The Hershey Press 1917-02-01

              NEW OFFICERS
IN MEN'S CLUB
Organization Holds ' Fine Meeting
And Elects a New Administration
to Take Charge and Push the
Work. Excellent Feeling
of Co-operation
A general meeting of" the Hershey
Men's Club, called by President James
Millard, assembled in the . gymnasium
Tuesday evening. It was one of the
largest ever held by the organization.
Mr. Millard presided with his usual
grace and Russell Stoner won honors
as acting secretary. Thej. spirit of the
meeting -was . excellent, and the note
sounded by President Millard was em-phasized
by a cordial letter from the re-tiring
manager, J. M. Brandau, who held
up the ideals for the club to follow and
who expressed every good wish for the
organization and its members. The e-lection
of officers resulted as follows:
President: I.' "Ward Nicholas.
First Vice-President: George E. Cop-enhaver.
Second Vice-President : Samuel D.
Clark.
Third Vice-President: Frank B. Saylor.
Recording Secretary: George Hench.
Managing Secretary and Treasurer :
John F. Snavely.
The tellers were Dr. H. G. Mumma,
Victor Gingrich, Lewis Kirkpatrick.
The meeting was a free-for-all affair
and there was plenty of interest and
humor as the proceedings developed.
Many short speeches, general discussions
and the balloting for the officers kept
the interest alive and it was ten o'clock
before the adjournment was reached.
When the elections were out of the way
a rising vote of thanks was given to J. M.
Brandau for his work as managing di-rector
of the club for four years. With
this went the good wishes of the members.
To James Millard, the retiring president,
a rising vote of thanks was given. Short
speeches praising the value of the club
and pleading for its enlargement and
promotion were made by different mem-bers.
The plans to be put under way by the
new officers include a Spring and Summer
schedule, of out-of-doors sports. It is
especially desired that Hershey have
the best possible baseball team this
year. A campaign to increase the mem-bership
of the club will be undertaken
soon.
PATRONS ' DAY
GREAT SUCCESS
More Parents Visited the M. S. Her-shey
School Than at Any Other
Time and Many of Them
Made Their First Visits
AH Were Delighted
Many parents were in attendance at
the Hershey school last week when
Patrons' Day was observed for the first
time. All the rooms liad visitors and
two-thirds of the parents present were
never in the building before. They
took great delight in watching their
children at work and were deeply im-pressed
with the work carried on. They
were amazed at the wonderful facilities
and the whol e equipment of. the building
and told the teachers they would return
again, The interest taken by the par-ents
and the large turn out was very
gratifying to those in charge,
This afternoon , Thursday, Patrons'
Day will be observed in the Italian
primary department taught by Mrs.
George Hauck. On Thursday, Feb-ruary
8th, the grade taught by Miss
Dora Dise will receive the parents.
The teachers are very anxious to have
the parents come and a cordial invi-tation
is extended lo> all, During the
PatronH ' visiting hour the regular school
lessons, folk dancing, music and drawing
are practiced by the pupils,
A very pleasant evening was passed
in the gymnasium of the school last
Friday evening when the Senior girls
entertained the Senior boys and their
teachers, There wero special musical
numbers and games, Refreshments were
served,
Miss Margaret Long, for the past
three terms teacher at the Stovcrdrtlc
school, has resigned to accept a position
in the Congressional Library nt Wash-ing
ton, D. C. MIrh Larcno Engle, of
Hummelfltown, and « graduate of Leb-anon
Valley College, lias been elected
to Oil the vacancy,
The GlnV basketball team thai , has
not mot with n defeat this season will
have two hard games this week. Last
evening, Wednesday, they played the
HuinniolHt own High School nkh on the
]iiIter 's floor and on Friday evening they
will meet the Annvlllo girls on tho Ann-villo
court;, The boys' team will play
the Annvlllo boys tlio same evening,
The girls nro working hard for this con-tests'.
Miss Horshoy and ,Mlss Sluckey,,,
who lmvo been out of the game, on account
of loJurlcH, will take part. Their record
is five victories and no defeats.
BIGGEST SUNDAY
OF THE WINTER
Audience Filled trie Hershey Centra l
Thea tre and Thoroughly : Enjoyed
the Delightful Lecture of Dr.
