The Ambler Gazette 19400104

              The Ambler Gazette
VOL. LXI-NO. 45
AMBJL.ER.   PA..  JANUARY   4,   101C)
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Cepy
CEORGE G. DAVIS SCHOOL BOARD TO INDUCIE0AS15IMWRIISEF0R KMSPRESID'NTIINSORANCEBIDS
LIQUOR BOARD UPHELD   ^^^ ^^J^ ^^^ ^^^^^-^^ f^ J„    - VALUABLE COAT STOLEN
Continue Fort Washington School Classes
EUMtR  MENGES    CONDUCTS CEREMONY DF INSTALLATION
BUILDING NOT YET COMPLETE; ASK FOR TIME EXTENSION
Auditorium, Now Complete, Will be
Publicly   Used for  First  Time by j
Rotary for  Institute of     IntcTia- I
tional Understanding— Hunsicker i
Named  Building  Supervisor. !
jMtliuusli  Uiorc ri'iiKiiii.s a loiiKkl- |
ciuble nuJiiboi- of Hinall  itiiu.s .vet Iu I
be   llni.shcd   in   the   coii^vUuctlon   o: I
Ihc udclilioii lo AinbUr High ychool, i
Llio  building   is  sub.st;nUiall.v    coni-
pU'lcil,  and onl.v   Ihc  lel'uHal  ol'  Ui«' '¦
l'"cdiral   I'liblic   Works  Adnilnistra- i
lion aulhoritk'H to linall.v staM\p tlioir '<
api)ruval of llii^ conipleto  .job  k( ops j
the  Aniblrr   IJorougli  Hihool   I'.oaid .
from oppning the ciitirc addition to j
use. '
However, the Hoard has proceeded •
to   cover  this  and  all ot   the  other I
school   buiUllng.s     ot     the   Uorough
adequately with  Insurance. Thp dl- !
rectors recently sought bids for in- \
Hurancc up  to 80 and  HU  iiereeiU ot |
thi' total existing value of tile build- |
ings and contents by means of coni- j
plete coverage  policies, and by cov- j
eragc ot each individual school. j
These  bids  were received  a  fort- i
night ago  tiom  both   mutual     and j
Tho   ollieers,     besides      I'lcsid. nt j stock   Companies   and   in   a  special |
Cieorge Davis, who were installed at  .session lasl Thursday evening un an- |
this   meeting   wtre,   Vice   President 1 alysis   of   the   bids,   as   summarized I
/alter Heller, Trca.surer James .Sny-' and   correlated      by   Ihe   insurance |
|er, Secretary Harold I). Ktinebright. | committee, revealed that the mutual
ne^v   directors,   James  Cassidy, i bid  offers  (luile  the  better  proposi-. Joseph iyjipelina,  Kev. Charles I'lall   tion. L!\it, no local agent is represent- i
ew President Outlines Policy for 1940—Past President D. E. Biddle Speaks of Accomplishments of 1939—30 Members Receive Perfect Attendance Gifts—Gift to Presi¬ dent.
Kiwanis Club of .\nibl<'r had aii-
ilier of Us man.v  one hundred p; r-
nt   meetings   on   Tuesday      ni.ghi
hen  the entire   11   members  were
ifescnl to offer  a   wehome hand  lo
O new  i>resid<lil tjcorge G.  lJa\^is.
ho was inducted into olliee at this
cetlng. Th,o ceremony  of inslalla-
on was presided over by l.ioulen-
t   (Jovernor  KImer   L.   Menges   a
si I'resident ot the  Amlder  CInb.
I'ast  I'resident  JJuniel  K.   Uiddlc
he reliniiuished the gavel lo Ills
ecessor, gave  mueh  eriilil fen- the
lUccess of his administratimi  lo the
iHlcors   and   directors   who   worked
1th  him.  iie spoki-  proudly  of   tiK
no record of the club, of aehieve-
enl  ot  the  einb and   of   the  good
IU cHtal^lished,  in particular     that
ith Jlotary Club of Ambler, which
(hares with JCiwanis lli.e concern in
the progression of  our community.
j B.'^ncs and Morronc Lose Appeals as! . Superior Court Decides Issue \ I Tlie decision of the I.,i(iiior Con-i I trol I'oard in suspending lliinor li- I I lenses of two establishments In , I .Montgomery county fc)r Ihe sale of i j liiinor. for coiismniition off the II-| ! eensi ll iirimises was uplielil last] j week by a decree of J\idges Kniglil. | (Corson and Dannehower, of the: . .Montgomer.v (,'ounly Court, in dis- i - mis-ing two apiieals. |
The pkiees alTi cled ,ire Ihose :>! ' ' J. Walter r.anes, nethlehem pike, j ; I'orl Washington, and Nicola .Mor- j I ron<>, I'.dge lliil. IJolh ,ire ordered lo ; ! have tin Ir licenses suspended furl 'thirty d.i.\s, tvv\n Deeeinber .7 un-' I til .lanuary liC. 1
] The decrees of th.' court are based ; I on an opinion of the Superior Cojri. I given .November 17 in which il was, held thai il was an indictable of¬ fense for a resta>n-ant ll.iuor liicnsv 1 to sell for consumption off liu' pre- , mises. i
At   the   time     llie   aiipeals     wer • i taken   In  the cases  there  was  a   di- ; voislly of opinion among e; rliiiii  ol' the county courts as to wheth'-r such j sales   eonsliliited  a  violation. j
The local Jurists also found that there was sullicicnl evidence pro- duceil to .justify the linding that sales as ullPged were actually made.
