The Nazareth Item

              "I like to sco a man proud of
the place In which he lives,
I like to see a man live In It
go that his place will be
proud of him."
—Abraham  Lincoln.
THE
NAZARETH
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ITEM
••The most potent constracthr*
influence In a community la a
body of business and pro*
feasJonnl men banded nnael-
n.shly together for the purpose
of Improving Its citizenship."
—James Bryce.
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V     AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
VOL. XXX
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 26, 1921.
No. 26
Merchants Citizens-Do Not Fail To Decorate
Store Windows and Private Residences Should he Decorated on Monday, Memorial Day
High School
JOSEPH KLECKNER
A NAZARETH BOY
GRADUATED TUESDAY
BASE BALL
SEASON OPENS
ON MONDAY
Big Ice Cream Festival; Musi¬
cal Program; Track Meet;
Commencement Etc.
In Schaefter—Ashmead Me- Opening Game Will be Played
mortal Church, Mt. Airy,\    on Hall Athletic Field on
Phila. -Address Delivered
by Mr. Kleckner's Father,
Rev. Geo. S. Kleckner.
HiK Ice Cream Festival
All the committees have been ap¬
pointed and everything is thoroughly
organized for the big ice cream
festival to "be held on Saturday
evening, May 2S, on the High School
lawn.
The High School students havei
been busy during the week in solicit¬
ing over the town, and have found
the townspeople very generous. The
elementary teachers have been
busily engaged during the week in
the preparation of candy, cakes and
sc forth. The attendance at this
festival is generally the largest of
any festival in town.
This year the well-known Y.M.C.A.
Band will furnish the music. Be¬
sides ice cream, soft drinks> cakes
and candy a lot of novelties will be
for sale, such of balloons, toys and
other specialties. Fortune-telling
will not be among the missing.
Musical Program
On Friday afternoon, May 27, a
unique literary program will be
rendered in so far as musical num¬
bers will predominate. There will
be no debate but the entire program
will be almost solely devoted to
vocal and instrumental music.
Inter-Class Track Meet
The Sophomores have challenged
the Freshmen for a dual track meet
to be held at an early date, in a
recent inter-class track meet the
Freshmen had 20 points whereas the
Sophomores only secured IS. The
Sophomores are now determined to
defeat the Freshmen.
Eloquent Address
Mr. Shimer, a former principal of
the schools of Nazareth, but now
assistant superintendent of Nazareth
Waist Company, appeared beforo
the High School student body and
gave a most eloquent address on
'Margin of Profit." He received a
great    deal  of    applause from    the
The 5 7th annual commencement
of the Lutheran Theological Sem¬
inary was held in the Schaeffer-Ash-
mead Memorial Church Mt. Airy,
Philadelphia, on Tuesday morning.
The address was delivered by the
Kev. F. H. Knubel, D. D., LI. D., of
New York City, president of the
United Lutheran Church. Diplomas
were awarded to twenty-four mem¬
bers of the Senior Class. Among
them was Joseph S. Kleckner, son
of Rev. and Mrs. George S. Kleck¬
ner, of Nazareth, who has accepted
r, call as Graduate Fellow at the
Seminary. The exercises in the
afternoon were featured by addresses
by Rev. George S. Kleckner, of
Nazareth, and Rev. Nathan R.' Mel-
horn,  D.  D.,  of Philadelphia.
DOMING   EVENTS
students,  which showed a great  in
terest in his lecture.
Decoration  Day
On   May   30,   Decoration  Day,  the
schools will all be closed.
Commencement
It was recently announced that
the honor pupils of this year's gradu¬
ation class are the following: Sarah
Heiney, Bessie Kemmerer, Kathr>n
Kutz and Sarah Leh. Of these the
valedictorian and the salutatorian
have not yet been selected.
Commencement   will   he   held   on
'he evening  of June  30  in  the  R<?
formed Church, when sixteen mem¬
bers  will   be  graduated.
On Sunday morning, June 30, at
10.30 o'clock, the baccalaureate ser¬
mon will be preached by Rev. Dr.
W. H. Wot ring.
Seniors'   Educational   Tour
Final arrangements have been
made with S. K, Weaver. Passenger
Agent of the Lehigh Valley, for the
F.ducational Tour to Boston under
the auspices of the Senior Class.
