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VOL. LXII — 3,S 4? ,11^ iMBLER Gazette AMBLER. PA.. NOVJ^MHER 14. 1940 $1.7.^ Por Year in Advanee, .'>e Per Copy Presbyterian Speaker mm 10 HAVE • LAN HOr )MECOMING SUNDAY AND MORTGAGE BURN¬ ING SERVICES Two spoi'iill cvouls wiil he eeie- I'l-atcd thi.s .Sunday in tin- Anihlri I'rc.-^l yterian Chiu-rli. I iDmei-ominK Sunday and the Hurninff of the Mort/rapp. Si>0(-lal .spt-yU-ps have been arranxpd thrnughout the day: the bui-nlng- of the niortfjaso ser¬ vice at 11 a. m,. a (-onsresathnial reoeption itnd toa at (>..10 ]>, ni., nnd ;i eomniunity .scrvlt-o with other cliiir(-hes (-o-operatinp at 7..10 p.'m. The Rev. AV. Sherman Skinner, of the First Presbyterian Churt-h of (lermantown will be the guest «peiikpr at this eveninK serviee. Five years after the dedication of tho new church building, the burn¬ ing of the morlK-iKO takes place, markinpr the c,omPletion of a .$3."i,- oon building project Iiegun when thp Itpv. .Joseph M. t-'winff. of Fresno, AMBLER FAVORED IN ' SPRINGFIELD GRID GAME The name u-hi(-li slmubl dp(-i<lc; the Hux-Motu ('()nfei-en<-e Kiidiion tille will hp wa^ed on the ShinKle- tnwn field Ihis comin-,' Saturday .-ifternoon when Springfield Ilisrhj and Ambler lll^h meet in a very i crucial battle. I Thp Tro.ians of Amblpr lliKh dpalt i a -2ll-'i Ih-kinK to .SpilnKtlpld's Spar¬ tans laat year at Krdenheim and will be out to brins; home the li icon aKHln this se.ison on the local Kreensward. The Ambler eleven, minus Just: four of last season'.s starters. Ih :i I powerful prid machine which has been doinu f;rpat thinRs this season with ;¦- record of fi eonsetutive vie- j tories ov-er loop foes. j If the weather is line, a record breaking crowd will no doubt be on I hand to watch these two te.-imsj j flKht it out for the crown. i I The loeal pridders will prob:ibly Ihav'e the follow-inR startin-? line-up. i I H,-ill. left end. Wvrostek. left tackle. I REV. W. SHERMAN SKINNER 1^^;^%^^;:, '^Xb^Hui, ""X^^O Factor of the First Presbyterian tackle. rai)tain Hunsicker. i-isht | Church of Germantown will be the I end- ttolz, (luarterback, Signore. left ^ guest speaker at the Mortgage I'^'^'^'"'^'V ^^'"''«'"«'^'; '"'«'^' ^'¦'''¦''¦'^¦'n' „ . ^ . ... ... and Hishop. fullback. i Burning Services at the Ambler BOROUGH COUNCIL 'FINAL PAYMENI OFDIVIDENOS TO BEGIN SOON ON "IITE WAY NINE FINAL SEWER CONNEC¬ TIONS BRINGS rOTAL TO )70 FOR BOROUGH EACH DEPOSITOR WILL RE CEIVE NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT DATE Ambler Hoi-oiiKh Council held their : Thp lifth and final dislitii-semcnt nionthly meeting last Monday night,of the First .Vational l:.ink of Anib- in the tire house. The trea.surer. Ier will be made as soon .-is Frank Weber's report showed a fine thn checks are re'-eived fi-.im bnilance In all departnipnts. The | WaKhingtcm, according to I. C. report shows a balan<e In the gen- ; MtL-^chke, receiver of the institution. : DR. CROSKEY TO SPEAK j Well-Known Ophthalmologist Gue^t ' Speaker at Kiwanis Club I The Kiwanis Club of .Ambli'i- will be honored on Tuesday evening to i have as their guest speaker, Dr. I .John Welsh ('roske.v. Ur. Croskey I will have as his topic "Power <if I The .Alind." lie will be Introduecil I b.v Kiwanian Fiank A. Peirce who I is (-haiiinan of tlu- piogram for the I evening. an ophthalmologist. Philadelphia in 1S-)S Swarthinoup College received his Doctor's Medico-Chirurglcal To Speak at Kiwanis l)v. Croskey. H.IS born in an'l attended in lS,S(i-7. Ilc Degree at the oral fund ot .flO.tiSX.Sfi. sewer fund $T.<i:;o.o;i. water departinenl Jx,(tm.43, sinking fund—1!)18 bimds .fl,7S1.R4, l!t21 bonds $fi..5-.!2.86, 1!IL'4 bonds $r,.- .';2.'>.fiO, 1li:t4 bonds, .f 5,12X.,->2, l!t:!r, ibonds $47,788.64, Pickering •?;i.."il!4.l(i, water department ing fund !tl.071.S0, water works im-:be provenient sinking fund $,191.33,' In the ofTices lo( ited at 11 Uidge avenue. Ambler. This announcement ha.i been made frcjm the oflico i-r' the Comptroller of Curienc.v .-it AA'ashlngton, D. -('. The final ]);iy- fund, ment of 8>4 peri-ent brings the total sink-: amount to 71',-4 percent whicii will returned to the depositors. I College, Philadelphia. In lK8!t. He , has served as as an ophthalmic surgeim on th.e staff of the .Aledlco- Chirurglcal College, the Will.s Hos¬ pital, the fieorge Nugent Home for i Baptists, the Philadelphia C.eneral : hospital, the S.amaritan hospital, the Annie M. AVarner hospital and at Temple I'niversity. Dr. Croskey, was formally ediior and owner ot the International iAfagazine and he was author of the ! History of Klockley, Anatfiniy and AMBLER HIGH HOST TO SOUTHEASTERN OIST. ORCHESTRA NINTTY HIGH SCHOOL MUSI¬ CIANS PLAY IN CONCERT NOVEMBER 22ND 'r L (^ilifornia, was pastor of