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AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
VOL. XXX
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 1, 1921.
No. 40
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Opening of Convention in the Morning, Street Parade and Ball Game in the Afternoon, followed by Banquet in the Evening
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CONTRIBUTOR , SPEAKS HIGHLY OF NEWSCHOOLSITE
Several Interesting Facts Con¬ cerning New School Location
In reply to the article of the tax¬ payer of last week's issue, we are all glad for his hearty support and broad mindedness in trying to locate tbe new High School building in the right place. The cost of the site is by no means the only argument in favor o£ the proposed plot, however it is an Important one.
We admit that the school is a business place to a certain degree but not to the same nature as a store, bank or similar business. It is more in the order of a private family or church location. For in¬ stance the products of a school aro the children, ever alive, moving around where they need plenty of fresh air. An area suflicient to play base ball, basket ball (out door), tennis, etc. This not available near the center. Granting that such area were available then drainage, slope and other factors must be con¬ sidered. The business man must bo centrally located to display his goods properly which are immovable and ¦wants a site where most people gather. This is not necessary for tbe school site since its products move about.
Then, too, a school house should never be located in a noisy place. Trolley cars, steam railroads, or main streets where thousands of autos pass, half ot them using tnelr cut-outs excessively is ever annoying to the students and class room teachers. What is more aggravating when a teacher cannot hear his pupils or vice versa on account ot outside influences? You know what it is like in a church when these conditions interfere. All this trouble can  be averted by a wise selection.
In the third place the modern tendency in education is to build away from the center. Does Naza- areth want to be modern and up-to- date in education Ideals or follow former traditions? We must keep before us what is being done in other fields. Allentown has its High School in the far west end on 17th street, at least ten blocks from the center. Easton High will be on 12th street. Bethlehem High in the ex¬ treme north side. Do the people object to walk a few more blocks or is merely a custom to walk to the center? If the proper interest is with the people and there is some thing worthwhile in the auditorium, reading room or library, people will not hesitate to go a little farther. In a few years when one becomes used to it, and the habit is formed there will be no complaining.
Let Us consider now, will the one objection of distance out weigh all the advantages which th-3 studen'a have, five days a week, and ten months In a year? How niiny really dc object from an unselfish view¬ point after they aro acquainted witli the real conditions to be mett Shall we not reconsider again these things and unite all our efforts toward one common end? Divided opinions are most excallent but shall v,e not be willing to make con¬ cessions when it is proven other¬ wise?
CONTRIBUTOR.
Tliu Haymakers will motor to Ross Common Inn on Thursday, Septera- berber Sth to enjoy a chicken and Waffle supper. The committee In charge has arranged free transport¬ ation for all members who desire to attend. Automobiles will leave Sha- fer's hall at 6 o'clock.
Hahn and Fehnel Clans
In Reunions at Nazareth
Both Gatherings Were Well Attended—Splendid
Programs Rendered—Election of Officers
—Ladies* Band Furnished Music
Over 400 members and friends attended the fifth annual reunion of the Hahn family at the Nazareth Fair grounds on Saturday.
The program for the morning con¬ sisted of a social chat so that the members and friends -night get acquainted with one another. Din¬ ner was then served. The after¬ noon program consisted of music by the orchestra, song, prayer by Rev. W. H. Oerter; address of welcome by Superintendent George Grim; address by Rev. Rights; address by Stanley Fehr; address by District Attorney T. McKeen Chidsey; elec¬ tion ot officers; recitation by Bessie Bryant; extemporaneous five minute tiiiks; closing, hymn, and benedic¬ tion.
The officers of the family are: Rudy Hahn, Belfast, president; Harrison Hahn, Milton L. Hahn, Joseph Albert, of Wind Gap; George Hahn and Joseph H. Werner, o£ Pen Argyl; Fred Hahn, of Bangor, and Edwiai Hahn, of Wilkes-Barre, vice- presidents; Fred Hahn, ot Bangor, treasurer; F. P. Hahn, Nazareth, historian; George W. Hahn, Naza- .eth, assistant historian, and Asher Hahn,  Nazareth,  secretary.
