The Hershey Press 1914-12-03

              Fund This Year Goes Ahead of all
Previous Amounts and Assures
a Happy ' and Prosperous
Holiday in Hershey.
The New Terms
In Hershey . the Christmas Savings
Club is a growing success. In 1912
there ,were 200 members and they
saved $4,000'. In 1913 there -were
500 members and they saved ,$12,-
000. . .,; ' ' . ' •' •
This year there are over 7D0 mem-bers
and on , the 15th they will re-ceive
checks for more than $18,000.
It is a signal proof of the force_ of
saving. S, C. StecherJ treasurer of
the Hershey Trust Company, is de-lighted
with, the showing. There is
nothing in this section to equal it.
Even Hummelstown with a much
larger population has only 400 mem-bers
and $10,000 in its fund.
The new club will open the last
week in December—aad—f4ilL-particul=-
ars will be printed in the Pressr~The
plan will be improved and the con-vience
of the members will be served
by changing the payments to even
amounts. The fund not only makes
the member save but it draws good
interest and works for the owner.
Out of the Christmas idea has grown
some very healthy permanent sav-ings
accounts, and much of the $18,-
000 due this month will be kept in the
bank.
700 Members Get $18,000
in Their Christmas Savings
Shipping Cocoa to Europe
Hershey Chocolate Company Hand
, —ling-Important-Orders -
For the past two weeks the Her-shey
Chocolate Company has been
filling orders_ fpr cocoa received for
Enrjap_ean_sjripmerit. This week there
have been consignments daily. The
war has seriously interfered with the
cocoa industry in European countries
and they are turning to America for
their supply. Agents sought out
the Hershey Company as the one that
was best prepared to handle the busi-ness.
. •
At the same time the home demand
for the Hershey products is greater
than it has ever been.
School Fund Growing
Since September the Average Has
Been Higher Than Last Year
One of the happiest ideas in con-nection
with the M. S. Hershey Con-solidated
School is the savings fund
of the pupils. Each Monday morning
the pupils give their deposits to their
teachers who turn them over to the
principal Professor Keboch who tabu-lates
them and deposits them in the
Hershey Company where they draw
interest. The plan was started to in-culcate
practical lessons of thrift
among boys and girls, but it is doing
much more than that. It is making
them save money and the delightful
discovery in the whole experiment is
the pride they take in their funds.
They have bank books just as their
parents have and they value them
with peculiar satisfaction.
There are now 202 depositors and
since . the plan was begun they have
deposited $1,457.97. In the ten weeks
since the present session opened they
have , deposited $850,47, which is a
higher weekly average than during
the last year. Among; the most en-thusiastic
savors are the Italian chil-dren.
Teachers Institutes Meets
Interesting Session Hold in the Her-shey
Consolidated School
The Touchers' Institute hold a very
interesting mooting Tuesday evening
in the M. S. Horshoy Consolidated
Public School Building. In spite of
the inclemency of tho weather eigh-teen
members wore present. ,
Professor F. D. Keboch presided
and Miss Horshoy was secretary. Mr.
Koboch made an address which start-ed
tho proceedings happily and Miss
Blanche Wlngort sang a solo very
beautifully.
Echoes of tho Institute was tho
progra m of tho evening and it con-sisted
in personal recitals of tho im-pressions
tho members had brought
away from tho recent big mooting in
Hnrrisburg. It was all oxtromoly
interesting.
It was decided to tnko up tho study
and discussion of "Discipline of tho
School," by Morehouse, and this book
will bo tho bnslH of tho proceedings
for th e next mooting, which will bo
hold in January,
Thanks giving at Y. W. C. A
On Thanksgiving Day olovon girls
sail 'down to a family turlcoy dinner'
in tho cafeteria of tho Y. W. C. A,
Tho table was prettily docoratod and
tho foust was greatly onjoyod.
In the Remarkable Photo-Play of Quo
Vadis There is a Succession of
Scenes and Incidents That r
Keeps the Interest on Edge.
Big Thing For Hershey
• It is a fine thing that Manager
Heilman has succeeded in bringing to
Hershey that most remarkable of all
motion pictures, Quo Vadis. In ord-er
to appreciate this photo-play one
must dismiss ideas of the' usual pic-ture
and think of two and a half
hours of wonder moving and walking
in full life before you. So marVelous
is it that_you find yourself exclaiming
over it, as though the human beings
were speaking to you and the lions
were advancing upon you.
