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The Nazareth Item
VOL. XLI
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1932
No. 34
AN   INDEPENDENT  PAMILY   NEWSPAPER.   DEVOTED   TO    LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL    INTELLIGENCE.
IE BARN, SHEDS AND 6ARAGE BURN ON FARM AT  WAGNERSVILLE
, Ifttmated at W5,000, Partly J^ by Insurance. Caoaed ^ gpecUcular Blaie
ar Are, believed to have
^Med by spontaneous com-
We Friday night destroyed
'niodem bam, two pig stys,
1 wagon sheds and a garage
^m of Fred Shimer, at Wag-
. on tl« Freemansburg road,
J by Samuel Christman.  The
- Il estimated by firemen at
J larUy covered by insurance.
rOH^tovui had Just completed
I ms hay Into the bam Prl-
Ling    At    9:30  the flames
Liieovered.   Calls for aid were
I nearby communities and the
. ATona, Palmer, West Easton
iMmansburg companies and
ny from Bethlehem re-)
sponded. However, there was a shortage of water and it was im¬ possible to save the farm buildings. The firemen then concentrated their efforts on saving the large farm house and prevented this from being destroyed by playing chemical streams on it when It appeared en- dangered.
While the firemen were traveling to the scene of the blaze, Mr. Christ- man managed to save five horses and a number of pigs. One calf In the bam was burned.
In addition to the season's crop of hay, a new threshing machine, nu¬ merous articles of farm machinery and equipment, kept in the bam, were destroyed and an automobile in the garage was bumed up. The season's wheat crop was still In tbe fields when the fire occurred.
insylvania State Chamber of Commerce Convenes At Harrlsburg
Man Hurt Fatally In Runaway
!¦ Monday. July 11. A dl- I Ihe raporta of atudy com- lif the Chamber waa pre- rPrvaident Alba B. Johnson. fttlvaa from every lecUon llate took part In the dis- Ittieb eulmlnated In tbe fol-
I'lhal nneetinc oT the Penn- kte Chamber of Commer-
nSHiRMEN
IMtcting of Chamber Makes endatiom To The Got- And Ugislatare Be- Taxea and Vnem- playnent Belief
ittuation confronting the jb the proposals before this iHiSion of the General As-
If, called to deal with unem- Oliver Mesringer, 72, Thrown Under I ceUef, waa the urgent rea-1 ftaj Wagon
emergency   call of ai _^_
iMNtinf of tbe membership of j    Oliver Messinger, about 72 of Ta- Wanla SUte Chamber of uuny. was faUlly Injtired shortly be- to eonaider and act upon fore noon Thursday while working which so vlUUy atfect <,„ the Theron   Sandt farm along of the State. i Bushkill drive, near Tatamy. when
and enthusiastic meeting, horses attached to a load of wheat flrma, corporatona, lo- which he was hauling into tbe bam, ocgknlaaUona and many started to run away, threw him ofl assembled in Harr- ^j^A under the wagon,   the wheels paaaing over hia body.   He died in Eaaton Hospital at 2:30 tbe   aame] , aftemoon. {
Dr. W. J. Happel, of town, waa stmimoned and sent the Injured man to Easton Hoapital. He waa bleed- , ing profusely from tbe noae and ears, his skull having been fractured, and he suffered multiple contualona of the entire body.
Mr. Messinger had spent tila entire
i life in Forks township in the vicint«
i ty of Stockertown and Tatamy and
. . «.^_ __^ ' had always followed trucking and
AND ONE ANGLER '*""'"'
ANU VilC AilUliCin|    ^ ^ Mrvived   by a slater.   Mra.
^     TTT''^     M       . —    John H. Walters, of Cheatnut Hill, • IU O'clock Tuesday even-'   ^^^   j^^ Messinger. of town.
