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The ambler Gazette.
VOL.. XXXV.-NO.   40
AMBLER.   PA..   OCTOBER   24,   1918.
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COLD POINT I AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings ot Local interest to our Readers.
i Triple Funeral at the Builer Home, Plymouth—Rev. Dr, Tupper Recov¬ ers—Ellwood Cressman Dead—Har¬ monville and Hickorytown Miscel¬ laneous.
Morris Price, of Cold Point, has pur¬ cnased a Ford Sedan touring car.
Charles Newman, of Harmonville, who  was (luite ill. has recovered.
Miss Marlon Thim, of Cold Point, Who was quite ill at the home of Mrs. Jacob Hart, has recovered, as has also her brother.
The   Bell   Telephone     company   has been   cutting   limbs   from   trees   along the  north   side  of  Conshohocken   pike* along the Exley and Frazer properties. Mr.   Rothman,  of  Brooklyn,   assisted J.   Thim,     of  Cold   Point,    early   this -v\eek to prepare for his sale last Tues¬ day. I John   Keeley,    of  Cold   Point,     has' moved  to    the  little   house    of   Jesse Davis,   near   Narcissa,   formerly   ten- j anted by the Miller family.
Harry S. Miller, of Cold Point, who I wag quite ill for a week, is again able' to be out.
Mrs. Mary Stout, of Narcissa, who died last week, was buried Saturday in Cold Point cemetery. She leaves sons Edward and Samuel, of Norris¬ town; William H., of Jarrettown; John, of Plymouth Meeting. She ¦was the widow of Adam Stout.
J. Pierce Rhoades. of Hickorytown, returned on Monday to his place of em.ployment after a two weeks' illness from influenza.
The old Cook mansion near the Ply-, mouth Country club is being repaired and  improvel.
Mrs. Edward Gearhart, of Norris¬ town, daughter of Josiah Freas, of Hickorytown, Is recovering from an attack of Influenza.
Mrs. James Deegan, of Hickorytown, waa removed on Saturday to the em¬ ergency hospital at Conshohocken suf¬ fering from a severe attack of influ¬ enza and appendicitis.
The   state   highway     department   is | improving     the     roadway     past     the | grounds of the Plymouth Country club I and along the trolley tracks.    The old | surface of the road is torn up, crushed stone is spread and the whole is com¬ pacted   thoroughly    and   then   covered with  a  well  rounded   surface.     Traffic is diverted as much as possible during the progress of the work.
Little Hazel Dehaven. aged five ye?irs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Dehaven, of Hickorytown, formerly of Lancasterville. died on Sunday morn¬ ing, following a short illness from pleura-pneumonia.
Mrs.  David P.hoads. of Hickorytown. ; has been attending her sou Charles at Norr'wtown,   who   is   ci'itieally   ill   with Pneumonia   developed   trom   inlluenza.
Mr^:. Oilbert Ambers. of Hickory¬ town,- has been in a serious condition at her home in ITiikorytown.
Mr. and Mrs. Kllwood Hart, of Nor- rlstoAvn. on .Saturday interred the re¬ mains   of    their  two-year-old     sOi<  in
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Rev. Dr. G. W. Tupjier. of Cold Point, [ who has been quite ill, has so far im- ' proved that on Mondav he resumed his ' duties  in  Philadelphia.
Miss Walters, of Mt. -¦Viry, spent the ¦R'eek-end with her sister. Mrs. Harryi Miller, at Cold Point.
Raymond Smith, of Cold Point, who was   seriously    111,   as   somewhat   im- ,
proved.
Mr. and Mrs. flarry Miller, of Cold Point, entertained Philadeliihia friends on  Sunday.
W. C. llailie. of Maple Hall, has been suneriutending the work on Ridge' pike near the Seven Stars. The sides of the bitumen road are being tilled with earth. Tile work is beins: done fpr the county.
Mrs. Charles Timanus and dau.ijh- ter. Mis.-^ Florence Stratton. of Ply¬ mouth Meeting, who were removefl Friday to the Conshohocken emer¬ gency lilosiiital, are reported to iUe|, improving.
On Thursday afternoon Rev. R. W. Musselman, of Plymouth Meeting, of-' liciated at the funeral services ovei- the remains of George, son of David and Hannah Matz. of Conshohocken. Interment was made in Cold Point cemetery.
Otto Nast. of Carr's lane, Harmon- ' ville, on Saturday returned home after i aving been treated in the Conshohock- I en emergence' hospital.
Mrs. Millie Hilter, of Carr's lane. Harmonville, spent the week-end at Ivy Lock as t'lo guest ot Mr. and Mrs. William McCullough. formerly of Har¬ monville. I
Oliver Reed, of Harmonville. and A. ¦>). Bartholomew, ot Conshohoc <en, | 5-pent Sunday at Port Providence.
