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VOL. LXII-NO. 15
AMBJLER.   PA..  JUNE   0,    1940
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
HOLY NAME MEN PARADE
MEMORIAL DAY ASSEMBLAGE ON FORT HILL
ROSE SUNDAY
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SEW FOR THE REFUGEES
Ambler   Unit  to   be  Organized   Un¬ der  American   Red  Cross
Group  of Twenty    Take    Part     In Jubilee   of   Cardinal   Dougherty St.   .loseph's   Holy   Name   aociety wus represented at Cardinal I>ough- erty's   (Iolden   .lubllee   and   parade i last .Sunday when lid loy:il men lefl \ Ambler   at   7.30   and   marched   with | the   other Holy     Name     Societies,! numbering  close   to   ,'j:t,(i(Ml.      Thoy i marched to the Stadium to hear the ] Cardinal  celetirate  Miiss. The dele- ' gallon   from   A.mbler,   thongh   small I in  comparison  to    the    largo    dis- I trict  .locietles,  marched   well.     The I
AMBLER'S  SOCIETY  TO  HONOR PATRON   SAINT   WITH      ALL DAY   PROGRAM—MASS  AT  ST. JOSEPH'S  CHURCH—DELEGA-
EXPECTED.
AVhen you hear the explosion of bomba on Saturday night do not think that our great  United States
j     Active work in behalf ot the Am
I erican   Ited   Cross   haa   been   estab-   Holy   Name   banner,   recently   pur- j I listed   locally  by  a  large group  uf   chased,   was   flanked   by     two  men 'women,  who  aro  being     orgiinized   C'"'''>'ing American flags. |
into classes to sew and knit use- i '^he regular monthly meeting iind ! ful and much needed articles for devotion.s were held on Monday | Ihe refugee population of Northern i'-venlng, ,fiine 3rd, and the most 1 I'liiiice and lielglum. Quarters haa importiint business iranHiicled was ; i been oblalned through the liberal the changing of tho date of the TIONS FROM DISTANT POINTS I courtesy  of the offlcials of Ambler  monthly   devotions   from   the   first
National Kank for the uso of a Monday of the month to the second room In Old National Bank build-,.«u"'1;>y ''ft*''" tbe X o'clock morning ing, with overflow space aftlorded "i^'ss- '•'hi-'' change was heiirtlly iip- oi^ the balcony of the Ambler Bank . Pi'"ved. The .Society also announced {
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ef America is being Invaded by ! ""i'<Ji"S. This location is contrary • that a letter will be "^nt- t" the «ome foreign power; it will simply j to a previous announcement thai m"na«en,enr of the I hiliulelphia be to let the people know thiit the 1 the  headiiuarlers  would  be  located ; Athetica  to  secure  a  date  f<"'   th.-
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celebration, sponsored by the St. I'''rancis Society, is in progress. This will climax the nniny festivities of the annuiil St. Krancis Ixiy celebra¬ tion in Am'bler. Tho all-day jirogram opens with a bang ut 8 a. m. and closes   wilh  a  bang at   10   p.  m.
St. .I'Yancis was the iiatron saint of il small village in lUily, called Miiidit, in the I'rovince of Ciilan- Ziiro, whence came the greater part of the Calabrliins of Ambler. The diiy i« celebrated in Itiily every year
PLAN lOOth ANNIVERSARY
I Congregation   Will   Pay   Debt      to ;   Church   Foundation   of   Red   Rose Trinity   Memorial   church   will   be
beautiful  with  red roses next  Sun¬ diiy    when    that    congregation    will
observe  Kose  Sunday  for  the  third
conseciitlve   year.   Again   this   year
tlie congregation will present a rose
iis   the   token   of   payment   for   the
use   of   the   church   to   the   Church
Koundalion of the Episcopiil Diocese
of  I'ennsylvania.
Tho  history  of  this  practice  be-
.!;iin   U| on   the death  of the  late Ur.
Kichard \'. .Mattison, who had given
the church  ho built as a memorial
to    his    daughter    to    the    Church
I'oundiitlon.   I-iich   year   since     his
death  a  red  rose,    as  specified  by
Dr.  .Mattison, has been  given to the
I'oundation as Ihe debt of a tenant j the anniversary, will be heid .Sunday
MLER TO IVE IITE M; H6ER OF COMMERCE ACTS
1 OUII
It  Clifton   Huuse,
The Ambler headiiuarlers will be opened on Thursday, June 20, and sewing win be done there daily be¬ tween the hours of 10 a. m. and 3  p.  m.  A  Ited  Cross  flag  will  be
Society to tiiko 110 parochial school and St. Mary's Home children to see I the team play. The date of the oul- ; ing will be announced iis soon iis il j it  secured. j
The Holy Name Softbiill team has i
American Legion dignitaries and dapertmeni and district leaders of the Legion Auxiliary assemble on rostrum atop Historic Fort Hill to pay Tribute to the World War dead and respect to the land they iserved and died for.
