The Hershey Press 1916-03-23

              MIL K CHOC OLATE
IN THE DESERT
A Nev Tribute to its Qualities Sent
From the Hot Sands of Egypt
by a.Trooper in the British i
Forces. All Highly De-
. lighted With it. &
The following letter was received this
week by President William F. R. Murrie,
of the Hershey Chocolate Company, being
dated February 16 and coming from "No.
1 Troop; C. Squadron; 1st North Midland
Mounted Brigade; British Forces in
Egypt": . . .. . .
"Dear Sirs,
. "I am taking the liberty of writing
to you in order to state, that I have re-ceived
a 1 lb. packet of your celebrated
milk chocolate from friends in England,
and I am pleased to be able to inform you
that not only myself but all who were
able to share it were highly delighted with
it. It is the very thing when one has been
marching across the hot sandy desert
for , hours and is hot only equal to meat
but drink as well. I shall certainly buy and
induce all my pals to have some sent therri.
Yours faithfully,
"Tpr. F. G. RIDLEY."
Within the past three months letters
have been received from soldiers in the
trenches in Belgium and France telling
of . their appreciation of the milk choco-late
made- here and a recent letter from
Alaska described how'the Hershey nutbar
was enjoyed in the Arctic Circle.
The soldiers who, have gone into Mexico
to catch Villa also eat Hershey chocolate.
There is scarcely any part of the earth
now that does not know about the Herr
shey products'and they are sold on many
ships. Thus on land and water they make
their way.
PRESIDENT MURRIE'S ADDRESS
Speaks to Confectionery Jobbers on
Value of Cooperation
One of the big banquets of the winter
in Philadelphia was the annual dinner of
the Philadelphia Jobbing Confectionery
Association. Guests from a dozen cities
and more than two hundred and fifty
members were present, including the lead-ing
men in the industry in this state.
There were three stated speeches, one
by State Senator Daix, another by Select
Councilman Weglein and the third by
William F. R. Murrie, President of the
Hershey Chocolate Company. President
Murrie spoke on the relations of the manu-facturer
and the jobber. He showed that
their interests were indentical and that
success came only when they worked in
harmony, He emphasized the great value
of cooperation and congratulated the asso-ciation
on the good work it was doing
in keeping the trade on a high plane and
promoting the personal good fellowship
of all its interests. Mr, Murrie 's points
were highly commended.
The following officers were installed ;
Andrew C, Keenley, president; J. Martin
Miller , first vice-president; William Engel,
second vice-president ; Charles Schafer,
secretary; George W, Eaton , cones-ponding
secretary, and William F. I-Iaun ,
treasurer,
HERSHEY TRANSIT LINES
From different parts of the country are
coming inquiries about, the Hershey Tran-sit
lines, The excellence of this service
and the interest of the country through
which the lines pass are becoming known
everywhere . The lines are doing an in-creasing
business nil the lime. The record
for the winter was practically perfect ,
all the schedules being kept even when
connecting lines had their troubles, The
average is considerably over 0,000 fares
a day,
Manager Kreider has just issued from
the Hershey Tress n handsome ofllcial
schedule which will be of great value to
local travelers. It gives the full lime
tables of all the lines and Ih In convenient
pocket shape, It ulso con tains useful in-formal
ion about I lerHhey ,
HANDSOME DECORATIONS
Ever ything was ready for the Iler-
Hhey Store 's Spring Opening except the
weath er, Bui Ihe good times were only
delayed, In the meanwhile look in and
see I ho (lecoriilioim. They are beautiful
and they show what an artlHl in his
work is the Store 's decorator , Mr, Roberts ,
MOTHERS' MEETING
The Mothers ' Coub held (i very enjoy-able
moolin g ill Mm Consolidated School ,
the kindergarten room being used, It.
was it St Patrick' s affair , wi th plenty of
green, The IiohIchhuh wore Mrs, H, D.
Clark mid Mrs, II , ( J, Miinimn , There wuh
a large itltendniii c,
FOR THE BIG FAIR
The IlerHhe y Hand him been engaged
for two concerlH unci the I lerHhey OitIich-trn
, 'I pieced, to furnish music for dancing
every evening during llio Pair of the j ler-
Hhcy Volunteer lure Company, Mny 1st
lo tj lh Inclusive.
