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(\N A R B E R T B ~ PA,-OUR TOWN--MARCH 1 8 1 ~ 1 5

Combination Coupon-Check Your Wishes.Join tb e Loeal Oro_l .a l lon You Wl s b - _ d Ge t Ou r ToWll" To oSecretary, Civic Association, Box 34, Narberth.Enter my name on your books In accordance with the checking below, p ay in g due s t o association designated and keeping 50 cents as a'1ubscription to Our Town for one year .

$1.50 VoUng Membership in Civic Association and OneYear'sSUbscription to Our Town ..$6.50 Full-MembershipIn Y. M.-C,-A:an;iOne-year;s-Subscrlp,

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------,-COMMUNITY NIGHT.Friday the 29th. There wl11 be aE,plendid p ro gr am a nd a jolly goodsocial time. You will want to bethere to meet a ll t he r e st of Narbertha t t he Y .M . C. A., at 8 P. M.

WOOLMAN'S DRIVER LOSESMONEY.Norman H. Supplee, driver f or E dward W. Woolman , milk distributor,in Narberth, while making collectionsin this vicinity on Ma rc h 8, lost aroll of bills amounting t o $ 3l .1\11'. Supplee had to run after hi shorse, which started to walk a cr os sthe railroad bridge. When he h adstopped h is h or se , he found he hadl os t h is money in he chase.As Mr. Supplee i s responsible tohi s firm for all collections, it ishardship for h im to l os e this amountof money, and we hope that anyonewho may have i(ound th e TO n 'of

bills will not d el ay i n c ommuni ca ti ng w it h e it he r Mr. Supplee or Mr,Woolman, at 4709 Lancaster avenue,Philadelphia. There is a reward.

THE BUSINESS MEN'S FROLIC."Had a great time at Y. M. C. A.Community Center last Thursdayn igh t: W an t to let you in on it andinvite you to ome around nextThursday night at 8 o'clock.""'Vhat did we do?""'Why, got i nto some old trousers,pu t on sneakers and frolicked aboutt.he ~ y lil,e two-year-olds, with Secretary Hampton and Doc. Hoffman todirect liS while breaking in.""After we Umbered up a little we

p l a ~ ' e d vol ley b al l. (No , i t' s no t a wa rg am e; b ut great spor t and good exerise for bllsiness mell-not t oo s tr en uous; no t too namby-pamby,")"Then we passed th e medicine balla bi t a n d - -"Took an exhilarating shower bathand a w i r ~ ' rub down.""Lame next day?""No: Felt LIVE in every muscle,and did the best day's work in amonth.""Get young again-come around andf ro li c w it h the bunch who ar e no tgoing to be put on the shelf by t h rusting-alit process,""Rather wea r o ut t han rust ou t is0111' motto. Remember, Thursdaynight at 8 o'clock."

In th e vicinity of Philadelphia. TheEnglish ivy on the other 'hand sUffersvery much from th e cold and is generally blighted every spr ing, part icul ar ly i f it is planted on a southern orsoutheastern exposure.lam convinced that the professoris right and that this is going to bethe one evergreen v in e for America.

===DREER'Seadlnll See d a nd Plant EstablishlDe;;t. Nurseries an dGreenhouses comprise nearly 30 0 a cr e s and arow a complete line of hlih-irade stock.GARDEN IMPLEMENTS, FERTILIZERS, INSECTICIDES, LA"WN. MOWERS, LAWN ROLLERS, ETC.WIth areatly increased facilitics, we. arc th.orough)f.equipped forhandling our enr-DREER'S G ~ l 5 t r s l W o ~ ' k e F O R 1915is invaluable to everyone who grows v ~ g o t a b l c 8 or flowers.Call or write for copy-Free.SOW DREER'S LAWN GRASS SEEDS FOR SURERESULTSHBNRYA.DREER/C'714-16ChestnutSt.Pbila.. .

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LOST!Roll of BillsAmountingto $31.00by Norman H. Supplee, d ri ve r f orEdward W. Woolman, milk distributor, while running for horse over railroad bridge at Narberth . Reward ifreturned to

THE EASTWOOD PLAYERS.Mr. L. l

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NARBERTHThe largest an d mostcomplete store In

You cannot save 10 cents anyeasier.

We do business with aboutthree-quarters of the people ofNarberth. We ought to have alltheir business, also the businessof the other quarter.I f you are a new resident, investigate before you select astore to place your pa tronage .We like to be investigated.Our quality suits the most exacting.Our prices are never questioned.Our service surpasses the Big

City Stores.NOT A CHAIN STORENOT CHAIN STORE METHODSOwned and personally managed. Every article is guaranteedon a money back proposition.We are constantly growing. Ifyou doubt this, ask your neighbor. After you read this, cut itout, return to us and get

BETSY-BErn,THE RECORD BREAKERWe have f ixed up ou r breeding pen

and are now prepared to deliver eggsfor setting from our famous BetsyBetty strain of Barred Plymouth Rock,who won the North American egg layIng contest last year, and b roke allrecordsZOO Eggs in 238, Days, Price. '1.00lor 15 EggsE.C.ANDERSONESSEX &: MONTGOMERY AVE:!'.NARBERTH, PA.