Green and the Singing of
th e Hershey Quartet
The union services 'in Hershey on
Sunday afternoon get better and better.
Large audiences greeted all the speakers,
Bishop Kephart, Rev. Dr. Jacobs, Rev.
Dr. MacGowan, Dr. Ellis, representing
the four leading denominations- of this
section, and on Sunday the crowd of the
season turned out to hear Dr. Francis
Harvey Green. The weather was bad
underfoot but the house was filled.
The great success of these services prove
the wisdom of Mr. Hershey's plan to
bring here the best speakers obtainable.
People come from far and near to hear
them and it all means the increase of
Hershey as a community center for a
very important part of the Lebanon
Valley. On Sunday the country for
miles around was represented, and one of
the pleasant facts -was that many walked
in from farms to hear the address.
The effort has been to make this winter's
course so good and to bring speakers of
such ability and experience that everyone
who attends may feel sure that there will
be something ' well worth hearing.
In line with this policy Dr. John Balcom
Shaw, the brilliant president of Elmira
College, one of the foremost platform
orators of America, will be here on Sunday,
February 11. Another crowded house
is expected, and it will be well for you to
reserve that date and come early. Some
of those at .the meeting last Sunday were
in their seats forty minutes before the
hour; they wanted to be sure of getting
good places.
Dr. Green having spoken in Hershey
three times was well known to most of
the audience who turned out confident
that they would spend a profitable
afternoon. As many of them waited to
tell him that they hoped he would come
back next year, it begins to look as though
Dr. Green were a fixture in the Hershey
course. On Sunday he spoke on "The
Three Bells," the dinner bell, the school
bell and the church bell, and over this
wide scope he travelled with wit, pathos,
eloquence and delight for an hour, taking
his audience with him at every step and
keeping everyone interested and charmed.
He is a rapid-fire speaker but every word
and phrase comes forth in distinct and
perfect form, and so there is a rare pleasure
in hearing him. Morever, his address
is as interesting to the child as it is to the
adult. It is not surprising that he is in
demand everywhere, even at the high
functions of the bankers of the United
States. Dr. Green is at the head of the
Department of English in the West
Chester School. He was at his best on
Sunday.
James Millard, president of the Men's
Club, called the meeting to order and
made the announcements, J. M. Brandau
manager of the Club, led in the reading of
the responses and made the prayer. In
a graceful speech of appreciation and
praise Mr. Brandau introduced Dr.
Green.
A very enjoyable feature of the meeting
was the singing of the quartet of the Men 's
Chorus, W, L, Dubois, S, B. Snavely, R, II.
Sattazahn and Dr. J. Landis Zimmer-man.
Mr. Dubois led the congregational
singing as well as the numbers of the
quartet , all of which were finely given.
E, J. Krause was at the piano.
Altogether it was a most successful
afternoon, After the meeting there was
an unusual interchange of greetings
showing that the spirit of the services is
having its effect in a finer ncighborlincss
and a more general acquaintance,
After the lecture John E, Snyder, Esq,,
took Dr. Green in his automobile to
catch the Pennsylvania train at Eliza-bethtown
, Thi§ was the train that was
wrecked near Landisvillcj !i!5 persons
being inj ured , Dr. Green escaped with
only a severe jolting ,
GOOD GAME COMING
For this coming Friday uvenhiR the
Uershoy baseball live will have for
their opponents the All-Collcglans of
Lebanon Valley College. This team ap-peared
here on several occasiona during
the past two seasons and nlwayn played
n fust game, The Uershoy team lum
been doinn some strenuous work in
propurntlon for Inc . con lest. The play-ers
are in fine condition.
John Barrymorc in an elaborate pic-turizatlon
of the melodramatic comedy,
"The Incorrigible Dukane ," will be shown
at the llershoy Central Theatre , Satur-day
evening, February 3rd ; also a one
reel Black Diamond comedy,
"Esmeralda ," t..n live part famous
players production featuring Mary Pick-ford
, will he seen Wednesday evening,
February 7, These are exceptionally lino
pictures and will bu enjoyed by large
audiences,
TWO POPULAR STARS
BUILDING FOR
FLOWER SHOW
Big Stone Structure Formerly Oc-cupied
by- the Laundry Being
Turned into an Exhibition
Hall. Will Make Ideal
Place. Coming Show
Hershey will soon have a new exhibition
hall.
