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The Nazareth Item o.v ctP^j—¦-> •(»^»-ap^-i ¦»K'i NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 9,1931 No.ai AN INDBPBNDBNT FAMILY NIWiPAPBK. DBVOTBD TO LITERATURE. LOCAL AND GENERAL INTBLLIGBNCB. MJNCIL AWARDS 'SoNTRACT; MUNICIPAL ^LDG. TO BE REPAIRED ¦g^ Money Appropriated to Street Committee; ^P^rtion of South Broad Street and South Street to Have Curb and Gutter; Streets Narrowed to Save Trees lar stated meetine ot Coun- and Llndenmoyer tt waa moved that ingttw •» ^^ ^y Q{ july^ ^0 1,1(13 1^ accepted and considered. «'*'. i^M o'clock p. m. DayUght Communication from The Arco <nm« with all ot the mem- Company, Allentown, Pa. asking con- "^tljmt with the exception ot sideratlon on an Arco Sealit roofing JS^ Tbe President, Mr. Hart- paper for the roof of the municipal tSSjiMd I '»'i'<''i>K ^os read and ordered filed, ^tinn of Messrs. Mertz and On motion of Messrs. Lindenmoy- , Bonon minutes of the regu- er and Mertz, It was moved that * -'^ .. -« V..MA la* anrl tha mnfrnrt fnr r«knlfinini7 tha frkrif iJg'J^JlJr.i Meeting of June I8th, on the municipal building be award *i^2f.0Droved as read. I ed to H. O. Simons & Son at thei l"''iitsd meeting of June l»t,»nj*' the^ contract for replacing^ the roof W»»»P« _ " ~" " "'""' "'""*"" " '•8l'2ftlon*"of Messrs. Schaeffer; bid of $374.00. The roll being called. ..?u«^ the following bills were; all of the members voted in the af- "^to'be paid as read and as flrmatlve: 7 ayes and 2 members not| I h» the Chairman of the'voting. (Messrs. Heyer and I fried not present at the time.) I 5.57 Communication from the L. 6c N. a—^Emhower Co 1235.63 E. R. R. Co. advising they would ii^Mt at Sons 7-80; furnish warning signs on each side -• ?S?^:. .60 of their crossings In Nazareth If ths by the Chairman Committees. Ziegler Sey- irivu leitlssler Hardware Co 5-401 Borough would erect aiui maltit&in' 49.03 i the standards, was on motion of i l&itmfe^hr " M5.06; Messrs. Llndenmoyer and Schaeffer |HP£/Ji„B Co * 20 accepted and the Secretary directed ffftM Pub Co 22.44 to advise the L. & ti. E. R. R. Co.! ^^StPum Co 7.20 to furnish us with the necessai-y .JT^mtmeue Inc 417.001 signs to take care of three crossings ititkU^ 21.08 In Nazareth. I RL Prable *•"' Representatives of the Interurban ISStl City Chemical Co... 1654 j Oas Company. Easton. Pa. again ap- 1^^. Smith 6.301 peered before Council asking for a Mv ft Machine Co...' 19 59, permit to extend their gas mains on ^ CmI & Lbr Co 78.88, North Avenue and Centre Street, lft«mons&Son 33.00, stating that they would pay the Iam< Roads Company 389O.S0, necessary excavation charge, use a I^Rttlotr 269 41 trench digger, employ flve or six le J Onsory '¦ **••* '"*¦' •"*" *"•* "'^'^ trench accord- ImrinrMl Concrete Works.. 40.00 ing to the Borough Ordinance. On ¦hiriit Cons. Water Co. .. 262.90 motion of Messrs. Mertz and Butts. I Seo-Edlson Co 496.99 it was moved that we grant the In- I^MJtoth 54.90 j terurban Oas Company a permit to \ mtt vere opened for replacing, lay a gas main on North Avenue! I ^ iMMnt roof on the municipal and Centre Street In accordance, I Swing with now roofers and a 5- with their statement and to comply StKrtult roofing, as follows: i with the Ordinance covering the e.x- I BIWT W Roth $419.00 cavatlon of streets. fUntt Brothers 442.67 Reports of Committees. Iinnond Friend 373.00 Highway: Mr. Lindenmoyer .stat¬ ic Simons & Son 374.00 ed that It was the intention to grade ¦ f Hahn 422.43 and resurface Chestnut Avenue be- Ce motion of Messrs. Schaeffer | (Continued on Page Pour) No Tree or Fence in Sighl— ~^^ By Albert T Raid NAVY BALLOON DOWN IN BURUL PLOTATDRYUND Observers Find Their Craft Entangl¬ ed in Two Small Cypress Trees Frantz Fam¬ ily Hold Reunion The second annual reunion of the Frantz family was held at the West End Fair Orounds. Monroe County, with over SOO in attendance. Music was furnished by tlie Wind Oap Fira Department band, and the roster of the family members showed that they were from ten counties ot Pennsylvania and from a number of ottier States. Registration took place In the morning hours and at 12:30 a splen¬ did dinner was served. At 