The Hershey Press 1916-08-24

              GREATEST RUSH
OF THE SEASON
TV© Thous and Marc h in a Body for
Permits to See the Hershey Choc-olate
Factor y. Saturday 's
Crowd Broke the Record
' Good Work of Guides
. Saturday rrioming from 8 to 11.30
o'clock the largest number* that ever
applied for admission to the factory at
one time visited the plant. There were
2,670 persons,, mostly from Pottstown
and Iteading, and over two ' thousand
march«ed in >a body from the Philadelphia
and Reading station to the Information
Bureami in the Hershey Free Public
Library, where they secured passes.
It was the greatest rush in the history of
the Bureau and for three-quarters of
an hour the Library Building and the
lawn in front of it were filled with a
solid mass of people, but the utmost good
nature prevailed and after receiving proper
directions the crowd was quickly handled
and all had an opportunity to see how
chocolate is made. Five guides each
convejed parties of 25 persons, and
thougiTi some had to wait a short time,
the d-elay was surprisingly brief in view
of the size of the throng. . •' .
Nearly twenty thousand people have
-visite^d the factory since June 1. There
-were more than 3,000 in June, nearly
6,000 in July and so far in August there
lave been more than in both previous
mentis : combined, . the figures being
close to 11,000 . Last week alone there
were 4,700 with Saturday's crowd and
the large delegation of Lancaster Grocers
on Thursday.
Tme visitors' register is an interesting
hook- Pennsylvania, naturally, has the
largest representation, but there are
people from nearly every state in the
union. Walker Hoadley, of Australia,
came the longest distance to see the
Chocolate Town, more than 15,000 miles.
Otherrs have come from Africa, Asia,
Europe and South America. Even the
versatile gentleman who tacks titles
upon Pullman cars could obtain countless
suggestions from the Hershey visitors'
book:.
MR- HERSHEY BACK FROM CUBA
Finds Warmer Weather Here Than
He Met in the Tropics
Mr. M. S. Hershey returned from Cuba
Monday and ran into the hottest spell
of the summer. He found the weather
much more fiery than any he had en-countered
on the . island, but he was in
prime health and he pitched into affairs
with his customary vim. He was cordially
greeted by everyone who congratulated
him oh his fine condition and expressed
pleaasure on having him in Hershey.
Mr. J. B. Leithiser returned with him
and shared in the welcome.
Mr. Hershey went to Cuba in the first
wee=k in July and spent a busy summer
directing the start of his new Cuban op-erations.
He was assisted by Mr. Leith-iser
. It is understood that the Cuban
organization has been completed and
tha I the work will be pushed ,
HERSHEY'S WATER SUPPLY
Comics from Mountains and is Care-fully
Wa t ched
This the time of the year when there
is » general anxiety over the water supply.
Do-ctors and Health officers arc busy
wanning people to be careful and the news-papers
are full of articles on the subject.
Elcrshcy 's water supply comes from I he
Blue Mountains in Manadn Creek.
It Is impounded north of Sand Bench
and ia then put through the filter which
is one of the most modern in the State.
The water that comes into Ilershey
through this supply is under the regular
inspection of the chemist, of the Hershey
Clupcolnte Company, Two analysis arc
made every week and often more. The
cli«miHl visits the filter plant, mid the
reservoirs, The watchfulness is constant,
Many of the open streams and springH
in this purl of the State have been con-dcanncd,
,. So it is Important , that Her-sli
«y people use only the water Hint comes
fhwough the regular supply. If you do
(hail ., you will bo wife, Don 't drink from
Hpslngn or streams.
PRAISE FOR THE FARMS
/Vmoii K Simlurdny 'H visitors were 1', II ,
Hrr|dunbmiKh and .lion. J. H, Menus , of
the Workmen 's Compensation Bureau ,
ftiw l W. K. Mnchlln , superintendent, of
11*0 Masonic Tpplo- at, JlniTtobiu' K,
Mir, Mrldcnbaugli was formerly super.
ln lewlcm t of (lie Hlnlr County Hospital
for the Insane and Mr. Menus was
fo rmerly treasurer of Jefferson county
((Hmerly register and recorder suid also
past muster, ¦ All are men who who know
faj mlng • from Iouk personal experience,
T-liey wiire ' Kuests of James Millard who
Hhowed them Around the various Hershey
ppDpcrlies, They were deeply impawned
,b;y wliut they saw and were ent husiastic
Im their praises of the Hershey propositions.
Library j and; Information Bureau
Have Newest Books of Refer- .
ence and all the Guides and
. Schedules. The Latest ¦
. on Business arid Work
The Hershey -Free Public Library
has recently received valuable additions
to its works of reference, and it is now
able to. supply accurate and timely in-formation
upon rtiariy topics. Besides
the official railway, steamship, auto-mobile,
hotel, and postal guides, which
serve mainly to inform visitors to Hershey
the following general groups of books
have been placed on the shelves;
1. BUSINESS. . Hoxie, Scientific Man-agement
and Labor. Pendergast, Credit
and Its Uses. •
2. ELECTRICITY AND ENGIN-EERING.
How to make Things Elec-trical.
