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Ardmore
VOLUME XVII }
0. 33,
ARDMORE PA., MAY 1
1, 1907
GLEANINGS FROM |
THE LOCAL FIELD
News Notes Gathered, Sifted
and Simmered Down into
Short Paragraphs.
PERSONAL POINTERS
Ardnore vs. Clifton Heights.
At the Ardmore Bell Park to-day.
Flag raising a a concert by the|
Brya Mawr Ban
Ardmore’s — team.
Miss Bessie Erickson is the proud
ossessor of a fine Pope - Toledo
automobile.
West Chester High School will
lay Ardmore this afternoon
bguinst the local High School te:
The automobiles in which the
Commissioners mai
ti
hished gratis by the Autocar Com-
ny.
Miss Jessie McClintock will be
ecital given
of Music on Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Louis C. Clark will give a
luncieou to day in tionor of Mes,
Suinuer and Miss Hawkins, of Pit
who are visiting Miss McCrea,
Lots of rivalry b tw-en the three
teams—the Reds, Waites and Blues
—which are ganing for members
for the local ¥. M.
The police force will wear blue
uniforms and caps this summer, [of strong resolutions in opposition to
No more ‘yellow jackets’ and |e proposed action of the Board which
N “ | the Civie tion drew up at a sf
Rough Rider’’ hats. meeting st Thursday night
Bryn Mawr opens its baseball
season this afternoon.
‘The Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
met at the residence of Mrs, Joseph |i
Wynne on Tuesday night and made
arrangements for a sesaberry fes-
held on Juge
and some new and Gueresting |”
features are promised.
Mr. Herbert Arnold is on from
bia,” visiting his
and Mrs, H. A, Ar-
nold, of Ardmore avenue.
‘The pupils of Miss Ida Harmer,
of Cricket avenue, gave a musicale
at her residence last night.
Cassia Lodge, nd
A.M., will celebrate its tis fourth
anniversary on June
Miss Cora B. ‘Thomion will en-
tertain the High School Seniors at
her home, at Narberth, next Satur-
day night,
Miss E. A: Goodrich, proprie-
tress of the best drygoods store in
Ardmore,has sold out and the busi-
ness will be discontinued.
Miss McCrea will give a small
luncheon Wednesday at “ Gray
Grange.”
yron Moulton and Mrs.
wither r Litch attended the ses-
sion of tl men’s Whist League
in New York this week.
Mr. William Goldsmith enter-
tained several Ardmore and Phila-
delphia friends at his home, on
ubrey avenue, last Saturday
night.
The Dirigo Restaurant will be
removed to 117 Lancaster'avenue,
in the store next to Azpell’s sad-
dlery shop.
Haverford College defeated Le-
high University in a track meet at
Haverford oa Tueeday afternoon,
TWO UNFURNISHED ROOMS te
toma for wentleman and ite
‘Address Room
Tite ‘pattdlng Philadeiphi
BOARDERS W.
in house.
Ardmore, Pa.
ue pea Spring avenue,
‘WANTED
MAN AND WIFE of single
‘bo understands eare of horses, ie
and garden; woman for ecoking in fam
Of three adults, Reference requiced,
And|every citizen. Further and
WILL FIGHT =
10 CHANGE
SCHOOL SITE
Civic Association of
Ardmore Arouses
Public Interest.
THERE IS HOPE
FOR A COMPROMISE
_|Determived Men Discuss the
Situation and Prod Board
Tnto Action.
TOWN MEETING IS
LIKELY Tu BE HELD
‘The open and avowed opposition
which has confronted the Board of
School Directors since ie fest © amor
of the proposition t
school building in the western ‘pat et
Bryn Mawr took the material form of
a committee of protest Wednesday
night 6
speci
Civie Association waited
the
‘on the Board
and presented to Directors ihe set
refaced the re-|
ma
ment uw tie School Board | es enterec
into a bargain in regard to the pur-
chase. a the Biyn a oi having
already paid down $1
chase, Mr. Utely
sokesman for the
1000.00 on tI
Wedge
Civic Association
and presented the objections.
e had a township. map with him by
he showed
proposed site near
Hospital is in the
means of which
the Bryn
extreme southwe st
di
1 fact that
sat a great distance ‘rons the rail-
S Wedge aiso enon strated
enters of the population in
the Pennsylvania Railroad,
that the heaviest develop
n the future around
rdmore, Cyn la.
