47 Years Ago They Elected of the Election He Was Presented With a Bomb
A long-ago Nazareth scene recalls a 47 year old election night in which a local figure received a bombshell surprise and his sober bearing was noted. Friends gathered at his residence to offer congratulations as the town observed Washington’s Birthday with street entertainments and a large crowd amid community chatter.
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tAte
Ray
Nolf
Kahler
O. R. Ritter
M. H. Ringinger
Jacob Ettwein
T. Mack
Bushkill
George Nicholas
Babo and Beitel
A. L. Miller
South Main St
Ernst
Broad St
Emily
John Hartzell
Washington
Gideon Smith
Monroe County
Priday
Amandus Smith Granville Siegfried
Rev
Romig
Easton
Nazareth
Edward Kortz
William Kern
Lottie
Alice
Adele Leem
Bangor
Jacob Hartzell
Hecktown
Jacob Rohn
Deemer brothers visit Siegfried on business trip
George and Robert Deemer of Point Phillips traveled to Siegfried on Thursday for a business trip. Bushkill Township supervisors plan five wooden road drags for use on public highways this spring. Miss Leila Buss, a stenographer in H D Kuts law office, was taken
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George
Robert Deemer
Point Phillips
Siegfried
Bushkill
Leila Buss
H. D. Kuts
Nazareth area notes cold spell and community events
The report records a frigid day with a 2 to 5 degree rise, local sales and deliveries including Edwin Wasser’s cold outing and A F Renner delivering hogs to Floyd Ward. It lists social gatherings at Parrall and Billheimer homes, sleighing parties, and visits by residents such as Carl Eischman heading to Detroit and Rev. Henry at Bath.
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Edwin Wasser
Georgetown
Henry
Edgar Barrall
Charles Kocher
Enoco Werner
John Kocher
Eva Kocher
Kenneth Barrall
Harold Kocher
Russell Eschenfelder
William Wunderly
Nazareth Ice Company
Bolton
Bethlehem
Bushkill Centre
Easton
Julia Wunderly
Helen Stettler
Lillian Michael Myrtle Broad
Geneva Miller
Kathryn Uhler
Grace Ritter
Myrtle Mack
Florence Stuber
Beatrie Snyder
Ethel Enders
Ada Kahler
Helen Stout
Bernice Brody
Nellie Ritter
Anna Zellner
Mary Hawk
Franklin Koch
Paul Gold
Warren Dech
Charles Fehr
Harry Drake
Samuel Brody
Raymond Uhler
Charles Roth
Robert Wolfe
William Stout
Victor Stark
Raymond Wagner
Luther Batt
Bert Sturgis
Beatrice Minnich
Fred Honeyman
Milton Getz
Allen Starner
Robert Menge
Floyq Altemose
Nazareth
William Moon
Nazareth Inn
Mark Knecht
Lehigh and
New England
Iown
Bethlehem Steel Company
William Shimer
John R. Reinheimer
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Moorestown
Cross Roads
Carl Eischman
Detroit
Mich
Robert J. Bartholomew
Helen
Capella
Stockertown
George F. Reese
Lutheran Orphans’ Home
Topton
Bath
P. Billheimer
Cherryville
J. W. Bossard
Weaversville
P. E. Billheimer
Thomas Graver
William Henry
William
Town
Reading
Hamburg
E. E. Evans
Howard
Lititz
Raymond
Moravian College
Painter buys eight acre Upper Nagareth tract. local resident dies
Raymond J. Heft, employed by Wilson Steckel, purchased the eight acre lot with house barn and buildings in Upper Nagareth Township near Black Rock and plans to move soon. Dr. Wm H Crawford, esteemed town resident, died last Tuesday morning.
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Raymond J. Heft
Wilson Steckel
Upper
Nagareth Township
Black Rock
A. O. Sturgis
Heft
Wm. H. Crawford
Longtime Nazareth Hall alumnus and Civil War veteran dies
The obituary notes birth in 1835 at Mauch Chunk and a long medical career in Bel fast and Nazareth, including postmaster service and Moravian church roles. He was the last surviving commissioned officer of Company 1, 153rd Regiment, Civil War veteran, mustered 1862 to 1863 as first lieutenant.
