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The ;^Mbler Gazette
VOL. LXI-NO. 1
AMBLER.   PA..   MARCII   2,   1939
$L75 Per Year in Advance, 5c Per Copy
MARRIED 54 YEARS
OF COLONY CLUB ^SOJOURN 10EARIH
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AM'BLER     WOMEN     TOLD     OF   AMBLER     PLAYERS ¦/!'f'-i^lNES   IN   &   ABOUT   PHILA" "DEATH  TAKES A HOLIDAY"
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Ambler  Couple  Feted  On   Anniversary Date at Their Home j
The cclebraliiin uf theh' .'>4th wodiliiiK , i aiinivcr.siiry was ;i d<'liBlilful evenl for i Mr.  anil  .Mrs.   llolicrt  Comly,  of  Hen ¦ drlckH  f.trcot,  luMt  Kunday.  Thc couple \ .still   (U'ite  active  and   i heerful   cnlor- ! tained slxtoon mOmherM of their family, , wiho   satherod   as   a   .siir|)rlse   to   them : Sunday afternoon. Be-sldes they received I I many    card.s  and     well-wishes    from i PORTRAY   frif'nds  and   neiglvbors   who  called     to fecilitate  them./ j
Mr. and Jlrs. Conily were  married on I
AMBLER HIGH HAS 9 SELECIED 10 PiAY
CUT ELEaRIC RATES
, Reduction   in   Area   Effective   Wedncs- i day   Ordered  by  Commission
I Keviscd rales of the I'hiladelphia! I lOlectrIc ('omp.niN-. :is .scheduled went i 1 into effect Wedm sda.w Tlii'y were fll-' led last .Monday with the I'uhlic IHIIllyj I (.'oniml.-j'don. I
I     The    rales,     expcded     lo    (>ffect    a
^l.ti.'iO,  DM! antiual  smvImh'  tor consuni-. j ers    was   ordcre<l   by   the   Commission '
  ; last   Kebruary  7,   .-uul  aie   Ihc  second '
INSTRUCTOR   CLIFFORD   G E A R Y   lediictl.m ordcied   in  less  Ihaii a  year.
iNDMOOR BOY KILLED, 4 OTHERS AS PONY mi yPSETS
THE WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
1 CHILDREN AT PLAY
WILL  LEAD CHORALE
Mrs.   Henry   S.   Godshall   Gave     Little ' Norman   Segcr   and   Betty   O'Hara   in   February L'li, ISN,", at Hoeli.m's church in   go.Piece  Southeastern     District     Band
Heard of Stor'ies of Colonial Times— j Related   Story   of     Liberty     Bell   — Ladies Attend Meeting in Costumes of ; Colonial   Dames — Girl   Scouts  and | Brownies  Attend—Regular  Meeting.
Leading Roles Win Deserved Plaudits —Edward S. DeLong Plays Excellent Part—Gowns Designed by Mary Fales —Serious  Play   Received   Well. Amibler   1'ki.ydrR   proudly   presented
lilue Bell. The piuftor then was llev, Kuller, who perfomied the cf»remon>. They have lived all of their lives in thl.s section,
(lathered about them on iSunday were their two  sons C.eorge and  Robert, tht
Chosen from 400 Applicants—Ambler
High   Entered     15    for    Competitive
Trials—Concert   to   be   Presetned   in
Collingdale
jNinety sea.son hlffh schoid muisiclans
A   i'.i.Kn.OiA]   riiluiliioi   Wiis   made   last November, '
The     .<.ivinc     will      bo     distributed Ihroii'^h  all  classes  of electric  servic •,
Wa.-hinKloii's birthday was observfrt "Death Takes a Holiday" to a capaclt.V , two Rraiiddauehteis, .Mrs. Norman I..<hiI were selected fmni 4IMI applicants last last VVedmwday liy the Colony Club of audience .Saturday evening and from the and Mrs, Ktephen Palmer and one srciit Kriday evenins by a committee of live Amlder at their regular .meeting in -.i! moment the curtain rose the sombre g-randson, Stephen Palm«-, Jr., who re. well-knoRn veteran band conductors to most belitlvng manner, I^ovely colonial comedy of the lines awed as well as sides in Trenton, N, J., with his par-, fonn the crack Southeran liistrict Kowns   were   donned   for  the occasion   amused  the  audience  uYitil  the     dco],
          sociation   which    will   present   Its   an¬ nual  concerl at  CollinKdale  on   Satur- (lay eveniUK, Alarch '2ti. Kw h ami every . »pi)lication received from als^ut twenty. hlg'h  schools  was minutely scrutlni'/.iil by iMr.  Don   fiiirkley,  Mr. J>ajiion   llol- ton, My. Clifford lleiiry,  Mr,  .lay Ken¬ nedy,   and   Mr.   Joseph   llanselman    hi order to select only  the best  nuisicians ; for the Conceit   Band. This  committer' of men met at the homo of Mr, (!ear,\', . in Amililer,
Of Ihe Ilfteen people entered by Am-: bier High Sehool, nine were selected to : represent ,\mblrr,  .Seven  of these  top
Missionary   Teacher  Gave   Impressions of  China   at   Union   Service I
There weie 107 persons who attended! till' Union World l>ay  of I'rayer Meet- I ing for .Missions  last  l'"riday  nlgrhl in aflictini,'    iMiil.idcljihia    and    suburlian   yip  Haptist  church.  The  .services  were! subscribers. : conducted in a very elllcient manner by I
The   7.'-cinl   minimum   for   Ihe   first   .Mrs, Otto C, K, Janke, wife of the pastor ; 1i>   kilowatt   hours   for  soburbun   <on-'|,(   st,   .folin'w   Lutheran   church,   who sumei'H   leiii.iiM-',   as   does   the   To-rent   ypn,}  the   lesson  and  made  the  prayer, minimum    for    IL'   Sili.u'alt    hours   ini     The si)eakcr of the   evening was Miss ' Philadelphia. I p.uth Chester, a  I'resbyterian  Mission-    "^ Wyndmoor,  Late Momlay alttinoo,
SHAFT RAMMED POLE;  PONY
BOLTS;   CHILDREN   THROWN
One of  Ihe worst accidents  to  strike tho community has ,saddened residents
The .fl   miiiiiiiuiii' for i-csidenfi.il  off-
ary
who teiLches chemistry  in Ginling|
iubout     4,L'0i     one     child     was another    has    been    at    tho
killed, lnt    of
and   ma.ny   ihad   perky   little   hats     to ' dna.ma  of  the   i>lay  sripped   them   ind   Philadelphiii;   .Soudiertoiv   ^'hurchvllie
niaUh, The cherry tiree wa.s tihere In all'held them spell-hound through the see-   and Ambler.
