The Nazareth Item |
Previous | 1 of 8 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
The Nazareth NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1932 No. 24 N INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ]CAl FIRM AWARDED laOUTH MAIN STREET PAVING CONTRACT grii Council Directs H. S. Shafer To Employ lieil Labor Wherever Possible; Workers Fail To Make Their Appearance On Other Work tract at his bid of 69 cents per square yard from material known as specification E, prepared by the Bitrodlte Paving Company. He is directed to employ local labor where¬ ever possible from names taken from the delinquent tax payers' list to be furnished. It was further moved that the contractor be direct¬ ed to sign an agreement guarantee¬ ing the Bltrodite material used, for a period of five years and doing the work in a satisfactory manner and ftle a bond with the borough for one hundred per cent of the contract price. Other business included a deci¬ sion to borrow another concrete mix¬ er from Wm. Kiefer to complete the culvert being built on West Prospect street. Milton Lindemoyer reported that the highway committee was sorry to report that in several cases where delinquent tax payers agreed to re¬ port for duty on the highway force they failed to appear for work and other steps would be neces.sary to collect their taxes. -.oemlie" of Nazareth Borough Ll Met in an adjourned session li, evening in the Municl- 1^1 with Calvin Hartzell STpreslding. All members ^nt with the exception of rt seyfried. neeting was held to consider lb for the paving of the east •outh Main street from the of south Main street and ^ Road to Park street in¬ the intersection to tlie point 'lowsite paving. The paving ifcondoned trolley track area Kdone at the same time pro- |. tbe same contractor doing jy vork with the Lehigh Val- jlttiilt Company bearing the tbe various materials to be Ht explained by the con- , Howard Shafer of Nazareth nolfflously awarded the con- itter a motion was made to lliet by William Mertz sec- ly Hilton Lindemoyer. Slifer was awarded the con- IJTHERAN GIRLS IN BIG MEETING laiired Attend First Event IIM In Mahlenberg Chapel than 200 delegates were in at the first girls' conven- the Evangelical Lutheran of the Allentown confer- tU Saturday aftemoon in Hartzel Memorial chapel lerg college. St. John's chuch, of Nazareth, had t number of represents- I convention. Miss Jane J member of St. John's Aurch, Allentown, presid- %%e program, which was in organ prelude given Harold K. Marks, a the faculty at the college. iana Ebert. directress of A Drexel Deaconess Home was the speaker for who presented a iod informative address on subject. "Mary and An interesting feature of was a group of three imented by three repre- Including: "Ruth and tf Marguerite Fintz, of St. tatherin church Strouds¬ burg;."Deborah," by Violet Williams, of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Cat¬ asauqua; "Dorcas." by Louise Er- hardt. of Zion's church. Easton. A group of several del|thtful vocal -selections was presented by Misses Ruth Shelly and Elizabeth Taylor, member of St. John's Lutheran church. Allentown. Following the conference, the dele¬ gation enjoyed a delightful inspec¬ tion tour of the college. During the banquet, which was held In the "Commons" at the college under the leadership of Harry Benfer. registrar of Muhlenberg college, an inspiring address was given by Rev. Corson C. Snyder, president of the Allentown conference. The committee in charge of ar¬ rangements for the afTair included: Rev. P. H. Wolston, of Stroudsburg. chairman: Rev. H. C. Snyder. Naz¬ areth; Rev. J. Howard Worth, of Bethlehem: Rev. Harry Cressman and Rev. Carl E. NeudoerfTer, of Al¬ lentown : Robert K. Mosser. Henry B. Shelly. Miss Hannah I. Stuber, of Allentown and Miss Anna Searfoss. of Easton. NAZARETH j STORES Close Wednesday I Noon, 12 M. duringr I JUNE. JULY AND \ AUGUST DR. W. S. STOVER ELECTED PRINCIPAL AT PERKIOMEN Dr. Webster S. .Stover recently lo¬ cated In Upit^'r Darby has been elected principal of the Perkiomen Preparatory School at Pennsburg by the Board of Trustees of that in¬ stitution. Dr. Stover is a graduate of Nazareth High School and Ursinus College and Is well known as an ed¬ ucator being the author of several books recently published. He succeeds Dr. W. S. Kriebel. founder and principal of the school since its founding whose death last year left the position unfilled. SCHOOL pupks ' MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO EPHRATA HOUSE ISSL'ED TO BOTTLE DRINKING WATER I have been Issued by Dr. B. Appel. Secretary of \yt The Mountain Spring ny, Easton. and R. R. k BIpure Water Company, M. granting them permis- yMle and sell their product »yew 1932 under the terms tof Assembly known as the PWiter Act. rthe terms of this law. it is Ms manufacture, bottle or I isle any type of water for I purposes, until first a Per- phen secured from the State nt of Health. [ Is enforced in the Interest "" : health. Council Receives Sealed Bids For Re-surfacing South Main Street ishiogton Circus ¦y David Wright iSpeclal to the Itemt |8pecal to The Itemt [twelve years Senator John- lOe has been anathema to • Ouard of the Republican M for eight of those twelve Ibis been punished for his ^ Independence in having all patronage in California ^y from him. 0 U Itill the fighter he was r*w« ago when the Prog- TWy made him IU nominee (President, bvt he carefully l«« monopolies he attacks. Fn* t» much m the lime- l»* nemesis of the Intema- Fr*" and their foreign loan I He has persistently refused IWythlng to do with the P"»l group that is battling I Cheap advertising from the r ^^'^^ '¦adio of the moron I. ,*** how Hiram can com- I nimsnlf and hus professed F'sm by not throwing thc l' ,?,''i'1u''ncc against the V' '¦"<' '"'>st powerful mon- km °'''^*"''^^d 'n America: r ' nai u rfitsiin which to ftlnued on Last Page) An adjourned stated meeting of Town Council was held this Sth day of May. 1932. at 8:00 oclock p. m. D S. T. with the foUowing members present: Mes.srs. Kern, Lindenmoyer, Mertz. SchaefTer, Seyfried, Kem, Worman. Altemos and Hartzell. The President. Mr. HartzeU, presided. The President stated that sealed bids were to be opened for resur faciiig the East Side of South Main Street. The following bids were pre¬ sented, opened and read: David Sutton. Riegelsville, Pa. Penna. State Highway Specifica¬ tion. •¦£". for the sum of 70c per sq. yd. Above material delivered at site. not applied, for thc sum of SOc per sq. yd. Ca-sh enclosed in the amount of $300.00. Bitrodlte Paving Co. Philadelphia. Pa. Penna. Highway Si)eciflcation A, I'j tn. wearing course. 85c .sq. yard. I Penna. Highway Specification E. I'j in. wearing course. 65c sq yd. j Penna. Highway S|)ecification E. delivered by truck to site, $4.10 net ton. I Penna. Highway Specification "A". 