The tenth annual Fehnel family reunion was held on Saturday on the Nazareth Fair Grounds and was the largest in the history of the family. Fully 1000 Fehnels, their relatives and friends attended. The Ladles' Band, of Allentown, fur¬ nished music. The program Includ¬ ed addresses by Rev. J. E. Smith, of Bath; Rev. A. E. Erdman and Pev. George S. Kleckner, of Nazareth, and John D. Hoffman, of Bethlehem, a member ot the family, and a candi¬ date for the Republican nomination tor judge o£ this county.
Other numbers were vocal soloo fcy Esther Riegel, of Bethlehem, and Miss May Kiefreiter, of Allentown- piano solo by Clarence E. Fehnel, of Allentown; violin and cornet duet by Paul  and  Arthur  Fehnel,  Lansdale.
The oldest Fehnel was Franklin Fehnel, of Bath, aged S3, and th.' youngest was the infant child of Robert Fehnel, of Easton, aged th'.ei. weeks.
The following officers were elected for the eleventh reunion of the fam¬ ily: Elmer E. Fehneli Allentown, president; Thomas A. Fehnel, C-ita- sauqua, secretary; James A. DiocL, Eethlehem, assistant secretary, and William Bush,  Allentown, treasure.-
CONVENTION OF BUFFALOS HERE
Parade In the Afternoon— Banquet at Nazareth Inn
The local committee in charge oi airanging for the sixth session of the Loyal Order of Buffalos, which is to be held on Labor Day, have worked faithfully to make this meeting "the best yet" and are endeavoring to show the visitors a real time, long to be remembered.
The session will be opened at 10 o'clock, in the morning, by Supreme Trustee, Wilson A. Zerfass, of town. Chief Burgess, Morris Fortuin, will welcome the Supreme Officers and representatives in behalf of the town. In the afternoon a monster street demonstration consisting of delegates of at least *wenty-five well supplied with bands and drum corps.
One of the outstanding feature', of the gathering will be the banquet at the Nazareth Inn, iu the evening. Past Supreme Commander Oliver A. lobst, of Allentown, will be toast- master. Attorney Harry D. Kutz, of town, will be principal speaker.
It is requested by the commit c- that the resfUeuts do not fail to decorate with Old Glory on Lab-jr Day.
OOSUNG   EVENTS
September 3—Fourth annual picnic and dance at the Nazareth Fair Grounds under the auspices of iHecktown Fire Company.   ,
September 5 — The fifth annual Btemer reuslon will be held 'fi.t Saylor'B Lake on Labor day.
September 5—Big parade and open¬ ing of the State Convention meeting ot the Royal Order of Buffalos.
September 13—Opening ol the an¬ nual Nazareth Fair.
ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD
FIELD DAY SEPTEMBER 3
FIVE MILE ROAD
ISJOHPLETED
Stretch Between Stockertown \d Wind Gap Finished
An attendance of not less than BOOO Odd Fellows, their wives, families and friends, is being anti¬ cipated for the big Odd Fellows' field day and outing to be held at Central Park, Rlttersvilla, on Sat¬ urday, September 3, by the Odd Fellow and Rohekah lodges of Northampton   and   Lehigh   Counties.
The affair is to be made the big¬ gest and most elaborate event of its kind held at Central Park this sea¬ son. The committees are composed of members ol the soverai lodgeb who are expected to participate. One o( tbe features in which the Members ol the order are particul- aily interested is tbe baseball game between    teams representing    Key¬
stone Lodge, No. 78, and the Catas¬ auqua Lodge, which will be played in  tho  afternoon. *
The guests of honor will be Pasi Grand .Master Frank Shannon, of I'iitston, and Grand .Marshal John .Morris, of Plymouth. They will speak ut the exercises in the theatre iu the afternoon, at which District Deputy Grand Master William H. Kildaro will preside. There will also be dancing during the alternoon and evening, tho music for which will be furnished by the Keystone Odd Fel¬ lows' orchestra, of Keystone Lodge, Bethlehem. Music at the alternoon exercises in the theatre will be fur¬ nished by the Emaus Odd Fellows' Band.