the (-hurch. i I lilll I inn OAOOrii A nussage from Mr, Kwing will be I Uy I AW .A\\|- | rbad at this servicp. H. Carter Milll- J. lllLLnilU UnUULLL kin. (-hairman of the building com¬ mittee, will present the completed report. Mrs. A. A. Ni(-hols. treasurer of the building (-omniittet-, will burn the niortgago. Kev. Ct. ,1. Crist will : assist in the servi(-e and speciaP niusic by the church choir, with J Daniel Tippin as guest soloist, will be a feature of the mornin.g. Hev. \ -Charles A. Platt will preach. Sunday evening at fi..'10 o'clock the | l.iidies' .Aid So('iety of the chur(-h j is sponsoring the congregational; i-pcc|ition and tea. Motion pictures i . — will be .shown by A. A. Ni(-hols andj The Ambler S(-hool Hoard helil there will be a historical display | their monthly nieeting on Tuesday of tbo building pro,ioct. The build-; night in tbe I<"ori-est avenue school ing coinmittee aro the hosts fm- the | building. Supervising Principal 1-'. evoning and. the girls of tbo A'oung,].:. Kerschner reported an enroll- _ , . «i . ., . I Springfield High's probable start- Presbyterian Church on Sunday ] j.^^^ jj^p,,,, „,(„ i,^. puj^.p^ j^ft ^n,, evening. | Peinhart, left tackle, Milner, left ¦—I guard. Dull, center, Clally (co-capO right guard, Nussbickel, right tackle. Swan, right end. Pen-son, nuarterback, Wilmot. left halfback. Hex, right halfback and Kneiler, fullback. ; water department reserve $9000, ! deposits Ambler Trust $99,962.81, I deposits National Bank $17,157.47, ' btmds deposited $26,000. I Uobert Simpson brought Mr. I Hoot of the Philadelpbia Klectric jCompan,v to the meeting to satisfy The previous payments made, physiology of the Kye and its Ap-| were in four installments of 20 per- i pondages and The Dictiimaary of i cent, -23 percent, 10 percent, 8 per- ; ^,,,|,ihalmic Terms. i cent, during the time the receivers; i were completing the settlement. The pa.vnient period of the Hi.i percent ! will extend for a period of throe ! i weeks after receiving the che(-ks ; Baptist Group Won Attendance! YOUNG PEOPLE'S RALLY i=>, re- I : TUITION RECEIPTS TOTAL 387 FOR MONTH FOR SCHOOL BOARD act as assist- ment in the elementary schools of REV. HERSHEY SPEAKS j Addresses 100 Persons at Presby- I terian Church Meeting I Dr. Uobort D. Hershey, pastor of I the l/Utheran church, spoke on his I recent experiences in living under j Nazi rule in derma n.v, on Monday ¦ evening when he was guest speak- i er at an open meeting of the Men's I Associatiim ot the Presbyterian I Church, I About too persons heard Dr, ! Hershey present his subject from i two fo(-al points, the spirit of unity I W'hich is being fostered b.v the ' Ciorman nation, and tbe desire for the information ceived by .1. C. Maschke, After this period all undeliver¬ ed and un(-,-illed for checks will be forwarded to the Comptroller of Ciirreni-y, Division of Insolvent Closed Hanks at AVashington, I), C. many other boroughs are using i Anyone who has not received their same system, ! check by this date will be A chart of the direction of the! •P'tuired to contact the Comptroller ; flow will be posted in the fire house ' "^ Currency which will retiuire a .and the men will be Instructed as |'""ger period of time before dis- ; to which side of the pole to cut. '¦ bursements can be made. ! Fire Marshal A'ost was uuite agreed the council menibers in regard to |'"'|'""''p5? to j the exposed wiie on Butler ave- j I nue, latel.v installed to carry the I I power of the lights for the new | I white way. He explained the pre- j I sent set up 's the usual way and . I pointed out that Chester. Media ' an(1 th^ Banner Anain i Twenty-three young people from the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Chun-h Voung PeopU-'s society wont to the First Paptlst -Cliun-b in Dciyle.-stow-n ! nn S.-iturday evi-nin.'i- for the No- j veiiiber rally of the Voung People's Fundamental Fellowship Societies of Bu(-ks and Montgomery Counties. A large gathering of 88 young persons enjoyed llio delightful meet¬ ing. DR. JOHN WELSH CROSKEY Will be the guest speaker at the Kiwanis Club on Tuesday night at school Inn. BAPIISl CHURCH WAS HOSI TO IHE eUX-MONI UNION I Tlii> Soiithoaslorii Distr i (-t (.rcbest-i-a. (-oinposed of approxim¬ ately 90 student plavels, held a re- heaisal from 9.:io to 12 and from I.!.") to 4.30 last Saturday In the Ainbler High .Schoid auditorium in pre- p.-iralion for the con(-prt which tho orchestra will present on tho evpn¬ ing of Friday. November 22 at 8.15 jin the school auditorium. The 'orchestra members practlctvl most jof the various numliers on the pro- 1 gr.