The Hershey Press 1914-09-03

              Twenty-Six Car Loads of Products
Sent to Every Part of America.
Highest Record in History of
the Hershey Chocolate Com-pany.
Great Work by
• Shipping Department
September first will stand forth as
a red-letter day in the history of the
Hershey Chocolate Company and , will
probably remain for some time as a
record in the . annals of chocolate
manufacturing.
Twenty-six car loads of chocolate
and cocoa were loaded.'. and shipped.
Tor the days preceding- ten cars or
more a' day had been sent out, show-ing
that the movement of the Hershey
goods was above the average and on
the last . day of August the shipment
included a special car for Seattle; so
the big shipment on the first of Sep-tember
represented no . hold-overs or
efforts to make a record; they were
in the- normal course of business..
The thousands of.- consignments
went to every state in the union, from
Seattle to Atlantic City, from Nova
Scotia to New Orleans and from the
Great Lakes to Mexico. They will
supply more than . eight ' hundred job-bers
and firms engaged in the manu-facturing
trade, and these in turn
will supply ten of thousands of re-tailers,
one house alone having 1,800
firms on its list. Thus it can be seen
how the banner shipments from Her-shey.
will finally reach* 'severak hun-dred
thousand dealers.
The day's wort was a demonstra-tion
of the scope of the Hershey plant
and the competency .of its shipping
department. Fewer than forty men
in this department did the trick in
the usual working day, but they were
on the job every minute and there was
perfect cooperation under skilled di-rection.
"All the work is done in the Hershey
factory. Not only are the cocoa and
chocolate prepared, but the stages
of their assembling, . .. packing and
special marking, are handled" and the
boxes in which they are sent out are
made. There is neither cartage nor
hauling. The packages, big and lit-tle,
flow into the cars. System and
expertness make the combination that
accomplished what hundreds could not
have done under the old haphazard
ways of working,
It was not only a record in the
quantity sent out but also a test of
the high efficiency of the most com-plete
chocolate factory in the world.
September First Banner Day
in Shipments From Hershe y
Girls Will Begin Tournament
Prizes for Winners in Final Tourna-ment
Will fce Fine Eackets
The girls' tennis tournament be-gins
next week and it will be the
most earnestly contested ever held in
Hershey. For the 'firs t three days
the members of the Ayuda Club will
use the courts and the best two play-ers
from this club will represent it in
the regular tournament. The mem-bers
of the Ayuda Club who will play
are, Ottie Emeriek, Pearl Behnoy,
Irene Gerbor, Katherino Gerber, Anna
Sutcliffe , Lillian Gresh , Blanche Gas-sol,
Jean McIIolland and Mary Grove.
Players in the regular tournament
will strive for two prizes , which have
been presented by Mrs. M, S. Hershey,
Those prizes are two fine tennis rack-ets,
Sugar Prices Keep Up
One Effect of War Will be to Increase
American Production
Sugar keeps high and there is no
liklihood that it -will come clown, It
moans much more expense for Ameri-ca
but it also niouns big wealth for
tho sugar-producing islands. 0. P.
Austin , tho export, says:
"It now seems clour that the
purchasing power of tho sugar-pro-ducing
Wands at our doors, Porto
Rico, Cuba , Hawaii , the far-distant
Philippines , la to bo immediately
doubled by tho advanco in tho price
of sugar and still further increased
by tho enlargement of production.
Furthermore , while wo think of Cuba
as a largo minor producei >, and so she
in , tho amount of sugar produced in
other West Indian islands and in
Central and South America and
Mexico 1h nearly as grout as that of
Cuba , which alono exported Ip 1.02,000,-
000 worth of sugar last; year.
"It in eot'taln that all those islands
will begin at; onco Increasing their
sugar producing area , since tho cane
cuttings planted this your will pro-duce
a crop of Hiigar at this fcimn
next your. Tho same holds true of
other West Indian Islands and of
Central Amotion and parts of South
America ;"
Su gar Ln Latin America is worth
about; $200 ,000,000 a your , War
prices, wi ll IncroiiHi! this amount this
your to over l|i«00,000,000. ,
'At tho H«rHh«y Hfcoro , yosl;oi'<|riy
whlto was 8 and brown 1 cents.
