The Ambler Gazette 19030618

              the ambleir gazette vol xxi no 2 am bleu i ne ih 1!k)j 1.25 a year six are contracts r graduated commencement exercises of the ambler public schools intormtldk i'rngrnm !•; komlered — the miinlcnl k«»«ur aimiml a<l<lr 1|»<i hj rer w ihiirt ll«'.vt n i it f'hllr fli'llililn l.jtrg.1 a inllfir the eighth annnnj commencement of the ambler public schools was held in ambler opera hotwe tuesday evening and a class of bix members received diplomas the graduates were a lyl tsiizby father anna dettra helen's kile kuril allen leech elizabeth l.'nhv and susanna ell who had selected ns their motto prepare for life's con tost tho stagewas beautifully arranged with palms and other potted plant while tho class colors red and green wnro prettily festooned and the boxes were adorned with flowers forithe first lime in the history of the school the musical part of the proeram was rendered by the scholars under mies cloud's careful direction the various songs of the chil dren were a most delightful diversion miss posey rendered the tocal solo little boy blue with much prom ise in opening the exercises rev i t edwards of the first m e church ambler offered an impressive prayer which was followed iby the essays of the graduates as follows salutatory and oration the spirit of the age " e a leech historic spots in mont gomery county esther a dettra ; history of the oiass of 1903 helen ti kile the modern newspaper susanna zell;"a return to country life elizabeth kuby ; oration and valedictory character sketwi ; theo dore roosevelt the eesays'individu allv and as a whole.and collectively in subject matter and rhetorical componi tion.correct expression and grammatical continuity were of a much higher pha^e than have previously characterized the commencements of the public schools mis kile's effort was an especially pleaeing one the history being well told and presented with much expression the presn'ationa for the class of 1904 were made bv charles leech and the . gifls and events leading up thereto were very amusing rev wayland hovt 13 p of i'hila ilelphiu made ihe annual addrms.d veil ing upon anil endeavoring to instill into the minde of the graduates alie essential oharacterifitics of successful manhood and womimhood he said we canoci exaggerate the value of public schools for it is in them that the ijiwlities are instilled which stand for character and wherein ar«3 developed those mintto which later will dominate affairs and take their status in society before each one of us swings just one and ocily one life chance jf we miee with that we miss unalterably and in order not to fail we alum look with care to the training napoleon said to replace is to con quer ' and let me take thin ithewe for our talk lif you will win wit*1 your one life chance you must conquer by re placing conquer negligence and lack of method and leplace with instant ut^tat ir w daily task of a certain number f page of manuscript and always adhered to it nevermind moods hut up and at vour duty and thus coinple moods conquer agencaes toward despondency with a courageous cheer despondency allows our life chance to slip away from us and instant cheer emboldens us to take courage and to graup opportunity con quer the tendencies to mean and selfish experiences by conscientiousness be trni towards god and your fellows and be noble conquer all fascination of lower aims by replacing with noble am bitionaand inanly energies of supreme character " warren r halm supervisory princi pal in a few words to the graduates dwelt on the importance of thin jrrailua tion as the lirst step he showed how success in higher educational work is dependent on the foundation laid in school where the habit of right learning is drilled and where the noble charac ters are found in embryo as he pre mo ted the diplomat to the graduates lie advised them to make the most in high ideals and noble ampliations of life a the members advance from the class into th world and develop into men and women worthy of the oltlsenibip of the great country in which ihev dwell the benediction was pronounced by rev g berkeley iritlith rector of memorial trinity episcopal climvli obituary john mantz sk john mantz sr a well-known fann er of warminstor township dieil nt his home en the jacksonville road near jiatboro on wednesday from general debility aged i years he had been ill for unit time and *«.- confined to his bed for several weeks mr muntz came to this country from germany accompanied bv his wife many years ago and by close economy had gather ed some wealth he was an upright citizen a consistent member of the hatboro m e church and at one time a member of its official board a wife mi two children vurviye him " rb john kitchie.who resides at honu nd john mantz jr of horshnm one faugh ter died several years ago his funeral will be held on saturday after n'oan at the hatboro m 1 .'