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Crawford
Mauch Chunk
Nazareth Hall Military Academy
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Belfast
Nasareth
Moravian
Easton
153Rd Regiment
Walter Crawford
Edwin Ryan
Newburg
Prable
Buly
Thomas Kostenbacher
Florentine Seyfried
Cherry Hill
Howard B. Leh
Joseph H Heintzelman
Phoenix Cement Company
Paul Dennis
Red Bank
N. J
Frank Dennis
Joseph Hentzleman
John Maus
Alice Leopold
Milchsack
Bethlehem
Herman Hark
Clara Giering
Jos. H. Rickert
George McClellan
A. E Club
Belvidere and
Whitefielders
Owen Hess
A. J. Stoffler
Henry Roth
Frank Messinger
Jacob Messinger
Jeremiah Goodheart
Locust St
Victor J. Koch
W. O. Henry Miller
Topton
George Washington Kirchenthal
South Broad St
Floyd Gross
John
John Smale
Anna Scheirer
Evelyn Scheirer
Donald, Virgil
William
Sherwood Scheirer
Faston
Frank P. Rohn
Edwin P. Schnerr
Norman Stoffilet
Charles G. Reese
Henry Knauss
Margaret Repsher
Gertrude Weiskof
George Kerchenthal
Local residents tour and weather damage noted
Mr and Mrs Herbert W Milb eng Charles Smith of Bloomsbury NJ visited relatives in our village. George W Miller returned from a two week trip in the South. A severe wind storm swept the area tearing slate and tree limbs. Various locals including Mr and Mrs Elmer Gross and Mrs Charles Beers spent weeks in Florida and the South. George Kline lost a cow last week. George Butz and family of Lower Mt Bethel visited Harry Depue and family. Henry Bonney and family of Easton visited Harold Ribble and family. Mrs Clarence Fox visited Ralph Lockard and family near Quake Grove. Mrs David Fox visited relatives at Bangor. Mr and Mrs Wilmer Albert of Wind Gap visited relatives here Friday.
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Herbert W. Milb
Eng Charles Smith
Bloomsbury
N. J
George W. Miller
Elmer Gross
Charles Beers
Florida
George Kline
George Butz
Wind Gap News Notes From Sacred Heart Hospital and Local Visits
Mrs. W O Jones entered Sacred Heart Hospital Saturday evening. Miss Ella Houck returned from Easton after weeks away. The Live Wire Class of the Methodist Episcopal Sunday School met at Blodwyn Lugg’s home Tuesday. Earl Hahn of California visits his parents. Mothers and friends of the Scout Auxiliary met Tuesday.
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W. O. Jones
Sacred Heart Hospital
Ella Houck
Easton
Methodist Episcopal Sunday School
Blodwyn Lugg
Earl Hahn
California
Clarence Hahn
Scout Auxiliary
Local church groups hold evenings at homes and showers
The Lutheran Woman's Missionary Society of St Peters Church Plainfield met at Mrs Charles Wagner home. The Ladies Auxiliary of St Marys Church hosted a handkerchief shower for Mrs Ralph Cortez in honor of her birthday with refreshments and Rose adorned tables. Attendees included Sally Liero Anna Ventro Mary Cortez Theresa Liero Margaret Cortez Adele Dell Alba and others. Emilio Riccardilli and daughter Kathleen of Brooklyn returned home after visiting the Dell Albera household.
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William T Jones
Lutheran Woman's Missionary Society of
St. Peters Church
Plainfield
Charles Wagner
Ladies’ Auxiliary
St. Mary's Church
Ralph Cortez
Sally Liero
Anna Ventro
Mary Cortez
Theresa Lie
Winners at Le Gion Card Party
The American Legion Ladies' Auxiliary held a card social at the Legion Home naming Haas Elizabeth Butz Zoa Heffel finger Elmer Abel and Mrs Le Lorean as Pinochle and 500 prize winners. Tuesday evening the Post Auxiliary and War Mothers held a covered dish social at 7 30 in the Legion Home with Rev J Wesley Bare of Summit Hill as guest speaker.
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American Legion
Aux ‘Mary
Legion
Haas
Elizabeth Butz
Zoa Heffelfinger
Elmer Abel
le Lorean
John Michell
Charles Millheim
J. Stewart Eyer
Mra Mae Rodgers
J. Wesley Bare
Summi Hill
State Legion
Minute that Seems Like a Year in Bell Telephone Ad
An advertisement stresses urgency in telephone service, claiming every call should feel urgent with split-second response. It touts advanced equipment and trained staff, noting millions invested to save seconds. It encourages long distance calls after 7 and on Sundays when rates are lowest. The Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania.
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The
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Brockman
Dr. Crawford
William Shults
Masareth Hall
Nazareth Band
F. B. Abel
Robert
John Rogers
Walter
Portland
Bahnsen
Schoeneck
Martin's Creek
Howell
Flicksville
Washington Township
Evangelical Church
Nazareth and Rath
Norway
Jacob Serfass
West Washington St
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Serfass
Mint
Treasury Office
Nazareth Creamery & Dairy
Mobilgas
John Welk
Cor
Broad and
Centre Streets
Seip Ave
Belast
Bushkill St
Nazareth Building & Loan Association
Nat Falk
Lancegt
Jesse James
Wen
Lopresti Stockertown
Streeton
Clive
Studebaker
Mauch Chunk & Church Sts
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