The trip will include a four days
journey starting Wednesday, June
1 The return distance is about
seven hundred miles which will be
partly by boat from New York to
Providence.
Besides -the Class, Prof. A. H.
Martin, principal of the High School,
and also a number of parents and
friends are taking advantage of this
exceptional offer by the Lehigh
Valley Company.
Patriotic   Feslival
The local Sons of Veterans and
Ladies' Auxiliary will hold an Ice
cream festival and home made cake
and candy sale, on Monday evening,!
May 30th, beginning at 7.30 o'clock
on the lot adjoining St. John's
Lutheran Church.
Besides other attractions, the 'Y'
Band will be present to enliven the
affair. The committees and mem¬
bers are endeavoring to make it a
Brand success and a real pleasant
time is assured to all that may be
present.
May 26—Annual automobile outing
of the Northampton County His¬
torical and Genealogical Society,
to Bath and the Irish Settlement.
May .2S—Strawberry and ice cream
festival on lawn adjoining High
School  by the  High School.
May 30—Festival will be held on
the lawn at St. John'B Lutheran
Church by the Sons of Veterans
and Ladies' Auxiliary of same.
June 1—The annual strawberry and
ice cream festival under the
auspices of the Ushers' Association
of the Schoeneck Church. Music
by  the  Nazareth   band.
June 4—Annual festival will be held
by the Belfast Lutheran Sunday
school.
June 4—Ice cream festival and cake
walk. Music by Nazareth hand.
To be held by Moorestown Union
Sunday  School.
June S—Festival at the circle by
the Entertainment Committee of
the Knights of Friendship.
June IT—Strawberry festival at
Snyder's Church.
Juno 11—StrawTjerry and ice cream
festival by St. John's Lutheran
congregation.
June 11—Strawberry and ice cream
festival by the Reformed Sunday
school, Belfast.
June 11—Cake walk and strawberry
and ice cream festival by the
Evangelical Reformed Sunday
School,  Belfast.
June 11—Ice cream festival at
Bushkill Centre.
June 15—Strawberry and ice cream
festival of St. John's Reformed
Sunday School on the lawn of
the church.
June 18—Joint picnic at the Naza¬
reth Fair Grounds by the Grang¬
ers of Lehigh and Northampton
Counties.
June IS—Strawberry and ice cream
festival in connection with sugar
cake, fancy cake and candy sale
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
festival    in the    grove    adjoining'
Monday With The Phillips¬
burg A. A.
to our heroes brave! iCentennial
In the past baseball has been
played in Nazareth with consider¬
able expense to those who were
sufficiently Interested to stand as
sponsors for the financial obligations
that always fall to good angels, but
such times are going to be put down
in history soon to be forgotten, as
this year to put baseball in Nazareth
on a firm financial basis for this and
future seasons, the team is chancing
off a new Ford touring car as first
prize, and a Hamilton watch as
second prize by selling fifteen hun¬
dred tickets, and baseball enthusi¬
asts and people generally interested
in town welfare who want to keep
it alive are almost falling over
themselves to let the team know
that they want to be counted in when
the roll of supporters of high-class
athletics is called.
It is such a new condition for
Nazareth that it is a revelation to
those who are (willing to be classed
as skeptics until they could be shown
that reconstruction had really come.
Nazareth is coming across right this
time.
A schedule of high class games
including a series of seven games
with Pen Argyl is being arranged.
The opening game- will be played
Memorial Day afternoon at 3:30
o'clock, immediately after the big
parade, with the Phillipsburg A. A.
who are reputed to be one of the
strongest teams in this vicinity. The
opening will the biggest of its kind
ever produced in Nazareth. The
enthusiasm is. ripe for this opening,
for the entire town and countryside
will take part to make the start
memorable.
REVISED LIST OF  ENGAGE¬
MENTS OF THE 'V BAND
May
May-
May
28—High   School   festival.
30—Memorial  Day  Parade.
30—7:30     P.   M.     Festival
Lutheran Church Lawn.
Juno \—Belfast Lutheran church.
June 5—Memorial Day Exeriises
at  Moorestown.
