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Scouts Honored by Sen. Scavello
Looking by Back Ed Pany Class of 1931, Part 5 of 5
Senator Mario Scavello recently honored the three young men of Troop 33 in Bath at their Eagle Scout Court of Honor. Congratulations to Luke, Jared and Lukas.
North Hills development will Be paved, PennDOT rejects Howertown Road signal By KERI LINDENMUTH During the Allen Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, May 11, Township Engineer Stan Wojciechowski reported back on his meeting with Tim Tepes, builder behind Tepes Construction’s North Hills development. He announced that
Tepes has agreed to complete the development’s final road pavings by summer. This announcement comes after a tense April meeting in which residents complained about the development’s weeds, vacant lots, and unfinished roadways. “I don’t think it is fair to the
people who are paying taxes to this township to not have a finished road in front of their house,” Supervisor Dale Hassler said at the time. Construction has been paused in the development since 2019. Continued on page 4
In this concluding column, Mr. Larry Oberly and this writer are still reading the 1931 Northampton High School Amptennian. The book’s theme was Japanese literature. The high school welcomed a visiting Japanese professor in 1929. His presence had a positive influence on the administration, faculty and students. Dr. George Eichler, superintendent and World War I veteran, had this message in the yearbook. He writes, “The Class of 1931 has done well in selecting Japanese literature as the theme of their Amptennian. Japan is called by its people Nippon, which means the Land of Rising Sun, for Asia views the rising sun by looking in the direction of Japan. “The awakening of Japan followed the visit of our own Commodore Perry in 1853, one of the miracles of the nineteenth century. They absorbed the best of western civilization in a few decades it has placed itself among the greatest nations in the world. “Sincerely yours, G.A. Eichler.” In the next decade, dramatic changes occurred in Japan and the world. As old United States history teachers, we realize history is not static. There is always change.
Dr. George Eichler was the Superintendent of Northampton High School in 1931. Photo courtesy of Larry Oberly.
In the 1930s, Japan would change from friend to foe. Their goal was domination of Asia. It needed natural resources for a war economy, so aggressive force was necessary. On a local note, in the late 1930s, the Atlas Portland Cement Company was demolishing its old plants No. 2 and No. 3. Former Atlas officials told me that much of the scrap iron and steel Continued on page 12
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