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VoL 45 — No. 52 — 48 So. Main St., Phone 20
NAZARETH, PA*. THURSDAY MOR.VIXG. NOVEMBER 26. 1!*86
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Handel's
•'Messiah'' '      Will Be Presented
Br VRitcd Choral Soeie- tita of NrssfbUi rmI
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BaatMi   SnnDhoiiy   Or-
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Oratorio
Acting upon the Invitation of tbe gliector of the Easton Oratorio sAtety and Baston Symphony Or- ehestrs. Ur. Byron Sechrlst. our local Cbaral Bociety has completed pUns (or a combined performance of Mandtl's "MessUh".
Ibe "Messish' will be stmg in tbe llaaaieth High School Auditorium ma Oeermber 10th at 8: is o'clocic '•nd will be repeated in the Easton High Bchool Auditorium on Decem¬ ber aath
Il»e scsle of this concert has ne"er been locslly equalled. A chorus of appiealmately 13S accompanied by Uw eeU-known Easton Symphony Orebestrs wlU participate. The con- est) bere will be conducted by Miss lAw M. Yeisley and the concert at Baalon by Mr. Bechrlst.
IBa aalototo engaged are Mra. ptoatnat Weiflnger, lograno: Mra. BBwl Breyfogel, eontralto; Iir. David ¦Miar. tenor, and Mr. Bdgar King, barltene Mr. Dantol Bohn and Mr. nasfcUn iCoRtenbeder wUl aeeom* the clMrus and solotota at the
was oompoaed by
. during a fevertoh apell of
gtfBw insplrstton snd wss completed Bl tnanty'four days.
tlw great eomposer hsd rallied fraai a psralytto eondltlon only to Bad lilmself In a flnanelal and men¬ tal aapreislon even greater than his praelous physical one. Aa if 1^ providence In an act of the manuscript of The "Mes- which   In  its phrasing    of
 snd sou tells the story of
the Ufe of Chrtot, wss sent to Handel ip tiM UbrettUt. Jennena. The firat wot*. "Comfort Ye" lit the spark «| artaUveneM. whtoh aieved In SMjoatle ityto through to ttw end. 'tsparaltoled to thto preaenUUon of tiM Chrtotmaa Blory. Um Naaareth Clioral Beelety to (Ing to oontrtbute to the eul* [gevelopment of our eommunltv enttng   the   world'a   finest
Ma effort has been spared In thto aMarUking
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OLD AND VOLNG MEMBERS OF VIGILANCE HOSE COMPANY NO. 1, NAZARETH, PA.
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Ameral senrlors were eendueted Mandsy afternoon at the Blvcrslde Mcmortol Chapel. New York Ctty wtth Interment In liong Islsnd, N. Y.. ewwtery.
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Reading from left to rljht: Standing on truck: Lawrence Rice. Warren Kahler, Clayton Milheim, Harvey Rohn. Or.mt Kahler, Walter Knecht. Frank K'^mmcrer, William MlUer. Kermit Kneciit. Michael Master, Marshall Moll. Jacob Serf ssa snd "Catty" Jones.   Bottom row: Edward Wambold, UwU Lemlnger, Charles Kahler. Harry Cootoy, William Ointher. Al. Walters, David Snyder. John Domblazer. F. P. Hahn, Elmer Kemmerer, Norman Orogg,
Max gchmlekley. Bd. H Jones. Pslawr Llndenmoyer and Prank Simons.
NmiEnMBrass
IAN SUCCUMBS TO HEART AHAS
BamiMl Preeman. gg, dtod atW tMBM ol his son, Nelson Preeawn, M Oieen street. Baturday evening. at t-.tt o'clock from a heart attack. although Mr preeman hsd been In (alllag health (or s few years, he continued In busmess with his son in eonductlng Preemans' Oeneral atore. Bouth Main street. He was a rsspeeWd business msn snd cltl- aan ol Naaareth for the past twenty- two years, and until three years sgo. hto brother, Harry preeeeded ta ttoath, they conducted the •s a. * N. Preeman,
Diphtheria    ^ Immunization
pRrfata Arc Urfcd  To Co BRBrate  In  Cant*
PRifMiRf   AfRiRst
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Hie Northsmpton County M?dic:il Boctoty hss undertaken a campaign for tbe Immunisation against dl- phtherto of all chlMren In the coun¬ ty from six months to ten years of age.
Ptons for tbe campaign In the local community bave been plan¬ ned by the loeal physlcisns in co- | operation with the health depart¬ ment of the pubUc schools.
