The Hershey Press 1923-01-04

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and Who's Who
The many friends of George S. Shearer,
who was on the sick list for quite sor tie time
recuperating at Cumberland, Maryland,
were indeed glad to see him in Hershey
again, having arrived on New; Year's Pay.:
He looks the very picture of health, and
we sincerely trust that he will be with us,
and.continueto be with uS, so that we can
all grow old together;
Rev. Clarence D. Leatherman, of West
minster, Md., has accepted a call to the
pastorate of the Lutheran church at
Hummelstown, one of the oldest in the
Eastern end of Dauphin county. He will
be installed early in the next year.
Rev. Rufus E. Morgan and family
visited his parents at Vaileyvue, Schuylkill
County, on New Yearfs Day. : .
Harry H. Rudy visited.his sister, Mrs.
tYalter H. Cooper, of Philadelphia, during
the holidays. Harry was very much dis-appointed
upon being unable to see the
Mummers' parade.
Miss Laura Ridler. of Harrisburg; W. F.
Ellis, of Mt. Joy, and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Moffett, of Wormleysburg, were the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Wiley on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Myrl Smith spent New
Year's Day at Wonttleysburg and New
Cumberland visiting relatives. .
Mr. and Mrs. James Putt, Miss Kather-ine
Putt and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Koser
motored to Reading on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Evan R. Wolfe, of Ephrata,
after spending the holidays the guest, of
Mrs. Wolfe's parents, Rev. and Mrs. O. G.
Romig, have returned to their home.
Austin C. Ceiling, son of Wm. Gelling,
and Arnie A. Clotfelter, daughter of
Daniel Clotfelter, have, secured a marriage
license, and the wedding will take place this
W&&.
Mrs. George_ Warfield, of Harrisburg;
visjtedjher brother, H. I. Miller and family
dver"rjtew Year's.
Miss Annie Reese, Miss Mildred Miller
and Miss Nellie Miller attended the Ma-jestic
on Monday evening.
Allan Fidler, who represents the Hershey
i Chocolate Company, stationed at Buffalo,
N. Y., was a visitor in town over the holi-days,-
\
, 'Robert Auman has charge of the Men's
.Nplipnldepartment at the Hershey Depart-onent
Store. Bob hasa rric«pt leasingp er-sonality,
is a 'Veal'' salesman, and we are
quite qure that his dep^iKmeK.fertt.il'is 2
winner during 1923. N;v .' -
Mike Canter, the Singer sewing machine
expert, was a visitor in town last week.
Daniel Copenhaver, son of Mr., and Mrs.
George Copenhaver, after spending the
holidays visiting his parents, has resumed
his studies at Bucknell College.
The Hershey bakery gave a sponge cake
to each of their patrons on New Yearta Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lewis announce the
birth of a baby boy on Sunday, December
31.
Paul Hershey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harvey Hershey, Sr., has resumed his
studies at State College, after spending
the holidays at home.
Paul Shultz, Bob Sattazahn, Edwin
Schwenk and Paul Gingrich witnessed the
boxing and wrestling bouts at the Olympic
Club, at Harrisburg, on New Year's after-noon.
The Misses Grace Uhrich and Fannie
llhrich, pf Vian, and Miss Evelyn Alwine,
pf Elizabetiitown, spent New Year's Day
the gueat of Amos Lehman and family.
' E. K, Cowan, Walter Leibfreid, Bob
Sattazahn;' Paul Gingrich, Paul Shultz and
Edwin Schwenk, who represent Hershey in
the volleyball realm, journeyed to Harris-burg
on New Year's pay, where they play-ed
the Harrisburg policemen. The net
Was too high, and Hershey fell before the
Police by the scores of 15-12 and 15-11.
The Police will play a return engagement
on the local floor in the near future, when
Hershey will make every effort to come
out at the big end of the horn.
