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VOL. XLIV.
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 6, 1934
Nazareth Choral Soctoi. * To Render Christmas*ro- - gram of Exceptional Merit
In High School Auditorium  Tomorrow  Evening %     Under The Able Directorship of Miss Mae Yeis¬ ley; Prominent and Well-lcnown Artists As Sol^ ists; Chorus Augmented By Balanced Orchestra
In keeping with the traditionally flna musical bMkgro«n<> of Nata- eoT the Nazareth Choral Society wUl present a Christmas program of exceptional merit. The program wlU be presented In the High School Auditorium on Friday evening. Dec. 7th under the direction of Miss jitoe Yeisley.
The trombone choir will open the oKunun with two choral* after ^rtilcb the chorus will alng « capello "Bnak Forth. O Beauteous Htaven- I, Ufhf• from Bach'a "Chrtatmas Ontorlo" 8alnt-8Miu "ChrUtmas Omtorto" wlU conpMe the first pwt oC the prognw-
m dtnet contrast to tbe modern mmnmar Salnt-Saens In the first part et the program will be the ^MCfc of Um classical composer IhaM In tbe aaeond part oC tbe ^Mgram. KxoerpU from hla flort- 'tm "Messiah" will bs sung Includ- mm two cboniaes: "And tbe Olory of ths Lord" and the "Hallelujah Oborus*' and two solos: "He Shall Ton. his Flock" and "Come Unto
Him."
As a concluding number an ar- rangsment of "Silent Night" for aoprano soloist and chorus will be
TlM sotolsts for the concert in¬ clude Mrs. norence Wolfinger. Mrs. OUT* Snyder, Mrs. Hattie Happel, Mr. Rome Fenton and Mr. William Oaao, Jr.
Mr. Penton, the well known ten¬ or was fonnerly with the Metropoli¬ tan Opera Company. He began his career by winning the scholarship of the Metropolitan company from a Usi of UOO applicants. Spending
four years with the company, he studied with Percy Rector Stephen, Herbert Witlipr.sijoon and Titto- Buffo all masu>rs in the art of sing¬ ing. He then did church soloist work at St. Paul's Church In New York and concert work. He made two world tour.s with th Immortal Sarah Bernhardt. Since then Mr. Fenton has .spent most of his time in teaching in New York, Easton, Bethlehem and Nacareth.
Mrs. Wolfinger who has many times delighted Nasareth audiences is carrying all of the soprano solo work and Indicated a finer perfor¬ mance than ever. Her training has been under Mr. Edson Harria and Mr. Fenton.
Mr. Snyder, a well known aololst of Easton will be enjoyed. Fwrner- ly a pupil, of tbe Fenton Studios, Mrs. Snyder has been beard as sol¬ oist with the Musical Arts Cborus, Easton Oratorio Society and the Easton Symphony.
Mrs. Happel and Mr. CHwo, both local vocalists and both trained by Mr. Fenton are well known. They have been enjoyed many times and Indicate living up to theh- fonner fine  performances.
The chorus will be assisted by a fine orchestra which was arranged for by Mr. Jesse Kreldler. An In¬ strument not as yet Included in the Choral programs will be a harp played by Mr. Hunsberger of Allen¬ town.
The accompanists will be two talented Nazareth musicians: Mr. .Daniel Rohn and Mr. Franklyn Kostenbader.
NT. BETHEL LAMB gUB ELECTS OFFICERS
m Officers elected at a meeting of th; Mt. Bethel Lamb club were i'resi¬ dent, Jay Ackerman: vice president. WUUam Reagle; secretary. Albert Sandt, and treasurer, Marian Acker¬ man. The Mt. Bethel club Includes 11 members. Eight of these mem¬ bers, William Reagle. Arthur Reagle, Harold Rasely, Earl Rasely, Ruth Nicholas, Leona Nicholas, Robert Jewell and Charles Dutt. are feeding Cheviot lambs, while Marian and Jay Ackerman are each feeding a pen of Hampshires and Albert Sandt has a pen of Southdowns.
The round-up of the Northamp¬ ton County Lamb Club, of which this club Is a part, will be conduct¬ ed Saturday, December 8th, at the farm of Frank O. Fogel when the 21 pens on feed in the county will be brought together and the 18 best pens selected to represent the coun¬ ty at the State Farm Products Show at Harrisburg. The round-up of the baby beef club will be conduct¬ ed at the same time.
