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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1937
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lEV.PFA' mCHAMEOPANNI.
visSARY^
tV» Iiicreaee Mewberehip
Phitadelphta. PA: Dec. le-'The -iSlol American Missions of the Sttsd Lutheran Church In Amer- S. \»nounced todsy through its Sice hew that The Rev. B. P. ^teldier. D. D.. of PhUadelphla. imna.. president of the Ministerium iJ>ennsylv»nta wUI have charge of
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the church's Anniversary Appeal In
thit srea.
Through the Anniversary Appeal, the Lutherans plan to Increase thek nbership   with   *   concentrated •m of personal evangelism.   A
 nH.i»H eflort will be made to
Iteeh the millions of unchurched In tbe nation and through gifts fro.-n the members secure funds to broaden the sc<ve of the church extension
work. ^   „
The Appeal, according to the Rev. Zenan M. Corbe. D. D., Executive Secretary of the Mission Board, was determined upon at the last na¬ tional convention of the U.L.C.A. a* the most appropriate way to cele¬ brate the twentieth anniversary of the organization of the church through the merger of three gen- sctl Lutheran bodies
A vast army of workers L> being
billsed throughout the United .J and Canada lo meet the splr- I and financial objectives of tho Aaamrsary Appeal. An ambitious ptogram of rallies, pageants and iptdal services is being outlined for tm Lntberans of North-Caat Penn- iflnBla area.
Dr. Ptisttelcher, tn a leMer ae- MpUng the Mission Boards charge, Ntd that he welcomed the Annlvert- tiy Appeal as a Ood-given oppor- tanltjr to revitalise the Lutheran .Chureh.
"A concentrated. Nation-wide at- to keep the church from tht r of behig too casually  ac-
, J by the existing membership, to ef vital importance," he said.
'tMy by strengthening our meni- bmhlp within can we hope to a > complish the primary objective of Ohrlstlanlty—the winning of souls to Christ."
Tbs new appointees' post is par¬ tleularly important in the Anniver- ¦ly Appeal organization. Dr. Cor'oe Mtd. In view of the fact that a i portion of the church extension I being done by the Lutheran Omota board is centered at pres- Mt In his area
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¦maUCAN COUNCIL
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Hw annthly meeting of the Re- IJJjioM Council of Women will be Mdtt tbe "Y" Tuesday evening, '"^ewAm n, at 1:90 o'eloek.
t*i mtcrtahraient committee has jgygd 'or A Christmu party for |wanill members and eaeh member
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SCHOOL BOARD WE18 IN REGULAR
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Razing of North Broad St. Building To Be Com¬ pleted In January
The regular monthly meeting of the Nasareth School Board was held in the Naaareth High School buUding on Motiday evening of this week. All members were present and Wil¬ liam M. Bennett Jr., president of the Board, presided.
The treasurer of the Board ren¬ dered a report showing a balance o! f33.924.70 on November 1st, 1937. The receipts during the month of November were 16,739.94 and the expenditures 110,730.79, leaving a balance of $S1A33.85 on December 1st. Hie Sinking Pund as of Dee¬ ember 1st consisted of a cash bal¬ ance of $1,188.03 and 139,000 Naza¬ reth School District Bonds of the 1922 issue held in the treasury, or a total of $40,188.03.
The tax collector reported col¬ lections of schoal taxes during the month of November amounting to $4,336 32. all of which was deposited to the account of the school district within the month.
Bills amounting to $1.16057 were approved for payment and the Trea.surer authorized to pay them.
The Building Committee reported that the safety appliances on the heating boilers In the various school buildings were changed as recom¬ mended by the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Cs. in order to comply with State Regu¬ lations. The committee also reported satisfactory progress in the rasing of the north wing of the North Broad Street school building as a W.P.A. project, and stated that the project should be completed by the latter part of January next. Pour hundred dollars was appropriated In the budget for this work and tha committee finds this amount suf¬ ficient to do all work on the building Incidental to the razing project Tho Oround.s Committee reported having arranged to get ground from the Lone Star Cement Corporation to fill In the cell.ir pit of the tared part of the building after the razlnii is completed.
