The Ambler Gazette 19190320

              The ambler Gazette.
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VOL. XXXVI.-NO.   0
AMBLEIR.   PA..   MARCH   20,   1910.
S1.75   A   YEAR
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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH.
Happenings ot Local Interest to Our Readers.
FARiM TOPICS ARE DISCUSSED.
Horsham Farmers' Club Holds Inter¬ esting Session.
Growing   Crops   Look   Well— and    Market    Prices—Florida Conditions—Value   of   Pork—Lessons From    Roosevelt—Miscellaneous.
Various Labor
Doing   Hold   Up  at  Seven  Stars—Golf
Lxpert  at  Plymouth  Club—Shoe  So¬ cal—Harmonville    and    Hickorytown
l-crsonals—fvl iscellaneous    items.
. , ni Danehower, of Plymouth The JIarch meeting of tho Horshiim Me^i.iig, on -Mondav commenced his Farmers' club ii.ssembled at the home studies at the Williamson Trade ot Isai.c and --Mice Jlichener, Jenkin- scii ol   Media. town,    on    Saturday   evuning.      Presi-
Ciiarles B i'rederlck. who for a year dent P. P. Gheen called lhe meeting has occupied the old Hughes farm at to rder at the aiipointed tune, and Hickorytown, will remo\e this w-eek the secretary read the minutes of the to Harmonville, occupying tlie John i;nnua! meeting and of tiie commun- Ri< .lardson propeilv, corner of Con- 'ty meeting held at AVilgus hall, Hat- shcaocken jiike iind Carr's lane, Mr. boro, l-eb. 13, 14 and 10. Routine pre- Fre.J.erick is employed in the Plymouth •'scribed then followed, plant of the --Vmerican Magnesia com- Report of executive committee : "Is pmiy. It   advisable   to   introduce   conipul.sory
i.enri Jlerrikan, who owns the for- military training in the public mor Lattii Triple' Springs farm, Xar-|-schools ?" Howard liallowiU; '-What cis.-:a, has a time stock of the famous 'sifect wil! the prohibition amendment Hampshire  hogs. i have  on   the  laboring Interests  of  the
Edward, .son of Jlr. and Jlrs. Diiniel country 7" Davis W. Sill. 'In your Lightkep, of Carr's lane, Harmonville, ' opinion is the league constituion as who was very ill with pneumonia last i now framed acceptaljle to the V. S. '.'" week. Is recovering. ; Charles   S.   Kinsay.     "Which   ilo   you
J.iis. William Car.-, who was suffer- consider tha best iigricultural paper'.'•' ing from a painful carbuAcle, is im- Anna Penrose. "Would' co-oiienition pro.ing. I he   of  any   benetit   to   farmers   in   this
Miss Elizabeth H. JIarple, of Hick- : loality '.'" Israel Fly, "Where a or^tiwn, 'has been confined to her bed'-fa-i-mer has ii mortgiige on his farm, wi-.u   bronchitis. j should  the  amount  tliereof  be  deduct-
, ^.Irs. Theodore Weidemann, of Broad j ed from the valuation when assessing Axe roftd, Hickorytown, who recent- ta.x ?" Alfred Williiims. ly underwent an operation In the! Current topics. Jlarian Goentner. Biuscopal hospital, Philadelphia, Is, Laura Stiickhou.s. Place and lime of imi'i-ovlng nicely and anticipates an I ne.vt meeting the home of Alfreti and eaily  return  to   her  home. '       j Susan   Williams,     Halboio.     April   12,
Rev.   M.   G.   Reinhold,   who   has   re-i 7-30. cently   been   appointed   by   conference |     Crop   committee,     .ilohii   Piirk     wa.'^ as  pastor   of   Plymouth   U.  13.   church, | not    present.     Jlr.   I'enrose   limls   th? Plymouth   Jleeting,   oeeupied   the   pul- . wheat looking well.    The  price of po- uit on Sunday,    -{s yet he has not re-, tatoes   is   declining,   hut   hiiy   h.is   iid-
LOCATION OF THE HOSPITAL.
Progressing: With Plans for Memor¬ ial Institution.
moved to- the parsonage, as he is awaiting the removal from the proper¬ ty of the household goods of Rev- R. ¦W. JIusselman, former pastor, who takes a Philadelphia charge. Rev. Mr. Reinhold, who formerly served the local charge for four years, has made a very favoralile impression here on his  return.
A   shoe   social   will   be   held   in   the Cold  Point  church  hall  ne.xt  Saturday evening,   to   w-hich   all   friends  are  in- i east  part vited.    The admission  charge is based , est   crops
Viinced. Israel Hallow-ell agree.l with Jlr. Penrose. He had spent tlie last month in Florida where he saw ver.\- llttle of the vegetable crops he looked for. iJut he saw long ti-iiins of ciirs Ihat came from iinotlier part of the state, iiven with the high pries that must be paid for help, if a man '.las one bo.v to help him he can iio well. Ezra (.'arrell had different expi ;-iences. He   hiid   traveled   for   17   miles In   the
of  i'"loridii  through   ihe  fin-
of   lettuce
Ambler Colony Club, Which Conceived the Movement, Hes Committees at Work—Plans So Far V^orkod Out— Nearly |20,C€0 Pisdaed—Canvass to Be  r^ade.
