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The ambler Gazette.
VOL. XXXV.-NO.   4
AMBLER.   PA..   FEBRUARY   7,   1918
.S1.75   A   YEAR
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings st Local laterest to Our Readers.
Remains     of     Principal     Dannehower
Laid at Rest—Red Cross Activities—*,
Officers of Cold  Point Grange—Har¬ monville   Blacksmith—Miscellaneous.
Mrs. J. A. Howe, of Flourtown roal, is slowly improving.
Mr. and Mrs. John Supplee, of Flour- tOTVn road, spent Friday in Philadel¬ phia,
Levi Sllngluft, of Blue Bell, visitad Mr. and Mrs. John Supplee, of Flour¬ town road, one day last week.
Mrs. Annie F. Ambler, of Plymouth Meeting, has been visiting the family •of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac E. Ambler at Ambler.
Miss Elizabeth H. Marple, of Hick¬ orytown, returned home Saturday af-. ter having spent a vveek with frienda near  Pottstown.
,i« The Plymouth township school board, attended the funeral, Saturday after¬ noon, of the late Wallace I!. Danne¬ hower  at   Colle.gevilk.
Edgar E, Miles, or Atiantic City, ha.^ a.ssumed charge of the blacksmitij shop at Harmonville, rectintly conduct¬ ed by the late John J. Albright. Mr. Miles is a practical and experienced man and is prepared to satisfactorilyl and promptly execute all work in hi3 line. —
On Tuesday evening at the home ofi Henry Hoisington, Plymouth township, was held the regular meeting and in-l stallation of otficers of Cold Point grange. The officers are as follows : Master, Harry Myers: overseer, Harry; Topley; assistant seward. Lewis Shep¬ herd; lecturer, Morris Botsford; secre-. tary. Miss Ida Myers; treasurer, Or-, lando Rex; lady assistant stevvaid, Carrie Shepher(l; chaplain, Henry Hoisington; cereus, Mrs. Sarah Rex; pamona, AIr.s. .Milton R. Alarple; flora, Mrs. Mary Zimmerman; trustee, AVal¬ ter Rex.
The Plymouth township branch of the Norristown Red Cross is doing good work, and the local members have recently received much praise from the Norristowii ladies for the quantity and quality of the work turn-i '*U out. The brand} is but small, hav¬ ing a limited number of workers, but. the ladies work willi a will and' have be<-n successful iu turning in a large amount of Iinished materials foi: the cause. One day last week the lo¬ cal branch was visiled liy .Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Fields and -Mrs. Laiiz from Jef¬ fersonville, who during the course of their inleresin,g remarks complimented the ladles of the Plymouth branch foi-i their work. On Thursday afternoon last a number uf the local workers ¦vvent to city hall, Norristown, lo re¬ ceive further instruction in he work.
The funeral of Wallace li. Danne¬ hower, recent principal of Plymouth township schools, was held Saturday) afternooii from his Riarental 1 ome iiil V-iitlvett.'v A i'fiorl aerviee was- h^tif&St the house, and at Trinity church, Col¬ legeville. Ult) services were probidei over by three elorgynit-n. A large concourso of friends and relatives as¬ sembled to pay lhoir linal respects to the memory of the deeeased, who for eight years wes promin'ntly identiiied' with ediicati<mal activities in Ply-i mouth township. The orations over the bier were most tender, being grace¬ ful tributes lo an active and well spent life in the service for the uplift of the youth of the township. Slight in phy.. .s)(|ue. the ambitions of. the deceased; to equip himself for greater and more^ important work proved a serious tax; on his physical i-esources, but hisi strong c>e*iire to attiiin educational advancement and pedago.gical success-, es allow him to almost reach his goal. He leax-e-- a wife and three unmarried si3ter.s—Mar.v, Helen and Cora, the latter of whom is a teacher at the Black Horse school of Plymouth town¬ ship.
-The Whilemarsh township school beard met Monday afternoon at IJarren Hill, with Messrs. liailie, A'oung and Yeakle present. Routine business was transacted, and bills to the .amount oP $1,'>00 were ordered paid. As yet trie- state appropriation has not been re¬ ceived. County Superintendent Landis was present at the ineeting.
Several Harmonvillo residents were without coal on Tuesday and appealsj to the local and Conshohocken yard.'i found httle response as thev were also devoid of fuel.
Ch.nrle.s AVeek, „f Hickorytown, has been . :i the sick list
Mr   and  Mrs.  Wilii.ani  Frederick,  oP Norristown,     spent  Sundav    with   Mr and Mrs. C.  B. Frederick,  of Hickory-' town. ¦'
Charles r^ederick, Jr.. -who is at Wil¬ liamson   .school,   spent   Sundav   at   bin j|arental^home at Hickorytown.
Mrs Lewis Richards, of H.armon¬ ville, has been qulta JIU
The mercury at Harmonvillo ort hi^ni"/ morning registered 8 degrees below zero and during the dav sot buf- a trifle above zero. ^ ^       ""^
The house wherein Howard Smith formerly residec on the Conshohocken pike. Harmonville, has been occupied! by a f.amily named Foulke from Nor¬ ristown.
i Tr,\m'"''\^ly^''^' '"'-'"^^ husband IS an officer stationed at Camp Meade
^^;i, ^1,?"""'^'^ ^'''' household good4 from Bridgeport to a house of A. D Bartholomew on Carr's lane, Harmon-'
LIGHTS AND PAVEMENTS.
