The Hershey Press 1921-01-27

              Ammon H. Kreider , son of Congressman
A. S. Kreider, and his wife very miracu-lously
escaped fatal injury when their
limousine plunged from the trolley bridge,
spanning spring creek, on East Chocolate
Ave. The accident occurred on last
Thursday evening at 7:45 o'clock, when
Kreider swerved the car to avoid hitting a
horse and wagon.
Mr. and Mrs. Kreider were homeward
bound at the time of the accident . As
their machine approached the narrow
concrete bridge, used by pedestrians and
vehicles, headlights on another auto,
coming from the East, prevented Kreider
from seeing the horse and wagon until a
collision seemed inevitable.
He turned his machine however, sharply
to the right, nosing it directly for the
trolley bridge which is just about six feet
south of the concrete bridge. Very
swiftly the limousine mounted the trolley
bridge, shot across the tracks and hung
momentarily on the edge before falling-into
the shallow stream below .
Persons in the other auto and in the
wagon at once rushed to their assistance.
A man was immediately dispatched for
medical aid. Dr. Zimmerman was hurried
to the scene where a hasty examination
revealed injuries as not being very serious.
Mrs. Kreider suffered a dislocated elbow
in addition to cuts and minor bruises
while Mr. Kreider 's .ankle was badly
sprained. They were removed to Dr.
Zimmerman's office where they were given
proper medical treatment, after which
they were able to proceed to their home
in Lebanon.
The car was removed to the Hershey
garage soon after the accident. One front
wheel had been crushed , all the window
glass broken , one fender crushed, running
board broken and t he top of th e car was
broken and twisted.
Miraculous Escape
as Auto Goes Over
Bridge Into Creek
PLANS PROGRESSING FOR LEGION
DANCE
Plans for the dance to be held by Her-shey
Post , No. 386, American Legion, on
Washington 's Birthday, are progressing
satisfactorily. The men are responding
enthusiastically to the task before them
and are united in the opinion that this
dance-social will surpass any function of a
similar nature ever held in this com-munity.
Tickets are now on sale. They repre-sent
, in the hands of the holder , one
evening replete with fun and amusement.
The special features alone ,are going to
be worth t he price of a ticket. Indications
l>oint to a rapid sale and the boys arc-already
anticipating a record crowd.
Braxton 's Colored Jazz Orchestra , of
Harrisburg, will prove the big feature of
the evening. They are booked as a ix>si-live
"knock-out. " "Pep" is not only
their "middle name " but by condensing
their entire cognomen into three letters
the answer is the same. In fact you 'll
never understand the full meaning of that
diminutive word— "Pep, " unless you hear
Braxton 's Colored Jazz Orchestra .
Other features, distinctive and interest-ing,
are being arranged , which will be
announced at later dates.
Home-made cakes and candies will be
on Kile, and as a further reminder , the
Ixj ys will appreciate any donations in this
respect. They will not make a syste-matic
canvass but there is a Legion mem-ber
in your neighborhood who will gladly
wait upon you. Tell him what your con-tribution
will b e--the boys will do the
rest.
Watch "lhe Press lor further an-nouncements.
MEN'S CHORUS PRACTICE CHANGE
Men 's Chorus practice Tuesday evening,
February 1, will be held at 7:00 o'clock and
will stop at 8:00. This arrangement is
due to change necessitated by holding of
Spelling lice and nodal in Central Theatre
on same evening and also due to the
further impossibility of holding the prac-tice
on any other night of the week.
Members of the chorus are strongly urged
lo attend promptly at 7:00 o'clock. This
change In in effect for this one' evening
only.
T. A. A. CLUB
The T, A. A, Club will hold its regular
monthly business mcoling on Thursday
evening, January 27, at the Y. W, C. A.
