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NAZAftETH, PA, THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 11, 1930
No. 2
ist Pays Here	
. P smtttt; of Bath, paid a •J ani the costs of the case irf« m» omce for parking lor ^ U» hour allowed by the iSSni ordinance on Saturday Ki Main street. l)etween the Jand Walnut street. The of- 'JSt place on NovemberM and iSiries were preferred by 'Wles Btuber of the local
FIVE ESCAPE DEATH WHEN FREIGHT TRAIN HITS AND DRAGS CAR
;M|ioiis Elect New Wei"   	
-Wbltsaeld Lodge. No. 632, Free ^ Aeeepted Masons, of Nazareth. MHiday evening elected the foU ^aOeen: Worshipful master, r Hellick: senior warden, Floyd ^«ti' Junior warden, Harold Star* ST wcretary. Frank Huth; treas¬ ur Owen Hess; trustees, Richard ich, James 8. Fry and Oeorge Kahler. Representative to Lodge, Floyd W. Shafer.
f^ily Endangered W Coal Gas
i 'Mt. snd Mrs. Quillas Frantz, liNtb Main street, town, during heSiy night narrowly escaped as- KflMatlon when coal gas gathered Palbelr home while the couple were - -f. Fortunately Mrs. Frantz early in the morning and opened the windows and ioy escaped serious results. She however incapaciated for several but   is   now   regaining   her
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Chew Match at ^^r* ITMBorrow Night
I A simultaneous chess match will Ittbild at the Y.M.CA. tomorrow IffMiy) night In which Steckel of 'ettown. will take on a number of I test players ot the Association. _jh tocal player wilt have his uble
a Mr. Steckel will pass from one IT to another until all games ¦at settled.  Those who are booked la play Priday night are: William ¦- ¦ , 8. W. Weiss, Richard Michael, nt DeReamer, Floyd Beers, Nel- Bramer,   Victor   Halberstadt, 1 Neuner.  Wymond Milchsack. am Schuler, U. S. Wirebach and iiner Arnold. AD men Interested  In the game I Invited to enter the match or s the contest In the "Y" lobby, rs start at 8 p. m.   The "Y" can r good use of any old sets of I that may be out of use in the ,.»js of Nazareth, whether the sets »complete or not.
e    e Jiique Christmas rice Staged
jfe,- ¦
[unique ' Christmas   party was
Tuesday evening in the social
¦JS of the Moravian church bv
iWayslde Gatherers.   A portrayal
I ttie manner In which Christmas
I Is celebrated in Germany was a
i of the evenings entertaln-
Thls effect was carried out
, the entire evening, and was
.Jilly Impressive because of the
Iclpants of the sketch wearing
German     costumes.    The
_- Greta  and  Marie Wiersma
Misses Marie and Erika Marx
t  the   principal   parts   In   the
eh.   Three boys also took part,
sed to represent three kings, and
Jig the   social per.od   following
sketch, served refreshments to
r4 guests. Xhe Junior choir of  the church ated a  number of  Christmas J during   the   evening   which well   rendered and    Included -nt  NlRht."   "Hark   the   Herald lelsSing" and other stmilar num-
Three Young Nazareth Men and Two Allentown
Girls Sustain Severe Injuries as Auto is
Completely Wrecked at South
Main Street Crossing
Three young local men and two girls from Allentown had narrow escapes from death at 2:25 o'clock Sunday morning when the automo¬ bile of John Welk, 24. of town. In which they were riding, was struck broadside by an engine drawing a Lehigh St New England railroad freight train at the South Main street crossing, here.
Welk drove south on Main street
numerous cuts and bruises.
