The Hershey Press 1924-05-29

              Hershey Preparin g To
Meet The Brethren
A full meeting of the committee on
arrangements for the Conference of the
Church of the Brethren was held at the
Hershey Inn this week, and there was
general satisfaction over the arrangements
that have been made for the Conference
that will be held in Hershey beginning June
3d and continuing until the 10th.
Hershej hasdoneeverything it promised.
Among the many improvements that were
made consisted of a hardwood floor in the
pit of the convention hall, where the gen-eral
sessions will be held, also a sounding
board, with ice water drinking fountains
installed in the building. Sleeping ac-commodations
for at least 1,000 navebeen
Erovided. For feeding there will be ample
icilities. The Brethren will have com-plete
charge of the park during the sessions,
and there will be no amusements during
that time in the theatre or dance pavilion.
The Brethren wish the fact emphasized
that the Conference welcomes the attend-ance
of the general public and hopes all
who can will come to Hershey during the
sessions. They are glad to see members of
all churches and those who are not mem-bers.
Estimates on the attendance vary from
50,000 to over 100,000. The Brethren,
however, will be disappointed if the total
does not break previous records and as
Hershey is the central point for the most
populous Brethren territory, indications
are that these records will be broken.
Conferences of the District Mission
Boards will be held on Tuesday and Wed-nesday.
On Wednesday evening a, praise
service will be held in the Convention Hall,
followed by a sermon, "Stewardship and
Vision", by W. B. Stover.
On Thursday, June 5th, the principal
speakers will be J. Hugh Heckman, on
'The Christian Revelation of Things
Unseen"; L. R. Holsinger on "The De-pendent
Boy and Girl"; Clarence Heese on
The Blessings that Come to the Foster
Parent"; D. R. McFadden on "The
Church's Privilege and Responsibility";
S. A. Blessing on "Law Enforcement";
Jacob Hollinger on "Respect for Law";
W. D. Keller on Safeguarding the Morals
of Our Young People ; S. H. Garnst on
"The Great Starting Point."
On Friday addresses will be delivered by
Mary P. EUenberger, on 'The Missionary
Enterprise from the Viewpoint of a
Woman"; J. Hugh Heckman on "The
Christian Interpretation of Things Seen";
Wm. Beahm on "The Challenge of Foreign
Missions"; Claire Miller on 'The Chal-lenge
of Home Missions"; Forest Eisenbise
on The Challenge of a Stewardship"; A.
C. Wieand on 'The Work of the Ministry."
Saturday will be Stewardship Day,
presided by L. S. Knepper, Prof. H. Augus-tine
Smith, Leslie Blough, EUis M. Stude-baker,
Mrs. J. C. Myers, J. S. Nordinger
and Virgil C. Finnell. In the evening J.
W. Lear will deliver an address "The Hin-drances
and Helps of an Organization."
Sunday, June 8th, will be Peace Day,
with addresses by Daniel West on "The
Problem of Peace"; J. Allen Miller on
'The Quest of a Warless World" ; Frederick
J. Libby on 'The Futility of War"; H. F.
Richards on "The New Call of the
Church"; J. M. Henry on "Is War Justifi-able
According to Christian Standards";
W. W. Peters on "Peace a Possibility";
Edward Frantz on "What World Peace Is
Waiting on."
Monday, June 9th, will be Missionary
Day, with addresses by J. Clyde Forney on
"Our One Task"; J. Hugh Heckman on
"The Response of Christian Living"; M.
G. Brumbaugh on "The Church of the
Brethren Two Hundred Years Ago"; J. E.
Miller on "Home Mission Work in the
Church of the Brethren One Hundred
Years Ago"; M. R. Zeigler on "Home
Mission Work in the Church of the Breth-ren
Today"; C. C. EUis on "The Heart
Cry of a World"; J. J. Yoder on "Our
Church Task."
The Conference will come to a close on
Tuesday evening, June 10th, with a
sermon by M. J. Brougher on "Jesus
Christ, the Wonderful."
American Legion
Reunion Big Event
The American Legion, comprising of
Posts of Central Pennsylvania, will hold a
reunion at Hershey Park on Sunday, June
22d and indications are that this will be
one of the biggest days of the entire season.
