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Newspaper
Nazareth Item
Location
Nazareth, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1939
Page
5
In Allentown and surrounding towns residents share weekend visits and birthdays. Many families from Cherry Hill to Bath, Reading, and Harrisburg are noted visiting relatives, attending the World’s Fair, or enjoying gatherings at homes along South Broad Street and Evergreen Street.
Members of the Mother's Class at St. John's Evangelical Reformed Church held a covered dish social in the church social rooms to start the Fall and Winter season. Meetings move to the second Tuesday monthly with the next session October 11 at Walnut Street home of Mrs. Nevin Werkheiser. Mrs. Werkheiser and Mrs. Sterling Bilvert host. Bake sale to be sponsored.
On Saturday morning September 30 Mrs. Maxwell Pennock, class president, supervised the meeting with duty and order, guiding activities and overseeing proceedings.
In the Evangelical Reformed Church social room last Thursday, sixty five fathers and sons enjoyed the father and son banquet. District Attorney William A. Frack spoke to an attentive audience. George P. Achenbach led the evening’s program as Churchmen's Brotherhood president. Ruth E. Brong, Rev W H Brong’s daughter, recently earned a nursing education degree and completed practical nursing.
The FDA warns manufacturers to remove inflated claims from cosmetic product labels under the new act. A published list names more than twenty prohibited phrases such as contour cream deep pore cleanser eyelash grower hair color restorer and wrinkle eradicator.
The regular meeting of Camp 315 Patriotic Order of Americans was held last Wednesday in Eagle Hall Centre Square with President Mary Kern presiding. Acting Chaplain Jeanette Metz led devotions and Hazel Getz presented the finances report. Mrs Lucy Remaly and Annie Buss were listed as sick. Orator Jeannie Frantz read a poem Some One Who Cares. The weekly prize went to Mrs Helen Shafer.
The Boy Scouts of Troop V-79 held a regular session on Friday September 15 at St John’s Lutheran Church South Broad Street. Gerald Altemose Jack Kennedy and Robert Nagle led opening ceremonies with Lord’s Prayer Scout Laws and Flag Pledge. Robert Nagle received his Second Class Award and transfer of Scout Russell Phillips from Troop V-79 to Troop V-42 Belfast was announced. Patrols practiced safety signaling compass and firemanship. Walter Hagenbuch led closing services with Scout Oath Motto and Bere diction. Twenty scouts nine readers and two visitors attended.
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports farmers cash income from marketings in July at 534 million dollars, 7 percent above June but 12 percent below last July's 609 million.
Easton reports weekend visits by Mr and Mrs William Matchette and their sons Paul and Charles from CatasaUqua to Mr and Mrs Charles Basley Walnutt. Ohio visitors include Mr Oliver Nolf of Wadsworth and Mrs Arthur Matthes of Akron staying with Nolf's sister Mrs G J Wimmer in Washington. Eveline Smith of Mauch Chunk Street is visiting Mrs D E Heckman in Allentown. Eva Werkheiser RN of New York City spent weekend with Clarence Werkheiser family and begins hospital duties September 1. George Koehler of Butztown visits son Lester Koehler in East Centre. G Fred Heckman and daughter Frederica of South Main St visit Lloyd DeLong in Allentown. Paul Hagenbuch and Frank Abel spend Friday fishing at Shawnee Lake in Monroe County.
Miss Alice Crawford of West Centre Street is confined to her home and seriously ill.
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