The Ambler Gazette 19020605

              the ble vol xx.-no 24 ambler pa june 5 1002 fte spicy time in council ambler lawmakers take action against trolley company may lit rp|mireil t kj pense of the trolley company violation of orillnanrrii con<lemiieil-me«»r har ton ami h»n"er claim damage a short but very interesting sewion of ambler borough council ins held in the council chamber on monday even ing at ft o'clock when the roll was called all members were present clerk davie read the minutes of the previous regular meeting and also of a special meeting held may 10 which were ap proved ae read the reports of the various commit tees were heard fiom their chairman alex knight jr chairmnn of the highway committee reported having had an interview with the gaa cnm panv referred to at last meetinm.and he would arrange with the borough solicit or to prepare the necessary ordinance mr knight aleo reported the streets in fair condition with the exception of the tinecraped streets which he said would be attended to soon mr craft a member of the highway committee called attention of council to the bad condition of board walks on north main and spring garden streets mr walmble of the fire committee reported engine in good condition but baid the company would disband unless help was given them mr acuff of the law and order com mittee reported four arrests during the month building permit committee albeit cambnrn chairman reported three building permits joseph haywood 4 george fieter 1 mrs thomas redingtou 1 the light borouah improvement and boroiir property committees made no re port a motion was made by mr kramer and carried that the highway commit tee be instructed to make the necessary repairs in front of m e allen's pro perty on main street mr knight moved that inasmuch as the properties of daniel dowlin and jefl'erson flrr had been damaged by reason of change of grade on butler ave nue that 100 be awarded dowlin anil 75 be awarded carr the motion was carried unanimously joseph j harton and charles shaffer regarding their south ambler proper ties were granted the floor and address ed council in reference to the damage done the properties caused by the vaca tion of centre street attorney foxhored the matter might be settled amicably without taking further steps in the mat ter he said mr harton considers him self damaged to the extent cf 2000 and mr staffer's damages are from f500 to 1000 no action was taken by council boiougn tftficer bcnleaii be paid an so daniel doivlin street commissioner mr kramer then addressed couneil with regard to the manner in which the trolley company had treated ambler he said they had violated their ordi nance in almost every particular in re gard to butler avenue mr kramer thought the present condition of butler avenue is disgraceful and outrageous and offered an ordinance to council de claring former ordinance no 72 null and void the ordinance was adopted h9 read mr acuff in reply to mr kramer said he thought ttiat ordinance no 72 was a good and binding ordinance but the difficulty was that it had not been enforced and suggested that mr kram er confer with the borough solicitor and take action against the trolley com pany before declaring the ordinance void mr buchanan moved that before ad journment a committee of three be ap pointed to meet wednesday night to confer with mr crilley relative to the matter carried mr kramer moved that the trolley company be notified to put butler ave nue in good condition and if at the ex piration of 10 days the work is not commenced that trie highway commit tee do the work and charge the same to the trolley company the motion nas carried a communication was received from james bartleson tendering his resigna tion as a member of the board of health inasmuch as he being a school director coald not hold the two offices the resignation was accepted . the meeting was then adjourned to reassemble on wednesday night fenura one of john l brown's horses died last week the tile rool is almost completed ou the new nation and outside the men inv pushing things the glass is in place and the passenger shed is rapid ly assuming un api«amnce like ihat of elum the lower iwvnedd bchool board met monday evening but the work of the auditors delayed matters so that it was decided to hold an ad journed meetiiik friday night when the organi zation will lie effected there is a movement to ien the old elght-siiuare school on bethle pt(.3 pike below bprinkhouse the assessor says there would be l'j pupils for a school there the < ril.ii jlill teacher huh ot'ii her roll and some action will