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Pot I si own Mercury and THE POTTSTOWN NEWS HANOmER AND KING STREETS POTTSTOWN Phone 2263 Published by THE DAILY BUSHING OOMPANY VVUX.A^HTKST^ ERNES! tiPARJ Editai mom tug except Sunday Entered second under the Act of March MEMBEH ASSOCIATED PRESSA NT) CENTRAL ASSOCIATED PRESS )i entitled to the use 9 i all dlspfttehee credited to tt or not otherwise credited in tbit paper tJso the local published therein MEMFTER AUDI'l BUREAU OF CIRCULATION PENNSYLVANIA NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION INTER-ST ATE ADVERTISING MANAGERS ASSOCIATION INTER-STATE CIRCULATION MANAGERS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVE REYNOLDS-FTTZGERALD. INC New York. Philadelphia Chicago. Detroit, San Francisco Angelea Seattif TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Home Delivery. 10c a week Mall.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1940 IT'S TIME TO THINK I TIME for everyone to pause and give serious 5 tion to a question: How much is my life worth as I walk across a street or step into a motor car? Life in the United States is far more hazardous today than on the Western front in Europe. In our great country more persons lose their lives each day in motor mishaps than die in bombing raids in belligerent nations. In the Pottstown area, that is a 15-mile circle drawn around the borough, there have been five motor deaths since January 1 That is five, more than occurred in the corresponding period of 1939. In Montgomery county, Sgt. Joseph J.

Weinert, commander of Collegeviile barracks of the State police, reported 59 motor fatalities in 1939. Half of the victims were pedestrians. What an appalling price we are paying for the tremendous development of transportation! Where will it end? That is something everyone asks. We do not profess to know the answer. National safety organizations have battled with it for years.

At times we feel that progress is being made. Then comes a series of accidents that kill and maim. Everyone feels dismayed. All of the good work for safety seems to count for naught. We would not be so bold as to predict motor accidents ever will be eliminated entirely.

But we do believe the enormous toll of casualties can be reduced. When that comes it must be from only one the individual. Since it has been pretty well established the human element enters into almost every accideni it rests with every person to be his own committee to live for safety. When he crosses a highway; when he steps into a car his thought should be: play safe today. PAGE FOUR Phons 2263 POTTSTOWN MERCURY, POTTSTOWN, PA.

Letter to Editor Ol FOREIGN POLICY Editor, The Mercury. Sir: It is becoming more obvious every day that the foreign policy being pursued by our government will eventually lead us into war. The millions of dollars and fighting planes, which are being sent to Finland, are only a prelude to actual involvement. England and France are striving their utmost to involve all the small nations in Europe. Are the American people, who are overwhelmingly against war.

going to help England and France save their colonies again? They made any attempt to pay their last war debts and we are still paying for the last world war. If the American people as a whole take a more active interest in the foreign policies being pursued by the present administration, they will eventually find themselves involved in the present im- perialist war. A PEACE- AT-HOME ADVOCATE. SOUTH COVENTRY Irma Knauer, corr. Phone Pugimmn 23(51.

Charles Kulp, delivery. SALFORD Mrs. Charles Force, corr. The New Powder Keg of Europe' WOUND THE TOWN Wedding Bells Here to Retire A Bit Jittery Lou Quits Uniform Flowers For The Living PARADE King street sparkler on IN RETROSPECT Wherever possible the language of the angina, story is retained) RANGE BLOSSOM Ruth Reidenouer, lassie, is sporting a the finger of her left hand It wa.s slipped there by Harold Townsley, Coatesville lad be no formal announcement and the date for the altar trek will not be set for several moons. of New newspapermen, a biggie in the Fourth Estate in the big town, is seeking a farm in the Pottstown area, preparatory to settling down and writing short stories and free lance material Plans to retire from one of the largest syndicates.

IVE AWAY DEPT Mixed breed police dog. six months old, male Free for the asking, at Arthur Nonnemaker. 119 North Evans street Two eight-week-old female puppies, also their mother, two For MRS SARAH A SHELLEN BERGER 366 Spruce Street BECAUSE she will observe her 82d birthday anniversary today. CLUB WOMAN TO OPEN NEW FURNITURE FACTORY Mrs. D.

