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Physical Director Elected Board Accepts Mr. Garvin 's Resignation With Regret 0 SPECIAL meeting.of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association . 1- was held on Friday evening to act upon the resignation of James P. Garvin as physical director of the As-sociation. In view of the circum-stances there was nothing to do other than to accept the resignation. Altho this was done it was voted by the board to draft resolutions of appreciation of the work done by Mr. Garvin, of the regret of the board at his departure from Hershey, and of their best wishes for sueces in his new field of activity in South America. Albert Blaser, of the University of Wooster, was elected as Mr. Garvin's successor. There is no assurance on the part of Mr. Blaser that he will re-main permanently with the work but he will be here to complete the . summer activities. He has been actively: en-geged in ^ all college athletics at.-, the University for several . years and for two years has coached the High School teams at Wooster. At present he is pitching for the University ball team. He has had Chautauqua training in calisthenics and aquatics and is well qualified for the work as physicial di-rector of . our Association'. He will reach Hershey the latter part of June. Grosses fou rscore Mark Simon J. Eby Celebrates His Eightieth Birth-day on Tuesday 0 " 1. REPRESENTATIVE of the Press called on Simon J. Eby, one of our most highly re- I spected citizens, on the oc-casion of his eightieth"birthday on Tues-day. His words of response to the in-quiry regarding his health were, "I am happy and today I leave the seventies behind." Mr. Eby is loved by all who know him for his genial disposition and sympathetic interest in all of his friends and for his sterling- Christian character. He has been restored, to reasonable health after a prolonged illness which took him from active work in the local post office several months ago. Mr. Eby' is in full-possession of ¦ all of his faculties and can discuss with intel-ligent accuracy the events of the days gone by. He was not a soldier' in the Civil War for , tho drafted, he was able to furnish a substitute. He spoke on Tuesday of the many changes in the attitude of the public on moral and educational questions. -He spoke of the day when the "three R's" embraced about all of one's education in the schools, whereas nowadays the children carry home each night more books than a child would own then, in years. The best wishes of a host of friends are ex-tended to Mr. Eby in honor of his arriv-al at the fourscore mark and may he rest assured that his life today, tho not as active as in former years, is not without its influence for good. Coming Entertainment Y. W. C. A. Makin g Extensive Preparat ions For June 20.. H ' RACTICES for the play to. be given on June 20 under the i auspices of the Young Women's Christian Association are being held regularly and are revealing much hidden talent in the local participants. More-than 100 persons will have a part in .this %ntertainment under the direc-tion of Miss Herring, of Harrisburg. The first part of the program will be the presentation of "The Dolt Maker's Dream" by a company of fifty children. This will be followed by a reading by Miss Herring together with drills and choruses. The . purpose of this ente r-tainment is to secure sufficient funds to send one delegate from the local Asso-ciation to the summer conference at Silver Bay, Lake George, also two de e-gates to the summer camp. This will mean trained workers to greatly assist in furthering the winter work of the Y. W. C. A. Keep the evening of June 20 open for this occasion. Lectures Highly Appreciated Dr. Winfield S. Scott Speaks to Large Audiences on Mon day D IARGE audiences greeted Dr. Winfield S. Hall on Monday, both in the afternoon and I evening when he gave his fa-mous addresses on sexual hygiene. He spoke to the members of the Junior de-partment of the Y. M. C. A. at 3 o'clock. ?Every boy •; over 12 years of age was present. Dr. Hall spoke to the boys on the "Secret of- Manhood" and held before them the lives of such real men as David and Washington. He has a way peculiar to himself of presenting vital, personal truths to boys in such a manner as, to deeply impress the lesson he desires to teach. The meeting at 5 o'clock 'for women in the theater was under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Asso-ciation. Tickets were received at the door and more than 300 girls and women were present". Thru the courtesy of the factory management the girls were per-mitted to leave their work at 5 6 clock. He gave a most instructive address on the ideals of womanhood and held up before his audience the very highest standards of life.. In the evening at 8 o'clock. Dr. Hall gave his noted address, "The Young Man's Problem. " This meeting was under the. direction of the Y. M. C- A. More