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The Ambler Gazette
VOL. LVIII-NO. 13
AMBLER.
PA.. MAY   21,   193(3
$1.75 Per^iYear in Advance, 5c Per Copy
REV. W. B. LOWER TO SPEAK
HONORS IN PfiOGRESS WEEK PMOE
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THRILL HUGE CRUWO
WISCAHICKON   FIREMEN   DEFEAT LINDENWqLD  JCUUB,   TUESDAY
Progress Week Officially Opened by Burgess Shelly's Speech on Satur¬ day Afternoon — Eight Fire Com¬ panies in  Line—Events to Con'ie
Stepping off to the lively muwic oC Ambler High .School's Band, the Fire¬ men's parade, first event of Ambler Progrcsi Week, nioved along Ambler iHtreet.s In a steady flow on Saturday afternoon.
Chief of p.'ilicc Fluck led the par¬ ade as mtia-.'ihall, .nxid tho hlgli sobool b.and, in tlwir trim new unli ipm,^, were the fir.st In line to receive the plaudits of the well-'tliironged .-ilreets. Thon came eight lire cjinpanies, an aimbulaince unit, and several olher 'xinds, inoluding a coiorlul gi-oup fri.m Feri;o's {.i-med string band in Philadelphia.
Tho Fairmount Flre Comiiany. ot I/anisditle, won the firt priKe for the second ODnsocutivo j-e.ar. The i^ans- dlaj'c Flr.st Aid t-\fri>.-i. a group of nurses, and their ainbulancc followed the  Lansdiile  Fire  Company.
The other prizes w-cre won in the follciwiin.g order: Abington, Ilatbor.i, Fort Washington, Bdge Illll (.and North W.a.le.'s. I'rizes wore 'Oliver cups f,Ufit;ihly  engraved.
After the parade Wls-sahlckon fire¬ men served refrcsli,m.onta for the visiting Km'.>ke eaters.
Burgess James A. Shelly, formially opened tho "ba istor" week at the close of Saturday's panade In a speech from the Nation.al Bank steps.
So smioothly did the events of thc afiterni';on move that a fleld fire, re- liii-ted a« tllie parade waus swinging Jnto F.othlehem pike, did not disrupt the line. WLssiilijckon flreinein quickly drew tlieir apparatus 'out of line, fla;'hed to thc fire, v\-thicib had Ignited i small fra.me out-bulkling on I.in- Jenwiild Farm. T'he blaze waw extin¬ guished so riuickly that the 'local tiaick« leaving tho hcse at the soone of the fire, wore able t;j I'all In a: tho end of the parade ngaln before it reached  tb? center of  town.
Amateurs   Perform
Monday evening's event, like thc flromen'rt par.ade, wa.s .a huge success, Approxlm.ateily 15C0 per.^sons .aswembed to hear tho recently urganlzed Ameri¬ can I.egiion Pcsi band from Norton E'.twns, Jr., post, gave a very well- rendered c'jncert at tlie old band stand  ne.ar  the   railroad   .-itatiion.
Then eight yt>ung amiateurs did their "stuff" to the thunderous ai)!>lauseof the a.sseimbly. Kinsiiing, reciting and 'tap, danoing numbers wore well re¬ ceived.
Ca.-;li prizes of sevon, five, three, two, two, und one dollars were award¬ ed In the foll.-iwlng order: G-rant Bu¬ chanan, Jl'.; IStary Jii.ne Tliomp.son: Darbira Ohaifpell; Betty Serrill; Kdith Ciufo, and Botty and Fay Moore. Ross Gerhart and l''rancis Clo-ster each received a box of caindy.
Prizes were awarded as tho audi- 'Snee selected the winners tinder the direction (;f Robert Thompson, who huindled the dllUcuIt joh 'of master of ccreiiiKjniit s.
Ball Game  Is Third  Event
AVi.ssa.hickun   Fire   Company's     base ball   team   mcif   the   Lindonwold   Field Club    In   a     closely    cointested    g..t;nie (continued on page 4)
CIVIC   PARADE  TONIGHT
The line up of tonight's civic and fraternal parade, which will start at 7.30 o'clock, is as follows:
I'olice Kscort, Ambler Borough Council; ISind; Girl Scouts, IVIIks Ilelen Schule, S. M.; Boy Soouts, Joseph Blessing, S. M.; Girl Scouta, SIws Julia Ijandis, Captain; Boy Scouts, C. F. Hayward, S. M.; Band; Agawan Council, No. 15 B'o- gree of Pocahontas, Float; Rotary Club; Band; Kiwanis Club; Aga¬ wan 'Tribe No. 27!) Red Men; Busi¬ ness Men, parading on foot.
Tho parade will start at the stiitlon, proceed up Butler Ave. to Bethleh'.'»ni Pike, down Bethlehem pike t.) Bindenwold avenue to But¬ ler avenue, down Butler avenue to station and disperse. C. F. Seifert and Alieo Lancaster have rruid'e the arrange^ment.s with following prizes to bo awarded: Ist pjlze, $20; 2nd prize, $15; Srd prize, $10; 4lh prize, $5.
