The Ambler Gazette 19160824

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Gazette.
I    VOL. XXXIV.-NO.   33
AMBLER.   PA..   AUGUST   24,   1016
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local Interest to Our Readers.
Three     Plymouth     Benefits    Saturday
Are     Successful— Harmonville    Men
Injured—Events     at     Cold     Point,
Hickorytown   and   Narcissa.
John Killmer, of Plymouth Meeting, spent  Saturday  at  Wildwood.
Elmer Waxier, of Hickorytown, spent the week-end at the seashore.
George Corson, of Plymouth, recent¬ ly sold four flne Scotch terrier pup¬ pies.
Mis.ses Edith and Efl^e Marple, ot Plymouth, spent a week at Wildwood, N.  J.
John McGettigan, of Cedar Grove, on Sunday quietly celebrated his 70th birthday.
Thomas Lance, of Manayunk, has secured employment as machinist at Ivy Rock.
An artesian well Is being drilled on the William Little property in Har¬ monville.
Mrs. Samuel Dunne, of Harmon¬ ville, has been entertaining her cousin from  Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Bartholomew, of Harmonville, spent several days in Atlantic  City.
William Hiltner, of Plymouth Meet¬ ing, has returned home from Stone Harbor, N. J.
Miss Kathryn Rodebaugh, of Hick¬ orytown, spent .Saturday and Sunday at  Spring Mount.
James Cunningham, of Maple Hill avenue, has again been conflned to the  house  with   illness.
The new piece of road through Cold Point to Plymouth Meeting will be oiled  this week.
Repairs are being made to the pro¬ perty at Plymouth Meeting occupied by George N. Leiper.
Miss Betty Albright, of Harmon¬ ville, and Ralph B. Croft spent Sun¬ day at Willow Grove.
Miss Hannah Coulston, of Plymouth Meeting, has returned home after a week's  stay  at  Easton.
Mr.s. Samuel Weidner, of Plymouth Meeting, spent Sunday with Mrs. John Reddington,   of  Allentown.
Mrs. Olive Reed has returned' to Harmonville after a stay with her mother- in-law at Trappe.
Elmer Gladfelter, assistant agent at Narcissa station, spent Sunday with his family at  Elizabethtown.
Edward Dunne, janitor of the Ply¬ mouth Consolidated school, spent last week visiting in Bucks county.
Miss Martha Young, of Plymouth Mee.*:ng»-e-Jcpects to attend the Nor¬ ristown high school in the fall.
Mrs. Markei, of Harmonville, enter¬ tained Mrs. Dinckley and daughter, of Wissahickon,  for  several  days.
John Haney, of Norristonw, spent Sunday with his daughter, Mrs. George   Hippie,   at   Hickorytown.
Mrs. Lemuel Rodebaugh, of Hick¬ orytown, visited Mrs. John K. Thomas,   of   Norristown,   Sunday.
Miss Mildred Coulston, of Plymouth Meeting, on Thursday celebrated the second  anniversary  of her birth.
Mrs. Harry Miller and sister, of Norristown, spent Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Rex at  Hickorytown.
James S. Frith, of Hickorytown, and Walter   Knerr,   of   Norristown,   visit-
rTSines  CurailBgham- oiPffyanaty.'''
Mr .and "Mrs. Samuel Phillips, of Camden, N. J., on Sunday visited Mrs. Louis  Killmer  at   Plymouth   Meeting.
William Karr, of Harmonville, had a most prolific crop of peaches, pick¬ ing nearly '30 baskets from his few trees.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Martin Berkhimer, of Harmonville, spent Sunday with Mrs. Lemuel Rodebaugh at Hickory¬ town.
Misses Jennie and Caroline Karr, of Harmonville, have returned home after spending two weeks in Phila¬ delphia.
Mrs. John Hoover of Jeffersonville, spent the week-end with her mother. Mrs. Solomon Lightkep, at Plymouth Meeting.
Arthur Roberts, of Harmonville, was injured at the steel plant one day last week when a casting fell on his right  foot.
. Miss Mildred Heaton has returned to her home in Norristown after vis¬ iting Mrs. Charles Sulzbach at Har¬ monville.
Mr. and Mrs. Lukens Webster, of Germantown, are spending some time with Mrs. Annie F. Ambler at Ply¬ mouth Meeting.
Mrs. Charles Wood and William Wood, of Maple Hill avenue, spent Sunday " with Mr. and Mrs. -Howard Noblett at Hickorytown.
William Kulp, engineer at the La¬ vino crushing plant, Plymouth, was painfully crushed one day last week by being caught between two cars.
Mrs. Millie Hiltner, who visited her daughter near Home, N. Y., returned home last week to Harmonville after a most delightful three weeks' stay.