2'J in. top $1.03 per sp yd. I Penna. Highway Specification "E", 2 to 2'J in. top. 85c per sp. yd. Certifled check enclosed in amount of $273.00. H. S. Shafer. Katareth. Pa. Penna. Highway Specification A. 74c sq. yd. Penna. Highway Specification E. 69c sq. yd. Certifled check enclosed in amount of $600.00. Prank P. Hausman, Allentown. Pa.. New Sheet Asphalt surfacing, and preparation for present surface. 70c per .sq. yd. Certified check enclosed in amount of $18200. The Barrett Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. (Continued on Page Three) « • BIRTIinW GREETINGS The pupils of the Heektown school. Miss Orace Beach, teacher, on Thursday had the time of their young lives. The day being their last day of the current school term, their teacher gave them a treat. During the morning hours they fin¬ ished their cla.ss work and then started on a journey to Nazareth where they visited the Whitefield House and under the guidance of the curator. Rev. O. M. Shultz they were shown the exhibits of the Moravian Historcal Museum in the building which was an educational treat to the class and will linger in their minds for a long time. Prom the mu.seum they hiked to Black Rock and enjoyed the won¬ ders of nature which included the "Indian Hole" and the "Paint Hole" and after roaming around the woods they returned to town a hungry and tired out crowd and wound up the activities of the day with a lawn par¬ ty, that Included a sumptuous supp¬ er, on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Oeo¬ rge Neely. South Main street Prom there they dispersed to their various homes after giving their teacher a vote of thanks for the outing. It Looks Bad for the Bear = By Albert 7 Keid Now, Cy, Pon't ; Miss himom V IbOR. f IUST SWING ISAAC WALTONS' TO SUPPLY FISH AT MEN'S LEAGUE LUNCHEON To Gather At St. John's Reformed Church May 19th To Enjoy The Fruit of Hard Labor of The Fisher's Life; Good Speaker, Good Singing, Good Fellowship The nun of St. John'.s Reformed church. Ni.zareth. have an opportun¬ ity to eiijoy the fruit of the hard labor of the fi.sher's life. "Oh, the gaUant fishers life It is the be-it of any; Tis full of pleasure, void of strife And 'tis tjeloved by many." When tiie call to Isaac Waltons' coloi' was sounded, many volunteer¬ ed to undergo the hard.ships and risk of catching enough fish for this dinner. They will get enough fish. Oo not think you wtll embarr st these prodigies of Isaac Walton, t'lejT are all experienced business nn^n (buying, selling and catching)? Join the consumers on May l&tb at 7 j». m. Please let a consistory member, or the chairman, H. P. Yeisley, know if >ou are coining so they will not "catch" U30 many fLih. You will en¬ joy it—Come! Oood speaker, good singing, good fellowship for e'.ery- one present. School Board To Retain Budget and Tax Rate Adopted At April Session Salaries For School Nurse and Medical Inspector Fixed; Retirement of 1922 Bond Issue Contemphted; Bids For Coal Received; Treas. Re^lectied COMPLETE OFFICIAL PRIMARY COUNT MOTHERS' DAY SERVICE IN SCHOENECK In the Schoeneck Moravian church on Sunday evening a special program honoring mothers was observed. The intermediate department of the Sunday School presented an exer¬ cise "Ouess Who" with the follow¬ ing taking part, Virginia CleweU. El¬ mira Colver. Mildred Beers. Pearl Shafer, May Ward and Mildred Strausser. Another exercise "A Bas¬ ket of Flowers" was presented by a second group of children that in¬ cluded Virginia Lerch, Ruth Bell, Edith Straus.-icr and Eleanor Colver. A trumpet solo "The Holy City " was played by Millard Rice followed by a selection by thc Men's Chorus en¬ titled "My Mot liar's Bible", a vo(^l solo by T. Nelson VanNatta "Little Mother of Min<'' followed. The Mother's Day addre.ss was made by Mrs. Eugene Tre:!i of town. -.—« « LEHIGH-XORTHA.MPTOX COINTY RED MEN'S ASSOCIATION The Association composed of the various tribes of th»> Improved Order of Red Men of the two adjoining counties will meet in a monster get- to-gethcr meetini; on Friday even¬ ing. May 20 at 8:30 o'clock at Bel¬ fast, this county, in the meeting rooms of Wawenoc Trilx\ one of the smallest and mo.st progressive trib? in the entire a.ssociation. This will bo one of the most im¬ portant meetings of the entire year as the executives of the orgai^iza- tion wUl be elected at this time. Other important measures will be discussed and it is expected that some of the newly elected Oreat chiefs of the Oreat Council of Penn¬ sylvania will be present and leave thoughts that will make the associa¬ tion, and fraternity a power for good and make the next year one of something really accomplished for the order locally and at large. • • AVTO ACCIDENT The monthly meeting of the Naz¬ areth school board was held on Mon¬ day evening with all members pre¬ sent except Miss Clara Beck. C. P. Martin, president, presided. The treasurer of the board render¬ ed his report, showing a balance on hand as of April 1, 1932. $34,228.24. The receipts during the month of April were 11857.80. and the expendi¬ tures $11,710.54. leaving a balance May 1, of $24,375.50. The tax col¬ lector reported collection of school taxes for the month of April amount¬ ing to $2502.48. Bills amounting to $1216.44 were approved for payment. The board fixed the tax collector's bond at $35,000 and his commission at 2 per cent for 1932- 1933 school year. The salary of Miss Josephine Krei¬ der. school nurse, was fixed at $1400 for the 1932-1933 school year, and Dr. J. A. Praunfelder was elected medical inspector for the 1932-1933 school year at a salary of $600. The following bids for coal for the next school year were received. Trumbower Company, pea coal $8.90, buckwheat $7.10, rice coal $4.33. bar¬ ley $4.06 in units of 2000 pounds with a discount of 4': If bills are paid within 15 days of date of invoice; the Nazareth Coal and Lumber Com¬ pany, pea $8.90, buck $7.10. rice $4.60. barley $4.15 in units of 2000 pounds with fr discount if paid within 15 days. The board decided to use rice [ coal, and the Trumbower Company being the lowest bidder on that size coal, the order was awarded to them. The following teachers were elect- \ ed: Jacob P. Knecht to teach Eng¬ lish. Civics and Latin in the Senior High School at a salary of $1200 a year. Miss Lahoma Peppell to teach English and mathematics in the Junior High School at a salary of $1200 a year. Miss Kathryn Schle¬ gel to teach fifth grade at a salary of $1000 a year. Walter P. Kern was re-elected treasurer at a salary of $600 a year. A revision of the budget and tax rate adopted at the April meeting for the 1932-33 school term, was dis¬ cussed. Since the adoption of the budget some reductions have been elTected in the Items of tax collect¬ or's commission, teachers' salaries, text books and supplies, and the item of capital outlay can also be reduc¬ ed. After considerable discussion of the matter, the board decided to re¬ tain the budget and tax rate adopt¬ ed at the April meeting. The retiring of $38,000 of the 1922 bond issue on August 1. 