The Ambler Gazette 19030702

              the ambler gazette vol xxi no 27 amkleu va july 2 1903 1.25 a year i lansdale commencement diplomas are awarded to six of the higfh school lrmluiithi cltil hlntm largely attnn<le<l pwrt awarded ivfim van i in for iwrii mi in l iitik «, l'rllwlpnl ititi'lih prvmotfl implnmtt the l'itli nniimil oorumeihvinwit of high ht'lionl took place mi y eventing last the crowd began to arrive before 7 o'clock arid soon after a vast throng were packed in the long corridor of music hull the steps mm i over the pavement to tlie street curb about half the gents had been reserved by ticket given to the graduates kvery neat wan taken whilst inure than 100 people stocd in be aisles and rear during the whole performance the graduates were gertrude h iseese mannie 1 hweir mary c woodman ssee edith vanfossen oarrol b typon and herbert h met the kaiibdale orohestia furnished the music but it was s 15 hefore it opened the program anfl the curtain rose the invouat ion was ofl'ered by rev f w lohnson of the t.ansdale baptint hurch it wa brief and appropriate this was followed by the singing of the chorus sprlnr song " by about 20 of the pupils of the school alfnrrayed in white roben the salutatory was given by edith b vanfosapn daughter of amos c van fossen tfte title being fairy land of flowers she said one may find at one's door the purest and most realistic fairyland in the bautiful iioral world we may leain most important lessons of lifd from the flowers of the woods the fields and garden the fair grad uate then named the various common flovers in succession and traced their history and peculiarities herbert b metz apoke of the his tory of electricity from the days of sir isaac newton and benjamin frank hn.saying " the greatest step was made when it was ascertained that the fluid could be transported over long distan ces the example of the power furnished by niagara falls was given the earlv discoveries of sir hnmphrev davv in irw furnished the foundation of all our electric lighting of the present day the historv of the adaptation of electric power to propel cars was next traced and he predicted that great as have been the achievements of electrical dis coveries vastly greater things may be anticipated in the future aft«r an overture silver bpiis " by tlie orchestra carrol b tyson spoke on arbitration he traced the faint in cipient rebort to arbitration in settling disputes from the time of the greeks it was seldom or never used in the turbulent times of the dark days now it has become a potent meaiib of pre venting war between nutioin.and bring ing in the blessed era of universal peace ' ' 0 p it walls made the presentation of a prize for excellence in english this was given to edith b van vosseu beinti.1 copy of tennison'h poems the [ v vein to each of her classmates she gave a souvenir a toy piano to gertrude b seese a cane to mannie j 7 weir a scale to carrol tyson to editb von fossen a miniature phonograph a watcti to herbert metz 1b turn one of her clahainates gave to miss woorlnianu'e a mi nature toy house the valedictory by mannie j weir bad for its theme artistic iaflnence at the close of which in graceful terms : lie bid farewell to teachers directors and classmates the presentations of diplowas followed awarded at the hands of principal h g landis the address was given by john r caesell of philadelphia it was able and quite appropriate and not too long flin theine was success " and how to achieve it he sah among the at tributes of manhood are availability enthusiasm , concentrationjand determina tion opportunities will come to those prepared for them and then they must be seized in america opportunity comes to all for equality of opportunity belongs to the genius of free institu tions at the conclusion of the address the benediction was pronounced by rev h j r inker of tbe evangelical church and the most creditable com mencement exerciser that lanbdalehae ever had were over and;the class of irtccj had stepped oqt from the alma mater obituary thomas ||. kvans thomas li isvaiw tx-banien of nor stoivn died sit 12.10 saturday he had been nick four wncki and thero h.nl i ci-ii little hope of his recovery inrsev rial days lie hum the son of p'riuiris i and the late martha rvans hmci whh born kel 12 1861 near