The Hershey Press 1924-12-18

              Mr. M. S. Hershey
At Meeting of Dep
Mr. M. S. Hershey called a meeting on
Monday evening at the Hershey Cafe,
about seventy-five officers and depart^
mental managers of the Company being
present. '
After luncheon had been served and
cigars had gone the rounds, Mr. Hershey
arose and stated that he had called ttye
meeting with a purpose in mind of talking
things over, in an informal sort of way
previous to his going to Cuba , which he
contemplated doing shortly. He stated
that he was highly pleased with the results
of the year 1924, and he was also pleaded
that the additional compensation plan had
again worked out so satisfactorily. He
emphasized, however, that we should ;not
live upon past laurels, but ever strive to
improve our work, and cut down the waste
that is ever prevalent , especially in a large
business, which decreases the amount of
our additional compensation.
As an illustration, Mr. Hershey spoke
about the way that the girls in their haste
to save a moment's time in leaving the
factory, had trodden down seveial un-sightly
paths upon the embankment near-by
the Cafe, which to repair will cost the
Company several hundred dollars, con-sequently
cutting down our additional
compensation. Illustrating further, he
spoke of the manner that the employees
used the automobiles belonging to the
Company, letting the engines run needless-ly,
carelessly taking care of these machines,
which incurred great expense to the Com-pany
each year. It was things like these,
he stated , which really showed our interest
in conducting the affairs of the Company.
Continuing, Mr. Hershey told how he
hoped that in time that the additional
compensation would be increased, which
would result in the doubling of our wages.
This might not come about for years, all
depending -how all of Us apply ourselves
with this purpose in mind. This can be
done eventually, there is no doubt about
it, he stated, if all of us worked a little
harder, a little more efficiently, making
every effort to cut down the waste, not
only in the materials used in the manu-facture
of our products, but in the useless
waste of labor, not only in and around the
factory, but on the outside, in the store,
on the trolleys, in the planing mill, and on
the farms and dairies.
Mr. Wm. F. R. Murne was called upon
to speak, and he in a few words told how
well pleased he was with the splendid
results that had been accomplished this
year, thanking- one and all for their co-operation
which made this possible. He
stated that the prospects for the coming
year looked bright, and he urged that we
redouble our efforts in order to roll up the
ball a little bit bigger, doing it more effi-ciently,
more diligently and more economi-cally.
Mr. John E. Snyder was the next speak-er,
devoting the greater part of his time to
the pension question. He stated that
after having studied the pension problem
long and carefully ft had been decided
that a pension plan was too extravagant.
He stated that to adopt a pension plan
would cost the Company approximately
$200,000 a year, which would have to be
paid out of the earnings of the Company,
and consequently reduce the additional
compensation that amount.
900 Children To Receive Gifts at the
Hershey Community Christmas Tree
The Hershey Community Christmas
Tree is now being placed on the lawn in
front of the Hershey Central Theatre
building and on Wednesday evening, Dec.
24th, at 6.30 o'clock, Santa Claus will
distribute gifts to each child that presents
one of the cards that have been distributed
by Prof. A. M. Hinkel. Children up to
and including &</i years of age who are
living in Derry Township have received
cards, resulting in more than 800 cards
having been distributed . This also in-cludes
the children of these ages at the
Hershey Industrial School.
All children under six , not going toschool,
who have not received cards, may obtain
same upon request by their parents to any
member of the committee. All children
under six years of age who have not re-ceived
cards up to Wednesday, Dec. 24 th ,
may obtain these from any one of the
committee at the tree on Wednesday eve-ning.
Each child will receive a bag'containing
candy, popcorn , an orange and a toy, at an
approximate cost of 25c, with a retail value
of at least 40c. This has been possible
owing to the Hershey Department Store
selling the toys, candy and popcorn at
cost , and Mr. John Hallgren the oranges.
Preceding the arriva l of Simla Claus the
children of the Hershey Industrial Sch<x>l
and of the HcrHhey Schools will sing a
number of their Christmas carols.
It has been asked that members of the
church choirs be present to lea d in the
community carol singing of "Joy to the
World" nntl "Oh, Come All Ye Faithful".
Mrs. D. S. GracfT will be the accompanist.
Let all of UH gather around the Com-munity
Christmas Tree on next Wednes-day
evening, at 6.30 o'clock , and join in the
spirit of Christmas, a spirit that influences
for good.
The people of I lershey and vicinity have
contributed to this fund most cheerfully.
It will be necessary to secure; $250, and If
you haven 't as yet j oined the list of con-tributors
, don 't be bashfu l in handing In
your contribution. It need not be a
dollar - a half dollar , or a quailcr will help.
The committee comprises of Paul Shullz ,
Ivan L. Mease, Mrs. Ezra I''. Hershey,
Miss Elizabeth High, Prof. A. M. Hinkel ,
John R. Zoll, Fred Bolts and J. R. Snavely.
The contributors to the Community
Christmas Tree thus far are as follows:
Mr. M..S. Hershey, Wm. F. R. Murrie, J.
E. Snyder, Ezra F. Hershey, F. W. Pugh,
Thos. Mcileffy, Ewing Cain, E. M. Her-shey,
H. N. Herr, Dr. J. L. Zimmerman,
A. T. Heilman, Geo. Copenhaver, Chance
Phillips, Bert Black, Geo. Hench , R. W.