The big stone building formerly oc-cupied
by the laundry is being turned into
a hall' for public purposes, and the first
use of it in its new form will be the Easter
Flower Show. It will be a splendid
place for the purpose, as it is ISO' by -40
feet and has high ceilings and ple>ty of
windows. Then, too, it is located on
Park avenue on the line of travel and in
close touch with all parts of the com-munity.
Fortunately it will be ready in time for
the Flower Showl Heretofore the show
has been held in one of the conserva-tories,
but this year the conservatories
are . so crowded with plants . that there
would not be room. In fact, there was
not enough room last year, and con-siderable
difficulty was experienced hi
handling the crowds. It is probable
that the attendance in April will far
surpass all previous figures and so the
new hall will be much needed.
New floors and new ceilings are being
put in and the hall will be fully up to
the Hershey standard.
Work for the Flower Show goes on.
The gardeners are busy taking cuttings
from coleuses and about 20,000 will be
put in . sand for rooting, after which they
will be potted. Variegated vincas are
being prepared and there will be 500
pots of these beautiful vines. The
bulbs will be put in about the middle
of February, so that they will have their
wonderful blooms out for display for
the show in April.
There will be a gorgeous display of
cannas in Hershey this year. In a
few weeks ten cart loads of canna roots
which have been stored in cellars all winter
will be divided up and planted in boxes
to start new life. These cannas 4 to 6
feet high, each topped with beautiful
flowers, pink, red and yellow, make
the-beds that have made Hershey famous
for its floral effects.
NOW IS THE TIME
TO GET BUSY
Plan and Plant Should be the Duties
of These Days That Look Towards
the Spring, The Idea is to
Make Hershey the Real
Floral Town. Helps
Plant mor,e flowers this year.
The Hershey idea will not be com-plete
until there are flowers in . front of
every house in the town. This is. not a
complaint of the past, for during the
past few years there has been great
progress. Especially last year the show-ing
was excellent. There were twice as
many flowers in the yards and gardens of
Hershey last year than there were two
years previous,
But better can be done and now is the
time to begin.
It makes no difference how narrow
may be your bouse or yard front
you can make it more attractive by vines
and flowers, There is special need of
better treatment of the ground walls of
houses, all ol which should be lined
with vines or flowers, If your front
yard is only a small plot see that it has
a rose bush or two this year,
Last year the bulk of the flowers were
in the rear and many of them were
missed by the public because they could
not be seen from the main avenues,
Put out more of your bulbs and plants in
front, Your flowers are not only pleas-ures
for your own family but are con-tributions
to the general good, People
like to see llowcra in front of houses.
In fact a home without flowers does
not seem a home—only a building .
Possihly you have room for only a
vase, Then put It lip, It need not bo
an expensive one. Just a home-made
thing will clo, and when it is covered with
vines and blooms It will have richness
that money could not buy.
There must be more window boxes in
Hershey, Fine things were done last
year, but there Is a demand for more,
Now 1b the time to get busy on your
window boxes.
Men and Boys and Girls Over 16
CAN FIND ATTRACTIVE WORK AT GOOD WAGES IN THE
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE FACTORY j
There are places now open for men and boya and girls over 16 In the |
factory of the Hershey Chocolate Company, The work ia very desirable be- i
cause the wngca nro good, employment Is steady and the surroundings are j
healthy nnd cheerful. Apply by letter or in person to the I-Icrshoy Employ- j
ment Bureau, Bring references. '
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A LOVELY DINNER
IN ANOLD GARDEN
Mr. and Mrs . John E. Snyder En-tertain
Their Friends at the Her -
shey Cafe. Over Seventy
Guests Present. Decora -
tions Were Beautiful
Hershey never had a more beautiful
or a more delightful social event than
the^ dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Snyder last Thursday evening. In
addition to- being a very enjoyable- oc-casion
it was a unique artistic achieve-ment.
