The Nazareth Item

              The Nazareth Item
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AN   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY   NEWSPAPER.   DEVOTBD   TO   LITERATURE,   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL    INTELLIOENCE.
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NAZARETH. PA.. THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 5, 1928
No.3t
lu-tdelegatlon of local metii-
I    ii«5 to Bethlehem on Sat-
^"l!-Blng ""d   witnessed    a
r,SJro5 when   559    candi-
¦^ Uhigh and Norlhami)-
JJJL was initluted Into the
• •hTpotrlotic Order. Sons
LIm »t a   huge   conclr.ve
I^ various camps in both
iThonor of tbo visitins
lidMt of the Older. VVil-
-,«, Hanover, Pa,
,, thousand meinhsrs of
alMtlon    were    present.
M practically every city,
community   In    both
^aand LehiKh counties.
^^ gtate  and   national
TLjent were National Sec-
",Sb H. R«««-   S'-    Clalr.
It, Vice  president    Frank
pitUburRh,    Master      of
_i'ioln H.  Zief?l««-.    Miftlin.
lienUry  Charies    Brumm
*   Pliiladelpliia,    uud    State
ntn Arthur Fox. Phiia-
^keol auditorium waa well
IfKbtbe representatives of
icamp.^.    The :no can-
ifrom .Snrlhanii>!on county
IO from  I.ehigh  county
(dlUated   into    the    decree
lto the team liom the Kn.iiu.i
,uder the .able guidance of
rElein.   A twenty-piece or-
Ifiniishcd th- music during
-rthampton county has O.noo
ll«ti amonj; tlie   twenty-'w..
lln the four di.^tricts, v.hiit>
Icoonty has ."..r.OO meiulur.-
the   similar    nnmber    of
The Northampton county
,^on Is lip;ided   by    .lolin
l,piton, while Clarence   II.
if, Coopersburp;.  Is  presidont
lUlifb county branch.
I line class   of    candidates
¦U Ihe results ot a ineni-
f rice   between     the    two
,„ Northampton    carryiim
tktwors by sixty-one ci'ndi-
Tle Weaversvllle camp of
aptOD county was present-
It (liver   loving    cup    i>y
.IRuch. Hellertown, for sc-
|tte most menil)ers.
iviUe was prLsented v.ith recognition of their yi- :ond pl;ici', while tliiri'. were garnered by llie Naz- ,iio p'"l»ea, \k:fcr^ dlttthe Leiiigh county dls- Camp 11, ot .MIentov. II. win- Irat place, ("amp "'>'>• of i, second pl.ici . ¦.¦¦n(] Camp Allentown. tliird iiluce. io'cloci( in tlic evtnii'.K prcv- the initial Ion ceremony. ilting ofiiii-r, iind meml)i>rs many c. r,i;); were entcr- idat a dinner in the First .Mo¬ il churcli. P;i(ker avcri'.c and Iter street.
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HIY FIREMEN TO CELEBRATE
 eTatamy Kin; Comiiany wiil llheir iiniiual cdeltralion to- FO*(Fi-iii;iyi c.cniii« and .Siil |yafternoon :n;d evening, July F 7- Tile :iil;iir will be an f? With plcn'y of anuiseinent fil.  The Wind Cap band wil!
entheocciision on Friday e\-
fwlth a conci rt.
Iturday's cel.l.iiition   wili    lie
f^^'Mx a l,;is-l.ali «am.-   at
!»¦ m. het\' ...|i   Dctliielieni  1,.
*ar«hoii>;.   ;,iul  Tiitnmy  A.
M.30 a street parade will ¦••eon th ¦ princip:il street *niy for which prizes will irded to the iarnest  repre-
"«» of any organization in I to the bP'U niitoniobile Rn,,t UL"^"' ""iiieally die.-^sed. P*««hy another hand concert rWind Cap orKanization. The [f *"1 1'" li.-ld on the llre- P 'Ots mar t;i,. trollev iunc- tveryl,.,,!,.   |„viicil     to   l.e
iWd Mrs.   Stanley     SioKfrled. "'¦'. on Sainrday.
