Nazareth Day Excursion to World’s Fair Sold Out Near 600 Tickets
Merchants report nearing six hundred tickets sold for Nazareth Day excursion to the World’s Fair. The D L & W Railroad train departs Sunday morning from Gedlock, with free passenger permits and guard at return. Uniformed groups urged to stay with the party until after the program in the States Court yard, then disperse to avoid confusion.
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Merhant
Stagouth Main St
Gedlock
Pennsylvania
Nazareth Party
Excitron
Nazareth
Whitefield Council 183 Daughters of America Host Monthly Meeting
Members of the degree team met Friday evening at Stella Hildenbrandt's home near Id with hostesses Mrs Hildenbrandt Eva Fehr. Florence and Elsie Gower were admitted as new members under Katie Weaver. The next meeting will be on the last Monday this month at Esther Leinbach's summer home near Belfast with Lula Schissler assisting. The council plans an annual picnic in a covered social at the local municipal park on Tuesday August 22.
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Whitefield Council
Daughters of America
Stella Hildenbrandt
Lula Schissler
Important Meeting at Nazareth Borough Park
An all important meeting for Nazareth residents takes place at Nazareth Borough Park on Monday evening August 14 starting at eight o'clock. Citizens will hear neighbors discuss the forthcoming 1940 celebration and the daily events planned for the two weeks. The Nazareth Band will intersperse the program with selections from their repertoire. All eligible citizens are urged to attend.
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Nazareth
Nazareth Borough
Local girl weds Pen Argyl man in Pen Argyl
Emma Jane Serfass daughter of Mrs Nettie and the late Dayton Berfass of Chesting Ave and Jacob J Duran son of Mrs Agnes and the late Andrew Duran of Pen Argyl R D 1 were married Saturday at the Parsonage of Rev Wagner Pen Argyl The bride wore a white silk shantung traveling dress trimmed in green and a white picture hat A reception followed at the bride’s mother home The couple will honeymoon in Atlantic City and reside with the bride’s mother on Chestnut Ave
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Emma Jane Serfass
Nettie
Dayton Berfass
Chesting Ave
Jacob J. Duran
Agnes
Andrew Duran
Pen Argyl R. D
Wagner
Pen Argyl
George Widdicomb
Allentown
Adam Duran
Ridegroom
Atlantic City
Chestnut Ave
Holstein Breeders Dairy Show Scheduled for Aug 9
The Northampton Holstein Breeders Association plans its second annual dairy show at Breidingers Grove on Belfast Bangor Highway. About 20 Northampton County 4-H calves will participate with 15 Holsteins, 4 Guernseys, and 1 Ayrshire. The event features classification by J C Nagcotte, noon picnic, 4-H judging at 1 PM, and a 2 PM speaking program including Glenn Householder and Charles Chaffee.
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Northampton Holstein Breeders Association
Breidingers Grove
Belfast
Bangor
F. R. Shook
Northampton County
the Grove
J. C. Nagcotte
Pennsylvania State College
Glenn M. Householder
Holstein Friesian Association of America
Charles 8. Chaffee
Bradford County
Pennsylvania Federation of Holstein-Friesian Clubs
Jesse Kurtz
Carlisle
Local Scouts At Camp Weysadt Near Portland
Local Scouts from Troop V-7& spend the week at Camp Weysadt near Portland. William Eberts serves as cabin leader and the group returns Sunday. A short honor will be held tomorrow evening where troop members and scoutmaster Theodore Schafer will receive merit awards.
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George Kahler
Russell Shook
Gerald Altemose
William Morris
Richard Laubach, Jr
Walter Huber
Euin
Wilbur Rennie
Robert Åhler
Ray Christman
Willams Eberts
Weysadt
Portland
William Eberts
Theodore Schafer
Five Local Boys Attend Ten Days In State Legion Camp
Five local boys from this state attended the ten day Legion State Camp at Indian Town Gap. The group included John Redline Jr William Eberts Walter Haupt Lewis Wolfe Jr and Wallace Keen. They helped set up county and state governments by electing officers and gaining training in government fundamentals.