nlory.  it,  too, had  been clKii)ped d^own , ond and third acts, j —-   ¦     "— •—
and carried to the club where il stood i     Ably  directed   by   Helen   Jiork,   with
in   the  center  of  the  tea  Utblc  laden ! Margaret Swarti! ius  her assistant   tne
with  bright red  cherries  whieh     were i pi^y  told  the story of Death's cmiihrr
used   to   advantage  at   thci'end   ot  the' to  earth  on  a  three-day   holiday,   dur-
P'jog'ram, jing w^hich nothing died. He look up his
. \irs. Henry S. Cod'Shall vice president I i-osldence in the house ot Duke L,am- \oC the I'hiladelphia Branch ot the Na- , ijcrt,   mingling   with   the   family    and
lir>nal   l..ea,^'uo    of    Penwomen,     guest j friends, known to all but the Duke only
.s|>'(a.ker of Uhe afterncwm, told dellglittul las Prince .Sirki. The play carried  him
stories     of   many     of   the      "Historic i tin-ough his first i)leasure« of the living
Shrines in and ail>i>ul r*hila(lelphia." She  and   eventually   confronted    him   with
t'Urposetly  ch.ise  the  ones  not  so  well   life's   grealest   problem,   that   of   dylnj^ '
known because of the stories conncicted ' and  leaving  someone  he  loved   behind, i ~
wilh   them,   but  which   were  none  tlhe : The uneasiness of the situation worried "^^"'^'^'-''''^    OF
less important. j the members of the household, althoug'.:
On  Uic  southwest collier ot Scvf'nth   they did not know why. After a haras
ROM SERIES OF ^ LECTURES OPENS THIS E
l-i ak    water   heating   ..lervice    remains   College,   China.  Her topic was   "Chris- i """^'ner    nas    oeen    at    uu-    po
the .^ame, but the riue is reduced from   tian Work in China Now," She told of, '"'^^''h.  t"'" "thera  are badly  hurt and
1   cent a  kilowatt  hour to  nine-tenths   the mission work  in China In a clear   'l"''>   "t'^^'''"   f'''^-''-I'0<l   '"J'ny   but   woro
of a cent, effee Ing an ,i.vera'j;e saving and very convincing nKinner,   describ- ; "''ul.ied  and cut,
of alMiut  %'.', a year for such service.     | ing the conditions cixistlng during the;     The  chtldi'en  were   having  a   hilai-
  /war. I ii'us time driving about the iieighlMjr •
dlnllng Collc^-e,   ordinarily    scarcely M'""'' '" «¦ IX'ny cart. There u';M-e seven
TB
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notch  musicians are Seniors and  their |
INTERNATIONAL   departure from  snhool In June will be!
UNDERSTANDING  AT  SCHOOL     i fell  heavily  by  lixal   school   band.   In.
  I selecting   the   following   iieople     from i
capable of holding 2700 people in tho compound was crowded ot overflowing by lo.ooo Chinese women and chlldreii seeking refuge and safety fromi the ,Iai¥Uiese, She said, ono night Japanese sidiliers broke Into the comiiound, In spite of vigilance ot the gate keejiers and stole off twelve of their young Chinese girls. Those Chinese, who un¬ derstand the situatiion. know it is not llie ordinary Japanese doing the work
ot them enjoying the ride and tliey Wiindere<l over 'tlie entire section. Mr, William A, Geppart, has alwaj'.s lieen kindly and consideiat • ot the chlldien of Ihe community and he provided the pleasure of this pony and cart for the youngsters to play with, but to a most   untorlunate  end.
