The Hershey Press 1912-04-11

              HERSHEY TRUST SHARES
PAR VALUE $50
Correction as to the Par Value of the
Shares of the Hershey Trust
Company
j We desire to correct the statement
published in the "Press" April 4th,
1912, as it appeared in connection with
tlie article referring to the sale of the
securities of the late Dr. B- W. Stauf-fer,
relative to the par value of the
shares of stock of the Hershey Trust
Company, of Hershey, Pa.
The par value of this stock is $50.00
per share and hot $100.00 as published.
We make this correction in justice
to the management of the Trust Com-pany,
as the sale of this stock at
$200.50 per share, indicates the stock
has a market value equal to four
times the par-value, or a gain of
400 per cent in a little over six years.
POPULATION OF
HERSHEY IS 934
DERRY CHURCH HAS 217—FIG-URES
FOR OTHER TOWNS
The directory that has been gotten
up by the "Press" and. that is just
ready for distribution presents inter-esting,
figures regarding the popula-tion
of the different towns around
Hershey. In Hershey proper there
are 934 people living; Among the
names the name Hershey is found the
most frequently as there are 30 per-sons
living in the town that claim that
name. In Derry Church there are ten
more making a total of 40 Hersheys
that live in this immediate vicinity.
At the Hershey Industrial School
there are 26 persons. On the Her-shey
farms including the Industrial
School farms and the Demonstration
farms there are 217 persons. In Derry
Church there are the same number,
217. The combined population of
Hershey and Derry Church is 1151.
Swatara Station has a population
of 125. Hockersville has 30 residents
and when it is noted that 13 of these
answer to the name Rocker we under-stand
why the place gets its name.
In Sand Beach there are 73. In
Union Deposit 354. Here the name
Grpff appears 18 -times while , . the
names Landis, Long and Miller each
appear 17 times. Campbelltown has
a population of 365, the largest of any
of the towns that appears in the direc-tory
next- to Hershey. The name
Miller appears here 27 times.
In the whole directory there are
2341 names. The name Miller ap-pears
48 times in the directory, more
than any other name.
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A LIBRARY FOR HERSHEY
WILL BE PLACED IN THE Y. M.
C. A. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ,
Hershey is to have a public library.
The start in the collection of books is
to be made by bringing one of the
traveling library at Harrisburg
here. . This library will con-tain
fifty volumes and will re-main
for six months when a
new set of fifty will be secured. The
order for these books has been sent to
the State librarian and the books are
expected to arrive soon. While the
books are to be kept at the Y; W. C.
A., the library is to be controlled by
a joint committee from both the Y.
M-C. A. and Y. W. C. A. and is to be
used by the men as well as the women
of the town. The library "will be open
each Wednesday evening from six ,to
eight o'clock and on'Saturday, after-noons
from two to five.
In order to secure books that will
go to make up a permanent public
library for the town a book social
will be" held in the iiear future. This
social will be arranged by a joint
committee representing both the Y.
M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. The
plan will be for each person attending
the social to bring a book to be placed
in the library.
THE LEAP YEAR SOCIAL
A delightful evening was -spent at
the social given by the gymnasium
girls in the Y. W. C. A. rooms, on
Monday evening. They had a cleverly
arranged program, in which each in-dividual
participated. Even the most
sedate , and dignified guests were
obliged to pay the penalty for smil-ing
at the stunts performed.
The grand drill was a treat and a
surprise. The class was organized
just a short., time ago. The girls
have been faithful workers, under the
able supervision of Miss Elder,
The class yell voiced the sentiment
of the young women for Mr. M. S.
Hershey's generosity.
NAMED "BOB" AND "MAGGIE"
FOR THE PAIR THAT FOR-MERLY
OCCUPIED
THE PIT
Last week two bear cubs were re-ceived
at Hershey to be placed in the
.pit in the Park that has been empty
''since the-, death of "Bob" several
weeks ago. The cubs are. less than
a year old, their birthday being in
July. They were shipped here' from
St. Paul, Minnesota, where they were
raised. On their arrival Mr. Zinner
took them out to see the town. Hold-ing
them by their chains he took them
fnto the store where they created
some excitement in their attemps to
.climb the iron posts and mount the
candy tables.
In their pit they are attracting at-tention
every day, as they run in and
out of their den in their play. They
have been named "Bob" and "Maggie"
after the pair of Black bears that for-merly
occupied the pit. A neat sign
board giving their names has been
placed on the wall of the pit.
TWO BEAR CUBS
PLACED IN PARK
Mr. M. S. Hershey, who has been
sojourning in Cimiez-Nice, France,
during the. winter, with Mrs. Hershey,
returned to America on Saturday, ar-riving
in New York on Saturday on
steamer "America." Mr. Hershey ar-rived
in Hershey Sunday afternoon.
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E S. HERSHEY "
RETURNS SUNDAY
Plans were received on Wednesday;
afternoon for a new "and imposing
structure as the ' new home of the
Hershey Trust Company. The struc-ture
will be two stories, of stone and ...
brick, and will be 70x90 feet. The
second floor will be used for offices.
The building will be erected on the
comer of Cocoa and Chocolate avenue.
Operations will be begun immediately
HERSHEY TRUST TO I
BUILD NEW STRUCTURE
All pupils who purpose entering ,
Hershey High school next fall are :
requested to present themselves for
examination at the High school build-ing
on Thursday and Friday, April
25 and 26. This examination-is open
to any pupil irrespective of age or
residence, who has completed the
prescribed course of study in the com-mon
school branches. The work
covered will be reading, orthography,
grammar, arithmetic, political geogra-phy,
mental arithmetic, history and
physiology. • To those who are suc-cessful
in this examination, diplomas
will be issued.
DIPLOMA EXAMINATION
Next" Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock there will be a meeting at the
Hershey Y. W. C. A. The meeting is •
to be addressed by Mrs. Thomas M.
Jones. All ladies are invited to be
present.
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
ATY. W. C.A.