-ini for the (-oncert. .Saul Cast(m. j the assdci.ito conductor of the I Phil.idelphia (trchestra, spent about ! two hours with this splendid group, I in the aftornixm. Ile led the players ' in some selections as he explained j different facts about them. I Mr. Caston is very well known in I Philadelphia Orchestra circles iind j is woll-Iiked, ( speciall.v by young I peoplo. He has become interested In i American Vinilh since his trip to j .Suuth Aniei-ica with the All-Anieri- j can Vouth f)r(-hcstra led by I.<-opold i Siokciwski. The Soiithoastorn fHs- I ti-i(-t <li-(-liestra tliis ye.-ir is in¬ deed pi-i\-iloged to bo able to b,-iV(> ' Saul Cast(ui lo.id the rehearsals and tip cniidiK-t the concert on No\onib(-r to this arrangement. The new poles have had two coats of red paint, aluminum will follow and dark green will be the final coat -Jis the ( Continued on page 8 ) I Uev. .1. A\'. Dow gave an opening Approximately $126,O.JO will be|p,,iy,,,. jifter which several hymns issued to over 4,600 depositors w-hni„ere sung. The Perkasie girls' trio have proven their claims. All busi- i then rendered a vocal number. Uay ness regarding the payments wilP ^v,-,i-thington of Newtown read the be conducted through the office ^p,.j|,tj|,.p The announcements were (Continued on page 3) : FINE SPEAKERS PRESENT AT, BOTH AFTERNOCN AND EVENING SESSIONS I ' t students and in the high school i"''^i"K room" or ecommiic self- total of i sufliciency. People's Society ¦Jig hostesses. At the comniiuiity seivice in the ! of 710 students making evening tbo Borough will be rep-|l."**9 onrollod in the schoids. The | Speaking on those two aspects of | resented by .T. .1. Troster, Burgess, I I''I'entage of attondance for the I modern fierman life. Dr. Hershey j Avho will biing greetings and .Joseph I montli of October was 92.3 percent i told of many incidents which he] C. Hess, .lr.. President of the Bor-j foi' the elementary schools and 96.4'and Mrs. Hershey experienced j ough Council, Ueiiiinisi-ences will ! l'oi'<:ent for tho high school. The | while living as average middle-| be brought by the niembers of the j iittendance of both high s(-hool an(l ; class (Jermans. They had rooms ini Piiilcling Cuiiiiiiiltcf. Members of I elementary schools total ],ll).'> stu-ia German apartment Imildln.g audi tills c.iiiiiiiitlee .-u-(-: H. C. Millikin, j dents to date. I learned much about the attitudes .Ali-s. Av A. .Nicliids, 1-:. K". Kerschner, I Pire drills weve held A. H. Cehinan, T^eidy B. Heckler, i schools during the past month. I Chief Vosl together with State and iCounty representatives m.-Spected : I'"' ^^^ masses. Dr. Hershey w.-is | FIELO ANO SIREAM AI .ATetho- by be¬ lt this soryii-e. Special i P<1 with the t-undltions, bo presented by the Hev. Charles A. Platt. The congregation of the (list (hurch wiil cooperate illg present music will (-hiii-(-h (hoir undor the direction of .Airs. Charles H. Korn. Daniel Tip¬ pin will be guest soloist. Everyone is invited to bo present at services on this .<|i(.c-i:il d.iy local church. the aimuoos i ill tliei"'- '^^ people by trading at thei ' eorner grocery and attending the various meetings and parades held fill- the masses. Dr. Hershey ION HOME luuiLL FREE LIBRARY SERVICE ISRECOMMENDEO i PRESIDENT DEENS PRESIDED ' P^RESS IMPORTANCE OF RAV- ' AT MONTHLY MEETING I "^G RURAL LIBRARY the buildings and were well pleas-1 "^'"'-^'"K theology at the l'nivers:t.v M r. f P.crliii, and was for a time the j Turkey Shoot To Be Held on No¬ th ose a the AI Ker¬ schner stated the tuition bills for the nionlh of Oi^tobor amounted to .'i:4,.".87.34. Till- Old Fort (Uee Club was given permission to use the s(-hool building on Dei-oiiiber Srd. .1. AVillard Cassell g.ive the trea¬ surer's repiat and stated that thef ; . ..,•,...-¦. balance on h.-iiid amounted to $•'() - - *^""- I't'esfdent of the Men's Associa- regular monthly meeting of the 1 have tho right to |karticipate 65325 'I'his aiiiount p„rrespondK """- 1"'^*''''^''- '''^"'' *'"^''-''' 1^'^'' "^ '^'^ i ^^'•'^'''''^'^''¦'""" '''icl<1 ""tl Stream As- j free library service, which h;is been to the figures of last vear's '"^^''"^ "¦'^¦'^ "" informal gathering i sociation on Thursday night at 8.30 ! available to people livin.g in urb'Jn ifor fellowship and recreation, Har-| in the Ijcgion Home on I>indenw(dd communities for many years, TJ'ey ; vey Month, .lr., is president of the I avenue with 70 present, Ceorge j pay their taxes and conform to .lU 14 44 while ''^'''^'"''"""" "''""P. which provided j Deens presided at the meeting. The;,the duties of good citizens, yet al- ' ¦ "'¦"" " " " ' '"¦ ""¦ '¦"'"'¦' though county Ubrary servico has iacting pastor of 'the'" American I 1 Church of Berlin, ! 