The Ambler Gazette 19380217

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VOL. LIX-NO. 52
AMBLER.   PA..  FEBRUARY   17.   1938
$1.75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
NEW nPE OF CHISLER
I Stor«k«»peri R*port RjM of th« Patron Who Won't Pay for Purchaa* atorokeejjers In Ambler are facing an- ' other type of problem caused, no doubt I by the trend ot conditions end lack of work and income. There Is now the per¬ son, another form of thn "chtsler," ^vho will 'buy goods and calmly but hurriedly walks out of the store without making I i)ayment.
I    That this    dl»honorable and    co.'itly :AKS OF AflMAMENT RACE BUT   praoUca la,not a mlirtake or slip of the DOUBTS POWER OF NATIONS        memory ia evidenced by th© fact that ___.  I it has been done more than once and
SIUOENIS EiOLL IE
REGISTRATION    IN    NEW    CLASS WORK UNDER WAY THIS WEEK
Director of Laaguo of Nation* A»aooia>, tion   of   Pann«ylvani«   Tall*   of  the World   "Twenty   Yeara   After"—Sale of Articlee for the Blind—Mrs. J. J. Houghton Serves at Tea. MLsM lieaiKi D. Jloward, commentator] tin International Affa'.rs, was th© speait- er at the Colony CUib moeting h«>ld on ' ¦Wodncfldiiy, February D. Now IHr«wtor o( the Lrtviiguo of  Nat:cm.s  AsBoK^iatloo uf Pennsylvania, MJss Ho'«-artl wa« for | three years Director of the Ameiican ' Connmlttec at 0«in«\'a. Her subject t>«- ! tore the Ambl«r    club was    "Twemty Years After."
Mrs. Howard told of going to I^rance at tho time the 'World War was dnB,-w- inu to a close, on the I/cvtathan with about thltry-flve workers of the Young Jlen's Chrtetian Association. In Paris for
in diflfei-ent 8tor«s. This has placed quite il burden on the clertts in the various stores for it is they who are responsible, and they and the storekeepers may lose hundreds of dollars in a very short time should the practice continue.
Women are noticed to be the ones who mostly play this little trick and If halted for her Tnoney the person assert they forgot, or It is all a mistake. Men, too, are among those \tho plity the KBme. One fellow failed to pay and picking up his bag of groceries Ke ac¬ tually got out the dnor before being Btppped. '^V'hen told ho had failed to pay ho explained. Oh! I forgot. I'll l>e right back as soon lus I can pet rid of this T>ig bag. Needless to say the bill remain.") unpaid.
Act.1 sUch as these are termed laiveny in the legal Interjiretatlon of the word and should the storekeepers  desire  to
Students Visit Ambler Public Library— Librarian Explains Departments and i Use of Books Now Available to Class , —Mr.   Menna   Supervising  All   Class j Registrations.
The Ambler Recreation Club upon vlsitng the Ambler Public Liibray in the Colony Club building recently had tho pleasure of having the usage.-? of the library explained by the librarian, Miss Mary Craft, and the offer ot the une of the library at all times by the members of the Litora'y classes. Miss Craft explained how the books nro marketl and how to find them, and em- pha.sl'<!ed the days the library is opened and the lengtli of time Ixioks may be kept out. Hooks of fiction, arithmetic, grammar.
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history, and government were   pointed throe months, .sh« «tw quite a bit j ;;;7„^\;;;a",j;;7 ,;^;;-j;'^ out to them, and th«r exact location on
of nearby Kn.nce. Rhelms was In ruins,   f^^.^.^ ^^ey could cause the .arrest of  '^^ f f'^,   ^^"^  ^ "^f"^^  * ."^wlT Verdun  totitlly destroyed,  and     many   j^^^^      ^ies. An example of one such '"P,^''^ ^f these particular books. While
at,    the al>oVe-mentioned    mam    might  "^'' ^•^'¦'°"'' *""*''« "'^^ mentioned and break up the practice.
REGISTER NEXT WEEK
Are you registered so that you may vote at the spring prhnary elections in May ? If you are not 80 qualified, the opportunity to do 80 will be open to you neixt week, Monday, Wednesday or Thur.sday, Februarj' 21, 23, 24.
Registrars will sit ,it Am'bler on these dates at Wissahiekon Fire house to register all In this area who are not yet enrolled in the county lists and desire to vote. Tliose who will vote in Ambler oi- any of the surrounding townships may register here on those dates.
In the I'lymouth and Barron Hill area, registrars will sit at AVhlte- mairsh town.ship hall at H<i,rren Hill. In Springfield township the registnirs will sit a,t Spengler's gar¬ age, Flourtown avenue, AVyndmoor.
