The Ambler Gazette 19160706

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AMBLER.   PA..   JULY   0,   1916
Sl.2.5   A   YEAR
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local Interest to Our Readers.
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Automobile      Accident     at      Plymouth
Meeting— Patriotic Orders at Ply¬ mouth   Church—Miss   Keys    Laid   at
Rest—Hickorytown  and   Harmonville
Notes  of  Interest.
Albert Hiltner, of Karr's lane, Har¬ monville, spent Monday in Philadel¬ phia.
Walter Rhoads, of Plymouth Meet¬ ing, has purchased an Overland tour Ing car.
Oliver Reed and family, of Harmon¬ ville, spent a few days with relatives at  Trappe.
A. G. Hawk, of Plymouth Meeting, spent a few days fishing at Beach Haven, N. J.
Mrs. William Karr, of Harmonville, on Sunday visited her aunt in Wash¬ ington Square.
Miss Mame Bowman and Leonard Beck, of Harmonville, spent Sunday In Philadelphia.
Mrs. E. H. Chick, of Plymouth Meeting, spent July 4 with relatives in West Philadelphia.
Mrs. Harry Maxwell, of Harmon¬ ville, on Sunday entertained Miss Dietz,  of Philadelphia.
Miss Adeline Fisher was the guest of Mrs. Millie Hiltner, of Harmon¬ ville, on Sunday evening.
Misses Betty and Anna Albright, of Bidge pike, Harmonville, spent July 4 with  Philadelphia friends.
The Loyal Crusaders, of Cold Point Baptist church, will picnic on July 15 on  Karr's  lawn,   Plymouth.
Elmer Gladfelder, assistant agent at Narcissa station, spent July 4 with his family at Elizabethtown.
Miss Isabel Gallagher, of Consho¬ hocken pike, Harmonville, has pur¬ chased  a  Maxwell  touring car.
Thomas and Marguerite Lance, of Manayunk, were Sunday guests at John   J.  Albright's,   Harmonville.
Mrs. Reuben Kauffman, of Har¬ monville, entertained her nieces from Philadelphia over the week-end.
Mr,^ and Mrs. Myers Hall, of Maple HUl avenue, delightfully entertained a house party over the week-end.
Guy Wheaton and family, of Oak Lane, spent Sunday with L. A. John¬ son,  Conshohocken   pike,  Harmonville.
Mrs. J. M. Berkhimer, of Harmon¬ ville, spent July 4 with her sister, Mrs. Lemuel Rodebaugh, in Hickory¬ town.
Oeorge Hiltner and family, of Con¬ shohocken, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. James Cunningham, Ply¬ mouth   Meeting. '
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Markei, of Harmonville, spent July 4 with rela¬ tives at the Shepherd place, Ply¬ mouth   township.
Mrs. Robert Paxson, son and daugh¬ ter, of Harmonville, have gone to spend the summer with Mr. Paxson at Braddock, Pa.
Miss Edna Berkhimer, of Philadel- phna, spent Thursday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Berk¬ himer, in  Harmonville.
Miss Ethel Blair, of Jeffersonville, spent Sunday with her aunt, Mrs. James Cunningham. Maple Hill ave¬ nuo, Plymouth Meeting.
Miss Helen Geisinger, of Norria¬ town. has returned home after spenrf- iiiii a few days with' 1*1*8. 'VIcker,s Tn I button in Harmonville.
Mrs. E. B. Coulter, of Washingto-,i, 1,1 C. who is spending several months In T'lymouth has been visiting Mrs. Reuben -Schwauger at Barren  Hill.
Th,e Norristown, Gwynedd and Ply¬ mouth First-day schools will picnic in Lukens' meadow on July 15. Sports, games and contests will be commenc- , ed at 2 p. m.
Miss Gertrude Myers, of Harmon¬ ville, recently entertained Miss Ella Corey, of Port Indian, and the Cress¬ man family accompanied her home and spent July 4 as Miss Corey's guests.
Mrs. Mattie Smith's Sunday school class, of the Plymouth U. E. church, gave a most successful pink tea Sat¬ urday afternoon and evening on the Plymouth church lawn. The pro¬ ceeds were very gratifying.
Leslie Atkins, who was injured 10 days ago in Chester, and who spent a week in the Chester hospital, was brought, Saturday, to the home of his sister, Mrs. Fred. Trankle, Cold Point, where he  is  gradually recovering.
