The Hershey Press 1925-12-31

              Martin Luther Film
Acquaints all with Life
Of Reformation Leader
"Martin Luther , His Life and Time , in
8 reels, will be shown at the Hersh ey
Central Theatre on Monday evening,
Jan uary 11th , at 7.30 o'clock, under the
auspices of the iLuth eran Men's Bible
Class. It is a present ation of the great
hero of the Reformat ion that is true to
history. It is full of action , dramatic ,
gripping, fascinatin g. It is the "message of
/four hundred years ago that is needed
equally toda y. It covers his life and the
many stirrin g events centering about him
from his birth of 1483 up to his death in
1546. It carries out in a most strikin g
and beautiful way in the picture art his
own expressed idea: "Art inculcates val-uable
lessons in a visual form. "
Those who have seen the film have
proclaimed that it will serve to acquaint
both young and old with the life of Luther
as no other medium will do. True enough ,
the film must not be judged by the stand-ards
which students of Luther would set,
for no film can possibly give a truly repre-sentative
picture of the life and deeds of
this great hero of the Reformation.
This film in no wise features any church
denomination , but presents the life of the
hero of the Reformat ion in a way that will
enlighten the people of this present age as
to the meaning and great value of the rich
heritage that hascome down to us from the
Reformation.
This picture enjoys the unique dis-tinction
of being the only genuine religious
picture in the great library of films.
Practically every incident was photo-graphed
on historic ground. Nine-tenths
of the scenes were made in Germany at the
very places-where they occurred. Even
the equipment used is genuine. The
clothing worn by the leadin g actors, the
inkwell hurled at the devil in the Wartbu rg,
several banners , a letter of indul gence, the
lute to which Luther composed his Psalms,
and other accessories were loaned the
producers by the Luther Museum at
Erfurt , the State Museum at Wittenbur g,
or by the authorities at the several places
where the scenes were made.
To make certain that every incident was
in every sense correct , all the material was
submitted to a board of editors headed by
Dr. M. G. G. Scherer and the Rev. Wm.
Koepchen and reviewed by Drs. Knubel
and Trexler , and Mr. Theodore G. Lam-precht.
Dr. Scherer wrote all the titles for the
films, thus adding literary value and
historical accurac y to the picture.
A special musical accompaniment , con-sisting
of classical Luthe ran scores, is being
completed by the two most eminent Luth-eran
musicians in America , Mr. Edward
Rechlin , known to every Lutheran as "the
foremost interpreter of Bach in America"
and by Herman Spleiter , a composer of
national reputation.
Tickets are being sold by the members of
the Men's Bible Class. Admission, 25
cents. Reserved seats, 35 cents.
Miss Mar y Elizabeth
Reese and Charles
Willard Pearson Wed
A very beautiful wedding was solem-nized
on Chri stmas morning at 11.00
o'clock in the Derry Presbyterian Church ,
by the Rev. R. H. Taylor , when Miss
Mary Elizabeth Reese, the accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. . Reese,
became the bri de of Charles Willard
Pearson , of Philadel phia , son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Pearson , of Somerset , Wis. The
bride entered the church on the arm of her
father to the strains of "Lohengrin ", prior
to which Miss Kathr yn Weltmer sang "Oh
Promise Me. " Jo hn Reese, brother of the
bride , attended the groom as best man.
The beautiful ring ceremony was used
while Miss Lydia G. Weltmer played the
"Spring Song", by Mendelssohn.
The bride was beautifull y attired in an
Alice-blue georgette gown with hat to
match and carried a shower bouquet of
pink roses.
The ncwlyweds returned to the home of
the bride 's parents , followed by the guests,
where a reception was tendered.
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson left late Christmas
afternoon for a tr ip through Eastern
States to be gone about a week.
The bride is well known in Hershe y,
havin g been a resident here and a graduate
of the Hershe y High School and of Temple
University at Philadel phia. She is at
present employed as dietitian in the North
East Boy's High School at Philadel phia .
The groom is a graduate of University of
Minnesota and is now employed as electri-cal
engineer for the General Electric
Company of Philadel phia.
The newlyweds have the best wishes
and felicitations of their many friends.
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL WIN FIRST
GAME
The Hershey Industrial School basket-ball
team defeate d the Lebanon Lightning
five on the Hershe y Industrial School
gym floor on Saturday afternoon by a
score of 22 to 20. It was a closely con-tested
game thro ughout.