One of the big events of the day will be
the dedication of the large flag pole which
is the gift to the town by the Hershey Post.
The Reading railroad will run several
excursions to Hershey on that day, in-cluding
one from Philadelphia,
The reunion will be held under the
direction of the following District Deputy
Commanders: George A. Ncff , of Harris-burg;
Samuel Rothermel, of Reading; Paul
A Zeigler, of York; H. R. Shrelner, of
Columbia; Earl A. Ziegcnfus, of Bethle-hem;
Chaw. A. Gebest, of Tamaqua,
with Lieut. Gov. David J. Davis,
Past State Commander, of Scranton, pre-siding.
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The speakers of the day will be General
Wm. B. Healey, National Vice Commander
of the American Legion, of Wilkcs-Barre;
General Edward Martin, of Washington,
Pa.; General,E. C. Shannon, of Columbia:
Rev. J. Shue, State Chaplain, of York, and
Maj or Lynn Adams, Supt. State Police.
Those who have been invited and ex-pected
to be present are; Leo Collins, State
Commander, of Pittsburgh : J. J. Dieghan.
Dep. Commander, of Philadelphia, ana
John Rose, chairman County Committee,
comprising Philadelphia Posts of the
Legion.
Ivan L. Mease left Thursday afternoon
for Grand Rapids, Mich., to attend the
sessions • of the 136th Annual General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, U.
S. A., to which he was elected as a Com-missioner,
representing the Carlisle Presby-tery.
Mrs. Mease and son Ivan Robert,
accompanied Mr. Mease, but will spend
moat of the time in Detroit visiting Mrs.
Mease's cousin, Therman Silks and family.
Upon the close of the Assembly Mr. Mease
will spend a few days In Detroit before
returnin g to Hershey.
IVAN L. MEASE ATTENDING
PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY
Park Theatre Opens
With Good House
On Monday evening the Ella Kramer
Stock Company opened its second season
at the Hershey Park Theatre, playing
'Scrambled Wives", a • three-act farce
comedy. The theatre was two-thirds
filled, which, taking the undue weather
conditions into consideration, would in-dicate
that the theatrical season at Her-shey
Park this season is going-to be a
banner one.
The company this season is considerably
strengthened by the addition of Harry
Lockheart, Ruth Elliot and Peggy Hast-ings,
all of which are artists of considerable
merit.
With the other members headed by
Miss Ella Kramer, and supported by
Gordon Ruffin , Frederick Clayton, Wesley
Barney, Ralph Crabtree, Bruno Wick,
Helen Potter Jackson, and the three new
members, Harry Lockheart, Ruth Elliot
and Peggy Hastings, the Company stands
second to none, and the patrons of Hershey
Park this season can look forward to real
theatrical treats.
J. R. Hotchkiss is the new scenery direc-tor,
and judging from his settings on Mon-day
evening, his work is a big improvement
over his predecessor. His stage settings
show taste and judgment, with an entire
lack of jarring color combinations.
According to Miss Kramer's curtain
"spiel" the Company is going to present
some really worth-while productions this
summer such as "Old Homestead.'LHRe-becca
from Sunnybrook Farm", etc.v with
several musical comedies. L
We note according to the program that
suggestions are wanted, so we will start the
ball arolling. Our suggestion is that
"cuss" words be eliminated. It seems to
us in our humble judgment that instead of
strengthening a scene, by the use of the
word "damn" and "hell", it proves the
opposite As an illustration on Monday
evening at the finale of the second act the
line that is supposed to convulse the audi-ence
is "I could wring your damn neck".
Instead, a half-suppressed and feeble laugh
ensued. . It was a funny scene, and with
the elimination of the word "damn" the
audience would have enjoyed it. Of
course, we know that the argument put
forth is that the members of the Company
are but following the lines of the author.
As it is, Hershey stands for the best, so
let us eliminate that which may prove
offensive, bearing in mind that not only the
older people witness these shows, but
children as well. Let us not hear anything
on the stage that we may be ashamed to
repeat in our own homes or in good com-pany.
