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The Nazareth Item ¦Vv? .^ roL. XXXXI NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER li, 1931 No. 1 AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE [Trend of brldAffairs MEACHAMJhKUSTOW tanelTw^wWrl of many JnuTevents and pressing '•"Sie of the most dramat c h* century has passed al- SLd That is the dlssoiv- ^wtish Empire; the Brlt- 'Seslth of the Nations _ to ptace. On November "Sw up m the House o for its second reading. It 1 with little discussion and no opposition. The statute established Inspiring Exercises Mark Celebration of Veterans Night .a .speaker of the evening, Titus M. Nasareth Camp of Sons of l'nlon Ruch, Hellertown. Mr. Ruch, who Veterans Commemorates Com- will bc a candidate for commander- rades Lone Past ^'l^(> after a few Introductory re- __^___ maries Introduced the principal I in-chief at the national convention, Approximately seventy-five mem- deUvered a stirring addre.ss on pa- bers and friends of the Owen Rice trlotlsm, concluding with many lau- Camp. No. 20, Sons of Union Veter- datory remarlcs concerning the com- ans of the Civil War. of town, cele- rades long past. brated Veterans' Night on Friday. ^ ^.^^ ^j^, deep regret that Com- Immedlately following the exercl.ses mander Huber announced that the a sauer kraut supper was served in only Civil War veteran of this com- an adjoining room. munity, Edwin Koehler. could not The celebration was held In con- be present. Mr. Koehler, who is at «t«tu.s of all dominions Empire. It adopted: junction with the dedication of the ninety-two years old, sent a message of the supremacy of thel national memorial cemetery at Get- of greeting to his comrades via the ' t and parliament of j tysburg on November 19. In memoiy telephone. lin m the afTalrs of the cf the veterans who served and also Wilson Nagle, who served under minion and ended for- the many that died on that battle- captain Charles Spangler, of Allen- I" . T— field. Ouemey M. Heime.s, formally town, in the Spanish-American War; I of Easton and now actively Identify- Raymond O. Nagle. of town, who ed with the local camp, delivered served in the World War and O. Lincoln's famous "Gettysburg Ad- Thomas Lelsenring, Allentown. de- dres.s " The brilliant manner tn uvered short talks. Elmer Abel, which the speech was delivered drew senior vlc« commander of Pennsvl- many comments from the audience, vania and a meml>er of the local The exercises were _-old Idea of a supreme Im- Xriument ruUng over de- 'wlonles. The dominions Ji independent, bound to- iMTthe old bonds of tradi- 1 »ntlment expressed In the to the Westminster Stat- unon allegiance to the Uie symbol of free associ- Maynard Huber. local IMibers of the British, —jMtlth of Nations." ^Lrfiih press has had little Stts change because It de- ^! statute Is but a paper ^nt of what has al- » accomplished... and process, stated Marri- to Crown and Empire, be- , MM withdrawal of the col- J^Mnrd united into the Unlt- '¦ "The fundamental prin- [ \fhen a Dtdlar Cop.s Farthest j liy AllH-rt 7 lieiti in charge of camp, welcomed delegates from the commander, visiting camps. REV. DIEHL OF MAHANOY cm IkCCEPTS CALL COLLEGE FLAPPER STAGED TO-NiGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT Iieneflt Of The American Of Nasareth Legion Rehearsals prove ever staged in this the best show town. The 14 IMPORTANT THAN! TKiS The/#^v. Walter H. Diehl, who has been pastor of St. Paul's Re- ths TAmerican) revolution formed church at Mahanoy City for ^ Colonies were coordln-1 the past eight years has formally with each other and accepted the call as pastor of St. A Britain, of an Empire John's Reformed church at Naza- [ members of the pay proper, 28 pro- s commoti executive Sov- reth, tendered him by the congre- minent Olee Club Singers, 25 chor- not united by any com-1 gation and consistory of the church ous girls, 200 babies, and the 51 pro- Jve Sovereign..And the several weeks ago. iminent business men dressed as itive was in force in each! Rev. Diehl is a graduate of Ursbius beautiful Sorority girls are now virtue of acknowledging' College at Collegeviile In the class of ready to appear in the "College Isr its executive magistr-11918 and of the Central Theological, Flapper" tn the High School Audi« «u in Oreat Britain by Seminary at Dayton, Ohio in the torium tonight and tomorrow night. r t like aeknawe^iment class of 1921. |The play proper is a scream of aaniai of these principles He will be formally installed as, laughter and the Olee Club girls, are Britain and the aaaertion putor at a special installation aer-, one beautiful melody after another, bf America produeed tha vice that will be held on Sunday.' The harmony In this glee club is the " Marriott himaelf quotas January 10.1932, in the local church, best ever held in Nasareth as stated .,,.,.,... , The wheal has eome Rev. W. H. Wotring, former pastor by some of the elderly singers. An InteresUng dinner session of With tha paa^ng of the who retired from the pastorate after I While the chorous girls give the Rotary Club aras held on Monday Westminster the Domln* 40 years of continuous service is some clever dances in their colored evening In the Y. M. C. A. dining attain*^ so tar as it is conducting the services and has or« oostumes. The Baby Pageant Is the poaition demand- ganlaed a catechetical class which another feature of beauty while the of trie. I i|MeU Baturday evenings at 7 o'clock High light of the play is the Flap Robert F. Beers Again P/S-elected As Head of County Supervisors Meeti!»g in 18lh annual session of more than 100 members ot the Nor- i H. the StiteSupervisorsAMOClation, F. Laub, Easton. and State Sen- thainptoa County Supervisors and Auditors As.sociation on Friday at the Count}- Court Hou.se re-elected { Roliert P. Beers, of Moore township, as president of the organization. I Other officers nanied were Amos Oarr. Forks, first vice president: Ed-j (far Urick. l.ower Saucon .second vice (president: Harry J. Reeser, Bethle-' hem. secretarv-treasurer; Amos ! Oarr, delegate to the Slate conven¬ tioii: Norman Bossard, Lehlgh, al¬ ternate delgate. j After cpening tlie meeting with a ator Warren R. R-iberts. The a<iS'}ciation went on record aa favoring the setting aside by tha State Highway Department of ono cent of the gasoline tax as State re¬ ward for township road purposes. The As.sDelation also adopted thia suggestion as incorporated in a re¬ solution offered by a committee ap¬ pointed i.y tiie president. The memt-^rs of the A.s.sociation also feels the n?ed of the counsel of taxpayers in tl'.e afTalrs of tlie town¬ ship and in another re.solution re- short talk on the accomplishments quested the State Legislature to pass ^tbtc/e S'a./n, - *KAViVEMlSStO ANYONE ? you Kmov there is NOTMIN6 MO«.e 5Sna!aSzed'F«"'* Best Essay Prize SmJATIONANALYZED y^^^^^^^^ ^t Rcceilt AS ROTARIANS MEET amta tx ma. • meeis eatunu kjl^, even more than hi iB the chapel im. not force, must be the Bmpire. -And arlll im- ice, mutual forbear- good faith. An ehcon-, ce is to ba held ati . an attempt will be| conerata afloct to the le unity bas- (h of equal LIONS CELEBRATE hall with a fair attendance of mem- bers. Clifford Taylor, club president conducted the meeting singing of "America" several other Farm Products Show The following are the four win-1 country schools are becoming better ners in the essay contest conducted', and better. per chorus, in which we find beau tiful women such as Joan Crawford, Olggles, Ain't She Sweet, Innocent Freshman and Matilda Jane. etc. ¦ s evnvt ATe^nMi Th* many actors and actresses say «"»«» we^ enjoyed led by song lead- LADIES NIGHT i ^^^ ^*^* "'^^ '' ^^^ ^**' ^>^«y ^¦'<* " Edward HeUman with Harold ^^ ¦*¦¦¦¦ seen anywhere, and the director Snyder assisting at the pUno. —-^~ I says that she never had any better than fifty members and talent, eapecially in glee club sing¬ ers. Naaareth has something to be sad hardbotled editors dinner was enjoyed. More guests of the local Lions Club Jour neyed to Ross Common Manor on proud of when all these 28 singers Tuesday where a sumptuous turkey get together in harmony. at the Annual Farm Product Show held here November 20 and 21 in After~Vhe **^* Nazareth High School Auditor¬ ium. The essays printed below are ver¬ batim and in order as awarded: 1st priae essay: "Why I Am Satlslled To Live On The Farm ot the association President Beer.s called on Oeorge Oood. of Lower Mt. Bethel, to report on the- State con¬ vention which he attended as a dele¬ gate. Ed?ar lobst and Carl Beckler both of Allentown. townsliip and assistant to'A'nship engineer respectively of the State Highway t>epartment. led a discussion on general road condi¬ tions witii emphasis on the 20.000 rural road township plan bein? sponsored by the State President Beers appointed the fol¬ lowing on tlie resolutions committee: Harry Good. Lower Mt. Bethel; Frant: Odenwelder. Palmer: 1. V. Bachman. Williams: Amos Day. East Allen and Amos Oarr. Forks. Speakers on the afternoon pro¬ gram were H. A. Thomson, Secretary a bill empowering supervisors to call at least four meetings of cltlsens to discus.s township busine8,s. Tile res'jlutions were pre.sented bjr a coinmittee of Harry Oood, Lower Mt. Bet!i*'I: Frank Odenwelder. Pal¬ mer: I V. Bachman. WUliams; Amos Dav. East Allen, and Amos Oarr, Forks. The resolutions was the la.st order of Ijijsine^s and came at the end of a busy session. After a ge.ierat dis"us.sion of township and road affairs