Industrial School Lebanon
Fredericks F Brenneman
P. Stump F Demmy
Snyder C HciHcy
Heaa G Adama
H. Stump G Morlt z
MISS RUTH MARK CELEBRAT ES
TENTH BIRTH DAY
Mr. and Mra. Hockcr Mark entertained
In honor of their dau ghter Ruth' s tenth
bir thday, on Saturday, Dec. 26th. The
decorations were carried throu ghout in
pink. Those presen t who helped to cele-brate
and extended beat wishes to Miss
Ruth for many more happy birthda ys
were: Francis Rabb , Thelma Krclecr ,
Catherine Baatiore , Elma Bashore, Mary
Baacom, Francis BoRcom, Madonna Bos-com,
Ruth Roland, Mary Roland , Ka th-leen
Coraad y, LeAnna Cinder , Viola
Hlnklc, Harr y Wagner , Charles Mark,
Warren Mark, Ja y Robinson , John Hinkle ,
Lee Bashore, Kenneth Robinson , John
(Under, Rom Brown,.Mr , Cinder and Mre.
MrrStecheriteDs "—
Why Banks Cater
To Small Depositors
"The small account of today may be the
large one of tomorrow ," said Mr. Stecher,
cashier of the Hershey National Bank in
a recent interview. "The day of the small
depositor is here. Years ago it was the large
account that was eagerly sought—the
account that carried a lar ge balance and
made it easy for any bank to do business.
Today the banking world has awakened to
the possibilities of the small depositor. A
large number of smalLaccounts may event-ually
be worth a great deal more than one
large one. It does not always pay a bank
to carry the small depositor; some banks
even makin g a service charge , but with all
that , the small depositor is not despised."
Mr. Stecher spoke of it as follows: "We
encourage the small depositor because it
means encouraging ' thrift and business
habits , and because this type of depositor
helps to increase the volume of the bank 's
business and to advertise its service among
the depositor 's friends and in the com-munity.
" The last sentiment hits the
mark. Banks have grown to be much
more than simply safe depositories for
other people's money. They have become
the confidential advisors to their clients in
all money matters. The up-to-date bank
invites its patrons to allow them to thrash
out their financial problems.
The results of this modern banking
system is seen in the savings deposits in the
National banks. For 1924 these amounted
to four and a half billion dollars. The last
report of the Comptroller of the Currency
is a brilliant record of the enlarged appeal
that thrift is making throu ghout the
country. Even the schools show two and
a quarter million school children as de-positors
with a credit of nearly fifteen
million dollars. This is a tremendous
advance over past years , and due largely
to financial propaganda fostered by the
banks. It was only when the bank as an
institution began to reorganize the individ-ual
as a potential depositor that such a
saving could be brought to pass. Mr.
Average Man is finding that he is worth
consideration in financial quarters , and this
is giving him the necessary self-respect and
the needed impetus to deposit his money.
RedskinsIra partRealisra
To Make "Golden
Strain " Great Picture
Victor Schertzin ger has added another
notable photoplay to his list in "The
Golden Strain ," Fox Films screen version
of one of Peter B. Kyne's best stories ,
which will be shown at the Hershey Cen-tral
Theatre on Tuesday evening, Ja n. 5th,
at 7.30 o'clock.
The picture is one of the most spectacu-lar
that even Schertzinger ever made.
Much of the action takes place in Arizona
and the famous Tenth Cavalr y adds a
striking touch of realism to the scenes
where several hundred Apaches attack a
Government supply train , only to be re-pulsed
by Uncle Sam's gallant troopers.
There have been Indian battles in other
motion pictures , but there is realism in this
one that quickens the pulse and makes the
spectator tingle.
Briefly told , the story is that of a fighting
coward—or rather , a young man who
thought he was a coward until the supreme
test came. Kenneth Harlan , who shares
stellar honors with Madge Bellamy, is Milt
Mulford , a young Army officer who never
has forgotten the trouncin g he received
from a foster-brother when both were small
boys.
His father (Hobart Bosworth) takes
pride in his fighting ancestry and hates his
son lor the.weakling he believes him to be.
The foster-brother (Frank McGlynn ) pities
him for his weakness and resolves to make
a man of him. This is accomplished by a
stinging blow in the face which bri ngs out
the supposed coward 's real manhood.
Once aroused , Milt proves to be a real , red-blooded
son of his father , and fights his
way out of military disgrace to a glorious
triumph.
The cast supporting Miss Bellamy and
Mr. Harlan includes Ann Pennin gton ,
Crawford Davidson , Frank Beal , Robert
Fraser , Frank McGoynn , Hobart Bos-worth
, Grace Morse, Larry Fisher, Lola
Mackey and many others of establi shed
screen rank.