likely be taken to relieve t his crowd ed condition the examination of the senior class will be conducted saturday by t'ouuty superintendent r f hoffecker nurcmim the remains uf chalklev styer's hay house which had blown down iuitc awhile agu was set on lire on saturday night uud entirely oon buwed thetrauip fraternity will probably have to shoulder the blame tin 1'iyuiiiutli alumni league gave their au miul entertainment on mitmduy evening a large audience was present the entertulmuent wub chiefly uuiuslug and the purlx well rendered the dead animal estuhluhuicnt of lunciibter ville will soon be numbered with tilings of the iiutt air murker was tfiven until lug to remove the establishment ip of i ubj eve the ladles aid society of culd point baptist church will hold a fie and cuke sule on satur clay afltriuion uud evening june h it will be given in lie chinch hall mr a 1 bartholomew of old poiut was taken to the norristowu hospital last week ami hud au operation iieifornie for ui'l>cndicitii tin lu*t report was hat the uperatiuu was a auc ecu mrt bowman was interred at cold l\iiu nuj.'u'iy ou fimday ufieiuoou obituary pr tbomai i co*«w dr thomas f gorgon an expert in real estate matters and a member of the well known coreon family of montgom erv county died thnrsdcy night at his residence 1212 montgomery avenue philadelphia death was due from eeptie poisoning which developed from a carbuncle dr corron wan the eon of squire alan conon.of lower providence town ship and was born in l«40 when 20 years of age he began the study of medicine under dr william corson of norristown and entered the university of pennsylvania as a medical student at the beginning of the rebellion lie enlisted and served as an assistant sur geon in the sixtv-seventh pennsylvania volunteers until the end of the war when peace was declared he resumed his studies at the university and was graduated in 1866 he established a practice but after a short while opened a drug store at twefth street and mont gomerv avenue philadelphia dr coreon s knowledge of real estate a predominant characteristic in the cor eon family prompted him to open a real estate"oflice 20 years ago and he became widely known in that business dr corson was a cousin of dr hiram coreon who when h died in the old homestead near plymouth meeting march 4 18fl(i at tlie age of 96 years was credited with being one of the old est practicing physicians in the world dr corson was twice married his first wife being mies margaret johnson of phoenixville his second wife who survives was mrs edith mcpheaieon of washington d c also surviving him are his daughter miss jeanette corson of audubon and his son alan corsou watson donat watson donat died sunday afternoon at 1.25 at his home main and walnut streets ambler of pneumonia he was in his 3<>th ear deceased was the son of mr and mrs charles donat of whitemareh about 14 years ago he married mamie daughter of joseph carr of chestnut hill for a time they re sided in wbitemarsb where the de ceased carried on the trade of upholster ing lebb than three years ago they moved to ambler purchasing the pro perty on the east corner of main and walnut streets where he continued the upholstering business with considerable success deceased leavee a widow and three children margaret aged 10 years earl rive and joseph kenton in his fourth vear he was a member of the mount pleasant baptist church and was a high ly respected resident the remains will be interred in rose hill cemetery this thursday services beinu held at ttie house at 2 o'clock p m broad axe norman v jauncey weited in ard niore this week miss clara e martin has a large class of iiiuf pupils everv week andn v conn of a\uy green visit on gnndav wesley mcpherson df skipp ited iii9 parents on sunday miss mary ryan lias two lambs three months old which weigh 130 pounds each elsie a swaincott spent last week in roxborough george s fister has rented ellendale for the summer misses hannah j and emma l mccool spent thursday in philadelphia miss fjorie jane swaincott was pro moted in her studies at shady grove school this term we had the pleasure of viewing mr denver's garden friday it is the pink of neatness all his vegetables are grow ing nicely and will soon be ready for the table a number of brakes from norrietuwn anil conshohocken passed through here on thursday for willow grove mr a j reynolds baa placed a tin roof upon his out kitchen court new criminal court convened in norrie to«vn monday with judge weand on the bench the cases of interest to this neighborhood arc com vs vingenzo rose.charged ith the