The immunising will be done dur¬ ing the latter half of November by the pbystolans In their own offices., They will use toxoids which rniulre only one Inoculation.
Parento wUl wieet the physician who to to iBocutoto their cblMren.
Parento wbe art finanetolly able are eapeeted to pay a Im ol 12.00 per child (or the Inoeulatton: those who ara unable to pay will be given this aervlee gratto; thow who can afford to pay something but not the full fee, may pay whatever they (eel they are able to pay. No child should be deprived of the protection afforded by thto immunlaing Inocu¬ lation because the parenU are at preaent unabto to pay the fee.
If you bave a ehild or children from six months to ten years of age whom you desire to hsve Im¬ munized, get in touch with, or write to Miss Orlm, care of Nazareth High Bchool.
Information wUl tben be given you about the time the Inoculation is to be given. It is expected that mothers will Uke pre-aehool chil¬ dren to the physlcton but school children will be Uken by the nurse if parents so desire.
VIOILANCE HOSE COMPANY
ALMOST FORTY YEARS OLD
Vigilance Hoae Co. No. 1 OrfRniatcd Mrx 10th, 1897, In The DRya of The Leather Hoae Rnd Lenther Bucketa; Six ChRrter Membera Still Active
Moravian Church Bdl Served Aa Flrat Alarm Syatem;
167 Firca Recorded Over Period of 40 Yeara
the time of an alarm. Thi& practice continued from 1900 until 1916 when the first motor-driven flre appara¬ tus was purchased.
The   present   flre   alarm   system : instaUed in 1903. has been improved
from time to time and at pres-^n; tthe system covers tlie entire  town
with alarm lx>xes conveniently lo¬ cated and modem in every respect. In 1934 B building adjoining the Municipal Building was purchased for the purpose of club quarters.
At the beginning of 1907 the sec¬ retary reported 20 honorary mem¬ bers. 68 active and 54 contributing (continued on Page Tbree)
An Apology
Ta catoiaa el Naaareth aad
Due to mlsunderstsndlng snd tock of co-operative effort on the part of the committee who sn¬ nounced the sponsorship of a Salt River parade here last Priday evening, we feel Indebted to citizens of Nstareth and com¬ munity for their splendid res¬ ponse to an article appearing on the front page of last week's ITEM
Why the parties Involved fell flat on the Job after they made the announcement we are unable to answer, but we do know that the main thorofares of Nasareth were lined with cars, friends and nelghtiors last Friday evening anticipating a parade which turned out to be a disappoint¬ ment.
With all due respect to a half doaen or more persons who de¬ corated their trucks and really put on a parade of their own; th^ reflection of last Friday's aflalr Is not only upon the com¬ mittee who sponsored the parade but upon Nazareth as a whole.
Na7Jreth has sUged many suc¬ cessful parades In the past, re- gardlf^-- of who the sponsors. becaii^ Nazareth professional and business men are alwsys willine to co-opprat.p In a csuse wortli whilp No parade has ever fallen ¦flat" where an elTort was miAe to put i" over May it ivver Ii.ippen again.
Almost forty years ago civic mind¬ ed Nazarenes met and organised the local Vigilance Hose Company. No. 1, in a meeting, held May 10th. Ig37. at the Commercial House. Bouth Main street. The organisation of this Pire Company was the off-apring of two previously organised Nasareti Plre Compsntos; the flrst, the Mor¬ svisn Pire Compsny, orgsnlaed in 1791, and the second The Mechanic Fire Company, organlaed about tgao
The following excerpU taken from the minutes of the present Plre Company, covering a period of forty years, revesl Interesting history and fsctt conceming the aetlvlttes of our volunteer flre compsny.
According to the records coneem- ng the organ zatitin which was he'd May lath, ll»7 at the Commercial House. B. A. Ctewell served as tem¬ porary chairman and Lewis P. Lemlnger as temporary seeretary. The flrst permanent olBcen elected were E. A. CleweU, president: John P. Bardill. vice president; Mas Schmickley. secretar>-; H C. Brock¬ man, assisUnt secretary; A. H. Hertzog, treasurer; Btephen Bauer. Ed F. Odenweder and Milton Jones, trustees A resolution wss paased at this meeting to accept by-tosrs sueh as were in force by the Liberty Hose Company. No. 3 of Bouth Easton. and abide by these until their own could be drawn up. Those that agreed to abide by thto resolution were: E. A. CleweU, John P. BardlU. Max M. Bmlckly. H. C. Brockman, A. H. Hertaog, Btephen P. Raeer, Milton Jones, E. P. Odenwelder. Henry Bhafer, Charlea O. Kahler. James B. Marsh, ttoraee B. Bturgls. Harry C. Oross, W. J. Wunderly, H P. Zlegtor, Joseph B. Bpeer, Elmer Messinger, Lewis P. LeailBger. Bd- w.-trd Schmidt and A. J. Domblaaer.
