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Incredibly Ilonrless, beautHuUYd es ig ne d t o giveverfcct bod
ybalance and suvrcrne comfort.E x D e r t (It tlng,a nd a dj us tm
en ts l, [\ 'l ce - comDlcte reDa lr shop
STAYFORMof ARDMORETHE BONELESSFOUNDATION GARMENT
Before EMILIE EMMONS301 Tll\IES-l\IEDICAL BLDG.ARDMORECall
Ardmore 3219 for 1.0Appointment
Latin America Club
Oversize NOll-crOWding CookmgS\1r!nceAII-lltll'IXlSP O\ 'en
BurnerNon-Wt Ovell Ruck .Spr ing-bal l l l lc cd O\ ' en DoorGl id
ing Drop-tron t BroilerDrnwerSmokeless Broil er Pan lind
01'111Statn-reslstlng Procelaln TopToespnc('DoUble-size S t or age
C ompa rt ment.
Lower M er io n S en io r Hi ghiSchool Latin America C lub w il
lt ak e p a rt in the annual CUltural: Olympics International
FriendshipI program in Irvine AUditorium,i 13th and Spruce Sts.,
January 19.,a t 8.30 P . M .
120 Students ElectedITo Participate inIScholarship ContestI
Twenty L ow er M er io n H il (hSchool seniors have ben elected
by,their classmates to participate In'the Pepsi-Cola Scholarship
examlinations February 15.I The scho la rsh ips offer a full; f o u
r - ~ ' e a r tuition at the college of: the student's choice plus
traveling:costs and $20 a. month expenses.I Results ",i l l be
announced:April 2., The seniors are: Sue Althouse,,pat BaIlaglJ, Ed
Bernard, James:Billington, Jean BOUl'garde, Marl,Iyn Eby, Frances
Flint. FrankH a l ~ . Mar y Lou Haldeman, Lon'Horsey. Joann Hutton.
Mary Jo'Ma.,ol1. Ellen Myers. Janet Musser,Clarke Nash, Claire
Noren. RobertOliver. Jamcs Taylor. Betty Tucke r a nd Milton
Zimmerman.
587.50~ o " rWe Have Only A FewHeavily Insulated
Hot Water Heaters(Gas and Electr,ic)
Call Us At Once If You Want One
DESCRIPTION ----,An all steel. IXlrcplalll-enameled. four-burner
rllllge with doublefold InK covernll. full-loc:::>oIn 1905; Dr.
Duncombe, Present Pastor, Came to Noted KNOW YOURSuburban Rel ig
ious Center 16 Years Ago STATEOn SundaY evening, J a n u a l y l ;
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the congregation and friends "'. ..:, "A"';f' :tl;,:'". ' : . , . -
: ' . ' ~ ,',:)':", ' f . . ! : . : . ' i " " ~ ~ ' ~ . . . . , ~
,J.. Building Codeat' the Bala-CynWYd Methodist : ::< ' , ~ , ..
' .;;.;J ."",::V ... ... : ~ . ~ . ~ .'f:;",' ..' ..J"". The
pressing nation-wide needChurch, often called the "Me.t ho - " ".::
', ' ' , : ' . , : ' ; " . i ' ~ ; : . ~ ":' building materials
within t h e p as tchurch came on Mar ch 17, 1907.
,;-.1;S.;'.J'rr,;;""" ten Years.Until 1916, 11 supply pastor.:;
....,. 'y .1(" ( i ; > ~ . ., ' Though nothing would be
lessserved the church after which the " , , . , . , desirable than
to let down the barsRev . W . L. Steck was appointed to dangerous a
nd unsound con -pastor. It was during his pas- :structlon. man yof
OUr older bUlld-torate that the forme,. chapel was THIS IS THE
$200,000 Bala-Cynwyd Methodist Church, lin codes Impose severe
handicapsstarted. whose congregation Includes families f rom a ll
parts of the Main Ion types of modern building whichIn March 1921,
Leo n T . Moore Lin e. Th ey 'l l burn their mortgage this Sunday.