10:00 the formal events of the day began with a patriotic service. Rev. Elton Angstadt giving the in¬ vocation. The reports of the offl¬ cers were then heard. President Raymond A. Frantz. of Kunkletown, being In charge. Mrs. Kate Elev. of Wind Oap. the treasurer, rendered her report and the records of the preceding meeting were read by the .secretary. Chester Meixell, Williani H. Frantz. of Kunkletown, the his¬ torian reported that he Is prepar LOC AL LEGION POST WINS PRIZE AT BEL- VIDERE; ACTIVITIES Program to be Rendered Over Station WCBA Ncit Wednesday Evening; Presented with Ccrtifl* cate of Distinguislied Service; Elect • Delegates to State Convention The members ot the Harold V. presented a certifteate ot dlsUncaWb* Knecht Post 415 American Legion,ed service to the local poet on ka> met in their regular monthly ses¬ sion Tuesday evening In the Y. M. C. A. socal rooms. Commander R. Schmickle, pre¬ sided and read the following an¬ nouncements: a third prize of $15 was won by the Drum and Bugle Corps of the Post at the parade at Belvidere, N. J., last week; the Drum Corps of the Post has been invited to l>e the ofBcial corps of the Nor- tliarapton County Voiture, 40 et 8 at the American Legion State Con- ve:ition in Easton; an inivation was tialf of the county organiaatlOB tm exceeding ttielr post membership quota before December IMl. Election of delegatM to the American L«glon of Pennsylvaala State Convention at Easton «¦¦ held with Ouy Cump and HOwafa Hahn being elected as regular dele> gates and Howard Slmoas and WlUa lam Feldman as alternates. On July 15 a local program vlll be put on the air over station WCBA Allentown. Short addresses will be made by Post County Commander ing the history of the clan. Harold; ju Tatamy July 11 at the Fh-emen's Repsher, of East Stroudsburg, gave ptonlc a meeting of the Northamp- a piano solo, a clarinet duet was'ton Countv Committee ot Legion given by Kenneth Shook, of Bangor,: p^jts will be held In Nazareth at the and Herbert Shook, of Wind Oap. y. m. c. A. on July 17. A parade of Elizabeth A. Frantz rendered a reel- the Drum and Bugle Corps of all exteiided to the local post to parade Robert Pauly, Post Commander Scli> mick and WilUam Merte. Other COUNTY TAXES PAID IN 1930 REACHES TOTAL OF $1,055,704.81 tatlon and Rev. Angstadt an ad¬ dress. Rev. Hiram Frantz, of Allentown. opened the aftemoon session with prayer and a musical number was given by James and Herbert Brew- en. of Wind Oap. This was follow¬ ed by a recitation by Kenneth Frantz. of Kunkletown, after which a duet was rendered by Mrs. David Frantz and Miss Orace Frantz. of EfTort. "Yesterday and Today" was the subject of an address by Prof. John E. Stocker. of Lehigh Univer¬ sity. Other numbers on the pro¬ gram were a reading by Arlo Ed¬ wards, of Wind Oap: a violin solo portions of the program will: selections by the 30 piece Kasareth High School orchestra under the direction of Miss Mae Yaialem, a trombone solo by Miss Doris Aonir* County posts will precede the meet- man, a piano solo by Charles Waat, ins- I vocal numbers by the Ackerman eie« After the announcements Leroy ters and Frank Yeakel and trumpet Wa.s.sum of Post 588 South Easton selections by Leglonalre Waeeer. WILUAM LEHR DIES IN HIS 84th YEAR Was NaUve of Nssareth After an Illness ot several weeks WilUam F. Lehr. long a well known .. ., . »^ .J «i_ .. ! - re.5ident of Bettilehem. died early "^ 'l**'^^.°°!??'i^'*''^i * fJ'"ii? Th'J'-sday morning at his home, on solo by Miss Catherine Frantz. of ^ast Broad Street. He was in hU Rotarians Celebrate IMINTY FARM HiREAU nm AT NAZARETH Enjoy Prograas In Fair I — Daaetag Dalle TWO BOYS INJUR¬ ED BY HORSE IN MAD DASH Heary Vesks, 13, and Winder Braendle. 4. Hart — Horse Attached to Hay Rake '•Mrday, Independence day, was _; ot much activity and pleasure r tte memlxrs and their families MOTORIST STOPPED HORSE Four offlcers of the air services of. Interesting Statistics Compiled by Commissioners the United states Navy, Lieut, Jesse I ^t a . r% a. a t. r% a. ol _ reit L. Kentworthy, Lieut. Samuel M. Clerk at Couuty Seat; Rcport Shows There Bailey, pilot; Lieut. Daniel Harrigan Wprp infilfiK TnYnhIo P«r«nn<« snd Lieut. Herbert Westcott, occup-1 " «r« 1U0,10» I axaoie fersuns ants of the carrier of one of the Jn County Last Year navys observation balloons, had a ' thrilling experience at 6:30 o'clock Priday morning when they found, .