Bath Church Meeting and Young Peoples Conference Notes
The Bath church held a Monday evening meeting in Sunday School rooms led by David Smith. Willard Diehl presided as leader. Rev R H Helfferich and Miss Mary Virginia Ernest attended the Classical Young Peeples Conference in Bethlehem with Beth School representatives. Miss Ev was elected to a Young People classical body officer. The Little Moore Young People plan a strawberry and ice cream festival at the church grove on Saturday May 29. Local residents Edward H Williams and family visited Allentown and Muhlenberg College events drew Roy James, Alex Pfeiffer, Wm Moser, John Mertz, and W Koehler. Bath Ball traveled to East in a recent game. Bath Junior High defeated Whitehall Township High School on their home grounds. Mrs Charles Dilcher and son Truman visited Allentown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Smith
Willard Diehl
R. H Helfferich
Mary Virginia Ernest
Beth School
Christ Re
Christ
Eurch Little Moore
Church Grove
Edward H. Williams
E. A. Edwards
Walnut
Roy James
Alex Pfeiffer
Wm Moser
John Mertz
Koehler
Muhlenberg College
Allentown
Bath
Bath Junior High
Whitehall Township
South Whitehall
Charles Dilcher
Truman
Bath Celebrates National Air Mail Week
Bath marks National Air Mail Week with post office envelopes available from Saturday. The community coordinates a week of events led by Festmaster Scheffler and a team of committees including Metz, Moser, Green, Bollman, Diehl, Flick, Diehl, Hartzell, and Smith. Air mail pickup and service are managed by Leiby and Stegfried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Robert Brown
George Washington
Lehigh Portland Cement Plant
Jacksonville
Snyders Church
East Allen Township
Festmaster Scheffler
Irvin Metz Jr
Wm. J. Moser
H. A. Green Jr
Philip D. Bollman
Alvin
Indian Lace Day Sunday Observed at St John's Church
Indian Lace Day Sunday was observed in St. John's Lutheran Church Sunday morning at 9:00 o'clock. A special program had been arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s Ey
Pageant and social notes from local observers
Miss M. Rae Moser presented by the Young People's Light Brigade staged a pageant titled Mothers Album. Anna Kobly visited New York City and George Silfies Chief of Police bought a new automobile. Rev J J Stout of Bangor visited with Rev R H Helffernon. Geraldine Kilpatrick of Allentown spent a weekend with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Rae Moser
Young People’s Light Brigade
Anna Kobly
New York City
George Silfies
J J. Stout
Bangor
R. H. Helffernon
Geraldine Kilpatrick
Allentown
Luther League welcomes new members at monthly church meeting
The Luther League held its monthly gathering in the church Assembly room with devotions led by Eugene Hartzell and discussion by Miss M Rae Moser. New members listed include Janet Fehnel Ethel Kunkel Dorothy Eberly Louise Frey Eva Haupt Warren Fogel and Leroy Fogel. Committees were named for the annual outing and doggie roast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther League
Eugene Hartzell
M. Rae Moser
Janet Fehnel
Ethel Kunkel
Dorothy Eberly
Louise Frey
Eva Haupt
Warren
Leroy Fogel
Fred Minnich
Walnut St
Wainwright Desmond
H .H. Heller Jr
Chancellor Martins
Nazareth
Bath Boro School Board
John E. Beers
Boy Scouts Court of Honor at Shiffert Farm
Troops 33 and 43 with about 40 scouts and leaders held a Court of Honor on George Shiffert's farm along the Monocacy near Bethlehem. Some 600 participants attended the outing, preparing for the upcoming camp as schools close for term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
George Shiffert
Monocacy
Bethlehem
Local Air Mail Week Promotes National Air Mail Day
Postmaster Scheffler received permission from General State Manager Galagh er of Philadelphia for Pilot Dick Leiby to fly special air mail from Bath to Allentown on Thursday afternoon as part of National Air Mail Week. Leiby, a former Bath assistant postmaster, is a commissioned flyer. Nearby, Nazareth High School hosted a large Junior-Senior Prom Friday night with several hundred participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scheffler
