The Nazareth Item

              The N a z a ret h Item
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AN   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER.   DBVOTBD  TO   LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL   INTELLIOBNCB.
l5-rr>d here  yesterday    with
••T,. „erci.^'-'» oa the lawn oi
lHwaft-n church md coniln-
• tto   different   cemeterte<»
Mi of Veteran Cai.iii No, iO.
4ti tu   Schoet e.?ic     tor     a
JJoii tht Scboeneck :4ora/l!in
Ttn « the rtrtt of the nerleu
I.-1 air tervlces.    Hev. Robert
Zwnecke. Jr.. pastor of  the
I ^l5 jfongregatlon,   was    in
LiMOt the devotlonals. and J,
fTJlleirs. a local orator with a
'Tlaiowledge aud   experienced
'     man.   who    for    several
, kad b«cn located '" ^^'-^ I Canal Zone, made tbe ad- The service concluded la lind ((election and a volley lUwiravea.
Mlowlnt thif exercises were I o« the lawn of the Moravian ttl Rev. A. I) Thaeler offered «f,'Ihe Nazareth band gave u ««ionsnd .Mr. Matthews deliv- j»B oration on "Dead ou the tdol Honor. "
Dl, procession formed and iiro ¦4 to the .St. John's l'nion rtery for continued service, b H«rvey C. Suyiler. pastor of IJolra'8 Lutheran church, oiTer- Ipreraiid the asduinblage, led Itteband, HauK .Vmerica," The Imquad of Harold V, Knecht fc, American l.eclon. fired a vol- lad tbe post   huijler   sounded
ur re-forniiuK  the   paradern
lto the Moravian cemetery
Itke next service and Kev. I'aul
einert. pastor of the Moraviiui
ttll. offered  the  prayer.     The
Ite sang "Onward. Christian
with   till'   hand   .ncconi-
Tlie   fii'iiiB    HCiiuul    of
iO*eii llicf Cunii) of Son.-
Veteriius tired a   volle.v
ikttgler .'•luinded tai^s.   The
"The    Star-Sjiansled
^ aervlces  were  held  on J Family cemetery  where
8er^offered prayer, fol- ._ Sfe'ilnKlnp'of an anthem.
(tlon b)' the Roseto h.-ind, a I'Breand t.ip-;.   The proirram
Itlthashort .lervicf on the fitoodceniii.'iy with a prayer
If. Snyder uml a volley fire |lnl tups.
i|«rade wn.-^ headed by Clief
!¦ R. E. Zii'Kler. the niem- lelTnwn Counril and the Niiz- P Band. Fnllowing on niito- |II« came FM will Koehler, thp linrTlTor of the a. A. R. re- lint In NazurMh, to whom fell jkonnr of payini; tribute to hl.i Nwwho li;>... iiuawered their Iran call,    foinrade  Koehler
Wed his Tvth   birthday    on
•fy 7. and   enjo.vs    splendid
* tonsldcrinK a person of I advanced y.'ars. He resides |lil«9an-lii-!;uv nnd d'liishter, ^dJIrs. .Mil;, •, .lones,   South
I'treet, \;u,',reth. His dally pel? a wall- .,)„^^,, t,,\vn. |her or);i,iii,:,.j,,„g patHciiiat- "lile.i the .Sons of Veterans llie.\mfcilp;,ii l.!<,'ion were the |«th Hall n.det natfallon, |»MOIrl .Scout... Legion Aux- T Marchini; rini). rninp Kire l*nil the (',¦,< 1,,,lie Society ac- ^nled hy th,. i;,,seto band.
NAZARETH. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 31, 1928
No. 27
PENN-DIXIE CEMENT CORPORATION GETS THREE NORE PLANTS
Stockhohlers of the Pennsylva¬ nia-Dixie f'einent Corpoi'ution. operators of a numlier of mills in this vicinity and in which a great many peo; la from tliis region, e.itieRially around Nazareth, are interested, approved of the merger ..f the I'eniisylvanla-hixie Corpora¬ tion with the North Americi.n Ce¬ ment Corpor:<tion. tho naw ori^an- l/atlon to be known as the (lener.il Cement Corporation.
