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TWENTY THE MORNING CALL, ALLENTOWN, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1942 FOUNTAIN HILL DAT II II AN COR HELLERTO WN Bethlehem Easton Northampton County FREER! ANSBURG PEN ARGYL NAZARETH WIND GAP At Tall Cedars 'Dillinger Night' Festivities ouncil Lauds Longer School School Board Names Committee to Recommend New Superintendent Adopts Resolution Presented by Director Laramy Which Proposes Election of District School Head to Succeed William II. Weiss Whose Term Expires in July Whereas, It is desirable to that end to have the benefit of the advice and Two Bethlehem Teachers Resign; Another Named Mrs. Elizabeth Keating Everett Appointed to Edgeboro School Resignations of two members of the teaching staff of the Bethlehem public school district were accepted and another teacher was authorized to be employed temporarily on recommendation of the administrative commute at the monthly board meeting Monday night. Mra. Kaihleen Holden Howland tendered her resignation ax a substitute dental hygienist, effective March 3.

and Mrs. Anna Byrne Smith, a teacher in the Fairview school, re-aipned. effective March 9. Mrs Elizabeth Keating Everett was elected a temporary professional employe at the rate of $1,500 per year, service to beam as of March 10. She was assigned to teach the second grade at the Edgeboro school.

Other recommendations of the committee approved by the directors were: That Edward J. Dwycr sponsored by the Fountain Hill school district, be admitted as a tuition pupil to the technical high school In accordance with the rules and rates as fixed by the board. That the quadrennial convention of Khool directors or the school district of Bethlehem be held Tuesday. April 14. at 8 p.

A course In first aid to be offered under the national defense program for a period of 12 weeks, eight hours per week, with compensation for Instructor at the rate of $1.50 per hour. The director of vocational education be autoorlzed to call to service a properly certified first aid teacher. rresent at "Dillinxer Night" at the Bethlehem Forest, No. 61, Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Monday night when the Sldonlan degree was conferred by the Royal Rangers upon the "Harry L. Dillinger Class" are pictured above: Seated, Edward Grote.

senior deputy grand Tall Cedar; Edward R. IiOiig. grand Tall Cedar, and Harry J. Miller, Junior deputy grand Tall Cedar. Standing, Thomas Weir, chaplain; Lewis Schnable, captain of the Royal Rangers; Frank Bilhelmer, scribe and Claude M.

Stauffer, Forest band leader. Dr. C. C. Williams, president of Lehigh university; Dr.

Willinm N. Schwarze. president of Moravian college; Directors George B. Curtis and Hobert E. Laramy and Don S.

Sawyer, president, Monilay night at the meeting of the Bethlehem school board were named a committee to make report and recommendations to the board on or before April 14 for the appointment of a new superintendent of schools. The action was taken following the presentation of the following resolution by Mr, Iramy: Whereas, The election of a district superintendent of schools for this district is fixed by law to be held on Tuesday, April 14, 1942, for the term of four years from the first Monday of July, next following such election, and Whereas, The term of William H. Weiss, the present district superintendent of our schools, expires with the sixth day of July, 1942, and Whereas, In the opinion of this board, it is desirable In the public Interest to elect a new district superintendent and to that end to make a preliminary study and be Informed of the qualifications and eligibility of other possible candidates or nominees in order that we may vote with care and understanding, and Soldier Transferred PVT. ANDREW DANISH JR. Son of Andrew Danish Bethlehem, who has been transferred from Fort Eustice.

to Camp Davis, North Carolina. Bethlehem Steel Payroll Higher At Least 7,000 Employes to Be Added This Year, Company Bulletin Says The Bethlehem Steel now hir ing men at the rate of 75 a day will increase its payroll during 1942 by at least 7,000 employes lt was learned Monday. This Increase In personnel will equal the Increase of approximately 7,000 men achieved during the last year. The bulk: of the new employes will be hired to man the armor plate plant now under construction which will be set In operation by July. Sixty per cent of the new help Is expected to be drawn from the radius of 10 to 15 miles from Bethlehem where the bulk of the 1941 Increase came from.

The balance will be Individuals attracted to the steel plant by the war boom. Management expects little difficulty in finding enough labor to meet the requirements of huge national defense contract being handled by the Bethlehem Steel Co. Housing shortages In Bethlehem will become more acute as the war progresses, for men, unable to purchase tires, will seek to find housing in the city. Work trains are being arranged to help those employes living In the Lehigh Valley. Employes living outside the valley will almost be forced to locate In the city.

