The Ambler Gazette 19020501

              the ambler gazette vol xx.-no li ambler pa may 1 1oo2 north penn union of c e semi-annual meeting held in edge hill church linlvptx»rv of the oriiiiill/utloil grace preiibyterlan or jenklntown cap ture the ilanner l,»r«c audience mi ten to encouraging aclclremeii in the annals of the north penn christian endeavor union the eighth annual convention held in the carmel presbyterian church edge hill on friday afternoon ami evening will be marked as being one of the best attend ed most entertaining and highly in spiring of any since the inception of the union the roll call of delegates show ed that ahington had the largest dele gation 50 members probably qnn of the most gratifying results of the con vention was the evidence of the increas ing interest being centered in junior work congregated in the auditorium of the pretty little church when president hoover called the meeting to order at 2.30 was a band of christian kixlenvor ers which was especially conspicuous for the numerous clergymen assembled opening with a hymn the services were continued with prayer bv rev s paul jefferson pastor of the memorial baptist church huntingdon valley after the verv bright opening remarks by president hoover and a hymn the everlasting arms an excellent ad dress was delivered by rev william barnes lower of calvary presbyterian church wyncote among other things h suggested that the christian endeav orer's work should be of such a char acter as to make the person remembered without the visible reminder a monu ment onward christian soldiers was sung by the assemblage at the conclu sion of the address with a vim that showed the spirit of the meeting an address model juniors was made by rev george j burns ph d of siloam methodist church philadel phia who punctured his remarks yith cheerful illustrations which accentuated the kindly spirit of the endeavorers and caused it to be manifested he dwelt at length on the desirability of early bringing children into the church and suggested that thev be put to work in the junior c e he thought there was something good even in every bad boy and declared that the junior so cieties were to bring out these points three pertinent"don'ts"were named by rev burns don't talk too long don't scold don't get despondent you don't know what you are accomplishing he di(j not favor all intermediate society he said in answer to a question as he thought this ate the life out of the other two children should be promo ted from the junior to the senior depart ment at about the age of 10 years ' the nominating committee's report was adopted the new otficetb are j 	 j mies anna sayhoid.lamidahr'methodirt ; corresponding secretary j benton hoover of glenside treasurer h d beeves of jenkintown transpoitation agent william mason of doylestown following was a pleasing contralto solo by mrs james 8 bryan of wynuote president hoover made his announce ments 4 hymn endeavorer's march ing song " was sung and the session closed with the mizpah benediction immediately after the afternoon ses sion the executive committee met and in the absence of the secretary miss hunter was appointed those who remained for the evening session were provided with a bounti ful lunch by the ladiis of the church at 7.15 the church bell tapped eight times significant of the eighth anniver sary a spirited song service.conducted by chorister george w boggs opened the program after the seating capacity of the church had been severely taxed rev a f vontobel pastor of the church offered prayer and a portion of the scriptures was read by rev a m fretz of zion mennonite church souderton mrs g w rubinkam 8 report read by mies hunter showed that the year was marked with fewer meetings more committees and greater ends accomplish ed she was sorry to report one bocietv had disbanded the one in the hatboro baptist church the present enrollment of the 25 societies includes 769 active members 141 associate members 87 honorary members a loss of 47 and 566 juniors making a toral of 1503 eight societies jtained in membership and 14 lost three remained un changed memberships for 1901 1622 for 1002 1652 loss 59 the loss has been principally in honorary mem bers there has been a gain in active and junior endeavorers the banner for the largest attendance in comparison to the membership was awarded to the grace presbyterian so ciety of jenkintown there are 00 ac tive juniors in the church chairmen of the various committees also made reports of an encouraging and interesting nature at the time the new otlicers were then introduced and president hoover turned the conven tion over to his successor previous to an address by rev c l seasholes of the first baptist church germantown who took as his subject can the world be evangelized in this generation the members of tho con vention sang saved by grace rev seasholes address was a summary of the work accomplished by the first church which he treated in a very highly complimentary manner und a vigorous exposition of the advantages science and education have presented for the dissemination of the gospel in this