The Nazareth Item

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fhe Dog In
The Manger
^H do things for tta- ^Z! io things for tho 0"' T! (iMd reasons, ^^^i-tsct accordtog to rfJSUnce; wc act ac- '^^Jtethe way somebody
fSSSiesof imlU-
\tt of reason. -'-.\w  not   automobUes. ¦ •*   W hand. eye.   and
. oe are   locomotives,
•"JLooa track. •Ji^ law of our land U
^J>c«»«n'' °*^""" JrJt the customs of pte-
"U -new"'""-
Tweto ruts, do business
^. think in ruts feel In
l^tiiklnruts.
^ instance: Zl now we are raising a
JT-^^   about   starvation.
Z^ait  starving.     Pretty
•Tthe experts say. we will *rtsrving. There aren't V2;ioodstufTs being raised. *Z; exercise your Intelllg-
J,'uttle, If any.  Strip the
Tl problem of Us compU-
jMtfom-
•^•t   ask what    we  have
JT doing, nor what the law
•^jet us do. nor what has
mr traditional method of
^^ since time Ix-gan.
lay out the factors of
^lem thus:
jVneed   food.   AU    food
In from land.    We   have
, ol land and plenty of
to work it.
„j»t'J the an.swer?
Mllih   question     number
r, ths answer Is: Oo to _ Uie land    Raise the
^don't you dolt?
I ijgftt:   It is Illegal.   The
r *IU not permit the men
t wsnt to work to use the
becsuse It    belongs to
j men who don't want to
^ ind don't have to.
fooldn't simple, every-day,
1   SUtes     horse-sense
I ttuit If a man won't use jd It ought to be taken
J him and given  to the iibo WiU work U? jtn tie 200.000,000 acres fMl land in this country—
II to  feed   the   world, ll tar a farm of ten acres
,.tif American family. I on 2,000 acres of Texas (' aat Dr. C. C. Hlgglns IB Antonio. "It is good J If It were put In cultlv- Bitwould fumish employ. t ftir 100 men. It would II soldiers. The nation k my land. J would cost $10 an  acre
tfH my land In cultivation.
|bim't $20,000.   If I had It
ln't spend   it   In   Im-
_^ my land.     I  would
I It st eight  per cent.    I J thus get rich.   And the
would  still   need   my
I truth is," he concludes,
II have no moral right to I lind I do not use.   I am
I in the manger."
w, wouldii t   the  obvious
Ito do be to lake the 200,-
I Idle acres In the Unl-
i away from the own-
l give them to any per-
would make   them
Uve?
Itethat is ronriscation! *ttted.   But all taxation ition; it is a govem- "'»set of taking away a I'l property, or part of it, I. we   are   confiscating I liking human  lives   to ¦flnto the  trenches and *• to save our country,
">t we the right to take
J
'•eneed tlie fodder, •why "Wt the dog out of the ^er?
»• FRA.NK  CRANE,
Ml
The Nazareth Item
AN mDBPENO&NT FAMILY NEWSPAPER
DEVOTES TO LlTERAtURf.
LOCAL AND OENERAL INTELLIOENCB
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VOL. XLII
NAZARETH. PA, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 23,1933
No. i3
Mock Trial Interesting Fea¬ ture at Churchmen's Gather¬ ing In St. John's Reformed
A gathering of members and fri¬ ends of the men of St. John's Re¬ formed church was held on Tuesday evening hi the church social rooms with approximately 250 persons at¬ tending.
The meeting was In direct charge of Howard Shimer, chairman, and proved to be the largest affair of this nature ever held by the men of the church.
A mock trial was the outstanding feature of the session with Christian
was put on In proper legal procedure | and caused a great deal of merri¬ ment with jury bringing In a verdict of not guilty and placing the costs on Attorney Fehr. The empaneling of a Jury provided the greatest amount of merriment with the vari¬ ous objections and opinions as ex- prefwed by prospective Jurors,
After the trial the Judge heard the ] verdict given by the jury, he told^ theyn that their verdict showed what j type of Justice to expect from such
fellowship being the primary reason   a gathering and thanked them forj for the meeting.   These meetings are  doing   what   they   considered   their, planned    to keep the    men of the j duty, adding more enjoyment to th- church in clo.ser contact with church { occasion   and  concluding  the   trial, activities    through    the    fellowship  The entire affair was well pres!?nt?d| develoix-d at them. and concluded with tlie singing of.
