The Ambler Gazette 19190403

              The Ambler Gazette.
\ OLi. XXXVI.-NO.   11
AMBLER.   PA..   APRII^   3,   1919.
,«1.75   A   YEAR
s   COLD POINT     Ia. g. yothers [child killed
AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings ot Local Interest to Our Readers.
• Damage Done by High Winds—Ply¬ mouth Church Notes—New Boiler at Narcissa Industry — Hickorytown and Harmonville Personals and Mis- ct:,,aneous.
.Jacob Hart, John Larkins and Gi urge Shellers, Cold Point farmers, cotiiDined their purchases of seed po¬ tatoes and recenlly effected a eonsid¬ erable saving on 100 bushels ot seed tubers bought in Philadelphia.
.Mien Kirk, of Cold Point, has be- coiiio night watchman on the Weid¬ ner estate, at Erdenheim farni, White¬ mar.sh township. He has sold his milk route through Chestnut Hill to Wr. Hiltner, who will purchaiie a truck for conveying  the  milk.
George Sheller, Jr.. and lamiiy, of Cold Point, .spent .Sunday with the former's father at Primus.
fteorge and Arthur, sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. Oscar Young, of Plymouth Meeting,  have  both  been very 111.
' )ii Saturday afternoon the remains of .1. Calvin Wood. of Norristown, we. e Interred in Cold Point ceme- teiy. The deceased was 5S years of ag-.
:'.,rs. Hovenden, of Plymouth Meet- in^:, is having an asbestos roof placed On   her  barn.
Gentlemen associated wltli the Peakmet Jletal company, 1419 Sansom street, Philadelphia, are rexjorted to be in negotiation with property own¬ ers having real estaie near Corsons station with a view of purchasing a aite for erection of a factory. It is understood that offers have already been made, and that the indications are favorable for a sale.
Myers Hall, who resides in the E. B. liurke projierty. corner of JIaple Hill avenue and Conshohocken pike, la moving to the Miss Adeline Fish¬ er bungalow, on the Germantown pike at Plymouth  Meeting.
Mrs. Samuel Weidner, of PJymouth Meeting,  has  been quite  ill.
Mrs. Harry Keyser and son William,
of  Conshohocken,   were   recent  guests
of Mrs.  Sallie  Slavin  at  the  home  of
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hart, Cold Point.
The'  recent   liigh   winds   bave   done
damage   to   local   property   and
The tin roof of H.  U. Young's
Plymouth    Jleeting.    was   torn
two   pl.aces,   and   the   adjoining
on   Mrs.   Hovenden's     pro|i'rty
damaged      about   the    roof.
barn   of
IS DFCEASED.
Well Known Proprietor of Wm. Penn • .    Inn Laid at Rest.
Humblest
Local   Af-
Fraternal
and     Re-
or; Mar- '
much trees, house, off  in
HtabJe was   also
The tin roof on ilio 'largo Milton R. Marple, lUckorytown, -was also damaged. A large numJjer young tomato plants, wbich Jlr. pie raised from seed, and which were under gThss, were frozen and killed. The clock in tlie lower at Whitemarsh Junction, alon.g the Trenton Cut,-olf refused lo k'ep lime. during the storm. It may have been because of the altemm lo control ils movements by legislation in advancing it au hour, but employes of the tower say it stopped because of the vibration of the structure due to the lli.^^h velocity of the wind. :16 panes of .glass were windows al the Mar-
Self   Made   Man   Rose   From
Surroundings—Active    in
fairs,     Development    and
Circles—Widely     Known
spected.
Algernon Gordon Yothers, long pro¬ prietor of Wm. i^enn inn, l.,ower Gwy¬ nedd township, and one ot the best known hotel men in the counly, died J''ri(lii,y the resuli of a. stroke the week previous, aged 62 years.
The deceased, who was the son of Jacob Freed and Lydia (Gordon) Votbers, was born in Hilltown town¬ ship, JJucks county. April 13, JS57. Jiis father was al one time engaged in the general loinmission business in that locality. Jle attended the pub¬ lic schools of the neighborhood, but in 1870, when he was bin i'.', years of age, his mother died, and the lad was obliged to earn his owai way. He became an aiiprentice to John Stem, a Well known saddler and harness maker .it .Sjiringhouse. tn learn the trade. lie followed the vocation for two years and then abandoned it to tend bar at the .Springhouse hotel, then kept by Samuel Uelp. Within a year Del)) sold the hotel, but Jlr. Vothers continued with the new iiro- prletor. Frank llu.yhes. for si.\ months. He then secured a like situation at the hotel of Jlr. Busli, Doylestown. Later he went lo Philadelphia, where he engaged in the hotel luisiness on Sbuth .\inlh street, nearly opposite the poslolfice, where his place of bus¬ iness Jiecame noted among the px-om- inent professional And business men nf the city. He next removed to .Nor¬ ristown, where he remained a • yeai and then returmil to Philadjilphiia. still I'ollowing the same line of busi¬ ness. In the mean lime he was, for a brief time,  in Atlantic City.
The deceased, about 1894 went to -Amliler, where lie was employed at Hotel Ambler by the lale William C. lilackburn. in ISH? Mr. Yothers pur¬ chased the Three Tuns hotel, al wliich place 'he rtimaincV until December^ 1900, when, having bought the hotel rights at JVm. Pen inn. he assumed charge of the business there.
