The Nazareth Item

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AN   INDEPENDENT PAMILY   NEWSPAPER,   DEVOTED  TO   LITERATURE.   LOCAL   AND   OENBRAL   INTELLIOENCE.
NAZARETH. PA., THURSDAY MORNINC, lANUARY 27. 1927
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TOCELEIUTE ARGYL NIGHr
iHeeling al Bangor on fj; IndlaUmt Here Tomorrow Night
'ass   FellowBhlp   registered   a
.Uht  m    Pea    Argyl    last
uy evenlni when sbout 400
•n gathered st that place to
2,"i'en Argyl nIfht."  The
Ig wst the flrst ot a series of
•ther meetings now In pro-
(be Northern DUtrict of
Bptoo county, comprised of
.at Bangor. Aluta. Mt. Beth-
•ftlDS creek. Nsiareth. Wind
.ui Pen   Argyl    and    every
L vat well repreaented.
^ reatlvltlea atsrted  nt   7.30
ek when the   regular    lodge
wu called   to    order   by
„ Belli*.  Jr..   noble    grand.
J ^didates were admitted snd
Itacond degree conferred by tbe
degree team of   the    home
The work waa splendidly
Inlatered and drathatUed and
J, a remarkable Impression In
(hearts of all present as well as
candidates.    After the Inltla-
1 the regular session waa cloeed
J «n Interesting program of en-
llcrtBlnment resumed.
Eicellent musical and vocal se¬ lections were rendered taigether vltb Inspiring addresses by Past Grand Rundle of Pen Argyl lodge. Her. Anderson of Bangor and Rev. Boughey of Kaston. p.ist grand of Berwick lodge. As a conclusion Ihe social committee served a lumptuoua luncheon, while the orchestra of Pen Argyl lodge fur- sished the music. Here everyone mingled In good fellowship until a tate hour.
ArrangemenU were alao msde to hold the next meeting st Ban- gor on Friday evening. March 4. vhen Prosperity lodge. No. 161. vlll be the host of Uw district. A lordlal Inrltstloa wm slso eitend- •d to each sad aeary Odd rsllow tatrlde ths local JarlsdicUon to at- lipi this event. ths Isrgsst elass ef esadldatea amMad ia 'his district Is to ba prsssatsd at thla to rsealtrs ths Ofst de- Ths lodgas bava pIsdgMl la aifaalitat tba itnmiftM kmsejUt Uea
woman heu for selung uquor, breahnguphone
Charged wlta tue Mte of liquor, Mrs. Katie Koorosnlak, of Upper Naxareth, la undo.- $500 bail for trial at the next term of criminal CQun In NortliHinpton county. The charge wa< preferred by Wllll'tm Isoivekl. W'jshlnBton township, wYo on December 27 l:ist. sayu ho purchnced a pint of llqucii' fur la cents from thu woman. Thi' wom- nn '.vas iirreeied Friday h.v state police from the NitZHreih station, and given a hearing before Squire Jiimcs 8. Fry. who held her for court.
According to laov.skl hu c.qu'ed Mri. Foorospiok's iirrent because she broke up his home b.v idling liqur.r to hin wife,   v.'-
o
ibsrablp drlv* Is now la
In   eM!h    loeslHy.    Odd
I come to Bangor on March
th.
th lodge. No.   10»», was
sated by about 60 members
sde the trip In auto buses.
rrow    evening    (Friday)
ith lodge  wlll   confer    the
I dagree on their candidates In
lodge    hall    on    Belvidere
Menibers sre urged to at-
thla meeting as business of
ince to every member will
ilrsasacted and diaouseed.
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IT RANGOI FRIDAY
A Court of Honor tor Bsat ^.liMthampton District Boy Scouts •t AiMrlca, including Bangor, Pen Ariyl, and Nasareth. wlll be held kl Mssic Hall, Bangor, on Friday, Imsry t%, at 7.30 p. m. The iftAYA la cordially Invited to at
M Leiimaires MeoiBiglieeliBg In Srafli EastOD
A itroiig contingent of Amerl «tt Leglonu-ilres attached to Har es V. Knetht Post, No. 445. of JjMSfetli. were in attendance at Wtrlct meeting of the Posts of tt« Thirtieth Congressional Dis- W«t on Frid.iy evening In the «»ior HlKh school building. South We. E;i8t()n. A full program vvas frSdered followed by n splendid •••Kr and a flne and diversified Mtsrtainment.
