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^ Vou Uftof ^.(^tcnniil Stickers ^Ob All Your ^^jfiftipondcnce? NAZARETH THE .ilil, ITEM Are Ymi Uakif Bi-CeateiuUal On Your In The Hone? '.*;' i>y^l^j^732—^ So. Main St., Phone 20 NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1939 Boost Nazareth ^ Single Copy Three Giiitt KAZARETH ^ilLIGHTS 1740 -1940 ^ BE DONE InWEEN NOW AND WXT SPRING ¦.^ up on activities and inl. , ZL taken by some of our Ih boosting next year's . J, bave learned that prac- ; tn hundred auto tag plates "^ M* in circulation and that *..S. of small stickers and hun- jSTiT large stickers have been zTm are being used, ^^jlio been noticed that quite .Zee( our citizens and property l^ are painting and repairing SMperty. Many curb and gut- _ MinTn—" are included In ^gj^ tnd, according to rumors. ^Mperty owners expect to doll i^St properties in due time for MMration. I tma a source ot authority. I aamed la5t week that many . atrchaatj are acouting for I to be used in their show I daring the early aprUtf days r, all In an effort and spirit latlon to put the etlebratlon I a Mg way. It la aa oppor- ., they aay. to ahow the jl Ml a most aultaMe form I any valuable and Intereating MM aow hid from view and al- SiKgotten. Cltlaena kavlng Md ends that they would like mmii itaould get In touch with SiiiNlianU now and make plans ' SlMMthre dUplayi. Cverjr Nax- gli ttm window ahould bear a ¦^M| «f the Bi-Centennlal next Ttoe occuioQ afforda a big lasting change from the __ dUplay and will play a laiMt la creating intereat and be Hatf the celebration. ^ ilated before, not too much ttmfUbt should be left to the Dec* S Committee. Streamers and I and bannera may not be suf- lo cover up all the bad spots. iMtf the dressing should be done liaipreperty owners ao that added IS win put on the finishing „ After all. we want Naia- llilook its best in INO. Toward laA a lot may be aeoonpUshed _ JNa aow and next spring, minus • hiNBinute hardship . . . Plan MWWE MUMOIII A |Nup ol former members of aiOtfokwa Camp Fire girla eld I mnlon at the Municipal Park k| cabin Friday evening. 11m evtmng waa spent In remi- iMil with remarks being made l| Mr. Evelyn Kruse Reimer and Un Mil Keller Werner. } t were: Miss Kvelyn Cooley, Toung Payne, Bethlehem: Vlarl Frltchman TMpp, Mrs. ¦ Reimer Martman, Miases Mtr Rangen. Virginia Ohankweil- «. Maybelle HappeL Mra. MUdred M. Uilman, Mrs. Praneea E. Smith. Ml. Oladys K. Berger, Mra. Bve- .ITB K. Renner, Mrs. WiUlam Hlm- br, Ifrs. JuUa K. Werner and Mrs AvIm Schnerr. mCERSEIiCIED __ *«y evening Washington Wap. Ho. 445, P. O. S. Of A., elect- •i Mkert for the ensuing year at ¦I Meting held In the L O. O. P. •^2P>»'» named watt president, S^Br Kostenbader; vice president, t Shook; maater of forma, t Altemoae; eooductor, Orover 2»; inspector, ,lohn Ruloff; guard, "•« Smith; truateea, Clarence JJW, Robert Mlksch and Charles "w; delegates to the state en- "»Pment. Wilbur Pike, Kermit R. ¦"•wt and Oeorge Smith. The oBlcers wUl be installed with- ¦wo weeks by Klmer Btatler. dia- «w president of Northampton 22'*''„«n«i a member of Kaaton ''•¦P Ko. 407. nay »-T»ieU.& Jgptll >^BiYan mode hto taaeua ineaivaraMeduin^ ll-Aadiaeaidiwe **~v^' n*?,*^^ •« Mwr rofk. 1861 **~I!i°.'!3"* HuflhM com- R ".Si 'Sl?<* *• *orM BOY SCOUTS TO MEET TOMORROW NIGHT ATY. M. C. A. Members of the Nazareth District organization of the annual budget campaign of the Delaware Valley Area Council, Boy Scouta of Amer¬ ica will meet In the V.M.C.A. Prl¬ day night at 7 P. M. to make tlielr first report on tlie campaign. The.se reports will cover Nazareth, Belfa.st, Heektown, Tatamy, Stockertown and the other cooperating communities in the district. The Primary Sup¬ port Committee, Ro.^s B. Portuin chairman, is also expected to report on Its work which ha^ been in pro¬ gress for some time. "Response to the appeal of our committee has been gratifying said Mr. Portuin. "The pt-ople of Naz¬ areth and vicinity recagnize the value of Scouting in the lives of our iwys. and I am convinced that the workers In the communities of the district will meet with equally good response to their solicitation for this organization with such a ilne re¬ cord tn citizenship training and character forming habits. I am per¬ sonally familiar with many instan¬ ces where the work of Scout leaders in this district, tn cooperation with other community otBclals and or- ganiaatlons has been the direct means of checking wayward habits in individuals and guiding them Into associations and companions that have made them into produc¬ tive members of society. We cannot estimate the value of this work in dollars, nor can we publish the de¬ tails, but it la or.e more evidence of the tremendous value of the work of Scouting, which deserves the sup¬ port of every Loyal public spirited cltiaen." Members of the community organ¬ isations Include the following: Bel¬ fast. Roy Pehnel, chairman; Oeorge Achenbach, Ralph Meta, Marlyn Rader. Oeorge Stetler. Heektown: Earl H. Walton, chairman. T. M. Bittefiblnder. Edwin Dornblaser, Ployd Lahr. Tatamy: O. R. Bastlan, chairman, Stanley Berger, Eiwood Eyer Oeorge Messlnger. Stocker- town: W. Prink Carling, chalrm'.n, Ernest Ayers, John Preeman, W. Melxwell. Harry Port, Edgar Rader. In Naiareth the leaders are E. P. Snyder, Chairman Division A, Cap* tains, Donald Adanu, John Mlchell, Ernest Wllkens, Warren Ebberts, Chairman Division B. Captains, Harold Oetz. Harry Happle, Prank Klepllesz. O « Report of Child Health Commiiiittee Report of the Child Health com¬ mittee in Northampton County fur the month of May, as sponsored by the Northampton County Medical and Dental Societies: Number of children examined dur¬ ing month of May. 135, total to date, 7543; number of children re¬ examined during month of May, 33, total to date, 604. Number of children found not having been vaccinated. May, 62, total to date, 3005; number of chiklren found not having had tox¬ oid, 117, total to date 5444; number of chiklren vaccinated. 