The Hershey Press 1916-11-23

              BUIL DING GOING
ON IN HERSHEY
Another Dwelling to be Started by
J. R.' Potts Who Has Purchased
A Lot on Cocoa Avenue. Pro-gress
on the Fine Resi-
. dences. 'East Hershey
Lot number 316 on Cocoa Avenue has
been sold to J. R. Potts who will begin
building operations at once. The lo-cation
is very desirable and a residence of
the better class will be erected. ,
The growth of Cocoa Avenue within
the past two years has been -very remark-able.
The number of buildings has
been doubled , mid these buildings in-clude
a new stone church—Lutheran
Holy Trinity—and an apartment house.
The building move toward the south
will soon necessitate the opening- of
other streets. On the . comer of the
latest streets marked, near which the
building operations have reached, is
the site of the Catholic Church which
will be built in the near future. The
beginning of work on the Catholic Church
was delayed by the death of Bishop
Shannahan who was greatly interested
in the plans. After the new bishop
gets well settled in his duties he will
take Up the Hershey church. There
are many Catholics in and around Her-shey.
The site for their new church is
one of the best in the town.
The project for the new United Breth-ren
Church is resting, but it is under-stood
that Dr. Butterwick is a progressive
man and that he will favor church progress
and expansion and that the matter of
the new church in Hershey is being in-formally
discussed.
The attractive double brick dwelling
of A. E. Yingst on Cocoa Avenue is
completed and it makes a desirable
addition to the street.
In East Hershey there is a great ac-tivity.
The large and handsome stone
residence' of Mr. and- Mrs. John E.
Snyder is above the second story and
daily there are visitors to see it. From
this home will be a very unusual view
taking in the whole of this part of Leb-anon
Valley, Highland -Park and a
long stretch of the Blue Mountains.
Excellent progress is being made on
the new residences of Rohrer Snavely
and John F. Snavely. The large home
of Mr. and Mrs. D. Frank Magee is
finished .
The whole appearance of East Hershey
has been changed within the year and
now there is a full circle of homes on the
crest of its hills. They represent more
than $100,000.
The work on the new golf clubhouse is
well advanced. It will be done within
a week or so. This will give Hershey
the prettiest and most complete ' golf
clubhouse in the Lebanon Valley.
More building enterprises are con-templated
for the, spring. Homes are
needed to accommodate people who
want to live here and who are making
inquiries personally or by letter for places.
Those who have invested in Hershey
property have done well.
MOVING PICTURE PROGRAM
Next Will Be Two of the Best of
• Current Attractions
Next Saturday night at the Hershey
Central Theatre the picture will be
"The Ordeal of Elisabeth" and the star
will be Lillian Walker, who is well known
and much beloved by all patrons of the
screen drama. This remarkable play
is genuinely dramatic all the way through
and it is one of the best of the Vitagrapli
Blue Ribbon features. Saturday night
the Hershey theatre will be filled. Conic
early and get a good seat, Saturday
night performances begin at 8:15.
Instead of Wednesday night the mid-week
picture next week will be on Thurs-day
night , on account of Thanksgiving,
and in order to make- the occasion worthy
of the day a five pari Blue Ribbon feature
has been secured from the Vitagrapli
Company. It is Kennedy Square by
Hopkinson Smith , one of tho big writers
of this generation , and the stars arc
Antonio Moreno, Charles Kent and
others. This in a love story of remarkable
interest and the pictures are wonder-fully
fine and artistic,
The Hershey Central Theatre is fumi-gated
after every performance , Thin
in to assure its complete safety rind
cleanliness.
MR. DEICIILER TO LEAVE
Robert Dolchler, who him been in
charge of outside construction work in
IToi-fthuv tho pant few years, resigned his
position last, week, Mr. Doichlcr super-vised
tlio work at tho reservoir on Pros-pect.
Heights, the Ilursluiy Transit Com-pany
's new barn , the power house at
Sand Bench and other buildings at. the
I-Iornhoy ChocoliiLu Company, Mrs,
Doichkr will remain in HcrHhoy until
after tho first, of the year , Both Mr,
nnd Mrs, Doichkr hnvo become vory
popular in Horshoy nnd their departure
will ho much regretted,
BISHOP KEPHART
HERE ON SUNDAY
Opening of Union Services At Three
O'clock Sunday Afternoon Prom-ises
to Be One of the Most In-teresting
Events of ' the
Coming Season
In Hershey next Sunday afternoon
beginning at 3 o'clock Bishop Cyrus J;
Kephaft will deliver his famous address,
"'Lessons From the G^reat World Con-flict."