1932 is con¬ templated. It may. therefore, also be po.ssible to i-educe the item of debt service in the amount of inter¬ est and state tax on the $38,000 to be retired. The matter for reduc¬ tion in the item of debt .service i.s now being handled by the flnance committee The Northampton county pri¬ mary election computing board Sat¬ urday moming completed the count of the vote for the congressional candidates. The results follow: Repablican William R. Coyle. 6.395: Everett Kent, 21; Francis E. Walter. 17. Democrat Everet Kent. 4,331: Joseph E. Shull 673; Francis E. Walter, 6.052. SocUlist Everett Kent. 1; Simon R. Hart¬ zell, 3. Prohibition Joseph E. Shull. 1. In the Democratic contest Francis E. Walter, of Easton. carried North¬ ampton county, over Everett Kent. his nearest opponent, by 1.721 votes. Walter carried the district over Kent by a majority of 400 votes. Here is the vote: Kent Walter Carbon county 2226 1045 Monroe county 641 501 Northampton county . .4331 6032 MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS BANQUET More than two hundred mothers, daughters and guests were present at ths annual banquet of the Mothers and Daughters of the St. John's Refonned church held in the church social rooms on Tuesday evening. Mi-ss Marion Hangen presided ao toastmistress during the banquet and program which followed. A toast to the daughters was oflered by Mrs. Oliver Knauss and Miss Irene Reimer responded with a toast to all the mothers. Sunday school orchestra, under the Erection of Miss Lena Marcks. ac- co.Tipanying the singing a brief mu¬ sical program was presented. Misses Lucille Hagenbuch and Henrietta Werner were heard in an excellently rendered piano duet; Misses Orthea Heyer and Olad.vs Heckman pre¬ sented a vocal duet, followed by • vocal solo by Mrs. Luther Batt. The guest speaker was Mrs. Clar¬ ence Hawk of Nortlrampton, presi¬ dent of the Woman's Missionary So¬ ciety of the East Pennsylvania Class- is of the Reformed church. Shs spoke in an inspiring and Informal manner upon the subject. "Mother and Daughter." Better understand¬ ing between the girls of today and their mothers was the keynote of her address. ' ^ The committee that arranged ttaa affair consisted of Mrs. P. S. Tnim> bower, Mrs. H. P. 'Veisley, Mrs. H. K. Shimer. Mrs. W. P. Hagenbuch and Mrs. C. W. Nickel • WEIGHT LIFTERS DEFEND TITLES Archie Leigh, the Nazareth 'Strong Man'. Features V. M. C. A. Meet Lions Club Host to Ro¬ tarians at Next Meeting; Postmaster Henry Speaks Raymond J. Chri.stm.Tn ni-lvidtn'| street, town, received congratulntion.s on Monday upon his birthday anni¬ versary. An auto accident occurred at the Intersecton of Main streets and Wal¬ nut at 6:30 oclock Thur.sday moni¬ ing. when Kipples truck commg south on Walnut street and the Pord roadster of John Meyers collided. The truck was not damaged but the Roadster was badly damaged about the windsheld, running board and thc body shoved in. The car wa.s driven by John Meyers. Jr.. and a brother Joseph Meyers was hurt about the head. Johanna Kurtur. ,1 nolRhbor of the Mcyors' family, who rt'.sldc north of town, was hurt about thc arm. The Meyers car was coming wi'>;t on Main street return¬ ing frotn tho CathoUc Church, when the accident occurred. A local Doc¬ tor dressed the Injuries. The Rotary Club met in the Y. M. C. A. dining room on Monday evening in their weekly .session with P. S. Trumbower presiding. Open¬ ing and closiiig songs were led by H. P. Yelsley with Miss Mae Yeisley at the piano. Ouests present were Oregor Meier, George H. Wise, Howard Mason. James Ford ail of Belvidere. N. J., Dr. N. A. Worsley of Bethlehem. Dr. S. S. P. Wetmore of Easton and Charles Hanunel of Newark. N. J. who was present as a guest of Harry Seyfried. During the session Meyer Haas was awarded the attendance prize and P. 8. Trumbower was presented with a birthday flower. Postmaster William Henry of town was the guest speaker and explained the manner in which U. S. mail is handled through the local postal service. He presented an array of facts on the local postal .service, stating that from a postoftlce liaving tliree employees in 1907 the present force numbers several times that numlx'r. handles 3500 pieces of In¬ coming fir.st cla.ss mail. 3(K)0 pieces of outgoing first class mail and 4000 pieces of second clas.s mail daily. AU local mail con.siuned to Now Vork city Is .sent thru by way of ncthehein and Wavno Junction. In handlinir tho mail 28 pmielies con¬ tain tho mall sent out of the local office and 20 pouches are received with mail for k>oai industries and residents. A sununary of business done at the local office shows a net revenue of $28,331 85 for 1931. In the .same year 3.54.200 two cent stamps were sold and 18.791 money orders were issued. The first money order was Issued at the local postoffice Augu.st 1. 1870. Mr. Henry then outlined briefly how to determine the max:!num size parcel po.st packages and how they should be wrapped. A summary of the mail senice was given showing the revenue in 1931 from the entire U. S. postal -system amounted to $656,463.862 23 43.278 rural routes are being operated in various por¬ tions of the country and cost $106,- 501,981 for operation and mainten¬ ance in 1931. An analysis of the postal bu.siness shows that the department has nev¬ er fully paid and although the num¬ her of postofTices has doubled .since 1865 all second class mail is still carried at a lo.'ss. Airmail .service W.IS inauguratoti in 1911 and present contract.s aro let at a rate of be- twcon 'li and 92 cents por milo. As a-result of the ircent attend¬ ance contest between the Ri>tarians and tho Lions Club tho latter will be hosts at dinner to the Rotarians at their next meeting in tho "Y". Moravian Beginners' Department Have Mothers* Party On Saturday aftemoon the Cradle Roll suid the Beginners' departments of the Moravian Sunday School en¬ tertained the mothers of the chU¬ dren in those departments at a Mother's Day party in the church social rooms. Mrs. William Gano and Mrs. Earl Stroman were in charge of the program. The beginners pre.sented a joint recitation entitled "We Welcome Vou On MoMier's Day ' as the open¬ ing number. A Lord's prayer exer¬ cise followed. Two vocal solos by Duane Bath were next foUowed by the presentation of two tableaus taken from Edgar Guest's poems Mrs Robert Danforth and daughter Dorothy and Mrs. Stanlev Siegtried and son Daniel having the princi¬ pal parts in the tabloau.s. Miss Mary Altemose directed the tableau presentation. A reading by Mrs William Gano and the distribution of gift booklets to the Mothers fol¬ lowed. The entire affair was cli¬ maxed by the distribution of favors to tho children consisting of balloons adding color to the event as they had been used for decorations Refresh¬ ment.s were served. Those respon¬ sible for the success of the partv wero Mrs. WiUiam Oano. Mrs. Ear. Stroman. Mi.'