age in opening he emphasized the fact that it ia not the mission of tho church to christianize the world but to evangelize it not to gaze upon the held but to go to it he deemed the work of tbe missionaries highly important what arteries are to the heart he said uiik'iiiiiai are to the church among lthe iiiisnii what arterit he nasons he advanced why the world num he more easily evangelieed now was that there is enough money in tilt world to bccomplllh it nmnv times over the need of more preachers wns dwelt upon two musical numbers n contrnltn lolo by miss margaret mckinley of lans dale and a soprano and bnritone duet by mrs a f vontobel of glenilde nnd george vv boggs of iermantown entertained the convention bringing in the sheaves was sung splendidly following which president paisley if the philadelphia union made a few brief but pointed remarks in which he urged those present to al ways have their influence for christ and draw the crowd around them that they could make it manifest liev benjamin lapish followed with an interesting address on fruit-bear ing christians the doxology and the benediction pronounced by rev.richard montgomery of ashbourne concluded the convention the christian endeavor societies of the following churches of bucks and montgomery counties are members of tho union hatboro methodist and baptist glenside presbyterian souder ton mennonite fort wasington luth eran jenkintown presybterian hunt ingdon valley baptist and presbyterian flourtown presbyterian prospectville methodist plesantville reformed wvn cote presbyterian abington presbyter ian hartsville presbyterian ivyland presbyterian colmar baptist doyles town presbyterian lansdale methodist and evangelical whitemarsh lutheran ambler presbyterian and lutheran chalfont lutheran and methodist and ashbourne presbyterian lanadnle work is being vigorously prosecuted ii ivint the foundations for the nev in laying the foundations for the new freight depot for the reading railroad 8 b heckler died at his residence here on wednesday of last week at the age of 48 he had suffered for several years from asthma he leaves a wife and three children his son frank is grown his interment was on monday at line lexington mennonite church miss nettie hallowell has become bookkeeper for grant jenkins & com pany she is a near relative of isaac hallowed of springhouee samuel brook mcdonnell will occcupy the now vacant john e cressman farm in upper gwynedd the coming season he is from philadelphia the lansdale baseball team has not vet re-organized though it may do so later the grand stand and some fence was blown down last winter and no money has as yet been raised to make repairs for several years we had one of the best ainateur clubs in the state leidy nace of kulpsville has taken charge of the late hoffman restaurant underneath hai ley's store william d heebner is expected back from florida the present week he lias been gone since early in december he will now be looking after hi9 boom for i-tate senator there was a vaudeville how in music hall ti saturday everiiit and on this hl even iii^tlio 1 m^lale orchestra ^ ill view the route for a to colmar one jury last fill decided favorably but its finding was set aside by court the distance is two and one half miles and it is intended to make a perfectly straight avenue out broad street ties and rails have been laid for two and one-half miles out to gwynedd square on the norristown trolley a short distance of a few hundred yards just out of town has not been laid for some reason as yet unexplained the upper gwynedd supervisors have grant ed time till aug 1 to have the road in running order on the morris road a mile beyond west point is the farther boundary line of the township near acorn station the line enters whitpain it is not apprehended that the read ing railroad can prevent the overhead crossing near acorn about 30 members of montgomery council no 18 sr o u a m went to quakertown friday evening upon which occasion eight members of the local order had the second and third degrees conferred by the degree team of the quakertown lodge ttie work of the degree team was performed with great skill and it was not until late in the evening that our boys turned their faces homeward ihe debate of the high school liter ary society friday evening resolved that chinamen should i5e excluded from the united states ' ' was won by carrol tyson and minnie schuttz who represented the negative side those on the affirmative side were herbert godshall and mamie zwier the judges were a c kriebel i d heebner and harry krupp the foimer being chair man councilman f w koehler and sons william and henry will leave for ger many about june 10 they will be gone a month during which time they will visit relatives and friends in mr.koeh ler's native home woman burned to death mary a mcmenamin aged 72 years residing in towamencin township just outside of lansdale met with a horrible misfortune on saturday when she was burned to death the aged lady had gone upstairs to get a shawl from a bureau drawer a s she pulled the garment out she accident ally drew some matches