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,roBrti»»oBrtTwnrHAS ^TgoH RartaoT thk or LOYAL TOWNSMKN. THE NAZARETH 5^To — No. 46— 48 So. Main St., Phone 20 ilitareth High School 'dearecl In One Minute gnd Twenty Seconds In Fire Drill Yesterday ITEM . :*. r Giii^tBgA THE MAONrruos or YKAR'a OKUBBIUnOII NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 12. 1939 iHMT'' Singto Copy Thwt ' ^if Repreacntativea ^guareth Plre Company squad - iidexceUent work yesterday rjn a lurprlse High School ^*a eonducted by Michael Mas. L mLi rw Chief, m co-opera- ,Si iUte ofllciaU of the De- 1 Mthlng pre-arranged, or no- L to anyone, the High Behool um was sounded at 10:30 A. j«t the same time the town ; »»a turned In. ImmedUtely , the first sound of the alarm M a clatter of clwUig wln- ¦ ta every room of the building, Mi« formed and an orderly latoared the entire building In J one minute and twenty X B3th flre trucks were on mM with each squad on the 1 ^ fM lines of hoae were taken [SiM kluldlnf In less than three ^M trom the time the trucks [SgJiftre house. The ambulance ' - ^ squad foUowed tbe two and demonstrated reMue fffy eftectlvely. Tht rescue ihid twelve students Jump from window into the net • the flramtn. AU landed They alio demonstrated res- [J^Mk via tbe ladder by carrylnc mhiI students down It. ^m matsvttimA test proved very mHaful and attracted many spec- IMM. Much eiedit is due the tocal gl wr-r ¦n' Nscua aquad, as gg M tba orderty perfomaace, in am Bt emermey, by the faculty tBBaBeiAt of tbe Naaareth Hl^ SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN AD¬ JOURN^ SESSK)N To Cremate Cancelled Bonds SECOND ANNUAL CORN HUSKING CONTEST Co-operatinv With County's Farmers Main Event In The Morning CIRALLY DAYjnVKES Htt ChrUtlan Endeavor Society B tbe Nazareth Moravian Church a special rally day servioe on evening and membeas were paoted from tbe Junior Society to tl totcrmedlate Society and mem- iMief the Intermediate Society were to tbe Senior Society. "m. Korts, tbe auperlntendent, ad. the members of the Junior and Robert Siegfried. Mias irts and Mlsa Velma Rohn, 4Ns«ted tbe Senior Society. IkfrtelMMijrPbrtjr Aurprlse birthday party was held Sil home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mae. Park St.. on Saturday eve* M« la honor Bt Mrs. Tomino's birth, ittwiiversary. Vh guest o( honor was the re* of many beautiful (IfU. iments were served to tbe guesU, Mr. and Mrs. An. Julian, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and daughter Kvelyn, Harry of Pbinipsburg, M. J.; Mr. Mrs. R. ¦. Wagner, Mr. and WlllUm Tbrnlno, Mr. and Mrs. McCann and daughter Janet sen Jimmy, Mlss Marie Holden, . Uwrence Oreco and daughters snd Joyce, all of Caston; Mr. Mrs. Michael Bucchi and dau^. and aons Michael Jr. and and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. and son RolMrt. of town. • • AT PASTY A Mrtbday party was held at the laMet Mr. and Mrs. Rotand Roth, St., on Wednesday afternoon of their eon JiauBy'a tblrd anniversary. refreshments were served. , was tbe iwlplent of nuuiy MmAU gUU irom ttie foUowing fni, Patricia Ann Buaa, Walter JPBMi, Oharles OorreU, Bwood : wpir, Charley Wagner, Beanor gpMt. Bobbr Queman, Barbara ^fBK, RonaM Roth, Lotralne Roth ¦iAuny Roth. ^ *¦ • • mmmt TEA As Silver Cross King's Daughters W hold an Autumn Tea on Tues. mg, October I7tb, from 8 P. M. to ' '• M. In the social rooms of the 'Wan Chureb. Tire regular monthly meeting of the Nazareth School Board was held on Monday evening of -,hls week. All members of the Board except A. R. Snyder were pre->ent and Wm. M. Bennett, Jr., president of the Board, presided. The Treasurer of the Board C. P. Schnerr. rendered a report showing a balance of |41,334.57 on Sept. 1st, 1939. The receipts during the month of September were $29,090.26 and the expenditures $9,021.71. leaving a bal¬ ance of $61,423.12 on October 1st. The Sinking Fund as of October 1st consist d of a cash balance of $27.- 429.70 and $43,000.00 par amount bonds of the 1922 Ls.sue held In the treasurery. or a t3tal of $70,429.70. Tax Collector R. O. OrlfBth re¬ ported collections of school taxes during tbe month of October amounting to 119,81197. Bills amounting to $3,317.48 were approved for payment and the Treas. urer authoriaed to pay tbem. The Board authoriaed the cancel, lation and cremation of $16XMM.OO par amount of Natareth School Dis. trict Bonds of the 1933 Issue held In the treasury, and authorised and directed the President, the Secretary and the Treasurer to attend to the cremation and execute and deliver at the adjourned meeting of Board to be held October 34th, a crema. tion certificate evidencing that the bonds have been cremated and de- stroyed. A request waa received from tbe Second National Bank of Nasareth for the use of the High School Oym. naslum on November 16, 17 and 18. 