The Ambler Gazette 19221005

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Gazette.
PA-   OCTOBER   5.   1922.
S1.75   A   YFAR
COLD POINT PLYMOUTH.
aapDCnlngs ol Local Interest to Our Readers.
roiuiuaj auto  throU3-i
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Fair—Har- entre.
Cold  Point,  is weeks       with    her Jlr.   iind   Mrs.   Walter of   Pliiliidelphla.. WTien  Mrs.  Frank   - -
retiirned   from   the   races   at H;i,ve-de-Gra.ce,    Saturdiiy she found  thiit  hei; .;,¦.-,^j   surprise   in About   40   of
,.  were i
a beautiful pedes^
Pev C W. Caulkins, pastor Kev. I., yy-. . . ^.^„,.j.n^ left Sun- to Brunswick, Maine, when he yyas "«|'ried to Miss K I a ice Field, of that placo on T-Ues day October 3rd. The couple will day   *"=^tope^^,^^   ^^^  ^^^  inirsonage  at
of this week.        , .
Ke\t   Wednesday   evening   will   pe th,       ening of the fiiir at the Baptist , Vv^d   Point    Dr.  ItusseU  Con-
clun-c.i,  cold  l'"';];-,.^.^^.  his    address.
Rev.   C.   W.   Caulkins,   of   CXl^tP"'"*' vWeds.Miss    Eunice       Fielo—Cold Point   Church   to    Hold monville   and   Plymouth. Centre iMiss  Jean   Stead  of
t^poi.uing   .^la-venii
'gT:nii,;Jiirents,    JIi-   •-"- - ,
^-'•^•^'••n^^l^-'Fr^r^rmley-ofCoId! P<,in4, .retiirned  jro^^^^^^     ^^
husband  had ar-4 ranged   a   very   delightful   surprise h,-,nor   of   her   birthday, her frleniis and relatives were present and their gift was till piano lamp^    „^._^^_  pastor of the
Cold  Point  Baptist day  evening  on  a trip
return the- end
well   will     then "jo.iy Earthquake.
Rev.   Ralph  L.  Mayberry, the   Baptist  church  Amblei, a spiendid  address, the  Sunday School to il large ga,thering EapLu;   chui-,C^^ ing.      On ber  of  people
on  the
to a Community, ill the Caii Point; social  SiiturdMjr even- j Suh'dav  a very  larg* num enjoyed, the  ruHy
onBLAftDi
1 -Ml. and Mra. X 4fth6 I froni a vyet-k'a triu.,J^y ' — I .Vew ; ¦york-state.    ••-¦
Mi-B. Horace Detilney returned, on Jlondiiy, "from a very pleasant vi.sit with  friends In  Atlantic City.
Mrs. W. W. Tudor is visiting frlends.J.u Atlantic City.
JIis.^'iSje.'atherine MaxwelV returned home Saturdify evening after having spent   several   weeks   in   Ocean   City.
Harry Jones, Jr., has moved into his nuw   home,   on, Weldy   avenue.
A. G. Cres.^maii has sold his hou.se un Weldy avenue to Georgo Comly, of /iiublea,.
Thp Liidies' Auxiliarji of the l.ulH^nin church will continue their ¦i"livitis;S hy holdir- their first meet¬ ing of the seiison, this Thursday, at the' home   of   Mrs.   Henry   Jones,
Jlr.    and    Mr.«i.   Charles   Wilson, G( rfi'iantown.   spent   the   week-end ':','i"home     of   Jlr.   iind   Mrs.        A. Aiman.
. oy Jleyer.^ and family enjoyed last Thursday iit  Trenton  fafr.
Jlr.s. Joseph Nash, Sr., spefit a few diiys last week with Mrs, Roy Meyers.
I ireliind Building association meets Fridiiy  evening  in Aiman's hall.
italph Schinn has moved his house¬ hold goods Into his house recently purchased   fr^m    Jacob   Htlmmell.
The Oreland Brotherhood will meet next Tuesday eveninfj. An eminent speaker   will   feature   this   occasion.
A final report of the fair committee ¦at the Orel.and  Fire company meeting Monday  evening  showed   $400  cleared b.v the various tables. Several' articles were  also left  over and these will  be pasttJr.fibif j given   iis   prizes   of   various   contests deliver^-th.it  will  be  held   'n  the  near future. ''Value ofl   it was also decided  th.at a Hallowe'en be   given   on   Saturdfiy,    Oeit.
Sr. of iit L.
IS-,
John Erb, of Plymouth^ . wnS very ill last week and wiis to    the  Abinerton. hospital    on
services there.
Final   arrangements  were the  .uirmittee  in   charge  of the  fair at   iheT^'id   Point   Baptist  church.     ^ ''Vr   Lew... Kolle and lamily and Mr I and   Mrs.   Horace   Schlater,   of   Cold an.l   ana.      .   ,   ^^^  Trenton fan- last
and
daughter, [ herself,
Thurs- ' of Chest-,i
and      Mrs. , Mrs. Harmonville, |
last improveil
Poin.,  attended week. • .„    .
