The Nazareth Item

              The Nazareth Item
AN INDBPBNPENT FAMILY NEWSPAPBrJ PBVOTED TO LITERATURE. LOCAL AND GENERAL INTELUOBNCB
VOL. XXXVI
NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 9, 1926
No.2
UKJIL UBEUHS IN
msniiin' meeting
About 300 Rebekahs aBsembled on Monday afternoon in the meetinx rooms o( BMsabeth File, No. 570, lo¬ cal lodge o( Rebekahs, tn the I. O. O. F. hail on Belvidere street. Naza¬ reth. The aseemblage represented nine lodges and met as a formal dis¬ trict meeting of the HeheknhH of Northampton county. Tho represen¬ tatives of the different lodges each took an assigned part during the progress of the tneeting.
The meeting was favored with the presence of State President. .Mrs. Fella Heidenbach, ot Scranton; State Treasurer, Mrs. Martha Parry, of W'kes-Barre, and District Deputy President, Mrs. Dimler, of Northamp¬ ton, who viewed the inner workings of the different lodges as presented. l>ater these state offlcials offered words of wisdom which were weli taken snd carried home to the indi¬ vidual lodges.
At the conclusion o( the meeting a suppar waa served tn the "Y" to the visiting delegations, state and local offlcers. In the evening at the usual time ot laaetlng No. 670 opened its regular weakly meeting which was (eatured by it splendid demoostration o( the rltnallstle floor work by Char¬ ity Lodga, No. S o( Baaton.
The regular meeting waa (ollowed by a social aosston whteh Included tbe sarrlng o( re(reahments. This was the flrat moating of auch a na¬ tura and proved to be a auccesstui noat. Tka State offlcera were remem¬ bered with gold pieces aa tokens o( appreciation (or their valuable eervl¬ cea randated here to the rank and flIo ot tha niamberahlp.
INTRRMBDIATB HCHOOL
MBRARY OROWiXa
The Intemedlate School library now numbers 176 volumes. These include some o( the lateet works on history, geography, biography, auto¬ biography, poetry, flction, (oiklore, science, mythology, nature, vocations, industrial arts, etc. Our hoys and girls are greatly iaterested tn noting the growth o( thetr library. Books recently added are: Noted Pennsylva- niana, Lefferts; What Girls Can Do, Wagner; Science o( Home and Com¬ munity, Tratton; nwrxtttle'Book of the Flag, Tappan; AB9ea. Austrlalta, and Islanda o( the ftgUlc, Allen: A Oirl o( '7«, Blanchardt'CaptaIn Janu¬ ary, RIcharda; Man of Iron. Pyle; muA MMll Wa Oo N«w, CMiflald: Tigtlaalar SalMOl Boy. IgglaatM: Mytha of Oreeee and Roma. Onerber; Mrs. Wlggs o( the Cabbage Patch, Hegan; Little Women. Alcott; Story o( Our Ctvlliiation, Guerber; From Lincoln to Coolidge. Logle; The Science of Common Things, Tower and Lunt; Lisheth Longtrock. Pouts- son: The Nuxenberg Stove, Ramee: The Book o( Nonsense, Lear; Undine, Alger: The Adventures o( Buffalo Btll, Cody; Indian Days o( Long Ago; The Discovery o( the Old Northweet. Baldwin: Sllversheene, Hawkes; Monarch, The Big Bear,- Baton.
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t'HRIHTMAH CHKKR
Were you one of the fortunate ones to receive a Chirstmas Savings Club check which was mailed to club members hy the Second Nation¬ al Bank of Nazareth a few days ago?
This bank Is annually acting the part of Sonta Claus by paying (ut thousands of dollars that the thrifty town people saved since the New Year. This year the amount paid out to members of the clnb exceeded that of previous years by thousands of dollars.
The Second National Bank was the pioneer of tl.e Christmas Club idea in this section, which has become so popular in many sections, and there Is a popular demand (or it.
The bank has seven classes ranKini from 10 cent.s a week to $H> a week, paying al the end of fifty weeks $5.00 to $500 and interest, nrcordlng to the claas selected. Full Information may l>e had nt the bank. Kveryone Is welcome to Join.
The 1927 Christmas .Savings Club will open necenil)pr 13,  l»2fi.