CHURCH CONFERENCE HERE
SIAGESPECIACULAR ME Of CObPLE
EARLY   MORNING   FIRE  TRAPPED SHOE  MERCHANT AND WIFE
Young   People   Met for  Institute  Work In Calvary   M.   E.  OHurch
Twelve adult leaders, Including eight minister, led a group of young iieople from a number of neighboring churches through a conference held at Calvary M. E. church last Friday evening and all day Saturday. The farthest point represented was Reading, and all dele¬ gates coming from a distance were en¬ tertained over night in Ambler homes.
The  Ladles' Aid of Calvary  churcl. served dinner and supper on Saturda and the meals were much appreciated.
AUDIIORS PLAIN SPOKEN IN kEPORI ¦ 10AlL[RCiUNil
POINTED     RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO IMPROVE PRACTICES
Christos Salmas and Wife Led to Safety   The young t^eople ot ralv.i.ry Kpworth   Delegation Protests High Fc2 for Tran-
* other villages were reduoed to. piles of '/| .stone, all expressing the desolation of ^JYanoe ajid tb« cost of \i()tory. All in tho group felt at that time that de- iucxT!i.y had won and liberty triumphed. DLscuKslnfr the involved situation In lCuri>!>e to-day, Miss Howard spoke at length of the <>ondltion» of m<xny coun¬ tries In Central Kurope and In the FVi.r l-.ast. She (Twelt partlculary on the tre¬ mendous influence exerted by Hitler and Mu.ssollni, characterizing tHem as "creatures of circumstance," "They are friomds only in.>»ofar .as It Is necffs- sary." she said. "Beneath tt all they are really bitter enemies with their countries being almoluto rivals for pow¬ er in Central E^irope."'     	
Ono ot the foremost que.-rtlon.s of to¬ day is, whether or not a war In Europe Is near?" Some of the negative argu¬ ments,' are that no nation Is powerful *nnuhg to win, and the great eoonomic insufflency of Germany and Italy, On the other hand, the nation-s are arming RS neaer before and. If this goes on without being diecked,   it may   Tnean
t'-enual conflict:" 	
Miss Ruth Sargent, of the Pennsyl¬ vania A.HSoclation of the Blind, was Iiresent juid conducted the annual Bal"5 of aricles made by blind people In their own homos. The«p articles ar3 bought by the association to give an • income to the makers and with no Jfcliroflt to the association.
Tho tea hostc^sa foi- the afte'rnodri was Mrs. J.  J. Houghton.
jVfrs. Harvey Allen announced that the trip, which was to have been mad.' to station 'WCAU this moiith, had been jiostponed until March 15.
FINANCIAL STATUS OF COMPANY WILL BE EASED
Fire Company Honors Retiring Officers •"Plana for Auxiliary—Renovation Contract Given Out—4 Fires Report¬ ed During Month
The financial iwsltlon of Fort Wash¬ ington Fire Company has been relieved Bomewhat. This fact -ivias indicated at the February tneeting of the comimny
suggestetl, it was interesting to note that some took interest in garden¬ ing, cariKwitering, electricity, engineer¬ ing, and fa.shion magazines.
Some received copies of Italian-Am¬ erican dictionaries, and fiction books such as. Anthony Adverse and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Almost everyone of the 24 students who went to the library took one or more books out. Miss t'raft allowed them to regislPr at that time for books which they wanted al¬ though it wasn't a regular registra¬ tion night. All tho students received a. book-cover stating the days and hours the library Is  opened.
In addition to this Mr. Menna and Mr. Caputo selected various books In the subjects thiit the students aro Btudj'lng. These hooks will be put on shelves in the .school room at the For¬ rest Avenue school. It is the hope of tlio
From Third Story Down Firemen's Ladders — Fire Burns Out Rear of Shoe Store—Ambler Firemen Do Fine Work.
Smoke that lilled the room in which they slept wa.s the first warning that Chrl.stoa Salmas and his wife had of tho fire that was eating Its way up the walls of their store building and arxutinent last Monday morning at } o'clock. The flaiiieis that origlruvted In the cellar of the building found their way to the stock of shoes, rubbers and other tiiiiilshlngs stoired in the re&r of the building and the burning leather •and rubber caii.sed .so dense a smoke as \ to drive the couple from the -second to tho third floor, and to seek air on a ledge at the front.
j     The   flames spre;i.d  rapidly and  was
'¦ consiunin;;- the entire rear on the first
and   Kocond   floors  and  Mr.   and   Mrs
Salm.Ts awakenoil ju.st In time to escape
Uf tho. uiiper floor.