Mv4    Leonard   Beck Mildred,of  Harmonville    spent diiy with Mrs. George Roth,
nut HiU. .,      .      -.
Mr.   C.   W.   Lewis,   Mr. Michael   Wetheral   and   Mr.   and
^otored^'o'phSlphri last Wednes S^iy   where  they  attended  the annual seVsion   of   the   Baptist   association
Mr&   Allen    Kijk,    of   Haj-monyille, developed   symptons  of  a  stroke w#ekl   Imt   is   "very    numh from  the a>»o«*v-
Mr and Mrs. ifteon monville, entertaijnd ^red       Shannon,   ol     	
^"Mf-^'^and   .Mrs.   J^ph   Warbuton,
an* Miss   Lillie  Kerper,
Meeting;   Mr.
heimer,   Mrs,
and  Mrs
piopville,
week. M
John Stout* c| < spent Sunday |hJ Edward   0>jnn,   of.
IJifei   '.  :    i*
dance 28th.
.Mrs taken day   moved Sunday, made  by      A movement is on foot to organiae il     Women's  auxiliary    for  the    local volunteer  flre  company.     Mrs. George Weidner   has   been   selected   chairmiin of il committee of five:  Miss 'J&featrice Calverley,   Mrs.   Herman   Reed,   Mrs. Jiicob   Hummell,     Mrs.   Th<iipas to undertake thia-\york.
and
WHITPAIN A.N L. GWYNE
Who's Who and What's ^haf{ Two rownshlpo
the
Dr. and  Mrs.  Edward  Kile,  of Sp'i
Jlr.  iind   Mrs..
.Sellersvilie,
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al-.
oH
ot agjymouthl^ely none" was and   Mrs.   J:^.:M^ B^rk-; iin4„the C.   W.   Lew)r||'^;«!(id   Mr. I i) na»o
Michael Wetliefi^^^ visited Mrs. AH**':
Mrat<
Centre,
Mrs.
PENLLYN ¦¦¦¦i-. Sturgiss Ingersoll" and faijiily have returned from their summer's stay in Miiine and lar^ now (taiaking itljeit!;'' home with C. E. Ingersoll until thft I remodeling of their home is corrtpleted j A motor party of four men supH I posedly from Ambler, failed to roundi, I the bend on the pike west of the 'station and plunged through the fence : into Robert Kenyon's yard. None was hurl iind the car was hurriedly got- '', but- hot before the license ^;_..x>ioer w.as obtained. j - SiWlfrd Hubbs and Preston Grimm, : collided at the junctiorf. of the Gypsy Hill r6«^ a,nd Penllyn Mile. Fortum- hurt, ,iw»ytlr. GrlKim ijur chfldreoiJ^Sls .car- had ^(»vpe tvovf ibfiity;'
.Oilln«   >e«iiirn,^     from'. ¦eek.;    ¦'•-::ir
Bell, entertained .inder Miller, cf day. . .,
Jlr. and Jlrs.  Walter  Hand,"' I ' .?'     sueiit    Suiuli,'^    aflernrt- l niladelphlA with the former's
The     sewing     circle     of ,   B' church  will meet next Tuesday noon  iit  the  home  of  MrSi iJ. Hoover  in Anibler. """
Flower.s, from Boehm's church] ¦ent to William Frant:: and Syl Jones
Ji /    iind    Mrs    George    Russel West     Philadelphia,     Jlr.   and Diiniel   Tippin.  of  Ambler,  spent diiy with  .Mr. and ,Mi's. Harry  T of  Blue. Sell. >V.
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Wiiliam   T>onel Springhouse,   Mrs.   Samuel   FLshi Blue   Bell,   Vjcirude   Fisher,   of sonville.   motiVre^   to   Trenton   fi Thur.sday.
Walter Hiind   of  "i„e  Bell,  hii.^ his   truck   to   Oliver   Reyner.       i)..
Holy>--<ij(}mmunloii   wiis   observi Boehm'B  pH'bxoh   on   Sunday   m Mr. and Mrs. Harr" Duffleld ha son,   Eli   Henry,    christened.
The    Ladies'   Mit©   skiciety. Boehms chruch,    will meet this aead \ itatteiftioon a4 the home of; William   Bferkhimei-,   near   Blui
Paul   Wolff,   of   Meyerstown, over Ahe week-end ; at -th»-h Cliirence Zimmerm.an  and famii Centre" fjquiife.