‘The committee, through Me, We
stated to the Board that they at pres-
ent have options on lots more centrally
located than southwest tern Bryn Mawr,
hich can be purchas
sand dollars less than
price.
wring andthe
fused to mak
jc Association re-
tiem public property,
the committee ce will
whi ich
sented wit ae ference and it
e done in the matter of purchas-
ine a site nearer the middle of the
township,
Although they. have made this mu tc
headway, the ion *doe:
n st
people
of the township will be held in Ard-
more for the purpose of hearing the
views of the peoole on this almost vital
subject “This o
| prospect
centers io Feeé
is section are along the Main Line of
and dwelt | month:
“ge, the
nN ence at
probable that ‘tomething nite wil
WOMAN'S CLUB
HAS A NEW NAME
Adopted at Annual Meeting,
When the New Officers
Were Elected.
|NOW “ARDMORE CLUB”
After a spirited debate at the ay
mceting of the Woman's Clut ? of M
gomery county, last Friday,
7 organization was Changed to “Wo:
's Club of Ardmore, by an over-
ining vote
1¢ President, R. Camden, Pres
set and after he “stall routine bt
ess was transacted an election was
hela bleh rested as flow
Em
ia
wpa iden mnt, Mrs. 1.
id Vice: President,
Melons Recor Secretary, Mes
‘orrespuni seereta
oR = union "Teensurer, Mee
Knapp: |e
f the Club year wil
Mrs. Andrew | ri
u
FRIENDS TALK
ON EDUCATION,
Educational Association
Haverford College,
OFFICERS | ‘ELECTE D
it eaters a he
i Ne ‘end |
the eighth annual meeting of the Friends’
Educational Association.
The afternoon session began at three
o'clock with reports ot te comoities
and treasurer, el the associa-
“Th sttown,
ented x repo | from Asn for
Prot educa of Women,
ves was faced Se
sion os the gestion
ir Pr
“Should
the Central High Seboolof Philadelphia,
“16th, when the annual
will be given a the Merion
or
be foastmaster and the ing ni
omen will, respon: 3s tie Knox
Womav’s 8
M
President Wonna's Suffrage Society of
Philadelphia; Clarence Jeffries,
President of Swarthmore Cl
‘he committee having the “arrange:
‘ments of the luncheon in hand is com-
posed of the following ladies: Mi:
Mrs.
Andrew Macdonald and Mrs. a Stein
IN THE - CHURCHES
METHODIST
t the Corarusie service last
morning one of
inthe church's vsony was
‘The church work in all dlepartanents
continues very encouraging. “Some new
3
oft
The ‘rises eld a meeting last “ae
Cheit reports show thet
the church i in an excellent 6nancial
condition,
To-morrow the cross and crown system
100! attendance rewards will
the scholars will
pd ero
3
of two
cst ‘eve in
sien will ree a bronze pin.
fect for tor nt receive a
thus the awards
=
g
for reh, and a clas
for children probationers has beew
at 4.15, in the church
Mr, LaPish will
on “Stolen Power." ‘The usual servi
will be in order for he sey Mor:
chee 9.30; cure
Epwort
05
ve Lo-woreow
es
choot,
League, poo “ind the
vening service, 7-45.
LUTHERAN
hes The services at St. Paul's Church last
by the Civic Association if it is still lsunday evening were conducted under
possible, the auspices of the Wotnens Heine and
Altogether he Board treated se re- | Fore issionary Suciety, of whi
‘monstrances uggestions pre een br vac ira, 3 |. W, Staley is the
This was followe
solo, "Cast Th: Upon the Waters,””
by Mrs, Cook, of the chureh choir, *
Pastor Stale; introduced a enw
feature into his prayer ome
Wednesday the Church Cou:
ducted the services and
followed weekly hy having some one of
the church organizations conduct the
meetings.
