The Ambler Gazette 19190206

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COLD POINT AND PLYMOUTH
Bappeninfes ot Local Interest to Our Readers.
COLD POINT CASTLE WiNS.
Afaia  Captures District Prize  for Membership.
NoN-iAXfAYBRS  vHlfPAiN AVD
Harmonville's     IVIysterlous     "Woman" i Starts Campaign for New  (Members to
Last '.jntil the End of IVIarch—Will Visit Aquila Castle, Perkasie, on Feb. 17—What the Order Is.
Cold   Point  castle,   No.   103,   Knigtits
CRlPPiE AMBLEK
Compel Council to Borrow to Pay Current Bills.
L GWYNEDD.
Who's Who and What'.s ^hat in the Two Townshipo.
Believed to Be a Man—Service at Hickorytown Mission—Other Church Notes—Personals  and   Miscellaneous.
Walter   N.   Clai-k,     o£   6%l     ^Astor i . _,    „	
Btreet, Norristown, who waa agent at Golden Eagle, has just completed the Corsons station, Cold Point, died on i tnrce desre s on the first two appli- Fiiday at 5 p. m. after 10 days' Illness, I r^ants thi.s year—Charles Hoeblcr and a greater portioc of wdiich time hf William Daywalt, both of Plymouth was   unconscious      He   was   31   years   Meeting.
of age and leal d a wife, Julia L. | Tho order is starting a campaifm Clark, and two children. Interment | for new members to last until the end was made in Un lon cemetery, White- i of March when a monster initiation marsh, on Mondi.y. The deceased was'nnd banquet will be h^Id at the K- G. agent at the Reading's Spring Mill. 13. headquarters at 814 and 16 North station for some months. At Corsons, Broad atreet, Philadelphia, which will he succeeded L. C. Clewell. he the celebration of the 43d annlver-
' Mrs. Jacob Hi>,rt, of Cold Point, has j sary of the grand castle of Pennsyl- just completed her third sweater forjvania. It is conf^mplated that the tho   Red   Cross.     In   addition   to   this; one   new   degree   will   be  used   on  the
she has done other work for the local branch in addition to the care of her aged mother and the numerous duties incident to the conduct of a well man¬ aged household on a large truck farm.
Oeorge Sheller. Jr., has purchased a horse at Walker's bazaar, Norristown, to replace the one recently lost by death.
'.Mrs. Rebecca Hampton, of Cold Point who underwent an operation at Hahnemann hospital, is Improving nicely,
Mrs. LUlle Jarden, of Wyndmoor, spent Sunday with Mrs. David Smith at Cold Point.
Robert Blair, of Conshohocken, spent Wednesday of last week with Jacob Hart at Cold Point.
Miss Mabel Fisher, of Hickorytown, visited Mrs. William Ryan, of Norris¬ town, on Friday.
occasion, thus eliminating the three degree.^ now uaed.
Cold Point castle. No, 103, has again received the district prize by showing the largest percentage gain In mem¬ bership, this being the aecond succes¬ sive yoar the Cold Point lodge has captured this honor.
A large number of members expect to pay a fraternal visit to Aquila cas¬ tle,, No. '330, of Perkasie, on Monday evening, Feb. IT, which is also Per¬ kasie's anniversary night, .and a good time is expected, as Aquila castle Is one of the most active organizations In this section of the state.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle ia an organization founded on the his¬ tory of the crusades, and which teach¬ es the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. Members of the ord»r   are   required   to  believe   In   the
Mr. and Mrs. James Lowrie and i existence of a Supreme Being and to family spent Friday evening with Mr. be of the Christian faith, but the and  Mrs. James P. Rhoads. Christianity  of  the  order  is not   sec-
Samuel Fisher, Sr., of Hickorytown, tarian. The ritual vitalizes truths as has been confined to h>s home with a old aa the, world. It makes prominent severe coid. i the  virtues  of  ven'^ration  for relisrion.
Miss Mildred Oppenlander, of Ger-1 fidelity, valor, courtesy, hotior, char- mantowu, spent the wetk with her j ity. temiieranco and hospitality, aunt Mrs. John Stout at Hickorytown. I The order stands for what is high- Mr. and Mrs. Joseph James and two, e.st and best in citizenship, in char- daughters, of Hickorytown, spent Sun- itv, in morals, a. friend of the man day in West Philadelphia visiting the who needs friendship; it helps men to latter's  sister. | he  men   and   to  remain   men.     It  has
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Rhoads and fn- its- il'.AA '.ho wlml' ea.-th; for itn daughter Dorothy, of Hickorytown, j task the visitnig of the sick, relief of visited Mr. and Mr.s. David Rhoads on' the distre.=!Kod, burial of the dead, Sunday. I'rotection of the widow and the edu-
Mr. and Mrs. Iiarvey Rex, of Hick-I <:!-ion  of the orphan.
There is a ladies' auxiliary, whicii n-jpeals to the wife, mother, sister, diiughter and  fi-iend.     In  addition  tb
orytown, on Sunday visited Mra. Katei Engert, of Philadelphia, who is suffer- i ing from the effects of a stroke.
