The Ambler Gazette 19430429

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HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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c/o Miss Alice Robert
1 Sep 4
AMBLER Gazette
VOL. LXV —NO. 9
AMBLER, PA., APRIL 29, 1943
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Jarrettown Home Burns; Estimate ^15,000Loss
Valuable Oil Paintings Go Up
in Smoke;  Chief Wiley,
Others, Injured
i^ned by a high wind, flre burned the Jarrettown home of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Theel, Broad street between Limekiln pike and Susquehanna street road, to the ground, yesterday. Mrs. Theel, who was alone spring cleaning on the third floor, said she first noticed the flames on the roof. Origin of the fire was not determined. Mrs. Theel said the only fire she had going was in a small coal stove in the kitchen. She turned in the alarm. It first rang in Ambler at 1.50 p.m. The Wissahickon Fire Company of Am¬ bler, and flre companies from Fort Washington and Edge Hill, re¬ sponded. A number of valuable paintings were lost. Firemen fought the blaze more than three hours before bringing it under control.
Difficulty   was   encountered   in pumping an adequate water sup¬ ply to the house.   Lines were laid to a creek a half mile away, and I pressure  was helped   by  a  relay' fire truck at the corner of Broad i street    and    Susquehanna    street 1 road, about halfway between the j America's creek and the house.
The roof was already caving in when the flrst flrefighters arrived. Firemen were hampered by the high wind, which blew heavy smoke and water in their faces. The house stood alone on a rise.
Church of Brethren Choir
Will   Present   Oratorio
An oratorio, "The Holy City", will be given by the Church of the Brethren choir at the church, Butler and Rosemont avenues, Ambler, at 8 p. m., Sunday, May 9.
Feature artists will be: soprano, Miss Mary Barnosky, soloist at Covenant Presbyterian Church, Bala Cynwyd; alto, Mrs. Helen Klein Bean, soloist at Princeton Presbyterian Church, Philadel¬ phia; baritone, Melvin Whartnaby, soloist at Baptist temple, Phila¬ delphia; tenor, Edgar S. Martyn, soloist at First Presbyterian Church, Philadelphia; and Edna Pennington Wismer, organist-di¬ rector.
The Reverend Paul Schmoyer of St. Paul's Evangelical and Re¬ formed Church, Fort Washington, will give a brief talk on "The Idea of the Holy City".
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ST. PAUL'S ELECTS NEW OFFICERS AT MEETING
Oldest    Evangelical Reformed  Church   Hears Annual Reports
Elders F. S. Arnold and William H. Calverly were elected to serve on the Consistory of St. Paul's Re- w-th nothing to break the force of I formed Church, Fort Washington, the wind. at the annual congregational meet-
Chief Warren Wiley, of the Fort   ing at the church, Monday. Washington   Fire   Company,   and j     Deacons are Charles S. Arnold Dave    Christman,    also    of   Fort' and  Alfred   Frescatore;   trustees, Washington, were cut by glass and i William N. Guthrie and John F. r ceived first aid at the scene.   A | Worman. 1937 black Plymouth coach owned i    Elders and  deacons  will  serve
Rationing Calendar I
April 30—Last day to use A, B, C and D series of red stamps in War Ration Book 2 for meat, butter, cheese and fats.
April 30—Blue ration stamps D, E and F, for the purchase of canned and processed foods, are good through this date.
May 3—Start of 11-day reg¬ istration of wholesalers and retailers of meat, cheese, but¬ ter and fats with ration boards for point inventories.
May 31—Sugar stamp No. 12 is valid through this date for five pounds over an 11- week period.
May 31—This is the last day for C book drivers to have their tires inspected.
THIEVES ROB STORE
TWICE IN  MONTH
For the second time within a month, the general store operated by Wilmer Knipe, Easton road, Horsham township, was entered by thieves sometime Saturday night. Montgomery County detec¬ tives arc investigating the theft which included a quantity of cig¬ arettes, cigars and tobacco.
The Horsham Post Offlce of which Mr. Knipe is postmaster, is also located in the store, but nothing was taken from this department, according to authorities.
Entrance to the place was gained through, a warehouse window in the rear of the store. The previous break was made on March 31.
RATION eOARD WILL ISSOEBOOKNO.THREE
Approximately 3,000 Persons iu
Area Will Get Thcni; Board
Needs Volunteers
War Price and Rationing Board 2646-5, Whitemarsh, has an¬ nounced that it is about to begin issuing Ration Book No. 3 to the approximately 3,000 persons in this area.
