The Hershey Press 1925-04-09

              Radio Helps Find Mrs. Jas. Bobb's
Lost Brother After 15 Years Search
It is thru radio that Mrs. James Bobb, I from time to time. But even this method
wife of Jas. Bobb, a foreman in the printing
department of the Hershey Chocolate Co.,
of this place, isindebted for the findin gof the
whereabouts of her long-lost brother, Ed.
H. Shumberger, of near Lincoln, Neb.
It was fifteen years ago that Mrs. Bobb
had last heard from him, at which time he
wrote from Dallas, Texas, and stating in
his letter that he was preparing to leave for
a trip to Mexico, and might make that his
home, if conditions were favorableS—
Mrs. Bobb not hearing from him, be-came
uneasy and endeavored to get in
touch with him by correspondence, but all
of her letters were returned.
For fifteen years she continued her
efforts to locate her brother's whereabouts,
but was unable to obtain the slightest
inkling concerning him.
As a last resort, Mr. Bobb asked Park
Cassady, who has a powerful broadcasting
station near this place, to broadcast a
description of his wife's brother, which was
done, and which Mr. Cassady broadcasted
brought no word of or from him, and Mrs.
Bobb gave him up for dead.
However, this week she received a
letter from Lincoln, Neb., and as soon as
she had seen the handwriting she knew
that the letter was from her brother.
The writer did not know that he was
writing to his sister, but stated that he had
received word from a neighbor of his, who
had heard the radio message, and judging
from the description , his friend believed
that it was he that was wanted. Knowing
that he had a sister somewhere in Pennsyl-vania,
he followed his friend's suggestion
and wrote to determine whether or not it
was he that was wanted.
In the letter Mr. Shumberger stated
that he had forgotten the name of his
sister's husband, that in his travels in
Mexico he had lost all his papers. He
stated that he had finally located in Ne-braska,
near Lincoln, where he had taken
r j sheep grazing, owning a large ranch.
Childre n To Render Special Pro grams
In Churc hes On Easter Sunday
The Easter program of the Derry Pres-byterian
Sunday School will be rendered ,
Sunday morning, April 12th, at 9.15
o'clock. The program is as follows:
Song, by school; song, by school ; prayer,
I. L. Reist ; lesson period ; secretary's
report ; recitation, "The Easter Story",
Dorothy Parson; recitation, "Easter Day
is Here", Herbert Taylor ; recitation ,
"Lilies of Easter", Mildred Romig; recita-tion,
"A Flower in Church", Ruth Marks;
recitation , "The Pretty Dandelion", Avis
Ensminger ; song, "In the Sunny Spring-time",
primary department; recitation ,
"Easter 's Here", Adelia Slesser; recitation,
"The Empty Tomb", Louise and Helen
Reese; recitation, "The Lily's Sermon",
Mary Katherine Hartman; recitation,
"The Dear Easter Story", Francis Gar-man;
song, by school; recitation , "Easter
Millions", Dorothy Owen; recitation,
"God's Love", Ruth Taylor; recitation ,
"Within the Fragrant Garden ", Julia
Owen; benediction, Rev. R. H. Taylor.
The Easter program of the Holy Trinit y
Lutheran Sunday School will be rendered
on Sunday evening, April 12th, at 6.30
o'clock , and is as follows:
Processional , hymn by the school ; open-ing
exercises; recitation , "An Easter
Welcome", Mary Ann Kinports; recita-tion.
"For Happy Easter Day", Robert
Bainbridge; recitation, "A Prayer ", Mar-garet
Slesser ; recitation, "A Happy Eas-ter",
Stanley Kline; recitation , '"I he
Flower Buds are Swelling ", Ruth Hershey ;
recitation, "To Welcome Easter-Tide ',
Charles Heilman ; recitation, "Just A
Yellow DallodiU", Katluyn Schaelfer;
recitation , "Life", George Schroll; recita-tion
, "Easter Bells", Mary Rey; solo,
Robert Stewart ; recitation , "What l ie
Can Do", Richard King; recitation, "An
Easter Light ", Ella Dora Schlepfer; recita-tion,
"The Light of Easter ", Harr y Stover ;
recitation , "Easter Time is Here", Edwin
Schwcnk; recita tion , "Tis Easter Day".
Harold Kline; recitation , "Good Cheer",
Carl Spangler; primary song, primary
department; recitation, "My Wish For
You ", Bet ty Hoffman; recitation , "Easter
Hells", Harvey Schroll; exercise, "What
Can Little Ones Bring ", Robert and
William Hoy; recitation, "The Day of
Days", Jacob Spangler; exercise, Lessons
from the Lily ", Franlz Hershey, Mervln
Llngle, Melvin Lingle, Warren Kin g and
John Hummer.
Song and Story Cantata, "Judith" ,
reader , Miss Louise Shay.
Primar y Choir , Vera Miller , Anna
Snavely, Helen Suavel y, Marion Slesser,
Mary Ann Kin ixiils , Paul (hoy, Robert
Shay, George Key, Hclqr CJerth and Ralph
Lloyd. i ',
Junior Choir, June Keyset, Evelyn
Slesser, Mildred Harkins, Catherine Shay,
Robert Hoffman , Robert Suavely, John
Hummer and Grace Miller.