Ambler Council Considers Matters of Local Interest.
ville.
The death of Wallace B. Dannehow¬ er. principal of the Plymouth Consoli- .'a'ed Hchool, creates a vacancy in ti^e township faculty, but it is likelv tli^ vacancy will not be immediately fllled rt may he that the board will a low the faculty of the high school o con tinno as they are at present, which seems the sensible course to follow at this time ,as steady progress ia being! mado and the work ia beine satisfnA \ 'harge.'°""'"'^"    ".V  the  teaohers'^?n
The Plymouth school board, which ";^f \?r H"'^ """^^ at Milton R. Mar¬ ple's  Monday    evening,    failed   to  as-
r^5" m, *"'i ¦"'"' ""««* at Mr. Marple's this Thursday evening
F.-:r:-y Miller, Jr., has given up mar¬ ket ng- and accepted a .position with J. E. Lavino & Co.
William Thomas on Sunday motored to Camp Meade to see his sten-son. Percy Rodebaugh. ^ '"'"'
Miss Leverine Lingo, of Philadel-' -ihla. on Sunday was a gue.st of Streen- er Karr. '
Afrs. ¦V^^^ltPr Rex is substituting ati tli-^ Plymouth  consolidated .school
A very interesting meeting of the literary society . of the Barren Hill school, met on Friday afternoon
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Ordinance 67, Providing for Snow  Re-' movals.   Will   Be    Enforced—Electrid Companies    Want    Ordinances—IVIis¬ cellaneous   Business. Burgess   H.   B.  Allen,     on     Monday; evening, attended the regular monthly meeting   of   Ambler     borough   council and discussed with that body the ad¬ visability   of   enforcing   ordiiuui(-e    .-so. 67 requiring the removal of snow- from j the  pavements.    He  said  he  had   pre- 1 pared   a  list   of  eight   delinquent  resi- i dents in this respect and  was about to 1 proceed to apprehend the parties when I he  was  advised   that the  ordinance  is faulty.    He  then  decided  to delay  ac¬ lion and confer with council.
The ordinance in question was gone over by Wm. S. Acuff, I'js(|., and on coiiterence with Solicitor Foulke it was found to be operative. Tlie bur-' .gess was advised he can proceed undui-; ita provisions against all perniciousi wdato.s ther-of. The whole proced¬ ure; \,-as carufuliy gone over from the lodging of the information by the olli.-. cer, and the burgess was fully convinc-< ed that he hus ample authority lo com¬ pel obedience. He staled that he will pruced against all violators against whom   proper  Information  is  lodged.
Chairman Irvin presided at tha meeting, and other members in attend¬ ance were : Ors. Fine and Godfreyi and Messrs. Acu'ff, Gillin and Hamilton. The minutes of the meeting on Jan. 7 vvere read and approved.
Solicitor Foulke reported having had a conference with C. T. Larzelere, Esq., counsel for the i-.ehigh Valley Transit company, witli regard to conditions ot freight carrying, etc. Mr. Foulke stat¬ ed that there seems very little prospect of a reduction of trolley fares or ah enlargement of the present fare zones. He stated, however, that he w-ill en¬ deavor lo secure data showing what oher towns and boroughs have done, under the act of 1909, which requires; trolley companies desiring to carry freiglit to lirst secure the consent of tiie municipalities tlirougli which they liass.
Robert  H.  Anderson,   superintendent and  vice  president  of the  Keasbey  Sa Mattison company, presented a propos¬ ed   ordinan(-e   asking   for   the   ri.ght   to convey   electric   ptnver  alon.g  and   over ! certain   designated   streets  ot  the   lior- j ough   to  the  various subsidiary  plant..! and  buildings  of tlie  company. ¦     A proposed (U-dinance Irom llie  I'liil-
• adelphia Suburban Gas it lilsjctrio ; (o.iipan.y, was also presented. Both ; proposed ordinances were referred toi ' tbe solicitor and the law and order and ' the light committees to review and re-,
port at a  later meeting. ,      Air.   Acnff   su.ggested   that   inasmuch ' as   the     Boll   &   Keystone     Telephone I companies    both    face    a    proposition
whereby afler a period of years, they. .»-*Oa3>'a)C-»uoj»\Mjigjj|jt>y 'tb(- tuiooih,- tot j place their wites Underground, it miglit I lie well to protect the borou.gh like- I uise in these cases, so as to have all I such wire-line coiapuiUctf iu tlie same '¦ category. :       i'ho   pro|)oscd   ordinanoM   .i'i  tlie   .\in-
l.ler l';ieclriu, Light, Heal i\i Alot.j.- [ (-omiiany ol'li'is 2.') kilow-ats per month iof cuT-ient fre.' to the town hall so I lonn   as   council   occupies   the   present
<lMei-:   i-s  in   lien   nf  liein.g  ebai-.^od  an.\|
pole  tax.
• All-. -Veuif stated that council has no .iurisdiclion over alleys, and he sug-i ge'sted  that  word  be stricken from tho
' oi-dinaiices.
.A. letter was read from L. R. Dutton, treasurer of the Anibler l;llectric l.,ight, Heat it .Mot(jr cotatiany. submitting ji; propo.sed amendment to the contrat-t, as entered inlo last July for five .\i-ars
I by   th(?   boi-ough     aud  that    company.
I The sug.i,'eslion was referred to llio solicitor and the two above mentioned committees.