A spokesman for the board asked The Gazette to make clear that War Ration Book No. 3 will replace War Ration Book No. 1 as the latter becomes used up, and that issuance of the new book does not mean that clothing is be¬ ing rationed.
The Board has appealed for volunteers, who should write Wil¬ liam G. Schimpf, board secretary, stating whether service can be rendered day or night, and, if so, when time can be given.
Volunteers are  needed from 9 a. m.  to 4 p. m. Monday through Friday as well as 7 p. m. to 9.30 p. m.   Mondays, Fridays.
HAVE BIG MEETING
All  Units   Turn   Out   at   High
School  for Refresher
Instruction
Civilian Defense groups were given a varied program of enter¬ tainment and instruction at a special meeting at 8.15 p.m., Tues¬ day  at the Ambler  High School I made?
auditorium.
Directed by E. E. Kerschner, the program opened with a motion picture of Tunisia, released by the War department.
Everyone had just settled down comfortably when the film was interrupted by an air-raid test. During the blackout, when the yellow, blue and red lights were given two minutes each, Controller
AMBLER POLICE ARREST ALLEGED ARMY DESERTER
Thomas Gaskins, 24-year-old Fort Washington Negro, who the Army said deserted from Camp Dix, New Jersey, March 23, was arrested here last Thursday night tiy Patrolmen Francis Hildman and Robert King. The aiTest was made at 9.15 p.m. on a warrant issued by the Army for desertion.
Chief of Police James Ottinger, of Upper Dublin township, re¬ ceived the warrant and notifled Ambler Police Chief Lester J. Carpenter, who in turn notifled Ottinger when the arrest was Military police picked up
the  alleged  deserter  at the   Am¬ bler lock-up Friday atternoon.
BUSSING BEGINS BOMBER TRAINING IN NEW MEXICO
First Lieutenant Henry George Bussing, 349 Fairview avenue. Ambler, has reported for transi¬ tion   training   as   a   multi-engine
bomber pilot at Hobbs Army Air Norman Taylor made the follow-] Field, Hobbs, New Mexico, the ing explanation: Army has announced.
"1. Keasbey and Mattison Com-1     First   Lieutenant   Bussing
pany  receives   direct  all  air-raid. signals. • j
"2. When the yellow light is re- j ceived, Keasbey and Mattison tele- ' Wednesdays   and | phones three staff members,  Mr. j Lindenfeld,  chairman  of Civilian j
was commissioned to his present rank last, June 6 at Stockton, Cali¬ fornia. He has since been on duty at several air flelds in the United States.
On completing his present train
War Loan Drive Lags; Short Forty Per Cent
More Honors for Amhler Flier
Captain John E. Stewart, son of Dr. J. G. Stewart, of Loch Alsh avenue and Cedar road. Ambler, has been awarded, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Oak Leaf Cluster and the Silver Star, for his exploits in the Army Air Forces, overseas.
Captain Stewart, who has seen service in North Africa, was more recently heard from in England.
Earlier, his Middle Eastern prowess won him an Air Medal for Valor.
Doctor Stewart's latest news of his hero son came from Lieutenant Carl Holland of Shreveport, Louisiana, a member of Captain Stewart's flight, who telephoned from New York City Monday night.
Defense, Mr. Fretz, chief air raid I '"g. he will be a qualified combat AMBLER MAN  RETURNS ¦ warden, and myself, controller. We  bomber pilot.
FROM NORTH AFRICA ^ ^°   immediately   to   the   Control i     First   Lieutenant  Bussing   is  a Technical Sergeant   David   Mc
Center, and if the air raid test is I son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Bussing, at night, we blackout the build-! His father has served as a member ing. We also telephone each staff j ^f town council, member, repeating the call which
and driven by Sam Henderson, Susquehanna road and Fort Wash¬ ington avenue, Fort Washington, was badly smashed when it ran off the road into a telephone pole a short distance trom the flre. Henderson was slightly hurt and received treatment by a local phy¬ sician.    Mrs.   Theel   was   treated
for a two-year term; trustees, for three years.
Organizational reports showed the congregation and its various organizations to be in a flourish¬ ing condition. The reports were presented in permanent form in a church directory . prepared by Miss Mabel Hinkle, Mark Z. Mc¬ Gill,  and   the   Reverend  Paul' E.
lor faintness.
