The Hershey Press 1916-07-06

              BIGGEST FOURTH
IN ITS HISTORY
Hershey Goes Through a Record Day
With Great Happine ss arid With- '
out a Single Accident. Anot h-er
Demonstration of its .
Handling of Crowds
Estimates of the number in people in
Hershey on the Fourth of July, vary from
20,000 to 35,000. One guess is about as
good as another, for they were coming
and going all day long and the streams
of automobiles were endless. At one time
hundreds of cars were parked in the town
and park, and these were changing every
half hour of the day. The number of
automobiles ran into ' the thousands,
from many parts of Pennsylvania, from
New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Mary-land,
District of Columbia, Virginia,
Ohio, Indiana, and almost every place,
including all the United States represented
by the dust-covered Cadillac .that had
made the journey from ocean to ocean
within six . -seven days. The fact that
the Cadillac company had sent this ma-chine
to Hershey op the Fourth' in pre-ference
to any other point showed the
striking importance of Hershey as an
automobile center. And the choice was
just as strikingly justified. Those in charge
of the car expressed themselves astonished
at the number of automobiles they saw
in Hershey on the Fourth, and they are
accustomed to crowds of cars. The
Transit Company took in more fares than
on any other day of its operation. The
fourteen cars were running on double
schedul s and were usually crowded. The
travel was heavy from all points. The
surprise of the day was the unexpectedly
large numbers who . came from Lebanon,
Harrisburg and Lancaster. Although Eliza-bethtown
had a celebration of its own it
sent many excursionists to Hershey. : The
handling of the crowds was admirably
done. The officials of the road were right
on the job every minute and the cars were
loaded and unloaded without trouble or
accident. ' .
It was well "that the new restaurant in
the Park .was open, for otherwise thous-ands
would have gone hungry. As it was
everybody was well taken care of. The
Hershey Cafe in the town did its record
business and the Quick Lunch was busy
every minute. The new Park Cafe was
filled all day. In all these places it was
observed that the service was better or-ganized
than ever before and the patrons
benefitted by the systematic teamwork.
Fortunately the town had a city store to
call on in case of need, for with all the
provision made, the calculations of the cafe
managers were far below the demands
of the crowd, and they had to go to the
store repeatedly for -new supplies. Thus
it worked out for the common good,
and it was a fine test and proof of the
Hershey idea of efficiency.
Everything usable in the way of sport
and recreation was busy.. The zoo was
crowded all day. The swimming pool had
many bathers and entertained a large
gallery. The children 's play apparatus,
the many swings, the various fields, the
carousel, the dancing pavilion and other
places had their crowds. The people were
universally well-dressed and there was a
spirit of cheerfulness everywhere. Her-shey
never entertained a happier throng.
High Point attracted most of the auto-mobile
parties and they stopped to see the
waterfowl and to watch the golfers.
Many went to the farms and the In-dustrial
School and so the clay took in the
whole round of Hershey sigh tseeing and
entertainment , with the theater and the
baseball grounds as the main attractions.
The thousands were safely away by
11 p. m.
Unique Illumination
Instead of fireworks which last only a
few minutes Mr. Hershey this year direct-ed
the Hershey Park management, to pre-pare
the most effective illumination that
could be contrived . This was done and the
effect was beautiful. Along Spring Creek
and along all the roads and paths and hang-ing
from trees were Japanese lanterns con-tainin
g electric HrIUr. Outlinin g all
buildings were electric lighte,, The old
Christmas tree effect near the band stand
was Increased mid the band stand was n
flood of light. Uelween the band stand and
the theater was a huge tent effect in color-ed
lights , hundreds of thoHu si retching to
the toil and all the rows close together ,
until the picture from a distance looked
like an enormous canopy of red , white
and blue. Centering the Kchomu was the
waving (lag at the apex of the bund stand,
It wiih n scene that culled fort h enthimiiiH-tic
admiration, Oiju man voiced the sunt I-ment..
