The Nazareth Item

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NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 15. 1923.
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AN   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER.   DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND    GENERAL    INTELLIGENCE.
WRECKED IN COLLISION ON EASTON ROAD
.ding' No Lights and Fog Result in Injuries to Occupants
on Tuesday morning about 5.30 Woclt there was an automobile accl- ,nt on the Kas'on lload, near Hollo,
hen the loiuin? car of Hess Hros., „tomoblle ag""-'^ °f Nazareth col- Ld with the large bread trurk of Vr Renner. The Renner truck rtsindrarte of a :.oung man l)y the ame ot Grulie, liavlns been .o Eas- ,n for 8 load of l)read, and the Hess Hiring car vwi- .. ciipiMl bv four in- Ividuals on t! :¦¦ way to Epston to ike a train for .\"e"- York Ci!\.
The Hess car h'd no lights burning nd there vv:.> ;¦ li-avy mist. The less car was niminig at a high si.o.vl nil both cars ^' crc badly demolished, ever.il pors'-ii- i" 'l-c "eiis car wor^ llj^tlv rr 'i-e tiikon  lo Eas-
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Nazareth Hall Cadet Wins Basket Ball Trophy at Phila.
"Joe" Ka/in Shoots Ttiirteen Out of Fifteen Shots
at Basket and Captures Loving Cup Atvarded
in St. Joseph Foul Shooting Contest
There were i.-vy-i-n.- il-aths tro-.n momobile aicidcnts in .Vorthampton
ounty during H'22, ncco.-iling to gnres annniincp;! liy Coroner Walter . Cathrall. The coroner Investigat- da total of eiglity-five tragic deaths, n which he held forty-two inquests, Is Investigations showing Inquest.s 0 be unnecessary In the remainder. tore were twelve sulciiles. nine omlcldes and four drownings, the emalnlng nineteen cases being con- Ined to explosions, coasting accidonts ud rtllroad accidents.
Afoorth atteniiit was made Satur- lay morning to sell at receiver's gale ht'roperty of the .Slate Belt Transit Company, in the grand jury room of he Xorthampton county court house, upset price of $135,000 however, onld not be obtained, and the sale as again postponed until Saturday. Ilarch 31 at 10 a. m.. In the grand Dry room.
Noah Dietrich, ot Easton. county «aler of welglits and measures and ommander of Lafayette Post. O. A. I., during the week-end attended the loarterly meeting of the board of Urectors of the soldiers' home at Erie. Mr. Dietrich Is a member of be board.
Great excitement prevailed around town on Saturday evening when news reached here that Joseph .M. Kahn, Jr., of the Nazareth Hall Military Academy, had won the championship, as star basketeer of the Kast, In the second annual basketball battle held Friday night in Philadelphia, wliere the cream of all cagenien from thirly of the leading high schools and acad¬ emies of the Eastern stales competed for the sliver cup, which Is now be¬ ing proudly exlilhited In N,izar<M!i liy Ihe coiifiuering hero's scluxil-ni:! is.
Kahii  is Wl ll-l<iii)Uii aiiiDii:' th': iii- lialiiljuls i:f Xaz.-ii'eth. liaviiiLi ai'.n.!-, ed  thf  Xazarelh  Hall  Mi'iiary  A.a I-i emy (or the past live years. j
t'pon his return to .Vazarih fro,; Philadelphia he was carrle<l tvn.n t:,..: car ui^on  tip- shouMcr., ,,i lii<  -  anul |
mates and seated In a sleigh, which the cadets of the Academy drew in triumph through the streets ot the town.
Among the important schools rep¬ resented at the contest were Olrard College, Penn Charter, Germantown Academy, Wenonah .\cademy, Temple Preparatory, Haverfurd High and uiauy ollnrs. Kahn not only won the first place, but had the highest run of Ihe night, shooting through the basket In succession twelve straight tosses.
Joseph Kalm. who is eighteen years of age, came to N'azareth from I.,ynn.
Mass.. wlicre liis father is a jewekr. lie is known among the boys as no¬ tably iimdesi and unassuming, daz- itit; dreaiiiily at tlie heaiitifiil sil'. :¦ trophy he e.\claimed; "I never 1|. i to capture you my li ly."