40, total to date 870: number of children given toxoid, 113, total to date 4334; num> ber of children found with eye de¬ fects, 30 toUl to date 351; number of children found with ear defecta, 11, total to date 171; number of children found with nasal obstruc¬ tions 33. toUl to date 333; number of children found with diseased tonsils 40, total to date, 2834; nam- ber of children found with dental tQeatawMj on^Paaa aW NORIHAmnON COUNTY GETS $63j5l Warren R. Roberts, State Audi* tor Oeneral, laat Saturday approved the payment of $1,570,037.67, to 1317 municipalities. ThU sum represents retail beer and liquor license fees collected from licensees in these municipalities for the six months period ended January 31, 1939. Under the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Act, and the Beverage Li¬ cense Law, every six months the State retunu to each municipality (Ooottaoatf OP Paje aw Only 3 Oit of 100 See Thenselves As Others Do Says Psychologbt Only three out of 100 persons see themselves as others see them in business. Eighty-two rate them* selves higher than their friends rate them; 15 rate themselves lower. So savs William Moulton Marston In the current Rotarian Magaaine, re¬ porting on a survey In which he asked more than 10,000 people to score themselves on qualities which personnel experts deem essential for success hi business. "The tendency of the average per¬ son Is, naturally, to think more highly of himself than anybody else does," the psychologist writes, "and, consequently, to follow his own dic¬ tates rather than those of his su¬ perior. "But," he adds, "until the ambitious worker learns somehow or other to evaluate himself through (Continued on UM Pact) Y. M. C. A. MARKS 2l8t ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY Association First Gained AUCG'Rl/C l!AI Footing At Public Meet- vlWliRVt WIL ins:, June 28, 1916 I Present Membership Ap* proximately 300 Men and 150 Women Edifice First Opened July 2, 1918 Sunday, July 3. marked the 3Ut anniversary of the opening of the Naaareth Young Men's Christian Association. The association first gained foot¬ hold at a public meeting held on Jan. 33. 1916, in the Sunday School rooms of the Naaareth Moravian DEN WEDDING ANNIVERS.\RY Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Starner, 111 E. Center St., Tuesday quietly ob¬ served their SOth wedding aimlvar* sary. They were married July 4, 1839, in Philllpsburg, N. J. The late Rev. John Wright officiated. Mrs. SUmer is the daughter of tbe late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Naiunan, Bethlehem. Mr. Starner, a maaOA by trade, is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Starner, Strouda¬ burg. The following children have bats born to the couple: Harold, Ralph, Thomas and J. Allen Jr., all of Church. J. B. Caruthers, State Y. I town. There are Ave grandeblMrtn M. C. A. secretary, and John A. \ and one great-grandchild. The couple has resided at their present address for the past 91 years. • 9 Miller Sr., then chief burgess of the borough, were in charge. Organlxation was effected by elect-' ing the following officers: President, j J. A. Miller; first vice president, | William H. Mllchsack; second vice president, N. K. Putman; secretary, Eiwood Unangst; treasurer, Oeorge A. Orlm; members of the board, H. Stanley Hangen, WUliam B. Harper, Eiwood J. Unangst, Q. S. Leopold, Victor Wllliamaon, James S. Pry, Henry Schlegel, Sr., H. T. VanAtta, O. D. Schaeffer, William I. Oold, LOCAL COUPLE WED 41 VEAIS ERWIN NICHOLAS PASSES ON Lifetime Resident NAZARETH CLAIMS COUNTRY'S OLD¬ EST KNinER Mr and Mrs. Victor Williamson, tl Bel#lder^'^t., celebrated their 41at weddipf anniversary Tuesday. fptiy were married July 4, 1333, at tm home of Mrs. Williamson's par- Prank H. Martin and E. J. Navarre. I ents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian The first trustees were Dr. Thomas Brong, BrodheadsvlUe, with three Cope, J. A. Horner, Prank Messlnger, | ministerA officiating. They were the Herman Ziegler, Richard O. BeiteJ, i Bavr^lliam H. Brong. pastor of tha Alvin O. Unangst and H. E. Seyfrled. The building committee was Dr. Thomas Cope. Dr. O. D. Schaeffer and Morris Fortuin. At a meeting of the board of di¬ rectors on March 1, 1916, plans for the present edifice were presented by liiomas J. Boyd, of Pittsburgh. The plans were later adopted and carried out. BalUing Opened In 1918 C. T. Brazinton was elected the first general secretary on May 1, 1918, and Henry Kline the first Jani¬ tor. Although the building was not completed, the first directors' meet¬ ing was held in the edifice on June 26, 1918. The building was first opened on July 2, 1918. and the average at¬ tendance during the first year, ac¬ cording to records, was 78 men, 36 boys and 52 women. The present ATTEND FUNERAL OF FORM^ RESIDENT Mr. and Mrs. Robert Siegfried and family. South Main St., and Brooks Siegfried and son Richard, of Cher¬ ry HUI, on Saturday attended the funeral services of the late Howard J. Siegfried, at Philadelphia. Tlie deceased, aged 70, waa bom in Cherry Hill, ae waa a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Phar¬ macy in 1893 and five years later established hia business in Phila¬ delphia, retU-Uig hi 1939. A director of the Philadelphia Wholesale Drug Co., for the last 35 years, Mr. Siegfried was a pioneer druggist in the Prankford area. He was a member ot the Prankford Presbyterian Church, the Maaonie order and numerous druggista' or¬ ganisations throughout the state. He waa also a trustee of the Phila¬ delphia College of Pharmacy and Science. He is survived by hia wife, Mra. Annie Clewell Siegfried; two daugh¬ ters, Dorothy and Mrs. J. Franklin Styer, of Concordville, Delaware County, and a brother, Robert L. Siegfried, of town. Tannersvllle Reformed church and a brother of Mrs. Williamson. He Is pastor of the Belfast Evangelical Re¬ formed church; the Rev. Prank Smith, pastor of the Effort Reform¬ ed church, and the late Rev. Henry Laurey. pastor of the BrodheadsvlUe Reformed church. Mr. Williamson Is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James H. William¬ son, Moore township. They have one daughter, Mrs. Oerald Swavely and one grandchild. They have reaided in Naiareth for 39 years. Mr. Williamson has been employed at the Kramer Hosier}' mill and prior to that he worked for Young Brothers' clothing store. Mr. Williamson has not mUsed a day of work for the past 40 years due due to illness. • €)btt uai^ LOIS H0U8ER Lois, 11-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Houser, 353 East Walnut St, died Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock, at her home in town. She had been born on June 21. Surviving her, other than her parents, Russell and Mildred (Dei- ter) Houser, are the following brothers and sisters: Ralph, Mar¬ tha, Joyce, Betty, Delores and Doris, all at home. Puneral services were held yes¬ terday with burial following in Hope Cemetery, Heektown. The Rev. J. A. Klick, Lutheran minister, offlclat. ed THIS IS BUSY SEASON FOR FffiE WEATHER PORCASTER Each summer when weather con¬ ditions are right for forest fires, the Pire Weather Warning Service of the United States Weather Bureau goes Into action—this year earlier than usual. All the Western States in late