The Ambler Gazette 19020102

              * i i the ambler tcxl xx.-no 8 ambler pa january 2 1902 ette orristown r f letter wetklyreview of recent happenings by old friend , lauoaa from tha paat tba riiti«»#tha — lfltoa nd ilia war jpartinaat capi tol an«l conrt home scarcity of hnataa lactrlr can and llnm naadait norristown pa doc 27 1(k)1 a celebrated atnerichn orator in the lays of the revolution said speaking f tbe conduct of tlie british ministry toward the colonies ' we can learn no thing for the future except from the past and judging by the past as far back as the commencement of recorded vents in testaments sacred and secular what does history teach us to tbe perpet uity of governments on the face of the earth established by conquest and war in the second century of the christian era the empire of rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth and tbe most civilized nation of mankind the frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor the gentle but pow erful influence of laws and manners had gradually cemented tbe union of the pro vinces where is that empire now the first seven centuries were allied with a rapid succession of triumphs but it was reserved for augustus to relinquish the ambitious design of subduing the whole earth inclined to peace it was easy for him to discover that rome in her present exalted situation had much less to hope than to fear from the chance of arms and that in the prosecution ol remote wars the undertaking became everv day more difficult the event more doubtful and the possession more pre carious and less beneficial these are the expressions of gibbon the writer of the annals of the decline and fall ol the roman empire tbe romans had the greatest wealth the most magnificent and gorgeous pal aces and public edifices the world has ever known assassinations were as numerous as public elections in the united states and christians sutterec martyrdom and death like herds ol twine in the slaughter houses of chica go but the influence of christianity waa not confined to the limits of the roman empire after a revolution ol 14 or 15 centuries that religion has spread through europe diffused in asia and settled as the established church in the republics of america but gibbon more than 100 years ago after thorough investigation of the unaitvrdoin of in fidels concluded that christians hav inflicted far greater severities on each other than they had experienced from their opponents tbe church of rome defended by violence the empire whicl she had acquired by fraud ; a system of peace and beneyolene was soon die graced by proscriptions wars massacres and the institution of holy office in tbe netherlands alone more than 100 the subjects of charles v ar have suffered by the hands o the executioner the number of protestants who were executed in single province and a single reign far exceeded that of tbe primetive martyrs in three centuries of the roman em pi re " tbe blood of martyrs became the seed of the church it is remark able that the flames of war consume almost at the same time the temple o jerusalem and the capitol of rome the profession of christianity will savi neither man nor nation but all historians agree that it wa the agrandizement of vast territorie with mixed peoples that wrought th overthrow or the most enlightened am puissant national power that had ever existed down to the fall of the roman ute growth is good for a child til he becomes a full statured man but site that excessive obesity and procerity make him a monster and an object o abhorrence a burden to himself and a subject without hope of longevity or healthy progress among mankind so has it been with nations thus napoleon bonaparte ruined therefore let us deal carefully with our acquisi t ions in distant zones dispose of them if we can with advantage to tbe tribes the purchasers of the eminent domain and ourselves the purchase was ] mistake but under our responsibilitie i now in the position in which we fim ourselves invoking the aid of divin wisdom let us so dispose ourselves tc our duty that history will record nc dishonor nor shame to our nations name ob that isaiah of old with voice damascus heard assyria knew would eerily and earlv come to speal again of the burden of the isles f did it ever occur to you that just a the approach of christmastidu what chapter of accidents tragedies and i number of deaths occur to mar tin festivities of the season which so man millions look forward with anticipa tion of great joy i will not soon for net the true and devoted friends thougl few who still remember me much comment has been created . the rather blunt curt note sent by bee retary root of the war department t general miles for his approval of th dewey view of the schley controversy the army and navy officers have a hard lima of it when one goes into eithe ilfancli of the public service he become a slave and all under him are slaves one must have no opinion of his own his province is to obey in silence he is much like a judge he dare no comment he must act and take th praise or approbrium mute aa th camel bears his heavy load — he surrttn d«rs up his individual liberty of frc speech but general miles can stand i if hoot can thu tiuuretary is neithe immortal in office nor immaculate as man another turn of the wheel an the cabinet will bo reformed and now men will occupy seats now filled b those who will retire to their respectiv purxuith and will be heard of no more ao public nllirial.s if not public failures how about tlie capitol it seems lit the extension to our court house i wa in hopes that the commissioners wouk drop it aud leave the court house aj i g but it is revived again owe pea l mast iw»t tw patching t their iouse the churches suffer most from his species of vandalism closing the rent doors tearing out the pnlpit king down the gallery and elevating he choir above the minister ram i unt il boys parading around tht church fter a preacher in a frock instead of worshipping in simplicity and truth iccording to the founder how some jimple plants grow the pious and hum le presnyters who were dignified with the episcopal title could not possess and would have rejected the power and oinp which now encircles the tiera of of the roman pontiff or the mitre tf lie german prelate as mil has gone up to eight cent a qnart water or no water in it and beer down to four cents a bottle containing two glassfuls bottles to be returned it will be cheaper to take from the brew er than the milk man just »« in the days the copper mines drained the wells at shapnnnville cox's ale and porter weio used instead of water for irinking purposes by the english and welsh miners in purely local matters there is no thing startling one feature of the own is the crowded condition of the tioteln many people are driven to the inns by the scarcity of houses and ser vants ahd the high rents one good big central hotel with ample grounds and curtilage is much needed in xorris kown wo want one where young famil ies can go and secure a suite of rooms and good service for the paucity of space in our present public houses and the scarcity of servants trained in thf art of the serretor made it a necessity in a place in such close proxmity to philadelphia and to all our public works a large class of our citizens finds their best employment in tbe city but prefer to reside here.if we had connections by electric cars with ambler or washing ton square it would be an invaluable blessing to us who desire to run away from norristown norristown needs 100 more bouses today but above all a com modious hotel where tbe great influx of strangers and overflow of citizens mav be attracted and adequately ac commodated and quartered the pro prietor of the hartranft house proposes a large addition to his establishment near the htony creek railroad station on main street and that will relieve the surplus to a considerable extent — many of our business men live in col legeville conshohocken and pottatown and other places accessible by railways we want more eldctric cars new line on now forsaken soil old friend 1 broad asa mr mcpherson will rent a farm on the skippack pike in the spring mr 0 donnell intends making exten sive improvements to his new house at blue bell before removing therein our sporting club attended the shoot at flourtown on christmas dav messrs clayton reed andfjake sei fert of ambler visited our village on chribtmas day svdney bidiile horn visted his moth er last week mr c.c biddle will temove from his present residence to ambler in tbe spring tbe funeral of mrs ellen fitzgerald was beld last thursday morning from her late residence here a large number of friends was in attendance rev dr wolff of boehm's deformed church blue bell offered prayer at tbe house and conducted the sarvicee at the church council no 62 d of l had chaige at the house and grave under taker walter shaff of blue bell had charge of the funeral george w heilings has the largest hog in this vicinity he got the pork er last week and when dressed it will ti p the beam at 500 pounds morris o'donnell spent christmas with his parents at this place mrs susan rex of sandy hill was the guest of mrs fiwaincott on thurs day our village was well represented