The Hershey Press 1912-06-13

              BEN GREET PLAYERS
AT HERSHEY PARK
Will Present "As You Like It" and
"Midsummer Night's Dream"
William Shakespeare, the great .im-mortal
of the stage and literature
•will be with us in Hershey on Thurs-day,
June 20, in the open at Hershey
Park, when the Prank McEntee
Pastoral Players will present two of
his great masterpieces. A stage will
he set under the trees in the beautiful
park and the plays will be presented
under ideal conditions of blue skies,
green trees, summer sun and all that
goes towards making such affairs a
never-ending delight. In the after-noon
at 3.30 they will present "As
You Like It" and in the evening at
8.30 they will give "Midsummer
Night's Dream." In case of rain the
plays will be given in tha-'park thea-ter.
The McEntee Company is an out-growth
of the Ben Greet players, sup-plemented
with the names of many
players from the leading organiza-tions
of this country ,and England.
Mr. McEntee and Miss Evison have
played leading support for Mr. Greet
ever since his introduction to this
country. The ladies of the company
include Augusta . True, who some
years ago was starred as Desdemona
in Othello. The company comprises
twenty names, all- of whom have had
years of blank verse education.
This company comes here under the
auspices of the Y. M. C. A. of Her-shey.
The prices are $1, 75 cents,
50 cents for seats, and 25 cents for
standing room. Children may secure
seats for 50 cents. Members of
either Y. M. C. A. or Y. W. C. A. may
each secure on seat.at a reduction of
25 cents for either the dollar or 75
cent seats. Seats may.be secured by
writing to the general secretary of
the Hershey Y. M.' C. A. Those per-sons
desiring to attend the afternoon
performance and remain for the even-ing
can secure dinner at the Hershey
Cafe. A large attendance is expect-ed
from all towns within a radius of
ten miles. This is an opportunity
that usually come only to? large
cities. . I
WILL DELIVER ADDRESS
ATY.W.C.A
Miss Margery Moore,. territorial
secretary of the Y. W. C." A. of Penn-sylvania,
New Jersey and Delaware,
will deliver an address especially for
women at the Hershey Y. W. C. A.
rooms on Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock. AH women of Hershey and
vicinity are invited to attend.
"CINDERELLA IN
FLOWERLANr TONIGHT
Tonight, Hershey Amphitheater,
will be the scene of the Operetta
"Cinderella In Flowerland" in which
90 children will take part. The chil-dren
have been thoroughly rehearsed
the past few weeks under the direc-tion
of Miss Mary Bureh. The
operetta is being given for the bene-fit
of the Hershey Y. W. C. A. As
they will be under considerable ex-pense
to send four delegates to camp
Nepahwin, and one delegate to the
Silver Bay Conference, the citizens
of Hershey and vicinity are earnestly
urged to attend the entertainment,
thereby giving their support to a
worthy cause. The Y, W. C. A. is
doing highly commendable work jn
this section and when the opportunity
offers, the public should not hesitate,
but give their hearty support. You
surely will go home pleased. Do not
forget tonight.
TWO NEW CARS
Superintendent Kreider has. pur-chased
two new trolley cars from the
Brill Car Company. The cars have
all the latest improvements, and will
add much to the convenience and
pleasure of the road's patrons:
Thousands of dollars is being spent
on the Hershey lines to bring them
up to a high state of perfection. The
Hershey lines throughout stand
second to none in the state.
NEW PARK BENCHES
AND TABLES
To properly accommodate the ever
increasing patronage of Hershey
park, manager Heilman has placed
25 new picnic tables and about 100
new park benches throughout the
park. This improvement will add
much to the general comfort of park
visitors. Nothing is being ;left un-done
to make Hershey. park the best
and finest park in the country.
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
Splendidly Presented By Lebanon
Valley College Christian
Associations
Last Saturday evening, the Lebanon
Valley College Christian Associations
splendidly presented "the Merchant
of Venice," in the Hershey Amphi-theater.