FIRST TWO GRADES CONVENE   IN     ST.     PAUL'S       REFORMED CHURCH—THIRD & FOURTH  GO TO  JARRETTOWN  — UPPER GRADES WILL BE  HELD IN AUDITORIUM OF RUINED SCHOOL—WORK OF RECON¬ STRUCTION   IS     STARTED
.Nceording   to   present    plans,   the    whether  these  can   be   obtained puiiils     of   the      lort    Washington | (i,„p ,,, o,,pn cta.sses  Monday.
ed in this mutual Insurance, and It | was the particular preference of tho j Hoard   to   place   Ibe  insurance     a" I home.   The   directors   also   fell   the | bidding  was  done   upon   inadeiiualcl information, and   al their     meeting I last week il was siiecllicd distinellv j prcsatd hi.s intention  to interinet j that tho schools shall be covered  by Ic principles  of Kiwanis and  turn ! a  blanket insurance  on a  live-year em into delincd action.  His policy | term  policy  up lo 80  percent of the c   said,   will,  be   to   "maintain   tin  j valuation   ot   each   of   the       school resent   position   of    the  club    and i buildings,  and  that  the entire   out- fegnard   its   future,   .seek   spirited 1 line of the insurance  be s|)ecitied.
|nd Ueglnald McCauley. Lieutenant Jovernor Menges charged both ^hc ^nieers and the diieciors as to tiieir Jutles  and   spiril.
The new presidenl in addressing Iho club from the chair fur the lirsl Ihne outlined, his policy simpUv- -He
SPRINGFIELD 'PHONE SUBSCRIBERS BAHLE BELL COMPANY AGAIN
SEEK   TO   OBTAIN     BOUNDARY EXTENSION OF CITY SERVICE
Wyndmoor and Erdenheim Sub¬ scribers Asked to Contribute for Fight before Public Utilities Com¬ mission — Desire Retaliation for Newly Installed Foreign Exchanae Service.
si hool, that was partially destroyed by a itS!J,Ot)0 lire on Tuesday night of last we i\, will rci>orl for cla.sses [ on iMiniday morning ol ikkI week. "I'he school board of I ppi r I'ubllii township h,is worked diligently but calmly in proceeding to make' the bist of the ealusti'oiine whieli beset their ronllne last wiek, and they already have dellnite |)lans for the rebuilding i>roJecl a I the ruliieil school in rort Washington, wilh pre¬ liminary Work of cleaning oui the debris already under way.
.\egoi ia lions were niado early last
week   after  llie   lire   with   K^•v.   I'aul
i;.  Sehmoyer  to     turn   th"    .Sunda,v
^.eliocd  room   In   tlip church  Into  a
I   niiniraiw elassrooni for Iwo grades.
Tills   will  carp  tor   lirsl and  second
grade elilldren who will report Ihire
at the- usual hour ot  the opening of
j S(-hool  or ;il  the atnlltorlum   of  111 '
I school lo be  transported.
!      The    auditorium     of     tin;      Kort
j Washington .scliool which was local-
<d   in  an  addition   lo   the  damaged
I school   that   was  unscathed   by     the
I llames   will  be put lo  use and   liiire
! the  four upper grades will be hons-
j ed.  Partitions are   being  set  up   In
this   large   room   which   will   divide
llu!  four    grades.    Here,     however,
there is  a   possibility of  postponing
the op.-MiIng of the se.ssimts for these
classes   for  several  more days  due
to unforseen  conditions in tlie main
liuildlng,  d.iinag.O  by   the   lire  to  a
greater extent than at first reullKcd
Al iiresent there are no water faell-
illes  mn-    any    eleitrht  current  for
liglits   available,   nor   is   it   dctlnlle
Tliicf   Left   Own  Coat   in   Its   Placs at Flourtown Children's Party Mr.". Kdward Chew had the  mis¬ fortune   to  have  her e.xiien.slve   fur eoal   taken   from  the  coal  room  of Klourtown     Kiro     Comuany      lasl Thursday night at  the close oC  the children's   IMiristmas   party.   Police believe a   woman   look  Ihe parmPiii and left her own in place of it. Chiei lOgni'i- of Springlield townhsip police, has h.id the  coat  that   was   hung in lliQ jilace  of   Mis.   Chew's  Rarment I subjected to the usual scientilic bal- i     Childr''.u of grades three and four I iHties   tests ,ind  it   is   believed  that I will be taken to a new environment ' the owner of this coal Is known, for   they   will   meet   in   the   .lari:et-]      .Mr. Chew, liowe-,er, slated  that i' town   school.       There.   Iwo     nnus.-d | i.s not his inlenlioii  to prosecute th'- classrooms are being furnished ami j woman if siie will return his wife r will   be  ready   fin-   classes    Monday j coat and take  baeU her own. It  wiii morning. Parents of ail children of   all be  aeknowbilged .-is a     niisl,ii>.' these grades are  rpi(Ucsled   lo h.-ive I and   no  jioliee  action     will   be     re- lll.em  promptly  at   the   I'ort   AVasli-I (inisti d.
in
Inglini school auditorium at S.TiO o- clirck on that morning ami lo pro¬ vide them with lunch. Here a bus will be waiting to take Iheni t'l Jarrellown for classwork. and th ir leiuru tiaiisportalioii will lik^ wisrli, provided.
Kverything possible  is being done by   Ihe   School   Hoard   to  op<in     the schools  as   soon   as     circumstances permit.  .Suiiplles   to  rciilace     those I mined either by lire or water werej ordered lasl  week and afe being de- livtred   this   week,   and   distribniiiui ; will   be   made   in   time   for   the   re- i opening  of     sessions.      There    are, i liowpvir,  a   number   of  details   lliatj mUHl  rimain  undone at  tin   present.! over which Ihe Hoard meinbers havej no control. Time alone, it is believed [ will ease the situation and establish i a more workable  routine. i
I'otts Hrothers were ordered by ! the representative of the insuran-e; comp.inies lo build a iiermancnt root ; on the main building and to glaze all \ broken windows. This work is ul- I re.idy under way and Is progressing | raiiklly, as the debris is being re¬ moved. Already new lumb;V is on the scene and it will not be long before reconstruction is underway.
Sim-e Tluirsday night when she le.irneil her new coal, which was a <'ln-i.stnias gift from her husband, costing mi less th.-in three hundred dollars, had been taken. Mrs. Cliew Ixeanie ill and at this writing i.s still cotined to her ryom. In eoiiver- salioii w.itli the pidice ll has been iinlieuted lliey aro soon to take ac¬ tion to apprehejid the owner of Ihe coat left In Ih.c place of Mrs. Chew's.
