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AN   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER.   DEVOTED   TO   LITERATURE,   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL    INTELLIGENCE.
«S. XXXVIII
NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNINC, DECEMBER 20, 1928
No. 4
lual Hercules Party filled With Spectacular Features En joyed By 600
...u WM ««ven a rousing wel- •^ Msiareth ou Saturday ev- 'luahe visited the Hercu- t company party at the Y M. C. A. Fully six -mployees and their • at  the Institu¬
te Santa Claus wheu
gsthered ",„ aeleome Si
-'Hired His visit was aii- '"l by''Hick' Vetsley ofthe iho received a tele- "¦isiage Just a few minutes 'Tata's sleiyh bells were Santa'.i entrance was , In acconUince with the !^fcooki as he came in by way ri. ipsclous fii-e place which erected in the corner of «t" gymnasium by "Bow" and "Joe" Simons. A II Christinas tree, ablaze "liikU and tinsel i r4ve feet ahove the floor ot, IBMlum and lent a true itmosphere to the af- Wlth the arrival of Santa FlH children present the party about the fireplace ond youngsters waning belief rA,Cbrlttmas <alnt was re- 1 Si he saw aud beard the himself. The youngsters J Used up about the gym floor piiMd In review before the vWskered. red-coated Santa I ncsived a box of candy and ^ ortoie. Fourteen down or- I Bsd as many boxes of candy dlitrlbuted, one of each to _ I child present.
Mowlag the distribution of I to Ihe youngsters the heads fsrloat    departments     were
 1 ap and each was present-
Ifttk s gift from the employees
ItWrdspsrtments.   The follow-
remenibered: Superiu-
st J. Stanley Downs, Asslst-
gsperinteiident.       Warren
.Electrician Bruce. Doyle,
engineer    Ernest    Ayers.
Bwrlght and machine shop fore-
Bdgsr Rader,    pack    house
James   Childress,   stack-
ttfSmin   Krnest    Berkaw.
toMiia   Kdgar    Frauken-
, tuny foreman Al Bruce.
Itcbttraun of the plant was
iUi vitk an envelope from
irtrosldent of the Her-
itinn.       The    gifts
Ited by Marvin Par-
' Mde an admirable Satita
sing and when they sang "Hall Hall tho Gang's All Here" they made a decided hit with the per¬ former.
In addition to the employees of the local plant at Stockertown there were present a group of employees from the I'hiladelphia ofllce of the company there were Mr. Krazeski. .Mr. Chapman, Mr. Coffman nnd Mr. Coffinan, .lr.. .\lr. nnd Mrs. Powers, .Mr. und .Mrs. Morrow, Miss Joffee, Miss Urown. Miss Beck, C. H. Uuth, Jr.. Johu Leonard, (i. W. Van.Slray. .Mr. and .Mrs. Barr, .Mr. MatCarey and .Misses .\lnuui. I.'nk. Masen. Kd¬ wards,  Kettert-r and  Pauley.
After the program in the gym¬ nasium the guests climbed to the social rooms where they were treated tu box lunches and a cup of coffee, glass of ntilk or soft drink. Schnerr's orchestra was on hand and provided music for dancing which many of tbt> gueats enioyed until a late hour.
John Jones, of Bangor, danced a jig to music provided by Harry Baejelor with his saxaphone, and showed a snappy pair of feet as he clicked off the measures.
The committee in charge of af- folrs headed by the following: Chairman ot arrangements. Bruce Doyle; athletics. Edgar Rader, Joe Simons; music, Elwood Bauman, Paul Houi;k; awards and presen¬ tations, Edgar Frankenfleld, David Easterly; reception, J. A. Shafer and Arthur Shiffert.
Mrs. William B. Harper and Mrs. Carrie Walker assisted In the cloak room. Mrs. George Welty, Mrs. Corna Stofflet and Mrs. Ste l)ert served coffee and lunch in the social rooms.
"Bow" I^eroy Bowser dressed as a maiden lady in a costume clever¬ ly fitted with tiny electric lamps and "Dutch" Hack as a Dutch Oreenhorn furnished comedy di¬ version for the affair and crea'ed roars of laughter hy thetr antics.