The ase of the High School Audi¬ torium wa.s granted to Miss Virginia Sexton for the purpose of present¬ ing a dance recital by the pupils of hcr dancing class on December 29th. and the Naz.ireth High Sch.ool Alumni A.s-ociatlon was granted tlie use of the High School Oymnaslutn for the association's annu.il dance on December 28th. The Board also tentatively granted the use of the High School Auditorium to Troop No. 72 of Nazareth, Boy Scouts of America, for a play to be given by the troop on May 19 and 30, 1938.
MAIN FLOOR OF MESSINGES BUILDING RENTED TO A. i P. STORES INC.
Spacious Room To Be Re¬ modeled for Large Self- Service Store; Work Started This Week; Is To Be Completed About March 1st.
Mrs. Prank Messinger has leased the south portion, main floor of The Messinger Building to the A Sc P. Stores Inc., who will occupy same about March 1st next. The.sj rooms are now occupied by W. V. Messinger and The Messinger Auto Storage.
Tlie contract was let this week for remodeUng of these spacious rooms into a .self-service store roo.n 40 feet by 193 feet, to be occupied by the A. & P. Store.s. A portion of Preeman's Department Store, now occupying all of the north sect.on of the main floor, will a so be remodeled, providing room for the W. P Mes¬ singer store. All of this construc¬ tion will be a'.ong modern lines and when completed will add more im¬ provement to business activiUss g( Main street.
More Days to Buy Christmas  Seab
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thougli you do not care
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Margaret McConnell
CHRISTIIAS OPEREHA
TO BE HEW   IN
HECKTOWN SCHOOL
A Christmas Operetta will be held on the 21st and 22nd of December bv the fifth and sixth grades to the Hrcktown School Building. The curtain rl-e.s at 7:30. Mrs. Orace Beach Is directing the show. It in¬ cludes twelve dances representing foreign countries.
The cast is as follows:
Santa Claus. Richard Edelman; Nimble. Russell Lerch; Wimble, Ken¬ neth Lahr; The Swedish Oirls, Doris and Mildred Harhart; The Scotch Oirls. Betty Newhard and Berna¬ dine Blttenbender; The Puddings, Wilmer Schmoyer and Kenneth Veakel; The Christmas Trees. Harold and Herbert Heller; The Dixie Dolls, June Oradwohl and Betty Uhler; The Japanese Oirls, Naomi Kreidler and Virginia Harhart; The Spanish OirU, Hilda Seigfried and Rachel Reichard; The Indian Olrto, Nancy Wright and Vema Rohrbach; The Chinamen. Donald Wolf and Stanley Hahn; The Cowboys, Charles Trine and Herman Crush; The Balloon OirU, Mabel Schmoyer and Vema Buss; Jack-in-the-Boxes, Eleanor Heckman, Emest Seip, and Robert Paust.
The public U invited to attend.
500 Attend Raril Hay *11ie   Florist Shop** Saturdiy Evening
Plve hundred people attended the 7th annual rural dtotrict play tourn¬ ament, which was held In the Naz¬ areth High Schoal Auditorium oi Saturday evening.
"TTie Plorist Shop," presented by the Porks Township Parent-Teacli- ers Association, won flnt place in the tournament and will represent thto dtotrict at the SUte OnaU, whleh will be held in Harrtaburg In Januar>' The play waa directed by Mrs. Oeorge HeUer and the cast Uicluded Mae Steckel. Oscar Trach. Clarence Whitehead, Anna Heller, and Harold Babp.
"Andante." presented by the Well Worth While Society of Forks Church, wa.s chosen as alternate. Mrs Harrj- Lichtenwalner was di¬ rector and the ra.st Included Harry Lichtenwalner. Emma Sours. Hart Lichtenwalner. Jansion Hildenbrand. and Evelyn Bauman.
The other two pl.iys included In the tournament came from Bucks County TliP Sprlngneld Players preaented "Riders To Tlie Sea," dl- rocted by Mr> M.trl )n Benner and (OontUiucd on Page Six)
NAZAREIH MASTER RARBERS MEET
Discuss  Working  Hours Effective Jan. 5th
The barbers of town assembled i.i a meeting last Thursday evening in Navarre's Barber Shop, to discuss future working hours and uniform closing dates on holidays. Those present were: E. J. Navarre. L. A. Meyers, Arthur Meyers, Rober: Strau;s. William Koch, Joseph Rlza, Andrew Ventln, Prank Ambros? and Tony Martini. All shops were repre- -spiued with the exception of Floyd Wagner.
