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Narberth, Pa., Saturday, Febtuary 18, 1928 PRICE, THREE CENTS

Vol. V. Number 20
COAL MERCHANTS CONFER
CONTINUE HEARING County Solons Raise Tax Rate BORO MERGERISTS
Main Line Dealers Are Guests of Nar·
IN BUS TRANSFER One Mill in Spite 01 Protests FORM COMMITTEE berth Coal Company.
The ~Iain Line Coal Exchange
In spite of the stand taken by Seek Better Schools, Lower held an enthusiastic and interesting Meaning of Temporary Pertnit
Application of P. R. T. to
Take Over Local Line Set their own controller. who declared Leads His Class Taxes-Burns Heads meeting last \Vednesday afternoon Is Moot Question at
such action unnecessary, and de- Group. at the office of the Narberth Coal Council.
for March 5. spite protests from Lower l\Jerion Company. Nl r. Dunne, the presi-
and Narberth. the county commis- STIR NARBERTH ANEW dent of the exchange, presided. TAXPAYERS PRESENT
DENY TAXI PURCHASE sioners at a mceting in Norristown Representati\'es of the following
Wednesday raised the county tax 'fl le <eSlre
I ' oj. a group of \' ar- comllanies were Ilrcsent: L. :\1. l' he meeting" of the BorotH.th
rate from three to four mills for . I Thompson, Cvnwyd; ]osel)h M. ~
Official sanction by the Public Jlert I1 re~;l( ents to merge the 1:01'- J council on Monday evenin!!, Feh-
Scrvice Commission to the formal 19 28 . . I L I Cranston, Cynwvd; Narberth Coal ~
oug I1 WIt lower :\ erion 1 own- <
J ruary 1 :~. turned out to be a
taking over of the :Montgomery Bus Rcgardless of what taxpayers in SIp, · expresser I last fall in letters. Compan Jv , Narberth; Elmer :\ it- strenuous affair. Judging by the
these lowcr end communiites may h 'f' I house. Gladw.vne: Smedley and
Lines in Lower 11erion by the Ilas ta k en new II e WIth t le iorma- attendance public interest in -local
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com- think about the action it was a good tiOl1 of a hodv knowl1 as the "Bet- :\Iehl. .\rdmore: Ceorg-e 13. New- affairs seems to have been stinll1'
pany was delayed this week when day's business for the county solons. tel' Sc ~ IlOll Is-Lower
" I'axes COIll- ton Co.. :\ I'dmore : W ilIiam H. lated. Perhaps it was the he:tr-
a hearing on the mattcr was con- At one stroke they added to their mittee." Ramsey. Bryn ~Iawr; Calloway ing on the street widcning ordi-
tinued. rcvenue for the current year the Coal Co" L'pper Darby: ;\Iehl & 1
Arthur \V. Burns i:-; listed as . nal1cc t lat did it. At any ratc
StUll of at least $252.J34.JO. . I ' , I Latta. Rosemont: C..-\. Lobb & 1 ' 1en t S I'Istenc<I atten-
At the samc time demals wcre actJllg c lalrlllan 01 t le .!!rou!>. He scvera reslc
Of this amount, $73.555.09 will ,~ Son. Devon: Great Valley :\Iills, . I I I
made by independcnt taxicab own- comcs from Lower l\Ierion. thc rich- was one oi those instrumcntal in Paoli. tlve y t lroug lout the session. and
ers that the r. R. T. in connection est single unit of the county. An- rcmO\'il1g the upper grades of the others hrought their vicws be-
with its bus consolidation, was also other $4151.05 will represent Nar- Narherth schools to Lower :\1 er- :\Iany subjects of particular in- forc council.
terest were discussed, relating chief-
intending to takc over various berth's donation. ion, and has long heen known as a 1y to t Ile pro II J ems con . ,
j rontlllg the
:\ t the 0llenin,l?
" ", the meeting- "
Lower Merion and Narbcrth cab These figures represent only the f oc of Narbcrth's independencc as coal dealer. a resolution oi sympathy on the
companies doing business from additional money that the county a political entity. death oi thc former president of
Pennsylvania Hailroad s tat ion commissioners will get on real es-
stands.
The puhlication of a<l\'ertising
Sam Barclay. presIdent of the and corre:-;pondcnce this weck is
SHIRLEY ROAD IS council. \V. R. D. Hall, was reall
hy Councilman Kachel', and cnter-
tate alone, which under the new tri- Lower
The P. R. T. has long becn gencr- ennial figures announced this week
ally understood to bc in control of
MerIon HIgh School, class of stated tu hc the "opening gun" of
1928. who was master of ceremonies
DEEDED TO BORO cd in thc minntcs.
I Thc chief honc of contention of
at Norristown are $73,555,087 for at theIr first dance of the season an extcnded campaign. The puh-
the Montgomery Bus Company. whIch the senIors gave In the JunIor lished material hases the mO\'c- the mceting- arose when Robert
Lower Mcrion; $4151,045 for Nar- HIgh at Ardmore Saturday nIght. He
berth, and $252,134.096 for the en- Is also presIdent of the HI-Y Club ment to destroy the horough on' Haverford Avenue West of J. Nash asked Council what
Inc., and early this month that be-
• lief was officially vcrified when the tire county. Several thousand dol- and the Athletic AssocIation; was statements that L<~wcr :\1 erion Essex May Be Paved, ~otlr.se <~! action h.e coul,d follow
Mitten corporation made application lars more \vill accrue from thc per- captaIn of the basketball team last has hctter schools WIth lcss taxes. R t Sh III hIS ofhce alteratIon. '[ he work
to the Public Service Commission year, and Is a letterman In football, and that thc township cnjoys epor ows. was stoppcd recentlv when a~most

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for pcrmission to formally take
over the local bus company. and
CONTINUED ON THE SIXTH PAGE basketball and baseball.
equally goo~1 ~'O\'ertlment at a lit- RAILROAD
tie over halt \arherth's cost.
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HAS VETO c~l1l1pleted he~ause the new posi-
hon was stIli in violation (If
also the Philadelphia Suburban
Transit Company, whose Mont- Reporter Sees Many Boroughites The agitatiun has he en current
for a numher of years-in fact the
Ilorllugh ordinances. Mr. Nash
Costs to the horough for street held that a tcmporary permit to
gomery pike lines, the Montgomcry
Bus is operating under a la-year
at Lower Merion Senior Dance movement to kill the horough repairs may hc heavily increased have the work done had heen
started the dav it was formed. due to the new hus route on \Vvnne- granted .
. lease. A hearing on these applica- This: howc\'cr: - is h~lie\'ed to he wood road, the report of the -high- The word "temporary" was
tions as well as on two others of the X arberth was very well repre- :\1 r. and :\11'5. \V. H. Elsbree, of
the first orgall1zed effort to hlend way committec reveals. The strect constructcd to mean until the
P. R. T. asking official permission sen ted at the senior dance at La\\,- :121 North Xarberth avenue, will
• to operatc the Quaker City Cab er Merion last week-end. Among entertain two tables oi bridge this
Narherth's square mile of au- is not in condition to stand the wear Pennsvlvania H.ailroad was read v
tonomy with Lower :\I erion. the busscs would make on it, and to cal~ry through to completioil
Company. and the Doylcstown and thc girls we noted (in the midst evening in honnr oi :vI r. and Mrs. the chairman seeks means of ascer- their plans for a new station. the
• Eastern 1\lotor Bus Company was of an admiring circle of "boy D. R. Perishich. taining ways by which the bus first step of which was the rcmoval·
scheduled for yesterday in Phila- friends") were the Misses Eliza- :\liss l\[arion :\Iillcr, of 208 Sa- BUILDING AND LOAN company could be made to stand of the freig-ht station to \Vynne-
delphia City Hall, but was contin- beth Terry, Betty Cook, Ruth Lee hine avcnue. spent a fcw days in TO ISS,UE NEW SERIES part of the cost. wood.
ued, The new hearing date set by Cook, Patien~e \Vohle!'t, Cynthia Atlantic City this week. .-\mong other things the report
the Public Service Commission was Metzger. EdIth Magtllre, Cladys l\lr. Charlcs H. Smith has re- Association Has Prospered in Past showed that negotiations were un- The precedent ior a temporary
• March 5, 10 A. M. G~over, Mildred Odiorne, Elcanor tl11'ned to Cap May aiter a visit (er way WIt. I1 t Ile I.:lennsy Ivania buildin,!.?' IJermit was sct with tht~
I erection of the additional shelter
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Due to a clerical error made in 1'.Ilchaelsen, Ellen Shaw, Mary with his son, 1\1r. Charles H. Year. Railroad relative to paving Haver-
• listing the applications, it was at.1 Anderson, Katherine _Smith, Anne Smith . .I 1'.. of :\Iontgomery avenuc. Preparations are being made by ford ave\'.'.'-c fwm Essex to \.Vynne- shed on the south side by the rail-
first stated that the P. F. T. h:ld Mode, Ellen Pray, jv1artha Sun-. Mrs. Gporge n. Mecke, 0." ~!l tile Narberth Buildinll and LO:ll1 wood road, and that Shirley lane road authorities. That was ill tl1<~
asked permission to take over thel derbnd, Eleanor Knauer, Virginia Maple a\·enue. was one of the ,.i.ssociation for the 'opening oi had been accepted by the borough interest of public welfare and a
"Philadelphia Suburban Cab Com- Douglass. Anne Compton, with guests at the annual luncheon of their new series on Thursday eve- as a public street. similar construction was placed
.. pany" inste~d o.f the Philadel~h~a her weekend %u~s~, Helen Brook- the. Philadelphia Musicale Club, ning-. March 1.
Suburban 1ranslt Company. 1111s hart, and Vlrglllla Burgstresser. whIch was held at the Bellevue on
The complete report of the high- upon the temporary permit issued
.-\ full rcport of the activities oi way committee follows: for the mO\'ing hack of Mr. Nash's
led to the impression that the tran- .-\ few of thc young men. who, hy Thursday. this association will be publishcd During the month property own- office. It had long been a
. sit company had also acquircd con- ~he way, looked quite handsome Mi:-;s Dorothy :\Iiller. of North in the next week's issue of "Our ers on Haverford avenue, wcst of dangerous traffic hazard and its
, . alteration, if not removing the
trol of thc Suburban Cab Company III their tuxedos, were Malcom X arberth a ven-ue. cntcrtained a '!'own," and from the preliminary j',ssex, and other taxpayers in that con{I'ilIOn . comp Iete Iy, at Ieast
.' of Ardmore. Forsythe, Jimmy Stevenson, AI- few friends at her home last Fri- figures it shows that the associ a- VIcinity
Ian Claghorne, Harry Messec, day e\·cning. The guests included tion has greatly pr~Jspered during
.-\be Lane, Gcorge Suplee. Bob Miss Louise Smedley, ?I'liss Cath- the last year and Its asscts have
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have stron!!ly~
committee to ]lush forward. this
urged this materially lessencd it.
In order to can form to one
MRS. BOBB B. DOWNES Yealland, Francis Sunderland, aI'ine Patton. 1'vl r. Cecil Lipkin, increased over S I oo.noo. I year the paving of that section of ordinance the office should have
Haverford avenue. It appears to heen moved 10 feet back irom the
FOl'mer Narberth Resident Dies in Jack Cotter, George Bottoms, who Mr. John Eidenberg and 1'111'. Ber- :\Iany of its stockhloders were be the desire of these citizens that
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won one of the prizes. Bill Doth- trum Doherty. I fortunate enough to participate in permanent pavmg . curh. This was impossible to do
• French Hospital, I should
I bcf ex- as I't wou IIc Ila\'e 11 l oc k e d tlle pa tl1
arcl, Irving Dotharcl, Charles Mr. and l\lrs. F. H. Crowcll, of the maturity of the four ser!es ten< Ie<I wester y at east as ar as ami entrance to the living quar-
:\Irs. Bobb B. Downes, wife of l\'!ecke, Tom Elwood, Harvey Barrie road. spent last week in that were ended during the past Conway avcnue a!1CI probably all tel'S of the house attached to the
• Carroll Downes, formerly of N ar- Knauer, Robert Leitch and Rich- .-\tlantic City. year and as over 1000 shares were of them would he III iavor of con-I station.
berth, died \ Yednesday in a pri- arcl Gillis. CONTINUED ON TIlE FOURTH PAGE matured it is expected that a great 20N'1'I:-;I'Im ON THE EIGHTH PAGE The question on which the
vate hospital at Nice, Francc. many of thcse stockholders will
replace their matured stock by whole mattcr hinged scemed to bc
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1\'1rs. Downes went to Nice with BANQUET RETURNS ASSESSORS TO SIT taking out new shares in the f9r- L. M. SCHOOL HEADS I what was meant by a temporary
permit. The building is doomed
ty-fifth series which is about to
.. her husband in an attempt to re-
store her health. A relapse oc- COMING IN SLOWLY TO ENROLL VOTERS open. LEAD DISCUSSION eventually as it must give way
• curred several wecks ago, her two The building and loan plan of when the railroad carries through
children were cabled, and were at Firemen Disappointed at Poor Will Be at Polling Places s,l\'ing" is e\'idently a popular one Questions of Parents Covering its station program. A question
• her bedside when death occurred. as new associations are being or- which occurrcd was whether
:VII'S. Downes was the daug'hter Response to Mailings for Next Week for Primary ganized in great numbcrs and Wide Range Answered by Council might 110t hetter remove
of Colonel Tom Bowers, a p~omi­ Affair. Registration. when these associations arc run Principals. the building rompletely now
nent Texas journalist, and was honestly and carefully, there is 1](1 when it had the chance, compen-
married to 1'.1 r. Downes Septem- Thc Banquct Committee of thc Registry assessors in Lowcr Mer- better way of investing savings. :\[orc than 1;-'0 parents of Nar- sating Mr. Nash ior the alteration
ber 23, 18%. During their long Narberth Fire Company expressed ion and Narberth will sit at their The Xarherth Building and Loan bcrth school children. including costs. It was decided that Mr.
residence in Narberth both Mrs. disappointment this week at the respective polling places next Tues- Association has been in operation a goodly number of iathers. Nash should complete his altera- (
Downes and her husband were slowness of the returns on the tick- day and \Vedncsday to enroll voters over 21 years and is checked up thoroughly enjoyed a lively dis- tions inasmuch as they are prac1.i-
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Mrs. Downes was prominent in
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ets sent out for the coming affair. in their districts who wish to cast and audited by the Bank Ex- cussion of high school problems, CON'flNIJEU ON 'l'IIE EIGII'l'iI PAG~
,Five hundred tickets weremailedballotsintheprimaryonApril24.aminers from 'thc Pennsylvania led by Principal C. II. Penny-
club work and in the activities of on a "payor return" basis. and to The fact that the second of these Department of Banking at Harris- packer, of the Lower }.! erion POST PLANS SMOKER
St. Paul's :\lemorial Church. Over- date but 100 responses have been days is \Vashington's birthday and burg. and in addition by a com- Senior High School, and Principal
• brook. :\1 r. Downes is a former received. The committee feels that a legal holiday will not interfere mittee from the stockholders who E. II. Snuw. of the Lower ~Icrion Old Timers' Support Wanted on
burgess of the borough. Later he many Illore are planning to attend, with the schedule for the Legisla- make a careful audit of its ac- Junior High School, at the regular
became identified with Durant 1\10- but have failed to report.
I February 27.
ture in making up the election cal- counts each year. monthly meeting of the Narberth The Harold D. Speakman Post
tors and rapidly rosc to chief execu- The event is to take place ncxt CIHlar ignored that matter. That its reputation is of the best :\[others' Council, at the local h:IS planned a general "Get Togeth-
tive in a Ilumber of Mr. Durant's Thursday evening and plans must On both days, February 21 and is demonstrated by the fact that school, on last Monday e\'cning-, cr" mccting to he held on their regu-
enterprises. He is now retired. be completed within a day or two. 22, the assessors will sit from the its stockholders carry more than Contrary to the usual cust(;m lar meeting night, ~Ionday, Febru-
On leaving- Narberth, the Fire Chief Noel said yesterday. hou.rs of 10 A. M. to 3 P. M. and 11,000 shares, paying into the as- written qtiestions, deposited by in~ ~lry 27· .This is to be featured I~y.an
Downes purchased a home, "Bon-
field ?lIanor," at Oxford, Md., "\Ve are planning an interestin(T agal11 frol~l 6 to 9 P. M. sociatio.n about $20,000 each tcrested parents in a box at the Illterest1l1~ program of .enterta1l1111g
"llll a ood f l ' I I'''' Old rcsldents who voted last year month 111 dues. door, formed the basis of discus- and spcaklllg coupled WIth plenty of
which was later destroyed by fire. IJrogl < • < g
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dIreI ctlors sian. The questions ran the gam- eats and. smo)~es. .
d not ot l~r a t 1~ assocla~IOI.l \\'1 le g a~ to ut of school problems. from the
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A specml cftort IS bcmg madc by a
Main Line. Mrs. Roland T. Ad- Illany are 'Ollll'llg C -t . I . about tlus regIstratIOn, for theIr explam the hUllc!Ing' and loan Idea qua~ity and quantity of iood c~:)Il111l1.~tee composed mostly of "old
dis, formerly Miss Virginia c . el am y 200 IS '11 . II b . d I 1 ., • f I
names WI a.utomatl~~ y I' carne anc. su lscnptl<:ns or t le .new avaIlable to sophomores at the tuners to get all the old members,
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Downes, li"es in Rosemont, and not too many to ex Ject. but the
Senior High School caiet('ria, to as well a~ the ne\~ OI?eS, to comc
Carroll Downes, Jr., in Narberth. number will fall shortIof that if the over 01.1 the Itst,~f eltgl1?le vo.tcrs f!?r s~nes can be gIven t~ any 01 the the reason for relatively low ~ut !hat I11ght and lIlstlll some new
folks don't respond at once. th~ l~nmary. I he regIstratIOn WIll cltrectors or left at eIther of the
"\\T \\"1 tl t th marks in specific subjects: from lIfe mto our ranks. .
SHOP OPEN EVENINGS , e 'IS 1 13 ose w I10 re- prl1lclpally
I be to take
.. care of those Narberth banks.
Some of our ~ormer ?uddles have
Beginning next Friday evening, ceived tickcts and who cannot at- ~v 10 changed theu' re.sldence dur- -------- the disadvantages of high school
February 24. the Patricia Elizabeth tend would send thelll back at once I11g the year, o~ ,'.'ho WIsh to change DAY OF PRAYER SET fraternities, to the undersirabilitv moved away slllce thIS post was
so we may send them to others. the party affihat\{?ns or who were The women of the world will of social engagements on schoc;l formed, but there are still more
Shop in the Narberth Theater
Building will be open thereafter on Everyone who has attended one of not preVIously regIstered. obsen'e February 24, 1D28, as the nights: from the value of drama- t~an "~orty and eight" of the olel
annual day of prayer. The call tics and other extra-curricular ttmers 111 town who have for some
• Friday evenings of each week. The t Ilese . a fffairs N hasb said ' it is the high HEAT I NG COSTS CUT to prayer has been issued by the activities, to the amount of free- years past been gradually allowing
Patricia Elizabeth Shop is a spe- pomt o. ar erth s year. Let's An example of efficiency that the council of women for Home dom allowed to students during the American Legion to slip into the
• cialty shop carrying women's lin- make thIS banquet the best ever." borough has introduced is the new Missionaries and the Federation school hours; frol11 the prob- bac~ground.
• gerie and hosiery and children's . To date the speaker of the eve- heating system in the community of \-Vomen's Boards of Foreign lems of discipline. to the possibi- 1 he post needs the support of
clothing. mng ha~ !10t been announce<!. al- building. An oil-burning heater Missions. The program for the lity of gi\'il1g more attention to each one of you, old and new alikc,
• though It IS probable there WIll be was recently installed, which effect- day has been translated into many
MISSiON SOCIETY TO ASSEMBLE a numb~r of short talks. Many ed a fuel saving of $144 for the languages, making it possible for individual students and less to and y~)tlr presence and suggestions
subject matter, are belllg depended upon. We want
.. The Women's Missionary Society notables 111 fire ranks hereabouts are month of January, 1928, over Jan- the women of all nations to parti-
of the Lutheran church will hold ~xpec\r~ to be seated .at the table~, uary, 1927. The cost of heating the cipate. Narberth women will as-- The meeting culminated in an th~ pep and interest of o~d, so d?Il't
. its monthly meeting at the home of 1~ ~dd f!on to leaders 111 Narberth.s building by g;as in January, 1927, semble at the Presbyterian Church illuminating analysis by Principal fall to show up at thiS meetlllg.
Mrs. Albert, 302 Dudley avenue, ~t ~IV~C re. Any Narberth man IS was $224, whIle this past month by at 2.30. All women are earnesth' Pennypacker of the causes of talllment I A~thur Cook a~d an ~fficient enter-
comnuttee will amply sup-
2 P. M. on Tuesday, February 21, 111vlte Ind urged to attend. oil the cost was only $80.78. invited to attend. • CONTINUED ON THE EIGHTH PAGB ply your needs.

