The Nazareth Item

              The Nazareth Item
AN   INDEPENDENT   FAMILY  NEWSPAPER.  DEVOTED   TO   LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND   GENERAL    INTELLIGENCE.
XXXVII
NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20. 1928
No. 43
len, Daring Auto [Qiase and Wrecked Car In Road House Mystery
ol lunnien and an auto-
la   halt    around    the
Saturday   night    and
'2itf and State police au- "^ According to tho stor- Hbklll Manor,   on    the i;««tun to Tatamy,   a
und oil toward Nazareth. Here atoftlet'9 gus was exhausted aud he tried to turu from the road to take refuse In u cornfield hack of the hrick harn opposite Scheetz'a Kast Knd garage.    His car struck
the coping along the culvert there''"''"'"Bp ha\e made every effort to j ami was complelely wrecked.   The  Provide   a   most    interesting    and e south o( the latter, three ocLiipants e.scaped and took  "••'"¦"¦¦'••' -
PROMINENT CEMENT MEN TO ATTEND PRE¬ SENTATION MEETING
The meeting to be held here Friday evening, September ai, at the  Droad   St.   tlieatie.,   Nazaretii.
will   undoubtedly   hn   the   largest gathering  ot   promin.!ut    cemeac K'unufactui'rtj utid their empr.iyos ever asseiubied in tiii.s distrlrt. The     various     coaiinitteea    in
Detective Oeorge  Ryan
•"^ flilted by gunmen who   refuge in a cornfleld according to Ithe (rout door; broke the   St )fflets     story,     told     to     Mr. erand a show cas^e and' Srhe^tz, later.   The trio lay in the crested   havoc    In     the| corntteld ail night nnd then crept de affnir i* said to have, in tiie early morning to the sariiRe 'about 2  o'clock  Sunday, where fhey iiecured the,assistance when    the    "gunmen"   of Mr. Scheetz.    He tound the m.i- ¦ Atflace.   Several patrons  (hine  so  badly  damased  that he
fled but others were   would not undertake repairs.
J at the   point    of    guns, j      While they lay in the oornflKdd.
Ilhoti were flred into the   stofflet told  the   garage    Iteeper,
the touring   car    containing    the "gunmen" came along and ran up __j no ci»ll from the place! as  far as  High street.    The pur- Tfe •••* "** State Police at  snern there turned and drove back I «ere called but did not' toward        Stockertown. They
wording to rumor.   Thej stopped and turned their lights on 'Of the place denies the; the   wrecked   machine   but   made and   say?    that    thej no effort to get out and hunt for the occupants.
Mr, Freeman came to Nazareth narly Sunday morning and claim¬ ed the wreck of his machine.
According to a rumor started in l-'.aaton one of the men alleged to have taken part in the hold-up at the Inn was Joe Smith, a sus¬ pect in the robbery of the Ferry Constnictlon Conipany payroll at Kaslon, about two year.s ,igo. Smith who was later arres'ed hy Con.stahl? Arch Smith on a charge of violating dry lawa escaped in a lit.ytipowered car on th«r Delaware road. He has been reported seen itt fliLs section at various times l)iif the authorities have never lieen aide to lay their hund.s upon him since his escape.
K. G. E. COMMANDERY CONVENTION and PAR¬ ADE HERE OCTOBER 6
Nazareth  will be the Mecca fori     The street   parade  will   be one hundreds  of  Knights and  Ladles  of the fluent ever held   In    town
made    by     several
'ealeome of the affair was uancbine was badly dam- juar Nazareth when It ran ^ ealvert at the curve on hertowu  pike   near    the
llac to this story Buel at 391 Berwick street. ,a patron of the place, M triends, a man and a I had bis car ahot out of by the "bandits." I then borrowed a car from .fnemaii. of .\tilton avenue. '_, and started to leave the The gunmen followed In a ear. The chaae led Tatamy.     Stockertown,
ireth ill Opens 186th Year
iNawrcth Hall campus wasj I of activity OA Wednesday,
lth««»&el* hegiiu to muster Fall term a.s the htstoi ic iry academy oiicued Its door.s ISCtli yar. Tliere wu« uo lonjr couiu'CtL'd with tht" It, the boys sinu'l.v resistorlii« kt offiie and heing ass^ned : quarters (or the term. uji of the younger boys were apaaied to tlie school hy f parents. Ainutig tlio.se vi.sit- tlw academy   on   \Vedn&.sdi'y
Mrs. Wallace (Jilchrist, ot delphia, who entered her sou Wallace Gilchrist,
and .Vlrs,   I'eter     Day,    of htatoivn. Pa.,   entered    their
»ter Day, .Ir.
