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"I like to SCO n man proud of the plnco In which he llvoa. I like to 800 a man live in II so that his plaoe will be prou<l of lilm."
—Abraham   Ltnroln.
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NAZARETH
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ITEM
"The most poien^ conatrocttre tnlint>nce in a comtiinlty la • body of baslness and pro- ferwioniil men bonded nnael- HhIiIj- toKether for the pnrpoae of Improving Its citizenship." —James Bryee.
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO L'TERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
VOL. XXX
NAZARETH, PA , THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 9, 1921.
No. 28
Have You Thought of Independence Day
Lets Get Together And Have A Full Days Sport   Give A Helping Hand
Nazareth Young Man, Now A State Trooper Arrested Bank Robbers
Private G. Fred Heckman, Identified With The Union- town state Troopers Single Handed Arrested Five Sus¬ pects for Bank Robbery.
KNIGHTS OF FRIEND¬ SHIP ATTEND SERVICE IN REFORMED CHURCH
M,. Heckman a Husky Young ^^ „,^j B    ^^ A^.
Man ,sThe Son ofM,^ and       ^^,^ g_^„^__ g^^^„^„^ Mts. Clayton T. Heckman, Corner of Main and Mauch Chunk streets Nazareth.
Sermon Delivered
The following is taken from the Issues of the Uniontown Morning Herald of May 2 5 and 26, which is an e.\cellent record of one of our Nazareth young nien_ G. Fred Heckman, in arresting single-handed the bank robber.^ o£ Xew Castle. Contesting  with  great odds    in
a tearless display of courage and stamina, Pri\ate George Frederick Heckman, a Xazareth boy. identified with the Uniontown unit of the State police, Wednesday. May 25th at 5:15 o'clock, P. M. single-handed and unassisted, brought to a sudden halt, at the point of his pistol^ a fast traveling fugitive Esse.\ touring car, carrying a cargo ot long-range rifles, pistols and automatics, placing under arrest the driver of the car and his four alien companions.
The five prisoners, suspects in the bold $40,000 bank robbery in Xew Castle Tuesday noon May 24th, are now lodged in the State Police bar¬ racks at Greensburg while authori¬ ties there continue ¦n'hich police say. will link the five men with the holp-up and robbery ot the Uuion Xational bank iu the I.iaw. rence county seat, the boldest of its kind perpetrated in that county in many years.
Hearing   is  Given
The arrest was made at Searights six miles west of Uniontown. The prisoners, all aliens residing in and about Pittsburgh, were accorded a hearing in the court of .\lderman J 0. .Michael, this city, Tuesday night at 9:15 o'clock on charges of carry¬ ing concealed weapons. Fines ot $25 each were imposed. Immediate ly following the hearing the quin¬ tette, in charge of members of the Uniontown unit were ru.'ihed in mot¬ or cars  to  Greensburg.
The following are held by police:
Terso Burchianti, aged 30, Dox 67, Lock Xo. 3, .\llegheny county, driv¬ er of car; Pete Feflre, aged -i-i, 13 Chess street, Monongahela City: Daniel Hustello, aged 3 0, Fredericks- town, Washington county: John Toti, aged 34 near Pittsburgh and Loul.s Corvi, 35 Allegheny city.
Hail Seal Oiitlit
Contents of the suitcase taken from the fugitive car follow:
Eight rounds of ammunition^ ma¬ jor portion in cartridge belts; tilty- pairs of knucklers, two steel "sink¬ ers"  and  three  leadcoated  maces.
Concealed under the seat of the car the following was tound:
Two "ready-for-action" automotlcs of Colt and Savage model.