. ch'urvh at 2.30 o'clock — monument place restaurant yleb towi luih been hold bv llnjli thoiup miii to ervin t weaver for i:i,500 ' a trolley from hatboro to harts \ 1 1 in along the york turnpike has been chartered — the abington street kailway com pany iium been rliuriiti'd six miles of road in montgomery county ; capital 30,000 flag is awarded north main street ambler given owt work amlilw him ii liturdh to i mil wiimnm o kthiik hih4 william k hurl trramiry need mon«y i>n«i irnm th « a m liini|iiiiit an adjourned m^eling of ambler bor ough council was held monday evwiing with all the memlx'tv present mr buchanan of the highway eom mktec presented the agreement be tween i b johnson and the borough allowing the boroiih to erect on mr johnson's property the wing wall l'l inches wide for the bridee on north main street in consideration of the pay ment of 1 and allowing him at nriv time to erect a building on this wall t was i bought beet by council to insert clause exempting the borough from khollimi for damages which militarise from building on thin wall nd the clause « ii ordered insetted regarding t&e claim of henry skitter against the borough because of grading ridge avenue it was stated that mr kinder alleges the borough uunrantped to remove his f:tiildiiii to the rear of his property and also reimburse for grading curbing and laying of gutter the minutes showed that the borough agreed to remove his building for re lease of the rtreet but further agreed nothing the correction of thieminute wes further testified to by messrs roi-e and haywood who were in council at the time on nov 4 1895 the release of george k enight and the ambler real kstate improvement company were received for ridge avenne but there is aio release of mr slntter recorded the minutes showed that the removal of the building cost s5 and 115 was expend ed on grading ihe street on motion the matter was referred to the borough solicitors to asoertain the statue bids were then opened for tiie grad ing and macadamizing of north main street and the erection of the bridge over kose valley creek william c.evana was awarded the lat ter at fi 50 per cubic yar.l and williarr e burl the work of grading at 20 cents and the macadamizing at s.oij per cubic yard the bridge is to op com pleted by kept 1 mid mr burl to tinisl his work by oct 1 under penalty of 5 per working day for work delayed ovei time mt acuff eilled attention to the con dition of the treason 400 being ln w.n from the sinking fund to pav current expenses as some bonds will become diib ol july 1 it wati ordered that the finance committee take steps to seome the payment of the 61101 os due the borough from the keasbey i4 mattiaoe company because of the macadamizing on the vacated portions of south maple and cenl<re strepts an agreement was also presented from the beading liaiwav company properly jgned respecting the payment of jill'oo irxio the treasury;because of the work on north main street north wale the armstrong truck empany lias rented the targe mansion ou school rt operaf ions * were commenced onr the alterations and improvemenw of tha main street hotel on tuesday when completed there will be a large double entrance o.n the corner next to shearer street the commencement exercises in amusement hall on thursday evening last of our public high school were very largely attended diplomas were award - od by prof weber who also made farewell address children's day wan observed in tb sanctuary m k and baptist churches on sunday the officers of lanah rebeka lodge o l!3 i o 0 f were installed bv the district deputy mrf cavanaugh and her stafl on friday evening a banquet followed the baseball team realized about $- from their festival on saturday evening the baseball club went to lansda'.e to play the third game of the series but the latter club refused to play on account of the ground as they alleged beiny too soft the corner stone of the new baptist chinch will be laid on next saturday afternoon at o o'clock the e k freed kleotrie light rom pany have purchased grdund in the rear of the water works on east montgomery avenue and will erect thereon a large power house the build ins will be of brick and one and a half stories high 35x88 feet in dimensions in it will be placed two 100-horsepower berry safety boilers and one 150-horsepowei coilis engines by the kobert wetheiiil company of chester one of the 150 horsepower engines in the old power house and the two dvnamos will he re moved thereto the light company haa made an agreement to furnish power for pumping to the water company the building of the electric light line to gwynedd station was commenced on monday morning mis flora supplee who 1ms been very ill with typhoid fever iw now on a fair way to recovei.v automobile acoldeut at oleuaiile aa a result of injuries received in mi automo bile occideut on june 0 philip r theobald died friday at his oouulry reeideuce vtoodlune at lleubide e on june (, mr theobald started from ileniide tu compauied by iiismhi trunk theobald lm mi automobile rlue to norribuiwu about a mile from that boruukli wlere the heavy machine luiil attalueil a great tiiei^l mr theobald found tiiat hie brake uui a|ieui uv ulanir do louiier re niiiiini unit that lie luul lo.