The Ambler Gazette 19160120

              The Ambler Gazette
VOL   XXXIV.-NO.   3
AMBLER.   PA..   JANUAI^Y   20,   1916.
.f;i.25   A   YEAR
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
HappeniBSs of Local Interest to Our Readers.
Cold Point Church to Consider Pastor Next Sunday—Events at Evangelical Church—Harmonville,     Hickorytown
'    and   Narcissa.
Miss Reda Fetter, of Harmonville, ilJas been on the sick list.
Henry Seaman, of Cold Poinl, is out again after illness with grip.
Charles Rhoads, of Hickorytown, is about again  afler a recent   illness.
Miss Virginia Cook, of Cold Poinl, Is recovering afler an illness with grip.
Carson, son of .Mr. and Mrs. .Milton R. Marple, uf Hickoi-ytown, has rci-ov- ered from measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cassel, of Nor¬ ristown, visited Mrs. Eugene Lightkep Sunday at Hickorytown.
Samuel Myers and daughter, .Miss Gertrude Myers, of liarmonville, spent Sunday in  Philadelphia.
Mr.s. Becroft has heen ill witli ton¬ silitis at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles .Sulzbach.
Mr. and Mrs. Thoma.s Magee, of ^ Cold Point, delightfully entertained lo¬ cal friends at cards Saturday evening.
Joliii Feiter, 3d, of Harmonville, while skating on Potts quarry Satur¬ day broke through the ice, but was rescued.
An unconfirmed rumor at Cold Point states that Augustus Cook has dispos¬ ed of his piggery lo William Herst, of New Jersey.
At last reports Mrs. Horace T. Houf a.nd son Paul, recently of Cold Point, were at the former's parental homi', Centralia,  Mo.
Christopher Hellings. of German- town avenue. Barren Hill, enjoyed a sauer kraut supper Saturday evening In  Norristown.
Misses Marie and Helen Glaub and Thomas Lanse, of Philadelphia, were Sund.ay guesis of Mr. and Mrs. John Albright, Harmonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Hallman, of Pottstown, spent Saturday and Sun¬ day Willi Mr. and Mrs. Frank Klliott, Karr's lane,  Harmonville.
Leslie P..odebaugh, of Hannonville, had flve members of his family ill at one time with measles. All the alllict¬ ed ones ai-e now improving.
Miss Lettie Bowman, of Harmon- vile, on Saturday evening was ten- , dered a miost delightful handkerchief surprise in honor of her birthday.
Miss Glendolyn Elliott, who has been spending several weeks willi her grandparents in Poltslown, has re¬ turned lo lier home in Harmonville.
On Saturday kl Plymouih burying ground were interred the remainsi ofi flmma C, widow of Chalkley Jones, of 1022 West Main street, Norristown.
Mlsse   Lydie   and   Edna   Lukens,   of
Cynwyd,  and   • Ray  Sibe  and    Hor.ace
Kennedy,   of   Philadelphia,   were   Sun-
¦    day guests of John  Hagy  and  family,
<3old   Poinl.
W.   Maurice   Culp,     of  Germantown
avenue.   Marble   Hail,   enjoyed   a   few
days   at     home  last     vveek  from     his
duties  as   a   trolley   car  conductor   in
ift   PiUadf^iila,
OBITUARY.
COMLY   WALTON.
Comiy Wallon, formerly of Hatboro, died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Wallace Hurley, 429 Rosedalc street, Pittsburgh, on Wednesday last, aged 73 years. The decased vvas for¬ merly a resident of Moreland town¬ ship antl lived on the farm on the Davisville road located near the Cut¬ off railroad and Pennypaek crock. He Wiis tlie son of the Itito George and IVulah  Walton.
-Mler retiring from farming, he moved to Hatlioro and erected a i-esi¬ dence on Moreland avenue, now known as the Taylor property. Wliile living in Hatboro he served in the school board and vvas si cretiiry of the bor¬ ough council for .several years. He is survived by his wife, who was Macri- Miirhener. of Solebury, and two daugh¬ ters, Mrs. Walliice Hurley, of Pills- burgh, and Mrs. Russell Rockefellow, of Wyncote. llis funeral was held on I'riday. Services al the Horshiim meeling house! of which he was ii member, inteiment in tlie iidjoining burial ground.
mich.jif:l a.\drewk ha ker.
Michael Andrews leaker, wno made \ |h<' his lioine with iiis son-in-law, John 11. Geltz. Sr., Susi|Uchaiiiia streei. Upper Dublin township, died suddenly Sun¬ day morning of a sti-okc. lie was 71 years  oi'  age  on   Saturday.
The deceased, who vvas the son of! liie liite Conr.ad iind Katharine Bak- i er, was boi-n in Pliiladelphia. He li.ts | two sisters: Mrs. Amanda Price and j Mrs. Sophie Kemble, oi' Philadelphia.      I
Mr. liaker resided in Philadelphia, , until lii years ago, following the I trade of wharf buiider aud rigger, j 52 years ago he married .Mittildii | Mitcliell, of Philadelpliia. who sur- i vives with Iln- following daughters: i l-.llz.abeth. wife of .lohn H. lieltz, Sr.. j and Emma, wife of llci-iiert llottomly, both of Fpper Dublin. I
Funeral   services   will   lie   held    this i Thursda.v   afttrnoon   al   the   late   resi- I deiico     of  tlie     deeeasetl.     Rev.   A.   (.". .lames,   tif   Calviiry   Methodist   church, \ will  olllci.'ite. I
SET FIRE TO THE PALACE.