NAZARENE DIES OF INJURIES RECEIVED IN AUTO ACCIDENT
li'juriei received in a head-on iiut<Muoi)ile crasli on tiie Nnzaretli- Kuston pil<e near StipsvillL' at 5.:!0 Suniiay niorniii,:;, resulted In tho d'-ath of Floyd S. VanlUisklrk. of .'S'j Kve:Kfeen Ktieet. .Vazareth. In the Kaston Hosi.ital at S.O.". Tues¬ day moniiiiB. .Mr. VanBuskirk liud suffered a fractured skull and other i'.ead injuries when his car c(t||idf d with a machine driven hy .ferry Hartley, at the cur.e at S.-ipsville. Hartley and hi.« com¬ panion, .lohn .Strauss, were al.'-o in¬ jured in tho crash and the three n:en were taken to llie Kaston Hospitai by a dairynmn who hap¬ pened along shortly after the crash.
.Mr. Vanlluskirk was :!(> years old. Ile is survived by his widow, a son Klmer, his fuMier .lanien W. VanHuskirk, all of .N'azareth. and two sisters. .Miss Kthel Van Bus¬ kirk ami .Mr-i. Ada ICnKieriiri-, lioth of Allentown and a brother, Roy N'ati Hlskirk, of SaylorHbnrg.
The deceased was a member ot the Methodist Kpiscopal cluirch at Mf Ilhaney, the P. O. S. of A. cnmp at Saylor.-hnr.E; nnd Allen Comcil. .Ir. (). r. A. M. of Allen- ti.wi;.
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Eighth Grade Com- mencement; Pupils Receive Fine Kedals
.\ laiKo nntrilier of relativei and friends of the eiglith grade pupils attended Ki'aduatliig exerci.-es of the einhtli graders held in the .N'azareth High School auditorium. June ^T. Rev. I.ieslie Kiefer, pas¬ tor of Hainan Memorial 'church, opened the exercises with invoca¬ tion. The puiiils of tiie grade pre¬ sented an interesting playlet "Vou and I and .loan."
Prf)r. F. A. .Marcks, Sniiei-vising Principal of the Nazareih Schools, awarded cerlificate.s of promotion to the lligil School to those of Ilie prade wlio have satisfacloriiy jiassed  the  work  of  tho  year.
Klv iiofi rnangst. of Naz.ireth. iv helialf of tlie .Vmerican Legion, prtsented a bronze inedul to Cl>»rleu Schafer as a..reward for merltoMotiJ'WorK and as a toVen ol his cliaracter of cxomplifyins .\merlcnn boyhood. Krika Marx was prcr'ented with a similar n^eiiai liy Mrs. Mahel Heyer in be¬ half of the Amertciin Legion .Vux¬ iliary. for her nierilorioiis work and n.-* a token of characler exem¬ plifying American girlliood. Tiie voci|)ients are chosen liy tir ir '1,'ssina'es nt the closo of eacli \far to receive the medals whi(!i l;:iv,- leen jires;: 'ed liy Harold V. Kntelit. I'o-t No. Iir. of the Vmerican  Legion,  for some  ypars.
.Vl.raiiaiii Vi:;Uel was presented Willi llie Ciiaii's Davis meda! piize for e\cellen(«' in Current llvi nts.
Tlie exercise-J closeil with siiig- ir.'»' and lieliedirtidii.
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Mi:s Klliel Kashin, daugliter of ."\Ii. and Mr;. ,Io.'5eiih Kaston. i/f I'.ilfas*. lell to sail for I'lyinout !i. lOiiuIaiid. to spend her v.icalion Willi relalivps. She left on the S S. Mauretania. Miss Kaston is eni|>Ioye(l lis a stenograidier al th" I'enii.iylvania Dixie CenuMit Cor¬ poration. Slie was accomp-nieii l)y Richard Rundle. of Nazaretii. her grandfather, who will visit a hrother and sister in KiiRland.
HOY .SIKHtTH HIMftKI.I'
WITII TOV  I'ISTOI.
While playing witli a loy pistol on rriilay, Riciiard Siegfried, son ot Brooks Siegfried, of Clierry Ilili. accidentally shot himself in tiie hand with a blank (artridge. Till- lioy was taken to lOastoii lio-- pital where he was treated to pre- V( til Idood poisoning. Tlie hoy is now improving rapidly.
^here Smith Was Nominated
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LOCAL ROTARY CLUD ENTERTAINS GIRLS' BASKETBALL TEAM
The Nazaretii Roti'.ry Cluli on .Monday evening entertained the (iiris' baaketljull team of .Nazaretli High Scnool at the weekly meeting of the club iu the .Vaz! reth V. .\1. C. A. social rooms.
