The Hershey Press 1911-11-30

              Married Men Banquet
Mr. Hershey's Dinner to the Married Mem-bers
of the Y. M. G. A. With Their
Wives Proves an Enthusiastic Gathering
H
' IN Tuesday evening the Hershey
Dining Room was the scene of
one of the happiest dinner
parties that has ever been held
in Hershey. The affair was a dinner
given by Mr. M. S. Hershey "to the
married members of the Young Men's
Christian Association and their wives.
By 7:15.seventy six of those who had
been invited were assembled in the cafe
and led by Mr. Hershey and S. D.
Clark, president of the Association,
whose wives were both unable to be
present for the occasion, ' the guests
went into the dining room and took their
places at the tables. '
As a result of the work of Caterer
Payne and his assistants the room had
been prettily decorated for the occasion.
Around the room were arranged a
number of bay trees and ferns which
had been brought from the Hershey
greenhouse for the evening. Three long
tables were arranged the length of the
room with a fourth across the upper end.
At each place was a red or white carna-tion
and a .menu printed .on a dainty
paper napkin decorated with a Thanks-giving
turkey beneath which was "Com-pliments
of Mr. M. S. 'Hershey.''
For the hour and a, half after the
banqueters were, seated they feasted on
roast turkey arid, all that goes to make
a Thanksgiving dinner complete-^ it was
all 'there—and enjoyed the excellent
music which was furnished throughout
the evening by the Keim orchestra of
Lebanon.
WJien the tables ¦ were cleared S. D.
Clark rose and asked for the attention
of the guests while he explained that
he ' had not come, prepared to act as
toastmaster,.but that he . had been ap-pointed
to the position just before he
had taken his seat at the table! Never-theless,
he was ready with a good talk,
and after speaking of the purpose of
the gathering and the place of the Y.
M. C. A. in Hershey, called on-Mr. Her-shey.
At the beginning of his remarks
Mr. Hershey indicated his feeling
toward those who were his guests by
saying that he felt that the occasion
was a regular family gathering. He
told of the way he had been called a
dreamer when the town of Hershey
was being started and when he had
asked the railroad officials to establish
a station here. "Now the dream is
being fulfilled but there are yet many
things that must be done to make the
town complete. Cooperation on the
part of the people who. live in the town
is the only thing that will make Her-shey
a success."
Eight or ten others were called on in
succession. The trend of thought was
that if Hershey was to be the town
that its citizens wanted it to be, it was
necessary to see that the proper insti-tutions
are brought here.
At 10:30 the guests left the tables and
went into the cafe where they spent
half an hour talking.over the dinner and
the toasts of the evening before they
scattered .for their homes satisfied that
the town of Hershey is going to continue
to grow and determined that they were
going, to do everything possible to boost.
H
' TURING the last couple weeks the
electricians of the Hershey
Store Company have been
working on the new street
lights which have been put along Choco-late
avenue. In all there are thirty
poles along the street. Each pole has
two 100-candle power Tungsten lights.
The New Street Lights
rpig|3F OD of common sense, I give Tnee thanks for the heavy blows of pain that drive me
pNRj[ back from perilous ways into harmony with the laws of my being ; for stinging
ll|iflf whips.of hunger and cold that urge to bitter strivings and glorious achievement ;
' _ for steepness and roughness of the way and staunch virtues gained by climbing
over j agged rocks of hardship and stumbling through dark and pathless sloughs of discourage-ment
; for the acid blight of failure that has burned out of me all thought of easy victory and
toughened my sinews for fiercer battles and greater triumphs; for mistakes I have made, and
the priceless lessons I have learned from them ; for disillusion and disappointment- that have
cleared my vision and spurred my, desire ; for strong appetites and passions and the power
they give when under pressure and control ; for my imperfections that give me the keen de-light
of striv/ng toward perfection.
God of comrfion good and human, brotherhood, I give Thee thanks for siren songs of
temptation that lure and entangle, and the understanding of other men they reveal ; for the
weaknesses and failings of my neighbors and the joy of lending a helping hand ; for my own
shortcomings, sorrows, and loneliness, that give me a deeper sympathy for others ; for ingrati-tude
and misunderstanding and the gladness of service without other reward than self-expression.
ARTHUR W. NEWCOMB—in the Business Philosopher.
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Hershey Dramatists Are Getting Ready For
a Band Benefit
H
NTEREST is being aroused in a
dramatic company that is being
organized by local talent. It
is the plan of the company to
put a play on the stage at some time
during the winter for the benefit of the
Hershey Band. The date for the show
has not been definitely set, but those
who have charge of the work say that
it is a certainty, and that it will bei a
big surprise to the people of Hersheyi
Home Talent Show
of setting type, one man at the machine
will set as much type as will five men
by hand. The machine which the Press
has purchased is one. of the latest
models, a machine for rapid i change of
face, body or measure, carrying six
different faces of type.
Will Do Away With the Tedious Method of
Setting Type By Hand
|m m|NE of the latest additions to the
1-V 1 equipment of the HERSHEY
IfcSal . Press is that of a Mergenthaler
Linotype machine. The machine
was purchased this week arid will be in-stalled
sometime in January. : The lino-type
does away with the tedious method
"Hershey Press" Purchases
A Typesettin g Machine