Frank Schwerk, 18, of town, has lacerations of the back and scalp and other Injuries which will re¬ quire an x-ray examination to dis¬ cover. The other three passengers sustained almost Identical Injuries, fractures of the left legs between the knee and ankle. These three are Frank Bolas, 18, of town: Ellen Stanga, 17, and Amelia Peshoronkly'l
as the train was going west, from | the latter two being maids at the Martins Creek to Bath.   There Is no' Allentown hospital.
crossing watchman on duty at this crossing after 11 o'clock at night. Jt is not known if Welk was unable to
On Sunday afternoon the super¬ intendent of the Allentown Institu¬ tion went to St. Luke's and had the
see the approaching train or If he girls removed to the institution was trying to beat It across the where they are employed. crossing. However, Just as he wasj The automobile, a sedan. Is a corn- on the centre of the track, the en-, plete wreck. AU four wheels wera gine crashed into the automobile,' almost torn ofT. the body as caved | caving It In and pinning the occu-1 In. the motor was damaged and from pants in the car. The automobile all appearance it is just about nt was dragged along the tracks for a for the Junk pile. It remained along distance of approximately 200 feet, the tracks of the railroad until late the projecting parts shearing ofl Sunday afternoon and attracted a fence posts along the right-of-way large number of Slght-seers who of the railroad. The train was In marvelled at the fact that no one charge of Engineer Edward Rotzell, was killed when the automobile was of Bangor, and Conductor William so completely wrecked. The x-ray Dornblaser, of Bethlehem. pictures taken of the foot of Welk
Neighbors and members of the revealed that It was split In two train crew liberated the Imprisoned places and the injuries of the others people and they were taken to St. although very painful are healing Luke's hospiUl, Bethlehem. Welk, nicely, the broken limbs of all having the driver. Insisted on going home been set on Mondav. after being treated, but later he From present Indications Schwerk began to feel the effecU of the In- will probably be able to return to his Jury and returned to the hospital, home this Friday and the others at He suffered a broken clavicle and a later date.
P.-T. Asso. Xmas Party HereTonite
Splendid    Program    Ar*
ranged; Santa Claus to
Distribute  Toys  to
Provide Amusement
COUNTY REAL mATE TAXED $800.145.86
Total   Assessed   Valuation   of  Real
Estate in Northampton County
$138,338,135; 106,168 Taxed
During the year cf 1930. the ag¬ gregate amount of countv tax levied on    real    estate    in    Northampton County at  the  rate ot seven mills was  $880,146.86.   and   the  aagiegate amount of tax levied on money at , Interest and omnibus and hacks as The holiday session of the Parent- $175,558.95. accordui? to the report Teacher Association will be held this prepared by Commissioners'   Clerk (Thursday) evening In the Y.M.C.A. Walter S. Brinker and sent to the A brief business meeting is planned Secretary of Internal Affairs, preceding the regular session to take i    The total value of real estate
NAZARETH HIGH TO OPEN CAGE SEASON TOMORROW NIGHT
Boys and Girls to Meet Old Rivals in Nazareth Hall "Gym"; Pen Argyl Battle Opening Fray of Lehigh-Northampton League; Many Can¬ didates Out for Varsity Here
Potato Judging Contest
Boys and Girls in Elimina¬ tion Competition for State Team at Heck¬ town School House
[Jndge" Fry Hears ty Cases
lOeorge Dech, of Bethlehem, was sted In   Squire   Fry's ofllce on lay evening on charges of lar- Charnes   were preferred   by :L Kramllch, of Bethlehem, and was held  In the Squire's ofllce *" an offlcer arrived from Beth- to take him to that city. |P»n»ieno Bunlno. of Phllllpsburg.
I arrested for driving past a red
II at Broad and Belvidere streets 1 Saturday night and paid a Hne
[a and costs In Squire Fry's office, er    Kemmerer     brought     the es.
Nicholson, of Bangor, was ar- I for trespassing on posted farm on complaint of Thomas Kos- ibsder. He was given a hearing d paid a fine of $10 and the costs Ithe case in Squire Frv's office. Slvin Eckhart. Whitfleld street. a flue of $5 and the costs In re Fry'.s offlce Monday for pass- Is red traffic signal at Broad and ater streets on November 30th. Res in the rase were preferred Offlcer Charles Nlchlosa of the police.
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"dies of G. E. Elect tw Officers
Ladles of the Oolden Eagle.