In this meriter are Included three ii\I!Ih of tl;e (ieneral Cement Corporation and seven of the I'ennsylvar.ia-Dlxle. making a to¬ tal of ten pUiuts, -.vith an esCinat- ort total !>iinual output of 14,000,- 000 barrels of cement.
Pein-nixlo stock will ho ex- chpngeri for (ier.eral stock share for share, and the North American stock is exchangeiihle two shares for one of the Cieneral.
Indications are that tbe nierser will result in no change in perion¬ nel .It thf Nazareth plants of the I'etMi-nixie.
North American stockholders hud previously ratified the merger, hut it Is not kno'.vn when the rombinatfon will iK'Conie actually effective*.
LOCAL BOYS TO TOUR EUROPE
One June 14, Charles Shimer, son of .Mr. and .Mrs. Howard Shimer, John Fraunfelder, son of Dr. and .Mrs. J. A. Fraunfelder, and Stanley Reimer. son of .Mr. and .Mrs. Herbert Reimer, all of .N'a:;aretli, and Tryoii Rauer. son of Itc.'. ami Mr.s. Victor J. liiiuer. of r.etlilehen'. will acromiiany Pro¬ fessor Preston A. Rarlia, ot Al¬ len'own. o'.i his iuinual four of i:uro;ie. Tiey will .^mII on the N'orth Cierman Lloyd steamer. Miiehchen. and will visit France. Switzerland, Oermany, Italy, Aus¬ tria. Holland and Kngland. The bonieward jonrney will be made from Soulhumpton, England, on the liner Columbus. The party ex¬ pects to return to Ne** York on Scpfeir.ber 3.
HALL CADETS AWARDED MEDALS
An iutere.stiiig program featured the session of the upper Junior history division at Nazareth H.nll when the Instructor, Professor Howard Driiiton awarded medal.s to tbree boys for excellence in their work during tbe course. The medals were ot bronze and award¬ ed to first, second and third place V iiinors. First prize went to Aii- to'Jo Correo: second to (!. V. Tliomas and third to .\lbert Pegge
The Freshmen division eater- f.'iined Ihe cadets of the school v.'ith a playel In tho chapel. The pluy was entitled "The .lunior." It u .IS well rinilered and greaMy en¬ joy d liy tho cadets and tlii-ii' fl iends.
.Mrs. S. Cr. Reck entcrlaiued at l.rlilgc at her home on Tih sday aft- t moon.
lertown Commandery isits Local Castle; Eagles Plan Big Convention Here
*al featuvis  wore an  inter-
'^m of tl,.. program of   th"
*'li Castl... .\„. ;,;„;. K„iKi,„
[^•ulden Kiml,. ;,( their mret-
*"'>ay evening In udd   Kel-
'"¦   Th,. ,-,;,,li Hellertown
¦•n of th.. C.niinandery of
FJtastU. Xl,   .(., „,.,j, p,.j,„f,,„
f_* men uml, r inulership of
Herbert Ci,.«>and guve an
on    drill.      The    Sau<(.nu
" ;'>'»«iii a   fi,a> spirit   and
!"  lelrihiiii,,^.   ^,.,^^.,,     ^..,^
7'"'^-   Thiy . .M.cuted many
'^ and   cninsing    figures
'Wklike precision.    Among
.""¦P^ti'iK   features    ot     the
» *a» a sword drill.     Hoth
'" ^""esH ;,n,l   the    Saucona
'"'"yihni,inst rated a rom-
"" sur,. knowliMlgo  of  the
["'"'» Of their  order.     Fol-
'"e dPinon^tratlon   of   the
i°'" Heiienown   the  Naza-
"6 teiMkred    Ihem
'""u.^ai>pi;i„sr..
Kraenier,   „ho    was    In
""•   "iieting.    thanked
"' Hilleriown Command-
""''¦ 'Ahlhitlnn and  then
7"" Chief   l.urgess   R.   F.
''"' a r, w remiirks.     Hur-
•"'f said be was goluK l<»
'"" "Tim,"   and    added
««llme   for   nvervfhlng.
