The Ambler Gazette 19210106

              The ambler Gazette.
\    VOIi. XXXVIIe-NO.   51
AMBLER.   PA..   JANUARY   6.   1921.
S1.75   A   YEAR
COLD,POINT PLYMOUTH.
Bappenings ot Locsrt Interest to Our Readers.
Plymouth's New Township Govern¬ ment to Become Effective Jan. 1, 1922—Many Men Out of Work— Harmonville and Hickorytown Notes. A   daughter  was   born   Saturday  to
Mr.   and   Mrs.  Vickers  Tailbutton,   of
HrrmonvUle.
Mr. and Mi's. Joseph Markfr, Jr., ancl
family   of     Harmonville,     spent     tihe , week-end    with Lewis B. Shepherd at
iS'pring'Jale farm, Washington Square. A "boom"  .sign has been erected at
Harmonville on thle Ridge pike by the
t^onshohooken   chamber   of   commerce.
A directing arrow  on  the  sign  points
to  Conshohocken,     15.000   inhabitants,
'i2 industriala
Mrs, Jacob Hart, of Cold Point, vls- ite'1 Mrs. Katharine Hart in Philadel- pniu, who is recovering from her re¬ cent illness.
The E. J. Lavino company, Ply¬ mouth meeting, has been receiving vast quantitiles of ore from its mines abroad. ITbie ships are loaded into caJs at Port Richmond and sent over the Keading line to this place. Each vessel contains 176 carloaxls of orte. Over the Trenton Cut-off the Lavino company Is also receiving large con¬ signments of magnesitb a dozen cars ha .'ing recently been unloaded. Thq company is pushing ahead wl^ th© installation of the electric-driven ma¬ chinery in the brick making depart- mlemt and will be in splendid posltiort •when the expected building boom ar¬ rives tliila summer.
A beautiful Christmaa tree is to be d <en in the home of Sugene Lightkep, Hickorytown, which abounds with vari-colored balls, tinsel, coloHs an4 all the Other pretty things to make the room a genuine fairyland.
The house in Hickorytown, ownied by Mrs. Zeigler, la being greatly im¬ proved by the aJddition of new wlndowi and door framea in thfe front .also having had a front, porch erected. The property Is tenanted by George De- Haven.
The Raymes fartp. house eaa[t of Cold Poipt, has had the tin roofs and spouting repaired.
Miss Marion McCoy, of Norristown, spent] the week-end as the guest of Miss  Laila  Marple,   Hickorytown.
J^nyi HannoniDSlW realdifents, em¬ ployed in the Conshohocken and Nor¬ ristown manufacturing plants are chafing because of the lack of em¬ ployment, and certain it is that if the dull times continue there will be suf¬ tering  in  aome  local  familiea  .
On Friday wa-s held the funeral of Jennie, wile of Leroy FVench, of De¬ Kalb atreet and borough line. She had ibeen ill for some months. Besides her husiband she leaves three daugh¬ ters,   Cora,   wife   of   Harry   Lightkep,
JjJUUIlMh'..-MlWititJWgu'f.-* 'i'l' " I -]r''*H»-—*^'-»^*«.'' "^ttnt;
i^T^aToi^ofih'of  whom reside at
^The funeral of John E. Duffleld of near Narcissa, was held on Saturday Xrnoon from his late residence The deceased, who di^ suddenly, resided on the Morris Williams farm.
T^'ink Stead, who  is well known m the   (k.ld  Point  section,   has   disposed  phia Marcih 9, 1920. <)f   his   farm   near   Wycombe,   whioh |     Be.sidlpe hi.s  wife  he  is  survived   by he Tjurchased in  1919. i his  parents,  three  brothers,   Raymond
Mrs    Harry   Miller,   of   Cold   Point,   and We.sley R.  Gardner    f Utica, and on Wednesday afternoon of I'.-tet wtek, ] Elmer L. of Gwyne'ld Valley, Pa., and
LOCAL POST MEMBER DIES.
Walter E.Gardner.Struck by Shrap¬ nel in Ars:onne.
Entered    the    Service   from    Gwynedd
Valley—Trained at Camp  Meade and
Went   Overseas  July  8,   1918—Death
Result of Wound.
After two operations for the remov¬ al of shrapnv?l which crashed through, his stewl helmet, .September 28, 1918 when neiir Montfaucon he was helping to smash the great German defensive system Of the Argonne, Walter Ku¬ gene Gardner, formerly of Utica, N. Y., died at 2:10 o'clock p. m., Dec. 27. in the hospital of th^' University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.    _
-¦V letter had been receiv.nl it few days ago by hia parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Gardner of 711 Mulberry street, Utica, speaking bi-avely of-the advisability of a second operation on his skiiill and of his not minding it in any way. Word came of the fatal re.sults wMoh vnsued after infection set in.
