The Hershey Press 1917-03-08

              HENRY FORD AND
MS. HERS HEY
They Have Been on an Ins pection
Trip in Cuba. The Private Yacht
of Mr. Ford Was Used; Mr.
Hershey 's Estates. Mr.
McHeff y Left for Cuba
The .chief question' in Hershey for the
past thre.e_ .weeks has-been, "When .will
Mr. Hershey be back?" Of course no
one knows—no one ever . knows—for
it is the habit of Mr. Hershey to drop
in from anywhere whenever he wants to;
He has his organizations so systematized
that everything goes on just the same.
Last week almost everyone expected
to hear that 'he had returned and if the
Harnsburg Special or the Queen made a
stop at Hershey there was a general look
to see if he got off. But he didn't.
Instead of that he was yachting with
Henry Ford along the north coast of
Cuba and showing the Detroit maker of
automobiles his new propositions in the
island of enchantment. The news was
cabled to the Chicago News as follows
"Henry Ford of Detroit is in Havana
on his private yacht. He is accompanied
by Mr. Hershey, with whom he is in-specting
the three r big sugar estates
owned by the chocolate maker and the
electric road he is building , between
Matanzas and Havana."
W. B. Gonder, connected with Mr.
Hershey's Cuban organization, and
Thomas L. McHeffy, head of the. audit-ing
department of the Hershey interests,
left for Cuba yesterday. They will
spend several weeks in Cuba.
All reports are that Mr. Hershey's
plans in Cuba are going well and are not
affected by the disturbances in the island's
political affairs.
PARENTS, READ THIS
Take An Interest in the School Where
Your Children Are Trained
That parents are taking considerabley
more interest in the work accomplished
by their children in school, is evidenced
by the great increase in the number of
visitors who have taken advantage of
"Patron's Day" during the past few
weeks. Every Thursday .afternoon the
parents and friends of the pupils are
especially invited to attend the exer-cises
of the various departments of the
school.
Professor Stacey E. Peters, supervisor
of the school has expressed himself as
being particularly pleased with the in-terest
displayed by the parents in general
and he is hopeful that this interest will
riot lag in any way. This afternoon
Miss Erb will be in charge of the exer-cises
and will explain the school curricu-lum
to the visitors.
WENT BEYOND EXPECTATIONS
Civilization Drew Large Audiences
to Hershey Central Theatre
The presentation of "Civilization" in
Hershey surpassed all expectations. The
attendance went beyond the best- of
other towns in southern * Pennsylvania,
and far ahead of such places as Eliza-bethtown
and Middlctown which have
much more population than this place.
Four performances were given and all
were well patronized. Two of them drew
crowded houses. Many came from Pal-myra,
Hummclstown and other places,
and on Friday and Saturday evenings,
these visitors filled cars of the Hershey
Transit Company.
The success has encouraged the man-agement
to secure other large film pro-ductions
which have attained the highest
metropolitan success, These will be seen
later at the Hershey Central Theatre
and afterward s in the Park Amphi-theatre,
The outlook is that Hershey
will have the very beat in moving pictures
including those that have been com-manding
admission prices of one and two
dollars.
MOTHERS' CLUB MEETING
The regular meeting of the Mothers'
Club will be held in the Kindergarten
Room, Tuesday evening, March 13, at
8 o'clock, This will ho the first meeting
of the club as a branch of the National
Congress of Mothers, and n large attend-ance
Is urged, In view of the critical
period In national affairs through which
wo arc passing, (lie topic of the evening
will he, "Patriotism and how to In-culcate
it in Children, " The speaker of
the evening will l>o Rov, Dr, Taylor, of
the Presbyterian Church, Mrs. C. V,
Glynn will provide the music for tho pro-gram.
Each member will respond to tho
roll-call with a current event. Tho hostesses
of tho evening will bo Mrs, S, D. Clark ,
and Mm, W, Snavoly,
COLLAR BONE FRACTURED
George Franklin , tlio aninll hoii of Mr,
and Mrs. George Gorl.h , sustained a
fracture of the right collar bono' while
engaged in play at lite homo IiihI. week.
Ho wan attended by Dr, Zimmerman.
DR. BLAISDELL AT
UNION SERVICE
Delivers One of the Best Addresses of
the Winter. He Had a Strenu-ous
Time in Making - the Trip
Finally Arrived After Be-ing
Greatly Delayed
Last Sunday, was one of the very worst
days of the whole winter, with snow,
slush, rain and wind. The conditions
did not improve in the afternoon and so
there was a -very poor outlook for the
union services scheduled to be held in the
Hershey Central Theatre at 3 o'clock.