Administration Building to be Dedicated
ct Whitemarsh  Memorial  Park
iPaul   I'hllippe     Cret,     Philadelphia's
noted architect and winner of thc 1930
ICdward  W.  Bok  award,  will  assist  in
the     dedication   of   the   adminlstnition
building, at Whitemarsh Memorial p'a''k,
Sunday afternoon.  May 24th, at  threr;
o'clock.     The Memorial iiark is located
on   the   Limekiln   pike   (route   152)   at
Prospectville, Montgomery county. This
building was designed by Mr. Cret, and
represents    a  fusloij,    ot   the  colonial,
Swedish, and Italian architecture.
I     The  princiixil  address  will  be given
. by   lieverend   William   Barnes   Lower,
j C. r>., of the Holy Trinity Presbytertlan
church, Philad'elphla. Bonald M. Steele,
] president  of   the  Steele   Building  Con-
¦ struction   comp.any,   John  F.  Habeson,
I of  Mr.  Cret's  offlice,    and  George     li.
.^te<agher,   secretary   and   ti'va.surer   of
the Memorial park, will also speak.
Music will be rendered by the "Wan¬ derers  Male   Quaa'tet",   and   tlip  C^idet ] corps of tho  Sgt. Edward  F. Yearsley I post no. ?31, Vetcr.ans of Foreign Wars. The musical program follows:  "Call to ! Colors."   by  the    Cadet  corps;     v,>cal setectlons by tho male quartet;   "Bells i of   St   Mary's,"   by   Adams;    "The   Old j Rugged Cross," by Bennard;  "A Llttlo I Country   Garden," by     Hewitt;    "The I Kosary," by Nevin;  "The Perfect Day," I by Bond; a tenor selection by Herman j A,  W'clss,  Jr.,   "Bless  this  House,"   by ! Brah.
! Following the ceremonies, the bulld- ! mg will be opened for pubilc inspec- I lion.
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DESIRE    TO    PUBLICIZE    EXTEN¬ SIVE  REAL  ESTATE SALES
10TH ANNIVERSARY
PROGRESSIVE     BA'BIEO PRIZES
RECEIVE
Community Contre Holds Socia.' for Mothers   and   Children—Make   Awards
A social w.aiR held on Tue-iday last in the North Penn Community Cen¬ ter f.>r the motihens and children who have attended the "Well Bti.by Clinic," w-ith Miss Kate Liddle, R. N., in eh.arge. AssLsting were the Pubilc Welfare oormniittee of the Colony Clul) of Ambler, Mrs. Wm. Andrews, ch.alrm.an, and Mrs. A. A. Niohola, Mrs. Roscoe Brady, Mns. I. N. Cohen and Jfrs. J. Snyder
Throug'hout  the   soaison  an   .avei'sxge
of  thirteen  babies  ix>r  month  attend-
Wiswahickon   Farms  and j p^,^ • j^,   j,p   weighieid,     measured     and
ENTERTAINS   GPCNSCR   CLUB   AT SPRING   MOUNTAINMOUSE
Group Addressed by Rev. Phillip M. Cteinmetz—High Kiwfanis Offlcia's Attend—Elmer Menrjes Officiates as Toastmaster—14J   Are   Present
II w.as Ju.st 10 yta.-s .ago that the Fdw.inis Club of Ambler was si>on- s',>rod    by  tho    Norristown  club    and
eliiirtered  at
on   Tucisdi.iy  evening   In  obtservance of j have medicail examination fre-e.
this     ainniver*airy     the   Anibler    cluib |     Doctors ai.siHisting in this wTU-k were
members   entertained   as   thoir   gues.s   Dr.  Ja^.   Shelly,   Dr.   P.   Lukens,     Dr.
TAMERS PROTEST L
W. Cnalg, and Dr. W. Fline.
Jilglnteen liables wei'e pre.^ent at the social and prizes were awarded to six for progress and attendance during  the  past  year.
The winning babies were Inez Re- bocca Crockett, North Street, Ja.mes Wells, Wi.si.iiihlckon avenue, .Jennie Cooper, Main street, .lohn Hti.v'den, Ambler r;>ad. Agues Bocutti, t'hestnut sti-ect, Helen Fnbiana, Chestnut street. All rt'ceived a Johnson baby gitt box.
The c'lnic meets the seoond Tue.s- dtiy of each month.
Afler a social time, retroshiments were served by the connmlttee in c'harge.
