The Ambler Gazette 19170712

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The Ambler Gazette.
VOL. XXXV-NO.   27
AMBLER.   PA..   JULY   12,   1917
S1.75   A   VEAR
COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings of Local inierest lo uur Readers. .
William Latham Sells Narcissa Farm— Hagy Brothers Close Cold Point In¬ dustry Till Sep. 15—Events at (Har¬ monville and Hickorytown.
Willard Tuiipcr, of Cold I'oint, sjieiit the  ith  iu  -Atlantic  City.
Mr. and Mr.-i. AVilliam Preas, of Cold Point, enteitained  friends on  Sunday.
Davkl .Smith aud sou lJa\ id, of (Jodd Point, visited friends near .Alentown on the Itji
AMBLER WINS AiND LOSES.
Result of July 4th Games in Montg. County League.
FINISHING THE HRb HOUSE.
Ambler Structure Rapidly iNearing Completion.
Henry Wolf,
been ill the past few days, is able to be out again.
. Rev. Dr. G. \V. Tuiiiur, wife and son Eugtne, of Cold Point, motored tu Trenton on July 4.
Mrs. George Corson, of Cold Point, ha.s been entertaining her mothei-, Mi-s. Wilson, of Philadelphia.
A tennis court has been laid out on the lawn of the Dr. Joseph Corson es¬ tate,  Plymouth  Jleeting.
Dr. G. AV. Tupper, of CoW Point, vis¬ ited Allen Kirk in tlie Chestnut ilill hospital Sunday afternoon,
Mr. l^ightkep and family, of Lancas¬ terville,     spent   the    Ith,-^'isiting parents near ijoyerstown. Pa.
The llagy brothers have purchased a now Auto Car truck for their hsuiness at Roherstown, Lancaster county.
Mrs. Howard Sniith, of Iiarmonvllle, on Saturday afternoon, delightfully entertained ,a number of children.
Hyles Hagy and I'-rank llag.y, of Cold Point, have mo7(?d their families to Roherstown for the summer.
(.>n July 4 Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Levis and Mrs. J. Johnson, of Har¬ monville, motored to AVillow Grove.
H. (Iscar Young aniJ family, of Ply¬ mouth Aleeting, spent Sunday with John Harner and tamily at Flourtown. Misses Anna and Alice Johnson have returned to their home in Bridgeton, ,N,*J., after a stay with Mrs. Buckpian at  Cold  Point.
<Jn Sunday afternoon in the Cold Point co^metery at four p. m. were in¬ terred the remains of John Bailey, late cf  Conshohocken.
Norman Trankle, of Allontown, who has enlisted in the U. S. service, spent Sunday with his brother, IVed. Trankle, at Cold Point.
Lewis Kohle and wite and son, Hor¬ ace Schlater and wii!> and Miss Kmma Wolf, of Cod Ploint, enjoyed the Wis¬ sahickon drive on  the 4th.  '
Vickers   Tarbutton,    of  Harmonyille, who   is  employed  in    the  AVanamaker store delivery service, has b.'cn grant¬ ed a relief frim his duties on Mondays! out. until fall. ¦!
IVlornirg Game Went Easily to W IIo-jv Grove—Afternoon Affair a Liattle Royal, Giving 11 Innings of Red Hot Baseball.
Wiiiow   Grove   pouudod   Schell   harl in  the  lirst  ball game on  lndep.-lideii
day and easily defeated Ambler by i Anibler, lust Friday evening, the build the score of 0 to 2, The paik team | „g committee made a very interest- had everything its own way from the | ,^^ , Port aa-to the progre.ss toward.s start and the game  Was never in doub.   completion of the new lire house by th'i
juild'.r, Honry P. .Sohiioidor. All the plastorin.g is tinishod, and some of thJ trim is iioiii.g jnit in
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of Cold  Point,  wlio  has I ¦'^'t'r!' ,'hf, ''''^}, >^«^,Vj",^'- , M^'tiinley reliev¬
ed .Scholl in the littli, but the game was already   lost     and   he   did   not     c.McikI
Wissahickon Fire Company Well Pleased With Building and Work o-f the Builder, H P. Schneider—Plans for Occupying  New Home,
At   tho   regular   monthly   moi;ti:r4   of ¦     Wissaiii'-kon     I'-iro    company,     of
The  windows ar..
JENKIiNTOWN WliNSEASILY.
Ambler's Errors cause Another Lo¬ cal Defeat.
himself, as he was   sent   in to pitch   theii,,  ,5,.,^^,  i,.nij],,ra:-ily, and  the painting
jis under way. Tlie jdumbing work is liolding up a more rapid advance on the structure, so that it is scarcely,,pos-
afternoon affair,    h'our singles in a i-ow netted  AVillow  Grove  two  runs  in  the lirst  inning,  and   one  more   was  added ill   the  second  ou  Godfrey's   threy.-base hit and an error by llayney.    The park boys kept up their scoring in the next | round  also, aud  iu  tlio fourtli and-lifth . they   tallied    four   times.      Their   linal 1 run   -was  made  in   the   seventh,   errors ; being resp'ouisible  for  this  tally.
.Ahibler scored its flrst run in the third Iieriod on Richie's single, Davies' his ! two-bagger and a passed ball. The j lorals' iasl tally, which came in the fourtli inning, was produced as the re¬ sult of a single by Hayney ami an error by Angle. • ->
An afternoon game was played with Fort Washington on the South Sprin.g Garden street grounds and won by tile l0(.als hy the score of b" to 2 bef oro the largest crowd of the season. Tlie game was featured with many brilliant iiiays (HI   both  sides.     It   took   11   iutiin.gs   to
sihle that tlie ne.xt regular nieuung of the company will bo hold there on Au-y gu.st 3.