Commissioners Authorize Sidewalks, James .Mitsch, of Dresher. who was Curbs and Gutters Alon, Bysher pa.svslnK at the time on his way to work Avenue—iTyphoid   Suspected   in   the
SPRINGFIELD IWP. PASS[S BUDGET ANO SETS 8 3-4 ILL TAX
WILL
SPEND    i$28,S75    ON WORK THIS YEAR
ROAD
Lciague worked faithfully and long a I preparing for and entertaining their guests. The delegates were out-spoken in their pral»e of Ambler hospitality.
The conferenoe is known as the Mid¬ winter Institute and is held under ti auspices of the Kpwoi-th I.«;igue, the young i>eop!e's organization of the ."Vtethodlst Kpiscopal Church. The Ambler Institute represented only jiart of the Northwest District of The Bp- worth League.
Two   devotional   services   were   iir' on Friday and Saturday evenings, and tho  rest of the   time   was   devoted classes oa Bible Study, Dramatics, Mis¬ sions, and  Epworth League  in
Rev. J. B. Deaver Cooke, of Read¬ ing, Is dean of the Institute and Rev Clfford Colyer, of Chalfont, president of the Northwest District of the Fp- worth League, Both jireslded at tb se.ssionB.
sient Plumbers—County Aid Sought for Street Work—New Blinl.er Police Call  System  Ready This Week.
The Borough Auditors subuiiued their report of examln.itlon of tlie records of' Ambler FK>rough Cor 1337 to Amb¬ ler Council on Monday evenlrii; when tho solons held their regular Fobruary busi¬ ness meeting. Their report ombodlcd not only a complete t heck o:. ail de¬ partments .and a.'l fuiidii and ; M'uritles but also a corriiinentary • i ¦ o x'i:v- report that explaini-i! t offered recommcndatio... ; ment of conditions ami piart conduct of  IXirou,i.rh l>i!:-i.ic-.
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Township — Solons  Refuse    $174.46 Exemptions—Bids for New Car The budget and the tax rate for the current year were inassed upon by the
at the Lindinfclscr bakery, climbed up the ii-on pipe and walked acro.s-s that part supporting the sign to the roof over the front show windows. Mr. and Mrs. Salm.as were about to jump when he reached  the rcKif,  but  ho    sshouted
Commis-sioners of Springfield township words of encouragement to them to re- at their February business session last main where they were as the flre corn- Wednesday with no changes in the , l>any was on its way. figures that have been on public view j The company's flrst efforts were to for the iiast few weeks In the township rescue Mr. and Mr.s. Salmas, who were building. The tax rate is set again at helped down the ladders by the fire- S 3-4 millls with the budget fi/rurcs men to a place of .safety. The firemen totalling if89,88:;, ap:>roximately that of then turned their attention to battl- l^''?. ing  the  flames  and   for  .almost  three
A    summary ofj   the appropriations  ,,ourB   they   fought   to extinguish   the shows   that   *lfi,075   will   be   spent   on   fl^e that spread between the floors and
LEGION HOME ASSN. JOINS IN PETITION
LINES UP WITH COMMUNITY CEN¬ TER TO RELEASE HOSPITAL FUND
Resolution  Oompletes Joint Agreement to Petition Montgomery County Court   port.
before   Council road In part.
"In- the general found sevei-al chcuk;; ii. ::i-u in i!:" iio,;!<.¦. for ono amount and Uic uotual clKcii drawn for a dllTerenf anuuiat. t'ae piM- per entries were ma;1o in tlio-bo<iks to adjust these dll'fcren e"."'rhe audi¬ tors request that in the tuuii-o tiuit !i; check books of the Borough ca,rry on tho stub thereof the actual cash bal¬ ance by listing on the check tiook stub all deposlsts made, and a deduction made for each drawn check. .\ .so. n the end of each month that each check book be reconiciled with the Bank's monthly aUitemont. If this Is done, sm.all errors will be rectified hj- th. proper person hand'ilng such records and considerable time Kavcl by thf auditors  in   making  their   annual   re-
pollce prtitection, $0,175 on fire protec¬ tion,   ?7,270   on   health   and   sanitati.in
J. W. CASSEL TALKS ON MEAIIONAL SURVEY
HEAD     OF    CHAMBER   OF    COM¬ MERCE SPOKE   BEFORE   KIWANIS
Reveals Recreational Activities an<f Growing Need of Facilities in Amb¬ ler—Would Have Community Park Sponsored as Objective of Anniver¬ sary Celebration
A tiilk of commjoii interest wa.s given ffuosdiiy night before the Kiwanis c;<Vib of Ambler by Mr, J. AVlllard Caa- .sel, ^an ofllcial of the Cruse-Kemper ConiKKiny and President of tho Ambler Chauiber of Commerce. Mr. Cassel's t4ilk, rel.itlna' how some people are slow to adapt t'.iehi'elvos tc ^.haiige", Milt with the ch.anglng problems we e In .\inliler and what the Ch.oanber i.^ommerco is doing to cope with con¬ ditions that are greater in projxirtlon today   than   ever   before.