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American Legions and Legion
Harold V. Knecht
Ladies Auxiliary
Legion State Camp
Indian Town Gap
John Redline Jr
William Eberts
Walter Haupt
Lewis Wolfe Jr
Wallace Keen
Lelty
American Legion
James Dreisbach 82 Dies Near Pen Argyl
James Dreisbach a Plainfield Township farmer retired for 21 years died at his foster daughter's home in Pen Argyl on Friday shortly before his 83rd birthday. He served Plainfield Church Cemetery as a supervisor for 25 years, was a former school director and road supervisor, and had been a deacon at St Peter's Church Plainfield. Funeral held Monday at Schmidt Funeral Home Wind Gap and St Peter's Church with Interment in the adjoining cemetery.
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James Franklin Bucnanan Dreisbach
Plainfield Township
Elmer Gunn
Pen Argyl
R. D
Aaron and
Mary (Stocker) Dreisbach
Plainfield Church
5* Peter's Church
Plainfield
Hannah Joe Hahn
Wind Gap
Schmidt
St. Peter's Church
A. 5S
Leiby
Beautiful Wedding in Dryland Church
In Dryland Church Heck town Miss Anna May Gradwohl daughter of Mr and Mrs Oliver Gradwohl Nazareth R D 1 Newburg and Francis William Smoyer son of Mr and Mrs William T Smoyer Macungie R D 1 were married by Rev J A Klick Garden flowers and palms decorated the church Miss Dorothy Smoyer sister of the bridegroom was maid of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dryland Church
Hecktown
Anna May Gradwohl
Oliver Gradwohl
Nazareth R. D
Newburg
Francis William Smoyer
William T. Smoyer
Macungie R. D
J. A. "Klick
Dorothy Smoyer
Forks Salem Union Sunday School Basket Picnic
Over two hundred attendees gathered on the church recreation grounds for a Saturday afternoon basket picnic. Sunday School classes held games and prize awards. a soft-ball match for married versus single men favored the married side, and a men versus women game ended in a tie per the umpire. Committees included Mrs Floyd R. Shafer as supper chair and Thomas Miller Jr guiding refreshments with aides, plus class teachers handling game duties.
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Forks Salem
Floyd R. Shafer
Thomas Miller Jr
Russell Metzgar
Janson Hildenbrand
Charles Hildenbrand
David Fuls
Magazine campaign planned for school library support
Miss Florence Nicholas, principal, announces another magazine drive at the start of 1939-1940 term to encourage renewals. Proceeds fund library additions of fiction, magazines, and papers for the school patrons and general public.
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Florence Nicholas
Girl Scout Camp Closes After Two Week Nazareth Event
Nazareth's Winding Creek Day Camp ended Monday marking a successful first run in the cement borough. Fifty five girls from Nazareth Tatamy and Bath received instruction in archery naturecraft dramatics pioneering folk dancing singing and storytelling. Brownie Day featured guest groups from seven troops and a gypsy hike to Jacobsburg closed the session. Director Miss Grace I Breinig chaired the camp committee Mrs E A N Seyfried led the effort with sub group heads including Lorraine Monprode May belle Happel Mrs George Heimer Mrs Leonard Shannberger and Mrs Daniel Goodwin.
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Nazareth
Winding Creek
Tatamy
Bath
Jacobsburg
Grace I. Breinig
E. A. N. Seyfried
Lorraine Monprode
Maybelle Happel
George Heimer
Leonard Shannberger
Daniel Goodwin
Edward Casler
Walter J
Fountain Hill Church Picnic At Nazareth Park
The Grace Reformed Church Sunday school picnic at Nazareth Municipal Park drew about 100 people from Fontain Hill. Rev. T. C. Brown led activities as married men defeated single men 5 to 0 in a softball game. Mrs. H. F. Hippensteel chaired the planning committee.