knirview vil ia(i6 mr kvans learned tha trade of a printer nl tht i e.fendi'r office n'orrifl town he was for hoiiio vran foreman for the late 8 1 ilelll'enstein 111 pro prietor and after mr hiilff enalein's death he became owner of a half inter est in the paper and conducted it sever al yearn dfcense<l was a democrat in politics lint in 18!»0 was elected imigea.s of nor ristown receiving many republican votes he wits a member of j.vnwnod beige a i v w and ithnr orgblrim tons of recent yeare mr kvans was real estate and general business bgent holding periodical sales of local stocks and wiih very successful on dec 17 1st iir married anna 0 daughter of jonathan helftenstein who survives him they had two children addle b and f.aviniam the latter a teacher in sandy street public school alonzo shafkkr m i dr a 1 on zo shaffer of essex conn fomerly a resident of fort washington died at his bonne thursday evening at s'o'cloek and was brouu'ht on to fort washington and interred in st thomas cemetery at 11 a m tuesday the deceased whs in his s2d year and was the son of the late jonathan und mar uaret shatter the latter of whom died at fort washington last augnst wtiilo on a visit the family resided on the old homestead at camp hill now own ed by i 1 h ralph he was grad nated from the medical department of tho i'ni varsity of pennsylvania hairing previously married alice irene irwin of parkabnrg ta on march 7 1xu4 in october 18115 dr and mrs shatter moved to essex where he en joyed a large practice two sons j irwin and robert burns who with the widow survive it was during march of the present year that tho doctor had his hack bruised and injured by a shaft of his carriage in an accident a com plication nf troubles almost immediately set in and to recover hit health the doctor spent weeks at atlantic city and the wernersville sanitarium and he re turned home greatly benefited but ad vised not to practice medicine for a year despile this warning and feelinn so much belter he a^ain injured his back while performing an operation and be gradually failed in health until hi heait nave out and tha end came three tuns mr commencement at prsspectville the class of 1s»o3 of the horsharu public schools held their commencement exercises wedneednv evening last in the i'roepectville m a church before a lai^e audienee th graduates were all from proepectville school tbe program follows musio orchebtra ; prayer rev t ¥. morgan salutatory a'nna mae weikel recitation edna h headly ; vocal solo miss mabel mellon ; history and prophecy lliouias arthur ander son ; nui.-if orchestra recitation mary k stewart ; vocal boio miss mabel mel lon ; prenentations frank p weikel ; urn ic orchestra . valedictory anna maude anderbon vm-al solo mi mabel mellon presentatio of diplomat ; address.rev geoiije b haucliwr the kiaduateh were anna maude anderson thonias arthur anderson and anna mae weikel 	 kuumm avrtdrul mikh eiuab«th mulu-n uf vs'lllow grove wm di'iviuc ui ftiunxluy luuruliik wltb miss lllliuu morrow of laucatter wliu vtwt ttiitink tlie mul icuh wlille crossliig the york road ut the new wflbli road the inniy nwvr.teu euddeuly and bolted for in in*.1 tbe ruuuboul ik overturned and hit two incites thrown out jllssllulleii ? triii'kon in-r we which wiim bruited and cut the was placed ou a trolley car uud ukru to her lioinv her luce aud clothlni w«re bloody which ittc rlie tu rumurs ttiut her iiijurli'8 were of a very serluun churai'ter bad bi'uues are her uii»t»l mriou hurts mliw morrow was albu kouicwhal brulieil dr fraukliu wutsoii uitoe theui iuiii fortuble i'hv puuy riftn up k iun*-l thiuiik'1 hit vill»kv '"" a mkiii ciiunht ttieviakuii ah ouit'wln»ldaiii»*<;d nuil tl.v xjuy ww iklu iiud kbuut tlit le on j tine l'i a son was born to and mis otto hi|ipeli frank siangan last week shot a large ground hog which tipped the sesfles at 28 pounds the baseball match buween rose hill and three tuns schoolboys took place on saturday the score was 21 to 2 in favor of the three tuns thev'are now open for other games mr and mrs c e brog«n and mrc ardy spent sunday with mr perez of ild point a party of young folks numberi arnol^tcted »» whip frank shugard loet a mule by death on monday oettlna ready for soldiers seven carloads of supplies including the fieid guns of battery a of the