* nhout the convention of
•ynndirl.s of the  Kagles
«• 'n Nazarefh In October
'hf local Kagles tn make
««alr. promising the aid
long
of the liorougli authori'ies as far a-.! possible to make it a success. Calling upon .Noble Chief Hath, whose li-rni e.xpires this month, liurgess Ziegler in behalf of the .Nazarith Castle pre.-^ented Mr. Rath with a Hamilton 17 jewel watch, rimarking that as Mr. Uath "ulwa.'s had the time for the af¬ fairs of (he (Iolden Ka!,'li-s fhey wisheil to show their a;'pi'<'Cial ion by givin:; hitn some line-."
Follou Ing Hurgess Ziegler H. K. Venter, degree master. w;;s called uton by Mr. Kraenur, an.l he pre¬ si nted Mr. Rath wllh a wallet, a-* a  gift   from the comniamUry,
Theodore Shafer. Past District Cblef, was called upon nnd be guve Mr. Math a basket of roses for Mrs. Ilath as a token of esteem. .Mr. Ilath was visibly affected by tbe ulfts and made a brief ri.ply. thanking fbe castle for its kiiiii- iiess.
During his tenure of office «Mr. Kraemer pointed out tbe Cnrttle has taken in :!!• new members, lifteen of which Mr. llalb secured himself He h'ls been a faithful memlier of tho relief comiiiitue und active In the work ol tbe Naz¬ ureth Coinniaiiilerv llis efforts In behalf of the Indue bave been un¬ tiring and  provoc.itlve   of     much
K<"'i , .,
A.   N.   Ilterh.  chairman of tho local committee in charge  of    the State Commondery   convention   nt (Continued on Paga Fonr)
I     The PolUind Balmn In The Woods ^^,^ ' ByAlb»nT.R«d      \ {}^\^   nAV
CHILDREN'S DAY IN REF. CHURCH I
oooooo^oo
.\ very novel Children's Day pro¬ gram wili he presented in the Re¬ formed church on Sunday luorii- ing, June 10. Meiuhe'.s of v.irious oi',iaiiizatioiis in the churcli will 1 iticipiite. Tbe Girls' Cuild, Rluebird^, Scouts, Rangers i.ul .Mission Rand. Primary and Be¬ ginners" Departments and the classes In the Sunday school will attend In a body. Decorations will ;,e lu harmony with the theme for the ser'.lce, "And n little child s, all lead them through service. t.i Christ tiie Light of the world." The program has heen arranged liy the siipt-rinteudent of the Sun¬ diiy school. Oliver Knauss. as¬ sisted by Mrs. William Sillien. The I'.irls' (iuild are hel|dng with the decorations.
.^I.l. N\/.ARF,TII STOUF.H ( I.O.SKD WKUM-.SDAV
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.11 NK. .11 LY .WU .AKilST.
Cement Plants In Dig Safety Meet¬ ing Here Tomorrow
The Safi.ly Cet-Together of the local cement plants will he held on I'riflay, June 1 in the Hroad St. ihe:;ti'e at 7.-0 p. m. daylight sav- ;!ig lime. The Peiin-Dixiu plants Nos. 4, T, and 6. Tho l.one Star (. ment Co. of Penna., (formerly I'hiii-nix Co.>, the Nazaretii Ce- ;'mt Co. and the Hercules Cement Cn. will participate in the meeting. The chairnuin of the meeting will 1 ¦> R. R. Fortuin, regional director of th'' I.ehii-'h Valley Safe-y Coun¬ ril. The follnwlng program will he rendered:
Orchestra.
.News ri'el.
Safety film—"Th" Hamlicap."
lion. Charl'.-s Water.;, Secretary, liepaitmcnt of Lahor and Industry, 'ommonwoalth nf Penna.
Morris Fortuin, (Ieneral .Manv.g- er, retiua-Pixie Cr-mi nt Corpora¬ tion. Resume of Actlvili"- I.ehigh Valley Safety Council.
Thomas (Jttiuiey, chief of Quarry Section Department of Labor and Industry. Stale of Penna.