On top of this came a telephone message
from Harrisbjurg that the speaker was
tied up somewhere between Tyrone and
Harrisburg and that it could not be defin-itely
stated whether or not he would be
able to keep his engagement. But in
spite of the weather the 'people began to
arrive and by 3 o'clock a hundred and
twenty odd were present. W. L. Dubois
led the singing and Mrs. Daniel S. Graeff
presided at the piano. The services
consisted oi songs, announcements by
Mr. Snyder and prayer by Rev. Frantz.
These services were kept going, the aud-ience
joining heartily in the congregational
singing. Shortly after 3:30 o'clock an
automobile rushed up Chocolate Avenue.
The driver, however, knew Hershey
Park better than he did Hershey itself
and took . his passengers to the Park
Theatre expecting to find the meeting
there. Finally they discovered their
error and made their way to the proper
place.
Dr. Thomas Carter Blaisdell, the
speaker, went at once to the platform,
and Mr. Snyder lost no time in present-ing
him, telling the audience in view of
Dr. Blaisdell's efforts to reach Hershey
his effort would doubtless be doubly
appreciated. He told how the Doctor
had left State College at 7:30 o'clock and
had taken a forty mile ride by automo-bile
and had then caught a delayed train
which kept losing time so that when he
arrived in Harrisburg it was necessary
to get another automobile and make a
quick trip to Hershey.
Dr; Blaisdell began with a few stories
which put everyone in good humor and
added that his train by actual , count
stopped sixty-five times between Tyrone
and Harrisburg. Furthermore there were
no dining facilities on the way. How-ever,
all this did not prevent Dr. Blais-dell
from delivering one of the best ad-dresses
of the winter. His topic was
"The Making of Men" and for one hour
he held the audience, by his eloquence,
illustrations and chapters from real life.
It was an appeal for better living and
especially for closer relations between
parents and children. In this respect
his presentation was so strong that many
of the audience were in tears, for the in-stances
which he vividly portrayed
touched practically every home, In all
respects it was an inspirational, help-ful
address and many remained to per-sonally
thank him for it.
Dr. Blaisdell is Dean of the State
College and his first appearance at Her-shey
was an entire success. Owing to
the delay it was almost five o'clock before
the services were over. But with few
exceptions all remained to the end.
Mr. Dubois led the singing very effectively
and Mrs, Graeff ¦ was excellent at the
piano. Victor Gingrich and others wel-comed
the congregation and helped in
the general success of the day.
There ia still some doubt as to when
Dr. Bccht will apeak but Dr. Richards
will be here on the 25th of the month.
THEY SAW DAVID WARFIELD
David Wnrfield appeared at the Or-pheum-
theatre, Harrisburg, Tuesday ev-ening
in "Tho Music Master " and in the
largo audience were many from this
place. Those from Hershey were:; Mr
and Mrs. D. Frank Magce, Miss Eliza-beth
Mumnia, Miss Catharine Mummn,
Mias Lillian Clay, Miss Florence Kitchen ,
Mias Anna Doyle, Misa Mary Kauff-man,
Mias Lottie Conrad, Ezra F. Hcr-ahcy,
J. 15, Lcithiaer , A, T. I-Icilman ,
F, 13. Saylor, John Seitzlnger, L. B,
Shoap, William Pomoroy Ncwlyn , Edwin
W. Schwcnlc , Daniel Ensmingcr, F, C,
Snaycly, Ray Klugh.
From Ilummclstown: Mr. and Mra,
Albert Iluhimel , Mr, and Mrs, Clinton
Mei-Hhoy, Mr. and Mm, Robert Fox, Mrs,
Frank U. Suavely, Misses Ethel Davis,
Elizabeth Ream, Grace Shehk , Helen
and Esther Sliopo, Ada Walter , Mnudo
ZorfoHH , Lota Alwdn , Zolnm Landia ,
Annie Mack, Esther Hrinaer , lintel lo
Singer, Sarah Fox, Alma llershoy, and
Elmer Erb and Bertra m Hummel,
MR. WILKINSON'S ACCIDENT
Turning auddmily while engaged in
conversation with tluiiiianager of Mold-cmv
Store Company In Eaaton , Monday,
J, A. Wilkinson , who has apartments
In tho Ileraliey Inn , dipped upon tho oiled
floor, fracturing hia (initio. Ho was
brought. |.o his homo hero Tuesday,
HERSHEY SCHOOL
TO BE ENLARGED
Work Now Going on to Convert the
Old Stone Building at the Her-shey
School Into a Modern
Center. Ample Room
for One Hundred
George C. Signor, general superin-tendent
of the Hershey Industrial School,
has begun operations upon the big stone
building at the Homestead and the
result will be to provide modern facilities
for the care and convenience of one
hundred boys.
