The Hershey Press 1915-07-15

              Hershey Bureaus Opened
At Chocolate and Cocoa Aves
Will be Headquarters For Informa-tion
and Will Issue Cards to See
the Factory. Employment , '
Bureau Now Being Or-ganized.
Applicants
The various Hershey interests have
grown so large and become so far-spread
that it has Jseen necessary to
establish a general headquarters for
information, cards of admission and
employment. There will be a group
of bureaus all coordinated.
The first of these was opened Mon-day
morning and will be open daily
except Sunday from 8. a. ' m. to 6 p.
m., with the usual lunch hour at noon
and with the usual Saturday half
holiday. This bureau is to give in-forma
tion to inquirers, to issue cards
tp visitors who wish to see the fac-tory
or direct them to any Hershey
department they seek, and to receive
applications for employment.
A register of all. visitors is kept and
efforts will be made to give as much
attention as possible to those who
come from a distance to see Hershey
and its activities. Heretofore there
has been no way of doing this and
many have come here from other sec-tions
and have not secured an ade-quate
idea of the town and its indus-tries.
The hope is to make Hershey's
welcome just as broad and warm as it
can be and to take pride in showing
the work that is done here.
To emphasize this, signs have been
made so that the tourists cannot mis-understand.
At each of the ap-proaches
to the town Hershey offers_ a
welcome in big letters and tells the
travelers that it will be a pleasure to
show them the factory and the com-munity.
When the traveller reaches Her-shey
he finds a , big new sign on the
old school building at Chocolate and
Cocoa Avenues with . "VISITORS"
so large that he can read it
far off. Then on the sign follows the
statement, "Please Register For Cards
to the Factory."
In large letters below are : "Infor-mation
Bureau," "Employment Bu-reau."
'Across the upper part of the front
is the handsome sign of the Hershey
Free Public Library.
The location of the new bureaus is
ideal. It is at the main corner of the
town. Right in front of it the trol-ley
cars stop and it faces the path
from the railroad station. Most of
the automobiles stop in the block.
The room is the commodious first
floor front with ample windows and1 a
constant breeze so that it will always
be a comfortable as well as an attrac-tive
place for anyone to visit, There
are tables and chairs specially con-structed
and other furniture is to be
received.
The Employment Bureau
All applications for employment in
any of the Hershey interests are now
received and filed at this office in the
old school building at the southeast
corner of Chocolate and Cocoa Ave-nues.
Blanks are provided for. that
purpose and the plan is to give every
applicant all possible opportunity.
Heretofore the applicants and em-ployment
have fallen under the dif-ferent
interests. It will no-w be cen-tralized.
All applications will be
made to the bureau and after the em-ployment
bureau is established the
employment will be on reports from
the bureau. It will be some time be-fore
this is done, because the records
of present employees aro now being
collected and it will require several
weeks and possibly longer to proper-ly
classify and file thorn.
The idea of the now system is to
give to Hershey employees the op-portunities
of all Hershey proposi-tions.
This will explain the pres-ence
,in the blank of the question ,
"What is your ambition?" It often
happens that a person ut work at
some job would bo happier iind there-fore
bettor ut something else, It may
be possible to help an employee along
the lino of his or hor groat purpose
in life. The Hershey idea is that all
work should bo made as interesting
and as progressive no possible, ho that
it may have the real spirit and co-operation
of the worker.
The firs t culler at the bureau was a
young man u few minutes ni :or the
office opened, Ho was just movin g to
IIoi -Hhoy mid ho wanted Ho know
about board and lodging The next
inquirers ¦were nutomoblllslK nukin g
routes, In tho first two days more
than 200 applied for cards to tho Fac-tory.
