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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1918
NO. 29
OOVERNMENT HOLDS AT KEY WEST
Release Probnhle After BrcwBry Owner [xpliiiiKS Muvcmiiiit In liorinany Eiyht tu Kcgain Proiiurly.
Mrs. Adoliihus Uusch, ot St. Louis, retuniii'S ''"oni ^ long slay in Ger¬ many, is lielil tomporarily at Key n-'esr Flii., I'or e.xiimination by im¬ migraiiou authorities and agoiita ot tbe Uopartmenl of Justice. She is cbirf owiiur oC tho groat hruwory aud other properties seized at St. Louis by the alien property custodian.
Various iiuostioiis are to be asked Mrs. Bii.'^ch concerning chiefly her Anierican citizenship, her niovomonta yrhile abroad and what it any means she now has ot communicating with persons in Germany. Uepor;ation Is not contemplated, ofllcials said and Jlrs. Uriah's release in a day or two is expected.
The Government has kept in touch with tlie return journey ot Mrs.  Bu- > sch from the time she lett Germany' about si.x months ago after a stiiy o£-f several years.     She came  by  way ot SB'itzcrlaiid,   Spain   and   Cuba.     She has two children  iu Germany one ot whom is married to a captain  in  the German    army, and    the other to a German business man. The   alien     property
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The Red Cross is Helping to Win the War in a Thousand Ways
$7000 is the Quota to be Raised
By Nazareth and Vicinity
Drive for this amount from June 20-24
GET IN ON THE GROUND FLOOR
SCHOENERSVILLE ORANGE PICNIC AU0,24
Planning  tor Monster Utiting  With
Many Attractive features tor
Old and Young.
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OI'i;i{AT!()\ TAT'GIIT
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Ia accordance with the call issued bv our 1'reB.idont undor date of .Mav :^"9th.
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN STARTS TONIGHT
WAU  DKfAKTMKVTS  SHOW l'K«K-|:i)rKK IV  .VOTIFY'IXO KKLATIVE  OF CASUALTIES.
WK.MIHV MAV SUKI> BY
IJY HIS WIP'H
Nazaretti Cliapter of Red Cross War
Fund Op'ju Ttiis iivening, June
20-24 at Y. M. C. A.
The  demand  for specialists in  the
Friday June 118, National War Army is increasing daily.     Mechanics
custodian's  Savings Day will bo cbserved In East and technicians of aii kinds, includ-
oirueWiTs not disposed to discuss the   Allen   township     culminating     with ing  radio  and   buzzer  operators,  are
case      That there will be a stubborn   meetings    In  the     following    public needed  by the Signal  Corps. ielit   mado   to   regain   tho   property   schoi  buildings,  Lilly's Snyder's and       In nearly every large city the Fed-
•aken over by the government is irn-   the Settlement. eral  Board    ot Vocational    Training
ierstood '^^^ meetings are called  for eight through local school authorities, has
Harry n. Hawes, of St. Louis, her   o'clock  in  tho  evening  and  patriotic establlsned schools ot  rarllo commu- 	
counsel^  went to Switzerland to con-   speakers will bo pre.sent and particl- iiications where men ot draft age vho        Campaign for .N'azareth and vicini-
Ier with  Mrs.   Hirsch  when  tho  Gov-   pate. have not  been  called   may  receive a   ty ^^.jn Q^,^,J^ o„ Thursday, June 20th
erment took its first steps in the case       The progress ot the War demands |)roliminary  course   in   tho  operation
last N'ovember, aii<l lie ha.s .s.ince an-   constant   and   Increasing     sacrifices, of   radio   and     buzzer     instruments
nounced  that as soon as ho returns  We are somllng our young manhood There are about 600 of these schools
hero representations will be made to   to represent    us on    foreign    battle whero instruction is given, usually ii;
tbe  CIcivernmoiit, Tho     property   fields, whero they aro called upon to tlio afternoons    and     evenings.       II
•unds are in the hands of a St. Louis  !-acrlflce not only their personal com- takes about ."00 hours tor a studeni
'trust  company as depository tor  the , fort and material welll'are and inter- of average  ability  to  obtain  a speed
.Members of the committee of the J'omona Grange of Lehigh und Nor¬ lhampton counties met in the Cham¬ ber of Commerce rooms Alientown Tuesday evening and arranged tor the big annual Grange picnic which will be held this year at Schoeners¬ vllle on Salurday, August '24, iu the grovo in that town.