¦ Jennie K   Dei.ssler, ot I'hil-
lla, enteied   her  son,   ,li)lin,
lr. and Mrs. Theodore .S. Hi-r- ¦otored  from   Laiicai^ler    to their son, .lohn. Williatn P. Scheid, alao of iler, eiiiired   her  son.  Ilor-
Ir. aod Mis. Wllliani Schweik- ;Phlla(l.-l|)hia. enrolled their Williatn Schweiker, Jr., for [Itrtlerm in Nazareth Hall, and Mrs. rhllip Becker, of •Iphiu, entered Philip and ¦i Becker. The latter has I tai of school for a year on of Illness and will be wel- keartily by hts   old   cluss-
• and Mr-i. w. T. Tomlinson, kwood. motored In and r.'g- 1 their son. Rphralm.
Oaynor, son of   Mr.   and 'alin   Oaynor.    of    Mlddle- I". Y.   Jack fielsslfri, son of Mrs. Arthur Oeissier. of •'phia.   and    Robert   Lake, '•*'• .ind Mra, Robert Lake, •t»B iRland, ;ire three of tho r.i repistpred   on    Wednes- •fcose  parents    visited     tho
**ihal(l   .nnd   Wallace   Jobn.s- , of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
HCoatlnued on Pa?e Five)
P^YS FOR AUTO PARTS
"*<»» Fehr,  of   Pen   Argyl,  R. •nd Ri.hert  Jones,   ot   the '•ddresH, w-ie hefore Squire 8. Ii'ry, Tuesday evening tn •lr trciuiiip., about some unto Which     dls;ti(iieared     from anto    early     last     Spring. •reused   Fehr  of   taking   a 'aolt. a tear-end, and rar- fnnn   l.is  rar.      Fehr   ad- taktng   iii.^   vacnuni   tank "'"d taking ths other parts, '•¦-oud Was mysteriously re- ¦nd a patched  carburetor '• In the car In place of tbe ae.s alleged was taken. Fehr the case  against   him   ny .*••« roHt.i   of    priisectition >^«i* for the vacuum tank.
'¦d Mrs, Conrad Bahnsen. »r Cttjr, viuited bis parents
HISTORICAL SO¬ CIETY MEETS HERE SEPTEMBER 27th
The annual meeting and vesper of the Moravian Historical Society v.ill he held on Thursday. Septem¬ ber ZT,    The buslne.ss meeting In
til? rrtf-'suni rooms, Whitefleld Hou.so at 11.15 a. ni. apd the ves¬ per in the sorial rooms of the .Mo¬ raviiin churclt, Nazaretli. al l.ir, n, in. d:tyli«lit saving time. A .^iper will he reail by Miss Adt- hiiiie I-'ries on ".V Frniuier Settie- nir-at ill Colonial North Carolina" v.ith other paper.-* and addre.sses of Interest.
Admission to the vesper Is by ticUet only. Tickets can be pur- rl'.ased at Crawford's drug store. Nazareth or from Rev. F, K, l.-n- nox. Bethlehem, or on application will be mailed hy the secretary, William E, Henry.
entertaining program, and sin¬ cerely request every one connect¬ ed with the industry to attend It possible.
The nieeting should not lie con- .sidered as a celebration by the employees of successful plants only. In as much a.^ the three acci¬ dents occurring duriir,; tlte period were con.sldereii practically un¬ avoidable, and the linal results clearly show the intense interest and attention required during a campaign of this nature and mag¬ nitude.
The doors (f the theat»-e will open at 7 p. m. while the program la scheduled to start promptly at 7.15 p.  m.. follows:
Muslo—Nazareth Cement Co. orchestra.
Songs—By the entire audience. Chairman — Morris        Fortuin, Manager  Penn-Dixie Cemetit Cor¬ poration.
Presentation of Trophies by Howard Leh, Supt. Lone Star Ce¬ ment Co.
Address—f!, S,   Brown.     Presi dent   Portland    Cement      Associa¬ tion,   President    Alpha     Portland Cement Co,
Remarks—Morris Kind. Presi¬ dent and Manager Herrnles Ce¬ ment Corp,; C.eorge Coffin, Secre¬ tary and Treasurer, Naz-ireth Ce¬ ment Co.: D. S, MacBrid*», Vice- President, Ijono Star Cement Co,; Blaine Smith. President, Penu- Dlxie Cement Corp.
