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\'IA - . I*. '...,¦. ¦¦., ^ Nazareth Item ¦• ^*i ANINDEPENDBNT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DBVOTBD TO LITERATURB. LOCAL AND GENERAL INTBLUOBNCB. XXXVIII NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1929 No. 17 3AL CONTRACTOR AWARDED ^ ^ STREET PAVING CONTRACT; WORK ALREADY UNDER WAY Improvement Job To Be Done By H. S. Shafer at Hig Bid of $35340; of Streeta Delayed Becauae of Indefinite Construction Program [^if Sewerage Company; Pavement Committee Faces Com¬ plaints of More Irregular Grades Throughout the Town T ImhIst «tated meeting ot \3»«»''" ''*"* '*"?/?! ilsnit, 1929. at 8 o'clock! Flight saving time, with tfi* P'wen*- "^^^ Presid- , gartiell, pre^ded. of Messrs. Schit^ffcr, the minutes ot the meeting of Jiil.v IStli. I approved as read. Imffiaa of Messrs. Linden- BIDS FOR STREET PAVING Kahler. ordered the following to be paid as BKIiVIDKRE STUKKT P.WI.VO Fine Grading Paving Collins & .Maxwell | 3D6.00 |960:i.OO U. E. Neumeyer S.'JO.OO 8910.00 Ceneral Paving Company 4r».">.00 9372.00 Wm. Keifer & nro. , 2475.00 9108.00 H. S. Shafer 396.00 8844.00 Smith & Fenstermacher 396.00 9405.00 Mclnerney & McNeal i 2970.00 9900.00 Total \ 9999.00 9240.00 9867.00 11583.00 9240.00 9801.00 12S70.00 Item ¦ • • tOiapanr • I Hdwe. Co. Oanmer . ..I 8.55 ., 61.60 1.00 .. 149.38 .. 264.54 Jth 11.10 Kilns 67.99 ¦pole 12O0 ,t »-9'5 iCompany 59.40 ,mbl» 2.95 Ibbler 4-35 »rCo 233.45 lion Co 436.40 .• 14.70 Item 12.40 Co 141.00 cry 2.50 iblishing Co. ... lO.OS Itl 9.00 [Clltr 239.41 iMlegel 42.00 .. 50.71 Mist & Sons 23.40 ¦iilcatlon was read ^rom Highway Department at" permission would ) ke obtained before traffic I eoald be placed on routes IlkrouRh Cities and Towns (Secretary was directed to ( Department that one ll been placed at Ever- Broad streets since the 1 of the Act to which they nlcation from the Lung- ftmpany regarding over- Lungmotor owned by Kh wai referred to th* perty Committee. BHa of rommlttfp* lyg—Mr. L'ndenmoyer re- Ifhat Mulberry Avenue had need on grade and fllled We and oil. The engineer pcted to give curb line and or the new Eaglea Home In tie. at fhe requeat of Mr. iho appeared before Coun- le question of oiling the jitreets was again discussed the Nniareth Sewerage ay Is flguring on tearing up theae streeta. the matter |bled for ten days. nent—Mr. Merti reported -Mr. Butts reported the :an additional officer for I police duties. It was there- tided tn hold a meeting on jeveying of the Police Com |ind. at the aame time, have meet with the Committee Burgeaa to dl.ocusa traffic I for the puVpose of having |traffle ordinance drawn up. meeting the public la In- i>e present and present Ms In case they are Inter- -Mr. Kern, no report. H—Mr. Kahler. no report. -Mr. Siegfried, no report. Property—Mr. Schaeffer frogreia. )n motion of Mesars. ' and Butta, the Treasurer korlied to negotiate a loan W.«0 for a period of 30 notion of Messrs. Llnden- l»nd Kern, bill of R. K. fOr hauling stone amounting po was ordered paid, 'following proposals were ¦ opened and read for the I of East Belvidere Street. Min street. Circle and East [•treet. in accordance with pid speclflcations prepared "orough Engineer: CKNTKK STREET—CIRCXK—NORTH MAI\ STREET Colllna & Maxwell It. E. Neumeyer 1280.00 General Paving Co. . . 1200.00 Wm. M. Keifer & Bro. 4000.00 H. 8. Shafer 1360.00 Smith li Pensterm'h'r 1600.00 Mclnerney &, McNeal . 1440.00 Excava. Fine Grading Paving Total 12000.00 11140.00 $27645.00 $30785.00 950.00 25650.00 27880.00 1425.00 26980.00 29605.00 7125.00 26220.00 37345.00 1140.00 25460.00 27960.00 1140.00 27075.00 29.S15.00 1710.00 28500.00 31650.00 On motion of Messra. Linden¬ moyer and Schaeffer It waa moved that all of the bida preaented and read be accepted and tabulated by the Secretary and Engineer. The report of the Treasurer of cash received and diaburaed waa as follows: Bal. on hand 7-6-29 $ 929.09 Rpcrlpta \ Warranta of Survey . . .$ Lewia S. Miller Jas. S. Fry. fines Nas. National Bank .. 7.00 29.85 45.00 1600.00 W. A H. C. Heyer. licenses .. 18.00 Grifflth 6418.67 Total Receipts $8018.52 Howard S. Shafer at bia bid of $35,840.00, and work to commence on aame as aoon aa a bond Is fur¬ nished for the faithful perform¬ ance of tbe work tor 100 per cent of the contract price and contract executed between hlmaelf and the Boroush of Nazareth. The roll beincr called all of the members) present voted affirmatively. Nays —none. On motion of Me«Hrs. Kern and Butts. It was moved that the Secretary be directed to return all checks accompanying the bids of the unsucceaaful bidders. The Pavement Committee re¬ ported that It would be neceasary to lower the pavement In front of the property of Frank C. Young due to change in grade made In the street when North Broad 196.96 i street was built and they were •97.50, given authority to have the Super- 1IS1.0B| visor put It on grad* as aoon aa ; possibl*. TImt Alio raportsd that $4797.61 A. T. ShMta fliad ¦ eoinplalnt about the radius curb being too Bal. on hand 8-6-29 $4159.99 low In front of his property, per- The meeting waa adjourned by'mitting tbe water to flow oif bia Total In Treasury ...$8947.61 Disbursed Billa approved $2671.11 Int. on loan Offlcers Salaries Sup. Pay Roll Total DIabursements HoM MadB Him Fmi Bemr By Albert T. Roid ^"^ AwTe«*ST»^^i . . -¦- / mat «R K.