1 The- Ainbler ito(-reatioii Club,. I w-hi(-h moots at the I'l-esliyterian 1 ¦ Chur(-h ever.v Mmiday evening, was I I the joint host of the Men's Associa- I , tlon at this meeting. II. D. Hutchi-I'h: vember 24th—500 Food Fish Plac¬ ed In ReEervoir — Trap House Completed at Loch Alsh Reser¬ voir. .Vldlloii piciures lasting about lit an hour w-ere showii at tho St?te Library Extension Division [ dnd Citizens Have Attained Re¬ sults—County Commissioners A'-a Willing To Cooperate — St.ite Contributes Twenty Peraint. The men, wtmien, and children of ¦llie rural districts in Pennsylvania in Iho •^iven and the offering was taken j following whii-h the roll call w-as 'taken by the president after anoth- ler .selectiiin w.is n ndered liy tho ; Perkasie trio, I llev. l-'noi-h Monro, pastor of the Ichun-h. introdiu-ed the spociai guest [speaker of tho rally, Uev. Uobi-rt I Burns, iiastor of the Cospel church I near Oxford Circle, I'hiladelphia. Uofreslimenta wero served. Th'i next exeeutive meeting of 111" l-'undamental Follow-ship will i.iki- |il.i(-e next I"'i-ida,v evening at the bome of Miss Uuth Huler of i Houston Uoad at 8 o'clock. ' The rally for next month will be in the form nf ,i ('liristmas part.v lat the Mt. Pleasant Haptist chiir(-li • on Saturday night. Dei-ember 14. The l;apti.> niembers t -Church The players who will make up tho cachestra will not be deciil(-d upon until this Saturday at tlie re¬ hearsal. About tweiit\-six high schools are represenb-d in ihis I year's group which is made up nf I the best student iiiusiciaiis in, .the I district, af the Mt. I'io.-.sant j Amblor High .'<<-ho,d w-hi(-h is .„. .,, , , "•'¦'¦'' .""¦'^l'* !" the the host to the Southeastern DIs- !'J*/'I*".':"..**'""."¦:'."""'" >liee mg of I t,,i^^ Oi-,-hesli-a for its concert has Haptist I j.j^ players in Ihe group. Tho six iiiusi(-i.-ins w-ho were (-liosen In p.-ii-- j ticlpate in the concert .ii-c. Knsi-np I Hrady, se(-ond clarinet. Ilii.c,h Hiil- I lard, second trombone, Marie l-'ish- ler, second violin, Martha Hoffer. second flute, Ceorge Miller, first oboe and ,Franklin Wright, ' first I viidin. These students were select- led boi-ausi' of their abilit.v and knowledge. Mr. (^aston will conduci ithe full rehear.sal next Saturday. Kleven churches form the Bux-| ,\viiile (he orchestra is rehears- iii-;- next ."Saturday morning, Mr, Cliffnid K'. Cear.v, director of Am¬ bler High's b.ind and orchestra, has the Hux-Mont l'nion Chun-hes held in the (hurch nil I .Afonda,v. An afleriKion and an even¬ ing session wore hold and were presided o\or b.v the new Modera¬ tor. Rev. Daniel O. AVilson, of AA'y- coinbe. Over 125 people came to!, the afternoon meeting and an over c.ipacity gathering of :!76 people I attended the evening session. The I total attendance at both sessions of the Bu.x-Mont Union was 501. Mont l'nion of whi(-h tho lo(-al Baptist chun-h is a member.. A ver.v delightful supper w-as TO LOWER SPEED LIMIT CORRESPONDENT GAVE AD¬ DRESS ON GERMANY Hitler Works From Inspirations— Goering Talks Freely With Hitler —Food Is Scarce — Imitation Tea and Coffee Sjrved. .Melvin K, AVhilelcatber, guest speaker at the Cwynedd l-'iioiids Meeting, addressed a (-apai-ily audi- ciici' Mil the siibj(-(-t "Cerman.v l'"i-oni closely report. Sinking fund shows a bal¬ ance of $14,251.91, The -Construc-tion account aniounted to the expenditures totaled $1,356.18 leaving a balaiK-e on h.ind of $2,- 558.26. The bills ordered paid at the meeting InlaU-d $:i.344.94, which iri-lii'ded supplies for the school. Paul W. .Xcii-ris, in loiKU-liiig on the WI'A project staled th.it the worlv on the athletic field is (-om- jiieted with the exception of filling ill the I .-ick section of the field. The u lllli has proven satisfactory lo ^ till' liii.inl. The Federal governnieut Hear ciuiiii: iited $29,073 while the school ai-i-epted v9,69l of the cost of the served in the church basemeivt ati 5.45 with about 1:1:5 t-njoyiusi thej feasting and fellowship. ' ; l-'iilliiwiiig the supper at 5.45, a; 1,1 .'ilei .<!ii|i Ti'iiniiig Schnnl (.'om-I iiiillee iiu-eiin;;- Innk pla(-e at 6.45; in the Primary room. Tho host chil'.-(-h had 9i; of it niembers present at biilli session and had tbe highest attendace a the tifty-third semi-annual meeting. 'I'he afternoon session had two I opportunity for playing (able ten- I his. Uefreshiiients were served by I the social committee, aftor whi(-h j Dr. Hershe.v presented his address. I After describing the various phase I nf (iorman life under .Mazi rule he i (-oncludod tho meeting with an I open dicussion period. ARMY AND NAVY NIGHT Talk A\ illlin" on .Sunday iii.ght. lie is a foreign coirespoiident and a mem¬ ber of the editorial staff of the J-^veniiig Bulletin. ,AIr. AVhitelcalher staled that he fell al hoine speaking in the (iuak- ei iiii-(-Uiig as ho was born in a (.iiakei- coinmunity in Ohio. In siH-.