The meeting will open promptly tit 7:15
o'clock. Final plans for the club play
and other important business requires the
careful attention of the club at fills meet-ing,
It Is therefore desired tha t every
member, who cim arrange to be present ,
will bo in attendance ,
Successful Business Principals
Were Impressively Presented
Through the medium of the motion
picture art and a well delivered lecture,
principals, essential to the successful
conduct of business, were impressively
presented to a fair sized audience, which
had- attended to hear "Getting the most
out of Retailing, " at the Central Theatre,
on Thursday evening. The lecture, with
pictures, was secured by the Hershey De-partment
Store through the courtesy of
the Lecture Bureau of the National Cash
Register Company, Dayton, Ohio.
The evening was a combination of
interest, enjoyment and profit. The pro-gram
pertained almost solely to business
with the primary purpose of disseminating
knowledge as to reasons for failure or suc-cess
in retail business. Employees of the
store, were almost one hundred per cent
in attendance, which fact stands as sig-nificant
of their desire to acquire a knowl-edge
of retailing's best methods and by
the application thereof in their daily
tasks, to make the Hershey Department
store a more efficient servant to this com-munity.
For this reason, perhaps, the
program was of greater interest and also
of greater profit to them.
However, everyone in attendance could
have made profitable application of the
truths presented. Each of us has some-thing
to sell. It may not be shoes, or
potatoes, or clothing, but it may be—
service. No matter where or how we
are employed, we are selling service to our
employer. The success of this selling is
measured in dollars and cents as pay.
In the retail business, success is de-pendent
on whether the proprietor ,
through his organization, knows how to
tell of his wares, how to display them,
how to be courteous, how to greet with a
wholesome smile, how to apply patience,
how to inspire confidence , so is it with each
individual. Give this thought attention.
Do we prove that we have the right
"goods?" Do we make our employer feel
that the money he is investing in our
service is affording him ample return?
Are we prompt , accurate, courteous,
cheerful , patien t, honest? Do we impose
sufficient confidence in our wares and do
we inspire our employer to have confidence
and trust in us?- If these same principals
can revive s practical business failure and
bring success instead, then these same
principals will help each of us to win a
larger and greater reward.
Aside from this business picture, was
shown a reel, "From Bud to Blossom." a
beautiful picture depicting the growth of
a lily, a rose, an anemone, and various
others, from the bud to full bloom. The
picture was interesting and ricl&y enjoyed.
Another feature of the evening was the
brief story, graphically told in motion
picture, of the development of a city slum
district into a most attractive and beauti-ful
locality. It was the story of the great
work the National Cash Register Com-pany
has accomplished in the city of
Dayton. The plant was originally built
in Dayton's most impoverished district ,
marked by ill-kept grounds, disreputable
shacks and insanitary conditions. But
within a few years a remarkable trans-formation
had been recorded. The pic-ture
then included attractive homes,
beautiful flower gardens, well-kept lawns
and streets, and gardens in which the boys
and girls—men and women of the morrow-were
reaping benefits, mental , physical
and moral , which elements will help
them to become well developed , healthy,
broad-visioned, constructive Americans.
The lecture, therefore, is not alone of
value to the business men and merchants
but to the entire Community. It is
absolutely authorative , easily understood,
impressive, interesting, enjoyable, and
beneficial. K 's only effects, therefore, can
mean only progress, betterment and suc-cess.
It has been highly commended and
rightly so. With all sincerity the "Her-shey
Press" endorses it and commends it
to every community in this wide universe.
An old-fashioned spelling bee and enter-tainment
will be held on Tuesday evening,
February 1, at 8:00 o'clock in the Central
Theatre. The S. S. Games Memorial
Men's Bible Class, of Hol y Trinity Luth-eran
Sunday School, will be host of the
evening.
They have arranged a most interesting
program which is a warrant , in itself , for
an evening of wholesome mirth and first
class entertainment. Two spelling classes
will lie conducted , one for children under
the age of twelve and the second for all
persons above the age of twelve.
An important feature of the program
will be a class in General Information.
Are you a "well-read" man or woman?
How broad is your knowledge? This
class will afford an excellent opportunity
to discover your breadth of understanding.
Women are especially urged to enter this
class and to prove therein tnat they are
as "well-read" as the men.
Other features of the evening will be
instrumental music, singing by the sixth
grade pupils of the Hershey Consolidated
Schools, readings and selections by male
double quartet te.
