The Hershey Press 1911-01-13

              Women of Hershey Meet
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" IN response to a call issued thr u
the Pr ess, a lar ge number of
the women of Hershey met
> r-J on Tuesday evening in the
lobby of the Inn to talk over the advis-ability,
of organizing a Young Women 's
Christian Association . After brief de-votion
al exercises , Mr s. M. L. Hershey
was elected temporary presi dent arid
Cath arine Mumma , secretary pro tern.
Mrs.1 Mary Baxter , who has been con -
nected , for many years with the work
in Har risburg, in a few well chosen re-marks;
set forth the object and .bene-fiits
of a Y'. W. C. A. There was un-usual
interest manifested on the part " of
all present in such work among the girls
of our, communi ty. The official field
secretary of the Y. W. ' C. A. in this
Large Company Gathers at the Inn to Dis-cuss
a Young Women 's Christian Asso-ciation
district will be communicated with and
further steps taken • in the immediate
futur e. Anoth er meeting will be held
soon at the call of the president , an-noun
cement of which will be made in
these columns.
Those present were : Misses Viola
Boyer, Elizabeth Mumm a, Kathryn Gar-man,
CatharineHersh ey, BlancheDeBolt ,
Mary Painter , Esther Moyer j Bessie
Moyer , Edna Gehret , Belle Weltmer ,
Bertha Leibhart , Martha Clark, Esther
Hummel , Alberta Grove , .Blanche Eber-sole,
Marion Espenshade , Elizabeth
Grove , Sue Wirth , Bessie Horst , Jennie
Holland, Lillie Garm an , Cath arine Mum-ma,
Harriet Klaua , Miss Hairtman ,
Mesdames Murrie , Ezra Hershey, Al-dus
Wirth , M. L. Hershey and Mary
Baxte r.
Children's Meeting
I at Henry's Church
The Church of the Brethren Sunday
School] will hold their children 's meetin g
at Henry 's Church , close to Hershey, ,
Sunday afternoon , January 15, "'at 2
o'clock. There will be several speak-
[ ers from a distance. Everybody wel-come,
i Milton Basehore.
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A Beautiful Building of Spanish Design Patterned After the " Europa " of Placetas, Cuba
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HE accompanying cut repre -
sents one of the most promi-nent
buildings of Hershey
¦ 1 and is situated on the
"Squ are " at the intersection of choco-late
and Cocoa Avenues. The building
is of Spanish design and gives little ovi-dence
from its exterior , owing to the
absence of display windows , of being
used as a departmen t store. The base-ment
and first floor are devoted to the
various lines of the Hershey Depart-ment
Store and the second floor is used
for rooming purposes.
In the basement are the meat , tin-ning,
plumbing, electric , cobbling and
harness repairing departmen ts. China
and hardware are also given a place in
this part of the buildin g. The meat
department is worthy of special men-tion.
A six ton ice machine keeps the
temperatu re of the cold storage " room
constantly at the freezing point. This
cooler is of immense size and is illumi-nated
by electricity. These facilities
for cooling will be especially appreci-at
ed in the summer season. The first
floor consists of 15,625 square feet of
surf ace. Here are the groceries , dry
goods, furniture , etc. A metal ceiling,
num erous electric light s and oak cases
add; to the beauty of the room. In the
center is the cashier 's booth presided
over by Miss Beulah Chrisemer. The
various departments are connected with
the cash booth by the Lamson cash
carriers.
The general manager of the store is
Samuel D. Clark who was for years
connected with Dives, Pomeroy & Stew-art
in . Harrisburg. The directory of
department heads is as follows: John
Sneath , groceri es, fancy china and sta-tionery
; • Kathryn Garman , ladies '
ment; Martha Clark , confectionery and
drugs ; Harry Clark , furniture , draper-ies
and piece goods; S. S. Brown , hard-ware
and stoves; John Smith , gents '
furnishings , shoes and clothing; Harry
Plickinger, meats; H..T. Keifer, plumb-ing;
Carl Coppenhaver, electrical de-partment;
F. D. Stonesif er , tinning;
Daniel Elliot , cobbling and harness re-pairing
. Jonas Basehore is the book-keeper
and stenographer. In addition
there are several clerks and assistants
employed.
Now let's go up stairs to see the Inn .
The visitor 's surprise is called forth as
he ascends the beautiful stairway, im-maculately
clean and has his first view
of the long corridors, the lobbies and
reception halls. At the head of th e
stairs the reception halls 'are furnished
with mission tables and chairs , and the
polish ed floors with crex runners. The
woodwork thruout . pillars and all, is of
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ready-to-wear department and gloves;
Virginia Witman , notions, jewelry and
art department; Esther Hummel , pian-ist
and in charge of the music depart-
The Big Department Store and the Inn