The Hershey Press 1918-01-11

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| HPHE first number of the Hershey Press was issued on Friday, §
J * September 3d, 1909, as an eight-page weekly' with the 1
| same general make-up as this number of the Press, that af|ter a
| discontinuance of seven months, again enters the local p|ubii-
1 cation field. • |
| We believe that the people of Hershey are pleased that jj '
| the Press is again published, chronicling the happenings| and _
| I matters of local interest. We will endeavor to make the Press 1
1 interesting, and with your co-operation, we believe th|at we
| will fulfill our aims. j
1 The Press will be issued every Thursday, and will b|e dis-j
tributed free of charge, through the Hershey Department Store. 1
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The Possible Meaning of the Recent
Capture of Jerusalem Will Be Dis-cussed
Sunday Afternoon
The Rev. Dr. George Edward Hawes,
the well-known pastor of the Market
Square Presbyterian Church, Harrisburg,
will be the speaker at the Hershey Men's
Club Sunday afternoon meeting this com-ing
Sunday at 3.00'o'clock, at the Hershey
Central Theatre,, when he will speak upon
the thrilling subject "The Possible Mean-ing
of the Recent Capture of Jerusalem."
Everyone will want to hear this theme of
the hour presented as it will be in a master-ly
way by this noted speaker.
These Sunday afternoon meetings are
under the auspices of the Hershey Men's
Club, and arc open for men and women.
There is no admission and no collection
taken at these meetings.
A Thrilli ng Subject
, By Dr. Hawes
In Harrisburg Office Every Day and
Ready to Help Persons Subject to
Income Tax
In a communication received by this
paper, Collector of Internal Revenue, B.
F. Davis, announces that a federal in-come
tax officer was sent into this county
on Jan. 2nd, and will be here until March
1st. He will have his office in. Revenue
Office Spooner Building, Harrisburg, and
will be there every day ready and willing
to help persons subject to the income tax
make out their returns without any cost
to them for his services.
The Income Tax
Man Awaits You
MOVING PICTURES
The management has been giving the
people of Hershey excellent pictures, and
will continue doing so. On Saturday even-ing,
at 8.15 Geraldine Farrar will be shown
in "The Woman God Forgot," in 5' reels,
and a paramount comedy reel will also
be shown. The price of admission for
Saturday evening is 17c. On Wednesday
evening a 6-reeI feature "When False
Tongues Speak," starring Virginia Pear-son,
will be shown. A Pathe-news reel
is also presented, this is one of the features
every Wednesday evening. The price of
admission for Wednesday is lie.
Government Has Asked for 33,400
Dressings from Harrisburg
Chapter Every Month '
The Hairisburg Chapter of the American
Red Cross has been requ sted by.'head-quarters,
in Washington D. D., to fur-nish
33,400 dressings every .month, to
comprise - ight different dressings, which
are for the soldiers in France. .
The Hershey Auxiliary has been asked
how many it can make toward filling this
special order. .Mrs. C. V. Glynn, -who is
chairman of the Hershey Auxiliary, states
that Hershey will try to furnish 2000 every
month on this special order. The samples
were received this week, and additional
workers for both muslin and gauze dress-ings,
will be needed.
The Hershey Auxiliary meets on Wed-nesday,
Thursday and ^ Saturdiy after-'
noons, from 2 <o 5 o'clock, arid on Fri-day
evening, from 7 to 9 o'clock, at the
Central Theatre.
Miss Mabel Dunning requests all of the
junior members of the Auxiliary to be pr ,*s-ent
every Friday evening, and every Sat-urday
afternoon. - .
Th. children of the Hershey Kinder-garten
have for quite some time been
gathering the tin foil from chewing gum,
candy, etc., and on January 1st, they
turned this ovtr to the Hershey Auxiliary
to be sent to the Harrisburg Chapter to
be melted in the melting pot. The amoui t
gathered was surprising. It was requested
that announcement be made that till
foil be saved in the various homes and be
given the children, also various kinds of
metals, and the proceeds will be credited
to the Hershey Auxiliary.
Hershe y Auxiliary
On Special Work
Hershey Will Play the P. R. R. Y. M.
C. A. of Lancaster . Dancing
After the Game
On Friday evening, January 11th, Her-shey
Basketball team will play the strong
P. R. R. Y. M. C..A. team of Lancaster.
This team i/clever and fast, and a great
game can Joe expected. Hershey has not
lost a game on its own floor this season.
Come out and show them that you are
with them.
