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, Now on Sale <iiis History of Nazareth „!!!covering TWO Centurle.-1940 Have you reaerved your copy ? THE NAZARETH ITEM Now on Sale "The History of Naaueth" 1740^ Covering Two Centuriei '^1940 Have you reaerved your copy ? "Vol 49 -;^Q^ 16— 48 So. Main St., Phone 20 NAZARETH, PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1940 Single Copy Three Contt SnSRXS ELECT 7i Sday meeting Hsrry F. Roth Again ^L^jjAent of County •TSSttions-Spec- *l!iiist Speaks r. ^^'^\^.'Tt.\i{ J^^ted president and an ^. pen Argyl. R. ». 'with vlce- Blf'^'Ji'^ B.'t Hlndenach. ¦ 'r'te'the newly-elected "• * urer of the North- SrS CO. Testing As.o- <B^, -.^tlngs of the two as- **«^"S!e held Friday, at uelatHM r pen R shoolc and Earl Argyl. R. I, and Mt. Bethel, R. 1. NAZARETH HALL ALUMNI TO PLAN REUNION FETE Tie Mafareth H.ill MiUtai-y Acad- | emy IDiimni Associaiioii will me:' In Hotel Easton, tomorrow. Marcli 15, at 6:30 p. m., to plan the n^unioii banquet to be held In conjunc.bn with ¦ the Nazareth Bl-Centennlal celebj;»tion thu> Summer it was rc- cei*^' announced. Haro'.d Bonn of N w York City, secretary of the a.«ociation will be In charge of the meeting. It is ex¬ pected that Hall alumni from throughout the country will attend the Jubilee this Summer. The committee in charge of the meeting tomorrow night is composed of Conrad C. Miller, Sylvester Etierts, Edward Kern. Jam s Munger, Ray PASSES ON i^* HttterlCh, "••• —--- I cAjwam ifccjii, oaiii a iwuiigei, nay ^lUeMd directors of Association , ^^^ shields. Sterling Smith, Wil iL ebil* «"*•" Melchor. B. l*. j j^,^ Bennett and Asher Hahn, ^iTiwton, R. 4, and Harry ^, ^„^„ ^¦**7 .... a t warp elect- I _ _ all AssocUtlon Z^B, Naaareth. R J^UWCtorthlp m *t*» OWtfhart, dairy extension iJL^ PennsylvanU State mi tlw speaker at tbe at both groups and du- 'ttn dawlopment oC dairy S^MM*«B*nt work. ¦^^Jb o( Association Mo. I. .^^Mto ihulta as t«»ter, are SSiobaeh, William Achen- iR* ^-' Ackerman, Raymond ^ ».^ ¦»»• f**^ ¦"'¦¦ CbSmTot a. j. Debon, Omer ^TL M.^^/^i Dlettertch, BOY SCOUT CAir AKN PRO- GIGS^ RAPIDLY REV. WM. H. FEHR NAZARETH ROD AND GUN aUB MEETS Members Enjoy Movies The regular monthly meeting of the Nazareth Rod and Oun Club was held Monday evening in tiie Legion Home, South Main St., with Roy Kostenbader, president, pre.sidlng. Following routine baslness trans- actlon.s, the members were treated with the showing of movies by R. J. Bartholomew, local sportsman, showing several reds of local views. It was announced that 43 mambers were accepted at this meeting and that the present m mbership drive conducted by the club should reach a total of 200 members by or be¬ fore the opening of the trout sea* son April 13th. The new personnel of the club is very active in promoting activities of interest to the sportsmen. Shoot¬ ing matches are being conducted at regular intervals and other events are being promoted and will be an- School Board Meets Ciianffe Bef^inners Term MARCH PARENT- TEACHER ASS.N. MEETING TONIGHT The Nazareth Parent-T-acher A.s- .STCialion will hold its r gular month¬ ly meeting in the high .school audi¬ torium at 7:45 P. M. tonight. The senior high .school will present j an jntiTcstlng program including Th" regular monthly meeting of the following: the Nazareth School Board waa held ' A one act play. "JuniDr Buy.5 a in the Nazareth High School Build- , Car" by Pauline Phelps will be pre- ing on M'jnday evening of this week. s;nted by membens of the Dramatic All members of the Board were pres- | club under the direction of Mr. ent and Wm. M. Bennett, Presiaem ! Robert Edgar. The cast of char- of the Board, presided. \ actor.s includes: C. P. Schnerr. Tr.a.surer of the : John Millward. Frank Huryn: Board, rendered a report showing a 1 Miss Millward. Nella Pratallo; Sophy balance of $39,653.43 on February Millward. Barbara Neuner: Olga. 1st. 1940. The receipts during the Anna Kaboly; Hans, Franklin Reese; month of February were $6,325.18 John Millward Jr., Earl Marsh: and the expenditures $10,137.56, ; Jennie Brown. Jean