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Grace Reformed Church
Fontain Hill
T. C. Brown
Nazareth Municipal Park
H. F. Hippensteel
Returns From Cruise To Montreal For DeRews
Mr and Mrs Thomas DeRewmer of town returned home from a week long cruise to Montreal Canada They embarked in New York City and traveled via Nova Scotia up the St Lawrence River visiting Quebec and Montreal
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Thomas DeRewmer
Town
Montreal
Canica
New York City
Nova Scotia
St. Lawrence River
Quebec
Nazareth School Board Elects New Teacher
Nazareth School Board held a special meeting to elect Henry D Felton of Philadelphia to teach French and Science at the Senior High School The board also accepted a gift of approximately two acres of land adjoining the athletic field from Mr PS Trumbower as a practice ground. The gift was approved unanimously and the secretary was instructed to acknowledge it.
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Nazareth School
Henry D. Felton
Philadelphia
Unis
PS. Trumbower
Act of Land
Seres
Athte
Nazareth
Athic Field
the Bourg
Trumbower
Motion Picture The Soil Shown By Moorestown Grangers
The Moorestown Grangers present the motion picture The Soil narrated by Lowell Thomas on Saturday evening along with a musical program. The film, shot on farms nationwide, highlights six key steps in soil management from drainage and erosion control to proper fertilization and crop rotation. It features an old farm cultivated since 1705 and ends with a cakewalk after the screening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorestown
Tatamy Church Observes 35th Anniversary With Services
Tatamy Church marks its 35th anniversary with special services honoring the church’s history and the laying of the arch. Congregation gathers for ceremonial events, reflecting on its growth and community role.
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Tatamy Church
Sune
American Legion Dept Commander Visits Nazareth
Nazareth Nazareth Post No 415 hosted Frank Ellsworth Gwynn Allentown American Legion Department Commander at an outdoor gathering on the rear lawn. About 100 attendees heard him discuss Americanism and the Legion program. A street parade by the Nazareth Band Sons of the Legion and local businessmen preceded a covered dish social. Plans were set for the block dance and festival tomorrow evening at the Legion Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hargid V. Knecht
American Legion
Frank Ellsworth Gwynn
Allentown
American Legion Department
Pennsylvania
Nazareth
Gwynn
Reuben Davidson
Conrad C. Miller
Burgess
Joseph H. Fulmer
Edward Cassler
Rotary Club
Allen Schaeffer
Maynard Huber
Sons of Union Veterans
Owen E. Rice
Kersey R. Deever
Drum and Bugle Corps
Post
Frank H. Martin
William Metz
War Mothers
Wallace Keen
American Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nazareth Band
Sons of the Legion
Pastor and Mrs Klick Attend Lutheran Brotherhood Convention
The Rev Luther B Klick Achenbach Hill and his wife travel on a combined pleasure and business trip to Minneapolis and other northern cities to attend the tenth general convention of the Lutheran Brotherhoods. The convention began Friday in Minneapolis with officer elections and business being transacted. The couple expects to be away about two weeks.
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Luther B. Klick
Achenbach Hill
Minneapolis
Kesota
Sons
Plainfield
Wind
Busikill Centre
Belfast
Lutheran Brotherhoods
Klick
No Republican meeting this month postponed
Local Council of Republican Clubs postponed this month's meeting due to other activities. Regular meetings will resume next month.
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Council of Republican Clubs
Nazareth Man Dies In Crash
Archibald R Abel 49 Nazareth World War veteran died when his coupe skid on Walnut Street and struck a service pole at 2 15 p m The coroner ruled accidental death Abel was a past commander of American Legion Post 415 He was engaged to be married and served overseas in 1918 1919 Military funeral services were held at his home and burial followed at St John s Cemetery town
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Archibald R, Abel
Nazareth
Walnut Street
Fairview
Liberty Streets
Town
W. Calvin Nickel
Abel
Seyfried Abel
Herold Vornecht
American Legion
Hilda Eberts
Chapman Quarries
Henrietta Frankenfield
Tilghman Abel
St. John's Lutheran Church
P. O
St. John's Cemetery
W. H. Wotring
J. C. Snyder
Rotary Hear Talk on Fingerprinting by Detectives
County detective Robert P. Gehman spoke to the Rotary club at the MCA auditorium on universal fingerprinting. He was introduced by R. J. Bartholomew and the meeting was led by president Edward Cassler with guest officer William J. Hontz. Next week the club will host speaker William Schneller from Cassauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Gehman
Rotary Club
M.C.A
R. J. Bartholomew
Edward Cassler
William J. Hontz
Spea
William Schneller
Catasauqgua
Agronomy Expert to Speak at Nazareth Meeting
An Agriculture Extension Service session on pasture management and improvement is set for Tuesday August 8 at 10:00 A M in Nazareth M C A. E J Walter from Penn State will lead the discussion, with follow up pasture inspections at Meadow Brook Farms to compare management under varied soil and location conditions.