%A ^'!^^^.^\ "^ml " "»«• »"<« two nephews.   He was |tf the sport decided to spend'
wading and   whipping a
and   rough-bottonMd
Ih the upper end of Monroe
Ro time was lost in getting
organised and they were
on their   way.     After an
jbit driving, cars were park-
deoorated with gaudy flies
. waders pulled to the neck,
|tt with hopeful tobacco, the
tried their   ambition   and
I ot waders over a long trek
i bushy,   rocky trail   to the
ht   was the   time   set to
I In" and all made their ap-
on time, tired, perspired
"wet".   Pour of the group
but "tales": only one
I with "taila" stickUig out ot
That one   was Judson
' tried a new method.   He
but does not wade In—
of disturbing the big ones,
'em.   We have been given
not to use the names ot
four "flabermen",
CAN House TO BE
OPENED AUGUST 1ST.
I American House, now closed,
1 be opened August Ist and
under the management of reouocilman. L. A. Butts. Mr. [a now making extensive re- Tthe building and a complete
I of the Interior.
The Worst Spot On the Road —
By  AUwrt 7   lifui
o^Jieerors^'
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NAZARETH BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOC. ADMITTED TO MEMBERSHIP IN THE U. S. BUILDING AND LOAN LEAGUE
COM.'HINITV PICNIC
At  Dorney Park, Wednesday July 37th
The Nazareth Community Pic¬ nic of the Moravian, Lutheran and Reformed congregations will be held at Dorney Park, Wednu-.s- day afternoon, July 27th.
Buses leave Broad and Prospect Streets from 12:30 to 2:00 P. M. Bu.ses leave park from 7:30 to 9:30 P. M.
Make arrangements early by applying to the respective com¬ mittees.
Children Free. Special rates to adults.
BIG BOOSTER GAME TO-NITE Game WUl be Called at 6 o'clock
This evening the local Athletic Association Ball Club will match wita and "speed" with the Phil- lipaburg All Stars, composed of North End players.
The battery for Nazareth will be Duffy and Heath, for the AU Stars, Carlson and Hanlon.
Tbe game will start promptly at 9:00 o'clock and what a game it wUl be. Tbe batteries of these teams are recognised as two of tbe strongest vialting tbe HaU Diamond this season.
This being the booster game, come with your lungs in good shape—there'll be plenty of yelU ing necessary—hot stuff from start to finish is expected.
a member of the Senior O. U. A. M. of Tatamy, and the Lutheran con¬ gregation of Porks Church.
Funeral servicea were held Satur¬ day afternoon at the home of his aiater, Mrs. J. H. Walters and inter¬ ment was made in Porks Cemetery. Rev. O. S. Kleekner, officiated.
WIND GAP BAND TO GIVE CONCERT IN LOCAL BAND SHELL
LANDIS FAMILY HOLD SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL REUNION
Will Be Held In Perkaaie Park
Satarday Septeasber 3rd. 1932
There will be a morning and after¬ noon session. An unusally interest¬ ing program is expected and of special Interest to the young. Thia is a personal Invitation to every one related to the Landls family. Bring your lunch
Perkasle is 33 miles north of Phil¬ adelphia, on the Reading railroad and Liberty Bell route of the Le-
  high Valley Traction Co.   It is one
I By the Wind Oap Fire Company I mile east of the Phlladelphla-Beth- Band, O. A. Oreenzweig, Manager; I lehem State Highway, Route 309. Walter Heckman, Director, at The Turn east from Uie highway at Sell- Community Band Shell here on Sat-! trsviWe.     President,   D. M. Landis,
I urday evening, July 23, 1932, at 8:30, Perkasle, Pa^   ^    ^	
Daylight Saving Time.
38th Annual Convention of The First Moravian Christian Endeavor Union
At Cedar Great College, Allentown,' ed a more extensive program than
Pa^ Jaly tSth to SOth. { ever before.   Dr. Charlee H. Rom-
___ j inger. Professor of English and Ed-
an.- vMt. A„»...i r>.v»»..,Mv> ^» ucation at Moravian College and The Mth Annual Conventton of ^^^ ^^ Religious Education at Ced- the First Moravian Christian Ende- ^ prest College. wlU be the Dean, avor Union will be held at Cedar, ^he mornings wlU be devoted to Crest College, Allentown, Pa., from I interesting classes on such varied July 35tb to aotb. "rhla summer! subjects as Bible Lands. A Study of training school for Chrtstian Lead* i tbe Teachings of Jesus, Character ership has for its slogan "Every aa Jesus revealed It, Personal Evan Church and Society Represented". gellsm, Socety AdminUtration, Im- Thia year a group of from 200 to 250 proving the Society Prayer Meetings, young people from New York, New Intermediate Leaders, Juniors, MU- Jersey, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio, sionary Materials and Methods, A and Maryland, U expected to gather Study of Moravian Missions, and for one week of spiritual and social Recreation.
