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3,909 CARLOADS HERSHEY PRODUCTS Average of Seventy-five a Week for Whole Year—Biggest Month Was October, "When Total Kan to 421, and Nearly a Thousand . Cars Were Handled. During 1915 the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad took from the Her-shey Chocolate. Company 3,J)09 full car-loads of products. These went to every part of the United States, and a num-ber of them were for foreign ship-ment. It will be remembered that the early part of 1915 was dull in all business except the. manufacture of .war muni-tions, but after the middle of summer business began to improve , and it got into full swing in the fall. October proved to be the best month of the Hershey Chocolate Company, and during that month 421 cars were shipped . During that month, too, the arrivals of . materials and other goods were heavy, so that altogether nearly a thousand cars were handled at this point. So far January has proved to be the best beginning in any year in the his-tory of the Hershey Chocolate Com-pany. There is a wider and larger demand for Hershey products than at any other time. This demand is gen-eral, showing the well-distributed pros-perity of America and the needs ol Europe. The carload lots mentioned here d< . not include the thousands of packages that go by express, parcel post and other packet shipments. WATER IN ITS PURITY Interesting Test Made in the Chemical Laboratory Hershey's water, supply is regularly tested by Mr. W- L. Dubois, the chem-ist of the Hershey Chocolate Company, in the model chemical laboratory which is a part of the company's pl ant. There is a continuous flow particularly for testing purposes, so that at any mo-ment a test may be made. Thus the water of the town is under constant inspection. This week Mi*. Dubois made a test that was exceptional even in the re-markable record of the Hershey sup-ply. It showed water without an atom of impurity. This , water comes down from the Blue Ridge Mountains, flowing about seven miles. At this season it is fit for use wibhout being filtered , but all of it is put through the plant as usual and pumped, up to the reservoirs on the summit of Highland Park. All the water used in Hershey for every pur-pose is this lilterod mountain water. MR. ZOLL' S ADDRESS He Tells the Gainers' Club About Busi-ness System There was a full attendance of the Gainers* Club to hea r the address ol' John It. ftoll , chief accounta nt , of the Hershey Store Company. The members followed him with Interest ami com-plete attention for over an hour. Mr. /oil made his ta lk plain and practical and Illustrated II as ho went along. He told of the old ways of recording business transa ctions anil gave Hie ancient niolhods. Then ho defined bookkeepin g and showed each method and lis peculiar value. This led to accountin g and the grea t lioiiolll ol' a technical trainin g In life work. He compared It with other professions mid showed how It lias risen In liuportiince. He dollnod , lllus-t rated and explained (•hecks , notes , dra fts , endorsements', re-ceipts and other business papers and methods. It. was a libera l edncntlon In business and was among the best of the addresses the class has heard .since It wa s organlwid. FIRST TENORS WANTED Hewlioy Gl«o (Hub Will Welcome New Members The , Mini 's ('horns of the Ilei'shey Men 's Club Is doing well In Us rehear-sals und er the direction of VY. L. I hi-hols , and I lie ulten danee has licen ex-cellent. Tlio nox! nieclln g will lie ill 7,11(1 Monday evening, The chorus needs two llrsl tenors, Those hav ing I be qua lllleiil Inns will plounn apply at Mm Hershey Men 's Club. INCREASE IN ACCIDENTS Ueports of TIN accidents , the la rgest lunmlier receiv ed In one day at. the Depart mend of Lnlior and Industry sinc e ItH nrgnnls '.ullnn , reached' the bureau of statistics last Krldny, Those IneluiMI eltflil fatalities and 711) oilier accidents. In three days alone lll'tcen fntnlllloH and MI7II accidents of less serloun iwi-ture were repnrU'd In the 'burea u ami In the llrsl fourteen days of the nioirt|li 'III rn tal ilflCH ami 11,1111)". accident. 11, l« estliniiled at the Cupllol tihal one-f ourth of the necUleiilH reported will coine under the coiii iioiisnlloii law, HOW HERSHEY IMPRESSES Leading New England Business Man Writes About It The Common wealth Shoe and Leath-er Company is one of the 'big indus-tries of New England, and it has a considerable trade in Hershey. The president, Mr. Charles' H. Jones, found the recent anniversary number of the Hershey tress on his retufiPTrom a long trip a few days ago, and he wrote as follows to the Hershey Store Com-pany : "I read with; some' surprise and very much interest an account of your vari-ous public " institutions in your town, and must say that I had never fully appreciated before the extremely en-terprising and exceptionally intelligent population which must comprise such a community as yours. I congratulate you most sincerely on having a busi-ness located among such people. "Mr. Brien forwarded me a picture of 'King Segi.s Pontiac__Alcartra,' the famous Holstein bulT," which sent the last one of his .sons to head the Her-shey herd. Apparently, the very best to be had in the world is none too good for your people, and I sincerely hope the continued, development of your pure bred stock will fully justify the large investment you niust have made." WORK HAR D, PLAY HARD Members of the Busy Men's Class Enjoy Exercise Instead, of waiting for the mail Mon-day awl Thursday evenings at 7.30 an increasing number of Hershey "-busy men" hurry to the Men's Club gymna-sium and' don athletic garfe Fifteen minutes later they are on the floor tossing a basketball around. Some could shoot goals more easily with a smaller ball or a larger basket. 