Harry ; Kibblehou.^e.  of   Sprin, is   recovejtirig  nice'-   from   his auto ficcfdeht, but still.has his a sling.  ¦.. ,
Ml*., and    Mrs)    Warren    BrOejl Ci()I(j( • I>oiMt,   spent   Sunday   aflprhn witfe/:.tittie, latter's   sister.   Miss   Emm Wttit!!iri,,of Blue Be"
JaK«.««>hriber,        Rlue  Bell, to   be.j^vagivin   after   his  atti lockjawy.?' •'
A  rumlJittge  sale   will be  gi the Junior Needlework guild,  ol .pell,   at   the   home  of  Mrs.,; M' ,;i^FBn11yn on Saturday, Oct, '.^hr iii^ving   iinv   giiimenta   for "* please  call Ambler  .?02R-5t' an «tie will call for them.
George Rossiter and fainily, Bel), spent Sunday-afterttoon and ¦ Mrs.  David   Hieleman^ at Point. '       \^f
Mrs.    Eugene Johnson,    MrB.?!f»John Beyner and daughter \llldred, <^;eiue I
RSOld
iin.g. heir
i th,.. hd- Irsl Bell, Mted .of [leiii-
use, jjeiit in
of
( EUREKA.
' Jlr. iind Jlrs. John B. Serrill al- I tended the Trenton fiiir un Thursdiiy. ! Jlrs. EliZiiboth C. Jloore, Jliss i Bessie .Moore, ot Norristown and I Jliss Ellziibeth ,L Wilson, of Glenside, I were entertained here by friends over the week-end.
.Mi.sA FranceH Hoovor Im.^ resigned as organist of tho Pleasantville church, and Jlrs. I. L. JfcNiiir has Iieen elected to fill her pLico.
.MisH Jliiry Uiinnehower who hiis been quite ill in I'hiliidelphia, has eu- (erod the Rest Haven sanatorium, (Jenna ntown.
A series of stereopticon lectures have been iiri-iinged for the Sundiiy nights in October at tlie Reformed rluirtli  uf this pliice.
Jlr. iind Jlrs. Elsie Seller.s, of Gwy¬ nedd Viilley, was eniertained by re- 'itives  on  .Sunda.v.
Jlrs. B. F. Hiirtzel. Jlrs. A. A. Niislt and Jlrs. It. .M. Johnmn giive echoes ¦ai Sundiiy morning: of the Eiistern .Sy iiiHiiciil Hi(.eting. which they hiid •tU'i.ded ill Elision during tlie piist week.
Jlr. and Jlrs, Charles .S. Jliinn and Mr. iind Jlrs. A. D. Jliirkley iittended the iinnuiil outin.g of the Historiciil Society of Jlontgomery County with the Historical iind Xaluriiil science :-!ociely of the Perkiomen Region, in the upper Perkiomen viilU^i'. on Sal¬ urdiiy last.
STREET LIGHTS IHOFSHAM AND
IN PLYMOUTH.
Highway IllumiDation Is Being: in¬ stalled.
Mar jor BlUfland
-V-  '
Bell,   were , Last; week of Ambler.
luncheon   gvxptB with   Mra.   Xeiiin
fday titon
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spent!   vveC the   Misses
rfein,   of   Bridge-
Centre, niecer,
''°The services, conducted in Ply¬ mouth U E. church, were very much. Sar to those of other Sabbaths The attendance was very good, aS was also the offering. In the church services foreign mission day was ob¬ served. The pastor gave some rea¬ sons why hg shaUld contribute to foreign missions. The evening theme was "A can for Continuance ladies Bible class met in its monthly busiJ ness session on Tuesday evening at the home of Mi. and Mr.». pavid Rhoads, Plymouth Centre. The day school board meets at of the prayer service on evening.       Don't   forget
Sun the close Wednesday the Rally day on October fifteenth.. I-Udles^ Bible class realized more than iiO at a pie and cake sale held at the home of one of its members in Norristown.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Yost and •iamUiy,. -of Plymouth Centr./, spent! Sunday in Atlantic City.
Mr John Wilson, of Plymouth Centre, has been ver- ill for several months v/ith typhoid fever, and had been able to be about, but last week his strength gave out, and he was compelled to tiike his bed again. He is somewhat improved at present, but still in  a serious condition.
The Plymouth Centre Union mis¬ sion will rededicate the little mission on the hill on Sunday, October 15th, when there will be an all-day service commencing at 10.30 a. m., until noon, and from 2.30 p. m. until 5 p. m., be-- glnning again at 7.15 p. m. This will be one of the 'argest events ever witnessed at the Mission church. A number of the best Spe|ikers and singers, and the program will be one of the finest ever held in Plymouth township. Violin solos, cornetist, also male quartets, etc. Full program will be  announced  later.
Dr. and Mrs. R N. Hengst, of jliirdtsboro, were goiests at the "Eckened cottage." Mrs. Hengst is a niece of  Mr. Carson.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McCaughey gave a freedom party for their son George, in the Plymouth Centre grange hall, on Saturday night. The haU was beautifully decorated, and more than,, 100 friends gathered. The Plymouth) Centre Union Mission orchestra furn¬ ished the music, and after engaging in an evening of games, etc., the guests were invited to the diningroom where a Iti.t-. ^v liible was finely de¬ corated, and Ul the Centre a massive birthday cake with 21 burning can¬ dles. After the dinner was served, all retired to the hall again, where Mr. [MeCaugheyV wasi the recipient off many handsome gifts. His mother and fiitiier presented him with a hansome gold watch and chain and his little niime-siike (George Ridcock), nephew a lad of three years of age walked up on the stage and presented his uncle with a handsome ring.
