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Vol. XI, Number 44 Narberth, Pa., Saturday, August 7, 1926 PRICE THREE CEN'l'S

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DOUBLES

SHADE TREE

Bethlehem Ace Wins NarberthCu p from Sam Gilpin in

Close Contest.

~ R O T E S T TRAFFIC-AD " jMERCUR CAPTURES;',' SIGNS AND ASK RELIEF NARBERTH SINGLES

AFARROMUAKERS

FRIENDS MEET,INHISTORIC:' PLACE

SCORE, 7 TO 4

BROOKLINE TENNIS

LEAGUE STANDINGS I'Von Lost Per cent.Narberth 3 0 1.000Preston 2 I .667Autocar 2 I .667Berwyn 2 I ,667Wayne 0 3 ,000Brookline 0 3 .000

NABERTH CLIMBSTO TOP OF LEAGUEL ast Y ea r's C ha mps D ef ea t O ld Me rion M eeting House

Preston, Breaking Tie, Is Scene of Philadelphiain Great Game Quarterly Meeting

WIDEN ROAD AT ROCKThe Gulph road at the overhanging rock benea th whichWashington's army passed onthe way to Valley Forge, is be-ing widened 10 feet,for 300 feet Protest was registered by the advertisements. There is one butby the State Highway Depart- Lower Mer io n Commis si one rs a few i nche s of f t he roadbed onment which had planned to re -V \T ednesday n ight a t a mee ting in the ea st side of Mee ti ng Housemove the rock, but was pre- Ardmore against a series oftraffic- lane on Montgomery pike; anoth-vented by t he Vall ey Forge adv er ti si ng s ig ns whi ch h av eb een e r o n the pike west of Haverford POSTPONED

