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prCjHlI'ntions f or a no th l' r ,>oIH' .. rt, dll tcof rendiulon to h.. anlloll1)('ed at alnlt 'r da1.l'.

H, C. FENNO ELECTED PRESIDENTAT MEETING H EL D L AST

TUESDAY EVENING

Choral Society's :'LOCai Fire FightersAnnual Election! Have Busy Week-End

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GEO. B.NEWTON .COAL CO.MAIN OFFIOE: FBANl tLIN BANK BUUILDING,1417 8A,NB01ll8TBE;ET.

BUILDING SITES

R.ea1'tor1214 LOCUST STREET, PHILADELPHIAPbone Narbe r th 1 7 1 0

SOc pe r t on e xt ra w he n C oa l o r Coke ia carr ied

c. P. COOKC O A L A N D C O K E

$8 . 00 , Chu t e d14 .25 , "14 .25 ,11 . 00 ,14 .00 ,

Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits over $900,000.00Narberth Office, opposite Station

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8pruce 1400Ardmore 10 '

The Brightest Spot in NarberthA Drug Store in theMost Modern Sense of t h Term

.DON'T WAIT unt il t he snow storDlS are bere. F1I1 y ou r b lu s w it h t he -bestconi that can be bought. nnd R E ) I I E ~ m E B

ROBERT J . NASH

N. E. Cor. 12thand SANSOM STREETS, PHILADELPHIA

NAUERTH Rf;PRESENTAT1VEWM. MOltlUSCORLIES

A re y ou th ink ing of Building?Really, one o f th e very first considerations is your ground: Location.,Street Improvements, :Restrictions an d Price.We have fo r sale severaJ very a . tt rac t ive bu i ld ing s i te s an d th e pricesare r ig ht. Th e best locations in Narber t h are naturaJly becoming scarcerall the time. It wi ll p rove a good i nves tmen t t o bUy now. Stop in an dtalk it ove r w i th us.

OPPOS ITE STATXONWatch for ou r Saturday Specials.

Brancb Office at Narbe r th Stat ion

Folks used t o r egard Ice Cream as a luxury forSummer only.

Nowadays -We know Ice Cream to be a delicious food at all time.of the year.Our present large demand proves that.

Telephone 128'11288

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No.1 Forrest Avec. L P A R K ~. .Narberth'Bus Line.Garage:

107 Essex Ave., NarberthDa y and !light Garage

Storage of CarsGaSoUnel!J1don at Al l Times

("Oil'" all,1 ge t a glillll'sl' of Ol,l Jal'llll-\\ hl'l'I' t1J'O r1imhillg wisleria.-nllt!l l l u s i , ~ - a u , 1 m f i i < l ~ in quaint C05tUllll'.will , omhine t o Iwlp ~ ' o u 8'1'1'11f'lIlh"r ."-as th .. second mon th o f

th e year tlml ,,howe,1 11 dl'ficiC'nry oftl'mpemture. the( I ot ll er mont ll heingAngust. Thp cold waYe on th!' 22dhrong-ht t h. . l owes t tcmp('rature, bu tt hp mon th I t . ~ 11 who le w as p le as an t.Compared to December 1919, when zerotl'mpera.tures were recorded, it ,,-as gen'inl. Precipitation W'IlS s-omewh1Lt light:Uld th e snowfall nmounted to 6.3 inche!'.

The O ~ - o p e r a t i v e Observer,Th e Weather Burea.u .

MONTHLY WEATHER SUMMARYOF NARBERTH FO R DECEMBER

1921

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.\ \ ' < ' f ~ ' ,i'elilthtful ' l IPI ,, ' r al ld d:lIlt1''Ills gi\' .. n h ~ ~ f r . an,1 ~ ! r s . .J,UlIV_ B. ,:-"lIith. of ."'on ROlld. to l Is l, l' r ill th"Ill'\\" ~ t \ a r ...:\nlOll,!! thl' gllt"'st:'\ " ,en- : \ r i ; - ; ~( 'athnine Honse allll ~ I r . Gl'org-, (ira"".r tf \ '1 '' '- YorJllll'one said it was th e punch, but i

a t l 'S t p rovNl that it wa.s on l y " pointo 0 fi, 'I' ' ' proof, SQ it must have beentI ll ' musil ' . I\\T'JItn the ronfdti and streamer:; go t ,sprinkled o\'('r th e fancy h at s, E hn IHnll lookerl l ike t he 'l'lfnrdi Gms , n ndwhen the horns bl!'w at 12 midnight, Iit sure ~ o u n d ( ' d l ike-Happy NewY('ar.