-t all control sim deuly the automobile luri'bed od bwervluv ilukhi'il iiitoa itoiie wall at the hide of the roau hurlliik it occupants to the ground i runk theolmld was uot badly hurl aud at tlnit nine lib lather wim tlmuu lit t have muttain ed no more aertout injurv thiw » broken leg hieileuthwut therefore entirely uuex(iected by bis family the automobile was totally wrecked in the ao cldeut and it wus a mlrmlt that both mr theu tmlit ami his ion were not limtaiitly killed mr theobald was well known lu thiv couuty aa one of the grmtedt bone dtalen for mauy yean ho owned several funumn the up|wr mil uiu in fenmbiuk unit one iu fotiskrovc where tie kept homes throughout the wiuter aud ulwayi took a ti reut iiittn-ht of the ulluirh lu thin county presented ambler school receives an emblem from hamilton council iiiinmik iif tk rrom-iithllini llof|iion aiiiiri iiv ii t walter lift ll«r«lv<mt • v k«v llrnwn on ilnhnlf if i lie hoard - l.»riti attandnnne sunday was flair dav and the event aa fittingly obwrved in ambler satur day when hamilton council no 13s jr 0 it a m of ambler presented go flag to the ambler school board use at t f . . new school building in he second nurd appropriate exercises liad been arranged under the council and by william c irvin chairman of the committee in charge and who also selected the huk a beautiful emblem of splendid workmanship 15x10 ffiet and bound e.r'.m strongly to withstand the leh and wet weather a large number of the members of the order assembled at the old school building and formed in line led by the school children followed by the'boys brigade under captain brown the ambler fife and ilium corpn and members of the ci a r carrying the arue banner the line marched to the new building where had assembled a large gathering of people afterwards joined by washington council of ger mantown in full uniform and equip ment the program was opened at;'j o'clock by the school children under miss mo?er einging america aocompanied by mr palunibo on the comet mr h t walter of philadelphia then in an eloquent and interesting address pre sented tine flag verv appropriately he traced the growth of the colonies their quarrel with the mother country the revolution giving 1he birth of the lag amidst ttie baptism of fire and blood nnd showing how the women of ameri ca from betsy ross the mother of the emblem had tin especial interest in the liny banner and how the ring has since stood fur liberty to all men black and whr.e and how it now unfurls its stars and bar.n over an expanded country and ureirte the world with its now motto fivelom virtue liberty and morality.1 rev jf t brown in a likewise elo quent vein accepted the hag in behalf of tbe ambler schosl board in a re view he w forth the efforts of unselfish men to fultill their duties in the cause of the children by managing without compensation the public schools and he urged on their behalf more loyal support of the patrons and h greater confidence in their impartiality and judgment he spoke at length on the institution of the public school system and of the pressing need of the times of a higher and deeper intelligence of the masses so that itiie american puojile may press onward and upward in nut only education but morality in the name of the school board he then accepted the llau from the council as the emblem was ihm to the breeze the chiildren sang the star spangled banner and the guards saluted the flat with a volley of allots as it gracefully unfurled over the new building 	 i sadie smith and xante donat were in wuslnomlbg last week visiting the latter's grand mother the sunday school will render their child ren's day service on sunday e:r«nlng the church mrs catharine klnker is spending gome time with her daughter mrs benjamin houpt the patrons of jarrettown public school are lortunate in securing the bervlces of the present proficient corps of teachers for another year a big crowd jtended the strawberry festival on saturday evening people were present from many distant paint about q persons came from blue bell the committee on arrange ments and decorations deserve great credit for the success of their efforts the klondike dig proved to be very popular the sermons on tiuuday by the pastor of the methodist church were asiifual of a tery helpful character that lu the morning was especially to those persons in the ucontlile of lite iu the venini the subject the i-weetnem of youth ful victories was well handled and showed that out uf some of the awful struggles of life the re suljiiifr effects to the winner are blessings untold for himself aud those about him centennial anniversary abing-ton library of jenkmtown is 100 years old liimt 1 1 ¦ ¦ t 	 in lici-lit r free to the kenl amt of innklntown alilngton nml ch<tl !