This will open the winter pro-gram
at 3 o'clock. The best speakers
will be secured for these services. This
coming Sunday the United Brethren
Church picks one of its greatest orators
aud Hershey is very fortunate to secure
him. Fortwoother Sundays the Lutheran
and the Presbyterian Churches will
secure the ablest preachers they can and
thus the three leading churches of the
town will inaugurate the winter course.
This is one of the ways to make the union
services live up to their name. They are
for all and everybody is invited. Ad-mission
is free and no collection or any
form of money getting ' is permitted.
The idea is to give the people of Hershey
and its neighboring towns ah uplifting
and useful address by a noted speaker.
Bishop Kephart is well known to the
Lebanon Valley and the towns will
send their delegations to hear him. An-nouncements
of the Hershey address
have been made in all the pulpits and
there have been many favorable notices
in the newspapers. For example the
Lebanon News says, "The members of
the various United Brethren Churches
in this locality are delighted to learn
that Bishop C. J. Kephart, of the West-em
District has consented to deliver
an address in the Hershey auditorium at
Hershey on Sunday afternoon, November
26, at three o'clock.
"Bishop Kephart is well known in
this Vicinity having been pastor of
Trinity U. B. Church, this city, for a
number of years and many friends will
also attend the service. „
"Bishop Kephart has attained a nation-wide
reputation and ! the announcement
has been received with pleasure , by all
who have (had the pleasure of hearing
him on former occasions. '
"The Hershey auditorium is one of
the largest in this section and by all
indications will be filled to its capacity
as many 'from this city - contemplate
being in attendance."
FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY
Hershey Will Play Harrisbur g And
A Fine Game is Expected
The Hershey football team was disap-pointed
last Saturday through the fail-ure
of the Kelker All Stars of Harrisburg
to put in an appearance on the local
field. The Hershey boys were all in
good shape for the game, and were con-fident
of another victory. This coming
Saturday, November 25th, will be the
closing game of the season for the Hershey
eleven. They will have for their oppon-ents
the strong East End A. C. of Har-risburg,
whom they defeated early in
the season by the score of 6 to 0. Both
teams are evenly matched, and a good
game is assured the fans. The game will
start at 2:30, and will be played on the
Park Athletic Field.
AN INTERESTING RACE
Hershey athletes will run to Lancaster
Thanksgiving morning, making the sec-ond
annual run. The runners will leave
the Men's Club building at 8 o'clock.
They expect to arrive at Lancaster
about 11:30. An auto truck will ac-company
the runners, They will bo
received at tho Lancaster Young Men's
Christian Association , the same place,
as last year, where they will ho given the
use of tho showers'and swimming pool.
In the afternoon , they will take in the
F, and M.-Gettyaburg football game,
reluming to Horshoy after the game
by truck, About If) runners will make
tho trip.
20,000 RED CROSS STAMPS
Last December 1-lerphcy captured tlio
trophies of the United States and of
Pennsylvania In tho world-wide Halo of
Red Cross stamps, Yostcixhiy , Dr.
Phillips, representing tlio IUu rlsburg
committee, enmo to Horshoy and delivered
to Burn F, Hershey 20,000 stamps as
the first installment for the now cam-paign.
Dr. Phillips pointed out. tlial.
Hershoy having led tlio United States
also led tho world in Its work lust year nnd
that the committee hoped It would do
oven batter this year.
Mr. Hershoy, who in chairman of tho
Hershoy committee, wild ho would call
tho old committee together soon and
that tlio now campaign would bo out-lined,
Di\ Phillips , John Fox Wcis,
Esq,, John Yules and others of Hards-burg
said tlioy would bo vory glad to
visit Hershoy and apeak upon tho work.
This mooting will bo arranged later.
50 CAR LOADS OF,
COCOA BEANS
One " of the Lar gest Shipments in
the History of the Cocoa Indus-try
Received in Hersh ey This
Week. Brisk Work In
Unloading. Bags
One of the largest shipments of cocoa
beans in • the history of the Hershey
Chocolate Company and in the records
of the cocoa industry arrived in Hershey this
week. There were over fifty cars loaded
with beans of prime quality.
Most of these beans were shipped
from Guayaquil, the chief port and most
important town of Ecuador, to which
the beans are brought from a rich cocoa
There is wide variety in the merits
and food value of cocoa beans and the
ultimate quality.of all cocoa and choco-late
products depends on the use of prime
stock. The Hershey Chocolate Com-pany
purchases only beans that measure
up to the most exacting standards.