spring were dry because of a ri^nfall much below normal. Fre¬ quent and early thunderstorms in¬ creased the danger from lightning— the only weather element with whicli nature starta fires. Tlw Unit".! States Forest Service reported flre^ in Oregon as early &a April. In addition to special fire wpathor reports from San Francisco, Port¬ land, Seattle, and Missoula, Mon¬ tana, the Weather Bureau main¬ tains Ave mobile units for westrrn units for western forests. Tlic^>< units, each manned by a forecaster and a radio man, are available for duty on severe forest fires. At the scene of a big fire local observations of wind and weather are made, and special advices are issued to help the fire fighters In their work. T r '• special forecast are relayed to nirn on the fire line. It tells them what effect wind and weather changes may have on fires already bumliw and, if thunderstorms are expected, that other flres may be started by lightning. After successful tests last year, the San Francisco offlce this ye.ir Is predicting the number of lightning caused flres that may be expectoJ, based on thunderstorm forecaster.?. j A single thunderstorm has been known to start more than 300 fires Extensive forest (Ires are not as common hi the East as In the West but when they may be expected—in spring or fall—Are weather forec.j.sfs are distributed from Weather Mu- reau headquarters In Chicago, Bos¬ ton, and Ashevllle, N. C. • • i Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Widdeconib and son. William, of Allentown. visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Wlddecomb. Oreen St. over the holidays. \V. K.vvin Nicholas, 82, of 38 Pros¬ pect S;.. town, died at two o'clock Tue.sd.iy afternoon at tiie HafI Hos¬ pital. Northampton, where he had been a patient for nearly a week. A urt-long re.'ildent of Nazareth, Mr .N'irliola.s for many year.s con¬ ducted a painting buiinesi here and did (Ml.tract work lu botli this and Lehigii County. He was a son of the late .Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholas of Nazareth and a member of the local St. John's Reformed church. Besides his wife, Jjosophine (Longi Nicii.ia.s he is survived by five dauijir.ers: Elsie, wife of Oeorge .Nifirilas of Teaneck, N. J., Irene, ¦.v;f> :,'. Hirry E. Miller of Allcn- to'.vr.: Florence, wife of Rufus Rich.iidi of Ea.ston; Marie, wife cf Eci-.viid GraybiU of Bethlehem, and M.I:.;;•¦, wife of Harry Riegol of Cata.i.iuqua: two son.s, Daniel of taartford. Conn., and William of Wa-hington, N. J. Also nine grand- chi'.d.cii survive. One daughter, Be'j:i!i. wife of John Hess, Allen¬ town, preceded her father in death five vears ago. Funeral .services will be conducted fr )ni iiii late home tomorrow after¬ noon at 2:30 o'clock, with the Rev. Waiter Diehl officiating. Burial will be made in the family plot in St. John'.s Union Cemetary, here, where M:-. Nicholas just recently erected a family monumnt. Friends may pay their respects at the Rohn Puneral Parlor, 134 South Main St, this evening. RETAIL SAlis, IN~ DEPENDENT STORES SUMMARY FOR 27 STATES Dollar sales of Independent retail atore; based upon reports from 20,- 148 firms in 27 states were 13.3 per¬ cent higher in May of this year than in 'he same month of 1938, accord¬ ing to a summary released today by William L. Austin, Director, Bureau of the Census. Compared w.-ii the previous month, April 1939, sales were up 3.6 percent. The total dollar voltime of sales reported to the Bureau of the Census by the 20 148 firms amounted to $224,378,120. Motor vehicle dealers, reporting their monthly sales, showed an in- eftfii^ of 38.5 percent over May 1938. Sales in furniture stores, family clothing stores, and house¬ hold appliances stores increased 17.6 percent. 17.2 percent, and 13.8 per¬ cent, respectively. Lumber and building material dealers, radio and music stores, and hardware stores all recorded increases greater than the gain of 12.8 percent noted for the average for all kinds of biuiness. I Sales of 3,214 food stores, amount- ; ing to 815,531,333 during May of this year, were slightly below those . reported for May 1938. These stores in the Apparel Oroup and the Fur¬ niture and Appliances Oroup indi¬ cated gains of 12.3 percent and 17.0 j percent, respectively. Department I atore sales were up 11.7 percent. Oeneral stores, dry goods and gen¬ eral merchandise stores, hardware stores, and drug stores showed gains in May as compared with last May. The greatest increase, 32.3 percent, was noted for heating and plumbing shops. AJl population groups recorded gains in sales as compared with a year ago. In cities hi the 10,000 to 28,000 population group retail sales ahowed the largest gam, 14.2 per¬ cent, over last May. In cities of 100,000 and over and 23.000 to 50,- 030 aales were up 13.8 percent. Sales in areas of less than 2.300 iMpula- tlon increased 6.8 percent. Increases in sales over last May were shown for all of the 27 states Of these states, 16 indicated gains greatar than the average for the 27 atotea and 11 showed increases lesa than the average. Those states showing the largest gaina in retail sales are in order, Ohio (23.6 per¬ cent), Indiana (19.9 percent). South Carolina (19.1 percent), Florida (18.3 percent), Alabama (17.2 percent), and Missouri (17.0 percent). The atatementa given here are baaed upon eonfldentlal reports made by independent retailers each month to the Bureau of the Census and cooperating agencies. No ad¬ justment is made for seasonal in- flunces or for any difference in the number of business days In tlie month. These and related data are coordinated and analyzed by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and published each month in "Domestic Commerce " Reports for Individual states by kinds of bMlness and by population groups are available upon request from the Bureau of the Census in Washington. Until conclusive proof U furnished to the contrary, Nazareth claims the oldest full fashioned hosiery knit¬ ter of America. He Is none other •han William Bennett of 154 South Main St., who for the past thirty- tiiue years was in the employ of the Kraemer Hosiery Company and a re.sident of tov^ni iT'Ur Bonnett. now 79 years of age, .