Johnson, Piactical Shop Mechan-ics
and Mathmatics. McCormick, Elec-tricity.
Newell and Drayer, Engin-eering
as a Career,
3. FARMING. Anderson, Electricity
for the Farm. Bailey, Farm Boys and
Girls. Snyder, Dairy Chemistry. Wat-son,
Farm Poultry. Wing, Milk and
its Products.
4. GEOGRAPHY AND TRAVEL.
Balich, Three . Industrial Nations.
Fyfe, Real Mexico. Rand-McNally At-las
of the World. Rusmisel, Industrial-
Commercial Geography of the U. S.
KODinson, L-uoa (Jld and New. verill,-
Past and Present.
5, EUROPEAN WAR. Hay, First
Hundred Thousand. Rinehart, Kings,
Queens and Pawns- Roosevelt, Fear God
and Take Your Own Part. Sweetser,
Roadside Glimpses of the Great War.
6. FOREIGN LANGUAGES. James,
German and English Dictionary. James
and Mole, French and English Dictionary.
MacDonald, Spanish and French Com-mercial
Dictionary. Toledano, Commer-cial
Spanish Grammar.
The Library has been considerably en-larged
in all departments. It contains
at present nearly 2300 volumes, while the
membership is-approaching 1600.
KEEP THE CHILDREN HOME
Safe Plan in Present Scare over In-fantile
Paralysis
There have been almost a thousand
cases of infantile paralysis in Pennsylvania
since July 1 and the deaths have numbered
over 140. The situation is not improving.
Most of these cases came from New
York where 8,000 children have been at-tacked.
i The only cases within twenty miles of
Hershey have been at Harrisburg and
in Lancaster county, and in all the coun-i
ties of Lancaster, Lebanon and Dauphin
the cases have been very few.
There is no danger here unless the
families allow their children to travel to
other "points. It is a good time to keep
them at home.
County fairs in Pennsylvania this fall
will be deserted so far as children under
lfi venrs ;irp con iwnpd ihiIpbh thor p ie an
unexpected abatement of infantile paraly-sis.
The departmen t of health announ-
. ced, this yesterday as, the latest measure
i in the fight, against the baby plague.
! Dr. Dixon is warning the management
of each fair a -week in advance of the
opening date that all children under 16
j are to be excluded, This order is de-i
signed not only to prevent gathering of
children in the fa it grounds but a/so to fore-warn
possible contagion from children
gathering on common carriers en route
to the exhibitions,
"So long as tl»c infantile paralysis situa-
' lions remain aa it is in Pennsylvania
that is how Ioiir this order governing the
; fairs will conliinie effective," said Doctor
, Dixon,
Twenty-three fair managements have
i have already been notified of the drastic
i measure, In all eighty six fairs, scheduled
for September nnd the first week in Oct-
, ober will probalily be allected,
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE
Jacob Shopu, aged 63 years, of Palmyra
and well known in Hershey was seriously
injured last. Friday evening when he was
struck by an nulomoblle driven by Mr.
i Kulj ) of Palmyra , The accident hap-pened
while Nlr, Shopu was returning
1 from work on the Berks and Daulphin
pike near Lehman 's crossing, Mr. Shopo
' ' wns hurled a distance of 20 feet and
received a fracture of his left, leg,
CARLISLE MOTOR CLUB
Members of the Carlisle Motor Club
held their first siglit-HColtig run Tuesday,
leaving I lie Cumberland county Heal. a|
' 7 o'clock and passing through 1 Iarrlshurg
H o'clock. TUore were twenty-el|slU cars
In the run carrying 132 people, The trip
Included slops nt Lancaster , Ephmta,
Manhelm and Hershey, Dinner was ser-ved
at Kphrn tu and supper at Mershoy,
Almost 150 nil It's were covered,
PUBLIC SERVICE
UP TO DATE
Great Interest in the Big Affair Which
is to Take Place at the Hershey '
Pa rk Cafe Tomorrow Night
Large Ticket Sale. " What
the Ticket Calls For
There is unusual interest in the Moth-ers'
Club Party which is to. take place at
the Hershey Park Cafe tomorrow—.
Friday—evening beginning at half past
seven. The sale of tickets is large and
it is expected that it will draw the most
numerous and fashionable attendance of ,
the summer. The ample room of the
cafe with the large and open spaces al-lowing
abundant ventilation will prevent
any crowding ' and insure the comfort
of everyone. Many groups are making,
up their own parties for the evening,
but there will be many more who will
join at the last moment, so that no one
need stay a^vay because of fear of not
finding plenty of company. Those who
do not play cards can have a good time
with the various games.