Mrs. Daniel Hite
Given Surprise Party
A birthday sur prise party was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hite on
Sunday in honor of Mrs. Hitc 'a 40th birth-day
anniversary. Mrs. Hite received
many beautiful and useful gifts. Those
present were : Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hite ,
Mr. and Mrs. Corns Souder , Mr. and Mrs.
Adam Auman , Mr. and Mrs. William Nye,
Mr. and Mrs. Morris McCu rdy, Mr. and
Mrs. Russell McCurd y, Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Nye, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hess,
Mr , and Mrs. Har ry Gingrich , Mr. and
Mrs. George Gecseman , Mr. and. Mrs.
Donald Reifsnydcr , Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
Gipe , Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lobnn, Mrs,
Julia A. Gipe, Mra. Mary Hite , Mrs.
Samuel Hess, Mrs. Julia Peffer, Mrs.
Mary Cassel, Mrs. Susan Humphre y, Mrs.
Ray Lewis, Amos Hesa, Hurvcy Gord on,
Miss Annie Auman , Miss Sarah Auman ,
Miss Eva Gingrich , Miss Arlcne Gingrich ,
Miss Viola Rclfsnyder , Miss Alberta Rcif-snydcr
. Miss Mildred Loban , Miss Bea-trice
Loban, Miss Grace Loban, Misa
Myrtle Gipe, Miss Esther Hess, Misa
Clara Hess, Clarence Hite , Warren R.
Souder , George Auman , Joseph Auman,
Mark McCurd y, Paul McCurdy, Lloyd
McCurdy, John McCurdy, Gahlen Hess,
Lawrence Gingrich, Herman Gipe, Arthur
Stoner , Lawrence Gipe , Warren Detweller.
FIRE AT UNION DEPOSIT
On Sunday morn ing, about 10.30 o'clock,
the Hershe y Volunteer Fire Company
responded to an alarm, which had been
sent In from Union Deposit, being the
home of Fran k Spotts. Throu gh the
quick nuta te of thejHenhey and Union
De^ttomwttoi bouiewMMved.
The Smokestack
<Bs 'Deej a y Gee
New Year 's Eve (1925)
Only a few hours are left
Of the Year of Twenty-five.
How slowly the clock's hands move!
As though , indeed, they would strive
To hold back the march of Time
And keep the Old Year alive.
Stubbornly clings the Old Year,
stat the hours drag somehow by,
And closer the midnight crawls,
Soon, now, must the old year die,—
The night is extremely still
As twelve the clock draws nigh.
Twelve! chimes the clock oh the shelf.
I Nineteen twenty-five , adieu I
The best of good friends must part .
No matter how tried and true ,—
Through tears for the Dying Year
We smile, as we greet the New.
Yes, Santa Claus was very good to us
this year. When we awoke on Christmas
morning we found in our stocking, three
pair of socks, a necktie, two handkerchiefs ,
a pair of shoe laces, a diary, a box of
Hershey 's Almond Bars, two woolen
blankets , two outing flannel night shirts ,
and a Webster 's Dictionary. We presume
Santa Claus would have left us more
presents had our sock been bigger.
We'll bet Jolly Old Saint Nick is glad
it's all over once again.
A person scarcely gets over the effects of
the Christmas dinner before he has to make
out his New Year's Resolutions. As we
mentioned above, Santy left a nice red
leather bound diary in our Christmas
stocking. Prior to entering the teaching
profession , we were engaged for a number
of years in the dairying business, so we
expect to encounter little difficulty in
keeping a Model Dairy. If we don't lose
our nerve, we are going to insert from time
to time in this column excerpts from Dee
Ja y Gee's Model Sanitary Dairy. We
don't know any more than you know,
whether our Dairy will be dull or interest-ing,
scrub or thorobred. Time alone will
tell.
¦ Some New Year 's Resolutions.
Whereas , the first day of Jan uary,
nineteen hundred and twenty-six, marks
the beginning of a new year and offers to us
the chance to rule off the books, to chalk
off some bad accounts , and to start on a
new page the account of Ye Smokestacker
with Life Limited; we hereby resolve the
following, namely ; viz.; to wit, to-woo:
1. The first day of the year we are
going to part company with Old Man
Nicotine, and we are going to stay away
from him as long as he stays away from us.
(If our will power is exerting all its potential
horsepower , we may perhaps hold out
against Old Man Nicotine until the third
of the month.)
2. We are going to study up the big
words in our new dictionary so that no one
will understand what we are writing about
in this column. This will save people
from getting offended.
3. We hereby resolve not to use any
jokes, conundrums , wisecracks, or what-ever
that were coined before the Fall of the
Roman Empire in the East. Some of the
gags we have used in the past year have
antedated this event by several hundred
years.
