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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING MAY 14, 1936
Boost Nazareth — Single Copy Three Cento
AN OPPORTUNITY CONFRONTS YOU!
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Nazareth Dollar Days
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The Sale Of Extrad-
ordinary Values
Right on the threshold of Summer, with its many MMiirements for yourself, your family and your home Sie this dramatic sales>event with rare bargains in iaikions, home furnishings and whatnots, for indoors lad out-doors.
Rich awards await those who will visit all the Naiareth Stores displaying "The-Dollar-Day" bann- •n in their windows to>morrow and Saturday. All of Hieic stores are filled with timely items at lowest ¦tnible prices, which means you have a rare oppor- iBiiity of increasing the buying power of your money!
You who have stopped on former Nazareth Dollar ptyf, know of the rich rewards in the form of savings MC awaiting you! If you have never shopped on Dol¬ lar Day, by all means do so to-morrow and Saturday fgi prove to yourself that it pays to shop in Nazareth. NOW IS THE TIME TO GET THE INNUMER-
ABLE NEEDS THAT MAKE LIVING EN¬ JOYABLE THIS SUMMER
Thousands of families for miles around will fill Ihclr requirements at sensational savings! Vou, too, wfl not want to miss this opportunity to share in the ieason*s best buys!
SHOP IN NAZARETH, FRIDAV AM) SATURDAV, MAV l.Mh and Ifith
Local Girl Is Honored
Miss Eiik.i Marx. ci.uiKlUer of Mr.s. Margaret-.e M. Maix. Or.iy Cott.ige, and a graduate of Nazareth High School, da'•^ of 1932, was recfn'.Iy honored b.v having her blograpli.v printed in a college publication of ihi' 1»36 WHO'S WHO AMONG STUD- DITS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSI¬ TIES AND COLLEGES, in which nearly every college In the United States is represented.
Miss Marx was selected as npre- untative of Salem College, Win.ston- Itlem, North Carolina, among the most outstanding colloge men and women in the United States. This honor is the greate.st recognition tbat a student can attain while in eoUefe because approximately only one-half of one per cent are select- «d from each institution.
The students are selected for ¦MBbership not because of scholar- iblp alone, but also on the basis o{ liadershlp. service, extra-curricula activities, and characteristics point¬ ing toward future usefulness to Mciety and to the business world.
Miss Marx while a student at Mazareth High took part In the (oUowln? artivlties: Class President. 1; Clas.. Basketball, 1, 2, 4; Taper StafT. 3; Editor, 4; Comet Stall, 4; Basketbai:. 2. 3; Hockey, Captain. 4; Student Council, 1; Secretary and Treasurer, 4.
Following is tlv? list of her acti¬ vities at Salem College: Honorary Clubs; "Ord'T of tho Scorpions". 3. 4; Monogram Club, 3, 4; President Of the Y W. C. A , 4; Associate editor of the "Salemitf', 3. President of the German Club, 3; Student Advisor, 4; Secretary of Y. W. C. A,, 3; Secre¬ tary of the Athletic Council, 3, Y. W. C, A; Cabinet. 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletic Council. 2; "Sights & Insights" Staff J; Hockey Varsity, 1. 2. 3; Student Oovernmont, 4; Basketball Varsity, 1. 2, 3; Otrman Club, 3, 4; Captain of Hockey Class team. 2, 4; Captain of Basketball Class team. 1, 3; Volley Ball Varsi'y, 2.
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Mr and Mrs. Jacob Franken'^eld. of PhilUpsburg. N, J., Mrs. Marvin Frankenfield, Theodore Frankenfleld and Buddy Prankenfield, of Easton, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Prankenfield, New street.
NAZARETH A. C.
HOLDS MEETING
Tiic Naz.ircih Athletic Club, local oryanlzation .sponsoring Charlie Heaths "Terriers" in the East P^nn I-<agup. held il"s regular meeting in ;lie quarters in the forni'T Post Offlce rooms in the Nazareth Inn on Monday. May llth. All the offl- cers were in attendance. They are; Raymond Teel. pre.sident; Emory Enfe'ler. vice-president and booking manager; William Honlz, Secretary; John Michael. Treasurer; Directors; Harry Strunk, Prank Relcliel, Prank Kemmerer. Asher Davidion and Harold MacCrady. Twenty members were   also  pre.sent.
The minutes in charge of the .-ecretary .were approved as read.
Under new business the group dis- cus.scd at length the picnic it will sponsor on Decoration Day in the evening in the Bushkill Centre Orove.