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Glenn. \vho ,vas leading in the r--..--..--....-.--....-..-..-...-..-..-...-..--.--...--.--..--..--....-.·-...-..-.·-.·-.-·-(
RADNOR WINS SWIM 50-vard back stroke by a comfor- ; i When Dissatisfied Try
MEET WITH BREAKS tabie margin, likewise left off lOt
yards at the finish when he •
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Lower Merion Comes Even in cost
thought he had completed t.he en- ii'
tire distace. These two mIstakes .
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Lower Merion the meet-cer- i There is no more reason to say "coal is it
Week's Basketball tainly a toug1lone to (1rop. t1 coal" than to say "food is food." Tailors, Cleaners and Dyers
Frays. Howe\'er, Lower Merion has ; The human body needs to find certain ele- i
not lost heart. She has a sturdy : ments in food before it can be properly i 234 Haverford Avenue Phone: Narberth 3854
Radnor High School mennen group of tankmen in Nelms, Dot- , nourished. And the furnace in your cellar i We Call For and Deliver
surprised the Lower l\lerion nata- hard, Glenn, Alexander, BeattY'i: needs to find certain elements in the coal 1
tors when they splashed to a 32 Fretz, Elmore and the Roach' ~ you feed it before it will respond with the ~
to 27 victory in the second meet brothers and plans a return mce t
of thc Suburhan High School VI'tl tl
S\\'imming Lcague at the Anl- 'T rout, 1
e d n 1 white Bcrrian l
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right amount of heat.
Carbon is the principal heat-producing ele-
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II0re "Y" 1)001. in :\rdmore. ~ron- \\T , ynn a . nd DeLattt'e carrl'ecl the :
t1 most fixed carbon is naturally the one that 1
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lay. Radnor colors t8 \'tctory. II . h t h t 1
This is the first time the ancient During the past week Lower Mer- t wi giVe you t e mos ea. t If You Want
football ri\'als ha\'c clashcd in a ion's baskethall five split even when i Since Jeddo-Highland coal contains a l
'\vimming meet-and both teams i'Darin' won an Ill-Ii victory frol11 Upper i
and lost a thrilling hattIe to ~
higher percentage of fixed. cm'bon than any l1 That $10
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were out wIth the usual Lower Lans<!ownc by the score of 38-34. The i other Anthracite known, it will give you t
Merion-Radnor spirit. Tl.le final U.f ppcr Darhy c.ont.est was a lea~ue ; more heat per ton than other coal. Looks
score was close. hut the races I g~ll1c and hy wll1nmg. Lower Merton : as though it would pay to burn Jeddo-High- 1 You Had
I' . f· I sht1 has a mathematIcal chance for ,
were c1oser ane eXCItement ca- the ~uhurban crown. This game alsa ,
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tured nearly all the e\'ents. marked the return to the fold of \Var- : : Better Hurry!
Experts picked r.ower Merion ren Lockwoo~. Lower Meri~n's speedy II , We sell it t
to win-its athletes were sea- forward. Durmg Lock.wood s enforced t t
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oned, having heen in the league ahsence Lower Merton lost three 1
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'ISast year, aneI 'm aII a we II -)a\- I - games and won only one. lt i Saturday, February 25, positively ends our
anced team. As for Radnor they I
vere new to the sport ~nd natural-
PLEAD GUILTY, F I N E D ;
Plcading guilty to illegal pos- : ~
CO' AL • COMPANY t
;I offer to allow $10 for the old range (any kind
y lacked the groommg of long scssion of liquor, two Lower Mcr- ~ NARBERTH 3675 Phones.. NARBERTH 2845 : I or condition) displaced by a new Oven Heat
expcrience. ion men were sentenced by Judge I t . ., t
Lower lVIerion dropped hath the Shull in Criminal Court at Kor- ;.__•._...-..-.._•.-..._•._ .._..._..--..-.--..--..--..._........-...-.......-...._.__.--7 Control Gas Range.
220 free style and :iO-yard hack- ristown Saturday. They wcre ,;;::==========================~.
strokes. not by inferior swimming. \ViIliam DeGives. sentenced to These ranges are great values at regu-
hut by mistakes. Dothard. of pay a fine of $100, costs. and one lar prices. and exceptional bargains with
Lower Merion. who was dashing year in jail, with jail sentence SllS- the $10 allowance.
neck and neck with Trout. of pended if fine and costs are
Radnor, was disqualified when he promptly paid, and Clarence WANTED Every range in this sale carries the American
stopped with hut 20 more yards to Reed, of Ardmore, sentenced to
go. He thought he had finished pay the costs and ser \'e five Gas Association Blue Star Seal, insuring best
220 yards. months in the county iai l : baking, durability and economy.
Five Good Automobile Salesmen
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,~-I BANKING INSTITUTION 1- c:;.;>e'~
L'NEII~~ experienced in selling six-cylinder cars 12 Monthly Payments
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Seven Keys to Anyplace •

The seven necessary keys which will PHILADELPHIA SUBURBAN-COUNTI~S GAS
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open the doors to anyplace in the world THORNTON-FULLER AUTOMOBILE CO. & EI~ECTRIC COMPANY
may be had from us. They are:
Haverford Road, Ardmore
Key One -Steamship Passages Wayne 3 .:. Bryn Mawr 327 .:. Hilltop 283
Key Two -Railroad Tickets I Ardmore 3500 .:. Upper Darby: Bouleval'd 1600 •
Key Three-Airplane Tickets
Key Four -Hotel Accommodations i - •
Key Five -Reservations for Cruises
Key Six -Automobile Tours
Key Seven-Traveler's Checks
By allowing us to supply all these keys
for you, the inconvenience of working
Something unusual is going to happen ...
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through many scattered agents is avoided,
We shall consider it a privilege to not only
hand you the keys to anyplace, but also
to discuss the journey with you, This per-
sonal service is without charge.
at WAYNE •
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UST one hundred and fifty years ago this winter George Washington and his
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troops were encamped between Wayne and Valley Forge. Nowhere else in
America does the true spirit of Colonial times linger as it does among the .
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l.J ~·TRUST·COMPANY l""'-L\.~J'. picturesque hills of this historic region.

OF • ARDMORE, ~ It is most fitting that a spot so rich in Revolu-

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tionary tradition should serve as the back-
PENNSYLVANIA l ) ground of a group of homes in which the
Colonial atmosphere is to be faithfully re-
NARBERTH BALA- CYNV\lYD
created. Such a. colony-a veritable Colonial
village, in fact, is about to be founded on a
five-hundred-acre tract of the choicest country-
side in the Martin's Dam section, six minutes
by motor north of Wayne Station.
FRED L. LEMONT These single homesteads will occupy sites vary-
4522-24 Lancaster Ave., West Philadelphia ing from one and one-half to five acres, and
will be built in the true Colonial or the closely
BELL PHONE: Belmont 0224 KEYSTONE PHONE: West 1016 related Georgian styles. Some will be of stone,
others of brick or clapboard. There will be
HAY and STRAW replicas of Mount Vernon, Monticello and
HORSE and DAIRY FEED other early American mansions. Absolute
PEAT MOSS fidelity to period detail will be pleasingly
blended with the appointments of a luxurious
POULTRY FEED and REMEDIES modern home. There will be old Colonial
OK LITTER plank Roors, forged iron hardware, real Co-
lonial mantels with large white log~burning
OLD TRUSTY DOG FOOD
CHAPPEL BROS.' KENNEL RATION
DOG SOAP and SHAMPOO
fireplaces, \\nd quaint period electrical fixtures.
These homes will have five and six bedrooms
and three baths. Prices range from $25,000
to $40,000.
COD LIVER OIL FOR DOGS, H ere is an ideal location for the man who
POULTRY and STOCK FEEDING 'wants to live in the count,·y, and yet keep in
close daily touch with his business. There is
Fertilizers of All Kind for the Lawn and Garden thi,·t1J-minute- express service (no change of
cars), on the P. R. R. Main Line {1'om
BONE MEAL Wa1Jne to Broad Street Station, with eighty
HYPER HUMUS trains daily, and a commutation rate of six-
GROUND SHEEP MANURE teen cents. In addition there are one hun-
dred and thirty-four trains a day on the
BALANCED PLANT FOOD
Philadelphia and Western R. R. and bus
GARDEN PEAT MOSS service along the enti1'e Main Line.
Hydrated lime on the lawn now will pro~
mote the growth and give the grass a rich See the large model of each homestead and a most
color in the spring. unusual ten-foot painting of this section at the office of
Buy Your Fertilizers Now and Save Money
DAILY TRUCK DELIVERIES
J. HOWARD MECKE JR.
General Manager
Adjoining this tract is the new "Chester Valley
Stables" Riding Academy, from which one may
take daily rides over the beautiful countryside
and through the Valley Forge Park of 2500
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acres. A polo field and steeplechase course
will shortly be added to its facilities. The new •
St. Davids Golf Club is within walking distance
to the south, while adjoining this tract to the
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north is the newly completed Valley Forge Golf ..
Course. Directly east, and practically adjoin~
ing, is the "Bob White Farm," home of the
Chester Valley Hunt. At Wayne is a new
motion picture theater with 1500 seating
capacity. Wayne also has numerous fine
;tores and public, parochial and private
schools. Six churches.
The tract is bounded on three sides by State
highways, with improved and widened tarvia
roads running through the property. All
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streets are elect'rically lighted, and there is
Springfield water service. Quaint sign posts •
have been placed throughout the settlement.
One of these homes will soon be completely
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furnished in the Colonial manner. Plots of
from one and one~half to five acres are avail-
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able for those desiring to build their own homes
in this highly restricted Colonial Village. •
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Builder and Owner •

