Sunday School awards honor perfect attendance
Bath 1 local church presented perfect attendance awards for eight class years with recipients named from First to Thirteenth Year. Superintendent Harold Shiffer announced the honors during the ceremony. The same evening Mr and Mrs Ray Fields hosted a dinner at North Chestnut Street for relatives and friends including E E Kirkpatrick Hoffmeister Metz families and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Fields
North Chestnut St
E. E. Kirkpatrick
Geraldine
Lewis Hoffmeister
Eilen
Irvin Metz Sr
Irvin Metz Jr
Edward
Jack
Left for Florida by Abbott Rothrock party
Mr and Mrs Abbott Rothrock depart for Florida with plans to visit several places and enjoy a brief southern vacation. Rev RH Helfferich hosts a steak dinner with Carl Sencenbach David Smith Max Werner Ernest Hayne Harold Ditcher Wm Rothrock and Roy Ebar. Mrs Mary Happel recovering at her daughter’s home on East Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
M Abbott Rothrock
Bath
Edelman
Mobile
Florhey
South
RH. Helfferich
Carl F. Sencenbach
David Smith
Max Werner
Ernest Hayne
Harold Ditcher
Wm. Rothrock
Roy Ebar
Mary Happel
Lambert
East Main St
Campaign to curb citrus surplus and cotton over supply
IGA president J Frank Grimes and Betty Roberts join Citrus Drive leader Citrus Drive ANEAD to launch a nationwide campaign from January 19 to February 15. The plan moves 1 000 cars of oranges and grapefruit packed in cotton bags into consumption to ease citrus surplus and bolster cotton supply in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Frank Grimes
IGA
Betty Roberts
Bath Lions Host New Year Party for Troop 33 Scouts
The Bath Lions Club hosted about 40 attendees at the Bath Hotel for a New Year’s party with Troop 33 Boy Scouts. The event included charter presentation by Chief Scout Executive J. Jay Wilcox, crewed by Lion officers and local merchants, and culminated in a turkey dinner and group songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lions Club
Boy Scouts of America
Bath Hotel
Bath Lions
J. Jay Wilcox
Bethlehem Council
H. H. Heller Jr
Carl F. Sencenbach
H.H. Heller
Wilcox
Bath
Harry C. Woods
Bethehem Lions Club
John H. Sencenbach
H. L. Cunin
John E. Beers
Lion
Lewis Schaffer
Dan Smith
Bethlehem
J. R. Spanitz
Thomas Fredrickson
Donald Heller
Bertine Kiefer
Kenneth Ebner
Harold Houser
Roderick Diehl
Harold Newton
Wm. Quinter
Stephen Konedikoff
Roy Saras
Milton Shotwell
Wm. Beninger
Mason Ernest
Clay
Marshmallow Apple Pie And Other Kitchen Tips
A home service feature explores marshmallow use in apple pie and desserts, plus simple storage and cooking tricks. It includes a marshmallow topped apple pie recipe, Marshmallow Fudge Cookies, and a Q A on food and refrigeration highlighting food safety and preservation.
Lions Club Meeting and Church Aid Plans Noted
A report lists Lions Club attendees including ton Biery and Allen Smith and notes Clark P. Smith as program chair for the next Lions meeting. The Ladies Aid Society of Christ Ev. and Reformed Church met Tuesday noting plans for a sauerkraut supper banquet in the Firemen’s auditorium on Thursday Feb 1. Officers for 1940 were elected: President Mrs Lewis W. Siegfried, Vice Presidents Mrs Norman Overcash and Mrs Howard Jones, Secretary Mrs George E. Sherer, Treasurer Mrs J Clarke. Additional social items mention Howard Hartzell hosting dinner for Rev. Ralph Hartzell and family and other relatives from Monroe County Hecktown Bath and Lehighton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society of Christ Ev. and Reformed Church
Carl F. Sencenbach
Brothrehood
R. H. Helfferich
Aid Society
Lewis W. Siegfried
Norman Overcash
Howard Jones
George E. Sherer
J. Clarke
Howard Hartzell
Ralph Hartzell
Gilbert
Monroe County
Wilton Hartzell
Lehighton
Ernest Hayne
Eugene Hartzell
Bath
Ruth Johnson
Hecktown
Harvey Trone
Philadelphia
Clyde Young
Wilson Borough
Flora Edelman
C. A. Butz
Easton R
Floya Oberly
Emmaus
Charles Snyder
William Grube
Farmersville
Jin Dryland Church
Russell Stine
Ladies Aid Society of
Dryland Church
Milton Brown
Florence Weider
Floyd Oberly
Charles King
Dryland Reformed Church
Zion Reformed Church
North Bethlehem
Sterling Ritter
Floyd Lahr
Warren Siegfried
George Abel
Frank Heckman
Charles Wambold
Clarence Dewalt
Clarence Nicholas
Women’s Missionary Society
Berean Society
Girls Missionary Guild
Ladies Aid Society
Brotherhood
