog¬ ress Week to  Be  Held
Wliere and how to (lulckly seci.re a free parking lot for Ambler, wa.s the leading question before the re.gular monthly meeting of the Ambler Bu.si¬ ness Men's Association. B. Lnidenfeid vice  president,   presided.
A  commitlee  was  appointed   to  in-
I last week.
j Gilbert was born Christmas Eve, ' 1877, in Hawiey, .Pa. After an element¬ ary public school education there, he entered the School of Lacksawaninu, Scranton, where he starred at foot¬ ball,   baseball   and   track.
'He weighed only 150 pounds when he entered the University of Pennsyl¬ vania in 1893, but his speed and cour¬ age made him a place at once on the famous Red 'and Blue gridiron tet-amii ol the next four years.
It was a rough and tumble ganiie in those days, the yejirs of 209-pound players and rugged train'inig, but he starred almost at once with the leam of   '93.
In his second year, George Wloodrufl moved him to end and it was in that position that the great Walter Camp picked him for All-America honors in 1894,  1895 and 1896.
The 1894 and 1895 teaimis were un¬ beaten and untied and that of 1X96 lost only one game. The team of 1894 dofeated Princeton in the kust ga.me jilayed between the two universities until   last   fall.
Gelbert played on those four .great teams with such Penn stars as Buck ^^¦;harton, \\i;ey Woonlruff, Harry Mack- ey, George Brooke, Arthur Kniight, Carl Williams and the present Sir Henry W. Thornton.
And footbiill was by no nie;ins all. He starred at varsity baseball, \\ias a track and Held e-tar and a leading gymnast.
He was a meimber of Sigma Nu fraternity at Penn, from whose veterin¬ ary schiHjl he was graduated in 1S99 after completing ear.ier oourses in 1890.
Tlie decivased flrst became ill severtil mcmths ago and last. Nin-enilier entered
also arranging a series of concerts, in which these various musical organiza¬ tions iruay be heard l>y the public.
Ambler Users Suffer Nothing by Comparison — Lansdale, Phila. Sub¬ urban, Perkasie and Other Charges Submitted for Public Judgment.
The best interest ot the e.onisuniers of water may be sei-ved l>y giving faetai an'd comiparisons with other sections where water oomipanles are privately ownwl or owned by the munlclijality This   Is  the   object    of    the    Aimbler
The Instruction ks free, and anyone [ Gazette which has served the best in- m!ay enp<illl in the cla.'sses nuade posalble terest of the taxpayers of the borough by the WPA Recreation and Adult ¦ in all such matters in w-hich they are Eduoation  program,      Mr.  Rynear    ia | concerned.  With this puri>ose in view
especially interested in htvaring from various civic, church or service organ- Izatitms. Phone him at A-mlblor 1124W at any time.
LETTERS SHOW FINE SPIRIT OF ROTARY
READ  AT  MONTHLY   MEETING  OF AMELER   CLUB
Felicitations     on   Occasion     of    Tenth Anniversary—Chairman      Yetter      Is Cornratulated   on     Success  of   Party —Ray  Hixworth  to  Speak Letters   read   hy   Vice   I'residen   A. W.  Yetter at the  monthly  meeting of the  Rotary  Club of Amb'er  on  Wed¬ nesday  of  last   week   at   the   monthly busiiness meeting in Nibhx-k's P^estau- rant,  show the    fine  spirit  of Rotary. Tho  communications     were  .addressed to  the  Club    on   the  occasion  of    its 10th    anniver.seiry     celebrated   at     the Whitemarsh   Country   Club on   Dec. 11. In   the  absence   of  l-re.saaent  Joseph W.  CnLflt,   who was  the guest  ot  hon-
data has been secured from neai'by places so that the pi-wbleim nmy be weighed oomprehenlslvely liy Ar.rubler Council, which makes tlic decision in the final analysis.
Accordin.g to a -cornsumer of water In Flourtown, where residents are served by the Phila. Suburban WVrter Ccanpany, the miniimum of consuni/p- tion for a house is 9,000 gallons a year, for which a charge of $10.80 is miade.
The Borough of Sellersvllle owns the water system, and there, according to bill received by a resident the min¬ imum rate is $8 for 15,000 gallons. For eaoh additional 1.000 cubic feet (7500 gallons) $1 is charged The oonsiimier who submitted his bill for the yoiir 1935. used 49.035 gallons, for which he paid .?S for the first 15.COO gallons, as renuired under the iniinitnum r.ate, and $4.54 for the additional c.onsumiptioi\ oC 34.035  gallons.