To meet some of this need, it was pointed out that 35 jer cent of the South Terrace and 40 per cent of the trailer colony was vacant. Then too a Federal housing project of more than 200 homes will soon get under way in the Pembroke section. Episcopal YPF to Hear Former Advisor Sunday Rev. Charles Allen of Hartford, will speak Sunday at the meeting of the Young People's Fellowship of the Pro-Cathedral Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem. A former advisor to the group, Rev.

Allen will be met at 4 p. m. by a motor caravan at the Allcntown-Ucthlehem airport. He was ordained into the priesthood of. the Episcopal church in Nativity on Dec.

21, 1938, by the Rt. Rev. Frank W. Sterrett, bishop of the Bethlehem diocese. Prior to assuming his duties at Nativity as assistant minister In September of 1938, Rev.

Allen was ordained to the Peaconate by the Rt. Rev. Francis M. Taltt. bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, In Phlladel i phia.

in June, 1938 of the CONCERT WORLD Including Federal Tax Defense Efforts Of Boy Scouts 71 Scouts Assigned as Mes sengers to 15 Casualty Stations in Area The response of Boy Scouts In Beth lehem to the needs of the civilian defense committee was lauded by the executive board of the Bethlehem Boy Scout council at a meeting Monday night in the Bethlehem club. F. J. Weidner of the Health and Safety committee, reported that the enrollment of the emergency service training course had reached 74. He called the board's attention to the fact that 71 scouts had already been assigned as messengers to the 15 casualty stations in Bethlehem and Fountain Hill and that 16 more were being recruited.

This would provide three acouu for each station and an additional reserve of three he said. He empha sized the fact that the assignment of scouts to any civilian defense Joba must be cleared through Scout head-quarters. John I. Klrkpatrlck in giving the report for the organization and extension committee called attention to the fact that the 1942 objective of 200 Cubs had already been surpasesd with a total on Feb. 28 of 234 Cubs in the council.

Mr. Day reported for the camplnu and activities committee. He stated that to date the scouts had collected more than 200.000 pounds of waste- paper for defense. 73 per cent of the troops in the council collecting the paper. He announced that plans had been made to open camp Minsi ior a five-week period.

Mr. Klein announced that the lead ership training committee's objective for thi year 1942 included the offering of 17 tax training courses. Of these three have already been com pleted, one is in session, six have been arranged and tentative dates set, and seven others are still in the process of planning. The scoutmasters training course which was completed on March 7 re sulted in the issuance of 14 course certificates and five advanced cer-, tiflcates, he said. Among the courses projected in the near future are: ElemenU of Explorer scouting on March 28, den chief's training course to begin either April 8 or IS, patrol leaders' camping course to begin the middle of April, and a standard first aid course for scouts assigned to casualty stations to begin the latter part of March.

Dr. Loyal A. Shoudy. president, an nounced the following committee chairmen: Finance, Elmer Mack; camping activities, Asa L. Day; leadership training, Charles A.

Klein; organization and extension, John I. Kirkpatrlck; health and safety, Frank J. Weidner; advancement. R. W.

Greene: senior scouting. Paul R. Calvert; public relations, Paul J. Ganey; reading, Merrltt W. Brown.

Present were Dr. Shoudy, R. W. Greene. C.

A. Bever, Asa L. Day, R. H. White, Paul J.

Ganey, Elmer L. Mack. Herman E. Hauke, J. J.

Mc-Namara. Frank J. Weidner. Paul D. Bell, John I.

Kirkpatrlck, Joha Bartos, Paul R. Calvert. Charles A. Klein, J. Jay Wilcox, Norman M.

Schlcgel. Spring Fashion Show By Junior Woman's Club of Nazareth With a large attendance from Nazareth and surrounding towns, the annual spring fashion show of the Nazareth Junior Woman's club was held Monday night in Odd Fellows hall. The clothes modeled were furnished by an Easton merchant. The committee In charge was: Mrs. Ray Douglass, chairman; Mrs.

George Reich-ard. Mrs. Elvln Relmer, Mrs. Kenneth Stull. Mrs.

Frank Toth, Mrs. Kenneth Shankweiler, Mrs. Paul Hunter. Mrs. Ernest Hawk.