I     Dr.   Godfre.v   sng.ycsted   that   council
I at the propel- time consider a changu of its lighting sc-hedule from the per-i kilowal Ijasis to tli-> flat rate and as ii. police regulation and prolecliou havo the lights burn, if possible, all night and every night. The suggestion w-as re¬ ferred to the law- and order cominitteo and  the  solicitor.
I .Mr. Gillin, of the highw-ay comnvittee. reported that the snow has been carted away from the streets in the busines.^ section at a cost of $45 for conveyance and $13 for labor. He suggested that arrangements be made now to carry off the melted snow- which will result ai the lirst thaw on Tennis avenue, which is piled with snow and ice es-. pecially in the deep cut. He tliinks openings can be made from the middle to the ditches, which will allow the melted snow to follow- and thus sav<i wear on the centre of the street.
A bid was received from J. G-. Gal¬ braith & Son for laying sidewalks on. Greenwood avenue where propert.\"' owners are delinquent.
Mr. Acuff, of tlie llnaiice committee, reported the records of Treasurer S. .A. l-'aust show receipts for the past year of $27,838.74. The expenditure.^ have been $27,525.2.'i with a balanca of $313.51. $8000 has been set aside for street work under the last loan, and of this $863.77 was expended for the construction of a bridge. $150.20 in interest has been earned, wliich m.akes the fund $7286.43 at present. Tho sinking fund account shows a present; balance of $4844.07. The bond account shows that tho $16,000 loan of 1897 ha.=s been paid oft'. Of the 1904 loan ofl $12,000. S8000 still remains, and of thd 1907 loan of $35,000. $28,500 is still ex¬ tant, while the loan of 1916 is still $30,- 000, making a total bonded indebted¬ ness of tlie borou.gh $66,500 at the pre-, sent time.
Dr. Godfrey suggested that the spec¬ ial committee give careliul attention to the line marking the respectivi^ duties nf the burgess and of tlie law and  order i-ommittee.
The bond of the borough treasurer in the sum of $15,000. with S. A. Faust, Edwin H. Faust and Alilton D. Faust .-is sureties,  was approved.
A letter was read from the Phlladel-i phia & Reading Railway company ad¬ vising the borough that it has prepar¬ ed plan, etc., of the proposed under¬ ground railroad crossing on Race street and suggested a meeting of tha borough committee and the engineers of the company.
Herbert ATetz's application for bor-t ough engineer was received. It being tho only application he was elected, and the usual retainer of $100, cover¬ ing ordinary routine work, was fixed. Albert Kulp applied for the position of street commi.ssioner at a salary of $18 per week. He was unanimously re-elected.
The bill of George Boice for garbage collection was referred to the board, of health for approval, as some cofn- plaints have been lodged that the gar-- bage has not been regularly collected.
The following bills were ordere'l paid : E. H. Johnson, $30; Keystone Telephone Co., $22.08; AVm. C. Evans, $47.91; "Ambler Gazette," $7; A. La¬ petina, $27; R. S. Ford. $2; Wissa¬ hickon l'"ire CO., $70; S. A. Faust, $13.25.
With regard to permission of resi¬ dents, under certain restrictions and) conditions, lo raise pigs in the bor¬ ough, the boiird of health r-^ported that inasmuch as council already has an or¬ dinance on the subject, and if it is de¬ sired to make any change the ordin¬ ance  must  be amended.
OBITUARY.
WHITPALN AND L. GWYNEDD.
Who's Who and What's What in the Two Townshipa.
Klniei- K. Jacoby, of Penllyn, and AV. A. S. Lapetina, of Blue Bell, reported, this AVednesday, to the Bridgeport board for physical examination.
Some  local    people  are    feeling  in¬ tensely bitter towards  two negro fam¬ ilies at Penllyn who last w-eek employ-           , . ed   "c.moullage"   to  secure  at  Ambler ist-mi-mimthly   meeling   of   the   Wis.sa an unwarrant^ '   supply of sugar.    Se-I lyc-l^on _!¦ ir^- (-ompaii>-^lasn h ndiiy eyeir lec-ling a  day   and   time  when   a  con-	
DOCTORS ARE DELINQUENT.
Rates and Rules Needed for Ambler Ambulance.
Wissahickon   Fire  Company   Requested Local    Physicians   to    IVIake   Sugges¬ tions—Fire  Company   Holds   Regular Meeting. Anibler   physicians,     at   the   regular
-MRS.  LOUIS AUDBNREID  .\AGLK. Mrs. Nagle, wife of Louis Audenreid i -N'agle,   sheriff   of   Montgomery   county, died Thursday afternoon at her home, Louella Terrace, Monlgomery and  Par.i avenues,  Elkins  I'ark, atter a short ill- ' ness.     Mrs.   Nagle   spent   the   previous I week at Atlantic City,  where  she con- I tracted  a  slight  cold,   w-hich   developed later into pleuro-pneumonia. 1     Mrs. Nagle before her marriage was ! Miss Mary Ella AVhiteside. a daughter of Dr. AVilliam M. Whiteside and Mrs. Whiteside,     tif     Lancaster.   ¦ i'"ollowing her    grad nation    from    the    Aloravian seminar.y   in     ilelhlebem  slie     went   to 1 hiladelphia  for  a   visit  and   met  Mr. Nagle.     The,v   h.ave   made   their   home iu   iilkins   Park   for  the   last   25   years. Mrs. .Xagle was a member of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal church at Ogontz. where her funeral was lield.    She was \-ery  charitable and did  much  to alle¬ viate suffering among the  needy fam¬ ilies  in  tlie counly.
