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NAZARBTH^ PA.. THURSDAY MORNING. DECEMBER 9. 1937
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School Board Convenes In Special Reorgani¬ zation Meeting
Warren S. Dech Seated As New Director; Offlcers Are Elected; Committees Appointed
A special meeting of the Xazareth School Hoard was held • the Nazareth High School Building on Monday evening of this week for the purfiose of seating the newly elected directors, organizing the Board for the ensuing year, and transacting any
her business that required attention at that time.
ur  Warren S. Dech. the newlyO	
.lected director, and Mr. WlUlam M. Bennett. Jr.. who was reelected to Another six year term, presented their certlflcates of election and were seated as members of the board after sufcs:riblng to the o»t»> « omce which was admintatered by the temporary  chairman.   Mr. Chartes
Schnerr.
m organizing for the ensuing year. William Bennett was elected presi¬ dent, and Elwood J. Unangat waa elected vce-president. C. J. Knauss is secretary of the board and Charles Schnerr is treasurer.
The following csmmitues were ap¬ pointed by the President:
Building Committee—A. R. Snyder
and Prank Leh. «     ^    ,
Orounds Committee—BIwood J. Unangst and Robert Pauly
Finance Committee-Char¬ les schnerr and Warren Oeeh.
SinUng Pund Committee-Charles Schnerr. Warren S. Dech and Wll¬ Uam M. Bennett Jr.; Bennett being a member of the committee by virtue of Ms omce as president of the board.
The use of the high Khool audi¬ torium was granted to County Agent B. L. Coleman for the purpose of .^nduethig a District Rural Dram- HMi Tournament on the evening of ^Member U. 1037.
There being no other business to transact, some time waa spent In re¬ viewing the psst procedure of the bosrd. and discussing what methods o( procedure should be foUowed In Ito functions in the future. As In the past, the regular monthly meet¬ ings of the board will be held at 7:30 P. M. on the second Monday of each month. 	
EDWARDS SUK CONPANY MOVING
Eighty Employees Affected
Polilieal otaartora aaw thair ftw dIctloBi at a ClO'New Oeal apUt come tme wImb iolui L. Lewia (abova) charged that tbe adaila. Istratkm bad lott prettlgt "be¬ eauae ot lack ot eompeteat aad coordinated Biaa-powar." They ware surprlaed. howavar. when A.P.I. leadera publlely toiaed with L«wu In calllag (or united action by labor and capital to solve taaation and aaemploraeBt problema.
The Edwards Silk Company which operated full time here for the past j ^^3^^ two years will shut down and move.   .(rect. and were ofl for a day
this week acc3rding to an aniwunce aient made Monday. The Company will move it.<; operating equipment to Oiwtgo. N. v.. where It Is at preaent epiratlng a plant about the alae ot theloeal factory. Consolidating theae tie plants at Oswego will give em- nent to approxhnately ItO em-
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By Seoul Kareh
Brr-ing. Brr-lng. There goes the alarm, time to get up.
Plve minutes to make the bu; waiting at the  circle.
Daslilng madly up the street, hop¬ ing the bus will wait for us, we no¬ tice the sky is overhung with clouds and it ha-s begun to rain.
We arrive, clinging to our hatii and out of bre.itli. a.s Mr. KllppL> .'houts. "All-abo<ird.'
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It wu sUted that Oswtgo's induce- MOt to the Edwards SUk Company hMtadis free rent and exemption tnm taxes for the next three years
Ne eflorts were exerted by loeal CMe bodies to offer any Induee- Bwnts to keep the plant In Naaaretn c*m Uiough 80 residenU of Naaareth •nd vieUiity are afTected, most of whom wUl be left Jobless.
Before a decision was reached by the Edwards Silk Co.. as to whether to move the Oswego plant to Naza'
New York.
Pas.slng through Easton at this time of morning, we flnd the towa sUent and empty, although things are beginning to stir at the early morn¬ ing farmers' market.
