The Hershey Press 1915-06-03

              Hershey Convention Hall Dedicated
Great Crowds Here Memorial Day
DOUBLE EVENTS IN HERSHEY DRAW THOUSANDS FROM
NEARBY PLACES AND DISTANT POINTS. NEW AUDI-TORIUM
ELICITS GENERAL PRAISE. - THE EXERCISES.
OVER TWELVE THOUSAND IN PARK MONDAY.
One of the pleasantest surprises
Hershey has ever had was in the dedi-cation
of the Hershey Convention
Hall on Sunday. Of course with
clear weather a large attendance
would have been expected in spite of
the fact that the event was not ex-tensively
advertised and the program
had to be arranged hurriedly, but the
weather was just about as disagree-able
as it could be; it was raining; it
was cold, and everybody had . a right
to stay at home.
Under these conditions no one look-ed
for more than one or two hundred
persons in the big auditorium and
there were lamentations that so noble
a ; hall was to have so dreary a start.
So fancy the astonishnjgnt when the
people began to come from all parts
of the town, from the country around,
by trolley, by rail, by automobile and
by carriage, until the number ran
above a thousand and on towards a
second thousand. And there was not
a dull moment in the exercises. The
speeches and the music were excellent
and the whole affair was voted a great
success, while everybody was enthusi-astic
over the beauty of the hall and
the .perfection of its, acoustics.
Music and Patriotism
On the stage the choir and the band
and the speakers and Mr. M. S. Her-shey
and his party made quite a gath-ering
but they filled only, a fraction
of the space, which showed the size
of the whole convention equipment.
The first test was to be in the acous-tics
and all .were delighted when they
heard the opening notes of Suppe's
o.verture/'Morning, Noon and Night
in Vienna," for every shade of sound
was perfectly audible in every part of
the hall and it was at once establish-ed
that this auditorium' will be the
place of some of the great musical
festivals of the country.
The chairman was S. D. Clark and
he did his part with the skill of a
veteran. There was singing by the
combined church choirs. Rev. George
S. Rentz read the scripture lesson.
Eva Runkle recited Lincoln's, Gettys-burg
Address.
Washington Camp Number 705,
Patriotic Order of the Sons of Ameri-ca,
who had taken a very active part
in making the arrangements, were
present in force, occupying front
seats and it was to • them that the
orator of the day, Rev. N. L. Line-baugh,
made first reference when he
arose to deliver the Memorial Day ad-dress.
Mr. Linebaugh stated the
double purpose of the program, the
observance of the day and the dedi-cation
of the hall. He paid a high
tribute to M. S. Hershey, 'calling him
a statesman and philanthropist and
eulogizing the enterprise which had
made possible such an auditorium. He
then with great force and feeling
spoke of the meaning of Memorial
Day, praising the flag, President
Wilson and the loyalty o£ the Ameri-can
people and waving the Stars and
Stripes with eloquent effect. He was
warmly applauded.
Dedicating the Hall
The address of dedication was by
Rev. George S, Rentz , pastor of Dcrry
Presbyterian Church. He took as his
theme the prophet's words that with-out
vision the people perish , and in
the course of his remarks said:
"One look across the great area of
this Horshoy Convention Hall im-presses
you with the fact that you are
seated not in more hall , but in the
embodiment of a wonderful vision.
The local community would bo lost in
this place. The fact that the first
convention to moot hero—the Annual
Mooting of the Church of the Breth-ren—
is a national 1 gathering Indicates
that this viflion partakes generously
of what Dr. Henry van Dyke ban call-ed
the American characteristic of
'mngnifleonco ,' the doing of things on
a largo scale, This hall is to servo
not' only the immediate community,
but the state of Pennsylvania and ,
when occhkIoiih offer , the nation ,
"The dari ng of the man whoso vis-ion
is hoi'o embodied must bo measur-ed
by the hoHituncy with which groat
cities have projected such a thing.