It was decided to make an all-day affair as last year when such a very large crowd attended at Nefl's. The .^liaoiiersville people are planning ar¬ rangements to furnish luticheons both at noon and in the evening for those who do not bring their baskets lunch¬ es. For those who do bring lunches trom the well stocked larders of the country homes, abun«lance ot picnic tables will be provided. .Accommo¬ dations are sufficient for five hundred persons at a time.
Motor trucks wiil be run to the \Ilontown-Bc<thelehem 'rolley line to accommodate those who come from ilistant points ot thi county by trol¬ ley and the schedule will be announ¬ ced in due time.
A big program is being planned for
'alien <nistody.
HOHI-: KAIIAVAT
KVGIN'EKRS TO GO
TO FRANCE,
I <'sts,   bul   their   lives  as   woll.     It   is   ot L'O words a mlnuto, sending and re¬ .i pproprlatrt therefore, for tho Amerl-  coiving.     Further information regar lean pooplo who .are privileged to re-   ding these schools    may    be secured main In safety and comfort at home,   trom local school authorities, to  perform   their  sacred  obligations.       Electric   engineers   and   men   witj
  to  support  our  gallant   men   and   to   Kood   fnndanK^iilal  training in  ?>nKin-
When the 5 new regiments and 19 pledge themselves earnestly to SAVE eerlng or physics are particularly In battalions ot railway engineers now and I>:CONOMlZE in order that our demand for Signal Corps work. Men beiiiK oriranized are put on duty there soldiers and sailors may have the of satisfactoy qualitactions are giveu willbe 50,UUO Americans engaged In food and clothing and tho arms and three months' training in special r&ilroad con struction and operation ammunition without which they can- schools and havo every opportunity In France. '^°'- "sht. to take examinations leading to pro
After the United States entered the •     Americans, It la your duty  to at-   motion. ¥ar one of  the  first  requests  trans-   tend the meeting hold  in tho school-        Men   who   linvo  had   experience  as mittcd    to  this Government  by  the   bouse most conveniently situated to  electrical repair men, wiremen, and rrench   mission   was   for   assistance   your home,  at  oight o'colck on  the   mechanics are also aesirea ror assl
night ot National War Savings Day, June 28, 1918. Leave your purse at homo, but bring your enthusiasm.
and will be continued until June 24 There will be a meeting at the Y. M ('. A. Building at 8; 00 1'. .M. on this Thursday evening, and E. J. Fox, Esq of Easton, I'a., County Chairman ol the Hed Cross will be present and give a talk on the great work. There will also be present a Ued Cross wor ker who has seen active service and lias just returned from the great bat¬ tlefields of Europe.
Como and hear what great thlngF
havo been accomplished. The ad¬ dresses will be full of pep and will "«^ ''^t with the emi^rgency address- give a first band account of wht.t th« "^ '» »"''•' "P ^^^ telegraph clerks get great work has done and is in contem- 'I'rplicates. These clerks already are plation, both at the front and al «'>PI''""1 ^"h blank telegrams which ljfj,jjQ ro<iuire only the relative's address. At'the  Festival    of  tho  Reformed "''^"'^ «'  sender,   nature  of  casualty
  Wensolus   Koehler,   of  Northamp-
Uelativea ot soldiers named In ca»- ton borough, one of the best known tialty lists forwarded trom France or- residents of the county, is respond- dinarily are notified within 24 hours   e-nt   in   an   action   begun   Monday  by
after receipt of lists, according to a lils wife, Mrs. Alice M. Koehler, In the afternoon when it is expected to statement authorized by the War De- which she asks for a divorce from liave Howard Heinz, the state food jiartnient. A "statistical division," bed and board. She charges Infide- administrator, in attendance as the with a staff of oflTicers and a corps of lity, cruel and barborous treatment principal speaker. Further there .stenographers, gives all its time to and Indignities to the person. Ma- will be a band to firrnish music du- the maintainance of files of soldiers' lilda Koth "and various oth-r persona ring the afornoon and tor a concert names and addresses. This division whose names are unknown" are men- in tho evening. There will be abun- notifies relatives. tioned  as the co-respondents. , dance ot  refreshments  on   hand   for
A copy of the roaster of each con- The Koehlers were married Sopt- all who attend, tingent stiling to join the Expidition- ember 11, 188'! and Mrs. Koehl.rsays .A. committee on sports was named !iry forces is filed in card index fash- that she was obliged to leave her hus- with Oscar Yehl. of Laurys, as the ion. each card bearing the name of band btcause ot his troatment of har, chairman. Messrs P. S. Fenterma- ono soldier, his organization, and the May 7, 1918. They have a son and a cher were named a committee to pre- narne and adilress of parent or other   daughter.     The      fornier     Wenselus   pare the program.