LCCAL GUEJECT  IN  ART DISPLAY
MEET JOINTLY  WrTH   DIRECTORS TO AIR EXPENDITURES
Mrs. Charles Harper Smith Acts As Spokesman for Association of Tax¬ payers—Arguec Payment of Exces. sive Salares—Tax  Rate  is 13  Mills
Ijisatlslied with the alleged promis¬ cuous grab of taxpayers money for payment of excessive s.alarles for the general control of the Ilor.sham schools, more .than 200 citizens and menibers of the Hoi'sham Taxpayers association crowded! the school room and hall in llorsham .grade .school on Monday evening to protti.sl the proposed budget for 103(1-37 to be pas.sed that evenlin,-.i ¦ly the township school board at the'r fJlay business  session.
Ai'i'oused particularly over tlvo pay¬ ment of allegedly exce.s-slve bjick Kal;ir- les of tho secretary and treasurer, thi^ trroup stajvd for live hours to dlscu».s and arguo tho exclusion of several of the budget Items and lower salaries, and th'e exclusion of a $2,COO loan for a potislblo defHjlt in next year's finances. Cnpaid .s'alaries to the secret.ary anJ ti'eaisiu'(.'r, it was argued should not bo , paid beeuu.s'e of Inejlificncy au'd of nsponslbillty.
their wives ¦ and some 70 or more meiTibers of fh-.- Norristown club and their wive.s and friends.. Tho dinner meeting wa,-; held in .Siring IM'JUntaln Inn, Schwonksvilie. More than 140 suests were present. A turkey dinner was served.
As toastmaster of the evening El¬ mer Menges kept the grimp lively and had a plendid program li ir theim. Robert Gottshall, when Introduced, brought greeitJngs frjm t'he NorrLstown club and, further, gave a short resuime of the charter event sponsor¬ ed by his olub at which tne Ainbler IClv.'unis club came into being ten yoars agio. He closed with congratu¬ latory remarks. Mr. J'.enges iiupple- merated this talk with a brief hlslory of i»rogre.iS and .ac«oniplisiiiment of the olub, mentioning the sponsoring of an Ambler p'ay ground, a Junior baseball le<ague, tlie a.,>Mi'stance of more than IOU families, and aid to several Ambler  service   organlziaitionis.
District G'ovorntir FniUik Finley o lime from Wilklnsbur.g to attend and offered cun.gra.tulations and praise Vo the memliers of Anibler on their aplondld   10   years  record. Ciarenee
Connor, Lt. O'overnor of 'lh« district, Hkewiso made complementary re- nuarks. A letter of greeting and good wishes was read from National Secretary  Fred.  Parker,  of Chlcii,go.
The group were fa.selnated by the splondid address given by Rev. I-hlllip tlleinmetz, of Elkins Park. Hiis topic, "Learn How to Thilnk .and Live Your Life," was interspersed with h inior and sound reasoning and wi.is thor- ou:jhly   enjoyed.
The muisieal enitertainiment w.as led by Bill Vincent's orcht'ii'.ra. '.'ocal selcctiO'ns wore reaidcred by Luggl P.ocCilii, Narberth, known as the "Blind CarUNo." Jud.son John»on, of Anibler, rendored several splondid accordian selectiuna.
The ladles present wero hon .ored. Each received a buittonnier and :ho doi>r prizes were solely for tlicm.
In his clodrn;^ remarks Mr. Menges n',>ted that twelve charter meinibirs .¦¦rtill reimain with the club and seveivil former mombers were in attendance that   evoning.
Presiden,   Willi'am    Burnett    closed tho meeting that all might emjoy cards \ Aimos Waltim, bulkier or dancing and   the  pleasures allorded by the inn.
Every Real Estate Office Represented At Lunoheon Meeting Last Friday— To Go Further Into Subject of Or¬ ganizing   Board  On   May 22.
F.Hlowlng the theme deyoil'iped by Attorney Thom'as A. Foulke at last wt>ek's me<<tlng of the Anibler Cham¬ ber of Commerce tbat there Is ri'al ni»ed of "telling tho w irld" about Ambler and Its possiblliMJes, Iixtil realtors were called together at a luncheon moetlng last Friday to dis¬ cu.ss the foa-matlon of a real estiate board.
Every real cstia.te otllce in Ambler was represemted as wi.as the "Gai,e,te" at the meoting hold in Niblock's ban¬ quet rt»om.
THi'O meotiing, called by J. W. Cas¬ sol, proaident of the Cha.mber ol Com¬ merce, was- attended, in addition to Mr. C.a.'^sel, by the folK)wlng:— John H.ansell, .soorotary of the Ch.amber, who acted as temporary chairman 'if tihe group, also reiiiresontPd the real estate offloe of I. K. B. ILansell; Is¬ rael Hough, of Rorer and Hough; H C. Biddle and Danlol E. Biddle; Hov. ard J. Dliger; James CassJdy; Luthor Fretz; Attorney Thomas A. Foullike; and lIowi;ui-d A. IMorris, ofthe "Oazette."
The purpose of tihe fonr.atlon of a board is tlie broadcaating ot the pos- sibfUties of the im'mediato vicinity l>i?tli fr'oii a residcmtlal and industrial Htii.ndpolnt. It is a.greed that news ot real estate transfers, civic improve¬ ment.s, isuch as the sewer: the devel¬ opment of home bulldlng'ind financing Hhould be, .at least, sent to me:ropoli- tJiin iPhibadeUshla newrtp-ipers.