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150 MEN AND BOYS ENJOY ANNUAL LUNCHEON
The men's sixteenth annual lunch¬ eon of the Kt. .John's Ueformed church of Nazareth was held In the social rooms of tbe church last Wed- iiesdny evenln^, December 1. The occasion was'preliminary to the Kv¬ ery .Member Canviis and the commit¬ tee was weli repaid for the effort they put forth to make this occasion a suc¬ cess, lor a success It was In every way. The attendanre was large and the 150 men and older l)oys did full JuBllce to the deliKhiful luncheon furnished and served by the ladies. Master of ceremonies. Stanley J. Fehr. carried through the program in a spiendid way bringing to the front on every chance the enthusiasm of the men. The Financial Secretary, Clayton H. Kern, showed the growth of the church and the necessity o( meeting the Increasing needs due to this growth. The men enthustaetical- ly agreed to meet thki challenge.
The members o( the Boy Rangers o( America connected with the churcb and under tbe leaderahip o( Elmer P. Snyder, gave an interesting and pleaa¬ ing Indian dance around a camp flra accompanied by the beating tom-tom. This was (ollowed by demonstrations in signalling by Scouts Walter Bach¬ man. Edwin Korts and Edgar Smtcklo o( Boy Scout troop 1 o( Naiaretb. Elmar P. Snjrder, Scoutmaster. Tbe meaaages aoklgg the men to booat scouting otber Rangers and eitend- tng greettnga to tbe men's brother¬ hood were well sent and received. The Seonto bad nade the signal seta themselvea. Tbe demonstration of speed signnlling by Scout Edgar Smickle waa a aurprise to many.
The high peak of the evening waa the splendid address of Rev. J. N. LeVan o( tbe Pirst Reformed church, Eaaton. He apoke on what are you worth. What are you worth to your- sel(, to your family, your community, (Continued on Page Six)
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The boys class under direction o( Harold Rha(er gave a demonstration ^regular class work Tuesday night to the psrents o( the boys. Those "parents nights" are a regular monthly affair In which the Junior elaaa participate. Tbe program of the evening followa:
Parallel bar exerclaea — Robert Dech, leader, Heber Laudig, Kenneth Altemose, Abram Yeakel, Victor Weiss, Milo MeJxel, Harold Simmons.
Oerman horse exercises — John Engler, leader. Earl Laudig, Roy Fehr, Nelson Yeakle, Harry Enders, Wilbur Simmons.
John Engler and Harold Simmons competed in a wrestiing bout consist¬ ing of three falls. The decision went three to one in favor of Engler al¬ though Simmons was complimented for his quickness of action.
In the high diving contest over Ihc "buck" the following were winners in order. Robert Dech. Nelson Yeakle. Victor Weiss. John  Engler.
This was followed hy the fast game of "toss up."      Yeakle.    Weiss    and Laudig   "going to the wall." BHMktt  Hall,
After the exhibition by the boys tlie "Y" basket hall team put on a fast exhibition with the first team and a picked group in action. The team will have as their opponents to¬ night (Thursday* the fast team from the St Paul's Brotherhood of South Side. Kaston. The game will be started at S o'clock and wlll lie fol¬ lowed by a game between two boys' teams.
The "Y" team is right up fo its old time standard of playing with Carl Kahler as Captain and Ci. Hagenbuch as coach. The games each Thursdav night In the local gymnasium are open to men and women.
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SCOUT SNYDER TALKS TO SCOUn
The meeting of Troop 1 Nazareth Boy Scouts was opened Friday even¬ ing with the flag pledge, Scont oath, laws, motto and prayer, followed by the roll cali. Nineteen Scouts, thir¬ teen ofncials and one visitor were present.
I'nder new business the second cias.1 pins which had not arrived in time for the last Court of Honor weru presented by Senior Patrol l.,eadc'r Smickle to John Allen, Charles Lehr. Kills Neuner. I.eroy Young, Ilenry Schlegel and Howard Fox. After each presentation Scoutmaster Sny¬ der coniniended the Scouts on th(;ir prpvlous work and encouraged them to further advancement.
Next the individual patrols met in separate corners under the charge of their Patrol leaders. Patrol business was discussed and instructions were given on flrst aid, signalling and knot work. Reports were then given by the Patrol Leaders on their meet¬ ings.
