The Hershey Press 1919-08-07

              FINE PROGRAM
PREPARED FOR
UNION PICNIC
The stage is all set and the curtain ready
to rise upon the first scene in connection
with the annual Union Picnic of the Hershey
Sunday Schools to be held in Carsonia
Park , Reading, tomorrow. Everything is in
readiness and the plans completed for a
good old-fashioned picnic. All that is in
any way necessary is good weather and the
weather man has promised a day of sun-shine
with not a shower to disturb the
joyful picnickers. At the worst , a ram
would not even dampen the enthusiasm of
the people as the park has adequate con-veniences
to accomodate the crowds.
From all indications the affair is going to
be a grand success . The ticket committee
reports that the response on the part of
the people is even greater than was at first
antici pated. It appears that every member
has signified his or her intention of joining
the merry party and having one or more
fri ends accompany them. In addition , a
number of people from Palmyra , Annville ,
and other surrounding towns , have signified
their intention of going.
The train which will leave here at 7:45
o'clock will stop at Palmyra and Lebanon
for the purpose of picking up these peop le.
A very clever and entertaining program
has been prepared for the entire day assuring
every body a good time as special events
have been placed upon the prog ram to take
care of both sexes and all ages.
Unlike in other years , a special significance
is attached to the gathering this yea r as it
will commemorate the resum ption of pre-war
festivities . The event had been- can-celled
the past two years , due to the war and
the condition of the country in general.
With things running now in better shape it
was decided to hold it this year.
The basket committee again issued the
urgent request that the baskets be placed
at the proper stations not later than 7
o'clock a. m. in order that they may be
gathered by the trucks to be used for that
purpose.
The fare including street car rates , is
$1.22 for adults and $.68 for children.
Two cars will be reserved for Palmyra , the
basket committee will also see that the bag-gage
is taken care of and there will be some
one at the station to sell tickets.
THE ELEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE
GOOD SHEPHERD HOME , INC.
The Good Shepherd Home, for crippled,
blind , epileptic and sick infant orphan and
destitute children , Allentown , Pa., will
celebrate the Eleventh Anniversary on
Thursday, August 14, 1919.
In the eleven years of it 's existence , the
Home has helped over 450 of the most
needy children and 81 old people. Most of
these were admitted absolutel y free of cost.
In a number of cases the Home paid for the
burial of those who died.
The Home is a Lutheran Home, but re-ceives
helpless children and old people]
regardless of money, creed , cgior or nation-ality.
1'he newly organized Band consisting of
crippled boys, under the directorship of
Josep h Smith, will furnish the music on
Anniversary Day.
In addition to the city property, the Home
has two large farms near the city limits.
The value of the property is over $140,000
with only $12,000 debt.
Plans are being drawn up for the new
Main Building for the Cripp led boys, in
which will also be the Administration offices.
Twenty-six of the crippled boys are camp-ing
on the Banks of the Little Lehigh River,
on the Good Shepherd Home farms . They
are under the care and instruction of George
Tamke, a student of the Mt. Airy Lutheran
Theolog ical Seminary, Philadel phia , Pa.
TOMATO STALKS NEARLY 8 FEET HIGH
James K. Putt , of Hershey, claims the
champ ionship of Dauphin County when it
comes to a question of raising tomatoes.
At the present time the stalks on his patch
are seven and a half feet high and Mr . Putt
expects them to reach a height of 14 feet.
They are full of choice and luscious fruit.
STATE ALUMNI
TO MEET HERE
THIS WEEK
Weather permitting, the last three weeks
of August will be an exceptionall y busy
time in Hershey Park. With a number of
large picnics booked it is certai n that the
crowds for at least four or five picnics will
number way into the thousands.
Satu rday, August 9, will brin g the Alumni
of Penn State College and their friends as
well as a large number from the Narrow
Fabric Company of Lebanon. The Penn
State gathering will mark a very important
affair in the history of the school Alumni in
this part of the state . To date more than
two thousand graduates and undergraduates
have informed the committee in charge of
their intention of being present and grea t
preparations are being made to accomodate
them.
The Sports committee has arranged for
a grea t day. One of the features will be a
baseball game between two teams of present
and former school players. The graduates
team will be captained by "Shorty " Miller ,
without exception the greatest football
player ever developed in Penns ylvania and
the equal of any player of any time in any
college. In addition to being a great foot-ball
star , Miller is a good baseball player
and he is certain to have a grea t team for
the occasion. The under graduates expect
to spring a surp rise and will not announce
their team. In all events it promises to be
a great day for all present.
