The Hershey Press 1917-04-26

              GOOD NEW S FOR
GOOD WORKERS
Hershey Chocolate Company Makes
A Raise of Twenty Per Cent in
Wages And Salaries of Its Em-ployes.
Those . Seeking .
Work. Can Find It
• The' folio-wing notice was . posted , by
the Hershey Chocolate . Company yes-terday
morning: -•
• Hershey, Pa., April 25, 1917.
Beginning May 1, 1917, the wages
or salaries of employes -within the
factory and office of this Company,
both time and piece workers, will
be increased twenty per cent.
As early after May 1, 1917, as can
conveniently be done, the employes
within the factory and office em-ployes
of this Company, who are in
its employ on May 1, 1917, will be
paid in addition to the compensation
whi^h has been paid to them, twenty
per cent (20) of the amount paid
them as wages or salary during the
period beginning January 1, 1917 •
to April 30, 1917, inclusive.
No bonus payments for the year
nineteen hundred and seventeen
or for any part of the year, or for any
succeeding years, will thereafter be
made.
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE COMPANY.
W. F. R. Murrie, President.
The new rates.offer large opportunities
and the Hershey employes having friends
who . would be desirable additions to
this town should lose no time in letting
them know they can find healthy work
at larger pay if they apply now. Living
in Hershey is healthier than in other
industrial towns. There are more ad-vantages
here. And now the pay has
been raised to figures that must be
attractive to everyone.
This is the third increase the Company
has made in a year.
Get your friends to come to Hershey.
BUY A DAISY SATURDAY
Children of Hershey to Raise Funds
for the Kindergarten
Do you wish to help the children of
Derry Township to secure the right funda-mentals
for a useful and intelligent edu-cation?
If so, 'do your mite Saturday
when you are approached by some young-ster
in the interests of the Kindergarten.
. The plan is this: In an effort to raise
funds with which to carry on the work
of the Kindergarten School which is
managed under the auspices of the Mothers'
Club, of Hershey, the officers have de-cided
to set aside Saturday, April 28, to be
known as "Daisy Day^" On that day
some of the little tots in addition to other
friends of the school will patrol the streets
of Hershey selling to each person they
meet one or more daisies. The person
thus tagged will contribute some slight
sum of money. There is no restriction
placed upon the size of the donation.
Anything from five cents up will be
appreciated. The money derived • from
the distribution of these daisies will be
used to purchase supplies for the welfare
of the children.
This Kindergarten School is free and is
open to any child four years of age re-siding
in Hershey or the neighboring
towns. The pupils are in charge of Miss
Evelyn Bowman who is very well qualified
to assume charge of the children, The
school room is at all times open to the
the public. Visitors are cordially invited ,
The school is doing valuable service to
the community at large.
HELP THE BOYS
Give Them Your Old Paper When
They Coll Tomorrow
Interest among the young boys of
Hershey in the movement to organize
and equip a troop of Boy Scouts increases
with each day.
Various methods have been tried by
the youngsters in nn encdavor to raise
sufficient funds to equip the troop and
one which promises a fair return Is the
gathering and saving of old papers and
magazines.
Each boy is striving to surpass the
others in the quantity gathered , A silver
star has been offered to the boy
securing tl)c most paper. John Suavely
and Walter Leibfried who are in charge
of the work have devised the plan of
setting aside one particular day in which
tbmake a personal canvas of the homes in
Hershey. In accordance with thin plan
Friday , April 27, has been decided upon.
Therefore the residents ui the town
need not bo surprised to receive company
to-morrow in the pfcraoris of thcs<! boys
who1 arc working so hard to ultimately bo
of service to (heir country. The odlcora
of the Men 's Club under whoso auspices
the Troop was founded ask that every
person help the boys In their ambitions.
/ MR. SIGNOR RESIGNS
Made Many Friends Here Who Regret
His Departure
George C. Signer, who came to Her*
shey last August as general superintendent
of the Hershey Industrial School and the
Hershey farms, has tendered his resig-nation
and it has been accepted by Mr.