ith the setting in the concrete or
spike to which was riveted a 19:H half dollar, and with a regulav P'unicipal and company celebration at Belfast, E. P. Arbogast, of Stroudsburg on Friday afternooi. signalized the completion of the wonderful stretch of concrete r6ad from Wind Gap to Stockertown, o.i V. hlch contract the concern has be^n w orkj^^ since 1919. •"" Itis a five and one-half ini'e stretch of the finest kind of concretv, road and stands as a credit to tie company and to the State.
The contract was awarded in 191'> but no concrete was laid that year. Fven in 1920, on account of labor shortage and handicaps, only about 2 miles could be laid, so that three and one-half miles have been laid this year, which is a wonderfu, record.
The work was completed at 2 o'clock ou Friday afternoofi and tnt; workman were all given their full day's pay as recognition of thel.- services and the delightful celebra¬ tion  held.
The polished steel pin, surmou"t- eo by tho half dollar, which will lay flush with the top of the street an i doubtless cause more than one p-n son to try to pick it up in tho yea s tocome was placed 100 leet from the D. L. & W. tracks at Belfast.
Citizens of Stockertown, Wind Gap and Belfast, a.s well as other points, gathered with tho company officials in the jollification that wa? held. A delightful picnic dinner was enjoyed out beside the road, and was  much rejoicing.
A pretty feature of the completion ol the connecting link of concrete was the christening of the roaa. This was done by Miss Pauline iMirnes, of Detroit, wlto broke a bottle of White Rock. The road new completes a splendid road from the Monroe County line to Easton, with the exceptien ot strttches thorugh the boroughs of Tatamy and] Stockertown.
BODY OF HAROLD V. KNECHT HOME FORJNTERMENT
First to Enlist fot World War
From Nazareth—Funeral
Sunday   Afternoon
The body of Harold V. Knecht, thb son of Postmaster and Mrs. Charles E. Knecht, the first Nazareth young man to enlist in the service of his country for the World War and the first from Nazareth to give his life In that war, arrived on the D. L. & W. Railroad on Tuesday morning, was taken to the home of his par¬ ents and will be buried with full military honors, the service to be in charge of the Harold V. Knecht Post. American Legion, which Is named In honor of the young Mar¬ ine.
Harold Van Horn Knecht, son ot Charles and Emma (nee Grover) Knecht, was born in Newton, N. j., November loth, 1.S9S. He attendeo High School at Nazareth, and was employed in the laboratory of tne Dexter Portland Cement Company until he enlisted May 7, 1917, at New York, in the U. S. Marines. He was stationed at Paris Island and Quantico, Va., until he saited loi France,  October  26,   1917,  with  tho
HAROLD VAN HORN KNECHT
S3rd Co., 6th Regiment, U. S. Mar¬ ines. He landed at Brest, France. November 19, 1917, was stationed at Bordeaux from November 21, 1917, to January 8, 1918, with the Assisting Engineers on the American docks. He was at Chiumont Le Ville from January 8 to March 14, undergoing intensive training pre¬ paratory to entering the front lines. He was in the Verdun sector from March 15 to May 13, 1918, for his first experience in the front lines. He was in camp at Vlltry Le Fran¬ cois from May 15 to 20, 1918, for five days' training behind the lines and was at Montagney from May 22 U- 30, 191S. On Decoration Day his division received urgent call from the Marshal ot France to assist in checking the Germans' rapid advancu uv Paris. He entered Belleau Wood, June 1,1918. It was here on June S, that he was killed.