And it is far more than an enter-tainment.
It will teach young people
more history in the two hours than
they -could , learn from books in two
months. Not only is it the duty of
parents to attend but also should they
take their children with them. To
miss Quo Vadis is to let go an op-portunity.
The writer of these lines
paid a dollar to see this motion play
and he got the worth of his money.
The audience .on that occasion num-bered
over ^2,000. ' The success of the
play has been scored in every part of
the world and millions have witnessed
it. In Hershey you see for 10 and
20 cents precisely what the writer
and millions of others paid fifty cents
or a dollar to see. Manager Heilman
secured interesting literature to go.
with the performance and you should
read this arid so be prepared not only
to enjoy to the full a magnificent
.spectacle but to adequately under-stand
its historial importance. .
It will be on Saturday, December 5.
The matinee will be at 2.30 and the
evening performance at 8.15.
Over Two Hours of Wonder
at Hersh ey Central Theater
Male Chorus Fine Start
First Meeting Monday Evening Under
the Direction of Mr. Dubois
The Male Chorus was partially or-ganized
Monday night with the fol-lowing
men present: Messrs. L. P.
Emerick, E. J. Krause, "W. C. Brinker,
Charles Peiffer , Chance Phillips, John
Seitzinger, Edwin Schwenk, James
Brunner, Ralph Hartman, J. N. Smith,
H. W. Stine, Mr. "Williams 'and
Thomas Ingram.
"W. L. Dubois was leader with Mr.
Krause at the piano. Excellent ma-terial
was developed and there is no
doubt that the chorus will become one
of the institutions of Hershey. Mr.
Dubois said, "We got a very good
start on a few songs. It will be our
purpose' to sing music of a high class
so that there will be profit as well as
pleasure in belonging to the club."
The next meeting will be held Mon-day
evening in the same place—the
new room of the Hershey Men's Club.
It is expected that the attendance will
be double that of the first meeting.
All men who have voices should join
this chorus. . They will receive bene-fits
themselves while giving enjoy-ment
to others.
Hershey Store Full of Beauty
Never Was There Such an Array of
Attractive Holiday Goods
Tho Christmas season opened with
a rush at the Hershey Store last Sat-urday
and everybody was delighted
with tho now goods. Tho big Christ-mas
tree and tho hundreds of now
toys and holiday articles drew
crowds which have continued all the
week. • Tho free photograph for chil-dren
under six brought a hundred
youngsters and their parents to the
photograph gallery and tho results
were beyond expectations. This year
tho Horshoy Store has laid in a larger
and finer stock than over and it has
brought to Lebanon Valley all tho ad-vantages
of city shopping with rea-sonable
prices and the host qualities.
This groat establishment with its
28 departments covers tho whole field
of merchandise and its largo purchas-ing
power is a direct bono At to its
customers. Tho. rango of its trade
¦widens all tho time and many aro
coming to Hershey for thoir shopping.
Tho ndvlco is to shop onrly, so as to
got tho pick of tho now goods.
The Spot Dance Tonight
Tonight tho spot danco will bo giv-en
and it is expected to draw a largo
attendance. It is n unique affair and
nil aro invited. Tho admission la 15
cents for ladies and 20 cents for mon.
Earle y-Houser
John Enrloy, of Palmyra, and Miss
Katie Housor, of Grantvlllo, wore
unit ed in marriage at tho United
Brethren' parsonage, Hlghsplro,
Thanksgiving evening at .4 o'clock by
tho Rev. II. P. Rhond, Tho couplo
will reside at Palmyra,
Departme nt with Twenty Pup ils
Added to Hershey Industrial School
NEW BOYS ARE MAINLY FROM DAUPHIN, LANCASTER AND
LEBANON COUNTIES AND THEY ARRIVED THIS WEEK.
HANDSOME BUILDING WHICH IS NOW BEING COM-PLETED.
, ITS ATTRACTIVE FACILITIES. ¦
This week saw the installation of
the third unit of the great scheme of
the Hershey i ndustrial School. It
was an important event in the his-tory
of this community and of this
county but it was done so quietly
that few knew anything about it.