She is survived liy a daughter. Mrs. Frederick Belz Rawcliffe. formerly Miss Mary Harding -N'agle, and two aunts. Miss Emily L. Moore and- Mrs. 1. E. 1-:. Aloore, of Atlantic City. JOH.X J. ALBRIGHT. The remains of John J. Albright, oK Harmonville, were buried, Jlonday in. St. Alalthew's new cemetery, Consho¬ hocken, after solemn i-equiem masiS bad been said at St. Alalthew's church. The deceased, who w-as 48 years of a.ge, died on l-'iiday after an illness of but a few w-eeks. Me was the husband' of Annie Albright (nee Doyle) and lea\es the following daughters, Eliza-^ belh, Anna, Alarie .and .Vgnes, all of whom .reside at home. The deceased was a membei- of ('onsholio(-ken coun-) cil. No. 1603, K. of C; Lodge No. 283, L. (). O. AI.. and the German Aid so¬ ciety.
Air.   .\lbri,i;lit     was  a  man   of    large ; |ih.ysii|iie,   having  come   from   a   lamih) ; of bleaksmiihs, altliough he learned the j trade while travelln.g w-ith tlie Barnum ! tt   l-iailey  circus.    Settling in   Harinon- j vill ¦  h(!  op'.-ned  a  shnp  and   Katei-  pur- i chased   the   property,   erecting-  a   com¬ fortable home for liimself.    Some year; ago  when  the fi-j.ime dwellings on an¬ other   portion   of  his   property   burned down  he  proni'itly  replaced  tbem  witb more   durable  dwellings.     He  also   had, I under   coiiteniplatlun   other    plans   f(n- more   extensive     improvements   to   liis local holdings. I      His aged inollier. past SO yeara, sur- '(V;vef!.   toK-.e.tli#l-  wUli 4'our   l.>ifntli^r.s.,,;iari; tive .sisters.
signmeni had arrived the men, their wives and children made their head¬ quarters at the .Vmbler station .and b.\- emp'o Ul-., details of purchasers, eve-(i ill SOU! • ases the same individuals ,go- iny- tu lhe sam(! store several times bul
ing,  came  in  for some criticism  wlien
it was ascertained that as yet the local
medical   fraternity     have     not   yet   re- .
commcr.deil  t,,  the company  the pri(-es I     Miss  Phebe  Potts,  of  Horsham,   who
to   be  chargfco  lor  the rise  of  the  mo-   was on the su-k list    -    •¦"
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest t© Many Readers.
Death of Alvah Williams at Campi Msyer, Va.—Horsham Fire Co. Meets —Whooping Cough Attacks Familyf —Dresher and Jarrettown Notes. At the Horsham store on Tuesday; morning the mercury registered 14 de^ grees below- zero. The column did not climb above two below during the day. At Edison a mark of 16 degrees below' was set.
tor ambulance nor rules governing ils opiMutioii.    At  a  meeting of   the   coni-
tiie
having previouslv exchanged  hats and   l>auy,   held     several  months     ago
Ijrcsideiit   of   th"   lire   company,   H.   (
outw.'ii-(i L-Iotblnp ed :;.'i ijounds of fainiliijs actively interested.
Tho    follow-ing    scholars    of school.   Lower   Gwynedd.   were   present! every  day    durin.g   tbe   past     month :
Thoniiis Cossidv,  (Jeorge  Smith.  Tysim . .   ,,      .        , •,,,,,
Bernheimer,     Mae     Strehle.     Dorothy   ^''^¦f''"^ trips  t()  nei.s,diboring JiospitjiH, i M(1.
is again able to bo out.
Raymond T.\ son. who is at Camp Aleade, .Md., spent a day recently witli his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. VVm. J. Tyson, in Horsham.
Alvah. son of Mr. and  Mrs.  HowarU
It is said thev secur-   -.-.,,. ,.,,,,
sn",-ir foi- each of the   l^'"a'it, I-.s(|.. appointed the local phy-^ "' I sicians on a committee to devise rules ]
Da"ei-' lor   the     machine   and     charges   to   lie ! H.  AVilliams,  of   1 lorsham.  died   Satur- °     ' iii,i-ie   patients    for   their    removal  to   clay at Fotr Meyer,  Va.,  where be hadS, hospitals.     Since  that   time  the  ambu,- i been   st.a{ioiied   for   several   week.s   fol- idiice   has   been   called   upon   to   make' lowing his transfer from Camp .Meade
The  voung man  had  been  ill iort Stoin      Marv    Cassidv       The     highest - "'"1   lesponst   has   been    both   prompt   some -(veeks witli  pneumonia.     He was avei-iLps    w-er^ -'    EiEhth   grade    Mae'"'"' saiisla(. lory,  but no rate of charge   24 years of age and lea\-es a wife, whn 'll'      90- ''seventh     grade '  Elsa. i'">^** been established, although in sev-i was Floience  Hilborn. of  l':milie.    The 11 ' S->-  'si.x'tb   i'l-ide    James   Dur-> t''"' 'f-'^^^" =»¦ '^'^''''S'^ f"'" *'^^ •'^'^¦"^''^^ '''*'^   'l"*^^"-""'''   "'''"   "¦  yo""g   man   of   moro-
Stn lii-i
been
pjestcd on behalf of the patient,   than  usual  promise, active  in  many OfT
suggest regulations and  prices  to  con-   considered one of tiie rising young men
' "f *h,j ei)mmuiiit.y.    He leave.s a large
kin, TT;   Fifth l-"oiii ,!i gra,.: Til mei
memliers  present  excep
The fuel situation vvas gone over care- , ^      -¦ , ..   ..       j, „ t   „ „
full.v, and all  the  schools- are  running \ t'"! "\«' ac-tivity of the car ,     ^ i "f t'^''  ,.„.-,, , • f-,„„„,
