The Hershey Press 1918-03-28

              Hershey Press to Be Mailed to Every
Person on R. F. D. Routes Between
Lebanon and Harrisburg
The shopping center of this section is
the title that the Hershey Department
Store wants the town of Hershey to bear.
The incomparable trolley service from
every nearby town, the good roads and the
location of the town noted for its beauty,
all offer the ease of access that means con-venience
for the shopper and an opportu-nity
for an outing that is not as tiresome
as the trip to the city.
The Hershey Department Store, the one
big store in this part of the country that
offers practically everything for the home
and person, as well as food , on one floor
that covers more space than the average
tall building, is now extending its sphere
of usefulness to the community by paying
part of the carfare to the out of town pur-chasers
and to let every person that is
within the district know just what the
store is doing week by week, what new
goods are arriving, special sales of inter-est,
that are in progress, and just to let
our neighbors know how Hershey lives
day by day they will mail the Hershey
Press every Friday to every person on all
of the R. F. D. routes, between Harris-burg
and Lebanon, whose name is on our
list.
If any one that lives m this territory
does not get the Press after this week we
would appreciate their name and address
for we want every person to have a copy
of this publication .
Lebanon Valley's
Shopping Center
WHAT YOUR BOND PURCHASE
WILL ACCOMPLISH
The following figures give one a definite
idea of what his or her loan to the Govern-ment
by the purchase of Liberty Bonds
will accomplish when used by the War
Department.
One $50 bond will buy trench knives
for a rifle company, or 23 hand grenades,
or 14 rifle grenades, or 37 cases of surgical
instruments for enlisted men's belts, or 10
cases of surgical instruments for officers''
belts.
A $100 bond will clothe a soldier, or
feed a soldier for eight months, or pur-chase
5 rifles or 30 rifle grenades, or 43
hand grenades, or 25 pounds of ether, or
145 hot-water bags, or 2,000 surgical
needles.
A $100 and a $50 bond will clothe and
equip an Infantry soldier for service over-seas,
or feed a soldier for a year.
Two' $100 bonds will purchase a horse
or mule for Cavalry, Artillery, or other
service.
Three $100 bonds will clothe a sol-dier
and feed him for one year in France,
or buy a motorcycle for a machine-gun
company. .
Four $100 bonds will buy an X-ray
outfit.
Packages containing dutiable gifts sent
to members of the Expeditionary Forces
temporarily serving in 'England will be
delivered free of duty, provided the con-tents
are bona fide gifts, the quantity
is not beyond the. personal requirements
of the addressee, and that the parcels
are addressed for delivery to the regi-mental
address of the recipient.
The West End of Chocolate Avenue
to be an Attractive Addition.
More Houses Planned
As stated in last week's issue of the
Press the town of Hershey is experiencing
a building boom. The far western end
of Chocolate avenue is a busy hive of in-dustry.
Eight houses are almost ready
for occupancy, in fact the majority of
these houses are already rented. Cellars
for six additional houses have been dug,
and these houses will be rushed to com-pletion.
Plans are under way for other
houses to follow.
The houses are being constructed under
the supervision of that master builder,
Jas. R. Putt, who also designed them.
The houses are ideal in every sense of the
word, arid every one of these houses are
a credit to Mr. Putt, as well as a credit to
the town of Hershey. Moreover, it did
not . cost a pile of money to build them,
in fact , the cost will compare favorably
with that of the ready-cut-houses—and
yet you get a home with an individuality,
a home that you can be proud of , and a
home that will be as good in the years to
come as it is now.
It is the intention to make the West
End attractive. Cement walks will be
laid, and shade trees planted as soon as
it is pbssible to do so.
The lumber and mill work for these
houses was furnished by the lumber de-partment
of the Hershey Industrial School.
Four teen Ideal
Homes Going Up
An Applicant From Toronta, Canada.
Arrives In Town and Makes Ah
Impression
Frank Carrol, of Toronta, Canada,
arrived in Hershey on Friday and made
application at the employment bureau for
a position. He was not particular as to
the job—anything from digging cellars
to a superintendancy would do. He stat-ed
that "He was an honest man and that
the only thing that was the matter with
him was his heart, which was bad, and
every six months it went back on him."
His application was held under abey-ance,
and he made his way to the Hershey
Men's Club, where he was seen to fall
over—and the six-month heartr»failure
attack was on. £
Ralph Fiore was soon on the job, as
was Jno. F. Snavely. The stranger was
carried into the Men's Club, and Dr. Zim-merman
called in. The actions of the
man were terrible to behold and to ease
his pains a hypodermic was given. He
was then carried to the lodging quarters
at the Press building and was cared for
throughout the entire night with much
solicitude. It was thought that he might
die any moment, judging from his ac-tions,
and the only thing that seemed to
ease his pains, was the use of -the hypo-dermic,
which was given him quite liber-ally.
On Saturday morning, upon the sug-gestion
of J. B. Leithiser, he was rushed to
the Harrisburg Hospital, in J. E. Snyder's
car, and on the way were stopped several
times for speeding, but'upon Ralph Fiore
showing his badge and saying that he was
a limb of the Jaw, and that they had a
dying man in the car, they were allowed to
continue.