Historical Society , which owns erected on Montgomery p ike near road, Narberth; a nd a thi rd ~ a s tThe O ld Mer ion Meet ing Hou se it. Wo rkmen are reshaping the ~ h General Wayne Inn, opposite of Haverford road. They all carry, F '. 'M "was the scene o f the Phi lade lph ia ntz 1 ercur's win from Samuelpicturesque creek at this point Narberth. The attention of the warnings of a cross-road. B G'I ' 'S d ' IQuarterly Meeting of Friends Sat- \ I I t l 1 ' stol1es, prep"aratory to the B d 11 d h b D" 1 d h "1 ,I pm m atur ay spay a t thed T . oar was ca e to t e matter y ISCUSSlOn revea e t at simi arur ay'afternoon. his was the first constructl'on of a retal 'nl 'ng wall. I' fiB 1\1 . h b d' h Narbe rt h Tennis Club marked the" ' lId . a comp amt rom t 1e ryn ~ awl' signs ave een erecte m ot erseSSlOn 111 a year 1 at the historic It is expected that the improve- Business Men's Association. parts of the county, some along c,lose of the finals in singles play forspot wher e Wi ll iam' Penn wor- ment will be completed before' R'd 'k I dId b the Pennsy'Ivania Clay Court cham-, shiped. b The association requested that I ge pi e. twas ec are y ,Septem er 1. the sie-ns be removed, but t he P re si dent Frank H. Syke s, o f t he pionship. The doubles did not' There are fou r meeting p laces in I' b d hthe Phi lade lphia di st ri ct , and the LO AL BOYS HOM E Township Commissioners found towns 11p oa r , t a t a request progress beyond the thi rd round onqu ar te rl y meetings a re r ot at ed C themselves powerless to do t hi s a s was mad e t hr ee y ea rs ago by an account of rain, and have been post-S at urday' s win of 7 to 4 o ve r among them, so t ha t each serves FROM U S CAMPS Montgomery p ike i s a county road advertis ing company for permis- poned until some future date, whichPreston gavethe Narberth ball team as host once each year. The Old . . and under the jurisdiction of the sion then to erect s igns like these will be announced later.t 1 tl b t 1 tl 0 t A t d in Lower Merion. This had been M tl b '11' B hi hno on y 1e game, u a so 1e su- Merion Meeting House,' established c un y. 1110 IOn was passe ercur, 1e 1'1 !ant et e emp remacy thus far in the Main Line by Friends f rom Merionethshi re , Narberth Lads Return From. unanimously, however, condemn- refused. ace, who had the previous week wonLeagueser ies. The gamewasp lay- Nor th \Vales , in 1682, is at the Camp Meade an d Ft. Mon- i ng t he s ig ns and requesting the Mr. Sykes scathingly condemn- the Delaware State championship, ised at Pr es to n, an d th e Narbe rt h corner of Montgomery avenue and ro e C. M. T. Camps County Commissioners to ha:ve ed the signs as ugly and undesir- now the proud possessor of the Aplayers showed their opponents in Meeting House Lane, opposite Nar- them removed from the township. able. "Th ey a re n ot in harmony D. W. Smith "Narberth Cup," un-their home town why they won the berth. . HAD GREAT TIME The signs, ostensibly for traffic with our program,"he said. "They t il nextyear. Carl Fischer won thel e a g u ~ champ ionship last year. They Anna J . Branson , o f Ardmore ; purposes, consis t of a small blink- stick out like a sor e thumb and cup last year and Samuel Gilpin,were 111 great form. . " W. Russell Green of Narbeth and Narberth and Lower Merion er light mounted on the top of a spo il a p leas ing and interes ting this year' s runner-up , was the f ir stTownsend pitched a g ? O ~ game George B. Cook a ~ vVinnefie1d W. boys are returning home from their large base containing commercial picture." . winner two years ago. Thecup mustfor Narberth. For f ou r mnmgs he Con ard addre ssed the r eligious month of soldiering at the Citi- be won three times in o rder to be-shut o ~ !he Preston batters. In t he meeting, which was a tt ended by zen s' Military Training Camp. I d'- A Th 0 -d co.me th e permanent t rophy o f i tsfi ft h mnmg P re st on g ot one run F ri en ds f rom Narbe rt h and Lower From Fort Monroe, in Virginia, n IcatlQnS Te at atsl eT wl11ner.from him, but he ' tig-htened up Mer ion Radn or Hav er fo rd Lan - Rober t L. Dothard writ es: W -'I L d N P I' P t e I Saturday's gallery witnessed aagainfor thenext three innings, and caster 'Exeter ~ e a r Reading Old "Friday the boys from home at- 1 an eUJ 0 Ice OSI Ion fierce onslaught by Mercur, l a u n ~ h -i t was no t unt il the n in th tha t he Vall ey near Val ley Forge , and New tending the Coast Artillery Camp G & MAHL IS NEW ed a g a i ~ s t Gilpin, who representedweakened. Jersey. at Fort Monroe break camp. By The ordinance creating a super- Il . the Menon Cncket Club. The Mer-In t he final inning Townsend Hanns'Gramm a Speaker. Saturday they wil l a ll be home. intendent of police for the Lower Y MeA HEAD ion man fought valiantly , but wasbegan.to tire, and P r e ~ t o n connect - Repor t on' t he Young Friends ' "According t o e ach one of the Merion police force and vesting in unable to cope with the Bethlehemed With several offe1'1ngs of the Movement ' Co nf er en ce a t Os ca - f el lows, i t was a wonderful month. him t he directing authority now ace in stamina. He wilted towardformer Princeton s o u t h - p ~ w . ~ i t h loosa, Iowa, was made by Harriet It is usually the case with boys to held by a captain , known as the Accepts Appointment as the end,and was almost onthe pointt'.vo men on base, MagUIre pl11ch- P. Russell at the business meeting, have a desire to shoot guns. The chief o f pol ice, was pas sed on i ts Field Executive of Main Line of collapse twice.hlt ted for Preston, and walloped a which followed the rel ig ious meet- local fel lows have satisfied this de- second ~ n final. r ~ a d i n g by t ~ Christian Association Checked Tremaine Firsthome run. ing, in the usual Quaker fashion. sire with some of the army's big- Township Commissioners at their Earlier in the afternoon MercurWit h the score 7 to 4, Preston Hanns Gramm, a member of the ~ e s t g ~ n s . But they have not sat- meeting Wednesday night. The WILL PLAN DRIVE defeated Lyman Tremaine, of Idlethen threatened to upset the tables. Yearly Meeting of Germany, talk- I ~ f i e d It to the fullest a ~ so have ordinance becomes. e ~ e c t i v e Sep- Hour, in the semi-final round. Tre-Two men hit safely, and another got ed about the encouraging progress Signed up for next y e ~ r scamp. tem?er ~ but, despite It.S nearnes s, George A. Mahl , o f 20 Norbrook maine, who had upset on three suc-to base on balls . Rogers, Preston 's made by the International Fr iends" Had a G oo d T I ~ ~ . Ino mk.lmg c an be gamed as to Park" Narberth, has ' accepted an cessive days Harold Lane, Dr. Herheavy-hitting first-baseman, hefted movements. , The month of trammg ~ a ll who Will be the headof the depart- appointment as field executiveof t he ber t F ischer, of Cynwyd, andthe bat and prepared to smite lust!- C. vVilford Conard, who has just over now, but ,the fellows will al- ment. . . Main Line Christian Association. Buddy Mann, fell before the uply. Twoouts had beenmade for hiS returned from service abroad with w a ~ s remember the 'York, the One thm!f s e ~ m s p r a c t l c ~ l l y as- Mr. Mah l has been assoc ia ted with S ta te r in s traigh t sets, 6-0, 7-5side, but he was not considering the American Fr iends' Service thr il ls and the good tim es they sured a t ! hl s t l ~ e . That]s that the Board of Directors oftheLower At the same time Gilpin was win-out s. Runswere whathe was aft er . Commi ttee, .told about the work h a ~ e had. . f the ! lew Job wIl l be f iled by an Merion Department, Y. M. C. A, ning from Joe Olhausen, 6-4,6-1,