The Bell Telephone companv is pre- j paring to install a telephone in the I Plymouth Meetin.sv station. All the poles are now ))lanted. and it is pro- , bable the wires will be run and the instrument  placed  within  a  few  days. \
Susan Swartz. a sister of Mrs. Wal¬ ter James, of HarmDUville. is reported \ to have died in Maryland, j
Mrs. Lewis Richards and daughter Virginia, of Carr's lane. .Harmonville, spent the week-end in Roxborough.
Owing to the prevalence of the epid¬ emic for the iiast two weeks and the crippling or the force of employes at ¦the Plymouth Meeting plant of the American Magnesia company, during which nearly CO per cent, of the men were absent from work, about 40 cars Of coal arriving for the jdant could not be unloaded, and were disposed of to other plants a»d. industries in the locality. Diu-in^r the progress of the epidemic every sanitary method to stamp out the disease was followed at the plant including the spraying .and sprinkling twice dally with a creo- line mixture of the whole interior of the  large plant.
Ellwood Cressman. of Cedar Grove, died Friday evening at 7.15 after a; • hort illnes^s from pneumoniat age^ 2il years. He lesiyes a wife, who waa Anna Corey, of Port Indian, nnd thei following cildren : Ellwood, Charles, Anna and George. The deceased was well known in the Conshohocken sec-l tion, having resided for some years in Harmonville. and for the past few months has farmed the property at Cedar Grove whereon his father re¬ cently died. Mrs. Cressman. to w-liom, heartfelt-sympathy is extended is doubly bereaved, as her youngest brother. Alfred, was . hurled only last week. William. the twin b other of Ellwood Cressman. has also been very ili. and another brother. Prank, has also been sick at his home in Conshohocken.
(ContlMuea on page 8.)
15  Years  For "Conscientfous"  Objector to   War. ;
The military court which heard evi- , df'nce in the cases of many alleged! - (.'onscit ntious ohjector.s" who refused to do army duty wlien sent to camps, .¦¦ Mtenced Krank Huck. of North •\Vales, to 2.5 years in the military pris¬ on nt Fort Leavenworth. This wa.s re¬ ii in-ed to l."< years by the president, and lUick will begin serving his sentence at once,
fiver since the first registration day. it is said. Buck was opposed to the war and he was one of the last men to register and it was only throu.uh tho persuasin of friends tliat he linallv registered in the First ward of the above horou-h. He wa.-j called for service last fall and the first time he failed to obey the call but finally went to Camp Meade on December 2Stii, where, it is said, he refused to do anv woi'k on accotmt of his scruples against war and everything that per¬ tained to it. He is not a member of any sect recognized by the government as having valid objections against the war and was uiven every opportimity for a change of mind, but he stead¬ fastly adhered to his determination not to be connected with any part of the army en.saged in lighting or to in any manner assist those  who are.
Buck is well known among the base¬ ball fans along the North Penn. He played with the K. & M. A. A., of Am- i bier, for one season and he was such a ! fighter for victory that it is difficult to understand his change of method with  regard  to army  duty.
Chestnut Hill Estate is Offered to Sick' Soldiers.
Mr.  and   Mrs.  Samuel    F.    Houston have offered the government their es¬ tate.   Druim   Moir,     at   Chestnut   Hill,; for the use of convalescent soldiers re- | turning from overseas.
The Houstons have moved to a .smaller house in West; Mermaid lane. Drium Molr consists of 50 acres and overlooks the Wissahickon valley. The family recently returned from their summer home on Casco Bay. near Portland, Me. Furnishings in that home are suitable for hospital pur¬ poses, includin" thirty beds of regula¬ tion hospital type. The Houstons plan to bring these furnishings to the Chestnut HIU house, if the govern¬ ment accepts their offer.
The only son. Lieutenant Henry Howard Houston, 2d. gave his life while serving on the staff of Brigadier General William C. Price, of the Twenty-eighth Division. Mr. Houston is vice president of the Real Estate Trust company.
Soldier   Is   Recovering.
Willard Weikel, Line Jjexinsjton. who underwent a serious operation in the Hahnemann hospital some weeks ago has returned to his home. It will be some time before he will be able to return to  camp.
Seaman Moyer Buried. The funeral of Wayne Aloyer, Line Lexington, .'eaman of the tT. S. N., who died in the Willard Parker hos¬ pital. New York cit.v, Monday, Oct. 14. wi's held Tliui'sdn.\- afternoon, and was private. Beautiful floral ofl'erin.gs wei-e sent bv his young friends. Interment was made in Hilltown cemetery. The deejiest sympathy goes out to his fath- etX, TgLt'Og*!-  Hifpjiei-i . —iJ.MinJ^^hyotliiiw
Georf.'e  .Moyer.