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SERIES0F4LECT0RES 10
DR.    ALLEN    D    ALBERT   W|LL OPEN LECTURES TO BE HELD IN  NEW  HIGH  SCHOOL AUDI- TORIUM — TICKETS FOR THE COURSE SELL AT |1. 'With  lln^  Seeond  Institute  of In- ternatioii.il    UnderstaiKling.    lo     Le sponsored  by  the  Kotary    Club    of AnibUr,   now   only    one  week     off, members of  that  local service dui) are pulling forth every effort to as¬ sure a i-ecord atlendanee for all ses- siinis of Ihis evpnt, which so m.i.ny en.ioyed .-ind so fully appreciated last winter.
The series ot lecturr s w-hieh oppna
on   Thursday pvenin,g,   .January   11,
will be  the first put'llc event to li%
; held  in   the new auditorium   of  Ihe
Ambler high school, and the HoLar-
, ians are wurking diligriitly to lill the
Ihuge room wlilch seats .ipproxiniate-
I l.v .S.-iO persmis.
I The first of this HPijes of four lec'- lures is scheduled for presentalitni on Thursday evening of next week when In-, .\llen D. .VIbert will sinak on the topic, "The Struggle for Raw .Materials. ' i)\: Albert, once a news- pa pi r man and a wiir correspondent,
VITALITY  OF  LOCAL BUSINESS , -;-•¦-"¦¦"¦-¦"¦;'^'J'i« b'»''«t I i«  now  a   well  known   Ipcturer    on
I Hpeakt'i'. Miss Mut-'t)i»naUl; is i>ram- DEPENDENT ON  ITS STRENGTH : in.ni as an instructress in vocal art
j ;ind dramatics, is ,i sister of Jeann- All  Businessmen in Ambler Must be, ette MacUonald, motion picture ac-
E NEED OF MEMBERSHIP
COLONY CLUB ENTERS 1940
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Opening  Activity  of  New      Season i       Will be Luncheon Next Week
I .Vt the start of Ihe new club sea¬ son fm- 1!I40 the Colony Club of Am¬ bler will hold a mid-day luneheon, bullet,, style, in Ihe clubroom on AVednesd.iy, January 10. The regular club niPPtlng will  follow  at 'J   p.  m.
! with .Miss KIsie .MacHona
Made   to   Realize   Importance     of | tress
JUSTICES WILL ELECT
FIRE AUXILIARY PLANS
Hell Telephone subscrili'-is  in   Hi'I .  ....i^ .      .   ^ «.,^.
Chestnut IllU area  beyon.l the  city ! County Association Will  be Held in , R-organiied  Group Sets Dates
limits   wlio   are   considered   in     tin- fcn-cign  exchange   lei-ritoi-\-,   or  that
for
Ambler Next Tuesday Evening
Tile   monthly   meeting   of   .Motil
Hy an unanimous motion ther(-| fore, the directors chose to reject all j previous bids and readvertisc siieci-
eovcragc j I
pooperalion and team work, strive aol lo run true to form but lo create Initiative in the club, and niihold the
Elub's good will by the cmitlnuaiiee I lieally for the eomiilele 9f Interest of the meinbers, and their | m,.y Uesii-e. fresponsive attendance. .Mr. Havis is; The gymnasium and the anditor- the llfteenlh president ot the club. I juin of the high school are now- com- Thcre are "At members ot Ihe Club. ,,i,,te and ready for use. The dlrcc- who had a jiorfecl attendance record I i,,,.,, discussed favorably the rciincst ( Continued on  page 5 ) | ( Continued on  page C )
Ilea beyond the boundaries of lie ! eit.\ liernillted to benelit by conner- lion lo the Chestnut llill excbangi , are iiroceding wilh Ihi-ir decision to obtain t'lie city exchaiig,' .service for
the  suburban   are.i   wliieb     iiu-lude.
.^oiiiti .\  ( oniily .luslic ,s ol tlie Peace ! Auxiliary   of   tlie   Wissahickon   !¦ ire .Nssoci.-ilion   will    hi?   hi Id    Tuesda.v i Company was held Tuesilay evening evening, Jaiiu.iry 11, I'.Hi), in tlie Ven- | In the i' ire House with 2'> members 1 tiaii   (ate,   .Sonlli     Spring  (iarden', in atlendanee. streel. Ambler.  Justice of  Ihe Peae-.' Tavtor   will   be   host   of
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Wyndmoor and l-hdenlieiin. The i j coniiniltiie, organized by a gionp ot i ' residents  of  bolh     i'.rdenbcim     and |
I Wyndmoor, in. 1 a fortnight ago and] will attend with their wives. Kolici- : reached a decision to bring proceed- tor ilaymoiid Pcarlslinc has an- I ings before Hie Public l_Mi'">' ^'m"- \ nonneed a. "Profes.sor Quiz" con- compel
,\oi-m.iii   I'' (lie      evening.
This will also be ladies niglil with th.i! s:iuires, ijuite a number of whom j .ybe sunie
AI   the
This Organization to  Local Trade;
Area—Chamber   Was  Responsible j
for   Christmas   Decorations. !
I      '-The vilalit>- of any liusiness com- !
imiinil.v     is     dependent     uiioii      thei
I strength in ,uid support  of its biisi- |
! nessmen's iirg.uiization." '
I     This,  a  great  tin.ineier  once  said i
! in   answer to a iiuery  as   to  how  to :
I stimulate   business   in   .-i   small   bull
jinigressive tradin.g area; .-iiid il has j
I been   inoven   a   hundred  Ihiies over. |
I      Hut   here   in   .Vmlder   liusiness   is |
Plans for a e.ird  party,  to be heU1 I "'I'asmodic,      really   eccenlrle    in   its;
in Ihe l-'irc llou.se, Wedmsday even- ' Inisiness curve dependent mainly uji- I
ing, Kebruary 7th, were made and a j "" seasonable  demand.  Vet, Amlder j
Lonimlllee   ainiolnted   in   charge   m j''as     a   businessmen's     groap,      the,
: Chamber   of  Corainerci—a   siilenilid I
Card Party and Supper
The regular meeting of the I.adii
political and social sciences. He may be' remembered by many in Ambler, having spoki n hereon Ihe tlnal pro- gi-ani of last  year's institnle. u.