Glace, Wm. Brinker, A. B. Snavely, John
Gallagher, Walter Ashenfelter , Percy
Wilson, J. R. Kreider, Paul Shoop, Ed.
Harkins, Squire Miller , George Shearer,
John Sollenberger, S. C. Steelier, Chas. F.
Zeigler, John Balsbaugh , Carl Schmidt,
Hal Boyer, Daniel Ensminger, Tom Black ,
Ulrich Wcltmer , A. W. Flowers, Joe
Heichel, John Hummer, Frank P. Wentzel,
John Wickersham, Rohrer Snavely, Stoner
Snavely, F. C. Snavely, Ross Esbenshade,
Russell Stoner , E. R. Mays, Harry Kaley,
John Conrad, Austin Sholly, J. F. Snavely,
Dr. H. G. Mumma, Wm. Hylan , James
Brunner, John Daniel , George Laffcrty,
Ross Shepler, Frank Groff , J. Ed. Gruber,
Jerome Krall , Walter Stanley, Paul G.
Shultz, Earle Stable, Wm, Leithiser, Jr.,
I. O. Dice, J. W. Brenberger , Oscar Bord-ner,
Irvin Slesser , E. P. Swartz
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W. A.
Curtis, jay L. Stahl .'Lamberto Canovas,
D. Frank Carman, John Bordncr , Clinton
Hotter , Lewis B. Cassady, R. II. Satla-zahn
, Howard Bomgardner, Mable Lingle,
Florence Clark , Edna Miller , Mary Helton ,
Thelma linker , Goldie Habaker , Mildred
White, Myrtle Kline , Ruth Shull/., Jessie
Dersheimer, Mrs. B. F, Bomgardner , Rev.
and Mrs. R. II . Taylor, D. Fred Bolls,
George Kline, Mrs. J. R. MacDonald , Win.
Tobias, George Ualsbuugh , Dr. L. Edwards
Dr. Kramer, Anna Lcntz , John Mover, Ira
Bacnstow, Minnie Potts, Edward Lewis,
Paul R. Gingrich , Prof , A. M. Hinkel ,
Ivan L. Mease, James Kramer , Jr., John
Hallgren, C. L. Cassel, Luther Drencher ,
William Spanglcr , I-andis Garman , C. G.
VonNcida , Jose Sanchez. Ross Runkel ,
John Willia m Sell zinger , Sr „ II. M. Weis-hnupt
, J. Willis Dressier , John Hershey,
A. W. Snavely, Grover Sheckert Lynndilh
Edrls, Ethel McCreary, Lillian Lebo,
Minnie Whittle , Robert Whittle . Sarah
Ilunshue nnd Mary Hanshue,
U. B. Congregation
To Build New Church
The building committee of the Hist
Hulled Brethren Church of this place, is
making n concerted drive to raise an addi-tional
$2(),(XX) in order to begin building
operations on the contemplated edifice
early next year.
The new church building will be erected
on West Chocolate Avenue, on the south
side, directly opiwslte the former S. I).
Clark properly, on a large and desirable
plot of ground.
The church will cost approximately
$100,000, and will be constructed of stone.
The Sunday School nxini will sent f>00
persons, us will the church auditorium.
The United Brethren congregation ,
whoso nastor Is Itcv. A. G. Nye, is a grow-ing
and progressive denomination , and the
enlarged home on the main thoroughfare In
the heart of the town will stand It In good
Htend in its future development and
growth.
The York County Fair Association will
acquire additional lands and take In more
territor y to provide u bigger fair for coming
years.
Tells Of His Plans
rtmental Managers
In continuing, Mr. Snyder stated that
but few of the industrial pension plans in
the United States to-day are so financed
that they are likely to remain solvent
without refinancing or modification. With
these staggering facts facing them it was
decided not to be stampeded into an
adoption of an impractical pension plan.—
Mr. Hershey stated""that he' was glad
that Mr. Snyder had brought up the matr
ter of pensions. He stated that when he
contemplated putting a pension plan into
effect , he did so with a desire to provide for
the old age of dependent, superannuated
employees and a desire to reward them for
faithful and long service. The history of
pension systems has been a record of mis-takes
and failures. Even the elaborate
Carnegie plan was forced to undergo a
radical reorganization only a few years
after it was started. He believed that
with the additional compensation plan in
effect, that the employees should lay aside
a certain amount of the compensation
that they receive to provide for their old
age, taking out an insurance policy, open-ing
a bank account, and practicing econo-my.
Mr. Hershey stated, however, that
it was not the purpose of the Company to
be hard-hearted in the matter, but that
provisions would be made to take care of
worthy cases, but that there would be no
formal systems put ioto effect.
'—Mrr Snyder again arose and discussed
"Betting on the Home Team." He em-phasized
the importance of everyone in the
employ of the Company to be and ardent
booster of the town and of its product, for
it is through the town and its products that
all of us share in the prosperity that we are
now and have been enjoying since Mr.
Hershey founded the town in 1903.
Mr. Ezra F. Hershey in a few brief
remarks convincingly told of the im-portance
of looking after the little things,
for "from little acorns mighty oaks grow."
He stated that if every departmental
manager would strive to make his own
department just a little more efficient , to
cut down the cost to the lowest possible
point, the results would be marvelous.
That if each departmental manager of the
store would endeavor to obtain just a
little more business each day, by personal
solicitation, with a little more courteous
treatment, the store would grow by leaps
and bounds. The results during the past
two years, since the additional compensa-tion
plan has been in effect, have been more
than was hoped for , but, as he stated, the
pinnacle of efficiency has not as yet been
reached.