with re- presentative,s of the State Highway IJepartinent the members listened to a discourse on the law of townships given by Herbert P. Laub, Easton attornev The talic by Mr. Laub developed int/^ an open forum whicb lasted more tha.'i an hour. NAZARETH BRANCH OF RED CROSS ISSUES LETTER BOARD OF HEALTH HOLDS REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING The affair was planned in place of the regular meeting and the mem¬ bers of the club entertained their ladies. At Ross Common an entirely in¬ formal evening was spent. The pre¬ sident of the club. R. F. Ziegler, pre- I'tl coming to that point sided as toastmaster and after wel [ their breath hop lor a fod of real encourage- I la laistions in Manchuria. _ that they look- la at least having such I forth as special news, word which can be SCHEDULE OF N.H.S. BASKETBALL TEAN I have the opportunity of going back and forth to town because the roads are improved and we have an automobile. My parents let me raise ducks and chickens which encourages me and helps to make life tiappy on the farm. We have cows from whom we I Bread get good rich millc. I have the sd-1 Butter vantage of drinking all 'he milk I Cabbag wish to have. In winter time we can Carrots kill hogs and receive a good supply, cofTee of meat. Meat is one of my favorit Due to the fact that a number of The Board of Health met in moa- the merchants supplying provisions ttily session ia the Municipal Build- on orders given out by the Red Cross ing on Monday evening with tha committee, have inquired Just what president. J. A. Starner In tlia chair. should be furnished by them, the The Minutes of the laat meeting committee has issued the following were read by Secretary Oata follow- letter, which explains the matter ed by their approval. Morbidity fully. cases reported for the month wart "The attention of grocers and chickenpoat 4; scarlet fever J; and merchants fllling orders for food whooping cough 1. given by Nazareth Branch, Ameri- A communication waa nmd ttata can Red Cross, is called to the foil- the residents of Shafer's Row corn- owing rules: plaining about their watar aupply Persons holding theae orders are *tjd the t^ealth ofBear, O. R. Zlaflar allowed only to purchase the fol- advised the membera of tha BoaM lowing articles: ^'"^ » sample had baan taken at Apple-butter Baking Powder Barley Bea.ns snd Japan clashing raastern land of Manchur- tlbat Ambassador Dawes has MHfe by transatlantic tele- i Wuhlngton stating the thii proposal and adding formality and thoroughly enjoy themselves. Entertainment was provided by the members of tlie program com¬ mittee headed by C. F. Martin and F. A. Marcks. who had arranged a that japan and China will splendid assortment of games. A I eompromlse. The chief pleasant evening was enjoyed with tbs proposed compromise several of the winners In the con¬ tests and games receiving some val¬ uable awards. # sion of neutrals will iato the entire question ly of Manchuria, but of > aad Its relations with Ja- ftfta is to withdraw her troops 1 fniekly as her nationals can be and Japan are to under- to give the strictest orders, I tettr commanders in the fleld iJJJMe, hostilities. _™i neutral Commission will be to make frequent re- ' *j» the Council of the League 1 mil be empowered to Inves- M>sns military activities, it can not give orders to nders of troops. ' the points of this proposal laieexpected to meet approval ' ¦WJ'wire cooperation of the 'anmtries are that: >»«otiatlons will start until [^neutral inquiry is finished and troops are withdrawn. •wsi of Japanese troups, but ••greements will not be start DAUGHTERS OF AMERICA MEET I Disposal of the menu followed as prepared by the culinary department of the "V under the supervision of| _ »«.,», .¦,»_ Mrs Harper ' ' ^"^ satisfled to live on the farm Ouests were introduced at this »»ecau.se I was born and reared on juncture including the evenings theJarm^ I have all the advantages es. guest speaker. Kenneth Kressler of 8"*=^ as fresh air. fruits and veget- parm life always keeps me busv. as Easton. A short report of the re- *'»'«s that town boys and girls are 4.H club members never waste their ception tendered the International depn^ed of- time. Work tends to keep me out «f Rotarian president. Sydney Pascall Our home Is well supplied with mischief. I at Philadelphia last Wednesday was light, heat, music and is very com- In winter time I can enjoy sleigh The cage schedule to be played then presented by RoUrians James fortable. I have many books of edu- riding more than town boys and by the girls' basketball team has Fry, F'rank Martin and Howard Shi- cational value that I can read in my glrU because I need not be afraid ' ' '¦ " "— that I might be hit by an automobile the same opportunity of re- or trolley car. 15—Catasauqua --away.I The weeks attendance award, a ceiving a good education as town I think farm life teaches me how December 18—Bangor, —home. (feature of each meeting, was pre- boys and girls have because the, (Continued on Page Six) January S—So. Whitehall —home sented by William Shimer to Frank ____^.