The .secretary announced lie had .secured the service.s of ttit> Bangor "Rube and Country Band" for the occasion. This band of eleven fine musicians is at pro'^ent enjoying a I very succe.s.sful broadca.sting session over Station WEST. Easton. "KraEy'" Peters will u-.e his amplifiers. A cake walk and binao will also be. held.
The treasurer. Jolui Michel, read his rcjxjrt which showi'd the clu") to be in fine financial .standing
Another bingo party will be held on Saturday.   Dun't mUs it.
NAZ.4RETH hIgH HAS TITLE WELLBAfrflED
Vletor>- Over Hellertown Prartleally t'linchr!! Twin County League("rown
PRETTV WEDDING IN BATH CHURCH
Miss Leila C. Houser, Bath Becomes Bride of War¬ ren U. Knecht, Town
Saturday afternoon .it 'i:3(j p. m,, in Christ Evangelical and Reformed Church, Bath. licv. R. H, Helflrich, pa-,tor, a very pretty church wedding was .-.olemniise'd. wh 'n Miss Leila C. Hou.-er, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs, William P. Hou.-er, Penn street, Bath, was united in marriage with Wanen Ulys>Cb Knecht. .son of Mr. ancl Mrs. Charles H. Knecht. ot Nazareth, The church was well filled with relatives and friends of the iwpular young couple.
The altar and rearidose were flanked with decorations of white apple blossoms and  snapdragons.
1 hi' lovely ring ceremony of the church wa.s used.
Tile bride was prettily attired in white .satin and wore a veil, carried flowers of white rose buds and lillles of the valley.
The maid of honor was Miss Mar¬ garet Rems, of Macungle, who wore a lovely gown of orchid satin with hat to match, and carried pink roses and snapdragons. The t>est man was Wll^on Boerstler, of Nazareth.
The flower girl was Miss Marjorie Houser, niece of the bride, who wore a pink voile dres-s and carriid a bittiquet of mixed flowers.
The bride was given away by her lather, William F. Houser, Tho u hc^'rs were brothers of the bride, f?ayniond and Melvin Houser, ol Bath
Tiank S. Graver, organist of Christ Church, pla-.ed a recital prior !o the wedding, and played the well known wedding numbers during the ceremony.
The bride is a graduate of the Bath .school.^ of Bethlehem Busi¬ ness College She i.- quite active in church work and teacher in the Primary Department of the Sunday School for a number of years; also a member of the Senior Ciioir. She was employed since graduation with the Paramount Business Service, Tenth street, Allentown.
The groom is employed as a chemist with tlie National Portland Cement company near Brodlicads, Following the wedding ceremony, a reception was held at the home of the bride for the members of the immediate families and the bridal party. After a honeymoon trip to the New England States, they will be at home after May 18th at 642'a
Park .street,
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Mr. and Mrs. A. N. OLsh, F. B. Pranks, Sr, of Allentown, Mrs, Charles Prank.s, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. P, Barkley, of Bethlehem, si^nt Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kahler and family. Walnut stree-t.
APOLLO MALE CHORUS TO APPEAR HERE
At
St. John's Reformed Church  Sunday Evening
On Sunday evening. May 17, at 7:30 oclock, the Appolo Male Chorus of Bangor, diivcted by Mr. Russell Sanderock, will present a musical program in St. John's Reformed Church, which will Include selec¬ tion.-, by the quartette and .soloists, Mr John Elles and Mr. Douglas Jones.
The chorus of forty men is ac¬ companied by Mr. Delmar Wills. Tile Apollo chorus appeared Ijefore local audiences on numerous oc- casion.s, and we feel certain that inariy people of Nazaretii and sur¬ rounding sections will welcome again the opportunity to enjoy the splen¬ did programs which are presented by this organization. A cordial In¬ vitation is extended to all.
Walter F. Kern, School Board Treasurer Resigns After 20 Years of Service
Vacancy Filled By Charles Schnerr; BudKct Adopter! For Ensuing Term; Teacher Elected
p. T. A. TO CON. DUCT THEUt LAST MEETING OF YEAR
The Parent Teacher As.sociation will conduct their last meeting of the year toniaht in the High School building at 7:45 P. M. Til. speaker for the evening will be Di.strie'  Attorney Frack.
In addition, a .special program has been arranged which includes a one-act play, special music in the form of an instrumental quartette and Miss L/:)rraine Johnson. of Hecktown. who will render humor- OU.S .songs.
