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AH the Accommodations Have Been Crowded and There is- an Increased Demand for Homes. Waiting Lists For Houses and *' •.¦' Hotel Roams More than thirty thousand visitors halve come to Hershey since August began : and the: total for the month will exceed forty thousand and proba-bly go far towards fifty thousand. Most of these, of course, came for the day, but the results of their ob-servations are shown, in the increased inquiries for houses and rooms. Many residences ' are in course of construc-tion, and more are planned. The Inn has been filled the whole summer and has not been able to accommodate many who applied for rooms. At the Young Women's Christian Associa-tion all-the rooms are occupied; even the sitting room has been rented, and there is a considerable waiting list; with new applicants coming in every week. Many persons- have spent their vacations in Hershey this summer and have been delighted. The unique healthfulness of the .place, .the ab-sence of'ail—nuisance arid disorder, the daily band concerts,, theatrical , per-formances ¦ arid all the attractions of the Park make it ideal for those seek-ing ' recuperation and sane entertain-ment. There is something interesting all the time and - 1 there , are special events. For : instance, on Saturday evening there will be continuous danc-ing at the Pavilion, with both the Hershey' Band and the, Hershey or-chestra in attendance *:rf;;!i; ;;, All this is in line with the develop-ment of Hershey into the model town of good people, and there are other things that add to its value as a home place. ' The finest public . school in America will open next week and parents realize that their children will have in this school advantages with-out cost that could not be purchased in any other town. In fact the ad-vantages will be three fold—the edu-cational facilities, the healthfulness of the town and the absence of all town evils. It is the ideal place in which to bring up children. All these things are influencing hprne-seekers who realize that the present is their opportunity. To own a home in Hershey is to make an in-vestment in health and well-being as well as in profitable property. What Hershey means to its neigh-bors is indicated in an article in the Harrisburg Telegraph which says that excursions run to Hershey "have had the effect of bringing, thousands of visitors to the State Capitol and the register of the guides at the State House shows the names of peo-ple from half the central counties. For a long time trje railroad people •did not realize the interest of the people of the State at large in the new Capitol and they persistently re-fused to grant stop-off privileges for the purpose of visiting the big granite pile in the center of the city. A few y&ars ago some new passenger men came here and worked up the officials with the result that how stopovers are granted on application. The re-sult has been a series of visits to the Capitol and pleasure for many peo-ple," August a Record Month For Visitors to Hershey Delightful Corn Roast Mr, Leithiscr Host »t a Pleasant Par-ty Along Spring Creek One of the most enjoyable events of the summer was a corn roast given by Mr. James B. Leithiscr Inst Friday evening, The table was sot under tho trees along Spring Crook and the guests gathered about h!x o'clock, Tho affair waH full of jollity and good fel-lowship mid when the feast was over tho guofits wore full of corn , water-melon unci other delicaeioH , Mr, Lolt-hlsor wits nn ideal host nnd the party lingered until after the band concert boHim, Miflfl Margaret Loithisor as-sisted her father in receivin g tho guests. Those present Included John Ifl, Sny-der, William IT; Lobkiehor , William F. It. MiirHo , Ezar F, Horshoy, F. B, Smivoly, lOwing Cain , S. D, Clark , D. C. CJIIoh , l> , F. Gruofl', P, N, Kannr>n , George Bpploy, J, 11. Kroldor , 0. S, Mnulfn l i', E, M, Horalioy, Robert Wul-ton,' George Shearer, William Curtis , C. V. Glynn , A, W, Suavely, Jfl. h. Bomgurdnor , IT, NV Horr , RiihhoU Stouor, Abe Hollmun , Frank Mngoo , William Lalthlsor , J, 11. Suavely and Lynn It, Mcoldnn, Pr ogress of the Great War -Another wook finds the world wait-ing for no\vH of u great buttle In Europe, The llghtH , have boon con-tlmioiiH uppnrontly, but In formati on about, thorn is withhold , Tlia consor- Hliip Ih ulrnoHt absolute, What in known Is Hint In npll.ii of Iohhoh hero and l;horo t;lio Gormmui have boon ad-vancing, HngHs!) troopH are now on the Continent. Commerce has been resumed between .' America and Eng-land and France. Americans are be-ing brought home safely. Prices are still demoralized and the stock exchanges are n .kept. closed. Sugar is higher and drugs are ' still going up. Many factories have; had to close. On the whole, however, the business , situation is better than was feared a week ago. Still, the future is very uncertain. Hershey Family Reunion Will be Held in Hershey Park Next Thursday, August 27 Committees are busy arranging for the ninth annual reunion of the Her-shey family in Hershey Park next Thursday, August 27. It will cele-brate the 205th anniversary of the arrival of the family in .America. The program and the committees were given in the Hershey Press of July 30. Milton S. Hershey is president of the Association and chairman, of the com-mittee of arrangements. The com-mittee of entertainment is headed by Mrs. Fanny Hershey of Silver Springs. The program will begin with a reception at ' 10.00 o'clock Thursday morning, after which there will be music and a.business meeting; Dinner will be served at noon. The afternoon program will include music and addresses by Hon. W. L". Hershey and Rev. Dr. E. Meister, of , Lancaster. The largest attendance in the his-tory of the Association is expected. Lancaster Grocers Today Their Third Annual Visit to Hershey Has Crowded Program Today the Lancaster Grocers will own Hershey Park and' over .five thousand are expected. The place of their annual picnic is always put to vote and three years in succession Hershey Park . has been selected. Ralph Schaub is chairman of the com-mittee. There will be four special trains. Last year the picnic brought to Hershey Park the largest crowd that ever left Lancaster in a single day. This year the record will