Walter Rhoads, of Plymouth Meet¬ ing, while working at his coal yard at Narcissa station, was hit in the eye with a piece of coal. The services of Dr. Parker was needed to remove the particle.
Christian Wisler and Mrs. Elsie Been, of Lansdale, spent Sunday at Mr. and Mrs. David R. Rhoads' at Hickorytown. Miss Manda Wisler accompanied them home after spend¬ ing a week at  Hickorytown.
The Plymouth Athletic club held a very successful benefit last Friday and Saturday on the lawn at the club bouse, ,,and the event proved a finan¬ cial and social success, which will largely finance the club for some time at least.
Owing to the city quarantine for infantile paralysis and the railroad precautions the children at "The Pines," Harmonville, were sent to their hon^M last Thursday morning. The hous'e was to have been open un¬ til Sep. 20.
Last Saturday evening the Loyal Crusaders, of Cold Point Baptist Sun¬ day school, held a very enjoyable and successful watermelon social on Karr's lawn, Plymouth Meeting. The event was largely attended and all the articles were disposed of.
John S. Young, John R. Young, John Marple, William White, Sr., Louis Killmer, Samuel Weidner, John White and Charles Laurence, of Ply¬ mouth Meeting, spent Sunday at Get¬ tysburg, m.iking the 248 miles by mo¬ tor. They left Plvmouth at 4.-10 and reached (Gettysburg at 10. After tour¬ ing the interesting battlefield and see¬ ing all the principal points they re¬ turned reaching home' by 11 o'clock Sunday evening.
INFANTILE
PARALYSIS.
None in Ambler, But Caution Is Urgf- ed by Health Board.
Closes Sunday Schools, Churches, Mo¬ tion Picture Shows and Gatherings to Children  Under  16  Years of  Age.
So far as is known to the Ambiei board of health there is no infantile paralysis in Ambler, but the local lioard, at its session last Friday even¬ ing, as a precautionary measure, took action along preparedness lines by closing all Sunday schools, churches, places of amusement and gatherings to all children under 16 years of age.
The btard was In consultation with the Ambler physicians and they gave asfjurance of their desire to co-oper¬ ate to the full extent of their ability with the local board in its precaution¬ ary measures.
The board also requested that bor¬ ough council direct its highway com¬ missioner to see thnt all accumula¬ tions of animal excreta or any m.it- ter whatsoever likely to breed flies and endanger public hea'lth be prompt¬ ly removed from the streets and gut¬ ters and also that the streets In front of grocery and meat markets and other places of business be cleaned at least twice per week until the heat¬ ed   weather  has   fully  abated.
All citizens are urged to do their part in keeping the borough free from disease, which can only be done by abs.'lute cleanliness and the preven¬ tion of filth accuijiulation. Stables should be kept clean, all manure pits covered, and the accumulation of ma¬ terial purified at least twice per week by the application of fresh lime. The dumping of rubbish prejudicial to public health within the confines of the borough, is prohibited, and the offenders in this regard are liable tb arrest and  punishment.
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BELFRY  AND   WORCESTER.
'The Kriebel family reunion, which Will be held next Saturday at Tow- amencing Schwenkfelder church promises to be well attended. An interesting program will be rendered. Music  by  Cremona  orchestra.
Rudolph Clemment, the barber at Centre Point, better known to the pa¬ trons of the shop as "Duffy," and who has been the barber at the hotel for the past three years, has quit the bus¬ iness and has gone to North Wales where he has secured a position In the greenhouses of the Florex' com¬ pany.
Mrs. Amos Rothenberger is repor'- ed to be on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kriebel, ol Towamencin, spent Sunday as tht guests of the latter's mother, Mr« Elizabeth   Schultz,   of  Homser  Hill. '"
Bethel M. E. church improvements have been completed and the historic old structure has been neatly attired m new colors of artistic granduer through John Fry, Sr., of Belfry. Sunday, August 27, at 9.30 a. m. the session of the Sabbath school will be held; preaching at 10.30 a. m. A large congregation Is expected to be pre¬ sent. Though disappointed in not having the electric lights installed, the officials have installed new lights that will meet with the approval of all members and friends of the, church. ¦yMaa e-wendlyn._. Mitchell, ^f. near Cehtno P"ifit, matlc a weettvind visit to  her  parents'  home  in  Delaware.
Dorothy, the grand-daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Annear, burned her hand severely by thoughtlessly putting it in a boiling hot bowl of breakfast food   on   Tuesday   morning.
Rev. and Mrs. Alexander Graham .'^pent  a  few days in  Atlantic City.
John Cole, of Yost road, who has been a resident of this section for about 15 years, died at his home on Monday afternoon. He leaves a wife and  eight  children.