relative or  friend designated by him   Koehler, Jr., is now at Camp Humph- ^^	
to bo notified in emergency. When a rey, in the United States Army, casualty list Is received from Gen. Mrs. Koehler asserts in her petl- Porshing each name cabled from the tion that her husband is worth $100, .Vmerlcan ExpiditionaryForceislisted 000 or more and has a large income. with the emergency address on file In The allegations sho makes In the bill tho  card   index.     As  rapidly  as  the   regarding his conduct are of a very
serious   nature.     She  is  represented
by Edgar C. Nagle, of Northampton,
and  Calvin F.  Smith, ot Smith  PaCt
& Laub, Easton.
In asking  for a divorce from bed
ICE CRE.\.M FES-nVAI. AT
SCHOENECK CHlTiCH
June the 25th the annual Ice Cream festival Is to tak<^ place. This year, as none before, presents prob¬ lems which have to bo solved in a peculiar  war-time   method.
At a recent meeting of the Ushers Association the ad visibility of such an   occasion  was   thoroughly  discus-
 „..„.    „    i.isii..i.i^,, -    and board only.     Mrs. Koehlt-r's peti-   g^j      But they could  not reasonably
Church     Saturday    evening the Red   '"^"'^ '^''° '^^^'^' ^"'^ filling In the blank   Hon is noticed that Koehler s will be   gg^ ^j^y ^^ j^g cream festivall should
In streiige;lining tho French Uall- iways. Nine regiments of railway engineers, wb-istj organization waa started befori Gen. Pershing sailed, were In I'Tanco by August, 1917. Siiof ihem havo been engaged in con- strutiien work building and robuild- ine railways, building docks, and re- irranging terminal facllitlies. The o;her three regiments have been en¬ gaged III operation, and some ot the railway troops have been on the fight¬ ing line.    The additional troops will
gnmont to special scncois and later to
iuld organizations.
GOVERVMEVT  SALARIES
I-XJK   STENOGRAPHKRS.
Tlie  United  State.,    Civil     Service
LETTER I'FtO^I THE BASE
HOSIMT.VL AT CAMP >rEADE.
Tho  following letter was received by Mra   Janirs Hitter, written by the
Cross had a booth and received 14 uew members. We can still use moro members and the Naxareth Chapter of the Rod Cross is urging every one to join.
The meeting that will be held this evening will be most encouraging and a large crowd is expected to be present.
Before the meeting is called to or-
spaces they get the telegrams off as quickly as possible. In addition to maintaining the tleegraph blanks for the sake of speed the statistical di¬ vision is supi)lied with sets of form letter fo bo filled in and mniled when further details are avallaWe.
While relatives are generally in re¬ ceipt ot Information within 24 hours after the c^Tbles are received, delays
asked to pay her permanent alimony.
( H1M)RI.VS RCREAi: FIV-DS M.VNV RABIES SIKKEKIVG
FRO.M LACK Ol' I-XKJD.