II \. Kelchenbach, general su- periiiteiulent. .Nazareth Cement Co.
Fe;itnre pptiire. Wm. Royd in "The .Night  F!y,.r."
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NAZAKETH A. A. ORGANIZED; FIRST GAME HERE WED.
The .Nazartth .\. A. which has sinall area and thty need, at leasi under way for a reorganiz;ition. The meu in charge bote to have ,1 meeting next Wednesday, June li and perfect arrangements for p'i'yiiig a brief schedtiie. It is 1 uiiitiveiy plaiuii-d to play only Wednesday evening g.imis eitlier ill .Nazaretii or on out of town lieils wherever j;.lines can be ar¬ ranged. Til? organization pl.ui- to 1 l;:y only f.n exienses and will n'ake no effort to mnke money, most of the players getting into Ihe game for the exerc si- and siort afforded. A strong liiic-ui' i,-- expected with the following ilii.vers ready to go in tlie tield and several others stiil to sign; 'inym.n.i Mirhael. Cliarles H.'ath. I.'ilward Singher, Jerr;.' Knecht, ' Hooks" Hoch, Pa^y Michael, Jiinmy Fetherolf, Ila'pli Stiirner, Thomi's Stainer and C,us Cranger. The management will try to ar- lange as many home games as possible and give local fans a chance to aee somo of the faster tiams ill this vicinity on the .Naz- .iielh ground-. Caines can be se¬ cured by commiinicatine witli Raymond .Michael in Niizareth.
CORN VARIETY DEMONSTRATIONS
Carn variety demon.strutioiiH. in¬ cluding tive varietic-s that are com- . loiily grov, 11  in, or are  felt   will .:>.-     adaptiible     to     Northampton ounty    toniiitiuns,      have     been liinted   on   tlie   farms   ot    C.     K. U'isver, Forks towiisiiiii, and .lohn '.OSS,  Lov. er   .Nazareth     towns.;ip, under the   direction     of    County '.gent U, L. Coleman.    The varle- es Included in  these dtmoiistra- ions are:   Sure   Cfoii,     Leamiiig. Iarage,  Flint,   nnd     White    Ca- fllow Iient.    .V third demoiistri- on   will   he  planted  on  the  fartii • i .\.  F. Meyers,   Rushkill    tov.ii- iiip. The  yield   and  the  maturity  of the  corn   ut   luiivest   time   will   he 'he two important  fiictnrs censld- ered  in   tliest»  deiiionstration.'.
Other demonstrations thai have ;ice!itl.v be'n planted under the direction of the .Agricultural Ex¬ tension Service include, a Rariey ¦ ariety demonstration on the arm 11 C. n. Werkheiser, Porks town- hip. Potato variety demonstra¬ tions .it W.il'er H. Schleaol, Moor »ow nsliip, and .lohn R. Liachnian, I. ver Silicon township. .\ii oat varletv itemoiistriitioii was also sl Hied "11 the fam, of C. T. De- v.'iU, Forks township. Farmers iiit-ve-ted in liniM'oving thoi!' ciois by securing information on ai'aptuble v^'rleties. are invitfd to keep In toii<)i with the.=^e demon¬ strations.
AT
NAZARETH HALL
('.imptis Day exercises at Naza¬ reth Hall Military .Xcademy were carried out on Saturday aftanioon accordins to .s. iiedule. ii wus feurtd during the inclement weath- ti- of ta.? Kiorning that the affair would ir.ive to be f.ostpoiied but sliortly utter noon tbr.. weathe.r b;^- .;. in, setrl.d tind pi«.'asant enough for t .t> corr.tnittte in charge to , ioCt:.^.d with the program. Tbe i.:iuits (iuild ot .Vazartth Hali wa.- iii ch;i.ge of the program, wh'cii ffuturi.l  military   drlLn     by     tlie
ade s .', ih.' schot;. inrludi.i.i; lOnt iai3.:!g .md other military muiieouvers. A gro.ip of Nazdreti. -iris uni^er direci.on of .Vlrs I'rant-.;, of t.ie Li-dies (Juild, ai.i.j , resi:#ted s.inie inieresting drills. I hfj drii. .:g wii.s done on tb;- at'.i It lie field V, hero there was plenty ¦ f rii;m end au excelknt opportun- ty for the meny si;ect;tti>:'s ti •vutcli the participants. Follow iug he drills tl'e coniniitiee fiirnisl ed ¦efresinients.    The .Nazrirtth band
rovlded niu'^ic durinti the after¬ 'ioon and adiied greatly to the en- loymenf of the occasion. There i were many prese-nt from out of '!vii inciuding vifcito's from New "I'ork, Philadelphia, Lanciister, .\1- .1 Tit'iwn. lietlilebtni :in:l Hiingor.