Mont of thorn worn from Penn-sylvania
' but 7 states wore represent-
Good Show at Park Theater
Audiences Pleased. Another Fine Bill
Promised Next Week
Hershey Park is having a week of
really good vaudeville, and the mov-ing
pictuies changed - every night are
fine. Altogether it is the most satis-factory
entertainment thus far of the
season, and it must be good or it
would not attract people a second
time. Some of the old theater goers
of the town are seeing the perform-ance
several times. The acts are
worth wliile and the change of pic-tures
gives something new every
night. Charles Chaplin Tuesday night
brought out a large attendance in
spite of the storm. Tomorrow night
Mary Pickford will be sure to have
her usual crowd.
Miss Mae Dale opened the vaude-ville
program with her comedy from
Hickville. She is a rapid fire artist
in an amazing costume. The Qsborn
dog and monkey show was excellent
and was warmly applauded. Noth-ing
better of its kind has been seen
here. H. V. Fitzgerald scored in his
quick changes—he made 33 of them.
The cleverest act was that of Walter
DeLeon and Muggins Davies. It was
bright and captivating and it was
given with the genuine comedy touch.
Their burlesque on the movies was
delightful and was hugely enjoyed.
Beltrah and Beltrah closed , the bill
with "The Musical Dairy," in which
they got music out of almost every-thing
from tin cans to the cows and
the audience applauded them very
generously. It would be hard to find
more for your money that you get at
the Hershey Park Theater this week,
The Bill For Next Week
Next week it is promised that the
standard set by the present show will
be not only maintained but increased.
It will "be another week of vaudeville.
The "bill will be headed by Joe F.
Willard and Harry Bond in a laugha-ble
military satire entitled "The Bat-tle
of Bunco Hill" a travesty on the
battle of Bunker Hill. They carry a
complete stage setting representing
a battle field, fortifications, tents,
guns, swords, telegraph apparatus,
cannon. Mr. Willard is the late star
of "In Gay New York." He was also
with such well known metropolitan
successes as "The Rounders," "Tele-phone
Girl," "The Girl From Paris."
Mr. Bond was featured in the roll .of
Fairy Queen in "The Gingerbread
Man" two seasons and Hoyt's "A Tin
Soldier," Willard-Bond & Co. will
present the "Battle of Bunco Hill"
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday:
then on Thursday, Friday and Satur-day
they will present one of the fun-niest
character acts in vaudeville,
"Detectivism." McDevitt, Kelly &
Lucy, another stellar vaudeville com-edy
creation here from the B. P.
Keith ' Circuit, will furnish a string of
amusement.
J. Edwin Lessig «& Co. will present
a sketch, just such an act as will fit
in the, good kind of vaudeville bills.
The New York World in its critisism
said: "J. Edwin Lessig did exceeding-ly
well as the old broken down tragic
actor, he was most persuasive. His
cynical definition of life scored high.
A treat in dramatics was the rendi-tion
of the dream scene from 'The
Bells,* Henry Irving 's classic por-trayal
, which received rounds of ap-plause,"
Harvey Brooks gives a good line of
comedy talk and up-to-date parodies.
Tho Slieldons in comedy acrobatlques
put over an act right up-to-thc-min-ufo
, fast and furious , comedy through-out,
It will bo appreciated by the
little ones as well as by tno grown-ups,'
There will bo changes of pic-tures
every night. Charles Chaplin
appears every Tuesday night.
Professor Keboch Elected
Will lie Principle of the High School
at Windbur , Pa.
Professor F. D. Keboch has boon
elected principal of the High School
at Wlndbur which is near Altoona.
The position is one of importanco with
Anu opportunities iind Professor Ke-boch
will take charge this Hummer ,
Professor Keboch is a Millomvlllo
gnuUiftto and hIho it Lebanon Valley
College man. Ho has had valuable
experience in school work. Ho was a
your i»t. Oberlln and for throe ,yours
bo was supervis ing princi pal of tho
Consolidated School of Deny Town-ship.
Picnics in Hershey Park
There Will be Important Ones During
the Next Few Days
Picnics in Hershey Park are the
order of the day. They bring good
people here and there are happy
sports and reunions. The charm of
Hershey Park is its safety and its
perfect order and the fact that there
is something to do and see * all the
time. In addition to the excursions
by. trolley and railroad are hundreds
of automobiles.