The  trial  proved  very  interesting ] America.   During the evening H. P. with the pastor Rov. W. H. Diehl Ijc-; Yei.sley Invited all thos- present  toj ing brought to trial for illegal fish-   turn out for th" celebration of Men'.s ing.   Tlie various court officials and   Night at the church o:i Sunday even- attorneys were portrayed by Clifford   Ing.
Taylor a.s judge; Stanley Fehr as The dinner was prepared and srv- prosecuting attorney: Georse Grim ed by the Lend A Hand Class of tlie as cour.sel for the defendant; Roy Sunday .school. .Mi.ss Alice Knau.ss, N.igle as court crier; Harry Drako teacher. Music was furnished by and" Frank Marcks a.s tipstaffs and the Sunday ,scliool orclicstra under Charlc> Shafer as clerk. The .sheriff the direction of Miss Lena Marcks. Rov Kostenbader and his deputies Group singing wrro al.so at hand.   Tho entire trial   Smith.
was  led  by George
ASST. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FRACK ROTARY SPE.\KER
PASTOR'S BIBLE CLASS HOLDS CO¬ LONIAL SOCIAL
The local Rotary club held a dinn¬ er meeting   In the Y. M. C. A. on
The  Pastor's Bible    Class of the Moravian   Sunday    School    held a
E?Efsf\{s£ir rr ^tj^'.^^tz =s fraternal order
Commission Recommends Larger School Districts
The larger unit of public school | tion. and a larger unit commltteo administration, designed to give a | delegated to make a special study. greater degree of local and elTlclency | This gi'oup. headed by Doctor J. in school affairs, Is not a new Idea Linwood Eisenberg. President of the In Pennsylvania. It has been con-; State Teachers College at Slippery I sidered by ,schoolmen and others for; Rock, considered every angle. "They more than twenty years, and Is be- found elevr-n states with the com¬ ing  presented  for   approval   In  th'.'  plete couaty-widc  unit, one with a
proposed new School Code now bo fore the State Legislature,    •
First studies were started in 1913 when Doctor Nathan C, Schaeffer, then State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and the State Educa¬ tion Association appointed a com¬ mittee of twelve. A year later this ^'oup recommended adoption of th"^ larger school unit to the limits of "the county where  feasible,"
For two decadi's various phasi'S of the plan were discussed at educa¬ tional meetings but no definite ac¬ tion was taken until the State Edu catlonal Comtni,ssion was appointed in 1931 by Doctor James N, Rule. Superintendent  of   Public     In
^.
JLMOR-SENIOR PROM MOST EN¬ JOYABLE EVENT
The Juniors were hosts lo the Sen¬ iors and tlie faculty, on Tuesday evening, in the gymnasium of th? High School, at the Junior Senior Prom, The affair \^as a great suc¬ cess from every angle, everyone pre- .seiu having a most enjoyable even¬ ing. The gymnasium was prettily decorated with bright spring colors
Jackson.
freshments were served by the re-
TO CELEBRATE 25th ANNIVERSARY
Local Rod and Gun Club Conducts Open Session
,senu-coujity unit, and four with op¬ tional county unit plans. In recent years the larger unit plan has been
recommended in fourteen other stat¬ es, including New York and New Jersey.
Last Noveml>er. at the State Edu¬ cation Congress in Harrisburg, af¬ ter eighteen months of study, tho ccinmiss;o:i's larger unit committee recommended that Pennsylvania's 1200 sch^>ol districts under 1000 pop¬ ulation Ix' merged as the flrst step towards the larger unit.
Other results of t.he Educational Conimis-sion's findings were made av.iilable to the Joint le?l.slative comniltte^^ established by the 1931 Le3lslature for reinodification of thu school law-: and to the office of the Attorney General wh're th" new cod'^ was drafted. The commission found that the larger unit \\'ould b-? advi.sabl" for Penn.sylvania. bein? more efficient and economical and giving better a.ssurance of equal op¬ portunity for children in rural d;s- trict.s.