Rev. Dr; A. D. Thaeler and .Mrs I'haeler on Thursday i-ntertained ihe faculty at dinner and the af- :air wiis reg.irdeii as a most ileas- ¦nt occasion emphasizing the so- •ial side of Fcbool life as apart fiom the purel.v academic life of rhe class room.
Siindi'v evening the student bo !v of the Hall attended memor¬ ial services in St. John's Lutheran church. Rev. H. C. S:iv(ler, nas- tor of the church, delivered a ¦'•i'.'riiig memorial address stress- :i V the value of remembering not
•n'.v the heroic de-ol of the na- Mon but all those wIio«e lives 'li, * be'n of value to their fe'Iow tn-". Chailes Schnerr sang ')'¦•: ra's beautiful song. "There i- N'li Death " accompanied by organ¬ ist Daniel Rohn at the piano.
INSPIRING PROGRAM TO HONOR VETER¬ ANS AT HECKTOWN
Memorial services were held on .Sunday afternoon at the historic cemeteries at Hecktown witii the members of Owen Rice Camp, .Sons of v'eterans of .Nazareth, the Amer¬ ican Legion, the Roy Scouts of Vet¬ eran Troop 1. .Nazareth band and .lie memberji of Heckto>.n Sunciay school participating.
Ti % various organizations met xiA the church at 'i o'clock and .ormed in lin-j ot parade, hoadeu ny the Nu/aieth baud ful.uwsd in .li'der by the members of the ¦.iiie.ican Lfgion, Sons of Veter in-.. Veteran Tro .p .No. 1, Ro.» .-5Cou;s and memlier:? of the .Siuida., school, and marched to Hope Cirac ery.
The pastor. Rev. J. A. Klick, of ¦¦'ered   prayer after  wl-.ich   the au ¦ence sang   "Onward,    thr stian Soldiers."    Thty   then    dispfcrseu Ikouk'i  the cenie;ery and  decor- |.d   thti numerous graves of tlie ¦oldier dead after whi. h   a    firini: •;uud  of   the     American     L;gloii ¦;red a volley across the graves.
Foiniing in a iin^: of murch i'gaiii the procession headed bv ;I'.e Nazareth band proceeded to the old graveyard wliere the V'.'uves In that seetion were decor¬ ated. A firing niuad of the Amer¬ ican I^egion of .Nazareth fired a volley across the gra.es.
deorge F. Knnkle wjis orator fif the day and made :i  fine address itiiiii interrupted the closing serv¬ ices.    Renedictlon was pronounced by Rev. Klick.
Who's Who
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ToMMXi \vi>tki:n STATKS.
.Mr. and Mrs. F. P. Selhold, of Newburg, and Mrs. Kugene Wag¬ ner, ot Rethlehem. left Monday morning by automobile for a five weeks tour through the western states.
I      Obituary
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WILLIAM   D.   KNECHT.
William D. Knecht, aged Sl yeurs, a well known retired farmer ilf ne:ir .Newburg, died at '1 o'clock Wednesday afternoon fol¬ lowing a stroke of aimplexy. at his home The deceased is surviv¬ ed by bis son Wilson nt bome and Jl gnindson William; also hrother Evan, of Easion. Knechfs wife preceded death ten .vears ago. will  bo held  on
one Mr. Ilim    in The funeral Saturday    nt     2
ociock at bis late bome with fur ther services af Heck'own.