»retli Temple No. 10, have elect-
^offlcer.", for the coming year as
ows: Past Templar, Corna Stof-
' Noble Templar. Carrie Barrall:
templar,     Kathryn     Broad:
•less.    l.aura He-^s;    prophete.ss,
kll"*    ^'"^'^:    marshall.    Maine
fiman; guardian of records. Helen
•f:  guardian of exchequer, Sa-
' Honeyman; guardian of finance.
Sliafer;    puardian    of    music,
Jy Deu'htn.in:  guardian of Inner
Sl. Hannah Daniels: uuardian of
" porta!. Helen Shafer;  trustee.
»a      KiT'iit:      representative.
'a KirV.f.ndall;   alternate.   Mar-
Lnelntieiiurr.
ofri..r< will te Installed on
av eui'.mi, Januarv 8. at the
niectms  of   the  temple   In
lm .1 Preparations  are  be-
|wade l)v men-.bers of the temple
Mertam the District Association
niSlUs and Ladles of the Oolden
I at the Eagle Home on .Januarv
T,     ~^'' '"'¦»' grf'^'P  will also osts to the Pa,st Templars' As- JJlpn cf the LehiKh Vallev con- here on January 29th. next.
care of current business. After the transaction of that business a social program Is planned by the members of the committee.
The meeting will be transformed Into a Christmas party Just cramm¬ ed with surprises. Various games will tie enjoyed as well as the usual delicious  refreshments.
A musical program has been ar¬ ranged to entertain the members and guests during the evening and will feature selections by a brass quartet under the direction of Eugene Trein, the singing of Christ¬ mas carols as well as several vocal selections, and other musical num¬ bers. Mrs. Charles Shafer will give a reading during the program and this added to the other selections ol a musical nature should fill an Inter¬ esting evening. I
Each member Is requested to bring a ten cent toy, as In past year to this Christmas session as a gift for the Santa Claus. All the gifts will be put together and the Santa Claus will give each person present a gift.' This was done last year and afforded a great deal of amusement for all.
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the county is $138,338,135 and of this, property valued at $25,250,820 Is exempt, the value of real estate taxable being $113,107^13.
There are 106.168 taxable persons In the county. Bethlehem being the largest city, with 23.745 taxables In the thirteen wards In Northampton County.   Easton Is second, with 22.-
"tiIo"amount ot money at inters''»«''•'»» }|;f'"»'*7''„., „, ,„,
Both the boys and girls' basketball I members of the Junior High quintet teams of Nazareth High will open last year have Joined the squad and their season tomorrow evening when' are working hard for regular berths, they are scheduled to play tlie Pen The girls' team will probably be Argyl High school boys and girls built around Captain Miriam Relm- teams. The coaches of the local er, a flashy forward from last year, teams. Andrew Leh and Mlss Elmira and Anna Wunderly. a guard also on Ott, have been working hard with last year s team. Mlss Ott. the girl's their   squads rounding them    Into coach, has been weeding out the bal-' has secured the ser\lce of Nicholas
A boys and girls Potato Judging Contest win be held In the Hecktown School House at 1:30 p. m. Saturday, December 13. for the selection of a 4-H Potato Club team to represent Northampton County at the Bute Farm Products Show at Harrlsburg during the third week in January. This contest has been arranged for by County Agent B. L. Coleman, who
PEN ARGYL WOMAN'S CLUB ARTISTS PRE- SENT FINE PROGRAM
Gue.sts of Nazareth Club Render Excellent Musical
Program  and  Playlet; Local Women to
Sponsor Santa Claus Exchange to
Provide Christmas Cheer
The December meeting of the Wo¬ man's Club was held Monday even¬ ing In the High school building. A brief business session was held befo."^ the regular meeting with Mrs. A. O. Kern, president of the club, presid¬ ing. Alter calling the meeting to order, a report was given showing that the Thanksgiving tin can mat¬ inee held at the Broad Street theatre the   day   before  Thanksgiving   was
president of the Pen Argyl Club,' lutrodu'jed by Mrs. S. O. Beck and a:i interesting program wm tbMH g;' en by the Pe:i Argyl Club. Th* rhorus of the Club rendered two numl;e'.s. "W'^k? Thee Now Oearest" ard "La'/id of Hope and Olory." A readir.,^ titled "The Unpaid Seam¬ stress" was then read by Mra. Alpin followed by two vocal solos by MiM Loj Souville, "Do You Come to ICy Oarden " and "Oossiplng."   A short
well patronized, as 250 cans of fruit, s'fietch was then presented by th« soup and vegetables, which were dis-', Misses Leila Albert, Anne SUa, tributed among fourteen families In Kathleen May and Ruth ICellov. town, were received. Mention was The sketch was titled "Merry Chriat¬ mas " The chorus of the club ofler« ed two additional numbers, •"ni* Dance of the Pine Tree Fairies'* snd "Pastoral." The program was well rendered and was very much ea- joved and a reciprocity is planned io Pen Argyl at the February meeting of the Woman's Club.