1939. for the purpose of conducting the annual Parm ProducU Show sponsored by the Bank, and the re. quest was granted by the Board. At the adjourned meeting to be beld October a4th. bids wlU be re¬ ceived for the pnvosed issue of 1120,* 000.00 Refunding Bonds. 0 0 ^j^mifetgtetitadtnattkimmBm. BBBm'tdmBt.' _^ tg-Vm Unooln MonunMtil woacMMMLiri ll-Uniiad Slates sailers w«ekilMlnChlle,18»l. IT-Oea Cofflwollis oslwd ior tertM from the AaMrt> cana,178L l$—Fipit bootBOiMd through Ih* Ene Cmai 1923. I$—Roger WUliams was ban» uhod Irom the Ma_ chu»»iu colony. 1635. I$-Hurr.ean» klll»J 600 in Cuba. 1925. II—Louisiana was evJe-J lo Zfxtm. 17^ ,M« I B. F. COLEMAN County Agent ¦CTWGfONMiirr The Brotherhood of St. John's Lutheran Church, town, wlll b<rid a supper meeting tonight In the base* ment of the church at which time Dr. J. B. Swain, of Muhlenberg Col* lege, Allentown, wlll be the speaker, bU topic bearing on tbe present Eu* ropean situation, which will prove very interesting to all those who attend. The supper will again be served by the Mother's CUss of the Sunday School at 6:30 o'clock prompt. During the course of the meetUig, election of ofBoers for the ensuing year wlll be held. • • Sr. Uther Letgw Phi lhlowe*M Pftrty Members of the Senior Lutber League of St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church heard a talk on "Being Your. self" by Howard Oets at their meet. Ing in the church Monday evening. WUltam Eberts presided wltb Ur- ralne Rotb offering prayer and Dwayne Tounf reading tbe Serip* ture. Tbe League planned a HaUowe'en party for tbe night of October 33rd wltb the flolowlng commltteea fune. tioning: June Bellow, James Hinkle, Dwayne and Phyllis Young, Wllltam Eberts, Marlen Miller, Elaine Arnold and Ray Christman. • BNTERTAHf AT cmCKEN DINNER / Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Fuls. Lln- cobi Avenue, town, entartalned at a chicken and jraffle dldher on Sun. day in honor of tbe Mfcond birthday anniversary of their daughter Doris. Those present we|e grandparents, Mr. and Mra. David Fuls, of Stock¬ ertown, and Mrs. Annie Staufler, of Ackermanville, atid the following: Sterling Puis, Of Stockertown, and Mrs. Oscar Hahn and son Oscar Jr., of Ackermanville. B B NBW SUPERINTENDENT or C. B. SOClETf Mrs. William Korta. North who was superintondei] ior Christian Er the Moravian years, resigned Miller, South ( ed to serve as su[ place. 4-H PIG ROUNIMJPS THIS WEEK RoHMl-Ur At Forks To-norrow Nazareth Merchants To Vie For Best Decorated Window A series of 4-H pig club round¬ ups have been scheduled for this week. It was announced Monday by County Agent B. L. Coleman. The first of the round-ups was held Mon- day evening at the farm of Oeorge Kemmerer tn the Plalnfleld com¬ munity. Members of this c:ub In¬ clude: Daniel Butz. Ralph Itterly, Warren Itterly. Donald Kemmerer, Robert Kemmerer and Robert Long- cor. The pigs were assembled at 4:00 o'clock and were weighed, after which each pig was scored on Individuality and the club member scored on the fitting and showing. The Individual. Ity of the pigs counted M^r of the score; fitting and showing 5".. The dally gain IS^'; management of the pig during the feeding period SO'^d records y''. and questions or general knowledge of the principals of feed* Ing Wr . The second round.up will be held this aftemoon at 4:00 o'clock In the Saucon Valley community at the farm of C. O. Dickinson. Members of this club Include: Charles Bech. dolt, John Bechdolt, Wllltam Bech. dolt, Jr., Chauncey Christine, Ruth Dlcktason, Luther O. Roth, William Trythall, Jr., Lester Wohlbach and Leon Wohlbach. On Prkiay. the round'Up of the Porks Township pig club Is scheduled for the farm of E. P. Seifert, at 4 o'ckick. Members of this club arc: Arthur Dewalt, Roy Dewalt, Harriet Seifert, James Seifert and David Stocker, Jr. Saturday three round'Ups are scheduled. Tie first being In the Lower Nasareth community at the farm of Warren Siegfried at 9:00 o'. clock. The members of the club hi- elude: Truman Bittenbender, Jr., Robert Buss, Florence Buss, James Oradwohl, Walter Oradwohl, Jean Nicholasen, Paul F. Nicholasen, Joyce Setzer and Harold Siegfried. The second round-up on Saturday will be Ul the Indian Trail commun. Ity and will be held at the farm of A. A. Borger, at 10:30 o'clock. Mem. bers are: Elwood Borger, Donald Conover, Paul Koch, Jr., Joyce Koch, Sherwood