The Hershey Press 1921-01-06

              We have entered into the resolutions
ason, that period in which our new-edges,
occasioned by the transition of
Tie from the old to the new, are entered
•on. We have shaken off old habits
lich the old year had shackled on to us
id we stand, arrayed in an armor of new-ledges,
of renewed determination, oi re-ved
hopes. Its brightness reflects the
nshine of promise as with gleaming
ss we look straight ahead and take up
r journey along a new and unfamiliar
thway.
It isn't going to be a journey without
; obstacles, no indeed . There'll be
ibbles scattered along the way against
4ich we will painfully stub our toes.
iere'11 be thorns which will prick, dark
lleys to cross and hills to climb. Many
nes we will falter ; many times grow
ary and heavy of heart . Our strength
nil be taxed, our determination threat-ed
by despair, our will tested by ad-
-sit y, our courage and confidence tried
rebuff and disappointment. But if we
/rcise power : if we hang on: if we possess
e virtue of sticking everlastingly to our
lrpose then we must go on and on, prov-
I a victor in every conflict until at last
"> conqueror 's reward is ours.
>tick-to-itiveness is a virtue which
>uld be cultured in the life of each of
Without it we will accomplish noth-r
. Without it the joy and happiness
ich rests upon the man or woman who
i climb to the top of the ladder and
re stick , will never be known to us.
It has been authoritatively computed
at ninety per cent of America 's business
iders began at the bottom. Of the
'.y men vot ed the greatest business
tlwarts in the country less than half a
ore of them were born to luxury. At
ast forty of them sweated blood before
<ey gained even a foothold on the ladder .
icy sweated and toiled with brain and
.en with bod y from early morning to
'e at night, many times all night, tasting
feat but never despair. They had the
;ulty of sticking, forever sticking, and
ey won.
Does it pay?
Robert the Bruce six times failed to free
otland , but a struggling spider on the
II which climbed up successfully after
falls revived his courage, and at the
¦enth attempt Bruce won a crown and
lying glory.
Columbus discovered America only bc-lisc
of stick-to-itivi' iu'ss.
"Woodrow Wilson, at fifty, was a little-own
college professor.
Not until the age of f i f t y - t w o did Lin-
'n loom up as Presidential calibre and
.vas not until his fifty-fourt h year (hat
made his imperishable address 'at
ttysburg.
,'ames Hill' s hair was gray before he
•ome Umpire Builder of the Northwest .
'harlcs M. Schwab, at thirt y-five ,
sj dent of the world's first billion-dollar
ooration , lost his steel throne and for a
ade dropped out of the limelight. But
he quit? During this time he re-bled
his efforts and has clone his
itcst work since crossing the half-air
y mark.
his nation 's greatest men .major figures
nancial , industrial or commercial life ,
all above forty. And the great
¦rity are upwards of fifty ,
hat is the answer? What do we gain
• i these examples? They were all
x'fs. They kept in constant view
,r goal and by fighting on courageously
Jlinchingly, unswervingly, they hurdled
vy obstacle and won.
iur duly then lies clearly before us.
ve relax , become slack , slothful and
less, we gain nothing. If we stick to
every purpose and plan , if we pcr-ntl
y keep our goal in view , if , with
dog tenacity we hang on, our posterity
find our names among those who have
mplished big things , they will find
lumbered among the nation 's great.
i Ick-to-llivcncss must win.
ANCE THURSDAY, JANUARY 6
.'he second dance, of the winter season
1 Ij u held on Thursday evening, Jiuui-
(i , on the new floor, The floor now
¦ excellen t condition and is really con-ed
bett er than U>o park pavilion.
•: the last dance, it has been treated
fully and most exactin g attention was
ended on every detail bo that a big
sunt, surprise awaits those who will
co here on Thursday,
lannlx Dance Orchestra , of Harris-t,
now (Irmly established in the favor
ili e dancing public here, will again
il sh the music, Willi favorable
i llier , a good attendance is anticipated
' a thoroughly pleasant evening assured,
tick-to-itiveness a
Primary Element in
Quest For Success
NEW COMMITTEES FOR HERSHEY
POST
A. B. Snavely, Post Commander elect ,
of Hershey Post No. 386, of the' American
Legion, has completed the naming of new
committees for the year 1921. They are
as follows.