At   the   height   of  the   fire   the i Schmoyer, pastor. Fort Washington whistle sounded i     ^   congregational   supper   pre- lor  a   fleld  flre.    Flourtown  Fire j ceding   the   business   session  was Company wa^ called  since all of  well  attended   by   members   and the   Fort   Washington   equipment  friends.
was busy fighting the Theel fire, j St. Paul's was organized in 1710 The field fire was on the Buchanan j and the original charter, under property, formerly known as the j which the church still operates. Cams property, at Summit avenue ; was gi-anted in 1851 and Bethlehem pike, Fort Wash¬ ington. Later, another field flre alarm sounded in Fort Washing¬ ton.  This was on Pinetown road.
Chief of Police James Ottinger, of  Upper   Dublin   township,   who. was in charge at the scene, said I were held in the home of William
It was the flrst Evangelical Re¬ formed Church to be established in the United States. The faith was introduced in this Country by the Reverend Paulus Van Vleque, a  Dutchman.   The  flrst meetings
CALVARY METHODIST HAS GOOD ATTENDANCE EASTER
Three children were baptized at the Easter Sunday observance at Calvary Methodist Church.
They were Susan Marianne Everding, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry E. Everding; Leonard Frederick Gieseker, 3rd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard F. Geiseker, Jr., and Richard Edward Trow, son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Trow.
Eight young people, comprising the Preparatory Class, were re¬ ceived into full Church member¬ ship. They were Mildred Bu¬ chanan, Clifford Buchanan, Anna I Mae Dickinson, Claire Everding, Helen Jackson, Sue Ann Jackson, Elaine Laughlin and William Schaeff.
The Senior Choir sang the "Hal¬ lelujah Chorus" from Handel's "Messiah". The church was beau¬ tifully decorated with appropriate floral offerings. Large congrega¬ tions attended.
Crork, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam
McCrork,   436   Renfrew   avenue.
Ambler,  is undergoing  treatment  ;;';   ^.^^^-^^^   ^^^^   Keasbey   and
Mattison, and each staff member proceeds immediately to the Con¬ trol   Center  and  takes   his   posi¬ tion therein. i "3. The next step in the air raid | test  is   the   audible  blue  whistle | which is a steady blast.   It means ; enemy planes headed in your di¬ rection.    Do  this—autos  continue with lights on low beam, 20-mile speed limit. Pedestrians may walk. Workers may remain on the job. All  lights  out.    Civilian   Defense Units mobilize.
"4.   Next   is   the   audible   red whistle which is a series of short
ELECT BAOER SPRING P. T. A. HEAD
REAPS ^955.93
AU Sections Conlrihutc Gener¬ ously; 23 Women Will Be Awarded Certificates
Annual    Election    of    Officers
Held .Monday Night;  Guest
Speaker 'Mother Moore'
Russell Bauer was elected presi¬ dent and Mrs. Alfred Rotelle vice president   of   the   Spring   House
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NAME PRICE ATTORNEYS FOR RATION BOARDS
County   Coordinator   Raymond
B.   Rippman  has  announced   the
following  attorneys   in   this   area
Dewees, in  what is now Spring- j will  serve as members  of  Price
.EX- PRO PLAYER, SERGEANT
I field township. j Next year the church will cele- I brate the golden jubilee of the I present ediflce.
Fort Washington  Man
Buffalo   Bison,i   Pitcher, Advances  a Rank
ARTHUR HANSEN COMES I   HOME ON FURLOUGH
i     Arthur Hansen, former Ambler j service-station  operator, was vis- Former I iting at his home on Butler ave- I nue this week after having suc¬ cessfully    completed     his     basic course at the U. S. Naval Training Station, Sampson, New York.
Bluejacket   Hansen    will    next ! prepare for active duty by taking
I sh-^re station.
JUNIOR COLONY CLUB
It's Sergeant Norman K. Hibbs, Jr., now.
The former Corporal Hibbs, son   advanced   training   leading   to   a of Mr. and Mrs. Norman K. Hibbs,   mating   as   petty   oflicer.   He   will Sr..    of     Summit    avenue.    Fort | then be assigned  to a  ship or a Washington, has earned his third gtripe  with an  armored  field ar¬ tillery   battalion   "Somewhere   in the Desert", California.
