The Ambler Gazette 19201223

              The AMBLfeR Gazette.
VOL. XXXVIL-NO. , 49
AMBLER.   PA„   DECEMBER   23.   1920.
.S1.75   A   VEAR
COLD POINT PLYMOUTH.
Happenme* ot Loon Interest to Oor Readers.
Christmas Spirit to Be Exemplified in
Community Service CKristmasEve— Harmonville and   Hickorytovi^n  Por-
fonals and Miscellaneous. Morris Wllliama, after a hasty busi¬ ne.ss  trip east,  has  roturned   to   Paio A'.LJ, Cal., whore he is now residing
The Ftiends' school Plymouth Meet¬ ing, on Tuesday morning rend'^red a vai-y Interesting ChriBtmaa program, which was onjoye-l by a large audi¬ ence.
Mr. ancl -Mrp. l.«onard Ceck, and daughter Mildred, of IlarTOOnviUe, spent W.-dnt-fylay of la--jt v,ioek IK Philadelphia.
i ittle EMward Skilton, of iiaimon- ville,  who has been  111.  Is improving.
Mlaa Mary Ma.son, of Conshphockwv apont Sunday in Harmonville, vielting' X<eonard Beck and fajnily.
Businesa at the local plants Is slow¬ ing down materially, iho LAVino com¬ panv Is aliipping very littliO compara- tiv ;.• and the lime burning industries m-u alao slack. While the local plant of the Americaa Magnesia company cuutinues busy, it, too, la not as rush¬ ed as it has been. As a consetiuence thl'i conditions are reflectod in the re¬ ceipts at the local railroad stations of ilMJth the Pennsylvania and Keading On tho latter road the roceipta at Cor- oon station will fall at leaat $8J0O be¬ low those of the preceding month, and there is no relief in sight. A similar oondition prevails al the Plymouth M->eting station,
Mlaa   Sarah   Hagy.   ef   Cold   Point, _ who has been sick for a year, is still ¦confined  to her home.
Misses Sarah Culp and ESUiabeth Daniels, of Phlla(»elphia. were gue«t« Sunday afternoon of Cold Point and! Plymouth MeeUng friends.
Tho Christmas service of th« Ply- ¦ mouth Unite<l BvangeUcal Sabbath edbobl will ibe held next Sundajr eve¬ ning and will be Intereetlng and en¬ joyable for alL Aa usual there wlU be a aplendid  program  rendered.
New members will bo x<«elved into the Plymouth Unitiwl BvangeUcal eburch on Sunday, Jan. 2, at tho jreachlng services at 10.30 a. m. Ap- pUcaUon for admission should be mado to the pastor. Rev. D. O. Reinhold, be¬ tore the above date.
A community Chrtatniae tree hasj been erected on Wm. W. Ambler's lawn, Plymouth Meeting, and exercises will be held thei'e, weather permitting:, at 7 o'clock Christmaa eve. A gener¬ ous response to the work has been Hnade in the Cold Point, Hlckorytown, Harmonville and PlymiOutOn Meeting districts, and a census of the children In that district totals about 400. If the eixercises are 'nterfered with by storm the p ogram will be carried out ^t the tree the first favorable night after Christmas ove. Interesting ex- Bed   and  everyone   ia
 ¦¦wMi"**^*"'''"'''*^  S. StaniB*
will bripfflBPie of the alnging, which will aWrt'-lBBprise carols. Santa Claua will be present and mako personal -lis- trlbutions toall the children who hai^e tickets. ' The trea will be illuminuted every evening during Christmas week.
William Wilson, of Hickorytown, visited his uncle, Georgo Cooper, in RoKborougli  on  Sunday.
Mrs Eugene Lightkep, of Hickory¬ town, will observe her birthday anni¬ versary on  Dec.  25th. .
Tlio' Elliott home, of Hickorytown, Which was roctntly released from, qua- antine for mu.Tips, has again been placarded for diphtheria, Francis Har¬ ris having been stricken.   .
Mrs. Joseph Maxwell, of Hlckory¬ town, has b2en ill nnd confined to her bed.
The American Magnesia company ia about completing the work of remod¬ eling and improving the double houso opposite John S. Young's store, Ply¬ mouth Meeting, and the properties Will soon be occupied by tenants.
Mrs. Helen Hamel, of Hickorytown, spent  Thursday in Moorestown,  N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Huiber and son, of Hlckorytown, spent Sunday in Frankford with Mr. and Mrs. Addis Shoemaker.
Rev. and. Mrs. Powick, of Penn Ar¬ gyle have moved to Hickorytown into tho houso occupied by their daughter. Mis..] Caroline Powick. Dr. Powiclc is • dean of the Montgomery School of Commcrcic recently opened in Norris¬ town.
FVank Krewson, of Philadelphia, spent *ivcral days last week with Mr. and   Mrs.  Jacob  Hart  at  Cold  Point.