Snbseijucnl lectures will be held on the three Thursday evenings Im- medialely following, w-itli speal^. m lirescnled  in this order:
Janu.iry   IS   —   Brie     lllingweirlh
Vincent   Soinm.ir;   also     |,i,spltalitv i'"¦''"•"¦'"'''• "f ''^^'^''^'"'•""-'r'"''"''  '''"K- co-eh,-iirm.-in .Mrs.  K. CIvde Myers,   i land, speaking on the topic, "Cenlrul Kuch  club   member  Is  to  be con-    ''"'¦"'"'">   Tensions";    January    25. taeted and asked  to bring a covered j'^''»''''''"''   <'-   -Miller,   of  Porlsnionth
X'irginia,   on     "developments   in l''ar   Kasl';    and   'rne^^dix-.    I^'cli.
I.nnclieon arraiigemenls are being made by the combined cliairinan of house, home, and hospitalily com¬ mittees. They are Mrs. Uoscoo Hrady,     Mrs.  John  .Miller, and  .Mrs.!
tht
dish, Iter own silver, and a iinarlcr
The money received will be used t'j
restock"    the china  cupboard     with I *-'''"'lf'-'^   "¦   'lnrr.y,     ,,r   .M.'ntclain
needed   cups,   saucers      and      large
plates—for club use.
.Vew "Onr
totne
if
liod.%- men   of gi-ouii.  Ther
BICYCLE TOURISTS lELLIICY ROADS CAOSED]
OFE
ALEXANDER KNIGHT AND MIS3| DITTER   ADDRESS CLUB i
mission to compel Ihe Hell Tele¬ phone Company to extend the Chest¬ nut llill cxcliangi' area lo iiielnd'- these  Iwo  cominuiillies.
I,.'isi  .Spring  this i-ommiltee   went
liefore  tile  eonunission   to   n 'inest   .i
poslponenienl     in   the   . inerease     of
rales  for  foreign exchange     service
! .-md   secured   a.   slay   of     one   year.
__ 1 iiijwever, In  effccling a compromise
SLEAT   AND   SNOW   SATURDAY n,,^,,.^,fy,._   (he .Telephone     Compaiiv
NIGHT CAUSED BAD CONDITION ; was permitted  to  increase call rates
-— - 1 ami   withdraw  niiliiniled service    lo
ACCIOENTS IN AMBLER^
Busy  at   Rose   Valley   and   Along j «<'i''i'rs.
Descri^be Separate Experiences Be-| Ambler and Upper Dublin Officers | e'hestnnt I lill foreign exchange sul fore North Penn Young Rcpubli- ! can Club —Club Members Enjoy j Carol Singing— President Reports' Assignment to County Committee, j J,'<\scriplions  of   their   experiences;
lesl, as a tnrlher effort Jo instruei the membeiH In their work as mem¬ bers of Ihe   minor jiidici.ny.
Sipiire Taylor, general eliairnuin of the convenlion eoininittee, will have ,111 inleresllirj; report on the eon vent ion, which will be held in Norrislown, .May I."), Hi and 17. Au- otlier important feature of this meet¬ ing will be the election ot oflieers and the annual report of the audi¬ tors.
LIFE IN AFRICA
social meeting. January lOlh, a covered dish supper will be enjoyed al 7 p. m. All active mem¬ bers ore i-ordlally Invited to attend. A While I'Meiihanl parly will lie en- Joyed.
The ollicr-rs of the .\iixiliary, elect- ed .It the Deeeinber meeling are iMis, .Loretto iloore, president; Mrs. (Mare Llvesify, vice inesldent; Mrs. Kd¬ ward liroff, recording secretary; .Mrs. ,l';ilon (larrill. eorresiioniiing j .,|.|,j^j^ |^ there. secretary;   Mrs.   Paul   (iarrill.  Irea- j
surer  and   Mrs.   I'.^lison   Thonip.-'on, '
1 assistant   treasurer.
the outstanding buslncus- lown—¦bill il is a sijiall is need not only for Ihe leading linsiiiessmen and mer- i-liaiils in this organization—there is lie. d for every man In business tn join Ihis Cliamher and grasp the op¬ portunity to Caleb hold the slowly moving wheel ot progress here and give the lite-giving energy to sliced the progress of this little commun¬ ity   while   the   inoinenlioii      of   pro-
Jersey,   speaking  on   the
Inler-American World."
i      ll   Is  of  special   .slgnllleancp   that
I these Instllntes have be in sponsoreii
i snecessfully  under  the auspices    ol
  1 iniiiierons   Kotar.v  clubs   throughout
Ambler Association   Will   Hold   Re- 1 the country. They haAc been held in
I eiliPs and towns varying in size from
REPUBLICANS TO ELECT
riie .\miller Chamber of Coiii- I nieree. during the Christinas sea- I son, was entirely- responsible tor the
; organization Session In Fire House j 'J'lio Ambler Horough Republican ^ .\ss<iciatioii will hold their reoigan- I izalion meeling on Tuesday pveiiing I of next week in the mpcllng room ! ol' the Wissahickon Kire house in- I stead  ot   thp Legion   H.iU.
There will bo the election'of olUi- 1 |(.-ers suggested by the nominating committee. The siieaker on this oi - casion will be State Senator Krank- liii Spencer l-;dnionds," ot White¬ marsh.
