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Nazareth Item

Location

Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1940

Page

6

Rural Schools of Moorestown Celebrate New Year Traditions

Moorestown and Nazareth families shared New Year celebrations and church festival moments. Community youths participated in Christmas decorations, nativity displays, and an Accordion Band party. Christmas Day visits linked families from Northampton Allentown and Nazareth with Wambold and Fehnel relatives.

Moorestown Earl Silfies Pannersville Sch Marsh Nazareth William Wambold George Heffelfinger Northampton John Heffelfinger Joe Frey Harry Marsh Lillian Marian Mary Braker David Frederick Stella Evelyn Heffelfinger Audrey Frederick Gloria Spengler Marion Marie Marsh Harold Charles Warren Arlene Eleanor Fehnel Harold Madelyn Arnold

Klecknersville School Christmas Program Featured Local Cast

Samuel Henry Jr reports the Klecknersville School Christmas program held last Friday with twenty guests. The program included Welcome by Rudolph Gossler, Christmas Carols, Ten Little Stockings, and a pageant Frontier Christmas with characters Mother Pearl Nolf Father Merrit Borger children Martha Norma Cressman Mary Edelman and many others. It concluded with Christmas Understanding by Margaret Faustne Christmas Morn by Pauline Edelman and Led by the Star featuring Ethel Edelman and several children and listed participants.

Rudolph Gossler Pearl Nolf Merrit Borger Martha Norma Cressman Patience Margaret Faustner Anglelina Faustner Helen Cressman Mary Edelman Indiass Arlington Keeler Harry Edelman William Roth Margaret Faustne Pauline Edelman Ethel Edelman John Heber Graver Ruth Angelina Faustner Helen

Fragmentary notes on medical history and auscultation

The readable fragments discuss seasickness affecting many people and a bacteriologist stating saliva does not kill bacteria. It mentions use of auscultation for diagnosis in the early 19th century and the advent of reagents aiding bedside examination, with notes on research extending into history and spread.

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Federal insurance for wage earners and families gains early benefits

The Social Security Act amendments speed up start of monthly old age and survivor benefits to 1940. Aged spouses, minor children, widows and orphans receive payments, with benefits also to some dependent parents. Wage tax remains 1 percent for both employers and employees through 1943.

Congress United States

Christmas pageant names and local notices from Bath region

Names from a school program include Mary Edelman Pauline Edelman and Violet Hahn with characters such as Elsie Faustner and Myron Diefenderfer. Other items note Elizabeth Smale absent due to illness, Bath Republican Council of Women banquet on Jan 10, and New Year gatherings. Word reached of James O Brein of Granville New York death at age about 80, former slate worker linked to Chapman Quarries and Vermont years.

Bath Republican Council of Women Bath Hotel Bath Bath and Chapman Granville N. Y James O'Brein O'Brein Slate Co John Franks O'Brein Slaters Chapman Vermont Mr. O'Brein Michael Bridget O'Brein Ireland Chapman Quarries Toughey

Bath Social Notes Include Vistors And Local Appointments

Misses Mary Resh and Emma Wagner visited relatives in Trenton over the holiday weekend. Mr and Mrs Frank Edelman observed their 26th wedding anniversary. Bath ladies attended Muhlenberg Auxiliary meeting in Allentown. Lydia LaRose visiting Philadelphia. Walter Kline to reside in Florent Schneider home. Frank Harding patient in Allentown Hospital. George Colburn ill at home. Leonard Jones of Port Clinton, Ohio visited. Milton Shotwell and children in Bethlehem. Virginia Schoenenberger visiting Alice Lerch. Muffleys enjoyed a duck dinner with Tray family in Wind Gap. Crouse and Reed guests at Hahn home in Easton. Horace Heller Jr sworn in as Justice of the Peace for six-year term. Town Council to reorganize Jan 8. Wolf PTA January meeting set for Jan 8.

Mary Resh Emma Wagner Trenton Frank Edelman Walnut St Bath Muhlenberg Allentown M. Rae Moser Laura Kleckner Wm. Moser A. O. Shiffer Lena Kleppinger Howard Hartzell R. L. Kerstetter Helena Edelman Roy H. Rohr Lydia LaRose Philadelphia Walter Kline Florent Schneider North Walnut Frank Harding Allentown Hospital George Colburn Main St Leonard Jones Port Clinton Ohio Jones Lewis Funk Milton Shotwell Bethlehem Virginia Schoenenberger Northampton Alice Lerch Chestnut &T Frank Muffley Harold Tray Wind Gap Wesley Crouse Catherine Crouse John Reed Easton Co. J. Hahn East Main St Horace H. Heller Jr Herbert F. Laub Easton Court House Heller Wolf

Mrs Stewart Dewson Hosts Holiday Tea at East Main St Home

Mrs Stewart Dewson entertained about 20 young friends at her East Main Street home Saturday afternoon in honor of her sister Mrs Harry J Brown of Watertown New York who spent the holidays in Bath.

Stewart Dewson East Main St Harry J Brown Watertown N. Y Bath

Green Mount Cemetery elects new Bath directors

Bath selects Wm Mann as a director for the forthcoming term and names Harry Wagner and D M James among new members at the first meeting of the year. James K Worman recalls minutes from a November meeting fifty years past, noting a warm Bath day and Levi Worman’s burial by his son.