"Tho ChamlM?r <<f Commerce tends t<i ooi,irdliivito grouiis," said Mr. Cos- sol, "and to this end It has made the ¦inove and accomplished a recretulonal survey ot Amhler. This has been an .outgrowth of tha need seen to train our boys to see life in its true perspec¬ tive and to keep their minds from troublesome  trends.
"The survey made," tho speaker con- linued, "ha-s btK^n divided Into four ilelinitely needed facilities iox- recrea- tl.in. Mr»t, there Is tho need of facUl- t.iting play for children, such as are availed by playgrounds, Itoy Scouts, churches, etc. Secondly, the need of recreation for young people through school activities, 'boys' baseball teams, l>ands and orchestras, dramatic gioupa, t<!nnls c.>urus and other athletic fields, and such as Our iuliilt educational classeJjfcAlie third division is coniimer- <lul i^Hlviti.in suah aa golf, niovle.s, Ixiwli-.ig alle.vs, bocce courts and tho like. The fourth Is ii community jiro- (Continued  from  Page ")
held Hast Thursday eiveriing,'
The repwt of the special conimittee Ljj^ff, („ jj,e future.
mi   finances    was   given   by    William      .-..   j    .    i rt .u    m * n    ¦ i    i
•n-„™^.L     u„i_ r ...t 1.. Students left the library at !> o dock
woi-man, chairman  of this committee
who  stateKl  that the  entire committee (continued an page 4)
.and the Woard of .supervisors of Upi>er i
Dublin    township  had    convened     on i
Monday evening and had di.scu.ssed fl-
nanclal  matters  of  tbo company  The
i-eport,    Mr. AVormian stated,  was    the
promise   from   the   BU!>er\iftors   that a
check  fcr a  .substamtlal   amount   will
soon bo coming along. The rejiort was
well    received  by    tho more  than    30
memibers present.
Jp.<»eph D. Haddon, chairman of the card ixirly committee, said the com¬ mittee ha-s very good re:i-sons to be¬ lieve that this yeau-'s event will net the company more than .$20C. This Is Indicated fivm present rotums in the .•«i,le f>f tickets. It was alsio stated the ladies of tho con\munil.v are giving the committee splendid cooperation. Tho card iwrty was held I-'^idaj' evening at the new home of William Boulton Dixon post Bind a full report will bo given the members at the March meet¬ ing.
A vote of appreciation ¦*\"as given to
teachers that a simall library can be [ and 12'! fV5 on road work. The ordln- started in the .school room shortly. All j ance fixing the tax rate and appioprl- showed keen interest in the library, and 'atlng ntiimos to the several bureaus o'
feel  it  will  be very  advantiigeous  for
EMmiN OFEICERS ARREST AMBLER AllEN
FLUCK ASSISTED IN FINDING MAN WITH   FORGED   PASSPORT
the township is published In this issue The exoneration list of the retirln? tax collector, Hugh Eble, was 1' tterly i-evlewed by the coirnnlgsloners and lumounced that ot the $1,917.42 reque ted for exemption $1,712,96 Is allowed .and $174.4(1 reruaed. The exemptions range for the ycairs 1933 to 1937 Inclus¬ ive.
The bonrd passed ari ordinance au¬ thorizing the layin? of sldewnlks, curbs and gutters of concrete along both sides of Bjsher tuenue in Flour¬ town. County Aid, reported Commis¬ sioner Elnjer I'eny, chairman of the Bureau of lIlEhways and Bridge.s, has
partitions at the reiir of the building.
the firemen were h.ard at work, Mrs, Harry Ott and Mrs. Russell Urban, members of the Auxlllai-y to the fire company, aerved hot coffee. Mr. and Continued  on   Page  5
Police   Send     Negro    Women     Before
Squire Kepler—Justice of the  Peace
Urban Will   Have Fight Case—John
Heim  Arrested    While    Trapping  —
Other Police News.
