The Nazareth Item

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THE Nazareth Item
XXXVll
^_N   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER.   DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE.    LOCAL    AND   GENERAL    INTELLIGENCE.
NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1928
No. 34
INJURED IN AUTO IDENT AT BELFAST SUN; ONE DIES IN HOSPITAL
Keeping liiftht Up  With Tlwm
Hy AU>ert T. Keid
^M» were Injured, one \M\ir' '^heii th» <=«"¦ •" wsre riding was forced fcukwsv by a road hog 'jJJJ^ to be ot the hit
lis Bray, aged  37.   of
,yi street. Pen Argyl,
o'clock Sunday night
hospital   from    her
jL„U.Mr.a«dMrs. Praii-
rrL Int aid and reniovad Kw*   H*' husband, WU-
at  happened    at    2
fy afternoon at   Bal-
i4»WI»d Gap-Stockertown
Ol •«« Mrs.   Bray    were
ill Wtw'9 parents for a
driving   toward
iBsebine was si«th  in   a \ tan golns in  ll'« sama Tlisre were about forty
„.IM Itl» C'*'" ''^^^ ^^^ °"^
H(kM* wb^t> ''^ noticed a
riwtB|lng out of the Hue
I (oaias from  the oppo-
The light car, un-
iMt Hwk   into    the   lln^
jlawird Bray's    car   and
_j(roin the road.    Just as
\tU Mt the coucrete  thu
_  ;ol the other niachine
Itkiesrdriven by Bray, the
ICWloi the   latter's    ma-
t tim over twice.
I Bny collected hlmsc^lf he
||lMtl( lying on the ground
tifkis cl^.    His    mother
ilH NOTES
and fathor-in-law wwa huddled in the tonueau, wbile hin wifu v,u.-i liinned In th'.> wreckage.
In th© excitetneut that foUov.ed no one paid any attention to the oflending motorhst and he ma ie his getaway without being dNtiirh- e<l. No one got IiIh license naii- ber, though Suiulay niglit loeal iio- lice and state highway patrolmen were scouring saraKe.-i in t'.e .i- ciuity to see whether any cur was brought in for repair;*.
Mrs. TJray was [ilaced In the an¬ tomobile of John Toh, of Pen Argyl, and with her mother was taken to the Kaston Hospital. Mrs. Snyder had just a few minor hurts and Mrs. Bray retained her con¬ sciousness. Tbe gravity of her case was not realized by other members of the party, and after she was made comfortable Mr. Bray took IMrs. Snyder to N'aza¬ reth, where Mrs. Snyder was treated at the offlce of Dr. V. J. Koch. She had a severe htdtMiAHt'ii of the wrl»t thftt required Hsveral Sitltches to close.
Meantime Mrs. Bray's condition was very serious. She was miffer- ing a fracture of the right .shoul¬ der btad*. tho .second, tliiril. fourth, fifth and sixth rijilit rilis were broken, her liver and right lung were punctured. Soon atter being admltts-d she lo-.t comciuus- ness and died at the hospital three hotirs later.
The Bray car, a new sedan, had been In his [lO.Hse.-tsloii le.ss than u month.    It wa-j badly wrecked.
itbl past two weeks, tha llaoelttion   has    sut(»red
(two faithful workers |er of Walnutport. ed for many years
atlDMiioD superintend-
llMtettport district.  Al- I Vn. Opiinger   had    baen Uti rtesBtly to retire from ' jlMrTieeon account of failing | I Iks itlll kept her inter.-st! isork ot  the    association,
> will be nrUsed, not onlv mts district, but among tiie bn'l DiTiilon workers of the;
Wtkipusing of Miss flijth A. | m, of   Northampton,    took ; lii.tMot our best beIov»d j ^H•|I«.   TUe news   of    her! (UH u a tremendous shock I iToug'i many friends and ' iio.  She had served   very Illy U iecretary   and treas- of tkt Northampton district 'umber of years   and     last 7 iMCame treasurer ot the , Toiug  People's    Council, "itllyihe cave to this office, •pltsdid   personal     Inter.^st ichiracterlzed lur in any uii- "'"l.   Being  nalurally  of  a toposltion. xhn Uad  mad* J sherever she   went     aud *l'l be many young people "the county who will mis.s -Ily help   and    inspiration Ulll Young   was   always ttlire.