Dr. Kugler, Mi
OF. W. Staley, and a
the
i
covers
will be laid, ‘Mivs’ Ela I ‘Nath, wi
fis
Garin, “sec ry Federation of Wo-|3p
man's Clubs; Mrs. Rudolph
burg, Mes. Istae R
day
he largest consegtons p
8 pres:
e bean added and there are| y
Fri
ganized, which meets eridey ateruoows
upon
efit he Stutent Developed by Exucation,"*
s followed by general discus-
¢ too many subjects,"” he said.
jorts in. the High School have
uu
strive too much for the
ppress the sncommon,
never made two faces or tw
le loco not duplicate
aud the faut of much of our education Is
that westrive to malee a uplicates
in defiauce of the plain teaching of the
1 f the earth Ne there i
moneneas to auppress the
when
ings for inself and do
Uhings after bis own way, What we want
tod
slong the lines of their strength.”
jompson declared that much of
present teaching was at fault because
the teachers failed to bean oe the
e in the
Twas the “ailuce to
pits environment
tings about him,
acquaint the cou ry boy, he
the greatness and beauty of the fe country
t made s boys gravitate to the
city,
Dr, Pat
sit vs chairman of
des as
“iefent Edueation
too much was being attempted in public
education, aud, because of the proneness
to overlook the commonplace, a failure
to fit the pupil for his sphere in life was
resulting.
Officers were elected as follows: Pre:
dent George M. Warner, > Germantown
secretary, Bertha } Hauddontiel
business mange, Francie N- Mexfcid,
Germantow
Am the prowineut Friends present
were: “Chace Game and J. S, Barrett, of
ford Colley e; Edward Wild-
Y
Zit
Walker, Atlantic Givi Alice Walton, of
Frieuds’ Select School, Philadelphi
Dean C, Barrett, Haverford ; Biizabet
d Susan.S, Kite, German
own; Emma Suediey, Westtown; Anu
Baldersion, Friends’
Select Schou!
and rs HM. toxie, Mr. and Mi
jrown, Elaabeth baleno,
Ellabeth Pitfeld, Mr, and Mrs, W. ¥
Dewees, Deborah lowry, nd Jonathan
Ey.
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Im Bryn Mawr Prevorterian, Share, in
Hono
the
oven Elis Thompson, principal of
Phi
it | shown,
with | 5
ft
ol AT, Hanns, sof Harvard Univer
iends’ School; Alice | p:
[CARNIVAL TICKETS
ARE IN BIG DEMAND
Prominent Members of the| Novel ‘Automobile Event -for
a
Benefit of Epileptic Hos-
pital Promises Success.
PRIZES ARE VALUABLE
Entries lor we Asconohite Show
Nowe Cam etd at Telmont |
Driving P: sate ay, for the
et of the enwayleaula Epileptic Hos.
| pital and Col tony in,are being received
in large um and there is every
promise that the “sai will be a huge
financial aud social suc
m = wc tins Deen arranged
classes—ten for owners
forse «Siow will be given to
jomobiles
Patterson, Georg
B, Smith, Thom w
Jf Automobile Club of Philadel
‘oss-Hughes Motor Company,
the Keystone Motor Company and Motor
Print, One of the clas:
which p:
feature of
owners,
to prove, ie iserage
the show, is 10,
calls for an cin a “Jecorated ma
chines, Any style of machine may be
so the event open t
V's| The mauagemer home nl Ha
and Hadley, so cra
bss teen oe tad the Bet tally, Every man
inent geutlemen, amor
an the Ardmore nine scored at least
oye Meta Har ry Me Hart ad once, with the exception of Ballin.
judges, ma the following, who will act |S! Nine hits were collected from
aS stew
ray Bohlen, homes H, Dough.
erty, iti x ts Y, Bid rd
Vaux, J. R. Robert Penn
Smith, Cornelius Barons, Hon. wis
Martin, Edward C. Barclay
Warburton, Tress, Ir aries N :
Welsh, Thomas B, Wa: en ker, Charles
Wheeler, ‘Samet Bell,
Suith, Thomas Roberts, i
foyer Davis,
William ‘T. Tiers, in wv ‘iynian: aie,
Sargent Price, Jr., Robert Tolan
c boxe
Edward B.
Toe Starr,
om
the city has ever
eu. Arrangements willbe made t
for upward of machines, aud. there
is vo doubt that if the weather Ie pleas-
ant there will be even more than this
number ou the grounds.
