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63 MILES OF STEEL IN PRESS BUILDING Some Astonishin g Statistics of This Superb Structure—If Poured in One Block Would Be Lar ger Than Trust Company Build-ing— Tons of Cement Being under roof when the snow came last week, the new home of the Hershey Press . is being pushed to-wards completion. The bricklayers are busy "and the walls are going up. Superintendent Kraft and his men take as much pride in the structure lis ' the members of the Press staff and they have prepared some figures that show its solidity and. immensity. In the building are 15o tons of steel. If the steel pieces were placed end to. end they would reach a distance of 03.03 miles. If the concrete now in the building were cast into a column 1 foot square the column would be 57.8 . miles long. If the same concrete were poured into a solid block this block would be larger than the Hershey Trust Build-ing. Used in the building were 32,000 bags of cement, 4,5G2 tons of sand, S,- 057 tons of crushed stone and 2,G31 tons of building stone. In the processes of building 181,900 feet of lumber and 7 tons of nails were used and most of the lumber was used six different times. One hundred thousand nail collars were used to lessen the labor on strip-ping floors. It is a great building and the Her-shey Press hopes to be in it soon.' BIG FACTORY HAS UNIQUE MILK SUPPLY Hersh ey Draws Its Rich Milk from Hundreds of Farms hi Many Coun-ties— How Its System Takes in th e Fertile Lebanon Val-ley— New Territo ry The great plant of the Hershey Chocolate Company was placed in the bowl of Lebanon Valley because here was found an incomparable milk sup-ply, and all the time there is advance work to reach this supply and to in-crease the ease and promptness of the handling. The most important improvements have been made in 1915. In the factory the milk plant ha* been doubled in size and it is now the largest of its kind. It is equipped with every facility and mechanical appli-ance for safety and health . There is not even a possibility of disease or un-cleanllness in the ' milk that goes through the Hershey processes. At Lel.ninon , where much of the milk is, collected , there is a new station of brick mid concrete. From this station are run two 3-ton Packard trucks and u new 4-ton Packard truck has just boon added. Tlie.se trucks serve a country us far as 15 miles from Leba-non and collect regularly each morn-ing, luio the station at Lebanon Hows milk from a rudtils of 15 miles from Munhelm on the south to Jonestown and li'rodorlekslmrw on the north. The. n rou mill I ho supply are being increas-ed all tlKi time. The new trolle y line to Mlr/.ubeth-town has added largely to the supply. A regular milk cur is run and the milk that , was formerly collected at and shipped from Beverly on the C. and L-, by way of Lebanon now comes direct to Hershey on the t rolley lino. Much of the prosperity of the farm-ers of the Valley is due to the fact that I hoy can sell their milk regularly to tlio Ilorshoy Chocolate Company, mid It; inny bo added (lin t: the high standards demanded by (ho Herehey Company bus been an excellent Influ-ence In the upbuilding of the farms. A CHINESE EVENING Members of the Ollorliolu UutUI Have a Meetin g The regular meeting of the Otlorboln ( iullil of the Unit ed Brethren Church was held at the homo of Miss Abigail (Jonlon on Th u rsday evening. There were aliout !l() members present , Minn Hliler It 'll the devotions and spoke of "The True Spirit , of Christ mas, " The president , Miss Mary Looh , and ton of I ho girls presented "A Day lu Our Chinese Hospital. " There were pull-cuts dressed up In unlive oohI.iiiik 'm , w'llli bandaged I'eol , eyes, nriiis , to-gether w i t h nil kinds of medicines, After tlio regular business was trans-uded t lio evening was given Into Die hands of the Social Cnniiiiltloo. Ho- I'roslinionlN were served by I lie hostess, HERSHEY'S RURAL ROUTES The two new rural routes lidded to the Hcrshoy post olllce recently wore Inspected by Postmaster Oeorgo Epp-ley, Each route covers 128 miles, No, I Is ta ken eu ro of by John A, Bills-bnugli and No, 2 by lllrloh Woltiiier, No, t! route cnlei'H throe ooiiiiIIon , Oini-phln , Lancaster and Lebanon , while No, I InltcH In Dauphin and Lebanon, UNION SERVICES FULL OF INTEREST Dr. Culp Delivered One of the Best Addresses of the Year—-Mar y Bre-vard Roberts Comes Next Sun- • day—She is .an Unusual Artist—Big Speakers A large audience in the Hershey Central Treater Sunday afternoon heard one of the best addresses of the year. It was by Dr. W. T. Sherman Culp, who so greatly pleased the Her-shey people last winter. His lecture this year , was even better and dfte r it was over many tarried to congratulate and thank him and to express the hope that he will return to Hershey every year. , Dr. Culp spoke on national problems, emphasizing America's responsibility for the wonderful favors this land en-joys. It was a broad and eloquent re-view of the world position of the United States and it. was so informing, so sane and so good that it held the hundreds of men, women . and children for more than an hour. '-'•. - ¦ ' Kussel Stoner was leader for the day, and he also read the Scripture les-son very effectively. Harry Witnieyer directed the singing and E. J. Krause was at the piano. The congregational singing was very line. Next Sunday Mary Brevard. Roberts will recite and . interpret "Every-womah," the modern morality play by Walter Browne. Dr. Culp took occa-sion to say Sunday that this