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T ^^*juB"^«°"*' ,A. •ffTM. *** AMBLER GAZETTE VOL. LXII 39 AMBLER. PA.. NOVEMBER 21, 1940 $1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy AMBLER LMY IKMSCLUB mRACTS MM I HEARS TALK BY 10 EXHIBITION! OR.JOHN CROSKEY THANKSGIVING DAY Penrtylvania rORY CF THE RECORDED ORD" SHOWS EVOLUTION OF PRINTING REV. N. ON B. GROTON SPOKE THE WORSHIP CRUSADE 'J'he Amhler Public Library's i Hook l-'iill', whieh began on Tuesday. JS'ovember Mth, and will continue The menibers of the Kiwanis i'lub heard a very splendid talk by Ilr. .lohn WelHh t.'roskey, well-known Jintll Saturday, November 2:iril, has ophthalmologist, on Tuesday even- lieen attracting much attention an;! Interest In the community. The li¬ brary has been open daily froni 10 a. m. to 5 11. m. and from 7 to 9 p. »n. to accomodate both the general public and the schools, t'la.'ises from most of the scho.ils of the auv- i-ounding districts have visited tho V exhibition. The fair c.intain.-< ninny Interest¬ ing and worthwhile exhlbils. "Tho ing al the regular weekly meeting at School Inn. About fil) persons i were present at the meeting and the guests included John Shoemaker, (Charles Kim,', Paul 1). l.ongt-oi>". - Da vill 11. Trieker, K. 1). \Veik'.'rT, Judson ti. Goodrich, <iarnet M. Deck and Uev. N. 11. Groton. j I In the course ot che evening, Kev. ; Groton spoke' on behalf of the Worship th-u.sade being conducted J tailed on N.ivember L'S. History of the Uecordcd Word" Is ' locally. Frank Pcirce, tiie chairman i Public and parochial .schools wjll the center ot the fair, and shows of the program, introduced Dr. observe the day fi:<etl by Governor the evolution of printing induslry Croskey. Janiies. from the earliest time. Hesldes this ! p,. croskey, despite his 83 year.s. To Observe Old, Holiday ' Ambler un.l ihe rest ot this .state will oHiciiilly oliserve Thanksgiving' Day Novemlier 28 under ti iirociam- i ation by (Governor James. In hiii proclamation last Wednesday, -he | Sill.I that the last Thursday in | November was market! by both George Wasliington and Abraham i liincoln as the dny of "public thanksgiving and prayer." antl so it will be in Pennsylvania. Fifteen other States will tibaerve . tiie holltbiy on the same date as; I'ennsylvania while the other .3! «ill foll.nv tho lead of President Koosevelt. All banks in the Slate will be! clOHcd today antl also on Novem¬ lier 2S. j Ketai! stores in Anibler will bo' open totlay and closetl on the ilay tlxetl hy the Governor anil It is' likely that most business house.^ | will follow the .same course. | Postolfii^os, because they ar-o un- \ der the Federal Government, are \ clt>sied ttjday and there will be no I niail deliveries. Service will be eur- 1 Presbyterian Church Celebrated Mortgage Burning and Home-Coming Services! Rev. W. Sherman Skinner, Guest Speaker—B. Carter Millikin Presented (Completed Report—Hcv. Ewing Sends Congraluiations—Hirtorical Display —Special Musical Program Ambier High School Host To Southeastern District Orchestra COMMUNITY CENTRE i SOLICITORS REPORT i $1,676.85 FOR DRIVE 7*0 Appear In Ambler Til.- liflh anniversary of the dedl- t-ation of the new Ambler I'res¬ byterian -Churcli was celebrated on Sunday, liy spet-ial services center- seemed at one time. II.iw- large the fears as to final Hflt now, how fine the nt*nts; bow usefully satisfying the ed around the burning of the mort-; imri.ivement; how Joyful the in.i.i.i gage and honie-eoming Sunday ac- | at the t-ompletion of the last part. j Dit! "somebody say that it coul.ln't are displays of bookmaking, book designing, old and rare books, small biMiks, and many other inter¬ esting exhibits. A rial printing press ami a paper making macliine are drawing large crowds. The original .munuscript wilh th.e cor¬ rected typetl copiea alitl galley proofs arc another display which many llnd interesting. On the last evening of the Fair, Friday, November 22nd, another Interesting feature will climax the phow. A talking lilm, "The Book of Eook.s" will be showii at half hour Intervals. The ftlm will give the lilstory of Bible making antl show the comiilete process used today in Bible making. The film will be shown at 7, 7:30, 8 and 8:30. There will be no charge for this or any other part of the exhibit. NEEDLEWORK GUILD OF FI.WASHINGTl I is still very aclive in every day ! life and recently won a golf tour¬ nament. His talk was a plea to re¬ cognize the power of the mind, not j only over the body, but in the at- | tainment