first brigade n g p , arrived in perkasie col richardson division quartermaster will begin and complete the division headquarters next week these quarters will be for the use of major general miller and his staff major steele the hrigade quartermaster has selected the camping site for the various regiments the artillery and cavalry and is pushing work on the brigade headquarters lanxlme harry krause a lansdale youth was one of the members of the norrietowu graduation class the annual business meeting of the lansdale alumoi wanhen.1 on thursday evening last the grounds about lansdale station are u mniiiiik a beautiful appearance t>y reaton of re cent work of tiie landscape gardeners that diphtheria case at the east side of the town is about over und tbe quarantine removed on the home at elijah hrb rev j j.rothrock has resumed his preaching services in the deformed church after in inter val of a month on july two new elders and three deacons will be ciiosen to fill the vacancies made by recent resignations tin episcopalians are building six additional carriage sheds visitors from a distance are rev john c klt tenhouse and james loyer of the provincial ontario can they are the descendants of the old time emigration from pennsylvania to canada the lansdale baptists now have a 15-minute open air service ou bunday evening wben tbe weather will permit william swartley.ason of samuel swartley.the grocer 1 now on a vacation vielt from albright college meyerotown lebanon county this li au educational institution belonging tu the evangelical denomination a new house ii beiug erected on lincoln ave nue by jacob l vountc the annual reunion of the ol&ss of 1wj is an nounced to be held lujeuklus grove on monday afternoon a huge crowd passed through lansdale satur day bound for c'halfont park no less ttiau 11 sotlet ies from philadelphia were represented in trie chicken farm uf i pearson robert ad jacent to lau^dale art 1'joo young fowlb of vari ous age his place is on tae turnpike to gwy nedd aud near tbe cemetery miss alverda ueigestieimer of lausdale con tinues at the teacher of the northern school hatfli-m township llenrv albrivht chief clerk in the freight house has recovered from pneumonia aud re sumed hll ixihitloll the partnertililpof karafh i krebs a mer hkiit tailors 1b dissolved tht latter quitting the usluebs assuclatlou many people from here will likely to to lee tile soldiera tmcauipinetit at 1'erkaeie whlcb will be between the 1 lth ami 1 sth ul jui y . ou saturday the baseball name was aunounced as between tlit lansdale and wildmau team of korrlstuwu the home team won by a more of 7ui i kext saturday it will not be so eaiiy it is txpscud that the ambler baseball team will ijb uptliis way t try c«iicluslou with uur local club there is a report prevalent here that samutl xell lia deserted hia wife aud family they livi-.l hero lur a while aud later on the mullen house farm near uoliaar later reports are not so fivurablelu reaped to the condition i jhiiu f rotenberter uow m iliu l-'iaukford twyluui there ure apprelivnaloiih ol m,f ii'iiliik of the brain at ilnmeceut penouul pro|msn.v tale un tlie koo4i uf tne late annie catnel tield here a grand father'n'clotk xuld for s101 well earned diplomas whitemarsh township graduates eight pupils hy held lit fort wmlilngtnn unrt plv altrndpil anniliil adilrc^n « li olsh by k)t-hniirt<»r wenfr tin hith nnntial rmnmencempnt of he whitliiflthli public h«-.li(iins wfu held ast tliiirwlh.v evening in wissaliirkon mil fort witflhitigton the ttttffi wm rtistirally decoratid wittl hnntitif in<l lowers witli potw'd nlanth plared upon he platform the whnlu mnkiiitr a pleas ng effect on thn wall hack if tli ilatfnrm tlie words row not drift vhichit the olam motto were hennti ully lisplaypd in attractive nolora the larsje liail ns tilled everv available standing rpace be ing occupied and nmnv weie unable to gam admittance the clnao just grmlnnted in composed entirely of girls eight in number and these ncludinn tlie valedictorian salutfitorian n historifln were pupil of the fort vasliington ecliool two are from spring mill school and one from the uancnbter ville scliool.kynear's ochprtr enlivened he occasion with excellent music the exercises were opened promptly at s o'clock with samuel yeakl presc ient of tbe