Hershey with regret. Mr. Signer has
other plans to which he will devote him-self
and the good wishes of the many
friends he made in Hershey will go with
him.
At Spring City Mr. Signor made a
record that attracted wide attention and
favorable comment. He brought , the
institution into a new efnicency. His
work in Hershey has been constructive
and along lines of improved farm and
dairy development. He took a particu-larly
close interest in the Hershey In-dustrial
School, among whose sixty pupils
he was a prime favorite. . .
Mr. and Mrs. Signor will be missed, for
their home in Hershey was a center of
hospitality and they took prominent part
in the social life of the town.
Two weeks ago their only son, Dr.
Signor of Quarryville, was attacked by
prieumonia. For several days his con-dition
was extremely critical. In their
trouble and anxiety Mr. and Mrs. Signor
had the deep sympathy of the Hershey
people who rejoice with them that -the
crisis appears to have passed and the
recovery of Dr. Signor is now,expected.
BABY DAY MAY 4
Will . Be Under the Auspices of the
Mothers ' Club
The Hershey Baby Day promises to
be one of the events of the Spring. The
Mothers' Club has it in charge and the
efficient committee is working hard to
make it a big success. There will be
three meetings, all in the Central Theatre
Building. Admission is free and every-one
islnvited. ; A collection will be taken
to.defray expenses. The program is:
Morning Session.
Women only, girls under eighteen
years not admitted.
9:15—Music, Mrs. Charles V. Glynn,
Hershey.
9:30—Address of Welcome, Mrs. Ezra
F. Hershey, President Hershey Mothers'
Club. . "
9:45—Lecture to Women, Miss Anna
M. Wanbaugh, Harrisburg, Registered
Nurse.
10:30—Vocal Solo, Miss Helen Land-graph,
Hershey, Pa.
10:45—Collection, Announcements.
Afternoon Session. .
2:00—Music, Mrs. D. S. Graeff , Her-shey.
Address of . Welcome, L. R. Meekins,
Hershey, Pa.
2:15—Violin Solo, Miss Carolyn Boyer,
Harrisburg, Pa. '
2:30—Lecture, Care, Feeding and Cloth-ing
of Children,—Hot Weather Problems,
Dr. J. L. Zimmerman, Hershey.
Collection.
3:15—Talk, Mrs. Betz, President of
Lebanon Mothers' Club.
Announcements.
Evening Session.
7:45—Music, Hershey Orchestra,
Invocation, Rev. R. H. Taylor.
8:00—Cornet Solo, The Rosary, by
request, Fred Pronio, Hershey.
8:15—Lecture, Advantages We Have,
Rev. John Irwin Meek, Hershey.
8:45—Vocal Solo, Miss Helen Fox,
Hummelstovm.
Collection,
9:00—Lecture.
9:30—Duct, Miss Fox, and Mr. W.L.
Dubois.
9:45—Motion Pictures,
Adjournment.
A PLEASANT PARTY
Miss Florence Gibble entertained a
number of her friends at the home of her
sister Mrs, Stark in Palmyra Saturday
evening, The event was given in honor
of the thirteenth 'birthday anniversary
of Miss Gibble, A delightfu l evening
wua spent in the playing of games and
the rendition of several musical selections.
Refreshments were served to the guests
who included : the Misses Hilda Johnson,
Miriam Boyer, Margaret Miller, Eva
Brunncr , Clarissa Arndt, Blanche Shearer,
Cora Voder, Helen Shlnginton , Mildred
Miller, Dora Miller , Eva Smith, Verna
Grubcr, Helen Gruber, Messrs Paul
Shoplcr, Nicholas Prucoll,WilllamCopper,
Jacob Snyder, Alexander Magrlnn , Ira
Gibble, Bruce Stark, Stanley Gibble, and
Mr. and Mia. Harry Gibbl e, Mr, and
Mia. P. S. Gibble, Mr. and Mrs. John
Jtl. Stark, Mr, ' and Mrs. Walker Johnson
and Mrs. Miller.