P. C. MacKenzie. livestock super¬ intendent from Pennsylvania SUte College, has been secured to Judge |he round-up The lamb clubs are conducted under the direction of County Agent B L. Coleman, co- •peratlng with the various clubs and their local leaders.
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COUNTV   SUBn>AY   SCHOOL
ASSOCIATION  NOTES
The Nazareth District held one of the finest annual rallies last Sun¬ day ever held. It was the annual meeting where In song and addres¬ ses much Inspiration and helpful material was given to the many delegates attending. These officers were elected for ensuing term, the election being conducted by Oeorge 8. Messinger, a County vice presi¬ dent. President, Eugene Trein; vice president. Daniel Nace, Lower Nazareth township; secretary- treasurer, Edgar T Yeisley, TaUmy; Children's Division Supt., Mrs. F. R. Shafer, Tatamy; Young People's Division, Kenneth Barrall, Naza¬ reth; Adult Supt., Edgar Rader, Stockertown; School Administra¬ tion, A. G. Kem. Nazareth;    Home
^  Extension,  Mrs.   Floyd   Knauss.
Pushkin Centre; Temperance. Mrs. James F. Oross, Schoeneek; Missions, Mlas Ruth Houck, Tatamy; Rural. Edwin T. Domblaser, Hecktown; Director of Christian Education, O. A. Smith, Nazareth
County leaders learn this week With regret that Mr. B. A. McGar- vey, of William-sport. Pa., has left the State stall, to enter a new field of labor He was one of the best liked and able of tlie .s^^voral de¬ partmental head.s in tlii.s .state. While the .state will find it hard to fill his position, he has the best wishes of the many workers for his future success.
LITERATURE DUE TO GET CLEANER SAVS AUfHORITY
The pendulum of literature, which In the post-war days swung ti the "smart to be dirty" side is du^ for a return to wholesome decency, thinks Channing Pollock, disting¬ uished author and dramatist.
In recent years, says Mr. Pollock in the December llotarlan Magazine, authors have not been slow to learn their lesson—"that the way to pre¬ ferment, praise, and prizes and pros¬ perity, lay through the nakedest possible dealing with what hitherto had been the secrets of bedroom and bath room. 'Dirf has become genius, modernity, sophistication, and its enjoyment no longer evi¬ dence of an Immature mind, but the very contrary. What had been surreptitious smut in our youth, at last flowed from the presses of our best publishers, handsomely bound, fearlessly advertised, widely ac¬ claimed, to find itself unashamed on library shelves and tables throu^h- [ out the land. It was smart to be I dirty and it was also easy. Mush I ea.5ifr than being clever."
However, with all his criticism of modern literature, he maintain.s "that for authors to be held to Lit¬ tle Rollo and Ebie Dinsmore is. of course, sheer nonsense. We have done well, I think, to abandon the prlggishness of the period in which Kipling, advised by cable that a character cannot drink whisky in our pages,' wired back. 'Substitute Mellln's Baby Food.' Superficially, manners and morals do change, and should. But certain fundamenUl faiths are the crystallized wLsdom of the ages, founded upon centuries of experience with what Is good and bad for the race, and no civilization has long made light of them and survived.
"Fortunately, our leanings of the last few years seem to have been only a phase. We are too sane and vigorous a people to be permanent¬ ly decived by shallow posers. Wal¬ lace Irwin, wise and smiling author ot countless works, reports to me that recently his seventeen-year-old son laid down a book by a 'sophis¬ ticated" friend of the family, with the remark, 'Mother, why does Mrs. Blank write like that? It .so definite¬ ly dates her as of the post-war per¬ iod."
"How cheap, and nasty, and ado¬ lescent that period may .seem when we are .ill as dl-scernlng as Donald Irwin!"
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MOVED  TO   FOINTAIN  IIH-L
FARMERS TO BENEFIT BY NEW RULING ON PRODUCING PORK
Northampton county farmers who are produchtg pork for market will be much benefited by the new ruling which has been announced by the] Agricultural Adjustment Adminis¬ tration at Washington and became effective November 1st. This rul¬ ing changes the responsibility for payment ot the processing tax from the farmer to commercial handlers to whom pork and pork products are sold.
Under the original Interpretation, the actual killing of the higs for sale or exchange was interpreted as the "first domestic processing" and farmers who killed their own hog.s were liable for the tax cvenj though they sold the carcasses to meat dealers. The re-deflnltion transf°rs to commercial handlers all liability for payment of the pro¬ cessing tax with respect to hog pro¬ ducts derived from hogs slaughtered by producers and feeders.