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Syracuse and Bnll'.aln. .Vew Vork; Washington, I). ('.; .si. I.ouis, .Mis¬ souri; and San .\ntonio, Texas, lo smaller eoinmn,niti<\s such as Ambler and     Jenkinlown, Pennsylvania;
Cardiglon, Ohio; Petersburg-, Illl- .nois; and Two Rivers, AVisconsin.
Communities sponsoring Institutes are high in their praises of them a;j is (uideneed by coiumenl.s from ob¬ servers and jiarticiiianls.  A'-lu  r U.
( Continued on page 5 )
,,.1 - „.,   .  ,1       ,-.       »«   _ '      iho  Comniissloiii'r s  onbr.    Iiou -  —
Pike as Cars  Piled Up—One Man .,     ,       , -,, L^     ¦     »     ,      /^- at i ._;„.
.S'ver, gave the local eonimillee con-   Topic   to   be   Given   Betore     Junioi Hurt—Young Girl Sleddcr  Injured jii,],,,,^.^,    ,„    ,„.,H.eeds,    and    arouses' —Other Police   Notes. ; reason to believe thai a proceeding to
' revise  the  exchange ijoundary   lines be given  careful  eonsiileralion
ANNUAL B. & L. DINNER
in.-idecpiale but yet bright  illumiii;i- lion of the Rorongh busimss district
Snow  and  sled   that   fell   in   thisl
|-\vhile  bicycling through   I'luropc  the j ;j,.^.^   ].isi  .Saturday   night   rendered | may
last Summer were given by two Am- , yii   ,oads   and   highways   extremely j by  the Commission, filler r,;-sldenls al  the monthly nieol-I j;,njrj.,.ous   and    in   Ambler      alone       The   communilies     ot   l-h-dcniieini ling of the  Xorth  I'enn   Voung  P^c-| (iierc were at  least seven aeeidents   and   Wyndmoor    are  composed     of fpuldican Club al l-'orl    Washington ! ti,^l resulted  in  several persons be-i residents closel.\ .iHiiialcd with busi- llasl week. (ing  injured.       All  occurred     before | ness  and   residents  within   tin    city
The speakers    were    .Miss    -Mabel | 1,1^1,^^.,,y  Cnces eould   be  called, out' i!unes and  the extension ot  the ser- iDitter,  Tennis  avenue,   daugliler   of i („   spread   cinders   and   calcium ICongressman and  Mrs.  J.     William 1 ^le  hills  and al  crossings. pl>ilter,   who   toured     Kngland     anil
I Ambler Association Will Hear Prom- I       incnt Speakers at Forest  Inn 1      Tlie annual  di.ilier of  Ihi.-   .Nnili'i'i- ,1,,, I Hulldin.g     and      Loan      ,\ssoeialion
lunior   Colony   Club  of   Ambler  on
Colony  Club  of Ambler
Life   in   .Vfrlca   will   be   describi d
by   .Mis.  ,M.   .N'orinan .Powell,  Phila
delphia, when she speaks bi fore 111-i
I will  be   held   -I   Kori-st   In.i on  Sat-
ureluy,   January   Ibh.   .11   *'<:'¦!»   p.   in
AVales, and Alexander Kniglit, .Maill¬ ot
.Most of the accidents occurred on i Helhleheni  pike at Hose  Valley and
I son avenue, son of Judge Harold j ,j^,_.^, ^^..^^ ^,^. ^^.^.,,^, „p „„^^ accident lU. Knight, who traveled mostly m | ,,^,^^ y„,,„,,.^,,, ih.-oe pleasure cars & *'^'i''.""".'y'.   . .        . ., ,,, I a truck. Dlllcers Charles stackhouse
vice   ot  a   city   exchange   to   these )
areas   will   be   u   material   itcni   of i
saving lo the public thereof. In their
previous   contention   with   the   tcle-
(ConUnued on  page  -)
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Powell, who went to .Vfilea ,-is a bride about a year ago and started honsekeeiilng in inlmillve surroundings, will tell of her exper¬ iences. She will compare Ihe ens- ! toms and habits of the natives w lib ] those of the American peoide. I The program will be In charge of I the   publicity  deparlment,   of  which
'Ll. \V. cuts, presideiot J'en'nsylvanla Lcii.gnc of a;nd Loan .Nssocia lions, M.   Stonl,   nia-nager   of   the
of    vh>'
RuildiUg Wiliian, l-'edera!
Mr. Knight, who was the lli-.-it /«peakcr, related how he traveled oil J'ii conducted bicycle tour spending 1 thirty-three of sLxty days in U'Jr- Imany. "Wc rode RidO miles during I the Summer on Kiiglish bikes which "¦ havo three speeds icgulaled by gears. Someliiucs wi- stayed in (ier- nian lionies and oilier times in youth hotels.
'•1 found thai there are Iwo classes lot people in Ccrmany.      Those wl'.i live in the northern jiarl  whe c th country is Hal are not very hospii able and do not seem to have a very , good   time.   They   arc   near   the   ad-','"^^""y'•"'     ,,,.,, ,     ,
,   ,  ,     ., ,. ,,  ,,,,.,,,,1  .,,,,1 I wirds  another  !¦ old   sedan   crashed
lalnlslrallon ol  the government aed ' ,.,.,,. , ,
..    ., , ,.,1,1,.,,   1,,  o,, I into   the   rear   ol   Kelly s   machine.
aro alraid to say anything. In _.eiiin !
„, we wrc cautioned by a -Nazi so! lit, j Inot lo talk too loud. In Ihc southern 1
YOUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT
I.Mrs.  William   l\ Drake is chairman'trieids.   .\boiu 'and  iMiss Jean  Lutz,  co-chairman.      vilcd.
llini^i Loan Hank, of Pillsbni-gb, and Ra.vnioiid K. Ta.H-erl. a-:sislaiil to the presldPiil of the Pe-.ins.vl- vanla Jiulliling and Loan .\ssoei- a;lioii will 'speak to nitinibers and III    '.^licsts   .-ire    in-
and John  .Monoco,  of  Ambler, wer
on  duty there  al  the time,  as  werej
Chief ot Police James  Uttingcr and j Work   of  the   Registration   Commis
Oltlccr Josi'iih  I).  Ihiddon ot  Cinier!
