The Ambler Gazette 19120321

              The Ambler Gazette.
VOI^   XXX-IS^O.   12
AMBLER.   PA..   MARCH   21.   1912
S1.25   A   YEAR
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CO-OPERATE IN SCHOOI WORK.
	
Parents' Meeting Held in the Mathias Sheeleigh School.
£xc«llent Exercisos W«ll Attended  De¬ spite  Unfavorable  Weather—Parents View  Work of  Pupils—Rev.  Geo.  J. Crist   Delivers   Thoughtful   Address. That   the  schools   of   Unper   Dublin township  are   receiving   the   coopera¬ tion of patrons was well evidenced last Friday afternoon, when a goodly num¬ ber    df parents    of    the    ouplls    anu friends    assembled    in      the    Mathias Sheeleigh school and by their presence and     Interest     participated     in     th© interesting e.xercises which had    been prepared   under   the   direction   of   the teachers—Miss    Mary      K.    Stewart, principal;   Miss Harriet Roberts,  Miss Bessie Lightkep and Miss Lavina Mac" Farland.
The walls of the rooms were decora¬ ted with the work of the pjupils conveniently arranged showing pro¬ gre.ss in dail\' uoiK and papers in (Iravving and e.vaiiiinaiion tests. This was i-\aniinvo uiin interest by the vlsitoi'.s.
Thi' . pl oijrHm opened with an in¬ vocation by Rev. George J. Crist, pas¬ tor of the Ambler Presbyterian church The school then sang, "The Brook," and .Miss Lillian Gano recited "Seven Times tine." Six boys of the primary room presented "'i^lie ShOc-^niaker, " and five girls from the same dcpai tuniit gave "To Japan." The song, ".All Through the .\ight," was e.xc(?p.lionall.\ well rendered by Misses Jlary Rast. Marian Martin, Gertrude   Parr and   Rachel Gano.
Josejdi Brannan recited "The Chil¬ dren's Hour," and then six girls from the Second primary room gave "The Gossips." Mi.ss Anna Smith present¬ ed "The Yillagc Blacksmith," follow¬ ing which the school sang "A Sun¬ beam." 12 giil.s. frinii llr. intermediate room gave a very well exe(-ut-ed fan drill. Six of the young ladles were dressed in pink i-repe paper and six in blue, and the whole drill was very well presented. "Th-. liird's Conceit" was given by Ella M. Gano. Lilv Mc- Hale then read "A Winter's Wa k. which essa.v was awarded liist prize for the Sixth and Seventh grades. She told of a ramble she had liikeii some time a,go along the Tynne river, Bngland, and the conipositlon was not only interesting but very crecJkably written.
Pupils of the grammar room ,then gave "A Few Minutes With Eugene Field," which was followed by Anna Brannan's recitation, "The Sugar Plum Tree." Rachel Gano "ave "So, So, Rock-a-By Sol" which was followed by; "The Duel" by Myrtle ICepler. "Seein' Things" was presented by Maurice Robinson, and (Gertrude Parr followed in ".Shu tfie-Shoun and .-Vni- ber-Lock.s." Sallie Ann Fritz "Tbe Fly Away Horse. Laura recited "Good-Children Street." Archie Penneis read '"-My Favorite American."" which won second prize in the .senior class competition, tak¬ ing Abrirham Lincoln as his subject.
Rev. Crisl then made a verv thoughtful iiddi-.'Ss on the necessity of eo-operatioii between the home and the school, dwelling also on the re- .sponsibility of the 'hildren to do their \*ork cons'cientioiisl.N,      Each ui
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Work, and tbcj child «hould iH-yi-tp^i this work, aiul'tlie hom,.. the parents, the teachers and the sehool should work together in harmony to as(-ei'taln this part each child is l(» Iill and then lo prepare him or her to do that part well.
The exercises closed vvith a song, "The  Stars,"  by  the -stliool.
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OBITUARY.
.MR.S. ELIZABETH I'NRL'H. Mrs. I'^llzabeth Urtruh died at her late home near Weldon, on Saturday, -Mari'h 9, in her 99th year. The fu¬ neral vvas held on Wednesday, inter¬ ment at Ivy HIH cemetery. Sh(. baves one son, Frank, and four daughter, Anna, Rebecca, Emma and Kate. She was born and raised in su¬ burban Philadelphia, being the daugh¬ ter of Joseph and Catharine Rprer. She lived near Weldon for man.v year. .She and her. lale husband, Edward l'nruh, were the primary promoters of the Jenkintown Baptist church, vvliere  she  held  her membership.
EMM.-V -\MEV. Emma, wife of Howaru Aiuey, died on Wednesday last at her home on Butler avenue, aged 21. Jlrs. Amey had been suffering from typhoid fever for some time, which vvas the cause of her death. The decea.sed was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ur¬ ban, of Hlghslown, N. J., formerly! of Ambler. Besides her parents, one sister and thre brothers, she is sur¬ vived by her husband and one child. The funeral took place on Saturday aftf.rn.ion, interment being made in Rose   Hill   cemetery.
-MRS.  JOSEPH   S.  DOWNIE. -¦ytrs.   Joseph   S.   Downie   died   Friday night  at  her  home  in   Hatboro  after a long  illness.      She  is survived  by  her hu.sband,  two  daughters and  a  son.
JO.XATHAN  D.  DICKINSON.
Jonathan D. Diekinson, aged sO years, died suddenly, at an earl.v hour, .Saturda.v niorning. at he home of liis daught'.r, Jlrs. Harry B. Thompson, 509  Arch  stret,   .Xorristown.