Mr, tOai who had Intended to at the party was   de- lalkome in Philadelphia, by of   his    daughter.    He tented  by   his    private ipher. Miss Mason, who re- I far him a beautiful basket chrysanthemums    as    a ifrom the employees. At psrty opened at 7 o'clock, IY. M. C. A. being turned ' ts the  Hercules    employees rikisventng.   Special checking ¦«nts had been mado on floor of tbe building and • iatire office space waa taken I vith the temporary   arrange- Ill mide for cloak rooms.    J. Shafer and Arthur Shiffert, Nception committee met all I at the door and lormed the I reception committee.   Pool and bowling   alleys    were •*B open  and    the   employes tree access   to    these.    Tho events however were staged tfcs gymnasium.    Tho    affair ¦•d with a gymnastic   demon •n by a class of "Y " Junto 'direction of the Y. M. C. »I Director C.   S.     Mint .^y held  a  marching  dri I tf B. Bernen.   Then followed [Hiwing "stick" relay.    Exer- >•• the "ptK" followed, led by BrelnlK.   Jr.    Apparatus on horse,   parallel bars
¦Ir v"' *^''® '•^ ^y Warren ¦'«. Jr.. Harry Engler and R. Leaping the gap ended \th^  P^^fopmanco.    Richard MB *.    """'* " "tellar per- n»2i**iv   *" ^^^nts was pro- itmrntUtZ ' *"^* "' chocolates as l?^M. by the Hercules presen- ~« Wmmlttee     Tho boys tak-
«r«7*''*  ""'P''    Altemose, »M Sloyer, .lohn Price.   Wil- ^ wee Elwood Stofflet, Harry "Ul    Schaadt,    George hhati   v.'"'    ^'"'^'    R'chard ITshi. W    """''   ReaRan,   John ^--ki.  « ®"   nrelnlg.    Bergen ;;,«»^ Rrne^t  Rerkaw, Francis
TATAMY FIRE DE- PARTMENT OFFICERS
.\t a largely attended meeting of the Tatamy Fire Company on Monday evening routine business was transacted which Included a spirited election fur offlcers for the ensuing year, Followini? is the result: President. George Berger; vice-president. Adam Andrews; financial secretary. F. M. Butz; recording secretary. Paul Shive; treasurer, Karl Metier; chief, Ira Stoudt; flrst assistant chief, How¬ ard Marsh; second assistant chief. Conrad Smith; foreman of hose, Roy Weiant; first assistant fore¬ man of hose, Frank Huff; second assistant foreman ot hose, George Roller; chief truck driver. Clark Wessner; assistant drivers, Lloyd Weiant, Harry Frey. Herbert An¬ drews and Paul Snyder; flre po¬ lice, Jeremiah Burley, Adam An¬ drews, Clarence Milhetm. Benja¬ min Shuman, A. W. Frey and Al¬ bert Heller: trustee for :5 years, Jeremiah Burley; delegate to Four County Fireman's Associa¬ tion, Howard Marsh and alternate, Ira Stoudt.
FRATERNAL SO- CIErY CELEBRATES 44th ANNIVERS.ARY
On December 12, Nazareth Lodge, N'o. 215'J, Fraternal Home Insurance .Society celebrated the forty-fourth anniversary of the society, hrst anniversary of the juvenile department   and    Christ-
County Children's Aid
Society Holds Meeting
Northampton County Children's vania held In Harrisburg, Novem-
Aid     Society     held     Its     regular ber 1.') and   IG.    The round table
monthly meeting at Its rooms, 1;J0 meetings  at  the conference  wore
South  Fourth  street, Easton,   on given to a study of   foster    homt?
December 1:5.    The following were finding and  publicity,
present:   Mrs.   Quiney  Bent,   Mrs. Votes  of   thanks  were  given  to
I H.  T.  Edwards and   Miss Rebecca the XeedU'Work GuiUis of Easton.