The accident ixcurredat the en- tiMnce of tihte (^:•pl)art gateway on Abington avenue in Wyndmoor, Joseph
OUNCILMEN       DISCUSS  N:IW BUDGET BUT DELAY  ACTION
ot  destruction   but   the  Japanese   Mill-I Cepiurt,   13.   wtus   driving  at   a   fairly tary  Ivlemenl  and  they  hold  no  anger I swift     galte     wlicn     the     pony     sud-
and Market streets today Is a parking  sing and  nerve wrecking period    thev i Course of Four Lectures Each Week In ! Ambler,   the   Cummittee   has  assigned
March   Splendid  and   Educational  _ i them defiinlo parts to play.    The Ant-
bier musicians are: John Ware, solo Topics Deal with Issues and Affa.rs ,,,„.,„.t; Leo .Senese, first Uiritone: of the Countries of the World and Hunry Barry, fii'st tromibime; Kloy the Unrest Abroad. i Hofl'er,   second   flute:   Julian   Bi^kfeldt,
Tonight .begins   the  Institute  of   In- I second   clarinet;   Dorothy   Stoler,   sec- Understanding that will be   <>nfl cla.rinet;  lUlph .\jney, first cornet;
lot with not an Indication of any kind forced   the  Duke   to  Identify   Sirki to  tell  that at   one   time Thomas Jet-| Death. In spite of  this knowledge,  the
ferson lived on 'ihls site, which he chose fair Cirazla chose Death as her betrothed
as a iiuiet pUu'e to write. It was at that and   went  with him at the end ot his
tiine located just on the outskirts of the holiday, town.  There  is \vhere   he'  dratted  t.he declaration.
Books   of   Secretary  to   be   Brought   to Balance with Professional Assistance
Norman  Seger playtvl    the fsxntastlc i
role of Death mas:iueradlng as iii-ince ; te''"at'""=il       ¦    - ,,       „  ,,.„„,.    „., ,,   ,.,, „    .pu„„„   „i„ ,
Nearby at  Seventh and  Chestnut  is i sirki. This part, the most dlfTicult ever held in Ambler under the auspices of the   <'""fc'P  MUlei,   fli.vt   oboe.    These   nlno
bo.vs and girls wwe extended the heart-
Washington   Square,    Under  Us  I'-^hs I .^^,p„^,,jp^,  jjj, ^^^  Am'bler Players,  was'Kotary  Club  of  Am'bler,  Thc  series  ol
more than 2000 bodies are buried, many   ^-^        ,,,m,      ,    ,^,,     f .irtistry that pro-   Uftures  ot   which  this  course  consists ; !<•«'   <ongrat;ulations    bi •¦ ¦•  "   ¦ will  be given  by eminent  men of ex-   musicians last week.
their
against the Japanese as a. people.
She   stated   both   China   and   Japan
need  the Christian   religion  more now
than   ever   before   and   one   dollar     In
—Solons Sit 51,2 Hours to Talk Budget   American  money  will   keep  a  Chinese
Items—Approve   Project  'tVork. | living  a   month.   These  countries  need
.Vni'blcr   Borough   Council   will   spend ; I"">^>'"'« '" addition  to money,  that  the
up  to $400  lo  .straighten out the     ac-1 *'h>"'«"'i"  ^Medical  and   religious  work
counts   of   the   Borough   according   to'-''"  S^' »"' ^^'«« Chester Is home on a
plans   made   at   their   .spoLlal   meetin
The
short leave ot absence and will return ,',f i shortly  to her post  in Ginling  College,
dcnly swung off of Abington avenue into the GepiMirt drive, So ¦.<udden was the turn that the two wheeled cirt upset and a shiift rammed a pol ¦ Olt the side of the road and all the ohildren were hurled Into the road a.^ the cart lurched away. The pony broke loose and I'an on to the stable at thc rear of the Uepp.vrt home.
I'Mward  Breitt,  11. was killetl by  the fall, sustalnln'-r a fracture of the skull.
of them were soldiers In the Confeder ale army who died In the prison located
foundly thrilled the audience,  aiiiusln
It at one moment with  Death's Interest   perlen. e and knowledf,-e of international i     lOver.vono  acce|>ted   by   the   Peloctloli ; .„,,, ,,f ,,,,, Umi^et for 135:..
I',.11   ,,. ' Tui sday   evening.       'i'he   members      _
I council  sat for r,>-. hours :ii di.scusslon I     '^^'^ offering at the meeting was  for   .m.,, brother, Jame.s, S, was very badly of thc condition of the accounts of ll»3o   '"•'';'"'""     ""'•''  among    the American j hurt,  suffering a conru.ssion  and  ku:-
jTndlans, The men's  uuarlette rendered j e,.,iii„ns. and  was in .serious condition
[;¦
second painting of Christ he/illng the ! sick li.angs in the hospital at ICight and '. .Spruce streets. It is thought to be H»etter ; than  the original  wihich  is  in Ka)roi«.\   ;
Cliiris Dei (Old Swmle s) <'Hurch at .^oi ond and Swanson, is Ihe oldest cJii; h In Philadeliihia. It was built U'(i
in   \l
.•illhoii.g'h   the  present  building
i- eh'iinri'in . seiectioiis on  .Monday  morning
! '^The   lecture,   opening  the   series     of!     The District   [kind  will hold its first ''^'"^'¦'^ caivfully gone over  by Ihc .solons :<i ifour topics,  that  will I'oe given  tonight 1 rehearsal at Coliingdiale. March 11. Thc 'at the high .school, will dwell upon tho | schedule  for this rehearsal calls f'U- a. jfiT^T   ,--.,Mn-'h fbr-I l-'ur'pe ¦ .  l-'.i nilii.i vr.v .   Hi.  ,      ; (,'.^o.UiJiuci.'  (•    .';!;.e  . ;
speaker,   Kric      Illingworlh   (Irimwaile. ; ___ ^ __,__
rom Stoke-on-Trent, Kngland,
I     Mr,  Grimwadc  is a student  of  Inler- W!is erected   In 1770.  It was  originally  SEEK TO ACQUAINT PUBLIC WITH   "'it''"'^' tff>i''«. ¦i'>"'"n'i»«'''""1 "¦'t''''^'''l a log house, Thc bells In Christ I'hurch ]        ITS ACTIVITY Ar.'u PURPOSE
located  al  Second   and   Marlvdt  streets i 	
are said to be the oldest in America, 'I'he   Board Appoints Committee to Publiciie money to pay for them  was raised by
loltoiy   with   Benjamin     l-'ranklin     as
manat;er.   In   1777   the   chimes   ot eight
( Continued on  I'ago  5 )
'and has spent most of his time during
i the last several years on the l';uriipeaii
< ontlnent ,is student, business man and
journalist. He has experienced the con-
And Expand Drive — Libra'rian Gives   temiiorary Buropean dovelopnieiits and
Report of  Book  Circulation—General : tensions.   As  an   experienced   observer.