Hibbs, who, before his induc¬ tion, in March, 1942, used to pitch a mean ball for the Buffalo (New York) Bisons, was a star athlete at Cheltenham High School. He pitched on its ball team and won renown as one of its football team's "Four Plorsemen".
After leaving Ambler March 7, 1942, Hibbs was assigned to Camp Polk, Louisiana, for his initial Army training. It was from there he went to California for desert maneuvers.
His wife, the former Miss Sandra Chesitor,   ot   Lancaster
Panels of Local War Price and Rationing Boards:
Board Five, Whitemarsh, Henry M. Keller, Ambler.
Board Two, Elkins Park, Thomas E. Waters, Jenkintown.
Board Six, Bridgeport, Morris Gerber, Norristown.
tinues except authorized road ve¬ hicles.   Take shelter.
"5. Second blue light is a steady whistle which means planes have passed but may return. Do this —all lights continue out, unless especially exempted.   Leave shel-
«SFBrPAMT n&VTn M^rpnnw I ^^r and resume activities. Traflfic SERGEANT DAVID MeCROHK moves on low beam. Civilian De- for an old eye injury at Halloran I fense units stay mobilized. Army Hospital, Staten Island, N.f "6. White light, which is all clear Y., after having served overseas signal—a public radio announce- since May, 1942. He arrived in ment—means danger appears to the United States April 10 from be over. Blackout ends. Civilian Egypt.    He   formerly   served   in | Defense   Units   demobilize.    This
or wavering blasts. It means i Parent-Teachers' Association at bombing expected. Do this—traflfic j the group's monthly meeting at the stops.   Blackout of all lights con- > Spring    House    School,    Monday
Oreland Youth Completes I
Basic   Naval   Training i
The U. S. Naval Training Sta¬ tion, Sampson, New York, has an¬ nounced that Seaman Second Class William Daniels, son of Mr. and Mrs. George N. Daniels, Sr., 240 Plymouth avenue, Oreland, has completed basic training and been granted leave.
On his return. Bluejacket Dan¬ iels will be given additional spec¬ ialized instruction, which will qualify him for a rating as a petty officer on active service at sea or on shore.
England and Ireland,
His original eye injury was suf¬ fered while he was employed at Walton's Garage, Lansdale, and appeared to liave cleared up when he was drafted, in January, 1941. The heat and sands in Egypt seem¬ ed to prove irritants, however, and apparently started up the old trouble.
Technical Sergeant McCrork was educated at the Fort Wash¬ ington public school. A brother. Private Walter O. McCrork, is serving with the Army in At¬ lanta, Georgia.
NICK MELOGRANA BEGINS ARMY MEDICAL COURSE
Word has been received trom Camp Robinson, Arkansas, that Private Nick Melograna of 29 South  Main   street.  Ambler,   has
signal is received by radio only.
Following the air-raid test, Kerschner gave a short summary, to acquaint Civilian De¬ fense units with the operations as a whole.
Taylor also explained the duties and proper functioning of mes¬ sengers, utilities and public works units, police, fire and medical de¬ tails, and how they should cor¬ relate their efforts, as in the last incident.
Kerschner introduced Roland B. Macomber, who was in charge of a question period.
The. meeting concluded with comments by Bernard Lindenfeld.
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night.
John Mathers was elected treas¬ urer; Mrs. William Rex, Jr., re¬ cording secretary, and Mrs. Laura Rosenberry, corresponding secre¬ tary.
The new officers, who will serve for the 1943-44 term, will be in¬ stalled at the P.T.A. May meeting.
Mrs. Caroline Moore, better known to the boys of the armed services as "Mother Moore", guest speaker, told of the great humani¬ tarian job she is doing for the service men. She said she began at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She recounted her early opposi¬ tion. For the last thirty-eight years, she has visited veterans' hospitals and ships in port, to en¬ tertain and offer spiritual guid¬ ance to the service men, giving them articles to make their stay comfortable and homelike.
She asked tor volunteers to help make .scrap books from discarded greeting cards, which the boys en¬ joy looking at.
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COMMUNITY AMBULANCE
During the last week, the Am¬ bler Community Ambulance made the following calls:
Mrs. Mary Widmare, Chestnut Hill   Hospital   to   Hamil   avenue.