Lerch and William Turich. Saturday afternoon at 1:90 the Mt. Bethel round-up, which was post, poned ttata September 30tb, Is agatai Mbeduled at the farm of Elton Ott at 1:30 o'clock. Members of tbU club are: Pranklin Hester, June Hester, Pranklin Horn, Oertrude Jewell, Richard Jewell, Budd Ott, Donald MlUer, Robert MlUer, Pred Smith, Jr., and Helen Mack. The round.ups wiU be in charge of extension representatives B. L Coleman and W. B. Ball, who wlU be assisted by the local leaders In each community. Northampton County's second an¬ nual corn husking contest has been scheduled for Friday, October 20th, and the site which has been chosen Is Willow Brook Farms, Catasauqua, Pa., which was the scene of the flrst annual contest a year ago. As wa£ the cjse last year, Northampton and Lehigh are conducting their contests together. At a meeting of the com* mittees from Lehigh and Northamp* ton County last week, V. A. Houston, farm superintendent at the Allen¬ town State Hospital Farm at Weav* ersvlUe, was selected as chairman and fleld marshall for the joint county event. Other members of the North, ampton County committee Include: W. H. Schlegel, Francis Fogel, Harry Roth, A. A. Borger, D. B. Sch^arta, W. W. Shoemaker. County Agent B. L. Coleman will cooperate wltb tbe committee. A preliminary 10 minute contest for the solection of 6 contestants to take part In the main event wUl begin at 9:00 o'clock in the mornmg and will open me days activities. The contest proper, which wlU In¬ clude 6 participants from Northamp- ton and 6 from Lehigh, wUl begin at 1:00 o'clock and wlU continue for an 80 mhiute period. The oflietal rules of the Pennsylvanta State Oom Husking Contest are to be taOaataB. A champion and a runner.up from each county wlU be selected. No preliminary notification Is necessary to enter the contest. Ap« pllcants may present themselves at the farm, beginning at 9:00 o'clock In the morning, so that all preliminaries can be completed by 11:30. Con¬ siderably more hiterest Is being shown In the contest this year than in the flrst contest last year, when Chris Kline of Northampton County and Joseph Seem of Lehigh County were the winners. The huskers In the final eonteat will be provided with a wagon of uniform height and equipped with regulation bang boards. Time out Is granted a husker only for emerg* encles and never because of accidents to his personal equipment. In case of a wagon break down, balky team stalled tractor, or sImUar dlfkulty the contestant will be aUowed to continue beyond the stop signal for the equivalent of his time out per¬ iod. Each contestant wUl busk tw« rows, including aU tite eom standhii' or that lying on tbe ground. The champions in the county con- test will be entend in the Pennsyl¬ vania State Com Husking Contest at tbe Old Airport Parm, I miles east of York, just soutb of the Lincoln Highway in Tork County, on Thurs¬ day. October SSUi, at 1:00 P. M. Willow Brook Farms, tbe scene of the Mortbampton-Lehigh contest. Is located between Catasauqua and SelMwnersville, northwest from the airport. nNiGouNnr COUNCH. Wmm SATIIDAY Itie Pour coimty Council of the American Legion AuxUtary wlll be held on Saturday, Octo'oer 14th, In the Presbyterian Church, Summit HUl, Pa. Mrs. Dorothy Pollweiler will be the local delegate. Department President. Mrs. James Paul, wlll be a guest and aU tha<:e who wish to go wUl kindly report at the Legion Home, South Mahi St., Saturday morning, as tbe bus will leave the Legion Home promptly at 9:30 A. M. m-V INSTALLS OFFICERS PASTDfiTRICT GOVERNOR AD¬ DRESSES LIONS ©bii uooi COMMI'NION AT ARNDT'S Tlie prepar.itory service wlll be held and the Lords Supper admin¬ istered in Arndts Church, the Rev Ot'Drnc S Kleckner. Lutheran pa.stor, on SuMil.iy, OctolKr 15th, at 10:15 A M ANNIE E. BUSS Mrs. Annie E. (nee Fogel) Buss, 53, wife of WUllam B. Buss, farmer at the Northampton County Home, died at that place at 12: IS A. M. Tuesday, from complications. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Levlna mee Moser) Pogel of Dethlehem Township. She was a member of the Reform¬ ed Church at Farmersville and the Ladles Aid of that congregation; and a member of the P. O, of A,, Nazareth, Besides her husband, the followhig children sur>ive: Mrs. Floyd Smith, Bethlehem: Mrs Jacob Altemos, Plalnfleld Township; Truman Buss, E.iston; and Roy Buss at home. ALso one brother, Jasoph Pogel of E..tztown. Puner.il .services will be conducted from hor late home tomorrow after- no.m at two o'clock, with further .services in the P.irmersvllle Church. Burial wlll be in.idc in tho ndjoln- in« crnii'tery with the Rev. H. J Elirpf. ufflclatinj. R J. Jensen, Immediate past dis¬ trict governor of District 14A, on Tue.5d.iy evening addressed members and guests of the Nasareth Lions Club on a four-point theme, namely, 1 No man Is sufllcient unto himself: 2. Obtain rom anything what you put in; 3. He who builds beneath the stars, builds too low; and 4. There are several things money cannat buy Mr. Jensen also praUed the record of tiie local club, who posses one of the finest records In the district. During hl.s term of ofBce in the past flve years, he has made 286 addresses. Mr Jensen, a member of the Schuyl¬ kill Haven club, was Introduced by William Himler, chairman of the program committee. Ernest M. Aj-res, who presided at the meeting, announced that a Joint meeting with the Nasareth Rotary Club would be held on Monday eve¬ ning. October 23rd. Quests, other then the speaker, were John Sensenbach, secretary of the Bath Club; R. K. Vehl, of the Allentown club and J. Case, of New York City. SUNDAY 'm' THE CWICHES Meravtaa Chweh .Misses Oladys Oogel, Beatrlee Shlamp, Margaret McConnell, Ruth Swavely, Clarence Ziegler, Jr., and Eubert Rohn were promoted from the Intermediate to Senior department and Elaine Siegfried, Mark Parse¬ ghian and Don WUkenson from the Junior to Intermediate department during the Rally Day and Promotion Day services held Sunday morning hi the local Moravian Church. The Wayside Oathers of the church met Tuesday evening and a Bible study and prayer was con¬ ducted last evening by Wm. H. Korti. Lathersa Chweh Annual Harvest Home services were held on Sunday In St. John's Lutheran Church. The eommittee to charge of decorations included: Mr and Mrs. Herbert Reimer, Robert Jifccb, Mr. and Mrs. Pred Heckman, Mr. and If rs. James Oeorge, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Keuler, Mr. and Mrs. Karry Schissler. The canned frulta and vegetables eoUected wUl be sent to the Topton Orpban's Home. Prof. J. E. Swain of Mublenberg College. wUl address members of tbe Lutheran Brotherhood this evening. Robert Hitchens. Earl Wilkens. Ar- thur LeVan. Oerald Arnold and Don¬ ald Oe<^ge were Inducted Into the local HUY club at their weekly meet¬ ing hell Monday evening. Oean Oum, WUllam Hahn. Robrrt Keck/Harold Knecht, Herbert Ra¬ tet to/and Richard Ooodhart will be induWed at next week's meeting Members retained from last yrat are Henry and John B>Tnes, Andrew Sterlachinl, Edward Prey, Kenneth Dech and Edward WUllam.s. The club decided to defray ex¬ penses by selling football pins. Vice-president Edward \\illiatns and advisors Henry Felton and s:o- wart Bady were In charge of the meeting. • • ACKERMAN — OUM The engagement of Mlss Margaret Ackerman, daughter of Mr and .Mrs. Amos Ackerman to Edwin Oum. .son of Mrs. Bertha Oum. of Plainfleld Township was announced at a party given at the Ackerman home s.itur¬ day evening. Musical selections were given on an electric guitar by Catherine Ack¬ erman, with group singing also i-n- Joyed. Those who attended were Mr and Mrs. Jay Rutt. Mr and Mrs Paul Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Shook. the Misses Pearl Ink, Verna Ruch. Martha Ruch, and also Andrew Bll- lar, Amos Uliler, Olenwood Strauss, Catherine Ackerman. Amos J , .ind Tliomas Ackerman. Mr and Mrs Amos Arkorman and the irup.sLs of honor, Margaret Ackenn.m ani Ed¬ win Oum. Snake Display Attractingr Attention PRIZES OFFERED According to early announcemenUs. the public may witness many ex¬ traordinary window display.s by local merchants between now and October Slat. It was announced that in con¬ nection with the Hallowe'en parade scheduled to take place Tuesday evening, October 31st, under the di¬ rection of the American Legion, special prises will also be offered merchants for the best decorated windows. Several merchant.5 have already started changing their displays and many mo.-e attractive decorations are to appear very soon. The four display windows of the Nazareth Hardware Company are being chang¬ ed at present. A snake display in one of the windows is attracting a lot of attention. DISliuCT*GOV^OR ADDRESSES ROTARY Samuel T. J. Bennett, of Blilladel. phia, district eoveraor, ajidressed the local Rotary Club on the theme "Vocation Servlce,,.aKe Heart of Ro¬ tary" oi> Monda^venlng in the local Y.M.C.A. He^no met with the board of diicctoj)»r olBcers and committee chaimiair of the cub prior to the genergfdinner meeting. He was In¬ troduced by president Ed. Cassler. ¦ Sbe ¦Tocal group have been invited to attend the toter-clty meeting of the Allentown. Easton and Bethle¬ bem clubs to be held at Easton on October 