Ill brief, the larger unit, as tha new code now stands. m"ans that existing school districts of le.ss than .5000 population would be mer'jed to form distric's. .so far as practicable, of .5000 to 11.000 population, with a single board of nine directors to conduct the affairs of the resulting larger district.    Every existing dis-
and  colored  lights.    Tlie  orchestra
section  was  decorated  as  a   flower | trict   of  10 000  or   more  population
garden.    Music    was  furnished   by i
Music Danny Devers orchestra.
The class president Evelyn Chri.st¬ man. and the following committees were In charge of the affair: enter¬ tainment. Freda Scheetz. Dick Mich¬ ael. Carl Miller. Harold Kratz. LU
would remain as It is. Newly set-up di.strtcts of less than 11.000 popula¬ tion would be known as districts of the fourth cla.vs. The present 2587 districts would be reduced to ap¬ proximately
The assistant district attonvey of  freshment commute?; Mrs', WiUlam anniversary with a unique program,  h P Yelsley acting as chairman Northampton county. wmiamFracjc.  ^ortz. chairman; Mrs, Asher Brown,'A regular business meeting wlll be     During the evening several fihns by the speaker
500,    The  principle of
A public meeting of the Rod and  and  also  how   to   protect   yourself  TiVn Vi',an™'"~;r~3rnt"'^r.TH\'' h^sPs^^^n.^'' *'^,° J"^^*^  P'"'*''"*^
..„ nt„K «f t^™.., „,„. v,ot^ i„ ^1,0  f   fu„ .,„_i„,.„ „„!„ .„.  lian  Hugo,    refreshment,    Dorothy, bases for more equitable distribution
Swartwood,    Emily  Hughes,    Bruce  of State aid, it is said, Doyle,   Pranklyn   Rubright.   Gladys' More Local Control
Nichola.s; decoration. Raymond Uh-' Approval of the larger unit prln- Several additional films on fishme '^'¦' ^*'*''">'" Haldeman. Emily ^ ciple has come from many Pennsvl- ..  ,^"..*^'*""*"^' ."""^ on fishing  strouse. Naomi Herzing, David Det-   vania men and women not associat
This evening,  Washington  Camp
No, 445 Patriotic Sons of America of Oun'ciub of town" was held In the  from the various poisonous Species
town   wlll  ob.sen'e   Its   twenty-fifth y. m. C. A. on Monday evening with  while In the woods.   The antidotes
for snake bites were also discussed
 -.._ _.., Mrs. Asner Brown,; A regular business meeting will be     During the evening several film
was the speaker.    He spoke on the   Mrs. Edward Loux. Mrs, Louis Wun- held at the usual    time of opening ^.pre shown  picturing  various sec
subject "The Chances of a Criminal  ^jp^,     ^^   p   Seyfried. Mrs. Asher and wlU be followed by a social ses- .ions    of Canada and    the United  and huntintr were shown  after the -         - ¦" -.»,,— .-
m Not Being Brought to Justice in  „,h„. Miss Agnes Etschman. Mrs. sion In an Informal way.   The par- stTt's    where fi^h and    large and Ulk on snXs and wa^fonJwed bv "'"''''¦•    0'-«"'«°'^    Q"'"'*r.    Betty  ed with .^hooLs or ,school administra-
the county."   Along these lines the  j^^n Knecht. Mrs. F. Vivian, and tlclpants wlll be local members dur- smaU game stllf^ab^^^^^^ j a short tTlk on the acth'ties of the  Wunderly. Frank Temmel; clean-up  tion.    The Educational Commission
''¦'"r^urtsTf ouXed bv me  ^'^ Clarence werkheiser.   The pro- ing the session the executives of the T K   x-X    of iJhlgh Univ..' foctl club by t^^^^^^^^ ^^""^"  *= "   ^   ^¦'^'~~"    ' "  '
county courts was outUned by the  g^nm was in charge of the entertain- organization   wlll render   extended Bethlehem was present with a col-  the year, the club released 18 Eng-
T^^^ tw»r J^H nr^lnf meth^sl T"' committee Mrs. C   L. Bunn,' financial and numerical reports. jectlon of six live snakes and held  lish pheasants. 28 quaU, 55 rabbits.
