The Hershey Press 1926-04-08

              "Old Derr y" Has
Best Year In'
Its Histor y
The annual congregational meeting of
the Derry Presbyterian Church was held
Wednesday evening, March 31, when
reports for the work done during the past
year were received and officers elected for
the coming year.
At the beginning of the meeting, Elder
R. W. Fair, of Harrisburg, representing
the Carlisle Presbytery, thoroughly ex-plained
the service pension plan for minis-ters,
and which was later adopted by the
congregation.
The last year was the best in the history
of "Old Derry" from practically every
point of view. During the year $4,278.00
was raised for local needs, including con-tributions
to the Manse fund, while $2030
was raised for benevolences. The church
membership showed a net increase of 5,
and the active Sabbath School enrollment
an increase of 13. The average attend-ance
in Sabbath School was 110 per Sunday
as compared with 97 a year ago and 72 six
years ago. Owing to the excellent finan-cial
support given the church by its mem-bers,
it was decided that the Presbytery
would not be asked for aid this year as was
customary for many years. This support
ranged from $200.00 to $600.00 per year for
the past several years, and, therefore the
fine growth of financial support is clearly
shown, and at the same time the manse
was erected with the majority paid.
The following officers were elected:
Trustees for three years, W. R. Esben-shade
and Irvin H. Slesser; deacons f or
three years, John M. Stoudt and J. Addi-son
Kyle; auditors, Irvin H. Slesser and
W. R. Esbenshade; pianist, Mrs. Harry
Hocker; assistants, Mrs. D. L. Ensminger
and Mrs. Harry Matthews; Sabbath School
superintendent, for seventh consecutive
year, Ivan L. Mease; assistants, G. Chance
Phillips and S. John Boyer; secretary,
Mildred Palmer; assistant, Marjorie Reese;
treasurer, A. Bowman Snavely; Home
Department superintendent, Mrs. Wm. C.
Hackman; assistants, Mrs. John Conrad
and Mrs. Howard Shelley; Cradle Roll
superintendents, Mrs. R. H. Taylor and
Mrs. E. C. Black; pianist, Mrs. Harry
Hocker; assistants, Mrs. Harry Matthews
and Ruth Taylor; librarians, Ruth Taylor
and Julia Owen. All of the teachers were
re-elected and Miss Mary Taylor added as
an assistant to the Beginners Department.
Miss Mildred Hocker
Bride of Paid Abele
on Saturda y
A very beautiful wedding was solemnized
on Saturday morning, April 3rd, at 8.00
o'clock, at the home of the bride, by the
Rev. Conrad K. Curry, when Miss Mildred
Hocker, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank L. Hocker, of Hummelstown, be-came
the bride of Paul R. Abele, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Abele, of Elizabeth-town.
The home was decorated with
palms, lilies and ferns. "The wedding
march from Lohengrin, was played by
Miss Lydia Weltmer.
The bride wore a gown of white georgette
and a veil with orange blossoms and carried
a shower bouquet of white roses and lilies
of the valley. The couple were unattended.
Immediately after the ceremony a wed-ding
breakfast was served to the following
guests: Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Abele, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hocker, Mr. and Mrs. E.
Lee Hocker and son Clifford, Mr. and
Mrs. William Chapman, Rev. and Mrs.
James Bingham, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Landvater, Mrs. Irvin Baker, Miss Ada
Risser, Miss Rachel Sutcliffe, Miss Sara
Muth , Miss Mae Baker, Messrs. Charles
Abele, Roy Donnicker, William and Geo.
Hocker.
The bride was a member of the class of
'24 Hershey High School. Since her
graduation she has been employed in the
Cost department of the Hershey Chocolate
Company offices.
The groom attended Elizabethtown
College and studied window decoration in
Philadelphia. He is now employed in his
father 's store in Elizabethtown.
The newlyweds left immediately after
the reception on an automobile tour , upon
their return they will reside at Elizabeth-town.
The bride and groom have the best
wishes and felicitations of their many
friends.
"500" Card Part y
at Y. W.CA .
The American Legion will hold a "GOO"
card party at the Y. W. C. A. recreation
rooms on Monday evening, April 19th, at
8.00 o'clock.
The committee have devised a new plan
of choosing partners, which will be a big
improvement over that of the old way, and
which should meet with the approval of all
those attending.