Is    the
mother of four children. On De- comber 27, Inet he went to Mrs. Fooiosnlak's home and purch.i'^ed tbe llquo;*. Tbe woman later went to Inowskl's home nnd offered to return the money but he refused.
A search warrant wxs secured nfter the state police had been in¬ formed of the incident nnd al¬ though a search of the home failed to reveal nny liquor, she was placed under arreat for selling It to laowak'i.
STATE FAIR ASSO. AT PHILA. FEB. 2-3
The annual meeting of the eas¬ tern district of the I'enn.fylvaiil i atate .\ssoclatlon of County Fairs. of which the Northampton Ctiunty Agricultural Society Is an Integral IH>rt, will be held this year in Philadelphia. It is likely William K. Shimer. president: Charles O. Reese, secretary, and l^ewis P. Werkheiser, treasurer of the local fair, will attend the meeting, to be held on February 3 and 3 st the Hotel Adelphls. Phllsdelphla.   '
The meeting wlU open at 10 a. m. In charge of President White. The morning wlll be spent In dis¬ cussing of legislation. At the meeting in the afternoon at 1.80 o'clock. City gtstlsticlan T. W. Dsvis, of Phllsdelphla. wlll wel¬ come the delegates. Philip H. Osdsdea. praaldeat of the PMIa. dslphta Chaaiber of CoaiaMre* ^ sad .A^W. Usaihard. sneMaeAeA
fslr Asaasiatioa.    win   ha   tha spoaher.   W. H. Ooeber. ascreury of the Natloaal Trotting Assoels tion, wil) explsin the new ehsata In rsclng rules.
M Court Jurors Fir February Term
Maile Lerch and Charles Scholl. J*"«th; J. Lloyd L'hier and A. C. «™«el, ol Forks township: Henry 2J'»*'  0' Kast   Allen   townahip;
¦'£*'"'*""¦ '**'*»«'rt Laubach. ¦wh Starner and Milton 8. Mnd- JJ'oyf'r. of Nazareth: Herbert 2'''••' Monn.   inwnahip:    Asher
.¦•nler. of I'liper Naaareth towii- *«. and Kzra Florey, of Wind r'*. are amonK thoae summoned .5.J['"'y duty at the term of civil at the county   court   house
, .r*"""* on   Monday.    February '; ••• SSlt.
F, -J***^ Jendrlcke remodeled the j, mm front and the Interior of his ^••maiket on South Main street.
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Paul Burich, the 20-year-old Northampton youth, apent Sunday lu the Northampton lock-up pend¬ ing orders from the offlcers of Northampton county. Burich on Saturday night at nbout 9 o'clock ahot and fatally wounded hia sweetheart, Stella Recker. aged 17 yeara, while calling on her at thetr home In Kaat Allen township Just outside the Northampton bor¬ ough limits. The couple had been frienda for the paat seven montha and according to the grlef-strlcken ycuth he waa showing his sweet- heurt his automatic pistol and Jokingly demonstrated how to "hold her up," when there was a flush and a scream and the girl fell over. The mother who waa resting on the couch in Ihe same room and her father. Frank Ueck- er. asleep on the second slory and due to work the 11 o'clock shift. ru»hed to the girl's asslctanee. Dr. Charles II. Fox. of Northampton. WiiR called but the girl dietl hefor" he reache<l the home.
The Northampion police were notified and went to the lumie which is located aloiiK the rreek north of the Hath pike some dl«- tance west of .MIenhiii'B. The |)o- llee in turn notifled t'ie state po¬ lice at the Nazareth hiiri'iicks ;'nit Offlcers McCalferty and lldffman responded and Detertlve ili'iirge llyi:n and nn a.«t»istaiit al.so wfiii to Northamptoii fhe same eveninu ("oioner Cathrall was cmIIciI and lie authorized the removal of the hody to the morgue of I'ndertaker Wllllnm K Newhard. Dr. Cathrall himself went to .Vorlliiunplon and arranged for an autopsy on Snn day.