Feature picture—Lone Kagle. Announcement wns made by the .Award Committee. th.it Trophies would he aceppted by the chairman of Individual plant "Safely ComnilttreS."
The frograin committes sug- KPsIs that all expecting fo attend, be there .shortly nfter doors ojien, so entire audience mtiy be seated nnd program rontinitc without in¬ terruption as scheduled.
of the Uotden Eagle on October 6 when tbe locul K. Ci. K. Command¬ ery will be host for the Orand Commandery session which gath¬ ers here fur its eighth annual State convention.
The  Commandery   is   the   mlli-
with many uniformed brunches of Castles and Temples In line. .Many lodges witl bring their uwn hands. An interesting local fea¬ ture will be the recently organ¬ ized, snappy American Legion drum  and  bugle corps.    Substau-
tary branch ol the Knights of the   tiai  cash   prizes are   offered     for
Colden Kagle and dozens of Cas¬ tles and Commanderies from all eastern portions of Pennsylvania will be represented. Some New Jersey Castles are also expected a., guests,
.Many Temples, representing the Women's branch of the Order will
I'ti.stles and Temples in the line ot march.
Followin.g the parade the var¬ ious >froups will assemble ou the Hall field where Commanderies. f'astles aud Temples will compete In a number of drills for .substan¬ tial cash prizes.   The total amount
LOCAL RED CROSS TO RAISE FUNDS FOR STRICKEN AREA
Miss Anna E. Buss, executive secretary of the Easton Chapter of the American Ked Cross, has received a telegram, urging tha! Easton chapter to make efforts t) secure funds to aid in the Porto; Rico     hurricane     disaster.      Thei
telegram which she received reads | ^^^^.l^,   K^.a^g^ncai  churjch as follows: j^.^.^  ,,. ^,^  ,^^,.„  ^^,jj   ^^    ^|,
"VV'est   Indies    hurricane      df
Large Attendance
Expected at Hainan's Church on Sunday
al.so be present at the convention, j of  i«rlzes  to   be awarded   reaches The .Nazareth Commandery has: $500, to be distributed In eighteen l>een busy making preparation for. prizes.
the affair, their activities reaching! The East Bangor Band will ren- back over the paat four months.: der a band concert In the evening Practically all arrangements are| from « to ID o'clock on the veran- completed and the only work re-; da of the Nazareth Inn. malning is perfection of a few j A card party and dance tor K. minor details. The local Temple O. E. and L. O. K, members and has been correspondingly busy ^ friends wiil be held in the even- during the summer and will oc-i ing In I. O, O, F. hall, cupy a prominent place in the lo-| A Orand Commandery meeting cai demonstration with a tirnt] will be held at 8 p. ra. in Shafer's class highly-trained drill team.       i hall.
The main features of the con-; The local K. C. E. No. 396 met volition, for the public, are a Tuesday evening in Odd Fellows' street parade and a competitive hall and completed final details drill on Nazareth Hall athletic for the Castle participation In the field. I        (Continued on Page Five)
K\TKUT.\IXEI» T. M.  I*. < i<ril.
Mr. and. Mrs. Johu Bardill, ot South .Main street, on Tuesday ev¬ ening entertained the T. M. P. Cluh at a doggie roast on the lawn of their home. The ladies of the riuh acted as hosts to their iMishallds. The eveliiiu was mo.st plciisiintly spent. Tlll)^e iiresent were Mr. and Mrs. F'rank Uohn. Mr, iind .Mrs, Paul (laiip. Rev. and .Mrs, (ieorge Kleckner, Mr, and Mrs. Kdwln Schnerr. Mrs. Meda Marsh. .Miss Maude Menhennitt. Miss Miriam Kleckner, Miss Pearl Schnerr and Mr. and Mr?. John Bardill.
Alfred Walker, ot Allentown, spent the past week In towu visit¬ ing with relatives and friends.
STATE FIELD WORKER AT MEETINGS SPON¬ SORED BY S. S. ASSO.