training under   the supervision   of     The aftemoons will be spent hi competent leaders, who have plann-;        (Continued on Page Three)
Affiliated Catholic So¬ cieties Outline Activities In Concluding Sessions
[ash ington Circus
•y David Wright
[Special to The Item) »CTON, July 21,-Four »lmo8t to the day, Alfred »at before a radio In the • mansion at Albany and friend PrankUn Roosevelt *Utues of the 'Happy War- M»e delegates at Houston. , * second national conven- r^JJch Roasevelt pleaded with r**rat,s to take Smith as |««idard-bearer. The sheer ^^of the man who got out 1 Jr^ ^ "lake the nominating k". much to do with Smths tlw   two-thirds  vote   to
i^lfference four short years "Us year Roosevelt sat be-
The follow ing program to be rendered:
1 Star Spangled Banner,   by Sousa
2 Excerpts from Opera Fall of Jerico  by J. B. Mailochand
3 March-El Capltan — by Sousa
4 Waltz—Blue Danube . by Strauss
5 March—American Red Cross by Panella
6 Saxaphone Solo—Swiss Boy by DeviUe
Arlington Heckman
7 Overture—Poet and Peasant
by Suppe
Intermission
8 March—Connecticut . by Nassann
9 Flower Song—Hearts and Flowers by Tobanl
Bn^LHEIMER AND LONGENBACH FAM- OJES IN REUNION
The seventh annual reunion of the Billheimer and Longenbach families will be held in Billheimer's Orove on the road leading from Newburg to Christian Spring on Sunday, July 31, 1932 beginning at 10 o'clock A. M. Daylight Saving Time.
Tables and benches have been pro¬ vided and everyone  Is expected to I bring their dinner and supper.   Hot I coltee    will    l)e fumislied    free  of
The concluding sessions of the Af¬ filiated Societies of the Pennaylvania Branch of the CathoUc Central Vereln of America and the Catholic Women's Union were held on Tues¬ day with 103 delegates being regist¬ ered by the credentials committee for the final sessions.
Various    committees     previously named by President Eibeck of the' Central   Vereln   state   organization! held sessions   and considered   the ^ work being done tn the various sec¬ tions of the state.   The committee members were as follows:   Resolu¬ tions Rev. Charles Moosman, Non- hall; Rev. P. Frenzkowskl. Nazareth;
Rev. John Helbel, Erie; Rev. Francis Theobold, Freiburg; Rev. Henry Ste- inhagen, Philadelphia: Leonard Boehm, Pittsburg; Frank Stlfter. Carnegie; Oeorge Margroff, Phil¬ adelphia; Credentials, Jacob Post, Pottsville; John Rickert, Northamp¬ ton; Jacob TrotUe, Tacony; Frank Schwartz, Northampton; Frank Kin- singer, Allentown; New Societaes, Joseph Posch. Easton; Lawrence Wildemann, Altoona; John Meyer, Allentown; Martin Koehler, Beth¬ lehem; Henry Paure, Pittsburg; Press—Frank Sakowitz and Prank Manning, of Nazareth; New Business (Continued on Page Pour)
Entertain Grand Officers
' The Nazareth Building & Loan Association. 56 South Main St.. of Nazareth. Penna., was admitted to membership recently in the United States Building and Loan League, ac¬ cording to H. F. Cellarias of Cmcin- nati. Ohio. Mr. Cellarius is secre¬ tary-treasurer of the League.