of ideals, happiness ami' contentment. He si>oke on "Thej Power of the Mind" before the many I members and their guests. ^ I Carnations were given out to tlio : club niembers who had birtlidays in j October and November. j The meeting for next week wiil be a joint one for all the clubs in ! the district to be held at thej l>oylesown Inn. The nieeting is be¬ ing held in honor of retiring dis¬ trict governor J. Martin Fry and retiring lieutenant governor Klmer Menges antl also for the incoming lieutenant governor J. Liconard Halderman. livities Th." chur.h was crowded at both the morning serviee when the mortgage was liurned an.l at the evening service when the Kev. W. Shernian Skinn.-r, ut the First Pres¬ byterian Churt'h of Germantown. was guest speak, r. Appr.iximately two hundred persons attended t:.ingregati.m-il reception and i bef.ire the latter service. j At the morning service Mrs. A. -A. Nichols, treasurer of the build- I ing eommittee. set tire to the mort¬ gage syniiioiizing the completion of ; the $3.'").00(1 building Project which Islands on the t-orncr of Butler and Uidge avenues. B. Carter Millikin. ehairnian of be done'.'". well, if so. that s.mieb.itly fltdnt ret-kon with the Illlir. Buildin-^ Cominitlee, nor the stuff oul of which Ainbler PresbyterlanH are made. "God bless you all as you enjtiy the happiness of a dream come the i true. Xow that the material instru- tea I mont of a building, detlicateil to the I honor .if Christ, has be.-ome fully yours.—may His Spirit guide you into using it fully and faithfully at (ill linies, in the more important projet-t of building up lives of tiltl and y.iung in Christian courage and faith and in t-haract.-r after the Master's pattern." The return of the drive for funds litiuidation. I for the North Penn Comniunity iceomplish- 'Centre have reached a total of $1,- tiTti.S.'i for the fourth week. The total for the fourth week are as follows: Blue Hell & Centre Siiuare l''oi-t W'ashington l'l nilyn X- Gwyne.ld .N'.11-th Wales Oreland Prospeetvlle Jarrettown & Dresher NORLON DOWNS POSI DISCUSS AID CORPS PLANS FOR IHE MR LEGION TURKEY DRAWING TO START TOMORROW FOR FIVE NIGHTS POLICE NEWS BISTER ZEDENA ROSS LUTHERAN SETTLEMENT SPEAKS Vlncenzo IMInna, 23() West Cliest¬ nut street. South Ambler; .lohn DeGideo, 220 West 4th avenue, Consiioliocken: Anlliony Gigilliotti, \j2-2-Ci Docust street, South Ambier; __ ,Doniinic Dast Thursday evening, Novem- 1 bcr llth, thei Norton Downs, Jr, j Post, No. T25, American l.egion, of! Ambler, met at the post homo fori their nionthly business nieeting.; The main discussions of tho even¬ ing were on the First Aitl Corps antl the ineiiiber.sliip drive. The, annual turkey drawing will start | tomorrow evening. ! The flag, il I The Uev. George J. Crist, pastor the building eomiiiittee, presented j „f t,,p i.,.e„i)vterian Churcii before the completed leport of the iir.i- : j^p^ Ject, and read a mes.sage ot eon- ! gralul.'ition from Kev, and Mrs. ,T. M. Kwing, of l'"resno, tUiliforniii. Uev. I'Twing Wiis pastor of the Am¬ bler church foi- ten years and it w-as while he was still here that 111.- builtling progriim was liegun In their letler congra I iilating both | the 1 uilding funil eommittee ant! the eongregiition, Uev. and Mrs. . , , . ,.,, ,, , gallon in his sermon, II.iw- Mut-li Does a Church Cost'.'" He siiid, "We have reachetl a new height and we i are still climbing. The inith of : small beginnings, gentle growth, ; happy fellowshiii ami honest sweat ' ( Continued on page 2 ) ?i2:t..')0 lti2.7.j . 31 8.l.'i . Ifi.l.no fill.20 , 187.7.5 . 23.-1.1.0 j $l,2{i0.8,'"i I Ambler ¦ Ist Ward .f232.If. 1 2n.l. Ward 411.85 I .3r.I Ward 134.1)0 I T.itiil ?l,67fi.8,-> ; These ligures in.lieate wliiit has i been turned into the Ciimmunity I Centre. The Drive this year is agiiin ; for $3,,500 the actual amount neces- j ! sary to carry on the work o£ the ' (.'oinmunily Centre. i A.ssociate Conductor Saul Caston of the Philadelphia Orchestra Kwing, assisted in the service, i Kpeeiai music was rendered b.v tlie j churt-h t-horus under the direction of .Mrs. ilharles Korn. 'i'he guest I soloist was Daniel N. Tippin. who sang "The I'eople That VViilk.'d in I Darkness. " an.l Aria from '"i'he i Messiali" by Handel. Rev. Charles A. I'latt, pastor of! the ehurch. challengetl the congre-' SAUL CASTON .