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NARBERTH, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22,. 1945. ...... 1
Vol. 29-No. 48
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, Win Postponement "News Letter" Now
Goes To 2350, In
NARBERTH FLIER'S BABY WAITS, WITH MOTHER Offer Engineering
Scholarship For
High Students
Hil'{h llchool and preparatory
4 Councilmen Terms
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Of Plan For School Armed Services
The News Letter. published by
the Lower Merion School Board,
school students in Delaware and
Montgomery counties are eligible
to compete for a 9Cholarship To Expire This Year
granting free tuition at Renssel-

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Site in Rosemont
, Fiery Remarks Passed
At Four-Hour Hearing
In Lower Merion
After a Rtormy four-hour
, service who did not attend Low-
:'>ession Monday night, Rose-
mont residents won a month's
• postponement of the Lower
Merion School Board's plan
to buy a 17-acre future school
is now being sent to 2350 for-
mer Lower Merion High School
students now in the armed ser-
vices.
aer Polytechnic Instltute,'TroY, N.
Y.. oldest engineering and science
school in the country. The schol- Opening Date for Filing Petitions Is Only
Of Lower Merion stUdents in arship is awarded through the
the service 46 men have been
killed or lost, 9 are prisoners of
~~li1adelphia Chapter of the Rens-
selaer Alumm AS'lociation, and is Two Weeks Away; Magistrate And Burgess
war, 22 are reported as milf.5ing the equivalent of $1800 in cash.
StUdent candidates should be Also Have To Stand for Election
in action and 77 have been dis-
charged from the service. nominated by the principals of
Copies of the News Letter are the schools they attend. Nomina- Narberth Borough Republican leadE)l's and those who
being sent to 66 persons in the tions are based 011 scholastic
achievement and QuaIitie.~ of lead- seek office or seek to repeat themselves in office are begin..
eI' Menon but have reQuested ership.
the publications. Nomination blanl{s may be ob- - - - - - - - - - - - - - + n i n g to talk things over.
For folks at home the News
letter is also beinl< published in
tained through Ralph Earle, H28
Real Estate Trullt Building, Phila-
Killed 111 Action Even though the 1945 primary.
which by election schedule was to
the Bala-Cynwyd Merion News. delphia. who is chairman.
The Main Liner of Ardmore and have been held m SePtember. has
Our Town of Narberth. I been moved back to June to ac·

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site near their homes,
The second public hearing
The News Letters is being
edited and supervised b:v A. S.
Benner and other members of
Release Local Man I commodate the, overseas soldiers
the political machinery starts
roIling in a couple of weeks,
the ,faculty who have volunteer-

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for Rosemont residents was
held in the school district's
Administration building at
, Ardmore. Out of the 53 resi-
dents who attended, 48 were
opposed to purchase of the
land on Airdale Rd, neal' Old
, Gulph Rd.
Speakmg for those who opposed
Lhe purchase Albert Ward, an
attorney fOr the Pennsylvania
Rallroad an'ti a home owner
lUI een n ew
, Rosemont, presented a petition
bearing 170 signatures.
"All," he said. "are ve~'y much
opposed, because they thmk that
the investment would be .a burden
on taxpayers. They believe that
the land should not be purchased
and the school should not be
built."
Before the hearing had pro-
ceeded very far, questionmg of the
residents brought out that since
their last public heanng the
School Board had held a speCial
meetmg to reaffirm their original
Continued on Page TwO
Comfort Endorses
ed for tins service. In the News
Letter Henry S. Africa writes
"Along the Main Line". Rus-
From Jap Prison March 10 is the first date on
which nomination petitions can
be filed and the deadline is April
sell S. McGrath "Sports"; Mrs. 9. State Repubhcans and Demo·
Ha7.el Palmer Younll "News of Maj. C. A. McLaughlin crats in a bipartisan agreement
Your School"! while Benner have set June 19 for the primary.
handles "From the Editor's Mail Held For 2.Years; Said All borough and county officials
who want to get in the race either
Bag".
------ To Be Well i/·"'i·',:"':' I for Repubhcan or Democratic
nominatIOns must be signed peti·
AnnexationDanger Major Charles A. McLaughlin,
of 205 Lantwyn Lane, Narberth,
tions in between March 10 and
April 9. After that they will have
SIN Bill
was one of the prisoners released
from Bilibid prison camp in the
Philippines by United states
troops on February 5 and 6. He
until April 16 to wit,hdraw their
petitions if they don't like the
looks of the contest.
The terms of four members of
had oeen interned for more than I the Borough Council expire this
twMo aYJ~Oal~'sM' cLaugllll'n's \\'I'fe, May, I Council
year. They are Roland Fleer.Carr.
the
Would Allow Phila. was visitmg' at Longport, N, J"
president. Henry
Walter A. Fox and Louis A.
To Take Over Land when the War Department tele-
gram announcing her husband's
Young.
In Suburbs rescue arnved at their Narberth
home at 6.30 A. M. Sunday.
PVT. JOHN T, CLEMENTS Terms also expire for Richard
Pvt. Clements. son of Mr. and L, Miller. burgess; John R. Hall.
The message was received by Mrs. J. W. Clements. of 404 tax collector; and John A, Wow-
A potential threat to the geo- Mrs. McLaughlin's sister. Mrs. Essex Ave.. Narberth. was re- rer. auditor.
graphical integrity of Lower Mer- Sarah Hansell, who Immediately ported killed III actIOn in Lux- On the Narberth Schoal Board
ion Township and other Mont- telephoned the offICer's Wife. embourg. January 24. accord- the terms of J. L. McCreary and
O\'erjoyed at the news. Mi'S. ing (0 word received by llis par- Carl Weihman expire.
Itomery County townships border- McLaughlin said it was the first ents. Vmcent COleIli, magistrate. also
ing Philadelphia is seen by Coun-
offiCial word she had received He went overseas last April wiII have to stand for election if
ty Commissioners Foster C. HlIIe- about her husband's safety sll1ce as a replacement in General he wants to continue In office.
!lass. Fred C. Peters and Raymond the War Department notified her Patton's 90th ArtillerY DiviSIOn. In addltlOil eac11 of the Bor-
K. Mensch in a blll int.roduced re- in December, 1942, that he was a Three weeks pnor to Ius death,
prisoner. he was transferred to the in- ough's three elect,ion districts
cently at Harrisburg.
Under the terms of this Bill.
any part ot a township bordering
-Photo eOlLrtesy Phi/a, Record
BETTY ANN O'SULLIVAN is gettmg acquainted With a pic-
Mrs. McLaughlin added that she fantry.
had been wnting to the major con-
[must select It judge of elections
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n t. Kennedy tlon mspector,

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PhIladelphia and owned by the ture of her father whom she's never seen. Lt. Walter R. O'Sulli- he
stant Iy. bher
sent ut t 1III the or
le two tlU'ee
last ds
yearcarm- ;;; _
City may be annexed to Philadel-
Dumbarton Oaks phia by passage of an ordinance
by the Philadelphia City Council.
While it is understood that the
van, Jr., ex-prisoner of war of the Germans. now on llis way
home aboard the Gripsholm, Her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth O'Sulli-
van, holds Betty Ann,
dicated
letters.
he had not received
About two weeks ago. she sl\id
her
FreedFrom P,rison HERE AND
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Women Voters League

blll was introduced to pave the
way for the inclusion of the en-
tire area of Philadelphia Airport. Lt, O'Sullivan Conting' HOlne;
she received a post card from the
Japanese government
that the "maJor wa.~ a Pnson
statmg THERE
Hears State Dept. part of which !les in Tinicum Camp No, 2," and that hiS condi-
Official Speak
Township. Delaware County. with-
in the City limits, attorneys who Wounded Flier Is On GrilJsltolnl tio~h~·a~~~~·."fair" on the card, Liberated From Nazi by BETSY..ANN
have studied the bill point out Mrs. McLaughlm said, was under_ Camp Near Danziz
Dr. W. W. Comfort. President that it might be employed to an- scored.
next other parts of Delaware or
of Haverford College, preSiding at Montgom~ry Counties. providing His Wife and the Nine-Months-Old Daughter Major McLaughl1l1. an infantry In Recent Action It's "ChlCk-a-Blt" who an·
officer, formerly was a mechani- nounces the da\' from his balcony
a meetmg on t.lle Dumbarton Oaks such parts were owned by the
Proposals declared before a Main CitY.
He's Never Seen Are Waitin.g For Him at cal emoneer \\ Ith the SKF In-
dustries, Front St. and Ene Ave.. K
Second Lieutenant Glb~OIl B. on Haverford and Forrest Avenue.
d f W d "rand- i accompanied by hiS wife "Julia"
Lme audICllce that filled the Hav- The bill was referred to the Their Narberth Home. Phllad~lpllla. He is a wteran of enne y, 0 ynnewoo." I
They belong to Loins Cotter and
.~ Committee on City and County- the First World yvar. m which son of Dr. and Mrs. Gibson Bell. moved witl1j the family into an
eriord Fnend's Meellng House on First Class. whose chairman is When 2nd Lt. WaIter R; O'Sullivan, Jr., 23, gel:'> back he enh~ted a.~.a pnvate. ,529 Manor Rd .. Wynnewood. was 1apartment o\ler the "Market" some
Saturday evenmg. February 17: Thoma.~ H. Lee, 1 lothian Place,
"An mternatlOnal organizatIOn Roxboroullh.
i'uch as that outlined m the Dum- While the blIl refers to "cit.ies of '" ' " ,I'".
r . He \\ as a fn ~t lIeutenan~ at the lone of three local men who were months ago. Howard. 3rd, dog
to 4 lona Ave., Narberth, he,1l find somethmg new has been I clos~ of the ~\'ar. and held a cap-, . 1 d b t! R"
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tam s commission III the Army' Ie ease Y Ie usslan
A'm I "Pal". mav be ~een and heard an:v
I Y time ~tand1l1g' on hiS back legs-:.
~alton
I the first cla.~s", the procedure es-
Oak~ rroPDsals- should taoJished carl only be uLinzed: in
have the support of all people the event of its pa.~sage, bY Phila-
lllterested in the mamtenance of delphia since it, is the only first
class city in the State.
LT. W. R. O'SULLIVAN JR
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peace and secunty. And I be- AnnexatIOn proposals whereby
lieve the Proposals furmsll a rea- Philadelphia could take over part
sonable and hopeful baSIS for of the wealthy and well govel"Il-
dra wmg up the charter of such ed suburban territory have popped
an orgal11ZatlOll," up periodically in the Legislature,
The Haverford Tow 11 I' hip the last bemg m 1941 when a
LeagUe of Women Voters and the measure was introduced which
Mam Lme Branch of the Wo- prOVided for the annexation if a
Reserve-30r 1-8 ~enr.~. ·He y.'as cal!~ I·frem a German pnson camp. pawS' on the ra11 greeting passerb .....
r,<\\t$'f< . . .·. • :j The "something new" is Betl/j In his last letter home, Lt. e1d941backdtfo activeI 'Iduty 1Il Api'll, I South of Danzlz. in the recent by.
J Ann O'Sullivan nine months old O'Sullivan told h1S Wife that his
t . an 01' a w 11 e was ~tatlOn- battles
broken bv bullet I'd at Fort Benlllng. Ga .. then was
' _ who was born ast May 2 , .us I wounds over the 11io and men- transferred to Fort Stotsenburg Lt.
'K'r d
ennE' Y.
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Our Narberth Borough win cele-
. was repor e blate Its fiftieth anni"ersar-y thiS
n UDl'Or five days after hel' father, a flght- ! tIoned "other wounds". m the Philippmes. mls.~lIlg 1Il France on. D-Day: AI- year. It was lIlcorporated Januar.y
SI'Xly
'gh H J RII
0 'ported missinlit over Beriin. I
er-Pllot on a Mustang was re-' A graduate of West Catholic A stepson. Edward N. Cartel', I most two monthS, latel, hl~ gl and- 21. 1895.
HIg-h SchooL Lt. .o·Sullivan at- b?atswam'~ ,:,a~e c!ass. is. ~erVl11g par~nts w.ere n~t~fled that he \\ as
Five months later. her mother. tended Drexel Institute and worl{- \\ Ith the Na \ y m tne PaCifIC, I a ~ll~~'~d~I~[e \\ ~I' Ha verford Uni-
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Wash~ngton's bll'l hdav !'a~sed
HI ODOr 0
,Ellzabeth, 21. was notlfied that Lt. Pod as a productIon man for Gen-
O'SnIllvan was a prisoner of wal'.l eral Electl:lc, 69th and Elmwood.
Now he IS on his way to Nar- before ~n!lstll17" 1Il Al!gUSt. 194.2.
10 ObJ'ectl'ves Of
----.---- versit'· Lt Kennedv wa~ a 11lrnl- \€l'.r QUIetly thIS year, WIth httle
bel" of' the' First Cltv TI:OOP when I enterLall1ing and a lack of hatch·
he entered the sei'vlce III 1941.1 etS, cherry tr;es .an~ cherries.