Mr. Dickinson was in good health when he retired, but, about 3 o'clock Saturday morning complained of se¬ vere pains in the abdomen. 20 min¬ utes   later  he   died.
Deceased was well known among the older residents of Norrislown. He is survived by a brother, Henry Dickinson, and by tvvo daughters and a son—Mrs. l.,aura McCoid and Mrs. Alice Thompson, of that borough, and J.  1).  Dickinson,  of Ainbler.
GEORGE  a.  MAUST,  SR.
George IT. Jlaust, Sr., an old (ient of this section, died ("ening lasl at the home in-law-, i .N'ewton Yarnall, Flourtown, after a long illness caused by a can¬ cer of thi. fn(-e. The (le(-eiise(l vvas in his 71st year and he uas one of tin. oldest farin(*'s In the Camp Hill sec¬ tion, having farmed for a long time th',> Wentz property, which is novv known as  the  Peiison  place.
Mr. Jlaust was born in Wyndmoor, Spi-ingfield township, on May 9th, 1840. 51 years ago he married Eliza Mc¬ Vaugh, of Pl.vmouth, who died Jan¬ uarv- 15, 1911.-1. Eight childi-eii Were lidin as follows: Georgi. rnriih. .Samuel Peaker. who tog,.lhi.r with 'olm lirooke, ar.. deceased: William ;ienr.\-. of Anibler: -Vnnie Marie, vvife (ff George Gilbert, of Flourtown; Jo¬ seph Myers. Daniel Fisher, and Lilv Ida, wife of 1. Newton Yarnall, also of Fiourtown. The funeral vvill be held this Thursda.v- afteinoon at 1 o'clock from the residence of his son-in-law, I. .Xewtown Varnall. Cliiirrh road near Valle.v Green road, internient in the   Ivy   Hill  cemetery.
MAPLE GLEN SHOPS BURNED
Extensive Plant of George W. Len hart Destroyed.
FLOURTOWN
John lledri-k is contemplating mak¬ ing sonie improvements to his har¬ ness shop. These when completed will greatly enlarge the lloor space in   the   store   room.
Wesley MacLaughlin, the local lilacksniith and wheelwright, has Just linished building two new sides to a hay   wagon  for Calvin  Pardee.
Jayville Junction, a play wliich will
be  given   in   the  Ambler opera house
this  Friday  evening by  the  pupils  ol
, .,       .       „ ,   uhe -Ambler public schools, will be well
Automobiles  Ar«   Desrtoyed j ,,0tronizea    by"   the   residents   of   this
Wagons        Saved—Loss      is ' place.       Robert  Edgerton.  who  resides
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The Blackbufn  Estate. In     adjudicating  the   estat--     of  the iate   Wm.   C.   Blackburn,   of   Ambler, whose widow  has also  just died,  the following has -been  deduced:    Among the estate whieh he devised and    be- queathe<l in trust tb his executors was a 'hotel in Ambler.     It was to be leas¬ ed to a reliable person.    Privilege was given to son to lease it for a reason¬ able renL      The income was to go to ' his wife, and at her death, if the prop- ' erty  is  unsold,  the  income  should  be applied to the payment of any incum¬ brance  remaining,  taxes,  repairs,  etc., and  the  surplus over and  above such payments  should   be  held  in .trust  for i the  son.   Irvin,       "If,  however.   In  the 1 .judgment of the    executors,  it .s'hould 1 be for the  best  Interest  of the estate that the property should be sold, they were authorized  to do so at any time after his  decease.      In that event the proceeds   of   the  sale  should   be      inJ: vested   and   the   income   paid   to   the widow   during   her   life,   and   at   Jher' death to fhe son during his life," ob¬ serves  Judge  Solly.       The   widow .died | on    January     22,     1912.       The     hotel property has not been converted.    The! a«oountants,    in     their   account   filed February  3,    1912.     charged     thereout' with   the  amount   of  the   inventor.y  of the    personal    estate,    and      Increase thereon and have lalicn credit for sun¬ dry     payments   thereout     ocrgregatlng $6247.01.        There   is   a   deficiency      of; $636.01.       Income  has   been  accounted for,   and   there   has   been   received   bv the   exeeutors,   $30,339.99.       Payments thereout   have   been   made   for   taxes, repairs,  insurance, otc, and income, lo¬ the  widow.       The loi.al     exiienditure" .are  $30,706.31,  so  that there  has  been overpaid of income $166.32.      The net result  shown    by the    accountant    is t^at    the    executors      have    overpaid ; $802.33.      No    claims  were    presented '- and   It   was   represented   that   all   the i debts of the decedent are paid.
BROAD AXE.
Mr. Wipf entertained his brother and his family on Sunday.
H. Hobensack had a small shoot on : .Saturday last but exnects to have a; larger shoot for a pig nert Saturday, j
A valuable horse belonging to E. T. 1 Price dropped dead last week. |
Miss Charlotte Hellings is home from West Chester State Normal school  for the spring vacation.
Mri^. E. S.  Harner.  I^wis and Ger-
ude   Harner   have   been   spending   a
ew  days  with  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter
IHellings  before  going to  the   ghore.     j
NORTH   WALES.
North  Wales l-'Ire conipiiii\'  has ,thii(a..invitation   to   paiticiijale ¦"¦ *^' J|^fr<.*>a'r^pnfl*»iWn-.- Ma-yr*'«'ii has also'i-ecetveil an In-   ' on  to  parade     in   Doyleslovvu    ut th'e   latter's   centennial   anniversary.