Turner Saves Day. being conducted in Europe. They worked. ~ the big coasttoutSider, .a man not now cc;m- for ten, y ears, and was a member The . f i ~ a l match between MercurTownsend ma(k n j u ~ c y offering, A.prdposed new discipline, to aid D ~ f e n s e guns, dnlhng on t ~ e m . a ; : t ~ n e c t ~ d w l t h t ) 1 ~ L . o \ V e r Menon of the Committee of ~ a n a g e m e n t . and Gllpl11 wa.s backcourt dueland Rogers connected with it, with in spreadina the ideals of Quaker- fiTing. t h e ~ . They received 111- f?rce. There wIl l be no p romo- Dist ingui shed for his war camp throughou t. .Gilpm cameto the ne ta loud and appal ling crack of the ism, was l is cu ssed at considerable stru Th \V swam every ay ey were t 1ere learned. embers of the polIce for a new Y. 1'L C. A buildingnextwith all the earmarks of a homer ~ e I t ~ ' e t s u ~ e r s . d I en . - in t he bay or in the Y. M. C. A. commi tt ee whi ch is handling the February, according to plans beingFar out between centre-field and utslse r b e ~ n a }Dsse t 1e gWrouhP tiled pool. They danced in th e mat te r for the Township Commis-. on le su Ject reamers 0 A t'll S h I b 11 '. . formulated by the organization. Mr. Conference in C it y H ad Loc al Dele.left-field he ran, and Just as the ball Walk '" l' I ery ,c 00 a room every Slon, declme to comment, promls- Mahl states that i t is his determina-raced earthward, Turner's glove . . Saturday mght., In othe r.wo!ds, ingthat an announcement of some tion to pave the way for this dr ive gates-A. F. W. V i ck , Chairman.reached skyward. O!?' Sund


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NEWS OF THE CHURCHESTHE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHRev. John Van Ness , min is ter .Meet ings for Sunday, August 8: .9.45 A. M.-Bible sc hoo l. A welcome for all.11 A. M.-Morning worship. Thesermon wi ll b e d el iv er ed by Rev . Rufus Zartman, D. D., former pastor ofthe Heidelburg Reformed Chu rch, o fPhiladelphia.7 P. M.-Union twilight meeting withthe preacher furnished by the BaptistChurch.Next Wednesday evening the unionprayer meet ing will be held in theMethodist Chu rc h w it h l ea de r f romthe Baptist Church.FIRST CHURCH OF CHR IST,

SCIENTISTWomen's Club Bui ld ing, Ardmoreavenue, Ardmore , Pa .Sunday services, 11 A. M.\ Ve dn es da y e ve ni ng testimonialmeeting', 8 o'clock.Reading room. 19 West Lancaste ravenue, open daily, 10.30 A. M. to 4.30P. M.The subject for the Bible lesson sermon for August 8 is " Sp ir it ."

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CLAY COURT TOURNEYCONTINUED FROM THE F IR ST PAGE

THREE THOUSAND MILESWITHOUT ONE PUNCTURE

The point score:FIRST SET~ ! e r c u r " 1 4 4 0 4 57 8 4 6--43--4Gilpin . 4 1 0 4 1 7 !l 10 1 8-45-6SECOND SE'l'

. . . C 4 6 534--45--6;i.p.n ;) -l 1 G S 3 5 2 -38 -3 Cool Breezes at the Library

THIRD SET During many of these warmMercur . . . 4 2 0 2 4 5 2 2 -21 -2Gilpin 2 4 4 4 2 7 "% 4 -31 -0 b re at hl es s d ay s e ls ewhe re theFOURTH SET library has rejoiced in coolMercur .. , 4 2 1 5 4 2 4 6 3 4 -35 -6 breezes strong enough even toGilpin '" 1 4 4 3 0 4 0 4 5 1-26--4/ bl f fl h' hJ!'IFTH SET ow over a vase 0 owers w ICMercur . . . . . . 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 -27 -6 had been adorn ing the charg ingGilpin 2 1 5 0 1 0 0- 9- 1 desk. Many pe rsons who ha veOnly three rounds of the doubles b ra ve d t he sunny walk downwere played up to Saturday night . vVindsor avenue have been surThe matches are to be played off at prised and relieved on enter i ngsome future time, which will be an - th e library to note i t s cool atmosnounced later. The standing so far: phere.Wells vVanamaker and J. Custer, Shadowy without being dark,Narberth, defeated Dr. J. F. Straw- fr ee f rom flies s ince the screensinski, Jr., of Cynwyd, and were in have been f it ted to doors and winturn defeated by Harold Lane, Nar- dows, the room makes a pleasantberth, and Toe Olhausen, Cynwyd.


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