Refreshments   were then   aerved
after the adjournment and re-aasem-
bling m Mrs. Slonaker's Instroettoa
buUdlnc.   Tb*
also made during the business ses¬ sion that the Club was again con¬ ducting a Santa Claus exchange to give Christmas cheer to the kiddies of this communitv. The exchange Is directed by Mrs. F. H. Martin. North Main street, and is now ready to re¬ ceive any letters or contributions towards the good cause. These sho'ild be sent direct to Mrs. Martin. Adjournment of the business session
w as followed by a regular meeting of room   In   the   same
the Club held In Mtss Weikel's In- following served as hostesses Mon-
struction room. day evening under Mrs. P. 8. Ttum-
The meeting was opened promptly bower,   chairman;    Mrs.   Raynwod
at eight flfteen with the president. Christman. Mrs A. O. Schmidt. Mra.
Mrs.   A.   G.   Kern,   presiding.   The Ralph Fry.   Mrs.  Warren   Brelatf,
president   extended a hearty   wei- Mrs. Clinton C. Kern, Mrs. Martha
come  to   the   Pen  Argyl   Woman's Slonaker. Mra. Oeorge Leopold, Mtra.
Club, who were the guesU of the Cmma Hoch. Mrs. Harry aMreriad,
local Club Monday evening and had Mrs.  Harlev Yelslev. Mrs. WIDUHrd
charge of the program.   Mrs. Smith and Miss Miriam Kleckner.
DISTRICT INSTmiTE AT FREEMANSBURG
Teachers  From 4 Districts Attend;
Supt. Grim Leads Conferenrr:
Local Conditions Studied
Borough Purchases Police Car
Authority Granted Tele¬ phone Co. to Install Un¬ der-ground System In Town
BETHLEHEM GETS FIREMEN'S MEET
1931    Convention   of    Four-County Association There on June 19th
Judgments, bonds, notes and .stocks Is 843.691.566. with Bethlehem hav¬ ing $13,366,897 at Interest and Eas¬ ton, $16,346,618.
There are 176.836 acres of cleared land in the county and 21.263 acres of timber land
The value of salaries, and emolu¬ ments of ofllce. offlces. posts of pro- (Conttnued on Page Six)
32 BIDS OPENED FOR HIGH SCHOOL FURNI¬ TURE, EQUIPMENT
shape in preparation for these games ance of the team from a fleld of 43 with Pen Argyl. These games olBci- candidates Including Kathryn Engle, ally open the season of the Lehigh- Madeline Saeger, Marlon Kern, Northampton Interscholastlc Bas- Elizabeth Koch, Arlene Fehnel, ketball League and are always hard Erlka Marx. Victoria Stannard. Dor- fought as the keenest rivalry exists othy    Deichman. Maybell    Happel.
Martha Simons. Mildred Kahler. Pearl Fritchman, Millicent Rader, Virginia Bowser, Margaret Karch. Hilda Kellow. Maria Marx. Anna Engle. Isabella Wambold and Eliza¬ beth Smith, of the upper classes, as well as seventeen members of
port to the high school teams and attend the games which will be played In the Nazareth Hall gym¬ nasium until such a time as the high school gym Is ready for use.   The Freshman class
Schmitz. crop specialist from Penn¬ sylvania State College. Mr. Schmitz will flrst explain the principles of potato Judging and those participat¬ ing will then be asked to place sev¬ eral classes of potatoes. Score cards, similar to those which have been used In County Wide Livestoc':C Judging work, will be used.