Miss Mary Krelder, a student of Harcum
School at Bryn Mar, and the Misses Lu-etic
and Ernestine Spitler, of Washington,
D: C„ were the guest of Miss Luclle Gil-man
over the holidays.
Jay Balsbaugh, who is a student at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
was a guest of Cecil and Lloyd Oilman last
week.
Cecil and Lloyd Oilman, students of
University of Pennsylvania, spent their
holiday vacation with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Oilman.
MiBS -Lucile Oilman, Miss Ernestine
Spitler, Lloyd Oilman, Jay Balsbaugh and
Daniel Copenhaver,attcnded a party-dance
on New Year's given by Miss Mary Krel-der
at Mt. Annville in honor of Miss Luclle
Spitler:.,. ,
. Mi", nnfl Mrs. Ezra F, Hershey and
chUdrcrji 'jBetty, Catherine and Frantz,
attended, 'the Monday afternoon perfor-mance'of
'Thurston, the magician, at the
Orphcum.. Thurston has countless num-bers
of tricks of magic, and he goes, put
among the audience, and plucks members
of the barnyard family from beneath the
coats 6f some of the, men. More than this,
he found a pint of suspicious looking brown
fluid in Mr. Hershey'a pocket;
... Every once in a great while there comes
along'a'r eal, red-blooded' moving' picture,
patrons of the Herehey Central Theatre
will be' treated to just such,n.picture on
Tuesday/ evening, January 9th, at 7.'30
o'clock; when the William Fox production
'•The Bella of San Juan ," starring Charles
Jones, will be shown
NOTICE—All delinquent 1922 laxea
must be paid within 30 days, or else on
action in assumpsit will be made, and to
any jud gment obtained for such taxes
there shall bo added a penalty of ton per
cent,, together with costs of suit. Frank
Kegerreto, Collector.
Both the boys and girls basketball teams
of the Hershey High School will play My-erjrtown;
ipn,</Saturday afternoon , at 2:30
Mot*}ori th> H«rtt i*yMfn'f "CW'"Aw*'.'
"A Fool fhere
Was" Saturday
Trivial incidents mould men's lives and
are the cause of great events. This is as it
was in the beginning and always will be.
This sameis true iff the birth of great
stories, famou^ paintings and plays' and
motion pictures that live forever. .
It would be interesting to know what
paused the idea that resulted in the creation
of all famous plays that ever.have been
written. It's a hundred to one'that . it
would make a volume of as.interesting
reading as could be conceived.
Take that/famous and everlasting play
"A Fool There Was," which William Fox
has just made into a wonderful dramatic
photoplay, and which, will be the attraction
at the Hershey Central" Theatre.on Satur-day
evening, January 6th, at 7:45 o'clock.
The story of its conception goes back to the
sensational picture "The Vampire - by Sir
Philip Burne-Jones. " What inspired Burne
Jones to paint the picture is not in the rer
cords. But the cijahces are that' it was
after reading firan Stoker's "Djacula,"
that great story on human vampires,-who
live on the blood and strength of their
victims. '"' : .;,' .
Neither is it known just what inspired
Stoker. But it is safe supposition that he
created these unreal people after looking
up the record of Lilith, the first vamp, who
lured Adam; Delilah, who made a weakling
out of Samson; the Lorelei, who sat on the
ancient Grecian rocks combing their won-derful
golden hair, and singing such snappy
jazz that the Greek sailors had to stuff
cotton in their ears to keep from going
headlong on the shoals.
Or maybe he had been delving into the
secret court memoirs of Cleopatra "of a
hundred loves"; Helen of Troy, "the face
that launched a thousand ships"; Salome,
of "the seven veils" or DuBarry, ¦ who
wrecked a King and Kingdom.
Anyway Stoker wrote "Dracula," and
Burne-Jones painted "The Vampire." It
did not attract such attention in England,
and the artist brought it to America in
1902, exhibiting it in the Knoedler Galler-ies
in Fifth avenue, New York City; There
it created a sensation, and the owner took
it back to London, where the verdict of
America drew the attention of the;British.