larceny of 150 pounds of copper telephone wire on the morris road in the neighborhood of ambler john burl tsaid he saw the man walking a'ong the road picking up the wire which the storm had broicen down burl obtained the assistance of james craig of foit washington and followeijithe man fin ally after a chase capturing the prison er wilmer whittoek testified to seeing the prisoner in company with another man taking up wire and when they saw them they pretended to be cutting dan delione ' the prisoner baid that his companion was taking the wire while he was only carrying it to help him com vs thomas thompson charged with the larcenv of a brass mould from the manufacturing plant of keasbev & mattison ambler it was shown that the defendant left the mould at the place of thomas burl until he could ob taiu a team and that he was arrebted in philadelphia by a special officer while attempting to dispose of the mould thompson contended that he bought the mould from a man ho did not known verdict guilty j herman convicted of receiving stolen gi.ods at the march term of court was u-fiim'd a new trial and was sen tenced to three month he received harness stolen from a stable in abing too john mark an italian was tried for the larceny of copper wire in abington township curly on lie morning of april 14 john ash farmer living near kdge hill saw three men at 5.30 o'clock in the morning pulling wire down from a telephone pole one of the three men if the jiriboner the witness went to kdge hill and secured a constable ami when they reuiiutid to the locality where the men were pulling down wire the three men fl«d to the wikmih they wore chased anil the prig im cangtit biding belli ml a tree bradley appointed ambler school board fills vacancy in third ward mmlh rre«l<1«nt - mcinberitlilp in creased to nine tux hate flxrri nt *•*- en hii.i one-h»ir mill kiicournglrg ii ¦ imiii-liil stnlf-menl the organization of the newly-elected echool directors of the borough of amb ler was held monday evening in the directors room the old board meeting previously and winding up its business president bradley called the old board together and heard the reports of the committees messrs leech and styer reported on visiting the schools and mr styer of trie commencement com mittee reported having secured the opera house music and the speaker for the event on june 17 mr leech reported having fsrwarded bill to ainlder independent school dis trict for february march april and may tuitions amounting to 184 and then read his financial statement cover ing the transactions of the year biiow ing cash on hand including the sink ing fund of 1768.66 1508.14 of which is in the treasury for current expenses with abimt 700 yet to come in from taxes the average of the graduates are anna vanartsdalen 90 thomas faust 88.5 may butler 83.7 harry mccormick 82.05 frank besson 82.3 the averages are higher than last year after the minutes were read the board adjourned sine die on re-assemwing mr russell was chosen temporary chairman and mr styer temporary secretary the creden tials of the members-elect were then re ceived and the gentlemen sworn into office by mr russell as follows 7 e leech from the first ward dr c b hough and a k reimer from the sec ond and dr d w shelly from the third mr russell was then made permanent chairmttn and mr leech permanent secretary at a salary of 100 e h faust was elected treasurer at a salary of 75 anil william s acuff solicitor with a retaining fee of 10 mr faust's bond was placed at 15,000 on the call of the roll a vacancy was shown frnni the third ward and on motion oi dr shelly mr bradley was appointed by the hoard to the place mr bradley was immediately sworn in the following committees were then appointed supply — moore styer dr hough improvement — iiartleson russell reimer complaint — leech bradley shelly commencement stver moore rus sell building — russell bartleson lleimer the tax rate was fixed at ~% mills the same as last vear the schools will re-ooen sept 1 with a 10 months term the latit two weeks in june and first ™— ™- "^ r "*" wm j ^ ~* y — ' f ie held june 24 with the faculty consider text books and the course of tudy at this point the board availed them selves of refreshments kindly provided by e hudson martin janitor , on re-assembling,sohcitor acuff read the resolutions and peramble of the refunding of the old loans in the sum of 10,200 at 4 per cent and of the new building loan of 11,000 at the same rate favorable action was taken by the board the wells warning and ventilating and sanitary system was ordered in stalled in