Mr. Coleman states that all boys
and girls who  have been members
of 4-H Potato Clubs in 1930. and who
the have attended their local round-ups
I as well as having completed other
A local Teachers' Institute was held Saturday morning in the Free¬ mansburg .school house for the teachers of the Lower Saucon town¬ ship. Bethlehem township. HeUer-! town and Freemansburg district. | Re-.. R. F. Reed, supervising  prin- i —^...
cipal of the Freemansburg schools.! ^^ adjourned meeting of Towa presided and was In charge of the council was held on the 4.h day Ot t^^fmutlt^m'^ri.^^  *"" •December. 1930. at 8 o'clock p. m^. tai
county Superintendent of Schools prewnt.   The President, Mr. Kart- Oeorge A. Orlm, of town, gave an ^^n presided ^^ interesting talk on school work fol¬ lowed  with a conference  with  the teachers on timely subjects.   Super- intendert Orim emphasized what is expected   of   teachers    during    the conference.   He  said  that   teachers are  expected   to   look   after   family catiditior.s  as  well as  teaching  the (Continued on Page Three i  • •	
SPECIALIST TO DEFINE   MODERN PRUNING METHODS
line-up of the teams has not been announced although Captain Ed¬ ward Christman. Bill Keifer, Jerome Angert. Abraham Yeakel and Tony Bolas are veterans of the last year's boys team. In addition. Sterling Koch. James Peppel. Kenneth Alte¬ mose. Duane Shiffert. Paul Bavda. Herbert Haas and Gilbert Hellick, members of last year's sub squad are trying hard for berths on the varsity. Some   new   candidates   who   were
The schedule of games to be play-'obligations  In  connection with   the
ed this season is as follows: Dec. 12—Pen Argyi at Nazareth. Jan 9—South Whitehall at Naz. 16—Nazareth at Wilson. 20—Coplay at Nazareth. 23—Pen Argyl at Nazareth. 30—Nazareth at So. Whitehall. Feb. 6—Bangor  at  Nazareth. 13—Nazareth at Coplay. 20—Nazareth at Bangor. 27—Wilson at Nazareth
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Bethlehem will be the scene of the annual conclave of the Four- County Firemen's Association next year on Priday. June 19, 1931. This was decided upon by the executive committee at a meeting held recent¬ ly at the Hotel Bethlehem.
Presiding over the meeting was Burgess Peter N. Snyder, of Slating¬ ton. who is chairman of the com¬ mittee. Other members present were Harry E. Oraflln. Catasauqua; WlUlam F. Angle. East Mauch Chunk: President A H. Buck, of Bethlehem: Treasurer M. H. Bern- hard. Allentown. and Secretary P. J. McNally. of Catosouqua.
After di.scusslon It was decided to let the flremen and citizens of Beth¬ lehem decide whether they wish to sponsor a demonstration and parade on Saturday, the day following the convention meeting. After trans¬ acting several other matters of in¬ cidental business the meeting was adjourned.
FARM BUTCHERING DEMONSTRATION
Meat Cutting Demonstrations, at which C A. Buret', livestock and meat specialist from Pennsylvania State Collptte. will demonstrate the cutting    of  liOK curca.sscs    into the
A regular meeting of the Board ot i
1 Directors of the School District of
i the Borough of Na/.areth duly ad-
I Journed from December I. was duly
held In the High School building on
Thursday evening. December 4.
Members present: Hawk. Bennett, Martin and Shimer. Members ab¬ sent:   Kern.
I On motion of Bennett and Hawk, unanimously carried, the Secretary of the Board was directed to open tlie bids received for furniture and other equipment for the addition to I the High School building.
P. O.S. of A. CELE¬ BRATING 83rd ANNI¬ VERSARY THIS WEEK
TENTH ANNIVERSARY MEET OF ENGINEER'S CLUB TOMORROW
club work, are entitled to try out for
this team.