Dr. and Mrs. Randall Weber, of Philadelphia, were Sunday guests ot Evan Brooke and family at Cold Point.
On FViday evening the Cold Point Baptist Sunday Achool will Iiold its Christmas entertainment. The prgram -will be miscellaneous in nature and thwre will bo distribuUon of gifts.
Miss Mary Berkhimer of Harmon¬ ville has recovered after an Illnoss.
Mrs. Vickers Tarbutton Mra. Smith and Mas. Newman and their childrenl of Harmonville spent Thursday inl Philadelphia.
Six new freight cars from St. Louis, Mo., enroute for delivery to Cuban railroads, have been run into the sid¬ ing at the Plymouth Meeting plant of the American Magnesia company, and will be loaded with the asbestos pro¬ ducts for C ian customers and loada and cars v...i both be deUvered on the Island
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Rhodebaugh, of Oakland Cal., who have baen spending some time in Hickorytown with the former's parents, Mr. and Ms. Lemuel Rhodebaugh, and who have recently visited Mra. Khodebaugh's former home in Rhode Island, will leave this Thursday for tihe return Journey to the Paciflc coast. Mr. Rhodebaugh, Who is an ofiicial of a western raih-oad has also had business in Washington during his stay in the east.
Twenty-four Couples Seek  Divorces.
Twenty-four mismated couples are awaiting the action of the Montgom¬ ery County Court on their petitions to formally present their evidence for divorce. In addition to the above number there is a list of twenty ac¬ tions recently instituted, but in which Uie taking of tho evidence and the re¬ vi- w have not reached a stage to be I-iesented to the cou-t. At the sessio Judges Swartz and Miller received the r. port of the "-asters and heard argu- iiirnt of cijuu.sel.
BLUE BELL
HORSE CO.
79tb Aniual Meeting Heia at Centre Square.
Routine   Business Tranfacted—Officers
Re-etcoted—The Deooasad Memorial*
ized—Social   Gathering    Enjoyed   by
49  Members.
Tho 73th annual meeting of the Blue ll 11 Horse Company for the Recovery Df .^tolon itorst-s an'i tho. i:>etectlon of iliii:ve.s waa held Thur.sday afternoon in tho Centre Square fire house. 19 members of the compamy sat .down trj a sumptuous dinner prepa-cd .ind lirvod l)y tlio members of the Ladi'iH' AuxilLary of the lire company.
-At the busin.jssf sesior:, wiiich v.aa loutinft In character, the followini; rc- ¦.j;n^- o!IU'cr6 ivviiii rt;-eloctfcd. iTtsl- ¦i>nt. tlv. .i, C. ScJple, of Centrtj S-qiutre vice iirosldent, Charles DePrefontaine, Sr., of Blue Boll; treasurer, Henry C iiid'Uo, of Ambler- secretary, H. F. • 'oiiard. of Blue Bell; committee or. .iccounts, Georgo Roaelter, Henry Hoover and H. F. l-'amotis.
During the past year three members -Enoe Roberts, Wm. H. Moiga and John R Morris—wero claimed by 'de;ith, and in consideration of their aotlvlMcs in thii company Messrs. H. C iUddle, George Zimmerman and fJoorge Rossiter were appointed to^ lU-aft  suitable resolutions.
No horses we*j stolen nor were there any other lo»aes durnig the year; in fact few of the members posiiosa horses now, as nearly all drive motor cars, and tJhe company as organized has ceaae4 to funtidn except as a so¬ cial unit, where frienda and neighbors gather annually and enjoy the deli¬ cious menu provided.
All the oflicials of the company have served continuously for years, and hav*e been identified with the organ- izaUon since the days when it was considered a most i>otent force iu tbe community for law a^d order.
Mr. Biddle is but the second trea¬ surer to serve the comglany, he having now boen in that office for a contin¬ uous period of 33 years, having be^ti first elected to ohie position on Dec. 15 1887. JLilnford Preston, who died about 1908, waa a member of the so¬ ciety for 55 years and ^ervled as presi¬ dent  for 24 consecutive years.
The company is more generous in' its protecUoB than some of the other similar organizaUon^ as it not only protects horses anif 'mules, but all propierty of ita members, as article IB of the bylaws reads aa foUows : A reward of $7fi will be offered for the capture and conviction of any person who shall be found guilty of commit¬ ting the crime of arson on any pro¬ perty belonging to a memiber of this association to the value of |10 or up- warda"
The constitution of the company provides that the annual meetings bf the society shall be held at the public, houses along the Skippack turnpike' either at Blue Bell or Centre Square, the idea having originally been, doubt¬ less , to alternate the mot plan *'HJM iJBen  foilowt:id  tdir    thghy
PRICE DECLINE^ IS DISCUSSED.