Open  Meeting  April 20. i he   will   describe   "The   Search   for     a
The   regular   piecling   of   thc   Hoard ' J''"""""'" '•¦"'""""•'""''¦' iof  Directors  ot  the  Ambler  Public  l.i-'     The .sei'ond of tho lecture topics lo be
MENGES TELLS FARCE OF SCHOOL FIRE DRILLS
REBECCA" IS REVIEWED E JUNIOR CLUBi^^:^'"^
and baby Joan Gep-
md  balanced  against     thc  anticipated i I Income, and  thc  budget   in   Its  entirity I
< as drawn nii. '..'•iit.> suHVcietvt I'lMldS, |U wasi sLitc,;, v,;;i be .-'\.iilablc lo co\''r| i ev'c4'y contrail. The liudget. however,, I was not passed uiinii linally, as i I il is iifil Idiinvn linw iiuirh b.Llaiice I iwill   be  lanlc.l  over   rroui   llic  several ' (^ Rg, PAU L TOW N ER READS POPU - ^ s|)onded    to   the   emergency   c.ill   and
id.partmcui.. ir-n,   ll'lis. i LAR BOOK AT WOMEN'S MEETING i'J''"^'""   ¦'"^'"   1"«'"'>'   ""^   ^*"'   '"''"'¦'"'
'     A motion was made to Iransfcr .{1.000 :   ¦ children  into  the  police  car and  rush-
Ifn.m the  Water department to the gen- I junior Colony Club Makes Donation To    ^''   ""^"'  t" Chestnut Hill ho.spital  for
who was driving part,  C.
Tho.se who rushed to pick the child¬ ren   up stated   that   the   carl   toppled top  of  the  lad   who   died h«   viae   lifeless    when   he reached   the  ho.-^i/itai.
Springfield      Township      police     re-
ROTARY ALSO ENJOYS FINE TALK ON   CONDITIONS   IN   SPAIN
DITTER VOTED AGAINST
MM   i..iif. 11,1,-,  Ul  Lov ..Miiniiv,   , u.,111^  J...-           -    - ,     ,       . ,   _„.   .   ,     .     _ ,     _    .        reservoir witii   uic  iiitcritiou  of   invest-' reviewed   "Hei)e<ca.     oy   tMimaiie   uu-.
Dl  APC   01    Tn    Pni\iinnCCi'""''^'"y  was heldln'thellbrary on Tuos-. given on  Thur.sday night of ne.vt week , Laxity  of  Officials   in   Properly  Tram-.j,^^,   ^jj.„_  ,.,,,.  „,,„.|,i„^,  ,„^,   ^^^„^,^.  ...jth I Muier,  at   thc  regular  m.Wlng  of  thel .,,,,,,
n M  iF    / I   IV   r     I.N I   i'^"-''  '¦^•''"i"-  l'>l>''i'^'y 21, al S o'clock, hvill   tell  of  the activitiM    'Behind   Ihe        j^g   School   Children   Emphasized   - , n.^,, and also,  probablv aciiulrlng game ^ Junior  Colony  Clrfo  of  Ambler.   Tues-j MAl/A
I  LHUL   LI      IU    UUITII   UUL'I„   the   ab,sence   of   the   president   and   Kuropean  Headlines.     I h.s speaker wdl        ^.^^^   Kiwanian   Dies-The   Struggle   for  propo:.;alion   from   Gralerford,   The Ulay   evening.    Kebriuuv   2Slh.        Mi.ss! P^/)VML
I eral accouiil in pail  paymciu of a past I jloaii. i
The Wissahii koii lield and Slrea'iu '. ! .Vssociatloii asked p«'rmissioii to erect I i wire iiiclosures at the .ippcr ciiil of Ihej 'reservoir witli   ilic  intciitiou  of
Ambler   Public   Library—Reciprocity i Meeting with  Ambler Players Group ! —Raising Funds for Scholarship Gift. ' .Mrs. Paul Towner, of  I'rospect  Park. i>st. ' reviewed   "lielMMca,"   by   l>aiihaiie   Du-.
treatment.
first vico-president Mrs, "William H. he Kthan Colton, of Upper Montclair. Jlussell presided. There were ten mom-i N, J, He Is well known as a traveler, bers present, " 'author    and  leclurer    who    has    .iust
recenti.v  returned   from   his   twentieth
in  S.oain and Eu'ropean Participation Described.
