: ...... ".'. . VOLUME 23, No.2 NARBERTH, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 1 6, 1 93 6 P RI CE , F I VE C E N T ~ Narberth Wins Main Line League Title For Third Straight Year Bt ·ookli ne Bows to Davismen 111 Deciding Contest 9-8 FANS SEE WILD GAME GI'acc Watson Addrcsses Leaguc of W omcn Voters home-baked b ea ns i ns te ad , a nd other home -cooked foods. Don't forget the date, O c to b er 2 2. Time 6 o 'c lo ck . Place, Narberth School Cafeteria. Main Lines A large g at he ri ng ' of w om en attended the s e as o n' s first meeting of B us in es s C o un c il A s ks the League of \\' omen Voters \Vednes- Public Aid J.\ibrdi Gras day afternoon at the home of Miss Narberth i lu si ne sf ; C ou n ci l' s O c- Florence Evans, 650 S. Highland ave- toher s es s io n was t ak en up with dl" nue, Merion. i tails concl'rning- the annual Mardi T he topic of Mrs. Grace D e rc u m! Gras to he given in t he h or ou gh 's Watson, of the Friends' Peace Com- husiness s e ct i o n Mischi(·f Night, Ocmittee, w as " Pr es en t Conditions in tober :30. Marios Chi os. chai rman of the f es Europe." In outlining the situation . tival's committee, is asking' puhlic co- in Spain, France and Germany, s h e. operation in making' this e\'ent a suclikened it to a s ee th in g c a ld ro n a nd i c<'ss. Anyone who wishes to contribi nto w hi ch s he fears someone will I ~ e to the Mardi GJ'aS fund m ay s e nd throw a l i gh t ed m at c h. She advocated . h l ~ check to I-Ial'l'Y Hollar, treasurer, t ha t t he U ni te d S ta t es r e ma in s tr ic tl y ~ N ar~erth Business C ou nc il , N al ' neutral if Wal' b re ak s o ut in E ur op e, bert 1, Pa. P l 'e c ed i ng the talk thel'e was a -------- short business meeting at which Mrs. I Strect No Pla::e to B u r ~ l C h ar le s T ho mp so n a ct ed as s e cr et ar y I Lcavcs, Asscrts Sergcant for Mrs. J. Bl'uee B ya ll , w ho i s a wa y. Narberth residents are requested Mrs. H. B. M ax we ll r ea d t he t re as -, n ot to hurn their leaves in the street m'er's report; Mrs. J. Alden Titrt,lby Sergeant Chal'ies Girvin, in charge c h a ir m a n o f the branch, presided. The I of the borough's a s s i gn e d ollicers. program was in charge of the I nt er - l Burning leaves i s l ik el y to damage national Relations Chairman, Miss [the jlaVement, causing- ruts and cracks, F lo re nc e E v an s . Tea was served he says. Also a person burning' r11hwith Mrs. Shepley W. Evans and Mrs.! bish on the thoroughfares is liable to Oliver M. Shoe at t he t ea table. I a $25 fine and costs. Neutrality Urged by Friends' Peace Worker MI·s. IN H al l R ep or ts to Solons Work of Borough Guardians Police in Narberth Handle 153 Violations Boro Resi dents' Aid Sought for Firemen that it is v e ry d o ub t fu l if ever again he will be seen gracing the b o ro u gh Continued on Page Two Propaganda S i ni s te r F o rc c as i t C au sc s N ew s Bi as , R. F. Wood Tells Rotarians On the platform when Colonel Theo· dore Roosevelt, Jr., addresses a h ug -e R e pu b li c an r a ll y at Willow Grove P ar k, S at ur da y afternoon, at 2 o 'c lo ck , w il l b e these :Main Line citiz en s: M rs .. John Y. Huber, Jr., Joseph N. Pew, Peter C. H es s, B e nj a- Contlnue<l on Pag-o Six Young Republicans cordially invited to a dance Saturday evening at 8.30 at Republican headquarters, Swede street, Norristown. No charge. * • * Narberth's R e p u bl i c an C o mm i tt e e , through Charles V. Noel, borough l e ad e r, anno u nc e d this week that residents who have failed to register, may still v o te o n a f fi d av i t at the general election November 3. Requirements for c a st in g ballots ar e residence in Pennsylvania one year, and r e s id e n ce in district of 60 days. Persons moving out o f t he State and then l'eturning, need but six months to reestablish Pennsylvania residence. • • * ing a y o un g Vict o r ia n in a satin gown of blue and p in k, in the period of the times, played the parts of all the characters in this a b s or b ing his torical romance with great sincerity and unfaltering diction. Without the use of Miss Hayes' clever applian c es of " o ld age" make- l\ uP l . inBth,el final "bthoOlk" of the t d Play ", Mulieres and Active Me1l1bcI's' Burgess < s. aJ y never e es s c re a e an . . artif;t,ic se, nse of the p a ss i ng of time ' Club Jomtly Sponsormg on as VIctorIa stands before a falling