Scoutmaster Snyder spoke on the work o( the Scouts tn Florida. The Area Point contest to start Jan. 1, 1917, waa also announced. An Invi¬ tation to march <in the parade at Eas¬ ton tn honor o( the return o( the Northampton County Liberty Bell waa read but declined because of lack o( transportation. Attar the refular moettng several games were played including a patrol tree contest and aignal toucb.
Kl' KtsVX KtAS TU BB arRim AT HANAK tUVRrH PRC. !•
On the evening o( Sunday, Dec. 19, a special service wtll he beld at tbe Hamsta Evangelical church at which time the order of the Knights o( tbe Ku Klux Klan wtll he the guests o( thb church at the regular evening worship service.
A special speaker will be provided by the order (or the service. It is expected that a capacity house wiil l>e preeent at this special service.
Miss Ruth Mengle. the soloist who was with us a (ew weeks ago, will be the special soloist of the day.
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IVE MASOr AT HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY NIGHT
On December 14 at 8 p. m. in the Nazareth High School Audili)rlum the second Lyceum program of tlie sea¬ son will be given. "The .Mascot." a famous opera dealing with Italy In the 15th century, wili be presented by the Davis Opera Company The opera offers un excellent rcpreseiila- tlon of the life nnd customs of nicd- leval Italy, nnd combines with these facts a spirit of melody, mirth and laughter. "The .Miiacot." a three-act [jroductlon. has been haili'd as a ijroat comic opera. The cast of char¬ acters Is:
Bettlna, the Mascot.
PROGRAM GIVEN BY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL
A patriotic program was giveh by the pupils of the L'liper Nazaretii TowiLship School of wliicli lOzru Fruutz is the teacher.
The program as rendered was very fitting and appropriate to the raising of a IlaK which was |iresi'nt«Mi to th.» pupils by the I»atriollc (Jrder .Sons of America. C;tmp .No. 41^5 of the Hor¬ ough of .Nazureth. The progiam rendered consisted of the followinK .selections: Sonf;,  "The  Hattie  Hymn    of     tlie
Republic"    .School
Dialogue.   'What Our Flag .Means."
llalph .M».'orl. Su.^iau Amadorr- itecitation.   "Wlicn  Our  Flag   Was
First  Adopted ".... Kditll  Caiiieline
score, but it was Impossible to keep  erected by members of the lodge as
Frederick William Kline, son "f Mr and Mrs. Harry Kline, of in iir Thomasburg. died In the Kaston Hospital Wednesday afternoon of convulsions following whoopini? couKh, aged S years. He was ;nl- mltted to the hospital on Tuesday morning. The boy had been llviiii: with his grandparents, .Mr. and Mrn Henry Kline, of East Centre street. Naznreth. He is survived by hie par ents and four sisters. Kmily. Mirinm. Sarah and Erma and three brothers. I'«"l. c.ranville and Roliert. The funeral was held on Saturday after¬ noon from the home of the grandpar¬ ents, with further services at the Schoeneck Moravian cemetery. Rev Rohert I. ccering offlciated.
TIRKK%' DIN'NKR.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Sweitzer. South Whitneld street, .Naiareth. on Sundsy entertained nt a sumptuous  ••••key dinner the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Buskirk and *i°K **""'¦"• »' Barton; Mr. and Mrs. John Rsth and son Wilburt. of Bel- •"«; Mrs. Amanda Marsh. Mrs. Anna Mewell and daughter Lena and Os- ««r Arnold, of Tatamy. and Herbert nelmi, Of town.
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On Friilay evening at a remilar lil- inonthly meeting of the Auxiliary of the Sons of rnion N'eterans of the Civil War of Captain Owen Rlc- Camp No. L'l) elected the following ofHcers for the coming year: Past President. .Mary Krutcliman: Presi¬ dent. Carrie Hagenbuch; Viif'-l'resl • dent, Carrie Holland; .S.crelary Alma Walters; Treasurer. Annie I.ehr; Trustees. Sadie Scott. I.ydia Simons and Mary Frey; Chaplain. Mnry Frankenfleld; Culde. l.iiMoss llolh; Assistant Culde, Claire Mey¬ ers; Color C.iinrds, Sijdie Frutchman and Sadie Kcott; inner fJuard. Sadie Scott; Outer Cuard. Mary Frey; Pianist. Jennie Ilohrhach; I'atrlotic Instructor, Mable Frey, and Press Correspondent, Clara Meyers.
