Christmas Holiday Visits List in Allentown and Nearby
A long list of residents and visitors spent Christmas in Allentown and nearby towns. Names include Miss Mary Phillips from West Chester Teachers College, Floyd Knauss of Bethlehem, Mrs P C Odenwelder from Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia, and several others visiting relatives or staying with local families. The Bath Fire Company wrestling team opens the season January 9 with a meet here.
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Mary Phillips
West Chester Teachers College
Chapman Quarries
Floyd Knauss
Bethlehem
Bath
P. C. Odenwelder
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia
Rachel E. Worman
Allentown
James K. Worman J
Lucien Neff
Pittsburgh
Neff
Jacob H. Seem Stewart Dewson
Elwood Schaffer
Baltimore
John H. Schaffer
Northampton Street
Edward Schaffer
Jefferson Medical College
George Strunk
F. Horner
Doylestown
Harry Thompson
Harry
Thelma Harding
Prank Harding
Robert Lerch
Harrisburg
Clarence F. Lerch
North Chestnut Street
Kathleen Whalen
T. E Whalen Jr
Mark R. Kreidler
New York
J. Evan Hirtle
Watchnight Service at Ev Reform Church Held
Christ Ev Reformed Church held a Christmas Watchnight service from 1130 p m to 1230 a m Friday drawing a capacity audience. Candles lit the auditorium as Rev R H Helfferich narrated using prophecies text. Solo by Miss Jean A Worman and performances by H H Heller Jr P D Bollman. Gifts to Bethany Orphans Home and local needy families.
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Christ Ev -Reformed Church
R. H Helfferich
Frank
Jean A. Worman
Handl
H. H Heller Jr
P. D Bollman
Bethany Orphan's Home
Luther League elects officers at St Josh's Bath
The Luther League of St. Josh's Church Bath held its annual election electing Eugene Hartzell as president Roy Ebner as vice president and a secretary to be named.
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Luther League of St
Local Society Notes Highlight 1987 Year
Mildred Bongston and treasurer Louise Harding are mentioned with secretary reporting a most successful year in 1987. Verna Harding serves refreshments at the event, reflecting social club activity.
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Mildred Bongston
Louise Harding
Verna Harding
Bath Fire Company Plans Annual New Year Dinner and Dance
The Bath Fire Company will serve a turkey dinner on New Year’s Eve in the Auditorium followed by a party until midnight. Ken Brader and his orchestra will play, with other features arranged by a special committee.
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Bath Fire Company
Ken Brader
Christmas Day Dawn Service at St John’s Lutheran Church
St John’s Lutheran Church held a Christmas Day dawn service with the Senior Chorus Choir and Brass Quartet performing before and during the service. Rev R L Kerstetter delivered the main Christmas sermon to a large attendance.
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St. John’s Lutheran Church
R L. Kerstetter
Children’s Christmas Service at Sunday School
A Christmas Evening service drew a capacity audience as the church rooms glittered with trees and holly. The Beginners and Primary Departments led the program with many named participants and a Junior Choir aiding the pageant. Gifts were distributed, including a book for each child.
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Mary Ellen Schneider
William Stewart
John
James Lawrence
Joan Thomas
William Opplinger
Emma
Ethel Fogel
Bruce Eickoff
Doris Fox
Elwood Silfies
Joyce Frev
Richard Haidle
Elaine Silfies
Delores Mooney
Joan Haidle
Mary Ellen Miltenberger
Howard Moser
James Shotwell
Rebecca Abel
Helen Shiffer
Louise Harding
Howard Zerwick
Frank Harding
Nathan the Boy Shepherd Luther League Pageant
The Luther League presented a fine pageant Nathan the Boy Shepherd directed by Mrs. R. L. Kerstetter. A large cast, period costumes and effective spotlights depicted the Nativity scene with capacity church attendance. Cast included Charles Diener Elwood Eberly Mildred Bengston Eugene Hartzell Norman Schneider Edward Schall A. O. Shiffer Jr. Janet Fehner Louise Frey George and Betty Moser June Kline Eva Haupt Marion Frey Ethel Kunkel George Ebner June Schneider Harvey Acker John Newton Roy Ebner Joseph Frey Adeline Grayhill.
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The
Luther League
Nathan
Boy Shepherd
R. L. Kerstetter
Charles Diener
Elwood Eberly
Mildred Bengston
Eugene Hartzell
Christ Ev Reformeds Elect Officers for Two Year Term
Christ Ev Reformeds Congregation elected officers for two years at a post service meeting Sunday. Elders named Clinton J Hahn and Frank 8 Graver. Deacons named William F Houser, Melvin Houser and Mark Werner.
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Christ Ev.-Reformed
Clinton J Hahn
Prank
Graver
William F. Houser
Melvin Houser
Mark Werner
Dale Carnegie 5 Minute Biographies Jack London
A brief profile of Jack London in the 5 Minute Biographies series traces his rise from a hobo to a prolific author. It notes his three month high school experience, his discipline in writing fifty one books within eighteen years, and an early incident where a Buffalo vagrancy arrest led to a thirty day jail sentence.
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Hobo
Buffalo
Jack London
Hollywood
Nick Carter
Shakespeare
Herbert Spencer
Karl Marx
Oakland
California
University of California
Treasure Island
Count of Monte
Apples and Oatmeal Fine Combination for Breakfasts
A 1938 New Year breakfast idea highlights apples baked with currant jelly served with oatmeal or cereals. The recipe sours into a brief bio of Jack London, noting his rise from poverty to fame after The Call of the Wild, with details on his early life, library reading, and rapid schooling.
Colonial Williamsburg Apple Dumplings From Early Recipes
Colonial recipe notes from the Williamsburg archives praise colonial women and their apple based dishes. It describes making large baked apples with butter brown sugar cinnamon cloves nutmeg marmalade and orange marmalade in pastry to bake for about half an hour and serve with hard sauce. The item highlights easy to follow methods and evokes colonial culinary skill.
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Department of Research and Education
Colonial Williamsburg
Virginia
Williamsburg
Farley
Remove All Stains to Keep Beauty of Fabrics
Holiday dining brings stains on clothing and table linens. Miss F Marguerite Erikson offers tips for stain removal including candle grease, gravy, and fat from meats or butter. Use blotting paper, cold water, naptha soap, and warm suds. send unwashable garments to dry cleaners.
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F. Marguerite Erikson
Northampton County
Cristo and the Tale of Two Cities Frying Through Pages
Cristo studied and wrote feverishly, producing five thousand words daily. A full length novel could be completed in twenty days while he kept as many as thirty stories with editors simultaneously. But they all came
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Cristo
Jack London’s rise from hunger to literary fame
This portrait traces Jack London from learning his trade in 1896 to winning first prize in a San Francisco Call contest for Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan. It recalls his Klondike years, harsh pay, dawn of fame in 1903, prolific output, and death in 1916, with Copyright 1937.
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Japan
San Francisco Call
Klondike
Golden Land
Jack London
States
Iterary
America
Stain Removal Instructions From Historic Text
A dated guide outlines stain treatment for several substances. For coffee and fruit juices it recommends immediate rinsing with boiling water from height, or cold water, with borax or glycerine ammonia as needed, followed by thorough washing. Cocoa and white fabrics may use borax or hydrogen peroxide and Javelle water, with careful rinsing.
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