The Nazareth Item

              UNLfiSS BUSINESS IMPROVES
tTnlesi the cart moves of its own accord we are disln-
•"^«tai*the car cltolM the hill we jvlll not give it any gas. a^MS the train make the run we will put on no coal
•"^ShlTmwTthe streets says:
Unless businesa improves I won't buy the things I need
for the family-
Sfew'buslnMf"improves I will cancel my order.
5J^^*bu2n«» tajproves I will cut off my advertising '   J ^laphnrse my workmen. ^
•"^rhe^dlseharged workmen, no longer receiving pay. do not g,y, "Unless btjslnesa improves."   They simply say "We can-
"°' when°thl'time comes, everything is finished, we all quit work and everybody is satisfied?
WHAT THEN?
well we Just start all over again.
We hitch the horse to the cart.
we give the car some f«s.
We put the coal under the boilers. .   w« huv the things we need for the family.
tv* Itlve more orders, we advertise, and do not discharge ««r wOTkmen, and the workmen buy goods and everything " riaht along the same as it was before the trouble, •^inire is <mly one reason for pushing right now more .i«rously then ever, and that is because business is not I'SrS^ technically called "good." It is Just as good aa it r«r was but its goodness is potential, latent; it must^be Emulated Do you realise that it was only a year ago when SSie e«w« frtltat over one another to spend their money? ft2?wZJVrtitliof rotad. They are all states of mind, and SfeWef function of advertUing ts to produce a state of
'"'"The merchanU end business men listed on the Booster ¦-«. of this iMue ere fostering the movement of "hitching Efhoie to the cart." The cart may be loaded with pros- JJJrlty.   Kt's move It along.
RED CROSS DROUGHT APPEAL
President Hoover's statement of the absolute necessity of relieving the condition of the people tn the drought area it les it iRperatlTe that those in sections of the country wnere condlttona. vhile not as prosperous as uaual. are com¬ paratively good, ahould eome forward for humanities sake and contribute enough to at least enable the Red Croaa to prevent actual starvation.
Under theae eondttlons the Easton Chapter has under¬ taken to raise tbeir qooU. which is tl5.000.00 and the propor¬ tion of this to be raised in the territory covered by the Naiareth Braneh la 11,800.00.
While there U unemployment and want In Naaareth, the Nasareth Branch has funds, and is relieving all desen'ing locsl eases, and will continue to do so, so that any contribu- ttoos made for Drought Relief will not handicap the local oommittee. and we make a atrong appeal to the chariubte people of this district to respond to the President's appeal.
Donations for the Red Cross Drought Relief Fund can be made at either of the Naaareth Banks, the Post Offlce or "The Item" Offlce.
TRUMBOWER HEADS C. of C.
The local Chamber of Commerce board of directors met Monday evening in tha Y.M.C.A. The new board of directors U as follows: Harry PTeeman. J. H. Pulmer. Oeorge Hahn, Andrew Kem. Cliarles Knauss. Frank Martin. WiUiam Mertz, Henry Simons. A. J. Sturgis. Henry Schlegel. WlUlam Shimer, Robert Ziegter and P. 8. Trumbower.
The directors organized by electing P. S. Trmbower as president of the body. Henry Schlegel. first vice president; F. H. Martin, second vice president, and A. J. Sturgis, treasurer, and WiUiam Mertz. secretary.
Discussion of plans for the coming year followed with no definite announcements in regard to the playground project, better lighting in the borough and similar suggestions being made at this time.
The Nazareth
VOL. xxxx
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 22, 1931
AN   INDEPENDENT
PAlflLY  NEWSPAPER,   DEVOTED  TO   LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIGENCE.
