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INDEPENDENT PAMILY  NEWSPAPER.  DEVOTED  TO   LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE.
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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1931
ilZARETH BANKS ^BffER 1931 IN t:   STOONG POSITION
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JSf«U''sh"in in Statementa ot
f^^ySftlon as ol the IMt day of 2d which appew in detail in iSSer. and both Bwika are to JSSatulated on thtir flne show- » "KKm thupertod of dtprewlon. •ijSLritt.'Nstional BMk and 2 Cwnpany reporU •<*?»»•> !r-imlus sccount of iM».l88.75. gt'Sffis of WOJUMM capital 5raS»13«79 iurplus wid prollta.
"! MlTintal depostta of this insti* | the Council Room with all membera SiThave now reachtd l5.4M.7Sa.- present. The president. Mr. Hartsell !F"e^h   on   hand   and   reserve, presided.
COUNCIL DISCUSSES MARKING OF BORO STS. AND HOMES
Initial Meeting of \ew Year Lengthy Session of Im¬ portant Business; Borough to Conatruct Addi¬ tional Storage Space at Rear of Municipal Building;   Ordinance   Passed
A regular stated meeting of Town Council was held this Sth day ot January, 1931. at 8 o'clock p. m. in
Csth  on   hand *^U) $«»3J74.08
, presided. On motion
ol Lindenmoyer and
Light: Mr. Kahler. no report.
Law: Mr. SchaefTer. no report.
Public Property: Mr. Mertz pre¬ sented figures showing that it would cost approximately $300 to enclose the space between the Municipal building and the New Sher. which
S^itacond National Bank reporta Schaeffer. the minutas of the ad- L needed for additional storage space *'*SLi .nH   aurnlus account   ot Journed meeting of December 29th. and which our supervisor with ills
. "^Mi snd   surplus "count USlsi   This   consists of   860.- iSKiltal and 8ia8.0«a.ei surplus ^^    and total deposiu ot
prtflts
Journed meeting of December 29th. 1930, were adopted as read.
On motion of Kahler and Kern, the following bills were ordered to
Cash on hand and re- be approved as read.
Mounts to 810U1IJ3. i U. O. Altamos  8 28.50
¦ management Of thes? banks Henry Schlegel      75.50
It right and proper for their Frack it Leh       8.60
s at this Ume to present Stanley Kemmerer        5.30
 '    - r. Huth & Sons   235.00
Communication from the Associ¬ ation of Boroughs regarding annual meeting to t>e held in Harnsburg durtng the month of January was read and on motion of Mertz and Lindenmoyer same was accepted and ordered placed on file.
Communication from the Nazanth
Broad of Health advising they had
taken action and passed a resolution
As Directors ol the   Foor held flxlng   the salary   ol the    Health
? flrst regular meeting at the OfBcer at 885 per month was read
Home on Mondajr. when the and on   motion ol   Schaeffer and
„.er bills were approved and Mertz it was moved that the com-
nuttne business transacted.    I munlcatlon   be   accepted   and   the
OMrlet designated as No. 1 will Treasurer directed to pay the Health
taS^ta under the supervlaion of OfBcer In accordance with the action
¦Sr J Boehm durinf the ensuing taken by the Board of Health.
• and comprises the boroughs of     Application lor active poliee duty
depositors a statement ol eltion similar to the state- , which   Banks requeat Irom , t(>ar^ioni they lend money.
