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VOLUME XVII NO, 32
~— |WINS GOLD MEDAL:
IN RUNNING CONTEST
J. A. Kaldenbacher Carries
off Prize Given by
High School.
GLEANINGS FROM
THE LOCAL FIELD
News Notes Gathered, Sifted
and Simmered Down into
Short Paragraphs.
GOOD
PERSONAL POINTERS|RAN IN
ay Ball |”
Have you seen the daseball microbe ?0
rom frisking e722
Geary loves to frsk =
rons are os ‘obe, and he
testo ke the ta
TLovg before the diye iat fa
‘That you can’t miss t
Of the bleacherites,
Tell me now that yor
. “Play al
a are weary
BH
Winner of Gold Medal
Weaver of the cross-country run, held
Nedne A. Kalden-
ba sehen was awarded the gold medal by
y
‘That you'll roar, as of yore,
With the bleacherites, “Play ball !
pening game of baseball this
0; afternoon, J,
afternoon at 3.3
Captain Thomas Powell, of the Lower
A big time is arranged for at the) Nerion High School track team, under |
ball park to-day the auspices of which the race was held
Whether you are a baseball en- [Six contestants jumped from the serate|
thusiast or Dot b. thig|*® He start—Katdent ache, Vallace,
or not, go to the game this} iresbert, Warner, Knapp and Russell
afternoon and encourage the boys. [there was no pacemaker, and the sive
Ardmore young|#t first was pretty swift. Before the
q] irst hali-mile of the course had been
covered, te race narrowed
Warner,
down
nbacher.
Dela- ve
ware County Club, near Manoa.
lace and
TIME)
|
JOSEPH A. KALDE; ' i
alde:
Wallace led the bunch by ten yards and]
oth,
ARDMORE PA. MAY 4,
(COMMISSIONERS |
HOLD MEETING
More Sidewalks for Ardmore
Are Ordered and Road |
w- Vacated.
GOOD REPORTS READ
Routine business was transacted at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Township Commissioners,
Comnvssion rooms, on
night. In addi
i buiness the
special features of the.session, one b
ng the action taken by the Board in
regard ss ating the David Road
Cynwyd
a a personal interest i
e affair, declined to serve as president
of the Hoard, and called Commissioner
the et ate in his
s of the action that would
een by the Posed a Wednend lay had
been printed and
interested in te
them du
} Commiss
sion p
tition that the road
be vacated was gadvanced by fhe iw
Merion Realty Con
property owners interes
seen and letters of
A new road
0
afterwards dedicated to this township.
ate
This resolution granting. the petition
ed.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Casey are} 2S soing course was Sommissioner Craig wi “a on ee
reccving.congratifatons on the shox four mes ic ere lying be-| render his account as *
an teen the pable schoo! gat . he |e "
vecepton to the High Schcol
Seniors will be held in the gymna- iy “ a : {Compe iy followed by Kal
led, being closely followed by Kal-
sium tonight. denbacher and Warner. The torn bad
Mr. E. H. Harstad, of Walnut] scarcely been made when Warner lost
avenue. is on a business trip in the| his place and dropped away behind, Al-
West. bert Herbert, of the Junior class,
was leading the intermediate distance,
number of Ardmore members] cjosed up a litt aldenbacher and
1g bot tS
ertown road "Wallace i
° being the low:
that the mtr
the oti ordinances for
year has been awarded to the
‘Ho ome “Ne? of Bryn Mawr, that firm
bidder,
°F ing
he come
. Sullivan’
chairman of
's Feport as
took part in the parade of the labor} Wallace were running together. At the | ‘Mish ay Commit
unions in Philadelphia last Satur- inners ection of the Haverford Road, the vol noth Me expentt om c
dey night. ‘aldenbacher broke away and estab-| the past month. He also introduced
inte da margin of nearly a hundred| Several ordinan for siden
Mr. Joseph Staley bas accepted a
Position with the General Esectric|
Company, of Chester,
a ni
sar and Wallace was unable to close
R
By this time Warner had dropped
Lerbert, and Russa ant Knapp
t of the race compl ‘on
ing ‘eur ‘Ardmore Avente tee the c coun-
line was passed Kaldenbache s
ba
Miss Henrietta Hoffman, of sib-|in
ley avenue, bas been visiting. Rev.