^X.AKKTH (illtli *En .*T KIDKIt r'OLIiK»K l^^any local tWeiids Were '0 learn that Martha |l. laughter of'Mr. and Uff. ' P' Rohn. formerly of N^k-' l»ow of Baston. would Ae "he B.Q.S. degree at Rj&er •commencement on A^pfeust Rohn ik a Rrnduaur'from »ton Hig^ school,|jr 1927, J"^ was aH1»jfe wilramatlcs r^ry Work. "Slie was a 0' the Olee Club and of f^'HR club. Miss Uohn Is ^} of the Kta l-pslllon sorority at Rider College. ^HAHKD Bt II.IHVn \An " 0 aturg ^ & .Son, real ^'*". purchased the*ulld- lenl, ""¦* ''^'°«^'- situated *««4 street. the Preaident at 10:30 p. m. until Tueaday evening. Auguat Oth. 1929. at 8 o'clock p. m. An adjourned stated meeting of Town Council was held this 6th day of August. 1929. at 8 o'clock p. m.. daylight saving time, with all members present with the ex¬ ception of Mr. Merts. The Presid¬ ent. Mr. Hartzell, presided. Consideration was given the bids presented for the paving of Belvi¬ dere street. North Main street. Circle and Eaat Centre Street. On motion of Messrs. Schaeffer, It was moved that the Borough Supervisor do all of the excavation work on the atreeta In question to he paved and leave the flne grad¬ ing to the contractor to whom the paving would be awarded. On motion of Mesars. Linden- property during heavy ralna and that If the Borough replaced the radius curb he would change the pavement and alao build a curb, gutter and pavement on Whitfleld atreet. The Engineer waa direct¬ ed to aurvey and report to the Committee how high same could m raised and approximate cost of doing this work. Complaints were made to the Highway Committee that Kessler Avenue was blocked so that It wns not possible to go all of tho way t^ Phoenix Street. This matter waa referred to the Highway Com¬ mittee for inveatlgatlon and atten¬ tion. It was also reported that light recently placed at Kessler Avenue and Zelgler street was not placed properly ao aa to give the proper Illumination and the Light Com¬ mittee waa ordered to Inveatlgate PUBUC DISCUSSION OF NEW TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN TOWN A public meeting, to which all citizens of the Bor¬ ough o\ Nuzareth are urged to come will be held TO¬ MORROW (Friday) NIGHT in the Council Rooma of the Municipal Building, Belvidere Street, to discuss town tra'fic tiiid parking problems. ' ' A greiit many complaints have been filed with the Burgess and he will be glad to hear from parties Inter- eiited solutions aad methods practical to.over-come pr»- sent conditions. VOU ARE HEARTILY INVITED TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION. WELL KNOWN , WAR VETERAN TAKES HIS LIFE J. H. FULMER LONE \ CANDIDATE FOR CHIEF moyer and Schaeffer. It waa moved i and have It changed accordingly, that the contract for the paving ofj There being no further business Belvidere atreet. North Malnito come before Council aame ad- street. Circle and, Bast Centre journed at 9:30 p. m. on motion street. Including the grading, be of Measrs. Schaeffer and Kahler. and the aame Is hereby awarded to Clarence F. Fehnel. Secretary §TIJDY^0W§ WOMEN ARE MORE CAREFUL \XHAN MALE DRIVERS Harrlaburg. July 31—Wome are not the terrible motor ca drivers men say they are—and accident flgures prove it. according^ to Commissioner Benjamin G, Kynon. of the Bureau of Vehicle! i^- "In non-fatal accldenta 27.528 men and 1535 women were con¬ cerned. Again the men get the worat of It. One In each flfty-two reglatered la Involved, but only one woman In each 299 reglatered. Nearly six men for each woman. "Inasmuch aa nearly all colll- alona are caused by mental lapaea it may follow that women are cerebrally better equipped to oper- ^ell Known Potato Kinsr and Aiito Dealer Firat Moralty Candidate; PresentationVoMtepublican Aspirant Still **Under Fire*'; Interesting Fight Centers on Justice Office Charles Crush Suffering Nervous Breakdown Hangs Himself In Garage Worry over ill health and the future of bis family drove CharUs Crush, 85'yaar gld World. War veteran, of Chsirry Hill, Bluhkill townahip, near hafe, to suicide by hanging tn the garage at his home Sunday afternoon. Crush' had been suffering from nervoua trouble for some time and hiid received treatmagit'from phys- Iciuu:- and at a hoapital. His con¬ dition did not Improve. Early yesterday morning he appeared to be especially agitated. He and the family took dinner at the home of his f.-)ther-in-law. Charles Rice, at Cherry Hill. A neighbor had been to the home to see him and later he siiW Crash coming toward his home. Then the veteran turned around and went back and went Into his garage. His wife missed him and finally started to search for him.' About an hour after he had last been seen, his wife found him hanging by a rope from a cross beam In the garage. PENNA. FARMERS' LIVESTOCK TOUR TO CANADA NEXT WEEK i Northampton Coanty Farmera To Join Big CartirMi On Inspection Tour of Farms and Stock Yards of New York State and Canada; Several Pleasure Trips Included In Program Pennsylvania farmera will meet at two points in New York state, fur the beginning of Mieir annual Llve.Htock Tour, on Monday morn¬ ing. August J:' ll. Northanipioii County farmers and others from the eastern and central parts of the State will gather at the Sheep Feeding farm