'Aa, the tardy ones arrive all take part in a lively game of indoor baseball. Home Run ' Baker never lifted a long drive into itQie right field bleachers wibu more ease and grace than, some of the sluggers of the busy imen loft the ball into the gallery and trot around the bases,, In the indoor game ¦base-run-ners do' not take many chances, as they may be put out toy being hit with the ball , which is. not - as soft as it might be. After this Field Marshal Brandau lines up the men for a half-hour's drill. Some of the soldiers are William A. Curtis, George K. Morris, W. Ross Es-benshade, Gabriel H. Mover, Daniel W. Hemperly, Oscar Rochow, Nor-man A. Deveney, F. Clayton Suavely, Lynn TV. Meekins, Frank B. Snylor, Robert H. Sattazahn, Dr. H. G. Mum-ma, Edward : L. Kel ley and Michael Cantor. The Field Marshal's assist-ants are Corporal "Walter I/cilbifried and Private John Allen. The drill over, a medicine ball Is tossed a round. Th|s is an effective way to develoil the 'wind. At S.45 tlu net Is placed for volley ball. The games are, very hotl y contested ana some of the players have become ex-perts. When all! ihave had 1 enough there is n dash for showers and a phu iige in Hie flue swimming pool. Then everybody bogliiis to look forward to the next, meeting. GREAT AID TO SUCCESS Handwriting Helps Young Men and Women to Promotion Last Friday evening K. I- Bnnignrd-ner, I reasnrer of the Hershey Improve-ment Company, addressed the pupils nf the Hershey High School on the lin-porlnnee of good hiindwrlllng ns an Instniinenl of business elllcleiicy , He gave his own experience nnd told how Hin t his hiindwrlllng had helped li I in. Mr. Boiiigiirdnor ,|n tin expert nnd his w r i t i n g Is almost like copperplate. Not only do care nnd legibility In liiind-w r l l l u g nld business and prevent , mis-takes nnd add lo Ibe general. good, 1ml It Is one nf I he prime fncloi's In pininn-lloii. (loud writing will not only gel Ihe holler Job , other things being cm i tin I , lint II will hI'Icii innUe up for ilellclen-cles, Cureless w r i t i n g frcipiciilly cosls the writer nil Ills best chances of sue. cess, Mr , lloingiinlner Is doing good work In prninnllii g beller liiindwi'llliig In Mr Helmuts nf Merry lownshlp, Lust yea r he nlToroil four prices H tp'1, l|U, .$!•• • for liundwrllliig, and Ibis year ho Is continuing Iheni , M SS PFANTZ'S ACC DENT Miss Kllscuttolli limit/, wi ll lie' enter-ing n Hershey si reel ear at lluinnnols- I own Monday mornin g I ripped on the heii| of her skirt and fell heavily upon the pl atform , N'pllntei'ln g n hone In her Vil'l llniMinb , Miss ri'iiut/ , Joked about Hie accident with several eonipnii.lons wlille on Mie way to Hersilioy, Lnlor the thumb caused her great pain anil a phywlelnn .found Uni t, I lie iiiemJior win liroken , Miss Pl'iiul/. wil l he unn 'ilo to nltonil to her dailies at the store for some l ime. A SEASON OF SUFFERING Those who eseii pe Ihe gri p do mil escape nil the suffering. They have In list en In Hume who had It , HERSHEY BUILDING GOES ON STEADILY Almost Every Week Something New is Started and the Plans for the Year Include Some of the Largest Operations' in the History of the Town. Building, in Hershey has become a habit. Something is going up all the time and ' within the next few weeks many new operations , will be started. The new Press Building, the largest single building iu Hershey, being 90 toy 335 feet, and 3 and 4 stories high , mak-ing a floor space of over 80,000 feet, is neariug completion. The enclosing brick work has reached the third story, and it is expected that , the Hershey Press will occupy its new quarters in the early spring. The important group of new build-ings in the factory are practically fin-ished , and most of them are in use. These increase the floor space almost to 35, acres. The construction on the sumiriit of Highland Park was nearly done when the cold weather began. All it needs is a few finishing touches. The extent and beauty of these pagodas and ample walks (rail forth the admiration and wonder of all visitors. The big new car-barn, which will be a real work of architecture as hand-some as a convention hall , is progress-ing finely. All the excavation work is done. The most important operation of all —the Social Center Building—will he inaugurated in the spring. This struc-ture will cover the larger part of a city Moei, will be five stories high,' atid will be several years in building. . The United Brethren will soon start to build on Chocolate Avenue. Building improvements on the Her-shey farms are constant. They are go-ing on in spite of the weather. The handsome brick house at Home-stead Avenue and Areba Street is com-pleted and William A. Forrey has mov-ed in. Andrew Wendling has finished his double house on Granada