Gilt Edge castle, lv. G. E., -N't'. J3S. ;s peru'ciing arrangements for its 25t'h anniveisary on April 13th (o be held   in   Amusement   hall.
The moving picluru company will . give a beneiit -to llie -Xorth Waios ' band  on  Saturday evening.
The high school enieriainiii..iit on .Vionday evening was given by the Kaymond  and  Pierce company.
John     Henry    Angst,     the     veteran watchman    at .the  Russel    Manufact- . uring Co.'s mill,  met with a very un- ! fortunate   accident   on   Jlondtiy  after¬ noon   while   trimming   a   grape   vine 1 for  David  Hendricks  on   Third  slreel. He f'.»ll off a step ladder and    broke an arm   and . a   leg.       On  account   of  his age   the   fractures   are   likely   to   lay liiiii  up for a number of weeks.
The third annual ailitary ball is j scheduled this year for April Slst in \ Amusement hall. I
Joseph Morris has sold out 1-'- pri- ! vale gas works near Washington ave" , nue to the Philadelphia and Suburban Gas and Electric (Jo., which will sup- i Illy his tenants as well as his own , piivate residence in the future. The uorks   will   be  dismantled.
Mr.  and  Mrs. David   Wile.v,  of -New- • ark,    .\.   J.,   were   the   guests   of   Mr. -Vlrs.   lienjamin   Rorer   over   Sun- ', iVlr.   Wiley     is    a     big    marble granite   dealer   in   Newark, two-weeks'   series  of  evangelistic services   were   starled   in   the   Baptist church  on  Tuesday  in charge of Rev. 1 ir.    Willlaiiison,   a   noted   evangelist.
By the will of the late Jacob L. Voung St; Luke's Reformed, church will receive a $2000 legacv and t'he choir   $100.
The otticei-s ot the state assemble to Lanah lodge, of this town, on l-'ri- to Lanah lodge, of this tiwn, on Fri¬ da.v evening next and be entertained in odd  Fellows' temple banquet rooms.
-Vinong the automobiles burned at JIaple Glen was one belonging to lieulreii   Krieble.   of  this   town.
irvin Bean, formerly manager of the Hell  slore,  has  taken  a  posilion  with. the DeHoupt Giocer.v Co.
Some local business men have sug- ; gested the organization of an auto ' cab line to -Xorristown, VaU'oy Forge 1 and Willow Grove in. lieu of the lack | <if accommodations  by  trolley thereto.
Frank  Rudolf  is  making alterations and   improvements  to  his  Jlain   street 1 home. '
Sheriff   Charles   Jleredlth.   of   Bucks 1 (-ount.v,  was  in  town on  Tuesday vis¬ iting  former  neighbors  and  friends.
E^nilly Wampole, of Lansdale, who ; has been on the sick list for .several j weeks, is convalescing at the home of | her brother, Isaac Wampole, on Jlont- , gomery avenue.
Origin   of   Destructive   Fire  a   Mystery —Seven —Few Partly   Insured.
lire ot unknown origin Saiurday evening completely destroyed the blacksmith and wagon making estab¬ lishment of George W. Lenhart at JIaple Glen Involving a loss of many thou.sands of dollars not only in the half dozen buildings consumed but al¬ so in tools, equipmeat, furnished and uniinished work, etc.
I'lames were discovered aboul S.30 in the paini shop by a neighbor, who was attracted by the light and gave an alarm, calling Jlr. LenharL By the time help arrived prepared to light the blaze the flames had gained suc.i headway among the wood and ...uer iiiliamiiiable material that il vvas .ii.l.ossibie  lo check them.
Seeing     that     il   was     linpossible   lo save   the     building   the   (-•ntentg   Were lesi-ueil     so   rar     as   possioie.   out      the rapid advance  of the  names  pn.v eiiled i the   work  lo   an.v .e.\.tent.  alihou.gh   tbe : scene of the    conHagration vvas    soon alive  with neighbors who rendered all possible aid  in saving the propert.v. I      .-\lainis vvere sent to t'he Ambler and I Halboro companies and   both  respond- i ed   with    chemical  apparatus,      which I was    at  once put  in operallon savlni. ' nearby   buildings,   and   the   liremen   as rapidly  as  possible  pushed  over  buin- ,rfg   and   half-consunu-d   s,truclures   to ' prevent      the   fierce     blaze     resulting. I .Several  times il seenii-d as though  Mr. I L(.nliart's fiaiiit^ residence  would  siire- i ly   take   Mre,   but   the   work  of  the   fire , coiiipanies    and     neiglibors    pte^eiited. ^      The   blaeksniith  shop  in  the     corner i of    the cross    road    was the    last    to ' take lire, and efforts  were then direct¬ ed   to   save   the   Simmers   estate   store prop(-rty,   across   the  road.       The   heat ¦ was   intense     and   several     limes     the caught     lire,     but     was     as extinguished.      The      paint was  olislei-ed on the sid'e of the  build¬ ings   next  :io   the   blaze,   but   no   other .laniage   \Mis  dom-  to  this  property.
.'^ large number of wagons, carriages and oliii-i- work, were (-onsumed' by the llames, und seven larf automo biles vvere also destioyed. Four of these machines were owned by the following persons: Ilarry JI. Hart, Riidloph Speelhoffer, George A. Claris and Dr. Godfrey, of Ambler, bul it is b(.]ie\-ed the most ol them were in- suK-d. .Several weie tinished and read.v to be tak'.-n away. -\ few wa- i guns were rescued from the fiames. i bi.v the most of the autoniobiles had their wheels off.
