The Nazareth Item |
Previous | 1 of 8 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
Large
Extra Large
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
|
Loading content ...
srBSCBIilH FOR ¦THK ITEM." THE NAZARETH ITEM Hl'BfHIUBE POR "THE ITEM." xxxn NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 21. 1923. N(». 30 AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTBLLIGENCE. i lOAl FAMILY lEUNIONS HELD flVER_WEEH END louts Meet at Oakland; Titus and Fenicle Families Hold Big Gatherings ne eleventli annual reunion of .desceiiilani^ ot Jolin P. .Stout was jdat Oakland Park Saturday atter- {•jmards of two hundred mein- ",ot the family were present and joyed a splendid program featured Rev Jidi" "''P"" Stout's address da talk by Dr. Phillip Stout, ot the ilversity uf Pennsylvania faculty. Bfv Stout's address was full of usual lilts of history about the ,nibers of the clan. The speaker ,dthe (d)ltuary of VVllliam Henry lilt, the progenitor of the clan. His nigral ion to this country from the ineriilley in 1737 and subsequent itlpmeiit in Plainfield townnhip. rtamiiion lotinty. proved an in- ¦estlng thenie. Rev. Ston; slated (the clan'.s proRenilor lived U) see ivgraiulcliildren and twenty-seven ^t-grandchiUlren. Plans were discussed for the hold- >ot a pener.il reunion at Perkasle [I ypar. K'v. Stout was named J ot a coniniitiee to collect addl- ojl (lata on the early history ot ! I'laii. Following the business lii.in the members ot the fninily joyed a splendid social program. iStout family orchestra provided music Edward H. Stout was re¬ lied secretary of the family for lelevenih successive year. Dinner served at one long table In the King al wlli. h time familiar fam- lymns were sung. Firemen's Convention et NorttiamptonLostWeeli; 1924 Session to lie Here Local Man Elected President of Associ¬ ation; About 400 Delegates Attend Banquet; Big Street Parade The Titus reunion was held at An- iw BartholDinew's home, near is! Phillil)>i. 'in Sunday and it was {c!y atleii ; d. They enjoyed iniplvi's •¦¦:}' mncli. Elegant j:s were served. iniong those present were Mr. and Ell. Lohniiiin and daughter, Mr. IMrs. ArU'n Lohrman. >on Rich- ind dauul.'i-r Arllne, .Mrs. Kd- tdRhyne. d:uighter Chronicle and Edward, .Mrs. Rollen Rhyne and Carl, Mr. .md Mrs. Clarence Rit- Mr. and .Mrs. Oeorge Kagan, ot mown: Mr. and Mrs, Victor Bar- lomew and . liildren. of Rltters- i; Mrs. William Heberling, of is Roads; Mr. and .Mrs. Carl Gold daughter.^ Katherine and Sher- Mrs. Willi:ini (Jold and son Paul. Nazareth: Mr. and Mrs. .\. J. tholomew. nf Point Piiillips; nley Oold and friend, Miss Calh- e Cann, of liangor: Mr. and .Mrs. ud Seyfried .ind daughter Mll- 1 Mr. and .Mrs. .lacob Seyfried. of areth: Mr. and Mrs. George inier and sun Elwood. of Point Hips: Frank Gold, of Xazareth; Mae Oplinger. ot Summit: Mr. I Mrs. Robert Bartholomew and illiter Helen, ot Coplay; Tilgliman r and N'ellie Patch, nf Path. fiey all left late in lie evening il expectations of another similar nex' year at tho same place. 'le nv.-niy-iiiiii annnal reniiiiin of fenirle fainily was held .-it ren- Park Sii!,d:,y, .-V ple.i.~riiit day itlracii.i ..r'ing eveirs. a liiis- S'Ossion and addres-- - 1 y sev- ot the family, concln.i ! 'lie •jhig. Th. reunion next y, ;ir will fhi ,it n:il;1;ind P.irk. tlie iocoiu'. urday of Jv •- The folio.ving of- rs wero il.. ¦ .i: President. Ila.-- Feiihli.. P.. ¦hlehem; Vic-prer-i- t. Edward flriybill. Petlilehent: etary, .lar,.!, piiik. .MIentown; usurer. Harry S.hr.ilxr. Old '^¦|II<-; aiiiusniiient rommi:tee. ¦I.i.i.ti Fink. Mrs. t). K. Mohr Mrs. Hersli, all of Allentown: rani committee, Mrs. Brinker. Fannie Fenicle. Mis.s Effle eiber, Mrs. Irene .Tames and Mrs. tie Shafer, all of Allentn Northampton, Northampton coun¬ ty, had the honor ot being host and hostess to the Kour-County Fire- luen's Association al their annual convention on Friday and Saturday, June 1,^ and 16 and made good by e.xtending a most cordial reception alike to the association oflicials, rep¬ resentatives, individual members and their