COUNn SABBATH SCHOOL ASSO. NOTES
Tlie first Daily V.icatlon Rible S( hool to he conducted on Coliogo i;;;ll, Kaston, will b| held this summer as ;i coniiiiuiity sclieol. the tt rm to liLgiii .lune L'u and eiul July 10. Miss Naomi L. hreng. of Pen .\rgyl, graduate of l!ii: ton I'niversity Scliool of Ilelig- iieu I'.diicaCon «ill le the direc¬ tor of the school. .Mi. s P.roug has hnd coiisldfirable experience In \;i,it|,in Rillle scl;o;i: no'k and is ixceplionally well l rained for the pnsltion. The couimilt'^e jippoint- ed l.y the Kaslon District Sil'iday Scboor.Association to (ondui't this 'ii'hool cotip'sts of the followi!ig: Rev. L. V. Hetrick, Mrs. II. (',. Horton. Mis.i Klizabet'i Pearson ¦ mil K. A Sneer. The sch<Mi! will meet In (irace Reformed RPde .Srhool building. AlIhiiU'.;h the cbiMren from the three churches oe [he hill, (irace Reformed. .St. Peter's Lntberan and Colb u'.' Illll Presbyterian wlH he jiiviteil, other children living m tbe hill will be weli'iiino.
.\ splendid piitiiph'et giving the route of Ihe pers miilly conducted tour to ;ind from the World's Sun¬ day School convention In Los .Vngeles, California Is now reudy und may he obtained from the county olTlce. IIS Parsons street. Enston.    The prospects presents n
(Continued on Laat Paga)
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.4XD MATTKR^   Cil \lUil
Frank Rok, ;i (ierin.iii residiiii; near Daniels Slate liuiirries, I.as been sent to prison by St|Uiie .li'liies Fry to av.ait a heiiring on ii . iKiige of assiinlt iiii.i hatter;., pre- leired by bis wife. Rond was fixed at l.'iOO which Rok was un- . llie to raise. A chargt' of surety o*' the peace brought by the woin- :.:; wus not pressed.
if Is said ihe tr.uihle nt the Bok lioau' sta:'ted w ..en the wife ob- ji cied to Ro',; storing empty bos; batt* liii;is in tiu- Ii.r.ise. Thtse hu e a st ong odor and 1 enU'd the whole piace dlaigre^- ihly, Rok, it 13 s..id kniicl:e;l hi- ife down :in 1 ihi-e;it.-ned to klli III. llis whid' .,i:.i:ly. When Squire Kry iisked hltn if he Iurl ii gun lie 1 I'ld up his /',jt ^,!i,l SI d, "This Is L'innl enougi; for v, oiitt.;i" i!-, .. eiiietl mull di?:u"l'ed v. heii the ,llistice Di the Peace tiiM him l!i:i; he wu« Itl .\meilc:i v li .i . he c.iiiM not beat his wifo us hf ;,i,>!'sed.
Rok niiido a most u;ir;t y prison el and (unstable l.aii!i.ci and !•¦;' d llau' a' inli bad a ii' ¦ Iy time stibduiiu: him nnd g"itlu.g biiud- . litis ull him. Hug, iiliucli lost all li.e but I ons from bis vest in a SI ¦immaue a' the RoU homo hefore securing the prisoner.
N.H.S.THESPIANS HOLD FINE PICNIC
.'lembers ot the cast of t!ie op- .'lerro "Ptggy and the Pirate " re- c-'itiy pres, iited by the pupils of the .Nazareth High sthool. mem- 1 er.i of tile orchestra and facultv 'if the school enjoyed a picnic in he meadow of .Mrs. C. E. Sandt, at Stockertown, Tuesday after- I'.i on and evening. .Mrs. Sandt's .gratiildaugliter. .Miss Kathryn A. I.ehr, ib a meniber of tie orches-
t l-i!.