Mrs.  Jacob   Hart,   of  Cold   Point,   is  order has a military branch.    The cost
_„               „              r. .      i-          r   oi_*„ A musicale will be given at the Blue I Effort   to   Secure   Relocation   of   State j,,,,,   j^j^.^   school   on   Saturday   even- Police   In   Ambler—Street   and   Pav- ]„-,   Feb.   8,   at   8   o'clock,   by   Spring ing Conditions—Will   Enforce  Ordin- City  friends  of   Mrs.   Bauer's,   for  the ances-Miscellaneous   Business. ^^^f'} of the patients at the Chestnut .,   .      ^. IIUI Consumptive Home.    A Sliver of- Ambier borough council, for the sec- f^,.),,^, ^ij, y,^ taken at the door, ond   time   within   a   few   months,   has ,p,j,.   Lower   Gwyned   board   of   road been   compelled   to   negotiate   a   tem- .supervisors at the last meeting order- porary   loan  to  liquidate  current  bills, p,,  ^^^.^ ^^.^^^ ^^ complete the  resur- ana  at   the  same  time  there  are  out-i i-,,pi„^,   ^.^^.^      .p^g   ,.(,jj^y   ^re   all   in Stan ling  taxes  of  both   1918  and   131' cutidaion.    About $22J0 remains in the that should be paid.    The condition is treasury   with about $1100 uncollected not fair to the  borough,  it is  not fair ly^^e-s
to   those     real   est^ite     owners     who j^,.'  3^^,^   j^^.^    Pemberton   Hollings- promptly pay their taxes, and it is not ^o. tii, of Gwynedd, who are now stay- fair   to   borough   council,   which   Is   In j,,^,   ^^   Philadelphia,    will    leave    in temporary   financial   embarrassment. March  on  a  tour  of  tho   world  to  bo At Monday evening's meeting, which gone   six   months.     They   will   go   to was   presided   over   by   Chairman   Ir- California,   then   to  Jajian   by   way  of vin,  and   attended    by  Messrs.   Lauer, Honolulu,   China,     and   back   through 1 Hamilton. Irvin, Hayden, Heckler, Gil- Europe and England, iin and  Biddle, Mr. Heckler, chairman Aliss   Kvelvn   itos.s,   ot   Blue   Bell,   is iof   the   finance     committee,     reported staying in  the  city  during the week, outstanding taxes amounting to $4894, The  work  has   been  started  on   the I with bills listed a little short of $5000. harn of R. K. Kibblehouse, of Spring- He   said   there  are   about   $1000   taxes house,   which   was   recently   destroyed ' unpaid from 1917 and about $4000 yet by fire,    Walter  Shaeff,  of  Blue  Bell, due   from   1918.     He   suggested     that has the contract.
council   seriously   consider   tho   sltua- Mr. and Mrs. Ross Rile, of Blue Bell,
tion.    Collector Scott promises a pay- and Dr. E. A. Rile and family, of Am-
ment  very   soon. blcr,  spent  Sunday  afternoon  at   Sel-
Treasurer S. A. Faust also discussed lersville.
the   condition,   adding   that   taxes   for The     Ladies'      Mite      society,      of
igi'S   havo     just   been   paid     and   the Boelim's .- church,      will     pneet     th**
year's books closed.    If the taxes were Thursday at tho home of Mrs. J. Irvin
paid as  they  should  be council  would Yost,  Centre   Square,
not be short of funds, as the members The family of A. H .Stover, of Blue
have been most economical during the Bell,   will  move  this  week  to   Norris-
year  in  all   the expenditures. town.
The finance committee was request- ,  ^ayid K. Bernhard   of EYanklinville
ed  to  go  over  the   list  presented   for ^'^[^  the misfbrtune  to have  his  I-ofd
exoneration of 1917 taxes, and the pro- automobile      stolen      from       Boehm s
per  offlcials  were  empowered   to  exe- church  on  Sunday  evening.    The  car
cute a note in the sum of $2000 to be was recovered  on  Tuesday  at Cavan-
paid  out of    the  incoming    Uixes  for :\"Bh s  garage.     Fifteenth   and     Race
1918.     The   labor   and     material   bills f'rects      Philadelphia.     It   was   unin-
were then ordered paid. J"'"'-''', but two searchlights and a pair
^,          ,, .^         .               .            ..«   . of gloves from the car were missing.
The   solicitor     hail   again     notified jj,.^   ,j,   j   jj.,      „f  3,^^   j^gj,    ^^.^
Herbert Gordon to remove t.ie frame operated upon at the Grandview hos- garage on North street which wa^ it„, ,,t ppllersville last week by Dr. erected without a permit and which i,,.^.^^ .^,,^ j^,. Wilkinson, has been condemned as a flre nsk. ^i^.^ ^^ j^p^j ^^^^ daughter Mar- Mr. Gillin, of the highway commit- gyriie, of Gei-m.antown, spent the tee, presented a plan of the boroug|i ne>U-end visiting Mr. and Mrs. W. H. streets  showing by  color their  condf- Adams at Penllyn.
lion ut present, and he also reportej i;ol)ert Kenyon, of Penllyn. at his in part a^ to iiavement, curb ancKgud I pia<e of employment on Tuesday had ter conditions.    He recommended  opej > ^js   liand   injured.
concrete gutters on Wysock alley anfl \    After  traveling from   U.  S.   to   -over nt Belmont avenue and Spring Oardehj there"   the   soldier's   Christmas    liack atreet.     He   stated     tbat    the     gutter , age, that was sent a few  week..; before along the   Hart  estate  on   Korest  ave-I Christmas  to   William   Ci.   Adams.   i\ iio
nue hill i.s weariii:;  into the road.    He ^a.s wiih the A. E. F., returned to the
OBITUARY.