Valuable prizes, first , second and third ,
will be awarded in each contest . The
admission fee is a very small one, 25c to
adults and 15c to children.
This sort of entertainm ent Is an innova-tion
to the Social life of 11 end icy. Oh yes,
they 've had spelling bees here in days gone
by, but (he men promise this one will be
so far different and better that there will
be no comparison. People on all sides
are manifestin g much interest and are
signifying their intention of attending.
They say (hey know they 're going lo have
a thoroughly good time and can 't afford
lo miss it. You too will want to he there.
Get down your old primers, wear big white
cuffs you never used that system?
then come along prepared to tote home one
of those valuable prizes.
OLD-FASHION ED SPELLING BEE
BIRTHDAY DINNER
A jnoHl enjqyiible dinner whs tendered
Mr, John Hoisbcrg, on Sunday, al his
home, 318 Cocoa Ave., It being (lie
occasion of his sixty-sixth birthday ,
Friends iuk| relatives who gathered with
him In observance of the day were :
Harrisburg—Mr, and Mrs, M, J, Bnum,
Mr. and Mrs. D. K. Wood ; Palmyra- Mr.
and Mrs, M, S, Baum unci sons John and
Howard ; Elizuuethtown—Mr , and Miu
Irwin Holsborg, Miss Grace Shearer; and
Hershey- Mr, and Mrs. Harvey Halm,
Mr, and Mrs. John Black and son William ,
and Mrs. John Holsborg.
The Men 's Bible Class of the First
United Brethren Church , will hold its
annual anniversary service on Sunday
evening, January 30. The service will
start at 7:30 o'clock and will replace the
regular Sunday evening church service.
Lieut. Gov. E. Beidleman has been
secured to deliver the anniversary address.
He is an orator of whom no introductory
remarks need be mentioned. He is well
known as an interesting talker no matter
what his subject may be. I lis subject for
this anniversary address will be carefully
and appropriately chosen and all who come
to hear him are assured of a genuine treat.
The program, as arranged for the
service, will be as follows: Gloria; Invo-cation
, Rev. R. R. Butterwick ; Hymn , lo
be selected; Prayer , Rev . R. R. Butter-wick;
Vocal Music; Class History, to be
read by Prof. E. F. Slichter; Vocal Music;
Orchestra Offertory ; Offering; Anniversary
Address, Lieut . Gov. F. Beidleman;
Selections by Male Chorus; Hymn; Bene-diction.
Everybody is most cordially invited to
attend this service.
PRESENTED WITH BEAUTIFUL
GIFT
The members of the Choir of the First
United Brethren Church , held a surprise
social , immediately following choir prac-tice
on Friday evening, January 21 , in
which Mr. and Mrs. Harry E, Kaley, were
guests of honor. The members of the
choir presented Mr. and Mrs. Kaley with
a beautiful mahogany gate-leg table as a
teslanionial of their esteem and sincere
wishes. The time was very enjoyabl y
spent. Delicious refreshments were
served.
Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Harry IS.
Kaley, Mr. and Mrs, Cyrus Garman , Mr .
and Mrs. William Runkl e , Elizabeth Light ,
Ruth Runkle , Bertha Habecker , Edith
Habeckor , Kflie Cooper, Inn Carpenter ,
Sterling Light , Harry Knoll , Harry
WlegeH , David SnUiwnhn and Warren
Sattazahn.
RED CROSS MEETING
A Hpecinl meeting of Hershey Chapter ,
American Red Cross, will bo held on Fri-day
afternoon , Januar y 2.8, In the Kinder-garten
room of llorshoy Central Theatre,
Meeting will open at 2:30 o'clock. Miss
Miller of the Stale Health Department
will be present lo discuss public health
centers and child welfare work, All mem-bers
are urged to attend.
LT. GOV. BEIDLEMAN WILL SPEAK
IN U. B. CHURCH SUNDAY
The class? in Community Study whicfi
was opened at the Y. W. C. A. several
weeks ago is making steady strides in the
purposes for which it was organized. The
class meets every Wednesday evening at
730, at the Y. W. C. A.
