Mt Johns Lutheran and Reformed Sunday School flourishes
Mt Johns Lutheran and Reformed Sunday School shows strong growth with large attendance. Local reports note new books added to the St Johns library and funds donated to retired ministers and home missions. Community events include birthdays, weddings planned, and local trades of note.
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Mt. John's
St. John's
Edward Smith
Thomas Weil
Bertha
John George
Robert Schneebeli
Castle Rock
Col
Robert
Charles Miksch
Bethlehem
Benjamin Fehr
William Shimer
Emanuel Trach
Christian Spring
Sartman
Nazareth
Charles Uhier
Tatamy
Jacob A. Meller
Mark D. Prankenfield
Butstown
Keystone Literary Society
Frank Brechman
King's Daughters
Local Notes Highlight Community Events and Weather
Selections cover engagements and visits, such as Miss Anna Mary Houck and James Kressler, and Warren Siegfried visiting Easton. Mentions relay travel, a Capetown cablegram, Nazareth Choral Society rehearsals, and a trolley line freeze. Weather records show subfreezing drops and rapid warming, with drifting roads and a blocked Nasareth-Bath line. 4-H invites boys to Father and Son Week with a banquet at Pennsylvania State College to celebrate 1937 achievements and 1938 plans.
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Charles R. Kleppinger
Allentown
Warren Smith
Sayloreburg
Wm. E. Smith & Bro
Anna Mary Houck
James Kressler
L. P. Mostenbader
Nasareth
Wilmington
Del
Sophie Brody
Capetown
Africa
Nazareth Choral Society
B Schneebel
Lehigh Valley Transit Co
Bethlehem
Warren Siegfried
Easton
Harry Hall
Moorestown
A. A.J. Miller
Nasareth-Bath
Mauch
Chunk Street
Green
Church Streets
F. W. Stengel
Linden Mall
Luttis
Nasareth Hall Military Academy
Henry Radcliffe
Chapman Quarries
Grover G. Roberts
Near Cross Roads
Western Electric
F. H. Michael
Bath
Franz Ehret
Cherry Hill
Fred Kostenbacher
New Village
J. A. Horner
Hugh
Nazareth Hall
J. A. Pfetheroff
Stockertown
Pennsylvania State College
Lutheran Children's Bureau Marks Sixteenth Anniversary Services
The Lutheran Children's Bureau of the Lutheran Ministerium of Pa. holds Sunday services at Immanuel Lutheran Church Frankford Philadelphia to commemorate 16 years of work. Since its founding it has cared for 1280 dependent neglected delinquent and handicapped children and assisted in over 2500 other cases including 300 involving un married mothers.
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Mosh
J. J. Anangst & Bene
Ty Chasis W. Clewell
Firetown
Unangst
George Heckman
W. H. Kinginger
Bretsel
Martin Hagenbuch
Susan Hersman
Near Seips
Douglasville
Peter Abel
Aluta
Jesse Werner
Edelman Hard Vein Slate Company
W. H. Dech
Lincoln
Neb
Congress
Allentown
Aluta Lodge
Lutheran Children’s Bureau
Lutheran Ministerium of
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Frankford
Philadephia
Aso
Lutheran
Germantown
Topton
Tabor
Doylestown
Good Shepherd
River Crest
Phoenixville
Ministerium
Penna
State Line
Busquehanna River
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Raritan River
Delaware
Lutheran Children's Bureau
Bruce Street
Philadelphia
Pottsville
Reading
Profits and Losses Reported for Nonprofit Hospitals
A Public Health Service study of 5 567 hospitals finds nonprofit general and special hospitals average 1 160 dollars income per bed and 966 dollars per 1000 dollars of expense. It notes losses of 634 dollars per 1000 dollars of expense and that patients supply 71 percent of nonprofit hospital income. Endowment is only part of philanthropy with gifts contributing about 15 percent of total funds.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Seceas
Pennsylvania employment climbs in 1937 gains despite recession
Harrisburg reports that 1937 offered the best employment and earnings in Pennsylvania since 1930. Employment rose nearly 22 percent over 1933 and payrolls expanded over 7 percent with payroll totals up 18 percent as most industries show steady improvement, according to Secretary Ralph M. Bashore.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Ralph M. Bashore
Bashore
The Rise of Madame Erne stine Schumann Heink
The piece chronicles Madame Schumann Heink’s ascent from poverty to fame in Grand Opera. It details debt, eviction, hunger, and hardship before a dinner invitation in Chicago and her belief that loving people and faith aided her success as a singer.
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Chicago
Labor trends show declines in manufacturing with mixed nonmanufacturing gains
December employment dropped 2 percent from November and 4 percent below December 1996 due to continued manufacturing recession. Nonmanufacturing sectors rose 2 percent from November, retail stores up 17 percent year over year, with payrolls 13 percent higher than 1936. Average weekly earnings: 24.86 dollars. 35 hour work week. U S Civil Service announces open competitive examinations for Customs examiner's aid at 2300 dollars and Junior engineer at 2000 dollars, info from Miss Marion Hangen in Nagareth post office.
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Bashore
Rene
United States Civil Service Commission
Customs
U. S. Customs Service
Treasury
Marion Hangen
U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners
Nagareth
Seek New Highway to Lure Tourists Along Susquehanna
The Lan Lancaster County Automobile Club seeks a scenic river road from Harrisburg to the Maryland line to draw tourists and aid motorists. Key stops would include Marietta and Columbia with highlights at Safe Harbor and Holtwood dams. Backers plan talks with Secretary of Highways Warren Van Dyke on linking routes.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Lan Caster County Automobile Club
State Publicity Commission
Maryland Line
Marietta
Columbia
Safe Harbor
Holtwood
United States
Secretary of Highways
Warren van Dyke
Ernistine Schumann-Heink Rise From Hunger to Opera Fame
The memoir recounts Ernestine Schumann-Heink growing up poor in Austria, craving food, cleaning monkeys for sandwiches, and defying a director who doubted her looks and talent. She later became a world renowned opera singer in Vienna despite early doubts.
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Schumann-Heink
Ernestine
Imperial Opera Company
Vienna
Imperial Opera House
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