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VOL. XXXV.-INO.'
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amble:r. pa.. skptii:mi5Er 12, 1918.
81.75   A   YEAR
.COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings ot Local interest to Our Readers.
GEO. W. KEYS    i AMBLER IN        iWHITPAIN AND   iCOMMUNITY       IHORSHAMAND LAID AT REST.
FINE TRIM.
L. GWYNEDD.   SERVICE FLAG.   UPPER DLBLIN-.
it
¦l^-csssful   Lawn   Social   st   Plymouth / MJarson   and   Ewing   to   Go   Abroad
in   Y.i   M.   C.   A.   Work—Personal   &
Miscellaneous   Items  in  the   Locality.
,lohn  L.-irkins,  J;'.,  of  Cold   I'oiul,  is at Camp Lee,  in training.
iVIiss   Virginia   Ricliard.   ot  Harmon-¦     "-" .
ville. has been ill  with grip. MarmonviHe,   the  funeral
Edgar    E.    Miles,    the   Harmonvillo blacksmith, has been quite busy.
The tin roofs at tlie  Itoseinont, Ply- moutlif Jleeting,  have  been repainted.
Mrs.  Ceorge   Leeds,   of   Philadelphia, visited li'itni.ls in Hickorytown on Fri-
Well Known Harmonville Resident Cops Game From Wildrick's Stars, I Who's Who and What
Is Deceased
3 to 2.
Funeral Held Tuesday From His Late Home—Veteran of the Civil War- Served County as Recorder of Deeds —Member of Georpe Smith Post, No.
P.'lZ."'??,''"^.,^''"'"  '^'•'5  '"'t'-   home  in ~ ""    "" '   was   held   or:
's A'hav in the .'Ambier Locality to Unfurl Flag on
Two Townshipa.
Tuesday, Sep. 17.
C. Sproul Will Dedicate the Bannei—Other    Speakers—Commun¬ ity   Singing—Letter  to   Petitioners. Hcjii.     Wm.    C.    .Sproul.     llepuljli'a;i candidate for governor, at considerabl ¦ personal  inconvenience to himself,  ha ¦ arranged   to  dedicate  the  "Communi'y
Liebert     Gives     Fine     Exhibition     of Lj  Ross G. Rile, of Klue iJell, h.as raised Hon. W
Kitchmg—Mayer  Twirled  Well,  Als-;,  thi.s season some uf the very finest and
and Was Backed by Heavy Hitters—  f"''*'^  luscious  sweet   corn   de.spite   the
Play Southampton  Saturday. ' guLl.     '^   ""''°"   ""'''"^  ''"'^  ^"''  '^"¦
ni-?^3fwi ..t'T,"',  "''"°"'i'.  I'astime    was,     Ainong the persons recent natuiali/'.-
PUyed at its best last Saturday on the   e,l a;  .Voi .istown was Thomas JI   Hor-
,.^   ,  ,„   „ „,   ^,  -   ¦—    ..-.-.   ...   Ambler  grounds     between    tho  local.,;,   ner, of Penllvn
v^fs m  d.^ '^t  mv«, .¦|,l!^*'^•'•     '""^'™<-'"t   champion.s of the .Montgomeiiy County i     Rev. C. .A.'Kdwiirds, D. D.   has been Service  Flag"  to  be  raised  in  Ambl  .
•''"- "'''^    ''^ ".'':,',^'l'' ":"^^"7.    The   Baseliall  league,  and  the   Montgomery   pastor     of     tiie     Bethlehem     LaitNt on   Tuesdav   evening.   September   ITtii,
Lil,C1.V   attended      riev.   County   League   All   Stars.     No   team   chuich  at  Penllyn  for 27  years     This at   7.30,  at   the   band   stand,  cornei'  of
OI   yonsbohoeken,   e\er copped  u  -ame   :,y a cIo .c ni;,:,      is one  of the largest  negro  con-'re-a- Lutler   avenue   and   JIaple   street.     it
nt   the   Sin   tnan  did   Ambler  in   this   contest,   tions   in   the  country.     Tho  cougrega- Is understood  that there will  be oth'.i'
nine  loiiid   pirioi-    tion   is   preparing   to .tender   I;:-    K !- speakers   of   state-wide   reputation   a<
day. ,   r,"n;;" vn'~'7'r'f''   r'Tj"'"«Y'i"'.'^S   •"'"i"-"    """   "^   "V!"     eompo.sed   of   the     be.st   ward.:   a    siiiistantial   appreciation   for ¦well,   and   llie   uluile   piogram   will   b-
Mr.   and   Jlrs.   Harrv   .S.   Miller,   of   Post   No. 7,1, G. A. R., offlciated at the   Players of iiresident'1-ike's league, the   his valud .services       ''¦'"•=''¦^-'""   *"' inter.sper.sed   with     "Community   .Sk^;
Cold   Point,    spent    the   week;end   at  '-• ,'^'^- locals won by the si^ore uf thie- to t,\ j.   ,   The   Gwynedd   Friends'     school   will ing"—as  usual on  .Saturday evftninn.
•Vk  -dwood. LeaJi resulte.l ou IViday morniny at  ^,.f'-Ti'^",'«   the   line-up   given   belo.v   t-open     next       Jlonday     morning    in       It is with pleasure that we state f...
Miss   Lyle.   of   Cedar   Grove,   was   a   O.iO,   xo lowing   a   Jong   illness-.      The.  }V" convin(?e  the  most  rabid  fan  that   Charge   of   Jfi'ss   Jlargaret   JIather   m1 the Rev.  Arlhur <'. James.  Iate past r
rec^-nt   gue.st  of  -Mr.s.   C.   W.   Lewis  at  deceased   was   the   .son   of   James   and   "e  Ambler  team   was   up  against   the   Lan.^borne, and .Miss Saurman, of Hat- of Calvary Jlethodist Episcopal churc ii.