Two Distinguished Heroes.
Two [lucks coinit.v soldiers have been mentioned foi' bravery, according lo Raymond G. Carroll, special corres¬ pondent of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, at the front in France. Thev are Captain George Ross aud Lieuten¬ ant Howard M. Barnes, of Doylestown. both formerly offlcer.s of Company G. Sixth regiment. N. G. P., but now con¬ nected with the 103d Ammunition train. T" are said lo Iiave dona rxcept'onal work hoth north of Chat- "'-ThiFr:y anA in the Argonne re¬ gion.
Dies of Pneumonia in France. Harry S. Mill i', who entered thdi army while postmaster at Old Zions- ville. at the head of the Perkiomen valley, died in France on Sept. 27, a victim of pneumonia, according to the advices of the wai- department, receiv¬ ed by his parents.
County Women Good Bond Salesmen. During the third Liberty loan drive the Woman's Committee of Montgom¬ ery county, leported subscriptions of $2,057,900. 5nd iluring the fourth drive, in spite of the terrible epidemic at home and the peace talk abroad, the women of this county, through their chairman. Mr.*. Robert J. Rolston, of Ambler, have so far reported .$2.Sll.OHO- There are still seven townships to be heard from, and there is no doubt that the amount will "Xceed $3,000,000 when  the  linal  report  is made.
MEETS FRIENDS OVfcR UmANCE
Letter from James G. Kiitson, ofi Fort Washingtou.
With Base  Hospital Preparing, in July,'
to    Receive    Wounded—Comparisons
Show   Superiority   of   American    En- i
ergy—French   Credit   America    With'
Saving  Their Country.
James  G.   Kittson,    son  of   -Mr.   anl Mrs.  Louis Kittson, of  Fort Wasliing¬ ton, wrlti's as follows frorn Fiance, un- i der  date  of  July   20.     He   is   with   the I'.  S.  army   base  hospital,   .\o.  38,
I have just linislied a hard week's work. VVe expect patients in a few days and we liave had a great deal to do. and there is still plenty of work left. We have to linish nearly all of the buildings which are all separate. They are long arul only one story in height. A Frenelj:''firm has been build- | ing them, but the men are tlie slow¬ est workers of any nation I know of. One can see how superior American labor is to the French In every way, and this is the same wherever I have been.
We are in a large city, and the cus¬ toms are very peculiar. The streets run in all different directions, and there seems to be no system in the manner In which they are laid out. There are lots of large squares, where i everybody seems to gather. Everyone j walks in the streets, which are very) narrow, and in the centres of the town are all cobble stones. The houses are modern, and there are also fine boule¬ vards on the outskirts of the town, and we are situated on one of these.
The weather has been terribly hot all week, but tonight the temperature is very cold and rain is falling.
It  is  very  nice    to  be  near  Charlie Charlton,     Bob     Kelly    and     Norbert' Walker, and I could Imrdly believe my I eyes when I got off the train and sa-w*! Charlie Charlton standin,!? on the plat- , form.    I generally see one or the other, ever.v   day   and   t   frequently   go   over* I to  see them.    They are very busy on account   of  this   last  drive.     I   saw   a number    of    Philadelphia    boys    over! there   who   are   wounded,  but  I   didn't! recognize any  of them.    I hope  to  be! able to go down and see I^eonard I.ieaf ] who     is   only   about     20   miles     from ; Nantes.     Henry   Oberholtzer    i.s     also right near here.    We haven't been paid yet   and   I   don't   know   how   soon   we will receive the money.
A base hospital from Chicago occupy th» barracks below us. They arrlverl here about a week after we did. There are a number of Germ.an prisoners who work around here. We are not supposed to talk to them. They seem to be contented and are only lightly" guarded. The IT. S. hospital trains are far superior to the P'rench. as we see,] them both |iass nearly evi'ry day. The French use box cars, while the Amer¬ ican  cai-;<  look   like  Pullmans.
There are lots of American .soldiers in the town, and thev look much bet¬ ter than the French. It doesn't seem as thou.uh 1 am in France, as W'e are- all together, .uul onh when we •.•.o through the town the signs mix us mo. OiuUiH&.ace able tn <rii«»lini»»>i8nfl buy : things, and T don't think it will be longv! before we will he abli- to carry on a j brief conversation in French. t The trolley cars are very queer, and are ruh by women. The fare is two cents, and the cars stop running ,it 8.30 p.m. Nearly everybody drinks wino over here, but the wines are very hit¬ ter and I don't care much for them. Thei-e are little cafes right out on the sidewalks all over town. One sees a few automobiles outside of the Amer¬ ican trucks and machines. Gasoline is only $2  a  gallon.