The .\in)/ier Colony club, wliirii con¬ ceived the --Vmliler Jlemorial hospital in honor of tiie boys of this locality w-ho pa.-tii'ipated in the world war in defense of humanity anl civilization, is progressing wUh the preliminary jjlans i'or the memorial, which v/ill not only attest community gratitude for .ser¬ vices remiered, but w-ill be hi position to reciprocate in service of inten.sely la-actical value to humanity as time goes on.
The Colony club has appointed a committee to consider locations for the proposed hospital and that committee has considered the following places : The Hart estate, tlolel AVyndham pro¬ perty, twin house of Mrs, Fmma S. Hes.son and a portion of the Haywood estate. At a meeting of the club in the near future tlisi committee will re¬ port its recommendation, and action thereon will be taken. In addition, committees on idedges and prelimiii_ ary organization of the hospital will iilso be ujipointed with a view of ap¬ plying for a charier, iifter the grant¬ ing of which will follow the perman¬ ent or.ganization of the board of man- a^ment.
So far as the local necessity exists for a hospiliil uo one seriously doubts, and the physicians of tiie commun¬ ity have endorsed the plan as a step in the right dircc'.ion. The commun¬ ity to be honored comprises the town- siiips of Lower Gw-ynerld, Whitpain, l'pper iJublin. liast Whitemiirsh anl Western Horsham and the liorough of --Vmbler, and prel'erence will be given in the proposed hospital to cases from that section.
The Hnancial side of is on thiif hits occasiond suggestion is to attempt pital,    whili,    experiene
isjiara.y-iis,   etc.
on   the     measurement Various   home   balding, cream  will  be  ou   .sale, and  there  will also  be  "snips"   to   add   to  the  enjoy¬ ment.
Enoch Jlariile e.\;iects to remove this wee^ from his farm iiiiijiei-iy to the former Alary Laynes residence fit Plymouth Meeting, which has Ijeen Ihoroughly renovated an.i greatly ini- proveil since bein.;; purchased liy Jlr. Marple.
The funeral of P.uth, two-year-old daugliter of Stanton and Jliriiim (IJy- Hon) Trego, took Place Saturday morning from iier parental home at Plyrr.o.uth Meeting- interment w-as made iit ihe Xew Goshenhoppen ceme- ter\-, East Greenville
FeliK  -\rgans-ki,   of   Ply|j|||^ Meet-
the juve. i.'WllBflWmg'in¬
corrigible, ill li.aL iie would not go to scfiool and ran awav from home. AVhen con.intd in thi;' house of deten¬ tion he iiad made his ti^capu by sieal- ing the key to an opening to a tire e.-iape and wiis gone a week before he w-as found Ijy bis father and brought back. The fcijy was sent to Fatland and the lalher oi-dered to -pay the costs and $2 per wet k for his sup¬ port.
Misses Fffie and Edith Marple, of Plymouth Jleeting. who have been on the sick list, are convalescent.
Rev. Charles Furman, of Penn Square, a retired clergyman, w-ho for¬ merly othciated at Cold Point Iiaptist chtu'ch, occupied the pulpit of thiit fhurch last Sunday, Rev. Dr. G. W. Tupiier, the pastor, supplied the pul- jiit of Trinity Baptist church, Phila¬ delphia.
Mrs, David Smith and son Harry, of Cold Point, spent Wednesday in Philadelphia.
Mr. and Jlrs. .\ddison Nitterauer, who liave been farming the Jesse Davis property, on the road from Cold Point to Narcissa, wiil shortly remove to the Jliller farm nearby, oc¬ cupied by Jlr. Keeley, who will re¬ move to King-of-Prussiii. Mr. Nit¬ terauer will continue with his milk delivery business.
Geoi-t'e D. MacGregor, of Seotliind, an expert .golfer, w-ho lately becijme identified with the grounds now- in a club, is on the grounds new- and in a position to extend advice or give in- siructions with regard to this great {..v'rne.
The Ford delivery truck of Oimbels store, which covers this vicinity, was completely wrecked in a collision with another car Saturday, on the Ridge pike, at Prospect avenue, a short dis¬ tance west of the Norristown bor¬ ough line. The identity of the owner of the other auto has not yet been fully establislied as his car was not badly damaged and he drove quickly from the scene.
Messrs. Carson and  l-^ving Iiavo Iiad ] a   Lell   tclephoi*'    insiiilliyl    in    iheli' I residence,   the   Eckened  cottage,   llick- orytow-n. i
Last  Sunday     Ih^v.  Jose|ih   Uorndenj preached  in   the   lllcliorylown   mission i and  next  Sunday   Kev.   I'^dwnid   Wor¬ rell,   of   Philadelphia,   will   occupy   the pulpit.
Kfrtimates lo-e hehig secured fur tho placing of a new rooj- on I lickot ytow ly mission, as the present shingle root' is about  worn out.
Mrs. Lailey, of Jlendciihall, Chester county, a sister of the late Jliss Stackhouse, who died recently iu I'ly¬ mouth township, were Sunda.v guests cf Mr, and Jlrs. Renner, of Gernian- t 'vn pike, north of HIcko):>'town.