¦-tarted his career a.s a full fashioned knitter in 1874 at Loughborough. Leiscestershire, England, when but 14 years of age. He was married in 1882 at Loughborough, England, when he and his wife came to New Britain, Connecticut to continue knitting. Mr. Bennett came to Naz. areth in 1900. started knitting at the Kraemer plant and completed 39 continuous years on the job here last week, when he decided to re¬ tire. He rounded out 65 years In the full-fashioned knitting business, 26 in England and 39 in America, record, we believe, that cannot be matched In this country by any man ' 79 years of age. I Many of his friends of town and ' community loathed the newa that he and Mrs. Bennett are to make I their future home in Los Angeles, California But, the couple has de¬ cided to make their home with their ' daughter, Mrs. Emily Terry, at Los ' Angeles and will leaVe Nazareth for that place the latter part of this month. LOCAL MAN PUCES FIRST IN SHOOT Porty-flve men and women from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dela¬ ware were on the shooting line Tues¬ day when the Walden Archers held their flrst open tournament at the Rose Oarden. Despite a brisk north wind which blew across the range a number of fairly good scores were recorded. Two American rounds were shot, one m the morning and the second in the afternoon. Mrs. Claude Johnson of Philadel¬ phia and her daughter Eleanor placed flrst and second, respectively, in the women's class wtth scores of 861 and 789. Target prizes were given to Mary Martenis of Bethle¬ hem, Mrs. P. A. Brown of Allentown, Mary Stover, Mabel Oroff, both of SellersviUe an<t Mrs. Leonard Shan- aberger, Nazareth. In the men's class W. A. Knecht of town was high with 1003 Tar¬ get prizes were won by Curt Pearson. Edgar Oswald. I. P Shanaberger. John Allen, all of town; William Pfeffer of SellersviUe, W. N. Foster. Paul Mack, Allentown; Burns Darsie of Wiillamsport, W. D. Wood of Wil¬ mington and Dr. Black, Perkasie. Charles Coffey of Bethlehem was a junior entry and was given a target prize. Scores: Men Hits Score Knecht 173 1095 Pearson 177 1079 W. Foster 174 1054 C. Johnson 173 981 N. D. Sewell 169 981 Pfeffer 157 859 Mack 151 777 Oswald 151 793 3. Dorsle 154 748 Shaneberger 147 701 Wood 129 611 Dr. Black 135 623 Allen 103 403 WoBwn Mrs Johnson 163 871 Martinis 153 803 Mrs. E Brown 123 599 Stover 107 553 Mrs. Shaneberger Ill 477 Oroff 67 237 • Hunters Spend $44 On Deer Worth $15 Apiece Deer valued at 813 each as meat induced hunters to spend an aver¬ age of 844 each on the Fremont National Forest, reports the Forest (ContlBoed oo Uwt PafO) Plainfield Farmer Fatally Injured William H Frantz, 84 years old resident of Plainfield Twp., met with an untimely death on Tuesday, July Fourth, when he fell Into a binder while hitching a team of mules on the farm of hi.-, .son-in-law, William Achenbach. where he had resided the past number of years. According to hi5 son-in-law. the deceased had hitched his team and, when he went to pick up a sheath presumably frightened the mules who lepi forward and sent Frantz back into the binder where he was found upon the return of Mr. Achen¬ bach. He lived a little les5 than an hour with Dr. C F. Stofflet, of Pen Argyl, called to the scene. The deceased is a son of the late Peter and Caroline, nee Kresge, Frantz and is survived by one daughter. Mr.s William A?henbach, two grandchi.dren; three great¬ grandchildren; and one brother, Pe.er Frantz, all of Plalnfleld Twp. Funeral services will be held from his late home on Saturday at 2 p m. with continued services in the Plalnfleld Church. Burial will follow on the adjoining cemetery and the Rev. A. S. Leiby, Reformed pastor of that church, will officiate. Friends may pay their respects at the Willauer Puneral Home, Stock¬ ertown, Prlday after 7 p. m. JUNIOR CHOn OF MORAVIAN j CHIiRCH HAS PICNIC. The Junior choir of the Moravian ^ Church held their annual picnic \ Saturday afternoon and evening at \ Breidinger's Orove. During the aft¬ ernoon, games were played and var- I ious contests held. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ed- \ gar Rader and sons Edgar and Donald, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sey- | fried and daughter Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Don Wilkinson and son Don. Ronald Paul, Mrs. Charles Clewe'.l and son John and daughter Beatrice, Mrs. J. J. Clewell, Mr and ^ Mrs. Russell Rohrbach. Mr. and Mrs. | Henry Hulsizer, the Rev. and Mrs. Paul S. MeUiert, Miss Louise WU- ! helm. Mr. and Mrs. Prank Seyfrled [ and daughter Betty, Mrs. Elsie Heck¬ man and daughter Catharine, Mr. and Mrs Stanley Siegfried and chil¬ dren Elaine. Catharine. Shirley, Martha. Lester and Donald. Theo¬ dore Brobst, Althea Mabus. Virginia Clewell, Doris Jones, Lorraine Vi¬ vian. Mark Parseghian. Immanuel Frace and Walter Sweilzer. FUNDS APPROVED FOR COUNTY ROADS Auditor Oeneral Warren R. Rob-' erts last Friday approved the pay- j ment of 81.334.508.44 to the second j class townships of the Common¬ wealth, under an Appropriation Act j of 1939 amending the Furman Act ¦ of 1937, which required the State ] Department of Highways to expend directly tiiese moneys out of the Motor License Fund on townships | roads In the particular counties. Under the 1939 Act, the unex-; pended balance of the Furman Act (Continued on Page SUi) THE FOURTH AT BUSHKILL E E. The picnic of Bu.shki:i M. E Sun- , day School was a very enjoyable af- fair. A good sized crowd was pres- 1 ent and everyone was happy. The afternoon was spent playing soft ball, sack and other races, eat- j ing marshmallows attached to strings, etc. | A thunder shower which disrupted the electric lights caused some con¬ cern. The light came Just when really needed | The evening wa^ a really enjoyable song service. SENSIBLE MOTOR LAWS ENACT9 Harrtabttrg, Jaly 5—PaniuylvaillS lawmakers have made further OOi^ iri:.utum to tiie cause of liigll—f iialety, the PTF Safety Bureau l*i ported today in anaiyaiof new la«B enacted by the recent Seailon ot tha Legislature. While emphaaiag dB Importance of such legialation, tka Buieau warned that "laws alone oaa> not remove death and injury IT • our highways" and ttiat motorlatik in order to achieve safety oa tlM road^i. "must do more than maraly comply with the law." By amendments made to tba Motor Vehicle Code, the 1939 Laft^ lature has done its part to increaaa highway safety and attack U&oag hazatds which can be approacbtA through legislation," John d, Peinoar, director of the PTF Safety Bureau, said. "These changea aiv directed both toward raising tba mechanical and equipment standard of mjtor vehicles and compeUlOf operators to take fewer chances bf dangerous driving practices." One of the most important *• mendments made to the Motor Va* hide Code Is the new requirooMal that operators must have a olaav view 300 feet ahead before they iHf legally attempt to pass another cu. The old clear-view distance waa M feet, but experience baa provatf Ik was not a sufBciently safe a>ai|l| because of the greater apeeda wUh which traffic has been moving la recent years. Too many motortata— especially thoae whose Idea of M feet was any distance betwean Ml and 200 feet—learned tbat ttMT could not check their ear or f< it suddenly ahead in a aplit when a third machine appaarad al the crest of a hill or from around S curve. "The value of ttie increased ing distance provision is to ba in the fact that more tban ISjHI accklents were caused in Panaiglo vania last year by oparatora at" tempting to paaa other cart or cat into a line of traffic. In thia great of mishaps, 51 persons wert UIM and injuries or property damagt !