Scherff Says Fighting Men Need
Puhlic's Fighting Dollars
This Week
Kiwanians    See    Motion Pictures of News Broadcasts
A   motion    picture   of    Lowell Thomas'    news    broadcasts    was | North Hills;  Mrs. Mary Palermo, entered the Medical Replacement  shown   to   the   members   of   the | Abington Hospital, to 345 Fairview
Ambler Kiwanis Club at their j avenue; Edward 'caine, Madison meeting held at School Inn, Tues-1 avenue, Fort Washington, to day evening. Frank A. Peirce,, chestnut HiU Hospital; Helen president, presided. j Davis,  265  West   Chestnut' street,
Charles Getman, manager of the i Ambler, to Woman's Medical Hos- Ambler Sunoco Station, was chair-  pital;   Sister  Mildred,  Colmar,  to
Training Center there.
An eleven-week course, it will lead to duty with some medical department organization.
Melograna is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Melograna.   He was
The Red Cross War Fund drive rolled steadily ahead in the Wissa¬ hickon Valley this week, as Philip Dechert, chairman, announced that $58,955.93 had come in so far.
He gave the following break¬ down:
Special gifts, Mrs. Hamilton Cheston, of Penllyn, chairman: $40,382.71; Springfleld, residential, $4,605.15; Whitemarsh, residen¬ tial, $1,849.55; Upper Dublin, resi¬ dential, $2,596.01; Lower Gwy¬ nedd, residential, $1,347.43; indus¬ try (outside of Ambler), $1,744.80; or a total, excluding Ambler, of $52,525.65.
Ambler—industry, $2,463; busi¬ ness, $615; organizations, $672.47; residential, $2,679.81, or an Ambler total of $6,430.28.
Dechert said that special credit should go to the auditing com¬ mittee under Mrs. S. Powel Grif¬ fitts.
"They did a tremendous job at the Ambler National Bank four days a week tabulating the sub¬ scriptions as they came in," Dech¬ ert said in tribute.
Mrs. GriflBtts was assisted by the following committee: Mrs. Robert F. Jefferys, Mrs. Louis H. Bieler, Mrs. John Ramsey, Mrs. James Cheston, 4th, Mrs. Guy Miller, Mrs. Philip Dechert, Mrs. Lewis Kirk and Mrs. Edward Groff.
Mrs. J. Howard Buck, a staff assistant, has been made chair¬ man of Home Nursing. Mrs. John J. McNelis, another staff assistant, has been graduated from a home- service course and is now acting as a Home Service Aide.
Mrs. John B. Prizer, Junior Red Cross   chairman,   has   announced that fifth-grade  pupils of  Flour- (continued on-page 3)
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FLOWER SHOW
The Colony Club of Ambler will participate in the eighth spring flower show of the Garden Clubs of Old York road, Jenkintown, Saturday and Sunday, at the Ex¬ hibition salon o{ Strawbridge and Clothier's Old York road store.
SCHOOTSTAGBSTYLE
JURORS CHOSEN FOR   JUNE COURT TERM
~~ .       ^.1     Jurors drawn for service for the
Chorus and Guest .\rli8ts (»ive  jyne  7   week  of Criminal  Court
a    well-known    Ambler    photog- j man ol the meeting, rapher. A brother, Joseph, is serv¬ ing in England.
James B. Snyder was accepted [
' I'ntr,  il-io   ^IliK
Episcopal Hospital.
into the club
—Classifled Ads Bring RESULTS.
GIRL SCOUTS COMPLETE SUCCESSFUL  SEASON
Popular Program of Li Classical Nuuihers
:ht
The annual spring musicaie was presented by the chorus of the Junior Colony Club of Ambler, Tuesday night, in the club rooms , whom he j on Ridge avenue. Mrs. Albert E. married last year, is living with I Langbein, music chairman, direct- her sister, Mrs. Samuel Wright, in | ed the program Lancaster.
AMBLER'S SECOND WAR LOAN QUOTA IS
^"^598,000
Buy A Bond Today to Help Meet This Goal
598,000
500,000
400,000
300,000
200,000
iOt>,000
of Montgomery County were an¬ nounced   by Jury   Commissioners I Helen N. Ridington and Michael J. Mullin.
This is the next scheduled week of Criminal Court. The session originally flxed for May 3 having been cancelled because of the lack of  cases.
The jurors from this area in¬ clude the following: The first two selections sung by j Henry Deens, Alvin R. Faust, the chorus were "Homing", by ] Horace Greene, Beatrice Stephen i Teresa Del Riego, and "To a Wild | and Fred Teichman, all of Am- Rose", by Edward MacDowell. j bler; Julia J. Myers, of Wynd- Mrs. Langbein sang "S p i r i 11 moor; Laura G. MacFarland, of Flower" by Campbell-Tipton and | Springfleld, and Ethel Farrington, "Here Is a Love Song" by Frank I of Spring House.