from the bureau these fell to the floor without her knowledge and as biio started away she ignited several of the lucifers with the soles of her shoes instantly the lower portion of her dress was aflame and a moment later she was enveloped in fire mrs mcmenamin rushed to the head of thu stairs and called for help her niece juidtly responded the later se curing a blanket wrapped it around her aunt thus smothering the ilumeb help tmd however come too late and when the physician arrived mi mcmeuauiin was dead the flames had pread rapidly and had already badly burned her entire body before the niece heard the screams for help man in her bedroom mrs isaac e ambler startled by a burglar dlllicpiitly searching llureau when mltgnnd alarm olven lint man k mptt by mean of porch koof stolen mrs isaac k ambler of bethlehem pike had ah experience thursday at midnight which nearly prostrated her going to bed early bhe was aroused from a deep sleep by a rustling sound thinking it was only a mouse she made a slight noise to scare it away how ever a few minutes later her attention was called by a louder noise from the same direction turning over towards the light which is alwnvs kept burning1 she saw a man standing at the bureau apparently going over some things spread out before him mr ambler sleeps in an adjoining room and having retired leaving him still reading down stairs she naturally thought it was he on asking what was wanted she was startled to hear the reply in an unknown voice and gruff tones keep still she was frightened but set her mind to work as to the best possible course to pursue all the while the intruder rumaging through - the bureau and mumbling to mrs ambler which she now thinks was to the effect that she had better keep quiet at last un able to stand the nervous strain any longer she raised up on her elbow and called loudly for help mr ambler heard and answered and came over inro her room the would-be burglar at once ceased nil further search and ran out of the room jumped through a window and by means of the porch roof reached the ground and escaped an investigation disclosed the fact that there was nothing whatever mis sing although the man had ransacked three bureau drawers he had gained entrance over the porch roof by means of a chair and the post and then through a window which was up but protected by a screen this he broke through and entered the spare room it is thought he wore no bhoes.as he opened the door and entered mrs ambler's sleeping apartment noislesslv and only awakened tier by the rustling at the bureau the man as mrs ambler described him was white.of about medium build wore a soft hat and long black coa further than this no description offered as the light was dim mrt ambler although nearly prostrated the shock and fright joined in an || vestigation and search of the house | blu hell mrs abram nash of eureka vigil with her parents on monday the whitpain literary society meet at the home of clifford bernhf of centre square on saturday evenij mr and mrs h palmer of haf visited friends in this village on on last wednesday evening wliicti inlgift have resulted in'a serious iosb but for the help of neighbors a eouen was en tirely consumed and the porch roof slightly burned mrs.samuel rodgers is spending some time with mr and mrs raudenbush mr c o nathans will remove to his country residence at this place some time this month while out driving in his pony cart en monday evening one of our young men was run down by a fast driver neither occupants were hurt nor the pony cart damaged but the other waogn lost some half dozen spokes mr william shoemaker was tendered a surprise party last wednesday even ing when quite a number of young people gathered at his home a very pleasant time is reported a suspicions individual was seen last friday along the road with a heavy pack on his back and a lot of copper wire in his hands when found he was discovered he escaped to the fields mysterious fire near three tung • friday just at noon the large stone barn of ellwood stout on butler drive near three tuns was discovered to be on fire flames were burning in the mows when firlt seen and every effort was at once directed to rescue tlv live stock all of which was gotten or fe ly but one calf which perishf ¦ six tons of hay two tons of straw "- 8h els of potatoes and live tons of f ; izer together with the thresher ami ¦!