Harmonville. „,    .f'^''y   (Cfirn;   Keys  and   was   burn   at   lousnest  liroposition   ,.(  the   season   in   boro. Ambler,    will offer prave.-.    It is    a!-.
Mr.  and   -Urs.  John   Stout,  of  Hick-   Harmonvnie,   in   the  hou.se   across   tho   tne   visiting   team, .which,    without   a-;;  A   very   successful   barn   dance   was Plalined  that  a  group  of soldiers   and
orytown,   have     purchased   an   Edison   r'>ad trom hi.s recent home, August  l.",.   ''0"^'   ^va.s  made  up  uf the   best   hit-.jlven   last   Saturday   evening   on   th" .saifci's   with     a   band   will     be  amun
graphophone. IraVA.  i^.    '."ther    was   the    son     of   ^ers ni tne league, and in playing tlieirJgleniy  Peis.sen  farm  by  the' .St.  Rose tho-se       present.        Everybody      com.-.
services   weri.
Juhn   F,   Sheph'rdi^
and    "Rev,   R,   W.   Musselman.
l-lym.iuth   Jle(-ting   IT.   K.   church    otli-   After   battling  f(,r
cited.     Mcmbe;'s  of  the George   Smith   with  a  te/im
Harrv Karr  of Hickorytown, report-   Major Keys, a native of Londonderry,   Respective positions on tlie team ther; ed in Philadelphia on Sunday for gov-   J'''''''"fl.  and  was born  in   Londonderry   '^ ,"0"e better in  the league also.    Tli
in 1S15
society, of Xorth "Wale.^.
Mrs.   Fj.   Clive   Hamni'nd   and   child-
ernment service. *" *''^"'    He emigrated from his native object ot tbe  game,  anl  the  one  nex't.  ten.  ot Gwvnedrl  A-'allev    nre  -'ind''.'
Idlver Reed and son. of Harmonville,   country  at    Lie age of IS    years  and paiiirday with  the  Southampton team,  a few weeks with rcla'i'veq in Cumber
spent    Saturday    with     the    formers   came to  this country,  settling at Ply- '¦'^ to keep the Ambler boys in the best,.land, JId., and Sprihgfiehi' Ohio
mother at Trappe. ^    , !?""'"'     ^^   became   foreman   of   th > possible condition  for the  coming sor- I:    Info'mation   was    published   Sundav
Miss .Mary JIason, of Conshohocken,   Potts    and     Dager    marble     quarries. ',t«   ^'th  the  champions  ol  the  Phiia- ftha'   Williams  L.  Jenkins   son  of  Mr
spent   Sunday     in   Harmonville     with ; When  he .became a citizen  he  became ''(^'Uhia   Suburban   '          '•   -    '   "               - '       "  ^^   -^"
Ml s. Leonard Beck. ^      , a  Whig in -jiolitips,    bt
Mr. Cutter, of Cold Point, on Monday   supporter   of  that   pan
fourth  and
harvested a fair crop of potatoes from   .su,pplanted by the Rep
the Camburn estate. ,   , til   his   death,   stron.gly   .supported
William E. Little and Thomas Lynch,   principles of that party. of Harmonville,  have  commenced cut-j     George AV. Keys received his educa¬ ting  their  corn   crop. tion   in   the   township  schools   and   at
Mrs. Vanderslice, of Collegeville, Treemont seminary, Xorristown At spent Sunday with Jlr. and Mrs. Oliver the age of 17 years he left school and Reed  in  Harmonville. took a clerkship in the store of David
Mrs. Danaker, of Chester, has been H, Yerkes, ilarmonville. He later en- the guest of her cousin. Mrs. Wyniield , tered the general sture of William Culp,   of   Cold   Point. 1'avis, Jr., West Conshohocken, and re-   ,   .  „ 	
Mrs. Ashton Pennington spent Wed-   mained there until the outb -eak of the   . "' .^"" "^'^^ two batters, the heaviest
¦ ' " ~    '' "'   '• " he''" '''^ league,  were neatly disposed  of
by   Liebert.     After   Dungan   went   out on a  tly  to  R.   Wodock,  as  an  cpener
Kverybod;."       welcome.        B'.'ing      your friends.
The following letter has been se i; out to each person on tlie petition f u the  service  flag :
We do not wish you to feel that, w have heen unmindfiil of the reiiue:", for a "Community Service Flag." which was brought to the notice of ilie "Ambler Community Singing Commit tee" by petition, some week ago. Kioni the   day     that   petitinii     reached     ttuv
      _      ,  .„,   „  „.,^-.   ,c.-i..    j,t  i«   hands,  your  committee  has  been  busy
play  he  gave  a  splendid  exhibition  o.'jln  tin-'  consiilor .service  of  the  United   in   the   prosecution   of   the   idea,   wit^i
pitching,  and   during  the  first,  second, i States,   and   his   recent    post   was   at   the   result,   that   we   have   jileasure   in
ighth   innings  he  set  the .Tiflis,  between the  Liack  and  Caspian   saying to you. that the Hag is finished
marble     quarries. '^•¦^.  ""^n   '"e  caainpions  ol  the  i'hi;a- itha'   Williams  L.  Jenkins   son  of  Jtr
:itizen  he  became deiphia   Suburban   leagqe. '..which   wiil   and   Mis. Walter H   Jenkins   oi" Gwv-
heing a    stauncli 'l^tai't   Saturday   alt-rnoon^,':'«ept^ber , nedd,   has    nrrived   safely     in   Sweden
irt,v   until   it   was -l-^t.                                             '   '                     from  JIoscow,  Russia,  at  which  latter
publican and un- "i   fcatu; day s   contest   Pete   Liebe.'t,   place   he   was   last  heard   from      It  is
!y   supported   the -^mlder's  big  pitcher,   was at  his best, I thought   now    he   will   r.turn  'to   the
-Ambler's  big  pitcher,   was at  his best, I thought   now    he   will   return     to   the and   (lii'oughout   the   nine   .sessions   of; United  States for a  brief rest.    He  is
le. rill- like mad  when  he Ifeeas,   Russia.    At the outbreak  of the   It measures  about  18  by  30  feet,  and   visited   the   Hatboro   high   school   and
big crowd  cl
crawled out  of  the tightest holes tha
was liossible for any pitcher to get in-
' to.    In  the   lirst   period   Power led  off
with    a    single.     AVild.'ick    sacrificed.