recitation was one of the. most deeply interesting and thrilling on the platform today and he unreservedly commended it to the people of Hershey. . Miss Eoberts has appeared before the most critical audiences in the leading cities and has won golden opinions. She is an artist of the first rank. Her performance on Sunday will be one of the gems of the season. In January will come probably the ablest list of speakers Hershey has ever had. They will be the big meii of the leading denominations. Crowded audi-ences are expected. The union services begin at 3 every Sunday afternoon and all are invited. WHY HAVEN'T YOU TIME ? Better Mend Your Ways, for You'll Be a Long Time Dead Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the commis-sioner of health, whose health talks are known throughout the world, sends to the Hershey Press his plea that business men should take more time for exercise. His words are worth their weight iu diamonds, and they are the best possible Christmas present to the average man. Head and heed : "Continually pleading the lack of time, we rush fro m one thing to an-other and in the end the aggregate of accomplishment is little enough to boast of. "Our clocks seem to be ticking at the rate of one hundred and twenty sec-onds to the minute, but still the hour hand crawls at the same old pace. Un-questionably the majority of us would be happier and healthier if wo culti-vated repose. Tranquility is becoming a lost art and us- a result disturbing nervous complaints are far more fro ipient than formerly. "The cultivation of composure need not; menu a reduction In our ability to achieve results. It is almost certain to lnsuro us time throu gh application for many things which will make life bettor worth the living. " WILL INCLUDE DANCING The Ilorsliey Men 's Club' s December oiifcrtiilmncnt ; will lake the form of a reception for members and ladles, A special invitation has been given to the members of the Young Women's Olirlstliiu Association , Tlio event will bo on 'Thursday evening, December !<(), The program Includes orchestral music , an onlerluliiinont: on the gym Hour , and luncheon to be followed by dancing. Cenllonioii will pay an ad-mission fee of ID coiiIn and tickets are now on sale by the committee and at the Men 's Club desk, lOvory mouther Is expected to bring a ludy. Office of Hershey Press Until the Heivshoy Press and tlic Hershey Printing Oompnny occupy their new huildlng, their olllce will he on the second floor of the Hershey Central Thea ter Building, corner of Chocolate and Cocoa avenues. Hours : 8 A. M. to 0 P. M. Sa turday, 8 A. M. to noon. ». j FIRST DEBATE TO BE ON PREPAREDNESS Society will Begin Its Regular Sessions on the First Wednesda y of Janu-ar y—The Leaders in the Dis-cussion— Interest in , the New Or ganization The. . Hershey Men's Club Debating Society will ihold its meetings on the first and third Wednesdays of each month. At the tirst meeting of each mouth there will be a debate. At the secoiid meeting there will be a mixed pro-gram, consisting of essays, readings and other . literary exercises by mem-bers. The next meeting will be ou Wednes-day evening, January 5,- "at 8 o'clock, at the Men's Club. The subject for debate is: "Resolved , That the United States should be prepared with an army and navy sufficient to success-fully resist any foreign power." This will be debated by: Affirmative—Win . A. Curtis, Elmer Klippinger. Negative—Win. G. Houseworth , D. S. Graeff. These will be the main speakers, but there will be open debate, and so the whole affair promises to be full of in-terest and vim. A large attendance is expected. New members are invited. The committee is: George Copeuhaver, president ; M. S. May, secretary, and I-I. A. Newton. CHRISTMAS FUND REACHED $18,000 Between Eight and Nine Hundred Par-ticipated in the Fund Managed by the Hershey Trust Company, and the Total Amounted to Eighteen Thousand This year's Christmas Fund of the Hershey Trust Company reached about $18,000, and exceeded the total of last year. Between eight and nine hun-dred depositors participated and to each was mailed a check in colors. The distribution of this sum is making a very happy Christmas week, although many are keeping their money in bank instead of 'spendiug it. The Christmas Fund of the Hershey Trust 'Company has been the means of starting a num-ber of growing bank accounts. In proportion to its population— 1,500—the Hershey total is probably the largest in' the United States. Cer-tainly no town in this section comes near it. - The Christmas Fund for next year has already been started. It was put in operation this week and the details of the participation will be found on page three of this issue of the Press. It is expected that the participants in .11)10 will break tho record, of 1U1&. MOVING PICTURE PROGRAM "Leadin g Feature s Pr omised for the Coming Evenings Wednesday, December li'-J.—"Enoch Ai'den ," Mutual Masterpiece. Thursday, December 2.'}.—"The Utile Girl That Ho Forg.il." 5 reels. Hal unlay, December 2H.—"Island of Kegoiiorutloii. " Six parts, Monday, December 27.—"The (ireon Cloak. " Wednesday, December 21).