The Hershey Press 1915-11-11

              Important Sales of Eeal Estate An-nounced
Today. Four Fine Homes
In East Hershey. Sales in
the Central Part of the
Town. Much Building
Hershey is entering upon its most
important season in the building of
nigh-grade residences. "In addition to
the instances reported below are sev-eral
now under negotiation.
The . following operations are in
East Hershey:
D. Frank Magee,. superintendent of
the Hershey, Chocolate Factory, will
build on Caracas avenue.
Joseph R. Snavely., manager of the
Hershey Printing Company,, will build
on the two lots adjoining the residence
of Frank B. Snavely.
Stoner Snavely has purchased two
lots on Granada avenue adjoining the
handsome stone house erected by the
Hershey Improvement Company, and
he will build at once.
John F. Snavely has purchased next
to Stoner Snavely on the same avenue.
These four new residences—which
will be homes.of fine modern dimen-sions
and finish—will add much to
East Hershey. .
These two sales are in the central
town:
Mrs. Alfred Yingst has bought the
two lots on Cocoa Avenue just south
of the - property of Mrs. Barbara
Peters. ,
John A. Hershey has bought a lot
on Grenada Avenue near the Lutheran
Church.
Other sales are expected this ,month.
In addition is the new United Breth-ren
Church which' is to cost $60,000.
With the large plans of the, Hershey
interests it is likely 1916 will be one
of the largest years in building that
the town has ever known.
Handsome New Residences
Will be Built in Hershey
Everybody Enjoyed the Fun
Halloween Party at the Men's Club a
Delightful Affair
The Hallowe'en party held at the
Hershey Men's Club under the aus-pices
of the Mothers Club, Y. W. C.
A. and. Men's Club, was a huge suc-cess.
The cider booth was in charge
of Mrs. John Shay and Frantz Zinner;
the ice cream booth was in charge of
H. S. Strine; the cake booth was in
charge, of Mrs. S. D. Clark, Mrs. Stov-er
and Mrs. W. W. Leibfried; the pie
booth was in charge" of Mrs. George
Rentz and . Mrs. H. G. Mamma; the
fishing ponds were in charge of Mrs.
Frank Magee and Mrs. Joseph Hills;
the fortune tellers were Miss May
Moyer and Miss Alberta Grove ; the
candy booth was in charge of Mrs.
Lawrence Edwards and Mrs. Whittle.
Mrs. Ewing Cain was business man-ager.
In fact, all the mothers helped,
one of the most active being Mrs.
Aldus Wirth . ,The Club rooms were
decorated with corn shocks, streamers,
Jack-o-lanterns, and autumn leaves.
The first event on the program in
the gymnasium was the Grand March,
in which at least fifty masqueraders
took part. There were two prizes of-fered;
one for the gentleman in best
costume and one for the lady in best
costume. The prizes were" 3-pound
boxes of Hershoy 's fancy ' bon bons.
Miss Mary Snyder costumed as Mrs.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth and Paul
Zontmeyer dressed as a famous Po-cahontas
Chief were awarded tho
prizes. Tho Virginia Reel was' ap-plauded.
Those who took part wore
Frank Saylor, Miss Ethel Davis, Miss
Alice Elder , Mias Mary Burch , Mr.
and Mrs. David Ditzlor. Tho Spanish
Dance given by Miss Mabel Hurley
and Miss Mubol Krobs was done with
much grace, and was very beautiful
and much applauded, Tho game of
Black and White was indulged in by
many of those present. Tho free uso
of the pool tables, ping pong tables ,
shullloboard , was taken advantage of
by both ladies and gentlemen, There
waH much corn throwing, piano play-ing
and singing, Everybody had a
good time, and tho Mothers Club made
money for tho Kindergarten.
Movin g Picture Prog ram
Tonight—Thursday—The Pardon , a
Patho drama , with extra educational
reels.
Saturday, Nov. 18—-Tho Jug-gernaut
, the colossus of modern rail-way
dramas—a Vitagraph blue ribbon
feature , advertised as one of tho groat
pictures. ¦
Monday, ^ov. IH—Tho Nuked
Truth , story from a French novel.
Wednesday, Nov. 17—Tho Molting
Pot , with Walker Whiteside as star.
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Rur al Mail Routes
Beginning Novombor 1(1 tho rural
routes 1 and 2 will bo tran sferred
from Dorry Church to Hershey. TIiIh
1b probably tho first stop towards tho
consolidation of the offices.
Feature Was the Interesting Illustrat-ed
Lecture by Dr. George Earle
Raiguel. Music by the Hum-melstown
Orchestra. Next .