This hall , whon equ ipped with , gullor-ios,
will Hont mh many people ns the
groat Convention Hall of Itocbostor,
It was in thu Rochester Hall that a
Philadelphia!! of note remarked to a
follow-towiiflinnn loss than two week
ago, 'I wIhIi wo had a building like
this In Philadelphia. ' How much thin
Horshoy Convention Hall is needed , a
man of vlnlon has soon. Thu ronponso
of the years , an mow and move It Is
used , will reveal to the people noods
of which thiiy have (men largely un-conscious,
"The vIhIoii thin hall ropruHonts has
another American characteristic—-i t
is practical , In the host hoiiho of that
much abimod tarm. The formula of
t.
dedication we shall use indicates very
finely the wide range of interests this
hall is. to serve. Every worthy ac-tivity
of rrien is invited to use it.
"The solidity of the hall's construc-tion
symbolizes the solidity of pur-pose
in which it was conceived. Not
only the immediate objects of the
manifold uses to which it will' be put
have been considered; this vision em-braces
the greater and more enduring
values of promoting a better under-standing,
a larger sympathy, a wider
cooperation among men. It is to
render a great service in advancing
the brotherhood of man ana promot-ing,
in a very real and practical way,
the glory of God. •
"As the embodiment of such a vis-ion,
it is altogether fitting that this
Hershey Convention Hall should not
simply be 'thrown open to the public,'
but that in all seriousness it should
be dedicated to so noble a purpose,
that not the least among the services
it renders to men may be the illumi-nation
of the vision of its builder."
The Words of Dedication
• Mr. Rentz said the editor of the
Press had caught the spirit of the new
work and its meaning in the Dedica-tion
printed in the paper last week,
and he called upon the audience to
rise while he read this Dedication as
follows :
"Hershey- Convention Hall is dedi-cated
to the service of the people.
May they meet often within its walls
and by their proceedings and discus-sions
find wisdom. May they listen
to words that will guide them in the
paths of peace and righteousness.
-May they hear music that will uplift
them. May they gather the products
of their fields and factories and
stimulate one ' another to1 higher
achievements in agriculture, manu-facture,
commerce and the arts.
May they learn more of the great
principles of consolidation and co-operation.
May they be imbued with
the spirit of brotherhood , of courtesy
and of helpfulness. May the services
on Memorial .Day exalting the patrio-tism
of our heroes be a tru e dedica-tion
of this Hall to the welfare of a
free people, the cause of liberty, the
love of the Flag and the glory of
God."
. The audience stood while these
words were read and then applauded.
Mr. Rentz addressing Mr. Hershey
directly conveyed to him the congratu-lations
and appreciations of the peo-ple
of Hershey and promised their
cooperation in the right use of this
splendid hall. The audience applaud-ed,
but Mr. Hershey declined to make
a speech.
An Interruption
In addition to the overture the Her-shey
Band played "Songs of Uncle
Sam," by Lampe; fantasia, "America
Forever," by Tobani; selection , "The
Sunny South ," Finale, "Nearer My
God to Thee," and "America" which
was also effectively sung by the audi-ence,
Taps were sounded by two
cornets. Whenever "The Star-Spang-led
Banner " was played the audience
rose, When the second number -was
due the band refused to follow the
leader. Chairman Clark at once in-tervened
and said evidently something
was wrong whon a band struck.
Perhaps it was duo to the fact that a
gold badge ordered last April had
been loHt. Ho was glad to know that
a duplicate had arrived and then ho
pinned on the breast of the director
a solid gold badge on which was tho
inscription , "Bandmaster. Fourth
Anniversary Concert of Herslioy
Band, Presented to Sam J. Fcoho by
members of tho Hci-shey Store Com-pany
Band, Horshoy, Pa,, April 27,
1015," Then while tho audionco was
applauding tho band began and play-ed
an it novor played before.
Hersh ey's Memorial Day
Monday was by far tho most suc-cessful
Memorial Day that Ilumhoy
Park has known, Tho llornhoy
Truant! Company took in 20,000 faros.
Tho railro ad handled over 1,000 pas-sengers,
Thoro wore hundreds of
automoblloH and they made double
HnoH from tho upper part of Cocoa
Avuiuui all tho way down tho roads
of IIoi -Hlioy Park , tho largest number
over noon horo at one time. Tlu.y
enmu from a score of counties <ind
thoro wore travo lorn from Maryland ,
Now York , Now Jersey and other
stales. Every kind of automobile was
soc.ii, Thoro woro also many car-riages.