at the presbyterian cantata in the ambler opera house last friday evening miss maud mccool visited friends at spricghouse last week frank c biddle who formerly work ed on the farm of john schreiber at this place is working in a similar ca pacity for mr harvey on the detwiler farm the mercer home is placing a tin roof on the residence of mr joshua mc cool on morris road john meninger a lansdale mason will rebuild the stone wall about the wentz graveyard on the fisher farm in worcester that family in colonial times weie the most entensive land holders in that township and here peter wentz its founder was buried in 1749 the wentz family of whitemarsh and whitpain are of the same stock ex-burgess j p beaver is on the sick list seriously ill the case of smallpox that developed here last week was not a serious one all the same the patient warren han gey w«h quickly taken to norristown municipal hospital and the house quar antined he was young and living on fourth street with an uncle named weand he had been working in a mushroon house h b wachter of lansdale is men tioned in the list of candidates who may be sent as delegates to the next republi can statu convention a pleasant annual event here is the holiday public school entertainment more thronged events were the metho dist reformed ami lutheran entertain ments last week that of the evan gelical was excellent but being held on that rainy thurwluv night was not no well attended as the others tbe i iuihtliile kill fellows lodgu gave a banquet on tuesday evoniug of this week at hotel norwood visiting brethren also attended a woikiuun in lleebneiv mut'hinu shops has made 2<>1 ii>rsr wu tlireuli nt during the past year during patit years he iiss madelneurly 1200 he in chulkley jairutt a brother of ex county frwsurw samuel f jarrett of noiriitown christmas festivals annual exercises rendered by local sabbatn schools rafnlly i'rapmreil i rogrnina wall rra darad llofora l.aiin audlnncai — gift and defloration runga anil praua a trl buta to a oruclflad savior ht thomas whitrm a r8h the annual yuletide festival nf st thomas p k sunday school white marsh was held on thursday afternoon at the schoolboitte at 2 o'clock the scholars formed in line ;:? the churcb and marched hinging i carol to their respective classes wreaths and other beautiful designs of evergreen were strung from above doors windows and elsewhere presenting it most striking appearance despite the inelement weather n very large and attentive au dience whs present when all were seated the program which contained many beautiful and interesting carols responsive readings anil other numbers was heard an address as given bv rev h j meggs,of philadelphia who in former years was rector of trrffl church mr mcggs dwelt praticnlarly no one's habits which are formed in voutb and always remain with us in our declining im a short talk on obedience to tbe young folks was attentively listened to kev a 3 miller the present rector then gave out the notices in interest concerning wor ship the coming week after singing another carol pupils u-achera and vis itors all proceeded from the churuh to the school house where prof eugene i'owell mugician of chester 1'a , most pleasingly enteitained a roomful of eager sightseers seats were tilled and standing room also was at a prem ium some slight-of-hand tricks were cleverly executed probably the most amusing of all the tricks for the child ren was when prof powell took a large quantity of ribbon a doll handker chiefs flags and other articles from a silk hat which had been given him by a party in the audience the applause was hearty to this deservedlv clever entertainer as the performance ended all proceeded to the parish house where each pupil received a box of candy a bag of nuts and a present which they had previously expressed a desire for many gifts were also exchanged by scholars and teachers after which all de parted for their homes well pleased and enlightened by the day's exper ience trinity lutheran port washington the christmas cantata imtnanuel of trinity lutheran church upper dublin was not held last thursday evening as was stated,on account of the small attendance the result of the storun weather a committee was formed shortly after 8 p m in the church and it was decided to postpone the ex ercises until this thursday jan 2 i p m the church had been neatly decorated with evergreens while in on corner stood a christmas tree beautiful ly decorated with yuletide novelties anc toys of every description which danlw in the bright gas light although a few were in attendance tbe meeting was turned into a rehearsal