Don't forget to send me the "Am¬ bler Gazette" and some Sunday North Americans and Inouirers. We recdve the New York Herald every evenin;,'. but it does not contain much homo news, but it does give the baseball .scores.
The French people seem to think that the Americans saved France, an 1 they treat the soldiers with a g-eat deal of respect. We play baseball every Sunday, as Sundav .seems to be the ili.^¦ day. and every idace is open.
Called  to   Naval   Reserves.
J. Spencer Kite, the receiving teller nt Montgomery National bank. Norvis- town. has been called for active servi.f in the Naval Reserve Force, to report at Cape May. N. J., on Thursday morn¬ ing at  12  o'clock.
V,
HITPALV AND L. GWYI^EDD.Ijr
WEDDED.
HORSHAM AND IPPER DIBLIN.
Who'.
MILLER—LEAR. Tlio   inai-riage   of   Miss   Anna   .May ir. daughter of .Mr. and  Mrs.   Wilson | Lear,   of  "Hillcrest,"  Glenside,   and Lieutenant     Hugh     McCauley     .Miller,   1 medical   corps,   U.   S.   X.,     son  of  Dr.   -,,
Who and Whai's A'hat in the ¦ ""''ii''^ \v'. Miiicr, of I'liiiadeiphiti, took Miscellaneous   Items of Iriterest ttt
_       _ . . place on Saturday evening, at 7 o'rlock,
Iwo TOWnsnipo. at   the   home     of   the   bride's   parents.
IThe  ceremony   wa.s  performed   b.v   the peojde    in   Whitpain     tow iiship , father  of  the   bridegroom,  assisted   by, C. M. Hill a Busy  Man at Maple  Glen
Many Readers.
Tliu were very patriotic last" Sunday in re¬ gards  10  the  saving  of  gasoline,  very few m.ii-lilnes being out.
¦Mrs.   Henry  Tustin.  of Blue  Bell,  'is imiiioviiig after her recent illness.
"•niy     Hoover,     of     Blue   Bell,     is ha'.iii:,' hi,    ¦ "
the Rev.  II. C. Dutilius.
Tlie maid of honor was Miss M.ay Lear, sister of the bride, and tiie bridemaids included Aliss Frances R. Miller. Miss Emma Miller, sisters of the   bridegroom;    Mi.-s   I'^Isa   Lear,   of
—Horsham's Subscription to tho Fourth Liberty Loan—Dresher and Jarrettown Personals and Miscellan¬ eous.
.   .   ,      ^, . ¦ • ^I'-s.   Kdward   J.   Hready.   of   Doyles-
,. ,    , , '''ii'n  ''"Of painted.    George, Baltimore, and  Mrs. lOdwin Sinister.       .town   piko,   Nortii   Willow   Grove    ha<«
Li.i.li.lioii.s.. i.s doing the work. I     Mr. James J. Mayi;ood, medical corps , been   critically   ill   with   pneumonia.
Jatnes Hand, ol L'lue Bell, has a pig of the University of Pennsylvania, wasi J. Alfred Caldwell of Jarrettown wliiih gave birth to II little ones last Mr. Miller's best man. After the wed-. has enlisted in tho .S. A. T C and ia "'i^'^-k. lling journey the bride and bridegroom^ at  Drexel   institute,   Phiiadeluli'ia
will   live     at   4027   Powelton     avenue, I     On  Fiiday  .lohn   Palmer,   of   the  K '^'f^'i-'^ide. ,G.   Fj.  home,  Davis  Grove,'was  buried
I'l-ank Hibshman and family, of Blue Bell, entertained relatives on Stinday,
I'Jnos Robert.s, Jr.. and family, of New Jersev, motored to Blue liell re¬ cently. His sister Edith accompanied them home.
Charlie Uerkhimer. near Penllyn, is slowly imiiroving from double pneu¬ monia.
Red Cross Notes. A request has come from the sur¬ geon general for nurses' aides, be¬ tween the ages of '35 and ¦li). for im¬ mediate service over seas. $30 pei- month  with  maintenance or allowance
. in   the   Knights   of   Pythias   cemetery, 1 Frankford.    Services  wore held  at tho home.
The K. G. K. home farm is husking a lot of line fleld corn.
Last   Saturday     from   his   home     at liallowell   w.vre   buried  the  remains  ot
able
,...    ,,.,,.,, „ ,,,       ,, ,,   ,     for same   will   be  paid.    Applicants  to   the   late   John   Joseph   Chambers    Jr
Kli/.abet.i  Hibshman. of Blue Bell, is   be   eligible     must   have     successfully   who   died   after   a   short   illnessfrom
to  lie out again. eomnleterl the  Find  CroKu p.imse in ele-    Piieunioni.i       Interment   was   made    in
vi„j, u„.i       V.    * .„ 1       „ <•«    „„ over   seas     in   the   military   establish-   Elsenlohr   company,   manufacturers   oC
Bue hlell, expect to leave for camp on  „ent.    'flhis call of the surgeon general. the Cinco  cigar, and   was  well  known inuisaay. j,,  immediate and  urgent.    If any  wo-; and higlily
for
the ,3.