DIRECTORS liSSiGNED DISTRICTS
and which our supervisor with tils men could do, and on motion of Mertz and Lindenmoyer it was mov¬ ed that the Public Property Commit¬ tee be dlreetad to go ahead with the work as soon as possible. It was also reported that the rool on the building needed slight rapaira. New Baaiaess
Mr. Kahler suggested that Council give consideration to and ascertain cost ol street sifns so that all ol the streets tn the Borough could be properly marked. This matter was tabled until coate of signs could be procured. The question of having all! homes numbered was also consldend In view of the outlying sections de-! siring to know what numbers to place on their homes. The Law Committee was directed to ascertain from the Solicitor an opinion on what basis telephone and other; poles could be taxed under existing Acts of Assembly. I
On motion of Lindenmoyer and Kern, Ordinance No. 187 making certain Approprtatlona t othe several departments for the Oeneral  and
EmUi Bath, Walnutport. North'- from Pred Heckman was read and; Current Expenses of the Borough of
North Catasauqua. and the on motion of MerU and Lindenmoy- Nazareth: Pixing the Salaries of the
of Upper Natareth. Lower er same waa accepted and ordered OfBcera. and levlng a tax rate ot 14
Bushkill. Moore. Lehigh, placed on lile. mills and providing lor the collection
Beporto of Cammltlees ol same for the flscal year ending
Highway: Mr. Lindenmoyer advls- December Slst. 1931. was presented, ed that the L. V. Transit Company considered, the rlues suspended and had repaired their road bed on South same passed First and Second read Main street after notice to do so had been mailed to them. Pavement: Mr. Heyer. no report.
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RECORD ATTENDANi MARKS  MEETING  OT L. V. PASy  GRANDS
Nazareth Odd Fellows Host of Largest Gathering hi
History of Past Grands Asso.; Rev. H. C. Snyder
Delivers Address After Dinner; Local Odd
Fellow Elected As Treasurer
There were few absentees on Sat¬ urday night at the regular monthly meeting of the Lehigh Valley Past Orands A.'^sozlatlon held m the hall of Nazareth Lodge, 1099.
The attendance was the largest la the history of the organization. Aqiia.shlcola had the record for a number of years but Nazareth had knockre'l them from their proud ped- esta'.
Odd Fellows were present from Northairpton. Carbon and Lehigh counties. The past grands of East Mauch Chunk had the distinction of coming the farthest distance. Therj s-as also a delegation present from the Monroe County district, repre¬ senting Kunkletown Lodge. They extended an Invitation to meet with them in 1931 and if not durtng that vear In 1932. Owing to the fact that the schedule Is fllled up. it was de¬ cided to hold the August meeting I there In 1932 when the Monroe coun¬ tians arill endeavor to give a display
of the hospitality that prevails In tha "playrouiids of Pennsylvania."
Past Pre.<ildent E. C. Ohl, of Ona- denhuetten Lodge. Lehighton, treas¬ urer of tl'e association, submitted a letter to Secretary H. M. Walker, In V. h:ch h? .state-j tlaat owing to preaa of dutle.s he wo-jld be unable to at¬ tend ths meatingi ol the aaaooiattOQ regular, and tie suggested ttiaC soma one else be selected lor the poalUon.
The association elected WSee* Troxell. of Nazareth Lodge, IOW, •¦ treasurer, In place of Mr. Ohl.
An Interested member In attend¬ ance was Joseph Weber, of Bethle¬ hem, eightv nine yeara of age. azid • member of the order for flfty-aevtn yeara. He was heard to gtMd ad¬ vantage in reminiscences of the early davs of Odd Fellowship.
Th^ association has included on
Its roster James W. Sterner, former
assistant postmaster and O. A. R.
veteran, of Bethletun. who ts past
(Continued on Last Pagt)
ROTARY CLUB IN
DINNER MEETING
But Allen and Hanover.
OMrlet No. 2 will be under the irvlikm of Clarence B. Deemer ttmprises the City of Easton. IlH of Olendon. Wilson. West Blatamv. Stockertown. Ban- last Bangor. Portland.   Pen!
being called, voted   Aye.
all of Nayes.
, Wind Oap. and the townships     Police: Mr. Butts reported the new "tfpper Mt. Bethel.   Lower Mt. machine in use and that arrange- I,     Washington,     Plalnfleld, ments had been made to have the Palmer and Williams. |car washed once a week,
nitrict No. 3 will be supervised.    Fire: Mr. Kern reported progress. I limtrd C. Merwarth. and com- I the City of Bethlehem, Heller- , Fteemansburg,   Northampton bts. and the townships of Beth- and Lower Saucon.
BS OF GOLDEN UES BBTAILTO ™!7 V«»' ^»»f '^•».""