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HI-Y CLUB MEET.S
The boys of the Hl-V Club met on
J. U. Ruef. orchard specialist from Pennsvlvanla State College, will deii'.onstrate the pruning of apple, peach and other fruit trees at a series of meetings which will be held December    18th and    19th in    four
Monday evening in the social rooms communities in Northampton countv
of the Y.M.C.A. The president o: the club. Irvln Uhler. presided and led In the d:scussion on "Plannins a Life Work." There was a good deal of Interest shown In the sub¬ ject by the boys and practically all present engaged in the discu'^sion Routine business wa= transacted fol¬ lowed by adjournment
The first meeting on Thursdav. December 18th. will be at 9:30 a. m c.i the farm of J. A. Jones, on the ic^d from Bath to Mooresiown. Th'^ afteraoon meeting on that day will te held at the farm of B L. Hinden- ach. Stout's Valley. Williams lown- sh'.p. at 1:30 p. m.
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On motion of Lindenmoyer Kahler. It was r oved that we ac- c-.-t th- iTc;..:-, t on of Frack Sc Leh ji'.c   t   ) der   for  one  Ford
rTodei A Standard Coupe, including front and rear bumper, oil, gasoline, .spare tire a- -1 t'ibe. Inclullng let- tfrit.g on V..' car. for tl'.e sum ot $377.7o del'.-.ered. Uaanlmcusly car- r:i3-!
On mot -:i of Llndenmo.er, sec¬ onded by I.IerU. the rules '.vere sus¬ pended and Ordinance No. 188 Autb« orizuig the Eell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania to constru:;t, main* tain and operate its posts, poles, cables, wires, etc. an-d all other necessary under-ground appliances on, in. under and through the streets, (Continued on Page Sui)
SCHOOL BOARD OF- FICIALS RE-ELECTED
Tux C ollector and Treisurer Report; Current BilU of $4in.;6 Paid
I     Bids were received from  tliP fol lowing;
Allied Equipment Corporation, P (Continued on  Page Twoi
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.Mrs.   H.   Blalr,   of   Flourtown.   i
spending .several weeks visiting Mr. aJid Mrs. Edwin MlUer and Muss Augusta Etschman.
The eighty-third anniversary of the founding of the Patriotic Order Sons of America falls on Wednes¬ day. December tenth. In Pennsvl¬ vanla this Native American Order numbers more than one hundred and twenty-flve thousand members, with eight hundred Subordinate Camps or Lodges located in every section of the Commonwealth, all of which ' j win celebrate this great event which started last Saturday in Philadel¬ phia.
A brief history of the foundation of the Order follows:
It entered the minds of the mem-
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Railroad Official Relates History and Function of American Express System
The local Rotarians and several guests met Monday evening at a dinner meeting in the dining hall of the Y.M.C.A. The .session opened with the entire club and guests Join¬ ing in singing    America    and other
proper ruts for either inaikct or, songs. Edward Heilman. son^; lead- home use. have been ananKfd for er was in charge and Jacob Boerstler t)v County Acent B I. Coleman and a.ssisted at the piano. The prrsi- wiU be held nn Wednesday, Decem- dent of the club, P. H. Martin, pre- ber 17th. sided during the entire .session and
The ftist demonstration will be on aiter members and guests had dis- the farm of C. T Dewalt. Kastonj posed of a fine menu prepared by R 1. al P 3i> a. m. The .sivond dem-'the "Y" culinary staff the guest onMraticn   will  be  on  the   farm  of  sijeaker  of  the  evening  was   Intro-
Harry F Ruth. Na/areth R. 2. on the roacl li iidmi; frnm Nazaretii lu Mii(]ie>town. at 1.30 p  m.
All liiriiicrs. who butcher ho^s for home use or market, will find much of intert st at these inefUi.^s and th" farm wcnu-n are .lartlcularly ur^ed to attend.
duced Edward Chittenden, of But- falo. N. Y.. representing the Ainen- cRii Railway Express system, was IntKutuced as the guest speaker of the e\enmi5.