Y. M. C. A. FIVE VS MUHLENDERO VARSITY TONIGHT
One of Ihc IM-Ht KuiiicN of the sca.Hon will Im* staK<'<l in llie "Y" K.vin IIiIn rvi-nInK whrn (he lo¬ cal lniy«i will faio Iho Hli-finK MiililenlM'i'K qilinti-t. TliLs BK- KrfK'Olon liaK l)oon playliiK with the Ix'st In cnllc^c lankH and will prove to b<* sIlfT oppoHitlon for llu' "Y" team.
The l<Kal five lias licon prar- llrlng evi-ry ni^lit for the liisl week ami claim Iho men lo be ill Ki'cal conililiiin for Ihls roiii- lial ami pi'i>iiii>e llie ca^e fans tlu' most llirillinf; event lliey ever witnessed on (Ile local (loor. The (iisl wliMIe for llie bits game will blow at H p. in. [lon't miss it.
The Y. M. C. \. .hs. uill play .Nativity nf li' (!il   hem.
ODAySCIIOOI. (T.ASS
TO (ilVK MI'SICAI.
The Polly Anna class of girls of the Uoravlan Sunday school, taught by «rs. 3. H. Cruii kjhank, will hold a Jiuslcal In the Sunday school room of T^be church, Thursday evening. March Fat7.30 p.m. All are invited to at- lend. A silver offering will he taken |»lilch will go towards the Easter of¬ fering ot the Sunday school.
miiTiiK\v niwK.n,
MR. CLEWELL ENJOYS CLIMATE IN FLORIDA
(."harles H. ('l.'w.ji, who went to Florida last fall, writrs to L. P. Kos¬ tenbader. of Nazaretli, that he is lo- oated in St. Petersburg, the beautiful "Sunshine City." with flowers in bloom and the groves look fine witli trees full of oranges and grape fruit.
Mr. and Mra. David Snyder, ot Weaversvllle. Northampton county, recently called on .Mr. Clewell. They made the trip to Florida In their au¬ tomobile.
Mr. Clewell says he was married In December to a N'ew Castle, Delaware, girl. Mr. Clewell recently built a new bungalow and expects to remain in Florida for the present time. At present he says there are about fifty thousand tourists there.
It will be remembered .Mr. Clewell a few years ago moved to N'a'areth from New Castle, Del., and purchased the old Clewell homestead on .Vorth Main street, Xazareth, above the Square, and improved the premises, but later sold the property to Andrew Schissler, who now occupies the home. In former years Mr. Clewell yvas In the undertaking business at N'ew Castle, Del., where he made a great success U\ his business eiiter- priso and sold out his business be¬ fore coming to N'azareth.
MOORESTOWN
KiTTKK'.s m;\v <;aiia<;k
ori'.VIMi, MARCH  1«
Edgar Rohn. of town, and Clinton |Rolin,ot Easton, on Sunday celehrat-. ed their blnhdav anniversary at the borne of .Mr a:, i Mrs. Edgar Uohn, | South Broa ! ., ; ¦. -^^nd entertained > parly of friends to an excellent din- Mr In honor ot the occasion.
Among thosa presant were Rev. y Mrs. J. A. Kli.k. Mr. and Mrs. JamtaRohn, Willard Rohn, of town; w. and .Mrs, Clinton Rohn, Martha Wd Arlene Rohn, of Easton; Mr. and •ys. Charles Khiier and son. .Mr. and M". Edward l:'a,n and son Borough,
son, of Wll-
ki^ " '""' ""¦'"''¦s are asked to wdlyhave il„.ir dogs tied as insi>ee- »f««re headed i!,|s way and all ani- n>li found roaming on the streets »ol properly pr,, |,i,.,i with collar . nd »l»lll be Inmi'-.lia'.el. put lo death 'y « State offlrlal.
On Friday afternoon, March Iti. .lames L. Ritter will open his new garage on South Main street hy dis¬ playing a line of the I,ll•-'^t model Buick and Nash motor cirs The garage is built on ftreivi'if plans, large and plenty of floor sp.i' ,• Mr. Kilter wants it to be till"<l on this oc¬ casion with patrons and friends and he wry cordially invites everybody to spend the afternoon and evening with liiiii and his assistants. The Melody I'.ovs will le- le'i.' lo enliven the crowd.
KN'.IOYS UK\I)IN(i "THF, ITKM."
