The Hershey Press 1912-10-03

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That ' Tunnel
Is T© Ee
Nearly ten years ago Mr. M. S. Hershey told the Read-ing
railroad officials that he purposed n^^^
facturing business from Lancaster to the then vacant
Hershey town site, and desired them to make it a station.
They had prevision enough to see the coming success of
the Hershey that was to be, and wisely granted his re-quest.
A few days ago Mr.. Hershey again went to Philadel-phia,
and made a second draft upon their .faith in the
future and far more glorious Hershey that will eventuate
within its second decennium, by asking them to give him
a tunnel under the railroad in lieu of the heartbreaking,
and possibly in wintertime, bonebreaking, climb up those
40 slippery "golden-stairs," and once more those sagaci-ous
officers of the Reading thot it wis§ to meet such suc-cessful
enterprise and courage halfway, and promised at
once to .begin operations on the new tunnel which will
pass between the freight house and the passenger depot.
Please consider Hershey's grateful folk, including
HERSHEY'S office force, making their handsomest bows
to Mr. Hershey and to the Reading railroad directors.
Hershey's Steur Cows®
Thanks to the joint enterprise of the Y. W. C. A.,
and the Y. M. G. A., the Hershey public will have
the great pleasure of hearing, t this coming Fall,
Winter, and Spring, an exceptionally attractive
literary and musical program consisting of six
numbers, given by the Coit Lyceum Bureau, of
Cleveland, Ohio. The dates and performances are
as follows:
No. 1. Tuesday, Oct. , .22,—The Neapolitans, a
mixed Italian band of eight performers, besides -,
their conductor.
No. 2. Friday, Nov. 22,—The Hershey Band Con-ce
¦rt. No. 3. Tuesday, Dec. 10,—Four Impersonations
by Ejfias Day.
No. 4. Friday, Jan. 17, 1913—The Hershey
Choral Society.
No. 5. Tuesday, Feb. 14,. 1913—L. B. Wicker-sham,
a lecturer.1
;No. 6. Friday, Mar. 14, 1913—"Old Home Week,"
an amateur play given by Hershey talent.
[All of these performances, other than those of our
own artists, have received very flattering testi-monials
of appreciation from all quarters, and will no
doubt merit none less at the hands of our Hershey
audiences. " .
As for our own musicians and - singers,. "good
wine needs no bush," and so we will not waste space
trying, "to gild refined gold, or throw a perfume o'er
the violet" by adding our needless eulogies.'
Tickets for the course* adults $1.00; children under
12 years, 50 cents.
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Teo Years Old
Ne^t Marcli
Next March 2nd, 1913, will be the anniversary of
Hershey's first decade, and it is purposed to hold at
that time appropriate commemorative exercises.
The first ground for the building of Hershey was
broken March 2, 1903, on the site of a quarry, and
certainly its wonderful growth, and the marvelous
history economic, and civic it has made in those ten
years warrant observances of a character com-mensurate
therewith.
That E^eranrag
School
An old German proverb, no doubt familiar, to
most of our older readers, runs "Morgen stunde.hat
gold im munde," "the morning hour has gold, in its
mouth." We may reverse the adage, and make it as
truly read, "Abend stunde hat gold/' etc--the even-ing's
hour has gold," etc., for every young person in
Hershey and in the country around, wise enough to
take advantage of this fine chance in. the Evening
School to get for a trifle much invaluable knowledge.
It is a common observation—everyone has heard
it often—"O, I wish I had been wise enough when I
was young, to pay more attention to my studies—it
would be. of so much use to' me now!"
"Experience is a hard school, butr—" you know the
rest, and perhaps alas! everybody has to learn this
lesson for himself and herself. ,
But for the youth of Hershey, this night school
privilege, so generously offered thereby a few tnoti
ful, public-spirited citizens of our town, is of pecul-iar
profit, inasmuch as so many of them of both
sexes, enter the Factory at the earliest moment the
law permits, viz., at 14 years of age, when their
schooling is really little more than half finisht.;
We say again, these young employees should of
all people join these classes. We are happy to re-port
that many are doing so^—five names haying
been given oh Monday evening. .
So few as six persons can secure a ,teacher for
any branch they wish. Let the young folks look
sharply to their own interests by enrolling, them-selves.
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Amy Nuainnilber Ira To©
IKiimdairgarteim
The class in the kindergarten will be started about
October 15, and a large enrollment 'is ;.desired.
Thirty-three children are already on the list.
A kindergarten in a town of the size of Hershey
is unusual, and ho child should miss the opportunity.
Do not wait for Miss .Burch to call, as it is impossi-ble
for her to see every one.
Children between three and five years of age may
oe enrolled. As before statecLthe fee is the trifle of
five cents a week. \_
Mr. Hershey when he found thaVfhe number had
been limited to 25, at once desired the number to be
made unlimited, '*Take all you can get/!-said he, and
forthwith made provision for an assistanlN£o£,Miss
Burch.
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Oor Hatlesi
^©mara*9 Safesinraaira
H. C. Rice, the Western salesman for the-Hershey
Chocolate Co., who lives at Lbs Angeles, and travels
all over the .West, has been spending a week in
Hershey, after a long absence therefrom.
He is a genial, cultured gentleman, a most de-lightful
travel companion, and conversationalist,
and above all else, promoter of Hershey's incom-parable
product, and his enthusiasm is only exceeded
by his success therein. ^
Mr. Rice, who is a tall, husky six-footer, like the
Romans of old, never wears a hat, and is known far
and wide as the "hatless man." But, not to speak of ¦
a good thick shock of hair, he has brains enough' to
keep his head warm.
Come again soon, and note with new surprise how*
Hershey has grown.