-s Carolyn Wunderly. and Mi.ss Isabelle Rus-sell • • P. O. S. OF A. Archie Leigh, of Nazareth, the national bantamweight weight lift¬ ing champion. Saturdav night ex¬ ceeded by four pounds his own American record of 351 pound.s whan he lifted dead weight 355 pounds to feature tiie Lehigh VaUey lifting championship.s held before a big gallery last Saturday night at th; AUentown Y. M. C. A. Another feature of the meet was the dead weight lifting of John Pul¬ ley, a Bethlehem policeman, who succeeded in rasing 401 pounds, the fourth person who has ever lifted over four hundred pounds in com¬ petition. Rol>ert Sclirader, of Allentown lifted the greatest total in five lifts wtth 941 pounds. The new champions of the Lehlgh Valley are as follows: 108-pound class—Archie Leigh. 782 pounds. 128-pouiid class—Darwin Cani^va. 822 pounds. 140-pound class—Leonard Snyder, of Nazareth. 785. first place: Victor Nagl='. AUentown. 659. second place; Wilham Snyder. Nazareth. 574. for third pla?e. 154-pound class—Robert Schrader. Allentown. 946 pounds: Rolx-rt Tran¬ sue. Allentown. second place. 778 pounds 168-poand class—Rudolph Novak. .AUentown. 889 pounds. 132-pound class-Jolm Pulley. Berhleheni. 882 pounds Heavyweight clas-s—Not contested R'"feree. C. D. Durner: )ud'?e. Ed. Strauch: loaders. Jacob San'amaria and Steve Jezck. * SONS OF VETERAX.** ArXILIARV The P. O S of A. met m Shafer's Hall with Mar-shaU Moll presiding A routine business se-ssion was held A short talk on "Sports in Oeneral" was given by Lester Scott. Those reported on the sick list included James Paff. Elwood Meyers, Albert Pry and Adam Smith. A -sports committee was appointed consisting of William Hontz. Lester Scott and Marshall Moll to determine what the possibilities are for organizing a ba-seball team among the mem¬ bers. • » COVERED DISH SOCI-AL Aljout thirty members of the Moravian Church choir enjoyed a covered dish 5ncial In the churcli social rooms on Tliur.sday evening. Short addre.s.ses wero mado by Rov. P. S Meinert. Charlf s Adams and Edward Mickev William Oano. Jr acted as ehaiiinan The aff^iir wa' also in tho nature of a reception for tlio new orcanist and choir leader, Charles Adams and Edward Mickev. The AuxUiary of Captain Owen Rice Camp 20 Sons of Union Veter¬ ans entertained the department pre¬ sident. Mrb. Jennie Lightcap of Philadelphia and the depaitment instUuting and in.«talling ofTicor Mrs. Helena Herlacher of Bethlehem At the busine.ss meeting Mrs Sadie Kern presided with routiui? business being conducted. Brief ad¬ dresses were made by the visiting ofTicers and a short program con- susting of a reading entitled "Moth-1 er" presented by Mrs. Eva Shafer i and a vocal duet by Mrs. Jennie Rohrbach and Mrs. Sadie Kern were; enioyable features of the session. | Counsellor Elmer Abel on behalf of the local auxiliary presented Mrs. j Lightcap with a tine gift. Refresh¬ ments were served by the .social com-' mittee foUowing the meeting. During the business session Mrs. | Flora Shover. Mrs. Lydia Simons and Mrs Lizzie Butts were reported on' the sick list. An Invitation from the local Sons of Veterans to participate in the Memorial Day celebration in town was accepted. WOMABTS aUB ELECTS OFFHIBS FOR ENSUING YEAR The May meeting ot the local Wo¬ man's Club was held In the Rlgb School buUdlng on IrCo'.ulay eveolnc I with Mrs. W. J. Happel presiding. ^ I During the business iwrtoo effB^" ^ ers were elected for the ensuing I year. A decision was made to make a donation to th' vaoation fund of the Oirl Scouts and Campflre Oirla of ai: local grou::;.s. The officers elected for the ensu¬ ing year were, president Mrs. W. J. Happel. vice president. Mrs. R. T. Peppell. secretary Mrs. C. K. 8haf«r. corresponding secretary Mrs. Ralpb Pry. treasurer Mrs. A. O. Schmidt, press secretary Miss Arleyne H«inu. The guest speaker was ftCtas Sdith Martin. Home Management Special¬ ist of Pennsylvania State CoUege who spoke on "The Art of Homa Making". Mrs Ralph Pry. chalrmaa of the program committee, preaented Miss Marguerite Erickson who is ac¬ tive in Northampton County In that type of work. She gave an interest¬ ing account of her activities and In¬ troduced Miss Martin. Miss MartUi stressed careful plan¬ ning of a hom"", citing co-operation by all memt>ers of any family as be¬ ing a step forward toward a happy and successful home. She stated that a imme is the creation of a heart and what is put into a homA by any mother or homemaker i« shown by th" results achieved, per¬ haps not at once, but over a period of years The speaker pre^nted some new ideas in building up a fin¬ er home life and stated that the art of making successful homo? was as vital as any vocation a bustness wo¬ man inigh*^ follow, as the home was the real foundation r-f .li" natioti. The meeting oa ." 'onday evening was the final niet-iinif of the Wo¬ man's Club uiiUl : arly Fall. Tlw hostesses were: M.-. Andrew Kern, chairman. Miss Miriam Kleckner, Mrs. Walter K.-rn. Mrs. W. H. Wot¬ ring. Mrs H, C. Snyder, Mrs. Mary Smith. Miss Virginia Wood. Mus Mae Veisl>y Mis A. O. Schmidt, Mrs Heiirv Roth. Mrs. William Allen. Mrs Carl Metier and Mra. Floyd Shafer. COINTV MEETING SCOl'T PILGRIMAGE The next di.strict meeting of the Northampton County Posts, Ameri¬ can Legion will take place on Priday evening. May 20th. m the Maenner- chor hall, V'in»vard St.. Bethleh<>m. This district is composed of Posts from Bethlehem, Eastoiv, No. 9, and Easton. 588. Wilson Borough. HeUer¬ town. Nazart'th. Bath. Northampton, Bangor and Pen Argyl. Donald Keat. of Bangor, will be In charge. At this time plans for Memortal Day and Armistice Day will be dlS' cussed • ENTERTAINS Seventeen members attached to the local Troop No. 79. Boy Scouts! of Amertca. on Saturday journeyed | to Camp Woyuadt. Columbia. N. J ' w liore thev held an impressive cere¬ mony planting a number of trees commemorative to the memory of the late Mr Crowell. of town a form-' er Scout Master of the troop. ' Mrs George Leopold pleasantly entertained the memt)ers of her card club at her tiome last Thursdajr aftenioon. The game "600" wm en¬ joyed after which a luncheon WM served by Mrs. Leopold. Tlie guests were Mrs. Aab«r Hahn, Mrs Spencer Reph, Mrs. LMVnnee Rice, Mrs Robert Neumeyer, WUmer Wolfe. Mrs. Wilmer Mrs. WUbur Pike. Prlaee awarded to Mrs. Hahn and Mn. 1 er. •*
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 24 |
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 | 1932-05-12 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | microfilm |
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. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 05 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1932 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 24 |