Hershey Schools All Open
Over Five Hundred Pupils Attend on
Monday and More Coming
: Monday was.a busy day dri Granada
Avenue and more than half a thou-sand
young voices buzzed in the big
building of the M; S. Hershey Consoli-dated
Schools of Derry Township.
It was a fine showing for the opening
day. The figures will go over six
hundred in a week or two, as many
children have not yet .reported.
Under the experienced generalship
of Principal Keboch and his able fac-ulty
the whole organization was got-ten
under way with great ease and all
seemed to be proud of being attached
to the handsomest and most attrac-tive
school building in southern Penn-sylvania.
: The opening was success-ful
, from every stand point.
Much interest is being shown in the
coming art exhibit which will be in
the school building from. September
21 to September 26 inclusive. This
exhibit will be well worth seeing. It
shows the master paintings in sup-erb
reproductions. The small ad-mission
fee that will be charged
should draw many people. The pro-ceeds
will be used to purchase suit-able
pictures for the school.
Attractions at the Big Store
Beautiful Fresh Goods and a New
Millinery Expert j
S, D. Clark, manager of the Her-shey
Department Store, and Miss
Kathryn Carman, in charge of the
ladies' clothing department, have re-turned
from a visit to the great job-bing
firms in the leading cities with
the most attractive stock of goods the
store has ever carried. Thoy were
very fortunate in securing unusual
lines and fine values at good prices.
In tho restrictions and competitions
resulting from the war the smaller
dealers are faring ill, but the largo
purchasing power of tho HerHhoy or-ganizatio
n has secured for tho people
of this section all tho advantages of a
m¦ etropolitan establishment. An important announcement of tho
stove is that Mrs. John Williams has
been secured to take charge of tho
millinery parlor, She has had 20
years' experience in fine millinery and
is an artist in her work. More than
over tho Hershey store represents the
host in modern merchandizing.
Kindergarten Happ y
. T;his year the kindorgartnors aro
happy in expectation. Thoy aro to
havo a room of thoir own in tho now
M. S, llorshoy Consolidated Schools
and are to ho as important as tho
oilier pupils , Thoy will begin Tues-day
next and will koop regular school
hours. Thoir toucher, Miss Margaret
Lnngworthy, has arrivor for tho sea-son's
Work.
Harvest Service
Tho annual harvest services in tho
Lutheran parish . comprising Holy
Trinity Church llorshoy and Palm
Congregation Palmym will ho hold
next Sunday. The service In tho
church In Hoi'shay will bo hold In tho
evening at 7.00 ' o'clock' . Pastor
Krapf will preach the sormon. Tho
mombors and friends of tho congro-gallon
and lllhlo School havo boon
roquostod to bring gntln In sheaves,
corn , frultH , (lowers and vegetables
to tho ohuroli on Saturday afternoon
or ovonlng for tho decoration of tho
build ing. Tho offering , will bo de-voted
to tho Imiiovolont work of tho
Church,
Mr. Butterwick s New Place
Prof. Oliver P. Butterwick , last
year assistant princip al of tho Hor-shoy
High School , at a special moot-ing
of tho Lebanon school board on
Monday ovonlng was oloctod teacher
of Mathematics in tho Lebanon High
school at a salary of !|i8l3 per month.
Mr. Butterwick was a toucher in tho
llorshoy High for three terms and
was very popular , lie is a graduate
of tho 11)07 Lebanon High school class
and is a son of KoV. R. K, Nuttorwlck
of Lebanon, Mr. Huttonviolc greeted
friends In llorshoy on Tuesday,
Mr. Basehore 's Fine Birds
Jonas Basohovo a loeal chicken
fanolor exhibited his birds at tho
Mlddlotown fair last weak with tfood
results, capturing several first prixos,
The following hlrds took prizes s
Huff Wyandotte , first prize; White
Hock coclcrol and pullet, first prlxj o;
huff W.V«ndotto cooki'ol , second prlsw ;
silver Wyandotte lion , second pvl/.o .