than 250 men were present. Just before the meeting a selection was" given by the Y. M. C. A. Glee Club. Dr. Hall used a chart in his address * one which he drew before his audience. The plain truths were pre-sented in a most effective way by this scientist, physician^ teacher and Chris-tian gentleman. Curiosity was at once abated, ignorance . dissipated arid the young men were kindly but firmly warned of the perils and exhorted to rise to the highest realization of their God-given manhood and live lives that are clean and pure. presented for sale and a large number were taken. Others can be purchased from C S. Gee and James !F, Garvin. Dr. Hall left at 9.25 for Hamsbiirg from which place he returned to Chicago to resume his work in the Northwestern University Medical School. It would be difficult to express fully the apprecia-tion of the service rendered to this community by the visit of this distin-guished gentleman. At the close of the address Dr. Hall's well known book containing the lecture and many other valuable chapters was Will Supervi se Township Schools Anoth er Year. D. D. Brandt Returns H " IEORGE S. Stuart, former super-vising principal of. the Derry _ township schools, was re-elect-ed by the board of education at their recent meeting. Prof. Stuart will receive an increase in salary. D. D. Brandt was also re-elected principal of the High School, The teachers Will be assigned to the township.school at a meeting of the board to be held next Saturday afternoon at. °1.30 o'clock. Officers were elected at the last board m e e t i n g : John Moyer, president; George Balsbaugh, treasurer; Harry M. Witman, secretary. Prof, Stuart Re-Elected S " [ARRY HAVERSTICK,- ' ¦florist , has completed the arrangement _ of ten of the twenty flower beds on the Hershey grounds. For two days a large number of men have been at work moving the large plants from the greenhouses to the pri-vate grounds of Mr. M. S. Hershey. More than 16 loads have been removed and many still remain. There is a beau-tiful flower bed near the small green-house worthy of your inspection. : It is composed of three colors arranged after .the fashion of a Turkish rug... Near the home of Mr. Hershey is another of sev-en colors like the pattern of ah Oriental rug. - More beautiful " grounds than those in town can not be found. Spring Flower Beds
Object Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1911-06-08 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1911-06-08 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1911-06-08 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1911-06-08 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | Physical Director Elected Board Accepts Mr. Garvin 's Resignation With Regret 0 SPECIAL meeting.of the board of directors of the Young Men's Christian Association . 1- was held on Friday evening to act upon the resignation of James P. Garvin as physical director of the As-sociation. In view of the circum-stances there was nothing to do other than to accept the resignation. Altho this was done it was voted by the board to draft resolutions of appreciation of the work done by Mr. Garvin, of the regret of the board at his departure from Hershey, and of their best wishes for sueces in his new field of activity in South America. Albert Blaser, of the University of Wooster, was elected as Mr. Garvin's successor. There is no assurance on the part of Mr. Blaser that he will re-main permanently with the work but he will be here to complete the . summer activities. He has been actively: en-geged in ^ all college athletics at.-, the University for several . years and for two years has coached the High School teams at Wooster. At present he is pitching for the University ball team. He has had Chautauqua training in calisthenics and aquatics and is well qualified for the work as physicial di-rector of . our Association'. He will reach Hershey the latter part of June. Grosses fou rscore Mark Simon J. Eby Celebrates His Eightieth Birth-day on Tuesday 0 " 1. REPRESENTATIVE of the Press called on Simon J. Eby, one of our most highly re- I spected citizens, on the oc-casion of his eightieth"birthday on Tues-day. His words of response to the in-quiry regarding his health were, "I am happy and today I leave the seventies behind." Mr. Eby is loved by all who know him for his genial disposition and sympathetic interest in all of his friends and for his sterling- Christian character. He has been restored, to reasonable health after a prolonged illness which took him from active work in the local post office several months ago. Mr. Eby' is in full-possession of ¦ all of his faculties and can discuss with intel-ligent accuracy the events of the days gone by. He was not a soldier' in the Civil War for , tho drafted, he was able to furnish a substitute. He spoke on Tuesday of the many changes in the attitude of the public on moral and educational questions. -He spoke of the