June 11—The Belfast Reformed
Church.
Juno 13—Rehearsal and concert
at Nazareth Hall.
June 15—Dress Parade at Naza¬
reth Hall.
June   IS—Auxiliary   Y.   M.   C.   A.
Juno 25—Outing at Silver Lake,
New Jersey.
Juno 30—Base bull game and
festival by the Nazareth Baseball
Team.
July 2-G—Concerts in Centje
Square,  Nazareth.
July 23—St. John's Reformed
picnic, Belfast.
July     30 — Concert     i n
Square. Nazareth.
August    6—Farmersville
School picnic.
August    13-27—Concerts,
Square,  Nazareth.
September     10-24—Concerts
Centre  Square,   Nazareth.
Centr
Sunday
Centre
in
Day for Rebirth.
Memorial  day  is,  and should be,
Plainfield Church by the organized! rebirth of the nation's soul.   For one day
Luncheon lu Honor of Veterans
The Ladies' Auxiliary, attached to
Camp 20, Sons of Veterans, have
extended an Invitation to all O. A. R.
veterans to a luncheon, which will
be served in the Social Rooms of
St. John'* Lutheran Church, on
Monday, May 30th, Immediately after
the closing of Memorial Day ser¬
vice*.
Bible Class of the Church.
June 30—Festival and Cake Walk
by the Y.M.C.A. base ball team,
in Centre Square. The "Y" band
will furnish the music. At 8:30
P. M. the winners of the grand
drawing will bo announced.
July 11—Opening of Chautauqua on
Nazareth   Hall  Athletic  Field,
uly    16—Annual    picnic    of    the
Plainfield   Union   Sunday   School
will be held in adjoining grove.
July 16—Annual picnic of the
Moorestown Union Sunday School.
July 23—Sunday school picnic will
be held at Bushkill  Centre.
August 6—Sunday 3chool picnic of
the Belfast Lutheran Sunday
School.
August, 6—Annual picnic of the
Schoeneck Moravian Sunday School
at Black Rock.
we forget dollar-chasing and allow the
elemental instincts of humanity full
scope. Even If materialists, we are
willing to lay emblems of immortality
on the graves of those we love.
And as spring succeeds spring, am!
the American nation grows In strength
and Influence hecause of Its lmperisli
able ideals, our annual Memorial day
will continue its mission of Inspira¬
tion.
The republic's poise Is In Its senti¬
ment and hallowed memories.—CM-
eago Herald and Examiner.
Sons of Veteran  Notes
Captain Owen Rice Camp, No. 20,
Sons of Veterans, of Nazareth, will
accompany the G. A. R. Veterans to
Belfast on Sunday morning, May
29th, when Memorial Day exercises
will be observed with an interesting
program. The Nazareth band will
furnish music for the occasion.
Sunday evening, May 29, the
Veterans, Sons oi Veterans and the
Ladies' Auxiliary, connected with
the organization, will proceed to
Schoeneck Church in a body where
they  will  attend  Memorial  services.
Monday morning, Memorial Day,
the Veterans and Sons of Veterans
accompanied by the Nazareth band
will march to the Schoeneck ceme¬
tery for the observance of Memorial
Day exercises, where an appropriate
program will  be  rendered.
In the afternoon of Memorial Day
the Sons of Vetertans will also take
an active part in the observance of
Memorial Day parade at Nazareth.
All members of the Sons of Veterans
are earnestly requested by their
officers, to take an active part in all
of these exercises and will make
special efforts to be present. .
DECLARES HE IS
NOT A SLACKER
Divorce Recommended
In a master's report filed Tuesday
by Attorney Fred E. Geiser, a de¬
cree of divorce on the grounds of
desertion is recommended for
Charles C. Willauer, of Stockertown,
from his wife, Ida E. Willauer, of
Nazareth. The couple was married
at Nazareth September 29, 1917,
and separated May 7,  1919.
Mike Hitsko, of Bethlehem, Says He
Registered Before Nazareth Board
Mike Hitsko, of 364 North street,
Bethlehem, whose name was included
in the list of slackers sent out by the
War Department, called"at the Beth¬
lehem police headquarters Tuesday
and declared that he was not guilty
of the charge.