Conimission announces that througli   captain of the >.Ie(lical Reserve Corps somo  misunderstanding    an  imprea-  at Camp Meade.
dor the children ot the public schools  ^^° sometimes due to clerical errors
sion seems to prevail that tho Gov-i ernment has raised the usual entran-! salary for stenographers and  typ-
\xi used partly  tor construction and   ^^^^ '" •^'•p <lepartments at Waa-hing
miintenance and partly for operation. A total ot $160,000,000 has been •pent on railway materials alone. In¬ cluded in tbe purchases aro 1,727 lo¬ comotives 22,630 freight Cars, and !59,00O tons ot steel rails.
.VE.iI{LV ALL .ARTILLERY
FOR AMERICAN AR^HT
TO RK MOTORIZED.
Motorization of fleld artillery will carried to a greater extent In *he -Vmerican Army th.in In any other ar¬ mv engaged In the war. Not only till a tar gretiter anu nnt of motor eiuipment bo provided in proportion to the strength of the Army, hurt It ''ill be used for work whero armies MW In the field depend solely upon liorse power and man power.
The Ordinance Departmont has iuccee<led In developing such types oltraotorr. that, exclusive of tho heav-
field artillery mounted on rail¬ road carriages, all American artillery »ill bo nioterized, with the exception
ittie of tlio  3-lnch-gun  batteries.
lirobli II. (if motorization of fleld «rlillor>- i.s a dimcult one, which ex Piaing why it has not heon carried to » ?rcater extent than has been the ^S'- witb the armies that have been "Silling in Kurope tor the last tbroo vearg.
Tlie i)o.5sih:u output of tractors for '¦ iraL.spfirt of field artllierv in tho "¦ted .Stales is practicnlly unlimited,
¦"'Teas the supply    ot horses    Is al
Wsint iiiiiitpj .11,(1
»each month.
ton, D. C, to $1,400 a year. Tho Commission states that there has been no change in initial salaries for positions of this kind; the usual sal¬ aries at the beginning range trom $1,000 to $1,2UU a year, appoint¬ ments at $1,200 being in tlie minor¬ ity. The War Department makes all appointineiits lo such positions at not le-is tbnn $1,100 a year, and agrees to promote to $1,200 a year aftor three months' satisfactory service. Appointments at salaries higher than $1,200 a yoar aro rare, and the aiMiointees mui>t possess exceptional (|iialifications.
There is still gre.it need tor steno-| graphors and typists in the Govern-j ment   oRlcos  at   Washington.     Those i who have had considerable office ox- perlenco aro most desired.     The civil .Service   Coiiimi.s.sion   urges   qualified persons to offer their services to the Governnient.     Full   Information  may be  obtained   from  the* representative of   tho  Civil   Service  Commission  at llio post office in any city.
U. S. Army Base Hospital, Camp Meade, Maryland, Juno  1st,   1918 Mrs. Jame.<! Ritter, Xazareth, Pennsylvania. My dear Mrs. Ritter: —
I am instructed by the Command- .    .   ^
ing Omcer to acknowledge receipt ot   approach.
accomiiaiiied by the .N'azaretli Hand will sing patriotic song.s in front ot the V.  M. C.  A.  Pullding.
The children are taking a great interest in Ihis work, so much so, that the girls are canvassing the town tor members to renew their sub
caused by the fact that names must pass throuch .so many hands In France and in .\merica. incorrect em¬ ergency addresses tuned In hy soldiers removal of famines to addresses oth¬ er than those listed, and the occasion¬ al necessity for cabling hack to Gen.
scri|)tions ami  are given all  courte- T'^shing to verity a name or to obtain oiisy  possible by  those     whom  they  "" address.
lho knitted atglian recontly received at this hospital.
The Commanding Officer also de¬ sires mo to extend to you, and Ihrough you to the other members of tho Nazareth Crochet Circle, his cordial apjireciation and thanks, as well as those of the Institution, for this gracious gift.
This is a very acceptable gift, and I assure you it will servo a very good purpose.
Vory sincerely yours, J. S. Hammers,
Aside from these fcur causes of de-
Reports are reaching the Children's liiiireau of the Department of Labor from the hundreds and thousands of women during the last 60 days have been weighing 5,000,000 children ot America, and tbe way in which per¬ manent poverty menaces the healthy growth o'f the children of the Nation is heing revealed as a result of the weighing and measuring campaign.