Social—A. R. Fidler, chairman; H. J.
Shellenhamer, G. C. Sheckart , Harry
Boyer and H. F. Woomer.
Membership— R. G. Hinkle, chairman:
John Shearer, J. N. Imboden, C. L.
Garman, Ira Shenk, D'Ambrosio Augusto
and Luther A. Dresher.
Entertai nment—C. L. Bare, chairman;
Dr. J. L. Zimmerman, J. Wr . Brenberger,
Paul Shultz, George Lafferty, N. Z.
Stanley and Earl Reed.
At hletic—Harry Kaley. chairman; E. W.
Schwenk, I. L. Mease, G. C. Hench and
R. H. Sattazahn.
Pu. 'ti.il) and A<he tLing— E. W.
Schwenk, chairman: 1. E. Walmer, Robert
Whittle, Charles Copp and R. W. Stubble-bine.
Ltga ' Aid—Norman Smith , chairman;
M. F. Harris, I. H. Slessei , L. R. Binga-man
and H. M. Weishaupt .
HERSHEY CENTRAL THEATRE
Saturday, January 8—U m. S. Hart in
"The Cradle of Courage." A picture in
which the theme is quite different from
the u sual run of "Bill" Hart 's screen
dramas. Here he is seen as a crook who
is reformed through his long service in
France and who on his ret urn home, be-comes
a policeman charged with the duty
of bringing his former pals to justice.
It's a fascinating picture, every scene
having its distinct Hart punch
Completing this bill will be "Jimmy "
Aubrey in a ripping comedy, "The Troubl e
Hunter. "
Monday, January 10—Ethel Clayton in
"Sins of Rozanne." Its a stirring mystery-love
story with a South Afri can setting
and declared to be one of the most un-usual
pictures ever filmed. This is al«o
"Bride 13" night.
Wednesday, January 12--A Rex Beach
special "The Girl From Outside , " and
Fox News.
HI PPLE CONCERT COMPANY ON
THURSDAY JANUARY 6
The Hippie Concert Company, third
number on the Lyceum Course conducted
by the John Elder Men's Bible Class of
Den y Presbyterian Church , will be pre-sented
on Thursday evening, January fi.
The Company is headed by Earl H.
Hippie who is widely known as "The
Wizard of the Xylophone." Each of the
other three members of the company is
an artist and thoroughly experienced in
concert work.
They present a program which contains
classical and popular numbers and will
assuredl y prove highly entertaining. A
most deli ghtful and pro fitable evening is
promised.
FISH AND GAME ASSOCIATION
The Lebanon Valley Fish and Game
Protective Association announces a meet-ing
of the organization for Thursday
evening, January ti, to he held in the
Central Theatre Building, I lershey. Every
member is earnestly urged to attend and
to bring along as many friends as can lie
pei suaded to do so.
The association, though organized less
than a year ago has prospered and at
present is in a flourishing condition. They
have been able to accomplish much good
for the "man of the woods and stream ,"
and hope by a continuation of the same
hearty support , to record greater accom-plishments
during the coming year.
MOTHERS' CLUB
The l lcishey Mothers' Club will hold
its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday
evening, January 11 , in the Kindergarten
room of the Central Theatre. A program
which promises to be very interesting and
hi ghly entertaining has been arranged
and is as follows: Instrumental solo,
Miss Lydia Weltmer; address, Mr. S. D,
Clark, and a vocal solo by Mrs. A, B.
Suav ely. All members are urged to
start the new. year in happy style by
int ending this initial meeting of the year,
MEN'S CHORUS REHEARSA L ON
JANUARY 11
Th e Hershey Men 's Chorus will resume
rehearsals on Tuesday evening, January
11 , in the lobby of the Men 's Club. Mem-bers
are especially urged to attend prompt-l
y, Rehearsals are now assuming greater
import mice and it Is hoped the members
will strive to attend regularly , The
success of the chorus vitally depends upon
regular attendance ,
The new winter dance floor on Thursday
evening, December 30, was the scene of a
brilliant social affair , when the Misses
Cunningham, of Los Angeles, Christmas
holiday guests of Miss Esther Murrie, were
honor guest s at a dance tendered by Mr.
and Mrs. W. F. R. Murrie.