.Months ago arraiigenieiits wet' made wi'h U. A, .Aiciuirvey. Stute held Worker, to come into the county for a series of meetings iu Septen'.iier. Tho.-'e dates have ar¬ rived September r.<-2J inclusive, and the county officers are look¬ ing forward to .Mr. .Mctiarvey'a coming for eucouragini; results. The first meetiti.si was held in St. .hdin's Reformed church, nuiigor, Wednesday     evening. Tonigiit
iTluu'.-day) at F'.iuinaiuu'l I'. K. chunh. Bethleliem, worker.-, will loiiie ii.^ether frotn Bethlehem, l!ethlfh.-tn (South Side I and Naz¬ aretli. Th." Kaston and Kaston (.stouth Side! districts ate busy completing plans for the meeting Friday evening in the Fir.st .M. 10. church. All evening meetings will iKirin at S o'clock. Sunday afternoon. September 23 at 2.30 o'dnck. Mr. McOarvey will ad¬ dress a meeting af Christ Re¬ formed I'liurcli. Bath. This will bt conveiiietit for workers in Balh. .ViMtliampton nnd Walnut¬ port. -Mr .Mcflarvey spoke on the flrst day of Ihe county convention in Mny and has u!>peared lu the county n mimher of times. ((Continued on Page Four)
Sneak Thief 'Collects' $85 at Unangst Furniture Store
A sneak thief on Saturday night acquainted with the store for he entered the store of the I'nangst went at once fo the ofllce. The Carpet and Furniture Company, snfe was closed hut unlocked and on   East  Center street   and  made   offered   no resistance to  the thief
stroyed thousands of home.s In I'orto Rico and other islands also devastating crop.«. Immediate j need for food, shelter, medical j snppUes and emergency relief. Red Cross taking chart?;-) at re¬ quest President Coolldge. Need for large fund lmi>erativo. Please give widest possll)le publicity this aitpeal and notify pui)lic your chapter will receiv? and forward national head'iuarters all contri¬ butions. Wire action taken. Initial donation made flfty thousand d(d- lars from national funds. Baker and trained disa.=?te ' ft-iff now ou way to island.
John Barton Payne."
The Nazareth Branch has been asked by the Chapter to raise their proportion of the amount ns- signed to this Di.sfrii'*. atid sub¬ scriptions can be left with the treasurer, Chas, W, K, Sliafer, 5.^) Sonth .Main street, af either of tha Ranks, the Item ofBc-; or the Past Offlce,
The amount assigned to thii district is 13000, and If is hoped thar at le.Tst *300 of this amount will  be conrrlbiitod  hv .N'azareth.
From   tbe   ad ance   reports   re-.      Prof. Jamea Hartman, ot Bttll-
ceived by the pastor, a large num-! lehem and AUentowo,   haa    \taoo
her of young  people  will  be pre- engaged to supervlaa snd provide
?ent  ut  the  Young  People's rally i the special music.    If puwlblt. Ml
Sunday evening iu Haman Me-  octet will sing.    Mr. Hartman bM
Let-1 done   light    op«ra    and   IjrMum
ters  have  been  sent   to    ail     the'work,  haa   been  soloist  with  dlf«
Cliiist'an    Kndeavor    leaders     of   ferent   bands,  orchestras, ehorua«
! .Northampton   coun'y.     Every  so- es and choirs and has served aa •
I clety   in   Easton   and   Bethlebem   recltalist.    He will slog two nam*
j has been   invited, and  moat  have  bers    including    "My   Faith    la
as groun.s. The Riegelsville Luth-j The yoting people of Haman eiaii society will use several ma-'church are making averjr posslbl* chines to brin.g their members up. effort to make fhe short aojourn Ollli of the most itispirini', and of their guests as r«memberablo enjoyable programs ever pre.-ent- as possible. Tlie church audltor- ed at a service of this kind in; ium will be carefully decorated >raz:ireth will be given on Sundayifor Harvest Home servlcea Snn- evetinig.     The    speaker     is     Dr.   day morning,  tbe decorations re-
Ch.-'rl's Rominger. of Cedar Crest Colle.se. His aubject Is "A Life Investment." Dr. Romfnger Is otie of the most successful young [leople'H speakers In this section nf the country. His popularity is truly d.;served by his work.
maining for the rally In the even¬ ing. An abundance of flowers and fruits of tbe harvest will greet ths eyes and nostrils of the risltors. The public of Nazareth is cordial¬ ly Invited to attend. The serrles will start promptly at T.SO.
off with 183 from fhe cash draw¬ ers of the safe. The robbery was discovered by the proprietor. .\. fi. Cnangst. Sunday morning when he went to the store and found the back door to tlie ware¬ house standing open.
who disturlved only the money drawer, removing I"*.") in bills of J."i. .$10 and $20 denominations. .\;'ter taking tho money the thief closed fhe safe and then left the store by means of Ihe warehouse door, which he left standing open
It was at flrst thotishi  that thei The window  hy which he entered
thief had a skeleton key by which he entered the building but it was: later  found   that    cntranci^     hadj been gained by a   rear    window.! the only window in the store thar, was   unscreened.     The   thief   had nrtiwled   in   through   the   window ^ i;y means  nf a  u.ifer spout alone fl,e   h'.iildin.g.     H"   v.ns   evidently
v.as closed hy the intruder.