"•'wnce of the president
*»ton District. Rev. A. H.
"*. tke vice president of tha *• A. Speer has anoounc- *OWiilC committees to ar- **' the fall conference: tab, Yahrae^s. Dietrich. ••* Pord. and to enlist a "'^••••t III religious educa- Wniali guch as the Inter-
*'ournal and the Pentisyl- wr«ld, Messrs.   Llpiwncott
«Hri<m and   Mrs.     H.    O.
''!• planned to httve B.
"»«y, state   Held    worker,
iupt*'"** "*'^'    meeting    to ",, ' «'>nfe''^n.-e.    This meet- "beheld between the Utth "f* of Seritemher. '"'y preMdetit    Sencenbach
it^A     "'''*^''-   '"pfting    for
iCretVr'""-' '"'^ -'^ "' Um,i . • ^' ' A. Thero L!?' '">l'f'itunt     items    of
» « ng tin t,„. a   good    at- •nte is de.Mred
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The Rural Letter Carrier's As¬ sociation of Northampton county held its annual clam bake and meeting at Miller's Orove In Dela¬ bole Saturday. Officers ware elect¬ ed for the ensuing year and reso¬ lutions were adopted to be pre¬ sented at the stute meeting which will be hold at Wilkes-Barre'on July 23. 24 and 2!>. One-hundred and flfty carriers, attaaa, children and friends were present.
The following offlcers were elected: President, Mllton .Miller, Delabole: vice-president, Wllliani Milheim, N'azareth; treasurer, John Flyt"*. Bath; secretary. Har¬ ley Heller, BanRor. Memh-.Ms w-re present from Mt. Bethel, Pen .Argyl. Wind (iaji. Nnzareth. Bafh. Northamptoa, Bethlehem, HeU<r- town and Kaston. Postmasters Scholl, of Hellertown, and Hewitt, of Pen Argyl; and Superintendent of Malls W-jlter Kitchen, of Kas¬ ton, were preient with their fam¬ ilies and made addresses during the meeting. .Members of the as¬ sociation also spoke. Chief Clerk ParsotiLs of Pen Argyl, was aI»o aniotig the gue ts.
.V good time was had by uH pr.'s- ent.   Games were played  and   tiie women prepared and served n fin dinner to the men.
The l/tdies' Auxiliary of the :i-- siiciatloii also h-'ld a inef-tinR and elected the following offlcers for the en^uint; year: I'r-sideut. Mr^ Clarence Itterly, .N'azareth; vice- president. Mrs. .Milton Miller, Dela hole: treasurer. .Mrs. WilHam Mil¬ heim. Nazareth: »ecret:iry, Mrs. Vernon Sloyer, Belfast.
Thl.s auxiliary is still in it.s iti- f;:ncy, being only one year old. It Is In a flourishing cnndition and Is members were taken in Saturd.iy. Tbe wives of members of rural carrier associations are eligible to membership and the organization is growing throughout the L'nited States.
School tanl in Ihartiey freed of blame
Monllipeetiiig
The regular inouthly meeting of tiie Scliool IJdc'.r.l wa.s held in the HIkI. School h--iildii;j.i .Monday ev¬ ening, .luly 2,  l!i2x.
Meiribors present: Kern, Mar¬ tin :;nd Shinier.
The minutes ot fhe previous meoting were read and approved as read.
The Treasun r   of     the     Board rendered the  follnwins report: flal. on lumd June 1.
i;»i:,     |:i;j4y6.73
Uer,dpts. From   Tax   Col¬ lector    K.    C.
(;rlffith    $074.44
Fi-oin Tax Col¬ lector, A. A. Millor    2t!o.!>7
FOR DEATH OF LOCAL MAN; LOST WHEEL CAUSED MISHAP
The death of Floyd Van Buskirk   early morning cr:.-.h aud took tho
iii.jiirfjd niiiii to tlte hospital.  Oscar
TuiUi.n r.ef Jiid Rent . . I lU H res:
Total   .... F\r(-nditu'"e»
! U J t!. s <i 11.07 25.00
^J   2481.0;
.$2.")9:i7.75
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..$12141.10
LURE OF AUTOMOBILES BOY RUNS
CAUSE BOYS TROUBLE INTO AUTO;
BADLY HURT
Earnest Toth. aged 18. of Naza-
James Avate. aged 17, appc>:ir-1 could not say what they wanted ed before Squira JatueH Pry Mou-| with the suns. The offlcer on or- day morning luid aunouuced that der of Squira Fry confiscated the he had violated aeveial items lu | weapons. Meanwhile since no the automobile code. J»niHs said charges have been made against Ue had only these charges against the boys their cases will rest. him—driving without license plates, driving without license, driving without lights and ntrikiug another car.
