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.:U' Nazareth Item ¦^;>f.^ 'W3 dS»e m AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIOBNCB. XXXVIII NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5. 1929 No. 41 IRMED CHURCH lAMAGED BY FIRE FRIDAY EVENING jif Unknown Origin Damages Interior of Chap- 1^ Church as Remodeling and Redecorating ^HnnCompletion; Loss Estimated at $5000; Fai)l>J^^*Wffl|i|y^**"' Delays Firemen \ rig* botn ihn* ermined orig J amounting toabo j^'lnterior of St. Johnji kurch on Priday n'sj* |wu diicorered bjr AJAn .. reildes alongaid«^he fvilM >>• inreatlf»j0(l a t crackling nolle that his attei^lbn. Mr. loned ed inside and this w.irk was neat completion. The scaffolds o( the painters were still In place inside the Sunday sehool room. The paint was hadly damaged la places by smoke and water and a con* siderable aniount of this work will have to be done over. The loss to the church Is fully ^ Vigilance covered hy paid up insurance. e flremen in Lg^, developed lately, since listened to tlw chTiroh i ^^^.^^ ^^^ ^y^^^j^ throughout the H^ found a flro »ting| j„^.„ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^.^ 1^ partition between thej ^j,j^^^ j^ not respond properly. pi Sunday school rooms. | ^^j^ matter has been taken up by platform of the Sunday, j,,^ p,^^ Department and to some ¦blaie and flamei were^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ remedied, but this flre again brought the matter to the attention of the department as the alarm was not received thru the system, but had to he phoned in. While the proper attention was exerted by Mr. Troxell from the box located at the Intersection of Broad and Prospect streets the alarm sounded but four single taps at long Intervals, the solution of which puzzled the flremen ready llr way up a heavy cur- en the two rooms, by the flremen soon the blaie. platform of the Sunday ,|fe« curtain and a heary lifdi in the church In the were deetroyod by the , while several chairs and were badly damaged. 10 caused considerable A Job For The Exterminator to the interior of the. to go Into action. Had it not been for the phone call much more dam- ¦reh waa being r«decorat-| age might have occurred. FOR COURT Thompson, who claims Del., ae bis home has in flOO bond for his at court by Squire Pry. Tbompaon was ar- tr AsaUtant County Detec- _jrles Delebman and Jobn ¦t the Nazareth Pair, and with running opon gambU ipaon waa hold nndor for a prollBlMirr hoar* Wrr. «^« tmt roeotv* „ Jobs from Diatrlet At- Mauch that he wanted the Thompson put up ia tho form ot several dia* rings which were appraised local Jeweler before accepted, hearing on Saturday Thomp- wns ordered held for court District Attorney Mauch had demonstrate his game which then declared gambling. The was the well known device in a metal cage. The play- iced his money on a number von or lost according to the Wdefi the district attorney and Coanty detectives there were ¦t at t'le hearing William tt. prps'dent of Pair assocl- .CnnsfnMe Willi.'im Enrtght. rtlohem, and H. B. F^irquhar. Hklehem. Mr. Farquhar was Ho testify to the authorah'n i»rHri»> he pabtlshed recently *«» (fambling at fhe Pair. '. Shimor teetifled that th? *Mnf#ltIr>n had tried to curb ilinr at the Pair and that he •illv had requested that the iMlce he present at the Pair n snv form of gambling. He taiMflod that he had warned ••usintnnces of his to stay ffom a certain game and had ltd th«» game stopped. "ik Schmidt, of New York, «w«»ed for gambling at the '•¦• held under $30 bond and ' to appear for a hearing on l«y morning, forfeiting his Htced before StuIrA Fry. Wplainlng