Mrs. Snyder designed the general
scheme arid these plans were perfected
and extended, with all the skill and
experience of Mr. Krause, who has won
many honors in original decorations.
The success was complete in every detail,
and the guests were enthusiastic in their
appreciation and praise.
All the Cafe was used. The dinner
was in the big dining hall where there
was room for the large plan. The center ,
was an old-fashioned garden, oval shaped,
fifty feet long and twenty-five feet wide>
Around it was a wire fence four feet
high and this fence was almost hidden
by pink and red roses, crimson ramblers,
wisteria, morning glories, grape vines with
clusters of grapes and other flowers and
vines. Birds perched on the fence added
a natural touch.
them American beauty roses. The young
people danced in the rotunda and the
party continued until midnight. : Those present were: ¦ .
Miss Clara Cassel, Mr. and Mrs. S. D.
Clark, Mr. and Mrs. George Copen^
haver, Mr. William A. Curtis, Mr, and
Mrs. W. L. Dubois, Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
H. Earnest, Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Edwards,
Mr. Elmer Erb, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Esbenshade, Miss Esbenshade, Mr. -Wil-liam
Gaus, Mr. ~and Mrs. C V. Glynn,
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Graeff. Mr. and Mrs.
Linn Hawbecker, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
Heilmanr Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Her-shey,
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey,
Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Hershey, Miss May
Hershey, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hills, Mr.
Leroy Holler, Mr, and Mrs. P. N. Kasson,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Kinzer, Mr. and. Mrs.
J. R. Kreider, Mr. Wm. H. LebMcher,
Miss Bertha Leibhart, Mr. J. B. Leith-iser,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Magee,
Mr. Rohin L. Marquart, Mr. and Mrs.
C. S. Maulfair, Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
McHeffey, Rev. and Mrs. J. I: Meek,
Miss Anna Mowery, Mr. and Mrs. H. A.
Newton, Dr. and Mrs. M. L- Nissley,
Mr. F. W. Pugh, Miss Grace Schaffner,
Mr. George C. Shearer, Mr. and Mrs.
George C. Signer, Mr. Clayton F. Snavely,
Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Stecher, Mr. Russel
B. Stoner, Miss' Clara B. Walmer, Miss
Ada Walter, Mrs. R. J. Walton, Miss
Emma "Walton , Dr. J. L. Zimmerman.
Inside the , fence was a regular garden
with ' cement walks radiating from a
marble fountain made fairylike by pink
lights and partly screened with iris and
pink and white flowers, while in the basin
of the fountain were lovely waterlilies
and many goldfish. Just inside the fence
was laurel shrubbery. Around each flow-er
bed was a hedge of boxwood. In
the garden plots were full-sized rose
bushes, hollyhocks, cyclamen and tulips,
the whole forming a picture of remarkable
naturalness as well as of great beauty
and carrying out harmoniously the color
scheme of pink and white. There were
rabbits in the shrubbery and the familiar
sign, "Keep Off The Grass," was there,
also.
As graceful as any of. the decorations
was the treatment of the walls, which
were handsome in their dress of south-ern
smilax, while the big electroliers
were illuminated tulips. .
In the rotunda the marble fountain
was filled with red roses and asparagus
ferns and on either side of the door
entering the dinner hall was a large vase
filled with long stemmed American beauties .
In the inner court of the rotunda were
card tables and the solarium was for
the music and also for the men who
wished to smoke.
Around the fence of. the garden were
the tables in a continuous line, so that
every guest faced the garden and all the
other guests. This arrangement added
greatly to the enjoyment of the dinner
and made it a happy affair from be-ginning
to end. The table appoint-ments
were exquisite. Killarney roses,
smilax and asparagus ferns were the
decorations and the light came from cut
glass candle sticks covered with pink
tulips. A delicious menu of seven courses
was served and during the dinner there
was music by the Roth's Lancaster
Orchestra, -which also played later for
the dancing, The vocal numbers were
by Mrs. Alfred Keisler Mills of Ann-ville
accompanied by her sister, Miss
Susanne Frantz of Lebanon, and all of
these were so charmingl y rendered that
the guests called for encores,
A mysterious stranger sitting next
to Mr. Lcbkichcr aroused general cur-iosity
and there were many inquiries
as to his identity, Mr. Lcbkichcr merely
said he was a friend from New York,
]Vlr. Augustus Bonn , who happened to
be in Hershey, and he had taken the
liberty of bringing him to Mr, and Mrs.