mas entertainment in Odd Fellows; oummere — all    of    Bethlehem: lu-thlohf-ni.   Ptrn  .\r;;:.i.  Bath and
GAME LAW VIOLA¬ TORS ON TRLAL BEFORE SQUIRE FRV
Bradley  Kocher,  a   well   known hall   player   of   Whity   Huvfii   and' widely ac(|uaiiitcd  in   this  section and   Irvln   Carter,   albo  of    White Haven,     were    arraigned     heti>re S(|uirfe Jamea  H.  Fry, on Tuesday evening  on  charges   of    violating the game laws.    The charges werej brought  hy  Came Protector  K.   U.' llamsey of Euston.    It wa'i alleged that   Kocher   nn     No'.einher     15. i:'2«!  while hunting on tlie Fisher farm   in   Korks    towiL-^hip,     killed I ai.d   concealed   a    female   F^nglish ritiK   neck    pheasant.      Kocher   Is: cl'yrRed with the killing atid (far¬ ter  his  cotniianioii    merely     with c(/iiceaiinK     female     rins        neck l/heasants.   the   number   not   bfting stated.
.Six  character    wiin>'S'-is     were brought  from White Haven hy 'he df-fendaiits   who  v.ere  represented hy Attorney   Warren,     of     While Haven.     Testimony   in    the     case akeii hy Squire Fry's .stenograph¬ er,   .Miss   Elizabeth   Neuner. cover¬ ed fifty pages of shorthand  notes. The  killing  of    the     pheasants was  exposed   by   a     man     named Young who found the body of the one  bird  while  it   was  still   warm and   reported  the  matter  to   War¬ den   Hainsey who  immediately be¬ gan    an     Investigation.     It     wus brought   out    that     .Mr.     Ram-ey stopped  the car of the defendur.tj at Wind C.ap on the evening of the alleged   shooting  of  the  bird  and that the men at that time told him they were enroute to  the Poconos to  hunt.     After hearing the testi¬ mony of the parties Justice of the i'eace Fry announced   he    would withhold his decision ten days.
Local Churches Plan Gala Christmas Services; Special Programs to be Rendered
Attractive      Decorations
Extol Genuine Spirit
of   Yuletide
Adults   and   Kiddlet   To Participate In Color¬ ful Exercises
On Sunday evetiing. ]Jecein')er :;:{ at tlie time of tho r^^Kular ev'.^n- lii^ fi.-rvice, 7 o'clock, tlie .-'unday school will render a Sor.Kalii;,Mir entitled "The Birthday of King, under tho direction of .Ml^s -Viae YbisiHv-. The costtinies and rtocorations will add to the beau'y and signifiraiice of t!:o I'il.nr.
Miss Veislev has spen: con.-iider- ahle tin.e in prfparing the pr.i- ^raiti and a cordial welcome is ex- fended to every one. The regular CliriHtinai festival will be held oi; Tuesday  evening at  7  o'clock.
The entire Sunday school will etifr in on this progrini The main room children are In 'harse of Miss Kllen Ruloff and Mr.-.. Nickf! who have been busy ar- raiiKing an attractive program.
The Primary Department in charg'- of .Mrs. William .Silfl»'s as¬ sisted hy Miss Josephine Kief-;-. MIhs ReJmer pianist. Costumes have been made for   the    varims
The Christmas festivities in tho histori'' .Moravian church begin tills coining .Sunday morning witb the lO.liO o'clork services. TbO the I Christmas Litany will be used, aiKl the pastor will preach • t hristmas sermon, and the choir under the direction of Paul B. Berk, organist and chorister, wilt rendt^r Christmas music.
At 7 p. ni Re.. Kdwin J. Heath, .¦VI. .\., president of the Moravian Seminary and College for Women ut Hethlehem, will deliver an il¬ lustrated lecture on the West In- die'i where a few months ago • hurricane inflicted much damage. Slides will he shown of the devas- taficm. Rev. Heath is a very able spt>aker; the lecture will be worth hearing. The offering at both services will be in behalf of tho hurricane .sufterers on these isl- auds. A Christmas thaak offer¬ ing.
.Monday, Dec. 24 the Christmas
Kenneth r.timspy „nd Jack Ml.
|i«lir»«.""rv""""' ''"'  ""   accom ?»»fOrthetlri!lq.
tsl   \r,"' '-'imspy nnd
The Direators of the Nazareth Y. M. G^-^ d^tdcd to renovate the MfOitortui^ and change the floor from atf Incllno to a level hally there was an tngfine ItSor placed into tho audi¬ torium because moving pictures w^ere shown, hut that has been discontinued for several yo'ars and now it was decided to make the change so ns to use the auditorium as a dining room and such other purposes as it may lie required.