The Krister progra m of the Fishburn 's
U. B. Church, at Swatara , will l>c held on
Sunday evening, April ,12lh , at 7 o'clock ,
mid is an follows:
Song by congregation; devotional ex-ercises;
wrtig by girls; recitation , Mabel
Espenshnde; vocal duet , Lillian Cliuuu
and Lillian Shenk; instrumental trio, 'Hie
Misses Brandt; recitation , Mae ShilTer;
Instrumental solo, Annabel Shaeffer; "The
D>rd s Prayer", by ten girls; recitation ,
Sara Dupler; sextette, six girls; address;
song hy Kills; remarks; song and offering
benediction.
The Easier program of the Church of
the Brethren , East. Arelm Avenue, will be
rendered on Sunday evenin g, April 12th ,
at 7.(M) o'clock , and is as follows:
Song, 1!M; opening song, 200; 23d Psalm,
by primary pupil; recitation, "Lily Petals",
Mary Eshelmcn; recitation , "Hallelujah
Christ is Kin g", Vera Heisey; recitation ,
"The Lily Me.stage", Knthryn litter ;
exercise, 'Garden Talk", three Junior
girls; song by chorus class, "I.ot all Re-
Voice"; recitation , "The Best Place".
Vernon Meashey; recitation , "Faster Lily '
j unior I (inkle; recitation , "The First
Faster Blue Bird ," Tola Goodling; exercise,
"UloAHom of the Cross", by Junior girls;
(luot, by I'-tiiel and Vera llclscy; recitation,
"All Liltle Ouch I-ove Easter ", Ksta Eber-boIo;
recitation , "Smiles", Paul lCsjielmen;
recitation, "A Prayer", Joyce Cake; recita-tion,
"A Duut". Carrie Sullivan; exercise.
"Resu rrection Day," Vera Heloey and
Luke Ebersole; song, And They Re-membered
His Word", by chorus class;
recitation , "The Savior Cross", Elsie
Herr ; recitation , "Christ, The Lord is
Risen", Tola Goodling; recitation, "Easter
Garments", Ethel Henry ; recitation, "Eas-ter
Wishes", Wendell McGee; exercise,
"The Lily Easter Lesson," by class of girls;
song, "Sleeping Buds Awake," by Junior
girls; recitation , "Easter Message", Esther
Etter; recitation, "My Wish for You",
Ruth McGee; recitation , "The Cheer Up
Song", Clair Rothrock ; recitation, "The
Lily 's Message", Ethel Henry ; song, "Dark
Was the Vale" by chorus class; address,
by H. K, Ober, of Elizabethtown ; song,
"Easter Chimes", by chorus class; exercise,
"Your Part ", by four primary pupils ;
offering; prayer ; song, 113; benediction.
Easter Day will be appropr iately ob-served
by the United Brethren Sunday
School of this place, on Sunday morning at
9.15 o'clock Vocal and instrumental
solos, and a song by the children of the
primary department will feature the pro-gram.
Everybody is cordially invited to
at tend this service of song and praise.
which he can speak best upon the manuals.
Mr. Wallace is upon an extended con-cert
tour, and the music-lovers of Hershey
and vicinity are indeed fortunate in being
given the opportunity of hearing this
master of the pipe organ.
The Brotherhood, under whose auspices
Mr. Wallace will give his "An Evening of
Music", extends a cordial invitation to the
music lovers of Hershey and vicinity to
hear Mr. Wallace on Tuesday evening,
April 14th, and they hope to tax the seating
capacity of the church to its utmost.
Tickets cannot be sold, and an offering
must be lifted in order to defray the ex-penses
incurred.
The Brotherhood is trusting to the
liberality of those attending, hopeful that
the offering will consist of a veritable
deluge of twenty-five cent pieces.
The program as arranged by Mr. Wal-lace
is one that all will enjoy, one that will
uplift and benefit .which is as follows:
1. Eduard Batiste. Offertory of St.
Cecilia.
2. Ralph Kinder. Meditation.
C. Walter Wallace, the noted blind
organist of Philadelphia, and for six years
organist and musical director of the Tabor
Reformed Church, of Lebanon, will give
"An Evening of Music" at the Holy Trini-ty
Lutheran Church, of this place, on
Tuesday evening, April 14th.
Mr., Wallace on March 16th gave a
private recital at Dover, Del., for-Governor
Robinson and members of his official staff.
Mr. Wallace will render the opening con-cert
at the dedication of a new organ in the
Lutheran Church, of Womelsdorf, on
Easter.
• The wonderful art of Mr. Wallace is a
revelation to the critics and lovers of
music. His technic is delightful but above
all, his playing is possessed of that heart
feelin g that gives his hearers the impression
of inspiration. His phrasing makes his
selections songs without words. Nature
apparently has compensated the artist for
the loss of his sight in providing him with
other attributes and keener sensibility to
touch and charm, and his hearers are
permitted to grasp soulful sentiments
3. George Bizet. Aria from Suite in D.
4. DuBois. Tocatto in G.
5. C. W> Wallace.
A. Sunset, Reverie.
B. Intermezzo in D.
6. Mendelssohn. First and Second
Movement from Sonata No. 2.