Don't forget the date —Monday evening,
April 19th.
High School Entran ce
Examinations
The examination for pupils of the Kth
Grade in* rural schools who wisli to attend
High School in another district will lie
conducted In all of the High Schools of
Dauphin County on Thursday, April 22,
1926. beginning at I) o'clock a. m.
All pupils who have completed the 8th
Grade In a rural school are eligible to enter
this examination and should present them-selves
on the above date at the high school
which they expect to Attend afterward .
The questions for the examination arc
being procured in the office of the County
Superintendent. The puiiers also will be
corrected and Ridden at the same place and
the results ruixirtcd to each pupil within
four weekH after the examination .
Room No. 22 in the Junior-Senior High
School will Imj net aside for this purpose.
Coming Attractions
at High School
April 12, 13 and 15, Anniversary Exor-cises
by the Y. W. C. A. -
April 16, Inter-Collegiate Debate. EIImi-bethlown
vs. MurylancI Collegfl.
Apr il 28, Hershey Minstrel allow.
April 30, Bucltnell College Sextette.
May fl nnd 7, "UttU f ycoc-n". by tH«
High School. ... ¦
May 10 and 20. Annual Exhibition.
}tay 30, Bnccalnureuto Sermon ,
une 1, Senior Claw Play,
une 3, Annual Commencement.
Hershey Minstrels at
Hershey High on
Wednesda y, April 28
The Hershey Minstrels will make their
appearance on Wednesday evening, April
28th, at the Hershey High School audi-torium.
The production is under the directorship
of Messrs. Paul J. Ruf , John F. Snavely
and Walter Priestley, which will consist of
an enjoyable series of lively , tuneful num-bers,
sparkling with wit, supported by
clever acting, and accompanied by in-strumental
and vocal harmony that will
please everybody.
The men are rehearsing twice a week.
The " chorus will consist of twenty-five
voices, and the results thus far are most
gratifying.
The interlocutor will be Walter Priestley,
the end men, Wm. Shaub, Ed. Shea,
Clinton Hotter and Lawrence Edwards.
Olio numbers will be given by John Snave-ly
and Wm. Shaub, Ed. Shea and buddies,
and the Lebanon Male Quartet.
The Hershey Minstrels will be given for
the benefit of the Hershey High School
activities. Reserved seat tickets, 50c.
General admission, 35c.
Six Miles of Concrete
Road For
Jonestown Road
The State Highway Department has
given out the award for construction o(
three miles of concrete on the Jonestown
Road in East Hanover Township, near
Shellsvillc.
This is the second three-mile section for
which the department has contracted in
recent weeks. The first is directly west o(
the project for which the contract waa
owurded last week, and is in East and
West Hanover Townships, near Manada
Hill.
Work will be started on these two con-tracts
within a few weeks, as soon as weath-er
permits. They adjoin the section built
last year from Charlton three miles to the
eastward , and will form a continuous con-crete
road from the Linglestown Road at
Charlton to the Ix'banon County line.
The contract was for ' 14,192 feet , and
was awarded to Swanger & White, Leba-non,
at $100,844.
Patrick-Rearick
Weddin g
Miss Emma Elizabeth Patrick , daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, Irvin Patrick , of town,
became the bride of Kenneth Rearlck , son
of Mr. nnd Mrs, Herbert Rearick , of
Hockcrsvllle, on Saturday evening. April
3rd , at the home of the officiating minister.
Rev, B. W. S, Ebeisole, of the Church of
the Brethren , of town.
The invited guests were: Mr. and Mrs.
Irwin Patrick and daughters, Mary and
Saruh, Mrs. Emma Patrick , Mr. and Mrs,
William Garrison. Mrs. H. W. S. Ebersolo
Esther. Luke, Mark and Naomi Ebcr-aole,
of town.
The newlyweds have the best wishes and
felicitations of their many friends.
SPECIAL MISSIONARY SERVICE AT
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN
The Church of the Brethren announce n
special missionary Hcrvice to bo held on
Sunday evening, April 11th, at 7 p. in., in
the church on Chestnut Street, Palmyra.
Mrs. Sallio Krcldcr Dohner, a returned
missionary from Africa .who served in tho
Brethren in Christ mission, and Mia* Susan
Bochman, serving In the United Brethren
Mission In Africa , will be the speaker! for
that evening.