It W.IS agreed by all concerned that in aceordmco with Borough Oidlnace No 212. published in this !.ssue, to ch.inge the bu.siness hours to conform with the ordinance. The cl.ite set for tills new working sched¬ ule Is January Sth. next, wlien all N.TEareth barber shops will operate on the following schedule: Mondays, from 8 A. M. to 7 P. M.; Tuesdays from S A. M. to 7 P. M.; Wednesdays. from 8 A. M. to noon; Thursdays, from B A. M. to 7 P. M.; Fridays, from S A. M. to 7 P. M, and Satur¬ days, from 8 A. M  to 8 P. M.
GHH. SCOUTS
SPREADING CHEER
Members of the three troops ot Olrl Scouts will congregate at Cen¬ ter Square at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon, Deceml>er 20, and motor to the Northampton County Home, where they will sing Chrtotmas car¬ ols and distribute gifts. On Thurs¬ day evening, December 23, the an¬ nual Christmas carohng tour of thts eommunlty will be made. The scouts are collecting donations for the Tu¬ berculosis Society.
Troop No. 3. Oirl Scouts, meeting in the scout headquarters of St. John's Evangelical-Lutheran Church Invested a number of scouts in th? tenderfoot class. They are Berthi Savitz, Olola Michael, Shirley Decii and Ruby Heimer. The troop li'.l hold their annual Christmas party for members and mothers on Tues¬ day evening, December 21, at 7:30 o'clock.
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FORMER LOCAL BOY
SPEARS AT PENN STATE
Arthur J. Weiss, son of Mr and Mrs. Stewart WeUs, High street, was one of the speakers at Penn State.; second annual wrestling clinic at State College last Saturday.
Mr. Weiss U wrestling coach at Clearfield High School, which took second place In Western Pennsyl¬ vania last year.
REVENUE CHIEF EXPLAINS RULING ON FOG LAMPS
Harrisburg, Dec. 16—Secretary of Revenue J. OrifBth Boardman ruled today that fog lamps may be used either alone or in connection with regular head lamps during adverse weather.
Tlie ruling came in response'to inquiries from motorists and of¬ ficial motor vehicle Inspection ata¬ tions who wanted to know if it it necessary to use headlamps when the fog lamps are being used.
Boardman pointed out, however, that better results are obtained from the use of the fog lamps alone when driving in fog, rain or snow Tlie use of fog lamps in clear weather to dUcouraged. When either fog lamps or headlamps or both are ased. the rear lamp muU also be lighted.
Tlie Secretary also reminded the liLspections statioru that where fo| l.imps arc Installed there must be not lrs,s than two nor more than three .such lamps of a type ap¬ proved by the Depnrtment.
The currriii rompulsory motor VPlilclo lli.siio:'tlon ixtUxI now i.s !m it3 second month
CHRISTMAS PUV AND JUNKNt CAROLERS AT ST. JOHN^ REFORMED
On Sunday and Monday evenings. December 19 and 20. at 7:33 o'clock, St. John's Reformed Sunday School will present the well-known Christ¬ mas play "Why the Chimes Rang" by E'izab?th McPadden.
The p'.ay, directed by MUs Amy Knauss deaU with the beauty of charity, and is especially adapted for this season of the year
The music has been ch-sen from the works of Rop.irtz and Oevaert.
Following are the characters: Hoiger, a peasant boy, John Hoch; Steen, his brotlier, Oeorge Way; Beitel, their uncle, Samuel M. Shim- ar; an Old Woman, Mrs. Calvin Nickel; MlnUter, Oscar Brong; Rich Man, Oliver Knauss; Courtier, John Allen; Woman, Lena Marcks; Old Man, Oeorge Smith; Y'jung Oirl, Anna Werkheiser; King, Charles L. Shimer; an Angel, Mrs. Walter Diehl.