Sunday's Concert
All were delighted with the open-ing
of the Sunday afternoon Union
Services in the Hershey Central Thea-ter.
The theater was well filled be-fore
the exercises began and the
whole program went with a swing and
enthusiasm that impressed everyone.
The day was very beautiful and there
was every reason to stay out of doors;
so the large attendance gave double
satisfaction. It means that the union
services this year will more than du-plicate
the remarkable success of last
winter when more than seven thou-sand
enjoyed the various programs.
Rev. Dr. Furguson was down for the
first lecture, but at the last moment
he was obliged to remain at his
church in Philadelphia. In his place
came Dr. George Earle Raiguel, of
Philadelphia, a world traveller of
charm and ability, whose fine' descrip-tions
were accompanied by the best
war pictures seen in Hershey. He
held his audience for much over an
hour and there was no break in the
close attention that was paid to him.
At the conclusion he was warmly ap-plouded.
Very happily the program combined
the talents of three towns. James
Millard, president of the Hershey
Men's Club, led and made the intro-ductions.
Harry Witmeyer directed
the. singing and the Hummelstown
Symphony Orchestra was. present.
The congregational singing was, in-spiring
and the whole combination
was fortunate. It is the intention of
the meetings to bind the three towns
into still closer association and to
bring in all the surrounding country.
The Hummelstown Orchestra
The instrumental music was by
Ruff's Symphony Orchestra of Hum-melstown.
It was this orchestra's
first appearance in Hershey and it
made a very favorable impression.
Director Lindsay led well and his
playing on the violin was excellent.
The orchestra followed his leadership
with much spirit. The members are:
Director—Harry A. Lindsay.
Piano—Miss Blanche Cassel.
Violins-^Mrs. William Harvey, Wil-liam
Harvey, William McHoIland;
Thomas Ingram, Homer Strickler,
Russel Hummel, Miss Helen Shoe-maker,
Charles Hoerner, Lawrence
Wolf , Earl Leinbach.
Cornets—Charles Schultz, Charles
Horn.
Clarinet—David Hummel.
Flute—Michael Gerringer.
Trombone—Paul Grimm.
Violoncello—Dr. J. Irwin Ruff.
Double Bass—William Dagg.
Dr. Raiguel's lecture began with a
discussion of treaties and their rela-tions
as instruments in politics and
war. Antwerp and its art were dis-cussed,
followed by a description of
Ostend , "The Atlantic City of Eu-rope,"
with its relation and import-ance
to England strategically, and
Bruges, "The Venice of the North."
He pictured parts of ruined Belgium,
Modern warfare was shown, the trans-porting
of great armies, the necessity
of telephonic and telegraphic com-munication
to all parts of the battle-front
, roadside forges, equipping and
feeding armies.
Our responsibility toward s starving
Belgium was brought to our attention ,
with descriptions of Liege, Dinant ,
Louvain. The wonderful Guild Hall
of Louvain was shown both before
and after destruction; also tho terri-ble
effect of gunfire and a descrip-tion
of largo calibre guns; tho de-struction
of tho forts of Namur. Fol-lowing
this was a side trip to Paris
in order to view tho statue of Straus-burg
and the Rhoims Cathedral.
Tho present war has developed n
now uso for dirigibles and aeroplanes.
It has proved tho inefficiency of tho
rapid (lrogun and tho uso for the hand
grenade. Another new instrument of
war is tho armored motor car us com-pared
with cavalry of other wars,
Tho submarine warfare was consid-ered
and England's dosiro to control
tho Kiel Canal , and in closing peace
and its permanent possibilities wore
discussed, Tho views wore many and
nil wore excellent. Tho moving pic-tures
, especially tho submarines,
wore lino,
Splendid Concert Next Sunday
Next Sunday, November 14, at U.OO
p. m,, the Royal Male Quartet of
Syracuse , Now York, will render a
Hacrod concert at the Central Theatre.
Tho program comprises such an ar-ray
of vocal quartet , duet and solo
work that each member, of tho organi-zation
deserves special mention.
Wherovor they sing and play thoy
have crowded houses, with demands
for return engagements. Each man is
a solo singer and a master of tho In-strument
ho plays. Tho program
thoy glvo Is varied , holing- mado tip of
numbers to please lovers' of music.
This will 1)6 ono of tho finest con-certs
over given In Hershey. Tho ad-mission
1h free to all, and those who
wish seats' should bo prompt.