Avenue. Next to the Wendling house John Hershey is building a new two-story residence. It is well under way. Next to the Hershey house or across the street—the choice is between those two sites—preparations are being made to erect a double house for Harry Tin-ney. , Alfred Yingst will build on Cocoa Avenue. Foundations are in for the two-story brick residence on Caracas Avenue, next to the lirehnu.se. Robert Stover will occupy it. The, Hershey Improvement Company lias sold a house on Trinidad Avenue to Harry Eagle of Hunnnelstowii. Four handsome new residences, cost-ing from '$7,000 to $15,000, are planned for Fast Hershey. Announcement of the details will be made later. Last yea r the new construction In-cluded the Convention Hall, which seats (1,(100 people; the trolley line to Eli gnhcthlnwu , six great stone addi-tions to the factory , the water supply, the telephone system and a score of huildlngs nnd residences. It made a big record, hut: It Is probable It will be largely excelled by 11)10 and 1017. SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL Crowds Attend Services at Dinted Brethren Church Sunday night tin; uttoiida incc at flic revival of the First United Brethren Church taxed the ca pacity of Ihe churc h and on Monday night there were over -00 present. So far there have been nearly llfly conversions and the services promise to be itlie most successful ever held In the church. Itev. Mr, Llnobuiigh Is assisted by u large choir. MRS. BEHNEY'S STROKE Mrs, Minimi Beliue .v, who reeeinlly moved from Iluiniuelstown Into the property of Morris Weuger , In Merry .Church , suffered a sl ight stroke which rendered lier unconscious , while going about her house duties , Monday morn-i ng, A physician was siini'iiKiucd and It; was some time before she was re-vived . r _____ —— ¦, Office of Hershey Press Until the Ilcr.shcy Press and the Hershey Printing Company occupy their new buildin g, their oillce will be on the .second floor of the Hershey Central Theater Building, corner of Chocolat e and Cocoa avenu es. Hours : 8 A. M. lo 0 P. M. Saturday, 8 A. M. to noon. v . . . . : ! i HERSHEY LESSON COST THEM $30.75 But it Will be Worth it to Them hi the Future if They Want to Cir-culate in Tills Neighborhood— The Story of Three Foolish Men From Middletown. One night last week three young men of Middletown , giving their names as Jacob Eisenli'ar't , Lewis Benner and Searles Slack, filled themselves with snake poison and sallied forth for ad-venture. They reached Klizabethtown and there took a car for Hershey. Their conduct on the Hershey car was not satisfactory , and they were warn-ed to behave themselves. This in-censed them and they declared they intended to go all the way to Hershey and clean up the town. They were very brave, for the snake poison was powerful and it was working. It was still working when the . ear reached Hershey. In their desire to wipe the town off the map they, threat-ened the street ear men. and when Ralph I'ioiv asked them to step his way they threatened to slay him, and afterward when they wen? hauled be-fore 'Squire Cassady they threatened to abolish him and his court. This changed their status from plain drunk to something worse, and so the magis-trate sent them to Harrisburg for a nigh t in jail, so ,that they might cool off and reconsider their war, plans. The next day they were brought to Hershey, and they were a very differ-ent lot' of young men. There was not enough tight in them to scare a sick kitten. They apologized to the magis-trate, to the street, ear men. to every-body ; they expressed their deepest sor-row, aiid they begged for mercy. The justice imposed flues of .$1,0.25 each, and friends raised the money and sent them home. Hershey has been free from this sort of thing for a long time. All last year, there was only one ease< and it was a jag that arrived on the railroad train. The owner of it . proved to be a chief of police, and when he was taken in hand he cried like a baby and said he was a man of family, and if his dis-grace were known he would lose his job as well as his hearthstone. In this case the name was not published, and the man is still bossing the police force of his town, and is on good terms with his family. MR. WALTERS TO LEAVE D. E. "Walters, at presen t in charge of the Hershey Cloverdale Dairy, has re-signed liis position to become manager of the Grant Alleninn fa rms at Shoe-makersVille , near Heading. Mr. Wal-ters, with his family, will .move to tha t place nex t week to take over his work February 1st. Their many friends are sorry to see them leave this commun-ity. A BAD FALL William Crane , an electrician em-ployed' at the llorslioy Factory, re-ceived painful injuries last Friday morning when he fe 'l headlong from a scaffold from which he was work-ing. He suffered ii deep gash liii the chin , a badly sprained wrist and other bruises alionl the body. After 'being eoiilincd to his room several (toys he Is again at his work, GLEN WAS PLUCKY (ilea, the III tie son of Mr. nnd Men. II. T. KlelTer , of Oiinieas avenue , is re-covering from Injuries received when lie 'was run down by a team two weeks ago, That the little fellow was not In-jured more seriously Is considered re-nin rkii 'lilo as belli horse and wagon passed over him. <llen showed line