-.ssociate Conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra TELLS OF LEIIER Kwing wrote: j "We are sure that it is now the i ex]u'rieneed convicti.m ot ail w-ho j had any part in this project, that it has proved itself the most Viilu- : abie of all investments we ever i made. How huge the obstacles SERVICE COMMITTEE OF GRCJP HAS WORKERS IN MANY COUNTRIES FAUST ATTENDS MEETING PRESBYTERIAN SERVICES School Beard President at County Associaticn Session William II. Faust, of Ambler, is thf I'ii-st Vice President of the Montgomery County School l>ir- post will buy an American, j ectors Association which held its Ued Cr.iss flag and ii t.oriisione hundredth meeting yesterday The annual meeting iind ingalher- TtiK of garments of the Ington Branch ot the <;uil.I of Ameri. il was held Wed¬ nesday aflernoon. JVovember 13th, in Sl. I'aul's Uefornied Chuich, l''.irt Washington. Mrs. Howtird Uuck, president, presided. Sister Zeden.a U.iss of the l.uther¬ iin Settlement House, Philiidelphia. gave a very interesting iiccount of the work done at tiie liouse. She said they set aside a night for girls, one for lioys antl a special day for the Iiiibies' Clinic. She stilted that the giU'iiients from th.' CiUild had been very much iippreciiited. They clothed many chiidr.-n who etiultl not go t.i scliool unless they hatl these giirinents. Mrs. B. Carter Millikin spoke ot the work done liy the Community Centre of Anibler. 'i'he Centre was started twenty years ago, namely to Ciirry on work for the Ued C^ross. At the end of the War the National Ued Cro.ss was organized and took over il good part of tho work. The work of the Centre is devoted to the homes and people throughout the vicinity. Her question v.-as: '-What fou the Community Centre (iJig and give them to the Fir.st Aid { at the Norristown Senior High Corps. It Wiis also decided that! School Building wilh sessions at C.iaiTipa, 216 Chestnut' tha drums and bugles that are at:io:00 a. m. and 1:15 p. m. street. South Ambler; were appre-I the Degion home are to be repaired I ^ businet<a session t.iok place at bended by constable John T. Morris ' and given to the Corps. It has been | ^^^ nH.irniiig meeting. The reading on warrants sworn out by H. A. | l>l->nned by the legion to take thej^^^j approval of the ni'inutes of! Jenks, Morris road, charging tliem i <-'orps to the January district i j^^, ^.^^^ nieeting were heard. A with tresppassing on private lands - meeting, which porlunity. This Sunday, 1' lie District lieltl in to Fort Wash- ) while hunting. The land waa posted i Norristown. The unit Nee.llework ; i„ accordance with the law. ja demonstratitm of their First AUl wiirk. Due to the many drives and the Christmas season, plans for the ambulance drive were referred- The.v were given a liearing before .justice of the Peace Williiim L'rbiin iind afler hearing the case, the, , ,., , ,, j„ defend^int was adjudged guilty and ,'"'h'' Way« and Means eoninUt ee sentenced to pay a fine of no, fov .'-^"'^ the Wcutive committee tor the use of the school district „t | furthering of the plans. Whitpain township. Kach of the! Txmis A. Neigut, chairman of the other defendiinls pleaded guilty membership committee, giive an ex- In the midst of death antl de¬ struction the C'hurch of the Breth- j ren carries on an inspiring serviee .-\ii outstanding selection of Sun- to prisoners of war. tluy evening meetings has been ar- Uev. Nevin II. Zui k. niinister of ninged beginning Sundiiy evening, the Amller Church of the Brethren ill the Anibler Presbyterian churt^. j tells of a letter from their worker Kvery.me in the conimunity is in-|in Kngland whit-h describes life in vlted to take advantage of this oi.-I'i''ea.-i that are being bombed. This ' represi ntative wriles: "I am writ¬ ing to the a(-(-onip;ininient of guns , illltl bombs. Vou can hiive no i.leii 7:30 p. m., a special musical ser-, „f ,y„. infern.i until vou experience vice is planned, featuring Helen , n Between roars come the whine Ruth Kriebel, contralto, and Gerald , of airplane engines carrying their H. Ki'iebel, cornetist. On Deceiilber : deadly loads. I am in a city that is 1, tlic I'rineeton Seminary Choir j being destro.ved. In the niornlng I will be tlie feature of the evening, i i-:in pick up shrapnel and casing under the directorship of Dav id Ifrom shells in the street."" The Hugh Jones. Ilenrv Seymour | writer goes tin t.i say: "Hut tlie It the session and a reporti _ ,, ,^ ¦ .j . c i^iHish nennle im .m 'Rrown, D, 1>., vice-president of ,11111.