and all ttx music as well as the solos duets not similar parts were sung the pasto thanked those who braved tbe storm and hoped they would be present at thi above date conations in the way of food which had been brought for he germantown orphanage will be forward ed to that institution immediately afte the exercises are ended ambler presbyteuian the christmas exercises of the auih tor presbyterian habbatb school were beld friday evening in ambler opera house and the building was crowded to tbe doors two cantatas santa's star erise and santa claus defenders ad been carefully practised and were excellently rendered mrs john 8 bu chanan presided at the piano aud ry near's orchestra furnished music during tbe evening the performers from little wallace brown up to old santa himself mr george i bradley took their parts with merit and the program was rendered very acceptably the charac ters constituted many of the scholars ol the school who were costumed for the occasion a novelty which furnished much fun was a minstrel with lorenzo cope john martin jr and willie bradley aa bone3 interlocutor and tambo respectively the opera house boxes were prettily draped in greens for thu occasion and many of tne indi vidual parts of the program suggested in decoration dress and adornment tbe winter season and christraastide trinity memorial amblkk the scholars of trinity memorial sabbath school ambler entertained their parents and friends in the gym nasium of the church saturday evening which had been temporarily fitted up with chairs and platform the room holding several hundred was crowded and a pleasing and entertaining program was rendered rev r k brestell rector was in chargd of the exercises which were opened with a prayer ana the carol noel noel miss ethel heiss master royal mattigon carlton middleton benton russull and others recited while an elocutionist and a ventriloquist also assisted with the en tertainment at frequent ntervals by means of thf telephone the anxious children were kept posted of the ap proach of santa claus and when his lulls were heard outside the excitement was only second to that occasioned by tbe appearance of the fur-clad jolly old saint aa be entered the room through a imgli fireplace and at once proceeded to distribute hit gifts of books and candy a report by the secretary harry v kverham jr shown l.to scholars ou tlie roll with a maximum attendance of 100 and an average attendance timing tho year of 76 lilalmint ut1ikkan tbe exercises entilletl kuiuianuel's " were givan by chalfont l.mb eran hnnil»t kchool chiriatniaa bto •• follows hinging scripture rrading inning prayer rev morrell ; rerita ion catharine rlliy piercisr class f girls singing recitation florence ohnson milo'anu chonit,bmlly.f«bw eritation kloanor faber exercise lirw gill motion ming m»tv«rrt nhev singing exercise infant clast luk laura kmist and martha brinker ecitatton delia ki henhouse singing ddrws kev morrell singing presen ation of gifts benediction chtirch 0p the mehsiah owynkdd the sunday school christmas festival f the church of messiah gwynedd ook place on christmas n ight the xercises commenced with the livmn adfpte kideles " sung by the school wound the chrietinas tree then fol owed the evening choral service with be magnificat sung by the rector and children alternately several carols were effectively given with solo parts y mary armstrong kthel knit kdna ve.ber mary rtibgoi jora wade mary jeldeman maud atkins reulah at cin mary lesher harry russo harry weber ' after the carols came the liftriliution of cifts with special ones or those scholars who bail not in en bsent a single sunday during the year these were frank wade ethel kill p sophy white and emily kulp the atter lias not initsed a single sunday or four veins ami was distinguished by a special srift a pretty picture of christ in the garden of oethsomane was found under other gifts at the foot of the tree with the inscription to he rector from some members of the bible class finally boxeb of candies weie pnssed to every scholar and the entertainment concluded with the sing ing of tlie carol called the three kings of oiicnt " ambler mkth0di?t tiie christmas entertainment of the methortis-t episcopal sunday school ambler was held in the church on thursdiiy evening under the direction of the superintendent mr e l.posey true church was beautifully decorated with christmas trees festoons and other decorations the inclemency of the weather interfered greatly with the attendance yet the church was comfor tably filled with a very appreciative audience the entertainment from be ginning to end was