The group of three buildings stand
back of the house in which Mr. M.S.
Hershey was born arid which is the
center of the Industrial School.
The large frame ... structure nearest
Homestead Avenue is at present used for
class rooms and assembly hall. The plan
is to convert this into a great dining hall.
The large frame structure to the east
is now a very successful chicken house
and it also has other practical purposes.
The plan it . so convert this into a
mechanical plant for the use of the'boys.
The big improvements are to be in
the stone structure between the two
buildings named. It is the old- milk-condensing
factory and is a fine example
of the sort of Lebanon Valley stone work
that is put up to stay through centuries.
Mr. Signor realized its possibilities soon
after he came to Hershey and he has been
perfecting his plans since he assumed
his present position.
The building has three stories,
The western extension of the ground
floor will have the central kitchen in
which all food for the main .school and
the different units will be prepared. Food
will be sent to the units on the adjoining
farms by motors and will be in special
containers which will keep it as hot as
though served from the kitchen itself.
There will be a covered way to the big
dining room. Back of the kitchen will
be the shop containing the heavier ma-chinery
which the boys learn to operate.
In the main building—which runs back
almost 200 feet—the south front floor
will be divided into two parts; one will
be a reception room and the other will
be the office of the general manager.
Back of the reception room will be an
emergency dining room, with close con-nection
with the kitchen across the hall-way.
Thia hallway leads to the chief
feature of the new plan. Leading from
it will be wide entrances through which
the boys and thei r visitors will be ushered
into the great assembly hall , a splendid
auditorium of high ceilinga and fine light
which will comfortably seat over 400
persons. At one end will be tho stage
and the whole hall will be adequately
equipped. The school at present lacks
an assembly hall.
The second floor will bo devoted to
the rooms for the teachers and the boya.
The whole plan will be for one hundred
boys.
Tho third lloor will have excellent ac-commodations
for help.
In making theao plana Mr. Signor has
drawn on hla experience in other model
homes. Tho work is now in progress,
J, C, Mesa reports tho following sales
of Ford machines during the past week ;
Edward Rhonda , Hummelatown; Cloy
Willard , Union Dopoait; Robert Staholy,
near Horahey and Mr. Seigler.
MORE FORDS SOLD
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Men and Boys and Girls Oyer 16
CAN FIND ATTRACTIVE WORK AT GOOD WAGES IN THE .
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE FACTORY
There are places now open for men and boya and glrla over 16 In tho
factory of tho Hershey Chocolate Company, Tho work la very desirable be-cause
the'wages are good, employment la st eady and the surroun dings are
healthy and cheerful. Apply by letter or In person to the Hershey Employe
ment Bureau. Bring references.
Friends Give Him a Fine Farewell
Party
Entrenched behind tables heavily laden
with all the attractions of a full course
dinner, a number of friends made merry
at the reception given in the Inn Monday
evening in honor of Frank B.. Saylor, ¦ who
will leave Hershey this week. With
merriment, however, was a great feeling
of regret, that Mr. Saylor,. who in the six
years of faithful service, has made hun-dreds
of close friends, is soon to be gone
from Hershey. Mr. Saylor, who has
been connected with the Hershey Press
for the -past several years, will fill an
important position in the Magazine
Department of the Curtis Publishing
Company in Philadelphia. His send-off
Monday night was one of the happiest
tributes ever paid to a' Hersheyite.
Following the. panquet the guests, com-pleted
the evening's enjoyment with card
games, music, and . a few addresses.
When called upon for a speech Mr. Saylor
thanked the boys for their expression of
appreciation and declared that the friends
made during his stay in Chocolate Town
would never be forgotten. He _ was
enthusiastically applauded.
The following were among the guests:
George Hench, Daniel Ensminger, Lewis
P. Emerich, John Seitzinger, Alan Fidler,
Robert H. Sattazahn, George K. Morris,
Ivan L. Mease, Ray Klugh, Lynn Klugh,
Paul Bare, Clark Bare, Lester Bingaman,
Ira G. Mumma, Lloyd B. Shoap, H. M.
Weishaupt, Paul Kraber, Christ Gray-bill,
E. M. Mclllheny, Charlie Fralick,
Ralph Maulfair, Elmer Swartz, Karl E.
Peters, William A. Curtis, Clarence Jones,
Bertram Hummel, John_Sonenbergpr_aiid
Stewart Heilman.
