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Nazareth Item

Location

Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1940

Page

5

Local PTA and Scout Activities Highlight Community Night

The Stockertown Belen Gandt Leer area hosts a Tuesday PTA meeting with a First Aid demonstration by Walter Metegar and planning for a PTA sponsored class. Volunteers organize a doughnut sale with a February 6 kickoff. Mrs. Wentzel and Mrs. Paukovitz chair.

Walter Metegar Camano Charles Paukovita Qéwin Kneller Penn Dixie Parent Teacher Association Clarence Happel Wentzel, Paukovitz Anna Papa George Klump Charles Klump Flyte Paul Houck Lehr Paul Nolf Gloria Charles Heller Palmer Township Nathan Heller Boy Scouts H. A. Lambert Easton

Birthday Anniversaries and Visits Span Easton Area

The Easton segment lists numerous birthday anniversaries celebrated by residents on various streets including Centre, Main, Whitefield, and Broad. Local visits feature neighbors from Bethlehem Allentown Mauch Chunk and Bangor with weekly social calls and hospital news.

RYTEX Russell Ritter Stroudsburg Orville Ritter Belvidere Robert Bhankweller Claire Hollo Henry Schlegel North Broad St Stephen Wolf Spring &I Joseph Rampulla Park St Frank Galati Phillipspurg N. J William List Lafona Crossing Mildred Floyd Stewart South Main St Edward Heilman Belvidere St William Transue Bethlehem Charles Roth Virginia Richard Buffalo Wilson Roth North New Floyd Walter Chestnut Avenue L. J. Gardner South Broad John Felker Bethel Walter Ketterer Ruth Robert Broh Edward Miltenberger Catasauqua Kenneth Kern Danielsville South Main Wesley Bartholomew Tatamy Road Anna Engle Harrisburg Warren Engle South Whitefield St Michael Whyshoskie Raymond Smith Easton Charles Basly Walnut Marion Werner East Centre St Ulysses Stoudt Christian Spring Robert Monprode East Stroudsburg State Teachers College William Monprode Lorraine Werkheiser Mauch Chunk John Nolf, Jr Ethe Fogel Henry Beck South Whitefield Warren Hahn Bushkill Centre Roland Roth Spruce &I Alfred Lindenmeyer Madison Avenue Wilmer Heyer Stewart Eyer Jimmy Lillie Trine Oscar Snyder Allentown Oscar Fehr Aluta Spruce St Robert E. A. N. Seyfried Charles Ritter John Anangst Edward Miller Amy Bangor Frank Schimb Edward German Philadelphia Gratt Quinter Prospect Reuben Stewart William Stewrt Harry Ehret Leopold Meixner Mary Ann Northampton Ambrose Fischer Jr South St Charles Clewell West Center St Wallace Wotring East Center St Arthur Strunk Chicago Stephen Migaditch Beisel Avenue Easton Hospital Andrew Rampulla Penn St Phillipsburg O. Shelly East Greenville Prospect &J Elwood Shafer Park Street John Meyers Bushkill Center Willis Hagenbuch South Whiteveld St Kathryn Hardman Miriam Unangst Susquehanna University Raymond Anangst M. E. Stuber Frank Riegel John Wendling Lester J. Rohn William Mertz Exston R. L. Hoch A. W. Sandt Rose Moser Robert Folweiler Lincoln Ave Frank Young Maud Chunk Sr A. C. Vaughn David Hughes Pine St Frank Vogel Bethleeem Clark Vogel Lincoln Avenue

Minne tonka Tribe Holds Regular Meeting and Announcements

The Minne tonka Tribe conducted its regular meeting in Belvidere Street Odd Fellows Hall with Sachem Vincent Altemose presiding. Announcements cover Lehigh Valley and Northampton County Red Men Association meeting on February 6 in Allentown and a March 14 rally in Catasauqua Tribe’s wigwam for adopting a class of pale faces from the county’s 17 tribes. The Minnetonka Tribe degree team, Nazareth, will oversee the degree work.

Odd Fellows Hall Belvidere St Sachem Vincent Altemose Lehigh Valley and Northampton County Red Men Association Odd Fellows Temple Allentown Catasauqua Minnetonka Nazareth

Qualifications for Monthly Benefits Series Explains Coverage Quarters

The article explains eligibility for old age benefits under Social Security, detailing quarters of coverage, minimum earnings, and age requirements. It uses an example of a middle aged mill worker accumulating 40 quarters by 1949, showing lifetime fully insured status despite future unworked periods.

Social Security Board Post Office Allentown

Births Exceed Deaths by 45,000 in Pennsylvania Rural Counties Lead

Adjusted figures place Pennsylvania at 15.7 births and 11.2 deaths per 1000. Forty eight counties show higher birth rates than the state average, with Clarion leading at 23.1 and Pike recording the lowest at 8.5. Death rates exceed the state average in 38 counties, with Allegheny near 15.5.

Pennsylvania Clarion County Centre Fulton Mifflin Forest Snyder Bedford Somerset Clinton Clearfield Cambria Pike Philadelphia Bucks Delaware Dauphin Harrisburg Berks Reading and Vicinity Lackawanna Scranton Lehigh Allentown Allegheny Pittsburgh

Population Birth and Death Rates Decline Over Thirty Years

A State Planning Board study shows births fell from 203 510 in 1910 to 189 458 in 1930 while birth rates dropped from 26.5 to 19.6 per 1000. Deaths rose in 1910 but declined to 11.6 per 1000 by 1930, with the 1918 influenza spike. Natural increase waned. the 1920s saw slower population growth, and the 1940 census will be closely watched.

State Planning Board United States

Card party planned by Harold Knecht Legion auxiliary

The Junior Women's Auxiliary of Harold V. Knecht Post Mo 618 American Legion announces a Friday card party. The next auxiliary meeting is set for Tuesday evening February 13.

Harold V. Knecht Post American Legion

Keep Birds Eating Egg Profits Tied to Winter Production

Winter production drives egg profits as poultry managers monitor grain and mash use. Ensure birds consume enough feed to meet requirements for high production. mash supplies key materials for laying performance, a reminder to Penn State poultry extension specialists.

Penn State

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