-A. Mexican, named l''rank, was held up Saturda.v evening on the Ridsc pike near the .Seven Stars, Plymoutli township, and robbed of .$20. Tlie man lesldes at the JIcGann boarding house, -Xorristown. He claims that he had visited near Seven Stars and Wiis ¦vvalking along the pike towards Nor¬ ristown when three men approached iind asked him for money. When he refused a fight ensued in which sharp knives were used. Frank was gash¬ ed in the arm. -\fter getting the money the men made a hasty retreat. P'rimk can give no description of his assailants except to say that they are negroes. The Norristown police are looking up  the  clues.
of     one's   feet. |     Miss   Sara  Goentner  told   of an  ad- candy   and   Ice I dress   made   at     "-The   Neigliiiors"   in reference  to  the  planting of memorial , trees.     Jlr.   Kinsey   said   tlie   planting of trees is so  vastly imporlant.     lioth cur   suite     and   iiational     ^e eminent >.:oiilji   apiJoint  ii  committee  .in   refor- I csH-ation.    Howard Hallowell spoke of I the great fertility of this sertloii.    He ' to>d    of   the   methods   of   firming   in CuJiia.     The   sugar   cane   fiirtors   have grown  enormously  wealthy   luring  tha war.
E,?ra  Carrell re;id a  ver.v Interestin.g
' number     of   the      ciub    Giizette       Jlr.
Michener  spoke  of  the  va i.ie  of pork.
He   told   the   siory   given    ly   l.amb   of
tlie  burned-Jtig,   w-hich  is  the   lirst  re-
i cord   we   have   of   the   eaiing   of   porkT
! He .also  told of the acci cntal  dlscov-
. .'¦.'¦¦   l.i    til.    .Ill-,'         "      ¦¦      sa It   w.l-
-Vii.sv\i-iiag     .,;      1,-1". ,cu      i|<ieslloiis, "Should   the   positions   that   have   li»en filled   by     women   during  the     w-ar   be! .given    liil i   to    ;Vturi I'ng.     soldi! Is fl'
the  memorial
concern.    The
a 4U-bed lios-
shows,   is   the
I most economical to operate. At tlio recent community meeting it was de¬ cided to strive for a fund of $100,000, $50,000 of which Is to be used as an endowment. With iiroper manage¬ ment and the local jili.\ sicians co-oper- atinfg, within two years the hospi¬ tal should be able to support itself, and with state aid, wliich can lie se¬ cured, wiil in- in a position to care tor charity cases as well. -A.lready iiliout $20,000 has been pled.ged. establish a liospital of 40 beds, anl establish a hosjniail uf W Iieds, and this incluUeii the -0 beds in tiie wiirds, ii is planned, as did. Sellersville, to siiirt wth just iis many as the linan- eiiil support as tlic lociil patronage will justify. StaH:? aid "caii lie se¬ cured in any case, provided there is need for state help and provided that charity  cases are cared  for.
So far il.- 1,'an be learned there is no design on  ihft  l.'urf  of  llie Colony  club
uXo. foist   .ipoii   till-   '      ,:;':.i)-ii.'.    a   large 'TffiStitutiuu     witll     ri.i.--iiiog     overhead char.ges    that  will    cripple  its    useful¬ ness  or  make  it  an   unfair  burden  to
j the  community,   but   rather   to   let   its
WHITPAIN AND L. GWYNEDD.
Who's Who and What's^ vVhatXthe Two Townshipa.
-V. JI. Perez, wiio is farmer for W. .S. lia Ilowell, on his Penllyn fami, has oeen making a specialty of pork raising, and aftc>' years of experience he lias selected the Hampshire breed, as t!ie most ficceptable and economi- ,cal pork producer in the whole list. He recently sold seven little pigs from one litter for $10 each. The pigs raniied from six lo eight weeks old iUii' weighed from 2b to 40 pounds. Tile 40-pounder w-as aged ii trifle over s(x weeks. .Another .grade mother of Chester White and Hampshire breed lia! 10 pigs in one family. ;ind some of th'.-.se youngsters put on weight at: the rate of three pounds for the tirst j week. ;
The  hoard  of governors  met  at  the | Fellowship       club     house,      Gw-ynedd, | Thursday     evening.    Joseph     Whitley, I Jr..   of  -Vorlh   Wales,   was   elected   to ' the   vice-presidency   of   the   club,   and 1 VVilllam   G.   Just,     of   Gwynedd,      was elected  to  Iill  a  vacancy  in  the  board | of -overnors.     it   wn.-,  announced   that j llie  Ijiiard  expects  tiie  chiirter  to  close ; i witii  lhe April  meeling,  which  will  be i iie-Vl   the  second   Thursday  evening of - thiit   month.     After  ihat   time  all  new [ mernlitit'*   will  ,lSe   taxed   an   entrance fee in additior/ to the dues.    Five  new members   were   haljoted   for   Thursday evtinliig, w-hich brin.i^s, the'club's mem-j lit-r'siiip up to S7. ...... I
i:oss Rile and family, - of Blue Bell, i hiU e been enjoying tiie use of elec- i trie lightti ih  their home. |
I'aniel Kingsley and family, of Blue | Be!],   have   moved   to   I'hiladelphia.        i
Walter   Shaeff,    of   Blue    Bell,    hira i received   w-ord   of   the   serious   illness : of   bis   brother   Charles,    wiio   resides in  Norristown.