Kipling went to see it and from it drew
his inspiration for his famous poem 'The
Vampi-e." that made the ¦iterary'Cr^&tiu\'
up. This poem was printed wherever
there was a printing press, and of course it
was read by Porter Emerson Browne, who
was just beginning to be noticed, so he sat
down and wrote the famous play "A Fool
There Was." It was a dramatic shock.
That was back in 1909.
Alumni Trims
High School
The Hershey High School was defeated
by the Alumni on Thursday night, Dec.
28th,' on the\Hershey Men's Club floor by
the score of 48-210 The Hershey High has
a new team, no player of which had a regu-lar
birth on the 1921-22 team of last year,
but still they showed some class and in the
second half outscored the Alumni 20-19
points. The Alumni had as good a team
as they ever will have on the floor . Hav-ing
all boyeon it that, play the whole season
athome or at oollege. '-Due credit must be
given the High boys for their passing and
floor work though this can be much proved
The next game, which will be played in the
near future, will be a different story.
The lineup was as follows:
High Alumni
Purcell F,, Copehnaver
(Shae)
Magrini F Dowhower
(L. Tinney
Aungat C Leithiser
(Ferrucd)
Longer: .C Wolfersberger
' (Oilman)
Swartz G Dissinger
(Belser)
Field goals—Magrini 2, R. Tinney 2,
Aungst I, Long 1, Copenhaver 3, Shea 2,
Dowhower 2, L. Tinney 2, Leithiser 5,
Ferrucci 4, Wolfersberger 1, Dissinger 1.
Fouls—Purcell 1, Magrini 7, JR. Tinney 6
Aungst 1, Shae 3, L. Tinney 1, Leithiser 3,
Dissinger 1,
Reckless Motor
Car Driving
According to figures ot Pennsylavnla
Railroad officials, gathered at railway
crossings In four States, ninety-seven per
cent, of motor car drivers approach railway
crossings with duo care. The'other three
per cent, fall to. take even ordinary pre-cautions
for the protection of life, Judging
by the frequency of grade crossing nccU
dent's, these figures arc not exaggerated.'
On the contrary ,}t would bo easy to beiieye
that 1 many more than, three per cent, of
driversare to blame ifop this dally sacrifice.
No wonder tltot ,the, railways have folt Im-pelled
to' enter upon a "safety first" cam-paign
of education. -.
Here are some forma of reckless driving
noted by the Pennsylvania inspectors!
'•Failing to look in either direction for
train; disregarding the stop signal of cross-ing
watchmen; driving under crowing gates
in front of trains while gates wore being
lowered; running on crossings before (stopp-ing,
not having car under control; stalling
on-the tracks; stopping cars'on cronaings
and turning around on the tracks; playing
no attention to, ^he locomotive warning
wWetless ' racing, automobiles:'< ncro«i the
UlcH»tO'bwitratat,^:-v-*-:''Y. . .•; <¦ .,-, ¦ »•
Mr. M. 5? Hershey
Tells Us Good News
Mr. Mi S. Herihey'tendered a luncheon
to the officers; andj department managers
on Friday evening' $t the frershey Cafe.
