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p ^v5r45 — No740 — 48 So. Main St., Phone 20 The Nazareth Item jisisisisisfinmsKii AN OeVOTBDIOUTBaA' voois. aao [smsisisnniiisuml NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936 Boost Nasarsth — Single Copy ThrM CMto Nazareth High School Ettrolfanent Increased ' 40% In 5 Year Period ^etat CMBiilatloii of Facts aad Fifures Show Two- ^Sdrds af IiwrtaBc Due To Noa-Rcsideat Pupib; Mora Thaa DooUc The Number Siace 1932; PMT CapiU Costs CoaiparaMe * ,111 be noted trom the toUow- Jittctnt compilation ot facta and ^n concerning our public tchooU Sl tbe elementary cnroUaaent hat Seated while the bigti achool icUment Increated by forty per S ever a P«»«» covering the paat Se mrs Two-thlrdt oT thit to- L^ wai due to Increated enroU- ijirof npn-r*aldent pupil*, which S* than doubl*d •too* mt. While m enrollment Increated by IM JJut, tlie teaching ttatt wat aug¬ mented by only three teachera, which througii the ettcient operation of our School Board maltes effective the favorable comparable statistics. The figures on per capita costs are entirely comparable, but the debt service and capital outlay figures in 1M3 contained a remnant of the 1930 building program which, of course the 1938 item does not. So the following two costs are not strictly comparable although Inter¬ esting: 4 aa nt lentary ,r High High Totals laa-retldentt included above enrage d«Uy ettendance Harking Stag er of teachers aer capita Coala 8eg«ea*tr 1931-32 660 266 203 ,t Exffnae* Servioe and Capital Outlay U2S IM IOM 3« tl.M 34 05 1933-36 635 324 335 1294 236 1224 41 7434 25 09 Totala • 139.91 Baigo« (aclaal eipendHaiea) ewrent Cxpenaet $ 96,376.30 OIM Servle* and Capital Outlay 43,176.70 Totalt $139,453.00 Taa Bal* aoperty MUU 33 far Capita 4 I •9.43 I 90,9»a06 30,713.61 1121,711.87 18 3 KmiEnsciio- LASnCS OMANBE 6IID CLUB organlaation meeting of the eth Seholaatlca football eleven held Monday evenlsg In the eth A. C. elub roMia of the postodM buUdlaf on South ____j ttr*eti •Btt" Kle^r andAul Bayda, both Bnaer tcSoUttw player*, having MSHlrMl tto BUl)ortty ol their grld- «ai Ulent itiMnber* ot the Naaa- mm High /fehool varalty elevena tn the late twentlea. were un- usly ehoaea to coach thU year'a I, Kleter to pilot the bMkfleld Bayda wa* ehoaen to drill lUie. Both wer* members ot year't aehoUBtlcs, but will devote r tin^thU year to only coaching SSIes./^ After a lengthy dlacusalon it was dMided to play all of their home au on Schmidt field, laat 8eaM)n's liaytng fleld. A new football fleld la the new municipal park, under •¦atructton at preaent. was the •ther fleld In mind to the a^iilrant Minding the meeting. . OOoers elected Monday night in- *..^ided Emery Bngler. aa manager; 'UMirUe "Ootto" Heath, at booking Vtliiiier; Leon Brong. as treaaurer, • la bnt Peter* aa aeeretary. S S 10. and Mra. Bdward Heilman aad aiM Mary B. Kem. South Broad ^••t. spent Bunday with Mr. and ¦•. Oeorg* B*m, at Bmsot. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Koch. 130 South Oreen street, town, announce the engagement of their daughter Eliaabeth. to Letter Herman, aon of Mr. and Mrt. Charlet Herman, of 1731 Northampton ttreet. Batton. Mlaa Koch U a graduate tl the Naaareth High School with the claat of 1933 and U employed aa a bookkeeper for her father, a well- known butcher. Mr. Herman U a graduate of Le¬ high tJnlveralty, Bethlehem, having received a B. B degree tn INO and I an M. b. degree In INS. R* U at I present employed at the RoUer- I Smith Comp<|iy. Bethlehem. I No deflnite date has been aet tor Ithe wedding LEGION DMiiCOIPS REOIGANIZED At a meeting of Harold V. Knecht I Post. American Legion, Tuesday 'evening the Drum Corps was re- ' organized with S. Eyer as president. I The local drum corps has received an Invitation from the Bangor Post Ito be present there October 2nd to 'attend the Slate Belt Reunion. I Armistice Day parade prepara¬ tions were discussed and the com¬ mittee reported progrett. Reportt were al.w heard from delegate* who attended the Johnstown convention. At the next meeting of th« Rett ofBcers will be elected for th* en- aulng year. The meeting U achedul¬ ed for September 15th. Will Accept Application For Loans Covering: Fall Grains The Emergency Crop Loan OOce. «ttb tteadquartcra at SM. City HaU. *ni*urg, Rennsylvanla. will ae- tm appitcatlona for kiana covering V'ptmtm 4tB bmmtan /aulta u I* WcenjcioMtarnM** fmttKitmnfnom Jfi.