^ fr ^^n^fhP rrimlnal h?hSS' L^'T^^^ "f"' ^"'t ^"I'^'r.^ " I    "^^ ™"'' *"^ "'^ °' '^ °'"'*" "' ^he Interest of an audience of sev-i 233 cans of brook tmut and 28 cans
1''**''''"?'^Vnl^S^LaaS.i;^"'*' *^^'*''/u'' ^"  .» J''*'*^' ^ordlally invited  to attend and m eral hundred with his talk on snake of sunfish in adjacent streams and
fhTu     ^l^t'fJk ^S^r^eTl ^^ to appreciate the   efforts of ,ife.   He had with him a bruU, a re-  woodland.    Of this stock a part of
the tow.    Next w^k Processor Ne     at^red  In  colonial costumes.    -The ,he offlcers they should drop In and eer. a black and a king snake of the the flsh and small game was placed
Carothers of Lehigh University wUl, tables were   attractively    decorated see  what  Is going  on..    Assurance non-poisonous variety and   copper-  by the club, while the balance was
with   miniature   cherry trees   and has been given that the time spent ^ead    and    a rattle snake
Francis Stannard. Claire Edelman. includes repres.^ntatives of taxpay- Anna Boenstler. Victor Weiss. ; "fs, agricultural, civic and commer-  »       i c;al organizations, the fields of fin-
PATRIOTIC
be the speaker.
hatchets.
MORAS "Klraii^N^^^oi^TM
GUEST   SPtAKIiKi FOR NAZARETH
there this evening will be time well prisonous species.   The talk was on | from the state departmein of ga
AT UONS MEETING:
The Lions club met In the Y, M. C. A. on Tuesday evening and heard an Interesting address on the sub¬ ject "George Washington's Visit to Northampton County," The guest speaker was R<'v. O. M. Shultz. Moravian hi.siorian who is in charge of the Whitfield Hou.se Mu.seum, maintained by the Moravian Histori¬ cal Society.. Rev. Shultz was pre¬ sented by Rev, J, A, Klick a past president of the club,   A brief suin-
The Nazareth Y. M. C. A. won a'
closely contested game on Thursday I
spent
On Sunday evening the members of the Camp and the members of the P. O, A. wlll attend the local Lutheran church In a body at which time Rev. H. C. Snyder will deliver an appropriate sermon.
the localities where each type hves and fisheries.
ance. law. and business, and federal and state govemment,
VUOEill f nilt/Ci ministration of consolidated  school
,.-u-.« 1^      TT„,   ^      .. district affairs Into the hands of a
Whitfield   council   183,  Daughters ereatlv rediie<»d mimh^r rvf ,!.,„„.	
^.^1'^!^!:^?^.  .^"r., '-'"^ . P-:'""'-^^^  -^ America held a George Washing- filing ItZr d"g"e^ of l<^a, co- !
'"«-*  ton party in Eagle Hall on Tuesday trol. Do evening,     following     their meeting.
evening on the Nazareth court from the Peerless Five of the Easton V. M, C, A, by the score of 28-27, It wasn't until the last minute of play that Nazareth registered the winning point,
Nazareth G. F. T
Eilenberger Clewell. f
H. Kahler, c    3
Freeman, g   2
HOSE COMPANY
HAS MEEHNG
mary of the flrst presidents visit to  ^   K.jhier   f  0
SchifTert. g  	
Kingsley, f	
Total   	
EiiHton Peerless
Zettler.  f   	
Kuzinan, f 	
Zwalt. c   	
,.. 0 ,..   1
Lancer, g   5
Contos, g   3
14
G. F. T.
3    1 7
0 0 0
1 0 2 0 10 2 8
BOARD ^ REGULAR "WTHLYMEETING
J*!!'''"nonthly meeting of "?*«d of the School Dis- Imu   '^""'*y'vanla, was hH^**°n<lay evening, Feb-
••(•••nt:   Kem. Zlegler.' ^eamt, Leh,  Martin  and
¦¦nt: none.
of Uie previous meet- aaa spproved as read.' ¦~ « the Board rend-
»t report; i;^' 132.905.68
¦"* $1,269.30
¦ 2,012.91
5.00
'« Pfl".  .. 7.35
•his county shows that lie arrived at Bethlehem, .July 2.5, 1782. After in- .spectilig the \ariou.s point.s of inter¬ est in and around Bethleiiem he spent tlie night at the old Sun Inn and tlie following day journeyed to Easton where the insjicction tour was continued. Uetlileliein was the center of attention diiruig Ins visit becau.se of the fact tliat during the Revolutionary War largo numbers of .soldiers of the American army were nursed back to health in the Sisters' Hou.se. as it was known to Mora- •^y,Vjj., vians, which had been converted int.i a hospital.