7. Talk on. the Education of the blind.
8. Wallace. Tone Picture. Memory
of Life.
Note. An aged couple seated by the
open window of their cottage listening to
the near by church choir singing. They
think of the days when they sang in that
same choir and memories of their past
come o'er them. They think of the time
when children at school. Childhood days.
Lover's days. His proposal , their wedding
day. Later the lullaby time. Later, son
depart from home. Wherei s my wander-ing
boy to-night. His return and welcome
at home sweet home. Closing themes.
Silver threads among the gold. The end
of a perfect day. In the sweet bye and bye
i Noted Organist To Give "An Evening Of Music"
at Holy Trinit y Lutheran Church Tuesday Evening
Mrs . Ellis Resigns
As Matron At Y. W.
The regular meeting of the Board of
Directors of the Y. W. C. A. was held on
Monday evening. The election of officers
resulted as follows: President , Mrs. A. M.
Hinkel; vice-president , Mrs. Harry Kaley;
secretary, Mrs. R. C. Glace; treasurer,
Mrs. Howard Romig.
Mrs. L. IS, Ellis, matron of the "Y" had
tendered her resignation at the March 15
meeting, but the Board had placed it on
the table hoping that she would reconsider
the matter, but such, however, was not to
be the case, and Mrs. Ellis will leave on
April 15th. The Board regret to part
with her, and her many friends wish her
success in her new field of lalwr. Mrs.
Kills will return to her home in Anderson ,
Ind., where she has accented a position lis
dietitian in the Y. W. C. A. cafet eria at
that place.
The April Fool party held last week wan
well attended and a [splendid lime watt
enjoyed by all present. Games and songs,
stunts, and eats, was the order of the eve-ning.
This was the first of a series of
parties to he given for the gills and young
women of our town and community and it
is hoped that Ihe Y. W. C. A. home will he
the social center and n force for go<xl as it
should he in Ilershcy.
Hershe y Firemen To
Hold Fair April 18
The Hershey Volunt eer Fire Co, held
their regular monthly meetin g on Tuesday
evenin g at the Hose House with the follow-ing
members present: Stewart Malum, V,
R. Breiieman, Sam'I. Golyso, Ira Gib|>le,
Herman Seaver s, A. W, Flowers, 11. 11.
Irvin , Paul Seavers, Chan. Palmer , Sam'l,
Johns! In , Paul Reigle, Harry Bint line,
John II . Gordon. Jerome Hosteller, Paul
Shoop, Norman Smith, Ed. llarklns, Geo.
Feeser, ISd, Homgnrdner , Paul Belscr, Geo,
Schroll , Roy Lloyd, II. Kenny, Irvin
Gordon, II. I locker, Irvin Uhler, Cyrim
(iarman nnd II. M. Welgelt.
The following were elected members (if
the Company: A. K. Gerloch , Clarence L.
Prowcll, Roy U. Johnson, Spencer Schieff -
ler , Karl S. Hiickmunand G, R. Werner.
11 was decided to hold a fair in I (ershey
Winter Dance Hall on Saturday, April lrl
to 25 inclusive,
It was planned to secure fifty active
members to organize fire squads, and to
hold fire drills at least once a week,
HUMORIST AT HERSHEY CENTRAL
THEATRE SATURDAY
Homer Sipley, "The Man From Dixie",
a story teller |«ir excellence, will be the
added feature at the Hershey Central
Theatre on Saturday evening, April 11th,
at 6.30 and 8,30 o'clock,
Nurmi s Record
Almost Equalled
By Hersheyites
Hershey has had its crack baseball
teams, Hershey has had its peerless
basketball teams, Hershey has had its
successful football teams, but never in its
history has Hershey had such a dauntless
hiking team as it has in the field this
Spring. The town has always boasted of
a large number of hardy hikers, but this
year two new faces have made their ap-pearance
on the roads in and around Her-shey,
in the person of "Bill" Curtis and
Paul Gingrich. These two hiking enthu-siasts
every evening after their hearty
repast at the Hershey Cafe gear their feet
to the road and set out on an expedition
which takes them to parts unknown to
many Hersheyites. They often make ten
to fifteen miles on these trips and think no
more of it than we would think of crossing
from the Inn to the Post Office. Monday
evening they headed southward on one of
their trips and after returning to Hershey
several hours later, claimed the champion-ship
hiking honors of Eastern Pennsylvania
for in the remarkably short time of three
hours and fifty minutes they had covered
the distance to Elizabethtown, from there
to a point eastward and returned via
Campbelltown and Industrial School ;
truly a great record. This is without
doubt a record that will stand for some
time and would be hard to believe, but we
have "Bill's" word for it for Bill is known
as a truthful fisherman, so we have ac-cepted
the story as authentic. They must
have been going at a rapid rate for word
was received at the Motor Patrol head-quarters
from the Deodate "constable",
to be on the lookout for two men that
speeded thru that community at 7 miles
above the legal rate.