of .Milo Jeffries, at Perry. Xew York, about 10 a. m. After visit¬ ing Mr. JeffrieH' place, the crowdlment; will proceed to the fym of Ora yards Patrldge. just outside-of Perry. where a flock of flne woof sheep will be inspected. The third stop will be at the Yates farm, near Orchard Park, where the group from eastern and central Pennsyl¬ vania will meet those from the western part of the state at 1:30 p. m. County Agent Coleman, who Is making arrangements for' the Northampton County group, urges ty and making tbe trip to Perf7» New York, may be completad. The tour will extend Oaot o period of six daya, Auguat Ittk- 17th, and will include vialta to .N'ew York state and CanadlAff farms. Some of the things whlek wiil be seen will be: Fine wool fsheep at Perry, New Vorlt: a dairy herd of over 200 Holsteins, siS animals with 30,000 poands milk record; steer feeding establish* inspection of Buffalo stoek and large packing plant; .Hhow herds of Milking Shorthoma, Ouernaeys and Jeraeys; 8,000 litrd poultry farm; Ontario and Naw York Agricultural CoHeges aad experiment stations: aee Niagara Falls: Bight seeing trip througk tha Thousand Islands. The tour has been arranged by the Livestock Extension Depart* ment of Pennsylvania Stat^ Col¬ lege, and la the sixth annual toar which has been made. Tbe itlner* those who are contemplating mak- ary Indicates that It will ba 9fob* ing the trip to get In touch with ably the most Interesting aad ada* hfm Immediately, so that arrange- catlonai trip which heretofore menta for starting from the coun- been attempted. Prominent Clergymen At Pa. S. S. Convention; Co. Officers Met Here; Bath Dist. Meet Aug. 18 The local polTltcafcsituatlon re- didate for councilman of the third gurding the municipality has some- ward, has changed his mind and what cleared up the past week, will be listed on record as an oppos Speakers of large experience In their respective fleids have been invited to address the conferences at tbe atate convention to be beld tn the Pine Street M. B. church In Williamsport. Octobar 9. 10. 11. Anong those who are well known In Pennsylvania ara Dr. Lutlier A. Weigle. of Yale University: Dr. splendid program for a •! Sunday School rally for tbe eatlra diatrict. It will be Iiald at Croaa Roada United Bratbraa akarak oa Sunday evening. Aagaat 11, at • p. •.. iariigbt aamv «Mk •«». Oaorga J. Laabaek, tar «f tka charge, will dallvar aa laaptiatlaa* Conrad A. Houser. of the Reform- al addreaa. Ulyssea A. Sekali, oC ed Board: Dr. John W. Elliott, of! Pel Alto. California, formerly of" the Baptist Board: Rev. E. C. i the Peteraville Sunday aehool la Keboch. Director of Religious Edu¬ cation of the Central Conference Methodist Episcopal church, and Dr. Albert H. Gage, of the First Baptist church. Scranton. Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen. prominent Lutheran pastor, of Harrisburg. will have charge of each devotlon- I al period, and the mualc of the j convention will he under the dl- j rection of Rev. Morris C. Robinson. I of the Presbyterian Board of Chrlatian Education. The Slimmer meeting of the county officers was held on Monday evening at the Naiareth Y.M.C.A. preceded by supper. Plans fnr the fall were acted upon and will He had placed a ladder so that' ^p reported later. The attendance The tantalizing question "Who will be the next Burgeaa" haa been thus far solved by a petition cir¬ culated by Democratic committee bearing the name of Joseph H. Fui¬ mer. Mr. Fuimer ^as expressed hia willingness as a candidate tor the offlce last Saturday. It ia er on the Democratic ballot for the offlce of Justice-of-the-peace. Thia makes four candidates for thia offlce. I', s. Wirebach and Ralph Stocker on the Republican ticket and R. L. Siegfried and L. P. Kost¬ enbader on the Demlcratic. All councilmen whose ofllce ex- mentloned widely and favorably pires January Ist. with the excep* that Mr. Fuimer. without a doubt, will make a good burgess. How¬ ever, this ia from a Democratic platform and there Is atill time for the Republicans to throw their hat la the ring If they "choose to run." R. L. Siegfried, who was men¬ tioned in our last Issue as a cau¬ tion of Mr. Siegfried will agafi^ run for the offlce. However, com- mittees have been unable to flnd a man in the third ward a^, yet* to lake the place of R. L. Siegfried. Neither have they found the will¬ ing parties to take the burden of Auditor and school director. he could tie a clothesline around the croas beam, and then, standing on the ladder, fixed a nrxise about his neck. Then he apparently jumped from the ladder. She Immediately summoned neighbors, who called Coroner Dr W. Calvin Nickel, of town, and he Issued a certificate of death by auicide. He Is survived by his wife. Mrs. Mabel Crush nnd by tbree wns somewhat affected by many being; on vacation. The Bath District Is planning a UK. KR.tlMKMIEK TKI.I.H OK KlROPKA?f TRIP (»ren. Robert. Arlene and Herman.' all nt home. He was a member! of the Schoeneck Moravian church and of the Odd Fellows here. He' i wns a knitter and was employed at the plant of the Kraemer Hosiery, Company for many years. i The Rotary Club met last evening In the "Y" with a good attendance. Prof. George A. | chll-, Grim, presided and Edward Hell-' man. was song leader. There was one