The her said ^ bid "^^d up an old car and was trying to tee hoW It would work. Ho ran down the Kaston Pike to the Hollo school house where ho turned Into a ?lde road and rati into the car of Willis Stnith. of Bath. Mr. Smith had stopiwrt to fix :t tire. Avato ran his car up on the hank to avoid a collision hut his car sl-ppeil bark and hit the fender and roof of the Smith car daraislng thetu some¬ what. Avato thought that was enough and tben went swimming after which he went horae.
Five-year-old Clemwood Riss¬ miller, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil¬ son Rissmiller, East Lawn, Naza¬ reth. U in the Kaston Hospital with a probable fracture   ot    tha
retli was given a severe reprimand 1 skull, the result ot running iuto a
and discharged by Justice ot the   machine owned   aud    driveii    by
gggt^ Jatnei S. Fry Monday morn-! miUou L. Long,   Palmer   Heights,
hig when arraisned on a charge of; Easton R. 4.
malicious mischief   preferred     by
his father, Alex Toth.    The elder
Toth charged  that on  Friday the
boy <iiist his job as driller at the
N'azaretli   Cemetit    Cotnp-itiy    and
diew his p.iy.     He tlieti aslced for
the use of his father's autoinohile.
The father refused this because he
said he had reason to believe the
boy wanted to   go    to    California
with two other boys.    The son in
retaliation Is said to have removed
the distributor head from his Offlcer Charles Stuher was | father's car and then put a sigu on searching for hlin Ir. the meantime | the machine saying "If you want on a charge of having struck a ; to use this machine see n-.e." The woman ne.ir Seipsville. Thhs lat-lfjither Inste-.id saw Squire Fry and ter charE,e Avate denia.-i. VVhsii i Constable Fred Hagenbuch arrest- Sluher fouml hlni at the hnt)st>: ed the hoy on Saturday placing Monday morning the young fellow | him in the Nnzareth lock-up utiril In company with John Flank, was | Monday morning, when he was cleaning »wo revolvers.    The boy.s   given a hearing and discharged.
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I      Obituary
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ftlm* K.     ' ""nihers will at
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Vko'l.'"  ^^¦""^'   "'     R'^''- »hlu.   ' '"¦•¦•'•''I't making of- ^ *J» '" au templen.    All lo- J"»are urged to arrange '^'•""d affairs a,.d attend
Kl'>KR.\L (»F MUM. IHt.AKI^:.
Funeral services for Mrs. .Viuui Maria, widow of James B. DraKe, aged 7> years, who died Tuesday of last week at Hi a m. in the Stale Hospital, Allentown, wheru sho had been a patient for threo weeks, was held Friday afternoon nt the Steinmetz funeral r.arlors, Bangor. Uev. H. A. Vandeinan of Allentown olllciated and internient was nuidi' in Hi Jolms Kefornied cemetery. lianunr. .Mrs. IMake had heen a resident oi Naz.iM'lh and llantjor for a tiiinilier of years. hut had resided in Kast Strouds- bur,!; fur the past several years and many years a«o was a irsldent of Nazareth. Sho is survived hy fivo children. KuReiie, Horace and Lucy Drake, of Kaston; Cicero Drake, of Mrooklvn, nud Clark 11. Drake, of Kast Stroitdsliiirg: 11 Kratid.-liildr.-ii. six ureat-nrandrhll- ilri-M and n hnitlur. Isaac Mrewer. of Allentown.
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Hi^;iii»Tiii;iit Ol riNti
The Beginners l)i-|iai tnu m "f Sl. John's Lutheran eliiinh on Thursdav afleriiooii heid Us out¬ ing on the church lawn under su¬ pervision of Ml^s Haiti'' Hahu. The voungsters hroiiuhl box liuu li¬ es aud also enjo.ved refreshineiits furnished on the grounds, (iames and amusements were provideii and a most enjoyable outing was had.