Dryland Union Sunday School
George Johnson
Wilbur von Steuben
Carl Johnson
William Johnson
Asher Kreidler
Frank Fogel
Howard Edelman
Stanley Hahn
Mina von Steuben
Charles Shupp
Raymond Weaver
Alice Heller
Edwin Dornblaser
Homer West
Lulu Dech
Stanley Yeakel
Clinton Rohn
John Butz
Warren Halteman
Edith Buss
Annual Bath Democratic Council of Women Banquet
The Bath Democratic Council of Women holds its annual banquet on January 16 at Shankweilers Hotel on the AllentownSlatington highway with Mrs. Wm. B. Ervin as chairlady of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Democratic Council of Women
Shankweilers Hotel
Allentown
Slatington Highway
Wm. B. Ervin
Committee On
Lehigh Valley Joshua Society Dinner Notes Leadership Change
Wm H Hawk attended the annual Lehigh Valley Joshua Society dinner at the Masonic Temple Bethlehem where he retires as president and Harold C Roth of Northampton succeeds him. Mr and Mrs Calvin Bougher take a Florida vacation. Russell Siegfried bought a new automobile. Charles Bourguignon of Allentown visited town. Carlisle Hunn of Camp Meade Md is home on furlough visiting Walter Wagner and family. Birthday greetings go to Mrs Christopher Pavlo Mary Shiffer Anna Laubach Wm Mann and Norman Shiffer. Reverend R H M Helfferich organized
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. H. Hawk
Lehigh Valley Joshua Society
Masonic Temple
Bethlehem
Hawk
Harold C. Roth
Northampton
Calvin Bougher
Florida
Russell Siegfried
Charles Bourguignon
Allentown
Carlisle
Congregational meeting and local notices in Allentown area
Community notes list Sunday catechetical class, a Friday meeting at 4 PM, and a hospitalized 11 year old Ruth Bond after an appendicitis operation. Also in town are a church meeting on Jan 18, visiting relatives from Newark and Nazareth, a church marriage at Christ Ev Reformed, and remarks on preventive parts ordering for farm equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Bond
Eugene Bond
Allentown General Hospital
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Mark R. Kreidler
Newark
N. J
R. L. Kerstetter
Mt. Airy
Philadelphia
Doris Schaffer
Nazareth
Marjorie Houser
Penn St
Tilghman Oplinger
Bertha Moser
Harry Tellargy
Barbara Anne
Jersey City
Willard Miller
Geraldine
Emmaus
Florence Saylor
Wm Jacoby
Wm. Jacoby
Grippe
Christ Ev. and Reformed Church
R. H. Helfferich
Preston Joseph Ervin
Bath
Helen Elizabeth Hayden
Mary T Ressler
Frank Ressler
Ervin
National Portland Cement
Brodheads
This County
Christmas Lighting Thrives Across Hecktown Area
Residents report extensive decorations and house lighting during Christmas and New Year. Social and religious gatherings feature in Hecktown with events at Dryland Church and nearby congregations. Community members noted diary entries, family visits, and local harvests as part of holiday observances.
Pennsylvania employment checks drop in week ending December 22
The state’s unemployment compensation program distributed 62 979 checks totaling 703 159 for the week ending December 22, eight percent below the prior week. Original claims fell to 11 192 in the week ending December 29, down 21 percent from the prior period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Tte
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Lewis G. Hines
Gage
Bath
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Anna
Joseph Kisk
Charlotte Anangst
Doris Fogel
Gerald Demko
June Kline
June Schneider
Arlene
Warren
LeRoy Fog
Dorothy Everly
Jan Ann Schneider
Romain Kline
Elsie Reissinger
Raymond Meix
Robrt Graver
Chester Florey
George @Kingler
Sencenbach
Jey Miller
Willard Haidle
Donald Mertz
Harold Newton Rudolph Zakocs
Charles Scholl
Warren Miller
Janet Fehner
Dorothy Hymn Fevend
Wm. Zak
Howard Green
Harold Shiffer
John Meyers, Jr
Main St
Wills Eye Hospital
Frack & Leh
Broad St
Ford
Wari Ane
Mee
Pontiac
Ask Home Service
Miss June Meyer
Home Service Department
The
Metropolitan Edison Company
Miss Meyer
Mrs. X
Ton Biery
Allen Smith
Arthur Diehl
C. F. Sencenbach
Harry C.woods
Thomas Frederickson
Clark P. Smith
Lions Club
Easton Road
Square Deal Garage
Nazareth, Pa
Pennsylvania State College
Dor
Leon Kolb
Main &J
Parsi
Frank P. Rohn
Undertaker
Bain
Nazanetr
Ning Lorbert R
Moorestown
Chas, C. Willauer
Mearee and
Lincoln Ave
Stockertown
Howard
Weisley Banevel
Kastenner
Tatamy, Pa
R. J. Bartholomew
Art East Centre
Cromar Company
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