our town december 11, 1926

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FRIDAY

PRICE THREE CENTSO. K. APPOINTMENT

OF BENJ. J. COOKNew S co utma st er C ou nt s on

S u p p o r t - F a t h e r s ' Meetin g Wednesday.CELEBRATION

COMMUNITY CLUB CALENDARDecember 13, 8 P. M.-Mothers'Counc il . D r. T. L. Bolton, "TheNeed for the Educat ion of Parentsand Teachers,as Well as Children."Narberth Junior High School. Gen-.eral invitation.December 14, 2.30 P. M.-Clubmeeting . Sp ea ker , M rs . H. S.Prentiss Nichols. Carols by schoolchildren.

CONTRIBUTORS

ELECTION COST INCOUNTY IS $10,600

that arrangements mey be mad et o p ay f or the bills that i t has contracted.The repor t may be filed at anytime with the township, it is declared. It need not be presentedat a formal meeting of the board.The ordinance will probably bebrought up before the TownshipCommission at the first meetingfollowing the date of. its filing.This does not mean that direct ac-t ion wil l be t ak en upon it by the GIVE DOL L AWAYtownship fathers. The course that The beaut iful baby dol l with thew il l he fol lowed wil l probably be blue dress that is att ract ing so muchto refer it to ' a special committee attention to the window of Ewald'sof the board for study. Pastry Shop is a Fr enc h madem-At a later meeting if this com- oisel le, o rdered three months ago ,mittee approves of the zon ing or- and just arrived from France. Shedinance, the d raf t wil l be ' submit - wi ll go to the customer who makested for direct action and at that t he great es t amount of purchasestime the Townsh ip Commission befort' Christmas.will likely set a date f or a pub li c --. . . . , . , . . . .--__hearing. Buy in Narberth.

Be That Was Sum RepublicansSpent During NovemberCampaign.

Narberth, Pa., Saturday, December11,1926TENNIS CLUB WILL

GIVE FIRST DANCEPremier of S er ie s W il lGiven i n Mer io n T ribut e House.TO BE HELD WEDNESDAY L IST

You can save time, wor ry an dmoney by buying in Narberth.Hiberngting Zoning Dralt Sees

Shadow and Prepares lor DebutThe proposed Lower Merionzoning ordinance which has beenhibernating in c ommi tt e for thep as t t hr ee mon 't hs i s once morereported nearly completed andgetting ready to make its debutbefore the Township Commissioners. The date s et f or the eventt hi s t ime is the January meetingof t he Lowe r Merion Board.That information was forthcoming following another "final"meeting of th e Zoning Commission which was held Monday afternoon in the offices of Majorrohn Lewis Evans, the chairman.This time it appears as if t he proposed ordinance wil l r ea ll y be

s tar ted on i t s way. Practically alldetails of the c ompl ex j ob havebeen cleared up and th e ZoningCommission is anxious to file itsrepor t wi th the t ownsh ip boardbefore the end of the year in order

$850 FOR RED CROSSThe annua l Red Cross Rol lCall for 1926, which ended November 25th, t ot al led $850 incon tr ibut ions , i t is repor ted.Mrs. Hugh Speed and Mr s.Harold C. Fenno were incharge of the drive, which wasunder ta ke n by t he 'Nomen' sCommunity Club.Last year Narberth contribu-1'he first of the series of four The recent November election ted $609 to t he Red Cross dur - ,Much f avorab le comment hasdances of t he Narbe rth Tenni s As- cost t he Republi cans of the County ~ ~ ~ ~ s t l 1 ~ a ~ ~ : ~ u ~ a i ; ; c r ~ i : e - ( \ l e : t ~ ~ ~ been heard concerning the selectionsociation will be held 'Wednesday $10,6000, according to an account of Benjamin J. Cook to head theevelllllg, Decell1ber 15,at the lV1erion o. f recei .pts and expendi tures .filed extent of $241. Boy Scouts, as announced in lastb R C M II Fr om each dollar member- week's issue o f "Our Town."ribute House, 625 Hazelhurst ave- 111 NorrIstown y obert . I e r, \\7 l '11l1e ,\,rerloll. 1'lle clul) looks for an Treasurer of theMontgomery Coun- ship 50 cents goes t o ' as ll11g- In t he canvas s o f th e homes of

