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THE  AMBLER  GAZETTE.
VOL. XXXV.-NO.   15
AMBLER.   PA..   APRIL   25,   1918
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings at Local Interest to Our Readers.
Plymouth Meetinq Station to Be Mov- ed This Thursday—Big Service at Hitkorytown Mission—Harmonville— Miscellaneous Items of Interest.
Ralph Beecroft, of Harmonville, has been on the sick Ust.
Mrs. J. Thim, of Cold Point, _has been 111 for several days.
Charles Rhoads, of JVorrlstown, spent Sunday  in  Hlokorytown.
Harry Keown, of Cold Point, has purchased an  Overland  touring car.
George Sheller, Jr., of Cold Point, has an interesting colony of 34 young pigs.
Jlr. and Mrs. Joseph Markel, of Harmonville. entertained local frien,'ls on Sunday.
Harry Deen, of Philadelphia, spent Sunday with William Karr In Har¬ monville.
Rev. S. P. Ash, of Philadelphia, will preach at Hickorytown Union mission next  Sunday.
At the Hickorytown Union mission prayer meeting is held every Wed¬ nesday evening.
Howard Noblitt, of Hickorytown, who was 111, has recovered and haa returned to his work.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Freas and son, of Philadeliihia, visited relatives in Hickorytown on Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Buekman and Joel Wolf, of Cold Point, have purchased line pianos for their children.
Ellwood Ziegler, wife and daughter spent the week-end at the Eckened bungalow,   near  Hickorytown.
Miss Gertrude Myers, of Harmon¬ ville, is recovering after having been ill for several days  with grip.
Mrs, Millie Hiltner, of Karr's lane, Harmonville, spent the week.-end with Jlrs. William JlcCulIough, of near Ivy Kock.
William Hendricks and Arthur Lu¬ kens, both of Camp Meade, spent Sun¬ day at their parental homes at Cold Point. „.„
Mrs. Martha J. Blair, of Maple Hill avenue, Plymouth Meeting, spent the week-end with her son, Robert J. Blair, of Ambler.
Augustus Gusmere and family, of Ardmore, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Myers Hall, Plymouth Jleeting, on   Sunday.
Miss   Alice   Ambler,   who   has studying at Cornell  university, N.   Y.,   has   returned   to   her Plymouth Meeting.
James Cunningham has cut up Into cord wood the old apple tree recently blown down on Mrs. Livezey's lawn at Plymouth Meeting.
Samuel Kilpatrick. of Spring Mill, who delivered papers and bread through the Plymoiith Jleeting section, has given up the route.
Mrs. Eugene Lightkep and Jlrs. Harvey Rex, of Hickorytown, visited Mrs. George Campbell in Philadelphia on Wednesday of last week.
George Karr, of Ilarmonville, who participated in the Liberty loan par¬ ade on Al)ril 13, lost his gold watch and chain during the demonstration.
Owing to delayed mails the "Am¬ bler Gazette" papers of last week, due Thursday morning, . yvere dejayed-- some until Saturday ar.d others till Monday.
Jlrs. Staley, who owns a house on Cold Point hill along the Lancaster¬ ville road, is fixing up the property for two families, one of whom will be Harry Miller.
A very Interesting mttsicale was given in Cold Point chur<b hall last Saturday evening, wlien a splendid program was served to a large and ap¬ preciative  audience.
Edgar  E.   Miles,   who   is   conducting the Albright  blacksmith  shop  at Har¬ monville    has   moved   his   family Atlantic' City  into  the  hou.se  at monville   formerly   tenanted   by liam JlcCulIough.
Josiah Preas, of Hickorytown sell his personal property next tinday, and his daughter, Jlrs. Eugen© TJghtkep, and family will remove into fhe house with him. lie will continue the store and the shoe repair business. Sergeant Elmer Jlyers. of the mili¬ tary police at Camp Meade, spent Sunday with his relatives at Har¬ monville. ITe has voluntarily surren¬ dered his apiiointment and returned tO' the ranks, taking up other work In the camp.
A very pleasant conipany was enter¬ tained on Saturday evening by JIiss Elizabeth JIarkel, of Ridge pike, Har¬ monville. .Miout 20 of her young friends assembled and made merry. The event was a games were played served.
One evening recently Eok Carson, of Hickorytown, atteivled a meeting at Ursinus college, Collegeville. whereat Dr. Voss, a missionary of Japan, de¬ livered a lecture. Mr. Carson was ask¬ ed to give the opening prayer, and af¬ ter the exercises was tendered a re¬ ception by 27 students of the seminary all of them niembers of the Golden Rule club. The meeting was a splen¬ did succe.ss and deserved testimonial to Mr. Carson., who' conceived and has ' done so much for tlie success of Ihe ] club, I
Word has been received at the Ply¬ mouth Meeting station on the Trenton CuHoff railroad, titat e>verythiT<g Is to be in readness this T'.iursday for removal to the new site further west on the ground belonging to the Ameri- cnii Magnesia company. Since the old .•-¦lotion has been torn down, the quar¬ ters have been a converted passenger coach which '.uis served as a satisfac¬ tory makeshift. The site of the new station is very handy to the big plants of the K. J. Lavino company and the Amerlcau Magnesi.a company.
