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NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1988
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BOROUGH ORGANIZES FOR ENSUING YEAR
Veteran Secretary
lliiriess Whr Adninistera teth of Of iice to New aid Ro-ebcted Menbers of Council
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No  Chanffc   In Police Force
tGASURER RESIGNS
The organisation Meettag of Town oouncU was called to order ^ he Sw Burgess. Mr. Conrad C. Miller.
Sioo p. m.. in the CouncU Cham- h«' and on presentation of theh- deetion certificates he admtalstered MM oath of office to the newly elected SiSllmen. namely. X H. Keintale- ^rrank P. Keim. Orant H Kah- uTand M. 8. Undenmoyer.
on motion of Messrs achaefler ,ni Keim, Mr. C F. Fehnel was Ippolnted secretary Pro Tem of the organisation meeting. ^    ^   , „
The Roll being called, the folbw¬ ing members were present: Messrs Lindenmoyer, Keim. Altemos, Kahle.-. Ksuffman. Hagenbueh. Helntsleman and Schaeffer. Absent: Mr. Knauss.
Homlnatlons for President of CouncU being in order. It was on motion of Messrs Lindenmoyer and Kauffman m3ved that Mr J. A. flohaeffer be nominated for Presl- ^lent for the ensuing term. On notion of Messrs Kahler and Hagen- ouch. the nominations were closed. A vote being Uken. Mr. Schaefler «ai unanimously elected as Presl-
Nominations for Treasurer beini tB Older. Mr. Ftancis R. Knecht was ^¦¦unated for Treasurer on motion ¦llleurs Kahler and Lindenmoyer m the ensuing term. On motion of Umtt Heintzleman and Hagenbueh. tte nominations were closed. A vot j Mag taken, Mr. Knecht was unanl- onuily elected as Treausuer.
Momtnatlons for Secretary being In Older. Mr. C. P. Fehnel was namln- sted as Secretary on motion of Messn Hagenbueh and Keim for the ensuing term. On mation of Messrs Schaeffer and Lindenmoyer. the noniinatlons were clased. A voto bsing taken. Mr. Fehnel was unani¬ mously elected as Secretarj'.
The Chief Burgess vacated tho diair at this period  and  had  tha ntwljr elected President. Mr Bchaef- fir, assume his office.    In a shore •idnn he expressed his apprecla- tkm to his colleagues for again hon- eilnf him with the offlce of Presi¬ dent snd also expressed hts thanlu to the retiring Burges.s, the Coun- cilaen, Solicitor and Officers for theit- ipltnttd   co-operation   during   the fiBt two years and requested a con- HMMtton of this co-operation from tke Surgess and the balance of the 9009 (amUy, Vm Council proceeded to transact lir buisness.   The Minutes of Ngular stated meeting of Dec- Sth and the adjourned atated l| of December SOth. 1937. were mf! Md on motion of Messrs Keim Mi Undenmoyer. it was moved that MM ke approved as read. 4k aotion of Mr J. H. Hemule- ud Ragenbuch. communication the Smith Printing Company. JjBsport, Pa., was accepted and ¦e iNtetary directed to communi- •li lith them for a supply of forms Mr kMget purpose.s ¦ OMKunieatlon from the Vigilance Ptm Co.. notifying Council of the Mtttm of Mr. Michael Masters as OMK: Mr. W. R. MUler. Flrat Aast. tPItt and Mr. Lawrence Rice. Sec¬ Md Aist. Chief, of the Vigilance Oompany, was read and on I of Messrs Lindenmoyer and '. It was moved that the elec- am of thew ofBcers be conflrmeri ¦Mmtlfled,
^^fresldent stated that nomina- r* »* Uie positions of Pollcs. J"** •»<• Special Polloe. Super- 2Jf"S*n««r and Building In- mmm, numbing inspector and ^|*y *we in order
'mltmotia tor the position  of
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P. Mscy. Charles M. Stuber,
'••ai«»mlller. Charles H. Nlch-
¦¦IJjMOd R. Frankenfield. Wll-
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"«» of Messrs Kahler and
••*•• moved that these ap-
_^   •¦••ccepted and the candt-
^¦yasted for the position of
jj7^««»- The roll being called,
mJ-T?"**^ 8 votes each for
JT^**!'. Macy and Rissmiller
CJ^-f? <lgclared elected for
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for the position of
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>^ki'Zi..^"''' Police OfBcer
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•M Kahler moved that
was unanimously
I dam*«. «.-;7~'  "-''  "••"•iimousiy Sm t^' *nd Special Polloe '^^^"""•"•ulngterm.