He is survived by his parents and two younger brothers, Francis and Gerald. Funeral services will be held on -Sunday afternoon at 1:45 at his late residence. Centre Square, followed with services at St. John's Reformed Church. Rev. W. H. V.'otring will officiate. They have also extended special Invitations to the Mothers ot 1917, Veterans, Sons of Veterans, all ex-service men re¬ gardless of Legion membership and all are requested to assembly at the Y. M. C. A. at 1 P. M. in uniform. If unable to attend In service uniform attend with civilian clothes, and (Continued   on   Page   4)
Bigger and Better Fair
at Nazareth This Year
Different Granges to Compete In Display Contest
—Excellent Racing Program—Music
By Prominent Bands
The Northampton County Agricul¬ tural Society will hold its annual Fair at Nazareth, September 13-17, 1921, day and night exhibition.
The coming event promises to be one of the best fairs held in the his¬ tory of the association. Applications are pouring in from all parts of the country, as far west as Iowa, and representatives trom all the Eastern States have asked for concessions, and the midway promises to be one of the best. A fine premium list has been prepared and the premium books have been sent out and dis¬ tributed wherever possible. If any one desiring a book will kindly drop a card to the Secretary, L. P. Kos¬ tenbader, Nazareth, he will gladly r.iail the same.
The different Granges of the County will exhibit, each Grange to make the best display, which adds a new feature to the Fair, and quite a lively contest \s expected. The ti'.rmers are cordially invited to participate in the exhibition by bringing in their products and cattle, etc.
On Tuesday will be Children's day and many boys and girls will be there (baloons will be in demand). Wednesday will be Farmer's Day. The Farm Bureau of Northampton County has made arrangements to have     prominent   speakers  tor     the
occasion. Thursday will be the big day. Everybody will attend the Fair on Thursday, if they possibly can. Friday will be the day of the best races. Always good races on Friday. Saturday, auto day, a fine program has been prepared. Auto races and motorcycle races w-lll take place.
The tree attraction In front ot the ferand stand will be the best and a good program will be rendered daily. The best bands in the county have been, employed tor the weeR and fine selections, which will please everybody will be rendered. On Thursday the celebrated East Bangor band will furnish the music while the t%vo, not to be excelled, Nazareth Bands will furnish the music for the remainder ot the week. To hear those bands play is worth the ad¬ mission charged to the grounds alone, should nothing else be ex- h;bited.
The finest races ever given to the public at Nazareth are expected to be pulled off. A higher premium is offered than ever before, and good r<ces are guaranteed.
The grounds are in fine condition aud everything is being done by the Executive Board and the other officials to make the coming event one of the best. Co-operation is re¬ quested.
W. C. T. r. Meeting
Tho monthly meeting of the Frances Willard W. C. T. U. will be held at tho home of Mrs. Warreu Siegfried, 11 Green street, on Tues¬ day, September 6th, at 3 P. M. .Members are urged to attend. Tho annual county convention of the W. C. T. U. will be held at Bangor on Thursday,  ^etober  Sth.
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Gold, contractos, of Nizareth^ were awarded the con- trlct i^ build a two story brick holiBy for LeRoy Peters, of Naza- rettr on Mr. Peter's lot situated on Belvidere Street. Mr. Peters bas connected 'vitb tbe Penn Allen Cement Company for many years.
NKW   KlUTZ  THEATHE  TO
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The -New Kurtz theatre will open Thursday, September Ist with a policy that is new in the Lehigh Valley, of two shows a day one at 2 15  and one at  8 o'clock.
Shubert Advanced Vamieville and leature Pictures will be shown, the 8i!me variety that will be shown in Snuhert houses on Broadway this season.
A large orchestra under the di¬ rection of John Hepple Shepherd and a |25,000 Estey Pipe Organ will furnish the music at all perform- anceg.
Seats may be reserved for any evening performance six days in advance. Phone orders will be niled.
SUGGESTIONS WANTED ON NEW_SCHOOL SITE
East End Property Has All Advantages
Suggestions as to the best avail¬ able site for the new High School will be welcomed by the School Board, according to a statement by the Board in connection with the proposed bond issue, which will be submitted for the approval of the voters at the Primary election on September 20, for the purpose ot erecting a new High School and pur¬ chasing a suitable site.