Martha Muschlitz. Mrs. Myron Weaver, Mrs. William Kerkhelsrr, Henrietta Werner. Mrs.

Melvtn Werner. Mrs. George Wilkinson. Mrs. J.

Versage and Mrs. Dallas Weichel. Models were Mrs. Florence Miller, Esther Repsher, Jean Neel, Mary Jane Neel, Virginia Versage, Doris Jenkins, Mrs. Gertrude Brong, Dorothy Dan-forth, Mrs.

George Dech. Mrs. Paul Hunter. Mrs. Alice Young, Janette Barie, Mrs.

Marion Steckel. 0 of A Past Presidents Have St. Patrick's Party The Past Presidents Assn. of the P. O.

of A. Monday night in Eagle hall. Nazareth, presented a St. Patrick's Day program in charge of Mrs. Hazel Getz, vice president, and Mrs.

Stella Dech. Mis. Beatrice Price, president, who has been a patient in St. Luke's hospital, expects to resume her duties in the near future. Hostesses were Mrs.

Madeline Heard, Mrs. Florence Rundle. Mrs. Mary Kil-patrick. BE PREPARED Phone 6-1941 Beth.

EST. or MAHLOll RITTER Highest Quality Coal FOUNTAIN HILL: Robert Hlp- penstlel. 1128 Russel Ave. Phone 7-3127. EAST BANGOR: Cella Woodley.

Central Ave. Phone Bangor 450. NAZARETH: Paul Schultz, 421 Union St. Phone 546-J or 230-W. PEN ARGYL: Paul May, 209 Harding Ave.

Phone 191-W. WILSON BOROUGH: Frank Breiner. 1530 Lehigh St Phone 2-1801. WIND GAP: Mrs. William T.

Jones Broadway. Phone Pen Argyl 196-R. Day Is Proposed By Supt. Weiss Rethlchcm School Head UfffCS 1CIIUUIUH OUimu iiluu urs District Adopt Six-hour Program That there may be no further de lay In preparing properly and ade quately lor the iuture under tne present war-time conditions, Superintendent of Schools William H. Weiss on Monday night recommended to the Bethlehem school board that tne length of the school day be Increased.

The plan proposed would be to set up a six-hour day with two-minute recesses for grades one to six, with grades one to three following tne procedure of dismissing 15 minutes earlier than grades four to six. He advocated no change lor voca tional training since that schedule now covers 24 hours a day. All other junior and senior htgn schools, according to the proposal, would add another 45-minute period to the length of their school day so that there would be eight 45-mlnute recitation periods Instead of the pres ent seven periods. It Is a well known fact that par ents prefer to have their children In school during the major portion of the day." he said. "Under the so called war time, school children are not In school the major portion of the afternoon.

The superintendent also suggested advancing the opening of school from 8:30 to 9 a. m. from October to April. Unless this Is done, he said, the bill for llBhtintr school property win De materially Increased. "Under wartime conditions the Lib ertv Hieh school closes at 1:45 p.

m. sun time, and tne grade ecnoois ana junior high schools not later than 2:45 n. sun time." he said. The recommendations were rcicrrco. to the administrative committee on a motion of Directors Curtis and Lynn.

Chest Leaders Are Announced Campaign in Bethlehem Will Get Under Way April 17 and End April 27 Walter R. Okeson and Atty. R. S. Taylor chairmen, Monday announced the leaders of the solicitation organizations in the manufacturing and trade divisions of the 1942 Beth- lehem Community Chest campaign for $135,174.

Okeson said the manufacturing di vision which compares with the Industrial division of other campaigns will comprise the following sub-divisions and chairmen: Bethlehem Steel Co. Executives and management, Francis Dykes; textiles and clothing, R. K. Laros; meiais, Clayton W. Bernhardt; printing and publishing.

Frank O. Hocb; and other, Clifton E. Mowrer. The trade division, headed oy Mr. Taylor, will comprise the following sub-divisions and Jobbers.

Walter Schrempel; stores. Royce F. Bush with these assistants, general. Joseph Leisner; chain, Mayor Robert Preifle, and out-or-ciiy, Mayor Pfelfle; banking and brokerage, R. S.