' lV.l ton , D. C., fo r nati ona l Red tIle scouts wllose 11 nlxtra la rg e att end an ce, if all t he ty Republican Committee. . a es appear onE Cross work. Local needs re- the 1926 r oster, the members of thepromises to be there materialize. 'rhe receipts were $10,585.5. x- ceive attention from the re- troop committee are meeting withPost card reminde rs of the dat e of penditures to date are $9,7 14-40, mainder. I h .t he dance have been mail ed to al l which l eaves a balance of $871.10. t le eartlest assurance of cO-opera-d' 1 tion in the effort being put forth tomember s not s igned up f or th e As th er e a r e bills o ut st an lI1g to t l e PILOTS WALTON'S PLANE place the local organization onseries, and i t is hoped that they and a m o u n ~ of $985, the report shows a sound footing-.all their friends will be 011 hand. a defiCIt of $113.90. English Flier Drives Plane o f Fo rmerThe committee reports: Of t :le $9714.40 expendi tures, Narberth Resident. Among the boys, themselves, the$ 6 I t comments are pointing toward a"'vVe hope our cus tomers won 't ~ 433 wen t to t l e coun y com- S ir Alan Cobham, Great Bri ta in 's "wa it ing l is t, " which wiII undoubt-have as hard a t imeto find the above 111Itteemen, and the balance for "Columbus of the Air," who dl b I I. . fl fey e t l e re su t i f t hepresen tp l ansaddressas a few of the notables who p o s t ~ g e , pnn!l11g, owers 0: r e- s ta rt led the avi at ion world w ith a of holding to one t roop a re adhereda tt ended the d inne r-dance. One cept lons , hauhng and other n llscel- "'_8,000-mile flight from Ene-Iand to. T '1 I' to. his was brought about throughprominent guest claimed ~ l was aneous expem ltures. . Australia and back this summer, the fact that the attendance hadchased out o f s e" er al d nv eway s Among th e c on tnbu to rs w er e: d rove S at ur da y from New York to dropped to less t ha n a dozen Scout s,backwards by police dog gua rds (we Daniel F. Stout, $200; Samuel \Vashington in the so-called "Moth which is the g roup who wiII formbel ieve he thought they were pink Crawford, . $ ~ o o ; H. M.'B.rownback, Plane" belonging to Kenneth Betts the nucleus of the new troop f orelephants. to be ex ac t) . He prob- $200; WIlham C. Irvll1, $100; \ \Tal ton son of Mrs. Clara R. G. B. nex t yea r.ably di ch l't know any more about F rank X. Renninger, $200; I; T. 'vValton' of Haverford. Sir Alangeography than Jim Volstead, Jr., Haldeman, $250; Robert C. MIller, was the' e-uest of Mr. 'Nalton at his Scoutmaster-elect Cook, upon be-. I \\T I C" $ 5 LI W t $1000 Har ing quest ioned on this point , said:ho cluestlOnec 'a ter OWIl1S 2 0; r enry a son, ; - home Saturday nie-ht.Id G IT" ' I t $ G "We will start with a clean slate onpitomization of everything from 0 . \..l1Ig 1 , 200; eorge \\Talton is a graduate of the Nar-the beo-inl1ino- and had to be assured Thumm, $75; Cla rence Ede re r, ber th J-Iie-h School, c lass of 1918, t he firs t o f t heyear and build up one

b . $ 0 T B B tIll $1 -. Ta les . I I 1 troop wi.th t hose boys who a re ac-hat the ark was not 111 the Johns- 2 0 ; . . . ar 10 new, :J', n where he made an envlab e sc 10 as-F F Dol 1 J $15 ' FI'anl(llll B d d f tually in 'earnest in their d esire toOWI1 lood. ~ at , 1 ' . " . tic record. He gra uate rom"You can make )'ourself comfort- Kromer, $15; ~ r v i n H. Bardman, Haverford in 1922 . His f ather, become proh,:.i.ent in Scoutcraft..I' $25' T. C. WllItby $ ~ o ' Peter C. . I I I' l' 5 "There are a Ene lot o f boys inable and we know ) 'Otl wII enjOY the. '. , v , Tohn G. \\1a ton, w 10 (Ie( 111 192 , h bId' h 'blI 1I I . I I II 1 -, Hess $50 ' J. B. Nesper, $20. . I . t' NT 1 tIl f t e oroug 1 an It may e POSSI e.c u ) lOuse. W lIC 1 la s a, moe ern ta- . 1\1.' .. tl S' rl .'d $1 -0 ' J L was ong prot11l11cn 111 ar ) er a - to b rin g t o t he f ro nt mo re thm, onecilities. Of course. we have excel- L -' 'I, ~ X \ \ e$ tlpa'I"1.11 gE: I e:Jt ' $'''0'' fairs. \V I 'an - 10' 11 II) -c ' r - troop. e are p annmg to get oneI,cnt music and tine punch (but this ~ : I ' c JS, N' 11 $ 0' " 'f'l 0 - as' Sir Alan,. who was knighted by I d '" '1 - I 't 1\' merva 1 a ey, 2 ; 1 111e f l ' f . k' in good wordng or er Jus t a s soont1Ine It \\'on t )e so 11l1e t l a t you c an Place $38 ' Harry Thompson $20' Kino- George or lIS eat, IS ma 'lI1g as pos sible a ft er th e fir st of thesee it). I-Ian}' Bol;n, $20; William E llrsan: a ~ e ~ t u r ~ tour of the Un,ited S,tates in yea r, a nd t he n if t he mater ia l is"Remember the date-\Vednes" $20; Samuel Dorsey. $20; Nathan \\ alton s p l ~ n e . Stoppll1g o\er Sat - for thcoming , we wi ll conside r theday t h I , s t l ~ , and e"e ry one tha t O 'Nei l, $20; Elizabeth Deaves, $20; lIrday on. hIS way f r ~ 1 1 1 New York formation of troop No.2."dances IS II1vlted. . H. R. Thomas. $5; J. Wayne to \\Tashll1gton, he w a met ~ the The Fathers' Association meeting"P. S.-I{oad maps f u r l 1 l ~ h e d Heebner, $50; Euphemia DUlln, Navy'yard by a C ~ ) J 1 1 I 1 1 1 t t e e , g ~ v e n a s c he d tt 1e d for 8 o'clock nextU P ? I ~ r ~ q u e ~ t ! And _the COn?ll1lttee $50; Ralph McLaughlin, $25; F r e c e l ~ t l o n a t t he ~ J t z - C a r l t o n 111. t 1 ~ e Wednesday evening in "The Cabin"SOhCltS lI1qull'1es. Md'\.ay. chan'man; K. Moore. $25; Dr. W. Y. Anders, evenll1g and c o n t 1 l 1 u ~ d to \Vashlnb - bids fair t o be well a tt ended. SevFenllo and Paige." J$19; 1\1. L. Horn, $30 ; Mr s. M. L. tOil y e s t ~ r d a y . H e wlll.speak ?efo;e eral of .the parents of the boys w h 'WATTE';S"S'WEET'SHtlP- ~ ~ ; : ~ t \ ~ j : I ~ ~ { f : f l ~ ~ ; ~ P l l g ' l I J ~ ~ y . S t ~ l i 1 j " ..{ ~ t ~ * , ~ ? t ~ 1 ; } g y , e & . t : ~ P h : ! ~ ,cS?Cletr ~ ~ ~ ~ . ~ 1 ~ : \ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; Y ~ ~ ~ ~ i f ~ : ! J . ! 1 % e ~ I ~ ~ ~ i ~ i " " , \ ~ " ' - : : . l ~