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I This view is a bit premature because snow is still in the Lebanon Valley and the Hershey Industrial jj . ' .
j . School lo oks more like Christmas than Spring, b|ut it is time for Spring and the Hershey Industrial School has its ,
| schedule in motion. An article in this issue of the Press tells ail about it. The Scho|ol is doing a noble work It '
| . has many visitors from all parts of the United States. There are 60 boys in the School. |'
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HAPPY BOYS AT
HERSHEY SCHOOL
They Have Got Over the Grip and are
Back in Their Old Hea lth and
are Full of Plans for the Year
A Schedule of Their Work
Grea t Good is Done
Things arc again humming at the Her-shey
Industrial School. All the boys have
fully recovered from the grip and its effects
and are robust and rosy-cheeked as usual,
While sick some of the boys lamented
the loss of their class positions , and since
recovering they have fried hard to regain
the lost time and place in class, In order
to appreciate the benefits of the school
it is necessary to visit the place and see
the boys at their work or studies. A day
is certainly well filled in by the "doings"
of these busy little brains and hands and
from now until June 15 the plans are made
whereby every day and many evenings
will become both a pleasure and profit.
The program for a school day is as fol-lows;
,(•),()() a, ni,—First bell for rising and
dressing,
6, J 5 a, m, -.Second hell for washing,
d,30 a, m,—Morning worship.
7,00 a, in. Breakfast.
7,30 a, m, Cleaning up, making be(ls,
feeding etc,
8,00 a, m, 1'lay period,
8,20 a, in.—Wash for school.
8,30 u , in, —Hell for school,
H.45 toD. -l l"). Arithmetic.
9,45 to HUM).-Grammar (English ),
10,00 to 10.15, '-Re cess,
10, 15 lo 10.45. Language , (KngliHh) ,
10,45 to 11.10, Spelling,
11,10 to II ,HO , Writing ,
11 ,HO to '1 ,00 p. in. - N oon liilernilssion ,
1,00 lo 1,45. Reading,
I, '15 Io2,.'i0, Geography,
2,30 lo 2.45. Recess.
2,45 lo ,'), 15, - History,
:i,15 !,o .VI5,' Physiology,
3.45 lo 4,00, ' Menial nrllhniellc.
4,00 to 5,00.- - Work whop,
5,00 to 5,.'l(). Supper.
R.IIO lo 7.00, I'lav period.
7.00 loH .OO. Study period.
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TIiIh Ih (ho program for (lie Primary and
Main departments , Tlio Kinderga rten
department arlsim at (i.00 u, in,, mid the
Utile lols play all forenoon and have their
kindergarten exercises from ) ,00 to '3,00
p. in, and they ru '.lro itt. 7,00 p. in,
YOUNG PEOPLE
HAVEGREAT FUN
Joint Celebration of St. Patrick' s
Day at the Hershey Men 's Club
Was One of the Jollies t Affairs
. of .the Year. In Spite of
the Cold All Enjoyed it
St Patrick's Day this year was cold
enough to freeze all the snakes of Lebanon
Valley and the evening found the mercury
dancing down towards zero. But neither
cold nor .snow could chill the joint cele-bration
that had been , planned by the
Hershey Men's Club , and the Young
Womans Christian Association.. These
were the committees: Y. W. C. A., Mrs.
M. L. Hershey, president; Miss Martha
Trace, general secretary ; Mrs. L. P.
Bacastow and Miss Mary G. Burch.
Men's Club, Dr. H. G. Mumma, J. M.
Brandau and M. S. May.- .
So cold was the night that all kept on
their wraps and it was amusing to see a
social occasion in furs and overcoats, but
soon all the ice was broken and everyone
entered heartily into the spirit of the
frolic. There was plenty of the green. It
was in decorations, on the coats and dress-es,
in the headgear and over the refresh^
ments. Everywhere Ireland's colors ruled.
First everybody, registered with the left
hand and then was decorated with a green
bow.
An excellent orchestra opened the. pro-gram
and gave many selections during' the
evening. The first number on the gym-nasium
floor was the hoop drill by the
Banner Club of the Y. W. C. A;, directed
by Miss Burch. This was very gracefully
given and it was followed by torch swing-ing
by members of the Men's Club under
Director Brandau. Both of these drew
warm applause. After a selection by the
orchestra Mabel Hurley and Mabel Krebs
danced the Glow Worm Gavotte and they
were applauded.
Then came the livlier features. . Edward
Slesser and William Zimmerman, intro-duced
by Director Brandau, gave an ex-citing
exhibition of real sparring and work-ed
the audience into fine excitement. They
did it well and their grace, skill and earnest-ness
became infectious. They were loudly
applauded. The interest and excitement
were continued by the wrestling match
between Dressier and Homer Smith. Both
did their best and they won cordial dem-onstrations
from the audience. These
matches were declared to be draws.