4. We are going to church every day of
the coming year. Sit tight , brethren , the
end is not yet. This is only a New Year 's
Resolution and we may not live up to it.
5. The editorial abdomen is increasing
its girth at an alarming rate of speed, and
unless something is done we shall soon have
the appearance of a man trying to smuggle
a grand piano out of a music stor e by
buttoning his suit of clothes around it. We
have outgrown one suit of clothes already,
and the other is fast approaching its limit
of elasticit y. What to do? We hereby
resolve to diet and get thin. (At least , to
diet.) A gain of fifteen pounds in three
weeks is nothing to be sneezed at. And
we'll be gol darned if we are going to let
Mae B. Overweight or any of her ilk
welcome us into the heavyweight class.
No sir, not if we can help it. Why, we
will even go so, far as to say tha t, rather
than let this awful state of affairs come
to pass we will place us under the able
tutelage of Sandow Magrini , Professor of
Physical Training at the Hershey Men 's
Club , and let him relieve us of forty or
fifty pounds of our sur plus avoirdupois.
He claims he can do it.
6. We are going to get a haircut every
other pay day—whether we need it or not.
We feel we owe that much to the com-muni
ty.
7. This is a prett y formidabl e array of
New Year 's resolutions , and it will take a
better man than we arc Gunga Din, to
keep them.
Lyric
K-K-K-Kutle ,
I feel it my duty
To Inform the cock-eyed world I' m strong
for you ;
In night time and day time ,
In sleigh time and hay time ,
In sunshine and moonshine , I long for you.
The Village Sheik was helping in the
shoe department over the Christmas rush.
• "Aren 't you the young lady who called
last week for a pair of slices with a short
vamp?" he asked.
"Sir ," said the customer indlgnaiitly,
"she was my slsterl"
Skunks Corners , Pa.,
December 28, 1925.
Dec Jay Gee,
% Smokestack ,
Dear Sir :-
Much as I detest having to ask a favor of
you, Dee Jay, I nevertheless am completely
flabber gasted concerning a little matter of
etiquette. I am sure you can at once put
me right concernin g this matter , either
through your column , or directly to me by
letter. I am enclosing self addressed and
stamped envelop.
I was recently Invited out to dinner with
friends at Skunks Corners , and , although
we hod a bountiful repast of well-cooked
food, modesty prevented my taking more
than two helpings of anything. I was still
hungry after the meal, as I am a very
hearty eater. So I pleaded a headache and
excused myself earl y. On my. way home
I stopped in at Jake a Deanery and ordered
• sirloin steak with onion*. 1 had scarcely
(Continu ed on Pag* 4)
BusinisrPros perity ^
Is Forecast For
New Year
Present business prosperity will continue
well into 1926 in the opinion of leading
bankers and industrial leaders.
Forecasts for the new year prepared by
these executives regard fundamental busi-ness
conditions as sound, lay stress on the
Administration 's business policies, and are
hopeful regarding the European outlook.
"The busin ess of the manufacturers of
the iron and steel industry of the United
States during "the year 1925 on the whole
may be considered good, so far as the
volume is concerned ," said Chairman E. H.
Gary of the United States Steel Corpora-tion.
"For a large portion of the year the
selling prices were lower than they ought
to have been, and many manufacturers
operated without much profit.
"The wise and conservative statements
of the President from time to time have
been an important factor of encouragement
to the general business fraternity.
"The apparent chang e in attitude of
many of the National legislators , particu-larly
with reference to economy in admisis-tration
and more especially taxation , and
the decisions of the Supreme Court con-cerning
business, showing a disposition to
assist legitimate business progress , have
created a feeling of confidence on the part
of investors.
"At present the demand for iron and
steel products is large and growing in
strength. Selling prices are improving
somewhat and there is reason to expect
they soon will yield to most manufacturers
considerable profit. The prospects of this
industry for the year 1926 now seem to be
very good. Unless some unforseen _,cir-cumstanoes
arise to present, the general
business-situation in the United States
during the coming year should be satis-factory.
"
Petroleum Industr y
The petroleum industry has been in a
very unsatisfactory condition for more
than four years, said Henry L. Doherty,
one of the largest independent producers
in the country. "Prices have frequently
been highly demoralized and none of the
former recoveries of prices have carried
any assurance to any thoughtful man that
they were certain to be permanent. "
"The outlook at present is more assuring
than at any previous time in this period.
Our principal troubles have come from the
over-production of domestic crude. Pro-duction
of crude has remained practically
stationary for three years. Production in
1924 showed a slight reduction as against
1923 and 1925 will show only a slight in-crease
over 1923."