Workers have been so muce arou- BOil by the conditions revealed that they request information regarding follow-up work. Many of the fami¬ lies are  described as being  pitifully
Every industry in Nazareth and vi
cinitv will have a chairman of their ''"lat-lves to receive word  at once Is
own "who    will    choose a committee "'"^tan-   consideration.     GenPersh-
from  his  fellow emplovees  to  mako '"^ "'•''>¦ at '^'^ discretion, withold a
this drive a success and it is the wish ^-as'ialty list until he is positive It will
ot this local chapter that everv- Amer- "¦'^^e no military value to tho enemy.
lay the onlv reason for the failirre of   '"'"''¦.    O"*' ™"^''^'' ^""^ .'^ ",^^ ^ii^'
wasting away for want of milk.     The
mother was told to drink one quart
lean will show his or her true spirit by contributing generously.
Never before in the history of the world has a civilian enterprise been organized on so gigantic a scale as the  Red  Cross as wo know  It today.
PiEPAIR  OF  CLOTHINO
AT ARMV CAMPS SAVES
NEW EQl'IPMENT
Through   the   operation
       - ¦- -¦     I uai r (MUTai appropr
Never before have tho people of ono  shops for clothing and other articles,   ^j,]j, Q^ly for the fai nation contributed so generously .ind   a  considerable  sarlng  in   relssure  of   tually   iii   the  mllita
of milk a day herself and to give one quart a day to each of her six child¬ ren. Milk Is 16 cents a quart, and the family income $15 a week. The women writing to the Children's Bu¬ reau said they did not know how to solve tho problem.
Tho   Children's   Birreau   has   been
compelled to reply    to such    reports
"'   ifPi^''   '^'^^ Feiloral appropriations are avall-
milles of men ac-
Captain. Medical Reserve'Corps    ^'''.""selfishly to tho cause of human-   new equrpment has been made at Arl  ViV^p"   '"   '""  """¦^">' "^ "^^a^ sor- Adjutant '   ''^',V,v.-   T,   .     ^_    _     ,     .   .   . "'^ Camps     One camp quartermaster       '         ^, .
The   Red     Cross
:ma\ sees deer in
I cause In this war  from an angle of
t attack   that   is   new   in   modern   war.
FORKS TOWNSHIP   It  is  tho angle ot  Brotherhood.  The
Kod Cro.ss Is a living advertisement
of tho good-will of America toward
all.
my Camps     One camp quartermaster 	
is   helping  oirr  estimates th Issue of new clothlnghas   I'lR.'MS .\ltK
WEDDED.
.Jerry Route
Is beeoniing moro
^^Z.VUKTU I.Al) ^.;vT
TO GLEN  MILLS
R<M"ker—Anthony.
J. Becker, of Walnutport, 2 and Mabel B. Anthony, of .Mlentown, wero niarried by Rev. H. J. Klino last Saturday afternoon at the parsonage at Nazareth.
Schrelber—ScliliroH.
At the homo of her brother, Frank .•-tliitTfrt, .Mlentown, ou Saturday eve¬ ning at 6 o'clock, Kov. William U. Helfrich. ot Halh united in holy wed¬ lock Miss Estella A. Shiffert and I'rank W. Sclireiber, the latter from Beech, Montana. The best man was Ensign  J.   W.  Schreiber,  a  relative.
An unusual sight has been witnes- se<l several times recently on the roads and farnis ot Forks Township on the north s'de ot Cliestnut Hill. Two deer having been coming Into that n(>igliborliood quite regularly to browse and cut up capers. On Sun¬ day a man, waiulering about the rountry, noticed a commotion among a  herd  ot cows on  the farm  of Jos-
KVALIZED
(lecreasrd one-third, and of shoes  40 FOR VIOLATIOVS OF
per Cf-nt. F<M)D   SAVING   Itri.ES.