Baeauae of a number of other lo¬ cal antartalnmente tt »-ill be aeees¬ aary for tba naoal Cbrlatmaa enter- taittment teadared by the ebildran of the Haman Evangelical Sunday school will be given un the Wednes¬ day preceding Christmas. The work o( preparing for the entertainment is weli under way. the children having been provided with recitations and songs through their teachers. The entire school has also been practicing the selections for group singing from the special Christmas program pro¬ vided (or that purpose.
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Next Sunday evening at St. John's Reformed church of Nuzareth. a "Stewardship Ptaytet" by Koy Arthur Brenner, will be rendered. This playlet is approved by the ex¬ ecutive committee of the lleformed Church in the IV.ited States. Those participating under the leadership of Mrs. Willard Thomas, are Mrs. Chas. W .K. Shafer, Mrs. Steward Kyer. Oeorge Smith and Clayton Kern. This means that the playlet wlll be rendered with a distinctness that the whole audience may understand.
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PIppo. a Shepherd Haritone
Fiametta, Daughter   of    Loizenzo
XVII    Alto
Lorsenzo XVII, Prince of Plornbino
Comedy
Frederick. Prince of Pisa Tenor
Rocco. a Farmer Hasso
Page of the  King Soprano
Pianist
At the last Literary program Kiven by the High Schooi students on Fri¬ day atternoon the affirmative side of the debate: Martha Roth, Katharine Schlegel, Sara van Busktric and La¬ homa Peppell won a victory over the negative: Marlon Schaffer. Ruth Leh. Kathryn Wunderly and Harold Shaf¬ er In a decision awarded by Profes¬ sors Marcks. Schwarti and Oorr. The question debated was "Resolved, that capital punishment should be re¬ tained as the penalty for premeditat¬ ed murder." Both sides had done excellent work in preparation, argu¬ ment and delivery. Mlsa Nicholas and Miss Smith, members of the High School Faculty, coached the dehators.
Naiareth High opened its basket¬ ball season by playing the hoys and girla team o( Easton Catholic High School last Fiiday night. The girls had no trouble in overcoming their opponents, the score ending 2S-1ti. The boys followed with a very excit¬ ing game. At the end of the flrst half our boys stood on the short end of a 17-9 score. Near the end of the game with four minntes to play they were within two points of tying   the
Soprano   Kecitatlon,      "Twinkle,      Twinkle.
Uttle Star" Tony Calto
Kecittttion, "The Flag We Love So
Weli" Anna   VIgllottI
Scrli>ture Reading, "Thanking (Jod
for Our Country." Dent.  S:6-20,
.Martin Avalonne
Song,   "America" School
Recitation. "O Flag of Our fnion "
Amelia Amadore Ilecitation, "Your   Flag    and    My
Flag"    Carrie Ruder
Song, "The Star-Spangled Banner,"
Elizabeth Avalonne. Carrie Rader.
Edith Benvegno, Ellen Miksch,
Angeline Durs
The flag was presented in liehalf of the lodge by Stanley J. Fehr and was accepted by Eira Frantz. After the presentation two boys of the school raised the flag while the schooi sang "Run Up Our Flag to the Breese. ' After which the entire school saluted the flag and pledged allegiance to It.
Superintendent of Schools of .Northampton county, Oeorge Grim, then delivered a short address to the pupils in regard to "God. Our Flag and the School."
The visitors who were very much Impressed with the program were the .Misses Catharine Durs. .Mary Ama¬ dore. .Mrs. Amelia Avalonne, Mrs. Frances Durs, Samuel Durs, Mrs. .Matilda Camellnc. .Mrs. Mary Hello. Kaymond Bello. Edith Bello.
The pubilc school committee of the lodge are: Frederick Werner, chair¬ man. Roland Roth and Irvin Hoch.
The  flag  pole   was   just     recently
up this psce and the game ended with the score 2T>23 in favor of Easton. The girl's lineup:
Meta F LavellQ
Bauman F Gallagher
Plush C  O'Connor
Pllek  S C ...., .Gerlaskte
Hess n  Buckman
Miller G   McDermott
Field goals. Metz 10. Bauman .1. Gallagher R. Foul goals. Metz 2. McDermott 1. Substitutions. Roth for M. Plush. VanBusklrk for Hess Boyer for Miller. M. Kahler for Bau¬ man. Referee. Miss Mary Nagle. Al¬ lentown High. Eight-minute quart¬ ers.