< li?er horse power hay wagon and ¦•' > - im plements were burned the w blew from the east keeping the flames from the frame shed and wagon house the origin is a mystery the barn was in sured for 3500 and the stock crops and machinery for 2000 in the union mu tual company of norristown mr stout will rebuild at once and probably select another site for the new structure mr stout extends thankb to neighbors and friends for assistance given and offered stole and sola wire two philadelphians charles and samuel simons are under 1000 bail each charged with stealing and selling copper wire the property of the dela ware & atlantic telephone company the brothers were section foremen on the company's hatboro line and em ployes of four years standing magis trate lenhardt of norristown heard the charges and held the pair in bail samuel simons it is alleged made a confession stating that his brother shades had been stealing wire f°r some time but that lie had only lately been drawn into the scheme ttie delaware & atlantic company is said to have been robbed of upwards of 1000 worth of wiro within tho past few months and was obliged to put detec ives to work to discover the thieves two morn arrests it ii miid will be made 	 robert krvin of new mexico has been visiting his father john krvin of npar ogontz atkinson's barn burned lames i atkinson's large barn at tlirvr tuns was burned to the ground tliix wednesday afternoon the flames started in the upper part of the hnrn a few minutes before 1 o'clock the con tent comprising hay straw a large liiantity of corn 10,000 berry boxes and machinery were consumed together with the gasoline engine and a large 1'iantity of vinegar 8on>e of the out liiiildiiieg were saved by the heroic work of neighbors and hands on the farm one farm hand was overcome by the heat but not seriously affected the property is covered by insurance in the old montgomery insurance company of norristown origin a mystery impure baking powder 1 in new york board ol health find it contain alum and rock hectare it dnngeroah to healtli and dump it into the river the new york papers report that the health department of t fiat city has seiz ed as dangerous to health nearly two tons of cheap mixtures sold for baking powder and dumped them into the ofl'al scow to be destroyed more of the powder was found in a sixth ave nue department btoie the report of tlie analysis of the health department stated that it was an alum baking powder containing alum and pulveriz ed rock the different health author ities have different ways of repressing the sale of bad baking powders in england they have prosecuted the groc ers under the general law and broken up the traffic in missouri tbe sale of alum baking powder is actually prohib ited by law in new york they seize the unwholesome stuff and cast it into the river without any discussion the latter way is certainly effective the alum baking powders are usually offered at a low price 10 to 20 cents a pound or with some prizes as a tempta tion to the housewife consumers can protect themselves by buying only high-grade baking powder of established name and reputation do not be tempted by the grocer to take something else just as good or our own brand for the trials show that the grocer himself is often deceiv ed by unscrupulous makers and is sell ing an alum powder without knowing it there are several good powders on the market let the housekeeper insist on having what she knows is right and not be induced to risk the life of the fam ilv for an imaginary saving of a few cents jarrettown lames q atkinson attended the re cent session of the friends conference at byberry some corn and a large acreage of po tatoes have been planted daring the two weeks moved from tbe ib^fctm different township schools assemb!e?ffl|p jarrtitown school on friday last for ex amination by the committee of teach ers prof hoffecker will hold the final examination on may 30 the upper dublin township super visors met last week and passed an or dinance celling for a special election on may 27 to vote on the proposition to bond the township in the sum of 125 000 for the purpose of macadamizing the roads there is a wide range of views among our voters on the question those in position to know say that while a ma jority of the taxpayers are opposed to the proposed loan yet enough votes can be secured from the nen-payers of tax to cause the plan to carry miss josnphine griffiths is being con gratulated bv her friends on her recov ery from injuries received in what might have been a very serious acci dent her injuries were received while trying to control a frightened horse ; miss laura nieweg was home from the city over sunday she was accom panied bv a cousin from the same place howard nieweg of williamson school and william slaughterer of ogontz were also sunday visitors keynotes of the order sermon in ambler m e church to odd fellows broad aze we wish to correct an error in last week's times miss lizzie moore has not left the village as stated but is spending sometime with her sister,mrs william chew john e martin has secured a posi tion in the ambler chemical works charles stout ia repairng the fences around spotswood farm mies bessie harvey has been teat bins school in south jersey during the pant two weeks w h shelmerdine intends placing a load of guernsey cows on his farm at this place at an earlv date a kell will hold a cow sale at the inn on thursday walter h swaincott has received a fine set of mechanical tools from the scrantnn schoolb,of which he is a pupil several new jobs are being turned out at the broad axe shops and work is very brisk mr george 8 cister is renovating his property kuendale and improving the grounds lewis j stannard has a fine flock of chinese geesu that diserve special men tion two of which laid over 100 eggs since last fall