Mrs. Charles Sust and daughter, of Philadelphia, are the guests of Mrs. Sust's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bobb.
Abraham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil¬ son Anson, has been on a week's vis¬ it to relatives In Philadelphia.
Mrs. Sarah Schultz spont Thursday and Friday of last week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. David Heebner, and while there assisted in making the winter supply of apple butter.
The storm last Monday afternoon did considerable damage here. Some of the corn fields were leveled, trees uprooted and buildings were blown over and in addition Milton Reiff's barn was struck by lightning and to¬ gether with the crops and farm ma¬ chinery was destroyed, The estimat¬ ed loss is fully $5000, which is said tf. be covered by insurance. A large tree was blown down at Jacob Krie¬ bel's and it fell on the high tension wires of the Counties Gas & Electric company, breaking them and falling on the telephone wires, putting the phones out of commission. On the Skippack pike just opposite John Stong's barn another tree was blown down and fell across the pike, block¬ ing traffic for some time. In the rear of Mr. Stong's mill a large ash tree, fully 50 feet high and measuring three feet across the butt, was uprooted by the storm. At Cyrus K. Meschter's the corn crib was blown over and from other residents comes the re¬ port that a number of their buildings were damaged by the storm. A few seconds before the tree at Stong s barn was destroyed, Abraham Reiff was driving along the pike and as he reached a point almost opposite Mr. Stong's house his horse stepped upon a live wire and was thrown to the ground. Fortunately this took place at a time when the electric company had received word to shut off the power, which was being done when Mr. Relft's horse stepped on the wire, otherwise the animal might have been killed. ,    ^ ,
A car of crushed stone is being un¬ loaded in the Belfry freight yard for the roads of Whitpain township. The state highway department is also un¬ loading several cars of crushed stone for the Skippack pike, which is be¬ ing resurfaced in places northward from   the   Centre   Square   trolley   sta-
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Weigner spent Sunday with the former's parents at Locust Corner.
Oscar Loos is having a concrete walk   and   porch    floor laid  by  D.   S.
Krauss.
Jlr. and :Mrs. Elwood Geyer enter¬ tained as their guests on Sunday Mr. and Mrs. John Metz and John Reiff, of Norristown; Edward Bergey, of Fairview; Edward Beyer and family, of Norriton Square; Mr. and Mrs. Ellsworth Geyer, of Jeffersonville. and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Weigner, of Worcester.
PHYSICAL VALUE OF BUTJ^R PIKE
Material on the Road, as Revealed at Hearinf.
Jury   Receives    Documents    With    Re¬ gards   to   Opening   of   Road—Engin¬ eer     Gillin     Testifies     Result*     of Soundings  of   Macadam. At   the   hearing     last     Thursday   in Norristown     with    regard   to     freeing the  portion  of  the    Prospectvilie  and fiewisville     turnpike    road     eastwara from   the   Chestnut   Hill   and   Spring- house  turnpike to the Jarrettown and llorsham     turniiike,     testimony     was presented   showing  the  physical   value of  the     turnpike  property    as   to   the material   on   the   road,   its   depth   and width   and   the     cubic   yards   of   cuts and   tills   made   in   opening   that   por-- tion   of   the   present   roadway   desired to  be freed.
The jury, and master, Conard S. Shelve, were present, and at the out¬ set Jos. T. Foulke, counsel for the turnpike company, presented for ad¬ mittance the records of the road—the charter, minute book, documents and commissions from the governor, show¬ ing order for opening of the road and collection of tolls after the special jury of view as appointed by the governor had reported to that official that the road had been built and open¬ ed and had come up to the specifica¬ tions.
James R. Gillin, civil engineer of .4mbler, who has examined the road, making soundings of the macadam in the centre and on the sides at a distance of every 300 feet, testified as to  his  findings. '
Mr. Gillin testified that the portion of road desii-ed' to free is 13,874 feet in length and 45 feet in width. The remaining portion of the roadway upon which there is no present effort to free measures 8625 feet. The lat¬ ter portion when freed will, under the Sproul  law, become a state route.
The engineer showed that the aver¬ age  depth  of macadam  is  10Vi  inches, on the highway and the average width*;] of   the  stoned   portion   of  the  road  is' 16   feet.     The  excavation   in   widening
the
roaa     measure     15,540    cubic      vards
Five   bridges     were  also  revealed     jn' '^¦'"'f'*'   P'ayi"8'   position   has   been   di the examination by the engineer     The   ^¦"'^''   between     right   field   and     first testimony   and   cross  examination   oc-f!^^*^?'. ^"'^   "'^''^   Playing     these   two cupied  about  one and  one-half hours The   jury    will    meet    again     this
Thursday in court room No. 2, Nor¬ ristown, when the turnpike company will   present     witnesses     tn  show   fh*»-
value of the road,
lesses    to  show   thef.