for  the  position  of Wbmltted by Mr. Barl ^ ••» presented and on m uZ' "•'"^"••"'•n   and Ikm 1,1^ WM accepted and
, ^-..-thaJ"^  ^^^  position  ot
"tUa m?* '^" presented by
MI|iJ:^W«"»'asonmotlo.i
•^-^fT^Wler and Hagenbueh
tSL^"'* ^ received and 152? nominated for the a -."^"Mor   The roll beln^
^^mOWil* '  aeinif
'*9a^Z,'^'^'' "nanlmoiLs ami "•Ht^T"^ elected for the en-
for the  pasitlon of "W and BuUdlng In¬
spector being tn order, applications were read and tabulated from the iollowlng:
George Wolfe. Easton. Pa. Pred C. Hill. Easton. Pa. Charles A. Benckert. Easton. Pa. Hale A. Ouss. Northampton. Pa D. O. Pritchard, Bangor, Pa. L. J. H Orossart, Allentown. Pa.
On motion of Messrs Altemos and Kahler. It was moved that the appli¬ cations be tabled for further consid¬ eration.
Application from S. D. Knecht ap¬ plying for the position of Plumbing Inspector was read and on motion of Messrs KaufTman and Heintzle¬ man. same was accepted and tabled for further consideration
Oh motion of Messrs Lindenmoyer nnd Lindenmoyer. Mr. Charles L. Shimer was nominated for Borougn Solicitor. On motion of Messrs Alte¬ mos and Heintzleman. the nomina¬ tions were closed. The roll beln^ called. Mr. Shimer was unanimously elected as SoUeltor for the ensuing four years.
On motion of Messrs Lindenmoyer and Heintzleman. It was moved that the salary of the Secretary be fixed at $50.00 per month during the en¬ suing term. The roll being callea. all of the members voted aye.
On motion of Messrs Kahler and Altemos. it was moved tKat the Sal¬ ary of the Treasurer be fixed at 125 per month during the ensuing term. The roll being called, all of the members voted aye.
On motion of Messrs Keim and Lindenmoyer. It was moved that the salary of the SupervLsor be fixed at $140 per month during the ensuin? term. Tlie roll being called, all o[ the member.s voted aye.
On motion of Me.s.srs Altemos anrl Kahler. it wa.s moved that the s.i:- .Try of the three Police Officers b' fixed at $140 per month each, wlt.i '¦ult.s to be fiirnislied by the Bor¬ ough, during tlie ensuing term. Tiw roll being r.iUcd. all of tlio members voted  aye.
On motion of Me.ssrs Kelni and Kaliler. it was moved that the sal¬ ary of the Janitor and Special I'olic:? Officer be flxed at $120 per mont'i, with suits to be furnLshed by thi; Borough, during the en.suing term. The roll being called, a'.l of the members voted aye
On motion of Me.ssrs Kauflman and Lindenmoyer. It was moved tha; the salary of the Solicitor be fixed nt $300 a year for the ensuing foui' vears and further moved that an ordinance be presented for the elec¬ tion of the Solicitor ta accordance with the Act of Assembly. The vote being taken, all of the members voted aye.
On motion of Messrs Kauflman and Keim, It was moved that the .''alary of the Fire Chief be fixed a*. $30 per month during the ensuing term. The roll being called all of the members voted in the affirmative.
On motion of Messrs Llndenmoyei and Keim. it was moved that the pay of the laborers be fixed at 30 ¦ per hour. The roll being called.'all of the members voted aye.
On motion of Me.ssrs Altemos and Keim. it was moved that the pay of Scraper and Roller operators be fixed at 70c per hour. The roll betn:; called all of the members voted aye.
On motion of Messrs Altemos and Kahler. It was moved that we Xix the rental for the Roller and Scraper, when used by parties other than the Borough under the permission of o,' by the authortty of the Highway Committee, with operator and noi including gasoline and otl. at $2.50 per hour. The roll being called, all of the members voted aye.