•• suited in about 8,000. "Anotiier Motor Vehicle OoiO change which undoubtedly will aavs lives, precent injuries and avoM aa* cidents is that which pr<AiblU torists from driving on tlrea are on the verge of blow-outa. new provision bars the operation af any motor vehicle with tiiea ing breaker atrip, cushion fabric. It provides further that, •« soon as the owner or operator haa been notified by a police linear his tires are unsafe, unflt, or In of correction, adjustment or repall% the motorist has only 43 houra IB which to repair or replace tba da* fective rubber. The penalty for fa9* ure to comply with thia law la • fine of 810 and costa or five Ai^S imprisonment. "Under another section of tbt Mf* motorists are prohibited from salBf auxiliary or fog lamps in subatlbUS for head lamps except under ditlons of rain and fog which the use of the regular head laaM disadvantageous. In other WONl^ such fog lamps can be turnad 3B only when the weather coodltlou |3 such that the auxiliary lanapa vM make driving safer and will aal handicap other highway usera. OB8S the motor vehicle operator tuma M his fog lamps, moreover, tht Mf co.mpels him to reduce his speed bO 25 miles an hour and prohiblta MM from exceeding that Umit aa laH as he Is using the auxiliary laaipe? BOY SCOUTS MET The members of Troop II m Thursday attended the World'a : in charge of Scoutmaster Shafer. Troop Committeeman ren Eberts and Senior Patrol William Eberta. ¦•li Wheat Fanners Requested To Give Farm Information PAUL BUNYAN LUMBER Pn£ If all the lumber cut4n the United States for about the last 133 years were in a single solid pile it would make a cube almost exactly 1 mile in each dimension according to a recent calculation by the Pederal Forest Service. The pile would be more than four times the height of the Empire State Building (1,248 feet>. As much lumber has been cut in the la«t 35 years, according to Forest Service estim.ites, as In the precedinc 100 years. I In order that the county Agricul- I tural Conservation Comittees may I determine usual acreages and al- ^ lotments for wheat In counties deslg- I nated as wheat counties for the purpose of the 1940 Farm Program, all wheat farmers In those counties who were not enrolled in the 1939 Program but who want to be in tlie 1940 Program should get In touch with their County Committees not later than July 15 In order to sup¬ ply the Committee with informa¬ tion regarding the crop land and wheat acreage on their farms during past years. In these counties a wheat farmer who has a iL<ual acreage of ten acres or more will have a wheat allot¬ ment set by the county cdnunittee for the 1940 crop Tlie farmer may then grow within this .lUotment or he may reque.st th* county commlt- Ipp to consider his farm as a non- allotment farm. In which caae he may grow wheat up to hia usual acreage. If he elects to be elasal- fled as a non-allotment farm he will receive no conservation or price adjustment payment for growing wlttiin his allotment, but he may grow up to his usual acreage with¬ out any deductiona. If he grows over his usual acreage, there will be a deduction from any paynwnta earned under the program. This applies to wheat farmera la the following counties designattd aa commercial wheat counties: Adama, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver. Bedford. Berks. Blair, Bucka, Butler, Centre, Chester, Clarion, Clinton, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Payette, Pranklin, Pulton, Oreene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jef¬ ferson, Juniata, Lancaster, Lawrence, Ubanon, Lehigh, Luaeme, Lycom¬ ing, Mercer, MifTlln, Montgomery, Montour, Northampton, Northum¬ berland, Perry. SchuylkUl, Snyder, Somerset, Waahlngton, Wattmore- land and York. Scouts In the group Shook. Richard Laubach, Wlttlaa Rennle, Robert Nagle, Oeorgt ler. WUliam MorrlA, Oari : Eubert Rohn. Donald Morrla, Huber, Oerald Altemoae, Kahler. FToyd Kberta, Waltar enbuch, Robert Ziegler and Ha^ Chrlstman. « Thinning lotprteaa A»»lea The yield of marketable applaa oaB be increased by thinning wtaan attfl of the "June drop" applaa tltkat have fallen or are eaaUy dlsttnguMU ed from those that will hang, alati fruit specialists at the PennaylvaalS State College Apples are larger and red coloring li by thinning. cohingocnS July T-Matlval by tbe Imbm af tha (rant of: July »-naala tf AosUlary af ~ flooata of Ohttfeh LMm. MIy l-^Annaal plonia fer I •oelatyofSwhklBr data, July U. July llth—Annual Pettr'a Union Plalnfleld, In tba Orove. natal data, Mtf'nm, m flrat fair " ~ July n-^Anasal pigalg «ff a<uiikffloaMnAai Mr ML i iff m,
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 32 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1939-07-06 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
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Month | 07 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1939 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 48 |
Issue | 32 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1939-07-06 |
Date Digitized | 2009-10-06 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
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Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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NAZARETH
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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1939
Boost Nazareth ^ Single Copy Three Giiitt
KAZARETH
^ilLIGHTS
1740 -1940
^ BE DONE InWEEN NOW AND WXT SPRING
¦.^ up on activities and inl. , ZL taken by some of our Ih boosting next year's . J, bave learned that prac- ; tn hundred auto tag plates "^ M* in circulation and that *..S. of small stickers and hun- jSTiT large stickers have been zTm are being used, ^^jlio been noticed that quite .Zee( our citizens and property l^ are painting and repairing SMperty. Many curb and gut- _ MinTn—" are included In ^gj^ tnd, according to rumors. ^Mperty owners expect to doll
i^St properties in due time for MMration.
I tma a source ot authority.