^^ ¦ «^ Victorious; Contests in
Gym, Quoits, Checkers and Ping Pong
Ing. The Roll the membera none.
There being no further business to come before the meeting same was adjourned at 10 o'clock p. in. on motion of Kern and Schaeffer.
Clarence F. Fehnel. Secretary.
th   Castle Knights of   the Eagle met Tuesday evening Eagle Hall. Center  Square. iKoble Chief Earl Walton pie- After  the adoption of the I of the previous meeting. In- on of ofBcers lor the ensuing ' was held. I Tbt loUowing OtBcers were Install- " Boble chief. Ellis Neuner: vice . niwood  Meyen: Sir herald, ialdeman:   master of   records. Itterly:    venerable    hermit, Kraemer: high priest, Leon- Oaumer:  clerk of   exchequor, t'Hoch:   keeper of exchequor, Bittenbender:   trustee  for I years. Paul Oapp: representa- I to the State convention, Elvin ht:   alternate    representative, Itterly. |<Mier routine business was trans- 1 followed by a short social-and tional  period  concluding  ths
NEW YEAR PROGRAftI AT LOCAL Y. M. C. A.
CO. POOR BOARD EF¬ FECTS ORGANIZATION
^001, BOARD WARDS CONTRACTS
1* meeting of tlie .school board was "" Monday evening in the High ol building with Howard Shimer " nt of the board, presiding. I meinbers of the board accepted iproposal of Roy Randall, general ¦jMetor. to paint the old portion W auditorium with the excep- lof the ceiling at his quotation of
A. Tydeman,   electrical   con- wa.s directed to   purchase I
New Vears day at the Y.M.C.A. provided a good program for many who visited the building in the afternoon and witnessed the basket¬ ball games set for the afternoon pro¬ gram. Two Nazareth teams. Scho¬ lastics and "Y " met the Easton Mar¬ oons and Northampton Jr., respec¬ tively, tlie locals taking both games.
In the evening the gymnasium was the scene of more basketball when two picked teams from ths Nazareth g>Tnnaslum classes met Jack Nagles team defeated Mark Koch's team, 26 to 23, in a basket¬ ball setto. The two teams then went Into various competitions In a flve-polnt meet. Koch's team, composed of M. Koch, Bradley Yea¬ kel, Robert Weiss, Harry Been, Wll¬ bert Rohrbach, William Price and Francis Macy. Nagle's team took the meet with three points. Nagle's team consisted of Jack Nagle. Ken¬ neth Rumsey. R. Freeman. Harry Engler, John Price, Robert Halber- .stadt and Harold Schleicher.
Tlie events were as follows: Rope- skipping, Koch's team: standing broad Jump, basketball relay and basketball, Nagle's team: running high Jump, tie. Archie Leigh, of Bath, and Leonard Snyder, of town, put on an interesting wrestling bout, Leigh coming out winner.
A checker tournament with twelve entrants in the preliminaries was captured   by   William   Smith,   who
PROMINENT NAZARENE LOSES LIFE'S BATTLE TO LINGERING ILLNESS
Frank Messinger, Retired Hardware Merchant and
Civic Leader, Expires Despite Extensive Medical
Aid to Tarry Death; Past President of Lions
Club; Buried in East Bangor I
Frank Messinger, one of Nazareth's' always ready to assist the needy and'
most prominent citizens and retired contributed   llberaUy to the   many.
h.-H^lr. ni.».h.nf na««Mi Bwav On' tocleW«»    He w»» ¦ P*«t president ol. j hardware merchant passed away on .^^^ ^j^^ j,,^^ ^^^ ^ ^^ ^^^,^^1
Saturday evening at his home, 357 member.
58th WEDDING ANNI¬ VERSARY OF FORMER NAZARETH COUPLE
i Mr. and Mrs. W. F, Lehr Celebrate: Former O^-er 60 Vrs, In Leather Baslnesa; Aged Coople Re¬ calls interesting Facts
DEATH RATE LOW AND i BfflTHS HIGH here!