^(.;t Saturday evening the Ply- m .U..I Centre Union Mission choir will have a .social at their newly illted rooms, the "Eckened Cottage," where they will spend an evenitig of real pleasiire, in games etc. The orchestra will furnish the music. The new gothic windows, (17 in all) at the Plymouth Centre Union mission have been completed and the interior will be  redecorated by Charles Lewis.
E. Carson is much improved from the severe fall, but is still compelled to walk with- a cane.
bruises when the feed house floor at Johnson's coal yard collapsed last week while being filled. Alfred Gains, who was In the house at the time, suffered deep gashes on one leg.
Jlr. and Mrs. Harry Meeham and son, of Kensington, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kenyon's on Sunday.
CENTRE SQUARE,
Wings have been built to the con¬ crete ruiid ill "¦ . ''ntersection of Skip¬ piick iind  DeKiilb  Sireet  pikes.
GroiiiKl Wiis broken Jlondiiy tor the new huu..^es to be built by Charles Uel'iefmitiiine, Jr., ;ind Albert Shook. The lots on whicli the houses are to lie built were recently bought from Many JIumbower and face on Skip¬ piick   pike.
JIi-s. VVilliani Heignian hii.s been en¬ joying a week's sojourn in Wildwood N.  J.
A family named Carr hiis moved to the former Nolan proiierty, on the .Skippack   pike
("liffoid Bernhard, local storekeeper, is instiilling a public service gasoline tank   directly  in   front  of  his  store.
The reguliir monthly meeting of the Centre .Square Fire company will be held Thursdiiy evening, and it is hoped that there will be a large at¬ tendance   of   the   members.
Hiirry .lTK<ffi!ier, local paintei'; i^ painting the Odd Fellows' lodge ten- iint  houses:
Geurge Kibblehouse, local tinsmith, has iibout completed the work of re¬ pairing and repainting the roof on the hotel  property.
Liist Fridiiy after delay of about two weeks, the work of again laying concrete on JJeKalb Street pike was started. Thus far the men have con¬ tinued and it is hoped that there is sufficient material on hand to work to qupiplfetlon. The road being torn upTlFthe manner it has east of Morris roiid has been causing much incon- venienCfe to the  residents.
Miss ijyily and Mr. Thomas Knoll entertairvted friends from Philadelphiii on Sunday. .
William Waton has left the employ of Harry Walton, dealer in coal and feed, .and is working for the Texaco company.
Jtfra.   Kate .Ernest   wishes   to   than'< n,^tKl)lQora   fur   their
Work to Be Prosecuted Until Sched¬ ule is Completed—86 Now Ready —Polo Lines Complete):!—Spring' Mill Residents Petition Whitemarsh for   Lights.
Highway illuminiition in Plymouth tuwnship is iin established fact and iihciKly lhe lines of the Counties Gas iii.il Elefctric compiiny are lighting some of the highways, with general plims of construction, iis outlined by ,;iie township cunimissiuneVs. iis will cuver the ulber main highwiiy.^-. with llie present exception of roiids foini- .ng divisions with >thor townships in this Litter ciise the genoiiil pLin uf -.lluminiition iiwait^- the coopeiiitioii of the   neighboring  townships.
Superintendent Oiinser of the elec- ti ic (-ompiin.l, met the ^^y,lnou3;l commissioners on Jlondiiy iit ini- liitters nieeling in Orange hiill. I'Jy- mouth Centre, iind the lighting situ¬ ation Wiis very thoroughly i-on.sidtM-ed; Some of the highways are lighted at present and show a very much ap¬ preciated illuminiition. In ii very f(>w ciises liinips are lo be moved to other poles or reflectors or cross arms changed   to  secure  more  direct   light-
UPPERJ)IBLIN
Miscellaneous   Items of Interest lo Many Readers.
at
Si
Rest-
Samuel   Rush   Laid
ham—Robert    T.    liurns Charge   of   Horsham   Inn-
-Dresher     land
in    Hors-
Assumas
Improve-
Jari-attown
sti liimifs are already instiilled, an.l one mure is to be added on Koss ave¬ nue, Jlogeetown, !) are to be added on Conshoho(-ken roiid, 9 on (Chemical road, 2 on_/.Jorth lane, 10 on Broad Axe roiid, !) on Creitmery lOiid, 'J on Ridge pike and 2 on Flourtown road. l..onger arms are to be pLiced'on the Limps iit Dugiin's corner iind iilsrf on the lamp at Germiintown and Chemi- cail roiids, and 2 lamps will be pliiced on  White  avenue.