All that these few knew was that
18 orphans from Dauphin, Lancaster
and Lebanon counties had arrived
and that the new building was about
completed. But there is a story
back of. all this. The .orphans had
been selected.with great care. They
are all right physically; they have
sane mental ^equipments; their an-tecedents
are good; in short they are
the material for strong men and lead-ing
citizens. What they will receive
in the Hershey Industrial School is
the big chance to make the most of
themselves and they will be taken on
up through all the grades of educa-tion
until they find their best de-velopment.
So, it is very likely that
in the score of boys who came this
week are future governors, members
of Congress, bank presidents, million-aires
and successful men of their
times.
The new building of the school is
the old Ginrich farm house entirely-remodeled
and much enlarged. It
stands about a block away from the
main school building—which is the
birthplace of M. S. Hershey—and is
on the opposite side of the road. It
has two stories with 8 rooms, bath
and dormitory and it is about 60 feet
long and 35 feet wide. It is ideal in
its fixtures which include a thermos-tat
insuring uniform temperature,
a wonderful ventilation system and
the best of bathing arrangements.
Each boy has his enamel bed with
wool mattress and his personal equip-ment.
No millionaire has better
comforts. " ,
Growth of the School
While the new crowd received this
week is the third unit it is in reality
the second department. The de-partments
in operation are the khv
dergarten and the main school, and
the new unit will be the primary
school. The whole plan is being
built up on units of 20. The present
enrollment is: kindergarten, 20,; pri-mary,'
18, with 2 to be added soon , and
main school, 20. The present teach-ing
and managing staff consists of
14, with George Copenhaver in
charge. In the kindergarten the tots
are trained on a modified ,Froebel sys-tem;
In the next department they
are taught to make use of their hands
by stripit and clipit outfits with which
they make bridges, ladders, wheel-barrows
and all sorts of things out of
st^eel straps and wooden strips. When
they reach the main school they go
into actual mechanics and the quality
of their work is remarkable. For ex-ample,
the 20 boys of the upper school
sleep on very attractive quartered-oak
bedsteads which they made them-selves.
They have done unusually
excellent work during the year and
their crops, except the corn , have
been very productive .
In the near future thq new ma-chine
shops will bo constructed and
then there will bo modern dopart-
Cients for the following: foundry,
lacksmithing, woodworking, electric-ity,
tinsmithing and others.
Tho development of tho school is
proceeding splendidly but it is being
done quietly along safe lines and is
not being exploited. When visitors
come they . express their amazement
that such advanced work is being car-ried
on so quietly, but that is the pro-gram
and tho purpose—a perfect
homo school for healthy boys who
'will load tho righ t life and grow up
into strong, modest, useful mon. They
aro boys, too, with plenty of enthusi-asm,
and they make thoir school
problems real. You should see thoir
model store and loam how well it is
conducted!
Happy Thanksgiving
Tho boys had a happy Thanksgiv-ing
Day. Tlioy "attacked Turkey and
came out all over Greece," as one
boy put it.
There was no school work—tho
most concrete cause for, thanksgiving
by tho boys—and the day was spent
in games, hikes, rabbit hunting and
eating.