BRINSER—HORST
Hubert S. Brlnser, and Miss Bessie
Worst, of Palmyra , were married lust
Thursday ' at the homo of Rev. J. H,
Longcneckcr.
SPRING BEAUTY
ON THE BIG HILL
If You Want to See True Lovliness
Take the Walk Up Highland Park
. See the Pinks on the North
Driveway, Other Flowers
The Reservoir Lawns
There is more beauty on the hill this
year than in any spring since Highland
Park began its new history. It you have
the strength, walk up there and .behold
the flowers. Of course, if you own -an
automobile it is much easier, but the walk
has delights which no machine can know.
The roads have been scraped and put in
perfect condition.. The gutters are. clean
and there is a look of spring house-cleaning
everywhere.
Then the flowers. If you -want to see
true lovliness, behold the quarter- mile
of mountain pinks on the north driveway
—mountain pinks in red, white and
blue. The golden bell has come out and
the white spireas by the hundred demand
your admiration, while two hundred pink
magnolias in bloom- furnish a climax for
the eye. ~
AH this is only a promise of what is
coming.. Highland Park is to be the
most beautiful hill in Pennsylvania.
This spring the lawns around the reser-voir
will be put in shape and the whole
top of the hill will be treated. The re-sults
will bring thousands of automobiles
to Hershey this summer just to see the
hill and the view of Lebanon Valley and
the five ranges of mountains beyond the
Swatara.
MR. HERSHEY APPOINTED
Governor Brumbaugh Places Him on
Public Safety Committee
Governor Brumbaugh this week ap-pointed
M. S. Hershey and Albert Shenk
as members, of the Committee of Public
Safety. There are in the Public Safety
movement eighty Seven sub-committees
with a very wide program of purposes,
the general idea being to organize all the
resources and possibilities of Pennsyl-vania
for the war period. Pennsylvania
is called the arsenal of the. nation and it
will do more to win the war than any
other state because of its unequaled
manufacturing output as well as from the
work of its troops. The Governor is
very busy reaching all the different
interests of the state. In addition to
announcing the Dauphin County unit
of the Public Safety Committee, he issued
a proclamation to the school authorities
saying in part:
"I call upon you now to instill in
the minds of your pupUs-the.. import-ance
of rendering this patriotic ser-vice
to. the Commonwealth and the
Country. Do not have these pupils
ask for a denned wage, but instill into
their hearts the importance of doing
this as a patriotic duty, and allow the
compensation that will come to them to
flow naturally as between fanner employer
and pupil employed. Urge everyone of
them immediately to do their part. "
This proclamation will he taken up
by the School Board of Derry Township
at its next meeting,
ENGRAVED CARDS
Fine Stationery and Invitations ' at
Moderate Prices
In line with its policy of giving the
people the best that can be secured and
produced, the Hershey Printing Company
has just put in a new line of engraved
stationery. This is new in every respect
and it comprises the most attractive
variety of designs and materials that we
have seen.
Many think that the engraved visiting
cards are too expensive. As a matter
of fact it costs only 35 cents more to
have your cards engraved in the latest
styles than It would to have them printed ,
In the Hershey Printing Company's
now list there arc thirty faces to select
from. Call and see them,
There are a score of different kinds of
wedding Invitations, all the approved
forma of society, One cannot go wrong
in making the selection here, and the work
is so beautiful that everyone will bo de-lighted,
The new service also includes
monograms and there are many speci-mens
which will guide you in your selec-tion.
The prices are cheaper than can
ho found in any place in this section of
the country.
If you want engraving of any sort ,
apply lo the Hershey Printing Company.
SHENK—GEHRET
At the Lutheran parsonage in Palmyra
on Monday Clarence H. Shonlc of Palmym
and Miss Edna Mne Goluet of Hershey
were married by Rev. John Irwin Meek.
Both are well known and popular in
Horshey.
RED CROSS WORK
NOW UNDER WAY
Organization Meetin g oh Monday
Evening Completed It s Work - A
Vivid And Inter esting Talk-by
Mr. Boyd. Hershey
Joins Harrisbur g
Hershey is doing its hit to increase the
American Red Cross Society to a million
members.