Mr. H. N. Herr told of the civic im-provements
that have been made and those
that are under way, such as the new High
School building and the sanitary sewerage
disposal system. He spoke of the many
advantages that we enjoy, and then
touched on the lack of civic spirit , so woe-fully
lacking. He told whereof all of us
might the better do our part.
Mr. P. N. Hershey in a most forceful
manner, in a few apt words, told of his
loyalty to the Company; how proud he was
to be in its employ, and that he stood at
all times a booster , from the ground up,
and a supporter of the Hershey Chocolate
Company, and of its founder , Mr. M. S.
Hershey.
Evangelistic Services
To Close Sunday
The special evangelistic meetings In
progress, in the. Fli nt United Brethren
Church will continue every night , .Satur-day
excepting, until Sunday night.
Tonight , rhuiHcIay. will be general
organizations night. All church organiza -
tions, all fraternal organizations and
bodies of people collectively or individually
are most cordially Invited. We trust that
nil will take advantage of this Invitation ,
Mr. and Mrs. C, S, Thompson will lead
the music, both vocal and Instrumental , as
they liuvu so splendidly done throughout
the services. Mrs. Thompson will play
the harp at every service.
Themes for the speaker are, Thursday,
"Behold the Cross'1; Friday, "The Final
Sentence"; and Sunday, "Behold the
Desolation of Refusal, "
Sunday services will ho grea t meetings
winding up this campaign.
Bible School in cluirgo of the superin-tendent
, R. G, Hinkel, at 9.15 followed by
morning worship at 10,30, At 2,30 a
meeting for everylxxly will he addressed by
Ruv. IT, E. SclmelTer, iNistor of Grace U,
B. Church , Penbrook.
Evening at 7.30,
Christmas Is a
Legacy Prized
By All Mankind
Christmas is, above all other days the
festiva l of the children , and , of merry-making
and rejoicing. For nearly nine-teen
hundred years the world has cele-brated
the birth of the Babe of Bethlehem,
and each century as it passed away has
seen interest in the festival growing and
widening, and men and women more fully
realizing the deep meaning which underlies
all the outward display of mirth and good-fellowship.
The anniversary of the indepencence of a
country, of the birth of a ruler or of any of
those events which have left their mark on
the page of history and shaped the destiny
of a nation have each a limited environ-ment,
and are not known beyond certain
geographical boundaries. But Christmas
has neither metes or bounds; it belongs to
the whole wide world ; it is not a heritage of
race and language; and it seems to bring
scattered tribes and peoples more closely
together, and for the time being imbue
them with but one thought and sentiment.
The story of Christmas is a beautiful
one. It has been pictured on canvas and
told in poetry and in song. There is some-thing
in it which appeals to the emotions
of all, no matter what their faith .
The rude manger and the lowing cattle;
the young mother and the tender babe;
the-wonderful star, guiding the way of the
three kings of Orient, as their camel bells
tinkled in the sandy desert; the shepherds
watching their flocks and listening to the
joyous choral that rang through the mid-night
air—all these things are part and
portion of Christmas, and are a legacy
which is prized by millions of our fellow-men.
Philosophers have sought to analyze
Christmas and to give a reason for its al-most
universal acceptance, but they have
been baffled in their efforts. Cynical
people, too, have tried to sneer at the
festival and make light of its customs, but
it has survived both open attack and ridi-cule,
and has become an integrSAjaart of the
life of humanity. \
With the approach of Christmas the
business world, the world of every-day
people, experience a stimulus in every
department of its activities. Streets and
stores are crowded; from all parts of the
world come the products of busy brains and
skillful fingers, to be transferred to thous-ands
of homes, to strengthen friendship
and make young hearts lighter.
Joy and laughter are everywhere, and
the cold blasts and the gloomy days with-out
only help to accentuate the warmth
and the brightness within.
If we look no deeper than the bustling
crowds, the buying and the present-mak-ing,
Christmas may seem to be closely
associated with barter and trade. But
there is something more in the holiday
season than simply a time for a selfish
exchange of favors, a matching of present
with present, and the buying of more than
purses can well afford.
The bustle and rush which we witness
are but the outwork of a generous and
kindly purpose. The buying for giving is
like all buying, but the giving is the essen-tial
thing. There may sometimes be
ostentation in Christmas giving; but there
is, to some extent, in everything that
men and women do.
The matching of gifts, which the critic
looks upon as trade, has its source in the
desire to be asking to a friend as that
friend has been to us; and the joy of giving
is perennial and spontaneous every year,
like the buds and blossoms and the song
of birds.
The fact that Christmas giving is an
exchange of things often not needed, and
that it tends to mutual loss rather than
mutual gain—which is the law of barter-elevates
it far above trade. The perennial
benevolence which finds its expression in
Christmas giving, has the stamp of the
divine and the spiritual upon it , and it
argues that there is something more in
man than the mere materialist sees there.
From the youngest up, all of us can see
something in Christmas, above and beyond
its outward manifestations. It commemo-rates
the beginning of a life, which count-less
millions of the human race have looked
upon as divine—a life of unselfishness, of
selfsacrifice , of tenderness, of goodness and
of purity.
We faintly imitate that life when we
heal a sorrow, make one heart happier or
lighten the burden borne by some tired
and weary wanderer.