Funeral  Directors   Meet  in  Ambler.
The direction of the funerals of victims of infantile paralysis was thoroughly discussed at the meeting of the Montgomery County Funeral Directors' association, held Thursday evening at the parlors of the Wynd¬ ham hotel, when there were present nearly all the members. ¦
Following the routine busines-s, the-- following new members were elected!)' George Davis, of Fort Washingtorj-Ji Jesse Davis, of Ambler; Charles' Poole, of Skippack, and H. E. Wj^: ton, of Hatboro. <*'
During the session, addresses «, made by Arthur H, Bailey and J« J*;  Ferry,  of Norristown.
At. tfeeM*?^''*'^^ iffe'urimftaUei^ » at   the  Wyndham,
GWYNEDD  VALLEY.
Urban,     of   Chelten   H...„    ._ lie  new  assistant   agent  at  the   local
having recovered from having run .i nail in his foot.
Simon Baringer is on his vacation, having left Sunday on a motor triji lo northern   New Jersey resorts.
Frederick Faux, chauffeur for E. E. Smith, was operated on Tuesday at the  German  hospital  for appendiciti.s,
Thomas Dunlap and wife have a young daughter.
Walter Savage and family and Cressman brothers went to Easton n Sunda.v by motor.
MONTGOMERY COUNTYJJEAGUE.
Results  of Last  Saturday's  Base Ball Contests.
K. & M. A. A. Defeats Wyndmoor— Glenside Maintains Lead by Defeat¬ ing Fort Washington—Ambler vs. Glenside  Next Saturday.
• In l-indenwold field Saturday K. & M. A. A. had an easy time of it de¬ feating Wyndmoor, the final score be¬ ing K. & M. A. A., 9; Wyndmoor 3. At the start the locals jumped Thorp, who was pitching for Wyndmoor, for six runs and five hits, and had It not bten for a piece of sensational fielding on the part of Ilazlett the score would been larger. Ilazlett by a gieat running catch pulled down Slmjison's drive In left when it look¬ ed yood for a home run. Miller and Scholz Jived uji to their reputations as hard hitters and gathered In 'five hits. (Jne of the two that Miller made was good for three liases. Clarey al¬ so hit one for three sacks. Manager I'nnili, of Wyndmoor, has a number of young players on his team, and ni' matter how badly they are being beaten they fight for every inch of the v.a.v. 'Thorp, who is a member of the jiitchlng staff ot the Cheltenham high school, has a good delivery and thniushout the game he used a slow ball with telling effect. It might be mentioned, however, that the locals did not put their usual "pep" in the game after the first round. Clarey showed plainly that he did not put as much "stuff" on the ball as usual, and after the fourth session he eased up, allowing the visitors to score twice in the fifth and once in the sixth  innings.
Manager Vallentine used his entire reserve force in the game. Garrett took Robinson's place in centre field, Schurt went to third In place of Ea¬ ton, and Davies went to right In place of Half, while the latter took Mar¬ tin's place at first base. Haff, by the way, is playing a splendid game this year hoth at the bat and in the fleld. He has taken part In 13 of the 19 games   played   by   K.   &   M.,   and   out
made
highway    from   a  mere    country*"^ ^^^ ^^ "'P^  '° ^^^ P''^'^  '^^ mad« d     measure     15,540    cubic      vards F* !'''''• ^"'^ ^ batting average of .391
positions   he   has   accepted   41   of   his 44   chances,   which   shows   that   he   is proving himself a valuable  player. ¦;  The  home  team   wasted  no   time  i^ tucking the game safely away.    Eaton
.-etarted  trouble for Thorp  in  the  first
fiy getting hit with a pitched ball. Simpson fiew out to Hazlett—a grand catfh. aiiller di;ove out a long single, sending Eaton to third. Miller stole second, and on Haff's one-base blow he counted with Eaton, Scholz and Clarey also singled, scoring Haff Scholz counted when Dickson made a bad throw to first on Robinson's grounder. Richie's single sent Clarey home, and the former was nipped at second on Martin's drive to short, while Rohinson .scored. The K. & M. boys: again  liunched  their runs  in  the
-niih, when they scored three times on a liase on balls to Miller and his steal
lof second. McAIeer's error on HafTs grounder.^cholz's single and Clarey's three-ba.^e hit. Thorp tightened up after^-thi,'!,   ,iiid   with   Clarey   on   third
fifth on Scholz's and .Simp.-.-ll's er¬ rors,   Hazlett's   single.     Another     w.as
  tallied   in   the   sixth   on  a  two-bagger
