The Ambler Gazette 19190116

              Gazette.
VOT .XXXV.-NO.   52
AMBLKR.   PA..   JANUARY   16,   1919.
S1.75   A   YEIAR
[    COLD POINT V   AND PLYMOUTH.
'Wf^ Happenings ot Local Interest to Our ^ Readers.
AMBLER BANK   lAFTERMATH
PROSPEROUS.
Annual Neetlnff and Report t) stockholders
he
OF THE WRECK.
12   Killed and 30 Injured at Fort- Washington.
;
Sudden  Deatn of Mrs.  Milton  R.  Mar-
pie     Prostrates     Community — Ply-
r,iouth's    Road    Affairs—Harmonville
and   Hickorytown—Miscellaneous.
I. vld Smith, of Cold Point, spent Sunday With his father near Camden, N. .!.
>il.-jS Sallie Bower, of Mt. Airy, has been visiting her niece, Mrs. Harry S. Milier, east of Cold  Point.
Cieorge Kirk, who hiis been with the U. S. navy in liuropenn waters, a greater part of tho time with the fleet off Scotliind, is home at Cold Point on .1 10-day.s' furlough. His brother, Je.'so Kirk, who has .also been in the navy, is also expected home, iis his vessel was to have put in a.n .Vniciican harbor   on   Saturday.
-Mr. and  Mrs.  Jarden, of Wyndmoor, spent   Sunday  with   David   Smith family  at  Cold  Point.
Next Sunday morning in Cold  Point, Baptist church an offering will be tak- 1 en   for  the suffering Armenians.     Tho i Salibath   sfchool   has   already   pledged %2a for the .same cause. I
J.ast   Sunday  marked   the  third   an- | nivtrsary of Rev. G. W. Tupper's lirst I occupancy  of  the   Cold   Point   Baptist church   pulpit,   which   charge   he   as- I Burned as pastor in April, 1910. i
Mr,   and   Mrs.   H.   (Jscar   Young,   of j Plymouth  Meeting, spent Sunday  with the  family  of  John   Harner  in  Flour- '¦ town  and    attended     service   In   Zion i Lutheran   church,   Whitemarsh.
Mrs. WaiTen Geislnger and children, ' of Harmonville, visited Mrs. Harvey: Rex at Hickorytown on Thuraday. i
Mrs.  Charles Rhoads  and  Mrs. Wll- |
liam  Gill,   of  Norristown,  visited   Mrs
Pierce   Rhoades     at   Hickorytown     on j <|ualified
Tuesday. ; tary, and
A   family     named     Frances     moved i to  the    bank    as    well,    It last   week   from   Cold   Point   into   tho'of   service     to   our     country
Board of Directors Elected—Report of tne President—Remarks by Stock¬ holders—Memorial to tho Late Ed¬ ward  Ingersoll.
The annual meeting of the stock¬ holders of the First National Uaiik of Ambler was ;ield Tuesday morning and the following gentlemen were elected a.s directors : r!cnjar.i:ii F. r'enro."P. of (igontz; Jolm .\. Wen'.,! and V. Grant h'link. of l-'ort AVasiiing¬ ton: Hiiiini ,\. Kriebel. of Centre Sijuare: John E. l-' oed, of l'"loiirlown and Henry c'. Middle, Samuel 1.. Kish¬ er, Alexander Knight. ICdwln ll. Fiiiist, Richard \'. -Matti.son. Jr., iycwis Uid¬ dle. Dr. Andrew Godfre.v, Dr. K. A. Hile, Itoyal Mjittison, Robert 11, .\n- der.sou  and J.  M,   Haywood.
Dr.   .Vlattlson   was   chosrpi   chiiirmaii tnd' of   the   meetin.g     iind   .lohn   A.   Wentz acted  as  secretary.    The  full riuotii  ofi stock,  100;i shares,  was voted. j
Remarks with regard lo thfl' condu-.-t I of the bank were mtide by the several' directors, all of wlioni ixpressed' the! desire that the bank will broiuieii audi widen its sphere of iis(>fulness in the community and maintain its steady '¦ •growth. Dr. Miittlson's remarks will \ be published In full In the next Issue; of  tho "Gazette."
The president of tho iiislitiition, J. M. Hiiywood, presented his annual re¬ port,  which  in  britd   is as  follows :
A general outline of service rendered by  banks  during   191S   reveals  a  close co-operation   with   our  government  in floating   Diberty   loans,   including  con¬ centration   and   disbursement  ot  funds for   and    on    account    of   oip-    govein- I mont.     Early     in   the   year    the   bank IS   il   I.gnited   States   deposi- fhis featu-i' lias been of helii lio]ied. In   the
; Fearful    Rear.    End    Collision     on    the ]      r-icading    Road—Three    Killed    From
Ambler—Several     Amblor      Porsons
M.ikc Narrow Escapes. . 'I'lii full lii-i of jiiT.soiis l<illed and : iii.nired in th-- rear ond collision Mon¬ day evening at li.I.I on tlie fteading railroad .pist .-oiitb of !''orl W.isliing- toii station, follows : ; ivIDLED.
I<'i'ank   .Solliday.   10.   of   North   Wales. • diri'ctor   of   the   Anibler   Trust   com¬ pany.    Salesman of Jacoli Reed's Sons. i I'hiiiulelphia.
Oakfor' I!. Wonell. C5, of -Vortiv ; Wal' s. Wholesale grocer, of Phila- 1 delphia.
l.lo.\d   Huston.  25.  of North Wales,
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.