Reports of Conmitlces
Highway: Mr Lindenmoyer. no report.
Public Property: Mr. Keim re¬ ported that work had been resumed on the Park Project and would con¬ tinue all winter.
Finance: On motion of Messrs Altemos and Keim. It was moved that the Treasurer be authorized to negotiate a loan of $1500 for a per¬ iod of 30 days with the Second National Bank.
On motion of Messrcs Altemos ana Keim, tt was moved that the Treas¬ urer be authorised to negotiate a loan of $700 for a period of 30 days with the Second National Bank for the purpose of taking care of the purchase of the PoUce car under the 1937 budget.
Palice: Mr Kahler. no report. ..Pire: Mr. KaufTman. presented the following report from Fire Chief Masters, which on motion of Messrs Keim and Hagenbueh was accepted and ordered spread upon the nUnUtes
"From January 1. 1037. to Dec. 31, 1937. tlie Fire Department answered 16 nre calls. 13 In the Borough nd 3 calls out of town. $137,300 of real estate and per.sonal property was threatened by flre In the borough of which $1471.20 was loss by flre. $75,000 of real estate and personal property was threatened outside of Borough limits in which the Naza¬ reth Plre Departmeet was called to nelp with the loss of $100."
Pavement: Mr KnauM stUl being sick. Mr Hagenbueh reported pro¬ gress
Law: No report
The Pre.sldent appointed Uie fol- tContmued wn Page Four)
CELfSRATE WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mra. N. H. Reimer Wed 31 Yean Ago—En¬ tertain Pamily
nMr. and Mrs Norman H. Reimer. R6 South Whitneld Street, on Sun¬ day observed thetr 31st wedding an¬ niversary with an anniversary dinner attended by members of the Immedi¬ ate family and several friends.
The coupb was united tn mar¬ riage on January 2. 1007. at th& parsonage of the Rev. Howard Long, then pastor of the CentervlUe Re¬ formed Church at CentervlUe. Ban-
^ gor, R. D. They immediately tooit up hoasekeeplng in the home In which they now reside In town Tliey have been blessed Wtth two daughters. Mrs. Lester Hartman. of Belfast, and Mrs. Arthur Weiss, of town, the latter re.sldlng with her parents.
Mr. Reimer ts the son of the late Jacob and Mai-y. nee Lockard. Rei¬ mer. and was bom near Richmond. Washington Township. Mrs. Reimer is a daughter of the late Elmer an! Anna, nee Kauffman. LaBarre, and was born tn Bangor.
Present at the reception on Sun¬ day were: Mr. and Mrs. John Mingle and daughter. Ruth, of Blairstown. N. J : Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hartma.i and daughter. Jacquclynne. of Bel- fa.st: Arthur J. WeUs, of ClearHeld. and the latter's wife, who resides with her parents. Mr, and Mrs. Nor¬ man Reimer
ST. JOHN^ RE- FORMED INSTALLS OFFICERS FOR 1938
C. F. FEHNEL was reappointed as Borough Secre¬ tary for the beginning of his twen-
Veteran Councilman
LOCAL BANKER PASSE&
ON   AFTER   LONG
CAREER  HERE
DlTUrBANnnin A. E. FRANTZ, DIES
BAIH bilANIWAU OF HEART ATTACK
CHALLENGES EVANS- I VILLE INDIANA CLAIM
M S LINDENMOYER
veteran councilman of the Borough of Nazareth, started his twenty- eigtb consecutive year as Borough
ty-fourth consecutive year to that, father, and U considered one of office. He. also. Is listed as one o! the oldest councilmen of this State, the State's veteran Borough Secre- ——
taries. BoFO Treasurer Resigns
Enters Fourth Term
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PRANK KCIM
after serving twelve years, entered upon hU fourth term as councilman here Monday.
W. A. HEYER
Borough Treasurer for twelve years chose not to be a candidate for re¬ appointment. I>ralsed for splendid eonduct of that ofBce for three terms. Prancls Knecht was appointed to nu vacancy.
