The Ambler Gazette 19360709

              The Ambler Gazette
VOL. LVIII-NO. 20
AMBJLMR.   PA.. JULY   9,   1930
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
CflyNCIL OFFERS SEWER RAIE LOWER
TWILIGHT   SERVICES
$1 PER FRONT FOOI
EEGINNING  HIGHWAY   REPAIP.ING UNDER   COUNTY   AID
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An '.irdlnance, establishing the an¬ nual '-ewer itatc or rental, wa-s given final reading before Aiiililcr Lo ough C'luncil meeting, Monday evening, by Councilman Joseph C Hess, chairman <if the sewer committee. The follow¬ ing table of rales 'is proposed and will become effective if adopted un the Bcc.'ind reading at the next meeting uf the  borough   solons.
STANTil.Mll)   It.'Vl'J'.M B.asins.  c.i.ch $2.00
Siukn.   (ii-sit 2.,'i0
Sinks,   additional 1.00
¦\V'at<'r  closets 2.iJ0
iJilh   Tubs 2.00
Ui-anal's IO"'
.Shower  baths 2.no
Bidets l.r.O
Fool  batli's 1.(10
Refi-l.'.rerator drains l.'Jil
Ijiuiidry tulis, each 1.00
G.ii-a,ge   draliiH,
one  car ,>^pacc .1.00
O'lrage drains
two car 'or more  I'liaco 5.(HI
Cellar  dt-.aln ^iOO
¦Special claKsified rates f.ir ci.oart- mcnUs, hotels, restauiraiits, olllce and Iiublie buildings are akso listed in de¬ tail in the proposed orillna.nce. The above table, howevor. Is the ¦¦iche.lliile I'.ir rt'.-ii;dcntjs and gives an idea uf the co'.st for the average family. This ost was furtlior Khnplifled by Councilman li-vln Wo'idward, who pointed out "Jiat the average home with two laundry tubs and without a cellar drain would l)ay   eleven   dollars  per  year.
The i-,-it( s comiiire very favoriiliiy witii ilfi.'.'e of nearby communitii-a k-iiid t'.iwnshiiw. The ratfis are aiiso ".subject to sui-h discounts as the Bta-ougli Council may from time to time, e.-itabllsh by resolution." This cliiu«o i's 'to cover the p'lisslbillty of decreasing cost.^, as has been found po.'-sil'le  in  nearby  coiiimuniticM.
The (irdiiiaiK'c openH with tiic pre- ra<'e li.xing thc as'se.ssuiient upon .iliut- tiiig property owners for sewer con- litruc'tii'jn. It l.s iw follows; "Wh.u-eas it has been iirosented to the voters Ilf Ambler Borough that the ahse.iS'Uile |; irt of the cos't of said (.sewer) systciiu ; I I'ueli i>iii>i>ert.y owner will not ex- fi (1,1 one dull-ir PM- front foot, and, wliereia.s, it is the desire of tho pi esent l!or'iui;h C'outtcil to keep faitli with fiiK'li     reprcsentatiuiw    to  the    voters
tlie,,  made the cost is hereby de-
tenuiiied to be one dolltir ($1.00) Per linear foot, and the .same is hereby t*tabli.-ilied as the rate of .said a^sc-n..,- nient."
Council vi-ould al'Mi permit, at.iord- iii..; to tlie propusodl ordiniince, the tile payment ot the asse.-sHnient in tive i-i|ual payiuents with lnli-i'':st at six percent on the unpaid balance.
.\il nicimberK of Council were jires¬ ent at the meeting, and the various committeie rcporU show increased ac¬ tivity along   many lines.
I'crmits for openiing streets, somo- tliiug long neglected, Khowetl a total revenue ot $1(1^.40 flor the niurith ot .IuiK\
Tho paving of many uf the streets t.outh of Butler avenue, which liave ¦»i en in liad cundition since the sewer \iin l.ild ia.st .year, wius '.<?aarted under tlie c.'iunty-aif prograin on iMundiiy juornlng   un   "Woodlawn   avenuo.
It wa« agreed to also iK'tiition to in¬ clude l'llc pavin;,' of Bannockburn ave¬ nue from Churclh «treet to M iin Btreel and South Main street fronn |;aiinuckiburii   lo   Orange   avenue.
The sewer coniimlttee, one of th.- li.irilest wurked groups of llie I'lciil feuvcrniiient, held four ispecial meetin,.;a iluring June, according to the eoiin- 11111 lee i-c!''ii-t. Ali meetinsu were held in tile bui-ougii ollice. Betail.s of liundliiig the Ipluiiibei's' regulations, a-.-; esta.lillshed by thu recently aduiited pluiiiliir.g coJic were v.-i rked uui. .Vt a c'.j'iiiiraittoo meeting tm June 25. which nil nieiUibeii'^i of council were asked lo aliend, the board uf health was autli- oiixcd lo apivdnt a plumbiii!,- iii- tiiiecto'i- ai a. .'.-lakiry of $12,'i per. month lor one yc'ir. Ills appointiuent wtis iiiKinimously i-atiflod at Mniikllay's mecliiii;'?. i.Viiiet.y dollars liaLi "lieen re¬ ceived   for  legiHteriiig  liluinbers.
T'lie report also showed that the ili'.spo.-ial plant is now US purceiil coiii- ]/l.'to.
Twio lu.w wage-rate classilieaiioiis f.,r wurlicrs on the '.-icwer were also adojited by council. They cover sewer Woi-kiiU'U, or men who work al tlie boltoiu of the trc.iie.lios, with a uiinl- iiiiiiii rate .if liO cents per hour; and tunnel workers, or .muckers, at a iii'iiiiiiiiiiiiu of 75 e*iits \f r ll lUr. T'liesi' sales were eslalili'slied at file re.|uci.-'t ot Kii.ll'.'i-al aul'horilies, and, it is believed, will help soeure workei's for the 111,ire dillieult labor '.jn the sew. r projeots. 11 add's no increase 111 co.st t'l tlie borough as the eoiitriie- t.ii.s  must  beiir tlie wage  burden.