WHEAT IS 100 PER CENT.
Who's Who and What's A^hat in the John Park Tells Farmers' Club of \       Two Township^;. Present Condiiions
2!»,   liOT
l«,     of     Nortii
Lawrence   Polteiger, street.  Ambler.
Raymond     IJechtel. Wales.
Anna Rentier, 27, daughter of Frank Renner, 225 Greenwood avenue. Am¬ bler.
Klvir.i   i:.  Lewis,   17.  of .North  Wales.
Hazel Uudolpb. 1!). of Xorth Wales. i;niploved at ordn.iiicM deoartmeiit. 1711)   .Market    streei.    Philadelphia.
Frank Frye,  19, of North Wales,
Sl9\v.'ii-t Fuller, of Michigan, lonsul- general-at-la:ge for the far cast, wa.s il uci.k-f.rid guest of William 1,. Jen- kln.-'. Gwynedd. Tiie latter is an .Amerii'an consul, and will le:ive thi.s week to reimrt to Washington, D. C, uhere he v.ill probaiily he assigned to il  point  in  .-.inithorn   riu.s.sia.
.Mr. Riilidi ('.'a\ci- .SlrasKlni-ger. of -Xorm.indy Farm, Gwynedd vallev, and son Peter left Friday for Bnins.vick, (1.1... Willi,, thoy will remain until April ill till. J,.|^yl  Island .club.
The S(.wing circle of linehm'.s church. Khie Hell, will hold their aii- nlNprsary on  Thursday evening of thin
; iveek  ill   iii..   old   high  school   building. .Vr^ inU.resiing  program  has   boen   |in>-
I pared.    I((. oream   will be on  sale.    All iir&'welcome.
Johnson,     22,     of     North
:!07  Churrh  street.
of with .     of
of    -VmUleit
Mrs.jthe   I'ourth   loan   the   117(5   sub.scribcrs | t:il
iind
of .Vorristown,  spent Walter  Campbell  at
Chillies    Rhoads.    of Sunday   with     Mr.' :4:itkep at Hlckory-
I purchased   $iiSa,000
worth of bonds, so 1.!b?ity   loans   voir-
1- .sponsible for tin- of of of
liiai    ia    ih
bank   v.'as   dir.'i-ti.\-   i- .s| salt-   of   more   lli.in   il,:;i)ii.OUO   worth tbese   obligations.      In    iiiitu'ipiition the   fourth    Li'irrty   loan   the   sales Treasury and T:ix Cf-rtificat.'s m.'ide lo Hid   tlirough   y.iiiT-   liauk   amounted   to .1,   and   iilri'iidy.    in   anticipation Fifth   I.ihert.v   loan,   your   bank has to its credit imrchases of Treasure Certilicates    eiiiia lling   .1133,'!,000.
In the lo(.:il sphere of activity, wherein the bank enjoys its largest percentiige of patronage, the puos- perily enjoyed li.v> the lotail in- dii.strie.~;. lhe resnilaut high coni- nensalion returned to labor and tho evident coiiiiiiui.d conlldence i otexeus, in   the   bank   by   tin.   piiblii-   hiivc   been ' <-uts.
re.-iVio)i.-uble for an iiii'i-ciise of biisi- ¦ Talieii home— I'iiul Wiiiliiieli. 22. ness. De.sposlts hav.- steadily grown, .Vorlh Wales: cuts, bruises and shock. so thll! on,, Dec. 18 this Item iimounted Monroe A^in Ijilliard, 31, North Wales: '"    >' "1'l."a'> n:;.      of    whicli    sum      the . injured      ;iiin,      Cljti
i«?B.««rftmei>t-depBsTt'-wti«-*s.3fier:»»*i7 ¦-ii.iHju.     The   total   resourtis   of. of  face  and    bdi bank  on  thiit  da.v,  the  highest;  in . Meyers,    18.    ICucIid
chm'
VOUi'
its   history,   were  .$2,031.7:i4.10.
During the past year'your banlv paid out as interest on .savings iic- couiits :t!I.S,t-l(;.7.S, and $7ll.S6 on eer- lUlcates of deposit. $?fiC2.9;} was paid on checking accounts, so that a grand tot.aI of $2G,821..''i7 was paid out to de¬ positors.
Tile report closed witb the I'ollow- '"•r : 1 ciinn.il let this'oeeasion iiass without reference to the, memory of the late Edward Ingersoll, whose death occurred at his home, Springhouse, Pa., on Dec. 27, 19]S. Mr. Ingersoll .served this bank on it.s board of di¬ rectors for a continuous period of 10 .vear.s, during which lime his lii.gh conception of integrity, sterling hones¬ ty and genuine kindliness endeared him to ilil of his associates. His close touch   with   the   larger  iiffairs  of  busi¬
ness   brought   to   the   attention   of   the, i-ear sent in the last rear.    He watched
Botts house,  In  Hickoi'ytown, I Third  Liberty  loan canvass your bank
Mr.  and   Mrs.   Christian   Wisler  and j enrolled   1SH2"  subscribers,   whose   sub-! son,   of   l.«.nsdale,   spent   Sunday   with j .scriptions     amounted   tu   %:','2a,000.     In the   latter's     paient.-',     Mr.   and David   Rhoads,   of  Hickorytown. •  Mr.   and    .Vlrs.    Howaril,   Rowan d.'iught;r Mari.ni, Friday   witii   Mrs. Hickorytown.