Wra pping Takes Lead
In Industrial League
By defeating the Construction depart-ment
on Friday evening by a close score,
24 to 21, the Wrapping department re-gained
first place in the Industrial league.
The Construction boys played a fast game
and put up a stubborn defense, the score
being tied numerous times throughout the
game. It was only in the closing minutes
of the game that the Wrapping department
forged ahead after which they froze onto
the ball.
In the second game of the evening, the
Planing Mill, who held undisputed pos-session
of first place for several months lost
to the fast going Men's Club by a 37 to 20
score, thereby going into second place. At
no time during the game was the Men 's
Club team in danger and held a safe lead
throughout the game. The game tho
rough , was fast and exciting at all times.
Gerloch, the Planing Mill ace, was held
without a field goal by Schlepfer. Sim-mons
was the fastest door worker for the
losers. The whole Men's Club team
played a hard game and their teamwork
showed up to excellent advantage. Stover
and Aungst were the high scorers while
Schlepfer 's close guarding was a feature of
the game.
There are still more games to be played
in the league and providing the officials
agree, they will be as follows: Wrapping vs.
Planing Mill; Men 's Club vs. Store; Plan-ing
Mill vs. Men's Club, and the Champ-ionship
game.
Wrapping Construction
Gerloch F Sattazahn
Puree", F linger
McKinne C Zimmerman
Robertson G Robertson
Smith G Leib
Field goals: Gerlach, 4; Purcell , 5;
Robertson, 1; linger, 3: Zimmerman, 3;
Robertson, 4. Fouls, Wrapping, 4 out of
!); Construction, 1 out of (i.
Men's Club Planing Mill
Stover F Gerlach
Magrini F I lolstein
Aungst C Zimmerman
Schlepfer G Ruck
Hummer G Simmons
Field goals; Stover, 6; Magrini , 2;
Aungst , F>; Zimmerman, 1; Simmons, 1;
Fouls: Men 's Club, 11 out of 17; Planin g
Mill , 15 out of 22.
League Standing
W L Per.
Wrapping Department! 8 3 7i)2
Planing Mill 7 3 7(X)
Hershey Men's Club 6 4 G00
Hershey Dcpt. Store 5 6 495
Construction 0 10 (XX)
MIDGETS ORGANIZE SUMMER
CLASSES
The Hershey Men's Club Midgets have
organized for the Spring and Summer, and
are already taking their practices out-of-doors,
The main stiorta covered this
season will be baseball , swimming, tenuis,
hikes and out door games, Sides have
already been formed , twelve boys to each
side and arc called the "Yankees" and
"Athletics", and to date have an equal
amount of points at four each. At the
present time the classes consist of boys
under 12 years. Send your lxj y to It. It
doesn't matter how young, if he Is 7 or
older they will be taught to swim before
the end of the season.
WELL BABY CLINIC THURSDAY
Tho weekly baby clinic for well tables
will be held on Thursday afternoon in the
Red Cross Rooms from 2 to 4 o'clock,
Mothers are ur ged to bring their tables to
this clinic at this time, A doctor will bo In
attendance ,
The Smokestack |
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Time and Change
When I was young,
The robins sung
Of youth that knows no heeding.
I used to laugh
To see the calf
A down the pasture feeding.
Now I am old
The robins mold
That sang to me so sweetly;
And that calf now
Is a full grown cow
Whose teeth are gone completely.
Mike had just arrived in this country,
and was making his home with his brother,
Pat, a farmer. They went up on the side
hill to gather pumpkins.
"And phwat be them", asked Mike
pointing to the pumpkins.
"Aye, them are mare's eggs", replied
Pat.
"And thin if O'i would set on wan would
it hatch me out a nice colt," asked Mike.
"Sure, and them be very pedigreed
eggs," confided Pat.
"Well and begorrah, thin I'll try it,"
said Mike.
Mike selected a large pumpkin, and
hovered it as best he could, all day and all
night. The next morning he stood up,
and danced an Irish jig to get his blood to
circulating. By accident his foot hit the
pumpkin, which rolled down the hill at a
great rate.
The pumpkin shattered against a fence.
Just then a rabbit jumped out and bounded
away. Mike got very excited and started
in pursuit of the rabbit, calling to him as
he ran, "Come coltie, come coltie, come
come coltie."
You know, says the Man with the
Wooden Leg, some of these millionaire
fellows have their nerve right with them.
Why last month that rich- guy that lives
right next door to me tried to buy me out,
lock, stock, and barrel. But I wouldn't
hear to it, no-siree-bob. And then I "11 be
blanked if he didn 't offer me a cool thou-sand
if I'd stop my daughter's singing
lessons.
"Some gall!" interpolates the Man with
the Cedar Chest. "What did you do?"
"Why I took his money, of course. I
didn't like her singing any better than he
did."
"Well," says the Man with the. Cedar
Chest," your daughter's musical education
is certainly a paying proposition."
Out in Wisconsin they speak the truth
even when it hurts. Witness the epitaph
the Chicago News gleaned from a small
town cemetery in that state :
"Think not, stranger, as you pass by,
That this is a place of gloom,
I love to linger near this spot,
For it is my husband's tomb."
