Penn Rose Quilt Guild Presents veterans with Patriotic quilts, Page 10
The Home News Your Local News
JUNE 20-26, 2024
50 cents
Lehigh Township welcomes New police officers
New police officers Collin Haupt (left) and Richard Houser Jr. (right) were given the oath of office by Judge Robert Hawke.
Allen Township Approves Firefighter Tax Page 6
Route 512 Bridge Replacement Page 6
The Home News
By LAURA KLOTZ The Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, June 11 began with the swearingin of two new officers for the township police department. Collin Haupt and Richard Houser Jr. are the first police academy graduates to have been sponsored by the township. Police Chief Scott Fogel introduced them to the board and those in attendance. Judge Robert Hawke administered the oath of office, and members of the new officers’ families were invited to step forward and Continued on page 5
Northampton School Board approves 1% Tax increase in final 2024-25 budget
By SAVANNAH BROWN The Northampton School Board met Monday, June 10 with a final budget presentation and discussion. To begin, Superintendent Joseph Kovalchik noted that the proposed final budget does not include any funds set aside for the potential Moore Elementary School renovations if the board decides to move forward with keeping Moore Elementary School open in the future. Kovalchik also noted that the technology position was removed from the budget, which will reduce district expenditures by $80,000. Then, Business Administrator
Craig Neiman provided some updates to the proposed budget since last month’s presentation, which included changes such as two special education teachers and a special education aide to be funded by ACCESS rather than coming out of the district’s pocket for a $300,000 increase in budgeted federal revenue, two social workers now also being funded by a state grant that will increase state revenue by $220,000 and moving technology devices to leases rather than purchasing them outright to reduce expenditures by $600,000. These changes to the budget Continued on page 3
Looking by Back Ed Pany The Milkman: Part 1 of 2
Today, when we need a quart or half-gallon of milk, we visit our local supermarket or convenience store. Many of our younger readers never saw a milkman deliver a quart of milk to their front door at 5 a.m. I recently received a call from someone who was asking me where the Northampton Sanitary Dairy was located. The dairy was located at 940 Washington Ave., Northampton, behind the home of John Simcoe, the founder of the dairy. I went back to 1940 and read Ray Wahl’s book, “The Town That Wants You.” Mr. Wahl was one of my teachers at Northampton Area High School. In 1940, he listed dairies and milk dealers. They were P.A. Bachman, George Csencsitz, Joseph Peters, Ray Hess, Howertown Dairy, John Knauss & Son, Joseph Lindenmoyer, Earl Moser, Northampton Sanitary Dairy, John Pail and Slyvanos Simmons. Milk dealers purchased their milk from local farmers or dairies and bottled the milk in their own bottles. Slyvanos Simmons, a local milk dealer, resided on Dewey Avenue in Northampton. A large building on the property served as a stable for his horse named Adam and a wagon. Each day, rain or snow, they brought glass bottles of milk to their customers.
Mr. Simmons was thrilled when a new Ford truck replaced the horse and wagon. His son, Clinton, who graduated from Northampton High School in 1928, would follow him in the dairy business. While in high school, Clinton worked at the A.D. Borger store at the northwest corner of Ninth and Main Street in Northampton. When you entered the store, you were greeted by the sign, “Always at your service,” and a large pickle barrel. Walking to his Lincoln Avenue home, he saw the owner of the Northampton Sanitary Continued on page 3
83rd Year, Issue No. 25 www.homenewspa.com
USPS 248-700
Advertise your • Business • Specials • Events On our Front Page Various Dates Available
610-923-0382