tho differences In '••'"Irpd in two similar Snii're Pry stated that the M Attornev had requested Thompson he held under ' *ond and the Squire felt 'Jere were perhaps more seri- •Mrges to follow. LOCAL MAN POSTS LETTER CARRIED BY GRAF ZEPPELIN Raymond Werner, one of the local mail carriers, is now rejoic¬ ing over the (act thf^.'JM had the forethought otjgfNk'nginc to hava boarlBf hia ad- tho Graf Zappolla tho hangar at Lato- Canooa f lob* etrellBg FULMER ALFALFA DRIER ATTRACTING fiNGINEERING GENIUS IScrkM f'otint,v l-\iri:i Kuifnii at <ir«>i>n Acre Fami'. To \Viln<-'!* 0|MTi<lion of .Vew i>rlcr Camp Weygadt Brings Its Sixth Eventful Sea¬ son To A Close riving at H4^% tho MUr at tho Lai joat ottao ¦¦ • Aeeordlag to roeon wont from tta atai rlodrlckahafon. Oongtnr, Japan. Loa Angel o Lakehurst ijt^urn ar- in A- 1 condition. ii^.i!f^ ,Mr. Werner hatf enclosed in the envelope a small silken American flag which he prizea very highly and will keep it as a memento as being one of the possible few U. S. A. flags that accompanied the mon¬ arch of the air on its flrst round the world trip. Health Officer's Report Morris D. Frable, local health officer, submitted the following ' health report for the months of I July and August. Total number ; of cases In quarantine for the ( per'ol were 37; 19 cases of scar- I lot fever; tO cases of measles; 5 , cases of whooping cough and 3 of chicken pox. There were ca.'^es, or homes un¬ der quarantine: 2 against scarlet fever and 2 against measles on Sentember Ist. So the local re¬ sidents can readily see that it is very Important to take heed of alt' precautions that are to be observed agalnat the spreading of any con¬ tagious diseases. This action Is for the welfare of the general public and is co-operating with the efforts of the Board of Health. Camp Weygadt. ttfe Boy .Scout camp of tbe Baston Area Council, closed its sixth season with an in¬ teresting and impressive ceremon¬ ial camp flre. The following loaders had cobo up to camp to ake part In tho eoromony and Ip witk tbo court of honor: W. Lawla, ohatnMO, Court ot Hob- PhlUipahurg; Oeorgo Kipp, hlllipahurt, CUatot Aftoa, Uao- Iob; Blaor j. Sajrdor. J. O. Cro¬ well. town; Prod Wotdaw, Baston; Hiyrold Smith, Bolvldoro; J. A. Blakeilee. Jr.. Martins Creek; Walter Soimidt and Donald Lake, of Wilson Borough. All week the Scouts bad beon eRthuslastically working and train¬ ing towards this closing ceremony. The Saturday before closing of the camp saw Scouts from Alpha. Mar¬ tins Creek and Easton arrive in ramp. The Martins Creek scouts were accompanlBd by their Scout¬ master J, R, BlakeslVe. Jr.. who helped a great deal in training Scouts for the ceremony. On Sun¬ day ihurrh services was held In the woods, led by Scoutmaster Fred Weidaw, of Easton Troop 10. .Monday evening (;amp flre was In charge of the Alpha Scout] and was full of fun. On Tueaday tha Belvidere Rotary Club held their meeting and partook ot supper al camp. After supper they visited tho museum to see the interesting specimens there. A group of tour scouts arrived at aooa from Treaa ur* lalaad eafltp aad after lUBch ¦t«rtod oa thoIr wUdornaaa kiko oTor MoBBt Towaia to Camp ot tka Nowark eosMll. Ia tko oToalag tho Marttaa Crook Troop put oa a camp flro program which was greatly enjoyed by all. Six scouts were paired up and each acout was given a three-foot length of rope with which he was to try to tie the ankles of the scout he was paired with. This proved a most exciting and amusing stunt. The contestants entered into the game with such enthusiasm that a guard had to be put around the camp flre to keep tbem. In their eag'^r struggle, from