67 Mote Births Than Deatha Dartag
1938   an    L'anaaal    Record;
Scarlet Fever Ungen
Rev. Rahn Talks on F^-
lowship; Joint Meeting
With    Northampton
Club Next Week
Former Ofllcen Re-elected;. Former Dairyman and Housekeeper Pro¬ moted; 3 Positions I'nfllled
Belvidere street, at 8 p. m., Irom a complication ol ailments. He was well known throughout the county. For a number of yeara he con¬ ducted a hardware store In East Bangor, where he made many friends.   In 1900 he moved to Naz-
Northampton County Board ot Directors of the Poor held Us an¬ nual meeting on Thursday when the old board offlcera were re-elected as follows: President, Bernard C. Merwarth; vice president, Peter J. Boehm: secretary, Clarence E, Deemer.
The board re-elected Clarence F. Baker as superintendent and his wife. Pearl E. Baker as matron, and gave them a boost of 8200 per year
He was a member of the St. John's Reformed church, taking active part In the church activities. He was 60 years of age. Upon his return from Rochester, Minn., after undergoing a serious operation at the Mayo Brothers'    hospital several   months
areth and formed a partnership with ago he was at his office almost every
Joseph H. Fulmer and opened a gen¬ eral line of hardware, tinware and plumbing business In the Senseman building, northwest corner of Center Square. About a year later they dissolved partnership. Mr. Messing¬ er remained in the businesa while Mr. Fulmer went Into the automo¬ bile business.
Two   years later    Mr. Messinger purchased the property of Reuben
day and enjoyed meeting his friends. He Is survived dby his wife. Mra. Alice Fulmer Messinger. to whom he was married 38 years ago on Decem¬ ber- 24 last. He also leavse a son and a daughter, Wilbur F. Messinger of town, and Mrs. Clayton R. Horton, of 'o'-nsonvllle- also the fol¬ lowing brothera and sister: John J. Messinger. of Easton: Oeorge E. Messinger and Mrs. John Hausman.
making the salary 82300 for the en- j Johnson on South Main street where Jr., of Bansror: Reuben F. Messinger
he remodeled the building and con- and Simon P. Messinger. of Portland, ducted the hardware and heating Funeral services w?re held at his business lor 24 years. A serious flre home yesterday < Wednesday) after- broke out destroying the building noon In charge of Rev. W. H. Wot- and entire stock causing a consid- ring, D.D.. pastor of St. John's Re- erable loss. About a year after the formed church, and Pev. J. A. Kllck. flre he built a three-story apartment pastor of the Dryland Lutheran con-
suing year.
Robert S. Taylor. Jr., of Bethle¬ hem, was re-elected solicitor and Howard P. Koch was re-elected clerk.
Miss Rose Schnerr was again chosen as head  nurse.  Mlss  Flor
ence Fraunfelter as assistant nurse,' house    on the same    site.   Shortly gregatlon.   Interment was made In
and  Mra.   Carrie  Sobers  as   night nurae.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Saylor, who were steward and matron of the male department the past three years were not applicants for re¬ election and in their place Clarence (Continued on Page Three)
WOMAN'S CLUB
MEETING MON.
fixtures for the new annex
Ing   the auditorium   flxtures  ^,.^,    _,     _...       	
tussell stout, of town, at his  played the finals  with  Robert  De
of $1368.   The   electrical ctor was directed to furnish Itastall likht reflectors above sky "» In thR auditorium, including but not lamps at the quot- I of $330.
PLANT WINS COVETED TROPHY
YS*^ ThroaBhoat Year Without l«*rt   Tim-    Arcldent:    Made 3.200.0OO     Barrels
Na/arpth Cemtnt   Companv *on thi' co-.ete'l Portland Ce-
A.s.socht'.on trophv for    1930       	
completing the past year with-  basV:et ball  matche.s
L,* '"St iw.it. accident or perma-
,'« partial disability.   The tro-
» ¦ fine piece of marble suit-
mscrlbpi with heads of work-
1 in rel'ef    it will be dedlcat-
ISi the Spring at a time to be
Reamer winning three out of flve games. A chess tournament sched¬ uled for the day was not played.
