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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1929
Page
3
Denominational pastors report morning worships across town. Details cover Lutherans Moravians Mennonite Brethren in Christ John’s Reformed and more with services, Sunday schools, prayer meetings, camp activities, and July August modifications including no evening services and special commemorations at the Moravian Church and related groups.
The study traces prophecies of Isaiah and Jeremiah about deliverance for the Jews, noting that seventy years elapsed from the first deportation to Cyrus first becoming king in Babylon and that Cyrus issued a decree allowing captives to return to Jerusalem. It contrasts Cyrus noble act with Belshazzar's insult using temple vessels.
Lafayette College announces a two week pre season training camp at Saylors Lake Monroe County beginning September 3 for thirty six football players plus head coach G Herbert McCracken assistants and staff. The list includes William Sherwood Alan Cook Walter Vanderbush and Rocco Lapenta among others with fourteen backfield candidates and six named captains?
At the Harold V Knecht Post No 415 American Legion meeting Howard Simons and Raymond Correll were elected to represent the post at the state convention in Scranton August 29 30 and 31. Alternates chosen are Ray Schmick and George Mabus. The Post Drum and Bugle Corps will join the street demonstration in Scranton on August 31 in conjunction with the convention.
The General Committee of the Lausch Clan announced the Fourth Annual Lausch Reunion to be held August 24, 1929 at Ephrata Park in Ephrata, PA. Everyone named Lausch and descendants are invited for a day of recitations, dialogues, addresses, music, games and sports rain or shine with ample pavilion space.
The travelers favored a northern path via Aleppo and Damascus over a direct desert route. Safety outweighed speed as the main concern guiding their journey.
The Lone Star team leads with 4 wins and 2 losses and 0.667 winning percentage. Kraemer Hosiery sits 3 and 3 at .500, Nazareth Cement 3 and 4 at .429, Nazareth Waist 1 and 4 at .200, in the latest standings through Thursday to Tuesday.
The schedule lists Nazareth and Lone Star matchups next week with Nazareth Waist facing Business Men on Wednesday and Nazareth Cement meeting Lone Star Tuesday. Monday features Lone Star against Nazareth Waist and Kraemer Hosiery against Business Men.
A reflection on aging and memory impairment noting how recall fades with time and strain on the mind. The piece compares human memory to machinery and steel, arguing that both wear with use and even strong minds decline, a risk in later life. It mentions apoplexy as a warned danger.
The piece notes a rising use of electrical and engine washers in American homes, with 1928 purchases and installations totaling hundreds of millions and hundreds of thousands respectively. It cites ARC washer advocacy, widespread adoption of irons, vacuum cleaners, toasters and refrigerators, and claims a shift toward labor saving devices as homes grow smaller and better wired.
A stream of items lists church Sunday schools at Our Neighty and Trinity chapel, a Belfast baseball club picnic at the Lutheran church August 16 with music from Bangor Male Chorus, and radio prizes. Many residents from Eas ton, Highland Park, Nazareth, Stroudsburg, and other towns spend weekends with relatives, attend picnics, or visit friends.
The Moravian Church will restart full services next Sunday August 18 with Holy Communion in the morning and a Children's Love Feast and outdoor service at 7 20 PM weather permitting. The letter notes Rev R H Brenneck e preached at First Congregational Church Rockaway Beach Long Island and visited New York and Brooklyn. It mentions Miss Hazel Gower returning from St Luke's Hospital Bethlehem after surgery and cites a pedestrian accident on Jerry Hill with several injuries and calls for enforcement to stop dangerous passing.
Friday evening Mrs. Kate Eley entertained relatives and friends with games and music. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Reph and son Harold, Mrs. Robert Decker and children Ethel Robert Jr Edith and Vera, among others.
The Willing Workers held a Saturday picnic while residents from this area attended the Fehnel family reunion at Nazareth Fair Grounds. Farmers dig early potatoes as crops look small and cisterns run dry. The annual meteor shower draws curious watchers as pavillion work at Hope Cemetery progresses. Charles Oberly of Bethlehem noted among others.
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