It may he true that after we have
feasted and frolicked we go hack to the
old lives again, But we can take the spirit
of Christinas with us, even if the bells are
not ringing and there is no holly gleaming
That spirit will have its influence for
good. The more it is cultivated by young
and old the nearer is the world drawing
to the golden year, and as the Christmas
bells, from hill to hill , answer each other
in the mist , we can say:
**Ring in the valiant man and free,
The eager heart, the kindlier hand ;
Ring oiit t he darkness of the land ,
Ring in the Christ that is to be. "
The Old Schoolhouse
Spurs the Poet
Mr. John Hallgren , dealer in all good
things to cat from the garden, farm and
sea , is an admirer of Mr. M. S. Hershey,
and feeling full of the poet's fervor sat
himself down, and with pen in hand ,
stroked forth a |x>em in his honor , which
we have the pleasure to print , as follows;
The Old Schoolhouse
Lonely In a valley, by a meadow spring
Shaded by the elmsand the old oak trees,
Evergreens and mosses to the stonewalls
cling,
MarygoldHiind cockscombs nodding to the
breeze,
Stapds a Utile schoolhouse, a solemn hull ol
lame,
Sacred to the memory of bygone days.
Grammar school and college for the buy
who with his name,
Honor , life and labor made this world-iivmed
plnce.
Mighty wisdom 's temple, built of fancy
brick ,
Lustrous from the basement to the flnirnolc'
top.
Proudly overlooking its mother down the
creek ,
Makes the hnsle, of traveler* look and stop
May it mould the manhood of the coming
race,
(luldcd on by justice and a fearless mind ,
When another structure In the future takes
Its place,
Stands the little Hchoolhouse with ages be-hind.
Lonely In a valley, by a meadow spring
Shaded by the elms and Hie old oak trees
Evergreens mid mosses to live stonewalls
cling,
Mm yg(»d and cockscombs luxldlng to breeze. the
Mr. Hnlluien has had the verse, with nn Illustration of the old school house where
Mr. Hershey went to school , printed na a calendar , which he will dlutribute to his many customers.
Christmas Caroling
Growing And Fulfills
Popular Desire
Ten years ago outdoor Christmas eve
caroling, especially by itinerant groups
through the streets of town and village,
was almost unknown in this country.
The beautiful old custom that had once
been universal in England had all but died .
The widespread adoption of the Com-munity
Christmas Tree did much to bring
the carols to public attention again. Yet
the singing of the Charming old Yuletide
songs for the public benefit was all too
infrequent and the' gen&fcal absence of
"waits," the traveling bahdiof carolers, in
their picturesque red cambric capes, was
particularly regrettable. ¦'¦'..
The National Bureau for the Advance-ment
of Music, which is interested in
extending more widely the influence and
utilization of music among the American
people, saw in the Christmas caroling one
of the most inspiring uses of song, as a
satisfaction to the singer, a joy to the
community, and a means of expressing the
Christmas spirit. In 1917, therefore,
shortly after its own inception , the bureau
at the suggestion of C. A. Grinnell, of
Detroit, began working actively for coun-try-
wide expansion of the custom. It
pointed as a model to the splendid organi-zation
for Christmas singing that had been
worked out on a city-wide scale in Detroit.
As a further aid to the movement, the
bureau issued its booklet , "Christmas Eve
Caroling Being Revived," giving a brief
outline of the history of the custom and
instructions for procedure to those inter-ested
in carrying out the plan locally.
By this time the movement had made
considerable advance, and in the first
edition of the booklet, a year after efforts
were made to revive the movement, thirty
cities and towns in which the outdoor
caroling had been introduced were in-cluded.
There were undoubtedly more
than this number, but the bureau had not
full facilities for tracing them. By the
time the second edition was published in
October , 1920, the list was more than
trebled and it has continued to grow with
astonishing rapidity ever since.
The response of the public scattered
from coast to coast and from the Canadian
border to the Gulf of Mexico, furnishes
convincing evidence that the outdoor
Christmas caroling, has struck a popular
chord and fulfills a popular desire.
Hershey High
Basketball Team
Springs a Surprise
Every cloud has its silver lining proved
true on Friday evening when the local
high school basketball team journeyed to
Lebanon and' met . the Lebanon High
School varsity team and held them to a
19 to 16 score. The local boys, under the
careful direction of Henry R. Douglass had
practiced particularly hard for this game
as it was considered one of the strongest
games on the schedule, altho, York High ,
Ephrata , Reading Reserves and Tech
Reserves most likely will prove to, be
strong competitors also. They were de-termined
to play the best ball they knew
how and a few minutes before the game
each man received a good rub down and
had their ankles taped . At eight-thirty
the game started and within five minutes
of play "Julie " Purcell dropped two field
goals in the basket. The game became
very exciting and the 500 spectators soon
realized that their "chocolate friends"
were not an easy going combination.
Lebanon had the adva ntage in the fact
that they were accustomed to their spac-ious
gym and also had about twenty-five
fresh men to put in the game whenever
needed . The first half ended with Leba-non
leading 10 to 9. Coach Douglass used
the fifteen minutes intermission in deliver-ing
a stirring lecture (however not like the
ones he gives in science) and told the boys
their points. Both teams started the
second half determined to win and soon
Hershey gained a lead of four points, only
to have it cut down on three fouls. From
then on it was anybody's game and in the
last few minutes one of the Lebanon for-wards
dropped a two pointer into the
basket. The game ended with the score
of 19 to 16 in Lebanon 's favor. Siwnagle,
center and Warner , guard , two green
mountain boys on this year 's team , arc
proving their worth and playing a bang
up game. "Julie " Purcell led in points
and played his usual great game. 1 inney
and Aungst of last year 's team played their
usual steady game. Clemens starred for
Lebanon.