The Ella Kramer Stock Co.- and the
Park management is endeavoring to give
us the latest hits of the day, and the un-fortunate
part of it has been that the
Broadway hits have been bedroom plays
bespattered with broad and spicy sayings.
The trendis changing forthebetter, thank
goodness, and as Miss Kramer has stated
the patrons of Hershey Park can look
forward to shows this season that will
prove most entertaining and will not leave
a bad taste in the mouth. We believe that
with the elimination of certain words in
the plays that are to be presented this
season, the reflection will be found in the
box office with bigger receipts.
Children s Day At
D. B. Church Sunday
On Sunday evening, June 1st, at 7
o'clock, the First United Brethren Sunday
School will observe their annual Children's
Day exercises, with the program as follows:
Song, by the congregation; devotional
exercise, Rev. A. G. Nye; welcome, Helen
Keener; exercise, by four little boys; solo,
by Dorothy Haybaker; exercise, "Child-ren's
Day , by primary children ; recita-tion.
"Baby 's Ideals", by Russel Lingle;
reading and son, "Message of the Daisies,
Which Would You Choose", by four girls;
recitation, by Eva Haybaker and Earl
Mays; dialogue, "Our Class Motto", by
class of boys; song, "Open Wide the Gates
of Summer", by children; recitation, 'The
Best Name , by Irma Sholly; recitation,
'Ted's Picture , by Harper Hess; solo,
"Whispering Song , by Earl Mays;
"Children's Day", by Paul Brubaker;
"My Daddy", by Earl Houser; daisy drill,
by six Junior girls; recitation, "When the
Children Sang Hosanna'\ by Fern Cake;
"Hearts of Gold", by Eileen Cole and
chorus; "Johnny 's Opinion of Grand-mother",
by Daniel Brubaker ; "Rock of
Ages", by Intermediate girls: announce-ment
and offering; tableaux, Of Such Is
the Kingdom of Heaven", "The Flower of
the Family", "The Sower", "Comrades",
"A Buncli of Daisies", "Now I Lay Mc
Down to Sleep".
Memorial Address
at Hummelstown
The Honorable William D. B. Alncy,
Chairman of the Public Service Commis-sion
of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl-vania,
will make the Memorial Address at
Hummelstown on Memorial Day morning,
at 10.15 a. m, Mr. Ainey, one of the
ablest speakers of the State, because of his
wide and varied national and International
experiences, is particularly fitted to cover a
subject of this nature. As a member of
the Sixty-second and Sixth-third Congress
of the United States, and of the Foreign
affairs Committee of that body; a member
of the Interparliamentary Union and
delegate to its conferences at Geneva,
Switzerland, In 1912, and the Hague, in
1913; as Secretary and, later, President of
the Japanese-American Group of Intcr-parliamentariana
and delegate to Tokyo,
Japan, In 1914, and the same year to
Stockholm, Sweden, he la able to bring to
bear, a tremendous fountain of knowledge
based upon his own personal experiences
on the national and International questions
of the day. The people of Hummelstown
and Hershey are particularly urged to
avail themselves, of the privilege accorded
them by Mr. Alnoy 'a presence on MJBorlal
Day. ^
The Hershey Legion has been invited by
the Hummelstown Post to co-operate in
the services.
Decoration Day Will
Be A Big Day
Beautiful Hershey Park, the playground
of Central Pennsylvania, is in readiness for
its annual opening on Decoration Day,
Friday, May 30th. A number of improve-ments
have been made and as a result the
park will be more beautiful than ever.
Fred-Pronio's celebrated orchestra will
be the musical attraction, and will give
concerts in the band shell during the after-noon
and evening.
In the theatre the Ella Kramer Stock
Company will present the metropolitan
success 'The Cat and the Canary", an
orgy of thrills and more exciting than 'The
Bat". This famous mystery-drama has
achieved a world-wide reputation as the
most exciting play ever written. Per-formances
will be given in the afternoon
and evening.
The Hershey baseball team will play the
strong West Lebanon team on the Park
diamond at 9.30 o'clock in the morning
and 3.30 o'clock in the afternoon. The
grandstand has been repaired, and new
bleachers have been erected, making this
baseball field such that many a city would
pride itself upon having one like it. These
two games will be worth seeing, and capac-ity
crowds are expected to witness them.