PAYS $2500 WORTH OF BONDS
Horsham Farmers Meet In Bnslaess I wissahickon Fire company Reduces Session. ( Its Debt.
Lowering Values Was Seen by Some—
Crops    in   Alberta   and     Australia—
Domestic    Science  and     Economy^
The Next Meetings.
The Horsham Farmers' Club met at tho home of Harry and Emma Ww-th, Hatlwro, Satunlay evHining. Presi¬ dent John U. Park called the meeting to order. Minutes wore read by the >-6<-rotary, Mra. Mullin, and the usu*! routine   of  buainess   followed:
Uoiiort of tho crop committee. P. P. Ohcen i'iinind«d the hearers that he had warned them at the meeting in .\ugiib-l th.it price; wev-- sure to de- c!ini(). This is wliat ifl hai>p«;nlng now. Ilo heard a miller two days .'igo cir.inK to sell for $1.70 per bushel a cailuad of wheat for which he had r-urchasc-d in the early autumn for jii L'5, but did not find a buyer. He g.-tve somo pretty scareful' figures when Ik' told of the potato market, but ho cncouragod his listeners by saying prices have only started down¬ ward. It may be wo will see a tum¬ ble later.
No encouraging worcla were hoard until H. Warner Hallowell said this year's crop may not materialize as it seems to promise. My plan is never to market gi-ain or any produce when there seems to be an abundance in tljo market. Rush it In when you h!i.ar of a scarcity.,
Why, demanded a woman, does not all this have some effect on the price of chicken teed? I pay the same price for scratch feted and chowder aa dur¬ ing tho war. Mr, Oheen explained the changes in prices are somewhat due to the phenomenal crops in Al¬ berta and Australia. We do not aeem to be able to ship our wheat to starv¬ ing Europe. In fact, they refuse to buy it.
Mr. Park said the prices have been satisfactory and most of us have done. well eo far.
liow^d Hallowell spoke of the me¬ thods of transportation and of the freight charges. It costa less to send a quantity of wheat to Australia than the san*3 amount to Cincinnati.
PioceiHls From Recent Fair, Donations
and Rental Charges Untilized in In-
creasina   Equity   of   the   Company—'
Debt  Now $11,500.
Thi' Wissahckon Firo Co., of Am- blfr. on l->lday evening took a dccld- ¦d step towards th-- reduction of its moiiR-age of $14,00i'.« by authorizing 'hf- Montgomery Tru;-t Co.. of Norris¬ towu, trustee under a niortgage giv^n in \':-Pi, to m.ako drawln.!-, nf boiid.'i in, the a CO ¦.-¦--gat'' amount of $2500, same 'o h,; :r,iii t;-' J;in. 1. The proper reso- Uitir.n W.IS pas.sj I direclj.d to tli*- trust comiiany.
The action was taken at an .ad- .i'inrn.:'(l meeting of tho company held List Friday evening, following a fin- inif:ial report of the fair oommittee lu "¦I:irli such action was recommended
Th>. commpauy has b*en obliged. -'inr-i.- i!H6 to pny annual interest ¦iMouniing to $756, and the redemp¬ tion Oi" bonds .OS provided will now n duce tho aniiuual Interest rate by .$135.
In iiddition to tho $2533 on the prin¬ cipal just ordered ttfdeemed by the company the latter organization has r(!cently liquidated a temporary loaa of $sno representing the balance duo on tho purchase of a Packard motor tru.!: for the cfiemlcal apparatus.
WHITPAIN AND   HORSHAM AND L GWYNEDD.   UPPERDUBLIN
Shoot at Fort Side Inn. Live bird shot from many sections were at the Fort Sidfe Gun Club, nt Fort Washington Saturday afternoon when seven events were keenly con- testtd, A curious trio flgured largely in each event. The trio comprised, the present state champion at live birds a former state champion jind a countryman from the rural sections of P.ucks county. The three are Charlie Burns, South Phil.idelphia, the preaent state live bird champion; Earl Mel- reth, of Philadelphia, former atate champion, whonr Bums recently de- foxacd for the titlo, and Al Oelst, ofl Pi:rka.si« Bucks county, a farmer. Burns, the present champion, etarted oft: like a whirlwind. He won the first mi.<!s and out event with ten straight
years.
SPRINGHOUSE. -
Tho postofflce will close at 9 a. m. on Christmas day.
Mra. Cheston »' rris is visiting friends in New York city.
Mrs. A. G. Bees is spending several days visiting friends in Sayoi-, Pa'.
The pupils of Codar Hill school will hold  their entertain.nent on Thursday.
One of the largest attended ¦ sale's ever held in this section was that of Jdhn G. Mengel on Saturday. Moro than  300  people were  present.
Shares in tho 4M series of stock of tho Wissiihickon Building and Loan association, now on sale at offlce, opera house building, or the First Na¬ tional   bank,  Amhler. adv
Ciinton Marple has retiu-ned from a Bucoessfui gunning trip. Mr. Marple shot a deer weighing 130 pounds.