Indoor quoits proved a popular dlveralon and a match with four- i teen entrants proved an interesting feature. Mart Koch and Jack I Mahoraky and Harold Stout and E. Karch entered the semi-finals which ended leaving Stout and Mahorsky to flght it out for the top rung Stout came out victor.
Harry Engler captured the ping- pong tournament from Robert De- Peamer after the boys had eliminat¬ ed a string of conte.stants and went into a fast flnUh with Engler plav- •ng a swift, steady game to down his opponent.
The afternoon was given to three In   which
The January stated meeting of the Woman's Club will be held Monday evening January 12, at 7:30 In the English room ol the High school, with the president, Mrs. Andrew- Kern, in charge.
after completing the building he re¬ tired from active business.   He was
INSTRUCnONS ON
FARM Accounting
AT EASTON TODAY
St.     John's Bangor.
Relormed    cemetery.
COUNTY RECORD¬ ER OF DEEDS HAD BUSY YEAR
M. J. Armes, larm account special¬ ist Irom Pennsylvania State College, will be at the Agricultural Extension Service OfBce, Room 2. Court House, I Easton,  today   (Thursday)   lor  the Q I purpose of assisting the farmers in ' I summarizing and starting farm ac¬ count books, it
Record Made of 9.313 Deeds, Mortg¬ ages and .Miscellanrons Papers: April the Busiest  Month
Tlie  office  of  Recorder  of  Deeds Clement S. Frederick, at the North¬ ampton   Countv   court   house,   was A legislative program will  follow''^"""^ oooics. u was announced re- one    of the busiest   in  the    court the regular business meeting, wheni""'^ ''>' County Agent B. L. Cole- house durina 19:iO. members of the legislative committee: •"*"• I    A total of 931.i papers were filed
win    discuss questions on    current!    «^arniers. who have been keeping in the offlce   durmg the vear.    in-
Tales of Nazareth of the da;. ^ of the Philadelphia Centennial, th? Civil War and other outstanding events that made history flfty and Sixty years ago were reviewed by WilUam F. Lehr. of Broad and Cen¬ ter atreet, Bethlehem, and his wUe, who on New Year's Day celebrated their flfty-elghth wedding anniver¬ sary at the home of their niece. Mrs. Jacob Hartman and family. 743 High street, that city. Mra. EUen Oelsslnger. a sister of Mrs. Lehr. an 1 in her eighty-first year, was a th'Td guest at the Hartman home a'.id participated In the exchange of tales of by-gone days.
A sumptuous tur'Key dinner with all the flxings was served at the Hartman home at noon in honor ot the event. Heretofore the Lehr.-: observed their anniversary with large and festive dinners at their own home, but this year due to (Continued on Page Two)
MORAVIAN WATCH NIGHT SERVICES
Wednesday evening at 8 o'cloc'rc the regular prayer service wa-s heii in the Moravian church with th'j Rev. Franz Zellers as the speaker. At 9:15 a musical program wa.s rendered with the organizations o! the church supplying the talent for this social program. Between the musical ofTerings refreshments were enjoyed, served by the Christian Endeavor society of the church.
Promptly at 11:30 the bell in th-? belfry announced the opening o' thd watch night service. The churcii auditorium wa.s filled and a special feature at the midnight service was the choir's rendition of the "Gloria Chorus" from Mozart s Twei:th Mass The pastor. Rev. P. S. Mein¬ ert spoke to the congregation unttl the hour of midnight when a hymn by the congregation and the ben''- diction by the pastor closed th? ser¬ vices in the New Year.
The local population was boosted 103 during the past year, the flgure being divided into 58 boys and 51 girls. The greatest Increase came in August when eleven males and tvtelve females were born in the borough limits.
The boost In population was a big way ahead of the deaths in the same period only forty-two deaths lie.ng registered In the twelve months period. This leaves the town with an increased population of s'.xf-seven.
