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PiBSENiOY ^     PARTY
Eastern Star card party. &Md by Mrs. Frank Huth, Jr. In^rge Kahler and Mrs. a Stocker. was held Saturday Ijl. ,t the home of Mr. and 1^ Ralph Stock. Bank street. lEuflS •»<' "^^^" '^*''" P'ayed. ISmi vere about 60 people in at- |l!^«s. Msny beautiful prizes ¦•^^grded to the high scorers.
G.E. INITIATES ; CANDIDATES
MUirstb Temple. No. 10. L.O.E. regular    meeting    last ^y   evening.    Five   candl- were Initialed into  the or- The degree team gave splen- ,'work on the floor.    After the tg   excellent    refreshmenta Mrved which were enjoyed gjl present.    Abaut  80   mem- ««re in attendance. o
UONARY SO- MEETS
I lbs Women's Missionary Socle- rst It- John's Reformed church Ikit Thursday evening In the ^ room of the chapel. Elec- [at offlcers was held.
offlcers ot  last  year were
ctsd.   Tbey are:    President.
. Walter Kern; vice president.
!w. H. Wotring; secretary and
ssrsr. Alice  Knauss;   pianist,
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SAGEMENT AN-
ICED ^
St. snd Mrs. H. T. VanNatta, .titrset, town, bave announced I •¦••(•ment of their daugbter,
jr, to Clayton Betts Voder, son IMr. snd Mrs. H. J. Yoder, 248 J lyckItreet, Watertown, N. Y. lists has been sst for the wed- Miss VanNatta is a popular
iktr   of the   younger set    In
lind a graduate of Naiareth
kKbool.
OFFICERS PED
Atailness meeting of the Jack- 1 Democratic At^ociation was trndsy evening with about 80 present.      Election   of I was held.    Tbe    following L.  A. Butts,  presi- .„||p   president,    Cbarles ' IWrstsry and treaaurer, Br.    A Dutch lunch Mr.    Butts has    re- Ill fissident, but his realg- not sccepted. ¦      •
IGCLUB TAINED
In. Robert Manck, Broad and srs streets, last Thursday satertained tbe members II. B. Iswing Club at ber home Maor of tbe birthday of her r, Mrs. Clsra Leopold. Deli- I nfreshments were served by Iktitsu.
At following members    were it.   Mrs.    Harry    Seyfried. old Starner. Mrs. Richard Mrs.   Valeatlne    Smith. Fred   Kern and    Mrs. Clara
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1930
No. 20
LOCAL CONTRACTORS MAKE PRECISE BIDS FOR SCHOOL JOB
School Board Retains Quotations of Five Low Bid' ders for Erection of Higli School Addition for Final Consideration; Public Sentiment •   Favors Local Contractors
Fourteen bidders presented bids (or the general work on the High school addition, which will short¬ ly be erected by the Naiareth school district. Tbe Board met on Monday evening fn the High School building and received and opened bids for the general con
section were as follows: Gearge B. Steinke, New Vork. $27,70U; Re- ber Kohen, Allentowu. $-'9,!>00; Edwin Stipe, Kaston, $il,2Ti: W. P. Messinger, town, $30,257. and F. H. Rlcker, iCaston. $34,172. There were seven alternatives In the beating coniract which would
The Real Diacoverer Seldom GeU Credit
'By AUtPTi T. Reid
struetlon. plumbing,   heating and! change the bids slightly, but would'
electrical work. Mr. Wayland, of the flrm of Rasmussen and Way- land, ot New Vork City, architecta, who had charge of and planned the present high scbool, was pres¬ ent, as was also Attorney T. M. Chidsey, attorney for the  Board
keep the bidder lu about tbe saine_ relative positions.