The consonisus of opininn of tho.se present setnns to be that: such a Ixiaivl should be org'anized; it should include the realtors, the two banks, the foiu' building and lio.an as30ciatIons, a reji- resembative of the borough council and the pre.^.i.
ELacli of these are to be invited to a luncheon-nicotlng next Frid.ay, Jlay 22 at the same place at which time formartion plans are to be crystallized.
Invitations are to be extended to Harmon C. Kinney, president ot cv>unnll; the Anibler Trust Companv, Ambler National Bank, and tho fol¬ lowing building land 'loan a.«soclai.icmH: Ambler Coinmunity, Wlssahickori and F'jrt  Waslilngton.
MT. PLEACANT CHURCH IS 1 0 2
Observance   Will   Ee   Held   Sunday   In Old  Church  on   Hill
The Mt. Pleasant'liaptisl cbureh s beeoiming one ot thc really ven'orable institutions in this noighborbtKHl. Hav¬ ing been organized In 1S34. Ne.\.l Sun- day It will Very happily oeiebrate its 102nd annlvorsttrj- with siAi-clal sermons by the i«i."tor. Rev. David Aie.Kander. and' special nuni'beirs by the choir, as well .as other features.
The out standding event, asa.lways on Its natal day, will be lire sei-vice In the old Mother church on Ml. Pleai-tii: when friends of years standln'g, fr-o-r near .and far, .lourney to this old and .s»."red shrine to renew friendships and in many Instances to ivcall pleasant memories of the days when as Ixiys aivl girls, perhaps, they s.at in the old Sun¬ day s-hool room and lefii-ncd their flrst Ics.sons in Christian living.
At 11 o'clock jn the chureh at Amb¬ fer the ixistor will preach on the theme, "RememboHng l'.ast Years." and at 3 p. m. In the old meeting house on Mercer hill, west bf Ambler h^- will havo as his subject "Why I Believe In the Church."
The public  is  invited to all  servcies.
WOUND   FATAL  TC   EOY   SCOUT
Harry   Dorwaohter     Shot   at     White- Marsh   Camp   Mciy   10,  Succumbs
A bi'll'et Irom an aecident.!ll,v dis¬ ch.arged 22 calibre rifle in tho hands of a fellow cnimix'r on May 10 yester¬ d.ay afternoon ended the life of Harry Dorwaehter. sixteen, of Courtland street, Germ-intown. He died at :he Chestmiit Hill h-.-ipital to which he had heen admitted after tho accident, which occurefl on a. week-end camp¬ ing   trip  to  Militia  Hill.
Five bl'yid [r.ainisfiislons failed to Improve his onditl'm. The bulllet penetr.ated h's liver and lodged near the  hack  bone.
BePcre he succumbed he hl.i chum, Jeffrey Crowder K>?.vser street, Oermantown, blJiJine In the fata,] aiccident was holding the litle wihen It dis- nhnrged. /
Tbe boys, n<x-ording to Acting Chief David Ennis of the W'hiiemarsh police who inve.itfgated the accident, had beon sh'otln.g at a targeit .icrosts ;he Wl.s.s<a.hickon.
Crowder was arraigned before Mag¬ istrate Speeds, of Whitomar.sh, Tues¬ day night charged with invoiuntairy mn-nslaughtor. He will appear at an Inquest bafore the Philadelphia cor¬ oner.
COUNCIL  STUDIES   FIRST     DRAFT READING  REGULATING PLUMGIN3
GEORGE AV. WOOD
VETERAN TO SELL POPPIES ON STREET
WILL LEAD ANNUAL POPPY SALE THIS SATURDAY
.absolved
i fi,     of
from  all
Ci'owder
DITTER   REPORTS   RECEIPTS
Plymouth    Meeting   Buildings   Painted By Cod Point Artist
A liym'.>uth Meetin.g scene in w-alcr color now hangs above the flre place in tho William Jeanes Memorial Li¬ brary, PlMniouith Meeting. The i>alnt- Ing by Mliss Helen Woerner, of Cold I'oint, well known in the Plilliidel- phia art floUl, depicts- the Plymouth iMooting' postofflce on Germantown pike, near Butler pike, amd the ad¬ .ioining home of Mi.sis Martha Hoven¬ den, prominent !sculpt(.)r. Tho pleturo will bo on exhibition at tho library for  the  enstilng nionth.
GUI IN WiEK^
ONE   MILL   SLASHED   FROM   RATE NO PER CAPITA LEVY
AMDLER SENIORS RiZTURN
May Term Civil Court Opened Monday
The May session of civil court open¬ ed Mondajl mornin.g with cases iu two court rooms. Judges ll>annehow- er and Corson ai'e on the bench. iMany cases have been continu'od, or settled, wiiich will cut down the list for the week. , It is expected that before the work Is out theic will be additional continuances or settlements.