The Hershey Dancing Class
Its Sessions Twice a Week Delightful
and Well Attended
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: Nothing; during the summer hisis
given greater pleasure than the- danc-ing
class which under the able di-rection
of Professor Neagley of Har-risburg
has been practicing the la-test
steps. Its sessions twice a week
have been delightful and there is
much regret that the schedule ' is
drawing to a close. It is hoped there
will be a way to keep the class to-gether
so that it may have several
functions during- the fall and winter
months.. The members are':
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mr. and
Mrs. W. F. R. Murrie, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra P.
Hershey, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Glynn,
Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Kasson, Mr. and
Mrs. E..,JL Hershey, Mr. and Mrs.
Ewihg Cain, Mr. and Mrs. D. S!
Graeff , Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walton, Jr.,
Miss Margaret Leithiser,' Miss Emma
Walton, Miss Ruth Hershey, Miss May
Hershey, Miss Bertha Leibhart, Miss
Anna Mowery, Mr. F. W. Pugh, Mr.
Geo. Shearer, Mr. Russel Stonei', Mr.
Leroy Holler, Mr. C. F. Suavely, Mr.
A. R. Hill, Mr. Wml Curtis, Mr. M.
S. Mays, and Mr. J. E. Snavely.
Union Church Services
The Union Services held in the
Park during the month of August by
the United Brethren and the Presby-terian
congregations ended last Sun-day
evening. These services have
been well attended .and have been
marked by a-fine spirit upon the part
of the people.
On Aug. 23, Rev. N. L. Linebaugh
preached a vigorous and searching
sermon on "Attempting the Seeming-ly
Impossible." After speaking 'of.
many seemingly impossible things
that have been done, both in the phy-sical
,and moral spheres, Rev. Line-baugh
set forth very - clearly and
forcibly the conditions of spiritual
achievement. ' . . . ' •
The sermon last Sunday evening
was preached by Rev. George S.
Rentz^from Luke 9:23. This was ex-pounded
as "The Law of Loyalty,"
which governs all development .of the
Christian. It was an able and in-teresting
sermon.
The unqualified success of these
meetings is a promise of a similar
undertaking next year.
A Hike to Hershe y
Troop Number one. of the United
States Boy Scouts of New Cumber-land
hiked to Hershey last Saturday
evening. The boys under their cap-tain,
L- J- Hamilton, spent a very
pleasant evening in the Young Men's
club and enjoyed a dip in the swim-ming
pool. , They rem'ained over night
returning to Ne-w Cumberland early
Sunday morning. The boys included
L, J. Hamilton (capt) , E, Killheffor,
R. Brinton , J. Stone, J. Dresscnbugcr,
W. Davis, R. Bates, J. Eby, G. Brush,
W. Marsailles, J. Bentzel , J. Brinton ,
O. Prowell, and G. Bowen,
New Heatin g System
I-I. T. Koiffer and a force of men
aro busi ly engaged installing a new
heating system in tho Hershey Men's
Club. All of tho old equipment has
been taken out and is being replaced
with the latest system which was re-cently
installed in all of the now
buildings in town, This work
is being rushed and an effort is being
made to havo the job completed by
October first, New heating apparatu s
is also being placed in tho Round
Barn and tho now planing mill at
tho west end of town.
Stalled a Whole Day
A largo automobile of tho Oxford
Storage Company, Philadelphia , was
disabled while passing through town
about ten o'clock on Sunday evening.
Tho largo machine was heavily load-ed
with n household furnishing and
was on tho way from Philadelphia to
Harrisburg. Throe mem who wore
in charge of tho machine ., woj'kod un-til
Into on Monday afternoon before
the break in tho hind wheel was re-paired.
Wedding at Hershey
A quiet wodding took place at tho
homo of Itov. O. G, ltoinlg, corner of
Cocoa and Granada uvonuos , at llor-shoy,
on Tuesday noon, Tho con-tracting
purtlos wore Mr. Ferry W.
Hlory mid Miss Allavostu Romlg, of
Allontown. Tho nupti al knot was
tied by Itov, Romlg, who Is an uncle
of tho bi'Ulo. Tho beauti ful ring cere-mony
vvas used, Tho eouplp m«do
tho trip In a largo auto , mill were u<i«
oompuniod by Mr. and Mrs, Potor JX
Schmoyor, of tho sumo uity. A flno
wodding dinner "was sorvod and sever-al
hours word spoilt after which tho
party returned to Allontown.