Thirteen members of th.? team with .Miss Stein, physical director OI the State Normal Sehool. were present to enjoy the- hospitality of thft Rotarians. Mi-s Stein was called upon and ^a-.e an interest¬ ing taik. Diana Happel and Kllen Walters favored witli solos. .Miss .Miriaiii Kiick. captain of the Xaz¬ aretii Cirls' team, introduced the members of tbe team. Various committees of the cluli made re¬ ports. President Hov.ard .Shimer presided.
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JOSEPH T. ROBINSON
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SUDDEN DEMISE OF POPU¬ LAR WORLD WAR VETERAN SHOCKS ARMY OF FRIENDS
Unfortunate Slip While Working With PUen
on High Tension Line Results In Death
of Frank Jones, Young Nazarene
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36 GRADUATES OF NAZARETH mCN^PRESENTED DIPLOMAS ON COMMENCEMENT NIGHT
.Vn audience that lilied the Iiigii S(hooi aiidiioriiim to overliow ing 'eaveil tlu- territic showers of Kri- day evening and attended the I nninu iici r.^eiK e.xercises of the class of l!i2,S Na.zarelh Hi'-!l S' liool. Rev. I'aul S. .Mfinert, pas- lor ef the .VIoravian church, of- t'clnl invocation. .Miss Isaiieil" la;s-( 1 s.iiutatnrian of thf class, spoke ne.xt and welconicil tii' friends and relatives of llie cl;..-? In tlio exircises. Her topic in ora¬ tion was ••Rampant Crim"" an! nas liand'.ed In an intereslini; and capaiile manner.
Dorotliy 'Si'-'i?.. al^^ an honor s'udent. sjioke on the .subject •'In- ^liillment Selling." '!. l.ahonia !•' :)pel, \al'dictoriaa. ir.id as ll^'r subject 'Must Our Nation Die.'" a tlienie of considerable inl' rest and extremely well iiresented. Mis.-i I'eppell tlien bade the formal farewells of her class to tin ir scliiioimales at Nazare'h High, the fticult.\. hoard of scliool control :Mid friends.
The speaker ef the evening. Dr. Harold Paul Sloan, of Pliiiadel- iihia. sjioke on Ihe sulijeet ".Vt tlie (iateway of Mfe." Dr. Sloan spoke of the mysterioiisneHs of life." Tlie moments of life and death are as myslerioiis." he said, "as tile moment wlirn Cod saiil 'Let there he liglif upon an unlit world."
Dr. Sloan depicted Hie gradual development of life from lialiy- hood to old age and tlie almost imrerceptilile shading of one per¬ iod of lifo into the other. For the ¦.graduates of High Scliool. stand¬ ing 111 the gateway of life, he said commencement wns tbe niomeiit iM wliich vouth slipi'.ed into maliir- ily. II" asked tiie pare ills of iln'se hoys and girls to consider iliein now as   men    nnd    women.
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l''"''ri.,r „ [¦""ed In
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¦-laiu ll.Miston Hail, lloiislon. Texas, where Sniilli was
lie Democratic  I'artv on  the lirst   ballot.    The    coii-
,„„        marked liy  wild enthusiasm   an.l   spontaneous   parades
"tlnirMN „f song.    Sam Hons lun Ilall was luiiii for Ih rasion
•ays.
.rivileged to make tlieir own respoiisiliili'ii s," he di'clared. "and  llii>  parents  must  not  try to
;icel pl   lllelll for lile .\(lllllg  P"Opie."
In a kindly vein he told tlie 'iiillig peep'e what they miglit ex¬ pect of life and how Iliey must mill   llie  problems   of    existenoe.
^vhich will he tlirusi npon them.
^ Koiiowiiig Dr. Sloans address. Snpervising Rrincipal i'. .V. M.iriks presented diplomas to the thirty-six members of the griidnat- ing class afti'r wliich various awards and prizes were presented. Frank SlecUi 1. iircsiih nl of the Alumni association, awarded the !i nowiiii: prizes in behalf of Ihe .Vliimni association :
.lunior History prize of $10 to Walter |ta(linian. Sophomore History pri/e J.'i to Virginia Hum¬ mel. Senior Comnierciil prize to Miriam Bo>er. ITi: honoralile men¬ tion tu I.HiIiomn Peppell.    Current
Invents Iirize to .leronie Angert. iresliniaii, %'>. Best laliim for school citizenshiii Itased on Imnor. courage, schoiarsliip, leadership and service, Willi;.m Henry, i^.";, ;ind  L.iliom.'i  Peppel •'!!•'.