An Sunday evening in Hickorytown Union mission a splendid musical ser- i-ice was conducted hy Rev. lUdwln H. ' ookmeyer. secretary to Charles Ale.x- i.nder, the great evangelist. All the familiar and many new hymns were sung by this talented and wonderful vocalist, who led the congregation and also renderd solos. Jlembers of the audience also sang, and a most Inspir- ationl service was held. Jlr. Book- meyer left with Jlr. Carson a number of copies of the pocket gospel of St. .Tohn, containing 12 hymns and three stories. These may be secured I)y those Interested who may attend the mission services or who call at the T-^ckened bungalow. JTr. Bookmeyer Is al •-> Interested in tiie pocket testa¬ ment league, which was organized some years ago by Miss Plelen Cad- bury now Jlrs. Charles Alexander, the ¦society now ntnnbering more than 3,000.000 members. j
(Continued  on Tage S).
FIREMEN HELP THEJNJURED.
Ambler Co. Makes Provisioa From Relief Fund.
From   $7   to   $10   Per   Week,   Doctor's
Charges    and    Hospital    Exfienses—
Fund Provided by the State for Such
Purposes  —   Fire    Company     Holds Meeting.
As a result of the recent injuries to several of its members while in the performance of their duties, the Wis¬ sahickon Fire company, at ila meet¬ ing last Friday evening, appropriated from Us relief association certain sums to recompense these men for loss of time and expenses as the result uf their injuries.
The relief association of the com¬ pany, which is regularly Organized, having the same otlicers aa the lire company, has a fund of $357 whicii has accumulated as a result of the state regulation and appropriation of one- half of one per cent, per annum of the amount of foreign fire insurance held N'^lthin  the  borough.
President Knight preside,d ovfer the meeting of the relief association, and he recited the details of the accident at Xorth Wales, which was entirely unavoidable. John Martin. Lewis Far¬ rington and Peter Garritt wero injur- eil. All have had physician expenses, and P'arrlngton- has been in the Chest¬ nut llill hospital, while all have suf¬ fered the loss of time from t'.ieir em¬ ployment.
It was decided to allow Garritt, an unmari'ied man. $7 per week during the period of his incapacitation, and also the e.xpeuries ol' a physician. Martin and Farrington, both of whom are married, were granted $10 per week and doctor's charges and Far- rington's hospital expenses will also be assumed.
Chief Hayden, Albert Kulp and W. J. Biddle were appointed-a committee on visitation to the Invallde.d men.
The regular meeting of t'.ie lire .com¬ pany was held just previous to the session  of the relict as.sociation.
Chief Hayden' reported that tho steamer had sustained no serious dam¬ age from the Xortii Wales accident. The motor chemical machine has been sent to the Pierce-Arrow repair shop in  Philadelphia for  some  adjustments.
The following new membera were elected : ftalph .M. Krider, Jolm G. Jliller,  < )scar  L.  Xiee,  John   Black.
The games committee reported  hav ing collected  $7.09. i
.A dona'ion of $'25 was receiveiT*, from . Cie .American .--'lores conipany, which I was  duly    acknowledged  and    thanks'
OBITUARY.
JIARGARET   F.   HOUGH.
I in Saturday afternoon in Rose Hill cemetery were interred the remains of Jlargaret F. Hough, formerly of Am¬ bler, whose death occurred in Philadel¬ phia April 17 after a short illness, the result of apoplexy. Services were held in the Ambler Presbyterian church, of which the deceased was a member, conducted by the pastor, Rev. George J. Crist.
The deceased, who was a .daughter of the late Jacob and Mary Freas, of Doylestown, was born 84 years ago. She married J. Finley Hough, and re¬ sided at Ogontz. Tliey later lived in Bucks county for a time and then for eight years the latter conducted the Horsham grist mill along the Pennypack also operating, at the same time, other mills in Philadelphia and Buckingham. Jlr. Hough for a time conducted a, coal yard in Ambler, He died in Atlantic City before  189(T.
Three children were born. Dr. Char¬ les B. Hough, of Ambler; Ella, wife ot the late John S. Uuchann, and Horace, both of Philadelphia. The decea.sed for many years had resided with her daughter in Ambler and lat¬ terly at the Avondale apartments, Philadelphia.
ELIZABETH  J.  WEBSTER.
Klizabeth J. Webster, of Plymoutli Jleeting, died Saturday at noon at the home of her daugliter, Annie F. Am¬ bler, aged- 85 years.
