The Hershey Press 1910-08-05

              About four months ago the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company purchased a bell.
This bell was to do wonders. It was supposed to put new life into the fire organization;
to sound alarms for fires, and to.do all manner of wonderful things. The bell arrived
and ever since has been placed in a secure and secluded spot in the Hose House of the
'fire,company.' At the last meeting of the company, which was held last Tuesday even-ing,
it was reported that the few members that attended thought so kindly toward this
belli that they procured a duster and dusted the dust from its dusted shelf. This is no
dust yarn. After doing this benevolent act , they left it—and if you don 't believe it ,
why go and see for yourself. It is still there , and from all indications it will remain
there for some time to come.
It is claimed that the Fire Company is going to awaken from its Rip Van Winkle
slumber. Let her ri p.
How about the
"Queen"? j
Have yqu cast
any votes for
our candidate?
Why have nt
lYou?
A HAPPY LIFE
The secret of a happy life does
not lie in the means and opportuni-ties
of indulging our weaknesses,
but in knowing how to be content
with what is reasonable, that time
and strength may remain for the
cultivation of the nobler part of our
nature. • •.
Hershey Briefs
A Utile About You, About Your Neighbor
* and Things in General
Mr. Corbett Arnold, the Y. M. C. A.
physical instructor,.left for Silver-Bay ,
on Lake George, New York, on Thurs-day.
Mr. Arnold will attend the Y. M.
C. A; training school at that place,
finishing his course of study. He will
return on Labor Day.
Mr. :Ed. Cassady is spending several
days in Atlantic City.
The Hershey Farm Company will have
''some" hay this year, having just fin-ished
housing 600 four-horse loads.
Mr. C. S. Gee, of Wooster, Ohio,, has
joined our ranks. Mr. Gee will act i»
the capacity of the Y. M. C. A. general
secretary and will also put much of his
time in writing "good stuff" for the
Pkess. ¦
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Mr. Curly Maugans took a jaunt to
Highspire and Harrisburg on Sunday,
and on Monday evening he gave us the
horse-laugh. .
Prof. Fisher and wife were visitors in
Rockville on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Carter, of Dayton,
Ohio, are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
Jos. Hills. '¦- ¦• • ¦
We have another addition to the
Hershey Park Zoo. A family of rac-coons.
Mr. Lebkicher purchasing same
on Wednesday.
Rev. O. G. Romig made a trip, by
team, to Lyonsville, Syner .and GraveJ
Hill on Tuesday.
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V Mr. . arid Mrs. M. S.' Hei-shey have
returned from Europe, landing in New
York on Monday morning. Mr. Her-shey
landing in Hershey on Monday af-ternoon.
Since his return everybody is again
' on the job" and things have taken on
few life. The work of . establishing the
H< rshey Industrial School will now pro-teed
on a big scale.
Estimates and plans are out for the
(rection of fifty double dwelling houses,
v.hkh will be erected by spring. These
will be rented at low monthly rates,
and will give homes for at least one
hundred more families. j
. Work on the third-rail trolley has be-gun,
and we have it that the men will
stay.on this work until the trolley ia a
reality.
Home Again
Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Hershey Home From
Europe