Winners of the lirst ;i:id second places in th,^ .Vliuiini t.>;Mtorical contest. Samuel Siiimer lirst was .iwarded $10 und .Mildred Haubert second I'i. Honorable r.iinllon to l.aiioma  i'< pi i !l.
The Lions club prestn'ed pi izes 10 student." wlio had jiciileved ex¬ cel.tinn;il results in nia?ni;il train¬ ing in tile v;irious cUis^e-i. These wintiers were Senior I'linaniiel liall. Junior Harold Rohr,. Fresh¬ man William Karcli. Postmaster WLliai'i ILr.ry of tiip Lions (dub made the presentations.
The Florence Palmer D:ivies prize in current events was pre¬ sented to Willis Kiefer.
Tbe .Vndrew Leh cup ;iuiinled liy Coach Leh to the s'udent who iiad rendered liest servie- to the atliletic tearis and wiio apiiroach- eil all ideal in courage, leadershlli. fairness was presented to William Himler. The orchestra iiresi-nted gold lyres to the members who had been most faithful to the or¬ chestra durhiR the year. I'iie.-^e were to lie one lo a liin and one to a girl. Two boys. William Henry find Leon Brong. are tie.l fnr the honor and each receivMl a g >ld lyre i!i tlie fiirin of a chtirm. Miss Kathryn Lehr received a gold lyre in Hie form of a  pin.
The High School orclu'slra. un¬ der direction of Miss L. .VLivIe Davis furni-ihed mnsic for the oc¬ casion. The exercises ended witb benediction by Kev.  Meinert.
NAZARETII BOYS STEAL CBIGKENS: HELD FOR COURT
Paul Liuuitnbacii and Calvin Stump, of .itar Cherry Hill, have each been held under ;«.*iiH) bail by .lu.iiice of the Peace .laraes .S. Fry, on a charge of stealing chickens ficni the pr.Miiises m' Hudson Sieg- tried. Cherry Hill. The men !!i.';i(Ied guilty lo the ch;irge at a I earing .Monday niglit. Tlie de- frt,(i;;iits are bath youths under twenty und Lau>Ieiibac!i is said to have an unsavory reputation liav¬ ing deserted fro;n the .Vvny aud Sl I'ved six montlis in jail on a cfMige of hirce;iy oi an aulomo- blle.
The cliiclcen stealing episode occurred on Saturday ahd some quick work by Offlcer Clar-.^nce Kv- eri tt. of .Nazartth iuul .Vssistant County eteclive Deichnuin. result¬ ed in the apnrtliensiou ot Lauden¬ bach and Stuniii. It is said tiie youths stole eighteen chickens fi om til" coop of Huds(.n Siegfried. Six of the cliickens wM-e killed and eaten. Twiive were loiiiid in the rell.ir of Stump's home and re¬ turned to the owner. It is thought the ;i| prehension of the two may clear up other chicken thefts that havo occurred occasionally In tliis section.
CO. SUNDAY SCHOOL ASSOCIATION NEWS
The young people are busy get¬ ting funds to go to KatiasiitaKe. ihe State Sunday Sehool traiiiing (.'I'np at Spruce Creel:. Huntingdon (iiuiity. On Saturday morning .i sale of home-made baking und candy sale was held at the Bon T"e store, K; slon, the proceeds (ievofed to tbe camp fund. Other alTairs will be held for this pur- pc:se.