Previous to the opening of the court 30 jurors were excused for reasons tiatlsfactory to the judges. Among them were:
Ruth Aimbler, housewite, Consho¬ hocken; Viola Detwiler, hou.sewife, Norristown R. 'T>. 3; Carrie Fields, housewife. Willow Grove; Claude T. Fisher, salesman. Ambler; J'^ank IL' Fox, retired, Telford R. F. 3; Mary Murphy, liousekecper, Lafayette. Hill; Ambier; Norvis E. AN^hite, laborer. North AValos, R. F.: Fr.ank Burkart, iviperhanger, Norlh Wales; Clarence Jones, iiaperhanger. North Wales,
Board of Directors Sets Rate at 1'^ Mills and Cancels S2 Head Tax—To Sell Portable Schools—Addition Et E^rren Hill Complete.
Although an addllion has just he'en com.pl6ted to the Barren Hill school, the board of directors of the AVhite- mru'sh schools have ireduced school taxes f<u' the ensuing year practically two mills.
'The rale for 1935 adopted by the board Is 14 mills flat. This reduces the rate one mill and cancels the y.'or capita  tax  wiiich   was   $2   Inst  >'ear.
Three portable schools belonging to the school district, it was deeid'ed .at the special meeting of tlie bonrd at the Barren Hill school, will loe offered for s.aX>. Two .are located at B.;irren Hill and one al I'^ort ¦Washington. Se-aleil bids may be sent to the boaiM secre¬ tary, Thomas Raser, Lafayette Illll P. O. The buildin.gs may be Inspected by prospective purchasers.
Bids will be .a.sked for ab,>ut 2110 tons of coal for the three AVh'tem,a.v«h schools. The addition al Barren Hil! Is abcmt completed and the rooms are being usod for AVbitemarsli pupils.
All meimbers of the board were present at the nieeting and Charles Watson prcxslded.
Ropublcan Candidates Committee Dis¬ burse ?7,268.86
J. AVilliani Bitter, who was reeeplly re-iiaWlnated fftfTfionfrress reported r3- cpipts of |fi55 nnd expenses of $2,127.- 50, Cf this latter amount, $2C.00 was for contributions to the County can¬ didates committee.
The Regular It'epublican Caml'dates Committee disbursed $7,2CS.S6 during the recent primary camp.aign, accorl¬ ing to report flled by AValter A. AVilson, treasurer of the committee. Thv^ ac¬ count filed shows: Receipts. $7,375 dis¬ bursements, $7,2GS.Sfi; ca.sh balanc?, ?l0f,,l4; unp.aid bills, $1,059.07; deficit, $952.93.
Event is Sponsored Yearly by Ameri¬ can Legion Auxiliary in Ambler—Will Utilize proceed'^ for Needs Among Local  Veterans.
George AV. AVood, vener.'ible veteran of the Civil War, will take the I'oad In the annual sale of iioppies on tho streets of Ambler, Saturday. Nearln.? .S9 years of age Mr. AVood still squares his shouldiers with youthful eagerness and Is iKiS'se.ssed of the full enjoyment of active life. Saturday will seo him sellin.g the blo.xl-red tokens of tribute to the soldier dead in behalf of the AVomen's Auxiliary of Norton I>owns. Jr.. post American Legion.
IMilllons   ,saii>port   this    tribute   each
year .and the sjiirit in Anibler is n-o less
than that in evory other community In
the L'nited Stat'os.      The purchase of a
; poppy from IMr. AVood or from any of
! the   women   of   the   Legion   auxiliary
i selling them Saturday will help the ex-
! service  men ,jn   thv?   56   sepai.'ate  ho«-
I pitals througliout the countiT.
'i     All  funds  received  will  be  expended
in the welfare actlvitiv?s of the Amerl-
can   legion   .and   the   Auxili.ary   among
• dis.abled veterans and needy families of
vetei^ns   durin.g   the   year.      A  major
liart   of   th'O   money   collected vby     the
memliers and Mr. AA'oihI  will, not     be
sent from Anibler but will be u.sed f.>r
local assistance.
Borough Officials Sign Court Aid Spec¬ ification for Paving Highband Avenue, Poplar Streot and Woodland  Avenue —Receive Higliway Bids. The  .sanitary  sew^-age  and   plumbing cod'o  was  read  for  the  first  lime   be¬ fore  Ambler  Town  council  on   Fi'lday evening  at  an  adjourned   meetin.g  by Councilman Hess, chairman of the sew¬ er  committee.       This   ordinamx-     will, when adopted, specify the me'h'id, and materials  required  In  muklnj;  eorirec- tior.s with the borough's s iniiary sew- ag-'.  svstem.      It  will also  requ'i'e   all l.irinbeis to be registered will) iioroimh ,>Ilicials  who  wish   to  do  this  type  of work.