Jlr.   Yothers   married,   Feb.   3,   1898, Elizabeth  Jane,    daughter    of Edward and     Amanda     (Zook)     Burgess,     of .Vorthampton    county.      There   are    no cliildren.      I'lider   the   mana.gement   of .^1r.   and   Jlrs.   Volhers   Wm.   I'enn   inn i ii.i.s become one of lhe mosl noted and successful   road   and   boarding   houses i in   this     section   nf   the   state,     bciii^ crowded  with guests at all seasons bl | the   .vtar   necessitating   the   rental   of| a>;j"iniiig     dwellings   to     acconimodatc i the  trade.     'I'he   inn   was  enlarged  ami; increased    fariliiies    provided.
-Mr.  and   Mrs.   Yothers  are  members; of the     Jlontgomery   l!a|itisl     church I Jlr.  Yothers   has  been   active  in  coun¬ sels of the  Republican  party and serv¬ ed    ills     district   as    county      delesale and  town  clerk.  While in Philadeliihia he   was   assessor     and   also   served   as| jnd.ne   nf     electiniis.      I rat'i'n.'ill.\'.   Jlr. i Yolbera   w.as  a  imnilicr  nl'  blue   Ind
BY ELECTRICIIY
Several Tots Break Into Power House in Whitemarsh.
Blue Bell Lime and Stone Company's Plant Scene of a Tragedy—Alberta Rittenhouse, Aged 7, Killed and Thomas Rittenhouse, Aged 10, In¬ jured.
Three sni.ill ciiildren ot the Rilten- lioiise family, on the George Rt^x farm, weM of Klourtown, wandered about a mill' away Sunday evening, broke into the power house of the Ulue Uell Lime iV: .Stone company, and as a result one lillie girl. Alberta Rittenhouse, aged seven years, was killed instantly by comin,^ in contact with the high ten¬ sion electric wires, and her brother, Thomas, aged I'J, was burned so that ill' was removed to a nearby liospital. Another   sister   was   slightly   burned.
.\o one knows just how the acci- deiil happened, bul it is supposed that the childien wandered' away from home and  coming to  the electrie  pow
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.
WATER KATES   NOW IN FORCE.
Who's WHoandWlal's *liat In He | „„3, ^^^ Pe„4iDe DKislcn by Su- Two Townsbipi. I p„,„ C,„„,|
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Churles JIcAvoy, ot' Norristown, lias purchased the Nolan jiroperty, near Centre Square, whicii has been occu¬ pied  by Mr. Decker.
Jlr. and .Mrs. John A. Bauer, ot IJlue Bell, ale entertaining relatives rpr a short  time.
Mr.   and   Jlrs.   Williiun   Sholler   and
e lormer's mother motored  to Huni-
elsuiwii  on  Sunday   to   visit   Jlclvillc
hillock  and family.
Kdward    Williams Philadelphia,       spent Frank Hibshman  and Bell,
Kev. J. D. Detrich, of North Wales, was enterlained at the home of Jlr. and Jlis. Harry Walton, of Franklin¬ ville, on Sunday.
I'.dward Philips, of Blue iJell, has had a bath installed.
The     Sewing    circle       of     Boehm's
and   lainily,     of
Sunday      wilh
family,  of  Blue
New Rates Aljolish Charge of $355 Per Mile tor Mains, and the Item Is Made Up by Increased Rates to Private  Users.
Announcement has been made by the public service commission in Harrisburg   tlial  the  new   rates  of  the
HORSHAM_AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Items of Interest, t* Many Readers.
John H. Harrar Buys the Schaffer Farm, Horsham—Many Movings— Geatrell House Threatened by Fire —Personal and Miscellaneous From Jarrettown and Dresher. l-*i-esident John Chapelle, of Phila¬ delphia,    visited    the   K.   U.    E.    home.
that  the  new  rates of  ... , Siiringtield   Consolidated   Water   com- 1 Davis Grove, on Sunday.
which   supplies   water  to   houJie- i     During   the   week   of   the
very   high
tl,e I winds a  tree along  the  Babylon road.
house   and      barn were   somewhat   damaged   . A   portion I of   the   frame    buildings   in    the   rear
pany.
holds   in   Consliohocken   and      in ou     i        n.  , .
suburbs   of   Philadeliihia,   are   erfective i "fai     Ch.irles   Rich s   residence,     was
^pj.jl  1 1 blown down.    Tlie slate roofs on Jona-
Thc   new   schedule   not  only  elimin-lthan   Stackliou.se's ates     the     contended      lire   protection
charge    against    towiislilji    and,   ,b(Nf   : „„ ..     „,,  ,,     .    „
for water main.s. bul jiuis the burden of the old Davis Grove store property, back on the consumer and makes it c>elonging lo Mrs. Ritter, wa.s moved even harder than it was before -'^vr'ii \°^'}':.Joum^-.aions Several other o   ,,,,o Itiees along  the pulilic roads  were also
'Prio;   to   that     lime   the     nilnimum | {^"{^vn  Uo   "     ., rale of 40  cents  per  thousand  gallons   '•"^.'',^™ "''; ,.       ,,   „ „ allowance of 11,250  gallons in  a  '1"'"- ! Mondav  i,? pi   '  i      .^^allowell ler.     K.xcess   was   .'harged   lor   at   the | ^i9il1ay jn  Philadelpliia rate of 40  cents  ir r  tliou.sands  gallons ' which  was  the original  basis
door  at blown in.
the  K.