19th, at 6:30 P. M. Next week's speaker wUl be the Hon. Judge William O. Barthold, who win talk on "Challenge to Amer¬ ican Citizenship " Ouests at Monday evening's meet- ing were Oeorge Shllltoger and B L. Coleman, of Easton. General Bi-Centennial ' Committee Hears Import! CiMMh Dr. Ctaronce B. Tobiu, beadauster of the Perklomen School, addressed the combined chureh and Sunday school of St. John's Reformed con* gragatlon on the theme, "How Much Religion Do You Wantr," at a RaUy Day serviee beld Sunday morning. Also Included in tbe program were, scripture by Oeorge A. Smith; tbe topics, "ChaUenge to Adults" and "Challenge to Youth," by Mrs. O. B. Searles and Earl WUkens; accordtan solo, by Marjorie Kleppinger; cor¬ net solo, by Reuben Heller; vocal dueu, by Oladys and Betty Ruloff; and anthem by the Junior choir. Itie Intermediate Lesgue wUl meet this evening at 7: IS P. M. • S ¦BPVBUCAN WmiBN TO MEET The Republican Counell of Womer wUI have their monthly meeting Tuesday eventog, October 17th, at tbe Y.M.C.A. at 8 o'clock. County and town candidates wUl be the guesu. • • ¦BTVBHrKD TO NAZARETH Mrs. Laura Bachman, who moved from Naaareth to Allentown. aeveral months ago, returned to town and is occupying an apartment in the home of Rev, Chas. D. Kreider, West Cen¬ ter St. • # OBSERVE 12th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr and Sirs. Chester C Roth. Bank St., quietly obstpt'ed their 12th wedding anniversary On Sunday, Oct. Sth. They spent thoSTiv at the home of Mrs. Roth's pa|*nts. Mr. and Mrs. Charles EngUf at Hecktown. PARENTS OF HIOH SCHOOL STUDENTS The Mantanz Test A circular letter has been mail¬ ed to all parents of Nazareth High School students giving fuU information regarding the Man- toux test. It Is important to parents who wish their sons or daughters to participate in athletics to All out the Consent Sheet Indicating that they want the Mantoux test given and Informing the School whether they are willing to pay a fee of $200 for an X-ray examination in case the Mantoux test is posi¬ tive. Re'.urn the Consent Sheet to Mrs. Knecht, school nurse, as promptly fs possible. Much In RottBdinff 0«l Prof ran I FOUR WHOSE AGES TOTAL 342 VEARS ARE HONORED WAYS AND COMMITTEB LASTJBVENOfQ Subscription CanpnifS To Close Ead of Montli A meetitig of the Oeneral Oom^ mittee, with A. O. Kem, Oonend Chairman presiding met at the T. M.C.A. Monday evening to bear fur« tlier reports on progress mada la general. The meeting was called to order promptly at eight o'cloek wttb eleven committeemen present. Plans concerning the roundinf out of a full two-week program presented by chah-man R. B. flMllSB, daiaMlii 4 k\^ IARY RALLY HERE MONDAY A Missionary Rally under the aus¬ pices of the Woman's Missionary Society WlU be held on Monday af¬ temoon and evening, October Igth. in the Evangelical Church, the Rev L. S. Stahl, pastor. The sessions will be held at 3:30 and 7:45 P. M. Representatives of the societies In Bangor, Pen Argyl, Caston and other places WiU be In attendance. Mlss Verna 8. Hertsler, a mission¬ ary on furlough from Japan, wUl be the speaker at both sessions. A number of the ofBcers of the Conference Branch of the Womans Missionary Society wlU be present. together with anyone wishing to at¬ tend, witb a special Invitation being extended to other missionary socie¬ ties of town. ANNOUNCE FORTH- COMING MARRIAGE KALER — STERNER Mlss Bertha N. Kaler, of 341 Chambers St., Phillipsburg. N. J. and of Brooklyn. N. Y. where she teaches at Abraham Lincoln High SchooL wUl become the bride of Howard Sterner of New York City, on Priday October 27th, it was learned today. llie wedding wUl take place at the Little Church Around the Corner and wlll be performed by the Rev. Ran¬ dolph Ray, rectot. Mlas Kaler Is the daughter of the late Louis and L>oulsa Kaler. of PhU¬ lipsburg. Her sister, Mlss Letu Kal¬ er lesMea there. After attending Phillipsburg High School she taught at Churchman's Bushiess College. Easton. FoUowing this, the bride-elect attended New York University where she later graduated. Mr. Sterner is connected with the John R. Thompson Co. in New Vork City. He was born at Sandt's Eddy. Pa., and lived in Nazareth for a time. He attended Lerch's Preparatorv- Schaol In Easton. and the State Nor¬ mal School at We.st Chester, Pa. His brother, Dr. Burton L. Sterner, has the pasition of dermatologist with the U a Marine Hospital, at Stapli'ton. Staten Island. N. Y. After a wedding trip the couple will make their home at 99 Lafayette Ave.. Brooklyn, N. V. with many features added last reading. It waa poialii that every day of the twe