our town december 26, 1946

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Two In/ureCl in 'AutoCrash in OverbrookTwo P h ! a l d e l p h i a n ~ werelast Wednesday night when thtomobile crashed into a tree inbrook.Henry J. Jaroszewicl!, 22,Brown St., Philadelphia, toldMerion police he had just pasdian Creek Drive on LancasteOverbrook, when.he saw anotcoming up the ' wr ong si destreet.Swerving to avoid the o;c ar he los t c ontrol of his oand crashed into a tree on thside of the road. He andpanion, Mary Purcetl , 19, oIn dian Queen Lane, E as tPhiladelphia, were taken t o}.!awr Hospita l and treated fand bruises.

Church Services,Feature ObservanHeld DuringWeekNarberth celebrated its

peace time Chr istmas s inend o f Wor ld War II, widitional carols , specia l Cservices and strings ofmas lights covering the str

Churches th roughou t tho ug h h el d services duriweek, Christmas Eve,Chris tmas Day, wi th apprmessages o f fe red by the pHymns BroadcastChristmas hymns were bthroughout the week and onmas Day over the loudspeakerec ently ins ta ll ed in tbe NMethodist Church.The Narberth Public Schospecial services in the school aum before school was dosedtwo-week holiday.Strings of ,-ari-colored lighstrung along Haverford Ave.,weeks before Christmas, and ttree in Station Circle was alsed. The lights were donatedNarberth Business Council.Candlelight ServicesSeveral hundred persons alate candlelight services at thTrinity Lutheran Church ChEve and early morning MasseMargaret's Church Olristmas,. The c andlel ight s ervice s fspecial musie by the augmenteof the Church under the dof Robert S. Goodshatl, selectthe Womans ' S ~ r i n g Trio of tversity of Pennsylvania, annumberll by a member of theJInstitution, of New York.Special s ervice s were a lsChristmas Sunday at the NMethodist Church and at t hberth Presbyterian Olurch undirection of Dr. Andrew K.wood, president 0( !be Princetootoilcat Seminary.

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Methodist YouthTo Enter PublicSpeaking ContestThe program at t he N:Methodist Church this Sundaing will be devoted to the locles t in II nation-wide publicing contest of :Methodist YoEach contestant wilt speak otheme relating to t he Wor ldice wor k o f the :MethodistI t is expeeted that five or six

Pe op le o f the Narberth ChurANOTHER PAGE in the raill'Oad book occurred recent'ly,when t h is v i ct im of an insufferable cold came home from New enter the contest.The winner of each localYork on a Puliman clulJ ear, a s he f el t t oo miserable to ven - will enter the Distr ic t Contestt ur e t h e hurly-burly o f t he coachcs i n w hi ch he commutes h eld so me tim e dur ing theweekly to Go tham. Previaus to boa rd ing the train, a copy of months. The final conte st"Holiday" ha d be('n pur':hased i n o r de r tv r e ad a n a rt ic le on Nor thea stern Jur is dict ion oNew York, a subject of never-ending interest . Methodist Church will be heldTh e t ra in h ad passed Newark when a man asked if he Jurisdictional Conference nexmigh t speak p lain ly . Told to go a he ad , h e p re sumed to sa y mer-and the contestants wilthat your reporter appeared to be the most disagreeable p e r ~ from each area in the Jurisson on board. He also painted o ut t ha t said reporter had come This spec ial program wilon th e t ra i n, t oo k h is seat and paid utterly no attention to th e par t of the local Church's obsother 12 me n in th e club car. Th e discerning stranger fUlther of Student'Recognition Day.said tha t t h is d i sg ru n tl ed s or t o f p er so n wa s n ot e v en awar e dltional feature of the progra' that there were ] 2 other men t he re . Every ma n wh o ha d be special music brought bentered t h e c a r except: this discordant one. he claimed, sized Alma W i 1 I i ~ m s , soprano s o ~ o i Up everybody e I s ~ a s s oo n a3 h e s at down. Men are l i ke wom- Donald White, trumpet solOISe n i n t ha t way, he stated, Hnd d o n' t l et a ny on e s ay t he y are' expected that other c o l l e g ~not. Th e reporter : ,a d n o t t a k en s to ck o f t h e c a r contents, an d wh? are.home the .ChrlStthat unorthodox omissi?l1 engage? th e a t t en t ion o f t he m an ~ ~ ~ o ~ p ; : ~ r ~ : r t l ~ ~ ~ t e b ~ ~ ~ h e aalert t o ma ke psychologJl:a1 boundll1gs. . ' ,Asked fo r t:he rest of it, the s t ranger sa id th is sour -pus s 0 cTlolck. . . tcountenance must mean an act. as he real ly though t th e N a r ~ , t lek n ~ o l l n b l l n g servClc1e,. tad h h oc oc ,WI e a post- IrIS mbe r th man wa s a kindly p er so n. He confesse, owever, e. th the pas tor the Revd II ' d . h' t' t 1 s;'ml)lv could no t ICC, WI , "cou1 be a mixe up In IS es lma e, Ie ",1 '. D. Flood p r e a c h i ~ g on theunde r st a nd why h is s u bj e ct wa s smok1l1g ~ I g a r e t t ~ s l11stead "A New'Way Back".of th e cigars tha t should be the case accordmg to hIS formula .The Chris tmas decorations(whe reupon he wa s given a real good cigal') o r w h y .was a re a tt ra ct in g a g re at amoperusing a "tawdqr t hi ng " l ik e "Hol id ay ." T ~ 1 a t . "trI!h?g" favorable comment were desigkind of readin$ wa s althogether out ofcharacter m hIS opmlOn- arranged by Nonnan Snyder,. .. .. . \ fidal of the local church. ThTH E OBSERVANT traveler was; definitely of a refresh- orations will remain ;n the(Continued on page 2) through lhc firsl Sunday o f J