hung at the front of the bank dur- ' broken even in four games so far ing the hours the workers are in I "n^'- although the weather has been session. against  them,  they expect to    iilay
All materials and patterns for!""" "'K^t this week. A game with both sewing and knitting are to be i the Crreon Owl Hooters has been supplied by the I'hiladelphia Chapter I'H''''i"eed for , Monday, Juno in, to of the Ued Cro.ss and are now to i "tart at B.3;i on the Son's ot Italy be hild. Mrs. K. L. Towne. of But-i ^odge playground in South Ambler. I'lke,  Ambler,    and    Mrs.     AV, i     Next Sunday is regular Commun-
by the congregation. The ceremony wlfl take place at the 11 o'clock morning   service.
The    sermon    address    on        this occasion  will be made tiy Ur. Fred¬ erick  I*. Houghton, U. U., executive secretary  ot  the  Mplscopal  Diocese of  I'ennsylviinia  and     Lt.    Colonel Chii'plain   in  t:hlef  of  the  -'Sth  Ul- ! vision, .v. G. P. The choir will sing I the "Kestival Te Deum," by Dudley : Huck  and  the  "Hallelujah  Chorus," by   Hiindol.
! The service will be preceded by iin organ recital and those the pub¬ lic will be welcome to attend and enjoy with the congregation.
St.  John'a  Church     School,    Center
Square, to Celebrate
.Alemliers  of  St.  John's  Lutheran ,
Church   School,   Center  Siiuare,   aro
planning  for the celebration of the,
100th   Anniversary   of   tho   Church 	
School, founded In 1S4II. Tho t;hurch COARD OF DIRECTORS VOTE TO organisation Itself goes back to 17t;». COLLECT SUFFICIENT MONEY A special  service,    commemorating       -j-q    g^JY    poLES   —   COUNCIL
WILL MAINTAIN THE IN¬ CREASED COSTS OF ILLUMIN¬ ATION.
Ambleis business section  is to be well   llluminiited.   full   credit      for this  Is  to  bo iiw.irded  lo  the Ainb¬ lor Horough Council and  the Anib- gram committee for Sunday,    June   ,„.   chamber   of   Commerce,   spoii-
mornlng, June L'Srd. On Saturday afternoon and evening, June 29th. an Anniversary-Dinner social will be given on the Churoh  Uiwn.
Mr. M. (.'. Heier, superintendent of the Church School, has announc¬ ed  the  following committees:   I'ro-
MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES Al FORT HILL
GUILD BACKS RED CROSS
and   was   started   in   Anvbler   many
yeiirs ago by the late l''riiiik I'iilermo, i :„„ «i,nriiv fur the n.ilv Vimo Men
1 ilenrtre    H-ivrlens      Kfii-t    "\.V'ishinrrt#,n    1 lOU   bunuay   IOI    ino   lIol>    iN.lItlO   .llOll
father of  the    present  president of   '-•^"'Se   Baiaens,  I<oit  AVashington, ..ttendmce  Is exoocted
will see to it upon request that 1 «"d a lai ge .ittcnrlance i.^ cxpi cun. supplies are furnished to those who ' 't'he Communion breakfast will be wish   to   start   work   Immediately,   'held   as   usual   at   School   Inn   alter
Mass.
the Society. There is a St. Francis >!ociety sponsoring a somewbiit slmlliur progiitm, but 6n a much smiiller sciile in  i'hiladeliihia. There
Commander Stirling,  of the State Department of the
American Legion, Warns  of Traitorous  Methods
Within at Fort Hill -- Ewing Hails Rights of
Democracy at Ambler Observance
23rd, Pastor and Mrs. Cressman. ' I'ubllclty committee, Mrs. B. C. Itezer, Miss Margie .Selple, Mrs. A. L. Hlghter, and .M. I^. Haker. Decor¬ ating committee. Miss Kheda Hak¬ er, Mrs. Willlaim Cole, Mrs. Friink l''iinious, Jr., Firman Glllnger, I'aul Bean,  Jr.,  Charles  Baker.
The Dinner committee for Sat¬ urday, June 2!'th, as announced. Is composed of .Mrs. H. li. Haker, Mrs. Frank Cassel, Mrs. tieorge Loudon
sois of  the  idea ot a  "white  way" for  tbe  town.
Tiie Board of Directors of the 'Chamber uf Commerce ml il spociiil meeting this week delinitely an¬ nounced that it will provide thij monoy for stiiiidiirds to be erected along both Hutler iivenue aiif^ Main slreet In the business section, iu lieu of the decision of Council to assume the expense of the annual maintenance of the brighter  lights.