friends. The association is composed of delegates and memhers of the var¬ ious fire companies, volunteer and paid departments of the towns and cities throughout the counties of Carbon, l>ehigb, Monroe and North¬ ampton; and this being the twenty- sixth annual meeting was one ot the best held, showing very clearly that the affairs are in the hands ot most competent offlclaJs. Ou Friday, June l-'i, at 1.43 o'clock p. 111. the convention was called to order by President Edgar C. Nagle, Esq,, in the l.yric theatre. The assemblage was led in prayer by Rev. George B. Stem, of North¬ ampton. The honorable burgess of .Northampton, W. I). Easterday, most cordially welcomed the delegates in a whole-hearted manner in a neat address. Ex-iiresident Peter N. Snyder, of Slatington, responded, after which Pr<sidiii: Nagle gave a most inter¬ esting talk on flre losses throughout the Stato. It was announced that Judge Samuel E. Shull, of Strouds¬ burg, wlio was to favor the conven¬ tion with an address relative to the necessity of efficiency in fire protec¬ tion, was unavoidably detained by sickness. At this point, who walked on the stage was an old friend of every fire¬ man in Ihe state, who received a great ovation, was Judge Eugene Bonniwell. of Philadelphia, ex-presi¬ dent ot the State Firemen's Associa¬ tion, with greetings from the mother association, and spoke in his usual unii|ue manner on the benefits de¬ rived by close association of firemen throughout the state. He also re¬ ferred at length on the withdrawal of the Woodward bill which would have taken the two per cent tax on foreign fire insurance premiums away from the Firemen's Relief As¬ sociations, The association lost three members liy death during the past year. The secretarys and treasurer's re¬ ports show tnat the association is on a sound and solid Iiase both numeric¬ ally aud financially, showing a bal¬ ance of ?2:i72.n7. .\ resolution recommending an in¬ crease in death benefits trom $30 to $40 to be presented at the next con¬ vention. Another resolution author¬ izing the appointment of a commit¬ tee of three to revise the by-laws and rejiort their results lo the next con¬ vention. .Vazareth was chosen for the 192 1 meet lo he held on the usual date— the third Friday in June. The toliowing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Alilton S. T.indenmoyer. of Na/areth. presi¬ dent; John .M. Dolan, of blanch riiiink. Carbon county; John ^lur- ray. ot Allentown, l.ehigh county: I.ouis Shiffert. of Stroudsburg, Mon¬ roe county; Joseph Lundson, of Eas¬ ton. Northampton County, vice-pres¬ idents. P. J. McNally, ot Catasau¬ qua. was re-elected as secretary and Milton H. Bernhard, of Allentown, as treasurer. Herman Mentzle, of (Continued on Page Four) J. W. TRUMBOWER PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOMEYESTERDAY Was a Progressive Business Man and Director of Nazareth Bank John W. Trumbower, a highly re¬ spected citizen of Nazareth, died at his home, .No. 130 East Centre street, on Wednesday morning, June 20, at !t..30 o'clock, aged 77 years, fi months and 12 days. He was fhe eldest son of Stephen Jacob and Maria (Weav¬ er) Trumbower and was born in East Allen township, December ,S, 1.S45. In early life he attended the public schools, Weaversvllle Academy and Freeland Seminary, now I'rsinus Col¬ lege. In l.SGS he entered the store of his hrnther-in-law. .\. W. Dech. at .lOHN W. TIMMBOWER. STATE LO.R.M. MEET AT EASTON IN 1924 Easton was selected as the 11)24 meeting place by the great council of the Improved Order of Ked .Men of Peausyhauia at tlie closing sessiou of the stale couvention at Lancaster. Tho couucil appropriated 5IIOO lo the fuud to be used for the purchase ul the Conrad Weiser farm in Berks county, and $200, to-' the Ued .Men's Home al Cleltenliuiii. Flag Uay e.x- ercises were lield fullowing the close ot the convention. Uflicers installed were: Great Sachem, I'eter J. Kile, Philadelphia; Greal Senior Sagamore, ll.iydeii .Mc- Quaite, Dr, .Vndrew Callahan. I'hiKi- delphia: Great I'ropliui, Cyrus Y. Stern, .Mtooiia; (Ire.it IvLciicr uf Records, Thomas L. Fra/.'