Antonio Roberto, Charged With Ar¬ son, Held for Court.
Italian   Youth,   Aged   About   18   Years, •   Alleged   to   Have   Irt'formed   Antonio
Terverna  and  Mary   Erthal  That  Ho
Set the Theatre on Fire—Good  Work
of  Firemen.
The meiiibfis of the Wis.sahickon and the I'Virl Washington lire conw paiiies came in for well earned praise for Iheir most fclficient work i;arly Saturday morning when tiie Palace theiitre, liutler avenue. Ambler, wa.* burned, but the valiant work of the volunteer liremen saved adjoining pro¬ perties Willi very little damage alter the same had freiiuently become is- n i led.
The id-aze was discovered about 12.:!0 .Saturday morning in the rear end of ba.sement ol the theatre pi-operly. lliirry R. .Viblock iind Ross Gerhart, two neighbors, being i!io lirst to reach Ihe scene. .Mr. .Nililock cmptieil the contents of one of his liand extin¬ guishers on the blaze, but when he went for another extinguisher tlic hliize hml gained s'lich headway that a general alarni wa.s sounded.
Within il lew iiiinutes the Wissa¬ hickon Fire company, under Chief ihiifl, vvere on the scene, and ii short time later lhe Silsby engine wos driv¬ ing a strong stream of water Inlo the blaze and on lhe neighboring pioper- ties of Victor iliiycr antl the frame structure occupied by Charles Ger- liart.
Afler a time it was tliought best to secure ;idditional help and lho l'"ort Wiishington tompuny was rctiuestetl to aitl. The company, iiniler Chief Ma¬ guire, made lhe run in four antl one- half minutes from the lire house and^ materially aided in liie work of saving
K.Mll.V    1).   FLKCK.
Emily 1)., wife of Ihe late Siimuel .T. Fleck, died Saturday afternoon al S20 Lindenwold avenue, .Vmbler, in the 70th year of her age. Slie had been  ill  for several  nionths.
The deceased vvas tlie daughter of the late Charlea and Elizabeth Dane¬ hower,   of  Springhouse,   and   was   one
properties,     conhniii.g linaily   extiiigiiishiiig
the
the
the Caif^bum estate property. Cold Point, has removeil to the Dr, J. K. Corson estate tenant house, west of JPlymouth Meeting.
"Looking for M.ary Jttnt.'," rendered iBVlday and Saturday evenings by the Plymouth I-Yiends' associalion, wns a. auccess in every feature and was .at¬ tended by a large and appreciative audient:e  at  both  presentations.
Charles 11. BucKman, late of Ply¬ mouth, hild a biiliince for distribution of $1569.55 and debts to the amount of $2737.79. Judge Solly awards the ba¬ lance lo the creditors pro rata to the amounts  of  their respective  claiins.
Rev. Horace T. Houf, of Minne,-!,- poli.s, recent pastor of Cold Point Baptist churcli, has presented his photograph to his local Bible class, the Loyal Crusaders, iind the mem¬ bers will have the . excellent likeness framed.
Miss Gertrude Myers, of Harmon¬ ville, who several weeks ago slipped in the street .and injured'her right -wrist, has found that a small bone at the base of her forefinger was frac¬ tured, and the injurv has been caus¬ ing her much pain.
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Staub, of La¬ fayette Hiil, on Saturday evening gave a reception in honor of the 16th birth¬ day of their daughter Nettie. Among those present were: Misses Nellie Staub, Matilda Oberle, Mary Kirk, Phoebe Lightkep, Emma and Marguer- ette Brooke, Ella and Anna Gannon, Mary Danzelser, Florence Cressman, Mary Stup, Helen Killmer, Gracts Collins, Victor Snyder, F1-anklln Dia¬ mond, Edwin Priest, Leroy Swartz, Kuasel Kirk, George Rapine, William Dickerson, Charles Fredericks, Lester Bean, Arthur Grlffing, Paul Astle, Walter Gilinger, and William Reed.
The flrst annual convention of tlie Whitemarsh township division of the Woman Suffrage party of Pennsyl¬ vania will be held at the home of Morris Williams, Plymouth Meeting, next Saturday aflernoon at 2.30 o'clock. There will be election of township offlcers to serve for one year, and of delegates to the Third Legis¬ lative district convention, to be held m February. AU persons living in iWnltemarsh township, who are inter¬ ested In suffrage for women are In¬ vited  to attend.