The dispf'.sal of cesspools is of In¬ terest to every property owner, and ac¬ cording to th'e first reading the borou.gh councilmen have generously clecldeu not to insist on each cesspool being cleaned before being fllled in as Is dnine ir most communities. It is umb-rstoud that this means .a saving of forty-'Ive dollars for each cesspool to pru^jnty cwnt rs.
All "back y.ard privies" will be elim¬ inated under the ordinance, unless they are 'equipped with wator flu.ihing .at¬ tachments and connected to ''io sewer. Bids were opened from Hie fillewin'-j for highway materials. A.nurlL.iU Bit- uminus company. Suburban Construj- tiim comiKUiy, Lake Asphalt and Pe¬ troleum company, Bltu-R-,)ek corpora- lion, Ceneral Crushed Stone company, John T. Byer Quarry company, Oreland Crushed Stone comixiny, Lorenzo Mar¬ tin, L'nion I'aving company. Good lloads company. Asphalt Industries ,nj A'alete  company.
Tho awards will lie made .at the regular council nieeting the lir.st IMon¬ day in June.
A letter from School street property owners w.as read in wiiich they re¬ quested council to lay the sewer pipe on Alnsworth street and nr>t on School street. It was referred to the sewer coniimitt'ee.
The revised p.arl:ing ordinance for downtown streets was given its first reading. This ordinance, when pass¬ ed, will establish parking time limits in the business distri'.-t.
Borough offlcials signed tho "county- aid" pact und'or which the county will pay two-thirds and the borougii one- third of tho costs for pavin.g Hi,ghland avenue, I'oplar' street from Main to Spring Garden, and AA'lootUand .avenue. The .agreement now awaits only the signatures of tho couty coniniission'ers, who have expressed their accord. It is hoped the pavin.g will start in the near tuture.
It Is understood that other "county- aid" paving projects are al.so nearing th'O starting point.
CCUNTY  TO   RETIRE   BONDS
TO DEDICATE HISTORICAL TREE
Arrested    in    Plymouth    Township
i     Jolm   J.   Ilarve.v,     '.if  Conshohocken,
I waiS  sentenced  to  serve three months
! in jail,  iviy $150 flne nnd  co.-?ts when
he    entered .a    ple.a of guilty    before
Judge  C.eorge     C.   Corson     to     se'lllng
beer without a license.
Harvey was ni'ie-sted IMay 1 by State agents Hol'owiiu.-ih nnd Curran nt the North Penn Gun Club, Ply¬ mouth  town.sbip, wiiieh he operated.
Harvey had been arrested in 193D 'On la. chnrge of vl lating the now de¬ funct prohiibitkm enforcement .a( t. At that time he received a «U'.spended sentence.
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS COST  FINES
Higl-i
G'ihool     Class   l-iad     Delightful Visit in  Washinaton
Ambler HUi'h School Sciniors return¬ ed on Saturd.ay afternoon from a trip to AVaahlnglon, D. C. ¦ The tx.'elve Htudenits letl Ambler, Thur.sd;uy morn¬ ing, and proceeded to the city by train. After their arrival they viislted the . caP'iloI building. Congressional Libi-ary, l''olger Shakespeare.in Ll- brai-y, Arlington N'OilIonal Cemetery, AVai.siIiiington'a Mount Vernon h'jmo and   tho   navall  observatory.
Cn FrUlsiy they Insijocted the Bu¬ reau of Engraving and Printing, the Corcureii Art Library, the I*an-A.neii- can and Ued Cross buildings, tho White House tmd Anna; oils. On Sat-
hu.\i\ I'rday the seniors saw the Old Nation¬ ial AXiiseuni and the New National .Mu¬ lt was held by Mrs, Charles Harper K'*-'''"'"' rcturnilng liime in Uic late al'- Smith, chairman of thc School Board I tonwon. AVluilo in AVashlngton they Committee of the Tiixipayers' Associa-j "i'"l« ""'•'' headquai lers at tile lluteil tion,   that  tho  board  has   no  right   to P"'" t'"''"^'-
Whitemarsh  Mishaps  Costly To  Motor Cede Violators
Crashing into a pole on Ridge pike last Tuesday oost Mahlan iMeCaIn, of I'hiladelphia, $33. At a hearing last night befi>ro Jtagliitrate C.rauel, of Whitomarsh towmship, he paid for the p.)le and was dischar.ged.
Claud'e R. Dolius, of Hiitfleld, arrested
for fallln.g  to  heed  an  olH'cer's  signal
following  an  accident     on  Betlilehem
I pike.  May 15,  paid  $10  fine an<l  coists
i wlien arraigned last night befoi'te Mag-
I istrate Grauel.
j    Answering a (iiarge of reckless drlv-
1 Ing Gavin B. A'oung, Philadelphia, was
' discharged by Alagl.sti-ale Grauel when
I the pro.s'ecutor failed  to appear.      The
j charge w.as      preifcrr(>d by AVtUter    F.