.r, i'liiiaJ.J- pliia; Great Kueii..'r uf Waiiiiium, John IC. Gr./.'iihal^ii. I'liil.idelplii.i. I'l.lNO IU:i ITAl. IN .M<||;.\\ IW t !l APII. EMAUS DEFEATS NAZARETH 10 lo9 Heavy Hitting of Both Teams Is Big Feature of Game; Epinger Hits Homer I The strung Emaus baseball team I journeyed lo lown on Tuesday and I Uefeaied llie local niue iu a close ' game by the score ot lU-U. Both : learns lougUt to the liuish and it was . auyboy's game until the last man was I rciireii in ihe ninth inning. 'llie score; -Nazaretli. li. H. (J. ' Starner, rf U 2 2 ' Brunner, If .,..,.. 1 1 0 ' Ruth, JU 1 1 2 • ilealll, c 2 2 1 I Schatler, lb 2 2 11 I Knechl, ss 6 2 2 I Granger, ob .) 1 u I Snyiier, p ¦) 0 0 Junes, p .) 0 I) Bethlehem, as clerk and later engag¬ ed in business tor lilmself in that city. In 1^7.s owing to the great indus¬ trial depression he abandoned his business and moved to his father's farm where he continued in that oc¬ cupation whicii was always congenial to him. In I'^'JO he moved with his family tn Nazareth and two years later when the B. & P. R. R. was built to this town engaged in the coal, lumber and grain business, which he con¬ ducted until ISS?!, since which year he lived a retired life. He was an active member of the Reformed church and was faithful in his church and Snnday school attend¬ ance. He served various borough offices: was for many years a director ot th.' od Nazareth Water Company and om- of llie original directors ot the Naza¬ reth National Bank. November ¦!. 1S70. Mr. Trumbow¬ er was luarried to Miss Amanda K. Koehler, second daughter ot Peter Susan (Young) Koehler, at that time a leading farmer in Lower Nazareth township. He is siirviv..,] I,y tliree children, all livins in Nazareih: Mrs. J. .A. Fraunfelder. .Mrs. W. H. Wotring, and P. S. Trunitiower; also by five Kivmd .'hil.iren. Mrs. Ivsiher T Vnuli'r. of ^'anphn. Wtisli.: .Miss Frnnces .\. Wotring and Miss .Vnna T. Fraunfelder, John and Jacob Frnnnfelder, nf Nazareth. Mrs. i Frances M. Odenwelder. aged "! 1 years, is his only ssurvivlng sis'er. Funeral servic-es will be Iield from his Inte residence. 130 East Centre street, next Saturday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock "ith ititerment on Greenwood cemet'ry. i ¦>v.-n. On .Muiul.iy evening, Juue 2j, at '. u'cluck, si.x of .Miss .Vnna Iverus ad- '. anced pupils will give a piano reci¬ tal in the .Moravian cliapel. .Miss Grace Kern, ut Kreidersville, will also give a reading entitled ".Vune of Green Gables." Everybody interest¬ ed ill mu.-ic is invited to attend. ? ELEBRATED BACH CHOIR SINGS AT HERSHEY, PA. Totals Kuiaum. Peters, If Caddeii, 2 b .... Zimmerman, 2b . .Miller, ct Epinger, rf .... Kyau, ss Yeakel, lb Hart, c Gallagh.'r, p ... . J U . . 2 . . 1 . . 2 . . 2 . . 1 . . 0 . . 1 . . 1 . . <) 12 H. 2 IJ 1 2 .i 1 J 2 1 21 O 1 0 2 0 2 4 b 4 0 14 .v. 0 2 3 0 0 3 U 0 1 1 E. 0 u 0 u 1 u 0 0 0 \0 DKTorilS T(l NAZ.XKKTH. Totals ll) 15 21 9 1 Home run: 1-Jiiinger. Two-base lul»: Kn.aUl 2, Veak. 1, L'l.iiiger. I Peters, .Miller, Heatli. ohn Seb.istI:,,, Bach weir. travel- Satur,lay and .<un,lay. Not from imar ov Eisenach or Leipslc, but » Bethlehem, his American home, wProf. Wolle aud his choir havo 11*^U his si.irli as veritably as ""i was In the flesh where he Ills nia.ster music. The trip 'aem to Hershey, the chocolate 1. "here they owued the place "'time tbey were there. Crowds '0 see and hear them; they »*ay with enough praise ring- "'Hilr ears to last them tor a »•¦ The singers enjoyed the ''»men»ely, for it wa. u sort ot \i,l "¦*""' *""'® '^ '""'' "•« "¦their annual picnic at Cen- >f». Which had been set for •J'- It wag a real treat In •ys than one and unlike tbe "ey had previously taken, for Win plenty of breathing time »P trom the »trenuou» pro- ,'*' out tor them. *«• the sixth time the sing- •lone from their own flr»- •"«• to New York and twice tu Philadeli.Ilia, .\nother one is i:i store for ilieni on .