pluck and to Mils Is nllrlbutod ' Ids quick nnd complete recovery. TWO GOOD ADDRESSES One hundred iiuil twelve girls »( .tend-ed (lie noon mooting In (he I'uclory Thursday , when Mr. F, F. llolsnpple, of lliWTlsbiir g, lectured on "Girls ' Ideals, " Uev, George Uoiilsi (,'nv e u very helpfu l and Inspiring In IK on "Con lciiUiii 'iil" at (lie weekl y Vos-po i1 service. BUSY DAYS FOR THE CLUBS All of Them Have Their Special Ac-tivities at This Season The Onward Club Girl s are busy makiiiy scrap' books for the children 's waul in the Syble Hospital at Wash; inglo'u , 1). C., where one of its former members,. Miss Adams, is ' taking the training course. The Up-to-Date Club will have a supper and club meeting Friday even-ing. L'lans for- a crocheting class are being made. The Ayuda Club were very successful in the sale of Christmas cards and novel ties. This money will be used to send girl s to the club council' at Camp -Nepahwin. Tooya Club initiated three girls, Saturday. Mans were made for form-ing a "Law and Order .Society" and for giving honors for good scholarship. Loyalty Club girls are dressing dolls for ch ildren in ilarrisburg Hospital. The Sunshine Club girls had the weekly 'meeting and gymnasium class Saturday. HERSHEY BAND'S TRIP Wins High Honors in Concert at Schaefferstown. Tlur Schaeffersfcown Baud gave a festival in the hall at that place Sat-urday evening last and they had as their special guests the 'members of the Hershey Band. Director Eeese and thirty-five of the members made the triji in a special car, which connected with the line for iSchaefferstow.a at Lebanon. They left Hershey at 6.30 and returned shortly before midnight. Director Feese gave one of bis most attractive programs to a crowded house and every number was applauded. Their playing was si success in every respect, and the whole trip proved a delightful event. The visitors . were royally entertained. LEBANON TOMORROW Has Several Lebanon Valley College Players on the Team The Lebanon Young Men's Christian. Association team comes to Hershey on Friday evening with the best five that has ever represented1 that institution. Hcrahey, however, has prepared for j, hard contest and will be in the best of sluiipe to iheet the hig Lebanon Ave. On 'tlie visitors' five are several Leba-non Valley College player.*? and Tack HiulcSoiw who played^ with Hersihey in severnl of their contests last season. Owing to other attractions last week the Hershey five did not get into ac-tion and it ga ve the men a rest unci put , them in good shape for Friday evening's game. Lebanon lias played and <lefcatod such tenuis as the Rencl-iiii; Olivets nnrl York. SPANGLER-GINGRICH 'I'lie wedding of Miss Raima Ging-rich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gliigrrlcfl i, -to Hu rry Spangler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Spangler, of Fniiti iiiii , took place on Saturday even-iii),' nt (I o'clock at the home of the groom 's pa renls. The ceremony was iierfiirnieil by the Uev, II . A. Bneluiuiii , d' Srhiiofferstown. Mr. Spangler Is "iinneetoil with the Hershey Chocolate Coi n t inny, In the oillce (lepnrtuieiit. A wedding reception was held nt the hem e of Air. Spuugler 's pnrents on Sunday , ill which a large number of I'elntlves and friends were present, MR. STUBBLEBINE BETTER Jneob SUihblolblno , veteran of the Civil war mini one of Hershey 's oldest residents , who has 'been III nl his hmiio In Spring Creek avenue, Is some-what Improved, Mr, St iilihleb l ne wus liikcn III lust October nnd bus since hi'cn conllucd lo the house. Ills niiiiiy Trli mmIm will be glnd to ilienr of his re-covory. PICTURES WERE ENJOYED The South I'ole pictures on l-rlilny evening anil Iho Sir linuglus Alnwson lect u re Siilnrdiiy evening with l>r. W, A, llunshi 'i'gor ns the lecturer were Ki' cally enjoyed by largo luiilloucos, Many of tIn* iilcluros were inni'velnus anil Ibey inel all c.v iicclulloiis, llnil Ihe wea tbei' been more favorable , llei 1- nliey Cenlru l Tbcaler would hnve been ero wiled. DR. ROSS STEVENSON HERE NEXT SUNDAY Distinguished Orator and Scholar of Presbyterian Church Will Speak on the Strength of a Commu-nity— OOr. Bell Drew Larg- ' , est Crowd of Services. Success ! The Sunday Union Services are moving righ t up to expectations, bast Sunday they touched the highest point yet readied. Every seat in Her-shey . Central Theatre was taken ; hun-dreds of extra chairs were placed and some persons were standing. Nearly a thousand people were present. The trolleys brought their loads and there was a line of automobiles along Cocoa Avenue. Bishop Bell drew them. This crowd was a happy incident of the new year because in a few weeks the work on the great Community Building will be started , and the pur-pose of tills iniiiiiense structure is to provide a center for the interest and enjoyment of the people of Lebanon Valley . lir a few years audiences of several thousand will regularly attend the union services at Hershey to hear the best speakers and the finest music that can be secured. The response this month is due to the high quality of the speaking. The three denominations that have church-es in Hershey are represented by their ablest men. When Dr. Haas spoke for the Lutherans Sunday "before last he had the largest attendance