GEORGE B. MOORE II 902-903 Packard Building, Philadelphia , •

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Residence, 638 Montgomery Ave., Narberth, P••

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OUR TOWN
TOWNSHIP RULERS I WELFARE BIG JOB, I AUDITORS' REPORT Balance transferrad to Gen-
eral Fund ......•....... 4.43
PASS 1928 BUDGET ASSOCIATION TOLD!, . of Books of Borough of Narberth, as of No. 4-Sewer Bonds-West End Trust Co.
504.43

Balance January 1, 1927 .............• $7,990.52

December 31, 1927.
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H i g h way Appropriations Speakers at Annual Meeting I Deposited 1927 . 1,lJO.00

Emphasize Constructive Narberth, p'a., February 1, 1928. Interest ............•.....•.......... 149.99
Jump $155,104.31-Plan
City Line Repairs. Health Work. To the Borough Council of Narberth, Pa.
$9,240.51
Gentlemen: Less-Retirement of Bonds (9) . 9,000.0('.
LIMIT PARKING SPACEiOLD OFFICERS RENAMED
We, the Auditors, hereby certify that we have audited the Balance December 31, 1927 ..•...... $240.51
i books of Tax Collectors-Mrs. Abbie N. Diven and Edwin P. Dold
ApprolJriations of $109370" 69 I Welfare wor~ .in this country. has No.5-Road Improvements-West End Trust Co.
• .'.' I. entered the bllhon dollar busmess -and find condition as of December 31, 1927, as follows:
for townshIp expet1chtures In 1928 class. So members of the Community 1926 Taxes Balance January 1, 1927 •••.......... $2,901.66
were approved on first reading Health and Civic Association at the Deposited 1927 900.00
of Ordinance 271 at the regular annual meeting of ~hat org~nization Amount of Tax Unpaid Dec. 31, 1926 $13,937.46 Interest •...•.•.•.••••.•• •• . • . . . . • • • • 130.72
February meeting of the Lower held at the Womal~ s Club, m Ard- Total Collections $11,508.84
· C .. 1 I . I more, on Monday mght, February 6, Exonerations 1,835.82
1M enon. oml~ls~lOn, le d 111 t le were told by Sherman C. Kingsley, of Balance December 31, 1927 .... . . . • . . $3,932.38
townshIp bU1ldmg at Ardmore St. Davids, executive secretary of the Liens 592.80 No.6-Road Improvements--Central Trust & Savings Co.
\Vednesday night. They show an Philadel.phia district of the Welfare 13,937.46 Balance January 1, 1927 ••••.......•.. $172.32
increase of $133,78(j.81 over those Federation. Due Treasurer Dec. 31, 1926 .........•.... , .... 2,762.54 Deposited 1927 •.•.•..•..•........... 1,0():~..00
of last year Mr. Kingsley went on to outlinc Collections-1927 $11,508.84 Interest . . . . • • • . . . • • . • . • • • • . . . . . . . . . . 2.08
. the work which was done last fall Commissions 230.17
Next Thursday mght was set as along the Main Line to aid the annual
the time for a special meeting of Welfare Federation drive, and praised - - - - $11,278.67 Balance December 31, 1927 ......•.. $1,174.40
the commission when the appro- the. C~lJ1mlllllity Health and Civic !"s- Penalties ...........................• 429.10 No.7-Playground Bonds-Merion Title & Trust Co.
P riation and revenue ordinanccs ~ocla~lon, a m~mber of the :r<:ederatl~n, 11,707.77 Balance January 1, 1927 $4,214.24
. lor Its part 10 the campaign. Fer
wIII be passed on second and final the Main Line districts filled their ' Deposited 1927 1,000.00
reading. Also passed on first quotas, whereas a few others did Due Treasurer .......•....................... $14,470.31 Interest •. . . . . . . . . . . . 130.46
reading was Ordinance 270, pro- not. Paid Treasurer $14,47Z\31
viding for a tax rate of 12 mills, as He.alth w~rk was emphasized at the $5,344.70
approved by the Quarter Sessions meetmg, whIch was .atte~ded hy. mel11-: 1927 T Less-Retirement of Bonds (5) . 5,00':'..00
" 1 '. ~ • ber:, ':If the old M;am ~l11e CIVIC As-' axes .
COt1lt ,It ="Jornsto\'vn recently. soclatlon, the Mam Lme Branch ofi Amount of Tax Per Duphcate $108,128.19
Both ordinances were recOI11- the Montgomery C~unty Tuherculosis: Total Collections $89,771.64 Balance December 31, 1927 $344.70
mended by Chairman William H. SOI~ielty alnd simdliliar or.ganizaftions. Discounts. . . . . . . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 3,816.72 No. 8-Street Improvement Bonds-Narberth NatJ. Bank
. I f I fi . w lie 1 ama gamate ast spnng to orm i
SIlen\ ooc , 0 t le nance comnll!- the Community Health and Civic As-: ExoneratIons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . •
2,501.00 Balance January 1, 1927 $3,445.00
tee, and were adopted by unal1l- sociation. A speaker on the health. 96,089.36 I Deposited 1927 3,445.00
mous vote. program was Miss Sophia C. Nelson, i - - - - ' Interest '" . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139.16
I.11~reas e eI expel . ld·t· <; f . I who is director of the visiting nursc. $12,038.83
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I UI e~ or loae service of the insurance company, and:
bUlldll1g and for sewer construc- her talk was preceded by statistics on
tion caused the $133,786.81 jump the visiting nurse service, gi"en by i Commissions .. '" .. " . . . . . .
J Collections $89,771.44
1,795.42
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Balance December 31, 1927......... $7,029.16
STREET IMPROVEMENT FUND
in this year's appropriations. For Dr. A. Lovett Dewees.
1928 highway construction in Dr. Dewees stated that la~! year i Due Treasurer $87,976.02 Balance January 1, 1927 " $8,839.72
Lower Merion $460698.18 is set only. 11 per cent. of th~ famlh~s a~-: Paid Treasurer
Transferred from General Fund 449.05
. ..' ,_ . servIce free, though thIS service IS, $87,976.02 Received from Property Owners......... 4,782.91
aSide, wInch IS a $la5,104.31 111- extended gratis to all in the district'
crease over the $405,588.88 appro- who cannot pay for it.
• priation for last year's work. Sew- Twenty-two per cent. of the families· BOOKS OF BOROUGH TREASURERS DOLD AND WENTZ $14,071.68
er construction in the Indian paid for the entire cost of the nursing RECEIPTS ITransferred to General Fund (Loan).... 10,OC·~•.00
Creek district and elsewhere. and eight per cent. paid 'partially.,
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(ause d a.1'<!'1"OJ,' ]40 b <;Jos t '111 tl" Other payments came from II1surance. Balance January 1, 1927
liS: companies in which thc patients were I
" . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . $540520
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B I Decem b e r
a ance 31, 1927 . . . . . . . . . . . $407168 , .
• year's health and drall1ag.e appr~; policy holders. Total compensations 1926 Taxes .........•.................. $14,470.31 Borrowing Capacity of Borough
priation, over the $10],'112 figu.~rom these sourccs on th~ se~vice .in 1927.Taxes ..:....... 87,976.02 The Assessed Value of Property and Occupations
of last vCar. . : ! H.26 werc $6~00'b Th] 11am Ll!le. dl~- PermIts and LIcenses 1,262.25 on December 31, 1927, was $4,500,595.00
• "Effect Sorne S '
avmgs. : tr.l<;t. covere y t lC assoclat!on
. vISIting nurses, Dr. Dewees POlOted ! • S Building Inspection 482.(',') BorI'owl'ng LI'ml't 7'"
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f Ab e
ov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31504165
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Other increases in thc Ifl28 out, is from West Chcster pikc 10 the Fm~s an~ CostS...... 15.00 Unpaid Bonds $150,500.0~.
• budget are as follows: l\faintc- Schuylkill rive~, and from City. Lil~e , SatIsfactIOn of LIens and Interest 4,895.<:'03 I Less Cash in Sinking Funds. . . . . . . . . . 12,721.15
nanre of fire h)'drants $1500 to. Radno,r statl?n. T.he population III Satisfaction of 1926 Tax Liens 577.09 137,778.85
more; fire protectIOn .and ' contn- . 40,000
thIS terntory
to 60,000.IS estllTIated at from L oans 68 ,500. 00
butions to volunteer companies. Colonel Samuel Price Wetherill, Jr., Rent of Roller ,..................... 222.50 Unused Borrowing Capacity of Borough 12/31/1927. $177,262.80
$2000 more; township treasurer chairman of the association's zoning Transfer fr0In: Street ~mprovement Account 10,000..~,)
• for an estimated increase in tax commission, commended the Lower. Rent of AmerIcan LegIon Room. . . . . . . . . . 67.50 F. R. GIFFORD,
collections $1000 more' building MeriOl~ zoning ordinance cnacted last Rent of Ball Field I 50.00 I. McHOSE,
• regulation~ committee, $:500 more. ~~f;~/C.aM~~I:t a~l~adcat~d ~~~~~~i~~ I Interest on Deposits 39.40 ANDREW GREENE,
and public libraries, contribution to the movement for a township pub. Refund of Insurance Premiums 191.22 Auditors.
• account $2100 more. lic parks s)'stem. Sale of Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98.70
I tems' in the new budget show- R Al nothe,rxr rePLort praisedd TPresident Repairs to Curbs and Sidewalks .• ,...... 1,099.85
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mg- a decrease compared WIth . 0 )(.rt
Richard esley for
J.'v.Hamilton an theirreasure~
efforts ;IMiscellaneous Receipts . .•.. .. . .. .. .. .. . 41 .40
• those of ]927, are: Sinking fund in ~ecuring for the asso<:iat,ion its Refund of Interest on $30,('.1)0 Loan of
on township bonds, $2] ,947.50; in- preSident headquarters bUlldmg on! 8/1/22
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, . 675.00 WASHINGTON and MT. VERNON ,