This is the closest score that Hershey
held Lebanon High , in the history of the
school and the boys ran justly feel proud
of their accomplishment.
Hershey Lebanon
Tinney F Ilnrlnelt
Purcell F Miller
Sponagle C Light
Aungst G Clemens
Warner G Frazicr
Referee Slrickler , Lebanon Valley.
Tech Will Play
Cedar Rapids High
School Next Year
A game lias been arranged between the
Tech and Washington , Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, high school football tea m to he
played October 31. The Cedar Rapids
I ligh School is buildin g a new stadium and
wants Tech to play the ojiening game in
the stadium but if the edifice is 'not com-pleted
by October 31 the game will be
played at I lie Island Park , Ilarrisburg.
In a recent communication to F. W.
Pugh, sales manager ' of the Ilcruliev Choc-olate
Company, Mmfrice A, Carlscn ,
manager of the Cedar Rapids team, writes
as follows:
"On behalf of the football team. Coach
Novak and myself , I wish to express our
hearty thanks for your splendid hospitality
during our visit to 1 lershey imd 1 lui rinhiirg
for our football game on Thanksgiving
Day. I know , that the hoys enjoyed the
visit to Hershey and t he,trip through the
Hershey Plant the mosl ol anything ori'lho
trip, It would have been a grea t dis-ap|
H)lntinent to lis nil , If il had been hn-ixissiblo
for UH to visit Hershey, for a short
time nt least , on this till ),
We sincerely hope, thai at some lime il
will be our privilege <» entertain yourself
and other Hershey representatives in Cedar
Rapids,
Again, 1 wish to thank you for all the
kind favors of the Hershey people, which
made our trip Emit so pleasant. "
CHRISTMAS VACATION
The I lershey Schools will close Dec, 23
for the Christma s vacation and re-open
Monday, Jan B.
Christmas This Year
Should Have a Greater
Significance Than Ever
To everyone, and more especially to
those who dwell in this land , Christmas
this year should have a peculiar signi-ficance.
Not that it is a time for surface
merrymaking, for thoughtless jollity , for
the more or less conventional exchange of
gifts; but that it gives such a widespread
opportunity for thoughtful reflection , for a
general sincere effort to get back to the
real meaning of the historic festival, for a
genuine revival and frank acceptance of
the Spirit of Christmas as the Spirit of
Peace. For it is not inconsistent with
merriment to be restrained by reason, to
be thoughtful, to be considerate and to end
a day of neighborly playfulness with an
hour of calm meditation out under the
stars.
We are coming to the end of a year of
uncommon disturbance of those rational
relations which should at all times charac-terize
our intercourse as a people, as a
nation. In the heart of a political cam-paign
which should have been marked by
intelligent interpretation of our highest
national ideas, we have allowed ourselves
to say many petty and unjust and un-friendly
things about one another; to drag
reputations through the mire; to speak
meanly where we might have spoken
nobly ; to be bitter and intolerant and
selfish where we might have been gentle
and fair and generous; to be little where we
might have been big ; to be narrowly
Eartizan where we ought to have been
roadly patriotic.
Along such an unpromising way have
we come so near to the Yuletide that the
rancors and jealousies and envies, the
bitterness and meanness and sordidness of
the noisy strife still show their unpleasant
marks upon us and prompt the more
thoughtful to hope most sincerely that the
festival of the Prince of Peace may bring
to us, more abundantly than it ever has
brought before, a reign of peace and good
will, of gentleness and tolerance, of friend-liness
and sincerity, that will give us real
happiness for the coming year and knit
us into a nation of reasoning, balanced ,
just, kindly, considerate, and wide-vis-ioned
neighbors.
If Christmas is to mean anything more
than a mere holida y to us, it must mean a
day for the annual rebirth of Peace on
earth and good will to men. Its spirit
must be that of Peace. Its music must
echo the hosannas of the angel choir on the
hills of Bethlehem. Its influence must be
for cheerfulness, for gentleness, for under-standing,
for unselfishness, for everything,
in short, that makes for goodness and
helpfullness and friendliness. It must be
a day so felt and so lived by us all that we
may come into a new year confident that
we shall be able to say before its end, as
the Psalmist said long before there was a
Christmas Day: "Mercy and truth are
met together; righteousness and peace
have kissed each other."—The Valve
World.
H Awarded To
High School Huskies
Last 1 hursday evening the entire foot-ball
squad of twenty men were entertained
at a banquet given by the High School
Athletic Association. The Domestic
Science department of the school prepared
the "feed " and it was one that will be
remembered for many a day. Miss Kings-berry,
instructress of this department had
the room beautifully decorated in orange
and blue and the tables were arranged in
the form of an "II. "
Coach Douglass delivered the address
in which he praised the loyalty of the team
and expressed his appreciation for their
co-operation in the making of the team.
He also acted as toastmastcr. Capt.