Sunday Union Services Open
With a Larg e Attendance
Everything Ready Except the Final
Fixing of the Track. ' Time to
Lancaster Will be Less Than
an Hour and Three-
Fourths. Fares Fixed
The Hershey trolley line to Eliza-bethtown
will be open in a few days
and the regular schedule will be in-augurated.
They delay is partly due
to. a little fact that has large interest
in the history of railways.
When the first street railways were
built they were'compelled to adopt the
guage of the wagon, because the
wagon was the universal street
vehicle and it had the right of way.
This guage was 5 feet, 2% inches.
The steam railroad guage is 4 feet,
iVz inches. In the building of the
new trolley line the ballast at the
Elizabethtown end has been hauled by
steam engines and the track had to
be made to fit their guage. So, after
the construction was completed, it be-came
necessary to adjust two miles of
the track to the guage of the trolley
line, a difference of six inches. The
opening will follow.
From Elizabethtown to the Hershey
Homestead where the new line joins
the regular line is 9 and five-eights
miles, so that the distance from Eliza-bethtown
to Hershey is just about 10
miles.
The schedule time for running in
either direction will be 30 minutes.
The present schedule from Elizabeth-town
to Lancaster is 1% hours, but it
is generally made in less time. The
time from Hershey to Lancaster will
be under two hours and probably un-der
one and three-fourth hours. The
distance is about 29 miles.
The fare from Hershey to Eliza-bethtown
will be 20 cents each way,
or 17 and a fraction cents when tickets,
are used.
Tho fare from Elizabethtown to
Lancaster is 40 cents ono way, or 65
cents round trip.
Thqrefore , tho round trip fare from
Hershey to Lancaster will bo $1.01>,
or if tickets are used it will be some-what
less,
The ride is a beautiful ono and it
will bo taken by many for the scenery
as well as for business.
Trolley Line to Elizab ethtown
Will be Open in a Few Days
The Busy Men's Class
Tho Busy Men 's Class, mooting
Monday and Thursday evenings , Is
proving quite popular , There are fif-teen
members, with ono or two now
members added every class night. Tho
class begins promptly at 7.45, and as
tho men assemble thoy fall into a live-ly
game of baseball, Baseball is play-ed
for one-half hour; 8.115 class work
begins , which Includes calisthonle
work , running fancy stops , maze run-ning,
mat work, etc.; 8,45 the volley
ball outfit is brought forward and tho
class is divided in two, Tho playing is
fast; and enthusiastic,
The Dairy Class
Tho class in dairying at tho Round
Barn Is increasing in numbers and In-terest,
At its mooting last week ton
wore present , Including Mr, Reynolds
of Dairy 15 and Mr. Howell of Horshoy.
The discission was on tho composition
of milk. Elinor Klippingor presided.
Dairy Farm Sold
Tho farm of Mrs., Mary Ann Baker,
containing twenty-two aclros, and sit-uate
in Dorry township, was spld Sat-urday
n't public sale to Absolom
llolsoy, who will take possession of
the farm on April 1,
Its New Reinforced Concrete Building
Would be Superior to Any Bombs
the Enemy Might Drop. Re-
Markable Demonstra-tions
of Concrete
A detailed statement of the recent
Zeppelin raid upon London has reach-ed
the Hershey Press and one part of
it has local interest. Wherever the
bombs fell they wrought great execu-tion^-
with one exception. This was
the exception :
"The third area contains two dam-aged
business premises. On the first,
a large modern building constructed
of reinforced concrete and with steel
and concrete roof and flooring, two
bombs were dropped, one of them ac-tually
on the roof , and one on the
pavement immediately beneath the
doorway. The bomb on the pavement
appears to have explo'ded sideways.
At any rate the damage done, which
consisted chiefly of broken glass and
plaster, occurred mainly in the houses
on the other side of the street. The
bomb which dropped on the roof of
the building itself did little damage."
In' the official reports of the great
earthquake in Italy it was shown that
stone buildings with walls several
feet thick were demolished and every
sort of structure was laid low—with
one exception. A reinforced concrete
building was not damaged. It alone
stood the test.
The splendid new home of the Her-shey
Press is the latest word in rein-forced
concrete. Neither earthquakes
nor Zeppelin bombs could upset it.
If Zeppelins Should Come
Hershe y Press Would be Safe
Fiftieth Anniversar y
Educational Committee of Y. W. C. A.
Holds Meeting
The educational committee of tho
Y. W. C. A. met Wednesday afternoon
and discussed plans for tho observance
of tho fiftieth anniversary of the Y.