^^__^___^^^^__^_^.^_^^___^ January 13—Bangor—away .Martin. '-....«..„¦,• .^— ^-u«^..« ^ ..,_..-. _^ —..__._. iss g=s,'te =5Sf U^.SJE^iL'Ssri^Js:^?: evangelist bessie b. inter-co. bureau «bru.ry .?^«rh,«h.u -.«y ^j'»««> '^^'^^ S!;,LARKIN A T HAMAN present economic situation both here wymj a ar/inr tn a i i^tniDftn and abroad and stated that h^ found bf AiluEiLlt'AL ttlUKLH no available remedy for the economic | Many suggestions have been »ithat the Council of the comhig the members and their guests been announced by the coach Miss mer who were present at the re- spare tlme^ MoaUined a compromise invited them to dispense with all ¦^'"?!!;» °!"-??'°"°*»- I'^S^r.,-.!,.. .»»-„H-n«- ...rri .' f ^*''«'^' OMaa and Japan clashing formality and thoroughly enjoy December a-Catasauqua -away.I Th« weeks attendance award a ceiving a ( February 13—Quakertown —home February 19—Wilson —away February 26—Coplay —home March 11—Alumni —home. There are several open dates viz: February 9. March 8 with no teams having been definitely lined up. At crisis. made by various leading flnanciers' This is the last week of the special Council »..^ .>.>^n,>r. .. In hnm, nrounf scrvlccs now in progrcss in Haman >n aennueiy ..neo up. Aj ?!J?rt.t^^ wp^ hmu^h^^ut- «^cl! EvangellcaL church The Evangel- the try-outs. 44 candidates reported, conditions were brought about, such bTmIp b i aricin ha« hwn aivina *^ 'as tariff measures and other leglsla-' ^,.f*JS'*,^„ „,„«n^^^,H^1?n\in* Soul stirring sermons and will con for practice, but up to this time no deflnite line up has been announced for the first game. The coach ex¬ pects to put a fa.st team on the floor and repei* some of the tri- Whitfield Council No. 183. Dau¬ ghters of America met in regular se.ssion. Tuesday evening with Emma' umphs of previous years Walters presiding. The minutes were I The bovs' schedule of games to read by the secretary, and the re-! be played Is not available at this lief committee reported no one sick : time, due to the fact that the sch- The Investigating committee report- , edule originally contemplated had > Vtthd "'*''*"*^^ troops START It Is believed that an sn Will be appointed in a J» capacity to serve on the I committee. ^Utral inquiry, it is seen, will proverbial counting a t on a large scale. It ^ oe a cooling oft period be- •nuai peace negotiations be- .w trusted that this word w the world will prove na Oandhi has declared wt Round Table Conference owa In London to consider ¦Walrs, and which he came "^ to attend, is a "lifeless I tf "'announced hia inten- '« starting back to IndU at I must go back to India." , ^ and invite the nation to a 2™ of suffering." Oandhi l^jaoy declared that British "I of Indian nationalists . .? ^ '''to of terror. In w this a draft report from *ral Structures Committee fPlrculated. The report rne committee are of the > wjat no subject of the crown ' be ordi.iaiily resident in or on trade or busine.ss in India should be subject to •"illty or discrimination, leg- w administrative, bv rea- Iftf M .?"^ descent, religion or t^ Dirth. m respect of taxation. rSL^l .•"¦'^P^ffV. carrving on of .^"•easlon trade or businesis. or ' to residence or travel." ed favorable and one candidate was balloted on. One new applica¬ tion for membersi^lp was received. A short degree team rehearsal was held. Election of ofBcers followed when the followlnu were elected: council¬ or, Minnie Weil; associate councilor. Mary Casey: vice councilor. Carrie Holland: associate vice councilor. Ada Knecht: conductor, Mary Fogel; warden, Hilda Hontz; Inside senti¬ nel, Oladys Shuck; outside sentinel. Lucy Ott; pianist. Lulu Smith; as¬ sistant pianist. Orace Beach; trus¬ tee. Leda Oswald. The entertainment committee who has charge of the bake .sale on Dec¬ ember 12 at Alpaugh's store, request¬ ed every member solicit In their own territory and help make It a success. The meeting was closed In regular form. • • WAR MOTHER'S MEETINC. to be revised. A meeting of league officials was held this week, but the new schedule will not be announced until next week's edition. GIRL SCOUTS TO HOLD CHRISTMAS BAZAAR On December 12th at 8 p. m. the members of the Oirl Scouts. Troop I. are holding a Christmas Bazaar in the dining room of the Y. M. C. A. A silver OlTerlng will be taken. Come and buy your Christmas gifts. CITIZENS WELFARE ASSO. TO HOLD MEETING tion, but no one has advanced a de¬ flnite remedy