G. E. spent
I cliurch   will   meet   ne.Nt   Tuesday    af-
er house  of the company played  about I tenioon  at  he   home   ot   Jlrs.   Clarence ler.     r;.\cess   was   cnaigeu   lui    ...    ...- i      -n-.^    t    Tv                  Lr      ,
the  structure.    In  the rear they  pulled   Ziinnierman,   near   Centre   Sciuare. rate of 40  cents  p'r  thou.sands  S''!!'^"''''   ovprii',-   I'lnm       i ,'   • ""'''^.''•?'"'  /«   VT
awav   a   sheet  of  galvanized   iron   and      The  Women's Missionary society, of which  was  the original  basis.                  ' er Hn,i  :,,,  in „',    " "."t'^'" iig.it  should-
through  lhe    opening gained  entrance.   1;,,, Urn's  church,   will  meet   ne.Kt   Sat- fnder    the   .schedule   laid    down   by   l.^tvLZ   .^VJ..,:1,        \        '''u^^^  ^'"^^^
Thev ,'ippai'enllv crawled over the high I Ul lav  afternoon  in  the   Sunday  school the   public      service   commLssion      last   ,./«.-«  =nT,-i,ii.i,,                 •';"               ""'"
ten.s'ion   wire,   and   there   Alberta  met   room.                                                                 . year,  consumers    were     allowed     '""»    nlo  from     «   re^cf%?"^-  '''^^^^
instant   death.     Her   bi'(5ther,   Thomas,       Kibert     Russell,      principal     of     the .oallons   per   quarter   for   the   •'^m""««t i  ."^"   \'^"'"   «'_-',oi'   Ibe   iNorri.stown
was   burned.     The   other   girl   was   in-   WnnlUian     .school.     .Swarthmore.     will size  meters,   at   $3   rental   per   'juarte;-,        '   '   ,',,.;,.,„,';.".'','"''"''   '",".?'^' ^';.   ''*','*
j.n'cd     slightly.       They     crawled     out   deliver an addres.s, enlitUd  "The  Social and e.NCess  was charged for at 23 cents   ^¦^^     •   '   'vv.^      automobile.     Jlr.   T.v-
tlu'ongh the hole they had made, and I-„i'est," ne.Kl Jlonday evening, at 7.4.-, a thousand gallon.s. ^^^"^ of the ro'id was hi'irle i%,.'''h » later >iy cries succeeded in attracting in the Gwynedd Friends' Meeling | (i„ the old ba.'ds this meant an ^'".i^j.L ,,,,,¦,,', ,";'-^ 'i"'',':'^ ^o "'f the   attenlinii   of   some   older   persons,   heiise.    Elbert Russell is  widely known j average    cost    for    11,2.50    sallons—the     "^"•^'<'«''       ;''l      c^^^^   '".'"c   Imes     and'
who immediately ran to the scene,  but,   as   a   forceful   and    inspiring   speaker, former allowance  at   40  cent.s—of  'f-" i a   (¦omnleie    u,,!,)-'     -r-,     ^'''''^'¦". f"^
trying the  locked  front door,  were  un-   haring   the   past   three   years   he   has per quarter, or ;34 4-19 cents iier thous- !    _"'""^"     "''^^^^^^^
able  lo  get  in.    On  .going  to  the  rear, j a;,;,eared    frequently      in    Philadelphia aiirl  gallons.                                                            ' ^.^^   nof i, "inrld             '                     '"¦'^¦""
the  childrei» had  en-   ami   vicinity as a  lecturer.    .\11  inter- ijm the commission allowed the wa-        f ,,:,„„.;."•','• „
the   high   tension   ested     are   cord,ially    Invltecl.     There ter    company     to   colled   from     each '   .^^    '^"''^e to a man   ij .ve.ars ot a
on,  they  could   do   will  he  no char.ge. fireplug.        In      Springlield      town.sliip   ,|,^,!'?",. *= ¦'¦"'^<'   \->y   ">e  court.     Tae
I     .Mrs.   Ilol-ace  Phipps   and   Mi.ss   Nel- ,n,one   this   meant   an   increase   in   I^'e |'/',',  ;'^ '>;, '''.'^V''^''o"';'.'t'"'i ot  Upper
(ilficers     U.vsher    and    Wheeler,     of i lie Stannard, of Blue Bell, spent Jlon- ,,roteciion   charges   to   $4800  a  year.      I f,., '     l,^  ' ",''\ ""^ .''°'f'V.^'''','V^^^^^^
Sprinmleld  township, were appealed ml day in   Philadelphia. Under   the   new   minimum,   consum- ! ""'"J"'^,"''^. •",'""'<'.    '•'"tiheil   before
and    notilied    A.    F.   Smalle.v,   superhi-i     Jlr.   and   Mrs.   V.   Sin.gly,     of   Wild- ers can  u.se only BOOO gallons, of water I J'"    '"•';;'':^ •''•    '^     Hallman,   that   ho
tendeni     of   the   comjiany,     who   tele-! wood, N. J., are spending their honey- a <inarter for the present charge of $3. I ";;•;   ' i>" ".'^<" .''''^^cmber   19    1900,   by
phoneil   the  ollico of the Counties Gas   moon,  at  the  horjne  of Horace, Phipps in.^tead   of   7.->iio   gallons,   now   allowed,   ,,,'• ,„^'   ^'    valentine,   at   Anibler,   ia
\-   Electric   company,   aud   the   current   and  family.   Blue  Bell.                 ' or   11,250   gallons   formerly   l-iermiUed. I f".^   ".'¦¦•;.':"'¦'•   ol    tour   of   his   children
was shut off.                         I                                Horace   Phipps     and   son.s,     of  Blue and   thev   will   have   to   pay   30   cents i?\.'"'^   toimer   wife,   and   tliat   in   tho
The   charred   body   of   Alberta   Rlt-   liell,   have   formed   a   partnership   and p^,.   thousand    gallons   for   all   e.xcess. i tenhouse   was   removed,   and   the   boy | will   do   haulin.g   and    jilowin.g,   garden rin   the  original   basis   of   1V250   gal- was   sent    to   the   hospilal,   while    the   wurk  and  jobbing.     See  adv. Ions   per   quarter   in    existence   before other   girl    was   onlv   slightly   burned.,     .\lr.   and    Jlrs.    Edward   Philips,     of the  order  of  April   S,   1918,  the  cost-to Where  the  child   was electrocuted   thelKhie  Uell, motored to Chester one day : the   consumers   for   water   under   the! high   tension   wires   carry   13,000   volts, j recently.                      _                                        ^ | proposed   new  rates  would  be  $3   min •
thty saw where tered, but because current was turned nothing.