"Hershey is n class lo Itself ," ho said
"It is always ahead, "
A GREAT REUNION
Ono of I he big crowds of the summer will
be here on July 1H, It. will he the reunion
of tilt) Sunday Schools of the Lancaster
Conference of the General Council Luth:
(ii'iui Church and Itj will Include l(i Sun-day
Schools from four coimlleH, Tim chief
speaker will hn Rev. I> S, P. Long of
Ohio.
GREAT DAY E0R
GOOD BASE BALL
More Than Ten Thousand Saw the
Two Games in Hershey. ' Rivalry
Between Nines' of Hummels-town
and Palmyra Inten-sified.
The Details
The Fourth was a superb day for base-ball
and the public responded splendidly
to the tWo. games played , on- the-Hershey
diamond. The Hershey Men's Club team
and Elizabethtown clashed in the morn-ing
at Hershey and in the afternoon at
Elizabethtown. In Hershey they had trie
largest morning crowd of the year and in
Elizabethtown they jammed the grounds
to capacity.
The Hummelstown-Palmyra contest in
the afternoon brought to the Hershey
field a magnificent throng. It filled every
seat in the grandstand and bleachers,
the standing room in front of them and
made a deep circle around the whole
ath'etic field far beyond the. cinder path.
All "Keep Off The Grass" signs were ig-nored
and men* women and .children
held faithfully to their ' vantage points.
On the roads were scores of automobiles,
these cars being in a continuous circle.
Estimates of the crowd varied from 10,000
up. The feature was the good nature of
every body and the main interest was the
clash of rivalry between Hummelstown
and Palmyra. Hershey being neutral
greatly enjoyed both..
Hummelstown Won
It was the second contest of a five game
series, the first being won by Palmyra
at this place on Decoration Day. Hum-melstown
played in reversal form over
.that shown in their , previous.game and
gave their rivals one of the worst defeats
they have had this season. The game had
many thrills. Walters started, the ball
rolling for Hummelstown • in the very
first inning when he hit a beautiful circuit
drive off the delivery of Hess. It was the
first ball pitched and it was a solid drive
over the right field bank. He also respond-ed
with two doubles and a single and was
a star performer in the outfield. This
big start instilled confidence into the
Hummelstown club and they held the
upperhand throughout the entire contest.
Shirk worked in the box for Hummels-town
and after his team was once in the
lead he had little trouble in holding his
opposition in check. Keefer set the Pal-myra
crowd howling in the ninth with a
circuit drive over the terrace in right.
Fenner made one of the star plays of the
afternoon when he ' speared Gingrich's
drive in deep left and doubled a runner
at first. Baumbaugh, Downey, Holsberg
and Newlyn played well for Hummels-town
while Shaub, Marberger, and H.
Potteiger were the star performers for
Palmyra.
The following players took paft in the
contest. For Hummelstown: Holsberg,
Shirk , Newlyn, Romig, Downey, Keller,
Baumbaugh, Fenne^ Lockard and Wal-ters.
For Palmyra : H. Potteiger, Hess,
Shaub, Schlepfer , Heagy, Ream; Keefer ,
Marberger, Gingrich and Early.
COMING EVENTS
THIS SUMMER
Some of the Many Excursio ns arid
Picnics . Scheduled for Hershey
Park During Jul y and the - _
First Half of August. Sea-son
Successful :
There were over thirty large picnics
in Hershey Park during June and the total
attendance ran into tens of thousands.
About one dozen of them came in special
cars over the Hershey Transit Lines and
in special trains over the Reading railroad.
The special train excursions from Wrights-ville
and from Steelton last week brought
fine crowds who seemed to enjoy them-selves
thoroughly. The Sunday School
picnics from Harrisburg were here Friday
and on Monday the Columbia Silk Mills
had possession. The Fourth of July cele-bration
is reported in another article. In
all the picnics and excursions so far the
unusual prosperity of the country—es-pecially
this part of it—is pleasantly re-flected.
The people are finely dressed and
they have plenty of money to spend.
There is a far, larger demand for full meals
at the cafes and ..the restaurant checks
average much higher per capita. Every-body
seems to be dressing better and eat-ing
more.