MR."^. LKWIS FEHR.
.Mrs. Alice Fehr, wife of Lev/i.s Fehr, died at her home in Tatamy at 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon from complications. She wus 5!) yeai-s of age. Besides ber hu.shand she is survived by a son, Albert, of Tatamy: a daughter, Mrs. Marga¬ ret Resh. of Nazareth; three sis¬ ters, .Mrs. William Catey. of Naza¬ reth; Mrs. Joseph Buskirk nnd Miss Kmma [)ietz, of Bangor, and nine grandchildren.
The funeral was held from het late hotne on Weiine.sday after¬ noon. Interment wa.s made in Forks cenu'tery.
SILAS DAVIDSON.
Silas Du< idson died at the home of Frank Havsli. Bushkill town¬ ship. Sunday afternoon of heart failure, aged 77 years. He is sur¬ vived hv two lo-otliers, Samuel Davidson, oi .\.i/.a retli; Joshii;' Davidson, of Wind (iap, and a sis¬ ter. Mrs. lleorKe Kromer, of Hush¬ klli township.
Funeral services were held in the nushkill Methodist Kpisrojial cliurch Wednesday afternoon, in rhart:e of Rev. Frank r.ooth. nf Hi-thleheiM. and Interment was made 111 the iidioiuing cemetery.
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The iiiiniuil i.iniic of Nazareth fhapfi-r. No. 2,V.\ Order Kastern Star will h- belli .Satnrdiy. July ll I'.iiIn. .M' I ibers of their fiimilies and fiiends are invlteii. The commit¬ tee on arranirements has provided „ program of names and nmuse- tiients for .-vervlmdv w ll„l of prizes. Table tuive been provided fur in case ot tain The committee arranging the picnic consists of Mnri.in Han¬ gen Mae Yeisley, Blanche Manck, Beatrice Newhart, Emma Chap- miin, Anna Dieter I'hler.
lllh    a     lliu and shelter
and    Amanda
NEWSPAPER NAN ABUESSES LIONS
Though 90 in the shade the Lions' den was filled to capacity Tuesday evening. No guests wero present with the exception of Stanley Landeman. a well known reporter of this community, who was speaker for the evening. Mr. Landemun's subject wus "The .Making of a N'ewspap?r." This subject, as he mentioned and as is known. Is oue of a wide range, in- teirestiiia and important to every¬ day life tliroughout the uiitvers-e. .Mr. I..anfleman bruuKht with him some Ludlow sluss. a speicalized t'orr.i of type used in setMns up headlitie.s and advertisements that
Mr. Rissmiller and two sons were out for a ride und had p.irk¬ ed their car on the Nazareth pike, a mile above .Va/.areth. to g.) to a refrvshraetit stand for some ice creatn. Little Clemwood after getting a citie suddenly dashed to his father's car. WhUe running across the highway he ran into the rear right fender of Long's ma¬ chine and was knocked to the con¬ crete road.
Placing hid son in his machine. Mr. Rissmiller hurried to the ho;s- pital where it is feared the boy is badly hurt.
The hoy wished to go to the re¬ freshment .stand ai:d had waited for eastward traffic to pass when he started to cross the hii;hway and ran into the rear right fender of Mr. Long's car. He was knocked to the concrete roadway by the impact of the blow and rendered unconscious. Howard Moser. an electrician for V. (1. Al¬ temos. happened on the scene and plated the injured lioy in liis ma¬ chine and hurried to the office of Dr. .1. .\. Fraunfelder in Nazareth. Dr. Fraunfelder at once order.til the boy removed to a hospital and the lad was taken to the Eastou Hospital where his cotiditioti was regarded as serious.
Mr. Rissmiller and others nsar the scene of the accident tried for nearly an hour to get In touch with a State motor patrolman In Bethlehem but were unable to get an offlcer to the scene tti make a report of the mishap.
Bill   July 2,  1«28.