The Giant Roller Coaster will be in
operation and the crowds will have every
opportunity of enjoying its thrilling and
fascinating ride over the tree-tops, swishing
down its 75-foot drop, bringing forth many
a whoop and many a scream.
In the mammoth dance pavilion the
Banjo-Saxo orchestra will hold forth,
playing in the afternoon and evening. The
dance pavilion has been artistically deco-rated,
and it is a veritable "Alice In Won-derland."
All of the other amusements will be in
operation. The swimming pool is waiting
for the warm caresses of Old Sol, and if he
falls down on the job there will be much
disappointment by those who enjoy the
pool's cool and invigorating waters.
The miniature trolley will be running on
schedule, and will carry its loads of kiddies
and older folks, enjoying to the fullest
measure, the picturesque ride in and
around the park.
Of course the merry-go-round will be
going, and the kiddies can hardly await
until they can ride the ponies, the giraffes,
and other pets of the menagerie. Not only
the kiddies, but the older folks as well.
The boats and canoes have all been
painted and paddling one's canoe on this
charming old stream as it ripples on its
way to the Swatara is a pleasure indeed.
The Zoo will of course prove quite an
attraction to a large number of persons.
Several monkies have been added. It
was the plan of the management to have
several sea lions this summer but owing to
the construction of the sewer system thru
the park, this became impossible.
The walks have been widened and re-packed.
Several hundred benches have
been placed along the walks and under the
large sheltering trees. Bubblers from
which one may obtain pure, cool and
refreshing mountain water have been
constructed at advantageous points. These,
and many other improvements have been
made for your pleasure and for your con-venience.
There are ample facilities at beautiful
Hershey Park to accommodate the largest
of crowds, and there are sufficient amuse-ments
for all. Even the kiddies and the
wee tots have not been forgotten , for at the
playgrounds, with the swings, slides and
seesaws, they can have the time of their
young lives. And a climax of a joyous day
for them will be a ride on the ponies.
Meals and refreshments will be served in
the large restaurant all day. A splendid
menu has been prepared which will be
served on the veranda in the shade pro-vided
by the thickly enfoliaged trees.
Here one may in delightful and picturesque
surroundings enj oy a delicious dinner,
moderately priced.
Bring the family and your friends to
beautiful Hershey | Park on Decoration
Day. If you choose to park your lunch,
you will find tables and seats aplenty.
Make a regular day of it—come early and
stay late.
The Reading railroad will run excursion
trains to the Park on this day, and the
Hershey Transit Company will put on
extra cars, to facilitate the handling of the
crowds.
Hershey High School
Closes Baseball Season
Hershey High School lias again brought
to a close, a very successful baseball season;
perhaps one of the best in the history of the
local school. The short schedule played
was due entirely to unfavorable weather
conditions. Of the seven games played,
five were clean cut victories, and the boys
deserve all credit for the way in which they
handled themselves on the diamond. Her-shey
finished In first place with five out of
six games won In their section of the I^owcr
Dauphin County League. Negotiations
are now under way to play the winners of
the other section lor the championship of
Lower Dauphin: the winners to play the
cliampipns of Upper Dauphin for the
County Championship. This year Her-shey
should carry off all the honors.
The following players have been awarded
the "H" for service on the baseball dia-mond
during the 1924 season: Stover,
Long, Aungst, Iiaschore, Tinney, Purcell,
Curry, K. Stuckoy and Gcrlock.
The season's record of the team ia as
follows:
Hershey 2 Oberlln 1
Hershey 4 Lititz 11
Hershey 7 Hummelstown 0
Hcrahcy 2 Hummelstown 1
Hershey 5 Mkldlctown 6
Hershey 2 Oberlln 1
PROMINENT LECTURER AT
CHURCH OF BRETHREN SUNDAY
. i On Sunday morning at 10,30 a. m.\}
Virgil C. Finnell, traveler, lecturer, tenchar,
and preacher, will deliver a lecture nt the
Church 6f the Brethren, East Areba Ave.,
entitled "Giving the Boy a Square Deal".