low some havimr suflicient coal to I Lewii Farrington, of the board of , circle ot friends to mourn his untimely last tills month "The Dager school ha-^-.'¦"'^''^^ers, reported the apparatus , demise whii-h tdok place while he was onlv enough for the present week and'i'-fady ior service. The part for thd, engaged in the work of preparing tc^ ni-iy he closed -is a result Vt Maple i chemical motor truck has arrived and j take lus part in the great war for llb-« Gi-iive school w'liod is being' u.s"e(l in ! will be installed shortly. The oil pump , erty of though and action against miU- lilac.'of coal aud at the Penllynschool I 1'"' "i*^' LaFrance engine has been tarism and despotism. It is cxtremelyT but due fire is 'in operation. The , "''.'.byed from the factory, state appropriation  for $672.34  w-as re- I
regretted  that he   was  stricken in tliij The games committee reported hav-   flower of his manliood.    That he gavei
truii
on
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tiible and some repaiis. death     of  a   hero.     I'^uneral     servicer
Watson  K.  Phillips, .architei-l, stated   will  be    held   at  his    late  home    thisj
tliere are still some details to be com- i Thursday and at the Horsluim meeting'
ceiv,^d.  it   being  an  increa.se  of  $47.49 j'"-   collected   $11.75,  of  which   $5   was   i,is life for his country is jus^t as tr over the nrevious vear    Taxes are well   appropriated to the commitlee  tor the ^ in his ca.se as though  he had  died (iillerted for the vea']-. and'the finances   l^"''<'ia'^<^   ef   accessories   for   tlie   pool ; the   tield   of   battle—in   each   case   t of  the   district   are   in   .good   condition Hills aniounting to about $500 were or-
T le AVhitpain township school board i P'oted     about     the   structure     by   the   house,  to  be-^foliowed-  by interment iu nut" Monday,   with   all   members   pre- ! l)Uilder,    Henry   P.   Schnel(.l.r.     These
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sent. Bills amounting to $668 were or¬ dered paid. The state appropriation was rei-eived amounting to $1058. ¦(vliich is a decrease of .$400 over last year's hgule. The condition is being ii'vestigatei by the members of the beard. Th(? fuel question at the Con- seljdiiie.l school is being solved by the use of w-ood e.xclusively. aud satls- fa(-tor.v     resMlts    are    beinj?     seeureci
were gone over carefully by Air, Phillips and his letters read. He stat¬ ed he will endeavor to have Mr. Schneider attend to the details before the next meeting of the company.
The house committee reported hav¬ in.g entertained the members of the l-'iremen's .\ssoc-iation if Afontgomei-.v connty, and of the $16 appropriated for   entertainment      returned    $2.01    a.i
even in the face  of the  low  tempera;-'«"  nnexpended  balame.    The commit- ii.p ! tee w-as thanked for iLs efforts.
The   association  met  at the  LaAtott
i "Rash"  Hackett a Colonel.
' ill rtitu) 1!. Hackett has just been ! promoted from lieutnant-colonel to I colonel of the 124th l-'leld ArtilUi-.v. Iformerly an Illinois Xational (Juaid Me,',4iliieii'.. now- stationed at Houston. 1 Texas.
! Colonel Ihickett i^ a ,^oii ,;f the lale ; -'Hash" Hackett, fornici state senator, from Pliiladelphia, i-e,iister of wills ; and Republican kadi of the Thiriy- I lirst y.aid. He was appointed to West I Point by former Coivuressnian Bdw-ai-d ! deV. Morrell in lo-Jii. nnl wa-'. .graduiit- I ed in 1904. While al school and at I the mililary academ>-, he gained f-a'iie I as ui: athlete, playing on the army I foot ball team. Ile spent some time in Ambler and caught on the .Vniblcr A. I .A.  ball team.
; .Vfter servin.g se\ei-al years :it l-'ort j Shei-idan. 111., l.ieiiienant llacl^ett. as 1 he tlien ranked, i-esigncd from the re¬ .gular army and beiame superintendent of construction for a largo Chica-^o building lirm. whieh later erected lhe John AV^anainaker and other laigi,^ buildings in Pbila.delphi.a. AVlien the Fnited States entered the war a.gainst Germanx-, Jfr. Haclcett sought a com¬ mission in tiie Pennsylvania national guard, but wtts unsuccessful.
William  Marshall  Swayne,  father of William Swiiyiie, of Gwynedd, has bee vei-.\-  ill  for tw-ii  years at  his  ho.-ne in iveiinett   Sriuare.      He   is   iu   the   91st year of his age.
.Miss   Kvelyn    Ross,   of   Pliiladelphia. \'as a   week-end     guest  of  .Miss  Claras    . Stannard. of  Ulue  liell. I    "?-,,
George   Sehlateif     near   Broad   Axe, j      .'    '' hf^//  left   tbe  eniviloy   of  Ralph   Sliass-'''"i
,-Mrs.     Kayard      U.     Liying.si.on   TRkH children,   of   Philadelphia,   were   uit   at I ¦"^'^'' their   country-   residence,   at   Blue   Bell, I  , ,   , on  Satni-diiy and en.ioved the slei.ching. j
Air.   Donahoe.  of  Centre  Square   hus ¦ ilisposed ol' his henl  of Citttlc at Walk-' e:-''-  stables.   .Xorristown.