Boerstler; Ferry leaving a balance of $36,041.05 on Simp.son, Elton Kelchner; Olive An¬ derson, Laura Hess, and Andrew Bi-Centennial Committeemen Present Complete Plans ¦wood t^hii rarmi. Pred Blnktiemer. ^S^^atatt, Charles Hom. Ray- ""-'-all. Elwood Lieberman. •m. miiuiier, RoUo Shoemaker, ^^ , Arthur Shoemaker, ^ Clyde Stevens. Ernest ——"charlw Titmsn, Flory To- ^mg Carman Comunale. j iJjltl" Number 3 includes ^mBm. John Buu, Norman MTftny Clewell, George De- STohtt^'* Home ot Easton, Organlaatlon of the campaign personnel tn the fotthcomlng Dela¬ ware Valley Area Council Boy Scout budget Fund campaign Is progress¬ ing rapidly. Judge Samuel E. Shull, Oeneral Chairman, said today. Ernest H. Wyckoft of Stroudsburg has been named District Chairman for Monroe County and has selected C. Raymond Ben.singer as his Assd- ciate Chairman in organizing the county-wide personnel. Messrs. Wyckoff and Bensinger will supervise the organization and direction of the Scout campaign or- ganizitlon In Stroudsburg, East Stroudsburg, TannersvUle, Swift- water. Cre;co, Sclota, Tobyhanna. BroadheadsvlUe. Mt. Pocono, Pocono i«» —— _ _ ^t.,.j. Hills, 8hawnee-on-Delaware, Bush- ttNpl. 0»U »"'»*•»• ^''™* I kin. Delaware Water Oap. Mountain (MMW. Stanley «•"»«"•"'• ^T 1 Home, Buck Hill Palls and Cana- flBBMlaaUnbader, B L. Hlnde-I ^^ ^ ^j^j^j^^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ Hik OajrtOB W"""^"' "¦"'L **'' i will have charge of the Nazareth llelchor, Roy ~<»fT;' dIs t r Ic t, appointing community *'-""u^' S" £1T i chairman in Nazareth, Stockertown »«•• "^ "°'^ /^lu" .?* Jl; ' Belfast. Tatamy and Hecktown. lggmBam.0 T. smith. Stocker , ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ n^t^r^t^, Mlwi, »•••**• y"'^."!^.!!t' District are two of the four Districts flMr. t F. seifert^ Tne i«««r I jj^ ^,,^^^^ campaign organizations itiiaweutlon U Charles Beck, ^j,, ^^ ^^^j^ ^^ ,^^^^j^ ^ ^^^^^,1. wide campaign the latter part of this month. Similar campaign groups will be organized In the Bangor District Including Pen Argyl, Wind Oap. , I E^ast Bangor. Wcst Bangor, Roseto, Portland and Martin's Creek, and In the Phillipsburg District Including StewartsviUe. Broadway and Har¬ mony. Aside from providing funds for the operating budget of the Council. the money raised In this campaign win be used to bring Scouting tt , more boys through more and better iMhr tNeUy session. trained adult leaders. Judge Shull nat Bate also completed for a said • RETKED LUTHERAN MINISTER PASSES ON Dies At His Home In Hedctown nounced as soon as arrangements ; during the month of February a March l.st. The Sinking Fund bal' ance on March 1st was $152,810.94 Tax Collector R. C. Orifllth re¬ ported collections of school taxes are completed. Refreshments were served after the meeting. Rev. William Henry Fehr, son of the late Joseph Pehr and his wife, Caroline (nee Young), of Hecktown. was born April 2, 1874. He entered Muhlenberg College, at Allentown, In 1893 and graduated 1897. He taught In the public schools of Northampton County and entered the Lutheran Seminary at Mount Airy. Philadelphia, in 1898 and graduated In 1901. He was called to St. John's Lu¬ theran Church. Pittsburgh, which WOMEN^ DGHMKIA- TK CLUB MEETS mounting to $3,114.25 Bills amounting to $1,643.63 were approved for payment and the Treasurer authorised to pay them. In the past the semi-annual pro¬ motion system has been In use tn the Nazareth schools; beginners being ..^.^ I admitted at the beginning of the 4 . .. _ ^. ^. . I school term In September and at th:' Admit len IMeW MemOen, middle ot the term m February After comparing and discussing the NAZARETH MER¬ CHANTS ASSN. ELECT OFFICERS Dove-Tailing of Entlro I'rogram Soon In Order Members of the Nazareth Woman's Democratic Club met In regular ses« slon Tuesday evening with Mrs. Mabel Edelman presiding. Follow* Ing routine business transactions the j members enjoyed cards, playing "SOO" and Haas. The winners In "500" were Mrs. Oeorge Hartzell and Miss Lu'.a Hartzell; in "Haas" they were: Mrs. Paul Kern, Mrs. Hannah Bon- he served for seven years. He was! li;!". »«!;!. J'f„V!