The Cold Point Grange Sewing circle met Monday afternoon at the home of Mrs. M. R. Marple, "Button- wood farm," Hickorytown, and the members tendered Miss Elizabeth H. Marple a delightful surprise novelty shower in honor of her 21st birthday.
A sale of home-made bread, pies, cakes and candy, by the Sunday school class of Miss Donley, of Ply¬ mouth, will be held next Saturday afternoon at No. 136 West Main street, Norristown. Proceeds are for the parsonage fund of the Plymouth U. E. church.
About 60 members of the Norris¬ town patriotic orders and comman- daries visited Plymouth U. E. church Sunday evening and listened to a pa¬ triotic sermon delivered by Rev. Ray W. Musselman. A class of young girls executed a very appropriate flag drill, and there was also special sing¬ ing, etc.
On Monday afternoon the funeral services over the remains of Miss Emma K. Keys, at Harmonville, were largely attended, and Interment was privately made at Riverside ceme¬ tery. The floral tributes were both numerous and beautiful. The deceas¬ ed, on July 12, would have been 19 years of age.
Friends of David Smith, well known vocalist, of Cold Point, tendered him a surprise at his home, on the Broad Axe pike, in observance of the anni¬ versary of his natal day. The inva¬ ders of the Smith home included tho pastor and members of the choir of the Cold Point Baptist church, with which Mr. and Mrs. .Smith are prom¬ inently Identlfled.
Saturday evening about 11 o'clock a man and woman in a Ford roadster ran over into the gutter on the west¬ erly side of Germantown pike just south of the Reading railroad bridge. The car was turned over, and as the 'machine was of glass enclosure it was badly wrecked. The man was cut and bruised. He was rescued after much difficulty and removed to Char¬ ity hospital, Norristown. Tlie par¬ ties  reside  in  Philadelphia.
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MONTGOMERY COUNTY_LEAGUE.
Results of Recent League Battles on tbe Diamond.
Saturday's and Tuesday's Scores and Several Games Thrown Out Bring the Teams Closer Together—Ambler and Fort Washington Play a Great Game.
K. & M. A. A. played a great up-hill game last Saturday and defeated Willow Grove on Lindenwold fleld by the score of 7 tA 6. Captain Robin¬ son's batting and fielding played an Im¬ portant part in the victory. In the Hrst inning Robinson scored the Hrst run on his two-bagger and Haff's single, and in the eighth session he put across the winning tally when he singled, stole second, went to third on Haff's infield single, and a moment later he caused the visiting pitcher to make a balk that let him in. He also pulled the real field feature of the game when he caught Fisher's hard •drive in the eighth. Martin and Ea¬ ton also played an excellent fielding game, while the catching of Richie was all that could have been desired. The locals made a league record for stolen bases in this game, the total of which is as follows: Robinson, 2; Firman, 1; Eaton, 2; Scholz, 1; Buck, 3,   and   Martin   one.
The visitors, in their half of the second round, went into the lead when they scored twice. However, the lo¬ cals tied it up in the second. Willow Grove forged to the front again in tiie fourth, when one run was scored, and in the fiftlj they took a commanding lead, when they scored three runs, but the K. &. M. boys in the sixth and seventh periods again tied the score and finally won out in the eighth per¬ iod. Next Saturday K. & M. A. A. will play at Bethayres.
WILLOW GROVE AMBLER
rhoae rhoae
Angle. SB     0   0   8   1   IRobinson.cf 2   3   2   0 0
Hunter, lb  0   0   6   0   OFimian. 3b  0   0   0   0 U
Ani'er,cf.2b 112   0   OHaff. rf       0   2   10 1
Shriver, 3b 2   1   2   2   lEBton. If      12   10 1
Fisher, rf    1   1   1   0   OScholz, ss    10   3   2 1
Rapp, p,cf  0   0   12   OBuck. 2b      2   1   u   1 0
Snyder, cf   1   8   0   1   OCIeary. p     0   10   8 0
Koons, c      0   2 11   6   IMartin, lb   0   0 11   0 0
Str'er, 2b,p 0 0 11 ORichie, c 12 8 3 0 Koons, e      10   8   10
Totals      6   6 24   8   2     Totals      7 10 27   9   S
Ambler,,,. 1   1000221   x-7
Wilkiw Grove 0   2   0   1   3   0   0   0   0—6
BETHAYRES   WINS  AGAIN.
There seems to be no stopping the Bethayres team. Last Saturday Fort Washington was the victim of the powers of the champions by the score of 5 to 2. Both Plews and H. Kreps pitched good ball, but the former seemd t-o be at his best in the pinches. Next Saturday Fort Washington will play Glenside at home.