Bids for plumbing were submitt.-! ed as follows: F. H. Rlcker, $14.-' 155; W. F. Messinger, town; 110,- 3S9;   Edwin  Stipe,  Bastou,   |13,- 300;  William     Bornsteln,  Beihle-I
Mr. Wayland opened and read the'tieiu. $13,840. bids of the various contractors. Bids for the electrical contract There wss a large delegation of'were submitted as follows: Beth contractors, bonding agents and lebem Electrical Construction, contractors' representatives pres- $a351; Keystone Engineering Co., ent to hear the reading of the Philadelphia, I3C00; W. A. Tyde- blds. The prices submitted ranged, man. 4745; H. N. Crowder, Jr., from 1113.985 for the lowest to Easton. $5339. Ten alternatives tlS9.203 tor highest. | were submitted with these bids for
The lowest bid $113,985 for the various slight changes and alter- general contract was submitted by I native equipment, the bidders Roy Randall, of Jenkintown. maintaining tbeir relative positions Second low bid was that of Stone-; with these altern.\tlve. back and Nace, of Quakertown. [ Following tbe reading of tbe $119,441; third, H. O. Simons, of! bids Howard Shimer, president of town, |183,2«3; Earle E. Garber}the board announced tbat the Company. $lt4,900; Henry J. bids of ail except the flve lowest. Roth, town, $127,785. These flve who were requested to let their were held by the board to be thei certifled checks, submitted with lowest bidders and from this group their bids In the handa ofthe the successful bidder will be sel- board for severat aays. Tbe ar- ected. Randall stated he would; cbitects in charge of the work will flnlsh the work in 200 working go over the bids and tabulate them days. Stoneback and Nace would, and return their findings to the flnlsh in 215 days; Simons ft Son board thi.^ week after which the in 200 days; Earle E. Oarber, 150 contract will be awarded, days;  Henry W. Roth. 200 days.   !     William  Silfles,   local  architect
Other   bidders and   their rates  and engineer,  who  has  had  con- were: Ochs Construction Company, siderable experience in erection of
PASTORS iG	
i Ulhtran pastors of the Eastern
tittended a meeting ot their
ilistloB in   Zion   Lutheran
,Ia»ton, on Monday.    Rev.
JIUUIcber. president ot the
ot Pennsylvania, was
'¦ It   ths meeting   and ad-
I the BiaUters.
prssent from town were
C. Snyder, of St. John's
ishurcb: Rav. J. A. Kllck.
•t the   FarmersvlUe and
Psriihes, and Rev. Oeo.
PUtor of Forks Luther-
Allentown. $148,547. 200 days; Tamauqua Construction Company, Tamaqua. $131,19!): Bechtel ft Bechtei. Easton. $159,000. 250 days; Franklin Goldsmith. Catas¬ auqua. $134,946. 225 days; John Stiles. Bangor. $lt3.019. 425 days: Cbarles W. Strayer. Harris-
school houses, hus been retained by the Board to look after im In¬ terests in the construction of the addition proposed.
The changes proposed to the present building will flt In archi¬ tecturally with tbe present design having been designed by the same architects and   will  be ot  brick.
burg.  9140.700. 200 days:  M. A
Long. Allentown, $144,000, 140 j concrete and stone, days; Oeorge W. Heller, Bethle- Due to labor condition public hem, $13».9«2. no time speeifled. I .entiment runs bigh in favor of Separate bids for heating In-1 local contractors, and It is hoped stallation. which will include mov- tbat the Board considers this pro- Ing of the present boilers, and In-jject from every angle before mak- stallation to other units In the new, ing a decision.
Nazareth Merchants Plan Window Shopping Days
p. LEAVES HOME
»»d Mrs. John K. Huston. [^»« been superintendent and ^ of the Northampton Coun-
II.'.',.'" "•* P**» ye"'- >«'t lem""' Monday. Mr. Hus- IW1, t"* '" Hershey, where I A. a '•'*''«» ot four farms "•rshey Company. This ' ¦• • responsible one hav- l,*^'* 0' many hands con- ¦«¦   The   many   friends
L,    ""' ""• """ton «" hk^ . '* "*"   County Home .•¦s very successful future w* Pogltlon.
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Selp. of Easton.