Aliss    Graee    AA'alton,    of    llltie    Meil, h,i"  secui-eil ,ii   position   iu  .Ambler.
fire house on .Satur.Uiy,  Feb.,  2.
Treasurer Jesse K.  Davis !-eporled as
follows :      llalance     at   last     meeting.
$336.11: receipt's. ¦ $91.94; orders paid. : $150.22! balance, $283.83. .-V balance of i .$17,41   remains   in   the   tiuto   chemieal
K:   Bi.   Hansen, '^ $2.43.
the cemetery adjoining.
Miss Marguerite Webster, of Hors¬ ham, entertained Miss Sara Hillyer, oC Philadelphia, over a recent Sunday,
Jolm Seiple, of Horsham, is some¬ what improved after being conflned to bis home for two w-eeks.
A public sale on tlie Wm. J. Hallo¬ w-ell estate, north of Hallow-ell, will be held on l-'i-ida.\-. l-'eb. 22. See ady page 2.
At the home of James Q. Atkinson,, near Thiee Tuns, Tuesda.v morning the mercury registered 10 degrees balov.1 zero.
Roy Randall, .if Horsham, ahd John Lucas, of Prospectviile. ¦ went to the Bridgeport .draft board thiis Wedne.=tda.v to undergo / the physical examination for the natioiKil  arm.y.
Mrs. <). 11. Shugard and daughter Evelyn have returned to their liomei in   Roselle   Park,   .X.   J.,   after   having
lb
Rex   New County  Treasurer.
F.illowing the livliietion int.i couiit.\- treasiirer-s iilhce al .Xmilstow ;i of John 11. Rex, a feimer assemiii,\-- maii. appointed by Governor llrnm¬ baugh lo Iill a vacancy .-aused by the The   Skipiiack   pike   .-nid   other  rou.l-i   death of Geor.ge Anders, .if Norristown,
there were three cha n.yes, bee.imiim effectise on Frida,\-. F.. M. Harry, oi' Norristown. and IH'. U. J. AVe lur. id- Red Hi;', old employes, were dismi---s- ed,   and      Robert   Seldon.      of   .Xorris-
liave all be n .ipened with snow pPr.vs. Reuben I'.eyer and wife, of .Vnibler: .Mr. and Airs. George Zimmerinan. of Centre Square; A'fr. and Mrs, Gpoi-,g,- Hoover.   Air.   and   .Mrs.   Hnrry   Hooxer,
of   Blue   Bell,   w-er '   entertained   at   the   town.   Rex's   associate   on   the   .Xorris-
or;
town  draft  board,  was , oftl(-e  as  a  bookkeeper.
taken   into   the
42 Country Club Men Enlisted For the War.
Tiie bottrd of governors of the I'ly¬ mouth Country club are sending out to the members ti netitl.v printed hon¬ or roll of those iii the United States goveinmont service.
No fewer than 42 of the members have enlisted, and the olub takes great pride in the f.act that all are enlisteil men, not one having been drafted.
The honor roll  is appended :
Samuel K. .'Vnders, died aboard ship on way to France; Archibald Benners, Henry L. Brownback Russell Brown¬ back, Dr. Chapen Carpenter, George C. Corson, Bolloii Corson, Joseph VV. Craft, AVilliam F. Dannehower, Jr., Fred. E. Dyer, ,Toseph J. Eastwi.k, Howell E. Finn. Josepii K. Fornance, Charles C. Highly, J. Newton Huns¬ berger, Jr.. Peter A. Hunter, Warren L. Irish, Heni-y A. Kendig, Clarence A. Launer, Elgin H. f.enhardt, William A. March, J. Clifford Mendenhall, Jr., Thom.a-s Miller. Herbert Pflel, Homer Y. Prentice, Ralph Preston, Jacob B. Rit¬ tenhouse, Gordon Regar, Af. Howard Rambo, J. Roscoe Rhoads. F. Allen Rho.ads, Joseph D. Rambo, Paul G. Ro¬ berts. Francis Scheetz, James A. Shel¬ ley, John M. Taylor, Robert R. Titus. George Wanger, Dr. Henrj' C. Welker, l-Mwin AT. Wentz. Howard R. Watt,
Filled  Big Tank.
The Alan Wood company has eom¬ pleted the erection of a big tank, to Contain 32,000 gallons of water, located along the Elin street road, at Ivy Rock. Friday the eompan.N- sought the ser¬ vices of the Pl.\-moutli Fire company, w-hich went to the scene and attaclieil a line of ho.se from its pumper to the river. Tho pumper started during the afternoon, and stuck to tho job until 3 o'clock, Saturdiiy morning, withruit interruption, fllling the container, Ihe contents of which will be used for em¬ ergency purposes. The xvcrk was a tost for the apparatus, which it with¬ stood witliout the slightest difflculty.
—35 pupils have recentlv been graduated from the Norristown high school.
—Ephraim Slugg, late of Moreland, gives his entire estate to his children .and names Mary Ann .-Vmbler, and hei- son, Hairy S. Ambler as executor.«.
—Falling  off a  freight  car.   Samue, Gerhart,  a Pennsburg brakeman,  su tained .serious injuries.
boys who ma.v be called for service ill that vieinit.v. .-Vt the present time they are sew-ing on surgical shirts.