-'-A Mu-tual Masterpiece , o parts. These pictures are among the best, and are re gular 10, 15 and 25 cent at-tractions , llersliey 's admission Is 5 cents, NEW LINE DOING NICELY Travel over the new line connecting Hershey and lOllzabethtown Is running from 000 to 1,000 I'iii'ch a day, Willi double those ilguivs on Sundays and holidays. This Is fur beyond what, was expected. Now lines of travel have already developed. For example , many people I'i'oni Mllziiliolli town K<> '<> Hurrlslnirg by Hie now r oute and II. has also drawn a growing piili 'onii ge from laiu-easier mid points on the t rolley sys-tems of Uineu slor county. A GOLD WATCH FOR MISS ALICE ELDER Happy Climax to the Christmas Festi-val of the Youns: Women's Chris-tian Association—S peeches . by the President and Others. Presents for Ever yone The Christmas frolic of the members of the Young Women's Christian Asso-ciation reached a happy climax Friday evening, when the president, Mrs. M. L. Hershey, delivered a felicitous speech and presented the retiring- secretary, Miss Alice Elder, with a gold watch. This watch was a Lady Elgin of great beauty, and it came as a complete sur-prise to Miss Elder , who. was too deep-ly affected to express all she felt. Mrs. Hershey told of'AIisy Elder's work dur-ing her four years of service with the Hershey organization and said the love and best wishes of all its members would follow , her tu her .new field. It was a line tribute. Preceding the. presentation the frolic was enjoyable in all its features. In charge was the committee, Mrs. Baea-stow, chairman ; Mrs. Hills, decora-tions ; Mrs. Ileilman, refreshments, and Miss Steele. A Christmas tree reaching to the ceiling was full of silver and lights and the rooms with their wreaths and evergreens were beautiful. As the guests came in , Mrs. Hershey, the presi-dent, received them and presented each person—of whom there were 09—with an evergreen branch. When .all were gathered the glee club sang and then Miss Mary Maulfah;, representing the Christmas spirit , dressed in a white robe and a silver crown, stepped from behind the screen and holding a lighted caudle told the story of the Christ Child. At a point in her recital , Anna Gordon came forward and took the can-dle and placed it in the window, signi-fying friendliness and a welcome to all guests. Here the Glee Club sang "Holy Night." The Christmas spirit continued and told of the Druids and then asked all the guests to place their branches in the prettiest places, thus adorning the home with Christmas. While this took place the Glee Club and chorus sang "Joy to the World." After this they took thejr seats and the spirit of Christmas called forth the ipieen . of misrule, who---was- Justina Dissinger, dressed in black with high pointed yel-low hat and a pointed collar of yellow. She told the company to go to the mis-tress of the robes—Edna Deehert—who gave each guest two sheets of tissue paper of different colors and command-ed' them to make fo t' themselves becom-ing head-gear. Here was a competition for prizes full of fun. The judges were Miss Mabel Nisslcy, Mrs. George Cop-euhaver and Mrs. George Rent/,, and the winners of the prizes were Miss Freda Witnian aiid Miss Anna Rayne. Thou followed games. Mr. and Mrs. Santa (Maiis , capitally taken by Mabel Hurley and .Mabel Krebs , danced and distributed the presents. There was a present for every guest, with plenty of enjoyment for all. The presentation of the watch to .Miss Elder followed , and then ounio re-freshments and nunc Christinas carols. It was the most successful ontortaln-ineiit. ever held at the Young Women 's Christian Association. The Juniors' Part y Tin; Juniors had their party Satur-day afternoon. In charge were Miss Itlrcb , Mrs, llabncker , .Mrs. Flowers and M rs, Miller , There were toys it nil bags of candy for all the forty present. There was a Christians service , with each child holding a candle mid form-ing a circle , with Miss Wider In the coll-ier holdin g a large faudio anil lighting the candle of each child ns they passed around and sung softly "Holy Night, " Christinas stories by Miss Itlrch anil Miss lOldoi" followed , Chan ge at V. W. V. A. Miss Wider will leave llorshcy on cither .lanuury -Ith or 5th and will go direct to New Castle. The association thorn has twelve hundred members mid Its sliil'l! of eight will lie under Miss Miller 's direction. Now Castle Is u clly ol! niiiiiy Industries , with ubotil , . sixty thousand population, Allss Trace, who Is Miss Elder 's successor, and who Is from Ilai'i'lslnir g, was present Krliluy n ight , and tuiiilc u very ugriienblo Im-pression on the members, both socially mill by I tin littl e speech she was culled upon lo make Miss Canan will miccimmI Miss Klder as I ho lender of th e Glco Club , iiui l In tin * now yea r the club will meet every Wednesday evening, POPULAR CONCERT A gi'nuil oiiiiiplliuouliiry concert to the clll/. eiiH of Ilorsl iey nnd vicin ity will bo given by l.ho llorshcy Hand In the Ccnlni l Thi'iili i I'YIdny ovi'iilng, December 21 , A lino iii'i igmiu I'M* been iiituiikoiI for tlio union, These cnnccrlH (ivory li'rldav even ing should draw a crowded house , (hereb y eiioniiru glii K IIio (mud In Us effoi'lN lo give the people of Ilor-sliey I he very best In 1,1 in line of mili-tar y band music, The bund Is made up of 'excellent inimical abilit y, an d I In iniis ln Is nf ' u special < |iiiilll. .v. The hand compares very favorably wit h I lie best biiiuls of the state. ONLY ONE INIGOO ILL IN 4 MONTHS Another Remarkable Illustration . of the Unusual Health Condit ions of • Hersh ey—Record of the-Derry Township Schools—The One Case of Illness . There are more than COO pupils in the M. S. " Hershey' Consolidated Schools of Derry Township. They have been in session four months. In that time there has -been only, one case of iMness and tha t was typhoid fever con-tra cted outside of Hershey. ..So far as local conditions