Paul Burich hnd heen tak'H Into custody by the Northampton ofllcers In the meantiino. He 'lad mnde his way to his home at Ififi!' Newport avenuo and wiillnR went with the offlcers. stalinR tlial the slwroling wns aceldenlal: that h<> hnd carried the :>utonirtle on his calls to the girl's home on account of Ihe lonely road he had to travel, and thnt whiln slttlnn at the tahle talking to hia sweetheart the weapon waa discharged Detective llynn nsk^d tho Noilliainpton of¬ ficers to hold Burich until advised further hy fhe district attorney's offlce.
Coroner Cathrall and Dr. Kess¬ ler on Sunday performed  an    au- (Continned on Page Three!
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lATU TROLLEY SER¬ VICE DISCONTINUED ON MOJAY NI6HT
Public Thrown Into Uproar
By Sudden Action of
Company Ofhclals
UaCi & Nazareth trolley without u minute'.s notice to its patroiiit. closed do'A n un Mon¬ day night.
Ttnr trolley line carried many employefid to und from the several cement vl^nts located along Us line and until nther arrangements .ne mad"? will inconv.'niem.e many commu!er.«.
Kver since a bus lina has beert running between Bath and Bethle¬ liem the trolley line has lost over 50 per cent of its receipts.
An Interview with William Har per. superintendent, gave the in¬ formation tuat be was ordered to .shut down on Monday night by the officials of the company without a cbance to notify fhe public of the fact.
The road haa not been on a pay- irig l)i;«is for a long time and it is understood that the offlcials have applied to the Public Service Coni- •11 is ion to ah.'iiHlon the line. Whether or not this request ha.- h.-eii Kriivrpd hns not heen lear:ied.
JUNnR SERVICES IN HAMAN MEMORIAL A GRAND SUCCESS
MEIIEB
PROF. FRITSCH LEC-  E. J. REINHARD. IRES EVERY WEEl OLDEST NAZARENE,
.  PASSES AWAY
Naiaretli bus been privileged! again this winter to enjoy an ex-j cellent course of Bible lectures. \ Owing to an oversight of the com¬ mittee In chsTgs, Monday, January 31 was not printed on tbe cards but Monday evening has been re¬ served for Nssareth by Prof. Fritsch and all ars most heartily iavitsd to come to the Bible lec¬ ture at the Moravian ehurch. Mon¬ dsy evaaiag, Jaa. II st 8 o'clock.
It ia aaodlass to tell those In regular attaadaaee ta he preseat hat wa eeAy artah athasa woaM aran ttaawaHaa af tMa anportaa. Ity ta leara to pHse their BIhls more. This is the sole purpose ol Prof, rrttseh ia braving wintry storms to eome to us. He hss made the study of the Bible his life work and by explaining It In plain and simple language, hae let tMs book talk for Itself without trying to further peraonal pet theories of his own snd tries sim¬ ply to make It what it is to him¬ aelf, the guide of true life In Ood through Christ Jesus to all bis hearers. To work for Ood haa been the contents of hte life sjnce I have knnwn him personally since 191."5.
Udmund James Reinhard. one of the oldest and beu known resl- denu of Nasareth. died at the home of his son-in-law. Fraak Huth, South Bror.d street. Nasa¬ reth, at 6.30 o'clock Thursday morning from Infirmities due to uMage. Aged 92 yeare. 11 montha and 28 days.