Bandits Get 5000 In Hotel Hen
Talk on Present Conditions In Russia Local Fanner Potato King
DonU Leave .411 the Worlt lo Uncle Sam
dibert
I Dou^T IP That
Tlfie  HOLDS Uf IF HE 6tTS IT
f UM^eo Pull
lilAv^ • Tll be
SUft.PlllSEO IP wt tVEK. 6eT
eid
Northampton    County Retains First Honor at State Pro¬ ducts Show
W.SCHLEGEL WINNER
Other County Exhibitors and Clubs Make Strong Bids for Honor Awards
Northampton County retained the potato champlonahip at the 15th annual state farm products show at Harrisburg yesterday when the peck of Russet potatoes shown by Walter H. Schlegel, Bath R. 1, #as awarded grand champion honors among al-, moat three hundred exhibits. Schlegel's Russets were awarded first' place ta the South Eastern Pennsyl-' J^^e given
Lafayette     Professor Tells Rotarians of Re¬ sults of Commun¬ istic ReifSn
EQUALIZATION RULE
Round-Table    Discussion
Next Week; Farmer's
NiirhLFeb.2nd
The weekly dinner meeting of the Rotary Clug was held Monday even* ing in the Y.M.CA. dining haU with the president. F. H. Martin, occupy- ing the chair.
Song leader. Edward Hellman. led' some  spirited   group  singinc   wltb. Jacob   Boerstler   presiding   at   the piano.   During   the   eveninc   after i dispoatng of the menu a number of awards were made.   Tbe weekly at¬ tendance prize was awarded to Ho¬ ward   Shimer   and   birthday   lapel bouquets were preaented to Clifford Taylor and Roslyn POrtuta. I
A   number of visitine   Rotarians a hearty    welcome at
Proprietor and Wife. Beaten; Clerk Bound by Thugs in Dar¬ ing Robbery
LOCAL MAN QUIZZE&1
B\g Amount of Money oBj H9nd to Cash Work¬ men's Checks
vania dUtrict. Then flrst sweep- ^°^^*y evenings meettaf. Those stakes ta Russets for the sute and, included were Rotariaiu Royce Bush flnaUy were declared grand cham-1 J,";"! Elmer Prosser. of the Bethlehem
pion ta competition with aU varieties
Club, and RoUrians L. W. Workmaa,
iportsmen In Annual Meeting
County Farm Bureau Elects New Officers
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Moravians Hear ReDorts
from aU districts ta the sUte.   He! Henry Buenntag and Sherman Ames
was alao awarded first priae in dis-, o^ ^^* E"^" Club.
trict and three sUte sweepstalce on!
a peck exhibit of white rurals and
fourth place on both cobblers and
an exhibit of 110 Russets.
The championship honors of 1930: were won for Northampton county! by   Mary C. Wemer.   a 4-H   club member.   Mary did not exhibit at the State show this year. {
Further Northampton county w^tn-
nlngs Included in 6th and 7th places
in Russets won by A. A. Borger and
H. E. Weidknecht. both of  North-,
ampton R. 2.   C. W. Buss. Easton 4,
won second place In White Rurals
and in the new 140 tuber class and
sixth place  went  to State hospital
farms at Weaversvllle and eighth tQ,
C. W. Williams, Nazareth R. 2. and
L. F. Nicholas. Mt. Bethfl R. 4. won
all the first and ehamplonshlps In
ths CmSVIoi sheep classes whlcn In-j
eluded almost  forty entries.   Other,
exhibitors     were    Clearview    .stock'
farm.s at Mciter, Pa., and H. T. Pot-' , ter, of Corsica. Pa.
After  brutally  beating  Ur. Mrs. Charles Pehr. proprietors of tb«, American   hotel,   102   Soutb street, here, and robbiof tbam ef. about tS.OOO ta caah. aeeord'.nT t^;
! Fehr, three told tanSlts xaaU ...»•-** get-away ta apite of the feet that M
I alarm was spread almoat lmma«Wate-, Iy after the holdup, whieh oeeiiiffed shortly before 4 o'clock laat ffHd^r
' afternoon in the second floor bad-
, room ottir.9 of Fehr's at the itataL
While Fehr's bartender, Raymoad Koehler, 24, unwittUifljr aa apec piice in the robbery toy truaaed
i the floor of the bedroom. fWir with' a ptst<rf pressed Into Ma ear and with blood streamlitt front twe dai*i wounds on the right aide of hia haait' waa forced to open the aawll whieh eontotaed the large aamnas te cash drawn from a benk te checka for Nasareth Cemeat Com- pany employees who were gecUaf thetr semi-monthly wagaa.