I'ollowlng the rea'dlng of the iiiiiiutes
ASC'N   APPOINTS  LOCALITES
County Agent Waltz, Miss Ethel Beadles   average .-ind   Assistant  County   Agent  Wilson
trip lo l'"urope. He is a speaker of ability.
j      C.illeil   upon   to   speak   oil    an   liilcr-
  land Iho trcasurcr'.s report, Marv  fraft, ^"P "'""'"i"' ¦.'¦'"" "i"'-^-'— a...,.t,, | estlng article  from  a   magazine   Klmer
PRESIDENT     OF     AGRICULTURAL   lil.rarian, gave a sunmiarv of progress "*'"""''''"''"'"'¦'¦'''"''""^ ""'¦'"'*^"': "' l'^"   'M«ns»t'«   enterta.jued   KUwiuni.^   'I'liles-
; during  the first six weeks of  UKlll. The ! "'"•""""""*^'  ' ''«'   ""''"'"'   1"='"'''-"'^   -f , day evening wilh a sphmdid resume  of
Icinulalion    tor    January    was 1 10,3, an ' "'^^¦"'"•'""'"  ""''   "'^'"-'   -'^'^'^   "'"  <-'"i" ' - the  article   in   the   Kiwanis   Magazine, Ol    -,1    books   every   Ume   thc   '"""i--^'"' •'Are    Klre     Drills     a   Karce   In      Our
library Wi, - open. Kobruarv's figures! I'-oHowing-, on Ihe next two Thursday Schools." .Ss cliairman of llie.\oca- for the firsi few weeks showed an oven evenings the riimalnlng discussions of Uenai Guidance commillee, il was a Address Meeting of Group — Plans ijptter average. The reglstralioii now j the InsllUite will be given. Tlie first i timely and practieiU subject for th ¦ Laid for  Farmers' Picnic. | stands al i;!53, ot which ir2 are juvenile ' "l*''i'** "'"h 'he "l.'ernient in tho Orient
Scver.il   residents     from      Ibis     area ; uiemhers, were apiiointed lo serve on  Ihc  Ui:il»-4(l ;     During   the   first   six   weeks   of   the
Council .gi.iiucil permission lo the Kleld I Blanehe   Koxhall,   Kilerature   chairiuan^
and   .Stream   Association   and   made   it | in   char.ge.   .Mrs,   'I'owner  revl«wed   llie, 	
I Continued on  Pa^-s 7) | book   in'  the   first   person   just  as   the   BOTH MCNTGOMERY& BUCKS CO.
    ._ .1 1'"'"'^  i''  written,  which  made  It   seem | p£p„ES£fgj^.^,y£s HELP DEFEAT
I I more real. Her review of tlile book was 1
I SCULPTOR PASSES
executive   lioard     of    the  Montgomery   year 4S books were added to tho sihelves.
Counly Agricultural .\ssoclallon. al tho   Miss   Citift  reported   that,   though   the
annual    board   reorganization   meeting  jiast  vear has seen a considerable  in-        ..     ,
,,.     ,.,            ,       ..,, nulte  Inexpensive |i:n.anc   III   ofivitc,,   the   library   is   still,  '    ^    ',
in   .Vorristown,  Saturday.
sliraker.
ft was poinled out bow in sr.nie schools tlie drill be. onies such a mat¬ ter of course  that the building   is not
actuiilly  emptied,  no check  Is  made  lo   er  of   llic   lale   lleiiiy   C.   .Mercer    who
the   entire   series   for  one   dollav.   It   is   see  lliiit  .some   youngster  has  sneakeiK during   his   lifelime.    broug'lit    together
but  a      marvelous   into a cli>set, nor are the children mail h- ; in his  .Museum lu  Doyleslo'wn, wha.t Is
the other on our ".AmierTcan Xeul.ilitv,"
I     None who possess the interest of our
affairs   today   can  afford   to  miss   this
opportunity.  Two   iK'rsons   m.t.v attend
I Brother of Henry C. Nierccr, Builder of
' Lf.rge  Museum  at  Doylestown,  is Dead
Win.   It.   .Miner, a  wi II known sciilp-
lor  of   Do.vli'slown,   'lied   suililcnly   in   a
hospllal   in    Wasliin;;l"n,    I >.   I'.,   where
he  was     laKcn,     when   ii\cirniiie     witli
sirkness.   wliile  on a  nip to the South,
.Mr. .Mcri''"!', wiio w.is 77. was a brolili-
miile leiiglhiy and very explicit In every | ^^^.g,  Congressman Took  Part   in  De- detail,  ,so  that,   if  one  lost  Iho  desire j 111 read   the  book, but only scan  il   the i story could easily be g'ath'ered  by Iri'lct | rcailing, j
A   sliorl   Ibusiness   meeting  was   held i with    Miss   l^orolhy    Allen,    presb^^nt, I reprcseiilallves were among those  who in  cliarg'e'.   It  was  voted   to donate  ?'-',"¦ : helped defeat the proix>sal  to establish
bate on Subject—Argued Agains-t Far West Defence — Measure Was De¬ cisively Defeated.