Felix   Tlrh.an      r,f   nuai.a     t^-,,        .     by Lownes' and Schurt's error, the     ew   -Issistan?  nPPn    n, ^v.'""',    '^      All the fans of Ambler and  vicinity .s. Ition      ¦"'^'^'^"'   °S^"t  «t  the   local  ^,.^   ^„   tip   toes   for   next   Saturday's
hef^^^intlte*^^^  ^^'=°^"«^  ^-"   f^^'tl^'^se^^'^Df Ji^cl?^';^ William   .MoJlenhauer    Is  out  again, i ^L-eT a'n^d"%^c°hirwn^  ^^in^Th^e
points fur K. & M. A. A., while Lei¬ bert, who is rated as the be'st pitcher in the league, and Vansant will be the battery for Glenside. Following is the score of Saturday's game : K. £ M. A. A. WYNDMOOR
rhoae rhoae
Schurt, 8b 0 0 0 0 1 McA.,cf.3bO 0 4 12 Eaton, 8b 110 10 Brown, 2b 0 0 2 1 0 Simpson. 2b 0 0 2 1 1 McTa'e.rf. 0 12 10 Hiller. If 2 2 10 0 Lownes.lb 117 0 0 Haff, rf. Ib 2 1 7 0 0 Dickson.ss 10 13 0 Scholz, 88 2 3 12 2 Lynn,3b.cf 0 0 0 10 Clarey, p 12 0 6 0 Hazlett, If 1 1 1 0 0 Oarrett, cf 0 0 0 0 0 Kirkp'k, c 0 0 7 1 0 Rob'son, cf 1 0 0 0 0 Thorpe, p 0 1 0 3 0 Ritchie, c 0 19 3 0 Daviea, rf 0 0 0 « 0 Martin, lb  0   0   7   0   0
Ambler  Highlands   Improvement Assn.
l-'or ,1 number of \ear.s the lighting of Chestnut HIU and Springhouse turnpike from township line to Ban- nockburn a\enue has heen in charge of the Fort Washington Heights Im¬ provement association. The expense of the lights has been borne by the residents on and near the jiike in that section; in fact, were originally plao ed there at the solicitation of those in the vicinity. Last November the property owners of Ambler Highlands foimed the Ambler Highlands Im- jirovement association. As street lights were needed throughout the Highlands the members contributed to a common fund to guarantee the ex- pen.se of maintaining them. Realizing that some members had discontinued giving assistance to the Fort Wash¬ ington association and desiring to share in the shouldering of the ex- peinse, the Ambler Highlands Im¬ provement association offered to the Fort Washington association an an¬ nual contribution of $25 as its dona¬ tion to the lighting fund of the pike. This offer was not accepted by the Fort Washington association and in the meantime the lights decreased in number and the service was con¬ demned by everyone who used the pike after dark. As the Ambler Pllgh- Jands Improvement association was continually criticised for the lack 3f '¦ funds to maintain the lights the ] members discussed the question and j finally decided to go throughout the ; section and interview all who were interested in having lights along the Jiike. The success of the work of the members resulted in the offer, made by the Ambler Highlands Improve¬ ment association to take charge of all lights north of Township line and to give a continuous line of lights from that point to Trinity Green. The Kort Washington Improvement asso¬ ciation refused the request of the Ambler Highlands associ.ation, but asked for its support to whatever extent it could go. The Ambler High¬ lands Improvement association at its last meeting, Wednesday, August 16, called purposely to discuss the light question, made the following offer to the Fort Washington association : "We will be very glad to donate to your association the yearly sum of $32 providing you will agree to install i one new light at the intersection of Randolp avenue and the pike, another light at the intersection of Bannock- burn avenue and the pike and also arrange to light the corner at Hart¬ ranft avenue and the pike, the latter readily arranged by relocating the present light just south of this point." | In offering this contribution the mem¬ bers of the Ambler Highlands asso¬ ciation feel that they have made a very generous offer, particularly as they found on their recent solicitation that there Is sufficient financial sup- Fort Washington association a check entirely cover the expense of the en¬ tire lighting along the pike. In addi¬ tion to making this offer, the Ambler Highlands association sent to the Fort aWshington association a check in full for lights from November, 1915, to Aug. 1, 1H16, based on the original ofter of $26 per year. This was done despite the refusal of the offer in the first place by the Fori Washington association. At the pre¬ sent time a sufficient number of lights the length of the pike is essential it people in the section are to be as¬ sured of safe travel after dark. Also, It is a safeguard to pedestrians in getting out cf the way of the con¬ tinuous  motor  travel.
GWYNEDD.