The next large picnic will be the annual
gathering of the Harrisburg Grocers . With-out
a doubt this will be the lar gest picnic
of the season and the committee in charge
has arranged to accomodate 20,000 peop le
in the course of the day . This annual
affair is the chief day of amusement in the
routine of the grocer 's life. Every grocer
in the city closes for the day and journe ys to
Hershey and invariabl y, ail the customers
trail with them .
There is small reason for the customer
stay ing at home. The Grocer 's Picnics
have reached such a stage that the live
peop le of the town have no. desire to remain
at.home. There is enough excitement upon
that- one day in Hershey to attract the
peop le from miles around. Games , prizes
in abundance , and "bi g eats " are the watch-words
of the day.
August 21, the Kni ghts of Columbus of
Lancaster , Readin g and Harrisburg will
journey to Hershey where they have planned
to put one of the snapp iest and bri ghtest
days in the history of the organization.
Six or seven thousand persons are expected
upon that day .
The following Thursday, August 28, the
Kiwanis Club of Harrisburg and the Alumni
Association of the Harrisburg Central High
School will picnic in the park and it is ex-pected
that this crowd .will aggregate sev-eral
thousand. Both organizations have
arranged very attractive programs for the
day. Included in the program of the Alumni
Association is an addres s by Lieutenant
Governor E. E. Beidleman and Dr. F. C.
Downes, Superintendent of the City Schools.
In addition to this ball games and contests
between the various classes will be conducted .
Some of the stars of former years have
signified their intention of partici pating in
the contests.
The various committees in charge of the
Harrisburg Christian Endeavor Union Picnic,
to be held August 29, are busil y engaged in
putting the finishing touches upon all their
plans and it is certain that the day will be
a thriller.
BOLSHEVIST WOMEN ORGANIZE
FORCES
Women's Red volunteer battalions are
being formed in many districts of Soviet
Russia , according to official advices re-ceived'here
today . These women enjoy the
same privileges as male soldiers in the Red
army with regard to food and exemption
from rent , etc. The first women's volunteer
battalion has left Kaluga for the front.
The report states that in view of the
present critical situation the Sovieh'Govern-ment
has issued an appeal to schoolboys ,
asking them to enroll as volunteers in the
Red arm y.
LOCAL S WIN
THRE E GAMES
DURI NG WEEK
The Hershey baseball team put in a
strenuous week playing four . games in as
many consecutive days and emerging with
three victories and one defeat. The vic-tories
were gained at the expense of the
Harrisburg Colored Giants , The Highspire
A. C, and the Fulton A. C, of Lancaster.
TJ ie one defeat was suffered at the hands of
the fast Carlisle team upon the latter 's
field Saturday afternoon , and came after
the local boys had gained a substantial lead.
A game had been scheduled with the Rose-wood
team of Harrisburg for Tuesday
evening, but wet grounds caused the post-ponement
until a later date.
In the game Thursday evening against
the Colored boys from the Capital City,
Yost, on the mound for Hershey , allowed
the dusk y players but one scratch hit , shut-ting
them out without a run while his mates
pasted the ball all over the lot for a total
of twelve hits and four runs.
The following night the Highspire boys
arrived on the local field and announced
their intention of taking the measure of the
local players. They left the field an hour
and a half later , a sadder but wiser bunch
of tossers. The final result showed two runs
in the column for the Hershey boys and
one run for the visitors. , It was a great
game from start to finish , full of thrills and
brimful of snappy plays. Heagy pitched
for the Hershe y team and gave a highly
creditable exhibition of twirling, never per-mitting
himself toi get . in danger . The
visitor 's pitcher also pitched good ball but
his team mates could not connect with the
ball and consequentl y he was forced to bow
in defeat.
The Saturda y afternoon game in Carlisl je
was the one that brou ght disaster to the
Chocolate Town lads. Up to the seventh
inning they had thin gs all their own way,
being on the long end of 6-1 score and
practicall y assured of the game. It is an
old saying that "a game is never over until
the last man is out ," and it worked to per-fection
in this case. The entire team went
up at the same time and before they could
get together , the Carlisle boys had shoved
seven runs across the pan 'and assumed a
lead that the Hersheyites could not overcome.
The next day showed a complete reversal
of form on the part of the locals, when thev
bucked against the Fulton A: C. at Lan-caster
. Despite the fact that the Fulton
team has been having things their own way
all through the season , winning game after
game, they proved no match for their
opponents in this case, either defensively
or offensively. The Hershey team played
like a machine , with that smooth easy manner
of the big leaguers. Both Yost and Heagy
took a crack at the pitching end of the game
and both pitched air-ti ght ball. Heagy
started the game and retired in the sixth
inning when he discovered that his arm was
likely to feel the effects of pitching several
games that week. Yost relieved him and
pitched the same gilt edged brand.