IJublln. They  were  stationed  at  in-
lerscctlons and  un  the crest ot   the
knolls to ultempt  lo  slow- down  Ihe
IraHic lo an iiiiusu.illy careful sliced.
However, the International  truck,
1 driven by Curl Hrinkrowsk.v, of New
,! Ringgold, Schuylkili county, was un-
i able to be  stopped on the ley  liigh-
I way and It crashed into  thi! rear of
a I'ord sedan operated by Richard i'^.
I'^lkins Park, shorily aftcr-
Williain avenue
sion as Created Under Act of 1937   i
Till' Registration Comniission.' erealed by tin; Periiianent R' gis- ; Iration .\cl of l'.»;!7, registers voters | keejis records of changes of addres.- ^ and changes of parly aHUialion. 1
At election time the ollices of Ihe 1 (Jonimission sends dislriel regislersj (duplicate record cards of all regis-| tered voters) to the election boar.I | ollicers of each voting iireclncl In j the t'ounty.
Tho Cominission arrangi-s  for  the printing of stroet lists  of registered | eoiitributiuiis     for  the  refugees     o
Iters   as   reiiulrcd   bv   law,   whUli ' Kinland.  now a burden and respou ava,llable   to   eandidalcs,   parly I sildllly   in  other countries such
j to beckon spenders to peep into j store windows and see what could j be boiighl here at Christmas lime, I It also got back of cprtain merchants land urged more colorful and allrac- I live  winilow- decoralions. II. further,
¦ provided   the   impetus   behind     the limited   iiarklng   rules,   wliieh   have
|li'en   I I'tcetive   in   the   Horough   for
I .\ears, but unenforced. .Merehanls ou
the   whole   have     pn.tiled   by      this
¦ measnre wiiicli iiilliels a. iiardsliip I on none, but aeliially allows a speii- I del- oiijiortunlty to stmi In Ambler's i business section, siipiid what he will ! within a space eif Iwn hours, and be I on bis wa.v lo allow another spender I to  lake his parkiii.g place.
! The Chamber is also fiirnisbini; j the impetus behind Town Council iti) make Hnller avenue in .\mbler's j Inisiness district a. whiti' way. I ( Colliinupil on  page  '1 )
WHITEMARSH VALLEY G.O.P.AT
PRESBYTERIANS PLAN A SPECIAL 1940 PROJECT
ENJOY FINE PICTURES OF WAR   INCLUDE   EDUCATION   GROUPS SCENES  IN   EUROPE j &   CHURCHi-WIDE   VISITATION
Many Attend Meeting in Spite of Holidays and Severe Weather — Contribute to Finnish Relief — Plan Oyster Supper—Audit Report.
Appeal to Ambler Residents to Organize And Contribute Funds For Finnish Relief ""^"^^ '^"^' ««»^
did
Year's Proyrnm to Beciin  Next Sun¬ day   With   Communion. — .Promi¬ nent  and   Important  Speakers  to I     Come   Here—Loyalty   Emphasized —Congregational   Instruction A.    pro:4ii-a,m    of   Church    Lo.x'.j.'lty Republican i "iH   ''o   launched   thivi  we«k   in   the ; Presbyterian  church.     Rev.  (^liarles PJ.-ilt,    pa,s,it,iir.    anndiuiici'd    He; I'iro  Company,   I'Mourlown.     Sanniel' plaiiis  for a, series <t spe-elal   meet- M.  Class,  president  presided. I ings  to  bo  held   during .fonuaiy  at
Cold   weather   ,ind   holidays not  hamper u   large atlend.ince Ihe   regular   nionlhly   meeting Whitemarsh        Valley County   Committee,   Tucsikty   even- in the so-ial room of Klourtown    A..
Ill
EMERGENCY AID COUNCIL OF PENNSYLVANIA SENDS     REPRE- SENTATIVE TO AMBLER — MEETING    OF    ORGANIZA- TIONS AND INDUSTRIESTO TELL OF HARDSHIPS OF   FINNISH   REFUGEES
l''iiiliisli Relief for Ihe eollcction of
i {1,000   Damage     Done    to      L.-indisj Home;   Fire in Baynon  ResiJenco
i .\ .New- Year's day lire, whicii diil 1 I d.I mage to the extent ot nearly JIIKia, i ; W.IS iliscovered lii Ihe home nf .Mrs.' j .\niiie C. Landis and famil.v on | I Tennis aveiuie at l''i\e I'oinls sliorl ; ly after noon. The lita/e, was I
Motion pictures foruipd the prin- cijial enteitainnienl of the evening. Tlii'se were show through the cour¬ tesy of .Mr. and .Mrs. Linford I'ln- ste.id, Norristown, .Mrs. I-Jthel James, ebairmaii of Ihe entertainment commillce was in cliargc of Hie pro. gram.
The   pictures   depicted   scenes     of the   modern   w-ar  in   Kurope,   travel j ''""'^''•''^-   I'^presentaUvcs pictures   of  various   parts   of     Ih.e world,  and  gardens  in   Monlgonyry county   including   the   dogwooil     iu
V
are
'i'his   car   was  operated   by W.   K.   Hinly,   Montgomery
part ot  the country   the  people live!'""'  '"^l"''" •^"" '¦"^"'' '1"-'-''li>"l   'l'" ! e'hairmen'and  party  workers.   '       "  \ .Norway    .-ind    Sweden,    Is
Within a few minutes afler this last !      '|'i,e County Commissioners    ,0111-1 tlironghout  tills communily through
prise   tho  Registration   Commission, i Ibe l''im'i'K<'i'''.''' Aid ot  Pennsylvania
IS
sought
a more primitive  life. .Most of thein I
I I
havo farms and dress In native liei - ( Continued on  iiage 3 )
B^ AND CAR COLLIDE
Ambler Man and L. V. T. Bus Meet at Ambler Crossing
A bus of the l.i'liigli Valley Trans¬ portation Comiiany and a motor car operated by William Wilson Lee, ot :ill Hoscinary avenue, .Vmbler, ool- liUed al tho intersection of Park and .Mattison avenues, .\mblcr, one day   lasl  week.