Earl Wood, of Centre Square, hat; purehased  ii / Chevrolet  roadster.
George Ro.ssite.r. «L' Blue Bell, is improving  after   his   recent  accident.
.Mrs. Harry Sholler, of Jlassachu- setts. Is spending some time with her son. William Sholler, and wife, of Blue   Uell.
Jlichael Jlontgomei-v. who live' on the farm of Lyman Biddle, near Pen¬ llyn, moved on  .Monday lo Roxborough.
Charles Haley, of Blue liell, pur¬ chiised two dressed hogs on Jlonday from   Frank   Famous,  of  Franklinvillef
Horace Phipps, of Blue Bell, pur¬ chased a pair of horses at the Fretii sale   last   week.
Win. JI. Johnson, of Ambler, who wa.-i liookKetiRr at J-, Walson Craii's AmMer coal aud leed ..vara, lias rented the Penllyn coal and feed yard of tile owui", Wm. G. Just, an 1 will reopen s:oiii' for bu.siness eurl.v in -April. 'I'lie .>vioi hbu.se and coiil liins will greeted on ;i K.iihstantial idan. ~ J'r. iind Mrs. Rowliind Wentz, of J<"loiJ|-.o\rii.    sp. lit    the    v.eek-end    wltii
Joseph Siioemuker uiul lumily at Blue
fioU.
>. Jlrs.    Harry    A\'iiltoii,      of    [¦"ranklln- j-vi:ie,   is   improving-  and  is  able   ta be 'down   stiiirs   after   her   recent   ajjack Ippeiidicitis. 'riU'_ianiii.v    ol'    I'Tilgar    Clayiotj,
!       Gwynedd   Church, 39   in   Service.
'     i"ew,   if   ;iny,   counlry   congregations
j liave contributed a greater  number of
members  to  the  national  service  than
I lias   the    Church  of  the   Messiah,     of
Gwynedd.   Rev.   B.   N,  Bird,   rector   of
Ihis     Interesting     congregation,      has
eonipiled an "honor roll of the Jlessiah
Diocese,"   which   ahow-s   that   30, mern-
I bers answered the call for service diir-
! ing   the   war.     Of   that   number   four
made   the   supreme   sacrifice,     havin.i;
died   in   action   on   the   battlefields   of
France, and  two  were  Vvounded.
Those w-iio gave their lives for tlie sake of humanity were Julian Cornell Biddle, iin iiviator witli the 'Group of the Swiins." of the Lafayette Escad- rilie; Cajitain Henry, inger.soll, of Company H, 313th Infantry; Lieuten¬ ant .Vorton Downs, Jr., of tlie United t-'tates -Air .Service; Corporal Charles Troster. ot Company L,  30th  Infantry,
Four young women of the con,grega- tion also gave of their service: JIiss Editn Biddle is doing ' reconstruction work in England; Jliss lOlizabeih Smith and .Miss Emily Kaighn Smitli were with the Y. JI. C. .-V. doing can¬ teen work and Miss Elsie -Armstrong with the Red Cross, Base Hospital; ill No. IS.
Other  men   who  saw  active   service in France itre  Captain Alfred A.  Bid¬ dle,  Lieutenant France C.  Boyer, Cor¬ poral   Henry  Grant   AVelTiank,   Captain , .Vlbert    J.>ii wrence   Smith,     J^ieutenant j siile Tiiomas    JlcKean   Downs,     Lieutenant i Godfrey  Ii.  Smith, 'Lieutenaiu  Charles Jared    Ingersoll,    Ensign    Rudolph    S. Liebig, Cainain  Muscoe it.  C.  Gariielt, I'.iisicn  Edward  B.  Smith. Jr.;   Corpor¬ al   Isa.ic  it.   l.iavis,  Cor^ioral   Stevenson Jlorris      Colliers,       Corporal       Ralpii Pierce    .Vicholson,     Stephen     JIcKtan i>owns.  Earl  Blair Lanlell, -Albert i^u- | gene  Schneider,  George  Houston   Wil¬ son,      iJawson    R.   Collins,      R,    -Morris I Roberts,   John   AV.  Armstrong,   AVilliam Penn  -Aimsti-ong, Albeit  Edward  Arm- stron.g,   tiaviii    .Vellson    AVilson,    Row¬ land    Evans,   Jr.,   Harry   P.   .Springer, Williani Penn -Armstrong and R. Mor¬ ris   Rolierts   were   wounded   in   action.
The following did not get in service overseas : Lieutenant Henry Brinton Cox, Jr., Lieutenant Robert Sturgis Ingersoll, Sergeant John Henry Ringe, Jr., Sergeiint Lewis Troster, John Ho¬ bart Ingersoll,  -Melvin  F. James.
Rev. Jlr. 1 lird served nearly a year as cliapliiin iit Camp Meade and had chiirge of the Epiphany Chapel iind House there until the 22d of last Jan¬ uary, w-hen he returned to his charge at Gwynedd,
near arbor
Biibylon, near  his
PROSPECTVILLE,
-Artliur Jlarkley haa purchased a Bethlehem   truck.
A truck load of straw lielonging to Kriink ¦ i->ei-liiiidii- -.vas accidentally burned last Thursday while on its way lo Wiiham Koehlers to b.   weighed.