Boys' ilneirp:
Himler     F    Dougherty
Reimer    F    Bonabach
Peppell    C    Pursell
Weifw    C,    Mcintosh
.Metzgar    fi    Collins
Field goals: Himler 4. Reimer ."i. Peti>ell 1. Dougherty 0, Bonabach .". Purs»ll 2. Collins 1. Foul gonl.s. Himler 1. Heimer 1. Peppell 1. Col¬ lin!* 1. Substlfutions. Shimer for Metzgar. Referee. Drumm. Twonfy- mlniite halves.
sisted by l^eo Shook, a ineml>er of the school board and Kzra Frantz. This i.-t the sixth occasion that the P. O. S. of A: have donated flags to the var¬ ious schools in this locality and we express our sincere congratulations to them for the cauae tbat they are instilling in the future generations of our Country.
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A merry gathering was held on Wednesday afternoon from i to 6 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Moore, South N>w street, Naiareth. when a number of Ilttle friends of tbelr son. Clayton Junior joined io celebrating his seventh birthday anniversary. Not the least enjoyable part of the afternoon was the luncheon served on a beautifully decorated table tn red. laden with many tasty dlshoa. Among present wore Lorraine Th ella Stout. David Worma Stofflet, Billy Reed, Richard Roth, Kdward Gregory, Robert and Carolyn Moore.
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The nild-year conference brini^lng together all county and district of¬ flcers will be held on December 11 at College Hill Presbyterian church, corner of Monroe and Brodliead streets. Easton. The purpose of tho conference is to liear of work done in the districts, to s«e what und where the weak points are. to note Items for improvements, and to plan together a constructive program for the re¬ mainder of the year. A problem per¬ iod for district officers will be con- duct< (1 by the County President. Prof. Payrow. Walter K. Myers, the State secretary, in presenting Ihe general Sunday school program, will show both county nnd district officers hov they tnay render a larger servic Or. W. (). Allen of Lafayette Coilege has been Invited to give an address on "Child Payehology." At the even¬ ing session the department superin¬ tendents will present their proKram of work for the balance of the asso¬ ciational year. Dr. (^hns. H. Rom¬ inger will speak on "Developing Leadership." The need of the hour Is more intensive work f<»r the promo¬ tion of the Kingdom. Alt county and district ofllcers are urged to be pres ent.
SANDT—KRNST. In Philiii'shiirg. N. J., on Saturday. Dec. 4. Thomas Sandt. of Forks township and Mrs. .Melissa Krnst. of Stockertown, were united In mar¬ riage by tbe Rev. (ieorge S. Kleckner. of Nazareth. They were atteniled liy .Mr.   and   .Mrs.    Aniaiidii:.     Saiuit     oi
.Stockertown.    A dinner an.l rec-ptjon i "•'''f'""'''  "   •¦•   Paisley   of     PhiUidel- at   the   home   of   Mr    an.l   Mrs.     Wil-    P'''"   "'"1  Walter  K.    .Myers,     general Ham    H.     Kisenhanli     followed     tl,. j ^^cretary of the state assoeiation ceremony.     Mr.  an.l  .Mrs.  Sandt   will        'Metter and   Hlgser' is  th.. »!.)Kan reside In Stockertown !'•"•'  ''!>« •'•' ¦n adopted for this year's
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On Monday afternoon soon after he scholars a large ceiiing in one of the cluss rooms in the local Senior High school building became loose and the metal lathing and plastering crashed to the floor.
Fortunately the room was iinoccu- he time and no one was in-
sesslons were held In the build¬ ing Tuesday morning while a thor¬ ough Inspection was heing made as to the safety of the room as a whole.
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HAHN—NOI.F. Tbe marriage of Frank I'. Ilahn. local contractor. North Hroud s»tieet. and Mrs. Anna Nolf. of N.irtli Hroad street, took place at KIkton, Md.. .in Thanksgiving Day.