A cordial Invitation I* extended to the
public.
That Royle Girl"
at Central Theat re
Friday and Saturda y
If there are greater heights for D. W.
Griffith to attain, if there are additional
honors for this directorial genius to win, if
there are further laurels for the old master
to gather, then surely he has reached those
heights, earned those honors and gained
those laurels with "That Royle Girl" , his
latest screen creation, which will be seen at
the Hershey Central Theatre on Friday
evening, April 9th, at 7.30 o'clock, and on
Saturday evening, April 10th, at 6.30 and
8.30 o'clock.
Griffith has taken Edwin Balmer's vivid,
ultra-modern story of life in the Chicago
jazz belt and underworld , peopled it with
such fine artists as Carol Dempster, W. C.
Fields, James Kirkwood, Harrison Ford
and others, and made of it a heart-gripping
epic picture of thrilling drama and hilarious
comedy, richly woven with poignant
pathos, typically American humor and a
compelling love-romance.
Exciting as is the action of the plot
which sweeps irresistibly through gripping
scenes of law-breaking, intrigue and mur-der,
reaching a climactic frenzy in a spec-tacular,
awe-inspiring cyclone, it is over-shadowed
by the spirited acting of the
chief characters, and dominated at all
times by the master hand of Griffith.
Under his sympathetic eye, Miss Demps-ter,
in the title role, achieves a triumphant
characterization . With a naturalness and
sincerity that is truly astonishing and al-together
convincing she reveals the .many-sided
phases of the j azz-mad little flapper 's
complex nature. In the same way, W. C.
Fields, as the dead-beat father , insinuates
himself into the affections of the audience.
Swindler and weakling though he is, there
is yet something lovable and super-pathetic
about him. Perhaps it 's his saving sense
of humor, for his comedy is certainly con-tagious.
No finer tribute can be paid James Kirk-wood
than to say that he portrays the
uncompromising district attorney, torn
between love and n New England con-science,
with admirable restraint and
whole-souled zeal. As for Harrison Ford ,
his Impersonation of the egotistic jazz
lender la by all odds the Ixist thing he has
ever done.
Hershe y Y. W. C. A.
to Observe 15th
Anniversar y
The local , Young Women's Christian
Association will observe their fifteenth
anniversary on April 12 to the 15th.
On Monday afternoon , April 12th , from
3 to 5 o'clock, there will l>c an Informal tea
and inspection of the building.
On 1 uc&doy evening, April 13th, at 6.15.
the Girl Reserves will hold their annual
Mother-Daughter banquet , which will be
followed by an appropriate program with
Miss Ruth Van Gntuiicland. Girl Reserve
secretary, of llmiishurg, as the speaker.
Thursday evening. April 15th, ut 7.30
o'clock, an Association progra m will be
given In the auditorium of the High School
at which time the two Girl Reserve Clubs
will demonstrate their work through
ceremonial and tableaux. The Glee Club
and the Physical Departments will also
put on some good wont.
The M6nday afternoon and Thursday
evening programs are <>|>cn to all and the
Association hopes that a large attendance
will be present ut one or Ixilli meetings.
EIGHT GRADE TO PLAY
CAMPBELLTOWN
The Eight Grade. B section, of the Her-
•hey School will piny the Cnmpbelltown
Junior High School baseball team on Fri-day,
April 9th, at 3,00 o'clock, at Camp-belltown.
The Eight Grade has a strong team with
Capt, Frank Purcell pitching.
Such Is Life
A couple weeks ago we got the auto
fev«r,
This awful sickness had us by the
neck,
The only thing that kept us from in-vesting
Was lack of bank account on which to
check.
We fought the fever off , as one fights off
the'devil,
"Our present car", we said, "is good
. enough.
It runs all right and looks just like a new
one,
Has lots of power, "and all tha t kind of
stuff.
Last Sunday afternoon we drove about
the country—
Blue skies and sunshine filled our
heart with bliss.
"The world, we thought," is ours; it is our
oyster, '
And then, one of the plugs began to
miss.
We steered the bus around to our garage
man,
"We want a new spark plug," we meant
to say,
But something slipped, and this is what
we told him:
"We'll buy that new car there and right
away."