Preceding and following the p'.ay one hundred "Junior Carolers," di¬ rected by Miss Mae Yeisley, wiil sing. The selections are as follows "Gloria In ExceUls," Ancient Noel "No Room for tlie Saviour," by Koschat; "Oesu Bambino" by. Pietro Von; "Under the atan," h/wOOyyy and "The Lord's Prayer," by Malotte
A cordial invitation is extendedl to tiie people of Nazareth and sur¬ rounding communities to share this unusual Christmas presentation.
NAZARETH WOMANS CUJB RACKS HfEN- TENNIAL MOVEMENT
Three New MeMbers Admitted
ADMINISTRATION BUILDING
Lone Star Cement Celebrate Dedication of Employees' New Service, Administration Buildings
IMPRESSIVE CANDLE- LI6HT CHRISTMAS VESPERS IN ST. JQHN*S LUTHERAN CHURCH
Sunday evening. December Wth, at 7 .30 o'clock St. John's Lutheran r<ongregation will conduct a Candi ^ Llg-ht Christmas Vesper service. Ii addition to the singing of Christ¬ mas carols by the congregation ther will be special Christmas anthe.Ti^ 'endered by the Jimior and Senior rholrs.
Each worshipper upon entering th? church will receive a candle, and during the Symbolic Candle Llgiit service the light for each candle w.i be carried by light bearers from j large Candle in the chancel. The large candle represents Christ th? Light of the World. The public 1 cordially Invited to attend thi.s beau¬ tiful symbolic service. It will be a fitting prelude to the Christmas season.
The Nazareth Woman's C!ub held its annual Christmas party in con- tunction with the bu.siness meeting on Monday evening in the high .school building. President Ploren?e L Nicholas presided at the business session.
The club will back the bl-centcn- nlal celebration of the Borough "f Nazareth in 1940 The welfare grou,3 met last evening at the home of the chairman of the group. Mrs. Pred Honeyman. on Church street, at 7:30 o'clock at which time a num¬ ber of Christmas articles were pack¬ ed for distribution to needy chlldrci In thU community over the holidays. Olfts will be sent to cliildren In the Easton, St. Luke's, of Bethlehem, and HafT's,' of Northampton, Hospital.,, and the Northampton County Hom? on Christmas. Jessie WUlauer Is i:i charge of the "Shut-Ins" program. Three new members were admitted.
A Christmas lunOheon was en- Joyed together with Christmas car¬ ols accompanied by a string orches¬ tra, directed by Danny Dever. Vocal relectlons were given by the Morav lan College Quartet and a Prenc'^ Chri^itmas story was read by Mis. Hugh Moore, member of the drama grcup of the Easton Woman's Cluo. The room was attractively decoraf^d with Christmas trees, spruce anl candles.
Mrs. Conrad Miller, Mrs. Edmund Morgan and Mrs Paul Davisson were additional hostesses.
NEW DHtECrORIES DELIVERED BY TELEPHONE CO.
Belvldere. Hackettstown, an.l Washington, N. J, are among th? five additional communities lUtcl in the new and enlarged telephone directory which was delivered in Nazareth and surrounding com¬ munities this week.
"KrumsvlUe and New Tripoli also have been added to the local direc¬ tory." said Don 8. Nissley, manager for the Bell Telephone Company, who urged all who have not yet received thir books to notify the telephone business otBce and one will be dispatched promptly.
More than 60.000 copies of the telephone book were distributed dur¬ ing the three-day delivery. There are over 87.000 lUtings. The cover of the book has been printed in brown ink. It contains 296 pages and combines listings for 37 towns and cities.
"In addition to hundreds of new listings." Mr Nissley declared, "manv others have been changed through¬ out the dUtrlct Conseqtiently. tele¬ phone users will save con.siderabl» time if they consult the new direc¬ tory for the correct number before placing calls.
"It Is of particular importance." he continued, "for subscribers to check the numbers to be used for flre, police and other emergencv calls, so that no time Is lost should their use be required."
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"CHALK ARTtsr* TO BE
AT EVANGELICAL rittrRCII
Tlie Lehigh Valley Oroup of Phi Oamma Clubs will hold a rally in the local Haman Ev.ingelical Church on Saturday e%enlng. December 18, at which time a fine maslcal pro¬ gram has been scheduled with eacn indlvklual club  taking part.