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 | 1932-05-12 |
Date Digitized | 2009-09-29 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 38365 kilobytes. |
Source | microfilm |
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. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | The Nazareth NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1932 No. 24 N INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE. LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. ]CAl FIRM AWARDED laOUTH MAIN STREET PAVING CONTRACT grii Council Directs H. S. Shafer To Employ lieil Labor Wherever Possible; Workers Fail To Make Their Appearance On Other Work tract at his bid of 69 cents per square yard from material known as specification E, prepared by the Bitrodlte Paving Company. He is directed to employ local labor where¬ ever possible from names taken from the delinquent tax payers' list to be furnished. It was further moved that the contractor be direct¬ ed to sign an agreement guarantee¬ ing the Bltrodite material used, for a period of five years and doing the work in a satisfactory manner and ftle a bond with the borough for one hundred per cent of the contract price. Other business included a deci¬ sion to borrow another concrete mix¬ er from Wm. Kiefer to complete the culvert being built on West Prospect street. Milton Lindemoyer reported that the highway committee was sorry to report that in several cases where delinquent tax payers agreed to re¬ port for duty on the highway force they failed to appear for work and other steps would be neces.sary to collect their taxes. -.oemlie" of Nazareth Borough Ll Met in an adjourned session li, evening in the Municl- 1^1 with Calvin Hartzell STpreslding. All members ^nt with the exception of rt seyfried. neeting was held to consider lb for the paving of the east •outh Main street from the of south Main street and ^ Road to Park street in¬ the intersection to tlie point 'lowsite paving. The paving ifcondoned trolley track area Kdone at the same time pro- |. tbe same contractor doing jy vork with the Lehigh Val- jlttiilt Company bearing the tbe various materials to be Ht explained by the con- , Howard Shafer of Nazareth nolfflously awarded the con- itter a motion was made to lliet by William Mertz sec- ly Hilton Lindemoyer. Slifer was awarded the con- IJTHERAN GIRLS IN BIG MEETING laiired Attend First Event IIM In Mahlenberg Chapel than 200 delegates were in at the first girls' conven- the Evangelical Lutheran of the Allentown confer- tU Saturday aftemoon in Hartzel Memorial chapel lerg college. St. John's chuch, of Nazareth, had t number of represents- I convention. Miss Jane J member of St. John's Aurch, Allentown, presid- %%e program, which was in organ prelude given Harold K. Marks, a the faculty at the college. iana Ebert. directress of A Drexel Deaconess Home was the speaker for who presented a iod informative address on subject. "Mary and An interesting feature of was a group of three imented by three repre- Including: "Ruth and tf Marguerite Fintz, of St. tatherin church Strouds¬ burg;."Deborah," by Violet Williams, of St. Paul's Lutheran church. Cat¬ asauqua; "Dorcas." by Louise Er- hardt. of Zion's church. Easton. A group of several del|thtful vocal -selections was presented by Misses Ruth Shelly and Elizabeth Taylor, member of St. John's Lutheran church. Allentown. Following the conference, the dele¬ gation enjoyed a delightful inspec¬ tion tour of the college. During the banquet, which was held In the "Commons" at the college under the leadership of Harry Benfer. registrar of Muhlenberg college, an inspiring address was given by Rev. Corson C. Snyder, president of the Allentown conference. The committee in charge of ar¬ rangements for the afTair included: Rev. P. H. Wolston, of Stroudsburg. chairman: Rev. H. C. Snyder. Naz¬ areth; Rev. J. Howard Worth, of Bethlehem: Rev. Harry Cressman and Rev. Carl E. NeudoerfTer, of Al¬ lentown : Robert K. Mosser. Henry B. Shelly. Miss Hannah I. Stuber, of Allentown and Miss Anna Searfoss. of Easton. NAZARETH j STORES Close Wednesday I Noon, 12 M. duringr I JUNE. JULY AND \ AUGUST DR. W. S. STOVER ELECTED PRINCIPAL AT PERKIOMEN Dr. Webster S. .Stover recently lo¬ cated In Upit^'r Darby has been elected principal of the Perkiomen Preparatory School at Pennsburg by the Board of Trustees of that in¬ stitution. Dr. Stover is a graduate of Nazareth High School and Ursinus College and Is well known as an ed¬ ucator being the author of several books recently published. He succeeds Dr. W. S. Kriebel. founder and principal of the school since its founding whose death last year left the position unfilled. SCHOOL pupks ' MAKE PILGRIMAGE TO EPHRATA HOUSE ISSL'ED TO BOTTLE DRINKING WATER I have been Issued by Dr. B. Appel. Secretary of \yt The Mountain Spring ny, Easton. and R. R. k BIpure Water Company, M. granting them permis- yMle and sell their product »yew 1932 under the terms tof Assembly known as the PWiter Act. rthe terms of this law. it is Ms manufacture, bottle or I isle any type of water for I purposes, until first a Per- phen secured from the State nt of Health. [ Is enforced in the Interest "" : health. Council Receives Sealed Bids For Re-surfacing South Main Street ishiogton Circus ¦y David Wright iSpeclal to the Itemt |8pecal to The Itemt [twelve years Senator John- lOe has been anathema to • Ouard of the Republican M for eight of those twelve Ibis been punished for his ^ Independence in having all patronage in California ^y from him. 0 U Itill the fighter he was r*w« ago when the Prog- TWy made him IU nominee (President, bvt he carefully l«« monopolies he attacks. Fn* t» much m the lime- l»* nemesis of the Intema- Fr*" and their foreign loan I He has persistently refused IWythlng to do with the P"»l group that is battling I Cheap advertising from the r ^^'^^ '¦adio of the moron I. ,*** how Hiram can com- I nimsnlf and hus professed F'sm by not throwing thc l' ,?,''i'1u''ncc against the V' '¦"<' '"'>st powerful mon- km °'''^*"''^^d 'n America: r ' nai u rfitsiin which to ftlnued on Last Page) An adjourned stated meeting of Town Council was held this Sth day of May. 1932. at 8:00 oclock p. m. D S. T. with the foUowing members present: Mes.srs. Kern, Lindenmoyer, Mertz. SchaefTer, Seyfried, Kem, Worman. Altemos and Hartzell. The President. Mr. HartzeU, presided. The President stated that sealed bids were to be opened for resur faciiig the East Side of South Main Street. The following bids were pre¬ sented, opened and read: David Sutton. Riegelsville, Pa. Penna. State Highway Specifica¬ tion. •¦£". for the sum of 70c per sq. yd. Above material delivered at site. not applied, for thc sum of SOc per sq. yd. Ca-sh enclosed in the amount of $300.00. Bitrodlte Paving Co. Philadelphia. Pa. Penna. Highway Si)eciflcation A, I'j tn. wearing course. 