Next Sunday morning after the ser¬ vice the congregation of Cold Point Baptist chiu-ch will meet to consider the election of a pastor, tho pulpit Jiaving been vacant since Dei'. 1, when Rev, H. T. Houf left to assume Ihis new charge in Minneapolis. The pulpit last Sunday was fllled by Rev. Mr. M(!Namara, who hap a charge near Newark, but who, it is under¬ stood. Is a candidate for Cold Point. Mr. McNamara • -was educated as a Methodist preacher and served sever¬ al years in that denomination and In lis evangelistic work, tor which he seems eminently gifted. He ia a large man, with a powerful voice, an eloquent delivery and Is a force in the pulpit and an active evangelistic worker. It Is probable he has made a strong im¬ pression on his Cold Point hearers, hut he has some competition for tho charge In a clergyman who was here several weeks ago, and whose person¬ ality and mannerism Is the exact an¬ tithesis of Rev, Mr. McNamara, and tie, too, has many supporters among the congregation. The Cold Point Baptists feel that in these two men they have a selection -which will re- isult In the choice of a most ablo pas¬ tor for the charge so that the contln- •uity of the work left by Mr. 'Houf and the success of the charge are already assured.
of  four children,   who  are: wife of the late Francis C. tloover, of Blue     Beli;     Charies   H.,     of    Centre Square,   and   B.   Franklin,   of   .Spring- house.
In 1876 she was married to Sam¬ uel J. Fleck, of Springhouse, and until 1902 they resided on the home¬ stead on tlie west side of the Chest¬ nut Hill and Springhouse turnpike, .sfiuth of Springhouse. They removed to Ambler, vvhere Mr. Fleck died ':n 1906. One daughter, Llllie M., sur¬ vives.
The funeral was held this Wednes¬ day afternoon at 2 o'clock vvith ser¬ vices from the late home of tlie de¬ ceased. Interment was made at Rose Hill cemetery.
JOHN   ROBERTS.
John Roberts, of Butier avenue. Am¬ bler, died last Saturday after a short illness,   aged   67  years.    The  deceased
has resided for about 10 years. Lat tci-ly he lias been janitor of the Up¬ per Dublin Sheeleigh school since its erection, and during this time he was much tliought of by botli pupils and teaclicrs of the school.
Mr. lioberts was the son of the late ,A.aron and Eliza Roberts, and the de- cciisetl for many yeiirs resided with his parents on what vViis known in llie fiimily as the homestead farm, near .Montgoiuer.v vilic, wiiicIi property Wiis in tlieir pos.session lor about 30 years. Mr. !!¦ berts is survived by one daugh¬ ler. Mary,, at home, antl one son, .Mathiiis, of Colniar. lie is also sur¬ vived by three sisters and a brother, who arc: Mrs. Sarah Warner, of Wrightslown; Mrs. Rachel Sharpless, of West Chester: Kliziiheth, who made her home at the residence of her brother, and .Viiron, of Colmar. The ileccased vvas a member of the Society of 1-^-iends, Gwynedd Meeling. The funeral will be heid from his late homo this Thursday morning ut 11 o'clock. Interment private. BMMA  M.  JONE.S.
lOnima M. Jones, wife of David Jones and daughler of Mr. and .Mrs. Char¬ les Smith, of Lemon avenue. Ambler, died Friday last at the home of her parents, aged 20 ve.ars. The deceas¬ ed is survived by her husband and four children. The funeral was held Tuesday from her late residence In Germantown and interment vvas made in Ivy  Hill cemetery.
adjoining blaze and flames.
The tin roof of the Palace and llio Iirick walls served to confine the flames, but lime and agaiii they forc¬ ed themselves through the side doors and windows only to be fouglit baclc by the well directed streams from the two comjianies, the members of whit;h
Marietta, | wero most capably managed by their cliiefs.
The origin of the Iilaze points to in- ccndiiirism. Ross      Gerhart      states
that shortly after 12 he came home with a team, and as he wus eating il hot lunch bi^fore going to bed he heard a shot in Hie rear of tlie pro¬ pert.v, which adjoins the Palace on the east side. In a short time three olher shots were flred in quick succession from apparently the same point. The young man went to a rear window, lolied out and discerned the blaze.
Giving un alarm as he riin to tlic blii-/e, he found that a rear window of tile theatre building was raised al>out I .•< inches and the llames wore shoot¬ ing up under the window from tlie inside'. In a fevv minutes the whole interior vvas ablaze, as told prevlou.sly. •   The Palace theatre was erected^'dev-
ars rne neceaaeti *''"*' ^'^^^'^ '^*f" ''^ -^'"*- *-"^""'<' M. I'leiis !-',!:,.-„.^ "^'.wt? X!i ^M •'- nn^Yl'"-' .''iclMre,. theatre/;^ ap'd .V,ti„; ,,,-.wr,Jxoi, UjaS^-e^L-^.-^ tefly was libnducte^J by .i'ced.V.'. Alieir of Hagerstown, Md. 'The building ami contents represent 'tyi outla.y of about $7500, and an insurance of $60(10 Was can-iiMl on the structure.
.Vlr. Allen carried no insuraqce, and his lo.ss includes lilms. machine, lools, etc.