Proper L(H-4Uion Important
In its consideration of various available sites, ot which there are only a few, tho Board has been guided by the fact that a school building is primarily designed sec¬ ondarily as an orament to the town or as an advertisement to visltor.s and tourists. It is of much greater importance that the location of the building be quiet, clean and un¬ ci owded than that it be centrally located, altho the best possible co.u binatlon of these factors is most de- .sirable. It Is fhe common testimony cf school men that It is a serious mistake to handicap the work of a school hy placing It on a busy tnorofare, where the noise of tratfio is a constant distraction, and the ] limited space deprives the building of proper air space and iiiay grounds. .\ number ot centrally located sites have been found impossible because the necessary ground area, which Is set by law, was not available; and f)ils limitation must bo considered hy those wishing to suggest a site. Ea.st  Knd  Site   Desirable I
No site has yet been suggested and found available better than the four aero plot at East Centre and Fair-1 view streets, with a frontage of 275 feet on Fairview and 7 75 feet on Centre street. The advantages of this site in the amount of space available, the freedom from outside distractions, and the cleanliness of tie surroundings more than balance any small disadvantage of being re- nioved from the center of town. Actually it is but two blocks farther from Centre Square than the pres¬ ent site, and in a town no larger than Nazareth all distances are so short that they can hardly be considered ol importance in comparison with other factors ot much greater im¬ portance. The Board Is of the opinion that the efficient operation of the school in the building is of tbe greatest importance, and it has ctnsiderered first the factors making toward that end, rather than the superficial importance of putting the building In the center of town. Great Need Exluts It must not be forgotten that the need for a new High School It very (Continued on Page 4)
MUSICAL COMEDY WILL BE RENDERED
Final Arrangements Made— Auspices of K. ofE.
Arrangements have been compiei ed by a committee ol the Knights of Friendship for the production of "Springtime" a musical comedy, De Luxe, under the direction ol John b. Rogers Producing Co. at the Y. M. C. A. Auditoriura here sometime about September 22.
Members of tho cast and ehoruses will be selected from the best talent IH Nazareth. The production pro¬ mises to be of exceptional merit, as the talent in Nazareth is of better quality than the usual amateur cali¬ bre. The scenery and costumes as furnished by the producer are said to be the last word both in splendor and beauty. A professional dii ert j. will be sent here to take charge of tbe staging of the entertainment.
Rehearsals it is said, will begin about September  5.   1921.
THE THIIU) .V.NXtWL
B.\UTHt)LOMEW  REIXIOX
Family   Will   >I«'<t   at   Oentriil   Park on  Next  Saturday
At the third annual Reunion of the Bartholomew family at Central Park I'ittt'rsvliie on next Saturday the speaker! wUl be Kev.  . (j. Bartboio- new paator of tbe Reformed cbnreli, and Robert Norgang Register of V 111 of Lehigh County. Miss Grace llarthoiomew of Bryn Mar College, will be the piano soloist and Miss J'lldred Bartholomew of Lancaster will be the vocal soloists. The offl- cirs of the association are Pres. Rev. A. R. Bartholomew D. D., Philadelphia; Vice Pres. A. O. Bar¬ tholomew, Allentown; Vice Pres. Rev. Nevin Bartholomew Buffalo; Treas.. Charles Bartholomew, Quak- ertown; Secretary, Prof I. H. Bar¬ tholomew,  Bethlehem,  Pa.
CONCERT GIVEN BYTHENAZARETH- MACUNGIE BANDS
Howard Haas, Leader of Both Bands, Presides af De¬ lightful Affair
WALTER HOLLAND, VICTIM
OF EXPLOSION, IS DEAD
Walter Holland, colored, 30 years old, an employe of the Northampton Industrial Alcohol Company, who, with Herbert Young, of Fifth and Ferry streets, Easton, a deputy In¬ ternal revenue collector, was injured last Tuesday alternoon when a quan¬ tity of alcohol exploded, lied at tbe Easton Hospital at 9.45 o'clock Mon¬ day morning.