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NAZAieni-wEsroN
TO   PROTEST MONDAY GAME
wego. Mr. Kastler, the local super¬ tatendent, contacted authority In on •Sort of keeping the plant here and Mnging Oswego operatlona to Naaa¬ reth. thus creating employment for •t laut W additional hands, or 190 wapayto*.    However.   Inducements
by Oswego caused a qulc<
In their favor
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OtW three score membera and •"¦jjeC the Adult Bible Claas of wfwmday School of the Nanreth jywan Church attended the an- «« "lpper. The social committee In- Mrs. Allen Keller, chairman; Kindt. Mrs Oeorge Hahn. KeUer. Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Agnes Kraemer and  Elsie
Naz.-We8ton's basketball quintet, who are running chills through the remainder of the teams in this year'- Bi-State BasketlraU League, denied a foul shot will most undoubtedly ;i»r«,%rir"''*".J'T\'".'";?"i protest the Easton Triangle game mh or the Nazareth plant to Os-   '^.^,^^   ^^, p,^y^^  ,„ PhiUlpsburg.
on Monday evening of thla week. Under the rule liook. this foul shot, must be allowed even though the game has been completed, thereby issuing claim for a protest.
Combining forces of last year'o Weston A. A. and last year's Naza¬ reth Y. M. C. A, this year's Nasareth- Weston five look like the mose promising team In the Bl-State League this season To date they defeated last year's' championship St. Anthony C. C. and have playea this protest game with the Triangles.
What seems to "bum up" the local quintet the most is the fact that the "recruit" offlcials are being shoved onto their games, that is, last year'; mainstays on the referees list are always among the missing in con¬ testa played by the Nazareth-Wes¬ ton flve. Monday's game with the Triangles is a direct result of In¬ capable officiating as the rookie ref¬ eree. Younkin, (ailed to give the Naaarene's their charity shot.
This evening the Naeareth-Westo 1 flve are prepared for a banner crowd as they open their home season on the Naxareth Y.M.C A. court agains: the Eastan Y.M.CA. quintet. Come out and see what our loeal ebony
U and white clad quintet looks like thi3
^OPtt Days to Buv     evening,   first   game   having   been ru-i-4___    «^r     called for 7:80 p. m. (promptly).
NAZARETH BOY PLACED   ON DEAN^UST
V>«orge Wunderly, ^m of Mr. and Mrs. Charlea 8. WuHoerly, of Naza¬ reth, has been plaeM on the Dean's List at MoraviatyCollege, Bethlehem. Pa., wtere he JR a .senior, majorin; in hlstow. f[» Dean's List contains the natneaibf students who hav<? BVeraged^OTlus or better during tlie flrst half Df the seme.sfer.
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Mr nnd Mrs Fr.incts KnechV Belvidere <treet, returned home after .spending .i week at Mar.sltairs Creek Pike county.
J**" we: President. Mrs. Char- JCtauser; vice-president. Mrs. Jjjwge Hahn; secretary. WUllam •««. ttMsurer, Paul Oapp. and •*«». Andrew o. Rem.
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MEMBERS OF HKH SCHOOL   GRID TEAM FETED
Letters Awai*ded Various
Members of Team ; Boys
Go Into Huddle To
Elect Captain For
Next Year
200   ATTEND
Members of this year's Nazareth High School grid team were feted at a testimonial banquet laat eve¬ ning in the basement of St John's Evangelical-Lutheran Church on 80. Broad and Prospect streets, the af¬ fair having been sponsored by a group of local sportsmen, followers of the destinies of the Leh-coache I team this season.
Stanley "But:h" Peiir. local at¬ torney, presided as toastmaster. a position lie so capably Alls In every capacity. The Rev. .H. C. Snyde.-, pastor of the church, oflered the in¬ vocation.
Approximately two hundred in¬ terested citizens and fans were seated at the tables spread with the best for the occasion by the Mothers' Class of the church. Pollowlng thj dinner, toastmaster Fehr introduced the flrst speaker, Alvln Julian, head coach of Muhlenberg, wlio addresse 1 the honor guesU with inspiring and complimentary remarks. E. E. Mylin head coach of Lafayette; and H. W. Clark, graduate manager of athletics at Lafayette related Interesting ex¬ periences of the game and brought encouraging greetings in their mes- fage to the team and gathering. Other speakers included sports writers of local papers and remarks by members of the team expressing grateful acknowledgement to the sponsors of this testimonial dinner. Much applaud foUowed the intro¬ duction of Coach Leh and his as- <<tant, Bartolet, the men who arc responsible for the success of Naza¬ reth High athletics .