aud Mrs, Coover, of Gettysburg, | val attempted to close in the gap be
this week. tween the Senior and himsell wu "Kat
. enbacher, although Boing slowly, was]
es Sadie Misson was the guest fect strong, and kept a steady
tl nce: si
chow we “tot, which were a
nth ae Sullivan |
lowed to
then
tehle:
ade ial the
in the past month
ve side of the R
Centos
ending Rains just
low dow t
wreck The
fell
f Mrs. Benj jamin LaPish the early | Pace all the way up to thetape, Te fi
re of the « wee ished about 70 yards ahead of Wallace, | isation of the own net
. makin the hole cones 2 mints ihe comes a one mt the er
cone finish 3|repaired. A reques h
je Rummage Sale ju the old }and 45 seconds Wallace fnisbed in 22 sent down to make an investigation was
roles station, on Cricket avenue, | minutes aes Sree Bm ent to Mr. A. T. Dice, of the Read.
the past week has been well patron- | sted since? beating out Warner for | dy bat as yet no reply tas been
ized and will net the Free Library "ye, Heth na mete vac ived by this committee
a tidy sum, ed the prize, ‘The a sei old med. ference of the railroad representatives!
q vu. A. buildi al an inch va ight meter, Mr. Barker, i hosed district the ace
/ w Y.M.C. A. building ining “ ot rst Poe Crs fent occurred: Mr, Sullivan, and the
will be finished about June r. her,“ | lorky were appointed mittoe
‘ 0 whom the matter was referred. Tn
MHS. ani a winged ‘ou etched
The Autocar baseball team plays relief, whe race was only open to at ‘ the highway geratt-| day
letes we were not tnembers of | te Bark er, of Merion Square,
Gladwyne at Ardmore this after-
n year’s Team. Kaldenbacher dd
fot ri last year, although he did eth
of whe previons years receiving a
by v a place in one of oe
‘The present Y, M. C. A. build-
ing is undergoing extensive altera-
tions, in order that Mr. Harrison,
who owns the building, may equip
it as a department store.
West Chester meets
in the cross-country Wein “os
the last moment, as he had not been in
This is year at the
train is Senior
ol, and during his four years
School baseball team
{
rept weparted shat she bridge over Mill eres
Va atey is
8
oye at ht there ee Seo am ring flout yea Ro. Enger ail ake
Plays at Concordsville to- day. thletes of the school. " port at the next meeting.
‘The All-. Axéaiore bowlers closed Contes lant, ime.| Chairman Smedle: et the Police
their season last Tuesday night, Kaldenbacher, (0 seer Bs Committee, reported that the number
losing three straight to Victoria, | Wallace, 'o9 + 22.10] of arrests during the past month have
erbert "08 2500 en he condition of the police
A farewell party, held at the Warner, ‘op cee . 27.03| force and the township property is
residence of Mr, H. B, Van Horn, | Knapp, 10 i'wot fuish | good. On April go the test of the fire
was given to Mr. Perry Smirl and) R#ssell, "10. idl not finish | I a ge pres] of
Tiss ie Smirl on Referee, Powell; timekeeper, Harm he
YY stad, still
evening, They left on Friday,with During
MAYING IN 1907.
Lay my ulster by the bedside,
‘My goloshes on the chair;
Have a chest eee handy,
Put the umbrella there;
Get a suit of heavy flannels,
rom my fors chase moths avay
For I'm ucen of the May,
mother,
Pm tobe Queen of the May,
their nee, fo for St. Louis, where
they will resi
mbe:
to Church, in Masonic Hall,
Beger hove the doctor waiting,
Keej stand plaster hot;
Fix some fen rub my lunes with,
T shall n tke asin
And if iriends Soul come to see me
You wil simply have to say,
That 1 2 Queen of the May.
VINEE
WOMAN WANTS Position for gen,
eral housework; as baby one year Fold.
206 Ardmore avenue, Ardmore,
Apply
POR SALE
FIFTY PAIRS S FIGEONS; good straight mmtber
fire’ m April 9, at Gray
where ttle ‘ame was ones the sec~
ond at the grocery stor ‘Thomas
White; damaxe sught. The “ed hre
1c oe month there ine. been three
ay's Lane,
07 Aubrey avenic. || T have been Queen of the May.
Q
a ort of the | onjeai
entergeney work done wy ie committee] ¢
wall on the
u
nance relat
nea
° ‘nds son Avi
1907
“CAPTAIN” KILLED CIVIC ASSOCIATION
Two within
burs the nev record essed o MAKES STRONG PROTESF
iin” oe cof hehe 50 ead op Tremendous Opposition’ “a
Al Harmer,
Saturday nighe by:
‘on the line which
f Cricke
Action of School Board
Matter of School Site.