\ugusl 11, i.n they are going :o Ocean Grove tu slug In the big auditorium there (ur the Ocean Grove .Association. The choir had tlie suppurt ot but a dozen Philadelphia orchestra play¬ ers, a small organ and a piano, but they sang as only Dr. Wolle can make them -sing. They gave every¬ thing they had to the fullest and the result was one that will forever re¬ main a treat, .Miss Ueddoe and .Mrs. Hager were tbe ioiolsts and they did uot fall In any Instance to add to the commendable result. The choir ha« received an Invita¬ tion to go to Cuba next year lo give a Bach recital. The Invitation came' from one ot the L<eblgb Alumni. It may be accepted. Thomas Vanatta and daughter, .Mise Mona, Miu .Marie Volgt, Miss Anna Zeigler, Ralph Fry, ot town, local niembers of the aggregation, ac¬ companied the choir on their tour to Hursbey and asaisted In tbe concert work. Vol NG nazarkm; Al ( niK.NTALl.V SHOT Cliarles That Ier, aged 17, of town, was carrying a 22-calibre rifle Fri¬ day morning with Its muzzle toward the ground. 'I'lie rifle was accident¬ ally discharged and the bullet enter¬ ed the rear of his right foot He was removed to St. Luke's Hospital, Bethleboin, where the bullet was ex¬ tracted after considerable ditflculty. B.*XI) cost KHT. The .Nazareth Band will render a concert iu the Circle on Friday even¬ ing, July 6. In connection with tbe concert home-made cakes, candles aud breuil with Ice creai i and other refreshments will be offered to tbe public. The event la conducted by the local camp of Boy Scout* and tbe proceeds are to be applied to their camping fund. Come to tbe Square and enjoy good music and good eats with tbe boys. On July 4th there will be no de¬ tours to -Nazareth. All roads le.id di¬ rect to Nazareih Fair grounds where you will find commodious parking space for your automobile while you attend the community celebration. This is the third annual commun¬ ity celebration held under tho super¬ vision of -Nazareth Chamber, -No. lOfi, Order Knights of Friendship and the executives in charge are planning that this year's event will imtclass the previi'Us .¦. lebrations. You will And something doing every miuute, such as dancing, baud concert, picnic and carnival, and a grand display of fireworks. This uill eive .very one a grand opportunity of .'elebrating the Inde¬ pendence Day out In 'he open away from worries and cares This year marks the 147th anniversary when Continental Congress boldly d"clareil their independence from British rule and the thirteen colonies were for the first time called "the thirteen I'nited States of ..\merica. " Exercises of ISOth Com- mencement ot Nazareih Hall;Nine Cadets Graduate Alumni Asso. Holds Meeting; "B" Com¬ pany Takes Away Honors in Drill; Prize and Diplomas Awarded Wednesday was the big and final day of the exercises held In connec¬ tion with the one hundred and eighth annual commencement of Nazareth Hall Military .\cademy. and il was one of the most enjoyable of these occasions held at this historic old ¦ .Moravian school. Following the class day in the morning, there was an alumni meet¬ ing in the afternoon, at which time plans for actively interesting the graduates of the liall in the work and progress of the institution were made. -A committee was appointt'd I to conduct a drive for funds, thisj committee consisting of Former .\lumni Pre;-iidint L. G. Neimtui. ofi New York, chairman; Harry W. ' Wacker and Fred Caiichols. During the business session, offl-. iers of the .\lumni .\ssociation were] elected as follows: President, Fred' Cauchois, New Y'ork; vice-president.; Gardner Dunham. Staten Island; sec-1 r^'fary and treasurer, Piev. 'William' H. Vogler, of Nazareih. | Following the meeting there was aj spirited has,-hall game on the Naz-! areth Hall fleld. In which the Halli 'Varsity team defeated the Alumni t'eini by the score of S-4. Then fhe whole cn^wd adjourn.'.1 for supper, which was served hy tiie I ladles, the visitors partakitic nf their; refreshments on the ln^\'i "..^ar ¦'\--''' school office. | Then came the rcnilv Ijii; nl'fair of; Ihe day, the dress yav.i.Ie ,ind cor.r.i.