The Hershey Press 1911-04-27

              State Convention of T. P. A.
Convenes in Park Auditorium on Frida y and
Saturd ay. Pronounce Sessions Most
interestin g Ones Ever Held.
B
' IHE state convention of the
Traveler's Protective Asso-ciation
convened here Friday
.———J morning at 10 o'clock', being
called to order by the president, Alex-ander
Lawrence, of Philadelphia. About
150 delegates were in attendance. ' Fol-lowing
the invocation by Rev. J. T.
Satchel, D.D., of Columbia, state chap-lain
of the T. P, A., the president then
appointed a number of committees.
Resolutions of sympathy were adopt-ed
and a handsome bouquet of flowers
was sent to Hon. Henry Houek, who
is an honorary member of Post E. of
Lebanon. Dr. Houck had been kept at
his home with a severe cold. „
Mr. M. S.. Hershey in a few 'words
welcomed the convention to the town.
He spoke as follows: "Gentlemen, I am
very glad to welcome you to our town,
and as salesmen I am very glad that the
convention is meeting here.. This is the
first one we have ever had in the town
of Hershey but I hope we shall have
many more. We are located here
where we can in the near future care
for . large gatherings. This time we
must ask you to excuse the somewhat
rough and tumble condition in which
you find things, but in the future we
aim to do things a great deal better. I
am very glad to be with you." (Ap-plause
and cheers.)
year tothe post, which has made the
largest increase in membership during
the year. The Beading post has a
present membership of 200. The in-crease
has been about 50 cent. ••
\ The reports of the officers showed
that the membership in this state is
about 2700. During the past two years,
during President Lawrence's adminis-tration,
between 600 and 700 members
have been added. . An effort will be
made to increase the membership to
6000, .
The delegates were shown through
the various departments of the immense
chocolate plant, under direction of Mr.
Hershey,. Mr. Murrie and other officials
of the Hershey Chocolate Company.
Every'T. P. A.-member received a. fine
bov of Hershey's chocolate fresh from
the factory as souvenirs. An abund-ance
of chocolates were also distribut-ed.
The. inspection of the plants proved
a revelation.
The association also authorized the
appointment of a committee to visit
Congress and State Legislature for the
purpose, at the suggestion of Edwin H.
Molly, to-have the United States gov-ernment
arrange for a proper burial for
Theodore Russell Timby, of Monitor
gunboat fame. The T. P. A. wants the
body taken from Evergreen cemetery
at Brooklyn, New York, and removed
on a U. S. battleship for burial in Ar:
lington cemetery, new Washington.
The convention came to a close late
on Saturday afternoon. The action
taken in the closing hours of the con-vention
indicates that this year's ses-sions
were the most interesting ever
held, and the attendance also the larg-est
ever recorded.
A feature was the passage of a reso-lution
off ered by Fred H. Maclntire, of
Philadelphia* expending thanks to , the
host, M. S.. Hershey, to; W. iF. Murr ie
and all others connected with the Her-shey
Chocolate Company, for their most
generous hospitality.
The following officers were elected:
President, Henry H. Hughes, of Phila-delphia;
first vice-president, R. F.
Horn, of Allentbwn; second vice-presi-dent,-
J. F. Shea, of Wilkes-Barre; thidr
vice-president, J. M. Garrett, of Phila-delphia;
Alexander McJuilken, of Phil-adelphia,
was re-elected secretary and
t* t*^ fm i i i*p r
The State T. P. A. also elected 28
delegates to the National Convention
which meets at Philadelphia, on June 12.
The following reports were read and
referred to the proper committees:
President's, secretary's, legislature and
hotel employment. The afternoon ses-sion
opened with prayer by the: state
chaplain, after which the various com-mittees
also submitted reports which
were accepted.
Allen town was unanimously selected
as the place for the convention in 1912,'
there being no opposition to this place.
Allen town now can boast of having the
baby post in the state. It was recently
instituted and has a membership already
of 400. To Post C; of Readidgj was
awarded the silver horn awarded every
Governor Tener and
LP. A. Guests
Banquet Given in Their Honor by Hershey
Chocolate Company Was Special Feature
of Great Convention.
H
I HE members of the Pennsylva-nia
branch of the Travelers'
Protective Association in con-
.— 1 ventiori here were most en-joyably
entertained on Friday evening
by the Hershey Chocolate Company at
a great banquet which was further
graced by the presence of the chief ex-ecutive
of the Commonwealth, Gover-nor
John K. Tener. The great com-pany
of nearly 250 men gathered in
front of the Trust Company building
and waited for the arrival of the "Gov-ernor
and his party. Milton S. Her-shey,
the host of the evening, Governor
Tener, his private secretary, Walter
Gaither, and George H. Armstrong, a
former president of T. P. A., arrived
from Harrisburg at 7.30 in Mr. Her-shey's
automobile. The men then
marched to the beautiful Hershey din^
ing room and took their seats at the
tables.
When the Governor and his secretary
arrived, the audience arose and remain-ed
standing until the guests : of honor
were seated. The orchestra played
"Hail to the Chief ," as the Slate's
executive entered. ' Later when Mr.
Hershey modestly entered the room he
was given a similar ovation. He was
also given three cheers and the song,
"For He's a Jolly Good Fellow," was
sung in his honor. Congressman Mar-lin
E. Olmsted, of Harrisburg, who was
down for a toast on "The Traveling
Man in Politics," was kept at Wash-ington,
D. C, on account of important
Congressional duties. State Senator
Daniel P. Gerberich, of Lebanon, who
was down for an address, could .not at-tend.
John R. Watts, Esq., of .Brook-lyn,
N. Y., whose toast was to have
been "An Uncrowned Here," was also
absent.
When all were seated Toastmaster
Edwin H.'Molly, of Lebanon,' intrbd'uc-
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Smoker at the.Meetin g Next Tuesday Evening
n
" IT is quite important that every
one become familiar with
the signals of the fire bell.
, I For meeting of the conpany,
the bell will be given three short taps;
when there is fire, the bell will be given
long, hard and continued taps; and it
will be given one tap when the fire has
been controlled/ At the regular meet-ing
next Tuesday evening a committee,
specially appointed, has arranged for
an informal smoker for all of. the mem-bers
of the company.: The smoker is
free and it is hoped that every member
will be present. The bell, tho not new,
has finally been placed in the tower and
wiil .be dedicated with appropriate cere-monies
next Tuesday. , ;
Fire Belt Signals ;
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LARGE number of letters were
sent in this week calling atten-tion
to the misspelled word in
one of the advertisements in
the Press. The one whose reply to
the contest came first was Miss Olive
M. Brendle. The word is "emf atically"
found in the Hershey Store Company's
advertisement on page 9 of the last
issue. Others who sent in - the incor-rectly
spelled word properly . spelled
were as follows: Mrs. L. Baxter, Rev.
F. C. Krapf, Mrs. W. R. Wick, Rev. O:
G. Romig, J. M. Gingrich, Martha
Kline', Lilie M^ Shriver, R. E. Evans,
Miss Pearl Sanders, Mrs. E. D. Wit-mer,
Clyde Smith and Mayme Garman.
There is one this week which is not so
conspicuous and' will: require a. little
more hunting. The conditions as stat-ed
previously, hold good this week. :
Large Number of Correct Answers Received
This Week
Miss Olive M. Brendle
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