Drake, $100; John D. Gerhard, $35; also to accompany thei1' sons to theReturns to Personal Management of Benjamin F. Ludlow, $25; William JUDGE ABSENT AT regular Scout meeting on the 17th,Owners. G. Hower, $36; John R. Bal tz , $5; which wil l be held in Elm Hall.Announcemen t was made t his 1. Howard 'vVilson, $100. OPENING OF COURT Mr. Cook will be presented to theweek of the return to active manage-' The last candidate to file his ex- fathers at their meeting on Wednes-

mentof White's Sweet Shop by Mr. pense account, \Vednesday, the final day, and then to t he boys on Fri-and lVIIS. J. Peter \ \Thi te . owners of day for this elect ion requirement , Jurors from Low er Merion day, fol lowing which the year' s ac-the store. was Harvev S. Plummer, Demo- a nd Nar be rt h A r e tivities will be concluded. From thenFollowing a period of illness s l l f ~ cratic candrdate for State Senator, Excused. until January 7 there will be nofereel by lvII'S. \-\lhite, management who spent $138. Of this amount meeting for the boys.of the shOl) was assull1ed in August $IS was given for postage. The The f irst of three weeks of No- The elect ion of officers for 1927by the Misses S ex s m it It and balance was for print ing. vember term of Civ il Court was will be held at t he Fathe rs ' Asso-Is Mus ta rd . Thi s week :Mrs. \\Th ite Elect ion expense account s were opened Monday in Cou rt Room dation meeting.t ook up her dut ie s at the store and f iled in the office of Clerk of Court s No. J. with Judges \VilIiams and Yesterday there was a joint meet-Mr. Whi te resumed cha rge of the Bech te l by F re de ri ck C. Pe te rs , Knight sitting. ing scheduled of the Boy Scouts.bakery and ice cream manufactur- Assemblyman-elect in the First Leg- Judge Henry C. Niles, of York Scouts fr om Wynnewood, wi thing. islative district, who spent $281, county, had been assigned by the Eagle Troop, NO.3, of Logan, and.The Sweet Shop was established Supreme Court t o s it in t he t ri al a band of 70 pieces, were to meet inseven years ago by Miss Ivy R. Mc- MOTHERS' COUNCIL INVITES of cases thi s week, bu t word was the Y. M. C. A.building. The visit-Lean as the Ivy Shop. It was l at er The Mot he rs ' Council cordially r ec ei ve d f r om h im that on account ing t ro op s we re under th e l ead er sold to the Bet ty Shop, of Philadel- invites all Narberth men and women of certain legal matters coming up ship of " Jack" Foster, Wynnewoodphia, who oper ate d it as a b ran ch to a talk by Dr . Tha ddeu s L. Bolton in h is home county he wou ld b e Sc ou tmas ter , a f orme r membe r ofstore. Mr. and Mrs. White pllr- on "The Need of Educat ion for unable to ge t away. the Logan outfi t.chased it short ly a ft er and changed Paren ts and Teachers. a s \Vell as rudge Smi th , of Susquehannathe name to the present title. for Children," in the Junior High COlll1ty, who a lso has sa t in ~ o r r i s - OPEN WELFARE MEETINGIn add it ion to maintaining the School auditorium Monday, Decem- town before, has been obtamed to Mrs. George Bank, of Rosemont,store , the firm operates i ts own bak- bel ' 13, at 8 P. M. aid the local judges in the trial of head of t he Mothe rs ' Ass is tanceery in the building back of Shea's The fact that Dr. Bolton is head cases, but was u nab le to come Fund of Montgomery county, wil lD rug S to re and manuf ac tu re s its of the Psychology Department of before Tuesday so that Monday, speak in t he Leg ion r ooms in t heown ice cream, sales of which ex- Temple University, testi fies to his but two court rooms wer e in op- Communi ty Hou se, Monday, De -ceed 1000 quarts a day during parts authority on the subject. He is, in eration. cember 13, at 3 o'clock.of the summer. addition, a fascinating speaker. Fannie Vventz, housewife, juror Everyone is invited to attend, esHence, t he council k nows t ha t an f rom d is tr ic t No.2 , Narberth, pecially members of t he var iousevening with him wil l be mentally sought t o be excused because she churches and the Community Club.stimulating and well spent. had an important engagement. A consideration of the fund