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Miss Betty Nice sang "The Old! , Refrain" by Kreisler and "A Kiss| I in the Dark" by Victor Herbert. | I Miss Arlene Kranzley played a i ! piano number, "In the Sunruner", I ; by Mrs. Virgil. |
Miss Jane Klein, of Fort Wash-1 i ington,    guest    soloist,    presented : two   violin   numbers.
INSTRUCT FIRST AID CLASS
How   to   transport   and   handle j ambulance   patients   was   demon¬ strated by Walter Lawrence, com¬ munity ambulance night director, and Mrs. Russell Reed, head nurse in   charge,    before   a    First   Aid Romance*! ^'a**'' at Jarrettown School, Mon- 11 by    Rubinstein    and    "Mazurka". \ «^f ^ "'e^t-   The class is conducted !she   was    accompanied    by    her j ?' the school by Carl Sabold   of mother,  Mrs.  Ralph  Klein.   Two! Bethlehem pike, Ambler, assistant I selections sung by Miss Gertrude
; Vandegrift were "Carmena" by ! Wilson and "On Wings of Song" 11 by Mendelssohn.
'My Hero" from "The Chocolate
I '¦ Soldier" by Strauss and "Wooden [ (Continued on page 5)
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\       AUXILIARY WILL  MEET i    Tlic  Women's Auxiliary of the
Aitmaii Home will hold its regu- llar monthly meeting at the home,
II Bethlehem  pike. Ambler p. ni., ne.\t  Ihurtiday.
driver of the ambulance, o-
RUMMAGE  SALE
A rummage sale is being Iicld today at the Ambler Fire House J by the Trinity Memorial Epis- j copal Church Sunday School.
Beginning  at  9  a. m.,  the  sale will continue all day.
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—The Nazis say our Deniocracy won't   work.    Buy   Second   War al 2.30 i Loan Bonds to the limit and provt; I them \\rong. '
George  Scherff,  Ambler   chair¬ man   of   the   Second   War   Loan drive, said this week that Ambler, had reached "only 60 per cent" of its quota.
The drive will extend through this week.
Ambler's subscription as most recently reported stood at $354,- 056.25.   The goal is $598,000.
Scherff told The Gazette:
"After a good start — Ambler and surrounding territory aave de¬ cidedly lagged in subscribing to their quota of War Bonds. Especi¬ ally so has this been true the past week. I am sure wc do not want to be slackers—we want to do our part, but it will take real effort and the general public's continued response this final week to put Ambler over the top.
"This is no 5 and 10 war. It is the costliest war in all history— costly in men,. money and ma¬ terials. .
"Our boys are fighting — and risking their lives—that we—here in America shall remain free. Your duty is to lend a portion of your money—Buy Your Bond Now —Today—before this week is out."
Out of the 13 billion dollars now being loaned to their govern¬ ment by millions of Americans may come a giant warship costing $97,000,000 or a bean pot, costing 29 cents.
Somewhere in between, your money from current income or savings which you are converting into Government Bonds during this Second War Loan campaign, fits in.
Your money is helping literally to place a shield around our fight¬ ing men. Your money helped to blast the Japanese off Guadal¬ canal and is helping to push Rom¬ mel into the African seas.
Every salvo fired by the nine 16 inch guns of a battlewagon to soften the wa.v for the .Marines as they ¦stormed into the Solomon* cost $13,500. Their landing barges cost $12,500 each. The immediate personal equipment for each Ma¬ rine costs $155.94. From the mo¬ ment he went into action the costs began to mount. His pay was 20 per cent higher. He began using ammunition and other equipment. Every anti-aircraft shell he fired cost $5.43 and cveiy 75 mm. pack howitzer shell he hurled at the enemy ate up $15.14.
Sou   of   Springfield   Township
Civilian   Defense   Chairman
Promoted in Tank Corps
Matthias Sheeleigh Easter Pro¬ gram Repeated for Social   Group
Members of Troop 108, Ambler, under the leadership of Mrs. Winfield C. Cook, sponsored a suc¬ cessful salvage drive in Ambler through last week. A salvage depot was maintained on Butler avenue for the convenience of residents which resulted in the donation of two tons nf tin cans. 350 pounds of waste fat. Both Girl Scout troops contributed to the work. Above, left to right: top row, Doris Sholler,  Eleanor  Scherff,  Joan   Paul  and  Jean Sprott.