Mr.    and    Mrs. Norristown,     spent and Mrs. Kugene L town. ! Jl.io.r.i
Mrs.  John  i^hipps is  ill at the home i of  thii of   her   daughter,   .Mrs,   Waller   Camp¬ bell, in Hickorytown.
Rev. R. V. Musselman, of Plymouth Meeting, spent Monday in Reading itnd with Mrs. Musselman have been guests in Lansdale for a few days.
The annual oyster .supper liy the Men's Bible 'class of the Plymout'.i I'. B. Sabbiith school wili be held on Sat¬ urday evening. Jan. 2.5, from ."i to 10 in the basement . i:)ysti.rs will be serv¬ ed in the popular styles. Adults, 75 .cents; .children under 12. 3". cenLs. cream oh, Sid'..    .\   Inrre
ijig^^.e     \Volll"ii :~
Jety of Pl^iouth V. E. pubHc thivnk offering in Shei'e vvas a very good attendance present. 'Mwk Thomas Sames, of .N'orristown. who was an¬ nounced as the speaker,' Wiis prevent¬ ed  by  illness   frorn   attending.
On Tuesday evenin.i; the monthly meeting of^ the (Christian Endeavor .so¬ ciety, of the Plymouth T.t. E, cliurch, was held at the home of Miss Kathar¬ ine Rodebaugh, Hiekorytown. The Wednesday evening iirayer meeting of the churoh was held in the family of Mr.and Mrs. James Coulter, Harmon¬ ville.
Next Sunday evening iu tho Ply¬ mouth U. E. church the Ladles' Bible class will be the especial guests of the congregation, and Mrs. Walter Rhoads, of Harmonville, and Thomas Kingston,   of   Norristown,   will   speak.
John Musselman, of Readin.g, spent Saturday and Sunday in Plymouth Meeting with his son, Rev. R. Y. Mus¬ selman,  and  wife.
Mrs.   Oscar   Horning,     of   Plymouth I Meeting,   has   recovered   from   her   re¬ cent   illness.
William Kulp, oi iiarmonvllle, has- been 111 with grip.
Mrs. Edward Sailor has returned to her home in Chester after having spent some time in Harmonville with the family of Horace Cassy.
Miss Virginia Richards, of Hai-mon¬ ville, li.is been on the sick list.
On Wednesday afternoon In Barren Hill cemetery were laid the remains of IJlIle M., wife of Milton R. Marple, of Buttonwood farm, Hickorytown. Services were held at the late homo < f the deceased and were largely at¬ tended by friends and relatives, all of whom held the deceased In high es¬ teem and regard. 'Death resulted sud¬ denly on Saturday evening after an illness lasting only 15 mlnntes, and the news was a gi'eat .shock to the entire community. She had been in Norris¬ town early in the evening and had re¬ tired, when she was stricken. The deceased was 47 years of age. She was the daughter of Willard J. and Elizabeth Hippie, of Roxborough, where she resided until March 5, 1890, when she was married to Mr. Marple. They removed to tho old Marple faitn \ p,. near the Hickorytown hotel, later go- j ,,„() ing to the Cliitrles Johnson farm, neiu'- ; sisters bv. 15 years ago Mr. .Mariilo pur- ' ciia.sed the Wm. B. Dull property .at Hickorytown, which he greatly im¬ proved and whereon he has since re¬ sided. Mr. Jliirnle and the following children survive: Helen, Hamel, of Hickorytown; Rose, wife of G. Clayton, ^^jg Rex, of Maple Glen; Elizabeth H., Raymond and Laila, of Hickorytown; also one sister, Ray, wife of Ellwood Winterbottom, of Moore, Delaware eounty. Mrs. Marple was an active member of Cold Point grange, No. (;ii6, and was pamona at the time of 'ler death. She was a member of Hickorytown   mission,     and   with   tha
Norman Wales.
Ella "A.  Stong.   11 .\mbler.
Ravel   Huff.   :tr>.   of   Xorlli   Woles INJURED.
lleriiian    .\bI>ott.      IiV Cuts  on   hands  and   body.
Hugh -V. Julius,3.'), of .\orth Wales, scaldfd. Physicians state cannot live. At Abington  .Memorial hosiiital.
Ada G. Allebac'h.   19. of North Wales. Hand.s.    face   and    liody   si'iilded,    both limbs  and   a   wrist   broken.     Seriousl.v i injured.     .\t  Chestnut  HIII  hospital.        I
ArllTiir. Clayton.    21,      of   Lansdalojl
Church.i     Mr.   and     Mrs.   Holland   Wentz Fljf'iirtowii.   spent   the   week-end Joseph     Siioemaker    and     familv liljip Uell.
Mrs. Horace Krieble, of West Point, an'd Kev, J. D. Detrick. of North Wales, spent Sunday at the homo of Hairy Tippin and family, of Blue Bell.
Frank Hibschman and family, of Blue liell. spent Sunda.y afternoon, with .'Vlr. Hickson and family, of Flour- '< town. I
lie sure to read Assenheimer's shoe ad\' on  tlu.  last  pa.ge of this issue.    *   '
Woik lias been stiirted on the re- 1 buildin.g of R. R. Jones' barn, .south I of liUie Bell, which was burned .some I thne ago, !
Horace   Phipps  iind   family,   of   Blue Hell,   are   able   to   be   out   again,   hav- ! ilig ipcovered   frpm  influenza.
¦riie family of George Latch, of Pioad Axe, iire iieaily all down with inlkitnizii,
Si.veral persons from Dlue Dell were on llie wrecked train on Jlonday night, but  escaped   injur.v.
