The Hershey Press 1911-06-15

              New Trolley to Lebanon
Rich Farming Districts Will Soon Be in
Connection With Lebanon and Hershey
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" JNE .of t^e finest rural districts
in the Labanon Valley is soon
to be placed in direct connec-
I tion with the towns of Leba-non
and Hershey by the construction of
a.new trolley line which will pass thru
this agricultural section. The line will
connect with the H. and C. tracks »at
Campbelltown and continue along th#
Horseshoe pike to a point-near Fontana.
It continues thence by private right of
way for a distance of about three miles
to a point on the Campbelltown road
fronting the property owned by Adam
Bomgardner and thence to Lebanon.
The construction of this trolley line
will mean much to the farmers, to the
town of Lebanon and to Hershey;
The tendency of this district for
some time has been to develop its milk
producing possibilities and the construc-tion
of this line will give great impetus
in that direction for the milk can now
be -easily shipped to the Hershey Choc-olate
Company. It will facilitate the
carry ing of help to Hershey and to Leb-anon
and it will ' mean also the bring-ing
of many advantages into the dis-trict
from the city of Lebanon which it
otherwise would not enjoy.
Plans were under way some time ago
to construct a trolley line from the
Horsepike pike to Bismarck and thence
to Lebanon and the route was surveyed
and staked out. That plan was not
completed* however, and at present
nothing will be done along that line.
The future of the project, is in no wise
finally decided. -
The new line will be ten miles in
length. It has been surveyed thruout
its entire length, and the stakes are
placed. The road will be built by con^
tract, Engineers are how working on
specifications and soon bids will be ask-ed
for. The work will be pushed , for-ward
with all possible haste.
Most cable news is fresh, even after
passing through salt water.
Many Patronize Festival
IVERYBODY likes strawberries.
The very best were served by
t J the- Ladies' Guild of the Pres-byterian
Church at their festi-val
last Thursday evening at the' hose
house. There were booths of candy,
cake and fancy work. Coffee like
"mother used to make" and ice Cream
were also served. The crowd did not
arrive early in the evening but later a
large number of persons partook of the
good things. Late in the evening the
few remaining cakes and fancy articles
were auctioned until , there was nothing
unsold. The festival was highly success-ful
not alone in the sum that was netted
for the treasury of the organization but
for ' the pleasure that was afforded
those who gathered there for a; social
hour and delicious refreshment. -
Little Folks
Have Jolly Time
MMETT BASHORE entertained
a company of his little friends
on Wednesday at his home, on
.- '.'. .; Chocolate" avenue. The guests
arrived at 6.30 and had a jolly time to-gether.
Games were played • and' re-freshments
served. It was the occasion
of Emmett's birthday.
Patent Extinguisher and Presence of Mind
Prevent Conflagration -
iPTT^lHILE the members of the La-
? fJ ^es' Guild were- holding their
ft i^A strawberry festival at
the
l^^^l hose house last Thursday-evening
an incident occurred which was
not on the program. An oil stove was
being used to heat the coffee and in
some inexplicable manner the oil. in the
bowl ignited. The stove was placed be-neath
the stairs and was in position to
have caused a most disastrous fire. C.
V. Glynn was.present and with credit-able
presence of mind made use at once
of one of the fire extinguishers in the
building. The blaze was extinguished
at once in this manner. Had water
been thrown upon the oil the probabili-ty
is that it would have soon spread be-yond,
control.
Fire at Hose House
Chart For Y. W. G. A. Entertainment Opens
Friday . '
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" 1NE of the best entertainments
ever witness in Hershey. will
_ be the one given on the even-ing
of June 20 in the park
theater by the Young Women's Chris-,
tian Association. There will be 135
persons in the cast. The first part will
be "The Doll Maker's Dream" and the
second part will consist of choruses
and drills. Practices are being held
regularly and the'work is progressing
splendidly. The entertainment begins
at 8.15 on Tuesday evening. Reserved
seats are 35 cents, general, admission 25
cents. The chart will be opened on
Friday at the Hershey Inn. The hours,
are from 12 to 1 and from 7 to 9 p. m.
daily 4 Seats are also on sale at Omar
Hummel's, Hummelstown. T i c k e t s
can be procured from the members of
the^Association. The play is given un-der
the direction of Miss Herring,
Harrisburg. - .
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Two Addi tional Teachers In Hershey
Knowledge Hill School Closed
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" 1 MEETING was held on Sat-urday
afternoon by the board
of directors in the McKinley
. 1 schools the purpose of which
was to make the yearly assignment of
schools in this township. Prof. G. S.
Stuart and D. D. Brandt, last year's
instructors, will be in charge of the .
High School. The other schools were
assigned as follows: Miss Beth MeCall,
Grammar; Arthur Hocker, Intermedin
ate; Miss Edna -Erb, Secondary; Miss
May Moyer and Miss Mae Hershey,
Primary. It is the expectation of the
board that the addition to, the building
will be entirely completed by Septem-ber
1st. • I - ,
The schools in the township • were
given out as follows: L. H. Hollings-worth,
Palmyra; Miss Alma Gingrich,
Landis; Harry Balsbaugh, Rock Ridge;
S. S. Balsbaugh, Sunny Side; A. W.
Stauffer, Gingrich; Miss Elizabeth M.eck-ley,
Stoverdale; Miss Garret, Walton-ville;
Miss Tillie Buser, Vian., Knowl-edge
Hill was declared closed and the
pupils from that district will be brought
Jo .Hershey on the trolley. The length
of the school year was fixed at eight
months.
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Directors Assign Schools
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Board of Directors of Y. M. C. A. Arrange
For Trustees
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' IOM E time ago.it was decided, to
secure a charter for the Young
_ Men's Christian Association
and it was found that in order
to bring this about there must be a
change in the present constitution. It
is.necessary'according to the state pro-vision
to have six trustees and the pres-ent
constitution calls for only three.
This was amended by. the board at
their meeting on Monday evening/
There were some other changes made
mostly in the way of additions. Pro-vision
was, made for the expulsion of
officer or member and the , method of
approving an application for member-ship
was more clearly defined. The
constitution is now in harmony with the
model constitution slightly changed to
meet purely local conditions. Steps
will be taken now toward the election
of six trustees all of whom must "be
active members of the Association.
The board passed on resolutions rela-tive
to the departure of James F. Gar-vin,
expressing their appreciation of his
work as physical director and their re-gret
at his leaving Hershey. =
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bills were presented and approved. .
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