T:i!c Collector A, A, iliHw rBtid-; ere'i a r^jport showing collections of school taxes during thy uioiith of July 192'^ as followa: 1024 tax¬ es $141.12, penalties $7.Ofi, tot-ti $14'?.IS; 1923 ta.tes $123.St>, pen¬ alties *»'.i!^. total $132.09 less $n.:io costs; total remitted $:;6«.!t7.
Tax Collector R. C. Grimtli rMi- i!«^red a report showing collections of school taxes dur'tig rhe month of July 192S aa follows: lii2t> t:-xes $ir,. penalties'. ."Oc: total $16.80; 1927 taxes $207.1.'. i>en- alties $10.sr,. total $217.,51; grand total $2;54..'?l.
On motion of .Martin and Kern, unanimously carried, the reports of the Treasurer and of the Tax Collectors were received and flled.
On motion of Martin and Kern, unanimously carried, the follow- iv-g bills were approved for pay¬ ment and the treasurer authorized to pay them:
E. J. Unangst $   25.92
Norman C.  Hayner Co.   . .     37.50 Met.   Edison  Co.   and  In¬ terurban Oas Co      66 09
"¦Wm. B. Penwiek—:'.      20.00
Funk & VV.Tgnalls Co.   ...        9.in Nrzarefh Item Puh. Co.   . .      27.27
1    R. fhrich      22.00
Wni. ffenry. P. M      22.O.S
Rem. Rand Business Serv¬ ice Co       1 5.7.5
Naz:ireth  Borough       11.1 90
K. D. Vogel            6.2.5
Puhllc Schools  Puh.  Co.   .        2.6S
Lyons & Carnahan      24..'19
Cotrell &  Leonard       342.00
Teachera College            9.4 5
Theodore  Presser Co.   . . . .6(5
.\''rs.  Sadie F. Honeyman.     10.00
H. L. Heymann Co         3.SO
Hes.T   Brothers            I!.00
D. Appleton & Co  .4(1
Bullen Chemical Co        9.25
Blue Mt. Con.  Water Co..     ,S>;.5:!
C. Cr   Altemos   "      l.OO
.\t:tPim Knteitylnment Bu.     50.00
F. Mt^ssinger       S",.2'
R.  (,'.   (Irifflth            5.-<(;
Naz. Foundry & .Mach. Co.        I.S5
of Nazareth, who was injured in a;i aulomolille collision on tlie Ka.ston-.N'azareth highway al Seips¬ ville on July 1, was due to 'an un¬ fortunate accident in nowise the f:iiilt of Oscar Hartley, of 667 Spriiig'Carden street, the driver of the   other   macliine,"   a   coroner's
Jury decided.
•Hi.s death," the Jury's verdict rontitiiied, "followed injuries re¬ ceived when the automohllfc dri.eii t.y Haitiey, lost a wheel and rrash'id into Van  Buskirk's car."
The inrjuest wa.s conducted by Dr. Theodore Relchbaum, deputy coroner, with Coroner VV. (alvin JMickel, of Nazareth, an lnt"re.st.erl spectator. The tommotiwealtli was represented by Assistant Dis¬ trict .-Attorney fieorgs W. (leiser ynj County Detective Geori^e J. r?yan. J. Cullen Oaney, of Bethle- hi»m. looked after the iiiterests of the VanBusklrU  family.
Tlie tirst rltr.e::!5&H caii.d wer4 .fchti Hararaves and Allen Hard¬ ing, »,-mployes of a dairy, wi^o wee on  th3 scene   shortly    atter    the
ItlRTHIMV I'KLUmUTloN
HKI.Ii AT KMiULSVIi-LK
."Vliss Dorothy Flick, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. l';iln-.er Fiick, >i.uth Whittielil street. Nazareth, reoetit- Iv celehrat"il  her  hirt'iiday and ie.
Hartley, the driver of the car, Stewart Hoffrnau, of the William Pent! Highway; Clayton Walter, proprietor of the Fountain House, and John Strouse, of 103 Spring (Jarden street, who accompanied Hartley, all lold of the swaying of the Hartley car as it was descood- ing tlie SeliKsville hill atter thoy had heard a crash as if a tire blew out. This was due, it was later fcund, to tbe buckling of one of the rear wh^elrs.