At the suggestion of Chief Hayden; the cost of plastering the rear second story room and the hose tower will b'J ascertained. ' v
It was stated that Mr. Slchueideif has executed considerable work on tlij structure outside of his contract at no additional price to tlie company an-J that he has also work', d out some of the detail aud thoroby assisted the ar¬ chitect. The entrance to the colls iu- the bdsement, used for the borougli- lock-up, was mentioned as one of the arran,gemeiitK that lias been improved over the original plans. X
In    connection     witli    the     buildinj*^ plans,   the  llnance   committeo  reports tii.'it   the   semi-annual   interest   on   trt
bail'111  any  onr^,;^^\s"b;^ind"to':id   [j^l^ '"li^i'"" ^^^11:'"'?"^ -^V'T fT tlo- oliior  lollnws  in   onllc-iin-  -i   t-ii-'. I "-'^'-''''  ''""'-    ^'"^   "'''*  president ot  the
iiouiber :,f'safrhits Mc^u :^- pi "iSd i^^^')^;;ii'i"«'"'^'^^^p"'^ ""'^^ ^-''"-
Saturday,  Juiio   3(J,  and  then  went  in   .".'^,'.  . .^".  '^' ?'...^,^",";   .'^.."'"'„""^'"' "^^
and paid out of the couiiany's fuiidi# Iill the Alontgomery Trust company, ot i Xorristown,^ (jf  which     H.   G.  Kniglit;
thv fire company, is
decide  the  contest,     lioth   Iniugaii  and,.,,,,,,,. .,..,, ,       ,   ,
AloGlnley pitched groat ball. The lat- !''i'^-';"':",,''y""'! "A-''.""''" was due July lor, after taie second round, was in- ciiivible. The regular league umpire 1.liled to show up and Howard ii(jbin- soii aud Herbert Auie.v w-ere selected, and b»th liud thoir hands full. Amey was iu hot water throughout the lat¬ ter jiorioils of play and many of llis decisions on balls and strikes wero fiuestioned by thd players. In the 10th inning there was a near riot, when Carson struck out with runners on first and second. Richie missed the third strike and both runners advaucod a base while the batter took lirst. Cn- der the rules the batter is out. Um¬ pire Amey ealled him out and while the  players  were  wrangling Leaf  who
Victors Indulge, Also, in Free Hitting, Including One Clout Over the Fence — McGinley Is Overworked — Other Gomes.
I.l llio I'giilar wook-end ball fJUiu .¦ of tbe Alontgomery County leagu -. -tmbler was completely routed by tlu- ¦'.lecking crew ot the Jenkintown club by the score of 10 to 5. Said wreck- ag oie.v oonsistod of our old frion i \an Saat, 1 ioisuanger and J. (i.Xoil. '.,111 Sant, by his timely hitting, was ¦-lionsible tor uo lewtr than six 01 tile 10 runs made by the visitors, whilo 3 (i'.\,-il hobied .two of liis team niatos over the rubbei- and scored one him- K h w-hen he lifted the ball over tho ii'~lit lield fence for a lionie run.
.McGinl--y,  for  the  locals,   was  not   in til"  best  of    form  und   was    pounded | lui r.l.    This thing of pitching too much
WEDDED.
Sli;-:i.l.V-L,A.\DKS. .Surjuising   thoir   nii'iny   Iriends,   Jliss <-leta l.andis, daughter of lUii-gess and All-;;.   A.   M.   L.iii'iis,     ot   G.een   streot. l.ansdale,  and   l-Jd-.vai-d   ,Sli;lIy,  of  Dor- stine avenuo, were (piietly married Fri¬ day   evening   by   R-;v.   J.   J.   Rothrocii. pastor of the Reformed church.    Tin- have  been  engaged  about a year,   but tlio date of tho  -.ve'lding  had  not   lieen announced.     Their   friends   ! ,. ¦.vedding   day     was   apiuoaching,     but none  but  the  iiumodiatd  families  know- tbe date.    They were unattended. The  b.ide  and  groom  ui-e  vory ular  among  th-.  yiniaL;.T  set   of   I dale.
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uBITUARY.
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Items of Interest t^ Many Reader.--,
Horsham School Board Ele:':s Offcers —Death of William H. Fcyd-yPeath of Louis Welde Recalls L>:j/^.^ear- ance of His Daughter fro.-n  1/esher,
Tlo-  llojsliani  .SuntUt'-  soio holoiiig it.s sessions at it.30 Kobert    .McKnight,      of
iiunil* 1
slier,      is pig.s   at;
ham,   has ian   car ofi
.AlliS CllAI!Li:S  W. JiJ.XKS.
'AViiiilred W., wife of Charles W, Joivjs, o' tfiri i2uclid avenue, died Sun¬ day after a long illness. IJesides her husbaiol she loaves one son. The fun¬ eral was held this Wednesday after- j Willow Grov- on noon from her late home in Ambler, ' ilai ry Seipie, and  tlie  intorment  was privat". Sunday with his p,-/ents, Mr. and Afrs.