^°''Sl?*'H.v'£^^ then called to St. John's Lutheran ; ^f" !_.'^'fPP'"!:^. ^'J , "»y^" .^4- nANsm ANNUAL WSnELSHOW plans for their second ¦instrel show next month, of Washington Camp No. O. f. 0. S. of A., met Thursday 1101 la Odd Fellows Hall. Presl- at Shook presided at the tMlUy session. twe also completed for a ¦ateh between the Mas- and the Wilson Bor- I Mareh 22 In the Baston alleys. Members Inter- •M la nlllng with the Naaareth tag in requested to contact Ker- attteeht. secreury. lkl4Mmilttee In charge of the ¦Instrel production to be tn Odd Fellows' Hall Is of: John Ruloff, John WnOaade Altomose. Casting will *i(B this week and members wlsh- ^ItfU tn the production are to ' ) Sieretary Kermit Knecht. iRiinioN GROUP WEEK *"J*taf of the committee plan- ¦•we Pour County Firemen's ^y*" to be held In Naaareth ¦*••. »as held in the Municipal JS>I Monday evening with Rus- "¦Ml presiding. ¦• kimquet committee, under *"M«an«hlp of Stanley Wood- ^••'"••'led a report. JtJ •""mlttees were appointed ^« president consisting of a 27? "''*¦<"¦ committee that JJ« Lawrence Rice, Roy Hahn 2JW««tI Lilly, and a prize list ^W that includes Stanley wmmittee plans another tomorrow evening. Mmai«c LUIHEXAN MISSION¬ ARY 80CKTY MEETS Tlie chapter "What Should Christ Mean to the Women of North Amer¬ ica in the Futur:" taken from the iKWk "Women and the W.ay" wa- discu.vsed by members of the Wo¬ men's Mis.sionary Society of St. John's Lutheran Church last Thurs¬ day evening Mrs. H. C. Snyder wa.s lader of the meeting with discussions on the topic taken by Mrs. Alma Michael, Mrs. Raymond Unang.st. Mrs. Lewis Morris, Mrs. Robert Pauley. Mrs. Charles Barie. Mrs Mary Miller, Mrs. Howard Werkheiser, Mrs. Lester Rohn, Mrs. Morris Kahler, Mrs Harry Ackerman, Mrs. M. M. Dry, Mrs. Prank Rlssmiller, Mrs. Andrew O. Kem, Mrs. Minnie Rohn and MUses Myra DruckenmlUer, Helen Roth and Rase Schnerr. Mn. E. A. N. Seyfried read a poem and Mrs. WUUam J. Happel sang a vocal solo accompanied by Daniel Rchn. ' SABBATH SCHOOL ASSO. TO HOLD JOINT RAUY Church, Parkersburg, West Virginia where he remained for three years and then was called to the Lutheran parish at Harrisburg, which parish he served 'or four years. At the end of this time he was called to the Lutheran parish at Dushore. Pa., where he remained pastor until his health failed, which pastorate he served for 23 years. While pastor at this latter place he also served as president of the Southern Tier Conference and was a member of the faculty of the Dushore High School, and was very active In all civic afTairs. The Rev. Fehr died on Prlday. March 8th, ag.d 63 years, 11 months and 6 days and is survived by his wife. Lydla; two sons. Leonard, at hon.e and Joseph, of Johnson City, N. Y., also four daughters, Mrs. Oeorge Kahler, of town, Mrs. Leonard Heverly, of Bath, Mrs. Paul Walz, of Johnson City and Mrs. Warden Arey. of Dushore. Funeral services were held yester¬ day afternoon at 2 oclock In Trin¬ ity Lutheran Church, Hecktown, In Williams, Mrs. Harry Cooley, Mrs Sadie Scott. Mrs. William Edelnun and Mrs. Victor Edelman. It was announced at the meeting that the club will conduct a card party during April and that ten new members were admitted to the Club at Tuesday's meeting. roRMER AGED DIES merits of the present system and the merits of an annual promotion system, the Board resolved that, in accordance with the provisions of the school code, and beginning with the school year 1940-1941, and there¬ after, admission of beginners to the public schools shall be confined to the first two weeks of the annual school term: Provided that beginners becoming six years of age after the beginning of the school term, and before the flrst day of February of any year shall be admitted during the flrst two weeks of the annual school term; and resolved further Carrington, Allen Winter. Members of the glee clubs who will sing are Ruth Swavely, Chris j Muscler and Frederick Reimer. The high school band under the direction of Mr. Marvin Reitz will render several selections. A social hour will follow In