bchool board presiding after music by tlie orohestra,prayer was offered by hev frederick a rupley ir , pastor of st paul's lieformed church the sal ntatory by sarah may harp was well rendered and was fof o wed by a recitation curfew shall cot ring tonight by jennie varnette 3rsiwford an oration the beauties of nature bv bessie mildred i.ouj mrm was a pleasing feature of the pro ram laura bommers gave a recita ion entitled ' sara's ear kintjs " in an enjoyable manner km ma conaid mara me gave the class history and pphy n a delightful and entertaining manner and was followed hy oarrie iae kitl1 ington witli a recitation a.t tho ok stage door the class presentations iv ere made in an exceedingly creditable way bv ida vanwinkle the valedic ory ixold lies deep in the moan ain was delivered by esther lee cagjjttrt in a very entertaining and in structive manner the annual address waadeliverd f rev forrest k daccr 1 d ofpbila lelphia the sneaker hold the atten ion of the audience by hie profound logic an«l eldqtrence and said as long an the bible the american hap and the english laimnaao labored hand in hand there is no danger that our country will not prospor and advance he also scored tfie hoys lor not continuing in ichoolknd erailuating like their sisters an address to the fjnuluatea and the presentation of diplomas was the pleas ing task of ex senator john a wenti who said this is trie closing scene in vonr school life and when thflbe exercises are over your school life its duties ite ef furls and results will have passed into history you will then go forth to fijee and battle with tbe mure practical dutiei and responsibilities of life's school am world will pais judgment in an honorable and useful position in th affaire of life and in vour aspirntloiia to attain a high and ennobling aati.m among your associates tbe intellectual training you have received will be a potent factor in aid ing you in becoming good and usefn women and assist you in your chosen vocations to attain success and to prosper in the varioua occupations in life in which you may become engaged i would therefore impress upon you the importance of being diligent and faithful of every duty and honestly and fearlessly striving to do that which you know to be just and right you cannot see your mark too high in your life's work or worship too frequently at the shrine of truth i predict for each of vou a bright happv and pros perous future if you will tobor as ardently and untiringly in the years to come as you have in striving to obtain an honorable and commendable position amonn the graduates of thin school dis trict and in seeking to win tbe coveted prize which you expect to receive as a rewardl for your fathfnlness and perse verance having sucessfully completed the course of study prescribed by the school board of this district mid having passed credi tably and satisfactorily the exami nation re>|uired,now i present you with this diploma trusting that as you look upon i t from time to time it may ever bean inspiration ami incentive.guiding and directing each of you to a higher and better life " the class of l!)(xi consists of ksthcr lee taggart sarah may sharp enuna conard mainunel ida van vv inkle car rie mae farriiil'toa jennie varnette crawford bessie 5iildred lougharui and laura sonomerh the exercises were concluded with the benediction by rev f a rupley jr d katea to saratoga n v on account of the imperiul council ancient arabic order nobles of the mystic shrine of xorth america to be held at saratoga x y july 7 to 10 inclusive the pena^ylvania railroad company will sell round-trip tickets to saratoga from all stations on its i i in ou july i anil 7 good to return until july 20 inclusive at rate of a tingle fare for the round trip a stop-over will be allowed at philadelphia and baltimore on tickets returning via those points within linal limit of july 7 go ing and july 20 returning on deposit of tickets with station agent immediate ly on arrival wjudiuuor jacob datil met with it fall from u limmiwf in course ' if erei'tlon ou tbe '!'