The Hershey Press 1920-05-27

              Every effort is being put forth to have
beautiful Hershey Park in readiness for
the Season's opening on May 31st A
large force of men—carpenters, painters,
gardeners, etc., have been steadily em-ployed
for several months and the result
of their efforts is plainly visible. This
season Hershey Park will be more beautiful
than ever and will be better equipped to
conveniently handle the increased crowds
which will surely come here during the
summer months.
The opening festivities will really begin
on Sunday afternoon when a Sacred Con-cert
will be rendered by the Perseverance
Band of Lebanon with a membership of
36 men. The concert will be held during
the afternoon at the large band stand.
The Perseverance Band is an organization
of established reputation and will cer-tainly
attract many music-lovers to the
Park on Suaday.
Many improvements will attract the
attention of the Park patrons, this
summer. The park theatre has been re-painted
and remodeled, inside and out.
One thousand new theatre chairs have been
installed and by placing four more aisles,
a new and entirely better seating arrange-ment
is effected and the capacity increased
to sixteen hundred people. A new system
of lighting the large auditorium and many
new lighting effects on the stage, have
been installed . With these new improve-ments
this theatre easily becomes the most
complete summer theatre in Pennsylvania.
The large dance ffoof has also undergone
extensive improvements. The entire
floor has been replaned and waxed and
will accommodate, without crowding,
upwards of eight hundred couple. New
music for the Carousel has been received
and so, throughout the entire park , has
the management striven to so improve
and better , that everybody will be firmly
impressed with Hershey Park as being
the ideal summer park and will accord-ingly
tell their friends everywhere.
The theatre season will be opened by
the Hortiz Stock Company, in connection
with which , will be presented , good vaude-ville.
This engagement will last two
weeks. Starting with May 31 and on
June 1 and 2, the Hortiz Co. will play a
Musical Comedy-drama entitled ,—"For
the Girl he Loved ." In conjunction with
this play will appear Carven and Lentz in
a vaudeville comedy musical act. The
shows will change semi-weekly and for
the latter half of the week will be shown ,
"Fritz in the Mountains. " Lorn and
Payne, acrobats, will appear in the
vaudeville act on this bill. These are
first class shows and clean amusements,
for these are qualification s which the park
management demands for its patrons.
A very nominal admission charge will
he made for these performances. Five
hundred seats will sell at fifteen cents,
six hundred will sell at twenty-five cents
and five hundred will sell at thirty-live
cents. (Movie prices in llarrisbui g are
thirty-three cents) .
There will be dancing afternopn and
evening. A special enlarged orchestra
lias been secured for the occasion . It is
confidently expected this mammot h danc-ing
floor will bo filled for each occasion.
livery amusement in this beautiful
park will be thrown open on Monday.
Beside the iimusenieiil ,s already men-tioned
, will bo bathin g, boatin g, canoeing,
the miniature railwa y, band concerts , et c.,
— •So "pack vip your troubles In your old
kit bug " and come to Hershey for u day
of wholesome fun and amusement. In-dications
warrant the management in
anticipatin g a record breaking day and
are accordin gly arranging to accommodate
the large crowds.
SENIORS MOTOR TO VALLEY
FORGE
The memburtTof the Senior class of the
Hersliey High School , twent y In number ,
motored to Valley Forgo, last Wednesday.
They werp accompanied by Miss Paulino
Clark and Stacy Peters,
Hershey Park Will
Open Memorial
Day, May 31
The concert by the Hershey Men's
Chorus, in the Park Theatre, on Thursday
evening proved a huge success. From
every standpoint it far exceeded the
expectations of those who supervised the
work. Much had been claimed for it
and many predictions, for its unequalled
success had been made, and a full and
complete realization of every claim and
prediction was enjoyed.
It was pronounced the most wonderful
bit of Concert work ever produced by a
local organization. Profuse were the
commendations of praise bestowed upon
the men for their splendid efforts. Each
number on the program met with a hearty
response from the vast audience and 'twas
good, for each number was a veritable
well of pure delight and rich in beautiful
harmony.
Miss Irene Kreidler , soprano soloist ,
captivated the vast audience of fifteen
hundred people by her marvelous work
in each of her numbers. The audience
was thrilled by the power and rapturous
beauty of her voice and entranced by its
exquisite sweetness.