up to that time. Then followed Rev. Dr. William H. Bell, the most brilliant bishop of the United Brethren , ancl the United Brethren and all others wanting to hear fine oratory tilled the buildins. Dr. Stevenson's Address This, coming" Sunday the Presbyte-rians will have charge of the services, and they have been most fortunate in securing their ablest scholar and most interesting speaker, Rev. Dr. J. Ross Stevenson, president of Princeton Theo-logical Seminary and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States. Those who enjoy public speaking at its test and who want to hear a splendid man with a compelling message, will be at the Hershey Central Theatre next Sunday. Dr. Stevenson is not only an orator and an exceptional type of scholar, but a strong, practical man, who (leaIs with problems with a man's grasp and earnestness. In Hershey he will speak on "The Strength of v Community." and it Is an address that has a special appeal to the peopl e of this section. Before becoming presi-dent of the great Presbyterian Semi-nary Dr. Stevenson had charge of one of the largest congregations in Amer-ica , and his big church was always crowded . The last time the writer of these lines hoard him lie had to sdnnd thr.oughout the whole service, nnd all standing room was taken. • Dr. Bell's Fine Afternoon Last Sunday iifternoo;i S. D. Clark led ; Kev. N, L. Llnebaugh asked the prayer; II. (i. Wltnieyer directed the singing, and 10. .1. Kinase was at the plnno, The congregational singing was the best ever heard In Hershey. bishop Bell , a robust type of vigor-ous Americanism , was in form. He bad come all the way from the Psieidc Const, and he seemed to have brought wllh blm the width and breezlneHH of oceans nnd mountain tops. He had preached a wonderful .sermon »t the I'Mrst United Brethren Church In the ill uming, but tha t had (inly spurred him to his nflernooii effort. The audi-ence began to assemble with the ar-rival of the li.ir* ear from IOIIzn betlt-town , which brought a number ol" per-sons from biuicastei county, ' Then for mi hour the arrivals wore steady. All I he en is brough t binds and the nuto- 'j iinbile.N milled IJiclr scores. The whole country for u doswn miles around was ii'prom 'iitoil liy good people who Idled every sent nn<l bench In Ihe audlto i'luin. This audience showed Iho Htrengt.h of Ilic 1' nlli 'il Hi 'cllii 'oii Church In this seel Ion, mill lUslio irltol l fell: Ihoroii gh-ly ul lioiue , hoi' nil hour he held the. undivided iiy.eii l.lun of his hearers. lie is ii gluiil of u nmn nnd he has voice and manner lo match , ani l so be mil only deli ghted bis audience , but thorou ghly enjoyed himself , Me spoke on social problems , II o I rnced I tie de-velopment uf gover nment , fioin Asia lo lOuiope and I lion In Aiueilca and dis-cussed Its iihnses, The present geiiern - lloii would see vusl changes and Ihe lilies! of Hii 'mh would lie Ibe snclult'/.a-lloii of our wenlth and Institutions nnd iho cmiIIii I Ioii of mil Ion iiliov o purl ,v. lie lunched oiii'iei'it tuples soine-llnii 's uiiciiiivoutlnii ully ,' Iu showing flint Aiueilciin I' lesldenls were u llsf, of worthies (hut no luonurehy could ever hope lo equa l , he reachoil Woool-row Wilson, ami suld hi* should have Ihe pruyiM'H mid the piitleiit , faithful Niip i iimrl of all good Americans , "AVnod-row Is there on llio ,|iil» ," he exclaimed. "I'.cl him go lo l|, " lUmi (lie audi-ence broke out In applause. Several limes Urn olo(|ueiico and pal riot Ism of the bishop evoked dnuioiiMtintlnns , and 'When ho finished there wiih generiil it ml iiiilhusliiKlle applause, "I coitulnly enjoyed myself ," wild Ihe bish op after the meeting, us ho \vu« leaving for h'ls roluin lo ('ulll' orn lu', Hn (f id everyone. A series of meelihiKs by the Chinch nl' the Biellircu will bo opened ill Ihelr mowin g house Iu Bnliuyru this Sun-i( it .v, rlitniiiii' ,v i-Ti and will continue for lw«i weUks, All Iho services will he In charge of Itev , Itu l'us Biicher , of ounrr yvlllo , Lnin'iisler eouuly , BRETHREN MEETINGS Siilnrdiiy, ,lun , IW, MsNiinuy presents Mi', ' 'ltloh'u'nl Travel's '"In Iho .Man 'I'nill." ' "¦ , , , ,. ' Monday, ,.lnu, U'l fli , ilriniilwiiy ,Unl-ve i'Hi'i l Keillure , "The,'(' anion of Lion," Wednesday, ' .In ninny Willi ,, a mutua l uuisl er plelMi'e .' an Anieil can'dlstlne-l\ W cienlluir 'featuring " lOlwlo '" .lane WlWii inlil 'Tlni'dld Lnolttt'iindi ' ' •'. ¦ U l " ' I,' I ' ' r . , ' I' MOVIN G PICTURE PROGRAM
Object Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1916-01-20 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1916-01-20 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
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Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1916-01-20 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 19160120 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text |
3,909 CARLOADS
HERSHEY PRODUCTS
Average of Seventy-five a Week for
Whole Year—Biggest Month Was
October, "When Total Kan to
421, and Nearly a Thousand .
Cars Were Handled.
During 1915 the Philadelphia &
Reading Railroad took from the Her-shey
Chocolate. Company 3,J)09 full car-loads
of products. These went to every
part of the United States, and a num-ber
of them were for foreign ship-ment.