The Rev Homer M Piilsilck. of the Cross Roads United Bri-athrpii Churrh, will be the .nieakor Rev. Patottck to well known is thl.s Idcalltv for hU lllustratlon.s of relhiliuLs sonn-,
A cordial invltiillon U extendi'1 to all.
Tlie Lane star Cement  Corpora¬ 's employee;; were given a hous3-
railng party to celebrate the for- opening of their new and com- tely modern service and ofBce Uiidings. About 250 employees were present to enjoy the singing, orches¬ tral music and tht "dutch" lunch. *We festivities began at 2 P. M yesterday, with an address of wel¬ come by the Chairman of the Com- mltee, R. O. Sutherland, and was fallowed by Mr. E. C. Champion, wh) formally dedicated the new buildings in an interesting and impressive manner. Mr. Charles L. Hogan, President of the Lone Star, who came from New York especially for the occasion, was introduced and delivered an interesting talk on the past and future of the cement in¬ dustry Mr Thorkild Avnsoe, Vice- President in Charge of Manufactur¬ ing Oper.itlons, aUo from the gen¬ eral administiaiive oflicc in New York, gave an intere^iing talk tha; was well received. Mr Edwin Smltli of 'i.'i\o machine shop force and oth r men spoke briefly on .subjects fitting the occision.
Mu^c was provided by Danny Dever and hU orciieatra and c- cord:.in SjIo^ were delivered by Miss Kathryn Steiner. The singing was provld'd by Aiher Schleicher'a Ce¬ ment Mill Octet, and the lunch ar- rang.Miients were In the capable hands of Earl E. Heyer. Harry H, Cooley, Joe H. Heintzelman and Willard Trach .
The  new  service  building   which contains   locker   room,   wash   and iContinued from Page Pour)
CIVn,WAR VETERAN MES
Josiah Weaver, aged 100 years, 7
onths and 11 days passed away at the home of hto granddaughter, Mrs Oeorge K Suter, at Newburg, on Friday, about 2:43 A. M.. due to a heart attack suffered about two wjsPt prior to hU death.
He was the son of the late Josepn and Rebecca iHenn) Weaver and was born at Freemansburg on April 29. 1337.
He was married to Sarah Cather¬ ine Hoflman. at Easton. by Samuel Moore, Justice of tlie Peace. Of this union one son and three daughters were born: Rebecca, who preceded her father n death one son, Samuel O. Weaver, Lehigh street, Easton; two daughters, Emma A. Kist, Ber¬ wick street. South Easton, and Han¬ nah Elizabeth Parrar. of Union City, N. J., There also survive 9 grand¬ children. 10 great-grandchildren and 5 great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Weaver lived for many years on Holt street and Iron street. South Easton. In short, he lived for prac¬ tically three-quarters of a century in and aroiuid Easton, and the re¬ maining 27 years lived with h s granddaughter, Mrs. Suter, at New-
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He enlisted three times in th.' Civil War. First _as a private in Company C, 1st InTantry of Penna., commanded by William H. Arm¬ strong, on April 17, 1861 Honorably discharged at Harrisburg on July 29, 1861 Re-enlisted again on October 3 1862 in Company E of the 47tn Infantrj- of Penna., commanded by Captain Charles H. Vards: hon¬ orably discharged at Fort Jefler.son, on Pebruar>- 28. 1864. Re-enlUted again for three montlis under Cap- t;/in William A. Bachman and honor¬ ably discharged at Charleston. S. C. onpctober 7, 1865. r'^e waa the oldest member of the Orand. Army of the Republic, Lafay- t'tte Post No. 217, of Easton.
The decea.sed helped build the t/ehlgh Valley Railroad tracks thraugh Easton. completed in 1835. He worked many years as a boat¬ man on the old Lehigh Canal. Then he was a teamster in South Eastoi until he retired about 30 years ago.
Por the past 21 years he has beei ollnd and atoo partially deaf at times, otherwise he enjoyed go id health until his recent heart at¬ tack.
Funeral services were conducted at the Snyder Funeral Parlor. Eaii- loii, on Monday at 11 A M wit.'i Interment in the Hay Conittery, So E.iston.