The machine crashed Into the Vat! Buskirk c:i-r which was as¬ cending the bill, injuring the looe occupant. Hartley was also seri¬ ously hurt 8T>d is Btill a patleat at thi hospital, appearing at the iu- quest with bandages around his head, wearing hospital pajamaa. Van Buskirk died in the hospital two days later,
Creorge J. Ryan   was    the    laat
'..>tT(i3fl. Ke said his inveatlga- tlons showed that the Hartley ear ¦n.it, fi wheel Iiefore the coHlaion and It was due to that faci tliat the driver had no control of tha machine.
HOCHS KAVII.Y ItKlMoV.
Th_> alev<n;l; anauji reunion uf the Hod! family a^so.-iatioii, of .Vor'.haniiitoii and adjoining cou'i- I ies was held on Suturday aft:.'- iiooii ou the -N'azareih F'air (Irounds. Weather conditions kept the attendance down to about 60. .\bbott Hoch. of Bethlehem, pre.s- ident of the association, presided. The program   opened     with    the
GARAGE BURN
Fire   of   unknown    origin     de¬ stroyed the tvro-story   frame   ga¬ rage and dwelling bouse of Krank Ber.dal, at Ceorgetown,   about    4 singing of the reunion hymn after! o'clock   Monday  afternoon.     Tho
roiiuire lai-Re si.:ed type. Tills type honor of the event Mr. and .Mrs. i.s cast on a machine and makes [ I'almer Flick, .Miriam and Dorothy only the tyi-e needed thus jiiakiiig j Flick, Mr. and .Mrs. Herbert Kd- unnects.sary the holding of a large   elman. Mr. tind Mrs. William M ir-
iimount  of type in fonts.     He also
h.id  v.lth  him  the mats   used     In
ciistlnK  press plate.s   from     which
the   luvvspuper   Is   |)rinted.     These
tnats contain the   impressions    of
the tyiie fojct-d Into the mat hy a
heuvy   pressure.     The    nitits     aivj Simons  and  Mrs.  C,rp,sji-:y
tlieu  placed In  a cylitidriciil  mold   lentown;   .Mr.  and    Mrs
ris, Jir. and Mrs. loseph L. Sim¬ ons nnd iirandson Warren. Mr. and .Mis. S. j. tiregory. H;i!-old Hart¬ zel, Harold Flick. Dori fhy Metz, .Mrs. Coraic Ptofflet and Mrs. Harry lUigenbiich. of town;   K.  K.
of    Al- Russell
ill which  luit type luetni Is poured I Shafer and son .Iir.iior.  uf  Bethle- tliiis foriiiiim a   ryliiidriciil    plate! hem;   Mr.  and  Mr.s.  chnrles  Kdel-
hoariiig the type. This is imlted nn Ihe cylinders of the press niid wi'I fnrm one page of the news'.iaper. Ho also explal'ied the use of llno- ly-e and moiiotypo machines In •¦lieed'ng up the work of the mod¬ ern iH'WMiirtpei. The speaker said he Ir lleved that considering; the sjieid at which a newspuper must l)f llill Iti.yelher ntirl the tnatitfold (dt- chance for errors he believed the newspaper was lemarkahly nc- ciiriite In the sum tot.il of its news and statements.
Committees were n|ipolnted and organized for the coming year, president A. D. Thaeler. presided, prof. Charles Hess was nt the piano while tho Lions Indulged in snme snappy singing during the meeting.
man. daimhters I.atirii and .1.Nin¬ ette and son Harvey. Lovina Pet¬ ers und lialores .Srhneeheli. of E.l- elinnns. on Sunda.v journeyed to Foitelsvllle where they held n birthday pnrty nt Coniniiniify Park. -Ml present had a iilea.siint tlMi- wli'ch was fe;iliir< '1 liy the serving of splendid me.ils.
imrtm-:hshii' i>issoi,vFi>.
Kuitene Johnson and Rayinonil Osterstoek who jointly operated the Nazareth Steam Laundry for the Iinst ten years, have dissolved partnership and the business hns been taken over by Mr. Johnson who will in the future be sole proprietor of the business. See adv. iu another column.
$1007.15
Moved hy Keru. -seconded by Martin, that Jaooh .Messlnger and \'aleiifitip Knecht be employed as j.iaitor at the High .Sch.iol huild- itik; for the year beginning ,luly 1, 192'*. Motion curried ow the fol¬ lowing vote. Ye.-i: Kern, Slilmer aud  Martin.     Nay:   none.