Long, who is spending his last year at
Hershey High and who also has gained the
highest respect of his fellow students made
a few remarks praising the team in genera l
and wishing them a successful season next
year. Manager Tinney, who fulfilled his
duties courageously, told of how he realized
the school spirit growing more and more
each year. Manager-elect , Oilman , '25,
who will manage the team next year , said
a few words on how the team has gained a
reputation for its fighting qualities and fair
playing and hoped the same would con-tinue
next year.
Prof. A. M. Hinkel , supervising prin-cipa
l , gave a talk expressing his praise for
the tea m and mainly tried to impress upon
the minds of the player s the service they
rendered by coming out to practice and
take the risk of becoming physically in-jured
for the sake of their Alma Maler.
lie also stated incidents where some of the
greatest men of today played football al
school and how much it means to them.
Prof. Hinkle expresses a wish that sports
might progress in the high school as well as
the moral standard. Another view he
wished to impress was the sincere meaning
of the "II" which was awarded to the
qualified men. The members of the
faculty were present and each made a few
remarks, referring to the team 's splendid
season and altho they did not win all the
games by score they won a moral history.
Coach Douglass then read the names of
the fifteen men, which he recommended to
Prof. Hinkle to be awarded the coveted
"11". Following this rousing cheers were
given in tumor <>l the individual players,
who duly received their honored award.
The banquet came to a close by singing (lie
High School Alma Muler.
I he following received their letter:
Long, captain; liimey, st udent manager;
Stuckey, Aungst , Simmons, Cnssacci,
Warner , R. Stuckey, McKinney, Curry,
Able. Gnrver , Purcell , Auelter , L. Curry
and llnlKhnugh.
The menu; Celery, olives, h<million ,
chicken croquettes , tarter sauce, mashed
potatoes , candled sweets, giblol gravy,
pens, cranberry sauce-, rolls, pohmclln
salad , ice cream, cake, coffee , mils and
mints.
CHURCH READY FOR CHRISTMAS
SEASON
This week the Interior of Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church is being beaut ifully
decorated In Christ inns greens mid trees for
I lie services of t lie Christ nias season. The
Sunday School will hold their services on
Tuesday evening, Dec. 23rd , at 7 o'clock.
A good program of poetry and song In
being prepared by the commit lee in charge.
Special church service's will be held on
Christmas morning at (> o'clock when I he
choir will render snecinl Christmas music
and the pastor will relate the story of the
Nativity. At this sea son of the yea r II Is
the desire of Holy Trinity congregation to
express to the people of (his community a
Most Joyous Christmas,
TO PRESENT CANTATA
The Methodist Episcopal Church of
HummelHtown , will present a cantata
rut II led "Christinas Memories" on Sunday
evening, Dec. 21st , at 7.30 p. m. The
cantala Isau inleiesliiig story of Christma s
and contains eight tableaux.
Christmas Programs In Local Churches
Replete With Children's Happy Song
The Christmas program of the Derry
Presbyterian Sunday School will be held
on Thursday evening, Dec. 18th, at 7.00
o'clock, as follows:
Instrumental selection. Misses Hilda
and Esther Gingrich; prayer , Rev. R. H.
Taylor ; cello solo. Miss Hilda Gingrich ;
recitation, "Holly and I", Esta Black;
recitation, "Never a Day Like Christmas",
Ruth Mark; recitation, "The Christmas
Express", Bernard Houser , John Ginder ,
Robert Mease and Wm. Garman; exercise,
"Cradle Roll Babies", Mildred Romig,
Adelia Slesser, Avis Ensminger, Dorothy
Parsons, June Parsons, Betty Houser and
Erma Adams; recitation , Louisa Reese ;
recitation, "Just Make Some One Happy",
Mary Santarelli; recitation, "Christmas
Eve", Leanna Ginder ; recitation, "My
Pretty Christmas Doll", Minerva Gouse;
recitation , "The Farmer Boys"? Francis
Garman, Robert Owens and Earl Cassel ;
song, "Hark the Herald Angels Sing",
Miss McCreary 's Class; reading, "Birds
Christmas Carol", Miss Gregg Darrow;
song, "Silen t Night ", Miss McCreary's
Class: presentation of "White Gifts to the
King"; instrumental selection , Misses
Gingrich ; song by school. "Joy to the
World" ; benediction ; instrumental selec-tion.
Misses Gingrich.
As a special feature instrumental selec-tions
will be rendered by Miss Eugenia
Webster, piano; George Knaugle, violin,
and Miss Hilda Gingrich, cello.