.Miscellaneous  Items of liiieiest.tJ' Many Readers.
Death   of   William   Asure   at   Hallowelf
—Horsham   Friends'   School   Reopens
—Jarrettown   and   Dresher  Personals
and  Miscellaneous.
Xext Saturday afternooii races will be held on the Nash tracks at Hallo¬ well by tho Warminster Driving club.
Mrs, .Ma.'y l-'iircv, w liu sin nt the ntonth of August wit'.i Jlrs. Leiijamiii Webster, at Horsliam, ha.s returned to her home in  I'liiladelphia.
Harvey Thompson, of Horsham, and Charles and Il,'irr,v Rutherford, o£ Hallowell, witnessed the racen at Quakertown   last   Saturday.
Last Sunday .afternoon was tiie time for tlie regular preaching service at the K. G. E, home. Davis Grove', but owing to the rain no servic; v.a.'; held,
James Beresford, a residenl oC the-. K. G. E. home. Davis Grove, who has- been ill and bedfast, is still aliout; the same. Ho was visited bv Jlessrs. -Metcalf and AValker. of Philaiielphia.
It is probable tiiat some ncw Iiorses ¦wlll be seen on the HalloweU track at the coming races next .Saturday, aa there have been several inquiries .with regard to entries and accommodations.
A daughter -was born Satiiriiay in the Xorth western hospital, Philadel¬ phia, to Jlr. and Mrs. Charles Weber, of Hallowell. The mother is Edna, daughter of Jlr. and Mrs. Charle.s Willard.   of   Hallowell.
Miss Mary Drummond, of Philadel¬ phia, has returned after a stay with Miss Helen Zeitler at Horsham. Dur¬ ing   her   stay   there   JIiss   Drummond,
evolution he traveled through the tountry at great personal risk and )in- gjly   reached   Moscow   after   months   nf
(ravel     and   dangers.     Mr.   and     Jlrs.
has upon it a total to date of appro-, imateiy 2.^0 stars.
Some   delay   was  occasioned   b\' fact that it-had to be especially rn i
nesday   vvith     her   sister.    Mrs.  Harry j Civil vvar when on August L'i,  I.SS
tfenkins'  other  son.  Horace,  is  also  in   and is, we are told, the largest, or oir
Yost in  Hickorytown. ^     enlisted  in  Oo.  A.  138th  Regiment  Pa
Mrs.   Millie   Hiltiie^i-.  of  Harmonville, , Vols.    He was rejected on account of
enjoyed  a. trip  to  Willow  Grove  park   phj-sical 'disability"by" ii " g'ov'e"'n'meiit   t'or  the   second     round,     Vansant   and
'   - ... TT„„„j„,     Ambler
singled     in    succession,     but ! again  I,iiebert     showed   his     worth   by '
last  Saturday  evening. _ i examining    physieian    at    Harrisburg
M-s. Charles Rhoads, of Xorristown, ; He  determined    to  serve his    country ¦       ,. -       -
spent  Wednesday   with   Jlrs.  J.  Pierce   and    entered   a     mJUitary/   school     at   tanning both  Hawkins and JIayer.    Uy
Rhoads  in  Hickorytown. Phil  *"''  "        *' '
- Mr. and Mrs. George Sheller, Jr., of   of   .„.
Cold   Point,  entertained  relatives from j to Wa.^in.ifiLwn anu apriear-d  imiore a
Philadelphia   la.-t   S\mday. i examining   board     there.      He    pas.sed
Painters on Monday painted the un- the requirements bf that board and derside of the Trenton Cut-off bridge was commissioned a second lieutenant, over the Germantown pike. Class   A.   and   v/as   assigned   to   dutv
Mr. and  Mrs.  Hinkle and  family,  of   with Company A,  41st regiment   U   S
V,   ^","Ci"   ~,   'X '''  ."'-"'"¦"    ,'";   this  time  the  great  crowd  was  keyed i?Blue Peil. ente
i adelphia and  after a_ sho.-t  period:,      ^,,^,   ,,.„„„   u^^,,,.,^  „i«„osed  of  the. I^aj'. instruction   and   trainin.g,   .le   went ; ,,i',;p  ^.ithout  scoring in  tic fourth af-' ¦   Rev.  and   M Washington and appeared belore an   ,.„.. ,,„..,,,.,.. -,...,  ,.,    .      .       - -   --	
e consular service at Genoa, Italy.
All   knitted   garments   are   requested
be in  bv the idth of this month  ar
e   Llue  Lell   Red  Cross.     The  ladies
this   vicinity    have   been     working
ythfully.
Mr.  and     Jlrs.  Casper  Slin.gluff
of  the   largest   flags   ever  made   by manufacturer.
There is another reason for the seeming delay, which must be further explained to you. That is, the feelinu upon the part of the committee that a:
of
the Horsham grammar and primary schools.
A carnival and supper will be held at the Jarrettown M. E. church next Saturday evening. Members' and friends are requested to contribute vegetables and fruits. ' Those persons who cannot ileliver such gifts to the church will please notifv .«amuel Kngle,  who will liave  sam° called for.