85c .sq. yard. I Penna. Highway Specification E. I'j in. wearing course. 65c sq yd. j Penna. Highway S|)ecification E. delivered by truck to site, $4.10 net ton. I Penna. Highway Specification "A". 2'J in. top $1.03 per sp yd. I Penna. Highway Specification "E", 2 to 2'J in. top. 85c per sp. yd. Certifled check enclosed in amount of $273.00. H. S. Shafer. Katareth. Pa. Penna. Highway Specification A. 74c sq. yd. Penna. Highway Specification E. 69c sq. yd. Certifled check enclosed in amount of $600.00. Prank P. Hausman, Allentown. Pa.. New Sheet Asphalt surfacing, and preparation for present surface. 70c per .sq. yd. Certified check enclosed in amount of $18200. The Barrett Co.. Philadelphia. Pa. (Continued on Page Three) « • BIRTIinW GREETINGS The pupils of the Heektown school. Miss Orace Beach, teacher, on Thursday had the time of their young lives. The day being their last day of the current school term, their teacher gave them a treat. During the morning hours they fin¬ ished their cla.ss work and then started on a journey to Nazareth where they visited the Whitefield House and under the guidance of the curator. Rev. O. M. Shultz they were shown the exhibits of the Moravian Historcal Museum in the building which was an educational treat to the class and will linger in their minds for a long time. Prom the mu.seum they hiked to Black Rock and enjoyed the won¬ ders of nature which included the "Indian Hole" and the "Paint Hole" and after roaming around the woods they returned to town a hungry and tired out crowd and wound up the activities of the day with a lawn par¬ ty, that Included a sumptuous supp¬ er, on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Oeo¬ rge Neely. South Main street Prom there they dispersed to their various homes after giving their teacher a vote of thanks for the outing. It Looks Bad for the Bear = By Albert 7 Keid Now, Cy, Pon't ; Miss himom V IbOR. f IUST SWING ISAAC WALTONS' TO SUPPLY FISH AT MEN'S LEAGUE LUNCHEON To Gather At St. John's Reformed Church May 19th To Enjoy The Fruit of Hard Labor of The Fisher's Life; Good Speaker, Good Singing, Good Fellowship The nun of St. John'.s Reformed church. Ni.zareth. have an opportun¬ ity to eiijoy the fruit of the hard labor of the fi.sher's life. "Oh, the gaUant fishers life It is the be-it of any; Tis full of pleasure, void of strife And 'tis tjeloved by many." When tiie call to Isaac Waltons' coloi' was sounded, many volunteer¬ ed to undergo the hard.ships and risk of catching enough fish for this dinner. They will get enough fish. Oo not think you wtll embarr st these prodigies of Isaac Walton, t'lejT are all experienced business nn^n (buying, selling and catching)? Join the consumers on May l&tb at 7 j». m. Please let a consistory member, or the chairman, H. P. Yeisley, know if >ou are coining so they will not "catch" U30 many fLih. You will en¬ joy it—Come! Oood speaker, good singing, good fellowship for e'.ery- one present. School Board To Retain Budget and Tax Rate Adopted At April Session Salaries For School Nurse and Medical Inspector Fixed; Retirement of 1922 Bond Issue Contemphted; Bids For Coal Received; Treas. Re^lectied COMPLETE OFFICIAL PRIMARY COUNT MOTHERS' DAY SERVICE IN SCHOENECK In the Schoeneck Moravian church on Sunday evening a special program honoring mothers was observed. The intermediate department of the Sunday School presented an exer¬ cise "Ouess Who" with the follow¬ ing taking part, Virginia CleweU. El¬ mira Colver. Mildred Beers. Pearl Shafer, May Ward and Mildred Strausser. Another exercise "A Bas¬ ket of Flowers" was presented by a second group of children that in¬ cluded Virginia Lerch, Ruth Bell, Edith Straus.-icr and Eleanor Colver. A trumpet solo "The Holy City " was played by Millard Rice followed by a selection by thc Men's Chorus en¬ titled "My Mot liar's Bible", a vo(^l solo by T. Nelson VanNatta "Little Mother of Min<'' followed. The Mother's Day addre.ss was made by Mrs. Eugene Tre:!i of town. -.—« « LEHIGH-XORTHA.MPTOX COINTY RED MEN'S ASSOCIATION The Association composed of the various tribes of th»> Improved Order of Red Men of the two adjoining counties will meet in a monster get- to-gethcr meetini; on Friday even¬ ing. May 20 at 8:30 o'clock at Bel¬ fast, this county, in the meeting rooms of Wawenoc Trilx\ one of the smallest and mo.st progressive trib? in the entire a.ssociation. This will bo one of the most im¬ portant meetings of the entire year as the executives of the orgai^iza- tion wUl be elected at this time. Other important measures will be discussed and it is expected that some of the newly elected Oreat chiefs of the Oreat Council of Penn¬ sylvania will be present and leave thoughts that will make the associa¬ tion, and fraternity a power for good and make the next year one of something really accomplished for the order locally and at large. • • AVTO ACCIDENT The monthly meeting of the Naz¬ areth school board was held on Mon¬ day evening with all members pre¬ sent except Miss Clara Beck. C. P. Martin, president, presided. The treasurer of the board render¬ ed his report, showing a balance on hand as of April 1, 1932. $34,228.24. The receipts during the month of April were 11857.80. and the expendi¬ tures $11,710.54. leaving a balance May 1, of $24,375.50. The tax col¬ lector reported collection of school taxes for the month of April amount¬ ing to $2502.48. Bills amounting to $1216.44 were approved for payment. The board fixed the tax collector's bond at $35,000 and his commission at 2 per cent for 1932- 1933 school year. The salary of Miss Josephine Krei¬ der. school nurse, was fixed at $1400 for the 1932-1933 school year, and Dr. J. A. Praunfelder was elected medical inspector for the 1932-1933 school year at a salary of $600. The following bids for coal for the next school year were received. Trumbower Company, pea coal $8.90, buckwheat $7.10, rice coal $4.33. bar¬ ley $4.06 in units of 2000 pounds with a discount of 4': If bills are paid within 15 days of date of invoice; the Nazareth Coal and Lumber Com¬ pany, pea $8.90, buck $7.10. rice $4.60. barley $4.15 in units of 2000 pounds with fr discount if paid within 15 days. The board decided to use rice [ coal, and the Trumbower Company being the lowest bidder on that size coal, the order was awarded to them. The following teachers were elect- \ ed: Jacob P. Knecht to teach Eng¬ lish. Civics and Latin in the Senior High School at a salary of $1200 a year. Miss Lahoma Peppell to teach English and mathematics in the Junior High School at a salary of $1200 a year. Miss Kathryn Schle¬ gel to teach fifth grade at a salary of $1000 a year. Walter P. Kern was re-elected treasurer at a salary of $600 a year. A revision of the budget and tax rate adopted at the April meeting for the 1932-33 school term, was dis¬ cussed. Since the adoption of the budget some reductions have been elTected in the Items of tax collect¬ or's commission, teachers' salaries, text books and supplies, and the item of capital outlay can also be reduc¬ ed. After considerable discussion of the matter, the board decided to re¬ tain the budget and tax rate adopt¬ ed at the April meeting. The retiring of $38,000 of the 1922 bond issue on August 1. 