The Lansdale Water systeim l.s owned by a corporation, and bills are sub¬ mitted monthly. A bill was secured from a user of wuter in that borough. A charge is miade for the flnst 75(1 gallons used, and for the next 150(1 gallons the additional chai-ge is 45 cents -per 100 cubic feet, and in ex¬ cess of 300 cubic feet per imionth tht Charge is 35 cents per 100 euWc ftx"!. Therefore if this consirmer, who kindly
or  at   a   family   birthday   ixarty.     Vice permitted u.se of his bill, used the fJanie
President  Yetter  presided,  ana  a large quantity of water throughout the yenr
deleg.ation     turned   out,     desp-ite    the and paid for stime  monthly he  wouM
storm. pay   $28.GS   for   consumlptlon   of   33,300
Chiarles  Wagner,   proprietor   of    the gallons.
vestigate th^ ponftiiri'^ltios of the lot north of Poplar .street at the rear otl^f^"^^ Memorial Ko8pita.l, ,F*>x • Chaae, the Shoemaker estate property. It i »"<- h^ returned home fo,- the Christ- was suggested that the AssoM-a.tlon 1 "«^« holidays and decided on Hahne- secure  such    a  UH  before  the    sewer I "an" ^^^'^^ he had a relapse.
It was at Hahnemann that his most famous son, Charles, recovered from a serious aecident which all but ended his major leiague liaseball career.
Charles, Jr,, was shot through the lower leg, severing the ,bone. After two years' treatment he was able to resume tho .shortstop position with the Cardinals last sprin,g. Before the ac¬ cident, he stivrred v.ith the St. Louis Nationals fromi lO'i'g  to  1932
Besides Charlie, IMr. Gelbert is sur- \ived by his widow, Mida. whom he maiTied 34 years ago, and two other children, Mrs. Robert M. Atkinson, of Woodbridge, N. J., and Jaimes E. Gel¬ bert, now at school at Gettysiburg.
Fort Wa.shington Hotel, was gteeted as a visitor.
The transfer of Harry Stone to Baltimore nece..s.sltates his resignation from the Club, and a leave of absence was granted Congressman Ditter, Who,  of course,  is  in  AVashlngton.
Secretary Hansell read the minutes of the proceedings, and anno meed that the vote on businejss conditions showed   a     consider,al> e   Improvement
work   Is  started  on Butler avenue.
Fred Wolf stressed the need ol more Illumination for the business district. Louis A, Neigut suggested a com/mlttee be appointed to look into the matter, land stressed the value of artistic, as Well as practical light  standards.
A coniiniutee was al.so appninted to present the details of a "credit onion" to the locttil Chamber of Commerce with tlie ide:i of forming isuch an or¬ ganization. It was explained that these "credit unions" are cnartered by the federal government for the purpose  of  making small  loans.
Plans for the second annuial "Pro¬ gress Week" lor Ambler ^vere inau¬ gurated at the meeting by deciding to hold open house at the next monthly meeting, at which time all interest¬ ed in this campai'.in are Invited to be lu-esent. Mr. Neigut pointed out that there is a balance on hand In the Progress Week fund. This IxUanee remained after all bllld were paid la.st sununer.
a slide buried him as he was at work.
His hody was discovered after 3 o'¬ clock by William Benjamin, of Tnylor, Pa., a nephew, wiho had come to tho Hand residence on a visit: B.enj-amin, on entering the quarry .saw a foot prcftruding from the pilo of gravel, and after dlgg'ing away the earth rescued tho bo<ly. Life liad been extinct for some time.
The deceaised,  who \vas  58 years  of
Mrs.   James   Cassiidy   h/onored |
Mrs. James Cassid.v, of Ambler, formerly Mlss Dorothy Schulze, of Lansdale. wa.s honored last 'week by the t^atholic Community Club ot l^insdale on tho occii-sion of the annual   election   ol  ofllcei-s.