Taylor auto and accessories, Lee MacLellan; Insurance and real estate, Langdon Dow; miscellaneous. Elmer Mack. The two divisions will begin active preparations soon In arranging details of their plan of solicitation for the camDftien. April 17-27. It Is hoped that all employes of firms classified under the two divisions win be given full opportunity at their places of em-nlovment to subscribe to the Chest.

Five other major divisions nave oeen set up by the campaign committee of the Community Chest. Dr. Harold Thomas, chairman, to cover all pros- nectlve donors in the chest area, un der the direction of E. F. VanBilllard, acting executive secretary of the chest, and Harry Woods, who is assisting Mr VanBilllard in arrangements for the campaign, pledge cards are now being nrenared.

Mayor Robert Pfelfle Is the general chairman: Francis Dykes, co-chair- man and Rev. M. M. Moore, vice chair man. Public Assistance Cases Show Decline George Shufflehotham, executive di rector of the Northampton county board of nubile assistance, reported new case low for the four week: period ending Feb.

9. This drop is believed to have been occasioned by a cnange in policy of the board, and also by the WPA and by private employment. Seventeen cases were taxen irom the record by the WPA, and four cases bv nrivate employment. Applications nave also aecreasea ior rh. nortnri Art rimer Mnrrn ins an- plications for that period totaled 168 while, the annllcations for the period ending Feb.

0 totaled 183. The board also discussed personnel problems, which were caused by resig nations and other changes In the start at the present time. Several lndi vldual cases which were called to the attention of the board were studied Present at the meeting were Henry A. Miller, Northampton, chairman Arthur Stoddart, Bangor; William Qano. Nazareth; Rev.

Merrill Moore, Bethlehem: John Field Oldt, Easton, and Catherine McGrath, Easton. Bethlehem Personals Mr. and Mrs. Shellman B. Brown, Easton, and their daughter-in-law Mrs.

Harmon Brown. Bethlehem, re turned Saturday from Del-Ray, Fla. where they spent two weeks. J. H.

Best. 1428 Chelsea Mrs Wallace H. Fry. 428 W. Union Blvd.

today are observing their birthday anniversaries. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grubb on Monday observed their third wedding anniversary. Graduate of state col lege and a former resident of Bangor, Mr.

Grubb Is a member of the Globe Times start. Marlene Fry, 616 Sioux Ronald F. Maura, 1922 Easton Joyce Fulmer, 818 Washington Monday observed their birthday anniversaries, A son was born to Mr. and Mrs Emil Soldieritz, 224 New Walnut port, on Sunday at 1:45 a. m.

at the Sacred Heart hospital, and at the same institution daughters were wel corned by Mr. and Mrs. Harry Winch. 1641 Easton Bethlehem, at 4:50 a. and Mr.

and Mrs. Francis Solvoy, 1148 E. 4th Bethlehem, at 8:09 a. m. Bethlehem School Board Seeks Apportionment of Lower Saucon Assets Solicitor Herbert J.

Hartzog of the Bethlehem school district was in st rue ted by the board of directors at Monday night's monthly meeting to take whatever steps are necessary to bring about an apiwrtlonment of the assets of the Lower Saucon township school district to the school district of Bethlehem, by virtue of the an nexation of a portion of the township to the city of Bethlehem. This action was an recommendation of the finance committee, Robert E. Laramy, chairman. Refunds for duplicate payment of taxes upon recommendation of Tax Collector Earle E. Schaeffer, were authorized to the following: Mrs.

Rose Scruga. 1233 Otis place; Mrs. Tillle Clauss. 402 Prospect Ave Fred Relnhard, 328 Spring Joseph Moracco, 603 W. 4th John F.

Kurtz. 431 W. Union and W. E. Erney, 706 Fiot Ave.

The board directed that $000 the second half of the annual approprla tion to the Lehigh Valley Child Guid ance clinic, be paid. The payroll for the national defense school, for the period from Feb. 1 to Feb. 28, was directed to be paid in the amount of $3,828, when funds are available. Lehigh and Moravian Musical Groups Meet Jointly March 2 "Listen and "Tone," musical or ganizations of Moravian college for Women and Lehigh university, will hold a joint meeting on Tuesday eve ning, March 24 at Moravian college, Louise Ruisz Otto, contralto, will be the guest artist.