Picnics to Come
Among the picnics scheduled for July,
and the first half oi August are the fol-lowing:
July 6, Capital City Chapter No. 146
Order of Eastern Star of Harrisburg.
7, Watt and Shand Department Store,
Lancaster, Pa.
8, Moorehead Knitting Company, Har-risburg.
12, Union Sunday School, West Reading,
Pa, . ¦ '
. , ' .
13, St. Luke's Lutheran, Reading.
14, Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart of
Reading and Harrisburg.
14, Hager Bros, Department Store,
Lancaster.
15, Union Sunday School of Emaus, Pa.
18, Lutheran Reunion, a dozen Sunday
Schools from Dauphin, Lancaster and
Lebanon counties.
19, St. John's Lutheran Sunday School,
Lancaster. ' ,
20, Union Sunday School of Alsaca,
Reading.
21, Market Street, Baptist, Harris
burg.
22, St. Stephens Reformed, Lebanon.
25, Union Sunday Schools of Mt. Joy.
25, Boiling Springs.
26, Union Sunday Schools, of Enola.
27, Fourth ' Street Church of God
Harrisburg.
27, Church oi God, Washington Bo
rough. ¦
. 27,. Penbrook union Sunday School.
28, Hummelstown. ,
29, State College Day.
29, Oberlin. ;
August 2, Elizabethtown.
3, Rohrerstown.
5, Newmanstown.
5, Robesonia.
8, Myerstown.
10, Harrisburg Grocers.
12, Sinking Springs.
15, St, Marks Reformed , Lebanon.
17, Lancaster Grocers.
19, Reading Steel Casting Relief , Read
ing.
Picnics will continue to Labor Day,
GOVERNOR TRIES
HERS HEY LUNCH
Distinguished Party Very Glad to
Find the Quick Lunch Open as
They - Return From Mount
Gretna. Sampled the En- '
tire Bill of Fare -
Shortly before ten o'clock on Wednes-day
evening of last week a big, high-powered
automobile rushing along Choco-late
Avenue westward slowed down and
drew up in front of the Hershey ' Quick
Lunch. It contained Governor Brumbaugh
and Attorney General Francis Shunk
Brown and their military escort. They were
on their way from Mt. Gretna to Harris-burg
and they were hungry and thirsty.
Very promptly they ordered almost every-thing
on the bill of fare.
"I want cocoa," said the Governor.
"This is the place where they know how to
make it." He referred to the receptacles
in which it is served in the Quick Lunch as
"shaving mugs" and he drank the con-tents
of two of them. ¦ . , .A
"I was invited to dine tonight," said
General Brown, "and this is the result."
He pointed to his plates of pudding,
pie and cake and he was very busy samp-ling
the lot.
"It's the first time I've been in this
place," said the Governor. "It's fine
and you may be very sure we were glad
to find it open."
"We have other cafes— "said a.Hershey
man.
"Yes, I know, and they are good ones,
too, but this suits us just now, and it 's
an attractive place, right up to your Her-shey
standards."
-. The governor asked about the trees he
helped to plant at Old Derry last fall
and expressed pleasure when told they
were thriving. He had only praise for the
troops at Mt Gretna ,and he was very proud
of them.
The party remained about a half hour.
During the week many parties from Mt
Gretna came to Hershey and dined at the
cafe. Some evenings the cafe had a decid-edly
military atmosphere. In most cases
the' parties were of officers and their
.wives, daughters and sweethearts were
with them. . They were in automobiles
and these cars showed that all parts of
the state were well represented. Many
privates walked over to Fontana and
took the Hershey Trolley line ioi this
place and enjoyed the Park and the restau-rants.
TO ELECT A NEW TEACHER
School Directors Also Make a Chan ge
""" of Officers
The Derry Township school directors
will meet next Monday to elect a teacher
to fill the vacancy caused by the resigna-tion
of Miss Mabel Hoffman. Miss Hoff-man
had been reelected and her salary
had been increased but she has since made
other plans. [She was one of the most
efficient and popular of the Hershey teach-ers
and her departure will be very sincere-ly
regretted. There are several appli-cants
for her place.