During tho day Horshoy Cnfu nerv-ed
about 700 full course moalH . Tho
quick lunch served 782 and tho booth
in tho Moil 's Club fed about 500 more,
Several hundred were fod tn tho Cu-fotorla,
In Horshoy Park there wan
a rush at alt tho ' restaurants from
10.30 a. m. to after 11 p. m. More
than 6,000 were served.
There were more than 5,000 at the
base ball game and close to 10,000
visited the Zoo. All the games were
in full blast all day. There was not
a sign of disorder and it was remark-ed
that it was the best dressed and
best looking crowd ever seen in Leb-anon
Valley. . Harrisburg and Leb-anon
were both represented by their
leading families. ' The ¦visitors , re-mained
until evening. Many sought
introduction to Mr. M. S. Hershey to
congratulate him on the growth of
the town and especially on the suc-cess
of the new Convention Hall.
Service Will be Started Tomorrow
and Will be Maintained When
Justified by the Patronage.
Fine Opportunity to En-joy
Beautiful View
Beginning tomorrow trolley qars
will'be run to the "summit of the big
hill overlooking Hershey. Many have
waited for this opportunioy to visit
the heights, see the new reservoirs
and enjoy one of the most beautiful
views in America.. The fare will be
five cents each way.
These heights are the crowning
achievement of the Hershey develop-ment.
More than thirty thousand
trees and shrubs have been planted.
Miles- of roads and paths have been
made. , The two new reservoirs of
concrete have each a capacity of
500,000 gallons. Pergolas and sum-mer
houses are being completed. On
the hill will be erected a magnificent
hotel costing a million dollars or more.
To the right will be the new golf
links covering 200 acres. Down the
front of the hill will be cascades and
lakes and flowers.
But the great thing is the view
from the top. It is worth going many
miles to see. The service has been in-stalled
in order that the visitors to
the Conference of the Brethren may
be enabled to see this view. But of
course the invitation is for the gen-eral
public also.
Trolley Cars Will be Run
to Summit of the Big Hill
Fly Campaign Continued
Much Good Has Been Accomplished
But the Work Goes On
A meeting of the Fly Eradication
Committee was held at the . Men's
Club with President W. F. R. Murrie
in the chair and W, L. Dubois secre-tary.
Those present include M. S.
Hershey, H. N. Herr, F. B. Snavely,
John Alwine, C. V. Glynn, D. Frank
Magee, E. J. Krause, Harry Haver-stick,
L. R. Meekins, James M. Mac-
Laury and others.
Reports from the heads of the dist-trict
committees showed that the peo-ple
of Hershey and Deny Church had
cooperated cordially in the work and
that excellent results had followed.
Some of the ugly places have become
gardens and there has been a big im-provement
everywhere,
The garbage is collected daily and
is promptl y burned. The ashes and
larger refuse are removed regularly.
John Alwine has done valuable work
in treating manure piles and pursuad-ing
those who did not understand tho
purpose of the campaign to 'join in
the general plans.
Much loss opposition was encounter-ed
than was calculated and the bene-fits
of tho crusade have already been
larger than tho committee expected
of a new movement.
Of course tho cool weather has had
its effects and tho warm fly days are
ahead, but it was tho general opinion
that tho flies in Hershey had been
kept down and that with continued
effort thoro would bo few of thorn
horo this summer.
Chairman Murrie impressed upon
all tho necessity of continued endeav-or,
Mr. Horshoy offered to do every-thing
in his power to help tho com-mittee
and gavo orders to his men to
remove any nuisance on 'any of his
properties and to try more than over
to koop Horshoy clean and forestall
tho brooding of the summer posts.
In every way tho mooting wan
cheerful and thoro was n fooling of
sntjsf netlon that much good had boon
done and that the people had shown a
lino community spirit in tho whole
matter.
Tho Horshoy Improvement Com-pany
has put a now garbage wagon
into service, It Is specially adapted
to its purpose. It fully encloses and
protects its contents and is hygienic,
It is drawn by handsome horses and
Is very attractive.
Hershey s New Water Supply
is From the Blue Mountains
Read These Facts About it and Then
You Will Understand Why it is
Probably the Purest Water
Used by Any Town in
America. Equipment
Hershey's new water system is now
working with entire success and neith-er
drouth nor storm can stop it.