Greene, Philadelphai, following an ac( 1-
dent. May 15, at Ridge pike and Ohureh
road.
Aoting Chief Bavid Ennis, of AVhite¬ marsh, Investigated all the case.s.
Jenkintown Woman Dies Takin.q Poison
Mrs. George Tuckerman, -i'l, Rod¬ man avenue, Jenkiiii'»wn, died in tiie Abington Momorial Ho'.splUil after takiing  poi.son  in  her liome.
No rea.son has been disooverod. al- tli'iugh it was repiu'ied that' .she had beon  ill.
Postpone   Hearing     of     Lehigh   Valley Transit  Co.
Jiulge AViliiam 11. Kirkpatiiek, of tho United .-states District Court in Philadelpliia, ixxstponed until next Monday a hearing .scheduled for Monda.v on the plan of the Ijehigh A'alley TivuiHJl Coniixiny fur reorgani¬ zation under Section IIV, of the Fed¬ eral I'ankruptcy act to await .a flnal report from the Scale Pubilc Service Conilmiission, \\iileih recently dls.ap- proved  the  plan.
At the 's<ame time ho signed orders allowing the tran.sdt company l,> ixiy senni-annual interest totaling $243,375 due June 1 on several 'outstanding bond Li-'sues, and the lOuston Tran'.sl't Cunip.any, a subsidiary, to mako a $5,000 sinking fund payment to the Gii-ard Trust Company for the refund¬ ing of $-05,000 of the bonds of the Eitston and South Bethlehem Tranwit Company,   its   predeces-csor.
I Eoion cf Famous Washington Elm Is Planted on Fort Hill A gi\andscion of the famous "Wasli- I ington Elm," under which General j We.shlngton took command of th'e Con- I tinental army, July 3, 1775, at rmston, j will be dedicated with appropriate ser- 1 vices on Sunday, Alay 24, on Fort Hill. j The young .seedlln.g of the famous ! tree which was destroyed in a storm i a fow years ago has already boen j planted near the Kevolutionary. , planted near the Revolunlionary re- i doubt. Earth from thc sife of the I original tree and fi'om AVashington'.--' : hfxme, iMount A'ernon, aiv to be s;iatter- I ed at the ssipjing's lyase by memlM'i's I of  the   Ameiican   Ijo.gion.
The dedloation, services are scheduled for 5 o'clock Sunda.v afteiTi.ion, after which the Legion delegation will jiro¬ ceed to Trinity Lutherna church, Fo-.i AA'asbington, to pri>iseiit an American fl.a.g to replace a silk one Installed tliero during the AA'orld AAtii'.
The new highway on F.irt Hill will be open for uise at live tree dedication sei'vices.
I     Will Ee Free of Debt Aft.'jr June 1    »
i Aftor "die first of June ivi&ntg-ir-ery j ci'unty will be entirely tree of bonded ! indebtedness.
L    In effect  the county liis b<'en !>oid-.
le.'ss  for  sevenil'   yo; rs.   Controller   Ir-
I Vin   has   accuiiiu5.ited   a   slnkin^j   fund
I largo enougli to ret're all bomb;  uiien
Ihey  reach     maturity,   now     drawing
lntore.st in %'arious  banks.
Mr. Irvin, by letter to the coun-y c. iiniimi.'^iKioners, served formal notice upon theim of the retirement of the bonds,  a.s follows:
"On June I the oiit.s"': iindin.;:: wonds of tho countj' will be liquidated. I think it would be well tor file trei.si-,r- er to notify the sevenal bmks that Me expect to cail the several amounts, with intc^reist, all tli.at lime."
THE GAZETTE PROGRESSES
Reprint of Fifty-Year Old Page in Supplement Form Shows Marked Improvenient in News Content
Township Officials to Attend Cot.von- tion
Progi-.ams h.avo been completed foi' the llth annual convention of tlie Pennsylvania, State Associiatiim of flr.st cla.ss township cimiinlssii.ners. This Important .event will be held In Phlladelpbiia, on M.ay 31, June 1, 2 and 3.
iMany prominent speakers are list¬ ed for the Convention sessions and an uu.sual entertaimmenit progriim has been provid(Hl. The convenliion has a definiite importince to iVrontgomory, Delaware .and other counties in soiith- eastoi-n   Pennsylvania.
jMontgiiiiiery couintlans wiio will partlcilivjte In the oonvention .are: Dl.strict Attorney Frederick B. Smilli'e, .State Sen.aitor Tlieodore Ijane Bean, William E. Zlnimerni'iin, John H. Longacro,   E. A.rnold  Forrest.
LTAX REMAINS AT 10 ILLS
BUDGET   FIGURES   LOW   IN   SPITE OF ADDED COSTS
ineludo borrowed nioney in its budg^el, ond that the secretaryship and treasur¬ ership were overpaid jobs at tho time tho "debt" to th'e incuiribcnts was in¬ curred.