Word from Greensburg state police fcUlborities at 1:05 o'clock prisoners to that city had not as yet reached tireensburg but was expected nio- tnentarily. The car was under heavy guard and lett Uniontown at 9:52 o'clock. Upon its arrival the prison¬ ers will be taken direct to the State ttoop barracks, will be subjected to a questioning and then 'mugged. InvcNtiKiKlon  Toilay
"I cannot say for certainly that they are the men who pulled the job In Xew Castle" said Captain of State Police Smitli when reached by tele¬ phone at Greensburg at 1:05 o'clock Wednesday morning. "So soon as 1 examine the guns 1 will be able to make some positive statement. They answer tho descriptions entirely aud from advance information I ara in¬ clined to bellevo that they are tb.' right men."
It was shortly after 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon when the stato po¬ lite Ul Greensburg uotilied tho ser¬ geant In charge of the Uniontov.'i "¦it of the .New Castle bank rob¬ bery. Only a meagre de.-<criptlon was |l»en. Private George Frederick H»»kman, a Nazareth boy was at o«»e detailed to the Sea rights dls- tilet, while city police and stato po¬ lls* al Now Salem were nptlhed at the same time. A county-wide not »ag established.
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The morning service of St. John's l.'eformed Church were unique in their audience. Tbe service was conducted by the Superintendent of Literature. Miss Amy Knauss. The Mi.ssion Band composed of children rendered a chorus after whicli ap- piopriate remarks were made by the president, Mrs. W. F. Kern. This was followed by a demonstration on 'W Lookout for the Outlook of Missions" given by Amy Knauss, Pauline Roth, Virginia Werkheiser a-^d   Helen  Smith.
The Misses Bonstein, Everett, Hellick, Clift and Knauss rendered the pantamine "O Zion Haste," the music of which waa rendered by Jlrs.  Warren Geary.
The evening services were at¬ tended by the local Chamber, Knights ot Friendship, accompanied bv the Nazareth Band. This order has but been recently organized and the Sir Knights turned out In large nuirbers. The Knights, the Band, the Choir and audience all contri¬ buted their share to make this ser¬ vice impressive and agreeable. Dr. wane "u.nori- *y^,^i„g,g j,jg,j,g ^^^ "Friendship' n  investigationf      ,
VOTERS OF N4ZARETH INVITED TO ATTEND IMPORTANT MEETINO
Ot  School  Board,   Monday Evening, June ISth, Elec¬ tion of Teachers, Etc.
ANOTHER EARLY SUMMER BATTLE
ring s and brought home the lesson.i drawn therefrom, with peculiar eloquences and  impressiveness.
CUOWDS AT I'OltKS ( IH lU'H
.\nnual  Memorial  Day (Jbservanie on   Sunday—Tho   I'rograui
.\t    the    meeting    ot'    the    school ' board,    held    Monday    ovenini,',    the' directors decided to meet in adjourn¬ ed  session  with the architect in the Fairview  Rnildins,  -Monday  evening, j Juno  i:!, to further discuss the new j buildin,y project.    The voters of th" | town are invited to this meeting to , express   their   views   as   to   whether j the  new  building  should  be  erected ! on   till'   present   high  school   site  or whethi'r  a  site  should  bc  bouglit  in i another part of the town and the new I building located thereon.    The mem- ' bers of tbe board have heard senti- \ ments     which  ditTer  in   the   matter, j For this reason  it  is considered ad-! visable  to  extend  this   invitation   to the voters so that each one, who so desires, may express his or her views which   should   enable   the   board   to act in closer harmony with what the town may desire.    The meeting will be  opened  to the  public  for discus¬ sion ot the matter at 8 P.M.
At the meeting on Monday even¬ ing, the election of teachers also took place. All the teachers now employ¬ ed were re-elected with the excep¬ tion of iMr. Geo. Lindeman and Mi'ss Marion Bardill. Mr. Lindeman and Miss Bardill were no applicants for re-election. These vacancies were filled by electing Miss Emma Schmuekle to teach in the fourtli | grade, Whitfield Building, and Mr. j Ralph Stocker to teach in the high school.