Chief of I'olico Fred R. l-luck a.ssiat-
cd  United  States    Hmlgration  Officers
in rounding up a foreign bom resident
who is alleged to have gotten into this
cmintry, by false and misstatement of
f.acts to secure a ixissport. The man's
tw^' <rf'the Vetl'rtn"g'7fflcers."K.''ilus8elI   "'^'"'^ ^^'•'^ S^^''" "-« <>f<^eono Cllaberto
Conover    and J.  Howard Buck,    who  a-n^ ho wias located m .South Amblei-.
have held  the offloe of secretarj-  and i     The United States Offlcer.s took him
treasurer   respectively,   for   a   nun\l)er  In charge and  stated
t5ontlnued on  Page  3
been applied for t> cover at least Continued  on  Page  2
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BID FOR PUCES IN BAND
AMBLER PLAYERS' NEW PLAY
Chose to Present New Play in Place of "Death Takes a Holiday"
The   .'..inbler    Players    announce    a
thtft he will be taken to the V. S. Emigrant I>etentlon llouae at Gloucester, N. J. It is further declared by the officers that Cllaberto's case will flrst be heard before the chief emigration offlcers and, if the cluu'ges are sustained, he will be .sent back to Italy.
Loses   License
Applications Made for South Eastern District Band by Ambler Students
Thirteen inembers of the Ambler High School band filled out appUca- tion.s for Joining the IJoutheastern Dis* trkt binnd. These thirteen members ot the band are picked by C. K. Geary, the director of the High School b<and, and Jtre wh.at he considers the musicians be.st fiualified to rei>res»ent Ambler High Sohool in  the bond music field.
As previously announced, tho South¬ eastern  District  b.and   concert  will  be
— Memorial Fund Lies in Defunct Ambler Bank—Immediate Steps Re¬ quested.
The Legion Memorial Home Associa • tion of Ambler, an organization separ- During the height of the flre, while  ate from but composed of those elegible
to be niembei-s of Norton J5owns, Jr., post, American Legion of Ambler, un anlmously adopted a resolution to jol. the North Penn Community Center in petitioning the Montgomery County court for the distribution of the fund gathered nearly twenty years ago for a hospital as a memorial to the soldiers who served in France.
This is not the flrst move this group has made to divert tho money no^v on deposit in the hands of the Receiver ot the First N.atlonal Hiuik of Amhler. Jforo th.an two years ago the Legion Memorial Home Association officers Inquired as to what possible u.ses this fund might be diverted should effort be made to obtain judical distribution. However, nothing was done subsequent to request until last December when the president of the association con- foi-red with the Receiver again on the matter. Shortly after, the North Penn Community Center awakened to the potentiality of the fund and what good (Continued on Page 3)
GUESISAINORIH WALES
JOINT     SESSION      ENJOYED LOCAL CLUBMEN
BY
Hear Fine Talk on Lincoln as a Great Statesman — Service Clubs Called Upon to Drive Out Discentors— Ladies' Niflht Planned at White¬ marsh Valley C. C. The Kol.iry Club of Ambler held no
Jiieettng   on   "Wednesday   .i.t  noon,   for i
on Mondiiy    night the clubmen    were |
guests    of  the    North AVales    Rotary I
Club at    North  AV'ales  Memorial     LI- j
braiT- The program of this Joint meet- ' ~
ing    was an    .address on    the life    of "Rose "n the Dial," by Baptist Drama-
.A-bi-aham Lincoln,  by Mr.  Titu.s Rutjh, :       tists  Will  Give  Deep   Impression
of Hellertown, a iKist president of the '     Two very straight-forward questions
Hellentown   Lions  Club and  past  Na-   are asked in the following par.agraphs:
"The auditors again find differences in street permits, building permits and vendors' licenses and recommend that licenses and pennlts of all kinds ht Lssued only by the Secretary's office, giving a receipt for monies collected, and making a note on the stub of the receipt book ju.st what each rcv^elpt covers. The auditoi-s found that In tho general account disbursements, totals and footings of pages were In¬ correct, and the auditors were forced to go overall the disbursements for the year, and make up from the actual check-s,  a complete set of accounts.
Tho report continues, further 	
"The auditors request Council to have the Borough treasurer turn over to them all cancelled bonds and coupons, the same to bo either filed with the Borough secretary or destroyed by the auditors.