The   decea.sed,   who   was   a   member   John Seiple, at Ib/^ham. of   St.   lauls   Reformed   ohurch,   For. I     ,\lrs.   Alice   w/bin     and    daughter, \Vasliiiigtoii,   was   deeply   iiiterestod   in   .Aliss Susannah \/Walton, of Horsham,
all  of  its  activities  and   espeoiallv  ao
mulling ou game July 4th and pitch¬ ed tivo inaings against tb.,- newly or- g.iiiizi-d Willow- Gio\e team, lie came ri-;!it back and in the afternoon affair or the iill pitched 11 hard periods. He followod this up by going the hill last S»-iirday against the hardest hittin.g teaiii in tho league, is it any wonder iKe i;ot his bumps ',' Pitching 34 rounds .of the hardest kind of baseball is ennigii to -iveakeu any iiitoher, and it Mali a suiiuls- to many of the fans that the local moundsman was not hit liaider last .Saturday than he was. This made the third straight game that Jenkintown li.ns won from .Ambler this [season, and liy winning Saturday's con
Iii-o.gressivo   lead.'iship   the   branch sumed   large   proportions   antl   accom- ¦ plished great good.
WILLIAAI A. WOOD. {
Un Wednesday afternooii in Cold j Point cemetery wer" int, rred the re¬ mains of Williani A. AVood, of Ridg- pike, south of llariiioiiviile. The de¬ ceasod was one of eight children of th- late John and Phoebe AVood and wj iKjrn, in IS.'iS, on a jiroin rt-- n'ar ih- Co.x lime (piariies iu AVhitemai'sii township. Death resulted Saluid-jy af¬ ter a   tw-o   months  illness.
The    deceased    was    a    prvBi essivt'
inarKctin good piio
Samuel   S.   Smith,   of purchased  a  .Studebak b -autlful  design.
Air.   and   Alr.s.   Sam^l   Ramsey,     of Horsliam,    cntortalno/relativ-s    from. Fyi/ay.
Rushland,     spent
sjioiit  Sunda.v  1/ Glenside.
Airs, lanina /'illard. of .le.rettown, iVl spending soul- time with her son, Chai'l-s W.  yillard,  at  1 lallowell.
Rev. Dr. /la(bhr>vay, i)f Jairttown, lias return,/ after having spent a few diiys witll/'s son in Palnni.-i, N. J.
Aliss Al/ AI, Rynear, ot .Ambler, has been sp/'ding a few Aa^s with her sister, a/k. J. W. Freas, in liorsham.
fran/'in ('rocket and nioth-r, of iF.orsh/n, visited Ahuirioo liuckman '-ind  t/inily, of Hallowell. on  Satnrday.
An/ and Airs. Edward Gaun, of !>>.« gaiii^ has boon .-'o-.-Hiiiig ^ ¦< 1 wookH w-it-n Mrs. James Ramsey, ot, Horsham, .George Zeitlei-, Jr., of Horsliam, haa sijld the frame stabb,. on the .rear ot his prop rty and the bui'.Jiug is being tniteii down.
Esip, Jiresident o a director.
The board of engineers, through Lewis Farrington, reported the appar¬ atus in good order aud ready foi* ser¬ vice.
A special committee, which had in charge the sale of the horses, reporte 1, the sale, also, of the cart, harness, clipping machino, tly nets, housings, and that the spriiikloi- is now hired out to the state highway department for r,0  cents per day.
The   games   i-ommittee   rejiorted   the
Misses  Leona and  Blanche   Faucett,   fore play was resumed.    Manager Het- of  East   Rochester,   N.   Y.,   have   been! zell infiirmtid the umpires that  he  will spending  some   time   with   their   uncle aud aunt.  Air. .-md  Mrs. E. A, Johnson, of Harmonville.
Las; l-riday evtning 32 adults of tho Bible classes of Plymouth LT. E, churoh were addressed by Hev. F. S. Borkey, of  IPhiladelphia,   who  most  iiit'^rostiiig-
had started for third cut the bag by six jieceipt of $2.20,
feet or more and made a dash for 1 Chief Hayden and Secretary Brown,, home. I'mpire Robinson saw the ac- I on July 4, inspei tod the new chemical tions of Leaf and when the ball was! engine of th'e couiji.ihy in the shojis of Jilayed to third he iiromptly called Leaf |,Julius Rempji at .Sjiiinghouse and stat- This started the wrangling all|ed that the oar is being repainted, and over again, and  it was some time be-]tiiat   the   macliine     will   be   ready  for--
buildiiif
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i jirotesl the game, whii-li fact was au- noiuK-ed to the sjioi-tators by I'mpire Amey. Fort Washington was Ih'^ lirsl to score, aud tw-o iiins were pushe.l over   in     the   second     session.     Af-.or
I Kelly went out on his inlield tap, whicli wa.s   tioblod   by      iiiohie   to     lirst,   W.
ly gave a comprch uisive revle.vy of the j Krojis singled.    A Dungan also singled \£f St. John. .   .-^i,   \
muMMw mm 'miimt'i^^W
_ mrOwn, ami Joim Aliisselnvfth. "of Mohnton, Pa., were recent guests' of Rev. and Airs. R. W. Aluss-.dman at Plymouth Meeting.
Mr. aud Airs. John Redington and two children, after having spent some¬ time with Air. and Airs. Samuel AVidd- uei-, of Plymouth Aleeting, have return¬ ed to Allentown.