Following the meeting, dancing will be held in the recreation room and refreshments will be served. Mary Elizabeth Birk is general chair man of the four committees which were appointed by Arlene Kruse, president of the Moravian organization. Committee members are Oeraldine Borneman, Elizabeth Butterfleld, Bud dy Serstein and Jean Kemmerle, danc ing; Edith Hower, Marie Heklmlftn Alice Joyce, Ann Kline and Betty Sweitzer, decorations; Jean Edwards, Jacqueline Haas, Audrey Kline, Jean Morgan and Maxine Sortwell. refre.h ment; Doreen Coburn, Joyce Gilbert and Janet Outten, reception. Bethlehem Police Probe Truck, Store Robberies A considerable amount of Easter eggs were stolen from a truck owned by the Lehigh Candy Allentown, while the vehicle was parked on Brodhead Bethlehem.

The report of the theft was made to the police by Warren Zingler, of 1737 10th Allentown, driver of the truck. Entrance to the machine was forced while the driver was making a delivery to a nearby store. Police were also investigating a robbery at the store conducted by Andrew Argerlnos, 831 E. 4th Entrance was gained by breaking a window in a side door. Eight cartons of cigarettes, a box of cigars and a dozen fountain pens were stolen.

Judge Barthold to Speak At Lenten Service Today Judge William O. Barthold. of the Northampton county courts, will address the noonday services of the First Evangelical Reformed church, Easton, today. These services are conducted by the Trotestant churches of Easton and the following services clubs of the Rotary, Business and Professional woman's club, Lions, Monarchs and the Kiwanis. Judge Barthold has taught a young men's class and served as a leading churchman in Bethlehem for many years.

guidance of trained and disinterested educators, now, Uiercfore, be lt Resolved, That the president of this board be and la hereby authorized and directed to appoint a special com mittee on eligibility and qualifications of candidates or nominees for district superintendent, the committee to con sist of the president and two other members of this board, together with Dr. C. C. Williams, president of Le high university, and Dr. William Schwarze, president of Moravian college, as advisory members of the com mittee; the committee to make report and recommendations to the board on or before April 14, 1942.

The resolution was adopted by the following vote: Directors W. W. Lynn, George B. Curtis, R. E.

Laramy, Charles F. Corbeau, William Sheridan, George Suto and President Sawyer. Dr. F. F.

Bruch voted nay and Fran cis W. Bucchin who was present at the early stage of the meeting had left for another parley when the vote was taken. Mr. Curtis is registrar and university editor at Lehigh. The complexion of the committee Includes four Le- high men, as Laramy and Sawyer are both graduates of that Institution.

Concert Assn. Launches Drive For Members Campaign in Bethlehem Will Conclude Monday Night The Bethlehem Community Concert Assn. opened its fifth annual member snip campaign Monday night with a dinner meeting at the Hotel Bethle hem. The campaign ends Saturday. The association which annually pre Kent- nntctanHinir aiHct- in (k.

rnv cert world attained a membership of iiwi wmii lit lanv jem campaign and lt Is expected that this year's membership will considerably be increased. Ernest Edwards, president of the as sociation, presided at the dinner meet lng, unique In Its menu with each course dedicated to some nationally known artist. President Edwards Introduced the following secretaries and committee cnairmen, each or whom spoke briefly: Mrs. Thomas Rittcr, campaign secre tary; Mrs. John Wynne, publicity chairman: Mrs.

Malcolm Metzger, membership chairman: Mrs. Preston Barthol, co-chairman of membership; Pauline Detterer, dinner Claire Bilhetmer, assistant; David Randall, state manager of concerts, and Joseph Ricaplto. service clubs chairman. Eastman Boomer of New York City, campaign director, stressed the point of music being a moral builder in times of stress, with an Increased in terest in music courses evident through the warring world. Give Tax Reports To School Board Attendance Officer and Medi cal Examiner Also Give Statement of Work Property tax collections on the cur rent tax duplicate amount to $853, 917.54.

with but $72,212.49 yet to be collected. Secretary Clifford F. Frey Monday night reported to the Beth lehem school board. Per capita collections to date the 1941 duplicate remains to be col- lectpri he rennrtivi Mr. Frey also reported the Feb- ruarv navroll at $68,099.47.

Treasurer Charles Derocco reported collections during February of $35 654.01 and disbursements of with a balance on hand on Feb. 28 of $984,342.54. E. M. Zlegenfuss, attendance off leer, reported a total of 264 visits during February, with four children found not attending school, two taken be fore the court and two committed to White Hill Industrial school.