This lecture will bo embellished with timely
messages, wit , humor and anecdote, More
than 500 audiences hear tula lecture each
year. There ia no admission clmrge, but a
Oliver offering will bo lifted,
Daily Vacation Bible
School Opens Monday
The Hershey Daily Vacation Bible
School will open at 9.00 o'clock Monday
morning, Juno 2d, in the Hershey public
school building.
•-'Tins school will be held under the aus-pices
of the United Brethren, Presbyterian
and Lutheran Sunday Schools of Hershey
for the purpose of giving the children of
this community an opportunity to receive
additional Bible instruction and training.
The daily program will consist of open-ing
exercises,, memory work, Bible and
mission stories, health and habit talks,
music and drill work, with appropriate
closing exercises.
Every effort will be made to make this
school) interesting, profitable and more
successful than heretofore, i We hope that
every parent will give serious consideration
to this proj ect and avail themselves of this
splendid opportunity of giving their child-ren
this training. There is no charges
connected with enrollment to the school.
Children desiring to attend this school,
who have not already enrolled, are prlvl-lcuexLto
enroll at this opening session.
**tt!b teaching staff is composed of the
following persons; Miss AnnaKlauss, Miss
Kathryn Weltmcr, Mrs. Wft. J. Runkel
and Rev. H. S. Hartranft.1 Visitors are
cordially Invited to attend 'any of these
sessions they desire.
Hershey Post, No. 386, American Legion
will attend the Annual Memorial Day
services In the Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church on Sunday evening, Juno 1.
LEGION WILL ATTEND MEMORIAL
SERVICES SUNDAY
Parish Of St Joa n of
Arc Holds Field Heet
"Under the canopy of Heaven, with
God's sun looking down upon us and our
country in benediction, our thoughts in the
open air naturally turn to God and coun-try,"
said the Rev. Stephen Murtagh,
Franciscan Capuchin Friar, Abbottstown,
in the annual Field Mass held on the lawn
of the Church of St. Joan of Arc, on Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock.
The little grey stone church was built in
1920," and was the first church' in this part
of the country to adopt St. Joan of Arc as
its patron saint. Joan of Arc, the Maid of
Orleans, was canonized by the Pope in
1918 amid the storm of stress of the last
year of the World War, and is the youngest
saint in the Catholic calendar. Her statue,
the only one of this kind in this country,
came from her home in Orleans, France,
Of pure white marble, flecked with the
fleur de lis of France, she stands in her
niche in the church with face uplifted as if
still listening to the voices that called her
from her lowly home to save her country
and her king.
The open air mass is held annually by
the Church of St. Joan of Arc in commemo-ration
of their patron saint. The outdoor
altar, covered with a pure white cloth, was
built to face the East. Wild flowers added
to its simple beauty—dogwood, the azalea
or wild honeysuckle, with a few white iris
and lilacs scattered here and there.
The Rev. P. J. Phelan, rector of the
parish, conducted the Mass.
The special sermon was preached by
the Rev. Father Murtagh, who made a dual
appeal for knightly service to God and
country.
"No man can say he serves God unless
he serves his country, too," said Father
Murtagh. "God has left His cause to the
mercy of men. His name is being dis-honored
and His Laws are broken today.
In America there are 60,000,000 who do
not attend church. Religion is degenerat-ing
into social service, a service for humani-ty
and not the worship of God."
Father Murtagh decried the fact that
religion is not taught in the public schools.
He said it was not the fault of the young
people alone that the morality of the
country is so low, when they are taught no
better. He condemned severely the preva-lence
of divorces as being dangerous to the
sancity of the family life. -
'The fate of a country that forgets the
moral law can be read in the fate that
overtook the voluptuous Babylon, Athens,
Carthage and Rome, who sowed the seed
of national disaster when they forgot the
moral law," warned Father Murtagh.
'The forces that militate against the cause
of God militate against the American
nation. We are giving way to pleasure
and self-seeking, to the paganism and
immorality that destroyed the nation of
old. The cause of God and the cause of
country go hand in hand. It is the. duty
of each one to give the service of a true
knight to God and to America, to live the
life of purity and uprightness of soul,
without fear and without reproach, at
home, in the church, everywhere."
Many attended from Harrisburg, York,
Carlisle, Chambersburg, Columbia, Lan-caster,
Lebanon and other nearby towns.