I ^  A group is to be organized in Fort i
are rumors to the effect that it will j
AViishington In conjunction with the
Agiiin  this year  the reverent ob-   haiipen here,' yot il was the traitors
join with the Ambler Sociely in the I ^'"'''*"" """ '^""^ '"le date and place I g|(|§J£|( ^jfjg   pj^^y  AWARD ^ ^'""^''"'^'^  "f Memorial  Day  at Fort   within   who  actually won the battles
future and  celebrate  the  day   with the local  Society.
The program for the day Is its lol lows:
8 a. m.—Northeast Juvenile Hand Of Philiidelphia tours the slreels of the  Borough iind  AVest Anibler.       1
10 u. m.—Solemn high mass at St. i Joseph's church, Uov. Fr. J. F'. Coyle, I ottlciatlng. Statue of St. Francis and I altiir to be decorated with flowers.
2.15  p.m.—Monstei   street piirade. Units:   I-lags:  Otlicials and commit- ! tee;   Lansdale  A'eterans  of  Foreign j AVars   Band;   children   of   parochial i schools carrying piu-asols and fliigs; j Hiippy  Hour Girls' Club of Anibler; ' Lodge Uuggero Honghl, No. 543, Or¬ der   Sons      of   Italy   in     Amerloa; Italian-American   Citizens'   Club   of Ambler,   with   baseball   and     bocce tetims in  uniforms;   Italian-t'illzens' Bocce   Club   of   AVesl   Ambler   with ( Continued on page D )
I ot  the  lirst   meeting  there  will   be innounced   Utter.
All   sewing  and   the   making surgical    bandages    and     dressings ] must be done by August 15. j
Uill was a mammolh affair climax-
I ' , ', ed  by a stirring address on    "The
^^^JIIOO is Priie for One-Act Production ,,,.,^pj^   ^^^f,,,.^   ^.^   Today,"   told   by
thiit hiis dissolved those nations. 'It can't hiippen here'.'' Let us be ac- nualnted with this fact;  It is known
of Amhler Man at  Dartmouth        j B.uvard  U.   Stirling,  Commander  of   -^ j,„,,,^ ^^,,^ ^^ ,^^,^j „^^,f ^^ ,^.„i,,„
"lliirmonica."   by   Jnbii   |.rodeiick 1 the  Deparlment  of  Pennsylvania of <,i.,,i„ip, „f the German dictato.-right   ,„;.,,,„   „f   ,.,„  „„,„   f„r   -he   child Brister, son of Dr.  Frederick I'Miiier ; tho  American   Legion.      The  entire   ^ ', ,., , „v,. ,,„    lection   ot   i.ig  dolls   tor   the   chlia
, Board of Directors Vote Contribu¬ tion at May Meeting ' The I'jxecutive Hoard of the Amh- 1 ler Branch of the Needlework Guild I of America convened at the end of '( May to consid?r the business of the it'orthcoming summer months, lo form
coiinmittees and give support to the, , Niition-wlde  drive of the Anierlciin i
Ued Cross. This meeting wus held at j
the  honie  of  Mrs. Thomas I'Oulke, j
the president. Mrs.   Uosenberry     reminded     the'
members  of  the  Hoard  of  the  t'ol- ¦
Mrs. Uylvanus Shearer, .Mrs. Charb's If jhe biislnossinen ot town would Caasel, Mrs. Anna .Momme, Mrs. N.j ,„.„vide the standiirds. Council, it GUlnger, Mrs. John Blattner, Mrs. i ^^.j;, stated,-has no jurlsdlctlmi to Llmer Swartley, Mrs. Lester Turner.! „^^^^ y^^.,, ^ purchase, ,The Sports, Games, Amusements | .pi,p chamber ot Coniinerco, rep- icommittee, John Uobinson, Kugene ,,.pj4e„ti„g i,,p husinossmoii ot Aiiib- .tlleger, Jack Austerberry, Agnes jp,., has iilioady ascertiiinod from ,Baker, Mrs. Eugene Gleger, Fran- | among Its nienibors that doiiatiouSi cc-s    Morris,    Uorothy    Nusk,    Lois   ,„„.,,.,]   this   improvement   will   be
The toastmaster for the Dinner- Social will be Charles Cassel, Jr. The Social committee will be the Uev. and Mra. N. U. Cressman anl the members of the Board of Trus¬ tees and  their wives.