Following the luncheon Mr; M. S. Her-shey
arose and brifefly st^tMthe purpose of
the meeting. , I
He said that hi^. i
p'urpose had been to
build a solid and permanent foundation for
the chocolate arid icoooa= business. He
farther stated that instead of thinking the
chocolate and cx>c6afbusiness as "his busi-ness,",
he wanted.'jjll of nis employees to
think "of it as being 'bjir business;" an
organiration in which
^
every employee is
a partner. He sti^d [that all employees
would be permitted "to purchase preferred
stock in the company*,w hich pays 8 per
cent., and that a plan was being evolved to
make this easy to do sp, , Furthermore,
he wanted to give additional compensation
to the officers and employees of the com-pany,
to be deterrntned'as' follows:-
Salaries and wages will, as heretofore, be
dependent upon, the character of the em-ployment,
ability, experience, .responsibil-ity,
quality and quantity of work done, arid
other circumstances |qf .the employment,
and may from time to time be decreased'or
increased. • ,
There will also be paidi;t o those of the
officers and employees of the company and
its constituent companies whose duties are
within the United Sfites ui addition to the
salaries and wages fixed as stated an
amount determinedas follows:
After the; determination of the consoli-dated
net income.of the.Company and its
constituent companies from all their opera-tions
within and without the United States
according to its usual methods of account-ing
and after the deduction of all interest
and taxes paid or accrued, maintenance
and repairs, reserves for depreciation,
taxes, and doubtful accounts, all other
charges, and the further deduction of the
sum of the two million four hundred thou-sand
dollars ($2,400,000), apportioned
monthly, allowed for interest or as a
return for the year nineteen hundred and
twenty-three i 1923) on the investment in
the Company and its constituent com-panies,
twenty-five per cent.(25 per cent.)
of the remainder thereof will be paid to the
officers and employees of the Company "in
proportion Xo . ih^ aijiounts already, paid
tJ.rf.Tas .-salary or wages:duii:2 *h*> nero/d
for whichthe paymentis made.
Payments wiU be made, quarterly, as
early as can be after the end of each quar-terly
period of the year nineteen hundred
and twenty-three (1923), to those in the
employ of the Company on the last day of
each quarterly period who were in its
employ on the first day thereof and who
were continuously in its employ during the
whole of the quarterly period. The
quarterly periods are the months of Janu-ary,
February and March; April, May and
June; July, August and September; Octo-ber,
November and December1.'
When the payment has been made for
any quarterly period it is conclusive, com-pletes
the payment to be made for that
quarter, and is not to be increased nor is
any deduction to be made later arising from
any increase or decrease in the net income
of the Company for the quarterly period
for which payment has been made,
These payments will'be made only to
those .employed in the usual and regular
operations of the Company and its con-stituent
Companies, and not to those
engaged for occasional or seasonal employ-ment,
nor to those employed for special
work or purposes, suchas new construction,
maintenance, replacements, repairs, or
other work not usually, ordinarily, and
regularly done, If the period of such em-ployment
extends over one or more quar-terly
periods.
Questions arising concerning the con-struction
of this statement, the application
thereof to individual cases, the apportion-ment
of the amounts payable, will be de-termined
by the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose decision thereon shall be
conclusive,
The Company 'reserves the right,, to
modify or amend this declaration, to
amplify the same with such further detail
as may be required U> satisfactorily and
successfully execute the purpose thereof
This plan is in effect for the calender year
nineteen hundred and twenty-three (1923)
only, is experimental to determine a work-able
plan , which may be continued in the
present form or in some modification there-of
, by which the interest of the officers and
employees of the Company will be stimu-lated
In the successful and economical operi
ation of the business in all its branches and
details to the advantage of themselves and
the Company.
Jones Coming In
"Bells of San Juan "
Patrons of the Hershey Central Theatre
are to have a real treat when the William
Fox production , "Bells of Sari Juan " starr-ing
Charles Jones will be shown on Tuesday
evening, January 9th, at 7:30 o!clock.
Charles Jones, who has been called "the
most convincing actor on the screen,", Is
said to bo at his beat In this Western story
of romance and adventure.
Jo nes, who is cast In the role of the
Shoriff'of Snn Juan, Is fast becoming one of
the leading screen heroes. His feats' of
daring are cspecinlly notoworthy,
The story la oho of the -wild' and Woolly
Westerners, in which Jones won ills fame.