Ever hear the one about the cross-eyed
usher. Well, anyway, an old lady came
into a strange church and settled herself in
a private pew. The usher meant well but
his tongue slipped. This is what he said
to the old lady:
"Pardon me, madam. This pie is oc-cupewed.
May I sew you to another
sheet?"
Bedtime Story
Boys and girls I suppose you are all
familiar with the parts of a sailing vessel,
and you know that one of a sailing ship's
sails is known as the spanker. But Miss
Banker who was spending her first night at
the seashore didn 't know this. So you
can imagine how scared she was:
There was a young lady named Banker,
Who slept while the ship lay at anchor.
She arose in dismay
When she heard that mate say,
Now hoist up the top sheet and spanker.
Toby French, of Liberty Cross Roads, is
a maker of jackknives, an enthusiatic
sportsman, and a conscientious objector
to the W. C. T. U. He often wanders, in
the manner of Rip Van Winkle, far from
his native acres.
One day, when his hunting coat was full
of game and he was full of Doctor Drake's
Corn Licker, Good to the Last Drop, he
sat down to rest under a great birch tree.
Toby took out his favorite jackknife and
carved on the bark of the birch the follow-ing
somewhat wabbly inscription:
^ WAS HEAR WUNS. BUT I AIN 'T
HEAR NOW—
T. FRENCH.
Of course it is a sin to write up so much
stuff about the pre-prohihition epoch, but
murder will out , and we may as well get
this out of the way to make room for some-thing
better :
Old man Chandler used to keep the
Liberty Cross Roads Barroom. He was
generally known by young and old as Old
Chan.
Tommy Brown, who didn 't sound his
r 's, was a minor, but he did love his toddy.
He sauntered into the barroom one day
and asked Old Chan for a glass of beer.
What Tommy said to Old Chan, and what
Old Chan said to Tommy constitute Liber-ty
Cross Roads' contribu tion to the litera-ture
of th e ages :
"Oh deah.
I guess I'll taken glass of benh ,"
And Old Chan says, "I guess not heab."
Elegy Written In a Country Barnyard
The rain came down In torrents
The rain , the desolate rain ,
A lx >w-legged girl named Florence
Was alone in th e world again.
She didn 't have a fellow,
The rain , th e desolate rain .
And she'd lef t her new iimbrellow
On the train , the evenin g train .
The night was cold and sleeting,
The rain , the desolate rain.
But Flo saw somebody meeting
The train , the evening train.
P(x>r little bow-legged reckless,
The rain , the desolate rain ,
The sleet froze to her necklace
With a dull and throbbin g pain.
And she hadn't her new iimbrellow ,
The rain , the desolate rain ,
But who was this knock-kneed fellow
On a wagon load of grain.
I Ie lifted how-legged Florence,
The rain , the desolate rain ,
And he piled her deep, did Ij iwrcnce,
Under bags and bags of grain.
When the rain shall come down in tor-rents,
The ruin , the desolate rain ,
Our iKiw-legged friend , our Florence,
Will never be lonely again.
For hasn 't Florence (.nwrencc,—
The rain , the desolate rnln ,
That came swirling down In torrents,
As she stepped from the evening train.
And her fellow isn't yellow.—
The rnln , the desolate vain ,—
And now she lias a new iimbrellow,
So how can tho complain?
John Hallgren Continues His Jou rney From
Jerusalem To Bethlehem and Hebron
Our attention was next given to Bethle-hem
and the ancient Hebron, which di-vides
the honor with Damascus of being
the world's oldest existing city. On a
Wednesday, the 6th of November, we
ordered a 2-horse bus and at 10 o'clock,
a. m., i. e. 4 o'clock according to the Arabic
time, figuring from 6 a. m. to 6 p. m.. we
started off. • Besides the three of us and
the driver even a Jew occupied a seat arid
he started just after leaving the city to
put on his phylacteries and make prayer.
The phylacteries are small, lyi inch cubes
and are made of parchment or leather.
On two sides is the Hebrew letter "shin"
impressed in its two variations. The
fastening straps are wound twelve times
around the left arm and three times around
the middle finger. We passed by the
house, once occupied by the high priest
Caiphas and then through the Valley of
the Giants from where the road is steadily
ascending until we arrive to the grave of
Rachel, over which is built a Jewish chapel.
Here she was buried after the birth of
Benjamin and here the Jew again had to
put on his phylacteries for prayer and
worship.
After another half hour's ride we passed
Bethlehem on our left hand side, but
decided to keep on to Hebron so as to get
there before dark. Our next stop was at
the old famous "Dams of Solomon", two
great square water reservoirs, said to be
deep enough to float any warship. They
were constructed during the reign oi
Solomon and through an aqueduct sup-plied
Jerusalem and the temple with water.
After an idleness of 2000 years they are
now again being reconstructed to serve
their,o riginal purpose. Two subterranean
wells under the hillsloop near the road are
keeping the dams full to overflow. Through
a narrow passage we descend twenty-five
steps, about ten inches high to the first
well and further in the cave is the other
one, receiving a glimpse of daylight from a
small opening in the roof. The country is
stony and like a desert overgrown with
thorny shrubs and dwarf' oaks here and
there.