M'aln L'me K'IwanlS

berth.. HIS pal ents ,al e ,Cmdl. and MI s: In No\·ember. 1943. he went 0' er-I '
men's InternatIOnal League for ma,lontv of all votes cast favored He IS one of 24 exchanges from Walter R. 0 Sul\lvan, 85 Wmdsol seas and while there he reQuest- CIgarettes seem !,o be the scar-
Peace and Freedom cooperated the umon. By predominance of this area. former war pnsoners in Ave.. Narberth. '~d '8, transfer fr~m tile Engineers eest commodity on the market. A'i5
With the Haverford Friends Meet- numbers. Philadelphia could have
ing- III sponSormg the open com- swung such an election over Mont-
Twenty·Two Receive Germany. who are being Fetur!led . His fathel:- who has been on. ae,- to the pai·atroops. He went IUto I announced over the radio, there
,home on the exchange ship Gl1PS- tlve duty S\l1ce the last wal. lS actIOn with the first group of i Will be five new brands on the
mumty meetIng With Dr. Benja- gomery or J?elaware count¥ oppo-
mm Geng as the chief speaker of sltlOn. ThIS me,as-ure falle~ to
Citations For Good holm, due to arrive in the United stationed at the Eastern Seafront paratroopers on D-D~v I
market soon-rangmg m pnce
the evemng. pass as othel:s failed bef~re. It. School Work 'States sometime this week. Pier. New York. Want to WI"n War Two brothers. Captall1 Samuel ~'Olll eighteen to twenty-five cents,
B. Kennedy and Lt. H. Edward ~ erhaps that Will help" a little.
Dr. Gerig, who is Associate At ,tha.t time ma,:,~ I eSldents,
Chief of the DiviSIOn of Interna-I orgamzatlo?s and offlcl~l~ of bot~
tlOnal Orgamzation of the De- Montgo~elY and I?7la\\ ale Coun
Ardmore Junior High School E . A. Clarke Office Name Chal'rmen for And Then BUI'ld For Kennedy, are also •_111_the- serVice. CIgars own" are and tobacco
equnIl\, to roll your
a~ scarce.
Now In Merion Peace May Have to Close · • •
partment of State and technial ties e.xplessed then deep sea~ed ulty
adviser to the Umted States Dele- oppOSitIOn to any such measme.
presented 60 stUdents to the fac-
on the occasion of their 74th
E, A. Clarke. member of the Rd
0 andG un CI b Olle or Two Schools
In thiS day of red points and
scarcity of meat-here is a, recipe
gatlOn to the Dumbarton Oaks
Conversations, saId that the
barton Oaks Proposals hadDum-
re- Need More Gas To ---- Honor Roll exercises last Wed- Main Line Real Estate Board, is
nesday, These students attained now located permanently at 719 1
at least two "A's" in their major Montgomery Ave.. Merion.
Iii I i Ba.~ing its community service
II program for the COIn1l1g year on For Want of Coal
for OUl' own Amencan "hot tlog'·.
SlIce tl,e flankfurt~r lengthWise,
spread with mustara and then fIll

Ke'ep Buses Gol'ng

ceived a "ery Wide and encourag- Clarke has set up an organiza- 1 10 far-reaching objectives, the Possibihty that one or two ele- Wit h hot mashed potatoe,~, tOPPed
ing support as the baSIS for subjects and had no grade below ~ion to handle homes, ground or 1945 Program Is 'Main LIne Knvanis Club announc- mentary schools might be closed I With g-rated cheese Heat In oven
a' "B" in the second quarter of the mvestment problem~. • • ed this week that "WIn the War temporarily because of fuel short-I until chee~e is mellpd and frank-
draftmg the Charter of the per-
manent UUlted Nations organiza- school veal'. Twentv-two students He also heads his own advertis-
received citations on the merit ing busmess, E. A. Clarke Co. in
Planned DespIte
k age was discussed at a meetmg of furter is thoroughly hen ted. about
-Build for Ppace would be its ad- the Lower Merion School Board flflepn nllnull':,. Arrange on a Cll'-
tions. He enumerated SIX pomts
which he thought would be neces- list which was made UP of those Philadelpll1a. To quote Clarke: War Wor 'mmistrative theme for 1945. Monday night. cI:]ar platter like spokes in a wheel.
sary to make the orgamzation ef- students approaching honor roIl "There is quite a difference in A. J. Leonard, preSIdent of the Superintendent of S c h 001 s with sliced tomatoes between the
fective: School Board Points ,standing. sellmg homes; for hardware, au- Bala-Cynwyd, r~ain L, i?~ clUb, said these objec- Frank A. DuBois told the school frankfurters. ThiS makes an at-
(1) the unity of the principal The following students made tomobiles. steel pipe, etc. can be pr~~fa:nt ~~B~~Se Lower Merion tlVes \\ el e. . directors: tractive platter to serve with baked
United Nations must be mam- Out Difficulties of the honor roll: sold, but you can't sell homes. ROd and Gun Club, announced 1. Hasten to.tal vlCtory-accel- "The olltlook in the coal SltU- beans.
Christopher Earnest, Deborah You Can explain all the details, t ation at the three schools where • , "
tained; (2) responsibility must
m~rch with power; (3) the Or-
Travel on Icy Roads Ellis. Benny Allen. Anne Beatty, construction. locatIOn, eosts. etc. the followmg list of the Club's era e war servICes. we burn coal is a hWe uncertaIn. The G. W. H. 1. S. Girls will be
ganization must be able to act Charmaine Beauvais. Ann Bertas, and yoU!' client does the buying committee chairmen, who wiII 2. Exert our influence to estab- So far the dealers have seemed to lhe guests of the Mesdames ,Joe
swiftly; (4) It must be able to act The Lower Merion School Janet Branaman. Bruce Brown, only if they Ilke it-a home must serve this year: Ilsh and maintall1 world peace. cooPerate to the best of their E7,zert. Flora Coleman and Tess
Board may have to temporarily Frances Burtt.
in the e.arlY stages of any threat- shorten or discontinue some of its 01 Carey. LolTaine Colaiuta. Doro- Nancy Butler. Car- aptl'eal before it is purchased." Fresh Water _ Walter A. 3. Enlist every .Kiwal1l~n in a ability to furnish small quantities 'Nhltney, at the home of Mrs. Eb-
ening- dispute: (5) prOVision must E. A. Clarke's real estate office Drumm, Upper Darby: club or eommumty proJect for of coal at frequent intervals m bE-rt's parpnt-~. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey,
be made for long-range construc- school bus trips unless the Ard- thy Costello, James Cranwell, wiII be open from 9 A. M. to 5 Pistol-Walter C. Groff, Nar- service to returnlll~ veterans. , order that our schools may be II North HIl!hland Ave, The girls will
tive action in the international more Ration Board allows the Richard Curtis. Audrev Da cos-I P. M. daily and for the conven- berth; 4, Co-operate 111 communlt~· kept open. There have 'been meet a,~ usual at 8 o'clock at, the
economic and SOCial field; and (6) School District more gasoline. tao Carmela D'Agostmo. Cal'mela ience .of those who work in :eblla- Rifie-HelU'y H. Hop~ms, Nar- post-war employment pro.blems. times when we had as httle as i Nortnslde of Narberth Station for
Travel over snow and ice cov- D'Giovanni. John Durant. delphia from 7 to 9 P. M, Mon- berth' 5. Promote underiJt~ndmg and three days supply on hand and transportatIOn'
the principles of the Organization ered
must appeal to the peOples' sense consumed road:; and use of chains has Mal'garet Fer~uson. Janet Flint. day evenings.
more gasollne. Super- Adele GllIlspie. Gen'Y Gillispie. .----
• Trap-George M. Floyd, Penn eooperatlOn among ~ocla,l and eco- there seemed to be some indlca-
Valley; ~omlc gr~ups as essential to na- tion that we might have to close
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Mr. and MIS. John Mansfield.
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of justice and morality.
Dr. Greig said that these Dum- intendent of Schools F. A. Dubois Robert Glah. Jane Gulick, Helen
told the School Board Monday Hankin. Diane Jones. Marion
Red Cross. Asked to Salt Water (Boat)-Earl F. tlOllaFI ulnfilltly· ·t'
Moore Narberth' 6. u
I. bl' t'
CI 17.enS up Olga IOns
one or two of the schools."
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248 Wister Rd., Wynnewood, are
receivmg congratulation.. on the
barton Oaks Proposals should be night. Jones. Laura Leigh Kline, Caro- Fill Book Request surf-John A. 'MilIer. Narberth; lest we for~el~ ~e.lf-~o.vernment.Kellett Opens New
. b,rth of a son. bom Sunday. Feb·
regarded as the minimum require- If necessary the School Board lyn Layer, George Lemmon, Nan- Entertainment-Frank P. Davis, .7. Inte,:,slfy KI\VaUlS youth sel- mary 18th. at Jcfferson Hospital.
ments for a beginning ratIler than mstructed the superintendent to cy Lewis. Nancy Leyburn. Patri- Between now and Tuesday. Feb. Philadelphia' vwes-bUlld future c~tlzens.. PI an t inPrlmos
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as a fully completed plan, file a supplementary application cia Mahon. Loretta McGraw, 27. the Main Line Red Cross Camp , Refreshments _ Emest, Boulay 8. Further the fl'lendshlp .be- New Books this week:
for ga.~olme. James MCGrath. Elizabeth Mey- and Hospit.al Committee hopes to and L. G. Weikert, Narberth; tween cana~a. ~n~ the U~I~ed KeIlett AIrcraft Corporation, en- "Looking for a Bluebird" by Jo·