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DIPLOMAS FRIDAY AT
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Brister, of Reiffs Mill roiid, Anibler, a ' ruogram was an outstanding tribute junior al Dartmouth College, won ' to Americanism and respect to those the l-Tleanor Frost award of $100 as I who served, and Commander Stirling the best original one-iict play in  Ihe   forcefully  emphasized   those  princl-
here in our midst who might destroy , ,.p„   i„   uii,,.;i,,or   which   must     be
our   ellectlvene.ss,   should   we   relax   ,„.„uj,|,t j',, auring July. The annual
our vigilance." j luncheon   of  the  Ambler Guild   will
.Mr. Stirling thon revoiiled the fact , be   hold   on   September   1,S,   it   was
! annual Original One-Act Play Con- ! pals and  ideals  thiit make America   ^^^ "j'-' ^f^l^'" h'"'' '' f-tniKht pre- |,announced and the iin.iUiil In-gath-
TRENTON    PASTOR   GAVE CELLENT ADDRESS
EX-
i lest   of   Dartmouth's   l';xpcrlment:il I Iho land of a free, democratic people. Theatre. j      His  address  was   based  upon  the
.Air. Hrister prepared for college j task that the American tjegion, iit Ambler High School. He is a i backed by Ihe American iieople; niember of Ihe Darlmoulh Players ! faces today—a task to preservi? De- and has iippoarcd in many of their j mociacy, our freedom ot religion, of productions. He Is a member of the ! speech, free asserrtbly, tree iiress gym sipiad this year and wiis re- K'ently   elected   nexl   year's   literary
editor  of  The  Darlmoulh   Pictorial, i a magazine of campus life.
vious to that ceremony on Fort Hill, \ ering of garments will be on Octoiier | learned of .a planned meeting of the | 3(i  this year. i
German-American    Bund     to follow i     ^he  Board  voted   uniinlmoUslv  to i the   ceremonies   on   Fort   Hill,   and I ^,5^^   jt.,,   t^^^   supporl   to   the   pre-i that the meeting hild been halted by i ^p„t  ^,.j,.g    „,.  j^^^^  ^^^.^^  j„  ,,p,n„ warning and  precaution. \„nnde  by   the  national  ongitnization I
"Acts like these," he asserted, "are | of the Amoirlcaii Ued Cross and ad- trea'sonoUH and can and will be dealt ; vised that the tiuild vote a liberal with accordingly. , ! don;ition   thereto.   Mrs.  .l.^lulke  an-
T TROOP, NO. 2 COMMEMORATES ITS 25tti ANNIVERSARY
DROVE WOMAN FROM HOUSE
South Ambler Resident to Spend 33 Days in Jail
On a warrant sworn .out by Mrs. Edna Johnson, Uoy DIckerson was arrested by Officer John Monaco, charged with assault and hiittery find disorderly  conduct.  At  a  hear
ing held by Justice of the Peace 1 -Moore and prizes by .Merrill Zim- Urban, .Mrs. Johnson testitied that ' "ierman. presidenl of the Alumni Bhe went to defendiint's home, Cen- ' A.ssoeliition.        Uev.      Ulcha.d       .-^J.
Rachel Swartley and Lutoria Turn
ner, Honor Students, and Howard
Maree   Made   Speeches—   Al
Priie   Awards   —   Orchestra
Chorus Rendered Music.
The speaker iit the commence¬ ment exercises for 16 members ot the Whitpain High School senior class, held in the school auditorium last Friday evening was Dr. Samuel Steinmetz, rector of St, Michaels Kpiscopal t'hurch, Trenton.
Diplomas     were     presented     by j Exercises Will be  Held Next Tues- Supervlsing     Principal     John       H.\     day   in   High   School—Honor  Stu- ^
dents to Make Addresses are Jack \
i^lSPRINGFIELD HIGH TO AWARDS] DIPLOMAS
DR. ERDMAN  HARRIS, DEAN AT ; i   LAWRENCEVILLE,   TO   SPEAK   ;
"AVe want the freedom  wo  enjoy   nounced the names of her commit-
and freedom in our homes.
"Let us Vie truly acquainted  with
this fact," he said. "There are those .^   - .     ,     , ,. . ,    , ...!„.
about us and among us who would today, and  the Legion  will act and   tee   chairmen  at   this  session,
tmdermine tho.se glorious principals "'«  tighting against  any  enemy   toj	
ot freedom and it is only by revela- t"'*"^''''",'*' he .said, tion as brought oul by thij Legion . The speaker then called iipim and by the Dies Committee, thiit the every good American to cooperate American people have com.g fully to iind tinderatand the Legion's pro- realize that we must be iilerl to de- S'ani ,of Americanism, for the fend ourselves from 11 deadly enemy I-'Pffio" »*tands 'for God and Coun- within.                                      ,,,    .'   . [try,'  and  it  has  dedicated  itself  to
"Kuropciin coiintries said ,'It can't ((Continued on page 8)
REPOBLICAN LEADERS
I third   the   reiiUired  amount are  al-
I readj-   niiide.   The   baliince,   it   was
I decided at   the  special  sessivn,   will
bo   acquired   before   I'ouncil   mools
on June Ul.
The memliers of the t;iiiiiiibcr will undortiike a drive iiiimediiitoly t.o secure the full amount this weeli so that the reipiired sum iiiiiy be deposited in the hands of Council at their June meeting in order lo proceed at once with the project. The contributions of the business¬ men are to be asked this week, that the Chamber may complete it.? part and iissure Council in its pro¬ cedure.