Inasmuch as the Spring Jlill tii.x Piiyers of Whitemarsh township are petitioning the Whitemar, Ji' super¬ visors for lights in that section, it is . believed that the Plymouth Jleetlng' tax payers will be next in line to ask | Whitem.arsh to install lights, which | will   afford   an   opportunit.v   for   Ply- I
ments-
Items.
James   Cai-iuii,       nf    llal^iwi-il moved    bin    fiimily,       lu   I'lftsliurii;!, whero  h<!  hii.i  secured  ii   pn,-iition.
Jlrs. Juseph Whiteside, uf Hiillowell, visited her daughter. JlifV Herbert: i'.andii;],   in   i'.urn;, r.i,   N.  J.
St.iiiley Weidner, of I^liilliiwe!.', lost il. line horse, last week, 'riie animal died  of  colic.
Jlr. and Mrs. A. P. Bissey, nf Diivis Gruve, enjoyed a few diiy.^ over tli» week-end iit ii cottiigc owni-d liy rel-' atives  ut  Occiin  City.
JIi-s.     Williiim     Veach,       of    Davis- Grove,  is  sepnding     ii few  diiy:i  with reliitives  in  Gerniiintown.
Chiirles J. Kelly, of Aiiliiiore; Wil- ford it. RIechs iind Adelaide C. L. Kiechs. of Pliiladoliiliiii, iind .Mr. and Jlrs. U. W. Rieclis and .yon, iilso of Philadelphiii. enjoyed List Sundii.v iit the  K. O.  E. home.  Davis Grove.
A. .M. Huud, of Horshiim. conducted the evening .services iit the Gnico Union chiipel. Horsham, on Sunday. It Wiis rally day, and a Lirge number' iittended the splendid exerci.-^es ren¬ dered by the .Sunday sehool. Begin¬ ning ne;it week, Sundav school will meet at 2.30 in the afternoon, iind church services will begin at 7.30 p. m. Rev. Jlr. Ellison, of Philadelphia, wfll   tpciiii   next   Sunday  evening.
For injuries received when he was thrown against a seiit when a car left the track in Upper Dublin ToWnship last     January,     Thomas Mahoney
brought suit in court todiiy aginst the I Lehigh   Valley   Tran.sit   Conipany   for
$20,000. I     The county
The board agreed to accept a general bond in the sum of $2500 from the Counties Gas iind Electric com¬ pany   operative   until   Dec.   31.   1823.
Secret.ary Sheppard reported the financial       condition as      follows:
Balance on hand at last report, $5580; A. F. Wernle, taxes, $1355.50; permits, $5!>;   balance,  $6994.50.
The following bills were ordered Piiid: John Marple. road work, $590; Philadelphia Slaa- Co., $836.90; Bar¬ rett Co., $70 70; American Magnesia Co., $17.43; Norristown Herald, $9.50; Lukens'and Yerkes, $95.62; Kennedy stationery,. $2.35; Atlantic Refining Co, $216.20.
The installation  of  fire  plugs
Confess   Stealing   Auto.
Two men whose actions aroused the suspicions of J. W. Freas, store keep¬ er iit Horsham early Thursday, were iirrested by Abington police and later confessed stealing in New York State a large touring car in which they wefe 'riding. When^ they offered to tr.ade on auto tire for enough gasoline to gei to Philadelphia Mr. Frea,s 'phoned for the Abington police. They gave their names as Jesse Doty, Binghamton, N. Y., and I^ewis Aken, Shenango Fort, N. Y. The men told police they had taken the car from the farm of Mrs, Frances Collins, near Shenango N. Y.
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No   Clue   to     Skeleton   Found Springhouse*,
Parti.ally clothed and with a blood¬ stained razor nearb.v. the body of an unindentified man w.as found Sunday near       Springhouse, Montgomery
County, under circumstances which lead .authorities to suspect a possible murder some months ago.
The body, which was little more than il skeleton, was found in a dense section of Evans' woods, near the William Pen Hotel, and was partially hidden by underbrush. The razor' was found a short distance from the out¬ stretched bones of the right hand.
The man was of middle age, above medium height and had gray hair. The clothing was of a dark, mixed goods and of good texture, BlacJ^ shoes and it black cloth hat completed the costume. The head reposed on a (H)iit   folded   on   the  ground.
BARREN   HILL.
Mrs. George Bartholomew spent .'^undiiy and Jlonday visiting in Oak Lane.
Jlrs. William Groome has returned home after spending three weeks in M.aryliind  and  Virginia.
On Thursday evening, Mrs. George Schwoerer hiid the misfortune to be painfully injured by being struck by an autonlO'bilej Aboufi 7(30 wh';i|e Wiilking on Ridge road, an automobile without and lights came speeding from Park avenue into Ridge avenu* iind struck her, throwing her to the ground. They cai-^ied her to the Fountain inn and left her on the porch unconscious without notifying an.vone. She was found by members of the Davis home, who took her home, where she is bedfast suffering from painful cuts and bruises on her face and  body.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Weber en¬ tertained informally on Jlonday even¬ ing in honor of the second annlver- siii-y.of  their  marriage.