Mr.s. Willnm .Wsmoiid, of Soutiiamp- lon. iias iieiiii siiending some time witii liOi- p.ire.it.-. Jlr. iind Jlrs. Thos. who havi. bolli been sici-i. Gouak spent Sunday witii ids sister. Jlrs. Konald W^iJherly, in Philadelphia.
Jlr. aiul Jlrs. -Albert Brand and VVatsyii Furmu.n, of Ambler, and .Mr. and  jr;>'. Paul AViitt.'?, o^-PhlUidelphia,
'¦"'   '"^-i AValton. Leslie
visitor.-
home
HORSHAIM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous  Items of. Interest^to Many Readers.
John   B.   Park's   Insurance  Trifle   More Than  $5000—Dresher    Postoffice   Ex- aminiJtion—Jarrettov/n     Real     Estatei Is  Active—Personals   and   Miscellan¬ eous. j     Charles    Jarrett,    of,' I hiis   rebuilt   the   grape residence.
On Sunday the board of supplies of the K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, visit¬ ed the liom?. Jlessrs. Archer antl Er¬ vin, of l-'hiladclphiii, comprising thi-s board, came out from Philadelphia.
Jlrs. Tiioriitoii Stackhouse, of the K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, wiio has been  quite  ill,  is  steadily  improving.
JIiss  Florence  AVhiteside,  teacher of the  Willow Grove school, who  was very Willi     quinsy   al   her   home     near Babylon,   is  recoveripg.
Joseph      AVhiteside,       of      Babylon; Frank   Oelirle,     of   county   line,     and James   Harrar,   of   near   Hallowell,   on Tuesdny   afterii,o,jn     .ittended   a     cow It ^..loyleslo'.va.        * i.ieuiliant   J.jsepii    Wood,    Jr.,    who spent a portion of tiic winter in Pitts¬ burgh,   has  returned   to  his   Jabelwadi farm, Davis Grove.    Jlr.  Wood has 300 acres under his control, an.l as a side line   to   his  farm   supervision   has   tait,- en il liosition u.s lociil ugeni for Towu- .;x>..-,... i send, the,bond iiroker, of Phila.lelphia. t ]=;u- j M'".  Wooil  will cover several adjoiiiins' tow-nships  iis  his  territory.
Joseiih iv. Wliiteside, of Baliylon, has sold two'cows lo Jlorris Goldstein, of   l-'ort  Washington.
Jlrs. Twining, of Davis Grove, has been (lUitc ill.
AValter V. Allen, who recently pur¬ chased the John C. AVhiteside farm, near Babylon, has been removing therefrom the dying trees and trans¬ forming the wood into stove lengths. Mrs. Frank JI. Dager, of -Vorris¬ town road, Horsham, lias been quite ill.
!     Hallowell   farmers     claim   that     the freiglit     rates     of     the     Phila.lelphia I Rapid     Transit'company,     more   than any   other   one   thing,   has   caused   the ! farmers   to   cease   shipping   their   pro- I duce   liy   trolley   freight,   and   to   pur- I chase motor trucks. ' Jlany local farm- I ers,  during  the past  .vear,  have joined I the ranks of motor  truck owners  and. 'are now liauliii;;- their produce in  tlieir I own   vehicles.     -Xot   only   have   freight I rates advanced,  but  the  costs for un¬ loading   and   draya.ge   in   Philadelphia, as   w-ell,   so   that  noiv   the  frei.ylit   and other necessar.v  charges  for  each  bar¬ rel  of carrots  shipped by trolley amount to -ll cents. -Melville Buekman. of Hal¬ lowell,   recently   had   occasion   to   test oul the freiglii  rate as cijnipared  witii the   expense   uf   motor   truck   hauling, and in three loiids he Siived $1.J by us¬ ing his own conveyance, i     iu a recent contest  at  the  German- town  High   school   Joseph   K.   AVhite¬ side,  Jr.,  of Babylon,   won third   place fur   Hatboro    lugii   sliooting   fouls   in
Miss Goentner said it  will be necessary. -'Jlenti'm     somo    i 'J-'l.eo'lore    f?ooseveil of   emulition."      Jlr. one   ever   questioned
he does not think
haractorlstlcs of that are worth.v- Kiii.s-?.v said uo Roosevelt's hon¬ esty. He went on iind poured out a perfect jiicture of this great -Ameri¬ can.
Jlrs. Penro.se .gave an e.xcellent re¬ sume of the current history. .
.A ' ver.v iicute feeding of sympatliy existed for the great loss one of the most valued members of the club cx- lierienced ill the very destructive tire lliat shocked the community on AVed¬ nesday night. Both men and women expressed a desire tp help -Vlr. and Mrs. Park if possible, and all express¬ ed  affection and  regret.
After some general discussion the club adjourned to meet with Mr. and Mrs. AVilliams on Saturday evening, April  12.
EUREKA.
-About 40 guests helped Frank AV. AVorth celebrate his birthday on Tues¬ day  evening.
Jlr. and Jlrs. A. D. Jlarkley and JIiss AVilma Jlarkley were entertained on .Sunday by Jlr. iind Mrs. Leslie Da- ,ger,  of Flourtown.
JIiss Jfae> Kohler s'pent isevei-{il days of last week visiting Jlr. ancl Jlrs.  Judson  AVeidner,  of  l.ansdale.