Installation of ofllcers for the cur- I rent year took place at the Sundav I mornin? service in St. John's Re¬ formed Church The pastor, W. H. Diehl. installed the following mem- ber.s of th" Sunday School: Oeorge Sniith. superintendent; O. B, Searles and Charles Shimer, assistant su¬ perintend,>nt.s: Edgar Troxell, treas¬ urer: Roy Hahn, Secretary; John Kern. Charles Kratz and Thoma-s Knecht. asst. secretaries; Ralpi Wolf. supt. of Young People; Mrs. Mae McCandlass, superintendent of Jinilor department; Miss Anna Kraemer. as'it. Junior Department. Miss Irene Roth, superintendent of Beginners; Orace Prable, Mrs RoUm Kachllne. Miss Kathleen Kienzle and Miss Marlon Keinzle, assistants in the Beginners Oepartment; Miss El¬ len Rulof. superintendent of the Primary Department; Miss Ruth Dornblazer, Miss Ruth Hellick, Miss Verlia Arndt and Mr. Raymond Sherman, assistants in the Primary Department; Miss Maybelle Kahler, Supt. of the Cradle Roll; Mrs. Wil¬ liam Kilpatrick, Miss Cynthl.i Knauss and Miss Anita Knecht. as¬ sistants of the Cradle Roll Depart¬ ment; Charles He.ss, Musical Di¬ rector and Miss Lena Marcks. Or¬ chestra leader.
FORMER NAZARENE PASSES ON IN CAUFORNU
Mrs. Charles Yeisley. 73, daughtet* of the late William Emst, dlad last Wednesday at Pasadena, Calif., from complications.
Mrs. Yeisley was a former resident of South Broad Street, town, until 1907 when she moved to California. Survivors are a son Wallace, of Pasa¬ dena, a .sister, Mrs. M. M. Buas. of Bethlehem and a brother. Fran* Ernst, of East Lawn. Burtal tooK place at Pasadena, Monday.
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ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
The engagement of Miss Annie Nagy.   daughter  of  Mr.   and   Mrs
Emerick Nagy Sr.. Madison Avenue, to Louis Sokasitz Jr.. son of Louis Sok.asitz Sr.. Nazareth. R 1, was an¬ nounced at a New Year's Bve party held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. .John Keppel. Madtson Avenue.
CLASS0F1922
HOLDS REUNION
On Thursday evening. December 30. at Mount's Restaurant at Wash¬ ington. N. J., the class of 1933 of Nazareth High School marked the passing of fifteen years since gradu¬ ation with a reunion banquet. Of the twenty-one members of the class thirteen were pre.sent In addltloa to the members there were present nine wives and husbands of members and one former instructor of Naea¬ reth High School with his wife.
Tlie cla.ss prophecy was read and then each of the members gave a short biographical sketch covering his or her activities during the nftoon vear period from 1923 to the pre.'-rnt Several messages from nirmb«'rs unable to attend the re¬ union were read.
Pr,)f."v-or Adim H Martin, now (ConUnued on Pace Five)
TAX COLLECTOR MUST REPORT EXPENSES, FEES
Harrisburg. Jan. 6—Under legis¬ lation passed by the Oeneral As¬ sembly In 1937. all tax collectors In Pennsylvania are now required to prepare a detailed annual reporc .showing tax collections, commissions received and all expenses of tax col¬ lectton. Secretary of Internal Aflalrs Thomas A. Logue, said today. Act No. 584. approved July 2, 1937. pro¬ vides that each collector of city. county, borough, town, township. (Continued on Page Three)
1937 FIELD CROP VALUE BELOW 1936
Harrisburg. Jan. 6—The farm value of Pennsylvania's bumper 1937 field crops was less than that of a much smaller 1936 production. .1. Hansell French. SecreUry of Agri¬ culture announced today on the basts of a Federal-State Crop Re¬ porting Service survey. National over-pr(xluctlon forced down prtces
Fruit production was also higher and prices lower but the total farm value of apples, peaches, pears, cherrtea and grapes was higher than tn 1936 beeause the increased pro¬ ductton offset the price decline.
Much of the winter wheat crop was marketed before the collapse of farm prices In the fall and was the only field crop having a higher farm value hi 1937 than In 1936.
Barley production was the high¬ est on record.