Next Sunday morning Mrs. Seymour Eaton, of Lansdowne, will deliver an address in the Jarrettowti Jlethodist church on "Jlethodist AVomen in War Work," a message of interest an In¬ spiration.    lOvery  body  invited.
Mr. and M.s. AValter V. Allen, of Hallowell,   eiil< riaiiier]   Richard   Lewis
Hinkle's sister In Camden, N. J
Mr. and Mrs. Joel AVoife and sons, of Cold Point, have been spending some time with friends in New Jersey.
Mrs. Monogan, of Xorristown, spent Thursday with Jlrs. JIcGettigan, of Conshohocken  pike,  Harmonville.
Mri3.  Harry   Jliller  and   Mrs.  Robert   Vfm"!,"' ,"•"   "   ='%^""','   licuL^iiani.   ,„   uie Cassel   visited     Mrs.   Harvey   Rex,    at   ,Vmcl,? ,= '    '   ''^   '''ter   was   the   first '      -.-   i.-..i,i^,.   ..,.o„i„., officer   assigned     to   tiie   list     United
and early in  ISC-l  was attache<l  to the army of the James.
His Civil Avar record is most myles;- Iy told in one of his letters of 1871 to .Samuel_P. Rates, then state historian at Harrisburg, as follows : Commis¬ sioned   as   a   second   lieutenant   in   the
the dedication of the dag of this ciar tertained relatives on Sun-   acter   it   was   incumbent   upon   us   to
secure if possible, a man ot state-wr^'
_ rs,  .lo.sepli  Yost   are  •"!-   and   natii n-wide   reputation,  and   it   '
ter Harding had  liit f. r two bases and   t-'itainin!.; their aunt for a few days at   with   gratification   therefore,     that   w was  sacrilicod   to  third  bv  fJiingan.   it 'Plue  Pell. are   able   to   announce   that   the   11. :i
lost  all   control   of  itself  and   fuV  sev- !| Mi-^s   Lessie   Dewee.q.     of     Narcissa    Wm    C.   Sproul,   nominee  fo:'  goAeri. ¦ fa^il,.  .,„,i  -vL-s   William  Alixwell
eral  minutes   the   fans  went   wild. ;liad  Her dug accidentally  killed   by  an   of the state, has consented to be  witl:   ^^y^^'lL; ^V o^ ei-'the we^ c^^^^^^
Lut   what  took   place   in   the   fourth ^'^utomobile, recently. us   upon   the   night   of   Tuesday.   Sen-   "J^^.l^^.^^j^^^]; °].;;; ^l'^^^^^^
Joseph W )i;eside and famil.v. AVJI- liam Whiteside and famih'. Jlr. and Jlrs. AValter V. Allen and John C. Whiteside, of Hallowell, spent Wed¬ nesday of last week at the Hyberry fair.
Miss  Florence AVhiteside. of Hallow-
Harmonville,   have   been   visiting   Mrs. : eolored  ti'oop.s at  Camp William  Penn   "?i""", ^^"'"^     ""'>'   "     circumstance   toii   Harvest home and Rally day will  li--   tember   17th,    (in  -spite   of   the   man
what   happeu'-'d   in   the  eighth   s-'-sk . •! riobserved in Hoehm's ¦ hurch on Sundav   other calls upon his lime) and formal when  tlie  side   was  retired   by   Liebei'c ^'morning.  Sept.  29th.  and  in  tlie  even-   dedicate   tms  tribute  f|'om  you   to  i with but one run.    Three sale hits and I'lng rally day exercises will be held bv' "Boys Over There.' a  sacrifice   were   made   in   this   inning,-  the Sunday .school.    Anyone wishing !-¦       We   sincerely     hope   that   you      .. by  the vi.sitors,  but all  they could get , give a book for library will he thanked   come  and   bring  along  everybody   yn
-  can, as it is important tliat we shou'
all   of   us   do   our   best  to   maki^   t'
States   volunteers,     whicii   were   negro
troops.    On Oct. 1.3, 186-1, they left AVm.
Penn camp, near Philadelphi.i, with' . si.x: companies, and landed at Deep : Bottom.  \'a.    After  doing guard   duty,
they \vere moved up towards tlie front
Hickorytown.   on   Friday   evening.
Highley Slavin, of Conshohocken, visited his grandmother, Jlrs. Sallie Slavin   at  Cold  Point,   last  Sunday.
Pierce Rhoads and family, of Hick- I lytov.'n.   iiave   mo'ved   into   the   house
""'SJIf'^^^rrH^f^^e^^ '^f'^-iK^nmn    "a*ia ^iust^m th,^~i;ea;^ of Fort Burnham: Bliss   Gertrude   Jlyers,   of   Harmon-   .p,        nerfo-meri  reennneifcv    ivnvif  n„ vine,   returned    Sunday   after   having   Uie ^.ilit^";;;?::^. yffTr".:;.,,;^':,^ n"
James river on the Darbytown road. Tliey later encamped and did picket duty on Chapin's farm until .Ian. 1, ISG.', and then moved near Fort liurn- wliere   rli
out Of it was one tally. , for the gift
JIayer I'l.r the All-Stars, also pitche 1 '     Mr.  Frank   Rile    is  spending  a   fo"' a good game, but his wildnes.s. was hi.s   days   with  his   parents,   Mr.   and   Jlrs. undoing.      Ciirc-s,     who    took    Cavis'   T. J. Rile, of Blue Bell, place,    the   la'ter   being   compelled    to       Another star  has been   added   to  the retire on account of an injuied  liiigei',   service   (lags   at   I-Jcehrn's   church   fur Jilayed  .'in  imnoriant   part  in   bringinT i Wllliain   Jleyle.   of  Gwynedd  Aralley. victory   to   the   home   club,   as   it   wasl'^arry   Slingluff   and-  Mr.   Lapetiii'' his thro'iv in the eighth thnt cut Pe'-fs [ 'jIgRbio Pel! down at the plate, th'-reliv r,-     .n     '''     - aiv iIomi" s.