No clues were left hy the cul prit and Offlcer Cli:irles Nicholas who Investigated found that the l.'erson who >;ld the .(oh was evi dently fnmlli.Tr with the store and the habits of fhe proprietor. Iii- vcsti'.'a'inn of the affair 1.-' hein.tr continu.--.l.
Great Revival Anniver¬ sary Observed on Sunday
Kraemer's Captures Indus¬ trial League Flag In Two Straight Games
The windup of tho Nazareth I the graiuKiand hack of home „„„.strial l..ague season wasj plate. They certainly did make i„ade the occa.slon of a lively time „oi8e and they were no small fac- ip" Nazareth during the pnst week. j^„, ,„ j^e two victories which reuii-Oixle taking the second half   ,^r.,g„,grs  won over Penn-Dlxie,
,.,   „ie  league  -'•".^¦'"•'''  ;;'7.;..'"';'      The  tlrs,   game >wnt  t.,  Kraem- ,   three-game  series   with   iM.iem  , ^^^ ^^ ^^  ^^^^^^^^   „„intere.-ting con¬ test by fh" score of  11-3.     Uotzell and  FftheroU  measured   up  near¬ ly  t(|ual   in   strikes   and     passes.
went  into Kraem- • r.   Ilosierv to  decide Ihe champ-, i,,nshlp   of' Nazarefh.     The    Sock ^ Knitters   organized  a    band     and, went  down  to   the  Hall    field      ii; fnll   strength   determined   to   hold tir.t place lu the league.    Headed. In  the band the employees of the Kiaemer mill marched to the ff Id f„r  the   Ilrst  game   nnd     with     a «hoop   went    after      I'enn-Mixie .- ><(-,lp     The band  furnished  mus.': I„r the crowd during the wait  be-, tween  innings  and  many compli , nienfarv remarks were h'"^'''*' '''"   i ,.„,ning  the manner  In  which    he musicians   performed   considerluc the   very short   time     they     hadj plaved together.
Tor  the  second  Kanie  eufhu-i-.
Tlmniy having seven strikeouts to Fetherolf's six. Kot/.ell, however, walked tive while Fetherolf pass¬ ed four. llot7.e!l had the belter of the battle in aetnal playing, al- iDwIiig only six hits, and in the la-'l three innings forcing Penn Illxic batters to raise short infield hits. 11. Knecht and Kepple were the only opposing batters who got more than one base of Rotzeli. Henning had three doubles In three  tinies a I   bat.
Jim Keady of Betblebem, pre¬ sided at the plate aud gave a sat¬ isfactory     performance.      Michael
The Denonilnatiotial Children's Day commemorating the C.reut Revival among the childreu of Ileirnhiit lu tlie parish of Berth- >lsdorf, tiermaiiy, August 17. 17!t,'< was observed iu the Mora¬ vian church. Nazareth, la.st Suu¬ day.
Th" trombone choir announced the day from the stet?j)le of the church at 0 a. m. At ii.'U) o'clock the Iiastor. Rev. Paul S. Meinert. .M. A., gave a brief t.i'k to fhe Bible School ou the signidcaiice of the day and the reasons for an outdoor service in  the evening.
The sermoiij was preached at the morning service at 10,30 o clock by the pastor on the theme "Insuring Our Children." based on Ps. 37:25 to a large and appre¬ ciative audience. Nazareth Hall cadets attended this service in a hody and received a hearty and warm welcome by the piofor. A. f). Thaeler, medical student at I'. P,. rendered a violin solo whicii was appreciated.
aiice tilled the large Sunday sihool rofini, Ou the platform with the pastor were Rev. A. D. Thaeler, f). P., principal of .Naza¬ reth Hall, and C. Frederick .Mar¬ tin, the sut>erintendent of the Suiiday school. Rev. Thaeler led in fhe opening prayer and Mr. .Martin directed the .singing of the .-V.U'.day school.
.Nuzareth Hail cadets again at- trnded   in a   body.
Iiiinediateiy ufter the Love Feast the large congregation, in :;ii orderiy mnnner. gathered i-i front of the church on the lawn where a program of responsive reading and song closed the fes¬ tivities of tlie day.
Au augmentt-d trombone choir accompanied the .ringing. .This part of the iirogratn was a flii'tig and stirring climax of the day in which all took iiart In a whole¬ hearted manner. Tills Is always a popular service attracting large crowds,   and   the   inspiration   will
I linger long.    One faniily had frav- The Children's  I.ove   Feast   was.eled  some   fifty   miles   to     attend observed at 7  p.  ni,    Th« attend-   tliis service.