Coroner N-ville was notified.
The   Ulue   Uell   Lime   »t   Slone   com¬ pany has been in operation for neaply three  years,  operating a,  plant  on  the north  side    of  the  Conshohocken     and j ! (Ireland    branch    id'   the   P.eading   line I to  the  eastwai'il   of  the  G.  and   Waller Corson       operation.        The      piopei'ty. ¦ vvhich  lias only a  private right of way : leading   ihert'iiito.   is   iilacarded.     Dan- ' ger signs  are  displayed  on  the   build¬ in.g whicii liie children entered.
Jlr.   and   Jlrs.   Edward   Phipps,     of
ue Uell, motored to Chester one day recently.
The Ladie.s' Jlite society, of i:ci"hm's church, will meet this Thurs¬ day afternoon at the home of Jlrs. Kugene Whittock, Franklinville.
.lames Claville, of Blue Bell, had mislortune to accidentall.y scald aim  last Jlonday.
Th" family of Edgar Clayton. Kim;   Uell.   is   improving.
Mr. and Jlrs. A. S. Valentine, of ll'iie Uell. gave a dipner. I''riday even- cm.   at   their   winter   home   to   a   few
iniiim ibarge for UOOO gallons and $1..5S additional for 5250 excess or a little over 4.7  cents  per  thousand  gallons.
tho his
ot
Hard   Luck  For a   Moving.
When Williani Ivinsle.\'. of Hlue Hell Jlonlgoinery counly. bought a farm at I'^llisbuig, Camden counly. X. J., John Honohoe. by whom lie was employed, said : "To save cNpense   of   hiring   a   van   or
WEST POINT.
Garlicdd avciuii and a s'^ction of the Jlorris road have been resurfaced with crushed   stone. |
Services al 3 p. m. next Sabbath day j in Grace -Reformed church. Every- I body   welcome. \
Claude  l.eister. son of -Mr. and  Mrs. j
iMcmbei's   of  t'ne   Chestnut    llill   danc-jcan   use   my     motor   truck.
iim   class   in   honor  of   iheir   C •---¦¦    '"¦ , c,.,  _.,  ,„„   ..!. ¦ i.
Carolyn.
Tyson Whittock, of Penllyn party on Saturday evening bungalow.
l-'rank   Hibshman.   of   Blue   Hell.
formerl.v
you    the
two   you
On 'the
gave  a at   his
at-
¦iilly
l.fister, leliiriie'
of   this   place, from   Kram-e
w.io
w her
rb-
! served   with  the^Vi;mt^L^ateSj^i;ct,.s
blown oyi  ofthe    	
ble -Hall  school- bouse. .^nd.;.^Batcm& Ji£-!-chM^jtwi.-aj«l. j»HM»itH4«iM>.-u«^^ .--^..-.-.'jj.-
school      weri^     dismissed    during     the - -'^'        ^ '¦¦      --^   -j, .,..., rnn^a'gAtn. ttsmrrtfnfi
storm.
Mrs. l':iiza JI. Ambler, formerly of Ambler, now a resident of the Friends' borne, .Vorristown, spent Monday with Mrs. .Annie F. Ambler in flymouth Meeting. The former Jlrs. Ambler, ¦Ti'^ho was 84 years of age on March 9, is   as   active   and    well    preserved   as
¦ies
¦Gvr.
j iielj   riiiversit>-. I      l.,o<al    delegrates     from ; Point   l'"ire   company   will i meetiir-;   of   the   l"'lremen's
the     West
attend   the
Association
Saturday
many a  person  at  50.   liaving  all faculties  remarkalily   well   retained.
Jlrs. William Swauger, of Harmon¬ ville. siient Sunday at Swedeland with her sister.
Within the Plymouth Jleeting sec¬ tion are cared for many of the orph¬ ans of Philadeliihia influenza victims, ajid the question of school accommo¬ dations for the increased children of .¦school ;uge, especially in Whitemarsh township,   has  become  a  serious one.