I!lave proved to be sound and sat-was appointe d p as t or a nd p
la ns .,. -- -- . 'lsfactorywere a cc epted for a church builj "THE
RUBE" severai types of approved mod-ing whose cornerstone of whicl
l 'ern b U i l d i ~ g codes are availablewas laid on September 17,
i922. l fo r t h c gUIdance of communitiesFormed Church Groups By
MICHAEL E. MURPHY iboth, small and large, It hILI! beenIn 1924 the
Rev. Luther Ketels pOSSIble for many small mUnlclpal-became pastor
and under his di- George Edward Wadde ll w as : ities, not Wishing
to incur the ex-rection the Epworth League and f ~ m o u s as the
grea tes t sImon pure: pen se o f printing a build ing codeMis
siona ry Society were organ- pItcher who ever stepped mto the, I n
f u ll t o adopt one su ited to thei r!Zed. He was succeeded by the
Rev, box. and was known throughout needs by reference to the
sectionsFrank M. Gray. the baseball WOI?d as RUbe . W a ~ - I o ~
standard codes approved by na-The present pastor, Dr. Dun. dell.
When a :roun,g ma n III hIS tlOnal safety or building organl-combe.
at the Bishop's request, 2Jst year he ma tl ' lc u la t ed as .a I
z at lons or by public commissions.l ef t S t, Philip's Church in
Phila- stUdent a t V ol an t. College. ,HIS In view of the many
undesirabledelphia t o become pastor of till' p la ee o f a bode w
as l is te d a s PIOS- I consequences of un co n t ro l l e
dBala-Cynwyd Church. pect. Pa. He e V l d e n t l ~ \ ~ ' a s 111
building after the close of theIt was under his leadership that
search of culture" :Uld lllcidently, First World War but
rememberingthe present edifice was constrw.t. he pitched for then'
baseball. team. the serious and almost desperateed. The pastor
acted as superm- He. attended college only III the, need for domest
i c hous ing Intendent o f i ts c o n s t r u ~ t i o n a nd i t
sprll1g term. He b.ecame t he t er - Pennsylvania, it would be Wise
forhas been estimated that $25,000 r or o f every opposmg team. C ~
n - every community to take s teps towas saved through nis efforts
. non balls were like, slo\\' mOVll1g- adopt a c od e suited to its
size andIn 1930 a debt of $13,000 re- zephyrs compared With the
speed requirements and for t hos e whichmalned on the church and
ill ball.s that Rube threw at the op- :now possess a codeto make a
thor-1931, additional lanel was b o u g h ~ POSll1l?: batsmcn. .
iough review of its provisions in thefor $13,000. ,Rube finally
landed With the,light of modern standards in con-Despite the
depression with Plttsbmgh PIrates of t il e Natlonal,struction.bank
failures. Sunday will see t l l ' ~ League. who were for three
years --------------the champions of their circuit at. ELLIOTT
LAWRENCE ANDentire debt wiped from the slate, that time. under the
leaclershlp of whole history of t il e game. He had HIS ORCHESTRA,
whose musicThe new church was dedlcaterl Fred Cla rke. a great
player and a g re at a rm , speed and curves . g i rd le s the
globe via the Co-on May 26, 1935, by Bishop Rlch- :manag er . B ut
F re d a nd t he Rube, and an out drop that was the lumbia Network
and 30 short-a rd so n. D ur in g the Summer of REV. F RANKLI N
Hlll\'COl\WE IeQuid not get along a nd t h e eccen-' s!1l!-rpcst
breaking curve i n c ap - wave stations, wil l gr ac e the1937
improvements costing about Dr. Duncombe has served as I[ric
southpaw "jumped" the team . t lV lty. He ~ r o k e all strike out
rec- bandstand at Sunnybrook Ball$22,000 were made to beautify t h
~ ' pastor of the Bala-Cynwyd \iVlth the consent of Barney Drey-
ord? and h tera l ly scared the OP- room, near Pottstown,
nextinterior. These included Got hi c Met hodi st C hu rc h. the
"Metho- fuss . t i le Pittsburgh owner. Connie posmg batsmen nearly
stiff. a n d S at ur da y. J an u ar y 12.stone a rc he s. a marb
le chance; : dist Cathedral of the M ai n M ack wen t in search of
the Rube. h U ~ 1 g up strIke out record and The orchestra. the
only name Ifloor and a l ta r , a nd t he main ex- L ine ". for t
he p as t 16 years. He f oun d him at PunxsutawneY strike out r ec
or d. H e f re qu en tl y band which has its base of opel ' te r
lor entrance . In i939 a rOi'd L ar gel y clue to his un ti r ing
ef- pitching Independent baseball. and' would fil l the bases, then
s tr ik e a ti on s In Philadelphia, is heardextension was made
around thoC fort and s t rong leadership. the I s igned I limup.