1945 EssayContest "It takes more gasoline to oper- ers. Edwin Millel', Richard Mul- fill a request for 2,500 books. These
ate buses when the roads are ford, Richard Okada, Jeanne 01'- books are to be shipped to India Purru1g, Narberth;
covered with snow and ice and cutt, Florence Parker. Louise Pur- at once for distribution by the
when chains have to be used," ring.
Ways and Means-George A. States. as a \\ 01 In example fOI lD- gaged in the manUfacture of air- s!'Ph Wechsberg. ,Joseph Wechs-
Membership _ Edmund R.
Red Cross to patients in military Barth, Upper Dal by;
lernatlO~!l1 flOO~\ wI,I~. .
opportu~lt~ fo!·,. all. ,
craft parIs and helicopter devel- berg has written Ius confessions
9. WOI~ to Plesel\e fleedom of opments at flve plants in PhiIa- af an ltinelant fiddler and general
has lea'ed the plant of the Penn- internatIOnal handyman.
10. Stl ess sPllltual values as \l~- sylvania Lawn Mower Works at
For High Schools reported Dubois. "Our buses fre- Lydia Robinson. Gwendolyn hospitals there.
quently slipped off the roads and Roddy, Elizabeth Rogers, Edward
we had a number of broken Rose, Beverl:v Sager. Jean Schaef- books be selected with care _
parts."
The Committee asks that the berth'
er, Margot Smolens. Carole Steph- books that you would like to rear! berth, and
Vermin-Walter P Mlesen Nar-
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"Miss DlIly Says No" by Thea-
al to human progress and make It Primos. Pa. to permit expansion dore Pratt-A story of Hollywood
IIln'ess-Joseph P. White. Nar- part of the dlstnct program for and consolidation of its opera- bv the author of "Mr. Winkle
1945. tions. Goes to War".
Pennsylvama students
In orl1er to keep the school ens, Brice Sumner. Katherine -and they must be in good con-
and transportation sYstem in opera- 'Sweeney. Patricia Thornton. Jean dition.
classes wlll participate m the 1945 tion the School Board had to call Tomlinson, Joan Uberman. Jan Bring the books to the Red
essay contest for Negro' high upon Red Arrow Lines to furnish VanHorn. Alden WlIllams, Jullet Cross Headquarters in Ardmore bel'S are war workers, variOUS ac-
Pllbliclt~'-Mrs, Ellen' A. Diet-
rich. Upper Darby.
Although most of the elub mem-
M'aJor TII
e s ROSemODt G' I0f M'IracIes Ir
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"Yoeman's Hospital" b,· Helen
A~hton-Mlss Ashton served as a
nlll'se m First World War, and has
used her mect\('al background in
school and coIlege students con- them with buses and drivers WlIson. Eldon Woodcock.
ducted by the National Tuberculo- whlIe school buses were being re-
sis Association,
In the Na tional judging cash
paired.
During the stormiest period of
NeedWash'mgton-LincoIn Herl ge t0
on 01' before February 27.
eta
tivities are already bein~ planned
by committee chairmen.
Henry Drumm's committee ex-
pects to aid with stocking of trout
Wrought by BI00dPIasma In'HOSPI'tasI much of her wntings •
"Poor Child" by Anne Parrish,
This is her flr~t book since 1941.
llnd is undemably one of her fin·

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s Ise t0 WId
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prizes are offered in addition to the year Superintendent Dubois in MlII Creek before the opening Est.
medals. plaques and books. In said that some of the stops in of the 1945 fishing season and to "The Middle Mist" by Mary Re-
the high school contest first prize au tl ymg . sec t'Ions Ila d t 0 b e sk'IP-
is a scholarship. In the state ped because it was impossible to
wide judging two cash prizes are reach them. At present he said
emper aIon conduct practice for competition The following excerpt is from I in bed next to me. the mil'aculous nau,
with other nearby clubs in fly. a letter received by Dorothy Ro. b?ttle of blood suspended beside human relationships. provorative
bait and surf casting event$. A \'ersi '45 Rosemont College from h!m. I lay there and wat~hed tl~e in ItS implications. subtle in its
I UI mo del~.. novel of
It A s k'llf

offiered also by the Pennsylvania tlla.t a II b u t one bus WI·th a b 1'0ke n . . . '. . pmk color creep sloWly mto hiS I u I I'beralIy sprmkled with
limited amount of trap shooting. her COUSlll. MaJor EUgene A. Mm- cheeks. At the end of an hour I mo'. I
Tuberculosis Society for the best sprIng was operating. George Floyd sa~'s, is anticipated rony.
essars in the high schools and The School Board has obtained "The surest safeguard against power exposes a nation. Tl)e onlY throughout coming montlls', while phy. now in the PhillPpmes. he opened his eyes and turned Mystery -- "Death Knell" by
college groups. an extl'a allowance of gasoline the abuse of world power is the way to offset these dangers is 10 Walter Groff and F~'allk Fl"lln. "Dot, I wish vou and the rest his head. asking for II drink of Baynard Kendl'lck: "Wmgs of
A choice of subjects is offered from the Ration Board to use a preservation of the heritage of preserve the heritage of Wash- of Narberth. advi~e that the LOw- of the gooel folks who donute water. In another hom he was Fear" by Mignon Eberhart; "01'-
•to the high school groups, the station wagon in picking . tl
up dirty Washington and Lincoln," dec1al- ington and Lincoln."
t tl ed Dr. J. Duncan Spaetll at a At the Tuesday meetl'llg DI·.
1'1' Merioll PO!I'ce pI'stol l'allD"e I'S bloOd to the Red Cross could smokmg a cigarette and talking lhids to Murder" by Hulbert Foot-
.. spend a day at that hospital. It to the doclor. The surReon told "Th Jade Venus" by George
first being individual or class t owe II' an d d eIi vennl!'
I d B tI th AdO lem 0 le d meetinl!' of the Lower Merion- Spaeth asserted that "although at the disposal of cltlb membel'.~., would. make you feel good and me that when he left tile sur- HaImon ner; e
Coxe '
essays on "What Do People ReaUy ..::vl~r ry. d e I' m re an Narberth Council of Republican the day of isoiationism is certain- on Monda~' evenings. Henry Hop- warm inSide if YOU could iu~t see ~en', thIS kid hadn't a drop of " --.:.....••- - - -
I son laun ries were unable to Women Tuesday at the home of ly over. we should all bear in kins repor~s on arrangements for the mirades wrought by that pre- IllS original blood in his vpins, ~.
1
Know About T. B."? or "T. B. In-
formation Plea,~e." Other projects provide the pick-up and delivery Mrs. Earle Hepburn. Merion.
Servl"ces Held For .
mind the words of Washington in Coull1ll1ed 011 Page Two cious red fiuid, Let's take just And now, thanks to all YOU blood •
are group or class essaYs on a service. Edward Merkel, Sr..
"TuberCUlosis Day" program' and
individual essays on "How the
Home. School and Community
. H Id F
SerVICeS e · or
.____ "We owe our victory to Wash- regard to foreign entanglements."
ington in the War for Independ- Declaring that the purpose of
ence which made us a nation." he America is stll! to make Ameri-
said, "and we owe our victory to cans out of the Europeans that I
Casua Ity tlst "
one case.
L e A young kid wa..~ bl'ought in to recover.
with almost his whole chest blown
donors back home. he is gomg
Nor ill this an exceptional case. Services were held for Edward
away by a bomb blast. When lout of e"ery five cases admitted Merkel. Sr .. at the Frankenfield
Can Participate in the Control Mrs. E. S. Ir,vln Lincoln in the War for the Union- come here. he warned that "as a saw him I thou~,ht he was dead. durinil: (ile week I was thl'1'I', I Funerai Parlors. Thursday, Feb-
, ,of Tuberculosis."
--- .....~-- Funel'al services fOI' Mrs. Ella which kept us a nation."
Smith Irwin. widow of Harvev C.
reslIlt of tile war. there is a dang-
Dr. Spaeth who was professor er that inslead of making Ameli-
KII,I,ED HI' was on the opel'Rtlll!{ (able would say fOllr uf tht'm wert' kppl rllary 20 at 2 o·clock.
pyt. Gl'OI'Por 1\1. Pell'rs, 26. fOlll' hUl11'~ while the uos.;tur pid,- nlive allLl sl1'('n~lheul'u by w!lu1l' A resident of Narberth for the
Reported J{Uled Irwin, for111er mup,islrate of Low- of English at Princeton Unlvel'sity calls out ot the Europeans that husband of Mrs. Helen Dross ed I)ieces of sleel ant! lint and bloud aud plasma. Pl\~,1 25 YI'Uls. fOllnerly lesiding
er Merion towm'hip, were held at for 30 Years and was the fu'st
Word has been received from 2.30 P. M., Wednesday. at her ident of the University of Kansas are becoming Europeans." prf'S- come to our shores. we Americans Peters, 205 Elm Tel'1'llce. and grass out of his chest. and even So VOIi see. Dot. when yOU go .on IIumewoud Ave., MI'. Merkel
Washington by MI'. and Mrs. John home. son of MI'. and Mrs. Edward though they were pouring blood and donate blood, it's not jllst hUd been ill fOI nine months PI'e-
KellY of River Road that their 18 Derwen Rd .. CYnwyd. City continued: I Speaking on the subject of Am- Peters. Hampden and Woodbine into him, he was losing it fastel' blood yOU give but !lfe itself ~hat viuus lo hiS death.
son, Pfc. George KellY, who was Sunday Mrs. Irwin, who wa9 73. died 'Today we are apPI'oaching VlC- el'iean leadel'ship, the educator Aves .. Narberth. in France. Feb. than it COHld be pUIllPed into his comes to us in those precious bot- Mr. Mprkel had been with the
reported missing for the second vived by attwo her home. She is sUl'- tory in a much greater war in defined a leader as a "man 'who 5. Pvt. Peters trained at Camp veins. Three times, he stopped ties. Even though YOU fainted the PellllsylvalllR. Railroad 38 years
time on December 27, is now re- and Florence daulthter. G. Evelyn which OUl' country will emerge as has a compass in his head and a Blanding. Fla .. and had been breathing and the doc had to pUllh la!)!' time YOU gave vour blQod, I'm before retinlll/, He is survived by
M. Irwin. who llvPd a tn'pat worid power. and we'll get magnet in his pocket." PoinLing overseas olle month, He is sur- on his exposed IUl1l~s to get him sure YOU'll think it worth while a son. a daul/hter. and two grand-
ported kllled, in Germany. Details
with her: and two
have not yet been received by his and Elizabeth smith. of Na.rberth, sisters, Gr{lce all the opportunities but also the out the difference between the vived.b,Y a son, George M. Peter!!, started aOlain. when yoU realize that one falnt-\ chlIdren. Burial was in West
-.rents. dangers and risks to which such continued on Pa.ge Two Jr" two. At last he wa.; bandaged UP and 1ng spell saved one soldier's life. Laurel Hill Cemetery.

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OUR TOW!( Fe&ruary 22, t 84S,

TWO
Lower Merion High ~chool Washington;'Lincoln .~
OUR TOWN Contlnuect trom Pagl 1

Bntered ...eeond claSl. m&tter October. 1938, &t the Pon

Narberth, PL. under the Act of Much 3, 18'Jl1.

Founded in 1914 by the Narberth Civic ~tioe

mrsc. •
NEWS LETTER
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GEORGE A. WALKER. President and Editor

HELlI:N FITZPATRICK, Buslneas Manas8l'
H. LESSERAUX. Advertlalnl Manaser
Publlsbed li:ver, Tbunda)'
Dead1l.De for advertlslnl and ne..... cop)'-Wedne8ds)'
Suhscrlptlon rate-I:! per )'e&r In advanc.
Publication Olflce-EISht Cricket Avenue. Ardmore, P&.
Phone-Ardmore 5720 and 5721; GreenWOOd 7740
Member of Bucks·Montaomel"Y New.papcr Publlaher. AssoclstloD
cnURCl1 CALI~NDAR
Note: For pUblication on Thursda~', all church notices must
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WHAT 'KIND OF HOME
LT. ROBERT CARROLL. U. S. A. A. F. (37) of Wynnewood, is in
DO YOU DESIRE?
Italy. Recently he visited his brother. LT. WILLIAM CARROLL, who We have a number of modern used and old homes
is in a hospital there as a result of wounds received in action. for sale in all sections of Delaware and Montgom-
ery Counties. •
LT. GREER HEINDEL (43). the first Merionite and tlJ,1l first 2"0 serve you better - kindly fill in and mail this
II Pennsylvanian to play on threeJennsylvania State championship
teams, has moved overseas with~rdnance Ammunition Company.
advertisement -
immediate attention.
your problems will be given

be received by Monday at 5 P. M. each week. Mail notice to Last month THE NEW YORK TIMES and THE PHILADELPHIA Section of Suburbs: •.•••.•......•••••••••••••••• ,.
this paper, c/o Box 350. Ardmore. Pa., Or telephone Ardmore BULLETIN carried a picture labelled "Heroism in the Raw on a TwIn: ............•........ Single •••••••••••••••••
5720 or Hilltop 3600. Number of Bedrooms required:
Carrier Deck." which showed LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WALTER
L. CHEWNING, JR. (32) of Cynwyd, climbing aboard a fiaming plane Servanb Quarters:- Yes ( ... i' ....
N~ .(.... i'· •
to free the pilot, Who was wedged in the cockpit after a crash land- Archltecture:- English Colonial
First Chw'ch of Christ Narbel·tlt Methodist Church ing on the U. S. S. Enterprise. Walt was promoted on the spot from PrIce: lalJproximate) , .••.... , ,.'
Scientist E.Rsex and Price A,·enues. lieutenant and also awarded a medal. Amount of cash convenient to put In a home:- •
Minister. Carl R. Hammerly.