This iis one of Shakespeares
most delightful comedies and was
well received by the audience. The
players are deserving of con-gratulations,
for the able manner in
which the comedy was presented.
For New Hershey Bank Building
"Workmen last Friday broke the
ground which marks the beginning of
the new Hershey bank building. The
site of the new building at the north-west
corner of Chocolate and Cocoa
Avenues is the most imposing corner
in Hershey. Since their founding the
Hershey Improvement Company and
the Hershey Trust Company have
been housed in the Y. M. C. A. build-ing.
However, Hershey has grown
wonderfully the past few years., and
likewise have the Improvement and
Trust Companies kept pace and have
grown out of their present quarters.
Hence, the new building. The di-.
mensions of the new structure is 70
feet on Chocolate avenue and 85 feet
on Cocoa avenue.
The building when completed will
cost about $75,000.
GROUND BROKEN
Among the graduates of the Wis-consion
University of Journalism is
Miss Katharine Hershey, of Hershey,
whose name appears under the head
of letters and science;. Miss Hershey
is the first girl in Dauphin county to
take this degree. . She graduates
June 19th. Miss Hershey is the
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Her-shey,
of Hershey.
HERSHEY GIRL WINS *
UNIQUE DISTINCTION
Beginning next Monday evening
and continuing until Labor 'Day, the
Hershey band will give daily concerts
in the park, lasting from seven to
eight o'clock each evening. The band,
under the leadership of Samuel Feese,
has made remarkable progress the
past year, and those attending the
concerts are assured of only the high-est
class music rendered by trained
musicians. *
BAND CONCERTS
BEGIN JUNE 17TH
Announcement is made by Mr. and
Mrs.-h32homas J. Bretz, of 4 Argyle
street, Harrisburg, of the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Minnie K.
Bretz, to Charles E. King, of Steelton,
which took place at Hagerstowh, Md.;
March 8th, the Rev. J. Spangler pas-tor
of Zions Reformed Church offici-ating.
The young people are now at
home to their friends at" 4 Argyle
street, Harrisburg.
Mr. King is well known in this
vicinity, having been employed on the
office force in the chocolate factory.
Mrs. King also has a large circle of
friends in Hershey. The young
couple have the best wishes of their
many friends for a happy married
life.
MARRIAGE ANNOUNCED
Prof. F. D. Kelbock, M. P. D., who
was elected Supervising Principal of
the Derry Township public schools has notified the school board of his^
acceptance. He will locate here
about July? 5th.
ACCEPTS PRINCIPALSHIP
A strawberry and ice cream festi-val
will be held by the Union Deposit
U. B. Church, Saturday evening, June
22nd, on the church lawn.
STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL
The latter part of last week the
Hershey Cafe took on a summery ap-pearance,
when workmen placed awn-ings
about the building. They also
placed several large bay trees near
the entrances and screened the win-dows.
Another improvement to the
Cafe is a number of ¦ shelves which
have been built back of the cashier's
desk. The shelves will be given;a
mahogany finish , and will be used for
the display of candies.
CAFE DRESSED IN
ITS SUMMER GRAB
For the third time this year, Thalia
Oberdorf has had her arm broken.
The last accident happened in the
park last Saturday. 'While running
she fell. . She was taken to the Har-risburg
hospital Saturday afternoon
and returned Monday. .
BREAKS ARM
Nine young ladies of this place, all
members of the "Always Shining"
class of the United Brethren Sunday
school, spent several days in Tyrone
this week. While there they were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hildebrand,
formerly of this place. Mr. Hilde-brand
was formerly teacher of the
class. ' • .
The following comprised the party:
Anna Bashore, Effie Cooper, Jessie
Cooper, Cora Felty, Mary Garman,
Abigail Gordon, Lulu Oliver, Florence
Romig arid Catherine Witman.
SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
TAKES LENGTHY TRIP