1932 is con¬ templated. It may. therefore, also be po.ssible to i-educe the item of debt service in the amount of inter¬ est and state tax on the $38,000 to be retired. The matter for reduc¬ tion in the item of debt .service i.s now being handled by the flnance committee The Northampton county pri¬ mary election computing board Sat¬ urday moming completed the count of the vote for the congressional candidates. The results follow: Repablican William R. Coyle. 6.395: Everett Kent, 21; Francis E. Walter. 17. Democrat Everet Kent. 4,331: Joseph E. Shull 673; Francis E. Walter, 6.052. SocUlist Everett Kent. 1; Simon R. Hart¬ zell, 3. Prohibition Joseph E. Shull. 1. In the Democratic contest Francis E. Walter, of Easton. carried North¬ ampton county, over Everett Kent. his nearest opponent, by 1.721 votes. Walter carried the district over Kent by a majority of 400 votes. Here is the vote: Kent Walter Carbon county 2226 1045 Monroe county 641 501 Northampton county . .4331 6032 MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS BANQUET More than two hundred mothers, daughters and guests were present at ths annual banquet of the Mothers and Daughters of the St. John's Refonned church held in the church social rooms on Tuesday evening. Mi-ss Marion Hangen presided ao toastmistress during the banquet and program which followed. A toast to the daughters was oflered by Mrs. Oliver Knauss and Miss Irene Reimer responded with a toast to all the mothers. Sunday school orchestra, under the Erection of Miss Lena Marcks. ac- co.Tipanying the singing a brief mu¬ sical program was presented. Misses Lucille Hagenbuch and Henrietta Werner were heard in an excellently rendered piano duet; Misses Orthea Heyer and Olad.vs Heckman pre¬ sented a vocal duet, followed by • vocal solo by Mrs. Luther Batt. The guest speaker was Mrs. Clar¬ ence Hawk of Nortlrampton, presi¬ dent of the Woman's Missionary So¬ ciety of the East Pennsylvania Class- is of the Reformed church. Shs spoke in an inspiring and Informal manner upon the subject. "Mother and Daughter." Better understand¬ ing between the girls of today and their mothers was the keynote of her address. ' ^ The committee that arranged ttaa affair consisted of Mrs. P. S. Tnim> bower, Mrs. H. P. 'Veisley, Mrs. H. K. Shimer. Mrs. W. P. Hagenbuch and Mrs. C. W. Nickel • WEIGHT LIFTERS DEFEND TITLES Archie Leigh, the Nazareth 'Strong Man'. Features V. M. C. A. Meet Lions Club Host to Ro¬ tarians at Next Meeting; Postmaster Henry Speaks Raymond J. Chri.stm.Tn ni-lvidtn'| street, town, received congratulntion.s on Monday upon his birthday anni¬ versary. An auto accident occurred at the Intersecton of Main streets and Wal¬ nut at 6:30 oclock Thur.sday moni¬ ing. when Kipples truck commg south on Walnut street and the Pord roadster of John Meyers collided. The truck was not damaged but the Roadster was badly damaged about the windsheld, running board and thc body shoved in. The car wa.s driven by John Meyers. Jr.. and a brother Joseph Meyers was hurt about the head. Johanna Kurtur. ,1 nolRhbor of the Mcyors' family, who rt'.sldc north of town, was hurt about thc arm. The Meyers car was coming wi'>;t on Main street return¬ ing frotn tho CathoUc Church, when the accident occurred. A local Doc¬ tor dressed the Injuries. The Rotary Club met in the Y. M. C. A. dining room on Monday evening in their weekly .session with P. S. Trumbower presiding. Open¬ ing and closiiig songs were led by H. P. Yelsley with Miss Mae Yeisley at the piano. Ouests present were Oregor Meier, George H. Wise, Howard Mason. James Ford ail of Belvidere. N. J., Dr. N. A. Worsley of Bethlehem. Dr. S. S. P. Wetmore of Easton and Charles Hanunel of Newark. N. J. who was present as a guest of Harry Seyfried. During the session Meyer Haas was awarded the attendance prize and P. 8. Trumbower was presented with a birthday flower. Postmaster William Henry of town was the guest speaker and explained the manner in which U. S. mail is handled through the local postal service. He presented an array of facts on the local postal .service, stating that from a postoftlce liaving tliree employees in 1907 the present force numbers several times that numlx'r. handles 3500 pieces of In¬ coming fir.st cla.ss mail. 3(K)0 pieces of outgoing first class mail and 4000 pieces of second clas.s mail daily. AU local mail con.siuned to Now Vork city Is .sent thru by way of ncthehein and Wavno Junction. In handlinir tho mail 28 pmielies con¬ tain tho mall sent out of the local office and 20 pouches are received with mail for k>oai industries and residents. A sununary of business done at the local office shows a net revenue of $28,331 85 for 1931. In the .same year 3.54.200 two cent stamps were sold and 18.791 money orders were issued. The first money order was Issued at the local postoffice Augu.st 1. 1870. Mr. Henry then outlined briefly how to determine the max:!num size parcel po.st packages and how they should be wrapped. A summary of the mail senice was given showing the revenue in 1931 from the entire U. S. postal -system amounted to $656,463.862 23 43.278 rural routes are being operated in various por¬ tions of the country and cost $106,- 501,981 for operation and mainten¬ ance in 1931. An analysis of the postal bu.siness shows that the department has nev¬ er fully paid and although the num¬ her of postofTices has doubled .since 1865 all second class mail is still carried at a lo.'ss. Airmail .service W.IS inauguratoti in 1911 and present contract.s aro let at a rate of be- twcon 'li and 92 cents por milo. As a-result of the ircent attend¬ ance contest between the Ri>tarians and tho Lions Club tho latter will be hosts at dinner to the Rotarians at their next meeting in tho "Y". Moravian Beginners' Department Have Mothers* Party On Saturday aftemoon the Cradle Roll suid the Beginners' departments of the Moravian Sunday School en¬ tertained the mothers of the chU¬ dren in those departments at a Mother's Day party in the church social rooms. Mrs. William Gano and Mrs. Earl Stroman were in charge of the program. The beginners pre.sented a joint recitation entitled "We Welcome Vou On MoMier's Day ' as the open¬ ing number. A Lord's prayer exer¬ cise followed. Two vocal solos by Duane Bath were next foUowed by the presentation of two tableaus taken from Edgar Guest's poems Mrs Robert Danforth and daughter Dorothy and Mrs. Stanlev Siegtried and son Daniel having the princi¬ pal parts in the tabloau.s. Miss Mary Altemose directed the tableau presentation. A reading by Mrs William Gano and the distribution of gift booklets to the Mothers fol¬ lowed. The entire affair was cli¬ maxed by the distribution of favors to tho children consisting of balloons adding color to the event as they had been used for decorations Refresh¬ ment.s were served. Those respon¬ sible for the success of the partv wero Mrs. WiUiam Oano. Mrs. Ear. Stroman. Mi.'