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L1nwood and At.hpn. Aves., Ardmore. SUNDAY
SUNDAY lI.OO A. M.-Mornlng Worship.
Specify any further requiremenis:- .
1l.<lO A.. M.-SundaY School.

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41.00 A. M.-Mornlng WorahlP. St. MargaJ'et's Catholic
3.00 P. M.-Atternoon Service. • '10 _

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WEDNESDAY Church' The Combat Infantryman Badge has been PIY<!sented to S/SGT.
800 P. M.-Evenlng meetln".
Readln" room lit 8 Rittenhou,e Place F T
Rev. Jamea . oner. ec r. R to JAMES F, BRENNAN (41) of Ardmore.
Is oPen week-days trom 9.301 A. 245 M'I Re\'. Chnrles P. O'Connor
Rev. Charles T. Dln&n ..
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to 5.00 P. M. and Sunday f~om 9
P M. and WedneBday even ng
:.0 o.
9'45 In residence Rev W1l11am J Kane
SundRY MRF~es-6·.30; 7.30; 9.00; 10.15;
P. M.
Narberth Presbyterian
11.15; 12.15. Sodality Rnd MlrRculous
Medal Devotions, Tuesday evening lit 8
P. M:.:.._ _~_-:-_--=-_-=- _ LANDON BAKER (40) has finished his training at Michillan ESTATE OF HELEN W. STELWAGON,
LEGAL ~OTICE F. E. Caballero Realtor
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Church -.-Holy Trinity Lutheran City, Ind .• and been assigned to BUss Electrical School. Tacoma Park. deceaaed (late of the Borough of Nar. Box 38, Merion, Pa.
Md. I berth. Montgomery County. Pa.).
Wlnd.or and Graylln~ AI·e. Church
Rev. Bryant M. Kirkland. Pastor.
LT • (J.. g. ) ROBERT JOHN GRAHAM (39) • one 0 f t"- I 131.0'
Letters Tpatamentary on the above
E.,tate have who been granted to the under·
John Van Ness. D.O .. PRstor Emeritus.
SUNDAY
945 A. M.-SundaY Bible School.
Woodbine
Re,·. Clet.uR
and
A.
Narberth
Senft,
Ave.
Pa,t.or.
J~ \\ er I slll:ned
Merion Flying Bulldogs, is reported missing in action in the South I claims' or demands agalnat the Estate
"'Quest all Persons having
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11:00 A. M.-Nurllery tor Youn" ChU·
dren.
11.00 A. M.-Junlor Church.
Samuel T. Nicholl".
In-Charge.
SUNDAY
D. D.. Pastor Pacific Jan. 19
,
1945
.
PFC. WILUAM F. GIBSON (43) was wounded in Germany No- delal'. to
ot the deced"nt to make
same. and all persons lndebted to tpe
decedent to make payment.
kno;wn the
without •
11 00 A. M.-Mnrnlng WorAhlp. 9.45 A. M.-SundllY School. So younl{ and pre!. ty lind R whiZ
3:00 P. M. - .Junlor Christian En- 11.00 A. M.-Mornlng Wor_hlp. vember 9, 1944. MARGARET T. STEL'~~~ef..ix.
denvor. 7.00 P. M.-.Junlor and Senior Luth- to comb! Try our 1945 \'er510n
4.00 P. M.-VPllprr Sen·lre. er I..ellgues. 54<l VlIlley View Road. of the beloved cherub-curl cut
7.30 P. M.-Senlor Christian Endeavor. CAPT. RAYMOND L. WATROUS, JR., (38) of Narberth, a.rrived Merion, pa. done here by experu! See wha~
WEDNESDAY home about the middle of January from Honolulu on a 21-day leave, Or to her Attorneys. Raspln. E,penshade It will dO tor your teatures, your •
8.00 P. M.-Pral·er Meeting. Baptist Church of the the first he has had sinr.1l entering the service in 1942. He was com- :hl~ReJ~i"pht:~.~~:oln LI~:].Y1!:~~:t: "new'" personllilty.
Merion Friends Meeting Evangel missioned a second lieutenant upon graduation from the University ESTA'I'E OF ANNA GEORGENE GOT- PERMANENTS
NlIrberth. Pa. of Pennsvlvania as a result of his work with the R. O. T. C. He left THOLD (also known w; MRS. EUGENE
Mont"omerY A\·e. and Meeting House Rev. R. G. Middleton. Pastor for the Cook Islands in the South Pacific in August. 1942. where he I GOTTHOLD), late of Township of specialy priced from
Lane. Merion. SUNDAY . d t 0 roa d and au' . fi e Id b UI'1"Qlng. A year 1a t er h e was t rans- I,Lower Merion. deceased.
SUNDAY was aSSlgno? Letters ot Administration, c. t. a.. on
10.00 A. M.-Flr.t Day (sundaY-) School. 11.00
11.00 A. M.-Meeting tor Worship.
9.45 A. M.-Churcb School.
A. M.-Mornlng Service. ferred to Honolulu. I the Rbo\'e estate have been granted to
II the undersigned. who request all Per-
$5 and up
CLINTON MELLOR (33) has been promoted to corporal at an. ~~~S ::.,:;~~go~lalt';;: °Je~e(I~~rd~oag~l~k;
WI'n Postponeluent of this conferred value as the Air Transport Command base in India. He has served in the division' known the same. Rnd all persons In....
built-on lot. since last June and is an air transport technician
KATHLENE
debted to the decedent to make pay·
C07lti7liled from Page 1 If this is so. and there can be
·t tl
no dOUbt of I. ·len l.JS va ue
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SGT. DOMINIC POI.JLLI (33) who hit Anzio on D-Day with the
mnt. wltbout delay. to
BEAUTY SALON
DR. S. DEW. LUDLUM.
Gladwyne Colony.
decision to buy the school site. should be taken to paY the cost of I enn-ineers of the Fifth Army and stay,?d on the firing line for 45 daYs, Gladwyne. Pa. 102 E..ex Ave., Narberth
tl 'h cl produce the .. Or his Attorney•. Fox and McTighe, NlIrberth 4077
The resolution passed l'lIt th . e spe- 11' ,o;:ervlces \\ I 1 is now with the Sixth Army in France. EaQs.. 319 Swede St., Norristown. Pa.
. t ' f ld 'nas "alue. We should cease our fool- OT 1 25 6t 30% Leverlnll" Mill Rd.. Cynwyd
cial meetIni1: was \\ 0 0 . I - ,ish practice of finini1:, by a tax, - • Cynwyd 4868
much as they added sett.lementl,those who improve their lots. We .JACK T. SHAWDE (43) of Ardmore was commissioned a second lESTATE OF MAUDE CULBERT HAINES.

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58.me pnce an acre.
1

Iy drawn) from thiS SOCIally Cleo there.

ated value of land. and many
1 lieutenant at Ellington Field. Texas. recently. He attended M. 1. T. I other";lse Maude C. Haines. deceased
would be proceed unless anot 1er! do not need to do so since a~p e from Jun,?, 1943, to Feb., 1944, and was a member of the R. O. T. C'II pllaR.t)e of Narberth. Montgomery County.
alte rnative site was offered at the I' revenue can be drawn (and JU~t- 1"-.-.-----:-'--.'1',
Letter. TestamentRry on the Rbo\'e E.••
tate have been granted to the under- -
The land is being purchR-~ed I' beneflt.~ would fiow from the do- T/SGT. ROBERT D. EZICKSON. U. S. M. C. R. (42) of Merion ~\~r~' ~h~e:::i~~~~t:~~I~:[S~~~ h~~~~:
throug-J::! A. D. Warnock. as agent ing of it. i
was home in January after serving 18 months in the South Pacific ot the decedent to make known the
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for the SchOOl Board. for $30.000.1 Yours truly. with the First and Second Marine Air Wings. He did administrative same. and RlI persona Indebted to the . t
Land in that vicinity has been I HAROLD SUDELL work and also served with the intelligence of th.1l Air WIngs. dla";etdoent
, I,
to make payment. without de·
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selling- for $3.000 an acre upwards./ Manhatt~n BUil~in~. LT. RALPH K. ROLLINS (42), pilot of a Flying Fortress. made
MARTHA L. HASSINGER.
Juanita .APartments.
Two·thirds of the 17-acre tract PhIladelphia, Pa. his crew were returning from a mission. Three engines were gone and
I"".."",,,,,,,,,,.,,....,,,,,,""""....... I Ventnor. N. J .•
ExecutriX. I
is owned by tile G.irard Trust
Compan~' and Pennsylvania Com-
I THE his first parachute jump over FranCe a short while ago. Ralph and Or to her At.torney, James Hay Simms.
the ship was in poor condition when he gave the order to jump. Keep- !
1528 WlIlnut Street, Phlllldelphla. Pa. ! A number of posItions are now open to ambitloil

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pany under a trusteeship and the ing his plane under control until all his crew was safely out. ho~ man- O. T. 2/1-6t.
other third by the Sml! h50l11an
Institute. of Washington. D. C"
More thRn an hour of the tIme
SPECTATOR ailed to bail out and landed unharmed. Ralph left for overseas duty ESTATE
last October. His wife. the former Ruth Woolmington (39) and his Montgomery County. PlI .. deceRsed.
thrre-mont.h-old daughter are living in Narbo?rth with Ruth's family.
,
OF HOWARD FRANKLIN
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COITER. late of Borough ot Narberth
Letters Testamentary On the above
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young women. They are jobs in which you will be COil·
tributing to the war-effort. They are job. with good
the School Board gave to Ros~-I
mon. t residents w~~ takel~ up .In ·.. "".....".. """"",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.... E.'t.ate
FJ,ASH! The latest news is that Ralph is missing, presumably on his signed. RII personA Indebted to _aid E,-
15th mission over Europe. The last letter his wife received from him t.1te nre reQueRted to make Immediate
hll"lng been
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granted the under-
,
pay, •• "gular u,N'eaus ••• and many appottuniti..

readmg I a · len-6th~K plannll1g I~:

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slstant SUpell1lt~n eJ.ll4'? '.
l. . ..
That business of the BulRe in was dRted D~cember 30. after he had completed his 14th mission. P8~·ment. and those ha\'lng legal ctalm"
port. P 11 IP.. . d o~n;a~~h~is I Belgium was pretty tough on I About two weeks later a letter arrived containing a money-order and toHOWARD
, . . a note from Ralph's former bombardier statin~ that "he wanted me
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preoent SRme Without. delfty. to
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FRANKLIN COTTER. JR... t ii ~xper
to advance. You earn as YO\1 learn,

There is a real FUroRE, too~ In 1hete jobl.

