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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
7
Pastors report a full week of services across Moravian, Lutheran, Evangelical and other churches. Includes Sunday schools at 9 30 a m and sermons, evening worship, youth meetings, choir rehearsals, and special events like Love Feast and Mother’s Day observance May 13 with Covenant Day for single sisters and older girls.
The text lists sermon themes and weekly activities for Reformed and Mennonite Brethren in Christ churches with events from Sunday evening through Saturday, including youth groups, prayer meetings, and auxiliary gatherings. It also notes A. Gaumer leading a prayer meeting and contractor Shafer excavating for the Frack and Leh garage on South Broad Street, with ground used to improve Nazareth Fair Grounds race course.
Mrs David Trach of Katellen visited her son Emory Trach in East Lawn on Sunday. Jacob Mack bought the feather cleaning business from Israel Trein and will continue it. Walter Wagner welcomed a baby boy. Several young people reported snow on the Lackawanna trail. Mrs Arletta Trach near Katellen will hold a public sale Saturday. Excursions to Washington, D C are planned. Sunday visitors included Miss Ida Simons of Nazareth and the Heller family. Warnings about cold and snow contrasted with local visits to Slatington and Bethlehem. The Lutheran Woman's Missionary Society met in Trinity chapel. Regular society and Sunday school activities continued with delegates chosen for regional conferences. A leap year chicken and waffle supper at Lake Saylorsburg drew crowds with Brown's Orchestra. Farmers faced delays sowing and planting due to rain. Mrs John Serfass funeral attended. Schools end term soon. Rev J A Klick preached. Church council met after services and daylight saving time begins next Sunday.
The Stockertown public program week features the operetta The Secret of Happiness by first to third grades at 7 30 in the public school building with Master Hart Lichtenwalner singing between scenes. The Bangor male chorus performs at Forks church on Sunday May 13 at 7 45 DST, under the Young People’s Society. May 7 the society meets in Sunday school rooms. Miss Geraldine Childress and Miss Juanita Howell visit Miss Pricilla Fader in Kearny New Jersey. Prize winners listed from the ladies auxiliary card party include Haas Frank Rice Mrs Scheng Mrs W H Werner and many others. Upcoming programs from May 18 and May 29 include middle to upper grade performances for the public.
Bushkill township updates reveal Edward Kostenbader of Belfast recovering from a skull fracture after an automobile accident. Friends report improvement as visits by relatives and neighbors from Wind Gap Pen Argyl Nazareth Allentown and Easton continue.
Moorestown updates include trips to Allentown and Florida, Granville Peters adding a hog stable, and Bethlehem resident William Ruth visiting George Densing. The church plantings total about a thousand trees, and Eckel's School of Embalming graduates Herbert Bensing, while Ellen Andrews undergoes appendicitis treatment at Haff hospital Northampton. Mother's Day events planned for May 13. Pastor Appel ill. no services last Sunday.
The Wind Gap Fire Co Ladies Auxiliary hosted a card party at the town hall on Wednesday. Residents and visitors including Mr and Mrs Joseph Shoemaker and children, Walter Keiper, Jes Everitt, Chris Muhber of Akron, and many others visited relatives and attended social gatherings across Effort, Mauch Chunk, Washington, and Nesquehoning. The Methodist Sunday school reported 103 attendees with a large offering.
The Ladies' Auxiliary hosted a successful chicken and waffle dinner for Liberty Hose Co. About six hundred enjoyed the meals prepared by local women. The regular monthly card party is set for Wednesday evening May 9 at the engine house. Sunday school is planned for Sunday May 0.
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