He also reported Issuing 38 general employ ment certificates Dr. Frank Biro, chief medical inspector, reported making 556 medical examinations and finding 399 pupils normal. Dental examinations num- lered 1,164 Homeroom Officers "Wiimftft hv Tunirtr HJnrfi tiu.wvu tjj Results of elections of second semester homeroom officers conducted by the Nazareth Junior High school during the past week follow: Iloom 9-1 Forrest Noll, president: Jane Bunn, secretary; Shirley Fortuin, treasurer; 9-2 Mary Tanzos, presl dent; Richard Keppel, secretary; Catherine Oum, treasurer; 9-3 David Kromer, president; Althea Miller, secretary; Rose Todaro, treas urer. Room 9-4 Naomi Kreldler, presl dent; Marion Oaumer, secretary; Harold Ruth, treasurer; 9-0 Eunic Rudge, president; Michael Bucchl, secretary; Fae Clark, treasurer; 9-6 John Kositz, president; Pauline Fleg-ler, secretary; Margaret Edleman, treasurer. Room 9-7 Viola Hahn.

president; Peter Doncllo, secretary; Ralph Miller, treasurer; 8-1 June Starr, president; Willour Smith, secretary; Mary Ncel, treasurer; 8-2 Qeorge Way, presl dent; Gordon Arnold, secretary; Doris Weiss, treasurer: 8-3 Pauline Wunderly, president; Richard Hawk secretary; George Stewart, treasurer. Room 7-1 Wallace Frey, president; Catherine Fortuin, secretary; Clara Redllne. treasurer; Lee Fritz, monitor; 7-2 William Lltzenberger, president; Ann Woodward, secretary; Anna Mae Carty. treasurer; 7-3 Reuben Heller, president; Lorraine Sprague, secre tary; Joseph Polanskl Parent-Teachers to Meet The Washington Township Parent Teachers Assn. will hold its monthly meeting at the school at 7:30 p.

m. Wednesday. The guest speaker will be R. N. Taylor, Hellertown.

assistant county superintendent of schools. A skit will be presented by the Richmond branch 1 Joseph Kuruc and Willis Weidner I be called by the director of vocational education to service to teach machine hop practice under the national de-fen program, when properly certified, at the rate of $2 per hour. Principals, rupervisors and training teachers may attend schoolmen's week one day at their own expense. Contracts for annual general supplies of the first and second classes were awarded as follows: Herbert Paul. $7,325.36: Lehigh Stationery Neidlich Process.

Royal Typewriter $204 12; Paramount Business Service, $RB4 95. and J. L. Hammett $36879. Wool Growers Meet March 17 Field Demonstration Will Be Held at Willow Brook I Farms, Catasauqua Plans for the annual meeting of the Northampton County Sheep and Wool Growers on Tuesday March 17, have been announced by C.

D. Way, president of the association. The pro-pram has been arranged In cooperation with County Agent B. L. Coleman, and includes a field demonstration at 10 a.

m. at Willow Brook farms, near Catasauqua, where an extensive livestock program Is to follow. This Includes a flock of Hampshire aheep. 175 head of feeder steers, and a dairy herd of 100 purebread Guernseys. Following the inspection of the livestock.

C. A. Burge, meat specialist, will demonstrate home slaughtering of lambs. This is scheduled for 11 a. m.

At noon, dinner will be served at the Howertown Union church. The afternoon program will Include a business meeting and demonstration of meat cutting by Mr. Burge. A meat canning demonstration by F. Marguerite Erikson.

and a talk on "The Wool and Livestock Outlook for 1942" by B. W. Connell of the Pennsylvania State college, will be given In the afternoon. Sheep and wool growers, as well as producers of other livestock, and their wives have been invited to attend this field day and demonstration meeting. Dean Hassler Named To Defense Council Conrratu'ating residents of Bethlehem for their large attendance In instruction courses in air raid precautions, healtn, fire and other divisions necessary In civilian defense and unnng for a more specific training ehedule for defense schools, Dean Ror Hauler of Moravian college as aliened to an advisory and con ultant slat, is In defence schools In the Bethlehem area.