Special Features Will be Four Thou-sand
Feet of Pictures of Euro- ',.
pean Armies in Action. Spe- .'¦
cial Vaudeville. ; Nature
at Her Best
Rain interfered somewhat . with the
attendance at all parks last week, but
at Hershey the crowds were surpris-ing,
especially on Thursday, . Friday
and Saturday, all : damp days . The
explanation of this is that Hershey
Park not only has ample area to ac-commodate
the largest crowds but
that is has much ; more indoor space
than other places and whatever hap-pens-
outside there are dancing pa-vilions,
restaurants, the carrousel, the
theatre, the bowling alleys and other
facilities for pleasure. Of all days
Saturday was the most astonishing.
There was a blanket of - fog over
southern Pennsylvania but it did not
deter -the - Odd Fellows from coming
to Hershey by the thousands. They
came early and stayed late and had
a good time notwithstanding- ".the
weather.
In the midst of the general com-plaint
about the badness of the sum-mer
park season Hershey Park's re-cord
is unique. More than a hundred
thousand persons have been here and
they have come from all parts of .the
world,- but mainly from . near-by
places. Lancaster and Reading have
sent scores of special train (loads and
Harrisburg has held many of its best
picnics here. There has not been a
serious accident the whole summer
and nor has there been any disorder
of any sort. So the record is also
unique'in this respect.
Labor Day is the climax - "of the
season and next Monday the effort
will be to make it better than ever.
Manager Heilmah promises a list of
attractions that cannot be excelled.
At large expense special films showr
ing European Armies in action have
been secured. These are not mere
excuses for pictures, but the real
things and there are four thousand
feet of them. In addition there -will
be high-grade vaudeville, altogether
the best show seen in this section for
a long time.
• ' And the Park itself will have a
wonderful appeal. It is now in. the
heighth of its '• beauty. Its zoo is
larger and better than ever and its
new lioness will draw crowds., All
the gariies and attractions will he go-ing—
playgrounds for children, boat-ing
and bathing, dancing, first-class
baseball and all the other delights.
The expectation is that it will be the
best Labor Day the Park has known
in all its history.
Park 's Successful Season
at Glimaxion Labor Day
Hale at Eighty-Two
Mr. and Mrs. James Millard and
family motored to Dillsburg on Sun-day
where they attended a family re-union
which was held in honor of Mrs.
Millard's father , H. W. Pressel who
celebrated his 82nd birthday. In
spite of his old age Mr. Pressel is
well preserved and- takes care of a
large life insurance business which
ho lias been actively engaged in for
a number of years.
Improving the Swimming Pool
New drains have been put in and
around the swimming pool to prevent
rain water from entering and wash-ing
in tho dirt, Tho pool has boon
thoroughly cleaned and its water is
now beautifully clear and attractive.
The road running past the swiiriming
pool is being widened and macadam-ized,
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Death of Mrs. Wagner
Mrs, Kathorlno Wagner of near
Sand Beach died , on Friday evening.
She Is survived by a daughter , Mrs.
Ella Baumgardnor of Sand Beach,
and throe sons, Samuel of ShollsvUlo ,
William of llorshoy and Thomas of
Union Deposit. Tho funeral was
hold on Tuesday and burial was made
at Union Deposit,
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The Industrial School
Tho school term at tho llorshoy In-dustrial
School will open tho first
Monday In September and will con-tiniio
for nine months. Owing to tho
delay in receiving a number o£ now
hooka tho school wins unablo to re-open
at; tho regular tlmo, Miss Ruth
Benin of, Carlisle linn boon oloctod as
toaehor of tho first and soconil grades.
Mrs , Zuver 's Prize
Mrs. Aaron Envoi' rosldi uff nour
llorshoy has broken all records for
canloldpiiH this season. ¦ Th o lurgost
wli ieh \vns taken from tho vinos this
wo«|c moiiHurod nineteen Inches In
lonK'ih and twonty-four Inchon In olr-cuniftironco.
Oantolopos aro very
plentiful In this vicinity.
Progress of the War
It is estimated that 5,000,000 men
are on the various battle lines, 2,000,-
000 in the' west and 3,000,000 in the
east. In the west Germany has con-tinued
to make advances in the face
of heroic opposition.
Day by day Germany is drawing
closer to Paris. Bombs were drop-ped
on Paris from airships this week
and now the great gay city has no
lights at night.