• liili.i with 1>|m ri h.i vli .-. ills torr head by 3 v kill path the abington library association of innkintown ro»iu<l<>d out 100 years of existence on feb 1 l!)0li and friday flight it celebrated this fact and also the biakini of its store of books free to the public which was announced at the close of a meeting held in masonic hull the stage wai decorated win flowering plants ferns and palmettos on the platform besklefl the officers of the as biclation were state librarian mont gomery congressman irving p wanger rev kdward cline and rov mr hen na of jenkinfown c n.newbold pre fli'led a sketch of the history of the lihrary taken from the records of the society was given by j w kidpath former librarian a bynopais of which in as followb : when the library whs founded jenkiu own poaressed only about l houhen.aiu there were 38 original members of the association the grandfather of charle mather the present venerable secretary was one of tbe number the first bool purchased was oliver goldsmith 8 an imated nature and ii.5o was paid fo it it is still in i lie library in a gooc state of preservation the society oh biined a charter in september 1805 i was signed by thomas mckean then governor whose name is one of those appended to the declaration of imlepen deuce the membership fee was fin snxed at iand it reached the maximurr of 10 in 1816 since then it has been repeatedly reduced the last time ii 11i02 and now it is 1 when in 1803 the members num bercd h'.i there were io0 volumes in th library there are now 41200 volume ami 190 members the membership lm fallen in 1901 before the fee was reduc ed to l,to 13 persons the library wa in that year installi l in the first story o masonic hall where it low is sine 1002 it patronage has constantly in creased in the past 12 months b611 per sons visited it it is the desire of tin directors to make the library practicall free under suitable restriction to the citizens of jenkintown and the town ships of abington and cheltenham th management to remain in the hands o the regularly elected members mr ridpath said it was gratifying u note the large number of advance pupils of public and private echoo wiki consult its reference books and lie closed by saving while the abingtoi library society of jenkintown had i century of usefulness in a limited way jt is surely a duty of the present geii eration to so endow it that its futur usefulness may be extended and it maintenance agnu^ed " state librarain montgomery train the history of public librarian in ameri ca beginning with that founded by i'ruiklin in philadelphia in connection t t kiildinpton of lansuale has been chosen oue of the ten deputes from montgumerv coun ty in the coming state convention of the 1'rohibi tlon party elmer boyle » stone musnn , living near here owns a collie do(r for which he has retimed jioo during the paxt year the highest enrollment of lnnsdale suh(*n>ls wns 686 the teachers numbi'r 1l mill it cost iiilo 1 1 ray them tliu borough is 111 debt jjl 400 for ictool building mid lu.st year paid ssia interest on the s nine it is for this reason that more prosreaa ii not ma<le iij luhcudamizink the streets the iimtullatlou of the electric light system u few years uo cust another s^o.000 thelausdalo w.c.t v numbers over 60 ac tive members a foremaps relief association is to bo organiz ed here and a charter will be applied for from court that thunder clap of last wednesday at noon will be long remembered in lnmdale it was the most startling of many years the lightning striuk the nrlreioppoiite tbe station and in front o the junction house but no great damage was done alfred jasper herman of i.aiisdale wub one of thegradimle.-i nt fmultliu and marahall college lancaster on june 11 mm john oeluney of lansdale is one of the heven children of klnvey bennett wlio died at lahaska bucks couuty june 11 at the age uf 70 the north wales club fulled to appear here on saturday afternoon lu consequence there was no regular game instead there was a game be tween two picked linn of lansdale playen be fore a small audience iu one third street house in lansdale 10 deatbw have occurred aluce its erection 111 years ago by the br«thers charles and jonas jodshalk the latest was that of charles m uodshglk ma of the former and whu was i!u years of age his lutor ineiit was on saturday in the worcester henitc graveyard his death was sudden caused by paralysis on wednesday afternoon of the present week will occur a notable bunebnll kuiue here between the lansdale athletics and the all-cuban ulantb the latter is a professional team and it is expect ed lo easily win from the home tuam the latter however wants u do the best it can aud so will borrow richie of tbe ambler team for that special occasion children's day services were held on sunday evening in four of our churches the methodist baptist keformed aud kvaugeuraj buch it casiuus are always largely attended by reuwiu of their variety ana interest the l.unsilalc high school commencement will uminjiini and there will be six graduates jobu b cumi a i'hlludelpliia lawyer will make the addreih lie va foruierlymof worces ter kuk8 county the kims of veterans camp of lansdale t-eut a deleiiutiuii if :!'