The Hershey Press 1925-02-19

              Legion Dance
and "500" to
be Gala Affair
Hershey Post, No. 386, American
Legion will hold their Sixth Annual Wash-ington's
Birthday Dance on Monday
evening, Feb. 23rd, in the Hershey Winter
Dance Hall. The committee in charge of
the arrangements are working hard to
make this year's dance a big success in
every way and are sparing no effort or
expense to make the affair bigger and
better in every way.
On account of the Winter Dance Hall
being occupied by the Motor Patrolmen
and the inability of the management to
secure a suitable place for dancing this
winter, the people of Hershey have been
unable to avail themselves of the oppor-tunity
of dancing in town as in former
years. In this regards the committee
have been fortunate in securing permission
to use the Winter Dance Hall for their
Washington's Birthday Dance and will
have the floor put in first-class condition
for the occasion. The hall will also be
gaily decorated in keeping with the holiday
and a gala affair is promised the public in
the way of an evening's entertainment.
Music for the dance will be of the best, as
Phil Fisher's celebrated orchestra of 10
pieces has been engaged. This orchestra
which played in the Park Theatre and for
the dances, the last several weeks of the
past season, have made remarkable strides
in producing jazz music as the public
wants it, and now stand second to none
with the best of Harrisburg's orchestras.
As in former years a large supply of
cakes, candies, ice cream, etc., will be on
hand and can be purchased by ticket or
for cash. For thirsty dancers and others,
the best of punch will be served, as will
soft drink refreshments.
As numerous inquiries have been re-ceived
by the committee as to whether
card playing would be played this year
and in order to accommodate the large
number of people that would like to attend
but do not care for dancing, it was decided
to hold a "500" card party in connection
with the " dance. Wishing to give the
dancers all the room available for dancing
and at the same time not distract the card
players by the music, etc., it has been
planned to hold the card party in the
front part of the building where the regular
card parties are held. This feature of the
evening's entertainment will be entirely
in the hands of the Ladies' Auxiliary Unit
of the post, into whose efficient hands the
committee knows the affair will be entirely
successful. Fine prizes will be secured for
those wishing to amuse themselves in this
manner.
The tickets for Washington's Birthday
Dance are now in the hands of members of
the Post and will be good for dancing,
refreshments or card playing as is the wish
of the purchaser.
The dance will be held on Monday
evening, Feb. 23rd. Don't forget the
date. Keep it reserved and be sure to
come out and help make this an evening of
pleasure long to be remembered.
Niesley to Address
Local Farmers Tonight
The first of a series of ten community
meetings being scheduled by the Dauphin
County Agricultural Extension Association
for all parts of Dauphin County will be
held Thursday evening, Feb. 19th (tonight)
at 7.30 o'clock in Room Number, One of
the Hershey Store Building.
The meetings are to be held for the
purpose of planning individual community
agricultural programs for the year and to
outline the part the various sections of the
county will take in the general program of
the agricultural association.
H. G. Niesley, former county agent of
Dauphin County, will speak at the session
here this evening (Thursday). His sub-ject
will be "The Economical Value of
Cow Testing Association Work." Niesley
is now head of the agricultural economics
department of State College.
A similar community meeting is sched-uled
for tomorrow (Friday) evening for
farmers in the Upper Lykens Valley in the
Berrysburg Vocational High School. Coun-ty
Agent R. R. Burtncr will attend both
meetings.
Miss Gregg Darrow
Directing Play
A home talent play "The Lottery Man
will be given in .Hershey Central Theatre ,
in the near future under the auspices of the
John Elder Mcn'H Bible Class. This play
ia of the same calibre aa "Nothing But the
Truth" and the cast will be practically the
same. Miss Gregg Darrow is directing
the play. Rehearsals have alread y started .
Watch next week's Press for more
definite information .
LEGION INVITED TO HOLY
TRINITY
The regular monthly meeting of Hershey
I'ost, No. 386, American Legion , will be
held on Thursday evening, Pel). li)th , at 8
o'clock , at Legion headquarters. Matters
pertaining to the Washington 's Birthday
Dance will IHJ taken up at this meeting as
well as several oilier matters of importance ,
HO a g<xxl attendance Is desired . An invi-tation
him been received by the Post from
Rev. Paul M. KinportH , 'pastor of Hol y
Trinity Lutheran Church to attend special
services on Sunday evening, Feb. 22tl .
In case you arc unable to attend this meet-ing
on Thursday evening please make an
effort to lie present on Sunday evening.
REFORMED CHURCH PLANS TO
GIVE ORGAN RECITAL
An organ recital will .be given in the
Reformed Church, at Hummelstown, on
on Thursday (tonight) , Feb. l!)th , at 8
o'clock by WiHIam K, llrctz , organist, of
Zion Lutheran Church, Hiirriahurg, att-ulstcd
by J. Mervin GottHchall, hurutoiic
ttoloiat. Following 1H the program:
"Prelude in K' , Deithelr; (a) "Spring
Song", Mni'.fnrlime; (h) "Andante Cnntn-bllo".