^11 pe.ipie go on Princeton Theological Seminary, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETS TONIGHT The Ambler Chamber of Com¬ merce Is instituting 11 new procedure ll.'ginning this month, in whieh the board of directors will meet iit Cli p. m. and tinish their regular busi¬ ness before 8 o'clock. j .Mr. Bruce l-^^rn, of the Philadel¬ phiii Electric conipany, hiis been iji¬ vited to speak at the meeting to- ', night on a subject of interest to ail, members. He will iiddress the ' group at 8 o'clock. Kveryone is Ill-get! to iittend. Final arrange- ' ments will be coTnpIe',etl for the (^hristniaK campaign, ¦ SPRINGHOUSE P. T. A. Novemlier 24. at on legislation was ap- session and a report from the Necrology iind were sentenced to pay a line of $2.50 for the use of the School dis¬ trict. Stanley U. Organsky, who was apprehended by Oejiuty -Game Clarence M. Keleher, i'^crshlp from ex-servue men received. From all aspects the year will be a liig one for Protect.ir, prosecuted by State Oame Pro lector, Ambrose Gelbart, of Soud- ! coming orton, appeared before Justice of; the Legionnaires the Peace, Williani Urban, last Thursday night, to answer a cliarge of being in the lield, hunting for wilfl birds antl animals, withoul displaying ii license tag on his coat, and not having in his possession a . the license certificate. Organsky enter¬ ed il lilcii of guilty and was scnten- ' ced to pav a tine of $21'. for tlie use in I do of the stale giime commission. I Mervin 'rate and I''red Fulcher, cellent repiM't. To date there ha.^ been a 50 percent increase in tho numlier of paid memberships over that of last year at tho same time, A number of appllcati.ms for nieni- weie ! committee i pointed j w-a,H lieanl Conimiltee. After the report ot the I treasurer, thore was an address by . , Uv. Francis 1!. Haas, State Super- j I intendent of Public Instiuction. ; ; The iifternoon session was held ^ iat 1:45 with election iind appoint-; ment ot ilelegates to the State ; Convention of School Directors. I \ Dr. George It. Tyson, I'rofessor of | i-;duciition at ITrsinus College, gave' an address on "Pressing Kduca- | tional Needs ot the Nalional ! I'Jmergency."' \ ihout tiieir I business, bomlis or no bombs. You isinipl,v stiind iimazed at Ihelr plut-k. I They can take it as no olher pe.iple .in earth. They ma.v win no liattle in this Will- iiut they will win the war." The lepresentative believes lie is doing il very important worl{. He says, whiie BANK PAYMENTS BEGIN Following the adjournment of the Legion Home Association was call ed to order for election of officer.-. Those comratles elected to fullil ollices are—Joseph W. president, Bernard LindeiiLeiti, j iu,Vge iivenue! vice president, Knsley Grahaiji,; ^j^,^^. ^^^^^^^ ^^ ( Continued on page 5 ) The tifth and linal disliursement of the First National Bank of Ani- ! bler bejTan on Monday, November lis and wiil continue until Saturday, .December 7, according to J. t". .Maschke, receiver .if the institu- wlll be the guest spoaker. A deputation team of college stuilents from the Tennent College ot Christian Kducatlon, wiil hiive charge of the evening program on December 8. December 15, there will be iin illustrated lecture entitled, "The Siinta Fc Trail." Jacob A. Long, Ph. D., will bo tho guest speaUor. December 22, Uuth Wood Carn-jand will .sleep in the shelter." The wath, will direct a Christmiis can-.n<'>;t .lay he writes: "Only a note, dlelight service, music will be pre- ' the shelter save.l my life. Will write sented by the Juni.ir choir, tho Tuxis society, the Young Peoples society, and the Cliurch chorus. December ill, will feature the Young People's Alunini service, a special 1 never ditl a more worth- thing. Perhiips I shall iive to see it tinished. It is a wonderful 1 work. I lilll getting -.1 mattress today Executive Board Meets at Home in Gwynedd The executive board of the , Springhouse P. T. A. met iit the 1 hi5nie of Mr. and Mrs. (Charles ' Baker, Sch.iolhouse ro.'id, Gwynedd, on .Monday. The regular business at the board was condut;ted and it wus ann.iuneed that the first unit of the , play,^;round eiiuipment tthe project' for the. year) has been purchased | ami will arrive within a fow days, 1 The membership has reached 100. On Wednesday, November 20th, ; ill 1 p. 111., there will be a covereil ; dish luncheon. Kveryone is welt-ome. 1 Uev. Charles A. I'latt will speak on i ( "U'-ligion in the School and Home." | 'I'he next regular meeting of the . P. T. A, will be held at the school | i on November 25tli iit 8 p, ni. The; ' speaker ;it this nieeting will bo Dr. | Michael Dorizas, member of the' , faculty of Wharton School, Uni-I WILL CONDUCT llERK The Southeastern IMslrict Or¬ chestra, sponsorefl by the Pennsyl- ' vania .School Music Associiition, will present its iinnual concert to the citizens of Ambler tomorrow night in the new Ambler high school auditorium at 8:15. Through the untiring efforts of Mr. Clifford K. Geary, Ambler high scliool niusical director, the orclieslra was brought to Anibler and it wiil undoubtedly be one of the finest musical pro¬ grams ever inesente.! here. The Distri.