The Christmas program of the Holy
Trinity Lutheran Sunday School, to be
given on Tuesday, Dec. 23rd , at 7.00 p. m.,
is as follows:
Processionaht "Come Hither Ye Faith-ful,"
school: candle chorus, "Oh Little
Town of Bethlehem," class of girls; address
of welcome, ElladOra Schlepfer ; recitation,
"A Christmas Welcome," Charles Heil-man;
recitation, "Th e Best Boy," Robert
Bainbridge; solo, "Away in the Manger,"
Kathryn Schaeffer ; recitation, "Let Us
Pray," John Hummer; recitation, "Stars,"
Stanley King; recitation, "In Lowly
Manger," Florence Leyba ;recitation , "The
Gladdest Time," Robert Stewart; recita-tion
, "A Christmas Wish," Richard King ;
exercise, Little Stars," Robert and Wil-liam
Hoy; recitation , "The Wreath,"
Charles Wharfel ; solo, "Winter Birds,"
Vera Miller ; recitation, "What A Child
Can Do," Harvey Schroll; recitation,
"Long Ago," Margaret Slesser; recitation,
"Snowflakes ," Stanley King; greetings,
Harry Stover ; solo, "Cradled in A Man-ger,"
Dorothy Ebersole; recitation, "We
Greet You," Harold Kline; exercise, "The
Message of the Bells," Mary Ann Kin-ports,
Anna Snavely, Marion Slesser,
Helen Snavely and June Keyser; A prayer ,
Ruth Hershey; recitation , "The Christmas
Story," Ralph Lloyd ; recitation, "My
Christmas Prayer," Evelyn Slesser; exer-cise,
"The Bells of Christmas," Clarence
and William Jeffries ; solo, "Sleep Little
Son," Grace Miller; recitation , "The Wise
Man," Barr Snavely; recitation, "If",
Dorothy Ebersole; exercise, "The Christ-mas
Story," Melvin Lingle, Millard Lingle
and Kenneth King; recitation , "Just
Make Some One Happy," Kathryn Shay,
primary song, "Glory Sang the Angels
Bright," Primary department; recitation ,
"What Day Is Best," Helen Gerth; recita-tion
, "A Birthday Wish for Jesus," Robert
Snavely; recitation, "The Best of All ,"
Beatrice Deppen ; chorus, "Silent Night ,"
Boys and Girls chorus; exercise, "Seeking
A King, " Anna and Mary Rey; exercise,
"Light the Christmas Candles," Carl
Weik and Warren King; exercise, "The
Pilgrim's Quest," Sarah Bentz, Mae
Drescher, Althea Keyser, Mildred Zimmer-man;
solo, "His lullaby, " Ruth Liller ;
recitation , "Waiting for the King," Grace
Miller; offering, "Giving and Receiving,',
George Schroll; recitation , "Merry Christ-mas,"
Robert Shay; chorus, "It Came
Upon the Midnight Clear ," chorus; exer-cise,
"Why I Like Christmas," Paul Groy
and Randolph Reist.
The Christmas program of the First
United Brethren Sunday School will be
held on Tuesda y evening, Dec. 23rd, at
7.00 o'clock , as follows:
Song by school; invocation by Rev. A.
G. Nye; "A Sweet Welcome", Eva Marie
Sternberger ; recitation , "The Christmas
Clock", Daniel Deitz; recitation , "Dicky 's
Stocking", Dicky Zentmeyer; recitation,
"The Christmas Rule", Mark Houser ;
exercise, "Birthday Candles", by primary
department; primary song, "That 's Why
We All Love Christmas", recitation ,
"Dolly Piece", Bertha Habecker: recita-tion
, "Earl's Wish", Earl Houser ; recita-tion
, "A Letter to Santa Claus", Earl
Mays; exercise, "Christmas Thoughts",
Kathryn Leibfried, Mildred Foreman,
Josephine Baker, Hazel McGill and Ma-donna
Baseum ; recitation , "Please Listen
to a Little Boy", Russell Lingle; recita-tion
, "A Small Speech", Viola Pass; reci-tation,
"Do You Know", Richard Knoll;
exercise, "What Does Christmas Mean to
You", Evelyn Cramer, Paul Brubaker
and Irma Sholly; recitation , "Too Small",
Geraldine Sternberger; primary song,
"Luther 's Cradle Hymn"; exercise, "Snow-flakes
", Eva Habecker, Betty Knoll,
Treva Weidler, Carolyn Trump, Treva
Barndt and Lois Gehret; exercise, "A
Christmas Change", Clyde Habecker,
Jacob Spangler, Merle Bacastow, Theo-dore
Pass, John Habecker, and Homer
Sternberger ; solo, "A Little Child", Marie
Mays; recitation , "A Living Christmas
Tree", Mary Zoll; exercise, "The Ladder
of Joy", Luther Clark, Clarence Hess,
Earl Christ, Earl Sholley, Sylvester and
Russell Weidler and Marlin Brandt; reci-tation
, "The Sweet Old Story", Dorothy
Habecker; recitation , "The Shepherd
Lad", Clarence Hess; recitation, "Giving
and Receiving", Marie Mays; solo, Ruth
Frehn; recitation , "The Night Before
Christmas", Earl Sholly ; exercise, "Fairies
of Christmas Day", Mary Zoll, Emily
Weidler, Dorothy Habecker , Marie Mays
and Edna Keener; recitation, "Christmas
Sunchine", Marlin Brandt; Christmas
Melodies," intermediate boys and girls.
Lower Dauphin County Corn, Potato
and Poultry Show Now On
The fourth annual Lower Dauphin
County Corn, Potato and Poultry Show ,
the most extensive exposition of its kind
ever held in this section, opened yesterday
in the Hershey Implement Company
building and will continue until Friday
night. Under the auspices of the Dauphin
County Agricultura l Extension Associa-tion
, committees of lower-end farmers and
farm women have assembled the best
products of southern Dauphin County
farms.
Although previous shows have been of
interest principally to men, the exposition
this year has been designed for the benefit
of farm women and boys and girls who will
be the future producers in this section of
the county. 'I he home economics ex-hibits
being displayed here are indicative
of the work being done by farm women in
this section and boys' and girls ' classes of
exhibits in the corn and potato depart-ments
of the show illustrate the type of
work being accomplished by the younger
generation of farmers.