I In qualifying for m>-mber.ship tiie successful association submitted fln- ancial statements, by-laws and other details.
j Tlie Nazareth Associati^.i ueconies a member of a national organizi- tion in this field that has over 2.500 niembers. Its business is administer¬ ed by an Executive Manager and StafT from its offices at 53 East Van Bur en Street, Chicago, Illinois.
I    The United States League, organ-
I ized 39 years ago to aid the work of the local associations in the home
ROTARIANS HEAR REPORT OF DELEGATES
The members of the Rotary Club ——— I met in the Y. M. C A. on Monday
The Ladies of the Oolden Eagle, evening for their weekly scs.slon and Temple 10 held their meeting in heard the reports of ClilTord Taylor Eagle Hall on Thursday evening and ^,,,^1 p^^nk H. Martin on the activl- were hosts   to a number   of grand ,   , .  ,       »       , r.
ofllcers of the order. The Wind Oap "«* ^^ "^« '"^""^ mternational Ro- temple 224 Joined with the local ladi- tarlon convention held at Seattle, es In entertaining the visitors. Washington.   Due to the absence of
During the regular meeting Noble the president. William Silfles nnd Templar Hannah Daniels presided the secretary Charles Shafer at the and minutes were read by the secre- \ district convention at Ocean City, N. tary Mrs. Helen Miller. The sick j.. this week, the routine portion report included the names of Anna such as the secretary's report wm Ehrig, Emma Johnson, Lydia Sim- {dispensed with. The vice president ons, Sally Wunderly, Leila Roth and William K. Shimer presided during Mary Troxell.  Sick benefits were or- the session.   The song service open-
dered paid and other bills were ap¬ proved.
An open session followed whei, ad¬ dresses were delivered by the guests
ing and closing the meeting was Iod by H. P. Yeisley with Miss Mae YeU-
ley assisting at the piano.   Harry Sejrfried was awarded the weekly at
Among the visitors were brand'Tem- tendance prise and the birthday plar Sadie Asson of Pittsburgh; | l»Pcl bouquet was presented to Char- grand guardian of records Elva Lo-! le» WiUauer in recognition of his gan of PhUadelphU; grand vice birthday anniversary which he cele- temptar, Anna Fisher of Easton; brates this week, past grand templar Flora Prick of CUtTord Taylor presented the Joint Bethlehem; district grand templars reports of Mr. Martin and himself Jennie Stelner of Wbid Oap. Carrie | and streaaed the International spirit Moyer of Reading and Martha Rein- of good fellowship as the outstand- helmer of town; companions. Mary ing factor mast noticeable at the Ruch and Bessie DavLs of Lacka- convention. Delegates were present wanna and Wind Oap temples; past from the countries of S>Tia, India, grand chiefs, William C. Kastle of Japan. China, England, France Oer- Lynnfleld; Oscar Larue and Fred many. Russia, Mexico, Spain and In Fisher of Easton, and Irvin Carr al- fact from every country on the so of Easton 210.     Fine gifts were globe and all able to speak English. ,
presented to Mrs. Sadie Asson. Mrs Anna Fisher and Mrs. Flora Frick by Mrs. Martha Reinheimer on t)e- half of the local temple members. A bouquet of flowers was presented to Mrs. Camilla Laubach of the Naz¬ areth Temple.
A mock wedding was presented by the ladles of the local temple, which was greatly enjoyed by all. Excell¬ ent refreshments were enjoyed dur¬ ing the social period.   Those on the
After the convention a side trip to Alaska on a boat chartered by sev-: eral Rotary districts was enjoyed by the delegates. On the side trip the Alaskan canneries The Taku and Muir Olaclers and the principal citi¬ es of Alaska were visited or viewed. The natural wonders of Alaska and their canning Industries were very interesting accordng to the delegates who made arrangements to ship a large salmon packed in dry ice to
refreshment and serving committee, town and that furnished the meal
were Louise Wunderly. Stella Edel¬ man. Emily Fehr. Mary Smith. Laura Silvert. Lizzie Kraemer. Avada Hellick, Louise Kahler, Eva Venter and Jennie Frantz.