^ -. ^ Hii*iM4rac«««i* Bern T«ra btr. I*** ^"^¦awwBia^ Apttclwa Mff* NnOw «• OtMral MilMh <o S-t/niw* twin Navy eete m Knt rtcular iniif oriMk ITTl e-BnwdK« Arnal4 b»ni« Mt S hoiM iswn. Brm VmntoA C«aL.ir*t >, t-meeeOmtAiipen^ three rAr tovmi mmrlt triy, ISM f a^ L ^ 6-Firrt iMuc of ih« N»« Vol* Sun 11 print*!. 19JJ Tnritorie, of New Mm- >¦ a and l/'ah ntabaihed by Con«reM. 1150 c ''i ^0' PaU grains. These loana are made only to farmers who cannot obtain credit from the Production Credit Associ¬ ations or from local Institutions The amount loaned to any one farmer will not exceed 840000 and tt is flgured on the number of acres of grain to be planted Por lurther information, farmer.^ wishing to secure these loans should write to Colonel Louis E. Schucker. State Bupervlaor of the Emergency Crop Loan OfBce, R. O. Box 864. Harrisburg. Pennsylvania. GErroiLOEHJS ^>n Sunday. August 30th. 1936. a group of fishermen motored to Fortesciie. N J, and had a good dav> fi.'^hing. making a catch of 75 fish composed of weakflsh and a few =^.1 bass The largest catch of l.i was made by J E Humnvr The largest fl>h cau«ht was al.-o made by J E Hummer, weighing three pound* The party was comporsed of the fo'.I.raini fisli^rmen Me>>rs J.jck Piiwe'.I. Haro'.d P>ihpr. Chatl^-j Py¬ sher H.irrv P.ir^'in.^. Jilin H>in.«;<ilin ' Lef'v" P. •-her I.eon Holljind an.' Fail I-^Bsri-" nf BaiiGor .\i\A J E ' Humme: or N.i2sreth NISSiONARVAND UNGinsrWILL SPEAK IN MORA¬ VIAN CHllCH SUN. The Rev Oeorge R Heath, D D., for many years a missionary tn Nicaragua, C. A., and In Honduras, C. A., will give a talk on that great work among the Indians Dr. Heath i.s a linguist, and has written a grammar of the Misquito Language, which is proMng of great value to the natives and the missionaries. His work along that line will con¬ tinue. Vou are invited to hear a REAL MISSIONARY in th- Mora¬ vian Church this coming Lord's Day at 10:30 A. M. PASTOR'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATED <The he tenth anniversary gl the Rev. L. B Kllck as paay^ of St. Peters Lutheran ParishTRlalnfleld, wat observed in the MUikUl Centre Drove on Sunday jftemoon. The aftalr was ortgiiufny planned at a surprUe for/tlMrpattor but In the vUits amon^^RV* parUhonera during the pa.st week tome one acctdently •spilled the beant" and the gueat of honor became aware of the ac¬ tivitiea of his membera hi hj^ behalf several days before the .%ould-be party waa to be stagedV' The Joint choirs of the churches of the parUh. namely. Orace, Belfaat, Jehovah. Bushkill Center, Trinity, Wind Oap and St Peters, RUm- field. rendered several numbers under the direction of Claude Stein¬ er and Miss Kathryn Lehr, pianUt. The Sunday School orchestra of Trinity Church augmented by mem¬ bert of the Sunday School orehestra of St. Peters, Plainfleld, furntsh'^d musical entertainment. The following program was ren¬ dered: Selection by orchestra: aong. "Blett Be The Tie That Btndf by the audience: racltatlon, "Uttle Boy Blue". Bugene Plekl. by Carrie BUa Houck: telectton, "The Lord U My Light", by choir: aaxophone aolo, "Beautiful Colorado", by Marian Shoemaker: recitation, "The Maa¬ ter It Ooming", by Sarah Meta: vocal aolo. "The Pool Hath Satd "There la No Ood', by Anona Pod- boy accompanied by Claude Stetner: song, "Who Can Make a Plower" by Shirley Knauss and Bemlce MU¬ helm: Bible verse exerctae by chil¬ dren representing Bushklll