The outcome ot thc uuel ou th's p'in; was something in thc nature of a com¬ promise,   wilh   the   boardi   refusing   to (continued on page S)
Aliso Anne Gear, Instructor in En:;- li;ih, cihapero'tied the group. The .students wiio made the trip were: Betty IMcFarl'ind, Hulen Alburt, Juno Houpt, Gladys Cohen, Fi'ank Mel i- graiio, liobert BruWU, Irwin Jimes, r.lwin i-'uik, ilo.ry J.uie Xiljioeic, Rita Menna, John BcrwUxd, Jcli'ii MlI''ad- den.
Released From Wife Beating Charga Eldward Laskey, Cedar Heights, who was charged by his wife, Eva, of liarren. Hill with a.s.sault and baitery and non-support, was relea^edl Uisit night at a hearing beifoi-e IMagusitrate Isiiac L. Kehoo    wiien  tho case     was
The Anibler Gazette, for 5,S year.s a, medium of news events n this com- ' I munity, has progivssed In the last half; century, just as the village of Ambler j has progressed. This newspaper has grown as the town grew into a thrivin'; ' community. j
Aimbler merchants are celebrating | Progress AVeek and tlie Gazette, too,' has Joined with concerted enthusiasm ; In this stlmu'atlng '.'vent. As one of tlio j oldest and most proniinont business i houses the Gazette has the^ proud back j ground of liavin.g served as weil as i having been a sulstantlal suppoit lo \ Ambler and the surrounding comiuua- Itles.
Fifty years a.'ro news was very gen¬ eral, unattached to eommunlty interest and  in  fact  quite  foreign.  Local  jolt- !
inaa w ere scarce aad those written in i
were  brief.     The   country  In  fact  was scarrely settled and news was scatter- j cd. j
Then, a'vahi, dally jiaii'ers were few i and rural service almost unknown. Thej lix'al paper, therefore, carried news of { wide spread interest.
The Gazette  has  expanded  and  Im¬ proved  in content to a marked degi-ce < in 50 years as clearly Illustrated In the j re-prlnltlng of the flrst page of the oil [ issue. I
The  Cn.'ictt'c,   too,  lias  progresisod  ini concentration  upon    local    news    iind\ events. Its pa.ges have at tho same tiiiic ' carried   the   adverllaing   nvissagCj     oi local merchants
Copies of old issues of the Gazette are lo be secn in tho Ambier Gaielte offi,ce.
Must  Wait  Five  Days  to   Marry
l'enns.'t''lvania's "wait - and - think" marriage law moans a flve-day wait for the alt.ar-bound'.—mot three as was at fii'st bell'oved by many.
The threo days whicii tho 1935 le.gis¬ laturo ruled must Intervono between the application and tho granting of a u'eddliig Ikvnse means just that—the da.\'s on whieh the license Is a.sked and isauod tion't coun't accordin.g to an oIllKial's ruling toillay. . Thus, if application wa.s made on a Mionday the license could not be grant'- ed before Friday. Sundajs and legal hollillays may not be counted In tiro iiitervenln.g porli>d.
A numiber of oounty clerks bad in- terproted the ;ict, wiiich became effec¬ tive Octolxn- 1, 1935, .as providln-.v that a license could be issued on the LhiiJ Uay after appliation
Postponed  Meeting  Held on  Friday by Ambler  School   Directors  —   Debate Choice of Depository and Advisability of Two Addition  High School Teach¬ ers  in   Long  Session By closely trimming tiro edges from tho  bud.geted    expenses    of  the  forth¬ coming school year the bo.ard of direc¬ tors   of   the   Ambler   Borough   school'? j passed tire ralo of 10 mills tax on. real j estato  and  a  $3   per  capita   tax     last I Friday evening. The nieeting had been j postponed   from   Tiresday   in   order   to i comply,  with   the   requirement   of   the j sehool   code      whereb.v   the   estlmateiii j budget mii'st lie publicly displayed fo;- I a  period  of  nt  least   30  days  before   it I Is flnally ixissed upon.     The board will I expend a sum of $125,177  ibis  year as 1 levealed by the budget. j     Tho   teachers   committeo   stated  thc I necessity of adding two teachers to tho higli school faculty to lighten the i,!x- cessivo   burden   on  the  present     stai't. Supervising   princip.al   Kerschncr   pro¬ duced a  tabulated   comparison  of  the teacher-lead    of    nei.gho'iiing   distrkt.s ; and  Ambler,    wherein it    was plainly ! shown that each teacher in the Ambler j sehoobs Is teaching more students than I any In all but one of the other school ' d'strii is.       The   ti-aeher-load.   said   Mr. Kerschner, Is higii this year and with a contemplated increase of 100 atudenls or more In high school next year, two additional teachers will be needi'd. Di¬ rector AVilliani Hough made exceiitlon to   tho   proposed   faculty   increase  be¬ cause of a possible Increase In the cost of iiistruetion over and  above  budget (continued on pige ijj.