falling into the lir>. Wednesday was a hig day. The summer school boys band from ICaston arrived In camp in the at- fernoon. Swimming, eating and l)K<ieI):j!l were all enjoyed. The camp flre with band music and acout singing accompanied by the (Continued on Page Five) UONS AND RO¬ TARIANS IN ATTEN¬ DANCE COI There was no meeting of the Rotary Ciub on Monday evening because of the Labor Day holiday Next Monday the local Rotarians have the flrst meeting to score in the attendance contest with the Lions Club. Tho contest between the two clubs will come to a close Just be¬ fore Chrtstmaa, and tho loaer will have to oatertala tko wlaaor. Coa- Ialdtrable lotoroat ta belag worked ap la hetk troapa to laaar* a ronatng rod kot eoataat. Some two hundred perMrjus con sistlng of members of the Berk-i rminfy Farm Bureau together with their families visited Greei .\cre farms on Friday to view the' alfalfa drier which has been built on these farms a'nd has been I'l fi'll operation for the past week. Ward Moorfng, Bryaii^ Texas, wiis an intereeted visitor Itt Gree i .V>pe farms seteral days dulfing tli« past week. ^Afr. Mooring hap SOO'i creg of rici delta soil under cof- PUBLIC SCHOOLS RE¬ OPENED FOR 1929-30 SEASON YESTERDAY Tliree Local Teachers Among Many New Faces II Faculty; About 1000 Children Now EnroBed la Grades; 260 Students In Hiffh School; Some Grades To Be On Half Time Many new faces on the faculty of Nazareth High school greeted the students when school opened for the 1929-30 term on Wednes¬ day. Seven teachers and two su- pervi.^ors are among the newcom- trn. Three Nasareth girls are keeping. In the grade aehoola baatdw Mise Wood and Miaa Cootop al¬ ready mentioned there will ha Miss Elsie M. Wirth, ot BetkMMm who will teach flfth grade Pair- view building. The High school this year la as- -. numbered among the new teachers, I „ ton and al|ililfa cultivation l| cen-| th .^ are Miss Mae Yeisley, daugh- pected to have an enroUmaat oC »ral Texasiaiid visited here,-with ter of .Vir. and Mr. H. P. Yeisley. of 1 2<.0 pupils, which Is the largaat la South Broad street. Miss Yeisley' its history and indicates a growtk who is a graduate of Temple I'ni- o.' nearly three hundred perooat la versity, Philadelphia, wi.l become the High school student bodr !¦ ht" intention ot purchasing 4 Ful- •ner Alfa^a Drier fr)r use ofi hU Texas far|n VisitonI of eng neering p>)iHty supervisor of music to take the the past ten years. including." Prnf. Jrisephsq^, of S-i)'e rolfige, several menders of NV-.v .lersiy State Kxpe^meritil ^ ntion, eiiiiineerg froni^riordon- Wallier DailX^^Coraprf^y. Plain=<- hf ro. N, .1.. andjfWvernmentai ex 'lerts stationed at Annapolis. Md.. spent some time at Green Acre farms inspecting the alfalfa drier de=Ign«>d and erected by J, H. Fu mer. fhe owner. This drier of which Mr. Fuimer s the oMfentee, is attracting wide spread Interest throughout the en¬ gineering world. rOUNGSTERIN HOSPITAL WITH FRACTURED SKULO Historical Society Meeting Here Sept. 26 mm "•^ttrFS IV HT. JOHN'S *BPORMRi> nnmrH hvs. *** it had huen rumored that •ndav school rind church ser- •»onld he held on account of •j*- the f.ict nf the matter Is ¦»'f of the main aud'torium '¦• galleries are being used •"feh and Sui day school aer- I ^n the Sunday school teach- •M clns'^o!, tiav^ their p1ac«. '["w now on morning and "" wrvlce, will h* held, "vest horn* services will be •»" S'lnd.iy. Seotember 15, '"•fhnnel ought to be com- ¦ »nd rumirs In the main wrlnm prol)ahIv will begin. ' ••H'FMFVTH rOM- »*I.RTK|» |\ .SQIMRR ^"m ?ri,.f.r rontinrtr>r, bus *'• :i fnticretf* curb nnd -*''•' '<'l-wnik in front of "'"en R„ffi» f^on,p ,„ pentro . • »"» n;ipt of the Imo'-ove- ^|»Me l,y fhe Vsznreth ^r,stle "•nseniin home recently ac- io-?r ^''^''¦e nurposea by the '¦•Men Kaglea. HARVEST HCNNE AT FORKS-ARNDTS Harvest home services will be held in the Forks-Arndt's Luther¬ an parish. Rev. George 8. Kleck¬ ner. pastor, as follows: At Forks, on Sunday. Septem¬ ber «. at 1ft a. m. and 7:15 p. m. At Arndt's on Sunday. Septem¬ ber 15. at 10:15 a. m. Mr. and Mrs. George Neeley and daughter. Elliahefh. were sight seeing visitors at Atlantic City over Sunday. Louis» McPhctridge- Thadca. leading i» the heavy plane dhrisioo uf the woaian's air dtrhr froai Cali< foniia to Ckvtiaad. IMQi ia tha firat »riaa. LABOR DAY OBSERVED VERY QUETLYHERE .'ti^or liaV In Naiareth passed off very quietly. Many of the local townspeople spent the afternoon nttendng races at the Fair grounda, «rhtl«'h number of others took motor trips. .**^raflic through town was fairly heavy during the day hut not so heavy as it has been on previous Knbor Pays, with persons return¬ ing from vacations. Business houses throughout the town enjoyed a holiday. There were no baseball or other sports scheduled and the day was more than usually quiet. WOMAN'S CLUB NEETING MONDAY The Nazareth Woman's Club will hold the first meeting of the season on Monday evening. Sep¬ tember 9th, in the study hall of the High school. The chairladies of the various committees are busy formulating plans for the work to be done dur¬ ing fhe winter months. The i>rosram committee will present its pl:i:is for discussion atl fhe meetins n-^xt Monday and lt| fr, hoped that every member wlllj be present and participate In the. discussion. I The mepMns v.ill iippin promptly ill T:SO oVIorli. I. tt. II. M. NMMIV.XTK fHIKFS .At il «*;UPiI meeting on Tiie^iday "vening Minnetonl;a Tribe. Vo. 2S4, I O. n. M. nominatpd the following, chiefs to «erv» the ensiieirg term: S!:ichem. .A r». Srhleirhed: senior sngamore. Vii-tnr Stark: junior s,<gpmore. Walter .1. Knecht: trustee for IS month# Asher D. Schleicher. AMERICAN LEGION HOLDS MEETING Harold V. Knecht Post. No. 415. American Legion met on Tuesday evening in a stated meeting. Routine of business was followed which included receiving the report of the post delegates that attended the State convention at Scranton during the past week. The commander'brought to the attention of the post that a stated county meeting would be held at Rangor on Thursday evening, Sep¬ tember 16 and urged that all post members as well as the post Drumj and Bugle rort>s reserve that date foi a trip to Bangnr. | Invitations were received and pccepted from tbe Fullerton I>»g-j Ion post to attend their legion cele¬ bration on Saturday afternoon. | September 2«: Allentown Legion post to attend their Armistice Dav celebration on November 9th, and Norfhsmpton Legion post on Nor ; ember llth, Armifttce Pny activit¬ ies. The drum malor laid stress op these dates that all corrs mem¬ bers kee'> these difes In mind and make their arrangements ricord-l inglv so as to have full strength of mnsicinns In Iir* on all oncas'ons He also announced thnt everv member of the corp be on band tMs (Thiir«ilnv> eveninz at tbe Fi'fr grounds for rehenrsil I The totlowinc nomin.ntlon of officers for the ensiielne term were, made: Comnnnder. Russell Flory and R.TV i^rhmiok: senior vice-j commander. Vny iSchni'ck. I.nther^ riewell .ind KarT '<oehIer: Inn'or, vice-rommnndep. Riivmnnd We.ive'' and Torneliiis Ttr.iss: fninre offl-, cor. Wilson /erfnsa nnd Rivniond Wen ver. executive rommifee. Mat , t'lew >fo<Tow. Robert rmiley. Irf.w|a Wolfe. Rnv rorrell. Rnv G. i XtcoI. ITirrv Wiindorlv. Ilownrd Werkheisor