the new building and the plans altered to accommodate the sve tem the second tuesday of each month was fixed as the time for board meet ings dr hough messrs bradley and moore were appointed a committee on the applications of teachers to report at an adjourned meeting on this thursday miss iodfery notified the board efie would not be an applicant for a posi tion the board at 12.30 went into priavte session maple gleu ieorge wilson of branchtown spent sunday witli his brother william wil son harry stout eon and daughter of weldon visited at josenh h simmers on sunday mrb thomas h gamble and son who have been spending some time at the former's parents in philadelphia have returned home cieorge k conard and family of dolington and p maurice conard of glenside recently visited at t p conard's mrs rachel mann spent part of last week with relatives in doylestown misses bertha and edith mann spent sunday at the same place larrettown county sujierintendeut holleeker examined the meuitn'ru cif the juuiur nad senior clueev of the uiwiiship tjchoolu on saturday last the sen iors irom jarrettown school who paused the oi deal are rebecca moore jeaunette shoemaker kaymoud smith everett kirk the junior from tne same school tire carrie houpt and be»*le likhtkep tlie animal strawberry festival will be held saturday evening june h mi the grounds u tln mt'thortitt church borne kooii music in expected to be a part of the evening's euwrtainnient the lad let1 aid had a bin turnout at tlie re cent meeting of the nociety at the home of mr uud mr farley muple lien a package nodal was held in connection ith it a barber ntu>p has been opened for buisutss lit the in him occupied by harry lane ueorue plunkttt lias lemo'ved to oreland the young property in now occupied by i mr juusen david suiudt recently removed from ambler u our village inumik our well keptlawuu is that at the m e purbonaue mrs hannah btiay of w.ltnw urove is speud ink 8ouil lime uiiiung nlltltea and friends ut thin place frank uoupt ha bought a uew uoree for his t.utiiiess wagon harry uaiuer bun given up liin meut route l>o caute of the squeeze in prlcesjuy the irutt ue expects to go iuto other busiuuu ne»iknii.lui uuuulug liev w !' iugtworth ptuttor of the nl . it chuichwlll preach a struiou to tiie children in theuveulug thf 8abbatu«iln*'l will ivhcuim their regular children's day pro gram l.iinfkiftlfi the baseball grand stand demolished by thn winds of last winter lins been rebuilt but the organization has as yet no money to put a roof over it onr high school hoys are having plen ty of practice in ball playing on of this week they will have a with the norristowri high school team they are becoming a match for any team o"f their class on memorial day they played with the hchluler col lege there will be but one vacancy unfill ed in our teaching fores for the coming school year this has been made by the resignation of mies florence camp bell who goes to her home in west chester herbert snare a railroad hrnkemen has removed to doyleetown the house he occupied has recently been bought by milton dettra who hai removed thither soft coal now keeps our fonndaries going and anthracite is sold by our local dealers nt an advance of a dollar per ton with an upward tendency in price a beautiful day and warmer weather encouraged a general observance of me morial day the banks postoffice and stores were all closed as the forenoon advanced the event of the morning was the game of ball with the quaker town club the lansdale team won by a score of 13 to s in the afternoon the parade to the cemetery was led by the perkasie marine band followed by the grand army the sons of veterans and the american mechanics the address there was by rev thomas h evans of tlie methodist church the pullic meeting in the evening was heltl in broadway hall it was address ed by rev g w babcock.of norris toyrn and samuel shaw of lansdale miss florence scheetz of lanedale re cited sheridan's ride and the three snrder sisters of line lexington sang take me home to die mother " dr iv o griggs told an interestirr story concerning medical missions in binmah on wednesday night last in the baptist church in addition miss blan'he letson sang a solo and miss marv marden gave a recitation both art public school teachers enirene clifton a lansdale man has obtained a patent for a lawn mower montiiomerv township which borders lansale on its east corner is to have macadamized roadb at least the town ship will expend 11,000 to make them so a.r place a lansdale lawyer in behalf of the supervisors asks for the money and will pay 3 per