This must not be confused, how¬ ever, with the practlee so common in PennsylTanla. of farmers selling pork and pork produeU directly to the consumer. In this eat^, no Ux is required to be jMld by the producer wbo slaughters his own hogs and who sella to or exehanges directly with consumers, not more than 30O pounds of the producU derived therefrom during any mar¬ keting year. If he sells not more than 1,000 pounds directly to con¬ sumers he Is liable for the tax only on the volume sold In excess of the exemption of 300 pounds. If the producer sells more than 1,000 pounds of the products derived from his hogs, during any marketing year, he loses this exemption and Is liable for the tax on all hogs slaughtered, of which the products were sold direct to consumers. In determining the total amount of the tax the weight of the products sold are restored to a Uvewelght basis. The rate of the tax Is $2.25 per hundred weight.
Nazareth Council Refuses to to Mix Into Sunday Movies
Burgess Frank P. Hahn, Nasa¬ reth chief executive, brought up the matter of Sunday benefit mo¬ tion pictures at the council meet¬ ing held on Monday evening in the municipal huUdlng. asking the councilmanlc body to approve or disapprove his stand on the Issue, but council decided It was no con¬ cern of theirs and refused a vote on the subject.
a private citizen, declared that to the best of his knowledge that the majorlety of Nazarenes are not, In favor of Sunday motion pictures and that the Unemployed Citizens' League will also discur disfavor should they allow their name to be connected with the running of them.
C M. Sandwick,    past    president of the Northampton County Unem-
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After an Introduction in which iP»oy«d Citizens' League said that he claimed that the churches had i should the i.ssue antagonize a ma- gone around his back to the dis- i Jor^V ^^ 'he citizens of Nazareth, trict attorney's office. Burgess! the proper thing to do would be Hahn asked council to pass a reso-! '<> discontinue Sunday shows. Bui lutlon whether or not thev were in he went on. in his opinion the can- favor  of   Sunday  motion   pictures.' vass was not a  fair  means of  in-
LOCAL BAND PLAYS ATWILSm-NAZARETH HHJH FOOTBALL GAME
A snappy 20 piece band, composed of local musicians under the baton of Harold Snyder, favored with mar¬ tial music at the last weeks "turkey day" contest on the local high school gridiron,
After tl^.giiw the band follow¬ ed by mogfof Hie student body par¬ aded arcnmd tOK'n in celebration of their victory.
»        ST. JOHN'S REFORMED CHURCH .MEN'S  LEAOVe TO HOLD
MONTHLY  MEETING
He told of the canvassers that had approached him on his stand on, the matter and further said that If the "eyes of one must be closed, then the eyes of all must be closed" referring to other commercial enter¬ prises that are under the same category as tbat of Sunday motion pictures.
Counclhnan WUUam Korts said that In hie opinion be didn't think that It waa a matter on which coun¬ cil should act although Burgess Hahn claimed that It was ootmeirs duty to take a stand on the Issue. He further sUted that he would stand flrmly on his recent com¬ munication.
The monthly meeting of tlie men of St. Johns Reformed Church League will be held Tuesday evening December 11. Supper will be served at 6:30 o"clock. The address will be delivered by Herman Panimo, of Bangor. Subject, "My Experiences As a Survivor of the Morrow Ca.stle."'
"Men's Night at Church" will be ob.served on December 16, at 7:30 o'clock.
•      • SURI>RISE PARTY
A -.iiiprise was tendered Stephen Iiihofl on his birthday by a group of friends. Those pre.sent were Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beck. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen  Marositz.  Mr.    and    Mrs.
I F'rank Paukovlt^, Mrs. Frank Dash¬ ner. Mrs. Paul Shuck, Prank Lech- lur. Mr. and Mrs. Prank Schaecer, Mr and Mrs. Oeorge Locar, Mr. and Mrs John Monduschcin. Miss H.^n- nali   Franzchowski.   Mr.   and   Mrs.
J Paul Ortwein. Refreshments were served.
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BIRDS EAT A.VD LAY
MORE  I'NDER  LIGHTS
WILL GIVE PAGEANT
IN MOORESTOWN CIIIIRCH
A religious i>aa:eant will be given In Salem Union Church, Moores¬ town on SuncLiv evening, Deember 9. at 7 o'clock, by the Young Peo¬ ple's Society.