National Air Mail
Galagher
Philadelphia
Dick Leiby
Bath
Allentown
Lesby
Nazareth High School
Bath wrestlers put on fine exhibition at rally
At Phillipsburg New Jersey on Friday evening the Tall Cedars of Lebanon held a rally in the Elks Club. Bath Firemen presented wrestling exhibitions by Arch Leigh Foul sham Hugh Ferry and Walt Croc kett and Frankett and Deily. Leigh also performed a weight lifting exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillipsburg
N. J
Lebanon
Elks Club
Bath
Arch Leigh
Foulsham
Hugh Ferry
Walt Crockett
Frankett
Deily
Leigh
Twin Sons of Mr and Mrs Henry Lawrence Third Anniversary
Wednesday the 18th marks the third anniversary of John and James Lawrence twin sons of Mr and Mrs Henry Lawrence of Main Street Bath. The boys are in excellent health and resemble each other closely to the point residents who meet them daily sometimes confuse them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Lawrence
Main &I
Bath
John
James
Silver for Atmosphere and Everyday Use
The article extols silver's ability to elevate home atmosphere with elegance and dignity. It advises cleaning regularly to prevent tarnish and using silver pieces daily at meals. It also suggests multiuse silver items like bowls, relish dishes, and asparagus platters to maximize practicality and seasonality.
Ants and railroads spark reflections on progress and manners
A nostalgic essay notes ants at work and garden pests while urging cleaner railroad rights of way and better station signage. It praises time saving tools, cites America's wage edge, and reflects on enduring manners from Emily Post to a changing dress code.
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America
Relish Garnish and Mexican Beanpot Recipe Pairings
A spring garnish suggests mixing half cup current jelly with minced mint on orange slices to accompany lamb. The beanpot combines red kidney beans garlic thyme rosemary bay leaf cloves onion bacon and catsup baked slowly for an hour, served with brown bread and butter sandwiches.
Fashion and engagement memories from London in 1865
The narrator recalls wedding rings and engagements, a 16 year old mother in a hoopskirt from 1865, and a theological student father in black broadcloth. He notes fashion trends such as creased trousers and cuffed trouser ends, with street scorn for staying style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Advice From Cranks Hits Dafoe On Quintuplet Case
The country doctor Dr Allan Roy Dafoe who delivered the Dionne quintuplets faces a flood of letters from doctors laypeople and even cranks with advice on treating the babies. Messages range from sheep dung tea to lactating sow assistance and whiskey orders amid calls against alcohol use. In Nova Scotia a poverty struck family meanwhile copes with premature quintuplet birth and limited resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Roy Dafoe
Yorkshire
England
Woman and her infants die after twenty mile drive
A doctor accompanied a sleigh ride for twenty miles ending in the infants’ death, yet the woman and babies received no line in local papers. The remark highlights perceived newspaper neglect and life’s indifference.
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Dad Fitatewa
J. Bartholomew
Arthur B. Scheffler
Leon Kolb
Main St
National Automobile Users Association
Alfred P. Sloan, Jr
General Motors
Detroit
Washington
Sloan
Oldsmobile
Nazareth, Pa
Gove
Jack C. Andrews
Texas
Alfred
Paul Wakefield
Cactus Jack
Froman RoWwae B
New York
Pennsylvania
New England
York
New Haven
Hartford
Boy Scouts
Ocal
Europe
Emily Post
Tee Frert
Speedy
Laing of
Matescy
Saneas
Studebaker
the Square Deal
Paff and Carrohn
Nazareth-Easton Road
G. M. C. Trocke
S. W. Corner High
Green Streets
Hecktown
Belfast
Madison and
Washington Streets
Guetter Streets
Nazareth Building & Loan Association
South Main Street
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