The guests went to the picnic ,;riiunds Immediately nfter the close of school TiK'sday nTtertioon, ..iid by the time they ali arr'ved, her;- were (ii! in the iKirry. Thoy had a splendid time, jilaying ..•nies, toasting m.i r.-h mallow m :Hd ind'.ili-'ing i'i various other m.use'nents. Tliere were sofl i!:;nks in proftiplon 'I'li a box 'i"ieh Wis served. Tlie affair was I'll • of the most en.iovelile pvenls heid by II Naz:ireth High Schoo! 'M'liup in a long time.
SCOUTS HOLD HRST OUTDOOR MEETING
\e;eran Troop 1, Roy Scouts held their first outdoor meet on Friday e< ening at Rlack Rock The nieeting wa.s opened in the regular scout order and the inter- e-'lii:; tire ceremony was fnllowej tlirouab with jirerision. Field K.x¬ ecutlve K. A. Andrews of Kaston v.ps present and giive the boys an interest ing talk on camping and ove-nighi bik'-s. Followin)? the se-p|on the boys gathered arou id their camp fire aud toas'ed m.ir-h lut'llows illld hot do,;;s which so'iti disappeart ,1 under the onslaught of mnny hutiery hoys. After tbs las; doe had found a resting place the bugler Irwin I'hler ?'>unde(i taps and the boys extlnguNhf-d their fire and beat a re'reat fo;- home well satisfied with their first outdoor meeting of fhe year.
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Hush L. Ciiinnlon. recent grad- ui IP of the Frig duire Srhool, and formerly connected with H. L. JohiiKon, Inc. of .Vllentown, has lics'u placed in cliarge t.f ;i!l Prig- ia Ire sales by I'. (;. .Mtetnos. elec- irictil contrac'or of .fiG-GO Smith Main street. In connectirin with Frf;;!daire. Mr. Gunnion will shn sell ell other electrical nrpliance. '•nidle.'l by .Mr. AU-^mo'. M" Ounnlon has had consldrrable ex- ' -^ 'eiK;' In specialty selling nnd h    is well r!ii;.li';ed to serve vou.
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i Ciorge Laubacli. of .Naziir.'th R. 1 D 1. compbilmd to ollicer Ciiarlei ?;ul;er that while driving his mti- cl.i.ie on tha ReC'lehem-Nazar: th pike h's car '.va.4 struck iiy aiioth r .iiiii co!v:iderably dtiinaged. Tlie driver wbo caused the accident, r.ccfirdlii.ir to Liiibach's story, di.l 1 ot bton tiftrr Ihe collision hut I.aubach secured his number V hich he turned over to Officer Stuber. 'The latt'-r Itivestigating i'l.v,,.-fre,! that the car which struck I.nnbnch's machine belongs to R. M. Rurdy of l(i22 Went Cnion I'otilevavd. P.'' hiehem. Sinc» fhe Niz'11'cth nutborit ,>s have no .iiirls- , ruction in tbe case Ofhcer Stuher turned the mtilter over to .Justice nf the Peace .liinie.'; S.  Frv.
Mr. ,'i;i..l Mrs. P.itil .Meyers SiCtr Saturday In Easton with Mr. Meyer's parents, Mr. and Mrs Leidy Meyers, of SiMith Side.
Kdd'e (left) and C .rence Walt- . er, confusing twins who puisto racing fans a: the truck at Jamai¬ ca, Long Island. Tha two jockeys r. sembie each othei' so closely It to ilmost imprO:-4ib!e ti t--^'l th<)i|^ ':".rt a.id thl-'rr-r:nblanoe eminaO- luite Hinu.= ins mlsii-hes at timMi. T' ey III" malting qu tc a nam© for t'.emselvea as jockeys.
RUNAWAY SEDAN CRASHES FENCEi STOPS IN YAH
A Wi.lys-Kiiiglit sedan belong to Robert Follweiler slipped its l>rnkes while iiarked on Mauck ,'bunk street ond rolled slowljT down the incline, toward Ureen street. Half way down the block the macl.lne changed it.i courae, sMuiig ucro.is the street, mounted the curb and crossed the sidewalk and rolled over a wire fence on the lawn ot Howard Gilbert at forner of (ireen and Mauch Chunk slreet. The car came to rest in a fiower bed. A peony bush and several ro.>^e bushes were damaged hy the runaway car. The car It¬ self suffered no damage and the fence was soon straightened up. suffering no damage. Mr. Foll¬ weiler who was ill a nearby gtoro ut first thought hiti car wa* atot hut noon dlacovered where. It gone.