cent in terest nn the bonds given a considerable number of foreigners send and receive mail through the lansdale oth'-e they at least are in terested in the fact that onr postoffice has-been placci'd on the list of the in ternation.il ironey offices this is to go-intn effect on july 1 fit four of our churches — baptist erantielical methodist and reformed — children's day services will he held next sunday morning and evening yhe came of ball plaved here on the sceh wci'ii lansdale hieh fcbool and i^l wn schissler college was won ¦ lay f-'arnrilay and sunday jast tbt?y were crowded with bhsengers all the while riding for business or pleasure that might have been the way with a completed line through ambler and fort washington for a year past but for the perversity of a few individuals as leng as the law permits a few property hold ers and bteam corporations to block the wjshes of the great mass of people they will be eure to take advantage of jthe law friday afternoon onr rew lansdale baseball team won a second victory over quakertown at the latter place liv a score of 8 to 5 flour own rev 1 d detrich delivered an ad dress wednesday evening before the state board of agriculture at gettsburg on eighteen years experience ; soiling zion lutheran church will hold a strawberry and ice cream festival in odd fellows hall this place june 5 0 and 7 the aid societv of the presbyterian church will hold a strawberry festival and entertainment next tuesday even ing admission 25 cents mr and mrs vv s kerper visited friends in norristown on sunday mr j 1 detrich is harvesting his rye thieves entered the store of m f hcheetz on monday evening aifrt secured some jewelry and money they also had a light lunch in the kitchen before they left they entered by way of the front parlor window . mr and mrs h e gilbert of ply mouth meeting spent sunday with mr and mrs j h matz children's day will be observed sunday in the presbyterian church in the morning a sermon to the children by the pastor and in the evening exer cises by the school tiwrnedd w h jenkins is spending several days in buffalo n y george w castner ia visiting gettys burg adolf miller is spending nome time in rochester n y mr and mrh charles f gummev aie spending the summer with mr i'liinuiey'b mother a large number of tlie active repub licans met at yothers hotel monday night after an enthusiastic meeting they endorsed the candidacy of the hon w d heebner of lansdale for state benator a g yotherti of william l'nun inu bau rented the tuunuiou house ucross the road from this hotel and baa the rooms all engaged for thu summer him limn william dilthuv and mother started mi monday to muktt it week or 10-dayu visit to cortlaud n y mr tjuhurr of mew york spent sunday with harl diltlif-y and family atkinson chairman upper dublin township appoints advisory committee will work with thn nuprrvlior in it liencllnic the loan of r'.'s.i'nn in im proving mmi mo jui nl/iiik the imiiii konrcl the proposed loan for tipper dublin township having carried at the polls interest now centres in the advisory committee who will help the supervis ors in their arduoun task of spending the money to the very beet advantage this interest brought put a big crowd to the town meeting in odd fellows hall jarrettown on thursday even ing when thib committee was elected nathaniel dickey of fort washing ton was again called to the chair h k walker read the minutes of the last meeting after considerable discussion as to how the different parts of the township should be represented in this committee on motion of wilmer at kinson it was decided to make the num ber seven — one from the township as a whole and three from each supevisor's district at this period the point was raised that the bupeivieors had not yet given their assent publicly to working with such a committee.mr conway and mr donat were therefore called upon to give public expression to their stand upon this question while neither of these gentle men could consistently with their per sonal responsibiltv under the law turn over the administration f this fund to the proposed ccommittee yet they ex pressed perfect willingness to work in narmony with the views of the advisers about to be elected to wilmer atkinson belongs tlie hon or of being the choice by acclamation of the meeting for the position of chair man and the seventh member of the committee the one who represents the entire township the following per sons were then placed in nomination for the upper end or mr conway's district thomas v barlow rndofpl e binder frederick wink george bodenstein and nathaniel