. c price ratate i'liih uut hill but fwrtuiiauil it wtl uot eriou ami he is alhhilaijuiu hciipite tin hi ratumiluk wmther un u'tddmdt eveuldk of laal week a lui'iit uuuiim uf i>eniiiis uitencj.il tlie(em anilbupivrhukl outhe lawuof mr f i mym-fc tot the beimllt of the bulldiub fuutl cf irace luuierau church an iutert'nting t'liti'i'imiuui'iit w»b well by ktverui yutiuk liulivt aiul gv atlcuwu fiummuuut alrjr strengthening friends horsham association discusses ways and means lntitn j atklnmtll sny than i n»-<-<i tot s|»ilti<n w«rd tlmt xi rim ut.ru m«.v ho inoltned tunnnl lthiinhtf>(l vl«lt in last nmclin^r of t lie llorsham frlendu awoclation for the seasob was held cm firntilny iiftcrnoon it wnc a huge and interesting meetlngi henriet tit kinwy opennd the program by h bible reading after which the minutes were read jervia smith j»nve a beauti ful recitation followed by helen g.bot ton of woodhlown who gave van i)yke'e lnst word which was great ly appreciated a dlscufwion upon the nueatlon flow shall we obtain new members for our society wan taken up it was was first treated in an interesting paper by howard t hallowell he considers that an enthusiast ic love und willinir to work by each individual mem ber would solve this i|iii'ct ion sarah jarrctt presented a thoughtful paper she did not think it necessary to jo up and down the landa trying to proselyte but advocated setting tbe ex ample'of right living and high think ing she thought we could not im prove on the methods of our forefathers if they were faith fully carried out james q atkinson continued the sub ject by saying that we cannot expect others to come to our meetings if the membnra do not attend faithfully them selves neither can we expect those who come to us once to come again if we do not give them anything he en joys silent meeting himself but until h person has learned to appreciate silence in which all true worship must be per formed it is i'ery necessary to have the spoknn word and lie thought that tho principle that only words sent by divine inspiration should be spoken prevented our members from pressing the thoughts thai came to their minds which if uttered might be nf value to othqgpand that we should feel free to express snob thoughts the discussion was participated in bv ely j smith susan 11 jawett wil liam salterthwaite and macie t walton new officers were then appointed who take their places at the meeting on niuth month 1.1 : edwaid morgan pre sident howard oomly vice president ; kminn gomly secretary the biter is kitten john conner of barren hill caused the arrest of charles 11 lewis on tues day charged with cruelty to animals it appeared at the hearing that connor bought a horse from lewis to which the latter it was alleged had adminis tered a fluid which marie the animal al most unmanageable from pain lewis wns fined 10 and costs the graduates from jenkintown public school thursdav evening were philip j leswing margaret a clarke walter h mechler and irene l miller to lewis b stagner of bnckidgbam a traction employe at willow grove as he was turning the switch a piece of steel flew off the rail into his eye it bad to'be cut oot at wills eye hos jjital philadelhpia it will be eevera days before he can go to hie work springfield canniencemeiit the commencement exercises of the spring field towuship high school at wyndmoor wer held wed nesjay afternoon of ut week th following program was rendered i nstrumeiita duet emma fallows and bertha egcleston in vocation rev £. j bellman mutic wyndmoo school salutatory clara £. tlmmlne vocal solo prof thomas it miildleton recitation blanch ely music klouruiwu orelund and ridge roa schools prophecy carl a hophan instruments solo ml«s sara finch class presentations eliza beth c fisher and blanche ely music flour town oreland and ridge road schools valedic torr benjamin h eggleston presentation of dl pieman r . a stout president of the school board music wyndmoor school address and beoedic tion rev william barnes lower p d of cal very church wyncote the graduates were benjamin h eggleston clara e timmins blanche ely elizabeth c fisher and carl a hopnau dissatisfied with award thomas nicholson of wyncnte,is not at all ut isfii'd with tbe award made to him for tbe damn keb arising from the closure of the entrance to nlsuoal yard by tbeiolld railroad bridge on and over his premises at jenkintown station hiu-lu of the 12 juryman who tried the case in the county court at norristown before j udfe swartz it ih alleged stood out at first and for a consider able time lor 