I If the auloinobiles destroyed the 'billowing W( r(. insured: Jlrs. J. W. . Vans, of Penllyn, and the four cars I from Anibler, with the exception of I Dr.  Godfrey"s.
i     The origin of the blaze is a mystery,
; Inn   is attributed  lo spontaneous com-
i.nsion.       Ther..   had   be,.n   bo   lire   for
some  time,  in   the  building   whi.re  the
: blaze  st.irt(.d.       The  loss  Is  orily   par-
liall.v coveretl by insuraiK-e.      Mr.  I.en-
h.-irt   (in   .Monday   morning  co'mmenced'
i-i-inodeling   bis   suibl,.   iiv.to   a   shoi-ingf
sb.ip.  where  he  will  be  ecjuipRed  lo  d,;;,
'-work''th(t«his    line, -iKv.d '^.--t    'aa
I'l-irhVptly    lis' possible     tb :sary
buildings for his plant  wil, , iai-c'l
.luring  the  spring.
WYNCOTE FIRE INCENDURY.
TROLLEY CASES ARE DECIDED.
Gne Man   Killed,   Four Hurt, as Supreme    Court    Affirms    Lower
House Burns.
Invalid Breaks Neck by Jumping From Window—Women Are Rescued 1 —Police Believe the Fire Was Start- ^ I ed to Cover Robbery. |- One man vvas killed, when he jump-| ed from a second-story window, and < I four voluntrr-er flremen were hurt In a; fire of mysterious origin, vvhich de- i stroyed   the  home  of  James   JlcGurn, ]
Court's Rulings.
Thomas Gunn, 45 years old, recently discharged from a hospital, vvho became excited and pitched headlong from an open win¬ dow, ci-ushing his head and his neck. Al the Jewish wiiere   he   was   laken   by   aulomobile.
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Willis      Wismer   has   suld st(>re    business   on    Walnut
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Jacob H.  Fretz and Co. the   same   for   U   years, Lille   Lexington    whither turn.
Some houses are likely to be built west of town, out Susquehanna ave¬ nue, as Willard White has bought 10 lots  in  that  section,
A recent borough council ordinance grants the trolley company a right of way up Courtland street to th'- new slation but provides that the tracks must be laid by the 1st of .Xovember next. So we will go to -Xorristown by the old route for a while ^•et.
Kev.  Geoige  S.  Gensemer,  nnstor  of i the Evangelical church, is only one of many   Lansdale  people   who  have   been on  the sick list.
'I'he Lutheran (hiiri-h ndw- has a new pipe organ. The lirst recital will be on Saturday evening, Jlarc. 30lh, when Prof -X. C. JIarks, of -Ai¬ lentown.  vvill  b|.  present.
-Vn Olieration for i-ancer was la.>:t W(.ck perfurmed In the Lansdale Plus- pilal on Jlr.s. Stonebach. vvho came from   Quakertown   for  that   purpose.
Jleasles here have subsided and lieen succeeded by an.,epidemic of vyhoopiiig cough.
A new driver for the Koehler bakery is .Samuel Landis, succeeding DeWitt Kline.
Williani D. Harr last week had his riglit i-.ve seriously injured b.v an ac¬ cident at Heebners foundry. In con- s(-(iuen(-e he ma.v lose tho sight of that   member.
Abraham G. Freed, the former holel lii-i,ipri(-tor, was ^burled in Lansdale (-emetery on Wednesday. Preliminary s'. rvices were held in the Reformed church, when there was speaking b.v Rev.  J.  .J  Rothrock  and  Rev.   Seville.
Delightful   Dinner.
Mrs. J. Hart Miehener on Monday evening of last week, gave a very enjoyable dinner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rayner, near Chestnut Hill, to 10 ladies from Che.stnut Hill, Germantown and Jen¬ kintown. .She vvas assisted by JIis. Rayner   at   the   delightful   functioh.
. Win   Perkiomen   Prizes.
^" At Ihe annual elocution contest of the students of Perkiomen - seminary, Pennsburg, first prizes were won by Claude Leister, West Point, and Bea¬ trice Brodst, Freeland, and second p..i;,r.c bv- Abrnin Lorenz. o-' Zieplers- -  "   '.   : ;     ''   '¦'::.  of .Toanna.
SPRINGHOUSE.
F. Pond spent a few days the past week al Ills country home.
Simon Sionsky purchased the Ker¬ shaw mansion together with 10 acres of   ground   orr- Thnrsday.
-Mrs. Fred JIagargal has been' sub¬ stituting the past %v'<'ek,at Pen Blaire school. Mrs. ,Ella Kali has been on the sick list.
Jlrs. Smith, vvho has been sick with grip.   Is  slowly  improving.
JIlss Kale Fleck, of Norrislown, vis¬ ited   hir  parental   lioiiie  over  Sunday.
Ross fiberholtzer and wlf^, of Nor¬ ristown. spent Sundav with- Jlr, and Jlrs.   CharlesVFleck.
Wallace Hlnkl-,\ of Philadelphia, vis¬ ited his country home, on Sunday.