UNFAIR TO SCHOLARS
runs
pas
Th
‘The proposal to locate the High School
v bel
ter’ Alexander Hutchinson, was struct | building for Lower Merion township at
almost on the . Bryn Mawr has met with a tremendous
most “severed. = Ch | wav of opposition from all parts of the
Sa jtownship. It is regarded as most unfuir|
csc death 7 |t0 place the High Schoo! in Bryn M
| when less than 20 per cent of the pupils
come from that locality, and when more
than 75 Percent. come from points south |
thes followed on
now bath lie Veer searcely
hrow apart, “Captain” >urned by }
ais twin brothe: and west of Bryn Mawr, The people, |
“ |thovgt “tal Hy conscious of the need of |
Old Dirigo Banuer. the new and separate High School, knew |
White tearing down Part of Dirigo abolutely nothing of the proposed pur-|
al, Mr. Harry Reerhart, the contzac|chise of the Bryn Mawr Jot untit the|
tor, unearthed the old. tin “Vauner “ the {early part of this week, he entire
Di Club of former glory. | mloveuient has been carried on with the |
T oodesized alfa, oo uttuost secre |
n spi ts ill-treatment, it still bears | There is to question of the great in|
on its battered face the ori ginal inserip | porta of the convenience of the pupil
tion ben 10 the | who attend the High School. The ia
folie proportion of those = who attend the local
101 n 8
stitution are of families in
a moderat + poorer ces, and it |
Y as the| would be hardship to these People to send]
buildi anner was found, | their children to the public High Schoo
‘one of the decorations of his new st
————————
Sette tha
ch the found
will have the relic framed and place it as i sets at such a remote position as the
1e pro}
ote
the rational place for a
mittee establish a test for the cligibil. | High School or this district woutd
*Vity’of men for ‘positions on the force ry have it
and that candidates passing this ex een pupils
be placed on a list of eligi Merion Square, under: the
bles from es the committee may new rexime, would be compelied t
through Ardmore to reach Bryn Mawr by |
an ol the ain, and the same is ose
seal number ot
of the Commission, President Robert
iene Caan President Roberts op Gpecting thereonaIHgh Schoo! bul
President of the Board sug in
The Presid me aus Board sug bee met ® proposed site, situated as
ot $10 imposed
pass: att
¢ hows te surround by every safeguard
of | for health,
aad ee he “must connect with Whereas, “the reported price of the
sewer Another ordi-| proposed ground, $34,000 to {£35,000, is
to the Sewer Commit. excessive; and
tee, provides for he. construction of a as, The site proposed is not in a
branch Ang ood} therefor helt
Montgomery ave nue, the 1e Civic Asociaton of
to be laid on the proper y holders Ardinore, that, “ie the “need of ett
with property fronting on that street, and larger. schoo
Ondinanees i ot sidewalks on te isto: ularly of volo
ects were passed: Not je of |
Novsgomesy Aven
Road to eswold Avenue;
of onomey Thompsot
a Lehigh Avene; north Hide
ster Avenue, Church Road t
ue; both sides of ‘Sibley
Iter Aver cnne. peti
from the residents of Walnut Avenue,
Ardmore, was referred * the Commie
sioner of that district, Mr. The
the tounshi
ZF
a
votations
pigh soa
bile 1380-
ot inte feu
ool Directors of
from aH i Gor ck
south side
ourselves on recor: utterly op
posed to the purchase ‘ofthe ¢ proposed
fnd the erection of a High Schoo! build.
ing thereon,
Resolved, ‘That the president of the
association salt anoint nt x commtee of
five members of the 10 presen
th
ne
venue to Coul
ion
always “Sharacterce
0
er| *hether he ca
Lower Merion township, we desire to put | ©
s being
[ARDMORE BALL TEAM | MERION FIRE €0.’S
WILL OPEN SEASON | EXPRESS SERVICE
WH Figg Raising and Usual Help the Firemen, and Pro-
Ceremonies Locals Will tect Your Property by
Play First Game, Patronage,
|ALL IS IN READINESS NOTICE THE NAME
‘To order to ° ay for the keep of Lei
fire horses, the Merion Fire C
No. 1, of A: ‘ant jore, maintain:
of « hoard of maneger
6, by means
Re
ple,and, in addition to petting Prompt
ant ficient 5 ding
LEW >
Field Manager Ardmore Baseball Team |
This aiternoon on new bal! | oaree ne Bets
grounds on Greenfield “rows ws ‘ rion Expres ‘ompany No, 2"7:and
Poh Greene ‘Merion Fire Company Express."