Word reii-ived from Horace AVood¬ land, of Plymouth  Aleeting,  tells of his
H. l-C^reps hit,for two
g:/ii. This was all for the Fort boys, a3 AIcGinley tightened uii and wdioii he did get' in a hole his suiijiorting I f-ast came to his resi-u-- and saved the day. __
i wo iilayers on the local team made I life miserable for the batters on tbe I ooposing side by their remarkabl-e ijiiaving. These two were Robin--ou 'and Wodoi-k. Aftor making a sjilendid i(-atch     of   Leaf's     fly   in   the     second.
progress   in   military   training   at   tho   jji-eaking up a rally, Robinson made a camp in  Texas and  of  his having re- | wonderful   throw  to  third   catching  A.
ceived  a  medal for  niaiksmanship.
William Dicljorson, Si., had Iho mis¬ fortune to have the fi-oiir eiiA of his car demolished on July 2nd while tak¬ ing a corner, anothor jiarty coming: along- on the wrong side of t]j»e "road and ran into the car.
A district meeting of the Bible class of the Cold Point Baptist church was held on Wednesday evening of last wt;ek at the home of Aliss Lettie Bow¬ man, of Harmonville, at wdiich event a Jileasant time was enjoyed.
Rev. and Airs. F. S. Borkey, of Phil¬ adelphia, were l-'riday iifternoon and evening guests of Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Musselman, of Plyinouth Alretlng. Rev. and Airs. II. J. Rinker, of Phila¬ deliihia, were also Sunday guests at the parsonage.
On Saturday last a reunion of the (I'lscendants of Horatio and Martha, Haley was held at the homo nf Harry Ma.vv.-ell, Sr., in Harmonville. 61 ehililren, .grandchildren and great¬ grandchildren were present, and the event  was a very enjoyable one.
f)n Sunday Air. and Mrs. L. A. John¬ son, of Harmonville, delightfully enter¬ tained thR following guests : ,Guv -Wheaton, daughter and sister, of Oak Lane; Musses Leona and Blanche Fau¬ cett, of East Rochester. >,'. Y., and Walter Springer, of Chester.
Efforts to raise $500 at the Plyjiiouth tl. E. church last Sunday w-ere w-ell rewardi^d, and in all $606 were realiz¬ ed. Rev. H. J. O. -Rinker, of Philadel¬ phia, preached at both .services, and his efforts wore rewarded with a sjilen¬ did response from the people
During- the past year, from June 19, 1916, to July 7. IttlT, the collections at the Plymouth U. E. church have totalled $117."i. The indebtedness at the (-ommencement of the year was $2650, which has bd-n reduced to $1S00. The parsonage i-ommittee has a bal¬ ance of $66 in the treasury,
Tlie K. L. C. 1-:., of the Plymouth U. 1-:. church met Tuesday evening in the church. On AVerjnesday evening the prayer service was followed hy a sp,,?^- ial meeting of the Sunday school board, which considered the jdace and time of holding the annual picnic. Next Sunday the regular services will be hield with preaching by the pastor.
Walter IL Corson and son Philiji, of Plymouth Aleeting, made out pretty well Bt the Old York Road Country- club golf tournament, and although thry did not come out winners man¬ aged to have their photogrraphs nu ii¬ llshed in the Sunday Inquirer. Truly has Mr. Corson described the sport when he says, "It is a funny game."
Hagy brothers, pork packers, have closed thoir Cold Point Industry until Sep. 15. The difflculty of sectJrIng competent labor, th'i scarcity and higii price of meats and th>» necessity at present to centre all their efforts on their new business at Roherstown, near Lancaster, are causes leading to the action on their jiart. ,Thoy have accordingly transferred 'their activi¬ ties to their new business and -;\-ill re¬ open the Cold Point pl.ant in the fall.
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liiiiigan, wdio attemjited to go from lirst to that station, on II. Krejis- sin¬ gle to ceutre, but the real thrilbu- was jailiod off liy Charlie iu the eighth session when he caught a line drive from W, Dungan's hat and douliled ii|i leaf on first. Wodock was th- other jilayer, who, throughout the lllh jier- iir.ls, sent thrill after thrill through the Pig  (-rowd   tly   his   woiiderfiil   work   at j ing
chances some of which wer" decidedly j dillicult to handle. On the attack Rice | and Alartin were the heroes on Am¬ bler's side. The former had a great dav with the bat, getting a single, tw-"o'-liagger and a threelia.se hit out ot four timeS uji, and it was also his splendid base running that heljied us to our lirst run. it remained, however, for Alartin to set the crowd yelling with delight when he smashed the ball sipiarelv in the llth period and sent it to the left field fence scoring Wo¬ dock -^vith the winning run. Two were down in the llth round and AVodock was on sei-ond as the result of his single aild a sacrifice by AIcGinley, when Martin stepped to the jdate. He hail two ball.s and one strike, when ball and bat met aud the ball sailed high and' far to the fence, Wodoclc oasily scoring from second base Rich¬ ie also Jilayed a great game. For Fort Washington Hetzell and A. Dungan and II. Kreps fielded splendidly. The score follows :
FORT WASHINGTON AMBLEH
..Jjoae rhoae
0   0 Davies, !f   0   0   -2   0   0
0 0 Rob'n. cf 0 -2 2 2 0 7   0 Wo'ck. tih 1   2   8   3   0
1 0 Hay-ey, 3b 0 U 1 0 0 ;i OMrrtin. lb() 1 U 0 1 0 0 Rice, i'a 13 0 3 1 0   0 Hair, r£     0   0   0   0   0
2 0 Richie, c 1 2 9 1 6 0   0 McGin'y.P 0   0   0   4   0
housing     when   tlie   new iready to accommodate it.
Tho auditors were requested lo jiro- oeed with their .-iiidit of the comjiany's finances.