the biggest thin-^  of its kind that ba-   ell, on Jlonday assumed her new duties
spent   a   pleasant   week   in   Brooklyn
Mr. and M's. John Raiiey, of Phil¬ adelphia, spent Sunday with Jlr. and Mrs. Samuel Fisher, Sr., at Hickory¬ town.
visitors  from  going  into
OTis   Is    how    the' team.-;    .-.t^o: .Ambler was the first to register at the   th Iiome sta'ion.    The-li s-  run cam'e oxer  fa in   the   lifth.     Rnv.-  sin.'iled.  aft 'i'  JIa'- • Mn had died on a tI:',to Pnwc" at sho-* He stole second, went right on to thir:! when   A'ansant      threw   tlie   bail
ever taken place in this section the state. As ann'oinced, v.hen • "Community .Singing" was started n contributions wero asked, or expect^ The entire cost of the flag will ' have very fine patches of  about   $2.50.     Anyone   Interested   m-i
contribute    exactly    what   he    or    >'
.1   i imily,   of  Phila-   Pleases v.--.-.in 1 ccentt* ?*nteitatoed ,'Vt'-''^^ khome of^r.  George Rossiter .and   compan
as teacher in the AA'iUow Grove sehool.
On Tuesday William AA'hiteside, of Hallowell. to :< a large motor truck load of tomatoes and sweet corn to the Philadelphia   markets.
The Horsham Friends' school re¬ opened Jlondai' with Miss Lukens, of Xianghorne,  as  te.%cher.
J.    Harvey "spent th 'With  Mr. Point.
Mr.  an Norristown.     spent   .Si'nday   'vit-i     Jlr and   Mrs.   Eugene   Lightkep.   at  Hick¬ orytown.
Miss Edna Berkhimer, of Philadel¬ phia, spent Sunday in Harmonville with her p.arents, Jlr. and Jlrs. J. JI. Berkhimer.
' Mrs. William Kulp, of Harmonville, 'Who has been visitin.g in New York, has been on the sick list, but expects to be home this week.
Mrs. Harry Jlaxwell, of Harmonville, delightfully entertained the Ladies' Bible class, of the Plymouth LT. E. church,  in   Tuesday  evening.
Rlue Sell. ene   Johnson,   of   Blue   Bell,   h had  l^is   field  of com   cut.
Mrsi    Frank    Hibschman.     of    Ft'' Bell, delightfiilly entertained the youn '
hler,     to   anyone   of     tlie   "Comir Service   i-'lag   Committee"   or   "AniM Singing Association,"  listed  beIo\'..
In event of rain, ceremonie.^ will ! held in the Ambler opera house, ii-v the same date and at the time siieci;'! above.    Respectfully,
RTOHARD A'.  JIATTISOX. Jr. Cli a irm i
_ ,        Committee Ambler Community Smi
   ,-„,„,.„,   r„„-        ,       ,- - bagger.'   whieh   .sent   TCbimp   to'thir 1.   Womelsdorf.     Any   one   Av'is'hing  to   lid   Ing   Association:      Richard   V.   Jl;:
'i-^   j^'^"^'.'''   r^PP ^; i-etrea ing arm.v    f,.,,^^  „.,,;,.,,  ...tation he  was sent home   one  or   more   for   the   home   nan  hav-  son.   Jr..   Chairman..   Mrs.   Riclvi d taking   the   hne  on   the   south   side   of   „n     barker's     sacrifice     liv.      In     ;':.  them hv calling at the pnrsonase.    11-   Mattison. .Jr.. JIiss Davis, Rev. Thon-
sev nth   innin.g   the   Stars   made   the.'   Moore  sent  word,   if  sugar  cannot  be  Daxis.  Robert  H. Ander.son, J. E.   i first run.    Two were down as a  resiih   obtained  to plea.se can  the fruit  wit):     derwood.   Jos.   Cavalier,   Harry  Apn' of   splendid     catches   bv     Kliimp   and, out,     as   tho   home     is   very     shor*   m'   Harry   Rynear.   Jos.   DeCray.   l-.dw Cavi.s,     when     Ambler    hit    f.r    thre:»! things   this   vear.     Fruit   or   ve-rtahl.'-'   C. Scott. Jos. J. Johnson. Jos. A. Bn  ¦ base.s.    Hawkins  was given a  base on Will be acceptable. annn. secretary.
halls  and   a   short   time  after  reachiiv-;-       Word   bas   been   received   from   Ber*.       Community  Service  Flag comm^* first   he   was   caught   off   the   bag   'i" . Collins,  who  is at  Camp  Lee. A'irginia.   Richard    A'., ^'atti.son,    .1*.    chaimy: .Row's  good   throw.     JIartin,   howcvi-,-.   He   is   in   the   hospital   sufferin.g   with   Jos.   A.   Buchanan,   secretary.   Ed .".-i when   the  division  was  ordered   to   allowed the ball to get awav from him, an ah.scess on his foot. C.   Scott.   Jos.   DeCray,   .To.s.   Cavali.
¦ ¦ Percy Latch, of Blue Bell, has been   John  Brown, Wm. C.  Irvin.  Robert   '
til" railroad, where they endured very Iini'd - mai'chin,g. Their ski.-mish line was at -Ajipomattox court house, where he viewed the surrender uf General Lee.