When evening came tho groat event
was on and thoy hud an entertain-ment
all to themselves. Tho boys did
very nicely. It was too bad thoy
could not have had It in Horshoy as
thoy did last year, but circumstances
prevented. The following program
was rendered : Song, "America "; n
Thanksgiving Hay Acrostic, by
twelve boys; selections on tho
"Firs t Thanksgiving Day," Ralph
Soudors, David Schaffner, Guy Web-er,
Edward MnuHnh', Konnoth Killinn,
Otho Scholfor, Robert Hagoy, Charles
Schoup, Stanley Troxoll and Carl
Smith ; "Gay Hallowe'en ," Clinton
! s
yon Zeigenhem; "Helping Mother,"
Frederick Taskey; "The Squirrel's
Arithmetic," Binom Bishop; "Oer the
River and Thro' the "Wood," Robert
Cadiz; Song, "Thanksgiving at
Grandpa's"; "A Bird With a Broken
Wing," Irvin Wagner; "This or
That," Edward Maulfair; Exercise,
"What We're Thankful For," Henry
Stump, Harold Souders and Carl
Smith; "The Kind of a Boy to Be,"
Harry Maulfair; Song, ''Turkey
Land"; "A Turkey's Soliloquy," Lewis
Kilhefer; "The First Thanksgiving,"
John Greif; Song, "Thanksgiving
Day, Heigh! Ho!"; "The Moo Cow
Moo," David Schaffner; "Old Wint-er,"
Russell Hagey; "The Cat's
Soliloquy," • Otho Scheifer; "Our
Pump," William Rogers; "A Friendly
House," Carl Smith; "When I Am a
Man ". Leonard Smith; "Who Gives
Us Our Thanksgiving Dinner?" Al-bright
Weber; a reading, '<The Story
of the Pilgrims," Guy Weber; "Moth-er
, Goose's Thanksgiving PartyU—
Mother Goose, Kenneth Killian; Man-in-
the-Moon, Leon Smith; Boy Blue,
Thomas Flanigan; Bo Peep, William
Wagner; Mistress Mary, . Robert
Cadiz; Mary, David Schaffner; Jack,
Frederick Laskey; Jill, Otho Scheifer;
Old Mother Hubbard, Irvin Wagner;
Simple Simon, Carl Smith; Singing
by the School.
Pupils Study in Library
Reference Books Available for Chil-dren
of Hershey Schools
Arrangements have been made at
the Hershey Free Public Library for
the pupils of the Consolidated Schools
to use the books of reference which
have not been available before be-cause
some of them are too heavy to
be taken from the Library. A table
in the Librarian's office has been set
aside for the children, and there they
may consult the dictionaries and en-cyclopedias,
thus gaining assistance
in the preparation of their lessons.
It is believed that this is a considera-ble
step forward in the effort to in-crease
the service of the Library and
the value of its books.
That the young folks appreciate
the Library's advantages is shown by
the record of exchanges for Novem-ber.
The number of juvenile books
taken out was 224, compared with
146 in October. Encouraging, too, is
the increase in reading of children's
books other than fiction. This was
77 in November, while in October the
number was 49.
Last month was the busiest since
the Library was started. In all, 763
volumes were exchanged, the daily
average reaching enarly 32. The Oc-tober
record was 724 exchanged, the
daily average not quite 27,- and the
Library was open three days longer
than in November.
As a result of the bulletin calling
attention to the more valuable books
and the Special Shelf on which these
•are displayed, tho non-fiction taken
out during tho month almost doubled,
the figures jumping from 24 to 47.
The addition of 48 new members
brought the total number of borrow-ers
to 098, all but 25 of whom are
participating. It was a record-breaking
month in every way.
Straight From Lancaster
Manager J. R. Kroidor , of the Hor-shoy
Transit Company, has made ar-rangements
with tho Conostoga Trac-tion
Company to tnko care of pic-nics
from Lancaster tho coming year
and run them in cars direct to Hor-shoy
without changfo , coming over
tho now lino from Elizabothtown to
Horshoy which will bo completed in
tho Spring.
Freight on the Trolleys
Owing to tho now stamp taxes all
freight oh tho Horshoy Transit linos
must' bo prepaid , The conductors
will furnish receipts and to every bill
ono cent must bo added for 'the rov-nuo
stamp. Tho law wont into
effect on tho 1st of December.
Fasnacht-Yort y
Daniel Pasnachl; of Campbolltown
and Miss Mabel Yorty of Hummels-town
wore married on Thanksgiving.
Tho bride has boon employed at tho
Horshoy Chocolate Company for a
number of years and has many
friends. Mr. Fnsrincht is also well
known at this place having boon con-nected
with tho Company hero until
last year, when ho removed to Lltlt/..
Thoy will reside in LiUtz.
Its Winter Activities ,Are on the Boom
and its Four Hundred and Fifty
. Members are Showing a Dispo-sition
to Take Part in the .
Events; Useful Agency
With 450 members and with a
modern equipment that spreads over
a large three story granite building
with an annex the Hershey Men's
Club is finding itself and is taking in
more interests and activities than in
any season in its history. One eve-ning
recently over one hundred mem-bers
were present at various meet-ings
in the different rooms, and every
evening there are . scores and the
game tables and apparatus are. in full
use. During the day the attendance
is small because. the men in Hershey
all work.