^^ taxpayers eiglity-fourth year. Mr. L«hr was best known through his connestion in the leather busi¬ ness, having been associated in that industry for the past 60 years. Por the past 41 years he conducted a stcre at Center and Broad Streets. Bethlehem, where he gained a wide reputation among horsemen for special boots for racing horses. of real estate was on mon*. h-.««.u.-. »r««~.H .-n.mH th-' xi.cw»*i»,«- «. Northampton • The City of Easton had 22.193 tax- ^!^.fil «f fy«1«fn ov2^« t~.!'County paid $1,055,704.81 in county able persons, and tbe amount ot branches of two small cypress trees ^..^ ^„Hn* loio aflMnliM to the t>K Isvtad on aU real eatate was in the old burial land church. Heel Thanks to the early natives of the village L*cu^n2 Soe?'iSiy" aT six!' emoluments of ofBce, and $175.59».95 of" real estate exempt, $8,505,585, 12-year.old son of ?iL*i!S? .uf--?5r i?iI?"-L- «„.*- on moneys at interest. | making the value ot real esUte tax- «S» ^itoKriS S^ taxes during l»IO. according to the, tax levied on aU real es plotadjouilng Orf-i,^„^^y asseesmwit report, prepared $217,136.77, and the amount '-!?r^«.i„.i «» fh.'by Commissioners' aerk Walter 8 ; eye at interest. $65486.48. ives 01 tne vmlae ^he bSlSn! »''"^*'- ^ "»" •""' f*"'***^ The value ot all real estate in Mved tr^ destr^tlon wid the «'»» P*"* »" real estate, salaries and ^^^^ w„ $36,458,354 and tne value ssvea irom aesiruciian ana wc , » , ntar,^ anrf •iTSsno.t _« ^i ._>.». ..-_^» ao snc sas Bethlehem, violin solo. Miss Lillian Frantz, accompanied by her moth¬ er, Mrs. Nathan Frantz, of North¬ ampton: pianist, Richard Frantz, of Scotrun, a violin solo, and Rev. Hiram Frantz, of Allentown, gave a history of the family. He spoke in a most interesting manner telling of the original Frantzes. Abram and Anthony landing in Philadelphia in 1747 and both meeting death in the French and Indian War. The election of offlcers for the coming year resulted as follows: President, Raymond A. Frantz. of Kunkletown; vice-president. Jchn Edwards, of Wind Oap; recording secretary, Chester Meixell. of Stroudsburg: assistant secretary. Charles R. Shook, ot Bangor; as- . . . ^. , _^ , ... sisunt registrar. Joseph Repsher. ol U*!* .!?«L!.?5?L?* ^^S^ •< "* East Stroudsburg: treasurer. Mrs, Kate Eley, ot Wind Oap; hlstor- _ Henry Yeska. i«-yc»r-i«u sun ut -,,i_ii, ,h- r.rt,rt »¦>• - - mvina Northampton County Farm Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand Yeska, ot ""•"^ "^ "*" ''" "**¦* ">"?« There were 106.168 Uxable persona able, $27,952,760. The value of sal-1 , ««.v..-...H-~" ~~~"7 --•¦" oar. ana wirs. rriuuiaiiu »««.¦, w „var Bethlehem and the olant Of the Tftere were nw.ioo taxaoie peraona aoie, »<i,v9<,iou. iiie vniue ui s«i- ,a, O. A. Shiffert, PresWent. Oeorgetown, near town, had a ter- "^"^^^*^'5['*" "S";"^ the county during 1930, accord- aries and emoluments ot offlce dur- tha i*vi>nt.h annual Dlenic held .i/»<n» ...r^rionn^ lo.t waHna.Hav >"*! company, iney were nyins •• « ' > ...i... „t i-- laon .».. m oak vai .r.^ »ha |,{te'r*ro™SSrit'*NmSui i:L'»-«P«'l'?f.^L*/ljy.''''^!!^i' low ^^^^ re"l^~siSi;|in« to the report, a^ tlie valueof lng_ $3,065341 and the church, but after more ballast was TK- v—u- I..I »a. Hri»i». »ha roleasod the balloon rose eeveral feet ^y:±t »JS? **!lJi'\i2«.*!i! Md went in a nothwest direction. only to become entangled in the mbs of tlie cypress trees. All ot the occupants went over¬ board, the drop to Mother Earth be< , . . _.'Oeorgetow iMilBfflsnt and sporto evento be- mjursd in the mixup nwlth the early afternoon. The Yeska lad wt. .... . ^^ thouaand members and horse across the concrete read at Matfi eere In attendance. Oeorgetown when the animal be- „ ,^ ^. ^w. evnress trwes Ite program opened with several came unruly and ran away, the,""?.' ", Sie Mcunanto i ITS by the Heektown Sunday youngster clinging to the terns. A' ^~d the droo to Mothei «.....