Jlrs. Alfred Baldwin returned home "n  Tuesday after spending seme  time
t!ie clergyman of the Jlasonic home. Philadelphia, where he had died after a brief illn.-ss. He had been an in¬ mate of that institution since last Au¬ gust. He was one of several brothers and was hoin in Franconia on .Sep¬ tember. 1837 He vvas the owner and landlord of thi. Hotel Norwood from I!i7s till' 1S86 and subsequently of, the Tremont and Broadway h'jiels. Later he had charge of a club house at Longport. -X. J., for several .sea¬ sons. Some unfortunate investments had impoverished him. He is .sur¬ vived by a wife, now of Lansdale;, also by two daughters. Jlrs. John Moyer. of Wa.shington. and Jlrs. Harry .Scheetz, of Wyncoie. An older brother is Isaac G. Freed, of -Xorth Wales, and a younger one is John Freed, of Nanticoke, Luzerne county. The latter was preseni at' the funeral.
Last week Pierce Rodgers. a pointer iif Penn street, had two toes amputat¬ ed  by Dr. S. P. Moyer.
On .Sunday .'ifternoon A. C. Rock¬ well, i-if New York cit.v'. gaw a lecture in JIusic hall on "The Judas Trial and  Social  Crisis."
The Heelmers have shipped two car¬ loads of agricultural machinery xo Uulgaria   in   eastern  Europe*.
-A- new citizen here will be Warren ob.-rholtz.-r, vvho vvith hi.s family vvill cnme   fi-om   Chalfont.
On JIarch -lOth James Hines cele¬ brated the 76th anniversary of his Iiirth. On March 13lh John P. Clem-I mer was likewise 76' years old. He has lieen a property owner here for more than -IO years. <-oming from Fra neon i.l.
here  and   who   is  a  pupil   in   the bier bii;h school,  will take one of the leading characters in the play.    Other pupils of the Ambler school and  who i-eslde  here are also  taking part.
John   Matz   has   purchased   the   old \ photograph   building  at  Chestnut  Hill     " ,^,;.'l  -¦-  o"";," J pa^-k^ana i« removing tht .same lo  his ! "^,W>X'd'maS'Ts"^
George JIatz, th,. local plumber, has the contract for the work in George Subar's  new  house.
As a result of mid-year examina¬ tions and monthly reviews for Feb¬ ruary in the Flourtown school (the following is a list of two pupils of each grade having the highest averages; Tenth 1,'rade. iJorolhy .Xash, 90; Mar¬ garet Coggins, SS,]. -Xinth grade, r ritjik (iaskin, 85; S-jtewait Durkin, 83.3. I':ighlh grade, Alice Shoemak¬ er, 81.o: Lawrence Llngqulst, 75. .Sevenr.i grade, Helen Risley, 8S.7; 'leorg,. Gray, 87.2. .Si.\ih grade, .Anna'.Mav Snyder, 92.7; Sara Eustace, ;.2,0. l-'iith grade', Kuth Risley. 84.6; Dora Kuder. ^3.2. Fourth grade, Elizalieth l.Julger, 85.6; Horace -Mooie, 85.6. Third grade, Jennie Griflith, 91; John Cochrane, 89.7. February. Tenth grade, Dorothy -Xash, 85.9; .\iai-fe,ii-et Coggins, 85.4. -Xinth grade" Katie Gaskill, S2: Steward Dickson, SO. l-;ighlh grade, Lawrence Lind- quist. 811.3: Mildred Eckstein, 79.5. Seventli grade, George Gray, 88.2; Lindii Duttarer. 83.9. Sixth grade, -Vlollie Campbell, 882; Sara Eustace, 86. lifth grade, Julius Schnell, 81.8; Kuth Risley, 81.5. Fourth grade, Alan Kern, 86. 3; George iSn.vder. 84. Third grade, Ru.ssel Pullin.^eI-, 95.5; Jennie Grifflth,  94.7.
Oliver Tease has secured a position iin'v' a  farm  near Prospectville.
Mr.    Cleiii.   Sr..   is    reported     to very ill al his home.
Walter Clark, of -Xorri.stown, spent Sunday visiting fiiends in this sec¬ tion.
Aliss Dorothy recovered from be  about  again.
Harvey   l..iaii-, Gap   spml se\ . isitiiig     hi«   1 Robert   Blair.
htation Agent ,Vl. R. .Snyder has been (|Uite ill the past few is  now-  able  to  be about again.
In the i-hecker match here, which was pla.ved on -Monday evening last, -Vlagisirate Comly proved himself the chiiiniiion of a four corner event, de¬ feating Mr. M'eiss, Mrs. Mace and Mr. .Vtjilei- one game each. Mr. Comly m-'ver played in better form than he dlil on this occasion, this was proven by  th(.  shortness  of the games.
Jlrs. Williani Kerper, v\*ho has been very ill for some time, i.^ now able Id ilc lip and about her room, bul not able to go out doors.
M-Iss   Hubler   is   speiidili.'j   .i   wool:
-ankford  as  the  mues', of  fricLid.s.
Mrs. William Ha.ves, of Rahway, is .-pending some lime here us ,^t of  Jlin.-i  Diirothy  Young.
.Vlelis associfltiou of the Sl^rlng- i^efp^terlbti^ ¦t.-i-.me-l;- on,' last iirsday adopted the new coiiStitu- ilon and liy-!la.vvs and elected offlce;-s. I'he a.ssoi-lation has d.-cided to ni-et lhe Ihird Thursday evening of c;ich month.