Un Tue.s'ila.v .Vnlonio Roberto, ini iliiliaii of 220 Cliestnut streei. Scaitli .¦Vmbler,  vvas arrested by   Deputy  Siiile
I I'''!re Marshal Lukens und.tdlicer Ford, tbar.gcd    vvith   having   set   un    lire   tht^
I Hrilii.cc   iheiuri'.   .Ainbler.    early   Satur-
; da.v  morning.
I The lad, who is about LS years vd' age iinil workeil in the sliipplng room of the Keasliey & .Mattison i.-ompiinv, Wiis Mivcn a hearing bcfort" .lustii.e I'i' Ihc rciice Huchanan. Antonio Tcz-\ti- iiii. . I.r 1'05 Locust streeti antl Marv Krthal, of 210 Chestnut street, both testilied that Roberto had informetl them lie set tiie liuilding ablaze. The iiccuseil was then held williout biiil for court.
.\'o further evidence was heard, but, it is believed, tiie lad vvas "sweated" previous to the liearing. iind that tlie full story will come out during ilie courl  trial.
Glenside Church Dedicated. Christ Lutheran chapel, Glenside, lately erected through the efforts of Rev. Norman S Wolf, pastor of Beth¬ any Lutheran church of Stony Creek Mills, was dedicated Sunday. The pas¬ tor was assisted in tiie services by Rev. S. D. Daugherty, of Philadelphia, superintendent of missions for the East Pennsylvania synod, and Rev. T, C. Billheimer, of Gettysburg. The new chapel is 55 by 35 feet antl erected of Harvard brick at a cost of $2200.
If  Mothers  Only   Knew.
.Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children relieve Feverishness, Head- acht>, li'ad Stomach, Teething Disor¬ ders, move and regulate the Bowels anti destroy worms. They break up Colds in 24 hours. Used by mothers for 2ii years. Ail Druggists, 25c, Sam¬ ple Fret?. Address, Mother Gray Co., LeRoy, N. Y, 13 jan  lr
Fire at Fraley  Farms,
Pine Nook t'-ai-ms, tlie country estate of C, Bradford Fraley, of Chestnut Hill, located in Willow Grove avenue. More- land township, near the new clubhouse of tho Huntingdon Valley Hunt, was endangered by a $10,000 lire which des¬ troyed the barns and staiiles on tho estate Sunday, Valuable hunting and driving horses, owned by Mr. l-'i-aley were saved by attaches of tho estate, and suburbanites lying in that section. The loss is on the building and crops.
The fire was discovered about S o'clock, and alarms were sent to the volunteer companies at Hatboro and Willow Grove, With only a breeze blowing, the efflcient work of the vol¬ unteers prevented a spread of tho lire to tho home, although the house was in danger for two hour.-?. The loss is estimated at not less than $10,000 and may reach $12,000. , There is some in¬ surance. The caus'c has not been de¬ termined.
Find   Abandoned   Auto.
As a result of an investigation con¬ ducted by Chief Fellman, an auto which was found di.'sabled at the Junc¬ tion of Germantown pike and Hallo¬ well avenue, near Plymouth park, Sun¬ day, at noon, proved to,be a machino belonging to Ernest Berry, 6076 Ridge avenue, Philadelphia, which had been stolen from in front of convention hall. Broad and Allegheny avenue, that city, Saturday night, while tha owner was attending tho auto show. The car waa somewhat damaged, hav¬ iner coUided with a teleg^apb pole.
Changes  at   Italian   Mission.
Al the meeting of tho joint commit - tee of the Union Italian mission of Ambler, after a thorough discussion of the future pernwinancy and wel¬ fare of the work. It was unanimousl.v decided that, whereas, in the judg¬ ment of the representatives from tht> various denominations hitherto sup¬ porting the Italian Mission work, the time has come for Hie dissolution of the union and that the same be mado a denominational work, therefore, be it resolved, that in view of the fact that tlie Presbyterian church of Ambier or¬ iginally instituted the work among the Italians, that vv© request the said denomination to assume the obliga¬ tions of the Mission as their own tie- nominational work. Be it lurtlier re¬ solved that all the rights of the pro¬ perty be given over to the Presbyter¬ ian churcii for the continuance of ihc^ work iimong the Italians of Amblor. CO.MM1TTE1C.
Saves Five, But Dies Herself.
.\fter nursing flve members of her family back to heallh and aiding in lho worIt on the farm in flve months, M'.s. Albert Stauffer, who livetl near Penns¬ burg, suffered a breakdown and died. Mrs. Stauffer was 67 yeai-s of ago. Since August she had been practically manager of the farm also; had husked corn, fed cattle, milked cows—in fixct, done practically iUI jihases of I'.itn; worlc.
80 Years Old, Both Arms Broken.
Mrs. Elizabeth O'Brien, mother of Capt, Thomas O'Brien, fell down a flight of stairs at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. R. Davis, of Oaks, and broke both arms. Tho ono was fractured at tho wrist and tho other near the elbow, Mrs. O'Brien who Is 80 years of ago, made a misstei) while descending the stairs.
—Abington    police   have horses ^md are using motor motorcycle.
discarded cars and
HORSHAM CLUB OFFICERS.
Farmers' Organization Holds Inter¬ esting: Meeting.