The deceased, who was the last of her gen(ratIon, was the daughter of the late Jonathan J. and Eliza D. Jones, and was born. Jlay 1, 1833, atthe home stead in Plymouth township, below the Ridge pike near Ivy Roclt. In 1854 she was married to William Webster. Of Conshohocken. who died in 18HS. Mrs. Webster resided in X'orristown for some timo and for several years past lived with her daughter at Plymouih Jleeting. \
.Slie leaves the followin.g sons artd daughters : Davis J., of Ridge pll^e, Plymouth township; .Samuel P., bf Consliohocken; Annie F. Ambler and Jonathan J., of Plymouth Meeting; William, of Xorristown. and I.eidv .1.. wife of S. Carbon Wolfe, of Williams¬ port.
The funeral was held Tuesday after¬ noon at Plymouth ]''rlends' meeting¬ house and interment was made in the adjoining cemetery.
WEST POINT.
L. W. JIattern has placed his new delivery auto truck on  the road.
Hol.v communion services were held last Sunday evening in Grace Reform¬ ed church. Services will be held next I Sunda.v   evtuing at   7.30  o'clock. I;
Levi Siegfried. Jr.. has secured a '- position at the Union Chemical cojn- pan.\'s  plant.
The local clothing factory is now In
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.I
Who's Who and What's What in the Two Townshipa.
Pemberton Hollingsworth, of Gwy¬ nedd, has purchased an additional horse.
Alashua Williams has moved into his house, which he recently erected at Gwynedd,
Andrew J. Jlurphy has moved into the former Goodman estate house at Gwyne.dd Valley.
A coating of crushed stone Is being siiread over the Sumneytown pike bv Wm.  C.  Evans,  of Ambier.
Word has been received by John 'Troaster, of Gwynedd, that his son, Charles, has landed in France.
James Bartleson, of Ambler, is re¬ building the colonial porch in front of the Justus Acuff residence at Gwy¬ nedd.
A re-arrangement of the interior of Gwynedd postofflce now provides se¬ parate counter room for jiarcel poat, general delivery and money order business.
Jlrs. E. B. Smith, of Gwynedd Val¬ ley, is having a well bored on the former Goodman estate property pur¬ chased by Mr. Smith just previous to his death. •
Isaac D. Hetzell, ivho has repaired his summer residence at Gwynedd, hns evei-yiliing looking spic and span, and will shortly move into property for the season.
I In Wm. J. Haines' farm, near Blue liell, Jacob Rohrback has been cutting asparagus since Tuesday, Ai)ril Ki. This is believed to be a record for this section of the country t'.iis season at least.
The lines of the Postal Telegraph company on State road, Gwynedd, east of Win. Penn Inn, have been restored after the destructive sleet storm, but the work Is not yet entirely comidet- ed, as the repairmen were compelled to shift to other Jobs.
The First-day School union of Ab¬ ington ciuarter was held Saturday al (Ivvynedd Friends' meeling house. .Vliout 125 persons were present in the morning, when Interesting exercises vvere rendered by the members of the schools. Luncheon was served, and In the afternoon the program was c(ni- tinued, when the discussions related to school work and activities.
Rev. J. D. Deitrich, of North Wales, spent the week-end as the guest of Mr.  and   Jlrs.  Eugene  Wentz,  of   I'.In
LIBERTY LOAN DAYPARADE.
Arrangements Made for Great De¬ monstration.
HORSHAMIAND ^ UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Items of Interest to Many Readers.
Pedestrian Parade of Societies and  In-   Pot»t° Growers F.gurmq on Acreage— divlduals Over Short  Route—50  Men      Jarrettown   Church   News—Subscrip. . From   Hospital   Unit—Honor  Flag  to       *'°"S     to     Liberty     Loan—Personals Be  Unfurled  by Mrs. Cooke. ""'f   Miscellaneous    at   Dresher   and
Ambler is arranging plans to proper-       Jarrettown. ly   celebrate     Liberty   loan   day,     this      Mrs.   Walter   V.  Allen,   of  Hallowell, Friday  afternoon,   witli  a  short  street   spent Tuesday in Philadelphia, parade, to be followed  by the a'ldress- j     Mrs.   Charles   Corneal,   of   Philudel- es  in  front of  the  lire   house  and   the  phia, spent Sunday in Jarrettown. unfurling of tlie town's honor Hag for'     Howard Comly, of Horsham, planted in behalf    of  the  four acres of potatoes last week.
I Miss Gertrude K. Conard, uf Maplo Glen, is recovering after a serloua illness.
James   Nagle,   of   Jarrettown,   spent
Ils   splendid     efCort.s third  Liberty loan.
Wm. C Irvin is chairman of the committee of arrngements. H. G. Knight,   Esq.,   will   act   as   marshal   of
the parade, witii L. C. jVllen marshal'the week-end with friends in Consho- of the business men, and Jo.seph (.'a v-, hocken.
alier leader of the Italian delegation, j Miss Grace Frick and Courtland The Italian band of Ambler will pro-j Frick, Jr., Dresher, were in Pliiiadol- vide music. phia on Tuesday.