Vldor; "O U>ve That Will Not I.et
Me Go", Marker; "The Rippling Brook",
Gillette; "Rhapsod y Catalaiie", Bonnet;
"Evensong". Martin; "Hock of Ages",
Johnson; (a) "Romance Sara Paroles",
Bonnet; <l>) "Will <)' the Whittp", Nevln;
"March 1 lerolcnie", Sulnt-Snens.
VALENTINE PARTY
A Valentine Party was held by Pauline
Rump f, at her home on West Derry Road ,
on Saturday, Feb. 14th, Games were
played ntul refreshments were served to the
following; Mary Aungst , Kathryn Nowlvn,
Kathleen Sandy, Sarah Miller. Pauline
Rumpf , Gladya Rumpf , Anna Schrefller,
Verna DeelB, Stewart I less, Carl Hess,
Merl Hartmnn , James Skinner, Victor
DoAngelle, Matthew Sandy, Clarence
Smith and Harold Schrefller.
Fun and Thrills in
Buster Keaton's
"Three Ages"
"Love is the axis upon which the world
revolves," declared Buster Keaton recently
and proceeded to make a picture to prove
it. "Three Ages," which is coming to the
Hershey Central Theatre on Thursday
evening (tonight), Feb. 19th, at 7.30
o'clock, not only proves Keaton's theory
but it is a comedy of six reels and marks
the entrance of this popular actor into full
length feature pictures.
"Three Ages" opens with the cave man
age and shows Buster-as a full fledged cave
man surrounded' by others of his tribe.
Unfortunately Buster has fallen in love
with the woman who is desired by the
strong man. of the clan. A duel is ar-ranged.
Buster, being the weaker, seeks
to worst his rival by foul means. He
"leads" his club with a rock, beats his
rival into insensibility and finally, after a
merry chase, he seizes the woman forcibly
from his enemies and escapes with her.
The next episode takes place in the
period of the triumphant Roman Empire.
Again Buster has a rival for the woman he
loves. A chariot race is arranged between
them to decide the affair. The day of the
race comes and it is snowing hard. Buster's
rival appears in a splendid chariot drawn
by four coal-black horses, and Buster
appears in a chariot on runners drawn by
Eskimo dogs. His rival, furious, throws
him into a den with a hungry lion. Buster
escapes, defeats his rival and takes the
woman.
The action now changes to our own day.
The same situation appears. Buster's
rival is just as hot on his trail as during the
two previous episodes. Now the contest
to decide between them is a football
match. Buster, puny and weak, against
the brute towering strength of his rival,
seeks to avoid him by playing different
positions on the team, but his rival follows
him each time to a position directly oppo-site.
By a clever strategy Buster wins
the game after which his rival "does him
dirt." But here, too. Buster wins out and
wins the girl.
In each period in which the action takes
place Buster had the parents of the girl
against him. The favored one was the
strong rival. So Buster was constantly
working against the greatest odds and his
conquest each time was more noteworthy.
The various ages depicted by Keaton in
"Three Ages" demanded widely different
settings and to attain this several sets of
great size and beauty were built. "Three
Ages" was directed by Keaton and Eddie
Cline from the story of Jean Havez, Joe
Mitchell and Clyde Bruckman. Fred
Gabouri was in charge of art direction,
and it was photographed by William
McGann and Elgin Lessly. "Three Ages"
is a Joseph M. Schenck presentation thru
Metro Pictures' Corporations.
Dauphin Co. Farmers
After the Fat Hog
Medals will be awarded again this year
to farmers who successfully grow a ton of
pork from a single litter in exactly six
months, according to an announcement by
the Dauphin County Agricultural Ex-tension
Association.
The suggested procedure for Dauphin
County farmers who wish to enroll as
members of the 1925 Ton Litter Club is
offered in pamphlets available now at the
office oi County Agent R. R. Burtner.
Eight Dauphin County farmers already
have enrolled in the Ton Litter Club and
it is expected that a number of others will
join. Those who have enrolled are :
Harvey M. Hershey, Jr., and Ira L. Shenk,
both of Hershey ; Clayton C. Gingrich ,
Hershey, R. D. 2; C. II. Balsbaugh, Hum-melstown,
R. D. 2; Roy L.Shenk, Hershey;
C. K. Fertig and Howard Speece, both oi
Dauphin, and M. R. Rutherford , R. D. 1,
Harrisburg.
A number of Duroc-Jersey breeders are
planning to join the Ton Litter Club a?
one of their activities for the year.
TWO HARD GAMES FOR HIGH
SCHOOL
On Saturday afternoon , Feb. 21st ,
Hershey High School will mix things up
with the fast Tech . High School Scrubs, on
the Men's Club lloor . From all reixirts
the Scrubs at Tech are almost as good as
the first team and the Hershey quintet
will have to step some in order to keep their
winning streak unbroken.
On Monday evening Ober in lllgji
School, both Ixjys and girls teams will
clash with the locals on the home floor.
Game to start at 7 o'clock.
H. O. A. CLASS HOLD REGULAR
MEETING
The regular monthly business and social
meeting of the 11. O. A. Sunday School
Class was held on Tuesday evening at the
home of Mrs. Anna l.owen, Granada
Avenue.
Regular business was disposed of.