“ON PLEDGING TOUR
‘ket at Ardm
With the dual purpose of introducing
;] tne Roberts candidues for Montgomery
10 Low
© Merion voters,
ig some 2 the strange
ele
Republican Cam.
ign Committee held a meeting on
Merion Title Hall,
is called the meeting to
order and introduced the speakers, who
included Theodore Lane Bean, candi-
date
chom,
easter, and Charles
diate for Sheriff, gentlemen
confined themselves Principally to mak- |,
ing pledges. The provisions of the new
Unit
Jun
were explained and all tt reese
were unanimously of the that
was a great
remedy against ‘antaeness
OPENS SEASON
yf Dr. Mill
t ing the pulpit of the
heya awe Piri Cour wil be
occupied by Rev. Hy, — ‘ 2S
Edinburgh. Dr. Bisel fine
fessorship in Gna! Senay
New York, and i Englend
and America as a oh pit orator of much!
of books tlat are much
of
ih schoo! i the township to an
ouvofrtheway corner of the district fe
one of most pronounced importance to
her and mare dof:
nite announcement of this meeting wi
soon be made and as the meeting is ‘or
the purpose of getting
goin held on the question, those who
have opposed the move should come
nese to al” Sach an oosburst of
opposition has been at_ form
times in nt ‘ection, on ti time un-
lke we others, it appears that public
the proposed selection,
The excursion rates to the
Jamestown Exposi ia the
'Y| Pennsylvania Railroad are espe-
cially gdvantageous to Maiw Lin, | ©
Apply to
HENRY C. PENNYPACERR,
“Moore ‘dal Puocuizuille Pa
ers, being same from the local
tration ag from Philadelphia. -
at the public
will have something to do with
of
the members of
General Sy nodtical
Convention of the
at
unber of the
col ‘They sail for Liberia, Africa, to-
“The regular services to-morrow: Broth-| i
grhood meetin Ing, At 10,00; sermon, 10.45;
Sunday ol }ool, 2.30; Christian Endeavi
Jeoine service, 7. ‘e
of A
‘ahora ‘Sunday
An the evening there will be a am
rial service in the ehure
stor, Dr. Miller,
tune by representatives of the clfferent
zations of the chorcl
RAPTIST
morrow will he the anniversary
the Senta schon at Ue Baptist chr
and U
1a Endeavor service in
tthe evening,
z
3
Brya Mawr vs, Gladwy to
| Great Attraction
To-day at Bryn Maw a seene simi-
lar to that enacted at the Ardmore base-
ball fetd tat "Sry “wil take place.
The ill open their
season rh a contest with the Glad-
wy
‘
th the
ne boys, who were to have played the
ao utocar team last Serurdar, but didn't.
Th rr
mn an this year dave
At
He | per roof has been
pet sand and she Geld as been sraded oo
1 rales ther
1 Sav v it wot doubt make a ‘ine oat
Those listed for Bryn Mawr
tcher
vars Hammis, cat Queen and
oc! Low: pitchers; Eadie Lyons, first
Contain onsen, second; Will
ind; els, shor Fstop
iams,
| Hieehteng tet field; Bowers, center;
field; substitutes, "MacFar-
Hoey, right
| land, Nealy, Schroeder, Schaeffer and
ach
Acker has them, and they are
al always fresh.
=| make a record for the ‘town this year
jo-
dition ,
warded to the win- | The t
Leaders a _Montaomery Republican tr
sction | cid
Cates,
'ARDMORE TEAM
WINS OPENING GAME
Norristown Found Thomp-
son’s Curves Too Hard
to Solve.
FLAG RAISING TO-DAY
a start in the {ubinent of the
| prediction that the Ardmore nine wil
cal team swept away the fi
nents Oo the season, he Wildman "a.
Norristown, in whirlwind
once last Saturday afternoon, end-
ing with the score 12 to 2, in aver
of Ardmore. The game put up by
Lew Ryan's team was criss from
start to finish, and the two runs tal
lied by Wildman were certainly w well
earned and both c: in one inning,
teams were coal matched, this
being the first for
nd under ue test the Ardmore boys
showed ne € blue color lors.
Thom the
slab, and sixteen of ‘the Norristow
down before his
did soak him for four
3
F
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28
=
Brownl
ason.
Wildman, st
thing and Hadley drew fothet Fitz
a nol in this first inning, drove
Brownback, Pop Lynch scored | bis
hit in the third "ang by a
He connecte ed for a beantiful one
between centre field and right et.