LILLIE   M.   CREAMER.
Lillie M., wife of Charles T. Cream- e.-, of 214 Spring Garden street. Am¬ bler, died Friday evening at 6 o'clock, aged 48 years.
Deceased was a daughter of the late Uriah and Margaret Weidner, of Montgomery township, and 5b sur¬ vived by two brother.s : William, of Eureka,  and  Frank,  of Philadelphia.
Besides her husband she leaves the following sons and daughters . Law¬ rence, of Phiiadelphiii, and toJarcu.% James. Stanley, Margaret and Mae, of Ambler.
The funeral services were held Mon¬ day afternoon in the Ambler Pres¬ byterian church, in charge of the p.astor, Rev. George J. Crist. Inter¬ ment was made in Rose Hill cemi^tery.
HORSHAM AND UPPER DUBLIN.
Miscellaneous   Items of Interest t« Manv Rei'ders.
Walter John
V.   Allen    Buys     Farm     Fron» Whiteside — Upper       Dublin School   Board   Sells   Bonds — Jarret¬ town  and   Dresher.
On Saturday next will bo held thw annuiil <hickon supper in Jarrettown Metiiodist church. Adults, 35 cenis, and children, 20 cents. Candy, ice <reuni and  caken  for .sale.
The  Upjicr Dublin  school  board met LTNFORD  ROWI-^ND. Mondtiy  evening    at   Jarrettown     and
Mr. Lynford Rowland, an old and | transacted routine business. A bond respected citizen, of Cheltenliam, died ; issue of $5500 i Vi per cent, bonds on Jan. 27, from the infirmities of old j was sold to the First National Bank age. He was S8 years old. Mr. Row-I of Ambler, and the proceeds will ba land has lived in Cheltenham for many used to liquidate balance due on tho years, h.iving a fine country home on j I'^ort Washington scliool building. Rowland avenue. Up until a fewi Er, Ale.v. I!. Arthur, of near Davis weeks ago he was actively connected j Grove, will hold public sale of real wilh the T. Rowland's Sons plant a! estate and pi r.sonal property on hi» branch of the Ames Shovel and Tool I farm on Feb. 12. See adv. company, located on Central avenue, ! Walter V. Allen has purchased from which employs a large number of men. John C. Whiteside the farm, near- Mr. Rowland was born In 1832 and D.avis Grove, where Mr. Alien has: at an early age becanae a member of resided for the past five years. Tha- the firm of T. Rowland's Sons, a busi-; Property, comprising 104 acres, is one¬ ness founded by his grandfather in 1 of tho most productive farms of Hor- 1797. At the time the company was taken  over  by  the  Ames   people,   Mr.
Rowland was the directing head of the company and since that time ho has been connected with the plant in an advisory capacity. A son, Lynford Rowland, Jr., is general manager of tho Cheltenham plant. A daughter, Mrs. F. A. Leating, of Pittsburgh, and seventeen grandchildren also sur¬ vive.
Funeral services wero held on Wed¬ nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock and the interment was in the cemetery of the Oxford church.
AMANDA   S.   BOORSE.
Amanda S, Boorse, 44, died of pneu¬ monia, at her home 44 West Fifth street, Lansdale. Her husband is Parker Boor.s'e. Besides her husband, she is survived by her mother, Mrs. Lydia Kramer, and two children, Mar¬ ian and Wilbur, both of Lansdale.
Parker Boorse has lost botli his par¬ ents and his wife within a year.    His
sham township. Title will be passjed on or before April 1. The terms aref private. Mr. Whitesido will continue to make his home witli Mr. and Mrs, Allen,   the   latter   being  his  daughter.
Horsham farmers are complaining^ of the decreasing potato prices, and- aro disposed to stop marketing th© tuber.s for a  time.
William Whiteside and daughter. Miss Florence, of Horsham, spent Sunday afternoon with tho former's I'athtr, John C. Whiteside, near Davla Grovo.
Charles Schlachter, of Horsham road,  Horsham,  lias  been  very  ill.
While maladies elsewhere are cut¬ ting down school attendances, tha Babylon school of Horsham, still maintains a very high percentage of attendance.
Miss Mabel Allen, O'f Horsham, on Monday attended the funeral of Mrs. C.  T. Creamer in Ambler.