Lt. Col. W. R. Coyie.

local defense council chairman, announced Monday. IOOF Leader Dies Tn yesterday's Morning Call story of the death of Oscar R'" frrsnd treasurer of the Grand Encampment of Pennsylvania Order Odd Fellows, who died on Sunday, a picture another IOOP offiflal waf inadvertently substituted lor Mr Bests. The picture thai ran yesterday wa of C. Aaron. Mr.

Best, who ritri hn natinnf at St. Luke's hos- r-itkl Tor me weeks.awfii was a nromlnent OSCAR II. BEST businessman, fratemallst and church member. Col. Fay W.

Brabson Assigned to Lehigh As Military Instructor Announcement was made at Lehigh university yesterday of the appointment of Col. Fay W. Brabson as head of the Department of Military Science and Tactics as successor to Col. Joseph S. Leonard, who has been In charge since 1937.

Col. Leonard will leave on Thursday to assume command of an Army regiment in New England. Col. Brabson, 62. is assigned to Lehigh from Camp Barkley, Texas.

He was an officer In the World War I and is the holder of the Distinguished wv sv-w Prior to the war he received his de gree of A. B. at tne university oi Tennessee and his M. A. at vannernuc university and later attended the Army War college In Washington.

Colonel Brabson is married ana the father of two daughters ana a son. Arrest Man for Gambling; Seize Pin Ball Machine Bethlehem police Monday were busy rounding up gamblers and gambling devices, one man was arrested for "numbers writing" activities and several pin ball machines were confiscated. Robert Rowlett. a Negro or 28 W. 3rd is at liberty on $300 bail pending a hearing Wednesday.

He was arrested by Motorcycle onicer Ralph Fleming shortly before noon Monday on a charge of writing num bers In an E. 3rd St. estaDiisnment. Captain E. J.

Brogan and sergeant Charles Walker confiscated a pin ball machine In a restaurant on, N. Main St. The machine, the, police say, was paying off In "free games." Earlier in me aay tne same oni- cers seized two other machines, one in a store on the South Side, and the other In a N. Main St. taproom.

Faculty Cage Teams Meet Wednesday Night The Bangor High school faculty basketball team Wednesday night meets the Bethlehem Teachers on the Bangor High school floor in the second benent gams for the Red Cross. a winner In eight out or nine games, seven of which were with other faculty clubs, the Maroon and White believe that they will be forced to muster all their strength to turn back the Bethlehem teachers. A preliminary at 7 n. m. will bring together the Senior and Junior girls class for the championship of the school This is the first girls game to be waged in puoiic ior many years, since basketball for girls was abandoned in 1939.

Junior Woman's Club Meets at Pen Argyl Dorothy Hill presided at the meet ing of the Junior Woman's club, Pen Argyl, Monday nignt in tne I'en Argyi National Bank building. A twirling exhibition was given by Maiieta Par sons And Arlene Bonney of the Ten Argyl High school band. Announcement was made of the Northampton county federation meeting Thursday at Forks Valley tavern, Easton. An invitation was accepted to be guests of the Bangor Junior Woman's club on March iff. nana were dis cussed for the annual mother and daughter banquet to be held May 8th at a place to bo announced later.

Northampton United Social Groups Meet Wednesday General discussions will be held at the regular monthly meeting of the Northampton United Social Organizations, of Monroe and Northampton counties at 8 p. Wednesday in the auditorium of the safety First Volunteer Fire 307 6th West Easton. The banquet committee for the fifth annual banquet will meet, in the same rooms to complete plans' for the location and the date of the coming affair, which will be held In either Bethlehem or Easton. and is expected to be attended by well over 500 people. Members of the committee are: John I.

Resile, Bethlehem, chairman; Oeorge C. Dinkel, Easton, secretary, and Leon L. Long, Easton. treasurer. Chairman of the other committees are: William O.

schmell, Easton. tickets; William L. Metzgar. Easton, entertainment; George Dinkel. Easton, program; Leon L.

Long, Easton, seating and reception; and Joseph Petanovich, Hellertown, music. These men will be assisted by Wesley P. Zard. Bethlehem: Robert S. Frable, Northampton; Albert Raines, Pen Argyl; Edward C.

Knob, fitrouds-burg, and William Mostow Easton. SIX CHILDREN BAPTIZED BY KIIV. A. J. SCIIANKEL Six children were baptized Sunday afternoon by Rev.