During Rev. Shult/s discourse h'' Pientioiied  the  historic  Washington
tree   still    standing    in   B<'thleliem 	
which marks the site of a home pre- According to a custom established sented to General Hrown of that .sov«»ral months ago the men will place by Washington, the entire again attend tlie evening .servic structure having liM'en moved to following the monthly meeting. Thi.s Bethlehem from Washington and ha.s lueen di-signated as niens nigli'- rebuilt. Other exhibits of Colonial at church Dr. Charles Haff, .sur- da.vs were exhibited at fhe metHing  geoii in chief, of tli<' Haff Hospital,
r Rul<» says.   The existing
regular larger, well-organized, and efficient.
, ly   operated   districts  have   dnmon-
CouncUor Mary Fogel. presided at strated th ir ability to manage their
tiie  .session,    Tlie  relief committee own school affairs"
reported   Mrs,   Helen   MlUer,   secre- vvhi'.e publicity has been given to
tarv of tiie council, who is a patient the larger unit principle for Penn-
at St. Lake s Hospital, as improving, sylvania for almost a vear  the exaot
Next week a card party will be held set-up that appears in the new coda
with  Grace    Pike.   Mabel     Weaver, was   n.->t   worked   oip   i;i,iil   reoently
H.Ida  Hontz.    Emma    Ruloff. Lula and wa-s flrst announced when  th^
Schl.ssler    and  Alice    Bilheimer  m remodific.ition   of   .rhool   laws   wai
,^r*HoL"'r"l'^oLT"^? "Lin'^in  '*' '-i'great savmg^in money." accord-  pT-'r" "w-'orking "out* of"' the" highway  ^!;'„.',..^."^!"„ Pt';!..'''," ^ ^^'"^   °*]   "^«'^si:hol Codroii'Fe'br!rao''V This
"  "      '"     '  " "   has given rise to a number of misin-
terpretation.s and misconceptions of Mmnie  the actual proposal, chieflv on  the ,    _     , , , '^''^f    t'^at  It  will    necessitate  In-
A  .pecial program  of a  patriotic' creas-^d   building     operations     and nature wa.s then rendered as follows:   transportation costs opening .song by a  group consisting Mistaken Ideas Prevail
of  Mrs.  Beatrice  Price,  Mrs,   Lucy      d,-^.^, Hm,. ,3,,,  ^j^,^ ^ Remaley,  Mrs   Mabel  Weaver,  Mr
Paving An Economy For
Motorists and State
Today's low road building costs of-  sion of highway funds to other pur-
fer this state a rare opportunity to poses, as proposed by some legisla-    , , ^    ,*      1 ' """   "*"
complete its esential highway sy.stem  tors not only Interferes with the pro-  ^J^^I^! l^;*„'''^!l*!^.'"!."!l. ?",.   l*".:   P'^^'-^'^'^'^   to  the   Legislature
'    , *l' *: T;  »"^<^   "0^  Company   was   held   on  jng, to Blaine S, Smith, president of  plan, but deprives thousands of men   ^^o'^day evening the degree team of
¦¦'  '     I   °   ^  Monday evening m their headquart- tlio     Pennsylvania-Dixie     Cement  and their dependents of a llvine the order will hold its monthlv ses-
   4    0    8  f>rs in the Munlcloal Buildlno r-     „».„_     „    .,..     ,..-j *^ o ui a iivuiij. ,,„.„„  „,    .,_.    ,;, _
ers In the Municipal Building, 6,    The meeting was largely attended 4, with  all executive  officers  present.
-Routine business was transacted In- ^ eluding    the election    of five   new
Corp,, after    a recently   completed survey of construction costs.
"The pre.sent low prices make it possible for the state to build at least four miles of modern, hard sur-
0, members  of  which   3  were   pre.sent  face" h[g"hwa"vfo7 the Tonm'rc';s"i""of ition flnn he- . . l_     _    . .