Mr. and Jlrs. Herbert Van Blairi- eiini. the latter formerly Miss Rachel Hiltner, who kept their friends wait¬ ing at the church last S.aturday after they hild been quietly married on Fri¬ diiy retuned to the home of Airs. Van Bliiiricum's piirents on Saturday evening. After spending a short time here they will continue on their by motor  to  Brock Port,  N.   Y.,
The foftd<ring sons aii^ dRiughters survive: John,'.of North "^ales; Itvin iJ G., of Willow Grove; Albert M., and Edward K., of Ambler; Francis and Oliver, of Glenside; Jennie S., wife of Frederick Riley, of Glenside; Mary, wife of Marvin Riley, of Ambier, and Carrie, wife of EllV»:ood Frankenfleld, of Ambler.
The funeral was'held this Wednes¬ day afternoon at Jarrettown, wi^h interment  in   the  adjoining  cemetery.
WILLIAM  tl. HALLJIAN.
On Friday afternoon in Rose Hill cemetery. Ambler, were interred-the remains of William H Hallni;; , a well known resident, who died uddenly of heart failure at his sons iesidence in North Wjiles on the previous Tues¬ day,  aged  71  years.
He was born on a farm neir Oaks station on Sept. 12, 1851 and was edu¬ cated in the public schools. Later he taught Shady Grove school, Whit¬ pain township. He married -\nna L. Stackhouse, who has brothers, Joseph, Grant  and  John   of Ambler.
They resided in Ambler fo'- a time and then moved to Norristown, where the deceased pursued his trade of stone mason and builder. Loiter they returned to Ambler, where hia wife died in December,  1917.
The following sons survive: William A.,- of North Wales, and Harold E., pastor of the Presbyterian church in Newark, Del. A son Joseph died in 1908.
The deceased was an .antiqiiai-ian of more than local note, and his curios and relics, especially those pertaining to the local Indian tribes, is most in¬ teresting.
MARK   EVANS.
trip
near
Sld«.
Mark Evans, long a resident of Ambler, died suddenly, Saturday morning of acute indigestion ind heart weakness, in the 78th year of his aga.
He was born in Manchesi.-r, Eng., in 1844, and wiis the son ii the late Richard Evans and Fannie Layland. He came to America in iiis young manhood and located near Philadel¬ phia, following the sea for .-!ome time and later engaging in the sune maison business. He married Pris^oilla Mor¬ gan, of Philadelphia.
They removed to this locality about 1885. Two sons, William C, and .Ed¬ ward IJ., of Ambler and a widow survive.
Funeral services were held Tues¬ day afternoon from the Liti- residence of the deceased, 365 Nmth Main street. Ambler, and intei ment was m.ade in the old Mt. PIea..<.int ceme¬ tery.
MRS. Jacob fru'K.
Elizabeth, widow of the Lite Jacob Frick, died on Wednesdiy at !her home on Byberry iivenui Hatboro, where she moved '>-om ne.r Dresher several years iigo. About ii month ago she fell and broke her hip. This with iiilments incident to her ;ge caused her deiith. A ni'"-.her of children survive her, one being Un daughter Jliss Ciitharine, who lived with her. The funeral was held San iday after¬ noon iit Viei- Lite reside.! with in¬ terment at Hillside ceme-    y.,
—Thieves    stole     the Alex.    Umstead's   trees,    !¦ township, getting about  ;'
—Jones   H.  Allebach,   v< corn  14
Rochester,   where   they  will   re-   has   raised  some
i..!.iiALIfl!i9UnnUBll) bigh.
I'M in.s     from !¦     Skippack '   basketsful. Creamery, to   16   feet ¦.'..ii,!-!.!-,
tertained  Mr. nnd  Mrs.  H.  C.  Hoover, md   Mis.   Wiilter  Hand,   of   Blue Bell;   Misses  Anna  and   Emma   Shoe¬ maker,  of Norristown,  Sunday.
Edgar Louden has been in the em¬ ploy of the Maxwell Brushes conipany for some  time as salesman.
Frederick Hangstorfer is still suf¬ fering considerably from a cnrij.incle on his left hand.
Jrtsii Andrew* ^Robinson and Mrsi. Reuben Roliebaugli will give ii carii Pii'-. in the flremena hall, Wednesday ev, ing for the benefit of the Eastern St. of Norristown. Admission twenty fivi' cents including refreshments and prizes.
Miss Catherine Bernhard has again returned to ¦ - • studies at the Uni-' versify of, Pennsylvania where she is taking the Junior year-work in pre- Piiratory  teaching.
Harry Feldman and family enter¬ tained friends and relatives of Phila¬ delphia   over   the   week-end.
Leon Bernhard and fiunily and Mrs. Hannah Bernhard motored to Doyles¬ town, Sunday, where they visited Mr. and Mrs. William Walker.