The directors fixed' the tax rate for
1916 at 7 mills, They also made a change
of officers as follows: President , D, M.
Hershey ; vice-president , C. M. Meckley;
secretary, A. W. Snavely, and treasurer ,
A. B. Shenk.
FLY COMMITTEE
ALWAYS ATWORK
Here is the Full List of Names Cor-rected
to Date and if There is Any
Nuisance in Your Neighbor-hood
Report to the Near-est
Committeeman
The work of the FJy Eradication Com-mittee
of Hershey never stops. The move-ment
was begun in February, 1915, and
at first there were many skeptics. Even
Mr. M. S. Hershey was doubtful that the
plan could do much. At a recent meeting
he confessed that as he had watched the
work of the committee his doubts had
vanished and that he now believed the
fight can be won and that Hershey can
be made a flyless town.
Everyone has to admit that great gains
have been made and that the number
of flies in. Hershey and the neighborhood
has been enormously reduced.
If it were not f or the few who hold
back and who maintain breeding places
for the flies the town would be practically
rid of them.today.
It is n'ow necessary to fight the moss-backs
as well as the flies and so it is hoped
that when you see a nuisance anywhere
in your vicinity you will report it to the
committee. The corrected list of this
committee is published below.
Committees Connected To Date
The committees connected to date are:
Officers :—W. F. R. Murrie, chairman-
C. V. Glynn, vice-chairman; L. R. Meek-ins,
2nd vice-chairman; Ezra F, Hershey,
treasurer; W. L. Dubois, secretary.
For Chocolate Avenue West of .Square-
Harry N. Herr, chairman; M. S. Hershey,
W. B. Leithiser, J. W: Millard.
For Chocolate Avenue East of Square—
E. J. Krause, chairman; C. S. Maulfair,
Ezra F. Hershey, William F. R. Murrie. ¦
For Cocoa Avenue—C. V. Glynn, chair-man;
S. D. Clark, J. M. Brandau, W. R.
Espenshade.
For Caracas Avenue—W, L. Dubois,
chairman, Harry Imboden, Harry Haver-stick,
E. M. Hershey, T. F. McHeffey.
For Areba Street—D. Frank Magee,
chairman; H. I. Miller, R. F. Hull.
For Park Avenue and Zoo—A. T. Heil-man,
chairman; J. B. Leithiser, J. E.
Snuder, L. R. Meekins.
For Spring Creek—Dr: J. L. Zimmer-
"man, chairman; Rev. ;H. LT Linebaugh,
J. C. Hess, David Gordon , Frantz Zinrier,
S. C. Peters.
For Trinjdad Avenue—E. B. Cassady,
chairman; Jacob Page, E. R. Mays,
Dr. E. E. B. Shaffer, Dr. W. A. Windle.
For Derry Church—John Allwine, chair-man
; Dr. M. L. Hershey, S. H. Garman,
Israel Moyer, Samuel Bacastow.
Farms—James Millard , chairman; H.
C. Reinhold, George Copenhaver, Elmer
Klippinger.
IN THE BIG NEWS
At 7.30 o'clock last Saturday morning
the .British and French armies' began
their great drive on the German lines,
So far they have won twelve villages,
captured 12,000 men and hundreds of
guns. The fight is still on and the Germans
are rallying.
Some of the experts believe the last
stage of the War has been entered upon.
More than 5,000,000 troops are engaged
in the present campaigns.
PARK THE ATRE
HAS STRON G BILL
Pop ular House Crowded to the Doors
Twice on the Fourth of July. A
. Performance of Much Variety
and Merit Drew General
. Applause. Next Week
The best vaudeville bill seen in Hershey
for a long time is holding the boards at
the Hershey Park Theater this week.
There was a good house Monday night
and on the Fourth of July there were
full audiences. The laughter was frequent
and the applause was hearty. Among the
moving picture stars shown were Mary
Pickford and Charlie Chaplin and both
were greatly enjoyed. The high class of
the moving pictures is much appreciated
by the public.