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r*K.„,.   ^ • *¦"' * visitor .:«««ntly. endeavoring  to
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; «•    In the evening a C^ bsiuing, In    Centre
At a luncheon meeting of tba Merchants Committee of the Cham ber ot Commerce at the Baronial Hotel on Monday afternoon, Nasa¬ reth merchants are making ar¬ rangements for two "Window Shopping" days. A committee of three has been appointed to carry out the details of thU new aitalr. Tentative plans call (or the decor¬ ating of all windows with appro¬ priate Easter displays and in each one of these windows will be dis-
Rotary Club Meets Here
The Rotary Club met Monday and heard an interesting discourse by David Davis, district attorney of Carbon County. Mr.* Davis spoke on the "Responsibility in In ternatlonal Peace." He pointed out that the prospect of Inter¬ national peace was feasible be¬ cause no nation bas more foreign¬ ers grouped together In peaceful peace than United States. He laid great stress on Home Training for children as a means of securing respect tor law and order.
Mr. Davis Is a graduate of Laf¬ ayette College, where he was a classmate of William Silfles. a member of th« local club. He was also a graduate of Perkiomen Seminary. wJiere he was a class¬ mate of Howard Shimer. also a member of the local Club. Mr. Davis was the guest of Meyer Haas lopal merciunt and member of the Summit Hill Rotary, where Mr. Davis is a member.
President George Grim pre.sided while Ed kHeilman led in singing with Jake Boerstler at the piano.
played also a card on which is in¬ scribed a letter. Every store participating will bave one of these Initialed cards and prises will be offered to local shoppers for the one working out the slogan. Full details regarding this contest will be published in "The Item" n^xt Week. Don't miss reading this important message to Easter shop¬ pers.
This event is an innovation in Nasareth and should be greeted with enthusiasm as there is uoth-
AUTOMOBILE CRASHES INTO TRAIN; DRIVER HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Car of Ralph Fry Completely Wrecked When He
Crashed Into Train at Crossing on Stockertown-
Tatamy Road; Driver Escapes With Cuts
and Bruises About Head and Legs
LO. NAZ. BOARD ELECTS TEACHERS
Vacancies Left In Thonasbarg aad Hecktown BuUdiass; Incum¬ bent* Sot AppMcaaU
NEXT    MEETING    APRIL   SStb
Teachers to serve in the public schools, of Lower Nazareth Town¬ ship for tbe next school term were chosen by tbe directors at a meet¬ ing held on Friday evening in the Hecktown School. The result of the election was as toilows: Jack¬ son—l*irs^ second, tbird and fourth grades. Miss Martha Knauss; flftb. sixth. sevoQtb and eigbtth grades. Miss Irene Renner: Hullo—Kighth grade. Miss Henri-j etta Keim; Union—Clinton Feb nel; Mt. Jefferson Dickinson; Thomasb Hecktown—First and second grad es. Mrs. Sallie Silfles: third and fourth grades. Miss Emma Lapp: flftb and sixth grades, Mlas Helena Hintzelman; seventh and eighth grades, open
COUNCIL RETAINS TWO DEPUTIES IN STRIKE SITUATION
District Attorney Mauch and Asst. County Dectec- tive Schweitzer Favor Continuation of Officers; Council Authorizes Two Guards Remain On Duty; Many Protests Against Finan¬ cial Expenditure Incurred
At an eseeutive session held in tention of guards, the Borough Flre House on Taes-| It was brought out by those day evening Borough Council favoring tbe reduction of guards voted to iay off two of the four that if necessary additional guards guards who have been kept in could be brought to Nazareth in a town during the late labor dispute very short time.