'I'ho   question     of '  Ambler    bornugh oriiinoirs   rental   payment   for   thfe   iie-iV l.oi-iiugh   quai-^'Ts  and   Hie  furnisliin,gs tlior-or,  hus lioon  loferred  to council :     Itv.-as, pa.ssed  that  the  games ciini-. inittee Me iiicreas^jl to  not few-ep'-''th fsix- vt'KSi-**- i,a-ai)p<vlnted for soiif   yar,   inasmiicii   as   tlioi-i laoi-eased  dutios  ."or  tho  i-oiiimltrt6e  in ooniiection     with   the   new     structure. .\ house romnii'too ..t Iv) members  .v.i.s also  provided for.
Tho report of th',- treasurer as to tho general" fund was as follows : Bal¬ ance at last report, $460.66; rei-eijils, Si'lO.fO; orders jiaid, .$86.S2; balaii'O, $104.24.
it(-solutions W'-re adopted 'in the death of Samuel W. Burk?, of Broad .Axe, and a letter of thanks -was re.id from Airs. Burke ackno vledging tlie ooui-tesy of the eompany at the time of tho  funeral.
Bills as follows wer«' ordered jiaid : C.iuntv taxes, $3; I. AI. Scheetz, .fl.:'": Wm. C. Kvans, $1..')«; G. M. Deck, TO (-onts;  .Ambler Garage, $4.10.
A   report   from      the   American   l.a-
l''rance   Fire  Engine  comjiany,   foil" ¦-
111 examination of the local m" or
ood  condition
caro.
Tho  annual  outing of the Firem .Association of Montgomery County
ling- brothels  and  sisto-rs :    George AV./f,
tes!  Jen.Mntown    siipjjcd  into    second 1 aud Charles A. Wood, of liarmoiivill
pla, o   iu  the    league  race,     Bethayr- -ha'iing   been   def'-nted   by   the   Willow Grove team, wliich appears to be com¬ ing strong and is crowding our fellows for the  fourth jiosition.
The locals were the lirst to score, .which was largely due to Morgan's h\-ildiioss. -After Martin went out short o liist, llal'f was given a free ticket to first, Richie's long single sent him to tliird; Davies was hit liy a jiitched ball and Robinson was walked, forcing Haff over the rubber. Wodock clos "d the inning by Hying out to Beiswan- ger. Jenkintown tied us up in the third, and in the lifth we were left b«hiii.l when the visitors scored tw., ?uns. I
TlK !¦ - were some real flreworks in | yie sixth, when Jenkintown tallied /^;'e" runs. The round began in this | fanner : J. O'Xeil was easy and went ; ':<Svt. Hayney to Alartin. Morgan, how-- j ester, cracked out a single. King coul I 1 ¦do nothing  and  went  out  on  a   tiy  to   ^^ove  the  toll  gate
armer.    He is survived by t:ie follow- ! „,^'-3; ^.'''"''T,' ^vho,''<^'luently raced
the animal on the Hallowell track, has sold "Cidfinol Gentry" to Rosft Lapp, of near Chalfont.
Airs. Randal i'enton has r -turned to her home in Dresher after having sjient several da.\s in Philadeljibia attending her father-s funeral.
Airs. Alargaret Rice and Tather, of Chalfont, and Mr. and Airs'. Paul Rice spent .Sunday wit-h Air. .and Airs. Char¬ l's   Monteith  in  Horsham.
Air. aud Airs. Samuel White and family, of Horsham, spent the 4th w-itU the formers patents Mr. and Mrs, (Teoi-g ¦ White,  of Warminster.
Mrs. Cliarles AI. Haddaway, of Jar¬ rettown, has returned from Washing¬ ton, D. C, where she attended the fiin- -ral ot hfi  mother, Mr-   AIcKini.
Air. and Mrs. Edward Powers, of Philadelphia,  have  returned  after hav-
Harriet, wife of Howard Noblet, /i Hickorytown, and Sara.-i Jane, wife of Harry Heacock, of Bbe Bell. THUAIAS FERRY. Thonias Ferry, aged 24 year^, died last Thursday at his home in Flour¬ town. The deceased was thf son of John and Margaret Ferry. l->-sides his Jiarents, lie leaves a wife and one child. Kiiiieral services were Jitld Monday morning with high maSs in St. An¬ tiiony'.-; church, Amb/er. Interment was made in th.. onmftry adjoining.
.SPRINGHOUSE. 1
Two   of   the   students   employed   0.1 the  farm  ot L.  J. Koblj met  with   an: ac(-id  lit     on     Ji\ly    4tli.       They     ha. j
brought a fellow-iKtndent down to the ing sjient .several days last wook w-ith trolley in a Ford\-ar about 7 o'(-locU Mr. and Airs. Randal Fenton, at Drcsh- in  the evening and .were going toward   er.
home   when   tlie   caV   lau   into   a   tele- 1     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Cbarles  Ho-g.g and  Air.
jihone     pole.     The   V-oident     occurp.l   and Mrs.  Xelson Hog.g av.A children, of
\ii  the  Bethlehem   Philadeljiliia,   were   guests   Sunday   of
Ginley,   an.l   then   the   lun   started.   ^'}^'     Loth   students\u,.re   badly   cut [Iswangcr singled, Cavis followi-d suit ,'»buut their faces, and \lie front of t.. th-^n   Van   Sant,   who   first   !,as.?d 1 >"achine was dama,i;ed. in   tlio   days   of   the  old   North
Airs.   Elmer   Potts,   in   Hors-
i-hased   Davies   to     the tiol 1 fone for bis hard drive
George   W.   Norris     a Ihave   gone   to   the   mount
esult
To
baluiute Louis
of  the  summer. J.   Kolb   and r     sumrtj*'
househol I tins   for   t-i
fh-'.r
caui!