the social rooms where refreshments will be served. DON^ROST* GIVES ADDRESS The March meeting of the Wom¬ an's Club was held Monday evening In the High School buildnig The speaker was Don Rose coU umnist. lecturer and author. Hostesses were; Miss Marion Kern, chairman. Miss Jean Clute. Mrs. A. William Day. Mrs. Paul Davlsson, Mrs. Thomas DeReamer. Mrs. Darcy Oeorge, Mrs. J. Fred- ric Knecht. Mrs. Emma Hoch. Mrs. Prank Huth Jr., Mrs. Frank Huth. Mrs. Roswell Johnson. Mrs. Andrew Kern. Miss Miriam Kleckner, Mrs. Raymond Michael wa.s elected pre- j .sident of the Merchants Association I at a ni etmg Thur.sday nigat in tho V. M C. A dininii room. Presiding il tne regular monthly .se.=sion wai Warren D ch. retiring president. Other officers elected wer:-: Her¬ man Brody. vie- pre.-ident; Herbert Beil. SiCretary; Elwiod Unangst. re- lected treasurer. Committees for the ensuing year will be appointed at the April meeting, it was an¬ nounced. Communications were read from Chief Burge,s.s Conrad C. Miller, r-- gardlng the merchants' request for nightly checking of business house doors by the police department; from the Nazareth Waist Company. regarding merchandi.-.ing; and from borough council, regarding snow re- j moval from the streets. Tne merchants discussed the pos¬ sibility of having street markers erected at intersections throughout the borough. A 'Dutch treat" luncheon will be held at the April 4 meeting of the a.ssociation, when a guest speaker Will be secured, it was announced Funeral This Afternoon Funeral services for Hiram B. Koch, 91, a former well-known resi¬ dent of this community, will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Rohn Funeral Home on South Main St. with Interment following on the Oreenwood cemetery, in town. The Rev. Harvey C. Snyder, pastor of St. John's Lutheran Church of which the deceased had been a member, will otBciate. Mr. Koch died early on Monday charge of the Rev. J. A. Kllck and i morning at the home of his grand- the Rov. W. C. O. Veit, of Easton. [ daughter. Mrs. Harold Roberts, at the latter president of the AUentown ; 141.^ Broadway, Bangor, with wnom Conference. he had resided the past ten years For a period of many years prior to that time he had resided In this community. He was born In Egypt. Lehigh County, a son of the late John and Lydla (Steckel) Koch. Surviving him are a daughter. Mrs. Charles Stine. of Hanover, and Ave grandchildren. A son, Victor. who preceded him In death about fifteen years ago, practiced for many years as a physician In this com¬ munity. LEGION AUXIUARY STUDY PROPOSED ADDITION PLANS •*!*• •» hate good memoriei.'' BBBea •MUwEtKjland ileods «U»«1 UiuiMns* proper- •-Frane* prot«st«d Ger- Bony brsaktna V«r- •*"« pact, I93i. •~fcj«« of Somjw began, ¦-F.p. R iiwed on emnud "hinQtnp, 1936. *-A«uinaicio, Philippin* "•Mtr.capnirtd. 19CI. 4: ^ I £ »*a»hm3ion. 189i Wauon oi TV A. 1938. At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Bath and Naza¬ reth DUtrtcts Northampton County Sabbath School Association, held Sunday afternoon in Haman Evan¬ gelical Church, Nazareth, plans were made for the holding of .a Joint district rally In the Nazareth Mora¬ vian Church on Sunday April 7th at 2:00 p. m The program will Includ.' „n open¬ ing address by a well known State staff worker, followed by .several departmental conferences A sup¬ porting program of vocal and in¬ strumental music win be given. Daniel Nace ts president of the local district, and committees are at work on the arrangements. Clarence A. Hawk, Northampton, Oounty secretary, presided over the meeting. • ELECTED PLEDGE MISTRESS MUs Anita Knecht. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Francis R Knecht of 408 Belvld-'re St.. town, has been elected pledge mistress of the Alpha Chi chapter of Delta Oamma TliLs chapter U located at the Prnn.syl- vanla State Coll-ge Miss Knecht Is enrolled in the .school of mwlc at Penn SUte. Studying building jjlan.s for the propo.sed addition to the Legion home and appointing a building committee to meet with the post, the Ladies' Auxiliary of Harold V. Knecht Amrican Legion Post. No. 415. met Friday night in the post home. Presenting the plans was Com¬ mander Kersey Dever. Tlie com¬ mittee appointed to meet with the Legionnaires March 19. when a de¬ cision on the proposed building program will be reached, consists of Mrs. Mabel Eyer, Mrs Helen Kern, Mrs. ELsle Fleischman. Mrs. Jennie Wolfe. Mrs. Dorothy Pollweiler and Mrs. Elizabeth Butz. Mrs. Mae Rogers, president of the auxiliary, presided at the monthly session, when It was announced that a citation has been awarded to the Nazareth auxiliary by Legion head- quirters for exceeding its member¬ ship quota of 135 The auxiliary has a membership of 152 It was le- p;r;od It wa.s decided at the meeting that all mcmb.rs are to save cou¬ pons for the fund to send girls to the Ktystone Oirls' Camp. Gettysburg College, this Summer. Coupons are to be turned in to Mrs. Dorothy Follwcller. ch.iirman of the coupon committee. An invitation was extended to the auxlliarj- from the post by Com¬ mander Dever. for auxiliary members to attend the Legion's birthday party in the Tatamy fire hall, March 29. when the national Legion's 21st birthday will be observed. A Four-County Council meeting will be held at Coplay. April 13, It was announced. A bus wUl leave from the post home at 10 a. m., of that day. At the April meeting of the aux¬ iliary there Will be a birthday social when members having natal anni¬ versaries In April, May and June will be hostesses. It was also an¬ nounced that the past presidents' inoftlng. ."ichcduled to be held at the home of Mrs. Jennie Mlllhelm, Fair- view St, March 29, haa been post¬ poned to April 5, duo to the Legion's birthday party ^^ • • Mr. and Mrs. William Sanfee North New St. are spending some¬ time In Florida Confirmition and Pre¬ paratory Services at Sa¬ lem Church, Moorestown Confirmation and preparatory ser¬ vices will be held tn Salem Church Moorestown, on Sunday, March 17. when the following young people will be confirmed by the Lutheran pastor, the Rev. A R. Apple, Made¬ line Mlnnlch, Orace Mlnnlch. of Chapman Quarries; Dorothy Re- m-iley. Bath. R. D. 1: Ethel Pinta- rlck. Anna Plntarlck, Bath. R. D 1; Mildred Bender. Bath R. D. 2; Wil¬ liam Plntarlck, Bath, R. D. 1. John McOrath. Nazareth, R. D. 2 and Sterling Bilhelmer. Nazareth R. D 2. The Preparatory .service will be held on Sunday and a short pre¬ paratory service and the Holy Com¬ munion win be administered on March 21. INDUCTION SERVICE ,, Oeorge Kleckner. Mrs. Howard Kl_ that semi-annual promotions l" al ur. Miss Alice DennU. Mrs. LeV? grades of the elementary school | p^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^ j^^^ j shall be discontinued prior to the ^i,^„ g^^^ner and Mrs. Charle, date of normal expiration If and | g^hnerr when It is found practicable to do so Entertainment was provided by a without disadvantage to the pupils ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ comprised of Fred- involved „ . ., , erick Reimer. Jacob Nolf, Marlin Superintendent F A, Marcks was j^j ,j ^^^ „ j^^i^ ^^^.g^. authorized to procure a screen for ' panled at the piano by MUs Lena Marcks. A meeting of the County Federa¬ tion of Woman's Clubs will be held at Bangor, March 27 The current events group will meet March 28 at 8 p m.. 3t the home of Mrs. Edmund Morgan. The Oarden group will meet on March 27 at 2:30 p m., at the home of Mrs. Howard Shlmer. ROTARIANS HEAR SUPT. HERRING the micro-projector in use in the . high school. | The Board will meet In adjourned session on Friday evening, March 29 for the purpose of dUcussing the budget for the 1940-1941 school year "Y" B^IT GAME MONDAY Nazareth High School's gymna¬ sium will be the scene of a basket¬ ball game next Monday evening. March 18th between two handplcked \ ^——- teams which will pit together an ' Professor John H. Herring, .super- all-star cast of Moravian College | intendent of the Portland public players against a selected group of \ schools spoke Monday evening on players of the Bl-State League. This the them:. "Hobbles." at the weekly game will more or less compare the ' se.s.sion