223 Haverford A\'enue.
read t.he repOl1.. \\ 1m h slIO\\ ed Bobby Rowan, \\ hose home addl ess I to send vou this" The telegram from the War Department announe- Narberth, Pa.
ho,,; by rOmp\ltlll~ thc statlstlcal
. ' . ' and school
populat.lOn . atten d anee nowadays
t·
con mues hIS
. t' b I a Ave but·"
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e . onIS APO., and ing that he was missing over Germany was delIvered January 24, 1945.
mall
. ,JOHN
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CRIST
i Dr'TCleaning I
COTTER.
201 Price Street, Bell Telephone offers positions in which }'em -.rill be

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, NRrberth. Pa.
~ro\\'th in the next 26. years. t~e he ha.5 the Nel\' York Postmaster SGT. WILLIAM COSTELLO (42) of Ardmore was wounded in Or their Attorneys, Fox lind McTighe. working in It clean, safe, and pleasant atmotp'ber•. No
School Board had arJ"lved at Its look after it for him. Il:.<Qs.. 319 Swede Street, Norristown. Weare known for our
decision to buy land and bUIld In The big battle has now been France December 19. 1944 and is in a hospital there. He volunteered Pa. 0.T.2/15·6t experience is necessary. Friendly .upervillOr. train you
Rosemont. . concluded, and Bobby Is none the for service two months after graduation, has been overseas 16 months, careful handling of deli-
This did not seem to satisfy worse for it which means his is a veteran of the Anzio beachh.1lad, the invasion of Southern France and are always ready to lend assistance. Quiet r....
the residents because at one point. mother's prayers are heard in and other campaigns. I aate fabrics and colora-
in the rliscussion E. E. Burlm- Heaven. as our local lad was a
game. president of the board, I "first scout." 6ne of those who
asked:
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LT. PHAON DERR (41) who graduated from the Naval Academy
were ordered to prowl throulI;h the last June, is serving aboard a battleship in the South Pacific. His
"Are ~'Oll satisfied the Sell 001 Ardennes on their own to det.er- brothel', CADET WIJ,UAM DERR (43) who enlisted in the Navy V-5.
Boa.rd has made rliligpnt effort to mine exactly wl1ere the Germans has finished a refr.1lsher course at st. Olaf's College, Minn., and has I
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I nomical.
I
, yet our charges are eco-
You can
, depend on us for quality
always
rooms offer comfort and relaxation. Y Olol may chClOM
from a variety of interesting jobl.

Make arrangements to drop in-teallOOo':"-aftd team

find out what is needed." were. been assigned to pre-fiight training at Chapel Hill. N. C. work. i
The answer was a chorus of. Not all tile scouts came back to i .U about these opportunities• .An interviewer is ready
"noes" from the l"I~sidpnt.s. 'report the woods were clear. but LT. DON WHITE (38). navigator of a B-17. who was shot down
Later on. several of the nllmrr- Bobby survived many a mission. over Germany last April and is now a prisoner of war there. has been
ous speakers expresspd their con-' and 101' that he was. grateful. tho' awarded the Air Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters. representing two.
fldence in the Lower Merion he often had occasIOn to mourn I ' i
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Our 22 Years of
Experience Spells
," ll-E-lj·J·A·ll-J·lj-/·2"·]'
to answer all your questiool. Visit any of thac QfiirM l

school system but added that the I a comrade dear.

school.
additional awards of the sallIe decoration. The award will be pre-
school directors had picked the I Naturai enough it was, then. to sented to his parents in Narberth. The citation reads, "For especially i
wrong site in Rosemont for a. hope for a surcease of thiS ardu- ffi?ritorious achievement, while participating in 15 separate bomber;
: ous task of beIng a trail-blazer combat missions over enemy occupied Continental Europe. The cour- : ~ i
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RECONDITIONING
45 ."'rlon Avenue, ArclmOt'.
1631 Arch Str.et, Philadelphia
Room 315, McClatchy lullc:llnl
. At times the discussion was not: to test out the enemy. but In the age. coolness and skill displayed upon these occasions refiect great II ,.
(69th .. Mark.t ItI., Up...r D.....y)
confined t.o the Rosemont school: Army oraers are ,orders and a credit upon himself and the arl1'll1!d forces of the United States." _ REMODELING

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site but touched upon such thin~s. man does what he s told and no '-or 51·59 I. Penn St., Norristown
as the school and township tax back t a l k . . EDMUND C. HALEY, '41, of Gladwyne has been promoted from I -.:-r , REPAIRING
I , 410 York Road, Jenkintown
rates. assessed valuation. 1'E'1' Nevertheless,. IllS mother kept on ensign to lieutenant (jg). He hils been chief engineer s.ince Sl1lrving in i
capita taxation costs. the re-: praymg, and It can be assumed the Pacific. and before leaving for active duty.more than a year .ago I
liability and necessit~· fOJ' lanning i that, In her ol"lsons she was p~r- was an instructor at tl1l1! U. S. Merchant Manne Academy at Kmgs I Sal'Ior ut H ats
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ADELIZZI I' or call I!,terprl'. 10100
ahead' as far as 1970. allege<!; tlcularly mlndfui of a Lady \\ho Point, L. I .• from which he was graO.uated.
"Ican d es t.Ille
" " an ri..se c·ret.:..s :s.sions. I also

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Now.had ainSon.
of tJ:e SChOO! bam d. tI 1 e n, xt eco- Bobby's brothel', Jerry, was also
that same division . . ---
Four Menomtes, CPL. fRED DAVIS. '41. of Wynnewood. SGT. I
~omlc " dePleSSIOJ: . an~. further att.ached, a sergeant in the Field JOHN F. BLAIR, '41. of Bala-Cynwyd, T/SGT. NORMAN D. SOUTH-I flowers. TRllored.
a.wfUI. t.hIn~s .\\hlch th.at Ad;;; Art.illery, but the two boys had GATE. '36, of Narberth. all members of the hard-hit 106th Infantry
m~nistl at.J~n. Ill. Washmgton never met since theY left each Division. are reported missing in action in the German break-through
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CLEANERS AND DYERS
Please bring along your birth·ctlUfieale or odler proof
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mIght ha\e In siol e. ot.her in Narberth battlefields be- in Belgium in D e c e m b e r . ' r a ss e 102 Forrest Ave., Narberth
several of t1~e verbal passes. ing far-flung-. and Bobby's In- Helene P Watwood ,- THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLYANIA
made by t.he resldf'I?-ts drew sharp i fantry was invaliably miles away. MAJOR RALPH ROSS. '34~been select1ld to attend an om-I
retorts from BurllnRame. otherl Jerry's job was plenty hard, cers' special basic course of the field artillery at Fort Sill, Okla. Ralph
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243 HAVERFORD AVE.
Next to ~~~~~rt~rUI Store.
1NARBERTH 2602
' 228 Bala Ave CynwYd HA Frl.ndly PIa•• to Wotk"
members of the School Board and but it was not subject to the same was graduated from the Military Academy in 1940 and has served in
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of schools. tormented Bobby's daily chores, ~~D~ •
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The remarks about~cretb~rd and so Jerry dec~ed ~ was up to ~ ~-------------~--~~~~~~~-~~--~~~-~~~-~~~---~
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mel' t lUg an d rea I esta t e negotia-. him t~ re I"leve th e pressure 0 n nor wereshall keptthere
a private
be anymatter
further.•• in-
Uons nettlf'd Burlingame. hiS younger brother.
He dubbed the "false" and What to do. was the Question. trusion on the Quietude of a moth-
"malicious.". but they do say that if Jerry had er's praYer. nor the gratitUde
One of the residents wanted a been home last. month he ,,:o~ld which swells her heart on the
rising vote on the school site hut have been makmg a good liVing news of her son's delivery from
William Decker. School Board sellmg snow-balls 011 Haverfo.rd the cruelest thrusts of a fearful
member. said this wouldn't be fair Avenue and so It was not surpl'ls-w __a_r_. _
as only the opposition turned out 1ll~ that he managed to do some- •
for the meeting. He countered thmg-. .
with the suggestion to hold a How It happened Jerry doe~ not ~
Rosemont community poll but the say, but, word from. Euro~ IS to .'
idea petered out in the diSCu.ssion the effect that aftel a stletch of
which followed. . K. 'P .. Bobby was called to hiS
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When the discussion bpcame Command Post an.d was a.~k~<;l If
bitter in soots it looked as though he had .a brother 1ll tl,te DIVIsIOn., I
the residents wouid gO away . H~ saId. that of COlllse, he h~d,
emptY-handed. \\ I~el eUiJon the staff sergednt 111- j
FinallY it wai' the conciliatory ~~~;ed If he was a major or col- ,
i ~;ords .of ,Dr. Josep~1 E. Sands. "No." said Bobby. "He's a ser- '
\, ho eXl?lame~ he \} as t.he only geant." an answer that Quite be- ,
school .dlrectOl to vote aga.mst t1~e ~ wildcred the SIS for he said i
resolutIOn because he lived m I some Quite extraordinary thing-s '
Rosemo~t. that smoot.hed down' and then sputtered that "You're
the feel.mgs of the other directors i the luckiest man in the U. S.
and res)(ient..~. He stat.ed t.hat he I Army. You have been assigned to
believed they would all gf't further the Medical Corps attached to
if a small RTOUlJ. of rf'i'idents YOUI' brother's Artillery outfit and
talked it over QUietly with the a Captain is on his way to take
schOOl board. you back." ..
It was School Director John W. And almost immediately the NARBERTH
Homsey. Jr.. Who made the reso- Captain appeared and behind him.
lutton to postpOne school board with a grin that spread from ear
action and giye the residents a to ear. was Sergeant Jel'l'Y.
cha!,!ce to diSCUSS the matter Probably it would be beLler if
Electric & Radio Co.
NARBERTH 4182
I· She Eljoys Drinking Milk IfJ If!
agam at the March meetin~. In the derails of the historic meeting Cor. Haverford & Forest AVe!
the meantime. the School Board _:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;_;;;_ _;;;;; • No more coaxing since Mother
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agreeQ not to make settlement on r
the property. discov.ered' how she loves the
, Letter to the Editor I, WHEN YOUR creamy, delicious taste of this fine,
pure, homogenized milk.
De ar Edltor:
February 13. 1945 i
Your excellent editorial "Schools
I CAR STOPS It's easv for her to digest, and as-
GiVe Property Its Value" brings
out a truth which is often lost.
I WE START 8ures the amount of Sunshine
sight of. But yoU shOUld have f
gone into the mat.ter a little deep- , But why wait for your car to Vitamin D she needs these short
er and have shown .lust what I
give out~ Avoid break downs.
property Il"ets the value which I Come in for a Winter check up Winter days.
Schools and other public services
(p 0 Ii c e and !l,re protection!!.
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now. An ounce of care savea
streets, sewers. etc.) confel·. We l' milch repair.
USually think that real estate gets I ABBOTTS DiluxEX MILK PHILADELPHIA
it but real estate consists of two
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things-land and Intprovements-/
J'l M n.L.-..r I LIN. E ~ n....... Lc..........,e-.rolWMIUc. . . .
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and only the first named of these
• j:t.ets this value. Bulldiolts. since I ~ COMP,ANY
they depend fOI' their value on
the cost of reproduction. !let n o n e B ATfERY AND ELECTRIC STATION AII8OrI'a Jt.UJUa. INC. * c::. .tt••Ubal D Not W'W1tt1 £leetriei!.Y d'
W, La
l:N,Jta6a••• ., . . . . Gao*-
of it-it a.ll Roes to the land. A o It la Not Rdttolll!
~dmore 1825 J....d Bec:du.8
vacant lot of equal size. next to 304 Dcalter Ave, ~:e:= Ardmore 0358
an 1mp~~ved lot. ·ts~~~a.~,~Uch•..IIi~.~~-.-~~...-. ,,~'.-.....-,~,-,-'''~;,~,.,...-,'-., ~.'.,. .~-.,. .•.-.o:oO+"'!""'---...,",....__"~"l ...... , . ...
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lebruary 22, t 945.
lance driver and emergency Red Joins Gallon Club
Narberth Club Women
[~:~ !{ ~,~~::t1Q,$2J
Cross nurse.
Miss Kates' News 'of the Mrs. Ellsworth Clarke announc-
ed that Miss Adelaide' Hawley. Dr. and Mrs. Warren Walker. 511
Helen Perot Walker. daughter of