Moral—
So goes this mortal life that when one
least expects it,
When he has for a moment dropped
his guard,
Relaxed his mind and body for an in-stant.
Then something comes along and hits
him hard.
And by the Way
Now that we are the proud possessor of a
new automobile, we are more interested
than ever in finding out whether we, who
wear last year's hat, drive this year's car,
and live off next year's possible income, are
progressive or conservative, and how much.
A Fisherman There Was
Our last half holiday, Friday afternoon
was taken more with the idea of providing
meat for our starving family than with any
desire to indulge in the thrilling sport (?) of
sucker fishing in Spring Creek on a cool
spring day. Consequently we felt highly
elated when our efforts at feeding the fish
were rewarded by—but let's not get ahead
of the story; there's lots of room here.
Disentangling our antiquated fishing
tackle, baiting up, and giving unto Spring
Creek the things that are Spring Creek's,
hook, line, and sinker, we lighted our
nicotine burner (never learn to smoke, boys
and girls) and awaited developments.
Developments were not long in developing.
Grabbing our rod we pulled with might and
main. Our customary method of landing
fish , via the over the head route failed in
this case, as the fish we had hooked was a
large one and' there were low overhanging
branches above us. So we slowly hauled
the raging monster of the deep in our
direction by pulling the line through the
guides. The moaster "was accommoding
and obliging. He clung to the hook till we
had him landed. Pride was no name for
what we felt when we freed our prize;from
the treacherous hook and allowed him to
play among the greening grasses along the
brooklet's bank.
But pride goeth before a fall. We were
about to bait up when we discovered our
worms were untouched although we dis-tinctly
remembered the hook on which the
prize was caught was minus bait entirely.
The problem was not long in solving itself.
Tangled with our line was a loose line with
two hooks and sinker. The obliging
sucker who had been towing the loose line
had tangled himself around our line and
had allowed himself to be caught. '
A Parallel
Here we deem it eminently fitting and
proper, as the verbose say, to draw a little
parallel between the sucker on the bank
and the sucker who was hauled from the
briny waters of Spring Creek.
Two weeks ago we were hooked. We
bought a new car. We broke'the line and
got away. In other words we would not
close the deal. Wc swam away with hook
line, and sinker. Sunday we swam back
and got ourselves caught for good. Again
we say, Such Is Life! And permit us to
quote, inclosing, Old Doc Drake of Liberty
Cross Roads who has revised somewhat [he
old saying about there lieing as big fish in
the sea as have ever been caught so that
it reads, "There are as big suckers on the
bank as there are in the creek."
A New Light Shineth
We are getting up in the world. But wo
are still getting up in the morning of the
day before The Press goes to prom. What
we mean, you know though , we feel our-selves
honored by some strokes from mi
anonymous pen, professing to be from one
lYcny Wheezer of town , and whenever a
columnist gets a new contributor , lie feels
he is one step nearer to the goal , n column
composed entirely of contribs and clip-pings.
Such a drea m comes to every
columnist however high or humble and is
equivalent to the ordinary man 's vision of
the clay when he can ret ire and live on the
interest of his money. We take great
pleasure in Introducing Peony Wheezer:
Peeny Wheezer
My name is Peeny Wheezer
And I surely know my stuff;
I sock 'em on the boozer
Till they say they 've had enough.
I brag about myself all day,
Of how I use 'cm rough ,
They bow their heads and turn away:
They dassent call me bluff.
The other day I met a man ,
A man ho tnR and gruff;
I raised my hand an<l hollered , "Iley!"
And socked him on his cuff.
He tinned around and glared at mo,
His lmlr began to Hull ,
But when ho saw 'twas Peeny,
He turned away in a huff.
Oh I've got 'em scared of me, 1 have,—•
When (hoy nee the fire in my eye,
They get down on their knoos and pray
For they know they 'll go byo-hye.
How Go»»lp Starta
Many people say a thing the first time
because tlioy have, heard someone else say
it , and stick to it because they have said It
themselves, —Dean Inge.
College Student—What was the response
of that fanner when you asked him to con-tribute
to our bonfire?
Second Ditto—I got the gate.
Teacher—When waa Rome built?
Boy—At night.
Teacher—Who told you that?
Boy—You did, You said Rome was
not built In a day.