HfV Jimip.s F aro.s.s. pa.stor of lh ¦
.-(•IvH-nfck   Moravtan  Ciuirch   offlci-
'  (1. and nK'mlv-r.s of tlio local Sons
Veterans   Camp  ncterl   a*  pall-
lers.
NOTICE!
For the convenience of tlv; citizens of N3zar?th ani su.- rnunding communities, the Naza¬ reth Po-t OlHce will be open Satu:day, Decemb-r IB'.h frim 6:30 A M. to 6:00 P. M. I Money Order and Register Dlv.> from 8:00 A. M. to 5:00 P   M.
J. U. Petherolf. Postmaster
AUXILIARY PLANS XMAS PARTIES
NAZARETH H.ALL "OLD GRADS' PLAN REUNION
Oraduates  of   tiie  oldest  military
prep  school  in   the   United  State-,.
founded  In   1785  at   Nazareth,   and
' kn ;wn   as   Nazareih   H.ill   Militaiy
Academy, are  arranging  a  reunio:!
j of old "hall  boys" of thi.s flne olJ
I school  disb.inded  a   few  years  ago
Numbered among its i!lu.strlous sons
I are  .-uch  names  a^   Ijrmer  United
^ State.s Altorney-Oenrral Oeorge \V
I Wlckershamm and Oeorge B. Conel-
you. former Secretary of  the  Naw.
I     Owln-,'   to   the   fact   tiiat   achoil
I reeords kept  for more than a cen-
I tury and bearing la.st known namrs
I and  addresses  were  lost,  the  com-
I mittee in charge of the first reunioa
In  20 years  would  like  all  former
graduates    to    communicate    their
names   and   present   addresses   and
c:a5s year to the committee care of
Harold A. Sonn. chairman Class of
190D, 110 East 23rd street. New Yor<
City, from  whom they  will  recei\e
full d?talU   The committee plans t >
print  a  roster of all former  'hail
boys'   for   dUtribution   shortly   to
those communicating with It.
PAST PRESIDENli NITE AT ROTARY
Past Presidents Night was oh¬ served by the Nazareth Rotary Clu i at its weekly-luncheon se,ssion held on Monday evening in the auditor¬ ium of the Y.M.C.A. Vice-President Charles Shimer was in charge. The following past pre.sldents were called upon, each of whom presented a historical sketch M the club during his term of ofBce: The Rev Floyd R Shafer. Howard Siiimer. Oeorge A Orim, Prank H Martin, Clifford Taylor, William Silfles. William Shimer, Howard Shafer, Harry Reichenbach and Dr J A. Fraun¬ felder.
Ouests of the club Included Judso.i Olles, of Ea.st Lawn, and Charl.-s Shimer. of Lo.s Angeles. Calif.
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COMMUNION  SERVICES
The American Legion Auxiliary' met Friday evening in the American Legion Home on South Main strjet in monthly session. There were 21 m'^mbers present. The president. Mrs Anna Laubach. pre-ided Th? opening ceremony was in charge of the chaplain. Mrs. Clara Meyers.
Announcement was made that th.' next meeting of the 4-County Coun¬ cil will be held Jan 8, at Lansford when the 15th anniversarj' of thi Council will be celebrated Mrs. Jennie Wolfe was selected as the delegate to represent the local aux¬ iliary
Th? welfare committee, Mrs Jen¬ nie Wolfe, chairman, reported that 22 garments had been contributed t ¦ the Netdlework Ouild: $5 to th'' hospital at Coatesville. and 83 to the Naval Ho-pital. The auxiharj' also |jur:ha.sed Christmas seals.
The Caristmas kiddie pirty will be held Tu'sday evenin?;. D;c 28. at 7 o'cliik in the Legion Home .A Clin.rtmas party for the member- will toe lield Jan. 14 in connection with tlie regular meetin? Each member will bring an inexpensive gift The Jan. 14 meeting will start at 7:30 instead of 8 o'clock
P.T.A. Neeting To-night
A Parent-Teacher meeting will be held thl.s evening at 7 45 o'clock, in the high school building In keepiiii wilh the spirit of the season, a .special program has been arranged, featuring the high .school Bra-.s Quartette in a special musical pro¬ gram Al.^o. there will be grou.) sinking led by A William Day a so:ial liour will follow the regular meeting.