nnd Luther riewell. ' The Executive committee of the Moravian Historical Society met Tuesday evening at the Ephrata House on Centre street, and made arrangements for the annual meet¬ ing and vespers to he held by the society on September 26, the fonrth Thursday in September. The business meeting will be held at 11 a. m, in tbe Ephrata House. The afternoon will be devoted to Vesper service beginning at 1:"0 in the Moravian church. Those present at Tuesday night's meeting were Pr. llbert Rau. Pr. William Schwarie. Pr. Paul de Schwelnlti, all of Bethlehem: Misj Clara Beck. William K. Henry. Richard O. Beitel. Alhert O. Stur- eris. Pr. Walter C'mwford. Rev. George Bahnsen and Rev. G, M. Shultz. of town. .lames Aval son of Mr. and M Spring 8treet\l8 I pital with a fr^ct jtnd other inju being struck driver last Thursday afternoon 1$ front of his home. two-year-old Peter Avalon, the Easton hos- re of the skull the result ot a hit-and-run^ place of .Miss .Mabel K. Schuler.; The beginners this year aaoi- Misa Yeisley is a graduate of Naz- ber between 65 and 70. The Sa- are'h High and has made an envi- pervlsin^ principal and hla dork al'l"* reputation In music for her- sat at the High school on Tueaday self during her stay at Temple. ; to register beginners In school aot .Miss Virginia Wood, daughter ot those who wish to enter Nasareth .Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wood, who has Schools from other districts. Tot- had several years experience In ty-four were enrolled in May. teaching at Palmyra. N. J., and Is: Examinations were given Taea« a graduate of Prexel Institute, will' day morning to thoee deiirlat to tcke charge of the fourth grade! enter High school and to make ap Fairview building. Miss Evelyn subjects in which they ««re deHa- Goole.v. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. iquent last terra. The grade taaok- Harry Cooley. of town, will as- ers met at 10 a. m. Tueeday aai sume charge of the flfth grade., discussed preliminary detaila pr^ Whitefleld building. Misa Cooley' paratory to the opening ot aekooL Is a graduate of West Chester { The High school teachers mot is Teachers' College and was formerly the afternoon and alto arraaged a teacher in Lower Nasareth town-! flnal details tor the openlaf day. "hip. where she was quite success- Supervising Principal F. A. Mareka ful in her^ork. presided at tbese meetinga. .Maximilian Knoderer. a gradu-' When the achool bella of towa a'e of Pratt Institute and a teach'>r called forth the hovs and Biria w'th several years experience at, yesterday morning the town look- Millersburg. becomes the new art ed as if the Pled Piper had agaia supervisor to succeed Miss Priscllla, come from hla hiding plaee aad Surface, reaianed, j ws, calling tbe yonng folka from On the High school facultv are their homes. Between fOO aa4 Porothv A. Nerllnger. a graduate: 1000 children anawered the roll of V. of P.. who will have charge! callt In the schoola thia year. Tw» of the Latin and French langu- hundred and ality ot theae In tha Ages: Adam E. Scbekletakle. of Le- The driver of the machine aftei^ high University, who will teach striking the child drove rapidly Ncienee; Misa Elmira Ott. of State away withont waiting to see the fTeachers' College, who will teach esteat of the child's Injurtea or la Health and Phyaical education In aay way making an attempt at the Senior aad lunior high ehools. aaatatanec '— Police were faratahed with a very meagre description of the car and driver. WOMEN SCRAP; TO BE SETTLED IN COURT Birthday Celebration • Mrs. Robert L. Hoch on Tuesday celebrated her 51 birthday annl- ^'ersary and in honor of the e>'ent the following gues's assembled at tbeir home on East Walnut street, and assisted her in celebrating: Rev. and Mrs. H;irvf\v C. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. M. E, Stuber. .Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Fehnel, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Stuber, danghters. Glendora and Arlene: Mr. and Mrs. Lester .1, Rohn, Ponald. ClTford. Lois and Gloria Rohn. Minerva and Kl:tn9 Ottlnger, The guests h >d a d->lightful time and the gatherina wis fentiirel with the servfne of t houn'eous chicken and w.-T'e sn'iv»r on 'he srncions l-iW!i *i <ii'de I s'.ir- prlse to Mrs. Hofh 'nd iier eu°st« WPS the prepen*itio" ¦-,' n Vi-po cnke ornamented vi'h fifty-one Mary Shappel. of town, is being held under $500 ball for court to answer a charge of aggravated assault and battery preferred by her neighbor, Mrs. .losie Brown, Tlie children of the two women got into a quarrel and in an effirt tn settle the disturbance the moth¬ ers got to fighting. .Mrs. Shappel is said to have laM OJ en .Mrs. Brown's cheek with an aprite pail. S'luire Fry he.^rd tlie rnse and held Mrs. Shapi;ei for court. DONATIONS CHEER COUNTY INMATES Inmates ot the N'orthamptyn County Home were gladdened on Tiiesilny bv a donation of four hun¬ dred hot dogs and rolls furniahel hv the generosit.v of James Sloyer. of town. The ta8t.v wieners soo'i disapi'eared after they had been di»tril)!|fed to those in the Homa The Walbert pretzel bakery of Al¬ lentown. recently donated eight barrels of pretzels to the home and 'he salty twists also pro\ided tisty re'reshments to the inmates Th^ old friahioned liqnid refreshment j H'^sociated with beer is taboo a I the home hut th? pretzels are often served in the tasty pretz ¦¦•"< form a popular dis homo. Dorothy A. Welkel, a graduate of V. of P.. who wtll teach civics in Senior qnd English in the .lunior high school: Frances Y. Salter. ;i High sehool leoTo the rematadar to he distributed in the laalar High. Whiteaeld aad Falrvlesr bntldiaga. Bunerrlsint prtaelpal F. A.'. Marcks aaalated by kia elerk. Mlaa Mae Wunderly. on Wedneaday morning realatered doaeaa ot youngsters, who thronged hloAfloa a* the High school aeeklag admtt- uate of rrsinus. who will teach jtance to the rarlous gredea. Ow- Hlstory and Civics In the ,Iunlor|ing to the influx ot out-of<towa high school: FrPances Y. Salter, a j students Mr. Mareka Is an«hle at graduate of Cedar Crest, who will the present time to make a deflntta teach general science in the High | statement regarding enrollment school and aewing in both junior i hut indications are that thia yeer'a and senior high schools, and Ed- enrollment is higher than any ward Fessler. who will teach book- vlous year. W. NEUMEYER FiLES\ j WOMENS AUX. OF $12,000 DAMAGE sum FHtEMEN? ASSO. IN iftEMBER^H* DRIVE Kilward Neum.veer and wifei Ila, of Stockertown. have started uit in the Lehigh County courts le.iinst Richard J. Stoeckel. of wj ei-.town. to recover $12,000 danV ige-i. The suit was started by Atv orney Francis H. S. Kde. of town.' Tlie claim ig bast-d on an auto Tccident in Allentown on Septem- Iier 9, l',>27, when Mr. Neumeyer v.M struck by the defendant's |,Tufi>mol)ile and suffered a fractitr- led leg and numerous body Injuries ^!iaf necfssitated his treatment inj hospital for several months. ThJ ventH &»r~AJl*mf^own. J /JWOACCTOENTSW ' AUTO RACES laecident 's'reg»r~A. are often,' tzel sou'J i>h at th(j liE':'t-'<i rindles by Mrs. Le-s;ei ''I'hn. .M.'s. Hoch beside.s alsi "s rhe recipient of many usefii r>resents. .\t a late hour tin r.«>Ti!)