"How does your Community impress a
stranger?" "In what respects could it be
made more ideal?" "What is the value
of Commercialized Amusements?" "What
is the detriment of Commercialized
Amusements?"—these are some of the
questions discussed in thoroughness by
the class. The questions are greatly
varied in character and the topics so
arranged that a many-sided understanding
of problems growing out of a Community,
is gained.
The Community is the smallest unit
in our social and governmental structure,
yet how important to the entire structure.
In fact the Community is lhe most im-portant
unit in the order, for it is the very
foundation , the beginning of all govern-ment.
The township, county ,* district,
state and nation—all start down where
the small Community is.
It is of obvious importance then that as
good citizens we must first know how to
build better communities. Are there
elements t here that are influential in
creating disorder , discontent , dissatisfac-tion?
Are there forces at work there
which tend to corrupt , to break down, to
eat as moths, into the nobler structure
and to bring about its final destruction ?
If there are, we must know and then we
must exercise every ounce of our energy
and power to out-root them.
On the other hand we must encourage,
we must culture all those things which
make for happier firesides, for domestic
peace, for progress and growth to loft ier
achievements. We must support en-nobling,
influences—the church , the school,
the library, the Y. W. C. A., the Y. M.
C. A., musical organizations, et c. These
institutions are powerful factors in creat-ing
the ideal community, in fact without
them the whole social structure would
crumble into a mass of ruins. Our sup-port
should therefore , be moral, physical
and financial. It should be whole-hearted
and sincere.'.
This class should be much larger .
There is room for many more and you are
cordially invited to join . Drop over at
the Y. W. C. A. next Wednesday and sign
up. There is no charge for membership.
Community Study
Class Invites You
to Membership
BRIDGE ON EAST CHOCOLATE AVE
NEEDS REPAI RS
The very miraculousl y escape of Mr.
and Mrs. Ammon Kreider , of Lebanon,
from fatal injury, when their limousine
plunged into Spring creek , from the
bridge . East Chocolate Ave., serves to
bring to light the fact that this bridge is
urgently in need of repairs.
For quite some time the bridge guards
on the one side have been practically gone.
Concrete blocks have been knocked com-pletely
off and the iron rails have been
twisted and pushed aside so thai the guard
has been practically demolished.
Numerous auto accidents seem lo be
occurring here, and the fact that the
guard rail has been hit so often , rendering
it valueless, is an indication that this
bridge is entirely too narrow. On an
ordinary road a twenty-fool bridge is of
sufficient width hut this is not an ordinary
road. On the West side there is a forty-foot
boulevard and on the Hast side is
the base of a hill into which converge three
separate roads, The danger under such
circumstances is obvious.
The very best thing that could be done
here would be to widen the bridge by at
least ten feel . The leas! thai could be
done would be to replace (he guard rails,
"The Press" is strongly in favor of the
first idea, Some repair is absolutely
necessary and we hope that when the
proper authorities decide to act they may
decide to follow the better policy
HOME MADE "FASNACHTS"
Tuesday, February H, is "Pamiacht
Day. " Surely, you know what that
means. Well , the ladies of (he Diakonia
Bible Class of Trinity Luthera n Church
are g(?ing to be sure that every family "in
Hershey shall properly observe the day.
They are goinK to make "FusnachuV'--
baskets of thorn—and they 'll bo good, just
as good as any mother ever made. You 'll
want tv Im lf-doztm , a dozen, two dozen -
how many did you say? Communicate
your requirements lo thu ladles of the
class and they 'll gladly deliver same to
your dining table. Surely you won't bo
without them and the ladles will be
pleased to wait upon you, Get your order
in early,
Y W. C. A. Held
Monday Evening
Annual Meeting of
The annual meeting, of the members of
the Hershey Y. W. C. A., was held Monday
evening, January 24. The recreation
room presented a very attractive appear-ance
with its new curtains, Y. W. C. A.
posters, and the beautiful plants (loaned
through the courtesy of Mr. Schmidt).