•      • GOVERNOR FIXES
FALL ARBOR DAY
An elaborate program has been ar-
10 March—Oermans Delight , „,,„„„
by Sousa "'"^'^^
11 Baritone  SoIo-Air   Varie  Downl J.^^ ,^ ^^ ^^,^\
on the Farm ^ by Harlow,      *    ^^ ^,^
,. ./    u'^^Il'",.   ^rn"f ri ¦m,;.',;     The ofllcers of the clan are as fol-
12 March-On the Mall, by Goldman I j^^_^.  President,    Warren    Longen-
bach, Northampton;   vice-president.
request   Nuiulwr
13 Special
pha.se Nearer my Ood to Tliee
by Langey
14 March—Stars and Stripes forever
by Sousa
Frank Bilhelmer, Bethlehem, Pa.; secretary, Mrs. William Ruth, Beth¬ lehem; treastxrer, Revell}-!! Longen¬ bach, Catasauqua.
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Catholic Yerein and
Women's Union Convene
Tlie opening sessions of the con¬ vention of the Catholic Ce»itral Vere- In and the Catholic Women's Union were inaugurated on Sunday*ln the Nazareth Holy Family Church Parish with tlie celebration of a .solemn pon¬ tifical high mas.s by the Right Rev. Bishop O. P. O'Hara of PhiUnIi'l- phia aiwi.sted by tlie Rev. Joseph J Ostlvlmor.    n.s.si.stant    priest;   Rmv
P'^'me radio7r;»:iban"y\'i^d!'^"-*P'^ May^Deacon and Rev. Geo- '   sJ'^P^ Warrior Som'S rg. Fenzil. Sub-doacon.
"fiother.   This time Smith I    Tlv- nia.ss wa.s held In the Hoi> Ued on Page Six) Faniily   Church  following   a   prell- ,
minary meeting of the delegates who arrived Saturday from various sec- tion.s of the state. The pnelimlnary meeting of the delegates wa.s held in the Holy Family Sick and Relief Society Hall and a .short parade to the church followed lead by Kling- ler .s Band of AUentowm.
The church was overcrowded and an amplifier sy.stcm In.stalled for fhe
.s.'sslons brought the sound to tho manv people outside who could not be accommodated in the church. Dur-
(Contlnued on Page Six)
KNIGHT OF FRIEND- SHIP INSTALL
Local Chamber 109 Knights of Friendship met In Shafer's Hall on Monday evening when Wlnfleld Rop¬ er of Slatlngton, district deputy and his staff installed the following ofllc¬ ers; Past sir knight marshal, Rus¬ sell Snyder; sir knight marshal Wil¬ bur Hack; senior champion, Lester Laubach; Junior champion Monroe Davidson; recording secretary, Allen Troxell; financial secretary, Roland Roth; treasurer, Fred Koch; trus¬ tee, Fred Koch; organist, Ralph Bruce; representative to grand 1 chamber Charles Welty; knight | warden, Jonathan Keck; master of rites Clarence Weaver, alternate re presentatlve to grand chamber Rev. P. K. Bergman.
Refreshments and a social period were enjoyed following the business session.
P.O.S.ofA.INSTALL NEW   OFFICERS
P. 0. of A. HOLDS
INSTALLATION
A brief meeting of the local camp P. O. of A. was held \n Babp's Hall on Friday evening with president Anna Kratz presiding. Routine bu- .siness was transacted. New ofllcers for the ensuing term were histalled by the district president of the order, Mrs. Anna Flgner of nm Argyl and her assisting color ;Jearers, Mrs. (Continued on Page Seven)   •	
Mr .and Mrs. William Albert, of Tatamy, spent a day in town visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Stamets.
The P. O. S. of A. met In Shafer's Hall on Thursday evening with pre¬ sident Marshall Moll in the chair. Routine business was transacted. The sick list report included; L. E. Davies. J.imes Paff, WiUiam Santee. Herbert Fries. Valentine Knecht and Jolm Stamets.