Mr. Relnhard was l>orn near 8eldsrsTllle, th:s coanty, sad wss soaeatsd la the pahlle ashool of tiMt ylaaa aa4 t|ie , teieejf   H^
MINSTREL SHOW AT HNHSCHOOLTONIGHT
On Thursday evening (tonight) at S o'clock a minstrel wtll be given In the Hlgb School auditor¬ ium by the Dixie Boys of Bethle¬ hem under the susplees ot the Athletic Association of Nassreth High School for the beneflt of the Hoepital Fund. The admission is .'iO cents for sdulu snd 36 cents for children. As the csnse Is a good one and the entertainment a delightful one. we siacerely hope that the people of Nassreth sad vicinity wtll Uhe an iaterest aad sttead the miaatral ia laraa aum
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Bethleheai begsn his care«r as a HMIe eaUaai
VETERANS ATTEND ALLENTOWN MEET
A large delegation of members representing the local camp of Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Journeyed to Allentown on Thursday evening to attend tbe .li<nuary meeting Of tbe Lehigh Valley Camp Aasociation and Its afflllated auxiliary. The meeting w^us held in the home of Allen Camp No. r> and Ita auxiliary No. 26. After the busineas meeting which handled only routine busi¬ ness thok'e gathered became the guestH of Allen camp and auxiliary at a sourkrout aupper. The next meeting will be held on February Itl. at  a place to be selected.
EvangellsllG Ser Ices Id Moravian Cliurcli Wen Attendei!
Kvangelislic services In the .Mo¬ riivian' church are well nttended. Services every evening at 7.4.'i o'clock. Kev. (ireenflelil. the evangelist, is preaching sermons In his old time vigor, a good, pure gospel lo fhe honor and glory jf (irid and fhe salvation of souls. Do not fall to attend these s«'rvicee.
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Mr. and Mrs. Willis Hagenbuch. .Mr. and Mrs. J. Steward K.ver. Mr. Hid Mrs. Ilenry Knauss. .Mr. und .Mrs. Walter Stofflet, .Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Knauss. of town, und Mr. and Mrs Irvln Rader. of Kaston. were among those that gathered 111 the home of Mr. and Mrs. Syl¬ vester Kern, South Ilroad atreet, Nazareth, on Tuesday evening and tendered Mr. Kern a surprise in honor of hia natal day. The even¬ ing's festivities included the serv¬ ing of a delicious feast besides playing of games.
fw^aary. began his
teacher at the Beboeaerstrlils school. He retired In 1912 sfter completing 90 eonsecutive yesrs of teaching. Durihg that long per lod he taught In numerous schools in this and Lehigh counties.
In 1865 Mr. Relnhard was ap¬ pointed organist of the Rittersville church and superintendent of the Sunday school of that church. He aerved In that capacity for fl>ve years. Deceased accepted a posi¬ tion as organist of the Zion church, near Kreldlersvllle. In 1860 and served there for 24 years. He moved to Naiareth In 1904 and had resided here since
Of a congenial dispoeitlon he made many friends, all of whom V ere grieved to learn of his death.
Mr. Relnhard Is survived by a brother David, of SeidersviUe: three daughters. Mrs. I. A. Rach¬ inan and Mrs. Henry Roth, of Nasaretb. and Mrs. Frank Iluth. wi'h whom he resided. Also hv seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was a ni mber of St. John's Lutheran church, Nazareth.
Funeral services were held from his late home on Sunday after¬ noon. Rev. H. C. Snyder, pastor of St. John's Lutheran church. Ntiza¬ reth. offlclating. Interment was made in the Greenwood cemetery. Nazareth.
Nationwide Celebra¬ tion For ITth Birtli¬ day of Doy Scouts
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LOUIS PEARL.
Louis Pearl, a native of Hun gary. and for the past 18 years a .Naxareth dry goods merchant, died nt his home on South Main street. N'azareth. Friday night at 8.4.5 o'clock of pneumonia. He had lieen ill since Tuesday. He was In his 48th year
Deceaaed Is survived by his widow and two daughters. Eva and Sarah, both at home. The funeral waa held Saturday at the lewlsh Community church. Beth¬ lehem. Interment made in the Jewish cemetery.
LOVINE  PLATTENBERCER.
Lovlne Plattenberger. a former !iih1 well known resident of Naza¬ reth, died af the County Home on Monday morning ut 1.4.5 from complications, aged 81 years. He was admitted to the home last May. The deceased Is survived by one daughter. .Mr.<». Clara We.k- hei: er. of Cherry Hlll and a broth¬ er. Frank, of .Nazareth, besides u number of ^rand und Kreat-grand¬ children. He was a member of tl.e Schoeneck Moravian church.
Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon from t'ie lii-nie of his grandson. Kiwood Weikheiser. IMioenlx ;iiveniie. Rev. Koli-rt I. C.ieriiig officiated. In- ternii'iit was niiul" in tiie Schoc mcli   .Moravian cenn'tiiy
Seventeen years of steady pro gress from smallest beginning^ will he celebrated by the Boy Scouts of America when its birth¬ day exercises are held throughout fhe l'nited Staffs in Anniversary Week, February fi lo 12. The seventeenth birthday falls on Feb¬ ruary 8. On that date, in 1910, William D. Boyce, Chicago pub Usher, filed In WaHhitigton the In¬ corporation papers of the Doy Scouts of America.
The flrsl Scout troops under the new organization were formed a few days later. .Now there nre more than 20.000 troops with 800.000 bo.vs and volunteer lead¬ ers Identlfled with the movement. They have been described as con- IContinued on Page Six)
Lewis P. O. Fegley. of Boyer¬ town, left a bequest of tlOOO to the Bethany Orphans' Home.
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l''.inil,v CarolllU' St rolinieier. :i''. yr-'r (lid diiiig'tpr 'I' t'ie Kev and .Mrs. Willlani 11. .Slrohineier. <li"d lit tlii> home of lie'- parents. ti27 Cenler stn^et. Ilr;;.lehem. on Fri day. of liean distase.
She was horn .l;ii!Mary 1 !. ls!ll. Ill l.iike Mills. \V!sconsln With her I arent.s sMc c.ime to Urthle- h»'m when sli" «iis foiirfeei! \enrs nf age. .Sh.' nttended .^Ior:lviall I'lepariilory School, Rr:i,'ii it in ; I liere in l"ii7 She also gradi; ited from the Kast Strotidshuru Norm ul School. After teaching in the piMille school ilf llefhlehein for a number of y.-ars she took work in Ihe offlce of the l.ehlRh & New r'nglnnd Railroad arul the last four Vf-iirs wns in the offlce of the Bush & Bull company.
lliiring the Inst "ight years she had several attacks of he.irt dis¬ ease On I>ecember :10 slie was obliged to give iiii her work She U survived hy her parents, one brother, Rowland W. Str<ihme1er, of the West Sldo; four sisters, Mrs. Arthur Bufzin. Bethel, Alaska: Mrs W. J. Cliff, Coopers- huig: Mrs. Kugene I. Blanchard, Washington. D. C. and Miss CInr.i Strohmeler. at home.
The funeral was held  Wednes day at 2 o'clock from   the    home with Interment In Nisky Hill ceme¬ tery.
GO. S. S. BOARD TO MELT ATT TONIGHT
K. H. Bonsall. superintendent of Voung I'eople's work oi the State Association will vi»it our county from .March 31 to April 5 inclua- i\e. This is in connection with a plan proposed by the state tbat ev fcry member of the State staff will participate in seven or eight weeks of visitatlona, giving service to each of more than flfty counties. It will not be Mr. Bonsall's pur¬ pose to stress young people's work, although there wlll no doubt b'.> some activities which sre eepeclsl- ly Interesting to young people, and plans wlll be considered In rs;^ gard to sending some ot the youag people from Northampton eomty to the State summer csmps tor trslBlng. /
To brlag to the eouaty th^ noat help through Mr. Boasall is the great daslfs af tha caotf This wlll be one of the lories for discussion at the ing of tbe County Execut Doard. which wlll be held at tl Nazareth Y. M. C. A. at 7.45 p. m: I Thursday I tonight. Also the pro¬ gram wlll be tentatively planned for the annual County Convention at Zion M. E. Church. Pen Argyl. In the month of May. It Is earn estly hoped that there will be a full attendance of county offlcers bere tonight.
Rev. Stephen Trowbridge, rep¬ resenting the World's Sunday Srhool Association in Egypt, re¬ ports that the plan of establishing a Sunday school union is belns fmorably considered In Egypt and the Sudan. The committee is com¬ posed entirely of Egyptians, and this committee is also investigat¬ ing the Daily Vacation Bible School Idea, and promoting' plans for an Egyptian delegation to at¬ tend the World's Convention In I»s .\ngeles, California, .luly 11 to  IS. 192S.