The auditors in refeiring to the ac¬ counts of Tax Collector  Scott recom- (continued on page 8)
TAXPAYERS ASSN. M BoROUGH'S
CHRISTIANin, SAFE REFUGE
tional C'lmn-umder of the Sons of ^"61- ei"an«,    now known    as the    Sons    of Union A'eterans of the Civil AVar. The  session  was  presided  over    by
^   ,   ,       .    , ,     I     DanielJ. McCarthy, director of .safety,
rl..-..igo in their schedule of plays for jj ^„,^„^ ^f jjevnue Bureau of the current seaaon. ''Death Takes a j^,,^^^^ vehicles, has advised local .auth- Holiday," Which waa originally intended ^_.,^.^^ ,,f j^,, ,,0,^,;^, ,,.„„,u.awal of the for pwrfarmajioe on May 1, 1938, has „ ^^y„„ privileges of Theodore Henry, been pastpoined until eometime next year. In its play the Players will pre
held In the Ambler Opera House  this Hari-y  I..  Ache,  vice president of the
j^ar  on   Friday  evening,  March  25. North AVales t^lub wh.i introduced the
The conTmittee to discuss applications speakei- as his life-long friend,
met on  Tuesdiiy  everftng,  and   its de- '     In   HpeaJ<iiig    of ]>lncv>ln     Mr.  Ruth clslons, as to which applications     are  referrins.'  to  the  K'9th anniversary  of
accepted, will he announced next week, the birth ot thl.s- great Americiin stat-
The applicants  from    Ambler    high ed:   "He  was   the .greatest  statesman
are: John AVare, Ralph Amey, Robert Lut7., Henry Barry. AVilliam AVeir, I..eo Henese, AVilliam Ditter, Dorothy Stoler,
ever produced, and a man of wonder¬ ful vitality and detennination. It was he who presented the first bill to Con¬
sent "Squaring The Circle," which was to have been the last play of this sea¬ son.
A reading committee is now deciding on a play to take the place of "X>ea,th Talvcs a Holiday," but has not yet reached a decision.
"Crold in the Hills," which scored auch a success in, Ambler, has since been pre- .sented at the AVar Tribute House In Mea-lon, Pa, Director 't^enz' Rothwell. whoso capable direction w-as largely responsible for the play's suciceas, has received a bid to do the play In lans¬ dale in the High School auditarlum, which seats 1000 peojile. The group has authorized Bill Lindelow to accept or reject the invitation.
"3 Orange avenue, for a period of three Continuea on Pa«e 6
Julia Ann    Kckfeldt,    Clifford     Stout, i gress  to aloli.sli .slavery.
"How much time and money do you epend on  Secular Divisions   that leave ] little   or   no   wholesome,   lasting     im- | presslon ?" |
"Does your Christian   Faith hold   1.  i life's real tests?"
Relieving that conditions in oar land today will never Improve until pro¬ fessing  Christians   practice  Christian-   jjorough Included.
ity, and motivated by a sincere desire I     j^  ^^^^^^^^  y^,,_   ,^  ^. .^._^   ^^.^^
to show- that Christianity is our only „,^^^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ ^^ j,,^ ,^^^^.„ ^,^^...,.^^ ^^ hafe refuge the Mt. Pleasant Baptist exi>endltuii-e and the .sources ut reveuue. Dramatic Society bring to the public a j ^here was no set powerful interpretation of the Christian '
AMBLER GROUP  LIKES    PRESENT FINANCIAL SET-UP
Study Complicated Form and Remarks Upon Its Efficient and Accessible Lay¬ out—Members Discuss Tax Collestors Exoneration List and Paid-up Taxes Thereon.
Tho Ambler Taxpayer's Association at thoir regular meeting last Friday made a study of the badjrt^t of tho Amb¬ ler Borough as proposed for I'jSS, and a brief survey of budget making In the
Robert Simpson, JIai-old Cohen, Dorothy Troutman.
PRESBHERIAN NOMINATIONS
40 YEARS AS POSTMASTER
I H. Oscar Young Has Had Plymouth Meeting Oifflse Since 189B
H. Oscar A'oung, one ot T'lyiiiouth Meeting's iK'st known residents, Mon¬ day ol/sei-vcd the 4UUi anniversary of his iippointiuent as postmaster liei-e. His certificate of aPpoiiitini,ent -was Higiiod February 14, IfM, by Charles ]!. Gary, then posliuasler gcneial of tlie i:,iited SUilos.
Tho pjstollice is iio^v third class, bavin.;; been 4th cIoihh when Mr. A'oiing assumed oliarge. Jlr. A'oung, in execlle.nt hcilth. is one o." the oldest potilinasters In tho county, and for iiKiiiy joars ^\-.is president of the AN'liltciiuu'iiU  School board.
Ambler Church Society    Also  Sponsor Mission Meeting
The Ladies Aid Society of tho Fir.it I'roabyterian Church of Ambler, held Its regular meeting, last week, in tho church. About thirty-five inembers were present.
AMBLER, BEWARE!