Less rye and tobacco were pro¬ duced tn 1937 than In 1936 »     »
COMMUNION AT HECKTOWN
Communion will be administered
to the Lutheran Congregation of th^
Hecktown Church Sunday moming
at 10 o'clock by the Rev. J. A, Klick.
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COMMVNION AT ARNOrs
The preparatory aervlce will be held and the Lord's Supper admin¬ istered In Ardnt's Church, the Itev. Oeorge S. Kleckner. Lutheran pastor, on Sunday. January 9. at 10:13 a. m.     HONEV
Harrtaburg. Jan. 6—Honey from Pennsylvania farms is used for com¬ mercial baking, candy making, cur¬ ing tobacco, brewing, wine making, vinegar manufacture and medicine.
NUMEROUS FARM REPORTS TO BE ISSUED IN 1938
Harrisburg. Jan. 6—Twelve gen¬ eral crop report.s. twenty livestock report.s. four wheat reports, twelve farm price reports and sixteen re¬ ports on farm labor and wages will be Lssu:'d during 1938 by the Ped¬ eral-State Crop Reporting Servijo cf the Pennsylvania Department of Agrlcu!'u:-e.
The reports and dates of issue are as follows;
Oenera! Crop reports. January 10. March 18. April 11. May 10. June 10, July 11. August 10, September 9, October 10. November 10. December 19. December 21. The March Id General Report will show acreage (continued on Page Three)
INSr.ALUTION OF OF¬ FICERS AND TEAdffiXS
Officers and teacher^of St John's Evangelical-Lutheran^unday School were installed on Swiday momlng, the first Sunday In/he new year of 1938.
Main department: Superintendent, P. A. Marcks as^stant superintend¬ ent. Harrj' Happel; secretary. A Russell Snyd r/asslstant secretaries, Alfred Schls^^ and John Price Jr.; (Continued on Page Six)
The claim of an Evansville Indiana resident that he was the younge,'. great grandad at the age of 62 in ths United States, as reported in the Associated Press news, the middle a'. December. Is challenged by a resi¬ dent of Bath who boasts of a much better record than that.
Moses Kellow, Main Street, wa, great grandad at the age of 56 years. bettering the Indianan's record by six years. Here are the interestin; facts and dates: Mr. Kellow wa, born Oct. 30. 1879. is now 58. His .son W. E Paul KeUow. born May Sth. 1899 i, now 39 years old; his daugh¬ ter Mrs. Adam Anthony, born Sept 14. 1917 is 20 years; and her so-i Ronald Anthony, born Dec 6. 1933 i= now a little more than 2 years old This record makes Mr Kellow Oreat Grandad at 56 years aiid 37 days oi age.
Thi.s chi'.d at two year.^ of aga can bJast other interesting record.':' living now are three Oreat Orand¬ mothers, two great grandads; twj grandmothers and two grandad.,. The oldest of the aforenamed ances¬ try is not yet 67 years old.
Mr. Kellow, who wants Evansville ro take notice also adds that he be¬ lieves Bath can beat the Indian^ City in the matter of respective weights, the great grand.id weighin.; 212. the grandad 168. the moth;i 149 and th? great grandchild 3J pounds.   All are hale and hearty
Lets hoar from Evansville. Ind
HOME HYGIENE MEETING TONIGHT
Members of the local Red Cro.s organization made arrangements fo. a meeting and Illustrated lecture o;i home hygiene to be held this eve¬ ning in the musi" room of the higli .cliool at 6:45 o'clock.
Tlie iUu.itrated lec'.ure will b.- given by Or. Otto Bettag. Chwl •urgeon of the White Haven Sani¬ torium. Everybody is invited and urged to attend this meeting.
LOCAL COUPLE MARK WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Second National Bank Of¬ ficial Was Active In Religious, Business, Fraternal Life
FUNERAL THIS
AFTERNOON
Alvin Edward Frantz. Nazareti bank official and civic leader, died ot a hear: attack at 1:40 o'clock Mon day morning at his home, 215 Belvl ¦ dere Street, Nazareih. He was 6j years old.
Born September 28. 1868   in Ku:i- kletown, Monroe Couaty, he waa the
BCONOmC HIGHUGHVi
Happenlnaa Tbat ACeet tba Uinnur Paila, UivXaetH OlMaM and Tax Bills of memry iMltrt* dual. National aad lataraa* tlonal Problema fBse»a*aWa from Looal  Welfare.