M. C. A's, of America. During the
month of February, 1916, there will bo
a nation-wide members' jubilee to
bring to every member a knowledge
of what tho Association has done for
girls the country over.
In tho Hershey Association tho first
weeks of tho month will bo devoted to
a membership rally culminating on
the third of March , when suitable ex-orcises
for tho fiftieth birthday will
bo hold and a national secretary will
be hero as tho sneaker for tho occa-sion.
During; tho month a Historical
Pageant representing tho Girls of
Yesterday and Today will bo given.
They Have Worn Well
Levi Zimmerman of Dorry Church
has in possession a cup and a hat which
lie has worn regularly for 53 and HI
years respective ly. Both are in ex-cellent
condition and are highly prized
by tho old gontlomon. Tho cap was
purchase d for ten dollars while tho
hat was bought In Philadelphia when
Mr, Kim merman conducted a store at
Blndnnglo s Church ,
An Octette That Can Sing
Wednesday evening an octette con-sisting
of RushoI Clark, Vvaii Clark,
Harry Wlrth , John Allen , W. W. Lolb-fried
, Hurry Parker, Earl Brown and
Lewis ' Klrkpatrlclc entertained those
present at the Men 's Olub rooms by
singing «l(l as well as tho lntost songs,
accompanied on tho piano by Harry
Parker.
Governor Brumbaugh Will be the
• Principal Orator. Speech by John
E. Snyder, Esq. Mr. Her-
0. , shey Will Plant a Tree.
Details of Arbor Day
The Arbor Day which will be' cele-brated
at the Derry Presbyterian
Church next Saturday afternoon at
2.15 o'clock promises to be one of the
great- days in the life of the historic
grove which still surrounds the
church. But the older trees have
gone and of those which remain not
a few show signs of decay within the
prospective life of the present gener-ation.
It is to perpetuate the grove
that the Arbor . Day is being held.
"Old Derry," as this church is
familiarly called, is the second oldest
Presbyterian congregation in Penn-sylvania
and the oldest congregation
of any denomination in Dauphin Coun-ty.
The earliest record is of a "mis-sionating"
tour in the "barrens of
Derry" in 1720, in which year , the
first log building for the worship of
God in Dauphin County was erected
near the head of Spring Creek on
what is now called the Wingert farm.
In 1724, several missionaries are
known to have held meetings there..
In 1726, Rev. James Anderson, then
minister at Donegal, the oldest Pres-byterian
congregation in the state,
was called upon to give one fifth of
his time to Derry and one sixth1 to
Paxton. In 1729 or 32, the second
log church was erected; this one on
the present site. ' In 1732, Rev. Wm.
Bertram was called as the first regu-lar
minister of Derry. In 1745, Rev.
John Roan succeeded him and served
till 1775. In 1769 the third building
was erected—the weather boarded log
church . that was known to the last
generation, having been torn down in
1884. In 1775, Rev. John Elder, the
famous "Fighting Parson," became
minister and served till 1791- It is
in honor of Rev. Elder that the Men's
Bible Class is named.
•Many members and friends of the
church have long been interested in
the replanting of the ,grove and they
are taking part in the ceremonies by
furnishing and planting trees. While
the actual planting of the trees con-stitutes
the climax, as it is the chief
point of the celebration , the main in-terest
will center round the speakers
of the day, of whom the Governor of
Pennsylvania will be chief. One of
the interesting features of the exer-cises
will be the fact that the three
men who now occupy the pulpits
which, in an earlier day, the Rev. John
Elder himself filled will be present
an3 take part in the program. "The
Fighting Parson " was more intimate-ly
identified with the Paxton ChurcTi
than with either of the other two. His
successor there, Rev. H. B. King, will
offer the prayer of the day. The last
church which came under Mr. Elder's
care was the church at Harrisburg,
then Harris's Ferry. This church is
now the Market Square Church, of
which Dr. George Edward Hawes is
minister. Dr. Hawes will deliver tho
first address , of the day.
Mr. John E; Snyder , attorney for
the Hershey interests, will bo the next
speaker, and ho will toll of Hershey,
the new town that has risen in sight
of Old D6rry. It is quite fitting that
a member of the Dauphin County bar
should be on tho program as Rev.
Elder 's son Thomas was for a long
time a prominent prncticionor there.
Tho third speech will bo by L, K.
