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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
1
The General Committee met on Monday evening with A. G. Kern, chair, to plan future development. Final action set a definite date for events and close of terms, with the second Monday of July chosen for a key meeting and related scheduling.
Section 19D details a highway project with contractors Hutchi Mount Union and M Edward Wagiting preparing to grade and drain. Estimated quantities include 88,000 cubic yards of earthwork, 960000000 dollars total cost, financed by a $96 loan and a grant of 926,100000 from Pw.
Members of Girl No. 2 spent Saturday at Rome’s bungalow near Bushkill Center. Participants included Mrs. Oliver, Lorraine Roth, Ian Herbst, and LaRue.
W. W. Erwin, a Lansdale archer, won the Nazareth Archery Club event at Nazareth Municipal Park with a total 1115 after morning and afternoon rounds. Wilhelm Knecht of Nazareth placed second with 1101, followed by Donald Sewell of Allentown and K. Pearson of Bethlehem. Erwin received a carved wooden goblet inscribed Nazareth 1039, with a flint arrowhead. Mrs. Marge Martenis topped the women’s class with 777.
The Annual Nasareth High School Alumni Card Party and Dance runs from 9:00 to 12:00 with Charles Manners and his Silhouette orchestra. Prizes for card play are on display at Haldemans Beauty Salon. tickets sold at the door. Members only admission welcomes alumni and this year’s graduating class for a large, best-ever event.
Fein Barnes Yih was elected captain of basketball for a second time and Edward chosen captain for the 1940 season. Jon Vogel and John Romanyzyn were named basketball and baseball managers. Letters and scrubs were awarded to numerous players and managers, with Coach Leh and Charles Bartolet presenting the honors. Cheerleaders received letters from Edwin Klusko.
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Wimmer hosted a Sunday birthday dinner for their daughter Mrs. Charles Kline at Buzztown. Guests included the Klines with Titus Dorothy and Joseph, granddaughter Joan Kline, the Lalsher family with Doris Mae, the Wrights and sons Jack and Buddie, Jeanette Bensing, and the Wimmers.
Henrietta Werner daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Werner of 119 East Center St Allentown graduated from Cedar Crest College Allentown Monday. She attended commencement outdoors where Judge George W Maxey of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court spoke. Werner was active in musical groups including Glee Club College Quartet Nonette and Choir and took part in a graduate voice recital during Fine Arts Week. She contributed to the Crest Lad staff and appeared on radio Monday evenings while pursuing a bachelor of science in secretarial science.
Miss Lena Berger daughter of Mrs Rosanna Berger 116 South Broad St and Raymond Kessler son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Beasler Bangor R D No 3 will marry Saturday June 17 at 6 pm in St Johns Evangelical and Reformed Church The Rev Harvey C Snyder will perform the ceremony Edward Thomas of Bangor will be matron of honor and best man The bride will be given away by her brother Paul Berger of Bath A reception for immediate families will follow at the bride's mother's home The couple will reside at Martins Creek.
Mr and Mrs Malcolm Smith Evelyn Engler Dorothy Lindenmeyer Kathleen Bach Iman Paul Seyfried Charles Wunderly Jr Alfred Schisler Edward Fehr and Edwin Hummel enjoyed a deep sea fishing trip at Beach Haven New Jersey over the weekend.
Camp 315 of the Patriotic Order of Americans held a regular meeting led by President Grace Barrall. Chaplain Carrie Barrall conducted devotions. Verna Kienzle reported on finances. Laura Beers won the weekly prize.
A Sunday outing at Willow Park Butztown featured Miss Florence Himler Miss Victoria Himler Ruth Beil and Messrs Ralph Wolfe and George Koehler enjoying a day outdoors with friends and neighbors in a modest leisure event.
Vigilance Hose Company No 1 outlines plans for the firemen parade at East Mauch Chunk on Saturday June 17 with more than 200 firemen to participate in uniform. A dress parade will be held tonight at 7 PM under Michael Masters chairmanship. President Stanley Woodring presided and announced the next meeting for Monday June 18.
Adam Klipple 82 of East Centre Street died Tuesday morning at 6 30 from a heart attack. Born 1886 in Bethlehem township he ran a local grocery on East Centre Street and was active in Dryland Church Hecktown and Aluta lodge Odd Fellows Survived by daughter Alice M Billheimer three sons Howard George William and 13 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren Services from his late home Saturday at two interment Hope Cemetery Hecktown Rev Buts and Rev Klick officiating Viewing tomorrow 3 to 8 PM
The second Nazareth Hall Military Academy Alumni Association reunion drew fifty five guests at Hotel Abbey in New York City last Friday. Attendees included wives daughters and friends spanning classes from 1888 to 1999. A Nazareth Hall Day at the World's Fair featured letters from alumni many from distant places and the banquet closed with a floor show and new officers announcing the 1940 slogan On To Nazareth.
Members of Whitefield Council No. 183 Daughters of America met in the K G E Hall with Mrs Ruth Fehr in charge. Newly elected officers will be installed Tuesday evening July 1. The degree team will meet Monday evening June 26 at Mrs Mabel Weaver's North Main Street home with Mrs Weaver and Mrs Lula Smut as hostesses.
Susan C. Frankenfield 70, widow of Asher Frankenfield, died Thursday at 4 p.m. Survived by two children Mrs. Wilbur Hack and Dott Frankenfield, thirteen grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Funeral services were held Monday from her daughter’s Stockertown home with interment in Hope Cemetery Hecktown. Pallbearers were Michael Howell, Roy Wesant, Paul Nolf, and Russell Young, all residents of Stockertown or nearby. She was a member of John’s Lutheran Church, Town.