Both .Monigomery and  Bucks county
lo tho .\mliler Public Kibrai-j- as a gift, .\n Invitation to atlend a Ucclproelly ineeting at Kvcr.vwomen's Club of Glenside on Thursday, Marcli 2, was read. Jllss Kdna Hackenburg and Miss Dorothy Allen  were appointed  as rep-
Charles   Wl.wr*^!-,   of  Collegeville    re-' a long way from having the circulation   ^'^''"f''  '^  ''"  '>nllShl-»<'-l   ""   "Mucs  of   ed  to a  sate  distance  from   the   build-, supposed  lo  Ih' thc  linest  collection  of   resentatives and will attend. I ently elected president, listed twenty- i and IxKik stock it should have in pro- | ^^^ ''"y- i ;"«• '".'"''"^ ^'^^hools loo, it was slated. | old American UMls i„  the world. Henry ;    j,^^  Thomas J. Lane, Jr„ distr
[thni-il-ill H**n>.>      II »n      4 -1 > I i*>Vi t       .>.iti>      .f->>i.n      ¦¦'..•',   I.''. .••.!    !.>....    ..4*1.-..,...:.,:•...III..,     II............... .1
ibulej
anionir j portion  to   the )iopulalioii  of tlie bor-
INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE
uiioniuni.
Mr.   Menges   staled interesting to make a  lour of  our own SIjiools   to   chock   the   methods   used.
llie   siieaker   touched
upon ' the seeming lack of advise to young i boy.>i   and   girls    who   wiiile   in   liligli   I
ono   members   for   the   board
whom are the following from this see-| ough   of  Ambler,   and   thai   future   de
tion:    ,1.   Ilanstll   Krench,   Collegeville; i velopment dei>einds kugely on obt-iiniii:; ^
.\'. .\. .Anders,  l.ansdale H. ]>.;  IMward i more space and, an enlarged income.
W.   Phipps,   Blue   Bell:     M.   M,   AVest, i     Mrs. Kdward Cheston, and Mrs. II. U,   '^^'^P^y^'-s Urged to File Returns Early;
l.ansdale It D.;  Isaiah Ca'ssel, Hurleys- j Drew  were  appointed   a   cummittee   to!     Officers Sit at Banking   Institutions
^¦ille;  Clarence Xiegler, Telford;   Merrill 'handle special publicity for a continua- [     All Income 'Pax ri-turns for lltSS must
ZiiiHiierman,  Conler    Square;     Wilbur Itkm of the  drive .-md  Mrs,  Thonias  -A. j be   filed   not  later   than   midnight     on,
.'-eipt.  L.insdale It 1>.;  .Mrs. A.  K, Both- i Koulke, .Mrs. G. K. Cherrington and .Mrs. ; March  lulh, and taxpayei-s  who'fail  lo   •'""•'"iee
etVliergcr, Worcester: .Mrs, Clifford Otto, , A'loiet Fisher were named lo compile a ' file their returns early are now euicoun-
Telford   It,   D.,  and   Jlrs,   .Marcus   lOd-| working  list  of  names   of  inhabiUmls ' terlng large  crowds,   being  forced    to
wards,   Prospectville. j tjf Ambler and vicinity for the use of island   in   line  al  the  banks and   trust! (Continued  nn Page 8)
The ollici'is of the association, in ad- | the drive committee, ! companies where theyunay go to receive ;  .— —
dition 111 Mr. AVismcr, are: John B. Park, I     Tuesday   evening,   April   20,   was   set  •i««'«t""t'-''''- |
llorsliaiii, vice president;  .A, K. llolhon-   as tho date for the general open meet- \     Collector of Internal  Ucvenuc  Walter berger.   Center   Point,   Ireasurer,     and   jug-   of  the  lioard   of  Directors   which  J.  Kothensies  expressed  the  fear  that' .\rthur   i".   .Anders,   Worcester,     secre-j any contributor lo the  library may at-|congestion   will  become  more  acute  iis 1 ''"'.^¦- I tfind. The committee to plan this   event ; tho  dead  line    ii'jur  appitiiiches    and
.Among  the .speakers at tho menling | reported progress and lirought up sojiie  strongly  urges all  la.tpayers  file   their were:   Kthel   Beadles,   homo  economics [ of iheir plans  for discussion. ! returns as promptly as possible and not
expert  from State Colleg:   K. O. AValtz, I — :  ! wait   until  the  last  day.
counly  .^gr|n1t.  and  William  H. AVIIson, ^ issistaiit county  agent, COMEDY   IN   ITALIAN
I'lans were dl'scussed for the annual 	
the  children  are  taught  only  one  way I Kord has often visited thc Aluseum and, i ,,^^;;'V^,;'-;;;;;, fo;7"$3ir d;v;wlnK';haI   jl, of  escape  and   slnuild   that   be  cut  oil i it   was  understood,     tried   on      several '
at   any   Ihiic,   there   would   bo  paiido-, occasions lo buy  the .Museum, but Mr,
I .Mercer  cho.so   rather at  his  death,   I'j thai    It   will   bo : sive it  to the Bucks County  Historical
will    award thtil amount in iiierchan- dise al  the     Blum   Store, Philadelphia,
Society,
Mr. Will. .Mercer's funeral was lii-bl on ' Taking another anglci on  A'ocational , Tuesday afterinion.  He leaves a widow
The mone.v .made  on this   project will
go toward the scholarship fund, a covot-
; ed prl'/e to some graduate this year from
GIRL HITS PLUG AND POLE
TO SPEAK ON  INDIA        i   i
 „, iliiving when  it  slriick  a  sofi   sluiiilder
,Mvs.  l':dwaid   L.  Touiio, Thr.'C 'I'lins, ' oil    Itidge    I'ike,    .Miss   .Uiie   llarkliis,
will wpoak at the  meeting of the Lad-i 15"0   Buller  Pike,   Whitemarsh   Towii-
ItM'  Auxiliary ot Ihe  Trinity  Meinoiial: «liii'.   and    three   oilier   occiipaiils   os-
l'J|)l.seopal   chureh   to   bo   held   at   the   oapcil   serious   injury   .'•^.itiirilay   e\eii-
, homo   of   Jlrs.    William   K.   Lulz.   The: i''^'-
Taxpayers In .Anvbler and vii'lnity will 1 lteet<iry, Bethlehem pike and Bosemary i      'I'lie ear struck a fire plug, uprooting
.\mbler high school.