While a member of the Three Hun¬ dred and Twefth Machine Gun Battal¬ ion, of the Seventy-ninth Division, the young man received his wound in one of the hottest drives of the whole Ar¬ gonne campaigne. A piece of hurt¬ ling .shrapnel, a fraction of an inch in diameter, penptrated the steel head covering and imbedded itself deeply into his skull. When he recovered consciousness he found that he had been opk>rate»d on and the piece of steel had been removed. But paraly¬ sis of his head and part of his left side and aphasia supervened. For two months he was unable to talk, learn¬ ing only to articulate gradually.
For 18 months he was an inmate of hospitals in Prance at Fox; Hills. Staten Island, and at Cape May. being discharged February 28, 1920. But wjhilB the grafted bone that replaced the shattered piece of skull grrew heal¬ thily, his wound troubled him and he submitted to an operation, recover¬ ing rapidly.
Last fall he entered a government rehabilitation school of Newark, Del., where he was studying agriculture, when a tiny bit of .steel, which had never been removed from the wound, caused it to trouble him afresh. The. second operation was advised and un¬ dergone cheerfully. Its success was only defeated by the developing of in¬ fection.
Walter Eugene Gardner was born im Utica August 23, 1892, a son of Alfred J. and Ella E. Gardner. He was edu¬ cated in the Mandville street anti the old Advanced schools. Aftgr working for several years in the offlce of Eg- hlert Bagg, he took a course of agricul¬ ture at Cornell University in the win¬ ter of 1910 and 1911, specializing in poultry.
In   North     Dakota.
then came east an/l followed the same vocation at Gwynedd Valley Pa., until called to service November 2. 1917. He trained at Camp Meade, Md., and went overseas July f, 1918.
A particularly sad featiu-e is that he leavea a yooing wife. He was marriet^ to Jliss Fannie L. Connor at Philadel-
OBITUARY.
(Hii.-lers as follows:   Charles . of Phila-
MARY S.  XASir. Mary S.  Nasl\ died on  Thursday at the home  of her daughter,  Mrs.  Ella
E. Pott.«i, Fort Washington avenue, Fort Washington, after a short illrtes.-i in the 86th year of her age,       '
The deceiised, whose maiden name was I'almer, was born in Horsham and married Fred IT. .Nash, who re¬ .sided in Upper Dublin towrt.ship, own¬ ing one of the properties now compris¬ ing the Lindenwold farms of Dr. R, V. M.attison.      Mr. Nasb died in 1887,
The following sons and daughters survive: Harry S., of Hallowell; Ella E., wife of the late late Thomas Potts, of Fort Washington; Frank, of Phila¬ delphia, and Anna, wife of the late A. H. Manderbach, of Fox Chase.
The funeral was held on Monday iifternoon at 2 o'clbck from the home of .Mrs. Potts, Fort Washington, and Interment was made in St. Thoma-s' cemetery.
KATE HEIST.
Kate, widow of thje late Milton H. Heist, died at the residence of her son, Allen, of Skipiiack. Aged 70 years.
The funeral was held Dec. 30. In- t^iTTient at Trinity Reformed ceme¬ tery, Telford.
Her husband dleil about 1.5 yeai-s ago.
ABRAHAM  L.  AI^DERPER.
Abraham L, son of Wilmer A. and Katie M. Alderfer, residing north of Hatfield, on the Cowpath road, died last Friday eviening Dec. 24, of Bright's di.sease. . Aged 3 years and .5 days. Besides the parents he is survived by a brother, John and a .sister, Caroline.
Funbral was heli Wednesday after¬ noon with services and interment at at i-Yiinconia Mennonite Meeting house.
ABRAHAM   G.   GRATER.
Death, Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 28, claimed Abraham G. Gratter, lumber merchant and proL mlnent churchman, and who for many years was actively identifled vrith affairs in Norristown. Mr. Grater was 85 years of age. He was the preteidtent of the Gnater-Bodey liumber company. The deceased was long Identified with the Reformed Idh^ch of thfe IUr>tfc<l lState,/», and' Trinity Reformed church, Norristown, stands as a testimonial to his efforts in the upbuilding of the religiouls work of the community. He was' also active in tihe synodical work of the dl»nomination, and as such stood high In the Councils of the general and Eastern synod. At the recent (session of the Eastern Pennsylvania synod hje was re-named to important committees and also re-elected to the posts he has held on thee Curchi Boards. He took a keen intlerest irf the development of Ursinus college, of which he hal* baen a -Trustee, and in Bethany Orphans'- home, Womels¬ dorf.
PHEBE  A.  METERS.
Phebe A.,  wife   of  the late  Thomas
F. Meyers, died at her home, 808 Eu¬ clid avenue, Ambl.?r, Decemher 29th,. al'tar -lixi illnes*;._ of, sevvSt wieeks, w«*eh "was the iidult of an accident, blood poisoning being the cause of death. The deceased lived herieabouts all her life, being a resident of Whit¬ pain township and Gwynedd Valley before coming to Ambler. Sliie was 62 years of age at the time of her death Her ancestors were life-long residents
(Iilphia; Michael, of Mingo; William or Royersford; Clara, wife of Jacob Cooke, of Spring City; Hannah, wife or Hoy Fegley, of Mingo; Mary, wife of Charles Dunlap, of Philadelphia; Anne, wifle of David Anderson, of Col¬ legeville.