Down in a long valley we arrived to a
little ramshackle, called "Khan" or "inn."
The house was about ten feet long by
seven feet wide supplied with nine hubble-bubbles
or narghillahs, and seven lanterns
but had only three chairs and four coffee-cups,
making the casual travellers take
their turn at the little black cup of Mocca.
We continued over the barren hills and
mountains, a part of the Judean desert,
when we suddenly were confronted with
the sight of a Bedouin wedding procession.
A lot of halfnaked children were running
ahead of a crowd of men in slow march,
dressed in blue muslin and armed with
long shiny brass-trimmed rifles and pistols,
the last man leading the camel carrying
the bride, covered with a red veil, with a
glittering crown on her head, nodding in
harmony with the strides of the camel.
The procession ended with a crowd of
women and young girls in blue dresses
with yellow stripes, all chanting a very
characteristic, monotonous Bedouin air.
The peculiar impression of this real moving
picture in the dull desert gave us a more
romantic idea of the native race, who in
everyday life appear as a pack of eagle-eyed
thiefs, too lazy to perform a useful
task, move so asthey seem to get along
very well without it. and never would
anyone dream of all this colorful regalia
and fancy junk being harbored in those
dirty beggardly camping tents, which,
here and there in the most desolate
wilderness appear on the sunnyside hill-slopes.
The sun was sinking in the west, the
waning breeze freshened up and the heat
was transformed to a penetrating chill
when we welcomed the sight of the old
city, where we arrived about 7 o'clock in
the evening. We stopped at a private
house kept by a Jewish family and en-joyed
a very tasty supper of bread, eggs,
rice pudding and tea for 2yi piasters (10
cents) per man.
Early the next morning a thick fog
covered the surroundings, but disappeared
after a couple of hours when it started to
rain for all day, yet we started to view the
old town with its numerous traditional and
historical places and objects of sacred
nature.
The city covers a great area , but has only
about 3000 inhabitants, the streets are
paved with cobblestones but dirty and full
of deep ruts, perhaps even some of them
3000 or 4000 years old. First we went to
the old cave of Macpelah, the burial place
Abraham bought from Efron, the Hittite,
for 400 silversheckels and where the great
ancestors of the Jews, Abraham, Sarah,
Isaac and Rebecca, Jacob, Lea and Joseph
are buried. To this Jewish sanctuary,
long ago converted into a Mohammedan
mosque, leads a long flights of steps and
inside the portals the Jews and Christians
are only allowed seven steps up. A short
distance from here down to the right we
visited an old ruin said to contain the
tomb of the warrior Chieftain Abner and
further down yet is the dam of David an
old deep basin on the side of which the two
Israelites were hung, who said they mur-dered
Mesfiboset.
South of the city is the quarantine place
for contagious disease, surrounded by a
high stonewall and to the right from here
is a hill overgrown with olives where the
ruins yet are standing of Isaias' house. A
little stonepile is pointed out as the grave
of Ruth and Isaias. From here we went
to the old oak grove Mamre, where Abra-ham
put up his tent and yet today a tre-mendous
oak about twenty feet in diame-ter,
some of its limbs fifteen feet thick and
about eighteen feet from the ground, sup-ported
by great props to keep them from
breaking down, is said to have been planted
by Abraham and said to be about 5600
years old. The old venerable tree is over
2000 years anyway, but the one cut down
the year before my. visit was much older
yet.
The day was still dark, rainy and gloomy
and as we could not afford to keep our
2-horse "taxi" and driver waiting for us
more than one day we decided to get our
dinner and go back to Bethlehem. This
sacred city so interwoven and intwined
with our Christmas celebrations all over
the Christian world lies a little distance up-hill
from the highway, so we left the driver
by the road and continued by foot like the
three wise men from the east up the world-famous
church of nativity, supposed to
have been built on the spot where Christ
was born and visited by the Magi from
the Orient.
We entered a great hall with four rows of
pillars, eleven in a row, coarse and solid
with simple capitals, right before us is the
high altar and under this a little crypt,
where Christ was born. A monk, with a
lit waxcandle is leading us down a dark
stairway and shows us the place of the crib
with the child. An altar covered with a
red gold embroidered cloth and lit by a
seven-armed candelabra gives the pilgrim
an opportunity to kneel and pray. In
front of the altar, on the floor, is a great
silver star inlaid anno 1717 with a Latin
inscription : "Hie de virgine Maria Jesus
Christus natus est." (Here Christ was
born by virgin Mary.) A Moliammedan
soldier stands on guard, quiet and im-movable,
more like a statue than a live
warrior. The high mass was commencing
upstairs so we went up to witness the
ceremonies. The audience was exclusively
women and girls dressed in the glittering
national attire of Bethlehem, a white veil
and on the breast a square embroidery in
gold. We took only a hasty look over the
city. The northern part consists of
ancient gray stone dwellings, walls and
ruins in oriental style as Jerusalem and
Jerico, but on the south side a great many
new houses yet incomplete, were being
erected in more modern layouts. We
returned to Jerusalem and arrived at our
Khan Copti about 8 o'clock in the evening
and were soon floundering on the floor
around that little kerosene lamp, each one
busy jotting down his individual impres-sion
of the two day's travel.