It will be remembered that the early
part of 1915 was dull in all business
except the. manufacture of .war muni-tions,
but after the middle of summer
business began to improve , and it got
into full swing in the fall.
October proved to be the best month
of the Hershey Chocolate Company,
and during that month 421 cars were
shipped . During that month, too, the
arrivals of . materials and other goods
were heavy, so that altogether nearly
a thousand cars were handled at this
point.
So far January has proved to be the
best beginning in any year in the his-tory
of the Hershey Chocolate Com-pany.
There is a wider and larger
demand for Hershey products than at
any other time. This demand is gen-eral,
showing the well-distributed pros-perity
of America and the needs ol
Europe.
The carload lots mentioned here d< .
not include the thousands of packages
that go by express, parcel post and
other packet shipments.
WATER IN ITS PURITY
Interesting Test Made in the Chemical
Laboratory
Hershey's water, supply is regularly
tested by Mr. W- L. Dubois, the chem-ist
of the Hershey Chocolate Company,
in the model chemical laboratory which
is a part of the company's pl ant. There
is a continuous flow particularly for
testing purposes, so that at any mo-ment
a test may be made. Thus the
water of the town is under constant
inspection.
This week Mi*. Dubois made a test
that was exceptional even in the re-markable
record of the Hershey sup-ply.
It showed water without an atom
of impurity.
This , water comes down from the
Blue Ridge Mountains, flowing about
seven miles. At this season it is fit for
use wibhout being filtered , but all of it
is put through the plant as usual and
pumped, up to the reservoirs on the
summit of Highland Park. All the
water used in Hershey for every pur-pose
is this lilterod mountain water.
MR. ZOLL' S ADDRESS
He Tells the Gainers' Club About Busi-ness
System
There was a full attendance of the
Gainers* Club to hea r the address ol'
John It. ftoll , chief accounta nt , of the
Hershey Store Company. The members
followed him with Interest ami com-plete
attention for over an hour. Mr.
/oil made his ta lk plain and practical
and Illustrated II as ho went along.
He told of the old ways of recording
business transa ctions anil gave Hie
ancient niolhods. Then ho defined
bookkeepin g and showed each method
and lis peculiar value. This led to
accountin g and the grea t lioiiolll ol' a
technical trainin g In life work. He
compared It with other professions mid
showed how It lias risen In liuportiince.
He dollnod , lllus-t rated and explained
(•hecks , notes , dra fts , endorsements', re-ceipts
and other business papers and
methods. It. was a libera l edncntlon
In business and was among the best of
the addresses the class has heard .since
It wa s organlwid.
FIRST TENORS WANTED
Hewlioy Gl«o (Hub Will Welcome New
Members
The , Mini 's ('horns of the Ilei'shey
Men 's Club Is doing well In Us rehear-sals
und er the direction of VY. L. I hi-hols
, and I lie ulten danee has licen ex-cellent.
Tlio nox! nieclln g will lie ill
7,11(1 Monday evening,
The chorus needs two llrsl tenors,
Those hav ing I be qua lllleiil Inns will
plounn apply at Mm Hershey Men 's
Club.
INCREASE IN ACCIDENTS
Ueports of TIN accidents , the la rgest
lunmlier receiv ed In one day at. the
Depart mend of Lnlior and Industry
sinc e ItH nrgnnls '.ullnn , reached' the
bureau of statistics last Krldny, Those
IneluiMI eltflil fatalities and 711) oilier
accidents.
In three days alone lll'tcen fntnlllloH
and MI7II accidents of less serloun iwi-ture
were repnrU'd In the 'burea u ami
In the llrsl fourteen days of the nioirt|li
'III rn tal ilflCH ami 11,1111)". accident.
11, l« estliniiled at the Cupllol tihal
one-f ourth of the necUleiilH reported
will coine under the coiii iioiisnlloii law,
HOW HERSHEY IMPRESSES
Leading New England Business Man
Writes About It
The Common wealth Shoe and Leath-er
Company is one of the 'big indus-tries
of New England, and it has a
considerable trade in Hershey. The
president, Mr. Charles' H. Jones, found
the recent anniversary number of the
Hershey tress on his retufiPTrom a
long trip a few days ago, and he wrote
as follows to the Hershey Store Com-pany
:
"I read with; some' surprise and very
much interest an account of your vari-ous
public " institutions in your town,
and must say that I had never fully
appreciated before the extremely en-terprising
and exceptionally intelligent
population which must comprise such
a community as yours. I congratulate
you most sincerely on having a busi-ness
located among such people.
"Mr. Brien forwarded me a picture
of 'King Segi.s Pontiac__Alcartra,' the
famous Holstein bulT," which sent the
last one of his .sons to head the Her-shey
herd. Apparently, the very best
to be had in the world is none too good
for your people, and I sincerely hope
the continued, development of your
pure bred stock will fully justify the
large investment you niust have made."