-ikiug of Hiller. he said, Adnlpli Hitler, as an individual, is hard to iiiidoi-tand. He works from inspira¬ tions, and docs not w-oigb any pro- bl(-in, bis mind being neither ra¬ tional nnl- reasonable. The speaker said, due lo Hitler's all- of iiiysll(-isni, he is practi-.-all.y alniio. .\' 10. wilh the exception of Cnoiing. has (-\ei- talked freely with llilll. Ilis army i;-i ver.y formidable' bill lint inviiK-ible, because he licks the iiiateriJlls to build it with. | iiovf-rtheless, it is a 'niaeliiiie of de- ¦ struction, M---. AVhitelea'thci- stated food is sc,--r(-;', aad for several yi-ars he had r 1 sent tn him fi-oin Copenha-;en, Denmark. He s.iid. tlio last meal he liail ill Cerman.v icost $3.20 and con- isled of niel of sole, fi-o/ten carrots I and apple s:iuce. Imitation tea and coffee were served. In closing he ' slated wherever there i - suffering and disli-ess you will llnd the Quak- 1 ers assisting. I 1/roject, 111 aildilion to lh(> regular dniH- on the alhlelic Held, inent and curbs w-ere laid ilondrii-ks street, the lawns by Dr. Frank Boston at Kiwanis 'I'be Kiwanis Club at its regular weekl.v dinner meeting at 6.30 on work I Tuesday'evening at School Inn had pave- j an Army and Nav.v night as the along i program with double chairmanship, were! Bernard I.indenfeld and Oscar linage I Stillwagon. shop,] pi-osident Ceorge Davis opened tor thejt^p jn-ograni bv introducin-.; Uev. better M:irlin 1.. Tozer, pastor of the ; per Dublin Lutheran church, spoke for the .Ministerium ; church attendance. Aftor tho •a shni-l memorial servii-o was Up- who on talk. held j graded and seeded, new dr jwas inslalled adjacent to tlii- (-oni-role curbing was laid Hark instead of wood, a cir.iiiiago was made for the uthlotic j liold, U-rracin.g on the real- of the (lid building and the grading of the (]i-i\ cw.i.v wa.s (-oinpleted. The aniiiiiiit spout during 1940 on the pin.jeit reaiMied $3,802.17. This cam*! ; within the estimated budget of! I $3,9110. 'I'he directors of llu- s( hool bnard j t.]iairman of the evening, lie inti 'were invited to atlend the bookldueed Dr. Ii'rank Boston, of Daiis- ilair being hold at the Ambler Pub- ,iale, the chief surgeon and founder lie Library duiing the coming week, of the lilm Terrace Hospital in by Director J. Willard Cassell. ! Dansdale. Dr. Boston has formi-d I a volunteer lirst aid unit in Dans- films wore sponsored by tho Field jand Stream magazine.' I Tho game (-onimittee headed by ! Warren Fleck stated that game is (luite scarce this sea.son while IPresident Deens reported about I 500 food fish were transferred from I l-'aust s rai-e to the I.och Alsh Ues- I crvoii-. : The building on tlie trap shoot I grounds Is practicall.v finished and imany of tho ineinbers helped in the unik. Tho shelter iipeds <-i few more (lays v.dl-k done on it before it will jhe entirel.v completed. j President Deens gave a resume ()f the Federation meeting; at I..uns- I dale. j The two shoots that have beon -Iheld rocently have attracted a large j number of sportsmen. The showing of the films follow¬ ed by refreshments (losed the lino ; program. ; A turke.\- shoot will be held over , tlie Do(-h Alsh Ueservoir traps nn 1.Munda.v afternoon, November 24. l']veryone is invited. been urgel upon the conimissionei-s of the varicius counties lor m ire than twenty years, there are still 4,356,522 people in the state of Pennsylvania who have no libriiiy contacts. Pennsyivania has the dis¬ tinction of having m'ore people with¬ out library facilities than any otbcr state in the union. This is a pitialile contrast to iMas.sachusetts wlu-ic every citizen who wishes it may have fre.,- iibrary service. Through tho combiijed eftorls -if the State l.ibrary l-;xlenion divis¬ ion in Harysburg and progressivo citizens the f(dlow-ing counties liave (continued on paeo 8) , behalf of .Tesse Arbuckle, a I former president of the Kiwanis i i Club. The meeting was llien luruod ' I over to Bernard l.indi-nfeld, (o- ll( SPECIAL SERVICES CHIMNEY BLAZE The Wissahickon Fire Company rospoudod to a call about 10 p. ni, last Saturday night to a chimney fire at the home of H. P, Schneider, of Norrostown road. The chimney was closel and it took the firemen two hours to put the lire under was slight. A- APOLLO QUARTET f A Wl , f^rescnt a Program of Sacred Musi:: in Erethren Church The Apnlln l-'niir. imiI.-cI iii.-ilo (luarlet from l.aiii-ast(>r, will pre¬ sort a program of sacred nuisic od Sunday evenin.g, Novemher 24, at X o'(-lo(-k. in the Ambler Church of the Broflr-on. The (luartel is (-oin¬ posed of Lloyd and Harold Holling- er, Willis .Voll, and .Inliii Ciiigiii-li, and is part of ll.e well known Kisl Peti-rsburg .Aeapplla .Men's Chorus, Tn addilion to tbe s leied numbers. dale and the units now have spread i control, -The dam.age into other C(aniiiunilies sin(-e he _. 