Mrs. Csi.ssldy had served the club as its very elticient secretary for eight years, and at the meting on retiring fi-om the oflice was presente.1 with a silver  service   dish.   Jlrs.   D.   J.  K«it-
Ixiialf
S«eks $5{],00a Balm. Suit 'for $50,000 for alienating the affeotions of his wife Madeleine, 32 years of age was instituted last Friday in the courts at Norristown by A'J,gasi L. Barnsby, 43 years of age. New York City, against Herbei t W. A,ndei\son, 43 years of age, of Hi hcxjl H'ouse llioad, Pri«i>ectville. It is alleged by liarnsby that Anderson persuaded his wife to leave their home in \Vilm!n,gton, De'-., at the same time taking their two daughters with her. During 1934, Mirs. Bai'nsby obtained a divorce In Miont- goimery County Courts it Is .said, and shortly thereafter married Anderson. Prior thereto, Mrs. Barnsby was em¬ ployed, according to what can be loiirn- ed, as housekeeper for Mr. Andeiison for about two yesirs at his home on the above road. It is further declared th.at the IJarnsbys have been separated since Mra. Barnsby left Wilmingtoin. -Senator, Theodore l.ane Boa.n ,and Ed- . Foulke, Esq,., represented iftirnsby, while C. Ttownley I-arzelereii s attorney for Anderson, who is connected with a manufacturing concern In Frankford.
Second of the Week of Prayer Services
The Churches of Ambler are observ¬ ing the "AVeek of Prayer" as they did last year, holding services for five suc¬ cessive Wednesday evenings. The sec¬ ond service will be hold AVedne.sday, ' sent salutations to the Kot'.vry Jan. 29, at 8 p. m., in the Presbyterian i with best wi-rihes for further achieve
75.
Under the head of communications, A'olce President Yetter read letters from Charles I'uff. Jr., who. as presi¬ dent ot the Jenkintown Rotary Club, organized the Ambler Club in 1925, and expressed his regret on being unable to be present at the birthdny party. He sent his congratulations, and said the Club has nrare than ful¬ fllled his expectations. tie expi cssod the hope that the Amblerites will carry on .and flnlsh  the ttisk.
John L Shoemaker, a past-pre.sl- dent of the Club, sent hts regi-etv and congratulations. He closed his cheery letter with tlii.inks for tho covti-tesy of the inviuiticn to attend, and ex¬ tended best wishes for the continued success of the Club.
Rev. Joseph M. Eiwing, as prei Ident of the Kiwanis Club of Ambler, ex¬ pressed his giiatltude on oeing invited to participate in and rfhare the pleas¬ ures of the birthday party, but i-e- gretted his inability to be present. On  behialf  ot    the  Kiwanis  Club    he
roup.
The average family, • It has been figured out, will use from 30,000 to 36,- 000 gallons of water per year. Ajmbler eonsumer.s. under the preisent rates of the Ambler Spring AVater Comlpany, are permitted to u.se 50,000 gttllrms per yenr minimum for $22, payable quar¬ terly.
The water system in the borough of Perkasie is owned by a corporation, and, according to a resiident,  there  is
from  the  sa .Be^-cent a month %!5p,   to | a impveiment now under way to have
the borough purcha.'»e the systeml"PBP- " IfaMie 'borough  adjoins  the  borough   of Sellersvllle,   and   it   is   said     there     is quite  a  difference   in  the  Water  nates of the two boroughs.
Church, and it will bo cimdueted by the Rev. Martin L. Tozer, pa,stor of the Upper Dublin Lutheran Church.
ART EXHIBIT IN PfllLA.
COLONY  CLUB   OUT llMG   PLANNED FOR   NEXT   TUESDAY
Consult Mrs. R. W. Mcllvaine for Arradrt^ments — Lecture by Dr. Sherman on Jan. 28—Food Sho* and Chow Mein Luncheon on SOth Members   and   f'riends   of   the   "Col-
ments  in   service   work.
The Ambler Club voted favorably on changes in the club constltuitlon regarding the nomination and elec¬ tion  of  ofliicers.
Thomas A. Foulke, Elsq., of the In¬ ternational Cammittee, .stated that letters had been sent to Rotary Clubs abroad, and as the replies come in they  will   be   sliixred   with   the  Club.
Under Club Services, James R. 011- lln, rejiorted having contacted the boys wiio are being schooled under the sponsorsihip of the fc tudent Loan l<"und, <iiid the reports of their work are gratifying. He stated that Ray Hoxworth, of Pottstown, will bo the speaker this AVednesday on some phase of Boy Scout work.
