The Hershey Press 1919-08-21

              WELCOME HOME
CELEBRATION
IN PALMYRA
If the plans of the general committee do
not miscarry through any unforseen circum-stances,
the Welcome Home celebration plan-ed
by the citizens of Palmyra, will surpass any-thing
ever before attempted in that place.
The celebration will be held September 12
and 13th.
At a meeting of the general committee
held recently, the finance committee reported
everything as being in first class shape.
Although only a few of the solicitors have
turned in their report, the outlook is so
bright as far as finances go that nothing
short of a catastrophe can upset the success-ful
carrying out of the plans. It was de-cided
to present a medal to every man who
was in the service of the government and
Attorney C. K. Witmer was appointed to
purchase the medals.
The first event on the program will take
place Friday evening, September 12th, when
a memorial service in honor of the soldier
boys will be held on the athletic field adjoin-ing
the High School building. This service
will be featured with an address by a re-turned
army chaplain, the presentation of
the memorial medals to those who partici-pated
in the world war, a community sing
and a band concert. The entire field will be
illuminated with a very attractive electrical
display.
LANCASTER PICNIC
The annual picnic of the Lancaster Auto-mobile
Club will be held in Hershey Park
tomorrow and from all indications the
picnicers will number fully five thousand.
This association is the second largest of its
kind in Pennsylvania and the fourth largest
in the United States.
Most of the people wilj come to Hershey
by auto but there are a great number who
have expressed their intention of coming
by rail.
The committee in charge has arranged for
a number of attractive prizes to be given as
awards in the various contests planned.
The persons coming by auto will have one
chance more at a prize than the others, as
there is to be a handsome award given to the
occupants of the car that makes the run
closest to the time judged by the committee.
None of the drivers will have the slightest
idea of the secret time set by the judge. It
is assured however that speed will not have
any bearing on the case. In fact, any
driver who attempts to get here in the
quickest possible time will be eliminated
altogether. The award will be given out
at 4:30 o'clock at the ball park. The run
will be made by way of Elizabethtown.
KINDERGARTEN TO RE-OPEN SEPT. 2
Announcement has been made by the
Mother's Club of Hershey that the Hershey
Free Public Kindergarten will re-open Tues-day,
September, 2, in the second floor of
the Hershey Central Theatre Building.
Miss Jenette M. Fredericks has been
engaged as teacher for the coming year.
All children between the ages of 4 and 6 are
invited to attend.
CHAPLAIN TO SPEAK AT U. B
Lieutenant P. M. Holdeman, a chaplain
in the United States Army, will speak on
Sunday evening, August 24, at 7:30 o'clock
in the First United Brethren Church. He
will take as the subject of his remarks,
"My experiences as an Army Chaplain."
Lieutenant Holdeman was stationed in
France for more than eighteen months, a
part of which time he was chaplain to the
German" prisoners of war.
The parade, which will be one of the main
features, will be held Saturday afternoon and
it is expected to be one of the largest in the
history of the county. The banquet for the
returned soldiers will be held in the evening
and will be furnished by the Palmyra branch
of the American Red Cross. In addition
to the banquet, a number of band concerts
will be held at different parts of the town
by the Palmyra Band and other bands im-ported
for the occasion.
WELCOME TO HERSHEY
"W7"E folks here in Hershey sort of feel that we are
all some sort of cousins to you Lancastrians—
owing to the fact that most all of us are from down
Lancaster way. We are glad to have you with us
even for a day—we wish it would be longer and we
hope you will enjoy the day and wish the day were a
week, long so we could learn to know you better.
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This edition of The Hershey Press was printed for
you—owing to the fact that you picked the same day
for your picnic that we chose for our Surprise Day
in the Hershey Department Store.
Surp rise Day is a Big Day
Every Month
at the Hershey Department Store—but this month it
will be bigger than ever with you folks as our guests.
Try to pay this store a visit and you wil be surprised.
HERSHE Y DEPARTME NT STORE
GRO CERS BRING
GREAT CROWD
TO PICNIC !
In autos, tr,ucks, trains, trolleys, and
every conceivable form of transportation,
the Harrisburg grocers and their friends
poured into Hershey Park upon the occasion
of the 12th annual picnic of the Grocer's
Asso. last Thursday. From eight o'clock in the
morning until six or seven in the evening, the
crowds continued to arrive. Even after
that ,hour several hundred made their
appearance, attracted by the activities
planned for the evening.
The morning of the picnic dawned fair
and clear with not a cloud appearing in the
sky, thus setting at rest the fear of the
thousands who had looked for a continuation
of the rainy weather so prevalent the few
previous days. It remained clear throughout
the entire day making possible the successful
execution of the program for the day.
From the time of the arrival until the last
train left late at night there was something
doing. The program included entertain-ment
for everyone regardless of age or sex.
Swimming races, boat races, tugs of war/
foot races of every description, and eating
contests were but a small portion of the
day's stunts.
During the afternoon the swimming pool
provided one of the chief means of recreation
although the dancing floor drew a great
number. The afternoon dance was given
by the Hershey Park management and the
music was furnished by the Banjo Saxo
Orchestra.
In the evening several concerts were ren-dered
by the Moose Band, of Harrisburg
and the Hershey Orchestra.