-t Orchestra iireseiits a great eiiucational opportunity to Jiigli school musicians and It will prove a stepping stone to the All- State Orchestra that presents a concert at Krie in December. About 30 people will be invited to play in the Stale Orchestrii next month. The committee who have worked hard to make tomorrow nigiit's concert a. success are: Clifford K. (ieary, chairman and host; Allan Nern, of Lower Meri.m. dislrit:t president; Damon Holton, of Norristown; Joseiih Hanselnian, of West Chester; Floyd Hart, ot West Chester; D-avid Ha'upt, I'pper Darby,' and Ray Yerger, of Haverford, The other concerts sponsored by the Pennsylvania School Music Association iire the District Chorun at Pottslown, the All-State Chorun- at Carlisle, the District Band at t'oatesville in iMarch and the All- State Band at Lock Haven in May. Saul Caston, the associ.ate con¬ ductor of the Philadelphia Orches- , tra, will lead the Southeastern District Orcliestra in its concert here. The appolntnient of Mr. Cas- j ton as iissoclat.' con.luctor of the i Philadelphlii OrcHestra was an- I nounced on June 1, l!l3(i. This fol- . lowed immediately upon the return Baker of the orchestra from its first I transcontinental lijiur on which Mr. ( Continued on page 8 ) AT FIRE CO. MEETING REALIZE ?800 FROM COAL SALE TICKETS A the Wiis last char service for fornier members of the church sociely and for college stu-i expect to be I more tomorrow." I The Cliurch of tlie Brethren i throu Th their Brethren Service j-Coinmittee has niiitle plans to send j men to places of greatest neeil in all I piirt 1 of th» world. They are w.irk- "^'¦'•^U" tion. at tlie offlces located at H ! dents. i All these services will be o'clock in the evening. at f tht' 4(100 depositors, who have proven their claims, ha.l received their final payment prior She stated that p..iple could par-| 1,0th colored of North street, were] tlcularly stress the Baby tUinie .'ind , ;,,.restetl by Chief of Police Lester: the Tuberculosis Clinic and collect ; j .t;;ii-pentei- on Sunday at 2 and j garments for the salvage shop that j ^ce charged with disorderly con-j HELD MILITARY BALL \ t" ""«'> yesterday. FELLOWSHIP GROUP ng in Chiiiii antl in free France and represented in Shun- ' glial, China in tin- near future, :30| Over J25,(100 w.irth of clotliing has I iieen t.illct-ted to iiid war sufferers I in I'"ui-ope. This will lie sent lo the I places of greatest need, either when I the w-iir ends or when it is allowed j b.y the niitions at war. This dennm- laigely attended meeting ot Wissahick.in Fire Company held .in Wednesday night of week. I'resident William Deu- presided at the meeting. Nomination .if oflicers was held and is as follows: iiresident, Wil- versity of Pennsylvania. Dr. Doriziis liiun Deuchar; vice president, Ilarry is a world-wide traveler and lectur- (.11; secretary, VanDorn Douglass; er. His lecture will be illustated, ' assistiint secretiiry, William I.ewis; The meeting is open not only to treiisurer, Jesse F. Davis, auditors, niembers but to everyone. Uefresh-! I.ouis Kirk, Hiirry Wiieker, Joseph nients will be serv.'d. j IIcks: trustees, Piiul Garrett, Honi- Mr. Harry Sholler will be at the er Flu. k, Albert C.ilflesh, Uaymond school Saturday morning at 10.30 toFert.sth; (Thief Kngineer, (Tliirence supervise volley ball. Any boys and'Yost; assislant chief. William girls who are interesteij may conic! I'lith board of engineers. Uiiymond . I Allen, Wint:hester Dougkis, C. lAv- e;;y. Wiilter Lawrent-e, Albert -Col¬ llesh, Williani Uuth, Jiimes I.*wis, Paul Garrett, Williiim Lewis, Uay- I mond Ferts.-h, lloniei Fluck, Stan- 1 ley Frankeiilield and Harry Wack- It was n.-t-cssiir.v to hold the BUGLE CORPS MEETS i Flection of Officers Held on day Evening in Olde Mill The .lunior Drum and Bugle Fri orps , . I of William Boulton l>ixtiii Post, No, [ nominjitions at lliis meetin COLONY CLUB TO MEET are sold at cost to those who can : buy. Also they will be glad to have any one offer liis services to ti-iins- j port patients to hospitals for treat- ! ments .ir see that they are tiiken home from the hospitiils, ¦ Uefreshmenis were served after wliieh the garments on display wero ¦very much admired, lC',.'if)0 garments i.vere distributed to various institu¬ tions througluii<t Montsoiiicry ¦County and I'hlladelphiii. duct. The.v were tine.l .