that might hurry along the gradual return to normal condi¬ tions and prosperity. There is. how¬ ever according to various authori¬ ties, a slight improvement through¬ out the country and the entire world in general conditions. • » VARIETY SALE AT CONNOLLY'S STORE ROOM The Schoeneck Sisters Union will hold a Variety Sale on December 4 from 4 p. m. to 8 p. m. and on Dec- emlier Sth from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Some of our ladles, famous for their good Oerman home baking and cooking have thoughtfully and care¬ fully prepared many goodies which they are ofTering you. Rye bread and white bread, we have to sell. Pies, sugar cakes and doughnuts Just as well, Old fashioned molasses and other ——^^ I cookies. The regular monthly meeting of | (Things that are popular with any the Citizens Welfare Association ofi rookles.> Bushkill Township will be held on ^ Crumb pies, salted peanuts, and Saturday. Decemlier 5, 1931 at 8 candies. o'clock, at the Bushkill Centre Hotel.] Oood for any and all flne dandles; Please come, for we may have a, Also an as.sortment of dried and The meeting of the local Chapter | of American War Mothers which is, usually held on the last Fridav of| the month has been advanced to Fri- day evening December 18. | All members will govern themsol- ves accordingly Tlie meeting will be called at 8 o'clock and will take place at the "Y'. • • COVERED DISH SOCIAL lively meeting. Interesting to all tax¬ payers. Everyone welcome. fresh fruit and fancy cakes. Then he who buys and with him takes tlnue until Sunday night. She has organized a Junior choir which has already rendered some flne selec¬ tions. I The Evangelist will preach Sun¬ day 10:30 a. m. on "The Spirit-ftUed I Life." 7:30 p. m. "Hardening of the I Heart." '¦ A Mass meeting at 2 30 p. m subject of sermon "From the throne ' to the Gutter". The Male chorus of Edelman's will render special sele¬ ctions. MUSICALE IN ST. JOHN'S REFORMED A very interesting musical pro¬ gram will be given in connection with the regular service in St. John's Reformed church on Sunday even¬ ing Deceinber 6. The following program will be rendered: Anthem. ¦Come. My Soul", by Martin: Baritone Solo. "Out of the Depths ' by Scott. Mr. Oeorge Smith: Anthem. "How lovely are the Mess¬ engers.. Mendelssohn: Duett light". Nevm. Mr.s Kachline and Mr I.t'ster Hawk; Anthem. "Be not afraid' ifroin the Elijahi Men¬ delssohn. DRAMATIC CONTEST To Be Held In The Nasareth High School Aaditoffiua Deceinber 9 The Inter County Bureau Dra¬ matic Contest will be held in the Nazareth High school auditorium on Wednesday evening, December 9. at 8 o'clock. In this District Contest. Lehigh. Monroe and Northampton Counties will pre.sent their winning one ac play. Saucon Valley Community club having won the honors 11 pre¬ .sent Northampton Co. will give 'See¬ ing Things Right " Larger Parish pre.senting "The Bishops Candle¬ stick" will represent Monroe county. Lehigh county will pre.sent Us wm- , ning one act play. The county win¬ ning in this contest will represe:i* i thus district at the State Bureau I Dramatic Tournament held m Har-| I risburg in January. I Qualifled judges will score thLs contest which is being sponsored bv the Lehigh. Monroe and Northamp- ' ton Co. Agriculture and Home Econ¬ omics Extension Association. .MOTORED TO WASHINGTON Corn Corn Meal Crackers Eggs Fl.-3ur Kerosene Lard Mi':aro:ii Mackerel -Mate he.s Meat (BoilingI Meat should the water supply named tt the eam- plaint. which arts a «WQ aad. IumI been sent to the Pennaylvania Stat* Clinical UMMratory for analjrak. no report of the analyata haa hasm received up to this tUna. The health cf^.ixt. also raportad that residents In the lower section of town again registered complaints. when sewerage from a broken main of the se'ser trunk line near ttie foot of Broad s'r'^'^t and the pumping station over flowed on their pro¬ perties ca'ifilng an unsanitary con¬ dition. The S97,'er company then re¬ ported the Inatallation of a new type pipe at that point, which should prevent any recurrence of the same trouble. During the month several property owners were notified to clean up or boiIin.g beef for soup. Butter and! remedy unsanitary conditions by egis should be furnished sparingly,! *rttten notice and tw«enty were givwi especiaUy when the price thereof is I verbal InAtructtons to complv with high The cost per pound of cofTee, aanttary laws regarding out-houaaa, should not exceed thirty cents. 1 garbage and other refuse. Not over ten per cent of the I • • amount of the bill to be in sugar 1 ENTERTAINED AT BRIDGC Do not furnish canned fruits. ' Milk Molasses Oat Meal Onions Potatoes Pepper Rice Salt Scrapple Soap Sour Kraut Stewing Fruits I dried Peaches Prunes, etc.i Sugar Tea Tomatoes Turnips Vinegar Yeast consist chiefly of Deductions will be made from bill of amounts charged for articles other than those specifled above, un¬ less authorized in writing by Red Cro.ss Committee. AU bills are to l>e itemized and A.g:-.