<»rs of fhe party left for thei ••••rlons homes wishing Mrs. Hocl many more happy birthdays. Ruth tduer uuu w otter L.atH^, j Mr f»nd Mrs. Charles Nicholas snd dnughter. Miss Dorothy, of Allentown. snent Sunday with the former's father, Oeorge Nicholas. | CJeorge Culp. of Allentown, dri r a Rajo si>ecial was injured on l.jlior Pay in the auto race at th-j Fair grouniia. whafl bis car over turned on ihe stsBight-away. Cuhy WM-i rendererijiiflconscious. Friends 'o )k him to the ofllce of a local physician, where it was founrl he had sculp lacerations, a broken n( «e and body bruises. He sonn len.vered consciousness and wai found not hadly hurt Billy Winn, another racer. wj:i over-come by gas fumes but was \|»oon revived by friends at the ack LEIBERT SCHOOL OPENS WITH BIG ENROLLMENT Waliier Camp. Jr.. former Yale football alar aad aaa of the laic footbaU rxiiert, with Ruth Elder, aeiad aviatria, with whom ht ia rayortad cni Halh Eldar, at present a ntrahar of the Lady Bird Air Darky from Monica la Ckvalaad. ooaAnaad ihi rtfort The Leibert ighool ati hi t'pper Na^Teth townsl ing from Ni^ey and adji ritory opeiwd on Tueada; ensuing te#m. The Leil ,it pre.sedt has 87 stu( charge offteachers. Mise Kiefer aid Miss Mary The schilpl was erected^ on the i^d from Eai st Lawn draw- ent ter- for the school nts in ephine nderly. ast year Lawn tn ft Cherry l||jfl, near th^ Nazareth Stockerfow|^ ^Wm.Jf. Is a two- room brick ttiUdMrand is of tbe moat modem approved type. The diatrlet which the aehool aervea It adjacent to Naaarath aad la rapid ly growlag. Women's Auxiliary to the Fire¬ men's Association of the State ot Pennsylvania is making atrenuooa eflorts in a drive for an increase la menlbersbip and any local eo-opor- ution that may be given will >>• appreciated by the executives of the organiiHtion. . The organization Is for the wivea only of members in good standing o' the Firemen's Association ot the State of Pennsylvania, who ara under the age of 50 years. The initiation fee is hut fZ-OO while the annual dues are |i. with death benefits amounting to $40, Proa- pectives are re4|neata to have their application in the hands of tho executives before the nest annual meeting on September 30. October I. 2 and •*<, next, at Pittsburgh. Further information can be had l»y corresponding with Mrs. Charlee V Stoner. flnanclal secretary, 36 North Third street, Reading. Pa. STREET PAVING STARTED HERE H. S. Shafer. local contractor. oday started work on the pav- ng of North Main street. Hla rucks have heen busy for the past ew days getting materiala on the site of the work and everythiag ia In readiness for the'meo to piuh the work to % rapid eompletlon. Beeides North Main atreet there will be paved In thia etiatraet. the Square, Centre street Ont Bel« videre street, eaat ot Nev atraat. Khn DeRMMHtratim Here Sept l«h The flrst annual Klan demoa* stration tn Northampton Coaaty will be held at the Naa. rcfh fWt grounds on Saturday. SepCaahar 14. From I to 4 o'eloek tlMM will he a number of addresaaar at 7::)0 there will be a Klaa paraia and at 8:30 there arlll he aaara sceakera. aumhar of priaaa «llf be awarded. Tha atalr (a M^g apoaaorad hy tha aavafsl ttM, aatto aC Mertfeaaplaii ( ^ '""^
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 41 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1929-09-05 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 09 |
Day | 05 |
Year | 1929 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 41 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1929-09-05 |
Date Digitized | 2009-09-28 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 38154 kilobytes. |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIOBNCB.