Electrical Trade Good
"There are many reasons to believe that
the next year will see a continuance of the
steady growth and development of the
electric industry, " declared Sidney Z.
Mitchell , president of the Electric Bond &
Share Co. "The year just ended has
established new records in the amount of
electrically generated and used in the
United States, in the amount of capital
invested and in the diversity of the uses to
which electric power maybe put.
"Extension of the country 's generating
plants has kept pace with the increase in
the demand for electricity, so that , while
consumption has been increasing, the
facilities for meeting this increase have
been provided.
"Industry is coming more and more to
depend upon central stations for power ,
thousands of new residences have been
wired for electricity and the advent of the
electric refrigerator and numerous other
domestic conveniences has swelled the
aggregate demand upon the central sta-tions.
During 1925, the United States
gener ated twelve per cent, more electricity
than during 1924."
Auto Men Optimistic
"There is ample reason to expect that
the first half of 1926 will be a period of
general prosperity in which the automobile
business should share ," asserted Alfred P.
Sloan, Jr. , president of the General Motors
Corporation. "The latter part of 1926 is
still too far away for one to judge with
much assurance what it may hold in store.
"The momentum of business recovery
since last summer will tend to keep business
active during, at least , the first part of
1926. Conditions are in a healthy balance
at present.
Automobile buying during the last few
months lias been particularly good, partly
as a result of the greater values offered by
the new models and lower closed car prices;
partly as a result of better agricultural
purchasing power , and partly as a result of
general increase d prosperity .
"I expect the summer demand for auto-mobiles
to continue large while general
business remains active. The volume of
retail automobile sales for the first half of
1926 is expected to exceed that of the first
half of 1925 by a fair margin. "
Atterbury s Opinion
"The end of the year finds the railroad
position stronger that it has been for a long
time ," said W. W. Atterbury, president of
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
"The volume of traffic handled lias been
large. While that has been a welcome fact
it is not the most welcome fact. The
greatest cause for confidence in the future
is the evidence on every side of the desire
on the part of the public to co-operate with
railroad management to improve railroad
service and to enable railroads to respond
to the need for greater and more efficient
transportatio n.
"The recent annual message of the
President of the United States, the latest
report of the Interstate Commerce Com-mission
and the activities of regulating
authorities generally—all give evidence of a
healthier relationship between government
and the railroads.
"The trouble Was not been so much with
the actual letter of laws regulating rail-roads
as with the spirit in which some of
the laws have been interpreted .
"That spirit is changing to one of con-fidence.
Railroad officers can feel the
strong supporting forces of public opinion
backing them up to an ever greater extent .
It is putting life, spirit and enthusiasm
into the men In charge of the affair s of the
railroads. These men feel a deep respon-sibility
to an enlightened public opinion.
They feel they are trustees of vast property
Interests. They nave a high regard for the
welfare of that great arm of employes
devoting their lives to the railroad service.
Their responsibility is exercised with a
knowledgeth at iu dischargeI n a spirit o(
fidelity to all interact! will bt encouraged
1 OUR SALESMEN^ j
i .'. REVUE .: i
All of .the salesmen of the Hershey
Chocolate Company are on the mailing
list of the "Press ", and we are going to give
them a column in order that they might be
enabled to tell "What 's What and Who's
Who."
As the salesmen have come to know
all about us, by reading about us in the
"Press ", so shall we learn more about them
in this column, and we shall if they will
contribute to it, which we trust they will
take full advantage of the opportunity (?)
thus given.
We know that our salesmen are busy
men, and that they will be busier than
everduringthe new year that is almost upon
us, and will not have much time to devote
to their literary aspirations. However,
there is an old saying "If you want any-thing
done give it to a busy man." And
so it is that we-believe that our salesmen
will give us more than enough to fill the
column—and if they do we shall be only
too glad to give them two columns—for we
know that it will be good stuff.
Now that the overture is over, the
curtain will rise, and the first number of
"Our Salesmen's Revue" will be that of L.
A. Beck, district manager , with head-quarters
at Louisville, Kentucky, down
where the grass is blue, the women beauti-ful,
the men handsome , and where there is
moonshine in the hills, so they tell us.
Mr. Beck has been running a limerick
contest, over in Seymour, Indiana , some
little distance from home. There were
fifteen contestants and the winner was
David Hopewell, of 624 East 7th Street ,
Seymour, Indiana , which is as follows:
"It sure is bliss to kiss a miss,
Said Sprightly Johnny Fox,
But to my mind the best you'll find,
Is in a Hershey box."
[No wonder David won the prize , and we
wonder if Mr. Beck gave the winner a box
of Hershey 's Kisses as a Christmas gift.]