Tlie title of tlie pageant i.s, "There Is  A  Way."    Alwut    fifty    persons V^ take  put ^ riie public is invited to attend.
Mr. and Mrs. James Koehler, of West Centre street, on Friday moved to tlie home of their Rrand- claughter at Fountain Hill, Betlile- hem.
They came to Nazareth anentetn years ago from Fountain Hill. Mr. Koehler had Ix^en empIo,ved for niany years at the mill of the Naza¬ reth WaLst Company and quit liLs Job about n month ago. Mr. and Mrs Kot'hler are getting up in years and now desire to retire and will iii.ike their home with their grand- da uglitcr
Use of artificial light in poultry hou.ses to lengthen the birds" work¬ ing day has been found practical and profitable. Feed consumption and egg production dui-ing the win¬ ter months are increased by the use of lights, reports County Agent B. L   Coleman.
One   light  equipped   with   a   40-
watt bulb, a 16-lnch by 4-inch re-
I flector. .and hung 6 feet from the
j floor  wUl  lUumliuite approximately
I 200 square feet of floor space.
To find the number of lights that will be required for a given sized pen, divide tive number of .square feel of floor space by 200. The nearest whole number will be the number of lights required Por ex¬ ample, a 20 by 20-foot pen contains 400 .square feet. Tills figure divided by 200 gives a total of two light/ needed  in  the pen
Most ixiultryiiien in the state have found that for the Uvst re.sults the llght.s should be hung approximate¬ ly six feet from tlK- flo«ir. The 6- foot height .seems to give the proper inten.sity of liglil. a wide distribu¬ tion, and light on the roosts. These three f.ietors are important, Mr, Coleman says.
A cone-shaped reflector 16 inches In diameter at the l)a.s<> by 4 inches high .seems to be a very .satisfactory size. This rrfl.'ctor should be covered on the in-.ido with alumin- tuii bronze.
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H T Vanatta, New street, who was taken ill on Monday is under the rare of Dr. J. R Menrli. at Al¬ lentown.
dexing public sentiment. He cited on ¦ the recent Sunday sports vote as a ' possible index of public opinion and said that. In his viewpoint, it gave ample showing of the private vote of citizens toward Sunday activities in general. He reiterated that It was never at any time the wish of the Unemployed Citizens' League to run in opposition to public sentiment, but that he felt that tbe canvass now taking place was not a sure means of telling whether or not the people were In favor of Sunday betwflt films.
President J. Allen Schaeffer was In charge of the council meeting.
A communication was received , from the school board asking that Oouneilman KorU then pointed | enter street, eastward to Liberty out that councU could do nothing|.nd Liberty between Center and on the matter and that a vote would Belvldere be opened. This was de- only give an expression of ap- s|„d jq that there would be better proval or disapproval to the bur-1 .^cess and so line and grades could gess' sUnd on the matter where-, j^ established. The matter was re- upon he introduced a motion that fen*d to the highway committee, was duly seconded that council j a group of citizens sent a com- proceed with the business of the munlcatlon requesting an arc light evening and the matter was drop-: at Union and South New streets, ped by an unanhnous vote. I xhls was referred to the light com-
However, the discussion did not i mlttee. end at this point but was prolonged Third and final reading was giv- at an Informal meeting of council en on the ordinance prohibiting the held after the regular session was erection and maintenance or signs adjourned. Two representatives of or devLses extending more than six' the Northampton County Unem- Inches from the building line or ov- ployed Citizens' League, Horace, er the sidewalk. It was moved and Hontz, county delegate, and C. M. seconded that the ordinance be adop- Sandwlck, a former president. Join- ted and the roll call was unani- ed the discussion. Mr. Hontz pro- mous in favor of it. All signs thus duced a letter that was written by existing shall be moved in three Mr. Kortz as a private citizen, say-  months.
ing that the majority of Nazareth The ordinance regulating the sale citizens were opposed to the run- and delivery of coal was given a nlng of Sunday motion pictures and third and final reading. According further pohitlng out that In the, to the ordinance it is unlawful to matter of charity, Nazareth was sell or deliver coal except if the well  In  the  foreground. ; coal or .solid fuel be weighed by the
J. Allen  Schaeffer,  president    of  proper weigh master and a weight council, speaking Informally and as,.slip is given.