One of the features of the day was tie
distribution of souvenirs of various descrip-tion
by a number of the Harrisburg dealers,
wholesale and retail.
It is a matter of great, pride to the park
management that during the entire course
of the day, not one person was injured in
any manner.
EMPLO YEES OF
HER SHEY CO.
GET INCRE ASE
xhe high cost of living in Hershey re^
ceived a body blow with the announcement
yesterday to the effect that every employee
of the Hershey Chocolate Company and
Hershey interests, will receive an increase
of ten per cent of the wages, salary, or other
compensation now being paid.
The increase went into affect August 15,
andaffects employees of the following Com-panies:
Hershey Chocolate Company,
Hershey Water Company, Lebanon Cream-ery
Company, Hershey Condensing Com-fcany,
Hershey Industrial Company, Hershey
Transit Company, Hershey Electric Com-pany,
Hershey Bell Telephone Company,
Hershey Store Company, Hershey Trust
Company and Hershey Chocolate Company
of New York, Inc.
This increase, which is the second within
a year, affects nearly three thousand em-ployees
in the various departments. In
addition to the increases, the Company
declared a bonus at the end of last year.
PERSHING WANTS DEAD TO WHERE THEY FELL LAY
We should leave our dead near where
they fell, is the mature judgment expressed
by General Pershing in a cable received
today by the War Department on the
question of bringing the American dead home
from Europe.
That this judgment is not shared by
relatives of the dead men is indicated by
letters received by the War Department
which show that they are three to one in
favor of bringing the bodies home. The
War Department's opposition to the decree
of the French government forbidding re-moval
of bodies of Americans until the
French assembly has ' acted on the bill
against removing bodies has been kid before
the French foreign office.
LOCALS MAKE
GOOD SHOWING i
DURI NG WEEK
One victory and one tie game was the
record hung up by the Hershey baseball
team during the past week. The victory
was an overwhelming one and gathered
at the expense of a picked team from Sinking
Springs and played on the local diamond
Saturday afternoon.
Hershey was to have played the Shilling-ton
A. C. of that place Saturday but for
some unexplained reason that team failed
to make its appearance. Rather than dis-appoint
the large crowd that had.gathered
to witness the fray, the Hershey manage-ment
scurried around and secured the repre-sentative
team of Sinking Springs, whicn
town had held their picnic here that day,
to stage a contest with the local boys.'
The final score was 17-10 in favor of the
local boys, but despite the size' of the score,
the game was interesting. The average, fan
likes to see a slugging match once in a while,
and this time was no exception to the rule.
Both sides slammed the ball hard and often.
The hitting was interspersed with a number
of clever pieces of fielding on both.sides
which kept the spectators interested at ill
times. / i \
Thursday, the Rosewood team of Harris-burg,
engaged in a hot tussle with theoHer-shey
Boys and so evenly were the teams
matched that both teams were forced jto
walk off the field with the honors undecided.
Darkness> halted the -game at the close jpf
the 7th inning with the score a tie, each
team succeeding in sending one run across
the pan. |
"Lefty" Challenger was on the mound for
the Rosewood team. Pitted against1 him
was Yost, fiershey's best bet. Both lads
hurled good ball, being exceptionally good
in pinches. Several times each side was I in
danger of having their defense shattered
but in each., instance the. pitcher proved
equal to thef-, occasion. Challenger -was
touched up for; 10 hits and Yost was nicked
for one less. The hits however were scat-tered,
and resulted in no catastrophies. j
Both teams lost several good opportunities:
to score by poor base running. Several
times there were men on bases with-none
out, but the necessary punch was lacking
or the chance was wasted by poor work{on
the bases. • : '(¦> .[
The teams were urged on by the largest
crowd that has attended a game this season]
It was the day of the Harrisburg Grocer's
picnic and they turned out in full 'force j toj
witness the contest. j' -:
It is probable that another game will {be
arranged to be played in the near futureJ
Next week will witness the descent of the
curtain upon Hershey Park as far as any
large picnics are concerned as' the last-pie
schedljled for the season will beield 'August
29, when the Christian EndeayorjUniohj of
Central Pennsylvania will meet'here in ttie|r
annual "get-together outing. The following
Sunday ;however there will be an excursion
here from several towns along the Philadelj
phia and Reading Railroad. I
Labor Day, of course will be one of the
big days of the season, but unlike the picnics!
everything will be under the management
of the park officials. | I
In addition! to the Christian . Endeavor
Union picnic, another large one will be held
Thursday when the Harrisburg iJSwanis
Club and the, Harrisburg Central High
School Alumni Association assemble here.
Both organizations have prepared for a big
day and have arranged their programs so
that events will not conflict • "; j I
One of the events of the Alumni picnic
will be the gathering of the graduates and
students in the Central Theatre in the after-noon,
at which time Lieut. Governor Ei E.
Beidleman will speak. Dr. DownesV Super-intendent
of schools will also deliver an
address. .
It is planned to have a reunion of ever; r
class sometime during the day if 'possible.
Arrangements have, also been made to have
a dance afternoon and evening. , h :
The Municipal Band of Harrisburg wil
furnish the musie upon both occasions.1 |
PICNIC SEASON NEARLY OVER