Christmas in Easton and Bethlehem From 47 Years Ago
Readable items note marriages at Ore View Stock Farm and Alabama ties. a nine year old boy dies from a farm machine injury. church collections aid St Luke’s Hospital. local hunting trips near Kunkletown. Carlisle Indian School visitors at Bethlehem. Edna Stocker ill with diphtheria. Governor Pattison entertains James Leibert and Senator Plumb’s children. visitors Kreutz family from Nebraska. Emma Lehr visiting Piletown. Christmas weather and social rounds. Williamson builds a three story house with hall in Belfast. candy street fakers struggle due to rain. Christmas celebrated in churches and saloons with many drunk. a horse injures Mrs Robbins in Easton. Moravians celebrate the sesquicentennial. 1741 first tree and manger built. 15,000 children crowd Madison Square Garden for gifts from the Christmas Society, all receive presents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Rodgers
Ore View
Ligsie Renner
Moorestown
William Unler
Madison Uhler
Forks Township
St. Luke's Hospital
South Beethlehem
O. H. Knecht
T. Mack
Frank Huth
Theodore Roth
Kunkletown
Alaska
George and
David
Carlisle
Bishop
H. T. Bachman
Bethlehem
Edna Stocker
J. Mackey Stocker
Easton
Harrisburg
James Leibert
Senator Plumb
Pattison
William Kreutz
Nebraska
Emma Lehr
Camden
N. J
Piletown
Williamson
Belfast
William Robbins
Palmer Township
West and
Northampton &Ts
Center Square
Count Zinsendorf
Madison Square Garden
New York City
Christmas Society
Ollie Teall
Christmas Day Hotel Closure and Local Notices
A 23 year old local news column recounts Harvey Werner's hotel closure on Christmas Day in Bushkill Center. It lists certifications awarded to pharmacists in Wind Gap, names county officials and appointees, a holiday arrest of a man found on a stretcher, accident injuries near Nazareth, and various community updates from Northampton County towns including schools, ambulance purchases, and residents visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Werner
Bushkill Center
My County
Harrisburg
Harry E. Werkheiser
Asher M. Hawk
Wind Gap
Phar
Unangst firm notes dissolution and new ownership change
A 12 year firm history ends as Flick and Simons dissolve partnership on December 28. H O Simons takes full stock and rebrands as H O Simons and Son. The article also lists social visits, birthdays, and local residents visiting relatives over the holidays in Nazareth and nearby towns.
Campaign book outlines permanent fight against infantile paralysis
New York reports the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis published a booklet titled Another Step Forward detailing this year’s Fight Infantile Paralysis campaign. Written by Keith Morgan it urges permanent mobilization, creation of county chapters, and a 50 50 financial plan to fund a nationwide field army against infantile paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Foundation For
Keith Morgan
Medicine
Science
Education
America
Trustees of the National] Foundation
United States
New York Fair HQ to House Local Firm at Exposition
The Trumbower Company announced that a newly completed private exhibit building will serve as the World’s Fair headquarters for the firm and hundreds of Johns Manville dealers nationwide. The shelter group pavilion will host the Village of Tomorrow with model homes while Johns Manville plans three new plants by early 1930, boosting employment by over 1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trumbower Company
Johns-Manville
The
Johns- Manville
Painting and science jobs open with strict age limits
National Park Service and other agencies list openings for chief artist designer and biometrician roles with annual salaries from 2 000 to 4 600. Applicants must be under certain ages, possess specific education or substituted experience, and close dates include January 16 and June 13, 1939. Full details available from Miss Marion Hangen, Secretary of the U S Civil Service Examiners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Park Service