Following the transaction of rou¬ tine bu.sines.s tlie district president. William Sandt of Easton was intro¬ duced and installed the following of¬ ficers; president Elwood Meyers; vice president, Herbert Edelman; master of foniis, Thomas Weavr-r; conduct¬ or. Trunum.Kidd; inspt^ctor, Victor Christman; guard, Harold Kratz; trustee for 18 months. Harry Hagen¬ buch; secretary. William Hontz; financial .secretary. Lester Scott; treasurer. Clayton Kern; pianist. Ralph Wolfe; chaplain. Arthur Oetz; delegates to the state convention of the order to be lield at Philadelphia August 22 to 23, Roland Roth and William Hontz; alternates Marshall Moll and Truman Kidd. Arthur Oetz, a past president, assisted in the Installation of the new officers,
Frederick 8. Raeth of Easton, dis¬ trict secretary of tlie order was pre¬ sent as a guest of the order and botli he and the district president made brief remarks on tho work of Uie order. Tlie district president pre.sented a pa.st presidents jewel to Marshall Moll the retiring presid¬ ent.    Refreshments were enjoyed.
Oeorge Spence of Coatsvllle was a visitor In town on Monday.
for the clubmen on Monday evening, having arrived in excellent condition, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor also enjoyed an airplane ride from Seattle to Portland. Oregon where they called on Mr. Taylor's brother whom he had not seen for 25 years. In a little more than one hour they cover¬ ed the same distance it would have Harrlsburg. July 21 —Pall Arbor; required six hours time to travel by Day for 1932 was set for Friday. Oct- rail, averaging about 124 miles per ober 21. In an announcement today, hau... by plane. The Canadian Rock- by Oovernor Oifford Pinchot, Spring [gj aj^j their natural wonders were Arbor and Bird Day was observed i ^\^ viewed by the travelers as was a throughout the State on Friday,' j^uge sunken rock and flower garden April 8. on Vancouver Island. Mount Rainier
In    his proclamation    for Spring  and Mount Hood were among several Arbor Day the Oovernor called at-  of the    highest   pealw seen   In the tention to oppcwtunlty for a Oeorge  West. Washington   Bicentennial   influence j #      #
and urged every school child to plant j INVesTin.\TE   FIRES
a tree named for the planter and —_—.
dedicated to the memory of Wash- Harrlsburg. July 20—The bureau ington. The October 21 date was of fire protection, Pennsylvania suggested as most opportune by the State Police, reports 70 ca.ses of in- State Departments of Public In-'cendiary and suspicious ftres assign- structlon and Forests and Waters.     | ed for investigation m June.
Lions Clubs Choose
International President
Los Angeles. Calif —Charles H. Hatton of Wichita. Kans. wa.s elected to the Presidency of Lions Interna¬ tional in the final sesson of the Lions Convention which closes liere tomorrow.
Mr. Hatton Is President of the Peoples Finance Company of Wichita and holds office in several' other large corporation m WlchiU. He attended school at Southwestern College and Uie University of Colo¬ rado, afterwards going abroad to study at Sarbonne University in Paris.
As chief executive of the 2650 Lions clubs throughotit five countries., Hatton states that "Lionism will make no departure at this time from it.s established policy of making ha.ste slowly in over-seas expansion. However." he continued, "there will be no 'marking time' until economic pondltions get better. We look for¬ ward confidently to the time when UionLsm will be established In eVery nty and town on this continent that desires to build a better citizenship (Continued on Page Two)
Charles H. Hotton
1932       Pmsioint       1933
LIONS INTERNATIONAL
REV. BAHNSEN, RE- LOVED RETOUElb MIN¬ ISTER PASSES AWAT
Rev. Oeorge Frederick Bahnaea, retired, Moravian minister, died •! 5:30 on Tuesday aftemoon at his home, 206 East Center street, of * complication of ailments. He wm 78 years old.
He was bom In Winston-Salem, N. C. September 16. 1854, a aon 0( Oeorge F. and Ann Oertrude PMl« Une. he was ordained Into tbe iCor»« vlaa ministry In laSl. KU lail abarve before he retired was tta* Ooopersburg Moravian church. Rev. Bahnsen was of a devout chrtoUaa natiuv, dearly beloved by all wba knew him, and news of his paaaing will coRxe as a distinct shock to hig wide circle of friends.