of the Rotary YMCA dm- brand of ball dUplayed during the I Ing room. dwindling sca.son of the local colle- ' Mnvin? picturs were shown of giate and Independent teams. The the Rotary district conference held league all stars may hold a slight at Pottsville on March 1 and 2. edge In the fact that they will have Announcement was made that more capable material as they so- next week's .si>eaker will be the Rev lected ten players from various Father Walsh, assistant rector of teams while the collegians will have the Holy Family Church Uttle on reserve even though their ! Birthday felicitations were ex- first five men may not require much '.tended to Harry S yfried Monday relief. eve:'.ing. The College stars will have a.5 Guests welcomed were Robert L their starting lineup Steve Brandafl Fox. BethLhem: AlbertXeidy. Bath; and Frank Levy at the forwards. BufI Colt man. Ea.ston: Oliver Christ- Jim McConologue as center, and man. Robert Flyte and Ike Miller. Walt Blasco and Bill Kraus as 1 of Portland. auards. Reserves includ? Chuck New directors elected were Peter Brown, Bob Mackey, Mickey Hoch- ' Yeisley. J. Allen Schaeffer. Harry ella. Chet Wlsznlewski and Dick Roth- Frank H. Martin. Oeorge Hoover. : Lewis, Frank P. Keim. James Fry. The league all stars include Pete Edward J. Cassler and Ralston J Pasco, Weston; Ed Folk, St An- Bartholomew. thony; Fred Leonard and Pfrommer Dalley, both Riegel Ridge; Jim and Bob Taylor, both Fountain Kill; Art Young. Easton YM.I.D.: and Ray Dguglas and Skippy Engler. [ both Nazarrth. | —— In a preliminary game at 7:30 Boy Scout Troo;j V-73 met Fri- p m. the Collegiate Re.srves will d'V evenin? in St John'.- Lutheran play the Nazareth High School All- Church, with Scoutmaster Horn r Stars. Tile collegiate team will be Schick in charge Scoutmaster mad up of Whitey Wolfram. John Schick announced that William Trankley. Bill Lambert. Bob Mush- Eberts has boon appointed Junior rush. Chirl s Bilheinier. Bill Maintz. a.<*lstant .«coutma.-ter and that I Henry Kichline. Jack Oilbsrt and Oeorge Shook would replace Eberts Stewart Powell. as senior patrol l:'ader. I The High School Stars will in- A new advancement chart, pre- I elude the squad coached bv Andy -r:ited by Morris Kahler and Jacob Leh who this year win the Lehigh- Mayer, was unveiled by Scou'mas- Northampton Sehola-Mc League tor Schick. It was announced that crown, namely. John nd Henry [.ill Easter egg orders should be turn- Byrnes, Chesu-r and N I-mi Wander- od in. ly. Richard Ooodh.Trd. Harold Boy Scout Troop 32 met In i'..s Tlilrteen members of the Phalanx Knecht. Emll and Martin Dragositz. quirters in the Nazareth Inn bmld- Praternlty were Inducted by the | Rredcrick Reimer. Wayne Keck and ing Friday night, with Scoutmaster Stroudsburg Phalanx Fraternity at , Arthur LeVan 1 Clarence Clewell in charge. In- LOCAL RACING ENTHUSIASTS COP HONORS Mamlifn of the Nazareth Model Race Car A.ssociation copped flrst and second places In a meet held Sunday at Reading TM» cars entered by A. Russell Snyder and Francis MoH respective¬ ly shared the top laurels of the ifh Snyder's Jlttle car cir¬ cling the one quarter of a mile tn 19 seconds, only a fraction of a second higher than the Reading track record. Other Nazareth en¬ tries were a car owned jointly by Oeorge Dech and Humberto Masters and one by the Houser-Wagner combination, of Emmaus-^ Other members of the assoclati^ attend¬ ing the meet were Mrs. Eva Swavely and Tally Masters. The Nazareth Association will be host to car racing clubs from Beth¬ lehem, Philad>"-lphia. Reading. Potts¬ town. Harrisburg and Irvington. N J. at a me=t to be h;ld in the Naz¬ areth Y M C A this Friday at 7 p m, according to an announce¬ ment bv Francis Moll, president of the group REUNION OF CON¬ FIRMATION CLASSES AT SCHOENECK History, Sports and Pn- geant Committees Pro- sent Final Plans; Work Progressingr Rapidljr Details of final action taken Bg virious Bi-Centennial CommtttM« men. were disclosed at a regular meeting of that committee Monday evening at the Y.M.CA., with prHl» dent. A O Kern presiding. R K Stout, chairman