Following is the score by innings:
Bethayres 0   0   1   3 lO   0  0   1  x—6
Fort Wash'Kton 0   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1-2
GLENSIDE DEFEATS LAMOTT.
In a pitchers' battle Glenside de¬ feated La Mott at Glenside on Sat¬ urday by the score of 2 to 0. Leibert pitched a grand game for Glenside holding  the visitors to  three hits.
WYNDMOOR  WINS.
At Jenkintown last Saturday an exciting 10 inning contest was staged between Jenkintown and Wyndmoor, the forrngr winning out, .Sx the ssfiffi ot 7 to C'lSurlng the game the score was tied no fewer than four time^. >fext Saturday Wyndmoor will play La Mott at home.
AMBLER DEFEATS FORT.
Before a crowd numbering more than 3000 people, the K. & M. A. A. defeated Fort Washington on July 4 afternoon by the score of 4 to 1. There have been many games played on Lindenwold fleld, but it is doubt¬ ful if any contest was ever like this game. One terrific blow, delivered by Raymond Clary in the fourth, sent the Fort boys down to defeat, and to still further add honors to the con¬ test Henry Kindig met one of Scholz's fast ones and sent it off the playing field for a home run—the only tally scored by the visitors. No hit ever made came at a more opportune time than that of Clarey's. The stage had all been set when he walked to the plate. Firman fanned to start the round, then Haff followed with a single. Eaton drove a hot one to left fleld that should have been good for two bases, but the great crowd was pressing close to the playing field and one of the fans was hit by the ball. Scholz got an infleld single, and the bases were fllled. Buck made Her¬ bert Kreps* second victim of the in¬ ning on strikes. Clary then walked to the plate. Kreps shot the flrst one over for a strike and a mighty shout went  up from the Fort  followers.
The next ball Clary met with ter¬ rific force and it went far over into Park avenue for a home run that counted four. The crowd went wild as Clary scored in the most timely fashion. The K. & M. boys could score no more runs. Two promising rallies by the Fort team were nipped at the start by fast double plays. W. Dungan was the only player of the visitors to connect safely with Scholz's delivery until the seventh period when Kindig made his home run. Both teams played excellent bail. A great stop by Oberholtzer with his bare hand in the eighth was the fielding feature of the game. Both Richie and Carson caught a splendid game.
The K. & M. A. A, lost the morning game to La Mott by the score of C to 2. Following is the score of the af¬ ternoon  contest:
K. & M. A. A. FORT WASHINGTON
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Robe'n, ef 0 0 1 0 0 W.K'ps.cf 0 0 0 C 0 Firman, 3b 0 0 0 0 0 Dungan,as 0 2 0 2 0 Haff, rf 110 0 0 Carson, c 0 0 112 1 Eaton, If 112 0 0 Kendigr, lb 1 2 9 0 0 Scholz, p 112 3 0 Gordon, If 6 1 1 0 0 Buck, 2b 0 13 11 Ober'er,2b 0 0 3 2 0 Clarey, ss 12 2 2 2 Hetzell, 3b 0 0 0 0 0 Martin, lb 0 0 8 0 0 A.Du'n, rf 0 0 0 0 1 Richie, c      0   0   9   18 H.Kreps.p 0   0   0   10
Totala        4   6 27   7   3   Totals       1   5 24   7   2
Ambler 0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0   0-4
Fort Washineton 0   0   0   0   0   0   10   0-1
Home runs—Clarey,  KindiK.    Sacrifice   hits- Carson 2, Gordon.     Stolen   bases—Gordon,   Fir¬ man, Martin.   Struck out-By Scholz 'J. by Kreps 11. FORT   LOSES   TO   JENKINTOWN.
Fort Washington lost the morning gamo on July 4 to Jenkinto-n-n by the score of 10 to 5. The contest was played on the former grounds before a large crowd.
JENKINTOWN WINS. Jenkintown plavod La Mott at home in   the  afternoon   of  July  4   before  a
rowd numbering almost 3000 people, and in ii hotly contested game won ly the  score  of  3  to   1.
GLENSIDE  WON   TWICE.
Glenside won two games on tlie 1th, defeating Willow Grove in the morning by the score of 4 to 2, and in the afternoon won from Wyu'l- raoor by the score of 23 to 1. • BlilTHAYRES   WINS.