will present an Interesting featun am the program, offering free entertain- ment to yoting and old alike, mention was nude Monday concerning Agriculture Day. day It was stated wUl hold mueb Bt mterest to the agrieulturat dlatrtatg of Northampton and adjolniof MMl> ties and wUl attract peopla INU many dlsUnt pointa. lb additli Is a scheduled parade of priae fWai stock, the Program Oowmlttaa vm authoriaed t negotlaU for a laa§a tent of 3,000 capacity, to ba araetai on the Borough Park for gBaai p«r> poses. The sama tent la to ba stlimi for many otber purpoaes la people and presenting events la 1 of rain. J. H. Fuhner, chairman at ths Ways and Means Committee, em- phaslaed the fact that tbe subecrlpi tlon campaign now behig eonduetod by his committee Is to be eompletod by the end of this month, and captains of his committee last evening at the "Y" to er and son Ralph Jr., Mr. and Mrs John RlssmUler and sons, Sterlhig and Harvey, and Raymond Bartholo¬ mew aU of Clearfleld. Nazareth. Bethlehem and Cross Roads. TO TARE 193» CEN¬ SUS OP U.S.RIISiNESS WHEN THE PAPER DOESN'T COME My father says the paper he reads ain't put up right; He flnd.s a lot of fault, too, he does, perusin' It aU night; He says there ain't a single thing In it worth to read And that it doesn't print the kind of stuff the people need; He tosses it aside, and says It's strictly on the bum; But you ought to hear him hoUer when the paper doesn't come. He reads about the weddln's and he snorts like all getout; He reads the social doln's with a most derisive shout; He says they make the papers for the women folks alone; He'll read about the parties, and he'll fume and fret and groan; He says of Information it doesn't have a crumb— But you ought to hear him holler when the paper doesn't come. He Is always flrst to grab It, and reads It plump clean through. He doe.sn't mlss an Item, or a want ad—that Is true; He says they don't know what we want, the dam newspaper guys; "I'm going to take a day .some timo and Ro anci put 'em wLse; "Sometimes it seems .rs though thev ma.>t be deaf and blind and dumb." But you ought to hear him holler whon t!io p.ipor doesn't cime —Cambridge North Star. Mrs. Mary Becker. 93, of Bethle¬ hem; Mrs. Ellen SchoU, 91, of Cross Roads; Mrs. Clinton Hagenbuch, go, of Clearfleld, and A. P. Meyer, 78, of Clearfleld. whose combhied ages total 342 years, were honored guesU at a reunion of families of tbe Mey¬ er clan, Sunday aftemoon at the home of Mr and Mrs. A. P. Meyer at Runcleft Parms, BushkUl Town¬ ship, near Clearfleld. Present were Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Meyer, Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Mann. Mr. and Mrs. Pred Meyer and daughter Miriam, Mr. and Mrs. James Ritter, Mrs. Ellen Schoch, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Hagenbuch, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hagenbuch. Rev. and Mrs. Oeorge S. Kleckner and daughter Miriam. Mr. and Mrs. Nor¬ man Overcash and son, Oerald and daughter, Pauline, Mrs. Mary Becker. Mrs. Enuna Rodenbaeh, Mr. and Mrs John Rodenbaeh, Mr. and Mrs. WU- : particulars In closing the 11am Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Every capuln. It waa statad, Meyer. Mr. and Mrs. Sylvanus Beck- ] every worker of every aone U to nalH er, Mrs. Mary Stocker and son » jun report by or before Novaaibar Chester, Mr and Mrs. Ralph Stock- | xst A complete ebaeklip ia to ba made of those contacted as «aO am those who have not as yet eoattl- but?d. This checkup Is to Inohlia individuals, business houaea aaag manufacturers. It was hinted that no person within tbe bounda at tlM original Barony of Nuareth UM Bg , denied tbe privilege «f coatrtSatlnt , towards tbis once-in-a-llfe-t ligation and occasion. That teams are to be organiaed immaSiata W-A»lr T*. fl*«r* 1mm 9etA ^ ^^- 'o"<»»»n« *• checkup, to s» tal* norK ro aian jan. ^no Knes that have not been aoUatlaS properly. Just bow this speeial 1 W. P. Mertz, Secretary of tbe Maa- areth Chamber of Commerce, has received an announcement from the Bureau of tbe Census at Washing¬ ton regarding tbe Census of Business and the Censtu of Manufactures which WiU be taken in Naaaretb beglnnhig January a, 1940. The survey of buslneu concerns and manufacturing concerns of Nas¬ areth WlU be part of the most com¬ plete nation-wide survey of Ameri¬ can business that has ever been made. This national survey will em¬ brace approximately 1,700,000 retaU- ers: 180,000 wholesalers; 750,000 ser¬ vice businesses: 50,000 hotels and tourist camps; 50,000 places of amuse¬ ment: 200.000 construction contrac¬ tors; 2.500 sales