A happy event was the suit case race.
Three girls with suit cases ran the length
of the gymnasium, opened the cases, took
out coats, hats and gloves and put them on
and then returned to the point of starting.
It was tense and stren uous and all en-joyed
it. Elizabeth Patschke won, and she
was much admired for her grace. The Up-to-
date Club staged this very successful
act.
Then the Onward Club had its Snake
Hunt. Green snakes were hidden and the
winner was the one who found the most.
Mr. Miller got the prize, There was anoth-er
game going on all evening. Anyone who
answered "yes" or "no" had to give up a
green bow and the winner was the one
who acquired the most bows. Abagail
Gordon captured 54 and was the victor.
More games were scheduled but hunger
interfered and then when the crowd went
into the lunch room they ate green ice
cream , green cakes and other green food
under green lights and amid green stream-ers.
It was all very complete and delight-ful
and St. Patrick's Day was voted a huge
success. About 200 were present.
MOVING PICTURE PROGRAM
Beginning March 30 the Herslto;' ont-ral
Theater will show the Metro pk hires
which come highly recommended. They
have line character unci plenty of good
comedy and they star such people as
Mary Miles Minter , Marguerite Snow,
Lionel Barrymore , Irene I lowley, Emily
Slovens, Francis X. Bushman, Edmund
Bree.se, Mine Petrovn and other stars.
Saturday, March |25. The Dust or
Egypt. An elaborate spectacle , full of
HurpriHes , Starring Alan Campbell.
Monday, March 27. --Under Southern
Skies, A elmnniug drama of love and ro-mance,
One of the best of the Universal
pictures, Slurring Mitry Fuller ,
Wednesday, March 2!),—Misleading
Lady. Love, kidnappin g, mountain life
and many thrills, Sinning Henry B.
Will thall.
TWO UNIQUE BIRTHDAYS
Joseph Hills , Jr., celebrated hin tenth
birthday on TueHduy, March 21, which is
the official day for the beginning of
Spring, Joseph and IiIh ulster Dorothy are
the children of Mr, ivnd Mrs, Joseph 11111b
and bolli »re very lifindsome mid popular,
Dorothy 's birthday Ih September 21, the
olllclnl day for thu beginning of autumn.
AT DERRY CHURCH
Rev. Albert H, Juclson of Mansfield , Pu„
hns been invited to (ill the pulpit of the
Derry Presbyterian Church next Sunday.
He will preach at, both services' and it is
hoped that there will bo large congrega-tions
both morning nnd evening.
Composed of Boys Who are Employed
During the Day and Who Used
The ir Evenings to Advantage
Speake rs at Their Meet-ings.
Fine Banquets
One of the distinctly successful under-takings
of the winter was the Gainers'
Class composed of boys from 15 to 17
year of age who are employed by the Her-shey
Chocolate Company, The class was
organized late in September 1915, the
first meeting being in October with six
in attendance. For six months the class
has met regularly every Monday and
Thursday evening. The idea was one of
the activities of the Hershey Men 's Club
and the purpose was to give the hoys a
solid fundamental training. The teacher
was William G, Housewortb and he has
been in command at every meeting,
. In the program the mental mid the
physical were judiciously combined, The
evening began with an hour in the gym-nasium
with basketball , volley ball and
other exercises, followed by a plunge in
the swimming pool, Radiant and In high
spirits the boys then went lo their lessons,
They were a lively bunch and it was in-spiring
to see and hear them,
The periods of study averaged an hour
and it half , On stilted nights there were
addresses by local men and among the
speakers (luring (lie winter were: William
F. R, Murrie , Ezra F. IlerHhey, Gabriel
11, Moyer , Lynn K. Mceklns, James Mil-lard
, George Copenhuver , Rev, N. L,
Linebnugh and Rev, George S, Rent/.,
On four occasions when speakers were pre-sent
the class had n banquet in the lobby
ndjolnl g the classroom , with the speakci
as the guest, of honor,
The class raised nnd managed their own
flnnnccH , Clarence Bomgnnlncr is presi-dent,
and Wlnflold Zimmerman treasurer,
There Is a surplus In the treasury of
Iti25,()0 and it will lie used to buy a base-ball
outfi t , The following are tho members
of Ihe class : Clarence Bomgnrdnei' i
Morlt I Slover , Sondo Magrimml , Nicholat
Pureell , Albert Purcell , Lester Hummel
Donald ' llnbiikor , Samuel Slrine, ,|ess(
MaiiHtiisser , Tony D. Auriii , Wlnfiuk
Zimmerman , A, Bomborg, Rufus Moyer
Stanley dibble,
At tliu laleHt meeting of the elan's tin
speaker was Rev, Mr. Lej iman of Hum
melstowii, IIu delivered a fine address.