Hethayres won from Wyndmoor in the morning contest on .July 4 by tlie score of C to 2 and in the afterno< n same at home the locals were defeat¬ ed by Willow Grove by the score of 3  to 1.
CLUB   STANDING.
Because Bethayres used players that were not eligible in the recent Glenside and Jenkintown games, which were won by Bethayres, Pres¬ ident Maxwell has thrown the games out. The corrected league standing is as   follows:
W. L. P. C.
Bethayrea 9 2 818
Jenkintown 8 4 667
Glenalde 8 4 667
K. &M. A. A 7 6 638
Willow Grove 7 « 638
Fort Washington B 7 417
LaMott 3 9 260
Wyndmoor  .2 11 154
BELFRY AND WORCESTER.
The township auditors met at Bean's  hotel  on  Monday.
Isaac Schultz is having an artes¬ ian well bored by a party from Bridgeport.
Rev. Fred. Howarth, newly elected pastor, took charge of the pulpit in St. John's Lutheran church on Sunday, and on Monday Mr. Howarth moved into the parsonage adjoining the church.
Charles Sust and family, of Phila¬ delphia, spent the week-end as the guests of Mrs. Sust's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bobb.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel K, Schultz,  a son.
Mrs. D. Webster Anders, of Boston, Mass., is spending some time here as the guest of Isaiah Anders and family.
Richard Heins is having new fix¬ tures installed  in his  bath room.
Electric lights have been installed in the parsonage of St. John's Luth¬ eran  church.
Elmer Groff, of Pottstown, is spend¬ ing a few days here with" his aunt, Mrs. Susan Stong.
A. M. Bobb purchased a horse at Walker's Norristown bazaar last Fri¬ day.
Mrs. Sarah Schultz has been spend¬ ing a few weeks with her son, Daniel, and  family.
A number of guests arrived on Sat¬ urday at the home of Wilson Van¬ fossen for the holidays.
Ralph Kibblehouse, of Springhouse, on Friday demolished the large tile silo on the FYank M. Landis' place. The silo had been condemned on ac¬ count of its having been greatly damaged by the fire, which took place some time ago.
The Sabbath school of St. John's Lutheran church will picnic Wednes¬ day, August 2, at Zeiber's park, West Point.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ney enter¬ tained relatives and friends from Phil¬ adelphia over July  4.
Last Sunday an offering was taken in Towamencin Schwenkfelder ehurch for the Armenian sufferers, and next Sabbath day a similar offering will be taken  in  the Worcester churches.
A short tome ago Jacob A. Kriebel had the misfortune to fracture one qf his ribs while puUtajj: weeds out of
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Mr. and Mrs. Jafedt) welgfner who make their home with their Children here, are spending a few days with Morris Krauss and family at Locust Corner.
The Ladies' auxiliary, of St. John's Lutheran church, will picnic this Thursday  in  Howard  Baker's   woods.
While returning from a visit tw Fairview one evening last week in their automobile Mr. and Mrs. Earl Markley, had reached the Stump Hall school house when, the gasoline gave out and they were obliged to push the car as far as Cen¬ tre Point where aplentiful supply of gasoline was secured.
A reception was tendered Rev. and Mrs. Fred. Howarth on Monday even¬ ing by the members of St. John's Lutheran church.
The Aid society, of Bethel church, met at the home of Mrs. Charles Davis on Wednesday evening.
The remains of Fred. Duffeld, of Washington Square, who died on Sat¬ urday last were interred in St. John's Lutheran cemetery on Wednesday. The funeral sermon was preaclit-d by the Rev. E. C. Snyder, of Berks coun¬ ty, a former pastor of St. John'f.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Baker enter¬ tained Rev. and Mrs. Fred. Howarth on Sunday last.
ZION LUTHERAN SUNDAYSCHOOL
Celebrates   Its   2tst   Anniversary With Exercises.
Freeing   the   Butler   Drive.
The Montgomery county court has appointed Conrad S. Schieve, Esq., ^master of the road jury to hear the •pei3c§o^l!0s 'u^ tbiiiSti^siM^sOjC- ;t)>e->Biitt-• der' turnpik^. , This' pllce run^ ' from Ambler 'to Three Tuns, -in Upper Dublin township, and is the proiierty of the Lewisville and Prospectvilie Turnpike company. The other jurors appointed were Samuel S. Hartranft, of Jeffersonville; George H. Stein¬ metz, of Norristown; Horace Freder¬ ick, of Kulpsvilie, Frank G. Wyle, of Souderton, and J. Rein Keelor, of Harleysville. Perry B. Strassburger, of Three Tuns, chairman for the pe¬ titioning committee, states that a meeting will be held early in July at the Three Tuns inn for the first hear¬ ing. Harold G. Knight, who repre¬ sents the petitioners, is calling a large  number  of  witnesses.