The regular monthly meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary of the flre company will be held Thursday evening in the Fire Hall.
The Center Square Fire Co. was awiirded a. prize of $25 dollars for the most distent comp.any participating in the parade at Jenkintown on  Sept. 9.
the Con'shohocken pile towards Cold i duct his business oii ii very active Point was discussed "Pd action iiwaits I scale. It is his pres-'nt intention to the cooperation of lhe WhitemArtih 1 throw the two small diuingrooms on, authorities. ^i"     li^^*^   south ^e^sti
The   diitiger   of   paiiteii   caBB,! lis ^'™*- '
nranion   tf6ift' the latter was
sidew.alks, and an solicitor relative to quested.
Speed     and   school     signs   will erect li  as soon  iis material  for £ame is re "ived.
Joh.i Marple reviewed the stiite convention of supervisors, which he attended  recently  in  Harrisburg.
WEST POINT.
WYNDMOOR.
A large number of our residents at- tertded the cet-emoni\i* of de'dicatiort at Liinsd.ale Sunday afternoon, when the Catholic churcii laid the corner stone for a new institute for the blind.
The former Campbell building, corner of Cheltenham road and Wil¬ low Grove avenue, has been torn down nnd the materLiI therefrom ia now being hauled away. It is reported thiit when E, T. Stotesbury returns from abroad there will be a number of other buildings torn  down  also.
Chiirles Fisher has dug the cellar for his new house on Cheltenhain road  and  Mermaid  lane.
The regular monthly meeting? pt the Wyndmoor Hose company will be held next Tuesday evening and all members   are   urged   to   attend.
The township road men have finished the repairs to Flourtown ave¬ nue and the street is once more in good condition for travel.
Work on Walter Rowe's new house is progressing
Mr. and Jlrs. Martin Santmann .and daughter have returned from a two months' trip to Germany and other  interesting  points  abroad.
Jlr. and Mrs. A. B. Kerper are en¬ joying a ten days' trip to Canada and otlier   interesting  points   in   the  west.
Rally day was observed last Sun¬ day in Grace Lutheran church and the services were Lirgely attended. The winter schedule '" services is now in effect. Evening services will begin at 7.45. Morning services at 11. Sabbiith  school  session,  at  10 a. m.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Bevan and daughter, of Bristol, were the guests of Jlr. iind Mrs. A. R. Unruh on Sun¬ day.
Zieber's park has been open during these wai;m evenings, and quite a number of people have been enjoying the roller skating and other amuse¬ ments.
Walter Bookheimer has resigned his position at H. M. Nase's general store.
Last week while t.aking a tractor to Samuel Kriebel's farm, C. J. Hileman sustained  painful   injuries. One   of
the spikes caught in his clothes and threw him under the wheel, inflecting a severe injury to his foot.
Last Sundav evening Holy Com-' munion was celebrated in Grace Re¬ formed church. Services will be held this Sunday evning at 7.30 and the session of the Sabbath school will be held at the usual hour. The Union Sunday School association will meet in its reguLir monthly session this Thursday   evening.
Jlrs. William K. Heebner, of near here, cLiims the championship for r.aising the largest tomato this year The one she recently picked from her vines weighed 2'/i pounds iind measured 19 inches in circumference. Never in the history ol this place did so many iiutomobiles pa.^s through here as on Sunday. For iil- most two hours there was a steady stream   going  towards  Lansdale.
Mrs.   Robert   Jlattern   has   reiurned to   her   home  here   after  having  bee the   guests   of   relatives   in   Allentown for a week.
D. S Zern & Son. local drovers, held a successful sale Monday iit the Hatfield  stock  yards.
Robert   Mattern,   of  this   place,   has
become one of the owners of the garage
business   at   Gwynedd   Square.      The
' new firm will be known as the JI. &
M.   Motor   company,   and   besides   Jlr. j
Mattern,   Walter    Moore,       of   North
I Wales,  has    entered the    corpoiiition. j
I iRlichard   liinberg.   who   flrst   owned  j
I the   business,   still   has   a   controlling ¦¦
interest. '•       1
Visit   Historic   Pennsburg.
—Grand View hospital directors have elected Miss Mary Longacre superintendent. The hospital will now bo qualified to graduatae registered nurses.
More than 200 persons motored here from Norristown today on the annu.al i tour of the J¦lor'^-^nlery County 16 i Historical society. They were guests i to Perkiomen school iind Dr. E. E. S. I Johnson, custodian of the Schwenk- i felder historical library and museum. I Mrs. Lidia Schultz. 70 years old, of ', East Greenville, ga,ve a demonstration ! in spinning wool on bne of the old I spinning  machines   in   the  museum.