Salted peanuts will again be obtainable
thru the mcmlx'rs. Reserve your orders,
they 'll Ix: glad to aei ve you. Refresh -
ments were served to the following: Mrs.
John Suavely, Mrs. Paul Kinix>rts , Mrs.
Grover Sheckarl , Mrs. Marvin Kieffer ,
Margaret liomgardner , Goldie Habakcr ,
Margaret Cassel, Ruth Shultz , Anna
Wetzel , Hilda Frymeyer, Anna I^owen
and Mrs. Lena Lebshitz.
TO ATTEND HARRISBURG LUTHER
LEAGUE CONVENTION
A number of young people from Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church will attend the
Harrisburg District. Luther I-oaguo con-vention
at Harrisburg on Monday. The
convention will be held in Bethlehem
Lutheran Church , with sessions all day.
Rev. I'aul M, KinportH, the pastor of Holy
Trinity Lutheran Church , will Ix; the
speaker at the morning session and have a
part in the progra m at the banquet In the
evening.
SSWOACTIAARL A NBERXATN CTHH UTROS HDOALYD
Swntnrn Branch of Dauphin County
Christian Endeavor Union , will hold a
biiulncHH and txx-inl on Thursday evening,
Feb. 26th , at 7.:») o'clock , in the social
room of (he Young Women's Christian
Association,
LADIES' AUXILIARY MEET FRIDAY
The UidUV Auxiliary of Hershey Post ,
No, :i8(i, American Legion, will hold their
regular monthl y meeting on Friday eve'
ning, Feb. I'Otn, in the Legion Rooms.
Mattera of lni|x>rtaiH'o will Ix: discussed
and acted upon at this meeting niut nil
members are requested to attend.
BABY CLINIC THURSDAY
The Weekly Baby Clinic will bo held on
Thursday afternoon from 2 to 4 in the Red
Crow Rooms, A doctor will be in charge.
J. Hallgren Vividly Describes
His Trip to the Holy Lands
Following the wall to the Damascus-gate,
the entrance for the road coming
from northern Palestine we viewed a large,
deserted field dotted with sunken graves
and neglected tombs, supposed to be the
historic Golgotha, the place of skulls and
where Christ was crucified with others who
suffered the death penalty. On the north-east
slope is a Mohammedan cemetery and
underneath here'is the cave of Jeremiah,
where the prophet in solitude is supposed
to have written his Lamentations. An
old Arab sheik had taken possession and
charged the numerous visitors one wass-aris
(20 cents) for the privilege of looking in.
We kept on down the valley of Josaphat
and passed the gate of Stephanus called
after St. Stephen who here was stoned to
death and nearby is his grave marked.
At the bottom of the valley flows the
creek Kidron, which at present was almost
dried up as the rainy season had not yet
set in. To the left of the road lies the
Church of St. Mary, low and modest-look-ing
from outside, but roomy and awe-inspiring
within. On 45 steps about 10
inches high we descend to the sanctuary
hewn in the rock and lit by hundreds of
wax candles and the so-called eternal fire,
which has been kept burning for centuries
back. The cool, damp air, the dark gray
walls, the singing of the mass by the priests
and the crowd of fervent pilgrims kneeling
on the floor , fills your soul with thoughts,
emotions and even pity. Here springs a
well from the rocks with cool crystal water
and after a refreshing drink we continued
to the Garden of Gethsamene, a short
distance further on to the right of the road.
Through a little low-gate we entered
the square garden surrounded by a high
white-washed wall and taken care of by
Italian monks. Along the walls are a
great many illustrations and base-reliefs,
picturing the story of Christ's sufferings
and a larger one shows when he was as-sisted
by an angel.
The old giant olives argjnostly gone, but
great flower beds and Hot-beds are kept in
good order to supply pretty flowers for
cards and souvenirs, which are in great
demand from the thousands of visitors
and pilgrims who annually visit here. Of
course the easy guy is always a victim for
the more nifty and many tokens sold here
and branded "Gethsamane" or "Sepulchre
of Christ" bear marks of "made in
Germany."
Blessed by the monk for our little con-tributions
we started for the top of the
Mount of Olives, where we arrived after
half an hour's walk. Here in the famous
church of Pater Noster, where the Lord's
Prayer is inscribed in more than "thirty
languages arid a short distance away is a
single tower from where we have one of the
greatest views in the world. Far over to
the west above the hills and valleys be-tween
Jerusalem and Jaffa shows a long
blue streak of the Mediterranian, to the
east is the desert of Judea and way down
deep below the Peream Mountains lies a
dark blue lake, the Dead Sea, 1298 feet
below the level of the Mediterranian.
The land to the north shows hills 'and
valleys, dark spots of olives and a narrow
crooked line of the river Jordan. To the
south we distinguish the old city Bethle-hem
and way down further is a faint view
of Hebron. But almost below our feet
lies the world-famed nucleus of Christian-ity
a great mass of flatroofed gray abodes
within the walled square with here and
there a cupola , a tower or a minaret.