Both Parsons and MeMeechin ran for
sein failed the
red, and
re and ball to-
they got up
leather, Lynch
it, and just
ball ‘dead sure, mS
dor went the fielde
gether. When
oe the
wea stil
them from second dase Had-
ley, “the left-felder,: lan
and a single, in sidition
everything that
Fitzmeir is
to catching
t came out to hi
darth runs, two hits, seven put-
ts as
0 | nothing excep sacrifice, He took the
attention of t wed, getting out at
first in the fourth, an in crossed
the plate again ‘sina he excitement
About
The aie elder took ike
very ist 0
hit ai on a bum throw by
the ster which shows he is alive
0 the fancy points of our national
ts ime.
After the rain in the morning. the
rospects of a game in the afternoon
were very doubtful. The sun, how.
ever, did shine things and eliminated
gnough water from ’ ¢ mud o} my
diamond to render the footing
ble, The Bleachers “ttle up to over-
flowing, but there was lots of room
left i
3
it
by more pressing
ties, the management id not have a
role planted
gigantic flag ont
to the faction “hy the “Ardimore
Indies, This part of the program will
be carzied out to day, and when “Old
Glory” is flung to the breeze the Bryn
Mawr Band w
gled Banner.”
vill p
Previous to the fag-
vi take
band will
ing cer
place
give a number
In giving the description of the
grounds and its anoint ments, it may
be proper to make mention of the
press box. This magnificent structure
was designed and built by three of its
regular occupants last Saturday morn
ing. It is not complete yet. Mr. Bob
ley again occupies the left end of
the bench, and continues to hand
down lucid explanations of the most
intricate echencaiie Of the
“Print”
here
{Continued on fourth page)
| Mrs.
might,
| Hem
man tote the Jest tout i
aback phe tain
" ho ied Ardmore pumping station.
first base. had the best tally for the in and
hi
Harman
gain, with his “Tle
MERION CRICKET. CLUB
NOW IN FULL SWING
Spring Season Opened With
a Cricket Match and a
Dinner Dance,
CROWDS ON GREENS
Saturday was a gala day at the Merion
Cricket Club, at Htavert
ideal weather
erford, when, with
comitions he pein
oh between married aud
ci
of many guests who strolled over the well-
kept I:
doors the ladies’ committee re-
ceived the members and their friends in
the ladies’ rooms, whi
were transformed
into veritable ower eurdone by blossoms.
‘The hostesses included Mrs, Allen Evans,
Mrs. Clement A. Griscom, Mrs, Edward
S, Sayres, Birs, Frederick L,, Baily, Mrs
veathed. Carey the fen [Fe
Hut uae, W. B. Hogbes, R, L Barrows, s
, B.S. Ween) GJ. Mege: cary A.
a INSPECTED
Township Commissioners View the
Highways from Autos.
Seated in shee big touring Autocars
the twelve commissioners
ou
commie it ‘he Mahan
Building at two o'clock and made the
tour of the soensti in ‘ine owes and
al
“The inspectors gave ortcular atten
© pro:
a
rovements ‘are to be made.
sare in fair
ie is
the best condition
Roberts commended Mr. Warner, the
Superintendent in charge on the im-
provement of the works since last year.
‘he covered Ardmore, Bon
Mawr, Haveror, Giada, Pencoyd,
Conshohocken
will go
ing up the reputation
for fine roads in this locality
Before the inspection the party took
luncheon at the Merion Cricket
at Have
spection. were:
2 Slit, Horace a Smelter George
Craig, James A. Bar-
ker, Edward Camel Sitter Roland
Evans, John G. Dunne, Superintendent
of Highway: and . Wa
fealth and Drains,
were also st the inspection p:
DID NOT LOSE A CANE
Evans Wins in Billiard Tournament of
Bryn
Dr. A.
won the first prize in the billiard tour-
nament of the Bryn Mawr Fire Com-
ny, which was started . in fi
n the evening of March 4, aed
sito there are five games still t
played betweet te vailenders” the
result will in no way affect the stand-
ing of the leaders. Dr. Evans will now
pave his name < enaravel upon the hand-
silver which was presented
Ichnson, 0
AE
33
to the firemen by Alba B
the Baldwin
is also president of th
. Hower, actor of the Home
News, won second pl ce, hang Tost
only two of his wes snd will be pres
ented with a tandsome ar
he Jolson cup must be won tree
mes. befo: comes the property
of any player, so that all members of
ny still, hav
The standing of the five
players # is as follow
Won, Lost. Per
Evans sereeO 0.
Hower ray
Hayden 3 737
Hicks 3 625
EY seers 5 516
8 46
. 5-500