THE WRONG NUMBER.She was a careless g ir l, s a15 Lon

don TltBits, to put the subscriber ontbe wrong number. Being in III hurry,the subscriber promptly asked for abox for two."But we don't have boxes for two,"said a startled voice at t he o th er end)f the line."Why, Isn't that the theatre?" he inquired."No," was the reply, "tulS is --'I,the undertaker."

The ~ ~ I m p e r i a l "

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The Narbe rt h 2nd t eam t rave ledto Ardmore last Fr iday 'evening anddefeated the Mail Clerks two gamesto one. The rubber will be played atNarberth, March 26, (Friday). Thesecond team is man ag ed b y "Yo ur sTruly Constable" Walzer. D. Lacey, A.Kirk. Bill Durbin, Walzer, Ed. Ensinger and Ed. Long comprise the secondt eam. Tot al s:Firs t game-Narber th , 662; MailClerks, 632.Second game-Narberth, 710; Mai lClerks, 650.Third game-Narberth, 613: MailClerks, 663,

NARBERTH.Haws. . 129Ward. . 151Scanlin 132Humphreys 164Saville . . .. 143

. . . . . . . . . . 719PAOLI.Lau 130Bowers 157Isinger . . 131Suplee 129Tyler 134Hat.ch. . , .

WIN MAIN LINE CHAMPIONSHIP.The Narbe rt h Y. M. C. A. basketball t eam i n addition to winning theY. M. C. A. championship of the MainLine t hi s y ea r, wen t one step furtherIn the l imelight by winning t lie MainLine Independent Championship byNARBERTH Y. M. C. A. BASKET def ea ti ng the Haverford A. A. lastBALL TEAM. Saturday evening at Narberth in themost exciting game of the season byThe Narberth Y. M. C. A. basket the score of 36 t o 16.ball t eam turned th e tables on the In- Lardie Davis, Narber th 's center ,dependent Club, of West Chester, 1 scored enough point s by himself tolast Wednesday evening, and gave win the game; making a total of 24.t hem the ir first defeat of t he season But everybody had a s ha re i n t heby the score of 31 t o 17 in a f as t and scorlng,each member of the teamrough-played game. The first half end- scoring at least one fleld goa l. Thee d w it h the score In f avor o f the Nar - dribb ling and passing by the teamberth Speed Boys by 15 to 9, aided by as a whole was the best seen thisthe splendid foul goal shooting of year. L ine- up :Lardle Davis, Narberth' s crack cen- Narberth Haverfordtel'. Humphries .. , f orward LoucksThe second half started off with a E. Davis forward, Campbellr us h b y the visi tors almost tying the L, Davis center ." .. , Swartzscore, t he n t he home team found Flack guard WellerItself, and with t he ext raordi na ry Durbin guard . , . , . Kerwooddribb ling by Capta in Durbin and L. (McReynolds)Jefferies, soon h ad th e game tucke d Field goals-Humphreys, 2; E.away on ice. Davis, 2; L. Dav is , 2; F leck 1 ; Dur-T,he visItors were allowed only two bin , 1: LoUCkS, 3 ; Camp1rell, 2; Mefield goals by the home team's guards, Reynolds, 1, Foul goals-L. Davis.both occurring In the first half. This 20 Swartz, 4. Referee-"Chet" Smith,Is t he t hi rd time this season the Delaware Col lege . T imekeepe r- I. .. .guards of the Y. M. C. A. team have Jeffries. Scorer-L. Jeffries. Time o fshut o ut t he ir opponents without a halves-20 minutes.f le ld goal in a half. Two o ther t imesthe v is it in g forwa rd s were ' sh ut outwithout a fiel d goal in the entiregame. The above alone shOWS the calIbre of Vernon Flack. Lester Jefleries and Captain Durbin, who somet imes p lays the guard position.I cannot pass on without saying aword o r t wo of one o f our forwa rd s,who always plays t he same game, andis In every scrimmage. On Wednesdaythis particular person, who i s EugeneDavis, excelled and also shot twof ie ld goa ls of the very spectaculars tyle , one helng made while J en e wason hi s w ay to the floor with twoguards on him.Mercer starred for the visitors, col- N Llecting a total of eleven poi nt s out U C AIMED LETTERS.of their total of 17. Walter Humph -l Let te rs add re ss ed ~ the followingreys played in his old time form, his named persons rem am unclaimed in\Vest Chester friends no t being pres- the Narberth post office:en t to attract his attention. Line-up: Miss Sarah Dungee, Mrs. M. B.Narberth Independents Horne, Mrs. Sarah McAll is te r, Mrs .E. Davis forward Mercer Geo. Rober,ts, Mrs. Laura V a ~ g h a n .Durbin. Capt... forward Frame Mrs. S. Wickward.(Humphries) Edward S. Haws, P. M.L. Davis center J. Kirk.Jefferles guard G. KirkDurbin guard Yaeger(Fleck)Field goals-J. Kirk, Yeage r; E.Davis , 2 : L. Davis, 4; Fleck. Foulgoals-Durbin, 4; G. Kirk, 3; Mercer,

11; L. Davis , 13.Referee-Dr. Hoffman, Hahnemann.Timekeepers-Simpson and Earl F.Smit.h. Scorer-Earl F . Smith. Timeof halves-20 minutes.Bowling News.:'\arberth defeated paoli Men's Clubthree matches to none in the Y. M. C.A. on Friday evening. "Big Bill"

Humphrey rolled in his old time form.