OBITUARY.
EMMA  K.  KEYS.
On Monday afternon funeral ser¬ vices were held over the remains of the late Emma K. Keys, at her par¬ ental home, Har/njonville, and inter¬ ment was private.
Death resulted Friday after a long illness from scarlet fever, illness hav¬ ing developed during her stay . t the Kutztown State Normal school, where she had  been  a student.
The deceased was a daught'-r of Mary L. Keys and the late Jesse Keys and a granddaughter ot George W. and Emma K. Keys. Beside.-- her mother, she is survived by five sisters, Mary, Sarah Anna, Dorothea and Helen.
FREDERICK J.  KOHLER.
Frederick J. Kohler died on S.inday morning at the residence of his son- in-law, Wiliiam Swartzlander, aged 83 years. Born in Germany, he came to this country when a young man and lived for many years in this sec¬ tion of the country. In 1882, he mov¬ ed from Springhouse to Eureka and had resided there ever since. Jle Is survived by one son, William, and two daughters, iJlzzie, who resid( s at home, and Anna, wife of William Swartzlander. Services were h-ld in the Pleasantville Reformed chur-h on Wednesday afternooii at 3 o'clock. Interment in  adjoining cemeter>,
Church  Built in  1719   Has First Wed¬ ding.
Rev. B. R. Clemmens, pastor of the Montgomery Baptist church, at Mont, gomeryville, performed the first wed¬ ding ever held in the church, whi:h is now 197 years old, Thursday night, when Miss Elsie Sigafoos, of Colmar, and John K. Lockwood, of Philadel¬ phia, were married. About 400 per¬ sons attended the event.
Statistics of Its Growth, Progress and Work — Teachers and Attendance Records—Report of Year and Other Data—Superintendent's    Regularity.
Samuel Yeakle, of Fort Washing¬ ton, superintendent of the Sunday school of Zion Lutheran church, has been absent but one Sunday in the past four years. This fact was brought out last Sunday in the sta¬ tistical report of the school issued on the occasion of its 21st anniversary, when appropriate exercises were held. Mr. Yeakle is also an oflicial of Mont¬ gomery county, having been selected as one of the directors of the poor at the last election.
Other officials of the Sabbath school, to whom is also due credit for the progress and advancement of the work, are: Albert L. Barnes, as¬ sistant superintendent; Wm. R. Bar¬ nes, acting assistant superintendent; George T. Matz, treasurer; Mrs. Sam¬ uel Yeakle, secretary; Mrs. Sarah Nash, organist; Harry L. Barnes, li¬ brarian.
The general- report of the school shows the following: 11 teachers, six officers, 112 scholars, with a total enrollment of 129; average attend¬ ance, 80, and $6.50 as the average of¬ fering. The largest attendance w,is 107 on Oct. 17 1915. and the greatest offering was $43.97, on June 4 of this year.
During the past year the following pupils were present at every session: Harold Smith, Mary Smith, Creveling Smith, Raymond Rlckert, Alavah Rickert, Harold Rlckert, Russel Char¬ les Pullinger.
The total collections during the year was $319.31, of which B, B. Slif- er's class contributed $66.67; Mrs. Yeakle's class, $48.85; Mrs. B. B. Sllfer's class, $40.01, and R. T. Pul- linger's class, $33.48,
With regard to regularity of at¬ tendance, it may appropriately be mentioned that Mary Smith was ab¬ sent but one Sunday in three years. Miss Anna Buchert was present every Sunday in three years, and Harold Smith was present every Sunday in three years. Mrs. Emily Pullinger and Catherine Kimbel were absent but one Sunday during the year.
The report of the treasurer, George T. Matz, shqws receipts amounting to $598.38, of which $408.39 were raised during the year. The Sunday morn¬ ing collections were $315.95. The home department raised $9.15, and sundry receipts amounted to $49.50. The expenditures for the year totall¬ ed $399.96, with $198.42 remaining in the treasury. $61,41 were for synod- leal benevolence, $10 for church ex¬ tension, $10 for the orphans' home, $76.88 for Christmas, $241.67 for the general expenses.
Rev. Dr. Wile, literary editor of the Sunday school periodical, delivered a most Interesting address to the au¬ dience at  the  anniversary exercises.