 	
FIXK rHRISTM.\!ii TREE.
The Trumbower Coal and Lum¬ ber Company have erected a flne large Christmas tree In their branch offlce, Xo. 2.1 South Main street and the show window is finite an attraction to hoth old and young folk.
Hall, Belvidere street. ThU was! an open meeting to members, their families and friends.
There were visitors present from Easton, Bethlehem, Alieu¬ town and Northampton lodges. The hall was fllled to its capacity. The meeting was opened by Grand Vice-President Helen Knauss with well chosen words for the occa¬ sion.    Program waa as foliov/s:
Selection by Hecktown orches¬ tra; singing of America hy audi¬ ence; address of welcome by Leon Mlllhelm: Song With quaking hearts we welcome you by Cather¬ ine Stoudt, Margaret Miller, Isabel Miller and Helen Miller: recita¬ tion The Christmas telephone by Ruth Buss: solo. Jesus pleads for me by Frank Johnson; recitation. Merry Christmas by Betty Sey¬ fried; recitation, -Living decora tlons by Mildred Stoudt; Holy night, peaceful. night by Camp Flre Girls; recitation by Kenneth Koehler; selection by Hecktown orchestra: recitation by Warren G. Engle, Jr.; solo, Jingle bells by Catherine Stoudt; recitation by Marlon Koehler; solo by Miss El¬ len Walters: recitation by Cather¬ ine Heekman; song. Just before Christmas by Ralph Fehr. Arlene Mlllhelm .Leon Mlllhelm; recita¬ tion by Franklin Keiper; recita¬ tion by Joseph Meyer; solo, Santa land by Editn Johnson: recitation by Arteuf* Millheini: solo by Miss Ellen Walters: recitation by Fran¬ cis .Mlllhelm; Oh star that led the wise men on, by th© Camp Flre Girls: oddress by District Man¬ ager Allen R. Shinier; solo. Open the gates of the temple by Frank Johnson: recitation. Who Is tt by Joseph Schlegel, Jr.
At this time Santa Claus made his appearance and presented the juveniles and all that took part with candy and oranges. Refresh¬ ments were served to everybody.
Committee: Helen Knauss. Min¬ nie Sterner. Elsie Heekman, Marie Morria, Carrie Seyfried.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester J. Rohn. Mrs. Clark Keller and Mrs. Rus¬ sell Phillips were visiting In Allen¬ town on Saturday.
as carols, composed    of Harry
•hi.!'" f ¦^'^'^'f^d the drills wmen fh<» Tlorcules  chorus '•noupnf rhrlatm ironp   ^..^
otttw!!'!!''"- ""T Oaten, -5 n,"!' f^'^""'! nauman. „,Jl"^'^"'l'"nit. Bruce ««s. wi[7 ^'^''">n^a'ner, John ^Wllllan, Crimn nnd Oeorge
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Llchten- s I hit with his
"< »td«V^"' '"'¦''"' sfile^tlons
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^5?I^'«"^ diversion was ^Ky Harry Bachelor, a T£i*"t^'talner of Phlla-
,A»»0dre^3ed .is a farmer.
,"Metbn,on tbo saiapbone,
'    "'*'•»•   He got them to
P. 0. S. of A. Celebrates
Slst Anniversary Here
Mrs, S. A. Martin. .Mrs. Henry Mc- Hellertown for thoir splendid con- Keen, Jr.. Cecil Dawson and John tributions to the Chililren's iVi i Rice, of Kaston. and Mrs. J. A.' Society this year. S.".:; garment.- Horner, of Bath. .^Ir. Rice pre- were received in all. sided. ¦      Attention   was    called
Miss Ethel E. Hardick, the sec¬ retary, reported 61 cbildren In care on November 30 as compared
to thf- work of the Child Conservation League of Easton which under the direction of Mrs. Frank Miller with S.1 children in csre on thej contributed many flne handmade same date last year. Two children' dresses and blouses to the society were accepted for foster home' through the Easton Needlework care during   the    month.     There (Guild.
were ten foster home applications Board members of the Chll- and three new foster homes' dren's Aid Society contributed opened during the month. The money for Chrtstmns gifts for secretary reported the meeting of children outside of Easton which tha State Advisory Council of the. Is so ably covered by the Easton Children's Aid Society of Pennsyl-i Santa Claus Exchange.	