> The meeting was called to order by the
President , Mrs. D. S. Graeff. After the
singing of America, Rev. R. R. Butter-wick
offered the invocation. The regular
order of business was followed. The
Treasurer 's report showed that only $1000
pf the $2000 usually contributed by the
Hershey Chocolate Company had been
used during the past year.
The following committees have all
organized and endeavor to meet regularly
and perform their duties systematically :
Educational , House. Membership, Pub-licity,
Religious Educational , Social.
These committees all submitted very
encouraging reports and work, in every
department , showed marked progress.
The Girls' Work Department has an
enrollmen t ol 20 with an average weekly
attendance at club meetings of 17. The
average number of girls rooming in the
house per month , 49; number of transients
accommodated , (from May 1 to Dec. 31,
1920) 152 (average per month, 19).- A
report of the excellent work done by the
T. A. A. club was read by Miss Ruth
Zoll, President of the Club.
I nasmuch as the actual accomplish-ments
of the Association were reported by
the various committee chairmen, the re-port
of Miss Esgar, the General Secretary,
was rather an announcement of what the
Association has endeavored to accomplish
during the last year and its aims and
possibilities for the future. Special stress
was laid upon the fact that a Y. W. C. A.
is a community organization , and that in
order to thrive, it needs the support of the
entire community.
The reports of committees were fol-lowed
by election of members to serve on
the Board of Directors. The following
were elected: Mrs. R. H. Taylor, Miss
Anna Mowery, Mrs. A. Flowers, Miss
Maude Klugh , Miss Rhoda Waidlich.
During the time that the tellers were
counting the ballots, the new constitution
was presented to the members. Miss
Esgar drew attention lo the points wherein
it differs from the one under which the
Association is now working . The chief
articles of difference are (1) No office shall
be held by any one person for more than
three years in succession, (2) Nominees for
Board of Directors shall be elected by
ballot , at least one-third more candidates'
names, than the number of vacancies,
being presented at the annual meeting and
(3) Absence of a Board (or committee)
member from four regular meetings in
succession for which no sufficient cause
is presented , shall be considered equal to
a resignation. The following standing
committees are suggested : Executive,
Finance, Membership, Industrial , Girls'
Work , Recreation , General Education ,
Religious Education , House and Publicity.
The new Constitution was adopted.
Following the business session, the
following program, arranged by the Music
committee, was rendered. Piano Duet ,
Misses Mary Painter and Esther Hummel ;
Reading, Miss Lillian Shope; Solo, Mrs.
Harry Kaley ; Violin Solo, Merle Smith.
Miss Mary Johns Hopper , Executive
Secretary of the Philadelphia Y. W, C. A.,
gave the address of lhe evening. Miss
I Iopper will be remembered as one of the
Field Secretaries who helped organize the
Hershey Association. Owing to the late-ness
of the hour , Miss Hopper 's address
was brief , but she spoke entertainingly
of her expeiiences during the war; of the
progress that has been made by (he
Y. W. C. A., especially in the smaller
towns; and also of the changed jx >licy in
Association work ,
At the conclusion of the program , de-licious
refreshments , consisting of sand-wiches,
ice-cream , rprelzels and coffee were
served by the social committee.
The following are lhe officers and com-mittees
through whose untiring efforts ia
due the progress of lhe Association during
the year 11)20 : President , Mrs, D. S.
Graeff; Viee-Presideiil , Mrs. H, G, Mum-mn;
Recording Secretary,' MIhh Mabel
Lingle; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs.
Raymond Hinkle; Treasurer , Miss Anna
Mowery,
J'he Executive CommiUee coriHlntB of
(he officers of the Board and Mrs, jyl. L,
Hershey,
Membership Committee : Mrs. W, R.
Ettbonshado , Mrs, Chance Phillips, Mra.
Cyrus Garnuui , Mrs. II, I^J, Horr, Mips
Ruth Shultz , Miss Edna ShoHenbtfgcr,.
Miss Lillian Landgnif,
House Committee : Mrs, S, D. Clark,
(Continued on Pago 8)