Hitsko stated that he appeared
before Draft Board No. 2, at Naza¬
reth, on June 5, 191S, for registra¬
tion. He showed his registration
card as proof. Nothing was ever
heard from the draft board in the
matter and Hitsko was surprised to
see himself among  the slackers.
Automobile   Parties
A. C. Unangst and family, of town,
and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Nolf, Mrs.
Robert Nolf, Mrs. Mary Bensing and
daughter, Miss Clara, and Lester
Rinker, of Moorestown motored to
Lake Harmony, Carbon County, on
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Mohr and Miss
Anna Rader, of Nazareth; Mrs. Mary
Fantz, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mohr and
Mr. and Mrs. T. O'Brein, of Allen¬
town enjoyed a motor trip to White
Haven on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Laubach, Mr.
and Mrs. Robt. Nolf and Mrs. Esther
Beitler on Sunday made an extensive
motor trip through Monroe County
and visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Sebastian Brong, at Brodheads-
ville.
CHILDHOOD'S TRIBUTE
Ice  Cream   ami  Strawberry   Festival
The annual festival at Schoeneck
will be held on Wednesday, June 1,
under the auspices of the t'shers
Association. Music will be furnish¬
ed by the Nazareth band, and there
will be all kinds of refreshments for
■ale. Don't fall to go to Schoeneck
on Wednesday, June 1st.
Presented   With   Loving  Cup
Joseph Brobston on Monday even¬
ing distributed prizes to Y.M.C.A.
bowlers. He presented James U.
Fetherolf and William Dlnsmore
each with pearl handle knives for
being the best players during the
season just closed. Mr. Fetherolf
also received the silver loving cup
for being the champion bowler in the
elimination contests at the "Y," on
conditions that the cup must be won
three times successfully before it
may become a permanent prize.
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llewl the Editorial on
•'WATCH  OUR  MERCHANTS"
The Observance of The Cen¬
tennial of The Missionary
Society Last Sunday
The Missionary Society of the
Moravian congregation organized on
February 18, 1821, observed Its
Centenary last Sunday evening with
a Love Feast and address. This
society of local character and activity
has for one hundred years uninter¬
ruptedly stimulated interest in, and
labored for the "Coming of God's
Kingdom Upon Earth."
The Society was originally "The
Women's Missionary Society" until
1919 when it was merged with the
Missionary Mite Society, which had
its origin July, 1878. In the last
six years the Missionary Mite So¬
ciety has made large gains so that
the merged societies today number
388  members, a gain of 210.
The dues of membership are fifty
cents a year collected by seventeen
collectors semi-annually. It is the
largest organization in the Moravian
congregation at Nazareth, and is
making its influence felt in the mis¬
sionary activities of the congre¬
gation.
Dr. Paul de Schweinitz, former
pastor, and secretary of Missions, as
well as a member of the Provincial
Elder Conference for the last twenty
three years, delivered a strong and
illuminating address on "The Status
of Moravian Missions at the Present
Time." The address was highly
appreciated by all present.
Nazareth Hall
Team Wins
Defeats    Quakertown    High
School by The Score
of 13 to 9
ERECTED BY COMRADES
The Nazareth Hall Military Acad-
%wy nine defeated the Quakertown
High School nine at Quakertown on
Saturday. May 21, by a score of 13
to 9. What appeared to be a defeat
in the fourth inning was turned into
a victory by the pitching of Captain
Collins, who relieved Emerick in
the box.
Quakertown  High
Foltz,   cf,   . ., 1     1
IMetz,   rf 1     1
Moyer, S., 3b 2     4
Grim,  2b,    0     0
Reinhart, c 0     1
Rufe, ss,' 2     1
Stover,   If 1     2
Shive, lb 2    0
Moyer, W„ p 0     0
Kaufman,  cf 0     0
Bortz,   p 0     0
R.  H.  O. A
1
1
0
1
2
2
5
4
0
13
0
0
0
Total 9    12   27   14 10
Nazareth  Hall
R.  H.  O.  A.  E.
Funck,  2b,    2 2 2 1 0
Emery,  ss 1 2 1 12
Sattler,   3b 1 0 6 2 1
Emerick,  p.-lb 3 5 5 5 1
Gcehr,  If 2 1 1 0 0
Collins, lb-p 1 0 3 7 1
Eaker,   c,    2 2 9 0 1
Stengel,   cf 0 0 0 0 0
Jarrett. rf 1 0 0 0 0
Total 13 12 27 16 6
Two-base hits—Reinhart, Baker,
Emerick, 2. Double plays—Sattler
to Collins, Emerick to Sattler.