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NAZ.^KETII \VOM.\N
APPOINTED  TRUSTEE
Mrs. William Silfies. of South Broad street. Nazareth, who has ix-en appointed a Tru.stee of the Mothers" Assistance Pund of Nor¬ thampton County, has also been elected President of the Board at a recent meeting of the Trustees. Mrs. W. H. Houch, of Bangor was elected vice presld-nt. Miss Lula O' Donnell of Bethlehem, secretary, and Mrs. Thomaa Ulrlch, of Bethlehem, treasurer.
The Board consists of .seven mem¬ bers and all appointments are made by the Oovernor of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Mary Eilenberger, local dem¬ ocratic chairlady attended a party of the Lower Merion Circle Club as the guest of the governor"s wife, Mrs. Earle, last Friday afternoon, Mrs, P. D, Roo,sevelt was the honor guest and tlic speaker. More than a thousand women were present at this meeting.
Tiie regular monthly meeting of the Naaareth School Board was held in the Nazareth High School Bu:kUn^ on Monday evening of this wee;-:. All members of the Board were present.
Tiv Treasurer of the Board ren- dei'd a report showing a balance of $2'J,217,i4 on April 1st, 1936. The receipts durinu' April were $516001. ar.-.i "he expenditures $11,847.03, leaving a balance of $22,530.52 on Mav 1st. 1936 Tile Sinking Fund bal.ince as of May lit consisted of a ca-h balance of $412.46 and saik- In-^ lundi inv. :;ne:u.-) amountin:^ to $39,000 00 or a to'.al of $39,412.46.
The Tax Collector ^^ubmit•.ed a rep;r; .-.liowing collections of school ta.\'> during the month of April amounting to $3166 33 all of which wa.- deposited to tlie account of the school di.strict within the month.
Bilh amounting to $1036.31 were approved for payment and the Tl' asurer authorized to pay them.
P.ir.-uant to the resolution adopted at the Ajjril 13, 1936 meeting of tiie , Bo.i!-d.  the Prc-idenl of  the Board i
I from the be.-^t bidder the ncce;.sary ' materials for a watering system on the athletic field, and arrange for the nece.->sary lalxjr for the in.italla- tion tiiereof. if and when needed, at a co.it not to exceed $500.00. As directed at the April me'tiii:?, tlie Grounds Committee purcha.^ed tiie tiecc.-sary grass seed and fertihzf-'r and had the athletic field re.seeded by the Lehigh Valley Nurseries. The committee reported that the work of re.'^eeding the athletic field has been completed, wliereupon the Board ratified the act'on of the committee
Proposals td furnish coal for the 1930-1937 school term were received from the People s Coal & Supplv company, the Nazareth Coal & Lumber company, and the Trum¬ bower company. After opening and the comparing the propo-als, the Board decided to again u^e "Old Company"s'" Lehigh rice coal and awarded the order to the Trumb'.wer company, at their quotation of $4 74 I per 2000 pound.-:, the lowe-: bid (Continued on Pact Flvt>
WALTER  F.   KERN
ONE OF NAZARETH'S OLDEST RESIDENTS PASSES AWAY
named Director RolxTt Pauley as the Board s repre-entative to serve hi a safety council which after or- ga; ization shall be luiown as the American Legion Safety Council of Nazareth, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Walter F. Kern, the treasurer of the Board a.sked the Board not to con.^ider him an applicant for re¬ election to that office for the fl.scal vear l>eginning on the first Monday in July 1936 Mr Kern served Nazareth School District as a School Director from Dcccmt)er 1917 to December 1935. and ever since he became a member of the Board he served as Treasurer of the Board.
Mr. Chas. !'. Schnerr was elected Treasurer of tlie Board for the fiscal year beginning on the first Monday in July next, and his bond was fixed at 112.00000 The bond of the Tax Collector for the next fiscal year was fixed at $20,000.00.
Tile Orounds Committee was di¬ rected  to gft prices  and purchase
We Are Proud of Our Nazareth High Champion League Leaders
SEVEN STRAIGHT WINS
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Coach Andy Leh"a Nazareth High School broad-backs, jwunding out a big 17-3 victory over Hellertown on the home diamond Saturday after¬ noon, just about clinched their .second consecutive Lehigh-North¬ ampton Interscholastic League championship. District champions last year the Cement Baggers, gave every indication of seeking that title for another year,
Wilson Boro, badly battered by the
remainder   of   the    teams,   found
.solace  when  they   Invaded  Bangor
and managed to pound out an 8-6
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WO.MENS  DEMOCRATIC
CLrS CONDUCTS MEETING
The Womens Democratic Club held their regular meeting in the rooms of the Jacksonlan Club, Bel¬ videre street. The president, Mrs, Sadie Soott presided. Secretary, Emma Happle read the minutes of the previous meeting. Mrs, Sadie Scott gave a report of the conven¬ tion held at Altoona last week.