--! titive drill. ! Immediately after the parade of the cadets, who had been marching to the music of the Nazareth Y. M. C. A. Band, the old boys, under he command of Charles Thaeler, fell in, and as the band continued to play, theso alumni, inany ot whom had not drilled for years, went through some evolutions, after having borrowed hats and rifles from the cadets. Their efforts were good in some points, but in other things they showed that it had been some time since they had been familiar with military orders. -As a finale to the events ot tbe cnniniencement season, the com- ni.'-i.rement exercises proper were held in the Nazareth Moravian iltur.ii. The j.rinciiial. Rev. .A. D. Thaeler, presided and the scriiiture ¦vas read by Rev. Paul S. Mf inert, lastor of the church, who also made tlie invocation. The salutatory ad¬ dress was made by Samuel E. Wein¬ land. of Dover, O., and then tbe prizn? and diplomas were awarded by Principal Thaeler. The commence¬ ment address was made by Robert S. Taylor, Esq., of Bethlehem, and the valedictory oration was made hy J. Frederick Kistler. of Morganfown, N. C. The prizes and honors awarded 'v^re the following: There were two companies, that composed of the larger boys under the command nf Captain .Anthony ri Paolo, while the smaller hoys (Continued en Page Five,) FORESTY, BOARD ARRESTS MAN FOR CUniNODflWN TREES Detected After Doing Clever Work ior Several Years; Paid Damages The Forestry Board of the .Vaza¬ reth Mora. Ian church have for sev¬ eral years noticed that large trees have been cut down and taken away without having secured perni'sfiioa. The board was constantly ou the natch but the party was able to cov¬ er his tracks until recently when the fellow was spotted. He would go into the wood at an unusual hour—o o'clock on Sunday mornings, when no person was expected to be about, and then cutting down large, live white and chestnut oak trees. he would cart the material home wh.sre It was used as fire wood. Finally getting too bold, the hoard caught on to his tricks and notifleJ him to appear and explain his .nova- ments. He was careful to reniovL* a'! chips and the tops ot the tree.-,. H»fV- in^ very litle that could be tra.^ed of the removal of the tree, and 'he newly-cut stump was carefully corv- ered with ground and leaves s.o that it would not be noticeable. It is the opinion ot the board that probably more than a dozen trees base been removed In this way djr- ing the past few years, hut only •i,<*ie taken recently could be traced hi- the new cut wood. When the fe.i.jw faced the committee and was a:.'tised of cutting four trees he confe.=>.sed iiis guilt and said he was willing to i.ay the dainages. It is hard to ascert:tii the value of a tree, but settle;.leul was agreed ujion and he prorai-.jd to pay $23 damages and $3 co.st', tie felt very guilty and expressed him¬ self that he was anxious to seMie the case without going into cour'. The local Forestry Board v - :n communication with the Sta'e For¬ estry Commission and was advi.sed to try and trap the guilty par'r 3= the law is very specific in regard lo rut- fine timber on other people's Lit. !s SILVER ANNIVERSARY UNITED CHOIR TO REN- OF REV. I. A. lAZARUS DER "FARMER'S MASS" BREEZES FROM NAZARETH HIOH Special Services in Plainfield Church to Celebrate 25th Year of Pastorate BAXQIKT AT NAZ.ARETH INN The annual banquet of the Naza¬ reth High School will he held Tues¬ day, June 26 at the Nazareth Inn. .All members are urged to attend and make this a successful banquet. Re¬ servations may be secured from either the i resident, Ed. J Cassler or the secretary. Sarah E. Heiney. Eslher Simons, of Northampton, visited ber parents on Saturday. The twenty-fifth auuiversary of the ordiuutiou of the Uev. L. U. Lazarus into the ottice of the Huly -Ministry will be observed with appropriate services iu St. I'eter's cliurcn, Piain- lield, on Sunday, June 24. Kev. Lazarus will preacli at the morning service at iy.l5 a, lu. and the Kevs, W. H. Brong and J. L. Smith, U. 11., the Ueiurnied col¬ leagues in the parish, will deli.er atl- dresaes al the evening service al 'i.i') p. m. The combiued choirs ut the ptirish, under the le.tdersliip ..i tiar- . ii.e lleller, as director, v. in r.;Uiler ,1 special prugraui uf music at the services. -Mrs. 11. (J. Lc". ;= uf Wm.l Gap aud -Miss .