We an> pleased to state tliat during the week-end a letter has been receiv¬ ed nt this oflice from our f.irm r r o- Uellor. Raymond R. Remaley. of Naz¬ areth, now receiving treatment at the Hamburg stati' sanatorium towards regaining his former health. He writes: "That the sanatorium Is a wonderful place and at iir.sent some .-,on patients are receiving treatment. Fueling flne and enjoy reading the home news In   The Item.' "
VOLLEY BALL LEAGUE TO
START A T "Y" MONDA Y EVE,
SmoAer fo, All Members to be Held March 22; Male Chorus Organized; Ladies^ Auxiliary to Show Harold Lloyd Doctor Jack'' April 20-21
Siuiilay school on Sumlay after¬ noon at 1 o'clock followed by Re¬ formed service at 2 p. m.
Mrs. Isaac Remaly spent Thursday afternoon wltb :\Irs. James Eberts.
Mr. and Mrs. Ii. F. Craig and fam¬ ily spent Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Winters.
-Miss June Craig spent Saturday with Miss Mamie Smith.
Andrew Smith spent Thursday af¬ ternoon in Nazareth to attend his sister's funeral, .Mrs. Samuel Bilheiin- or.
Miss Mabel Seyfried spent Satur¬ day evening with .Miss Mamie Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Remaly, Miss Mabel Seyfrird, Dora Williamson and daughter Ethel and Frank Peters spent Sunday afternoon with Reuben Miller and family.
An automobile chain found on the road near Moorestown can be had by the owner it he calls at the home ot Isaac Remaly, near Moorestown.
Raymond Seyfried spent a few hours with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Reese on Sunday afternoon.
Elsie Reese spent Sunday -dUn^ noon with her brother, Howard Reese and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fehr and cliiidren Stanley, Grover. Ethel and .Arlene, of Hushklli Center, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. ,Milton  .\nilrews.
Mr. aud Mrs. Victor Andrews . ud children spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Asher .Andrews.
.Miss June   Craig    spen'    Saturday
with her friend.  Miss  Mamie  Smith.
Mrs.   Grant   Remaly  and  children
spent  Friday  with  h-^r parents,  Mr.
and Mrs. fleorg'- Beer, .
Mr. and Mrs, Milic i -\nilrews made a trip to Cherry Hill an.. Bushkill Center on Friday.
NAZARETH ADMITTED TO LEHIGH VALLEY BASEBALL LEAGUE
Wind Gap M. C Church
Re-opened on Sunday
First Services Conducted Since the Edifice Was Damaged by Fire; Interior Entirely Re¬ modeled; Improvements Added
After undergoing extensive repairs, the Wind Gap .Methodist Episcopal church which was seriously damaged by flre in January, was reopened on Sunday with special services, both in the afternoon and evening. Various improvements have been added to the building making it one ot which the members of the congregation may well be proud. Edward Fretz and Clarence Heller have been working strenuously to have everything In readiness for the reopening and mem¬
bers ot the official board have been especially active.
The entire interior of the building has been renovated, decorated, and painted, making the auditorium, with three adpoining rooms, the largest and most attractive In Wind Gap. The basement has been remodeled into a modern Sunday school assem¬ bly room with a new kitchen and boiler room in the rear. The total expense of the repairs and renova¬ tions amount to more than $1000.
OLD NAZARETH BAND DRUMMER LAID TO REST LAST SUNDAY
Services  Largely   Attended, Odd Fellow Rites Con¬ ducted at Grave
STOCKERTOWN
Officials Vote to Continue as
Six-Team Circuit For
Coming Season
H,  .\.  HERIJST  DKAO.
Was
m
Monday. M'.r.h 1 2, the members of
losing teams of the Volley, Ball
iJ2 '"'"'"'"f-'l the winners at a
»lnn7      " '""'""••    1^0"' 1"'"^ a"''
tbew'^"'^'' '" lie congr..lulated for
The.-
which   they    made    the ear,
•tartn'"*'"""'' ^'"""¦' """ '-'"'''Siie will llio (• "a ^'""''''J' evening when Cap- Cam.i ^'"''<'''''¦'* 'earn will meet limai   ^''''"""''i     Th' new league
Jam*. '" ''" "¦ 6""'l "ne.    The
Thur.V^'^* played every Monday and "ursday at s o'clock.
btltl ! 'T"'' «o<-f''l-.smoker   will    be elock,   A11..V '" «MP that
March   22    at    8 meiuberg are a»ked
llm«i.'„""' '-¦'•^"'¦'K open-    A good "•'• promised lo all
»ork\ ^!   "'"'" <^'»'"'U» I'  ''¦ir'l  at
PfomiM. , Infant   organization
tht "Y"     ^««o'"e a fine addition to
No movies will be shown during the Holy Week, March 26-31.