XXXVIII
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5. 1929
No. 41
IRMED CHURCH lAMAGED BY FIRE FRIDAY EVENING
jif Unknown Origin Damages Interior of Chap- 1^ Church as Remodeling and Redecorating ^HnnCompletion; Loss Estimated at $5000; Fai)l>J^^*Wffl|i|y^**"' Delays Firemen
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ermined orig J amounting toabo j^'lnterior of St. Johnji kurch on Priday n'sj* |wu diicorered bjr AJAn .. reildes alongaid«^he fvilM >>• inreatlf»j0(l a t crackling nolle that his attei^lbn. Mr. loned
ed inside and this w.irk was neat completion. The scaffolds o( the painters were still In place inside the Sunday sehool room. The paint was hadly damaged la places by smoke and water and a con* siderable aniount of this work will have to be done over.
The loss to the church Is fully
^ Vigilance covered hy paid up insurance.
e flremen in Lg^, developed lately, since
listened to tlw chTiroh i ^^^.^^ ^^^ ^y^^^j^ throughout the
H^ found a flro »ting| j„^.„ ^^^^ ^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^^.^
1^ partition between thej ^j,j^^^ j^ not respond properly.
pi Sunday school rooms. | ^^j^ matter has been taken up by
platform of the Sunday, j,,^ p,^^ Department and to some
¦blaie and flamei were^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ remedied, but this
flre again brought the matter to
the attention of the department as
the alarm was not received thru
the system, but had to he phoned
in. While the proper attention
was exerted by Mr. Troxell from
the box located at the Intersection
of Broad and Prospect streets the
alarm sounded but four single taps
at long Intervals, the solution of
which puzzled the flremen ready
llr way up a heavy cur- en the two rooms, by the flremen soon the blaie. platform of the Sunday ,|fe« curtain and a heary lifdi in the church In the were deetroyod by the , while several chairs and were badly damaged. 10 caused considerable
A Job For The Exterminator
to the interior of the.
to go Into action. Had it not been for the phone call much more dam-
¦reh waa being r«decorat-| age might have occurred.
FOR COURT
Thompson, who claims Del., ae bis home has in flOO bond for his at court by Squire Pry. Tbompaon was ar- tr AsaUtant County Detec- _jrles Delebman and Jobn ¦t the Nazareth Pair, and with running opon gambU ipaon waa hold nndor for a prollBlMirr hoar* Wrr. «^« tmt roeotv* „ Jobs from Diatrlet At- Mauch that he wanted the Thompson put up ia tho form ot several dia* rings which were appraised local Jeweler before accepted, hearing on Saturday Thomp- wns ordered held for court District Attorney Mauch had demonstrate his game which then declared gambling. The was the well known device in a metal cage. The play- iced his money on a number von or lost according to the
Wdefi the district attorney and Coanty detectives there were ¦t at t'le hearing William tt. prps'dent of Pair assocl- .CnnsfnMe Willi.'im Enrtght. rtlohem, and H. B. F^irquhar. Hklehem. Mr. Farquhar was Ho testify to the authorah'n i»rHri»> he pabtlshed recently *«» (fambling at fhe Pair. '. Shimor teetifled that th? *Mnf#ltIr>n had tried to curb ilinr at the Pair and that he •illv had requested that the iMlce he present at the Pair n snv form of gambling. He taiMflod that he had warned ••usintnnces of his to stay ffom a certain game and had ltd th«» game stopped. "ik Schmidt, of New York, «w«»ed for gambling at the '•¦• held under $30 bond and ' to appear for a hearing on l«y morning, forfeiting his Htced before StuIrA Fry. Wplainlng tho differences In '••'"Irpd in two similar Snii're Pry stated that the M Attornev had requested Thompson he held under ' *ond and the Squire felt 'Jere were perhaps more seri- •Mrges to follow.
LOCAL MAN POSTS LETTER CARRIED BY GRAF ZEPPELIN
Raymond Werner, one of the local mail carriers, is now rejoic¬ ing over the (act thf^.'JM had the forethought otjgfNk'nginc to hava boarlBf hia ad- tho Graf Zappolla tho hangar at Lato- Canooa f lob* etrellBg
FULMER ALFALFA DRIER ATTRACTING fiNGINEERING GENIUS
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Month | 09 |
Day | 05 |
Year | 1929 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19290905_001.tif |
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