.1 M,  _,,>,- lho visitors a-'cba.o
another     run   in   the     seven'li
when     he   muffed     AIoKew.o.i-s
o'.Xeil   sent   his   t".iinmate   t 1
[third  when  he smashed  the  ball  to tiie
letf field  fence  for  two  bases.    A  sic-
rifice fly sent AIoKeown over the jilat-.
We mad° a stron.g bid for the'game in
lour half of the seventh, when we •^tvr.-
jAIorgan a sample  of what  our piloh i-
'was     getting,      Davies   reoelved     foar
I alls  as  a start-^r and   walked  to tirs-.
A moment  later he stole second.    Ito-
binson   hit   for   two   bases   and  Davies
scored, AA'odock sacrificed and was ou*,
McNeil  to Van  Sant,  Rice fanned, but
Ha.xney   came     to   time   with    another
twd-base       blow      scoring      Robinsoi
Alartin    singled    scoring   Hayney,    ta
former taking second on the throw
Air.   and ham.
i Miss .Sarah Helyer, of Washin.gton, D, C, who is visiting 11. D. Tlionipsoii and family in Horsham, has been mak- if^g a short stay with velatlvas in Diiy-
/ lestown
I     li'-opjih   Gouak   and   Charles   Brooks,
A. Ijibljs, ojMTormo -   ¦¦.   "f  Pritiadeirihia.   enjoyWi^ ;(  recent
town,   spent   tlie week-end- \*''l!   L.   .: lishing trip  to F6rtesoue Slid  returned
Kolb  and  family.                           \ with  73 flne fish.    '                I
Mr.  and   Airs.   Edward  In.gerVill  and Charles     Downs     and  jSfamily     and
family left on Tuesday for Litth-Boars Oliver   Lindsay   and   faijfSly,   of   Ger-
Head,  New  Hampshire. maiitown;   Alfred   Dow-iMi—«md   fanill.v,
AVilliam Donelly. moved froiri Atnpler of ITorsham,  spent  tho  4th  witli  Mrs.
to Airs. Alter's iilac=' on Thursday.
ill
Haff kept  up the good  work and also    >wl
Racing at   Hallowell.
The racing nialiiice at the Nas'.i track, Hallowell, under the ausjiices .if the Wai-iuinstor Driving club im Jul,,- 4, was attended by a large and enthus¬ iastic (-rowd of sjiort lovers numliorlii.. five hundred or over.
FREl-: F( iR --iLL. Col.  Gentry   (E.  Brinker)	
iBoliby  K.   (H.  W.  Kelly)	
' Betsy Ethan (D. Dyer)	
be   held   at   Willow-    Grove   the   letter
Jiart of August, the details of w-lii as to competitive drills and tests, . being worked out by a special comu tee.
P'ker, rf 0 Leaf, ss 0 -W.D'gan, p 0 Carson, c 0 Kelly, 2b 0 H. Kreps.cf 1 A. D'an, lb 1 Hctz'l. 3b 0 E. Kreps, If 0
1 2
2 1 1 2
1 9 0 2
2 1
3 1.3 0 0 2 2
Totals 2 12 32 13 0 'fotala 3 10 33 13 2 FortWash'gton.O '^ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0-2 Ambler    0   0   0   0   10   0   1   0   0   1-3
Tried  to  Pass  Bad  Check.
Arrested as he was tryin.g- to pass a worthless check tor $:iO in Xorth Wales, Saturdav afternoon, an ag-ed man giving his name as How-ard lirooks and saying that he rcsldecl In \-ew Haven, Conn,, was committed to the county jail by Alagistrate Kirkjiat¬ rick   of  that  place,   to  await   trial  at
I'nion prayer service this Wednesday evening at 7.45 in the Presbyterian cliurch. The Rev. Frasca will deliver an illustrated lecture. Th'e offering will b.. devoted to the purchasing of pocket testam'^nts for the Italian sol¬ diers at the front. ^
Thr services next Sabbath in Cal- varv M. E. church w-ill be as follows : 9.45 a. m.. Sabbath school; 11 a. m.. sermon by the jiastor; 6.30 C^liristian End-eavor; 7 to 8, twilight servioe w-ith sermonette by the pastor.
—Harry Z. Freed has, througii At¬ torney N'aylor, filed a petition to have Reinhard Z. Freed, of Whitemarsh, de¬ clared mentally unfit to manage his pstate and to have a guardian appoint¬ ed.
Willow  Grove   Has   Fine   Military   D.iy.
Willow Grove jiark assumed a 110,1- tary aspect Saturday afternoon w-n hundreds of men in the uniform if the army and navy took part in ''le sixth annual tield day under the i-- rection of the Army and Navy Ui a, department of Pennsylvania. Tlir,> eh the courtesy of the jiark manageue l, recruiting stations were establish" '¦ u one of the groves, and in the drills v • o liumorous soldiers who will soon bo it the front.
There was an exhibition drill 1 a battalion of marines from Leagiio !-^- land, under Cajitain Hogan. The '- fi, tanned sea soldiers of Uncle Sam 1 '"'^- od (|uite tit to go after the Huns, 'f le i-ompetitive drill for the army end navy trophy was eliminated becaiise the guardsmen who usually conn-te aro in  service.