Totals    12   3 27
Time of periods 10 minutes. Referee
-| and signed the Constitution and he
 1 came   fully recognized  members of
" -8   tlie organization.
The pa.ssing of bills to the amount of $53.00, Treasurer and financial secretary presented their monthly reports which were favorable and ac¬ cepted by the president as satis¬ factory.
The fire police were presented with a .set of new badges after which th
thne," said Mr, Smith,
"Paving was an economy for both motorists and tlie state even when the cost of road work was high, Tlie money invested in tiiose roads lias turned out to be excellently invested, wall every highway user sharing in tlv dividends.
Today, tiiousands
sion at the "Road workers and the men in We:l. allied industries don't want a dol>\" said Mr. Smith, "but, under diver¬ sion, they will be forced into it. To force a man on charity is not only unjust but unpatriotic."
home of    Mrs
L & X ( OIXTV SIEKTI.Nfi
POSTPONED
MEN'S NITE AT
ST. JOHN S KEFOKMED srND.W, KEHKl'ARY
Tlie   meeting   of   tlie  Lehigh  and
Northampton County Association of
Past Templars of the Ladies of the
with  prices    down   and   Golden  Eagle   wliich  had   been  ar-
of  men-road    builders,   .'-''".^^d  ''^ ^  '^'''d    ^'"'''  '"  Eagl-
meeting adjourned    until    .Monday  equipment   makers    and
materials   '^''"  'o-day,  February  23,  ha.s been
evening.    February    27,  at '7i30 .it   Pi'<>ducers-ln   grer*   need   of   work.  PostPO"Pd until  Marcli 2nd. due   to  '»f'"^rs of the cast of the corned
wliich time the question of install¬ ing a radio receiving s"t, to be avail¬ able, on Iwth fioors of the building, for which a special committee has Ijeen appointed,
 a—•	
the state can make no ninro public   conditions    which    could     not     be
and Included n lock of liair of tlie fir.st president's.
The songfest whieh preceded the dinner was In charge of Ralph Fry with Charles He.ss at the piano R<n'. Snyder was In charge of the oi^en- tng devotion and the business ses¬ sion.
A Joint meeting of the Linn and Rotary Clubs Is planned for April 17 when the anniversary of the esfab-
Northainpton.   will   deliver   the   ad dre.ss on the subject "The Doctor."
A cordial invitation is extended to the community to siiare good fellow¬ ship and inspiration of this service.
 • •	
NAZ.tKETH WOMANS CUB SPONSORS    CHARITV
CARD    PARTY
.pirited   move   llian   to   concentrate   •'•voided
on the completion of our much need- • •	
ed state highway svsteni.   Tli'^ undi- •• <•• R- >•• sO( 1 AL
verted  income   from    motor  license ——^_
fe.'s and gas taxes will be adequat"      A s-)cial period on Tuesday even- to carry on this work at considerablo   me immediatelv after thf Red Men
  .spe.'d.   The sooner tho pavi ini-nt is   meeting was enjoved  by  the m'eni-
Extonded to Mr, and Mrs. Blain? extended, the .sooner vehicles will be bers. Prm's were awarded to Jolm Ittcrly, South Whitfield street, town, able to operate with uniform econ- B'ck, Norman Stofflet, L, A Mev- ii|X)ii the arrival of a bady boy into  omy, safety and speed • ers.  A,  D. Schloiclier  and  Clarenc^
their home. ,    Mr. Smith pointed out that diver-  Rodgers.
HaZ'.l Getz Mrs. Kiu'ic Weaver. Mrs. Sadie Kern and Mrs. Oraco Pike; piano solo by Mrs. Grace Beach: reading "Washington and Lincoln. Mrs Le-da Oswald: a sketch "Inter¬ viewing St.M'vant Girls" with the fol¬ lowing in the cast Lucy Remaley. Mabel Weaver. Beatrice Price. Hazel Getz. Katie Weaver. Orace Pike, and
Sad.e Kern; concluding song by the   discretion   of   the   directors   of   the
larger unit as they ar." new to direc- sketch. ters of pres*>nt districts    The plan In
A .social period followed with re- essence provides for consolidation freshments and .serving in charge of of adnUni.slration of schools in the '— ¦¦    '    ¦        Mary     Smith.   haiid.s  of
eas--. and is quoted as follows:
Some have mistakenly interpreted the plan as requiring th? consolida¬ tion of .schools, the transportation of children long distances by busses, t!ie abandoning of present building.s, and the erection of new school plants.