Twu bulUUiig peruiilH were i^i.iued hy Couiicil'iii'iii .losepii C':ivaller; one for iiiiiiur alleraliuns, and tho other for tile 11'vaimii'iu.g a b.iru into an iilai'l- 111.'lit li'.iuso, located in thc roir of ,i, iSlatlLsoii  avenue  proj>erly.
.\u ui'diiiaiice was rea.i: for tlie sec- coiid liii.e and adopted, which reiiuires t!ie regl.'tl'.ition of all lUMiicrty trau-i- ai'tiims. Tliis i'.-i i-etroticUve t'i March 1. l!t;!li, when tlie ordinaticn was fli-'it dnnvii U|i. Tiie ;ieeoiiiii> m' lille reg- i.'itiaUolis     uill   Ik;   taken   eare   of     by
FOURTH OF JULY CASUALTY
Ijiktle o-yea,r-old .linimy Oreen, of Amibler, didn't know how to shoot off a lire ci-^icker. Tliats why ho wn.s HO hadly burpT'd Saturday, when he held a ginnt cracker in his 'hand and c.\-plode<l It before him.
Jimmy's halnd and nrm were seared badly .and a looal jihysician ¦ wa;s (-ailed to eare for It, Koi'tun- utel.v, his eyes and facv were not 'harnu'd. He is the snn of Mr. and iMirs. Jami-'H Oreen 'of Al•.'lr^-lc ave¬ nue, near lAiuglaa street.
Se\'^:ral othor minor accidents in town marked a fairl.v sKine celcbni- tiiori in Amlblor on Inidcpendeuce day.
Serios Are   Held  Each Sunday  Evening at Artman  Home
A sories ot twilight services are IK'¬ Ing held on .Sund.ay I'Venlngs during .luly and August at the Artm'iaii Houie. for Lutherans on I';etlih'liie'm lilke alwiVe .\inbk-r. Conigregallons and ministers in < ha rge of the varolii's st'i'Vlces follow; .July 5. SJt. Mark's Con.^liolhocl«"n. Rev. C. n. .McCairney; July 12. Melrose I'djili, I'hila delphia. Rev. K. 1'. OtU-n; July 19, Zion, WhltenKirsh, Rev, M. F. irockor; July 2(i, I>-i;rayette irSil, Rev. If. iM. Bower; August 2, Red Hill, Rev. H. H. Krauss; August 9, Setlh-inent, I'lililadielph'la,. Rev, F. M. Brown; August 10, Upper Dublin. Rev. M. L. ToKer; August 22, St., I^iul's Non-ls¬ town, Riev. F. W. Flothimeicr; August 30. Trinity, Lansd:tle, 'D'r. li. IX Snyder.
SCHOCL REPORT
Mr.   Kerschner   F.eports   Final   Atten¬ dance   for   Echool   Year
IT. C. Ker.sohner. sirpervising prlnei- P'til of Ambler high school, repurts sunmu'a- '.school running smoothly, l\ PUKll's attending a-egulurl.V. Sub.jc«its include .all grades In junior and senior high .school, excepting the g-i-i'iihialint; year. Mr. C.ear.v 'iind Mrs. Kurisuian are instructors. The .'icliool ends Juily ;iy.  There are IG tuition  piijiils.
Fiiiail r«T>ort of atteudanii.' for tlie regukir .'*cliool term ¦showed lill pupils tho total attendance In b.ith high and element iry sch'iols. Junior and senior high school together had a total pu|>il population ot iTli. 533 '.itudents were  In  the  g-i-adc^.
Tho attenidlance average for the. en¬ tire BCho'd term v.ns !14 percent, liincl fur month of June '.n  iie.rcent.
Mr. Kci'schner reiiorts theso te«ich- ert: attcndin.g sumnii-r s.^iv ,)l; Miss Bruna Abrah;iims, Ciyiuniliia I'l.lver- '.'Sity; Aliss Frances IVirr, Beaver Col- le;.-,e; iMa-s. Violet Fl.sher, Columbia Unlver.s^ty; a^I.-^s livclyn Kulp. Junia,t.i College; lloiier Meyers, University of I'enmiylvania.
AILER'S Cit IR VEI IS 90
GEORGE   W.  WOOD  STILL  ACTIVE ABOUT TOWN
(coiitiuufcd on pugo 4)
GIRL SCOUIS OPEN DAY CIP AI DRESHER
2C0  CATHER     TO   ENJOY     ACTIV¬ ITIES  AND   SPORTS.
Mrs. H. B. Traver, Glenside, Is Camp .Director—Affords Cay at Camp pOr Girls in Seventh District—1 4 Amtler Girls Attend
iSiilver Sprin.ias day cuiiip opcue,. Thuir.-iilay at Dresher wihen 200 ai'.. nKWe 'Gin .Scouts fi'om the Seventh Lisitriet of the lihil'idiltinhiia area g-.Uh- ered to 'eiijuy a wliole day at camp gaged in Scouit actlvlti'es. I'Viui-tcK-n: girls I'idin Troops Ko. IWS and No. 232, of A.mliler and .s-eveiiall mciniibers of thie troop committee took ivii-t liij tlw event celebratin.g the opening of caniji locat¬ t-d  on  tho Wunderie  estate.