\knsdrei Kemmerer, i ut Plainfield, will iie the soloists and the male chorus of Edelmans win render .several selections. .Ail me congregations of the parish wili tj.ir- ticipate iu these services. A .. i iial invitation is exteudtii to th.- g>' • ¦. public to attend liu ser. ices day. Kev. Mr. Lazarus is a graduate ut .Muhlenberg College aud ui the Theo-| logical Seminary at -Mt. .Airy. Hei was ordained iu Zion Lutheran' (hurcli. Philadelphia, on June 0, 1 ;m .N and served as pastor ;ii tlie' following parishes ui V.w .Mii:i.-iei- ium of Pennsylvania: -Vssistant-pastor, Trinity churcli,! Reading. 1^9S-1901; St. John's! ciiurch, Nazareth. 11)02-1 ¦ .' .-- J.ilins. Pen .\rgyl, 1UU6-1 • ¦ . -Mark's and Holy Trinity, liethlehem.; 190S-lii22, and since -March 1, 1922 lias been |iastor of tht Plainfield parisli. ciiiisisting of P'lalnfield. Bel-j fast, liushkill C..liter and Win.l ' He was tlin s.'i i etary-treasur. tl.e .Vllentown cun:. I'ence from Kmi to 1911 and serveil as president ofi the conference from 191S • '¦;'•' Tlie committee of arr:' consisting of the several i..i,m.K.i- tions, .Messrs. Joseph J. Albert, Ed-i ward P. Laub, Charles T Fehr and -Amandus Flory, is ant i. ipa'lng a lery festive occasion of this .vent so unusual in its character Tlie Nazareth Moravian diurch ':. ir 'vill journey to Bethlehem next i 1 - lay evening, June 2'j. and unite with the ..hoir of the First Bap.fist ciiiinli .if I!eihle!u-m. and give a rendition of "Farmer's Mass in B F"lat," under the direction ot Edward c, Kunow. organist of the Moravian church. -Vdmission is free and the general public Is invit.'d to attend. Tiie combined choirs will rehearse at Nazareth on Friday evening at S p. m. and on Sunday afternoon in Beth¬ lehem at 2 :!o p. m. .Automobile trtmsnortafiou will be furnished and .¦liuir iiieiiibirs are to leave the Naz- nr.th ciiurch al 2 jv m on Sunday and 7 p. m. on Tuesday, The Baptist church has recently !|.^en ere.-.',! ;ie,l .i. ,!i.•:,...,i ti,-] this will h.' .1 civ- >?n hy '' The sol, !,.> Mrs. J. H. (."mil kshan:; -^ ''.I.ii:.- V.itLft contraltos: .\nnn Ziesr' pr'i!;o=: T'. i-':!, rennr an-' M-^'srs. P.! ; 111,1 H Alvi- ^¦. ie' '.,is>. - Miss .Anna Kern will :'¦•"¦¦'.' tl? ¦';¦¦ r'ann nn 1 K!mor Graduation Exorclse.s. The graduation exercises t,;r thia year's class will begin with the- l)ac- calaureate sermon on Sunday morn¬ ing in the Moravian church by Rev. Paul S. Meinert at 10.30 o'clock. On the evening of June 27. tha annual oratorical contest will he held in the Moravian chapel. The con-est- anfs will he Marguerite Altemose, Laura Miller. Miriam Wunderly. Dan¬ iel Rohn and Charles Shimer. On tli>^ evening ot June 29 a' *i o'cJock in the Moravian chur-h.. a class of fifteen will graduate The honor students are Mabel Cisw^id. valedictorian, ami Millicent Pohl. salutatorlan. Athletic Association Mpetinvr. A tnee'ine of Mie AthleMc ;i;i:,.';a- tion was called by the presiden", Roy Pankel. for the purpose of e^ecMng officers The newly elected t ""-ers Tre: Presil"n'. Stanley Willl3'r.»on; vice-iiresldent, Willard Roth.: :jir"- fary, Helen Simons: tnan;i?'>" if 'iris' bt'skethti'i •en;;- -"^ ' • iinneer (^f b.ivs" '. ,- ' ' '-'< Shinier¦ SMI ¦¦ ' Trein, .Annual Picnii. It was decided to celebra'e tii^ closinir nf schon! by hnvlnir t ¦ :''• ,T Rushkill Park on Tune 2« Hiisi: (<)\n*\\v MKFTiNt;. \'iail,!nce Hose Company, No. 1. of y.v.:..-'i 1,.^'] ^ very interesting ''¦: .111 Monday evening in :...,,Planers in Municipal till:!.ling. Important routine busl- luss was transncfed, .An apiiicatlon for memhersliip wis received. AnniTiowi. GUTS. Inadvertently 'he cilts of t',.^ ..f- fering, plates ami a large wall .