Di^ussion of Deferred and Referred Questions and Current Topics—Pro¬ gram Arranged for the Next Meet¬ ing—Place  to   Be  Announced.
Tile ll.ii-.siiiini I'iirmers' club, to tlie nuiiilii-r of about 10 ineinbeis. enjoyed a nitisi. interesting meeting Saturday evciiiii,;; ill the llorsham home of Mr. .an'l .Mrs. Oliver P. Smith and Isiiac Parr.v. ,r,ihn B. ParU, the president, wtis ill the chair, and all the oiiicers wti-c pi-fsfnt. -\fter the minutes vvero read, tlie executive committee report¬ ed iis toiiows: "Are the Jews united In the Zionist movement '.* If not, how tlo liny differ'.'" Laura Walton. "i>oi-, hiipiiine.ss consisting in gettint.' thiiii4s we want '!" Alice .VHcIiencr. "Is tho love of power greater thiin the povvi-r of love '.'" Klizabelli Kl.v. "Givt^ an account of wireless lele- graplij-,'' Charles Comly. "How besl c;in Ul- grow polalocs without potasii this fuming season '.'" .lohn I'iirk. "Wliiit I'ci'tiilzers are best lor worn- oiii piistures '!" William Penrose. Pliiic and date of meeting to be aii- ouii'tcl Inter.
isiiii • .Michener, on crops, gave a re¬ port of lhe wontlerful crops of tbe pasi .vear. He lold of Die |>ictiirc of IVim's prosperity car, iu which liie grviiti'st prominence is niven lo farm proihicts. The vvorltl bii.s gri>vvn to reiilii>- the importance of liic farmer and ihe lime lias gone l.>y forever when he shall be called corn tassel or hay seed.
A \er.v. interesting issue of the club Gazette Was read by the editress, Mrs. i', I', ('rlifeii, vvho prtsented editoriiils, "Joins   lletirlng   From   Fiirming,"   etc.
(hider the head of ileferretl qiies- ti' lis. (;hiu-ies Kinsey, in answer to "lio vou aiiprove of the lack of fences around farms one sees in riding over the country these days '.'" said th.at lie iiiiproves, as the removal of fences Jiiiikis a clean and flnished apiiear- aiicv, does iiwiiy with the dilapidated enclosures and enables the farmer lo easily keep roadsides clean.
I.srtiic Parry thinks thai llie middle- ma ii secures the greater beneflt from thf. stiiH;mcnts given out by the bur¬ eau of agriculure at Wiishington, but H. Wiiruer Hiillowell differed in that lie believes the farmer, too, can make good use of the information, and if it is intelligently adapted and applied llic .fiiriner will also beneflt,
"Mind the light," said Isaac Michen¬ er ill answer to the question, "Whiit is Ilie true roud to happiness '.'"
.Vlis. E. R. WiKid gave a recipe to keep silver bright. Keep it in a giass jiii. .She also told how to lake stains out III' silver. They have tried a new kiiitl of sausage, walnut .sausage made. its follows: i cup boiled rice, 1 cup lii'i^iid crumbs, I'.L. cups En.glish vval- niit iiniits, season to taste, 1 egg to bind together, form in cakes and fry ill liuUer or drippings.
.Mii^lia- y. Mitchell, in giving her 'u-~^'n -.-d,ii,io it'.is ¦U"i6-te'r'»M.Wri*>-<'.}i'.-iT'VV, said that H cort.sists ndt in receiving, but in giving, and, she urged that tht^ youhg people be tiiught o^ the true jo.v of giving.
"Olve a menu for ii .good old fash¬ ioned Cliristmas dinner," was ;insvver- ed by Mary .Saurman, who piesented roasi goose or duck, sweet ami masli¬ ed white potatties, stewed onions, ap¬ ple sause or apple butter, fruit, mince or piinipkiii pie, cofl'ee. and perhiips a ligtil   wine.
"What tvyo men liavc liilci.v receiv¬ ed the Noble prize '.'" In physics to Prof, a^¦n Ume, of Fiiuikt'ortl-on-the- Main, for di.scovery of difractitui of rays in crystals. In idiemistry to Prof. Richards for tixing of vvelglits of cliemical elements.
Atlee W. Michener thinks that pos- siblythe ITnitcd .States is the only na¬ tion that can siipptirt itself from its own protlucts in lime of war.
"What cnn the Uiiiled States do lo tend toward a world peine '.'" Mi'. Saurman .said tho besl thing is to or¬ ganize a world's court, antl our coun¬ try can lio this better than any other.
Current topics were most compre- heuslvelv .'ind interestingly discussed by Philip J. .Mitcliell and I>fiiirii Stiick¬ house.
Philip Mitchell said current topics wero frequently chronic topics, for it has been well .said, "What is new is not true and what is true is not ncvv." The newspapers publish one da.v the news which ihey contradit:t next da.v. Henry Ford's peace party seems to ba coming bitck in pieces. He told of the distresaing conditions along tho dykes in Holland. The news all seems to have a pessimistic trend. Ha spoke of the work done by charitable organ¬ ization to meet the need of the world.