Entertained  Crochet  Circle
Mrs. Edgar Rohn on Tuesday cele¬ brated her 47th birthday anniversary by entertaining the members and a number of friends of the Xazareth Crochet Circle, the afternoon and evening was spent in a social man¬ ner. .-Xn elegant supper was served. The club members presented her with a very useful gift and departed to their homes at a seasonable hour, wishing their hostess many more birthday anniversaries similar to that ot 1921, well pleased with their entertainment.
Nazareth High Seniors And Friends On A
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OOMI.VO   EVENTS
Tho annual Memorial Day services were held at Forks Church on Sun- d:.y afiernoon and the fine weather brought out a large attendance. It was estimated that 8,00 people were on the grounds and about 1,000 auto¬ mobiles were parked in the different j June 11—Strawberry and ice cream
June    11—Strawberry     festival     at
Snyder's Church. June 11—Strawberry and Ice cream
festival by    St. John's    Lutheran
congregation.
Exercises
country roads.
Details from Lafayette Post, O. A. R., Sons of Veterans, United Spanish War Veterans and other organizat- tions left al 1:15 P. .M., on special cars on the Northampton Traction line. The following program was rendered: .Music hy Tatamy Band; prayer by Rev. Floyd Shafer; read¬ ing ot Lincoln's Gettysburg .-Vddress by Past Commander R. S. Cowell; reading of names of deceased com¬ rades. Commander Noah Dietrich; address by Stanley J. Fehr, a student at the University of Pennsylvania; niusic by Tatamy Band; address by Rev. A. W. Anderson, who wore his Spanish War Veteran's uniform; Ke- t'.eat by Buglers Seip, salute, A. Company, Second Regiment, S. V. R. Taps by Buglers Seip; "Star Spangl¬ ed Banner." Tatamy Band. The Tatamy Band was recently reor¬ ganized and is under the direction of Prof George Brodt. The playing by tiie band was a feature of the exer-
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Timely  Warning
At the close of the festival at Snyder's Church on Saturday even¬ ing the Committee in charge noticed Ihat a party ot suspicious characters were close at hand to the treasurer 'n charge and found that they would not retire. In order to keep on the safe side the Committee at onco re¬ tired iu the church building, where they spent the night with the even¬ ing's receipts, waiting a rescuing party arrived in the morn¬ ing and scared the would-be high¬ waymen away.
It has since been found that plans had been laid to get away with tbe Now     let
festival  by  the  Reformed  Sunday
school, Belfast. June 11-—Cake walk and strawberry
and     ice  cream     festival  by    tUe
Evangelical      Reformed      Sunday
School,  Belfast. June   11—Ice     cream     festival     at
Bushkill Centre. June  15—Strawberry and Ice cream
i The annual sermon will be delivered Sunday at 10.30 A. M. by Rev. Dr. J. S. Romig, of Philadelphia, in the Mora- vian Church, and on Monday evening the complimentary concert by the Y. M. C. .A. Band will be held on the campus. Tbe meeting of the board of directors, field drill and declamation contest are soiled uled tor Tuesday.
The    Commencement    day    program follows;
 , 10 o'clock, cla.ss day exercises, class
I of 1921;  1.15, escort of alumni, bv the
Will Hold Its  178th  ^nnua/ ^i'"-:''""' l-3'\ business meeting ot the
alumni association, m the chapel; 3.00, baseball game. Alumni vs. N. H. M. A.; 5.00. supper, weather permitting, in the garden (admission liy card); 6.30, dress parade, on the campus; 7.45, closing exercises, in the Moravian church, with award of prizes and diplomas; address by Mr. Robert E. Laramy, Superintendent of Schools, Easton.
by Boat; Every One In The Party Had an Enjoyable Time Visiting Historical Points.
Walker   will   reside   in   Easton D. .No. 2.
R.
The    one    hundred    and    seveuty-
; sylvanla Station.    The party went di-
fourth convention of the Ministerium: "¦!"'>'  ^°Yl  ",'^^ .''°';.'^ ""^  "fi""'?"
of Pennsylvania and adjacent states, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church.
street and boarded the "Concord, " the boat which carried them to Providence.
will be held at Reading, in St. James'; V" '''^''S'l""' evening ended when the Lutheran Church, the Rev. M. l. . hrst mate shoved everybody inside the Zweizig, D.D.. Pastor, from June 1-^.'^^"^_''^ }".'':.^}°''\^^^''F: I""" *°'"_^ 11.    This is one of the largest bodies!