Center Sunday School; vocal aolo. "Life's Railway to Heaven" by Velma Shook, accompanied with guitars played by Vtola Werkheiser and Ar¬ lene Dietrich: vocal solo, "I Think When I Read", by Charlotte Steiner, accompanied by Claude Steiner: }olnt choir selection, "My Patth Looks Up to Thee"; selection by or¬ chestra: musical recitation "The Last Token", by Kathryn Lehr ac¬ companied by Claud* Steiner: bass .solo, 'A Prayer' by Clarence Heller, accompanied by Mlsa Lehr: addreaa by the Rev. A. S Leiby, pastor of St Peter's Reformed charge. Rev. Leiby tn several weU ehoaen acn- tences emphasUed the value ot et- flclent leaderahip and whole-hearted cooperation on the part ot thoa* In¬ structed; guitar dueft. "WhUperIng Hope' by Arlene Dietrich and Viola Werkhelaer: piano teleetlen piiara- phrating "Tlie OM Rugsed Croaa" by Mrs. Roy Quear. who pUyed ber own variation at that weQ-knewn number: joint choir telcetlon. "A Voice at Eventide"; piano aelo. Scarf Dance" by DorU Batlt; ad¬ dress by Rev. H. D. Chiusa. paator nf the Moorestown-Bushkill Center Reformed charge. In aeveral terae statements Rev. Clauas stressed the loys of anniversaries and the pleas¬ ant remlnl^nces as the result of -uch gatherings. A purse was then pretented to Rev Kllck by Willis Werkhelser, joint secretary-treasurer of the Lu¬ theran congregation of the Parish. St Peters choir and the Young People's Bible CUss of St. Peter'a Sunday School presented the paator with baskets of flowers Rev. KUck also received baskets ot flowers from Jehovah Sunday School, Bush¬ kiU Center. Appropriate responses came from Hev. KUck for the various glfU. The benediction was pronounced by the Rev A. S Leiby. A picnic lunch was served In the urove after the close of the program WCMWO RITTER — LAMBERT Ferman T Ri-ter. son of Mr and Mrs Leo Rltter. Wilson Borough. ind Emilv B L.imbert. daughter of Irvin Lambert. al-> of WiI.<ton Bor- u(th. were married .it the parson- ijf of Rrv J .A KUrk. Tuesday at wo o'clock. Tlie couple wa.? attend¬ ed b'. Phillip Lambert, brother nf he bridr .md M:-s .Adaliiie Miller of WiNv.i B'^roustli Tlie rin? crv^- :ror.v W.I- 'is'^d .\fter the wediini 'ho couple drp.ir'<^ for a h'snev- •i-'^in tl W.i-hiiuMn. D. C. A Sarr ®ririttal ott Aitirriratt i^oil On the l>eaiitifiil lawn of "'Ilic Homestead", the estate of .Mr. ati<l Mrs. J 'lin .\. Miller, -taiul> a i^iant Japanese pa^uda tree in full hl<K)m. (when tin-, picture \va» takeni. The name is derived from the fact thst, in its natural hab lat. thi> tree is f'lind j^^rowin;,' only near rien- tal temples or "payodas." The une at "The Homestead" is a (ior>;eous tree that IjIouui^ in tlie iiKdith of Aiiyust, Terminal panicles ar.' creamy white and pea-like. This e.\cecdinj{ly rare tree was planted by Mr. Miller's mother forty-one ycar> a-(j. .Mr. .Miller has presented to the .Vazareth Mimiiipal I'ark a lari^e numher if two-year '1(1 Japanese pa.^odas; ;jrown from seeds taken from the parent tree; in time the-e tree- \\in a(M yreatly to the attractiveiios of our Park. NAZAREffliLC. ! PICNIC SA1VRDAY LAST OF FAIR DATES LISTED The Nazareth Athletic Club baa, Harrisburg, Sept. 3-Pennsylvania engaged the beautiful Mooreotown "^'•^ «'^«'» completed her schedule grove to hold their picnic there thU "^ co^n^y »"<» lo^*' '»'" '»' ^^' Saturday afternoon and eveninf ^^^ ***»" With eighty-ftve events Music will be furnished by the ^^« "*« '» ^^* longest In several Snyder Pamily of Saylorsburg. Hot ^^^^s dogs and refrcahmentt wUl ke tor, The dates of the fairs for the re¬ sale and a big Mnfo atand with 'n^hx)"' of thla aeason as an- many valuable prlaea wtll await your nounced by J. Hanaell Prench, Sec¬ retary of Agriculture, are: Allegheny Co.. So. Park Sept. Bradford Co, Towanda, Sept. Bedford Pair, Bedford, Sept. Huntingdon Co. Huntingdon Sept. Susque Co, Montrose Sept. Mercer Co. Stoneboro Sept. ^¦^^ I Cambria Co, Ebensburg Sept. Harrlaburg. Sept. S.