No second-rate stock and no beans from
poor crops are ever used. The Hershey
Company has so systemized and pro-tected
its supply that it has- first-hand
knowledge of the cocoa crops in every
country.
ROASTING COCOA BEANS IN THE HERSHEY FACTORY
country, many of the shipments being
on the river Guayas, on which Guaya-quil
is situated. Many of the beans
are also brought on the railway which
runs 325 miles from Quito. In the
Hershey shipments are also consign-ments
from Trinidad, and there are some
from Brazil, so that a wide stretch of
geography is represented in the cars on
the Hershey sidings.
The work of unloading the cars has
drawn on the. labor resources of the
town and much extra help has been
sought. So heavy is the demand for the
Hershey products that these beans will
be used at once.
Millions of Beans
Cocoa is the product of the seeds of
the evergreen tree Theobiroma cacao
and as secured from the tree is a big
pod shaped like a cucumber. . The pod
has an outer shell a half inch thick and
contains from 25 to 40 seeds. These
seeds are removed and dried, graded and
bagged for shipment. There are from
280 to 300 beans to the pound. In the
Hershey shipment of 50 cars there are
about 250 bags to the car and each bag
weighs over 160. pounds. So, it can
be seen that the total number runs far
into the millions.
Roasting the Beans
The factory has a large equipment of
scientific roasting machines and these
will soon have the new: shipments
under treatment. Beans in the raw
state are turned in the revolving drum
or sphere and are roasted by flames from
from below. It is the first important
step in the manufacture of cocoa and
chocolate, The food value is determined
largely by the accuracy and thoroughness
of this process, Here the mechanism is
scientific. It developes the aroma of
the bean , changes the coloring, renders
soluble the starch particles, dries the
husk and tho bean so that the husk can
be removed readily, and frees the bean of
moisture, the presence of which would
hinder the complete mixing of the 'fatty
nibs when crushed and would tend to
destroy the keeping qualities of the
cocoa and chocolate.
No technical description can fully
convey the very large importance of
good roasting. Tho Hershey roasters
arc equipped with mechanisms that at
a sot temperature slide the beans awny
from the heat, Then they are tested
by tho Hershey experts unci the roasting
is completed to tho exact point under
personal care, I f tho bean is not roasted
enough it is indigestible. If it is roasted
too much tho flavor in spoiled and tho
food value lowered, In this depart-ment
aro thermometers, automatic
watchers and skilled men devoted wholly
to seeing that the beans are roasted
perfect ly, Another point of Ilershoy
thoroughness is that tho factory spends
a fortune nnnimlly In hand-picking the
beans, Many omployecn work on this
ono tiling—every bean is examined.
SAD ACCIDENT
TO FRED CLARK
Was Try ing to Find a Rabbit When
Gun Which He Had Placed A-gainst
Boards Exploded And
, The Whole Char ge Went
Through His Arm
' One of the saddest accidents in Hershey
for sometime occurred Tuesday after-noon
when Fred B., 18 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel D. Clark of this
place, was severely shot in the right
arm when a gun accidentally exploded.
The young man had been home for
the dinner hour and afterward went to
the lot in the rear of the Clark residence
where a rabbit has been seen holding
forth . His father had been hunting
for it early m the day. After searching
for a short time Fred returned to the
house. Later several men who had
been at work nearby called to Clark
that they had seen the rabbit run into
a wood-pile. Standing the gun up-right
along the wood Fred looked for
the rabbit and later jumped on the pile
and when he did the gun exploded.
A shell containing three drams of powder
and No. 7 shot was in the gun and the
entire load entered his right arm just
above the wrist. He rushed to
the house to his mother. Neighbors
crowded to the scene , but could do little,
as the arm was terribly mangled.
Mr. C. V. Glynn rendered first aid.
Shortly afterwards Dr. J. L. Zimmerman
dressed the wound and hurried the young
man to the Harrisburg hos-pital.
Dr. Kunkle and Dr. Zimmerman
performed the operation and they are
making a desperate effort to save the
arm. The last report from the
hospital says that the patient is doing
nicely and if no complications set in
there is hope of saving the arm.
Fred Clark is one of the best known
young men in Hershey and has been
prominent in athletics. Last season he
filled an outfield position on the Hershey
nine and was considered one of the
best men on the team, He is a star
basketball player and a member of the
Bull Dog five of Hershey, He was
employed in tho Hershey Store, Fred
and his parents all , have the deepest
sympathy of the people of Hershey.
It is an ugly wound. All the muscles
have been badly torn and ono of the
largo bones is fractured .