A largo number of men are busy re¬ pairing tho Sumneytown pike this w'eek.
Robert Turner, who.has been super¬ intendent at Pino Run farm for near¬ ly nine ye.irs, has sent some of hia srooda this wctk to BricrcUff Farm, Now York, of which Mr. Turner will, assume the genkjral management about January  let.
Dr. Hubbs has moved from Phila¬ delphia to tho hou.se vacated by Mlsa Heacock.
Marie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ju¬ Uus Rempp, who has been ill with pneumonia, is improving.
Plymouth  a  Township   of Firtt  Class.
This year's cfensu-s return,') show that Montgomery eounty is entitled to cre¬ ate two more first-cIaM townships, Plymouth and West Pottsgrove. Ply¬ mouth has a population of about 3300 in an S-square-mile tract, and West Pottsgrove has a population of about 1700 in an area of four square miles. Thena aro at the present time four flrst-class townships in Montgomery eounty. Lower Merion, Abington, Sprlngfleld and Cheltenham,
There will be many changes in Ply¬ mouth .after it becomes a first-class townsliip Janupary 1. The present board of supervisors will bo eliminated and a board of townnship commis- sioniers apiiointed, having almost tho same powers and authority as a town council in a borouglii They have authority to create, police, fire, health, sewer and street departmienta. The communities in the large townnship are Plymouth Meeting, Ivy Rock, Con- naughtton. Black Horse, Earnest, Cur¬ ren Terrace, Seven Sta»B, Harmonville, Hickorytown and Cold Point. All havo been anticipating tho improved con¬ ditions, but did not expect them so soon. Just what effect the change will have on the tax rate is not known, but there will naturally be expense in establishlg the new order There will he no change in the school boai-d con¬ ditions.
.   ,   :Then,  in a ten bird  match,  he killed
Mr. Kensey told of the idle vessels: .jnothcr   ten    straight   ,winning    flrst
.andhorad in rivers, and of the heaped j mom y      Fivfe tied for second in thiq
up wheat waiting to h>> moved.    WhyL^yent with 9 each
is   this so?.      Mr.  Michener  demands!
a  tariff  bill  pas.sod  that  will  protect
against just such times as these.
The fuel question was discussed with e.trnestness. It was asked, -wiU we ever have cheaper fuel As ther^ does not ap|>ear to be any limit either above or below In pricea, but they are purely arbitrary. It seems there muat be a remedy somehow, somewhere.      ,
Recitation by Doris Saurman, "How)4 Ciiristmas Came to  Rocket'
Domestic science. Mrs. N E. Wooctij read this recipe for dhow chow.    Onei
GoiBt won a 3»-bir<i event with !» killa
In a sjiecial matcih rate at 50 birds, John E. Kearney,.of Philadelphia, won. from Charlie Biddle of Philadelphia 38-37.
WEST   POINT
A ntunblpr of tho farmera have been taking advantage of the excellent weather and are getting some of their early  spring   work   done.,    Manure   is
Who's Wbo and Wbat's ^IhM in ibe Two rowasbipa.
Mr. and Mrs.Edward H. Phipps, of i:!IiK' Bell, have returned to their home after having spent t'tv. imst week at .Mlentovn attending state grange as dfifgatf ,.< of CcntjT? Square Grange, P. of H.  No.  1774.
Edwin S. Brnunfcldt, who Wi.s con- vlctrid in ihu ..lontgoraKry county courts on vho charge ot having fired his barnp 'i»-ar. Owynedd, has h.j^-ii p.ardoncd ai'ivi H^vit?*: sei-ved 1':sh than ] two years of his fivjj-year wnienc.
At tho Friends School at Gwynedd on Friday the Christmaa entertain- m.;nt is to bo held. It v.'ill be unii^r the supervision 01 Miss Louiso Hall nnd Miss Ketcharn, the teacher.«, au' tho Gwynedd  Mothers' club  .
Sharo.s In tho 43d aeries of etock of tli/a Wi.ssahickon Building and Loan association, now on .sale .at oflice. opera house buildins?; or the I-lrst Na¬ tional  Imnk,  Ambler. ,adv
Don't fall fo see the Christmas tree at Blue Liell inn. Beautiful decora¬ tions are in order there. Holiday din¬ ners  a specialty. adv
Several men are at wcrk on tho Davis farm trimming tho front trccr,.
Douglas Danehower. of livldgelon, N. J., .s-pent tho w/pi«k-end with M.s parents   at   the   "Cedars   Farm."
Hickorytown mis.sion held a .srK>'ia: service on Sunday afternoon, whloh wica well  attended.
I'ioehm'B Sunday school will render their Christmas service on Fridiiy evening at  7.30.