Jiiss Mabel D. -Xuss and S. Rulon .-^tow-man were quietly married on Tuesday. JItin-h 12, at St. Thomas' (hurch, Whiteniarsh, by the rector. --V. J. Jliller. The newly married couple b-fl at once on a wedding trip to the south. Upon their return they will make their home In Glasboro, N. J. where the groom is employed.
Workmen started on Alonday to re¬ model the large barn in the rear of the Central hotel. When finished it will be the most complete and ui>- lo-date garage in this section. The liiiilding is 70 by 140 feet and vvill be used  exclusively  for automobiles.
.Mr. and Jlrs. (b^orge 'Matz have re- I limed to their home after spending I   vveek  in   Reading  visiting  friends.
On Wednesday last three large holes .vere discovered on Wissahickon ave¬ nue. The i-esiden-ts alon.g this street lire unalile lo give any reason w'hal- . y-r for the ground disauMcarlng in I'll, manner In which it did. in the • ar of L. G. Dager's store the dirt ..isappeared lo a depth of more than I" feel niaking an opening that was iibout six feel In circumference The olher two holes, one of which vvas in front of the barber shop vvhile Ille other vvas near the residence of Ueorge Sinith, were not as large as ille one in the rear of Mr. Dager's .-birt>. Some of the residents believe •hat a deep spring is the cause of llie  cave-in.
.\ very enjoyable event took piace al the home of Air. and Jlrs. Harner last Saturday evening when their daugh¬ ier, Jliss Elsie, gave a St. Patrick's 'lay dinner to a nuniber of friends. ¦I'iie home was beautifully and ap-< i.roprlately decorated for the oci-asion. ."vinong the guests were; Jliss Madge I'orgrove. of Colorado Siiiings. Colo.; .Miss Edith Poise Lind.s y. of German- :"wn; JIis.s Eleanor Pool, of Doyles- I'wn; Jliss Katharine Hinkle, of I'hestnui Hill: Jliss Jlollie Ba.ssetL .Miss .\Uee JlcClinont and Miss Clara Wright,   of  Philadeli.hia.
j it   vvas  lound   he   had   died   almost   In-
( stantly.
Fred, Fisher, Jr., had his hand cut by   laliing  slate,   and   .Miehael   McKeeu
I was   cul   on   the   head.        Peter   Russel- siisiain(.(l   i.-iits   aud   contusions     aboul' Ihe    head,    and    Ho.vvard    i''oster    vvas knocked  unconscious when hurled from . a  ladder on  which  lhey  were standing. Rescues   prevented    possible     falali-
I ti(-s   to   two   woinen^   a   girl   and   three
' men other than Gunn, who were in the house and whose lives were ell- dangvied. In the house when the blaze started were JIcGurn. his wife and daugiiter .-Mice, a son, Jlalthew-. a nephew, Thomas Camiiion, Jlrs. Kath¬ erine l''itzgcrald, of Philadeiphia; Pa¬ trick Iioiiovan. a boarder, and Gunn, The lire was first observed by JlcGurn when he wa^ awakened by a noise of (lackling fiames. He aroused the .-iheis. anu at the same lime J. W ¦ Piekwell, a neiglibo!-, seeing the blaze, telephoned lor thi- Glensid... I'Mge Hid and   Weldon   tire   (-onipanies.
In   the   paiiii-   of   Ihe   sudden   alarm,
Gunn   juiiipi-d    from    t'he    window,    his
falling   body   iiiro(|Uetling  over  a   shed
roof and striking the cement walk be-
Kg 1 yond.      The work of rescue was com-
; menced by Jlalthew McGurn, who lowi.red his mother from a third-floor window to a shed roof liy means of a sheet. .Mr.s. Fitzgerald and Alice JIc-Gui-n were rescused in much the'i same way, while lhe men dnqiped from windows .to ponh roofs and then ' lo the ground. j
-Although fhe response of the Inde¬ pendent and Pioneer compani.'S' of lenkintown. the volunteer companies fi-imi Glenside. Edge Hill and Weldon was promiit, llcir best efforts were i-e(|iiired for the preservation of sur- idiinding  homes.
.VIcGurn, who is a section foreman emploved b.v- the Reading declares Ihat h(. has no idea of the orl,gin o'' Ihe blaze, although the tpslimony of neighbors and various policemen seems to indicate that incendiarism is icsponsible. A series of explosions w.-is heard at the earb' stage of the conHagration, and these are believed to hav,. come from oil or gasoline dis¬ posed to aid the work of the llames. .VIotives of revenge and 'anger arc hinted at, and the Cheltenhani police will  thoroughly probe the lire"s origin.
Trumbower    and     Proctor    vs.     Local Trolley Companies Find Awards Af¬ firmed—Cases   Reviewed—The  Shoe¬ maker  Estate  Passed   Upon. Tho supreme court has utfirmed .the judgment rendered  by  the  local  coun^ ty   court   in   the   case   of   Proctor   vs. the   Lehigh   Valley     Transit  company. Edgar    E.     Proctor,     in       company wilh  four  Olher  men  was   proceeding In    a    wagon    along    the    Bethlehem pike  betwen Springhouse and  Ambler. Of  the    four.   Yost  and     Rosenberger were   seated    in    the   fronlseat.    Well breaking   ^.^^     seated     on   the   extended     tail- hospital, , tjoard     with  his    legs    hanging    over, and Cariithers    vvas    seated    back    of
him  in    the  wagon    on  a box,    while ' the aiipellee    was beside    him,  seated i on   a   coil   of     wire.       I'pon     reaching ' a   point   5(1     to   75   feet     from     Tennis ; avenue.      Yo.s.t, who vvas driving, halt¬ ed   but   did   not   stop   the   team,   con¬ sulted his watch, and commented that no ear   was  du,.  and  they  might  safe¬ ly   cross.       Vo.st      then   drove  on,   and luriT..d  into  Tenuis  avenue,  on  a  trot.. As   they   came   upon   the   track,   they were struck  by  a  tool  car of the  Le¬ high   Valley   Transit   company.       Tho other twd o(-i upants  In the rear of the wagon   (S(-ap(d      by   jumping   prior   to th,.  (-ollision,   but   Proctor   was   thrown wagon   to   the  "Iiighway,   and his  le.g       I ¦omiillcatlons  af- i-nsupd  and  am putation    be- ankle and  the knee became
lh.