Brth district held a very siic- res-fni rally on Sunday evening ut Ki'.iniiel chureh. Petirsvilie. at which Clarence Williams, district president, presided. Rev. F. E. Si'upp. Lutheran pastor conducted the worship service. There was a s; lendid attend.iiice comprising a great many young p< onle of the vr.rious Sunday schools. Mrs. Kiigme n. Trelr. of N^zyreth cave an address on the peoples a!id cus¬ toms of several of the countrie.-^ she visited en route to the Holy Li'iid. Other talks were given by Miss Margaret Bull, courtv .secre- t- "y rnd by Miss Ritth Leichliter. president of the County Yoirig people's CouncP. and by Rev Shupp. Kxcellent music w.-^s tendered by the Schaffer family in •he form of a string trio n".d a vn- '¦¦\] duet by Messrs. Marsh and Rice,
On .Tuly IS. tbe M*. Be'hol dla- i ric will iiold one of tlieir «mnper conferences. Theae .'>re held about eii'irferly ;>!!¦' are "I-sys -njoya- Ide affn'rs rteret-r. are recelv"'! and work I'lanned for the cominc months. At this meeting v htrh vl!l he held in the Mt. Bethel rresbyteri."n ehn cii. th" silvpr cun o'esented liv the Coii'ity As^ocIt- finn and which wns won by the Mt Pefhrl distriit for In vir.g com" tVe ne.irest to the district stn^d''•'', will he nfflcially presented by tbe f'.ii;ity Pres-r'ont .1. H. Sence-ibac!; e.' Bath.
The Coun'y Flntince Committee will hold a vTv Important mtct- i'lg nn Fridav evening. .Inly fi nt He home of the Cnunty Treasurer. F A. Preer. "'H Burke stree*. College Kill. K' sto-,.
.¦Xlread.v plies arr beins rri'id'' for a series of m»''tlrin..j ff, ),^ liotd I 1 the eeiir'y P": f^T^'v r 1 0-2". B .'' McOarvey. .State field worker. •¦•'lo Is v.'ell and favnreldy knovn ¦p nnr coiin'v. wilt assist the coun¬ tv otr.cers il' these meetings.
Frank D. Joiiei. a well ki:owii and popular youiig resident of tills i(nui.:unify wa.s aiiuost iiistautiy i;lll,;d Oii Saturaay afternoon w;i;ly working on a high t&ns^ion line of llie Petinsylvania Power and Liglit Company, near Wind flap, when he came in contact with one of tlie higlily charged wires. Newa of hia death was received with sor- ^ov^• by his many friends in N'aza¬ reth who knew him as a happy and f;r»free young man. Tiie unfor- 'iieate young man was JO year.s, ;! •iioe.th.s and Is days old when cii'led liy de^tth. .Vrcording to the story told by fellow workmen con- r'ning his death .Inues wus mak¬ ing a connection ond a pair of li-ers he was using slijiped and rhf- man In attempting to pre- ' ent injuring himself tlire.v his arms upwaid. one touching a live wire carrying 2."!00 volts. He was wearing a pair of rulilHir gloves at the time but bis arm aliove the elbows came in contact with tiie wire.
.\ safety belt he wore prevented I'.im fi-oni falling to tbe ground, rsne of thf first to notice the Iiiight of the man was Floyd Kauffman. foreman of the gang, 'vho cliirbed up carried Jonea to tiie g'ound.
There were evidences thnt a siiirk of life remained and in .in- swer to a burred call. Dr. N. P. Crawford. Pen .¦Vrgyl. and Dr Rap.tine. Wind Ciap. responded and worked heroically upon Jones for s'ltne time without results.
Jones WU.J a uon of Mr. and Mra. Mllton Junes. South Broad street, .NiiZaielb. He bad been In tb« enii'luy ot th'i company for tiM Iiaat four years and waa r«cnrd*4 a moHt dependable and »afe work* •r.
Coroner W. Calvin Nickel, Nas¬ areth, wan summoned and after viewing the body allowed Under¬ taker Frank F, Rohn, Nazareth, to remove it to the home of Jonea' parents.
Jone<s was unmarried. Hla par¬ ents, a brother, Edward and hla a^ed grandfather, Edwin Koehler, survive. During the World war ht; served overseas In the United States Army, for two years being attached to the ai'ith Field Hospi¬ tal Co. 304 Sanitary Train Di¬ vision. He was a member o( Nazareth Lodge. No. 10f»», I. O. (). F. and a member of the Nasa¬ reth Moravian church and Harold V Knfcclit Post .'s'o. 415, American Legion.
Ci! of the 70*!i Division. He waa a member of .N'azareth Liodge. No. 1099. I. O. O. F. and a member of the Nazareth .Moravian church and Harold V. Knecht Post No. 411, American Legion.
Private funeral was held Wed¬ nesday afternoon from the home of his parents. Co-workerg'of the gang were the p.illbearers. Burial lr> the Fairview Mooreetown ceme¬ tery. Rev. P. S. Melnert offlciated. The American Legion attended in a liody and performed rltualiatie rites over tbe open grave.