i'ihi foundations were started on satur day for the tollgate which will be rent ed as boon as possible miss mabel glending of roxboro visited here on saturday miss mario o'donnel is ontmtainiug her cousin from the city this week r«v i t etltvariln speakn eloquently huh 1 orhliv on the cardinal i'rlnrlplm or hi order friendship i-oye artil truth mill thn i.coinim to lie learned rev i t.ed wards pastor of the ambler methodist episcopal church preached a special sermon hunday evening to the ambler odd fellows who assembled in a body the text was taken from dan iii 18 ba it known unto thee 0 king we will not serve thy gods nor worship the golden images thou hast set up mr edwards said the greatest welcome a city can give is the free dom of the city welcome is a magic word it opens the folding doors of the heart it is the flame in which friendships are welded like steel in the fires of the forge you are welcome here tonight and in the name of my church i extend to you a most hearty greeting the humanitarian side of your order is in harmony with that of the church we work side by side your principles are not new for i see them in the altar fire of abraham in the captivity of joseph and david and the friendship of jonathan and david the presence of suffering has always pled for sympathy knighthood sprang from the impulse to protect virtue and aid the unfortunate to lessen the loads of life fraternal organi zations have sprung into being to re lieve suffering has moved a wilberforce and a howard a florence nightengale and a clara barton it has organized a red cross and other societies — the charities of the world are the children of this desire to spread the mantle of sympathy over the unfortunate the golden links in your chain are friend ship love and truth and they are sug gestive links mr edwards here gave a graphic and eloquent picture of the inspiring 6cene in i'abvlon of nebuchadnezzar on the return from his victories in egypt anil of the three young men refusing to bow down jo the golden images and their faith in their god 88 a deliverer and a preserver these were odd fellows odil in courage odd in defiance to the king and odd in deliverance continuing mr edwards said yon are to be odd in your friendship for you have the highest ideal of human friendship in jonathan and david the former had everything to leave by loving david fraternity is brother hood but i plead for high-soiled friendship it is needed in business and professional life and even in the church 1 believe in humanity and its claims upon us never lose faith in men trust one another the most powerful fulcrum in all the world is honest hearted friendship you arc to be odd in your sympa thy your i ond link is love love ib a kio4u»ir of yinpathetjc jfts think df-fujie hjinter ne fallen we dare not be ad in a world of suffering when love is dead the heart is in its grave the song birds have left the trees the flower buds turn to decay the breath of springtime goes from the air be o-.!d in your character the whole is greater than anv of its parts you lay as the foundation for action truth it is your third link it en thrones and insures safety true mo tives true ideals true endeavors are in vulnerable pillars i am not here to enter upon a eulogv of character you men of older years had better take us younger men and point ub to the way of life i feel the need of church marls of trade professional spheres the world needs men who are strong in their principles of integrity and con stant in virtue i bid you consider these men on trial as they stand before an enraged king let that scene be photographed upon your mind go and do likewise i commend to you a new degree it is the order of the cross you can he better friends deeper sym pathizers truer men after taking the cross degree your principles are mountain peaks and you are the climbers it is the upward way upon the summit the eternal light is playing the service is over i appeal to you to be men be worthy of your name be loyal to your vows in the name of your order of odd fellowship i bid you be men in the name of your friends i bid you be men in the name of your loved ones i bid you be men in the name ofchribt ibid you be man christian men odd in fellowship odd in sympathies odd in character i bid you all good night horitiain miss r k.mderdine is putting up a new fence along the davis urove road harry marjartun has planted six acres of potatoeb and will plaul eight acres of sugar corn the trolley company is making gener al repairs to the road bed and replacing the old ties with n»w ones mrs v e grubb lost a valuable horse recently while running around the yard it fell ond ruptured a blood vessel , , mr cline ib having repairs made to bin property 1 w sill has put up a new fence along the horwham road little clarence geatrell has had a serious attack of whooping cough at the meeting of the young friends association of horaham firstday j russell have of swarthmore reml a paper on three junker writers i — it will be a golden opportunity to visit tho christian kndeavor society of hoehm'u reformed church blue bell sunday at 0.45 p m