¦ iiiiiinlits ii the state encamp uieiit iu allentovvii the pieseut week outhursday of the present week the tlrst nott ol ihe sea.vm will take place iu the ifrivlinj park wt»tof the town t t mclhiwell wliose adjacent farm has been divided into building lois liah come fruui the vity to hit summer home dslphsa free library thoajrb of tompara tively recent origin distributes mor books than any other lihrary in th world mr srontgomery referred ii terms of appreciation to mi carnegie philanthropic work but he added : i cannot tell you how eincerelv ghi i am that jenkintown has been able to maintain this library and to make i free without applying to this money king there is a distinctly healthier influence where such an institution i originated and supported by the cons munity itself in library work mr montgomery said pennsylvania stands about the 15tl among the stnteb in the west mud ureater enthusiasm is shown in the worl ! than here there is still much pre i judice against the free library in th older communities addressee were made by rev mr cline congressman wanner rev mr i hanna and mr newbold who madi i the announcement that the library i thenceforth to be free tha original members of the ahlnji ton library were largely composed ol friend and presbyterians they were edwin hicklint morris mortis t'hoinae fletcher lewis robert;1 joseph taylor lolin michener clement r shepherd kichatd marlin,.loeejdi liedell william johnson william mccalla richard t leech john morrison isaac hallowell william lukene margaret morris paker harnes john blake thomas mather lvter johnson charles t hallowell rynaar tyson isaac mather thomas shoemaker lohn moore kdward potts and samuel potts there were 33 con btituent membeib at the time of thi organization of this library there was one located at hatboro started in 1755 jenkiutuwntruat cowpady the stock for the new trust company which is to be started at jeukintown has been more than 4lri shares over subscribed the number of shares uoiis oiis the new company has purchased the double store property at the corner of york road aud lirienwood avenue from ueorne fleck the pries l>a u being 115,750 the lot is about 40 feet front on york road and tfi feet deep on greenwood avriiiif extending about 20 feet in tbe rear of the present building mr fleck reserved a part uf the lot fronting on ureeuwood avenue on which he will build it is the intention of trie company to start umuess about the first ot august thev will tnke possession of the store now occupied ai a harueu shop by george i t •• k , which will be temporarily fl.x«d up with jfe deski etc as a la!.:i safe deposit vault cannot be placed in the bunk for eight or iu months owing to the rui-liml condition of the safe builders it 1b mid that henry k walt of wyncote will lie luiaeii i>resiileiit paul joiie«,of ilatboro.secre tary aud treasurer and samuel high of jenkin to»n solicitor with v dlreekirs widely scatter ed within a rudlus of 10 milt the dlrecuirs will b henry k wait of wyn cote howard knwlaml of i'lielteuliaui j c wymau of wyucote ueorve i wideuer of uuuiu j klwiiod helen uf jeukintowu fred uri.'k sinitli uf weldoo 1 a wliltcouib of droihertnw b f ilobeii»ack of ivylaud cie'iue w wilson of brauctatowu elwood hikji uf west point w w crazier of 1'hlladelphia huwanl m vail court uf i'liilailelphla w ('. keiifhtlv of v illow grove kline vauwiukle •( edse hill farmers encouraged horsham club holds interesting meeting at hatboro noil l"ri>i;r!ilii i n j-iyril olil krill itttvlhcfl — fund a|i|ir«i>i iniiii for kannnii snnvr t — utility conscious n heavy itiinlmi — the club gazette the june meeting of the horsham armeis club wan held at the home of dr and mrs howard larrett in hat xiro on saturday the supper was erved at wilgurt hall at ii o'clock 80 memoersand guests being present after supper the exercises were held the residence of mr larrett the lewly elected president jacob t com y being in the chair elizabeth k wood is the new secretary newton k wood of the crop com mittee reported that corn is finely and that potatoes generally have come up well the recent rains have helped the grass crop which