't5ll\-vir Springs is a day canvp co-i duoted every Thursd'a;-, during July and Augusit fur tili'l SooU'ts uf 13'istrict 1 who are mot so fortuntite to be .i.ble to go to Camp Olemuawr 'Wk* exl','ii,sivy,' G'irl Scout camp near D'owiiingtown. Mir.s. Itarold Ti. Ti:a\-'er. tif Uleii.sitle Is -dlireotor uf the day cxijinp and is tlliei-e every Thursday witih Iilanned activlti'.'s In scouting and isports that nuike a day there a tspUmdld treat for the young girls a,n<l a.s well for the cainmlttee women accompaning t-lnvm. Ambkirs llo.rp, v.-ith ill tulial m:emiber..4hip ot 50 girls, is alwaj'Is rcpre.^t-'nited at camp .ami eadh week cert.ai'ii of like commit¬ tee are dek-guiteil to itrainsiiort tl-ieni from theiir headquialrlers In the I'res- liytorl.a.n ohuroh to the caiup.
Three Camp Scholarships
There are I'lin'ce annual Kfli'ukiir..ilii;iis fe'ivon to inieiivlif-rs of tlie Anubler trOi.p A senior .'-loholar.ship is .given by tlie Soiilor Cokiny Club of Amililier tti th<i n^ost doHorvlng B'ii'l In tire olden- group. This year Afiss Ce.?ielia 'Charlton. h(;« beon cho.sen anid WWl Rpend one week In August at Camp Olenmawr. Tiie schokur.'ih'iii to the junior group, award¬ ed by th'e Junior "Colony Club uf Amb¬ lor. goes to iMiss Amelia Kverett,, wiho also -wtill .spend a \\-'eek at caiup in Augu'Mt.
-¦V third si'hoiurship, awai-Jetl lor var¬ ious chosen attn-ibutes by First I'retitiy- terian eli-Uii'cli, Amlblor, liais lx".'n awai'.l- cd to .M1.SS Helen Sciliule, \vho lias so ably a.ssiyted Mli-ss Julia I.aiidis, Wbo Caintvi-iiiK botlh troojis in Ambler, 'T'lie .s(-Uolai-.''ihlli this yoar will send ;iMl.ss Schule, who is a nuimbor of tlve Am¬ bleir sehool facult.v, and lives in I'lorin. I'll.', to cani'li f;d'ith Mary ait Briaritliinv Manior. X. V., torn wvndc of lea tli'r train¬ ing t;liei-e in AugiL-^t. Tlnl's ."election by Mliys Schule is a move i-ecommi)>inde,d by the troop oon^mitlee to train a lead- j or to lake charge of .tlie junior troojii?. |
Tho tiriKips In Anil-ilor have been j milt-e ootive tliis >"ear and 'lire .'-cally ' nloiti.g splentlid Work i-uiiiiiin.g tlie g-irl.s'In ! An<b'iir, The juinior giroup niieets eacli ! ¦WediU'sday afternoon aiui tlu' senior j ,i','roup on Friday cvenilngs. j
Montgomery County Breeder Wins Na¬ tional   Raeognitlorv
A iMonfiioiuerv (oini'ty '';iie'-n.'-"y lii-eeder. A. 'D. Thayer of Owynedd A';illey. I'l'iin-i-'ylvania. his jusl won na¬ tional rt'co.'-;iiitioii on his pure bred Ouernsey bull. Valoi's Oold Boy, 1.S71S2.
This bull, .Iviivii.g two ('inr.ilii' i-.- which have made eredi'tab'e i-llleial r.'- corilL-\ ha.s been entered in tike .Vd- vanceil Re.gister of tb'' Aimerican tiuei-nsev Cuttle Clul'. \a!or's C.old Iloy will be known, lu-rt-iafleci-, as an Advanced Re.-^lt-ler sire. Cnly CiKiru- seys, wli'icli lueot ki'.-.!i ri'oduttioii re- tiuU'cmcntij,  are eligible for entry.
Was Hurt In Gettysburg Battle—Saw Lee Surrender at Appomattox—le Hardy and Keen of Mentality—Ac¬ tive  With  Leeion'and G.  A.  R.
!-',ilH s|ir.v auiill ns active and keen 'IM ever, Oe'»rge W, Wood, nolo sur¬ viving veteran of the Union Army ot the Rebellion now Hiving In Amider iiuietl.v observed his Oi.'th birthday un Tuesda.v, He rt^celved many congratu¬ lations and cartls of g-.iod wishes. Nior- ton I>owii.s, Jr., post No. 125, Ameri¬ can Legion, paid it's homage a.nd rc- .speet. Mr. Woimll l.s one uf their active workers amdl was In 'Jprltely . evi¬ dence '.m poppy day about'the istreets of Ambler, himself colltvtinir more tliciin any of the (ithers, by far his junior.
Mr. ^V'ood a.s a boy of 10 joined the Un'i'.m .-iriiiy In the f'.a.;i of lSli2. He wai) iils.signed Bhortly after to thc Twenty-lirst I'ennsylv.anla cavalr.v, thon known as Wll-son's civalry. In this re.giinient 'he soldiered in many battles all over tihe soutli. following Sihcrman ixirt oli lii< way to the sea. lie .law seivice tlii-oii;,'liout the war and at the buttle of <;etty.^burg, anid' ,'is <a cii'lmax to bra military career he p.-iitlclpatcd in the operati'iiis that eorneretl Ltio and his 'arm.v and com¬ iielled surrender at Apponiatto.^ t^ourt House,   Ya..,   In   LS65. -
It was at Gettysburg that I'l-Ivati' ¦\\'u'otl met, with his only accident in the Wiar. II*' w).iis not woundKl by Mill 11, but had liks hi ir-«o shol frt>m under Iitiii, and had one leg mashed when the amiimal toll, piniiin,g his leg undermiath. At that time ho was en¬ gaged In the carr.ving- of la meswige to Oeneral iMeade, but fatletl to com- p'l'te Ills nii.ssion be-ciiuso uf the nifa- liaii.