T'he .speaker gave  an  Interesting resume of the growth of the railway
I express, citing Its Inception by Alva Rotarians present.
Adams, later having been kiio'.vn as the Adams Express Company, and a short history of the company. He cited its operation under control ot the Federal authorities during the war period, when all railroads were under RO\fniment control and trac¬ ed Its growth and changes up to 1929 when the railroads themselves h('Jail to npeviitc the express system The talk was very Instructive and was greatly appreciated by the local Rotarians
Several birthtlavs were observed at this meeting and lai)el bouquets wire presented to Rotarians Addison Un¬ angst and Frank Schmidt. The at¬ tendance prize of the e\enin:i was awarded to Charles Willauer. R. J. Rusk, of Easton: O. B. HofTman. Starr Phelps and R J. Marsh, of Stmurisburg. and .Arthur l.ehrich. of Beihlehem. were among the visiting
The Engineers' Club of the Le-| high Vallev will celebrate its tenth anniversary tomorrow. December 12. with a special meeting at the new Packard auditorium at Lehigh Uni- versary. Bethlehem, at 8 30 p m. This organization although, only len I year's old has perhaps done more than any otS'.er to weld together the mutual technical interests of t!ie in¬ dustries of this district It Is amaz¬ ing to think that the tw.) gr-^atest industrial centers of tlie United States are both in the State of Penn¬ sylvania. The eastern one in the I.ehigh Valley has grown to its size ii'.dustrialiv only lately, b'lt bids to outstrip all other.s some day due to Its dlversiiv of products and near¬ ness to that greatest market. New- York Cif. With this gro'.vtli has come a consfjousness of the com¬ munity of Interests of the people In the Vallev and the fir-' .roup to "^et together In a big wa were the technlciar.s and enc;^ many Indus'rinl plan'n firm foiinda";on on w' cineeis' Cluh of the I has been Iniilt.
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DEMOCRATIC WO- MEN IN SESSION
Y. P. Conference at North¬ ampton Fruitful; Major State S. S. Worker Dies
A splendid attendance marked the Young People's Conference at Nor¬ thampton Saturday afternoon and evening, held tn Zion Lutheran church. A verv- attractive program was arranged by Russell H Marsh, di.strict Y.P. superintendent, and his commutee. Among the leading fea¬ tures were greetings by the pastor. Pev A. S. Delbert: an address on "Finding One's Self by Rev. O O. Hu;e of Cata-sauqua; discu.ssion groups, discussing the subject "Youth
A picjrarn of unusual Interest was carried out Tuesday evening when delesates from the Scranton con- veution representing several differ¬ ent s-rhocls. too'K part in the woi'k- ei's' n'.eeting at Emmanuel Evangeli¬ cal Cong, church. Bethlehem. The participation was In the form of a sketch under the direction of Mrs. Forrest Ludv\ick Tho.se who took nart were as follows: Misses Audrey Shiner and Ellen Gangawer. Calvary Reformed. Bethlehem: Mlss Etta Voung.  First   Reformed.   Bethlehem
'rs in    the
This Is the
he  En-
-,'¦1  Vallev
and     Leadership"     Following    ths  Scjth Side:     Mi.ss    Margaret   BuU. d.scu.ssion a tenor solo was reiidered  CoUeze Prsebvtcrian church. Easton.
T!ie Dereinbor meeting of the Naz¬ areth Women's Democratic Club was held Tuesday evening in tht ir rooms in Shafe'.'s Hall The meeting was m charee of the presidint. Mrs Emma Happel. The minutes of the prcMotis meeting were approved as read. The .secretary reported seven new meinbers. which linnets the membership of the Club to ninety- six. Tht-.I' were thirty-nine num¬ bers pre-t-nt at TuesdaVs meeting .After the business meeting a social hour followed when refreshments were served by the ho.spltality com¬ mittee. Those st'i'Ving on the com¬ mittee were: Mrs John Knecht. Mrs Charles Knecht and Mrs. WUliam Santee.