HUMMELSTOWN WON
Hummclstown won a close and ex-citing
game from the East End Club of
Harrisburg Saturday afternoon on the
former 's field . The only score of the
game was tho result of a perfectly ex-ecuted
forward pass to Bruiser, who
received tho ball on tho five yard line nnd
clashed tho remaining distance. Herbert
Schaffncr , nil ex-Franklin and Marshall
College player, was In the Hummels-town
lino-up nnd displayed somo of his
old form. Ho was in every play and
kept his big opponent Atticks from
doing effective work.
AN OPPORTUNITY
For Young Men in Hershey Who
Wish to Take Up a Local Course
- In Mechanical Engineering or
. In Civil Engineering
Mr. N. C. Miller, supervisor of the
Engineering Extension Division of the
Pennsylvania State College, outlined to
a committee of Hershey citizens the
plan for starting classes in this town.
, Two courses of study, which are closely
allied and both of which may be taken
by the same person, were suggested as
follows:
Course 1.—Mechanical Engineering.
1. Practical Applied Mathemat-ics
or Shop Applications of
Arithmetic.
2. Shop Applications of Al-gebra,
Geometry and Trig-onometry.
.
3. Shop Sketching or Mechanical
Drawing.
The cost of the textbooks for this
course would be $1.20 and the only
other cost would be the share of the
teacher's charges.
Course 2. Civil Engineering.
1. Shop Applications of Arithme-tic.
2. Shop Applications of Al-gebra,
Geometry and Trig-onometry.
3. Shop Sketching.
The cost of the textbooks and in-struments
for this "course would be
$3.30 and the only other cost -would be
t¦ he share of the ' teacher's expenses. The Pennsylvania State College, which
is supported by general taxation, has
designed and is starting this service in
the industrial towns of the state without
charge. Furthermore it is supplying
the textbooks and instruments at dis-count
prices. There are 200 classes now
at work.
The classes select their teacher—a
local man—and his nominal fee is their
only expense outside the small charge
for the textbooks which of course be-come
the property of' the individuals.
Each course is in 20 lessons, one meeting
a week for each course.
This is an opportunity for engineering
instruction of the practical kind and it
can be made of great value to the young
man who wants to progress in position
and in salary.
Meeting Tuesday Night
In response to the notice that followed
Mr. Miller's visit fifteen Hershey men
assembled in the Library Tuesday even-ing.
John E. Snyder , C. V. Glynn and
H. N. Herr, informally but fully ex-plained
the details of the courses and
expressed the opinion that if the young
men wanted to go into the work ser-iously
the course offered a fine opportun-ity,
After the discussion Mr. Snyder
stated that in order to avoid uncertainty
or uneasiness about the pro rata ex-pense
he would guarantee that the cost
to each man for twenty lessons in the
first course would not be over $3, in-cluding
textbook , if the class numbered
ten or more, This offer stabilized the
proposition and was very welcome.
When it was seen that there would be
more than enough to make Mr. Snyder's
offer available those present with the
aid of Mr. Glynn proceeded to form a
temporary organization. M. IT. Slesser
was elected president and John Myers
secretary. The class then chose Bowman
Snavely as teacher. Mr. Snavely is
a graduate of State College and is con-nected
with the engineering division
of the Hershey plant, and Mr, Miller
had stated that he would be the man for
conducting the class. Mr. Snavely ac-cepted.
It was then decided to hold the first
regular meeting tomorrow—Friday—
night in tho Library and to invito all
who wished to join the new class. When
tho number Is known the textbooks will
bo ordered and this will be clone Friday
night , It is a very Important that
those who wish to join tho class should
get in at the beginning and thus lose
none of the lessons. It is the most
practical opportunity for engineering
study that tho young men of Horshoy
have had , and tho cost is almost nothing,
only fifteen cents a lesson including
tho text book,
Tho meeting Friday evening will bo at
7:30 P. M, and all aro requested to bo
on time,
THE EPPLEY ESTATE
At tho public sale of the olfectH of
Gcorgo J. Eppley last Saturday tho
bid for tlio lioimo on Chocolate Avenue
reached $5,575, but tlio property was
withdrawn and It is now being advertised
for a sale on December 2, which Is ono
week from next Saturday.
Of tho ten shares of Hershey Trust
Company Slock only two wore sold.
Those were purcl)iiHCd by Frank B.
Snavoly at $333,33 per share, Tho par
value la $50. Tho olhcr eight shares
wcro withdrawn. No announcement was
made ns to tho disposition of tlio stock
in tho Horshoy Chocolate Company.