strictly a christmas exercise and seemed to be enjoyed by the old as well as by the young tjie singing was done by the school miss lizzie dettra being the organist miss sadie marsh sang a solo and the misses dettra a duet the recitations were exclusively by members of the sunday school anil they were rendered very acceptably three exercises by smallei children the christmas stockings ' the misfortune of jack homer ' who ate more christmas pie than he ought and the doll drill in which santa claus took an active part won hearty applause at the close of tbe entertainment the candies and presents were distributed bv santa claus among the scholars upper dublin lutheran she christmas exercises of the uppei lin lutheran church were heh thursday evening and despite the in clement weather the attendance was good a christmas exercise gift di vine was rendered followed by tb cantata the christmas angel both of which were rendered with credit am greatly appreciated by the audience rev m g richard pastor made an appropriate address after the exercises each scholar and teacher received a box of candy and an orange 10 specia gifts for regular attendance will be given out at the sabbath school next sunday zion lutheran wh1temarbh the services by the ctandav school o zion lutheran church whitemarsh was held on christmas eve the pro gram was exoeuent consisting of sing ing responsive readings and recitations all of which had been carefully prepar ed and every part was creditably ren dered the church was beautifully deco rated while a splendid tree graced the front adding beauty and brilliancy to the scene the congregation was larg appreciative every member of th school and all children present receive a box of choice candies and an orange while each scholar received in addition a fine book many gifts were also ex changed between teachers and pupils an offering of f9 was made for church extension another pleasing feature of the execrises was the presentation of a purse to the pastor it came to him be a complete but pleasing surprise and he expressed himself as deeply grateful for the present and as fully appreciating the loving sacrifice thus made at a time when there are so many demands ap pealing to the generosity of the mem bers and friends of the congregation tbe choir under the leadership of mr john harner with miss kate van winkle as organist rendered an excel lent anthem while different members contributed special parts with much credit 	 trolley conductor dragged conductor anthony mallon of the york road division of the union trac tion trolley line and whose home is at jenkintown bad a peculiar experience about 4 o'clock christmas morning as he was coming up the york road on his car which is a night liner,thrme men boadred it in thu vicinity of oak lam asked mallon to have a drink threatening him if he did not take it thev would break his head it uuid mallon took the drink and at jenkin town fell on the tioor of his car in a detul stupor and although picked up at once and put ou the seat of the car he wgl not restored to consciousness until tbout 2 o'clock on chrihtinah afternoon when the car arrived at willow grove mallon was taken out anil given restora tives but none bad any effect and it is thought that|thu liquor contained knock out ltoph.as it is said several weeks be fore these same three men were put oft mallon s car for being intoxicated and this iu thought to be their revenge s1.25 a year the san jose scale — kllwood roberts of norristown place a real estate ady in this issue but he has not relinquished his connec tion with the management of the nor ristown lli-ruld dltcuised at a meellnp of the hors ham farmers club mamkari flather at trea tana - fur in and damaitlc toplim iiiiiiiik.i nnw t onaril aghintt the whant inwi — utility nf a farm education the december meeting of the ilors 8111 farmers club was held at nor wood the homo of james cj nnd llar i)l w atkinson three tuns on the fternoon of deo hi reports from the arioufi committees were interesting james q atkinson of the crop com littee said ho felt sure the cold weath r would seriously affect tho wheat and ye both of which had been sown un sually late and bad no protection he lso spoke at length on the san jose gale wh tcli infests tho frint trees of vicinity the little insect is bright ed in color antl about the size of a pin ead it hooii covers itself with a sort f scale it cannot fly or move of itself roin tree to tiee but clings to nny hing with which it comes in contact ml is thus carried from place to place t increases very rapidly and great watchfulness is necessary to guard gainst this