Jennie Tustin, of Blue Bell, is home   ^an in this vicinity can' meet the re-
)i-inghoiise,   expects   to   move   in   the | ntai- future to Chester rounty. William Cleaver  will  take  his  place.
Kits have been made for all the boys at Blue Bell, who are about leaving for camp, by the Glee club in the com¬ munity.
Clara Stannard  and  Oliver Reyner's
respected here, where ha had a host of friends. He was un-' miu'i'ied and he leaves only his par¬ ents.
On Monday at Chalfont were inter¬ red the remains of Ephraim Steever, who for some years conducted the well
tew  days.     She   is  employed  in; „uirements,     and   it   is   possible     for immunition  plant  at Camden. i^^r  to  volunteer,  please   communicate
I .  Hernhartl.  who IS employed  aA  ^jt^   Ambler  Red   Cross   headquarters!
I','!!''.'!"" 1 °h?^   .I^^Il'"..!^™'^.,"' I at once, by telephone if possible.
""" ""    "'       *"     " '   '"     '"       There   is  also   an   urgent   call   from , „    ^ „^^^
the Red Cross for canteen or hospital known .Steever mill. He was about 75 hut workers in France to be sent over years of age and died in Philadelphia, during the next six weeks. To meet I Mr. and Mrs. James Ramsey and; the requirements of this service a wo- children, of Horsham, spent Sunday; man must be between the ages of 25 afternoon visiting at New Britain, and 35. should be strong, cheerful, en- I Miss Esther Jones, of Germantown forv^n,. of ni„ r!=ii „r= offli^toii ,vifi i e'S^tic, a good mixer generally, music, | visited her uncle and aunt. Mr. and farnil.v. at Blue Bell, are afflicted wit.i   ability  to  read  aloud  and  to  organiie   Mrs.   Harvev   D.   Thompson    in   Ho^^
innuenza.   entertainments are    important    assets,   ham.   last   Friday.
Rev. B. N. Bird, of Gwynedd, has, rp^e knowledge of French is useful but Theodore Dubree, of Horsham i^ so far recovered from his recent ser- , n,,^ essential. Volunteers who will pay again able to be out having rlco-^- ious Illness that he is expecting to be, thgj,. „,^.„ expenses are preferred for ered from his recent Illness able to return to Camp Meade during this service, but good candidates will Mr. and Mrs. Titus Hottenstein and the present week, -ivhere he has been he accepted who are willing to serve I baby, of Horsham, have returned to doing religious  work  among the  boys.   f„,. equipment,  transportation  and   600 , Pocomoke City. Md
Clayton   B.  Thomas,     of   Brushtown   francs per month,  it being understood I     Albert   B.   Buekman      late  of    Fitz- road,  Gwynedd   Vlaley,   has  been  very , 11,^^ g^ g,mitable reduction will be made i watertown,   makes   his    widow   Eliza-
ill  with pneumonia
when all or parts of (luarters and sus- | beth. tbe .sole legatee and executrix, tenance are furnished. Application^ according to his will, which was re- for this service should be made to the  cently probated.
Bureau of Personnel, Penna.-Delaware Joseph Knipe, who some five years Div. America Red Cross, ICOl Walnut ago clerked in the HalloweU store diedi street,   Philadelphia. ' Saturday  at  his    home  in  Paoli 'after-
The hospitals of France need linen, j liaving been ill but two days. He I3 and they need it at once. The demand , survived by a wife and two children tor towels, napkins, handkerchiefs and and by his parents, the latter of whoirt sheets is tremendous. 350,000 of these, reside at Breadyville, Bucks county, articles will hardly fill the demand, ' Howard Allen, of Hallowell, has and   as   it     is  hard   to  purchase    these   been    hauling   wheat   to   the   Clialfont
articles at this time, every Red Cioss member is asked to contribute some-' tiling from their stoik ot liousehold ! linen. The articles shiiiild be new or siibstaiiliallv so and of strong ratlier than line to'ure. Ambler Red Cross with its auxiliaries is asked tn con- triliiite as many as possible bel'orcl .Xovimber 5, so, e\ery woman In Am- bler and.Yicinity, as^you take stock of >'oiii' linen \':ii-,     froi
The general price for  wheat is
mills. $2.20.
Walter V. Allen, of Hallowell, on Monday hauled a lot of mangel beets which he purchased Saturday at the Hands sale Springliouse.