Hunter Klink, president ot the Pottstown club, will snip a ribbon tonight at 7 years old Make good watch- to open the Pottstown Fur- dogs in the country They are niture factory, 48-64 South writes James J. Un street. Fuertsch, 1107 Grove street, at cor- The ribbon, barring the entrance, ner of South Price and Grove will be cut to permit public inspec- 50 Years Ago February 6 1890 NEW MERCHANT J. F. Sharpless, Bridgeton, N.

arrived here yesterday to assume charge of the confectionery store at 256 High street, formerly owned by W. Barker. POSTMASTER NAMED Among the list of fourth class postmasters appointed by the postmaster general was the selection of S. K. Kulp for the care of Uncle mail bags at East Coventry, Chester county, The Ledger noted.

Mrs. Katie Landes and children entertained the following at a dinner: Percy Derr and daughter. Shirley, and Martha Derr. Pennsburg; George Hackett, Philadelphia; Margaret Rhoades. Quakertown and Mr and Mrs.

Winfield Huber and son. The Salford prayer group will meet in the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Albright tonight.

Fred Slonaker and family. New Hanover, visited Mr and Mrs. Amandus Gerhart. Mrs. Maude Godshall was on the sick list.

Mr. and Mrs. La Verne Hackman, Lansdale. visited Mr and Mrs. Elmer Bergej.

Mrs. Melvin Schmoyer, who was suffering from an infected finger, was improving. Miss Emily Raleigh, Philadelphia, who was spending some time with Mrs. W. Raleigh, returned home.

Founders Day will be observed when the PTA will be in session tonight at 8 in the consolidated school. Daniel L. Evans, the president, will preside and present Mrs. C. M.

Werts. who will review the history of Parent-Teacher associations, An attractive program is being arranged by the chairman, George Abbott, and will include showing of personally taken motion pictures of Western United States and the parade by Irvie Hoffman, Coatesville. The school principal attended the State School Directors convention in Harrisburg Friday. Leonard Cad well was the substitute principal, The following honor roll has been ieleased for the consolidated school for the sixth week period: Grade 1, Carolyn Prizer. Clayton Miller.

Richard Trythall, George Roadcap and Frances Hatcher; grade 2, Robert Musser, Willard Mourar, Phyllis Fulmer. William Mignona, Joyce Yeager and Grace Laver; grade 3, Jeanette Nesley, David Ecker, Betty Smith, Richard and Hannah Dilliplane; grade 4, Charlotte Hatcher, Jane Fulmer. Jean Kulcycki. Joyce Miller. Gleta Moses, Irene Kochu, Jenny Frances Knauer and George Wiley, Also grade 5 Anna May Given, Yvonne Kuntzleman.

Carroll Roadcap and Margaret Bailey; grade 6 Raymond Laver, Helen Brow'er, Walter Roadcap. Marie Garways, Dorothy Groff and Robert Detwiler; grade 7 Cyrus Ecker and Betty Jean Ludwig; grade 8 Lau- lence Bailey, Walter Mourar, Grace Porter, Frances Helfrick and Lillian Kulcycki. The assembly period Friday was conducted by the intermediate grades. William F. Montgomery, North Gable, attended the School Directors convention in Harrisburg Friday.

Miss Grace Esther Ruppert was an overnight guest of Betty Jean Ludwig. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Werts and daughter, June. Pottstown.

were Miss i Quinn and Matthew Gleason, both of Pottstown, were married this morning in St. Aloysius Catholic church by the Rev. J. A. Wagner, rector.

25 Years Ago February 6 1915 ALUMNI ELECTS Wellington Lachman wa.s elected president of the Pottstown High school Alumni association when the graduates met last night in Odd Fellows hall. Other officers named were Leroy Christman, first vice president, Hilary Missimer. second vice president; Madolin Boyer, corresponding secretary; Elizabeth K. Ware, recording secretary; Minnie Miller, treasurer, and Myra Brey and M. Effie Starrett, board of managers.

WEDDING BELLS Miss Florence O. Grubb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Grubb, East Philadelphia avenue. Boyertown, and Grover W.

Fronheiser, son of Mr. and Mis. Edwin FronheLser, Gilbertsville, were married in the home of the parents, The revealed. 10 Years Ago February 6 HEALTH BOARD George Mest and Jacob were named president and vice president, respectively, to replace Harry Bush and D. Frank Mauger, who resigned, when members of the West Potts- township health board met last night in the Mauger home.