11 u- /~ _ ^»™;„„ t„ Bar, 1 coiK-eived the idea of having such • Fel owship Group Coming to Hap- I ,, , , , , , , ' ¦^ c J ¦ * groups. In a few words, tist Church Sunday i „,. j^oston outlined the work of Till- Word of Lil'e l-'ellowslil;) , the First Aid Corps, Captain Ualph coiupos(-(l l.f three young lucii and j .Azor. of the l.ansdale First Aid thri-o young women from .New- A'mk ji^orps, was then introduced to the City is coniing to the Mt, I'lensaiit | jji-oup. Baptist chun-h this Sunday for both ^ I-:isio Stevens, ('ail Sabold, Dr. the morning and evening servi(-(>s as w-ell as the y(ning 4.)oople's meet¬ ing in which the.y will lake charsc Commander I^indenfeld turned the meeling over to Oscar StiU- I wagon who introduced two naval I men. The servi(-e men then showed ' Those six voung peoiile are verv i •''^'n'''''' t" l^e members and gu(\«ts. I line to hear and it will be worth- \ ^f'f"' 'hf meeting the ollicors of I whilo lo (onie to the Mt. IMeasant 1'^p Lansdale medical units went to the IjO.'^iim Home where tho lo(-al unit was inspected. Dr. Frank Boston mado some en(-oiiraging re¬ marks about the Ambler corps. He stated the fact Ihat the local unit is ver.v well dillled even though the Ambler corps has been drilling for a short time. ' HIST. SOCIETY MEETING . Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, Norristown. Will Speak The l;o\crciiil Li-. .biiues Al.i:tbi I .N'iblo, i-o(-lor of St. .lohn's I'. 1-:'. i(-hur(-h. .Norristown. will l-e .guest I siieaker at the nieeting of the Fort Washington Histniical Sni-iet.v on . Wednesday, Novomber 20th. Mr. Niblo will 'present a vevy inlerest- in,g address on '-|n(-unabuls " or "Hooks Printi-d Over 150 A'ears j Ago." j Al this ineeting nominations ¦also be presented for a [ tive trustees and by-law.-- the same. ' Blue Print of Bethlehem Pikii Will Shov- Dangerous Points l-'iirlh(-i- a(-tiiiii has been takeii ro- I garding the nieeting held a few I weeks ago to havo the speed liniit ; Icwei-ed on Pethlehem pike, from 50 to 35 miles por liour. William ! Thompson was appointed to secure ! fine speakers giving Interesting ines-i la blue print of the pike, to show j sages wliilo thero was an excellent' jthe curves, cross roads and llills , address given in lhe o\eiiiii,g ses-| Ifor the pii-.pose of marking siu-h | sion. places as iiinst hazardous while ; .A li.\iiiii period led bv Uev, ,1. [ traveling at the present speed limit, i W. Dou opened the afternnnn ses-I President. Ku'cne Davis, of the 1 sion at 2.30. Hev. ('harles It. Loei-li. i group, org.inizod in the sc-hool house al .Springhouse last month, has aniioiuK-ed that the commit- ; tee will spc-ure the services of sur- I ve.vor, Uaymond Weir to assist in ' having the necessary map prepared, i Chief II. -c'harles Wisler, recentl.v stated, there will bo im let up in . Iryipg to get llu- slate lii.gliw:iv .¦lutlioi-ilios to agree to have a 35 mile speed limit between Sprlng- I house and township line of White- j marsh and .Springfi(-Id, the latter i already has such a speed liniit to I Chestnul llill. i Poli(-e of Tapper Dublin and ' Whitemarsh townships are now , iiiakin.e.' a rei-ord of the niiiiiber of ' ac-cldents happening through their rospective townships and whic-h , were direetl.v duo to motorists driv- iii.;- at an (-xcessive rate of speed. arranged to have Mr, Kdgar Acker, first flute I'layer nf the Alb-ntnw-n Aliinic-ipal Band ,-iiid band (-oiidui- ( Continued on page 3 ) ;JUS1ICE OF IHE PEACE ' ASSOCIAIIONMEEIS pastnr of the Hatboro Chunh toolt (hargo of the devotional period. Ile read the s(-riptui-e after which hc- led the group in a wnn* of prayei-. Uev.-Leech then gave a shmt talk to the audience. The- nllic-ial wel¬ conie next was givcii by Uev. .1. William I'nw, pastor nf the host chuich, in the iiK-nibcrs in atlend- ( Continued on page V ) MORE THAN FIFTY MEMpERS AND FRIENDS ATT£ND SESSION PADOOKA COUNTY FAIR POLICE CHIEFS TO MEET Will Be Presented By St. John's Luther League Tonight at 8 A highl.v cntertaiiiiiig I'aclook.i County Fair wiil be presented by the Luther Lecmue of the St. .lohn's Lutheran (-hurch in the Sunday .School rnnm Innight at 8. Features nf the evening will lie a bc-nelit perfni-nianco by the- Ta- dnnka Count.v Dittle Theatre group; imisic will bo provided by tlie i'a- dooka Sympathy Orchestra man.v other talented and iinown artists will perform. I This .group w-ill render iiislru- ! mental niusii-, voi-al trios, testlmoii- ; ies and llieio will be an evangidistic i iiieKsage. Eighteen New Members Received Into Junior Colony Ciub at Dinner Party Hoffa and ofticials of the liaiis- ¦ ' ' dale unit were honored guests lU'Mrs. Howard Kreitler Gave Suggestions on How to Use Dramatic Ability — Mrs. T. J. Lane, Jr., Presided at Meeting Held at Fore Side Inn on Tuesday Evening : Forest Inn Will Be Host to Chiefs' Association On Wednesday ', 'The regular monthl.v nu-eting of ! tAlkintgoinory Count.y Police Chiefs' I Association will be held Thursday will j evening, November 20th, at Forest board of j Inn, Tennis avenue and Welsh to govern I road, .Ambler, Important business I will be transacted during which i further consideration will probably be given to the (luostion of having- gifts being awarded, al! peace ollicers ot borough.