• terest and loan $29 000' highwav Altlbhns avenre, Ahrd~o~f' fkorSme~y the i Refund of Interest on $75,000 Loan of '"
.' , . k'· t d' e u ouse 0 t e u oc - an erSOn 8/1/25
.. b oncIs, 1921 Issue, Sill mg ,lin . Post of the American Legion.
$2700, and administration ex- All the old officers of the association
pense $460
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were re-elected, and new directors
were added, fottowing the report of
.. . 1,500.00
- - - - - 192,163.27 The two are so closely associated in
our minds that we seldom think of
. fhe sat,'ne as las.t ye~r are. th~se the nomination committe~, read by $197,568.47
• Items: Highway ltghtmg, smkmg ;\lrs. W. Logan MacCoy, in the ah- one without the other.
fund on sewer bonds. play- senc~ of the chairman, Major John DISBURSEMENTS
•-- Washington has been called "The
o-rounds , board of health and LeWIS officers, all elected by vote 01.' 1 • S a Iary 0f B oro S ecre t ary
The Evans. . $400.0~.
h
legal expenses. the secretary were: President, Robert 2. Salary of Boro Solicitor . 100.00 Father of American Home Build-
• Ordinance 271 authorizes sup- W. Lesley; Vice-presidents, Edward 3. Salary of Boro Treasurer 1 . 400.00 ing," and though he did not build
plementary appropriations of Y. Hartshorne, Reverend Andrew 4. Salary of Boro Street Commissioner . 2,400.(',,)
$ 26 4, 640.45, 111 . Id' . h Mutch, John S. Clarke, Mrs. Walter
ae Itlon to t e reg- B. Stephenson and Major Alfred M. 5. Fire Protection .
Mt. Vernon, his care and love for it
8,518.80
ular budget of $1,093,707.69. Last Cottins; Treasurcr, Richard J. Hamil- 6. Expenses of Board of Health . 1,708.99 certainly made it Home.
year's .supplemental appropria- ton; .Secrctary, Alfred C. Maule and 7. Police Expenses ..•................. 7,929.38
• tions were As old as the Nation it stands today
. only $164,109.55. Sohcltor
The fiveW.new Log!ln MacCoy.
directors added to the 8 . Stree t L'Ight'mg ; . 3,233.64
• The Itlcrease can be accounted board were former Assemblyman 9. General Council Expenses . 3,458.90 on the banks of the Potomac as a
• for by a provision for widcning Benjamin H. Ludlow, Horatio G. 10. Rent of Council Chamber ..........•. 200.00 magnificent example of frame con-
and constructing a permanent Lloyd, Edward Wool~al!' Horace W. 11. Roads, Bridges and Ash Collections .. 41,662.47
road surface and otherwise im- Smedley, and CommIssIoner A. D. I 12 Sewer Rental and Maintenance ..... 400.('.(j struction and "Beauty in Wood."
• . f C' L' Th' Warnock.
provlt,lg a part o. Ity. me.. IS I The old directors chosen for another 13. Collection of Garbage
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I 4,800.00
cost IS to be patd With avaIlable I term were: Carl P. Birkinbine, for- 14. Sinking Fund ($3000. Loan 12/1/97) .. 50.00
• funds, as are the other items listed mer. Bala-Cynwyd Neighborhood Club, 15. Interest on $50~ Balance above Loan ..
as supplementary appropriations. , . IpreSIdent;
Cynwyd Woman's Mrs. R. F.Club;
Tutt, Mrs. !3 ala - I 16. Sinking Fund ($51,000. Loan 5/1/19~7) 1,100.00
of theGideon
25.00
Shull Lumber Company
• Less than last year s supple- Boericke, Mrs. Alexander Brown. Mrs.. 17. Interest on $26,000. Balance above Loan 860.00
mentary appropriation for a bal- J. Emott Caldwell, Robert C. Clothier, I 18. Sinking Fund ($27,000. Loan 6/1/1909) 900.00 The Link Between Forest and Home
ance on sewer bonds of 1924, is Dr. A. Lovett Dewee~, Dr. ~~nest ]'·19. Interest on $13,500. Balance above Loan 540.00
· y<;ar ,s fi g~re", o
t I1I~ - t$2'~, ,598 .u,
"6 Dewees. Charles E. Hires, WIlham H.! 20 S' k'
Hutt, W. D. Lober, Mrs. Harland C.' . m mg F un d ($ 3,0 0 0 O. L oan 7/1/1916) 1,000.00 29 BaJa Avenue, Bala-Cynwyd
which IS $34,320.0 less than that Nicholson, Samuel Rea, Mrs. Harrie: 21. Interest on $25,000. Balance above Loan
j 800.00
of last year. Fi.l~eed, Mrs..Herman L. Schwartz,; 22. Sinking Fund ($30,000. Loan 8/1/1922) 1,0(){\OO
The balance in the townshil) ,\ Ilham J.Samuel
Colonel Sernl1,Pnce
J(;lI1athan M..Steere,
Wethertll,
i Jr., 23. Interest on above Loan
•• ••••••••••••• 2,025.00
treasury January 1 \vas $345,- and Charles Wilson. ! 24. Smkmg Fund ($75,000; Loan 8/1/1925) 3,445.00
225.50, Mr. Sherwood reported, A report of the year's activities was 25. Interest on above Loan . 4,500/.~,)
and for the first of February. made by President Lesley at the open- 26. Expen$es Shade Tree Commission .
$383,391.54. ing of the meeting. 27. Salary of Building Inspector . 600.00
Ban Bala and B. M. Parking. ROBS NARBERTH WOMAN 28. Bond of Boro Treasurer . 25.00
New districts where no parking ,-.:i11 On charges preferred by Mrs. 29. State Tax on Loans . 635.81
be permitted were named pbY .Chalr-\ Catherine C. \Vood, of Tart)erth, 30. Playground and Community Building ..
N' 2,866.16
man A. D. Warnock, of the ohce an< • F i r ' R I' f
Fire Committee. They are as fottows: Georo'e Robbil1 an Atlantic Citv emen s e Ie . 436.87
'Yest side Summitt Grove ave~ue, east taxic~b driver,' was held unde'"r Repayment of Loans . 90,000.CQ
SIde Bryn M~wr avenue opposite Bryn $2000 hail for Atlant'c County Transfer of Street Improvement Fund 449.05
Mawr Hospital, south SIde Pennsyl- I Street Liens 43.75
vania avenue opposite hospital-all in Grand Jury last Tuesday. Wirs. . . The Sign of the Drst Meats
Bryn Mawr; and both sides of Hig~- Wood alleged that she was a pas- -----
land avenue, above Bala avcnue, 111 senger in Robbin's cab, and upon Total Disbursements $186,513.82 As for Blood Pressure
Bala-Cynwyd 1 .
Removal of a fire hydrant at 43 East re~c 1l11g ler lot~ Iscoveree t lat I1 l i d ' l I B I
a ance December 31, 1927..... 11,054.65 Vegetarian prejudices against .meat-eating
Lancaster avenue, Ardmore, was rec- S)3;JOO worth of Jewelry had been I -----$197,568.47 because it is said to cause an abnormal blood
ommended by Com~issioner Wa~- stolen. Shore police declare they pressure have recently been refuted by one
nock. He was aut~onzed to hav~ It iound the jewelry in Robbin's CURRENT CASH ACCOUNT ' health specialist who states that high blood pres-
moved. from the mIddle of the slde- lodginus at Haddon avenue Atlan- Balance January 1, 1927 '" " . .. . ... •... $2,500.00 sure is caused no more by meat than any other
walk either to the curb or back to the. . "" ,
building tine, where it wilt be out of tIC CIty. food. Dr. Ruth F. Wadsworth is authority for
the way. Balance December 31, 1927 ......•.... $2,500.00 the following:
Superintendent of Police C. P. "If there is an abnormal blood pressure, a
Smith's monthly report was read, I sion. Effective March 1, charges for
showing that 191 arrests had been connections necessitating the tearing Balance January 1, 1927
PLAYGROUND ACCOUNT
. $66.66 doctor will generally be consulted anyway, but if c, ..
made, and 374 complaints investiirated. up of dirt roads wilt be $30. and of Interest on Balance ....•.. , .......•....
He reported that 55 automobile acci- water-bound macadam roads, $40, as 2.66
this is neglected the man with a simple hyper- .
tension and normal kidneys need not deprive
dent cases were handled durinir the hitherto; but instead of $50 as form- himself of a moderate amount of meat--he must
month ending February 9. Instatta- erly, the charge for surface treatment Balance December 31, 1927 ..•......... $69.32
tion of a traffic signal tiKht at the in- roads and roads other than water- only abstain from an excess of any and all food."
tersection of Wynnewood road and bound macadam will be $65. SINKING FUND ACCOUNTS (BradleY'8 health talk8 on meat-to be continued.)
Lancaster avenue is under way, ac- John H. McClatchy, of Cynwyd, No.2-Road Improvements-Norristown Penn Trust Co.
cording to Mr. Warnock. '. was voted a resolution of thanks for
A change in the cost of making his conveyance to the township of
lateral connections to township sewers property on which the Indian Creek
Balance January 1, 1927 ••..••..••••.•
Deposited 1927 • .. .. .. • ... . . • .. .. .. .. •
$442.25
50.00
BRADLEY MARKET
2106 MARKET STREET
co.
is included in a resolution offered by pumping station wilt stand. His deed. Interest ••••.•....••••. . • • • • • . • • . • . . • • 12.18 Opposite Erlanpr Theatre
Chairman H~n7 Delaplaine, of the dated August 23, 1927, was presented
Health and Dnunage Committee. and by the Health and Drainage Commit- RitteDbo... 70,"0
read in his absence by Andrew Mac- tee together with his title insurance $604.43
dona d, vice president of the commis- policy. Less-Retirement of Bonds (1) $500.C~
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()UR TOWN
When our Federal Government IMoon, Ruth Suplce, Harriet Marsh, I -FOR SALE-Har~ and soft coal cln-
0\\ R '1[-' 0 WN
". EXPLAINS ANN EXATION PLAN marks. The main speaker of the
'TIT) some five years ago announccd the Ernestine \Nall, Peggy \Valzer, Eva . D C I S h'd f I ders delivered. Norristown Trucking Co.,
U To the Editor of Our Town: poss,bihty of less than a 1 per cent. Weiss, Edith Patton and Virginia evemng, r. ar c 011 t, 0 tIe 935 West Washington St" Norristown.
A eo-opcrative community news- The advertisement, "Bcttcr Schools- the country wcnt wild with jubilation. I Abcl. This party was also in celebra- medical school of the University of I' Norristown 3732. tf,
paper rounded in 1914 by the Narberth Lower Taxes" appearing in this issuc Here we havc at our vcry doorstcp an I tion of Miss Millcr's birthday. Pennsylvania, was. then i!1tro((uced l\IODER:\' HALL equipped for all occa-
Civic Association. , f . opportunity to cut our tax bills almost !\Jrs. H. \V, Pfcffer and her small and gave some mterestmg facts slons. Open for dances, parttes, ban-
,s the "opening gun' 0 a campaign in half. It will require some timc, son, John, of 202 Barric road, left I I I f tilt
Icrta k'en Ily a numlcr I · ,
f Cltl- gleaned from his experiences with quets, For eas ng norma on app y 0
Published Every Saturday by the bc'ng UIH 0 worl( and tolerance for the usual re- 'J hursday to spcnd the wcck-end i n . , . . . manage I' of Narberth Theater or phone
U\'ISGSTO:'l( 1't:nLISIIJ~G COl\IP,\:\,Y Zl'ns to brcak thc chain which pro- taliatory hokus pokus that accom- Atlantic City. Chlllese mechcllles while dOlllg rc- Narberth 2458 or Ardmore 3058, Inspec-
PHILIP ATLEE LIVINGSTON, Editor ;cr bcs thc one squarc mile of Lower pani~s such a ~ampai~n. but ~nywaYI Miss Jcanette Lcnt, of Avon road, search work in China recently. The tlon of Narberth Theater Hall Invited,
ROBERT MOORE CAMERON ~Icrion township known politically as here s our startlllg POlllt. Let s go. cntcrtained sevcral of hcr young fact was brought out that some of WASTEU by April-Two cheerful
Assistant Editor A, \V. BURNS, friends at a Valentine party Tuesday the 1110St recent medical discoveries rooms, kitchenette and bath. Reason-
hc borough of Narherth. r havc takcn atternoon. I I ab'e. Two adUlts. References furnished.
the initial leadership in this campaign
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
One Dollar and Fifty Cents Per Year 10
Advance
in compliance with numerous ann ~,n.~,e
,('pea ted requests of a numher of ml' '. ~
JFIJR 11)1E
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The Misses Betty Cook, Rosalie lere lad been known and partially Address "A," care of C?ur Town.
Shaw. Honora Snydcr and Patiencc used in China as early as 3100 B. C.
\"ollicrt wcre alnollg the Narberth Dr S I l'clt sk d b f f'OR RE:'I(T-Apartment, second floor,
iellow-townsmen. For many years ,a 'v
gl'rls who attclldcd tllc gl'rls' HI'-Y . .c In I b was Ia' 'e anum d er 0 five rooms. bath, porch, janitor servtce,
Olllce, 2iill Haverford Avenue goo d num I)cr a f NTaruerth I.
parents have
!' e I t I.;cen Iy tl IC d'Isa d vantage 0 f our
CO NTINUE D F ROM P AG"" ft. ONE
"anquet at the Radnor High School c!uestlons Y t IC mtereste group IN freeb laundry,
th 3818 Occupancy (22528)
March 15.
Narberth 2545 Valentinc cvening,
U concerning Chinese life, conchtions, ar e r . - - .
poEtical isolation in that we are thcrc- 1\1 r, and l\Irs. Burt Powell, of Mrs. 1\1. U. Lh'ingston, Mrs, \Vil- etc, W'\N1'EU-Watch dog. Good breed,
hy dcpri\'ed the superior school ad- \Voodbine avenue. spent the liam Bartlett, Mrs, Neal C. Andcrson After a rising vote of thanks was reasonably priced. Phone Ardmore 3024.
\'antagcs afforded hy thc township, week-end in Pittsburgh, Pa, ..lnd Mrs. J essc S, Harris spcnt last extended to all who had helped to I,OS1'-A wrist watch on Windsor ave
Thcrc was at first no particular weck-cnd in Atlantic City. nue February 5, Reward. 130 Conway
thought of attempting Ihe dissolution IVliss 1\L E\'elyn Stout ga\'e a Miss Annc Hargrave, of Hclena, make the evening a success, steps a_v_e_n_u_e_. _
of the horough govcrnmcnt but a com- d I' I tf I I t' t I Ark., is thc wcek-cnd guest of Mrs. were taken to continue meetings by SALES:\I,\S for high-grade line motor
pa ratl'\'e stll(ly l'lldl'cates tllat NTar- e Igl U \'a en me party a ler H I B S d f CI d . . . d
bcrth's ()Qlitical I'solatioll I'S fro 111 all IlOme on I-I ami) d en avenue T ues- ug I .pec , 0 ]27 Icstnut avc - or ermg a comnllttee appOInte to and tractor oils T and paints. Salary or
. . f , . TI . nuc, : arrange a program for next month. commission. he Jed Oil and Paint Co.
economIc pOlllt 0 vicw a higger (ay .e\·enmg. liS party was a Miss Elizaheth Maguire. of Grayling I C_Ie_v_e_la_n_d_,_O_, _
Entered as second class matter, October 13th, ""'hite Elephant" than thc separate reull10n of all the members of an a\'cnuc, and Miss Sophia Miesen, of
1914, at the Post Office at Narberth, pa" schools. And wc must rcmcmber that
under the Act of March 3, 1879. thc separate borough is what nccessi- old church guild, and in spite of: Merion a~en~e, left last mght or sev-
, fDA R to
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Attend WILL take care of children, afternoons
~~re~~e~;~g~e, ~r:.On~'39r6_renry, 111
. - - - - - - - - - - - - - tates thc separatc schools so that the the rain all the 17 members of I eral days trIp to Montrcal, Canada, The Doctor Bcnjamin Rush Chaptcr,
S d F
atur ay, e b ruary 18 , 1928 d'ISSO I U t'Ion 0 f t Ile 1JOroug I1 auto- tlel ·I
gUI ',.,
C \\ ere present.
I \\'"oodsl'dc
Mrs. Georgc
aVCIIIIC, B.
and Suplcc,
hcr sistcr,of Miss
:111i D. f 'A. R., hcld a meeting at thc homc 1,,\ UY wl1l take care of chtldren by the
maticall~' puts us in the township 0 "\'lrs, Stcwart Andcrson, 104 Avon hour, afternoon or evenings, Phone
sl.'hool district. J myself. nor anyone 1\1 iss Betty Hubbell, of ViIla- Jcanettc Turne,:,. are l~lOtoring to At- road, Narberth, on Saturday, February Narberth 2419-W.
Ways a1ld Mea1ls associated with me has any criticism 110\'a, formerl\' of I\arberth, enter- la.nta, Ga., to VISIt theIr brothc~,. stop- 4.
to offer of thc administration of the t ' I tl - I 1 f th plllg at sC\'cral of thc largcr CIties on Ten delegates werc clcctcd to attcnd Ir~----------------- _
Thc application for a new hus line I ' .. alllec le severa mem )ers 0 e he way down ' the Contincntal Congrcss to be held in
grantcd the :\Iontgomcry Bus Com- (:~~I~~I~llic ~~I/~~h~Ls~~afc;lj/~f11Ie:I;1~ senior clas~ at Lower :Merion last • Miss Peggy Campbell. of Sou~h \Vashington the wek of April ]6. Fol-
pany hy the Public Ser\"ice Commis- ohli!,ed to duplicatc on a small scale Saturday I11ght. I!er gues!s were I~>t1a avcnue, ~pent the last week-cnd III /Iowing thc busincss mceting thcrc was Egyptian Theater
sion creatcs another prohlem for thc the functions of I.'ommunity govern-, the Misses PatIence \\'ohlert, ~ew York CIty. , . . , a program commcmorating thc birth- Bala-Cynwyd
horough. This proposed ncw Iinc nH'nt within the houndaries of anothcr Honora Snyder Mildred Odiorne Mr, and Mrs, John \Velgcl, of Gllpm ! ti~C~III~~liversarics of Washington and
Philadelphia'S Finest Suburban
frolll O\'erlJrook to Br"ll ~[a\vr would "'('~I !!0\'.l'rn111ental organization.. Our Anne ~1)eecl, Virginia Douglass' road. \Vynncwoo~l, announcc wth~lhcnl-1 Mrs. S. Z, Sllopc ga\'e a rCSUIIIC of
J l\ school dlrcctors and our cOlmc,1 are
run through Narherth on Wynnewood l;ot to blamc for this accident. Neithcr Ella
I . .. ' gagcmcnt of theIr daughtcr, I e-
Rose. Vlrgll1Ia Denman, mina, to Mr. Everett B. DaviS" Suther- I the Kational Dcfensc Conferencc held
Entertainment
SATURDAY EVG., FEB. 18
road. It is not known when this is ;s this a reflcction on those who Blanche :Morris. Betty Carlisle, land, a Penn State graduate, of Logan./ in \Vashington last month, It is
to go into effect. hut it must hc in ,lr0ug IIt t I' liS IJOroug h mto . lJcmg-:t
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!ereP latty S e II ers, GJretta G'II I ) )ons, planned to havc a National Dcfense NORMA TALMADGE
\"crc 1I1dOll t II I 1 ffi program at thc next meeting of thc
opera t 101
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1m t \\'0 . ,'cars ' or thc I '
,rt'a<ons I forI) a('( borough
\' gOO( anr chartersu then,
clenl Laura \-Vinters .'' ; .Swing and LUTHERAN DINNER
Bettv C)lapter, AIJrl'l '_'I, at \\'III'ch 1\Jrs. Dor- in "CAMILLE" and two very
Fine Stage Numbers
flanchise becomes void, I "lIt the rapid and s'1hstantial devclop- ~ope Bur"ng~~le. 1\.115S H'!bbell IS BIG SUCCESS othy Evans Capp, State National De- '!.:1O ~"'Tnm.\Y AFTERSOO:\,
As thc report of the highway com-, mcnt .of Ollr township has rcndercd the IS also entertalllmg thIs e\'emng at fcnse Chairman. will speak.
Special Children's Program
mittel' shows, \Vynncwood road. if I ;el)ar~te horough government a uscless her home' Her guests tonight Dr. Carl Schmidt, of U. of P. Medical A patriotic program will be given by
. I'nctlon. patentl\" an extra\'agancc ,'11' 'I I .. I f 1 f' d thc Boy and Girl Scouts some cvening
regularly subJccted to heavy -
traffic. '
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II e conom1C ' . I'Inc 0 f reason11lg. . I t .\\ I I Inc. uc.ese, el a 0 ler nen 1\ s School, Is One of Speakers. during March, MONDAY and TUESDAY
will relJuire morc immcdiate and cx- :, our houndcn duty to keep taxes as 111 t le JUl110r class at Lower I fer- The dinner tendered the men of On Thursday, March I, the chapter FEBRUARY 20 and 21
pcnsi\'c rcpairs than othcrwisc would i In", as is consistent with Q"ood schools. ion. Holy Trinity and their friends by will hold a movic bcncfit at thc Nar-
Ila\'e IJeCII tllc "as.'e. It s'cems onl" , '''HI adefluate cOll1munity uti!itil's. Miss Katherille Janc Wllcr. of :HI f I I \XT I berth Theatcr featuring thc "Drcss MONTE BLUE in
• ~ J p'\'erv extra dollar you tax a mall cuts N I N I I ' t ' d the women 0 the C lUrc 1 on .\ ec - Parade." Tickets lI1ay he procurcd I "ONE ROUND HOGAN"
just
, in VICW of the fact that the use of . thoa t 'I(0 II ar f rom l 'liS spen d'mg- IJIllIgct '
thcortII1cmhcrs
I 1 ar lcrt ofI her
a\ enu,e.•
GIrls cnCluh ertame and nesday ' was a huge success, At 6.-1-5 from 1\1 thc chairman. Mrs. Rohert :\ash''
and short films and "
\\'ynnewood road. hy thc hus~es WIll ~nd hI' thl' sam." token whcn you re- sC\'eral other friends at hcr hOll1e last the 45 men surrounded the tables! rs. Joseph ~O[iller or froll1 any mcm- stage numbers
cause a more rapid detcrioratlOn and ~Iucc thl' tax hll~ you relcase l!lOne~' Friday cvening. Hcr guests includcd decorated with the national colors bc~ of thc D, A. R. I
consequent expense to thc horough, 'I"r oll11'r l'~pendlturc. thus add1l1!! to thc l\lisscs Janc :\ash: Muriel \Vhite. and after the blessing had been
, t 1l' prospl'rttv of the country State I? I ',1 B I) S I 1:1'
that a share of tIllS uncxpected outlav "I I
, " ,y I~a t'Ion. - :\! ' we stu d ' I I ,at lryn "vegec, 0 J ly ta cy. < Iza- asked b). Rev. Kanzinger, of Ani-
\'. our oca bcth Megee, the l1essrs, Eddic Fiti- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
should hc horne I,,· thc hus com pan) <'lu"tlon we canllot hclp hut wonder
an d t IIe county.
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,It thc citizcn< allow'n
"'0 h, ..
tl'
Id' N d B tl tt R
po I, c ar 1', a)'. oncs.
J H I more. enjoyed the fine dinner, Dur-
~g I .
I g .. a~ . Ie )ea~s Specd, Tom Murray, I\.clth ~rol1lllng- mg anc a ter tIe c Il1ner :" r.
I f I I' FOR Rf;:\,T-Wesley
"I 1-1 orace Wayne, Modern apartment, 7 rooms and' . ~ 'f
apartments, BEBE DANIELS in
"SHE'S A SHEIK"
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It was brought out at Conncil meet- - \. such "In 10US dlll~lIcatlon of ex, ton and Drew O'Kcefc. Entriken leel in groUI) silJ<Ting and bath, janitor serVice, Three minutes to •
. . pell<"~ as a scparate "D'rector of Puh- '" station, 80 trains dally. $85 per month and "RESTIVO" on the stage
ing ~hat, th~ maxnnu~l1, tax that thc lit'. \Vorks". for Narberth's onc square M!ss l\Iillcr also ~ntertaincd a,t a also himself entertained nobl" with Garage available. C. M. Agnew. Wayne (Matinee, Washtngton's Birthday)
Public Sen'lcc CommISSion allows to mIle. Al!'aln froll1 the horongh treas- mone pa.rty at the r\arherth Theater several vocal solos, Mrs. H. W. 1271 and 732-W.
he laid on husses is $:;0 pcr vchicle. lITer's renor.t as ~f Decell~her :11. 19~6. las.t. c\'cnlllg. .Those presel~t were tl1l' Griest rendered a number of credit- FOR lolALf; Heatomat gas heater; cost FRIDAY and SATURDAY
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\\'1 'I I' , . I 11 and as lluhllshed 111 Our 10wn on Feb- Mlsscs Tanc Nash, Gerry Nash, Helen b l ' I $650, wl1l sell for $250, Can be Inspected
11 e t.lIS IS a cOl1lparatl\"~ y sma ,par'" "6, 19:!7, such items as gcneral Stalcy, Bohby Stalcy. Elizabeth Megee a e plano so os. at Cook Bros" Plumbers store, Wayne, Pa "PENNAC CAPERS"
amount It would he bcttcr palll by thc council, expcnses $4~1f,.7R. Going Kathryn Megce,•. Emily. Titus, AI~ne Pastor Sen ft. acting as toast- (2-25-28) Complete musical and dancing
carrier than to COll1e out of the pock- o\'l'r thIS report one can p;ck out o\.erl Van Aukcn, Kitty Tnl1l11, RegIna master, called on Messrs. Hankey, ness S(;:\,N¥ ROO:\f tor gentleman or busi- revue by 50 members of Penn
woman. Private family. Conven- A. C. and ADOLPHE l\IENJOU
ets of thc borough taxpavcrs, On the <1"0000 of tal{ monev going out for Chappatte. Janc 1\ash, Helen Devan- Schlichter, Kanzinger ami Shindle Ient to station. Phone Narberth 4161. in "
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1!III'S t' t t' I I tl e ;'nn)< nhviouslv duplications of town- nev, Virginia Cabrcy. Annc Chalfont, I SEWI:\,G l\fACHINES-AIl makes re-
opcra mg a prescn I.JrOU~ I I ship hurcaus. ' . Mary Clark, :Mary l\lichener, Florence for three-minute sneeches, to whic 1 paired. Ltberal allowances on old ma- "A Gentleman of Paris"
borough only $1;; pcr \'elllde IS col-
lectcd. and this is duc to thc forcsight ~~
they responded with appropriate re- chines for new Singer, Phone Merion
1458-M. (tf) ~--------------------------------------~
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oi a Councilman sC\'eral years ago. Advertiselllen t Ad\'ertiselllent
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! Karberth is the only town in this sec-, _ •
lion which collccts anythiug in the -~-===s;- =--=--=-
shape of a tax from thc bus company, ,
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so it may count itself fortunate.
It was also pointcd out that county
aid ior "Tynnewood road is not be-!
yond thc bounds of possibility. This
'I Better Schools
- Lower Taxes Safeguarding the Abbotts
~~A" Milk supply is the
daily duty of the experts
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was forthcoming sen:ral years ago for The Lower Merion public schools rank highest
the paving of \Vynncwood avcnuc to amor.g those of the State--peradventure the nation. in our country lahoratory.
the tunncl. And inasmuch as this
new line will hc of greater hcnefit to I
Do you Adherence to a Borough gOl'ernment prevents the
Their daily tests lllake
residents of the one square mile of Lower Merion
neighhoring localities, skirting the bor- Know township known as Narberth Borough from utiliz-
certain that extraordi- .,
ough as it will. county aid secms all ing these schools, not withstanding the fact that •
the morc fcasible. That these school buildings are now nearer to many of nary sanitary care is used
them than the Borough buildings. •
~ by Abbotts ~~A~~ dairyulen
LETTERS TO EDITOR
HERE AND HEREABOUTS
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The taxpayers of this area pays 60% more in
taxes than the resident of the township living out-
side of the proscribed, area.
Ever- at every luilkil1g. In ad-
To th(' Editor of Our Town:
\\lc noticc the editor took his pen
in hand last week to urge attendance
Th'
IS
The assessed valuation of taxable property In
Narberth Borough was In 1922-$3,363.300.00. By 1927
It had been Increased to $4,,873,800.00. Hand In hand
wtth this Increase of assessment Borough taxes were
watchful dition, it is tuberculin-
tested. You want tlzis milk. .
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at the Fircmcn's Banquet on ncxt
Thursday evcning. and wc would Iikl'
very much to sccond thc motion, and
I h
S t e
Fact!
jumped from 16 to 24 ml1ls-50':O, The townshtp tax
rate 15 12 mtlls. The Narberth Borough school tax rate
Is 12 mms. The township school tax rate Is 15 mtlls
in your FOR SER\'1CE, 1'/I0NE HEllGREEN 0205