Mrs. pehr at the aaote (Une wae' lytag at the foot of the bed also suffering from wounds inflicted hf the butt end of a pistol. Mrs. WOm was not tied by the bandlta aa sho
The guest'ii^Ter of the evening [t^'^J^^'Z^^r'^^^^^L^ was introduced as Prof. Albert Pay   »*^* ^^° spread the alarm as soon ¦¦
of the Mining Engineering depart¬ ment cf Lafayette College. { Prof. Fay spoke In an intereating manner on "Conditions in Russia."
3e spol<e from a personal knowledge the subject as he spent some time , In that country while engaged in re- ¦ search work and surveys for a min¬ ing syndicate. He pictured very; clearly for the Rotarians the life the \ people in Russia live under the Com- { munistic reign and how alt sliare 1 eq'ial'.y in the fruits of their labor, and lor the benefits of each com¬ munity or settlement.
He stated that the Soviet organ¬ ization works on a five-day week working schedule with one day ol rest and that they have done theii' ut-iiost to entirely forget the observ¬ ance of Sunday. He stated that they ha'.e remo'.ed the bells from most of
spread they left the room to Jiuip Into (ConUnued on Last Aifa) •     • MOORE TOWNSRIP BOARD or EDUCATION
Financial ceipts
Statemsal aMi BapeaSUwea l»MApptwve«
<\
The School Board of Moore Towa*
ship met in January session wil^ 1 members present. The trea report showed a balance from thai last meettag of $297.77: recelrail from tax collector. $1200; loaaodj from the Nazareth National Ba $1300. maUfig a total of $2W7.Tr. exper.ditures were: Teachers' salar>i i?3. $1,6651.77; all other biUs. $1.07l.<
M and Gun Club Plans
feiteiisive Program for
Game Development
OTFICERS    ELECTED
A large group
Sm present Mor
Reports of State Conven<
tlon Heard at Aimual
Meeting Here
of local sportsmen
I present Monday evening at the 	
election of directors of the ..	
Pmitth Rod and Oun Club   The SHIFFE31T NEW PRES. lession was opened by the _.
eltnt of the Club. Roy Kosten- , and the minutes of the last
^ ---. were adopted as read by the ¦¦alary, Harry Oower. The treas- «Ws yearly report followed and the ¦¦mary of the year's work showed Wd sssets of the Club to be $711.57 jy depreciation of equipment had ¦JIB considered and all expenses •JM. The auditors' report o( the ¦Mement of the treasurer was •ajjoyed as rendered. ^Itong the year the Club pur- ajd twelve dozen cotton tall rab- I irom private sources and recelv- <Contii)ued
tlIN.s
on Page Pour)
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AWAIT PROM
lUVENILE    HOME
¦,ai^'^"^»'ctatz. of town, who wtth
aM^T'-"'''' '^"'^  *'»« being kept
'.'g*» "baston Juvenile Home white
•S* *we being sought for them,
3«a«y last Thursday afternoon
2LJ2.u'"Si ^° '^^ oW home in JJ^tb   The authorities, of town. 2» "otlfled and searched the home 'ff It""* him hiding under a bed.' ¦Jl^was returned   to the   Juvenile
, J*« iioy.s are sons of Mike Domas-
.j™^ of town, who Is spending a
r^y Jail sentence In the North-
jwn county prison for refusing'
"•end hi.s boys to school.   Joe Is
Bi2 in ,'"" y^^ •^'»"e«» "« sixth 52* 'n school and therefore Is not
5li>.„ ? ^'^"'¦s working paper.s. g« family has been neglected and gwjat ro.-ison  the children were
KK.onl.m'cer"''^^ ^'"''^'^ «"*^'*''
a-i^ *—•	
¦¦"^RT OF CITIZENS'
FIRE INSURANCE COl
ItS^^, ^y ^^^ Secretary. Karl L. g«». of the Citizens Mutual Flre 2?*"ce Company of Northampton 5BDinv^"fi"«  the past year the
feto^» T.*'"""""''* t° $34,669.10; •• 8. Ro.senberr
An Important meeting nf the Nor¬ thampton County Farm Bureau was held last Wednesday In their offices in the Farmers' Mutubl fnsurance building.