She was excused for the bal ance of comes up in the Legis la tu re in Janthe term. uary. It is therefore advisable toMary Fox, housewife, Lower hea r Mrs . Bank' s t alk on the mat te..Merion, failed ta respond to rol l in ful l.call, h av ing p rev ious ly been e x-cused. CHRISTMAS CAROLS ALREADYBASKETBALL SEASON ON The part of Narbe rth that l ieswithin hearing distance of theA fast basketbal l team, playing Montgomery Arcade was entertainunder t he name of the "Narberth ed Tuesday afternoon at 5.15 byBoys' Club, " held a pract ice game Chr is tmas Carol s. "W 0 0, thewith t he Mer ion Boy s' Club last \iVanamaker Store, PhiIa-del-phia,"n ight i n the Narbe rth Y. M. C. A. furnished the music, which wasbuilding. The Narberth team con- broadcast through an amplifier ofsists of J iggs Torch iana , Greece the new Radio la shop, which openBurgess, Spike Maguire and John- ed. this week behind Dannenhauer' sn y a nd Pet e E i d e n b e r g . Arcade Pharmacy at 8 Montgomeryavenue.

PAY YOUR TAXES, N ~

NOVEMBER WAS ORDERLYContrastiiig to t he e xt reme lowtemperature which has ,been experienced her e so f ar t hi s month,the temperature for Novmber averaged close t o n or ma l. S uc h isthe report of the l\Jain Line CoOperative 'Weather Observer stationed a t Narberth .Two thunders to rms on t he 9 thand t he 26t h were t he m os t u n-

, usual things that November had tod is pl ay i n t he weather line. Prec ipi ta ti on f or t he mon th w ashe av y wi th a trace of snow onNovember 21.The highest barometer readingfor t he mon th w as 30.55, t he C oOperat ive Observer repor ts . T11el owes t wa s 29.57. The highesttemperature record for the monthwas 70 degrees; the lowest 20.

WILL JOIN LOWERMERION DISTRICT

Milk Control Co-operationSought by Cheltenhamand Abington.

TUESDAY

;W. S. Horner303 N. Narberth Ave.

MEETS

NARBERTH HAS ACHRISTMAS TREE

Vol. XIII, Number 10

P e rm anen t C ommuni ty T r eeP lan ted by Commun it y

Club.CLUB

Read the advertising.

Those who had courage to facethe cold on Monday, December 6,saw a very pretty ceremony accompanying the plant ing of the pennanen t community Chr is tmas t ree.The Narberth school children opened the program with a song, "America, the Beautiful."Mrs. L. C. Douglass, president ofthe Community Club, told of prev- A nd A vo id Penalty-Col lector Is illious community Christmases in Nar- Bank Bu ild ing .berth, and f il led in t he ear th about Few del inquen t t axpaye rs rea lizethe t ree. Burgess H. A. F rye ac- tha t a s ti ff penal ty and persona l in cepted the t ree for the borough . conven ience awa it t hem. accordingMrs. H. 1. McConnell recited Kil-mer 's "Trees" with ef fecti ve s im- to an old S ta te law still in force,p licity. The child ren sang "Oh, says rv1rs. J. B. Diven. NarberthCome, All Ye Fai thful ." Tax Collector. I f both property andThrough a misunderstanding 1V1r. personal tax are not paid by the firstHackenburg, who was to r e ~ r e s e n t of the year it will be necessary,t he Pennsylvani a Rai lroad, faIled to under the law, to make use of thearrive. 1. d fi '11 legal measures provided, in order toIt is hoped that t lIS ?tur y r. WIlong survive to bear ItS gay hghts collect. . '.thro ugh Christmas week a!ld to Mrs. DIven has es tabhsh ed. helstand as a symbolof commul11ty co- office in th e Na rb er th Nati on alope ra ti on through the res t o f the Bank, whe re she may be seen aboutyear. tax payments. .The meetil1O' of the Communi ty The followll1g IS an extract fromClub on Tuesday December 14, is the collector's warrant:an impor tant one' for two r e a s o n ~ . "I f any person shall neglect 01The re a re amendments to th e c onstl- r ef us e to make payment o f thetution to be considered which should a l ~ l o ~ U 1 t ~ I u e by hll11 for. such. taxhave the thouO'htful a tt en ti on of wlthll1 thIrty days of the t1lne of deevery member. b Also, that constant mand so made, i t shall be the dutyf d M s H S Prentiss Nichols of th e c ollector to levy such amountnen, r . . . 'b l' d I f tl dis coming with a Christmas l11es- y (IS tress an sa e o. le goo ssage, which, as always, will be pleas- ~ n chattels of such del1l1quent. ~ n nt to hear and valuable to remem- 111 cas.e goods and cha.ttels suffiCienta to satisfy the same. WIth costs, can-r _. 1 N b tl not be f ound you a re hereby au-A g r o ~ p .from t le ar er 1 th ori ze d t o tak e t he body o f su chschools WIll sll1g caro.ls. del inquen t and convey him or herThe regular meetmg of the to t he j ai l of t he prope r county.Mothers' Council on Monday, De- there to remain unt il the amount ofcember 1 3, is announced in greateh such tax, togetlier\Vith' tlfe costs.detail in another column. shall be paid or secured to be paid,The club gave a highly successful or un til he shall be o t h e r w i s ~ disc ar d p ar ty on Wednesda y. The char}5ed by due course ~ o l aw. Act ,f irst prize went to Mrs. H . F . Stev- Apnl 15, 1834. P. L . :J09. Sec. 21.ens, while Mrs. L. C. Dougla ss car - Fai lu re t? . receive a bil l d?es ntried off the second. excuse a cItIzen frol11 makmg hIS