At a base repair shop for clothing Scores of firms throughout the Unl- an average of  2,831   garments  were ted   States   have   been   penalized   for repaired    daily the first    IS days of violations ot rules of  the Food  Ad- May.     In addition fo the work done ministration.     In some cases licenses Tho   Red   Cross   is   helping   to   win   at base repair shops, many thousands to operate have been  suspended:   In
of garments    are repaired    at camp others, contributions to the Y. M. C.
shops, one shop being locAted at each -V-. Fled Cross, and    other    organlza-
lariro camp. tions  have  been  accepted  In  lieu  of
Piirinc  April  nearlv  170.000  pairs t^uspension of license.
be in any way infringing 'on the claims of patrotisra, of course the usual feature "The Cake Walk" may be lacking of its usual variety by the food regulation law? but surely a "war-time cake walk" should prove I'qually as interesting and i: is just possible that it may be more Lhrilling Other features of the occ;!s;on have long been looking for the .Schoeneck Ice Cream Festival will not be dls- sapointed. "War-Candy" will be among ihe good things. Some of the Ladies' have good war-tline cooking and baking ability and we can depend on thera to do their part.
Tho T'shers Association is a groupe of 'live-wire' young men. Although a goodly nurmber are now serving tho Stars and Stnpes and more will leave soon there nevertheless are a few left Who are putting forth no meager energy and tactiDiuty in keeping up the known atanaad of the Associa¬ tion. Hubert Lerch, the president of the association, is what we call a live- wire in fact every memher Is on the job we know no "Slacker"
Friends who have come to Schoe¬ neck other years on similar occasions will remember the good congenial time spent here and wo hope that they will come again this year. Re- iiu mber the ilate, Tuesday evening June 25. Make a date. Bring your friends. In case of Inclement wea¬ ther the date will be chaaged and due notice given. Wo are looking tor you.
P.VTRIOTIC SERVICE
AT  HTHKRAV  CIKRCH.
this war In a thou.sand ways—In France, in Belgium, in Ruiwia, in Ro¬ mania, in Italy, In Serbia, and In England.
The man in the trenches fights bet¬ ter becauso ot tho Red Cross, for h
A speeil servico In honor of the boys of St. John's Lirthern Church who are 'ntraining and overseas was held on Sunday evening. The ad¬ dress  which  was  delivered  by   Prot.
   -.  _„o    hiiows that his fajnily is being cared
ph Sandt. For a time he could not tor at home; and the courage ot those nialii^ out tho cause of the disturb- nt home is greater becauso they ance, lint when his dog began to get   hnow   that   their   loved   ones  on   the
field  of  battle  may     rirtake  of  tne
order''^"*"-''^'^'^'^" °" Monday mada an  and  now In the United States navy
committing   Walter   Holiedit/, *W nearly    i,r,    to the Olen    Mills
'Sz o 'v' ""¦ r" "'¦'"'''''' ""-
««ond tin  ^.'"¦"'"'^•h, and it was tho
athA'""'     "''^   f'^'her   tostilied , „..*,.">¦ ^'13 beyonil contrcl, that
.Mss Alien SlilfTet, af Allotown, was liidesmaid. After the wedding a col¬ lation was served. Tho bride and bridtgrooni left on tle-ir lioneymooii art(<r which they will reside in Allen¬ towu.     .Mr.  Schreiber  for a  number
-^ .....  VV...I.J..1, liiai,  of years conducted a siicci'ssful con-
would not go to school regularly   trading business In bath, after which ^•lat ho^had stolen  motioy  froi
fidgety and .start for the direction of the herd, he made out tho forms of a buck and a doc. When the buck mit scent of the dog, he throw trp his head, ran to the side of tho doe and the pn'r made off at top speed.
Deer have been seen quite freiiuen¬ tly in recent years on the farm.s and in tlio woods near the mountains, but it has heen many a day since one wandered as far awiy as Forks town¬ ship.
I^m anrt ¦"-""" »"'ien money from Ck° * ^'"- "'-•Iffelflnger.F. A. - ''"».    principal     of     Nazareth's
Itthoolg fclioold
alid Thonias    E" Snyder
h.'   wenl   Wist       Mis.   .Si-hreiber   is   a
highly respected woman, with a host of frienda.