DETROIT MAN TALKS ON MUSCLE SHOALS
A. Menke. former president of the Board ot Trade of Muscle Shoals, on Monday evening gave an Illustrated lecture before the Nazareth Rotary Club, showing scenes of the Muscle Shoals de¬ velopment. Mr. Menke who was a former president of the Detroit, .Mich.. Lions Club and District Governor of the Lions Clubs of Mich., gave a very flne talk on the work that has been done In the development of .Muscle Shoals supplementing the extremely clear motion pictures shown of the place. Guests present from other Rotary Clubs were Howard Han¬ na, Easton; Al Huff and E. J. Foust, Bethlehem; Charles Rom¬ mel and Tilghman J. Hupp, Northampton. The affair was sponsored by the Rotary cluh tnd had beeu arranged by Prof. George A. Grim of the entertafti- ment committee.
The P. O. S. uf A. Camps of Northampton county celehrat--il the Slst anniversary of tho found¬ ing of their Ordor with a banquet at the Nazareth Inn, on Saturday night. Thero were nhout lf"0 guests present from Ka-iton. lieth¬ lehem, Hangor, Ilath, Wind flap, Pen Argyl, Nazareth nnd sur¬ rounding district. Hirmau A. Miller presided as chairman and toastmaster. Mr. Miller cavo a brief address and nn historical sketch of tho order nnd Its prin¬ ciples nnd their value.
Attorney Stanley Fehr, of Naz¬ areth was tho speaker of tho ev¬ ening.    Ho spoke on the IdoaU ot tho Order,   "Ood.    Our   Country .and Our Order,"   Floyd  B.   Mc- IaIoo, assemblyman elect, cf Eas¬
ton also spoko briefly and lauded lhf» I'lienilly spirit and co-opera¬ tion that exists-iii'twoon members :incl ramps nf the  P. O. S. of A.
Stanley Fehr, of Fhistnn, served as song leader and led tho guests in sitiL'Ing a number ot popular and iialriofir air--, ns well as ."ilnB- ing several solos.
Clayton Jaao, nf Easton, fur- ni-ihed nitrriment nf a varied kind \vit.h singing and Instrument¬ al selection'! of well na fancy dancing, llis act was greatly en¬ joyed.
A hearty nirnii of stewed chicken nnd nil necessary trim¬ mings was enjoyed by the guests present and the affair was voted ono of tho most enjoyable ever held by the catops.
N.%/..%RKTH HIGH ST'HtMIL
lt.%)liKK'ni.\IiL SCHEOILE
The Nazareth High school bas¬ ketball schedule Is now complet¬ ed. Nineteen contests Jiave been scheduled by Manager Rohn for the season. The schedule fol¬ lows:
Dec. 20. Emaua High: .Tan. 4. oi>en: Jan. 11, open; Jan. 12. Whitehall High: Jan. IS. Hangor; .Ian. 2:.. Nazareth Hall: Jan. 2!>. Slatington: Feb. 2. l.eh lull ton: Feb. .". Emaus; Feb. S. Wilson: Feb. \?,. Nazareth Hall: Fi'b. IT,. roplay; Feb. 19. Whitehall: Feb. 21, Coplay: Feb. 2n, Lehighton; Feb. 26. Slatington: March 1. Rangnr; March <. Wilson; March 1.". Alumni.
HAH   MCK   Plilv\S\NTH.
Arthur G. Schmidt erected a pen of what was fornierly known as tho Theodore Roth tract ,it the northern end of town, nnd has placed ten pair, all different va¬ rieties, of pheasants, which he will use for breedlnK purposes. All the birds aro nicely marked and with their bright plumage look very pretty, Mr. Schmidt eventually expects to put thom on tho farms he bought northeast of Nazareth.
He has now about SOO acres of Innd nnd has a Urge force of men working and cleaning up the farms.
numhors by the Misses Malielj Kve Vigils and Love Feast, an In- Riit'a. Marie Kipfer and Rum j -pirin;; service con-iisting of con- Dornhlaser. The Beginners in eivgational singing; special choir charge nf .Miss Irene Roth liava niusic in which the Children's To al.io    heen     preparing     at'raetlv«^l Oeiim  features with organ and or-
numheri. AH arp invited to these exfTcisPs. Come and enjoy tlu rnal Christmas spirit.