Outside the borough there were cne hundred and twenty-nine births, seventy-six of those being males and fifty-three females. This district includes Upper and Lower Nazaretii townships. The entire di.strict of which Dr. J. A. Fraun¬ felder, registrar of vital statistics, is in char?e. includes these town¬ ships. Nizareth and Stocker*orn. Ti.e f.gures compiled by Dr. Friun- felder sho-* two hundred and thirty- eight births for the year in his dis- (Continued on Pase Three'
P.-T. ASSOCIATION
MEETING TONIGHT
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A meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association will lie held Thuraday e-. ening in the Y.M.C.A. at 7:45.
Miss Mae Yeisley. music super- \is.5r. will have her orchestra at the meetinsr and they will render selec- tlotis during the course of the even- i'.i;. Oroup singing, led by Miss Yei.sley will also be enjoyed.
Oeorge A. Orlm. county superin¬ tendent of schools, will be the ¦jpeiVzer. His subject will be "The Vvoric cf the Parent-Teacher Assocl- at.ca and What It Means to the Community.'
A short business meeting will also he he'.d   with the president. Robert Njunieyer. presiding.         
COIXTV  C ORONER   NICKEL
DIFFERING   WITH  REL.\PSE
Dr. W Calvin Nickel. South Main street, to'.vn. coroner of Northanip¬ ton county, who hsa been confined to his home with illness for a month or more was improving nicely anl I'.ad been cut-doors occasionally, l.s UOA suffering with a relapse and Is A-ii.n confined to bed.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS VISIT COUNH HOME
Delegation   of    Members   In   Motor
Caravan Di^tributrt  Gifts  to
Four Hundred Inmates
events
The Woman's Club chorus will render several selections and Miss Arlyene Helms Is scheduled for sev¬ eral readings. Mrs. Kern urges every member to be present.
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DEATH AT COUNTV HOME
Mrs. Josephine Simons. 73  years
meet    Mr. Armes   and have    their (Continued on Page Four)        ,
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Lew Pizor Buys
Royal Theatre
  I
The Royal Theatre has been pur- old. died Tuesday morning at 6 j chased by Lew-en Pizor. w ho also o'clock at the County Home.   She is' owns the Broad Street Theatre and
accounts during 1930. are urged to eluding 3397 deed.s. 2831  mortijages.
1017 miscellaneous papers and 202J
record of the company Is an
» one fer tliev completed 624
wthout a lost time accident.
I Wis In Itself Is regarded as a
proud    '-'¦hlevement    by   the
ny and tts emplovees
'ecord to
Nazflreth teams took all games 43. Northampton 23.   Scholastics 25, Easton  Maroons  20. and  Nazareth Red   Roven 22 and   Northampton Juniora 13.
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MOTORIST POSTS BOND
survived by the following children Mrs. John Hildenbrand, of Stocker¬ town; Oeorge Pisher, of Martins the'Creek; John F. Fisher, and Charles •Y" Simons, of Easton. Bhe was a mem¬ ber of the Lutheran churcb at Mar¬ tins Creek.
which is managed by Oeorge Meeser The Royal Theatre was formerly under the management of the Aus¬ tin chain. The new owner has not as yet announced what his policv will be tn regard to the newly pur¬ chased theatre.
one rr |8 eeme'i*
Ear! Welldlch. Bangor, has posted a bond of 8500 before Justice of the Peace James  8   Fry.  tow-n.  lor  a
....,  hearlna at a later date on a charge
indeed remar':able  of having struck and Injured Henry
'ders the magnitude
i:^* and the vartous
" tas',:? of  manv  of  their
Tie   olant   in   the   past
«nwh''-i 560 000 tons of stone.
scture^   3 200.000   barrels   of
X. wof.o-i 1300000 man hours
wn»Mt'"1   80 000 000  k.   w.   h..
"lite leat eoutpment  at  the
.  I'^e plant onerated 100 per
•  , * ' ^""^ employed approxi- *") meil (
Puarrv of the plant was one
- Wcf-e^sful contestants In ihe
Wiskoft. Belfa.st Junction. Decemt)er 27th. The victim was walking along when Weldllch drove along In the automobile, hit him. dragged him for some distance and Injured him SP that he has been In bed ever since.