Lewis Karr, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday wilh his parents in Harmon¬ ville.
Mrs. Auk, of Germantown, spent .Sunday witli her sister, Mrs. Lewis Richards, in Harmonville.
ElLsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Davis J. Webster, of Plymouth town¬ ship, who has been in France, is now attending a. school and lakin,g a tech- ulcal  course  in  England.
Miss Reba Fitz Gerald, of Plymouth, spent Sunday wilh Jlr. and Jlrs. I.,ewis Sheppard.
Ray Supplee', of Harmonville, who h.as been quite ill, has been remov- (d to the Bryn Mawr hospital. The Supplee' family will shortly removM i.j  Hai'lcysville.
H<arry Davis, of Harmonville, has returned from over.seas service and expects to be mustered out shortly. He spent the week-end in Harmon¬ ville.
Mrs. William Kulp returned home to Harmonville last week after a stay with her sister in I'ulaski,  N.  Y.
George .McGettigan, ot Carr's lane, II.armonvill'\ has lorn down the old barn on the rea,r- of his property. He will  erect jjoultry  liouses.
The Potts family wiil remove lo the t'amburn estate property. Cold Point, which they have recently purchased, and Jlr. Cotter will remove to Heeb¬ ner's Corner, where he has bought a farm.
Thomas J. Lynch, who owns valu¬ able property along the Ridge pike just north of Harmonville, has yel¬ low   dashed  h  ')  of his  houses.
WillLim Koucniicl of Jarrettown, visited .Tohn S. Young', Plymouth Meeting,  on Jlonday.
Miss IJlizabeth 11. Marple, of Hick¬ orytown. has been spending some time  with  friends  at  Douglassville.
A large tree In the yard of William I'enneirs hotel, ilicJiorytown, was ¦'lown over by the recent  hirfi winds.
On Saturday Eck Carson, of Hick¬ orytown, while working about his property, .accidentally cut his left wrist. Tie severed an artery and for .1, liiiic had dilllculty in stopping the flow  of  blood.
Arthur Hood, Jr., of tho Jit. Airy Presbyterian church, had charge of the .lunior Christian Endeavor society of Hickorytown mission last Saturday afternoon.
Rev. Harry Swartz, of Philadelphia, v.as the Sunday guest of Messrs. Car¬ son and Ewing at Hickorytown, and preached in the mission in the even¬ ing. Jlr. Swartz ha.s recently been di"hai-4^ed  from tho service.
<oiiic order of'New .lerse.v, and of the Scottish Rite. .¦12d de.gri'e. and of the Mystic Shrine, '.jrand council of New Jersey. He Sva^ also a member of the odd Fellows and of the I'onevolenl and   Patriotic  (vder of Elks. i evening at .lenkinlown.
The   deceased   wa.s   active   m   all   al-,     _^ telegraphing     machine .   has
fairs   of   the   to'vusliip   tending  to   im-j ,,,.,.„   ....stalled   in   West  Point   station, prove   the   coniniunily.   and    iirobahly       ^r^sley   Bean,   of   the   local   planin
oilier  one   man   of
s  instrumental  in  real
'lit   and   improvement
ig a   wealthy  class of
leaded   a   liamiuel Jlonday evening.
.A.   S.   \'dentine  moved
"A"'  '        j,.,.,.  of  this  week.
/.eitc     Homes,     colon .'.'._.,..,.> o.-.'i, of G^vf^MtkLHWho, 'Was led to death when a lamp fell from her
in   Philadelphia   o;i
to   Blue   Uell k.
-A,
Camden side of the river'Kinsey wa-: arrested on a charge (d' operating the truck without a driver's license and Donohoe was sent lor to answer a. charge of being withoul a registration card.
Uelorc llccordcr Slackliouse Wed¬ nesday Donohoe said Kinsley has .-i large family and when he allowed him the use nf the truck he had given tli ¦ license   no   consideration.      Jloior    vc-
burn-lhide   inspectors   insisted   .tliat   igi)or:*: lance of the law or nt'gligence Is no c.\'
hands, was hurned Monday at the Rose [ I Valle.v   renieter.v.   Ambler.
ciis",    and    the of .$10 each  on
negln court    imi 111'    I'.(I  in
osed    a    line
her j more   than   an.v
i neiglilinrhood   "
estate   developi
and   in   interesi
Philadelphian's in locating their homes in tlie Lower Gwynedd section.
Funeral serviees were held from the deceased's late residence Tusday af¬ ternoon and iiiierment was privately made.
JIRS.   TJ I'l JIAS   J.   RILE.
wife of Thomas J. Rile,
Fannie, E of Blue Bell 71 years.
ISie deceased Ross and Fam her girlhood at sided at Montii when she man Jan. 1. They i for two years their present i
died on JIarch 26th, aged
•was   the   daughter   of lie   Gordon     and   spent .Vorth Wales.    She re- 'imery   Square   in   1870 I'd  Thomas  J.   Rile  on esided at Penn Square and   then   removed   to eidence along the Skip- pack pike near Ulue Bell. ¦ The   followin-;-   sons   and    daughters .survive :     Fra.nlc  H..   of Blue   Uell.  re¬ cently   of   Detiiiit:   Ross   G..   of   Blue Bell;   Fannie   K.,   wife   of   Dr.   Alfred Fretz,   of   Seller.sville:    Lulu,   wife   of Alexander MiJler. of Sellersville;  Ray¬ mond,   of   Tioga:    Dr.   Edward   A.,   of Ambler.     Jlrs.   Uilc   is   also   survived by   two   sisters.   Jlargaret   Oberholtzer, of .-Vmbler. and Ellen, wife of William Helsel,   of   AVayne   Junction, brother,   Aaron   Gordon,   of The   funeral     was     held with   interment  at   Boehm's Ulue Bell.