Because of Harrisburg's splendid show-ing
and its cordial cooperation with
this town, Hershey gave up its idea of a
Chapter of its own and voted to become
an auxiliary to the Harrisburg chapter.
The Harrisburg Chapter has secured
over three thousand members and funds
of $7,000.
Hershey will add over one hundred
members to this total.
The organization meeting in Hershey
was held Monday evening. A fine repre-sentative
audience attended. Lynn R.
Meekins presided.1 The chief attraction
was the personal recital of Jackson Herr
Boyd of his'experiences in the ambulance
corps of the American field service in the
French army. He had many views and
these with his descriptions gave a vivid
first-handunderstandingofwhatwarmeans
and it was a picture which will never be
forgotten. The audience followed .with
the deepest attention. Mr. Boyd is a
handsome type of the cultured American
and his story was so modest that no one
would have thought of him as an honor
man of the service, if the chairman had
not mentioned the fact. Mr. Boyd's
lecture was one of the finest and most
timely ever heard in Hershey and mem-bers
of the audience crowded around to
meet him and to thank him for it. He
was cordially applauded.
Mr. Boyd motored from Harrisburg
and in his party were Mrs. Gilbert of the
Red Cross Society and Miss Cameron of
England. After the lecture the chairman
stated the purposes of the Red Cross and
what had been done in Hershey toward
an organization! The meeting of Monday,
April 16, had made a good beginning by
the election of Mrs. Linn H. Hawbecker
as secretary and Mrs. John E, Snyder,
treasurer. There were forty members
enrolled as the result of that meeting.
Mrs. Gilbert , while insisting that she
was not a speechmaker, consented to tell
the audience about the Red Cross and to
answer questions that might be asked.
She proved to be a capital speaker and
made an address which drew the warm
applause of the audience. She also
answered many questions so that those
present got a full understanding of the
matters before them.
The chairman stated that the: first
business of the meeting was to increase
the membership and to find out just
how strong the organization would be.
The following committee was appointed
to distribute cards to the audience and to
secure members: Mrs, McHeffey, Miss
Bowman, Miss Riglcr, Mrs. Windel , Mrs.
Herr, Mrs. Esberishade, Mrs. Fields, Mrs.
Wirth , Miss Hornsby, Mrs. Glynn, Mrs.
Magee, Mrs. Bacastow, Mrs. Hawbecker,
Mrs. Snyder , Mrs. E. F. Hershey, Miss
Keggereis. This committee did its work
enthusiastically and successfully.
Mrs. Snyder took a front seat to re-ceive
the money for memberships and
Mrs. Hawbecker , the secretary, made a
list of the new members. The result
was that fifty names were added and
most of these paid the fee of $1.00 each .
Enough prospects were in sight to carry
the.total over (he one hundred mark.
Then the question was considered as
to whether or not the organization should
be a chapter or an auxiliary. Many took
part in this discussion which lasted
until after 10 o'clock, When the matter
was put to vote it was unanimously de-cided
to form an auxiliary. Not only
would that be in the direction of efficiency
but It would show Hcrshey 's appreciation
of the cooperation which had been re-ceived
from the Red Cross officials in
Harr isburg,
Nominations were asked for the chair-man
of the auxiliary, Mrs, Charles V,
Glynn was nominated and the nomina-tions
were immediately closed and her
election was unanimous, Mrs. Glynn
then appointed the following; committee
which will proceed at once lo organize
the work to bo done in Horshoy itnd
will hold Its meetings regularly In the
front room oh the second floor of the
Hershey Central Thontro building.
Mrs. Ezra F, Hershey, Mrs, Edwards
Mrs, Herr , Mrs, W indie, Mrs, Bacastovv,
Miss May B. Hershey, Miss Mowery,
Mrs. CIwho, Miss Kcgcrrcis, Mrs. Israel
Moyor, Mrs. Magee, Mrs. DnBois, Mrs.