RUbe readily con- o ut t he next th ree ba tte rs . He I twi ce w
eek ly on I ts round-theparsonage, the c lo i st er was com- church
will become debt free at sen t ed t o 1(0, but insisted Connie had
a grand arm, one of the: world broadcast, with announcepleted a nd
c ar pe t lai d on t!1e i a mortgage burning ceremony call with him
on a few friends: greatest eyer. In after years Con -, m en ts of h
is mus ic made in fivec $ ~ . ~ ~ g ~ 1 fioor at a c os t o f ab ou
r. ; on sunday, a s h e s ai d good bye. They called nie
affectIOnately said. "A million! languages.____._, __. on the
haberdasher, the tailor, the' dollar a rm a nd a t en c en t
head",1 Maestro Lawrence. a graduateIt .wasn't unt}1 1941 that the
i ~ - _ . ~ . ; ; : - k E B k . 1 '1 d .. barber and nearly all the
trades The grancl old man of baseball I of the University of
Pennsylvan-bUildmg was entn:ely completed at : ~ t S , G : : J ~ ~
t o n ~ ~ ~ ~ l , a ~ S S e ~ ~ i ~ ~ ~ I f ol ks ii l t ow n, At'
each stO)) Con- ~ l s o ~ a i d the Rube has. four loves la School
of Mus ic , Is a coma co st of an addItIOnal $13,000. I t ' lb ' ..
t d [ ni e h ad t o pay the debts the Rube 1ll thIs order' booze
gOlllg to fires I poser ofseveral "longhair" selcc-Plan W ~ r ,
Memorial . I f : ' ~ d ~ : : ~ ~ t i l ; e o ~ " ~ I ~ f o ~ l ~ :
~ u ~ ~ I \ a ~ : , _ 'owed. as he said goodbye. After going f ls
hlng , p it ch 'i J1g basebal l . " t !ons a s wel l a s pOpUlar
mus ic .With t he bUl11lng o f t hi s 1001 t- , " t' . I he was th
rough with t h L ~ tour' He wa s a character. he had col - Lawrence
's men play music tog a ~ e the church now has .I ts eyps g a ~ ~ ~
~ 1 1 ~ ~ I I ~ ~ ' \ \' ho l la ve s erved on' paying the Rube's
bills had Connie: 01' galore al;d how he c o u l ~ p l ~ c h . su
it the taste of the most ardent~ U 1 J . l e d . to a. n ~ \ V
educatlOl?, a n ~ , the ehurch building committee i n- j us t about
flat. As they ap- . ~ o d a y . \\ It!1 h!s combmat lOn .! b ob by
so xe r as well as theirI eCI ea;tlon' bUIldl11g. ~ l l 1 c h
\\.111 h,.: dude b es id es Dr . Duncombe: proachedthe railroad
station Con- ' \I ,el e he m hIS prIme . I c ould s el l e lc le rs
, p l ay ing both sweet andconstlUcted as. a \\al m e m o l 1 ~ I .
. INeall S. Brown, chairman: Geon;e nie noticed a large crowd had
:hun for. the la rgest amount eveI' I hot, and accorditH! t o t I,
.. cong-An a ccountmg of membe ls lup 'n W'ls Fr' n k E B ' k el '
W i! - gathered for the depar ture of t he p a id fOI any ball
player. noscenti doing both well.at llie ~ e . ~ a r i l i o w ~ ~
l i ~ m l ~ l ' M ~ ~ k . 'ft: Charl9 f u m o ~ R u ~ . H e ~ ~ u ~
, l l i ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ~ ;
~ ~ ; ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ; ; - ~ ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ - ~ . ~ - ~ ~ - ; - ~ - ~
- ~ - ~ ~ - ~that. the B ~ l a - ~ ~ l l \ \ ~ d Methodist Lachman,
J. C. Phillips. Mrs. WI1- Ing what if each of that huge I ------ -
- - -_ . . . ._, _.__.... .__ .C h U l ~ w \ \ has ~ ~ ~ m e ~ -
limn J, L ~ l i e , L. S. ~ l ~ r t . F r e ~ crowd h u a WII q ~ n
~ t ~ d ~ r - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - ~ ~ Ibers a p p r o ~ J m a t e l y 20 pIe- M.
Mil ler . Mrs . Helen K. FriCKe, p ar t in g p it ch er ! B ut t
heY onlyparatOlY membels.. ,. Dr. H. B. M on tg om( 'r y, W. A,
wanted to.give t h e Rub e a g lo r-Dr. Duncombe, \\ho \ ~ a s
a\\,aId- Leiser, Herbert M. Middle ton. ious send off, which theY
did, with 1l1lr e N 0 .. .r II a' ,r ethe degree of doctOl of d . I
~ l n - E. Caba ll e ro . Samuel P. Blake- a \ ' e n ~ e a l 1 c e
. , ' 'W ' . "Ity Union College. ~ a r b o U l vIll?, man. C. L.