"Tlic plan it-self Involves none of these     Such matters are left to the
discretion
rONGRATl'LATlONS
Loui.se     Wunderly Emma Walters. Anna Milheim   Flor¬ ence     LIchtenwalner.       Lucy     Ott Gladvs  Metzgar.    Elizabeth  Simons
and Naomi LHiler.
Mr and Mr- Harry Scliaeffor and family, of Palmer township, were guests of Mrs Aravesta Reph and family on Sundav.
The Nazareth    Womans    Club Is
^;i^one;;N:z;U'soid;;;.n-'^-.--
dustries. that of the Martin Guitar ^"^^^^V/^^" "«' ^':HT'"''t^? m '" Company, will be celebrated. A the Odd Pellows Hall, Belvldere special program wlU be presented at street for .the beneflt of local char that meethig In charge of C. P. and F. H. Martin.
OLDEST RESIDENT OF Bl'SH- KILL TOWNSHIP ( ELEBKATED 92nd BIRTHDAY ON Tl ESDAV
ity. The Welfare Committee of the club Is now s»>lling tickets for the af¬ fair and a big crowd i.s expect as the price is nominal.
 • • .
Wm^
I 3.294 56
»36.200 24 t 7,936 04
*'*¦ 1,1911 ~i
klcolW,       $28,204 20,
I eouL'f'^'" '¦'!'"wing the -?7^ns    ,ui,i„«    the "On Page Two) I
Mr.   and   Mrs    Walter   Me.ssinger, David Franklin  Kno<ht  of Busli-[of Belfast Mr and Mrs Merrill Mey- kill   To\niship   celebrated   his  92iul  ers and son Edgar, of Tatamy. Mr. birthdav anniversary Tuesday.   Mr | ami Mrs. Rav Remalv and claughter Knecht'is the oldest resident of the ^Marion   of   Shimois   Hill,   Mr.   and township and is enjoying good heal-, Mrs.  RlLs.sell  Edelman th     He  s^'rved  the  Wind  Oap p,'^'   Mr. and Mrs   Henrv Uhler office  department   for  twenty  years  Serfa.ss and Hilda Frantz   were en a .sutjstitute carrier on route No. 1,'tertained    at   a  card parly
home of    Mr   and  Mrs
of Macada. Clayton
Secretary of Agrlrnlture Hyde An-
nouneea Regulationa Under Which
Funds   for   This   Year'a   Farm
OperaUons May tte  Obtained
Reduction of 30 per cent In the
mers who. In 1933. plant no more than 8 acres of cotton; 2 1 acres of tobacco; 40 acres of wheat; 20 acres of com; 2'i acres of truck crops; 12 acres of sugar beets; 8 acres of pot-
upproximately one-fourth as many officials as at present with a larger degree of local control, "
Members of the Legislature have been asked by Doctor Rule for their criticism-s and thos*^ of "Jieir con¬ stituents, which he believes will be helpful ""in revealing its merits and any needed adjustments to make the plan fully serve the needs of your schools' Suggested outlines of dis¬ tricts erected on tho new code re- quiromencs are being prepared in tentative gri>uping.s for information of citizens in the various counties. Tliese will not be flnal. since auth- oii'v '.y e.stablished larger district lines is vested in the State Council -^^—^^—^^^ I  of Education, if and when the larg-
to  $300.    In   1932.  crop  production ' funds "to be impressed with a trust   er unit  is provided through legLsla-
loans were made to 507,632 farniers,   to accomplish the purposes provld-   tion
averaging $126 each.   No loan in ex-   ed for by  this resolution
cess of $100 wlll be made to any ap-  shall be unlawful for
pllcant    who  Is  In  arrears
30 PER CENT ACREAGE CUT   REQUIRED FOR CROP LOANS
and it ny person to
acreage planted to cash crops wlll be peanuts.   Farmers .seeking crop pro- required this year of farniers who duction loans this year are advised
aloes;   30 acres of rice;  8 acres of, many as two previous"ioans"niade ^'   'y*'^';»n>-'nat«"rlal false representa- .    «•—. ¦-.-"- ! the Secretary of XStur     t   \'^1 'Z ^*1* P"^I^ «' "bUlning any
procure crop production loans. Sec¬ reUry of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde CARD PARTY' | announced today In  making public
the regulations  governing  the  1933
loans.