Ho plays' tye part of, a' young Westerner
who is elected Sheriff to succeed his father
who was murdered. He swears to avongo
his parent. The keeper of the local dance
hall and saloon is suspected nnd the eon of
tt»i rouratwd official bring* him to Juitlc*
Dance Was a Big
Social Function
A dance was given on Tuesday evening
in the Hershey Winter Dance Hall by Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Snyder and Mr. arid Mrs.
W, RossEsbenshade.
The hall was converted into a scene of
loveliness, and when the guests entered the
hall they exclaimed over the beauty and
originality of the decorations.
The Banjo-Saxo orchestra was in, at-tendance,
and their music was irresistable.
One number of unique concept was that
when a whistle Was blown and .the ladies
were informed that they should choose a
balloon. These large balloons were float-ing
in mid-air, in fact hear the ceiling,
fastened to- cords. These cords were
drawn to where the ladies were assembled
^^-and then the fun began, and as a result a
number of the balloons went up in a puff.
Ort these balloons were affixed the names of
the gentlemen with whom the ladies were
to have as partners in the dance that fol-lowed.
A line was then formed, and each
guest was given a liberal supply of gaily
colored paper-strearners, and as a conse-quence
the hall soon betook an appearance
of a Broadway carbaret on a New Year's
Eve celebration.
Those that did not dance played cards.
Toward midnight refreshments, consist-ing
of ice cream bricks and cake, were
served.
The gowns of the ladies were strikingly
beautiful.
Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Wm.
F. R. Murrie, Mr. and Mrs. Ezra F. Her-shey,
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. McHeffy, Mr.
and Mrs. F. W. Pugh, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Bowman Snavely, Mr. and Mrs. Jno. F.
Suavely, Mr. and Mrs. A.. T. Heilman,
Prof, and Mrs. A. M. Hinkel, Mr. and Mrs.
John Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bare,
Mr. and Mrs. George Copenhaver, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. F. Zeigler, Mr. and Mrs.
Chance Phillips, Mn and Mrs. Wm. F.
Harvey, Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher,
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Snavely, Dr. and Mrs.
J, L. Zimmerman, Dr. and Mrs, H. G.
Mumma, Mr. and Mrs. Ewing Cain, Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Hershey; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Botts, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Glace, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Kreider, Mr. and Mrs. F. B.
Snavely, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mr.
and Mrs. Geo. Karmany, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Strickler, Dr. and Mrs. M. L.
Nissley, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Karmany, Mr.
and i«?c. 'JoJrn Whittock, Mr. and Mrs.
Omar. Hummel, Mr. and-Mrs. Robert Fox,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Holler, Mr; and.Mrs.
Bud Holler, Mr. and Mrs. Phares Hershey,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Kreider, Mr. and JV^fe
Calhoun V??
Miss Mildred Esbenshade, Miss Esta
Murrie, Miss Marion Murrie, Miss Emma
Walton, Miss Carol Walton, Miss Clara
Walmer, Miss Anna Mowery, MissjEliza-beth
High, Miss Jean Anderson, Miss
Florence Dersheimer, Miss Jessie Der-sheimer,
and Miss Lebseltzer.
Messrs. M. S. Hershey, Wm. H. Leb-kicker,
Robert R. Walton, George S.
Shearer, Wm. Curtis, Geo. Hench, Paul
Shultz, Malcolm Murrie, Kenneth Pugh,
James Martin'and F. C. Snavely.
L. V. F, & G. A.
Elect Officers
Officers of the Lebanon Valley Fish and
Game Association were elected Friday
night at the meeting held in Smith's Hall,
Palmyra. They were C. W. Schriver,
president; William McKinne, of Hershey,
secretary; and Harry Moyer, also of Her-shey,
treasurer. The chairman of the
forestry committee Is William H. McEwen,
of Palmyra, of the educational committee,
Rev. A. S. Lehman; and of the fisheries
committee, Hugh Walmer, of Hcrsheyj
Rev. Lehman is a resident of Hummels-town.