His t;'.i0])s encamped till April 11, and on the 17th they moved to Fort Fisher,   wdie."e  they  remained   till  JIa
Texas  to pursue General Kirl y  Smith   and  before it  could  be  recovered  .Am and   his   Rebel   followers.     The   com- , bier scored and  Hawkins was on soc- mand   was     under     General   Sheridan. ' ond. *^" ="i"   riaA\ Kins was on s (
Mrs.   Jlorris  Linderman     and    baby | They arrived at Br.azas de Santia.ao in i     The  visitors  tied  the  score  in  tlieir
'June and performed guard duty there. ..half of  the   eighth   round      Th     4 irs
mvLr^':y,"V''""';},"'*^'.Y''^';t ••^'•^- ¦¦¦'- '^'-"l their be.sV^cham4° to" win'^t'e ".Vm^ mained till Nov. 10. Jlr. Keys was . i„ this period. Power .started the p:'o- promoted  at Edinburg.  Texas,   to  fir.st   eeedings     by   cracking    out  a    single.
Wildrick sacrificed and died at first  mi
have returned to Philadelphia after having spent two months with Mr. and Mrs. C. !•'.  Fredericks at Hickorytown.
Elias Slavin. of Conshohocken. on Saturday evening, took his sister, Mrs. Jacob Hart, and his mother, Jlrs Sal¬ lie Slavin, of Cold Point, to AVillow Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lightkep and daughter   Elizabeth,     of   Hickorytown, , „   ,      , „,
spent  Thursda- evening with  Mr. and ' Cadwalader,     Philadelphia
lieutenant and adjutant of the regi ment. They remained in Texas doing duty from the island of Brazos to Ringgold banacks until December, ISG.'j, when the regiment was ordered home and  was mustered out at  Camp
Dec.      14.
Mrs.  John  Stout.
Several friends in Hickorytown have received cards from Mr. and Jlrs. James i^'rith, of Belleville, N. J., stat¬ ing that they like their new home very much. - The Steadfast band, of Cold Point Baptist church, will meet next Jlon¬ day evening with the Misses Phebe and Katharine Lightkep, Airy street, Norristown.
H. W. Atkins, of Conshohocken, agent at Plymouth Jleeting station, on the Trenton Cut-off station, is enjoy¬ ing his vacation, and P. R. Pollock, of Lancaste.-.  is  substituting.
About 50 of the Ladies' and Men's Bible clas.s. of Plymouth U. E. Sun¬ day school, enjoyed a motor ride to Willow Grove OTT Saturday afternoon in two of Dengler's touring cars.
Mrs. Elliot and daughter moved Sat¬ urday from Jeffersonville to the house at Hickorytown which they purchased from Jlrs. Hack, of Philadelphia, for¬ merly occupied by Jtr. Samuel Fisher, Sr.
Sergeant Elmer Myers, who is over¬ seas in Fran, e, writes home to his relatives in Harmonville, that he has not yet been on the firing line, but that he hopes to have the experience soon.
Enoch JIarple, who recently pur¬ chased the house at Plymouth Meet¬ ing Ifrom Mrs. JIary Baynes, is con- fiderlng extensive repairs and im- o:'0vement.s thereto. The house will be enlarged and then pebbledashed.
$55.87 were the proceeds from the social held on H. Oscar Young's lawn, Plyniorth Jleeting, last Saturday evening by the Steadfast band, of Cold Point B,aptist church, which pledged $25 towards special work in Assam, India.
It is very likely that Morris Williams and faniily will not return to this sec¬ tion, and it is understood their home at Plymouth Jleeting is for sale. They will locate in California, -nrhere JIiss Gladys Williams is teaching history In one of the colleges. Mr. Williams has launched into the automobile garage husiness.
IContlaaaA «» tfaagi «y.
a roller to JIartin. Betts came through with a long singl'^ to left field tiiat sent Power home, but ho had to hn-^tle at that, as Curtis' return of the !.;ill was quickly made. Betts took second on   the   throw-in    and   when   Harding
^865. lialso  hit  to   left   fur  a   Hingle  he  tii.d
Upon his return from the war. Jlr. i to score, but Curtis' good throw b -at Keys again took up his residence at , bim to the plate. AA'ith this pla\ tiie Plymouth   and   was   m.ade   superinten-| xisitms' chance  to co'p the game went
suffering with the grip.
OBITUARV.
dent ofthe Cedar Grove marble quarries of Potts .and Gilbert. He remained with   that   firm   for  three   years   when
limmering. as Dungan fanned for tlie third out. The home club put oyer tlie winning run  in  its  half of the eii-:lith
he resigned and formed a partnership session. Robinson opened the riimid with Nathaniel W. Y'erkes and engag- by working JIayer for a free pas-' to ed in farming, merchandising .and min- first and he showed his appreci.iti-n ing of iron ore. This partnership was by stealing second. Klump's lontr fly dissolved after three yeai's and Jfr. to left was taken care of by TTanliiig, Keya   again   became   the   superinteii-, Curtis, however,    advanced    Robiiisun,
when his grounder was fumbled iiy Dungan. Barker again was the riKlit man on the Job as he drove another long sacrifice fly to Ambler that -"or¬ ed  Robinson.     The  score  follows :
Ambler AII-Stari>
„„,. ,        rhoae rh
R. W ck, ss 0   1   2   3   0 Powers, rb 1   2 Kobin n, cf 1110   0 Wild'k. 2b 0   0
Klump. 3b 1 2   1
Cavis, If 0 13
Curtis, If 0 0   0
Barker, rf 0 1   1
2 8 Betts. lb    0 1
0 0 Hard'tr, If 0 2 :
1 0 Durir'n, 3b 0 n i T, r.,. , „,. - ° " VarB'nt,c 0 1-111 F. W;ck,2b 0 0 0 -0 0 Ambler, cf 1 2 J n 0 Martin, lb 0 1 13 0 1 Hawk's, rf n 0 '< ' 0 Rowe. c       1    1   fi   0 0 Mayer, p    0 0 I   1   0
dent of the marble quarries of E. Channing Potts. In 1881, he resigned his positio;i and embarked in business on his own account. He engaged in the mining of k.aolin. flre clav and foundry sand and in the general con¬ tracting business in which he was very successful.