visitor. S. C. Transue. of Mill¬ vllle. N. J. The speaker of the evening waa Dr. J. A. Fraunfelder, of town. He spoke on "The Beneflt of His European Experiences." lirTng the first half of 1929,4i cording lo Commissioner Bynon eight times as many men a^Vomer were Involved In fatal Jlccldents, j .,tp motor cars, but I am not going hut the number ql men/Ilcensed tol into that proposition. Mental drive motor eara In/'ennsylvanlal i^paes Include not only sins of Is only three tImeS-ifne number of j commission, but of omission—nnd women drivers. - "] one of the most vital sins of omis- lAftTteffiirio Itethe fashion for|„ion Is failure to keep equipment HCHUNE FAMILY REUNION SATURDAY The Twenty-first annual Kieh¬ line family reunion will be held on Saturday. August I Oth. at Saucon Park, located between Bethlehem and Hellertown. An Interesting program has been ar¬ ranged for the afternoon by the officers of fhe Reunion, nnd who also extend a most cordial Invlf- STANDING OF THE INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE G.AMES PL.iVFU LAST WEEK sj Keystone Potato Growers To Stage Big Exposition Thursday to Tu"^-- Kraemer H(Ke S; \:iz (V-i-nt 7 l.one .Star •!: Bu«i e- \\\\ 2 .Vaz. CeniPiit 11: Xaz. Wiist 3 :iy male operators to aay frequently. 'Aw. It's a woman driving!' but the statistics are all on the side of wo¬ men drivers." said Eynon. "The total number of operators nnd holders of learners' permits registered to .Inly 1. 1929, approxl-1 for an accident Ihan the man aflon to all relatives of the Klch- In good mechanical order. Hence, line family, regardless of their the necessity for the period ofi branch of orlein or their preaent compulsory Inspection of equip-] location, ment recently ordered by Governor Flaher. The man who knows his brakes are faulty Is more to blame 8T.*XDIXG OF CIAUS mated l.noo.noo. Of this number 24.4.1 per cent, were women, or 464.r.no. Durine the firat half of the yenr thirty-seven women driv¬ ers flKured In fatal accidents, or one tn each 12..150 women regis¬ tered. •The total number of men regis¬ tered to July 1 was 1.435.450. The whose brakes suddenly fall him." IXJITRED ins FGOT Paul Reswell. wha was a student at the forestry acMol at Mt. Alto, and Is spending,..¦4ne summer here with his motjjar'and working dur¬ ing vrieaU»*'if"'' H. S. Shafer. being number of male drivers in fatal ac-| employed at Riegelsville, met with cidents was 949. or one man In ^n accident on Saturday while each ISn registered. | ntwratlng a caterpillar motor, In- "Eight times aa many men fig- Juring his foot and will b? unable ured in fatal accldenta aa women.' to work for aome time. prnrHAHED nwEi.i.ivn AXD STORE PROPERTV Albert O. Sturp!?«\ Sc Son. real eatate degjers. snl^lhe dwelling nnd stors property fit Mrs. Eliza¬ beth m<<bre. SouthjStaIn street, to Wllllain Rnth. Lqtt'ist street. M|f Roth wllj^inove there In the neaft futurattfhd will open the 8toroS,„tto>^S employed at the sub¬ station of the Lehigh Valley Trac¬ tion Company at Hecktown. Lone .Star Husiness Men . . . Kraemer Hosiery Na/areth Cement Nazareth Waist . . W. .3 .3 .3 .3 .1 L. 2 2 2 -3 4 P.C. .600 .600 .600 .500 .200 Ranking Fifth Among The Leading Potato Growing States of the Union, Pennsylvania has «. Further Ambitions ^ ' .« I.a.«t year Keysfone growers pro¬ duced ,!l.t»>0.000 bushels of pota- i(ie.-. Faiorable weather condi¬ tions aided the development of this great crop, but contributing to ""mptlon has been planned secretary. A well-rounded gram, which will cover production, marketing and pro- the con Lec- Mlaa Eleanor Gano haa returned from a two week'a stay at Spruci wood Camp at Stroudsburg. GAMES SCHEDt'LED FOR • NE-XT WEEK Tomorrow — Lone Star—Kraemer Hosiery Monday— Krnemer Hosiery—Nasareth Waist Tuesday- Nazareth Cement—Bnslaaas Men it wa^• a program of constant im¬ provement. For years more and more (fvowers have taken up the flgbt nsainst diseases anfl Insects. Then came the Introduction of dis¬ ease-free seed and the development of seed source?) within the state. The 4t>0 Bushel Club, which had :!T7 members last year, has stimu¬ lated the adoption of sound, scientific practices. To lni|tr»vi> Priirtlre^ With ;he Idea of stilt further lmi>rovlng the condition of fhe in¬ dustry, the Pennsylvania Potato Growers' Association will hold a hig Potato Exposition at State .College. Auguat 19 to 22, with H. G. N'lesley, aaslatant director ot agricultural extenaion, as geaaral tures. exhibita. demonstrations. testa and experlmenta will be util¬ ized In driving home the idea of quality In production, efficiency In distribution and aatiefaction In consumption. Production actlvitiea will In¬ clude a talk on "Adjusting Pro¬ duction to Demand" by Dr. W. J. Splllman. economist of the United States Department of Agriculture. Doctor Splllman ia conaldered the leading authority In America on this subject. Diacuaalon of the seed situation will cover varieties. development of aeed. sources and certification. There will also be full conulderatlon of tertilislnf and rotation. (CaaUaaad ea Laat Pafa) the Bath Diatrlct. and who is apending the summer here, will alao give % talk on Snnday Sehool work. There will be special masle and workers of each Sunday Sehool will be Invited t« attend. 