Tho Ladles' Auxiliary is getting things In order for a special movie April 20-21. They have s.m iire<l Dr. Jack, tho l.iiighter speci.ilist. for thoso dates and iuviicd all who in any way are siiff. ring from the blues to cotisult this wonder worker. Harold Moyd is nt his liest in this iilai. Don't forget  the <laies,
(¦'. ':ing events • shadow..!
Ii.fnr,',     Get ready V" play
to be given April 5 «! liv 'Ue "V" com-dlans. Many of us aro constant¬ ly getting Into trouble, but f. a of us ,,¦ MvrnvR In Trouh!.! BS is the hero j,, ., ,    , ; ;      - 2-,.- .ii.'l -<^'',    No
.;. •     V   ur     1 icUel'. from the ' Y"  members
Remembers the da'e April .-n^ nemember the pUi'e, The "V, ' Ilemember   the   title  "Alwayi    m
Trouble" and
Hememher to get your ticket.
I'oriiier Slate Ollleer of Knl);h(.s of Golden Eagle.
Harry .V. Herbst, of ..ew street, Bethlehem, died on Thursday at the Episcopal Hospital, Philadelphia, of pneumonia, aged 44 years. He was recently employed at the Bethlehem Steel works and for 1 .^ years was a clerk In the .North Side post-offlce, nethlehem. The late Mr. Herbst was a past Grand Chief ot the Knights of the Golden Eagle. He w.is also a member of lona Teipple, I.adles of the Golden Eagle of Betblehem, and an .\nclent Venerable Hermit of Rip Van Winkle Hermitage of Bethlehem. He was an ardent worker In the or¬ der and always had been a welcomed visitor al Nazareth Castle, No. 396, K. G. E.
About a week ago Mr. Herbst went to Phlladelphhi to visit a sister who was seriously ill. He became sick himself and on Saturday was taken to tho hospital.
.*  SIX'1.4Ii TEA.
The Ladles' Auxiliary of the Y. M. C. A. held a social tea in the social rooms of the V. M. C. A. Wednesday from 3 to 5 p, m. It was attended by a large number of friends and nunihers. .\ musical program, con¬ sisting of radio music from Gimbel Brothers' store, Philadelphia, and vo¬ cal selections by Mrs. Edward Greg¬ ory and Mrs. fi. Crulckshank, with piano selection by Miss Esth'-r Werk¬ heiser was rendered. Refreshments were served an.l the tift rnoon wai enjoyed hy all, Th.-S' so. Ial teas .ire !" I," iield the first Weilnf)fd,iy of evry mi'iith, ,'
Al a meeting of the Lehigh Valley Baseball Leagye, held Tuesday even¬ ing at Northampton, the representa¬ tives of five of the six clubs that comprised the circuit lait year voted to admit the Nazareth A. A. team Into the league for the coming season to replace the Edgemont club and to continue the 1923 season on a six- club basis the same as last season.
The decision of the league officials to continue as a six-club circuit will mean that no -Mlentown team will b.' admitted to the league for the 1923 season, and that the league will be composed of teams from Hellertown. Bethlehem Fabricators, Hokendau- Qua, Nazareth, Northampton and Palmerton.
The meeting Tuesday evening was presided over hy President Reeve Smith, who told the representatives that he had applications from several teams in the valley for rdmission into the league, but that he thought their (lass would result In a slower brand of baseball. He gave it as his opinion that the league this season would have considerable opposition from different sources, and that it would he wise for the officials to continue with a six-team circuit and keep the brand of baseball at the level set last season.
The inatter of a schedule also came In for consideralile discussion, some of the representatives desiring that official league games be scheduled for the holidays. Last season the heli- .liiy dates were left open for inde¬ pendent games.
It was decided to draw up two sch.edules of 3.t gatnes each, one to Include holidays and tbe other with the hollilay date open. It will be de¬ cided at the next meeting which will he adopted.