finance companies, and approximately 170,000 minufac- turing concerns. This will be the flrst complete business census taken since 1935 and the information, as required by law, WiU Include the volume of business for the year 1939; how much was done on credit; stocks on hand at the beginning and end of the year: accounts receivable; number of em¬ ployees; total pay roll; extent of self-employment (proprietor-owners and unpaid famUy members), and other Infprmatlon essential to mea¬ sure the extent and volume of Amer¬ ican business. Secretar>- Mertz was Informed by the Census Bureau that he would re¬ ceive shortly samples of the sched-' ules or forms to be used In the Cen¬ sus of Business. The sample sched¬ ules to be employed in the Manu¬ facturers Census will be available a little later. Word from the Bureau of the Cen-^'T'he church was decorated witB .sus indicates that the ITnited States is being divided into 100 areas, for purposes of taking the census, and that branch ofBces will be se: up In convenient cities. The Business and Manufacturers Censuses wUl require about flve mont.*^s and enumerators with schedules will call on all Naz¬ areth businesses beginning January 2. It is announeed that the basic facts, as shown by the census. wlU be avaUable by areas—states, counties. cities and towns—during 1940. The flnal statistics wlU Include break¬ downs for the 48 States; 3.072 coun¬ ties and approximately 3,150 cities and towns of more than 2,500 popu¬ lation. The Census of Population, the Farm Census, and the Housing Cen¬ sus will not start untU April 1, 1940. As in all Census undertakings, '.he law protecf.s tho.se enumerated by keeping all answers confidential. Tliry arr available only to .iwom Consns ompl lyees and are not avaU- iblo except in broad statistical form to any othrr agency In or out of the Oovernmen*. palgn is to be conducted vaa ael announced, but tbe Ways i Committee, It was aUted. WtU sist on a thorough and checkup of aU concerned. The next meeting of the Committee wUl be held at the TJI.* C.A. the second Monday of ber. when more details an to discussed and the matter of taUing the program liegun. MJlMBTOiGTONni A meeting of the Parent-Teaebat Association wUI be beld tonight October 12th. at 7:«B P. M. in tha high school buUdhig. VMal selections, and an addraw by Wm M. Bennett Jr., trUl feattvg the meeting. A social hour with refreabaienta wUl foUow the business meeting. It was also announeed tliat a prlao would be awarded the bome-rooa with the largest attendanoe of par* ents and friends. LOCAL BOY NARUB SOUTHERN aa. The marriage of Mlss Sarah Jaaa Bhtler. daughter of Mrs. gganmg Monroe Sutler, of Suffolk, aad tlia late iit. Butler, to Davkl Arthitf BtnSiJel of WythevlUe, aon of MTa. C WlUlam. and the late Mr. MMiaal, of /own. took place Saturday after* noon at 4 o'clock at the Main Btrael Methodist Church, SufloUc, wtth tha Rev, A. L. Pranklin ofllcUtlng. palms, cymbodium ferns, white flOW> ers and cathedral candles. The wed« ding march was played by Mlse Mar* garet Battln, of NorfoUt. and Jaal before the ceremony Lutber Jena- Ings, also of Norfolk, aang "Call Mt Thine Own." The bride entered the ehureh her brother-tn-law. Dr. getat EUison. by whom sha was marriage. She was attUed ia a ( of white slipper satin nade style, trinuned with Btterai with the fuUaeae of tha BBBi I a long train, and bodiee cal high necldlne and the loaf endhig In polata over the Her Bnger-tip veil waa fron a coronet of and she carried a whlta 1 showered with bride (Oontinuad oa 0 TOMOLO CABOPAKTY The Sons of Union No. 20, and their AnsUlanr a card party in tha Centre October Ba,CaBtm
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 49 |
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 | 1939-10-12 |
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 | 10 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1939 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 49 |
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 | 1939-10-12 |
Date Digitized | 2009-10-02 |
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 38819 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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ilitareth High School 'dearecl In One Minute gnd Twenty Seconds In Fire Drill Yesterday
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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. OCTOBER 12. 1939
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' ^if Repreacntativea
^guareth Plre Company squad
- iidexceUent work yesterday
rjn a lurprlse High School
^*a eonducted by Michael Mas.