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for the very same reason that makc,
us hope that nohody will ever attempt I
to pull down that towcr ovcr the
A. & P. storc on Ha\'erford avcl~uc. It i
and they are bUlldtng new schools out of thts tax
Income without Incurrtng debt.
The Narberth Borough man with n $10,000 (quick
sale value) home, paid In Borough, school and county
behalf •

may bc ugly and all that, dcpendmg on '
the cye you cast on it, but if only its:
architccture is involved, don't Ict us;
forgct that pretty ncarly cvcrything wc :
crccted in America -to years ago, with!
a few notable cxccptions. calls for thc:
exercisc of a great tolerance and I
charity,
Lct thc tower Sen'e to remind us'
that then, even as now, mcn put'
thcmselves at the call of thcir neigh- I
burs in distrcss or dang;cr, day and I
night, and on slight notice hurricd I
forth from their work or brokcn
slumbcr to providc valiant and I
voluntary scrvicc whcncvcr fire brokc I
out amongst us. "'ith thc advance
high pressurc prosperity, whcre cvcrY-1
thing secms to bc given a money value,
and whcn, it is said, only the fool IS!
~xemplary, it is decidcdly a Icvcning'
lIIf1ucnce when good fellows, pressed
likc all of us for thcir own Iivclihood,
are impelled to givc expression, in a
very practical man ncr, to the impor-
tallt fact that there is a grcat deal more
usc of being a man than is implicd bv
a sclfish application to thc narro\v
groo\'e of one's own oarticular spc-
cialty. They show forth that it is a
pretty mcdiocrc sort of cxistcnce
which can only find timc for its own
requircments, and we rcjoicc in thcir
honest hearts and hides, and for the
\.. finc cxamplc they show us.
.>' The coming affair of itself will no
. dOUlJl be iust a simplc and jolly oc-
,casion, with a good time had by all.
but in its esscnce it will mean a very
:great dcal and no male citizcn with thc
right idea should miss it. Thcrefore.
get your ticket while you can. and
afford an additional appreciation bv
marching yourself around to the fire
house for it. And don't stay away bc-
causc you're not "acquainted"-you
will be long before the soup is sung.
THE SPECTATOR.
taxes for 1927, $164.01. Hts township neighbor, pos-
sibly just across the street. With same sale value home.
paid In townShip, school and county taxes, $85.31. The
Borough man got his ashes removed from the yard out
of this $164.01 while his townShip neighbor paid $12
oj
to have his ashes removed from the basement. On
the same bUdget our township mail's wife, With all
taxes and ash disposal costs paid, had an extra $66.70
I to spend.
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The townshtp man's children went to n modern
fireprOOf school With an average class enrollment of •
20 to a school, with a supervised lunchroom up In the II
sunlight, A school Where disciPline Is maintained with- •
out recourse to rod or rule,
To alford hts child the same school advantages •
01: the Borough man would have to pay $100 tuition
because he lived on the wrong side of the street, Now
the street these people live on Is paved, has cement
sldwalks, both houses are policed by the same pollee
force, have the same water, gas, electriCity, telephone
and transportation service. They go to the same
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church and the same movie house.
Visit the Borough Schools, Inspect our educational
plant equipment then visit the nearby township
Investigate schools. Inspect Its equipment. Talk to your tax- •
paying towllshlp-resldlng friend; compare his tax bl1l Jr...,.. ,It.dl.,rlb-
With your own, ",or_/or D"/.:1I••• y
r.r Farma err'lft.1I
It after this Investigation you decide that the Nar- Milk. •
berth Borough residents should end the career of this
economic White elephant who had, years ago, outliVed
his usefulness, just drop a note to the undersigned
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and register your viewpoint. Just as soon as sumclent ,
public opinion Is registered on this SUbject the ma- "
chinery for Its accomplishment wl1l be provided, It
Is hoped that this can be accomplished before Novem-
ber 1. 1928, •
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Better Schools---Lower Taxes Committee ..........
A. W. Burns, Acting Chairman.
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A PAGE FOR NARBERTH'S CHURCHES ---

'''HOW Can the Church Deal With 7.45! P. M.-Evenillg w 0 I' S hi p.1 11.00 A. M.-The Service. Theme:
The N aJ'berth Presbyterian Church !I.·iii.
The suojeet for the Bible lesson ser- ~~~a~ive. Unri/?hteousness?" Theme: "Taking SHIes." Anthem, "First Sight."
mon for Sunday February III is I hiS diSCUSSIOn concludes our con- "Still. Still With Thee," by Tease. 6.45 P. M. - Senior and Junior
""lind"" 's:deration of "The Lost Art of Church Quartet, "Till My Heart," by Gabriel. Leagues.
. . D:scipline." Prayer and Praise Service on vVed- 7.45 P. M.-The Vcsper Service.
Baptist Church of the Evangel. Saturday, February:!;;: ncsday evening at 8 o'clock. Rev. 'W. C. Ney, of Brookline, will
. s.no P. M.-The girls of the Young The Prohationer's Class will mcet preach.
Rohert E. Ke;ghton, Minister. People's Department of the Church on \Vednesday e\'ening at 7.::0 o'clock Tuesday, 2.30 P. M.-\Vomen's Mis-
!I.-I;; A. 1\1.-Church School. :ich001 will present a play entitled at the church. sionary Society meets at the home of
\l.OO A. "I.-Morning worship. Ser- "Je:izabeta." This will be preceded A Council of Homc ",Iissions of the Mrs. Albert, :-IO:.! Dudley avenue.
111011: "vVhere the Treasure Is." Con· b) a I11US cal program. The admission ~Iethodist Episcopal Church, for the Confirmation Class, Friday, 4.45.
tinuing the sermons repeatd by popu- i,; hy siln'r offering. Everyone is Philadelphia area. will be held on Friday, -l.15-Junior Choir.
lar vote. the pastor presents this jJ\.;tl'd. 1\! onday even;ng, February :!O, at 7.30 Friday, 7.00-lntermediate Choir.
patriotic thought. ---_______ o'clock: Tucsday, February 21, at!) Friday, !l.OO-Senior Choir.
7.-1;; 1'. ~I.- Young People's Ves- Methodist Episcopal Church. ,. \. M.. :! P. ~L and 7.:~0 P. M., and
pel's. Here is something different! In- \Vednesday. I'ehruary :~:!, at II A. 11. The second card party of thc Young
stead of the regular Young People's I{e\,. ~V. Sherida!l Da,,;son. 1\linister. and:! P. M.. in the Arch Street Epis- People's Fcllowship of All Saints'
service at 7 o'clock and then an eve- _ \I.~" : \ M.-Bdll.e School. Hon. ~opal Church. Church will be held at Egmore's
ning worship service. we are having I'. \.\. Stites. supenn~endent. . Excellent speakers are on the pro-I house. on Saturday evening, February
aile hig service especialy for the young 11.00 A. M.-1-lornlllg w or s hIp. gram for cach day and special music 18, at R o'clock.
people, although e\'eryone is invited. Themc: "The 11 iracle of Doom," wil1 be furnished by the male Quartct At thc last meeting the Fellowship
This will be an informal occasion Anthcm, "0 Sing Unto the Lord," by 0: Morgan Collcgc. Baltimore, Md. was entertained by Barnard Mellor,
The home of the Presbyterian Church bounded by Grayling. Windsor for the expression of these young Bach. Soprano Solo. "I Am Far From boy soprano. accompanied by Rosa-
and Hampden avenues. A fire Wiped out the first bUilding, the present one folks. Home." Holy Trinity" Lutheran Church. lind Mellor. Fred Egmore, pianist, alH!
being built In 1879 and enlarged In 1920 and In 1925. \\'ednesday. Fehruary :!:!: li.~;; 1'. l\1.-Ep\\'orlh League de- \Villiam Kavanaull"h and Ray Rudrauff,
!'l.OO P. M.-I'rayer Service. Topic: votional mceting. llA;; A. ",I.-Bible School. who staged a two-man dehate.