day when the "three R's" embraced about all of one's education in the schools, whereas nowadays the children carry home each night more books than a child would own then, in years. The best wishes of a host of friends are ex-tended to Mr. Eby in honor of his arriv-al at the fourscore mark and may he rest assured that his life today, tho not as active as in former years, is not without its influence for good. Coming Entertainment Y. W. C. A. Makin g Extensive Preparat ions For June 20.. H ' RACTICES for the play to. be given on June 20 under the i auspices of the Young Women's Christian Association are being held regularly and are revealing much hidden talent in the local participants. More-than 100 persons will have a part in .this %ntertainment under the direc-tion of Miss Herring, of Harrisburg. The first part of the program will be the presentation of "The Dolt Maker's Dream" by a company of fifty children. This will be followed by a reading by Miss Herring together with drills and choruses. The . purpose of this ente r-tainment is to secure sufficient funds to send one delegate from the local Asso-ciation to the summer conference at Silver Bay, Lake George, also two de e-gates to the summer camp. This will mean trained workers to greatly assist in furthering the winter work of the Y. W. C. A. Keep the evening of June 20 open for this occasion. Lectures Highly Appreciated Dr. Winfield S. Scott Speaks to Large Audiences on Mon day D IARGE audiences greeted Dr. Winfield S. Hall on Monday, both in the afternoon and I evening when he gave his fa-mous addresses on sexual hygiene. He spoke to the members of the Junior de-partment of the Y. M. C. A. at 3 o'clock. ?Every boy •; over 12 years of age was present. Dr. Hall spoke to the boys on the "Secret of- Manhood" and held before them the lives of such real men as David and Washington. He has a way peculiar to himself of presenting vital, personal truths to boys in such a manner as, to deeply impress the lesson he desires to teach. The meeting at 5 o'clock 'for women in the theater was under the auspices of the Young Women's Christian Asso-ciation. Tickets were received at the door and more than 300 girls and women were present". Thru the courtesy of the factory management the girls were per-mitted to leave their work at 5 6 clock. He gave a most instructive address on the ideals of womanhood and held up before his audience the very highest standards of life.. In the evening at 8 o'clock. Dr. Hall gave his noted address, "The Young Man's Problem. " This meeting was under the. direction of the Y. M. C- A. More than 250 men were present. Just before the meeting a selection was" given by the Y. M. C. A. Glee Club. Dr. Hall used a chart in his address * one which he drew before his audience. The plain truths were pre-sented in a most effective way by this scientist, physician^ teacher and Chris-tian gentleman. Curiosity was at once abated, ignorance . dissipated arid the young men were kindly but firmly warned of the perils and exhorted to rise to the highest realization of their God-given manhood and live lives that are clean and pure. presented for sale and a large number were taken. Others can be purchased from C S. Gee and James !F, Garvin. Dr. Hall left at 9.25 for Hamsbiirg from which place he returned to Chicago to resume his work in the Northwestern University Medical School. It would be difficult to express fully the apprecia-tion of the service rendered to this community by the visit of this distin-guished gentleman. At the close of the address Dr. Hall's well known book containing the lecture and many other valuable chapters was Will Supervi se Township Schools Anoth er Year. D. D. Brandt Returns H " IEORGE S. Stuart, former super-vising principal of. the Derry _ township schools, was re-elect-ed by the board of education at their recent meeting. Prof. Stuart will receive an increase in salary. D. D. Brandt was also re-elected principal of the High School, The teachers Will be assigned to the township.school at a meeting of the board to be held next Saturday afternoon at. °1.30 o'clock. Officers were elected at the last board m e e t i n g : John Moyer, president; George Balsbaugh, treasurer; Harry M. Witman, secretary. Prof, Stuart Re-Elected S " [ARRY HAVERSTICK,- ' ¦florist , has completed the arrangement _ of ten of the twenty flower beds on the Hershey grounds. For two days a large number of men have been at work moving the large plants from the greenhouses to the pri-vate grounds of Mr. M. S. Hershey. More than 16 loads have been removed and many still remain. There is a beau-tiful flower bed near the small green-house worthy of your inspection. : It is composed of three colors arranged after .the fashion of a Turkish rug... Near the home of Mr. Hershey is another of sev-en colors like the pattern of ah Oriental rug. - More beautiful " grounds than those in town can not be found. Spring Flower Beds |