««- I orchestra of fifty instrument- short dUtance down the road, David i„, hut a short distanee WithhTa , . directed by Wayne Nagle. who Koch constable ot Upper Nazareth Zrt time reSdents oTthT vSl^ ibsisve a concert In the evening township, driving a coupe, saw the,j!°'l"^« 7he ^ne and ofle?2d aitogrove. They distlnfuished horse dashing toward his machine.l?"!^°" ^^ **°* '"^ *"•'•* MiMNlves yenr creditably and lent He stopped and the horse plunged, j^^n K«h. sexton ot the ceme- I WA eok>r to the atlair. | between the automobile and a fence, t^ry, was one of the first to arrive. Ttere was an athletic circus pre- coming to a stop. The Braendle boy, ^nder his supervision both trees . tKM by clsases and groups trom »««» »>Ui sUter were playng at this ^^ ^^^ o„ ^ j^^ ,^t ,„„ ^y^ tti Ksssreth Y.M.C.A.. in charge »Pot- The sister escaped but the boy ground, this being the moet feasible •ffceretsry W. Minter. They gave was struck and received an ugly ^^^^^ q, rescuing the balloon, al- •Pliirtnf exhibition ot the numer- »»»h over his left eye. The Yeska j^ ^ j^ j^^d a rip of about three •¦itmiu as individuato and groups, boy- »»?ly 'riRhtened, was thrown feet near the top. •"Mortrsted In any gymnasium. I ""«*••¦ *t* ^'^i*?'''^t *'.**'} "^2<=!?' A member of the crew made Tte bigiest hit ot the day's enter- '"*• **?!." picked up he InsUted he ,^ ^^^ j^p^ that In their flight a h-iS^the Sl^^ot S, "^X Sr^'W.^WdlrTofflce "he »«»' <«*>«'0P«1'" »^« "ag and behig I *» Houston's Dancing Delta, a '*'^'° ?^: V?^**""i^^f^f "t^*'!IS un»ble to make the repairs they PSP ot chlldren^gtoe to lies' *" '°""f* *2.?*;!aH"a^n*?-!.""^K^ *«« obliged to seek sulUble place {••to. 15 years. TlS^ .n'tS?!:Sl"^» »^J?^,^^^^^^ _. .... ,ii-~.*lth solo, group aid eSim- "!!f?f*«T^'».J^ .^n?«n^^^ Th« ^^^ »"<* »'»"°°'*' *»«> '•" Slll^teess and noveltles^hat^de^''?''^'! '^°*^; ^ " K„"?h!^«-r' Lakehurst, N. J. on Thursday morn- »hlt with the gatiierti and f"*lu**'i""",'"U''*'I^^ '•» ""'=" I ing, were on a periodic observation jwmlse of rsuSceMfulla^rl if "If. °"~ ""} ^ ^^- ^^"* ^ crilse that covered Philadelphia and .., JU art, under t^ "^tioa nf!'^<* »" wounds^ dreyd. towns along the Delaware river. HiS?"""' ^^ ^ » resident of' -,,«,„« «,«, .«!«af |5S*em Where her studio U Io- ^\^ JQ WXS 2^ wss followed by a program ot ^ end games tor the children a&^M toun^ament tor the 13J* «»™es being awarded in each ^u^ ^oys ot Nazareth and vlchilty ^AP«t from the ont«rf^in»,a»f fa. "ho are non swimmers will be given *»•<« tSdai ^^^^S^JIPh^J!^: • chance to learn at the Nazareth Y. «'«»miSdho^u',n!..^*"?|M. C. A. the week of July 13-18. ¦jAtaerT liSj^^lta?'"£'S!^^ le«8ons will be given tree and , S^oilS'disffilS'anfSS?: ~~«»^ «" membership in the As 15J?*» that attracted much atten- TO SWIM AT "Y" OFGOL- MW EAGLE MEET l«aid2L'S*"*»"n« ««<» bsst at- SToSS^S 0' the year to Bagle i^~^.«*n»er Sauar* r^wwtw,m ZL- sociatlon. A eorps ot volunteer teachers under direction ot Secre¬ tary Minter will be In readiness to 11 lltfDa An «.»,. teach all boys enrolimg tor the les UUIIIX nir laAI^ sons. r •**» VT ullLo Preliminary to the first lessons in the wster the "Dry land swim" will be demonstrated and the esentlal knowledge of becoming at home in the water will be given the recruito. Thru the efforts ot the teachers at the Y, M. C. A. hundreds ot boys of Nazareth are now good swimmers -„. . - 's:r-_rr —- ahd a few ot them are among the IfWh^oTtha^i?!*- O""** the fastest in this section ot the State. •KiBLSn'^llSi.?^''*"'''^ Uoie people, ot all ages are now •«&¦ the^-JK^*"?** •»*' etter enjoying the art of swimming, pwr- S"««irWj"!*"55 to ordtr. the naps than at any other time to the ft» mhiuSf «f Itf ^^^ *• read world's history, and thera are laes ^ OnnMrf ^'** . '*^ neettoc. drownings to proportion to the num- *tei«atin^-^'*'*' .eommunica- ber of swimmers. This to due to « tST^^ the work of the ord ' "*¦ J^^ «" the teltat eom safety precautions, lite guards, edu- heW wh,a the "niwIylleJted r» were installed. , '^'lfob?i i""=^atulatlons ifas of- HWmJ^' J^'J^Plar Carrie Barrall. "*cKni»„*''.^'* ^^^- Marshal *«wTai rf \"^^'"^* Edelman and h>MSs wi,„ i^""" Pof"" Hannah •»»rLrri" ^»''« * Perfect attend- I*Blow's i'?'rv'^"«' ^""^ »he past •fhfon nnH . ^^^ meeting a fine bL?, ^'^'*' Wriod were en- ¦mitt^"*?