Th,' Ent,'rtainment Committee wishesto thank t ho se who donated the cak(,5.~ f r ~ . Roth. }.fl'!'. duMari&.., : 'IIrs. Percy,~ l r s . La,r.". Mrs. WeiSiS, :'IfN.. Vernon IFIf'r hrother Phillip!'.

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S4VI: AS YOU 1:1lRNMONEY

Deposit $ .25 weekly and get $ 12.50 plus interest" .50 " " " 25.00 " "'" 1.00 " " " 50.00 " "" 2.00 " " " 100.00 " "" 5.00 " " " 250.00 " "

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ECONOMIZE-Avoid wasteful 8pending.Christmas Club and saveically during 1922.Save a little money every week for the next fiftyweeks and on December 5th, next, you will receivea check for the lump sum, plus interest.

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THE MER IO N T IT LE . ~ N D T RU S TARDMORE - NARBERTH - BALACYNWYD

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GLAZINGJOBBING

PAINTINGDECORATING

MAIN PRODUCTION STABTs AS NBA.AS POSSIBLE TO 10.00 A . M . 12.00. I.Ge.I.JII, 11:411. '70411, 9.80 p. U.

Groceries and Provisions

WM. D. & H. T. SMEDLEY

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PROGRAMWEEK OF JAN. 9" JudgD'lent",

COOK BROS.PLUMBING, HEATINGROOFINGJobbing promptly attended toNlI'ht Phoae. Narberth 817Day Phaa Narb.rth 302 J

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Cotter's Meats

WILLIAM NEWBORG I CO.'alntlng and Deooratlng21 2 Woodb 'ne Ave., Narber th , Pa .

Phone, Ardmore 1431>W Narberlh 1768W

Tbe NarberthElectricalShop~ HAVEJU"Olm AV1lELECTRICAL .CONTRACTORS

We repair, 8011 an d iDs tt n 'anythingElectricaL Old house wi r ing a BPeeailty.Ask abo ut o ur three payment plan iJleluding fixtures. Phone 16SS or S96W

Smedley Built Home

LUTHERAN CHURCH

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Illstrate.t talk to ehililren. OIL "TheW1>ndprful Tn' ll ,; ur ". " H en no n ] , ~ . th"l':Ist.. r o.n til(' ::'oiotl () for In::!::!. ,. Lord\\'hat Wil t ' l' ho u Hal'e ~ f f ' '1'0 Do,"i . t l i l 1'. . \ I . -Young Pe0l'll"- ~ f " , ' I i a c ; .

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Tldl:' is a good luek notir.e.Tho Standard Boarers, that Society

(If Methodist you! l g p eopl e , will given Sih'('r Te a e,ntiroly for th e hetlclitof 1 I [ j ~ i o ! l s . There will be two shortskeh'!ll'S, "Mrs . Tr('e Villu..ge EntertUins, '" nnd "Love ' s Crucible," ando th e r o nt er tn il lme nt s. T he d e co r at i on s .wi.ll be, unique, an d te a will be s e r v ~ ddo\\;.n Btl1h:s. Yot i ro l fe r ingwm be. d e d te nt ed t o foreignmis8io1J.s. .

FRIDAY TH E THIRTEENTH!

Notice of Special Election

~ ( ' n ' i l ' p s Suuday aftpl'noou iu th e Y.~ f C. A. AUliit,orinlll at. :l P. ~ 1 kl'J'llIou h ~ Dr. l langhert ; , '.All ar c Wf']r.Olllf'.

To the Electors of th e Borough of Narbe rth ; County of Montgomery, Stateof Pennsylvania:);otiec is h e re h y g i" p n thllt in pur

,uanre of an or,linanee of Boroughl."ou!llil, appro"I',1 the :!-Hh day of Deel'lllber, 1 ! J ~ l , entitle,l, ,\ n Ordinancef or Ihe purpO 'l ' of obtaining the ,,:,sentof the qUlllified electors of th e Borougho f : '\ ar be rt h t o i nc re as e t hc i nd eh te dness of said Borough for the purposeof ar.quiring a t ract .of lancl to b c u se d

, as a public playground," a special elecIion w il l b e held on Monday, thll 6t hday of February, A. D. ]022, betweent hc h ou rs of i' A. ::'of. and 7 P. :M., atElm Hall, t he p la ce fo r holding municipal elections in th e sa id Borough of~ a r b e r t h , f or th e purpose of obtain ing th e assen t o f the electors of saidBorough to an increas e of i t s indeb ted ness.

An,l notice i s g iv en fur ther as follows:

T he l as t a ss es se d v al ua ti on of taxable property in said Borough wa sthree million three hundred sixty thou311lld dollars ($3;160,000).