Jlr. and Jlrs. Lioward -Mullen spent last   Wednesday   in   Philadelpliiii.
Tiie Ladies' -Aid and Jli-^sionary so¬ cieties will meet this AVednesday af¬ ternoon in the Sunday school room of the church at 2 o'clock.
The basket ball game held in Doy¬ lestown on Friday evening was well iittended, the score being 28 to 2-1 in favor of Doylestown, although Hat¬ boro has il strong team also. -A. dance followed  the game.
I .L. JIacXiiir is again on the sick list.
SPRINGHOUSE.
j     Jlr.   -Alexander   Scholz   moved   fronx I -Ambler   to   the   home   of  Jlrs.   George I Walters on Tuesday. :     I'.iihiii   Kiliblehouse's   new   barn   has 1111.-11  jjainted.
Jlr, and Jlrs. P. J. Barker, of Phoenixville, were visiting John AViley and family on Jlonday.
Frederick Carlson, of Pine Run farm, spent the week-end with rela¬ tives  in   Philadelphia.
John Hino and family movifd to Pine  Run   farm  last. week.
Mr.   Call, who   has   been   In   France for  a  yeiir,   visited  his  family  at  this pilace   and    Ui.fln    retuiiiedi   to    camp. Jlr.   (:!ali   expects   to   be  mustered   out .soon.
Ephraim Steever, son of Jlr. and Jlrs. -Albert AValters, who was ser¬ iously III with Influenza, is much im¬ proved.
u.s.'fulness and humanitariiiii w-ork I.e tae factors to defrmine its enlar.uc- ment, scope and progress.
The Colony club does not claim credit for tlie concoplion of lhe pro¬ po.sed mimorial. for the memliers look back to last fall during the height o. the iiitluenza epidemic, wiien throu.uli the energy of JTrs. George J- Cook.- Jlrs. J. AV. A'iiux, -Mrs. Ingersoll and others an emergency hospilal was es¬ tablished In Anibler to properly ciir. for cases that wor surrounded Iiy unsauitary conditions and. receivim insuHicient treatment in. their own homes. At that time there were more than iiO such eases in South -\mlilcr alone, and in some homes sick persons were found on each lloor, with child¬ ren runnin.g in and out of the sici. rooms actually courting contagion. Tliese conditions were improved be¬ cause of tbe hospital movement a that time. Later on at a meeting "f the local branch of the Ambler P.' 1 Cross, as the useful war work neari i il close, the president, Jlrs. Nortoa Downs, in an address launched tlie memorial hospital idea as a fitting tribute in a most practical v.ay in honor of the IjOys who fought and di'd that we might continue tO' enjoy tiie blessings of Christian civilization. From tlie emergency hospitiil effoi-t and the president's suggestion at tiie Red Cross ineeting the -Ambler Colony club has taken up the work and is pushing it along, with the help of tiie community, to a vital, 'practical aad humanitarian   realization.
*«»Tf*J^tsil,   !tre.»..titflicifed^ -wiUjjv S' I fever.'"-''¦'¦- '
Fi-ank Hibshman iind famil.'. of Blue Bell, spent Sunday in West J'hil- adelphia.
Mrs. John lilauer, of Blue Bell, has i been entertaining her niece and child- j ren for a few days,
I     Jlrs,  I'red.  Slingluff,  of Fort AVash¬ ington, forinerl.\- of  tiluc Bell, has been ; on  th.e sick  list.
j     iiev. J.   Ij.   Ijitrich, of  Nortii  AVales. ' spent     the     week-end      with      l-higene .Wentz and  family, of Blue  Bell. I      Miss   -Vppenzeller,      of    Philadelphia, has returned- to her iiome afler spend- in.g two weeks with Mrs. Frank Hibsh¬ man, of Blue  Bell.
John A. Bauer, of Blue Uell, caught a   fine   big  skunk  on   Jlonday.
James Hand, of Iilue Bell, ins been •laid  up  witll  rheumiitism.
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Auto  Thieves   in   Willow   Grove.
-Automobile thieves are operating in AVillow Grove and east of Ambler, I llie motorcar has been stolen, a sec¬ ond was removed from a garage and was stalled in the mu.; a half mile away, and in a third instance the ¦m.en were intercepted in the effort to .steal a car, and lied after tho owner had fired several shots at them.
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Fort Washington Wreck Inquest.
-A. coroner's inquest is being ii' d in Norristown court house with re¬ gard to the rear-end collision of tcai is jusl south of Fort AVashington siatien on the Reading riiilroad. on the .>ve i- ing of Jan. 13. Coroner -Veville, of Jlontgomery count.v, is being as.^isied by Deputy Coroner Sellers, of I'iinii- delphia.
Follow-ing is the list of the dead ii- a result of the accident :
Julian   Hugo,   North   AVales.
Frank  Solliday,   .Xorth   AA'ales.
B.   Oakford   AVorrall,   -Xorth   AVaIe>
Raymond Bechtel,   .X'orth  AVales.
JIiss Hazel Rudolph,  -Xorth  AVii!-.
Lawrence  Pottiger,  North AA'^ale-
JIiss Elmlra Clara Lewis, N Wales,
Norman Johnson,  North A\'ale.<.
Frank l-"ry. North Wales.
JIiss   -Anna   Renner,   Ambler,
JIiss   Ella Stong,  -Ambler.
Rabel   Huff,   North   Wales,   Ulie. Jewish    hosjiitiiUi    •Philadeljiliia), his  death  to   be  passed   on   by   P! delphia  coroner.  ,   „.
JIiss -Ada .Allebach, -Xorth AV; died in Chestnut Hill hospital and death will be passed on by Philii phiii  coroner.
Floyd Huston, North. Wales, di' Philadelphia,
J. AA'alter Lauer ii.nd Robert Kleinfelder, both of Ambler, and passenger.s on the local were among those who gave graphic account- of the  wreck.
illerv now stationed a having just returned was a welcome visitor his   luirents   last  w-eei;.
Jlr. and Jlrs. Robert Serrill, Jlrs. ThiiOdore Serrill, and Jlr. and Jlrs. Jolin Serrill .mended the funeral of Williani C>: Wilson in Philiidelphia last SiitunHay. Intermarit at .Xorili Cedar   i'liil   cemetery.
Kenneth, John and Dudley, cliild¬ ren of Mr. and Jlrs. George Lear, iire on   th';'   siek   list.
Walter Fillman has secure.I a posi¬ tion with Richard A'aux.
JIiss   Lillian   lii.xon   and  -Alfred  Dix-
net 1)1*0
program presented was a "Patty's Party," and comprised music by the Olney orchestra, greeting by Kathryn Jlonteith, and tlun followed the hum¬ orous "Box of Jlonkeys," i.i two acts, most credita,bly presented by local talent,   the-chaxacters   licin.'.;. tal;en  by
• John   C.   Whiteside,   Thornton   Ruther¬ ford,      Daisy    M.    Maurer,      Iii; len   E.
' Thomiison     and     -Margiiel-ite  Wtbster. During   tlie   interniisKioii   an   Irish   jig-
I was  given   hy  lOail  Tysoii  and   "Jim's
! Bride"    was   preseiitel   by   lolanthe   D. Maurer.      Little   -Alisses   Florence   and
on,      of   Philadelphia,     spent   Sunday i Martha   Ramsey   also    sang with their piirents. j usual   deli.yhtful   manner.
Jlr.   and   -Airs.   iUury   AVeikel   .spent I     On   Saturday   in   Hatboro Jlr.   and    Jlrn      "    '
in    their
Dance to Aid  Horticultural School,
Society miiids and matrons are in¬ terested in the dances being given every afternoon and evening this week I
Sunday     witli Lear.
Jlr. and  Jlrs. latives   in   tiie day.
Jlrs.   Laurii
to beneiit the School of Horticulture at -Ambler.
Great interest also is being taken in each dance, as a number of well known women, who are eitiier on the board of directors of this school, or who are deeply interested in the suc¬ cess of the dances will act as chap¬ erons.
The first of these dances was held Monday afternoon at the AValton hotel in tlie Indian room. Jlrs. John Gribbel and Jliss Eleanor Earle were the chajierons. Jlrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd and Jlr.s. Charles Dudley wtre the chajitrons Tuesday night. Jlrs. Casjiar AVista;- Hacker, will chaperon the guests on Thursday afternoon. Mrs, Herbert S. Darlington wiil be on duty  on   Friday  night.
Jliss  JIary   Smith,   daughter  of  Jlr. i jjrs.   Jl and     Jlrs.   Horace  E.  Smith,    of  llOS i week. Spruce street.    JIiss Eliziilieth Lee and; JIiss  Eiiiirii  Plan  luive taken AVednes¬ day afternoon.    JIiss Edith Smith will be one of the  guests  of honor at one when   her   parents   will the theatre at a supper
George Rue visited re- neighborhood   ou   Sun-
AVeiss     spent   Tuesday
visiting in Norristown
Herman -Arnold and family and.  Mrs.   Fred.   -Arnold,   Sr., A'alley,   were   the   guests   of Airs.  -Arthur AVilliams  ou Mr.   and     .Mrs.   Joseph
iind Mr. of Rose Jlr.   and
hinday.
Slielly,     of
near Sjiringhouse, were enteitained at the home of Jlr. and Jlrs. Leslie Shejiherd on Saturday and Sundiiy.
Edward Boehner and AValter Hittle spent Sunday with Jlr. and Jlrs. Char¬ les    Buck   at   North   AA'ales.
Raymond Weidner and family spent Sunday with Jlr. and Mrs. Huiold Tif¬ fany  in  Philadelpliia.
Thomas Biizby and Earl Buzby vis¬ ited Jlr. und Jlrs. Ralph Jloore on Sunday.  
Jlrs.   Harry   Longcope,   of   Pliiladei-
Jihia,   was   the   guest   of   her   mother,
Lukens,     several     days   la.st
Small   Boy
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in nd da¬ les, iier :.'.el-
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B. .oth
of the tables entertain after and dance.
Among  tlie     other  cliaperons    were Miss  Hilda   Justice    anl   JIiss   Emma Blackison for Tuesdii>- night, Wednes- j day  niyht,     Jlrs,   Isa.ic   La   Coiteaux; I Jlrs.   Horace  Sellers  iocl  Jlrs. Freder- i ick  C.  Stout   will   act   iis  chaperon on Thursday     night,       Fridiiy     afternoon Miss  Katherine  Shipley,   Jlrs,  Horatio Gates Lloyd  and  Jlrs.  Charles  Dudley will  also  be   on   duty   Sitturday  iifter¬ noon   in   addition   to  Tuesday  night.
The alumnae of tiie school iind Miss Emily -Axley and Jli.-^s Jane Righter have selected Saturdi.y night to ha\'e charge  of the  last  dance.
—For a mild, easy action o:' the bowels, try Doan's Regulets.a modern laxative. 30c at all stores. 20 mar It
—Red clover seed Is bringing ?30 a bushel in  the  Perkiomen valley.
Mrs. Strassburger to  Receive $4,000,000
Jlore than $1,000,000 is bequeathed to Mrs. Ralph Beaver Strassburger, of Normandy farm, Gwynedd Valley, under the '.vill of her father, the late Commodore Frederiik G. Bourne, of New York. There lire seyen children, among wdioni the estate, estim.ated at $30,000,000, is to be divided equ.ally af¬ ter bequests to charity have been paid.
Last May the engagement of Miss Marion C. Bourne, another daughter, to -Alexander Benson, son of Jlrs. Ed¬ win Benson, whose father was once president of the Union Leiigue, is first secretary of the American embassy in Mexico, and there has been a rumor recently among friends of the couple that the engagement has been broken.
Is   Active Salvage.
Kenneth .Xiiti Baker, the siiiiiU so'.i of Lieutenant and .Mrs. R, H, Baker, of Centre Squiire, and grandson of Dr, Charlotte Baker, has achieved by his own efforts the title of captain and an honor decoration of a red, while and blue ribbon for service In the Jiliiior R«l Cross. By working ever.v spare minute. Kenneth, in the inief space of three days had brought into the Roseville school, where he is a jiupil, salvage to the amount of 300 credits. Old tires, rubber tubings and papers were industriously salvaged by this li- year-old  boy.
The children of the Roseville school are doing good work in the Red Cross salvage. They have the system of credits now being used in the .San Diego schools during the present drive. Salvage to the value of a cent rejire.sents one credit, i.'i credits re¬ present the rank of a high private; SO, the rank of a lieutenant, and 300 wins the captaincy and the red, w-hite and blue   ribbon.
Fire  Co. Contributors.
Follow-ing is tho list of contributors to the Wissahickon Fire Co's, special funil. E.    Paul,   Elizabeth   Luttoh,
Mrs. Anna Button, Chas, R. Weil, AVm. Wllkins Carr, Chas. P. Charlton, Sr., Samuel T. Shoemaker, Annie Detwil¬ er, E. W. Clemens, Ambler Colony Club, Wm. W. Doughton, Mrs. C. Besson. Dr. D. W. Shelly, Blair, Adolph Quit.
- -.    —        canetery
beorge I ware inienved the remains of Johu Seiple, of Horsham, whose death oc¬ curred the previous AVednesday af¬ ter il long illness. He was in the 7atli year of his age. He leaves a wife, -Mary Delp, formerly of Hilltown; two daughters, l''lorence, w-Ife of Percy Craig, of Logan; JIiss Cora, of Hor¬ sham, and one osn Harry, who also lives at home. The greater part of his life was spent in Ivyland and Hatboro. He Wiis a jiroininent member of th3 .Odd Fellow and the Red JIan societies. Jlrs, James Ramsei', of Horsham, spent Jlonday at the Methodist con¬ ference.
It is probable that John B. Park, of Horsham, will not at this time rebuild his barn, whicii was destroyed by tire early Wednesday ovening of last week. The flames were discovered shortly before S o'clock, and iill the family Wiis awiiy. Howard 11. AVilliams, a, neighbor, rushed over and succeeded In rescuing a ciiri-Iago. the lourink? car and a mowing machine. Tha house roof was then seen to be iitlro iind the efforts of all hands were nec- esiiry to save the dwelling. Miss Phelie Potts telojihon"d for the Hor¬ sham, and one son Harry, who also on the scene and was playing on tho dames when the Hatboro company ar¬ rived. These were soon followed by companies from Jenkintown, Glenside, Ivyland and other places. The house was entered and streiims of chemicals and waier were applied to the roof and otiier exjiosed portions. Guards were placed at the door to allow In onl.v tlioso who were of service. The hoii.se was saved, but the members of th Horshain company remained on the scene until early mornin.g to be of further service ilf ueleded. -All, tl^ machinery, four horses, a crib of corn, il mow of hay, tools, harness, etc., were destroyed, together with the barn and surounding sliodding. The build¬ ings and conii uts were insured in the Union .Alutuai iind liie Perkiomen Val¬ ley Mutual companies, and tho horse-* were insured in the Nortii AA'ales eom¬ pany. The sum amounts to more than $3000, but the loss is-mtich great¬ er. It is probable that Jlr. Park, (or the present at least, will niiiko use of the buildings on the Iredell farm, whicii adjoins, which jiroperty has- been rented for two vears bv his son, Benjamin P. W. Piirk. -Air. Park feels veiy grateful to fire compunios and his n.'ighbors who rendered such val¬ iant help to s.avo his property, and but for whoso efforts the house would ti.ave been destroyed as well as the barn and content)?. The roof of the houso is so much damaged that ii new one will probably bo erected thereon.
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