-s Carolyn Wunderly. and Mi.ss Isabelle Rus-sell • • P. O. S. OF A. Archie Leigh, of Nazareth, the national bantamweight weight lift¬ ing champion. Saturdav night ex¬ ceeded by four pounds his own American record of 351 pound.s whan he lifted dead weight 355 pounds to feature tiie Lehigh VaUey lifting championship.s held before a big gallery last Saturday night at th; AUentown Y. M. C. A. Another feature of the meet was the dead weight lifting of John Pul¬ ley, a Bethlehem policeman, who succeeded in rasing 401 pounds, the fourth person who has ever lifted over four hundred pounds in com¬ petition. Rol>ert Sclirader, of Allentown lifted the greatest total in five lifts wtth 941 pounds. The new champions of the Lehlgh Valley are as follows: 108-pound class—Archie Leigh. 782 pounds. 128-pouiid class—Darwin Cani^va. 822 pounds. 140-pound class—Leonard Snyder, of Nazareth. 785. first place: Victor Nagl='. AUentown. 659. second place; Wilham Snyder. Nazareth. 574. for third pla?e. 154-pound class—Robert Schrader. Allentown. 946 pounds: Rolx-rt Tran¬ sue. Allentown. second place. 778 pounds 168-poand class—Rudolph Novak. .AUentown. 889 pounds. 132-pound class-Jolm Pulley. Berhleheni. 882 pounds Heavyweight clas-s—Not contested R'"feree. C. D. Durner: )ud'?e. Ed. Strauch: loaders. Jacob San'amaria and Steve Jezck. * SONS OF VETERAX.** ArXILIARV The P. O S of A. met m Shafer's Hall with Mar-shaU Moll presiding A routine business se-ssion was held A short talk on "Sports in Oeneral" was given by Lester Scott. Those reported on the sick list included James Paff. Elwood Meyers, Albert Pry and Adam Smith. A -sports committee was appointed consisting of William Hontz. Lester Scott and Marshall Moll to determine what the possibilities are for organizing a ba-seball team among the mem¬ bers. • » COVERED DISH SOCI-AL Aljout thirty members of the Moravian Church choir enjoyed a covered dish 5ncial In the churcli social rooms on Tliur.sday evening. Short addre.s.ses wero mado by Rov. P. S Meinert. Charlf s Adams and Edward Mickev William Oano. Jr acted as ehaiiinan The aff^iir wa' also in tho nature of a reception for tlio new orcanist and choir leader, Charles Adams and Edward Mickev. The AuxUiary of Captain Owen Rice Camp 20 Sons of Union Veter¬ ans entertained the department pre¬ sident. Mrb. Jennie Lightcap of Philadelphia and the depaitment instUuting and in.«talling ofTicor Mrs. Helena Herlacher of Bethlehem At the busine.ss meeting Mrs Sadie Kern presided with routiui? business being conducted. Brief ad¬ dresses were made by the visiting ofTicers and a short program con- susting of a reading entitled "Moth-1 er" presented by Mrs. Eva Shafer i and a vocal duet by Mrs. Jennie Rohrbach and Mrs. Sadie Kern were; enioyable features of the session. | Counsellor Elmer Abel on behalf of the local auxiliary presented Mrs. j Lightcap with a tine gift. Refresh¬ ments were served by the .social com-' mittee foUowing the meeting. During the business session Mrs. | Flora Shover. Mrs. Lydia Simons and Mrs Lizzie Butts were reported on' the sick list. An Invitation from the local Sons of Veterans to participate in the Memorial Day celebration in town was accepted. WOMABTS aUB ELECTS OFFHIBS FOR ENSUING YEAR The May meeting ot the local Wo¬ man's Club was held In the Rlgb School buUdlng on IrCo'.ulay eveolnc I with Mrs. W. J. Happel presiding. ^ I During the business iwrtoo effB^" ^ ers were elected for the ensuing I year. A decision was made to make a donation to th' vaoation fund of the Oirl Scouts and Campflre Oirla of ai: local grou::;.s. The officers elected for the ensu¬ ing year were, president Mrs. W. J. Happel. vice president. Mrs. R. T. Peppell. secretary Mrs. C. K. 8haf«r. corresponding secretary Mrs. Ralpb Pry. treasurer Mrs. A. O. Schmidt, press secretary Miss Arleyne H«inu. The guest speaker was ftCtas Sdith Martin. Home Management Special¬ ist of Pennsylvania State CoUege who spoke on "The Art of Homa Making". Mrs Ralph Pry. chalrmaa of the program committee, preaented Miss Marguerite Erickson who is ac¬ tive in Northampton County In that type of work. She gave an interest¬ ing account of her activities and In¬ troduced Miss Martin. Miss MartUi stressed careful plan¬ ning of a hom"", citing co-operation by all memt>ers of any family as be¬ ing a step forward toward a happy and successful home. She stated that a imme is the creation of a heart and what is put into a homA by any mother or homemaker i« shown by th" results achieved, per¬ haps not at once, but over a period of years The speaker pre^nted some new ideas in building up a fin¬ er home life and stated that the art of making successful homo? was as vital as any vocation a bustness wo¬ man inigh*^ follow, as the home was the real foundation r-f .li" natioti. The meeting oa ." 'onday evening was the final niet-iinif of the Wo¬ man's Club uiiUl : arly Fall. Tlw hostesses were: M.-. Andrew Kern, chairman. Miss Miriam Kleckner, Mrs. Walter K.-rn. Mrs. W. H. Wot¬ ring. Mrs H, C. Snyder, Mrs. Mary Smith. Miss Virginia Wood. Mus Mae Veisl>y Mis A. O. Schmidt, Mrs Heiirv Roth. Mrs. William Allen. Mrs Carl Metier and Mra. Floyd Shafer. COINTV MEETING SCOl'T PILGRIMAGE The next di.strict meeting of the Northampton County Posts, Ameri¬ can Legion will take place on Priday evening. May 20th. m the Maenner- chor hall, V'in»vard St.. Bethleh<>m. This district is composed of Posts from Bethlehem, Eastoiv, No. 9, and Easton. 588. Wilson Borough. HeUer¬ town. Nazart'th. Bath. Northampton, Bangor and Pen Argyl. Donald Keat. of Bangor, will be In charge. At this time plans for Memortal Day and Armistice Day will be dlS' cussed • ENTERTAINS Seventeen members attached to the local Troop No. 79. Boy Scouts! of Amertca. on Saturday journeyed | to Camp Woyuadt. Columbia. N. J ' w liore thev held an impressive cere¬ mony planting a number of trees commemorative to the memory of the late Mr Crowell. of town a form-' er Scout Master of the troop. ' Mrs George Leopold pleasantly entertained the memt)ers of her card club at her tiome last Thursdajr aftenioon. The game "600" wm en¬ joyed after which a luncheon WM served by Mrs. Leopold. Tlie guests were Mrs. Aab«r Hahn, Mrs Spencer Reph, Mrs. LMVnnee Rice, Mrs Robert Neumeyer, WUmer Wolfe. Mrs. Wilmer Mrs. WUbur Pike. Prlaee awarded to Mrs. Hahn and Mn. 1 er. •* |
Month | 05 |
Day | 12 |
Year | 1932 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19320512_001.tif |
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for The Nazareth Item