The association now has a membership
of more than 250 it was announced. A
meeting and smoker will be held in March.
Iroquois Band
to Give Concert
The Iroquois Band, of Palmyra, will
give the second of a series of concerts on
Friday evening, January 5th, in the Iro-quois
Theatre, Palmyra, This band is
we)l worth hearing as It Is one of the fore-most
bands of Pennsylvania.
The program is as follows:
'The Wedding Ring", Overture, Barnard
"Vlctalina", Gavotte ,,. .Houle
"Bower of Beauty", Waltzes Brooks
.'•The 'Two Zephyrs,", Duet—Cornet and
Trombone Thomas
Harry, Drcschcr and Wallace Pottclger
"Norma ", Grand Selection,, Bellini
"Manzono", Spanish Intermezzo, Brooks
"Providence", Fantasia , , , , .Tobanl
"Blue and Gray," Patrol Dalbey
"Star Spangled Banner,", , Key
Those We Love
Thoy say the world is round-~nnd yet
I often think It square,
So many little hurts we get
From corners hero and there, ,
But there 's one truth in life I've found
While Journeying East and West
Tho only folks wo ever wound
Are .those we lovo the best, ; , '
We flatter those wo scarcely know,
We please tho fleeting guest, '
And deal full many a thoughtless blow ' 1 To th6wtr» lov« tbt,l)wtr ,'
J. C. Hess Wins
Two Prizes
With about 3000 onlookers along the line
of march. Hummelstown marched its
first mummers' parade on Monday night.
Many out-of-town, visitors witnessed the
parade.
Business places and private residences
decorated and mimicry and pageantry
held forth during the time of the parade.
Clowns, comic groups and special amusing
features were interspersed everywhere in
the parade formation.
More than an hour was required for the
columns to pass a given point.
Judges for the parade awards were: Al-bert
Shenk, Hershey; Morris Foreman,
Hockersville, and Edward- Stover, Stover-dale.
They announced the winners as
follows:
Largest costumed band in line, Union
Deposit Band, $15; largest number of
bandsmen in line, Hershey Band, $20; best
comic girls' club, Hummelstown girls'
football team, $4; best comic fire company,
Deposit, $6; best decorated business float,
Clarence Rouf, $6; best comic couple, no
callers for prize, $4; best dressed male, E.
E. Weiman, silk shirt; best dressed female,
Mrs Ceaser, silver tray.
Best comic male, H. Shuey, box of cigars;
best comic female, T. Blackburn, silver
tray; smallest comic girl, Mary Spidel,
silver cup; smallest comic boy, William
Fisler, thermos bottle; best decorated in-dividual
automobile in line, E. E. Lewrew,
Indian blankets; best colored comic group,
Miss Schaeffer's, $3.25.
Best comic colored couple, Williard
Keller's $2; group of costumed school
children, Mary Alwine, leader, $3.50; best
group of colored school children, Edna
Burridge, $2.50; most comic automobile, J.
C. Hess, Hershey; most comic automobile
truck, J. C. Hess, Hershey; best colored
impersonator, Oscar Bordner, $2.
Best comic clown, H. Yetter, $2.25; best
pair of comic kiddies, Porter and Eaton,
two silver cups; best comic musical club,
Elizabethtown, $11.50; best Indian group,
Mrs. Phillip Rath's, $3.50; fattest woman,
P. Deimler, silver pitcher; fattest man,
Paul Deinler, silver fork; oldest person in
line, R. Deinler, $1; Hummelstown Band
was awarded $5, although not a competitor
best imitation of clowns, William Rath, $2.
On the committee in charge of the
mummers' parade were H. T. Gebhardt,
chairman; Paul Wagner, Arthur Lyter,
Robert Bahney and Harold Ludwig.