.A, dress .jiarade- included a 1 ead "from one of the battleships," tho 'ih- cials aud rejiresentatives of the .'\r!ny and Navy I'nion, coinpany of maio 's and the Philadelphia battalion of '^lO Sixtji Infantry. Alaneuvers by a ¦¦- tacdiment of the Sixth Infantry .ii.w applause.
Alilitary   men mained   at    the
and   others   who park   in  the     even heard a patriotic address by E. J. ' '¦ tell.    Several  numbers  of the ITpil
concert flavor.
w-ere   distinctly   of a  mili'ai-y
EUREKA.
Airs. Flora Alarkley and Air. and AUs. Silas Knight, of Phlladeljihla, were e- cent visitors in  this  community.
Miss Helen Diseroad is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Serrill.
The Warrington W. C. T. TI. will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday' if¬ ternoon. July 11, at 2 o'(»look, at 'he home of Mr.'and Mrs. I'Mward Giii~-'s.
Miss Coblentz, of Alaryland, Is visit¬ ing Aliss Katharine Hartzel.
An exjiert Endeavor class of eigiit'-o'i members has been org.anized in tlu C. E. society of the Pleasantville chinch. All those who pass the examina-ion with an average of 75 per cent, e, ill have the title of C. E. E., me.'ining Christian Endeavor expert.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Sellers, of Ani¬ bler, visited the latter's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lowell Hoover, on Sunday,
hit for one base, sending Alartin fhe rubber while he took seomid 1111 the throw in, but Haff spoiled a most promising inning b.v trying- to steal third on a poor start. Jenkintown, how-ever, was not througii and in tb ' last session AIcGinley set the stage foi- J, O'Neil b.v walking AIcKeown and T. O'Neil. J. O'Neil dropped the ball into Main street for a home run. Fol¬ lowing is the score :
AMBLER r  h Davis.lf.... 1 Rob's'n.cf.. 1 Wodock,3b. 0
Rice, SB  0
Hayney,2b. 1 Martin.lb.. 1 HafT.rf... 1 Ritchie.c. 0
M'Jinl'y.p 0   0
5
JENKINTOWN
a   e r   h   o  I
0   0   0   0 King.lf... 1
110   0 B'grer, 3b . 2
0 12 0 Cavis,cf... 1 10 2 3 V'sant.lb.. 1 13   3   0 M'N'lI,».s.. 0
1 11 0 0 M'K'n,2b.. 2 12 0 1 O'N'll.rf... 1 16   10 O'Neil.c... 1
12   0 MorEar.p.. 1
1
3 2 8 2 1
0 0 2 10
1 0
Totals        5   6 24 10   4     Totals   1«,12 27   8   3
Ambler 0   1000040   0-5
Jenkintown 0   0   10   2   3   13   x—10
Two-basse hits, VanSant. ,1. Q-Ncil, Hayney. Robinson. Home run, J. ONcil. Stolen bases. Buswanjrer. Davis 2. Martin. Sacrifice hits, Me- ,Kenna, Morgan, Wodock. Ritchie. Left on basee. Ambler 8. Jcnkintown 10. Struck out, McGinley 6, Morgan K. Bases on balls, McGinley 5, Morgan 4.   Umpire. Baitzei.
Th'i result of games played Saturday is as follows : Willow Grove 5, Beth¬ ayres 2. Fort Washington 2, Glenside it 4,
LEAGUE  STANDING.
Glenside	
Jenkintown ..
Bethayres	
Ambler	
Willow Grove Fort Washington...
Schedule for  next  Saturday.
Ambler at Bethayres. Fort Wash¬ ington at Willow Grove. Jenkintown at Glenside.
Time 2.21%, 2.24.
CLASS  A.     ^ Jack  Pointer, Jr.,   (H.  Wilgus)..
Jack  Horner  (G.  JIaust)	
Major King (D. F. Worthington)
Time  2..';2y2,   2.30.
CLASS  B.
Chum (A. A. AVilgus)	
Henry  H.   (O,  Leatherman)	
Fern   (R.   Kephart)	
Time  2.3414,   2.28li.
CLASS  C.
Ruben (J. Harrah, Jr.) 3
Geo.    Harrison (D. 1''. Worthington) 2 Dr. Boston  (William i'enrose) 1
Time 2..--d, 2.57.
1
4
2 1 3
2 1 3
1 0
1
2
1
W
 11....
 8....
  7....
  5....
  4....
  I ...
L
... 1..,.
... 4....
... 5	
... 7	
... 8	
...11	
P.C.
 917
 667
 683
 417
 383
 083
GWYNEDD   VALLEY^
A very enjoyablo dance was held at the (iw-ynhurst on Friday evening, w-hen about 25 coujiles were present. The house was attractively decorated and  illuminated  for  the evv-nt.
About 60 guests are at tbe Gwyn¬ hurst just now.
Jlr. and Mrs. Charles R. Hermann entertained a party of Philadelphi.a friends over the week-end.
Prof, and Airs. G. R. Combs, of Phil¬ idelphia, arrived at the Gwynhurst on July  3d.
GWYNEDD.
-A largo number of jiersons were ac¬ commodated here over the ith.
Norman Black, formerly of the local blacksmith shop, has closed the shop and is employed at Hallowell's garage.
AVilliam Baldwin has purchased a new car,
C. C. Coolbaugh and family ha-c returned fj-om .a stay at Eaglesmere.
BROAD  AXE.
Airs.   Cooig'-   Itiiic-   ontertained   Airs, Lucy Collins and daughter and William   pun*;-", ''philadelj'ihia,   particijiato Tayloi; o\er the week-end.