Snyder's dinner. That settled it for the
time, but just before the dinner was over
Mr. Lcbkichcr said his friend played m
many tricks on him that he would like
to sec what he could find among those
present. Then Mr, Bolm arose and soon
had drawn yards of sausage from the
dress front of Mr. Kasson. Then ho
began to do the most remarkable things
including many card tricks and his skjll
was one of the big hits of the evening.
Among the tricks he did was the passing
of the dollar note into a lemon.
After dinner and Mr. Holm's perform-ance
the tables and chairs wero removed ,
thus giving the. garden and the hall to
the promenade, As the Indies passed
out of the dining room waiters handed
CIVIL SERVICE
IN P0ST0FFICE
Probability That Next Postmaster
In Hershey Will be a Permanent
Appoi ntment. Action of the
IJnited States Senate
Vote on Candidates
Last Saturday the United States Senate
passed a bill to put the presidential
postmasters under civil, service. If the
House of Representatives also passes it
the result will be taking of the postmaster-ships
of the large towns and cities out of
politics. In this event the postmasters
appointed before such a law went into
effect might be permanent, if they could
pass the necessary tests.
Although last week's vote was in-tended
to be confidential the relative
standing of the four candidates was
quickly the gossip of the streets, and
there was one result not anticipated.
It was this: at the last election in this
district there were 82 Democratic votes.
Only about one-half of these received
the ballot on the postmastership and
those who were forgotten or neglected
did not like it. In fact so many of
them wrote to the committee about it
that the secretary of . the State Com-mittee
sent a reply saying the committee
knew nothing officially of a vote being
taken on the Hershey postmastership
and that if such a vote had been taken
it was without the committee's sanction.
So everything is in the air and the four
candidates and the Democrats who did
send in the mail ballots are wondering.
In the meanwhile the postmastership
desire seems to be spreading and as the
Hershey Press goes to its readers there
are reports of more candidates. With
those in the field and those who are
entering, there ought to not be much
trouble in getting a good man.
Another angle to the situation is found
in the vote last November, which was
as follows: Republican , 242; Demo-cratic,
82; Prohibition , 5; Socialist, 1.
Here are 330 votes, The mail vote on
the postmastership is said to be 30,
Hershey Volunteers on the Way With
Their Big Show
The members of the Hershey Volunteer
Fire Department are now in a position
to say that the greatest, grandest show
ever seen in the town will |>osUlvcly
appear at the Central Theatre on the
evening of February 9, at 7,30 o'clock and
It will (ill two hours with the moat fun
and most beautiful pictures ever present-ed.
The admission is 215 cents, with no
reserved seats and with capacity
limited ; so hurry nnd get your tickets,
This will be the program:
Overture, Hershey Orchestra ; Songs by
a Local Favorite, Russell Clark ; Recita-tion,
Ulie Maugans of Ilarrlsbur g, Fa,;
Picture ; Famous French Lady Baritone,
Madame Cecilo; Trombone Duel, Grimm
& Ingram; Hypnotist , Direct, from Europu,
Alfonso Zambollnu; I lose House Comedy
Four, II, Scliwcors, 13, Suavely, R. StilUi-azliiin
, C. Holier ; Fifteen Minutes iu
Undo Tom'a Cnbln , Plnylott by Mmignnu
Tri o of UnirtobwK, Pa.; Picture; Over-ture,
Ilorohuy Orchestra.
Nigger Night. School, A playlet , cuhU
Dr. Solon Sloe, l)r,",of Science and Philos-ophy,
John Suavely; Andy White , James
Murray, Jtelto Johnson , Edward C. Huohl ;
Sam Snow , David Dltzlcr; Pete Persim-mon,
Harry Miller—Ills livening Puplln ;
Deborah White, an Enraged Parent,
William C, Brlnke'r.
Stage , Manager, Maurice Hlnklo , As-sistant
Singe'Manager , John Slwy.
LOOK, WHO ARE COMING!