I aamed la5t week that many
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I to be used in their show
I daring the early aprUtf days
r, all In an effort and spirit
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SiKgotten. Cltlaena kavlng Md ends that they would like mmii itaould get In touch with SiiiNlianU now and make plans ' SlMMthre dUplayi. Cverjr Nax- gli ttm window ahould bear a ¦^M| «f the Bi-Centennlal next Ttoe occuioQ afforda a big lasting change from the __ dUplay and will play a laiMt la creating intereat and be Hatf the celebration. ^ ilated before, not too much ttmfUbt should be left to the Dec*
S Committee. Streamers and I and bannera may not be suf- lo cover up all the bad spots. iMtf the dressing should be done liaipreperty owners ao that added IS win put on the finishing „ After all. we want Naia- llilook its best in INO. Toward laA a lot may be aeoonpUshed _ JNa aow and next spring, minus • hiNBinute hardship . . . Plan
MWWE MUMOIII
A |Nup ol former members of aiOtfokwa Camp Fire girla eld I mnlon at the Municipal Park k| cabin Friday evening.
11m evtmng waa spent In remi- iMil with remarks being made l| Mr. Evelyn Kruse Reimer and Un Mil Keller Werner.
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t were: Miss Kvelyn Cooley, Toung Payne, Bethlehem:
Vlarl Frltchman TMpp, Mrs.
¦ Reimer Martman, Miases Mtr Rangen. Virginia Ohankweil- «. Maybelle HappeL Mra. MUdred M. Uilman, Mrs. Praneea E. Smith. Ml. Oladys K. Berger, Mra. Bve- .ITB K. Renner, Mrs. WiUlam Hlm- br, Ifrs. JuUa K. Werner and Mrs AvIm Schnerr.
mCERSEIiCIED
__ *«y evening Washington Wap. Ho. 445, P. O. S. Of A., elect- •i Mkert for the ensuing year at ¦I Meting held In the L O. O. P.
•^2P>»'» named watt president,
S^Br Kostenbader; vice president, t Shook; maater of forma, t Altemoae; eooductor, Orover 2»; inspector, ,lohn Ruloff; guard, "•« Smith; truateea, Clarence JJW, Robert Mlksch and Charles "w; delegates to the state en- "»Pment. Wilbur Pike, Kermit R. ¦"•wt and Oeorge Smith.
The oBlcers wUl be installed with- ¦wo weeks by Klmer Btatler. dia- «w president of Northampton
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BOY SCOUTS TO MEET TOMORROW NIGHT ATY. M. C. A.
Members of the Nazareth District organization of the annual budget campaign of the Delaware Valley Area Council, Boy Scouta of Amer¬ ica will meet In the V.M.C.A. Prl¬ day night at 7 P. M. to make tlielr first report on tlie campaign. The.se reports will cover Nazareth, Belfa.st, Heektown, Tatamy, Stockertown and the other cooperating communities in the district. The Primary Sup¬ port Committee, Ro.^s B. Portuin chairman, is also expected to report on Its work which ha^ been in pro¬ gress for some time.
"Response to the appeal of our committee has been gratifying said Mr. Portuin. "The pt-ople of Naz¬ areth and vicinity recagnize the value of Scouting in the lives of our iwys. and I am convinced that the workers In the communities of the district will meet with equally good response to their solicitation for this organization with such a ilne re¬ cord tn citizenship training and character forming habits. I am per¬ sonally familiar with many instan¬ ces where the work of Scout leaders in this district, tn cooperation with other community otBclals and or- ganiaatlons has been the direct means of checking wayward habits in individuals and guiding them Into associations and companions that have made them into produc¬ tive members of society. We cannot estimate the value of this work in dollars, nor can we publish the de¬ tails, but it la or.e more evidence of the tremendous value of the work of Scouting, which deserves the sup¬ port of every Loyal public spirited cltiaen."
Members of the community organ¬ isations Include the following: Bel¬ fast. Roy Pehnel, chairman; Oeorge Achenbach, Ralph Meta, Marlyn Rader. Oeorge Stetler. Heektown: Earl H. Walton, chairman. T. M. Bittefiblnder. Edwin Dornblaser, Ployd Lahr. Tatamy: O. R. Bastlan, chairman, Stanley Berger, Eiwood Eyer Oeorge Messlnger. Stocker- town: W. Prink Carling, chalrm'.n, Ernest Ayers, John Preeman, W. Melxwell. Harry Port, Edgar Rader.
In Naiareth the leaders are E. P. Snyder, Chairman Division A, Cap* tains, Donald Adanu, John Mlchell, Ernest Wllkens, Warren Ebberts, Chairman Division B. Captains, Harold Oetz. Harry Happle, Prank Klepllesz.
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Report of Child Health Commiiiittee
Report of the Child Health com¬ mittee in Northampton County fur the month of May, as sponsored by the Northampton County Medical and Dental Societies:
Number of children examined dur¬ ing month of May. 135, total to date, 7543; number of children re¬ examined during month of May, 33, total to date, 604.
Number of children found not having been vaccinated. May, 62, total to date, 3005; number of chiklren found not having had tox¬ oid, 117, total to date 5444; number of chiklren vaccinated. 40, total to date 870: number of children given toxoid, 113, total to date 4334; num> ber of children found with eye de¬ fects, 30 toUl to date 351; number of children found with ear defecta, 11, total to date 171; number of children found with nasal obstruc¬ tions 33. toUl to date 333; number of children found with diseased tonsils 40, total to date, 2834; nam- ber of children found with dental tQeatawMj on^Paaa aW
NORIHAmnON COUNTY GETS $63j5l
Warren R. Roberts, State Audi* tor Oeneral, laat Saturday approved the payment of $1,570,037.67, to 1317 municipalities. ThU sum represents retail beer and liquor license fees collected from licensees in these municipalities for the six months period ended January 31, 1939.
Under the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Act, and the Beverage Li¬ cense Law, every six months the State retunu to each municipality (Ooottaoatf OP Paje aw
Only 3 Oit of 100 See Thenselves As Others Do Says Psychologbt
Only three out of 100 persons see themselves as others see them in business. Eighty-two rate them* selves higher than their friends rate them; 15 rate themselves lower. So savs William Moulton Marston In the current Rotarian Magaaine, re¬ porting on a survey In which he asked more than 10,000 people to score themselves on qualities which personnel experts deem essential for success hi business.