proba-bly be broken again. The program of sports is particularly interesting. There will be something going on every minute. A great base ball game is. one of the attractions. The Iroquois Band will be present. Girls Made the Ice Cream That is, They Made it After They Found Enough Salt. Usually the trouble with ice cream is too much salt, but the rule was re-versed last week when the young ladies of the Y. ,W. C. A. started in to manufacture the delicacy and found that they had everything but salt. The store being closed they had to make a raid on surrounding supplies and finally they got enough to pro-ceed with their work, which wan to make cream for twenty-two members who were hungrily waiting. It was finally accomplished under the export direction of Miss Steck and the ice cream party was one of the big suc-cesses of the season. Tomorrow evening at 5.80 tho girls will have a corn roast in tho Park. All members of the Y. W. C. A. nnd their friends are invited and are re-quested to send in their acceptances to.Miss Burch not later than tonight —Thursday, Middletown 's Big Fair Great Day nnd Night Exhibition August 2f>, 26, 27 and 28 Tho Middletown Fair Association has tnkon an advanced stop this year and it will hold a day and night ex-hibition , The campaign for the in-crease of exhibits in every depart-ment has mot with surprising huc-cohh , and tho Fair this your will rank among the bin' ones in tho State. There will , bo lots to see and the crowd promises to be enormous. Tuesday, Children 's day, will bo do-voted to athletic contests , with horso racing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, II; will bo the greatest; Fair over hold In Dauphin Oounty. Big (IrowopltH display and Midway attrac-tions i)y ovy night , Frequent trniim on all rnllrondB and electric cars to and from llurriHburg every ton mln- Ut eS, ¦ *+¦* - A Plowing Record In plowing forty acres in loss, than fourteen hours tho inon on Homliey Farm number Five mado a record for th eir thlrtoon plows uiUl it would ba Interesting to match It, The llernlioy Press would bo glad to print tho elalniH , ' ' i! Five Thousand Odd Fellows To Visit Hershe y August 29 Seven Counties Will Send Large Dele-gations. Interesting Program For the Day. The Speakers. Vocal-and Instrumental Music. First Reunion The first reunion of the Odd Fel-lows of the seven counties of Dau-phin, Berks, Lebanon, Schuylkill, Lan-caster, Cumberland and York, will be held at Hershey Park on Saturday, August 29. About 5000 persons are expected to attend and special trains will be run over the Philadelphia and Reading. Plans were formulated ,at the state convention of Odd Fellows in Harris-burg, May, when the following of: ficers were elected: Dr. George H. Bender, of Jones-town, president; George A. Hollihger, of Harrisburg, secretary, and W. G. Schreiner of Middletown,. .treasurer. The speakers of the^ day will he grand Master Paul A. Benson, Erie county judge, and Roy D. Beman, of Harrisburg. The meeting of the Past Grands Association of Dauphin coun-ty will • be held at 7 o'clock on the evening of the" reunion at Hershey instead of at Shellsville. Lebanon county expects to be repre-sented by 1500 persons, accompanied by a band, and a male quartet. A meeting for the election of officers of the association for the following year will be held ih the auditorium at 10.30 a. m. While five thousand is given .as the probable attendance some, of the lod-ges are claiming that the figures will go beyond ten thousand and one Leb-anon paper puts the limit at fifteen thousand. The Lebanon Odd. Fellows are greatly interested.. At a meeting this week reports were heard from the various committeemen and it was decided to engage Tyrell's Band with Miss Mae Keller at the chimes to ac-company the two local bodies of Odd Fellows. ! Dr. George H. Bender, of Jones-town, president of the seven county association, who has the entire mat-ter in charge, reported that he was successful in his recent trip to Pine-grove and that delegations will be present from Schuylkill county,' in-cluding Tremont Summit Hill and Lykens. On Thursday Dr. Bender was at Reading, where the half dozen lodges all promised large delegations and a similar promise "was extended to him by the six Harrisburg lodges^ Manheim alone in Lancaster county, promises 1200 • people and excursions will run specially from Lancaster, Harrisburg, Lykens, Pottsville,. Read-ing, etc. E. H. Harrison , George Moore and L. Howard Rhein, are the general committee from Lebanon Lodge No. 121, and C. Robert Fisher, T. G. Spangler and' Charles Gulp are the committee representing Mohegan Lodge No. 228. Delegations from Kleinfeltersville, Fredericksburg, Jonestown, Myers-town, Palmyra and Lebanon will be present. Odd Fellowship in Lebanon is about 800 strong while in the coun-ty it is about 1500 strong. Two base ball games, in the morn-ing and afternoon , between profos-sioal teams, will bo played, w.i,th vaudeville , swimming, boating and the amusements of the summer Park for the big majority of visitors. Vo-cal and instrumental music with a number of impromptu band concerts and one in particular by Tyrrell's band with Miss Mao Keller at tho chimes will bo rendered , All in all Odd Follows Day at Hershey is expected to ho one of tho biggest over hold at the Park and grant preparations arc being made for tho entertainment of tho visitors who will come from the lodges of seven counties. Death of J . Paul Nissley J, Paul Nissloy, for the past 20 yours cashier of tho Ilummolstown National Bank and a prominent busi-ness man of that place , died on Sat-urday night at; Park View Hotel , Bethlehem , N. 11,, after a "lingering illness of tuberculosis, Mr, Ninsloy wuh 4f> years old, Ho loaves a widow, Mrs, Caroline Nissley; a daughter , Knthorlno; hln father , John .1. Niss-loy, and a sin tar, Mrs, J. F, Moyor, of Rending. Mr. Nlssloy loft last, Tuesday' for the Now Hampshire mountains. Pre-viously ho bad boon a guest at Sunny ltosl Inn , at "White Haven , Pa, In 1804 Mr , Nlssloy was mado cashier >of tho lIummoJHtown bank, Ho was also fluerofary rt:f the Hum-meltdown Mutual Flro Iumiraneo Com-pany. Ho was a member of Robert Burns Lodge, ' Free mid Accepted Masons, llarrislnirg ; Derry Council , ill', 0, U, A. M,; tho Lobunon Chapter and Gommundory of Muttons , and the Rnjah Temple at Koadlniv. ' Funeral services wore hold at; 2 p, m, on Wednesday at tho homo, on Main str eet, Intormont was In tho ITummolHtown cemetery. Rotar y Outing Tomorrow Harrisburg Club Will Make Merry in Hershey Park Tomorrow—August 21—is the day for the outing of the Harrisburg Rotary Club in Hershey Park. The entertainment committee is H. C-Hoffman, Roudolph Spicer, George Harry, Glenn Fickes and John Orr, and the program they have arranged is said to be the best that was ever contrived. They have piqued curiosi-ty by issuing a large yellow handbill with many unique\inscriptions. Here are some of them : "You know this is ~Hn old fashioned basket picnic,—and everybody furn-ishes their own ham sandwiches, hard boiled eggs an dany other 'fodder' you want to take. We don't care what you eat." "Say, Folks, , there's to be no speeches—Oh! joy!" "John Menger said he has run a mile in 3 .min, and 10 see.