From the.beginning the problem of
an abundant supply of pure and soft
water was studied carefully in the up-building
of Hershey. In the earlier
days of the new town Spring Creek
met all ordinary needs but with the
growth of the settlement other sour-ces
had to be found. The search was
done by experts with great thorough-.
ness. Analyses were made of all
streams within reasonable distance of
Hershey. It was found that the best
water was in Manada Creek, a stream
that drops from the Blue Ridge moun-tains
and enters Swatara Creek near
Sand Beach. This water was softer
and purer than any other in the Val-ley.
It came from mountain springs
and it flowed down a creek whose
watershed was mainly woods, with
very little settlement that could con-taminate
it. ¦
Furthermore it was found that this
creek had a daily flow of from 9,000,-
000 to 10,000,000 gallons of spring
water even in the dry season.
So it was decided to bring this wa-ter
to Hershey. In order to. do it
two streams had to be crossed and the
water had to be lifted .240 feet. That
was only a part of the proposition.
The other part was to put this water
through every process that would in-sure
its purity.
• At Sand Beach a concrete dam five
feet high was built. This makes a
fine ' little lake throwing the water
back a half mile and husbanding many
millions of gallons. The water leaves
this dam through a sand catcher and
is strained through a copper .screen
¦with a quarter inch mesh, entering' a
14 inch pipe and flowing by gravity to
the filter plant 2,000 feet down stream.
At the plant the water enters a
raw water well with a capacity of 17,-
500 gallons and from this is lifted by
pumps 350 gallons per minute into a
subsidence basin, the chemical solu-tion
being added as it leaves the
pumps. It spends a full hour work-ing
around the baffle walls so that
the chemical action may be completed
before it leaves the subsidence basin.
From the subsidence basins the
water flows by gravity through 2 six-inch
pipes to the filters. Here it is
filtered through four feet of sand and
gravel and brass strainers of latest
improvement into a clear water well
havng a capacity of 42,500 gallons.
Now we have the pure water, so
pure that the most powerful micro-scopes
in the Hershey Chemical
Labratory find only a small per cent-age
of even the per centage of bach-teria
called safe by the health authori-ties.
The next step is to get it into the
concrete reservoirs on the summit of
Prospect Heights. It means a lift of
240 feet, and the work is done with
amazing ease by 2 sixty-horse power
electric pumps that send it through
10 inch pipes at the rate of 350 gal-lons
per minute. Two reservoirs have
a capacity, of 500,000 gallons each , arid
here the .efficiency is so complete that
the one controlling well in the center
works either or both reservoirs and
the whole water system.
The fall of tho water from the reser-voirs
to tho town is 180 feet giving a
pressure of 90 pounds which will
throw a stream over any of the build-ings.
Tho distance from Manada Crook to
Hershey is three and a half milos and
the water crosses under both Swatara
and Spring Crooks. It enters Horshoy
through a 1(1 inch pipe , and tho sup-ply
is largo enough for moro than
twice tho present demands of the
town.
Tho filter plant at Sand Bench is
fine and attractive in all its details.
It is a handsome building of rein-forced
concrete, 40 foot wide and 110
foot long. Tho machinery was in-stalled
by tho Roberts Filter Manu-facturing
Company of Philadelphia,
Tho pumps are tho lm equipment
driven by Wostinghouso motors, Tho
contractor was John II. Wickorshani
and tho bidding was under tho direc-tion
of Al Craft who at proaont is in
charge of tho building of tho now
homo of tho Horshoy Press at tho
corner of Chocolate and Park Ave-nues.
So complete Is tho filter plant
in all its mechanism that only two
men are required to run If , ono for tho
day and tho other for tho night. Tho
water is undor tho constant tost of tho
chemical labratory in the Horshoy
Chocolate Factory.
Thousands of Brethren in Hershey
Front All Part s of United States
ARRIVALS FROM PACIFIC COAST AND SPECIAL TRAINS
FROM WESTERN POINTS COMING IN. OUTLINE OF
THE GREAT PROGRAM. WEATHER BUREAU PROM-ISES
FAIR WEATHER WILL BEGIN TOMORROW
In- the midst of the rain yesterday
came the following message to. the
Hershey Press from the United States
Weather Bureau at Washington;
"Cloudy, rainy weather will be fol-lowed
by fair and warmer by Friday
and fair weather will continue to June
10. The temperature will be slight-ly
above the seasonal average after
Friday." ,
Only the weather can defeat the
full success of the Conference of the
Church of the Brethren and here is
the Government's calculation that af-ter
today to the end of the Conference
will be fair and warm. With real
Lebanon ¦ Valley sunshirie the great
gathering will reach the highest
points in its history, both in numbers
and in interest.