pest mr atkinson sprays its trees he spoke of one man waeh dg bis trees with coal oil emulsion henrietta kinsey of •• the domestic conomy committee haiti coal oil is excellent for cleaning kitchen sinks lowanl williams of the current events ommittee gave a lengthy talk on va loas subjects the president's message be peace conference and some astro nomical happenings were touched upon susan h jarret also on this commmit ee spoke of marconi's latest feat in wireless telegraphy john lloyd had been given the ques tion how shall we get rid of the insect in the wheat but not being resent it was referred to the club to be inswered william j hallowell said wheat should be threshed in july but if that were not practicable then it might be well to use bi-sulphate of carbon charles jarrett was asked to give his method of applying this he said he wet bags with the liquid and covered the whole with horse blanket for 24 hours and had seen no sign of the insect afterwards some of the members who had put the liquid in saucers about the mow seemed to think it had not done much good the sub stance is explosive and no light shoult for 48 hours be taken where it has been used isaac perry had been given a question on ' why did schley ask for an inves tigation he explained how the his torian mcclay bad spoken of schley at a coward and caitiff and that it seemet necessary for schley to take notice o such a libel the result of the investi gat ion ia of course well known bu schley has many friends and supporters whether a large or small farm pays best had been given to alfred williams he being absent the presi dent asked the opinion of charles jar tett on the subject he 8a id he knew a small farm does not pay william j hallowell said a large farm does no pay isaac parry made some facetious re marks on tbe subject saying among other things that he had noticed tba those on small farms were as apt to have large appetites as those who live or large farms and of course there wouk be more left to sell off the larger places after the family had been fed is it advantageous for farmers sons to be educated at the state col lege had been referred to elizabetl r wood the question was answerec by her son eastbnrn wood who is be ing educated there he wrote a very excellent paper on the subject telling of the plan of work and speaking highly of the rules and regulations of the col lege he says it certainly is an ad vantage for farmers sons to be educated there reading of the club gazette heing next in order editress annie r conilv read a very interesting number con tents editorial james q atkinson dream life " and ^ selection the program being ended the rr.eeting ad journed until jan 23 1902 at the home of john and melinda doyle horsham a very pleasant evening was spent al he beautiful and hospitable home of he atkinsons horaliuui e m parkhurst accompanied by his wife recently visited his farm on the dovlestown pike at the cut-off railroad which he purchased from mrs glad ding when he arrived at the house it is said he was refused entranco by the nan living on the place and that be forced bis way irjto tlie house the man iad him arrested and he was given a learing before squire yerkes of hat joro where he was held in j00 bail to appear at court among tlie students at home for the lolidays were harold comly emma jomly carroll morris maurice jarrett horence moore joshua faxson how ird comly paul kattorthwaite and valter satterthwaite jr j iredoll comly who has been on he sick list is improving isablyou school held a successful cloa ng entertainment on dec 24 j l freed of lansdala has erected a i000-gallon tank for jay h.megargee mi such mary and annetta megargee mve recovered after an illness of sever al weeks of tonsilitis john 0 chtrk and ilaiina cuiuly are in the sick list our storekeeper (). p smith has tbe heuniatiisni ami is walking arouud with canes mauler koluiul l.itlle misae alice nut hslene hodge attended a birthday urprist on saturday afternoon for francis ueatty of ogontz anthony c morris sou of silas c urrih who has spent the past few years in swedeeboro n j was married in christinas eve to mrs.beitba bfowrr of the saint place glenside and around k«w titar fnnntlona - moii.iht onmilp - hnrlal new or im i - mlannltannnun menu william mcallister in the proud own er of a new graphaphone the january issue of the sentinel will appear tomorrow evening tnhn godfrey has about enough noney mbfurlbeu for three flro pl*f mr f lyinan hoover still lingers in about the same cond ition as last week the cbrirtoibr entertainment of the baptist mission was held last evening mr and mrs james