The Ladies' .\id Sochty will hold Iheir moutlily meeting W.^lneS'lay night, ilarch 2n at the lioii"' nf 'li • prosi'lent, .Mrs. C. 10. Smlt, .\;1 iiicnibFrs are cor.lially In, it..! in a*- leiid these meetings.
l.y.iaii   '.'iiug Is able to    be ,•:¦ li'i ,ii'. r -.1 week's illness.
Mrs.   W.    E.     Bartholom.'A Wi'dnesdtiy and Thursday  at   F.  - and took in "Robin Ilo'id."
B. F. Taylor, who is staying al .\ - lantic City at present, spent Sunday and Monday with his father, Arthur Taylor.
Mrs. Amanda Straub, of Easton, was the week-end guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bartholomew.
.Mrs. Pysher, of Bangor, is taking care of her granddaughter, Mrs. Her¬ bert Brodt, who Is confined to bed with illness.
Frank Mitchell left on Tuesday morning for Detroit. .Mich., where he has accepted a position.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Childress and daughter Geraldine spent Saturday in Nazareth with Mrs. Childress' father, S. P. Bilheimer.
Mrs. Pierce Solt, formerly of town. now of near Nazareth, spent Tuesday in town visiting friends.
Mrs. .Anna SIckel. of Providence. R. I., is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Woodruff during the illness of Mr. Woodruff.
Reformed communion services at Forks church. .April 22. Rev. Floyd R. Shafer will conduct the usual sun¬ rise services on Fork's cemetery Eas¬ ter morning.
Charles Lehr spent Saturday at Easton with Mrs. H. .A. Lambert and took in "Robin Hood."
The Junior department of Forks Sunday school will meet at Forks church. Saturday at 2 p. m, to get ready for the Easter entertainment.
ASKS FOR BIDS ON DURABLE HIGHWAYS
One of the largest attended funer-/ als held here for a good many yeajrf' took place on Sunday afternoon ^ilea a large circle of friends and acarfalnt- ances gathered In the l^OTumi church with the bereavedyfamily to pay their Jflst tribute ar respect to the late I..<ivene Johnj»6n. The de¬ ceased was a well jtnown farmer of Ipper Nizareth toAnshlp, residing at .N'isky. ' He Kaara member ot St. John's jTleforujPcl church at N'azareth, a charter ininuher of Nazareth Lodge, .\'o. \oSt: I. O. O, P.. and a member i)f the .N'azare'li C'riie'  baud f-T fifty
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.;i'  '      'I'h--  jirojecls on  which  the
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j Route N'o.  'is.  Iiidiiina   county,    be
j tv.een  Blairsville   and    Indiana,     to
! i-oiiiplete a portion of   the    primary
highway system authorized last year
The projects include in the letting
of April 3:
Monroe County—In Pocono and Paradise Townships, 7051 feet; In Smithfield towiiship 10,952 feet.
Northampton County—In Heller¬ town Borough and Lower Saucon Township, 22,330 feet; in North Cat¬ asauqua Borough. 3844 feet; in Wil¬ son Borough, 4S34 feet; in Bethle¬ hem Township and Freemansburg Borough, 49S3 feet; in S.ockertown Borough and Palmer Township, 7930 feet; in Tatamy Borough and Palmer Township, 7322 feet.
((). MEnirAi, sorip:TV to \fEET.
The March meeting of the North¬ ampton County Medical Society, or¬ ganized July 10, 1S49, V. S. Mes¬ singer, M. D., secretary-treasurer and Paul Correll. .M. D.. president, will be held tomorrow at 11 a. m. at the Easton Public Library. Henry A. Cotton, medical director of the New Jersey state hospital, at Trenton, will talk on "Focal Infections and System¬ atic Disorders. ' with lantern slide demonstrations. Dr. Edgar Moore Green, of Easton, will present an in¬ teresting case.
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a    son,
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":   M  .and  till' -rai;ilchUdren;
hy a  bi ncis Johnson,
'.:  tiie Beihlfi;.-,:;-.\az:,r.th road, and
.1  sister.  .Mrs    James    Siegfried,    of
Easton.
Members of the I. O. O. F. and the Nazareth Band attended the funeral, services in a body. The band rend¬ ered a (ew favorite funeral dirges while the procession moved to the cemetery and the lodge members con¬ ducted the last rites over his grave. Rev. W. H. Wotring. D. D.. of¬ ficiated. Interment was made on the family plot in the Nazareth St. John's I'nion cemetery.