Three Main Headquarters
There are three points of informa-tion
and authority that the- visitors
should keep in mind.
First is the headquarters • of the
Standing Committee in the rear room
of the Hershey Convention Hall. This
committee will be on hand today and
the room will be open during the con-tinuance
of the Conference.
Second is the Conference Post-Of-fice
just north of the Young Women's
Christian Association on Park Ave-nue.
Here also are the offices of the
Conference Daily, ¦ Lodging Commit-tee,
Parcel. Check Room, Registry,
Lost and Found Articles. Letters
should be addressed: "Hershey Park
P. O., Pa., care of General Confer-ence.
¦ " Third is the college headquarters
in Jhe front first-story room of the
old school building at the corner of
Chocolate and Cocoa Avenues. In ad-dition
to being the central meeting
place of college men and women it
will also be a place Where people may
apply for information.
The Conference Bureau of Infor-mation
will be located with the Rail-road
Bureau of Information right at
the station.
For rooms and lodging apply to the
Lodging Committee at the Conference
Post-Office.
Hershey is Ready
Hershey has done everything it
promised and the church committees
have expressed their satisfaction, but
there is disappointment over the fail-ure
of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad to erect the sheds it pledg-ed.
Of course the Hershey manage-ment
has nothing to do with the rail-road's
part of tire work. All the x-n.il-l'oad
has done has been to build a small
addition to the waiting room on the
north side of the track for the bag-gage.
The Brethre n say it is totally
inadequate and It is feared there will
be trouble as this point. Possibly the
railroad may have other means to
meet the emergency.
Hershey has provided the sleeping
accommodations for the 1,000 it has
promised. They will be lodged in
the new school building, the old school
building, tho Hershey Inn , tho Her-shey
Men's Club and Y. W. C. A. Pri-vate
houses will take care of many.
Most of the Y. W. C. A. will bo a
rest room for ladies.
For feeding the provisions seem to
bo ample. They include the Ilerslioy
Cafe, Quick Lunch , refreshment
booth at tho Men 's Club , Cafeteria
and booths at Y. W. C. A., Horshoy
Company 's Chocolate and Cocoa booth
opponitc the Y. W. C. A., and tho ex-tensive
equipment of restaurants and
booths in Horshoy Park. In addition
to tho usual dining rooms tho pavil-ions
have boon fitted up .
Horshoy churches will unite hearti-ly
in tho mooting. The United Breth-ren
will hold no services Sunday,
They have offered their church to tho
visitors for any Horvico. Church of
tho Brethren ministers will preach at
both services of tho Derry Presbyter-inn
Church.
Program Huh Begun
Tho Itiblo Term in progress since
last Saturday in tho old school build-ing
lias boon beyond expectations,
The opening sermon by Dr. Myers, of
¦Iiiuintta College , wan ono of tho fluent
and most powerful discourses over
hoard in Horshoy , It impressed tho
congregation profound ly. With th is
Blurt the Term has grown In value ,
and Dr. Myors , Dr. 10. B. IIoff , Beth-any
Bible School , aiid Dr. II. K. Ono r,
KliKuhothtown Collogo, are doing re-nmrknblo
work. Dr. Obor is the able
manager. Tho term was mi experi-ment;
its succos Ih unmistakable ,
The Annual Mooting began last
night with tho sermon on "Church
Government" by Jnimm M. Mohlor.
Today tho Standing (lommltto will or-ganise
at 8 o'clock;" tlitrlmuslcal .in-stitute
will open at ono o'clock and A.
I\ Snador will pruach at 8 P. M.
Tomorrow tho sermons will bo at
10 by M; W. Emmorfc , 2.J10 by II. V.
Petry and 8 by J. A. Dove.
Saturday will be an important day:
&30 to 10, Child Rescue program; 10
to 11.30 and 1 to 4, Missionary pro-gram;
6.30 to 9, temperance program.
Sunday a Big Day
Sunday will be a big day. Follow-ing
is the program:
8.30 to 10, Sunday-school. In charge
of Sunday School Board.