The lay-off j The action ot Council comes as sav-'a distinct relief to many of the ing of twenty dollars a day to the Nazareth citisens who were begia- Borough treasury, tbe men having'ning to grow restive regarding the received ten dollars a day and continual drain of forty and more meals, for their services. | dollars a day on the local borougb
H:.i au.omobile was demolished
¦.¦v.i   he  was  badly cut  about  th*
ii^.id and teg:*, and suffered Bum-
erui   bruiser   and  injury   to   his
a narrow escape  from death, b^,^      p^,.^    „, t^^    automobila
Ralph W. Fry. WaHhington .street, town, proiirietor of Wilson foundry. Delaware drive. Kaston, bad
at abjut 11 o'clock last Thursday j were scattered about the highway night when be drove hi.s automo-  and the motor was torn loose from bile   into   the   side   of   a   gondola' the     frame.     Fry's head  bumped car on tbe Lehigh and New Eng-  through the wind shield. land     Railroad  crossing   on     the;     O. A. Greensweig, of Wlad Oap.
Stockertown-Tatamy    road,    near Stockertown.
Mr. Fry had worked at his Eas¬ ton plant until 10:30 and returaed home but remembered on arri\lng that he had to stop at a plant along the Bushkill Valley road, and immediately left his home to make this call, going by way ot Stockertown. He did not see the car across the road and the train wa.4 just pulling away from the crossing when be ran bead-on into it.
came along Just after the accident occurred and pigged Mr. Fry in hia automobile and took him to tha office of Dr. H. C. Pohl, here, whera he wa.s created.
Mr. Greensweig notifled the vic¬ tim's brother. Justice of the Peace Ja.'nea S. Fry, and he took charge of affairs, bad the wrecked ear towed away and saw tbat hia brother was given all necessary attention.
Mr. Fry is said to be recovering nicely from bis Injuries.
Sunday School Workers Active Throughout County
-Clinton Fen-1'—" --•—«• '-•- —•- •---• —•¦ —Mrs. Anna' *' ^^* Kraemer mill. The la] sbu.'-g.     open; ' '*' '''* **'* 8't'i''<^* ^^'-l effect a
Only a few more days remain in which the young people of the couaty may take part in tbe Stew- ard.ship Essay Contest which is being pro:noted by the County As¬ sociation, the closing date being, April 7th. The subject upon Which the contestants are asked to write are as follows: Those be- ¦w!»^n the ages of 12 and 14— Wuim hearted Dr. Grenfell iii Frozen Labrador"; 15-17—"My Srewardship Budget"; 18-24— How I 3i)end my time as a Chris¬ tian Steward." The writing may be iu the form of an essay, a poem, a story or a pageant. All nnished material should be sent to Mrs, J. C. Noll, Butstown. by~ April Tth. The County Association feels that the study of Christian Stewardship among the yonng people ia "the way to the best" through the ap¬ plying of these principles to abil¬ ity, money and ail phases of life.
At the banquet held by the Eas-
gestlons of Mr. Bonsall. ttae Baaton Young People's Council. Blaier Tanner president, called a meeting for Wednesday evening. April t, at the Easton Y.M.C.A. to whieh were invited two representative from each Sunday school In tha Easton district.
The Bethlehem District held :heir annual district convention la^t week in Wesley M. E. church. .Mrs. Viola Morris, expert in story telling in the church school waa tbe speaker. Mrs. Morris delight¬ ed her audience with the way aha presented story-telling and by the selections she gave for ^|ie varloua 9Ke groups. Bpisadld raporti were given by the distrlet oSaara of tbe work done darlag thf raae. Offlcers elected tor the aMSlaf year were as follows: Preeident. Darwin S. Walters: vice preaideat. Arthur B. Knipe: secretary aad treasurer. Miss Bessie Zimmer¬ man; Children's Division. Mrs. ton young people for tbeir pastors' Forrest Ludwick; Young People'a last week at the First Reformed'division. Paul Mosebaeh: ^dwU room, and wh.ch was a very! Division. H. E. Renner; school ad^
The change in guards   was   not
the number of. treasury.   The   move also   came made   without; close upon the heels of the getting
Miss Eva Korin who had been'*""* debate, for the retention forj out of petitions by citisens asking
teaching in the Thomasburg school bas tendered her resignation to be¬ come effective at the close of the school term. Miss Korin is a resi¬ dent of Bethlehem. West Side.