tax payment on time, the law says.ROTARY HEARS SPEAKERSRotary educa ti on and businessmet hod s wer e the subje cts o f theDecember evening meeting of theBala-Cynwyd-Narbe rth RotaryClub held Tuesday night at the Cynwyd Club . Speake rs were JosephJ. Skelton, Jr., J. A. Miller a ndAlvin E. Shull.P lans are 'now being made to invite neighboring Rotary clubs to t ~ meeting of January 4. There WIllbe an international speaker at t luswho wiII talk on "Labor Troubles."A big turn out is anticipated forthisevent.The meeting on December 21 willbe given over to a fel lowship program under the direction of squireFred Walzer.

The resignation of Dr. Gustave A.Van Lennep fr0111 the Lower Merion board of health was accepted atMonday night 's regular Decembermonthly meeting, in the townshipbuilding at Ardmore. Dr. VanLenepwas Merion's representative on theboa rd for a number of yea rs . It is~ t a t e d t ha t he res igned because hehas moved away fr0111 the township,and is no longerable to attend meet-ings regularly.W IN S I N SWIM The appointment of a successor toJohn C. Fo st er , son o f Mr . a nd Dr . Lenne p i s in the hands of PresMrs. P. James Foste r, o f Brook- ident Frank H. Sykes of the Townurst avenue, starred last Thursday ship Commission. No information

night in the ~ i d d l ~ Atlantic Swim- is available at present concerning aming ChampIonshIps held a t t he new member , but i t is expected thatPenn A. C. someone in Merion will be appointedFoste r swam for the Rit tenhouse in the nea r future.Square Club. He came through The boa rd rece ived app li ca ti onsith flying colors in t ~ l e men's 5?- enabl ing act at least one publi crd novice race, beatmg out .a bIg meeting must be held before aield of con te st an ts . Lat er 111 t he vot e on the project can be takenening Jack lande? his secon? first by the Commi ss io ne rs . A ll o face when he fimshed first 111 the this seems to preclude any sor t ofd handicap race. Here .Foster final action on zoninguntil spring.s given a four-second handIcap. The status of City avenue, Bala,which was the soUrce of vigorousHOLIDAY MARKET dissension at one o f the prelimin-Narberth members of the Repub- a ry zon in g hearings last year,can Women of Pennsylvania wil l again came up for a vote at the-operat e in the annua l hol iday meeting Monday. The vote conrke t t o' be held on the 16th and f irmed the original decision of theat 1511 Locust street. Zoning Commisssion-that CityOn sale will be novelties, jewelry, avenue from near Fifty-fourthr fumes, hos iery and impor ted s tr ee t t o Conshohocken road beoods. zoned for apa r tment s and not forbusiness.Miss Margaret Burrel l and Miss Property own er s a lo ng theie Miesell have joined the staff street petitioned the board for athe Narberth National Bankdur- business zoning when the originalis month, in orderto aid in the classification became known lastof Christmas savings. year. This was fought by ownersy wil l concentrate their efforts i ll back of c it y line who presentedChr is tmas fund development. 'an opposing petition requesting

that the apar tment zoning be retained.


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Welcomed

For Gift PackagesWe Have1 ) TAGS, CARDS, SEALS,LABELS, BOXES,

TYINGS, WRAPPINGSNew designs, beautifullyexecuted.Then Decorations - butcome and see. You haveno idea of the effectiveness .of Dennison's C re pe P apers and Decorations.

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.Christmas Tree Light OutfitsTree OrnamentsToys and Children's BooksCigars, Tobacco in Gift PackagesChristmas C a r d s ~ ~ ..Fine DisplayCandy of All KindsAgency for Whitman's andShellenberger's Candies

You will be sure to have money for Christmas by joining ou r

Meet next year 's Ch ri s tma s demands byjoining on e or more of these

classes now.

The Narberth National Bank

CLASS 25Members paying 25 cents d week forfifty weeks will receive $12.50

CLASS 50Members paying 50 cents a week forfifty weeks will receive .... '.. . $25.00

CLASS 100Members paying $1.00 a week f or fiftyweeks will receive $50.00

CLASS 200Members paying $2.00 a week f or fiftyweeks well receive $100.00

CLASS 500Members paying $5.00 a week for f if tyweeks will receive $250.00with four per cent. interest added if allpayments are made.

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It Silver-Plates. Use It as a PolishLOOK LIKE NEWliz -Pint, $1; Pint, $1.65See Demonstration

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WHERE WILL YOU SWIMTHIS WINTER?

SIX FREE LESSONS to al l whoem'oll fol' three months 01' more.FO R l I I E N _ W O I \ I E N _ B O Y 5 - 0 I R L S

No need to discontinue this health-ful exm'cise and Sp01t when you canswim in t he Y . M. C. A. Pool all theyear round.