Besides his widow, Marie E. R„ h* Is survived by the foUoirlac ctaU« dren; O. P. R. Bahnsen, BethMuaa; Rev. Roland Bahnsen, Plainfleld. N. J.: Paul O. Bahnsen, Wln8too<8«l- em, N. C; Dr. C. M. Bahmtn. Jer¬ sey City. N. J.; O. BUaabeth aii« Anastacla Bahnsen, Nataratli; Ita. W. E. Siegfried, Birmlngbam, Ala.; Mrs. O. E. Bummer, Madars, OaL; and Mrs. R. M. Riley. BerkeleF, Cat He is also survived by ten graad- chlldren. Friends may view the re- mains Thursday evening from 7 ta 9 P. M.
The funeral will be held from tola late home on Friday at 1:30 P. IC daylight time, with private aenrlepa at the house and public servicea ia the Schoeneck Moravian church at 2 o'clock. Interment will be made ia the Schoeneck church cemetery.
NAN BECOMES ILL SUDDENLY ON HIGHWAY; DIES
Valentine W. Knecht, aged Ti years, retired Janitor and truant officer of th? local High school, and the oldest in point of service in town, met dsath lafce Sunday night apparently from a stroke or a heart attack.
The decea.sed resided here on South Broad street and on Sunday he ciUed on his nephew, Fred Johnson at Bethlehem and whlla drivuis towards horn? while nearing Upper Newburg. on the Bethlehem pike, he apparently felt III and It ia presumed to have tried to turn off the Igtution of his car he failed in this and turned off the lights aiul after zig iiaggu^g on the highway and hi3 automobile struck a culvert at the side of the road. Several per¬ son.* appeared on the scene. Among them were Mr. and Mrs. Prank Abel, of town who took him In thoir automobile a.id rushed htm to tha offlce of Dr J. A Fraunfelder, of town, but by the time they reached the office Mr. Knecht had expired. The physician found no marks on the body to Indicate that he had been injured In the auto crash and expre^ied the opinion that death waa due to natural cause.s.
He was associated with Mlnne- tonka Tribe. No. 284, Impd. Order of Red Men, W.tshington Camp No. 445, P, O. S. or A, Vigilance Hoiw Company of town. Four County Fireman's Association and the Penn- sylvanifl State Firemeti'.s Association and a memh?r of St. John's Reform¬ ed congregation of town.
He is .survived by otie stster, Mr*. James Johason, of Hecktown and a number of nephews and nieces.
Funeral services will be held ttila (Thursday) afternoon at 3 o'clock at his late home. Bttrlal will be mada In the Hecktown Hope cemetery. Rev. Walter H. Dlehl will offleUte.
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BntTRDAV CELKBRATIOffV^
Mildred Beck, daughter of ICr. «n4 Mrs. Henry Beck, oelebrated bar eleventh birthday last Thursday and entert&itted the following guaata at the family home on South WhltOalA street, town:
Marly-n,    Charle.s    and Riegel, Henry Behlegel, Betty Lorraine Ejwr, Marlon Krata, ena Dereamer and ICUdred The young folks had a aptendld playing varloua Btantawart
financing field, has on its rolla t<H day some of tlve leaders in American finance, Tlie Nazazreth Associatlaa will be entitled to send a delegate tn the L'c^ague's convention to be heS4 this year at French Lick, September 1, 2, and 3. It WlU participate In the national prognuas ftr tax relief, homo owning encour* agement. and other work undertaken
, by the League.
j According to P. 9. Trumbower, president of th'; association, the as¬ sets were $1,179,709.47 at the time a( the last annual report.
Other officers and directors besid¬ es Mr. Trumbower are F. H. Sclunldt^ W. E. Henry, Charles W. K. Shafar,
I J. F. Bardiil. A. C. Dereamus, A. K
I Frantz, A. O. Kern, J. M. Kem, & E. Shimer, H.  E. Woodring, H. F,
> Ziegler.
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