Music, for the dance, was furnished by
a Lebanon orchestra .
Among those present were : Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
Hershey, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. McHeffey,
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Pugh, Mr. and Mrs.
Chance Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.
Esbenshade, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bowman
Snavely, Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Herr, Mr.
and Mrs. C. V. Glynn, Mr. and Mrs.
C. F. Zeigler, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Glace,
Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Graeff , Dr. and Mrs.
J. L. Zimmerman, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Hinkel , Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Holler .
Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Nissley, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Fox, Mr. and Mrs. Alan
Walton, Jr. , Mr. and Mrs. Wittock , Mr.
and Mrs. Russell B. Stoner.
Misses Cunningham, Miss Mildred
Esbenshade, Miss Ruth Esbenshade, Miss
Esther Murrie, Miss Marion Murrie, Miss
Esther Snavely, Miss Carol Walton , Miss
Clara Walmer.
George Shearer, Herbert A. Schaffner,
Elmer Erb. Clayton Snavely, Joel Earnest,
Ernest Earnest, Charles Gilmer, Charles
McHeffey, Arthur Holler, William Curtis,
J. G. Gallagher, Samuel Satt erthwait , Mr.
Helmer, Bruce Murrie and Malcolm
Murrie.
Dance in Honor of
California Guests
Brilliant Affair
ALWAYS SHINING" BIBLE CLASS
The regular monthly business meeting
of the "Always Shining " Bible class of
the First U. B. Church was held at the
home of Mrs. Paul Zentmyer , on Tuesday
evening. After the business session was
concluded, music and games were enjoyed.
Those present were as follows: Mary
Smith, Oral Thompson, Naomi Renn-inger,
Ruth Runkle , Mary Painter. Bessie
Moyer, Edith Habccker, Effie Cooper,
Bertha Habecker, Mary Handshaw, Viola
Edris, Mabel Lingle, Elizabeth Habecker ,
Blanche Ebersole, Marie Bander, Louise
Shay, Blanche Seltzer, Mrs. Cyrus Gar-man,
Mrs. David Sattazahn, Mrs. Paul
Zentmyer, Mrs. Harry Knoll , Mrs. Charles
Bickel , Mrs. Robert Clendenin and Edna
Carpenter.
PLEASANT SURPRISE PARTY
A very pleasant surprise part y was held
last Thursday evening, December 30,
at the home of Miss Mary Shertzer,
Swatara Station , in honor of her cousin
Professor Harry Warner , of Detroit ,
Michigan. The evening was delightfully
spent in games and music alter which the
guests were ushered to the dining room
where a table, bountifully laden with
many wholesome and deliciously good
things , awaited them
Present were: Sarah Curry, Catherine
Balsbaugh , Alma Hoover, Mary Shertzer ,
Catherine Shertzer, Catherine Dowhower,
Ja yson Blasbaugh , Harr y Warn er, LeRoy
Dowhower, Edwin Resell, Harry Dow-hower
, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Dowhower
and Mr. and Mrs. John Shertzer.
ENTERTAINS AT CARDS
On Wednesday evening, December 2f> ,
Al an R. Fidler, entertained a number of
friends at cards. The evening was very
pleasantly spent , Mr. Fidler proving him-self
a thoroughly capable host. Prizes
were awarded and delicious refreshments
were served in abundant portions.
The guests were : Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Kaley, Mr. and Mrs, Robert Sattazahn ,
Mr. and Mrs. George Bartels, Miss Ruth
Shultz , Mi ss Maude Klugh , Paul Shultz ,
and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Schwenk ,
SPECIAL MEETING OF HERSHEY
POST
Commander Suavely, has issued a call
for a special meeting of Hershey Post ,
No. 'Mi , American Legion , to be held In
the Post quarters , on Tuesday evening,
January 11. All members are •earnestly
urged to be present.