''eguu,      i""' '^'^° '°'J o' l"e boys'     THE V. .M. C. A. sniSCRIPTIOVS.
ool   record
r^VOT,
ov^i-V'l'^'"^^'''"vrio\
•^ t'A.',|o\.N.v/.AUETH IV
IKE.
The
'^i'ml^in""'""'''""*'^''" ^^»"''« fac-
°1 various    other    Improvo- the   local   agent,
|l«t,.
-^'•* Wunderlv li»e a
^•"sei'ill^o? '"''''¦'"¦ "bout" one mile
"liPlk
.a Pirblic demonstration  on
Fan Mville on   ,1,0  Kastou-Naz
««1 in « 1  J ¦ ^'   i Everyone In- ^tad »h„, h'*'" ****"« '^"^'•^o of
i Nai^areth was very proud ot the ' great Y. M. C. A. drive for a suitable building. We havo It now, and for tho size of tho community there Is probably no better eiiuipment, no more stately building, to be found anywhere. But there aro somo sub- scrijitions pItMlged and not yot pal J. To savo our reputation for doing things right all such pledges should now be ro<lojmod. Pay them, aud show tbo world wo havo no slackers in oirr midst Tbo honor and good name of .Nozareth depends upon ma¬ king good all along the line. Pay that subscription, and ihon become a rigular member by paying a yaai's dues.
<-OM>IEVCEMENT WEEK AT
N.VZARKTH  HIGII SCIIOOL
The Baccalaureato Sermon to the class will bo held Sund.iv niornlng, Juno 2:!, at I0:;i0 A. M., in the Mo¬ ravian Church. Tho Rev. Paul S. .Meinert will preach tho sermon.
The .Annual picnic of tho .V. H. S. lillerary Society will this year be held It Central I'ark, Rittersville, on Wednesday.  June  26.
Tho flnal oratorical contest for the .\. H. S. Alumni prizes of $10.00 and
part mercies  ot  this  organization  ot  hu¬ manity.
The American Red Cross must r.ilso a Second War Fund of $10n,. noo.oon It its work it to be carried on for nnother year.
Remember that overy dollar given lo the Red Cross War Fund goes onlj for War Relief. ,\ll costs of admin istration and for Hiimantarlan Work other than War Relief, are taken care of out ot tne revenue derivou from membership  dues.
It Is fo be hoped that the people of .Vazareth and viclnltv will "GO OVER THE TOP" as they have In the past, thus making the results of thia Red Cross Campaign prove an insplrv tion and comfort to our Hoys "U\ t.U THKKE.'
Tho  men  on   tho  battle fields are
of shoes were repaired in Army repair shops. .\t present pract'cally all bat repairing '.a done by contract, the pri¬ ce Tarylng from 60 t.i 90 cts per hat. Th's work i.s in charge of the Conser¬ vation and Reclamation Division of the Quarfermaster Corps, which has boon in operation only during the laat four months.
J. W. Tupper, Ph. D., of the faculty of Among tbo more numerous viola-   I>afayette College was both  interest- tious are sales of flour without sub    ing and instructive.     He took as hlg
COLORED RFtJISTRANTS TO RE (MVEV TEC^IIVIC.Vl.  TI
stitutos: refusal to accept delivery ot t'ooilstuffs previously ordered; opera¬ ting without licenses; excess sales of .¦;agar: carrying more than a norma :'.0 days' supply ot sugar; failure •,, use the proper amount of Hour substi¬ tute. In bread making; anil profiteer¬ ing.
Ill'
AINTNO
:al popi'iatiov sirsciurkd vep.v
MHER.^LLY.
Nearly 1.t7,000 Negro soldiers arc -V.'xt lo the aggregate numher of now in the Nation il .-Vrmv. Of thesp subscribers, perhaps the most striking I.OOO are Ilne officers holding com 'ei.ture of tho third Liberty loan was missions of captain and first and the support Riven it bv the farming second lieutenants. There are about and rural populations of the country, 2,-0 colored    ofilcers    In the Medica'   according to a statement bv the Trea-
g^,^^.   Dei.artnient.     Not  only did  the farmers   purchase
and Dental Reserve Corps.