"The first edition of our 'Salesmen 's
Revue', will have to be somewhat brief ,
but we hope the Second Edition will be
somewha£ lengthier and more varied—
leaving out the overture.
So here 's hoping that the year 1926 will
not only keep our salesmen working over-time
writing names on the dotted line, in
order that we in Hershey will have to
work faster than ever to fill the orders—
but that they will have a wee bit of time left
to send us some good stuff to help make
our task in editing the "Press " less
arduous. And now that the curtain has
fallen , and the moaning of the saxophone
has ceased, we will repeat with Dr. Mun-yon
'Where there is life there is hope'."
Second Number of
L V. Conservator y
Artist Series
Guy Maier and Lee Pattison , who will
give a recital of music for two pianos at the
Academy of Music , Lebanon , on Thursday,
January 7, are two young American artists ,
still in their early twenties. Since their
student days in Boston, and in Berlin
under Arthur Schnabel , they have devoted
themselves most exclusively to programs of
music for two pianos. These young men
are, without a doubt , the foremost ex-ponents
of this field of music, and their
work has brought about a veritable renais-sance
of two-piano playing and given fresh
inspiration to present day composers. Leo
Sowerby, Ernest Hutcheson , Edward
Burlingame Hill , Leopold Godowsky,
John Alden Carpenter and others have
written compositions for two pianos,
dedicated to Maier and Pattison .
On the program which they will prese nt
here , the modem school of music will be
amply and interestingly presented. Many
numbers that are decidedly novel and out
of the ordinary are promised in the an-nouncement
just issued.
THE CAFETERIA A POPULAR PLACE
The High School Cafeteria is proving to
be a very popular as well as a valuable
adjunct to school life. The dining room is
attracting the teachers as well as the pupils.
It may be interesting to learn that the
cashier 's deposits for the sixteen days of
school during the month of December
show the receipts to have been $419.28.
The aim of the management is to give good
wholesome food at as near a cost basis as
possible. The right kind of food should
insure better nourished children and con-sequently
mentally more alert.
SURPRISE PART Y FOR MISS
MABEL LINGLE
The All Around Helpers Class of the
United Brethren Sunday School held a
surprise party in honor of their teacher ,
Miss Mabel Lingle , at the Y. W. C. A. on
Monday evening, December 28th. The
evening was spent in games and music.
Refreshments were served to the following:
Miss Mabel Lingle, Virglc Lingle , Vcrna
Deets, Pauline Rumph , Helen Strimble ,
Viola Menglc , Sara 1-cibfried , Alice Reilly,
Eloise Moyer , Dorothy Clark , Ethel
Ebersole , Ka thryn Weidler , J ulia Owens
and Emily Zartman.
HIKE FOR HONORS
Miss Alice Reilly and Miss Sara Lclb-fried
, members of the Girl Reserves, are
hiking for an honor. They have already
hiked 32 miles in 4 days and intend to hike
tlie other 'eight miles on Friday. The
honor calls for 40 miles within 10 days but
they have almost succeeded in hiking it in
half of the time required.
DEATH OF SAMUEL L. WEAVER
Samuel L. Weaver, aged 45 years , 9
months , 6 days , of Sand Beach , died at the
home of his parents , Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Weaver , on Monday, Dec. 21st, of dropsy.
Mr. Weaver was employed on the Hershey
farms for a number of years. He leaves
his parents and brothers , J ohn , of Califor-nia;
Charles , of Harpers , and Edward, of
Sand Beach. Burial was made at Mt.
Zion'n cemeter y, Churchtown, on Thurs-day.
Mk&afA.
to Hold Rally on
Monday Evening
On Monday evening, January 4th , 1926,
at 8 o'clock, anjopen meeting and booster
rally will be held in the Hershey Central
Theatre , under the auspices of the Wash-ington
Camp, No. 705 P. O. S. of A., of
Hershey. -
An appropriate patriotic program has
been arranged for the occasion, a feature of
which will be an address by Rev. H. C.
Hartranft, a member of Camp 706, who
will lecture on the principles and aims of
the order as well as its past achievements.
This meeting is open to all who wish to
attend and especially to native-born
Americans over 16 years of age. All mem-bers
of the order are urged to attend and
help make the meeting a success. All
patriotic organizations are also invited to
attend in a body or as individuals.
It is hoped that this will merely be the
first of a series of these meetings and that
the Camps of the Patriotic Order Sons of
America will benefit by them and this be of
more service to the comnwnlty and the
Nation.