Historical Notes On The "Rose Inn''Near Naza¬ reth Penna. 1752-1772
Ninety Percent of the Town's People Solicited Not Favor Sunday Mov)
American Legion and Rotary Club Pass ResolutkpiiPi Manager Meeser Writes Reply To NumeroM Phone Calls Concerning His Personal Record
By the side of a narrow country road which Joins Route 12 of our Pennsylvania high-ways. Just east of Nazareth, and about half a mile to the north, stood the 'Rose Inn" of colonial fame. A .small stone marker standing on the lawn of a country farm house marks the site of this once famous hosteU-y. It stood "a house by the side of the road", 1. e. the King's Highway lead¬ ing through Nazareth to the Min- nisinks. The tracing of this old road through the pres<Mit town of Nazareth toward the Blue Moun¬ tains is still of interest to the an¬ tiquarian
The tract on which the old Ro.se Inn stood lay adjacent to the north¬ ern boundary of the original Bar¬ ony of Nazareth, and was measured by that noted Pennsylvanian sur¬ veyor. Nicholas Scull, in 1752. It contained two hundred and forty- one acres, and was conveyed to the Moravians by the administrators of the I'enn estate. In February 1752 John Jacob Loesch and Carl Schult- ze of Bethlehem drafted the plan of the proposed Inn, which however, was intended to serve the double purpose of accommodating the travelers of the period and to serve as a house for boarding and lodg¬ ing  the  workers  on   the  proposed
settlement of Onadenstadt. i, e., city of peace, this project was in¬ tended to lie on the southern slope of the hill south from the Rose and the western boundary would include the present site of Schoeneek.
After the building of the Inn in 1752 the workmen built one house of the propo-sed .settlement, but as no dwellers of Nazareth could be induced to remove thither, it stood unoccupied for the ne.\t .icveii or eight years, the only hou.se of the settlement ever completed.
However, the Rose soon became quite noted as a suitable ha-telry, where man and beast might be ac¬ commodated. For twenty years it flourished. During this short period it was the .scene of many events, which   though   Uirgely   un:^corded
MEAT CUniNG DEM¬ ONSTRATION TO BE HELD DECEMBER 6th
Meat cutting demonstration In two sections of Norttianipton coun¬ ty have been arranged for Thurs¬ day, December 6th, and will give tarmers and hou.sewives in these sections an opportunity to meet with C. A. Burge, meat specialist from PennsylvanU State College, who will demonstrate the cutting of hog and beef carcasses at the meetings. The demonstrations have been ar¬ ranged by county agent B. L. Cole¬ man, and F. Marguerite Erlkson, home economics extension represen¬ tative, will demonstrate the canning of meats, using the pressure cooker method.
The first meeting wtll be at the farm of Dorsey Wohlbach, Lower Saucon Township at 10 00 o'clock Thursday momlng This demonstnu tlon will include the cutting up ot /. pork carcass as well as a canning demonstration.
The afternoon meeting will be at the Northampton County Home, near Nazareth, and will Include the cutting of a beef carcass.
Farmers and housewives will also have an opportunity to discass with Miss Erikson and Mr. Burge prob-' lems which they may have relative' to canning or curing of  meat and ¦meat  pioducts.
SABBATHSCHOOL ASSN. ACTIVmES
The County Sabbath School Asso¬ ciation alawys strives to have a vi-' tal mes.sage on present day condi¬ tions. It speaks for law against lawlessness; for .sobriety against in¬ temperance; for Sabbath observance against wilful desecration; far' leadership hi any crisis and agamst .sin and intrenched wrong every-' where.
The County Association offers a thoroughly coordinated program of work, well planned, comprehensive in character, and covering practi-' cally every pha.se of church Ufe and activity in its efforts to reach every school I
The present sUndards are now- called "A" and "B". whereas the, old 10 point program of efBciency! used to be the measuring stick of progress. More than no enomina-, tlonal bodies art affiliated with the State Organization which spon.-,orj. the religious education of the youth ^
The State a.s.sociation in cooper- \ ation with International give the^e major denominations a uniform series of Lessons each week. The; body is al.>o responsible for the gathering of stati.stics. taking a census of numerical and latent strength and notes growth and loss-, es. Graded material suitable for all tjT)es and ages of pupils is furnish¬ ed.