Davidson a nd P au l P. Waddell then went on to becomeKy. , m June,
1945, has as hiS as-IMcCov onc of thc grea.test pitcl1ers in
theslstant the Rev. Dr, G l a d s t o n , ~ ~ : - : - : . : . : .
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: : ~ 1Holm. The Rev. Dr. Levi H . Ze, ', ': rIs the district
superintendent..,Howard S . T us se y se rv es Ichurch direc tor of
music; ..Evelyn McClung as secretary;,Newton Snively. s exton, a nd
MissElizabeth Noon as junior choir.director. ,At the mortgage
burning c e r ~ many Dr, Herbert H. Belber , pa3-
dropped in Ambler ' s one day , not having been there In some
tor of the Presbyterian Church of ,While. Mrs. Huldsworth was
behind the coun ter bu t she didn't the Covenant In
Bfl.la-Cynwyd;'for Amble r. I s ens ed something wrong and was ha
lf a f ra id the Rev. Frank Gray, formerand there was something
very wrong. This time Amblel' llad pastor of the Methoc1ist
Church,'and D r. Z er r, d ist r ic t super ln- ,gone "home."
tendent, will be the speakers. I' E c au gh t t he new-monla," she
t o ld me. " ba th in i n t he s ea at Also p ar ti ci pa ti ng i n
t he c e re - 'City, 'E were a lways a great one for bathIn In the
sea, You many wil l be George H, Wilson,'' e ar abou t It? The
doctor s a id ' e was such an 'evy man t o have president of t he b
oa rd of tru5-:mania." ..,E ad a Iuv'
lyiF;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;,;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;.she
a dd ed w it h some"just the way ' e would haveIt . I've g ot a
picture of '1mcof f in , happen YOU'd l lke tow a . ~ back in a
minute w l t ~We looked at it to' e look luv'ly," she murand there
was a tendernessvoice that most of her lifea t tempted to concta!.
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10, 194.6. OUR TOWN Book ReviewsAre HighlightOf MeetingNarberth
Club HearsTwo Members GiveTalks; Attend Bridge
THREE
Boter u l e c ~ n d C ~ ~ ~ O ! ~ ~ t h e Poat OfticiNarberth,
Pa .. under the Act o f March 3, 187ll.Founded in 1914 by the
NarberthCivic Association
GEORGE A. WALKER, President and Edi torHELEN FITZPATRICK.
Business ManagerB LESSERAUX. Advertlslnl MIlJlBlerPublished Every
ThursdayDeac1llne for advertl8lng and news copy-Wednesday II A.
II,SUbscriPtIon rate-$2 per Year In advance
Publication Office-Eight Cricket Avenue. Ardmore,
Pa.Phone-Ardmore 5720 and 5721; Greenwood 7740MCDIber of
Bucks-Montlomery Newspaper PUbll8hers Association
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notten mllRbe recletved by Monday at I P. M. eacb week, Mail ..
notlce 'totbls paper, c/o Bos 350, Ardmore, P&,. Or telephone
Ardmore5720 or HiJltop 3610.
NARBERTHElectric & Radio Co.
HEADQUARTERSfo r
All Medical Need.
Custol l lers
Formerly 242 Haverford Ave.NOW 243 HAVERFORD AVE.
243WE WILL BE TEMPORARILYLOCATED ATHAVERFORD AVE.
where we will have a more modern and complete jewelry store.
m. t he shop o f Helene P . Watwood , whe rethrough her courtesy
and kindness, 'W6! willbe abl e to eont inue t o serve t he people
o fNarberth, 1:lntil permanent qua rt er s areavailable.
We want to thank you for your kind pat ronage in the p ast and
assure you of the samehonest and r el iab le s erv ice in t he fut
ure.
AFTER JUNE 1, 1946WE WILL BE LOCATED INOURNEWSTORE
AT 43 N. NARBERTH AVENUE
PENN VALLEYJ 'EWELERSPhones:Narberth 2119Narberth 5230Watches -
Clocks - Jewelry - Expert Repairing
ADELIZZIBROTHERS
In Our Dry Cleaning
You Can FeelConfidentYou'll feel at easewhen you knowyour cl ot
he s lookwell. Let us cleanthem. Depend onus for the mostmodern
methods-.the best of care ofeach garment.