ford spent christmas day witli frends in gorman own miss annie lukens of norristown wbr the guest of mr and mrs george donahue christmas day mi»s minnie toole of east avenue has returned home from a brief stay with friends in new york t&n george w scott of new street rive a masquerade party for mr george w liergey on new years eve mr irvin benill has foturned to bis home hern from a three-months stay at 1'rovidence r i the christmas entertainment of glon ide methodist kpiscopal sunday school was rendered last wednesday christ mas evening f l hoover & son repairetl mrs lippincott's lionse on wilson avenue which was partly destroyed ty tiro fri day evening dec 13 mr drayton buckman returned to the williamson school this thursday after having spent the christines holidays with iiis mother on harrison avenue mr david lackey is passing the holidays with his parents on east ave niib edge hill after having spent the past several months in rhode island mr ami mrs thomas clamplfer and mr and mrs john godfiey spent christmas day with mr and mrs george clampffer of fort washington mr and mrs george leathers misses mabel lees bertram lees of frank ford and mrs minnie greiner and miss jclara e kobinson of philadel phia spent christmas with mr and mrs t walter snycler glenside edge hill and andenried public schools here reopened today thursday owing to two cases of diph theria in the vicinity and as both the patients attended the edge hill school the school was closed on friday dec 20 and was thoroughly cleaned and fumingated miss hettv rodenbaugh entertained in honor of mifis margaret seiple of centre square new yeats evening the guests were misses lidie hannis margaret seiple ion france emma wilson blanche wuuderle messrs walter h wilson howard b wilson and frederick v wunderle miss anna p margerum of 1511 north thirteenth street philadelphia entertained last friday evening the ¦ guests were misses florence nulls emma wilson ethel prince edith hausen hetty rodenbaugb blanche . wunderle messrs g clifford ritten liouee harry e rodenbaugh carroll brooke george j renninger frederick v wunderle howard b wilson and , alvan b fry all of glenside married rockett bodknbaugh a prettv yuletide wedding waa solemnized on new years afternoon at the residence of mr and mrs george donahue glenaide avenue glenside when mies mabel rodenbaugh daughter of mr and mrs r rodenbaugh be came the bride of mr john m.rockett of boston the ceremony was performed bv rev charles c snvder pastor of st john's evangelical lutheran church centre square the bridesmaid was miss margaret a seiple of centre square sne was attired in a liown of pink organdie over white silk and eairiei a bouquet of pink roses mte violet donahue miss dormtheikqjiaenbaugh and miss helen rixlenbiui were dow er girls they wore tiiesues of white and carried baskets o white and pink roses the kri^j?aul gown of white organdie triuimeffnrtth taceaud satin ribbon and cprf i<nl a bouijuatof white roses mr george hughrew of phila delphia was best man a reception followed the wedding ceremonies after which mr and mrs rockett luft for an extended honey moon in new england ami upon their return will reside a mm c range street 3ermantown wlie*v they will be at home after jan 1 \ the houso was beautiful v decorated with christmas gnww and roses the guests were mr and mm k rod«iit*i*;h sr mr and un rvin rotlouliaukli mr auj m e ii kouierle at ami mrs wumor johaaoa mr ud mrs e l lodrt'tiaugh mr ami mr h mcluure mr and mr ijiuis welwr mr and mn f stewart mr utitl mrs t 0'roir.ki mr auj mn frank wee lier mr aud mrs h rodonniuch jr mrs wil aiii t'rauftt mis viatel brhoaem mrs bushel ilrs c (.'. sujfiwr mi»s may lodv miss mamie slattery miss maiu.e van lu'iu miss gertrude rurd mks lou france miv anna luke us miss jetty kodenlwuiili miss violet swiolielil mim abby rodenlwuxli miss olarv slattery mr louis irooemmi mr gwreuey mr william koden ttuh'h and mr j allies mcclookey hallway i'unsoldatloii the trappe and limerick electric ail way unu the boxboroogb chestnut lill and no ristown railway have been hmd tn the rlnivlkill valley traction om pan v for 50 years tiub combines all the linos heretofore operated under in mvenj names with a centre of ipfiution at ni'ii i-inwii the new power house at collogeville will furnish power for tho entire lino nun l'ottstonn t chestnut hill mana iinu and \\ ibwthickon these changes will oompal about 40 employes of tho ihmtnul hill linn to remove to norris own i'.iiuiiti-.lwt di.j j kane thurs lay took thu oath of otlico before de uty recorder of dwhih leorgu kuys it will uhkuiim bin now diiiich on jan '