Miss Kreidler rose to the heights of her
brilliant achievements in her second num-ber
, — "Hymn to the Sun, " It is a most
difficult composition by Rimsky —Korsa-koff
, which places most exacting demands
upon the singer , but , with a natural ease
and grace, becoming a true mistress of the
art , Miss Kreidler triumphantl y met
every requirement.
Miss Kreidler possesses a voice with
capabilities which will carry her far afield
in the realm of her ait. It is absolutely
the most beautiful and cnlraneingly
sweet , a Hershey audience has ever
listened to. In every number did she
have it under remarkable control , whether
in the extremely classical number or In
the lighter melodies. Vociferous applause
was accorded her in each number and 'tis
safe to say every person in the large
audience became a • true admirer and
friend. Miss Kreidler may come back
to Mornhey again and again for , to hear
her magnificent voice is assuredly an
opportunity of golden richness and rarest
good fortune.
A vast amount of credit was reflected
on the efforts of Charles F. Zeigler , who
»h Director , arranged the program and
rounded the large chorus into form. Sin-cerity
and unwavering zeal on his part,
were large factors in the success of the
concert. From the very first rehearsal
until the concert was closed he labored
conscientiously with but one thought in
mind ,—to bring to Hershey something
better and bigger from the sphere of
music. He inspired each member of the
chorus with the same thought and by his
impressive leadership, secured the close
co-operation of the entire chorus. A large
measure of the success realized is directly
traceable to his generous efforts.
The members of Hershey Post of the
American Legion , which organization
received the proceeds from the concert ,
were highly gratified over the result.
They feel a deep sense of appreciation for
the support hereby tendered them and
want to publicly announce their sincere
gratitude to each one of the many who so
kindl y rendered material assistance in
assuring the success of this concert and
likewise to the public , at large , (or their
generous support.
And , as was said for the Ladies Chorus,
here is another organization which has
won its claim to public support , and
therefore should continue. There are
reasons too numerous to mention here,
why the Men 's Chorus should not disband.
It 's growth has been splendid and its
progress in the study and rendition of
good music , remarkable and under tin;
masterful leadership of Mr. Zeigler , should
soon become an organization of reputation
and note. They why shouldn 't it be
made a permanent institution of Hershey?
Or, why couldn 't the Ladies , Chorus and
the Men 's Chorus be combined into one
large organization to remain as a perma-nent
Hershey Choral Society? Music
lovers , what 's your answer?
EX-SERVICE MEN GUESTS AT
SPECIAL MEETING
All Ex-service men will be honored
guests of the Den y Presbyterian Church ,
on Sunday evening, May UOtli. A special
patriotic service is being held by the Rev.
U. II. Taylor and all Ex-service men are
cordially invited to attend. All who
attend are requested to meet at Hershey
Inn on Sunday evening at seven o'clock
and proceed to the church in a body, It
Is hoped all men who can possibly do so
will nrrsmgo to attend this service, The
Invitation lo attend this service is extend-ed
to nil veterans of all wars.
Men 's Concert a
Success, Theatre
Filled to Capacity
The Baccalaureate service in the Cen-tral
Theatre on Sunday evening, was the
initial number on the program of closing
exercises for the local High School. The
churches of town omitted the regular
Sunday evening worship to unite in this
one service. The theatre was filled to
capacity by an interested audience.
Rev. R. R. Butterwick, local pastor
of the United Brethren church, delivered
the address of the evening. Assisting, in
officiating capacity, were the Revs. Bert
H. Ritz and R. H. Taylor of the Lutheran
and Presbyterian churches, respectively.
Rev. Butterwick based his address on the
scripture as found in Genesis 11:31,—"And
Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the
son of Haran, his son's son, and Sarae his
daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife;
and they went forth with them from Ur
of the Chaldees, to go into the land of
Canaan ; and they came unto Haran, and
dwelt there." The subject was very ably
treated and very impressively delivered.
Many good wholesome truths were ex-pounded
and much sound advice offered.
It was an address, not alone helpful to
the members of the graduating class, but
to everyone in that large audience, as well.
It was full of inspiration and encourage-ment
and assuredly made a lasting im-pression
on the minds of the youthful
students who are successfully completing
this week, the first lap in a course of
preparation for the business of living a
useful life.
The Grammar School Transfer Exercises
second number on the weeks program, was
held on Monday evening in the Central
Theatre. A large audience of interested
friends were in attendance.
Diplomas were presented by A. B.