fr
fiactuivd terward twe(.n   the ni.cessary. I'pon th(:
trial.
judgment  vvas en- for   Proctor   in
111
1^1 ed    on   the   verdict .he   Kiini   of   $3,000,
.-^lloK.MAKRR  ESTATE.
Tli<. Shoemaker estait(.: Thia vvas an api-eai taken from the decision of Judg(. Solley of the orphans' court. JIartha V. Shoemaker, of Ogontz, died, leaving a will in which s'he be¬ il ni.athed $2000 to the Academy ot -Xatural Sciences in Philadelphia. Judge Solly decided that the bequest was not valici o the ground ihat one 'if the subscribing witnesi.es w;-c :i!so a legatee and ther..fore an Interest¬ ed part.v in the will. This decision vvas made under the act of 1855 and e.M.s ii|ip(-aled from. The point Involv ed was similar in' general respects lo lhe one operative in Vhe Agnes .Stinson estate. TRUJlPOWER   -VS.    TRACTION    CO.
Adele Jl. Trumbowei', with an¬ other woman and two male com¬ panions, left Lansdale aboul 11 o'clock at night, January 22, 1910, lo go to West Point, aboul two miles distant. Their course lay over the Lansdale and Gwynedd turnpike. Defendant's trolley tracks travi-rsed the piko from Lansdate to .Xorth Wales, most' of the way through the middle of the road.
On December -6 of snow o(-i-urr(-d, .-onsideraliJ.v the c. ter that, a light sn
.X.
the
Withdraws.
in   the   Congri^ssioiial
Croft I levelopincills race  on     the  Bucks-Montgomery   dis . trict, have yoipe ;l}4iik and fact within fhe   last   w'eek.
possibly the most important of uU. and (crtainly the most surprising, is tne announcement, made formally re¬ eentl.v, that Frank P. Croft, of l.owt.r -VIerlon, ¦who has been putting up a surprising strong light agalnsi (iscar o. Bean, of 1 loylestown,' is no longer a candidate.
Croft's letter of withdrawal  outlines his position  fully.      He sa.vs;   "I  have devilled the last few days to canvass¬ ing  Montgomery county for  the  pur¬ pose of gaining the real sentiment re- : lative   to   the   congressional   nominee. Jly friends and the representative men believe   that   my   staying   in   the   field ; would   deprive   Bucks   county   of   that : whii-h  is due  It at  this  lime.       I feel ., that,   under   these   conditions,   lo   ask i for  .vour  further support   would   pos- j sibly   be  construed  as   enlirely  selfish on iii.v part.
"Very recently In addiiion, new and ' unanticipated ¦'business devtiloplments have arisen which will be of material benefit if given niy uninterrupted at- : tention. Jly business associates are of the oiiinion that (-ontlnuation in the p.ditical arena at the pr^esent may havi.. its effect in a i-ui-tailinent of use¬ fulness, and 1 myself (-onscientlously b(.|b.ve that a divisicin of m.v time would aet as an injustii-e to both the otM'-e and  myself.
"I   therefore,   take   this   opnortunity
of  iiiforiiiing  you   that   I   propose   ac-
(i-pting a   broad   view of the  situation,
¦ and    will   retire   in     favor   of      Pucks
(.(lufity."
1909, a heavy fall whicii blO(-ked up unlr.v- roads. Af- vv or tvvo had fall¬ en.. The turnpike company had open¬ ed the .tuFnpilie for travel, and vvas laking tolls as usual. The trolley Conipany    had    i-leaned      its    .tracks.
" Mis TrunibSj-wer and hor companions were   driving   w    iwo-gcjited    phaeton.
f,:i'K ', -aci'id"(-'nif Im0 tfllilHl i'i 11 vj.-st of .Xii-holson's driv^ ¦*JfErt^TrunibOT/& being found oH .th(. snow baiilc aboul ••I feet w-est of the ^rive. When struck, the wagon vvas still on the track, and the horse had turned sll|:htly to the left of the track, and was struck in the right flank.
-Miss '1 ruiiioouCI admitted she saw the trolley light from 500 to 1,000 feet ahead of .them, that th& horse was trotting toward it, that she did not call the driver's attention or ask him lo turn off, or stop the wagon and let her out, but trusted entirely lo him,   and   that   the   trolley   would   see
' them and  stop.
When the niotornian first saw the wagon il was 75 or 100 feet in front of him, with horse trotting ioward him. Every human effort was made to stop the car. A  verdict  of  $7500   for  Miss  Trum-
I bower  was  rendered.      A  motion  for
.J binding instructions vvas refused. The learned court denied the moitioii for judgment N. O. V. upon this slg- nllii-aiit ground; ""Neither of the other oi-i-upants of the carriage apprehended danger and made no (.rfort to induce tile driver to slop or allow them to leave the carriage. All assumed that the car would stop, and they had tli(. right to assunie that the motor- man would se(. llT.-iii. and not run thein down."