-h., k, presented by Miss Florence Feir atid Mrs Roland Fehr Roth, were nn- In¬ cluded In th" list previously River. In connection wiMi the ve.t.dica'' r it Bushkill Center. OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY OPEXINC. OF XEAV ICE < REAM PARLOR TOVKJHT DurinK the last few weeks renova¬ tions were again made at the new Baronial Hotel. Palmer ''Windy" Cole, proprietor, to install a new soda fountain. .An up-to-date Ice cream parlor bas taken the plaee of tbe lobby of the hotel and will ba opened for business this evenlns. Tbe Nasareth Melody Boys will fur¬ nish music. Tbe location Is an Ide^il spot and will be enjoyed by the local and trarellng public s ,Tgo - ¦-¦ -Vl. ri.,i, f.ilth was founde ' Northampton- •'.Invtiv .",. a'-Weavers-.llle, and ¦ the present members of tliat congregation gathered for their anniversary. This Is believed to be the oldest church between the Dela- wcre and Lehigh rivers, and was founded in 1T31 by Scotch-Irish set¬ tlers. -A short distance from the church is a cemetery which shows that interment was made there as early as 1745, the name on the tomb- sft.ne being James King. Rev. William V. Chamberlain as¬ sistant Bible professor at Liafayett* College, and at present pastor of the Presbyterian church at Bath, presid¬ ed at tbe services which filled the church to overflowing and caused several hundred to stand outsid*. Rev. James Robinson, D. n , pastor of the First Presbyterian chureli, B«lhlehem, In the historical addreia, delved Into the hlatory of the churcb from th* very bednning Miss Ells- at'cMi Lehman Myers, authoress .jf severa! historlca! books. cont;..u2d along fhe same line as Dr. Rob r.son, hut treated more of the Indian his¬ tory of tlie section where the church Is located. Rev. P. .A. Laury. president of the Lu'heran conference, representel the Nirthampion Historical Society, and spoke of the church as representing the cradle, nursery, protectorate and finally, the power honse of the set¬ tlement. Remarks were also made hy former pastors and membars of the congregation. The Northampton Connty Hlatort- cal Society was represented at th* anniversary by Floyd Blxler. of Baa- ton. corresponding secretary; Mis* Elizabeth Meyers, of B«thleb«m: Rev Preston Laury, of Bethteh<!iii. and Asa K Mcllhaney, of Bath a charter member of th* organlta'lon. Tbe scrlptur* lesson w«s read by Rev. FYanrts Hon, of B«tbl*h«m, and th* prayer wa* made by R«t. Arthur S. Ruts, moderator of 'h* Presbytery of Lehigh.
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 32 |
Issue | 30 |
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 | 1923-06-21 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
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. |
Month | 06 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 1923 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 32 |
Issue | 30 |
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 | 1923-06-21 |
Date Digitized | 2009-01-22 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 300 dpi. The original file size was 29232 kilobytes. |
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. |
Full Text |
srBSCBIilH
FOR ¦THK ITEM."
THE
NAZARETH
ITEM
Hl'BfHIUBE
POR "THE ITEM."
xxxn
NAZARETH, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 21. 1923.
N(». 30
AN INDEPENDENT FAMILY NEWSPAPER. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL INTBLLIGENCE.
i
lOAl FAMILY lEUNIONS HELD flVER_WEEH END
louts Meet at Oakland; Titus and Fenicle Families Hold Big Gatherings
ne eleventli annual reunion of .desceiiilani^ ot Jolin P. .Stout was jdat Oakland Park Saturday atter- {•jmards of two hundred mein- ",ot the family were present and joyed a splendid program featured
Rev Jidi" "''P"" Stout's address da talk by Dr. Phillip Stout, ot the ilversity uf Pennsylvania faculty. Bfv Stout's address was full of usual lilts of history about the ,nibers of the clan. The speaker ,dthe (d)ltuary of VVllliam Henry lilt, the progenitor of the clan. His nigral ion to this country from the ineriilley in 1737 and subsequent itlpmeiit in Plainfield townnhip. rtamiiion lotinty. proved an in- ¦estlng thenie. Rev. Ston; slated (the clan'.s proRenilor lived U) see ivgraiulcliildren and twenty-seven ^t-grandchiUlren.