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' JH E WES T MANAYUNK LEGIONAIKES have won t h e ir l a s t s even games anda r e;It the topo f Sec tion II in the Main Line "B " League;, The boys, all of them ,veterans,form\.d the c lub th is year, Front r ow , f ro m l ef t t o r ig ht : Lou CoCino, Frank McGettigan,Stan Ltintz, Reds McFa rl and an d Roddy McFarland nnel Rodd y McFa rl an d. Ba ck r ow ,f rom l e ft to right: Coach Ar t Lyle, Harry Kel ly , Mal ' "e nt z, Lou Don dr ea , Jer ry McFarland and Manager Angelo Constantino. Mal and Stan Len tz a re b rother s ,. d i tt o theMcFar la nt ls . Re ds i s l ea di ng the "B" L e a g u ~ with 110 points. Lou Dondrca p layedfirst string at West Chester Teachers before he wellt i u to se rv i ce . T wo p la ye rs n otshown ar e Frank Wilson and F r ank Basile, former: Lower Merion High s t ar s .--------

Cynwyd WontanShares in EstateMrs. Carolyn W. Darby, of 350 N.Highland Ave., Merion, will share inthe estate of her l at e s is te r, MissKatherine J. 'Veston. of Gray's Lane,Haverford. :Miss 'Veston, who diedDecember 12 a t t he ag e of 88, madebequests totaling $380,000, accordingtohe r will filed for probate this weekat NorrisMwn.T he will sets up $100, 000 lifet rust s for Mrs . Darby and a nephew,James D. Darby, of Pittsburgh. Another nephew, Donald 'V. Darby, ofStrafford, is given $100,000 outright.Under the life trusts, the childrenof the benefic iaries will benefit attheir deaths.A nephew. S . Lew is Z iegler . Jr.,of Phi la de lphia, a nd a niece, Mrs.Katherine Z. Heasley, of. Ithaca, N.Y.. are given $25,000 each.The PresbYterian Church of Painted Post, N. Y., is bequeathed $20;000,and the Salvation Army of Corning,N. Y., $10,000.

Gala ChristmasParty Held LastWednesday

NARBERTH. PA., TRlJRsPAY, DECEMBER' 26. 1946, ! '.

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\"Local M a ~ r i e ~Balt,imore WomanThe marriage of Mrs . C la ra Z.Hoffman, of Ba,1timore, Md..,. toMr. Arthur A. Renno, son of M'rs.Minna Renno,. of } J o n t g o m ~ r yCourt Apartments, Narberth, andt he l at e M r. Adolph.Renno,tOok'plaee quietly Monday at 5:30 P.M.,in t he H ol y ' (r in it y L ut he ra nChurch .of Narberth. The Rb,..C iet ul A . S en ft p er fo rme dceremony. 'Following the ceremony therelVas a wedding dinner at the Walnut Park Plaza Hotel for membersof the immediate fa'milies. FoJlo\ving a 'wedding trip to New Yotk ,M r. R enno a nd ,his bride will fe~ i d e temporarily in Narberth. t

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Speaking of th e P ed di eSchool,Mrs. KatharineThomasGoodall's son (they live at 9Heckamore Ave ., Bala.Cyn,wyd) Sam was captain o f i tssoccer team this year. T h e i ~I Cas on w as good, t oo .. theywo n four games, tied f ou rgamea and lost four games .

'By DOROTHY M. OGDENApropos of the Chrilltmu

spir it, Anna Schmidt de Leon,( she' a the daughte r of , t he D r.William Schmidt famO,., of 4ZSOwen Rd.. Wynnewood) saysshe parked h er c ar u p in Ardmor e one a ft er noon r ec en tl yonl y t o f in d that she had exactly on. penny t o p ut into thepar1c;ing m .t er . S he explainedher predicament to the policeman on the comer, and saidthat ahe dichi't expect to belongerthan twetve minutes (thetime a penny wil l buy) , but ifshe were. ~ o u l d he' please un,derstand the aituation. Thepoliceman walked over t o t heparkingmeter, dug a nickel outo f h is own poc ke t a nd p ut iti n t he meter. THAT is the,Lower Merion Police 1


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