will likely l • light the committee to revise the list cf names in the old minute book prepara tory to entering them in a new one reported that they had stricken off the names of the deceased members isaac i'arrv suggested that the aumia dues be collected which had not teen done for several years and apply the money together with that at present in the treasury to relieving the llocd snf ferers of kansas city he also suggest ed that the treasurer give no change when receiving contributions this re ceived approval newton e wood in response to the president's request for suggestions fo the good of the club said he though the club should show its disapproval o strikes in response to an invitation to the strangers present to take part in the discussion elizabeth lloyd spoke on the subject of child labor saying thai pennsylvania had the worst laws o any of the states regulating this sub ject isaac parry gave an interesting t on corrent topics annie ii comly in answer to the qtie-tion at what ape should a wo man wear strings to her bonnet said that if fashion decreed that strine should be worn all women would wen them youni and old as strings are no fashionable otilv the women who fe most comfortable with them aie bravi enough to adopt them does wealth displace the love o country had been referred to how ard williams samuel j < lamer di not see why wealth should interfere with the love of country any more than with anything else a person who if very fond of money is apt to place before other things w wallace king cited the inptances of oeorye washing ton and stephen girard as men who were very wealthy yet who were de voted to their country elizabeth s i'arry said she had known men win left their native land to avoid taxes aiu also of some who after going abroai eeeined to trv to ape foreign manners isaac michener in bnswer to the qtiqe tion what kind of weather will kil weeds said the only time he coul rttsatsnber vhr'n-iw-diq bak..l anywhere wns once when tbe ther mometer registered 17 degrees below zero martha k paul does not think it worth while to let your work hurry you but yon had better hurry your work in order to havo time for other things of value in answer to the question can the theatres be made the medium of reli gious instruction she said she thought it shcu hi be so.bnt doubted that it ever would be as there is generally so much that appeals to man's lower rather than his higher nature in ths play on the stage elizabeth s parry read a very inter esting paper on what is life's heav iest burden her decision was that tho burden of a guilty conscience was about the heaviest burden to carry through life tho club gazette was read by the editress anna 1 rallowell end con tained several interestinir articles tin meeting was favored by a piano solo by miss elsie jones and a song by maiv patterson after adjournment a pleas ant time wan spent in rnuslo and ling ing the next meeting will be at home of mr anil tin israel ely deal bet hay res on aug 18 the children in charge observance of children's day fitting ly observed i'lnncn nml flower voting • in i'p lli«lr frill t i thechiikt who ~ . i.i hnfter tlm mill children to come into me last sabbath was generally observed as children's day in the many churches of this section and as usual the exer ises weie beautifully rendered anil wit nessed i iv large congregations mount pleasant baptist children day was fittingly observed all day sunday in mount pleasant bap tist cfinrch ambler the church was beautifully decorated for the occasion with palms wild flowers and potted plants in the morning rev ''¦ i1 valentine delivered an object sermon on the text and the fire shall try every man's work of what soit it is " showing with objects how the fiery test will reveal our true character the sermon was prepared especially for the children but was equally interesting to the older people at 7.45 to the strains of a march rend ered by miss mabel a phillips who presided at the organ the bible school of the chnrch took its place in the main auditorium nnd presented their beautiful program " heart carols " be fore a large audience the exercises conducted by superintendent joseph j johnson consisted of choruses respon sive readings solos ducts recitations exercises by the junior and primary de parmtmentp a beautiful emblematic exercise entitled the crown beyond the cross was rendered by eight young ladien of ttie school which was given in a very credit ihle manner and thoroughly enjoyed bv the audience rev valentine then made a abort ad dress speaking particularly of the american baptist publication so ciety making special mention of the chapel car movement col portage the or ganizing of churches and sunday schools and the distribution of bibles which is carried on by the society to which tbe collections of the afternoon and evening were devoted and