Under the Claissiflcation  Committee, AVm.  H.  FaUst announced that sever ll  oLissiftcations are unfilled,  and
COMMUNITY CENTRE DRIVE IS SUCCESSFUL
SPLENDID   WORK   BY   EFFECTIVE ORGANIZATION
Total   of  'ISSK.Oe   Subscribed   —   The
Centre     Is  Grateful   to  Those    Who
Gave   of   Their  Time   and   Efforts   in
Making the  Drive a Success
At the annual nieeting of the North Penn Coinmunity Centre on the eve¬ ning of ,Ian. 16, Mrs. James Choston announced the results to date of the drive. They are as follov.-s by dis¬ tricts:
Ambler, Jfr.s. Philip J. Lukens, i,1262,73.
Penllyn and Gwynedd, IMiss Mary In.gersoII,   $441.75.
Jarrettown and Dresher, Mrs. S. Powell   GrlRilths,   $108,65.
Fort AVashlngton, Mrs. W. M. Roosevelt,   $293.93.
North Wales, Mrs. C. B. Moyer, $141.60.
Oreland, .Mrs. Carroll AVetzell $24.- 15.
Pi-ospectville, Miss Rutli A'aux,, $53.25.
lilue BeU and Cenlre Sipiare, iMrs. Charles Platt,   $180.
This makes a total of $2506.Cu. AVo can say with truth that this result is considerably better than last year, as  the  totiil  in   May  of  1935  wOjs  only
$^467,81.   Although   tho   .actual   solicit- he   ing is  over,  any contributions w .il bo ony 'Club are  Invited  to  join  a sroup j asked "the'niembers to seek prospects,   m"™  tlian   welcome  for  those  ot  you which     will     visit     the  Vincent     A'-an ,      g.^^^^     di.scussion       resulted     under   who  would  care  to   bring  us  cl, ser to Gou,gh   exhibit  at   the   Phlla.   Art   Mu- ! „,„„,  ,,„.  ^^e  International   convention ! ""'• lini  of $M'DO.
seum   on  Tuesday,  Jan.  28. ,,^   ^.^^^^^^^^   ^,.j^.     j„„^   22-26,     which
This is by far the mtist lmp,.rtant ^^,j„ ,.„„ ,,„„„i,.,. to thc l>emoeratlc e.xhibit m the present art season in ^.,,ii„„„, ,.„„vtntion iu Phila. that Philadelphia   and  h.as   come     *^l'"'''«'it i s-mie  week
age,   was   iHirn   in   New  Jei'sc^y.       He
miiinied Anna Benjamin, who survives,   ing   made   Uie   presentation  on
together wilh two daughters:    Myrtle,  of the Club.
wife of Alexander li"tii..s'binder, of Amb- !  — —
ler, and Mae, who resides at home.       ! Thomas   Boyle   Grateful
  I     Thomas Boyle and famiily are .grate- Union Service Next Sunday           i ''"'  I"  the  AVissahiekon  Fire  Co.,  thc Next Sunday at 7.45 p. ink,  the Bap- | "'"'" Aghters ol  which  organization ex- tist,         I'resbyterian      and      Lutheran   tinguished a blaze  in  Mr.  Boyle's  flne
Jenkintown   Council
For  the     eighth  consecutive    teim.
A.   J.   Miller,   Jr.,   has   been   re-elected
presidrnt   of   the  Jenkintown   Borough
I Council  at   the  reoiganiz<ition  meeting
j of  the  hi- al  munlcliial body.
And, at the .same meeting, Austin A. Keiser, Porough Treasuier was ap- loinled to serve Mis 25th year in the i-er'ice  of the B'orough.
Churches will hold their monthly union
home, Butler pike,  near Alinjbler, early
scirvloe, in tho Mt. Plea,.sant Baptist I ^'"''''1''^ niorning. Churoh, The Bev. AV. P;uU Reumann, j T'^'^ fl.imes aro believed to liave been I>astor of the Trinity Lutheran Ohuroh,' i^tiarted in an upholstered ai'm chair on Lansdale, has be(>n secured to preach ' ""¦ "'""t '«"<''¦• -^ •W"l<* ^^'^^ burned In tho .sermon Tho Rev J. M. Kwing, ixis-! ^lio """i' ""'tl •wvertvl pieces of furnl- tor of the First Prosbytci-iau Cliurch ofj tu'-c were dainiaged. The ,l>a,rldng of Ambkr,  will preside, ,      'a  ^""'l  d^S aroused  memlberb  o£  the
family.