The   family   of   Wrlliam ' Walton,   of
Dislocated ind   billise.-
Hip.    fractured .     .\t  Chestnut
iilue liell.
arm.    cuts'|"'"" ''f'- are aH able  lo be out again Hill   hospi-!""'''"  t'leir  recent  Illness.
'     .Mrs.   Joseph   Lcldy,   of  Penllyn.   who
Samuel    .Miller.    '.'.4.   of   South    Beth-^''''^'   '''<"^n   very   ill   at   her winter   home lehem.     Cuts   on   bodv   -rind   suffering|'"   '^'"'adelphia,   is   reported   better. r.-Mii shock.    .-M Cliesiniil   Hiil  hosiiitiii. j .   ¦'-'^'-  •'¦   '*•   I'etrick.   of   .Xortli   Wall's.
Vii-.iir II. Vellovil/ :j'!, of South >' '>''cu)iying Hie pupiit at l!o hni's Bethlebem. Ciils and brni.ses on face c.ttv.-t-h during the illness of Kev. Jo- and   boiv.     .\;   Chesnut   Ilil!   hospital.   I'"'I'"   ^ "''"•   "¦•'•'   i«   nnder   treatment   in
tnink      Coullcn.      32.      tl:!!      ,\(„-Ui; ''"ilii'lelphiii I'liiiilcliu    siri.ei.    I'!iiliid(.lpliia.    lireman of   liyt.r.   broken      nose   and   fractured leg.     .\t   SI.   Luke':.-   liospital.   -
B.    II.    Beiiver.   ."..".,   of   .Nortli    Wales. Cats   iiiiil   slioek.   Sl.   Luke's   lio.s|iital.
.-Vt' Jewish liosrutal—Leonard Pen¬ nington. .\iiibler, cuts: .lohn Siintan- ui-iii, .'12. XorUi Wales: legs friietiired; ruts about tbe body: slioek. Wesle.v Ilolliiiid. 2.1. .Vortli Wales.;- scalded about the legs; shock. Mrs. A. W. iinbrid.ge.    Pa..      shock
and I '"'V
j sail!
'I'lic. veporl for tlie Red t^ross aus- iliaiy of Blue Bell, for the month of liecemlie:-. is iis follows: .Sup¬ plies i-eceivi'd : 12 ovenills to p:iteli, •10 boy.s' suits to make. Aiticles i-om- Ideled, 14 skirts. 1L' oveiiills pau-iied, ; I bo.N's suit. .\rti<.|es returned: 40 ' skirls. 12 overalls. The soci' ty is busy n.nv working on  lioys' suits.
William   Koehler and  .fnhii Serrlll,  of
Kuri.ka,   iiurebased   two   lar.ge  mows  o''
on    Sa;ui-da\     ;it    tlie    lianehower
Horsham Farmers Hold Interesting Session in Katboro Preceded by An¬ nual Dinnci—Questions Asked and Answered—Next Meeting With "The Neighbors."
The annual dinner of the Horsham Farmers' club was held in Wilgus' hall, Hatboro, <jn Thursdiiy evening. This oi:(.asion was an old fiishioned fiiiiners' supiier. to which all the mem¬ bers contribiiti cl just what they ple.as- fd. A most sifmptuous i-epast wa.s the result, consisting of scalloped oysters, salads of many kinds, cold roast chick¬ en, cold ham and tongue, rolls tmd butter, all kinds of cianned and pre¬ .scrved fruits, pickles, cheese, coffee, ice cream and  cake.
President P. P. Gheen called the re¬ gular club ineeting to order at 7.45. The miniiti.M were read b.v the secre¬ tary, .Mr.s. Wm. J. Ilallowell, and the routine followed. Report of the exe¬ cutive committee : "Are our* soldier boys benefitted spiritually and mor- iilly as well as physically b.v their ex¬ perience in the army '.'" ' Martha B. Mitchell. 'Mention some of the-cliar- acteristlcs of Theodore Roosevelt that are worthy of emulation." F.zra Car¬ rell. "Should the v.arious positions, now held liy women, be given up to the returning soldiers who forrne.ly held them " M. E. Goentner. "Would the prohibition of aliens from immi- giiitlng to the TJ. S. he. a disailvantage to the farmers '.'" Atlee B. Saurman. "H.as tho propogtinda sent out by tho government, urging the f.armers to greater production, made .any definite increase in food products '!" John IJ. I'.ark. Current topics, Davis W. Sill and Anna 11. Penro.se. Tli(> next Jilace of meeting will be in Wilgus' liall. Feb. Ill, 14 and l-"), when the club wijl unite with "The Neighbors" in ii conference for community interests. The Iirogram offered by the executive commiltc.e at this time is to be used at   the  re.gular meeting  In  March.
Keport of the committee to audit the treasurer's repori sliowcd a balance of  $j:;.:!s.
Keticirt uf the i.rop committee, John 11. I'a'.l,. found lull little to .siiy „f i crops in tlv ground, the wheat is I'iO per cent., so the future looks bri.i^hi Bul litll" ebaii.ge in tiriees since last nic itin,!,'. Williiim Penrose agree.1 with  .Mr.  Park.
Charles    Kinsey      has    Inaveled      fir
since   the   last   meeting.      He   .saw    the
i wheiit   in   the   state  of   .New   York,   biii
tliiiiKs   it   does   not   look   as   well   as   ii
Dub- ^1500
.spend- v.  Mis.
of    .Ml-. shou.se.