Council hiis informed the Cham¬ ber that at least -1!» poles will bo needed for the project and each pole I will cost $15. The apiiroxlmate, 1 amount needed, therefore, on the I part of the businessmen approxi- ,mates ifXOO. Members of the Chamber as Leader of Ambler Troop at; pf tNinimerce here expect to have Momentous Celebration — Old; this amuunt collected by Saturday. Members   Return — Troop  Seeks
JOHN SANDIFORD ANNOUNCED AS  NEW  SCOUTMASTER^    ¦*¦
E, Rqger Stevens Ends Long Career
Old  Records—Statuette  Presented Retiring   Scoutmaster.
Hefore a gathering of seventy-live persons,   composed   of   members   ot
I the   Boy   Scout   Troop,   No.
of
THE GROWTH OF POWER
Hamilton,
H. C. Kinnay Tells Rotarians of De¬ velopment and Use in 50 Years Harmon  C.   Kinney,  Chalrmiin   of Donald     Herb,     Olive   the   A'ocational   Service   Committee,
ter street, South .\nibler, lo see her niece. The defendant struck iind scratched her face, and when he forced her into the street he used considerable profanity which w\is annoying lo neighbors.
Dickerson's only  comment  in  lii;;
Howells offered the invocation and Uev. Kdward U. Cook, the benedic¬ tion.
Uachel Swartley and Lutoriii Turner honor sludenls, spoke on "Intelligent Citizenship" iind "Dem¬ ocracy     in     Action,"     respectively.
Vtefense, was that he did nol wiinl 1 Howard Maree spoke on "The Bill the prosecutrix to come to his I of Uights." The commencement home. He was adjudged guilty and j ihemie was "The Uights and Duties lined  $5. In  default  of  payment  of 1 of   Citizenship."
fine and costs he  was  sentenced  to
The orchestra played several num-
Montgomery   County   prison   for   30 j ,,prs.    The    girls'    chorus   and    the O''^"' : mixed   chorus   also   rendered   selec¬
tions.  Airs.  Uachel Campbell,  music supervisor, had charge of music.
Clothing Appeal for French and Belgian Refugees
Kernen,  Nancy   Miner and   Elisa- !
beth   Shore   —   Diplomas   to   be'
Awarded by James Mankin. 1
I'jighty-one sludents will be grad- '
I uated   from     the   Springfield     High
; School,   Krdenhelm,     on      Tuesday I
' evening, June 22, at the commence- j
' menl  exercises  which  will  be  held |
j in the school auditorium. |
j     The speaker, who will iiddress the
gradualing   class   will   be   Dr.   Krd-
' niiin   Harris   of   the   I..awronceville
, Academy,   Ijawrenceville,   New   Jer- |
sey. The honor students. Jack Ilam-
I ilton,   DoUiild   Herb,   Olive   Kernen,
Nancy   Miner  iind   Elisabeth   Shore
TO ADDRESS J. P'S
Harold G. Knight, Jr„ Will be Speaker at Next Meeting of Squires .Montgomery County Jusiico of the Peace Associiition will meet next Tuesday evenin.g, in Main Street  Hotel,   .North   Wales.  Asaist-
; SUPERVISORS NAMED    FOR    1 0' Anibler, vi.siting Scouts from Troops ! AREAS IN NEW SET-UP - ^  and   4   of  Ambler,   former  mem-
i  ¦ I bers of Troop 2, iiarents and Scout
Samuel  M,  Glass Selected to  Head i "fficlals.   Troop,   No.   2   presented   a
The Increiise of illiinilniition, as planned by Council, will more than double the present lighting of Hut¬ ler iivenue between the liulroad crossing and IJndenwold avenue, and on Miiin streel from Bt^tler lo AViilnul street or Forrest avenue. This will be the tlnest advertising expenditure thiit can be made by any of the businessmen there along, and   tenants   and   property   owners
Area 4, Including Whitemarsh Val-   '^«"shtful   program  commemorating   as well.      Itesides, the J.right lights
.its twenty-fifth anniversary, at troop I will  be of maleriiil  benelit  lo evory le.y and Ambler Sections—Commis- I h.».i-,„.,...>.= t>.i,„..,.     „. .„,   other businessman in lown?      Doiiii-
will   bo   the      gue
addressed the members of the Uo¬ tary Club of -Ambler at their meet¬ ing Wednesday. He giive a very in- ant District Attorney Harold foresting talk on "The Use and Development of Power durjng tho I'iist  I'ifty A'ears."
After discussing the general de¬ velopment and applicatliin of both stoiim   and   electrical   power,       the
i headquarters. Trinity Memorial sioner Hillegass to Handle North ; church, last Friday evening. Among Penn—Other Appointments. i the   former   Scouts   in   attendance
Names   ot  supervisors   for   the   10 \ ^^"^''^   Daniel   Riddle,* AViillam   Uile, aroiis   of   Montgomei-y   Counly   re- i ""«' '^^ ''^1" AVoodward, all Charter st I cently   set   up   under   the   new   Ue- j members   of   this   troop,   the     last publican   Pa-ty   organization     plan I named   is  ;ilso  registered  as  chair- by As.~eni- ! man of the present Troop Commit-
Knight,     Jr speaker.