Tho deceased was a member of the l'nion  .Mechanics of America and the _ International    Moulders' union.    Local! 15.
'l"Hu funeral  was  held  this Wednes¬ day trom his late residence and inter¬ ment was made in Hatboro cemetery. MAY  C. ASSENHEIMER.
May C. wife of Edward A. Assen- hein+er,' died at her home. Ridge and Butler avonues. Ambler, Tuesday, Jan¬ uary 4. The deceased was 36 years of age, and besidea her hmsband leaves pne daughter and son. Silie is also survived by one sister, who reside'^ in Philadelphia. Kurteral services will be held .it the house at 1.30 o'clock Fiiday iitternoon with service.s in) Calvary .Methodist Episcopal church at 2.   Interment in Rose Hill cemetery.
FIRE COMPANY r BONDS DRAWN.
25 of the  j^lOO Bonds to Be Paid Off.
HOPSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest la Nany Readers.
deliglhtfully   entertained   the   members   one   sister of her Sunday school class in the Cold J Utica, Point  Baptist  Sabbath cshool.
Mrs. Clinton B. Hinchman, of Har¬ monville, has been visiting her daugh¬ ter,   Mrs.   Corson   StevenKS,   of   Valley
Forge,
Roy Supplee, of Kulpsville, spent Saturday and Sunday in Harmonville with Steeper Carr.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lightkep, of Norristown, and Miss Amanda Bell, of Narcissa, were visitor's of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Kex on Nlew Year's day at Hickorytown.
Mr. and. Mrs. Samuel Fisher, Sr., gave a New Year's dinner at their home to tiheir ohildren and grandchil¬ dren.
Miss Amanda Wissler, of Latisdale, spent the week-end with hier father, Mr. and .Mrs. Christian Win.sler, in Hickorytown.
Mr. and Mrs. William Beiitty and son, of NorrD.stown, were visitors of Mr. and Mra. Eugene Lightkep on New Year's daj{ in Hickorytown.
V/illiam Wilson, on Sunday vi.sited his mother, Mrs. Schaffer, of Audubon.
Mrs. Joseph Maxwell, of Hickory¬ town
Miss   Myrtle   Gardner   of
The dead seihyice man was a mem¬ ber of the Masonic and Odd Fellows' fraternities and also of the Norton Downs, Jr.. Post No. 125, American Legion, .A.mbler. He was well known in his native city, and highly liked for his manly qualities. Th|e sympathy of many friends will be extended to his family, -who had been encouraged by the pos.sibility of his complete re¬ covery as a result of thl> operation.
Whitemarsh Womeln Elect. The Whitemarsh Women's Citizen's committee, recently orgranized, held an election of (Kjers at the home of Mrs. William Ambler, at Plymouth Meeting The object of the league is to study the laws un'er whieh we live and the rules of elections. To work for better government, better sehool facilities, township improvements and a wholo '^ome eommunity spirit. The follow¬ ing otflcers were chosen: t'hairwom- an, .Mrs. William White; vice, chair¬ woman.   Miss   Helen   Livezey;    recoi-d-
  ing secretary, Mrs. C.  H.  Burke, coire-
taken on Sunday to Hahnemann j sponding   secretai-y.   Mrs.   A.   P.   Am-
WHITPAIN AiVD L. GWYNEDD.
Who's Wbo and What's A^hat in tbe Two Townships
Theremin be a meeting of the Low¬ er Gwynedd Township League of Wo¬ men Voljers Thuif.siday, January 13, at 3.1.') p. m., to be held in the Friends' school house, Gwynedd, opposite. Wm. Penn Han. .Miss Helen C. Livezey, state organizer, will address the meet¬ ing. Everyone interested i/s cordially Invited.
The j^oung men's Glass of Boehm's Refoimed Sunday school gave a sur¬ prise reception on Monday evening in honor of the birthday of their teach¬ er, Mr. Prank Hibshman which was attended by il or more members and ft-fends. Games and social Intercourse most delightfully passed the evening and refreshmient.s> were served. Mr. Hibschman was the recipient of a handsome gift in honor of the event. Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Anson announce the engagement of their daughter, Ruth L., to Mr. Lewis T. Troster, of Owynedd, Pa.
If you want to do yourself or youf family a real service, see Joseph C. Shoemaker or Edward H. Phipps about taking sharefe in the Ambler Building and Loan Association. New series be¬ gins January 8, 1921.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hoover, Mr. .and Mrs. John Pi-eston were enter¬ tained on Sui(iday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. Harold Hoov¬ er, of Ambler.