dickey for the lower or mr donat's district jacob t comly barton hoopes jr alfred isarent jacob frick charles paxson john griffiths l s whitcomb and max kaiser after the ballots had been counted the chair announced that messrs bar low bodensitein and dickey had been elected for mr con way's district and frick paxson ami whitcomb for mr donai's district it was decided by vote of the meeting that these men should continue in office until the amount of the loan is expended any vacancies occurring by death or resigna tion to be lilled by the remaining metd bers of the committee the committee the poetofliec was closed part of per oration day tlie june issue of the sentinel wns mailed this week all business places were closed half ¦ day decoration day a protestant episcopal mission will be ptartpd at glenaide this summer mlm mary k warner of philadel phia is spending the week with her parents at edge hill rev o c ilaeskarl is conducting services at the lutheran mission every sunday morning and evening charles hay and family of wyncofe have moved into george d heist's new house on willow trove pike the engagement of miss helen craw ley of wyncote to william ii rorer of ilenside has been announced mrs alfred xagle and son earle have returned homo from a stav with mr mrs edward mager of suten island the regular monthly meeting of the glenside fire company will be held in the basement of the methodist church monday evening june 9 miss annie fretz of glenside and mr b walter fleck of jenkintown will be married on thursday june 10 they will reside at glenside children's day will be celebrated at carmel presbyterian church next sun clay _ special services will be held morninc afternoon and evening jacob kox the barber is talking of placing another chair in his barber shop for saturday evening rush he is also endeavoring to get a bootblack a clipping party will be given by the every-stitch counts society of the glenside methodist church thursday evening juno 10 onmr.george prince's lawn at weulon tlie jenkintown gas company have extended their line along gleniido ave nue north of the willow grove pike gerrnantown and john sulke wil liam gourley dr noble and mr greagor are having the gas put in their residences invitation have been issued for the wedding of miss blanche roatolie of glenside to mr clarence e wilkin-s of philadelphia in carmel presbyter ian church thursday evening june 12 nt 8.80 o'clock a reception will follow at the bride's parents from 0 til 10.30 o'c'ock kuimway at centre square four young ladies residing in norri tnwn ha«l i|iiite an experienco in a runaway near centre square fi by afternoon the youtig ladies had left for the purpose of taking a drive to willow grove sente'l in a large phaeton drawn by t'-vo spirited horses this trip had lcen uneventful until centre square was reached while dri1 ing nlonc ihe ger mantown pike in that neighborhood the horses became frightened anil before was instructed to issue a printed re the voting hnly driving realized it the port at least once each year . anirfials were nimiing away the while tbaballcjfji.for members uf tl shrieks of tlih occupants only served to r»»n of speed a short distance below bndge improvement1 society he explained the object jpf such an association to bv the improvement and beautifying of our public roads he explained the great possibilities for betterment from an artistic point of view mr barlow ther called upon mr wilmer atkinson editor of the farm journal to tell the audience something as to places what had been done by similar societies in other after the adjournment of the road meeting mr wilmer atkinson was called to the chair and the audience voted to form an improvement eociety which would in clude in its membership any and all of our citizens male or female who feel interested in the welfare of the town ship the chair was instructed to name a committee of 10 to draw up a consti tution and rules to govern ihe society a charter will also be seenred the next road meeting will be held at the call of the advisory committee the committee held a meeting mon day evening at three tuns and organiz ed'as follows mr atkinson chair man nathaniel pickev vice chair man l.ouie s whitcomb secretary ways and means were discussed and all the members are heartily in earnest for h d d t tl y the good roads movement tlie mitteo expects to hold frequent ings 	 meet fromiectvllle mrs a baklev and daughter addie arc visiting at the blue mountains thie week mr and mrs t ./. rile of blue bell were the guests of mr and mrs aaron gordon on sunday mr john lightkep jr of