ROTARIANS BANQUET EDELMANS MAN AT SAYLOR'S LAKE        ARRESTED HERE
NAZARETH GRIDDERS HOLD FIRST PRAC¬ TICE ON HALL FIELD
Tlie newly organized football team  of  the  Nazareth   .A,  C.   had
its first practice Monday night on .Vazareth H.ill field. Tlie boys showeil UI) well in tiieir first try uut aud their work au.u'iir..: a good ."eason for the team. Tiiey e.\pect to open their schedule on Septeiu- l)er :!!• with the Bethlehem Cardi¬ nals iu NazaretU. The lina-up coii-isted of Batt. left end: Van¬ .Natta, left tackle: Ed. Weikheis- er. left guard; Ervin Werkheiser, center; Heekman. rlirht tackle; Williams, right end; Altenv.ise riglit guard; Kneclit. quarter¬ back; Drake, left balf: .Marsh right  half:   Heath, ful! h,;ck.
V.'olfe, Brinton and Himler are .;No listed on the te;;ni ros.'er and »• iil prove v:iliiable material, all having had football e,\per/ence, < haries Heath, secretary of the association. Is looking for games with teams in this section and 11'ly Inquiries abotit g.imes should !.',   forwarded to him at Nazareth.
r.\KK  SAiiE.
T'le Won!e;i's .Mis«ionury So- c'ety of st, John's Lutheran chnrch will have a bread aud cake sale on S.iturday, October 13 in Ciiailes Reese store. South .Main stl'ee'.
1; >i-u like pepperpot we will Ir.ive some specially prepared at No. ;!3 South Broad street at 30 cents a quart. Come and get s.ruie on Friday, Sejit. 21.
A  IMRRI-:! Tli>\.
Inthe columns of the 'Item'-' i-i la.'t week's Nsue it was stared that a son h:id beeu horti to Mr. ar.d Mrs. (jeorge W. Kahlor. East Walnut street. Nazarefh. Tiiis was an error and should ha-e re.id that they welcomed a daugh¬ ter info their home.
LOCAL BOY SCOUT SCORES RECORD AT DAN BEARD CAMP
Woo.'lrow Brong. sou of .Mr. aud .Mrs, Oscar   Brong,    of    Whitfleld street. Nazareth,   a     member    ot Veteran Troop.  .No.  I.  Boy Scouta j Board  was   held of  Nazareth,   made    an     enviable| ocbooi   building record this summer while a mem ler ot  the    IJ-JU     Beard    Outdoor' tember  12,  1928
Local School Board Holds Big Meeting
A special meeting ot the Scbool
in    the    High
     „,  for special pur-
poses,   Wednesday   evening,   Sep-
School at   Lake Teedyscuug,   Pike county, Pa.
On.' of the cherished memories vhich Bro:!g will always have of *hf» Dan Beard School Is fhe at¬ tainment of Eagle rank in tbe Scniits. This is the highest rank attainable and the Eagle badge was [iresented to Scout Brong by Din Beard himself. National Scout Commissioner and a Vice- president of tbe Boy .^cout move- P'ent in An;erica. The honor of having this coveted badge pre- I'Ted hy Dan Betird is one which all Boy Scouts will apiireclate as Dnti Bet'.rd Is greatly revered among the Scouts as the greatest ;-\\„>'\'cnt of tae outdoor life. To •ench the Eacle ranks a Boy Scout has to perfect himself in all of "!'> Pcoiit lore and pa«s e.xamina- ti'»"s which leave no donbt in the mind of th.e Scoutmaster that the (Cont!:-.uf;d on Pasre Four)
Members preseut: Kern, Mar¬ tin. Haubert. Huwk and Shimer.
The minutes ot the prerioua meeting were  read and approred
as read.