Boy Scout Troop, No. 11, of St. Mary's
Catholic Church, Lebanon, hiked to Her-shey
to attend the Mass.
The choir under the direction of Mrs.
Wm. J. Miller, organist, sang Bonner's
High Mass. They also sang several selec-tions
before and after Mass, including the
"Hymn to St. Joan of Arc." Solos were
rendered by Antionette Bilotta, soprano;
Pauline Sorcsek, alto; and by Alex. Magri-ni,
James DeAngelis and Angelo Mater-azzi,
tenors. Other members of the choir
were: Mrs. F. Soulliard, Columbia Bilotta,
Gene Pace, Gertrude Schmidt, Peruna
Gasper, Esther Magrini, Rosie DeAngelis,
Mary Patrucci, Josephine Soulliard, Paul
Gervasi, Corinto Plebani and Sigfred
DeAngelis.
The committee in charge was as follows:
Chairman: William F. R. Murrie.
Street Entrance to Grounds: Messrs J.
J. Gallagher, J. G. Heickel, W. J. Hyland,
James Devine, Edward Shea and Martin
Sorcsek.
Ushers: G. C. Shearer, C. L. Schmidt, O.
J. Traynor, Frederick Soulliard, Robert
Carr, Mario Lauzardo, Salvadore Bilotta
and Peter DeSantis.
Tables: Messrs. J. F. Murray, W. J.
Miller, John Devine, Paul Soulliard, John
Carr, H. Dockett, M. Colbert, W. Colbert,
Mrs. W. Longenecker, Grace Bilotta,
Angelina D'Auria, Teresa Magrini, Helen
Schmidt, Mary Tancredi and Rosie Zippilli
Rev. Taylor Delivers
Baccalaureate Sermon
A large number of persons assembled
Sunday evening, May 25, to participate in
the Baccalaureate service of the largest
class yet graduated from the Derry Town-ship
High School. When the curtain rose
in Central Theatre, a chorus of sixty voices
made up from the eighth grade and the
high school, sang Onward Christian
Soldiers" while the graduating class,
members of the board of directors, faculty
and those having part in the exercises of
the everting marched to the front.
Prof. A. M. Hinkle, Supervising Princi-pal,
presided, read the scriptures and in-troduced
those participating in the service,
which was interspersed with other appro-priate
selections of music, heartily joined
in under the enthusiastic leadership of
Miss Leah Burns, director of music and art
in the school.
The Rev. H. C. Hartranft offered prayer,
and Rev. R. H. Taylor, pastor of the Derry
Presbyterian Church, preached the sermon.
He announced as his text, Esther 4:14.
"Who Knoweth Whether Thou Art Come
to the Kingdom for such a time as this?"
In introducing bis theme the speaker
referred to a group of writers who had
unanimously agreed, merely as literary
men, that the Story of Joseph as told in the
Old Testament is the greatest story ever
written, just as a skeptical writer had
pronounced the Gospel of St. Luke "The
Most Beautiful Book Ever Written." The
text was chosen from another of those
beautiful stories, the theme suggested
being discussed under the three-fold cap-tion
of Personality, Place and Purpose,
This beautiful personality, Haddassa, the
Jewish "myrtle", became Esther, the
Persian "star", and in her obedience,
wisdom, piety and courage, reveals a
personality that should be an inspiration
to every young life. Her noble words in
response to her cousin, Mordecai's chal-lenge
as given in the text, "I will go in
unto the king,—and if I perish, I perish!"
have rung down through the ages revealing
one of the heroic souls of all time.
The speaker emphasized this heroine's
'coming to her kingdom' just at .the hour
when she was most needed as suggesting
the fact that a place awaits every prepared
willing personality that God sends into the
world—personality itself being the most
sacred, the most supreme, the divinest gift
God ever entrusted to man; as undying as
God Himself, it is here for the greatest
service it can render to its age and the
greatest glory the God of all glory can
bestow upon it through endless ages.