Presbyterian Church in Flourishing

Condition-..Has 579 Members
Rev. John Van Ness, Pastor
Since 1910, Is Dean of
Local Ministers.
The Narberth Pre sbyterian
Church was organized June 2. 1891,
by a committee from the Presbytery
of Philadelphia r\ orth, at a meeting
held at the residence of the late
Charles E. Kreamer. on Forest a ve-
nue. The meeting was moderated
• by Rev. Charles R. Erdman. then
the pastor of the Overbrook Pres-
b),terian Church and now professor
in Princeton Theological Seminary
and recently Jl1ode,r~tor of the C~n-
·eral Assembly. I here were nl\~e
charter members, none of whom IS
with .us to<.lay. r~t the first meeting
the tollowlt1g office~ were elected:
Elders, Freeman ~'" Belcher and
Ielders, nine deacons and nine trns-
His l);lstorate covered over 13
or until June, 1910. On November
22, 1910. the present pastor Rev.
John \'an 1\"ess. was installed and i~
;10W honored as the "Dean" of 1\"ar-
berth pastors, having been on the
field longer than any other of our
ministers. During all these years
pastor and people have rejoiced to-
gether in a \'ery happy and encour-
-aging work that has grown f rom
a membership of about 125 to nearly
600 and from a Bible school of
small proportions to what is said to
be the largest school along the
"l\I ain Line."
'l'he church is now very com-
pletely organized with large and
flourishing societies for men.
women and children. There are
30 mel; on the ofticial boards, 12
tees. The present church mem-
This Weekly Pagels Made Possible by the Co-opeJ'ation of These Churches
years,I~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~=~~~=~~~=~ \
You Are Invited
"WHAT IS THE CHURCH AND WHY JOIN IT?"
This is the subject of the sm'mon to be delivered
by the Minister tomorrow morning in the
Baptist Church of the Evangel
Robert E. Keightoll, Minister
Narberth Presbyterian Church
It is a question that men have a right to ask and which
the Church should gladly answer in order to justify its exist-
ence.
The Church of Jesus Christ is the most powerful organi- WASHINGTON
zation in the world. Its membership in the United States
alone totals forty-seven millions in addition to almost an equal
number of adherents. It is the mightiest, most pervasive, most
persistent and most beneficial force in our civilization. It affects On that name an eulogy is expected. It cannot
directly or indireetly all human activities and interests. It is
the Body of Christ on earth in which He dwells and through be. To add brightnes8 to the sun 01' gloJ"Y to the
which He presses on to the ultimate triumph of righteousness.
name of Wa8hington i8 alike impossible. Let none
The Church is devoted to the temporal and eternal in-
terests of mankind. "Every corner-stone it lays it lays for attf<mpt it. In solemn awe pronounce the name and
humanity; every temple it opens, it opens to the world; every
altar it establishes is for the salvation of souls. Its spires
point heavenward." Its message is that of pardon and peace
and power and purity.
in it8 naked, deathlells splendor leave it shining on.

G~orge \V. Yardley] I rustees. J. A. bership is 579. with the prospect of Who is there that should not enter into fellowship with
sueh a program? Who should not spring to the call of our
Slml~son, C. E. Kreame~·. Joseph a large accession on the coming Imperial Leader with something of an imperial consciousness
l\lulhneaox, J r., Freeman S. Belcher Easter. The Bible school is under and fight in the conflict against sin and for righteousness, as
.and Edward F?!·sythe. All these the efficient superintendency of l\1 r. soldiers absolutely certain of victory and inheritors of the Closing words of Lincoln's speech on February 22, 1842.
•
na.mes are f<l111111ar to r~aders of Joseph JI. :\lcClay. assisted by a Kingdom of God?
thIS paper who were resl<lents of loyal staff of 66 officers and teachers You Are Invited
• Narberth in its early days. The present enrollement is 55 2
July 6, I&jI. the charter of the members.
• church was secured and duly record- This church believes in steward-
-cd. Two. lots facing. on . \Vindsor ship, 'both of life and property.
-. avenue, lJetween (,ray1lng ami There are many tithers among the
• Hampden .avenues. were secured as members. During this last year
a ch1t~ch sIte and a modest house of $748 5 was cuntributed to missions
worship was e.rected at a. cost of and bene\'olences, and $27,341 to St. Margaret's Church
$3600 and dedIcated on November
24, 1~91. A disastrous lire on Jan-
the church's own local work. It is
confidently hoped and expected that
Narberth Methodist Episcopal Rev. Robert F. Hayes, Pastor.
ua.!'y I~, ~8l)6 completely des~roy~d
thiS bmldll1g: but not one whIt ~hs-
this important institution will press
on to still greater achievements in
Church Rev. Henry J. O'Connor, Assistant.
mayed by. thIS catastrophe, the httle the days ao come. :\11 not otherwise Corner Essex alld Price Avellues
••
.cOl.lg:egat.lOn erect.ed a temporary affiliated are most cordially invited Masses: 6.30, 7.30, 9~00 and 10.30 A. M.
b1111dmg 111 the bnef ~pace of one to unite in its worship and work.
week and regular ser\'lces were re- And may it all he to the honor of REV. W. SHERIDAN DAWSON, Minister The 9.00 Mass is a Children's Mass; High Mass
sumed therein on, Jal~t1ary 19, 1&)6. Almighty Cod. to Wh0111 he all the on first and third Sundays.
On January 2~. 1:-;97. the COrner glory.
.stone of the present substantial "The Miracle of Doom" Communion Sunday for B. V. M. Sodality, first
• stone building was laid and the Sunday of month.
building was completed the follow- Church Notes will be the theme at 11 A. M.
Communion Sunday for Holy Name Society,
~.
ing September at a cost of about second Sunday of month.
.. $20,000. Considerable additions
were made to this building in 1920,
The Presbyterian Church.
"Taking Sides" Communion Sunday for Children, third Sunday
• for the accommodation of the grow-
Re\·. John Van Ncss, Pastor.
11,4;; A. l\1.-Bible School. All de- will be the theme at 7.45 P. M. of month.
ing Bible school. Early in 1924 partments.
• the trustees of the church, realizing 11.00 A. M.-Morning worship. Ser- Sunday School after 9.00 Mass.
mon the1lle' "'What 1s tile Church and Sunday School at 9.45 A. M. and
the necessity of providing still larger Why Join It?" Holy Days: Masses at 6.00, 7.00, 8.00 and 9.00
• facilities for the rapidly enlarging 11.0\1 :\. 1\1.-Junior Church.
church and school. appointed a A. S. Digby, superintendent.
Mrs. Epworth League Devotional Meeting at 6.45 P. M. A. M.
-committee to consider wa)'s and -l.on P. M.-Orgauization of Com- Meetings of the B. V. M. Sodality every Tues-
municants' Class. Mr. Van Ness will day evening at 8.00. The Holy Name Society meets
means of still increasing the size of deliver· '"' address on the "History, You Are Illvited Monday after the second Sunday at 8.00. Holy hour
It the building. A financial campaign Organization and Doctrincs of the
• was most successfully conducted by Church." Membcrs of the congrega- devotion first Friday evening at 8.00.
Rev. A. F. McGrath, D. D., and lion arc cordially invited.
. 6,45 P. l\L-Junior Endeavor meet-
• :sufficient contributIOns and pledges ing, directed by Miss Furber.
• were made on one Sunday to war- H,4;; 1'. M.-Joint Meeting of Inter-
rant the committee to pro'ceed with mediate and Senior Endeavors. Leader.
• plans eventually costing $9°,000. Theo.d~re Fowles. "Suhject: "Cho.osing
·'fl I I I" . a Life 5 Partner. Mrs. JennIe A.
le ClUrC 1 aue Itonttln w,~s en-, Griffith will bring an important mes-
• larged to seat 500 and a Sunday sage on this subject.
school house was erected. connected 7.-1;; 1'. M.-Evcning" worship. Ser-
•• with the main building. with ac- m~lIl theme~ "I,~ Following Christ
· f ,. \\' orth the Cost?
-commoeIatlons or 1000. ll~ere are Meetings for the week:
• separate rooms for the vanous de- Tuesday. H P. M.-Colllmunity Bible
partments, a large hal1 seating 600 Class taught by ,,\iss Harrison.
and which may be used as a gym- ~V~dnesday, H. P. l\1.-Prayer .fnt!
All Saints' Church Holy Trinity
• .. ' I'" I .
n,lSlttm an~ SOChl I.oom.
'1'1 '. MIssIonary 1\leetmg. Mrs. F. C. 101'-
lere. IS rey will bring the mcssage. Wynnewood, Pa.
,l most complete kItchen, dressmg Friday, :!.:IO P. M.-Observation of Evangelical Lutheran Church
• rooms with shower baths and a I nterdenominational Day of Prayer.
·complete heating system with large ~nion meeting in this church. All in-
REV. GIBSON BELL, Rector.
? . \'Ited Cletus A. Selift, Pastor
• furnace room. T he enlarged blllk!- Friday. 8 P. M.-"Kitchcn Shower,"
mg was constructed by Iv1r. John S. conducted by the \Vomen's Auxiliary. Sunday, February 19th:
Ketcham, builder, and the plans
• drawn by Mr. O. H. Graves, archi- All Saints Church SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 19
tect, both of whom are members of Wynnewood, Pa. 11 A. M.-Litany and Anti-Communion Sermon by
t this church. A memorable dedica- Rev. Gibson Bell. Pastor.
8.1I0 A. M.-Holy Communion. the Rector. Anthem: "Blessed J esu" The theme at the 11 o'clock serVIce will be
tion service was held on Sunday. 10.00 A. l\L-Church School.
December 20, 1925. 11.00 A. M.-Litany and Ante-Colll- (Dvorak), Choir of thirty trained voices.
• For l11any months during the munion. Sermon by rector. Anthem, "First Sight"
, . I "Blessed lesu," Dvorak. Choir of :10
,ear Iy history of the c lurch, the pul- trained voices.
7 P. M.-Young People's Fellowship.
• pit was supplied by students from 7.00 P. M.-Young People's Fel-
Princeton Theological Seminary, lowship. Rev. W. C. Ney, of BI'O 0 kline, will preach at the
• Rev. Harry W. Haring and Rev. S. . 8.00 P. l\I.-Evellillg Prayer.
8 P. M.-Evening Prayer. Vespel' Sel'vice at 7.J,.5 P. M.
• R. McClements being the most fre-
·quent preachers. On November 7,
First Church of Christ, Scientist.
• Qn
IU';;I2,
R
ev
W Y B D
. . rown, . ., was
D Ardmore Avenue, Admore, Pa.
11 A. M.-Sunday services.
'elected the first pastor and contin- 11 A. M.-Sunday school services.
• 1.Ied with the church until June, Wednesday evening testimonial
18g6. His successor was' Rev. L. meetin1f' B o'clock.
'11 d Read1l1g Room, 19 West Lancaster
"t Y . Grah am, J r., w h 0 was lOsta e 'avenue. open week days from 10.30 to
as pas1!or~n; December 22, 1896· 4.30. Wednesday evenings from 9 to
fhf
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 fAGE SIX

SOLONS RAISE RATE

, R. S. TOUHILL ,: REPLA~:~E
CONTINUED FROM PAGl!; ONE
sonal taxes and other sources which
:
,
Electrical Contractor
"ServIce wIth a Smile"
:
,
BRASSY WORN-OFF
Bath Room Faucets
Shea's Drug Store
are not included in these figures.
: 'I'll 8. BOWlllAN AVENUE , Brassy Auto Parts, Reftectofs. etc. RIGHT AT THE STATION
The rate was kited only one miIl, · .-
,
,
Estimates FurnIshed
PHONE I\IERION 1088
,
. , .. :
•
With Pure Silver
USE Whe1'e the Apothecary Has Held Forth
but this boost based on the previous
three-mill rate represented a raise
·: The General Drafting Co. .:
. ~