The juniors are doing better than
ever this year. For the present week
their program is:
Monday evening, Social Work, Al-len
Fiddler committee leader.
Tuesday evening, Scout Work, M.
S. May leader.
Wednesday evening, Electricity;
wireless telegraphy, Cyrus Garman
leader.
Thursday evening, Birds and Plant
Life, J. Adam Dellet leader.
Friday evening, Photography, Har-ry
Kader leaden In this work boys
take their own pictures, and processes
and methods are examined and dis-cussed.
It is good interesting, prac-tical
work.
The chairman of the whole junior
committee is George Hench. Satur-day
afternoons scout work and gen-eral
outside matters are taken up.
On Thanksgiving Day 30 boys par-ticipated
in the hare and hound race.
So well have matters gone that there
will be an effort soon to increase the
facilities by fixing up the unused
room in the basement.
On Tuesday and Thursday evenings
the Seniors have their regular gym-nasium
work in all kinds of indoor
athletics. The item of main interest
recently has been the contest between
the Roosters under Edward Lewis and
the Boosters under George Hench.
This will go on until February. " The
score is counted as follows: 1 point
for every man present; 5 points for
every new man joining the Club; 3
points for the man who has not been
in the gymnasium this year; 5 points
for every contest won each class
night. Everything is being done to
stimulate membership interest and to
get the members, to the club.
The Purpose Club
A unique feature is the Purpose
Club composed of the twelve em-ployees
of the Club who meet every
two weeks and have heart to heart
talks over their work and the club's
possibilities, the twelve being J. M.
Brandau, S. S. Kettering, Edith Ful-ler,
Thomas Black, W. W. Leibfried,
Robert Stubblebine, ' James Roberts,
William Ceiling, Fred Klinger, Ed-ward
Slesser, John Moyer, Lee Acker.
The December schedule of speakers
is: 6t;h, Dr. W. T. S. Gulp; 13th, Dr.
Byron W. King; 20th. Dr. C. C. Mit-chell;
27th, Dr. George P. Bible.
Hershey Men's Club Now
Gettin g Into Full Swing
Thanksgiving in Hershey
Services in the Morning and Enter-tainment
in the Evening
It was mild and confortable on
Thanksgiving Day in Horshoy. Many
wont to thoir former homes in other
places but most people remained, in
town, At Derry Presbyterian Church
thoro wore union services with a
strong and appropriate sermon by
Rov. N. L. Linobaugh , pastor of tho
First United Brethren Church, and
with fine music by tho combined
choirs. Tho attendance was excel-lent.
In tho evening thoro wore in-teresting
services in tho Church of
the Holy Trinity with an admirable
sermon on "Give Thanks Unto Him,"
by tho pastor, Rov. Frederick C.
Krapf.
From noon until ono o'clock a fam-ily
turkey dinner was served by Ca-terer
Krnuso at tho Horshoy Cafe. It
was a sumptuous fonst and quite a
number of tho homo people joine d tho
regular guests in enjoying it. Tho
tables woro artisticall y arranged.
In tho evening tho audionco at tho
Hoi'Hhoy Central Thoator surpassed
all expectations. The opening feat-ures
woro drills by tho Camp Flru
Girls and a Folk Drill by tho Juniors ,
under Miss Burch. All did well and
ovoltod enthusiastic applause, being
recalled. Those young Indies woro
strong, lovely1 and graceful and thoir
movements and songs pleased great-ly.
Tho moving pictures wore of un-usual
morlt. Tho main attraction
was tho Lebanon Plootum Quintette
and Its string music won several en-cores.
It consisted of Harry S. Al-bright,
mandola; Laltoy Z. Shinor,
mandolin; LoRoy B. Donough , mnndo-colo;
Elslo L ,E. Loser, piano ac-companist,
and Arthus W, Losor, con-ductor
, mandolin and boll soloist.
Thoro was considerabl e hunting on
Thanksgiving Day.
Union Meeting in the Hershey Cen-tral
Theater Increases in Success
Every Week. Last Sunday Was
Especially Enjoyable. Fine
i Address and Good Music
The - success of the Sunday after-noon
meeting grows each week.