The county office issues weekly, a resume of activities, news, progress made, and of meetings and con- ventions held: aUo calls attention to weaknesses and tries tj remedy them /
In return for the activities spon-
have helped to mould local history, .sored by the County A.s.sociation it Naturally, some fanta.-tic tales have a.sk.* from each and every .school, been told of thiiig.s which are sup- an opt>n door. de.Ninng an opp-artun- posed to have taken place there, but ity to hold helpful conferences, re-| the historical realities are even more ference to the work, the tasks, the fascinating than tlie fancies of fie- plans, arrived at after these plans tion. After the village of "New and ways and means have b«"«Mi mu- Nazareth" was laid out this inn was tually agreed upon and after ac- ¦sold by the church authorities The cepting the i)e>t thought and con- present town wa.s surveyed in 1771 elusions of the known leaders in and the new hoU'l was located on Sunday School work, tlio   very   spot   where   the   present!    The Executive Board of  the  Pen
Argyl District will meet at the honi'^ of Maryln Rader. at Belfa.st. Thurs¬ day evening    Ui plan    for    winter; work    A full attendiince is desired, j On  the .sam«^    e\ening.    December 6th.   the   Easton   DL-^trict   Executive' Committw will meet with Mi-..^ Eli¬ zabeth Pear.son     Thi> meeting aUi is very important
Nazareth  Inn    stands     The    new
ho.-'telry   was   a   large   log   building.
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AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY HOLDS RADIO PARTY
CHICKEN STEALING THOUGHT BROKEN UP
In Moore Township Witli
Sentencing   of
Two Men
Chicken  stealing in Moore  towm- ship is  believed   to  have  been   de-, -        - -    ...j.....
nnitely broken up with the .senten-  evening and proved a big succes.K I     a   J!       wedding  anniversary
The radio party American   Legion
spon.s red by the Auxiliary   under.
the leadership of Mrs. Cl.ira Meyo^s w.i~  held at  the  '"V"    l.\<    Friday
CELEBRATE FIETH
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
.Mr   and Mr.-.  William SlKnJk. HaU Square,   on     Thursday,     celebrated
cIng Monday of Charles Evert and Harry Remaley, who n'sided there, and confessed to taking hundreds of chickens from farmers in that .section over a period of several months.
Caught with the goods on Nov¬ ember 15. Remaley linplirated Evert and both ple.ided guilty before Judge Stewart wlio g.ive them sen¬ tences on four chariots which will keep them in jail for one to two years A similar sentence on four other charges was .suspended.
Prizes were awarded Siegfried. Jr. Di>rothy Claia .Meyers, Mrs Alma Walter, Clara Andrews. Daniel Siegfried. Mli1x>I Eyer. E J Eberts, Carrie Nagle, Ixjrraine Nagle. Clara Oster- stix-k, Lillian Trein. Helen Cump June Werkhelv^r, Fred.i Norgard. Hannali Kemmerer and Miriam Kratz
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BAITIZEO
H   S  Shafer, W. B   Benner, W  J     ....
Santee and L. Sliafer of town   left I Dewey
Shirley     Jane daMglit.<'r   of   Mr
Shafer, and   Mr
Shafer,   of   Aluta,   RouU'
on Pilday for Cehman Lake, where  N.izareth, was baptianl at the home  son St.-^nley of"stoek^rtT,u'n
t.i'^y are spending a week de.. hunt- \ on  a.turday evening hy    the    Rev   and Mi'   Stephe.\ Bou" t aiid Zn
J    n   bounteou.s   dinner   wa.s   served to    Daniel I in~'Trw--diniug, room.  {<»rmerly   th-^ Pollweiler.  dining room of Nazaieth Hall. They ' were the recipient of many beauti¬ ful  gifts
An enjoyable time was had by all. playing  games,   and   dancing
Tho.se   pre.Tient   were:   Mrs    Jolm Toth   and  .son.s  Eniest  and  Albert.} of   Boulton;   Mi.s.s   Ruth   Moyer.   of | Allentown;   Mr     .and     Mrs    Frank ^ Toth. Niizareth; Mr   and Mrs. John; Toth and daughters. Mary Ann, and' Johanna,   of   Oeorgetown;   Mr   and Mrs.   Ralph   Rader  and   >*on   Terry of   Biilfast;    Mrs    Bert   Christman Oeorge' and  d.iughters,   Mary,   Arlene,   Lor- 2,1 raine,   Jean.   Bertha,   Shirley     and
and Mr
Infant
ing
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James F   Oross,
I Donald
The house-to-house canvass start¬ ed last week to asceruin the wi-sh of Nazareth citizens concerning .Sunday movies reveals, up to date, that approximately ninety percen: of the people called upon by th? different committees are not in favo.' of Sunday movies. Many of th' committeemen made return^ of one hundred  percent  disapproving.