L mLi rw Chief, m co-opera- ,Si iUte ofllciaU of the De-
1 Mthlng pre-arranged, or no- L to anyone, the High Behool um was sounded at 10:30 A. j«t the same time the town ; »»a turned In. ImmedUtely , the first sound of the alarm M a clatter of clwUig wln- ¦ ta every room of the building, Mi« formed and an orderly latoared the entire building In J one minute and twenty X B3th flre trucks were on mM with each squad on the 1 ^ fM lines of hoae were taken [SiM kluldlnf In less than three ^M trom the time the trucks [SgJiftre house. The ambulance ' - ^ squad foUowed tbe two and demonstrated reMue fffy eftectlvely. Tht rescue ihid twelve students Jump from window into the net • the flramtn. AU landed They alio demonstrated res- [J^Mk via tbe ladder by carrylnc mhiI students down It. ^m matsvttimA test proved very mHaful and attracted many spec- IMM. Much eiedit is due the tocal gl wr-r ¦n' Nscua aquad, as gg M tba orderty perfomaace, in am Bt emermey, by the faculty tBBaBeiAt of tbe Naaareth Hl^
SCHOOL BOARD MEETS IN AD¬ JOURN^ SESSK)N
To Cremate Cancelled Bonds
SECOND ANNUAL CORN HUSKING CONTEST
Co-operatinv With County's Farmers
Main Event In The Morning
CIRALLY
DAYjnVKES
Htt ChrUtlan Endeavor Society B tbe Nazareth Moravian Church a special rally day servioe on evening and membeas were paoted from tbe Junior Society to tl totcrmedlate Society and mem- iMief the Intermediate Society were
to tbe Senior Society. "m. Korts, tbe auperlntendent, ad. the members of the Junior and Robert Siegfried. Mias irts and Mlsa Velma Rohn, 4Ns«ted tbe Senior Society.
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Aurprlse birthday party was held Sil home of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mae. Park St.. on Saturday eve* M« la honor Bt Mrs. Tomino's birth, ittwiiversary.
Vh guest o( honor was the re* of many beautiful (IfU. iments were served to tbe guesU, Mr. and Mrs. An. Julian, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph and daughter Kvelyn, Harry of Pbinipsburg, M. J.; Mr. Mrs. R. ¦. Wagner, Mr. and WlllUm Tbrnlno, Mr. and Mrs. McCann and daughter Janet sen Jimmy, Mlss Marie Holden, . Uwrence Oreco and daughters snd Joyce, all of Caston; Mr. Mrs. Michael Bucchi and dau^. and aons Michael Jr. and and the hosts, Mr. and Mrs. and son RolMrt. of town.
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AT PASTY A Mrtbday party was held at the laMet Mr. and Mrs. Rotand Roth, St., on Wednesday afternoon of their eon JiauBy'a tblrd anniversary.
refreshments were served. , was tbe iwlplent of nuuiy MmAU gUU irom ttie foUowing fni, Patricia Ann Buaa, Walter JPBMi, Oharles OorreU, Bwood : wpir, Charley Wagner, Beanor gpMt. Bobbr Queman, Barbara ^fBK, RonaM Roth, Lotralne Roth ¦iAuny Roth.
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As Silver Cross King's Daughters W hold an Autumn Tea on Tues. mg, October I7tb, from 8 P. M. to ' '• M. In the social rooms of the 'Wan Chureb.
Tire regular monthly meeting of the Nazareth School Board was held on Monday evening of -,hls week. All members of the Board except A. R. Snyder were pre->ent and Wm. M. Bennett, Jr., president of the Board, presided.
The Treasurer of the Board C. P. Schnerr. rendered a report showing a balance of |41,334.57 on Sept. 1st, 1939. The receipts during the month of September were $29,090.26 and the expenditures $9,021.71. leaving a bal¬ ance of $61,423.12 on October 1st. The Sinking Fund as of October 1st consist d of a cash balance of $27.- 429.70 and $43,000.00 par amount bonds of the 1922 Ls.sue held In the treasurery. or a t3tal of $70,429.70.
Tax Collector R. O. OrlfBth re¬ ported collections of school taxes during tbe month of October amounting to 119,81197.
Bills amounting to $3,317.48 were approved for payment and the Treas. urer authoriaed to pay tbem.
The Board authoriaed the cancel, lation and cremation of $16XMM.OO par amount of Natareth School Dis. trict Bonds of the 1933 Issue held In the treasury, and authorised and directed the President, the Secretary and the Treasurer to attend to the cremation and execute and deliver at the adjourned meeting of Board to be held October 34th, a crema. tion certificate evidencing that the bonds have been cremated and de- stroyed.
A request waa received from tbe Second National Bank of Nasareth for the use of the High School Oym. naslum on November 16, 17 and 18. 1939. for the purpose of conducting the annual Parm ProducU Show sponsored by the Bank, and the re. quest was granted by the Board.
At the adjourned meeting to be beld October a4th. bids wlU be re¬ ceived for the pnvosed issue of 1120,* 000.00 Refunding Bonds. 0 0
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Month | 10 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1939 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19391012_001.tif |
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