—^he ought to join the German Army—he could get a chance there soon." "Sh ! Ezra Hershey said 'He'll be gol durned if it ain't a'goin' to be the best picnic that ever Rotated.' " "Captain of Base Ball, Raker, said he never made more than 4 runs, with a total of 17 hits, 13-p.ut outs and 7 assists in one • game,—there are a few Cobbs and Collins not in- profes-sional base ball. But then 'Cap' Bogar said he had a. Connie MacTc in-field that will skin Raker's team alive.'1, "Read — Reflect — Remember —¦ Rotate, and remove yourself, best girl ets etc., etc. to the Picnic," is the slogan of the handbill, and.the follow-ing • is the program : "We leave at .10 a. m.—of course we will have other cars running every half hour. "Eat any old time. "2 p. m. Base Ball (an d it's to be no 13 inning game). "3 p. m. Sports and then some. Ladies' nail driving contest, Ladies' 50 yard dash, Potato race, Fat men's race, Three legged race, Threading the needle (for men only). "Quoit Pitching Contest. "Afterwards: Boating Bathing, Bowling, Dancing, § Vaudeville, and seeing the "animals." . . , "And say—about 6.30—the com-mittee after making a great effort secured 'Dannie,' D, D. Hammelbaugh to present the prizes to the victors— They are to be 'real' prizes too—for every event, what d'you think of that ? Someclass, eh?" Union Church Services Two Hundred Were Present to Hear Rev. Mr. Rentz Sunday Unusual success marked the union services of the churches of Hershey in Hershey Park last Sunday after-noon. They were hold at 7.15 p, m., which is tho scheduled hour during the month of August. They are in charge of Rev. N. L. Linobaugh. A choir of fifteen voices led tho singing, Mr. Rente took his text from tho verso, "Heroin is love , not that wo loved God , but that ho loved us." Ho discussed tho depths and heights and motive of love and emphasized its value and necessity. Tho sermon was attentively listened to by over two hundred persons. ¦Next Sunday tho services will be held at the same hour and tho preach-er will bo Rev. N. L, Linebaugh. The Children Who Were Left Automobile Club Brings Them U> Hershey For an Outing When tho Harrisburg M°tor Chi li brought the orphans of that city to Horshoy I'ai'k they wore obliged to loavo beh ind the children in the Ifur-rlHbiirg Day Nursery boeaimo of « ciiho of contaglonA decease in tho in-stitution. But the sick child is well nnd all danger hw passed. So, In order that the children might not bo disappointed , J. Clyde Mytoii , nonro-tary of tho Ilarrittburg Motor Olub , arranged a special trip to Horshoy on Tuesday. The thirty totn came in automobiles and luul the time of their lives. Tlioy onjoyod all the attrue-tloiiH of tho Park , rodo , in the mlna-tare railway) saw the zoo, played in tho swIngH nnd did a lot of other, things , boat of which was ' to eat with joy liayond measure tho dinner which was propnrod for thorn by Catere r KrniiHo ' at the Onfo, Thoy made n vory happy party. Many From This Place Enjoy the Fine Exhibits and Interesting Programs .Excursion of the School Chil-dren. Hershey Men Among the Judges. Best Held Hershey has been much in evidence at the great Lebanon Fair" this week. In the first place- the Hershey Transit Company with tracks direct to the grounds has handled the crowds and much of the success of the week has been due to the cordial cooperation of Superintendent J. R. Kreider with the fair authorities. Special, sche-dules have been maintained and thou-sands of people have been safely and promptly carried. On the opening day the children of the Hershey Industrial School were taken by special ear to the fair. Re-presentating Mr. Hershey. as host was Mr. William H. Lebkicher and as-sisting him were Superintendent and Mrs. Copenhaver and the matrons of the school. The children had a great time and took enthusiastic interest in what they saw. They left the school after dinner and returned before supper. Yesterday more Hershey people were present. Among the most prominent were Messrs. Frank B. Snavely,. James Millard and Hiram Billet who served as Judges of live stock. Their work was very impor-tant and they exercised great care in the awarding of the honors. With the increase in dairy-farming in this valley, the interest in all livestock has been vastly enhanced. The Lebanon fair exhibits are remarkably fine. Today is the big day and many from Hershey will in the crowds. It is the best Fair Lebanon has ever held , larger in every way and with more things going on. All the ex-hibition buildings and paddocks are full to overflowing. There is much machinery. . The local merchants and dealers are well represented. There are the latest canned goods and wines and also some a half century old. Household goods are abundant. In entertainments all records are broken. Over two hundred concessions were granted and there is everything from death-defying acts to the humble but popular frankfurter. The attend-ance is ahead of previous records. Hershey Turns Out to See the Great Lebanon Fair Three Hundred Hear Sousa and Carry Out Interesting Program On Tuesday the Sunday Schools of the Presbyterian, Lutheran and Unit-ed Brethren Churches of Hershey and their friends to the number of three hundred went m special cars to Pax-tang Park and heard Sousa's Band. It was their annual Union picnic and they had a great time. With them were their pastors, Rev. N