42nd ANNUAL ~ CO.CHORASSO. PICNIC SATURDAY Bushkill Centre Grove Scene of Fine Muical Program Presented By Many Choirs The forty-second annual choir picnic will be held in theBuahklll Centre picnic grove on Saturday, August 10th. The Northampton County Choir Association with ita annual con* vention and picnic will be one o( the largeat picnics In the county, when at least trom twelve to lit* teen choirt will participate la onr great chorus which will be admir* ed by aeveral hundred |>eopla, both In the afternoon and evening. A number of vocal, as well aa Instrumental aelectlona, will be on the program In the evening. The various choirs are in splendid shape for such an occasion. Bd-> gar L. Peters, of Bethlehem, dl* rector of the chorus, is conducting aemi-weekly rehearsals to have tha selections In flne shape for the large gathering. A hearty val* come ia extended to all. The Buahklll Centre plcnle grove is one of the finest in the state, located on the conereta highway between Nasareth and Clearfleld. one half mile beyond Bushklll Centre. An abundance of flne shade trees auch as wonld only make a very flne grova. Parking place for hundreds ot automobiles in the grove aad along the grove. Presh water oa tha ground, a large number ot banali* es. The pavilion. Ice eraaa. candy and soft drink staad ara very aplendid and conveaieat. A new eating atanding. ItzM taat. has been built wltff rows ot tablaa the entire length. EleetHe Hglita have been Installed this sprlag making this an Ideal pleaie grava. Come and bring your trieada with you. Meet old trtaada aad aialM new ones. U. 8. Wirebach. repoHar aa th* Bethlehem-Olobe Tlmaa waa to the Eaaton Hospital ea day whera ho waa oparatatf a* tm appendicitis. J Mlaa Mary Altsiaaa ail motarad la Tallar
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 37 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1929-08-08 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Language | eng |
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Month | 08 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1929 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 37 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1929-08-08 |
Date Digitized | 2009-09-28 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
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Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
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ANINDEPENDBNT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DBVOTBD TO LITERATURB. LOCAL AND GENERAL INTBLUOBNCB.
XXXVIII
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 8, 1929
No. 17
3AL CONTRACTOR AWARDED ^ ^ STREET PAVING CONTRACT; WORK ALREADY UNDER WAY
Improvement Job To Be Done By H. S. Shafer at Hig Bid of $35340; of Streeta Delayed Becauae of Indefinite Construction Program [^if Sewerage Company; Pavement Committee Faces Com¬ plaints of More Irregular Grades Throughout the Town
T
ImhIst «tated meeting ot
\3»«»''" ''*"* '*"?/?! ilsnit, 1929. at 8 o'clock! Flight saving time, with tfi* P'wen*- "^^^ Presid- , gartiell, pre^ded.
of Messrs. Schit^ffcr, the minutes ot the meeting of Jiil.v IStli. I approved as read. Imffiaa of Messrs. Linden-
BIDS FOR STREET PAVING
Kahler. ordered
the following to be paid as
BKIiVIDKRE STUKKT P.WI.VO
Fine Grading Paving
Collins & .Maxwell | 3D6.00 |960:i.OO
U. E. Neumeyer S.'JO.OO 8910.00
Ceneral Paving Company 4r».">.00 9372.00
Wm. Keifer & nro. , 2475.00 9108.00
H. S. Shafer 396.00 8844.00
Smith & Fenstermacher 396.00 9405.00
Mclnerney & McNeal i 2970.00 9900.00
Total \ 9999.00 9240.00 9867.00
11583.00 9240.00 9801.00
12S70.00
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»rCo 233.45
lion Co 436.40
.• 14.70
Item 12.40
Co 141.00
cry 2.50
iblishing Co. ... lO.OS
Itl 9.00
[Clltr 239.41
iMlegel 42.00
.. 50.71
Mist & Sons 23.40
¦iilcatlon was read ^rom Highway Department at" permission would ) ke obtained before traffic I eoald be placed on routes IlkrouRh Cities and Towns (Secretary was directed to ( Department that one ll been placed at Ever- Broad streets since the 1 of the Act to which they
nlcation from the Lung-
ftmpany regarding over-
Lungmotor owned by
Kh wai referred to th*
perty Committee.
BHa of rommlttfp*
lyg—Mr. L'ndenmoyer re-
Ifhat Mulberry Avenue had
need on grade and fllled
We and oil. The engineer
pcted to give curb line and
or the new Eaglea Home In
tie. at fhe requeat of Mr.
iho appeared before Coun-
le question of oiling the
jitreets was again discussed
the Nniareth Sewerage
ay Is flguring on tearing up
theae streeta. the matter
|bled for ten days.
nent—Mr. Merti reported
-Mr. Butts reported the :an additional officer for I police duties. It was there- tided tn hold a meeting on jeveying of the Police Com |ind. at the aame time, have meet with the Committee Burgeaa to dl.ocusa traffic I for the puVpose of having |traffle ordinance drawn up. meeting the public la In- i>e present and present Ms In case they are Inter-
-Mr. Kern, no report. H—Mr. Kahler. no report. -Mr. Siegfried, no report. Property—Mr. Schaeffer frogreia.
)n motion of Mesars. ' and Butta, the Treasurer korlied to negotiate a loan W.«0 for a period of 30
notion of Messrs. Llnden- l»nd Kern, bill of R. K. fOr hauling stone amounting po was ordered paid, 'following proposals were ¦ opened and read for the
I of East Belvidere Street.