The  treasurer   of    the    Board rendered  the  following report: Bal.  ou   hand   8-1-28    .$11228.9S
Raceipts. Uec'd from tas
collector    ..f.7431.38 State    Appro,'s  7756.36
Tuition          1151.20
Miacellaneous 14.a2 15553.8t
Total    . . . . Expenditures
.126782.79 .    61«7.84
Property Sold
-¦••lr. and Mrs John Hopkin.- >oUl their property on the ea.st' sde of South Whitfleld street to Mr. pud .Mrs, Wilbur Pike, .Mr. I'ike is the manager of the Oulf oil stati()ii ou Broad street, .Mrs. Su-an Frankenfielil sold her prop- ,?ity on the eas-t side of fhe street .'U.st opiiosite the Hopkin's forni- ;-r borne to .Mr, aud .Mrs Hopkins, Mr, Frankf-nfield and family ex- p^C to move to Hercules. Stocker¬ town,
I \IHi:.^'   .\r\ll.l\KV   MKKTI.XtJ
Tiie Ladies' Auxiliary of the So!i i of fnion U'ar Veterans of 111;' Civil War of the' Captain flwen Rice Camp No, 20 will hold their hi-mont'ily meeting on Friday ev¬ ening. September 21 in their iiiiart?rs iu Shafer's Hall. All n>e:uber^ in the drill are urged f i :itt'"ul Meeting will open at !« o'cl.iM< sluirp.
American Legion Posts at Pen Argyl Tonight; 'Roxy' on Big Program
The Nazareth Kotarians on .Monday evening eiitertaiued their wives and lady friends at a baii- f|uet at Saylor's Lake. There was iio formal progrtiiu tor the titlair and the company sat down in in¬ formal manner to a delicious re¬ past. Various memhers of the cliil) mnde fmpruniiiui re'iiitirks when  called   upon    by     rresidenl
.lolm   Hums, Ilf   Kde!nians,  who, "as   arrested   in   .SutuLiy   evening |
Tl'e American Legion I'osts of ,\oithiiniptii;i county wiil gather lor a meetiu.n ;it Pen .\r.i;yl this by Ollicer Ciuirles Nicholas, while' < Thursday i evening as the guests inlo.vlc.aed on the lawn of How-!"'' 1'''^ I'haries .N. Lobb Post, .No. aid .>himtr's ns deuce wUere hi' ''"2. "t' "'¦" i''"f''- 1'"o proml- had taken refuge after driving his ";*"' ""'',i '"'^e ''«^;", secured as auto into a tree, was t iken to the
-N'ortliiimptnii county | r.son on .Monday. Linus v,.is lined $2i> ;iiid cosiH on  a charge of  reckless
III"   speakeis   for
they   are.   Rev.   O.
national   chaplain
and  S,   L,  Bothafe
this meeting Bohb Wilson, of the Legion , better known
Howard Shimer and a 'Ory pleas-! dri% ing and was licld ti.uier $500 aut evening was spent. The jour-, bind ou a cliatge of'operating ii ney from Nazaretii to Saylorsburg. iiintor vehicle wiille intoxic.ited. was made by automohilf. about .'i5; He was unable to aet li.iil and was of the local club and their friends, suit to prison,    Ituriis bad his li¬
bel ug preseut.
a-m was at fever heat and the en- .^^^^ Yeisley who hnve alternated tir'- ho«lerv mill turned out wi'h 1 g, {,.,gp^ j,,id liebiud the plate dur- I,-,nd and a long proceeslou of j ^^^ „,^ ge.-i.son, called the pl.iys at autos.    They marched to the field , ^^^ ^^^^^
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where they paraded   around    the, neld and then took their places In •
The Well Bahy Clinic was held on Tuesday uttenioon in the Mo¬ ravian cbupel. Nineteen young¬ sters were presi nI for observa¬ tion, five of tliem new.
Mrs. Maria tones, son Herbert and daughters Ilessie and Oorothy of Philadelphia, spent the week¬ end here visiting at the home of .Mr, and Mrs. Eugene Hoch on South Whitfield street, niiring their stay  their  hosts  gave  them
cense n-vuked last November 2 aud Siiuire Fry has asked the Slute to revoke his license for an other year.
OVEUCO>I|,   UV   SMOKE.
Katie Boliis. aged .",0 years, of the Eastnn Road, was overcome by smoke from a fresh Hre lu a .stove at her liome ou Tuesday and f'll unconscious to the floor. Friends found her nnd called Pr, .1. .\, Fraunfelder. stating the woman was badly bnrned. The physician   discovered   the   woman
an automobile trip   through    tho
upper end of the coitnty calling on I was nnt  badly harmed and soou
their relativea. 1 had her up and around again.
a~ 'Itoxy." the radio and theatri- lal man of New Vork City. "Ilo.xy," who Is a member of fhe .Vnii'rican Legion, takes great pride in helpiii'; tbe disabled sol¬ dier'; wlio are in the different hos¬ pitals of the country. In many lii'<iiiu<es he has presented fhem with radios so tbey could be en¬ tertained by him anil his gang and receive the news of fhe world as it  Is heiiiK broudiasfed.