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Weds Capt. Girl Scouts Men and Women Meet Feb. 20 who spoke at the club meeting of Lynmere Rd .. Bryn Mawr. achiev-
January 16. returned a check f()J' ed her ambition to join the Red'
$27.50 to be used for Red Cross Cross Blood Donor gallon clUb be-
In .Exhibition in Service Hear Talk on War work. Mrs. Clarke presented the fore her 20th birthday. This re-
• H. M. Molony Lt. and Mrs. William Clipsham
have returned from New York. and BerkleY Ave., Narberth, enter-
Mrs. Ledger D. Ford. of 512
Fund Drive; 5 .
check to Mrs. H. A. Frye. in the cord of donating eight pints of
absence of Mrs. G. W. Orth. Red blood since her 18th birthday was
Cross Chairman of the club. completed during the Blood Don-
are the Ituests of Lt. Clipsham's tained at supper and bridge on I ,
• parents. MI'. and Mrs. C. B. Clips- Friday. February 16. Guests were: To Demonstrate FIrst T/4 William Wimer, formerlY Members Welcomed Mrs. Edwin Wolf. and Mrs. Wil- or Days at the Red Cross Centel'
Ceremony Held Feb. ham. of 430 Haverford Ave. ,
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Mr. and Mrs. Hugh S. GllIiams.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kirby. Mr.
A'd 'at Aff'
aIr to 1
of Woodbine Ave.. is home on 30
days furlough after spending eight
Ham J. Henderson were the host- in Ardmore this week.
esses of the day. Mrs. Georp;e B .
17; Couple to Live' Be Feb 2,4 H~ld
•• Mrs. Donald Beitler of Drexel and Mr.s. A. H. Hamilton. Dr. and months on Sipan. At the, meeting of the Narberth Suplee and M.rs. Neal C. Ander- Amet!lYst is quartz. colored
In J<entuckY HllI. entertained 25 guests. SundaY. Mrs Richard Johnson, MI'. and 'l; '* • • • • Community Club. held Tuel'day. son poured. witt a purplish hue.
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February 18. at a surprise linen Mrs. Fritz Isenberg. Mr. and Mrs..
Miss Katharine Dorothea Kates. shower for Miss Jane Davis. whose John Pruss.
daughter of MI'. and Mrs. Charles marriap;e to EnsiJ,m Robert Odell
I Sgt. John Raser, QM. of 30 Mrs. Robie M. E\·ans. chairman of
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Girl Scouts of Philadelphia wlll Woodside Ave .. Narberth. is home PUblicity of the Ardmore Branch
Mrs. Ford wiII entertain at the present a compdehenslve demon- on 15 days furlough from Camp of the Red Cross. gave a short E. A. CLARKE
L, Kates. of 316 David Rd .. Llan- wllI take place March 10 at the monthly meeting of the Phlladel-, stratlon :>f the activities included Lee, Va., I talk on the Red Cross War Fund
• erch became the bride of Captain Ardmore Presbyterian Church. phia- West .Suburban al1lance of in their 10 program fields. Satur-, • • •. Drive, scheduled to open March 1. Man Line Realtor
H. Martin MolonY. Jr.. son of MI'. • • • Delta. Delta. Delta sorority. I day. Feb. 24. at the Strawbridge I' cM~·S. Gret~llen. C. ~Ittenhous~ Mrs. Evans also introduced two Now in Permanent Quarters
and Mrs. H. Martin Molony, of Mrs, A. J. Cliff, 130 Winchester • • • and Clothier Store In Philadelphia e elved hel hus~and s captam., junior Red Cross members to the
• New Orleans. La.. formerly of Rd. Merion. has returned home Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. McFar-' from 10 A. M. to 4 P. M. bars. and was notified that he is club .
Cynwyd. Pa. at a lovely wedding alter two weeks at Joseph Price ren and their daughter. Dorna! Mrs. Samuel H. P. Read. of NllI'- now Ma.iOl· William Rittenhouse. . ., . . 119 MONTGOMERY AYE.
, Saturday afternoon at 4 P. M. in Hospital.
st. George's· Church. Ardmore.
The ceremony was performed by
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Louise. of Bristol. Pa .. wllI be the i berth. is the program chairman He received his promotion effective
weekend guests of Mrs. McFar- ,of this entire event.
Mrs. Wilbur Oaks. Centennial ren's parents. Mr. and Mrs. George: Mrs. Gardinel' Dean. of Wynne-
the. Rev. F'rederick E. Seymour, and Fairview Rds.. Penn ValleY. F. Werner. of 441 Brookhurst wood. Is in charge of the Interna-
Februai'V 8.
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Mrs. WIllIam H. Durbm Issued a
plea for volunteer workers to pack
Red Cruss recreation chests at the
Earl J. Rober·ts, Jr., of Mont-! Ardmore Branch March 1. at 10
WEST Qt. MEf:'I'I)\G HOUSE LA);£
MERION, PA,
More and more people are 1 _
inll that GOLDEN GUERNSEY
I'icar of t~le church.
Milk II an indiapenll\ble enervv'
. . entertained 38 guests at luncheon Ave.. Narberth. ,tional Folk Dancing and Singing gamery Court Apts.. Narberth. has A. M.
• Th~ bride. who was given 111 and bridge on Thursday. Febru- • ' ,which will be presented by girls been promoted to first Lieutenant.j An announcement of an Inter- I'HONES f.-! {or wartime living •• , for
marnage by. he)' ~athe!·. wore a ary 15. for the benefit of the
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health! Food Ihortallel,lcardti..

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gown of wlute satm With bertha American S tom a c h Hospital. nut Ave.. Narberth, entertained at Philadelphia Girl Scout Council.
Mrs, B. C. Booker. of 4 Chest- from the various districts of the
of family lace around th,: sweet- Aprons and bakery products were luncheon and bridge on Wednes- The Main Line District presenta- berth Ave.. Merion, has been pro-I Stratford
I • • • I national Relations meeting to be
Samuel K. White, of 501 Nar- 11eld February 27 at the Bellevue
Hotel. Philadelphia. at
CYNWYD 3 0
TRINITY 0660
3 0 ·3301 diminish in importance when
GOLDEN GUERNSEY Milk I.
heart necklme. lace e~gl11P; ~he donated and sold _ all proceeds day. February 21. 110 .30 A. M.. was made by Mrs. Therp i. a hll'" <lemao<l for hOl1le" to,la,' vour mealtime Itand.bv. There'.
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lonlt sleeves and full skirt endmg given to the Hospital.
in R. lonlt train. Her llnRer-tlp • • •
Guests in-, tion will be at 11 A. M., given by moted to captain.
cluded Mrs. William Brown. Mrs.' Bala-Cynwyd troop 395 and Penn
. Walton Webb and Mrs, Alexander, Wynne troop 135.
• • • !Lewis G. Crater. Corea will be hOi oothio~ to whnt "'0 w,lI .f'" io R to I~
Charles L. McGol·ry. Jr.• of 108 the subject of the lectmre.
I mootl,o, 1... 1 m" koo", ,'001' ,""Quirl'lllellts,
I more mergy.value in each'qllllrt
than in ~ lb. of steak! Drink It
length veil of tulle. felI from a
crown of family lace and she car- young son of Lt. (jg) William E.
William Edward Everett. 4th. Skilton.
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i Brownies. Intermediates and Conway Ave .. Narberth. has been! Mrs. E. C. Griswold.' member-
I Senior Girl Scouts will participate promoted to technical sergeant. I ship chairman welcomed five new 2 STAn BI;YS-
I ••• 1lIe it ••• keep tip VOUC enet'"r
,~ :'ied a cascade bouquet of white Everett. 3rd and Mrs. Everett. of Mrs. Warren A. Benfield. of 439' in .32 Hving exhibits ~o pe.r tray • • • I club members: Mrs. Thomas W. - - -1V-0D ----------
Narberth Hall. Narberth. was Broo~hurst Ave:. Narberth. en-: ac.tlvltes n. the followmg. flel~s:
Miss Alice Louise Rommell. of christened Saturday. February 17, tertamed the bridge group of the Alts and Clafts. Commumty Life. MI'. and Mrs William C Shaner Iw J Donohur and Mrs Wayne HlIIll h,v \\lIl1ae,· k Wnmer. l.ol ~1':xltjX,:
orchids and freesia. William C. Shaner, Jr.. son of Blake. Mrs. R. C. Kennedy. Mrs. WYN)\F. 9 . Stoup k d"lIhoar<l l,ou"l'. I
Glenside. sel"\'ed as 'dmaid of honor
and the bri esmal s were
M· I'n All Sal.n+'s' lA Cll1II'cll. Wynne- Narberth
ISS wood. The Rev. Gibson BelI. pas- er lOme Fe ruary 15.
h I Juniorb Woman's I Club t at
.
e Health
: n. I a on~
on t1and 1Safety.
Fr' d Homemaking.
I~n
h' L·te. of 207 Wayne' Ave"
SIP, . I I a- been promoted to Storekeeper
Narb'erth
, Ilas II Bu'I'ns'I'de
I " . " t'Ilf'IO~f'(l
1'<1'·-l'm .. lllll'f'lI
Hr,·,·m,. 5uo·1'0I'"h,-oo,
hut an room
Funds received from the Home for "ollll"..I"hl,' 10UOKio~, ~ liedl'lIIo., :1 i
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BROOKMEAD
rt>a!l\' (1f'~iJ:"I1I'd
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d Mrs. Ann Hartman was assistant, tUle an,d .ola~atlcs. Natme. Out- (Aviation) second class. Made Food sale on January 16. l:oll's, a~'" II0o.. -·! .."'",," nOli hOlh, \',,11111" ' GUERNSEY DAIRIES
IOf-~OIs. L~,,",'1. ''':II.~~,''''hheil
Marion McCadden. of Ridley park. tor of the church officiated. p

and Miss PeltRY MolonY. of New The ."oungstel"s gOdpal'ents al'e hostess. Sports and Games. and • • • have amounted to over $80 Mrs. (,"0'0"'. '''01 hp<1. ,!. I
• '1 ean S... Sl'stol'
, of the gl'oom Tllev
. , M W'IJ" .• E E tt J d . • • • MUSIC
. N'b .tl T' and Dancing '368 'I . I C d " t S d I d ' . . "
omman er nlor on Illl 1'1' an • I Joseph H. MilleI'. proJect commlt- IO'OI",,·t," 10 1II:1tl 1\\'" sal'I',I,,'" 101' :,<·!".,UU. the ,'0.1 of the I "Serving tile Main Line
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were gowned alike in frocks of r. I lam . I vere . 1'.. an Mrs. Soma A. I1epburn, of 308~ . al ell. lOOP of \\ lie 1 of 327 LlandriJlo Rd .. Cynwyd. has; tee chairman announced. -------------- i for over 21 years".
pale blue taffet.a fashioned on Mr. and Mrs. Al en S. CuthbeI-t. Narberth Hall. Narberth: Jules MIS, .Read. IS th~ lead~r Will dem- been awarded the Bronze Star for i Club president. Mrs. Harrv C. wy:,·)\f:WOOD. A ('OIllfOl'tahlo mll,ll'I'n:
• princeS5 lines with sweetheart Attending the ceremony were Aaronson" of 415 Montgomery' ~n.st~.ate lemedles fOl 1~?uSehold meritorious performance of duty: Middleton. Jr.. who presided at h~,~'" w't.Ioollt lo.. ~,' 1'1'0111111" 111 ," h",llItiflll ;
necklines. bracelrt lengt.h sleeves Mrs. William Everett. Jr.. Mrs. Ave" Menon. and Thomas Ol:"den. m,lUlles at the booth Safe at during the invasion of Normandv I th meeting- reminded the mem- A:, 1100. Slo". "'~<I CllIl'hllllrd. Cenl." ]jail. ' PHONf: WAYNE 1121
an f u II s kil' t s ,with bustle backsf' EverettWilliam and Everett.
Mrs 3rd.. Mrs.EveJohn tt of Morris' and Clotl'. 1Iel Rd s.. .' A Home"i t ' t Mrs L 'd Robert I
'tl Weisman
th h I . last June. T he award was made . . bel'S e . Montgomery Counts "olll"ed .~
b"tlo. n"d '! l",d'·I11"..
1,1.'111" lI"'L. .1
""II'" ",. l"'Ollllf,,1
,,'"'RI ,"OHmo 1
re , WynnewoOd. are among the new fssMs ~nW . ea er, whl 1, e e p aboard the USS Quincy, a heavy Federation card party and fash- a~d balh l>l,.:!n<l floor. ':'I04,;,'! '''': 1I1OIIIh I'
. Donald of the
• They d carried cascade bouquets a . .
Lt. Everett was home from stu.dent~ enrolled 'on hop to be held at straw- 0, ,"hll'h ,,,!,OU ,. ~,"'Ill'd 10 J,,·,·r. teo
Charles R. Meyers, Pres.