Annville Hadn 't ¦s—ifc- ¦ ¦ ¦ .. « ¦¦ ¦ ,—-—•^-—
a Chance to Win
The Hershey Ohvets defeated the Ann-ville
Big Five by a score of 68-21 on Friday
evening. At no time had the -Annville
quintet a chance, and it was a runaway
from the start to the finish.
The lineup was as follows:
Olivets Annville
Strine F Wagner
Clark F , McDure
Leithiser C Hollinger
Stover G .Miller
Zimmerman G Grimm
Substitutions—E. Zimmerman for
Strine, Elliott for Leithiser, Sheffey for
Miller.
Field goals—Strine 7, Clark 6, Leithiser
2, Stover 5, W. Zimmerman 9, Wagner 3.
Fouls—Clark 3, Leithiser 2, Stover 3,
W. Zimmerman 2, Wagner 1, McDure 1,
Hollinger 5, Sheffey 3, Grimm 5.
Blanks Ready for
Income Tax
Returns on taxable incomes will be re-ceived
at the Harrisburg Internal Revenue
Offices, second floor of the Postoffice
Building, between January 2 and March
15. Persons or corporations not filing a
return during this period are regarded as
delinquents, subject to fine or imprison-ment.
;
The law governing incomes taxable is
the same this year as it was last year.
Single persons with an annual income of
$1000 or more must make a return, while
married persons living together with an
annual income of $2000 or more must also
file a return.
Any person with a gross annual income
of $5000 or over must make a return, re-gardless
of their net income.
Tho Harrisburg Internal Revenue offices
will be open between the hours of 8 o'clock
in the morning and 4 o'clock in the after-noon
each day during the period between
January 2 and March 15.
Trini ty Bible School
Elects Officers
At the annual meeting of , the Bible
School of Trinity Lutheran Church the
following officers were elected for tho year
1923; Superintendent, E. L, Bomgard-ner;
Assistant Superintendent, Alvin C,
Hay; Recording Secretary, Martin Stable;
Financial Secretary, Norman Stable;
Treasurer, 'Paul Shultz; Librarian, Paul
Belser; Assistant Librarian, Walton Wiloy;
Pianist, E, LoRoy . Stable; Assistant
Pianist, Jolin Henry Bomgardner ; Super-intendent
of the Primary Department,
Mlsa Kathcrine Leithiser; Superintendent
of tho Homo Department, Mrs. Wilson
Rhonda; Superintendent of the Cradle
Roll, Miss Edna May Dochort, : '
' The newly elected officers WiU he Install-ed
at the morning service on Sunday, Jan,
7th,aU0:3Q, v, , ,'' .! ' . ,, ! ¦' ,
In and Around
Lebanon Valley
Petitions have been presented to Harris-burg
City Councilman asking that all park-ing
be forbidden in Third street, one of the
thoroughfares in the business section,
which is being: congested;-and where so
many cars have been parked in the evening
that the only passage is by car tracks. One
of the petitions was filed by the local asso-ciation
of insurance men, who made aisur-vey'
of conditions and urged that some
municipal control of parking be under-taken
in the business and hotel district
before traffic and fire conditions become
serious. . :' '
The Harrisburg city budget for the
coming year will approximate^ $1,254,848.
This is about $40,000 higher than the bud-get
for 1922. The advance is due to twen-ty-
six increases in salary and some interest
charges.
Iron and steel tonnage from the in-dustrial
plants of Harrisburg and Steelton
has been mounting during December, and
when the fuel situation becomes stabilized
it is expected it will materially increase.
Some of the largest shipments have been
of bridge and structural material. Addi-tional
blast furnaces may be started in
Lochiel and Steelton in January, provided
fuel conditions improve.
Plans for the celebration next year and
in 1924 of the Huguenot-Wallon ter-cente-nary
in this country includes* a pilgrimage
of Americans to the heart of Protestantism
in Europe, according to the announcement
of Rev. John Baer Stoudt, of AUentown,
executive secretary of the committee of the
American Federation of Churches that has
charge of the observance. Rev. Mr.