MAIN LINE ELECTRICS TO BETESTED THURSDAY.

On the 30th of January t.he greatPennsylvania Railroad system becamedry, both as t.o train service and terminal bars for l iquor selling.

PAPER GARBAGE-BAGS.How to dispose of the kitchen refuseso that it B1hall in no way become 8menace to health has a lw ays b ee nmore or less of a problem to tbe housekeeper. If she lives in the countryor on a farm, sh e may l ikely feed itto the chickens or l ive s tock , or Itmay be systematically burled in thegarden soil.There ar e incinerators for householdgarbage to be inS'tallcd in ' the basement 1Ilee a furnace, and If one u se sa coal or wood range it is possible ,with care. to hurn the refuse,separated from all slops. beneath thecovers at the b'ack o f t he fire-box.In towns and cities. garbage i s moracommonly g ot te n r id of by some syst em o f c ol le ct ion f rom cans or otherreceptacles. This method is convenient. bu t it ha s its drawbacks. thechiefest being the lacl{ of c ar e givento the receptacles.In many instances only such of therefuse as freely l eave s t he can whent he col lector dumps i t is taken away,the remnant (unless the householdertalms pains to clean 'the can) stickingabout th e sides and bottom soon becomes decomposed. emi tt in g put ri dgases and foul odors, In addition, Itattracts flies and serves them as abreeding-place.

To obviate this evil there is beingIlsed in some places water-prOOf bagsof lleavy oiled paper as linings f or t hegarbage-can. This prevent s the gaT-bage from coming in contact with thecan. The col le ct or i n h is r ound s removes the bag and con tent s together,leaving t he c an emp ty and clean. Anew bag is then fitted in and thereceptacle is again ready for use. Suchbags ar e inexpensive: hut even thoug-ht he regu la tion ar ti c le is not at hs.nd,strong }lapel' o f a lmos t any sort maybe u se d to line the can, and will. i n agreat measure. serve the same purposeIf, a s s 'hould be, care i s t ak en tJo firstdrain the garbage of liquids. Keep astrainer in t he s in k for thls.-Homeand School.

ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.

ST. MARGARET'S CHURCH.

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NARBERTH PRESBYTERIANCHURCH.

EVANGEL BAPTIST CHURCH.

"Juice" Will Be Switched Into Wire3a Minute After Midnight.The b ig momen t, se t for 12.01 A.

l\f. Sunday, when "the juice" was tobe turned I nt o a port ion of the

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So e ag er a rc t he c hu rc he s o f Nnr - chur che s a r c all one In a n o ar nc sttH'l'th to r ea ch e ve ry m an , w om an desire to serve all people. an d toan d child In their ficld with an as- m ako our Mastcr real to men.suranec o f g oo d w ll l an d sincere In- Beeausc wc haVe th e most Importanttcrcst, that a churchman Is writing m....sage In "U th e unlvel'8fl to toll.weekly adve r ti s ing for this space In w e ar o ad"ertlslllg It In the newspll.-"Our Town! ' per, CTcn as It Is proclaimed fromIt Is nothing new for tho pUlpits e"cry wcck.Church t o g o aCtcr the peoplc with Amid all t he h ur ry and frct andth.' good ncw s Ihat they havo c,-ow,1Iog ear"s of this busy world,friends, and a Friend, who sook thclr We dcelarc thc Good Ncws thathapplncs... The ehur chc s nro always man's real life Is his splrit-llfc. anddoing that. that his re lat ion"hlp with a. lovingTh e "en ' existence of " chu r ch GOd should be his I Ir s t ca re .IIl1l1rllng 18 an In,-ltnUon to every be- Thc dcepest joy, the highest pr lv-hohler. Ilegc and thc broadest oppor tuni tyJ,lterally dozens of agenclcs nro of mortal soul Is personal fcllO\vshtpemployed b)' organized Christianity with God, through Jesus Christ, Histo assure all men that Gad loves Son.tllCm. an d that God 's d l se lplc s 10Te ' Vh at cv cr t ou ch cs t hc lire or thethem. too. peop le I s tho concern of thc Church.N ow w e a r e adve r ti s ing t h is samc If anybody Is In dlstres. of mind orfriendly message_ Wc would l eave no s pi ri t o r bOlly. We arc sincerely de-l1lethorl untried that glvos prom Iso slt-ous or an oppo r tun it y to try toof h,,!plnl>: to bring to the people a help_ To t he h cr ca "e d a nd . Ic k and. en Se o f the actuali ty of religion. We troublcd In mind We arc "spcclallYwant e,-crybody to l