HIGHLANDDAIRIESMILK AND CREAM75 8 LANCASTER AVE.BRYN M A W R ~PHONE. BRYN MAWR 882

No . B in the Arcade

Announcing

Temporary Phone: Narberth 25 13

Buy a Radiola lor Christmas

E. J. LYONSYour Big Ha1'dwa1'e Store"WHERE THE PRICE IS LESS"

LYONS' HARDWARE211 Haverford Avenue, Narber th, Pa .TOYLAND NOW OPEN!

We Deliver

Montgomery Pike at Meeting House LaRe

See "REX", Real Live Pony, that we ar e giving awayFREE!

You can, buy all y ou r G if ts h er e. All new , cleanstock. Priced to sell. We buy for two stores; "buy. fo r less-sell fo r less."Bring in th e Kiddies to see R ex a nd ride our wheels ~ . '1an q scooters.Full line o f Py rex Ware.

the opening of the Radiola Shop in the MontgomeryArcade

Fea,turing th e R. C. A. Radiola. Prompt an d efficientsales an d service an d repairs. U nd er th e direction ofRobert Littler an d M. A. Zengel.

Y. M. C. A.

,At Lower Merion High

In preparation for an active season in the Physical Department theMain Line Chr is tian Assoc ia tionhas thoroughly overhauled its filtra- ...........""" .......... ....., ',......... ..........,""',.... ..... ,t ion plant and made re pa ir s in the , ASBESTOSswimming pool. The locker ~ o ? m l ~ has also been newly pall1 ted, g lvmg Ar e y ou r Boiler an d Pipes covered t If not, yo u ,;these largely used featmes a very a re n ot getting maximum results from the fuelattractive appearance. burned. iThe popularity of swimming is on ..(he increase as an a l l - t h e - y e a r - r o U 1 ~ d P ip e c ov er in g i n th e a ve ra ge h ou se p ay s f orexercise and sport. Indulgence 111 itself in coal s a ving in less than 3 years' time. Inthe sport is however f r e q ~ e . n ~ l y a dd it io n i t h el ps v er y m at er ia ll y in mC)-king a morel imited by lack o f p roper f ac ll tt le s uniform dis tr ibut ion o f h e at t hr u ou t th e house.dur ing the cool day s o f the f al l a ~ c 1 Phone Norristown 791(he colder winter months. R e c o g 1 1 l z ~ ,;ing this demand the Y . M .. C .A . l ~ a s Asbestos Insulating Co. Ithoroughly , o v e r h a ~ l ~ e d Its e nt ire Norristown, Pa .f il tr at ion s yst em to msu re an ade -CJuate supply of clean water a t all orwith the subject, a study of the p r o ~ YERN JORGENSEN : Phone Cynwyd 222 ~ .ceSs of filtration will prove interest- ,;;iJIg. First, there is a l arg e steel ..... .........., ',......... .......... .....""',,....,' ' ' ' ',...., ' ' . , .tank with a c ap ac it y o f abo ut 500gallons able to withstand a pressureof 500 p ou nd s. On the b ot tom area number o f pi pe s w it h numerousper fo ra tion s, through which thewater, after it has been. pur ified,must pass on its way to the pool.This is what is known as the strainer system. These pipes are coveredwith four grades or sizes of gravel,the largest being placed at the bot tom, then comes a layer of speciallyselec ted sand which does not packwhen water-soaked. With the ad-dition of an electrically operatedpump andan alum tank, which contains a quantity of alum, used as acoagulant, the f iltration equipmentis complete.The process of purification is asfollows :-When the pump is startedthe water is d rawn f rom t he pool,passing through a pipe until it'reaches the alum tank where averysmall portion of the alum water ismixed with a much la rger quant ityo f the water coming from the pool.

It has now reached the f il te r. Theimpurities, through the process ofcoagulation, remain on the sand bedat the top j the water passes through(he sand bed, the four layers ofgravel, then through strainers andout into the pool clear and sparkling,safe and clean.

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H i- Ve r s H e a r of Insurance. Once a day or oftener the f ilterThe Hi-Y Club, organized must be tho roughly washed to d is t hr ou gh ou t t he m an y city and pose of any accumulations that maysuburban h in 'h schoo ls around have gathered. This is a ccomPhiladelphia, l:>is a ga in a ct iv e in p li sh ed by s imply f lu sh ing the f il te rLower Mer ion. C le an a th le ti cs , u nder high pressure f rom the bo tc lean speech , c lean thinking and tom, the water f or cing i ts way rapclean living is i t s motto. idly upward through the var iousLast Tuesday evening, at the l ayer s o f g rave l and s an d o ut i nt odininer hal l o f the Ardmore Y . M. the sewer , tak ing with i t any impur iC. A . ~ B e n j a m i n Barron, insurance ties that may have been held in abroker of Philadelphia and former solid mass at the very top. = = = = = = = = = = = = = ~Nebraskan football lu min ar y, This p rocess car ried on day andt al ked on insurance as a profes- night renders the water sanitary andsion. He pointed o ut t he open- safe, n:mch safer than the "ole swiminers for those who applied them- min' hole" or any natural body ofselves, and i ll us t ra ted his talk water which, due t o 1,1lodern induswith examples of men wh o had tr y and congestion of population,persevered and succeeded. r e- r equi re our streams and watervi ew o f t he many sor ts o f l t1sur - ways to carry a burden of polluance was an int e re s ti ng featu re of tion unknowna generation ago.his speech. _. Sunda '5 Storm.L. D. Grossman, phYSIcal dlrec-, Y The water is heated to a uniformt or a nd f ac ul ty a dv is or of the . 1 he storm wll1ch swept t!l1S sec- .el11perature and filtered.High schoo l, in commentit ;g on tIon o f t he cOlln!ry Sunday was ofthe speech, also gave the 1l1sur-1 !he real o l d - f a s l ~ l O n e d type,. a ~ s u m ance business .a boost. _The Club 1 1 l 1 ~ t h p r o p 0 1 ~ t l O n s C?f. a mmmturea t Lower Menon was t ounded by ~ ) h Z Z a l d .and. 11l a d d l ~ l o n to causIVIr. Edwin D. Peake and ha s been ~ n genume ~ n c o n v e 1 l 1 e n c e greatlyin existence for two yea rs . v V e ~ - l l ~ t e r f l ' r e d With traffic by automo-dell B. Stewart, of Cynwyd, IS bik,' .resident of the active chapter. I. '1 h e s now , which covered thep One of the most act ive of c lubs I~ r o l u n d to a fdelPI th d ~ Ieast ffour Main Line ChristianAssociation