—Under con-, Montgomery, Hatfield Sept. struction in the Department of Schuylkill Co, Pottsvllle Highways U a aerlea ot articles by ^ (Creasonai Sept Secretary Warren VanDyke, which, Dayton, Dayton Sept. dlapoaal. You are all Invited. TOKEEPPUnJC ¦NTOUBDONAU maiwAY MATnss 1- 7 1- 4 1- 5 I MeKean Co. Smethport Sept. Sept WtU be titled "Your Highways.' Designed to tumish Rennsylva-; Millport. Millport nla's more than >MOJM» car owners Sullivan Co.. Porksville and operators with pertinent facts | Cowaneaque Valley, Sept. 7-12 7-12 7-12 •-13 7-10 9-11 9-12 about the State't thoroughfares, the, serlea wUl begin September 10 Westfleld LtnetvUle, Llnesvllie The artlclei will point out that,Oreene Dreher. the Depatment ot Highways Is the biggest bustneaa In Pennsvlvania and one of the largest businesses in the world; that It controls 35.- 000 miles of improved roads on the State System and oversees more than 50.000 more miles of county and township thoroughfares; that the Department't moat pressing problem now ts that of maintenance and that new eonatruction or even adequate maintenance wlO be tm- pottlble unleta divenlen ef moneys from the Motor Pund la checked Highway aatcty alao wtU ke dis- eutsed. The OepartaMnt la co¬ operating with the Oovernors Safety Oovnell ta tta drtve to curb the mounting toll nt deatha and Injur/3 on tife Mghwaya, While the Department't aata tafety mis¬ sion U to build "fM|.preor roads, other safety vital faetora win be stressed. Sept 9-12 Sept. 10-12 Sept 10-13 -Ttm Oepartment'a nearly IS.OOO J Harford, Harford Newfoundland t7nton Agricultural Burgettstown Sugar Orove, Sugar Orove Spartaneburg Spartansburg Reading. Reading Union Co., Lewisburg Clearfleld, Clearfleld WyooUng Tunkhannock leaner Patr Jennerstown Pttlton Co. MoConnellsburg Perry Co., Newport MUfUa. NewvUle Payette Co., Dawaon Miraar Central, Mercer Sept. 15-17 ManaBeU. ManaSeld Sept. 16-19 Bouth Mt. Pair Arendtaville Sept. K-lg YoungavUle. YoungsviUe Sept 16-lS Sept 10-12 Sept. 10-13 Sept. 10-12 Sept. 14-19 Sept K-20 Sept 14-19 Sept. 15-Id Sept. 15-lg Sept 15-1« Sept. 15-17 Sept IS-lg Sept. 15-19 Sept. K-IS employes are working for you. thelBdlnboro Patr, Edlnboro Sept. l7-lf car ownera or preferred atockhold- W. Alexander, ers In this gigantic public service R(. Alexander Sept 17-19 corporation, and the mllltona of car Oreen Twp. Cookport Sept. 17-19 rtders, who hold common shares Cookport. Commodore Sept 17-19 and responsibtlittet.' aald Secretary Cochranton. Cochranton Sept 17-19 VanDyke. Conneautvllle. The Department will supply In Conneautvllle Sept. 17-19 mat form or cuts attractive one and , OraU. Oratz Sept 22-26 two-column stock heads tor the Lehigh. Allentown Sept 22-2e articles. Xt te now planned to re-;Wayne Co.. Honesdale Sept. 22-25 lease the articles only to Pennsyl vanla weekly newspapers. If pub¬ lishers of dailies and other publica¬ tions evince Intereat In the series Benton Township Benton Voc. Sch Sept 23-26 W. Lampeter. W Lampeter 8opt 23-25 the service will be made available to'Ugonler Valley. Ligonier Sept. 23-26 them iTurbotvlUe. Turbotvllle Sept. 24-2« Prom time to ttaie, the aeries will ¦ Townville. Townvllle Sept. 24-26 have guest authors, such as Roy|Manhetm. Manhelm Sept 24-26 BrownmiUer Deputy SecreUry of North East. North East Sept 24-26 Highwavs: H H. Temple. Chief En- ] Derry. l^ro' Sept. 24-26 gtneer: W D Meyers. Chief Main tenance Engineer: Porest Mercer. Department counsel: A. M. Mc- Vickar, Chief of the Safety Section. and the heads of the Department ~ twelve engineering districta Mo torlsts are urged to discusa their problems with them Inquiries rpKardlng the articles should be addressed to Charles D Mackey. Director of PuWic Xnfor- m.itif>n Department of Highwavs. Room 313. North OfBce Bulldin? Harrisburs « • ¦*Wr and Mrs Earl Heyer, \tr .ind Mr.- J'->^ph Heintzelman of •own spen* Sa'nrd.iv at Lake M.v - !o*n*'sep. Oen^.