FINE RECORD OF
GAINERS ' CLUB
On Saturday the boys of the main de-partment
work in their mechanical shop
one half day and play one-half day. The
Primary and Kindergarten play all day
on Saturday.
Every Friday night there is a geographi-cal,
historical or religious lecture when the
boys are all brought lo the main depart-ment.
The boys have received a great deal
of good from Ihese lectures. Visitors arc
welcome on these evenings, Lectures dur-ing
the next 3 months , will be as fol-lows:
March 24— "Iron and Steel, "
March 31,—"Panama and the Canal. "
April 7.—"Lumbering. "
April 14.—"Cotton. "
April 21. -"Niagara Falls. "
April 28.—"China. "
May 5.—"Japan. "
May 12.—"South Sea Islands. "
May 19.—"Hawaii. "
May 20. "Jamaica. "
June 2. --"Philadelphia. "
There will a,lso be a lecture with slides
on Easter,
On "Game Nights " the three depart-menls
come together for a social time,
On t hose nights there are contests and
games and sometimes refreshments .
Fire drills are limes of great excite-ment
but usually there is good order and
each one seems to know just whnl lo do.
There have been many drills, Fortunately,
no lire him occurred since the school be-gan
but the school is amply provided with
water protection and lire extinguishers,
At present the boys of the seventh
grade are Kittling the germination and vi-tality
of seeds, When the weather per-mits
, there are occasional "composition "
and "Audiboii " hikes ,
You would be pleased lo hear the hoys
In fourth grade language read their com-positions
on Imaginary trips to various
countries in which llury describe the eoiin-a
visitor from New York City at the In-dustrial
School whose business is the in-vestigation
of charitable contributions
and undertakings. He found the Hershey
School one place where hoys without . a
chance are given the opportunity to
launch out into life with a good education ,
clean morals, healthy body and excellent
training to meet the battles of life.
Punctuality, frugality, cleanliness, hon-esty
and truthfulness are the predominat-ing
factors here and as "preparedness" is
the one word in cverybodys mind at pres-ent
, these are the weapons with which
boys of this institution are drilled.
REV. MR. MECK. ACCEPTS
His Letter Read to the Congregation
Sunday Evening
A congregation that filled the church
was deeply impressed by an earnest and
eloquent sermon by Rev. J. D, M; Brown
Sunday evening at the Evangelical Church
of the Hol y Trinity , The service was con-ducted
with unusual spirit ;md the choir
under Mrs, Graef again did admirabl e
work, Rev. Mr. Brown , whose main
work is as a member of the faculty of
Muhlenberg College, hits preached a re-mark-
able .series of sermons during the
winter and has greatly increased his re-putation
as a preacher of line spiritual ,
insight find finished diction. The people i
have responded to his excellent work
with the result that in all sorts of weather
they have turned out in large numbers lo
hear him. He has won a firm place in Ihe
appreciation of Ihu community.
After Ihe sermon Sunday evening he
read the hitter of Rev, John I , MecU ac-cepting
the recent election as pastor of the
church and added it tribute to Mr. Muck
and asked that there be a full attendance
to greet him when he comes next Sunday
to preach, Mr, Meek will not lake up Did
regular pastorale unlll July but he will
officiate whenever he can gel away from
his work at the seminary,
DAMAGED THE WATCH BOX
Fire from an overheated stove damaged
the wittchbox at Perry Crossing, William
Lapping, the regular day wntdiinan , was
In Now1 York participatin g in lite St.,
Patrick' s. Day .parade on Fifth Avenue ,
and a forlegner was in charge , Fire Chief
J, lid, C! uber was tinable 'lo respond to Ihe
call and so thu responsibility fell upon
Harry S. Moyer who soon had the flames
under control.
try, people," customs, products and ani-mals,
It is surprising how some of (hem
display the power of description ,
"There seeniH lo be an idea in the
minds ' of sonic Ilia ! liiarlluble eonlri -
bulloiis are a llfl y per rail , waste, I| Is
apparent however thai , this view is held
only by those who have divorced their
hearts nnd concienees from the virtues mid
benefits of charitable enterprises so that
I hey arc blind to the great good accom-plished
by charitable investments , or they
may belong to that class who hro so
parsimonious Hint should they uver give
two hurralm for a charitable cause they
would want one back, " This wuh said by