$5 and costs before Sf|uire Norman 'I'aylor. AMBLER HOME ROBBED —Trombones were tlrat In-ought to this country in 1754 fcr tlie Beth¬ lehem Trombone Choir. This un- i liutter were taken from the usual group ' serenaded General | frigerator along with a loaf Wiishington on his visit l.i Bethle- 1 bread and a bottle of milk left Williani Boulton Dixon Post. .No. I 10, Ameri.-iin Legi.m of Fort Wiisli- ! ington, Wiis preseiitt-il to 11 capaeit.v ' audience in the Flourtown l-'ire Hall ion Siitur.kiy evening. More than The home of Chart.'s ."STorrett, j f^„.t corner of Highland and Parle iive-j j^g' ues, was entered some time Mon-' ,.p(.ted liy Mrs. G. ilarris Britt, day morning between midnight and mi-.s. 'I'homas Tressler, iiiul Mrs. 4,;iO. One floor lamp, one portable Lulher Klosterman. radio, one smoking cabinet, one I ^Iie outstanding event of tlie even¬ ing was the presentation of ii troiihy, the ligure of a drum major on il pedestal, to the bund by De- Lcglon Harmonica Band Presents Fourth Annual Affair ' . The f.iurth annual "Mililiiry I'.all ¦ Hazel M. Wood, HorWi Economist given by the Girls' ll:irinonit-a Baii.l I and Lecturer, To Speak .,f Williani Boulton Dixon P.ist. N.i. j ,,.,._,p, j, -yv,,,,,,^ ,,„„„. e,-onomist land lecturer, will speak at the Col¬ ony tnub nieeting on Wednesday, i November 27th. Miss Wo.id is a graduate of Miss i-'arniers' School of I A gospel group known as the ! Word of Life i-'cllowship, directed i by Jack Wyrtzen. wiis presented at ' the inorning and evening services, j last Sunday, at the Mt. Pletisant j Haptist CThurch. I Instrumental duets, girls" trios. 10. Amerl.-an Legion .if l''ort Wash- iin.l dollars a ni.mth for the promo-¦ j^jr^,,,,^ i,pi,i their monthly business tion of its peace and relief pro-1 meeting in the (.Ide Mill on Beth- gram. One thou.sand dollars ot this 1 ],.h(.ni pike, l-'ort Washington, on amouiit goes each montli for re- 1 j.-rjiiay night of last week, lief in the Shansi province of North I l-.'let-tion ot oflicers for the en- China. The son of a Brethren mis-' ^.1,1,,^. y(.;i,. „.„« held ;tnd Thomas sioniiry in Chiii-i has writtt-n in- - Tressler, Jr.. is the new Oonimander. -ty girls parti.-ipaled in the even-j (,,,,,^1^,^. j,,, Boston. Her sulijecl will ?"s enlertaimnent whi.di was dl-I ,,p ...,,,j^, j{„„mnj.e of Foods." A silver pitcher, two dolliirs and a I htilf in dimes and Iwelve .lollars in [ bills were stolen. Kggs, oranges and | '"" I partment adjuant Kdwar.l l.insky *^ - Daniel M.-Menaiiiiin who was Com on buffet supper table will be set up. Do.ir prizes will be awiirdetl from among the things tliat are cooked. 'I'hera will also be on display, for sale, articles made by the blind. Mrs. (Tliira V. Thomas will be at the tea table. and Jack ; Wyrtzen. j j 'Phese gospel messengers liroad- ' cast over radio stiition W.B.B.lT. of ! Woodhaven, New York, and have I ti'iiveled in many states. 1 terestin.g and . -. thrilling reports of: on,,,,. and gospel mes.siige„ were rentlered | j,j^ diingerous experien.-es while ' j.mie by the fellow.ship group ''omposed, ,,ij,i|,j,„m„y. ,-,„„, j,, i„vii.le.l terri of four young women I The Hi-.>thi-en also have work.'rs in uno.-.:ii|iie.l i-'iiiiice. and in the prison t-iiniiis in I'in.-lantl and Can¬ ada, and are just now iilanning work in Shanghai, China, iind in Cuiia. .^Jusical instruments have -Nobody isEfoing to'buy what you i been provl.le.l for the len prison have to sell unless they know youlci-mps in ¦Canada. Uefugi^e students otlicc-'s elected are Melvin Jr., Senior Vice C.imniand- er; .binies Cors.in, .lr.. Juni.ir Vi.-e C.ininiiinder: Charles Barby. l-'lrst I ieiiteiiiint; M.iry Uoberts, S.-t-.ui.l 1 ieiiten;int, and Georne Ili^ag, ,li.. Quarte--master Sergeant. I'lans for the oncoming year wer.