WORK HAR D, PLAY HARD
Members of the Busy Men's Class
Enjoy Exercise
Instead, of waiting for the mail Mon-day
awl Thursday evenings at 7.30 an
increasing number of Hershey "-busy
men" hurry to the Men's Club gymna-sium
and' don athletic garfe Fifteen
minutes later they are on the floor
tossing a basketball around. Some
could shoot goals more easily with a
smaller ball or a larger basket. 'Aa,
the tardy ones arrive all take part in
a lively game of indoor baseball. Home
Run ' Baker never lifted a long drive
into itQie right field bleachers wibu
more ease and grace than, some of the
sluggers of the busy imen loft the ball
into the gallery and trot around the
bases,, In the indoor game ¦base-run-ners
do' not take many chances, as they
may be put out toy being hit with the
ball , which is. not - as soft as it might
be.
After this Field Marshal Brandau
lines up the men for a half-hour's drill.
Some of the soldiers are William A.
Curtis, George K. Morris, W. Ross Es-benshade,
Gabriel H. Mover, Daniel
W. Hemperly, Oscar Rochow, Nor-man
A. Deveney, F. Clayton Suavely,
Lynn TV. Meekins, Frank B. Snylor,
Robert H. Sattazahn, Dr. H. G. Mum-ma,
Edward : L. Kel ley and Michael
Cantor. The Field Marshal's assist-ants
are Corporal "Walter I/cilbifried
and Private John Allen.
The drill over, a medicine ball Is
tossed a round. Th|s is an effective
way to develoil the 'wind. At S.45 tlu
net Is placed for volley ball. The
games are, very hotl y contested ana
some of the players have become ex-perts.
When all! ihave had 1 enough
there is n dash for showers and a
phu iige in Hie flue swimming pool.
Then everybody bogliiis to look forward
to the next, meeting.
GREAT AID TO SUCCESS
Handwriting Helps Young Men and
Women to Promotion
Last Friday evening K. I- Bnnignrd-ner,
I reasnrer of the Hershey Improve-ment
Company, addressed the pupils
nf the Hershey High School on the lin-porlnnee
of good hiindwrlllng ns an
Instniinenl of business elllcleiicy , He
gave his own experience nnd told how
Hin t his hiindwrlllng had helped li I in.
Mr. Boiiigiirdnor ,|n tin expert nnd his
w r i t i n g Is almost like copperplate. Not
only do care nnd legibility In liiind-w
r l l l u g nld business and prevent , mis-takes
nnd add lo Ibe general. good, 1ml
It Is one nf I he prime fncloi's In pininn-lloii.
(loud writing will not only gel
Ihe holler Job , other things being cm i tin I ,
lint II will hI'Icii innUe up for ilellclen-cles,
Cureless w r i t i n g frcipiciilly cosls
the writer nil Ills best chances of sue.
cess,
Mr , lloingiinlner Is doing good work
In prninnllii g beller liiindwi'llliig In Mr
Helmuts nf Merry lownshlp, Lust yea r
he nlToroil four prices H tp'1, l|U, .$!•• •
for liundwrllliig, and Ibis year ho Is
continuing Iheni ,
M SS PFANTZ'S ACC DENT
Miss Kllscuttolli limit/, wi ll lie' enter-ing
n Hershey si reel ear at lluinnnols-
I own Monday mornin g I ripped on the
heii| of her skirt and fell heavily upon
the pl atform , N'pllntei'ln g n hone In her
Vil'l llniMinb , Miss ri'iiut/ , Joked about
Hie accident with several eonipnii.lons
wlille on Mie way to Hersilioy, Lnlor
the thumb caused her great pain anil a
phywlelnn .found Uni t, I lie iiiemJior win
liroken , Miss Pl'iiul/. wil l he unn 'ilo
to nltonil to her dailies at the store
for some l ime.
A SEASON OF SUFFERING
Those who eseii pe Ihe gri p do mil
escape nil the suffering. They have In
list en In Hume who had It ,
HERSHEY BUILDING
GOES ON STEADILY
Almost Every Week Something New is
Started and the Plans for the Year
Include Some of the Largest
Operations' in the History
of the Town.
Building, in Hershey has become a
habit. Something is going up all the
time and ' within the next few weeks
many new operations , will be started.
The new Press Building, the largest
single building iu Hershey, being 90 toy
335 feet, and 3 and 4 stories high , mak-ing
a floor space of over 80,000 feet,
is neariug completion. The enclosing
brick work has reached the third story,
and it is expected that , the Hershey
Press will occupy its new quarters in
the early spring.
The important group of new build-ings
in the factory are practically fin-ished
, and most of them are in use.
These increase the floor space almost
to 35, acres.
The construction on the sumiriit of
Highland Park was nearly done when
the cold weather began. All it needs is
a few finishing touches. The extent
and beauty of these pagodas and ample
walks (rail forth the admiration and
wonder of all visitors.
The big new car-barn, which will be
a real work of architecture as hand-some
as a convention hall , is progress-ing
finely. All the excavation work is
done.
The most important operation of all
—the Social Center Building—will he
inaugurated in the spring. This struc-ture
will cover the larger part of a city
Moei, will be five stories high,' atid will
be several years in building. .
The United Brethren will soon start
to build on Chocolate Avenue.
Building improvements on the Her-shey
farms are constant. They are go-ing
on in spite of the weather.
The handsome brick house at Home-stead
Avenue and Areba Street is com-pleted
and William A. Forrey has mov-ed
in.
Andrew Wendling has finished his
double house on Granada Avenue.