The program was interspersed witii melodlus strains resounding from the Instruments of Danny Deever's Or¬ chestra.
The evening's climax was reached ".hen letters were awarded the vari¬ ous members of the team, followei :>• the boys going into a huddle and electing a captain for next year'; season, whose name could not be obtained for today's ITEM.
On the committee in charge of this nffalr were: Elwood "Hooka" Hoclv Harold Starner. Charles P Schnerr. Warren D:ch. Oeorge Kreidler. Jr.. lieon Brong. Erwin WerkheUer. Sam¬ uel Weiss. Harry Happel. Stanley J. Pehr and Joseph Heintzelman.
During the past year the Leh- Bartolet coached Nazareth High grldders won three, lost two and tied two. Incidentally, the ties beinj fcoreless stalemates at the opening and closing games of the season. They outscored their opposition, 97- 63. Results of the games played are as follows:
WhitehaU 0;  Nazareth 0. Coplay 0; Nazareth 26. Pen Argyl 7; Nazareth 19. Bethlehem J. V. 0; Nazareth S3. Bangor 13: Nazareth 0 Northampton 42; Nacareth 0. Allentown J. V, cancelled. Wilson 0; Nazareth 0. TD
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NAZARETH CEMENT CO. ELECTS OFFH
Qlt a recent meeting of Ufe Boara cf Directors of the Nazareti Cement Company, the followinB elections and appointments weMF announced: Harold B. Rokesonyelected to th>? cfflce of ©ceculiva' Vice-President and appolrtted Oeneral Manager. Howard M. Wh|nng. elected secre¬ tary and ti«MOrer; M(ss Charlotte Michael. apblUnted assistant secre¬ tary: Sylvamis J. Fehnel. appointed assistant treasurer.
Greetings May Be Mailed   From "Bethlehem^ Fa.
Bethlehem. Pa.. Dec. 16—Do you want to maU your Christmas greet¬ ing cards or letters from Bethlehem. Pa., the Christmas City of the United States?
As a Chriatmas gift to the nation, the Bethlehem Chamber of Com¬ merce is making this offer. AU lettera cent to them for mailing from Beth¬ lehem will have a special decorative seai plaeed on the envelope. The real depicts the Wise Men following the Btar of Bethlehem. The letters wUl then be tumed over to the post¬ master of Bethlehem, who will have them cancelled with the Bethlehem (Continued  from page four)
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BARE SALE
B. L. COLEMAN
In charge of round-up
NAZARETH CHORAL SOCIETY TO RENDER "THE MESSIAT
In   St.  John's   Lutheran Church, Tuesday Even¬ ing, December 14 ^'
FREE"concert
A Christmas concert to be given In the true community spirit will be given by the Nazareth Choral Society on Tuesday evening. December 14 In St. John's Lutheran Church. This chorus of ninety voices, under the able direction of Miss Mae Yetale.v. who Is in charge of music in the Nazareth public schools. wUl present "The Messiah" by Handel.
The three part program namely, "The Birth of Christ,' "llie Passion of Christ" and "The Resurrection" will consist of solos and well-bal¬ anced chorus. The soloists will be. Mrs. Hattie Happel. Mrs. Fannie Oernet. Miss Josephine Muscler, Mrs. Wilmer Heyer, Mrs. Walter Bender. Mr. Pred Manning. Mr. Peter Yeisley. Mr Carl Miller and Mr. Daniel Rohn.
This is to be a complimentary concert to the patrons and friends oi" Nazareth and vicinity, who in the pa.st have contributed to its support. The members of the chorus are glad to have this opportunity to show their appreciation and this Advent .¦^eason presents an opportune tim? to do so.
Through the untiring efforts of Miss Yeisley. the chorus will be one of tlie best, the male voices being of exceptional quality
There is a good representation of singers in the chorus from sur¬ rounding towns and their friends are most heartily invited to thia concert as weU as the music lovers of Nazareth.
Come and enjoy an evening of eood music.