Mcoldns , editor of tho Hershey Press,
who will speak of tho pioneers,
Tho address will bo by tho Gover-nor
, who as an historian and as u
Pennsylvania!!, very happily repre-sents
tho larger interests that contor
in old Deny—for it is not as a de-nominational
or as a local shrine that
the church and tho graveyard and tho
grovo should bo preserved , but as ono
of the historic landmarks of tho Com-monwealth
: for hero , along with othov
places tho Pennsylvanlans of tho early
days received that spiritual inspira-tion
which enabled (Jiorn to lay tho
foundations of our great Common-wealth
with that stable nobil ity which
him ebnrai'tomod t|io whole life of
tho State. In fow places has tho life
of tho state boon so strikingly epito-mized
as In tho comhiunlty about tho
old Deiiry Church.
After the speaking, there will bo
music by tho Horshoy High School
Chorus and than tho planting of tlio
trees. Tho first trees will bo planted
by tho Governor and Mr. M. S. Her-shoy.
Thou tho Men 's Blblo Glass
will plant a troo in honor of tho Rev.
John (iOldor , After this there will bo
tho simultaneous plantin g of trees by
tho Sunday School Glasses and indi-viduals
, Tho planting will bo brought
to a conclusion by tho planting of
(roes by the boys of tho Horshoy In-dustrial
School and tho children of tho
Primary Department of tho Dorry
Sunday School. After the benediction
by Rev, Rout/., tho postludo by Mr.
Fred D. Pfoiiio , tho fine cornotlnk of
tho Horshoy Band , will bring tho ex-orcises
to an and.
A very cordial Invitation Is extend-ed
by tho John Elder Men 's Blblo
Glass to all tho people.
This Coming Saturda y Will be
a Great Day at Old Derry
Will be Held at Lutheran Church.
Sermon by Rev. George S. Rentz.
Services by Rev. Mr. . Meek.
Prayer and Scriptures by
Rev. Mr. Linebaugh
The spirit of union and cooperation
in Hershey will be well .shown in the
church circles oh Thanksgiving Day.
The thr.ee leading congregations will
unite in interesting services at the
Evangelical Church of the Holy Trini-ty.
These services will begin at ten
in the morning and all are cordially in-vited
tb be present.
Rev. John Irwin Meek will conduct
the services; Rev. N. L. Linebaugh,
pastor of the First United Brethren
Church, will assist, and the sermon
will be by Rev. George Snavely Rentz,
pastor of the Derry Presbyterian
Church.
The music will be attractive and a
large attendance is expected.
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Concert For the Students
Hershey Band's Fine Treat For the
Derry Townshi p Schools
Director Feese has prepared a feast
of delightful music for the, Consolidat-ed
School of Derry Township at the
Hershey Central ,Theater tomorrow—
Friday—night, beginning at 8 o'clock. '
The program is as follows :
1. Overture, "Oberon ,"
C. M. Von Weber
2. Selection , "The Merry Coun-tess,"
Strauss
3. Concert. Waltzes, "Sounds of
Even," , Benriet
4. Largo from 5th Symphony,.Doorak
5. Selection from "Adele,".. ..Lampe
6. Ballet Music and Soldier's
March etc Rossini
7. Grand Selection from "Bohem-ian
Girl ," Tobani
8. Selection , "Gems from Stephen
Foster Tobani
9. Humoresquo Doorak
"Star Spangled Banner "
A Pleasant Part y
The Up-To-Dato Club of tho Young
Women 's Christian Association hold
their recognition services last Wed-nesday
ovoning at which time ten now
members wore taken into tho club.
Tho now members aro: Grace Shearer,
Mabel Hurley, Mabel Kroblis , Mary
Mathers , Mary Dotwoilor , Anna
Rayno, Pearl Collins, Katie Bowman ,
Freda Whitman. Tho club room was
prettily decorated , with groan and
white tho club colors predominating.
Refreshments wore served. The club
Is planning to give n play in tho near
future ,
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Still After Pastor Russell
One of tho results of tho lively Rus-sell
campaign in this vicinity Js a now
paper called The Searchlig ht on Rus-solHsm
, edited by Philip Sldorsky and
published at Florin , Pa. Tho first is-sun
contains reports of tho meetings
hold In Horshoy. Tho paper Is n
small quarto of 8 pages and is filled
with "hot ' stuff, " Tho Russollitos aro '
continuing tholr campaign by sending
much literature Into Dauphin , Lob-anon
and Lancastor counties,
Four Carloads of Cattle
The Horshoy moat department last
yf oak received four carloads of lino
cnttlo from tho Lancastor stock yards,
Thoy will bo placed upon tho ,Horshoy
farms for fattening after which thoy
will bo slaughtered at tho Horshoy
abattoir,
All the Churches Will Unite
For a General Thanks giving