Although this canvass will con¬ tinue until every home has been visited, the sentiment expressed tha^ far does not approve the Sunday movie method of securing funds for the needy.
At the Council meeting Monday evening Obtef Burgess Hahn pre¬ sented hU views to the ootuicll body and asked tbem for their approval or dtnvprttMl of the movement. Council, however, bad not taen con- sultediy ghy or either party con¬ cerning this matter prior, to the action taieen by the Chief Surges j and having no Information at hand other than n^mpaper articles, could not and would'not enter Into the controversy oSdally.
While rumors and propaganda are still cast to the four winds I: Is generally believed that Sunday movies In Nazareth, according to sentiments expressed, will not be favored by the majority at the pre¬ sent time. Civic organizations have given the matter serious considera¬ tion and have taken action oppos¬ ing. Not a single local organiza¬ tion known, other than The Unem¬ ployed League, have taken action favoring  the   movement.
The  whole  Issue    has    simmered down to a toss-up, as far as opinions j are   concerned.   l>etwe€n   the   views taken by the Chief Burge.ss and lh» ¦ views   taken   by   Council   and     the j citizens.   There is no doubt bu: that tlie entire movement will follow the j u-sual course with results and  con¬ clusions  governed   bv   public   senti¬ ment and public action.
The American Legion, at tneir meeting last Tuesday evening pars¬ ed  the  following  resolution:
"November  29.   1334      | "Gentlemen :-
The following resolutions wer- adopted at a special meeting of the Post on Tue.sday evening. Novem¬ ber 27.   1934.
"We, the members of the HarolJ V. Knecht Po.st, No, 415. American Legion, vitally int/^rested in the civic betterment and moral welfare of our communitv. wish to register our protest against the showing of Motion Pictures in our local theatre' on the Lords Day, i
As members of the Legion we' pledge not to support or patronize' during the week any theatre winch' operates on the Lord's Day.
Be it resolved that these resolu¬ tions be spread on the minutes ^i our organization and that copies of .same be sent to the manager of the! theatre, the owner of the th-atre and the editor of the local news¬ paper.
These resolutions were unani¬ mously  ad:jpted
LUTHER CLEWELL.
Commander."
The Nazareth Rotary Clu^ als> passed a re.:Olution opposing th? movement, as follows:
"Nazareth.   Pa
December 3. 1934' "The Nazareth Item
WHERE.^S. The Nazareth Rotary Club  does not  make  it   a  p:a.:tije as   an   organization   in   comm.ttiiig' itself on public question.s; I
BUT WHEREAS, the problem of' Sunday motion pictures has created I an unusual public interest, the mem-1 tiers of the Club de.>ire to exp:ei«' their attitude In this matter; !
THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED j The  Nazareth    Rotary  Club    at    a meeting   December     third     oppose, the -showing of 6unday motion pic¬ tures and
BE  IT    FURTHER     RESOLVED the   copy   of   thes«-   Resolutions   b.>| sent to the Chief Burgess, the Tow/i' Council, the Manager of  the Brold St.-eet  Theatre and  the  Owi.er   / NAZARETH ROTARY
Georgi' Cope Meeser.   m the th. a;re and acting und.-r ord from   LewLs   Pysor.     addres.sed     t following open letter to THE ITEN which  is  a  reply   to  the   numeroa pTinw*  calls   he   has   rec';\'d   from per>ons asking him for fu:ther ex- planatiftna   of   matters   conrernin; lUm-^lf:
"Nazareth.  Pa. Dec. 4, 1.^24 " "To the Editor of the Item
Tlie matter of Sunday Mo; oi Pictun-s In Nazareth has both C i ¦¦- ty and State v^ide interest Wh-^ \ legally te.sted, it will settle once an 1 for all the mote questioned th;ii lias Jump«d Into pronilnenc*' tim<' and again as to whether or not th» Sunday law of 1734 enacted 140 VTars ago by well meaning citizens, but hardly with a point of view and a frame of mind liberalized and ex¬ panded by the coming years.