Dept of the Interior
Bureau of Home Dept. of Agriculture
Public Health Service
Treasury Dept
Memmi Tedes
Bureau of Amimal Industry
Dept. of Agriculture
Eccea
Marion Hangen
U. S. Civil Service of Examiners
Oles
Celebration of the President's Birthday fundraising appeal
A county committee promotes a drive to support the National Foundation to defeat infantile paralysis. Half the proceeds stay in trust for the foundation until a new chapter forms after January 30. The booklet urges mothers and fathers to contribute, stressing urgent action and a non political, unified fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Montgomery Flagg
Keith Morgan
Mr. Flagg
Flaxy
Liberty Loan
Boas
National Foundation
United
Civil Service Examinations Announced for Various Posts
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive exams with two closing dates. First for states east of Colorado on January 9, 1939 and for Colorado and westward on January 12, 1939. Includes Examiner of Questioned Documents at $3,200 yearly for Veterans' Administration in Washington DC, requiring experience in questioned document examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Civil Service Commission
Colorado
Veterans' Administration
Washington, D. C
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Macist
William H. Woodring
Pau W. Heckman
Nazareth
John J. Seip
County Commissioners Office
R. D. Walter
Jacob Allen
Portland
Northampton County
Clayton Kostenbach
New Village
David Heckman
Raymond Hearn
East Stroudsburg State
William Happel
Kar Metler
William But
Raymond Haggerty
Fred B. Franks
Bath Portland Cement Co
Ziegler and Frable
Bangor
Pangor
Pen Argyl
Wind Ga
Earl Rinker
Whitfield St
Clarence Miller
Clarence
Charles Schleicher
Allentown
Ashe Schleicher
Stanley
William
Emma Schleicher
Martin Schmidt
Jacob Beck
Granville Beck
Town
Bethlehem Steel Works
Woonsocke
Rhode Island
Mr. Beck
Woonsocket
William G. Venter
William O'Neil
Philadelphia
Tilghman Steiner
Messinger
Burgess John A. Miller
Fred Wunderly
M. G. Stover
Bouth Main &T
Myrtle Rash
Prank Rash
South New &T
South Bethlehem Business College
Roller Smith Company
G. J. Blum
Nazareth Hall
South Bethlehem
East Penn Junction
Victor Schmidt
Penn Bridge Co
Longport
Somer's Point
Herman Schmidt
Milton Miller
Frank King
du Boise
Clearfield County
Howard Sterner
Joseph Sterner
Forks
William Jennings
H. E. Seyfried
Maine
George Flick
Chapman Quarries
Dryland
Hecktown
Nazareth-Bethlehem Pike
Ruth Taylor
Pratts University
Arthur Taylor
Brockertown
John Barclay
Te Stodoer
E. J. Unangst
E. J. Unangst & Sons
Stanley Howell
Holy Land
Flick & Simons Contractors and Builders
H O. Simons
H. O. Simons & Son
James L. Kratzer
Pushkill Center
Kratzer
L Sons
Howard Kratzer
Lorraine
Steward Kratzer
Clinton Kratzer
Amos Kratzer
Edward Singher
Toronto
James Peisert
Alvin Voigt
Wes
David Thaeler
U. of P
A. D. Thaeler
Morris Buss
William J. Williams
William Bilheimer
Georgetown
H. B. Marx
Thomas Santee
Boston
Mass
Alpha Portland Cement Company
Stephen Trein
Niskey
Peter Jensen
Bessie
Richmond Hill
S. J
Bessie Patterson
Charles Gibbs
Charles Jr
Westfield
John Ebbecke
Althea
Dorothy Nicholas
Charles Nicholas
Hood College
Muhlenberg College
Nicholas
L. A. Meyers
Williamsport
E Arnold
Chicago
Lovina Fehnel
Israel Trein
Bushkill Township
Mark Knecht
David F. Hawk
E. F. von Steuben
Frank Heckman
George Schlegel
Clarence Nicholas
Ed. Newhard
Wilmer Smoyer
C. H. Nicholas
A. Knecht
F. Yeakel
Willard Butz
John D. Heckman
Civil Service Examinations
Tune In West Daily
DR. H. Gross
Optometrist
Main St
Nazareth, Pa
Mittien
Helen
Jim
Stepa
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