were concerned the health of these 600 and more boys and1 girls was complete, It is an extra-ordinary proof of the hcailtMulaiess of Hershey, but dt is also to be remem-bered that in the Hershey School the pupils breathe filtered air and drink filtered mountain water and that there is everything to promote their well-beinig. Most of the children improve in health after they start to school, showing the value of modern- hygienic conditions. Tire aittendlamce of the schools con-tinues -good-. The best percentages were made by the girls of the School taught by S. S. Balsbaugh, of the Suiimysude school. They were present every ses-sion and attained the -percenitage of 100. The high school girls made .99 per cen t. Tho girls taught by Mr. Shemk ami by Miss May HersShey made OS per cent. The .boys taught by Miss Mabel Hoffima.ii made an average of 99 per cent. Those of Mr. Hocker made an average of 97 per cent. Only- a very few of the children' were' absent on Monday and Friday when the weather was at its worst. Red Cross Seals The children of the school sold 2.40O Rod Cross Seals in three <iays. Mr. Shenk's children, sold almost seven liundired while those of Miss- Foreman's gra de sold almost six hundred. Cant ata Next Month The Higili School will render a Gypsy Cantata shortly aiftor the opening of sch ool In the new year. Increasing the Safety The School Board has decided- to make several improvements at the Hershey building. A large light will be placed at the -maiin- entrance to the building.' Two new lights' were placed in the basement Autoiim'bic bar door openers are to be placed on the doors leading out of the buikliing. . These are n eeded aiwl they will add niiuch to the safety of (Jip children ! in case of fire, because amy child pushing against than will be able to open both doors to an exit. The old way of opening the doors is not at all iMliequatc, for onily a few children could reach tho Catches at the top of the door. The bars to be pl'ji.eed wiM. be wo low tha t any child caii' roac-h thO'in. Chri stmas Carols The child-ren under the supervision of Milss Oa na n and theilr 'teachers, and the childniii of Mie klndicrgviirteii under Mists Jyaii'Wworlihy piive their Chrls/tams Curolis with grou t success lu 'the Ceiir Ira l Tliou'tre on- the uft erii'oon, of Tues-day, December ai. The -fol-N»wIiiig was Hie program : O Come All Ye lOa ithl'ul , All Schools ; Utitle Town of Hetilil 'eilioin , All Schools ; The First Nowcl , tirades No, :i Co 7, liiiel'usilve ; Exorcise, Kinder-garten ; lla'rk , itlie Herald Angiils Sln«, All Schools; Cradle Hymns , Crudes- 'J-7, liiii 'lustve ; Voeuil Solo, lil rMidiay of lihe Kliiig, Itiistse) Chirk ; Jt Oninw Upon a M'lil'WlwIi't Clour , Alil Hchools; Silent Night , A III Soh'ools- ; (iuoi l Nlgtlnl; aud Chrls't.iims Prayer , Crudes- (I and 7, All the schools 'Willi observe Ch nlsit-mas. Some of lino sichools will have nius 'lcnl iirogrnins while ollhens will have I'lie-lliiililon -s with Clii'lsl-iuiu s- as I hell' .spirit lu iidiilli -tilnn to 'the musica l ininibers, Monte of (he t.oiichoi's will rend ( Ih'iilsliiuiis stories to liio ('lilihtren In the lower gra des, Spoiling I fro Miss Kill I'll Hocker, of the Wiillon-vllle schools will hold an old-Hihne .Spoiling l!ee on the evening of Do-eemibcr liwoiiil-y-iMi 'lnd . The Chri stmas Vacation All I he schools of Derry TowniH-hip will cilose on- tihls nifterii iiWHi ', I KM'onibor iWfiii l .v-'tihlrd , hi id will rciuiiiiliii Hosed mull! Moiubiy nioriiiliig, January lliil nd, Speakers for tlio High School After •lilie Clirls 'tinns viK 'nllon l-lio High School will be id Ik tressed' each week by put -nuns of Hho school who art) eiiWMgcd In various voi 'iiMmw. Tlic.so speakers will I'lieoui'age lihc Iio.vm and girls lu their work. New Hehool Dir ector On Miiindiiy might the s'cli'ool boitrd 1'eni'gnuilncd by clccllnig Albert It , Shemk , prcNihleii 'l ; O, M. Moelfllcy, vice- -presldeii 't ; Albert , W. Suavely, micro-t.' iiry ; Dau-lel M. Hershey, I.Tcuwurer. Clarence 10ni l was the m»w nieimbor. New Rest Room A room Is to bo I'unil KhiMl oiii tho seicoiul'lloor wllb tables , ehulrs , couoh and ololiioH treiw. This will ilm the rest room ii'tid wlW iidkl mucin to tlio <.we fort, of Oho loiiehmw who <!<> not K<> homo for itliol r lunch a nd- -for ' children whli -may smddeinly 'beiomno ill. HERSHEYCOMM UNITY CHRISTMAS TREE Will Be Located at Chocolate . and Cocoa Avenues and Will Be Beau-tifull y Illuminated—-Exercises Thursday Evenin g: at 7 O'clock—Committee Hershey is • to have a .community Christmas tree. ! ' . At the meeting last week the Moth-ers' Club took up the suggestion of Miss Margaret Langworthy and ap-pointed the president, Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey, to put the idea into execution. There was not mucu time for the work, but Mrs. Hershey secured the co-oper-ation of James B. Leithiser, and he jj romptly enlisted the facilities of the Hershey Improvement Company. James Millard was asked to secure the tree, and as this issue of the Press is being printed the tree is being carried to the chief comer, of the town and installed for the great holiday. It is a superb cedar,' and it will be. wonderfully illu-minated by many electric lights placed under the direction of Mr. Hull. Everybody is invited to join in the affair. The exercises will be held Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, and the whole town, with invited guests from the surrounding country will be pres-ent. No long program will be attempt-ed. There will