Mr. and Mrs. George Sill, of Willow Orove. have moved to Horsham Ter¬ race with  their son. Williani  Sill.
Bennett Ganges has purchased a lot
.siippIy  a't"tills  time  of  the   along the Horsham and Hatboro tiirn-
y.nir    aliundani'i,    please   piko belonging to Frank B. Naylor. of
si):no   a     pair   or   a   dozen     towels,   a   Clementon,  N. J.    The  property  is di- diizen of small napkins or half a dozen   rectly opposite the home of Mr. Garges.
HAROLD   C.   PIK I
Mr. Pike is the Ripuiilican iiomiiu'c I'or ;:;en:'-al assembly irom the First Legislati\e district of Montgomeiy county which* includes the townships of Springlield. Lower Merion, Chel¬ tenham, -Abington. IJppei' and Lower .Moreland and the boroug'.is of Jenkin¬ town,    Naiberth.     Horsham,     Hatboro,
liiindkerchiels to help this great need where our own boys are being cared for. The li.ith towels should m-asure, ajiproximately li> x 39. inches, the hand towels IS X 30 Inches, the handker¬ chiefs 18 .X IS inches and the napkins i 14 .X 14 inches. Please send all dona¬ tions to Red Cro.ss headquarters, Am¬ bler, before Nov. 5.
The war department has decided that each man at the front may re- cei\e from his family a Christmas lai-kage of standard size and approxi¬ mately standard i-ontents. An ar- ran.gement     has   Imhu   completed     be- i
Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, of lloi'Sham, wbo was (luite 111. is somewlvU im¬ proved. She was visited, on Sunday, by her daughter, Mrs. Sarah Willett.s, of Camden   N. J.
Mrs. H. H. Ryneai'. Sr., and daugh¬ ter. Miss Mav -M. Rynear, wh > have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wesley* Freas. in Horsham, returned Tuesday to their liome in Amlder.
Mrs. Herbert Randall, of Pliiladel¬ phia, spent the week-end vvith hei- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jo ¦¦>p'i K- Whiteside,  near  Hallowell.
Misa Mar.v Puth. who was eniploved
tween the war department, postollire as nurse durin;; the illness of Mrs. ¦'p"artment ami v--'vii.ap Tfo,'' Cr-s.- Howard Allen, of near Hallowell. on whereby  the  latter  has  undertaken  to   Saturday   returned     to   her   h,>me     at
Bryn  Athan   and   Rockledge.    He   was  co-operate in the preparation for mail-   Clialfont.
born in (;heltenham village and at the age ot 21 was aiipointed secretary of Cheltenhani township as well as sec¬ retary of the board of health, and health officer. He is also a news- ;iaperman, being connected with sev¬ eral weekly and Philadelphia daily papers. Mr. Pike is widely i;nown in sporting circles and is president of the Montgomery County Baseball league ;ind the Philadelphia Suburban league. His thorough business training and experience bespeak for him the sup¬ port of the voters of the First District.
Roy Wallace  is  Wounded  in  France.
llenry Wallace, of Conshohocken, has received a telegram announcin.if th.at his son. Roy Wallace, has been seriousl.v wounded in action in  France.
Private Wallace is a member of the 28th division of the 112th Infantry, Company F. He served on the Mexi¬ can border in the Sixth Regiment of the National Guards. lie has a broth¬ er, Irvin AVallace. who is a member of a machine gun battalion in France.
Married in Washington. AVord has just been received in Con¬ shohocken of the wedding of John Hayes, a former resident of that bor¬ ough, now of Atlantic City. N. J., and Miss Elizabeth Li.ght. in AA''ashington, D, C, last Saturday. The couple will reside in Atlantic City, where the groom is a street commissioner.
Held For Juvenile Court. Because his mother can not con¬ trol him. and he will not attend school, Ralph Brown, a 14-year-old Amblep boy, was sent to the house of deten¬ tion to await the action of the juvenile court.
Quakertown  Boy  Dies in  France.
Word has been received by Morris Metz. of Ouakertown. that his son, Ivanhoe Metz, who left for France six weeks ago. had died in France. Young Metz was 22 years of age. a graduate of the Quakertown high school and the Nebraska State university.
Arbor   Day,   October  25th.
Governor Brumbaugh has issued a proclamation suggesting that on the fall arbor day. October 2.1. communi¬ ties plant trees in memory of their soldier dead.
Willow Grove  Man  Prisoner.
Williani Stauffer, of Willow Grove, is mentioned in the list of 34 Penn¬ sylvanians who are German prisoners.