West High street. Other board members are Harvey Secretary Wellington Davidheiser and J. A. Naylor, health officer. license to wed was granted to William Sandsf 67 North Hanover street and Dorothy I.

Bickel. 438 High street, both of Pottstown, MUSICALE The Harmonic male chorus. Eli F. Wismer, director, will present a program tonight in Shenkel church. streets.

ANTICIPATION Altho they admit it, than just a few eouncilmen have their fingers crossed, waiting to hear what Burgess Jesse Evans will say in his annual speech to Boro council tonight scheduled to deliver it tonight, a month late, because he wanted to see how the town's pocketbook was emptied. tion of the huge new plant, A public inspection from 7 to 10 will be held again tomorrow night. New radios will be awarded to sightseers tonight and tomorrow night. 17EEK-ENDERS Mel Gingrich and Ted Kemp, two of younsjer social set, hied themselves over to New York over the week-end. there to until we were over the antics of the cast in the screwball stage show While there Kemp got his information mixed understanding a caller to say there was a foot of snow in Pottstown when he returned to find no snow.

resigned What he plans to do wasn't announced by officials at the nearby Dr. D. Kepner Lessig. localad now a medico in Reading, flew a plane the other day to Lancaster, there to have all the parachutes at the Berks city municipal airport repacked as required under Federal Case of a life saver keeping tabs on the aviation life savers. 0 Lou Vanore, native of Avondale, county, stationed for many months at the Collegeviile barracks of the Pennsylvania Motor police, has again from the confines of her home is red-headed Martha Conner.

East End gal, who was ill several days the past week p. Dave well known in this sector, became a papa yesterday when Mrs. Daniels bore a son in the Reading has- pita 1 Post off ice officials down at High and Washington streets deny that postal cards coming here from the other side of the pond are marked: by RITTEN FOR ANO RM.KASKO BY CTATKAl. PRESS ASSOCIATION CHAPTER TWENTY -TWO CHOLLY HELD the radio page to make sure you really were going of the Sunday Globe out to Rom- The door bell rang. Cholly wan any as she awakened.

Romany rollinff chicUen in asked sleepily: hardly room left for the programs. Look at your picture! It takes up half the Romany sat up in bed. She read: Implement Heiress Makes get said Dover. He came back leaded down with packages. seem to be for Cholly looked perplexed.

She wiped her hands on her apron. order anything sent Maybe Romany for Dover HOSPITALS HOMEOPATHIC Admitted. Mrs. Joseph Wisegarver, 125 East Third street, surgical; Albert C. Haines.

Royersford, surgical; Mrs. Pauline Mitchell, Reading, surgical. Discharged, Robert Meixner, Drexel Hill, surgical; Gloria Meixner, Drexel Hill, surgical; Mrs. Hilda Hunter, Spring City, surgical. POWICK PRIVATE Admitted, Mrs.

Philomena Condi. 34 Walnut street, medical. Discharged, Mrs Mary Brillo. 213 South Hanover street. South Pottstown, surgical; Mrs.

Albert Dahms, Pottstown D. 2. surgical. POTTSTOWN Admitted. Douglas Swavely, 8 West Fourth street, surgical.

Discharged. Douglas Schaeffer. 54 Manatawny street, medical. Radio Bow Tomorrow. As Celeste, could hardly see over the load in the new menace in Myra hit his arms.

of this new beauty, Romany Haile, comes to the airwaves. Miss Haile also is in the rac for the title of Miss Television. The contest takes place during the holidays by fan them into the living Cholly followed him out of the kitchen. must be some Dover put the packages down on the table unsmiiingly. Cholly The picture showed Romany in opened the long box first.

Two doz- Aunt Cissie most seductive gown, en American beauty roses! In an- her lovely back bared and her head other box were two bottles of turned so that her clear-cut, sun- champagne. Five pounds of candy, tanned profile stood out beautifully. Several magazines. It was framed by her jet black she looked at Dove severely, hair, sleeked over her ears, with a Then she threw her arms around soft roll low on the neck. look like royalty ought to Cholly sighed enviously.

blame for laying that heiress business on thick. Oh, Romey, you will you be some of these Romany predicted brightly, wishing again there were something she could do to help Cholly in radio. "If 1 could helo you get a if living here chaperoning his neck happily. Santa Claus! But don't let it happen again, or never invite you to Dover lied blandly: didn't do it. probably from some old guy with whiskers who likes red hair and freckles.