T. A. A. CLUB
The T. A. A, Club will resume activities
when they assemble In I he Initial meeting
of the new year, t o bo held on Friday
evening, January 7, at Hie Y. W. C, A,
All members are urged to attend and help
launch the organization on another year 's
course, hopin g and co-operating In all
endeavors , that a bi gger and better year
may be realized. Meeting will si art
promptly at K:00 o'clock.
This week, in Dauphin County, was
started a campaign for funds for European
relief. On Monday the Gownty- com-mittee,
in its Harrisburg offices were
keenly active in getting the campaign
under way and were early at the- work of
posting Dauphin County with subscrip-tion
blanks. First supplied were the
twelve county towns having a bank for
it is expected they will play a prominent
part in the work.
Each town will be notified j ust what its
quota is, these figures being reduced to
number of children. The reckoning made
sets Dauphin Countv with the task of
furnishing one meal a day to precisely
5000 invisible guests, until the next
harvest. This estimate is based on a
county population of 110,(KJ0. There
should be some exciting and worthy com-petition,
for in after days when Europe is
"on its feet," as Mr. Hoover puts it , each
town will be asking: "How many starving
youngster's did your place take care of?"
It has been mentioned that the com-mittee
is strong for family co-operation.
If one or two members feel the burden too
much, let the entire family join in , and
all the kin. The same applies to churches,
and social and fraternal organizations.
There will, however, be no canvassing
done, the committee depending on sheer
heart throb to "give and give quick. "
In explaining why this drive comes j ust
now, Herbert Hoover tells: "America has
written a chapter in the history of this
century, notable perhaps for many centur-ies,
on the saving of human life on a scale
never before attained in the history of
the world. These children remain a
burden not only through poverty, through
inabilit y of their governments to borrow
money, but through decrease in cattle,
that source of supply so very essential to
children. "
Contrast this with the report in last
Sunday's papers of the most accurate
economic expert of this nation : "The fact
of the greatest total harvest in our history
and one of the largest winter whea t crops
on record sown this Autumn, at a moment
when , what the whole world needs, is one
of the foremost traditional influences in
sustaining American prosperity."
In six European nations today are a
total of 3,500,000 children who face death
from starvati on , cold and disease. Herb-ert
Hoover, as national head of t he-
European Relief Association , is asking
America to contribute $23,000,000 with-out
delay that these three and a half-mil
lion little children may be snatched
back from the brink of death.
The overwhelming indorsement of the
movement to aid these starving children
of Europe by hundreds of American
editors from the Gulf of Mexico to the
Canadian border , from Maine u> Cali-fornia
and from Tampa to Puget Sound ,
gives the campaign the character of a
great national movement. Substantial
men and women of influence in every com-munity,
leaders in every worthwhile
activity, mothers and fathers of families,
workers in every profession and trade- -
t hey are all responding nobly for they
realize these hungry little mules have
none but us from whom to hope for aid.
U has been remarked : "We are all sick
and tired of drives of all sorts but we must
not grow weary in the sort of well-doing
called for in this appeal. " The lives of
t hese millions of children depend upon
America. We can let them die or we can
save them -which will it be?
The work in Hershey will oe under the
direction of Hershey Chapter of the Ameri-can
Ruil Cross. They have recei ved sub-scription
blanks and in order to make it
convenient for all willin g subscriber s, have
placed these blanks in the hands of Mr.
S. C. Steelier , at the Hershey Trust Co.
Ten dollars only a few of us cnnnol
aff ord to invest that amount in a cause so
worthy - will keep one child from starva-tion
and deat h unt il the next harvest.
Of Poland , where conditions are seemingly
the worst , Herbert Hoover says, "Give
th em food until they may gather one
harvest and Poland shall be on its feet
again. "
How many children will you or your
famil y save]* One, two, thr ee, or more -
th en act quickly. Call at t he Hershey
Trust. Company and join that, growing
thron g of Americans who have foil the
appea l down deep in their hearts and are
responding .generously in this grea t and
noble effort to brin g cheer , hope and
encoura gement to the U.fiOO.OOO un-fortunate
little victims of the recent war.