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Mrs. Henri; tt.i Krii|ip. of \'ata- wissa. who is niiikiiig her present hnme with lier son-in-law nud d.iiiuliter. .Mr. anC. .Mrs. Kussell H.iiigeii. Kveri-'reen Ktref t. Naza¬ reth on Saturday ceicbraied her SIM It liirlhday iinnivers.iry and in honor Mrs. Hangen gave a siimp- tnous birlliday dinner, fi ntiired iiy a large liirthday cake, to the Itn- m'ediate members of the  family.
\V.\i:il  RKIMON.
'i'he fifteenth annual W.ird re- uiiiiMi w ill be held nt (lakhind Park next Sunday. July ,n to wlrih all local and netiiliy descetidaiils of the Wards are. most cordially In¬ vited lo all'iid Lusiness meeting and oilier outdoor events will open at '1 p. m. lo be featured by a basket picnic.
Doy Scouts In Jam¬ boree at Gettysburg
.After winning out with honors in local Jamliorecs and placing Ilrsl in the local lield to represeni llie Boy Scouts of this distriit a the lilg state jamlioree at Cettys 'niig on .lune :i!i and IM the boy.; of Veter-iM Trooji No. 1. Nai-aretb. were unaide to place in th.-" b'g e . ,it. Tiic local buy- 1; ! riiiiUe,! I'igli in most of the fi. l,i evmts i'lll! stood liuld itispeci i'la witii a Iierfecl senre. The liri 'Ic c.iiiie liowever when in tiremaiilng ibey found themselves up against wit wiiod whiili caused the less of many points. Tlie in ability to pro- ditcp lire readily ctinsi-d the boys to lose out in cooking with n coii- s< (iip'tit loss of more points so that Iliey f"l! briow stand.ird. althoiiuii tbeii- usn;il I'.illiii; h.is It.mi well over thnt point.
The hoys were taken to fleltys- l>ur;; through courtesy of the Naz¬ areth Uons dub which sponsored Hieir p'tirtlcipntion In the slate meet. Tbl' Lions who accompanied tile boys were Mr. and .Mrs. |''i, d M.irtin. Mr. and Mrs. Hurt Sturgis, a'ld .Andrew Kern, unable to gi. I'icvided bis autnmoliile which wa; diiven by Kdwin Kortz Field Scout Kxecutive K. .\. .Vndiews of the Kaston Area irnd Scoutmaster Klmer Snyder were also present at
'' •¦ '¦<¦  I '  ir''!;in'i the trip   iii     ."er. .\ndiews' car.
At the battleP<^dfi Ihe boys hnd e g'lla time, taking part in the field activities nnd later in a sitjht- seeing tour of the hiii'oric battle¬ ground iiccomc'iiied iiy exieri- > need g'lides Thev returned t" Na.'ntefli tired but liappy about 1 ' '¦'clock Siturdiy iilebt after- ; s' v;-n-hour trip from Cref'ysbiirg :ind a brief .stori-ovcr at Reading for stit'piT
L.-i;!!'; of th° N.7:'r'th Temple '^ C. K. lieid a birthday social on Thnrsd.-iv .'>vpnin:; in th'-'ir fiuartcri in Odd Fe'lo-.v Hall. Tho women wild ' v^ h-id lii.-thdny annivers- tirics during the past three months will entertain  llie lodge  members.
TRIED TO STEAL HERD OF COWS
What Is believed to be an at- leuipt to steal a herd of cowa from il.-:> farm of Joe Bickert, In I'ppe; Nuzuretb townehip. was made ou Thursday evening by several men \. ho fc.icaped at higii speed In ati lUtomobile ju.-'t as Officer C! irentp I Kverett and Sam Aristide, of near ; .-i.-.zareth, were creeping up upt/i; the men.
.'ai.stide iiiforni: d Ofncer Kvcr- ,--t. iiliOiit dirk. Ti.in-^day ever.in- that he saw several men driving io>.^ frum llickerfa field, along t' e road lending to the almshous, Ttie officer and Aristide hurried to ille scene and found only one coi, "-;;/.li-'gclong thp r-iad. Look¬ ing up .Mr. Rickert tbey got him on the scene and he verified the f.:ct timt they were his cattle.