Sweet Pea Show Ends.
Friday was "amateur day" at the sweet pea exhibition, held under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Horti¬ cultural society, at the Jenkintown club. The judges awarded prizes to the amateur exhibitors and also for school  children's  exhibits.
Prize winners on the flnal day in¬ cluded Andrew Hicks, Jr., Miss Mar¬ ion Faust, Mrs. T. Ferrell Raiser, Miss Esther Waas, Mrs. Herbert K. Taylor, Mrs. George A. Elsasser, Jr., Mrs. A. J. Scha*acker, Mrs. Summer Cross, Mrs. E. Vollmer, S. D. Carson, Herber*- K. Taylor, Jr., Miss Florence Stoner and  Miss M. McMullen.
A large American flag, made of Orchid illuminator and King White sweet peas, was one of the attractive features of the sweet pea exhibition. The flag was entered by Colonel John Grlbbel, of Wyncote.
Clergyman  Weds Teacher.
The wedding of Rev. J. Arthur Heck, son of H. J. Heck, 1160 Frank¬ lin street, Reading, and Miss Martha E. Glick, of Lansdale, was solemnized at 11 a. m., Wednesday, at the latter's home, with Rev. H. J. Glick, father of the bride, performing the cere¬ mony. The couple left on a honey¬ moon to Boston, Albany, New York, and other points. On their return they will reside at Pineg'rove, where Rev. Heck is pastor of the United Evangelical church.
Mr. Heck was graduated from the Reading high school with the class of 1909 and fn:- two years following was an instructor in the commercial de¬ partment of that institution and also taught in the evening high school. He was graduated fror.i Albright col¬ lege, Myerstown, this year and at the last United EvangeliL^al conference was assigned to Pinegrove. He serv¬ ed as pastor of the United Evangel¬ ical churches of Richland and Wom¬ elsdorf for three years.
The bride -was formerly a teacher in a Philadelphia high school for girls.
THE DRAKE
SHORTAGE.
Alleged tiscrepancies Reported to Judges in Court.
Auditors'   Partial   Report   Made   Friday
—Controller's  Return   In,  and  Action
Left     With     the     Court   —   Alleged
Shortage  Over $5000.
At the ojiening of mi.«cellaneous court, Frida.v, with Judge Miller sit¬ ting alone on the bench. Attorney I. P. Knipe, in behalf of the controller's office, stated that the auditors ap¬ pointed by Controller Heebner for the auditing of the books of former Pro¬ thonotary, Sylvester B. Drake, are about completing their report, but would not have the matter in shape for presentation to the court until lat¬ er. Mr. Knipe asked the court's per¬ mission to have the submittal filled of record, "as of today," after the ad¬ journment of court, if neces.sary. Judge   Miller   granted   the   permission.
The report is a voluminous affair, consisting of many typewritten pages. These pages are made up, of an item to- a line, of each transaction in the offlce of former Prothonotary Drake during the last two years of his ad¬ ministration. The items show the docket page and term number of each transaction; then is appended the charge made by the prothonotary as shown by the books; then what the record of the controller's offlce shows as to the money returned by Drake to the county treasury; and in the last column the difference between the sum collected and the sum turned in which makes up the alleged defalcation in each case.
The aggregate, apparently, from the figures already available, will be a large one. On some pages, in but two or three instances, it seems, did Mr. Drake make any return whatever to the treasury. These items ran as high as from $6 to $25 which, appar¬ ently, went directly into Mr. Drake's account. In any event, according to the controller's contention, there is no record of his having made any return to that offlce.
It is stated that even when this re¬ port is tabulated, it will not show the actual aggregate of the alleged defal- caions during the two years' period, because of the fact that in many in¬ stances it has been found by the au¬ ditors that payment of costs had not been entered on the books and in others that the entry had been made in lead pencil and erased. In these cases there is no record of a return being made to the controller. In some of them it has been found that the costs assessed had been paid by ques¬ tioning the attorney of record in each case. Such a finding, however, is not valid in law as a charge against Mr. Drake. A sworn affidavit of each at¬ torney will be essential, and the con¬ troller has no right to exact such an affldavit. It is probable that the court will be asked to direct the proper of¬ ficials to issue such subpoenas.