Rov, J. O. Detrich, Mr William Mc¬ Pherson and family, Mr. and Mrs, Ed¬ ward Duflleld spent Sunday with Hor¬ ace Duffleld an 1 family, near Narcissa,
Harry DuRleld'a children are afflic¬ ted with whooping cough.
Tho LAdles' Adult clasa of Boeftun's church held a home-made baking sale in Norristown 'tedt M^«14 which amounted to over $30.
Mr, and Mrs. Walter Lafferty, has returned home after spending their honeymoon at t.ie home of Mr. and Mrs  Horace Phipps, St., of Blue Bell.
Mr. and Mrs. WilUam E. Llnblad, iof Philadelphia, spent Sunday with Jos¬ eph Slioemaikhrr and family, of Blue Bell.
Preparatory service will be held in Boehm's church next Sunday morning.
Tho flowers, which were furnished in Boehm's churchy on Sunday morn¬ ing by the Ladies' Adult class, Mrs. Ki-anlch and Bessie Diowees, were sent to Eugene Johnson and Miss Hannah Stout.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Shaeflf, of Nor¬ ristown, spent Sunday with Walter Shaeff and family, of Blue Bell,
MAPLE GLEN.
Mr, and Mrs. John C. Rounsavlil, of Newtown, spent Sunday with tho lat¬ ter's grandfather, T   P. Conard.
The roses in tho greenhouses on the Rllenwood farm are at tlieir height for hp Ch-'-'-nas season, and are a hand¬ some sight.
Geoir, ¦ uu-r. of Jan-ettown, who re- ¦ently bought hte former Henry Rlnge "n—11 he-e h.as been (joaring down some
ildings and  making  needed  re pairs, I.il"
3Sth   Wedding   Anniversary.
On Saturday evening at 6 o'clock about 75 guests assembled at tho home of Mr. and Mrs. William Krout, near Colmar, and gave them a complete surprise in honor of their 35 years of wedded life. After a bountiful sup¬ per waa sei-ved, tlw remainder ot the evening was spent in social enjoyment Mr. and Mrs. Krout were the receipi-
..  .       ,ent3 of many beautiful gifts, inciuling
.,,, - Mr.   Mumbower   waai "'''"'*• cut glasa,  pictures and  money,
sitting on a board when it broke and ?"'^^ts .were present from Ivyland he fell into the well, which at the time korsham, Prospectville Eui'eka. Chal- was hlied with water. He escaped !"¦ Colmar, Uak Lane, and Blooins- wilh a  ducking and considerable dif-   *»""«r-
llculty in trying to get out of the well. "^ gnests depa-ted  at  a  late hour
• c-   .    ,' Gcvu-  rec"lvp,i  a   carlo-id   of  ^''''^in'r   M-    n-,i    ht        - manv
Jl   I,  turkeys at Belfi-y station last week.      '""'"o yefus «f happy wedded Ufo^
no. defeat to his crelit. Tiie other contestants a-e Bossert. wun 3, lost 1, Brey, won 2, lost 2; Shuman, won 1, lost 2; R. Fenstermacher won 1 lost 3,
Eggs havo taken a -drop in pric^j here f-om 10 to 20 cents a dozen. Last week a nuinber of the farmers wore asking $1 a dozen, whilo thero were others demanding $1.10 Eggs are now more nlentiful and can bo bought for 90 cents a dozen, witlli every indication that a further drop in, the price will tako placo within a week. Dressed poultry has also -hit the toboggan, it is said, and will liMu- ly sell for as much as 10 cents a pound cheaper than on Thanksgiving day.
The annual Christmas entertain¬ ment of the Upper Gwynedd schools will be held this Wednesday evening School will cloao on EViday for the hoUdays.
Mrs. RussKl Espenship was a recent guest of her sister at Souderton.
The annual Christm.as feltival of Union Sunday achool will be held Simday evening.
The Camp Firo girls realized .a'bout $60 on their recent bazaar.
Horace Smith has about completed the erection of a fine chicken house.
being hauled to the fields, and should half pk. greeri tomatoes. 1 doz.'gi-een|th.* favorable weather prevail plowing „..„1„   f  -int finely chopped  onioittis^l ^^'J°"?„f«f'^ 'Ji^nf kt  Nolan's
afe- mm -lS^S^^Tt^-4 Ibt fft7l7.Thaving-iSm'n^n^ with sugar,  3 pints vinegar,  1 stalk cele y,
1 oz celery see,  2 ozs.  mustard  seed,
2 tablespoons ground mustard, 1-2 cup salt, slice tomatoes, peppers and cab- hagto, salt over nigiit, pour Juice, then boil all vogetables together until ten¬ der, senl in air tight Jai-s.
Mrs.''Comly had heard so many stor¬ ies on the subject, she wondered if it would do to chan.ne f?om domestic to political economy. Now we women can vote It would take us a long time to save ih our kitchens evenn a small part of the wastage that goes on in political circles This was a mighty popular suggestion judging from tne interest manifested. Fi-om every side camo stories to gi-eat sums spent, for nothing at all. These things need to be remedied, then forgotten.