L. Line-baugh , Rev. Frederick C. Krapf , Rev- George S. Rentz and Rev. O. G. Romig. There was one committee and it provided the sports—Rev. I. M. Hershey and Cyrus Garman. The following wore the events and the winners : 100-yard dash , prize , scarf pin , Harry Wirth. Needle thread contest, prize , Watch fob , Harry Imbodcn. Loan men race, prize , silk hose, Jno. Snoath, Running Brond jump, prize cuff links , Paul Zentmeyor. Shoe lacing contest, prize , nock- tie, Hugh Imbodon. One-legged race, prize , tie clasp, Russell Clark. Rooster light , prize, pocket knife, Jno. Zimmerman. Melon eating contest , prize , base ball , Chester Marks. Candle race , prize , hat pins , (Name not given,) Nail driving contest , prize , veil pin , Esther Moyor. Ball throwing contest, prize , hand-kerchief , Esther Moyor, Peanut contest , prize , box candy, Ruth Gordon , Potato race, prize , box stationery, Ruth Gooseman. Running race , prize , lace collar, Josephine Horshoy, Ball throwing contest , prize , purse, Mario Cooper. fiO-yard dash , prize , nail clipper , Frank Zontmoyor. Tho base ball game was between teams fro m tho Presbyterian and United Brethren churches. Tho Unit-ed Brethren won by 4 to 2. Tho party1 returned to Horshoy at nine o'clock, Many woro singing nnd there wore cheers over the ruc'Cosa of tho day. Mr. and Mrs. Starr Surprised The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Starr tendered them a sur-prise purty last Thursday evening at their homo on ' Cara cas avonuo. Thirty-two persons wove present nnd there woro many presents of Hnon , silv er and out glass. The nfTniv was planned by Mw, Starr's sister, Miss Mlnorvn Martin of Ilarrlshurg, Hershey Union Picnic Hershey Implement Department Do-ing' the Largest Business in -¦-': -its History. Will Make Ex-hibit at Middletown. Fertilizer Sales It. is the busiest season the Her-shey Implement Department has known. On the four floors of its great building it/has now over fifty thousand dollars, worth of .machinery of all kinds and during the . year it handles more than one hundred thou-sand dollars' worth. The stock is complete and interest-ing, comprising , silos, ' corn binders, blowers, grain drills, engines, wagons, carriages' and every form of machine for the work and life of the farm. The value of such ' an establishment is very great, because a full supply is always carried and thus the farm-ers do not have to wait for what they subject says the Department will be entirely satisfied to have manufactur-ers of fertilizers reduce the per cent, of potash . they : put in the goods they place on the markets for the fall trade of the current year without making an. additional registration of the same, provided that no change is made so far as the other elements , of plant food are concerned. want. Often this means much saving of time and money. , While all the best makes are car-ried, including the lines of the Inter-national Harvester Company, it is significant that most of the vehicles and many of the important engines and machines and much of the wire and other material are of Pennsylva-nia manufacture. The makers of this state are leading in the quality and prices of their output. The Hershey Improvement Department is in a po-sition to judge and it is gratifying that it has found a large part of the best of everything in this state. It has been said often that Pennsylva-nia is an empire of such variety of resources that it could , put a fence around itself and exist indefinitely. Not only would its soil and mines and rivers yield the necessary materials but its factories would turn ou t¦ the best machinery for all purposes. Of course a large, part of the cus-tom of the Implement Company comes from the 8,000 acres of Her-shey farms, but it will be a surprise to many to know that two-thirds of its trade is outside of these proper-ties. ' Farmers from Dauphin, Lan-caster, Lebanon and other counties come here to get their machinery and the range of the company's dealings is widening every year. In spite of its superior accommodations it needs more room. One advantage is that a spur of track brings all freight di-rect to its doors. It uses the short-cuts and economies of modern merchandizing .and this means sav-ings to the customers. Farmers are buying more machin-ery; One reason for this is that the boys will not stay on the farms and the labor problem grows more seri-ous, and thus the farmer needs more mechanical aid. Some of the ma-chines are almost human in their ef-ficiency and their intelligent use means a margain of profit that might otherwise be lost. Moreover, good machines remove most of the hard drudgery of farming, and they do the work better. In' spite of the craze for automo-biles and motors more buggies and carriages are sold than ever before, These are made in Pennsylvania, Tho tendency here is towards dairy fa nning, which means more corn and other material for feeding and for ensilage. The Department is preparing a fine exhibit for tho Middletown fair. It will bo a comprehensive collection of tho machinery best adapted for profitable farming in southern Penn-sylvania and its largo educational value will doubtless attract unusual attention. Tho Department handles n thou-sand tons of fertilizer a year and for this fall it lias sold 2<i carloads. This fertilizer is made in Chicago and York and it has boon thoroughly test-ed. Tho chief demand Is for tho 2-8-fi brand , which is peculiarly adapt-ed for soil in this region. Tho fertilizer question is one of extreme seriousness in America and it in fortunate for tho farmers of this section tlmt tho ITorshoy Imple-ment .Department lias a fine supply in flight. All its goodn arc standard, It is estimated that nt least ninety per cent of tho potash used in fertiliz-ers in this Htuto comes from Germany and in order to conserve tho stock in this country many miniiifacturors will bo forced to uso a Hmallor portion than has boon dona, To facilitate mutters Secretary of Agriculture Critchflold Iiiin IhhikxI a ci rcular in which n wny Is pointed out for tho marketing of fertilizers for tho fall trade without making a now regis-tration with all that such procedure entails. It Is osflnmtod that fl40 ,000 tons of fertilizer am used annually in Penn-sylvania aiul a largo portion of this Ih potash so that tho oiToct of tho war can ' bo ascertained, In 101<) about; throe nunrUirs of a million tons of potash of various kindn woro Import-ed from Germany alono and there will bo very IRtlo this your. Tho Imports IiihI your wore : ltullnito 4(lfi ,8f>0 tonsj muurluto of potash 53110,4 1!!; mnnuro huIIh 111,(140, and sulphate of potash 44,2811 tons. Tho lette r of tho Hoerotary on tho Outfitting Many Farms With Modern Machinery