The supply committee reporrei tb:it they performed th? duti;».s assigned them and placed the ord¬ ers for schooi supplies for tha 192>-1929 school term.
Motion of Martin and Keru. that, the action of the supply commit¬ tee he ratified, carried unanimous¬ ly.
.Moved hy Kern, seconded hy Martin, that .Miss .Mary tirim he etniilnyt-d ji'iti:ly with Hellertown SI iiool dUtrii'i. to serve as school liurse liurif.g the l!*2^-l; 29 school t.-ini. .Motion carried on the fol- lo.vitiK -.ote: Yea: Martin, Kern and .Shinier.    .N'ay: none.
.Move,I !,y M.irtin, seconded by Kern, thit the Board accept the hoiiii of W. F. Kern. Treasurer, In the amount of $.:.0,000 on which .M. T. Swartz and H. F. Ziegler ap¬ pear as sureties. Motion carried on the foUowiiig vote: Yea; Kern, .Martin and Siiimer.    .Nay; none.
.Moved hy Kern, seconded by .Martin, that tiie Board accept the Imnd of li C. ClrifTith, Tax Collec¬ tor, in the nmotnit of $05,000 on which the following apiiear tis siiieties: K. J. Cnangst. H. M. l\lei-kner. .\iidrew (1. Kern. Wil¬ liam P. Gano. A. C. Frantz. W. K. Shimer nnd H. B. Muiiaor. Mo¬ tion cart-led on the followlns vote; Yen: Martin, Shimer and Kern. Ni\v:   no.ii:-.
.Mo\«il by .Martin, seconded hy i-'i rn. that the or,ler for window- shades for the Whitfleld school luiildhm he awarded to l'nangst Furniture Co. nt their quolntion of $'J00 completely installed. Motion carried on the following vote: Yea Shimer. Martin nnd Kern. Nay: none.
On motion of Kern and Martin, unanimously carried, the follow¬ ing schnol calendar was adopted for the 193S-1929 school term:
Schonl opens September 4.
September—Days in month. 19.
which Rev. W. Chester Hill, pa.s¬ tor of the St. John's Lutheran churhc of Batb. offered the iuvoc-i- tlon. The secretary read the min¬ utes of the 19 27 meetitig. Ray¬ mond H .Michael, of Nazareth, de¬ livered an address of welcome. .Abbott Hoch gave a reading in German which was followed by an¬ other German reading by Hampton Hoch; of Philadelphia. Rev. Hill followed with a splendid address. Lester J. Rohn. of .N.izareth. ga. e a Creri.iati readiir.; and Robert F. .Sillies, of Bath, gave an interest- In'; talk. Truman Bittenheuder, of Ht^rktown. read the will of the late Jacob Hoch which proved to l>e (julte interesting. The follow¬ ing offlcers were then chosen for tho en.iuing year: President, Ab¬ bott Hoch: vice-presidents, Willis Hoch, Robert L. Hueh and Dr. F. G. Kdelman; corresponding secre¬ tary, R. L. Hoch. of Nazareth; tr;-asurer, Robert F. Siifies. The program closed with the singing ot another familiar hymn and ths pronouncing of the benediction by R'.^v. Hill.
Lloyd. 12-year-old son of Mr. and .Mrs. Harry .Minnich. is nurs¬ ing an injured arm which con.sisted of a dislocated and fTH.-tured wrist on the left arm sustained hy a f-jll while engaged in an outdoor exer- ci<*. Pr V J. Koch reduced tlu' fractur.- and gave hitn X-r;iy treat¬ ment.
Oct^ih'-—-<'i>untv In.stitnte Oct. 22-2(1. Da.vs in monlh. l,s. .VLtrk- ing periods end. Oct. S.
.November—.Armistice day. Nov. 12. D-.iyi. 19. Periods end, Nov. '.2. Thanksgiving Day. close Nov. 2.'^. ra-open Dec. :{.
De-:'ember — Chiistmas. clo»a« l>^c. 24. re-open .Ian. 2. Days, 16. rerio:ls end Dec. 17.
January—Days 22. Periods end Jan. 25.
February—Wa shin a ton's Birih- diy Feb.  22.     Days.  19.