When this report has been filed with the court, the responsibility of the controller in the noatter, accord¬ ing to the view of it taften by his of¬ fice, is at an end. The law, he holds requires him simply to call the atten¬ tion of the court to the proof of the defalcation and the alleged ajpoui^t of
office, to direct the arrest of Mr. Drake on the charge of embezzlemn' and malfeasance in office, if such be its discretion, and al.so to institute such proceeding as may be necessary to effect restitution of the money, al¬ leged to have been taken, from Mr. Drake and his bondsmen, the Mont¬ gomery Trust  company.
North Wales Pavilion  Dedicated.
Brightly illuminated by gaily-cov¬ ered incandescent lights, the new pavilion at North Wales, which was erected through funds collected by subscription, was dedicated Saturday night. Abel O. Price, of North Wales, was chairman of the exercises. The principal address was made by Dis¬ trict Attorney J. Aubrey Anderson, of Norristown.
1910  Proceeding   Ends.
A proceeding that was started in March, 1910, was brought to an end Friday unless an appeal should be taken to the higher courts, by a de¬ cree handed down by Judge Swartz, in the equity proceeding brought by the West End Trust Co., of Philadel¬ phia, guardian of the estate of James M. Daly, against Edgar A. Murphy.
This bill was filled for an order by the court on Murphy to file an ac¬ count for all moneys received and expended by him on behalf of Daly, during the period when Murphy man¬ aged Daly's estate. The court was also asked for a decree directing that Murphy convey to the Trust Co. the interest of Murphy in a farm owned by Daly, but sold at sheriff's sale and purchased by Murphy.
The farm in question consists of 25 acres of land in Rockledge.
After stating that the court finds Murphjf did not act in entire good faith toward Daly, that he had money in his hands to avert the sale, and that he used the estate of his prin¬ ciple to raise the purchase money paid to the sheriff, the court finds that the bill was filed too late to enable it to direct Murphy to convey his inter¬ est in the farm to the Trust Co., or for a decree that the defendant hold the farm in trust for Daly, There¬ fore, these requests of the complain¬ ant are refused.
The surcharges upon Murphy, in the report of the examiner, are sustained. The costs are divided between Mur¬ phy and the Daly estate.
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest to Many Readers.
Horsham  School   and   Road   Board   arid
Fire     Company     Meet—K,     G.     E.
Home      Given      Flag    —    Hallowell,
Dresher   and   Jarrettown   Notes.
Lawrence CoUings, of llorsham, ia now  improved  alter  a  recent   illness.
VVilliain Briliman, of near Prospect¬ vilie, spent Juiy  4 at Point  Pleasant.
Kalpii A. Bissey, of Davis Grove, has gone to Ocean City for two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Powers, of Philadelphia, have 11 boarders at pre¬ sent.
.Mr. and Mrs. Charles Monteith, of llorsham, spent Sunday in Philadel¬ phia.
J. Chester Mantz, of Hatboro, call¬ ed on Horsham relatives during the week.
William Satterthwaite has rented to a Philadelphia party his house at Mallowell.
Charles Maixner and family have come out to their Hallowell home for the summer.
Mrs. Leroy Wright and daughter Eilene, of Horsham, spent Friday in Philadelphia.
Michael Kelly, of Willow Grove, has moved into the Dr. Shoemaker pro¬ perty,  near  Hallowell.
Mr.   and   Mrs.   E.   M.   Wheatland,   ot Horsham,     entertained    friends     from   ' Oak  Lane  on  Monday.
Uliver Houpt, of Dresher, is playing on the Glenside ball team, of th© Montgomery  county   league.
Miss Alice S. Roberts, of near Dresher, has returned after spending several days at Ocean City.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, of Hal¬ lowell, delightfully entertained Phila¬ delphia friends over July 4.
Mrs. A. H. Sill and daughter, of Horsham, were the week-end guesta of friends in Burlington, N. J.
Miss Clara Skirving, of Philadel¬ phia, is the guest for several weeks at Red  Gate  farm,   near  IJresher.
Frank Houpt, Jr., of Philadelphia, spent July 4 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.  Frank Houpt, at Dresher.
John Walton, of Horsham, who has been quite ill for several weeks, was quite improving early  this  week.
On Monday Mr. and Mrs. Warren Starkey, of Langhorne, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank  Forker, Horsham.
Dr. John Chubb and family, of Phil¬ adelphia,, were Sunday guests of Mr. and  Mrs.  C.  W.  Willard  at  Hallowell.
William Fitzslmmons, of Prospect¬ vlUe, lost his trotting horse recently. The animal was insured in the North Wales company.
Miss Anna S. Butcher) teacher of the Horsham Friends' school, has been quite ill with pleurisy at her home in  Conshohocken  .