JARRETTOWN.
GWYNEDD.
Judge Staake. .,: I'liiladelphia. who ¦-pends his summers at his country home here, has been a member of the bar for 41 yeai-s. The anniversary vas   observed   last   Thursday. !
Hazelton plumbers are installing the h-ating  system   in   C.   C.   Coolbaugh's, n.-w bungalow. ;
Pemberton  Hollingsworth,  of  Phila- d'-lphia, w.'is up here on Tuesday look- ; iiig after his country home.
Th'e Welsh  road  was Jiadly  washed i'.v   the' recent heavy rains and    that 1".i'tion   lietween  the  Stump  road and Colonel  Goodman's Piroperty was rop-i . il off pending repair.s-.
John Rodemich moved from the Odd l-'ellows' hall to the -Xeal property on Thursday.
-Mr. Pechin, of Prospectvill-e, moved into t'he DePrefontaine place last week.
The school was closed on Friday af¬ ternoon on account of the' parents' meeting at the Mathias Sheeleigh sehool, near Ambler.
John Rodemich had charge of the churi-h services on .Sunday niorning and Samuel F. Tibben in th.^ evening.
Jlr. Rinker and friend, of German- town, visited Benjamin Houpt and family on  Sunday.
Air. and Airs. Samuel Engle spent Sunday with Mr. and Jlrs. Irvin De¬ wees,   of  Centre   Square.
A  number  of  people  of   the   neigh- j ,,i,rban section.
borhood went to the hre at the Lenhart j 	
shops  at  Alaple  Glen  Saturday  even¬ ing.
Raymond Smith and Jliss FlorencQ Lightkep spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Harrv Kneezel, of West Philadel¬ phia. -     'j'lWtffl
Miss Ivate Durges, of Germantown. has been visiting at George Young's.
Montgomery   Co.   Kennel   Club.
A movement has been started, vviith every indication of success, to renew the interest in the Jlontgomary County Kennel club, and a meeting of those iateresied was held Tuesday evening at Fort Side inn. It was de¬ cided to give a club show on .Satur¬ da.v, Jlay 4, at Fort Sid.'. --V strong board of governors and bench show (•onimittee have been named, and everything promises an intereating show. The judg.'S will be selected from the leading clubs and will be named al the next meeting. Entry blanks, etc., vvill be forwarded to all exhibitors and friends and .the prizes wil  be announced later.
Th'o menibersWIp dues vvill be the nominal sum of $1, and any person desiring to b,?come a member can send his or her name to Jliss Helen Jacob.v, Ambler, The now totals aboul ."lO of fanciers   in   Philadelphia
membership
the   leading
and   the   su-
Automobile A   number   of upper   section   of are    considering^
Car  Probable, capitalists     in      the Montgomery   county the advisability      of
MONTGOIVIERYVILLE.
Porn to M,", and Mrs. Waller Serv- i-'* a son on Saturday.
Miss Edna and Mary Hespell vis¬ it.d  Aliss  Winnifrod Derr  on  Sunday.
-Mr. and Mrs. S. Miller entertained fiiends  from  Philiidelphia on Sunday.
-Mrs. Edward Ulmer h.is returned home from the Lansdale hospital where she was ojierated on for appen- di'-ltis.
,1. B, Martin preached Sunday even¬ ing at the Montgomery Square AI. E. church.
JIr.«. ICdvvard H'.dder'— entertained her father from Iron Bridge on .Sun¬ day.
Frau!;      .--';;-.>'<u -    - -lodeling   his
hoiiS'-.
County   Directors' Association.
The meeting of the School Directors' \ lerville, and as.sociation    of    Jlontgomery    county, held     Thur.sday,  in  the    high    school building,   Souderton,  was attended  by more   'ban  SO  school  ofllcials.
.\ll the spotikers on the list were on hand, and g.ave forth much of value find interest to the assemblage in their addresses.
It was one of the most inspiring and instructive meetings of the school di¬ rectors that the body has h'dd.
County Supt^rintcndent of Schools Prof. J. Horace Landis waa an active in the uroniotlng of the affair and the arranging of the program
I'lUttlng   in   operatiodi   an   lautolmoblle' ! i-ab   line   operated   from   East   Green- : ville.       The   route     under     conslder- ; atlon  is  from  that  borougii  to  Green 1 Lane,  then  to  follow  the  gravel  pike ¦ to   Coliegeville,   and   return   to   Zleg- from    t^ere    along    tlia Swamp   pike   via   Royertown,   to   Bal¬ ly, td Hereford and return. ,     .
Easter Bonnets Are as  Dear
lo   the   hearts  of  W(ini,':i   as. .Strltzin¬ ger's Gilt Edge tlo'.ir.
Against Vievwiers' Report. The supervisors of Upper Gvv.v - nedd township, as well as a numbtr of the taxpayers of that distrii-i. have filed, with the court, petitions asking that the report of tho board of viewers, approving tho opening of a new road, leading from Given street. Lansdale and extcndlng through (ertain tracts, be set asidi- on the giound that there is no need for tho same and that ils principal purpoaes 'vill be to b-erieli,t certaiij in- teresLi. 'j'iiis has refcrcine to a lan.i improvement company, said to furlhei- the project through its proposed tract.