On our descent from the mountain we
stopped at an Arab hamlet to see .the place
from where some insist that Christ went
to Heaven. An old stonewall is built
around the spot and a beggarly looking
Arab holds the key for the entrance. There
is nothing whatever to see except a bare
ledge of a rock which is supposed to be the
last part of earth touched by the feet of
the Saviour on his ascension. A short
distance from here is the Greek Orthodox
temple, perhaps the most expensive edifice
in Jerusalem, erected by Tsar Alexander
II of Russia, to the memory of his mother
Maria "Augustissima."
We kept on through the valley of Ge-henna
i. e., the Valley of Hell, as it was
here the bodies of the Israelitic criminals
were thrown and burned. We visited the
tomb of Abasolom, a square "monument
cut out of the rock, supported on 12 pillars,
with a round tower that has suffered from
the raving storms and changes of tempera-ture
for about 3000 years, but still is in fair
preservation. A similar monument near-by
is said to hold, the tomb of James the
Senior. The hillslope here is practically
littered with old sunken graves, stones
with obliterated Hebrew inscriptions and
yet, today the Jews are here burying their
dead, making this probably one of the
world 's oldest cemeteries.
From here we see that famous point of
rock protruding under the city wall about
which the Mohammedans have the follow-ing
tradition: "On the day of judgment a
line is to be stretched from here to the
Mount of Olives. As the Mosque of Omar
is built on the base of this rock, Mohammed
takes his place over there and Christ on
the Mount of Olives, to act as judges,
when all the races of the world are going
over on the line, the righteous passing
over in safety while the less lucky fall
down in Gehanna, to meet their punish-ment."
According to this I will have a
chance to see the place once more, but not
be able to tell the tale.
After half an hour's walk we entered a
small Arab village to the east of Jerusalem
and across from here on the right hand
side of Kidron stands a very old tree
called the "Judas Oak" where the false
Apostle is said to have hung himself in
regret over his infamous deed. Here also
is the Potters field , Akaldama, or as the
Arab yet calls it: "Hacldama", bought for
the 30 silver coins Judas received for
betraying his Master.
Next in our hike we inspected the tomb
of David where some waxcandles in high
candleabras were burning. The last place
we visited was the house where Christ
for the last time was together with his
disciples at the feast of the Passover and
where he ordained the Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper or Holy Communion.
After the long exposure to the hot sun in
the almost barren valleys of Josaphat and
Gehenna we welcomed the shade of a lit tle
olive grove and after a short rest with
reflections over our arduous, but very, very
interesting tramp we retired to our little
den in Khan Copti where we compared
notes and made out our day's records.
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame , The Greatest
Screen Attraction of Season, Friday and Saturday
"The Hunchback of Notre Dame,'
the massive and much heralded film
production of Victor Hugo's story master-piece
which swept into over-night fame in
New York, will be shown at the Hershey
Central Theatre on Friday and Saturday,
Feb. 20th and 21st. The showing on
Friday evening will be at 7.30 o'clock.
On Saturday there will be two showings,
the first at 6.30 o'clock. The second at
8.30.
Never before, it is said, has there been
offered a picture production representing
so exact in its details, so artistic in its
conception, so wonderful in the acting of
its seventy-five principals, two hundred
sub-principals, and in the handling of the
mob scenes in which more than 30O0
persons take part.
Lon Chaney, admittedly the finest
interpreter of unusual character roles on
either stage or screen, plays the stellar
part of "Quasimodo," the deformed bell-ringer
of Notre Dame, with Ernest Tor-rence
as "Clopin ," the under-world king;
and Patsy Ruth Miller as "Esmeralda. "
Carl Laemmle, who founded Universal
City out in Southern California , it is said ,
has achieved something there which
awakens the utmost admiration. He has
taken Hugo's rather turgid melodramatic
novel, and after building a replica of
Paris' famous Cathedral, he has retold
Hugo's story in pictures—vital, vivid
pictures that hold the attention and excite
admiration by their undeniable power and
beauty.
The spirit of the story is "Quasimodo,"
the hunchback, an elemental creature,
twisted in body and restricted in mind,
who haunts the great church. "Quasi-modo,"
as Mr. Chaney presents him, is
said to be a grotesque monster, and yet
under the forbidding aspect the actor
succeeds in making the character human
and pitiful. His daring poses on the pro-jecting
gargoyles of the Cathedral, his
bold descent, stone by stone, of the front
facade of the great church , his hazardous
swinging on the bells at the risk of his life,
the gruesome scene of his castigation in
the market place, and the pathos of his
final act as, dying, he rings his own death
knell on his beloved bells, are features, it
is said , that make "The Hunchback of
Notre Dame" the most noted film pro-duction
to date.
In constructing the Cathedral of Notre
Dame at Universal City an army of car-penters,
masons and other mechanics,
were employed. The building is an exact
replica in every detail in 1482. It is
declared to be an extraordinary feat and
an architectural and technical triumph.
In addition to the Cathedral, other his-torical
sets include exact reproductions of
the Court of Miracles, Place du Parvis,
Palace de Justice, interior of- the Bastille
and the seven Noble Mansions. This
may give a faint idea of this, the accredited
most important screen production , not
only in the history of the Universal Film
Company, but of that of any producing
concern in the world . Wallace Worsley
was the director.
Among the other principals in the big
cast are: Norman Kerry, who plays"Phoe-bus";
Tully Marshall, as "Louis XI";
Raymond Hatton, as "Gringeire"; Nigel de
Brulier, as "Dom Claude," and Gladys
Brockwell as the crazy "Godule."