Next to the Wendling house John
Hershey is building a new two-story
residence. It is well under way.
Next to the Hershey house or across
the street—the choice is between those
two sites—preparations are being made
to erect a double house for Harry Tin-ney.
,
Alfred Yingst will build on Cocoa
Avenue.
Foundations are in for the two-story
brick residence on Caracas Avenue,
next to the lirehnu.se. Robert Stover
will occupy it.
The, Hershey Improvement Company
lias sold a house on Trinidad Avenue
to Harry Eagle of Hunnnelstowii.
Four handsome new residences, cost-ing
from '$7,000 to $15,000, are planned
for Fast Hershey. Announcement of
the details will be made later.
Last yea r the new construction In-cluded
the Convention Hall, which
seats (1,(100 people; the trolley line to
Eli gnhcthlnwu , six great stone addi-tions
to the factory , the water supply,
the telephone system and a score of
huildlngs nnd residences. It made a
big record, hut: It Is probable It will be
largely excelled by 11)10 and 1017.
SUCCESSFUL REVIVAL
Crowds Attend Services at Dinted
Brethren Church
Sunday night tin; uttoiida incc at flic
revival of the First United Brethren
Church taxed the ca pacity of Ihe
churc h and on Monday night there
were over -00 present. So far there
have been nearly llfly conversions and
the services promise to be itlie most
successful ever held In the church. Itev.
Mr, Llnobuiigh Is assisted by u large
choir.
MRS. BEHNEY'S STROKE
Mrs, Minimi Beliue .v, who reeeinlly
moved from Iluiniuelstown Into the
property of Morris Weuger , In Merry
.Church , suffered a sl ight stroke which
rendered lier unconscious , while going
about her house duties , Monday morn-i
ng, A physician was siini'iiKiucd and
It; was some time before she was re-vived
.
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Office of Hershey Press
Until the Ilcr.shcy Press and the Hershey
Printing Company occupy their new buildin g,
their oillce will be on the .second floor of the
Hershey Central Theater Building, corner of
Chocolat e and Cocoa avenu es. Hours : 8 A. M.
lo 0 P. M. Saturday, 8 A. M. to noon.
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HERSHEY LESSON
COST THEM $30.75
But it Will be Worth it to Them hi
the Future if They Want to Cir-culate
in Tills Neighborhood—
The Story of Three Foolish
Men From Middletown.
One night last week three young
men of Middletown , giving their names
as Jacob Eisenli'ar't , Lewis Benner and
Searles Slack, filled themselves with
snake poison and sallied forth for ad-venture.
They reached Klizabethtown
and there took a car for Hershey.
Their conduct on the Hershey car was
not satisfactory , and they were warn-ed
to behave themselves. This in-censed
them and they declared they
intended to go all the way to Hershey
and clean up the town. They were
very brave, for the snake poison was
powerful and it was working.
It was still working when the . ear
reached Hershey. In their desire to
wipe the town off the map they, threat-ened
the street ear men. and when
Ralph I'ioiv asked them to step his
way they threatened to slay him, and
afterward when they wen? hauled be-fore
'Squire Cassady they threatened
to abolish him and his court. This
changed their status from plain drunk
to something worse, and so the magis-trate
sent them to Harrisburg for a
nigh t in jail, so ,that they might cool
off and reconsider their war, plans.
The next day they were brought to
Hershey, and they were a very differ-ent
lot' of young men. There was not
enough tight in them to scare a sick
kitten. They apologized to the magis-trate,
to the street, ear men. to every-body
; they expressed their deepest sor-row,
aiid they begged for mercy. The
justice imposed flues of .$1,0.25 each,
and friends raised the money and sent
them home.
Hershey has been free from this sort
of thing for a long time. All last year,
there was only one ease< and it was a
jag that arrived on the railroad train.
The owner of it . proved to be a chief
of police, and when he was taken in
hand he cried like a baby and said he
was a man of family, and if his dis-grace
were known he would lose his
job as well as his hearthstone. In this
case the name was not published, and
the man is still bossing the police force
of his town, and is on good terms with
his family.
MR. WALTERS TO LEAVE
D. E. "Walters, at presen t in charge of
the Hershey Cloverdale Dairy, has re-signed
liis position to become manager
of the Grant Alleninn fa rms at Shoe-makersVille
, near Heading. Mr. Wal-ters,
with his family, will .move to tha t
place nex t week to take over his work
February 1st. Their many friends are
sorry to see them leave this commun-ity.
A BAD FALL
William Crane , an electrician em-ployed'
at the llorslioy Factory, re-ceived
painful injuries last Friday
morning when he fe 'l headlong from
a scaffold from which he was work-ing.
He suffered ii deep gash liii the
chin , a badly sprained wrist and other
bruises alionl the body. After 'being
eoiilincd to his room several (toys he
Is again at his work,
GLEN WAS PLUCKY
(ilea, the III tie son of Mr. nnd Men.
II. T. KlelTer , of Oiinieas avenue , is re-covering
from Injuries received when
lie 'was run down by a team two weeks
ago, That the little fellow was not In-jured
more seriously Is considered re-nin
rkii 'lilo as belli horse and wagon
passed over him. |