ABRAHAJI   UNRUH.
Abraham L'nruh, aged 74 years, died al his home In JV'yndmoor last Satur- Aay. Funeral services were, held this J^'<";ne.sday at 2 )j. m., and interment was made in Ivy Hill cemetery. The deceased was well known throughout the county. For more than 12 year.s; he wiVK a resident of Whitpain town¬ ship. Resides a wife, he leaves tho following children : Harvey, How.ard, Willard,  Walter and  ELsie.
'"''J 1 mill, is building a body for an auto truck for Mr. Riitenhouse. also a num¬ bed ot window and door frames are bein.g   made   for   several    contractors.
Jlr. and Jlrs. Joseph Iv. Hulier Iiave installed a .piano in their home for their daughter. Miss Helen Huber.
Ih-ickla.yers were busy tlie fore part of the week building up the chimney in   li.   JJ.   Nase's   new   house.
l.inford .Shepherd lias relurned to his home here from Niagara Falls.
JIi's. Clarence Walker and son were guests of relatives in Lansdale one da.v last week.
The high wind last Friday blew a portion of the roof off of one of the out buildings on the French property. 'Several trees were blown down and the smoke stacii on Knerr & Jlat- tern'a mill also fell as a result of the wind.
Several carloads of crushed stone are being received by the townsliip supervisors for road  woi'k.
The annual congregational meeting ot Grace Reformed church will be held Thursday evening, April 10th. All members  plea.se  take  notice.
The new machinery in Samuel Krie¬ bel's mill is being set up and will soon be ready for use.
The regular monthly meeting of the West Point Fire company  will  be  held
md   one f nc^-'t Jlonday evening and all memlier
.Vmbler. Saturday cemetery,
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GWYNEDD VALLEY.
Ralph Beaver Strassburger and' family returned Tuesday from Bruns¬ wick, Ga., where they spent the win¬ ter.
Walter Gardener has arrived in New York from overseas service. He was b.adh-  wounded  and  is  recovering.
Tlie plowin.g contest of four hours between Joseph Jones and Patrick Carney, to have been held JIarch 27, has been postponed on accounit of the weather.    Tho prize is $2.5.
Casket  Co. Spreads Out.
Tho Conshohocken Burial Casket company which was recently organiz¬ ed and began the manufacture of bur¬ ial caskets in tho wood working mill of Isaac Shaffer, Elm and Maplo streets, and later discontinued oper¬ ations, has leased the two story brick mill building formerly used by the A Tj. Jliller company, as a planing mill and has taken possession of the pro¬ perty.
ale  urged  to lie present.
Jlr. and -Mrs. Lukens Thomas, who have been iiuite ill with pneumonia, are now aide to be about again.
Arbor day services will be held next Sunday in Grace Reformed church. Hol.v communion will be celebrated Easter Sunday. Preparatory .services l-"i'iday evening, April  IS.
The   Victory    Loan.
"We Finish What We Begin." This is a slogan which is to be used in the Fifth, or Victory, loan drive, which is to be launched this month. Liberty loan committees are being organized in ever.v counly and state in the United States, and enthusiastic meet¬ ings are being held. In Ambler the ¦women's committee, of which Jlrs. H. \'. Everham, has been oppointed chair¬ man, and the men's committeo with Jlr. J. E. Underwood again as chair¬ man, will co-operate in making -Vm¬ bler once more one of tho leaders In responding to our country's need. On Friday night at H.atboro .a dinner was given by Paul .Tones, chairman .south¬ ern district of Montgomery count.v. to the chairmen in his district. Jfrs. R. G. Rolston, chairman of th. Jlont. Co. women's committee, Jlrs. 11. V. Kverham, Jlrs. 'Thomas Atkinson, Harold G. Knight. Esq., .and Jlr. Wm. H.   Faust   were  present  from  Ambler.
Jlrs. Rolston .-ipoke. among others, and said that durin.g tho last cam¬ paign she had 750 women workers ;md expects to Increase this number to 1000 for the coming loan. Afler Mrs. Rolston's remarks Mr. .Tones announc¬ ed that out of the $4,000,000 worth of bonds sold in the Fourth loan in Montgomery county the women of tho countv JTid obtained 50 per cent, of th.at amount. 1
Golden   Wedding   Anniversary.
A   \ery enjoyable  evening was  speiu
i on   Saturday.   JIarch   29.   at   the   home
of    Jlr.   and    Jlrs.    Allison    Whitcomli.
! lietblebem   pike.     Ambler,     when   was
j lelelirated  the goldren   wedding  of Jl .
and   Jlrs.   JianieJ   Campman.
The occasion was delightful and the music was enjoyed Iiy all. Ross Wil¬ son ;ila.\eil lhe violin. JIark P. Stout, the mandolin; .Miss Jeannette .Stout jand Jlrs. George Canipman. the piaro. I At ,a lale hour the wedding march I was played by Mrs. George c'ampman. the bride and groom of 50 years lead¬ ing the ¦ guests to the diningrooni. which was decorated iu gold and white, where refreshments were en¬ joyed by all. A beautiful wedding cake in gold and white, h.aving the dates of 1869 and 1919. and a bouquet of carnations and daffodil.s. A gold pin and $60 in gold were presented to the  bride  and groom.
