The Home News August 29

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Camp Cake in Nazareth celebrated their grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony last week.

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AUGUST 29-SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

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Wind Gap native exemplifies ‘We Build, We Fight’ legacy of U.S. Navy Seabees

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4th Annual Spuds & Suds Brings crowds to Bath By KERI LINDENMUTH Bath’s largest festival returned to the borough on Saturday, August 24. Spuds & Suds drew thousands of “foodies” and concertgoers to Bath’s historic district. Crowds enjoyed food trucks and stands like Take a Taco, Polish Connection, Atomic Hogs BBQ, Joe’s Homemade Pierogis, Buttercups Bake Shoppe, and

Kona Ice. Local businesses Red Wolf Bar & Grille and (opening soon on Main Street) Mattie’s Strudel Haus also kept hungry festival goers satisfied. The popular beer garden and baked potato bar also returned this year. Music filled downtown and had hundreds on their feet with performances by School of Rock, Chasing Daylight, and Large

Flowerheads. Jimmy and the Parrots closed out the festival. For those who were up for the challenge, they could show off their strength in the Growler Challenge or show off their appetite in the first-annual mashed potato-eating contest. Yoga lovers got the chance to test their Continued on page 2

Emily Due By ALVIN PLEXICO, NAVY OFFICE OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH

“We Build, We Fight” has been the motto of the U. S. Navy’s Construction Force, known as

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Looking by Back Ed Pany A Cement Office Secretary

Mashed potato eating contest- photo by Gregory Morgan Photography

the “Seabees,” for more than 75 years. Constructionman Emily Due, a 2017 Pen Argyl High

High School in 1956. An excellent student, she was hired and trained to fill in for other secreRemember when our high taries during vacations, maternity schools offered courses in typing, and illness. shorthand, office machines and Continued on page 4 bookkeeping? Today, offices have been transformed by computers 78th Year, Issue No. 35 and modern technology. A numwww.homenewspa.com ber of years ago Kathy Unger, a friend and former secretary at the Penn Dixie Cement Company, wrote me a description of her position. Kathy graduated from Nazareth USPS 248-700


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