(Continued on Page 4)
The Smokestack
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R. Porter Campbell To Give
Organ Recital Next Wednesday
R. Porter Campbell, organist of St.
Luke's Episcopal Church, Lebanon, and
instructor in organ at Lebanon Valley
College, will give an organ recital in the
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Wednes-day
evening, April 14th, at 8.00 o'clock,
under the auspices of the Men's Bible
Class.
Mr. Campbell was born in Pennsylvania
and completed his public school education
in Shamokin, studying piano at intervals
with local teachers. . Entering the Con-servatory
of Music of Lebanon Valley
College in 1913, he received a diploma in
piano in 1915, in organ in 1916 and also
received a Bachelor of Music degree the
same year.
In 1917 he was given the appointment of
piano instructor at this same institution,
which he coupled with a position as orga-nist
of the Zion Lutheran Church, Hum-melstown.
When the United States en-tered
the war in 1917, Mr. Campbell gave
his services and was sent to France early in
1918 where he remained until after the
Armistice. After receiving his discharge,
he took a summer course in New York
with Arthur Friedheim and Aloys Kremer
PROGRAM
Suite Gothique Boelhnann
Introduction—Choral
Minuet
Priere a Notre-Dame
Toccata
Christmas in Sicily Yon
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor Bach
INTERMISSION
At Evening Kinder
Primitive Organ Yon
Piece Heroique Franck
Ave Maria Bos si
Marche Champetre Boex
Toccata Yon
You are most cordially invited to attend this organ recital
and then returned to Lebanon Valley
College as a teacher of piano, organ and
harmony and director of the Men's Glee
Club; in addition to this, Mr. Campbell
was organist and choirmaster of the
Seventh Street Lutheran Church, Leba-non,
Pa.
In 1925 Mr. Campbell was made head of
the organ department of Lebanon Valley
College. In the summer of this same year
he took his first Master Course in Organ
Playing with PietrO A. Yon, world-re-nowned
concert organist and teacher in
New York and continued his study with
Mr. Yon during the winter of 1924. The
following summer he accompanied Mr.
Yon on his annual visit abroad and lived
and studied at the Villa Yon in Italy for
four months. During his stay in Italy he
played at the Vatican, the Pontifical School
of Sacred Music, and the Academy of St.
Cecelia in Rome and appeared in public
recital at Milan and Settimo Vittone.
In January 1926 Mr. Campbell changed
church positions and has sintfe been orga-nist
of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Leba-non,
Pa.
"Rustlin g For Cupid ' a
Drama of New Mexico
Tuesday Evening
New Mexico is the picturesque back-ground
of "Rustling for Cupid" the Fox
Films production which will be seen at the
Hershey Central . Theatre on Tuesday
evening, April 13th, at 7.30 o'clock. The
film which is an adaptation of a Peter B.
Kyne story is chockful of action and ends
up with a punch .
Most of the story takes place on a ranch
and in a typically Western village, where
the interest is centered on a feud between
the Cattlemen's Protective Association
and Hank Blatchford , cattle baron who is
suspected of rustling. To this town comes
a pretty school teacher who has left the
comparative security of Boston to make a
living in the wild and wooly west. On the
train she meets and falls in love with the
cattle baron 's son who does not even sus-pect
his father 's bad reputation . He joins
in the general pursuit of a rustler and finds
out that it is his own father. This stops
the romance as the boy feels that the girl
would not care to associate with the son of
a cattle thief. But in the language of New
Mexico, "All's O. K. that ends Jake" and
the girl herself helps to bring him back and
puts an end to the old feud .
Director Irving Cummings has chosen a
capable cast of "Rustling for Cupid. "
George O'Brien plays the cattle baron s
son and he is as much at home in the draw-ing
room as he is on horseback. The school
teacher who resorted to subterfuge to win
the man she loved is ixirtrayed with much
charm by Anita Stewart.
Russell Simpson, Edith Yorke, Herbert
Prior, Frank McGlynn , Jr. and Sid Jordan
have the minor roles and they make the
most of their opportunities.
No -Don't Let
Them See It!
No, whatever we do, we must not permit
the pulrttc school generation to see the
Bible, says the Dearborn Independent. We
must not permit them to see or hoar any-thing
concerning the practice of prayer.
We may still permit the President to
take his oath of ollice on the Holy Bible.
We may st,ill permit the United States
Senate to open every session with prayer by
a chaplain paid by the Government.