ANNOUNCE BIRTH
Mr. and Mrs. William B, Brandt , of 29
Deny Road , ha ppily announce tho birth
of a (laughter, Treva Loretta, on Saturday,
January 1.
Campaign For
European Relief
Now in Progress
Teachers Hear New
Plans For State
School System
Of interest to everybody should be the
proceedings of the Pennsylvania State
Educational Association which was in
session at Harrisburg during several days
of last week.
Outstanding resolutions adopted by
the association were:
1. Increasing minimum school term
in fourth class districts to eight months,
in third class districts to nine months
and in first and second class districts, to
ten months.
2. Endorsement of the Finegan salary
plan to replace the present Woodruff act.
This would cost an additional fifteen or
twenty million dollars of which the state
would bear half.
3. Urging of adequate appropriations
that the State may carry out fully, the
requirements of the State retirement law.
The association believes the State can
carry out these provisions and that they
are financially practicable. It is declared
that at present the per capita tax is about
one-half that of the neighboring states
and that , therefore , there can be no fiscal
objection to increased appropriation for
education.
Education was discussed from many
different angles and many new plans for
elevating, to a higher level , the educational
system, of the state, were presented in
an impressive way by well known authori-ties.
Dr. Thomas E. Finegan, State Superin-tendent
of Public Instruction outlined a
new Americanization program . He told
of the fact that a great expense would be
entailed in educating the 418,000 adults
in the state who can neit her read or write.
Said Dr. Finegan, "The question of
educating these people is not simply a
state problem for the national government
has been responsible for immigrai ion . . .
and any plans we make must be not only
for those illiterates we now have but for
those that will arrive in the next decade. "
In explaining the method to be followed
in making the citizens of Pennsylvania an
educated people, Dr. Finegan suggested
that the State be zoned into twelve or
fourteen compact dist ricts with a paid
director in each , w hose duty would be to
co-ordinate all Americanization workers.
The director , through the schools, whose
officials would be bis aides, would co-operate
w i t h the industries , the churches
and other agencies interested in Americani-zation.
Private and parochial schools
should be included in the work , he added ,
for this work must be non-sectarian in all
its aspect s.
Dr. A. Wanner , superintendent of York
schools, pleaded for parents to take a
deeper interest in the schools of the com-munity.
He pointed out that oft-times
teachers would be greatly encouraged by
merely slight manifestations of interest
on the part of parents. He said teachers
realize the majority of parents are deeply
interested in the problems confronting
the teacher , hut that some material
evidence of I his feeling would prove of
grea t aid. His remarks incited loud
applause from the hundreds of educators
who heard him.
The platoon system as adopted by the
McKelvy school , at Pittsburgh , was
described in an illustrated lecture by
W. F. Kennedy, principal. Pictures show-ing
the boys engaged in manual arts
platoons, busily engaged in the construc-tion
of miniature buildings , wood and
concrete products , were shown , wi th main-others
, demonstrating the wide range
covered by the course.
In three different speeches, the hard
struggle of early friends of education in
the State was reviewed by Dean F. P.
Graves, Univer sity of Pennsylvania ; Dr.
D. J. Waller , former principal of the
Bloomsburg Normal School ; and Charles
S. Davi s, superintendent of the Sled ton
schools. These three speeches depicting
so vivid))' the earl)' history of educat ion
in the Stale , were exceedingly interesting.
The Junior High School was a subject
thoroughly and interestin gly outlined by
James JVI . Glass, of the Slate Department
of Public Inst ruction.
Thi; Consolidated school movement was
the subject , for discussion , by Dr. Lee
Driv er, Director of rural education , of (h e
State Department, He pointed out that
In HWMN'iO there were IMN7 one-room
schools In the stale of which (U2 hud been
closed during the past year. Of this
number 5!M were closed because of lack
of attendance. Seventy-live were real
consolidations. He declared the con-solidat
ed school to be the solution to the
rural school problems.
Ot her speakers and I heir subjects were:
James l'\ Gallagher , of All eulown , "An
Experiment In Americanization;" Zoe
Hilt , of Erie , "Classification and Promo-
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