In making available for crop pro¬ duction loans this year $90,000,000 of Reconstruction Finance Corporation funds. Congress .specified that the Secretary of Agriculture might re¬ quire, as a condition of any loan, "that the borrower agree to reduce at Ihe I liis acreage or priHluctlon on .such Oeorge E ] basis, not to exceed HO por centum, as
'""^^''''""•"'''^'¦•¦^•''"'¦\:^";e;;",nt   XlK-lJr, Shimer's HiU,   Prizes were | may   Ix-   determined   l.v   the  Seero-
fanner     Ho   lives   in
The Socrelarv's  logulatlons.
now-'Viid"hisVnai'iv friends .showered   awarded to Mr  and Mrs  Henry Uli-j tary
now and lus many ^^^  ^^^^^  ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^   ^^^^ ^^^,^   Edelman and  however, .stipulate  that  acreage ro-
I Walter MessiiiRor. I duclioii Will not be required of far-
hiin   with occasion.
congratulations
to obtain application blanks and copies of the regulations In their home counties, rather than from Wiushlngton. Field agents of the Crop Production Loan Offlce are now designating representatives In each farming county to Inform pro¬ spective borrowers of the require¬ ments goveniing loans and to distrl-
LUTHER LEAGUERS TO ATTEND RALLY
 ™ .,.>^u..i., I     The members of the local Junior
_ — - e for any loan made under   authority  Luther League wlll journey to Emaus
October 31, 1933,    Advances to bor- of this resolution, except for the ac-  Fnday evening and attend a leaguo
rowers may be made in installment.s count of the Secretary  of Agricul-   rail
the  regulations  state,  inasmuch as tm"e. and for the purpose of ca
expenditures for crop production are ing  out  the  provisions  of thLs  re-
usually   made   over   a   considerable solution "
      As  loan or to assist In obtaining such
last year, interest is fixed at 5'a per   loan or to dispose of or assist In dls- —.   .-..¦• posing of any crops given as security
' — any loan made under   authc this resolution, except for the
cent, to be deducted when the ad vance  Is made.     All  notes are  due
made   over period. One million dollars of the $90,000,-
ure. and for the purpose oH;^. \ ^^^ rr:^J^\"!, ''.f ^an  «tl^
A good at-
bute   application   blanks   and   other J 000   fund   is  available   for  livestock neces.sary forms,    Tlies*- agents will, feed   in   drought   or  storm  stricken a.ssist farmers in filling out applica- \ areas tions, without  charge.
Teeth  for Section  3  are provided a clas.s which orders a Ine not
part In   the program, tendance Is expected as an" attend¬ ance Banner  wlll be  awarded  and
ex-
Acronipaiiying the required 30 per'of a borrower's application is cent reduction in acreage planted to pre.ssly forbidden this vear in'Sec- cash crops, above the established^ tion 3 of the Act of Congress auth- m.ninum, the 1933 .'egulatlons limit orizlng the crop p.'cKluction loans the amount available to any farmer 1 Congress further rteclar.d these loan
excoedine $1 oon «r (.>,.,..   "    "^ ""'¦  ^^^ '*^'  organlaatlon  has already
"xc^d   f sivT,?.   '^P'^'^°"">«^nt not  ^^^n the banner one  time, and the
'rji'_"« /^l" •"^"'hs.  or both, for I officers are eager to again have th^
ear.
Charging a fee for the preparation   The'aTo^'l/ov/'J^.ff"-^ ''^ ^'"l^tlng  trophy here for another y,
Tlie
VC provisions
remaining    regulations    an¬ nounced by Secretary Hyde are simi¬ lar to th(xse in force la.st .vear.    An ahsolute first lion on all of the crops (Continued on Paga Four)
Tlie rally wlll be held In the Emaus St, John's Lutheran church and all boys and girls that want to attend are asked to assemble at tho local Lutheran church not later than ^6 45 p, m.