Harry llarlman of .North Wales. 11. J>., driver of llie inis, and Uo escaped injury. Tlierc were no pas¬ sengers in the bus. Holh machines were   daaiiaged.
ollislon another l''ord  sedan  owned ;
are  seven  other regular  cm
ployes ot the olliee.
and  olierated  by Alexander K'l'sht. 1 ^.|,i,,[• ^J|^,,.|^ j^ Keniiclh II.  I lallman.' and  ellorls are underway  lo arouse I Jr.,  Ambler slid  into  the Hinly ma-   >j.ij^,,.^, j chine.   Tlie  damaged   cars  wore  all 1 (Continued on page 5) i
ADDRESSES CONVENTION   |
.Mr. Lonlz Rothwell, of Iho .Vmb¬ ler Jllgih School Social Studies l)e- tiartiuent, addressed the Pennsyl- vaiila I'^lueallon -\ssociation at the ^ State .\nnual Convention, held at Harrisburg
j public sentiment for its response t' I Ihis deserving charily. j      While an .\uililer  Hraiieh is lieiii--; I organized  the   Kincrgcney   .Md     has ! asked an immediate iiublic  response
  ¦ with contributions    to rush    needed
Philatelists  Will  Havo  Chan:e   at 7    tuiids  .-md   supplies   through   eslab- New   Commemorative   Scries        ! li"'"'^' 'liannels lo the Kinnish home-
IK'U[»I(.
STAMPS FOR COLLECTORS
eolleclers      have
commeinoralive
tor   Ihem   in       Ihe
.Smbler siainii thirty-live new sLaiiijis ill store next few moiitii.s. The series will iii- cludo seven groniis of ¦> staiiijis each. These include iJ authors, '1 artists, .'1
ess peoine and children. These eon- 1 Iri'biilions are lo be sent or taken t-i ' llic .Vmbler National  Hank    or    Hie .Vmbler Trust (•onipaiiy.
Wednesday,  De'cem- ber .S. The sutijeei of .Mr.  Rolhwell's i iin,,,„^,,.y_   5   poets,   .'1   cilnr.ilors, address   was  "A  Six-Vear     Kxperl-j ^^.i^miyi..^ ;,|„j  Ti comiiosers.
j      The   set   of   .'i   aulliors   will   eoiin
' oul  Within  the  next few  weeks and I I"'*'""
¦ will be onc-cenl green of Washing- ' Scrviei
ot Inti-ie a re   1
¦!L-
inajor porlioii of tlie evening. R' v. .N. H. Crotoii, of Whitemarsh, however offered the snggeslloii thai the feel¬ ing and thought of the general jiub- lic be sougiit liy rc'iuesl of public eonlril ulioiis. Tiiese he slated eould be made lo the Ambler banking in¬ stitutions until a local branch miglil be  established.
.Mr. .N'01-bei'l Coiisidine. former honorary Kiiinisli Consul in Phila¬ delphia, outlined the plan.s' of the ¦ little water damag Kmergeney .Vid of Pennsylvania to 1 mated at $l'Mii» los; help the people of l''ililaiid who have been driven to the Scandanavin counU-lis. .Mr. (.'oiisidlne relate.i soino ot the happenings that liav taken place al diflereiit cities in I' iii-
j land,   also  how   lllc   l''iniiisii   iieo|ile
j have   been   driven    lo   .Norway   and
j Sweden. Ill  his sliorl  talk  Mr. Con-
was located ' I'leiom   at  Valley   Korge   I'ark. in the p,ii-titioiis on Ihe seeonil lloor. I      Through   a resolution    offerei
the   (.^hni'ch   ('aljl'iiet   meeting   hist Tuesday avenliig.
Acil.lvltlPiS will inelnde eilllraiinn groups, a ehnrili-w ide vlsilatinn eiumpaig'n, and .1. iiiiiinlier of oin- standing speaicei-.'i ,it Ibe .Sunday cveiiin.g- services.
.¦\l       the     I'abinei      nieetiii.L;      l.isi of   iweii- I ly-one   se|>itrate  g're|iips   within   Ulie I leca.l   church   wiore   present   to   give ropiirt,,! aiiiil  to imai-i.e plans  for  lil- ; ling    ci.-ich    organization    into    this l,y    larger 'priil'-rain of loyaiiy und serv-
anil  buiniil  a  eoiisiderablo     pintion ot   the   walls   betore   exlinguisbed.
l''orl Washington Kiri' Compan.v responded to the 111'^;^ call and afler a brief liattle had the blaze under control. Kile Ciller Joseph l>. I lad- don exainineil the charred partition and found Ihe cause lo have coiiio from a. defective line. I'lre and Ihe done was esti-
Raymoud Kratz. of l''o|-l Washington 1 "'''- ton, unanimously carried, a doiialion I     The    [.inji of $5 is to be made towards Kinnish i morning  Willi  a relief. It was announced, by (Charles | iMiiphasls   al,   lib Slavin, chairman of the annual oys- ( Continued  on   jiage   7 )
will    legiii    .--iunday
I   deiiiiilely; isplrilnal
iiiininnlon  serv¬
ice.     This   .siirvi<|i'l,   iwiileli .si'rvcd   four   lim(*s   a   .vear P'rcsbyterian    Chureli,    is    il
ob-
1     the
iiniHt
GIRL SCOUT NEWS
All   Irooi)  eoinmiUee   members   ot ;
the (ilrl   Senilis  ot  .Vmbler  are   in- ¦
vlted  to  altend an  "Introducllon  lo
.Scouting" iiieetin.i,'^ al  the Methodist
cliurch,   lU-oad   .Street.   Lansdale,   on |
sldliie  staled   tlial   llerberl ( X-presideilt   of   tlie   I'nited
lloover
Slates,
Philatelists to Meet Thu next ineeting 01 the Philaleli,' BoclcLy of Glenside will be held on I'riday, January lutli. at the Keswick War Memorial building, Clonslde, al il p. m. Wilmer Rocketl will exhibit
his   complete  coile. li i     t'nileil
btatcs  Postcards.
inent in Student I'ornms by the Civic i''orum League tor Secondary .Sc'hool Students."