Howard Hallowell waa on current events. He told of the te-rible con¬ ditions in the world abroad, the un¬ speakable famine in Chinaand Indi.a, tho starving people in Central Europe and the efforts of tho Friends' ReUef to aid; of the "open shop" movement that means moro than anything else whon one says tjho word freedom; of lighting the hen house.s at night, andi many other things of, Interest.
Mr. P.a.xson told some of the work and failures of tho Emergency Fleet coriioration, their waste, lie also told of the suffering in other countries.
There was a perioti of extremely in¬ teresting discussions followed. Some members who had seen them told of tbq useless ships tihat were built at such tremendous cost to the country and whieh now lie in the rivers.
A report from our valued member William Penrose, is that his health is improving.
An invitation from Solebury club to send rcprcsetatlves to thb celebra¬ tion of their 50th anniversary waa read Mr. and Mrs. Newton E. Moore and Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Gheen wore named as delegates.
The Club Gazette was read by tho editor, 'Mrs. iSaurman.
Qucatlon.s wert answeiW by Ben¬ jamin Park, who told of the shows of fiirm products in the county town: Mr.s. Mitchell, who declared the stereotyped eJght-hour d.ay is unprac¬ tical in domestic services. Others an¬ swering were Mr. Worth, Mr. Mullin Mr. Adee.
The conunitteo in chai-ge of the club's annual supper gave the time and place Jan. 20, In Wilgus' Hall, Hatboro. The committee to arrange in conjunction with Tho Neighbors, a meeting to advanca community iter- ctts also named the timo and placo, Fobruai-y 23, in  Wllgu.9' Hall.
CENTRE SQUArIe.
Joseph Zorneck, who has been on the sick list. Is able to be about again.
School wUl closo Thursday for the Christmas and New Ylcav holidays and will reconvene Monday, January 3.
Workmen are patching the holes in DeKalb Stroet pike.
Harry Hafner has finished painting thio exterior of Joseph Zorneck's pro¬ perty.
Harry Mumbower met with an un- pleasiint experience one day last week while repairing the well on the Phil¬ lips   property
EUREKA.
Rev. Harry Hoover and wife spent, tho week-end with the former's sis¬ ter, Mrs. WilUam Knott. Rev. Hoover is pastor of a Reformed chwch in Bloomsburg, Pa., and on Sunday morning preached an excellent sjormon in the Pleasantville church.
Mias Lola Hoff, of Lansdale, was a week-end guest of Miss Wilma Mark- ley.
The Chrlstm.as exorcises of the Pleasantvillo church will be held on Sunday morning at 10.15. E\'or>-body welcome.
Miss Annie Brady, of Doylestown, has taken up her residence i>orman- ently with her neice, Mrs, William Kohler,
Mrs. Amelia Myers, daughter of John and Margaret Myers, was buried from the Pleasantville chui-ch on Mon¬ day afternoon, with interment in tha adjoining cemetery.
For some unexplained reason the residents of this locality hava had no. new telephone directory, and they are supposed to bo Issued overy four months.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Sellers, of Gwy¬ nedd Valley, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hoover.
Miss M.arlo Weisman, Miss Anna May Haniui, Mr. David AVenger «.nd Mr. Harold Kuter, of Phi.ladelphda, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Serrill, Eurelca.
BARREN  MILL.
Harry Gillinger and Edwin Watson si>ent Saturday in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Wireman, of Philadelphia, was a local visitor over the week-end.
Mrs.  Conard  Stahl has rheumatism.
Howard    Cessinan, who  has    boen
*"¦-- ' -M«.¦iMM»>naJNy--wMiiiei'^<fe'i«r,
.-_. rKft^atism,  Is able to walk out.
Mlss'/Matilda Oberle spent Saturday in  Philadelphia.
Mrs. Edwar I Prader spent Monday at the Old Ladies" home, at Wissino- iping,  Philadeliihia.
.Miss Fannie Malkin .spent the week- en 1 with her sister, Mr.s. Sol. Siunuels in West Philadelphia
John and Kdna H.aii«ell are confined to   their  home   with   severe   colds.
Mrs. William McKannan, of Tren¬ ton. N. J., visited her daughter, Mrs. Ceorge Wanklin, of Hamilton Htights.
Ali-s. . VVilliert Hellingli entertaine 1 Mi.s. Emma Schafer,  ot  I'hiladelphia.
George /Elweilh has purchased a five-passenger  Buick  car.
Mrs. Chai-les Bubeck, formerly Miss Lottie Oberle, now of Philadelp iia, was a luncheon guest a ther uncle, Geo-ge Oberle, Wednesday.
Mrs Robert Elfreth spent Monday in   Philadlephia.
The regular monthly meeting of the ladies' guild was held Tuesday eve¬ ning.
Paul Mitchell haa purchased a flve- pasi3engt;r Ford car.
Irvin Gillinger has purchased a five- r.iK.-enger  Ford  touring car.
.'Mrs. J. AVhitmer Hershey visited in Philadelplii.a,  Mon,d.ay.
Mrs. 1). H. Dager and Mr.i. Goorge .Aliller attendf'd a meeting of tlie Betsy Ross Hewing circle,in Roxborough: AViednesday.
Mrs. Gertriuio Hendren visited the Tarbutton family  Sunday,
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Maxwell left Moi^dciy morning for Lenoir, N. C., wlurc- they will spend the winter with Sfino.
Tho Whitemai-sh A'alley Hunt club en.gaged in a fox hunt Saturday after¬ noon. The meeting place was this town. Judging from former meet¬ ings thero was .an unusually largo! number    of persons participating.
Mr. and Mrs AVilliam AVhistler en¬ tertained friends Sunday.
Walter Gillinger is conflned to his home with illnesa
Miss IlJt>ttlo Boyer, a former resi¬ dent of this town, now of Philadel¬ phia, visited the Pfleger family.
Miss Sallie Kooker, of Marble Hall, siJcnt Sunday in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mr.s. Metzgai- and Miss Re¬ ba Thompson, si.ster of the latter, spent Sunday with friends in German- town.
CENTRE SQUARE.
While Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Seipt wore shopping in Norriatown on Sat¬ urday evoning they let their car stand along tho cui-to and when they came back the car was gone. They concluded that it had baen stolen and -so reported to tho police. Tho next morning they found the car standing about four squares away and the lights were still burning, but nothing stolen,
Mr. and M-s. J. Gilbert Weir are receiving congratulations upon the birth  of a son.
Miss Mary Ellen Cassel wos the ---"•* of Miss Mildred Whittock on Sunday.
'V Unruh and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Grindrod, of Am¬ bler,  on  Sunday.
The Whitpain consolidated schools will give a Chri.stmas ente»-tainment this "Vednesdnv afternoon in the High -school   audl'"riu--i.
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest fft I Many Readers.
Mrs.  James   Park   Is   Deceased—Hor*~
ham   Farm   Reported     Sold—Chri«(t»
mas   Arrangcmants—Events   at   Jar*
rsttown and  Oresher.
.Air. and Mrs. Thornton Stackhousw. of the K. G. !¦:. home, Davis <Lo\t. who have been ill, are convalesc* ru.
It   is   reported    that   Frank   Oehrlo r--ho   resldod   just   ovor   the   Hor.yharr^ ownship hne. lias purchased the Ste¬ phen   Ye.vkes   farm   at  Johnsville 'sta* tion.
A very inu'ieating vaudeville anc"< lieriorming dug .sliow -.vns given iri the IIor.sh;'jni «ro hall un Satai'da>*- .1 d Alonday evenlng.s. On a p<?ri ' - lage basis t'. !• Horsiiam 1' ire co.npiui; .eailzed $13 as Us share of tho pro« cecd;i.
lhe Christmas entertainment by tbii, iorshain  pubuc  scnools wm  bo  givert .n   tlie   Uorsiuun   lire   han    j liursday •veiling,
Mvs. Jtuiies Park, of Horsham, die^j." Monday morning Slie was Anna^ daught'er of John Griflith. o!." Warring- ...<n. a.-io leavo.^ two .au^;llt^rs. Murie'i tnd Kiiun.a, and one aon, Eugene, whe iu  at   .'it.ate  college.
Mr. a-d M.t: i'.ank Forker, of Hor-^- .3!;am, on  fciL-iulay  entertained  Mr. an(^ .¦\Ir.<5.   Gviirije   u-ar,   of   Willow   Grove. and   Mr.   and   Mrs*   Leroy   Forker,   oi; Philadelphia.
iii.a.j .,c..._ Lontr formerly school'.' ,11-incipal at Jarrettown, has recovered i^rom  a  slight   illness.
Mr. and i>ir8. W.n iJghtkiep, of Jar-^ rettown, were the hosts to a larga> gathering at  their  home.
Shares in the 43d series of stock  nii' tbo   Wissahickon   Buiiding   and   l^oar^ asaociation,     now   on   sale   nt     otirrr- peia nouse building, or the First-^^^a* clonal  bank, Amtoler. adv
Mrs. Walter Gerbron and Mrs. A... Graham, Jarrettown, visited Mrs. Al» f ed Oerbron at the Chestnut HIU hoa- plUl.
Dogs running at large in JaiTettownt have killed neighbors' fowl. Guns artt loaded for the purpose of giving th* dog a warm reception.
Jarrettown Sunday school Chrtat-- mas entertainment, Thursday eveninK.. Dec. 23.    EWeryone Invited.
Fifty persons attended the last prayer meeting at Jarrettown church.. There were conversions recently wItK out any espfciclal evangelistic eflfortis, Tho churdlii is tho live community in-* stitution.
The closing service of the old yeai* Sunday evening, Dec. 26, at Jarret.* town church will be celebrated witb a special song and mu.sical service^. lhe talented liamsey sisters will slnfi- in connection with other noted talent 1,1 vocal and instumental music. Yotg are cordially  invited.
The MLsses Bartholomew and Mur-- ry, teiichers in Jarrettown school, wUl spend the holiday-   litii  ¦.heir pet nt.---.
Charles  Wiiey   ii-:   nov.   ¦ u.ii">i,..ti    .-
briday  after oon   at   2.1i>  Will presnn't''^'' its  Christmas  entertainment.
A well has U en i-o.i.p.ete I at thot Horsham fire house by John Rulone."» ihe b.iriiig 1 eachod a depth of 36 l'u«t, and on a test fro.a 12 to 15 gallons l)uv minute wai pumped for a periuii. of n.a ly two liours
Jonathan Stackh.nise, of Hallowel/, haa llil e.^iied ..ut his wheat.
Joseph W'..,ite!bido, of Babylon, haai boen repairiiig tiie bar.i and house at the K.-^ith Valley farm, occupied .bi- iuoward Allen. Gener.al repaira dro> being made an I a new kitchen erectedv
Jo.seph Whiteside and wite a.ici daughter Rachel, of Babylon;, spent Sunday in  Palmyra,  N.  J.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Thomp¬ son, of Horsham, spent Sunday iri Philadelphia as guests of Mr. and Mr.s». E. Bertram Satterthwaite.
On Sunday the board of manage^ ers of tho K G. E. home, Davis Grovai. visited tlho institution. Visitors in¬ cluded Harry Einmerick, Benjamtrx Archer, Mr. and Mrs. FVank Irvin aijcl[ son Frank, and Frank Allen, the lat* ter from  Hatboro.
Mrs. E.iBert»am,S|itterthwhitc, ftorm-» erly of Horaham, who recently under- wl-nt an operation, has now improveril so that .she has returned to hei- Phila¬ delphia  home.
Walter V. Allen, of Babylon, ha* commenced tearing down the old ten¬ ant house on his property, and th<i>. materi.al will be utiUzed in a poultry thouse,  which  he  will ^rcct.
The Horsham township board ot road supervisors met the auditors—,- Ai-thur Williams and Arthur Jarrett—>.- on Monday ovening at Nash's Hors*. ham hotel, and the township r^ad ac-. counts wore gone over.
Theodore iSerrill, It is reported, has sold tho old Mark Stout farm, which' hb recently purchased at public sate from  Mrs. Robert F. Whltmer.
Many Horsham an'd Upper Dublin Siay haulers are regi-etting the death ofr Edward Martin, who for yoars ha.* had chargo of the Philadelphia hay market.
Nino Graduated From School of HoKjii- culture
The annual commencement e.\ercise» of the PennsyIvani.a School of Horti¬ culture  for. Women,  near  Ambler,  ott. Friday afternoon   the  following young: women were awarded diplomas:   Bar¬ bara     Booth,   of     Port     Washington; Marjorie W. Broadbent, of New Haven,,. Conn.;  Elizabeth B. CrelUn, of Scran¬ ton; Marry  B Marry woather,  of Cleve¬ land, O.;   Eleanor L. Mulcahy,  of Htir- rLsiburg;   Amy  R.   Thurston,  of  Litch- tictld.   Conn.;    Susan   L.   Reppai-fl,   ot .Savannah,  Ga.;   Alice  A.   Rhoades,   oL' Jackson, Mich.;   Margaret A.  Trimble, of Edgewater Park,  N. J.
Dr. J. M. MacFarlane, emei-ltus pro¬ fessor of botany at the University oi Pennn.sylvania, spoke on "Opening- Vistas in Uorticulturar Activity." Miss HIizajbeth Leighton Leo, director of the schoal, assisted by tho senior class, received the guests and tea wasi sei-ved.
—Ground has been I -I'-en at Abing. f..., .-r,. tijjj erection of a .oldi.rs' monu¬ ment.
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Watson   Appointed.
Congrossmiin   Henry  W.  Watson,  oi." Langhorne,    representing   tho    Bucks- Montgomery   district,   has   been   mado chairman   of  a  sub-commlt'ee  of   tho House wayti an I  means committoo, ot' which   ho   i.s   a   mcnibor,   to   hear   on; Saturday     afternon   a   delega   on     on measures   proposinur  tho  exemption  of" ,1...  i-^f^ome  on   mortgagee  on  real  es¬ t.ate from taxation in view of relieviii/. .,0   piesenl   ' ^¦'•''-   •   situation.