“ When you want the assistance of
the baseball world, ‘rine Fire Compan: for the bi
he coming season will open thei
o-d: fled ‘eed contest with
he Wildman A. A, of Norristown
Nothing fe ben Sct to make the
opening red-letter one for Ard
house connections with the sewer. i {living of Bryn Mawr. nore bas m0 fans. ‘The new Bld hs
now 1594. Fifty-seven were made dur |_ That ple © deeply interested | been kept in the best condition and has
ing the past month and 22 more appli | in this mate i stows by the. promp | aot set Been wsed. There sa new fone
have been made, From cewer| action taken ty the Civic Association | trely jurrounding the feld, with an lng -
been received $713.55, and | Ardmo: special meeting of this Pee. catch the | teft at the Agpel saddlery shop, near the
fr » $22. Both the pump- organiza Sion was held Thursday night 2h fies in left field. To the right 01 | Fire House, or at The Arcade, will reach
ing stations are in good working order |and the matter was freely discussed. The | 20™¢ plate a new enn md stan these expressin
nd the assessments for the month have | sentiment of the meeting was that the | 2¢¢” "eed qrih a seating capacity 01 | ‘The rese Nance in the wanes bes re
come in with greater promptness than |idea of changing the location of the eb It i th sheet iron and | gutted in much confusion on the part of
before. The Morris Avente sew School to @ point north of Ardmore is| “he spectators “in the ‘price for @/ uninformed persons, and the Fire Com.
ch bad condition that it will have | most site pops and their fami | 38¢stand ceat_need no longer ft | ess is the service that bas suf.
to be torn up and a ron pipe-aid. following resolutions were} be tain. The field has been plowed |!ered. Remember the difference between
agreement wit tin for permis adep arrowed and sown with grass seed in | (hem aud ask forthe “Merion Fire Co
sion to construct a sewer act hea 1t has been reported to the| the outfield, and. since these operations pany Fxpre:
property of I. L. Register was present it has been subjected to the caresses of
ed. In this agreement Austin agrees r]a steam roller. The infield is specially
nsfer the sewer to the townshi constructed and as the process is a se Y. M,C. AL NOTES
when it completed. By the authority | % cret one with th a cement We 8
Sut
’ it to
t it cannot be beaten tong the
snenbesship contest th
Yo! jan Association wit
begin on Monday, May 6. The
chose
Lin
This season the ladies of Ardmore
; nto be the feaders of the thoes
n ener ve agai : ,
gesued ak comeing ot fre it ame southwest corner of| ave again demonstrated their iterest | eams, which are made up of the inde:
the see in camach it is far re-| in the team. Th his in the | (s
sewer without the sceseans oon 5 vidual members of the Association, are
m naterial form o} merican flag ‘A. Francie Redes
and a. blu an with the wor v, Whi 3
“Ardmore” on it in white letters. “ference Sa fies and A B bee
. \ccess for the majority of bat
lature for a violation of an ordinance. |"SrGing. the shes vonile wae ‘o-day manager Ryan will hoise the nonbene Complete lists will be posted
a ending the school—pupi flags with the usual ceremonies ano
By the pa resolution intro- Bala, Cyuwyd Aer , o in the Association rooms, low-
* esol rom Bala, Cyuwyd, Merion ‘Square,| rduore’s bescall oece will have a
duced, ‘Herman. Calvert, Charles, Ht healemeiitewnn ee ; tl ing commices ave been appointed to
< ' : iyville and Ardmore; and mal, impressive opening, as it should
in| foward, Wiliam F. Baltz and Michael “Sy ° tthe hei
in Whereas, The records show that the
MacDonongh were m: er pec e
ber of pupils, “atending the High
tors under the Health a and, Dr: .