The total amoun t o f e x is ti n g indebtedness of said Borough' is seventyoJight t hous and do ll a rs ($18,000).

The amoun t of t he p roposed increas eis thirty thousand dollars ($30,000),and the percentage o f s ai d i nc re as e is.008928 pe r cent .

The pu rpo se of th e proposed increase,Jf dcbt is a s fo llows :To ncquire a t ract of land to be

usco its a publ i c p layground.CHARLES Y. XOEL,

Borough SecretllQ.

NARBERTH METHODISTEPISCOPAL CHURCH

Serviees, Sunday; JanUary 8, 1922:

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al,d a " 'C1co" le f or a ll .11.110 A. ::\f.-l'llhlie Worship WIth

('ollllilunion a n l l r l ' ' ' ~ b,Y n" '[>0"1! " ,i ll " ' t' pt in :!re I'arish ,! I. H I ~ e .',I r . I1l1lt is n ol -",t " l l t i r . ' I ~ ' ;;atisfi,'.t

\\llh tllt) attl'Jld:lIll"p. there l i fC a nUI I I I II'r el f (,hildr('11 ill t ljl ' l':tri ...h wil l I C'Ull l t', .. ,..,. irr"l.(ulllriy. if ;It all. "" :-;unf!:tyI l l O r J l i l J g - ~ , Hill] it is e a r n e ~ t l ~ ' hlJpC',l that' h, ' I 'a n' nt , "i l l g i" e l hi llIlllh'r a]i t l l . \ I H ' I ' ~ ( ) t 1 1 1 1 ntJPTlti l l l l . . f f t ~ \ : lutohll:-- l l ~ a \ " t s . -Xarlt(\rth ...~ t : t t iotl C'\"lI"Y: 'ul l t lay J IlC lr n il l g a t ~ t . : : ! 1 pr\llltpt1:.', l' l' 1 1 I r J l i l l ~ nft( lr ~ ( " r \ " i l c .

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ALL S AI NTS CH URCH(Protestant Episcopal)

Rev. Gibson Bell, Rector.Rev. Rob't. B. W. Hutt, Associate.

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This store is known as th e Bergner HardwareCompany. The business hours are from 7.30to 6.30. On Satu rday t he closing hour is 9.00.Temporary phone number - Narberth 352 W

Charles W. Bergner announces the opening of h isnew store at 211 Haverford Avenue, Narberth,Next MondayJANUARY 9 th

NARBERTH, PA.-OllR TOWN

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Burgess Metzger's Message to CouncilTo thl' Ml'JIlhl'rs of l.'r'Ulldl,: - Iurherth , Pa.Gl 'ut lpml 'u: -

J ~ o l l o w i n l { th, "ustOJll ol the newly ,,1111101 Bllrgc,." to lIdd ...,,,"('nuJlc'il at tilt' organizatioll III l 'c tiug ', would lil{(, to bring c ' l 'r tn il l l l lut t 'r:-.,,-hieh I thiuk ur " for th" I'uhlie g'ood, to .vonr ntkntiol l .While t il l ' bO:l l ldarips of t i lt ' Borol l l{h hn\'e rl'lllaill..d thl' ","'" ,ill""it s in( 'orl '0fatioJl , th, IlUlIli)l('r of hOIlIl':-- ha:"l grtlutly i l l ( ' r " ( ' a ~ t ' d , .dld IL('f l ~ l " p ( ) J l s i h i l i t ~ of itH ('''lIl1ti! hu!'i illef(-':t:--t'd ill prllportioll It) tilt' i hang\ ' illpopll lnl ion.