¥ck.     Cora
avenue.    Ambler;
cuts of face iind  head.     Leonard Dii\is.
of   .Amble",    iiruised   about    the    linib.s.
ufferiigg    iilso    fijom    severe   'ncV-vou.s
S.    1
as be
,;iuer,   of   Ainblc.r, Jumped from the
.North    Wall's
shock. Walter .me leg injured c-ar.
Mil 11V of the di-iid were remove-d to .lesse I'V Davi.s' uiidertakiiig esUiblish- ment in .Vmbler. <iii Tuesday. Coro¬ ner Xexille eame over and releii.sed for burial tbe bodies of victims.
Tbe   iiupii sl    will    prol next   week.
.Vmong the iiuiii.v narrow those   of   lhe   following :
Clarence Woodward, who WiiS in the rear car. was thrown cdear outside by the impact. Ile was considerably shiiken   up,   but   nol   injured.
Ebe?rhart    Luttgen    was      sitting   on
Mrs.   Brown,   of  Shamokin,   is ing some  time  with  In." dau.glil Jcjsepli   Vost,   itt   Blue   Bell, ' ¦lildred '     Hem-y   .Spcri-y    Clifton,    .son >fuflie«i.i't"iLMr.s. Wm. ClifLoii, of Sprii Twho   has   been   ii    bookkeepfet- Island exiH'cts  to .sail  the 20lli  of Jan uary   for   Kiiince   as   a   bookkeeper   for i'.m:  coiisu-uetion   eompany   al  a   lucra¬ tive   siiliii-e-.      ill.    expects    to    be   gone three  yeiirs.
.Mrs. Levi l<', Slin,gluff is conlined lo her bed with ii eoniiilication of dl- .si-ai-:es.
cidy    b.
lu
¦alies iirc
board of directors information wliich was both useful and of great Hnancial value to the institution. The true con¬ ception of his patriotic duties he re¬ vealed when he voluntarily surrender¬ ed his busine.ss opportunities and the comfort of his own fireside to enter the service of onr country. That his career luis been ended in the very height of useful manhood Is regretted, and tho services he rendered to this institution and his many exceptional ciualities of mind and heart are most respectfullv and tenderly remember¬ ed."
OBITUARY.
Frank Mondivy
FRANK R.  POTTS.
R.  Potts,  of Jarrettown,  died
morning at 8.30 after a ions' Illness from Brlght's disease, aged 58 years. He was born Jan. 29, 1860, on the Barlow farm. Upper Dublin, now owned by S. Levy, and was the son of tho late T. Ellwood and Rebecca Potts. He followed farming all hisi lifo and was successful. At the timo of death he owned the former Cad¬ walader farm, east of Jarrettown. He married Maggie J. Davis, oldest daughter of the lato George G. Diivis. They have one son, George D. Potts, who resides on the farm. Two broth- William G., of Fort Washington, Elmer E., of Horeham. and two Mrs. ijiiiiriL Gordon, of Fort Washington, and Emma .Xiblock, sur¬ vive. He was iin active member of the  Patriotic  Order Sons of America.
The  funeral  services   were  held  this
Thursdav  afternoon  at  2  o'clock  from
liis   iicte   residence.     Interment  will  be
in  Rose Hill cemetery,  Ambler.
HAROLD HEEBNER BOWERS,
The   remains     of     Harold   Heebner
Bowers, of Ambler, were interred last
Wednesday    in  Mt.   Pleasant     Baptist
cemetery.    The deceased,   who  died  at
tho Chestnut Hill  hospital, January  5.
of double pneumonia,  was  32 years of
      , iige.     He  Wiis   the   husband   of   Emma
rest of the family was deepl.v inter- i Bending Bowers and the son of George ested in its welfare .and work. She H. und Elizabeth Bowers. >-'"-'i'''^>= wa.-i jctjve in the local Red Cross, iind | were held in Mt, Pleasant in all local needs was among the lirst j church, and beciiuse of the illness of to offer service. A good neighbor, the pastor. Rev. Ralph Iv. Mayberry, pleasing personality, exceptional' Rev. George Crist, of Ambler Presby- mother, she will be greatly missed in' terian church, and Rev. George Knerr, the neighborhood, where the sphere of j of St. John's Lutheran, Ambler, offl- her influence and her helpfulness were I ciate>d. Local lodges of Red M<^n and ever present prompting her to do her j P. O. S. of A. held services at the .ull duty in the work of helping others. I
t'.ie liagman ,go back lo guavd tho (rain. The lattir went so far to the rear that Mr. Luttgen was satislled the train would bo there for epiile a time. He then decided to get out and walk up to I'ort Washington station, whieh he was doing when the engine of the express plowed through the car be had just lefl. Miss Renner, who was killed, occupied tlie other rear seat just opposite the one Mr. Lutt¬ gen  vacated.
Charles   A.    Brldgem.an,    of   Liiiden- i wold avenue, was standing on the rear I platform of the last car talking to one i of  the  train  crew.     Both   watched   the \ oncoming   express.     As   it   neared   the \ trainman   exclaimed,     "She   is   going to strike  us."    He jumped closel.v fol¬ lowed   by   Mr.   Bridgemaii,   which   act Iirobably saved their lives.
Many Ambler people were in the last car, but with more than half the other passengers had become curious over the delay and had gotten out to investigate the cause of dela.v or had li.a.ssed through to the otlier cars. Biddle Preston Wius one of those who alighted, and ho was the first to report the  news  to Fort  Washington  stixtlon.
BARREN   HILL.