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BAZAAR   AT   V.M.C.A.
The Kings Daughters of the Schoeneck Moravian Church wiil give a Christmas Tea and Bazaa" I in the auditorium of the Y.M.C.A this coming Saturday afternoon and evening
Baked     good.v    candy, novelties.
hou^e plants and a large variety ot
fancy   work  suitable  for Chrlstm.is gifts wi:i be on display.
The public is invited
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S. H. CLASK TO HOLD
AN'M .%L Bl'iilNESS MEETINU
Reformed preparatory and Holv Communion services will be held at the Moorestown Church, on Sunday. December 19th. at 10 A. M . in charge of the pastor. Rev. H D Clauss.
SALE of' CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS EXPECT¬ ED TO TOTAL $2,000,000
Harrisburg. Dec. 16—Pennsylvan¬ ians will spend more than $2,000,00') for Christmas tree.* and green dec¬ orations thi.s Yuletide. Secretary Jame.s P Bogardus of the Stale De¬ partment of Foresu and Waters, said today.
Bogardus, who has received sub- stanti.iUy acc-iirit-? reports from dis¬ trict foresters throughout the Com¬ monwealth, said that this year's estimated expenditure U an Increase over 1936
The principal Christmas trees cut in Pennsly\-ania are white pine, hemlock, scrub pine and red cedar Second growth white pine 1* atoo used In large numbers Hemlock U found chiefly tn the mountainous sections of the central and northern tier counties, scrub pine in the south¬ ern ounties, and red cedar in the .southeastern part of the State. Bal- sim flr. red and white .spruces are not found in any great numbers in IVM.syIvania but are Imported from the northp-Mtem stato.s
nie   KrowinK   of  Clmstm.i",   trees
a;   a  rrop   afTcrds  a  profltable   In-
c ine for the fannrvs in manv src-
l! 'tis   of   Pcnnsylvnnia     Thv   crop
tCoiithmi-U   from  page  four)
Mrs O. B. Searles' Sunday Scho >: Cia.ss will hold it's annual busine..s meeting lomorrow evening. Decem¬ ber 17th at 7:30 P. M. in the social rooms of the Reformed Church.
Members of the class are urged to be  present
A special program has been ar¬ ranged by the President. Mabel Daniel. Secretary annd Treasure;. Hilda Smith and assistant secretarv and treasurer, Irene Stewart.
Safety At Chnstmas Time
Christmas should be the happi¬ est of all holidays But when we are most liappy an unfortunate event bring.'; the mo-t sorrow An accident at this season Ls wonte than at any other time of the vear. When arranging for Christ¬ mas cheer, don t neglect common -sense precautions,
I Use safe ladders for hanging decorations
2. Do not allow cotton, proxylin plastic, paper or otlier flammable objects on Christmas tree.
3 Don't bum candles near flammable materiaU
4. Do not smoke if wearing falae whiskers Beware of flre if wearing a cotton SanU Claus suit.
5 Don't use fsulty electric wir¬ ing.
6 Do not allow tUsue paper or other wrappings to collect—out¬ side of proper containers
7 tt to better not to bum loow papera or exc«toior in a flreplace
8 Watch out for toys on stairs or about the floor.
9 If the weather becomes ley, tts«. plenty of salt and aand on >ie\yi. and sidewalks.
10 Drive carefully when you g.i \l-itiiit; be wary of "Chrtotmas siUrlUs."
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ECONOMIC HIGHUGBTB
llappenlnaa Tliat Affaot tko l>inner Palla, DIvldand CiMeka and Tax BilU of Bvary ImAtrX- dual. National an4 iMtaraa* tional t'rolileina Inaaparaal* from I..o<'»l  Welfare.