The   niemlK-rs  will   also  have  the i ;7>-e iinnounced Tuesday b.y
blyman   Lloyd   H.   A\ ood,   chairman    '^"^
opportunity of hearing an instructive talk from the group's solicitor, Uay¬ mond  I'earlstlne.      Justice    of  the
tions are lo be solicited from all, and each is urged to contribute in proportion to the benefit he or llie.y 'may   receive.
Both the Chamber iind Council deserve iitiundant pnilse for their efforts but il behooves every busi¬ nessman iind  resident  to give their
speiiker   explained    the   amouint   of   pp^ce  Ueno  Uosenberger,  of  North
The class roll: James Bell, Ualph will iilso speak. Their topics will Bernhard, Ijcslie Didget, Mae Kh- ' be respectively "An Introduction," ner, Eiirl Hendrickson, AVilliiim ' "A Forward Ixiok," "Girls' Question Husk, J<iseph Jaiiuett, Elizabeth ' in the Future," "The Class and Lord, Howiird Miiree, Jean Moyer, :,School," and "The Class and Com- .liine  Northrop,    George    Uowland, i munity."
Kleanor     Saul,      Uiichel   Swii'rlley, |     The iiresident of the  senior  class Lutoria Turner. Isiibelle Vandegrift. ; j^ j,_,hn   Mucha of the  12-2  section.
AVales,   will   be   host   to   the   mem¬ bers.
At this meeting a full iiiul do- tailed report of the convention will be given by General l^hairiniiii ' Norman F. Taylor, who is president of the county organization. He will also Iireside at the mSetlng.
GIRL   SCOUT   CAKE   SALE
ot the Montgomery County Uepub¬ llcan Committee.
Uussell K. Crawford, 1G3'^ Sheri¬ dan Lane, AVest Norriton, manu- fiicturing tirm executive and a mem¬
ber of the  Boiird of Comnilssionera ; of    West    Norriton    Township    has I
Dr.  Steinmetz  declared    "All  life ( Continued on paKe 4 )
There   is  an   urgent   pioii  for   old , clothes for both, sexes and all ages j
for   immediate   use   of   the   civilian! .	
liopulation  of Northern  Fiiince  and
Belgium   made   through   the   Ilpuse : PAROCHIAL COMMENCEMENT
of Saint-l'antaloon. Collection of as I _____
manv and iis useful articles iis can
( Continued on page 4 )
GRADUATION SPEAKER
power   generated   and   used   by   the
Keasbey   and   Mattison       Company
during  the   year  1939.   He  also  an- 1 sweri'd   niiiny   questkyns   iisked     by
Uotiiriims concerning Uio advantages   .j;;"^;^"" ;,;¦ ,;;;p;;,V ^ chairimH; ! "^«"   "''""'"l   ''«   supervisor  of  area
and   dbsiidvantages   of   the   uses   ot , ^^^^,^^^^ F.Taylor, who is president   '^"•«''' ^^''"'''^ comprises, Norristown,
coal and oil in generating power. ^^ ^^^ ^^^,_^^^. „,.^,,„,,.^^,i^,„   „, ^^.i„   East  Norrilun  iind   West  Norriton
!     President Uay Maxson    welcomed   ^,^„ i^^ ^j the mSetlng. ! ¦   '''"l^^rvisors  of  the   10  areas  will
ithe  following  guests:   Llonell   Sch- ____^ I'^'^'^ '"'' intermediaries in all matters
• loslnger  of  the   Upper    Perkiomen j j pertaining to the party, between the
Club,   Jules  Kaiser  of  the  Jenkin-          GIRL   SCOUT   CAKE   SALE        , county chairman and local represen- ! town   Club,   AV.   J.   Powell   of   the   I tiitives^
.N'orristown Club, AVllliam P, Mann, The menibers of the Senior andj ^ '"^al reiiresentiitive will be I of the Doylestown iMub, and'Joseph ' junior Troop Committees of Amb-| e'ected for eiich borough and town- ill. AIcGrath of the Philadelphia ier will hold a bread, cake iind ''hip in the county by the (.'ounty I Club, a guesl of AVilliam H. Faust, candy sale in front of the Acme Committee members. Meetings of the The business report for the week store opposite Ambler Post Oflice j commiltoe members will be arrang- ! took  a  terrifie   drop  to  B8   percent ' this Friday niornlng, from 10.30 a. m    ed in Oiicb municipality in the near
The program Included an excellent ! tuH*'«t support for the future growth
address by Major Uoy Seymour, formerly Uegloniil Bxecutive; musi¬ cal numbers by Gerald Leh; a quar¬ tet,  composed  of AValter Dickinson,
of business thiit, undoubtedly, will be born from this enterprise. ,\'oiie can iirt'ord to deny Ainblor of the opporlunity   to     iidvanco   by       this
Joseph Serratore, Thomas Eriel and i nieans.  None   can   aftonl   to   ignore
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END MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
j during  lasl week.