be a short speech anil then Christmas carols by the school children and choruses by the assem-bled men, women and children. It will be a genuine old-fashioned time and it is expected to be the main event of the Christmastide. The Mothers' Glub is doing great w ork for the children. FACTORY VERY BUSY No Other Year in Its Histor y Equals 1915 Never in its history has the Her-shey Chocolate Company known such a year as 1915. All the records of the past have beeii broken. It was thought that after the enormous business of the autumn there would be a lull, but there has not been any let-up in anj department. The foreign demands have continued and domestic orders have steadily increased. The big- factory is running to capacity and over a hun-dred carloads of chocolates and cocoas are leaving every weeK. , This week the company representa-tives are coming in from various par ts of the country. All bring messages of good times and general prosperity. Large as has been the foreign trade of the company the big thing is the in-crease in its American orders which pour in from all sections. The record-breaking year has kept the company's force at top speed and they will welcome a little rest Satur-day and Sunday. LOOK OUT FOR THE GRIP Better 'Not Spend Your Christmas Vacation Near It Philadelphia and some other cities and severa l Pennsylvania towns are In the throes of the grip. In some places it has closed schools. In Philadelphia thousands are down with II. It Is In-fectious. Don't go where it is. Avoid wet; foot , getting chilled , getting over-heated and dense crowds, It' you get it , send for the doctor, If. you have sore throat , be|?ln to gargle at: once, Hero Is what the chief resident physi-cian of Hahiieniunn Hospital In Phila-delphia says : "drip bus appeared this winter In a more vicious form thiin ever before, II; descends upon I ho victim like a Ihlef lu the night , pours a quart: of chills ii nil fever Into his system and keeps lilia in a chamber of torture for three of four days, Then , when tlio victim Is about ready to lie down and die , the disease leaves us suddenly ns U came. The medical world -has lioen unable to account Cor the nevoro t'orni of the dlNouNo this winter , " CHRISTMAS AT DERRY ServU'o at the I' lTsbyterlau Church Tomorrow Evenin g 'Plm Chi'lslnins service of the Derry Presbyterian Sunday-school will be hold on Erltliiy evening at; 7.110 o'clock, "Tho iMimgcr KIii k " Ih tl io order llial will bo used. It. contains n iniinbur of carols which all wil l enjoy singing, us Ihey aril at' the Hlmple melodious music oh/inicloi 'lNllo of ChrlrtlinnN , A vari-ety of recllullons anil oNcrclseH and drills by lliu |irlmai' ,v (lopiirliiKuil and by scholars uf the inaln m'huol will give expression In the Joyous worship of the season , The church wil l bo deeo i'- nl.mI b,V u comniltloe of th e Jllblo classes wllli n l ive nnd l-bo holiday greens ; Iho fruit ; of the free will add » K"»eroiis nioiiHUro of CIii'IhIiuiis cheer lo tho occasion, A \wy eori llnl Invltiitl nii Ih oxtwiil- (>d lo nil to sluii'o lli'i Joy of I'IiIh Chrlnt-iiui s eve Norvl oi',
Object Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1915-12-23 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1915-12-23 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
Title | The Hershey Press 1915-12-23 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 19151223 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text |
63 MILES OF STEEL
IN PRESS BUILDING
Some Astonishin g Statistics of This
Superb Structure—If Poured in
One Block Would Be Lar ger
Than Trust Company Build-ing—
Tons of Cement
Being under roof when the snow
came last week, the new home of the
Hershey Press . is being pushed to-wards
completion. The bricklayers are
busy "and the walls are going up.
Superintendent Kraft and his men
take as much pride in the structure
lis ' the members of the Press staff and
they have prepared some figures that
show its solidity and. immensity.
In the building are 15o tons of steel.
If the steel pieces were placed end to.
end they would reach a distance of
03.03 miles.
If the concrete now in the building
were cast into a column 1 foot square
the column would be 57.8 . miles long.
If the same concrete were poured
into a solid block this block would be
larger than the Hershey Trust Build-ing.
Used in the building were 32,000
bags of cement, 4,5G2 tons of sand, S,-
057 tons of crushed stone and 2,G31
tons of building stone.
In the processes of building 181,900
feet of lumber and 7 tons of nails were
used and most of the lumber was used
six different times.
One hundred thousand nail collars
were used to lessen the labor on strip-ping
floors.
It is a great building and the Her-shey
Press hopes to be in it soon.'
BIG FACTORY HAS
UNIQUE MILK SUPPLY
Hersh ey Draws Its Rich Milk from
Hundreds of Farms hi Many Coun-ties—
How Its System Takes in
th e Fertile Lebanon Val-ley—
New Territo ry
The great plant of the Hershey
Chocolate Company was placed in the
bowl of Lebanon Valley because here
was found an incomparable milk sup-ply,
and all the time there is advance
work to reach this supply and to in-crease
the ease and promptness of the
handling.
The most important improvements
have been made in 1915.
In the factory the milk plant ha*
been doubled in size and it is now the
largest of its kind. It is equipped with
every facility and mechanical appli-ance
for safety and health . There is
not even a possibility of disease or un-cleanllness
in the ' milk that goes
through the Hershey processes.