IN HONOR OF MR. SAYLOR
BEST AT TEN CENTS
Geraldine Farrar and Mary Pickford
Coming to Hershey
The moving pictures at the Hershey
Central Theatre become more popular
every week. The policy of getting the
best and charging only 10 cents has
won many friends for the performances.
Next Saturday one of the remarkable
attractions of the year will be presented.
In other places Geraldine Farrar has
always commanded the highest prices.
In Hershey on Saturday evening next
she will be seen in "Temptation ," and
there will no no increase in the admission
price of 10 cents, This great reel drama
has been presented in the leading theatres
of the country. It is a Paramount
picture of extraordinary interest. The
probability is that the theatre will be
crowded Saturday night , March 10.
Once a month and no of toner the Hershey
management is able to secure Mary
Pickford for the Central Theatre. She
will be here next Wednesday evening,
March 14, in "The Foundling, " one of her
finest characterizations. Elsewhere, the
admission for thia picture would be twice
what it Is in Hershey, Hero it is 10 cents
for any seat in the house,
BANNER SUNDAY AT TR UNITY
Beginning with this Sunday the class
which has made t.hc highest • record
during tho month on the basis of attend-ance
and activity will receive n banner.
A beautifu l banner liaa been ordered and
tho classes have "been very active , each
desirous of being tho firat to receive tho
banner,
BETTER SPORT
FOR HERSHEY
Men 's Club Plans a Season of Great
Interest. There Will Be a Base-
Ball Team That Will -Strive
For First Honors . Oth-er
Events Scheduled
With the approach of warm weather
and the signs' of spring the attention of
the athletically inclined will turn to the
activities proposed by the Hershey Men's
Club and the familiar "dope" and
"inside stuff" will again feature the
conversation of the groups of young
men gathered at all points of the com-munity.
That Hershey intends to once more
strive for the athletic supremacy which
rightfully belongs to her by reason of
former deeds of valor and which has
been denied her in the past few seasons
owing to lack of interest displayed by the
members, in general, is evidenced by - the
rejuvenated spirit which seems to pre-vail
throughout the club.
At the meeting of the Board of.Directors
Monday evening John F. Snavely ras
elected manager of the baseball team to
succeed Frank B. Saylor. The prospects
for a fast baseball team seem unusually
bright as the membership of the Club
now includes nearly a score of men
who have in the past played ably either
here or elsewhere. With the proper
spirit which the Club now possesses
Hershey should produce a team of which
any town might well be proud.
Baseball, however, will not consume
the entire attention of the Club members.
Track work is destined to play an im-portant
part in the activities of the
Association, It is a little early yet to
predict a phenominal track team to repre-sent
the town but according to Alan
Fidler who has been placed in charge of
the team the prospects are exceedingly
bright for a fast aggregation, Mr. Fidler
is expected to announce his plans for the
forming of his team by the end of this
week. It is understood that John Snavely
will coach the team and will have valuable
assistance in George Hench who is well
qualified to take charge of the distance
men. Mr. Hench for a number of years
held the High School record for the mile
and two-mile runs while a member of
the Harrisburg Central High School.
In an endeavor to raise sufficient funds
to finance successfully the plans already
on foot , a dance and carnival has been
planned by tho Association to be held
in the Club rooms Thursday evening,
March 22. Aside from the usual features
prevalent in the minority of these affairs
the committee in charge has arranged
a few special and mysterious events
calculated to arou se the interest and en-thusiasm
of the participants. The com-mittee
in charge of tho arrangements
Includes Jamca Murray, Edward Slesscr,
Paul Zcntmcyor and Harry I. Miller.
HERSHEY STORE NEWS
Mra, J. Williams who for the past
few seasons has been the designer for tho
store will .not return this season. Her
place has heon filled by Miss Mary
Walsh who comes hero with a lino repu-tation
in her work from a large establish-ment,
in Potlavllle. Misa Walsh assumed
her now duties in Hershey last week after
spending some tinio In New York where
alio attended tho spring millinery opening.
Mias Rachel Patten in charge of the
Ladies' suit department haa returned
from Philadelphia with all of tho luteal
stylos In women's apparel.
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Mra, Samuel Glpo ia In a serious con-dition
at hor homo in Union Deposit,
nn tho result of a peculiar accident which
occurcd last Thursday evening, Coal was
being placed in tho Hlovoandaminulolnlor
there was a loud report and Mrs. Glpe
fell to tho floor, A wound was evidently
made by a 32 cartldgo exploded in tho
coal. It has l^oon Impossible to locate
tlio Initial (iiul lior condition is considered
twrlous,
HERSHEY FINDS
GREAT PRAISE
Work Going On Here Is Known , In
I Every Part of the Country And
The Hershey Press Has Sub-scribers
in Every State '
Bits of Local History
Every week in every state arid in for-eign
countries people read about Hershey
and keep track of its remarkable devel-opment.