Min street. Circle and East [•treet. in accordance with pid speclflcations prepared "orough Engineer:
CKNTKK STREET—CIRCXK—NORTH MAI\ STREET
Colllna & Maxwell
It. E. Neumeyer 1280.00
General Paving Co. . . 1200.00
Wm. M. Keifer & Bro. 4000.00
H. 8. Shafer 1360.00
Smith li Pensterm'h'r 1600.00
Mclnerney &, McNeal . 1440.00
Excava. Fine Grading Paving Total
12000.00 11140.00 $27645.00 $30785.00
950.00 25650.00 27880.00
1425.00 26980.00 29605.00
7125.00 26220.00 37345.00
1140.00 25460.00 27960.00
1140.00 27075.00 29.S15.00
1710.00 28500.00 31650.00
On motion of Messra. Linden¬ moyer and Schaeffer It waa moved that all of the bida preaented and read be accepted and tabulated by the Secretary and Engineer.
The report of the Treasurer of cash received and diaburaed waa as follows:
Bal. on hand 7-6-29 $ 929.09
Rpcrlpta \
Warranta of Survey . . .$
Lewia S. Miller
Jas. S. Fry. fines
Nas. National Bank ..
7.00
29.85
45.00
1600.00
W. A
H. C.
Heyer. licenses .. 18.00 Grifflth 6418.67
Total Receipts $8018.52
Howard S. Shafer at bia bid of $35,840.00, and work to commence on aame as aoon aa a bond Is fur¬ nished for the faithful perform¬ ance of tbe work tor 100 per cent of the contract price and contract executed between hlmaelf and the Boroush of Nazareth. The roll beincr called all of the members) present voted affirmatively. Nays —none.
On motion of Me«Hrs. Kern and Butts. It was moved that the Secretary be directed to return all checks accompanying the bids of the unsucceaaful bidders.
The Pavement Committee re¬ ported that It would be neceasary to lower the pavement In front of the property of Frank C. Young due to change in grade made In the street when North Broad 196.96 i street was built and they were •97.50, given authority to have the Super- 1IS1.0B| visor put It on grad* as aoon aa ; possibl*. TImt Alio raportsd that $4797.61 A. T. ShMta fliad ¦ eoinplalnt about the radius curb being too
Bal. on hand 8-6-29 $4159.99 low In front of his property, per-
The meeting waa adjourned by'mitting tbe water to flow oif bia
Total In Treasury ...$8947.61 Disbursed
Billa approved $2671.11
Int. on loan
Offlcers Salaries
Sup. Pay Roll
Total DIabursements
HoM MadB Him Fmi Bemr By Albert T. Roid
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mat
«R K.^X.AKKTH (illtli *En .*T KIDKIt r'OLIiK»K
l^^any local tWeiids Were '0 learn that Martha |l. laughter of'Mr. and Uff. ' P' Rohn. formerly of N^k-' l»ow of Baston. would Ae "he B.Q.S. degree at Rj&er •commencement on A^pfeust
Rohn ik a Rrnduaur'from
»ton Hig^ school,|jr 1927,
J"^ was aH1»jfe wilramatlcs
r^ry Work. "Slie was a
0' the Olee Club and of
f^'HR club. Miss Uohn Is
^} of the Kta l-pslllon
sorority at Rider College.
^HAHKD Bt II.IHVn \An
" 0 aturg ^ & .Son, real
^'*". purchased the*ulld-
lenl, ""¦* ''^'°«^'- situated
*««4 street.
the Preaident at 10:30 p. m. until Tueaday evening. Auguat Oth. 1929. at 8 o'clock p. m.
An adjourned stated meeting of Town Council was held this 6th day of August. 1929. at 8 o'clock p. m.. daylight saving time, with all members present with the ex¬ ception of Mr. Merts. The Presid¬ ent. Mr. Hartzell, presided.
Consideration was given the bids presented for the paving of Belvi¬ dere street. North Main street. Circle and Eaat Centre Street.
On motion of Messrs. Schaeffer, It was moved that the Borough Supervisor do all of the excavation work on the atreeta In question to he paved and leave the flne grad¬ ing to the contractor to whom the paving would be awarded.
On motion of Mesars. Linden-
property during heavy ralna and that If the Borough replaced the radius curb he would change the pavement and alao build a curb, gutter and pavement on Whitfleld atreet. The Engineer waa direct¬ ed to aurvey and report to the Committee how high same could m raised and approximate cost of doing this work.
Complaints were made to the Highway Committee that Kessler Avenue was blocked so that It wns not possible to go all of tho way t^ Phoenix Street. This matter waa referred to the Highway Com¬ mittee for inveatlgatlon and atten¬ tion.
It was also reported that light recently placed at Kessler Avenue and Zelgler street was not placed properly ao aa to give the proper Illumination and the Light Com¬ mittee waa ordered to Inveatlgate
PUBUC DISCUSSION OF NEW TRAFFIC REGULATIONS IN TOWN
A public meeting, to which all citizens of the Bor¬ ough o\ Nuzareth are urged to come will be held TO¬ MORROW (Friday) NIGHT in the Council Rooma of the Municipal Building, Belvidere Street, to discuss town
tra'fic tiiid parking problems. ' '
A greiit many complaints have been filed with the Burgess and he will be glad to hear from parties Inter- eiited solutions aad methods practical to.over-come pr»- sent conditions.
VOU ARE HEARTILY INVITED TO EXPRESS YOUR OPINION.
WELL KNOWN , WAR VETERAN TAKES HIS LIFE
J. H. FULMER LONE \ CANDIDATE FOR CHIEF
moyer and Schaeffer. It waa moved i and have It changed accordingly, that the contract for the paving ofj There being no further business Belvidere atreet. North Malnito come before Council aame ad- street. Circle and, Bast Centre journed at 9:30 p. m. on motion street. Including the grading, be of Measrs. Schaeffer and Kahler.
and the aame Is hereby awarded to
Clarence F. Fehnel. Secretary
§TIJDY^0W§ WOMEN ARE MORE CAREFUL \XHAN MALE DRIVERS
Harrlaburg. July 31—Wome are not the terrible motor ca drivers men say they are—and accident flgures prove it. according^ to Commissioner Benjamin G, Kynon. of the Bureau of Vehicle!
i^-
"In non-fatal accldenta 27.528 men and 1535 women were con¬ cerned. Again the men get the worat of It. One In each flfty-two reglatered la Involved, but only one woman In each 299 reglatered. Nearly six men for each woman.
"Inasmuch aa nearly all colll- alona are caused by mental lapaea it may follow that women are cerebrally better equipped to oper-
^ell Known Potato Kinsr and Aiito Dealer Firat Moralty Candidate; PresentationVoMtepublican Aspirant Still **Under Fire*'; Interesting Fight Centers on Justice Office
Charles Crush Suffering
Nervous Breakdown
Hangs Himself
In Garage
Worry over ill health and the future of bis family drove CharUs Crush, 85'yaar gld World. War veteran, of Chsirry Hill, Bluhkill townahip, near hafe, to suicide by hanging tn the garage at his home Sunday afternoon.
Crush' had been suffering from nervoua trouble for some time and hiid received treatmagit'from phys- Iciuu:- and at a hoapital. His con¬ dition did not Improve. Early yesterday morning he appeared to be especially agitated. He and the family took dinner at the home of his f.-)ther-in-law. Charles Rice, at Cherry Hill. A neighbor had been to the home to see him and later he siiW Crash coming toward his home. Then the veteran turned around and went back and went Into his garage. His wife missed him and finally started to search for him.' About an hour after he had last been seen, his wife found him hanging by a rope from a cross beam In the garage.
PENNA. FARMERS' LIVESTOCK TOUR TO CANADA NEXT WEEK
i
Northampton Coanty Farmera To Join Big CartirMi
On Inspection Tour of Farms and Stock Yards
of New York State and Canada; Several
Pleasure Trips Included In Program
Pennsylvania farmera will meet at two points in New York state, fur the beginning of Mieir annual Llve.Htock Tour, on Monday morn¬ ing. August J:' ll.
Northanipioii County farmers and others from the eastern and central parts of the State will gather at the Sheep Feeding farm of .Milo Jeffries, at Perry. Xew York, about 10 a. m. After visit¬ ing Mr. JeffrieH' place, the crowdlment; will proceed to the fym of Ora yards Patrldge. just outside-of Perry. where a flock of flne woof sheep will be inspected. The third stop will be at the Yates farm, near Orchard Park, where the group from eastern and central Pennsyl¬ vania will meet those from the western part of the state at 1:30 p. m.
County Agent Coleman, who Is making arrangements for' the Northampton County group, urges
ty and making tbe trip to Perf7» New York, may be completad.
The tour will extend Oaot o period of six daya, Auguat Ittk- 17th, and will include vialta to .N'ew York state and CanadlAff farms. Some of the things whlek wiil be seen will be: Fine wool fsheep at Perry, New Vorlt: a dairy herd of over 200 Holsteins, siS animals with 30,000 poands milk record; steer feeding establish* inspection of Buffalo stoek and large packing plant; .Hhow herds of Milking Shorthoma, Ouernaeys and Jeraeys; 8,000 litrd poultry farm; Ontario and Naw York Agricultural CoHeges aad experiment stations: aee Niagara Falls: Bight seeing trip througk tha Thousand Islands.
The tour has been arranged by the Livestock Extension Depart* ment of Pennsylvania Stat^ Col¬ lege, and la the sixth annual toar which has been made. Tbe itlner*
those who are contemplating mak- ary Indicates that It will ba 9fob* ing the trip to get In touch with ably the most Interesting aad ada* hfm Immediately, so that arrange- catlonai trip which heretofore menta for starting from the coun- been attempted.
Prominent Clergymen At Pa. S. S. Convention; Co. Officers Met Here; Bath Dist. Meet Aug. 18
The local polTltcafcsituatlon re- didate for councilman of the third gurding the municipality has some- ward, has changed his mind and what cleared up the past week, will be listed on record as an oppos
Speakers of large experience In their respective fleids have been invited to address the conferences at tbe atate convention to be beld tn the Pine Street M. B. church In Williamsport. Octobar 9. 10. 11. Anong those who are well known In Pennsylvania ara Dr. Lutlier A. Weigle. of Yale University: Dr.
splendid program for a •! Sunday School rally for tbe eatlra diatrict. It will be Iiald at Croaa Roada United Bratbraa akarak oa Sunday evening. Aagaat 11, at • p. •.. iariigbt aamv «Mk •«». Oaorga J. Laabaek, tar «f tka charge, will dallvar aa laaptiatlaa*
Conrad A. Houser. of the Reform- al addreaa. Ulyssea A. Sekali, oC ed Board: Dr. John W. Elliott, of! Pel Alto. California, formerly of" the Baptist Board: Rev. E. C. i the Peteraville Sunday aehool la
Keboch. Director of Religious Edu¬ cation of the Central Conference Methodist Episcopal church, and Dr. Albert H. Gage, of the First Baptist church. Scranton. Dr. Carl C. Rasmussen. prominent Lutheran pastor, of Harrisburg. will have charge of each devotlon- I al period, and the mualc of the j convention will he under the dl- j rection of Rev. Morris C. Robinson. I of the Presbyterian Board of Chrlatian Education.