TAILORS - FURRIERSCLEANERS AND DYERS102 Forrest Ave.,
Narberth
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30 YEARS
HOUSEHOLD DELIVERIES TO ALL PARTSO F THE MAIN LINE"A COMPLETE,
DEPENDABLE DAILY SERVICE"BROOKMEAD Guernsey Dairies
PHONE WAYNE 1121V'ISIT THE DAIRY . ALL PRODUCTS AT RETAIL
Tues.-Wed., Jan. 15-16"THE GREAT JOHN L"Greg McClureandLinda
Darnell
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Starts Tltur., ,Jan. 17 for 3 days"THE HOUSE ON92nd ST."MAIN
LINE
FISH MARKET110 W . Lancaster Ave.Opposite Autocar
Phone: Ard . 4510 - 2858
t ~ R E S HSEA FOODIs Just A s N ea r A s Y ourTelephone-Just
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Consult us before borrowing on your insurance. Wecan effect
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10, 1946. OUR TOWNnn: MAIN LINER :BALA-cYNWYD & MERION
NEWSHAVERFORD TOWNsmp NEWS
DINE O U T ! ~
L. Merion LassiesOpen BasketballCampaign Jan. 18L owe r M e ri o
n High ~ i r l s ' b a s Iketba l l team will open its seasonnext
Friday , J an u a ry 18. playing
host to Ha v e rf o rd H i g h.Th e Maroon lassies, coached byRu
th s t ev e ns o n a n d c a pt a in e d byEleanor Sw in g . w i ll
p l ay at Abington, January 23. Other gamesscheduled for February
fnc lude 5.Lansdowne. home ; 13, Be rwyn ,away; 15, Up p e r D a r
b y , h om e: 21,Radno r . away, and.26 . Norr istown,home.Geor ge
Schoo l will be played atthe fore ign 11001' i n t he concludingI!
'ame, March 1._--_0----Cynwyd ClubWinsIn Squash OpenerC y nw y d C
lu b, an outstandingchallenger to the champion German to wn C r ic
k e t Club. t riumphedas t h e a n nu a l "A " League c ampaign of
the Ph i l ad e lph i a Women ' sPC I ! 1 t ~ r c l u b Sq u as h R
a c qu e t s Asso846. clat lOn opened.:750! Cynwyd \\ 'on f r om M
e r io n Crick.5631 et Club. 4-0, t ak ing first p la c e b y.538 I
a one-poin t m a r ~ i n over German ':6J :town. Tha t team t
riumphed over:250: Ph i l ade lp h i a C r i ck et C l ub . 3 - 1,
at
.214 S t . M a r ti n 's .
MAIN LINE LEAGUEThis Weeks GamesMondayCoatcsvllle at
Wayne.Brookline at ClI !ton HeIghts .Che.'lter at
Narberth.WednesdayWayne at NorrlEtoWn.ThursdayChester at
Coatesvllle.Upper DarbY at NarberthNorrIstown at Cl i fton HtsLast
Week'S ResultsThursdayNorrIstown 57, Brookllnc 39Narberth 45,
Coatesvllle 37Wayne 46, Cl l fton Hts 32saturdayChester 86. Upper
Darby 64MondayClifton HtR. 93, Upper Darby 53.Narberth 62.
Brookllne 55.Coatesvllle 37. Wayne 21.STANDINGS OF THE TEAMSW. L.11
29 39 77 65 74 63 93 11
Norr18town , ..Cl i fton Ht" .INarbcrth .. , . .. . . , . .
.Wayne .CoatMvllle . . . . . .. . . ,.Chester , . . . . . .
.Brookline . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Upper Da rby .BILL ASHleader
in a losing cause,
Te,llll Standings
Dinners Served5109 P. M.BANQUETS PARTIESSOCIAL FUNCTIONSCall
Narberth 9282
Nezoly DecoratedDining R0011l
1226Mont/:,omeryAve.
" ~ ' - " " "TheNewWynnewoodHouse
Delicious Home Cooked Meals
H14 LANCA:sTER AVE., BRYN MAWRJohn B. Stoudt Bryn Mawr 9246
Charles F. Stoudt
WonLostBlack WidOWS 3 1Super Fort.s , . . . . . . . . . 3
1Thunderbolts 3 ]Hell Cats 1 3Shoo ti n g S t nr s 1 3Wlld Cat , 1
3SHOOTI:'J(; STAItS Sl ' I 'EI t FOnTSDn"lds'n 1 53 1 60 1 50
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