Mls.s Goenlner had been asked to prepare a memorial against prepared¬ ness to be presented to the represen¬ tatives. Slie read the paper, but after a thorough discussion it was evident some of the members iit ieast believe that preparedness Is necessary; final action was postponed.
The foilovving officers were then eleeted for the present term: Presi¬ dent, William Penrose; vice president, Philip J. Mitchell: secretar.v. Miss M. E, Goentner; corresponding secretary, Charles ICinsey; treasurer, Howard ¦Tarrett; editress, Mrs. P. J. Mitchell. Executive itomniittee, Mr. and Mrs. Ellwood Paul, Mr. and Mrs. Israel Ely, Mr. and Mrs. Warner llallowell. Crop committee, Kllwood Paul and Newton E. Wood. Domestic economy, Mr, and Mrs, D. W, Sill.
The- auditors tound a balance in tho treasury of $15.83.
Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Gheen were ap¬ pointed ilclegatea to represent the Horsham dub at the 25th anniversary of the Ntirth.tmpton club at Richboro.
Wyncote  Property  Sold.
Tlic property of fhe late Colonel John 1. Rogers, nt Wynitote, has been ,sold liy VVilJinm Bruce Barrow, repre¬ senting A. H. and F. H. Li|ipincoft, to a client of .laraes McCrca & Brotii¬ er, for $125,000. The property con¬ sists tif il large m;iiision, stable, gar¬ age and 12 acres of land. Including n beautiful lake. The new owner al¬ ready hiis jilans out tor develi>ping the trad into a high-clnss bungalow colon.v.
HORSHAM and; UPPE^UBLIN.
Miscellaneous  Items of Interest t© Man}' Readers.
Contract  Approval  to   Be  Asked
pulilic service asked to ap- flie erection of tracks of this Swifcliville     to
.\t    Hiirrisliiir;;      the coniinission   hiis     been prove tht; contract  for a   bridge     iieross   the Reading     riiilvva.V    at elimiiiiite  ii.  dangerous  gi-aile  crossing. The   conlrnct   is   between   the   Heading Hailvvay  company,  lessee 'of the  .\orth Pennsylviiiiiii    R-iilroad   compiiny,    and fill'   Iioard  of (tiinmissloners  of Abing¬ ton    townsiiip.      The   bridge   will   cost nearly .'{50,000, of which the county of Montgomery  will   pay   about   $17,000.
Will   Remodel   Court   House.
ll has been announced tlial flic in¬ terior of the Norristown court house is to he remodeled. .¦Vn nrciiilcct'.s rc- presentittive has been making meas- iiiemenls. It Is (iroposed to mnkc sjjch changes as will make it possi for the triiiisiribers, for the recorder of deeds and for tlie couniy commis¬ sioners to be on the tirst flot>r instead of in the  basement.
To bring this afKliit the commis¬ sioners' f i-iinscribers ' wiil move into lhe two sniall oflices vvhicli were for¬ merl.v used as the meeting place for the commissioners, in the west corner of the Imilding, and the recortlers' ti-anscriliers vvill oecuiiy the room now used   by   the sheriff.
The sherifl' will be movetl tiver to the coroner's oflices iind the coroner will be satislied with what is now the sheriff's priviite oflice.    ,
The liringing of the IranstTibers from the basement will not only be benelicial for their health but will aiso make their books more easily accessible,  when needetl.
There is at present a tloor betwtien the recortler's and sheriffs oflices, but it   hns  never  been   used.
Beciiuse of the t:i-iimpctl condition of iitlifi- offices it will be only a ques¬ tion of time wlien other enlargements vvill be nccest^-y.
The county commissioners ' novv have as their olHoes the large room to the left of the hallway at the .Swede street entrance to the building.
Kvt>r since tlie county superinten¬ dent of schools has hatl an offlce in the court house the prothonotary has not hild a private offlce, since the room that he was supposed lo havei occupied is utilized by the superin¬ tendent, vvho.se quarters are novv cramped^
one tit the couniy officials stated, thnt he vvill not be surprised ItT see the superintendent installed in tiuar- Icrs outside of the biiikling, at the ex¬ pense of the county.
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Holstein   Friesian   Breeders   Organize.
On 'i'liursday 25 Montgomery county iireiders met in the offline of thti county farm bureau antl organized the Montgomery County Holstein t'^riesian Breeders' association. A constitution and liyiaws were adoined, and in these ."w.^'i- c.w.lirivc.etl.. t;^a «i'.Uv.U!?. rsquive'i,' for iiflilinllon with the National Hoi- j stein   I'l-iesinn   as.sociation. i
lu iiddition   to  Hie 25  members  pn-- ' sent,   there   vvere     at   least   that  many j intjrc   good   prospects  for  membership, iiud llie ajipliciition for charter was left i open   until     afler   the   nt-xt     meeling. ¦ whicii    was   set    for   Wednesilay,   Feb- '• riiary  2ntl,  al   whicii   time   it   is  hoped! to rtieive at least 25 iiiltlitional mem- bers.   so   that   lire   association   will   I" sfartPil   vyith  no  fewer  than  50  chnrtcr nienilieis.    At   this  meeting,  also,  ofli- : cers  antl   diici-lor.s   will   be   elected   for' the year.