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Title | The Hershey Press 1914-08-20 |
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 | 1914-08-20 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
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Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1914-08-20 |
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 | 1914-08-20 |
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 | AH the Accommodations Have Been Crowded and There is- an Increased Demand for Homes. Waiting Lists For Houses and *' •.¦' Hotel Roams More than thirty thousand visitors halve come to Hershey since August began : and the: total for the month will exceed forty thousand and proba-bly go far towards fifty thousand. Most of these, of course, came for the day, but the results of their ob-servations are shown, in the increased inquiries for houses and rooms. Many residences ' are in course of construc-tion, and more are planned. The Inn has been filled the whole summer and has not been able to accommodate many who applied for rooms. At the Young Women's Christian Associa-tion all-the rooms are occupied; even the sitting room has been rented, and there is a considerable waiting list; with new applicants coming in every week. Many persons- have spent their vacations in Hershey this summer and have been delighted. The unique healthfulness of the .place, .the ab-sence of'ail—nuisance arid disorder, the daily band concerts,, theatrical , per-formances ¦ arid all the attractions of the Park make it ideal for those seek-ing ' recuperation and sane entertain-ment. There is something interesting all the time and - 1 there , are special events. For : instance, on Saturday evening there will be continuous danc-ing at the Pavilion, with both the Hershey' Band and the, Hershey or-chestra in attendance *:rf;;!i; ;;, All this is in line with the develop-ment of Hershey into the model town of good people, and there are other things that add to its value as a home place. ' The finest public . school in America will open next week and parents realize that their children will have in this school advantages with-out cost that could not be purchased in any other town. In fact the ad-vantages will be three fold—the edu-cational facilities, the healthfulness of the town and the absence of all town evils. It is the ideal place in which to bring up children. All these things are influencing hprne-seekers who realize that the present is their opportunity. To own a home in Hershey is to make an in-vestment in health and well-being as well as in profitable property. What Hershey means to its neigh-bors is indicated in an article in the Harrisburg Telegraph which says that excursions run to Hershey "have had the effect of bringing, thousands of visitors to the State Capitol and the register of the guides at the State House shows the names of peo-ple from half the central counties. For a long time trje railroad people •did not realize the interest of the people of the State at large in the new Capitol and they persistently re-fused to grant stop-off privileges for the purpose of visiting the big granite pile in the center of the city. A few y&ars ago some new passenger men came here and worked up the officials with the result that how stopovers are granted on application. The re-sult has been a series of visits to the Capitol and pleasure for many peo-ple," August a Record Month For Visitors to Hershey Delightful Corn Roast Mr, Leithiscr Host »t a Pleasant Par-ty Along Spring Creek One of the most enjoyable events of the summer was a corn roast given by Mr. James B. Leithiscr Inst Friday evening, The table was sot under tho trees along Spring Crook and the guests gathered about h!x o'clock, Tho affair waH full of jollity and good fel-lowship mid when the feast was over tho guofits wore full of corn , water-melon unci other delicaeioH , Mr, Lolt-hlsor wits nn ideal host nnd the party lingered until after the band concert boHim, Miflfl Margaret Loithisor as-sisted her father in receivin g tho guests. Those present Included John Ifl, Sny-der, William IT; Lobkiehor , William F. It. MiirHo , Ezar F, Horshoy, F. B, Smivoly, lOwing Cain , S. D, Clark , D. C. CJIIoh , l> , F. Gruofl', P, N, Kannr>n , George Bpploy, J, 11. Kroldor , 0. S, Mnulfn l i', E, M, Horalioy, Robert Wul-ton,' George Shearer, William Curtis , C. V. Glynn , A, W, Suavely, Jfl. h. Bomgurdnor , IT, NV Horr , RiihhoU Stouor, Abe Hollmun , Frank Mngoo , William Lalthlsor , J, 11. Suavely and Lynn It, Mcoldnn, Pr ogress of the Great War -Another wook finds the world wait-ing for no\vH of u great buttle In Europe, The llghtH , have boon con-tlmioiiH uppnrontly, but In formati on about, thorn is withhold , Tlia consor- Hliip Ih ulrnoHt absolute, What in known Is Hint In npll.ii of Iohhoh hero and l;horo t;lio Gormmui have boon ad-vancing, HngHs!) troopH are now on the Continent. Commerce has been resumed between .' America and Eng-land and France. Americans are be-ing brought home safely. Prices are still demoralized and the stock exchanges are n .kept. closed. Sugar is higher and drugs are ' still going up. Many factories have; had to close. On the whole, however, the business , situation is better than was feared a week ago. Still, the future is very uncertain. Hershey Family Reunion Will be Held in Hershey Park Next Thursday, August 27 Committees are busy arranging for the ninth annual reunion of the Her-shey family in Hershey Park next Thursday, August 27. It will cele-brate the 205th anniversary of the arrival of the family in .America. The program and the committees were given in the Hershey Press of July 30. Milton S. Hershey is president of the Association and chairman, of the com-mittee of arrangements. The com-mittee of entertainment is headed by Mrs. Fanny Hershey of Silver Springs. The program will