°d by the person to whom the articles are turnished. If the sign¬ ature is by mark, it must be wit- tiessed by some person other than t.he storekeeper AU bills, together w.th the orders therefor, should be sent to Chai W. K. Shafer. Treasur¬ er of Committee." Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knarr en¬ terUined a grjup of friends at three table.s. of bridge at their home, Cen¬ ter Square, on Priday evening. Prizes were won bv Miss Barbour, Mr Searle.s and Mr. Champion. Tasty refr«5hments were served by the hostess The guests were Mias¬ es Dorothy Barbour. Helen- Helnta¬ elman. Violet VanNatta, Mr. and Mrs Harold Shafer. Mr. and Mra. Maurice Searles. Olenn Champion, Wells Drake. Aivdrew Leh and Gun- nar Hummel. On Wednesday Mrs. Eugene Tein motored to Washington. D C She was accompanied bv Mi.ss A:uia Young of Belfast and Donald Fehr of town. Tlie trip wa.s made m one day and Mrs. Trein brought her .son Twi- Whltefleld home to .spend his Tlianks giving vacation. He i.s at present taking a course in the Bliss Electri¬ cal School at Takoma Park, Wash¬ ington. D C. More Good Reasons Why Citizens of Nazareth Should Support Local Merchants A covered dish social was held on Mondav evening In the social room of the Lutheran church, bv the Sen¬ ior Bible Cla.ss. and Teachers of fhe Sundav .school Nearly 100 meml>ers were present The social was opened with pray¬ er by the pastor. Rev H C. Snvder The room was nirelv decorated and eats were plentiful Mr. Frank Huth. teacher of the rI,T;s snoko on his trip lo Aln.ska Rt'mark<: were "¦nke bv Pi-of F A Marcks and R'^v H. C. Snvder All had a cnod time ¦• "RELEASE FOR THE RICH OR RELIEF FOR THE POOR" SPEECH OF GOVERNOR PINCHOT Before the District of Columbia League of Women Voters, Washington, D. C, Non. Eve., Nov. 30 Miss Eleanor Oano "1 West Che¬ er State Tearhers Ccille^e spen* sometime with her parents Mr and Mrs. Williani Oano. Is this nation, as a nation, to reach OfTicers and ^ out a hand to help those of its peo¬ ple who through no fault of their own are in desperation and distress? Shall federal aid be granted in this great national crisis? It is not a question of ability to help. We are the richest nation on earth. If federal .aid is needed, it can be granted. Congre.ss has only tl) say the word Shall the answer be yes or no? My answer is yc= To my mind It i.s tlie only p<')ss;ble answer. Pro¬ longed study and profound convic¬ tion supptirt my belief that federal aid in this depression is our clear! hind us duty and our best hope of prompt | The relief program is enormously and permanent recovery. 1 Important, but it is not the only pro Two solid years of bad times have taught us that we can no longer con¬ sider our condition as an unfortu¬ nate accident which will automati¬ cally right itself if left alone. Gfiillo bed-side language can do nothing for us. We have tried it We cnn afTord no mortv of it In¬ stead we must determine, as a na¬ tion, where we want to ko; how Ijest we can get there: and then «o,— with all the organized initiative, en¬ ergy, and power of the nation be- blem. We cannot alTord to absorb our.selves in its complexities and tragedies to the extent of forgetting tliat an even greater problem is be fore us. Tliat problem is to substi¬ tute direction and control of our eronomlc life for the present aim- le.ss drift Into bankruptcies and breadlines On this greater problem I shall make little comment today. It will t)e enough to keep it well in mind. especially because the Pres dent will undoubtedly deal with it at length in his forthcoming mes.sage to Con¬ gress Oovemment is the manager of society. It is the one agency which cannot shirk or pa-is on the blame for bad management. Until the Pre¬ sident's plans for making men .sec¬ ure in their lobs are before us. we may well withhold comment. Irf-t ns turn then to the matter of relief, lo future plans anri the meth¬ ods that have lieen used so far Ha\.» thOkse methods lielix-d us to builc our wny out of the hole, or are tl.ey serving to sink us deep)er in Tne Li utenant Governor of Wis¬ consin recently stated in a splendid article on chain store ftnanring, "Financial power in the hands of men living in distant cities knows no charity It hears no crv of dis¬ tress. It has no pity. It responds to no touch for community better¬ ment. Its heart never pulsates with patriotic home ties We must lake fr.im these monopolies the sinews o! great power and limit their fleld of exploitat.on or the dream of