FOOTBALL TE.AM BANQUET FRIDAY
The fir-it annual hanquet ot the .Nazareth .\. C. will be held Friday evening at the Lake House. Say- lorsbtir-'. Warren Breinig. assi.,t- aiit s^ll]^•rintendent of tlie Hercu¬ les Cement plant, whose athletic field was used by the Nazareth A. (' football team during the past -eason. will act as toastmaster. Stanley Fehr, .N'azarelh attorney will be the oratiir of the evening. H. A. Bruce, of the Hercules plant and Captain C. L. Steckle of Naz¬ areth Hall, and James O'Keafe. coach of the team, will also speak briefly. There has been a goo.l sale of tickets and a luriie uath- ering  is  expected  at  the  banriuet.
J. A. MILLER BUYS ANOTHER FARM
STOCKERTOWN COUPLE WEDDED FIFTY YEARS FRIDAY
Mr. and .Mrs. Henry E. Wood- ring, of Stockertown tomorrow- Friday will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary at their home at Stockertown. It was just 50 years ago tomorrow that .Miss Kmma L. Fehr, daughter ot Jacob and .Matilda Fehr. of Bushkill township became th« bride of Henry K. Woodring in a quiet ceremony preformed by Rev. I). F. Ilrendle, at his jiarsonage in Beth¬ lehem. Rev. Brendle was at that time pastor of the Arndts and Farmersviiie Reformed congrega¬ tions.
Mr. M'oodi'ing ts a son of the loni; deceased I'hilip and Hannah (Cyphers) W.'oKrtring. Hts father was a miller and conducted a mill along the nushkill. Hts mother was Hannah Cyphers, daughter ot a well ed
toil.     Mr.  Wnodring's father later worked  nt  Walter's    I'pper     Mill.! Bnshkill Park and here nt an early ^ age   Mj.   Wootlring   went   trt   b-arn the business of a milli r which h^' followed   for   21   yetirs.     Later  he' entered   the  j-mploy  of    the    Mes-' siniicr   foundry  at   Tatamv   whern be  wnrkfd  tny l'"-  years   and     six months.     Then  Mr.   Wiioniing  dp-, I'lded  f<i ret he hi't  f'unil that af¬ ter  a   life  of  nctlv'f     'e   had     to kii.p hiisv to lie hi' ;'d entered
the  etnidov  of  Ihe    "   •¦•ties     ^^-\ ment. corporation wl-        he is now eniployed   nt      Stocks  '.'vn.     and where   be   has   beer   'Milovpd   for, the  past    six     years.     Me     shows
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TO WIX  toXTE.*iT
The Nazareth Rotarians who a month ago entered an attendance contest with the Vineland. .V. J . Rotarians are confidently expect¬ ing to be guests of the latter cluij when the results are all in and the loser entertains the winner at a dinner in the Hotel Tra*lor. Al¬ lentown. The contest will run three months. The report of the first month's attendance shows the Nazareth Club In the lead with a loO per cent attendance. Vine- land trails with »4 per cent. The li-cal Rotarians are determined t) eal at the expense of the Jersey- men and are mnking strenuous efforts to have a full attendance at every meetina. So close is th^ conte.st th:it failure of one man t'l attend will seriously affect the standing of the  local  group.
.fohn A. .Miller, of Nazareth, purchased the Robert l.,aul)ach farm, situated tn Palmer .-hip. containing 72 acres with ini- provr ni^iits from Miss Kdna .Ab^l. Mr.  Miller now owns three farms
chestral accompaniment, will bo- giii i»romptly at CIO o'clock, the pastor, Rev. Paul S. .Meinert, M.A., presiding. The choir wiil opon this jriyoiii and beautiful service with Franz Gruber's "Silent Night. Holy Night." The Sunday Sl hool at'ends in a body and bas a part on the program. After tbO Love Feast the famous Caadlo Service takes [dace typtfyins Chriu. the Light ot the World, town-1 who came to dispel earth's dark« ne.sH. A lighted wax taper wtll bO . pre-ieutert to every child present in honor  of  the  Chrisl-child who. In
adjoining or.e another in Palmer the fulne-i cf timt? came into this town-ihip. First lie purchased thCi world to .seek and to save that Yeisley  farm,  then   the  Benjamin, which  is  lost.