The picnics for today -will be from
Harrisburg and will be those of the
following Churches of God : Fourth
Street, McClay Street. Green Street
and Nagle Street. A fine crowd is
expected. .
Tomorrow—-Friday—Grace Luther-an'
Church of Lancaster will bring a
large crowd from that city and - their
many friends in Dauphin county will
meet them here.
The Moorehead Knitting Company's
300 employees will come to the Park
from Harrisburg and will bring hun-dreds
of friends with them. There
will be a matinee in the Park Theater
and afternoon dancing in the pavilion.
Saturday the Otto , Eisenlohr em-ployees
of Manheim will come in full
force and will have a great day.
Next Tuesday Boiling Springs and
Zion Lutheran Church of Enola will
have picnics.
Next Wednesday—July 21—Grace
United Evangelical Church of Lancas-ter
will be here with a fine crowd.
Next Thursday —July 22—St,
Luke's Lutheran Church of Reading
will arrive and the Park will have
many Reading people in it that day,
Hershey Park was never so beauti-ful
as is this year and its facilities
have been greatly increased. It is
the ideal place in which to spend the
day. Tho attractions are always
open. There is a free band concert
and there are regular performances
at the Park Theater, Visitors are
welcome in the Hershey Chocolate
Factory from 9 a. m, to 11.30 a. m.
and from 1 p. m. to 4 p. m. Apply
for cards at tho Horshey Informa*-
tion Bureau in the old school building
opposite the Hershey Store.
Teacher for Hershe y School
Miss Spencer of Lancaster Elected to
Art Department
The school board met and elected
Miss Marlon Spencer of Lancaster to
fill tho position made vacant by tho
resignation of Miss Mabel Brown, tho
supervisor of drawing and advanced
English.
Miss Sponsor graduated from El-mira
College this your with tho de-gree
of bachelor of arts. She special-ized
in English , Latin , French and
Mathematics. She has taken four
years of dmwing and she drew for
the college exhibit and was art editor
of tho college year hook. She won
the college graduate |>rofosslonnl cer-tificate
granted by tho Regents of
New York on the -completion of
courses In logic, psychology, peda-gogy,
history of education , education-al
classics and four courses in meth-ods
of teaching. She taught two
years ut tho Helen Mulloch Training
School for Girls in Elmlra , N. Y,
Miss Sponcor was highly recommend,
od and liar election wan unanimous .
County Fairs Coining Soon
And Here Are Some of Best
Nearly Two Million Attended the
Various Events Last Year and the
Indications Are For a Larger
Total in 1915. Fairs of
Interest to Dauphin
With excellent crops in the fields
and with farm conditions generally
good, officials of the state department
of agriculture expect greater things
than ever .of the county fairs and sim-ilar
exhibitions this year. Last year
total fair attendances ran to 1,808,-
722, the Allentown fair having at-tracted
200,000, the Williams Grove
Grangers' picnic 100,000 and the York
fair 180,000. The total attendance in
1913 was 1,760,600.
Seventy-one associations already
have reported their dates- for fairs
this year in addition to the meeting
of the State Horticultural Associa-tion
at Reading next January.
Among the fairs of interest to the
people in this part of the state are
the following:
Fruit Growers' Association of
Adams County, : Bendersville, Decem-ber
15-17.
BiglerviUe Agricultural, Horticul-tural
and Poultry Association, Get-tysburg,
December 29-31.
Kutztown Fair Association, Kutz-town,
August 24-27. . '
Agricultural and Horticultural As-sociation
of Berks County, Reading,
September 14-17.
Bucks County Agricultural Society,
Perkasie, September 15-18.
Patrons of Husbandry Encampment
and Fair Association, Centre Hall,
September 11-17.
Chester County Agricultural Asso-ciation
, West Chester, September
14-17.