During Hie Christmas liolidays of l'J-10, students from the State of I'ennsylvania will act as seu.'itors in a Model Korum l.rf'glslaturo at the Annual State l-onvention held at Harrisburg. .Mr. Rothwell was elect-
.V iireliminary iiieelfn , ed    .Vinbler   n sideiits,   w ho
i lliiised  ill eiileri.ri.se  of oslablishing l,^,,,.^ ,„..,,, ,^|',„,|jjii„„ |.,,ii,,ri,as been   ,|,enl  away.
I an Kmergeney Aid brunch here, "ii.s ; .^j|j,,,j,j^^^,j ,^,,,,1 j,,- y„, ,|,.jy,,  ,,, |.;,i.s, L     ,|.,|,,   i,|,,i,i||„-    ii|-|.j,i;oe    and Ik Id   on   Tuesday   evening    in     ^he | j,^j„j^ ^^^ ,|,,||| j,,,, ,„,,,,,|,, „f ,,i„i;,,„i. ] m;,mi,,   .,1   tirst   gave   stubborn home on Himle'uwold avenue. 1 ^^^ ^.^..^^^ ^^.^^.^ ^^^ ^,,.,1^,^,^.^,,..^ .j,]^,,.,,j,„ j ^.^|.^||^.^,   j^^^^   ^^..^^  overcome  by
l'"ort Washiliglon lireiiieii also saved the home of .Mr. and Mrs. l-al- waril Hayiion, Pennsylvania avenue, Koit   \\ ashingtoii.  Here,  a   log  over I
a lust-lloor lireplaci; ignited from a! iMonda.N', .lanuary S, at 7..'III. raging liearth lire .iiid was well-| .Mrs. Horila and .Mrs. Wm, Hill biirneil before the lire c-oinpaiiy .ir-jwill attend a Hrownie Tiainiiu; rived. Tills call i-aiiie only a few ^ Course I'l be iheld in Mils same niinules .ifler lUie ili-eiiieii bad re-'cliurcb e.-n-li .Monda.\- aiol Tliiirsdi».\. Iiirne'il and were pulling ibeie e.piip
iiinportaiil activit.v and alwa.v i draws a large i>oiilie(n of '.lie 'nieiii- litirship lo 1.-11 tendance. .\l that Hi-i-viee, aiMo, .-i nii.miier of IH'W meinbui-.s will I e lei'eived and Pub- liel.v  weMi-oinied.
.\l  the evening  Wiii-slii|i li',iii'; 7.|.'i. a    I.e.Klel's'    Loyiilly   iservier    will    be
I held.
As    oiillinc I Coiiliiiucd
1    I
.Mr.     Piatt, page  1; )
l.ig re- tlie
ton Irving,  January -."Jlh;   Iwo-eenl I'i'"l  iuduslrlea  of  Ambler  were   r.-
Janu- ¦ presenled. This meeting was primd- ed over by James ClUin, ot Ambler, with Kdward Asso-uholmer as sccrc-
L-lub.s,   town      organl'Ziilions , ,„^,iy j„ jiadi-son Sipiarc Harden on j liiemen  in a short time. About !f:;irl
red,   James Kenmore Cooiier, ary   JUth;   three-ccnl   purple,  Ualpii Waldo l';.mers(ni, l'"cbruary ."ith;  live- cent blue. Louisa   .May    .Vlcott,  l''eb- ' I'l''-^'. riiarv   Tith   iiiid    ten-cVnl    brown,      !      .\ leiigtlily discussion, and
cii   chairman   of tfroup.
th"   .M"'l.-1   I'ui-iinij
ary    .nn    .-inn    Lcii-oeiii     oiowii,
iiiiiel   I.    I'lemtiis   (.Mark  'rw.iiii 1. i sioi
I'rn,'.,-    |:;ili. ' 1)
Xpre.'
of opinions, soiui- of wliieh iri iili'ised  tho   iileu,     t""k   iip
I IX'cenilicr :!Oth In a   nalioiiwide  ap- i worlh of damage w.is  done
I peal  for Kinland. 	
I .Mr. ClUIn announced iliai llic next i meeting of the Hraiich will be lielil I III the Legion home on Thursday i evi'iiiug, January IStU, when delinile org.-inUaliou, plans and commitlee,- I will bo coiisidoreel.
FISHING LICENSES  AVAILABLE
.Vnglers are reiniiided bv the Slate Pish Coiumissioii lliat IIHII lisliing lic'iises   may   be ubiaiiied  fmin   111"
C'liiiii 1   1 i''iis\iier  ii'iw ,
League   Studies   Propaganda The North Pciin League for Pe.ic ¦ '.ind    l''reedom   starts    its   study   of I'ropagand.i lomorrow al  7.IT,  p.  111. al  Ihe school house  on  the grouinls ; of  tiwynedd   l''riends'   .Meeting.   The tirst  subject  is "How to detect prop¬ aganda. There will be presenled some ! A. H. C.'s ot Propaganda, led liy Rev. j Vlncenl Walehorn. It Is hopid nianj i will   join   the  group   in   tlieir  effort ' lo organlzo and educate all agalii.--i wal'.
SIGN ALL LETTERS
.N.
l.lressed per  will
oniiiiiiiiiea tion to the editor of thi.s I leeeive eogllizallee of ,ill\ soli unless signed b.i llie iiidiv blua I who wriles the leliei- or'.111 ollielal of an oi'ganiz.itioii. .M.'iiiy li'lters pnrporting inl'orinalioii, bolit positive and negative. ,ii-e of no avail on the desk nf an editor because i.l llic I,ok ..1 a signalure.