Purpose was the concluding thought,
each personality being given its place not
only attended with a Divine purpose, but
to do at least one thing no one else could
do—hence the individuality the personality
entrusted to each. Realizing this, no one
can but realize his need of a Greater than
himself to work in his and to work with
him those things which He came from the
throne of glory to accomplish for us and
through us. A cleansed and consecrated
personality—that and that alone can fill
the place and fulfill the purpose God had
in entrusting it, in His own image, to a sip-stained
and sin-cursed world. To this
cleansing and consecrating possibility and
power each individual member of this
record-breaking class was earnestly com-mended.
Fitting farewell words by Prin-cipal
Hinkle and the benediction closed
the 17th Annual Commencement Exercises
of our noble school.
Hershey s Quota Not
Yet Filled
Grover C. Sheckart has been commis-sioned
to send several young men from this
district to the Citizens Military Training
Camp, but as yet only one young man has
signified his willingness to take advantage
of the opportunity.
The Citizens' Military Training Camps
are conducted by the War Department
under the National Defense Act. This ia
the basic law which governs all military
training. The Government pays the
expenses of those attending, consisting of
transportation to and from camp, uni-forms,
food and medical attendance.
The object of these camps is to bring
together young men of high type from all
sections of the country on a common basis
of equality and under the most favorable
conditions of outdoor life; to stimulate and
promote citizenship, patriotism and Ameri-canism;
and, through expert physical
direction, athletic coaching, and military
training, to benefit the young men individ-ually,
and bring them to realize their
obligations to their country.
Each applicant is given to use without
charge a complete uniform of regular
military clothing, and he will be fitted
from head to too including a "slicker" for
rainy days.
This is certainly an opportunity for
young men, between the ages of 17 and 26
years to enjoy a 30 days outing at Uncle
Sam's expense.
Baseball Saturda y
On Saturday afternoon, at 3.3Q o'clock,
the Hershey baseball team will play the
Lebanon Professionals on the Ilerahey
baseball field. Admission, 25c, Come
but and see the game and endeavor to
bring your neighbor.
On Friday afternoon (Decoration Day)
"Punk" Ream will do the hurling for
Hershey. "Punk" is punk In name only-he
sure is there with the goods,
How Many, Brethren?
In making a canvass of Hershey and
vicinity In order to make arrangements for
lodging accommodations for persons at-tending
the Brethren Conference on Juno
4 to 11, the committee found a number of
the housewives not nt homo.
It ia essential that those who were not
seen have their rooms listed with the lodg-ing
committee, by notifying Harper Suave-ly,
Hershey, stating how many can be
accommodated,
Your co-operation In this matter will be
appreciated.
Hershey Plays West
Lebanon Decoration Day
All the players that will make up the
team for the locals in the opening games on
Decoration Day (Friday) have signed con-tracts
arid in their workout on*Mohday
evening, at which time they trounced the
State Police team 12 to 1, were assigned
their regular positions. Manager Traynor
has selected what looks to be a winning
combination and the local followers count
on the team to make a good showing in all
contests. Owing to the poor condition of
the field the team has been getting very
little good fielding practice, but at the bat
they, have been hitting the ball with a
vengeance.
On Decoration Day the team will play
West Lebanon, in the forenoon at 9.30 and
in the afternoon at 3.30. The Lebanon
team is going strong this year, and the
Hershey team will have to extend them-selves
in order to come across with the
victories.
In the forenoon there will be an old-fashioned
parade, headed by a band, fol-lowed
by the two teams, with their respec-tive
rooters.
Mr. Wm. F. R. Murrie has consented to
throw out the first ball, and Manager
Traynor urges all the loyal Hersbeyites to
turn out in large numbers to see how well
Mr. Murrie can do his stuff, and also by
their presence, give the team a good boost.
The members that will make up the
team will consist, of Alberts, Shaub, Miller,
Bordner, Zimmerman, Ream, Stover. Basehore, Gingrich, Hanshoe, Zimmerman,
Leithiser and Dick.
The team this year will be on its toes,
fighting lo the last three men down in
order toTDring in a victory. The spirit of
the team will be best exemplified by the
following anecdote: It was a hot day in
August. Two colored baseball teams
were crossing bats for the championship of
Alabama. A white man walked up to one
of the out-fielders, and, asked the score.