^e: kenzrill.T Tike C<iunty j Oreen County, Bkiomsburg Bloomsburg Sept 3«-Oct 3 Doylestown. Dnylestown Sept. 15-19 Manor. Mlllersville Oct Vork Co. Vork Oct Myerstown. Myerst;iwn Oct New Holland. New Holland Oct Ulysses. Ulrs.<irs Oct Columbia Hardest Home Colum bl.^ Ephrata. Ephr.ita Venango C" . FrankUn Montour-Delong Wa.-htnB*'->nville N Bradford Co Vellow Creek 1- 3 6-10 7- 3 8-10 8-10 Oct. 13-l.i Oct 14-17 Oct 21-23 Oit 21-23 NINTH ANNUAL HAWK FAMILY ^REUNION The ninth annual reunion of the Hawk family will be held on the West End Pair Orounds, Oilbert, Monroe County, this 8tat«( three miles east of KresgevUle) on Labor Day, September 7th. This family comprises the descendents of Oeorge and Conrad Haag, as the name was then spelled, who were the pioneers of the famtly and settled along the Middle Creek above KresgevUle from whom now descended several thousand additional families, scat tered throughout nearly every State and in Canada. Thete Pioneer wert Revolutionary toldlers and aerved several enllatments under Oeneral Washington. They were of Oerman origin and eame from the aectton tn Southeastern Oermany, known to the older folks as "Oswo- beland', a part of the Palatinate. It Is not known when they firs came to America, nor where they nrst landed and aettled. but it is known that they were already in Chestnut Hill Township. Monroe County in 176g. where they estaa- lished homesteads and were com¬ municants in the same year in the Hamilton Church, near Scioia This was the first church in that section of the Frontier settlement-. Th? name was first spelled Ha.\g. then Haak and Hack, but now nearly everywhere the descendents speU the name Hawk. There are Hawkj in nearly every county in Pennsyl¬ vania. Ohio, and New Jersey aad New York and all by that name or descendents of these families will ba welcomed at the reunion. Every year many families co.-ne to renew acquaintances and meet their relatives, iome 'ot whom they have never seen. Laat year, the gathering wat one of the largest vet held, approximately 1.000 people being present James H. Hawk. Bath. Miss Iren? H Hawk. Naaareth. R p D. No 3. and Clarence A. Hawk, of North¬ ampton. No 1113 Main street, are president, secretary and historian respectively of the reunion The Sensinger Accordian Band }f Allentown will again be an attrac¬ tion. A program of music, speeche-s etc. wtll be presented at 2 00 oclocs —daylight saving time Included in this will be a memorial address bv Rev Prank W Smith, of Oilbert, who has served the Oilbert, Eff>rt and Trachsville charges for the jtas. r>0 years This will be followed by a sports program at 3 30 Cach family is t»elng asked to bring their own lunch though light lunch can N" secured at the stands Set aside the 7th of September fsr all d.iy outir\g. is the invitation Bi\-en out by those who are m charge of the annual affair thts year ¦ • '<.%Me JIEW TBIPU: A DIRtrrOR POR REGION Harrisburst Sept 3—The Pennsyl¬ vania Department of Airicul*ure h.is been advised tha* A W Man- cliester. formprly assistant director of '.hp Rlndp Island Aericulture Extension Service, has been ap¬ pointed dltvrtor of the Northeast Divi.sion of i!ie Aerlcu'.tura; Ad¬ justment Admims-ration Rennsyl- vani* L- a p-»rt of that d.vision SPECML MmViTiES PUW- NED FOR um MY AT ROTARUNSHEAR INIBtesnNG TALK Members of the Naaareth Rotary club heard an interesting talk on, •'Crippled Children' by Pranklin Riordon, of Lansford, past district governor of the Rotary Internation¬ al, at the meeting of the club Mon¬ day evening in the dining room of the Nazareth V. M. C. A. Ouests included Samuel M S.^imer and Felix Stem, both of Nazareth; D. O. Samuels. Jr., and D O Samuels, Sr., both of Btthlehem; Hiram P. Sieger, of Northampton; and Reuben Kut- ler. of Lansford. President. Dr. Jacob A Praunfelder, presided at the meeting It was announced that there wUl be no meeting next Mon¬ day evening because oJ the Labor Dav hoUday Ralston Bartholomew was ad.mltted to the membership of the local club. KiddiM RatMiV M b Ready; Eocrt IVi Oiven te Che FTMiitiiBi ^mm^^ai^^^^^^^^^^a^^^^^^^^^^m^^^ NAZARETH BOV INVITED TO FOOTBALL MILLS IN BEmLEHEM Bethlehem, Pa.