AVhen file lust .^tand at Appomatt'.ix Cour lloU:se ¦vvt.is miade by the Confetl- eratt'S. Mr. Wood wa.s in tho thick of the ein.'.;'a','niiient where Oenertil Lee and his retinue were cimipleteiy sur¬ rounded illld finall.v f'orcetl to sur¬ render. Mr. Wooili wltiie.s'.-ied llio en¬ tiro pr;.;ccilure of the surrender, and •stood not 15 paces from the southern leader tit  thuit  time. .
At th'e ond of the Rcbcllkm Mr. AVood received Ills hunuraliie 'liisehargo just two ytNtns and nine months al'ter his  enli.stmeiit.
Mr. Wood has always hocn In the best ot h.ealth, alwia..v.s able to Iv alMut tlie streets conversing with friends ami only beeati'se t>f hiis ti-ou'ble wilh Poor eyets'iglht is he a bil sk>w at t.limi"s to rtx'ugnlz.e a friend. List yeiir llie was in Wills Lye ILispital. I'liila¬ delphia, wihere he underweiil an op¬ eration for tliti removal of a t-ataraot from his right eye.
|Hc h'liis taken great Iiitert\st in G. .A Ri affairti, is a 'nionilier of the Coimlniihockeii I'o.st. aiiiji up to a yeiu- ago \TO« Very regular In his attcnd¬ anee. His interest ha.s evidences Itsudf ill AiiiierU-an Legiion airiialrs, ami lie has been of material a««lstance to the N'ortioil IXi'Wiis I'ust, No. 125, of Aiiib¬ ler.
ROIIANS ENJOY TM ON SAFEIY
KEYSTONE     AUTCIViOBILE     CLUB SPEAKER   GIVES   HIGHWAY   DATA
TRENCH  CAVES  IN
William C. Thompson. Ambler. Gives Interesting Statistics on Deaths and Injuries—Montgomery County Total is   5S   Deatha
In the alwcnce of I're.sident Alu' Yelter amdi Seoreitaiy John Ilan.sell. vvho are attendin.g- a .siiecial cmter- ence of district nflieers at Ursinus College, Vice-President l''rank Rothen¬ berger presided at the Rotary Club meeting and I. K. B. Hansell acted as secret.-ir.y.
The mw-tlng- \\-!i'S in charge of the publicity committee, Ralinh F.'. Frey, chalrnian of the committee, InirotliuctNl AVilliaiu C. Thonij>s'"ii, of the Kley- istoiiii Autoinobiie CluIi, who gave an Interesting talk on  "Highway Safely."
Mr. Thompson stat.d that In the United Sttite.i 'ono hundred people are killed und twenty-'Seven hundred in¬ jured dally and In M.iiit.gonier.v county there were Hlfty-slx killt^d by auio- ni'ibiies laiit ytiir and lo date twenty- nino havo been klllcl' In Montgomery County  this  year.
Mr. ThomliMun cautioned against cttreles.s driving .and taking chance.^ with either the rotid c.iiidltions tir tho mechanloal t?'indlll'in |tif cars. H'e stttle,l that the Keystone Automobile Club l.s Working' with three hundreil lluiu.stitRll children In order to buth etlueato and interest Lliem concern¬ ing road C'lndltlons.
As evidence that this work is prov¬ ing .succes.sful. he stilted that last ye.ir the adult accidents had Inereayed fort.y percent but the accidents in which childron were inrolvt.%1 had de¬ creased twelve  percent.
N'.i vi.si'tors were iiresent at the meeting and no bu.siinesa was bruuglit Lo liand. The Itotaiian'.i adjourned Inilmotliatel.v after the enjoyablo ad¬ ilress by iAfr. Thompson.
, Workman    Nearify    Buried    in    Ainbler
Sewer Trench on Buller Avenue I AA'liile at work Friday in the sewer j trench on Butler avenue one of the j ne.gro workers wl,is neari.v buried I when the sld'tis cave<I In and poured j tiown over him an lie worketl a.t the j bittfim with  a (leavy drill.
Companlon-s ru'..*hetl tn his aid and ' Immodiatel.v anti helpctl drag lilm abovo the rapIWl.v 111 Ing frenoh, about ]2-f(X't deep, lie was burled to tihe chest betore others couhl reach hlni. The drlU reiiiUned buried fur several days.
Since  then,   llie   narrcr.v  ditili   which
reaches a depth of IS feet at the high
mmt  near    the  flre  Jioiij^c,  Ihas     iR'cn
'ishiM-ed  ttl  pi-ottH't  workers  wlio arc a:
j the   bottom  and   digging  lalteral   tun-
i nels.
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COMPREHENSIVE    REPORT    MADE j BEFORE AI\(IBLER  CLUB '
FIRE   ENGINES   MOVED
Three pieces of Ambler's flre- flglitin.g apparatus wert» nioved from the fli-e h.-iuise, -on Monday evening, to the Keaisbeiy and Mat¬ tison gJinige below the station.
Butler av(-nue in fnmt of the lire house 1.^ now f.irn up t'i lay the sewer 'main, .anill this portion of the stree.t will iirobabl.v lie clim'd f.ir severail weeks to all trallic.
The ni'.ive picilitatets full ciiuip¬ ment ifor any omergency the AVissaiilckon Fire Ciwiipainy may be called to perform, anti estab- U.shc'S full protection against llrti during the iH'rlotl of linprovtMiient in  the Im.slness centro '.if town.
LEGION  BAND AND CADET CORPS WON   HONORS  ON   JULY   FOURTH
EMINENI AiLER
—Ciperati'ons un a $J(ia,Ol!0 sew.'r project luivo been started in Telfoitl. eiuipioyiiig   aboul   iiOO   men.