Mr. and Jlrs. Daniel Canipman were married in Germai1^;own. JIarch 29, 1869, and in 1873 moved to Three Tuns on the farm that their son, Daniel, now farms. Eight years ago they moved to Ambler. Jlr. Camjiman ha.s just passed his SOth birthday. He Is hale and hearty and spend.-! most of hia time on his farm witli his son at Three Tuns, 10 children were born to bless their union, five .girls and live boys. One daughter died in 1904. Those present were: Jlr. and Jlrs. Dan¬ iel Campman, Jlr. and Jlrs. Allison JVhilcomb and Jliiriain Whitcomb, Jlr. and Jlrs. G. 11. Arnold. Jlay, Francis and Leonard Arnold. Mr. and Mr.s. Edgar Thomas, Arthur and Elsie Thomas, of Ambler; Jlr. /and Jlrs. Daniel (.'anipman Wesley Edythe Elizabetli Camiiman. of Three Tuns; Mr. anrl Jlrs. Robert S. Campman. Robert and .Marguerite Canipman. of Whitemarsh; Jlr. and Jlrs. Russell L. Campman. Russell and Rieliard Camp¬ man, Jlr. and Jlrs. George W. Camp¬ man, Ruuth Campman and Jlrs. O. Stauffer,   of   Xorristown.
wife, followiu.g .Sejitember his wife deserted him wilhoul cause leaving him an¬ other child, a, girl lo take care ^of, wliic-li duty, he has well performed e\'er since.
Harry   Dieter,  of  Philadelphia,  spent Sunday at HalloweU  with   his  father. !     Waller   V.   Allen   is     preparing   to : erect  a  fence  along  a  portion  of  the ¦ U.ibylon   road.
I John Jl. Harrar has purchased tha i Jacob St'liaH'er farm, Jleeting House ' road. Horsham townsliip, upon whicli |irDi'cri\ ilu' form r has lieen : esiding for more than two years. The farm, which is a liioice one. comprises about 100 acres, and Uie buildings are com¬ plete in every respect.
Frederick Sweinfurth, of Wood- mount, who has piii'.'ha.sed the Dr. A. B. .Arlhur farm, belueen Davis Grove and Prospectviile, moved to lhe pro¬ iierty lasi  Tuesda.\'.
John Kirkpatrick has moved from. liavis Grove to Pemberton.
Jos. G. Hitner, owner of the Hal- lowfdl estate larm, has placed there¬ on In horses aid four mules purc'.ias¬ ed at * recent sale^at Camp Jleade. The animals were uiiloaded at Hat¬ boro.
¦ Hariy .AVilsrtn. has moved from thei- Roberts estate place, Horshain, to the Hager fnrm.   l'>lison.
At Hallowell, on Tuesday morning,. Ihe ni i'cnr.\ touched 25 de.;reeK. and the merciii-.x- did nol rise above 34 all day.
Ciiai'le:r W. Willard, of Ilallowell, has placed a line new scales in his sto'e.
Jlrs. J. N. A'lee, of AVoodmount, has moved to the Charle.s Hodgi s bunga- ' Horsham.
; low.
Wesley Rodemick has moved frorrv iH'esher lo the Tbibins place, Jarret¬ town,  which  he has purchased.
Geoi'ge Kodemick has moved from. Jlrs. Kneezel'.s house tn John JIcJIul-- lin's,  Dresher.
  moved   front
le     Meehan
Police  Say   He   is  Oldest Check  Crook.
Howard II. 1 Ironiie. declared li.\ the police and bankers to be the oldest "IJi'ofessional chei'k crook" . in the business, has been held under a suspension of sentence by the Jlont¬ gomery county courts, at Abington. on the .same olil charge—securing money by means of worthless checks. Brooke is nearl.v 73 years old. Carefully dressed and well educ.alei], persuasive in mien, is regarded as distinctly dangerous.
He was arrested by Chief Thomas, of the Jenkintown department, and', Tbe Lamb family has m turned over to the Ahington ofilcials. i Pbiladelphia to oiie of th' He was prosecuted on a charge of "tirsery houses, Dresher. securing .$40 from an -Abington wo- < George Shaffer tmd tamily. Francis man, and wa.s then turned over lo the Spohn and wife and E. C. .McConnell Philadelphia police for prosecution ^^d family, of Jarrettown, -were Sun- on two ch.arges of having victimized ''^y evening guests of Benjainin Evea Germantown   women,   one   of   $40,   the   and family.
other of $50. He has more than 15 Joseph Kirk, of Dresher, and JIiss aliases, according to an official bank- AViUielniina Parry, of AVarminster. were- ir.g luibllcation. married Saturday evening at the home
  of tlie  bride's parents.    Mr.  and Mrs.
House   and   Barn   Are   Licked   Up   By   t^'X ""'1 ""^ ,o"  ^  trip   through   the p, '^     '   s?"tl^-    On  their return  they will  re¬
clames. , side  at Dresher.
Fire   of   unknown   origin   completely]     AVilliam   JlcJIuUin   has   returned   to md  barn  on   the i Dresher  from  Mount  Alto  and   is  im¬ proved   in   he.aJth.