N'arch-—Kaster, close March 27. Reo;>en April 2. Days. 19. Pe;-i- ods end .Mar. s.
April—flays. 21. Periods end Apr.  17.
May—Memorial Day. May ."10. Days. 22.     Periods end May 22.
June—Close June 20. Days 19. Period" end June 20.
Fir-It ti^rm closes Feb. 1, No. of days ill first term 94.
Final examinations Jan. 29. 30. 31.
Promotions February 4.
.Second term closes June 20. No. of days in term 90
Final examinations: H. S. Sen- int-s .lune 5. 0, 7. Grades and oth.^r H. S. classes June 14, 17, 1$.. Eighth grade exercises June in High School Commencement June 21.
.Moved by M.irtin. sorond^d by ICern. that a rhartte of 20c mi hour ho niad.^ for the u«io of the tennis court 111 the Hieh School building. Motion   carried   nnanlmoiislv.
On motioti of Kern and Marl in. iitianimottsly carried, the order for chemicals for use during the 192S- 1929 school term waa awarded tn J T. Baker Chemical Co. at their qiiotntion  of $49.01.
On motion of Martin and Kern nn order for fiO steel lockers was awarded to Lyon Metal Products Incorporated at their quotation of $5.07 per locker. Motion carried on the following vote: Yea: Kern, Martin and Shimer.   Nay none.
H-icktown and Nazarefh flre com¬ panies were eallad to the scene bnt arrived too lat-- tu save tbe dwell¬ ing. The lo.ss on the building is estimated at $6000 covered ;by $4000 insurance. Bendall #ati- mates losa on his furuituraat |500 and a tenant, Frank Trinkle, es¬ timates a loas on furaitur*' of $200. V
Th» origin of the flre has hot beeti determined but Clarence Kvei-t^tt. flre chief of Nazareth, be¬ lieve-, it m:iy liave originated in an adjoining building that had Just recently been filled with hay. .Members of the families wero working In tli-i fields when tho flames were first seen and they im¬ mediately guvi the alarm.
The Nazareth hremen from tha X'igilance company hurried to tba scene. They were sharp in their criiicistn of a train crew that blocked the flre apparatus for nearly ten minutes at the Daxter cement plant. It is said a string of cars laid across the highway and that no engine was attached to tha cars ihu^ canning the crew soma delay in gr^rtins the road clear to allow the  flre  truck   to  pass.
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Ladies' Au.viliarles (»f the Amer¬ ican Legion titt-ached to PcMts throughout the tountles of Mon¬ roe. Carooti, L-'iigh and -North¬ ampton counties met in quarterly council ou Saturday in the meeting riion:s of th-? f:. H. E'.aiis Post at Bangor. The Council was one of the most iiitere-stiag ones held thua far Ht.d w:'s a'te.^.ded by about 2011. Routine of business was transacted loUowed by a memorial session in honor of deceased mem¬ bers.
A friendly contest had sprung up among thv>- various units as towards having th? largest number of members jiresant at the coun¬ cils, a silver lovinn cup was put up as the prizi* and the trophy had to be won three times to become tho permanent property ot the win¬ ning branch. rhe honor fell to tlie Auxiliary associating with tha Harold V. Kii-eoht Post, .No. 415 of Nazareth, they having 54 at tho meeting, this ho'ng the third tima that the organization was handed th? priz';>. and it now remains the property of local unit. A cup for the hugest gain in membership in the past year went to Eastou, tlie gain being 41, and the second prize for g.iiti in membership went to Bangor, the gain being 3 5. They received a gavel. K fine dinner was served in the St. John's Reformed church. The next council will convene at Hel¬ lertown on October 13,  1928.
Wedded
UOTH -BRERS. Norma 1. Herbert Roth and Misa Anna Klizabeth Beers, both ol Nazareth, were united in marriag* at 11 o'clock Haturday morning bjr Rev. W. H. Wotring. D. D., pastor of St. John's Reformed chnrck, Nuzareth, at his parsonage on Owi« tre street. Tbey were atte«da4 I Carl O. Drake ot Naaarath Miss Lottie B. Quear. of PMIUgib burg. The ring ceremogjr uaed. They imnMdlataljr Mt otS a wedding trtp to Ntegara
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