MODERN AMBLER, FACING RAPID ADVANCEMENT AS SUBURBAN COMMUNITY, MUST CONSIDER MATTER OF RETAINING RESIDENTIAL ADVANTAGES BY MEANS OF A ZONING PLAN
"The pcv'ple thought him a joke to run for I'resident of the United States, but after listening to his speeches, In lang-ua.L'C they could understand, they decided that he was the nvi.n they wanted Tor iire.sident. As his birthdiiy (cuntinuod on page 4)
ARTICLE   NO.  1
CONCERT AT ST. JOSEPH'S
'Parochuil Children Will Entertain With j Dances  and   Sketches
:    A   concert  by   the  children   of    St. jJosei>h's I'arcK'hi.ii school  will be held in   tho school  on   South   Main  street,
faith of the Fourth Century and the great necessity for the pu-a tice of Christianity in tho present ago.
"Rose on the Dial" will be present¬ ed   in   the   auditorium  of   the  15ai>tist church,  Friday evening, March  4tli, at 8,  It Is not that  the audience will  be I merely entertained, but will better uii- jderstand the vital niess;ige of the church I regardless of creed.  This dr.ama, pro¬ duced  by special    arrangement     with | AValter  H.  Baker Conipany,   has    had scores of successful productions. I    Mrs. Helen Myers, 200 Miittison ave- inite, has made tho statement that  "if Rose on the Dial" is received with  the h-pirit   in  which   it   is   presented,     she
up   that   could     bo I checked   from  month   to  montii.   AVith
the in.stallation of tiic new ci; ¦ •:! two years aijo in .Tanuary, Mr. Jo; !    .-s
became chainnan of Financp , ...mnlt.- tee. Experienci^d in su-h lii.itters be- c.ause of his position in ¦¦ ' '¦ < ' .s.nu- faoturlng    pl.ant    in  Phl^ he
realised   that   Kound   pi^       . i allt«1
lor detailed and rciTXiUd c!i.,ck-uiis on income and expenses.
His budget nies.«a..To that >car in- cludcHl tho proposed scho.Uile fur tho wholo year and dot.iiled sheets for each month. There was no item, however small, which could not bn checked as the year progressed. Tho proposed pl.ans were set up in bl.ack Ink a.nd the .actual expenditure and income marked in red
•AVith  Ambler's rec^nit improvements,    AVith no control, a public garage with Ambler,   next   Monday   and     Tuesday  ' '''J^f^J J- f ^ ''"'*^ "^^ of sewer   installation   and  acquisition  its noisy activities could be placed in evening. Tho children of all classes will <'! <^ia,nui,tic  duectini,, has she actom- of the Water Company, there is a niai-k-   the heart of a group or homee; a night participate in this event now given each   m'-hen boroethmg really    vorth wniie ed  increase in  recognitloti of f.e ad-   olub or tap room acroas tho sU-eet from year, '¦ ^^^ f^"" ^=^ di-amattc work i.s concerned.
vantages of borough residence. As homos, with pati-ona in varj-ing de-1 Children of the lirst and second grades peojile in greate'r nuniberti, living be- grees of temporary Insanity parading ^^ ill Introduce the program. The third yond  Ainbler   limits,  especially    those  before  the residents;   many  neighbor-   and fourth graders will tap dance and
now resident in the congested sections hood children learning too young tho .sing a special selection. Those of the "^ ''"'• of I'hiladelphia, become aware of Amb- .seamy side of life. Gradually the resi- .lifnh and .sixth grades will do likewise, ler's adviuitages, there will be dem.ands dents will sell at a loss, careless own- j The pupils of the upper classes will for property. Operation of tlxe sewage crs take over tho properties and there present a pla>-, ".Madonna of the Ros^," disiio.sal plant has removed one of the will bono incentive lor maintenance of! wilh Catherine .Serratore as the Ma- lew disadvantages of suburban abode,   , essential renairs. Finally, we have tho j donna. It is a play (if Old France. Miss
Xo tickets. No admission. Silver off¬ ering will be taken. The audience are .•isked  to givo only as they  have been
rhe influx of new i-esldents is certain to carry with it more business e,stabli.sh-
Tho nominating committee reported, ,„„nits to servo the larger population the following nominations for the elec- \.^na porhaps additional hidiistrial idants. tion of olHcers to lie held at the next I Such a condition is de.sirable and of meeting: president, Mrs. R. L. Davis; p,n,rinous benctit to the conimunity, if vice president, Mrs. Annie C. l..andis; i tUo.^e. in control of tho llorough's affairs secretary, Mrs. Irvin M. .Scheetz; trea-| j.e,.ognize tho accomi>anyinB responsi- Huror, Mr-s. A'enle ILaywood. Airs. Arthur | hiliiias. A. Nichols who has been treasurer for twonty-one years, resigned the position because ot other work in the church.