Bencfit P ol it ic al P ot curtain on the occasion of her Dia- ______________ 1mond Jubilee. Th e illusion that one! ORA WING NOVEMBER 12 COUNCIL was witnessing a fully cast, completely I finished stage production, was mostl At the first fall meeting of the Burgess John E. Hall told Nar- real. I M ul ie re s o f t he Narberth Fire Com- berth's councilmen at their October Miss D o ro t hy B a se l er , harpist, of I pany in Elm Hall M o nd a y a f te r no o n, session that "police in Narberth really A r dm o r e, p l ay e d p r ec e di n g the play! Mrs. Albert Nulty and M rs . G eo rg e d o something besides walk beats." and alf;o s u pp l ie d , m o st effectively, I , . . the " o f f- s t age" m u s ic d u ri n g t h e play. I Michener were appomted as the nOlm- T h e b u r ge s s' report showed that 153 M rs . A ll en G. Miller is president,'nating committee to select officers of violat ions of parking and traffic ordiM rs . P au l K ee ve r i s program chair-! the organization to be e l ec t ed M on - nances w er e h an dl ed b y a ss ig ne d of m an an d Mrs . S. E. Slocum, chair-I day, November 9. ficers during September, and they also man of drama, introduced the artists.! The Mulieres a r e j o in i ng the Active found ten open d oo rs in the b us in es s Following the program, Mrs. Arthur i '1 b ' CI b f tl fi ' s ec ti on and p ro te ct ed a number of " . I" em er suo le re company Il1 Rltchmgs p r e sI d e d at a most attrac-. houses wh re th e occupants w ere tive tea table. s po n so rm g t he sale of a book of away. I tickets. h e f i re me n w il l leave one I B u rg e ss H al l s ai d that 85 per cent Schrepfer Heads Co. hoo,k of ~ickets at tl~e (~oor O f ~ l of auto violations were c o mmi t t ed by • I resIdent 111 the f i re dlSt l'lc t. non-residents of the borough. Rec rea tion PlanSurvey On, November 12 there will be a Councilman Eugene H. D av is r e- __ _ drawll1g at Elm Hall. ported fifteen permits issued in Sep- UI . P f W'II award for set tember to cost llVerSI y 1'0 cssor I It'cct I , 'II b I' ' I . . IIlgs WI e a set of (Ishes of lOG. $jG,'154. Also that thirty-six inspec- IX n v c ~ t l g a t o l ' s In pieces; the s ec on d C el an es e Down' tions were made by Building Inspector Field i C o m . f o r ~ and third, t w ~ boo~,s of George n. Suplee, w ho t ol d C ou nc il ,mOVie tIckets. Every reSIdent 111 the that he had stopped w o rk at the apart CONSER V A TION IS AI M 1 fire district is u rg ed to take a b o ok l 1 1 en t - house-g' a r a ge s , bei ng e r ec t ed by and thus h el p t he fire c om pa ny to l \I ar y G. Sharp at Sabi ne and Conway A f ie ld survey, requiring- about s ix r ai se f un ds . a\'(~nues, because he had found eight months' t im e, will be made in Mont. defects in the worl " a faulty founda- gomery County to assemble data for I Narberth Players Observc tion in particular. the usc of m,unicipal o,m~ers, school G u cs t N i g h t: PialloloCJues A f te r h e ar in g Davis p re se n t t he boards. plannlllg- comnl lSSl ons, town- d PI W II R . d water, lig'ht and health report, Coun- ship commissions and civic g'l'OUjlS n- an ay c ccelve cillll:1ll '~TI'11I'~Jl1 I-I. DU1'!li!1 1110V~.(1 tile Propaganda is a powerful force, ' " u •. ace ol'(!I'nn' to Roll~l·t F. "'00(1, bllt Ile tl'rested in recreation o p p o r tu n i t i es . G N' I I I b I B oa rd of Health give Council an in- ,., ~ " ,uest Iglt was OlSen'e( y t le do ubt s t he wid ely h eld b el ief that Frank A. SC!ll'epfer, of Grayling ave- Narh('rth Players at their October terprctation of the technical report on P rOllt10'an(!t1 (ll'~gg',O(1 us l'lltO t Il e n ul ', Narberth, University of Penn- . T I . I N I the condition of water, milk and ice ,., u ~ meet 1I1g' ues( ay 111 t le arbert 1 W or l( 1 Wal ·. TI1IS was one of tile s y lv a n ia p r of e ss o r, will direct the cream. School A ud it or iu m, p re si de d o ve r by hin'h jJO int s in a dl'SC1lssl'on of a(I\.ol'_ activities of six Held investig'ators on B G" In t he m on th $34,605.21 ne t ha s ,., . ' ~ . . Sunpson, preSIdent. tisinO', llUblicit~. 'In(1 j Jr o pa g an ( la be. the project. '[ . been tU1'l1ed over to the h or ou gh by '" . , l> r. SImpson outlined the benefits of f or e t he B a la -C y nw y d- N ar b er th R o· Headquarters will be in the t o wn - m em b er s hi p to the v is to rs a n d a sk ed Ta x Collector E dw in P. Dohl. tary Club Tuesday. ship building, Ardmore. The survey residents' co-operation in the f ur n is h - T he r ec om me nd at io n o f C ou nc il ma n Mr. Wood advertising manager of: is tinanced as a WPA project. It ing for productions of costumes and Robert F. 