With "The Hunchback of Notre Dame,"
it is said, that a "differen t picture" has
arrived , one that marks the dawn of a
new era in cinema art , and one that
has made Carl Laemmle's slogan of "better
and finer productions" an absolute fact.
Sophomores Hold
Valentine Promenade
The Class of '27 held a Valentine Party
in the Y. W. C. A. Cafeteria last Friday
night. No pains in any detail were
spared so as to detract in beauty or success.
This class started the year with a gala
event, a sleighing party to Grantville,
which a goodly numlxir of the class were
present , followed by the gay festivity held
last Friday night. The rooms were
beautifully decorated and presented many
novel effects. The time was spent by
working Valentine Cross Words which
were posted about the walls, tricks per-formed
with chairs by some of our "husky
boys", games, instrumental music and
dancing, after which being quite hungry,
the guests were ushered to the tables,
which formed a huge heart. U|x>n these
were laden all kinds of dainties, as well as
little valentines scattered here and there.
The capable and efficient co-operation
of the officers , whom could not have been
elected to belter advantage, as well as the
Individuals of the class Ixxl y resulted in
this encouraging turnout. The attend-ance
was unusually g<xxl , making the party
a strictly class in class affair.
The people lingered at the tables for a
long time aa they were well entertained
there. A yell was (ri ven for the "Chief
C(x>k. and Bottle Washers", alias Ruth
Liller and Eva Tinney, followed by the
reading of the class prophesy, composed
and read by Lois Oilman, entitled "Sweet
Dreams." The entire plot was centered
around the author and her husband, not
as we arc today but ten years hence,
making a cross country trip In which she
meets her old class mates. The trip In
made In an old Ford much like the one of
Photographer Baum'tt which sometimes
losses a tire, or becomes obstinate and
halts.
It, was cleverly constructed , concealing
slams or bangs for each one which produced
splitting roars of laughter. After this the
Class president ami toast-master, Roy
Dimdore requested individual speeches,
which were mostly rcsixmded with a fact
that they enjoyed the cals.
Jokes were told and the Alma Mater
sung and all too BOOH the night 's festivities
came to an .end hut the CIIIHH of '27 will
long remember it.
The following were present: Beatrice
Alger , Edna Smith. Sarah Foltz, I.OIH
Gllmau, Winoiuih (laker , Kva Tlimcy,
Caroline Scvast io, Anna Brandt , Treva
Dice, Ruth Liller , Viola KdriB, Kathleen
Sandy, Father Magrlni , Josephine Hauni,
Josephiuu Gelling, James Bobh, Parke
Spancake, Roy Cloiiser, Samuel Curry,
Roy Dundore, Fred Lawkey, John Slill-wagiwr
, Dick Sponagle, 'l oad Walmer.
Harry Shucffer, Mathew Sandy, Curl
I Iughes and Arthur Gordon,
The honored guestH were: Miss Gr'esH
and Mr. Douglas. The cha|x:ronca: Mrs,
Liller niul Mia. tayhu.
'Hie Faithful Workers Clans of the First
United Brethren Church will hold a bako
wile at the Hcrahoy market on Saturday,
Feb, 21st.
BAKE SALE ON SATURDAY
Plane Forced to
Land at Hershey
A biplane, lost in the log of Wednesday
afternoon , out for an altitude record , was
forced to land here late Wednesday, and in
coming down the machine was consider-ably
damaged. The landing was on a hill
overlooking the town and near the ceme-tery
Lieut. William R. Payant and Sergt. K.
W. Tweed , in charge of the machine, left
Logan Field , Baltimore , Wednesday after-noon
to shatter an altitude record for the
field. This record was 12,500 feet.
Because of the thick fog that prevailed
most of the day, the fliers were unable to
shatter the record because they had diffi-culty
in keeping their bearings. In the
late afternoon after the airplane had been
gone from 1-ogan Field for six hours, Wic
fliers were reported lost by the field com-mander
and efforts were started to locate
them.
A telegram received at Logan Field
Wednesday evening described the diffi-culties
the fliers had encountered.
The following day many persons here
walked about with bits of the wrecked
machine in their pockets. While the air-plane
was damaged considerably, the
aviators managed to kind on top of the hill
without mishap to themselves.
1 he machine was taken to Middletown
for reiKiira.
I he monthly board meeting of the
Deny IVesbytciian Sunday School met
at the home of Joh n S. Boyer on Arebu
Avunuo, on Monday evening, Those
present were: Mrs, Irvin Sleaser, Mis, R.
11. Taylor , Mrs. Daniel Ensmlnger, Mis.
Howard Romig, MIH , Howard Shelly, Mrs.
I-:. C. Black , Ethel McCreary, Knthiyn
Weltmer nn(J_ Rev. R. II. Taylor, Ivan L.
Mease, Irvln Slosser, John II. Cope, G,
ChnncoJ'hllllpH and John S, Boyer. The
next meeting will bo held at the home of
Mr. and Mrs, lrvln Slctmcr, March 16th.