Died of Wounds. j
William  H. Eckhart. son of Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Eckhart. is the first nati' '¦ born  Quakertown man  to lose his HI in  the   world   wa:-.     His   parents,   who formerly   resided   in   Quakertown.   a"' live   near     Richlandtown,     received   :i telegram     from   the     war   departmciri_ announcing his death September 11, 01" ¦ wounds   received   in   action.     He   en- \ listed   in   Company  G.   of  Doylestown. ; June   26,   and     after   snending    ab.nK ' seven  months at  Camp  Hancock,  wa- sent   overseas     five   months   ago.     .^' time of enlistment he was a brakem.ia ' on  the   Reading  railway.    He   was  an active    member    of   the    Quakerto ,vii camp, .Sons of A'eterans, and the P. "¦ S. of A.    The parents and  two sist'r'< survive.
mg these Christmas parcels. The available shipping space will permit the sending of but one parcel to encli man. To avoid any duplication and to make sure that eaih parcel will he, correctly .addressed, <a Christmas par¬ cel label is now being issued to the men .abroad. They will be insti'uct<'d to mail this home to some relative or frii nd who. upon receiving it. will ap¬ ply to the neai-'st Red Cross branclj headquarteis.  where  upon  presentation
Mr. and Mrs. John Harrar. Sr.. ami Mr. and Mrs. John Harrar. Jr., of llor- sani. spenl Sunda.v at Chalfont with the  lamiiy  of Howard  Franlcenfield.
Clarence Allen, of near Hallowell. la still haulin.t; tom.atoes to the Philadel¬ phia markets, his produce having thu^ far I'scap'-d the ravages of the frosts that killed Ihe plants on other nearby farms.
Clark AI. Hill, who is conducting the formi'i'   George. W.   Lenhart   shops   at
of the Christmas  irar- 1 label thev  will, jfnple Glen, has Just received  the con-
receive one carton 3.\lx!l in^'h^s in size. The person veceivini; this carton may fill it with any combination of articles which will fit in it and which are not ' barred bv the postoflice department, rhe following men  from local board   AVhen completely packed and ready to
To  Leave Thursday for Camp.
Contributions    to    Ambler    communi Flag,
Previously   acknowledged $15"
Mrs.   Godfrey   S.   Mahn     5.
Mrs.  Harry Williams     1,
Mrs.   Charles   Schrader     1
Michael   Brosz     1
$101.
The Ambler Service Flag eommitt
desires  to  publicly express  its appi
ciation     for   the     donations   receiv
Through   the     "Ambler  Gazette"   i
donations  will  be  publkshed  weekly.
RICHARD V. MATTISON JR
Chairm;
Joseph  A.  Buchanan,   Secretary.
ty
Danehower's  Real   Estate   Notes.
E.  F.   Danehower.  real  estate  agent. ' Springhouse.   has   sold   for   the   estate 1 of  Margaret  L.  Weidner  large   dou'le stone   house.     Spring   Garden     strt et. Ambler, to Samuel A. Hand, of Spring- house, who will make it his perinam nt; residence.
At the public sale held by Mr. Dane- | hower for Mr. Hand on Saturday, ui't-i 19 the sale was well attended and go"" prices realized—Shoats, $20 each; geese $4 to $4.^05 each; guineas, $1,»o to $1.70 per pair; chickens, $2.10 ea'-h; cow $116; gasoline engine. $75; rye, $4.05 per cwt., and other things in proportion.
No. 2 will leave AA'iUow Grove for Camp Greenieaf, Ga„ this Thursday 12,27 p. m. :
Chas.   1;.   Johnson.   Bethayres.
Frank S. AValton. Huntingdon A'alley
Joseph   Bilotta   Amlder.
John  Peter  Frbin.  Conshohocken.
John  L.  Thomas.  Jenkintown.
John N. Scheid.  Plymouth  Meeting.
Alphonse Erdel.  Xortli Glenside.
Denis  Joyce.  Camp   Hill.
Oliver   Tease.   lOnfield.
Harry  C.   Karr.   Plymouth  Jleeting.
Chas. E. Mastroni. AVyndmoor.
Walter H. Kerber. Jenkintown.
Joseph  Charles.  Jenkintown.
liertrand L. Smith. Bryn Athyn.
James A.  AVilson,  Abington.
Clarence E. Morgan, l''t. Washington
Andrew   W    Miller.   Jenkintown.
.Tames B.  Coonan,  Con.?hohocken.
Sherman C. May. Jenkintown.
Banes  S.  Pierson.   Glenside.
John M. Blilie, Hatboro.
John  E.  Davis,   Oreland.
Dominick  Romons.  Norristown.
John W. Wright,  Rockledge.
Chas. F. JlcUauphlin, Plymouth Meeting. „,„
Ernest M. Hall,  Chestnut Hill,
Vincent Giampa, Ambler.