to 1  p. m.
possibly be donated by the resident poiiulation of this area will bo iriiide on June 11 when iin exhibition of garden furniture from the iirison handicraft  shop  and  chintzes,  pot
Twenty-Four Will be Graduated from St. Joseph's & St. Anthony's tlommoncemcat masses will be celebrated In Loth of Ambler's Parochial    Schools   this   week   and
tery, Mexican tin and glassware, I twenty-four childron who have; linens and novelties of many kinds ' completed their elemenliiry school- ! i.-j to be held itt the home ot;_ Mrs. j big will receive their certlHciites 1 Henry Hall and Mrs. Katherine ; St. Anthony's Convent school will j Muiioz   Noll,   on   .Sumnoytown   pike ] graduate    .seven    from    the    eighth:
L' in   Owynedd served.
Valley.    Tea    will    bo I grade    and     there     are,     seventeen I from St. Joseph's Parochial school, i ',    The  collection   ot  these  garments       The   exercises   at   St.    Anthony's will all*)  be carriod  on  both  before   .school    will    be    held    this    Friday ^ the exhiibition and afterwards. Such . mornl.ig   with    the    celebration    of articles  that persons may feel con-    ^^ass   at    S   o'clock.    Rev.    T.    AV. strained   to   offer   lo   the   destitute j stapleton.    rector    of    the    church, i refugee    population      of      Western | ^ill speak to the class. All children j Europe   may     be   left    either     at | ,,f  the   school   will   attend.   Ameri-! the  home  of  Mrs.  Hall  or  that  of I cun   Legion   and   other iiwards  are ' Mrs.   Langhorn  Dick,  Norwood  and   to be  presented  at   this  time. Sunset avenues. Chestnut Hill, who j     .^.^^   eeremony  for   the   graduates :
will   ...     I
will be turned over to the Society's main  oltice
see   to   il   that   those   articles I   ^^  ,.j   j,,^^,,^.^'^^^ool   will   beheld
In connection with the exhibition that   is   to   be   held   between      the
' Sunday morning after the !l  o'cloCj
i mass.    Uev.    Father    ,f.    F.    Coyle,
j rector, will speak to the class. The i
American   Legion   award   will   alsi
p. m.    on   ^ made at this exercise.
hours   of 10 a. m.    and
June   11   there  will  also   be  a  sale	
of   miscellaneous   articles   held   for
the benefll of the Klher fund of the Winner   Hatboro   Postmaster
House of St. I'antalcon. The public,! Alvin C. AVinner was contlmed as is urged to attend, enjoy the] postmaster at Hatboro, recently, by occasli.ii and remember to contri- | the United States Senate at AVash- bute U'lerjlly for the sidendid cause,  ington.
Ambler High School Wfll Graduate 100 	
Students at Exercises in New Auditoriuni opens autoTupply store
j future, iiccording to Chairman AVood, ] so that tho local representatives miiy ] tie chosen iind the now parly setup I completed.
'     The coniplote lisl of the area sup- ( Continued on page 7 )
63     Become     Members    of    Ladies' Auxiliary   of   Fort   Fire   Company
Tht Liidie.s' Auxiliiiry of the Fort Washington Fire Compiiny held their regular meeting ia the tire hall on Summit avenue on Tues¬ diiy evening of last wee;<. This meeting niiuked the close of the membor.ship drive with the Blue team loiiding with a gTiind total ot 31 members. Mrs. Morgiin's red team followed closely with 29'. On Monday evening. June I'th. .Mrs. Driseoll and her wlnninsr blue... will be dinner guests of the red | team at the Ciisa Conti, Easto.i | road, AVeldon. I
It   Wiis   decided    that    this    year.
the advantage thiit he or they, as ll business or owner, will derive trom its benelit. I'lich, who may be visited this ! week by ji meniber of the CliJimbei' of Conimerce Is asked lo welcome the collector, heiir his description of the idea, and be ready to give as liberally as possible to this op- portuiie iis well iis progressive step.
Mothers' Classes Well Received at Community Centre
COMMENCEMENT   WILL   BE   HE LD TUESDAY, JUNE 11, WITH DR. BARCLAY  ACHESON,  AS SOCIATE EDITOR OF THE READER'S   DIGEST  AS SPEAKER—CLASS DAY TOMORROW.EVENING—BAC- CALAUftEATE     §UNDAY
Kit Auto Slore Opens Tomorrow on 1 Butler   Ave.   Near   Ridge
! This week-end heralds the open- ' ing of a 'new auto supply store i In Ambler. Kit Auto Store will be I located   ill   91   Kiist   Butler   avenue !
jiis In previous years, the ladies will aid the Flre Company at their annual fair tiy managing the ro- fre.^hment  booths.