Grangers ' Interstate Picnic Exhibi-tion
Association , Williams Grove, Au-gust
80-September 4.
Agricultural Society of Cumber-land
County, Carlisle, September
21-24.
Middletown Fair Association , Mid-dlotown
, August 24-27.
Juniata County Agricultural So-ciety,
Port Royal , September 14-17.
Lancaster County Agricultural Fair
Association , Lancaster , September 28-
October 1. • • ¦
Lebanon Valley Fair Association ,
Lebanon , August 17-20.
Lebanon County Agricultural and
Horticultural Association , Lebanon ,
November B-(5.
Lehigh County Agricultural So-ciety,
Allentown , September 21-24.
Montgomery Fair Association ,
I'ottstown , August ill-Soptembor ii.
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,
Philadelphia , November 0-12.
York County Agricultura l Society,
York , October 4-8.
Hanover Agricultural Society,
Hanover , September 14-17,
New Freedom Farmers' Improve-ment
Association , Now freedom , Sep-tember
22-24,
Pen Mar County Agricultural As-sociation
, Knwn Grove , August 11-13,
Remarkable Record of the Office in
This Town It is Increasing All
the Time and it Returns a
Fine Profit to the Gov-ernment.
Salaries .
Official announcement is made of
the increase in the salary of Post-master
George Eppley from $2,100 to
$2,200, due to the .growth of the post-al
receipts. As a matter of fact this
larger salary began last year and the
announcement which was in a long
list of increases and decreases is old
news. And what is most interesting
is that the office may soon be sched-uled
, for another increase.
June was the largest month the
Hershey Post-Office has known. The
receipts were over. $1,300 and " more
than a thousand dollars was sent to
Washington after all expenses were
deducted. The Hershey office returns
a fine profit to the Government. For
an office of its importance it is run at
unusually low expense. One saving
is that it comes just within the law
that compels a railway company to
deliver the mail sacks when the office
is not distant from the station more
than 80 rods. . Then the rental and
other charges are very moderate and
the class of business done is high-grade
and easily handled. The his-tory
of the post-office is a measure of
Hershey's progress. For two years
after the new town was begun the
pioneers had to go. to Derry Church
for their mail. Then a small post-office
was started with Ezra F. Her-shey
as postmaster. He was the
whole force and he ran the office .well.
Then Dr. M. L. Hershey was appoint-ed
and under his adminstration the
office gradually rose to presidential
size and importance. About a year
ago Herbert A. Newton becanie act-ing
postmaster and under him the of-fice
was moved to its present quarters
and , was fitted, with a modem equip-ment.
Mr. Eppley's appointment
was made .in the Spring and the
growth has continued. Of course the
large showing for June is due in part;
to the Conference of the Church of
the Brethren, but the regular business
has kept up its' pace.
It will be yery gratifying to all the
patrons to know that Miss Bessie P.
Moyer's efficient and faithfu l service
in the office has been rewarded by an
increase of $100 a year in her salary.
Miss Moyer has served under three of
the postmasters. Her deftness, in-telligence
and remarkable memory
for names and faces make her an ideal
person f or the work and her unfailing
courtesy has won her universal es-teem
and popularity. Postmaster
Eppley asked the Department for
Miss Moyer's advance and the request
was granted promptly on the excel-lence
of her record.
. In Other Places
Many Pennsylvania cities figured in
the list announced this month.
Lebanon slipped back from $3,200
to $3,100 and Hummelstown from $1,-
600 to $1,500 and there were other
changes in this vicinity. Harrisburg
went from $8,800 to $4,000, indicating
a postal business of over $450,000, an
increase of over $50,000. This is the
largest annual increase in the history
of the Harrisburg office, $30,000 be-ing
the highest in any previous year.