In the subscriptions that come to the
Hershey Press from various parts of the
country are pleasant messages of appreci-ation
and congratulation. Many of them
refer to the Press as the "best printed
paper in America." Others mention
the fullness and interest of the local news
and some see in it a larger value "because
it reflects the spirit and larger vision of a
community in the course of a -unique
development." A Texas subscriber wants
all the back numbers, a request that is
impossible because they are not on hand.
In this respect it might be mentioned that
the Hershey Press is printed to fill orders
and there is never a surplus of extra
copies. The only way to be sure t of
getting the paper is to subscribe.
W. J. Blackwell & Company, enclosing
$2.00, write from El Paso, Texas, "We
are interested in everything that Mr.
Hershey has any peculiar interest in."
William Timmerman, speaking of the
Press, writes from New York, "I have
found it very interesting and enjoy
reading the news from 'The Chocolate
Town.'"
A. L. Sterner, Greensboro, N. C„
drops into poetry as follows:
"By return mail I send you a dollar,
If you don't send me the Press I'll holler."
O. C. Wilder, Montgomery, Ala.,
writes "I an enclosing herewith $1.00,
for which I would thank you to put me
down as subscriber of the best printed
paper in the United States."..
C. J. Cawein, of Spokane, Wash., in
becoming a- Press subscriber, adds "I
always like to be with the live ones."
C. B. Shaffner, in sending his sub-scription,
adds the following which will
be read with great interest by every per-son
in this part of the country:
"I do not suppose you are aware of
the writer having been born and raised in
the vicinity of the factory. I am very
familiar with all the country surrounding
it. I was a child there when it was known
as Perry Church, I recall many pleasant
recollections and experiences within the
boundaries which comprise the great
holdings of Mr. Hershey. I distinctly re-member
the old church, the old fashipned
pulpit, the fine spring , and the water
cress we used to gather from the banks
of the little stream which gave a romantic
touch to the picture. Old Derry Church
used to be the favorite picnic grounds of
the different churches surrounding it.
And ever since I can remember this
country it has been known and recognized
as producing the finest kind of farm pro-ducts
and still has that reputation.
You may be interested to know that
Mr. Harry Hershey, Ex-Postmaster of
Steclton, Pa., who is since dead, married
into the family on my mother's side, a
Miss Frantz. I knew personally Dr.
Fox, the father of Ex-Senator Fox, whom
I believe was one of the older residents
of Derry Church. Such family names as
the Nissleys, Castles,, the Waltons, the
Busers, the Foxes, the Snavelys, the
Hummcls, and the Shaffncrs, arc all
familiar to me. Just good old Pennsyl-vania
stock—the land of milk and honey
—where God has been most generous in
his goodness. And now I may be better
qualified to speak of the events previous
to the time tho fertile brain of Mr. Hershey
conceived the birth of the new life and
industry in this community, I frankly
confess that his aclivities in tho way of
'doing things' have been bo rapid that
have surely lost track of the later and
grea ter achievements he has perfected.
I am more than glad to invent such a
ridiculously small sum of one dollar in
return for the knowledge I will surely
gain in having the Horahey Press acnt to mo
here In thia great Pacific Coast country
and fool morally aurc that allot Hershcy 'a
reprcsentativea in the field will welcome
tho chance to become regular subscribers.
I am not only deeply interested in tho
further advancement, of the house of
llershoy, but as a product of Pennsyl-vania
Gorman stock and with the full
knowledge of what Mr. llershoy himself
has accomplished , it spurs me on to do
bigger and hotter Ihinga to bo of greater
service to my Company, my superiors
and my fellow men. Enclosed ploiwo
find one dollar which elects mo to the
subscribers' 'committee' and when my
dues need renewal , ploaao keep mo posted,
YOUNG CRUSADERS
Tho regular monthly buHlueaa meeting
of tho Young Cruaadora ' Class of tho
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church was held
Tuesday ovonlng at. tho homo of Walter
DoVertcr. Following tho transaction of
tho routine business a abort talk wna
given by Mias Kranilich , aft er which piano
Bolectlona woro given by Noah Klnuss.
TO THE LEFT IS THE OLD HERSHEY RESIDENCE. TO THE RIGHT ARE THE THREE
BUILDINGS TO BE IMPROVED UNDER THE NEW PLAN.
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL ,