The Hershey Press 1911-08-31

              i-qjuf"i|ORE than five hundred persons
Bi *a I "gathered in the Hershey park
lea 1 theater on Sunday afternoon
¦^"¦1 to hear Bishop William . M.
Bell, of Los Angeles, California. This
meeting was the fourth of a series of
union church services that have been
held in the park during the month of
August. The heavy rain of the morning
threatened to prevent the services of
the af ternoon but about two o'clock it
cleared up and there was no more rain
during the day.
The Bishop came from the West to
participate iri the State Y. M. C: A.
Conference' in session last week at Mt.
Gretna. Thus we were able to secure
the distinguished gentleman for Sun-day's
meeting. He was brought, from
Mt. Gretna in an automobile and taken
back early in the evening.in time to der
liver an address there at 8 o'clock.
A beautiful sacred concert was ren-dered
by the band between 2.30 and 3.30,
the appointed hour for the service. Dr.
Bell gave a glowing tribute of appreci-ation
for the services of the band, all- of
which was merited for their work has
been of high order and has added much
to the success and interest of the union
meetings.
. Bishop Bell's, subject was "Christi-anity
and Social Progress. " The mo-ment
this great man of body, mind and
soul -rises from his seat, his audience
inclines a ready ear in expectation.
Nor are they disappointed for he ever
has a message and can present it in a
most powerful manner. His command
of English is remarkable. He presented
in a masterful way the fact of the
great element of personal freedom
which was the inheritance of every
American citizen by virtue of which he
bears also a great responsibility. He
emphasized the Redemptive and Social
phases of Christ's mission among men.
The day must come when every realm
of man's activity shall bow at the feet
of Christ. Let no man think that he
can fulfil his responsibility as a citizen;
that his self revelation will ever be
complete; that he can ever operate as a
true force in society, and neglect his
religious life. Following the address
the Bishop closed with a prayer which
was most impressive in its depth of thot
and revelation of' heart power. His
coming, will be long remembered not
alone because of the messenger but be-cause
of the message.
The meeting was in charge of Rev.
O. G. Romig and he was assisted by
Rev. E. 0. Burtner, of - Palmyra, and
Rev. A. S. Lehman, of Hummelstown.
Music was furnished by the union choir,
by a male quartet and by Miss Elsie
Arnold, of Campbelltown. She sang
"The Unseen Kingdom" and never has
she been heard here with greater appre-ciation
than on last Sunday.
Union Church
Services Close
Bishop William Bell Delivers Powerful
Address on "Christianit y and Social
' Progress"
S
1EVENTEEN different firms sent
in bids for the construction of
_ the Lebanon and Campbelltown
Street Railway-Company's new
line to be built from Campbelltown to
Lebanon. These companies were from
Harrisburg, Lebanon, Lancaster, Wash-ington,
Philadelphia, Scranton,. New
Seventeen Bids Presented. Local Bidders
Were Successful In Securin g Contract.
Work Begins Next Week .
York City and other places. — . The low-est
bidders were - Maurice Brightbill,
C. J. Barr and William Davis and to
them the contract will, be awarded to-day.
These men are associated to-gether,
the first being from Annvilj e
and the other two from Lebanon.
The work of laying out the road has
been completed, for some time 'and the
construction work will be begun the
day »after Labor Day. It is the in-tention
to rush the work , forward with
all possible speed. As has been stated
before, this trolley line passes thru one
of the finest agricultural, districts in
the state.
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Award Contract For
New Trolley Line
H
" IEATH claimed Rev. Solomon
M. Hummel early Monday
morning at his home on South
. I Railroad street, Hummels-town.
For some time the reverened
gentleman had not been in good health
and death was due to general debility.
He was one of the oldest ministers in
the East Pennsylvania Conference,
United Brethren in Christ. He was ad-mitted
to the conference in 1873.
Rev. Mr. Hummel was well-known iri
Hershey and Derry Church where, he
resided for several years. His last
charge was at Paradise. Since relin-quishing
the active pastorate he has
done abundant supply work and has
often spoken in the local United Breth-ren
Church.
He was born near Stoverdale on Feb-ruary
2j 1839 and thus was 72 years of
age at the time of his death. The
funeral was held at his late home this
morning at 10 o'clock. A large number
of ministers of the conference were in
attendance. -
Death of Aged Minister
Rev. S. M, Hummel Passes Away at His
" Home Early Monda y Mornin g
|sj-5H|N'spite of the inclement weather
H a of Saturday, morning, a large
ia^S number of the members of the
; Hershey family from far arid
near assembled at the Rocky Springs
park, Lancaster, to celebrate their
sixth annual reunion. Mr: M. S. Her-shey,
president, was in the West and
could not be present to preside at the
various sessions.
An interesting program was ren-dered
in the afternoon and the . regis-tration
was completed. It was at a
late hour^when the last member of the
family left the park. Sunday was
spent in renewing acquaintances at a
number of the Hershey . homesteads
thrtiout the county.
On Monday the guests from afar went
to various places of .interest .by trolley
and . steam and visited many of the
burial places of their ancestors.
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Many Hersheys Registered
Family Reunion Held at Rocky Springs Park
In Lancaster. Visit Burial Places of
Ancestors on Monda y <v
i i jl jjALTER HILLE, the new pianist
LmI at the park theater,-is proving
^LM himself to be a talented musi-
- . cian and his work is of la higlr
order. The program thruout is a very
good one and is a fitting close for the
season. There is a variety of music*
dramatic comedy, character comedy arid
sensational novelty making the show
a very entertaining One. The formation '
of a woman out of wood, plaster arid
cloth is one Of the best illusions ever
presented here.
New Pianist at Theater
Program This Week Is Fittin g Close For
: Vaudeville Season