—Victor WeUs, of Naxareth has been invited to the pre-season football drills at Mora¬ vian College which got under way on September 3 He received a r.pecial invitation from Coach Paul SUgg The squad will train on the col¬ lege field, holding two practices daily the first week and then taper¬ ing off to one long drill daily until the opening game with Dickinson College at Carlisle on September 26. Weiss played the •flanker" pasi¬ tion last year and was one of the fastest ball-toters on the squad. Coach Stagg platu to use hUn considerably this fall. Arrangements have for special Labor Day aetivltlaa «• Monday. September Tth. at «lH Municipal Park. The Park Ohb- nxittee completed an attemaen m well as an everUng program. local Jolly Musketeers will the band stand during tbe attar* noon and tbe Sehultaenheiater Baai and Play Company, Including "Oa Maria un dar Cyrus" wUI take tiM stand in the evening. The kiddles bathing pool, aaiiear shape and fifteen inchet deep vlB be ready and open on Labor for all youngsters who are too I to enter the big pool. Thia pool It I an added attraction and aBoiia amusement, pleasure and relief U the kiddies as well as the neOMn spending the day at the park. The big pool will be open all Baf and evening and with eantl—ad warm weather wtU be tbe eantre it attraction. More free benches are being placed out the picnic grounds at tke making available for the many wbo enjep tbe psfk atmosphere. The CoauBunlt|r Uaam will supply the refretbnttata bbB S coty veranda. Bnjoy Laker Oap Sl Naiareth's Community Park. Expert high divert Itave •ecured to give eshlMtlont tbe attemeon and erenlng. SOMIOLS SHOW W ATlCNDANCe JUV IN PAST Oct 22-24 Nov 5- 7 Wivnf».-bur? Penn.i Firrr Sh-iw Harrisburg Jan 6-9 1937 Jan 18-22. 1937 ELECTRK EVE DETECTS HABITS OF MOTORISTS Harisburg—Pennaylvania motor¬ ists—especially thoae who frequent U. S. Ill between Harrisburg and York—have very deOnite driving habits, according to records of the electric-eye traSc counter being operated Just below New Cumber¬ land by the Planning Division of the Department of Highways. Warren VanDyke, Secretary of Highways, called attention tt> these records in streating the importance of this one-year tralBc study being conducted as a part of the Divisian's work The counters which augment the work of approximately 300 persons in checking trafHc flow and driving habits, are placed so that a double ray of light falls across the high way in such a way tlia: passing vehicles cause a break and trip the counter. Mechanical defects have inter¬ rupted work of two of the first three in>taUed. the New CunVaeriand in¬ stallation alone providing records of real worth to date. As soon Harrtsburg, Sept I.- compiled by the Department Public Instruction discla crease in average dally for elementary aad schools during the paat ten ranging trom 37 to UJ par In the clasamcatien mt according to Increaae at at daUy attendanee ta tbe achoob frem 1»3S to IMS. Delav leads with an Increaae ef atb ance from 39.000 to «S,MS ta representing a S9.t per oent rlw. Other countiea whoee show conalderaMe gain ta age of average dally attendanee ami Oreene with 379 per eent. with 35.4 per cent, Dauphta 35.0 per cent, and Beater 32.9 per cent. The percentage gained ta ae age dally attendazuie tor tke monwealth as a whole froa 1935 was 133 SUi countiee a decrease tn percentage et daily attendance ranging per cent to 15 per cent The percentage of ondary schools of the wealth has doubled since 1925 152 per cent of aU the public school were enrolled kl the secondary level, while ta tSSI the percentage wa^ 39.5. The flgurei as. for last year indicate that tbe mtis trota 1 pupUa ta I9n In adjustments