The  divisions  of the  parade  will  bo '     Harry   Pfanner,     of  Jarrettown,   haa as  follows :     First—Stale  police,  mar- | been   called   to   the   army   service   and
operation.    The company has sutlicient j '¦'""''""''' ,     , I employes   at   present    to    operate   thei
Charles   Buckley, reported   that   Dr. j machines     that   have   been     installed. C. C.   .Mehler had  been  instrumental  in.i,^,,,,.    it   js   believed   more -hands   will I starting   a   fund   for   the   iiurchase   of I jjg needed. " .. ' '
ice,   $0.75   having   lieen   collected   with       ji,.s.   .loim   .Argall   recently   attend|a i the fund still open for further receipts. I un, fi,„eral of Joseph Detwiler in Phg-
Mlsss Edith and Annie Roberts, of Blue Bell, spent the week-end with tneir bnuher, Enos Roberts, Jr., and r.-uniiy. of Xew Jersey.
The Sunday School assor-iation of Tioehm's churcii held Its monthly bus- ini'ss meeting .Tt the parsonage on Wednesday  evening.
Jlr.    Butlir   nnd   dau.ghter.   of   Wil-
shal and aids, 00 nuiformed men from base hospital, Xo. 38. Ambulance corps; local men selected for servic,' and called April 26 to Jlay 1, Liberty loan committees of ladles and men. Second—Ambulance, Red Cross and auxiliary. Third—Italian band, bor¬ ough ollicial^f, Wissalii(-kon Fiie com¬ pany, business men anil fraternal or¬ ganizations. Fourth — Italian unit. Fifth—school  (hildren  and  Scouts.
The parade will form on Xorth JIain slreet and will tile up JIain to For¬ est, to Ridge to JIattison, to l!etlii;j- hem idke. to l.lndenowld. to Butler, to Locust, countermarch to t'.ie lire house.
At the fire house after the parade there will be addresses delivered by Hon. Oscar G. Bender, of Philad>l|ihia; Lieutenant Hari-.v Schaffer. of Ambler, who has just been graifuated Xo. 3 in a class of more than 700 from an offl¬ cers' training camp; Jlrs. Robert J. Rolston, chairman of the woman's loan committee of this county. An inler- e-!ting feature of the afternoon will be the unfurling, by Jlrs. George .T. Cooke, vice president of the Amlder branch if the Red Cross, of the Ijib¬ erty bond flag awarded .Ambler by the United States treasury department for having subscribed its full cpiota of the present bond issue on the morning of the  lirst  dav  of the  campaign.
The busine.ss places and private homes are requested to be decorated, and it is desired that as many of the paraders as possible carry flags.
The company voted to iiarticiiiate In the borough's demonstra tion thia Fri¬ day, whii-b lias been designated as Liberty  loan day.
adelphia,
Walter Fenstermacher, of Perkiom
schor.l spent the week-end at his p;
j ental home.
I     After   a   service ,of   39   years   datl I from   1879,   Eugene   Howland   has   T\ carnival: signed  his  position at the West Polj 5. i Planing mill.    Jlr.  Howland  lirst  w to  woi-k at the local mill under Aarj Kriebel  &   Conipany.     Byron JaUHai't'-    X'-ckets for the  ¦=onpev|w,as   llie, nevlL o\jvier
After  the   latter owner  B.' S.  Pfeder
CENTRE SQUARE.
The date of  .lhe  liremen's and   supper    is   .May   23,     Ul   and Every indication now points to its be¬ ing   the   greatest   event   ever   held   in CeuU-o tsiiHftre..  X'-ckets for t\ are'M^
Charlea Roynan. of Camp Jleade, visite.d   his home  here  on  Sunday.
A. D. Blackburn wiirmove to IJrid.ge- port in the near fulure in order to be near bis  place ot employment.
Linemen, diu'Ing the past week iiaxe beea busy repaiiin-'- the telephone line, in the \icinily of l-'ranklinvIIle, whicii was damaged by the recent storm.
lJecau.se   of   the   wretc'.ied   condition of the Skippack pike some of our citi¬ zens   liaxc   been   writing  strong   letter's to tlie stale highway department.    The from I cundititni of the pike soutii of the trol- Tlar- I ley  line  is  dangerous  for  travel.     Es- Wil-I pecially is this true between the black- I sniilb shop and George JIurphy's place.
Red Cross Notes. The Women's Liberty loan parade last Salurda.y is conceded to liavc been the most impressive parade seen in Philadelphia during this generation. About 40 Ambler Red Cross women took part in aame and returned home liaiiL-port. spent the weelj-end as the ! ^^Ith renewed consecration to take up K'lests of George Zimmerman and fam- i I'l^ s' l;;sacrificlng respomilbiliticl ily.  of Centre  .-Siiuare. ! which  they    were  brought  to    reali/e
A correction   .-.hould   be  mad<>   in   no item   ill   last   week's   notes ."     The   re- | mains  of  John  Jones,  of Tioga,   were
will Sat-
Ellwood Allen and a party of friends from Bridgeport were callers in Cen¬ tre Square recently.