bv Keuben Smith, of Northampton Then followed the report.s of the dis- cu.ss.on groups and an excellent address by the superintendent of schools of Northampton on "Youui; People and Leadership." A recrea¬ tional period featured several par¬ ables splendidly presented bv vari- o'ls groups m pantomine At the iellowship supper which was .served liv the ladies of Zion church, Clar¬ enee Howe'.s, of Scranton. regional representative for the State Y P Council, gave a talk on ""amps at Spruce Creek, ells al.so eonducted a beautiful wor¬ sliip service at the evening meeting The pageant entitled ""The Hidden Quest" was pre.sented depleting Leadership Training for youth Rev M S Detterline. nf Olivet Evnngell- c.il Cong church. Bethlehom brought the closing challenge nnd the con- terrnce clo.sed with the impressive Friendship Circle YP ofBcers elected for a year are as follows: President. Franklin Rice: vice presi¬ dent Margaret NichoIi>s. corres¬ ponding  serretary.   Mildred   Prator-
and Mrs Ludwick and Miss Mollv Meixell. of Emmanuel E\angelical Cong, church.
The recent announcement of tho death of Mrs. Maud Junkin Baldwin. of Philadelphia, came as a shock t'> I'.er host of Sunday school friends in Penns: Kama and in fact through the entire North American contin¬ ent. Mrs Baldwin was widely known PS a leader in Children's work In Religious Education She served for a numbers of years as Childrens the State Div ision superintendent for Pennsyl- Mr How- vania and visited Northampton county on manv ortasions, holding conferences and Institutes and al¬ ways brought help aiMl Insplmtinn In 1917 she left Pennsflvanla to be- con\e director of Children's work for fhe International Council ol Religi- cus Education. After six years, she resigned to take up studies at Boeton University,   and    upon
The regular montrily meeting of the Boird of Dire:tors of the School District of the Borough of Nazaretli was dulv held on December 1st.
Meinbers present:   Kern.  Bennett, ' Martin. Hawk and    Shimer.   Mem- ber.-, absent:   none.
Tne minutes of the previous meet-
I ing were read and approved as read.
I    On  motion  of  Martin and  Kem,
unanimously carried, the Board ad-
lourned  sire   die.  atter  which   the
Secretary of   the  Board  called   the
meeting to order for re-organization.
On motion of Bennett and Martin,
j unanimou'ily  carried.   H. E.  Shimer
was    chosen    temporary    chairman
during re-organlzatioii.
On motion of Kern, seconded by Hawk. H E Shimer was nominated tor the oftice of President of tha Board
On motion of Bennett, seconded by Martin, the nominations for Pre-irient of the Board were cloiwd and H E Shimer elected on the fol- Inwin? vof?.
Yea: Kern, Martin. Bentiett and Hawk; Shimer not voting. Nay: none
On moiion nf Martin, seconded bf Kern L C Hawk was nominated fof the office of Vice President of the Board
On  motion  of  Bennett, seconded by  Kern, the   nominations   for  tlv* • Continued On Page Two>
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The Nazareth Woman's Club had charge of the prograin broadcaat tif the Lehigh Valley Congress of Wo¬ man's Clubs over "tition WSAN Of AUentown. on Tuesday aft'rnoon from 430 to 5 oclock Tlie chorus of the club rendered two flne lekw- tions. Muse* Mae Yetsley anc Leo* Marck.s ¦lang a very pretty duei. Miss   Maybelle   Happel   rendered  *
saxophone solo.   MlM Arleyne : graduation,  gave a very enjoyable she  acceptsd  the position  with the' William J. Happel, accowfinlert >y children's department of the tTnlted   Mlss Marlon Kern at ttM piMM, i Lutheran  Publicatinn  Board which' dered   a   vocal   aolo.   Mn. sho held up to the time of her death.  Kem. prealdent at the I Mrs    Baldwin   wrote  a   number   of  made a tew remarka aad ius: recording secretary. Letha Ores-i verv helpful books for Sunday achool Chrlstmaa greettosa In sler:   treajiurpr. Annn Hvtwrllns 'workers. 1 ClUb.
sler; treasurer, Anna Heberling.
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