Tlie meeting was opened by the presentation of the report of the delegates of the bureau wlio had at¬ tended the National Farm Bureau Convention held In Bo*ton from December 5 to 10. Inclusive.
Tiiose who attended the conven¬ tion were Mrs. Alvin Babp. Mrs. Robert Sandt. Mrs. Cyrus Oraver, Mrs. Clayton Werkheiser and Oeorge A. Shiffert. all residents of the county.
After disposing of other routine business, directors of the bureau were chosen for the ensuing term.
The following were elected: Leldy Fogel. Frank Fogel. Herman Schnel- ler.   Roy   Heyer.   Charles   Meyers.' Clayton Kostenbader, Charles Eyer,! Oeorge    Shiffert.    Clyde     McFall.' Richard   Mansfield.     Harry   Hess. Sterling Ritter. Calvin Babp. Jolui, Rinker. Cyrus Oraver. Charles De- | wait, Robert Sandt and Ivln Bach¬ man.   The directors then organized as   follows:    President,   Oeorge   A. ShifTert. of Bethlehem R.F.D.; vice president. Alvin Babp. of Forks; sec-
(Contlnued on Page Four)
Pastor   Reads   17th  Re¬ port; All Organization Treasurers Report
RECEIPTS       $29434.89
Morning service was held in the Moravian church Sunday morning and the pastor. Rev. P. S. Meinert, spoke on the theme: "The Flrp of Ood." The choir rendered several anthems under the direction of Prof. Paul Beck.
AJ the evening service, the pastor and -ihe various ofRcials ef the church organizations rendered their annual report. Tlie report of each organization of the church as well as the summary of all the organiz¬ ations shows them to be in a flour- istiing condition.
TMe Sunday school reported a total membership of Sol with $3,326.72 raised during the year. The Senior Christian Endeavor Society reported 1131.97; the Intermediates $76.22. and the Juniors $26.27. Among the Kings Daughters Circles, the Anna Nitschman Circle reported $324.96: the Silver Cross Circle $893.28 and the Be-Llke-Hlm Circle $10.16. ttUs circle has only 10 members. Among the other organizations the Wayside Gatherers reported $472.73 for the (Cq|itinued on Last Page)
NEW COUNTY OFFICERS ELECTED BY LEGION
Pen Argyl PoM Host to About Two Hundred Members
of County Commfttee; Local Post Represented;
John Hetwiek New Commander
County Sunday Schools Plan Calendar of Events; Conimittee Meeting Here
The Northampton County Com' several selections by Uie ftigli school inittee of the American Legion met at the Pen Argyl Mtatlonal Bank Hall last Priday evening, and them were about 200 Legionnaires present, and Charles Nelson Lobb Post 302 were the hosts.
The main feature of this meet¬ ing was the annual election of county olBcers for the year of 1931. The election resulted In John Hel- wick. of Easton Post No. 9, being elected commander, R. W. Beln- hart, of Bangor Post 348. senior vice commander, and Wtlliam J. Da'/e, of Pen Argyl Post 502. Jun¬ ior commander.
A resolution was passed endors¬ ing the support of the Northampton County Legions to the Kemp Post. of Stroudsburg. for tlie 1931 Armis¬ tice Day celebration, which is to be' held at Stroudsburg.
During   the   evening   there   were
trumpeters and several vocal .selec¬ tion by the Pen Argyl Male Cho¬ rus under the direction of Thomas D. May.
Norman Piel, of Easton. who is chairman of the Convention Com¬ mittee, gave a report of the plans for the State convention, whicli wiU be held in Easton some time In August.