Always a Republican in politics, he was, in 1890, the party candidate for recorder of deeds, but was defeated by George Pawling by just two votes in one of the closest county flghts ever waged.     However,     in   1893.     he   was
again   the   Republican   candidate,   and ! LTebertr p   6  0  o   2   n was triumPliantlv elected, serving four years   as   chief  and   several   years   as deputy recorder.
Mr. Keys joined Geoi'ge Smith post No. 79. G. A. R.. .4.pril 22, 1882, and was one of its most active members. He served as post commander, being elected December 5, 1S9C, and installed J.anuary 2, 1897 for the term of one year. He also served the post aa a trustee from Januar 1. 1899. to Dec¬ ember 31, 1917, when his health pre¬ vented him from accepting .another election.
The deceased la survived hy his 'wife, who before her m.arriage was Miss Kmma Kirk, daughter of Je.sse Kirk, of Whitemarsh township, and a son Har¬ ry, who resides with his parents. He is also survived by three sister.s : Sara A. Gourley. Emma .?. fTroff and Jlargaret AV.  Hand,  of Philndelphia.
.1 e
.^ 0
2 0
11 0
I) 0
1 1
 Miss   Annif   Bender   will   teach   at
the Jlontgomeryville school again and Jlrs Lerov Boehner will take charge of the Horsham school and Miss Len¬ hart, of Colmar. the school at Jlont¬ gomery Square next term.
Totals       3   7 27   8   1    Totala      2   f 21 W  2
Lansdale Soldier Missing in Action. William P. Brown, of Lansda!- re¬ ceived a war department messa^ ¦ on the 2eth birthday of his son, A\'ilter J; Brown, that the young man w.is ofli¬ eially reported missing In artio'i on July 24. He wa.a a private in Coin; .my .A, 102A Infantry, and left for I'.imp Jleade on February Sth. embarkin-' for France on Jlav Sth. Ho was b" n in Philadelphia but lived in Lan-^lale since he was a vear old. For tb last four years he conducted a to' icco shop  and   billiard   parlor
North  Wales   Boy  Gassed.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Street, u of North Wales, former resident of N'or¬ ristown. have received an unoffici.!' re¬ port, that their son, Albert, was g -seA, while serving in the regular nmy, and is now convalescing in a ' uspi- tai back of the firing lines. The . iing man is known In Norristown. many Of his former "chuniB" being localities, with whom he associated, while a resi- fient there.
ALBERT B. BUCKMAN.
Albert I!. Rucknian, of Fitzwater¬ town. died last AA'ednesday, and tho funeral wav held on Saturday after¬ noon at Hillside cemetery ohapel, in¬ terment in Hillside cemetery.
The   deceased,   who   married   Eliza¬ beth   G.   Robison,   who   survives,   con¬ ducted the general store at Fitzwater¬ town   for   34   years.     He   was   lioni   in Upper   l>ublin   township,   east   of  Fo:t Washington,     on   the   former   Thomas W.    Barlow   farm,   now   owned   bv Levy,   which   property   was   owned   by the  deceased's father,  John  Whitcomb I p'""'' Buekman.    The deceased  kept <a stored ^'"'"<- in   Philadelphia,   at   Twelfth   and   Ox¬ ford  streets,  for  two  ye.irs,  and  then. In   1894,   succeeded   his   brother,   John W.   Buekman,   who   died   in   that  year, as   proprietor     of   the     Fitzwatertown store.    That section was in those days   ^^^^^^ the centre of a  thriving limestone and i       ,     ^^^if^^.^^ Iron   ore     business,   and   the     general store  was  successful  for  many yea's. Latterly,    however,    the   business   h.is depreciated greatly.
¦The decea.sed possessed a consider¬ able est.ate. owning the store, hotel and surrounding acres, a portion of which is Included, under lease, in the golf course of the Lu Lu Temple Country club.
CHRISTIAN STOUT. I weel<«-    She saVS =
Anderson. Robert C. Hamilton, It. Livingston. Jr., Geo. H. Cooke. Cla- - ton B. Thomas, Wm. G. Jnst. John n Ringe, Thomas Lane. J. JI. Haywood John Jlorris, Samuel Yeakle. AA'm. JIcAdoo, Jr., AA'. AA'. Tliughton. Rolam; Taylor.
weather
two weeks (thead of its lo'o]-¦¦' time. and has nol developed as it oL'ierwiso would had there been regular nourish¬ ment. The fruit colored u:), but did not fu!l • develop, which lias render¬ ed some of the peaches of a '¦'lightly bitter taste—notalily t!ie Elberta which should be in market now, Init tliey are entirely over. .Tust now ths Fox Seedling is lieing marketed, and about 50 trees of later varieties are yet to ripen, so that within two weeks tho peach cro|i will be entirely picked for this season.
Mdss Susanna L. AValton. of Hors¬ ham,  spent  Tuesday  in   Xorristown.
John J. Roberts, on the l^axs.ou road., near Dre.sher. has cut a field of corn.
Very few motor cars were in evi¬ dence along the Doylestown pike last Sunday. One truck bearing a picnic party went up in the morning and came down late in the evening.
George Heilman has moved from Dresher to Palmer's at Willow Grove and has a position as flagman on the- Trenton   Cut-off  railroad.
Edwin L. Fenton, of Tinicum. Bucks county, visited Jlrs. Randal Fenton at Dresher on  Frlfla.v.