10.30 to 11.30, Sermon- by H. C.
Early. ' *
10.30 to 11.30, Sermon in Hillside
Auditorium by M. G. Swigart.
10.30 to 11.30, Sermon at the Band
Stand (open air), by I. N. Beahm.
1.30 to 4, Peace Program. By the
Peace Committee.
1.30 to 3, Sermon in Hillside Audi-torium,
by Ghas. D. Bonsack.
1.30 to 3, Sermon at Band Stand
(open air), by Reuben Shroyer.
8, Sermon by W. K. . Conner.
8, Sermon in Hillside Auditorium,
by Otto Winger. ¦ ¦
8, German Sermon by E. M. Wenger
at Band Stand.
There will be six events on Mon-day,
Sunday-school, missionary meet-ing,
Gish Fund committee program,
sermon by W. E. 'West and sermon by
S. S. Blough.
Tuesday and Wednesday the
Brethren will be deep in the work of
their conference. "The scheduled
preachers for those days are W-' B.
Stoddard and D. A. Crist.
Fine Music
Each interest has its program and
list of speakers. There will be spe-cial
attractions in the missionary and
temperance programs. The musical
program will be in charge of Eliza-beth
Kline, teacher of vocal music in
Elizabethtown College, who will give
instruction to choristers and direct the
song service during the Conference.
She will meet all who are interested
in the study of music in the Conven-tion
Hall today and at 9 and 1 tomor-row
and at scheduled times on other
days.
From Every Point
As this issue, of the Press is closed
there are visitors ..from every part of
the country. Florida was one of the
first to be represented. ' Then came
Ohio, then Oregon and then followed
people from most of the states and
several foreign lands. There will be
missionaries from India. Estimates
on the attendance vary from 50,000
to over 100,000, but the next week
will show. Certainly the Brethren
will be disappointed if the total does
not bteak the records and as Hershey
is the central point for the most popu-lous
Brethren territory the proposi-tion
to make it the permament meet-ing
place of the Conference gains in
favor. In that case the Conference
would meet here every three years, as
the country is divided into three dis-tricts.
Hershey would be the point
for the East.
Seeking Better Pictures
General Film Company Promises to
Send New Ones to Hershey
Manager Hoilman. has been after
the best in moving pictures that can
bo secured for Horshoy Park and his
efforts havo brought from the General
Film Company the promise of a sup-ply
of their loading reels. Last Mon-day
night tho Chaplin Comedy and
tho four other reels showed what may
bo expected—they woro all excellent.
"Beginning Thursday you will re-ceive
shows considorally newer ,"
writes the Company. "Beginning tho
wook of Juno 14th you will also re-ceive
tho Broadway Star features.
Wednesdays will bo 'Hazards of Hel-en
' day—ono each woolc. Thursdays
you will receive 'Alice .loyco' in two
rools every other wook, Friday you
will havo Mary Pick ford Uiograph in
ono reel."
AH those shows aro high-priced but
they will 1)0 presented with other
costly features at tho Horshoy Park
Theater ut tho usual admission , 5, 15
and 20 cents. Every 5 cant seat has
full view of tho stage and of ovory
part of tho pictures , Tho 15 cent
scats aro In tho middle of tho theater
and the 20 cent seats aro tho vamvvod
locations nearer tho range.
Tho regular theatrical season, "will
bo inaugurated Juno 14 by tho Irene
Myors Stock Company in a repertory
of high-class plays. Details will bo
given In tho Press next wook,
The Hershey Theater
Tho Horshoy team aro looking for
the breaks of tho game this coming
Saturday whon they moot Now Cum-berland
at that place, Machon , /j oig-lor
, Smith and Swoot havo greatly
strengthened tho Horshoy toain and
tho local club oxpoct a victory. Smith
will occupy tho box for Horshoy,
Hershey at New Cumberland At tho north end or uio raric Ave-nue
bridge tho Horshoy. ' '•Chocolate
Company has erected nv.( himU&omo
booth In pagoda sliapo foiv 'tHo^Horv-ihg
of Horshoy cocoa and chocolate
and tho soiling of Horshoy products,
It is a pormamont structure graceful
In its outlines and admirably adapted
for its purposes,
Booth For Hershe y Products