begin with a reception at ' 10.00 o'clock Thursday morning, after which there will be music and a.business meeting; Dinner will be served at noon. The afternoon program will include music and addresses by Hon. W. L". Hershey and Rev. Dr. E. Meister, of , Lancaster. The largest attendance in the his-tory of the Association is expected. Lancaster Grocers Today Their Third Annual Visit to Hershey Has Crowded Program Today the Lancaster Grocers will own Hershey Park and' over .five thousand are expected. The place of their annual picnic is always put to vote and three years in succession Hershey Park . has been selected. Ralph Schaub is chairman of the com-mittee. There will be four special trains. Last year the picnic brought to Hershey Park the largest crowd that ever left Lancaster in a single day. This year the record will proba-bly be broken again. The program of sports is particularly interesting. There will be something going on every minute. A great base ball game is. one of the attractions. The Iroquois Band will be present. Girls Made the Ice Cream That is, They Made it After They Found Enough Salt. Usually the trouble with ice cream is too much salt, but the rule was re-versed last week when the young ladies of the Y. ,W. C. A. started in to manufacture the delicacy and found that they had everything but salt. The store being closed they had to make a raid on surrounding supplies and finally they got enough to pro-ceed with their work, which wan to make cream for twenty-two members who were hungrily waiting. It was finally accomplished under the export direction of Miss Steck and the ice cream party was one of the big suc-cesses of the season. Tomorrow evening at 5.80 tho girls will have a corn roast in tho Park. All members of the Y. W. C. A. nnd their friends are invited and are re-quested to send in their acceptances to.Miss Burch not later than tonight —Thursday, Middletown 's Big Fair Great Day nnd Night Exhibition August 2f>, 26, 27 and 28 Tho Middletown Fair Association has tnkon an advanced stop this year and it will hold a day and night ex-hibition , The campaign for the in-crease of exhibits in every depart-ment has mot with surprising huc-cohh , and tho Fair this your will rank among the bin' ones in tho State. There will , bo lots to see and the crowd promises to be enormous. Tuesday, Children 's day, will bo do-voted to athletic contests , with horso racing Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, II; will bo the greatest; Fair over hold In Dauphin Oounty. Big (IrowopltH display and Midway attrac-tions i)y ovy night , Frequent trniim on all rnllrondB and electric cars to and from llurriHburg every ton mln- Ut eS, ¦ *+¦* - A Plowing Record In plowing forty acres in loss, than fourteen hours tho inon on Homliey Farm number Five mado a record for th eir thlrtoon plows uiUl it would ba Interesting to match It, The llernlioy Press would bo glad to print tho elalniH , ' ' i! Five Thousand Odd Fellows To Visit Hershe y August 29 Seven Counties Will Send Large Dele-gations. Interesting Program For the Day. The Speakers. Vocal-and Instrumental Music. First Reunion The first reunion of the Odd Fel-lows of the seven counties of Dau-phin, Berks, Lebanon, Schuylkill, Lan-caster, Cumberland and York, will be held at Hershey Park on Saturday, August 29. About 5000 persons are expected to attend and special trains will be run over the Philadelphia and Reading. Plans were formulated ,at the state convention of Odd Fellows in Harris-burg, May, when the following of: ficers were elected: Dr. George H. Bender, of Jones-town, president; George A. Hollihger, of Harrisburg, secretary, and W. G. Schreiner of Middletown,. .treasurer. The speakers of the^ day will he grand Master Paul A. Benson, Erie county judge, and Roy D. Beman, of Harrisburg. The meeting of the Past Grands Association of Dauphin coun-ty will • be held at 7 o'clock on the evening of the" reunion at Hershey instead of at Shellsville. Lebanon county expects to be repre-sented by 1500 persons, accompanied by a band, and a male quartet. A meeting for the election of officers of the association for the following year will be held ih the auditorium at 10.30 a. m. While five thousand is given .as the probable attendance some, of the lod-ges are claiming that the figures will go beyond ten thousand and one Leb-anon paper puts the limit at fifteen thousand. The Lebanon Odd. Fellows are greatly interested.. At a meeting this week reports were heard from the various committeemen and it was decided to engage Tyrell's Band with Miss Mae Keller at the chimes to ac-company the two local bodies of Odd Fellows. ! Dr. George H. Bender, of Jones-town, president of the seven county association, who has the entire mat-ter in charge, reported that he was successful in his recent trip to Pine-grove and that delegations will be present from Schuylkill county,' in-cluding Tremont Summit Hill and Lykens. On Thursday Dr. Bender was at Reading, where the half dozen lodges all promised large delegations and a similar promise "was extended to him by the six Harrisburg lodges^ Manheim alone in Lancaster county, promises 1200 • people and excursions will run specially from Lancaster, Harrisburg, Lykens, Pottsville,. Read-ing, etc. E. H. Harrison , George Moore and L. Howard Rhein, are the general committee from Lebanon Lodge No. 121, and C. Robert Fisher, T. G. Spangler and' Charles Gulp are the committee representing Mohegan Lodge No. 228. Delegations from Kleinfeltersville, Fredericksburg, Jonestown, Myers-town, Palmyra and Lebanon will be present. Odd Fellowship in Lebanon is about 800 strong while in the coun-ty it is about 1500 strong. Two base ball games, in the morn-ing and afternoon , between profos-sioal teams, will bo played, w.i,th vaudeville , swimming, boating and the amusements of the summer Park for the big majority of visitors. Vo-cal and instrumental music with a number of impromptu band concerts and one in particular by Tyrrell's band with Miss Mao Keller at tho chimes will bo rendered , All in all Odd Follows Day at Hershey is expected to ho one of tho biggest over hold at the Park and grant preparations arc being made for tho entertainment of tho visitors who will come from the lodges of seven counties. Death of J . Paul Nissley J, Paul