'Wood that Narberth apthe Autocar Company, Ardmore, spoke also h.as,the indorsement of t h e c o un t y furniture. T he m em be rs hi p c am pa ig n p ro ve t he laying ~ f sev~n s ew er i n- f ro m long experience in t he Fourth commiSSIOners. e n ds O c to b er 23. l et s as a county-aId proJect was ap- Estate. A former New England Mr. Schrepfer, whose voluntary All committees arc now functi oning prov~d: . n e w sp a pe r ma n , he has o bs er ve d t he s en ' ic e s arc m ad e a v ai l ab l e through efficiently e xc ep t t he Entertainment ' W ll h a m H. Fretz, lH'esldent, was in working's of the forces of public per- a university policy of c o- op er at in g g ro up , for which he will appoint a the chair. suasion from several viewpoints. w ith a ll p ub li c agencies, said there: chairman t ll is m on t h. M is s B ob he ---------------- The speaker defined advertising as is a double objective. in c o nd u ct i ng : B a d g e r, temporary chairman, ha s K at hl ee n and Betty McConnell and "signed pUblicity." Publicity itself, t he s ur ve y a nd ma long t he plan. I asked to b e e x cu s ed from the position. Roger Bu1'l1s. he said, is an effor t to get i n fo r ma t io n T h es e are: I L1o~·d B. Edgerton presented the Walter Dale, of Ocean C ity and beforethe people, with the authorship 1. C o ns e rv a ti o n of existing spots Players with a set of dishes. I N ew Y or k, w ho b ro ad ca st s o ve r staundisclosed. . Propagan~~, on the; of natural bea.uty, historical .. feat'l The one-act play given, "Sad About I i?n WPG, g U\ 'e a delightful series of other hand, lS a more sHuster thing. I u re s a nd receatlOnal opport Ul1lt lCs. Europe," was a t ra ve st y of h ar d- pIanologues. Dale, a guest of M r . a nd News bias is one of its l·esults. The I 2. Planning f or f u tu r e development I boiled A me ri ca n s s ee ki ng c u lt ur e in I Mrs. Simpson, formerly p l ay e d j u vereporting, in Amer i c an N e w sp a pe r s, II o~ .s~ ch resour~es a n ~ recreational fa·t s o ph i st i ca t ed E u ro p e, a b ly p r es e nt e d \ nile l e ad s w i th the old Chestnut Street Conti nued on Page Two clllttes of varIOus kmds. by Grace Werner, Paul Goodyear'lStock Company. , By JOHN MULLIGAN Champions again! For the t hi rd s tr ai gh t y ea r Manager Gene D av is ' b or ou gh t os se rs r ei gn as titlists of the M ai n L in e League after nosing out Brookline by a 9-8 score in t he f if th "Little World Series" battle last Sunday. More than 4000 thril l-mad r o o t e rs saw t he c or on at io n, w at ch ed as a fighting p ac k of Narberthites came b ac k w he n the c au se s ee me d l os t to score two runs in the final turn at ba t and send Eddie H a re ' s g a ng into the abyss. It was a wild ball game all the way with p le nt y o f s lu gg in g a n d a steady parade of pitchers. Three saw servce for the losers who were first-half champs, while two worked on the hill for the Davismen. Al Herrmann s ta rt ed f or N a rb er th a nd g av e w ay after seven inning to the veteran Bill Reynolds, who got credit for the victory. Georgie S ev er n l as te d four f ra me s f or Brookline, was relieved b y K e nn ie Woelfel, who in turn gave up the job to Lefty Bob Penman. Woelfel w as c ha rg ed w it h the defeat. S c o re E a r ly B ro o ld in e b ro l, e i nt o t he s co ri ng column in t he v er y first inning, getting one run w h en George Gallag;her p ol ed a homer to l e ft - ce n te r . The visitors scored another in the third and two more an i nn in g later to hold a comfortable lead. T he y w er e h el pe d along b y s om e rather w e ir d b a se running on the part of t he u lt im at e champions. Fo r instance, a triple play killed off a Narberth rally in the second inning when t Ie b o ro u gh was caught napping. However, Davis' charges c li ck ed a m er ry t un c in the fourth, scoring f o ur r un s when Jack Eachus' p ol ed a homer with two aboard. Two m o re in the fifth f o ll o we d onl y to s ee B ro ok line get one in the sixth. Narberth s co r ed a single marker in the stretch. inning, but t he H a re me n t al li ed t h re e Continued Page Six