In the vaudeville, Mascot, the educated
horse, is the best act. of its kind on the
stage. It is a very remarkable performance
and everyone should see it. White and
Day present an unusually fine singing
novelty; Mr. White has an excellent voice
and Miss Day is not only vocally accept-able
but she has much ability in imper-sonation.
Duke Johnson and May "Wells
scored high in their agile and graceful
dancing and singing. The Wilson Aubrey
Trio are very funny in their acrobatics
and the five Maltese Players present a
playlet that has much good fun in. it.
Altogether it is a show that is far above
the average.
Next Week at Park Theatre
The headline attraction will be a scenic
comedy, "Red Ike." This act is played by
Edwin de Corsia and .Company who come
here from one.of the big New York theat-res
where they have made thousands of
New Yorkers laugh.
The Musical Seminoles are two Seminole
Indians who have a novelty^well worth
hearing and seeing, with Indian music,
Indian songs and Indian dances.
The Spielmans, singing and dancing
athletes, come to Hershey from a. suc-cessful
tour, of the Keith circuit, having
played nearly all the houses from ocean to
ocean.
Jack Cotter and Ada Boulderi will be
remembered from their Hershey success
of several seasons ago. Miss Boulden's
impersonation of a Southern Mammy is
retained in the new act.
John D'Ormond & Agnes Fuller, who
come from the Marcus Loew circuit of
New York and the Sullivan & Considine
circuit of western theatres, will present a
skit entitled "After' the Wreck." John
D'Ormond was a leading man in big
Broadway stock productions and Miss
Agnes Fuller was leading lady in the same
plays. They have been in vaudeville
the past several seasons, always meeting
with success.
The Moving Pictures will be shown as
usual and will be kept at a high standard .
Rev. John Irwin Meek received a warm
welcome from a large congregation when he
preached his first sermon as an ordained
minister at the Hershey church Sunday.
His discourse was very interesting and
was closely followed, , The music by the
choir was unusually good. Mrs. Meek
was present and she was very cordially
greeted.
REV. MR. MECK WELCOMED
A JOLLY CAMP PARTY
A jolly party of campers left Hershey
Saturday morning for the Water Works,
along the picturesque Swatara, where they
will enjoy a week of out of doors life. In
the party were : Mr, and Mrs, Robert
Deichlcr , Mr. and Mrs. John Dlchrn ,
Miss Edna Ochre I, Miss Mnry Sheesley,
Harry M, Moyer, Clarence Shenk and Mr,
and Mrs. Stohler of Lebanon,
A mimboiy.ol Irogs have been caught
by local sportsmen since the opening of
the season, July 1, Edwin W, Schowonk
mid C, L. Bender anight six large ones
along the Swataru creek on Saturday,
lkiss Itanium is somewhat improved with
tlio clearing up. of (he different .streams
and several fine catches have been made by
local anglers, William Curtis , Ezra F,
Horshoy unci Hugh Wagner spent Sutur-diiy
at Hogestown on a fishing expedition
and landed several fine bass, At High
Point on Monday while cleaning the
Japanese pond Hnriy I Invemtick and his
men ciuiglit. several lurgo snapping turtles.
SPORTSMEN DOING WELL
BIRD HOUSE
A beautiful bird house has been placed
on the lnwn near tlio green house at High
Point, It is a handsoirty piece of workmen-ship
find was designed'and built by James
K. Putt. It has been greatly admired by
the ninny visitor's to the grounds,
Hershey 's Two.Games
The Hershey Men's Club baseball team
dropped two close games to the Victor
A^ C. of Elizabethtown on Tuesday, 4 to
3 and 7 to 6, The morning contest , played
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Springfield , Ohio, announce the engage-ment
of their daughter, Miss Ruth , to
G. Chance Phillips of Hershey, son of
Mr, and Mrs. II. C. Phillips of Spring-field.
Mr, Phillips has been connected
with the Hershey Chocolate Company
for some time being, engaged as a lecturer
and at the present in the executive offices.
MR. PHILLIPS* ENGAGEMENT