Presb yterians Hold
Annual Congregational
Meetin g
The reports submitted by various orga-nizations
of the Derry Presbyterian
Church at its annual congergationaV meet-ing,
April 1st, revealed substantial progress
in practically every department of work.
Cheering increases in contributions, with
encouraging balances enabled the congre-gation
to add $200 to the local support of
the church, which was done unanimously.
One-half of this amount will be used to
reduce the appropriation from the Presby-tery,
and the other half will be added to the
pastor's salary.
A most hearty and unanimous spirit
prevailed throughout the meeting, and
extensive repairs and improvements to the
sexton house were provided for , besides the
most generous contributions made to the
manse and its equipment. A rising vote of
thanks was extended to the manse com-mittee
to Mrs. M. L. Hershey, for the
photograph of the former church buildings
presented to the congregation to hang per-petually
upon the walls of the manse, and
to all who have contributed in any way to
its completion.
The Sunday School officers were elected ,
as follows: Ivan L. Mease, honorary
su|>erintcndent; Irvin H. Slesser, active
superintendent; Mildred Palmer, recording
and corresponding secretary; Pansy Reilly,
librarian , and the following teachers : Rev.
R. 11. Taylor, John Coi>e, Mrs. R. H.
Taylor, Mrs. Howard Romig, Daniel
Ensminger, Irvin Slesser, Paul Gingrich ,
Miss Ethel McCreary, Mrs. Irvin Slesser,
Mrs. Daniel Ensminger and Mrs. A/ Bow-man
Snavely; Mrs. E. C. Black was re-elected
primary superintendent; Kathryn
Wcltmer, secretary of primary department;
Lydia Weltmer , pianist , with Mrs. Harr y
Matthews and Miss Ruth Taylor as as-sistants.
The following officers were elected in the
church: The re-elected trustees are K. II .
Cassad y and W. Ross Esbenshade, and
newly elected , A. Bowman Suavely. Daniel
Ensminger was re-elected deacon and
Morris Wengcr was newly elected a deacon.
Irvin II. Slesser was elected an elder. The
audi tors for the following year are Irvin II.
Slesser and W. Ross Etmenshndc. Lydia
G. Weltmer was re-elected pianist.
Prize Picture
Presented To
Hershe y! School
The Tutarculosis Society of Dauphin
County presented a beautiful picture to the
Hershey School as a reward tor the sale of
Christmas seals. Derry Township sold a
total of ll),75H stamps for which the. award
was given , and as the 7-A Grade sold the
grea t est amount of stamps, the picture
was hun g in their room.
The title of the picture is "The Wind-mill."
The ori ginal was painted by Jacob
Von Ruyshael , and represents three |M:as-ant
women hurryin g to their homes just
before a storm. A ponderous windmill
occu pies the central part of t ho picture ,
This prize Is a fitting, reward for the
combined efforts of this group of pupils
durin g the drive for the wile of Christmas
seals and they are very proud of it.
OLD DERRY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH OCCUPIES FIRST PLACE
Mrs. It, H, Taylor and Katluyn Welt-mer
attended the 2d annual Missionar y
Conference of the Carlisle Presbytery, in
the Fourth Street Presbyterian Church , of
I^banon. on Thursday, The guests were
most deli ghtfully entertained at luncheon
at the Woman's Club, The Club rooms
were beautifull y decorated with chrys-anthemums
and pussy willows. Old I )erry
stands first in the standard of excellence,
and has held first place for four consecu-tive
years. Market Square and Old Derry
also occupy first place for having the
most mission study books durin g tho year.
Hersh ey Cross Word Fans Win
Prize in Public Ledgerjlontest
Remembering tha t to win is to do your I leader ni politics, the executive at the head
work well. Miss Margaret Wheeler and
Messrs. Wm. Hyland and J. F. Snavely,
the chocolate and cocoa town's premier
cross-word solvers, straightened their
shoulders, set their eyes ahead, kept their
chins up and started out to win one of the
prizes offered by the Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
Ever since the "Cross Words" fad swept
the country this trio have been filled with
a "Cross Words" enthusiasm—knowing
that it is enthusiasm that goes thru stone
walls, bores miles under great rivers,
wins battles and lays out cities and towns
and nations. Enthusiasm changes maps
and makes history possible. With this
thought uppermost in their minds they
knew that success would be theirs—and
that some day a prize would be theirs!
With this definite purpose before them
they proceeded to bring about its accomp-lishment.
They knew the first efforts of
John Keats was laughed to scorn by his
critics, and they knew tha t Washington
lost more battles then he won, but they
knew, nevertheless, that their aims were
achieved—so they, too would hitch their
wagon to a star and by consistently and
courageously hovering over Webster 's,
from early morn until late at night they
would bring about the fulfillment of their
desires—the winning of a prize !
In approaching the goal, they had faith
in their abilit y, knowing that £iith is the
abilit y to believe they have won before
they have. It 's the art of beating your
competitors, and surmounting all obstacles.