Ewlng Cain , Mrs. Edwin M. Hershey,
Mrs. Wirth , Mrs. Nicholas, Mrs. Krekler,
Mrs, Murray, Mrs. Hcilman. Mrs. Meek-iris,
Mrs, McHeffey, Mre, Mumma,
Mrs. Rosa EsbonBhado, The chairman
and secretary and treasurer are also mem-bers
of llils committee.
Continued on page 4
Fourteen New Ones Joined Since
Last Week And Fifty -four Lots
Are Now Under Cultivatio n
Cash and Pig Prizes Stim-ulate
the Good Work
Hershey's young farmers are earnestly
at ¦
work.
Last Friday evening the total number
of boys enrolled upon the .records . was
eighteen ; now a total of 32 have taken
advantage of the offer of Mr. M. S. Her-shey
to cultivate a good sized plot of
ground. The ground is loaned to the
boys without any cost, the only stipu-lation
being that they devote sufficient
time to the care of it.
The movement has been given consid-erable
impetus by the announcement
that a prize of three dollars will be given
to the boy who at the end of the specified
time has .developed the most productive
plot. This prize will be awarded by
Harry Haverstick and he will be. the
judge of the contest. In addition to
this prize comes the announcement that
James Fox, a former employee of the
Chocolate Company, has also decided to
give a prize to the boy raising in his
opinion the best and most productive
plot. This . prize will be a young Berk-shire
pig or the value of one according to
the desire of the winner. The following
is the list to date and the number of
their lots: ¦'
1—Charles McHeffey.
. 2 and 3—Charles Black.
4 and 5—Bruce Murrie.
6 and 7—Malcolm - Murrie.
8, 9, 10, 25, and 26—Harvey Leibfried ,
Edgar Leibfried, Charles Leibfried.
11, 12, 13, and 14—Charles Robbins,
Donald Robbins.
15—Ira Gibble.
16—William Leithiser.
17 and 18—Malcolm Kieffer.
19 and 20—Salvador Purcell.
21, and 22—Russell Smith.
23 and 24—Mark Henry.
27 and 28—Joseph Bonfanti.
29—Paul Schlepfer ,
30-^-Robert Bricker.
31 and 32—George Gipe.
33 and 34—Charles McKinne.
35, 36, and 37—Theodore and George
Leib. ,
38 and 39—Ellwood Robertson.
40—Paul Long.
41 and 42—Paul Miller.
43 and 44—Earl Edris.
45 and 46—Edwin Lovinger.
47—Carl Snavely.
48—Robert Bricker.
49 and 50—Landis Garmon.
51 and 52—Melvin Keefer.
53—Paul Schlepfer.
54—George Sillik.
Lots for the Girls
The half block back of the Hershey
Central Theatre and along Caracas avenue
has been plowed and harrowed and put
in excellent shape and has been divided
into thirty-three lots 25x25 each, which
will be assigned to the girls. The appli-cations
are now under consideration and
in a few days it is expected that every
lot will be taken. The divisions will be
neatly made and cards and standards
with the names of the lot cultivators
will be placed by Harry Haverstick who
has general oversight of the home farm
movement in Hershey. The general man
agement will be under John F. Snavely
and the man directly in charge will be
Professor Peters, who is taking two lots
in the center which he will make models
for the girls.
Special attention is called to the fact
that all short cuts over this ground have
been closed, Everybody will please bear
this in mind.
YOUNG FARMERS
OF HERSHEY
Students Number 645 and for the
Township, 765, the Highest Num-ber
Ever Reached. Health is
Excellent . Teachers for
Next Year. Details
This has been the best year that the
M. S. Hershey Consolidated School of
Deny Township has experienced. The
number of pupils in the township is seven
hundred and sixty-five and of these six
hundred and forty-five are in the School
at Hershey. ,The high school this year
has one hundred and nine members.
With a few exceptions due to conditions
not existing at Hershey, the health of
this large number of boys and girls has
beeen almost perfect. In fact they are
stronger and heavier and better than they
were when they started to school at the
end of last summer. Perhaps the largest
gratification of the unusually . good con-ditions
in the Hershey Consolidated
School is the healthfulness and the im-provement
resulting from the training in
sanitary and attractive surroundings
The School Board has various problems
before it including the call of the Gov-ernor
for the summer work of pupils.