Arriving at the Hospital, the man was
carefully placed in the chair. As Ralph
Fiore said "They thought he would die
any moment." The physician glanced at
the patent and then imparted the infor-mation
that instead of being in a hospital
he should be in a jail, as he was a dopster.
While Ralph was phoning for the police,
the metamorphosis took place—the dying
man sprung from the ehauy and. with all
haste sped out of the hospital, and Ralph
has not seen him since—which is a good
thing, as Ralph is much put out about the
matter.
Several Hers hey
Men Taken in
Built at Hershey Transit Company's
Car Barn by Hershey Master
Mechanics
Car No. 25, a freight and express car,
recently completed at the Hershey Transit
Company's car barn, was placed in com-mission
on Tuesday.
This car was designed by Jas. K. Putt,
and constructed, under his personal sup-ervision.
This car is 40 feet in length, and is the
strongest car on the Hershey Transit
Company's lines. It will hold 10 tons
with ease.
There are a number of new features
on this car, viz., an outside ladder to
facilitate men getting to roof, automatic
doors, its roof construction, which was
especially commented upon by one of
Brills car experts as being a perfect piece
of workmanship and a roof that is ideal
from a car construction point of view.
Several trolley superintendents have
looked over the car, and all pronounce
it a splendid car. One of these men was
so taken Up with the car that he wanted
to place an order to have one built for
his lines, which of course, had to be
turned down.
There are a great 'many advantages in
constructing your own cars, as the Her-shey
Transit Company has found out—
you can build them quicker, stronger and
cheaper.
Hershe y Transit Co.'s
New Express Car
EASTER SHOWING A SUCCESS
The Hershey Department Store's Easter
showing of the newest styfes in men's,
women's and children's apparel and grand
promenade of living models, was a big
success. The auditorium was filled with a
large number of interested women, on the
afternoons, and all of the evenings, stand-ing
room was at a premium.
Miss Carrie Clark was one of the models,
and her demonstration of Dame Fashion's
decrees created a great deal of favorable
comment.
THE THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
The campaign for the Third Liberty
Loan will be opened on the 6th of April,
the anniversary of the declaration of a
state of war between the United States
and Germany.
Secretary McAdoo chose the 6th of
April as the day to open the campaign
as the most fitting date to call for a pat-riotic
response to the summons to duty.
Committee on Lodging Will Soon
Visit Homes of Hershey and Vi-cinity.
Large Convention.
Rev. A. G. Crosswhite, correspondent
of Brethren publications, of Roaring
Springs, Pa., representing the Middle Dis-trict
of Pennsylvania, was in Hershey
recently, obtaining first-hand informa-tion
as to the improved facilities in Her-shey
to care for the Brethren convention,
and to test out the acoustic properties of
the convention hall. '
He expressed himself as well pleased
with everything that has been dons since
the convention met here three years ago.
There had been- considerable talk to the
effect that the coming convention in
June would be a delegate convention,
but Rev. Crosswhite assured the manage-ment
that no official action had been taken
regarding this, and that the convention
would be a general one.
The people of Hershey will remember
that when the Brethren convention Was
held here three years ago that the lodging
facilities were inadequate. These fac-ilities
have been improved somewhat
since then, and the people of Hershey and
vicinity should welcome and assist the
lodging committees that will no doubt
be around to visit the homes to make
arrangements to accommodate the dele-gates.
.J-Three
years ago the lodging rate was
50c a night. The committee have ex-pressed
themselves that this rate would
not be raised, on account of the many nec-essary
increased expenditures.
The prospects are that the convention
will be very large.
Bre thren Convention
To Meet in June
SPRING ENTERTAINMENT BY Y
W. C. A. CLASSES
The Spring entertainment of the Her-shey
Y. W. C. A. gymnasium: classes will
by given on Tuesday evening, April 2nd,
and Thursday evening, April 4th, at 8
o'clock, at the Hershey Central Theatre.
Admission, adults, 25c; children, 15c;
The program is as follows—Baby Polka,
Children's Rhythm Class; Shadow Dance,
Children's Rythm Class; Hans and Gret-chen,
Children's 'Rythm Class; Nature
Lore, Children's Rythm Class; Pierre
and Pierette, Misses Hills and Zentmeyer;
Patriotic Drill, Beginners' Class; March,
Beginners' and Advanced Class; Wand
Drill, Advanced Evening Class; Dixie,
Misses Krebs and Hurley; Round Dance,
Children's Class; Dumb-Bell Drill, Even-ing
Class; Hoop Drill, Children's Class;
Polka Mignon, Evening Class; Toy Dolls,
Advanced Children's Class; Caprice, Ad-vanced
Children's Class; Free Drill, Ev-ening
Class; Club Drill, Advanced Chil-dren's
Class; Flag Drill, Advaned Chil-dren's
Class.
NOTICE
That there might be no confliction as
to any entertainments that may be held
in Hershey in the future, we are requested
to announce that anyone considering
putting on an event of any kind, should
get in touch with Jno. F. Snavely, at the
Men's Club, and he will gladly give in-formation
as to what dates are open.