those wiio have preceeded us of having built great communities and c:;- ie? will be entirely shatteied and the flne flowers of dustinctive community life will g> to seed." Right on the heels of Ust week's announcement on "Chain Store Pro¬ paganda and the ElTect Upon A Community comes the report of tlie appointment ot a committee of six to carry on the active work of the New York State Independent Retail M'*r,"hants Association in Its elTort to "uact m New York State a bill based upon the Independent Chain St^ve Tax Measure. Davis B. Van Oelder, President of the A.ssociation feels confident that mea.sure will mee:, with success. The Association wa.s formed sever¬ al monih.s ago and boasts today an enrollment of several hundred thou¬ sand independent retail merchant.^ through o'lt the State who have pledged themselves lo cooperate In the mo'.enient to tax chain store units 111 that State. Tlie measure which It Is hoped will be enacted into law bv the coming legislature would impose a license the pit of permanent depr.-ssion? l f^ of $.^ muItipUed bv the numljer Our n ethods so far have been of stores under the same general management a maxium charge of $1,000. per .store would be fixed un¬ der tlie bill Tnat wtion of the bill pertaining to the lren.se bill follows: Exery person, corporation, associ¬ ation or co-partnership opening, establishing, operating, or maintain¬ ing o.ie or more stores or mercan¬ tile establishments, within t.he State under the same general manage¬ ment, supervision or ownership, shall pav the licease fees herein¬ after pre.«:nbed for the privilege of opening, establishing or operat'ng or maintaining such stores or mier- cantile establishment.s. The ilcea-ie fees herein prescribed .shall be as follows: 1 Upon one store the a.inual fee shall be flv.- dollars 2. Upon two stores, the annual licease fee shall be ten dollars for each store. 3 Upon thre^ stores, the annual license fee shall be fifteen dollars. 4 Upon four stores, the annual license fee shall be twenty doUara for each store .¦j Upon five stores the annual lic¬ ense fee shall be twenty-flve dollan for each store. In each case, the annual llcenM fee shall be equivalent of the num¬ ber of stores multiplied by ISJM. For example. 6 The annual license fee on tOO .'Stores shall be Five Hundred dollan each store 7 The annual license fet; on 300 stores shall be One Thousand doUMl each store. In no caw shall the annual lleenM fe» for anv one store be in eseess Of One Thousand dollan . i
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 1 |
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 | 1931-12-03 |
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 | 12 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1931 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 41 |
Issue | 1 |
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 | 1931-12-03 |
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 39300 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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roL. XXXXI
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER li, 1931
No. 1
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
[Trend of brldAffairs
MEACHAMJhKUSTOW
tanelTw^wWrl of many
JnuTevents and pressing
'•"Sie of the most dramat c
h* century has passed al-
SLd That is the dlssoiv-
^wtish Empire; the Brlt-
'Seslth of the Nations
_ to ptace. On November
"Sw up m the House o for its second reading. It 1 with little discussion and no opposition. The statute established
Inspiring Exercises Mark Celebration of Veterans Night
.a
.speaker of the evening, Titus M.
Nasareth Camp of Sons of l'nlon Ruch, Hellertown. Mr. Ruch, who
Veterans Commemorates Com- will bc a candidate for commander-
rades Lone Past ^'l^(> after a few Introductory re-
__^___ maries Introduced the principal
I in-chief at the national convention,
Approximately seventy-five mem- deUvered a stirring addre.ss on pa-
bers and friends of the Owen Rice trlotlsm, concluding with many lau-
Camp. No. 20, Sons of Union Veter- datory remarlcs concerning the com-
ans of the Civil War. of town, cele- rades long past.
brated Veterans' Night on Friday. ^ ^.^^ ^j^, deep regret that Com-
Immedlately following the exercl.ses mander Huber announced that the
a sauer kraut supper was served in only Civil War veteran of this com-
an adjoining room. munity, Edwin Koehler. could not
The celebration was held In con- be present. Mr. Koehler, who is
at «t«tu.s of all dominions
Empire. It adopted: junction with the dedication of the ninety-two years old, sent a message of the supremacy of thel national memorial cemetery at Get- of greeting to his comrades via the ' t and parliament of j tysburg on November 19. In memoiy telephone.