Judging of poultry, corn , potatoes and
home economics kept three State College
specialists busy all day yesterday awarding
the many premiums being offered for prize
displays of all kinds. The value of market-ing
eggs and pointers to local farmers and
poultrymen was the subject of an address
yesterday by F. M. Payne, vice-president
of the Atlantic Coast Poultry Producers'
Association.
This evening a concert will be given by
a local orchestra , a feature of which will be
solo numbers by Victor DeAngelis and
James DeAngelis. Victor DeAngelis is an
accomplished artist on the piano accordean
and his brother is a saxaphone player of
unusual ability. The contest of guessing
the weight of a Duroc-Jersye spring pig,
offered by the Hockersville Duroc-Jersey
Club, will close tonight and announcement
of the winner will be made at the concert.
With judging completed and premiums
awarded today and tomorrow at the show
will be devoted to close inspection of the
abundance of farm products on display.
Corn of every description is being shown,
with exhibits of Yellow Dent and Lancas-ter
County Sure-Crop attracting special
attention from the visitors because of the
success with which these varieties have
met in this section. White skin tubers
and Russcttsand severa l other varieties of
potatoes on exhibition show the excellent
types being grown in this section of the
county. A number of varieties of poultry,
with cockerels, cocks, pullets and hens all
being shown in pens and in single exhibits
are attracting the attention of people from
all parts of the county. Canned fruits and
vegetables, preserves, bread , rolls, cakes
and pies, in addition to all kinds of hand-work
are being shown not only by farm
women but by girls of less than twelve
years as well as those from twelve years to
eighteen.
Buck Jones High
Water Mark of
Dare-Deviltry
"The Cowboy l loudini" is a new
sobriquet to which Muck Jones could
honestly lay claim after his amazing
performance in "The Desert Outlaw ,
Ills newest William Fox starring vehicle,
which conies to the 1 lershey Central
Theatre on Tuesday, Dec. 23rrl , at 7.30
o'clock.
Buck for the first time attempts , and
gets away with , a super-stunt which he
might well challenge lloudini , the world-famed
handcuff king, to dup licate ,
Double-crossed by the lovely bill des-perate
girl lie has saved from a runaway
sluge coach , Buck Jones , as Sum Langdon,
prospector hero , inoiinlcd on his horse
'Silver ," and handcuffed , is in the hands
of the Sheriff. The charge is highway
robbery and murder, The howling mob
wants lo lynch him.
Still handcuffed , Hack ' charges the
Sheriff and mob, and breaks through.
Still handcuffed , he leaps from his horse
lo the last cm' of a moving train. Still
handcuffed , he crawls under the car and
porches precariously on a brake-beam,
Then he frees himself from the handcuffs
by holding I hem against the carwiieel till
they 're cut In two.
After the exploit , Buck Jones must rank
as thi! "handcuff king of lhe cowboys"
with due credit lo his wonder horse
"Silver " llirougli whose Intelligent co-operation
alone (his most novel , ingenious
mi(l daring Hi mil was made possible,
REVIVAL AT F13HDURNS
Revival services will he held In FIHII -
hurn 'H II . 11. Church every night, for two
weekH. The conference evangelist , Ruv,
C, R, l-ongenecker , of Liiiiiaslei', will have
charge of the services and on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. JSJnl , 2<lth
and 2!ith , Rev. and Mrs, Thompson, will
have charge of the singing. Everylxxly is
welcome to all of these services. On
Christmas, eve the V. B. Church of Union
Deposit will lender their Christma s pro-gram
to which everybody is Invited .
South Sea Scenes In
New Fox Picture
"The Painted Lady
ion hear (lit ; South Seas as in a shell;
you see exotic life and love as in a mirror
in "The Painted l.ady, " the William Fox
special screen version of Larry Evans'
Saturday Evening Post story that aroused
so much comment at the time of publica-tion.
"The Painted Ij tdy, " in which those
twin screen favorites, George O'Brien and
Dorothy Mackaill are featured , comes to
the Hershey Central Theatre on Thursday,
Dec. lKlh(tonighl), al ?..'«)o 'clock.
The story starts in a big seaixirl city
and poignant drama comes into and
suddenly change s the lives of Violet and of
I.ulher Smith at the same time , without
their ever having heard of each other.
Yet in the romantic mysterious, treach-erous
South Sea Isles, Fain lies them up in
a lover 's knot , when the meet , that no man
can nut them asunder,
Violet , innocent , driven by the World's
hounding and hunger to lhe luxurious life
of a Painted l.ady, cruises to the languor-ous
South Sea Isles on a millionaire 's
yacht.
Luther , finest type of manhood, driven
by a vow of vengeance, sails for Southern
Isles big with Fate as first mnteofaschooii-er
whose captain , unknown lo him, is the
Sea Wolf who ruined his little sister and
drove her to her death , causing their
mother lo die of grief,
Violet and Luther , Manhunter and
Painted Ij idy, meet, under Southern skies.
Fate seldom wove a finer , more dramatic
plot with supreme picture possibilities.
The story up to their first big passionate
South Sea love scene alone would be hailed
as a great special picture, to say nothing ol
what happens after the typhoon when the
three, including the Sea Wolf, meet again
on the outcast Isle of Failures.
Directed by Chester Bennett from the
scenario by Thomas Dixon , Jr.. the ex-cellent
supporting cast Includes such
notable players as Harry T. Morey, Lucille
Ifutton , Lucille Rlcksen, Margaret Mc-
Wade, John Miljan , Frank Elliott and
Matt Logan.