*! "y the hospitality menu of becoming "at home to the water". Parente who consider sendtog their Iwys for these lessons may be as¬ sured that full protection will be provided during this period. Boys desiring to take advantage of the sessions should ask for blanks at the "Y" ofBce by Saturday night of this week. 0 They were taken to Easton where they boarded a trato tor Lakehurst and Frank Heller, ot Heektown, trucked the balloon to the L. tt N. E. station at Naureth trom which point It was shipped back to the fly¬ ing base tor repairs. Shortly atter landing two carrier pigeons were taken trom the basket and started back to Lakehurst with s note from Commander Kentwor¬ thy in which he told ot the plight of the crew. A contatoer with the mess- sge was attached to a leg ot one of the birds. NAZARETH AU- TOISTIN CRASH ON BATH MKE 107J5. 3,545 taxable persons, and the value The thirteen wards ot the City of all real estate was $1J64S15. ot ot Bethlehem whieh are to North- which the value ot $126,100 waa ex- amptoo county paid more eounty empt. maktog the value of property tax than any other city to the coun- taxable $1,738,815. The amount of ty. $379,583.44 on real estata and county tax levied in the borough $53,833.46 on moneys on toterest. was $14,246.86 and the amount of The value of all real estate to thoae moneys at Interest $1,368,233. on thirteen wards was $46,448,460 and, which $5,472.93 to taxes was levied, the value of real estate exempt. $10,- Hellertown had 181 acres of clear- 091.500, maktog the value of real est- ed land. sta taxable $36.356860, There were Bangor had 3, 758 taxables. and taxable persons to those thirteen I the value of all real estate was $3.- wards durtog 1930. The moneys st, 433.435. of which $673,300 wss ex- toterest during the year was $13,- empt.c the value ot real estate tax- 366.867. I able being $2,770,135. The value of There were atao 4,619 acres of salaries, etc.. was $492,720. and the cleared land in those thirteen wards county tax levied was $22,839^9. and 287 acres ot timber land. The The amount of moneys at interest value ot saUries and emoluments of was $1,024,673 on which $4,146.69 offlce durtog the year was $3,584,960,, tax was levied. and the value of stages, omnibuses, | Bethlehem Township had 2,340 tiacks and cabs. $113,733. Mi^HHIHHI^H^HBIH^HHBBBSi^B Five People Hurt in Crash Aato HIto Tree Near Belfast aad b TetaUy Wrecked as Resalt Returning trom an Independence lans, William H. Frantz and Rev. Hiram A. Frantz, of Allentown; pianist. Miss Orace Frantz, of Ef¬ fort; sports committee, Mrs. Na¬ than Frantz, ot Northampton; Jas. Brewen. ot Wind Oap, and Oeorge J. Franta, ot Bethlehem; refresh¬ ment committee, John Edwards, Wind Oap; William Setzer, Brod¬ headsvllle: Charles A. Prantz, of Kunkletown. Prizes were awarded to the fol¬ lowing: Oldest person. Mary Ann Setzer. 79, Wind Oap: youngest child, 16 days old, in family of Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, Kunkletown: couple married 56 years, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Drumheller. Bangor; persona traveUng longest distance. Misses Caroline and Marjorie Chase, West Harwick. Mass. School Board Meets The Independence Day celebration of the local Rotarians was held to the Y. M C. A. dining hall Monday evening when Attorney WtUlam Frack of Ea.stoa, a member of the Nazareth Club, made a fine addrses with the Declaratiion of Independ« ence as the theme. The regular dinner meettog was held with president Clifford Taylor presiding. The usual short sonf ssr- vice led by Edward Heilman with Harold Snyder at the piano, opened the meeting. Ouests introducted taeluded J> Raymond Keiper of New York city On last January 1, Mr. Lehr and and Charles Shimer, both guests el ms wife, the former Sarah Ann Rotarian Howard Shimer. Rotary Haas, of near Belfast Station, obser- guests present were Warren ICtUer a( ved their flf ty-elghth wedding anni- AUentown, and Edson SmUth of Mer- versary. They were married in 1873. thampton. The birthday lapel boa- Mr. Lehr was bom In Nazareth quet for the week was ptesMted to on Aug. 8, 1847, son of