ATr. Slifer. of Blue Bell, experienced some dillletilt.y in reaching his hom n througii the snow- stoi-m one day last week.
The     Sewing-     circle,     of     Boehm'sj church,  will meet  next Tuesday after-, noon at the liome of ATiss .Ada Hoover. I of Blue Bell.
The Whitp.ain tow-nship school board. held its meeting on Monday.
The mercury touch(?d 10 degrees he- low zero at Blue Bell Tuesday morn¬ ing and was zero at noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace I'liipps. of Blue Bell, spent Sunday with Mr. and] Mrs. Harry Fillman at Prospectviile.
No services were held Sunday even-, ing in Boehm's Reformed church ow¬ ing to the fuel shortage.
foll.iwiug     bill;   were     ordered -Ambler    F.leetrii-    Light.    Heiit
Crt,.   . $,S.7fl.:     "fitter   Mayej-,   spent   \w(g w^'-ks    w-ith    the    former's      '__ 80:; ' J.*CTx^'eirt-Ar^Mr". ^iKHxits.  BenirL-mn-r'^iieO^'"'"*^ ster, in Horsham.
Report of Horsh.am public school foi" month eliding- .Iiinuary 29 : Grammar room—Nuniber enrolled, 26, Pupils; w-hose names were on the honor roll are: Riiih Weir.. Florem-e Potts, AVar¬ ren Burkhart, George Zeitler. Pupils who were present every day diti-ing the. month arc : George Zeitler, Walter Buchhalter and John ATe.veis. - Aniuii Medinger. teacher. Rejiort of primary room. lionor roll : John llelmboUC, Harold Mengert, l'"rank Polls, Margar¬ et Weir, Florence Ramse.y. Herman Royce, Earl Tyson, Siimuel Ramsey. Horace Morrow-, Robert Freas anif Theresa Roy(-c. Perfect atlemlance: Frank Potts, Theodore DuBree and Earl Tyson. .Alice V. Kearns, teticher. The Horsham Fil-e company held a. regular nionthly iiieetin,g Monday evening, when routine business was transacted. .Stephen Mason, of Hat¬ boro, joined the organization. Actiou was taken wilh regard to the iloatlv. of -Ah itll Williams, and suitable reso¬ lutions in his memory will be reported, it is the lirst deatli within the cum-j l.iany   of it,  member   in   the   serxice  o.t .
I     The New  York  World  i-ecentl.y  cou-| ""ix,'"""vakelield Walker,   of   ZatieSr ! t'""s   tl'e  loliowing  comnumicatKm.   in   ^jne^ ,,    ^^^^j fj.„^ Thursday till Sun-,
Grand , ^i^y witli Air. and Mrs. J. W. Freas iri Horsham, and i.s at .present in jVmbler with Mrs. H. H. Rynear. Sr,
Herman Royce and family, of Hors-: ham,  have  been  ill  with  tonsilitis.
The quarantine has been removedl from the home of John Ptirk, Horsham, the children having recovered frorm llieir recent illnesses.
.\bington quarterly nieeting will ba held   this   Thursday   at   Abington.
The  remains  of  Airs.  David  Thomp- ^.    ,,     ,,, , ,       , ,    ,     , son,   of   Five   Points,   lower   Horsham,
North   Wales,   who   knows   everybody, , ^yere    interre,!     Tuesday    at    Hillsido
-'tilled j oenielei-y.    The deceased  leaves a hus- '     hand and rour idiildren.
The   live  (-hildren   of  James   C'ooper.
of   n>ar   liabylpn,   have   been   ill   witli
whooping  (-ough,   and   the   oldest   son.
Chester,   has     luid   congestion   ot     the
th..   lungs.
John   Harrar,  Sr.,  of Horsham,  whe*
bome  of  J.   irvin   A'ost   and   family Centre .-Square, on  Thiii-sdiiy last.
The Ladies' STite soeiety w-ill meeti this Thursdav at the home of Airs. Daniel   fTrb,  .if   Hlue   Bell.
The   Blue   Bell   P.   O.   S.   of   A.   ba.s purchased a  new .Americiin  tlag.  whi is hung to the breeze between tliS hotel and Johnson's  honse at  Blue  liell.
Harry Haycock, of Blue Hell, had the misfortune   to   upset     in   his   sleigh   in; .Ambler    xvhen    crossing    the     trolley' public, track.    No dama.ge xvas done. ! 	
The Red t^ross auxiliary of Blue Bell, , Born in North V\^les 124 Years Since ? is     doing  quite     an   extensive     work. Moro than 'HOO articles have been senC in   and   several   knitted   sets.     The   so-i ciety   has     several   sets   on     hand   fo"i
Norristown   Physician   Asks   Divorce. Hr.  J.   R.  Carl,  a  prominent  practic¬ ing pli.vsician in Noriislow-n, has asked h   the  court  for a   divorce  from   Florenc K.   farl,   on   the   grotinil     of   de.sertion. : Mrs. Carl,  xvho is his second wife, ask- 1 ed  for a  divorce on Jul.v 18,  1916,  liut no report of the master was ever made
Trolleys   Sideswipe.
Passengers in two trolleys xvere shaken up. Sunday evening, in a side¬ swipe at the Tracy switch along the Conshohocken pilce, near Harmonville. Two cars going in opposite directions' entered the switch, and the motormen evidently niLsJudged the distance, fail¬ ing to "clear" each other properl.y. 1''ortunately. neither xvas going very; fast and both slopped quickly. Slight damage xvas done to the cars, and nona of the piissengers was injured.