10,000 damages tbe j ury was out from i or 5 o'clock in the afternoon until noon the next day when they returned a verdict for 87500 the same amount as trie jury of view hud wen j udge swaru informed the j ury that mr uholsou was entitled to interest un the amount allowed from the time he was deprived of the use of his property until the award of damages was made but the jury only compensated him la the uwuuiit :- tilted juliii ii su'ver.mhi jr c,f all gton testified that he would have given for specific purposes 820,000 for the property before tbe ruilm ihii bridge crossed it and regarded it as worth t<lo,oou but the court instructed the jury that they should not cousider mr stevenson s testimony because it was based on a speculative value the suit was one in equity and was brought against trie eounty of montgomery kluunuwu 0 k campbell the florist reports u heavy le mund for roses and one day recently he cut ltbs blumin lie expectd to build another greenhouse in the fa ; aud will devote his entire space to rose culture doing away with uaruatlons the heat ing apparatus will alsn be changed george fran the liulldvr is working ou the new stable to be erected here christian smith und family visited their daugh ter mrs shannon at sellereville the purchaser of the heury kerper place has moved thwrelu he is employed in the city as bulesmau in a wholesale shoe nouke augustus weieb who has been sick is able to bv about in ills n un toomprmmt in the grammar school during june were itegiuu eustace matilda weiss g leslie liak-'t-r teacher a j nace walter koss and family of jeukldtovui vimuil dwiu barumoo sunday frank huhrback uml family are vigitlnjc mich ael itnhrbuik the latter hits been cuunned to his bed ukuiu edwin mc('loskey 1ms a new driver wn iiib coal team hi the rsi>u of harry swurtz formerly of tills tuvvij lilts bcheetz of norribtowu formerly of this town riaind h«j«on saturday und sunday it i'viiik ih occasion of it birthday for mrs allen ycist i.ikwk of the ijuldier'bm'hool ueur ilur rlvburg lias uirlved hoiutt for bin vocation he ill a it of it with his aunt mis james mr w i wedded mainkh kakimikr samuel b rlalnettnd min mirj rlbfjpn'i both of port wnnhlrntofii nihrrici mumlin evaning at (! i'olnnh l lli home if i lie ltridn's mother mrs wnii a pkrlogtr by ev 1 d i'otrink nf i'lonrt'iwn p«n 01 m tin niiilh wales kcfiirineil ohiiicli . the renmony was an extrcnirlv qulel onc itnemd by rmly i half dozen ont ide tho home tfrole and after the cere iiinnv and ron(!iutiiliilinns the bride and kronm ftt once took np their home with tbe former'h mother the liride in a well known and 6h(i mahle youn woinflti of foil washin on while mr ilainra ip originally trom i'hiladclphio.bnt line deen residing ahnnl knrt wp.shiiikton for s^verhl yearn 1 1 in father in extensively engajj od in the fruit liufinpsp in alifornia nick leathkkman anna 1-entherinan ihiightor of mr and mrs llenrv iipatherman of line i.exinrton was nmrried to mr nice cif harleysville sunday afternoon by the liev henrv kosenberper the newly married couple will go to house k«ep!nu at oiire tlie bride wbh the teacher of the newville graniniar 6chool last term and has been teaching in rlurko miiiity for a numlier of venrn ki'iuweri rnt«h to itohton on account of the meeting of the national educational association nt bofiton mass julv " to 10 the penn sylvania railroad company will sell exc'iirninn tickets to boston from all points on hr lines west and smith of princeton heightstown tennent and lrjrig brunch on july .'!, 1,5 and i good oins on thobe dates and pooil to return netween july sand july 12 inclusive al rate of single fare for the round trip plus $:.'