"The tendency of the average per¬ son Is, naturally, to think more highly of himself than anybody else does," the psychologist writes, "and, consequently, to follow his own dic¬ tates rather than those of his su¬ perior. "But," he adds, "until the ambitious worker learns somehow or other to evaluate himself through (Continued on UM Pact)
Y. M. C. A. MARKS 2l8t ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY
Association First Gained AUCG'Rl/C l!AI Footing At Public Meet- vlWliRVt WIL
ins:, June 28, 1916 I
Present Membership Ap*
proximately 300 Men
and 150 Women
Edifice First Opened July 2, 1918
Sunday, July 3. marked the 3Ut anniversary of the opening of the Naaareth Young Men's Christian Association.
The association first gained foot¬ hold at a public meeting held on Jan. 33. 1916, in the Sunday School rooms of the Naaareth Moravian
DEN WEDDING ANNIVERS.\RY
Mr. and Mrs. J. Allen Starner, 111 E. Center St., Tuesday quietly ob¬ served their SOth wedding aimlvar* sary. They were married July 4, 1839, in Philllpsburg, N. J. The late Rev. John Wright officiated.
Mrs. SUmer is the daughter of tbe late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Naiunan, Bethlehem. Mr. Starner, a maaOA by trade, is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Starner, Strouda¬ burg.
The following children have bats born to the couple: Harold, Ralph, Thomas and J. Allen Jr., all of
Church. J. B. Caruthers, State Y. I town. There are Ave grandeblMrtn M. C. A. secretary, and John A. \ and one great-grandchild.
The couple has resided at their present address for the past 91
years.
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Miller Sr., then chief burgess of the borough, were in charge.
Organlxation was effected by elect-' ing the following officers: President, j J. A. Miller; first vice president, | William H. Mllchsack; second vice president, N. K. Putman; secretary, Eiwood Unangst; treasurer, Oeorge A. Orlm; members of the board, H. Stanley Hangen, WUliam B. Harper, Eiwood J. Unangst, Q. S. Leopold, Victor Wllliamaon, James S. Pry, Henry Schlegel, Sr., H. T. VanAtta, O. D. Schaeffer, William I. Oold,
LOCAL COUPLE
WED 41 VEAIS
ERWIN NICHOLAS PASSES ON
Lifetime Resident
NAZARETH CLAIMS COUNTRY'S OLD¬ EST KNinER
Mr and Mrs. Victor Williamson, tl Bel#lder^'^t., celebrated their 41at weddipf anniversary Tuesday. fptiy were married July 4, 1333, at tm home of Mrs. Williamson's par- Prank H. Martin and E. J. Navarre. I ents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Sebastian The first trustees were Dr. Thomas Brong, BrodheadsvlUe, with three Cope, J. A. Horner, Prank Messlnger, | ministerA officiating. They were the Herman Ziegler, Richard O. BeiteJ, i Bavr^lliam H. Brong. pastor of tha
Alvin O. Unangst and H. E. Seyfrled. The building committee was Dr. Thomas Cope. Dr. O. D. Schaeffer and Morris Fortuin.
At a meeting of the board of di¬ rectors on March 1, 1916, plans for the present edifice were presented by liiomas J. Boyd, of Pittsburgh. The plans were later adopted and carried out.
BalUing Opened In 1918
C. T. Brazinton was elected the first general secretary on May 1, 1918, and Henry Kline the first Jani¬ tor. Although the building was not completed, the first directors' meet¬ ing was held in the edifice on June 26, 1918.
The building was first opened on July 2, 1918. and the average at¬ tendance during the first year, ac¬ cording to records, was 78 men, 36 boys and 52 women. The present
ATTEND FUNERAL OF FORM^ RESIDENT
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Siegfried and family. South Main St., and Brooks Siegfried and son Richard, of Cher¬ ry HUI, on Saturday attended the funeral services of the late Howard J. Siegfried, at Philadelphia.
Tlie deceased, aged 70, waa bom in Cherry Hill, ae waa a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Phar¬ macy in 1893 and five years later established hia business in Phila¬ delphia, retU-Uig hi 1939.
A director of the Philadelphia Wholesale Drug Co., for the last 35 years, Mr. Siegfried was a pioneer druggist in the Prankford area. He was a member ot the Prankford Presbyterian Church, the Maaonie order and numerous druggista' or¬ ganisations throughout the state. He waa also a trustee of the Phila¬ delphia College of Pharmacy and Science.
He is survived by hia wife, Mra. Annie Clewell Siegfried; two daugh¬ ters, Dorothy and Mrs. J. Franklin Styer, of Concordville, Delaware County, and a brother, Robert L. Siegfried, of town.
Tannersvllle Reformed church and a brother of Mrs. Williamson. He Is pastor of the Belfast Evangelical Re¬ formed church; the Rev. Prank Smith, pastor of the Effort Reform¬ ed church, and the late Rev. Henry Laurey. pastor of the BrodheadsvlUe Reformed church.
Mr. Williamson Is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James H. William¬ son, Moore township.
They have one daughter, Mrs. Oerald Swavely and one grandchild.
They have reaided in Naiareth for 39 years.
Mr. Williamson has been employed at the Kramer Hosier}' mill and prior to that he worked for Young Brothers' clothing store.
Mr. Williamson has not mUsed a day of work for the past 40 years due due to illness.
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LOIS H0U8ER
Lois, 11-day-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Houser, 353 East Walnut St, died Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock, at her home in town. She had been born on June 21.
Surviving her, other than her parents, Russell and Mildred (Dei- ter) Houser, are the following brothers and sisters: Ralph, Mar¬ tha, Joyce, Betty, Delores and Doris, all at home.
Puneral services were held yes¬ terday with burial following in Hope Cemetery, Heektown. The Rev. J. A. Klick, Lutheran minister, offlclat. ed
THIS IS BUSY SEASON FOR FffiE WEATHER PORCASTER
Each summer when weather con¬ ditions are right for forest fires, the Pire Weather Warning Service of the United States Weather Bureau goes Into action—this year earlier than usual. All the Western States in late spring were dry because of a ri^nfall much below normal. Fre¬ quent and early thunderstorms in¬ creased the danger from lightning— the only weather element with whicli nature starta fires. Tlw Unit".! States Forest Service reported flre^ in Oregon as early &a April.
In addition to special fire wpathor reports from San Francisco, Port¬ land, Seattle, and Missoula, Mon¬ tana, the Weather Bureau main¬ tains Ave mobile units for westrrn units for western forests. Tlic^>< units, each manned by a forecaster and a radio man, are available for duty on severe forest fires. At the scene of a big fire local observations of wind and weather are made, and special advices are issued to help the fire fighters In their work. T r '• special forecast are relayed to nirn on the fire line. It tells them what effect wind and weather changes may have on fires already bumliw and, if thunderstorms are expected, that other flres may be started by lightning.