The following colored men left Wil¬ low Grove last AVednesday for Camp Greene, N. C. : „
Calvin Bumell, 1917 West Fourth street, AVilmington, Del,
.Samuel   J.   Cillins.   Jenkintown.
Horace  H.  Johnson.  AA'illow  Grove.
Wm. J. E. Hill. North Glenside.
Ed. Waters, 4052 Fairmount avenue, Philadelphia.
William Selbv, 503 South Seven¬ teenth    street,    Philadelphia.
Wm. A. Str.aughn. Ambler.
Blake   T.   Dean.   Ambler.
Geo.   Dickerson,   Meadowhrook.
Richard  Miles.   Hatboro.
Charles  Ja.mes.  Hatboro.
Clarence Henderson. North Glenside.
Lfe F. Burton. Xorth Glenside.
Robert  A.  Bundy,  North  Glenside.
Frank  C.  Gaskin   Flourtown.
Chas.   D.   Schaffer.   Willow   Grove.
John  P.rown.  Ambler.
^ be mailed the weight of the carton I must not exceed two pounds and fifteen I ounces. The parcel will then be p:'e- i .sented to pl.aces designated where Bi'd j Cross representatives will exaniin'' the • contents, and will excliiile any articles I barred b" the postoflice department I from   Christmas   parcels,     remove   any
tract for the erection of four motor truck bodies for J. J. Ryan, of Darby. These truck bodies are to be used in hauling employes to the Hog* Island shipyards. Altogether Mr. HIU at his local shop has constructed 16 motor truck bodies during the year. Jlr. Hill has moved his saw mill from AVillow Grove to JTaple Glen and will cut 40-foot logs to he used in the (I'JIar.a brothers' ncw barn, and will iilso cut 50 cords of wood for ii Glen¬ side party. Mr. llill is foreman on a construction job at Bristol, which com-
notes or messages found among tbe , prises the erection of a hotel contain •ontents, wrap, weigh and tie the par- ! inj; 600 rooms. Durinc the past season eel, then place on it the Christmas , ]^^, bas erected 40 houses at Bristol in label received from abroad bearing the ; addition    to the conduct of his    other
address of the man for whom it is in¬ tended. Nothing should go in these parcels that will not keep fresh from time of packing until Christmas. No liquids or articles packed in g'ass should be put in package.
During the influenza epidemic the Red Cross has asked for dontitions of soups, nutritious desserts, jellies, etc., to be sent to headquarters daily where they have been distributed among the Pick and in households where the en¬ tire family are victims of the disease. The wholesome, ready prepared food has been .a great help. 'This work will be continued as long as there is a ne¬ cessity for it.
Wife   Adds  a  Charge.
Mrs. Miibel Harper Irwin Lever has added a charge of non-support to that of cruel and barbarous treatment con^ tained in her suit for divorce against her husband, former Chief of Polic ¦,- Gideon S. Lever, until recently the, head of the secret service bureau a Hog Island.
The non-support charge was to have been heard at the Jenkintown borough hall recently before Justice of the Peace Foy, but no hearing was held. Later Lever stated that the charge will never go hefore the courts, indi¬ cating that a settlement has been agreed upon between him and Mrs ticver.
Chief Lever declined to make anv comment on the charce of cruel and barbarous treatment contained in hit- wife's complaint, except to say that hi'^ side would be presented at the hearing before the master.
activities     including'  the     JIaple   Glen shops.
Horsham townsliip went triumph¬ antly over the top with its loan sub¬ scriptions, and the lower district, with most appropriate and interesting cere¬ monies, raised the honor flag at tho Horsham postofflce last Saturday af¬ ternoon. Moro than 75 iicr.sons as¬ sembled and enjoyed the exercises, John B. Park, chairman of the canvass, presided, and JIi's. Ramsey liad charso of the music. Miss Florence Ramsey sang the Liberty Loan song in a splen¬ did manner, and there were other chorus songs rendered. Joseph G. Hit¬ ner. one of the large subscribers of the district, delivered an address, and.- remarks were alsii mado bv Chairman Park, who announced that the quotii. of the lower end was .$15,000, but through the efforts of the committee and the generous response of the pub¬ lic the total of $33,700 was purchased by 161 subscribers. The tlag was then unfurled and flung to tho breeze. It contains two stars. The committeo, which may feel justly proud of thn success  of its  efforts,  comprised  John
B. Park.  Mr.  and   Mrs.  H.  M.  Worth,
C. W. "VAnilard. Alfred A. Tyson, Mr. and Jlrs. 3. AV. Freas, Miss Susanna L. Walton. Miss Helen Watson and Benjamin P. AA', Park. While it ia not definitely known .at this time, It is be¬ lieved that the Horsham Fire oompJiny will als.i be entitled to an honor pen¬ nant because of the splendid and al¬ most unanimous subscription of its full  membership  list.
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