The Hershey Press 1912-03-07

              Musical Event at Palmyra
Combined . Vocal and instrumental Concert
By Well Known Musicians Friday and
Saturday Night.
The combined vocal and instrumental
concert, to be rendered 1 at Palmyra, in
the Iroquois Theater, next Friday and
Saturday nights under the direction of
Prof. H. H. Brandt, promises to be one
of the most 'interesting events of the
season.
Thirty male voices, accompanied by a
fourteen piece reed and brass orchestra
will appearin fine chorus work. They
will be heard in the "Hunting Chorus*'
from (The Freischutz) by Weber, and
that grand composition, ' 'To the Sons of
Art," a cantata composed especially
for male voices, by Mendelssohn.
The special features are: Prof. Gwil-ym
Watkins, well known baritone solo-ist
of the Market Square Presbyterian
Church, of Harrisburg, also baritone
soloist for • the Dives, Pomeroy arid
Stewart Chorus, of that place, who will
appear as a vocal soloist; Prof. George
W. Updegrove, director of the Harris-burg
Symphony Orchestra, a violin sor
loist, who has studied under the most
able masters of this country and Eur-ope;
Misses Ruth Detweiler and Ruth
Engle, local pianists, who are becoming
well and favorably known as soloists;
last but not least, the Mozart Male
Quartette, an organization of Palmyra,
will be heard in the famous . "Bridal
Chorus from, Lohengrin" and will with-out
a doubt, vastly please the audience.
The complete program is as follows:
(1) piano solo, "Spinning- Song" from
"The Flying Dutchman," •by Wagner,
Miss Ruth Engle; (2) chorus and orches-tra,
"Hunting Chorus" from "Der
Freischutz,'' by Weber; (3) violin solo,
"Mazurka de Konzert," by Musin, Mr.
George W. Updegrove; (4) quartet, (a)
"Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin," by
Wayner, (b)"Soldier's Chorus,"by
Giffe, Mozart Male Quartette; (5) vocal
solo, (a) "Polly and I," by Wakefield,
(b) "The Bugler,"- .by Pinsuti, Mr.
Gwilym" Watkins; (6) piano solo, "CHro-matique,"
opus 88 (5th valse) , by God-ard,
Miss Ruth Detweiler; (7) quartet,
"The Bridge;" by Herbert, Mozart
Male Quartette; (8) violin solo, "Ber-ceuse
de Jocelyn," by Godard, Mr.
George W. Updegrove; (9) vocal solo,
"The Pirate," by Petrie, Mr. Gwilym
Watkins; (10) choius and orchestra,
"To the Sons of Art," (a) Allegro Mod-erato
e grave, (b) Allegro assai vivace,
Mendelssohn.
This issue of the "Press" was edited by the pupils of the Palmyra, High School
Senior Glass Concert
Grand Concert Compan y Will Give Musical In
Iroquois Theater on March 14
The Grand Concert Company, of Itha-ca
Conservatory of Music, will give a
musical in the Iroquois theater, March
14. The musical will be for the benefit
of the Senior class of the High school.
The company is composed of four
young ladies and comes highly recom-mended.
Lovers of music will have a
rich treat as the young ladies are the
best of the class that graduated last
year. In ten years the college has sent
its .best talent through twenty-two
states. According to the criticism of
the concert-loving public and the press,
they have always given satisfaction.
Each member of the concert is an ar-tist
of musical ability, able to give an
entire evening's concert. Miss Doyle,
the violinist, is only sixteen years old,
but she is the most accomplished, com-pared
with others of her age. Her
charming personality, invariably wins
the audience before her bow touches the
strings. •
Miss Covey, the mezzo-soprano; has a
voice of large range and sympathetic
quality, a quality that goes to the heart
changing it from grave to gay, or vice
versa at her will or the nature of the
song. The reader and the ;pianists are
artists having often proven this by
holding the attention of the audience
apparently without any effort.
The personal of the company follows:
Miss Florence E. Wilbur, reader; Miss
Helen Doyle, Violinist; Miss Grace
Covey, mezzo-soprano; Miss Bessie
Smith, pianist.
Schools Receive Gift
The principles upheld by the P. O. S.
of .'A. are generally known to be Free
Public Schools and Compulsory School
Laws. Probably for this reason they
took increased interest in the public
schools of Palmyra. The High school
of that place wishes, in the name of all
the other schools, to thank the local P.
0. S. of A. for the interest taken in
them, as well as for their gracious gift,
a shield and two American flags to
them.
A Masquerade Party
Palmyra High School Students Observe Feb-ruary
Holidays By a Masquerade
A masquerade party was held by the
students of the Palmyra High school.
They were dressed to represent many
different characters.; Miss Jestina Dis-singer
dressed as "Buster Brown,"won
the ladies' prize. Mr. Paul Longehcke-er
in the character of«"Cutie" won the
boy's prize. Prof. C. W.Bachman won
a prize for being the best judge. Mr.
George Heisey won the; prize which he
was requested to eat before the stu-dents
in the "pin eating" contest. Mr.
Claude Kleinfelter was also requested
to display the prize which he won in
the "barianna eating" contest.
During the evening games of various
kinds were played. Refreshments were
served in Japanese fashion. Mr. Charles
Walmer led the school in singing severr
al songs as a preliminary to going
home. This party was the first of its
kind to be held in that institution, and
was voted, by all present, a grand suc-cess.
The scenes of that nights revelry
will leave their impression deep in the
hearts and minds of the participants.
Death of William H. Utrich
Prominent Citizen of Hummelstown Died
¦. " ¦ ' ¦ Yesterday Morning •
William H. Ulrich, cashier in the
Farmer's Bank, of- Hummelstown,
died at his home in that place at 6,45
Wednesday morning. At the time of
his death Mr. Ulrich was 68 years of
age. The immediate cause of his
death was heart failure. He was
taken sick two weeks ago, had a re-lapse
Monday and from that time
gradually became worse until the time
of .his death.
Mr. Ulrich had been cashier in the
Farmer's Bank for the past twenty
years. He has been prominent as a
citizen of his own town and vras well
known in the surrounding '. country.
He was at one time a member of the
state legislature ,and also served as
county surveyor for a number of
years. At the time of his death he
was president of the Annville Mutual
Fire Insurance company; he was one
of the prominent members of the
Board of Trustees of Lebanon Valley
College; and a member of the Masonic
lodge. ' : ' . .
Mr. Ulrich has taken a prominent
part in the work of the United Breth-ern
Church, in Hummelstown, of which
he was a member. He had deep in-terest
and a large part" in the build-ing
of the new United Brethren
Church which was recently dedicated
in Hummelstown. He is survived by
his wife.
Lecture tor School Children
This afternoon Mr. Rose, a veteran
of the Civil War, will speak to all the
children of the Palmyra '. schools. |He
will describe some of the Indian bat-tles
in which he has participated and
will sing several Indian selections
giving the war. dance and the war
whoop. Admission will be ten cents.