School from various points re as follows
epartment, Another ordinae maker
M Rist A Stillwagon, Bye Mawes and font, 25; Havers wien and H,
Bicking and d foremen under | 2% 6 rtmore ge Ghdwyne, 13 5 the boys ites Robert C, Winthrop. Arter
cl Foren vie tale ae other points ‘in townshi ‘ y s Rober inthrop, Arthur
the heey Dens stoent, with salaries Points in township, 19; Smilin, fees spe teeta ire War, Charles N. Davis and W. W,
at $720 annually, payable every month Tae records show tat the py the he Mo Fc Woodrn s, F.C. Peterson,
An important resofatlon that the Is from Bg Mawr and mia ae Horry ines v. C. Reinhold and Ut-
for all day laborers employed by # tare’ leve then 10 per cent, of | sabe en Grover | ¢% Wedges. ‘The leaders and their
township shall be. §1.60\ per. day was je muamber attending. the Tigh homo cacheable as Tn aie many [committees will meet on Monday even
adopted. Other resolutions fixing the "and who gives some clone cr | Me May 6, at 8 o'clock, to arra
rate of a horse, cart and dr 3300] Wherevs the loca sation is almost opposit See wip gives imipson will indees |‘: Keep your eye on the Hee
a day, and for a dovble team, wagon| the Bryn Mawr Hovpital, the prosimity Pit ab woe mmto the Sorisorn ste board for the results.
nd driver, the rate shall be $40 per] of te proposed High Schoot andthe sean Conn eross-count a8 ar
were also passed Rospital it equally uoferwnate for the With the same. grace whe | FANS Saturday afternoon at 2
‘soning to the resolution next datiente 0 spi Besee wine! iation’s mem-
such contests,
second, and Samuel
gave somed thing of an e
toward the close last year, well play
hird, chin is ised for the interme-
since we ‘ition; his Shortstopping ps
with the bes i
Andon vind this afternoon “vill Slow
1
down
Ballngal, who
n here
ht basebat games between
th yameaster: Wyomings, serickets
and Montgomerys of
will begin on Tea May 7, at ens
¢ Captain Gout
sits team, the Taesiery will meet
Captain Ta
a practice of oN
rm left feld to shore centre
and taking all the flies out of
f the Genre fieder oe
Caves iw right
dividual. Now
ney will play ce wee “he
that that outficld could be beaten i
Ardniore? Soneby ody ou 2 it, but
they have tal ce, No
wonder the ‘Ardmore Toned of Man
sprinting fr
2
roe tramp,
1d! Who quested
captains promplly at the above men-
tioned time.
The Pennsylvania R. R. Y.
will hold a
number
Car-
sd
YMCA.
‘eld Meet” on May 18 A
the members of the local
petition is in regard to the condition of
that thoroughfare and will no doubt re-
ive proper attention at the hands of
of the association to the Board of Sclioal
Directors.
Resolved, That the association betieves |
was at the residence of Professor uyler the C Commissioner. that there are other favor
at Haverford, on April 22. The dam: President Roberts normed fel Come centrally located and easier
age amounted to about $1000. missioners that the petiti which would be in every wa:
‘The Police Commitee has granted] arguinent of the Asin Soc ‘down | able for a High School Buin, whieh
14 additional g: z hs the township [by the Supreme Cow iury of could be purchase price more?
Officer Charles sy having served] private damages ad ‘enehie ine no sconomien than thet noe ea.
ith a 3 ood rend on the police force jurisdiction of sewers running through jentt Macdonald appointed the
jor over the property, but only over those r Nomi convaites ‘ present the reso-
r the com: lee as along a street, has been refused by the ee Set toe we rd: Williams
ease in his salary, ae provided for by Supreme Court, Byrnes, ch ces . S. Powell,
an act of the Contmission. This recon. Craig introvced a resolution that | C. S. Cros aw nc ‘sae na.
mendation was later confirmed, and Afr the Commo vene on the first] The regular f the School
Williams will ré an increase of] Wednesday wight 4 in Jane, alter hich Board wil
five dollars. Here President Roberts| the body adjourned to mect aga ee aeyiss Se time ne ae resolutions. ‘wil
made a suggestion that the Police Com-| that robably be presented,
a large No, 10 smil
ever the Broo roof of the Paling fies in me
cating, and it remains to be seen what | &'
our tach will do thi sfonnon
wear
of
Association haye entered in some of the
. ry blanks may be had at the
ssociation of the general secretary.
BOARDING DR, ue ALSEY TO LECTERE,
WANTED— Hoanters, Apply 206 Ard-) Dr, Ilalsey, a strong and forci-
more avenue, Ardmore. ble Speier will deliver tS most
| interesting” lect “8
wants Shots of Africa,” at the Wednes-
WILLING ROY of 14 wonld like a posie | 4 ing meeting of the Wom-
Mion in Ardinore. “Apply 206 Animore | en's ‘Home and Foreign Mission-
avenue, Ardmore. ary Societies f the Chester Pres-
___jysters, ir.
- Halsey is thee secietany ot {he
resbyterian
ree ie Soo ten wees ions, The 7 ea be ee
Hollaud avenue, Ardmor iustrated by stereopticon views,