The Mite Society, of Boehmls church Will hold its monthly meeting at the Wbme of Mra. Reuben Beyer in Ambler tMs Thursday afternoon. "TThe Whitpain township schools re- opt-netUion., TuesdayMM -   ¦ - '-^i
-Hdih. Annie, Katie, €^1^ ind Ada RobeSts, of Blue Bell; Enos Roberts and family, of New Jersey spent New Year's day at Hatfield.
-Mrs.   Emily   Nash   is   very   ill   with erysiplas at the home of her daughter, .MrB.\Harry  Tippin,  of Blue  Bell. .Mr.   and   Jlrs.   J.   C.   Bernhard,   of i West  CWester,  spent  the  week-end  at of  Whitpain   township.       -Mr.<.  .Meyers   ,he     home   of   .Simon    Baringer     and was the daughter of the late Septimus   jamiiy_  ^t Gwvnedd Valley, and Ellen H. Roberts, who tit one time      Mr.   and   Mrs.   Uaniel   Erb,   of   Blue owned       the     farm     on     the       road   Bell  spent  Sunday  with   Lewis  Biddle leading .from   the   Skippack   pike  just  and family, of Ambler, north   of     School   House   road,     and       john   Reyner   and   familv,   of   Blue whieh   litter   became   the   property   of   i;,.]]^ spent Xew Year's dav at Ivyland. .Mr.  Kulp.      The  deceased  is  siu-vived ,     ^^j^s. Carmon Heaton, of Huntingdon
Viilley, is spending some time with her mother,  .Mj-.^. Clara Duffleld.
Montgomery Trust Co., Norristown, Announces the Numbers Drawn—. Funds at  Hand  to  Redeem.
Pursuant to instructions fr.om the Wi9.sahickoin Fire company, of Ambler, the Montgomery Tru.st Company, of Norristown, has drawn for payment 25 $100 bonda of the flre company bear¬ ing the following numbers: 6, 11, 19, 23, 29, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 49. 50, 74, 76, 7S, Sl, 83, 89, 92. 125, 128, 133, 136, 138, and  140.
Persons holding bonds of the above numbers may obtain the principiil and interest due Jan. 1, 1921, by present¬ ing same to the Montgomery Trust company. Norristo-«*n.
WEDDED.
hospital Philadelphia whtre she will bier: tiieasurer, Mrs. H. O. Young. Ifl undergo' treatments. I is the desire  of the  organization  that
Samuel I'VeiUs and son were Sunday j aH woman of the community become guests of Mr. and Mr.s. Eugene Ligiht- j members. The meeting will be alter- kep in Hickorytown. i nate afternoon  and   evening  meetings.
The   W.   Johns   JManville   company
The deceased is survived by the lollowing ehildren; Laura E.. Ida C, Uscar 11., and Cora -A., all of wthom re.side iit hom". The following sisters survive: Lizzie R., Sue R., and Jane L., who now reside in Chester eounty. The  funeral   services  were
hV'ld Saturday and interment was miide in the Plymouth Friend.s' ceme¬ tery at Plymouth Meeting.
JAMES OTTINGER. James Ottingjer, of Fort Washington, died Friday after hitving been 111  for' several  montha,   in   the  69th   year   of his age.
H/e  was   born   in   Shannonville,  this eounty,   on  Jan.   6,   1852,   and  married Lucinda   Walls,   of   Maryland.       They remained   in   Shannonvilfe  for  several ye;ira(    iiiiil    then    for   more   than    20 ye:i  s     resided   in   Flourtown,  and   lat- i terly the deceased has mii'ie his home I ilt  l<"ort   WiUshington,   bfing a.s.sociated in   the   plumbing  busine.ss  with   Carrie ottinger.  wife of  his  son Friink,  who died    aeveral    yeiirs    ago.        His   wife I died aJbout live years ago.      He leavtes • a   daughter,    Matilda,   wife   of   Adam McCrorck,   of   l-'lourtown.       There   aro iilso   two   brothers,   John   iind   Charle*^, both  of   whom   reside  in  New Jersey. The   funeral   Wiis   held   Tuesday   af¬ ternoon ilt 2 o'clock from his late resi
^^¦api ^^ffa
which i<ecently opeSed limestone quar¬ ries along the Plymouth branch of the Reading railroad in Whitemarsh town¬ ship, have commenced shipping the limestone to the plant at Manville, N.
J.
Plymouth townnship, wOilch by the recent c.?nsuis, will automatically be¬ comie a townahip of the first class will not have the required township gov¬ ernment by commissioners until next Jan. 1, 1922. At the fall election of this year the necessary flve commis¬ sioners, the township treasurer, etc.. will be elected, all of whom will as¬ sume office with the advent of the new! v^cjir, and the treasurer will close up iiig booktj, .TS usual, witlhi tho flrst ',randay in  i-ccember of this year.   A
lapplementai account will carry the affairs along until Jan. 1, when the new offlcials will assume charge. Thero need bsi no abrupt change in town¬ ship government, and the necessity appai'ently does not now exist for ex- tenslye lighting sy.stem of Illuminated highways at that time, nor a polioei forc^, nor fire plugs, eto. In othei* words with Plymouth's attairs so well taken care of as at present, its roads systematically and economically im- p oved and the returns from the pre- li t low tax rate so judiciously ex- j.ended there aeems to be ample ground for continuing the same policy under tha new government to prevail after nJext Jan. 1st. Of course, there will be some added e-xpenses incident lo the new government, but there is a whole lot of expense that can best be jKistponed until the taxpayers desire to ^houader the bill.