Tea and cakes were served after the : ineeting with Jtlss Kllzaheth f lyle and \ .Miss Norma Black as hosfeisses. I     'I'he next meeting will be a Ilecipro-
'Car   Runs   Amuck   to   Cut   Off   Water''¦"^' •"'*'>""S ^vHh  the Ambler Player.s ' ! on  Tuesday.  Jfarch  Hth,      Miss   .Mae
; Supply   in    HarmonviUe i Bruliaker will be in charge of this de-
ing   conlrol   ol    Ibc   cai-   she   was i Ughtful event.
FIREMEN TO BANQUET
a naval bas^ at the island of Guam, last week.
CongresHiiiian J. AA'illlani Dlller, of Jlontgomery County, and Charles L, G'Orlach, of the Bucks-Lehigh district, both Kepubilcans, cast vwtos to help eliminate this naval oulixist across the Pacific ocean,   1,000 miles froim Tokio,
tpan.
The item calling for $ri,00r.,i»00 to dredge the hai'lxrr ot the tiny Island wits a part of a bill that called for other strategically located bases In other parts of tho Paclllc.
There was a lengthly and splriled do. bate over the Guam base, however, as Japanese iiowspupers had already been citing the proposal as an unfriendly gesture, and congressmen had i liiLTged that such a base would bi! "a dagger at tho llii-oat ot a friendly iialioii."
Congrcssniaii Ditter joined in this debate, hitting th<1 pmiiosal to pre¬ sent such a hoslilo  front to .lapan,
"Americans 'have always been given to undeiistand.'' he said, "that their line  of  defensei  in  the Pacific   is  just
i
.Montgomery county farmers'  picnic,  10 1^.^,^^^^^ ^^^^p^ ^^ p_.^^^^^ ^^^ pi^^
Ve held in August, but no details •\vei'e "inounceil,
"I'-weniy-one    persoiiis   atnlnded      tho meeting.
PENLLYN MAN SENTENCED
have the advantage of services of au ofilcer from the llevoiiiic l>opartJiieiit to a,ssist tJirtm, if reiiuosteil, in making out their personal or business return. This ollicial will sit In Amibler Trust Company two days, March t'i and 14, and at .Amblor .Vati^mal Hank one da.v, tortures and , Manih 15, thc linal day to mall Iho re¬ man,  will    be  turn.
the
in Venetian   Hall, Saturday
"L.aCroce     del     .Matrliiiionlo, "      ('I'he th'oss   Olf   .Matriluon.v.     a    rlp-roarlng comedy   depleting    the troubles of a  married
presented in   Venetian Ilall    this    .Sjut-|     ]„   adilitioii   ollicers   will   be   at   Jeu-j —-—-- unlay evening, Jiarch 4, by A. Tramonte   i<i„town Hank and Trust Co. March  111
Warren   Taylor   Jailed   for   Concurrent   of Norristown and  his   large  troupe of ¦ .j,ni   15   .,^   ^l„,   j,,|„t  Ollice  building  in j Terms of Five Months ' players, Tlio camedy, which is sponsor-, N^'^,rri.s(iiwn,  Jlarch   li  and   la  and   at
Wan I'll Tavlor, colored, I'enllyn, ''^"' ''>' tt'*" Amblor .S<ins of Italy Lodge, : ,„,j„y ,,,|. y,p Philadelphia Imiiiks on thei w as senlenceil" last Kriday on three ! ItUKK'f'i'o Honghi, will be given enlirciy | j.^^t three days, or thc Collectors olHce, ; loiiiits   by  Ju<lgo  Corson,   lie   was  ar- !'"   It'lHnn. i llth flo»>l', tiuiibel IMdg., Phlla.. on and |
iiisleil   in    liecember   on   complain      of |     'i'hose   taking  part  are:   C.   (-r,iiie«e, laftcl' Jlarch It, !
reslilcnls   for   selling   Imys   11 luor   and , O.   Droghem,   J,   Jaeon,    .A.   Greco,     C. i  .  !
.illowlng g.imbling. ; Loiii!lKii-do. M. Sianlella, A. DeBellls, A.   /AUTOMOBILE STOLEN IN AMBLER '
On the chargos of keeping a disorder-   < = '''i'"'«*'i   M.   i'asoella,   M.   .Seruni,     G. , 	
ly ¦h<«use and allowing gajiitjllng ho was Narciso, H T,'Ainante, and J, lloxy, i ("oulter Allen had his Chtivrolet sedan , sentenced to concurrent terms of five | Uertieai'sals are under way for the I stolen fi"am In front of his home at 37 | months in tli,e county jail and ordered | Italian lodges' coming play, "Iai ' Belimmt avenue, Wednesday morning to pay Iho •costs, I'or violation of the Comedia .Sacna," 'lihls play, directed ' between midnight and daylight, Ser- j state liiiuor la-ws he was ordertnl to'by Mr. .A. Traimonte, of .Vwrlstown.^wlU geanl Charles .Stackhou.sio was notified; pay a line of |1»0 'or irerve a sentence be presented f<ir two evenings during and al onc<:v broadcasted over radio and uf Uiii'ly  days. the first week of .April,. telel.vpe a de».'rli)Uou uf the car.