A "forward movement" along ail channels, spiritual and material, is the aim of the Pennsylvatila State Sabliath School -Association for the year 1H27 in an effort which, accord¬ ing to present plans, ii* to reach It."* climax in the state convention next year at .Newcastle, the home of I'ercy L. Craig, president of the as¬ sociation.
.Mr. Craig will. ne.\t (ictolier. com¬ plete nine year.s service aa president of the association, one of the longest terms in the history of the organiza¬ tion. To mark this lonu servi.'e and in apireciation of the iiiitiriug labor Mr. Craig has iir.est.'d In the w.irk of the association, his assii.iates are looking forward to a detinite In- (•r.>ase in every activity of ilie on-aii- ization with conse.j nent iai beneflclal results in Sunday seli.xil work In ev¬ ery lounty and s.-iiool in I'enii.sylva- iiia.
.A progratn liea.liMK lowar.l this ambition has been enthuslMstically end.>rsed l).\ ttie as.<o.iati()irs hoard of directors, all of wli.im have per¬ aonally pledged their support both In their home .'.)niiiiiinit ies an.l throughout the state.
To .•o-ordinate the a.'tivities of the boiirjl ineinbers in this endeavor and to further the efiort in t!ie state, a conitnittee has been app.tinted .)f the foH.iwinK:     H     •'      lle.kormaii.     of
KEIPER MUST ANSWER MAN¬ SLAUGHTER CHARGE
Arthur Keiper, of Allfintown, will I.u tried for manslaughter in the courtH of .Monroe county. It was an- I .juiiceij by District Attorney Forrest J   Mervine at Stroiidiiburg.
The charge grew out of the deatli of 11, nry Cower, 50, of Long I'on.I (Lake Harmony I. on Thursday of last W( ek In the .Monroe county hos¬ pital .if a bullet v/ound. suld to hav.^ been indicted by Keiper. his nephew.
The  coroner's  jury   which   Invest i- jiuted the shooting on Saturday alter- 1,01)11   r.'turned  a  verdict  that   Gower had come to Ills death "on being shot liy a  rille in  the   hands    of    Arthur: Keiper, who whs In a senil-lntoxicuted ' roiidition and v.'as handling   the    gun i recklessly and carelessly."
Both Arthur and his broth«fr D.in-I nie Keiper. also of Allentown. and th«? only  eye-witness of  the   affair     told strangely conflicting stories   at     thej Inquest  with the  result that  District | Attorney    Mervine     threatened     to prosecute them for perjury.    After a grilling cross-examination they broke [ down and told  whtit is supposed to be the true story.
It was flrst reported that Oower was accidently shot while walking along the road with the Kelpers. Later, it was developed by testimony of Keiper and others at the Inquest that Keipen had been drinking some wine in the house atter coming back from hunting. He then look his gun and walked a short distance (rom the
(Coatiaaad ea Pag* Two) ADIHTlONAIi  B.%TH NEWS.
Town Council Notes.
Bath Rorough Council met in regu¬ lar session .Monday night. There was an absence of the usual accumula¬ tion of business noticeable and the session was comparatively short. The closing of the road case comes up at the Easton court house Friday of this week. A representative of the Atlas Powder Co. was given a hear¬ ing relative to our laws and ordi¬ nances governing the transportation of high explosives through the bor¬ ough streets. Tax Collector J. E. Beers remitted a check in amount of 1660.05 and a motion accepting his report and distributing the amount to the varlons sinking funds pre¬ vailed. Motions were made to pay the current months Invoices In amounts of $.195 and an additional si>ecial item of tStf. These expendi¬ tures covered mostly routine coats and salaries. Treasurer H. H. Heller Jr. reported receipts of $412.S7. S^^^,n of which was from the Allen St. Railway Co. The balance In current account prior to drawing the vouch¬ ers  was  $7!t7.•>.">.
.%nnM«l Thank Offerlnic H<>r«-ire.
Next Sunday evening Instead of the regular preaching services in Christ Reformed church, fhe Wom¬ en's .Missionary Society will conduct its annual tliank offering service with a formal program. Including a pag¬ eant which will be presented bv menibers of the organization. The public is most cordially invited t.) at¬ tend this service. I.iiilieriin fltiirch   .tiinonnmiion!*..