Mr. and Mrs. George H. Zeitler, Jr., of Horsham, were delightfully enter¬ tained Tuesday afternoon at Charlea Frlck's country home.
Walter Vonderwite, of New York city, spent Friday with his grand¬ father, A. Dieter, of Hallowell, and later motored  to Atlantic City.
Walter Allen, William 'Whiteside and Howard Allen oi tiavis Grove,, and H^irvey I> TtiiiDi isoii, of Hors- latan, have purcnasfd  hay  loaders.
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Edge   Hill  Child  Falls on  Stick.
Doris Tanesqual, 5 years old, of Edge Hill, pla.ving in the yard at her home Thursday, placed the pointed end of a short stick in her mouth; ran across the yard, and when she slipped and fell, the pointed stick wa.s driven into her throat, cutting a deep gash in the muscles of the throat and neck. She i.s in the Abington hospi¬ tal.
Ad Men at Valley Forge.
Some TOO women, mostly wives of visiting ad men, and 50 of the dele¬ gates themselves journeyed from Phltadephia to Valley Forge on Thurs¬ day.
J. P. Jenlvins, Esq., pai'k commis¬ sioner, greeted the visitors at Wash¬ ington's headquarters, and at tho luncheon briefly recited historical in¬ cidents with which the place is re¬ plete. /
—Di'. Georgo W. Grim, son of Hon. Webster Grim, of Doj-lestown, has been appointed veterinarian to Bat¬ tery A., South Bethlehem. Tho bat¬ tery is composed of employes of the Schwab steel Interests at .South Beth¬ lehem,
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time at  Edding another   resident,   wh.s   n over July 4.
Miss Laura Drummond, of Phila¬ delphia, who spent last week with Mrs. George H. Zeitler, Jr., at Hors¬ ham, is now at the Delaware Water Gap with her aunt for two weeks.
Mrs. William J. Tyson and daugh¬ ter Mildred, of Horsham, who havo been on the sick list for several weeks, are now in Atlantic City, Their friends wish them a speedy re¬ covery.
Service will be held next Sunday afternoon at the K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, by Dorian castle. No. 274, Phil¬ adelphia. A new flag has been pre¬ sented to the home, and it will be for¬ mally  received  at  this  service.
E. C. McConnell and family have returned to Jarrettown after spend¬ ing two weeks at Honeybrook, and this Wednesday morning Mr. McCon¬ nell returned to his duties ^s agent at the Dresher station.
Samuel Fisher, of Jarrettown, haa just had two of his horses very sick, but both have now recovered under the care of Dr. P. J. McCarthy, of Ambler. Mr. Fisher believes the ill¬ ness came from a green western horse which was recently quartered ^ in his stable.
Announcement was made Tuesday that Leroy Forker, of Horsham, tha first resident to volunteer in the re¬ gular army in the present crirfs, has failed to pass the physical exriniina- tion for service. Less than i year ago the young man underweni an operation. He had been stationed at Mt.  Gretna  with  campany G.
The Horsham Fire company met Monday evening, when routine busi¬ ness was transacted. A vote of thanks was extended Miss Helen Wat¬ son and Miss Susanna Ij. Walton, ot Horsham, for their appreciated parta . in recent benefits enjoyed by tha company. The receipts of the even¬ ing were $76.36 and  the expenses, $1.
Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Peterson and daughter. Miss Marion, of Jarrettown, hav© been spending 10 days in their newly purchased cottage at Ocean City. Mrs. Peterson and daughter ex¬ pect to spend the greater part nf tha month at the shore, but Mr. Peterson will return the latter part of this week and occupy his pulpit next Sunday in   the  Jarrettown   Jlethodist  church.
The Horsham school board met Monday evening with the auditors at the Horsham si-hooI and settled up tho accounts for tbe.vear. ' The luLird fioatcd a temporary loan of $400, and. tho balance in tho treasury was $195.- 3-1. Routine business was then trans¬ acted. The following offlcers wero re. elected: President. •' Alliert Tyson; vicG president, H. D. TUonipso.n; treasurer. Thomas .\ndorson; soero- t.iry, Frank W. AVorth. Each direc¬ tor waa empowered to attend to need¬ ed repairs at his own local sihool. .Tames A. Cozens was appointed enumerator and will also secure bklH for the coal supply. The duplicate for the year is $53.19.92, an increase of $500 over Inst vear. The next meet¬ ing will be held Sep. 13 at .Tames A. Cozens'.
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