The Nazareth School Board met at Nazareth High School with full attendance. Financials show May receipts of 3,717.73 and expenditures of 12,398.81 leaving a June 1 balance of 22,198.06. The sinking fund totals 56,221.67 including bonds. May tax collections were 9,649.67. 3,054.95 1938 taxes unpaid were turned to county. The board approved 1,404.28 in bills and authorized payments. Bids for furniture and Industrial Arts supplies were reviewed. recommendations to be reported June 27. Roof and stairway repairs along with a canopy were approved at estimated costs. Janitors retained. nurses and clerks re-elected. A resignation from Miles Mary A. Dry was accepted. Orders placed for thirteen desks and two Sundstrand adding machines.
The June meeting of the Nazareth Council of Republican Women is set for Tuesday night at the local YMCA. County chairman Kenneth Kressler will address members after the business session. Lehigh County State Committee woman Mrs. Josephine Seigfried will also attend. Rural members host with Mrs Robt. Fritchman as acting chair, co-chairs Ruth Corbeau and Helen Sandt Lehr handling decorations and entertainment. A Bangor magician will present a novelty act.
The Phi Gamma Fishing Club plans a Saturday meeting at 8:00 P.M. in the M.C.A. with four missionary program segments including letters from Rev. and Mrs. Rassman of India. Mrs. Norman Granda will lead the gathering. An engagement is announced between Katharine Schlegel and Walter E. Hughes, with ties to Ardmore.
Schedule lists events from June 18 to June 22 including Baccalaureate at Reformed Church at 10 30 A M Junior High School Promotion Exercises at 8 00 P M Alumni Reception and Dance at High School Gym and Senior High School Commencement at 8 00 P M Seats reserved for board members and wives at all functions except the Alumni Reception.
Members of the Women’s Democratic Club met in the Jacksonian Club rooms to plan entertainment for the Northampton County Council of Democratic Women’s July 14 event at Nazareth Municipal Park. Judge William Barthold will speak. The group voted to skip July and noted candidates will attend the August second Tuesday Fall meeting. Ellen Schoch reported on the Harrisburg convention. Grace Barrall resigned as treasurer and James Fetheroll elected to fill the vacancy. A covered dish social opened the evening with 25 members present.
The Legion Junior Drum Corps will rehearse tonight at the Fair Grounds in preparation for the firemen's parade in Mauch Chunk on Saturday. All members are urged to attend and report by 12:30 p.m. Saturday at the Legion Home for the parade.
Local residents from Flick ingera grove attended the 310th machine gun Battalion Reunion on Sunday. Participants included Clarence Lichtenwalner and many couples such as Floyd and Mrs Butz Wilson and Mrs Serfass Yeakel and Mrs Silvert Eyer and Mrs Wasser Hahn and Mrs Haupt Clark and Mrs Rapp and Mrs Ployd Rapp.
A surprise birthday party was hosted at Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Keller’s home for their daughter Naomi on Sunday. Guests included James Miltenberger and family of Bethlehem, James Brydhe of Bethlehem, Mrs. Victor Fehr and Robert Fehr, Hazel Knecht, Lois Culver, Pred Beck, William Hollinger, George Felvi of Allentown, Kenneth Repp of Fogelsville, Mr. and Mrs. Levine Keller, Reuben Lerch, and Naomi’s parents, with Naomi receiving many gifts.
Gainesville Georgia Riverside Military Academy capped its thirty first annual commencement with a 187 cadets graduation from 33 states and foreign countries. Dr Harmon Caldwell of the University of Georgia delivered the graduation address as awards and diplomas were announced for the Corps of over six hundred cadets. Cadet Charles G Bennett of Nazareth Pennsylvania earned the Post Graduate Certificate, appeared on the Academic Honor Roll thirteen times, and won six Merit Ribbons.
Several score members and guests of the Ladies Auxiliary of the Harold V. Knecht Post No 415 American Legion will attend a special program at Coatesville Hospital today. A chartered bus leaves at 7 am, they meet in Coatesville at 1 pm, and a July 14 officer election is planned.
The Friendly Circle class of the Mennonite Sunday School held a supper at Municipal Park on Monday evening. Attendees included Misses Beatrice Smith Sarah Teel Gertrude Coy Esther Teel Cora Basley Eliza Eyer Evelyn Teel Mrs Helen Smith Ernest Coy and Mr and Mrs Ross Carty.
Bride to be Miss Mary Day, soon to wed Stanley Geise, was honored at a delicatessen shower and bridge hosted by Miss Marion Kern. ARA attendees included Mrs. A. William Day, Mrs. Adam Shekletake, Mrs. George Sunberg, and several local Misses from town.
The preparatory service will be held and the Lord s Supper administered in Forks Church by Rev. George Kieckner on Sunday June 18 at 10 A M Floyd Knauss of Bushkill Centre bought the Irvin West farm of 56 acres with buildings for 2800 dollars. The West heirs had previously staged a public sale which was withdrawn and have now sold the farm at public sale.
Superintendent of Schools reports for May detailing enrollment 1408, attendance 97 percent, days in session 175, and disruptions from accidents. Notes on substitutes, nurse and medical inspections, health talks, immunization drive, and Red Cross certificates. Baseball receipts and expenses, Senior High play earnings, and overall treasurer balances. Continues on page four.
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