D A R. CI· a})t r b
red 'roses with matching roses in at Temple 0 . I. elsman. w 0 IS a memo, cruiser. .
~. d CI tl i" PI'I d >1- dO"~II~" 1II1>1;t~R.,·, $, (IOU dOWII. 'l'nxes
Kate.~. ~. i'~18~'I~,,~.>~.~I~"I~"I'~'~"':"~'O~.I~IO~()~'~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~;
their hair. Jacksonville. FIll... after several Umverslty. : bel of the Medical Corps of Nar- ._____ ·'d s
• Mrs. Charles mother of months of sea duty. • • • : berth. coached the girls for this Il.ge an, . 0 leiS. lIn I

}U~hi~'1 ;i'e~~rewfth y~~e :~d ~rs. Arth~;' L~uJo~k~, t . e ~onev

h b'd d'n l' gown of • • • Mi R th Co k d It· f exhibit. The girls have been plua. on Malch 12. at 1.30 P. --
I of se- Mr. Hjalmar E. Breit and Miss Mr. gf studying First Aid for some time • • e received tom I the affal:
• quins. a purple ostrich feather Elizabeth Breit. of Palmerton. pa .. 201 Lltnt.wvn Lane Narberth will,under a Red cross instructor and
aft~r Held Opel') r~or lr~ W'f1.y E nvy A T rlm · F·
\\Ill be use.d to unUSl ?ne sun
1lgure. ?
hat and a corsage of brown 01'- were the weekend Ruests of Mr en tel' Blicknell 'University' in
chids. The ltroom's mother. Mrs. and Mrs. If. E. Breit. Jr.. of 503 March. She is enrolled In the their JUlllOl: FJrst Aid Certificates.
J. Martin MolonY. chose a dinner Beechwood Lane. Narberth.
:;!own of aCQua crepe with match-
commerce and finance course
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this. exhi.bit wi.lI have earned
,They Will demonstrate the
'1 treatment for simple fractures. Mee t · . F e.
b 19 Na~a Gre~la,
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Hat
pea eJ .0
Valley FOlge Gen-
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le aY was
who told of her ex-
M' s
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'n'" hat and a COI'sage of purple
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orchids. st erous comml.~sions and f<overn-
Fiss holds membership on num- Jr. W Omal'l ' s burns.. sprain,ed an. kles. wounds.
! d o~ b It ,!S. J?OlSO~ IVY, syn stroke
I an pOlsonmg.
lit 0
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I Let my personal experience help you
Mr. J. Martin Molony was be mental bodies whose functions II runn ng corn-
Lancaster County
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to regain and perfect your figure . . .
I mentary will be read by three Group Accepts 3
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man for his son and the ushers have a bearino- on le"islation. He
"'el'e
" Sel'geant CllaI'les
. Chambers. is chairman Commission , . , , . ,
of the Jointcreated CI b t H ld
State II U 0 0 ' three
i are C onme
girls.. ~ ~r t on. M
taking turns. The girls
IN
ew If.lem ers' ear b H
and improve your health. Make your-
self the envy of others.
1\/r
Fresh Killed
SIlo'lv 'ir' ~etty· elhs!11b!lt~l.
USAAF. of MechanicsbUl'g..Pa .. Government art la yoeg-
D J R H t'
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Robert Hayes. of Cvnwyd: Pnvate in 1937 to make continuinl< stud-
First CI!t, S g. Arthur. Denman. ies of the State's needs and to
ASTP. of Narberth: Private First recommend legislation for the II
,Fasl ,,'ol'l J
II (., (., (.,
le roop ex I I ~ng are: Jane
Drennen.f Babs
y Fishel'.
The girls of
r.. . ar
Dorothy POULTRY & EGGS
• STEAM CABINETS
e EI.ECTRICAL EXERCISERS4"t
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Class Richard Hopkins. USA of bellefit of the Commonwealth. Hr GHro!l . NaNnc HuMnsicckellr. Nancy An open meetinO" of the Dr. e MASSAGE
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Cynwyd and Charles bl.other L. of Kates
the bnde ..Jr., is a member of the Pennsylvania
. Commission on Interstate Cooper-
Aff aIr
- March 8 I-n awey.
MacLaren. ancy McDermon.
Mary
b I' M tt Ell' R t l'ff M
call.. Janet Bar_ Benjamin Rush Chapter. ,..
was held February 19. at the home
D. A. R .. Also Full Line Of e VACUUM CepPI~G for alI over or
of Llanercl1. SPOT REDUCTION
MI ,~>..
'ne.
'"",
\\,ns
Nanc',"
tIle
Merris..
soloist
of
"'Ith
Brook-
Merton
ation. serving on the subcommit- COmmUnI'ty Bldg.', a a o. 111 a c I e. ar-
g I'et R bb Pt· i M ' S ·th of the regent. Mrs. Verna D.
a o . a a ane ml . FRESH FRUITS & • PI.A~NED EXERCISF.~ and help •
n n tees on taxation. uniform laws and J an W'I I'll' , Woodcock. of Overbrook.
II .•..e
., at the console. liquor problems. He is a member ReVleW
. CI ub Met aM JI son.
k F d P V II The rector of Valley, Forge' ful suggestions \\;th each course.
B. FI
F
ollowinl< the dceremony
ceptlon was I1el a
t tl
le
the
Menon l,'e- of t Ile General State Authority
and of the State Council of De-
a rs. ac of the
member or Troop0 ennCommit- a ey. Memorial Chapel. Dr. John Rob- I
tee of Troop 368, supervised the bi~s HaI:t. \vas the guest speaker. I VEGETABLES. Begin Now - Have It Trim Figure
Tribute House after which the fense. TI J . k' HIS subJect was. The SpirIt of" B~' Easter
couple left for a honeymOon in le umor members of the Nar- ma 1I1g ot posters by the girls. 125 N. Narberth Ave.
As a part of the demonstration. Unity of Churches." He told those ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ij
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New York. They left vesterda;' to
make their home in Louisville.
K~'. while Captain Molony IS sta-
NARBERTH - bert.h Community Club will hold
their a!mual Spring fashion show I Narbel:th Troop. 90, will take present that 46 bells have been i
and bndge on Thursday evening.: part 111 "Extenor Decoration." donated to date. from various i Keep f/(-{!njoy beller Ileo/ill. Focilitie~ of
~andywoman
tioned at, Bowman Field. March 1. at 8 o·clock. at the Com- : showing the work necessary to the states as D. A. R. memorials. and,
TIle bl
erford
'I'de )'.s a "raduate
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Township High School.
of Hav- SCHOOL NEWS , munity
Tl Building on Windsor
\e fashion show will be staged I
Ave·l winning
Gwen Hun kof a
SiC er.
C
aro e
I GBadge. placed in the towel'.
Regents of se\'eral D. A. R.'
er- Chapters were guests. Mrs. Mil-!
: RES T·· t/le Solon ol'oilo/Jle 3 nighls a week wilh
male attendant. PllOne jor appointment.
Captain Molony. a graduate of
loOwer Me1'ion High School has
Narberth. under the supervision! ard. Je.an Graham. Anne Cani-
- of its manager. Mrs. Norman gan. Diane C!lthbert and Je,nnie lard W. Layton. Old York Road' Your Weary Bones ,
been in the service for three years. Past Assemblies Bruce Gill. Spring and Summer L. Gordy Will s.how. repall'lng Chapter: Mrs, Charlrs Neff. Pet-:
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Charlotte's
t.
He receiyed his wings at Roswell The past assemblies of the Nar- fashions will be modeled by mem- ! burned out .elecl.1· lc w1l'l;s. and er MUhlenberg Chapter: Mrs. N. i Preserve Your Health
Field. N. M. and recently return- berth Public School were as fol- bel'S of the .club. The stage decor- ! fancy wr~ppmg .for weddmg and J. Hooper. TllOmas Leiper Chap-'
'om the European T11eatre of lo"'s.' n
ations
S ' will be canied out with·I odd JeanoccaSIOnal gifts. Ma
Mal'le "'~Id tel': Mrs, and
B t Chapter. Asa Mrs.
M. Lehman. I\Ierion:I
Harrv P. Smith- Raise Your Spirits
ed fl He completed 54 missions
War. pnng motives. There wlll be' 'UU. ry ar - . REDUCING AND HEAL1l-I SALON
as Bombardier with the Nint.h Air On January 5. Katha,.'ine Clark. music and refreshments i lett. Patsy StoHs. Betty Jane Stew- son. Chester Counts Chapter, Two;
rt WCAU radio commentator. told of Tl ff'" d '1 d' : art. Patsy McAnenem and Faith other special guests were Mrs. J. I Order a Back Rest
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Forre and has the Purp Ie H ell.
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her experiences as a young girl . 11' a au IS un er t le lIec- I Lillis will show Easter packaJ1;ing Markley Freed. president of the
with cluster for wounds in action. on the island of Conegidor in the tlOn of Mrs. Frank ~urcell. chalr- I and brown paper wrapping for Philadelphia Regents' Club. and
the Air Medal with Cluster. and Pacific and in many countries in I man of. the book review club. The: parcel post. Mrs. Alice D. P. Koller. State
Board
Ardmore
the D. F. C. with Clusters. Europe. Miss Clark had a very I de~orat~ng c0':lmlttee. 1I1clu?es I Sally Watson, Martha Metzger. Chairman of membership. SHULL LUMBER
I Ollen Evenings By' Appointment
tl~l<:::>()<:::=>()<==>()C::::>()<=::::> interesting talk prepared for us. I M~ S. FI ank. PUI teU: MI s', CI~alles :Shirley Binns. Mary Lou Monis. Piano selections were a part of,
On January 12. Miss K. GreentAI?Old.,~[s. RO~lt Halpel .and:Ann Snyder and Mary Ann W~I- the entertainment, Duets weret ARDMORE 4120
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the school ph;'slcal education MI S. ""\ d~I~~ Ha11ls..Mem~elS of! lace. will present bh>thday gitts played by Mrs. A. B. Waillwright I
teacher displayed a number of th~ Ad\ el t~smg commlt~ee mclude ! and safe packing for fragile artl- and Mrs. John H. Kliver. Mrs.,
COMPANY
" 25 BALA AVE.
MIS, Chalies Ray. MIS. Edward cles ' Wainwright also played several,
STATE ~:~<;m~~ee~h~l~o s:aeve h:d de~~~~ Nt,I.nn. I and MI:~. George. Lincoln. ; Barbara Johnson. Eleanor Cath. solos. I BALA.CYNWYD
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(~f1<:::>()<::::>()<:::::>()C::::>()<=::::> stration of how they are made. i l31 1 ge and P~lze Com.mlttee In-! erman. Bessie Love, Peggy Jean Mrs. E. Eugene Place. a chapter,
Miss Jessie Rae Taylor. an im- I clu e~ Cathal ~ne PUlce.l1. Mrs., Offenhauser. Patty Feise and member of New York. was a guest: Cynwyd 0662
Speaker of the House e personator. came to us on Jan-I Robel t Rumfo~d and MIS..G. E., Peggy Smith. will show Christ- of the regent.
• When a member of the HOus_ uary 17. Miss Taylor gave mono-I DeNeen.. Refleshments ale in' mas wrapping and boxing for ex-
of Representatives in the Penn I Mrs. LolliS Devaney., Mrs. Ernest: press.
Mrs, Wayne Bmnside. 102 Avon
Rd.. Narberth: Mrs. James H.
Closed NOON Saturday
sylvania General Assembly rises og1les of: An Old Colored Man. Geor~e, ~nd M:·S. Vll1cent St~l.tz.! Mrs. Walter C. Groff. consul- Clemans. Philadelpllia. and Mrs.
• during a legislath'e session to Abraham Lincoln. Mrs. Wiggs of I ~esel\ atlOns al e llot necessan - , tant in the Homemaking Field is Joseph B. McCa II. Jr.. of Wvnne-
claim the attention of the chair Baby the Cabbal<e Patch. (aMother of dtickets may be procured at the'. tlle I~a d er 0 f th e troop. Assistl11g" : • "'ood "'el'e accepted by tIle Cllap-
, h e uses a form of address whic 11 and LoUlS Pasteur.
has come down t.hrough centuries
Face MaI·tl'n.
January 26. was mid-year Hon-
cl'I'mI'llal)
001 .
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The bOok review club met at i "Open House." was Mrs. Robert
, Iler In tlle prepara t·ton for the t e. l'
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Members aSSisting the hostess'
HEADQUARTERS ,I
of struggle for the right of people 01' Day. the home of Jean Remhardt and I A. Gold. of the troop committee were Mrs. John S. McGowen. Mrs. for '
to govern themselves. I
, O n February 2. there was a made plans for the forthcoming IGarden Club To
.. ~-' E. Eugene Place. and Mrs. George
u. Har~·ott. Mrs. Eugene B. Hos-
l'o.r Fire HrJ"r"nt
• The title of "MI'. Speaker' school rally to help increase event. A dessert bridge was held
which is conferred upon the pre- at the home of Mrs. Warren Ben- I' :J kins and MI;S. Place served at, the, On the Job-BIIY nnd Night
sidinlt officer of the House. is an- school spirit. Dolts Senft. Joan 111 Id b CI b 16 H ave Sh ow Mar 1 . tea table. :
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dent and honorable. In the Brit- Peters and Phyllis Mariana lead e
ish Parliament it was held bV the the pupils in the school cheers. Itt- y u .
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Few peoplc give a lleC- 1 1
member of the House of Com- Mr. R. Shank. another teacher n eres lng 0 es wyd will hold a "Forced Twifl. ' . ond thought to their Ill-
mons chosen as the spokesman for at Narberth. held a program in The letter A represents six; Show" at a meeting to be held CASTLE FILMS :1
lent Ilcntr)', the Fire
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hou~e
the people in addressing petitions honor of the "BoV Sc01lL<;" 35th principal vowel sounds. I March 1 at 11 A. M. at the club-
or remonstrances to the King anniversary. on February 9.
History records many instances Februar~' 16. was the day when in Switzerland is the Aar
The largest river entirely with-I man
I s Club.
of the Bala-Cynwyd Wo- Rad."ant Screens (,I' Ii Hydrant. Standing