The countries have summoned all
their fighting resources. England's
new enlistment this week brought out
100,000 men.
The naval engagement of. import-ance
was that the last week when the
British made a bold dasli upon the
Germans and sank a number of their
smaller ships. «- '• '
The great fighting is going on, with
all countries making claims. In gen-eral
the Germans are advancing in
France and the Russians are advanc-ing
in Germany. The Germans are
much closer to Paris than the Rus-sians
are to Berlin.
Turkey has mobilized 200,000. Mo-hammedams
under German officers.
Atlantic- .co mmerce is ,p roceeding
safely, and ships crowded with re-turning
Americans are arriving regu-larly.
Moonlight Auto Ride
Twenty-seven members of the Y.
W. C. A, held a delightful moon
light automobile trip on Tuesday
evening, The trip was in charge of
Misses Elder and Burch and was
made in the large Hershey Store
Company lumber truck operated by
Wilson Rhoads, It was a beautiful
evening and the girls were well pleas-ed
with the trip. The girl s included :
Misses Anna Gordon , Justina Dis-singer,
Esther Snavely, Myrtl e Her-shey,
Virginia Hershey, Florence
Johnson , Abigial Gordon , Elizabeth
Mumma, Anna Himmolborgor , Edna
Adams, Jennie Englolj ard , Marie Gob-hard
, Ethel Holloway, Emma Wass-nor,
Agnes Dahm, 'Pearl Holly, Mary
Smith , Mary Dugan , Lou Molin,
Elizabeth Jowett; Margaret Lang-worthy,
Flora Keck, Grace Shearer,
Florence Kitchen , Alma Brinsor ,
Alice Elder and Mary Burch.
Indiana Firm Gets Contract
Bids for the construction of tho
connecting link of road between im-proved
highways in South Hanover
and Derry townships, known as tho
Union Deposit road , wore opened by
Highway Commissioner E. M. Bigo-low
Tuesday and this contract was
awarded to M', Bennett and Son, of
Indiana , whoso bid was !|>r> 1,042.82,
Tho road will connect with three
and a half miles of asphnltlc concrete
and about a niilo and a quarter of
brlok block at Swatara station nrul
has boon long urged. It was petition-ed
for by tho ' town ship supervisors
montliH ago under the Stiito ujil plan
and approved by tho Dauphin county
commifmloiiorH ,, t6 whom notice of tho
award will lie sent so that tho con-tract
can hu ontorad Into.
Lutheran Men's Class
On Iiih I; Sunday ii'Mon 'H class was
formed In Holy Trinity Luthera n
Bible School with Mr , 13.' L. Bomb-gardnor
as toucher, On that day
tho now quarter 's sorloH of lessons,
studios In tho hook of Joshua was bo-gu
p, Tonight In tho basement of tho
church a second mooting of tho mom-hors
of tho organized oWissos will bo
hold to consider further plans for tho
fall ' work, , A homo f lcpnrljmanb is
also balng dovolopod,
More ¦ Than One Hundred Accounts
Added Since the New Building
Was Occupied. More People
From a Distance. School
' Funds / Increasing 1
It was the second week in July that
the Hershey Trust Company occupied
its . new building, which is declared
to be the handsomest bank structure
in southern 'Pennsylvania and one of
the finest in the country. In less
than two months over one hundred
new accounts have been opened and
the number is well on the towards
the second .hundred.. It is a show-ing
that surprises even the officers
themselves who. felt . that this part
of Lebanon Valey would welcome an
institution with the very latest and
most dependable facilities. In addi-tion
to the hundred and fifteen new
accounts there has been the, renting
of the safe deposits boxes in the won-derful
vault of the bank—a vault that
is impregnable. ¦ .
A' fact tha.t greatly pleases the
bank management . is the extended
scope of the. new business. The new
depositors are not only from the im-mediate
neighborhood but from towns
and cities miles .away. One effect of
the new bank with its impression of
beauty and solidity, is to bring out
money that has been privately hoard-ed,
especially by the foreigners who
are at -work near here. In the first
week nine of them put in rolls of bills
that showed they had been stored
away. The foreigners put their
money in the bank because its very
appearance assured safety.