Tliat is a matter that time alone will give the an.swer lo and merely an introduction to the point of this roinmunication. Past controversies of any importance prove that more often  thr«n   not  the  whole  i«ue  1,'
forgotten at times and personalities come into tiie foreground; person* alities which more often than not bias what would otherwise Induce a clear mind into the matter. While seated in my ofBce on the morning of Friday. November 30th, the cul¬ mination of a seriei of Irritating anonymous telephone calls came. Some Nazareth citizen, well mean¬ ing, no douijt, ijut extremely unfair, in a strident voice angrily demand¬ ed what right I had in Naaareth. what nght I had to run pletura shows I my livelihood); whether or t¥>t I was a member of a Chureb; where was I bom; t I fought In tbe World War; queetioas too •baurb for a right meaning peraon to Mk. I would have gladly fhren thte per- son satiafaction had he tbe eomnum decency and manhood to Identify himjelf. With your idnd permtaakm I am taklnc thia eolumn to Justify myself and to stop anything of this sort In the future.
The question of Church comes first, I was bom August 7tb, 18M at Merionvllle. Montfooiery County. Penna.. aocording to tbe records at Norristown. Pa. I attended Sunday School at St. John's Hpiaeopal Church at Cynwyd, Fa., where Rer. Hoyt was pastor, when 9 years old my family moved to Philadelphia and I attended Sunday School at the Church of Our Saviour at 3gth and Ludlow Sts. Later I became a member of the Choir and sang tn It until my voice changed My family moved to 43th and Springfield Ave.. and I attended Church and Sunday School at Calvary Methodist-Epis¬ copal Chureh at 48th St Baltimore Ave Wilbiir Messinger, very well- known in* Nazareth today was a member of my Sunday School Class, the Pastor's wife. Mrs. Bickley Bums was our teacher.
At the age of 19, I left Philadel¬ phia to go in the picture business in Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies and carried with me a letter of Introduction from Bishop Oar- land to the head of the Church of England In  Jamaica.
Accused of being unpatriotic, my world war record stands out as a rebuff to such criticism. On Novem¬ ber 12th, 1915 I enlisted in the BRITISH WEST INDIA REOI- ME.NT sailing for England on Christmas Eve of 1915. I served 242 days in the British Army, enlisted as a private and when discharged had made the rank of Sergeant. I wai honorably discharged, the rea¬ son being that I was, "medically un¬ fit for further service", I was sent back to Jamaica and was given my old job back and remained there un¬ til December 1921 at which time I returned to my Native Country, the U. S. A,
I was married to Iris Motta in Philadelphia, October 13th. 1923. by the Rev. Pervis, whose Church is on 13th St, between Race and Vino Streets.
Furthermore I want to state that my uncle. Spencer B. Meeser Is a Baptist Minister and had Churches in Patterson. N. J., Worcester, Mass., and Detroit. Michigan, and for 10 years was a Professor of Tlieology at Crozier Seminary at Chester, Penna     My uncle now lives retired.
I wish to state that my married sister, Mrs. William H. Wood, of West Chester. Pa , is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and that I am eligiblo t.:> Join the Sons of the American Revolution, these records are In W.i-shlngton. D. C.
M.\ religious, patriotic and nation¬ ality background, therefore, I would compare with almost any man. But returning to the subject of Motion Pictures   which   are    being    showtt
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Mrs. Charles Frack, Mauch Chunk 'street, entertained her "500" clUfj Tue.sday afternoon .
Ta.ily refreshments were servea Tho^e present were: Mrs A'ihei Hahn. Mrs Curtin Bonstein, Mrs Alfred Bn>b.st, Mrs Edward Heil¬ man, Mr,, Oeoi'gc l^^opold, Mrs Wili liam Jacobts Mrs Clarence Mitchell, Mr>    Charles   Frack
P:iZfi^ wete awarded to Mis Hahn, Mitciiell  and  Mrs   Heilafi:«n.
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A card party was held on Tu'-sday evening in the Odd F"llow Hall, on Belvidere .street by the Elizabeth Fil". Rebekah Lodge, No   570
Tlie evening was spent playing Haas. Pinoclile. Five-Hundred atid Radio
Prizi's were awarded to: H.-»a>— C. Nirhola*. Mrs. Walter Minnich, Hanna Borustein, Laura Metsgar, Mrs J Mliler. Mr.-f NeUon Freeman. Louis Brody, NeUon Freeman. Mar- }orie Mili«T, Mrs Longenbach, and D Siegfried. Clayton Mlllhelm, Mrs. Carrie Alpaugh, D. Siegfried; Five- Hundred-Mrs Asher Hahn. Edward Eberts Mrs Richard LaObacb and Mrs William Jacobs: mmHo tin, Clara Meyers, Mrs Agfle Kramer; Door Prlaea—Mrs Oalvln HartMfl and Chark-s Altemose
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