Both Holland and Young were brought to the local hoipltal Im¬ mediately after the accident, and at tbat time, lO It was reported, neither
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The    citizens of    Nazareth    were     \ given a rare musical treat at a band Concert    Friday evening in     Centre Square   by   the   combined   Macungie and Y. M. C. A. bands.    Both band* were under the same director. Prof.      ] Howard Haas.    The band of seventy      ; peces,  presented a complete instru¬ mentation,   rarely  surpassed  in   this vicinity.    The  program   was  varied, well    demonstrating  the    ability  ot     j both     hands.    To   have   two   bands     * play together harmoniously, is a feat rarely attempted.  The credit for the biiccessful concert is therefore large¬ ly due to the director.
Nazareth is a musical tow a. iiusic occupies a prominent place in the Moravian religion. This musical spirit still dominates and is ern- . tcdied in a number of .-nusicai or¬ ganizations. The Y. M. C. A. band is one of tlie foremost of these. It was organized in January, 1919. ' The band then consisted of about 25 n'orabers, some of whom were inex- lerienced in the production of band music.
The necessity of having a compe¬ tent leader, one who could instruct as well as lead, was realized, when in July of the same year the serv¬ ices of Prof. Howard Haas were pro¬ cured. Prof. Haas is a leailer of rare talent. As baritne soloist of tbe Allentown band he has gained a wide  reputation.
Under the tutorship of Prof. Haas the band has grown, so that in the two years of its existence it com¬ pares favorably with the oldest bands ot the Lehigh Valley. The personnel numbers 37, and forms a complete instrumentation. The band is com¬ pleting a successful summer season i of many engagements. The winter months are. spent in instruction and in practicing new selections. By this method the band has developed a repertoire, that would be a credit to many older bands. During the win¬ ter season a series ol concerts was given in the "Y" and several churches.
Backed by the moral and financial support of the citizens, the enthusi¬ asm and faithfulness of the members and the excellence ot its conductor, the band will in a shprt time take its place among the foremost bands of the Lehigh Valley.
The large crowd attending the con¬ cert was amply rewarded by the ex¬ cellence of the program rendered. To laud any one selection would be slighting another. All were com¬ mendable. Special mention must however, be made of the soloists. Mr. Reinsmith, solo cbrnetist of the Macungie band rendered "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," by Rolilnson, in a very acceptable manner. His tone quality was exceptional and his exe- ciUlon of difficult passages was mas¬ terful. Mr. Huber's baritone solo, ' Tbe Old Home Down on the Farm," by Harlow, was greatly appreciated by the audience.
,     The citizens  of Nazareth  and  the i"Y"   band   greatly   appreciated   the I visit   of  the   Macungie  band.     Their I contribution greatly helped to make l;;e concert a success. After the con¬ cert   the  members  ot  the   Macungie biind and their friends,  who accom¬ panied them, were entertained in tha social   rooms   ut   the  "Y."    William      i Gano addressed the assemblage.    As representative  of   the  town   he   wel¬ comed the citizens of Macungie and extended  a cordial  invitation  to  re-      | pfat their visit shortly. ;
The encores were modern popular      | songs.    Miss Dorothy Knauss, harp-      1 ist,  was    a novel    addition  to    the band.    Her    work  was also    highly     i commendable. j
man was supposed to be in a critical      ] condition.     Both, however, were saf-      | fcrlng   from   burns  about  the  body, although   Holland's  condition  at  Bo time was    as favorable as    that of      | Young. I
Holland, who lived in Hellertowa.      j criginally   came   from   Philadelphia. He   is  survived  by  his   wife  and  • number of brothers aed liters.
Hospital antborltles say th«t tka federal offleer will In all probftblUtr recover.
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