The Army now Includes two divis¬ ions of colored troops, which when fully controlled will Includo practle ally all branches of the service: In fantry. Engineer, .\rtillory. Signal Corps. Medical Corps. an<l service ba
llberallv     of  the honds, hut tho nrral communities as a rule v;ere more prompt In completing thi\ir quotas of the loan than the Iar-   ^^'¦^'''*'  a'l  of  whom  have  been   pre¬ fer cities.     .More  than   20 000   com-   s^i^edwith copies of "The Army and
'heme "The Present Situation as Re- fiectel in the Poetry of the Day." ; , , - ,ved conclusively that from the of the present we ascertain , ..int view of*the bovs who are .¦ither in training or overseas;. (2) the point of view of the n itions at war and (3) the point of view of tho kind of humor that appeals to those who are directly engaged In warfare. It was a v( ¦• lucid analysis of a phaso of the present situation which is very seldom touched upon.
Dr. Tupper was greeted by a large audience at \h\k service a new ser¬ vice flag was unfurled. It was a gift ot the Senior Ltrther League to tha congregation to take the place of the nr ginal flag which was too small for the nuniber of stars that hid to be placed upon It. There ore ihirtv-one of  St    John's  Lutheran   Bovs  In   the
munitios in tho I'nited States subscrl-
Navy Service Books.'
sm.ill return  for us to ^            	
lars to this good cause which moana so much to our boys. How much Is all    thla    sacrifice    worth    to    yoaT
^ta.OO   will   be  held   In   the chspel  of   show   your  tr ravian Church Thursday eve-
giving their ALL for us-  It U Indeed   "^"''^"^ «"fi  """" technicallv trained   ^'''^ "^ ^'¦'^^ subscribed  their quotas give our dol-   '" *'* branches of scientific work. '^^n>' of them on the first day ot t
the  M
ning Juno 27 at 8:00 P. M.
Tho Annual Commencement of the liigh School will be held Friday evo¬ ning June 28, at 8:00 P. M. In tho Moravian Church.
The public Is most cordially invltod to .itti-nd uny or all of the events of his week. Dr. Francis H. Green. Professor of English at West Chester State Normal School will bo the Com- nii'ncemont   night  orator.
rue American apint by contributing generously.
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"If you buy out of town, and we buy out ot town, and all our neiglibors buy out of town, what in thunder will be¬ come of our town? Ever think about it?" Nazareth Item Pub. Co.
There are now openings li. the Ve¬ terinary Corps tor Negroes skilled in \ eterinary and a^nenitonu worE. Ar-
r.Migi'inents have boen completed tc send Negroos registered but not yet cilled to schools and colleges thIf Summer for training In radio engin¬ eering, electrical' eng.noerlng, aiitr mechanics, black smithing, and th« operation of motor vehicles.
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ampaign.     The    majorltv    of these wero not cities, but country districts.
GRANGE NEWS,
HOMK FROM THE J "AMP.
C. W. K'app. tho Cnuntv Ai'-nt nnd W M. Benninger visited Harmony Grange mar I'ennsvillo    on     Friday
  evening.     The mefting was well *t-
Among those from town who are tended, sixty members being present. I O.V In the N&Uonal Army at th-* The talk given hy Mr Klapp on "The Tarloos campe that ep«nt Saturday Farmer a Better Buslnesa Man" w» ana Banday Here wtth reiatlTee and well received .Mr Benninger gave a wero Jacob Heck, Charles very Interesting talk. A Homo Eca- Harry   nornlcs  Demonstration was arranged
fr.onds
Kleppinger.   Jobn   Deichman
Wiind
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Give our bovs In the .Armv and Na
ry every    fighting    chance.    Pledge Nolf. Ueorge  wara.    na    iwiwaroa,
yourself to save    to the    utmost of Ueorge Kfteriy un&riea Meaiar
your ability and to buy War Savings Most of tno men lert wun tne
K«mme;   '.^^i^T^^''. ^"*""*'   •''"^"   to be held thla (Thursday) afternooQ. K^asra   ier.  i!.nwcoa  Lauoacn,   uavia   Jnne 20,  In the    Harmony    OraoM
Hall.
quota from the district
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