Louis    Troester    narrowly    escape 1 1'",.^  '^'"ecl   on   Sunday  whon  he fell off his bicycle.
MAPLE  GLEN.
Miss Herminia Kroupa made a short visit with her sister. Mrs. Ed¬ win W.  Simmers.
Mr. and Mrs. John Kramer, of Phil¬ adelphia, were Sunday visitors at Charles S. Mann's.
.Mrs. Amelia Householder entertain¬ ed friends from Downlngtown on Sunday.
Miss Florence H. Conard, of Xew¬ town, IS spending the week at her grandfather's, Thomas P. Conard.
Ralph and Roland Knott spent .Sat¬ urday and Sunday with relatives at Lansdale.
Mrs. Kroupa and grandson, Wilmer Stevenson, of Philadelphia, are spend¬ ing some time with her daughter, Mrs.  Edwin  W.  Simmers.
The picnic of Three Tuns Mission has  been  postponed.
Henry C. Biddle, real estate broker of Ambler, reports the following busi¬ ness for the past week: Rented for Thomas Rose his flne residence at the corner of Mattison avenue and Nortn street. Ambler, to Thomas Brtidv, of Whitpain township, who will take possession about Sept. 1st. Rented for Charles Spaeth, of Philadelpliia, one of his houses on Mattison .ave¬ nue. Ambler, to Thomas McComb, of Marietta, Lancaster county, who v.ill take possession Sept. 1st. Rented for Emma C. Besson, of Ambler, one ot her properties oh Belmont avenue, Ambler, to Frank Murgatroyd, of Marietta, Lancaster county, who will take possession Sept. 1. Notice in other columns of the "Gazette" Mr. Biddle's public sales: Clearing-out sale of fine household furniture for Thomas Rose at his residence, corner of Mattison avenue and North street Ambler, on Thursday, Aug. Slst, at 12.30. Clearing-out public s.ilo of horses, cows, hogs, chickens, and farm implements for Thomas Brady, Butler pike near Ambler, Wednesday, Sept. Cth, at 1 o'clock. Clearing-out pub¬ lic s.ale of horses, wagons, harness and contractors outfit on or about the 10th of September for Frank Blake, of Wyndmoor. The exact date will ap¬ pear in another issue.
Totals       9 10 27 12   4   Totala       3   4 24 U   2
Ambler 6   0   0   0   3   0   0   0 x-9
Wyndmoor 0   0   0   0   2   10   0   0-3
FORT  WASHINGTON  LOSES.
Fort Washington lost Saturday at Glenside by the score of 4 to 0. War- ran Dungan pitched good ball, except in one inning, the seventh, when Glen¬ side made all their hits and runs. The great Peter Leibert had to pitch his best to down the Fort boy, who, barring his one bad inning, pitched winning ball. The fielding of Bellis, Hull and Gray for Glenside, and Maust, Gordon and A. Dungan were the fea¬ tures of the game, while A. Dungan also had the honor of getting two of the three hits made off Leibert. Fort Washington will play at LaMott next Saturday.    Following is the score:
GLENSIDE FORT WASHINGTON
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Belhs, 3b 0 12 4 0 Kreps, If 9 1 0 u 0 Wodock. sa 0 0 1 0 0 M'Bt, 2b 0 0 3 2 0 Sturgis, 2b 0 0 1 0 0 Waldis. 83 0 0 0 0 1 Betts, If 1110 OW.D'an, pO 0 0 11 Schlfely, c 1 1 0 1 0 Gordon, c 0 0 II 2 1 Haryey, cf 1 1 13 0 0 Hetzell.Sb 0 0 10 0 Hull, lb 0 110 0 KiBtler.cf 0 0 10 0 Gray, rf 118 0 0 A.D'an, lb 0 2 6 0 0 Seibert, p 0 0 0 0 0 Wood'y.rf 0 0 2 0 0 H wklns, rf^   10   0   0 Obcrh'r,2b 0   0   0   0   0
Totala       4   7 27   5   0   Totala      0   3 24   6   3
Glenside 0   0   0   0   0   0   4   0   0-4
Fort Washington 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0—0
JENKINTOWN   WINS.
Jenkintown put it all over Willow Grove last Saturday, winning by the score of 11 to 3. Jenkintown made IS hits for a total of 21 bases. Willow Grove made six errors, which also ac¬ counts for the one sided score. Beth¬ ayres will be the attraction at Jen- kmtown next Saturday and should Jenkintown win they will go Into sec¬ ond place. Following is the score bv mnlngs :
i?!?!''"*?,^" 3   4   0   3   10   0   0   x-ll
Willow Grove 2   1000000   0—3
BETHAYRES FIGHTS HARD. Bethayres had lots of trouble In de¬ feating LaMott last Saturday at La¬ Mott. Both teams hit the b.all h,ard. Bethayres made 13 runs and 13 hits while LaMott fell two short of this number in both hits and run.s. Fol¬ lowing Is the score by Innings :
Bethayres 0   2213030   2—V.i
LaMott .0   2   13   0   3   2   0   0—11
—Ashbourne is agitating for a pub¬ lic sewer.