Closing Exercises Next Week
of the United Lutheran Church in America. It is composed of flve hundred clergymen and laymen, rep¬ resenting a constituency of one hundred and seventy thousand people. With this body flve hundred congregations  are  afllliated,   with
reason, possibly due to the over¬ abundance of pep, nobody slept that night. In the morning everybody was up early, that is rising between the hours of 1:15 and 4:15 A. M., standard time, in order to get a good view of the beautiful sunrise on Narraganset Bay. This   was  one  of   the   most  beautiful
X'azareth Hall Military .Academy will hold its one hundred and seventy- eighth closing exercises from Sunday until the following Wednesday. A pro¬ gram appropriate to the closing for the year of the well founded and historic institution will be in effect during tbe three days and alumni from classes for many years hack have announced their iotention ot being present. There will also be hundreds of relatives and friends of the graduates at Nazareth tor the exercises and a gala day is an-
testival of    St. John's    Reformed; t'<^'P''ted Sunday  School     on  the    lawn  ot j . the church. |
une  18—Joint picnic at the Naza-' reth Fair Grounds by  the Grang¬ ers   ot   Lehigh  and   Northampton; Counties. I
June IS—Strawberry and ice cream j festival in connection with sugar i cake, fancy cake and candy sale j at Centre Square, by the Ladies' ' Auxiliary of the Y.M.C.A. The ] "Y"  band  will  furnish  music.
June IS—Strawberry and Ice cream I festival in the grove adjoining I Plainfield Church by the organized' Bible Class of the Church.
June 2 5—Strawberry and Ice cream festival by Hecktown Union Sun¬ day School in the grove adjoining the church.
,Iine 30—Festival and Cake Walk by the Y.M.C.A. base ball team, iu Centro Square. The "Y" band will furnish the music. At S:30 P. M. the winners ot the grand drawing  will be announced.
'uly 11—Opening of Chautauqua on Nazareth   Hall   Athletic   Fleld. there untilljuly     16—Annual    picnic    ot    the Plainfield    Union    Sunday    School will be held In adjoining grove.
July 16—Annual picnic ot the Moorestown Union Sunday School
July 23—Sunday school picnic will bo  held at  Bushkill  Centre.
. Hirtl-.day Ci'lehrallon
Mrs. Paul Oapp on Friday cele- I brated her SOth birthday aniiiver- ¦ s.try and entertained the Nazareth Crochet Circle. The Circle present- Pi; the hostess with a valuable cut glass dish. Refreshments were served'and a real pleasant time was cnjoyrd   by  all   present.
property value of over a million dol- i ^<^«°f s. "{ ^^^ entire trip. An excellent lars. The chief items of business breakfast was provided on the steamer, will be the election of a successor to i S,"'^''" ^^^'^^ the steamer soon docked. the present president, the Rev. h. IT^^ P'^'^'J' ^''^ hurried to the station A. Weller, D.D., who has served the I J" Providence, R. I., where they synod for a term of five years, devot- ; boarded a tram for Boston. One hour ing his entire time to the offlce; the !'^ter, in Boston, rooms were assigned country church, of which a complete!^' ^^^ Quinsy House, the largest corn- survey has recently been made, and i "'ercial hotel in Boston, the   ordination   of   a   large   class   of
young men for the ministry. The Revs. G. S. Kleckner, J. A. Klick. .A. E. Erdman and M. M. Dry are attend¬ ing the sessions.
receipts   of   the   festival. u    .     .    .       .
this be a warning to all committees j August  G—bunday  school  picnic  of in charge    of festivals    and picnics' that  there    are a  gang
Lutheran     Sunday
of fellows tiavelling around that are ready to bold up a Sunday School festival and let them bo prepared to meet those fellows with a proper reception, as they deserve. ^^^^^^^__
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kern, Mrs. Kate Kern and Catherine and Anna Engle motored to VVlessport on Sun¬ day and spent the day with George Buck.
the     Belfast School.