-Mrs.     Ilannah     Dean,     of     Cliestnut sn-eet.   is   again   very   iil.     The   mothe.r
-iof  l''rederi«»ft Lurty.  of t^hestntit street.
i I who for the past 10 years, hiis bee ii partly helpless caused b.v paralyses, was-, reniovcd lo the Samarilan hospi¬ tal last week, died at that Institution Sunday.
Mrs.  Hettie Smith, who for the past live   vears   has   made   her   home   with Mrs apd home on  Monday,  Kev. E. A. Chamber-
does  here.
.V mimilier called on the ciiuir to know wliat is Ihe status of tho/shei.p c.ultnrc.. He replied thc^ outlook li-: .good.al.so for the btef culture, luu there are a. tremendous lot of youu", jiigs ill the country, and milk is higii anel    iincertiilli.
Tbe eoriimittee on iloiiiestic scieiiei had nci letyg report. They excus' ! '.ff""^';,-,; ¦ t-hewsci.«s by'sii ying-they were too "   ''full  for utterance.
ITnder eurroni histor.v, Mrs. Ely gave ;i sketch ol" 'I'lieodore Roosevelt. She told of a nc.w aeroplane record. and'of a new motor fuel that has bei.ii tried and found good, and gave a brief outllnt^ of the views of the president ils  felt  by  the people abrcjiid.
Dr. Walson also piiiil a tribute to It.iosevclt.
"Wiiy did tlie Cnited Slates en.gage in tbe war T'was the- subject of a paper   by   Isaac   Michener.
'rile corresponding secri'tary report¬ ed he had notified all the members of the annuiil club dinner and was grati¬ fied  to see so few empty chairs.
Tue Club Gazette wiis read by lhe editor.  Mr.  Ezra Carrell.
Answering     of   referred     ciuestlons
¦Has the government any more right George Oberle, died last I'Viday j to lix the pric:e of farm products than was    .burled     from   the     former's j of   other   commodities '!"     Mr.   Carrell
said the government has really set the.
Mrs. Mary Larzalere Celebrates Birth- Birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Larzalere, of Norristown. spent Tuesday, December 111, witll Mr. Larzalere's mother, Mrs. Mary H. Larzalere, in honor of her 92n'i birthday. .Mrs. Larzalere, who resides with her youngest daughter, Mrs. E. H. Harrar, of Eureka, is won¬ derful for her adv.anced age, having all her faculties and being able 'to spend hours each day reading and knitting, which she is very fond of doing. Mrs. Larzalere receiveel num¬ erous gifts and congratulations, mak¬ ing the divy one long to be remember¬ ed, especially by those priviliged to come in contact with lier interesting and   cheerful  conversation.
Ambler Man Is Sued. Attorney   Frank   -X.   Renninger   has
Rnntist i brought an action in the offlce of Pro- ti.ipuai.   ^ ,    T.v.o.io,.i..v    in   behalf  of  the
Unselfish and charitable, she accom¬ plished the full measure of her work before she had barely passed mature womanhood, and the impress of her Cftristian character is left as a lasting memorial.
grave. Besides his wife and three children and his parents, he Is survived by one sister and three brothers, who are : Nellie, wife of A, H. Englerth; Robert, George and Roland, all of whom  reside in Ambler.
thonot.ary   Frederick,
Bryn   Atliyn   Stone   company   against
William   C,   Evans,   of  Ambler,   to   re
cover  J'lG'l  balance  alleged  to  bo
on  a  bill  for  hire  of auto  trucks
drivers.
Hn     plllciating.     Interment   in Cedar Hill cemetery.
George Wood, one of the local boys who Is In the government service and has been at Camp Holabird, Md., has been   Iransferjed  to   Boston,   Mass.
George Wanklin, who repre.sents Lipp & Co.. confectioners of Balti¬ more, Md., is now in the noilheiistcni part of Pennsylvania soliciting orders for Easter  goods.
Wesley Diamond, who is in the ord¬ nance deiiartment, and .stationed at Niagara Falls for the piist year, has  been  transferred  to Baltimore,  Md.
Mrs. Washington Bailie, who has been somewhat indisposed, is very muc'Ii better at this writing.
Miss Bertha Stiiley was a Philadel¬ phia visitor  Saturday.
The postmaster at Lafayette Hill sold her allotment of the new Issue of the 1919 war savings st.amps, in two  days  after  receiving tho Issue.
George Schwoerer, who has been liv¬ ing on the Be.ale farm for the Piist three years, has rented tho Judge Mil¬ ler farm, formerly the Yeakle farm, on Germantown avenue, and will take possession about April 1st.
Mrs. George i:!artholomew spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. William Fie and   family   at  Colle.gevillo.
A sailor,  ono of the crew of the  IT. S.   S.   Cummings,    who   is   recovering from  a  broken  collar  bone  spent  the week-end   with   Mrs,   Philyau,     whose husband is also one of the crew on the | same   ship   and   who   is   in in   France   recovering   from of Influenza.
Miss l':ii-.iabeth Marhacher, of Ger¬ mantown, was a. luncheon guest at the Bartholomew  home Wednesd.ay.
Mr. and Mrs. George Schwoerer, of this town and Mr. and Mrs. Zimmer¬ man, of Philadelphia, motored Sunday to Kulpsville. they report having en¬ countered some rough pl.aces in tho road in tho vicinity of North Wales.
Mrs. Geo. H. Miller, who has been ill, is around again.