WINNERS
The following flve iKirsons aiicili won a iXTilr of theatre tiivkets in last w'eek's "Ciazette" niovie contest.
1. Miary Jane Stillwagon, Butler Ave.
2. Frank Ruth, 4 Tenmis Ave,, Amibler.
3. Hilda  Ru.ssell,  89  I^mon  St.
4. I'^.i.nnie Camburn. 59  Belmont Ave.
5. Kichard Rioosoh, lYancls Ave.
Flvo more pairs of tllcketis are offcr- od  in this  week's contest.  Sec details
from New A'ork, where It w.as greet¬ ed   with   tromendous   enthusia.sni.
The group will leave the Club at 12.30 p. m.. visit the Art Alliance ex¬ hibit of oils, sculpture and pottery, then  proceed to the Art Museum,
If you will drive and have room for extr.a ixissengers, or If you have no ti-ansporUition, call Jlrs. R. AV. Mc- Uviaine,   Amblebr   723.
A small fee will he diiir.ged to be used   for   Art   Alliance   pietures.
Don't forget the lecture on Jan. 28 on "Fears, l-'olbles and Anxietle,>, by Dr. S. H. Slierinan, in the Straw- bridge and Clothier Store, jenkin¬ town, under the aiKspices of varuuis w"omen's ori.janizations of Jlontgom¬ ery  County.
On  Thunsday,  Jan. 30,  there  will bo
Before adjourning, Chalrni'in A'etter gave a talk on the subject of high¬ way safety, urging care of driving and the avoidance of motor risks and hazards.
New Appointment by County Contro.'ler Irvin.
Mias Kdna M. Mortimer, of Annbler, secretary to Justice ,of the Peace Urlxin for tho ixist six years, has been ap¬ pointed .special investigator and auditor for County Controller AVilllain C. Irvln at a salary of $1,200 a year. In nitik- ing the .appoinCiiUent, Controller Irvln stated that he wtiis obliged to secure tho services of some one \Vliio luis a full knowledge of the ,work of a Jmstlce of . tho   Pe.ace  and   other  oflloials   in   like
I a food  .sale  and  chow  nieln  luncheon j positions. The duties of this olllce will
' served in the ciub room trom  11 a. m
to  3   p.   m.,  at  a  charge   of  3,5, cents, without  dessert.
All persons aro cordially invived to enjoy this sale ot good things to eat for   which   tho   club   Is   noted,   as   well
on another page of this i.s.sue, Thore I an ti.i Uuuh. Mrs. Chauneey K,iK-h has 'has also been imporiant changes mado charge. suPlwiled by her able corn- in the rules guvernins the contctjt. niitteu.
call Miss Mortimer to all sections of tho coutny, and Uie wi-)i'k she v.ill bo obliged to do, Conti-^'ller Irvin feels confident, will be of much beneiit to both taxpayers of the county and members of the minor judiciaiT-
The tHonimimity Centre welshes to express its deepest gratitude to all tho.se wiio gave their time, e.iergy and interest with such excellent re¬ sults. The Captains and their te.ams, the Schools who made our p >sten» and* biinner, the Churches and Pai-- i.shes who cooperated so Iiel, fully, and last but not least, the Chairman, Mrs. James Cheston, whoee woiii speaks for Itself. The thank,u of the Centre are also due to the new.spap- ers. They aided our publlcitv by |,rlntin,g testimonials from four of our lirominent citizens, with other articles which materially helped it In a very great way. The employes of Cruse - KeniPcr -C'o. sent a inor.t Kcnoixjus contribution of $29. AVe owe s,.,t<c!al thanks to certain people for sendinj; donations In -spile ol their llvlnL- out¬ side our District. The comiiany and oinployos of ICea.st>ey and Mattison receive our deepest gratitude for their  gift  of   $672.05.
The Centre will now be able to carry on with Its work that is so Im- portiint to all of us. The go,al has* not been reaiched, but the next few months, wo hope, will show an In¬ crease ay It did last  yi>ar.
—Pucks Co. has a considerable tour-
jat tuluuy  ia i'lurida. |
— l'eii<asie   Women's  Club      recently held a hoblji" show.