They knew that the great stories of success
from the beginning of time are but narra-tives
of men and women doers—who had
faith. The only time people fail is when
they lose faith. The pitcher in a ball
game, the soldier on a battle-field , the
of a task or business. Remembering all
this they knew that the prize would be
theirs, for they had faith, bushels of it!
Everybody begins, but not all stick to
the task. But not so with these three
hard-working "Cross Words" solvers.
When they felt like quitting, they stuck,
and they stuck to the job until they won a
prize!
On Sunday's issue of the Public Ledger,
in black face type, their success was her-alded
to all the world. Oh, boy, ain't life
one grand exultation—especially when the
wreath of victory is set upon one's brow.
Happiness was theirs, and it bubbled
over at the brim. They were happy for
they were successful—possibly not because
it was the large sum of money that was
theirs, but happy because of their realized
aims and completed efforts.
The "Cross Words" slogan that had
brought home the bacon—which was a
check for $1.00, and which Messrs. Hy-land
and Snavely graciously waived their
pro rata to Miss Wheeler, was "That
aboy, Al, we'll meet you at the Sesqui
Centennial."
Such a slogan should have won first
prize—but this may be but our own point
of view.
As it is, they accomplished their purpose
—they had won—and sec how they had
built up their vocabulary!
IWe have been informed that consider-able
of the credit in the winning of the
above-mentioned prize was due to the
helpfulness and assistance of Sam Hinkle,
our efficient chemist , who by bringing his
acute reasoning ixjwcr and ability into
play, solved a missing word, now and then,
to the great satisfaction of the other three
dili gent cross-worders.l
"After Six Days", An Old Testament
I Epic, at Hershey Central Theatre
"Alter Six Days", the most astounding
photo epic, a magnificent visualization of
the world 's grea test story, with a cast of
1)00 principals, will be shown at the 1 ler-shey
Centra l Theatre on Friday, April 10,
at 7.:iO p. in., and Saturda y, April 11, at
().:i0aiul H.:i() i) . in.
"Alter Six Day a" Is a cinema version of
Old Testament hapixmlngs made by an
Italian company on the ground where it is
reputed they occurred. It 's only ten reels
long now— but it was sixty-three when the
American company that Is distributing it
decided to take if over! The cinema
surgery necessary to shape it into urogram
lengths has, however, been excellently
done.
"After Six Days" surpasses that of "The
Ten Commandments. The latter is
ornate and effortful. The former is con-vincin
g and effortless in that nolxxly seems
strivin g for effect. It is great and it is
simple, The Bible stories we have been
taught to believe unfold before our eyes so
naturall y that while the miracles thrill •
they still appear logical,
'1 he picture curries you from the days of
Adam and Eve to the time of Solomon In
all Ills glory. You witness the birth of
knowledge. There Is the tal e of Cain unci
Abel; ot Joseph and his coat of many
colors; of the tribulations of the chosen
people and their final deliverance from the
crushing heel of the Pharaohs. A dozen
other episodes go to make up the whole.
"The Golden Call" cplwxle Is better
done than It is in "Tho Ten Command-ments."
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Also the parting of the waters has licen
more satisfactorily accomplished .
And thou gh Theodore Roberts makes a
siMendld Moses, the Moses of "After Six
Days" Is far more the prophet conjured up
by your Imagination , than that of Ameri-ca's
beloved veteran actor.
The mob scenes are most impressive.
You never for a moment have the sensation
of watching the carefully directed efforts
of crowds ot "extras."
1 he production cost in excess of $3,000,-
000.00.
It employed supernumeraries in number
beyond Imagination.
It is the first lime that the world 's his-tory
from creation to the songs of King
Solomon has ever been presented on the
screen.
It occupied the working hours of ten
directors, fifteen cliicmatogjaphers, and an
army of assistants for a |>eriocl of five years.
In magnitude of story, settings, charac-ters,
effects , ix'ople, scenic investiture and
entertainment it surpasses the supreme
efforts of contemporaneous producers of
the Old or New World.
It employed a complete staff of the
world 's experts in the mutter of costumes,
projierties, historical accuracy and general
research.
It transfers to the silver sheet a dignified
and impressive recital in ten astounding
reels of the greatest story ever written by
the hand of man.
To the seeker of thrills, heart throbs,
l>oigimnt drama, startlin g narrative, ap-pealing
love interest and awesome climaxes
After Six Days" offers the drama of life
itself in an iinfoldinent of the Old Testa-ment
from Adam and Eve to tho Songs of
Solomon.
See the building of Noah's Ark!
See the terrible havoc wrought by the
delu gel
See the rnln of brimstone and fire on the
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah!
Sec the pageantry and pomp of the
Court of Pharoahl
See the frenzied building of the Tower of
Babel!
See the tremendous battle scenes in tho
times of Moses!
See the Red Sea Miracle!
Sec the Worshipping of the Golden Calfl
See the beauty and romance of the inter-ludes
in th¦e Songs of Solomon and
hundred other Inspiring mo mental
No raise in prices—Adults 25c; children
up to 12 years, 15c.