There were delegates from the following Posts present at this splendid .affair: Brown and Lynch Post. Easton; Lester Peiffer Post, of Easton; Rice-Ebner Post, of Eas¬ ton; Joni's Post, of Bangor; K'aza- reth Post. Bath Post. John Post. of Bethlehem; Hellertown Post. Snyder Post, of Northampton, and the Charles Nelson Post, of Pen .^rgyl. After the program and th? election of oSlcers. the representa¬ tive.-:  wer° served  refreshnient.s
NEW YORK MAN FINED;
PUSSY WILLOWS COST S12.50
TCLEPIIONE  EMPLOVEES
ARE      ENTERTAINED
•I ''''   »"'
per. of town
"Tdsatloii
V, M.D., of
president,   and   H  P.' is treasurer of the
the
DIRECTORS MEET
¦"^cS" """"""« °f the VMCA.
^^rs t^an   held   last   Thursday
Pre.Mdent. Lester C. Hawk,
ctj.H    '^^."t'ne   buslneaa   was
"« rnidf^hiV ^'^  announcement
¦the J^!,..'*^' election of ofBoers
*»brS'"» y""' *°"W b« held
Under the leadership of W. A. Stotz. H. J. Kennard and Edward N. Dietrich, superintendents of the three Sunday schools on College Hill, Easton, an organization was formed recently to further the cause of Christian Education on CoUege Hill. ! A \ ery successful supper conference Blone tmna held on Tuesday evening of this week at Orace Reformed church, with a splendid attendance of work¬ ers, teachers and offlcers of the three schools. Plans will be disclosed soon for closer co-operation nmona these schools which have for .several \ears entered into community enterprises With the finest spirit.
Frank T. Ander.son. president of the Ea-ston district, has appointed the followinK committee to nomin¬ ate offlcers at the annual district convention which will be held on Monday evenhiR. March 2nd: Mrs Irvln Bretz, of Trinity Evangelical;
,.,tj&Sii.:.i&^&is....^..
Samuel Clewell. of First Moravian. and Howard Sarsan. of First Metho¬ dist. Plans are progressing very nicely to make this convention one of great help to the Sunday schools of the Easton district.
A special committee appointed to work on the program for the county convention and make recommend¬ ations to the Coimty Executive Committee met at the local "V" on Mondav evening. Thev are ds fol¬ lows: William H. Kortz and H. H. Stewart, of Bethlehem; Clarence A. Hawk. Northampton, and Rev. C. J. Co'jcli. of Pen Argyl. The conven¬ tion this year will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed rhurch. r\1lanland. tn May.
Offlcer.s of the 10th district. Beth¬ lehem South Side, are meethiR tills evening (Tliur.sdayi at the home of Miss Etta Young. Vine street. Plans will be made for the activities of the next few months.
John Zappas. of New York City. paid a fine of $10 and $2.50 costs be¬ foie Squire Janies S. Fry on a charge of allowing his truck to stand on the highway ou New street, with all four wheels on the concrete from noon until three o'clock Wednesday. Charges were brought b\ Offlcer Charles Stuber. Zappas was cutting pussy willows for sale in the New Vork market and got Interested in his work forgetting the true'*.
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HURT IN COASTING ACCIDENT  .
John Henning. 13-year-o:d son ofi Mrs. Mat>el Henning. 102 East Centre street, was coasting on High street last Thursday afternoon at 4:30 and when his sled failed to make the turn at the foot of the grade, it ran over an embankment and the boy was thrown ofT. His right leg was gashed, his left shoulder injured, his forehead cut and he aus possibly hurt Internally. He vas admitted to the Easton hospital, where nine stitches were required to close the wound In hts right leg.
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Mr. and Mrs. Luther Clewell John Frable and Miss Bernice Brodt spent Sunday In Lancaster and New Hol¬ land visiting relatives.
Tl'.e employees of th? lo;al tele¬ plione exchange attended a banquet and entert;Unir.ent teudei-ed Uiein by tl'.e;r eir.p'oyers at the Hjte; .\merl- »us 111 A!ie;'.t:An on Ta^. • ;a'. e'.en¬ ing. The entire perso::..e attended the afTair. I's a .s'_;^<tlt'i':e operator capably tended to lo.-il .aUi. The foUowing at'ended th.' banquet: Mrs Orare Paige Mrs Mabei Alte- nio.-:'^. Miss I-ntie Bilheimer. E-^ther WalttMs. Lamo.,> Messinger and Bettv Kidd.