The ofTicer and the two men f Oil began a se;,rcli for tli" r;ittlf. hut were unable to find them. As ;';ey ;;iii:roached one spot In a field an automobile suddenly siarted from the shadows and plunged Into tbe road. Before the -f'trchera could get the numlier of t'-e machine or do anything to .«to; " th? car bad disappeared into the darkness.
On  Fr'day morning   the    cattle
belonging to   Mr.     Rickert    were
'iiind s-oiiie  distance   away    scat-
•eied over tlie   fields    along     the
::ntli pike.      It    is    tboiig'.it    th."
would  be  thieves  were  scared  off
'lefore they h.id a chance to get the
c:itt'.e herded together and merely
iicceeded In driving   them    from
'e f eld wiiere tbey scattered.   Of-
f.cer Everett believes nn auto tnuk
••¦1-4 in w.iifing   along     the     Hath
•like and that the thieves Intended
cn <i;oriitig tlie cattle away from
this vicinity by automobile.
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Wilmer Vn '.  Hern,   of    Enston. v.i's a visitor in .Naz-irt-th.
Fo'lowing a bearing at court fudge Stewart apjiointed the N';iz- neth National Rank guardian of '^'rePinnn J. Rissmiller, of Plnin- feld township. Rissmiller Is said l;i  possess an   Incompetent  mind.
Roosevelt Nominating Smith
YOUNG NAN APPUES OUN IN LOVE SCENE; ' SENT HI CO. JAIL
Frank Collmar, who lor time has been boarding at tSto' home of Mr. and .Mrs. Andrew N«t- roy. In the cement row along Eaa¬ ton Pike- ill Lo\.er .Nazareth town- ihi]\ i= now located in tbe Eaaton Jail under JIOOO bail Imposed by Squire James Fry, on Saturday ey- eiiitift. Colimar w.is unable to furnish li;,il oil charges of pointing f.re arms and threateirjig to kill.
A thwarted love passion is aaid to be respon.silile for Collinar's l.!ij,ht. He h:is been living with the Netroys for some time and la s:;id to bave beconid Intimate with tlieir daughter. The girl and the parents were willing to have Coil- mar marry but he seemed unwill¬ ing. He is said to be under ago and bis mother who is li.ing In the Poconos could not be found to give her consf.it. Saturday Coll¬ mar went home and found tho girl liad left home. He immediately li said to have buret into a rage and drawing a pistol poinied it at the girl's mother threntening to kill her. He also i.s said to bave driven the father out of doors in his stocking feet. The father took refuge behind a steam shovel and hiter ni.ide hi:, escape to tbe home of u neighbor. Here be 8e<-ur«»d shoes and went tn the ofllce of Squire Fry in Nazareth and swore out a w.irrant ^or Collmar's ar¬ rest on tbe charges named. A charge of carrying concealed dead¬ ly weapon.^ was also entered but later drojiped.
Officer Clarence Everett, of Nai¬ aretb and Deputy Sheriff Howard .Mutchler. of the Nazareth cement mill, went to the scene and arrest¬ ed Collm:ir. When brought before the Justice of the Peace no gun could be found although the Net- roy's swore be bad an old pistol. It itt thought tbat Collmar dis¬ posed of the weajion after creating tho racket. The officer nlso aaid they found some of the glrl'a clothing in his bedroom at th bonrdiiig house, while they wert searching for bis gun. Cnllm ut .nble to furnish ball on the (I.aiges w:is sent to prison to I'wait trial nt court.
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distlngiilsheri sp. eches at the Democratic Na- as that of Frn nklln D RooBevelt, shown above, name before t hr conclave .ip a candidate for the Ion.    Smith w as aele4<ted on the flrst ballot.
Due to the absence of Rev. H. C. Snvder. pastor of the Nazareth St .lohn's Lutheran congregation, on Sunday morning Rev. Oeorge I* Liihnsen. of .Nazareth, filled the imlplt as gtie.si pastor. Rer P.iibnseii delivered a timely aermo on "Christian Liberty" emulatin the lives of Martin Lnther and John Hus in a very romprehenaive manner to on nttentive congregg> tion. The choir very l>e«ut{lully rendered tho anthem "The Uorf to my light and my salvation." BoM parts were sung by ChariM Schnerr and duet by Moa PmH Schnerr and Charlea Seliaafr la • very maaterly manner. Th* ekolr was accompanied bf Daatol at tbe organ.
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