'¦•¦¦ by R  M. Holti
BURIALS IN
HOPE CEMETERY
The following is a list of burials that took place in Hope Cemetery. Heclctown. during the year Just closed; Jan. 15, Ralph Rohrbach, aged 93 years; Jan. 21. William H. Kline. agiNl 59 years; Feb. 11. Har¬ vey Wolf, aged 59 years; Feb. 14, Mrs. Roaetta Fehr. aged 66 years. Feb. 18. Mrs. Enuna Rohn. aged 77 years; Feb. 24. Mrs. Warren Edel¬ man. aged 20 years: March 15. Oscar Rohn. aged 80 years; March 25, FYank Yeakel 8r., aged 80 years; March 96. MUs Ella Fenicle, aged 75 years; April 2. Andrew Johnson, aged 80 years; April 19, Arthur Allen Silvius, aged 2 years. 6 months; April 21. Mrs. Sadie Beldelman. aged 38 years; May 2. Mrs. Susan Snyder, aged 58 years; May 25. Oonald Weaver, aged 10 years; June 11. Wll¬ Uam Ointher. aged 82 years; Jun? 'i3. Mrs. Camilla Or.idwohl. aged 73 vear.-^; June 23. Dr Charles Laubach. aged 49 years; July 1. John Ftshei, aged 71 years; July 6. Preston Edel¬ man, aged 95 years; July 25. Marcas
Mr. and  Mrs. Oliver  Heimcr
Wed New Ycar'a Day.
1M7. In Parsonage
New Year's Day marked the 51st anniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Heimer. 412 Sout 1 Main Street, and well known throughout a large portion of North¬ ampton County.
The aged couple were united :; marrtage on New Vear's Day o; 1887 at the home of the late Rev E. W Reinecke, on North Broai Street and Chestnut Avenue in tow.i who was at that time pastor of Reformed congregations in Plain¬ fleld and Belfast. Following the r marriage thny took up hou.sekeepin^ near Stockertown for a period of two years, moving to Pulmer's Cross¬ ing, between Nazareth and Tatamv for a period of three years, ani then to Farmersville for the longer pertod of seventeen years. From there they moved to their present address, where they have resided fo.
(Continued on Page Pita)
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ENGAGEMENT ANNOL'NCED
Mr. and Mrs LouLs Rocco. of Naz¬ areth, announced the engagement of their granddauijhter. Miss Theresa Lerra to Mr. Victor Viti. .son of Mr and Mrs. Angolo Pratlah. ot Naza¬ reth, at a dlniit^r p.irty held Jan 1. 1938. Mr Viti is employed at Na¬ varre's Barber Shop.
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GIRL SCOl'T At'XlLIAR%'
MEETS TOMORROH NIGHT
The Mothers Auxiliary of Oirl Scouts will m^et tomorrow evening in the "Y" at 7:45 o'clock. A good attendance is expected.
10.700 ENTRIES SET NEW RECORD FOR 1938 STATE
FARM SHOW; 7808 CASH AWARDS TOTAL $40,672
Harrlaburg. Jan 6—The twenty- second annual Pennsylvania Farm Show, which will be held In the 10>a acre Farm Show Building In HarrUburg. January 17 to 21, has already established Itself as a breaker of records.
Entries are shattering all previous records of this twenty-two-year-old exposition, which Is the largest mid¬ winter farm show tn the United States.
Countv eliminations for the selec¬ tion of Uve.stock and other entries have been marked by greater com¬ petition and keener  rivalry.
M J Orimes. director of the show, reports an increa.se in applications for entry blanks and for commercial exhibition space.
Unusual interest U being niant- fc.stod    by    the    newspapers,   farm
publications and feature article writers.
J. HanseU French. Secretary of Agriculture and chairman of the Stato Farm Show Commlslon. re¬ ports preparations for the Show have been In progress for several weeks and are rapidly nearlng completton.
Tlie commission has distributed 16.000 premium llsu and 5.000 ad¬ vertising placards and is preparing for distribution of 20.000 ofBclal pro¬ grams and 1.250 official entry lists.