One week later, Monday evening. May 17th. lg97. tbto lame group met
again at the Commercial House for the purpose of giving their organisa¬ tion a name and appomtlng members to deflnite positions. The flrst names proposed were those of "Humane", "Clttoens" snd "Reli¬ ance". However, after a ballot vote the luune "VigUanoe Hose Coaipany No. 1" aras aeeepted as the ofltolal title . At thto meeting B. A. CleweU was elected Pire Chief. H Hartley. foreman of hose, and H. C Brock¬ man, aislstant foreman ot hose. The hosewMn were: Bturgls, Lemlnger. Oross, Btogtor, Bpeer, Kahler; the PlugBsen were: BardlU, Bauer, Hert- sog; the Aamen: Marsh, and Mes¬ singer; tbe Wstchmen, Oienwelder. Jones, Domblaaer and Wunderly; the BeUawn, Messtnter, Brockman and E4. Bchmldt.
(Note—The bellmen In these days were ebUged to perform tbe duty of sounding the alarm by tolUng the bell nt the IBoravton Church. The same bell that to being used todsy by the ktcal Moravton congregation. served as the flrst flre slarm system of Naaaivth).
Being organlaed. Vlgltonce Hose company No 1 at once accepted ap¬ plications from citiaens tor mem¬ bership and it is noted In the re¬ cords that the flrst members to Join were: Joseph Bhafer, Morris Prabto. Morrto Haldeman, Oeorge Boerstler. John Benner. Amandus Renner. Robert Keller, Charles Prankenfleld and Palmer nick. Re¬ gular monthly meetings were flrst held at the Commerctol House and toter at the Muntolpal Building. North Main street. Meetings con¬ tinued in the old Munlclpsl build¬ ing until 1903 when the present building, now housing the flre ap¬ paratus, council rooms, club rooms snd comfort stations was construct¬ ed on Belvidere street.
tTp  until   laag   this   organisation
functioned without a charter, s: on July 17th. 1999 the Company ap¬ plied for a charter, which was grant¬ ed September llth. 1199. As indi¬ cated by the above dstes. little time was kKt In procuring this charter snd It is stated by honorary m m- I bers that it cost tbe company "nary' a penny—a good neighbor and mem¬ ber took care of that, which was charactortotic of the toather-hos>- and toatlier-bucket days.
tn IM cisterns were beng fllled by the Hose Company at the rate of |t.ga each.  An entertainment buUd¬ lng. 14 feet by 30 feet was erected I in October 1901 to tbe rear of the I Nose   House of   the   North   Main 'atreet  Building   and   rented   from I the Borough at 11.00 per annum. The addition cost 1177.00 and was later converted into the town lockup Plre .testo   sUrted   November   1st.   190S. I when it was decided to test all flre I boxes Monday evenings instesd  of i Priday evenings During ItOt the by- I laws of the comp.iny were amended, admitting only pers3ns 21 ye .us of aga instead of 11 years.   The word "csr- rlage' was chsnged to "apparatus" and dues were Increased from $100 to 13.00 per annum for all members. The total number of active members was set at 100 and elections governed by a majority   rule.   Fire   Chiefs fines weic increased from 15c to 50c; foreman and assistant from 15c to 50c and members were  flned 11.00 If they refused to respond to calU '    Prior  to  1900 the  old  "pumper" type apparatus was used by the loca: hose companies, but in the same year a   horse-drawn  chemical  was pur- rhaaed snd put Into .service and it was customary at that time to stall .1 pair of horses in the Hose Hoiise from time to time in case of emer¬ gency; also, a ruling permitted the flreoaen to put into service any two horses nearest the Hose  House  at
"THE ITEM"
A GUEST IN YOUR HOME FOR roRTVFIVE YEARS
With this issue I will have shared the pleasure of visiting your home for two thousand three hundred and forty times, or onoe a week for forty-flve pleasant years. If my sUys were long, it was because every member of the family shared intimate Interest in the countless subects I discuss.