Miss Sara Shoemaker is reported to be  ill.
George Jlurphy and brother Fred, journeyed to Willow Grove on Tues¬ day and returned with a new horse for J. J.   Houbert.
Josepii Zornek and family, of this place, and Frank Luther and family, of
latter owner
I ick was Ihe purchaser, who also con- tinue'l Mr. Howland the empIo-.-es. I''inally W. L. Bean became the own¬ er of lb ¦ mill, who continued Jlr. How¬ land   in   his  employ   until   be   resigned
, to   lake   a   posiiion    witli    liie   Greater
' IJo.lie coinpany at  .Xorristown. |
Jlrs.   I''i-aii'<  Coleman   enterlaiii.'d   the' knitting class at her home  last Wed-
I ii.-sdii,\-  .-VIM.in-.
Raymond   Hoot,  is  reported,  to  havei been called  for service in the national
I army and  will    leave  for  camp    this
I Saturday.
Howard Schultz, who was attacked last winter by a mad bull and severely injured aiul who later suffered from the grip, is now able to be about again. Elmer Becker and Howard Weigner have secured positions with the Great-
j er T'odle company, of X'orristown.
¦ The members of the local lire com¬ pany will altend a meeting of lhe Firemen's   Association   of   Jlontgomci-v
I county to be held next Saturday e\-en-
I ing at l.an.-:dale. The Tocal compiny has also decided to become a meniber
(buried at Boelim's church. The de- tce.-ised was a brother-in-law of Jlra, ! Maurice  Hoover.
Kathadne    RoberW,    of    BJue ^^^^^^^a£. "•¦ -•-»*»^
^'Letiflf^WrSiPof "Biue^^l'i,"!'''
j with mumps.
I     Jlr. and  Jlrs. Eugene Wentz, ol   l;l le Bell,    attend^    the  funeral    of  Mar •
i Heller in   IJhiladelphia on  Saturday. C  H.  Daneliower,  of Centre Square.
I still  remains  in  a critical  condition.
The Red Cross, of Blue Bell, is do¬ in.g quite an extenaive work. Several articlea were sent last week, and sev¬ eral persons are contributing to the knitted   ciuilt   for   the   soldiers.
must be borne by the American wonu'ii it tills war Is to be won. Every self- respecting and intelligent woman 1' ading the newspapers and magazines tliese days must realize her liolo is needed. If any are hesitating, uncc r tain wli;it to Ao, go to the Red Cro s headquaijers.     wjicre  bales  nf    i-oimn
I reports  this   week.
I JIiss Edith JIann, of Maple Glen, called on Jlrs. Williain JIann, of Hor- 1 ham Terrace, on Tuesday. I Jlr. and Jlrs. Frank Forker, of Hor¬ sham, attended the funeral of Dr. R. L. I Davis at Hatlioro on Jlonday.
Jliss   .-Aniancia   Barclay,     Jlrs.   C.   T. Hotlensliin,   .Mrs.   .Samuel   r.amsey,  Jr., j spent   Jlonday  in   Philadelphia.
JIiss  Bessie   F.lliolt.  of Dresher,  and
Russell Kern, of Jlontgomeryville, wera
, married in  Elkton,  M.d., last week.       _
Jliss  liclcn  Walson, of Horsliam, lias"
been  indisposed  for .-ome  time,  and  at
this  writing is not  much improved.
-Vlr.   and   Jlis.   'I'liomas   Tomliiiaon, of Haiboro.   \ isited  Jlr.s.  JIary Tomlinson, I of Horsiiam,  on Wednesday afternoon, !     Ciiarles   Kressler,   owner of  the for¬ mer A.  Iv.  Williams' larm at Horsham, has  planted  a  California  privet  hedge j along the front lawn. I     James Cooper,  farmer on tho Jabel- ' wadi   farm   of   Joseph    Wood,   Jr.,   of Hallowell,     on     Monday     hauled     two : loads  of  corn  to   the  Hartzell  mill  at I Chalfont.
I     Miss  Francis  Peterson,  of the West
Chester  State     Xormal   school,     spent
i Sunday at home with her parents, Mr,
and     Jlrs.   Samuel   Peterson,     east  of
j Horsharn.
I Miss Lillie Corson, Mrs. Annie Col- I Hns and daughter Alice, of Willow I Grove, were visitors at the home ofi Jlr.s. William Sill during tlie past I week.
At Dresher Jlr. and Mrs. August l.entz celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, and among the guest.'* W/ere three children. 12 grandchildren and  tive  great-graudcbildren.