Plans were discussed for the hold- >ot a pener.il reunion at Perkasle [I ypar. K'v. Stout was named J ot a coniniitiee to collect addl- ojl (lata on the early history ot ! I'laii. Following the business lii.in the members ot the fninily joyed a splendid social program. iStout family orchestra provided
music Edward H. Stout was re¬ lied secretary of the family for lelevenih successive year. Dinner
served at one long table In the King al wlli. h time familiar fam-
lymns were sung.
Firemen's Convention et NorttiamptonLostWeeli; 1924 Session to lie Here
Local Man Elected President of Associ¬ ation; About 400 Delegates Attend Banquet; Big Street Parade
The Titus reunion was held at An- iw BartholDinew's home, near is! Phillil)>i. 'in Sunday and it was {c!y atleii ; d. They enjoyed iniplvi's •¦¦:}' mncli. Elegant j:s were served.
iniong those present were Mr. and Ell. Lohniiiin and daughter, Mr. IMrs. ArU'n Lohrman. >on Rich- ind dauul.'i-r Arllne, .Mrs. Kd- tdRhyne. d:uighter Chronicle and Edward, .Mrs. Rollen Rhyne and Carl, Mr. .md Mrs. Clarence Rit- Mr. and .Mrs. Oeorge Kagan, ot mown: Mr. and Mrs, Victor Bar- lomew and . liildren. of Rltters- i; Mrs. William Heberling, of is Roads; Mr. and .Mrs. Carl Gold daughter.^ Katherine and Sher- Mrs. Willi:ini (Jold and son Paul. Nazareth: Mr. and Mrs. .\. J. tholomew. nf Point Piiillips; nley Oold and friend, Miss Calh- e Cann, of liangor: Mr. and .Mrs. ud Seyfried .ind daughter Mll- 1 Mr. and .Mrs. .lacob Seyfried. of areth: Mr. and Mrs. George inier and sun Elwood. of Point Hips: Frank Gold, of Xazareth; Mae Oplinger. ot Summit: Mr. I Mrs. Robert Bartholomew and illiter Helen, ot Coplay; Tilgliman r and N'ellie Patch, nf Path. fiey all left late in lie evening il expectations of another similar nex' year at tho same place.
'le nv.-niy-iiiiii annnal reniiiiin of fenirle fainily was held .-it ren- Park Sii!,d:,y, .-V ple.i.~riiit day
itlracii.i ..r'ing eveirs. a liiis-
S'Ossion and addres-- - 1 y sev-
ot the family, concln.i ! 'lie
•jhig. Th. reunion next y, ;ir will fhi ,it n:il;1;ind P.irk. tlie iocoiu'.
urday of Jv •- The folio.ving of-
rs wero il.. ¦ .i: President. Ila.-- Feiihli.. P.. ¦hlehem; Vic-prer-i-
t. Edward flriybill. Petlilehent: etary, .lar,.!, piiik. .MIentown;
usurer. Harry S.hr.ilxr. Old '^¦|II<-; aiiiusniiient rommi:tee. ¦I.i.i.ti Fink. Mrs. t). K. Mohr Mrs. Hersli, all of Allentown: rani committee, Mrs. Brinker. Fannie Fenicle. Mis.s Effle
eiber, Mrs. Irene .Tames and Mrs.
tie Shafer, all of Allentn
Northampton, Northampton coun¬ ty, had the honor ot being host and hostess to the Kour-County Fire- luen's Association al their annual convention on Friday and Saturday, June 1,^ and 16 and made good by e.xtending a most cordial reception alike to the association oflicials, rep¬ resentatives, individual members and their friends.
The association is composed of delegates and memhers of the var¬ ious fire companies, volunteer and paid departments of the towns and cities throughout the counties of Carbon, l>ehigb, Monroe and North¬ ampton; and this being the twenty- sixth annual meeting was one ot the best held, showing very clearly that the affairs are in the hands ot most competent offlclaJs.
Ou Friday, June l-'i, at 1.43 o'clock p. 111. the convention was called to order by President Edgar C. Nagle, Esq,, in the l.yric theatre.
The assemblage was led in prayer by Rev. George B. Stem, of North¬ ampton. The honorable burgess of .Northampton, W. I). Easterday, most cordially welcomed the delegates in a whole-hearted manner in a neat address.
Ex-iiresident Peter N. Snyder, of Slatington, responded, after which Pr |
Month | 06 |
Day | 21 |
Year | 1923 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19230621_001.tif |
Tags
Comments
Post a Comment for The Nazareth Item