ALEXANDER       K]NIGKT       ENJOYS DOUBLE CELEBRATION OF EVENT
Is Remarkably Active and Attentively Interested in Life and Affairs — Is One of Ambler's Oldest Citizens— Recipient   of   Many   Good   Wishes
AVhen on Frida.v. Jul.v Ii. Aiexanitiler Knig'ht was observin.g his IKitih birth¬ day in a unlet manner he was sur- fi-isetl and hainilly gratified to flnd himself rtuiiemlxM-ed by nian.v ot hil.-i friends and aetiusilnit'.iiices in and about A;inblei-. II,-> was the recipient ot nian.y ca.iitls and vl.'-'its from friends ami a beautiful bouquet of Regal lilies llrom Mlss llmlen Donaldson and .Airs, Aleixandt-r l.>avld.son. of Alt. Ultaisant avenue, Ambler.
In the rvcnin.g :\li-. Knight and hl'.i wife. Mrs. Ooi-della Orove Kni.ght. Who nuaiTied his 52 years agti. were the gueists of honor at a small dinner pijily given by M.r. .and Mrs. IlowaivB J. Dager at th(<lr Iv.ime on Butler .avenue. Here the spritely ciiiple en¬ joyed a really .happy tlinti among their fHends   of   long  st lading.
.Siaiturday (ireiiiuu-, Mr. Kniglii. to- ge.lKa- with .Mrs. Knight, were host and hostess at a small fauiilly dinner given at Fort Side Inn. AVliitemar.-ih. Tills to'o, Willi Ills chSldrcn and graiiiillt-liildrKii almut him, w.i.s a most doli'Vhttul   event.
iMr. Knight is siiil fjulte mcliv.i in htialth anti bod.v uiitl ahvays kr.eiily' interested ip lUtairs about him. lie Is the father of Hon. Harold Orove Kni.ght and Coi-della, wife of Charles 1>. J'.uu-s. of -All 11 111 or. Tliere are 5 gi-aiult-JiUtli-eii.
Mr. Knight was burn In Oei-man- town lin 1^41) aivll in KS54 inovetl with his parents to Ambler where he has since been one of the best known of  Ambler's   Itiiuliii.g  cltiz.ens.
Delegates L. B, Heckler and Elmer Mentjes Complimented On Fino Ac¬ counts — Playgrounds Opens «ith More Than  60 Attending
A most insti'uet..ve and interestin.g account of the vankius activiities, niocl- in.trs andl tal'ks given during the con- veii'LIon ot Kiwanis Inleirrialtliomil ut AVaahlnglon in June were brought to the nKH'Ling of the A.mbior Klwanlan.s, Tuesda.v   evx-ning.
D'elegates Leidy B. Heckler' and Klnwr L. Mervgeis both gave excellviit descriptions in a fine comprehensive manner. They lold ot the notibblvs who addlresised thom. They analywHl the business aeeomplishctl at the conven¬ tion and iwiintod out thv imi«iii-tant highlights of the liiternatJoniil fe.stlv- iliei.s.  ami actiivities of  the  dele.gat\'s.
'Tliolegates Heckler und Mt-ngcs fairly plctiirtxl the t>vents tit AVaslfiington fur the club members anti it was .siiul to bo one of the mo.sit outstanding rein^.rts I evw pri^sentt'd befoie the clu(l>. Mtim- bers. at the end uf theiir account gave both meiii a rising vote of -appreciation for such tl tine discharge of their I duties.
I      Mr. Menges also reptirted tho interesi
j in   the iilay   giroiintls   in  Aimblor  to  be
even   gi'eiUeir   than   that   of  la-st  year.
' Betwcien  liO- and  75 ('ihild'ren resiptiniii'.'il
on   the   tlii-st  day  aiiitl  the  numlbtn-  litis
been Increiisttl eviery day sincie.
'Miss I'ottei.gvr, tlirectreHS is pursu'ing the situno routine of organized play tta i that of last yvar, Mir. Mi-n.ges statixl. The point system for at'tendance, fic- compllshmi-nt and siiorts-men'ship has itgain been Inauguialcd. A lO'J jxa-- fvnt cooiioiratitin from .Mr. Kc.rsehner and ul!i<-rs at the ihig-h scli'ool has diont.' much to assisit In t'he siieeessful 1k'- ginniin.g  of the  play .grou ml  season.
Tlni Jiinltn-  Uiselnail,  Ivxigue,  accord¬ ing  to  Frank  King,   Is  progres.i^int^   on .scliotlule.  Buys play on  live avera.ge of thrt^e niights vach  week.  Tlie boys  ap peair to be cinjoyin.g their teajii pVay. I     A c.liiallenge lius bo<en received frmn { Rtit-ary ftir a game of s-oft lian. Klwan- ! lans   always   enjoy   these   frtiys   with I Rotary tuitl aire anxlus 'to get to.gether j tl   tetum   that   will   gl\-vi   the   cinerg<.<Uc : Rotarians a run.
1 The quoit contest amon.g- t'he niwn- 1 lie«'s .is soon to .sdart. FIrank IVarce I and H'en'i->' r^eens .are tlw eoiiiiiiiiitfee i chosen tu ari'ttngc a scihetllile of ac- I tivities.
'CONGRESSMAN DITTER APPOINTS I YOUTH    FCR   WEST   POINT
I C'lngi-os.sui.-in .1. William liltter has '' Is-ueidi nil appointment to AA't<.s.t Point I military utik-ers training school to i Russell D. Akinis, of Xt»i-ristown. Tho I youth is the son ¦ot Capl'iln and Mrs. ; Russtdl C. Aklns, residents ot the ' cnunt'i.iseiit. He will enter the academy ns a   plebe In  the tall.
i'oung Akin.s starts on his Army prepai-ator.v course 'a,s a gratluate of Colorado Preparatory seho.>l. In ntl- ditloii I'l r.anklng high in his 'studies. ,\kiiis has iil.s<i achieved proiminence ill  atliie'tl'cs.