Stoudt recently addressed a conference of
over 300 American and European church-men
on the celebration plans. '*'
Lehigh county hens laid only 1,193,973
dozens of eggs this year, valued at $596,-
986.50, according to the State Agricultural
Department, which is an average of fifty
cents a dozen. Lancaster was the banner
egg county, its hens producing $3,000,000
worth of eggs in 1922.
Bounties paid by the State of Pennsyl-vania
during the year from December,
1921, to the beginning of December, 1922;
amount to $121,819.50, bringing the total
paid since the system was established in
1913 up to $915,777. The total pi claims
paid m the last year is less than that of each
of the preceding two.years dUeWlto re« -
^moralsfjiuj ik^^^
number of other'iariirnalsr' of^theJEb-called -
vermin class for which bounty claims were
presented was larger. /
The total kill reported during the last
year included 66,726 weasels; 5332 gray
foxes, 3525 red foxes and 429 wildcats. The
State allows $8 for each wild cat, $2 for
each fox and $1.50 for each,w easel.
The greater part of the bounty claims
are made by residents of country districts
and the bulk of the killing takes place dur-ing
the Winter months; December is ex-pected
to prove the heaviest month this
year.
The old blast furnaces that made' the
Lehigh Valley hum with industrial activity
are disappearing in eastern Pennsylvania.
They are givingway to big-iron manufac-turing
plants of more modern construction
and greater capacity. ' ¦¦.
Pinchot Invites
Us to Be Present
Every man, woman and child is invited
by Gilford Pinchot to the inauguration
ceremony when he will be inducted into
office as Governor of Pennsylvania for the
next four years on January 16th, • .
The Gbvernor-elect's Invitation follow?;,
"Inauguration of the new Governor will
take place at noon on January 16 in the
city of Harrisburg. I desire to extend a
most cordial invitation to the citizens of
Pennsylvania to be present. The reduc-tion
in expense already proposedw ill make,
it impossible to issue, formal engraved cards
of invitation. Accordingly, I ask that this
general notice and Invitation to attend be
taken Instead of the cards heretofore cus-tomary.
I will be thoroughly glad to,see
all who come, men and women alike, ai)d J¦»
assure to every one a cordial welcome.",
The reason for the unprecedenteda ction
of tho Governor-elect in abolishing th!e
usage of sending out engraved . invitations ;
which has been In existence since the birth
of the Commonwealth, lies in the fact that
a continuance of the practice would ,have
caused the expendltwrea for tho inaugura-tion
to exceed the, $5000 limit of, expend)^
tured set Cor the ceremonies by Mr. Fijnphoti • , :
Predictions, have been rnacje that, . thyj '¦ , '
result will be to bring to, Harrisburg (fjj oj ,
largest crowd of visitors that ever,d,esceni |.
ed upon the Capitol town., There are Qtljftr (
prophecies, that the people, when ' they :
realize that the ceremony is to be brief and - >
simple and that the parade will.lack in size',
any spectacular features ob comparedw ith;/
those of other years, will nottwn out in! ,,
extraordinary numbers, ',., , (• ¦<; ¦ ¦;" v., /.'m; ;
The west front of the Capitol at 12j00 :
o'clock noon on Inauguration Day, in.qrty.i 1
event, will witness, one of tKe\';'«mpTWjri;"
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ceremonies in long h'story pf the State; tdrj iii
he will go into, office with less preliminary it^
fuss and concurrent flare and flurry > fliajnM
any Pennsylvania Governor, '¦¦"'• • ¦ lh ''''(J;
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The Reading Transit & Light C^rnpanyyl'
6( Reading, will play theOllveta bfi Frldayil
evening on the HerBhey,Men!»,ClUh'fl<»r, 'Q\
TWb is a fttrong team, an,d a'^^'^tUtt'p
«nd dose «?nteatcan be fym-ff tff iijtff lff lm