LEC1URE ON HOLY LANDS INTERESTING
Mrs. Eugene Trein. who has re- .ently completed a tour of the Holy Lands and point.i in Europe. -; (M.e o!\ Sunaay evening in St. John's Reformed church. Mra. Trein took as her theme "Endur- ;:tg Monuments" and brought to her audience m-any interesting ob¬ servations she bad made of piacea and peojiles encountered during ber travels. She stressed the fact tha; everywhere she found soldiera g,larding ruins and relics ot the p-ist and that militarism every¬ where bore down the spiritual tbiiris of life. Personal reminla- censes of incidents happened In till' old worli broUfTht the audi- eiice In close touch with the ¦^ipeaker and provided a most In- eresting m'   ting.
yy^.   Jacoli   Hartzell   and son
.lacob spent the week-end   ut Al-
kn.town  with   Mr-.   Hartzeli's sla¬ ter, Mrs. George Haldeman.
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Si'\ei'al ineiiilier.- of ilie Niiza- 11 th High school fticiilty und tlieir i! leads were interuiined on ,\li.. n.orial Day by .Mrs. Saul nt Saylors Lake. Those presi.lit were the Misses Pfau, Smllh, Porkey, Mrs. Sionaker, ,lobn IJowmaii and .\ii- drtw Leh, of the faculty and Ralph Krisch, .Miss Violet VanNatta. lialph Sionaker, Mr.s, Helen Thomas. Elaine Thomas, of Naza¬ reth and Mr. nnd Mrs. Thomas Hntfner, of .Vllentown,
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AI,M«».ST COMiM.KTKD
The plant of the Nazareth nrti¬ ficial ice compiiuy on Walnut stie is nhout compelted and the com- l-tiny expects to Ix.i^ln the mann- fa'tiire of scored Ice In the early i :irt of next Week. .Machinery is all In plai'e and everything ready ti. go villi the txeeplion of fhe storing macbine ..hicli is expectetl '11 a few d;l.^s.
I     PENNSVLVANIA   AT WORK      |
PENNSYLVANIA'5 POPULATION GRO\>yTH STUDIEaBY U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Mr. and .Mrs. .Vlfred Lang arriv¬ ed .May i;i on the steumor, .Mbert- Riillin from Gerniiiny und will sj-end severni mouths In .Vmerica. They jire* now the guests of Miss Kllen Goetz. of High street Miss Getz, (if town, iind .Mrs. Willlum Schmickle. of Easton, met them in New Vork, where they spent two du.vs; nlso two days In Asburv Park, N J,, nnd Elizabeth. N. J., nnd for several days were the guests of Mrs. 8chmirkle, at Baa¬ ton.
CoPvR.aHT 1928b
Corn Eko-ianok Nation*!. Bank, P^u^oOLPtttA.
pE.N.N'SYLVA.NIA now bas a population in excess of tf.79U.OOO * persons, according to the U. S. Census Bureau which bat bast completed an estimate of tbe state's total population as of /vly I. 1927. It is considered probable that since July 1. 1927, tko state's population has increased by about 58,U(IU persons.
New York, with an estimated population of ll.42S,Mt to Ihe only state that ranks ahead of Pennsylvania. PenoaylTiata. however, is growing at • more rapid rate than New York. OO- cording to the otncial estimates.
Pennsylvania's population increased 11 percent betwcta July 1. 1!)20, and llnEf. New York's rate of Wease la Ibat period was 9 percent. Maryland increased Ita popnlatioa 10 percent and Virginia 11) percent. Massarhusetta. an indiMlrtal state like Pennsylvania, shows an increase of 9 ptrecat !• Ih« official estnnates. while Delaware gained at tha rate af 9 am
How Pennsylvania's population has growa lo tha fit yrar* is shown in the official estimates of th* Oaasor
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