Akins received liis laiiimiiitnietit t'i AA'est Point througih the Iiiniieiice of friends ',it Jiis 'pai-eiitts who are now 'stinionod at Si'iiuliebl l'..ai-racks, in Hawaii.
The Olrl's HaiiiKinlc.'i Bond anti Hie Cadet Corps of thc AViilll.ani l>i,iulcon Dixon Post, No. 1(1. American IjCglon, hai titilte a busy day .m .Iiily 4. The girls paratlod at .lenkintown In the morning, and al.so ipkiyed two selec¬ tions .at the grandstantl. Later they roturned to the Post home, whore Itinchtion \vas served tti tliom. In the evening, the glAs I'ook part In the progra.m at the Penn.iylvanl.a Sohool for the  Deaf,  nt Chestnut   lIlH.
Mlxteen of thc girls were in the danco military drill, ami' for their splendid rendition, tht^y rectiivotl' first prize. The bugle corps paratled a-t Ro.T- b'ii-,nigh In  tho  0%-enIng.
The mothers tit these two grouiis have also organlxetl umltM- the super- vl'slun ot the po.4t, ami hvrcaftt^r will be known as the Sandy Run Motliej-s' Club. A meeting of this oi-ganlzatlon was  held  AVednesda.v evening.
It is also annoucetl that AVedii'e<da\' evening, .luly 15, a card i>arty will be hold at the home uf Mrs. I-J. C. Rich. ,S05 Bcthleheiin pike, Krdenhelm. The aiillmls.->"iun will be 25 cents, and the prtK-eetls -will lio for tiie benefit .if theso   organizations.
AMBLER BOARD RECEI VES TREAS- SURER'S   BOOKS   AT   MEETING
Businessmen Want No Labor Unrest at K. & M,
Meet    With    Officials    To    Urge    Cessation    of Disrupt    Business    and    Precipitate    Hard
Amliler businessmieii, soiiiewiliail eoii- cenied over the rt>ported sltute uf kiliur conditioiiis at tho Kea-s'bey an.d Mmttson pkint, K'liuewttHi a meietlug With oilllcials of the compan.v anti met with A, S. l'la.gden, pi-esitleii't, iMr. B'uiiaihuo anil Mr, Lt>tleboa-e last Friday evening to discu.ss the sltuatii'on. Tlie.re is no tlioulit, some of the buwinessmen agrvetl, an.y kind of mlsundei'staiidiii'-,', Walk- ouit or strike would preciiiitate a ceii- dition as bad or fiir wloi'Sie than that which oxilsted Ix'torc the plant was ro- orgaiiiiiv'd and it behooytis us to avoid any such occurrance for our own in¬ terests.
i\rr. Blagden, tis spokesman for the K, and M. Company reliresenttitives ex- pk'iined Hie position of tihe t'timpair.y in llio conditlou of kilior uiuv.sl and stated wliat he formerly said to his euipluyes, he coultl only repeal. The company has unly l«'en ,a success, he iickniowlt>d,gotl, lii,^eause uf ocononiy, eiliciency and the ostablis'liuicnil of confidence in orilcr to attract mioney iiitei'ewis for its future support.
Till' business men aittcnding, rei>re- i-'eniting 'Oi-,gani/xitions, as widl as the 8-evi-ral llntis of enterpri.'W', were con- i fomeii'ted by such a miovie at )iresciit. corned mn.inly in the idva of how a sJl- | As 'hrou.g-ht out b.y Mr. Bladgden in uation as this can lie averted. That ;'his adtlrcss to the eminloyos wcently many are mlsguidctl is evident, or they i untl 'prluted in the "Gazoute," any un. mlHunderstand thc prospect of lK..4ter i rc-jt or walk out will put tii'o company wages and better conditions. Jicononiy I in  such a  position as to be unablo to
on the pail of tin K. and M. eoniiiaiiy has iilainly been neoessar.y to survive the ^2,100,000 tlvlicit faced in 11131 nt tile time of retrr.giuiization. .'V syativniatic filicency, it was si»on manifested, was a second i-enuislt to iwo.gre.ss toward the surliico of a substantial estalillsii- iiient.
The siirvixal of Keasbey and  Jiatti¬ son   conipany   is   tlie  very   life   of   Ihe liorough of Amliler. Kleven hundred aiv eiiiplo.ved,   which   reprcBenll   approxiiii.- I iilely  7  to  11 hunilrcd honit^s hero and j n\ia.i<by.  A   Walk-out  or  strike   iu  anv doiitirinient. ur In Hie wliole pltint, will I KlH'il disaster tu the town, to the mer- I cluiiils already so heavily strapiietl by j seveni yvars of lnire subsistance,  if not ' partial loss uf llnaniilal .sectirlty, during i the deprosslun.   .N'ow     with   at   least   a jisllghtly  belter   eomlition     In   bu.siness these merchants tlu not wllsh to set' any dli'e  or mkilaken iiitive   by  soiiie  who aro not dellviii.g into the actual circum- iitanccs,   wiiich   surruuntl   t.he   move   of tli'f emiiloycs at  K. ami  M.
Those gtiihered at the meeting did not condemn the urganilzailon of labor liut rather the  possible  uni'est that  ia
Dispute    That    May Times    Again
J 1 ompete eiiually with present air-tight
and    even    cu't-tihroat    competition    of
I joblit^rs.       System and  ccoii'tiniiy,  suoh
a.s lntruiluc\id by tliit> eompany into their
enterprise 'to   <4lmiiato    aiiitl     to    give
iM.'itteir ineout'lve  to  the  workvrs  is   Hie
compan.v's   only   salvation   at   pi-es^'inr,
as  Mr.  I'Jiti.gden   pointed  out.   One;   tho
lius-'ness   Is   again   lirmlly   on   its   feet
totter wages can 'iirevall, but, as llies'ci
run,   the   K.  and   M.  ooiuipany   is   said
to eiiual  wage  scales  anywhere,  with
a   system   uf   bonusvs   for   Work   iltin.j
I abovt> aveiiage normal capacities.