The Ancient Mariner "
Is Finest Photoplay
Em Filmed
"The Ancient Manner ," Fox Film
adaption of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's
classical poem, which will be shown at the
Hershey Central Theatre on Thursday,
Dec. 31st, (tonight) at 7.30 o'clock, is the
finest fantasy ever filmed. It is not only a
stupendous film but it brings to the public,
even more vividly than did Dore's famous
paintings , the story of "The Rime of the
Ancient Mariner. "
William Fox should be given a vote of
thanks for visualizing so vividly one of the
greatest poems ever written. It ranks
with "Dante 's. Inferno " which Fox Films
produced a year ago.
In addition to the featured players , who
include Clara Bow, Leslie Fenton , Earle
Williams, Gladys Brockwell , Nigel De
Brullier , Paul Panzer and Vivian Oakland ,
Hollywood was scoured for a hundred ox
more of the prettiest girls on the west coast.
The modem sequence takes place in a
little village in the foothills of California ,
where Dora Mathews (Clara Bow) is
teaching school. Joel Barlowe . (Leslie
Fenton) a young fanner is in love with her,
but Dora falls in love with Victor Brant
(Earle Williams). Brant 's love is not
sincere and as he is about to leave the
valley with Dora an old seafaring man
(Nigel De Brullier) tells him "The Rime of
the Ancient Mariner. "
During the graphic scenes of the rime
Brant' s nature changes. He is learning
the lesson of life. He departs—but with-out
Dora. A year passes and Christmas is
again approaching. J oel finds that Dora's
heart is not for him.
School Reopens
On Monday
On Monday, January 4, the schools will
resume their usual duties after a recess
since Dec. 23. This period gave the
children an opportunity to play and enjoy
their Christmas toys as well as excellent
relaxation for the teachers.
The janitors are taking advantage of this
time, too, to place the buildings in first-class
condition for the reception of the
pupils and teachers next Monday. In the
Grade Building, Mr. Lingle and Mr. Gipe
have reoiled the halls and stairways and
made other necessary repairs.
In the High School, Mr. Henry also
oiled the home rooms located on the first
floor. An aquarium was installed in the
General Science room and a pantry built
under the main entrance stairway adjoin-ing
the kitchen to the Cafeteria . This
pantry is equipped with ample shelves,
spacious drawers and bins, and convenient
cupboards. This will add greatly to the
convenience and facility of the kitchen.
MARRIED ON CHRISTMAS EVE
On Thursday evening, Dec. 24, at 7.30,
at the home of the officiating minister ,
Elder J ohn C. Zug, 103 North Chestnut
street , Palmyra , married Jacob Eisnhaucr ,
son of Mrs. Agnus Hartzcll , of Vlan , and
Miss Lizzie Marburger , of Hershey. Both
of the contracting parties are employees of
the Hershey Chocolate Co. and will reside
in Hershey.
OFF FOR CUBA
It is sugar grinding time in Cuba and
several young men from this locality left
on Sunday morning for Cuba where they
will assist in lutrvcsting the sugar crop. In
this number were Paui Beluer, Earl Hack-man
and Victor Brenneman , all graduates
of the Hershey High School in the class of
1924. ,
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT
Letters were received by some people of
Hershey, announcing the wedding of Miss
Dorothy Lucille Barton to Mr. Lawrence
Rondcll Cherrington on Monday, Dec.
28, at Bloomsbur g. Miss Barton formerly
was one of the First Grade teachers in the
Hershey school durin g which time she won
a warm place In the hearts of the children
and parents of the community ,
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of thankin g neigh-bors
and friends for the kindness and
assistance given ua during the illness of
our son, Samuel. Also to the Hershey
Camp, No. 705, P. O. S. of A„ for the
beautiful flowers.
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Weaver.
CARD OF THANKS
We take this means of thankin g the fire
companies of Union Deposit and Hershey,
also the State Police and neighbors , for the
assistance rendered In extinguishing the
fire at our home on Sunda y morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spotts.
HaroldrUo yd^Hot—
Water" On Frid ay And
Saturday Evenings
You have heard of the fellow who Vowed
never to fall for a pair of "soft boiled
eyes?" He usually is the first to flop. It
is this type of charact er Harold Lloyd
portrays in his newest laugh sensation,
"Hot Water ," his second venture as an
independent producer , which will be
shown at the Hershey Central Theatre on
Friday and Saturday evenings, Ja n. 1st
and 2d, at 6.30 and 8.30 p.m. ftrj , *$ In the opening scenes of the"*picture ,
Lloyd is shown runnin g to a wedding to
play best man for his pal. On the way he
bumps into pretty Jobyna Ralston , and all
his resolutions never to give up his freedom
for any skirt are shot right there. The
balance -of the picture relates the story of
their matrimonial life, with their rippl es
turned into wild waves of discontent
through the intervention of the girl's
mother , and her two brothers.