Bothwell Pa.-k. who has Iven at Bucks Hill Falls during the summer- season, is now residing with his par¬ ents, Jfr. and Jlrs. John Park, in Hor¬ sham.     He   is  employed   at   Cornwalls.
A'isitors with Jfr. and Mrs. I^'rinlc Forker. of Hor.sham vvere : Miss I'an- nie Burger, of Frenchtown; JIiss Jleta McClean. of Trenton: Mrs. Lear, of Willow Grove, and Mrs. Leroy Porker, of   Frankford.
John Harrar, of Horsham, has cut one field of eorn.
Middleton, the Norristown candy wholesaler, wdiile in Horsham on Tues¬ day exhibited to his customers a Ger¬ man helmet from tlie French battle- front. The headgear is very hea\'y of brass, and was dented, as through by a bullet or piece of shrapnel.
William Asure, who made his home with his son-in-law. Alfred H. Muir, Jloreland   and   JIanle   avenues,   Hallo-
  _ -well,   was   buried   AA'ednesday   at   Hill-
,,,,   ...      ,   _ _. .  I      r o    -I ' side    cemetery,    after    services    were
What Norah Bayes Thinks of Smileage   eonducted   by   Rev.   Jlr.   HawdUns.   of
Xorah  Bayes.  the most jiopular  star . Hatboro. from the deceased's late home
on the vaudeville stage, has been play-   at 2.30 p. m.    The  deceased,  who was
I ing  in  the     camps   for  the    last   few.i 79   years   of  age,   was   born,   Aug.   12,
1839,   near  Fallsington,   Bucks  count.v,
and wajs the son of the late Abraham
and Tacy Asure.    He waa one ot eight
o   children,   of  whom   the  following  sur-
l.Vive:     Edward,   of     Jlontgomeryville;
Hiert.    The  business  man  goes  to  the | Annie,   of Hackensack    N   J.,   wife   of
Red   Cross   Notes.
A hnrry up call for L'lOO Front l..'ii ¦ Parcels has come to our Red C;'oss Surgical Dressing department, and a^ each parcel contains eleven dressing-; making 16,500 dressings in all to b" completed by Oct. 1st. it is hoper' everyone will give all the time ami "a" i energy available to filling this ordc--. as tiiese are the most important life saving  dressings     made   by   the     Re'
The  Canning  Centre,     after  a  mo'-" successful   season,   will   close  Sept.   15
The government, having common deered the wool supply, there will h" no more wool for the Red Cross until tiie country's supply will more than furnish all the wool needed for sol- ptc. and it has '¦;• '^ requested of those who have been buy¬ ing for Red Cross knitting to refrain from doing so until there is suftlclen; wool to warrant it.
The family removed  to  Broad  .A.xe in   l'^^„fr,?r,^n   th«     ?he  bL-    l" ' ' ^' Johnson, on Dec. 24. 1S«-S.    She was
185!,   and   the  decea.sed   was  the  third j S'^^f^^/^train   than   the  husnesa  man.   the d.aughter of the  late  Dirplaiii  and
agent of the Reading railroad at vortl^^^^'^''^^^"^^P "^^V* ^"^^ *° ^^^ '"''" Rebecca Johnson, from near Fallsing- agenc or tne ne,iaing laiiio.Ki .u Ul , ^.^^^ ^^p^^ ^.j^^^ ^^^^ experience in I ton. Later on thev resided .at Swedes- playing at the camps has shown ut^ ' i,urg and two years afterwards moved Its value and its necessi-ty to the sol- to Bridge Point Bucks county, where flier. I am tmying Smileage Instead of they resided for fivo years, and then War Saving Stanips. It all helps the removed back to Colmar and then for government, which after all is Just yon [ five vears kept Hio Springhouse toU- nud me. only m buying Smileage you i pate on the Bethlehem pike. Later will never get anything hack exceur , thev resided near Line Lexington, satisfaction,     I   intend   to  give   a  per- ' and then for several  years rented  the
Washington  station.    He'married  La - j r;2",_1'"*l."   ?,'?5"^:._.'?:l^'.^^'^P'T'^"''^    iu-1 ton.    Later on they resided .at Swedes vanda.   daughter  of  Rev.   George   Sill, whn  alone aurvtvea.
The funeral tvill be held .this Thurs¬ day afternoon at S o'cToek at Zion Lutheran church. Whitemarsh. and in¬ terment will he made In the adjoining cemetery.
WEDDED.
SrilWARZ—SLETWOLD.
Miss Aaagot Sletwold, of Fordhooke farm, and Jakob Rchw.irz. of Pine Run farm, were united in marriage Tues- flay In St, .Tohn's T^utheran church bN' the pastor. Rev. O. .^. Knerr. After a short honeymoon Mr. and Mrs. Schwarz will reside in their newly purchased home  In North  Philadelphia.
fnrmance at some eamn every week all through the winter."
Smileage hooks are for sale »i Am¬ hler hv JIiss Sara Knipe. Mrs. O. IT. Stillwagon  and  JIiss Sarah A. Knigh*!
Aaron .Styer farm, near Penllyn. Fiu' 13 years thereafter they lived in Phil¬ adelphia, and then removed to the countrx-. iocntin.g at Edgo Hill and lat¬ er dwelt at Dre.sher with their daugh -
 ter, JIary F..  wife  of Alfred  TT.  Muir.
—27 conscripts left Lansdale Twes- For two ye.ars they resided at Nesh- day, .\ug. 27, .at noon for Camp Lee aminy and last spring moved to Hallo- Op Saturday 3ff young men who have •well. ' Besides the daughter, tho widow- become 21 yenrs  old  since June  5  re-   Bundves.
gistered    In   tb"    Fourth   JInntgom     • ,,_    .,      ^       -._ .,	
district r (Oontlaii»> *n Taga 8).