:!I
For the Last Quarte<r-Century
Telephones: Narberth 28-38 and 28-39
• 1935 Chestnut Street
of 33 1-3 per cent.
: .5. G. Coates
•
: 1!ii!sasa!i25C5C5'2.525i!525C5CS25Z!~..525'225i:!..5"2m~!i22Si!2SC5ii!5m.Si&'~
The action of the county board ' • Registered Architect • It Silver-Plates. Use It as a Polish
was deplored here as untimely when : Bell Phone: : LOOK LIKE NEWl
• Rittenhouse 08:tB
news of it became known Wednes- ARTISTIC FLORAL ••••••••••••••••••••••••• Yz ·Pint. $1; Pint, $1.65
FOR SALE BY LOCAL DEALERS
day.
"I am sorry to hear the rate was DECORATIONS HOWARD C. FRITSCH and
Hansell Bros. Service Station
This Is Wallie Month!
Justice flf the Peace Montgomery Ave. bel. Narberth Ave.
raised," said President Frank H.
for all occasions. REAL ESTATE
Sykes, of the Lower Merion Com-
mission, commenting on the matter Seasonable show- Fire Insurance-Best Companies ·1'......--··-..-...-..-...-...-.·--·--.-.·--7 COMBINATION SALE
after' a meeting of the township I Pbon. t ..9·W IU Bayuf.,. A... ( "The Song t'
I ing of decorative ;
d
boar.
"The rise was untimely and unfair'l
I
house plants and WALTER NEWRUCK
•
(
Is Ended" {
(
Waffle Iron and China Waffle Set
to Lower Merion," said Township fl 1 -sings Nick Lucas, 1
Treasurer Peter C. Hess, leader of the
Lower Merion Republican organiza-
owers. Carpenter and Builder t; I'n thl's new popular it
$13.95
tion. "Of course, the county commis- 17 Schiller Avenue, Narberth, Pa. t: electrical recording. 1I
sioners know what their income is, and I "Among My Souven- t
what their budget for 1928 caBs for, The Flower Shops Sereens and Weather Stripping ; . " '11 1 b C t'
but I still feel that this was not the I·'
" h i! t'
me;;'
.!; Irs WI a ways e 0-
Iumbia Records - is
time to raise
tinued. "It istheunjust
countytorate,
Lowere Mer-
con- 111·I"S. N ol"man J ejJel'les
. n:!
iiJ ti ; what you wI'II say when
ion, particularly in view of the fact I NARBERTH DURBIN & HOWARD i you hear some of the .i
that the assessments had already been
raised here in the triennial to provide
I Haverford and WILLlAIII B. DURBIN ;
~ h't •
1 S In our comp
1t '
eel
more tax money." I Narberth Avenues WILLIAM s. HOWARD assortment of Colum- t i
The county commissioners explained I Phone, Narb61·th 2861 ; bias.
their action by stating more m o n e y · {
was needed to pay for the proposed I CYNWYD Real Estate Mortgages Come in and hear the t t
million-dollar annex to the county
court house, and also to pay for road
Levering Mill Road InsUJ'ance ]
t
Brunswick Panatrope,
h I't d t
I.·'
l
~
1
work and grade crossing eliminations
which have been ordered by the Public II
Service Commission. They also II
at Montgomery Ave.
P hone, Cynwyd 294 31 N. NARBERTH AVENUE
NARBERTH 3843
,,
:
were qua 1 y an
are paramount.
one
,:
NARBERTH
A Universal CORONA Waffle Iron with an eight-
I
claimed that the county this year i i
would receive less monev from the i ~~~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!~~~' ~~ t . tt., ELECTRIC SHOP
pieee China Waffle Set.
State on its four-mill tax-this year. = I'

The ri se was protested last week Si:!!2mi25i!5Crui2Si2S22!~25i!2m~

II
; ;
when it was announced that it wouldil{l ~II HARRY B. WALL '241 Haverford Ave., Narberth' SPECIALLY PRICED FOR THIS SALE
probably be made, by Lower Merion I!:!j rara -
M';Ginle~ Ii 0 .
leaders and by County Controller UI 2'8 N.'3 tji S~! Phil,,!~ C Plumbing, Gas Fitting I
{PHONE: NARBERTH 4182 ,
1rwin. Mr. Irwin stated that no risel
would be necessarv - to pay for the I
court house annex as economies could i
Bell Pbone. Spruce 38-96 and 38-07
Keystone Pbone, Race 70-54 an
d H t"
ea m g :•
NARBERTH. PAt I
j I
•~
l'isit one of 0111" sales offices or phone /0'0 a rep·resentutive.
I' t
I
be initiated in county expenditures to: 1
take
money care
on of that.
hand He county
in the also pointed
and still more mouey which would!
treasury,!
GARAnteed Roofs
to: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~g~~~g~~~~~~~~!
PHONE. NARBERTH 3652-M I i
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1
,!t t
be available under increased assess-I
ments as arguments against the boost.
A meeting to discuss the rise of the:
I
1
t j.
; ;
t
t Philadelphia Suburban-Counties
county rate was held last Friday at i , :
t Gas & Electric Company •
Norristown by the County League of:
\Vomen Voters. The county commis- I
sioners were invited to attend and pre- I
sent their side, but did not, and Con- I
•
{ {
I.' i
t
Ardmore 9500 Upper Dm'by-B'l'v'd 1600
,
troller Irvin was asked to speak about H Bryn Maw1' 327 i Hilltop 238 ( Wayne 56
his estimates showing the rise un- T E thJ'ee Bees that buzz 7'J!e EL-RA 7'wins Give Prompt{ ( •
necessary, but was unable to attend
because 0 f another en gagement. I n
the absence of these, Lower Merion
in the bonnet of the success- J.•_ .E._Ie.!2~~~~ _~~_ !:-ad.~ ._S_e::..vl.·:e~....~
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Treasurer Peter C. Hess was the ful are the BRAWN to == •

principal speaker.
He made it plain that he was repre- •
senting neither side, the commission- make money-BRAINS to
ers nor the controller, but was speak- ...
ing from a purely personal standpoint. hold on to it-and a BANK •
BuUd Houses Near Shrine account in which to keep it.
The fact that W. Herbert Burk,
D. D., was given the Edward Bok i
prize of $10,000 last week for the work I ....
which he has done on the Memorial
Chapel at Valley Forge has brought I
forth the Question as to what is going I
to be done with the tremendous terri-II
tory which borders the park? 1t is
now announced that the three or four I ••
thousand acres which form the gate-
way into the magnificent 2500-acre I
Valley Forge Park have been bought
by private funds without any help:
from the State of Pennsylvania, and I
The Narberth National Bank
will be restricted so thoroughly that
Open Friday Evenings from 7 until 9 o'Clock •
business enterprises can find no foot-:
I
hold.
This ground surrounding Vaney
Forge Park has been divided into I'
acre-and-a-half to five-acre plots, and ~~=============================::::!~I
llouses to l1arnlol1ize with the tradi- ---.....~--....,,"""-...................---.....--,,-.....-..---_........ .--.~ ......... -....~ ••'""--...........__..........-..-.....__ Ui
It .,.,ill ~ II pkll,,,r~ for t_ Ihid
dlakr ;11 70lfr commNnily 1o pe
)'014 Iltilkd, courtroUJ in.1:rJIdiorI
in dmmg II B"ic". Simpl., P"OM
"im-malt~tlnappointmftll-and
••
tions of 150 years ago will be built by Ii 'I' ,,~ wi"Jlttdl., t~tlC" .,.,,,. Je is part

individual owners. In that way, not ( What D YouExpect From .{, 1 :Jr olhis liglltitm til a Buic"de"ln.

"So I bought i\ <{~~(R.:lt;r(.

only the park itself but the approaches; 0 •
to it will fittingl" reflect the old j • t
Colonial spirit.
The proposed cathedral there will :
I; Ad vert··
ISIngr t• '"'I
•
t 1 '. ~f ~p~~ftrJ:

for my ij:~f~~,ddy too••

accommodate 5000 persons and is to
be patterned after the York Minster l .
ill England. Four State roads will lead; Mrs. Burtell has noticed Mrs. Burtell picks up t
to this shrine of the American peoplel'
-fr0111 the south the Lincoln highway. (
your advertisement in this the paper, and instantly t] '!l
~: . :.'1.,•.••~f.~~~;" ::'
north on Old Eagle School road, froml/ pap e r. Having brieflyturns to your advertise- ~ More and more, men are coming '~" ,~r~, .~ ".~ , •
the west by way of Swedes ford road ;
-from the east by way of Mont-
noted
•
the merits of your
menta t1
!!"omerv avenue which rUlls out alon~ i tIres, she passes on to the
"Robert" she say s t to appreciate that they should •
the Main Line of the Pennsylvania t
I~ailroad irol11 the north by way of the (
social notes. .' {t
"d011 't b0 'th er t 0, go In have two Buicks in order to as- t

:State road fro!,!, Norristown. ; The next week she sees

For three mIles along any of these i
roads, before you approach Vallev t
Forge Park. there are some 3500 acres (
of land ~\'hlch have been bought by ;
these pnvate •
To List Detours
Mr. Joseph R. Murphy, in charge
of the Main Line office of the Key-
stone Automobile Club, is compiling (
information for motorists in this (
community with regard to local •
detours. \iVithin the next several ~
weeks construction work will be re-
sumed and motorists will be able
to inform themselves as to all de-
tours through this service.
In a letter today addressed to the
Highway Departments of the 1'own-
ship Commissioners of Lower
Merion, Haverford and Radnor,
:Mr. IVIurphy has offered the facili-
town for the new tIres. Go . sure comfortable transportation •
over t 0 th e M'
your '"ad' again, but still am L'me T'Ire;t for all members of their families
•
F
she does not need tires
h
•
Store and get two new :
ones with tubes. It I'sn't ti ,
everyday.
.
•
l our mont s later her good to put old tubes in t Busy men need their cars- •
( chauffeur reports a blow- new tires, is it? Call these , and so do busy home-makers
lout and another very thin people first and I'll let you ~ who must go shopping, carry the •
l shoe. take a check with you." 1 children to and from school, ful-
t •
fill social obligations and perform satisfaction-lies in the two-car
THIS IS HOW ADVERTISING WORKS AND ~I coundess other duties.
HO t arrangement. •
W. IT PAYS I Somebody must do without Decide now to settle your trans-
"•
~
t
These same pOInts apply t.o the advertI's- // necessary transportation when portation problem. Have a carfor
ling. of all things from tires to dresses and gro- 1 there's only one Buick. home as well as a car for business. •
(; cerles. The buyer will not rush I'nto your / True convenience-genuine Make yours a two-Buick family.
i place of business because you advertise once,
t but when he does n
1 eed you an d can d b'
0 USI-
/
I/
SEDANS $1195 to $1995 • • •
SPORT MODELS $1195 to $1525
COUPES $ 1195 to $1850
AU $'rial 1.0.6. Rim. Midi•• grwernmntt tax to ~ add~d. TM G. M. A. c.li-ro« pitt•• tlw mOIl
'•"
1 ness with you he will know you because you / Joirtlbk, is IWail46le. •
~ have been talking to him in this paper.

BUICK
ties of the Club's Sign Posting 1 ~

Department to adequately mark t •

these roads. This service was in- i ADV /
stituted at the request of many local l ERTISING SERVICE DEPARTMENT •
motorists who have been greatly 1 of the ~
inconvenienced due to the lack of t
(Livingston Publishing Company •

I
proper detour signs.
This service, which will extend ~ 35 Cricket Avenue, Ardmore ALLAN C. HALE. Inc. •
over all the Main Line territory, is ~t
available at the office of the Key-
Narberth BaJa.Cynwyd MAIN LINE DISTRIBUTORS
stone Automobile Club, Rittenhouse. Ardmore 810D-81S8 . . TELEPHONES i
. Arcade,· Ardmore. . . .-- WAYNE 400
ARDMORE 1890
,I,,,:, •
 PAGE SEVEN

SHERIFF SELLS 21 $-l~'5. 1t"1e'r-sr-s~r-sr-sr-st=l~1 R,~¥i9~~~¥i9¥~~~¥¥¥¥~i9~~~¥~¥¥~i9¥~¥~i9¥"ii9i9i9~¥:'

~ .J obbr,ng Carpenter ~ ~
PROPERTIES HERE
Twenty in Lower Merion, One
Only one Narberth property
\vas sold b;y the sheriff last week.
It was the house and lot of Clar-
ence C. Nice, music teacher, debt
~ Harry H. Hamer
~ NARBERTH 2762 ~
= Schedule of Montgomery Bus Co., Inc. 11
~
in Narberth, Auctioned $357'1.88, sold to Roy Martin '2:!r:"lr-sr-sr-sr-sMCr-sr-sr-sr-st""!r-sr-s~ ~ Montgomery Avenue LiDe Leaving Pennsylvania R. R. Sta- until 10.30 P. M. ~
I ~ tion in Narbert117 minutes later Then 10.50 and every 20 min. until ~
for Debts. Boyd, attorney, for $275. ~ Eastbound th~n the above-mentione~ tim.es. 12.30 A. M. ~
-..-..-..-..-..-....--------.----------- SAFETY ~ Leaving Anderson and Montgomery Leavm~ 54th Street and CIty Lme Then 1.00,2.00 and 3.00 A. M. .se!
IS FRATT'S FIRST SALE II NOW' '. ~
t
IN ANY WEATHER AND
AT ANY TIME
W
~
Avenutls 21 m~nutes !ater than the above- Leaving 54th and City Line 5 min- ~
mentIOned times- utes later than the above-men- ~
lQr. \VEEKP..\11~ tioned times. .se!
Public sales of many Lower! Let Us Estimate on l Narberth W
~
Starting at 5.30 A. M. Westbound Leaving Pennsylvania R. R. Sta- ~
tion in Narberth 19 minutes later ~
!llerion and Narberth properties
XT d d tl ll AWNINGS
ll ~
Then every 15 min. until 9.00 A. M. Leaving 62d and Lancaster Avenue
Then 9.20 and every 20 min. until than the above-mentioned times. ~'Il
Ta -I· Ca b C0 a,
I
,,,ere I1e I(I Iast \i"e nes ay at 1e SLIP COVERS fl P
3. 0 .". WEEKDAYS
Norristown C ourt House f or t h e ! UPHOLSTERING l A • ~ Then 3.15 and every V' min. until Starting at 6.00 A. M Narberth Short Line ~
first time since Sheriff George IV1. ] -.- -.- j I~ 10.00 P. M. Theil every 15 min. until 9.30 A. M. .se!
Fratt assumed his office. Of the t 20% ,215(~:~:;f:~~~ve. WW~~00. Thle~O~o~.o~~d every ~O min. until Th:~tJ~~3:p~M.alJd every 20 min. Leaving pe~~;~:~::.
R. Station ;;~.
'If) i\lontgomery . countyL proper-
"... il REDUCTION ON ALL OR- II N b th 2 Th en 1230
. . .130 an d 2.30 A.M• The n 345.P. M. an d every 15· mID. Narberth
ties sol d . 21 are III ower ~Vlertonl :
and l':arberth.
Sales \\"hich were of a house
t
l
;
DERS PLACED DURING
FEBRUARY
-.-
Kessler & Kessler
-.- IIl
] c:.:
Phone, ar er 377
~'i252Sii!St!52.!i2.Si:!52.!525i!52525m!52!:i25i
c ~
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SATURIMY!!
Starting at 5.30 A. M.
until 10.30 P. M.
Then 10.50 and every 20 min. until
Then 12.30 A. M.
Then every 15 win. until 9.00 A. M. Then 1.00, 2.00 and 3.08 A. M.
WEEKI)AYH AlliP 8VlIIDAY8
Starting at 5.50 A. M.
rhen 6 30 7 10 7 50 8 30 9 10 ~
9 50 • , • , • , . , • '~~
lJ
.se!
and lot sold to an attorney, in
'Ilst'all"e \\'ere of tIle follo\v-
eacl1 ! ~
i Manufacturers
t
Importers j
Illte"jor Decorators'
t
I EXPERT REPAIRING
Estimates Free
Then 9.20 and every 20 min. until
1200 A M MATURDAVS
The~ 12.15 a·nd every 15 min. until Starting at 6.00 A. M.
rh • , 10.30, 11.10 and 11.50 A. M.
en 12.30, 1.10, 1.50, 2.30, 3.10,
in~1~~~ftlert ~~n~~~~'eC;~:;~n ~x- ~ ~ Th~~o~O.~o~~d every 20 min. until :g::~ ;~5e~~.\~5M~i~~d~~~::go~~: ~:~g: t.::: 9:i1~' 9~5~?'1::::: li~l~ ~
b~'.nk cashier, debt $4825.94-, to ~
George C. Corson, for $400. Hen- t
2451 N. 54TH STREET
(54th Street and City Line)
PHONE: BELMONT r09'
~
C. M. FRIES
WATCHMAKER
CALL BARING 0924 t .
I'! W 12.90 P.M.
~~ Then 12.30.1.30 and 2,39 A. M.
until 12.30 P. M.
Thuenntl.l\21·405.30P.pM.·Man.d every 15 min.
and 11.50 P. M. d .
Leaving 54th an CIty Line ~
J1
ry T.
H I I $ 2
artz. (e Jt 90 4. to <.
F K • ]t 'f 1
t
628 North 1\lny St., West Phlla.
.~. ~:r:'i"L'.,'d Then 10.50 P. M. and every 20 min. 'Vestbound .se!
~
Swartlev. $500. Tohn F. Dedin.
- 'G C C
•__.-...-...-...-..-..._••- • .--._u_..-... -
~ Rhrtin~ at 530 A M til 1230 A M
~W Then every ~-hou.; u~tlI 9.00 A.M. Thuenn 1.00,··2.00·and· ~.Oo A. M. WEEKllAVS AND 8UNDAYS
.se!
~~
I
de Jt S6722.0S. to eorge . or-
son, for $600. George C. Brook. NARBERTH THEATER
N . R . PEACOCK Then 9.20 and every 20 min. until
• Stal·ting at 6.16 A. M.
-1 1 $ 9 2 CI I D M Interior and Exterior Painting ~ 1.00 P. M. 81JNDAYS Then 6.50, 7.30, 8.10, 8.50, 9.30, ~
,ue Jt 4.2 .79, to
. ~ 20 T 1ar es
F k S
. 1 c-
I
BARBER SHOP WILL Bill GLAD TO
~ Then 1.15 and every 15 min. until Starting at 6.00 A. M. 10.10, 10.50 and 11.30 A. M. ~
~
A voy, tor.., 4 . .' ran' ta ey.
debt $720;j.1·0, to \V. Landis, for
$10,100.
121 North Narberth Avenue
Specializing in Women'8 and
A N ESTIMATE
407 Essex ve., aT erth, Pa.
~==:':!t'I~lo=:np~.=:'''~ilr=:b~
b