A. J. Schankel, pastor of the Salem Evangelical church, at a family gathering at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William L.

Menhennltt, 24 Miller Bangor. The children were Lois Marie and Shirley Jean, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Menhennitt; Thomas James, son of Mr.

and Mrs. James E. Menhennltt, Musslnger Bangor, and Phyllis Ann, Lois Jean, and Carole Lee, daughters of Mr. and Mrs, Doug William Rodda To Be Ordained Ceremony Will Be Performed Sunday in Calvary Methodist Church, Phila. William Rodda.

455 Carlton BethlchemT will be ordained to the Methodist ministry, at 2 p. m. Sunday in Calvary church. Philadelphia, during the annual meeting of the Philadelphia conference which opens on Thursday morning. A student in Drew Theological of the Richmond Methodist church, seminary, Madison, N.J., and pastor Rodda is a member of the Fritz Memorial Methodist congregation of Beth lehem, a church built In memory of tlie great irgn-inasler, John Frit.

Delegates from that congregation will be the Rev. William H. Robinson, pastor and Mrs. Robinson, and Mrs. Lloyd Krlcdler.

Wesley congregation will be repre sented by Rev. T. R. Jeffrey, pastor and Harold O. Hill.

Pembroke Village Tract Purchased By School District The Bethlehem School board Monday night, on the recommendation of William Sheridan, chairman of the property committee, accepted the offer of the Pembroke Sales Corp. to fell to the district for $5,100 a tract of land in Pembroke Village. This is where the TJ. S. Housing Authority will construct 28 buildings comprising approximately 202 dwelling units, the contract for which was recently awarded by the Bethlehem Housing Authority and which is now awaiting the OK of the Federal authorities.

The property Includes the center line of each of the following streets: Gresham, Renwlck. Englewood, Fleming and Michael Sts. Secretary C. F. Frey was authorized and directed to offer $1,700 to R.

F. Wamke and wife for a tract of land at the N. E. corner of High and Fair view Sts. and $750 to Claude A.

Butz and wife for a tract at the N. W. cor ner of High and Fairview Sts. on be half of the district. The contract for resurfacing black boards was awarded to the Statler Re-facing Co.

at its bid of 13 cents per square foot. The salary of Cornelius Hassen fireman at the Technical High school was increased from $120 to $125 per month. Rev. Carl Sipple Speaks To Nazareth Rotarians Rev. Carl Sipple of Allentown, who recently returned from Japan, was the guest speaker Monday night at the meeting of the Nazareth Rotary club in the Y.M.C.A.

He discussed the conditions existing in that country during the lime that he was engaged there in a missionary capacity. At the meeting on next Monday night, March 16. directors will be nominated. The parley was in charge of Harry Roth, president. B.

t-oie man, Huston, was a guest. Nurse Becomes Bride Of Lehigh Student Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wenninger, Schank Pen Argyl, announce the marriage of their daughter, Betty, a nurse at St. Luke's hospital, Bethlehem, to Lowell Ollphant, sou of Mr, and Mrs.

Roy Ollphant, Cleveland. The wedding took place Feb. 14. at the Lehigh university chapel, Bethle hem. Mrs.

Oliphant is a graduate of the Pen Argyl High school. Class of 1938, and of St. Lukes School of Nursing, Class of 1941. Mr. Oliphant is a graduate of East Cleveland High school and will grad uute from Lehigh tills year.

Defense Instruction For Auxiliary Firemen George Keck, head pump man of the Easton Fire will speak tonight at the weekly meeting of the school of instruction for auxiliary firemen under the civilian defense program at the Central Fire station, municipal building, Bangor. Mr. Keck will speak on the proper use of pumps and hose in case of local bombings. Monday night the special ladder squad of the Bangor fire department, Its personnel rom prised of members from each of the volunteer companies of Bangor, held a drill at the plant of the Bangor Mills under the direction of Fire Chief Herbert Schoch. Dual Birthday Tarty Mr.

and Mrs. Alex Saras, Northampton Bath, entertained at a dinner in honor of the birthday anniversaries of Vera Saras and Roy James. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Hartman, Mr.

and Mrs. Samuel Op-linger and daughter Alverta and Dorothy of Moorestown, Charles Edclman. Margaret Edclman and Mrs. Annie Transue, Edelmans; Roy James, Richard and Vera Saras, and Mr. and Mrs.

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