.¦Vltihough, it has been a matter of only a very few years since the lirst pure bred Holstt lii-Friesian was in- Irotlucetl into Montgomery county, there has been a very great .and very i-iipid development of lot;al interest in this breed, and if the enthiisiasni shown at the meeting is communicat¬ ed to the other chai'ter members, vvhich it is liojied to receive at the next niceting, nnd tlisseminitted ihroiigh- oui llie county, il will be only n very few years until Monigomery < iunl.\^ will tiilce its place in the very front riiiik  of  Holstein   ¦•'riesiiin  Bree.iiers.
.M t.'u- present time there are just iilioiir one dozen pure bred herds in fhe couniy and perhaps 25 more lireed- i^rs own from one tt> one-half dozen or more iiuro breds. Recentl.v, other breeders have purchased some vei->' high-class .and bell-bred bulls antl bull calves aiitl the interest in this parti¬ cular breed is rapidly iippriifiching fever heat.
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Peirce   Graduate—Mrs.   George   Jar¬ rett     Receives     Friends — Whitmer
Hauling    Coal — Events    at    Dresher
and Jarrettown.
Charles I'axson, of Dresher, has u. liuick  touring car,.
Frank Kicardeilo, of Drt>s!icr. sjient .Momlay in  Harrisburg.
Randal Fenton, of Dresher, ,spent Monthly  in   Philadelphia.
Mr,s, George Siil, of Horsliam, spent Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Albert P. Bissey, of Davis Grove, who was ill, luis recovered.
Mr.-. Cornelius Lane, nf Dresher, spent   Tiifsiliiy   in   Philiidelphiii.
Miss Margaret Smilh, of Jarret¬ town,  has  been   iil   with  grip.
JaV!ob I'rick. of Dreslier, who ha« been  vei-y ill,  is slowly improving.
Davis  W, .Sill, of Horshiiin,  lia.s pur.r l,le, i cliascti a horse from J. Wesle.v Frea.s.
Miss Kliziibefh Liglitkep, of Jarret¬ tovvn, spent Snlurilny in   I'liiUideiphia-
Thc fiimily of George Voung, Jar¬ reltown.   hiis, been  sulTei-iiig  with  grip.
.Mrs. K'irli Itadclil'f, of Prospectvilie, has been conlined to the house witli illiii>ss.
T?ic infiint child of .-Vlr. iiiid Mrs. FiiUiK .Mitell, of Dresher, bus been ser¬ iously  ill,
.Mr. antl Mr.s. Ilorace .V. Gi'iiirell, of Jlorsliam, vvho vvere quite 111 wllh grip, hnve  recov-oreil.
Sliuilf'.v    iind     A'A 'I'omlinson,     of
fiorsham,      w:-iti   havf   been     quite   Ui,, bave  recovered.
J. V. Stackhouse, superinteiulent of the I'rospectville creamery, has been bedfii.sl with grip.
The mcriury at tlie Horsham storo on Tuesday morning registered twr> degrees   below   zero.  .
Wilmer Wood will' hold a sale of persoiiiil in-operty and real estate on his  llorsham rond farm.
Ellwooil Wheatland, iif Horsham, who has been il! for several weeks, is  ill a  critical condition,
Mrs. Roland Roberts, of Hor.sham. who hiis been ill, is convalescent and: is iible  to be. down stairs.
Mrs. Au.gust Mayer, of Dresher, has returned from the Abington hospital mueh  improved in  health.
Leroy Forker, of Horsham, who ha* been ill, on l-'riday returned to his* duties ;it  the liell store.   Willow Grove.
Raymond Tyson, of Hoisham, has been sulistituting at the Bound Brook si.giinl   tower  on   lhe   Reniling  i-allroad.
..Vlhert Crockett, of HalloweU, who is eniiilovetj iit Striiubridge & Cloth¬ ier's,  Philadelpliiii,   has  been   quite ill.
Miss l-:tlifli f.evvis, of Philadelphia, spent Siindiiy with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. D. Lewis, In Jarret¬ town.
l<en.ianiin   I-:vms and family and Ro hert Ciinuminn and family, of Di-esher . spent   Satuniiiy     evening   in   (lermaji-
town.
Frank Palmer, urdaq receivetl from   llie   shop
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Atlen's  Foot-Ease for the Troops.
Many war zone hospitals have or¬ dered Alien's Foot-Ease, the antisep¬ tic jiowder to shake into your shoes, for use among the troops, becauso it gives rest and comfort to tired, aching, swollen feet and m.akes walking eiusy. At druggists everywhere, 25c.    ISjanlt
Mystery   Woman   Identified.
Positive identiflcation of tho young woman who was left on an Ambler doorstep by two men in a motor car about 10 days ago has been made by Dr. Joel Brown, steward of the Mont-- gomery county home, wliere the wo¬ man is now being held. She is Miss Meta Utley, agetl 28 years, ;i Chester .girl, and further action in the m.vs- terlous case is e.xpected after Dr. Brown hold.s a conferencti with rela¬ tives of the gii-1 and offlclals of Mont¬ gomery county.