Mrs. Joseph Markle, Sr., Of Con- r.v.ohocken    pike,  Hai-monville,    spent
-l.e Week-end in Manayunk viisiting her daughter. Mrs. Sylvester.
(Continued on page I.)"
Soot At Ambler at Ambler Jan. 1 1921.
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On Xew Year's day the following scores were made at a shoot on the Ambler grounds:
Fir.st Event-15 targets. A. Houpt 14, C. Refsnider 14, J. Yowel 14, P. Pfleger 13, O. Houpt 13, R. Smith 13. X. Hibbs 12, J. Houpt 11. L. Buchanan 9,  P. Riley 8, H. Applier 5. C.  Stout 4.
Second E\'ent-15 targets. A. Houpt 13, J. Houpt 13, R. Smith 13, P. Pfle¬ ger 12, O. Houpt 12, J. Yowell 12, N. Hibbs 11. L. Buchanan 11, F. Riley IM, C, Refsnider 10, C. Stout 8, H. Ap¬ plier 6.
Third Event-15 targets. -A.. Houpt 14 P. Pfleger 13. X". Hibbs 12, P. Rlley 12. J. Yowell 11. O. Houpt 11, M. Yow¬ ell 11. Vandegrift 10, J. Houpt 9, C. Ref.snidtr 7, H. AppUer 7.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Hoover, Mr. and .Mrs. Wiilt'.-r Hand, of Blue Bell; Em¬ ma and Anna Shoemaker, of Xorris¬ town, spent Sunday with P. Clifford Dernhard and  f.imily.
Mrs. Marietta Hoover and family attended the Hoover reunion in I'hiladelphia on New Year's day.
Mr. FVank Hibschman and family spent .Saturday with the former's l,rother    at Collegeville.
The following program w.as render- I ll in Boehm'/s ohurch on Sunday eve¬ ning at the Missionary meeting: Or- giin voluntary, Daniel Tippin, Scrip¬ ture lesson, Anna Rossiter; duet, Ruth and Margaret Walton: reading. Helen I i-iher; duet, Ea'I and Huth Wo,>d: iriidlng, Ada Hoover; --olo, Mildred I'liffleld; i«-ading, .'Mr.s. Wilmer Mar- llc; doubl.' duel, Mrs. George Hoover, .Mrs. Clai-ence Zimmeimiin, .Mrs. .Ma¬ tliias Booz iind RdithfRoberts; address^ y.i'v. J. D. Detrich.
The    \Vlhiti)a/ln   /iliimni    rendered \'-vy   ijleasing   program   last      Friday . vening at the high school.    Cocoa and .Miidwiche/i were servdd.f'
The funeral of John Duffleld was iielJ   on   Saturday afternoon   from  his
Ite re.sidence interrrfent  was made at
LOBB—KRICK.
Winllleld T. Lobb, one of the best known fniterni'ty men of Conshohock¬ en, was married on Dec. 30 to Miss Alary Alice Krick, of Duncannon, Pa., a trained nurse at the Norristown state hofcpital. Rev. A. C. R. Keiter, Grace Lutheran church, offlciated. The oouple were atlended by .Mr. aad Mrs. Henry Jackson the latter a sister of the groom. The groom is the head of the electrical department of tihe Schuylkill Iron worl*, and was re¬ cently choslbn president of No. 2 fire company of that borough.
SCOTT—COUGLB.
In the presence of more than 60 guests, comprising the immediate fam¬ ilies. Miss Adalene Thatcher Couglel on Tuesday. Dec. 28th, becam^ the bride of Mr. Ian Gralnt Scott^f Am¬ bler. The wedding took ppce at the honte of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James C. Cougle, in Bloomsbuiry N. J. The ceremony was performed by Dr. Arthur C. James, of Philadelphia, Pa., a former pastor, of Ambler, as¬ sisted by Rev. William Burd, pastor bf the Bloomsbury, N. J., M. E. church
TWe ring was il.sed to seal the vows. George R. Scott, a brother of the grom acted as best man, and the bride was given away by her father. She was attired in a gown of brocaded satin \tei"led with lace and trimmed with pearls, s^nd she carried a bouquet of whito roses and sweet peas. The parlor was simply but effectively die¬ corated with evergreens. Following congratulations a wedding breakfast [•was sei-ved by Easton caterers.
The Wiedding presents were numer¬ ous, beautiful and varied, and includ¬ ed $1090 in money.
Amid a rtiower of rice Mr. and Mrs. Scott left by automotfile for Phillips- burg, where thoy boards a train fo<i Philadeljihia, the destination, for tbeir Hoheymooh being Washlngtan, D. C.