-North I price of nearly everything from wheat ' to telP!ihone calls.    We can fight with,- i out   weanons,  but  '—¦  must  have  food, ' and  the food  we sent to  the allies did more   to   win   the   war   than   iinything else'.    There are great stores of wheat ¦ In   India  .and   Australia.     If   President. Wii.son is able  to harmonize  the  pow- j ers   abroad   his   trip   will   be   of   great, value. I
"At   the   present   time   has   the   wa,r; been     of   any   benefit     to   the   U.   S.'.'" Mr.   Kln.se.v     first   instanced     the   fiict | that   for   the   first   time   a   number  of; our   youn.g  men  had   been   taught   the j meaning of the word,  "Discipline."    Itj taught all of us self denial, and many ^ people    wl<o   had   never   saved   ^ave; : learned to  do so.    A  thrifty  people is-i a contented people.    A contented  peo- i pie is a benelited people.   Xicholas l^ir- zflere,   Escp,   had  sent  a  pleiislng  an¬ swer to this ciuestion.    He  feels that the war   has   been   a  distinct  gain   to   the world.   In physical,  mental,  moral  and spiritual    senses.    A  he.arty    vote    of thanks to Mr. Larzelere was passed by the  club.
"Was there a Y. M. C. A. in Europe before the present war " Mrs. Ciir- rell stated the Y. M. C. A. was organ¬ ized in Europe, and all in this country is the outcrop of what was done there, there.
"Give a resume of President Wil¬ son's trip in Europe." Mrs. WilHiim J.   Hallowell   did   so   ve^-y   pleasingly.
WiU   the   world   be   better  or  worse
HORSHAM AND UPPEOUBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Items of Interest t.) Many Readers.
Report     of     Horsham     Schools—Fino Charles      Jarrett      Farm — Eli.-:abeth j     Ford     Pri>perty,     Horsham,     Sold—• !     Events  at   Dresher  and   Jarrettown. i     .^!l-.s.   Waller   y    Allen,   of   Hallowell, j liiiK   been   on   the'   sick   list. I     .\   line   319-poiiiid   porker   was   killed I by   James   B.   Er\in   on   the   K.   G.   E. I home   farm.   Davis   Gr.ive,   Jlonday. I     Wilson   Cline,   of   FIce'.wood.   Pa.,   u ¦ neplii;-,v of A.  Dieter, of Hallowell,   WBs killed  in  action  in   France.    The  news* I has just  been  made imblic. I     Arthur  Wood, of Horsham, hiis  been I on  tiie  sick   list,
I -Mrs. Albert Tyson and ibiughtei* I Kniniii, of Hoisham. both of whom i Were ill, are agiiln able to be about. I .Mrs. Wm. J, Tyson an! daughter I Mildred and son E;irl, of Horsham, who I were all 111 at o.ice, iite now convales.- j cIng.
I     Un   :Moiiday   Artluir   Wood,   of  Hor* shiim, killed three fine pigs. I     Members  of   the  Jnrrettown   Needle¬ work   Guild    will   hold   a. meeting   at , the  home  of  Miss   Kaiser,  Jarrettown, on   Tuesday,   Jan.   21,   frotift   1   to   .'>,   in- order   to   /ini.sh   the   refugee   garraent.-< I that  have  been  cut out.    All members i and others  interested  are  urged to fit- I tend, as the   need  of  these garni 'nts  'in I very great,
I     The   seliool    district   of   Upper Iin   township     lias   just   issued worth   of  4 H   per  cent,  bonds. 1     C!;iiarles M. Jarrett has a very proll- I tic fiirm of 96 acres in Horsham town¬ ship   near   the   Biibylon   school   house. It is conducted  by his son,  who push- j es   tlie    whole    interprise    with    energy I mid enthusla.sm and  of course success. I Ile   has   marketed    nearly   all   of   hia potatoes and ail of the wheat aud dur- ; ing   the   past   year   disposed   of   morei I than   .$4000   worth   of   produce   raised i on   the   farm.     That   the   farm   is   in- I creasing-   in   fertility   is   evidenced   by lhe fact that several  years ago it was , lu-e  ssiiry   to  erect  addition.'il  buildings to house the  crops from  the  weather. !     The   unnuiil   chicken   supper   will   be held in the basement of the Jarrettown M.   E.   church   on     Siilnrd;i\-     evening-. Feb. 8.    Tickets are :  Adults. 'A', cents; children,   2il  cents.     Candy,   cakes  antl ice  cream  for  sale.
Susanna L. Walton, of Horsliam, hasi sold for .Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, of Cam¬ den, N. J., the latter's liome projierty of 80 perches on tho Doylestown pike, Horshain. lo Mrs, i'^llhi S. Maust, otf ITorsham, v.lio will reside therein af¬ ter title is passed on or about Feb. 22.     Tbe   ligures are  iirivate.
Wm. f-'. Tyson, of Horsliaui, Siaat returned to his duties after bavins' been conlined  to his home by Illness.
Kdwin S. llinkle, of the l'"ordhooke farm, Three Tuns, diecl on Saturday of inlluenza after a short illness. H(i was aged 2S years and leaves ii wife. Ella Worthin:-;ton, and one child. The funeral was held this Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock with interment at  St.   Mic-haers  cemetery,   Sellersville.
Susan R. Crocket, of Horsham, who has been iiiling for some time, is now enjo.ving good health again. She will be SB years of iige on Miiy  15.