Captain Richard Vaux, wlio was; erroneously     reported   in   last  ' week's
mother  died  just a year a.go.     A few ! issue   as   having     been   .stationed     at weeks belore.  Abner  Boors?,  his  fatli-'Camp   Kell.v.   Texa.   hius   been   in   Bor-
recovering from bronchitifi.
of initiation is rcisonable, and tlie o'l-
Mrs. Sallie Slavin, of Cold Point, on  nortunity   for   helpfulness   and   to   be ¦Sunday was visited  by  her grandson,  helped  is open to aU in a most gen- Allen Slavin, of Conshohocken. uine way,
A mother dog on George Sheller's The organization is not an insnr- farm at Cold Point has an interesting ance order, but It doe^ offer benefits family of nine puppies. for  sickness  or  disability and  funeral
Mrs. Macemore, of Boyertown, has benefits. The order operates in 25 been spending a few weeks with her states of the union, with more than daughter, Mrs. Wairen Eisenberg, of SO.'OOO members. Ui- 10 Jan. 1 it ha.H the Lavino rctw, Plymoutli. paid   in   benefits   the  magnificent  sum
Charles Slavlii-and family,  oit Con-   of $g,6(IVW0,' 'with  more than  tti- i^ohocken,  were Friday guests of Mr.   oOO on  hand and  inve.sted and  Mrs.  Jacob  Hai't  and   Mr.s.   Sallie'     ]¦' you .are interested drop a c.-ud  to Slavin, of Cold Point. , your  home  castle.
Mrs.   Mary   Kirk,     of     Norristown, 1 	
spent   the   week-end   with   Miss   Lillie Kerper at Cold Point.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mc:-;ally Mass., has been visiting Mrs.  David  Smith,  of Cold Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. C. Duffleld and family and Mrs. Sarali White, of Nor¬ ristown, on Sunday .attended services at the Cold Point Baptist church.
asked   that   cownc il   consider   a   drain tor Lindenwold  and  Park avenues  and , suggested  continuin.i;  said  drain, • with assent of the Hurt estate, across But¬ ier   avenue,   through   the   Hart   estate |
stales and arrived at Penllyn on Mon- d.iy. Tlie contents were in ex(-ellent condition, but the* carton uas pretty well broken. Pvt. Adams arrived iji i;.   S.  on   the   llth   of  December  after
und into  tho  strnim.     it  was  proposed | ijping  one   year   in   foreign   service.
that before new ordinances are  pass ed   ordering   property   holder.s    to   lay additional   paving,   the  present   ord, ances   alon.g   .^nme   lines   be   enforci The   speed     ¦uul     caution   signs erected,    l.'oi uugh  is not ci
e   dtlapidtttrtt -WTtlh-' property.
Rev.   J.   D.   Detrieli,   who   is   jireach- Ing at  Boehm's ehureh,  was entertain¬ ed at the home of Mr. .and Mrs. Henry C.  Biddle.  of Ambler,  on  Sunday. On Fiiday last Mr. and Mrs. George inun'-rman  enterlained  at dinner the .eats : ¦.-¦ Ml*.-.-.-and,,?M-raiw»!, IrVin Yost, Mr. aiirl Mrs.'Oeorgi-  l((i^\-
Mv.
died. I     -.     MAHV    A.NNA    .McGItATll.
Marv Annti,  daughter of John J.  and
.\nnie" .McGr-Llh,   of   Gwj'nedd,     died
Sunday   evenin;^'   aged   21   year.-!.     She
I was   tiiiinarried.     The   family   resided
ion   the   Mrs.   Stiles   Huher   property.
I     Th- funer;il  will lie  held  this Thurs-'
I day   mornin.g   from   her   parents'   resi-
¦ dence   and   mass   will   be   said   in   Sl.
I Stanislau.:   ehurch.     La.nsdale:     inter-
ment   i.i   the   cemetery   adjoining.
! .] iCSSE   IT.   BUTTON.
On   Jan.   28     in   Ivy   Hill   cemetery
deaux, I-'ranc", in the aviation branch of tlie servile. .lie expects lo be^ home at I'atlands farm, Horsham townshii). about the mi-Idle" of thisi month.
Deering. son of Mr. and Jlrs. S. S. Hagert.v, of Davis Grove, who is in ' the navy, and who was home some- weeks ago, h;ia left England for- l''ranee. Ue has Ijeen on the hospital .-^hip. •¦Coin I'ort," and probably wilt In-.ng back .vounde-l lioys to America. Mrs. Thornton Stackhouse, of tho K. G. E. home, Davis Grove, is re¬ covering    liom   a',   slight    stroke   s!us-
were interred  the remains of the  late , tained  some days  ago
Jesse  II.   Hutton,  of  Maple  Glen,   who
died   otl    tlie    2-ltli,    from   pneumoitia,    .
aged  «! years.    He leaves five sisters,   "^""n   ^^  ,^',"'''^
aa  follows:     Ell!;aV)ethj^^n.ry,   S r   1
2,^11^^
Jcniathaii   Slackhous^e,   of   TfaUowell,
who threshed out his  wl\eat last  week
to   be   '!G   hu.stiels   to
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.1 >¦
The liere.     He
ne.Mt  year  n
of  Lowell, her   sister,
"The   Neighbors."