Another fact that gives much grati-fication
is the success of the public
School savings fund which the bank
in cooperation with the school authori-ties
started two years ago., More
than a third of the school children
have funds that already aggregate a
thousand dollars and the probability
is that the number will be greatly in-creased
this fall.' This not only
leads children , to save their pennies
but it inculcates as nothing else could
do the value of thrift—and never was
the lesson . of thrift so necessary as
it is today. The children give their
money to their teachers; the deposits
are made by the principal and the
whole banking proposition is as care-fully
done as though it were a matter
of thousands instead of pennies and
nickels. The children receive interest
on their savings and there has begun
a fine competition that will mean
much to them in after years. •
Much New Business for
Hershey Trust Company
More Than Six Hundred Members of
the Family Gathered in Hershey
Park and Enjoyed a Day of Re-creation
and • Speeches. .
Officers Elected
In spite of threatening weather
more than six hundred" members of
the Hershey family attended the re-union
in Hershey Park last Thursday.
There was ah unusual turnout of au-tomobiles
and hundreds came in these
machines. Many arrived ' on the
trains and trolleys. There were de-scendents
present from different coun-ties,
especially Lancaster. • It was the
ninth annual reunion and. the two
hundred and fifth anniversary of the
arrival .of the. Hershey family in
America.
In the morning the visitors were in-formally
but cordially welcomed by
Ezra F. Hershey and John E. Snyder,
who represented the President, M. S.
Hershey, and were presented with all
the priveleges of the Park and of the
town. The program , printed in The
Press was carried out. After dinner
a special matinee -was given at the
theatre arid was greatly enjoyed and
much applauded.
Immediately following the mem-bers
gathered around the Band Stand
for the main exercises. Mr. Samuel
Hershey of Philadelphia presided
very happily and struck the keynote
of , good humor and brotherhood. He
delivered a message from M. S.. Her-shey,
president of the Association,
and added that all" regretted that
business demands at this critical time
necessitated Mr. Hershey's attention
in another city, although he. had ex-pected
to' be present' up to the last
moment.
The meeting was opened by the
singing . of the Doxology, which was
followed by prayer by Rev. I. Moyer
Hershey. Hon. William L. Hershey
of Marietta was then presented. He
has been , indefatigable in collecting
ffflB . Hershey records and his address
was listened to with entire attention.
He told of each of the seven Hersheys
who had come to America in the early
part of the eighteenth century and of
their descendents. Mr. Hershey's
work is most valuable and it will be
published later. At his call repre-sentatives
of the family branches
stood up.. They came from many
sections—one as far away as Arkan-sas.
While most of the Hersheys in
America live in Pensylvania there are
hundreds distributed in more than
forty States, including many in Illi-nois
and California.
The orator of the day was Rev. E.
Meister, D. D., of Lancaster. . Dr.
Meister's address was full of gentle
humor and fine sentiment. He claim-ed
close association if not real kin-ship
with the Hersheys, for his family
came from the same beautiful part
of Switzerland , and his friends and
neighbors in Lancaster were Her-sheys.
Moreover he had given up
his old home because M. S. Hershey
wanted it for his mother, and he paid
a tribute to the son's devotion. Dr.
Meister 's theme was a noble plea for
friendship, fellowship and the family
virtues, and lie emphasized the value
of the idea that holds together the
faith and the fidelity of tho clan.
A group photograph of tho reunion
was taken and there wore numerous
events running , through the day, with
music in the evening. Officers wore
elected as follows: President , M. S.
Hershey, of llorshoy; Vice Presidents,
Abram L. Hershey, of Silver Springs;
Dr. E. R. llorshoy, of Lancaster; Rev.
Scott F, Hershey, of Now Castle ; J.
S. Hershey, Lancaster; A. II. Her-shey,
of Mountvillo; J. F. Horshoy, of
Mongos Mill; 'B. II. Hershey, of Man-hoim
, and Samuel Hershey, of Phila-delphia
; Secretaries , E. K. Horshoy,
of Ephratu , and Mrs, B. II. Horshoy,
of Manhoim; Treasurer , llov. I. Moy-er
Horshoy, of llorshoy. HistoriiiUj
W. L. Horsey, of Mariotta.
Hershey Family Reunion
Was Delightful Occasion