I     Theie were nu deei.slons to oe Kiachvd
I at the iieetin.g it merely expla.'iied the
I sit uation ami the posilion tit tiie Keas-
! bev tiiui  .Mattison comiiany. .Mer. iiaiiis
anl  . ' "-aiiizations  can    lo  nothing  but
iii-ge   common  .si-nse.  .The   agitation   of
all,   however,    was   iiuite   subsided   at
the   end   uf   the'Inforniiil   session    end
the genvral concern haa since malcri-:.-
ly subsided.
Tlie situatiou at liie plant is not at all different, and conditions continie unohangctl and tranipjii with appaivnt satisfaction and sccurit.v al iioruial among the workers.
ReiKirt has it, liowe\-er, that a local organization has alivady been esttili- Ikshed al the pliant Under Hie American Federation nf Ijabor and a cluiiiler has been gi-ant.cd to an alleged niombcrshlp of ttlliout 400 in thu main or luvvjx' IKjTt of tiie factory.
Tax Collector Presents Bor«j and Re¬ ceives Tax Duplicate For Schod District—Directors Select High School Librarian—Close   Year's  Business.
In a Hhort but most busin't.s.slike ni"n i nvr a  tiuorurii  of the Anibler Borough I Sclluiitit   iKKird   dealt   wiifh   the  busines.s I uf   tho   amnual   imieeting  |on    MiHiday evening In  directors' meeting reom at I the   Fullest  avenue   bulloing  with   dill* I gent efllciency. Tbe lit>oks t»f the treas¬ urer ;ind  secrcLani'  werx>. receiwd.  the tax  collector offeretl  his  bontl  for ap- prtival   and   tlw   duplicate   for  IftSfi-.ST was ordered  to lie givtin into his  pis- sessiun.
Bulh Treasurer Edwin II. Faust »nd I Tax Co'lliector I-Iilwlard C. Scott were I present at the meetln.g. Secretary I Frank C. AVelw-r, in receivin.g the I books, canoelletl checks, recepts etc. I fromi the tn-etiKuavr, repoi-ted th.at lie I had ehiecked his own record of .ic- I counts with Mr. F,aust and founitl both j ctii"i'tisi«indlng to the penny. Theiic books will be turned over for autllt iminiietllati'-l.v.
Mr. Scott presenti'fl iliis boiul fur $20,000 as reiiuired by school law, pr-ip- erly .signed tund signincant of his ol..- ligatloii. Tlie lilirections tifter a roadimg acceptetl this aiitl it Wi'iis vot^^J to cumipUde the d'niicate and pkice il immediately In his hands f'or Hie issu¬ ance of ta.\ bills.
The diiplical'i> this yoar calls fur re¬ ceipts ut! $1311,745.22. Tutal exiH-ndllure.-? are $1)4.025.47 and debt service, $43,- 710.33. capiltal uutla>-! Is $1,233.50 a bal¬ ance is left uf $775.02. A ilebt uf $10.- t'OO for a temporary Iti-.ui will I'c ('aid in August upon receipl of Hie state ai-'PiMprlation.
There wiil be no lioard meoling in ; .August and tiction wtas taken by the I dilrocturs authoriziii'.g tlvo pru'iior oilicers i to pay bills and .s.alarlfs. look after ' any ilebt service necessary and all I tit'her 'busineiss lu-lsing luefore  the  St'p-
¦ temiber mix'ltliig.
¦ A resolution was made instinctiii.-^ I Mn-. Scott to again use live 5-lKiym'e.-it I plan in the collection of taxes by whl.-.i I taxes may bo paltl by Indlvlil laks :n ! five payments between the time taxeu j will be due In Ootober and the ilelin- ¦<iuent period Iveginiilng in January. Mr. ^ Scott's coni.ml.ssion for ttix collections i was again set at S'/i  percent.
.Ianitors for tho sevci-al buiidin.rrsi I wem tlill reelected. Th«'y are of .1. H. C'offey, AA'iilliam Lnnc,aster, Cliirlcs Sogar and A\"illl;ini Oroff; and llo.lis'iii lAftirtin, retired on pension Salaries fo rthe acti\'i^ jainiltors wero set at a  sliglit advance t<yr next yea'.-.
The teachers' committee announced that   a   librariitn   for   tlhc   high   sfliool
j (contimued on page 41
( Nears   Pilot's   License
I Mlis. Horatio Cafes Lloyd, Jr., ot ^Haverford, who li'ais b<>en receiving i Itying in'.struction.s from "I'ucl;" Miller at AVings Fiold, near -Aimibler, is raji- j iiily piling up smio huiins su 'she ctin 'obtain her private pii.d's license. She 'now hii'.s four hours .of roT.i  iiylng.
.V  kiwn    f(>te  and  benefit  held    for 1 Orand     A'iew     Hu'spilal,     Sellersvllle, cleared $1000.
SI, MARY'S IS
PALACIAL MANSION AND GROUNDS IS PARADISE TO BOYS.