SPRINGHOUSE.
"^ ITfe^iSifhdaj' aotigbl^pi'cnlc, ^,111' be held some time next week in a nearby grove.
iMi.'-s Hazel Wentz has returned hnme after spending several days with friends near Norristown.
Carl Kuebler lost a valuable cow on Friday.
Mrs. George Magargal, of Mont¬ gomeryville, spent Sunday with Wal¬ ter Dotts and  family.
Last Friday a team belonging to the Union Chemical works, at Wales Junction, was struck by a freight car at John Kirk's laije. One of the horses was killed instantly and the wagon badly damaged. Fortunately the  driver  escaped   by  jumping.
The Misses Sage, of Merion, were visiting at 1. J. Hallowell's on Satur¬ day.
Ji hn Madigan and wife are enjoy¬ ing their vacation  this  week.
The teachers' training class will hold its examination at the Upper Duhlin Brethren church on Sunday at  S.30 a. m.
John Conard and son returned home on Monday from a trip to Niagara Falls.
Mrs. Kate Lentz, of Philadelphia, spent Saturday with Eugene Geuther and family.
Miss Louise Worthington, of Ris¬ ing Sun, Md., is spending some time with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Fleck.
M. L.  Kohler Killed.
Martin L. Kohler, real estate oper¬ ator, of Wynocte, was drowned, when an automobile he was driving plung¬ ed through a fence, over an embank¬ ment 25 feet in height and into a canal, near Easton.
His daughter, Mrs. Frederick H. Bates, of Rydal, who was with him, was seriously hurt and is in the Eas¬ ton  hospital.
Worry over the outbreak of infan¬ tile paralysis led Kohler to take the trip which cost his life. He .was staying with his three grandchildren, the children of Mrs. Bates, while their mother was spending some time at Stroudsburg, Pa.
The children are 12, 6 and '3 years old. Fearing that they would take the disease while their mother was away, Kohler decided last week to bring Mrs. Bates back home. He left for Stroudsburg on  Saturday.
On the return trip Sunday he was driving his car along the Delaware river road, which runs parallel to the Lehigh Navigation Company's canal At Raubsville, flve miles below Eas¬ ton, he turned his car to a side of the road to pass another automobile.
Suddenly the fender of Kohler's car crashed through the frail board fence on the edge of the canal, the front wheels hung over the edga for an in¬ stant, and then the car plunged down the 25-foot embankment into the wa¬ ter.
PENLLYN.
Rev. P. F. Pershing is spending home time here with his son, E. J. Pershing.
Mr. W. H. Adams spent Saturday at Burlington, N. J.,  with his mother.
While swimming in the lake of E. J. Pershing Harry Lancaster ran a lishing hook in hi.s leg and required the service of a phy.sician.
O. M. Parsons is on tho sick list.
John Anhorn has accepted a posi¬ tion in Germantown.
HORSHAM AND' UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest t© Many Readers.
Ferguson's   Horsham   Operation—Hor>- sham   Peaches   Ripening—Jarrettowt* Church   to   Celebrate   51st   Anniver¬ sary—Dresher   Notes. John  Park, of Horsham,  has  plaJit- ed  four acres of rutabagas.
C. W. Willard, of llallowell, has ordered  a  SOO-gallon  gasoline   tank.
F. D. Mewhinney, of Dresher, ha» the horses made in his flne fleld ot corn.
Miss Marguerite Webster has agatm resumed her duties at Hatboro Na¬ tional bank after several day.s' IllnesS- Miss Emma Wilson, of Newtown^ visited Horsham friends Thursday, and  Friday.
Arthur Fell and two daughters. Of Horsham, visited relatives In Doyles¬ town on Sunday.
Mrs. John Seiple has been enter¬ taining her sister, Mrs. Shaffer, ot West Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Barnett, Ot Dresher, entertained Philadelphia, friends  on   Sunday.
Walter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil¬ liam McCormick, of Dresher, is muci* iiiipioved in health.
Miss Elizabeth Kalabat'h, of Di-esh-. er, has been spending a week witi* her  aunt  in   Philadelphia.
Joshua Atkinson and family, ot Hallowell, on Saturday attended tha Luff  family reunion at  Richboro.
Joseph J. Chambers, of Halloweir, is tearing down and rebulldingr Bt chimney in the rear of his house.