Second row, Mrs. Adolph Matz, Mrs. J. Earl Deckman, Jan(> Senese, Joan Burnett, Joan Kem¬ merer, Peggy Robinson, Molly Tompkins, Betty Crockett, Minnie Heywood and Mrs. Winfield C. Cook.
Third row, Peggy Lou Geary, Audry Lancaster, Ann Hough, Nancy Wolfe, Joan Craft, Claire Everding, Joan Wright, Mildred Case.
Seated: Nancy Thompson. Barbara Smith, Mary Ann Deckman, Barbara Mongcs. Helen Schauf¬ ler. BbIIj' Weikel Mary Jane Thouipbon and Ji«mi TteU.
Tlic children of Matthias Shee¬ leigh School, Upper Dublin town¬ ship, repeated their 'Easter Pa¬ rade' Program at the monthly meeting of the Colony Club iu Ambler, yesterday, at the club's request.
The children first gave the pro¬ gram at the school's Open House at 1.30 p.m. last Wednesday. It follows:
Music Club: "About Kaly"; "De Gospel Train"; "Little Shepherd Boy";  "Lady Fair".
Saxophone solo, by Evan Pen- nick; piano solo, George Weikel; tap dance, Jean Spears, Irise Mon- oguc, Helen Holz; piano solo, Helen Holz; music club: "Mari- anina"; "Arkansas Traveler"; "Spring Song"; "I Heard That Song Before"; "Yankee Doodle Boy".
Easter Parade: Small Fry Dressed Up; Little Men and Women; Going to a Party; Vic¬ tory Gardeners; Active Sports¬ wear; Riding Clothes; the Wedding Party.
Small Fry: Roger Williams, Charlie Bruno, Avis Althen, Dickie   Robinson,   Helen   Nichol-
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FINE ARDMORE MAN
John Mullen, Cricket avenue, Ardmore, was arrested Tuesday by Sergeant Jolm Monaco, of the Ambier police force, on a drunk I and disorderly conduct charge. At j a hearing before Magistrate Rob¬ ert Kepler, he was lined $5 aud
1 CObtb.
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Birdsell, Sr., of Church road, Enfield, have received word that their son, David C. Birdsell, Jr., has been promoted to the rank of captain in the U. S. Army.
Captain Birdsell is serving as a motor officer with a tank bat¬ talion at Camp Campbell, Ken¬ tucky. He entered the Army as a volunteer December 7, 1940. Prior to that time, he was em¬ ployed at the E. I. du Pont de j Nemours and Company Philadel¬ phia works. He was a member of I the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He is a graduate of Valley- Forge Militai-y Academy, where he was a captain in the R. O. T. C. Quartermaster's division. He re¬ ceived his early education at Ger¬ mantown Academy.
In the Army, Captain Birdsell underwent officer's training at Camp Benning, Georgia, and spec¬ ialized tank-corps instruction at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He trained in desert maneuvers for a period of about six months at Indio, Cali¬ fornia, and has also served at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, and Camp Polk, Louisiana.
Captain Birdsell's father, David C. Birdsell, Sr., is chairman of civilian defense tor Springfield township.
Stage Door Canteen Offers Fine Week-End Program
A special gala evening for serv¬ ice men is planned for toniglit al the Stage Door Canteen in Phila¬ delphia. Three orchestras — John Warrington's, the Forrest Theatre, and the Bellevue—will play—and if the boys' shoe leather gets a little thin from dancing, there will be time out for Jolly Joyce and his group of peppy acts. -
Tomorrow and Saturday nights
the Musical Village will send over
its headline performer.   Saturda.v
night the Jack Lynch Show stars
will  dash across  Broad  street to
sandwich   in   a  special   10   p. m.
Canteen Show between their own
club   performances.   Sunday  Nor-
I man   Black's  Orchestra  and  Carl
I Smits and his novelty dancing will
I start the evening off merrily, Jol-
: lowed by the United States Coast
Guard Band.
CARD PARTY TOMORROW
A public card party for the ben¬ efit of Ihc Way.s und Means Com¬ mittee of O. E. S. No. 308, will be held in the lire house on Butler avenue, tomorrow rught, AprU 30,