DERRY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BOARD HOLDS MEETING
District No, 3, of Dauphin County
Sunday School Association, will hold a
rally at Huminclslown on Friday evening,
Feb. 20th , at 7.30 o'clock , in Zion Lutheran
Church,
The progra m is as follows:
Hymn
Scripture Reading and Prayer
Rev. J. S. IlelTiivr , pastor of First Re-formed
Church.
Sixicial music
Address, "|'or Sale -One Adult Bible
ClaBs" Mr. II. C. Crldland
Hymn
AddreHs, "The Dominating Purpose"
Rev. W. S. Dunlop.
S|icdat music
Offering
Hymn
Benediction. Rev, C. G. Ixatherman ,
pastor of /Ion Evangelical Lutheran
Church.
BIG RALLY AT HUMMELSTOWN
FRIDAY, FEB. 20
Boy Scouts Plan
to Build Cabin
A special meeting of the Hershey Boy
Scouts was called to order by Scoutmaster
Magrini , Thursday, Feb. 12th , at 8o'clock.
The roll was read with Mr. Snavely and
Robert Aumen committee men, and
fourteen boys present. The minulcs of the
previous meeting were read by troop
scribe, and the following business was
transacted. Richard Mumma gave the
scout laws and Richard Shay gave the
history of the flag. Richard Shay, Donald
Shay and Herbert I Iarkins were given their
tenderfoot scout badge and became tender-foot
scouts. The scoutmaster gave a talk
about, building a cabin and asked the
committee to obtain permission for grounds
on which to build it. Mr. Snavely gave a
talk on Hoy Scouts welfare, duties of a
scout to a community and encouraged the
lx>ys by telling them bow the committee
would back the movement. Robert Au-men
also pledged his untiring assistance for
future development of Trcx>p No. 1,
1 lershey. Pa. The Scouts as yet have not
had the opixirtunily to do anything to
earn money for camping and uniforms.
The boys are coming along as fast as can
be expected in advanced scouting and hope
the community will answer if at any time
they are called on to show their apprecia-tion
for this juvenile organization.
The , local jurors drawn for Dauphin
County court sessions, are aa follows:
March lfith , grand jurors Dr. H. G.
Mumma and Daniel Yost,
March 15th , criminal court—Edwin
Busk, John Shellenhamer, Harvey M.
Hershey, Lewis B. Caaaady and Walter
Ixlbfrlcd .
March ,'IOth , civil court—Dr. I-nwrencc
K, Edwards, Wm. J, Miller and Allen
King.
April 20th , civil court—Harvey Glpc
und Dunlel S. Graefl.
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JURORS DRAWN FOR DAUPHIN
COUNTY COURT SESSIONS
Luther Weaver while returning to his
home in Sand Beach last week found that
he could not reach the bridge spanning the
Swatura Creek at that place, on account of
the high water due to the recent thaw.
Spying u wire fence that was still alwvc
the water and not wishing to take a round
alxnil course to get home lie decided to try
a slick wire walking stunt. While his
fellow workers looked on with Intense
interest , "Lute", carefully crawled np on
the fence and began lim pcrilious journey
acroas the rushing waters. With the
agility of a circus ix:rformer he took Htep
after step nearer home and had hut a few
feel ' to go when he lost his balance and
down he went with a "splash," While his
friends on the other side gave him the
"nisphcri y'' he paddled his way to the Bhore
and hustled for home and dry clothes.
On being Interviewed later , "Lute" stated
that he received no 111 effect a from his duck-ing,
but that It was the coldest shower
bath he ever look.
TO JOIN RINGLING'S CIRCUS
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Chop-Down
When George was just a little boy,
His father gave him, to his joy,
A shiny hatchet for a toy,
And George made haste to try it.
He hurried to the garden quick,
The garden was the place to pick
A tree tochop.one not too thick.
And here he chanced to spy it:
The cherry tree, his father's pride,
Brought over from the other side.
It took a moment to decide
The proper way to fell it.
He hewed it down with notches true,
He thought' it quite the thing to do.
He felt fatigued when he was through,
Or that's the way they tell it.
Imagine George's great amaze,
When he encountered father's gaze,
No doubt he looked a thousand ways
And thought he'd surely catch it.
No doubt he trembled, nearly cried,
He probably felt sick inside,
Before with courage he replied,
"I did it with my hatchet."
But father patted George's head,
You are a good boy, son," he said,
To tell the truth e'en when you dread
That you must suffer through it.
Do always thus, my little lad,
And you will make your father glad.
Will you do this for your old dad?"
George answered him, "I'll do it."
This week's suggestion to young in-ventors:
We are ottering free, this week
only, a suggestion for an invention which
will revolutionize the automobile industry
and prevent all head-on collisions.
You know if you suspend a bar magnet
on a string so that the magnet can swing
freely either way, and shove the north end
of a second magnet toward the north end
of the first, the two north poles will repel
each other. But if you push a north and
a south pole together they will cling to
each other.
Well, the application of this principle of
magnetic attraction should be very simple.
Magnetize all cars. Let the front end of
the car be the positive, north end of your
magnet, let the rear be the negative,
south end of your magnet. Then if two
cars come toward each other, your applied
principle of magnetic repulsion will save
you doctor bills and damages. The
positive ends of the two cars will repel
each other. The cars will back up. Set
your brakes.