August 13—Annual Convention ot the Northampton Choir Associ¬ ation in the Grove at Bushkill Centro.
August 17—The annual picnic of the Hecktown Sunday School In the grove adjoining the church.
September 3—The Intermediate De¬ partment of the Hecktov^ Sunday School win hold Its annual picnic In the church grove.
With a little over an hour to them¬ selves, the boys subwayed around Bos¬ ton for the experience and sight-seeing. They got both. .At noon the party got lunch at a resUiurant, after which they boarded sight-seeing busses for a tour ISanKor <;irl Honoi-i'd of Lexington. Concord,  .Arlington  and
Thora Thornian, the popular daugh- the route of the Minute Men. This is a ter of-Mr. and Mrs. Morris J. Thorman. fifty-mile tour and expert guides are has been awarded a beautiful gold furnished for the parties. .All along fountain pen by the Palmer Writing the route the guides tell stories about Method System Institute, New York j and explain the different places of In- CKy. ! terest. both of historical  and  modern
Last fall Superintendent of the Pub-i importance. The party stopped at the lie Schools John W. Gruver announced \ Battlefield of Lexington and the incl- that the pupil in the eighth grade: dents of the battle are related. The whose writing was the best specimen' next stop is made at the Hancock- would be awarded the prize, and at ' Clarke House, where it is told that the close of the term the writing of all John Hancock and Samuel Adams were pupils ot the eighth grade was sent to ' staying when warned by Paul Revere the school at New York City, and the of the coming of the British. The next writing of Thora Thorman was judged stop was made at the Battlefield in by them as the best. The prize was a ¦ Concord, where the stirring tales of gift from the school. the battle were again brought to mind.
Mr. and Mrs. Thorman formerly re-  -At  this point the party began  to see
more clearly why the battles in the vicinity of Boston were fought where they were. Up to this time the tour had been over the route that Paul Re¬ vere took on his eventful ride. Through the stirring explanations and descrip¬ tions ottered by the guide, and the ins!   iptions seen, the indl-
sided on South Main Street.
Soprano  K<>h>i.st  at  Uath
Sunday morning     Miss    Floreiict,
Eaer.   soprano   soloist   of   St.   James
Lutheran  Church  of  Allentown   will
I sing next Sunday morning at Walnut i relics and
i Street  Presbyterian    church.       Missviduals could ai  last feel som# of the
I Baer has given recitals in  Nazaret'i   old Revolutionaiy War spirit.    This is
: and  Reading  and     was     formerlv a \ °"6 of the features of the trip.   On the
; member of the  Bach     Choir        Her  '''"'""  '^'"''^  ^''"'"  Cmcord  a different
coming to Bath will prove a ple.isur..: V'"*^ 't ^'fl'l'    "^^ •' TT?, ^'l^v.^ '^'^'
. ,    ,,  ,...,   . ,      ' ''^"'    1 den. site of Thoreau a hut, Hawthorne 8
'.     who hear her. ,-^^^^   .j^,,   ,^,^^^,   „^^^,^  p,^^^^   ^,   .^.
111.'   Childrens   D:iy  service   is   at | terest, among which is Sleepy Hollow.
i!   P.  -M.  Ihe s.iiiie  Sunday     evening.' The party arrived  in  Boston  in  time
Everybody  is  invited. j for dinner.    In the evening they went
 ^ I to   Revere   Beach   and   spent  a  joyful
I!.,.-, -.f Mi.ii^„ r. "¦'*' hours.   This completed the day.