avenue, on  the afternoon of Jlarch   Ki   it   from   the ground  and   causing at 2  o'clock. Mrs.  Townoi   who at one   \v,iter    main    to time   resided   In   liidUi   will   tell   uIkiuI'homes   deiiciidiiig
that  countr.v. I out    water   for   some    lime—coiiliiiucd
Jtembers   of   tlie   auxiliaries   1 f   the   on  and  struck  a   telephone  pole,  siiap-
Flourtown  Fire    Company    Plans    for   west of Hawaii. AVthy is this  proposal Twentieth Anniversary ' advanced to extend the I'acific. frontier.
Plans .iro under way for the vclc- bieak leiviiig the ;i,ra.Hon of the 20th anniversary ot the all   that   iii.iin   with
founding of fhe Ijudies' Auxiliary of the I'loui-town   Fire   Ccmiixany.   The   event ,
I 5,700 miles cut info the ocean, so as In I bring American guns within l.fiOO iiiilos of Japan','''
Chui'ch  of the  Jlessiah,  Gw.\niild, and   ping it.  before  tho  vehicle overturned,   ^vlil  be in the fonn  ota bamiuet, held
PRANK RESULTS IN INJURY
St.  'i'homas'  I'-piscop.il  church, Wiiile¬ marsh,   will   be   guests  of   the   .Nmbler' group.   The  chairman  of   thc  affiilr  is Jlrs.   Harry   U.   Weaver.
TOWN WILL BE  CONTINUED
Tliere is every indiculion llial our Town magazine section will be coiitiii'i.td in al"iut two weeks lliiiei. This iiiieiesting Utile fea¬ ture which everyone seems to en¬ joy with the Gazotto each week has llieen greatly m.is.sc'd but it will be our pletisure to eoii;;nue the sei'tlon from the time our issue w-.i« broken off so thai no part uf the special fealurtis cuulained theri'in   will  be omitted.
One   o-f   the   p.isscng'is   in   the   car. Jliss   Patricia   Sigg.   |:iiilcr   Pilvc,   re- I'olved    lacerations    of    Ihe   .s«Mlp   aiiJ legs. Other occuiianis of the car.  Rich aril   .Sigg  and   Ki injury.
in   the  fire house,   ISethlehem  Pike,  at .S,30, AN'edncisday, JIai-ch S.
The   progroMsive    tirganlzation    was founded  i>n  MaiX',h    10,  1!)1H,    When    .1 i
.V pi.iclical joke la.st Kriday night rt*ultcd In the injur.v of Jlrs. JIalcoliii I(obert.s<in,  ot   Haw.s  Lane,  l''lourtowii,
, ,. ,u     ,   11 .     .  ,1     I. and a broken arm that snapi^ed in tuo
ink   ll.irkins escaped   nuuvber ot  the  Uidies met at the home.
iof  Jlrs.  Harry Nasih. Mill Uoad. at the   l"''^es.
_____„  'reuuest of  Hev.  .V.  H. Groton,     of St. I     ft   was   aboui    11    o'cluck    .U    iiijlit
INVESTIGATE   STORE   ROBBERIES '''"l"'"'as' tMuirch, .Ait this meeting, Bev. j Jtist   after   the   Uoliort.sons   had   gone
to Ix'd  and  the house  was  In  darkness when    suddenl.v    the    telephone    rang.
I Jfr. Grof'on  acted as a  delegate of the f^loie  J'^lourtown Firo CUMKpaii.v and proposed
II   is   reporlcd   llial    the   sniall	
in the garage of Benjamin .Saiidom. West   to   those  gathered   that   they   fonn   an ! Mrs.  Uobert.son   jumped   from   her  led
Buller  avenue,   has   been   robbed  hcv-, Auxiliary   lo aid  tiho   work ot the  fire-  " '   "     ' '""^
eral   times  receiitl,\-.       The  money  luix linen,
conlaining' change amounting to some,     At  Ihat  lime Jlrs.  Harry Ij.  Barnes
$3  or  ,'i>4   was  taken  as   well as  candy, , wa» elected prefsldent, Jlrs. Harry Xa»h,
The loss,  11  is estimated,  will iiriiba,bl.v   vice president; Jlrs, Juhn Harner, seirc-
reaeh lf2,';. 'I'lie store is openiled by  Ihe; tary;   and .Mrs.    Itussell  Y.     Pullingor,
grandsum  of  Jlr.   .Saiidom.   Police  have | treasurer. .Mrs. liiu'iies serviil a.s prehl- I Haws    l.iine    run    pa«l   .Miur    plaice'.'"
been   nolilled   and   an   investigation   Isuleiil of   the group  up until Jlecomber, i Jlr.    UoU'rtson    answereil    In   'the   af-
beiiig  made,     it  Is  believed  to  be     lh'-''llt32   wehn t'he    reslgi'ied   due  t'o     poor ] firnialive,   "Go   catch   it."   laughed   the
w "ik of buys, health. . vohe uiid  hung  up  the  receiver.
hastily to answer it and in hurrying to the phone tripped and fell heavily. Jier arm snupped as she .soiigbt ti> save  herself,
Jlr.   Uolierlson   answered   the   phone and   a   flippant   voice   iiuerled,   "Doew