The bride is a graduate of the C. C. I.- at Hacketlstown, N. J., and promin¬ ent jn social circles in Easton and Jersey  City.
The bridegroom was graduated from Lafa.vette College with the Class of 1919. Mr. Scott was a member of the Football squad during the four yeard tif his college course, being captain- elect of the 1918 team, but not serv¬ ing nwing to Iliis enlistment in tha navy . He entered the offlcer's ma- teri.rl i .solioiil lilt the Univijr.iity ot Pennsylvaniii iind won an ensign's commission.
He'is a member of the -\Iphii Chi Rho fraternity iiml ' Wiis prominent in cellege activitie.s. He is ii son of Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Scott, of Tennis avenue. Ambler.
WEST   POINT
dence Fort Washin,gton, and interment ! jyy Hill cemetery.      He leaves a wife
was  miide marsh.
in  Union oemetery.  White-
daughter and three sons.
The monthly meeting of lhe West Point Fire company was held Monday evening.
There continues to be a good supply of eggs received by local dealers. This, many poultry men claim, is on account of the warm weather during the past week or two. The plentiful supply continues to cause the price to di'op.
John Shuman has purchased a Eeo Seda'n.
A number of our local target fchoot- ers attended tihe shoot at Centre Point .\' w, Yeai'.s iliiy. There were many ,.\1. rt trail .sliooter.-< thi e, hence the reason for sportsmen ifturning with- cut   ii;iy   (if  the  prizes.
Cliiude   Leister,   ii    member    of    the fiieliilly    ef   t'ornell    eullkge been   six nilin;;   tilie   holidayi a i parents.   .Mr.   and   Mrs.   ,[iiaiic   i^eister, has retuined  to his duties at the col¬ lege.
The break of tihe main shaft h.aving been reiiaired, the Wie.st Point Foun¬ dry Co. is iiaain in operalion. It is reperted that there are orders on the books at this time to keep the plant running during the  e,jiIirV'. >eiir.
Car  H|ts Trolley.
JVhere the tracks of the Reading Transit company cross the Ridge pike at Black Horse .what may be a fatal accident occurred Saturday afternoon An automobile collided with a trolley car and Andrienne Andrews, 43, of 243 Lauriston street, Wis.sahickon, is in Montgomery hospitl in what is eonsid- erfed a serious, if not critical, condi¬ tion ,    „
It -us feared he has a fractured skull Two other men who were in the ma¬ chine had their injuries dressfed at the ho.spital and were discharged.
—A thief stole a nickle ra^to ^^tch from Samuel A. Hellyer's car, which he left standing in a shed at the rear of his store in Doylestown.
—Rev. C. W. Schiffer, rector of Holy Trinity Episcopal church, .Lansdale, for four years, has accepted to call to the Church of the Holy Comforter, Philadelphia.
DAX^BL   CAMPMAN,   SR.
Daniel 'Campman, Sr.,' a well known farmerof the three Tuns section, died Thursday at the home of hiis daughter Mrs. Edward Thomas, Lindenwold farms. Ambler, in the 82nd year of his age. .
He was born in Philadelphia in: March, 1831, and removed to the Three Tunis locality 4 0 yetu's iigo, whiere he farmed until a few yetu-s ago. He married Annie Leafheiul, of German- town, who survives with the following sons and <taughters; Jane, wife ofi Mark Stout, of Philadelphia, Daniel of Three Tun!.s; I..aurii wife of Edward Thomas, Lindenwold farms, Ambler; Robert of the Meade farm, Whitpain, township, near Amblier: John, of War- i rington, Bucks County; Elsie, wife of i Q. Herman Arnold, of .A.mbler, Anna, wife of Allison Whitcomb, of Ambler; Rus|;ell, assistant steward state hos¬ pita Norristown; George of Miaknl, Florida. One daughter, Jeanette, wife of Walter Summers, is deceased.
The funeral !<«rvices were held .Sun¬ day afternoon from the home of Mr. and Mrs. Eldward Thomas, Ambler, itnd' Uit<<rmdn,t wSui* miide in Rosef Hill cemetery.
GEORGE  HESSLER.
George Hessler, of n«ar Xiircissa, died on Dec. Slst after a short illness, aged   36  years.
He was the son of the late Michael and Hannah Hessler, and was born near Royersford. Gn June 15, 1907, he married Anna Mohs, of Philadelphia, and they resided in that city, where,] Mr. Hcseler was employied as a mould er.
Besidea  thvj wife  he leaves childrea
as follows:   George, Osw:ald, Ida, Mit-
I'chell   and   wait  r,   and   brot'.'^l'Ts   and
SPRINGHOUSE.
Mr. Henry Ingersoll and sister. Miss .leannie Hobart Ingersoll, returned to 1 hiladelphia for tiii.' winter on Mon- -liiy.
The best paying investment and the lust way to save money is to take .shares in the old reliable and well managed Ambler Building and Loan As.sov;iation. Walter Hallowell will tell you all about it.