John and Rev. F. R. Shafer while the atteai* Anna (nee Younta) I^hr. He was ance priae was awarded to Jamee ¦. educated to the Moravian school Fry. "^ ^ " -w«w«i w „mmm m, of hto A •¦• mena eraaankwad life in Naaareth. Hie &at aseoel to the imttaduSkmeTi ¦Jlon in the leather buslnese wae to speaker. AttomeF ftack. this town where he served as an ap- the interest of members and" prentice to WUUam Nolf, who was a with a fine talk on the various lari* harness maker. | dents which led to tha drafting tit Upon co.Tipletlng his trade he en- "^ ~ ¦ - - ¦ tered the employ of the late Thomas Diehl. in Bethlehem and attar a tew years with Mr. Diehl, he obtained the building at Broad snd Oentar Streets, where he conducted a busi¬ ness of his o«-n. He piled his trade and continued for more than 40 years. | He, with Mrs. Lehr, were elurtar members of Christ Reformed Church' and until his death they were of the oldest married couples listed to the church directory. He waa always a faithful member and only because of illness the past few months was he MMational'nTav^ unable to keep up his regular at- "'""'''^l P^^'- tendance. i He is sun-ived by his widow and sev-sral nieces. I the Oeclarat:o:i of Independenee. NAZARETH CEMENT AND BUSNESS MEN IN TIE FRAY In a game played Monday evening on the Hall diamond, the NaaaieCb cement nine sprung a surprise wben the held the Business men to a tie score in a game that waa full ot . . A home run bf Smith of the cement packers wae a feature of the game. Both taams found it necessary to Private funeral services were held brBrldeP^woTwo^a^ STLSI* Saturday afternoon from the resid- fer of the biSSie^ men'tJS St.^i ence followed bv !u>rvira<: in fhrUf / * Dusuie.vt men and Michael Reformed Church.l^thfehemS °^ "'* =4i?'°' nine roundedout tha Rev. waiiamH. Bolhnan STstor * **'^* .T^".**'"' laying been a tie tile church. mad? iu Ntsky lehem. omciaSl'^ntlrSrerwai ^Jf"!^! 'Jff?i"?J?L»?« *^» ^ Hill Cemetery. Beth- (Conttoued on Page Five) Slatington Boy KOIed In Illinois Accident George Rockel, Aged 16. Had Ran Away Fram Hoaie 2 Years Ago Oeorge Rockel, sixteen-year-old day outing live persons were tojured ??" °' '2^, ^"**.'^^ '^'* ^°^^' "** on Sunday morntog at 4J0 oclock' f'"^' ««>c''el, of Slatington Route when the motor car they occupied }• J^*}?, *•» injured in an accident crashed toto a large tree near the >"' Wednesday evening at Naper- home of Charles J, Ruth, to Belfast. !['"••., '"Inols, died In a Naperville The accident, according to other ™*P'**' , °" Thursday evening, occupanta of the car. happened when Nothing Is known of the accident the driver and owner of the car, "*"" "' '^e boy except that he ran Oeorge Newton, of R. D. 5. New ¦**y '""" home at the age of four- Brunswick. N. J., fell asleep at the ***" •"<* *»» •"' heard of when whoel. while the ear was traveltog working on a farm In IlllnoU. at a rata of 30 miles an hour, en routa to their homes. Newton and the passengers, aU He is survived by his father, one brotlier, John, Oxford. New Jersey; a sistar. Ahna. ot Tatamy: one half- The regular monthly meeting of the Nazareth school board was held Monday evening in the high school building, with aU members ptesent. and H. E. Shimer president of the board, presiding. Howard Leh and Raph Fry. the two memt>er added to the board on account of Nazareth school district having become a third class district, took the oath of office and took their seats on the board. Bills amounting to $1,392.48 were approved for payment. Miss Mae Wunderly was re-elected secretary to the supervising principal. The bonds presented by the trea¬ surer and tax c | ictor tor the school year beginning July 1931. were ac¬ cepted. A contract was awarded to, . _ Frank Oold to paint the exterior of, tor the various offices, the Whltefleld building at his bid of $144.45. The board engaged the Keystone Appraisal Company to appraise all public school property for the fire Insurance purpose. NO ENDORSEMENT OF CANDIDATES Democratic Executive Committee Derlines to Endorse Individuals same as it was last week Won Lost Kraemers 7 3 All Stars 6 4 Buslne.?3 Men 4 5 Naz. Cement 2 $ Bastoess Man Ab. R. H. .O. Engle. 