Vou know my ancestry well, back to that iUustrious figure of mv early familv. Benjamin Franklin The sterUng sUndards he conceived have been my guide dos-n through the years.
That Is why I must ever be bright, clean, honest and as new a.s the day: never can I permit myself to be charged with "gossip'. The myraid stories I tell of this, our home coummnity. and of the world, at times of necessity are tinged with sadness and woe. but never does malice or untruth creep in.
Above all. I treasure and respect your confidence. I am mindful that my pages are scanned by the eager eyes of childhood. I am ever helpful and instructive to youthful minds.
In the messages I bring you of stores, of merchandise, of values—advertising, if you please—I insist that those who thus share the open door to your family circle, mainUin the standards of truth that I zealously preserve Money shsU never compromise this principle, for every year I gladly sacrifice much in Anancial gain becau.se I refuse to bring to you advertising the merit of which I question.
Vou mav read my every page with confidence bora of the knowledge that J embody Truth — Truth In News, Truth In Advertising. Thus 1 fulfill my mission, to buUd for you and for aU of our people, a better cleaner, greater community.
  YOUR HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER 	
Business biproves Over Year
HcBvieat Slaen IStf
RetaU trade. stimuUted by BoBaie buying, moved briskly atoead at tmm year's volume with asoat preparing for th*; hearlcat Unce 1929. according to rcporta the Department of Commerae he principal cities of the WhUe activity on the West ."lad not been seriously affeetad Bp 'he striice situation, grave apprelW« -i:n was felt in the event of a aoto* tinuation of tlie di.s'urbed oondlttoik
Freer distributions of money in form of salary and inceases and continued flow of ettim dividends, together wiUi buoyaaop it .security and commodity marfcali 2ave substantial stimulus to trad^ according to the New York which said department store were 17 per cent greater than year. The tendlicy was to qusUty of merehandise, whlto ness was good from basemant partments to higher prieed A twenty per oent incraaaa In tgp purehaaes eras esttmalad with ages of eertaln iUas preva heavier gains. Busiaess aatlvBp iB PhUadelpbia was muah atieaav with department stare sales flea pw eent tban the prevtaei eighteen per oent ever ExoeptloruUy good retail the prevloua week and laat to cootor weather and holiday est, were reported by dtonapoUs, LaulsvlUe,
The ouUtandlng factor In bus!) st thto time to the proapaet ol < the greatest bolldey seasons la aa- eent years THe Departawat at Commeree reeently estimated sales Bwde during the haliday ing season of November and : ber would be within ten par tha IMO total. Bstlaialaa at ment atore turnover abew thai: day ssles In theaa amounted to more than in ItM. Thto e^atiparai witha< mas porehaslng through i stores this yaar aa lt», the holiday aalao theae
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taatruaMtotal I been plaeed la the 1 Naaareth Klph Bobaoi ea a I eourae la which atudeato Bi Junior and Benlor Klfh oelve acadeaUc credit uatlon,  opportunitiea are for  both  beginners and players  te  iiarttolpaU   I both larpe and satolL
Nazareth Branch of The American Red Cross to Reach Quota of 1000
Passes \HM Mark Last Week; Chairman. Captaini and Workers Well Pleased With Response
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T.I- pieee of flre flghUne equipment, now antKiuated. nevertheless .«w'Ite dav of usefulne.w in Nas.^ret'i and cotnmunitv-4t wa.* the first flre truck used by Nazareth ftr.Tn<-n war back in 1791 when it was imported an i fhe p: pTtv of The Moravian Hom- Company A li-ither bucket bnevle was neoPisary to oprate thia old- t\-p- ;iu:ni>T The water wa.s p,iured into four cliute.- extendinR fMm lt,s shJo.s and then pumped by eieht men throu^li .» leather hose with a long nizzle at the end < he no7.7le may be a»*^ on photo a'tach.-d to side of pumper I
R O Beifcl. Peter Hay and Prank Chrtt were member.' of ihLs earty hone companv and thev stUi nmeniJtr lli-.ir txpertenoes witli the old pumper. |
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The foUowins? memt»er.<. constitut¬ ing the local chapter of the Ameri¬ can Red Cross anticipate reschinst their quota of 1000 members by the end of the wet k The 900 mark wa> passed last week and the chairman, captain.s snd workers are pleased a-ith your response
Nearing thr rr.d of the campaign, the local eliapter i.s anxiJUs to go over the top and will appreciate vour a.ssist.mce in maintaining this record. Any one of the fdllowin? members will gladly solicit voiir contribution:
Fir>t Ward—Chairman. Mrs. P D. Heckman; Captain. Mrs H. E Shimer; co-workers: Mis- Florenre Hshn. Miss Harriet Henry. Miss .^da Kort^ Miss Daisy Remaley. Miss Marcaret Karch. Mrs S H. Eberts.  Mr-.   Cliarles  Frack.