.Air. McCue has moved from the Tib-
destroyed IJie house and barn on the property occupied by Adam Stock, near the plant of the American Jl.ag- nesiii Company, Plymouth township, owners of the destroyed buildings, on .Tuesday evenin.g of last week. Most Of the' furniture was saved. iKirin..; the height rd' the lire .Airs Stock re¬ membered that some money and Lib"r- ty bonds ¦were in the building, .'^he ran upstairs and returned with thf lr savln.gs Intact. The flames spread so rapidly that all of the family clothing except that being worn was Juirnerl. Jlr. .Stock is employed by the magne¬ sia  compan\'.
SPRING   MILL.
Jlargaret Thomas, of Spring Mill, passed away at her home on Fi-iday evening last after a lingering illness.
Helen Rogers, daughter of Charles Rogers, of Cedar Heighl.'i, is ill with pneumonia.
Mrs. Edwards, of Ridge avenue, Roxborough, visited her mother, Mrs. Markley,  on  Sunday  last.
During the recent wind storm con¬ siderable d.amage was done in this sec¬ tion. A number of panes of glass were broken in tho Costella home. Cedar Heights, .and a few building.^ were upset  In  other places.
During the wind storm on Saturday morningja pile of luipber at the La¬ fayette Paper mill was p.artly blown on the southbound track of the Penn¬ sylvania railroad, blocking traffic for a short time.
Mrs. George Dutill visited relatives in Camden, N. J., on Monday.
Frank Hansell has purchased a cow from the blooded stoek of the Richard Wood dairy fai-m.
George Dutill and Ray Fre.as have purchased two building lots each from the  Lambert  estate  at  Cedar  Heights.
Jacob G.auger, of Ridge pike, was home on a 48-hour furlough.
Child Awarded to Mother. Because the testimony showed that the mother did not give proper care to her child when she had tho little girl with her, the court has reversed, its   usual   procedure   in   such  matters. | his
and awarded a chiM of lender years to its father, John F. Reinert. of be¬ tween Hatfield .and Souderton. former¬ ly  of Pennsburg.
bins place to Maple Glen.
Mr. and Jlrs. Rineharl and Mrs. Thommens, of Philadelphia, were Tuesday guests last week of Mr. and Jlrs.   George   ZeitlPr.   Jr.,   Horsham.
Francis Rodemick and -wife, of Phil¬ .adelphia, spent the wc»ek end with AVesley  Rodemick in Jarrettown.
Jlr. and Mrs. Harry I'^ngle. of near Aiirumt'j/u. \,'..\li"d Samil.-'l J':ng'le ai Ja:rettown on Monday.
Rev. and Jlrs. Alexanilm' Graham moved from Bethel churcii lo Jarret¬ town on Thursday, and on Sunday at the servicea Mr. Graham was visited by Mr. , and Jlrs. Thomas AV. Comly and Mr. and Mrs. Davies, of his for¬ mer charge, and Jlr. Comly and Mrs. Dtavies sang selections.
How.ard C. JIann has moved from farm    near   iMaple   Glitn    tb   tli,'^
' property he bought in Hatboro
Jlr.  and Mrs.  Charles Montieth and
daughter     Katharine,      of     Horsham.
spent  Sunday  at   the  liome   of Djinicl
Fretz,   Chalfont,     and   brought     back
I with   them 'Jlrs.   Jl.ary  Ann   Jlonteith.
I who   is   spending  somo   time   In  Hor-
Robert  M.   allllowell,  whose   garage | sham.
Hallowell   Is   Rebuilding.
.south of Springhouse, was totally de¬ stroyed b.v fire last Saturday morning, has commejiced rebuilding same, and is now ready for business. His oil tanks were not disturbed and are In full operation. A stock of Fon! cars ;ind parts and other acce?.';ories is at hand. He will restore the former garage as rapidly as jiossible.
The lire evidently started Inside about ,", a.m., and the alarm was given by the motorman on the southbound trolley. AV'hen Iielji arrived the heat was so intense inside that tho large plate glass windows were cracldjiig. 19 automobile.s and two trucks in the structure and two trucks outside were destroxod, Ifi of the.r^e cars and two of tho   trucks   belonged   to   Jlr.  Hallowell.
$8000 insurace was .-arricd on the structure. $15,000 on tlio stock .and eciuipment and $20,'?50 on the Inirned cars was carried by Jfr. Hallowell, making $43,250 in all. '''ver this Mr. Hallowell   estimates   a   ' ss   of   $8000.
"A Bo.'C of Jfonkeys" was rendered in Hatboro on Wednesday evening by the Horsham Dr.amatic society, which recently most successfiill.y presented the program at tho Horsham flre hall.
On Tliursda.',- night Clarenco Geat¬ rell was aroused by the odor of smoke through the house. On .going down stairs he discovered the lloor burneii about the fire pl.ace in the front room and tho fire doors of the firo place burned off. Ho immediately secured water and extinguislied the fl.ames. Durin.g the day tho fire in Wio green¬ house had gone out, ami Aho plants were carried into the front room, wh( re a fire had been burniii.g in the fireplace. However before rotiiing the flre was extin.guished, ns they thought,, but It i.s believed the (lames i.gnited from live embers. Fortunately tho blaze waa discovered in timr^ to pre¬ vent   a   Jiorlous   condition.
(Continued cn pago 8.)