The club with the aid of the Ways and Means Committee and the pro¬ ceeds of the President's birthday ball are taking care of a local crip¬ pled child and al.so .sent a donation to the Orthopedic Clinic of the Eas¬ ton Ho,spttak
It was announced that there will be no meetings during July and August. The club also dLscas-setl holding a elaiiibake later In the .siunmer.
After Ihe baslne.ss meeting a bingo parly was hold Prlse.s were award¬ ed.
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Front Rowt Pree, Young, Michael, Siebler, E. Rundle, Douglas, Pinta.   J.  Rundle,    Ootto; Heckman, Asst, Mgr,; Shook, Mgr.; E.ver, Silfies, Mlnnich, Slpos, Coach   I.-h.    Pratlpietro,' Huber, Redline.
Mrs Alice L. Wunderly. wife of the late Asa Wunderly, died at her h^nie, 232 Mauch Chunk .street, town on Tue.-day evening at 7:55 o'clock. Siie was 81 ycar>, 8 mjnth> and 23 days of age; born ui Forks township, Auaust 19th, 1854, daughter of the lat' Oejrge and Lovina Naale Kern and resided in Nazareth for 64 vear.>. Her hu.sband preceeded her in death .sixteen years ago a.s well as one .~i.ster and daughter.
Mrs. Wunderly wa.-> well known here and throughout tho entire community and tiie family is known .1.-. one of the pioneers in the local contracting and  lumber busines.s.
She is survived by six sona and three daughters: Robert of Fair- lawn. Ohio; Raymond of Pitt.^bur^h; William, Lewis. Charles and Paul; Mrs. Howard Shafer, Mrs. Russell Plory and Miss Daisy Wunderly. all of town; also twenty-seven grand¬ children and eight great grandchil¬ dren and one sister, Mrs J. Fred Hahn-of Spokane, Washington. She was a member of the Mothers of 1917, the Auiliary of The American Legion and St, Johns Reformed Church. Friends may call tomorrow evening between the hours of seven and nine.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday afternoon from her late home at two o'clock with further .services in St. John's Reformed Church. Interment will be made in tho family plot of St. John's Union cemetery. Re;-. W H Diehl ofBciat- ing.
Second    Row: Betz.     George.
Nazareth   Terriers   of  East Penn  League
NAZARETH A. f. SPILTS EVEN OVER WEEK END
Manager Heath  Nursing Bad   Knee
R4-adlng from left U) rliTht: Kohler,  .ss;  Wei.s^s, of;  8in»,'lier, 2b-CHpt ; Koch, ab; Hemmerly, )); Smith, rf;   Heath,  c-Myr.;   Ciiylo,  p;   Quinter,
ll»la,s. rf; TiYonhe!.s..r. if; MeKee, lb;  (mLs.sini? wi^ve Kckley, pt.
Tile Nazareth A C again split even over the past week-end. On Saturday. Mana«x>r Heath's "Ter- rier.'-" journeyed to Washington. N. J., and shook up the ""Generals " of that place to the tune of 8 runs to 4. Tile local nine were dani^erou.- all the time as Pursell and DeVita-s. the Oeneral'.- pitchers will readilv admit. Manager Heath was the recipient of a foul tip on the knee m the fifth innins. however, he con¬ tinued catching the i-est of the game but .-pent Saturday evening in l>'d But as the sayina: Koe.<. "you can't keep a good man down". Charley guided hb ball club from the lj»-nch on .Sunday One of the highligh'^ of Saturday's game was the long home run poled by "Curly"" Fron- hei.-er. local left  fielder
On Sunday the "Terriers" aftt>r giving Hemmerly a .'•ix run advan¬ tage seemed content to Idle along for the balance of the game. How¬ ever, tile ""OeneraLs" got on their hor.-«\s and a.s a result shook off the "Terriers" and won the ball game 10 to 8. '"Orat" Quinter. lanky first ba.seman for the locals, poled a homo   run   over  the   scoreboard   in
inning  with   two  on   the
the  flrst .sacks.