William Jlaun, wlio recently moved from Jarrettown to one of William J. Tyson's houses, at Horsham, has se¬ cured emoloc-nient with the Philadel¬ phia Rapid  Transit  company.
On Tuesda.y morning Jlorris Buek¬ man, John .Meredith • and Samuel Peterson sent down to the Philadel¬ phia markets' by trolley freight a lot (f o.-ii.-:n'iis.  beets and  potatoes.
Misa Florence Whiteside, who 1.-? completing her studies at the West Chester Stable .Vormal school, spent Sunday and Monday with her parents, id Jfrs.  WiiiiMiti-Whileside. jM|if
Oaks,     motored    to Sunday,   where   they of  friends.
Plasterers and electricians are now at work in the newly remodeled fire (-ompany's  properly.
It is reported that Robert Stoop has decided success '¦ ^oiA six acres of land an'l the build- incf refreshments jir^^^.^^iJ^'^   '"•"P^'-'y  °"   ^'^^  ^^^^'^
Joseph Zornek is making some fill to the lot adjoining his barber .shop.
The roadmasters of the townahip ha\-e been busy the iiast week scrap¬ ing and repairing aome of the roads cast of the Skippack pike.
Jlr. and Jlrs. Andrew B. Robinson entertained Jlra. Frank Weber, of Philadelphia, last werk
Dr. R, .^nna lilreecl has returned to her home here after having spent part of the -winter in Lawrenceville, N. J.
Howard L. Baker, Jr., Is ill with mumps.
John Heist, son of Jlr. and Jlrs. Stuart Heist, was kicked In the head by a iiony on Thursday and is recov¬ ering at present writing.
Miss .Mice Moyer spent Sunday in Port   Kennedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Kibblehouse visited John Kibblehouse and family, of Xorth Wales, on Sunday.
Jl.r. Hibschman, of South Bethlehem, spent the week-end with Earl C. Bern- hard.
Gladys and Bernice Beyer are re¬ covering from their Illness.
William Jloore lost a valuable horse last week.
The Ladies' Auxiliary, of the Centre Square Firo Co., will hold their regular monthly meetin.g in the new flre house on Jlay 2
Dr. and Jlrs. J. Howard Seiple, of Centre Snuare, announce tho engage¬ ment of their daughter. Miss F. Mar¬ garet Seiple, to Jlr. T. T^Inton -Alburger, Jr.,   of   Oerniantown.
Southampton    on ' of ibe association. were   the   guests i     Walter   T'^einatermacher,     a   member I Of last year's Weat Point A. A. base¬
ball team, has made the team at Per kiomeii  school,   where  he  is  a   student, and  last week in a  game with Haver¬ ford he had three hits.
Jfrs. I'^lliott liirklnsh.aw and children recently spent a few days in Philadcd¬ phia.
A meeting of the local war savings and thrift atamps committee will be held   thia  Wednead.ay   evening.
Mr. and Jlrs. Harrison K. Moyer and Mrs. F. B. Quinn spent last Wed¬ nesday at Kennett Square.
Lansdalie  Boy   Reported   Missing.
Jlrs. JIary Kribel, of l.ansdale, has received a telegram from the war de¬ partment that her son, Claude B. Kri¬ bel, assistant paymaster on the V. S. S. l.akemoor, was missing when the ship sank. He ia 27 yeara old, a na¬ tive of Skippack and unlil his enlist¬ ment had been salesman and book¬ keeper for Monroe Brothers & Co., Philadelphia.
He passed the examination for com¬ mission as ensign last Jlay and was on the reserve list until just before Christmas, when he entered the naval school at Washington.
Retires   From   Business.
Samuel F. Webster, one of Consho¬ hocken's oldest business men. In point of years of service, haa retired after havin.g been engaged In the milk busi¬ ness for upward of 42 years. Mr. Webster, in recent years, was one of the largest milk dealers in that section.
He sold his routes l.'ist fall to the People's Sanitary dairy, agreeing to serve them until a substitute was found for the post. Raymond Karl, of West Conshohocken. -will assume the duties now.
Dr.  Davis a  Suicide.
Despondent following a series of misfortunes covering a period "i a year. Dr. 1-. R. Havis, a veteranarian of Hatboro, committed suicide at hig home Friday ni.ght by inhaling ca.s. l''ailiiig to come downstairs at the usual time in the morning, servants investigated and found him dead in hia room.s—the doors and windows tightly closed, with quilts laid to prevent the gas from escaping, and a tube used to convey the gas from an overhead fix¬ ture.
His son, also a veterinarian, died less than a year ago; hia wife died several weeks go and a few days .'=ince a large barn on the Davis property waa destroyed by fire, st.arted, it is said, by sparks i'rom a burning brush pile. For several generations, the Davis family, of the branch with which Dr. Smith was identified, have been veterinarians. His father, a brother, Benjamin, and his son all .i.dopted the .<=ame profession. Dr. Davis w-as ac¬ tively Identified with public affair.'^ in H.atboro and w.as affiliated with a number of fraternal organizations.