M)?\ farm and now the Laubach i Admis^ien to this service Is by farm. His other farms he ha«! ticket nc-cessltaled hy the largo .stocked with high grade Guernsey j attendance to avoid overcrowding ca'tle. He has spent considerable the seating capacity. The ticket* money improving his farms and, can be secured at Crawford tt Oo. will no doubt put the Laubach; drug store. ilso.
f:;rin  la   good shape
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MKKTIX; OF NAX.tRETH
VFTKKtX TK(H>|> XO. 1
Chr'.-tmas Day nt 7 p.   m.    tbo Sunday school   will  render a spo- cial prosram nf song accompanied by an  orchestra of twenty piecea. ^¦^— The various   df-partments   of    tbo
The presiding officer was Senior school will take part. The pro- Patrol .Lr^ader Woodrow Brong, | paratlons made the last month or Scribe Nelson Messlnger,   Buglars, ntore promise a very fine program
ot \aried parts, and must bo h^ard to be appreciated. Prof. Paul K. Beok directs the music.
The  public   is cordially invited to attend these exercLses In honor
Irvin  I'hler and  Nelson  Veakel.
Th'« meeting ope.ned with the flag ple.lije and I^ord's Prayer foi¬ lowed liy a short meeting of the Triop and Troop Committee. The m^^tini; iiertained matnly fo se- of Him who came as Saviour and curing a permanent Troop head- Redeemer, quarters.     There were   2:1   scouta  
pre>jent. !"> Troop Committeemen, Chaitmaa C. Fr»»derlc Martin. Har.Tld S'arner. Dr. A. D. Thaeler. AtMlr.-w Kern. Lester H.iwk and Field Kxecutive K. A. Andrews, also Scoutmaster E. F. Snyder ."".nd .\sNistant Scoutmaster John C. Crowell.
Patrol   meerlncs  were  held   .'¦nd
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STUBER NAZAREFH FIRE DEPT. CHIEF
Vigilance Hose Company. No. 1 ot Naz;ireth met on .Monday even¬ ing in a stated monthly busineaa rPivorN were made. Patrol No. li meeting. Regular routine of .Mors<:^ code and radio transmitting ^ businesH was followed and Inctud- and receiving. Patnd No. 2Mors-:ed the electing ot one new mem- f;>,l^. Patrol  No.  .1    merit     hadge.^l her   and   receiving   an   application
I lM-;i:.%L <»K Mils.  IiK \-ox.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary C. Heiisoti. who died aeveral days ago at her home. 1191 Lincoln Plact>-. Ilrooklyn. N V.. was held Satur¬ day ,'it 1 o'clock at Plainfield churcli and internient was made in the Plainfield remeterv. Mrs, ,ell known and highly respect-j „,,„.,„„ „„„ ,,..,, ,., former resident tamily of  the South  Side.  Eas-   ^„. ^^^^^ locality is survC ed hy her
husband. Kdward, three sisters. Mrs. oweti Fry. of Somerville. N. .1.: Mrs, Steliimeiz. of Kno.vviUe. Tenn.. and Mrs. .\nnetta Rinker. of Wind Cap. and two brothers, Michael, of Wind Cap and Crant. of .MIentiiwn.
i'tid   Morse  code.    Patrol     No.     4 tr. cViiig and  first aid.
.\ r^iiort was made nf theTroo;( are.T rof.tost. Nazaretli Veteran tr.-iop first place with a total nt 29C  points.
IMPUOVING HIS HOME.
^ Fmuk SnvdflT. Cherrv Hill, l.s '"¦¦ 'Tig a li-'^ room outfit placed W ) his l.n me, as well as a hot w^i>«t___lip^iU* g plant. S. D. Knecht nf Nazareth has the con¬ tract. .Mr. Snyder recently =»oId his farm to Arthur G. i^chmidt of Nazareth.
Mr. ind Mrs. Howard .Scbreiber, of Northampton, called at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Roliert L. Hoch nu Sunday.