by R. At. Iloltr
As Dorothy Thompson wrote a \ ¦veeks ago, "Tie capacity of IMs country to weather anottier slon. before the serious aoolal, i omic and political effects of tte one have worn off, to one graat Mg question mark." It Is this "qua*- tion mark" which to parhapi Ptm most unsettling factor In ttoa outiwil situation. Industrial produetloo widely declined Securitiea art < ing the prtce depths. Buslnaei' gen* tlment U even worse than the bull- ness production flgures—prlnclpallrt becaus; of doubt as to the future^ and fear of what the coming moMlia may bflng. In other words, tlM natistic^ are bad—but the Impooi- erables, such as Investor psychology. a:e a great deal worse. It to thla tremendously impartant factor wbtOA makes the post-September ttay .omethlng diflerent than Juat an« otiier recei>.sion in a long-pull rt- covery movement. And It to tbia wli.ch is responsible for the amaiing variety of present-day forecasts at t:i the trend '.>i coming events. Ona i-z'nooi. including government "fH^ialg and other New Deal partisans, tangs to minimize the recssion so far \a possible, and to make it seem lata severe than It actuaUy is. Anotlwr school, which Includes thoae who ara exceedingly opposed to all ol Om acts and objectives of the AdmlBig* tratlon. tries to make the pletura even darker than it U. To try t* strike the happy medium, betwaea the apostles of sweetness and light on the one hand, and the beareia of the blackest tidings on the other, :s the tough Job that confronts any annualist   today.
First, some facts The country uas not yet felt the full brunt «g the drop, though more and more of the impact is becoming visible daily. The employment situation will bt grave this winter. During October, abju: 100,000 workers were laid oil. Ouring Novemb-'r. the number reach* ed 400.000. according to the best estl- mate> obtainable at the time thifl U written. During December, it seem-, inevitable that a still larger number of workers will be divorctg from payrolls, and forced to look for non-exUtsnt Jobs; to substot fOr a ti:ne on savings, which in the great majority of instances are pityfullv ':mall. and flnally to seek relief or charity Tlie Christmas buying yah iod. with its acceleration in retatt trade, will kep the unemployment rails from growing on a big aeait this month in all probability, bSt the full effects will be felt In Janu¬ ary.
Loss of employment has not oc¬ curred evenly in all mdustries. Ac¬ cording to a U.8. News survey, tte personal service industries, whteh include dome.stic and professionM help, employ today as many peopla as in 1929 A major continued dray in industrial production would ob¬ viously be felt in a sharp reduetlo.t of employment in this bracket.
Trade, dUtribution and flnanot today employ more work?rs than In 1929
C3n.struction. however, has magt up only one-flfth of Its loisea singa 1929. on the basU of flgurea vhlea do not take fully Into aocotmt tte current recession. Tie transporta¬ tion industries are far under tlMir pre-depression employment levtla. "Hie public utilities have raeovtratf only about one-third of ttelr tft- pre-.sion employment losses. Plgurta for the manufaeturtng Industries an too unceruln to be quoted—the tm¬ ployment total of even a week ar two ago is Ukely to be extremtlv high as agahist the emptoymsnt to> tai of even a week or two henot, ao it is manufacturmg which first fetls a drop in eonsumptton. and ta aMt to flrst trim iu saUs to meet tte storm.
In aU the Industries mtntlonsi, with the possible exceptions oi trant¬ portation and the utilities, employ¬ ment WiU continue to drop until tte recession U ended. Some (orecasttia are pessimistic enough to (oraee a riae In unemployment to the worst depression level, when It touched 12.000.000 One thing seems certain —it will be Impossible for th* Peder¬ al government to stay out of tte relief fleld on a big scale, and ta continue the retrendunent poUey begun in the early faU. mro tffttlt would be too sevre Tlte feeling Is growing in industrial quarters that, much as a balanced budget U netdtC the time for relief economy miMlt te put ofT.
Now, aome theories, Hov long wtU the recession last? A fev eoon- omists (ear ttet it oannot te oheektd, and VlU result in anothtr loag. msjor depression, perhapa cuteiMt- ing in an actual panic. Htt 99k at the experta think ttet tte tura can be checked early this ter, atxl turned mto an ii|»-tum Mi late January or early February, If Congress will Uke cerUln steps In the direction ot taa and a more friendly sttltudt Industry. Thto vas atoo tte of the nation's leading replying to a recent they forecaat that the run on four months, but M velop into another depression. ——  •	
Mr. and Mrs. Louto
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