2b .4 Shimer. cf 3 Hearn, if 3 Heath, Sb 3 Swaveley ,s.* 4 Ave. .777 Starner. cf Peters c ... Sandercock. Andrews p Brader, lb Total ... .3 ,.4 .0 ..3 .2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 Meetltv at headquarters at 31 Ceut»r Square. Easton. the executive c ..nmittee of the Northampton coun- I ty Democratic party, went on re- I cord not to endorse any one candi- t date for particuar offlce at this time. Tlie members assembled discussed < Total 29 7 i the coming primary campaign, which N^Meth' CeaM«i 'gives promise of being one of the! "asarem (^eaacM hottest in years, with a large list of Williams 2b a candidates aspiring for nomination Bolas cf 4 xa Ji..%. 1 t 31 g I Driver Iscafad lajary Bat Aiw Tieatod ta Narth- aasptan HespHal-BIt Car. On Thursday evening, at 7:15 o'clock, a party of motorlste waa to-, jured on the Northampton-Bath <uffered laeeraUons of the scalp and j>ike. near the offlee of the Keyatone upper lip; Newton. Injuries to the Portland Cement Company. Mtoa rUP^t eye. Jaw. right arm and leg; Helen Smith, of South Whltefleld Kelly, lacerations upper Up. right street, town was the driver of a earleye and knee: Bpatro. laeeraUons of truek drivers. John Boyle, of 113 brother. Benjamin, Slatington R. l; Paterson street. New Brunswick, N. | three half-sisters, Mrs Quintus J,: John Kelly, of 339 Howard street, Pranta, Nazareth; Mrs. Walter Jam New Brunswick, N. J.; Carl Spatro, R. D. 1. Warmroth Junction, N. J., and Louto ftaber, of Harding ave es, Easton, and Mrs. Joe Fehhere Santa Cruz, California. nil* TmiImi» m t .^^ .11 .i^:^:,^^ ^ Funeral services were held st the S^kT^SS:. K^ff* •" temoved home of hto half brother, Benjamin, 2??*' .¥*•"»?« eerlously Injured, noon. Rev. Robert Urtfer offlctoted. Interment was made to Frledena church cemetery. MOTRBB8' OUILD BiEETS which struck a machine parked on the highway. Other oeeupenta of the car were Miss Smith's sister Mrs. Quillas Danner and her seven-year- old daui^tor, Virgtoia. both of Se- caucus, N. J. Miss Smith was sUghUy tojured. Virginia L. Danner suffered a deep cut along the side ot the forehead, which required five stitehes. Mrs. Danner receiied cuts on the fore¬ head and on the cheek, head and chin, and is iiufferlng from shock. All the occup;ints were discharged from the HafI Hospital, where a passing motorist. C. H. Tommy Knecht. of Hawley. spent the week-end in town as a guest of Wilson borough rustled Mr and Mis. Milton Jones. J first aid treatmmt. ¦ the head and knee and abrasions ot the face, and Fraber. cuta on tbe neek and abrastons of the cheek and right ankle. Motor Patrolman Csarick, of the Bethlehem sub-station, made an ot- flctol investigation of the accident. The car, a total wreck, was removed to ttie Prack 8e Leh garage. - » SILFIES REUNION OMITTED THIS VEAR The annual reunion of the Silfies family wlU be omitted this year be- Small, of, csuse of lack ot Interest shown the them for past few years. A reunion wUl agato I be held in 1933. The July meeting of the Mothers' Ouild ot the Reformed chureh was held Monday evening to the social rooms of the chureh. The president. Mrs. Luther Batt. presided. The meeting opened with a hymn and the scripture reading, followed by the reading of the "collect". A vocal duet by Misses Barbara Tro¬ xell and Henrietta Warner waa en- Joyed very much. A short busilness session was held, when routltne business was tranactert. Mrs. Ernest Wllklins was admlitted as a new member. A social period foltowed, when refreshments were served by the commUttee, DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA INSTALL The Daughter of Amerllca held in¬ stallation ceremonies for the re¬ cently elected ofBcers, Tuesday even¬ ing. In their haU to the Bsbp buUd¬ ing. The fotloaring otBcers wete to- stalled: CouncUlor Emma Walters; Assoctote councillor Leda Oswald; Junior past councillor Louisa Wun¬ derly: Assocllate Junior psst coun¬ cillor. Mary Smith: Vice counciUor, Minnie WeU: assocllate vice coun¬ cillor, Mary Casey; conductor. Car¬ rie Holland: Warden. Ada Knecht: Inside sentinel. Mary Ftgel; outatdle sentinel, Bertie Abel; trustee, Cora CorreU; representstlve to state ses¬ sion Carrie Uhler; alternate. Hazel