COMMl'NION  ST FORKS
Rod and Gun Club Replen ishing Wild Game Here; Election of Officers Jan. 19
mortgages were satisfied
The receipts in the office durin? the year were $35.119 93. of which the State rereiveri $3596 in State taxes while tl'.e countv received $31 - 523.93
The bus'est month o? the vear was Anril. a tctal of 935 paper.s be¬ ing fled in tlie oTice during tha-. montli. the rereipts bein» $3130 The number of papers filed each month and the .amount m fees re¬ ceived were .is foUow.s
Januarv Deeds. 193: mnrtta^es. 152: mi.sceUa!ieous. 12S; -^-ort^ases satisfied. 138: amount r.'ceived. $2007.50.
Februnrv: Depd.s. ?T5 -''-tTages. (Continued On Page Twoi
Quality Milk Exhibit at State Farm Show; Apples in 14 Classes
tro-
The preparatory service will be held and the l.ord's Supper adniin- 'stered in  Fork's  Lutheran church.
Pev   Oecrpp s   Ki^^i-ner. m-^tor. on 	
Sunday. January llth, at 10 a.m.     , will be announced later.   On'janu
The Nazareth Rod and Oun Club met Monday evening In the Y.M.C.A. with Roy Kostenbader presiding. After the minutes of the previous meeting wi?re read and adopted an¬ nouncement was made that on Jan¬ uary 19 election of offlcers for IC31 would be held followed by a Dutch lunch. An address will be given on a subject relating to the work the rlub is doing In stocking game and
ary 10, the club I sholding a public „..„ , ,.„., .,.^,..^., .,„,r recciv-
shootlng match at the Nazareth fair ed notification of this meeting and
CHAMRFR OF
COMMERCE IN AXM AL MEET
The anniiil meeting of the local Chamber of Commerce will be held at the Y.M C.A. tomorrow (Priday > evening at 8 o'clock. One hundred and thirty-six members have recelv-
grounds
The committee presented a report Monday evening that 60 .vlld cotton- tall rabbits had been received from the state department and had t)een liberated on public hunting grounds In Buahklll township. In addition to the 60 liberated 12 dozen cottontails
it is expected that a good percentage will be present
Voting will be done bv ballot and of the twenty-six candidates nomin¬ ated by the Nominating Committee, thirteen will be elected to office for the ensuing year. No proxies will be allowed  but  the committee has
?.'te °J^J^ «L^*lf.n'"»5.'S"!? prl-1 made arrangements to lurnish Iree
«!i]'jL"?_i'i?.-'?^?' '•^ii-»i'" and iSe";;:s;,',;;^h?LKinlSi''sS'rx.m     """•"' ^"'^ *"'
tions tn two weeks. to ittend.
All memben are urged
Quality nulk will he exhibiteti a' fh.p 1931 Pennsvlvania Parm Shnw in Harrisburg January 19 to 23. state; Countv Agent B L Coleman. Th:-- show wtll be educational as well a<; worthwhile from the standpoint of prizes
.¦Ml milk .samples entered in the show will be subjected to rigid lab¬ oratory inspection. The quality of the milk will be measured by th° bacteria content, sediment te.^t flavor and odor. Results of the tes: will he recorded on a score card «hich will be mailed to the exhibitor after the shoa- This, snvs Mr. Cole¬ man, will reveal to each exhibitor the quality of hi.s milk sample
Four pint bottles of milk comprise na entry Complete Instructions are contained In the Parm Show premi¬ um list, a copy of which can be se¬ cured by writing to •Director R O Bressler. Harrisburg
"To produce a milk sample with a low bacteria count, it i.s necessary to treat all equipment fo boiling water temperature." explains Mr Coleman "The cows should be wa.shed clean particularly around the udder, and at the time of drawing the milk the air should be free of dust. The milk should be cooled with Ice water as soon after milking as possible ani kept at low temperatures until it reaches Harrisburg, where it will be
placed iminediateh   in cold  storage and kept there unlil judged.'