. bv depositing ticket with joint igent at boston on or before july 1 i and payment of fee of 50 cents extension of etinn limit maybe obtained to sept 1 for stop-over privileges und further in ormation consult nearest ticket agent consul saylnr maj kenlgd consul henry d baylor arrived at his wine in pottstown last week from daw son oitv and there is a belief among^be some of his friends that lie will not re urn the illness of his father a g saylor one of the wealthiest citi/.ens of that town ranged his return home as be has had the honor of being appoint not only in the dawson consulship but to that of matan/.a also bin friends believe that he will now retire to re sume hie law practice sitiuii accident at hatfleltt within a short distance of the scene of the hattield wreck on the heading railway three years aao in which t.'i lives were lost a wagon bearing five persons was struck by an express early friday evening one was killed and three were injured so severely that they are not expected to survive the victims are mr and mrs josiah sellers of levan pa tht-ir grandchild ethel sellers two years old and miss emma cathet , of doyleslown mrs sellers died so n after the accident conuilmai d k w>l«f hql ick.e of aeeeinblynmu keator at his couttti v seat on saturday the lansdale and norristown trolley company are posting bills about town announcing a series of entertainments in zieber's park by tbe gordon min strel troupe to commence on july 2 edward c gerhart and family of philadelphia were visiting lelatives in t iwru on sunday william ami eugene anderson of philadelphia spent sunday with their parents mr and mrs frank anderson we are informed that our north wales notes eired last week in announc ing the coming wedding of harry x haas and miss mary kex smith and we cheerfully give space to this correc tion the contractor for the stone walls for the third street sewer will in a few days complete tbe job ihe borough au thorities are now grading the street and when the improvements and the row oi houses now under construction on the eanie street are completed that part ol our town will have quite an iniprovec appearance it will also drain a marsh and a small creek a start has been made to complete the grading of the approaches to penn sylvania avenue bridge over the head ing railway the i.adw aid society of the bap tist church on shearer street held a social at the country home of miss em ma jones tuesday evening the latter entertained her quests in a royal man ner with ii banquet tbe joint committee of citizens and the social club have been successful in raising several hundred dollars for a display of fire works on the ball grounds on the 4th the local ball team will play the quakertown club on the for mer's grounds on saturday mormne.and in the afternoon the same club will play u t^uakertown last saturday the menlo park club had engaged to phty our team but failed to appear the odd killows organizations of is borough will form u picnic party o go to tbe weldon house nlont the i'fikioim-ii creek on july 11 the burgess by proclamation forbids he shouting of fire works previous to school days are over upper dublin township commence ment exercises tlilili'i'iilli anminl olftml oinnpi n snvon nrnihihlcn amrmh iiv mv o.h or it illb arm lit k.lliv full nl n«|.cr ••!<•¦ hihi ilcliiriilnehklo all l'|>|ici i'uhli n i 111 > i i un ( lunch a lose hill whp tin goal toward which all nf upper dublin traveled on llmrs 1 ii v evening the occasion being he 13th aniiinil commencement of the town hip schools at the hour of beginning tho exercihes 8 o'rlnck the rnoin nndi enet room and annex were parked every lent being taken and sunding room nt t proroiam tlie exercises under the charge of ivor w k groit of javret town school passed oft in ii very credit able manner mips pauline kodell'ei presided nt llic organ while mrb k d phillips jbd miss pollock rendered several pleasing solos the essays and orations by the several graduates were well prepared and were above the average in thoughts expressed thfi honorary papers us giv en by the class were valedictory bes sie lightkep ; balutatorv carrie lloupl ; lass history mary gilbert ; clans pro phecy florence weir : oration cheaton a hunter mildred m may trott gave a recitation while anna m campman made the presentations oliver tolan accepted the class flap in behalf of the class of 1 004 the class soup was given 3y the seniors assisted by the 13 jnni ors in ii pleasina and spirited style the annual address delivered bv kev , berkeley grillith rpctor of trinity memorial chnreh ambler was replete with practical and elevating thought in our limited space we can ive but a very few of them mr griffith com menced by congratulating the membern of the class of 1!io upon the attainment hoy hail acquired in the lieul of knowl edge but lie very urnently warned them against making the accjnitition nf know edge from books their sole object nnd aim