New   Home   For   West   ConshDhocken Institution   Wil.'   Include   Both   Boys ¦ nd  Girls—Property  Purchased  Jan¬ uary 1—OfficiallyCoened on  Septem¬ ber  113—Sixty   Boys  Moved   Here "Loch   Llndein."   as   the   former   es¬ tate and  home of Da-. R. V. Mattls«in, on llethUdiem pike. Ambler, wuis nam¬ ed,   last   week     becaime   the  htjme     of sixt.v  orphan   cliildren.  About  January 1.   this   year,   the   Si.sters   ot   the   Holy Faimily     of  Naz.-iretb.     ot     T.irrestlale and   Onint  avenues,   I'lhikitlelphia, ac- qiiiraed  the 72  acres    and   "the  ca-stle" tlKit cimiprlscis the property iln, Upper Dulilin   town.shlp   throug-h   Ringe   anti Ring-e.   ot   I'hiladelphia.   for     $115,001!. Here   was   pianneil  the  new  home for the    St.    Afar.v's    (iH-phianage   at    AVtst Conshuhocken.
.Sunday. Jiinn 2(1. the new propertv WIUS '.ipened and a iniive was matle lo Anibler. The new property, which will continue unid.le.r the auspices of the Crder of the Holy Family of Namireth, who founiletl .St. Mary's OrplKtnai.ge a fluarter of a cent-uiry lago. will func¬ tion under the nainie of St. Mar.v's Home, Ims'teotl of '.irpluanai'.*'. and will .accept girls as well as l«iys. Tliij ohange w|is uKide by permi.'^siion of Dennis (i'ardlnal Dougihert.v, Arch¬ ill-hop of the Catholic Archdiocese uf Phlk'iidWiihia. lleretoforc, onl.v boy.s were accepted.
Tihe AA''e.st Conshohoeken prulierl.y ma.y open In the noar future an an Old Foiks Home fur agt-d personis of Polish birth or extivictlon. aki^o under the auspices' of the Order uf the Ilul.v Family of Nazeu-i^h. It theso plans materl.allze. t.lie home will be th«, first of its kiml In the iirchd'ioce.se and the onl.y one.
At iM-e.sent. th^ former St. iMary's Orphana.ge will be used ms htvi,illiiu;ir- ters fur Sisters tif the Holy Finmiily of Na;!a.retli. who are enrolled In suininK-r cuua-ses at A'ilkinova. College. Sixteen WUl be lioUMed tiherc for /tihe next six weeks. Notliing- will lie dono to¬ ward cunversi',1'11 of the proporty Into un Old Folks' Home during that time. It   is   oxpectetl.
At tho ..Vniblta- home, the miimber of ohiltDi-eii will now be Incrcinised from the presen't IM), to approximiatcl.i' 100, an ofilcial st.ated. The main building will be used <is the boy's dorniitoi-y, another building will h'ou.i^e the giris, anti the large gara.ges will .serve eia HChool rooms. A g'.vmnasitini anil au¬ ditorium are IncliilcJed in the eiiuip¬ ment, and a lake if considerable ¦siize, griKluating to a. depth of twenty- feet In the middle, will provide a'.iua- tic sports.
"AVhen We re.achoil! there we took the b.iys on a ttiur uf in.spectlon through the entire e.state. The.v were h-o overcome with its ..nize and beauty they could li'iiirdly speak," an adult who axicomiuinietl the group reported. The trip -was made by bus.
"Lock Ijindcn' ha:s lung been one of the show ipkacios in M.inlgtmiery t,uun- ty. It compriscis in its 72 acres t'ho iHi-ge mansion, a small replicsi '.if Old AA'indsor castlo in I':ngland; the Kirga Ktono garage, thc cxten'sive greon houses, anil ,sevei-al other smaller buildings including tiho t\\*o gato houses, the lake, .and its boat Jiouse, extensive gardens. lawn and tha woods that burA-r Betlilehem piko and extend to the farm lane. The property has a 1500 foot fnmtage on Bothilcheiiii pike and abutts Lin<leii- wold avenue anti Siistiuolianna. street roatl.
The new home wiil be oll'ielally op¬ ened SePtcimbtM- 13. whtai Cardlinal Dough(M-ty will dedicate it at impres¬ sive cei-em.inies. The St. Mary's Home Boy's Bland, llikStructeld by a member of the ftictllty of .Si.sters of t'he Holy I''aiiniil.y Aciadeimy at TorrestbiJc:, wlM play   at  the   evemt.
Later it is planned to introduce .a high schooli courso into the home, In- cluiililn.g manual training suli.1ecus, so th.-it (the .stuilents iiMy bo retained there until they are r«idy l.'i make their waj- for themselves. 'Piu- miiii- muiiu  aicoopbanco  Is  two  yiMii-s.
St. Mary's Orplianiige was begun twenty-live yoars ago, with a liiiiid- tul of tiliiildren. The sisters ot Nazar¬ eth piii-eihiist^d one of the s'how pl;ic».>3 In the West Consh.diockon area. It was t'he home of iMr. liiitkick. a textile iii.anul'acitui-ea-. The platf adj'ilnetl the A'alley Forgo Cement Co., and the Phikudkdphija. Flleetric 'Co., properties Here wias esitablislied the urlglmU St. Alau-y's  Polish   Orjiliiinage.
It ftillllled a lonu- felt need among i great iiumbcr of Polish Inliiitbitaiits Iri the Philadelphia area. Steadily, the number of c'hiklre'n incroasetl, until the present cjipticity, tio, was it'iiiched -s'.tiiie  year.si ago.
A\'lien that nuinbcr wa,s retichcil, 'tilio Oiidler had lo refulse any further 'iiip- plicanls. The need of a larger space, and an advuntsigeou^ offen- on the .Amliler inxiperly, iii.spired the pur¬ chase.
DON'T   LET YOUR   DOC   RUN
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.. iiuarauliiie was lifted by lire stiato during thc iitist week. Owners, hiowcver, ju-e remlndiHl that under the law no dug is pci-imitted to run at kirge unk'ss under couti-ol of Us owner. Somw ano of the oplniuin, ll Is reported tlcir i>ot esin lie at large If licensed. Thia Ib lacon'oct.
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