HIGH PRAISE
FOR HERSHEY
Leading Electric Journal of Chicago
Devotes Pages to the Growth of
' the Town and the Transit
Company and Gives it the
First Place. Figures ,
In many respects the best article that
lias been written about the development
of the transportation - system and the
town of Hershey and their , relation to
each other is given the place of honor in
the January number of Electric Traction
which is said to have the largest circulation
in the world among operating and me-chanical
electric railway men. This ar-ticle
is important because it emphasizes
the connection between the growth of
the town and the transportation facilities.
It says: ' .'
Thirteen years ago, among the foot-hills
of the Blue Ridge Mountains in
Pennsylvania, an industry and town were
founded around which later grew an
electric railway system which today
commands attention as a model piece of
construction. Hershey, Pa., is a new
type of industrial town founded by Mr.
Milton S..Hershey, president of the Her-shey
Trust Company and head of the
widely known Hershey Chocolate Com-pany,
and is situated in the bowl of the
Lebanon Valley, in, Dauphin county,
with Lebanon and Lancaster counties
adjoining. ,
These counties form one of the richest
milk districts in the country, which, to-gether
with the tourist population, makes
a highly .' renumerative electric railway
district and one which supplies the nec-essary
flow of traffic for proper returns
on the investment.
One interesting fact in connection
with the Hershey Transit Company is
that the system was founded through
absolute industrial necessity. In 1903
Mr. Hershey established the Hershey
Chocolate Company on the banks of
Spring Creek, now flowing through the
present town, in plain view of the Hershey
estate among the foothills of the moun-tains.
This location was selected because
of the rich milk supply and the sentiment
connected with the locality ; a few farm
houses dotted the surrounding country
and the Philadelphia & Reading made
a flag stop at Deny Church close by.
To promote the success of this new in-dustry
it became necessary to dra-w upon
the people and resources of the adjoining
territory, and for this purpose the Hum-melstown
& Campbelltown Street Rail-way
was incorporated in March, 1903,
and opened for traffic and merged with
the Hershey Transit system the follow-ing
October. Hummelstown is five miles
to the west and Palmyra three and a half
miles to the east of Hershey. The power
was furnished by the Hershey Chocolate
Company and the equipment consisted
of three double truck, Brill semi-con-vertible
cars. •
In 1907 a four-mile extension was
opened to Campbelltown from Hershey;
in 1911 the Lebanon & Campbelltown
Street Railway was incorporated and in
February, 1913, opened for traffic , ad-ding
10 miles more to the system, which
was merged into the Hershey Transit
Company in December of the same year.
Another 10 miles more was added on
December 1st, 1915, when the De-odatc
& Hershey Street Railwa y Company
and the Deodate & Elizabethtown
Street Railwa y Company were opened
for traffic and merged with the Hershey
Transit Company, Thus, today, the
system comprises some 36 miles of track
making connection at Elizabethtown with
the Conestoga Traction Company and
at Hummelstown with the Harrisburg
Railways Company, giving the residents
of Hershey and surrounding towns direct
trolley service to Philadelphia , Harris-burg
and Lancaster, the county scat,
The company also profits considerably
through an arrangment with the Conestoga
Traction Company whereby cars arc
run through from Hershey to Lancaster
and from Lancaster to Hershey, without
'change for special and private parties,
the HerHhey Park located at the north
edge of the town being an up-to-date
nnd modcrnly equipped amusement place
and an attraction drawing people from
miles in all directions.
Although the population of Hcrahoy
is but 1700, the Hernhoy Interests pay
wages to 2200 people and the difference!
between those figures is the number of
people who must necessarily he transported
to nnd from their dally work over the
Hershey Transit system; 1400 arc em-ployed
In the chocolate factory alone.
This field of revenue Is constant nnd no
doubt will increase yearly , The company
has two milk cars which leave the barn
at (5 a. m, ouch clay and make a total of
six trips In and out of the town collecting
mlllc from the rich milk district which
the lines penetrate , for use at tho chocolate
factory, which confltitneti ovw 75,000
qunrln daljly. It Is not unusual for tho
cars to come In from their route with 200
to 2150 cans of milk ench,
The largest part of tho mercantile
business In Hcrahoy Is carried on under
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