After successful tests last year, the San Francisco offlce this ye.ir Is predicting the number of lightning caused flres that may be expectoJ, based on thunderstorm forecaster.?. j A single thunderstorm has been known to start more than 300 fires
Extensive forest (Ires are not as common hi the East as In the West but when they may be expected—in spring or fall—Are weather forec.j.sfs are distributed from Weather Mu- reau headquarters In Chicago, Bos¬ ton, and Ashevllle, N. C.
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i Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge Widdeconib and son. William, of Allentown. visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Wlddecomb. Oreen St. over the holidays.
\V. K.vvin Nicholas, 82, of 38 Pros¬ pect S;.. town, died at two o'clock Tue.sd.iy afternoon at tiie HafI Hos¬ pital. Northampton, where he had been a patient for nearly a week.
A urt-long re.'ildent of Nazareth, Mr .N'irliola.s for many year.s con¬ ducted a painting buiinesi here and did (Ml.tract work lu botli this and Lehigii County. He was a son of the late .Mr. and Mrs. William Nicholas of Nazareth and a member of the local St. John's Reformed church.
Besides his wife, Jjosophine (Longi Nicii.ia.s he is survived by five dauijir.ers: Elsie, wife of Oeorge .Nifirilas of Teaneck, N. J., Irene, ¦.v;f> :,'. Hirry E. Miller of Allcn- to'.vr.: Florence, wife of Rufus Rich.iidi of Ea.ston; Marie, wife cf Eci-.viid GraybiU of Bethlehem, and M.I:.;;•¦, wife of Harry Riegol of Cata.i.iuqua: two son.s, Daniel of taartford. Conn., and William of Wa-hington, N. J. Also nine grand- chi'.d.cii survive. One daughter, Be'j:i!i. wife of John Hess, Allen¬ town, preceded her father in death five vears ago.
Funeral .services will be conducted fr )ni iiii late home tomorrow after¬ noon at 2:30 o'clock, with the Rev. Waiter Diehl officiating. Burial will be made in the family plot in St. John'.s Union Cemetary, here, where M:-. Nicholas just recently erected a family monumnt.
Friends may pay their respects at the Rohn Puneral Parlor, 134 South Main St, this evening.
RETAIL SAlis, IN~ DEPENDENT STORES SUMMARY FOR 27 STATES
Dollar sales of Independent retail atore; based upon reports from 20,- 148 firms in 27 states were 13.3 per¬ cent higher in May of this year than in 'he same month of 1938, accord¬ ing to a summary released today by William L. Austin, Director, Bureau of the Census. Compared w.-ii the previous month, April 1939, sales were up 3.6 percent. The total dollar voltime of sales reported to the Bureau of the Census by the 20 148 firms amounted to $224,378,120. Motor vehicle dealers, reporting their monthly sales, showed an in- eftfii^ of 38.5 percent over May 1938. Sales in furniture stores, family clothing stores, and house¬ hold appliances stores increased 17.6 percent. 17.2 percent, and 13.8 per¬ cent, respectively. Lumber and building material dealers, radio and music stores, and hardware stores all recorded increases greater than the gain of 12.8 percent noted for the average for all kinds of biuiness. I Sales of 3,214 food stores, amount- ; ing to 815,531,333 during May of this year, were slightly below those . reported for May 1938. These stores in the Apparel Oroup and the Fur¬ niture and Appliances Oroup indi¬ cated gains of 12.3 percent and 17.0 j percent, respectively. Department I atore sales were up 11.7 percent. Oeneral stores, dry goods and gen¬ eral merchandise stores, hardware stores, and drug stores showed gains in May as compared with last May. The greatest increase, 32.3 percent, was noted for heating and plumbing shops.
AJl population groups recorded gains in sales as compared with a year ago. In cities hi the 10,000 to 28,000 population group retail sales ahowed the largest gam, 14.2 per¬ cent, over last May. In cities of 100,000 and over and 23.000 to 50,- 030 aales were up 13.8 percent. Sales in areas of less than 2.300 iMpula- tlon increased 6.8 percent.
Increases in sales over last May were shown for all of the 27 states Of these states, 16 indicated gains greatar than the average for the 27 atotea and 11 showed increases lesa than the average. Those states showing the largest gaina in retail sales are in order, Ohio (23.6 per¬ cent), Indiana (19.9 percent). South Carolina (19.1 percent), Florida (18.3 percent), Alabama (17.2 percent), and Missouri (17.0 percent).
The atatementa given here are baaed upon eonfldentlal reports made by independent retailers each month to the Bureau of the Census and cooperating agencies. No ad¬ justment is made for seasonal in- flunces or for any difference in the number of business days In tlie month. These and related data are coordinated and analyzed by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and published each month in "Domestic Commerce " Reports for Individual states by kinds of bMlness and by population groups are available upon request from the Bureau of the Census in Washington.
Until conclusive proof U furnished to the contrary, Nazareth claims the oldest full fashioned hosiery knit¬ ter of America. He Is none other •han William Bennett of 154 South Main St., who for the past thirty- tiiue years was in the employ of the Kraemer Hosiery Company and a re.sident of tov^ni
iT'Ur Bonnett. now 79 years of age, .¦-tarted his career a.s a full fashioned knitter in 1874 at Loughborough. Leiscestershire, England, when but 14 years of age. He was married in 1882 at Loughborough, England, when he and his wife came to New Britain, Connecticut to continue knitting. Mr. Bennett came to Naz. areth in 1900. started knitting at the Kraemer plant and completed 39 continuous years on the job here last week, when he decided to re¬ tire. He rounded out 65 years In the full-fashioned knitting business, 26 in England and 39 in America, record, we believe, that cannot be matched In this country by any man
' 79 years of age.
I Many of his friends of town and
' community loathed the newa that he and Mrs. Bennett are to make
I their future home in Los Angeles, California But, the couple has de¬ cided to make their home with their
' daughter, Mrs. Emily Terry, at Los
' Angeles and will leaVe Nazareth for that place the latter part of this month.
LOCAL MAN PUCES FIRST IN SHOOT
Porty-flve men and women from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Dela¬ ware were on the shooting line Tues¬ day when the Walden Archers held their flrst open tournament at the Rose Oarden.
Despite a brisk north wind which blew across the range a number of fairly good scores were recorded. Two American rounds were shot, one m the morning and the second in the afternoon.
Mrs. Claude Johnson of Philadel¬ phia and her daughter Eleanor placed flrst and second, respectively, in the women's class wtth scores of 861 and 789. Target prizes were given to Mary Martenis of Bethle¬ hem, Mrs. P. A. Brown of Allentown, Mary Stover, Mabel Oroff, both of SellersviUe an |
Month | 07 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1939 |
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