Suppose you are driving a Ford and a
big Cadillac gives you the horn. Let him
pass, but turn the old flivver in behind
him. Shut off your motor, and, since
unlike poles attract, the Cadillac will pull
you along.
Whatever good or bad the movies do,
they are great teachers of what is proper.
When, fresh from the green fields, we went
to boarding school, we didn 't know much
about etiquette. Accompanied by
another young man we went into a movie
theatre. The show was a lot of soft stuff ,
but we learned something we shall never
forget , a bit of knowledge which we use
daily, and without which we should have
led a miserable existence indeed. When
the hero of the play entered the home of
his sweetheart, he gave the butler his hat,
and instead of wadding his gloves into his
trousers pocket as we thought proper, he
placed them inside his hat which the butler
held-toward him.
"Would you have known what to do
with your mittens," said our friend ,
"No," we answered, "movies surely do
show a fellow what is proper."
Mr. John H. Moyer, of Chocolate
Avenue, claims that Fords, as well as
humans and the higher animals, are blessed
with intelligence. He says last Thursday
he drove the flivver out through Lawn,
and the damed thing stopped dead in
front of the only gas station within five
miles. He looked at the gas tank. It
was bone dry. Surely this, he says, could
not have been just luck , or coincidence.
The machine must have felt it was nearly
out of gas, and so it began to gulp the stuff
down in great greedy swallows in order to
get the tank empty before he had run past
the station.
He says any Ford, if taken young, say
before the age of three or four years, can
be taught to swim, as his car was in water
so deep last Thursday that the wheels
didn't touch bottom for some distance.
Calvin Coolidge admits he has had a
mechanical horse rigged up in the White
House. This he rides in preference to a
live mount.
Small wonder he prefers to do his riding
in private after all the publicity the Prince
of Wales got when he dismounted on his
collar bone.
"I wonder if I'm not getting che
grippe," says the Man with the Wooden
Leg. "Mcblx) so, and mebbe not. 1
seem to have a sort of laggy feeling, can
scarcely get myself around, but on the
other hand. I don 't seem to have much
grip in my fingers. 1 guess I need a dose
of that new medicine. I hea r so much
alxnit. Diagnosis, 1 think they call it."
It 's a gixxl thing the Ixigan Field flyers,
wno nearly landed in the Hershey Ceme-tery,
got out of it alive. What a predica-ment
they would have been in, had they
caught on top the smokestack as we did
in our flight of fancy last week.
The Earth has some Crust. Imaginel
The World was all set to come to an end on
February 6, but it Is taking its good old
time, and , like as not , this Issue of the
I lerahey Press will be In your hands before
the dark cloud comes alongside, When
the sklpi)er yells, "All aboard for Holly-wood,"
don't forget to take along a souve-nir
of Hershey, you might take a whole
Ixix of Souvenirs. Ixt 's boost the Home
Town.
Darwin may IKS right , and he may not.
Although we have seen many a man make
a monkey of himself, we have yet to see a
monkey straighten up and be a man.
The Editorial Wo
When a column we would scribble,
It annoys uu fearfully,
For ua I tint can't get accustomed
To the Editoria l We.
We will lilt along serenely
For the (irat two lines or three,
Then I'll forget I'm Ua,
And we'll jot down I for We.
You may think that It ia easy,
And It may Ixi pie for ye,
But us Just can't get accustomed
To the Editorial We.
An old negro entered one of the govern-ment
buildings at Washington , D. C.
"Say." he wild , "I cra ven a cup of coffee
and a chicken sandwich."
"This ia no Cafeteria ," said the clerk
addressed.
"Well, now, dat alio' am pcrculinr," solil-oquized
the darky." I ben tol' dot dia
Constitution of do United States done had
Pcrvlslona put in it fo' de cullud folks, but
I ain't In dc right place,"
Old Fashioned Country
School Pleased
Large Audience
l he Old Fashioned Country School,"
given by the H. O. A. Class of the Holy
Trinity Lutheran, taught by Mrs. J. F.
Snavely, on Monday evening, was well
attended.
Miss Katherine Leithiser enacted the
role 6f teacher, and she brought forth much
humor in her efforts to keep order in. her
school. • -
The school was made up of the following
characters: "genelope Perkins", .by Mrs.
Grover Sheckart; "Cayenne Pepper", by
Alma Drescher; "Dephe Hardehear", by
Margaret Bomgardner; "Agatha Squalls ,
by Goldie Habecker; "Jessie Spruce" by
Mrs. Chas. Cocklin; "Samantha Perkins",
by Miss Minnie Whittle; "Percilla Hawk-ins",
by Mrs. John F. Snavely; "Knox-It",
by Grover Sheckart; "Prof. High Note",
by John F. Snavely.
Mrs. John Shay and Charles Heilman,
Robert Snavely and Miss Mary Anna
Kinports, were visitors, and by their
actions, caused much fun.
There were vocal solos by Miss Goldie
Habecker, Miss Hilda Frymeyer, Mrs.
John Shay and Rev. Paul M. Kinports.
Mrs. Paul M. Kinports was the accomp-anist.