FINED FOR JUMPING-OUT OF CAR
With the arrest last week of a young man
from Harrisburg, charged with crawling out
of the windows of the street cars while still
in motion , the transit officials believe that
they have put an effectual stop to the prac-tice
that has caused them much annoyance
this season.
It appears thai a number of boys coming
from Harrisburg have made it an habitual
event to jump out the window in an effort
to get out ahead of the crowd. In this case
the boy was told by the crew not to do so
but he persis ted in his efforts. At this
juncture he was again warned by an official
but he disregarded the warning and in addi-tion
used insulting langua ge. He was
arrested and taken before Squire Miller
where he was fined and the costs placed
upon him. _
The Fulton team is considered one of the
fastest in Lancaster County and has defeated
all contenders for the city championship .
It is likely that a return game, will be given
them in tie near future. Hershey will play
at Red Lion on Saturday.
MEN'S CLUB
PLAN EVENTS
FOR WINTER ¦
i
At a meeting of a number of the members
of the Hershey Men's Club several nights
ago, definite plans were laid for the activities
of the coming winter and preparatory ;ste4>s
taken towards carry ing out the plans. IT
One of the main things decided upon was
the formation of a Dramatic Club, to jbe
composed of members of the association.
A perusal of the membershi p records. ! show
that there are a number who possess!more
than the average degree of abili ty in that
line and the directors are confident that! a
first class Dramatic Club can be formed.
It is planned to give a seri es of entertain-ments
throughout the winter . j I
Another step or move to be undertaken
is the establishment of a series of dances jto
be held -on the gymnasium floor at leasi once
a week or probably more. These dances
will be under the management of a party
selected by the director. The directors
have several persons in view from whom the
selection will be made . Whether or not
this will be a permanent affair will depend
upon the viewpoints of the people to a con-siderable
extent . If it is seen that ¦ 'the
movement would be popular , it will be con-tinued
all winter. j [I
A few other plans were discussed and
committ ees appointed to gather advance
data bearing upon them. These plans I to-gether
with more definite announcem ents
concerning the Dramatic Club anil the
Dance will be made public within ' 'a few
weeks. I . , .
• i LOYSVILLE BOYS BAND AT PALMY RA
The Boy's Band of the Tres slers OrpI an
Home, of Loysville, Pa., is maki ng [ its
annual tour of the state and is scheduled to
arrive in Palmy ra Thur sday, August |i4,
where it will give a concer t on the Athl etic
Field in the evenin g. | J j
The Loysville Orpha n's Band needJ no
introduction to the people of Penn sylvania.
For a number of years it has tour ed j ihe
state in the interests of the school, jgivSig
concerts in all the larger cities andj many
of the smaller ones. This year the b^nd
includes forty-one pieces under the leader -
ship of Professor Stauffer , formerl y director
of the famous Carlisle Indi an BandJ Sev-eral
of the boys in this year 's band are very
young, being in the first class. Their wor k
among the musical lines however,' stamps
them_ as clever musicians and. gives' every
promise of, a bri ght future. j . 11; :
The Tresslers Or phan Home is a very
worth y institution and very deservi ng!: of
all that can be extended them -in-any;.-nay.
The committee in charge of the connert
at Palmyra extends a cordial invitatio n to
everyone to attend the concert.
NAVY OFFICERS NEEDED ' i .
There are hundreds of officers in the
naval reserve who, havin g their duties cur-tailed
by the cessation of hostili ties, ; are
only awaiting a good opening elsewhere
before they apply for thei r discharge. l lPor
the benefit of these officers, William Q.
Rice, chief of the Sea Service Bureau , {with
head quarters in the Bourse , issued a state-ment
yesterday , callin g their atten tion to
the existence of a stron g demand for their
services in the merchan t marinel (This
branch of the service, he says, has alread y
solved thejprobtein of where to go and what
to do for many men who have left the-naval
service, and the fact thi t-more of then! "d o
not take advantage of it is because mols'
t of
them are unaware of the good prospects it
offers. • . .
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Just now, Mr. Bice says, there is the most
pressing need for deck and engineerin g
officers. Crews , he declares , are (readily
obtainable , but there is a scarcit y of i officers
which means tha t those who enroU i5|;the
service npw have the pick of some of; the
choicest berths, with opportunitie s fori pro-motion
and a successful sea career. ] In his
statement) Mr. Rice guarantees to plaa j the
right men, with the necessary sea-going
experience
^
in good, cohifortahle jobs' aboard
ship, paying the highest salaries i in[; the
history of the American merchant j set rice
At the same time, he declared , nival officers