Other changes in postmasters sal-ai
ies show the following increases:
Annville , $1700 to $1800; Ephrata ,
IJil 'flOO to $2000; Halifax , $1100 to
$1200 ; Hamburg, $2000 to $2100 ; Le-moyne,
$1200 to $1300; Middleburg,
SjililOO to $1400; Mifflinburg, $1900 to
$2000 ; Minersviile , $2100 to $2200;
New Cumberland , $1400 to $1500;
Sunbury, $280(1 to $2900; York , $8400
to $8500;
The following decreases wore also
announced : Downingtown , $1600 to
$1500 ; Gettysburg, $2700 to $2500;
Lykens, $1800 to $1700; Millorsburg,
$2100 to $2000 ; Mont Alto , $1300 to
$1000; Mount Holly Springs, $1500 to
$1200; Quarryvillc , $1500 to $1400;
Pottrttown , $8000 to $21)00; Tower
City, $1400 to $1300.
June Was the Biggest Month
In Hershey's Postal Growth
A beautif ul baptismal font present-ed
to the Church of tho Holy Trinity
by Mrs, J ohn E. Snyder arrived yes-terday
and is now being placed In po-sition,
Tho font Ih of white marble
and is voiy handsome. Mm, Snyder
made the present during the pastor-ate
of llov. V. C, Krapf and the de-sign
was unproved , by Mr. Krnpf be-fore
its shipment to Hoi-slioy.
Marble Font For Holy Trinit y
Lebanon Valley is having mi un-umiu
l number of midden storms this
yo/ir. A (lor a close and hot (lay
Tuesday the clouds gathered In the
evening and a small hurricane of
wind , ruin and hull descended, llor-shoy
was deluged. The hall wuh tho
heaviest of tho season and It continu-ed
for over fifteen minutes . The
ground was covered with the stones,
For the time tho electric lights "wore
out aind "tho trolley service was Inter-rupted
, Tho dniniago to tho fields
soutli of Hoi'shey was serious.
Severe Hail Storm
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Glynn Entertain a
Large Party in Hershey Park.
Whole Affair on Original
Lines and a Very Great
Success. Gues'ts
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Glynn waved the
magic wand last Saturday and turned
Hershey Park into a corner of New
England. The unique invitations had
promised something new and the ex-pectations,
were not disappointed. It
was a real Boston baked bean supper
with Boston surprises. For instance
the" place card'had attached a minia-ture
pot of beans and when the cover-ing
was removed there came out a
panorama of Boston scenes, making a
fine souvenir of a rare occasion. The
concert of the Hershey Band enliven-ed
the feast. The party was inform-al
and everyone had a genuine good
time. Later all attended the dance
in the Park pavilion. Mr. and Mrs.
Glynn were warmly congratulated on
the novelty and success of the picnic.
The Invited Guests Were
Hershey—Misses Anna ' Mowery,
Bertha Leibhart, Margaret Leithiser,
May Hershey, Bessie Whittle, May
Moyer, Alice Elder, Mary Burch, Mr.
and Mrs. Ewing Cain, Mr. and Mrs.
George J. Eppley, Mr. and Mrs. D. C.
Giles, Mr. and Mrs.' Linn H. Haw-becker,
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mr.
and Mrs. E. M. Hershey, Mr. and Mrs.
Ezra P. Hershey, Mr. and Mrs. J. E.
Hills, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kreider, Mr.
and Mrs. D. Frank Magee, Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. R. Miirrie, Mr. and Mrs.
P. B. Snavely, Mr,, and Mrs. J. E.
Snyder , Mr. and Mrs, D. S: Graeff ,
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Meekins, Dr. and
Mrs. M. L. Hershey, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Dubois, Mr. and Mrs. George
Copenhavcr , Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Clark,
Mr. and Mrs. L. Edward s, Mr. and
Mrs. E, L, Bomgardner, Mr. and Mrs,
H, A. Newton; Messrs Joseph R.
Snavely, Clayton Snavely, W. H. Leb-kicher
, William A. Curtis, George C.
Shearer, L. W. Meekins , J. B. Leit-hiser
, M. S. Hershey.