BRILLIAN T FIRE
NEAR HERSHEY
Burning of the Barn and Home of
Henry Baurn on the Hill East of
This Town Lighted Up the
Whole of Lower Lebanon .
Valley. Good Work
This community had one of its most
disastrous fires Monday evening when
the house and barn of Henry Baum,
east of Hershey, were destroyed, en-tailing
a loss of over $15,000. The farm
was tenanted by Mr. Baum's son-in-law
Jacob Baum. The origin of the fire is
unknown.. , ,
The alarm was turned in at Hershey
shortly after 8 o'clock, but many of the
people noticed the fire before the alarm
was given. The Hershey Fire Company
responded,, but its service was of ho use
as there was no water within a half mile.
Harry Hollinger and Benjamin Bom-gardner,
the crew on the . Hershey
trolley between this place and Palmyra
discovered the fire and saved all the live
stock with the exception of two cows
and two small calves which perished.
These men were assisted by Harrisburg
men who were passing in an automobile.
They did excellent work. Mr. Baum
and his wife were at home, but did not
learn of the fire until one of the men
went to the house and the barn was
then in a mass of flames.
From all reports the fire started at
the rear of the barn in two large stacks
of corn fodder and quickly spread
to the barn, All the ' implements
and the season's crops, aside from the
wheat, were consumed. Fanners and
residents from Hershey, Palmyra and
Campbelltown turned out in large numbers
and saved all the household furniture and
food before the fire reached the house.
These firemen did yoemari work and two
men from Hershey were almost trapped
in the house.
The barn burned fiercely and lit up the
sky for miles around, which brought
many automobiles. It is estimated that
over a thousand people stood by and
watched. Due to the long dry spell the
buildings burned rapidly and in less
than two hours the house and barn were
m ruins,
The farm is one of the finest in these
parts and the crops from 87 acres of
good land were destroyed. The barn
was 100X50. The home was large and
had several outbuildings which were
destroyed. A wood shed.is all that was
saved.
Two peddlers, a man and a woman,
who have been staying at the barn
over night for years, were in the barn at
the time of the fire. They were arrested
later at Palmyra, but were released the
following day. Mr. Baum said these
people had been coming for a long time
and before going in the barn always
came to the house and handed in their
matches,
The house and barn were erected 28
years ago and it has not been decided
whether the buildings will be replaced.
Henry Baum, the owner of the property,
carried insurance with the Church of
the Brethren , of which he is a member.
Jacob Baum , the tenant , also had some
insurance.
A REAL BARN RAISING
One of the Happiest Events of the
Wint er at Old Derry
Last summer lightning and (ire des-troyed
the big burn on tho farm of Israel
Moyer just up the hill 'from Derry Church,
Last Friday morning 120 friends and
neighbors, mostly farmers from Lebanon
ancl Dauphincouiities. camo to tho Moyer
place in automobiles and other vehicles
and put In a wonderful day 's work,
Promptly at 7 o'clock they pitched in
and they never lot up except for meals
and sleep until thoy had completed
their task Saturday morning. It was
ono of tho highest and happiest barn
raisings in the history of tho Valley.
Tho work Included the erection of tho
entire frame from the foundation to tho
steeple. More ' than a thousand holes
wore mndo to join tho different sections
and in the whole lot there was not a
mistake. Tho slzo of this performance
can ho estimated when It is known that
tho barn is 50 by 100 feet with two
extensions and is ono of the largest build-ings
of its kind in tho county.
Socially tho occasion was delightful.
At tho roast beef dinner in the tenant;
house of Isaac llasohoro over a hundred
wore served, II was a fine substantial
meal prepared by Mrs. Basehoro
assisted by Mm. Moyer, Both ladles
woro highly praised for their cookery.
Among those present wove Harry Helatand
of Marietta nnd, contractors, the Funck
brothers of Paliriyrh.
If tho weather bo fnvornblo tho whole
work will bo finished within ten days or
two weeks. Tho barn occupies a promi-nent
place on tlio hill nnd is pno of tho
objects in tho view from Hershoy.
HiMiittniiimiiimiiniiimniM
Men and Boys and Gir ls Over 16
CAN FIND ATTRACTIVE WORK AT GOOD WAGES IN THE
[HERSHEY CHOCOLATE FACTORY
There aro places now open for men and boys nnd glrla over 16 in tho
factory of tho Hershey Chocolate Company, Tho work is very desirable be-cause
tlio wages aro good, employment Is steady nnd tho surroundings are
healthy and cheerful, Apply by letter or In persbn to tho Horshoy Employ-ment
Bureau.
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