Twenty-sU State-wide farm or- ranizatiotvs have announced con- vontions to be held In Harrisburg during .show week .-tnd othera arc making arraiigcmcnu-i for meotlng.s.
Facilities for the free p.irking of 18 000 cars dally have been provld-nl oa Uie slijwgrouiids.
Special bus and trolley service has been arranged between the Show Building and downtown Harrisburg and the Pennsylvania Motor Poltue and Harrisburg Police Department are working out methods of moving traffic with a minimum of conges¬ tion and delay.
The interior and exterior of the Show Building are being decorated in the national colors and a larg? corps of workmen has been engaged for weeks In putting the big expo¬ sition building in shape
Exhibits of the 325 commercial ex¬ hibits and of the several State De¬ partments are In process of construc¬ tion
j     Tlie  1938 Show -vlll  civer 40O.OC3
I .square   foet   of   flojr   space   and   1;
nfTcring  7 ROB  c:vsli   awards  totaling
I $40.67;i.7J    Eiilrif.-, will i«ceed 10,70.).
-.m of the late Edward and Emma Frantz     When he  was only  a few
vc-ars old his family moved to the vicinity of DanleUs Slate Quarry Mr Frantz has been a resident of N'ortham;itDn Couniv since that time.
Educated in the Northampto.i County publi: schools and the .school ,nce canduct.d by D E Keim at Bath Mr Frantz entered ¦.;!¦? teach¬ ing profe-,ion From 1887 to 1890 h.- tmght in the Pa.adi-e Valley School and in 1890 taught in '.he Farmers¬ ville and Nisky achools.
Mr. Frantz entered banking .is clerk in the First National Bank o'. (Continued on page five)
NORE than' 7.500,000 BOYS AND MEN IN- TERESTEDINSCOCTNC
All Bdv Scouts of the Nazareth Council, will Join with a mlllioii Scouts and Scout leaders thraughou: the nation in celebrating Boy Scout Week. February 6 to 12, dates of which were announced today by local.  Scout  Executives.
Boy Scout Week will commemor¬ ate the twenty-eighth anniversary (Continued  from  Page  three•
MISS SANDT IS WED
Married    in    Arndts    Church to F. G. Whitehead
The w?ddlng of Miss Evelyn Al- ':>t'rt Sandt. daughter of R L Sand' f Wllkinsburg, Pa . and Mrs Sand'. of 1332 Bushkill Street. Ea-^ton. and F:Mncis Oeorip Whitehead, .son of Nfr and Mrs P A R Whitehead. Easton. R D 2. took place last Thur^ay afternoon at 2 o'clock in Ardtits Lutheran Church The Rev. Oeorge S. Kleckner. pastor, per¬ formed the ceremony
The church was decorated wr.h Christmas greens, palms and flowers Thomas Smith, of Newton, N. J, violinist and Eilu.-. Saylor. organist of the church, pi0vided a program of music.
Tlie bride, who was given in mar¬ rtage by her father, wore a gown of white satin with short train and finger tip veil, which wa-, draped from a wreath of orange blossoms She carried a bouquet of red roaes
Miss OUve Bailey, of Norfolk. Va. was the maid of honor, and the bride.smalds were the Mt«es Louise Wood and Arlene Schafer. of Easton. Mildred Bailey, al.so of Norfolk, .-served as flower girl.
The   maid   of   honor   wore   aqua- (Continued on Page Six)
COUNCn. MEETS IN ADJOtlNED SESSH)N
An adjourned stated meeting of Town Council was held thta aotn day of December, 1937. at 8 o'clock p m with all of the members pret¬ ent with the exception of Messrs. Kauflman A Knauss. The Presi¬ dent. Mr  Schaeffer. presided
On motion of Meaars. Kahler and Keim, tt was moved that the follow¬ ing bills, as approved by the chair¬ man of the various committeea, be occepted and ordered paid by the treasurer
Frack and Leh  $ Jo C9
Blue Mt Cons, Water Oo      7.00
A. R. Lindenmoyer      4g 35
R   W. Nolf       3.90
Oeo   A  Smith         1.75
Oeneral  Paving Co Itl.93
Edw   H   Jones      is.oo
^Varren Dech      5.40
A   F   Hanenbucti 40
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The special session of produced what most of tba observers thought It would it convened — ttwt ia, nothing. At the tima tbia U vrltlaa, the body haa not adjourood. bttt 11 is certainty that no major leglala¬ tion WiU be put through bofof* the regular January seaaion. About llM only concrete achievement ed Om -pecial session wlU be tbe rovttao appropriation of mileage wmuaif tae the members — an approprlAtlOB which amounts to a pretty graft, inasmuch as very few aenatora or representatives will go home and come back during the brief Chriat* mas hoUday.