Overcome  by  Gas.
Gas, believed to have entere.l the house from a leaky main through a drain pipe in the cellar, endiingered the lives of George K. Allen and his fam¬ ily, living in Davisville rotid, near Wil¬ low Grove.
Arising early, .Vllen xvent to the first floor. A few minutes kiter his father heard a heavy fall, and hurrying from an upstairs room, found tho son un¬ conscious on the floor and the room flooded xvith gas fumes. He dragged 'he younger man to a place of safety in the open air. and aroused other members of the family, who xvore feel¬ ing the effects of tho fumes. Allen was under treatment fot- som-e time, and other members of the family suf¬ fered from the effects of the gas for half a (jay.
—Miss Cath-erine Peck, cook in a Sel¬ lersville hotel, died as a result oJ bums .sustained when her clothing camo In contact with the flame or^ii gaa stove.
part,     from     F.   K.   Ihand,    of Rapids    Xeb.,   whicii  is  of  local  int est :
"In   1011   The  World   had   a   wrileup i of     Mr.    Thomas    Alorris,     of    Ansley, Custer county.  Neb.    He  was born, his | father's old Bible record .said, in Mont¬ gomery county. North Wales, Pa., Jan¬ uary   15.   1794.     January   15.   191S.   lie scored  his  124th  year and  is  still   with I us and pulls axvay at his peace pipe."
When shown the article Deput.v Re- | gister  of    AVills A.  Lincoln  Saxon,    of
:orth in his home town and vicinity, tliat he knows of none of the family of the man referred to residing in that lociilit.    at the present time.
Road   Supervisors. The   12th   annual     meeting   of County Association  of Township  Road
supervisors will be held in the courq recently underwent an operation in ai house on Tuesday. February 19. The Philadelphia hospital, returned lo his following in-ogram hits been  prepared : | home  last   week   and   is  getting  alongf
10 a. m.—reading of minutes of pre- | nicely. \ious meetings;   roll  call;   opening .ad-i j     A. D. Barnett, of Dresher, received Sb, ¦Iress. J. Aubrey Anderson, district at-, carload of pea coal on Monday
' '¦     response,     Roy   A.    Hatfleld, i     Harold   Lightkep,     of    Philadelphia
' spent Sunday in Jarrettoxvn. '     '
torne.v; response, Roy A president of eount.\- commissioners address, "Recent Lcigisliitioii Pertain¬ ing to All Types of Road Building," Hon. Fletcher Stites; discussion by| members; address, subject to be nam¬ ed. Dr. E. Af. Benner, supervisor of Fpper Salford  toxvnship:   discussion.
1:30 p. m.—address. "The Desirabil¬ ity of Road Oils, Asphalt, and Tar Products: Ho\y to .Vppl.y, and Results Obtained," P.aul W. Ixmgsdorf. engin¬ eer of Cheltenham township; discus¬ sion: address, "Road Construction of the Alost Improved and Lasting Type," Charles F. Mebus, C. H„ preaident Ab¬ ington toxvnship commissioners; dis¬ cussion; address. "Road Drainage for All Types of Roads," John Dunne, C, R.. Lower Merion; business session, election  of offlcers, etc.
The executive committeo which pre¬ pared the pro.gram is composed of County Cominlssioner Hatfield, 3. B. Krause. of Sanatoga; Hiram Krieliel' W. II. Fox .and J. Milton Brooke.
German Aliens Must Register.
All German aliens of tho age of 14 years .and upwards, in the borough of Norristo-wn. are required to register at city hall, Norristown, on Feb. 4 1918, and continue on each day suc¬ cessively thereafter betwee'-i the hours of 6 a. m. and S p, m. up t.. ,t-.1 includ¬ ing Februai'"- '- ' i other 'icea t'l-' aliens are r--,; ¦"•' '^ o 'Tgi-i, ¦ at tl: ' respecfivo v-..'~t'^)(r:ce!!.
-Adam Rodemich, of Jarrettown isi seriously  ill.      - '      '
Frank Cornel, of Philadelphia, was in  Jarrettown  on  Sunday,
William Bonner, of Jarrettown, ha;* purchased the taxi service at Fort Washington.
Mrs. Joseph Malozzi, of Fort W.ash¬ ington, called on her sister, Mrs. Franlii Ricardelli, at Dresher, on Sundav,
William Lightkep. w ho has been on the sick li.^t for several w,^eks, is some- xvhat improved.
\\'illiam McCormick and Thomas J. Lane, of Dresher, spent Monday in Philaiielphia on husiness.
¥rs. Cornelius Lane, wdio is in Phila-. delphia, spent Mondav witli hor son in Dresher,
Mrs. E. C. McConnell and daughter Martha, of Jarrettown, spent last Fri¬ day xvith friends In Philadelphia.
"Wm. M. Taylor, of Jiirrottoxvn, spont. last week in Richmond, A^'a,, on busi¬ ness,
John McCormicIc, Sr,. .of Dresher,. spent Tuesday in Phlladolphi.-i,
.Tohn Harrar, Jr., and Joel Harrar, of Hallowell, hauled loads of hay to the;. Blabon oil cloth works. Phila.lelphia, on Tuesday and while there loaded ns-. car of manure, which xvill bo deliver¬ ed to the frpi- 'i x-ai-d in Hatboro fm,.- them.
(Continued  on  pago ty.