H . I I I t ! ear h as meles, was 0 owe 111 t le a ter-at the Ig 1 sc 10 0 l1S Y 'I noon by rain and sleet drivenbeen t he For um, preSIdedC by along by gale-like winds from theFrancis Shoemaker, of West on North. It was a real debut by 116 W. Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore.shohocken. The c l u ~ , . for .the King \Vin te r and was the earliest Ask for a e o p ~ ' of t he Ne w Bookletfirst t ime, h as been dIvIded 1l1to h e a \ ~ y snowfall for years. jnst issned.two sections, one for debators,which at t he p re se nt t ime is ar- \ .--------------------ranering d ebates with other , E ts c h ~ . o l s , the.oth.er for t 1 ~ o s e s e ~ k - t YE ODDITY SHOPP ! tin er mstructlOn m elocutIOn. 1 he t 'la tter sect ion studies p u ~ ) l i e . speak- "The Gift Shop of Na1'berth" ting, reading, and I ~ a r r a t l ~ n In gen- t Gifts of Quality and Distinction. Aera!. Miss DorutllY Ho land ~ n , . " ." ,Miss l\-1arga::-t r::)i('.l" c,, t ~ e . ~ I t ~ ~ Also ChrIStmas Cards that are dif ferent ts ~ h o o l Engbh n l j , ~ l t . n e n t stipe! t 104 Forest Avenue, Narber th , Pa . tvIse all p h a s e ~ studJd., , . J d I --------------------.wing- l


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* * *The only good thing we can thinkof about K ing Ben is t ha t h e evi den tl y, doesn 't believe in bobbedhair. * * *Mussolini is no t going to s car eany nat ion wi th war threa ts so longas the Italians show such poormarksmanship in shooting at him.* * *Senator Heflin, of Alabama, callsSmith and Vare the "Slush Twins."* * *The f ir st hundred sho ts a re thehardest.-Mussolini.* * *A man who died in a New Yorkpri son is' survived by nine w ives .Thafs one way o f insuring a largeattendance of mourners,* * *t h latest earthquake in AmeriClllasted fif teen days. That shouldgive the cit izens t ime to become almost accustomed to i t.* * *If Herbert Hoover were not al -ways s busy with more import-.:ant mat te rs , h e might make a:right good president of the United!S t a t e s ~ .See where Wil l Hays called onlPresident Coolidge the o ther day

~ n showed him a l ot of film, bu t, he couldn't ge t h is name on the:dotted line, * * *A Paris court has ru led that a:wife has no right to open he r hus-.band' s l et te rs . Unfortunately,.our wife is not within that court's:jurisdiction. * * *A monument to a hen wil l be'erected in Rhode I sl and a nd willprobably' be placed in the middle'of, the road. * * *Women are silly. One wilf !orry about her weight almost as., ,much as a man will about his b a l d ~s pot . ' ,. , :" * * * . . ,What ha s become of t he old:'';'f ~ s h i o n e d bandit w ~ f o u ~ d efr;cltement and profit 111 hmJding tiP'a train? ,I'. I,

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P. J. DUFFY

THE NOOK

FANNY H. LOOSPiano TeacherStudio Over Garage at

MARGARET D. SHEUPHELEN M. SHIMP

417 HAVERFORD AVENUETELEPHONE: NARBERTH 2692

ForPermanen't,S'tltislciction..._.. '.'. . l' .' .BUY A"SmedleyBuilt Home

111 N a r ~ e r t h AvenueLight HaulingDAY and NIGHT

JAMES R. COLERear of 250 Haverford Ave.House and Decorative PaintingMail Orders and Jobbing PromptlyAttended toPhone, Narberth 339-W

WM. D. & H. T. SMEDLEY

Drive in and get your car oiledand greased while you wait.Agent for Goodyear Tires and Tubes

TRUNKS-40cPACKAGES-I0cHauling in TownSpecialty-$4.00up

Are You Going to Movef 'Le t ],(e. Move You.Phone, 'Narberth 2202-W

104 Forest Ave., NarberthBasementAr t needlework, infants' a"ndchildren's wear, lingerie andhosiery.,

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303 Chestnut AvenueNarberth-Phone 2789

Louis XIYQuelque Fleur, $2i.00.Ladies' Perfume Sets.