The. winners of the Miscellaneous f^lub drawings were Mrs. Adelaidi Ottinger, Mrs. I'alniii Miillozzi and Mrs. .J.  AV.  Pines.  Since  there will
.Ambler High .School will graduate message for al! Americans whoso 100 young men and women at com¬ mencement exercises to be held oi Tuesdii.v evening of next week in the iiuditorium of the new high school building, of the.se, tbU'ty-thiee
DR. BARCLAY ACHESON Will Address the 100 member'j of the Class of 1940 to be graduated next Tuesday evening from Amb¬ ler High School on the subject "Tht Dynamic of Human Progress"
da,v with il complete line of auto hope for tho future rests with the aciessories, tires, batteries, oil and survival of domocij^cy as agalinst ""ii".v "ther Items for the motorist, dlctiitorship. He has traveled ex- All merchandise is neatly displiiy- ten.slvely In Kurope, has lectured In ed in the newest type of metal iind practically every city in the Ignited glass shelving, iue.to be awarded diplomas for the] States, and is a noted iiuthority on ^ Joseph Hoffman, local manager, ciiniiilotion of the Collego Piepara-hnternation.il  affairs. 'states that a liboriil budget plan Is
fury course, thirty-four for the Com-i     Honors for the High School course   "™"'^'''«   f"'"   anyone's   auto   needs, mercial course, and thirty-two, the | g^   piincipally   to  the  College  Pre- General course, j paratory students. Both the valedlc-
Thls year the Commencement pro- , tofiau and salutiitori.m are selected gram will be featured by the iiddress I f,,j„„  this  group.  t>f  the  16  mimed [ of* Dr.  Barclay  Acheson,    associate j „„ t,,^ honor list only four are Com- 1 editor   ot   the   Header's   Digest   ot   mercial students and one from  the
und   opens   for   business   this   Fri-|'"' "" -''"''I  P'"'ties until fall,  it  was
agreed thiit  on the second  Tuesday
of every month at 9 p. m., two j drawings for the Mi..icelIa-ieous . I C!lub will be held in the lire hall. ; ; l^veryone Is welcome to atlind these ; , drawings. Thore must, however.] I he al least three people present in j order for the drawlnir to take pliice. j
Instructive cliisses and entertain¬ ing progi-ams, which havo boon held during the winter at the North I'enii Communitv I'entre, have been well iittended and onthusiiistically re¬ ceived. .Vt the Ma.v meeting Dr. Mar¬ ion VTost spoke on "Firsl "Aid" and giive niiiiiy helpful suggestions to mothers concerning everyday pro¬ blems  which  iirise  in   the  liomo.
At previous meetings Miss Hernice Hoyles of tho Ambler High School fiieulty spoke on "Diet, and The Benetits of F'tesh -Air and Cloiin- llness," and Miss Liddle. Connnun¬ ily nurse in charge, made expUma- tory roniiirks in connection with a moving picture whicii was shown mi tho Prevention of Tuberculosis.
tianios were  pliiyed  and  light  re-
and  all  merchandise  is  guiiriinteed I to be of hrst iiuality at the lowest
prices. I     Other stores are located in Philii¬ delphia and Laurel, Delaware.
The winner of the Lucky Nuinber freshmonts were served durintj the drawi.ig wiis Mrs. Grace Frban. ' social hour which foHowed each pro- A special niee.tin--- of the fair! gram. It is hoped that more moth- commlttte will bo hel,| i.i the flre ers will take advantiige of the hall   at   .".30   nevt   Mondiiy  even;ng. ! opportunity of atteniling these pro-
1 Pleasantville, N. V. His iiddress will , tieneral course. I be  upon  "The  Dynamic of  Human I I Progress." |
Dr. Acheson was a former director
general   of   overseas   work   for   the ¦ Neai^ Ea,si Relief and has a thrilling
Honor Students
The honor students iire led by the Ictoriah,   Miss   Florence   1 ( Continued on paye 4 >
Republicans Plan Card Party The Whitemaish Valley Uepub- liciin Club will sponsor a card party at tho Flourtown Flre Hall, Hethlehem Pike, on EYidiiy even¬ ins-,   Ju:ie   l-l.
The members of the ICxecutlve Hoard make up this coninilttee They are -Airs Uuth Driseoll, chairman, Mrs. Uuth Kratz. Mrs. Lillian Harri'tt, Mrs Bernlce Had¬ don, Mrs. (Mile Iiavles. Mrs. Hazel Morglaii, Mrs. Grace Herman. Mrs. Lois AVoodward and Mrs. Dorothy Shelly.
grams in the  Fall.
Emma L. Reihl Estate Kmma L. Uoilil, .AVhltemarsh. who died May 10. named hor husband. Georgo Uolhl, sole beneficiary of her estate valued ill $l!.2nO. accord- I ing to her will filed for probate at Norrislown.
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