In the flrst and second grades in the Hecktown School, Mra. Sallie Silfles has been re-elected after an absence of two years. Mra. Harriet Frack who had assumed the duties* following rhe resignation, tendered her resignation. In the seventh and eighth grades in the same school, a position that for the time being is   open, had    been taught
the full numbers of guards at tbe for the Council to reduce the num
mill.    Russell C.  Mauch. District ber of special  policemen held  in
attorney   and   County   Detective town and requesting that the local
Leonard Schweitzer were present police   be   deemed   sufficient    to
at the meeting and favored the re- handle the situation in .Vazareth.
during the present season by Mrs. ing that can so add to appearance Elizabeth Feldman. of a town as much as attractive      Applications will be received by looking   window   displays.    April the members of the School Board llth and    12th are    designated, until their neat meeting which will ^ ^""',11' Watch for further announcements, be held on April 2Sth '
Eagles Ini¬ tiate Five
On Top of the'WorU
Nasareth Castle. Knights ot the Golden Eagle held a gala session in their new hall In Centre Square on Tuesday night when they in¬ ducted a class of flve candidates. The Pilgrim, Knight and Crusader degrees were all conferred at tbis Tbe work was exempli- fled by a team trom the local Castle. It was the flrst time that an initiation ceremony has been held in tbe new ball and the affair marks tbe beginning of an active year for tbe Caatle, and the spring movement for candidates.
Guests were present at tbe affair from various Castles in thia dis¬ trict and District Grand Chief Harry Lynn, of Paxlnosa Castle. Easton. was present with a dele¬ gation from his lodge. I Following the ceremonial the I members gathered In the recre- :i:ion hall and sat down to a flne ham and egg supper prepared by Chef Ted SchaefTer a id his com- nUtlee. Music for the evening was furnlsiied by R L. Hoch s or¬ chestra.
COMMERCIAL CLUB PROPOSES CONTEST
The Commercial Club of the High school at a meeting Tuesday afternoon decided to sponsor a typewriting contest between mem¬ bers of the student body and alumni. The date set for the con¬ test is .May 6, at tbe High school auditorium. The contest will be a standard test competition with speed and accuracy as goals. Con¬ siderable Interest is being mani¬ fested in tbe affair details of which are now being worked out. Miss .Mildred .Mabus is president of the Commercial Club at the School.
n fhe SOth District. Landing places will Include Atlantic City Allentown and Reading.
Offlcers of the local Club expect nil the members to attend the uni- (iu<? notiflcation meeting.
social int
M:ing   and   enjoyable   affair, i ministration. C. A. Kuehner; home mjny    worth  while things    were'and extension. Mrs. Harvey Free-
cited by E. H. Bonsall, tbe guest speaker.lt was shown that where number of churches co-operate
man: missions, Lester Henn; rural H. A. Bachman: director of Chris¬ tian education. Prof. H. O. Pay- row. Arthur B. Knipe. prealdent of the district, presided and Rav. Linus Brown, associate psstor ot the First Presbyterisn church, waa and take action on the sug-' in charge ot the devotional period.
much more can be accomplished for and by young people than a single church could hope to do. In .'>rder to crystallize the discus¬ sion
POPULAR GIRL TENIKRED SHOWER
Misj Violet VanNatta entertain¬ ed at a bridge shower at ber home la  Hall Square, In honor of Miss
Nazarene     * Honored
«  e wn Fl
John  S.  ConnoUey, of town. A Frances Wotring, who recently an-; Junior in  the College of Agricul-
.-ijunced her engagement to Edwin P. Schempp. of Philadelphia. The gueit of honor received many pretty and useful presents for the jccasioii. The evening was pleas¬ antly spent at cards. Prises were tjken by Miss Evelyn Cooley and Mi:^s Catherine Werkheiser.