The Junior church being con¬ ducted during the regular worshi;) service of the Haman Memorial Kvangelical church, is meeting with success. Twenty-eight tnll- dren were in t!ie service last Sun¬ day morning and listened to the SOI mon on tlie subject "Lost." On Sunday morning Junior ciiurcii will also be held bec.tuse of the fact that the following Sunday the presiding elder will he here in the morning.
The meeting of tlie two wom- er's ofgatjlaations on Friday ev¬ ening was well attended It was held at the home of the president o. the I..adife»' Aid Society, Mrs,"^^ Arthur Schaffner. The Ladles' | Aid Society decided to hold a bake sale on Saturday. Feb. 5. and it will be held at Crawford's drug store. Baked goods and dainties will be on sale at that time. They also considered the holding of a concert by the Men'.s Cllee Club of Albright College, the latter part of .March. The concert is to be held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. A total of over $12 was turned in at the meeting.
The Missionary Society condiict- "d its regular meeting and decided tll observe the day of prayer for misf-ions. and the offering to h" tiiken' for onr new .Mbright .Me¬ morial Evangelical church at Washington. D. C. The next meet¬ ing of this organization will he held at the home of the prosldent. Mrs. R. H. Hangen. on Thursdav, Feb. 3
There are only four more Sun¬ days until the pastor leave'? for conference which will be held af Harrisburg. All those who have pubscrlptions to be paid to the Evangelical Messenger are urged to meet the obligation before that tine.
Hwsdreds Expeded ti tend Annnal \ Other AcHtdUes
AU plana sre set for one aT 1 Ibrgeat meetings of Y. M.   C^ members that bas been held la cent  years  in  Naiareth slou of the annual meeting FrU night of this week.
The   nominating  committee election of members of the of Directors has registered a list of names of promineat n« bers for re-election spd   r«|
ment.
The     "old-timers" with  Interest the live dtaei for the good of   the    Y. U. C cause and the cauae of the munity at such meetlaga  of past    and   the   very    apv luncheon  that the Ladies' Al lary committee serves.
These annual sffairs have the milestones along the wae marked the progress of the ization and set   the    course growth and advancement.
The athletic department of. i'hsiciation Is in flourishing eoal tion at the present time with tliusiasflc bowlers and baskett players  much  in  evidence st tl building.
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The basketball  s»asou  la st height  and fhe "Y" teara   ta its    best    and    attracting crowds of supporters to   the lery.    The flrst loss of the on the home (loor occurred Ts day night of this week whea Y. M. H. A. team won hy • thf point lead.    The   Nasareth    " girls also lost their gane to tha-l M. H. A. girls the sane aishT one point.
UMTED WITH ST. MNIUfTMEIAN
The following   pe.sons    un4ted| ^. ^y—---j- th tbe St. John'e Luthersn eon>li:L.     .TL
The sanusl hooeter be held next Tharaday arllaa {| friends of ths haya aa« OMa I will rally to the pisyers.   Bast \ I tsry "friendly  sasilsg^   at lean, wllt plair Ml
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gregstlon. Nsssrsth. st the receat mid-winter Comnunioa: Mr. aad Mrs. Howard Uhler. Mrs. Wlllian Klepplager. Mr. sad Mrs. Howard Warkhaiasr.    Mr. aad Mta. Fvad
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gane.    Baagor aaaaUy iloeh ot taas to arttaaaa
an aad tMa faar^ aadaahtadly tas tka euadlag aapaallr at ttoi
Werkheiser were reeeivad hy let* Iters of transfer. Miss Reheeea E. Davidson and Mr. and Mrs. Vletor Ackerman by rites of eoaflrmatloa. At the mom4ng eervice the choir very creditsbly rendered the anthem "My Fslth Looks Up to Thee" by Schnecker. Solo psrts were splendidly sunf by Misses Evelyn Rohn and Fannie Oernet and Charles Schnerr.
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Decide On Route For New Lehigh Township Road
'Ih- route of the proposed new : iliigli     township    road.    It     was
< ; ris'il. has been iie':nitely decid- '• 1   according to  fhe  reconinienda-
iiMi of ( I. Huckius. ri'pi'f«t'!ita- I Vf of tlie state highway depart- Mc;it.
Th" road wlll start at Herlins- ville :ind cross country to Hariier's -Illtion an! tlienre continue straight alona the mountain to 'lariii'Nville. elimiiKiting the "V" •< :ipeii course that would take it down to tap liiizz^'.rd's (¦oriii-r. a I'iMitf  iidvocatcil   bk'fore  the  coun
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I»r   K    K.   Hu-'h.  of   n:uiielsville.
v 's   before  the  brard   of commi'*-
'oners and urged the ;idoption of the roi:te favored hy Huckius and iiclded fhaf the statements ad¬ vanced that fhe state wanted fo t;ke the road throii;;Ii "No Man's l.ai'.il" were unfounded and with¬ out  fact
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The Mothers of 1917 will meet tomorrow (Friday night at T.iO o'elock In the "Y."
Gea.E. Fomer Nanrne, Heads PhUa. Opera
aight With the r*m laaa ia caataat wKh 1 T girls.    The OoHaClMW preseat leadef* of tha LaUgh ley basket elrsaH.
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The usefulness and importance of the work performed by the var lous bodies of the l'nited States are practically beyond the pale of reasonable estimate, and they can¬ not be given too much praise and credit for the influence which they exert towards the development and extension of trade and pro- Cssionul welfare. One of the best known of these organizations Is tl.e Philadelphia QMa Company,
In this connorfini^lt is noted the interesting f*e«.-fftat C.eorge E. Nitzsche. recorder of fhe I'nivers¬ ity of Pennsylvania, has just been honored hy an election as presi¬ dent of fhe Philadelphia ()|iera Coinpany. and it would certainly have been a difflcult matter fo have made a stronger selection for tl.e position.
Oeorge E. Nitzsche was born in Nazareth, Pa., June 3. ]<>7 4. and gradiiateil from the Cniversity of Pennsylvania with the degree of 1.1. n. in isii>«. Me was adm'tted to the Phil.'ideliinia bar and to all the Ciiiirls and State Supreme Court. While trying to establish ,( practice he became permanently connected with the I'niversity of Pennsvlvania in varioua capacttleaif He was Bursar and Registrar oil the Law School from 1S98 to liiflt. during wh'ch time he was also Prothonotary of fhe Practice Court Since litoi he hns been Recorder of the I'niversity. He has been engaged In many and Continued on Page Two)
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The Muhlenberg College Olee Cluh will present a concert in tbe Y. M. C A. i^udltorlum. Nasaretb. on Friday eveninc Feb. 4. The club wlll preeent this concert un¬ der the auspices of tbe Yoaag Men's Clase of the St. John's Luth¬ eran church. The program pron- ises to be an interesting oae aad the character of the concert wtU Ite aaaouBced In a later Issaa. Tickets sre aow belag sold for tha oeessloa. The pahlle la aalMi ta renenhsr aMI raaarva tha «ala.
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^Ktado|# rIeaMW. ot I o'ttSK yesterday rleenlng the wImIdivs aa tha i «nmI story of  the    m National Haah. loat while worhiiw oa m m.rMed of a gimey and liropped to the mont helotr.   Death was I eoae.    Bridaes   alMNit    tlie showed that prolMbly drath i * ft in a trartared afcall.
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Mrs.     Oeorge     Kreidler, James  Smith.  Mrs.   Lester Mrs.  Robert Wolfe.  Misses Ml Oswald. Elizabeth  Kraemer. tlia    Kuauas.    Ellen    lluloH Miriam      Wagner    attended meeting of the   Clrl's    Missis Guild    of    St     Johns    Ref« church on Thursday   evening the  home of   Miss     Ada    Ksl East Walnut xtreet. Nazareth. meeting opened with an im| businetiK session followed by cial hour.    Excellent refreshi were served
Musical Senrln RefanMtf SadVEi
Nest Sanday eveolas last Sunday avealag aS ^ a| a musicsl service, lad hf tS»i wlll be beld la M. Joha'a ¦ ed chnrcb.   The thaaa wUt memory hyna tor Jaaaary, ny life aad Iat It ha, sd Lord to thee."
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