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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1939
Page
3
The Department designates the week of September 10 1939 as Rural Mail Box Improvement Week urging patrons of rural delivery to install and maintain approved mail receptacles. Postmasters will inform patrons and rural carriers will cooperate and report progress to postmasters.
A Newburg Man Heads Past Grands. The article lists executive committee members by lodge and county, including Nazareth Lodge No 1099 treasurer and several named members from Carbon Lehigh Northampton and Northampton counties. A quiz bee tested order laws with W J Heiney winning first prize and Joseph A Haney second. Officers elected Saturday will be installed at the October meeting.
Mrs Colver celebrated her 50th birthday with a party hosted by Mr and Mrs Robert Colver and family in Nazareth R No 3. Guests included Truman Laros and sons Charles and Ralph Easton Franklyn Colver and sons DelRey and Nevin Chapman Quarries David Mack Charles Edelman Annie Transue Margaret Edelman Robert Fenster maker Cross Roads William Minnich and Bernice Walter Bush Nazareth and Albert Colver Cherry Hill. Mrs Colver received many beautiful and useful gifts.
A Children’s Day love feast honored a revival among Nazareth Moravian Church youngsters on August 17, 1727. Rev. Paul Meinert led the morning sermon “Claiming the Child for God” as the senior and junior choirs sang “God Is the Spirit” and “He Feedeth His Flock,” with the trombone choir directed by Jesse D. Kreidler opening the services.
The Mother's Class of St. John's Reformed Sunday School held its opening meeting for the current season on a Wednesday evening in the church social rooms. The event followed a covered dish format.
Northampton residents spent weekends with relatives across Northampton and nearby streets including North Whitefield, Chestnut, Park, and South Broad. The notes record numerous visits to family homes, birthday celebrations, hospital recoveries, and trips to local attractions such as Crystal Cave and Promised Land in Pike County, with several mentions of Bethlehem, Allentown, Lehighton, and Philadelphia.
The column records numerous visits and gatherings across Bethlehem Nazareth Hellertown and surrounding towns. Residents including Emmett Young Jr and family Howard Lichtenwalner and others circulated among relatives and friends in Phillipsburg Bath Nazareth and Riverwood Beach. Birthdays observed include Mrs Jennie Heckman Mrs Salvatore Patti and Mrs Emma Clewell with relatives traveling between Bath Bethlehem and Atlantic City as weekend hosts.
Mr and Mrs Warren Rundle hosted a large reception at the bride's parents home Mr and Mrs Daniel Ruch for a long list of relatives and friends including the Ruch and Smoyer families and several children. The event featured numerous attendees and highlighted extended family relations.
Notice of intent to form a nonprofit corporation under the laws of Pennsylvania to be named Lehigh Northampton County Protection Association. The proposed charter is on file for inspection and a hearing is scheduled for September 23 at 3:00 AM. Stanley J. Fehr, Esquire, 101 Messenger Building, Pennsylvania.
Mrs M Shultz hosts at Whitefield House while Mrs Morris Frable entertained lat cards on Mauch Chunk Street. Elmer Musselman and Bath visitors visit Floyd Wagner on South Man Street. Asher Hagenbuch hosts Shawnee Lake outing with family. Moravian College student Frank Heintzelman resides with Heintzelmans. William Young visits Asher Christman family in Belfast. Pearl Schafer Ruth Beil Roy Hahn and George Koehler vacation at Camp Elbow Monroe County. Hagenbuchs return from two weeks at Lake Mineola with Gertrude Everett.
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