of the Sport Committee announced his entire pro- gram, giving a detailed aooount of expenditures and estimated reoclpUi Following his committee's raeom* mendation, every event achedulst was accepted and approved. Dttolli of the events are to be publlatMd M soon as entire program la MlH- marlzed completely, Ineludtac tlk events of all committees for ttM an,- tire celebration. J. Allen Schaeffer. chalraun o( concessions announced tliat hia com- mittee had made reservations lOT parking flelds. stating that a con¬ tract has been signed with ttM Schoeneck Farms, Inc. for uat oC • parking fleld on their property tm the north of the Borough and that arrangements are to be eompletod for parking flelds by utlltainf aoiM of school property in the eaattra and western sections of town. ¦• also announced that a contract haa been signed with the Bndy IkpOBl- tlon Shows. Inc., one of tbe bMt and largest carnival organlaations, to conduct a carnival here for a period of eight days during the oelebrattoa period. J. U Petherolf. chairman of pub¬ licity, stated that the work of hla committee is progressing and that further publicity matter would ba released soon R H. Michael, chair¬ man of the pageant, presented final plans for this unique production, stating that John B. Rogers Co. la ready to receive Information (or writing the production and that tha various sub-committees are offertns splendid support In this work. Warren L Breinig, chairman of the History Committee, announoad that the work of his committee haa gone to press and that the editor, Amos Et linger. Is now furnlshUig copy to the printer as required to speed up the n?w publication. "Am History of Nazareth." It was alao stated at the meeting that the pa¬ tron list reached a t ital ol S,01t: exactly 17 more than was anticipated eighteen montiis ago when the cam¬ paign was started. A O Kern announced that thi n:Xt meeting of the Oeneral Oom- .mittee would be held at the T.M.C.A. Monday evening, March 2Sth, Whan more complete and detailed Informa- ion is expect d. The h:\\ anniversary of the Schoe¬ neck Confirm.ation Cla.ss of 1933 will be observed by a re-union of the class thi.s coming Sur.day. at 10 33 A M in the Schoeneck Moravian Ch'irch The class of 29 memb rs are asked to si: together in a body under the cl>c:< Present names are: Mrs Wi!li.> Laubach. Mrs. Harvey FEHR TO ADDRESS REPUBLICAN WOMEN AT "F FMJAT Fen- Mrs Vir- BOY SCOUT TROOP V-79 MEETS stermak^r. Mrs. Paul Yobe j Wilbur Williams. Ruth Bvil. j einia Clewell. Elmira Colver. Doro- thv Irvin. Ed-*-in Irvin. Harold Oir- ; ron. Paul Oarren Prank Harriegle. Ruth Harrie?l\ Robert Kostenbader. I Victor Kostenbader. William Lieb. r- I man. Allen Lilly. Arleyne Morris Robr* Snyder. Frances Searfoss. Charles Schaofer. Richard Siegfried Tliomis Sl-^ifried. Esther Strausser Carolyn Tillman. May Ward. Melba Washburn. Robert Laudenbach and Harold Yob. The Class of 1930 will observe th:ir 10th anniversarv in the sani" man;ier by sitting together back of the Class of l93,o Tlie members of this class are: Millard Rice. Mrs Millard Rice. Edna Koehler. Sarah Kline, Mrs. Clarence Fehr. Mrs Carl Beil. Charles Kline. David Berg- er. Kenneth Suter. Edgar Kasten- bader, Harvey Harriegle. Clarence Hover. Lovine Keller and Oeorge Laudenbach, REPUBLICAN CLUB MEETS the induction service Wednesday "vening In the social rooms of the Y.M.CA. President KUltam Kintz of the Monroe County group con¬ ducted the rites. Members of the Naiareth frater¬ nity Inducted were Charles Krieger. Ralph Shaffer. Joseph Oeorge. Quontln Oeorge, Robert Taylor, Rob¬ ert Weiss. Thomas Schmidt, Robert Breinig, Joseph Hawk, Prank Ma¬ horsky, Paul Hommer, Kenneth Young and Nelson Snyder. Offlcers of the fraternity are: Charles Krieger, prealdent; Qu'ntin Oeorge. vice president; Robrrf Brei¬ nig. secretary; Ralph Shaffer, treas¬ urer: S C Badv. .secretary of the 1 cal YMCA. advisor The game will be play d as a bene- ' .structlon In tenderfoot and second- fit for the Nazareth YMCA. cage ' class tosts were conducted and a teams BASKETBALL OAME TONfrE hike to Smith Oap Sunday. KNITTERS WANTED St. Anthony, of Easton. and the Nazareth YMCA. cage teams will meet In a Bt-State game this eve¬ ning on the local Y floor. The Jayvees of both teams will meet In n preliminary game. The Y Jayvees will meet the Hle- Relsvlllo A C In a preliminary game this Saturday evening. » Mrs Willis Hagenbuch, Mrs Pred KUne. Mrs Sterling Smith and Mrs Howard Shafer, of town, at- Pollowlng tlie Induction meeting, ] tondr^ the Rebekah's pn.nt grands which was pontpond from la.st weok. I n.s.