It The ticket, such as has been sold dur-ing
the week, entitles the holder to play
500 or bridge whist or novelty games and
compete for prizes. If the holder does
hot play any game the ticket can be used
to purchase 25 cents worth of refreshments.
This announcement is made by request of
the committee because, there had been
some misunderstanding as to the use of the
ticket,
The Mothers Club faces the most im-portant
season of its existence and will
need funds to carry out its plans. It is
the one organization that cannot be
supplanted in the community, for it
exercises a personal care over the small
children and sees that the conditions f or
their first training are right. Further-more
it directly helps in this training.
So, in going to the Mothers' Party you
have a good time at a small cost and
you also contribute directly to a splen-did
work.
POPULAR COUPLE MARRIED
The wedding of Miss Virginia Witman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs-.. H. M. Wit-man
of , Hershey, and Jonas B. Basehore
j of Chester, formerly of Hershey, took
place on Sunday morning last at Shamo-
| kin. The ceremony was performed at
eleven o'clock by the Rev. I. Moyer
Hershey at the parsonage of the United
Brethren church. The couple were un-attended.
The< bride is one of . Hershey 's best
known and most attractive young ladies
and was one of the United Brethren 's
most active members. Mr. Basehore until
recently was connected with the Hershey
Store Company and held" a responsible
position.. He is at present employed in
the main office of the Suburban Gas
and Electric Company at Chester. Both
are highly esteemed in this community and
have the best wishes of their many friends.
They will be at home after September 1
in their newly furnished home in Oak-land,
a suburb of Chester.
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MOTH ERS' PARTY ; !
FRIDAY EVENING
High School Beg-ins August 8 and
the Grades Will Start September
5. . High School Faculty and •
j Subjects Taught by Each .
of the Teachers. '
The M: S.1 Hershey Consolidated
School of' Derry Townshi'p is spick and
span for its new year. The building has
been entierly cleaned and fumigated and
there have been improvements for the
comfort and safety of the pupils. The
High School opens next Monday, August
28. The Grades will follow a week later,
September 5.
The teachers who were at college dur-ing
the summer ha-ve all returned. Miss
Engle was at the University of Chicago,
Miss Lloyd ' at Columbia and Abraham
Strassburg, the new assistant principal,
at State College. Miss Florence Kram-lich
will have charge of music and drawing.
.Classes in the High will have two drawing
periods a week. Music will be taught in
the High School to 'idl the children and
the Victrola will be used in teaching.
There will also, be English, folk dancing,
public speaking and story telling. The
faculty assignments are as follows:
Stacy E. Peters, United States History.
. Abraham Strassburg, chemistry, phys-ics,
agriculture and botany ; second year
algebra, physical geography and civics. '
George W. Hauck, first year algebra,
plane and solid geometry, advanced arith-metic
and plane trigonometry, ancient,
medieval and modern history and English
history.
. Ruth V. Engle, Latin and German,
Anna H. Lloyd, English, including
the classics, composition, public speaking,
history of literature, etc.
The High School enrollment will be the
same as last year.
MR, MOYER'S VISIT
An interesting visitor to Hershey on
Tuesday was Michael Moyer, one of
Campbellstown's prosperous farmers. He
renewed his subscription for two years
and said he could not be without the
Hershey • Press. He told many inter-esting
incidents of his boyhood days
| which he spent in roaming the fields and
fishing the creeks where Hershey now
stands. Mr. Moyer said it was good fishing
those days in Spring Creek and he re-members
one Saturday afternoon when
they took over 600 fish from the stream.
He also spoke of the remarkable growth
of Hershey and the wonders-Mr. Hershey
has performed . He also said that
Mr. Hershey 's work had added much
value to all the properties in this vicinity
and in particular ' to the properties in
Campbellstown. -
DEATH OF MRS. LEWIS
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I Mrs, Elizabeth Lewis, 54 years, mother
I of Edward Lewis of this place, died at her
I home in Lebanon last Friday, morning
I after a long illness. The funeral was held
on Monday morning at 9 o'clock.
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SCHOOL OPENS
NEXT MONDAY
Tragic Ending of a Speed Ja unt on <•
Sunday. Victims , from Palmyra
and Lebanon. Car Going at
Terrific Rate. Should be
i Warning to Others
Two men were Wiled and four others
seriously injured Sunday in an auto- ,
mobile accident north of Lebanon.
John Neidig, peoprietor of the Key-stone
Hotel," Palmyra, and Frank Steffy,
passenger conductor, for the Cornwall
and Lebanon Railroad, were killed.