At Lel.ninon , where much of the milk
is, collected , there is a new station of
brick mid concrete. From this station
are run two 3-ton Packard trucks and
u new 4-ton Packard truck has just
boon added. Tlie.se trucks serve a
country us far as 15 miles from Leba-non
and collect regularly each morn-ing,
luio the station at Lebanon Hows
milk from a rudtils of 15 miles from
Munhelm on the south to Jonestown
and li'rodorlekslmrw on the north. The.
n rou mill I ho supply are being increas-ed
all tlKi time.
The new trolle y line to Mlr/.ubeth-town
has added largely to the supply.
A regular milk cur is run and the milk
that , was formerly collected at and
shipped from Beverly on the C. and L-,
by way of Lebanon now comes direct
to Hershey on the t rolley lino.
Much of the prosperity of the farm-ers
of the Valley is due to the fact
that I hoy can sell their milk regularly
to tlio Ilorshoy Chocolate Company,
mid It; inny bo added (lin t: the high
standards demanded by (ho Herehey
Company bus been an excellent Influ-ence
In the upbuilding of the farms.
A CHINESE EVENING
Members of the Ollorliolu UutUI Have
a Meetin g
The regular meeting of the Otlorboln
( iullil of the Unit ed Brethren Church
was held at the homo of Miss Abigail
(Jonlon on Th u rsday evening. There
were aliout !l() members present , Minn
Hliler It 'll the devotions and spoke of
"The True Spirit , of Christ mas, " The
president , Miss Mary Looh , and ton of
I ho girls presented "A Day lu Our
Chinese Hospital. " There were pull-cuts
dressed up In unlive oohI.iiiik 'm ,
w'llli bandaged I'eol , eyes, nriiis , to-gether
w i t h nil kinds of medicines,
After tlio regular business was trans-uded
t lio evening was given Into Die
hands of the Social Cnniiiiltloo. Ho-
I'roslinionlN were served by I lie hostess,
HERSHEY'S RURAL ROUTES
The two new rural routes lidded to
the Hcrshoy post olllce recently wore
Inspected by Postmaster Oeorgo Epp-ley,
Each route covers 128 miles, No,
I Is ta ken eu ro of by John A, Bills-bnugli
and No, 2 by lllrloh Woltiiier,
No, t! route cnlei'H throe ooiiiiIIon , Oini-phln
, Lancaster and Lebanon , while No,
I InltcH In Dauphin and Lebanon,
UNION SERVICES
FULL OF INTEREST
Dr. Culp Delivered One of the Best
Addresses of the Year—-Mar y Bre-vard
Roberts Comes Next Sun- •
day—She is .an Unusual
Artist—Big Speakers
A large audience in the Hershey
Central Treater Sunday afternoon
heard one of the best addresses of the
year. It was by Dr. W. T. Sherman
Culp, who so greatly pleased the Her-shey
people last winter. His lecture
this year , was even better and dfte r it
was over many tarried to congratulate
and thank him and to express the hope
that he will return to Hershey every
year. ,
Dr. Culp spoke on national problems,
emphasizing America's responsibility
for the wonderful favors this land en-joys.
It was a broad and eloquent re-view
of the world position of the
United States and it. was so informing,
so sane and so good that it held the
hundreds of men, women . and children
for more than an hour. '-'•. - ¦ '
Kussel Stoner was leader for the
day, and he also read the Scripture les-son
very effectively. Harry Witnieyer
directed the singing and E. J. Krause
was at the piano. The congregational
singing was very line.
Next Sunday Mary Brevard. Roberts
will recite and . interpret "Every-womah,"
the modern morality play by
Walter Browne. Dr. Culp took occa-sion
to say Sunday that this recitation
was one of the. most deeply interesting
and thrilling on the platform today
and he unreservedly commended it to
the people of Hershey. . Miss Eoberts
has appeared before the most critical
audiences in the leading cities and has
won golden opinions. She is an artist
of the first rank. Her performance on
Sunday will be one of the gems of the
season.
In January will come probably the
ablest list of speakers Hershey has ever
had. They will be the big meii of the
leading denominations. Crowded audi-ences
are expected. The union services
begin at 3 every Sunday afternoon and
all are invited.
WHY HAVEN'T YOU TIME ?
Better Mend Your Ways, for You'll Be
a Long Time Dead
Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, the commis-sioner
of health, whose health talks
are known throughout the world, sends
to the Hershey Press his plea that
business men should take more time for
exercise. His words are worth their
weight iu diamonds, and they are the
best possible Christmas present to the
average man. Head and heed :
"Continually pleading the lack of
time, we rush fro m one thing to an-other
and in the end the aggregate of
accomplishment is little enough to
boast of.
"Our clocks seem to be ticking at the
rate of one hundred and twenty sec-onds
to the minute, but still the hour
hand crawls at the same old pace. Un-questionably
the majority of us would
be happier and healthier if wo culti-vated
repose. Tranquility is becoming
a lost art and us- a result disturbing
nervous complaints are far more fro
ipient than formerly.