The attendance steadily increases.
Last Sunday all Hershey was well
represented arid there were many
from Palmyra and the neighboring
towns. This is fulfilling the purpose
of the whole matter. President Mil-lard
and his committees and Manager
Brandau secured for the Hershey
Men's Club able professional speakers
for every Sunday afternoon of the
winter. At first they were for men
only, but the new Hershey Central
Theater came into being' and it was
decided to make use of this auditor-ium
and . throw the meetings open to
the public. Within a month the plan
has , worked .beyond all expectations.
It should be borne in mind that the
invitation to these Sunday , meetings
is broad and cordial. You are asked
to come and to ask your friends to
come and to tell them to bring their
friends. There is always a live, in-teresting
address with fine music and
there is not a dull moment in the pro-gram.
It Pays to be Good
Last Sunday's speaker was Dr.
Charles Calvert Ellis and his subject
was, "Does It -Pay to be Good?" In
an inspirational talk full of apt illus-trations
and amusing anecdotes he
proved that it was the only thing in
life that did pay. It paid from the
standpoint of money itself as well as
of honor and happiness and memory.
Dr. Ellis is a speaker of force with a
right use of language and with no
frills. He gets the gist and presents
it simply and -he keeps the interest
jumping from point to point, with the
result that the i audience is always
wideawake and wishing for more.
The address was voted one of the
most satisfactory ever heard in Her-shey.
Presiding was S. D. Clark who ex-pressed
the general thought when he
said the house should be ' crowded
every Sunday at these services. Lead-ing
the singing was F. , D. Keboch
and the choruses were so fine that he
was impelled to say to the audience,
"You surely can sing." This congre-gational
singing is the chief delight
of the day—it is very inspiring, and
it was particularly good on Sunday.
Soon the Palmyra Quartette will take
part and so will the Young Women's
Christian Association Glee Club and
the Men's Chorus which was organ-ized
this week. Already excellent the
music of the Sunday afternoon meet-ings
will become famed in Lebanon
Valley. The orchestra under Direc-tor
Feese was present and| played ef-fectively,
as it always ' does. In
charge of the ushers was Harry Hav-erstick
and assisting him were M. S.
May, Paul Gingrich and Walter Leib-fried.
'
Dr. Gulp Next Sunday
For the coming Sunday the. speak-er
will be Dr. W. T. Sherman Gulp
and his theme will be, "Uncrowned
Kings." Dr. Gulp is a Chautauqua
worker and one of the successful plat-form
stars. A Chautauqua manager,
Secretary Henry Peyton Cooper,
writes: "Dr. W. T. Sherman Gulp
gave four lectures and a number of
Round Table talks at our Chautauqua
this year and thoy wore the best wo
had. 'Uncrowned Kings' came oh
Woman's Day and pleased the throngs
of brainy women who were in attend-ance.
As a Chautauqua worker, Dr.
Gulp is genial , entertaining and an
all around success. Ho will honor
any assembly. Wo want him again."
Usually: an admission price of 25
or 50 cents is charged to Dr. Gulp's
lectures, but thoro is no charge for
admission to tho Sunday afternoon
meetings at Horshoy and all aro
cordially welcome.
Season's Banner Audience
Attends Sunday Services
New Chur ch Members
The Quarterly Communion services
at tho First United Brethren church
woro attended by 115 persons. Four
now members woro received into tho
Church at tho morning service, Thoy
woro Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Dubois,
from tho Methodist Episcopal Church,
of Buffalo , N. Y.-, and Mr. and Mrs.
Herbert A. Newton , from the Congre-gational
Church , of North Weymouth,
Mass, Mr, Dubois is tho chemist for
tho Horshoy Chocolate Company, and
Mr, Nowton is Postmaster of' Hor-shoy,
Pleased With Hershe y School
Every wook thoro aro visitors from
other sections to inspect tho M. S.
Ilorshoy Consolidated School arid thoy
aro warm In thoir praise of its size,
equipment and facilities, Among the
visitors of tho week was Mr. W. II.
Zorfass, superintendent of tho Clear-field
Public Schools, and prominent;
In educational affairs. Ho was after
school ideas and ho expressed him*
self as dqlightod with what ho saw.