Seconci Ward — Captain. Mr£. Claren,-L F Fehnel: co-workers: Mrs .\ Rus.sell Snvder. Mrs Edgar Kem Miss Kailvr;ne Eng'.e. Mi.ss Eliza- 'eth Koch. Mi.ss Mary Klepplnger. Mrs   Ra>:TiMid Heller. Mrs   WiUiam
Jacobs, Mr.s  Paul Meyers.
Third Ward—Chairman.  Mrs. H. P Yefslev; co-workers: Miss Bertha Savitz.  Miss   PauUtxe  Snyder.  Mrs Ra.vmond    Unangst.    Mrs.    Edgar Rohn. Mrs. Wilbur Pike. Mrs  A. O. Kem. Ba-hkiU Center—Mrs  Oeo. Mann Chtrry  Hiil—.Mrs.   Meryl  Bickert. Mrs. Ciiarles Shafer. East Lawn—Mrs. William C Prey Belfast—Miss Emily CleweU. New  Village  and  Edelman—Mrs R'>t>prt   Mooney
Mn.T'^.-toixn—Mrs   J-»hn Hej'er. Schoeneek—Mrs   James P.  Oross. ?tockerto'An—Mrs   Bruce Doyle. Hecktown-Miss H. Heclunan and Miss  Rose Schnerr.
We wish to thank the public for •.!-.e courtesy shown to thev vi'.un- lecTi. as no one has e-.?r been p.Mi for their -services render\1 The Re J Cross Chapter board and j,)mmitt» members are volunteers ir..1 is such are the community sentmel.s and like «etitinc;.s. they must be vijilant and never \\oep at their pii-ts.
EXdiANGE OF PULPITS IK. G. E. BUIUMIW
ASSOnATMN MEETS
Announcement has been made of an exc!iance of pulpits Sundav. Nov,-nibrr 29th, the Rev A A Welsh pa.stor of Chri-t Reformed Church will ,x-(-upv the pulpit of St John'.s Rejorm-d Chur-.-!!. mormne and evenine Rev W H Diehl will deliver the >ermons In Christ Re¬ formed Church. Bethlehem
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Mrs William Sevfried. aged gi vears residlni with her son. Carl H Se^frjeii of Cherrv Hi'.l has be'-n indi.^posed and h.v b<»n confined to bed for several weeks.
The Knights of the Oolden Eagle Building Association met in the K O. E. HaU. Center Bquare. oo Mon¬ day evening and transacted routine business H. E. Venter was in the chair.
Atoo questions of rttal Importance were discussed
Every member of the Board to requested to attend the next meet¬ ing. Notices to that effect wui be seat out.
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ILB.BENSIN6      « TO OWTINUE BU^INBSI
EstabUslMd Br FaUMT ^ aaS Gr—SfaOwr
Onerbert  R.  Bensing.
late  Oeorge   Bensing.
will continue  the undertelMr
ness estabUshed bjr his talBir aaB
grandfather more ttaaa a ImB nam.
tury ago.   PoUowlat the BaalB ef
his grandfather Pt years aaa, MB
Benslng has assisted his fathae la
conducting the business itaMS WtB.'
Tbe Iste Oeorge Benslng waa aaa cf the best known residents of Maaaa Township and the oommuoMp, Baa* Ing .served eight years as Olreetar tt the Poor. He was alao a meflMt at the Moorestown Star Oraape, OrBV of Independent Ameneana, tlie AkMa Lodge of Odd Ptetiows, Maaaiath ^ P. * A. M and the WerttiawptiB County Funeral IXreetors Asaagl^ ion. and was a Ufe long meaibag el the Moorestown itefametf eas^raaa* tion
Herbert R. Benslng Is a ttmimbB ot Eckles College of BaiBalnai^ Philadelphia, class ot Itat nnd Baa been licensed since Bpring at MML His many friend.s mUh him saeeaM in continuing the business In wBItt he has already had many jreara af practical experience.
CELEHU1CS EiGinY-EKra BBIIBMY
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Henry Spangler, wtw hia daughter. Mrs O bei. Prosp^t street. ember 33rd. birthday
In fomer paaas ttaa a anatorai at