"The cultivation of composure need
not; menu a reduction In our ability to
achieve results. It is almost certain
to lnsuro us time throu gh application
for many things which will make life
bettor worth the living. "
WILL INCLUDE DANCING
The Ilorsliey Men 's Club' s December
oiifcrtiilmncnt ; will lake the form of a
reception for members and ladles, A
special invitation has been given to
the members of the Young Women's
Olirlstliiu Association , Tlio event will
bo on 'Thursday evening, December !<(),
The program Includes orchestral
music , an onlerluliiinont: on the gym
Hour , and luncheon to be followed by
dancing. Cenllonioii will pay an ad-mission
fee of ID coiiIn and tickets are
now on sale by the committee and at
the Men 's Club desk,
lOvory mouther Is expected to bring a
ludy.
Office of Hershey Press
Until the Heivshoy Press and tlic Hershey
Printing Oompnny occupy their new huildlng,
their olllce will he on the second floor of the
Hershey Central Thea ter Building, corner of
Chocolate and Cocoa avenues. Hours : 8 A. M.
to 0 P. M. Sa turday, 8 A. M. to noon.
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FIRST DEBATE TO BE
ON PREPAREDNESS
Society will Begin Its Regular Sessions
on the First Wednesda y of Janu-ar
y—The Leaders in the Dis-cussion—
Interest in , the
New Or ganization
The. . Hershey Men's Club Debating
Society will ihold its meetings on the
first and third Wednesdays of each
month.
At the tirst meeting of each mouth
there will be a debate. At the secoiid
meeting there will be a mixed pro-gram,
consisting of essays, readings
and other . literary exercises by mem-bers.
The next meeting will be ou Wednes-day
evening, January 5,- "at 8 o'clock,
at the Men's Club. The subject for
debate is: "Resolved , That the United
States should be prepared with an
army and navy sufficient to success-fully
resist any foreign power." This
will be debated by:
Affirmative—Win . A. Curtis, Elmer
Klippinger.
Negative—Win. G. Houseworth , D. S.
Graeff.
These will be the main speakers, but
there will be open debate, and so the
whole affair promises to be full of in-terest
and vim. A large attendance is
expected. New members are invited.
The committee is: George Copeuhaver,
president ; M. S. May, secretary, and
I-I. A. Newton.
CHRISTMAS FUND
REACHED $18,000
Between Eight and Nine Hundred Par-ticipated
in the Fund Managed by
the Hershey Trust Company,
and the Total Amounted to
Eighteen Thousand
This year's Christmas Fund of the
Hershey Trust Company reached about
$18,000, and exceeded the total of last
year. Between eight and nine hun-dred
depositors participated and to
each was mailed a check in colors. The
distribution of this sum is making a
very happy Christmas week, although
many are keeping their money in bank
instead of 'spendiug it. The Christmas
Fund of the Hershey Trust 'Company
has been the means of starting a num-ber
of growing bank accounts.
In proportion to its population—
1,500—the Hershey total is probably
the largest in' the United States. Cer-tainly
no town in this section comes
near it. -
The Christmas Fund for next year
has already been started. It was put
in operation this week and the details
of the participation will be found on
page three of this issue of the Press.
It is expected that the participants in
.11)10 will break tho record, of 1U1&.
MOVING PICTURE PROGRAM
"Leadin g Feature s Pr omised for the
Coming Evenings
Wednesday, December li'-J.—"Enoch
Ai'den ," Mutual Masterpiece.
Thursday, December 2.'}.—"The Utile
Girl That Ho Forg.il." 5 reels.
Hal unlay, December 2H.—"Island of
Kegoiiorutloii. " Six parts,
Monday, December 27.—"The (ireon
Cloak. "
Wednesday, December 21).-'-A Mu-tual
Masterpiece , o parts.
These pictures are among the best,
and are re gular 10, 15 and 25 cent at-tractions
, llersliey 's admission Is 5
cents,
NEW LINE DOING NICELY
Travel over the new line connecting
Hershey and lOllzabethtown Is running
from 000 to 1,000 I'iii'ch a day, Willi
double those ilguivs on Sundays and
holidays. This Is fur beyond what, was
expected.
Now lines of travel have already
developed. For example , many people
I'i'oni Mllziiliolli town K<> '<> Hurrlslnirg
by Hie now r oute and II. has also
drawn a growing piili 'onii ge from laiu-easier
mid points on the t rolley sys-tems
of Uineu slor county.
A GOLD WATCH FOR
MISS ALICE ELDER
Happy Climax to the Christmas Festi-val
of the Youns: Women's Chris-tian
Association—S peeches . by
the President and Others.
Presents for Ever yone
The Christmas frolic of the members
of the Young Women's Christian Asso-ciation
reached a happy climax Friday
evening, when the president, Mrs. M. L.
Hershey, delivered a felicitous speech
and presented the retiring- secretary,
Miss Alice Elder, with a gold watch.
This watch was a Lady Elgin of great
beauty, and it came as a complete sur-prise
to Miss Elder , who. was too deep-ly
affected to express all she felt. Mrs.
Hershey told of'AIisy Elder's work dur-ing
her four years of service with the
Hershey organization and said the love
and best wishes of all its members
would follow , her tu her .new field. It
was a line tribute.