Rev. W. Chester Hill, pastor, an¬ nounces special services for Sunday. Hec. 12. when Rev C.. H HechtoUl. one of the Inner Miseion secretaries, will be the speaker. He will tell of the work done ani.mg the orphan and the si.-k children in the city and within the houn.ls .if the Pliilail.-lphla Ministerium.
St. Johns will also celebrate the ."•••th anniversary of the f.mndinn of the Sunilay school In this congrega¬ tion. This event Is scheduled for Dec 1 !l in the morning and the Kev Charles F Wiles will be the clerical speaker and a layman of prominence will   ll.'  the   lav   speaker
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.\ pleasant party of v.ninK f.i'.ks tallure.l al the lionie of Mr. an.l Mrs X'enilel M.iser. Main street. Saturdav in honor .if .Margaret's ninth birth¬ day anniversary.
ENDEAVOREIS ENJOY "BACKWARD SOCIAL'
The Intermediate Christian En¬ deavor Society of the More.vicn church held their regular monthly business meeting on Tuesday even¬ inr. Til's was alao the semi-annual meeting for tbe election of ofllcera and tlu; followl'ig were elected to serve the Soc|(>ty for the first pIx months of 1927:
President, .Marlon Schaeffer; Vlce- I'r'-:-;i.ie!it. Tll.'Itna Kr,i'uss; Secre¬ tary. Anna HreinlR; Treasurer, Wll- ll;rii  Henry.
In connection with the monthly buKiness sesfion a socle 1 hour is al¬ ways enjoyed and a feature of the Tuesday evening meeting was tho "backwards .sociiil hour." The mem¬ bers came In the back door nnd were greeted with a hearty "good night." .Many were dres.sed backwards and walked backwards and the opening song was "Oood Night Ladies." When the refreshments were served the tee cream was served flrst and the sand¬ wiches la.st and the ice cream eaten frora the handle of the spoon. Tboae who failed to be backward were obliged to pay a forfeit and backward stunts were neceasary to redeem the forfeits. One o( the "moet backward" had to make a speech and say (our nice thinga about himself.
This Society ia a ¦ live one, new members are Joining and new work has been taken up. This society re¬ cently brought bome the "attandanee banner" from tbe County Convention.
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School children o( Northampton county are in tbeir annual campaign for orphan children tn the Near Baat Relief Schools tn Greece, Paleattne and Armenia. The pupils o( our schools have been supportins a group of refugee orphans there the paat years and the interest thus arouaed In the people of Bible Landa waa reflect¬ ed in all their school work. Oeogra* phy, history, and other studies bene- flted directly from the keen intereat which the children have tn tbia phil¬ anthropy.
This year sjrmpathy in the Near Kast has been further stimulated by the recent earthquakee, wbleb eea- tered in the great City of Orphana maintained by the Near Eaat Relief in Central Armenia. One of tbe buildings severely damaged by tbe quakes waa "Pennsylvania Houae," a large dormitory houaing 600 e( tbe retugee orphana wbo are euppertad by tbe Peanorlvaala gabaala.
The earthquake* reanlted la Sgg deaths and the destruction of 1>,000 Armenian homes, but fortunately none of the children in the American orphanages were killed, and only a few were Injured. The earthquakee began on October 22. shocks continu¬ ing with gradually diminishing vio¬ lence for more than three weeks. During this period, the number of shocks averaged flve per day. It is now believed that the worst ia over, although slight tremors will no donbt recur from time to time for several months.
Already, in the midst of severe winter weather, the children of the American orphan city are beginning to repair the damage fo their build¬ ings. Pennsylvania House will be re¬ built a.s soon aa possible, and some of the money which Pennsylvania school children will raise thia year will go for reiiairing the earthquake damage and caring for chil.iren made home¬ less In this great catastrophe.
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definite increase in earolliiient and I attendance and greater einph;isis I upon all the objectives of the Su:iday . school men .nieiit which in turn is lexpecie.l ;.) produce a larger number
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georgette, with a gold lace hat. and carried a bouquet of white and y.d- low chrysanthemums. Mr. Knecht is employed at fhe Kraemer hosiery mill, and Mrs. Knecht was a steiiog- rapher employed by Profess.ir F. A. Marcks, at the high school. The newlyweds will reside with the bridegroom's parents. West Centre street.
The Russian peasants think Jos¬ eph Stalin is a leas radical ruler of the Communist government than was Leon Trot iky Whirh is like saying one would rather have to step bare¬ foot on a tack than on a nail.