The nieeting will be prcceeded by a street parade In which the drum and bugle corps of the coun¬ ty will participate. Those who have already responded to the In¬ vitation nre. Brown and Lynch Post. No. 9. of Easton; Post No. 303 of Northampton: Post No. 37S of Bangor: Post No. 379 of Bethlehem: Post Xo. 397 of Hel¬ lertown; Poat No. 419  ot    Nasa-,
nth, will be present with drum aild bugle corps and Bath Post .Vo. 470; Easton I'osts No. 5SS Mid f^ll will also be represented and Ch.trles N. Lobh Post No. aO.S l'l Pen Argyl will also have their drum and bugle corps in line. Siuumit Hill Poat of Carbon coun ty will also have a delegation of nieiiihevs nrcompanled by their drum  and  bugle corps.
The p:itade will move at 7.45 p. 111. from tbe lyegion Home south oil Robinson avenue to Main street, tbence west on .Main street to C street, north on C strpat to Pennsylvania avenue, ea-'f on Pennsylvania avenue to Main street. They will then coun¬ termarch from Main street, west ou Pennsylvania avenue to Robin¬ son avenue and south to the First National  Bank hail.
It was not until Saturdajr after¬ noon that It was known "Rosy" would be a guest of the Legion. The following message waa re¬ ceived at that time by William J. Dawe, chairman of the program committee. "Olad to accept your Invitation, give my lore to the hoya.    Roay."
A few other treata which are on (Continued on Page Sts)
Bal. Sept.  T.  '28 f20614.18
Tax Collector R. C. Griffith ren¬ dered a report showing collections of school fa.ves during the month of August IfiCS. ai followa: 1927 taxes $199,C5, p'jualtles $9.98, to¬ tal 1!I27 taxes $209.63; 1928 tax¬ es $19,674,02; grand total |1»,- S83.G5.
On motion of Martin and Kem, unaniinouhly carried, the reports of the T.-sasurer and of the Tax Collector were received and flled. On motion of Hawk and Martin, unanimously carried, the follow¬ ing bills were approved for pay¬ ment and tfie Treasurer author¬ ized to p.Ty tbem: E J, Cnangst & .Sons, . . Nazareth  Hardware Co,.
David  .M,   Houck   	
Metropolitan   Edison   Co,
W, E, Henry. P, M	
Lehigh Te!e!>bone Co.   . .
John   S.  Oswald   	
Iroiiuois  Pub.  Co	
Newson  & Co	
Chetnicnl   Pvublier Co.   . . Longmans. Oreen & Co. Lrnn Metallic Mfg. Co.  .
.Ma'-Millan   Co	
Chas.  E.  Merrill Co.   ... Scott. Foresman Co.   ...
Henry HoU & Co	
Lyons &  Carnahan         51.44
World Book Co      29 95
C.inn & Co      55.80
.lohn C.  Winston Co      70.38
Silver. Burdett & Co,   . . .     30.78 Houghton  Mifflin  Co.   ...        8.69
Am^'rican Rook Co         8.38
.Miyn A Bacon         14.71
A   N.  Paimer Co       16.17
Stirner  & Altemus       275.29
Hn'iu & Cold            2.85
n. v..  Ruloff            5.00
Will  Roi'< tne         3.20
I'liangs;   Furniture Co.   , .   220.93 Russell &.- Erwin Mfg. Co. .77
Natragansett   Mach.  Co.   .   225.26 Nazareth Item   Pub, Co.  .     IS.67
Crant   H.  Kahler      23.70
Puiversify  Pub.   Co      12.32
Roberts &- Merk    176.48
Chamberlain   Metal   Strip.   363.21
Am,  Bible Society         5.12
Milton  Bradley Co      46.96
Remington  Rand Bu.  Ser.   155,00
F   D,  Abel       695.76
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%    8.13
21.74
104,20
25.04
11.04
10.60
1.35
31.36
7.36
180.20
65.24
331.02
5.08
22.67
13.70
16.36
HIGH SCHOOL ELEVEN ROUNDING INTO FINE FORM
The High School football teaa under  conch    L»U     ia    uradnalllT rounding into   form.    The    largs number of last year'a players to» malning on  the raraity hss to O great   estent  allowed  Coach  Lsk time to work with naw matartal ^i and alao to   atndjr    replaesoiaalt ~ made  necesaarjr la his hacklsM. A    tight    acrlmmags    was    nM through after whieh ths bey* iMli J signal praeties   and    thss giren a ehalk talk hjr th* The High aehool will opsa oO tlO^ii tober 6 With ths Psa Argyl team.
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