Preceding the. presentation the frolic
was enjoyable in all its features. In
charge was the committee, Mrs. Baea-stow,
chairman ; Mrs. Hills, decora-tions
; Mrs. Ileilman, refreshments, and
Miss Steele. A Christmas tree reaching
to the ceiling was full of silver and
lights and the rooms with their wreaths
and evergreens were beautiful. As the
guests came in , Mrs. Hershey, the presi-dent,
received them and presented each
person—of whom there were 09—with
an evergreen branch. When .all were
gathered the glee club sang and then
Miss Mary Maulfah;, representing the
Christmas spirit , dressed in a white
robe and a silver crown, stepped from
behind the screen and holding a lighted
caudle told the story of the Christ
Child. At a point in her recital , Anna
Gordon came forward and took the can-dle
and placed it in the window, signi-fying
friendliness and a welcome to all
guests. Here the Glee Club sang "Holy
Night." The Christmas spirit continued
and told of the Druids and then asked
all the guests to place their branches
in the prettiest places, thus adorning
the home with Christmas. While this
took place the Glee Club and chorus
sang "Joy to the World." After this
they took thejr seats and the spirit of
Christmas called forth the ipieen . of
misrule, who---was- Justina Dissinger,
dressed in black with high pointed yel-low
hat and a pointed collar of yellow.
She told the company to go to the mis-tress
of the robes—Edna Deehert—who
gave each guest two sheets of tissue
paper of different colors and command-ed'
them to make fo t' themselves becom-ing
head-gear. Here was a competition
for prizes full of fun. The judges were
Miss Mabel Nisslcy, Mrs. George Cop-euhaver
and Mrs. George Rent/,, and
the winners of the prizes were Miss
Freda Witnian aiid Miss Anna Rayne.
Thou followed games. Mr. and Mrs.
Santa (Maiis , capitally taken by Mabel
Hurley and .Mabel Krebs , danced and
distributed the presents. There was a
present for every guest, with plenty of
enjoyment for all.
The presentation of the watch to
.Miss Elder followed , and then ounio re-freshments
and nunc Christinas carols.
It was the most successful ontortaln-ineiit.
ever held at the Young Women 's
Christian Association.
The Juniors' Part y
Tin; Juniors had their party Satur-day
afternoon. In charge were Miss
Itlrcb , Mrs, llabncker , .Mrs. Flowers
and M rs, Miller , There were toys it nil
bags of candy for all the forty present.
There was a Christians service , with
each child holding a candle mid form-ing
a circle , with Miss Wider In the coll-ier
holdin g a large faudio anil lighting
the candle of each child ns they passed
around and sung softly "Holy Night, "
Christinas stories by Miss Itlrch anil
Miss lOldoi" followed ,
Chan ge at V. W. V. A.
Miss Wider will leave llorshcy on
cither .lanuury -Ith or 5th and will go
direct to New Castle. The association
thorn has twelve hundred members mid
Its sliil'l! of eight will lie under Miss
Miller 's direction. Now Castle Is u clly
ol! niiiiiy Industries , with ubotil , . sixty
thousand population, Allss Trace, who
Is Miss Elder 's successor, and who Is
from Ilai'i'lslnir g, was present Krliluy
n ight , and tuiiilc u very ugriienblo Im-pression
on the members, both socially
mill by I tin littl e speech she was culled
upon lo make
Miss Canan will miccimmI Miss Klder
as I ho lender of th e Glco Club , iiui l In
tin * now yea r the club will meet every
Wednesday evening,
POPULAR CONCERT
A gi'nuil oiiiiiplliuouliiry concert to
the clll/. eiiH of Ilorsl iey nnd vicin ity
will bo given by l.ho llorshcy Hand In
the Ccnlni l Thi'iili i I'YIdny ovi'iilng,
December 21 ,
A lino iii'i igmiu I'M* been iiituiikoiI
for tlio union, These cnnccrlH (ivory
li'rldav even ing should draw a crowded
house , (hereb y eiioniiru glii K IIio (mud
In Us effoi'lN lo give the people of Ilor-sliey
I he very best In 1,1 in line of mili-tar
y band music, The bund Is made up
of 'excellent inimical abilit y, an d I In
iniis ln Is nf ' u special < |iiiilll. .v. The hand
compares very favorably wit h I lie best
biiiuls of the state.
ONLY ONE INIGOO
ILL IN 4 MONTHS
Another Remarkable Illustration . of
the Unusual Health Condit ions of
• Hersh ey—Record of the-Derry
Township Schools—The One
Case of Illness .
There are more than COO pupils in
the M. S. " Hershey' Consolidated
Schools of Derry Township. They have
been in session four months. In that
time there has -been only, one case of
iMness and tha t was typhoid fever con-tra
cted outside of Hershey. ..So far as
local conditions were concerned the
health of these 600 and more boys and1
girls was complete, It is an extra-ordinary
proof of the hcailtMulaiess of
Hershey, but dt is also to be remem-bered
that in the Hershey School the
pupils breathe filtered air and drink
filtered mountain water and that there
is everything to promote their well-beinig.
Most of the children improve
in health after they start to school,
showing the value of modern- hygienic
conditions.
Tire aittendlamce of the schools con-tinues
-good-. The best percentages were
made by the girls of the School taught
by S. S. Balsbaugh, of the Suiimysude
school. They were present every ses-sion
and attained the -percenitage of
100. The high school girls made .99
per cen t. Tho girls taught by Mr.
Shemk ami by Miss May HersShey made
OS per cent. The .boys taught by Miss
Mabel Hoffima.ii made an average of 99
per cent. Those of Mr. Hocker made
an average of 97 per cent. Only- a
very few of the children' were' absent
on Monday and Friday when the
weather was at its worst.
Red Cross Seals
The children of the school sold 2.40O
Rod Cross Seals in three |