have been made fif- j between elementary and t-een counters will be spatted throughout the State. The New Cumberland counter shows an average of more than 30,- 000 vehicles per week during a two- week period ending August 2 The greatest volume is recorded on Sun¬ day. 600.000 and the lightest, ap¬ proximately 3,750. on Monday The traSlc pattern for the week falls into two classifications; Sun¬ days and weekdays. Sunday s heavi¬ est traOc, about 500 vehicles per hour, comes between 6 and 8pm.; the lightest, about 25 per hour, comes between 3 and 8am On Monday, the lightest day. trafBc follows the same pattem as on other week days varying only in deiuity. Monday's peaic of about ^ 285 vehicles, comes between 5 and j ^^^^ 6pm: while the lightest volume, i **^ school pupils varies according t* the size of the school district. tbS percentage In secondary ranging from 30 in dlstrleta ef fourth class up to 41 In of the second class, tn dittrleta eC the third and first claaaea tbe per¬ centage of pupila enrolled ta secondary schoeU la M aad tt specttvely. The following taM net enrollment tn the for various years alnoe tbe of the Pree School Act: 1635 1»60 iro liao 1890 1900 S«T.«M •8TJ18 35 to 43 vehicles, com*"* between 3 And 5am .%PPRO%T BlILOINC PL.%NS Harrisburg. Sep*. 3-The Bulldin? Section of the Departm^tit of Laoar and Industry approval 231 -instruc¬ tion plans of various t\p^; in July of this year compared w; h 306 in the same month last year A to-.Al of 363 new and revised plans were receiv'-d for approval or di4ap;irov*i as against 142 in July 1935 1930 1933 1934 1935 i.tktsn IMtBU IJMJMI IS1S.«SI u 14 U P. o. or A. YO tttytM Bbcnac The Patriotic Order o( Amerleaao Lodge, of town. wUl bold a plcnfc: Sl Acbenbachs Orove on Saturday Music wUl be fumlabed ky UA Shultaenheimer Oerman Baad et Emaus and the Dixie strels d Allentown. Nazareth Old Tiaiers To Play Easton Old TIbk^ Benefit of Easton Hospital Tonlgh- at 6 00 P M or. Schmidt Pield the stars of bygone days will aeain shine in all their glory The Nazareth O'd Timers will pit •h-ir .¦'kill and aged bones against •he Ea-*oti Old Timers for the liene- fl- of the Easton H'^spital. .\ barrel of fun and an exritlna contest ts M store for all who attend On Saturday at 3 3S ».!!.•¦< same fl#ld the local MaaWiil tL now firmly entuntked plaor bv virtue of tbeir triumph oent Llatepert. SBl hosts Xr, the QealiilewB A. Bt. out and cheer the the pUvoffs lor the tb- Eatt Penn etrcwlt
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 45 |
Issue | 40 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1936-09-03 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 09 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1936 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 45 |
Issue | 40 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1936-09-03 |
Date Digitized | 2009-10-01 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 38250 kilobytes. |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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The Nazareth Item
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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936
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Nazareth High School
Ettrolfanent Increased ' 40% In 5 Year Period
^etat CMBiilatloii of Facts aad Fifures Show Two- ^Sdrds af IiwrtaBc Due To Noa-Rcsideat Pupib; Mora Thaa DooUc The Number Siace 1932; PMT CapiU Costs CoaiparaMe
* ,111 be noted trom the toUow- Jittctnt compilation ot facta and ^n concerning our public tchooU Sl tbe elementary cnroUaaent hat Seated while the bigti achool icUment Increated by forty per S ever a P«»«» covering the paat Se mrs Two-thlrdt oT thit to- L^ wai due to Increated enroU- ijirof npn-r*aldent pupil*, which S* than doubl*d •too* mt. While m enrollment Increated by IM JJut, tlie teaching ttatt wat aug¬