The AVomcn's Missionary Society is tiponsorlng a meetin.g to bo held in tho
Jf expansion is allowed without pro¬ per eolilrol, the community can con¬ ceivably roiert to a eoiidition forcing homo owners lo move from the Bor¬ ough; disposing of their property at a church this evening. All tlio women of' sUiggering loss, ouormous reduction of
above described result.
Residences,   pretentious  in  size  and architecture on c.-ctensive grounds, must bo pivitected  to exclude adjacent pro¬ perties of nvai-kodly    inferior    rpiality. Les.s  )iretentious    but  valuable homes must be guardoil against encroachment of hovebs. fii other words, it is absolutc- ! ly necc^ssary for  tho Borough  to   take I up the  matter of uoning.      Busine,sse.s j must   bo  operated   in  a  business  dis- I trict  by law against  encroachment of ! properties     ouLsido     tlieir      rospectiv? I ela-ssos.
May McGrenua has trained tbe dancers.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
BOY SCOUT PILGRIMAGE
Missionary Groups of Ambler C'lurches Unite in Inspiring Demonstration
The niussionary societies ot nine Ciiiirches in and .alxiut Ambler are unit¬ ing in a great    service    of inspiration
Ambler Troops     Will  Attend    Annual Event   Saturday   at   Valley   Forge
Members of Ambler Troop.s, No. 2 and No.3, Boy Scouts of America will attend tho annual J'ilgrimage of the Scouts of tho A'alle\- Forge c<iuncil at A'alley I'orge I'ark this Saturda\-. The buys will leave Ambler in cars about !)  oclock,  Saturday iiioniiiig.
Troop,     No.   3.   imaer     Scoutinuster
Councilnten to kn<iw at anytime how near they were keeping to the plan pro¬ posed at tho beginning of the year. So carefully did this committee e'StiiTUi,to expenditures that the variations be¬ tween estimates and actualities were slight.
In Jcuiuary of this year, Mr. Abiier Albertson became chairman of Finance and was soon at work on the problems of making both ondM meet. The budget for 1938 was discussed by tho members of the association and etich item was (Continued  frmn  I'-age 2)
KING'S DAUGHTERS PLAY
Will
tho other .Vmbler churches are invited to attend. Mrs. I'aul McCUntock. Ccr- iiiantown, w-ho Avas a missionary in China for nvany yeasr, A\ill speak on thi; subjc'.-t, "China uf Today."
tax recoiiits and a practically localized'
Aiubloi'—-.bcwaro of    uniilanucd    and hopeless depression. Kven without any I Uncontixilled expansion .'  Home owners, I working in North India, who Is at pre- inarked building boom there will be a  busino.ss  owners,     protect your    hard ' sent home on furlough. The. service will
necessity  for   the  coatfol   of   the   c.k-I earned investments by In.sistiiig upon .a | be hold in SI. .lolui's Lutheran church, paiiialou. 1 iiuiiUig plan and uu enforced ordiuaaicc.   Ainbler, dt S p. ui.
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and prayer, on Friday, Alarch 4th. Thtit Hari->- Z. Landis, has r(>gistered G boys is the AVorld Day of I-i-a.ver for Mia- .since .January 1. and these were taken sions, and all denominations all over into the trooji in a. s|ie<ial Investiture tlie world will <>bsen-c it. ; service litst week in Jenkintown.
A .special speaker has been secured, j Charles J<ist and Ii-vln .lone.s of in tho per.'ion of Miss .lean I'K>thwell, , Troop, No. 3, have become llrst-dass a misslonar.v of the Methodist Church   seouls; Alfred Kemmerer, (lordon .Ter
vis and AVilliam ilaniilton are now sec¬ ond ilass;   Hugh     Bullard  has     be<Mi awarded the  merit badge for I'ersonal I IJuulth.
Present   "Third   Floor   Front"   In Church Assembly  Hall
The "Third Floor I'l-eml," a comedy in three acts, written by Lida Larri- more, will be pre,sented Thursday and l''riday evenings, I'Vb. "4 and '-'.'i, by tho Kings Jiuuyhters CiiMle and the Men's AssiKkition of the Ambler I'resbyter- iaii church in the church a.sseinbly hall, at S.l.'i.
Under the dirretorship of -Miss .Marie AV'olHIo the cljunictors presented in this pla\" aro ver.v well iilaycd.