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HI-V CLUB MEETS
I Charles Schultz. Easton 4. placed fourth in 4-H club cla.s.ses. with all other winnings going to Lehigh county. The 4-H potato judging team composed of Mary E. Howard Northampton R. 2; Allen Shoemaker. of Walnutport R. 1. and .Charles i Schultz. Easton R. 4. represented ' Northampton county on Wednesday. The ten members of Northampton county Land Seeding Club will com¬ pete for state honors thl>r "Thiirs' day) afternoon.
HOSE COMPANY  - HOLDS MEETING
The meeting of Vlgllanse Kos^ Company No. 1. of town, on Monday evening In the meeting rooms in tine Municipal building was a very en¬ thusiastic and largely attended ere
Routine of business was transacted Which included hearing the financial secretary's report which Included tlie $150 appropriation and $8.00 nre police salarv from town council for 1930 and application fee of $3 00 an ! $2.00 dues. The company considere:) one application for membership
President Snyder appointed E O Kemmerer, Frank Kemmerer. F P Hahn. Asher Hahn. Raymond Teel Raymond Osterstock. James Horli and Edwin Wambold as the fire police force for 1931.
The .social committee recently pur¬ chased several .set< of rubber quoits, to which were needed stake slabs. and these were donated bv Mr Lewis of the Phoenix Slate Companv cf Wind Oap. The secretary was in¬ structed to write a letter of thanks to Mr. Lewis for his contribution. Adjourned until February 16th date of next regular meetin?.
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ENTERTAINED  RELATIVE*
Tliomas J. Snuzgs. of Little Ro':!-:. Ar!c.: David Kahler. .Mr and Mrs. Freeman Voung and dauahter. Helen and Mr. and Mrs. Earle Voung and children, Jennie and Russell, all of E.iston. spent Sunday in Tatamv •vith Mr. and .Mrs. Clayton Johiiso;i who entt'^trtinrri them with a splen¬ did old style f.imily dinner.
.C3.   including  $978.70  for the   hifb the tplfries or the principal churches r-^.53:   tuition:   the   total   expendl-
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I and have used that metal in many cases for indusrial purposes and have turned houses of wors'iip into factories and warehouses. The ex¬ portation to other countries of large quantities of grain while in man- cases the native population were starring was one of several Incidents he cited as actually taking place be¬ cause of the Soviet Industrial an4, commjcrclal program.
Atttiouucement was made that a Roiuid Table Discussion would fea¬ ture next week's meeting with P. S. Trumb9w?V |i| c)ifiinnan.   "^lle fol lowlnj ititfk ••trkfttutt' Might^
. be clTebifted when each Rotarian Is expected to have a farmer with him as his guest. The meeting that evening will be in charge of B. L. Coleman, county agent, of Easton.
t-jre.s «-§re J2,'-' *'>; leavlna a bal- c.-.-e in th° f isury at tne laiA meeting c' ?:'? ZT. The board §4- jauined to meet Friday, February 13,
at 2 p. ni.
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XA/ArETH    GIRL    GETS
DIPLO.MA AT WEST CHESIIS
Twenfv-for students of Uk 9We Teachers' CoUege at West ChaaUi were awarded their fllplgmnsi SfcJiK~ year commencement exercisaa at 'Vest Chester last week. Dr. SolMrt C. Shaw, deputy sUte superlnttn- will I dent of rural education, addroasod the class.
Miss Mary Rohn. daughter of llr. and Mrs. Prank P. Rohn. of town. was among the graduates ta ^M two-year course. ^i
LUTHERAN CONGRE- GATIONAL MEETING
Sunday School and Church Organizations Render En¬ couraging Reports Showing Progress in All De* partments; Complimented by Pastor
Tlie annual congregational meet¬ ing of Sl. John's Lutheran Churcl. was held in the chapel last Wednes¬ day evening. After the devotional sers i:e conducted by the pastor, H   C     Snyder,    the    business
Rev.
r Beting was in charge of the Vice President of Council. Mr. Elwood J.