Taose present were: Misses Mir- am Kleckner. Arleyne Helms. .Mary Orim. Katherine Werkheiser.
ture ut Syracuse University, waa pres nted the Gamma Alpha Bp- silua cup as the most outstanding 3:iJ mo.st representative Ju.nior in he college at tbe annual ban<|aet ()( tbe College of Agriculture. V hich was held Saturday night at « hittenango. N. Y.
The cup is given annually to the Junior who i>est utilises to ad- van .'g?  the opportunities ot tha
Kiizjbeth Kraemer. Evelyn Cooley. Inlver-fty both in scholastic and Fruntes Wotring and Violet Van- extra-curricular activities. G. ^'^''* . Taber    Wilcox,   of    Bergen.    New
York, who received the award last
Kdward Correll, South Main strtj^'t. returned home after re- ce ving hospital treatment for ap- I
LOr.%L  HF«%LTH   UKIMiRT
Clarence H. Zieglt-r, local healih inspector, submitted a report stat¬ ins that during the month of March he had placed plarurd.H on nine hoanes. elt?ht for marltt fev¬ er and nne for chicken ^o\.
The loaal health ronditlnns have Improved since February wh^n he h:id r«*.norlpd 27 ruses, 14 to-: chicken pox; II scarlet fevor and two of diphtheria.
M  P. Dohrrty, a BnnkKn <>ti<el erector, swinging out frum the Mh story
Mrs. FMacIs Knerht spent Tues-j gf ,!,« ^w Bank of Manhattan building in Wall Street, to iaek dcnen oa day in Balh with her sister .Mrs. (he Woolworth Tower and tbr money center of ibe worM. The New Yeitk A. NewtomOlsb and family. I Sl«ck fixdiMgc is the low butUins w Ihc cenicr ei the ffetttra..
ROTARY FLYERS TO  VISIT  HERE NEXT WEDNESDAY
Prominent District offlcials of the itotary Club will fly over Naxa¬ reth next Wednesday morning. April ftth. at 11:41 a. m. and drop a p;ira<hure carrying an Invitation to the .'>Oih fllsirict conference to be held In Philadelphia on April 27. 2S and 21>.'*
Members of the loral club will as.semhie outside their weekly meeting place and salute their District Officers a» the plane Hwoops low over their gathering. Dr. Charles A. Haff. district gover¬ nor, will release the parachute con¬ taining the Invitation. He will be accompanied by Gilbert J. Palen. Norman Smith will pilot the ship.
The plane Is making a three-day tour, starting Tuesday, tovisit each
ot 70 towns and cities located with' *«»• his rec^ kidney operatioii.
GciK   I'unney,  retired  world's champion l«avywei|ht homr, aai Ml wife, fumwrly Mist Pally Laudtr, at Miami where Gem tee ttmtmet
kidiwv oamrmli«t^
year, presented the cup to Mr. Con-
[ nolley.
Before    matriculating at    Syra- cuse I'niversity, Mr. ConnoUey at¬ tended the Nasareth Hall Military Academy, where he was prominent In athletics.     At Syracuse he taa become a  member of Sigma Tau. ivnfe'sion.il agricultural fraternity Scabbard and Blade, and tbe Per¬ shing R Res. the latter two military societies.     In     ll>28 he won    tha mt'lal    for proficiency In    manual or arms and In  1929 he was rua- iier-up.     He is also a member ot the Man's Senate, as the Agricul¬ tural representative.     Mr. Coaaol- ley expects to enter Into tbe deld of landscape gardening, followlaff hi.s graduation.
CENSUS WORK
UNDER WAY HERB
Census enumerators began MM- meration of onr town Wedaendaf in accordance with the Oovera* mental decree. The town is divid* ed Into three warda each of wbtek wiil be handled by a siagl* Ma- merator Businesa eensus kia feaas taken by Ralph Stocker whe iMa been busy for noaM time la thia detail of the worii. Baaaiaratawi' tor the towa ara Allaa Hafar, Mrs. Ralph Btoeker aMd Mra. Lamm jWlrehaafc.