the evening's program closed with singing by the school and the benediction by associate superintendent j e leech first i'rksr.ytkhian ambikk despith the inclement weather.an au dirnci hint ailed the room assembled at thfl ambler presbyterian chinch on sunday evening to listen to the chil dren's day exercises by the scholars of the sabbath school at tiie hour of service the children marched into the auditorium of the church singing a processional hymn led bv two little boys carrying large ameri can flags the program consisted of ex ercises and recitations by the children interspersed with solos duet ibomses and singing by the school the children were well drilled and reoilations and bones were given with enthusiasm the decorations of the church were in keep ing with the occasion and the day flowers of r e field and garden pal aw iru csxercises advantage was taken of the fact that s en of e fact that this sabbath was the anniversary known as flaw day in american history a large and beautiful american flag the gift of mr william j devine to r.he church was suspended back of the pul pit platform in his address the pastor took occasion to thank the donor for this beautiful and appropriate gift and gave in brief outline the story of the making of the lirst american flag by mrs betsy ross at the close of his remarks mr brown asked the congrega tion to rise and sing the national liynin america which was done in the true american spirit traction glenside and around philip wunderle is one of tin large candy manufacturers in philadelphia he employes 00 hands and has been itery busy he has a fine residence tiere the glenside postoflice owing to in crease in business will be placed in the reorganization committee of the lehigh valley traction company sys tem consisting of george h fiazier chairman kdward 1j smith harry c trexler william f harritr and tom l jcil i ii on held a meeting and have given notice that tbe depositaries of the committee namely iirad trust com jiiinv philadelphia and lehigh valley i trust and pafe deposit company allen thejtown pa me now prepared to receive deposits of leourities of the companies in the lehigh valley traction company system whion are lehigh vallev tac tion company boston consolidated kiel-trie company philadelphia & le liigb valley traction conjpany quaker town traction company allentown and slatingtou street railway company plans for the erection of six or eight houses at edge hill he tins most of the ma terial on liuml wiliner jordan mcallister has return ed from a trip to gettysburg business has so increased with jacob fox the toneorial artist that he has ound it necessary to employ another jurber to assist him saturday afternoons and evenings 1 1 an ison and lismore avenues are to he macadamized , curbed and guttered . a nagle a compauv of ogontz will have the contract for furnishing lm curbing on both avenues dr e h jones is spending a week or wo thm month at hin old home iu tliphant pa norman ilaldeman was tendcied it mrprise by bin young friends at the lonie at his parents mr and mrs wil iam haldemsn^new britain on satur duy evening the t'oll«gevillti independent has successfully passed the th uiil«.-toiie and kdiinr moaer is receivintf the well earned congmtulations of his brothfi editors bethlehem and nazareth paaaenger rail way company and slate belt kiectric street railway oojnpany ntgntlable certificates of deposit for the unities deposited will be issued by the iitard trust company and the le higii valley trust and safe depositcom panv and any holder of such certifi cates of deiiositmay at any time prior to a date 30 days after the promulga tion of the plan of reorganiitfod with draw and be entitled to receive his se curities without any charge or uxpenie to him new chapel at valley forge the breaking ot ground unu the work of bulld tli fouudatioiiii of ttie wabhiiiktoii mriuuriul chupwl at vnlley foiac tusgitd on friday at the mi'.'d iik of nurrintown convention wed - nesitay in st tliuiua church wliiu'liminh ll;.o were raised to a^lst ttie project wtiiclj voluntary gift kev herbert w hum hayu is a ircltile re cognition uf the iuii*jrtunu uf tbe vort a val ley ktirge 	 bar kutltroi k to j at a meeting of st john'a reformed church lull i<ile on vtvdnebduy evening mini iu u vow whs trtkoui'ii tilt reslkuutiou 7 til ¦ puatiir k«v }, j kothroek the result wiih l"l iigulust uccept ttiu ri-bikuutlun anil aolnfivorof uitvntliic e week ago the i'ouklbuiry of the cliincli xi it rcbuluiluu rtiiuestliik tlie pastor to re _ hi i'hurye which no did a uieitluu of tho church ii then calle'i to put oh the nctluu the result of thv mt'elinif on wiiluosday evening mio wed that the cliur.liie stiuiujly lu fttvorol tlie ia«tor ivimilmiik mr kiithroi'k lius bceu pamur of ihe i'lmroli tor alxiul 1 rtin ilui ijii wlildi time '* lucrcused lu uifiubeibliiii