En  route from the country seat tho ! tourists   stopped   at   tho   historic   old j Goshenhoppen    church,    near   Woxiill, ! where   Rev.   Thomiis   R.   Brendle' re¬ viewed    th<il   history   fit   tht^   churii-.h, which   dates  back   to   1732.   Points   of historical    interest   iit       Sumneytown and   Swamp   Creek  also  were   visited and luncheon wa-s served in the Perkio¬ men  school  dining room,  after which an informal meeting -syfis held in the school  chapel at whicli  Dr.  E.  E.  S. Johnson spoke on the Schwenkfelders.
the ( KMIB ana Bams.'ao
re- I system will  be instal!. d.
provement.^ will add , much l, > ¦ ii".- 1)^.^ traction of tourists and hotel gaedts. . The Hor'sham Fire company con¬ ducted il regular businfci/. meetlli£j Jlondiiy evening in the flre hiUl.
On Wednesdiiy evening the trustees iind niembers of the Horsham Grace Union chapel met to elect officers and to   appoint   il   church   council.
The  Ladieri'  Auxiliiiry,    if the  Hors¬ ham  Fire  company,  met In  a  regular business   meeting   Jlondiiy       evening. ' lUgular  order  of  business  was  tran- .sacted.
The Ladies' Aid, of Jarrettown M. E. church, will hold their annual ciunival on the church grounds Sat¬ urday evening, Oct. 7. Every body welcomfi.
Earl W. Margerum, of Laurel, Del., spent the week-end at the Jarrettown piii-sonage  with  his  parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Josepli Gouak and diiughter, of Horsham, spent Sunday in Prospectville.
Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Hehnbold, of Horsham, entertiiined Mr. and Mrs. Gibson,  of  Ashbourne,  on  Sunday.
Grace Union Sunday school board meets next Tuesday at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. W. K. Helmbold, of Horsham.
Mr. and Jlrs. H. D. Thompson, of Hoi-sham, entertained rel.atives on Sunday.
Mrs. Josephine Forker, of Philadel¬ phia, visited her nephew, Frank Forker, of  Ilorsham, on Sunday.
Mrs. George Lear, of North Willow Grove, wjis a guest at the home of Jlr. and Mrs. Friink Forker, of Hors-i ham.   a   few   diiys   last   w?ek.
Siimuel Kessler iind family, ot Horsham, visited friends in Bustleton, on  Sunday.
A   nuniber   of   property   owners   in
Horsham   terrace  are  having concrete
steps and paths miide from the street
to their dwellings .along Dresher road.
Charles Ritchie is doing the work.
i     C.  K. Radclift is putting a base for
I a heater in  the  cellar of Freas'  storei
I Horsham.
Frank Crockett, of Horsham, spent I Sunday with relations in Phlladel- I phia.
I     Mr.   Krout  and family,  of  Hatboro, have   taken   tho      remaining   half   oC i Frank  Palmer's house, on Easton road, I Horsham.   John      F.   Dalq(   formerly : from  Weldon,  resides   in      the   other half. I     Sylvester     and   Charles     Hubbard, i brother^,   of   Hallowell,   were   injured late  Wednesday  afternoon  when  Syl¬ vester, who wiia driving a small auto¬ mobile,   lost   control   of   the   car,   and plunged  into  -i    banlc beside    the Easton   highway:    near    the    Hiitboro trolley siding. Thev were found semi¬ conscious   by   iKissing   motorists   and were taken  to the Abington  Hospitiil. Their  accider'   did  not  iirove  serious the  one   sustained   a  broken   shoulder . blade   while   the   other   a.   very   slight fracture   of   the  -.skull.   The.v  can   givo no cause for tlie accident.
An unusual accident happened on the Easton road at Hallowell when Anthony Clymer, of Germa,ntown, wa.< struck on the jaw by another motorist whom he had been remonstrating for" reoklesjfs driving, and sustained a broken jaw bone nnd a broken .ankle. A witness to the accident took Clymer to the Abington hospital while his a-s- sailant   escaped.
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The county commissioners have ex¬ tended rotid building aid to the town¬ ship of Horsham for the township roiid between. Maple Glen and Hors¬ ham store, long Itnown as the Norris¬ town    road.       The   road   from   Maple
mouth  and  Whitemarsh   townships  lo | CJlen  store lo Three Tuns,  niiiintained light  Conshohocken  and   Butler  pikes, i by  Upper Dublin  township,  should  be
included in the county-aid plan.
The   Horsham   and   Hatboro   Turn¬ pike   compiiny  hafe   received  from   tha Montgomery county commissioners an offer of $4,500 for this toll road, which Is the only remaining piece of such in the   county   except   the   Penllyn   turn¬ pike.       The     Horsham   and     Hatboro Turnpike   compan"   hiis   been   holding the  roiid  for  sale   "   .   $C.000  and  will likely accept the offer of the Conimls- flioners.       The   road   is   in   good   con-> dition  and  will   be repa.ired  when  the purchiise i.s complete.        One toil gate I is  maintained  on   the highway. I     Robert   T.   Burns,   recent   purchaser I of tlie Horsham Inn iit "Hallowell, haa ilongl taken  possetsion  and, intends  to con-