The case had many petniiiar features wliich baffled the jiolice of .\mbler antl different county authorities for .i week. Late on Sunday aftei-noon, January 9, two imin In a motor car drove to a residence on Chestnut street. Ambler, assisted the young wo¬ man to alight, nnd after sho had reached the front steps of the proper¬ ty the motorists drove rapidly away. People In that vi<:inity gave aid to lho girl, and later Chief of Police l'"ijrd, of Ambler, was brought into tho case. The woman declined to answer any questions, seemed dazed, and acted as though under the effects of a powerful dru.g.
Dr. Brown saiil on Monday: "The girl was an inmate of a private san¬ atorium near Chestnut Hill, but the oflicials of that inst-itution wero un¬ able to determine to a certainty where their payment ¦w-j:-, coming fron^, so she was taken to the house in Ambler, where. It was believed, the man who had agreed to mako payment at the sanatorium lived. He was not living there, however.
—^A mammoth hog, weighing 737 pounds, was killed by Augustus Da-vld- be^er, near Pottstown.
of Horsham, on Sat- hls autoiuobile    truck where   it   had   under- fcOnc liiiiior repairs.        "      • .     t?^j  '«-* '
Williain .Sill, of Horsham, on 'i'ues¬ day returnetl lo liis duties on the Ra¬ pid Transil comiiiiny's line after being laitl ii|i tor nitirc fliiin a week vvith an injured   h.antl.
Rnntlal  l-\'iitiin, of Dresher, ou Tues-. day   lt''ft   to   represent  iis  salesman  the • Ohio   Vnlle.v     .Suimpiiif;   and     Enamei company  in  eight couiuies  west   of the Susquehanna river.
An ingenious llorshani man h-an turned his screen door into a stonn door for the winter by covering the screen with oiltloth and carefullv packing  tho  crevices.
Ur. f. ll. Mough, of Ambler, on Mon¬ day, iifter some difflculty, rescued his automobiio from a ditch along Peter- Ulair's lixne, Dresher, into which i'. had   liiicketl   while  turning.
Mr. and Mrs. James Berfies Miss Welrbach, of Doylestown, Mr. iind Mrs. Harry I'Ingle, of ville, spent .Sunday with C. W, lard and fnmily at Hallowell.
Four cars of coai are being iinload- >d ill Dreslier and hauled lo the greenhouses of liobert F, Wliitiner, in Horsham. Last month three cars of coal, were unloaded and hauled to th6» grt^enhouses.
Miss Rebeccii Jarrett, eldest daugh¬ ter of the late David Jarrett, of Hors¬ ham, who is a studetit at the Peirt^t* business ischool, Philadelphia, has se¬ cured a position in the offlce of How¬ ard   Websier,  Philadelphia.
(In Monday at Merchantville, N. J. was held the funenil of Willi.am Henrj'' Rodgers. who was a well known Pliil¬ adelphia commission merchant, and vvho years ago conducted apple sales througii Horsham and adjoining toivn- sliips.    He was 59 yeiUs of age.
Charie.s AV. Willard recently dam¬ aged his stable .somewhat, when a. I reckle.s-s chauffeur ran into the gara.ge iit loo great n siiecti and bt^fore he- coultl slop hild sprung the lituirds at Uic end of the building. .Vlr. Willard contt?mi)Iafes erecting a Ininuier in thc- garage.
On Tuesday afternoon Mrs. George- Jarrett, of Davis Grove, was pleasant¬ ly visited by the following Horshaitt ladies: Mrs. O. P. Smith. Mrs. Al¬ fred Williams, Mrs. D. W, Siil, Mrs. Jacob Comly, the Misses Jarrett, Mr.s Elizabeth Comiy, Mrs. Hannah Sal- terfhvvaile  and   Mrs.  Jolin   Park.
On Tuesday at Frank Palmer'a Horshiiin pork butchering estabiish- mciii nine line ho.gs from Harry Kates' farm were slaughtered. Tlie.v ' dressed more than half a ton. During lhe pre¬ sent week at I^.iliner's more ihtiii lho usual quantity of sausage nnd les.s than the customary amount of scrap¬ ple are, being- made.
Miss Etiiel C. Knce-/ei, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eliwood Kneezel, of Hal¬ lowell, is one of the Peirce .school graduates, and this Wednesday evon¬ ing at the coinmencernent, which alst> mark.^ the SOtii iinniversary of tho famous school, was presented will* her dipkmia. Miss Kneezel has al¬ ready secured a position with the Miller North Broad Street Stiiiago company and will assume her dutie.'^ next Monday,
Jerusha A. Rosenberger, widow oi' the lato Isaac Rosenberger, died at tht^ Norristown T<Yiends' homo on Jan. Vt and her remains wero interred in the Horsham burying ground on Monday afternoon. She was 80 years of age. her maiden mime was T.,cf'fcrts nnd sho formerly resitted at Tlntbort;. .She was a. one-tima member of Tlorshaiix meeting. Her nearest relatives are throo nephews. William, John ana Charles Conard, and one niece, Mr.^. Croaer Reeve.«i, tif Trent'Oi, N, J. ___— ' ^
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