lin m the afTalrs of the cf the veterans who served and also Wilson Nagle, who served under minion and ended for- the many that died on that battle- captain Charles Spangler, of Allen-
I" . T— field. Ouemey M. Heime.s, formally town, in the Spanish-American War;
I of Easton and now actively Identify- Raymond O. Nagle. of town, who ed with the local camp, delivered served in the World War and O. Lincoln's famous "Gettysburg Ad- Thomas Lelsenring, Allentown. de- dres.s " The brilliant manner tn uvered short talks. Elmer Abel, which the speech was delivered drew senior vlc« commander of Pennsvl- many comments from the audience, vania and a meml>er of the local
The exercises were
_-old Idea of a supreme Im-
Xriument ruUng over de-
'wlonles. The dominions
Ji independent, bound to-
iMTthe old bonds of tradi-
1 »ntlment expressed In the
to the Westminster Stat-
unon allegiance to the
Uie symbol of free associ- Maynard Huber. local IMibers of the British, —jMtlth of Nations." ^Lrfiih press has had little Stts change because It de- ^! statute Is but a paper ^nt of what has al-
» accomplished... and process, stated Marri- to Crown and Empire, be- , MM withdrawal of the col- J^Mnrd united into the Unlt- '¦ "The fundamental prin-
[ \fhen a Dtdlar Cop.s Farthest
j
liy AllH-rt 7 lieiti
in charge of camp, welcomed delegates from the commander, visiting camps.
REV. DIEHL OF MAHANOY cm IkCCEPTS CALL
COLLEGE FLAPPER STAGED TO-NiGHT, TOMORROW NIGHT
Iieneflt
Of The American Of Nasareth
Legion
Rehearsals prove ever staged in this
the best show town. The 14
IMPORTANT THAN! TKiS
The/#^v. Walter H. Diehl, who has been pastor of St. Paul's Re- ths TAmerican) revolution formed church at Mahanoy City for ^ Colonies were coordln-1 the past eight years has formally with each other and accepted the call as pastor of St. A Britain, of an Empire John's Reformed church at Naza- [ members of the pay proper, 28 pro- s commoti executive Sov- reth, tendered him by the congre- minent Olee Club Singers, 25 chor- not united by any com-1 gation and consistory of the church ous girls, 200 babies, and the 51 pro- Jve Sovereign..And the several weeks ago. iminent business men dressed as
itive was in force in each! Rev. Diehl is a graduate of Ursbius beautiful Sorority girls are now virtue of acknowledging' College at Collegeviile In the class of ready to appear in the "College Isr its executive magistr-11918 and of the Central Theological, Flapper" tn the High School Audi« «u in Oreat Britain by Seminary at Dayton, Ohio in the torium tonight and tomorrow night. r t like aeknawe^iment class of 1921. |The play proper is a scream of
aaniai of these principles He will be formally installed as, laughter and the Olee Club girls, are Britain and the aaaertion putor at a special installation aer-, one beautiful melody after another, bf America produeed tha vice that will be held on Sunday.' The harmony In this glee club is the
" Marriott himaelf quotas January 10.1932, in the local church, best ever held in Nasareth as stated .,,.,.,... ,
The wheal has eome Rev. W. H. Wotring, former pastor by some of the elderly singers. An InteresUng dinner session of With tha paa^ng of the who retired from the pastorate after I While the chorous girls give the Rotary Club aras held on Monday Westminster the Domln* 40 years of continuous service is some clever dances in their colored evening In the Y. M. C. A. dining attain*^ so tar as it is conducting the services and has or« oostumes. The Baby Pageant Is the poaition demand- ganlaed a catechetical class which another feature of beauty while the of trie. I i|MeU Baturday evenings at 7 o'clock High light of the play is the Flap
Robert F. Beers Again P/S-elected As Head of County Supervisors
Meeti!»g in 18lh annual session of more than 100 members ot the Nor- i H.
the StiteSupervisorsAMOClation, F. Laub, Easton. and State Sen-
thainptoa County Supervisors and Auditors As.sociation on Friday at the Count}- Court Hou.se re-elected { Roliert P. Beers, of Moore township, as president of the organization. I Other officers nanied were Amos Oarr. Forks, first vice president: Ed-j (far Urick. l.ower Saucon .second vice
(president: Harry J. Reeser, Bethle-' hem. secretarv-treasurer; Amos
! Oarr, delegate to the Slate conven¬ tioii: Norman Bossard, Lehlgh, al¬ ternate delgate. j After cpening tlie meeting with a
ator Warren R. R-iberts.
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Month | 12 |
Day | 03 |
Year | 1931 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19311203_001.tif |
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