Hummelstown—Mr. and Mrs. S. C.
Stecher, Mr. and Mrs, John Whitock ,
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Earnest, Mr. and
Mrs. R, J, Walton , Sr„ Mr. and Mrs.
A, G. Walton , Mr. and Mrs. Omar L.
Hummel , Mr. and Mrs, K. J. Walton ,
Jr., Dr, and Mrs. M. L. Nissloy, Mr.
and Mrs. P. N. Kasson; Misses Emma
Walton , Clara Cassol , Edna Orth ,
Clara Walmer, Salome Metzgar, Mrs.
Harriet Penney, Miss Collins and Mrs.
Carroll Hummel ; Mess rs William
Gaus, Leltoy Holler , R. L, Marqunrt ,
F. W. Pvigh , Russell Stonor,
Swatara—Mr. and Mrs. Walter T,
Bradley, Mr. and Mrs, S, D. Foster.
Ilockei'svillo—Elmer K, Erb.
Harrisburg—Mr , and Mrs. M. I\
Johnson , Mr. and Mrs, F, O. Horting,
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Mingle; Misses
Mario .Johnson , Margaret Hayes,
Mary Widmor.
Philadelphia—Mr. and Mrs. F. I<\
Boyd , Misses Alma and Sophia
Worthln ftton.
Orange , N. J .—Mr , and Mrs. Fred
Cochou , Miss Grace Cocliou.
Lancaster—Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mh-ponshnde
. Misses Mary and Emma
Stonor,
Cumbtirland , Md.—Mr. and Mrs.
Charles II. McEvoy,
Chicago—Mr , and Mm, Bcddow,
I'lttsfhild , Mo.—Mr, and Mrs , Stan-ley
Oldhmn.
NU oh , Mich.—Mr. and Mrs. J. 0.
Light, . _ ^
Went her Forecast For (he Week lle-glnning
Today
F 0R M 11) D L13 ATL AN T I C
STATKS,—Warm and generally fair
weather will bo followed by showorn
and coimldorably cooler weather , be-ginning
about Saturday,
Guests Enjoyed Delightful
Boston Baked Bean Supper
Miss Nstii Murrlo , daughter of Mr,
and Mrs, W. F, U. Murrlo , celebrated
her eleventh birthday anniversary on
Tuesday, There was a beautiful
birthday cake with pretty souvenirs
baked Into it. While there was no
formal 'party and no Invitations wore
Issued she received many lovely gifts.
Miss Esta Murrie 's Birthda y
Much Grain and Hay Destroyed.
Origin of Fire Unknown
The barn burne d last week on Hur-
Hhey farm number , 17, or tho old
Aaron Boragardnor property, wan a
largo structure about 40 by 05 foot.
An investigation failed lo (hid the
cause. Tho Humes spread rapidly and
tho loss included from 400 to 500
bushels of oats, 110 tons of silage , 85
tons of now hay, 1) Ions of old hay, 25
tons of straw , 1 horse wagon and 1
hay ladder, The farm is located In
Lebanon county near West Hanover,
Burning of a Hershe y Barn
The committee having In charge tho
Hershey Union Sunday School picnic
at Boiling ' Springs , Tuesday, August
10 met Thursday evening and com-pleted
araiiguinonts for the excursion.
The special train will (oav« Horshey
at 8 a. m, and returning leave Boil-ing
Springs at 7 p, m. Tho round
trip fare is 80 cents, children between
5 and 12 yours 40 cents and under 5
years free.
The Union Picnic
Hon. Martin II, Enrloy, clerk of ono
of tho courts of Now York , visited
IlerHhoy hint Friday and colled on an
old- friend , Christian Mnulfa lr. , Ho
was deeply Impressed by the growth
of Horshey and had many pleasant
things to say about the modal town.
Mr. Karly Is on a visit to his old home
near Palmyra Ho Is prominent in
New York politics.
Mr. Earlev 's Visit