Dannenhauer's Arcade Pharmacy

Baptist Church of the EvangelRobert E. Keighton, Minister

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While they last, an attractive box of 18 assorted 10cand 15c Christmas Cards for $1.00.Exceptionally attractive boxes of Whiting's Station-

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Hand-made Beaded Bags, $7.50 to $25.00.Orders taken for Breyer 's Ice Cream in moulds andfancy shapes.All popular brands of cigars.Besides carrying these popular lines of merchandise, we compound prescriptions carefullyand accurately.Delivery service; phone orders given promptattention; ready to serve you all the time.

Kemp's Assorted Salted Nuts, Glaces of Peanuts, Assorted Nuts, Pecans and Almonds.

Ful l l ine of Sheaffe r' s Lifet ime Fountain Pens, allprices, and Fountain Pen Desk Sets, $10.00 to $15.00;some gold' inlay.

Whitman's Chocolates, $1.00 to $5.00.Booth's' and Helm's Chocolates.

8 Montgomery Avenue Phone: N arberth 2513

We may not be the nearest druggist to you, but wewill come the nearest to serving you.Do your Christmas Shopping at home-avoid rushand delay in delivery-getting personal attention andcourtesy In a home-like atmosphere. We car ry all theleading and popular merchandise as follows:

Services for Tomorrow

Royal Fern Shaving Outfits for M e I i ~$ 3 ~ 5 0 .

Coty's L'Origan, Paris and Chypre Ext . in $1.00,$2.00, $3.75 and $7.00 sizes.

MERRY CHRISTMASAND

HAPPY NEW YEAR!.. '

Caron's Nuit de Noel (Christmas night), $27.50.Andreas Dama de Noche (Lady of the Night) , $25.Houbigant's La Belle Saison (The Beautiful Season),$20.00.

We a lso have the domestic Christmas sets such asWilliams' $1.00 and Mennen's $2.50.Marcel'Frank's Aomizers from $2.00 up.Van Tine' s Incense Burne rs , 25c t o $2.50, and allodors of incense.

Quelque Fleur and Ideal , in s izes from$1.00 up.

11.00 A. M.-Sermon: "Jesus: Revelation of God."Pulpit Editorial: "The Religious Questionnaire."

7.45 P. M.-' 'The Hope of theSecond Wise Man."

Cheramy's April Shower and Cappi Sets.

MARGARET and KATHERINE McDOWELLandHELEN JONES DEACONAnnounce the Opening ofTHE TREASURE SHOPSat Narbe.rth, Pa.W h e ~ e a wider vari.ety of c a r ~ u l l y selected ar tic les of decorat ive value ar ehonl.ddlsPlahY' ~ l s o gI ft s appropri a te for all occasions and par t icularly for the01 ay s o,Ppmg.Montgomery and Woodbine AvenuesNarberth, Pa. Tel ephone 341-R

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GEORGE R.MARKLE2ml' Floor.Narberth National

Bank BuildingNarberth 2287

Building Construction

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OUR TOWN

SHEA'S

Little Chats About Your Health, No.7

FREE!THE FRENCH DOLL

S ~ n d to your friends some of our famous

In our window will be given to the pur chaser o f t he greatest amount of ourGoodies, before Christmas.

A t the Station220 Haverford A v e n u ~ '

made after the old New Englandrecipe.We also make New England P lum Pudding

Shea's Drug Stork'is the most convenient shopin Narberth.. Located 'on the old, familiar cornernear the station, it i s ~ h a n d y place for you to dropin for your drug purchases.Some attractive Christmas ca;rds awa it you rselection-inadditioJi to s ta tionery, perfumes andother gifts. You will find a fresh stock and mostreasonable p r i ~ e s .

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Are You "Thinkin.gTwenty Years Ahead?"

"Every normal , hea lthy minded per son want s t o live as long as hecan an d t o enjoy h is f ul l span of l i fe wi thout the burdens of chronicdisease. Bu t to do so h e m us t th in k 20 years ahead a nd w he n hereaches thirty-five or forty. have some compe ten t phys ic ian check upregularly on hi s hea lth condition."He cannot subject h i s body and mind t o t he strain of the strenuouslife, e a twha t and when he p l ea s es and expect to be hale and hear ty andt o k ee p going to 70."I f t ~ average adult would pause every y:ear long enough t o t ak ea health Inventory, not so many would drop In t hei r t r acks at 50 orthereabouts."

The above was expressed by a phys ic i an . We reproduce it becauseI t ; e fl ect s exact ly what we have constantly advised .and it is "to thepomt." .Consult your p h y s i c i a ~ promptly on aU h ea lt h ma tt er s a nd mak eKoch's your prescription headquarters.

r:'I. THE SPIRIT OF THE\ .' YULETIDE I (::..r; j The happiest time of the year ~ : ' l ''.... ~ ~ .t; ' is at hand. The whole universe ~ ~ ..!.:,', is preparing.to celebrate the ~ ; : j ! ~ '_ L".:. g r e a t e ~ t day. Folks every- ~ { L J 11where are searching f o ~ ' :gifts to express theirmerrywishes.. By.all means}}n your quest for gifts forChrIstmas, you ~ , u ~ t v l ~ i t the Hemstitching Gift Shop,

243 Haverford Avenue, NarberthPhone Narberth 2201W We Deliver

PLAYING CARDSAND CHINESE TEAAre be ing sold for the Benefit of theEndowment F un d o f Goucher CollegeSend o rd er s t o

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