Miss Margaret Cassel gave a reading
and Miss Anna Wetzel rendered several
selections at the piano.
"Eats" were served.
Mrs. Edwin M. Hershey
Entertains at Bridge
Mrs. Edwin M. Hershey entertained at
bridge at her home on West Chocolate
Avenue on Wednesday afternoon.
The invited guests were: Mrs. John E.
Snyder, Mrs. LeRoy Holler, Mrs. A. T.
Heilman, Mrs. D. S. Graeff , Mrs. Ewing
Cain, Mrs. Thos. L. McHeffey, Mrs.
Morris Wenger, Mrs. Charles Zeigler,
Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey, Mrs. Wm. F. R.
Murrie, Mrs Fred. Pugh, Mrs. John
Gallagher, Mrs. A. Bowman Snavely, Mrs.
Ross Esbenshade, Mrs. G. Chance Phillips,
Mrs. John F. Snavely, Mrs. J. Landis
Zimmerman, Mrs. Joseph R. Snavely,
Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mrs. John Kreider, Mrs.
H. G. Mumma, Mrs. George Copenhaver,
Mrs. John Daniels, Mrs. Raymond Glace,
Mrs. Harry Moyer and Mrs. Wm. Hack-man,
all of this place; Mrs. Frank B.
Snavely, Mrs. S. C. Stecher, Mrs. J. Landis
Strickler, Mrs. M. L. Nissley, Mrs. Russel
Stoner, Mrs. Edgar Hummel, Mrs. Robert
Fox, Mrs. Clarence Conrad, Mrs. Joseph
Brightbill, Mrs. J. Earl Brightbill, Mrs.
Harry Holler, Mrs. Mary Fox and Mrs.
Arthur Holler, all of Hummelstown; Mrs.
P. N. Hershey, of Lebanon; Mrs. J.
Strickler Behm, of Annville; Mrs. O. C.
Bishop, of Oberlin ; Mrs. P. G. Diener, Mrs.
Elmer Denniston, Mrs. John O'Connel,
Mrs. Christ Etnoyer, Miss Mary Walmer,
Miss Violette Cassel and Miss Clara
Backenstoe, all of Harrisburg.
Tea was poured by Mesdames Frank B.
Snavely and John R. Kreider.
Bright Prospects For a
Strong Baseball Team
A large number of baseball players and
fans gathered at the Hershey Men's Club
on Tuesday evening, where plans were
formulated in order to place Hershey on
the baseball map.
John F. Snaveljt* reviewed the 1924
season, and stated tha t the work of the
team had been most satisfymg in every
sense of the word. The prospect for the
coming season is most rosy, and a team of a
high-calibre will be placed in the field.
The only draw-back is the lack of financial
support from the townspeople, but with a
little "Get Up and At 'Em spirit this can
be overcome.
After some little discussion it was de-cided
that "Punk" Ream should do the
managerial stuff , and in a short and pithy
speech, stated that the 1925 team looked
good to him, and in order to give the base-ball
fans some real baseball that only
high-grade teams would be scheduled.
Cannonball" Storm, the pitching ace
of the Blue Ridge League, will be on the
slab for Hershey, and he will show the
Hershey fans some real pitching acumen.
"Bill Shaub, the slugging outfielder ,
has been wielding a strong club all winter
and his eye is as clear as a crystal, and he
feels as tho he will surpass Babe Ruth's
record .
"Marty Alberts and Bill Miller also
expressed themselves aa being 100 per
cent. O. K. and that they looked for 1925
to be their best year aa baseball atara.
Transit Companies
Fight Against Busses
Railroad and transit companies con-tinued
their battle against jitneys this
week when attorneys presented arguments
before the Public Service Commission,
opposing the application of William J.
Emerick for approval of the right to
oix:ratc a motor mis line between Harris-burK
and Reading.
1 lie Reading Company, Harrisburg
Railways Company and Reading Transit
and Light Company, represented by
attorneys, contended that the present
railroad and trolley service l>etween I larrts-burg
and Reading is adequate to meet all
demands.
For Emerick it was asserted that the bus
service ia needed to supplement the train
service between the two cities. The
busses would stop only at Harrisburg,
Lebanon and Reading.
On Saturday afternoon a group of boyi
filled with the spirit of youth and with
smiling faces will bo conveyed to Lebanon
where they will attend a regular boys "Get-
Together. The group is from Holy
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School and will
attend the Conference of boys in Salem
Luthera n Church arranged by the Boys'
Work Corhmltlec of the .Lancaster Con-ference.
The program as arranged will
include speakers as Dr. Sundberg, of
Theil College. Greenville, Pa; Mr. Cluwles
Kelchner, Secretary of Lebanon Y. M. C,
A., and others with messages for the youth:
A dinner is being arra nged for in connec-tion
with the conference. The boys hope
to let them know they ure from Hershey.
HERSHEY BOYS TO ATTEND
LEBANON GATHERING
CHICKEN CORN SOUP SUPPER
The Young Ladles' Missionary Guild of
the Reformed Church, of Hummelstown,
will hold a chicken corn floup supper; alto
cakes, candy and apron sale in the church
basement on Saturday afternoon and
evening, Feb. 21st,