The meeting of tho "Neighbors," Feb. 1, was called to order by the president, Miss Marion Goentner. The procedings were opened by re- 1" at;n-r the Collect by the member.s. IT'if secretary, iliss Mabel Worth, I read   the     minutes     of   the     previous
In the Cold Point Iiaptist Sunday meeting. She also read a New Year school next Sabbath morning Itoger' letter to the club, from Mrs. Isabella j Williams  day   will   be  observed.    Tlie  Kichols. j
Baptist   church   at   Large   is  endeavor- j     The   president   requested   the   mem- ing to ereit a memorial  to  this cele-   i,ers present to remember to comraun-| brated  colonial   character,   who   was  a| cate   with   their    representatives  andj
Mr.   Hainiltca.   of   tie-   liglii   euniinil - ' er,   Mr.   and   Sirs.   Harry    Hoov tee,   reported   a   light  placed   on  Nortii | and   Jlrs.   Clareiiee   Zimmerman. Main street just south of Mt.  Pleasant       Wesley  Duffleld.   Of   Hlue   Bell,   aoci- aveniie and a rearrangement of lights I dentally   struck-    bims'eU'   in    the   face on  Tennis  avenue.    The  li.st of  lights i with a stick whih> at play,  breiiking .a extinguished     dui-ing   the   month,     as I bluod   vessel   on   his   nose, supplied by Offlcer Ford, was present- ¦¦     The     mission     band,       of    lioehm's ed. and same was referred to the Am- j ehurch  will meet  next Saturday after- ; bier  Electric   Light   company   for   ad- ' noon al the parsonti.ge. I
justment on the monthly bill. The Miss Ida Shaeff is spending a few j need of a Lamp was reported on North ! days with her brother, Walter Shaeff, | Spring  Garden  street   between   Tenni.s 1 and family of Blue Bell.
(J1-;.\JAM1N    !l.    SIK.IliMAI^: Henjaniin  H.  Shoemaker,  descendant
Harry   S.   NaSh,   of   Halli.-wen, 'wh*
Baptist.    The  memorial  will be erect ed in the city of Washington, D. C.
This Thursday evening a delegation from   the   Cold   Point   Christian   En¬ deavor  society   will  attend  the   union C.   E.   service     at   the church  in Norristown
request them to support the bill, which will increase teachers' .salaries. A fine piano solo was rendered, folj;^ lowed by an encore.
The   Jiresident   stated   that  tho   Red
Presbyterian [ Cross   i.ommittee,    Mrs.    Mitchell   and
I Mrs.   Worthington     will   give   a   short
Corsons station, commencing with • progi-am. Mrs. Mitchell gave a flne last Sunday, will be closed every" address, comparing the going across Sabbath until the Plymouth branch : ^f m,,. soldiers and their home com- of the Reading line is used more ex- i }„„ „|,p spoke of the condition of some tensively by coal and oilier freight Uy^o have returned, of tlie 105,000 in traffic. I the hospitals ove:- there who are wait-
The Conshohocken piko througlv^jn^ („ be brought home, of the Red ] Cold ,Point, where holes have worn. c^oss nurses itnd the, service they ren-j badly in llie highway, has been patch- | ,ie,.ed of the Red Cross home service . ed  with  crushed stone and  tai". I whieh   looks  .after  the   welfare  of  the
A meeting ofthe trustee board and ' ^ovs here The Germ.ans destroyed all, of th parsonage committee, of the j^^^ making machinery. The Red 1 Plymouth     I'.    E.   church,     was   held  cross   stepped   in   and   remedied   that'
.Monday   evening,   and   adjusted   busi¬ ness for the year. The  ladles'  Bible  class,  of  tho  Ply-
condition.
The Rev. Mr, Colby paid an eloquent tribute  to  the Red  Cross nurses  who
mouth U. E. church met Tuesday at labored so untiringly over there. Tho i-ie home of Miss Margaret Deeds, 1 p,.ggijgf,( gpoke of the community I'lymoulli Meeting. I meeting   which is  to be held  in Wil-
Prayer meeting of the Plymouth U. j „y^; ^.{I'l K, churcii was held Wednesday even- | ¦ j^ vocal solo, "Ono Pleasing Hour," ing at the home of Mrs. Jacob Wager, y.^^ charminglv rendered by Misa Mil- Plymouth Meeting and following the ^,,,^,5 Miller It was followed by an en- meeting two trustees were elected and ^.Q^g The lecturer, Mr. Rees, spoke there was also held the monthly meet- qjj "Peae Plans," He said if any ono ing of the Sunday school board. The ^^^ make peace, with conditions as men's Bible .class will meet Friday. ^^ev are he must be a superman. 50 evening at the parsonage. , treaties are to be signed, each one de-
Mrs. Sarah Myers, of Germantown manding many things. We must iiave pike, in Upper Plymouth, is seriously a peace that every one can mi "r- ill with pneumonia. I stand  A victory may be so manlpulat-
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Ford, of Lans-^ ed as to cause ^ ^eij^.,^'?,?"?s° vteldhig dale:     Joseph   Ford    and   family,    of  of  affairs,     Gfc^t   Bnta 1   is  gelding North   Wales,   were   guests   of   Elmer, t" some extent.    Ho .spolte or tne ter Waxier on Sunday of last week. ritocV demanded  by  the ^ Cerent na
Misses Alice Hummell, Ina Bestwick  [.'""joot     'rhroUl diplomats do not de-
tLVenue and  John Sperry's residenie
Treasurer Faust reported a baliince on hand of $461.11, and he presented hia books for audit. There is but one auditor remaining in the borough, and council proposed to the school board that eaeii body recommend to the eourt the appointment of ono auditor. Council decided on Wm. J. Brown, and the .solicitor was instructed to prepare the   required   petition.
Mr. Irvin reported that the design has been accepted as prepared by Lieutenant-Colonel Season for the badges to be presented to the rettn-n- ing soldiers. Council approved same, granted use thereof to the districts imme.lititeh- surrounding Ambler and a.greed to pay tho cost thereof of pre¬ paring medals for all of the boys from the  borougli.
Mr. Lauer was instructed to dispose 01 all tho unused and antiquated electric; bulbs on h.and.
The Ambler board of health recom¬ mended the appointment of Stuart Rorer to the vacancy caused by the death of L, C. Allen, which was ap¬ proved.
The highway committee was in¬ structed to secure flgures on proposed street work for the coming season.
An effort will be made to secure the re.assignment to Ambler of the state police, and Messrs. Hayden, Hamilton and Lauer were appointed a commit¬ tee to have charge of aame.
A meeting of the Pertnsy la vanla State Association of Boroughs will bo held in Harrisburg on Feb. 25 and 26, and Chairr^an Irvin urged that the delegates from Ambler take steps to secure   the   passage   of   state   U gisla
A. S. Valentine and faniil.y, of Clirstnut Hill. visited their country residence at  Blue   BeU  on  Tuesday.
The sewing circle of Boehm's churcli will meot Tuesday afternoon at the home of Miss flelen Fisher, Blue Bell.
BARREN   HrUL.
Mrs. Edward Prtider has returned to her home after spending 10 days with a  sick  friend  in  Philadelphia.
Mr. and Mrs. I-Iershey have taken possession of one of the ehurch houses, which they have rented from the church council.
Miss Matilda Oberle, who is .a stu¬ dent at West Chester State Normal school, is spending a few days with her parents, Mr and Mrs. George W. Oberle.
William Dean, who h.-is been stay¬ ing for the past two montlis with his sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts, of Chestnut street, has returned to his home in Scranton.
Taylor Malin, who has been filling tiie position of sexton of the ehurch, has resigned, but will continue lo live in this town for the present.
Miss Olga Puhl, of Ridge avenue, attended I'rof. Riley's dancing acad¬ emy, Norristown, Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mr.s. Charles Philyeu and son and Mr. William Koyd and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Williani Boyd, of Roxboro,  Monday,
Mra. J. M. Bitkcr, <>f Germantown avenue, spent Monday in  Philadelphia.
Miss Jeanette Dean, of Chestnut street, h.ad her pocket book stolen in one of the Philadelphia department After extracting the
of the early Quaker settlers and for 21 has been ill. is again able 0, ijj about, years prfsident of the Rjiniisylvania : The Horsham road supervisors met hospital, (lied 1 arly Tuesday at his, Saturday last at Nash's hotel, Hallo- home,  535  Church   I.,-ine,   Germantown. j well, ami  routine matters  were  trana-
Death was due 'to age. He was 91 .ated. Tax Collector Wat.son waa alsa and   until  a  few  years  ago   was  active   present.
as a glass inanufueliirer and idonti- i The Doylestown and Willow Grove lied with mny other business concerns, , turnpike throu.gh Horsham is in better organizations  tmd   societies. condition   this   winter   than   for  many
His chief hobby was his work with past seasons, due to certain repair.s the Pennsylvania hospital. He be- made, to the mild winter and to the came a mana.ger of the institution in caie and insiiection now given the 1866, was secretarv of the board for highway. Workmen went over th& nineteen years and in 1891 became it^j road on Tuesday filling up tlie hol3» Iiresident. He directed the affairs of | witli loose stone along the road and the institution for more than 45 years. 1 opening  up  water   ways.
li"uneral services will be held at his | • Tuesday waa Horsham day at the home Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock, j meetings     being   held   by     Evangelist
Mr. Shoemaker was bom in Shoe- ^ Lampbear in Hatboro, and many Hor- makertown, Montgomery county, Dec- | sham people were in attendance. On- ember     27,   1827.     It   was     there     his   Sunday   afternoon   at   2.i30   Evangelist
Quaker ancestors settled in 16S6. He came to Philadelphia in 1848 and be¬ came an. apprentice lo his brother, Robert   Shoemaker,   a   druggist.
Four years later he was made a partner in the concern, the firm name being Robert .Shoemaker &. Co. In 1865 the concern disbanded, Robert Shoemaker and his sons continuing the business while Benjamin estab¬ lished a plate and window ghisa busi¬ ness at 205 N. 4lh street, Philadelphia.
Until    his    retirement   from     .-ictivi liusiness   eight   years   ago,   Mr.   .Shoe
I.iamphear will address a meeting in¬ the Horsham fire house hail. All are invited.
The Doylestown and Willow Grove- Turnpike company has removed to Philadelphia the stone crushing m.a¬ chine oper.ated at Edison fov somo time. - It will be used in crushing bal¬ last' for the trolley road bed.
A. K. Rothenberger, county farm. ai-.ent, of Norristown, was in Horsham. on Monday and called on John B.. i'ark, Howard H. Williiims and other farmers   with   regard   to   Hie   proposed
stores last week	
tion to provide county or state iiid to money all but two cents it was turn- boroughs in improving highways in I ed into the lost and found department, boroughs which are sections of ii con- | The thief was con.siderate enough to tinuing county or state road. Messrs. | leave her driver's license in the pock- Hayden and Gillin,  Burgess Allen and  et book.
an.l Kathryn Engle, ot- Norristown, spent Sunday of last week with Miss Sarii  Sliearer,
sire to understand  Wilson.    No secret
diplom.acy     to    be    allowed.     PeoPle •
know what is going on in Paris every
Mrs. Cora S.iearer and daughter ^ (j^y England wants supremticy or Sara were guests of Mrs. Sara Fel-, t^e seas. People are very much in ton, of Norristown, on Tuesday. j favor   of   the   league   af  nations.    He
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Eadline, Harry j said the balance of power did not Hart and son Alonzo, were Sunday work. He traced tho causes of pre- guests of Elmer Waxier in upper Ply- sent conditions step by step back to mouth. ! the   bombardment   of   Alexandria.     In
Miss Sara Shearer spent the week-' speaking    of  the   indemnity    by   ^er- end in Frankford as the guest of Mrs. ¦ many,    ho  said,    full  reparation   can , Helen Hummell. never be  paid  by any nat'°"-  , J"* ^'^^
Ml^ and  Mrs.  Morris Price, of Cold  '-tj^nal   b-me^s    ^s   not   carHed^on Point, motored to Three Tuna on Sun-; W'«'  .^^^f' ^f the peace conference,' day afternoon and vialted friends. i '^.fJ^^^^^l^conLrencf.  the internation- j
On   luinday  evening,   Feb.  16,  a   ¦'i- ; nlizing  of  the   German   coloniet?.  wero 1 triotlc service will be held In tiie T .y-   fiigcugsQ,!     Nations do not want large mouth U. E. church, at whioh time tie  navies-     they   can     agree   to    protect P,   O    S.   of  A.'s,   of  Cold   Point  and 1 ve.ssels on the sea. .    ,
Norriatown, will be the Invited guests      The  community  meeting  was  spok
Solicitor  Acuff  were  appointed   to  at¬ tend said  meeting.
On motion Poplar street waa direct¬ ed to be accepted by the borough and improved between South Spring Gar¬ den and South Main streets.
BLUE  BELL,
Mrs.   John    Struthers,     Miss
Nellie
Mr. and Mrs. William Fie, of Col¬ legeville, and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Hellings were visitors at the Bartho¬ lomew home Sunday.
Mrs. Eugene Tarbutton entertained Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts Monday even¬ ing.
Mr. and Mra. Albert Johnson have returned     from     Washington,     D.    C,
maker was a director in  vai-lous busi-j joint   meeting   to   be   held   in   Hatboro ness   concerns   and   president   of   the i next  week. *
Mine  Hill  tm 1   Schuylkill  Haven  rail- 1     ihirry Rnlherford, of Hallowell, who road. • was   iil,   wiis  able   to   resume   work  at
For  ten   years   he  wa«   .secretary  of; the blacksmith shop last week.    Char- the   Soci'ety   for     Org.anizing    Charity j ies Rutherford,   who  was very  sick, la iind   preaident     of   the     Germantown: a)sii steadily improving. Horticultural  society. I    The Horsham Fire company held its
Besides his two sons, Mr. Shoemaker regular montlily meeting at the firo is sui-vived by two daughters. Mrs., house Monday evening with a good T. W. Kimber and Mr.s. J. S. O. Whar- .attendance. Bills amounting to $26.81 ton, ten grandchildren and four great- ^ were ordered paid. Tlie evening's re- .grandchlldren. ceipts were $27.    The  apparatus  is  iu
The deceased w.as a brother of the j perfect condition and ready for ser¬ iate   Richiird   Shoemaker,     of   Jarret- ; vice.
town.
Mrs. Su*in Crocket, of Horsham, who has been very ill. is somewhat improved, A nurse is in constant at¬ tendance.
On   Saturday   night     firo   destroyed
Fined   For  Shooting   Fire  Arms. Leon   Allen   and   Leo   Brown,  young colored men, were given a hearing bo- .,„,.,,-       ^   „ ., ,
fore Magistrate Light, Coiisho'.ioeken, 1 t''° ''°°^ °^ ^''"'"' '^^ ^""^ greenhouse, charged with shooting flre ai-ms in -^lons the Whitmer road, Horshiim. It a public highway and were fined $2.50   '«  believed   tlie  damage  resulted  from
each  and costs  of prosecution.
! an   oil   stove.'    It   was   standing  on   a
Struthers     and     Mrs,     McCall     were j where   they   attended   the   funeral   of guests  of Mrs.  Bayard U. Livingston, ¦ *" Jr.. on Monday
of the congregation.
Last Sunday morning Mr. and T.Iis, (^harles Mertz, of Weat Conshohocken, connected themselves with the Ply¬ mouth  U. E.  church.
Miss Harriet Shepherd, of Philadel¬ phia, and Miss Mary Butler, of Lewis¬ burg, were guests of ' Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Horning, Plymouth  Meeting.
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en of by the preaident.    The meeting adjourned.
Lansdale   Shots   Lose.
T.ansi'ale lost a po^'-lv s'lot race to Glen Willow, Saturday Inst, by the score of 376 to 412. The highest Lans¬ dale score was 39 out of nO. while Howland and Kingsley, of Glen Wil¬ low, eaoh broke 44,
Mrs. Laura Shearer nnd Mr«. War¬ ren Fleck visited Mrs. Roy Bernhard in Norristown last week.
Miss Laura Allen, of Ambler, was a recent guest of Miss Katie Roberts.
Mrs. Oliver Reyner, Mrs. John Rey¬ ner, Mrs. Laura Shearer and l^lr. and Mrs. Warren Flock atten 'ed tli'> fun¬ eral ot Miss Tirza Miller at Spring- house, on Tuesday afternoon.
Spring  Mill Soldier Home.
e  latter's uncle.
George Skilton, of Ridge avenue, has sold his automobile moving van to a party  in   Germantown.   ,
Alexander Skilton, Jr., of Cedar Grove, vialted his falher'a family Sundav last.
The Hamilton Paper mill, ot Lafay¬ ette station, has elos'd down for one week  to make repairs.
Milton Lebold, who recently pur¬ chased the Oberle property, on Ridge avenue, intends making additions and is now erecting a foundiition for a brick   stable   and   garag'.
The   Whitemarsh     road   board     met
A few nights before the voung men ! table and in some way the roof ignited were at Forrest and Marble streets j"";! smouldered from the inside. It and fired several shots from a revolv- '1'^' "ot burst into flames. Strange to. er. They claimed they were only try- ' --,a.v certain oil accidentall.y spill.;d on ing the weapon but thfe police arrested \l"' table did not ignite, .Mr. an.l Mrs. them and they were prosecuted for Bolts are at present visiting their violating a borough ordinance which daughters in Danxers Mont., and prohib-its   the   shooting   of   fire   .arms  ^^'.'ro   at   onco   appraised   of   the   loss.
witliin  the  borough.
Found  $300  Hidden  in  House.
Joseph   Witt,   19   Washington   street, Conshohocken,  loat  his  wife  by  death
very  recently  and  since suffering that 1         --      -     „,- ii>,rcii..m      iv'in
misfortune   he   decided   that  ho   would j the   P"bhc,_a<'liool^ ^at_ J-lor.sham.^^^__^^.lO
Tbe plmts and flowers from the hnuse ha^'o 1 ^,1 reinovi>d in^.o the dwelling, which  is  near  at hand.
Mrs. Edwn R. Crbb,. (^ Horshnm. who  hiis been ill is now recovering.
MiSs   Anna    Alediiiger,   principal   of
break up hia hom- and wiih his child-   was   very  ill   iii  ¦^^^'^:. •'::'l\f°-;LJ\
August   Kauffman,     of   Spring   Mill _     __    ..
avenue  and   Walnut  street,  has arriv- Mond.ay afternoon and considered rou-
ed home.    He haa been In Franee with tine   matter.s.     The   tax   rate   for   the
the   A    F    F     'lid   upon   riaching   the '^r'pnii'    Mopr    wn.-   considered   but   no
U.   S.   was     sent   to     Camp   Di.'^.     He action   wot  taken 1
spent several  weeks at that camo and  I
then came home. —During   191S   Ruc'fs     county   pnr-¦
In   a   few   we'ks  he  expects   to   re- eha«eri      $1,100,000     of     war      saving,
ceive his  honorable discharge. stamps.
ren  take board   with  a  private family, j slo ,^'ly In  preparing  to  reirove   his  furniture, j>bl be waa greatly surprised wh°n in tak-   ;<"'',!, ing down a bedstead a $10 bill dropped to   the   floor.     He   made     a   thorough search of the b'd and found seventeen $10 bills which had been hilden  in the cracks.     Knowing   tbat   hia    wife  had been   thriftv   and   saving   but   not   sus¬ pecting that  she hiid hidd.-n  money  in the  house until the  find nf the $170   he made  a   tho-."il',h   =.'ari--'i   of  Hie   ent'r^ heuae pnd to his surprls.- fouud inonfey-j ir   fer 'oneeRled  in  many |i.<ii-is of  Ihe  :iouRe.   Ing. T\"i  n   t'le   wpi'vh   hud   i nde).   he   had I • " otbi'i- d nv->- '^.'lilO 'n  n.ns'^ '
¦'COverii.g, i-nd --n M.mda/ was sit ip) f.r iho first time. Iia- h3 will go to h-^r sister's homa in Roy.^rsforl und after complete re- coverv v'U r-fUi.ie her position at Horsham Miss Alics Kearns, oV Hat¬ boro pvimarv teo'her of f'.e Horsham ae'Tol is -nsc r^eo ¦¦¦.>r!np- from her illnr.Jii' T'l- ! .'bool hiis been closed for   several   weeks.
Dorothv    daie-'hter   of   William   Sill,
ef   .^.r^hlm   tfrmce,   wh"   was   quita
•our  "(.p'-f,  1:1 rariiil!;' impniv-
fCor.'.iini- I ¦>" I'l^t^ S.)