Nissloy, for the past 20 yours cashier of tho Ilummolstown National Bank and a prominent busi-ness man of that place , died on Sat-urday night at; Park View Hotel , Bethlehem , N. 11,, after a "lingering illness of tuberculosis, Mr, Ninsloy wuh 4f> years old, Ho loaves a widow, Mrs, Caroline Nissley; a daughter , Knthorlno; hln father , John .1. Niss-loy, and a sin tar, Mrs, J. F, Moyor, of Rending. Mr. Nlssloy loft last, Tuesday' for the Now Hampshire mountains. Pre-viously ho bad boon a guest at Sunny ltosl Inn , at "White Haven , Pa, In 1804 Mr , Nlssloy was mado cashier >of tho lIummoJHtown bank, Ho was also fluerofary rt:f the Hum-meltdown Mutual Flro Iumiraneo Com-pany. Ho was a member of Robert Burns Lodge, ' Free mid Accepted Masons, llarrislnirg ; Derry Council , ill', 0, U, A. M,; tho Lobunon Chapter and Gommundory of Muttons , and the Rnjah Temple at Koadlniv. ' Funeral services wore hold at; 2 p, m, on Wednesday at tho homo, on Main str eet, Intormont was In tho ITummolHtown cemetery. Rotar y Outing Tomorrow Harrisburg Club Will Make Merry in Hershey Park Tomorrow—August 21—is the day for the outing of the Harrisburg Rotary Club in Hershey Park. The entertainment committee is H. C-Hoffman, Roudolph Spicer, George Harry, Glenn Fickes and John Orr, and the program they have arranged is said to be the best that was ever contrived. They have piqued curiosi-ty by issuing a large yellow handbill with many unique\inscriptions. Here are some of them : "You know this is ~Hn old fashioned basket picnic,—and everybody furn-ishes their own ham sandwiches, hard boiled eggs an dany other 'fodder' you want to take. We don't care what you eat." "Say, Folks, , there's to be no speeches—Oh! joy!" "John Menger said he has run a mile in 3 .min, and 10 see.—^he ought to join the German Army—he could get a chance there soon." "Sh ! Ezra Hershey said 'He'll be gol durned if it ain't a'goin' to be the best picnic that ever Rotated.' " "Captain of Base Ball, Raker, said he never made more than 4 runs, with a total of 17 hits, 13-p.ut outs and 7 assists in one • game,—there are a few Cobbs and Collins not in- profes-sional base ball. But then 'Cap' Bogar said he had a. Connie MacTc in-field that will skin Raker's team alive.'1, "Read — Reflect — Remember —¦ Rotate, and remove yourself, best girl ets etc., etc. to the Picnic," is the slogan of the handbill, and.the follow-ing • is the program : "We leave at .10 a. m.—of course we will have other cars running every half hour. "Eat any old time. "2 p. m. Base Ball (an d it's to be no 13 inning game). "3 p. m. Sports and then some. Ladies' nail driving contest, Ladies' 50 yard dash, Potato race, Fat men's race, Three legged race, Threading the needle (for men only). "Quoit Pitching Contest. "Afterwards: Boating Bathing, Bowling, Dancing, § Vaudeville, and seeing the "animals." . . , "And say—about 6.30—the com-mittee after making a great effort secured 'Dannie,' D, D. Hammelbaugh to present the prizes to the victors— They are to be 'real' prizes too—for every event, what d'you think of that ? Someclass, eh?" Union Church Services Two Hundred Were Present to Hear Rev. Mr. Rentz Sunday Unusual success marked the union services of the churches of Hershey in Hershey Park last Sunday after-noon. They were hold at 7.15 p, m., which is tho scheduled hour during the month of August. They are in charge of Rev. N. L. Linobaugh. A choir of fifteen voices led tho singing, Mr. Rente took his text from tho verso, "Heroin is love , not that wo loved God , but that ho loved us." Ho discussed tho depths and heights and motive of love and emphasized its value and necessity. Tho sermon was attentively listened to by over two hundred persons. ¦Next Sunday tho services will be held at the same hour and tho preach-er will bo Rev. N. L, Linebaugh. The Children Who Were Left Automobile Club Brings Them U> Hershey For an Outing When tho Harrisburg M°tor Chi li brought the orphans of that city to Horshoy I'ai'k they wore obliged to loavo beh ind the children in the Ifur-rlHbiirg Day Nursery boeaimo of « ciiho of contaglonA decease in tho in-stitution. But the sick child is well nnd all danger hw passed. So, In order that the children might not bo disappointed , J. Clyde Mytoii , nonro-tary of tho Ilarrittburg Motor Olub , arranged a special trip to Horshoy on Tuesday. The thirty totn came in automobiles and luul the time of their lives. Tlioy onjoyod all the attrue-tloiiH of tho Park , rodo , in the mlna-tare railway) saw the zoo, played in tho swIngH nnd did a lot of other, things , boat of which was ' to eat with joy liayond measure tho dinner which was propnrod for thorn by Catere r KrniiHo ' at the Onfo, Thoy made n vory happy party. Many From This Place Enjoy the Fine Exhibits and Interesting Programs .Excursion of the School Chil-dren. Hershey Men Among the Judges. Best Held Hershey has been much in evidence at the great Lebanon Fair" this week. In the first place- the Hershey Transit Company with tracks direct to the grounds has handled the crowds and much of the success of the week has been due to the cordial cooperation of Superintendent J. R. Kreider with the fair authorities. Special, sche-dules have been maintained and thou-sands of people have been safely and promptly carried. On the opening day the children of the Hershey Industrial School were taken by special ear to the fair. Re-presentating Mr. Hershey. as host was Mr. William H. Lebkicher and as-sisting him were Superintendent and Mrs. Copenhaver and the matrons of the school. The children had a great time and took enthusiastic interest in what they saw. They left the school after dinner and returned before supper. Yesterday more Hershey people were present. Among the most prominent were Messrs. Frank B. Snavely,. James Millard and Hiram Billet who served as Judges of live stock. Their work was very impor-tant and they exercised great care in the awarding of the honors. With the increase in dairy-farming in this valley, the interest in all livestock has been vastly enhanced. The Lebanon fair exhibits are remarkably fine. Today is the big day and many from Hershey will in the crowds. It is the best Fair Lebanon has ever held , larger in every way and with more things going on. All the ex-hibition buildings and paddocks are full