Walter Bright, Jr.. is the proud pos- .<( ssor of a new bicycle.
.Vlfred Baldwin and family have tak-" cn apartments at Kuebler's hotel for llie winter.
.Miss Mary Strehle, of Lan.sdale, vis¬ ited relatives at this place on Sunday.
.Mlsb Clara Dotta is suffering with .-> severe  cold.
.Miss Elsa Bright fell and 'friictureJ Ik r thumb.
Lower Gwynedd townsihip is eriect- ii.i; subistantial signboards in our vil- liiMi'. The iron posts are set in concrete foundations.
.Mrs. Richard Pim, who formerly re- si'led in this vicinity, and who is now .SJ.ending the winter in Altadena Cal., ni.ide the entire journey with' friends by automobile. , Mrs. Pim reports mitgnificent scenery, pleafcant weather and good roads throughout the entire trip.
The Ambler Building and Loan as¬ sociiition held its annual banquet at Kuebler's hotel on Tueiaday eveningi The large diningroom was beautifully decorated with eut flowers and pre¬ sented a most attractive appearanosj. After tihe supper wab served, addrtfS? ses were madie by offlcers and direc¬ tors, .and a vote of thanks was extend¬ ed to the proprietor for the magnili¬ cent Vdecoratlons and gerJeral hospital-
,' (^tended to the guests.
Horsham  Fire Co. Elects Strong Boar*
of       Officers—HoHsham        Milkm«n'«>
Troubles—Events  at  Jarnettowtr «n*
Dresher—Miscellaneous.
Joseph Wood, Jr, of PllidladelplUa^ .spent ilonday at his farm property near Davia Grove.
John Meredith, of Horsham who has been on the sick list Is ablte to bo out again. ,        » „ .
Harry S. Nash, and family, of Hal¬ lowell, on .Monday attended the fun¬ eral of the former's mother at Fort Wjn-shington. ,    , ^
Miss Florence Whiteside, of Babylorl spent the woek-end at Coliingswood, X. J.
The Cozen estate has had a quanti¬ ty of wood sawed up by Wiiliam Koh¬ ler's outfit, which has now moved ovei* to the William Whiteidde farm for the>- same  purpose.
Waller V. Allen, of near Babylon^ who i.s tearing down the old tenantt house, is utilizing the lumber in erect¬ ing a poultry house, and the ston»- is being employed in rebuilding Ills' driveway, , j       »
RW.4Sell ML-sJi\rgeo imd famalyi or Horsiiam spent Xew Year's day wltlk- Wiilter  Kneezel and family,  Hallowell.
Horsham township schools reopieneck Monday, and the Horsham Frlenda.* School also  resumed  sessions.
On Monday A. P. Bisiey. of the K» G. E. farm, killed a flne 300-poUnd pi« to  be consumed at the home.
Arthur!    Jarrett.   of    Davis    Grove, butchered two flne young porkers on Tuei*day. .    ^
Thornton Stackhouse, of the K. ¦(«. E. home, Ihas i*ecovered from hta re¬ cent illn€tes and Is now ablQ to be outt again.
Tihe Sunday school of the Jarret¬ town church donated money to th» European sufferers, and then toys anvt money were forwarded to the Metho¬ dist orphanage,
Miiy Iremle -Smith, of Jarrettowtu- was the guest of Miss Elizabeth Mur¬ ray at the home of he latter's parent* Mahanoy City, Pa.
A pipe}«sa heater i'« being installed in the parsonage of Jai-rettown churcj*.
Mrs. Barnett, of Dresher, has beeik on the sick  list.
Jam|D9 Shieldb, aged resident, <jt Jarrettown. a patient in . the AbingrtOBI hospital, is recovering.
Emily Robinson, of Dresher. is Ufi^ and around after a brief illness-.
Mr. and Mr-s. Johnn Engle and M:ilbi, Charles W. Willard accompanied bjr' many friends will journey to Auburn-- dalie, Floa-ida, to visit Mr. and Mrs... Charles Weber. They expect to re¬ main one month or more.       ..   .....¦¦.!''¦-
Employes ^'OPTBtldd Manuafctut'inK Co., of Philadblphia, wiho reside im Oresher and Jarrettown ha^e beert laid oft.
Rev. A. G. Graham, of Jarrettown». received $50 as a gift from thi- churolk' and friends, beside many personal- gifts, from residents and a checfc- from a former church.
Jarrettown church annual chicker::- supiier,  .Saturday,   Feb.  26.
The Jarnetltown XVeiTlework gfuHot will hold an all-day meeting at tha home of .Miss il.innah Forsythe om Wedniesday, January 12, Ladles pro¬ vide as uliual.
The Horsham^oard of road super-- Vifjors met Monday evening at Nash's hotel,   Hallowell.