Prof. Leininger, of .the Hershey High
school, will referee the game. The Pro-fesso
" has played with the Reading Olivets
for c uite a number of years, and knows
the j ame thoroughly, making a most effi-cient
rederee.
Af :er the game dancing will be held. An
orchi stra will be present. The floor is
excellent. !
Baske tball and
Dancing Frida y
OUR NEW JUSTICE-OF-THE PEACE
Hi irry Miller, the genial foreman of the
tinni ng department of the Hershey De-part
nent Store, took his oath of office on
Mon lay, Jan. 7th, and from now on he will
hold forth as our worthy Justice-of-the-
Peac?, at 44 Areba Street, and his office
hour s will be from a. m. to p. m. His. inany
Men Is wish him nuich success and several
Stud ebakers. ,-fr
Hershey and Derry Church to Have
Free Delivery Service Beginning
February 1st
Preparations are being made at the
Hershey post office to give its patrons free
delivery service beginning February 1st.
The Derry Church post office will cease to
exist after February 1st and the Derry
Church citizens will receive their mail by
carrier from the Hershey post office.
There will be two deliveries. The carrier
has not as yet been named. New desks
and other office furniture is now being
installed.
Hershey Takes
Step For ward
Was Distributed Among 650 Owners
It Represents an Increase Over
That of 1916
The Christmas Fund has been a great
success ever since it was started by the
Hershey Trust Company five years ag6.
In 1917 -the Hershey Trust Company-paid
out more than $17,000. It was par-ticipated
in by more than 650 depositors.
The 1918 Christmas Club is now open
and Will remain open until further ad-vised.
The classed are 25c, 50, $1.00 and 82.00
a week.
Chris tmas Fun d
Over $17,000
Hershey Transit Company Busy Haul-ing'
Milk. Passenger Traffic
- Unusually Heavy
The transportation of milk over the
lines of the Hershey Transit Company has
increased to such an extent' that it has
been necessary to purchase another large
milk car. This will make three milk cars
on the Hershey lines. The car will hold
12 tons of milk. The cars are unusually
busy transporting milk from Mt. Joy
and Florin, and have been running from
early morning until 9 o'clock in the even-ing
for the past few weeks, running their
cars from Elizabethtown to Mt. Joy
over the Conestoga system.
Since the cancellation of the many-passenger
trains on the. railroad lines, the
increase in the passenger traffic has been
heavy.
ATTEND FARMERS* WEEK
C. E. Cassel and W. A. Hershey, of
Hershey, and S. T. Witmer, of Union
Deposit, attended Farmers' Weik at State
College this week, that wasr attended
by more than 6C0 farmers from all coun-ties
of the State. From the s|xty-soven
counties, Dauphin county ranked eighth
.in the number of farmers present,. con-sidering
the number of farmers in Dauphin
county as compared with other counties.
Dauphin county ranked first in the per-centage
of farms represented. This cer- —~j
Buys Anoth er 12
Ton Milk Car
An Opportunity for People of Hershey
and Vicinity to Gain Valuable In-formation
The Pennsylvania State College began
its series of educational meetings on food
and clothing at the Hersl&y High School
Thursday, evening. Meetings will be held .
Friday afternoon and evening at 2.00
o'clock and 7.30 o'clock, and the series
will be concluded on Saturday afternoon
at 2.00 o'clock.
The meetings will include: Discussions
and demonstrations of fundamental prin-ciples
relating to foods and food values,
clothing and clothing values. These meet-ings
involve problems of interest to all
men and women.
These meetings will be in charge of
Miss Mary Ruth Fisher, Instructor of
Home Economics Extension Service,
Pennsylvania State College.
All are welcome and a large attendance
is anticipated. - '
KARL PETERS GETS PROMOTION
Karl Peters, who was for some time re-porter
and solicitor for the Press, and who
resigned, enlisting in the aviation branch
of the service, being stationed at Post
Exchange, Camp Kelly, South Antonio,
' Texas, writes us that he has been promoted
| to clerkship to the captain of the camp,
and also informs us that he has become
identified with the camp paper, which is
devoted exclusively to those who have
enlisted in the aviation service.
BLACKSMITHY NEWLY EQUIPPED
The Hershey Blacksmith Shop, under
the capable management of Riley Shepler,
has been electrically equipped through-out,
and will be enabled to give much \
better and efficient service. The electrical
work was done by R. H. Hull and his ,
assistants.
EMERGENCY, STOVE INSTALLED
The Hershey Men's Club has installed
an emergency cook stove in the lunch
room. For some time past the gas has
been such that they were hard-pressed
to serve their patrons. From now on
things will be for the better.
Educat ional Meetings
on Food and Clothing