The Slimmer meeting of the county officers was held on Monday evening at the Naiareth Y.M.C.A. preceded by supper. Plans fnr the fall were acted upon and will
He had placed a ladder so that' ^p reported later. The attendance
The tantalizing question "Who will be the next Burgeaa" haa been thus far solved by a petition cir¬ culated by Democratic committee bearing the name of Joseph H. Fui¬ mer. Mr. Fuimer ^as expressed hia willingness as a candidate tor the offlce last Saturday. It ia
er on the Democratic ballot for the offlce of Justice-of-the-peace. Thia makes four candidates for thia offlce. I', s. Wirebach and Ralph Stocker on the Republican ticket and R. L. Siegfried and L. P. Kost¬ enbader on the Demlcratic.
All councilmen whose ofllce ex-
mentloned widely and favorably pires January Ist. with the excep*
that Mr. Fuimer. without a doubt, will make a good burgess. How¬ ever, this ia from a Democratic platform and there Is atill time for the Republicans to throw their hat la the ring If they "choose to run." R. L. Siegfried, who was men¬ tioned in our last Issue as a cau¬
tion of Mr. Siegfried will agafi^ run for the offlce. However, com- mittees have been unable to flnd a man in the third ward a^, yet* to lake the place of R. L. Siegfried. Neither have they found the will¬ ing parties to take the burden of Auditor and school director.
he could tie a clothesline around the croas beam, and then, standing on the ladder, fixed a nrxise about his neck. Then he apparently jumped from the ladder.
She Immediately summoned neighbors, who called Coroner Dr W. Calvin Nickel, of town, and he Issued a certificate of death by auicide.
He Is survived by his wife. Mrs. Mabel Crush nnd by tbree
wns somewhat affected by many being; on vacation.
The Bath District Is planning a
UK. KR.tlMKMIEK TKI.I.H
OK KlROPKA?f TRIP
(»ren. Robert. Arlene and Herman.' all nt home. He was a member! of the Schoeneck Moravian church and of the Odd Fellows here. He' i wns a knitter and was employed at the plant of the Kraemer Hosiery, Company for many years. i
The Rotary Club met last evening In the "Y" with a good attendance. Prof. George A. | chll-, Grim, presided and Edward Hell-'
man. was song leader. There was one visitor. S. C. Transue. of Mill¬ vllle. N. J.
The speaker of the evening waa Dr. J. A. Fraunfelder, of town. He spoke on "The Beneflt of His European Experiences."
lirTng the first half of 1929,4i cording lo Commissioner Bynon eight times as many men a^Vomer
were Involved In fatal Jlccldents, j .,tp motor cars, but I am not going hut the number ql men/Ilcensed tol into that proposition. Mental drive motor eara In/'ennsylvanlal i^paes Include not only sins of Is only three tImeS-ifne number of j commission, but of omission—nnd
women drivers. - "] one of the most vital sins of omis-
lAftTteffiirio Itethe fashion for|„ion Is failure to keep equipment
HCHUNE FAMILY REUNION SATURDAY
The Twenty-first annual Kieh¬ line family reunion will be held on Saturday. August I Oth. at Saucon Park, located between Bethlehem and Hellertown. An Interesting program has been ar¬ ranged for the afternoon by the officers of fhe Reunion, nnd who also extend a most cordial Invlf-
STANDING OF THE INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE
G.AMES PL.iVFU LAST WEEK
sj Keystone Potato Growers To Stage Big Exposition
Thursday to Tu"^--
Kraemer H(Ke S; \:iz (V-i-nt 7
l.one .Star •!: Bu«i e- \\\\ 2
.Vaz. CeniPiit 11: Xaz. Wiist 3
:iy
male operators to aay frequently. 'Aw. It's a woman driving!' but the statistics are all on the side of wo¬ men drivers." said Eynon.
"The total number of operators nnd holders of learners' permits registered to .Inly 1. 1929, approxl-1 for an accident Ihan the man
aflon to all relatives of the Klch- In good mechanical order. Hence, line family, regardless of their the necessity for the period ofi branch of orlein or their preaent compulsory Inspection of equip-] location, ment recently ordered by Governor Flaher. The man who knows his brakes are faulty Is more to blame
8T.*XDIXG OF CIAUS
mated l.noo.noo. Of this number 24.4.1 per cent, were women, or 464.r.no. Durine the firat half of the yenr thirty-seven women driv¬ ers flKured In fatal accidents, or one tn each 12..150 women regis¬ tered.
•The total number of men regis¬ tered to July 1 was 1.435.450. The
whose brakes suddenly fall him."
IXJITRED ins FGOT
Paul Reswell. wha was a student at the forestry acMol at Mt. Alto, and Is spending,..¦4ne summer here with his motjjar'and working dur¬ ing vrieaU»*'if"'' H. S. Shafer. being number of male drivers in fatal ac-| employed at Riegelsville, met with cidents was 949. or one man In ^n accident on Saturday while each ISn registered. | ntwratlng a caterpillar motor, In-
"Eight times aa many men fig- Juring his foot and will b? unable ured in fatal accldenta aa women.' to work for aome time.
prnrHAHED nwEi.i.ivn
AXD STORE PROPERTV
Albert O. Sturp!?«\ Sc Son. real eatate degjers. snl^lhe dwelling nnd stors property fit Mrs. Eliza¬ beth m< |
Month | 08 |
Day | 08 |
Year | 1929 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19290808_001.tif |
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