Itterly, recording secretary. Helen Miller: assocllate recordiing secre¬ tary, Carrie Uhler; financial secre¬ tary. Sadie Kern: treasurer. Beatrice Price: pianist. Lulu Smith. The above officers were installed by dis¬ trict deputy Agnes Bachman of Al¬ lentown. After the nstallation ceremonies. The meeting held Friday night, was attended by members of the committee from various sections of the countv. and was presided over by Dr. W. Calvin Nickel, of town. Nor- thimpton county corontr, and also the county chairman. Others present were: Attorney-at- law J Cullen Oaney, Bethlehem citv chairman: State Senator Warren R. Roberts and Earl A Ziegenfus. pre¬ sident of the Bethlehem Board of Education; Thomas Kichline. of Bangor; Justice of ttie Peace Mark Frankenfleld. ot Butatown; Asa Mc¬ llhaney. of Bath: CouncUman Earl Dlefenderfer and Miss Anna Roe- sch. both ot Easton. i Messinger c . Michael 3b .. Culver If Dustoskl ss ., Hefflfinger rf Drake rf Smith lb I Reiter p ...6 ...4 ...4 ...3 ...1 ...2 ...4 .1 CampbeU p 3 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 O.Ji. t 3 4 8 6 0 0 0 0 g 0 0 K. 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 0 0 • 1 7 10 31 10 8 KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE At a reguUr weekly OMetlng ot the Knlghta ot the Oolden Bagle. Nasareth Castle, held to Eagle HaU. noble chief ElUs Neunar preeided. A report was given by several of the members who visited the Eagle home at Horsham. Nomiination were re- I Totals 33 I Score by Innings: I Basiness Men 0 10 0 3 3 1 I Nazareth Cem 3 0 0 0 3 0 3 ! Two base tiita Michael: Bngler 3. Home runs Smith. Thnt baea hit Brader Sacrifice hit Ream 'en base.i Starner, Heath. plays, Campbell. Miehael. Base on baUs off. Andrews 4. beU 4, Reiter 1. Bandereoek 1. Strike outa. by Andrews •, beU 1. Reiter 1. Sandereoek by pitcher, Duelneki. Bolas. Umpire Michael aad Knaeht. BNTERTAINS AT BUDOI Mrs. WUliam Santee a number of frlands at her , ^ . «_ •- New street. Wednesdav '^^ ^ °P^^. '°'" ">• ensuing The atternoon term. The foUowlng were installed 1 bridge. Tasty Tuesday eventog: Past Chief ElUs servSd by Mrs. Bantoe Neuner: nlble chief, Elwood Meyers ^^ «»«>iw, vice-chief, Charles Sandt: higli priest. Carl Beil; venerable hermit „.^ «^.,, .„. .* - » StM^m^^**"*"'' ,'"¦ *"?'* Wheeler! Willto Hag^bueh. Mre. Haldeman. A class of candidatae j and Mra Loula on,Mildred sent were, Mra. John WiUlam WIddeeombe, mas Keene, Mrs. L. J, time served by the committee. , ,. ^ 1 ^ere also received toto the ordw im, iciUiMi atait* <^ a social hour was enjoyed, at which Tuesday evening. A wlalSrtS iSIf^ tt Maiiii^ 1 ••"- delicious refreshments were was also enJOyedT when lefwalwIeiS'iK iLS^ were enjoyed. ^^^"r !P?^-'^!""' ^»» "^
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 40 |
Issue | 32 |
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 | 1931-07-09 |
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 | 07 |
Day | 09 |
Year | 1931 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 40 |
Issue | 32 |
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 | 1931-07-09 |
Date Digitized | 2009-09-29 |
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 39681 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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The Nazareth Item
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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. JULY 9,1931
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AN INDBPBNDBNT FAMILY NIWiPAPBK. DBVOTBD TO LITERATURE. LOCAL AND GENERAL INTBLLIGBNCB.
MJNCIL AWARDS 'SoNTRACT; MUNICIPAL ^LDG. TO BE REPAIRED
¦g^ Money Appropriated to Street Committee; ^P^rtion of South Broad Street and South Street to Have Curb and Gutter; Streets Narrowed to Save Trees
lar stated meetine ot Coun- and Llndenmoyer tt waa moved that ingttw •» ^^ ^y Q{ july^ ^0 1,1(13 1^ accepted and considered.
«'*'. i^M o'clock p. m. DayUght Communication from The Arco
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Month | 07 |
Day | 09 |
Year | 1931 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19310709_001.tif |
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