"Ninety-foh to nothing", said the per-spiring
player as he jumped for a high one
and missed it. "Getting abeat ^Jbadly,
aren't you?" remarked j,the ^questioner.
"No sub—no suh, we aint getting beat.
We aint been up4to bat yet , replied the
dusky Babe Ruth.* *,
The Hershey team this year has not
made any rosy promises as to what it will
do, as last year, but will buckle down to the
j ob and do its level best to play good,
consistent baseball, endeavoring to win the
game, but if the breaks of the game are
against them, will be good losers, but will
redouble their efforts to win the next game.
This same spirit should be shown by the
Hershey rooters—let's be with the team all
the time, giving them our support and our
encouragement. Let's crowd the grand-stand
and bleachers on Decoration Day,
morning and afternoon, and make Manager
Traynor' and the players happy. It will
only cost you 25 cents—you will enjoy the
sport and your two bits will help fill the
team's treasury.
Largest Class In History
Of School Gradua tes
On Friday evening of last week the
Seventeenth Annual Commencement of
the Derry Township High School was held
at the Hershey Park Theatre, at which
time the largest class in the history of the
school graduated, as follows: Jennie Mae
Baker, Paul Herman Belser, Antionette
Carmel Marie Bilotta, John Henry Bom-gardner,
Leah Salome Brehm, Victor Ray
Breneman, Gladys Elizabeth Christ, Mary
Lucile Oilman, Earl Selby Hackman,
Marion Claire Hess, Mildred Emma
Hocker, Gladys May Kohr, Alexander
Adrain Joseph Magrini, Kathryn Mae
Miller, Earl Krotzer Nye, Christianna
Mildred Palmer, Anna Alfreda Reese,
Lillian Ricker, Edward Henry Savastio,
William Lentz Spangler, Esther Mary
Warmer, Walton Ward Wilbur Wiley,
Herbert Geyer Winters, Rhoda Opella
Yerger and George Andrew Zeigler,
The program consisted of a musical
selection by the orchestra; academic pro-cession;
invocation by Rev. A. G. Nye;
salutatory, "Jail or a Passport", by George
Andrew Zeigler; oration, 'Can Compensa-tion
Be Paid", by Gladys Elizabeth Christ;
cornet solo, by George F. Rheam; oration,
"Our Oldest Inhabitants", by Antionette
Bilotta; valldictory, "Love Your Enemies"
by Esther Mary Walmer; musical selection
by the orchestra.
the annual address was delivered by
Dr. A. B. Van Ormer, Ph. D., of the De-partment
of Philosophy, of Juniata Col-lege,
Huntingdon, Pa., his subject being
"What Makes the Difference Between
Work and Play." The speaker took his
text from the second chapter of Mark
Twain's masterpiece "The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer", depicting In a most graphic
and lucid manner how Tom whitewashed
the fence, or had others do it for him,
emphasizing the fact that which was work
for Tom was play to those who paid him for
the privilege of whitewashing the fence,
even tho they had planned to spend the
day afishing.
Ab WUB U OfJIUllUll * HUUIUH f UMU MDLVllCU to most attentively by the large number of
persons present.
Albert B. ShenkJPresident of the Board
of Directors of the Derry Township Schools
In a few short and pithy remarks reviewed
the splendid progress made by the schools,
particularly that of the graduating class,
congratulating them upon tho excellence of
their work, after which he presented the
diplomas.
Prof. A. M. Hinkcl, the Supervising
Principal, then presented the prizes that
had been awarded to the following pupils:
Scholarship Prize—(Awarded oy two
members of the Alumni Association): First,
Esther Mary Walmer, $5.00; second,
George Andrew Zeigler, $3.00; third,
Antionette Curmel Marie Bilotta, $2.00.
Domcatto ArU
Sophomore Class—First, Josephine
Mentzcr ; second, Grace Bilotta.
Freshman Class—First, Treva Dlse;
second, Elizabeth Klinefelter.
Eighth Grade—First, Ruth Detweller;
second, Mary Brandt.
Seventh Grade—First, Allcen Cole;
second, Susan Seltzer.
Sixth Grade—First, Dorothy Clark ;
second, Martha Duplex.
Manual Arti
Grand Prize—{Awarded by a Hershey
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