.. rt=:h~~~·lJ3~'1==-==:
II"! 10.00 P. 1\1.

W 'l'huntilI21320·001P30· M· 2 SO A M
Then every lh-hour until 9.3G A. M. Then 12.10. 12.50, 1.30, 2.18, 2.50, '"t?'(
Then 10.20 P. M. and every 20 min. Then 9.50 A. M. and every 20 min.
Thuntill.30pP·MM. d 5.
3.30, 4.10, 4.50, 5.30, 6.10, 6.50, WGt
7.3O, 8.10, 8.5 O, 9.3dO'110S·100A'10M.50 ~
Children's Hair-Cutting _ ~ en.,. an d . •• en 1.45 • • an every 1 mID. an d 11.30 P. M• an 2. •• ~
Joseph VanDorn, debt $9.~64.20. ~

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to Harold D. Saylor, for $400. Strictly Sanitary Shop JAMES R. COLE ~ ~
;~'~~~:~1:'J1~1:: f~~b~5~1:.,6~:;~ ....---- ~~~~ ~~l5Jec~::~~~01ai~«~g FOR INFORMATION ON OTHER SCHEDULES, PHONE BRYN MAWR 1280-1008,1
A. Casey, deht $4631.94, to H. H.
and Russell J. Brownback, for
NEWTON COAL r
Mail Orders and Jobbing' Promptly
Attended te
~
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.(J...!

$500. Also :Marv A. Casey, deht Phone, Narberth 3639-W ------ - - -_. -.----- -- - 1

$4631.94. to Br~nwbacks,' $500.

Ruth Lawrence, debt $319., to
Larzelere, "'right and Larzelere.
for $200.
Louis L. Lukas, debt $6523.24,
to Harold D. Saylor. for $335.
Immediate Deliveries
All Sizes
Preferred Anthracite
SALES
R A D 10
ALBERT & DILWORTH
Authorized Dealers
1\10HAWK-SONORA
SERVICE

Cotter's Market
CONVENIENT FRIENDLY
Harry L. Warren, debt $6450.81. Majestic A and B Eliminators "CO-OPERATION CUTS COST"
to Harold D. Saylor, for $375. Narbe,·th and Vicinity ~IO Dudley Ave. Phone, Nar. 3868-1\1
A Good Argul/lc/lt from (/11 I/ldcpcl/d"/l1 Grocer
George B. Bencker, debt $7424.96, Have you (the PUblic) ever stopped to consider where your n10ney goes when you spend
to George C. Corson, for $1060. It In chain ston·s?
Frank R. Moore, uebt $-1990.50, to
George C. Corson, for $-165.
For Permanent It leaves the neighborhood and never returns.
Would a chain blore spend the money it takes In In the neighborhood? No.
WOUld a chain store help support any neighborhood association? No.
Watson K. ~1awby. debt $G9S9.- Satisfaction Would It h~lp to better the neighborhood or help fight to keep undesirable people out?
81, to William E. Canecny. for
5:190. \Yilliam H. Hays, debt BUY A
No.
We Deliver-Call Narberth 4050 Y. M. C. A. Building II
515,'i~9. to G. 1·1. Jenkins. $.100.
Tacob X. Sockohl. debt $S74S.'7.
to High. Dettra and Swartz, for
Smedley HUMPHREY'S SNUG dozen
HARBOR FARM EGGS
SSe P:~SHARPLESS BUTTER Ib. S5c R
.:
5200. \Yilliam R. Ormand, debt Telephone: ARDMORE 104-1105 Direct From Farm to Your Table
*'14;')3.88, to T. H. Shoemaker, Built Home "UNITY" BOSANT COFFEE lb. 39c MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE lb. 49c
A Hig-h Price Rutter at a Popular Price. Try It.

S-lOOO. Williain H. Hays. debt I ..

$G5!i3.!l8. to ?\laxwell Stra~vhridge,'7'hel'e.IsNo Substitute for. Quality" WM. D. & H. T. SMEDLEY i
I" We are making a determined effort to give you Quality coffees at a reasonable price.

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Granulated Horseshoe I Breast of Chicken CIicquot Club
GOLD MEDAL MILK Sugar
4 Ibs. 25c
Salmon
tall can 29c
Tuna Fish
~-Ib. tin 23c
Ginger Ale
2 bottles 25c

Wins cIIgain SCHLORER'S 8-oz. jar 19c PENN MAR GOLDEN can
P ALE or REGULAR

17c
MAYONNAISE SYRUP
CALIF. DRIED 2lbs. 19c PILLSBURY 2 pkgs. 25
LIMA BEANS PANCAKE FLOUR c
PRUNES 2lbs. 19c BLUE LABEL TINY
SUNSWEET BRAND can 29 c
BLUE LABEL GOLDEN GREEN LIMA BEANS
can ISc 3 CANS 75c
BANTAM CORN
SNIDER'S Small, Sweet
3 CANS 50c
SNIDER'S Genuine Maine can ISc Variety PEAS, Value 35c
can 25 c
CRUSHED CORN . MUELLER'S MAC- 2 pkgs. 25
3 CANS 50c ARONI or SPAGHETTI c
BORIS BRAND 3 cans 25
RED RIPE TOMATOES C R. & R. CHICKEN
BROTH
can 14c
CONEWAGO Ex. Fine can 29
Refugee STRINGLESS BEANS C 12-oz. can CAMPFIRE 29 c

KING MIDAS
3 CANS 75c
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MARSHMALLOWS
HERBERT MIFFLIN DEL MONTE
Flour Peaches Pickles SLICED
The Highest Price Flour In Rich S)'rup INDIA RELISH

Two More in America-and Worth

All It Costs HALVES SLICED
SOUR ONIONS
SWEET MIXED Pineapple
SWEET PICKLE
12-lb. bag 59c large can 23c large can 29c
GOLD MEDALS 4-oz. jar 1 Oc ~

At the Pennsylvania DEL MONTE CRUSHED can 19c IMPERATOR 2 16-oz. pkgs. 25c
PINEAPPLE RICE
State Farm Products
DEL MONTE Straw., Black., can 25c SUNMAID RAISINS 2 pkgs. 25c
Show at Harrisburg Rasp., Logan BERRIES Seeded or Seedless
our milk has kept up ROYAL GELATINE 3 pkgs. 25c P ABST-ETTE carton 23c
ita record of consist- DESSERTS, Assorted CHEESE
ently hi~h quality SALT, 2 bags ISc QUAKER White or Yellow pkg .l0c
and won first prize. WORCESTER CORNMEAL
This makes a total of GORTON'S Ready-to-Fry can 14c
32 Gold Medals in a CODFISH CAKES
32 period of 18 years. JAPANESE
CRAB MEAT
~-Ib. can 39c

Gold Medals No other milk ap- SCHIMMEL'S PURE jar 25c

I
proaches this record. FRUIT PRESERVES
04 9''I'00{ of Quality P. & G. Searchlight Kirkman's ARGO Mpd. Ivory
Chipso Soap Matches Soap Starch
LARGE PKG.
Soap

SU PPl[[-WILLS-JONES
4 CAKES 6 BOXES 11 CAKES 3 PKGS. 4 CAKES

2Ic 17e 25c 26e 25c 25e

Pioneer.. In E",,", PnwetJ SafetlfUJt'Yl We would suggest tfuJt orders de8 ired for early SO:furday delivery be in
Friday P. M., wmch wur greatly improve our delivery service.
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PAGE EIGHT

FOI' Parties
OBSERVE
WASIDNGTON'S BIRTHDAY
CANDIES
NOVELTIES
ICE CREAM MOULDS, ETC.

THE ESSEX
KANDY KOUNTER
107 ESSt:X AVENUE

SPECIALTY SHOP
Carrying Women's and Children's
Underwear and Hosiery
Merchanis: Boys' and Girls' Clothing
A POSTER in your
I: Standard Prices
ru. window-isn't that OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS, BEGINNING FEBRUARY 24th
a fine sign-post to the
customer you want to
direct inside your shop?
11 Especially if that
poster is well - done,
Patricia Elizabeth Shop
hand-done and reason- LILIAN F. HUTCHINSON, Prop.
ably done, as is the
work of 125 North Narberth Avenue, Narberth
NARBERTH 2898
The Wayside Press
Jeannette Gillis lIlo!J-I'e
~a ..berth Coal Co.
TELEPHONE: NARBERTH 3675
Building
ALWAYS IN SEASON
The fact that Davis' is Narberth's oldest store does
not make it old-fashioned. Nowhere will you find a busier,
more timely place. Holidays are noted by the display of
special candies and gifts.
This week, for instance, Washington's birthday is
$2.05 Sunday reflected in our displays. Come in!
Round
Trip Excursions DA VIS'
also Washington's Birthday The Oldest Store in Nm'bel'th
Wednesday, February 22 224 Haverford Avenue NARBERTH 4035
VIA
West Philadelphia Station
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DELAWARE RIVER BRIDGE ROUTE

TO

Atlantic City JOHN DRIZIN

Every Sunday until May 27. inc.. and
Washington'. Birtllday. Febl'Ullry 22.
also Memorial Day. May SO.
Leave Narberth - - - - 7.59 A. M. SHOES
Conneetlnl' with Special Train.
Leavlnl' .West Philadelphia - 8.20 A. M.
WE FIT THE ENTIRE FAMILY "1
RETURNING
Leaves Atlantic City - - 8.00 P. M. ,

$1.80 Sunday Excursions 127 NARBERTH AVENUE

rrlp
Round ~
VIA MARKET STREET WHARF In Tlleatre Building
Officers Elected; Constitution and PHILADELPHIA :
to ATLANTIC CITY !
By· Laws 'Adopted. Lv. Narberth - - - - 8.59 A. M. ; •
At an important meeting on Fri- "SPECIALIZING IN JUVENILE FOOTWEAR"
day, February w, the corporate
"I
character of the new Narberth Ten-
nis Assoiiation. Incorporated, was
accepted by the members.
OPENING TODAY :

The following officers of the new

corporation were elected to serve Come ill to See Us
,
,
i
.
until October. 1928:
President. John B. 'Nine; Vice- ,:
OPEN UNTIL TEN O'CLOCK TONIGHT
l~resident, H. Ronald Paige; Secre- :
tary. \Villiam J. Sommer; Treas-
urer. Arthur C. Staples. .-
The following trustees were
elected: Carl B. Metzger. for the
term of one year: \\'. D. R. Evans.
for two years: F. G. \Varner. for Home-Made Candy ~
•
three years; Edwin P. Dold, for
four years, and \Valter Cowin. for Chocolates are made every day at White's Sweet •
five years.
J. G..-\lIen and W. J. Kirkpatrick
Shop. They are sweet, they are fresh, they are delicious
and they are made under the same sanitary and ,
were elected to the Board of Gov- painstaking conditions as at home. ~
ernors.
New constitution amI by-laws T10y them fm' yourself and see-!
were also adopted by the new organ- •
ization. We also sell other makes of candy, as fresh as we
.eo
can get them. You have but to take your choice.
The dues for the IQ28 season will •
be $10 for boys under 18 years, $10
for girls and women, and $3 0 for
boys over 18 and men. These dues
WHITE'S SWEET SHOP •
Phone, Na1·be-/·th 4005 •
include the tax payable to the U. S.
Government. An initiation fee of 219 Haverford Avenue Narberth ..
$10 will be payable by boys over 18
and men who join the club as new •
members during the 1928 season.

TALKS ON CREDITS
"•
Rotarians Near 13 Years' Loss •

,
ceeded Fire Total.
Charles C. Cooke, representa-
tive of the Creditors' Service Bu-
reau, was speaker at the Tuesday
meeting of the Bala-Cynwyd-
Narberth Rotary Club. He told
the members of a plan to issue a
book listing all Main Line fam-
ilies. together with' their credit
standing.
He preceded his explanation of
the plan by a brief review of the
credit losses in the country, stat-
HIGHWAY REPORT
CONTINUED I"IlOM THE FmST PAGI!'
tinuing the improvement to \Vynne-
wood avenue. This section of Hav-
erford avenue was included in the
enabling ordinance, which was
passed in connection with the $75,-
000 street improvement bond issue
of 1925 and is thereby eligible to be
paved out of funds from that bond
The Juniata Company 1
410 Empire Building, 13th and Walnut Streets
Ye Oddity Shoppe •
"The Gilt Center of the IIlaln Line" Telephone: Pennypacker 2041 Philadelphia
is ready with many attractive
new styles in little tots' dresses
Spring, the Zero Hour for Contractors, is upon us. "•
and suits from one to six years. The work to be done will be greater than the
Also a fine line of attractive supply of those qualified to serve. To secure
•
~
socks and shoes.
OPEN FRIDAY EVENINGS
NARBERTH 2882
the best in price and service, plan your
needs and contract for them now. .' t

ing that for 13 years they have ex- issue, which are still available. Haverford at Forest Avenue Warehouse and Operating Base: King of Prussia, Pa. •
ceeded those caused by fire. He CONTINUED NEXT WEEK Telephone: Norristown 163 .~
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