-^ andj There will lie many fine gift-i iw'arded for the best pies, cakes The r"giil:ir monthl.v iiieeliii-4 nf I the .Vlmit.gcimery ('ount.v .Iusli<-c of the l'o!u-e Association was bold in the Uailro.id House at Colleuc-ville nil Tuesda.v (-veiling. Host In the- inni-(- than 5il niembers and fiic-iids Ipn-seiit was .lustiee of the l'(-;iec> : .Artbiii- Uasmiisson, . A iiinsi pl(>asing and niarked I ncc-.ision ill the history of this or- i gani/-,alinn was witnessed when C. I Howard Moreditb, i'resident nf tbfl i I'ennsylvania .Magistrate's Assnc-ia- llnn. presi-iitod .Snlicifor Uayinond i Pearlstine and his bride, tho fornier ..Miss Cladys Colieii, daughler of Mr. .and Mrs. I. N. Cohen, of Ainbler, jwith a b(-autiful chest of silver as ia wedding gift. Mr. and Mrs. Pearl- I stine accepted the lovely gift witii 'a I'ew well chosen wnrds nf thanks I In Illl- menibers. I President l^Jorm.iii K. Ta.vlor pre- j sided at the meeting and extended m-l a hearty wob-oino to the lar.ge nuin- wed- I ''f' "f ladies .-.i-esent before pro- giil.-ir order of (-oeding w-ith the l)Uslnos^ ing, samples will be given away by various merchants as well as CJii- tosts and games for young and oil will bo held during the enlire period of the fair witlv worthwhile Baptist (-hurch ou Sunday for tlie special servi(-es. The piiblic c-orcliall.N- invited to attend. ART EXHIBIT SHOW townsliips come under civil ser- ^ vice. However, before this can be. done, one of the oflieials of the as- , sociation asserted that a law vvill have to lie jiassed at Harrisburg. ^ The oniject ot this movement is io protect peace olficer.s. Until such a law is passed, they cannot he pensioned upon retiring from active duty. As it is now, it is pointed out that an nflicer can be a faith- , ful servant for many years with- ; out any consideration for his future, j Ile also can be dismissed when ho Is the Junior IJolony Club' Women's Clubs, Mva. Kreitler gave | t,,,) old for duly. An effort will pro- it a dinner party given ' suggestions on how to use drama- | h.-ibly be made lo enlist membors in their hwiwr at l''ort Side Inn, : tic .-ibility to the best advantage in ! f,-,,ni the counly to got a civil ser-i vice bill through the house during | the next session. Otht^- entertainment includes an irts and crafts booth, fortune tell- j Another pl(-:isiiig fcituro was tiie .turning ii\ei- to the treasurer, N. U. ;Brnwii. the sum of $514.30 as the net balani-o from the sale ot the convention book. The funds, there of, also paid for expenses incurred b,v tho local association for tho an¬ nu.il convention of the Pennsylvania .Alagistrate's Association held last Mav in .Norristown. .lustiee nf tin- Peac-e Walter IjOwues. was eliair¬ nuin of tho linanc-e (-oinniilli-e and a iinaninious vote of tbaniis was given to him for the work ( Continued on peigo : 1-^igliteoii ceived into of Ambler new- members were re-I gomery County Federaliou of and caniVy by tho oflicial Judge. Various other articles 'Will be on sale at tlie fair. Uefreshment will be served. The cast of the lienefit perform¬ ance which is a play entitled ".Sot Quite Such A Coose" is Mrs Boll, Ituth AVood; Albert Bell, .lacii Holz; Sylvia Hell. Catherine Smith; l^hilip Flick, Willard T.eh and Hazel Henderson, Doris Crabert. A silver offering will be takeii at 'ihc door. dono. Community Cenire Solicitors Report $1,234.45 to Date jl-'ort Washini^on, Tuesday evening, . club programs. BUGLE CORPS ELECTION All i-\liibil of iiiiiisii;il interesi op(-ii(>d .\-esic'rday al Curtis Hall, i l-jlkiiis I'ark, this art exliibit show- , 'ed work d(aie by adult groups of I I'^dna Mohler .Noll will present Ambler. Clenside, .lenkintown,'J dramatic readings. The cniK-ert isSLjinsdale and West Point. The provided as a .Sunday e\eiiing fea-i i-lasses w-ere (-onducted through thei tu-e of spiritual value to 4i'i'''I^'' Kdiu-alion and Ueerealion I'ldgram and s u I-1-o 11 n d i n g communities, nf Works Projects Administration, There will be no admissiiui (barge, :the oxliiliit will continue through- but ,1 free wiil offering will be'out this week, from 1 to 10 P. M. t.ilcei'. I 'Kxamples in oil, v/ater color. CAR RUNS INTO STORE Joseph AVilliam McCalie, 31, 1462 ! North Wanamakor street, I'hil.i- riie new members are: Mrs. Ar thur Hansen, Mrs, Albert Hurst, Mrs, Henry ,f, Mct'onnell, Mrs, Leslie Foster, Mrs, Francis Fer¬ tsch. Mrs, Winfield Cooke, and |.Misses Peggy Smilh, Uuth ^.Vlyers, .Jean AVoodward, Hope <lray, Cecel ia Charleton, .le-an Ueaver Anibler; Miss Kleanor 11 w liefnn tilllLl , , , , , Ml J • . .1 rni, .1 Spring tlouse; Miss Jean Mac- delphia, was killed instantly Thurs-; ' ° .