1 go for blondes Dover was scrubbing vegetables for the salad when Brent and Romany arrived from the Beach. Brent if this TREASURY STATEMENT WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 The position of the treasury February 2: Receipts expenditures net balance $2,292,162 452 10; working balance included $1,580,067.075.99. OL' CRAMPAW NED OAKLEY WRITES guests of Ludwig. Robert Bit 1er Mr.

and Mrs. Morris Blow me down, if I orange blossoms around vou isn saving my life," Cholly as touching a little domestic tried to sound cheerful. stop scene as these old eyes ever lit worrying about me and enjoy your success! just as happy as you about the breaks know you are, darlin'." Romany slipped into her house coat. be terribly jealous if you were in my shoes and I in upon, smell calls it grinned Cholly. "And shut up before I put you to work.

to think of it, I guess you and Romany had bet- butchered a 411- PU Editor. The Mercury, Dear Sir Brother: Wal, I see by the papers where Sonja Henie has remarkable business ability. Even in financial matters. apparently, the little skater cuts plenty of ice. A student of ancicnt languages now says Aesop did not write Aesop's fables.

Which, one is led to believe naturally makes Aesop own biggest fable. A Hindu, celebrating his 115tn birthday, he to live at least 50 more years. Maybe he wants to find out if any other team than thfr Yankees will win the American league you air the same, GKAMPAW NED OAKLEY. NK 1 CORNERS, Februarv 5. pound porker.

The Pughtown Christian Endeavor society installed officers recently, following a social hour in observ- and there was a smudge of flour on you scoffed Cholly. ter set the re just the waa afraid of sighed Brent and Romany were on the Romany. I take a each that afternoon when Dover shower. The guest shower is down arnved for the promised Sunday the hall, Brent. I'll meet you at the i nuier Cholly met nim at the door silver cabinet in five in a lg unite apron found it was a gay dinner, and a deli- hanging in he kit.

hen. It was eious one. Dover ate as though it twice her size. Her face was flushed were his last meal. He got un finally ance of the o9th Christian Endeavor her cheek.

Dover kissed the smudge ancj dropped to one knee in front of her. you marry Woman. He stood back Cholly studied prettily. ing her at length. you week.

William dark, the county president, installed the following members: Senior division: President. Joseph vice president, Earl Webster; secretary. Helen Danner; treasurer, George Weidman. Intermediate division: President, Marion Jones; secretary. Jack Danner; treasurer, Anna West.

Miss Hanna Guest East Nantmeal, played a xylophone solo. Miss Myrna Fry sang a vocal solo, accompanied by Mrs. Betty Ryan Longacker, Pottstown. Thirty-three were present. All renewed the Christian Endeavor pledge by signing cards and receiving the Lille crosses The huge anniversary cake cut at the social period.

Her eyes danced. werent you, I almost say you'd not 0 think we could spent hours picking out a costume ever nVft on your measly to dazzle me Brent broke in he nodded sadly. I ll put arsenic in your too bad, too. And both of you so chicken. I was going young and in love and fond of before here Out i you re iinrcn minutes ca riv iff bed Romany, "if 1 grinned Dover, you spoke to your father, Dover, ou like an angel costumed increase your allowance a lit- by Omar the Tentmaker.

Cholly started for the kitchen. you want to come out here? I'm right in the middle of Dove sniffed at pots and pans. chicken, mashed potatoes', green beans, celerv! Dove shook his head forlornly. says not get one cent over twenty-five thousand a old skin Cholly sobbed. would serve him right was made appse pie, I came early just Lf wre got married and went on Later, the boys walked down to the beach while Romany and Cholly dressed to go out.

"Dove is mad about Romany told Cholly from the bathroom. ll bet a million dollars he really will ask you to marry Cholly yelled. crazy! But knou love when I see it. adorable unouy. uon you tninK you couia love him Cholly said impatiently, "if I did fail in love with Dover Hayworth? you think have too much sense to ever let him know it? I tell you no one has ever found happineses marrying out of own Romany sighed: you been reading novels again? Well, go ahead anc spoil your life if you want to.