*)clatlon of Northampton County. a -social period was held. . nn etlng at Bangor, on Monday. It was announced by Mrs. Fred Heckman. chairman of the local Chapter Red Cross, that Mrs. James Pry, 137 South Main St., has a good supply of yam for all thoge who may want to lend a helping hand to knit. It w.\s also announced If anyone .should want to contribute a ready-made garment they should do so by or before Saturday of this week by delivering same to Mrs. R. P. YeWey. South Broad St.; Mrs. Howard Shlmer, Bast Centre St.; Mrs Clarenoo Pehnel Belvidere St.. or to the Chairman. Mrs Fred Heck¬ man, West Centre St. Le»Ter T. Prod Woodley. Bangor. was the guest speaker at a meeting of the Nazareth Republican Club Thursday night in Odd P-Uows Hall President John Mlchell presided at the regular monthly session. Some 60 members attended the meeting and heard Lawyer Woodley, a candidate for Congress, discuss "Neutrality". Speaking on "current affairs" was Dr Victor 8 Me.ssinger. also a can¬ didate for Congress. Rocco BeUo of town entertained the assemblage with accordion ae- lectlons. Charter night will be observed at the April 4 meeting of the club, when the organization is expected to be formally chartered. At thts meet¬ ing. Victor Bdelman will be chair¬ man of the refreshment committee Mr. and Mrs. Luther Batt, and Mm, Oerald. and Mr. and Mrs. John Kem. South Broad St., visited Mr. and Mrs Edward Oraybill. at Beth¬ lehem, on Sunday. Stanlev Pehr. local attorney wiB be fhe gu-^st sr>eaker at the March I me:ting of th Nazareth Council of i Reivjblican Women at the Y.M.CA. this Friday evening and his subject will be "Tie Seven Last Words." I During the .-social hour orchestral music will be enjoyed and a solo to be offered by Miss June Kellow. A s'Klt entitled Judge Oab's Court will be pres"nt»d by tiie following caat: Mrs. Eth-'l Bayda. Mrs Hilda Honta, Mrs, Flor nee Oower. Mrs. Rutll Fehr. Arlene Sohiat, Isabelle Pehr, ^ Orace Vuran and OUady? Metzgar, and wi'.l be directed by Mrs. Beatrtea Price, Refre.shment committee: MrC Mary Sevfried. Mrs Clarence Mitch¬ ell. Mrs Frank D-nnis. Mrs. Arthur Hellic'K. Mrs Oeo. Achenbach. Mra. ' Edna S' ocker. Mrs. Howard Werk¬ heiser. Mrs Norman Roth, Mrs. Wm. Metz. Mrs Ralph Rlssmiller. Mra. Orace Hiim. Mrs Katie Ooodhart, I Mrs Altemase and Mrs, Ellis Helllek. ; Entertainment committee: Mrs. Ann Williams. Mr.s Carrie Holland. .Mr.;. John Price, Mrs. Mary Olsen and Miss Maizi«> Appleby. Reception committee: Mrs. P. A. Simmons. Mrs Mary MUler and Mlas Bahnaon Decorating committee: Mrs. Haart Michel, Mr.s. Fred Koch, Mrs. Mary Wynn. Mrs Harry Seyfried and Uxa. Zoa Heffelflnger. Oame committee: Mrs. Oraee Hsl- lick. Miss Dpnnls. Mrs. Bthel Dennis. Mrs. Evelyn Messlnfer. Mlsi Anna Rhymer, Mrs. Drelabacb and Miss Lula Dech. CONTENTS Pms* a—Aak Mmi Ifama a—VMlk. Ab«rt tfmma a—«r. at aa« U T< PMI* a-te^aMem atta M i
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 16 |
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 | 1940-03-14 |
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 | 03 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1940 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 49 |
Issue | 16 |
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 | 1940-03-14 |
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 38686 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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Month | 03 |
Day | 14 |
Year | 1940 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19400314_001.tif |
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