¦,.,,, ,, nr Bride, Fort AVashington; Mrs. AVallis Allen, Lansdale, It. X>.-, .Mrs. liaymond (Jaskill, Mrs, Ches- th' t un i i'^'" I'i'^i'-'^o'b North AVales; und , , , -li.l,- V, -mil fhe c-ii- went thr.iiiu-h the front 'iMjiss Kathryn Keating, Gwynedd, IKistel and pencil sketching show a •'"-' ine c.ii went iniougn tne iioiu ' I probably be a long time ,.,-nss section of the work being! door of the structur'e, which is, The speaker of the evening was the l'iiit(\l Siatc^^s calls an- dime. Inslruetion is offered to any-' known as "the Flatiron Huilding." i.Mi'S. Howard Kreitler, Glenside, li,-,ii main. Ill luiifcreiu.-',-. ' uue iu Lib- licld. , Five cUBlumei-s esuaiped injury, draiuatie cUalrmau of the Mont- day iilE-ht when ills automobile ran into the store of Josepli I'arente, Uidge pike. Black Horse. .McCabe failed to make the turn She entertained with three read¬ ings: the tirst was a sketch show¬ ing how one woman felt about politics, the second showing a niiournful person calling on her sick friend was entitled, "A Cheer- ; ful Little Ktirful," and the third j all "of I told the inside story of what really Meng, I happened to l..iidy (lodiva. Mrs. Ivreitler d e m oust r a le d make-up by fixing Miss Margaret Black for a nde ot a young girl The resulls of the North p (- ii n Comniunity '¦i'entre Drive for tbc third week are as follows: BliK- Hell K- Cc-ntri- .Siiuare $S8.ii;i AMBLER PLAYERS and then for the role of an old woman. The siieaker made Mrs. Kaymond Gaskill up as a Japan¬ ese girl. Mrs, Thomas J. l^uie, Jr., pn-.-i- ( Conlinued on i»ttf« 8 ) "Hjr Husbrnd's Wife," a Three Act Farce, To De Next Production I The next appearance of lhe Aiii- j bler Players will be in a very amusing (-oiiiedy jusilv named "Iler : lliisbar-d's Wife." This fa-.-cc w-as j w-ritteii by .A. K. Thomas and is vei-.v I abiy dircc-led by Kathleen Itein- ! h.'i-l. I ll will ill- pi-(-seiited nil Deeeinber ; lilll and 7tli in the hall of the Floui lown l-ii'c ! This is i-c I 'I'his l-riday evening tin- annual; i electioii of oflicers of the Junior ; Hugle and Drum Corps, of tlie AVil- ; liam Boulton Dixoii Post, No, 1". ! will be held iu tlu- Olde iMill, i Bi'thlehem pike, l-"ni-l Washington, i j The oflicers to be elected arc : .V .Junior Commander, Senior A'ice j - Commander, Junior A'ice Coniiiian- ,; I der, Adjutant and Treasurer. As j this is an important B-esBlon, all niembers of the Corps are urged I to be present. An invitation is ex- I tended to uny boy between the I ages of 14 and 18 years of age to I'ompan.v, l-'lourtown.' 0"'n '*>p corps and those interested f,„, 13.51111 (he actual amount neces- oninicnded as a very en- may attend the iin-etiiij; l-"iiday | sary tn eai-i-.\- nn the wnik nf tbe I'nil Wa:<liinKlnn I'enllyii K: Cw.viio .N'nrlh Wales Oreland ' Prospec-tville .... Id .larreltown & Dreslic Ainbler First Week .Second Week Third AVeek , , . . Total lo Dale These figures in( bec-ii turned into ic-i th Centre. Thp Drive this r ite e - . . . 126.00 . . . , 228.00 .— lull.no Illl.2.1 ... 162.75 . . . 196.00 . . 264.50 . . 264,75 . . 237.75 . . . 467.45 , $1234.45 what has "ommunit.v year is again '\ a lie wuy to spend an evening, evening. Coini.iuiiilj (.'eiilie.
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VOL. LXII — 3,S
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iMBLER Gazette
AMBLER. PA.. NOVJ^MHER 14. 1940
$1.7.^ Por Year in Advanee, .'>e Per Copy
Presbyterian Speaker
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)MECOMING SUNDAY AND MORTGAGE BURN¬ ING SERVICES
Two spoi'iill cvouls wiil he eeie- I'l-atcd thi.s .Sunday in tin- Anihlri
I'rc.-^l yterian Chiu-rli. I iDmei-ominK Sunday and the Hurninff of the Mort/rapp. Si>0(-lal .spt-yU-ps have been arranxpd thrnughout the day: the bui-nlng- of the niortfjaso ser¬ vice at 11 a. m,. a (-onsresathnial reoeption itnd toa at (>..10 ]>, ni., nnd ;i eomniunity .scrvlt-o with other cliiir(-hes (-o-operatinp at 7..10 p.'m. The Rev. AV. Sherman Skinner, of the First Presbyterian Churt-h of (lermantown will be the guest «peiikpr at this eveninK serviee.
Five years after the dedication of tho new church building, the burn¬ ing of the morlK-iKO takes place, markinpr the c,omPletion of a .$3."i,- oon building project Iiegun when thp Itpv. .Joseph M. t-'winff. of Fresno,
AMBLER FAVORED IN '
SPRINGFIELD GRID GAME
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