- .liscussed and the b.iys expiessed the wish that they woulil continue their successes. because of a chiinge sometime ago in tlie ! by-liiws niaking the annual nieet- I ing and end of the fiscal yeiir In ; Decemlier insteiid ot June. I Chief Clarence Yost reiiorte.l that 1 Considerable difliculty is being ex- I perien.'cd in placing the order f.ir I the new lire engin^ whicii the i-tini- 1 pany is arranging lo have built. I The diHieully lies in the fact thiit 1 ( Continued on page 5 ) WARNING ON RABBITS have it for sale. hepi in 1782 tlie porch. Local Woman Describes Trip Through the West and Mexico In Interesting Manner isit Includes Twenty-Five States Bad Lands. Nalional Scenic Wonder Sec Mofiiil (Canyon, Bi-; Fool and Dillon Pass and White Bivcr, known as "'iNalure's Wonderland" Park % .XOTI'] of Butler pike, Anibler. atcompau- ied by three friends, Mrs. P. T, Wayne, Norristown, Mrs, S. Kindig, I'erkasie, and Mra. A. Bockrath, of Philailellihia, has recently returu.'d from il !l,2' 3 mile trip. In a letle:- to the Gazelle. Mrs, Kiingi IhoeiT.-r de¬ scribes in detail tiie beauty of the country. Mrs. Fred Klin'.;ellioerrei-, I Ohio to I-'t. Wayne, antl Soulh Beni ' where we had tiie pleisure of ilriving around the beautiful grounds l.c lhe I'nlversit.v of .N'otre Dame ami -r.i to Indian-. Duie-, .Stale Park W'hich was very beauliful. After which we traveletl to. Gary, Ind. on Tuesday. .-Vugust 20lh. we left Gary tor -Chii-ago, 111. Arriving j there we visited the W. L. S. Br.ia.l- ,. ,, , t,,,.,,„. l-ll, , ciisling Studio, .\fter spending tlie On Satur. iiv moiiiig. .August lilh, .,...,, .10 . ,. ,.;.j ! night at Freeport, III., we drove ] west through marvelous agricui- tural and dairy country. I Ii'rom Gallena. 111., we proceeded i to Dubuiiue. lowii, driving througli ' country hiird hit b.v the drought. I We saw one of the largest turkey I farms in the I'uite.l .Stales, as we proceeded to Ausiin, Minn. IjCiiviiig .'Austin at noon Thursday, August ( Continued on page 5 ) we left Alllliler on a 0.203 mile tri| which included 25 stiite.<. Aiexifo lir.I Sanlii -Catiilina Iskiml. l''roni i .•Vml.lei- we went to I'aoli, through I Maryland. West Virginia and over | the Ohio !;ivor iiit.i Ohio when} we ai'i'ive.l .m the following il.iy. I The next day, which w is .Mon- | day. August l!lt|-. we left rpp-M-i •Siinuusky, where w-e ,.pent I'm- iiii^blj uud 111-.-, t-.-ded thi-.iugh WmWerl, I ¦ manilei- of William Bouilon Dlxon j Post, No, 10. at the time the liand j [was organized, five years ago. made I ! the presentation on lieliait ot Mr. i 1 Linsky who was unalile to be pre- ! sent. The trophy wiis inst-ribed ; "Presenteil to the Girls llarmoni.'ii Band of VN'illiam Boulton Dixon i Post, So. 10, by K.il. .-\. Linsky, De- !p:ii-lnient .\djutant. The American Legion of Pennsylvania. .November ' lli, 11140," Miss .Myrtle Morrell. drum i major, accepted tiie gift for the junit. I Foll.iwing an overture by the' I orchestra nine girls .ipened the ! "Ball" with a dance entiti.'ti "Hot ; Stuff"". There followed a varletl tiro- gram whicii included a military, dance, singinr. an iict-ordion .luet., and classical, Uussian and Hawaiian , Ulan.-ing. A number ot spet-ialtyi dances were performed by T. ssie . Swartz. Dottie St. Clair, Helen Klos- | Ierman, Kay Ulch ami Myrtle Mor-j rell. An acrobatie show Wiis given 1 by Margie Johnson. In each an.l j . every act the girls were beautifully ' and appropriately dressed in cos¬ tumes made by niembers of the group. 'I'lie gi'iiml linale was sev¬ eral seloetlons lilay.-d b.v the Ilar- moni.-a Baml. ' Commander G. lliirris Britt, ot Wm. B.iullon Dixon Post then in- Apollo Male Quartet al Brethren Church and professors iire being Ciired for I by their colleges, and they cooper- j lille Willi the Friends in tlic care' lot 50 refug.-es in hostels at Scatter-' I good. West Bi-iinch. Iowa. and; I Quaker Hill, Uichni.m.l, Indiana, | BENEFIT DANCE RED CROSS The .\poll.i Four of Lancaster, Pennsylviinia, will present a ser- vii-e of cluirt-h musit- on Sunday evening, .Vovember 24, at X o"clot-k in the (Uiiirch of the Brethren, Atn¬ bler. This niusictil organization, which is a Part of the Kast Peters- ti'oduced the guests ot honor, the \ burg -Vcapella Men's chorus, has Junhir Drum and Bugle Corps of appeared in many churches in P.ist No, 10, State Champions for liincaster, Beri-LS, iind Leiianon 11140. 'i'he corpa marched onto the! counties but this will be their first The (Quartet coniposetl of Llo.vd an.l llarol.l llollinger, John Ging¬ rich, antl Willis Noll, sings wilh¬ out iiccompaniment. and presents a varied prograni ot churt-h niusic iir- i-iiged for male voices. In atl.lition to the musical nunibers, I'Idna Moh¬ ler Noll will present dramatic read¬ ings. There will bi' 110 adniission t-harge, but there will be a free will ofl't-r- As il little ('hrislniiis surprise, the w-onien of Amerlea have been ask¬ ed to till small kits which will be sent to the w-omen of I-Tngland, for the holiday season, who li.ive lost their w.ii-.Uy possessions. The maximum cost .if the arlicles I will not exceeds *1,50 and can be, ' purehiised in any of the notion' stores. However, if an.vone wishes | Ito send a bag and prefers -Chapter i ' Head'iUiirters to HU it. they would, ; be very gla.l lo do so upon receipt of money in units of $1.50. 