mented by only three teachera, which througii the ettcient operation of our School Board maltes effective the favorable comparable statistics. The figures on per capita costs are entirely comparable, but the debt service and capital outlay figures in 1M3 contained a remnant of the 1930 building program which, of course the 1938 item does not. So the following two costs are not strictly comparable although Inter¬ esting:
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lentary ,r High High
Totals
laa-retldentt included above
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aer capita Coala
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1931-32 660 266 203
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Servioe and Capital Outlay
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tl.M 34 05
1933-36 635 324 335
1294
236
1224
41
7434 25 09
Totala • 139.91
Baigo« (aclaal eipendHaiea)
ewrent Cxpenaet $ 96,376.30
OIM Servle* and Capital Outlay 43,176.70
Totalt $139,453.00
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aoperty MUU 33
far Capita 4
I •9.43
I 90,9»a06 30,713.61
1121,711.87
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LASnCS OMANBE 6IID CLUB
organlaation meeting of the eth Seholaatlca football eleven held Monday evenlsg In the eth A. C. elub roMia of the postodM buUdlaf on South ____j ttr*eti
•Btt" Kle^r andAul Bayda, both Bnaer tcSoUttw player*, having MSHlrMl tto BUl)ortty ol their grld- «ai Ulent itiMnber* ot the Naaa- mm High /fehool varalty elevena tn the late twentlea. were un- usly ehoaea to coach thU year'a I, Kleter to pilot the bMkfleld Bayda wa* ehoaen to drill lUie. Both wer* members ot year't aehoUBtlcs, but will devote r tin^thU year to only coaching SSIes./^
After a lengthy dlacusalon it was dMided to play all of their home au on Schmidt field, laat 8eaM)n's liaytng fleld. A new football fleld la the new municipal park, under •¦atructton at preaent. was the •ther fleld In mind to the a^iilrant Minding the meeting. . OOoers elected Monday night in- *..^ided Emery Bngler. aa manager; 'UMirUe "Ootto" Heath, at booking Vtliiiier; Leon Brong. as treaaurer, • la bnt Peter* aa aeeretary. S S 10. and Mra. Bdward Heilman aad aiM Mary B. Kem. South Broad ^••t. spent Bunday with Mr. and ¦•. Oeorg* B*m, at Bmsot.
ENGAGEMENT
ANNOUNCED
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Koch. 130 South Oreen street, town, announce the engagement of their daughter Eliaabeth. to Letter Herman, aon of Mr. and Mrt. Charlet Herman, of 1731 Northampton ttreet. Batton. Mlaa Koch U a graduate tl the Naaareth High School with the claat of 1933 and U employed aa a bookkeeper for her father, a well- known butcher.
Mr. Herman U a graduate of Le¬ high tJnlveralty, Bethlehem, having received a B. B degree tn INO and I an M. b. degree In INS. R* U at I present employed at the RoUer- I Smith Comp<|iy. Bethlehem. I No deflnite date has been aet tor Ithe wedding
LEGION DMiiCOIPS REOIGANIZED
At a meeting of Harold V. Knecht I Post. American Legion, Tuesday 'evening the Drum Corps was re- ' organized with S. Eyer as president. I The local drum corps has received an Invitation from the Bangor Post Ito be present there October 2nd to 'attend the Slate Belt Reunion. I Armistice Day parade prepara¬ tions were discussed and the com¬ mittee reported progrett. Reportt were al.w heard from delegate* who attended the Johnstown convention. At the next meeting of th« Rett ofBcers will be elected for th* en- aulng year. The meeting U achedul¬ ed for September 15th.
Will Accept Application For Loans Covering: Fall Grains
The Emergency Crop Loan OOce. «ttb tteadquartcra at SM. City HaU. *ni*urg, Rennsylvanla. will ae- tm appitcatlona for kiana covering
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Month | 09 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1936 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19360903_001.tif |
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