jarret town spent sunday with mr arthur anderson prospectville m e church contem plates having a etrawbeiry festival in the ear future mrs c b heading ipent sunday with her daughter mrs evan clymer of olney the ladies aid will met at the home of mr and mrs thomas anderson next saturday evening lena reading of ambler pent sunday with her aunt mies h allena reading . , ., mr albert crawford and family of philadelphia were the guests of mr and mrs john markley on sunday mr edward bates and family of buckingham bpent sunday with mr and mrs samuel eckhart mrh j c weiss visited mrs henry bowers tennis avenue ambler on monday _ njii nil 	 wuiuui b i'nruh || now i-mi'luyid in 1'l.lla w lunucuhe numbem uit iiousiiiil i cutting if i 4 1 1 1 1 ti our oitlznib would like u we wyuumoor chu-ked into a borough tiui|>ljr uitiivu it a more i'lubomte name ud mere importtucs among the burrouudiuk towim they received ui huggen liou from the laut that the nurlii ameriiuii r unutly atyled wjudinoor tu "» little yillujje cunt uf c'luwuiut huf a liuulmuu new irou jem e will noon beautify the pre-ilm of mi cuiou wuirvli uio»t about elglut-enu a i»y furcach of our lllt vntre smiaro a bridge epanp a small creek as the horses approached this structure one dashed to the right and the other to the left drawing tlie ve hicle on a direct line with the bridee railing a collision followed and the horses were thrown upon their haunch es the wagon was resting on the rail ing and the ladies were shou\in for help while seated in the mid-air as sistance soon arrived anil they were rescued while the horses were taken from their perilous position beyond the fact that they were badlv shaken up and considerably frightened the young ladies suffered no inconvenience they returned to norristown in the team of mr geroae gilbert who happened to be driving in the vicinity centre square the ladles aid society connected with betlirl church met on wuduesdny evening at the'pnr k<lward hart formerly of tus plnce.biit n erie soldiers home.ls on a vif-it to relutiv of the erie soldierv home is on a vii-iitorelutives some of our young folks attended tlie horse ibow at wltfahlckoa heights last week walter o.haan is very.llowljr recovering from a severe attack of pneumonin mrs j hownnl seiple anil mrs william j baker spenta day in philaiu-ljihiu visiting mi and mrs frank shennerhoru cousin of mrs baker mr and mis janek u cienttinf ol philadel phia were entei-tuinert over sunday bv relatives mr and mrs john noll and son matter jiwph of philadelphlh were the guests of mr noll's pa iciits ovir aumlay messrs edward and keuden bunn nf potts town made a trip onthfir wheels to visit their sktcr mrs ieoi-ge markley and furallv on sun day mrs george bwartz has returne>1 home after spending a short time with her mother mis mary p kittenhouse at kaglesville mr ana mrs albert wultromti of lancaster spent several davs with the former's parents mr and mrs john whitcomb mrs canard maiser spent a short time in xor ristown blue lii il fi alice deprefontalue is fpendiuf kmne tim vith her sibtcr mm albert l'yi 	 ol ii an h :¦ ' mec'-irniick was teudereii a very pleas unt mk'prlse party on saturday vniug when bin ut j of his friends gathered at hi home a very enjoyable time isreported mr mocormiclt is one of the graduutvuof the ambler high selioul this year mrs o e stanunrd.of narcissa is spending some time with her father miss katie a roberta iaoneof the graduates of « est chester state normal m'huul tbla year there was quite an excltemeut in our village on friday evening when an uutoraobile ooh tainidg two persons wan run into an embank meut and overturned throwing out both ocou paota services in ruioti m e.ehurcli ni sunday at 8 p in boehm's church will hold their annual straw berry and ice cream festival in the sheds uf the church on thursday evening jum 12 th long-waited-for article has arrived at i-i we have a tclephoub next is the trolley a rumor was afloat last weefc in which vrai uieutioued a place of lneetint for the w l b which report was filler at tlve usual hour of meeting about 111 meinuen arrived but to tln-ir hiiii'i-isi found no one at home as the family lld not know of tht rumor thev uro very sorry t have dlsapikiintcil the members mr and mrs j s cmu of trenton spent some time last neek with mr ami ifri ail.crt shook ilorn to mr aud mrs vv y bii>'<ut i on — in ihis sjeason of ntpwuiod it will be uf init<ici-t to all w1 i ¦" i the c'liribliua elldeavot in uudbto'l rtf forwed clnncli sunday eveniiik at 1.46 topic,''how tli woali becomt wroiijj '' mr f c hoover will leud the meeting