Report of Horsham Grainniin- scbni)!' for month ending Dec. 23 ; Numbeir of pupils enrolled, 30. Pupils wno were present every day during the month are : -Vgnes Tomlinson, Han¬ na Mann, Edith McCIellan. Williami Kessler, Leon Weir, r'ninla Potts, Harold Mengert, John Helmbold, Georgo Zeitler, Irving Burkhardt and Warren Burkhardt. Pupils wlioao names were on the honor roll are : Agnes Tomlinson. Edith McCIellan. John Helmliolcl, Margaret Bowers, lolanthe Maurer, Leon Weir, Warren Burkhardt and Emma Gensel. During the month the Junior Red Cross of tho school turned in the following articles: 1 afghan, I sweater, 2 pairs ot socks and   two   wash   cloths.
fteport of Horsham Primary sohool for month ending Dec. 28; Number of pupils enrolled, 40. Pupils who were present every day during tho month are : Miirgaret Weir, Mary Burkhardt, Theresa Royce, Earl Ty¬ son, Oliver Lee, Murrell Burk'.iardt, Robert l-'reas. Maurice Buekman, Al¬ fred .Mengert. Pupils whose names were on ihe honor roll are : Margar¬ et Weir. Florence Riimsey, Violet Kulp, Aiinji Erb, "rheresa Royce, Mar- thix Mank, Martha Ramsey, Anna Ser¬ rlll, Kathryn Montieth, Mary Burk¬ hardt, Earl Tyson, Samuel R.amsey, Horace •Morrow, Robert Freas, Jack Serrlll.  Charles  Scott.  Alfred  Mengert.
Elmer   Hoffman,   of   Horsham,   is   a ¦fireman in   the  employ of tlie  Reading: Tt   was   his     privilege     and. duty   on    Monday   evening    to terrible wreck at Fort Wash- as   he   was   foreman     on   the train   which   wfis  run  up  from
railway. .solemn view the ington, special
the
wounded who has resumed
-Mr. Saurman  said  the I Urcady  been    .an.swered i
I   hospital! for the war '.'"
an   attack  question    had ; fully.
A hearty vote dispensed with the election and continued the present oflicers. A vote of thanks was ex-tend¬ ed to the committee wlio had the pre¬ sent meeting in charge.
The committee in charge of the con¬ ference on community interests, re¬ ported a program which was ordered printed for use on that occa.sion. It was voted to invite all persons Inter¬ ested in the questions discussed to at¬ tend the conference.
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I    —Perkasie school board has elected two new teachers.
Liquor Dealers Elect Officers. The Lieiuor Dealers association mot in Norristown and elected the follow¬ ing ollicc-s: Joseph Tyson, pr'.sident; John McCormick. vice president; J, V. Hoy, secretary; John Keyser, treasur¬ er A prominent oflicer In the asscia- tlon reported that nothing of public ,.e,ji transpired at the meeting.
If Mothers Only Knew. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children relieve Feverishness, Head- lache, B.ad Stom.ach, Teething Dlsor- ders, move and regulate the Bowels and destroy worms. They break up colds in 24 hours, TTsed by mothers for 30 years. All Druggists. Sample Free, Address, Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y. «    Jan 4t
MAPLE GLEN.
Mrs.    Amelia    Householder   has   re drained hc^r cellar.
The   regular    monthly    meeting the Aid society of Tb'ee Timo >Tis«.-.,., win be  held  at tho home of Mr. and Mrs^ Edward M. Siige, Ambler.
of
Former Amblerlte  Injured.
Hiram Triesbach, of Lansdale, for¬ merly a resident of Ambler, brother of H. E. Triesbach, of Ambler, has been lying unconscious in Charity hospital, Novristown, since laat Friday, when ho w.aS struck by a car of tho Tx^higli "Valley Transit Co., at Wales Junction. He was waiting at the station, ami bundled up as ho was on that cold day, it is believed ho. did not hear the signal of the approaching car. He was struck and injured .about tho head, being rendered unconscious, in which condition h- has since remain¬ ed. He Wiis at onco removed to the hospital.
Philadelphia  to  care for and  the dead.
Klmer   Potts,   of   Horsham, been   ill,   is   out   again.
Joseph   Gouak    has   again his duties at  the  Horsham  store after bein.g away for two weeks with lllno.ss.
Mr. and Mra. Elmer Potts, of Hors¬ hnm, will leave this week on a trip to Montana  to visit their daughter.
Mr.s. Frank Forker and mother, of Horsham, spent Monday in Philadel¬ phia. Tlio latter is airs. Sarah Fork- <'!-, who is S3 ye.ars of age,
(til Monday John B. Park and Jos¬ hua B. Webster, of Horsham, and Al¬ bert Livezey, of -Siirliighouse. attended tho f.arm bureau meeting in Norris¬ town. The general subject considered w.as live stock, and the nieeting waa full of Interest, especially so as it was attended by tho newly appointed state Kocret.ary of agriculture, Fred. Ras- muKsen, who delivered an .aldress ancl made a fiivoralile impression because of his thorough knowledge of his sub¬ ject  and   his   practical   suggestions.
The Dresher store has been reopen¬ ed   by   Anthony   Buttacavoli.
John C. Donat, of Jarrettown, who has been iiulte ill, is again able to bo about.
Wllli.ani, the three-year-old son of Michael Dougherty, of Dresher, died, ou Sunday, anl the funeral was heia this Wednesday afternoon with Inter¬ ment at St. Anthony's cemetery, Am¬ bler.
John B. Park, of Horsham, haa been pruning his Keifcr pciir trees along the front of his proiic.rty. Tho trees look w -11 and are in lini^ condi¬ tion, but Mr. Park observes that tho buds aro developin.g duo to tho mili"^ winter.
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