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Agricultural Extension Service
Nazareth ¥.M.C
E. J. Walter
Pennsylvania State College
Carbon
Monroe
Northampton
B. L. Coleman
Nazareth
Joint Picnic of Lehigh Northampton Co Red Men
All Red Men and families are invited to an old fashioned family basket picnic at Municipal Park on Sunday August 6 with rain date August 20. A softball elimination contest and a band concert are planned with prizes for participants. Come and get acquainted with your Lehigh and Northampton County Red Men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee On Sports
Lehigh
Northampton ‘County
Gift of land to the school district expands campus
At a special meeting the school board accepted a deed to about two and a half acres adjoining the athletic field from Peter S Trumbower. The land, west of Liberty Street and east of Market Street, was used as a temporary field years ago and is now a permanent gift for school purposes with no strings attached. The board plans to use the tract under district control to support the expanding activities program.
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Peter S Trumbower
Liberty St
Market 51
Moose Band Concert At Park Draws Local Crowd
The Easton Moose band presented a concert of classical patriotic and popular numbers as the sixth in a series at the municipal park on Sunday night. The Liberty Band of Lower Nazareth is scheduled next at the park. Conductor F D Steckel with Charlie Knecht as assistant led 36 musicians including 12 Nazareth players from Nazareth High School.
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Easton Moose
Liberty Band
Lower Nazareth
Moose
F. D. Steckel
Charlies Knecht
Charles Knecht
Walter Seyfried
Easton
Thomas Prederickson
Town
Nazareth to Publish New Complete History Project
Nazareth sets progress on a new history edited by Dr. Ames A. Ettinger with a goal to print during the forthcoming celebration. The Historic Committee of the Bicentennial Celebration, chaired by Warren B. Breinig, has spearheaded archival research and translation of millions of words across offices and personnel to compile the work. Continued updates are promised as work advances.
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Nazareth
Ames A. Ettinger
Warren B. Breinig
G. M. Shults
F. Schramm
Miss Bahnsen
Samuel Zeller
Lions Hear Convention Delegates At Club Luncheon
Delegates Harold Flick and Smith and newly elected Ernest Ayres presented highlights of the Pittsburgh Lions convention to members at a local Lions Club luncheon. A reading honored Miss Jean Weierbach of Stockertown and Dr Harry Cotton of Columbus will speak at the next meeting on August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Flick
Smith
Dent
Ernest Ayres
Pittsburgh
Lions Club
Jean Weierbach
Stocker Town
Harry Cotton
Columbus
Bath Man to Take State Bar Examination
Elias W. Spengler of Bath returned home after a two year preparatory course at the University of Pennsylvania for the state bar exam. He is a son of Mr and Mrs George J Spengler of West Street Bath and graduated from high school and then the university before entering law studies at U Penn, completing in June. Eighty five students were in the Philadelphia course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias W. Spengler
U. of P
Spengler
George J. Spengler
West St. Bath
Philadelphia
FAMILY REUNIONS BILLHEIMER LONGENBACH CLANS BIG MEET
Reports from the 14th annual reunion of the Billheimer and Longenbach clans held at Bushkill Center Grove near town. Billheimer and Longenbach families elected Billheimer as president and Frank Billheimer as vice president. Officers include secretary Mrs Truman Marsh and other posts. committee members named from Easton and Catasauqua.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billheimer-Longenbeck Revellen
Logenbach
Catasatequa
Frank Billheimer
Bethelehem
Billeheimer
Longenbach
Bushkill Center Grove
Truman Marsh
Ians
Revellengenbach
Catasauqua
Earl Waltem
William Fisher
Cyrus Uber
Floyd Lahr
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Dryland
Girl Scout
Fountain Hill Church
American Legion Dept
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Amos A. Ettinger
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Lions Hear
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