• when it became his duty to resist "Pamahasika's Pets" was present-

royal encroachment upon the ed to us bv Mr. Roberts. There
rights and liberties of l.he people were a number of an,imals or pets an~
G I
eo ogy IS
. th
e s~l.ence of past i lustra ted lecture on "Boroman
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present conditions of the Hill." and Mrs. C. Reed Cary will

Mrs. A. B. Ross wllI giVE an il-
100ft ff 0 0
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All Medical Need. guard day and ~ht
o"er your home and
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or' England. • that were trained by Mr. Roberts eal tho speak on "Latest Developinent.~
• The Grand Canyon of the Colo- a~d Post-War Plans for Wild
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In the General A3sembb' of this to do numerous tricks and stunts. During February property and even yo1tr life, this unlNDg
Commonwealth the Speaker is
chosen by the Represent.atives
KATHERINE BLUM. rado was first seen by a white: Life." Both speakers are mem-
School reporter. man early in the 16th century, I bel':; of the Pennsylvania Conser- Mr. MacNeiIly
J.PAULSHEA hero performs a nlOllt important Ilervioe.
• from their memMrship, and he New Clubs Forming The depth of Grand Canyon vatlOn Council. Pharmruy Insurance CODlI)ltniCIl recognize their
retains the, right to vote on all The clubs for the second semes- at Bright Angel Trail to the Colo- • Kunz Motion Picture :At Narberth Station
• measures. In the present session tel' have been formed in the Nar- rado River is 4.460 feet. A llstralian Towns Service I :, Narberth 2838·28i9
vital part and gi~ yOll ~e ad.:v~~ 8£
the, Speaker is t.he Honorable Ira berth School. Of the music clubs,
pr~vious Battlefield epidemics. common Despite it.s rural character.
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confiicts. have been I about t.Wo-.thlrds of the people of
Fiss. of Snyder County. who is the Chorus is the largest. It has in 1319 Vine St., PhlJa. the lower ratell.
his second term in that 53 members. made UP of sixth. nonexistent during WOrld War II. Australia live In towns.
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In addition
duties to his Speakership
and responsibilities. Mr an d b oys. N ancy H unSlC ' k er IS . tlle Northern Scotland. has been im-: r
secretary. In the Orchest.ra there portant since the 12th century
are 18 members. Nancy Hunsick- The 1940 U. S. census shows I
GWEN STOSE
i Income Tax Returns
Forms Furnished, Filled Out and Filed
er being the concert mistress. that among almost 75 million!
The Libran' Club has 11 mem- p~rsons 25 yea~'s old or over. 44V2 i DANCING
bel'S. of the seventh and eighth million had eight years or 1ess:
grade ~irls. Of these. Evelyn Cain or schooling, 211;2 million had OTTO D. DUEll
is president; Mary Jane Santini. four years or less of high schoo!,!
vice-president: Ernestine Brandi- anc' seven and a half million had:
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SCHOOL - MAGISTRATE-
martl, .205 FORREST AVE., NARBERTH
The' secretary.
SChool Patrol has seven a tt en d e d col Iege at Ieast one year.,. TOE. TAP CIVIl. WORK Open Evenings Telephone
members. of the eighth grade. Many people liVing in the Arctic: BALLET • ACROBATIC MARRIAGES By Appointment Only NARBERTH 4148
regions build houses that are
Virginia Bosler is president. Harry partly underground as protection'
Graham. secretary. and Hugh An- against Winter temperatures.;
nett. sergeant-in-arms.
The Safety Patrol. also working Fossils are the petrified remains I'
SPRING CLASSES
NOW FORMING I DROVE A
NATIONAl, PRESS BUnDIN(;
JP ASHINGTON, D. C.
for good conduct and safety In of plants or an!mals that lived at
the school. has seven members. some past period on the earth'sl'
701 Braeburn La.
NARBERTH 2915-J ~-~
Of these Ralph Meacham is cap- hi::::S~to~I~·y~.;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;2;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;~;;;;;;~;;: I
By Anne Good.
WPB officIals are still trymg to
tain, and Richard' Allewelt and
Tom Reese are Heutenants.
The Press Club. in charge of I
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.cOLD WAVE SPECIALISTS WANTED LAUNDRY
avoid clothes rationing. Do Y01lr the production ,!f the school pa-II '0 es To Sen.
I Desirable p()JI\ in & See Us!
part by bllying only What you need pel. The Sun Dial. has 16 mem-
aDd IlreYent a buying rush
* * *' j bel'S. In order of their pO~lti?ns
theY are as follows: Ann 0 Bl'len.
I And Other Types
Of Permanents D;~eowi~AND BROS.
customers. Come ~
TRUCK
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editor: Rosemary Gorman, and i
Speaking of clothes, hat fa9blons Barbara Trimm. assistant editors:
this sprIng will f{'atllre hillit crowns Nancy Hunsicker. home-room ed-
I ... . NARBERTH A\'E.•
&Dd flower trlmmin/:A. The sallor Is Itor: Janet Stewart. circulation
a favorite. also Jlillboxes flower manager: Dick Squier. assistant I
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turbans, bonnet cloches and berets. circulat.ion manAger: Blll Peters, i
** * art editor: Dorothy Senft. eX-l
RANO 39 NNi\RBERTH.PA.
phone Nar b er
th 2202 --I'll drive
:,. f~
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PI' t d' . change editor: Joan Peters. as-,
r ,a e lDlng ro~ms have been sembly reporter: Mary TriPlcian'l
HAIRDRESSING
__ il.(.. one ng'llin! ,l~"
'I.'. ~,/-.
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converted into sleepmg Quarters In clubs repol·ter. Jane Hovt. kinder-' NARBERTH AND HAVERFORD AVES. .,

several Washington hotels to help garten reporter: Barbara stoops. I NARBERTH - Narberth 42'70 ,/ 1/1" _\ j
eue the room shortage. ' music repOrter: Janet Stewart and ['
* * * Nancv HUllsicker, P. T. A. re- A few months ago, this man was your laundry
Backers or vitaminized margarine porters: BarbAra Fischel'. girls'
are again making a dl'!ve to rewove sports reporter: Harry Gral~m. routeman, or perhaps the washroom foreman.
the unfaIr taxes on tbls nllt .·u boys' sports report.er: Katllt'rll:c
II OU8 Blue and Jane Drennen. Mam BU.Y WAR BONDS But today, he's worliing full time helping to
product. You call helll by writing Line and local papers reporters.
your Congres~ional representatives Many of the clubli formerly
~ Tote agaInst stleh lantlon. funct.ioninr< have been disband- Keep un buying more bring about complete and final victory.
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Beanty lIarlors hAve l'mployed rlevote more time t~ Junior Red
cd this year so t.hat !til pupils may and more war bonds .••
Tomorrow, he will be bad\: on the·route again, or
various ways to sal'vage hslrplns Crosl( work. The sixth luade 'llrls.
but one New Yo k h \0 di: under the dir~ction ~f Miss Fricke,
Up
.........;:,:;;~,...:......,;~~',;J" TO A RECENT MONTH,
Hang on to them-don't
cash them. After the war in the washroom, doing his part to bring back
l' s op ..as s have been dom~ seWll111 work. The the West,ern Electric Company, peace-time producers
played the most imagination by us- sixth ~rade boys are doinlt art you will have some
lug • dachshund helper girdled work for the Red Crc).~s. under the of telephone and communication equipment for the the finer peacetime laundry service for which
mighty fine friends in
with magnets! ~upervision of Miss Gassner. The 'I Bell System, had made more than 5,000,000 military
* ** seventh and eighth girls are do-
OPA still In/llsts that shoe rntloll inll: spwinR work ~ith Miss TaY' telephones and 300,000 sound-powered telephones for
your fistful of war bonds. you have been waiting so patiently.
stamps wJH not be caneI'llI'd with. lor lind MISS Fl'Itsel\ to a~lsl, war. Essential production, this. And it helps to explain
them, The seventh grade boys are I
The National
out .advance notlce. So yOIl ciln lUll taking a. fU'st ald course from Mrs.
make YOUl', old ones wear longer Gold. MI'. Cloltts Is working with I
with the 01 shinola and save YOllr the eighth grade boys doing shop·
atampa until you really need them. work for. the Red Cro,ss.
I why more than 100,000 people in Pennsylvania are
now on the waiting list for home telephone service.
Bank of Narberth
ST. MARY'S LAUNDRY
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The school offh::erll of the Jun-
A Certified Lallndry
The colfee.trade denies rationing ior Red CrOEs are: President. Dor- THE BEll TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYlVANIA MEMBER OF THE FEDER.u.
. rumora but warns that a,run on the othv Senft; Vlce-~esldent. Diane RESERVE SYSTEM ARDMORE
.tocka wall1d make it.'; poel1billt1 Kllngn1a~; Secretary. Jane Hoyt;
.. " Treaaurer. Donal~ Meacham. • ,-~ ~~--~-~~~-....-~ __ I"',: 1 . --::
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