There is much that 's true to life in "Hot
Water ," but even the mother-in-law with
the heart of a traffic policeman depicted in
this funmaker , will have to laugh at the
development of the film. One wonders
how so many laughs can be created as are
crowded into the five reels of "Hot Water "
but Lloyd and his staff eat and sleep gags
while they are engaged on a picture. They
never allow their thoughts to wander , and
it is this concentration which bring s them
the tremendous success that has been won
by Lloyd and his pictures in the last few
years.
Jobyna Ralston , Josephine Crowell,
Charles Stevenson and Mickey McBan
will be found in support of Mr. Lloyd.
Sacred Concert at St
Joan of Arc Churc h
A sacred concert will be held in the St.
Joan of Arc Church on Friday evening,
Jan. 8th, at 7.30 o'clock. It will consist of
vocal and instrum ental music, giving
selections from both secular and church
sources, under the able direction of Mr.
Paul J. Ruf , of Palmyra , organist of St.
Joan of Arc Church.
Next week we will publish the progr am,
and names of those particip ating in the
concert.
Tickets are 35c, which are on sale by
members of the committee, as follows: W.
J. Miller , R. Matula , Alex. Magrini ,
Jeanette Balotti , J . W. Aurentz, Eileen
Boyle, Israel Canovas and Ja mes Murray.
The Departing Year
(By Rev. O. G. Romig)
Once more the hands are moving arou nd
the dial face of the years , and we enter
upon the threshold of ninet een hundred
and twenty-six. The recor d is complete,
the page is written—soiled and blotted
here and there with tears. The last few
lines have been added; we have folded the
parchmen t and placed upon it the seal of
past. Nineteen hundr ed and twenty-five
has been laid on its appropri ate shelf in the
old and musty vaults of the past.
Now the happy greeting— "A Happy
New Year," is on every tongue , and we will
not mourn for the old year because we
have with us a new one quite as good.
What the new year has in store for us,
time alone will tell. It will no doubt
bring with it its joys and sorrows . It will
sweep on, and carry in its bosom the same
joys and sorrows for the "sons and daugh-ters
of men," as have the years of the dead ,
yet living past , and in its return be laid
away among the relics of the dead ages.
The clock struck twelve; the grave opens
and closes, and the old year is buried in
silence and sadness. To most of us it was
a kind , generous year , and we have learned
to love it with deep and earnest affectio n.
It loaded us down with blessings, and it
is full of solemn admonition. It brings to
our minds the rapid flight of time. The
past is burled , the present is with us, and
the future lies before us.
Yes, the New Year is here. It affords
the opportunity of a new start. This
ought to partake of moral characte r and
spiritual life, as well as of matters which
pertain chiefly to the body. It is every
person 's duty to formulate his new resolu-tions
, or his renewed resolutions , in the
field where such act is needed moat.
TRANSIT COMPANY ASKS FOR
NEW TRIAL OF SUIT
Applications for new trials were made in
the Dauphin County Court last Wednes -
day by the Hershey Transit Company in
the two damage suits brought agains t it by
Mrs. Bertha Reeder and her daught er ,
Dorothy M. Cover , of Coraopolls. A jury
last week awarded $2500 damages to Mrs .
Reeder and $5000 damages to her daughte r
Both suits involved a street car accident
near Ellzabcthtown in 1922 in which the
Cover girl was injured and her broth er
was fatally injured.
CANTATA AT FISHBURN'S U. B.
CHURCH SUNDAY
The Willing Workers and His Jewels
Sunday School classes of Fisliburn 's United
Brethren Sunday School will render a
cantata "At the Bethlehem Inn " in their
new church on Sunday evening, Januar y
3d, nt 7.00 o'clock. A silver offering wlff
be lifted.
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE AT
SWATARA CHAPEL
Rev. Jam es B. MacClure will give an
Illustrated lecture in the Swatara Chapel
on Thursday evening, Jan. 7th, at 7.30
o'clock, on "The Life of Christ. " The
stereopticon will be used and the public Is
cordially Invited to attend the lectur e.
There will be no admission , and no offering
will be taken.
BIG ACTRHOEBAATTRIEC SAACTTU ARTD CAEYNTRAL
The Damm brothers, who are headllncra
on the Keith circuit, will be the add ed
attraction at the Hersh ey Central Theatre
on Saturday evening, Jan., 2d. at <&> and
8.30 o'clock, In their novelty aoobatJc •«,