The, injured are Lee Michael., proprietor
of the Oswego Hotel ; Charles Youtz,
an Oswego Hotel bartender; Warren
Smith, a printer,, all of Lebanon, and Al- j
bert Walmer, a jeweler, of Wilmington, i
Delaware.
The party was bound to a cottage on
Swatara Creek, to spend the day on an
outing. As Neidig was driving his car at
high speed along the dangerous road at .
• Kockenderger's schoolhouse, .two . miles
north of Lebanon, the car left, the road
on a bad curve, sliding into a deep gutter, j
where it overturned.
All of the occupants of the car were pin-ioned
underneath it* and it was not until
some time afterward that the car could'
be jerked up sufficiently to release them.
Both Neidig and Steffy were dead when
taken out.
Neidig's head was crushed in, while
Steffy was slowly strangled from the pres- .
sure on his neck by the spokes of the
shattered wheel, as the rescuers worked ,
¦ feverishly in a desperate effort to save his life. AH of the other four where badly
lacerated. Walmer may be internally.j
injured , and Michael has a broken arm. ;
Smith, who escaped with the least in-jury,
said the accident was due to Nei-dig's
folly in driving the car sixty miles
an hour to frighten him, and in spite of I
his pleading not td do so. !
CAR TURNED TURTLE i
An eight cylinder Cadilac touring car
carrying a party of seven from South
Bethlehem turned turtle at the foot of
Walton's hill near Hummelstown Tues-day
afternoon.^ The car was a complete
wreck but none of the occupants were
seriously injured. It is said the car was
racing with a Hummelstown party and ,
'was traveling at a high rate of speed
when it swerved from the road bed.
BIG TIMEj AT SWATARA
Swatara . was gay withr flags, music and
refreshments ¦ Sunday. jGiovambattista
Cacastronai and Arcide Mattrazzi took
a trip to Steelfon and got married. Their .
families and friends captured them Sun-day
and then there was a gay celebration .
It attracted much attention and every-body
was happy.
MEN'S CHORUS
The Men's Chorus will resume re-hearsals
the second Monday in September.
It plans to give a concert in December.
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2 DEAD; 4 HURT
Four Boys Left Home and Went on a
Trip to Western Cities. Their
Families Anxious But Three
of .the Boys Were Brought
Back to Hershey
Tuesday evening last week when four -
families of Hershey retired they each were
without ¦¦ one of their boys. Later it
was learned that the youths had started
out to battle life's journey alone. The .
boys were: Cleon Kieffer, 15 years, son
of Mr. and Mrs! H. T. Kieffer; Landis.
Henry, 16 years, son of Mr, and Mrs.
Morris Henry; Kenneth Stover, 14 years,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stover; and
Paul Schlepfer, 13 years, son of Mr. and j
Mrs. John Schlepfer. ;
Landis Henry was the financier of the j
excursion. He had $60 dollars and h e i
paid .the fares to Pittsburg. Here they
had the delights of a regular hotel. Then j
'they continued on their journey but at j
Akron, Ohio, the funds ran out and it 7
became wise to begin a retreat. At \
Pittsburgh Cleon Kieffer left them.
The other three by working and by riding
on freights reached Altoona. On the Way
they were robbed by men they met. At j.
Altoona the agents of the Pennsylvania j
Railroad Company took them under. I
their care and wired Hershey. Ralph j
Fiore caught a 2.47 train from Harrisburg |
Tuesday of this week, reached Altoona at I
5.30 and was on his way back with the
three boys at b.ib, . Ihe party reached
Hershey at 11.30 and before midnight
each of the three had been escorted to
his home and placed in the hands of his
parents. All of them declared they had
had enough of adventure and that they
will never do it again.
A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING
One of the most attractive weddings
of- the summer took place on Wednesday "
evening last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. j
A. L. Landis in "Union, Deposit, when j
their daughter , Miss Edna Grace Landis, f
was married to G. 1. Blouch of Lebanon. '
The ceremony was performed at 6:30 ;
; o'clock in the evening, by Rev. Doctor j
j Schrorer. Miss Ruth Landis, a sister j
j of the bride, was a lovely bridesmaid i
i and Edward Smith, of Annville, a student !
at Yale, was the best man. Little Mura j
Brandau, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
i Brandau, was very charming as the ,
1 flower girl. Only the very close friends ,
, and. immediate relatives of the happy |
couple were present.
j The .bride's beauty and charm and her
: unusual popularity added much interest
' to the wedding and the best wishes of
everyone followed the happy pair. Mr,
Blouch is a graduate of the Lebanon Val- !
ley College and is a very successful
educator. Last year he was principal of
i the high school at Williamsport and this
! year he is principal of the Cedarville High
; School at Freeporl.' The wedding trip
! will be to the points of interest enroute to
j Chicago and Mr. and Mrs. Blouch will
be at home in Freeport , III, September 1.
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HERSHEY YOUTHS
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