The new courses started are doing well.
For next year the following teachers
have been reelected:
Stacey E. Peters, Principal.
George W. Hauck, Vice Principal.
Miss Ruth V. Engle, German and Latin.
Miss Anna H. Lloyd, English.
Arthur P. Hocker, Eighth grade.
Miss Sara Foreman, Sixth grade.
Miss Esther K. Moyer, Fifth grade.
Miss Thomas, Fifth grade.
Miss Edna Erb, Fourth grade.
Miss Flora Colvin, Third grade.
Miss Adeline Paul, Third grade.
Miss Carrie V. Dressier, Second grade.
Miss Dora B. Dise, Second grade.
Miss May Hershey, American' children.
A few other elections are to be held
but it is expected that the staff will be
completed within the next two weeks.
HERSHEY SCHOOL
HAS BEST YEAR
Excellent Audiences at the Hershey
Central Theatre
The moving picture shows continue to
draw good sized crowds at every exhib-ition
and the management endeavors to
secure the highest class productions.
The attraction for Saturday evening will
be the "Habit of Happiness." featuring
Douglas Fairbanks, whose work places
him in the foremost ranks of American
comedians.
Fairbanks, who has been playing for
the films scarcely a season, is well known
to theatre goers, all over the country.
He made his debut in support of the
Shakesperean actor, Frederick Warde,
in Baltimore in 1901. Following this
he starred in such well known productions
as "As Ye Sow," "The Show Shop" and
"Officer 666."
The danger which follows "The Al-mighty
Dollar " is vividly portrayed in
the film of that title which will be shown
Wednesday evening, May 2, The lead-ing
roles are played by Miss Frances
Nelson and E. K. Lincoln , both of whom
are great favorites with the movie
lovers. In this picture is shown the
subway (ire scene caused by the lure of
gold,
MORE FINE PICTURES '
Will In clude Special Exhibition of
the Newest Dances
The second of the series of special As-sembly
Dances will bo held this evening
in the Press Building and as an added
attraction Professor Boyer of Lebanon
with his partner will give an exhibition
of all of the latest dances including the
"Modern Quick Step,", "The Philadelphia
Six Step" and the "Rengaw."
Professor Boyer has been teaching
dancing in Lebanon for a number of
years and is well known to the majority
of dancers in the community. The music
for the evening will be furnished by the
professor 's eight piece orchestra which
has earned a reputation for itself through-out
the county, The popular prices
of twenty-five and fifteen cents for
gentlemen and ladies respectively will
prevail. A largo, crowd is expected from
the neighboring towns as well as from
Hersliey.
ASSEMBLY DANCE TO-NIGHT
National prohibition seems near. The
sentiment of Congress is in its favor. The
big fact la that the grain la needed for food .
The brewers of this country need 67,-
000,000 bushels 6f grain during the last
fiscal year, or about 1 per cent of all the
grain produced by the nation, it was
announced last week by the United
States iirowcra' Association in n statement
Issued . ,
FOOD INSTEAD OF BOOZE
Banished From Their Home They
Set Up New Establishment
For years the old swans at High Point
have had their nest In the island near the
bridge, But this spring the young fel-lows
drove the veterans from their home.
They did not drown themselves or die of
broken hearts but went to work to show
the youngsters that there was plenty
of life inllie old folks yet, So they found
a nest at the ice house and it is "full of
eugH and they are at work raising a now
family with the prospects that they will
make a record far ahead of the youngsters
who banished them from their old home.
Boys arc cautioned not to disturb the
swans or the ducks and especially not to
interf ere with their ncats,
WEATHER NEWS
Wenther news ia now received . reg-ularly
by wlrclcHB at 270 amateur radio
stations located in nine of the Northern
and Western slates. In this way the
wireless' operator "is enabled to give his
neighborhood wenther forecast m soon
m it lo Issued.
OLD SWANS AT WORK