This Was Hatboro-Horsham, 1934

From the Public Spirit, Week of July 26-Aug. 1, 1934

Horsham taxpayers oppose school addition -

The committee of Horsham taxpayers, appointed to oppose the building of an addition to the Lower Horsham school, held its third meeting with the School Board last Thursday.

Mr. Menges, the attorney for the committee, restated the opposition of the taxpayers to the erection of a building at this time, and expressed the general belief of the committee that the use of federal funds in this project is impractical.

A member of the committee then announced that the Horsham Friends' Meeting had offered the school district the use of their stone school house on favorable terms, and the School Board was asked to consider this as one of several alternatives to the erection of an addition to the school.

The Board agreed to investigate the suitability of the Friends' school for this purpose and, after some hesitation, further agreed to take no action toward the erection of a school building without first notifying the committee of its plans.

Since this meeting, the School Board has received a letter from Dr. Driver of the State Department of Public Instruction, recommending the erection of the proposed addition on the ground that the school district is amply able to finance new construction.

The School Board is giving this letter wide publicity, claiming to have in it not only the authority but the command to proceed with the new building. It may be stated, however, that the State Department has no power to dictate in this matter, and that this letter is to be intended only as a recommendation, and that the local School Board will act on its own responsibility if it decides to build. This is a local problem, to be solved in a manner agreeable to the majority, for the best interests of all.

Hatboro Lions Club hosts Souderton -

The Hatboro Lions Club hosted the Souderton club at a joint meeting, featuring a baseball game and dinner, in Hatboro on Tuesday evening.

About 6:30, teams picked from the Hatboro and Souderton clubs took the field on the Hatboro High School athletic grounds and played a four-inning game. For three frames the contest was a toss-up, the score at the end of that time standing 3-3. In the fourth inning, however, Souderton got onto the offering of Nev. Sponsellor, and errors in the field aided them in rolling up eight more runs.

Although beaten 11-4, Hatboro provided the spectacular parts of the game when Janell crashed a home run in the last inning, and Al Winner executed a double play with Ted Smith at first and second.

At 8:30, dinner was served at the Old Mill, presided over by Doc Phillips, president of the Hatboro Club. Music by the Hatboro Hillbilly Band was much enjoyed in addition to spontaneous singing.

Miss Elyse Joy, Boston's famed "hobo reporter," entertained the assemblage with an interesting account of her journeys about the country for the past eighteen months, as a result of various wagers against her ability to make her way without funds.

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Chapel dedicated at Whitemarsh Memorial Park -

The Wayside Chapel, designed by the famed architect Paul Philippe Cret, was dedicated last Sunday at Whitemarsh Memorial Park in Horsham.

The Frankford Post No. 211 Bugle Corps gave a concert in the Park Plaza and marched down to the Wayside Chapel, where the Rev. Frank Prentzel, Chaplain of the 315th Infantry, opened the services with the convocation and prayers. Major William Douglas Wilkes spoke of the history and philosophy behind the Wayside Chapel since its founding as Horsham School House in 1860.

Reverend Prentzel introduced Miss Etha Mae Jackson and Mrs. Caleb A. Jackson, president of the Pennsylvania War Mothers. Miss Jackson cut the chain of flowers in front of the door of the Chapel. Her mother took a wreath into the Perpetual Light to place there in memory of the boys [deceased soldiers].

The band gave a concert in the Plaza below the Chapel. The Organ at Whitemarsh concluded the ceremony at 3 o'clock.

Hatboro man dies from fall -

C.F. Schreitz, of Hatboro, suffered an attack of vertigo on Tuesday morning, while working on the roof of one of the Rush properties on Davisville road, Willow Grove. He fell one story to the ground, sustaining a broken back and broken leg in addition to being badly shaken and bruised.

He insisted on being taken to his home on York street in Hatboro, but his doctor soon had the ambulance summoned to take him to Abington hospital, where he died that afternoon.

Mr. Schreitz, who was 75 years of age, had been a resident of Hatboro for the past twenty years, and was known as an excellent mechanic in the roofing and tinsmith trade. He was widely known because of the peculiar style of his advertising. In later years, his deafness was a handicap in his business.

His wife and two children, Miss Caroline Schreitz and C. Fred Schreitz, Jr., survive. A funeral service will be held Thursday evening at the Walton & Felty Funeral Home, with further service and interment Friday in Delaware.

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Hatboro and Horsham Happenings -

More than a hundred persons attended the picnic of the Horsham First-day School on Saturday at "High Hook," the Rothwell place on Mill avenue, Hatboro. Swimming in the pool, boating on the Pennypack and pitching quoits in the grove were among the past-times. The committee served the supper in cafeteria style.

Charles Ward and son, of Hatboro, have gone to the state sanitarium at Mt. Alto [Franklin County] for Mr. Ward's health.

David Allen will soon move his family from Philadelphia to the house he is building on Avenue A in Horsham, on the former William Caffey property.

Earl Edwards, evangelist and Bible teacher, is again conducting the services at the Gospel tent on West Moreland avenue, Hatboro.

Bobby Stout, of Horsham, who recently swallowed a screw and was taken to Abington hospital to have it removed, has entirely recovered.

Mr. and Mrs. R.M. Evans and Miss Madelon More, of Hatboro, were guests at Hotel Ludy, Atlantic City, last week.

Taylor's threshing outfit, of Horsham, has started work for this season.

After a stay in Hatboro, Rev. Herbert W. Agate returned on Monday to the cabin in the Adirondacks where Mrs. Agate is spending the summer.

Daily Vacation Bible School continues at Grace Presbyterian Church in Horsham every day this week. The final session will be Monday morning, and that evening there will be closing exercises at 8 p.m.

Mrs. Mary Anna Webster observed her eighty-fourth birthday last Thursday by having a few friends to luncheon at her home on Harding avenue, Hatboro.

Lawrence Lindquist, Jr. and family, of Horsham, enjoyed the week-end at Ocean City, N.J.

Leonard C. Schneider is having a street cut through his property on the Old York road in the northern section of Hatboro. It is reported that Mr. Schneider will erect one or two houses of the ultra-modern all-steel construction type, to be the first of their kind in this section.