The offlcers of the organisation are president, Mrs. Barl Stroman; vloe- presldent, Mrs. W. Calvin Nickel; secretary. Miss Marlon Kern and trea^itfer, Mrs. WUmer Heyer. Other members of the Board of Directors are. Mra. Charles Hess. Mrs. Pred Kern. Mrs. Charles Shafer. Mr. Sam WeLsa, Mr. Jack Reiter. Mr Pred Bowers, Miss Kathryn Schmuekle and Rev. Prank Schramm.
The Ladles Aid Society of the Ev¬ angelical Church will conduct a Bake Sale at their usual place, formerly Phillip's Meat Market, 8»- furday. Decemtwr 11. 1937. Home¬ made bread, cakes, pies and sugar rnkes will ioe on .sale. Ctiristmas cookies of many varlotlr.s will be of¬ fered for sale Patronage ts requested,
InterConnty Dramatic Toumament To Be HeM Here Dec, llth
The seventh annual Northampton County Rural Dramatic Tournamen. was held at the Nazareth High School Priday evening, at which4imo three one act plays were presented, 'Andante." presented by the We 1 Worth While Society of Forks Church, and the "The Florist Shop." prfeented by the Porks Townshio Parent-Teachers Association, wer^ chosen to represent Northampti.i County at the Inter-County Tourn.i- ment. which will be held on Satur¬ day evening. December llth. in tho Nazareth High School Auditorium .t 7:30 P. M.
Mrs. H. W. Lichtenwalner directed "Andante" with the following cast: Harry Lichtenwalner. Emma Sours. Hart Lichtenwalner. Janson Hilden¬ brand. and Evelyn Bauman, whl'e Mrs Oeorge Heller directed "Tlie Florist Shop." with a cast includin; Mae Steckel. O.scar Trach. Clarenf,- Whitehead, Anna Heller, and Harold Babp
The Raub-svlUo Parent-Teach?rs Association presented at the tourna¬ ment "Pink Por Proposals." Mrs (Continued on page flvet
XMAS DRAMATIC CANTATA   IN BELFA^ CHURCH
On Sunday evening. December 12. at 7:30 the Choir of the Evangelical and Reformed Church of Belfa.st will present a Sacred Dramatic Cantata entitled "Starlight of i'eace." The cast of characters Is as follows: Eilas. a shepherd of Bethlehem. Ralph Rader; Joseph, his younger brother. Albert Toth; Rachel, wife of Jo.seph, Mrs WllUam Shook; J.mas. a shep¬ herd. John Toth; Hosea. another shepherd. Oerald .Meyer; David, .son of Elias, John Cowllnu; Elizabeth, dnughtor of Joseph und Rarhi'l. Marian Fuge liiterspprslUR th« flrania there are thirteen muslc.il numbers which will be sung by the rliolr.
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4-H CLUB STEERS ARE   JUDGED FOR STATE SHOW
Fine  Group  Is  Brought . Together at Round-up On F. G. Fogel Farm
FLORY MILLING CO. AGAIN CO-OPERATES
The round-up for the selection o.' the six 4-H club steers, to represent Northampton County in the State Parm Products Show at Harri-sbur^ in January, at the farm of Prank G Pogel, Lower Nazareth townshio Tuesday afternoon, brought together the best group of steers ever fed by Northampton County 4-H club mem¬ bers. The 12 calves, which were oh¬ talned February 18. averaged 435 pounds each. Since that time they have received a ration of crackec corn, oats. bran, and oil meal. Many cf the calves have reached the goal of 2 pounds per daily gain and the entire group are showing excellen .nnish
P. C. MacKenzie. livestock supei- intendent of I'ennsylvania Stat- College, who his been secured tj Judge the round-up. had a dlffl:ult JW In selecting the six best steers. County Aaent -B. L Coleman, who has charge of the round-up said that the lamb club classes, which were Judged, also include many ex¬ cellent pens. Twenty-.slx club mem- t>ers are feeding lambs this year and of these 15 pens will be selected for ttae Harrisburg show. The lamb.s were secured during July and August and placed on full feed September 1. The goal for daily gain in the lamb club ts one-third of a pound per dav per lamb and many of the lambs have exceeded the goal.
Dally gain, records kept, and in¬ dividuality of the animals, were to be considered in making the awards in both the baby beef and lamo club cl (.sses.. The Flory Milling Company !s again co-op?ratln? hi conducting the round-up and thj records will be computed by A. B. Bingham, assistant state club leadi^r from Pennsylvania State College Those interested in livestock we:'3 Invited to attend the lamb clu.: round-up at 9 o'clock and the babv beef club round-up at 1:30 p. m.
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innertown Church Cast to Present Pa. German Play At Bath
Tonight in the Firemen's Audi¬ torium. Bath, under the auspices of the Brotherhood of St, Johns Ev.- Lutheran Church, Arthur S. Lam¬ bert, president, tlie Pennsylvania Oerman Comedy "Der Kunstabler Jerry" will be pres?nted by mem- liers of Trinity Reformed Chriatian Endeavor Society of Spinnerstown, Penna.
Special features wiU be orchestra music played by the Bath S. 8 orchestra under the leadership of Harold Shifler beginning at 7:45. The visiting troup wUl bring along their weU known quartet of soloists who will be heard in a number of selections. Those participating are: Mrs. Dorothy Wieand. soprano. Mrs. Katie Mohr. alto. Harold Reese, tenor and Henry Klauselfelder. basso.
The play Is in three acts. The cast follows: Constable. Theodore Miller; postmistress, Mabel Pegley; store keeper, Stanley Miller. The Charity Case, Leroy Hagenbueh; the barl>er. Raymond Wieand. The bridge ex¬ pert. RusseU Hagenbueh; the widow's .son. Walter Mumbauer; c'erk. Ada UrlTer; visitor. Amy Pegley; the chief upUfter, Minnie Kemmerer; the assistant chief uplifter, Edna Schantz; the assistant to the assis¬ tant. Evelyn Urfler; the uplKter's off.sprlng, Verna Kemmerer,
U.OFP.MECI^ BI-CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
Forty-three men prominent 'i business and profe.s.slonal circles in Northampton and Warren countlos l-.avp been selected te serve on a University of Pennsylvania Bicen¬ tennial Committee which Includes uliimni living in the Bcthlehem- E.\>t)n District according to Win- .llld T. Douglierty. chairman of thi- committee.
Tlnse .selected were: Dr Jami-'s E Brackbill. Hon. Evcntt Kent. Thomas P. Woodley. Efq J Lawr¬ ence Davis of Bangor. Dr James B, Bu'.chart. Hon, WlUlam R Coyle. Dr Oeorge L, DeSchwelnl z. John H Diefenderfer. Esq. He:bert J. HartEog. Esq,, Dr, Paul H Klelnhans. Hnw.ird A Lehman. Esq. Leighto i N D Mixsell, Andrew S. Morgan. Dr Earle B. Schller. Dr. Loyal A, Shoudy, Milton C, Stuart. Dr. Ray¬ mond M. Walls. Dr. Horace W, Wrldht, Charles E Walsh. Robert S T.iylor. Jr.. E.sq. R Stockton Tavlor of Bethlehem. WilUam M, Ewadinger. Stewart P, Lewis. Jr,. Dr. W. Clay Middaugh. Dr, Reuben E V Miller. Edwin J SItgreaves. (Continued from Page Pour)
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MOTHERS At'XILIARV
MCRTING TOMORROW EVE
Borough Council Makes Rules for Barber Shops
Ordinance Is Passed on Final Reading—Will Ask for Bids for New Automobile for Police Use
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.\ ref.{iilar .•stated  meetin;,^ of Town Cduncil  wa.s held tliis ,(ith clay of Decenilicr, 1937, at 8 o'clock p. m., in the Council Ri'om with all of the mcnil>i.rs present with the t'.\cei)tioii of Mr. Knaii-s.    The President, Mr. .'^chaeffer, i>re.sidcd.
The minutes of the regular staled*	
meeting of November 1st. 1937, were read and on motion of Messrs Hag¬ enbueh  and  KaufTman  approved.
On motion of Messrs Kauflman and Hagenbueh, it was moved that the following bills, approved by the Chairman of the various commltteeri, be approved and ordere<-. paid by the Treasurer.
C. B. Dilge Co .-...$     7.35
Frank Huth Sc Sons     455 23
Flory  Milling Co       22 50
Klein Bros   Paper Co         7.50
Fiack  & L-h            5.43
General Paving Co    1425.25
C. M. Stubor         3,65
Nazareth Stejl Fabricators . .      10.33
N.izareth Sewerag3  Co       82.00
Clarence Ziegler         2.50
Ed. M Wambold         1.57
A, R  Li;:den.iioyer  .37
R. F. Ziegler       43.66
.Metio-Edison Co         670,93
Hanover   Nursery          14.00
I'eoples Coal &i Sup Co       33.40
Frack  St Leh         55.17
Bell Telephone Co        4.85
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ECONOMIC HIGHUGHTS
Mappfninsa That Aff*et HM Kinner Palli, Dividend ClM«lia and Tax Bill* of Everjr ladlvl- dual. National and InterM' tional Probletna InseMraaM from Lfxal Welfare.
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NAZARETH CITIZENS PREPAR-
Naw York Stock Exchange mem¬ bera who complain that govarn mental regulationa are hamatrlng- ing tbe market flnd little comfort in the lateat warning by Wiliiam O Douglas (above), new« SEC chairman, that the Exchange bad better "ceaae operating ai a pri¬ vate casino" and reorganite along lilies b«tter fashioned to Mrv* tba public Intaraat.
ING FOR YUIJTIDE Aaaa*aik 9/i
DECORATIONS   eitciU la etmmA,
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Again  Lawns and  Win¬ dows Will Convey the Spirit of the Season
Yuletide has come around again and with it will soin appear brilllair lights gleaming through wreatlis in windows and evergreen^ on lawns of >Iazareth homei.
N.izareth presented a b^au'l'ul appearance through jut la.st year i.i conveying the spirit of the sea.son t-v e.x?ellent di.splay.^ and appr( priat • trimmings symbolizin? Yuietido. This year should be no exception. It i- not too early to rummage through Ihe old trunks and boxes for Chris.- mas decorations, make repairs or buy new ones. The simplest kind of decoration in your h.ime is bound tJ bring joy and present a cheerful atmosphere.
Nazareth business men disp'.ayeJ good taste in their show window, last year. Their decorations were exceptional and attracted the atten¬ tion of young and old. Some displays are already in the making, but ma:iy more will mUke their appearance by the end of this week.
In the basement or the attic many of us will find old toys the ChUdren have discarded Christmas is almost here and much joy can be brought into the lives of less fortunate youngsters if we get out these toys, give them a coat of gal. colored enamel and distribute them ourselves or turn them over to .1 social agency to be handed out ti needy youngsters on St   Nick s Day
Unloving indeed must be the hea.: that cannot offer and respond to that univer.sal greeting, for Christ¬ ma.s i.s the t'me beyond and above all otliers wlien we should forg.^: differences and disagreements Seri¬ ous thougli we may have hltherti thought them, shall we not put a:i end to them a.s the Yuletide greetlnj rings in our ears.
150th Ratification Anniversary To Be Observed In State
Harrisburg, Dec 9—The One Hun¬ dred Fiftieth Anniversary of Penn- Mlvanla's Ratification of the Con¬ stitution of the United St.ites wll! be ob.<erved next week.
Peiin.-ylvanla was the sc^cond State to ratify the Constitution and the first of the large States to approve It Delaware, the fir>t state to ratify, approved the document on Decem¬ ber 7. 1787. and I'enn.sylvanla ratified It on December 12. 1787
Tlie Department of Public In- stiuo.ion. In cooperation with the Pennsylvania Constitution Commem- srntion Cimmlttee. has prepared a pamphlet of suggestions for use In the .schools of the State In plannUig for the appropriate observance of fhe One Hundr 1 Fiftieth Anniver¬ sary of Pennsylvanias Ratincation
Dr Lester K. Ade. Superintendent of Pubiic In.structlon. .said thLs oc¬ casion '"affords an opportunity n'>t only to give merited recognition to fhe eight dLstlnguished .sons of our State wlio helped to frame that great docimnt of our democracy, but to study Its provisions with a view to perpetuating the fundamen¬ tal principles that underlie the Oov¬ ernment of our Natinn"
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srOlT BO.%RD OF REVIEW
TO .MEET TONIGMT
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The meeting of the Motliers' Aux-   71), Bov Sc.mts, mPothiR Priday eve-
iliary of the Naaarelh Olrl Scouts,   iiing  in St   Jihns  Evangellcal-Lu-
postimned   from   tliLs   past   Priday   th-ran Church, plannrnl a board   .f
evening, will be iield timorrow night' review for this evi-ning   Sroutm ,ster
Mrs   Albert   n'o-idore  Shafor  was  in   rh.irgp of
tlip meeting
In   the Ival  YMCA Neal Is president.
Paul Dennft. High street, tow:., and Mr,^>etewart Buss, ol Nazareth, R ^D. 3. were elected financ.il sei^ftary and trea-suerer. respecUveluf of the Northampto.i County yCouncil of the Parent - TeaciiarA.-sociation at a meeting o: that^ojp held In the Washington School a: Seip.'-ville. near Ea-ton "TTWexecutive committee of the Naz¬ areth P -T, A. met Monday evening In the local high school to p'.an fo"- the DeCi-mber m'-'eting.
BETHLEHEM,'PA., THE CHRISTMAS CITY
Bethlehem of Pennsylvania, know 1 as The Christmas City of the United States. Is planning to entertaiii thoasandj of visitors this Yule sea¬ son
It was on Christmas Eve In 1741. nearly 200 years ago. that the early Moravian settlers. Inspired by a Christmas hymn, first named this community for the birthplace of the Prince of Peace in Bethlehem 0'. Juiea
Hence, today under the leadership of the Bethlehem Chamber of Com¬ merce and a Womens Committee (ConUnued on Page Six)
NAZARETH HKH QUINTET OPENS SEA¬ SON TOMORROW NITE
Don't be alarmed at seeing several Irjiidred people entering the Naza¬ reth High School building tomorro v "vening any time after 6:30 o'cloci because 1; w.n only be Nazaretn High's basketball opener for th's eason in the Lehlgh-Northampto.i Inter-chola-tic Basketball Leagu.' .1 gainst a plucky Hellertown High five, Tlie first game will be .-tarted .somewhat earlier than tliose of las', vear. league rulings effecting this rliange as the game will start promp tlv at 7 o'clock.
Durhig the past two weeks coaches Andy Leii and Charlie Bartolet have been grueling their varsity and Junior varsity teams, respectively, for this opener,
Mr Leh has retained thirteen me^i 'rom the 43 candidates who have re¬ ported earher last week for hU vars¬ ity five. Starters tomorrow night :nu be captain EHwood "Reda" StofTIet and either Jack RedUne or Johnny Byrnes at the forwards: Quenton Oeorge at center: and Henr% Byrnes, Bobble Freeman, Ch.irlie Free and Johrnv Byrnes 'the latter po.s.slbly shifted to an¬ other position I a-s guards Among the ofher lads who may see action in this fracas are: Marlyn Riegel. Bllile Tamandl. Jo.seph SofTera, Lawrence Oaskell. Bobbie Weiss and Harold Knecht
ThLs year's schedule follows: 1937
Dec  10—Hellertown. home. Dec  14—Wll.>wn. away Dec  17—East Stroudsburg. home. Dec  21—PounUIn Hill. home.
1938 Jan.   7—Bangor, away, Jan. 11—Coplay. home. Jan  14—South Whitehall, home. Jan  21—Pen Argyl, home. Jan  28—Hellertown. awajr. F*b    1—Wilson, home
4—East Stroudsburg. away.
8—PounUin Hill. away.
15—Bangor, home.
18—Coplay. away.
22  .South Whitehall, away.
25—Pen Argyl, Kway.
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When President Rooaevalt the* special session of Congraaa ttM ::cuntry was virtually In a tage. as compared with today'a ( ditions. Stocks were at high Reemployment was golnfl oimA em A comfortable scale. Though lUdht- orable signs existed, they wara Mw and apparently inslgnlAeant, aai Al- .Tiost everything pointed to a bltbty prosperoiu winter season.
Now. In two months, the ptetura has changed completely. Stoeka, In pile of occasional flurrtea. arc hold* ing stubbornly at levela eloae to tiM October lows. With few excepttons, indu-trial production continues to sag. Unemployment is tncreaaUif alarmingly. And it U very Ukely that this winter's relief problem will be a.s grave as In any year since IMS
One result of this is a complete change in the attitude of Congress— and, to a les->er d:.'gree, a change in the attitude of the Admlnistratloa. The special session was primarily called for three purposes—the wage and hours law. the farm relief pro- pcsal, and the bin to create aesovx new regional electric authorltlei .similar in nature to the TVA. It waa assumed that these matters would absorb the unidvided attention of tha session, and that nothing elae of moment would be brought up on the floor or in committee.
What has happened The wage aOd hours law Is in a state of cltaoB. with warring factldhs seeking to change it one way or another, and with a strong Congressional bkM opposed to the passage of any law of its type. The cliances are againat it going thrcugh in the special aes- .-lon.
The farm bill Is in a similar pre- dicament—it seems almost impoi- -ible that a law satisfactory to tlw various oppo.sed factions in the House and Senate can l>e prepared for montlis.
The .-even regional authorities Mil is according to last reports, com* plete:y moribund.
Congress i.s ahnost wholly occupied with the busine,ss recession, and with proposals designed to prevent it fron becoming another niijor. long-last- ing depre.'^si"n Tax reform seemt nearer to achievement tlian at any¬ time in the la.st four ;.ears. Tban i- definite sentiment In favor of a more conciliatory general policy t0« '.vird industry-, Tiiere is a growing 'eeling that we have gone too far xith regulation, especially as it af« 'pct< the security markets and ex¬ changes. There is a movement On foot to encourage business to spend on a big scale—of which the most significant development Is the Presi¬ dent's anncunced policy of a more f-.lendly attitude toward the eleetrle utilities, and his recent talks wit'.i utility executives.
The principal question now la. Can Congress act fast enough and drastically enough to stop the de¬ cline? Some recent eventa have encouraging, but they by no as-ure a change in the downward trend What ever happens, it aeeau impos-ible for any important change to take p'.ace befor,^ late January— a fact which augurs badly for the ChrLstmas season.
Some business briefs of interest 'oUow:
AUTOMOBILES: Production hai slackened, and the outlook for new car sales Is nowhere near as bright as it s?em°d even a few weeks ago- Bad factor is that dealers are heav¬ ily overstocked with used cara. are unable to give the favorable trade- ins to which the public has become ac:ustomed. so are lasing many deals that would otherwise t>e made. Alao, I flitance companies are demanding larger down and monthly paymenta, are frowning upon the kmg-term payment contracu that were made widely during the last three yeara.
ELECTRIC POWER: A curioua .situation obtains here. Demand for power has continued to rise. y»t power companies have not expanded plant capacity accordingly (normal¬ ly the Industry plans on keeping two years ahead of demand) because of fear of government competltioQ. Po«-er industry's net eamlnga hav* b*en low Result: Today the exoesi of production reserve over current consumption Is too .small. Hope la that conferences between the Preal¬ dent and utuity mtn will lead to widespread expansion.
STEEL: Buying tiere. as Business Week says, is "on a hand-to-mouth ba.sls" Production Ls very low. Out¬ look Lb poor.
LtTMBCR: As usual, production la out of line with consumption. Ttaa sharp decUne In residential buildinf, plus darkened prospects for futtwa buUding of this kind, is a bad factor. In the Northwest and elsewhere. labor troubles are a sharp thorn la the side of the industry.
INDUSTRIAL KARN- I N O S : Fourth-quarter proflta WlU be under the name period last yaw will mark a big decline from eaiB* ings in the other quartera of tkia year.
RETAIL TRAOBt Is atlll to be about as good aa laat the  Increase that  wai some months ago, wltt account of fourth-quarter »     •
Mr   and  Mra.  Ohaflee  I Washington.   N.   J.,   apent     „ with Mr. and Mn. Stewart fPymPM family, and Mrs. LUUe TMm, i Whitfleld atreet