to overflowing. There is much machinery. . The local merchants and dealers are well represented. There are the latest canned goods and wines and also some a half century old. Household goods are abundant. In entertainments all records are broken. Over two hundred concessions were granted and there is everything from death-defying acts to the humble but popular frankfurter. The attend-ance is ahead of previous records. Hershey Turns Out to See the Great Lebanon Fair Three Hundred Hear Sousa and Carry Out Interesting Program On Tuesday the Sunday Schools of the Presbyterian, Lutheran and Unit-ed Brethren Churches of Hershey and their friends to the number of three hundred went m special cars to Pax-tang Park and heard Sousa's Band. It was their annual Union picnic and they had a great time. With them were their pastors, Rev. N L. Line-baugh , Rev. Frederick C. Krapf , Rev- George S. Rentz and Rev. O. G. Romig. There was one committee and it provided the sports—Rev. I. M. Hershey and Cyrus Garman. The following wore the events and the winners : 100-yard dash , prize , scarf pin , Harry Wirth. Needle thread contest, prize , Watch fob , Harry Imbodcn. Loan men race, prize , silk hose, Jno. Snoath, Running Brond jump, prize cuff links , Paul Zentmeyor. Shoe lacing contest, prize , nock- tie, Hugh Imbodon. One-legged race, prize , tie clasp, Russell Clark. Rooster light , prize, pocket knife, Jno. Zimmerman. Melon eating contest , prize , base ball , Chester Marks. Candle race , prize , hat pins , (Name not given,) Nail driving contest , prize , veil pin , Esther Moyor. Ball throwing contest, prize , hand-kerchief , Esther Moyor, Peanut contest , prize , box candy, Ruth Gordon , Potato race, prize , box stationery, Ruth Gooseman. Running race , prize , lace collar, Josephine Horshoy, Ball throwing contest , prize , purse, Mario Cooper. fiO-yard dash , prize , nail clipper , Frank Zontmoyor. Tho base ball game was between teams fro m tho Presbyterian and United Brethren churches. Tho Unit-ed Brethren won by 4 to 2. Tho party1 returned to Horshoy at nine o'clock, Many woro singing nnd there wore cheers over the ruc'Cosa of tho day. Mr. and Mrs. Starr Surprised The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Starr tendered them a sur-prise purty last Thursday evening at their homo on ' Cara cas avonuo. Thirty-two persons wove present nnd there woro many presents of Hnon , silv er and out glass. The nfTniv was planned by Mw, Starr's sister, Miss Mlnorvn Martin of Ilarrlshurg, Hershey Union Picnic Hershey Implement Department Do-ing' the Largest Business in -¦-': -its History. Will Make Ex-hibit at Middletown. Fertilizer Sales It. is the busiest season the Her-shey Implement Department has known. On the four floors of its great building it/has now over fifty thousand dollars, worth of .machinery of all kinds and during the . year it handles more than one hundred thou-sand dollars' worth. The stock is complete and interest-ing, comprising , silos, ' corn binders, blowers, grain drills, engines, wagons, carriages' and every form of machine for the work and life of the farm. The value of such ' an establishment is very great, because a full supply is always carried and thus the farm-ers do not have to wait for what they subject says the Department will be entirely satisfied to have manufactur-ers of fertilizers reduce the per cent, of potash . they : put in the goods they place on the markets for the fall trade of the current year without making an. additional registration of the same, provided that no change is made so far as the other elements , of plant food are concerned. want. Often this means much saving of time and money. , While all the best makes are car-ried, including the lines of the Inter-national Harvester Company, it is significant that most of the vehicles and many of the important engines and machines and much of the wire and other material are of Pennsylva-nia manufacture. The makers of this state are leading in the quality and prices of their output. The Hershey Improvement Department is in a po-sition to judge and it is gratifying that it has found a large part of the best of everything in this state. It has been said often that Pennsylva-nia is an empire of such variety of resources that it could , put a fence around itself and exist indefinitely. Not only would its soil and mines and rivers yield the necessary materials but its factories would turn ou t¦ the best machinery for all purposes. Of course a large, part of the cus-tom of the Implement Company comes from the 8,000 acres of Her-shey farms, but it will be a surprise to many to know that two-thirds of its trade is outside of these proper-ties. ' Farmers from Dauphin, Lan-caster, Lebanon and other counties come here to get their machinery and the range of the company's dealings is widening every year. In spite of its superior accommodations it needs more room. One advantage is that a spur of track brings all freight di-rect to its doors. It uses the short-cuts and economies of modern merchandizing .and this means sav-ings to the customers. Farmers are buying more machin-ery; One reason for this is that the boys will not stay on the farms and the labor problem grows more seri-ous, and thus the farmer needs more mechanical aid. Some of the ma-chines are almost human in their ef-ficiency and their intelligent use means a margain of profit that might otherwise be lost. Moreover, good machines remove most of the hard drudgery of farming, and they do the work better. In' spite of the craze for automo-biles and motors more buggies and carriages are sold than ever before, These are made in Pennsylvania, Tho tendency here is towards dairy fa nning, which means more corn and other material for feeding and for ensilage. The Department is preparing a fine exhibit for tho Middletown fair. It will bo a comprehensive collection of tho machinery best adapted for profitable farming in southern Penn-sylvania and its largo educational value will doubtless attract unusual attention. Tho Department handles n thou-sand tons of fertilizer a year and for this fall it lias sold 20 tonsj muurluto of potash 53110,4 1!!; mnnuro huIIh 111,(140, and sulphate of potash 44,2811 tons. Tho lette r of tho Hoerotary on tho Outfitting Many Farms With Modern Machinery |