PROSPECTVILLE.
The l.adies' .-Aid society, of Pros¬ pectvillo JI. E. church, will meet at the home of Jlrs. C. Kirk Radcllff on May 1st.
Jlrs. Elizabetli Gouak and .¦•on.s visit¬ ed Mr. and Jlrs. John I'ord, of near Three Tuns,  on  S^unday.
Jlrs. Reuben Finley and Jlrs. Eliza¬ betli Gouak attended the funeral in Ambler of Jlrs. Jlargaret F. Hough on  Saturday,
Jlrs. Justus Perry was the guest of Jlrs. William l''illnian, ot Hatboro, on Tuesday.
Flton and Helen Weikel. of Ambler, have been spending a few daya w-ith their aunt, Mrs. Charlea Gouak, of this place,
Mr. and Mra. J. Worthington have been entertaining their daughter from Germantown.
Josepii Stackhouse. Sr., has been visiting relatives in Philadelphia for a few days.
Frank Worth has purchased a new- Overland  touring car.
Frank Hill and family visited Jo¬ seph Gouak and wife, of Horsham, on Sunday. I
Elwood Ely and daughter Sara vis¬ ited Jlr. and Jlrs. Edward Boehner on Sunda.v.
A son was born to Jlr. and Mrs. JTctthias I-andt last Thursday.
Jlr. and Jlrs. Joseph Stackhouse, Jr.. of Philadelphia, visited Jlr. and Jlrs. Justus Perry on Sunday. '
Jlrs. Elizabeth Gouak entertained friends  from  Philadelphia on  Sunday.
Regular preaching services in Pros- Pfctville Jr. E. church next Sunday.
oTrUffig flannel "aftd' milSli it'ISPS' waltln lo be fashioned into hospilal garmeiits. All know what for, and witli thous.ind.s of American boys "going over the to))" need anyone ask whu for ?
The King's Daughle-rs, of the Pres¬ byterian church, have pled.ged thein- . ..^c.Jve;; to work in the R?d Cross surgi- ; c^'.l dressing rooms one Thursday even- ; in;; of each month. Il is desired tha' i similar organizatieiis in the othe- i chuichos will arrange to work vi ! •same place the other Thirsd.iy evrn I ings of each month.
Mrs.   Wm.  T.  Patterson     will     hav
charge   of   the   Thursday   luncheon   a: headquarters this week. .
All opening tea was held at the new R"(l Ci-iis.s beadcinai-iers last Thur.sdav. where all the members were given an opportunity not only to become betici*, acquainted with one another, bul to .see the work that is being accomplished there and to learn about the new can¬ ning department, which will he opened : aa soon as there is produce enough to warrant it.
It is earnestly reiiueated that every i member of the Red (h-oss take part in ' the Libert.v loan pai-acP^ to lie .given i here in Ambler this l-'riday afternoon ' at 2 o'clock, t'.ie women are to meet | at the headquarters at l..'!0 iiromptly ; to receive final Instructions. They are ' to wear the Red Cross uniforms (white aprons and caps). It is hoped a large number will respond that the Red ; Cross may be creditably represented,     i
EUREKA.
Jlra. William Swartzlander under¬ went an operation in the Grandview -hospital on Tueaday of last week and at this writing, is reported to be doing as well as can be expected.
Mr. and Jlrs. Tony Dommeldlnger have moved into the Theodore Serrill property on State road.
Aubrey Clymer has entered the Pig club of Warrington township, with a young  "Yorkshire."
W. D. Worth and A. D. Jlarkley have finished tlieir canvass for thei Third Liberty loan In the northeast division of Horsham township and re¬ port subscriptions totalling about $9000.
Thieves   Ransack  Jenkintown   Home.
Valuable jewelry and silverware and. It is believed, costly wedding presents, were stolen from the residence of JTr. and Jlrs. John Woodall. Washington lane, by thieves who forced an en¬ trance into the property some time Saturdav night. The police found that a window of the first floor had been jimmied and the house thoroughly ran¬ sacked. In different rooms, valuables and furnishings had been scattered about, indicative of the fact that the thieves were after only plunder easy to dispose of or difficult to trace.
Plymouth U. E. Church. The churcii held its lirst quarterly holy communion service on Sunday morning, at which time the Rev. Dr. Schlegel. of Lancaster, preached lhe sermon to a fairly good sized cougi-'- gation. Dr. Schlegel was entertained in the home of Rev. Jlr. JIusselman.
A special effort was made by tiia pastor last Sunday to induce those at¬ tending divine services to purchase all the Liberty bonds possible.
The pastor organized a new class in catechism. This cla.ss is comprised of boys and giiia whose ages range from eight to 12. At present there are about 20 youtlia receiving c-atechetical in¬ struction through Rev. Jlr. JIusselman. The Sunday school has now collect¬ ed about $47 in cash for the purpose of purchasing one Liberty bond in the name of the Sunday .school.