Professor L. H MacDaniels. of Cornell University, will jud?e the apple exhibits at the 1931 PemiS'.l- vaiua Farm Show In Harnsburg o'l January 19 to 23. according to an atmiuncement received by County .^scent B. L   Coleman. " '
Apple< will be shown in 14 classes Tli»\ V. ill be displayed tn boxes, bas¬ kets, barrels, iravs and plates Th* premium list contains clas.ses and prices tor all the commonly grown varieties i
Besides the $1337.75 to be dlstrlb-' I'ed in cash prizes to the three V" inners tn each of the various class¬ es there will be several attractive special awards The Oabriel Hiester cup. the State Horticultural Associ¬ ation cup and the county horticul-' tural society banner are to be com¬ peted for again this year. Hand- son.e prises of tlOO for firat. $75 for second, and ISO lor third, are to be awarded for the flnest displays of fruit entered by any county fruit growers" or horticultural asaoetation affiUated with the SUte Horticul¬ tural Association. ,
Lancaster county won the banner
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in Adams countjr won the Bttae Bbr-
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A ditmer meeting of the Rotary Club was held Monday In the YM. C.A. dining hall with the president of the club, F. R Martin, presiding. The session was opened with a aong service led by Edward Heilman, aong leader, with Jacob Boeratler asalat* ing at the piano. Following the re¬ gular opening service a delicious menu, prepared by the kitohen ataS of the "Y" was disposed of in short order.
The chairman of the lellowahip committee. ClifTord Taylor, ttien (oak charge of the meeting and Introtfua- ed Rev. Charles Rahn, pastor of UW Lutheran church in Wilson borou^ as the guest speal:er. ....
Fev. Rahn spoke In an inferest'ng r-?nner on "Fellowship.' He stated t.^.at lellowship when actually prac¬ ticed means that a person should cheerlullv do. or at least attempt to t" something lor >-.;s fellow human be -.r r V o -• "- ' wishing in their r:i-i\ minds v.Vet ^r or not they can pai:i any material object bv doing those things He cited the good fellowship that ^-^ experienced per- sonalh- durina t' e World War when he ser'.e-! as --aplaln with the arm¬ ed force; ird stated that he aaw many actiors of self sacrifice and other happeninirs during that period that helped to promote ths spirit ot fellowship.
Charles Weaver, ol the Easton Rotarv Club, was a visitor in addi¬ tion to the ffue.st speaker. Elward Cassler was presented with a birth¬ day ftower Monday evening due to his having pas.sed his natal day re¬ cently. Attendance prtre^ were awarded to Rotarian Howard Shafer and William Shimer. Cirnatlona were also dLstrlbuted to each member and guest.
A Joint meeting with the North¬ ampton Rotarians will feature next week's meeting with the gueats fur¬ nishing the program.
A dele?atio!i o! Hobah Lodge. No. 267. K. of P.. of Bethlehem, made an annuil New Vear dav visit to the North.impton Countv Home last Fri¬ dav afternoon tn plav San.ta Claus for more than 400 inmate.s of the institution. The motor caravan of more than a score ot cars left the hall on We.st Fourth street shortly alter 1 45 oclock and inwn reaching the Home the disti ibutlon of gitt." among the men, women and children took place.
Each of the wome:; and cliildren were givi n half a iKund of candy and an orange each, and the meii were presenfd with a ten-cent pack of tobacco and a good cigar. Tliere uere about 75 po'ands of candy, liiO oratiges and more than 2.50 packs of tobacco and a stniiiar number of cigars. It is needles.s tn sav that the gifts were gratefully acknowl¬ edged Hobah Lodge has been pUviiig Santa Claus at th.e North¬ ampton Countv Home annually for many years. Walter Forker headed the committee of arrangements, with A. Oottlelb, vice chairman.    	
Fined for Game
Law Violatioa
On Tuesday In Squire Pry's ottoa Domonlck Caruso, of Philadatphla, was given a hearing on chargaa pr«« ferred by H R. Ramsey, of Baaton, for having an unlawful daer to hH possession.
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