Horshain dairymen are feeling tt^' general depression, as the demand foit milk is not only being Ih.4sened, but the priQc-s are lowering as well. A re¬ cent drop of two cents was made im. the sale price of milk down to eight cenSs, imd now there are evidences oC another cent to bo loppad off this- month. The freight on milk from Hor.¬ sham shipped by the troUey is about. one cent pei- quart. Not only has the- demand leissened, but in addition the local farmers once in a whilo receive notice/fearly in the morning not to shin that day. Joseph Whiteside, of Hal¬ loweU received such notice on Tueeday- morning and was left with 200 quarts^ of the lacteal flull on his hand.s. ljica.1 frameils flnd no sale for their potiitoes and their hay, which hitherto has also soirl well, is also very litll,' in deiiiand
Ajug^^rturfi   .ijunk,    u|   JlUiillowell.    o#.
Thursday  attended   the  funeral  of  hia
who   has Iinother at Fern Rock  and  on  .Monday
with   his i''"^"'led tho funeral of his grut»dfather>
at Huntingdon  Valley. ,
-Mrs.   Warren   Starkey,   of   Horsham, has  been  uiulorgoing  treatment  at  thtt- Siimaritan    hospital.
Mrs. I^-ank Forker, of Horshiim, has- recovered from her recent illne:s at\d is out again.
Emery C. McConnell has purcha'sedl from the George Willard estate ths pioperty  in  Jiirrettown   which  he  haa
A. J. Fell, one of the leading poultry men of eastern Pennsylvania, was oina   "s^"  occupying, of' th.'  judges   of  the   Boston   Poultry I     ^i'"-"^-   Emma   G
Rynear   and    Misa
,.        , "»   "„ 1, '   >V\.rr.„M'Vr>i-ion^'hv"!-"^''ly ^1- Rynear, of Ambler and George, .show last week.      It would appear by, ^  |j^l^^jj_ ^^ Montana were guests ore.
"Sew Year's day of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.. Freas,   Horsham.
Mrs.  Mary Ann  Green,   formerly  ot' Horsham,   is   now   ill   at   the   homa oC* Mrs.   Burton   Satterthwaite,   Philadel¬ phia.
Frank   Cribb   and   Miss   Ida   Becker,.
this that are '.some iieople who are keeping alive the breeding of fancy poultry. A few years ago tihere were many poultry associations in this sec¬ tion and the shows held by them wero fjostructive and enjoyable features of the year as well tending to keep alive an intereet in breeding good, healthful
chickens, and it might be added that °^ Philadelphia, spent Sundiiy in Hor- these .assaciations can claim the credit sham as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ed- for  having caused  the farmei's to  do   ^^'i Cribb.
away with raising mixed breeds and, going into the raising of thoroughbredi stock.
Isaac l<eister has been painting the framework of the two large bulk win¬ dows in Harry M. Nafee's store.
At Knipe's stock yard, Hatfleld, on Monday D. S. Zern & Son local 'drov¬ ers held a successful sale of fresh and springer cows.
Four carloads of coal were received by local dealer's during the past few days, which greatly relieved condi¬ tions here.
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Struck  By  Engine  But     Little  Hurt.
.Scores of iiersons at thii! Reading station at Lansdale saw Milton Croiss- man dash around the lowered safety gates on the Doyle.stown division di¬ rectly in the path of it northbound train. He was struck by the locomotive and hurled from th't tracks. The crowd beUeved he had been Idlled or serious¬ ly injured but he was not even un¬ conscious and aro.se*from the gi-ound. nursing minor cuts.
Grossman Wiis so intent on getting to tih'e other side of tha crossing to board a train for Ph:' l?lphia that he ( WiiS iemorant of his p..i-il.
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THe. Horsham Pire  company held ar- most   interesting   session   on   Monday evening,  when   43   members  attended,. It wae one of tho very largest meet¬ ings   of   the   company   ever   held   and. proves  that  tlie organization  is  on  a. solid physical and financial basi.s. One. new member wuJs proposed. The mem¬ bership list  now numbers  97.  and tha 100 goal is,within reach.      The ques¬ tion   of   constructing     a   Ititchen   wasn- discufesed    and   it    was     decided    to secure   tentative   prices   on   the   cost, of the work.    Bills amounting to $117 wone  ordered  paid.      Tho receipts  of; the   evening   were   $78,72,   and  a  bal¬ ance remains in  the treiiKUrer's hands-; of   $444.44.       The  ,fio>rowUngt   'Offlfcers-. w(t»i-e elected  fSr  the  yeai-:   President,. Wm. J.     Tyson;      vice     presid««t,.
Theodore Dubr<ee; secretary, Raymond: Tyson; linancial scretai-y. H. H. Seiple treasurer, J. W. Preas; chief. Jerry Klilly; assistiint, Chester Duckworth:;, foreman, Theodore Dubree; chief en-~ glneer, AVilliam Seibert: truste/e, How-* ard Comly; delegates to the Mont-t- gomery County Fii-emen''s assoclatlonji. Jlerry Kelly, Edwin Cribb, Harr^' Sei¬ ple and William Satterthwaite,,