mr adolf miil ler of north 1'elhuui canada who has had considerable experience in c e work will lead the meeting at this time — j v & 0 randall's sale of carri ages at newtown wedneiday was one of the largest ever held by that firm 50 carriages aad wa«ons were disposed of at an average price of about 102 ihe highest pricu realized was w5 for a two-seated newtown half cut-under a btyle originated by kaiidalls themselves 1.25 a yeah glenside and around l,ptfpr from htnten i*l»ncf — concrete ivrnonnl nnd m the circus was well patronized by the tetldenti of this vicinity william daily and family of fern rock have moved to kdge hill kvan miller of philadelphia wos tho guest of his pnrentfl hrrp last sunday the lutheran mission is conducting services every sunday at robert's store no 3 slacey b carroll will return home this wet-k from a ten-day's stay at beth lehem i'a kev frank bnrdick of philadelphia will have charge of the baptist mission sunday evening a l kramer and family of phila delphia are occupying their summer residence on edge hill road mr and mrs samuel fenton who have been on the sick list for the past week are much improved the 11th annual report of th<3 glen side building ussociation hab been dis tributed among the members mrs i p eckles and daughter will return this week after having spent the past two weeks at carlisle pa l a belmont and family are again occupying their suburban home here on wnverley road for the summer philip tteobold and family will move to woodland their summer residence on willow grove pike this week mrs john m rockett of german town is spending the week with george donahue and family of glenside ave nue the ushers'association baseball team is being organized church nines de siring games will kindly communicate with henry steward glenside miss julia silvers of philadelphia and james p donavau of edge hill were married at the home of the bride's parents on sunday evening april 20 warren godfrey of edge hill repre sented the cheltenham high school at the relay carnival of the university of pennsylvania at franklin field last sat urday at a special congregational meeting of the members of carmel presbyterian church the following elders wero elect ed messrs s earle hoover stacey b carrell and harper gilbert the railroad companv is using the old locomotive house at this place for the manufacture of concrete blocks to be used for foundations in erecting signals and switches five men turn our about • 61 blocks a day they are two feet long one foot wide and 10 inphes thick master john grieb of glenside was one of the bridal nartv at the wedding last wednesday iii all saints church norristown when miss louise daven port daughter of mrs s elizabeth and the late ge6rge d bolto'n was unitedf in marriage to mr frederick kent of asheville n c mrs e<lwin k macer formerly oft this p)»pe daughter of mr and mrs re id a i f ¦ f*pmw*"'"ff'<l ti with hi position as draughtes ¦>] ' shipbuilding company atone time the vandeibilt borne was on the island and the mausolfim '¦• here they still bury their dead is there there being no presbyterian church on the island the nearest to that faith is the reformed which mr and mrs mager attend the latter has an uncle of that faith the rev j t rossi ter d d of balti more hpriushouae d c davis who has been confined to his bed with a severe attack of pneu monia is sjowly improving rudolph jaao lias removed to the house recently occupied by james shields elmer r marple of philadelphia spent sunday with iiis mother mrs clara v marple miss b k dougherty nnd mother have removed from philadelphia to their country home the kathleen farm during the past week mies a w foulke who has been spending the winter abroad returned to linden lodge on fridav mrs james t-pgan fisher of fern rock has been visiting her sister miss jeannie h ingersoll e i battersby now has about 50 ian terns to place along tho trolley road daily between this place and gwynedd isaiah sperry has removed from his home to the residence of b f dane bower where ho will be employed to manage the farm unclaimed letters in the postonvu are for mrb f w kbeling mrs sadie bewlev mapledale farms and lewis morris postal j three tima mi charleh dilthey has returned front ft delightful isit among relatives in philadelphia john son of mia hanu ely dlad saturday at a philadelphia uwpiul where he was suu'ering fr n injuri caused by being run o\er at feaater ville he was haulm fertilizer at the time of the accident the liorses became scared and threw him off the load in terment this wednesday afternoon at rose hill cemetery mrs spencer walton on sunday visit ed her father at kdge hill who is con fined to his home with pneumonia tou'lmlliu hairy ii williams was naturalized v the court on monday also martin saiiitumn of vvyiidinoor george parker and george kullenbach will probably be tin couskibleh at wheel pomp this year a petition for their appointnu'iit was preiented to court monday silas h baker of orelaud and wini fred w white of chestnut hill have been granted u marriage license residents of morelaml township me iietitioniiig for a new load.^t