LECTIRE AT THE
REFORMED CHIRC H
Miss Goetz will continue her lec¬ tures next Sunday evening immedi¬ ately after the service In St. John's Reformed church by directing her visit to Lucerne and the Rige Baun, Interlocken and the Yslngfrau, Castle Chelllon, Geneva and snow-capped Mount Blanc. This will be the last lecture given before the Easter sea^ son.
SIFFERIXO  FROM
RIR I>I.SI»L.\CEMEXT
I
Mrs. Floyd J. Hoch of the .North Delaware River road, is conflned to her home suffering with a displace¬ ment of ribs sustained by a fall at home while attending to her house¬ hold duties. Mrs. Hoch is a daugh¬ ter of our townspeople. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Snyder.
BANGOR HAS STRONG TEAM THIS YEAR
Infielders   ot  Stewards  and
Ingersoll Signed by the
Slate Belt Nine
That Bangor .A, .A. will be strongly represented on the ball field this com¬ ing season can be surmised by glanc¬ ing at the following ;ine-up who have been signed for the season: Sammy Evans, catcher, who played with Stewart Silks last season; Ritten- house, third base, of Ingersoll-Rand (ame; Joe Raul), shortstop, of Soud- erton; Curly Sandt. the hard-hitting Stewart third baseman, who nill cov¬ er second; Fred .Albert, who roamed in left fiehl last year, and Clyde Grigg, Paul Henning, outfielders, and Bob Pritchard, pitcher of last season.
The management Is also after ejake" Snyder, of tbe Blue Ridge league, and "Fee-" Wilhelm. of Eas¬ ton. to help Pritch.ird take care of the  inouii'!  .lutv.
EDIIMWS   A.   \. (IRt.WIZFS,
"Thafs the best banc, in the rnite.l States." This was the comment litjard wiiile an immense auiliene.' tile.i out from the Lyric theatre on Sunday af¬ ternoon and bombastic as it may sound, it nevertheless well expr.sse.l the pitch o( enthusiasm that ]ire- vailed among those twelve hundred people wiio had just enjoyed the fourth of the series of concerts by Prof. Klinger's n.usicians. Perhaps it was the delightfully balanced prg- gram. perhaps It wns tlie soloists, vo¬ cal and Instrumental ;ind perhtips Ir was that spirit that the .Allentown band knows how to put Into Its play¬ ing and which was evident strikingly on the occasion, ihat made it the most pleasing event of the season.
The last of the series of concerts will he played on .April 15. The band Sun.lay presented a full complement of instruments, the personnel includ¬ ing every Instrument assigned by the modern banil arrangements.
A MILLION ADAY PAID TO
BREEDERS OF MEA T ANIMALS
Louis F. Switt Tells of Obstacles Overcome in Developing Atnerica's Biggest Direct Marketing System.    By-Pro- ducts the Producer's and Consumer's Profit
1 |V\SEIl.\I.I. >lEET/XiJ.
' The Naiareth A. A Jfaseball club 'belli an Impo-tant me/tIng Mon.lay I evening and ejected Wenrr Douglas j as manager f^r the/oming season. The A. A. exjecti Uh have a strong I team this seastin the pitching staff I will consist of  "•Joji" RcTinan, "Pl.'k" I Michnel. D< uKlair and "Lefty" Bau- I man pitching war of last year's I strong Alpha A. A. of Alpha, N. J.
Edelmans .\, .\. recentl.  organized their  has.ball   team   for  the  ""inj^af season     This ciji^^ l-B*? had a sue-j ««»e*Wr>ar.  winning a  majority  of: their games against teams   of    high calibre.    At  present  the schedule l»! iMing prepare.;  and  all teams di-sir-1 ing games should   correspond    with Harol.l   Hearn,   secretary.   Edelm.^ns, : Pa.,  stating guarantee.    Games  will be booked for home and abroad.
TEXDERED SIRPRISE PARTY.