Xext Sunday morning at 10.30 o'clock, a very interesting ciiiidren's service will be conducted under the supervision of the pastor. The child¬ ren's services for the past several months have been exceedingly inler- eating. The program for Sunday will be one of the best yet.
X'otice ia given that the Sunday evening worship will be held from 7.30 to 8.30. beginning with Sunday even¬ ing.
The Christian Endeavor society, in¬ stead of meeting on Sunday evening at 7.15. will now meet In conjunction with the Wednesday evening prayer service at 8. The leader for thia week's meeting was Prof. Gurloch, of the Earren Hill school.
—In her will, probated at Xorris¬ town, Caroline Summers, of Jlarlbor- ough, after giving *1.000 to brothers, bequeaths the residue of her estate, amounting to $800, to the "So-called Seventh-day .Adventist Church. of Camden, X'. J."
—Jonas P. Fisher, of Graterfor.l, has purch.ased of Jlrs. Chase, of Schwenks- cille. 111 fino fat steers.
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township, which were damagec} by the recent sleet storm, have generally b°en repaired at lo.ast so that the hues are. in  working order.
Francis Houpt. lato of Upper I >iiblin, gives the Jarrettown JI. F,. church $20Q 10 care for his f.im'ly burial !ilof. Tha sum ci $100 is given to each of his ten • children, and the rf^aldue to his widow. A son, John I). Houpt, is named as exe¬ cutor.
Ed\\'ard Neal, who for manv years coiiiaicled ii suci'c^-s: ul Wii-gon build¬ ing and blacksmith shop at Jarret¬ town, dieil last week al Glenside, where he has resided many years with his son, l''dward. James, anoiher son, resides in Easton. while Harry, a third son.  died   aome  yeara  ago.
Ml i-Khani township has already over¬ run   its   (|iiota   of   subscriptions   to   the Liberty  loan.     Tbe   Hallowell    district has   already   sold   over   $15,000   worth, and   the   Prospectvllle   district   is   now over   $20,000.   both   of  which   amounts are  in  excess   of  the   allotment.     The siihac-riptions  will be at  least $10,000 In excess of the quota. ¦ Among the potato growers of Hora¬ ham   township   tliere   is   a   desire   thia year to help with  food production just so   far   as   labor  condiiions   will   allow-. Jonathan    Stackhouse,    of    Hallowell, who   planted   415   acres   last   year,   says he  will  materially  reduce  his  planting' j this  year.     Walter  V.   Allen,   of  Hallo- I well,   will   Idant   about   12   acrea;   Jo¬ seph   Whiteside,   about   20   acres,   and j William    Whiteside,    about   12    acres, j Howard  .Allen   will  plant  10 acres. I     The   following  services   will  be   held Iin   JairettoHn   M.   H.   cliurch   Sunday: 1 9.30 a. m.,  Sabbaih  school;   10.45,  wor- |ahiii;   7   p.   m.,   Kpwortli   I..eague;   7.45, ' service fla.g presentation service.    Sev- j eral neighboring P. O.  .S. of A. camps , are expected lo be present.    -All mem- hers   of   church    and   communit.v—es- I pecially  tho.se   whose  sons  are  in   the serviee—are urged  to attend.    Tlie fol¬ lowing  notices   of  Ihe   churcli   are  em- phacized :     .April  29.   monthly meeting- of the official  board.    April  30,  Ladies' Aid aociet.v will meet at the parsonage. A   full   attendance   is   requested.     Rev. Dr. John G. Wilson   vvill  hold  the first quarterl.v   conference   on   Tuesdav   af¬ ternoon, April 30, at 2 o'clock.    Official members are urged  to  be preaent.
BLUE  BELL.
A pony belonging to the children of Mr. an,d Mrs. Bayard U. Livingston. Jr., fell at the corner of North Spring- Garden street nijd Mt. Pleasant avenuo on Tuesday afternoon and as a conse¬ quence wa.-=! later killed by Dr. E. A. Rile.
The women of the Jlissionary so¬ ciety, of Boehm's chui-ch, held a quilt¬ ing at the old high achool last Thurs¬ day.
A. S. ¦Valentine and family have moved to their country place for tho summer.
Mrs. Janies Fallows, nf Wyndmoor. and JTrs. Lizzie .Arbuckle. of Fort Washin.gton. were recent visitors of re¬ latives  in   thia   vicinity.
A wagon house is being erected on the Wiirts farm.
Appointed   Detectives.
The court hns handed ilown the ap¬ pointment of Harrv B. Xuss. Jr.. of Norristown. .and John B. Stevenson, of Lansdale. to be detectives.
They are required to pay n $2.' and enter $2000 bond. The the  b'ren'^c   is   tbre.^  v--ars.
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