a mere armor her must of necessity purposeless character true per sonalit.v must come fioui within to live a purposeless life is merely to veg etate our lives are lamely as we made them we hear too many croaking about situation in life keepint people hack while they fold their bunds and do nothing to help themselves forward this kind of people nt the same time ridicule those who are trying to do something to make the world better some make culture their religion ind sneer at the homely virtues such a in dustry honesty and truth culture we should have but not at the expense of our moral nature we should uiltivnw - the spirit of absolute integrity in am every association in life this principle the speaker illustrated by the story of kegulus in iiomnn history miss pollock then bang in gooil style the selection entitled why sliines the moon so dim tonight after which rev thomas kellev d d of/jarret town m k church made a sliory ad dress packed with telling points co cludiut by presenting tbe diplomas to mi tiff following graduate bessie ligbt ai jbqfcixxule hvu.pl and marv i itirfettown school nd uhecton huntta florence weir anna m campman and mildred m maytrott of three tuns the class colors were red and white ; class flower carnatkns and class motto look forward not backward qlenside and around week was is jr of edge jennings of july 4 in compliance ordinance with a borough george haslam janitor of tbe lirand goldsn uerhart hall knights of the sagle wub the guets of j a over sd fire lluii.e in uelteubaui at the meeting of the tuwubliip comuiittlouei « held on tliurnluy last ii i , w»lt jewe harptr l x ii kau'3 were anointed a oumnilttee k secure plans for the new mwu*liiu building to b erei-ted ou east church mu>1 on the lot tely uuht by thetoweship speclficutloii are out ur uiui'iidauiiziiik townnlilp liuo road in chel wnbani villttge the contract will be awarded at he nest meetldij of the bourtl in reply to the letltlou recuivwl froui tlie rcslilmts ol ugoutz k ll b d t^ll th a marriage license last sued christopher toole hill and miss agnes jenkintown dr and mrs m p boyle have return ed from their wedding trip over the great lakes and are now at their home corner willow grove and menlo avenue thomas clamptl'er has just received a new manhattan fancy driving wagon from lohn m smith c*c company of chicago whose carriage woikw are int ohio rev arthur breclenhek prstor of the lutheran church moved to ilenaide on wednesday he has rented one of the wilson houses on glenside uvenuc at kdge hill eiraalon ponofry paper hanger of cni'stmit hill for the convenience of his customers at ileiihide has opened a branch oriice in the cigar store and barber shop of jacob fox opposite the beading railway station morris v wolti has a held of fine lookinii fast ripening rye growing on the east side of glenside avenue just below the baptint mission chapel george 1 heist sr haa some line looking fields of both wheat aiui rye on the limekiln pike k h.uion of ivyland hat the con tract lo buil'l a hoiibe for mrs i lunnin i eifctw of kliik van winkle of kdge hill on mt carmtsl avenue north of he willow grove turnpike bebler & lurkhardi have the contract for thw plumbing joseph brooke the youngest son of mr and mrs henry s brooke has the same aspirations as big elder brother and proposes to enter the medical pro ession in october be will enter upon he studv of medicine at the ilalme uiaiin medical college philadelphia dri john alfred brooke and his bride returned from their i-ddjug trip on ihurhclay and will spend a few day with ihe doctor's parents mr and mr ienry s bxooke at their elegant home in lieinore street a reception wan leld thursday evening in honor uf the newly married pair letltlou recuivwl froui tlie mts ugoutz lark thii counulmliiuitb bave ugieed tu^allow the i»e of a part of tb«lr lot oil eutit jiur a road fur he hnuiliitc f > c'beuilcul lire enjlue it it mid he rmlddiru of tlie park will niwuil from 8oo to i10w fur the iurch ul » tuitabk t)r euglue the rev kerr boyce tupper 1 '., of i'll iladelpbia deli veiwl thead ire^s to the graduates at the 14th an oal couiniencenitjiit of the sellenville ilib school sellie gilkeson whh vale lit turian and kmie it shelly htihilato ian tlie hev 1.11 waidel icli pr euted the diplomat and joatpfa w tho alumni m