Mrs. Harry Rutherford and Mrs.. Charles Rutherford, of Hallowell, vis¬ ited Doylestown Tuesday afternoon- Mrs. Elizabeth McK. Downs has re¬ turned to Fordhooke farm, Thre0 Tuns, after a trip to Colorado Springs- James Ramsey and family, of Hor¬ sham, spent Sunday afternoon, withi K. C. McConnell and family at JaXv rettown.
Miss Martha McConnell has retumv ed to Jarrettown after several weeks'" stay with her grandmother at Hon¬ eybrook.
Mrs. Jonathan Stackhouse has re¬ turned to Hallowell after a week's! stay at Penns Grove and other near¬ by places.
James Beresford, one of the old res¬ idents of the K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, has been conflned to llis hed-. with illness.
Mrs. Charles W. Willard, of Hallo¬ weU, spent Tuesday visiting her- daughter, Mrs. Charles Weber, at Bridesburg.
Miss Eth*l Robinson has returneS' to her duties in the Dresher postofRca- after having been on the sick list for several days last week.
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Oscar   Stevenson,   ot • Chester,   and     Miss   Elizabeth   Buck- man,   of  Cold   Point,   visited   relatives in   Horsham  on  Sunday.
Hancock castle. No. 88, K. G. E... ot- Norristown, will conduct religious services next Sunday atternoon at the home at  Davis Grove.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shaffer, of Am-
I bier,     were   guests     of   the     former'a
grandparents,     Mr.   and   Mrs.   George,
Zeitler,   Sr.,   at   Horsham,   ou   Monday.
evening.
Er£a.-.NaHb, of-HaUowellr   	
Cribb, Mi£8»"nbb and Mi.ss Mabelle. Freas, of Horsham, on Sunday mo¬ tored to the Delaware Water Gap ana Stroudsburg.
John   Park,   of  Horsham,   Is  plcklng- tbe first of his early peaches.    He re¬ ports   a  lean   crop,   although   he  says I he  will  have  some  fine  iieaohes  later- on  in the season.
At the home ot J. M. Megargee, Hallowell, on Tuesday afternoon the.- mercury registered 100 degrees In the shade. At Freas' store, Horsham, th^ registry was 98 degrees.
As a result of the races held re¬ cently on the Nash, track at Hallo welt the six fire companies interested wilt share the receitps on a basis of about. $14 each. The Horsham company jp^ one of the six in the group.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Willard, of Port Washington, visited C. W. 'Wil¬ lard and family at Hallowell on Sun-, day. The former Mr. Willard haa- secured an agency with the Metropoli¬ tan Life Insurance company.
J. M. Megargee, of Hallowell,, threshed out his wheat last week, an* from nine acres ho had a yield o^ 222 bushels, or nearly 25 bushels to- the acre. Walter Kneezel's crop froiiv 5% acres yielded 160 bushels.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Tyson and Miss Emma Tyson, of Horsham, on- Friday visited Harold and Russell Tyson at their camp. Point Pleasant,, with the McKean Sunday school boys- The latter returned home Saturday- after a delightful  outing.
H. S. Nash, of Hallowell, and Har¬ vey D. Thompson, of Horsham, at¬ tended the Byberry races Saturday. Charles Stackhouse, of Hallowell, and Chalkley Stackhouse, of Horsham, hafl- horses  entered   in   the   contests.
Benjamin Eves and family, George^ Potts and family and George Schaf¬ fer and family, of Jarrettown, and Ro¬ bert Campman and family, of White¬ marsh, enjoyed a 162-mIle motor trip, through southern New Jersey on Sun¬ day.
Jonathan Stackhouse, of llallowell^ is harvesting the first of his peaches, and while the, fruit is not plentiful It is of fine flavor. About 200 basket.% have been picked, or 100 ba.skets were sold Monday to local trade about Wil¬ low Grove and Hatboro. Mr. Stack- house has planted 11 acres of ruta¬ bagas and complains that the dry- weather threatens the crop. He haa thinned out the plants and intenda trying a spray of "Pyrox" for the fly which promises to devastate the crop. It is stated on reliable authority that leo lots on the Ferguson tract, Horsham, have been sold, and the Krewson bungdlow is also reported disposed of. At present the woods is being cleared out and a lake excav¬ ated which will be quite an ornament to the property. The concrete breast;, for the dam is completed, and a force- of men is digging out the channel. The lake will be about six feet in depth at the breast and taper off to the westward to about two feet in depth. Strong sjirings and the Pen- nyjiack creek will supply the lakfj and nlong Us banks on either side will be the splendid woods, and a drive- w-ay will be constructed. A rear out¬ let to the property will also be open¬ ed from tbe lake drive to the road¬ way.
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