B O l l d ~ lIa\'(' ht'('1J iSl"lIctl frolll tillit-' to t i l l l t , ( ' l I \ 'pri l lg illlJ!J't)\'l'lllllIt:-.w it hi n I he Boroug'h nlltil lit pfl' ,St' III. HIl' ,!r'ht i, :17".11111. ",hi"h in nill i k, l iho ' ll l wi ll Ill' illefllIStd I,.v Ihl' 1110""111 of Ih, p luy g rou ll d luallIInti! it will I,, $ I U ~ , I ' I I I I .It t ak l' S qui l" II 'lun uf IIIOII"y "nt'll y. 'nr ttl pny th r i l lt " rl ' sl a l ldprovide u Hink ing Fun t! for II,i . HOlld.d IIIdl' l,t ..dllt,S. al ld if t he p la yg-roulld 101ln is Iluthorizl'd till' illtl 'fl"t lind , i"k,"g fllllcl I'harl{l's willth('11 lw 0\'('1' $H.Olll l a y ( "a r -o r !llort' tha l l l ! l ' , CJf your illeolllt.) f romtaxI's.As l ux .' s a rl ' , "lll,t, '.1 ill Ih,' 1"1111 of Ih. \"' ' '1', SO lilt 1ll.'tllOd "I'finan(illg Ill" Borou l{h l II u, 1 I ,, ' uSI 'd ulltil th " taxI" urI' al l eo l le, t"d ,and ,tht' prpl"it'llt nlll ' of hOrrll\ \ i l l ~ lI1I tax('s I II 111 '0 t(.... :"" o f ill 'h.,s allll 1'00kinA' ut"nsil" wer" ingood {'onditioll, tilt> t l i ~ h ( ~ \\'er-e ]wrfl,/t, all those ha,Hy , ....,kl'.1 o r withpi" ,' "" "h ipp l' t l !'tf, ha\';nl{ h""n d i ~ -''1/"led. T h" " oo ki ng u t "n s !l s \ \' er e.lus;v"ly thnt thl'.\' w,'n' hl'ing "lIfl"highly polishl'd, whi"h "how"t1 ron.Iusiv"ly thl l t. t ll l' .\ \ \' l' f(> lw;ng "ILTefnlly h:lu,U.' ,1 an,1 ,,1(>:111"'1.1'h(> h"n"hl'" OJ' tn h l t , ~ :I t \\'hi,'h th e

...hi1r, 1 c ' I ' l I t et1th; iCl'( ' ! 'PH111, ; ) ( ' ( , l l t ~ I ' t ' r Ido('k; Illilk, .) ('l 'lI t :-o;~ i l l g , , 1 ' ('ukt' with eh()l'o!at" :-atll't" (lIlacll'1,.\ )ol l l ( 'st ic' S('il '!1('(' Cla!"'H) ; ~ ('('lIt:-o.Frolll th i . il \\'ill lJl ' 01""1'\"1' ' ' that i

lh., arraugell"'lIt ,Jf thes.' itl'IllS on th eIrllI"klJo"rd I'rlt,ratp \\ith tilt 1'l .. idl'llt . 1IJ111ll I'(Atit:1l11 . ,I 111al t l l l ' ~ ( ' IIl1impro\'t 1ds t r < > ( ' t ~ \\'ill h" ill I'rol",r ,hilI'" to Iol t ak , " ' I \ t ' I ' loy th.' Borollgh 11,,01kept in fI'I,"ir ..\roulcl t ' l l } ! g t " ~ t ab o that ( 'Ol l l l l ' i l Jluhli-.;h :I :o- tat l ' l I l t ' l I t :-ohtl\\'illg t l l l rrl 'sidl 'uts ho\\" to l'fI)t""'d to hll\'" th .. ,, "n,kdi'III.rI 11.".1 IIl1i"'l'ro\'('d~ t r e ( l t , , , , , pu t in conditioll 111:1t \\ill n H ~ t ' t tb(' rt'quirt'1l11'lIls of ( 'O l l l l l ' i l illorder I'hat tIl(> Bo rough ' " a." h,' l",nutili,rI.

LIGHTINGII is III or,' "xp"" , i \ ' "11st t .hl lt I'ollll"il "1I1}'lo)' 011.' 1'01;,'1'oflit'('r to t' llfof('(\ BlJrol1g-h ordiJlHIl{ 'P during tht' d n ~ ' und tr y Hud t?'lItt"rinto all a I-! 1'!'''1II1'1I I \ \ it l l Lo ", .' r :\!l'rioll Tuwuship t o pol i" " th .. Borollghat ui!!,h! allrl al{T'il Idl l l 'aref\llly ( 'ol l "i lh ' r \ .h" lIew Budg!'t,ltPJ.l1'Oprinting' o ll ly t h( ' 1 I l ' l ' e S $ l I r ~ ' moile,)" to p r o p e r l ~ ' l'on,hwt th e :\If:lirsof -the Borough iln(l k ee p u p the s i ll l dng fund for th e 1'.Olllillg :I'eur, nil,]. that a s nr pl ll ,q will he lIcellllJUlntl'd i u o r, ll 'r to pny off fl\(' 'floatill'.!indebtodn('fi,q ane! nvoid thl' pnyml'nt of interes t ,

.. , T ~ e s c . suggestio.us.llre ,lI1l1de with th e hope thntCou\ lei l wiJI assist.,thj.1B\lrge8f! t i l the p e 1 " f o r m a l l ~ ' ( > of hi s d u t i ~ a n t l Hut we.llluy ull 'work. t o g e l l b ~ r : t omnke ou r town n better place to live.. Respect f .ul ly yours,( S 1 g n ~ ) O,B,METZGER,

Burgess.

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