Strike outs—W. Moyer, 5; Bortz, 0;
Emerick, 3; Collins, 6. Base on
balls—Moyer 0, Bortz 0. Emerick" 1(
Collins 1. Umpires—Air. Drake,
Quakertown, and Mr. Rhoads,
Quakertown.
Naz.   Hall    0   0   0   12   3  0   7   0—13
Q.  H.   3.       2   1   0   2" 0   0   2   1   1—  !>
THE  LOW  COST OF
ADVERTISING  SPACE
Here is the design of a monument
erected in Washington, D. C, in mem.
ory of the 4,899 men of the First di¬
vision, A. E. F., who died in Franco.
Every living private and officer of the
First division contributed to the fund
for the  monument.
Many Under Twenty-two Years Old.
A short time ago a man discussing
the matter of the youth of the Union
soldiers during the Civil war, wrote
that "In that struggle there were 2,-
700,000 enlistments in the Union army.
Of this number more than 2,000,000
were under twenty-two years of age
—2,150,708, to be exact." He wrote
that "We had more than 800,000 of
these children in our war between the
states, more than 100,000 of them be¬
ing under fifteen years of age, and
they determined the result of the strug.
gle. It wus not the 16,000 men ot
forty-five who enlisted that did so,
nor the 40,000 between the ages of
twenty-six and forty 11 f that found
their way  into the service."
Few advertising men know that ad¬
vertising space in newspaper is by
far the econmical way to reach the
consumer. It is a fact and the only
reason that advertising was ever
created was because wise and shrewd
business men learned that they could
buy white space in publications at a
minimun cost and because of the
message they would put into that
space they could make profit on the
transaction and make the advertising
a real investment in production of
sales and goodwill.
In these days of high cost of white
paper and printing the advertiser
could not print a full-page advertise¬
ment and buy ihe white paper at the
small cost that the newspaper charg¬
es him for the complete page deliv¬
ered into the home by invitation.
That is to say, the readers of this
newspaper buy a paper because they
want to read it and because they
know they get more for their money
at 2 or 3 cents than anything else
they could buy at that price. That
is what makes the advertising so
valuable to the advertiser, provided
they have the right message, the
right illustration and the right mer¬
chandising plan back of the adver¬
tising.
Newspaper . dvertialng la by far
the most economical method o reach
the consumer.
William  H.   Rankin
President, William H. Rankin Ad¬
vertising Agency.     In Newspaper-
dom.
'REPARING FOR CHICKEN
THIEVES, SHOOTS HIMSELF
Their Qranddaddy Who Fought for the Union in the Civil War la Remem¬
bered on Memorial Day.
MARRIED.
FRACK—PETERS
Edgar Ivain Frack, of Bethlehem,
and Miss Helen Ruth Peters, also ot
Bethlehem, were married at the
Moravian parsonage by Rev. Paul
S. Melnert. They were unattended.
Mr. Frack la employed in Allentown
and for the preeent they will reside
with Mra. Frack'a brother and alater.
Joseph Volger, aged 40 yeara, of
Butztown, where he operates a large
farm, accidentally shot himself In the
left hand Thursday night. Volger
has been bothered lately with chick¬
en thieves and while loading the
weapon it exploded, one of the balls
entering the fleshy part of the hand.
Mr. Volger waa taken to St. Luke'*
Hospital, South Bethlehem, where
an operation waa performed.
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Candidates  for  Fall  Election
The following residents of Heck¬
town and vicinity will probably be
candidates for offices at the fall
election, George King, Justice of th*
Peace; Charles Nagle, Constable;
George SchJegel, High ConstaMs;
Charles Fehnel, Town Clerk,
Milton Brown, Burgess.
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