What a part of our navy needs is n sinking fund.
People who live in glass sedans shouldn't throw slurs.
Phis goal has been sef at . $75.0011 whi.h the association offlcera I believe can be obtained with the help of   Its   friends   throughout   the  state. j The  greater enterprise  however Is to I be exercised along fhe spiritual lines of Sunday sohool niovenient  in an ef¬ fort  to have every school  benefit and participate  In   fhe  enthusiasm  which the movement   will arouse and enjoy the imiH'tiis It will put info the Sun¬ day schooi program.
Tll'' annual  ban.iuet   nf     Nazareth Temple. No.  \<K Ladles of the Oolden Kagle. held .in TiiefHiay   evening     at I the   Nazareth   Inn   was  a   grand   suc¬ cess.     Seventy-nine  sat   around     tiv I tables laden with seasonable eats pr.i- I vi.led  by   I.juidlor.i  Oilhert       The  s.i rial  eii.l   was  in  cliaru.' of   a     Rix^clil ! committee whicii iirovi.led a si>l.'tidi.l 1 program      The   sjieakiT  of  the  .'ven- i Ing was Theod.ire K   Shafer. n pr.iiiii- nent   Ool.len    Kagle     member       Mrs I Kmma   liaiiple of Tatamy.  gave  reci¬ tations      The  Mel.idy  Hoys orchestra rendered  s|dendi.i   mu!<lcal   numbers Mrs. Claire Meyers   was    maater     of cerem.inles.
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The members of lAfayetfe Post. No. 217, O. A. R., held their annual election Priday afteinmin and an iu- spectiou followed. Noah Dietrich was chosen commander (or the twenty-second time.
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Miaa Florence Honszer. South Hroad street, Nazareth, on Tuesday celebrated her birthday anniversary and In honor of the event entertain¬ ed the members of the I.end-a-lland nible class of Sf. John's Reformed Sunday srhool. Among thoee pree¬ ent were Mi88«»s Alice Knauas. Hen¬ rietta Franfz. Ida Simons. Daisy Wunderly. Mr« D. Wilmer Wolf, Mrs Sterling Smith, Mrs. Spencer Reph. Mrs. Howard Shafer and Mrs. Herbert RiOgel. Retreehments were served and a aplendid time was en- Joyed by all preaent.
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•A special musical service will be given in H.>ly Trinity Lutheraa church. Hethlehem West Side, on next Sunday evening af 7.10 o'clock. The organ recital by Prof. I. H. Itartholomew will include composi¬ tions from the writings of (juiimant and the choir iiuml>ers from .Men¬ delssohn. The organ numbera In¬ clude "(irand Chorus In D" the "Al- li'gro ' from the C minor sonata, th'j .\ndante" for twu players at the or¬ gan, the se.ond part .if which will be played by Miss Kveiyn l.iickey. stu¬ dent at the M.iravian College for Woiiien. Prayer an.l (^radle Song nnd Pastorale for .irgan and piano, the piano part played by Miss Mary Body. On the chimes "Cime hlilier ye faith¬ ful." "Sileni Night" and "Joy fo the World" will be played. This In one .if the series of siiecial services ln- stitute.l In H.ily Trinity to which the public la cordially Invited.
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Among the local sportsmen who were out deer hunting the past week were Russell l.,ambert, Raymond Os¬ wald. Raymond Oum. Joseph Schleg¬ el. Rohert Stout, Asher and Paul Hagenhuch. Robert Frutchman. Ray¬ mond Teel, William Kocb. William Mertz. Clinton Koch. Howard and I.ester Shafer. Morris Frable. Ray¬ mond Osterstock. Sylvanus Longen¬ hach. James Meyer, Howard Sey¬ fried. Burton Andrews, Warren Rotb and  Charles Silfles.
"V" JA.\IT<»R RBELETTBD.
Lloyd Engler, the genial caretaker at the "Y," woe recently made happy wben he wae openly congratulated bf the organtiatton's directors (or ibe manner in which be kept tbe differ¬ ent poru o( tbe building aad laganl ally tbe flne eoadiUoa of tbe be»lla« alleya. In raeocnltloa of bla valaaMo sanrleea tbay ro-«laetod blai lo Ma ¦•• altion for a number ot jraaia.