Hariy Hobensack is confined to his bed  with bronchitis.
Air. and Airs. AA'alter Hellings and faniily sji'iit Sunday with G. W. Hell¬ ings iind family.
Samuel X. Hall -entertained a num¬ ber of ji'ojile over the 4th.
Alorton Kitchen .and wife visited Saniuol Kil(-heii and family 011 Sunday.
AA'illiani Jago. of Pliiladelphia, visit¬ ed his brothei-, Harrison Eddleman, on Sunday.
John St(-l-i-,-ii is making quite a suc¬ cess cf his iiarbcr businoss, bein.g lo¬ cated   in   tlie   iiostolfic?  buildin.g  hMe,
Miss Alary Burke visited friends 'in Gerniantown on Sunday.
H. H. Hobensack is erecting a num¬ ber of pig pens.
Dr. J. R"x Ilobensaclt, of Philadel¬ iihia, having secured a jiiece ot ground from his father's farm h're. has jilant¬ ed a quantity of garden truck there¬ on. The doctor, instead of wasting his spare time on some country olub golf links, is frequently seen here workin.g securing h"althful exercise and "good eats" from his own garden as well.
MONTGOMERYVILLE.
Mr, and Airs, Jackson and daughter Alargaret, Air. and Airs. Clark Jackson and sister l-'lva. of Philadelpiiia, spent Sunday with Air. John Boehner, of this place,
AVilliam Danehower is having a pipeless heating system installed in his .house.
Misses Louise Stockert and Rose lAIather, ot Lansdale, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas P. Buzby and family. '
Airs. James Buzby and daughters, Dorothy and Beatrice, and Mrs. Btiz- by's sisier, JIiss Jennie Moore, sjient Sunday with friends at Collegeville. They visited some very interesting places, one of which was tlie American flag factory. Both Mrs. Buzliy anl her .sister were presented with a large AmerJcati flag.
Matilda Bo wns at Horsham.
Last Sj.inday afterno'tnT-Florence cas¬ tle,   of   Philadeliiliia,  visited   the   K.   G. E. home ut  Davis Gi-o\-t,  :.r,ii  serviees wer - coiKUioted there bv Rev. Mr. AIc- Willianiis, t,." the Tioga AT   .¦¦ -Alst Fpis- _ j i-ojial chiiri-li. I     ilohn   Hariar.   Sv.,   of   Hor-ham.   ro- I Ports a  failure of a   ji.-irt  of his  celery, as his AVhite Plume variety P.a -  urov- :j j ed a tailure this year, and his yield will ' be mt'cli reduced over last seas'on un¬ less  he can  jurchase a  large  quantity of plants.
Jonathan Siackhouse, of Hallowell, recently hauled a carload of manure from Hatboro and spread the fertilizer ou his large asjiaragus bed. Air. Stackhouse says his jieaches look well and that firoKii.^cts are liright for a good  croj).
At the regular meeting at Jarreltown, last week, of the l^pjier Dublin school board. tb>' accounts of the treasurer u'-'ie audited ahd found correct, wlthi a 'balan(-e in tbe building fund of $32,- 9.S0. The following othcers w-ere ro- elected : Se(;ret,try, Wm, C. Alch"le; solloitor, .Tos. T. Foulke.
Randal Fenton, of Dresher, has re¬ turned to his duties in Phlladeljihla after having had a week's vacation. He with several Horsham men, all employes   of   the   Rajiid   Transit   com-,
ill tno increase of wages i"ii the rate of two oonts ji-'-r hour recently granted by •lie comiiany.
l.ast Sunday evenin.g at the flrst twi¬ light service at Jarrettow-n Alo-.bodist. church. Rev. Dr. Haddaway sjioke ou -AVIio I'.oigns—God or tlie D°vil '!" Next Sunday morning the subject will be -'The Best Antitoxin for Selflsh- uess." In the evening, "Diviu' Right in a Wrong Way, Wrong in a Right Way,  AVhich  Is  Bofer -.''•
Jlr, and Airs. AVilliam Penrose, Sr., have reut"d their house on the piko north of Hallowell, t.i Afr. and Airs. Thomas Reill.v, of Philadelphia, who are occupying it for the summer. Tho Penrose family are living in the old farm house on the Jarrett Penrose Jilace iu southern Horsham tow-nshij) at Five Points, the late home of Al¬ fred Moore.
On Sunday a youn.g girl dr 'ssed In wdiito passed througii Horsham tow-11- shiji leadin.,- a line >diing horse. \t AbingtOTf .ct,i was stojiji-d by the au¬ thorities and it was found the horso was ta^keii from George J. Barton's meadow, at Neshaminy. The girl gave her name as Josojiliine Melloen, of Pliiladelphia, and her age as 15 years. She had tried several times to sell tho horse on her journey dow-fi the Doy¬ lestown pike.
Tho remains of AViliam H. Ford, 'sf Horsham, were interred Tuesdav af¬ ternoon in Hatboro cemetery. Death resulted on Saturday after ii long ill¬ ness from Bright's disi'as.>. He was 66 years of age. He leaves a wife, F:iizabeth, and tbo folbnvlng son and daughters : Sarah, wife of Rribert Willets, nf Camdon, N. J.: Alary, wk'o of AV^m. TT. Raisner, of Willow Gi-ov(>, and Jess.-, who is located in the west. TTarry, a second son, died some month.s ago. Mr. b'ord was a member of Hors¬ ham castle, K. G. E.. and of the Hat¬ lioro   Kniglits  of   Pythias.
(contlntied on page 8).