. .A number of (riends ten.lered .i surprise party to .Mr. and Mrs. How¬ ard Shafer on New street on W'ed- nesday evening. Card playing and dancing were features of the evening and an elegant supper was served, to which all did ample just i.e Thos.' present were Mr, and Mrs Arthu;- Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Scott. Mr, an.l Mrs. Stewar.l Ruloff. Mr. and Mrs Oscar Fritchman, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fritchman. Mr, and Mrs John Werkhiiser. Miss Esther Werkheiser. Miss Na.aml Keller. Roh.'rt Str.diman. Mrs, Paul W.ind.rly Raymond Frankenflel.l. Mr and M-r Emanuel Fiankenft.'ld. Mr, an.l Mrs ,\sher Hagenbuch, Mr. and Mr . Lawrence Meyers, Mr. nnd "^rs. George H Roth. Dorothy and Virsiiila Roih, Mrs Chnrles ' ' 'v." ¦";-¦ Herbert Cohlck. Mr and Mr- II : ' .^Walters an.i ,Ia,-.M' W i!'. rs. Mr, -n 1 '^Ir- *«»-f.*hr -Misses Dalsv an' M !¦ Wunderly. Mr and Mrs Pa ; er, Lester Shaf.-r. Riisse'.l FI ¦ Mr, and Mrs, HnwtO-d P'nf r.
R'S RlSV WEI K
During January Ta'amy had thir¬ teen caaes of whooping cough and t\To of srarUt tarer.
an   .V-   sun.   iir.;'
(ast  M. t.ir   C"       list
three S'ar coup. s. one
'n  Simons   and    Charles
h.  and one  to  Ro¬
land Lilly, at Filetown.
AViilii n   Spei h;ll>   for   "The  Ilem"
By  I.oriS  F.  SWIFT
President Swift & Co.. (TiUago
Chicago. .M.irch I.".,—Spending a million d.dials a .Kiv for raw material is no chlhrr, I'lay. The wrong kind ot material may in.'au heavy losses. Too much iif tl-.e right kind of ma¬ terial may mean the s.ir.i.' thing.
The paiking business, in so far, at h'ast. as Swift i Company is con¬ cerned, is dependent on the supplies sent to .narket by the producer. In such quantities ns the producer wish- is to send them, and on the whim of •1'," t'lekl.- app.Mi'es of the consumer a^ its outlet. Vlt we spend approxi¬ mately one mlUii-in dollars (or live stock every working day of the year.
The packing industry is unlike other industries in that It is not pos¬ sible to buy supplies ahea.i of time. Tl,.' St. el business, the furniture busi¬ ness, and .he newspaper may order their supplies months ahead. Packers Must  Buy ami Sell Quickly.
Tht- pa.ker cannot do this.    He is
depen.lent  entirely  upon   w^hat     the
producer an.l farmer send to market.
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e   kept    Indefinitely      The
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I'resi: ::;e,i; is kejit ii 1' ;rj-i-r i'i. t; from the '!;.   - :t reaches tU    retalK-r's
1 i.plves a systemi of dl-
. U'lg,    The meal is prepar- i'O centers of production and is iiiiiped to consiiming centers.
Towns and vUlages that are not served by branch housts receive me-.t at regular Interrala from car routes, or "ped.iler car«"    Salesmen cover a.
given route once or twice a week. Thus it is possible for a meat dealer in a remote village to have the kind and quality ot meat :hai his tru'le i-i- sires.
This is far different from the situa¬ tion that existed twenty-five years ago. Then it was fre'iuently possible to secure only certain meats.on • c-:- tain days. Many butchers did their own killing and when they had killed a beef steer they did not feel that they could tak" the risk of h.iving pork, veal and lamb a' the same time.
Today the retail dealer may oriier certain cuts of various kinds of meats and thus be able to supply beef, pork, veal and lamb as his customers de¬ sire. By-PriKlucts Profit Roth ProiIiK-er and Consumer,
Tho pa.''^r also has been of ser¬ vice by dev 1 iping many by-product* from what once was wcste. This has benefited both producer and consum¬ er—the producer In that It has en¬ hanced the relative value of his live stock' the consumer ft, that the by¬ product development Tl-.aV.es It po.nl- t'b- for the naikc;   "ii the avertu     to
Wli.-n we stop tn consider tha* "'le .\merican public consumes more than 4 5,000.000 pounds of meat a day, there can be little doubt that the packing Industry has played an im¬ portant part in Ihe development of li'O country's resources.
Meal consumption fluctuates from year to year depen.lliig on the amount produced, the exports, etc. In the last few years the averafe amount ot meat consumed per person has de¬ clined. The preaching of faddlata U: well as the necessary .inti-meat pro¬ paganda during the war may haT» had some effect.
Despite this decline the Americas people are a meat-eating people. They want It freeh, and they want what they want wben they want It. Tbe packer't Job Is to grt ft to tbem.
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