li.ii'n of .ilitllin Person at
Petersville  Iturned'     Friday  morning  was spent  inspect- ' ing   the   capitol   buildings   of   Massa¬ chusetts,   which   are   in   Boston.     The afternoon was spent In touring old and
U.   FltEO   HECKM.A.V With  the  ItniwnluM'n   I'nit  of  Htate Troopera
.\ $1500 damage resulted fioii. .. iM'c Ihat .Monday afternoon attacked the barn of .Mitflin Person, owner and tenant of his own farm, about one-half mile from Petersville. Tht l.iy, straw and grain in the barn, be- c line the prey ot tho flames. All of tl.e horses were removed to safety, A bucket brigade, formed by farmers nearby, tried its best to »tay the fire hut all efforts were vain. The en¬ tire barn collapsed.
Estate  Matters
The last will of Christian Hahn, deceased, late ot Plainfield Township has been admitted to probate. Sel- ma J. and Charles Fehr, of Belfast, have been named executors.
new Boston. They may be honest in Boston but the streets are as crooked as they can be made. t:;anal Street goes north, south, east and west. Some street: Places of interest on this tour are the Home of Paul Revere, Boston Commons, Old State House and many others. The lattfr part of the after¬ noon was spent In Providence, R. I., viewing the capitol buildings of Rhode Island. Dinner was had on the steamer returning to New York. This boat wae the "Lexington" and so the same Mate was not on It as was on tbe boat going to Providence. There was a storm at sea so perhaps that seeonnts for the "rocky" (eellng of about a half dosen of tbe party.
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Sight Seeing Tour
The Class of 1921 of Naza¬ reth High School and a Number of Friends Spent Several Days on a Tout Through The New England States.
HVME.\E.\L
WALKER-KESSLER j
At the parsonage, 125 E. Centre' slreet, Xazareth, on Saturday after-' r.con, at 4 o'clock, Bert Henry Walker; (ii Jersey City, N. J., and Miss Louise' Frances Kessler, of Easton, R. D. N'o. _' were united in marriage by the Rev. George S. Kleckner.  The ring service
of Lutheran Church was used.     The ^ 	
couple were attended by Mr. aud Mrs.
George steinke, of Easton R. F. D. They Made Part of The Trip
So. 2 best man and matron of honor respectively, and  by Joseph  Holden, Easton,  Xo.     3,  and    Miss     Martha, Kessler,   sister  of  the  bride.     After tr.e ceremony, a reception was tend¬ ered the couple at the home of the I ride.     The  bride  Is  a  daughter  or'' ^^_^^_^______
.Mrs. Ellen and the late Floyd Kessl-j
ei. The bridegroom is employed by I It was a joyous and expectant crowd the Central Railroad of N. J. After j that left Xazareth at 10 o'clock, Wed- a two weeks honeymoon in Jersey i nesday morning, bound on a sight- City  and  points  east,  Mr.  and  Mrs. ^?«'°e '°"'' °} H^^ ^ork, Boston and
Xew England States.    The party was
so full of pep that those who were not on familiar terms l)efore became fast friends at once, thus putting into effect one of the principal ideas in a trip of this kind.
The  party  consisted  of  the   Senior
SMITH-ALBERT Conrad J. Smith of South Whit- field street, Nazareth, and Miss Helen M. Albert ot Tatamy were united in j Class of the Nazareth High School, marriage on Saturday evening at S [ P!"^ .» number of friends from the o'clock bv Rev Dr W H Wotrintr Vanity, thus making a nice party of o Clock n\ Kev. ur. w. h. vv otung,, ^^.^.^y people. Mrs. Morris Fortuin pastor of St. John s Reformed churcl, i chaperoned the girls, while A. H. Mar- Nazareth, at the parsonage. The ring tin, principal of the High School, held ceremony  was   used.       The     couple  the boys in tow.
were unattended.    They will reside at I     on  the  train  to  New  York  all  the
Tatamy. . i boys   helped   eat   Mr.   Martin's   lunch
^ ! (two    sandwiches),    necessitating    a
-MeetinK of Lutheran .Synod ! short lunch upon arrival in the Penn-