Unangts
Reports of a very gratifving nature were received from all of the o-gan¬ lzations ot the congregation. The Treasurer of the Sunday School. Mr. George Herzing reported that tne School has an enrollment of 573 n'.embers. with an average attend¬ ance of 394 during the past year. The total expenses of the Sunday S"hool fer the year amounted to S23S1.17. leavine a balance on hand cf $144 So. All of the various nrgan- izatlotis rendered r.^ports which gave
in th'"-9 organizations amounta tO more than $1200.00.
The Financial Secretary. Mr. Wil¬ liam Snyder. Sr.. and the congrega- f.r)nai treasurer. Mr Thomas Kost¬ enbader rendered their reports for the year ending December 3l8t. Tha total congregation receipts for tho year amounted lo $12.02627. During the past two >ears the congregation p-ald over to th<" Svr'Kllcal Trea.5urer the sum of $6301.00 for the Minister¬ ial Relief Fund. Mr Frank Huth was the treasurer of lliis special fund The total benevolent contri¬ butions of the church during tho pa.st year amounted to $2583.ff7, of this amount 11823.10 was apportion¬ ed ben<^volence.
The Pastor in his report thaukei the various organbntions for tlie splendid work thev h-,id done during
evidence of work acVompli.shed dur-'^he past. and for the fine  ipirlt of
tivr tl'.r" \f-ar     The balance on hand
The meinbers of the Hi-V Club met in a brief session with postpon- ment of all activities being decided upon until .ifter the mid-year exams. Dcfln.te plans have been completed to hold a stag party at the "V social rooms In February with a probal:le gtiest speaker present frotn Lafayette College to address the bovs of the Club and thetr guests.
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WAR MOTHERS MEETING
The local Chapter of American War Mothers will meet on Friday eienlng. January 30th. and not on January 23rd. as previously an¬ nounced. All members will please govern themselves accordingly.
Farm Bureau President Cites End of Economic De¬ pression in Farm Industry
Harrisburg. Pa.. Jan. 21 iSepclftii -The breakdown In the machinery for distribution of farm products 1.= at the bottom of the prevailing econ¬ omic depression In the opinion of Sam H. Thomp.son. president of the .\merican Farm Bureau Federation Speaking at the Annual Convention ol the Penn.sylvania Farm Bureau Feder-itlon here today
Industry,  has   been   out   of  balance , with tbe other economic units of the iviticnal lite    Although    admitting that there is a very genuine market s-irplus of farm products «'hich can¬ not be sold with profit to the pro- I du^er. he voiced vigorous oppoaltlon ' tn the prevailing opinion ttiat agri¬ culture s troubles are due to over-
Mr. Thomp-   production .l,T-0,
son de'lnred  that  if the economic'    He sketched the economic changes ered
improves  -•' ^:t:l^^!.ll'.L^''Je^ ..^J'^'^^^''.':^^^^
co-iperation in the work ot th»* con¬ gregation Tlie Junior Service which was Instituferl Ust spring has been conducted regularlv the last Sunday r-.ornlng of ev-h mon'h This ser¬ vice IS solv.ng in a verv fine way the lasV; of making the Si«ndav School a t'l.ore vital and Inteirral part of the worship of the congregation. Dur¬ ing thf oast vear the Pastor oflel- ated at 22 funerals. 10 ol these toe- in« ni"ml>prs of th- rongregatlon. 95 children wer? ljaptlM>d and 19 eoupl- es united it^ marriage. The total communicant accesaloru during thd year were seventy.
The fol lowing men were prsaasitad I V the rhalrman of the NomllMClaf Conimittee. and were elected to asr» ve on the Church Council for S period of three years; Messrs. 0. & Eberts. Charles Plory. Lewis MotTM and Robert Pauly.
During the tmslneas sesgloo of meeting a brief program bv   the   fdUoartng: A
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