"Joe ' Eckley. the latest addition to the Heath pack, showed up to a good advantage and as .stated in la.st week's Item, his peppery chat¬ ter helped a lot.
Tonight the Na?.ireth A C takes on the We.ston Club, of Easton, at 6:00 P M. Thon. frc.-hman pitching .-eiusation of Lafa.u'tte Colegp, will m.ike hLs debut at that time for the r.t-on a,frKr<'catiim Tlv game wi! b»   (>la\e<i on Bohnudt field
Ou Saturday at 2 30 P  M  on the Schiiiidt   Field,   in   nn   Ea.st,   R^ui (Continued on Page Seven)
Every Citizen of Northamp¬ ton Co. Eligible To Enter
Car, Refrigerator, Radio To
Be Given Away Ab-    ** solutely Free
With thio Usue of THE ITEM we announce tlie opening of the biggest circulation campaign ever staged by your home-town paper. The datt- .set. for llie start of this gigantic dri^e and sale->mansiiip club u next FYiday, May 2:^nd. The free prizes offered m the order to be a".varded are. firat. a brand new Plymouth car; second, a brand new Leonard Refrigerator and third, a brand new 6-tuix' radio in Console Cabinet. Tiiese constitute the three major prizes.    In  addition,   there   will  be
w-eekly  cash   awards   made  to  tiM leaders.
Full particulars of the campaigs will be published in our k>sua Off May 21it, the day before the opeo* ing. May 22nd The campaign wUI call for at least one hundred partt* cipants and all boys and glrl% mothers and dads residing wlthia the bounds of this County, an eligible and reque.sted to get ia contact with the Campaign ManagBC, Item OfBce, as soon as possible. 8M advertisement on page 4,
NAZ.4RETH JUNIOR      RED KNIGifrS OPEN LEGION LEAGUE      WITH 12-3 VICTORY BEING ORGANIZED     OVER BLUE EACU
Practice Games Started; Former To Play Cherrjr
League  To Open In   June
T.ie American Legion, Junior League ball club is being organized here, and practice games are in progress All players, who are not over 17 years of age by or before June 30: il. are eligible and requested to contact Charles Heath a.- ^oon aa possible. The local team will start with eighteen men and as .soon as the ije.st product is picked will organize for the opening the early part of June.
All boys residing within the im¬ mediate community are urged to report for tryouts. The territory the Nazareth league Ls entitled to choo,so from take^ in Fork.->, Stock¬ ertown, Belfa.st. Penn Allen. Heck- tovMi a |1 the eniue community within a radius of atxjut five miles The schedule will be announced as .~oon as completed.
"HISTORY
DOST REPE.AT"
In the early 1770's the Britlsh- Amer.can Colonists revolted again.?! tvranical British taxation, and with Flmt-locks. Powder-horns and in- ten-e patriotism fought, and even¬ tuated the "Declaration of Indepen¬ dence," and thereaft'-r eventuated aNo ""The United States of America!"
In the early and mid 1860 s came •he -Civil War", with the outcome jf tlie 15th Con.-titutlonal Amend¬ ment, abolishing "Slavery'. and then followed the finality of that immortal -.aymg at Gettysburg: de- rlaimg "Government Of, For and By tii£ People, such to perish not from the face of this Earth!"
In th-» early and mid 1930'.s came the "N. R. A." to fluut the Constitu¬ tion, and Invade State Rlght.s. cand -av:- w.as the animus ol that an intent to exact ""Tax Slavery", a iienalty for the ante-bellum Souths .slave-, losses?!. Perish the thought! It only was the "Brain Truster's" -oncept of "Relief" for the Millions )f Unenlplo^ed. cau-ed Miely by the idea of an offset to ""Government For, Of and By The People.' pre- vamedly by a self as.sumed Dictator."
But here follows the "Travesty" of the whole situation! Soon in the City of "Brotherly Love, las wast and in the State whc^e motto i.> '""Virtue, Liberty and Indenpen- dence." there will assemble the Convention of the 'New Deal . and claim it to be that of the "Demo¬ cratic  Party""  Bo>h.
Ii e\er tnere b-.> another ""Great War", tliere .-ti:e w:ll tx" a '"merrv hunt" for All Uiclatom. by an out- rayed Humanity, and they know it. too.
Wiiat say. All True Blue Americans? "St   John 2-46 '
Hill A. C. Tomorrow Xight
The newly organized Naaareth Red Knights diamondeers, bettar known hi tht vicinity for thaIr w ;rk on the iiardwood floor during the basketball sea.son. opened their baseball season on Monday evenlns With a re-sounding 12-3 victory over the Blue Eagles before a fair crowd on the Nazareth Hall diamond,
Johnny Byrnes, who with Ilia brother, Heni-y. forming the rt- maining half of the battery for tiM Eagles, hurled excellent ball for the lo.sers, fannmg no less than IS Red Knight -spear-bearers, wbUa "Biff" Stannard, former Beltaal star, hurling for the Knights, faO« ned nine and iunited the losers t« three well scattered blows.
Tomorrow evening (Priday, 13th), the Knights will act as to tiie Olerui "Voung coached Cherry Hil] A C. members of the Belt Amateur League, in an tn4 petident game on the Nazareth Field, scheduled to start at •:( P M. A large crowd of both Ma reth and :he up-valley rooters art (Continued
Notes From The Penna. Society For The .Advancement of The Deaf
A comprehensive pictuie of the activities and the welfare of the deaf r>t Pennsylvania h.i.> been obtained through a State wide survey under the auspices of the PeniL-^ylvania Society for the Advancement of the Deaf
Edwin C Ritchie, of Reading. Pa pre-iident of tlie Society, explainms; the survey, said that it was intended to a.srertain the true condition of afTair.-. wUh regard to the emplov- ment of the deaf In the many indu,strlal establishments of I'enn- .sylvanla.
Numeroua letters were received from employers." .said Mr. Ritchie. "and these speak well of the deaf a.s etBclent workers and express employer experience with regard to ftieni Our purpow is to acoompltsh two objwtive.i. to present a fafr •ros.s-'io.-t.ioii of rnipicyfr opinion Ui regard lo deaf workers and to make I Continued on Page Four)
MOTHERS HONORED BY H. V. KNECHT AUXHJART
Twent.v-one American War Mothers were guests of the H. V. Knecht Unit 415 at "^eir regular meeting Priday evening The in« voration was given by Rev, W. H. Dlehl Miss Mildred Kahler sanf a solo accompanied on the trumpet by Willard Sclll^ler This was fol¬ lowed by a tiibute to Mother by Mrs Mabel Ever and recitations bjr Tiieodore  Shafer, Jr.
Addresses were made by Rev. H, C Snyder, of town, and Mabel Mac- Afw of Cat isauqua, Ea.stern Direc¬ tor of the An.-ncan Legion Auxili¬ ary. Commander Matthew Morrow of tile U'gion post also brought greetings,
Mrs. Doro'l.v Folweiler. president of tiie Auxiliary, pre.sented eacb Mother with a potted plant as a favor. Mrs Henrietta Abel waa the oldest Mother present and Mrs. Charle.^ Knecht, the youngest. Tha two Oold Star Mothers. Mrs Anna MacDonald and Mrs. Chas Knecht were honored and they were given IxMiquet-s.
Mrs s Bu-s. of Ea.ston. won the quilt tlwt was chanced ofl by the War Mothers. Mrs TlUle Oeorge, pre.sident
Mrs Carrie Nagle gave the dele¬ gates report held at Slatington. Mrs. Amie^ Kt-^T.'. i>oppy chairman, gave a few remarks on Poppy Day, May 23rd Plans were also made for M>'iiioria: Day exercises.
The next meeting of the Auxiliary wUl be held June 12th.
P. O. OP A. MEETS
Camp 315 Patrlotc Order of Am¬ ericans held their regular meetlnj last Priday evening with President Ruth Hawk presiding ChaptalQ Lucy Remaly conduct«d the devo¬ tions Tlie r»'port on finances waa given by Mr.s. Mary Abel.
The ^lek list Included Llzsie Zell¬ ner. .Mrs Nora Meyers, Mrs, MaoUa Rodgers Mrs Ellen Bujw and Mr*. Emm.i RulofT.
Pridav May 15th, the meetinc wUl Ijojin a* 7:30 P M, foUowed by • c ird pnr'y
Mrs   Junius  Clink,   Mrs. ..._
Sclieiry and  Mrs  Samuel Jonas, ol
Bethlehem,   .'jpent   Thursday   wltk
Mr^   Mary Troxeil, Belvld«« atrwet
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Mrs 0«orve Rubri«tot ntumoi ^o her home at MohrsvUte, tftar sprndUig .<nmetlme with Mr. aad Mrs Thomas Aolienbach, Ghwoa Hi