Shenk, President of the School Board and
an address, brimful of good things, de-livered
by Rev. Joseph Snavely.
Honors were awarded as follows: First,
George Zeigler, Esther Walmer and An-tionetta
Bilotta. Second : Mildred Hocker
Gladys Christ , Leah Brehm, Edward
Savastio, Ralph Frcysinger and Maris
Gainer.
The Class Roll is as follows : Violet
Baum, May Baker, Antionetta Bilotta ,
Leah Brehm , Gladys Christ , Angelina
Dauna, Helen I'ors, Mildred Hocker,
Gladys Kohr , Kathryn Miller , Mildred
Palmer , Anna Reese, Lillian Ricker , Clyde
Ebersole, Sara Runkle , Esther Walmer,
Rhoda Yerger, Lucille Oilman, Paul
Belser, John Henry Bomgardner, Harold
Cain , Ralph Frcysinger , Earl Nye, Edward
Savastio, William Spangler, George Zeig-ler
, Elwood Robertson. Maris Gainer and
Grace Hess.
The teachers, under whose guidance
and instruction , these youthful students,
have passed are : Mabel Ii. Mause, mathe-matics
and Physiology; M. A. Rogers,
English , Literature and History ; Beulah
Shutt , Music and Drawing; Carrie A.
Wetzel , Domestic Science; Stephen C
Lcininger , Manual Training; and Edgai
F. Schlicter , Penmanship.
Class Day Exercises as third number
on the program, were held on Tuesday
evening, May 25, in the Central Theatre.
A most interesting and delightful program
was presented.
Music was under the direction of Miss
Beulah Shutt , while Miss Lillian Rowe,
was accompanist.
Commencement, exercises, closing num-bers
of the week , will be held in the Park
Theatre on Thursday evening. Theodore
F. Joseph , of Danville , Pa., will be the
speaker for this occasion. The public
is cordially invited to attend this function.
On Sunday morning at the close of the
Morning Service, Rev. Hert Clinton Ritz ,
pastor of Holy Trinity Lutheran church ,
presented to the congregation his resigna-tion
and asked that. It be accepted so that
ho could accept, a Call to become pastor
of The First English Luthevuu church, of
Columbia , Pa.
PASTOR RESIGNS
Closing Exercises for
Local High School
Held This Week
This time it is our genial fellow , Harold
M. Weishaupt. On Thursday, May 20,
wedding bells , sweetly .chimed and as
their gladsome music pealed forth , Miss
Elsie Mae Melllnger , became the bride of
our friend Harold.
Miss Melllnger is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Mellinger , ot Akron , Pa.
She Is a young lady qf splendid accom-plishments
and is exceedingly charming,
Mr. Weishaupt , employed in the
Accounting Division of the Hersliey
Chocolate Co., Is a young man of marked
intelligence and capabilities. He is affable
mid always inspires cheer and good-will
among Ills fellows.
Congratulations and a shower of good
wishes Is extended to Mr. and Mrs. Weis-haupt.
ANOTHER HERSHEY CITIZEN
TURNS BENEDICT
large and enthusiastic audience. It is
an organization which tends to direct the
enthusiasm and energies of growing girl-hood
along proper channels and directs
them on into a sphere of useful and splen-did
womanhood. Everybody, leave your
critical hut at home and come out , ready
to see only the bri ght spots, for these little
ladies are still very young.
ing room of the Y. W. C. A. has simply
buzzed with excitement and eagerness, as
these enthusiastic little ladies were working
towards the small end—that of finishing
all the dresses. Girl Reserve spirit per-meated
the air. Some children even
made dresses for absent ones, before their
own had been finished. The costumes are
all well done and in many showy colors,
and reflect splendid work accomplished.
The Girl Reserves really deserve a
Everybody who is fond of children and
admires their accomplishments, should
turn out to the Girls Reserve Pageant,
Friday evening. May 28th , in the Park-
Theatre, at 8:00 o'clock. "The Magic of
the Deed," although termed a "pageant "
is rather misleading. Though there is
some pantomime in the story, there is
much more speaking done by the small
t ts and considering that it was written
for older girls, these youthfu l members
of the Hershey Girls Reserve, handle the
story very cleverly.
The costumes to be worn in the play,
have all been made by the little Misses
themselves. l« or several weeks the Read
GIRLS RESERVE PAGEANT IN PARK
THEATRE FRIDAY MAY 28