Green Mount Cemetery Association Bath Wm. Mann Harry Wagner D. M. James James K. Worman James P. Snyder J. K. Worman Levi Worman

Winter Carnival Hosts Bath Girl Scouts at Black Rock

Girl Scouts from Bath Troops 1 and 2 were guests of Nazareth Scouts at a Winter Carnival at Black Rock on Thursday. They traveled by car and bus to the event, which featured ice skating and outdoor sports. Grace Oplinger of Tromp No 1 accompanied the troops.

Girl Scouts Bath Nazareth Black Rock Grace Oplinger Tromp No 1

Betty Frey Hosts “00” Club Gathering on Green Street

Miss Betty Frey entertained the members of her "00" club at her home on Green St Wednesday night. Carrie Paulus Slatington Alice Schaffer Coplay Katharine Prickett Coplay Verna Harding Isabelle Shiffer Mrs Melvin Marsh and Janet Fehnel attended with the latter two receiving prize awards. Refreshments were served.

Betty Frey Green St Carrie Paulus Slatington Alice Schaffer Coplay Katherine Prickett Verna Harding Isabelle Shiffer Melvin Marsh Janet Fehnel

Penn State study finds fluoride powder kills cockroaches

Extension entomologists at Penn State report that spreading sodium fluoride powder along roach travel routes and shelter areas can significantly reduce cockroach presence on premises. The method targets insects where they seek refuge, aiming to control infestations.

Penn State

Farm Calendar Culling Woodlot And Manage Finances

Penn State extension foresters urge inspecting farm woodlots now to pick trees for removal and leave tall straight timber for future value. Farm management specialists advise taking an inventory and maintaining an accurate account book to analyze the business at year end. Poultry experts say winter eggs rise with noon feeding of wet mash or pellets. Swine advisers emphasize starting with strong pigs and giving sows extra care to ensure good farrowing and gains. Extension engineers warn that checking flues and chimneys reduces farm house fires.

Penn State Extension Foresters Pennsylvania State College Penn State Penn State Agricultural Extension Engineers

Pennsylvania Farm Land Values Survey Highlights County Rankings

A State Planning Board survey shows Pennsylvania farms totaling 15,855,343 acres valued at about 861.7 million dollars with an average of 54 dollars per acre. Philadelphia county leads per acre value at 1412 dollars, while Lancaster tops total land value at 60.1 million dollars. The list includes many counties above the state average, with Washington at 47 dollars per acre ranking 28th, and only Cameron and Forest below one million dollars in total farm land value.

Pennsylvania State Planning Board State Department of Commerce Philadelphia Lancaster County Montgomery Delaware Quaker City Allegheny Pittsburgh Vicinity Chester Bucks Lancaster Lehigh Northampton Lackawanna Lebanon Berks Luzerne Erie Lawrance York Westmoreland Beaver Carbon Cumberland Schuylkill Dauphin Butler Chester County Berks Washington Cameron Forest

Sunday School Officers Installed At St John’s Church

The Rev Walter H Diehl installed Sunday School officers led by Superintendent George A Smith with assistants Charles L Shimer and G Brinton Searles. Other posts filled include treasurer Edgar Troxell and musical director Charles W Hess, plus department superintendents and teachers across Beginners Junior Young People and Primary divisions.

Walter H. Diehl St. John's Evangelical-Reformed Church George A. Smith Charles L. Shimer G. Brinton Searles Roy Hahn Marty Riegel John Kern Charles Kratz Thomas Knecht Edgar Troxell Charles W. Hess Lena Marcks Irene Roth Grace Frable Kathleen Kienzle Marlin Kern Marion Kratz Donald McCandless Young People's Department Ralph Wolf Ellen Ruloff Ray Sherman William Kilpatrick Emma Valeria Arndt Paul Gerhart Kilpatrick Lorraine Frey Ruth Dornblazer Helen Lutz Cynthia Knauss Ralph Wolfe Florence L. Nicholas W. Calvin Nickel G Brinton Searles William Silfles Claude Fuge Mildred Beck Layton Kern Henrietta Werner Alice George Bernice Arndt Kathryn Hahn John Toth Ellsworth Bush Martyn Kern Ray Shields Elmer Snyder Trene Roth Marion Kienzle

Farmhouse Goods and Estate Sale Near Marting Creek Route

The undersigned will sell at the sale along the road leading from Marting Creek at Satchdas Sunday Oct 5 at 11 AM the following items. Real estate consists of a quarter acre farm with improvements including seven-room house, barn, wagon shed, electric throughout, and water. Farm stock includes two bay horses, heifers, cows, and a Guernsey cow. Farm implements, tools, and machinery such as binders, mowers, plows, potato equipment, grain drill, wagon, hay loader, feed grinder, corn sheller, incubator, and household goods are offered. Terms by Lene A. Shimel and Runkle Clerk.

Sree John Deere McCormick Stephen Szerkula Clarence Huber Aud W.tt, Kunkel Marting Creek Finkbinder's Creamers Satchdas Suntay Soth HEAL Guernsey Ninnerods Heementien Lee LVENE A. Shimelenee Huber Avuet R Runkle

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