'I'he empty kits, which are to be | j suppll'd by the ."Mational Ited Cross,: shouitl contain tlie following: Comb- and mirror in case, Malr pins iinti I b.ibl y pins. Wash cloth antl towel, I foothbrush and tooth powder, .Soap, j i Scissors, Buttons, Safety pins, I jKotex (3), Handkerchiefs (2); aiso 'a t'iise containing spools of threatl. ! Ihimlile, needles, pins t-olton, Kxtras, whieh ni;iy The Philatlelpliiii .Subnrbiin Wo¬ men's -Club lieltl 11 llance iind Monte Carlo night at the White¬ marsh Valley Counlry Club on Fri¬ day night. 'I'he proceeds, about three hundred d.iUars. were donated to Ihe Chestnut Hill hospital to be use.l towai-.l the iimcliase of an iron lung. A. weekly health liullelin issued by Dr. llubley K. Owen, .lirect.ir yf the Department ot Public Health, sounded ii warning against handling jiml eating wll-J rabbits. This Is the year when tularemia, rabbit fever, is most prevalent. Already lUite a number of persons .who have huiitc.l or eaten wild rabbit.i liave been stricken with the disease. I.iist week some of our lociil hunters, while hunting in Bucks County, reported liaving shot a rabbit that was badly alfected. Russell I. Davis Elected President of the Philadelphia Printing House Craftsmen Associate Direclor of Graphic Arts at the Franklin Instilule— Has Devoted Years to Research In Newspaper Field -Studied Kdiicational Methods In Printiiij.; i Uussell L. Diivis. iissociiile tlirec- I lor in charge of (iraphic Arts at I The l-'ranklin liislilule, w-a,s elected i J'residenl of the Philadelphia Club md darning'"' I'rinting House Ciiiflsnien last be in- ' Thursdav night at tl meeting of the. orgiiniziilion, Uichard -Club, heid at the Po.i floor, presented colors, played sev¬ eral nuiubers and then retired. j appearance country. in this section o£ the : ing ; the i-luded, are: Absorbent colt.in, Band- Aid, Gauze Baniiage, l''lash light and pillow. These cases are 15 i Mr. Davis was liorn in 1882 iinJ inches long and KlVi inches deep. | since early boyhood, he says, the Anyone Itn-ally wishing to cooper-I smell ot printers ink Intrigued him. iite may call Mrs. W. George Bar- I Whenever he had the opporlunit.v dens ;it .\nibler SMoJ, or call at the ! he Worke.l in a print shop, taken to cover the expenses of ! Norton Downs. Jr. Post any Thurs- Afler leaving Wllllanison .School, concert. ' Cay between 10 a. in. and 4 p. 111. near Media, he gr.i\ ilaU-d iiieviiably towiir.l Ihe piinting iiia.-hinery lielJ. lirst ilevoling his attention to i'olii- ing iiiul feedinu eiiuiiunent, iind laler to typesetting machinery. In these posts his worii covered <ill pnases of the iniluslry, from plan¬ ning illltl meeiiaiiical design to sai.-K iin.l ii.lv.-rtising, Durin.g nis conneeti.m with IIUk l;, pe of iit-livity, he devoted a 1 irg« ill lounl ot timo stu.lying 'duci;- t tinal methoils In printing inslria- ti.in, and. as n lesuk of llii: v,-o:-k, Wils ussigiii-.l III organize antl cb- (Contlnue.l "n iKl,ge 3)
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Title | The Ambler Gazette 19401121 |
Volume | 62 |
Issue | 39 |
Subject | Newspapers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County -- Ambler |
Description | A newspaper from the community of Ambler, Pa., this collection includes incomplete runs of the Ambler Gazette from 1897 to 1919. This is a weekly newspaper that reports news from multiple communities in Montgomery County. The local news reported in the paper is, in many cases, the only record of the development of the southern half of Montgomery County. The Ambler Gazette continues the Fort Washington Times. |
Publisher | A.K. Thomas |
Date | 11/21/1940 |
Location Covered | Ambler, Pa.;Montgomery County, Pa. |
Type | text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Language | English |
Rights | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
Contact | For more information, please contact the Wissahickon Valley Public Library at abutton@wvpl.org or phone: 215-643-1320. |
Contributing Institution | Wissahickon Valley Public Library |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 11 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 1940 |
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