But if you ask me, Dove Hayworth ui one of the nicest men ever met in my life. I approve of him in every Cholly smiled uncertainly. always approve of my boy could mean Romany studied her face. me, Cholly, gotten over all your foolishness about him, you? love him any more Cholly turned away. she said very a closed chapter in my life.

not talk about it. never heard from him since the afternoon he came into the store. he's through, Dover seemed to bow to almost everyone in where the foursome danced later. Cholly felt uncomfortable bccause they seemed to be the ccnter of attention. Brent and Romany were partly responsible for the interest, of course.

But Cholly knew friends who met her on the boat were wondering who she might be. He was so obviously attentive, so determined that they should know where he stood in case they did know she was the girl from the music store, that Cholly felt doubly conspicuous. Fortunately, Pee Wee Tyler did not put in an appearance. At least that was a great consolation to Cholly. But they were leaving Landau'a at one walking through the foyer, when Cholly looked up and straight into the eyes of Terry At his side, sophisticated and dazzling in black tulle, was Myra Noyes.

Romany glanced sidewise at Cholly quickly and saw her face whiten. Cholly could never quite know how her weak knees carried her out the door of Landau's and to waiting car. It was the first time she had ever seen Terry with another woman. And he look at all down and out or heart broken He looked indifferent Her Terry! Be Continued! TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 6, 1940 Where Quality Is Priced Low So Iffhamj BIG VALUES Our markets ore chock-full of quality foods at monoy-savinq prices.

Come in and see for yourself how oasy it is to pull down your own food budget. Luscious California FRUIT COCKTAIL large No. 2Va can 16 A combination of ptachtt, ptari, qrapci and chcrriti. Preserves Piufh, or Aoricot P.netoo!», 2 i.rb. Fresh Prunes Tomatoes Macaroni 2 Crlseo or Spry 3 Cream-White 3 39e Vegetable Super Creamed Shortening, Unexcelled for cooktnf, frying at baking.

15c Honnie Oak Evap. Milk 25c Tomato Juice 5e Crackerettes 1 9c Whole Rico 9e Rob-ford Jellies Sliced Beots Tomato Sauce Mnntt 2 Ctrl' Chocolates 15c Oyster Crackers 15c Grape Nuts 2 25c Hershey Cocoa rl" 13c Rolled Oats0ur 30 7e Pickles 10e Rinso or Oxydol 2 Our It it A Blark or 1 -lb On AEiA 74 Corned Beef Hash 2 Sauer Kraut 2 CORN FLAKES ORANGE JUICE XXXX SUGAR DOLE Kalleqq't SHa vtr'i 0 pkg 40-oz pkf Cruthed PineappU or Picked SOUP BEANS MILD CHEESE Woodxida Roll BUTTER A croamtry Carefully Inspected Eggs Wholesome Nut Oleomargarine Wet Pack Shrimp Fancy White Tuna Fish 6 6 a 3 2 it. 9a 21c CRULLERS I rjfe 11 Priced 26e 1-tb print 10c 10 7 0 tan Joodi fai BUTTERFISH MACKEREL Fanty Larga Jeraey Fancy Fillets of Fish Fancy Large Smelts Fa ncy Larga No. 1 lb Canadian 10 10 10c 17c NATIONAL ECONOMY PORK SALE cooperating with producer another Consumer Campaign. You and tt £irf Loin Roasts mm PORK CHOPS 17 Fancy, corn-ftd pork.

Fresh Meaty Scrapple 2 Chester Co. Fresh Pork Sausage purer at any 19e I7c LAMB STEAKS or Neck and Rack Tender Juicy Rump or Round Lean Flat Rib Soup Beef Freshly Ground Hamburg ib ib 25 lk 8c 19c Four of Our Own Brandt Lunch Roll lk I Oc Laree Bologna 15c I Se 15c Pudding Liver 3(sdp TRovs Oppk SuAfilui Join in this big campaign February 1st to 10th. You will want to use more apples at this price. Stayman Winesap Eating APPLES or New Yerk for Cooking 6 19 Sweet Florida California Carrots i.r,.^,in.ibUn.b 5e Yellow Sweet Potatoes lb 2c 263-65 High St. 451 High St.

POTTSTOWN PLENTY OF FREE PARKING At 2 High St. Open Wednesday Till 1 P. M. RPFTCTIVE FFRREARY 5 6 7 SAVE THE MOST ON tHfc.