Eagle Commandery
Selects New Officers
Nazareth Commandery. No.  lit'. ,,  , .   . ,  ,, ,   ,   ..I Knights of  the ddden  Kagle  met
slight   trace  "f  his   .Ige   nnd   ''O h, ,,,„„,^^     ^^^. „^  ,„^i^     ^^,,.,^^^
be   nnd   Mrs     Wnndrine   nre   hale|...  ,,,.,...,.  ,. ,,,   , _ :    ,  ,.
and hearty and iinite active taking! part  in   nil  Iho nffalrs  and  act ivi
ties of their coniiniinity. :Mr. Woodring two weeks a.go resigned the ]iri'.sidency of the executive board of fhe Fnrks-.Vrndt's Sun¬ day schofd aftor many years of ac¬ tive rmloavor. He is a member nf tho Reformed congregation nnd she a member nf the Luthercii cnngrpcaflon of the Forks church. The couple had only one son who died tn his sixth year. They nre receiving solIctfafTons from thetr mnny friends In the hom© In whtch they lived for 33 yeara.
Mrs. Jacob 'Messineer, East Wblnut street, spent Saturday In AlIsBtowh.
brief  aildre->es.
The Coinniatidery is looking for- w,iid with eagerness to tha K. G. K. bantiiiot to be held Thursday evening. December 2", tn the N'az¬ areth Inn.     Tickets for this affair
in Habii's hall and nominated and elected offlcers for the coming ye.ir.     There were a   number    of
candidates  tor every post and the! are  going  rapidly and Indications
balloting In several cuses was ex- are that It will he one of the most
tremely   close.      Election   resulted interesting affairs of the vear.    It
as  follows:     Captain,     Irwin     L. i^ espccted that several grand o(-
Hoch;      first     lieutenant,       John fifora   from   nut   of   fown   will   be
.Neuner    stcond lieutenant, Theo- present and the local castle wants
.lore Shafer:  secretary, Walter   J. to make a good showing.
of membership. Two of the new¬ ly-elected members were present I and became acting members by signing the constitution and by- lav, s of tho company.
()ut*taniling bills amounting to $Ts were accej>ted und ordered paid after which the folowing of¬ ficers were elected for l!t29;
President, Raymond Oster¬ stoek; > Ice-prestdent. Kloyd Hess; secretary. Robt J. Ginlher; flnan¬ cial secretary. Harry 11. Cooley; treasurer. Ralph E. Saeger; trua- tea (3 years), Fred Gerlach; janitor, H. H. Cooley; representa¬ tives lo tlie Nazare'h Firemen's Relief Ajs iciatlon (.'! years), Ray- n-iond D. Teel. U. E. Saeger. Jobn S. H. Snyder; chief. Charles M. Stuher: foreman of hose, R. D. Teel; assistant foretnen of bosO, Floyd D. Hess, Fred Gerlach; foreman of hnok and ladder truck, I'lysses Stoudt: foreman of chem* ica Is. Milton S. Lindenmoyer; as- slHiant foreman ot chemtcala, Charles I). Kahler.
The committee in cUargo ot ren- uvatitig and furnishing the com- [•ony's front room reported pro¬ gress by stating that thoy had se¬ lected the furnishing and had bids from I .cal furniture companies In consideration.
Sh.W At TO TAOS AI'PEAR.
Knecbt; assistant secretary, Leon¬ ard Gaumer; treasurer, Claude Mefz; ensign, Victor Christman; first sergeant, Walter Minnich; second sergeant, Stanley Wolfe; third sergeant, Clayton Burley.
Grand Commander Captain F. Loula Kraemer and Grand Histor¬ ian Col. E.' H. Tounff, both ot Easton, were present and   mado
Grand Chief William Sellers, of Sellersviiie, Is expected to bo pre¬ sent .\t the meeting of Tatamy Castle* at Tatamr. Friday night and the Nasaretb Commandery and some members ot the Kata- retb Castle will Journey to Tatamy to rroet the chief. The local Vom- mandery will turn out is fall ani¬ torm. I
Tlio fact that thp .State High¬ way Department allows car owm- ers to u«e their new nuto tags af¬ ter December 15. many 192P taSi appear on thetr cars this week.
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To our frieads through tho 1 wo wish yoa all • Merrf mas aad a Rappr Ui< Koir Tear.   FlfMI Ur, tmi     . OMrva O. Ichotli^ III 4M tttot^ Oahlaad. OatlfwiUa.
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