Business' hope that Congreaa would immediately do something to allavl* ate the recession—notably in the dl« rection of a revision or repeal oC .such special taxes as the oapltal gains and the undistributed proflti levy—have not matertaliaed. But tbe inactivity of Congreu has been aome- thing of an encouraging factor. The wage-and-hours bills. In aplte of zealcus woric on the part of ttie leaders of both branches, baa been returned to committee, and obvl- ously can not pass In Ita preaent form. No new experimental lofU> lation has been seriously eonalderadi The general attitude of Congreaa has been one of watchful waiting— the New De.il has not backtraeked to any extent, but It has definitely grown more conservative. Some tt the pending measures which worried industry the most, such aa tba 1« little-TVA's blU. are completeljf d ad. so far as their original ob« j ctives and wording are Involved. There still remains an extremel/ radical bloc in the lower House and, to a lesser extent. In the 8enat^~ but this bloc is completely oversha* dowcd by a conservative and middle- of-the-road mijorlty.
A curious situation obtains in re* gard to the budget As Buslnsei Week phrase., it. 'taking the treaa« ury back to red-ink figures of two or three billion^ a year, is regarded a>- a certainty unless business plcka up in the next few months. New Dealers around the President and in Congress do not bother to include the 'unless.' But the President l~n't so resigned He haa had ao many reports of better business sure to come in the Spring, that he frankly reaards the pessimistic viewa lof miny New Dealers as an unwar- ' ranted a.ssumption .... In other words, the Administration hae deliberately r.>ver.s«<l the fiscal policy it has followed for five years, and has decided that the proper time for the fiscal reform has come. How* ever, demands for relief this winter, which are flooding into Washlngtoa by the bushel, from governora and mayors aa well as individuals, will be hard to resist Even some induatrial leaders regard budget-balancing aa suicidal now. feel that government pump-prlming must be used as an instrument in fighting the recession.
So far as current busineas la eon* cemed the outlook ts mixed, with the deflatlonar>- movement still strongly in evidence in some lines. Tbere have been no big drops Utely, largely because previous drops brought thlng> down pretty cloae to rock-bottom. There has been some Improvement, but it has not touched all Industry by any means. There u nu major trend either up or down.
Some business briefs of Intereat fellow:
STEEL: StlU operating at an extremely low level. Belief Is that the bottam has about been reached Steel scrap pricee have been unusu¬ ally stable.
RAILROADS: Have Inereaaad their buyUig for aome neoeaaltlea. Their future Is largely dependent on whether or not they are granted rate increases, concerning which teati* mony pro and eon is now being taken by the Intrntate Commerce Oom* mission Western and Southwestern roads were recently granted higher passenger fares.
CONSTRUCTION:    Non-reaiden-
tlal building In November was better than in the same month In IBM, while residential contracts were ta per cent below. AU Industry la vi¬ tally Interested tn preaent Adminla¬ tratlon housing plana which, if they go through as hoped, will put Ml* Uons Into circulation. But If con¬ ditions remain bad. theae plana will, of eourae, fall far short of cxpectn> ttons.
RETAIL TRADE: Mall-order and Lhain salea have been very goed Montgomery Ward haa reported tllM last month waa the best November In history. Department store anloa, how¬ ever, have been leaa favorable, aatt aomewhat under laat year. theM^ not markedly ao,
UTILrmBB: Electrical World fore¬ casts that at leaat XAUAU kW. et new power capacity arlll be M>t year, m agabiat 14
peace pact U actually ranalMMl. It la expected that this induatry will 1»> mediately start a major program in both the urban 1 flelds
OOTTON:  Milla are ctttttof duction.   with  reaultlag workers.   The outlook fbr Mm tuture Is far from brigbt ta IMS4 chaotic induatry.
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