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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 a 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.
Object Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 42 |
Issue | 13 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1933-02-23 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
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Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Month | 02 |
Day | 23 |
Year | 1933 |
Description
Title | The Nazareth Item |
Masthead | The Nazareth Item |
Volume | 42 |
Issue | 13 |
Subject | Nazareth's first English newspaper |
Description | A weekly home town newspaper published from December 4, 1891 to November 20, 1975 |
Publisher | The Nazareth Publishing Company |
Physical Description | weekly newspaper |
Date | 1933-02-23 |
Date Digitized | 2009-10-01 |
Location Covered | United States, Pennsylvania, Northampton County, Nazareth |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Digital Format | image/tiff |
Digital Specifications | Image was scanned by Backstage Library Works at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival Image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from film at 300 dpi. The original file size was 39278 kilobytes. |
Source | microfilm |
Language | eng |
Rights | Public Domain |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact the Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity, Attn: Reference Department, 295 E. Center Street, Nazareth, PA 18064. Phone: (610) 795-4932. |
Contributing Institution | Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
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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,
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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 |
Month | 02 |
Day | 23 |
Year | 1933 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
FileName | 19330223_001.tif |
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