We may still permit the I louse of Repre-sentatives
to open every session with
prayer by a chaplain paid by the Govern-ment.
Wo may still permit our ships at sea the
services of naval chaplains who road the
Bible to the sailors and marines, and pra y
in their hearing, and lire paid hy the Gov-ernment.
Wo may still permit the Government to
appoint and pay chaplains for our army
posts at homo and abroad , and maintain
an army chaplain 's school for the propane
lion and training of men who road the
Bible and pray for and with the United
States soldier.
The National Republican Convention
may still open its daily sessions with
prayer.
'I ho Democratic National Convention
may still open its daily sessions with
prayer , yon , though the Convention run for
throe stormy weeks.
Our separate States may provide chap-lains
for the prisons mid penitentiar ies,
whose business it is to rend the Bible and
pray with and for the unfortunate.
But the ton or fifteen future I'residents
who are now in our public schools —
The futui'u Senators , Representatives ,
party lenders, officials who are now by the
thousands in our public schools - -
We must keep the Bible from thonil
Wo must keep the knowledge of prayer
from theuil
We aro permitted n Christian form of
Government , hut wo are forced to maintain
a pagan public school! ,
livery President, of the United Slates to
ditto has boon reared in a school that was
opened by Bible rending and Prayer.
Why not our future Presidents also?
It Is a question hammering for an answer
from the conscience of the American people
Sweeping slashes In the revenue tax on
clgara approved by Congress have brought
joy to Lancaster County tobacco growern
and puckers. The reduction will cut Fed-eral
revenue in this district HiGOO.OOO. The
growers and packers believe the cut will
mako a good 5-ccnt ciga r [xissllile and Mum
Increase consumption.
John Elders to
Sponsor Bucknell
Concert April 30th
The John Elder Men's Bible Class of the
Derry Presbyterian Church held its month-ly
meeting Monday evening at the home of
Ivan L. Mease, 111 Cocoa Avenue.
Reports were received from various
members of the class and committees and
several items of business disposed of , the
most important of which was the arrange-ment
for a concert by a sextette from
Bucknell University in the High School
auditorium , Friday evening, April 30,
under auspices of the class.
Rev. E. G. Leinbach, pastor of the
Reformed Church, Palmyra, addressed the
class in a very splendid and impressive
manner. He spoke on the "Duties, Op-portunities
and Responsibilities" and in
this connection dwelt on "honesty " in
three phases: "Are we honest with our-selves?"
; "Are we honest with others?' ,
and "Are we honest with the Church of
Christ?"
The next meeting of the class will be
held in the church , Monday, May 10th,
and will be open to the community. Defi-nite
arrangements for tlfis meeting are in
the hands of the civic committee of the
class of which Rev. R. H. Taylor is chair-man.
Immediately following this public
meeting a short business meeting of the
class will be held .
Refreshments were served to: Rev. E.
G. Leinbach , Rev. R. H. Taylor , A. Bow-man
Snavely, W. R. Esbenshade, S. John
Boyer, Clarence Mengel, Hebcr Adams,
Morris II. Wenger, John McKinne , Theo-dore
Boyer, Elmer Gonse, Paul L. Everett.
R. V. Owen, Jr., Walter Jeffries , George 11.
Fcrnsler, J. Addison Kyle, George H.
Dressier and Ivan L. Mease.
Hershe y Firemen
Will Not parti cipate
in Parade
The regular monthly meeting of the
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company was
hold Tuesday evening, April 6. In the
absence of the president and vice-president ,
the meeting was conducted hy Wm. C.
Brinker. ihe following members were
present: Jno, P. Conrad , Chas. Palmer ,
Herman Weavers, Wm. C. Drinker , II. S.
Uoyer , .11, S. Hiulluw, Irvin UUlev , Paul
Sea vers, Ira Cibble, Oscar Newcomer,
Frank P. Wentzel , Clyde Eliersole , Ed.
Harkins , Sam'l. Johnston and Jas. F. X.
Murray.
An invitation to participate In the Fire-man's
Parade, to be helcl at Myorstown ,
June 12, during the 4th Annual Conven-tion
, Lebanon County Volunteer Firemens'
Association, was received , but owing to the
fact that Hershey and the surrounding
community, cannot be loft unprotected , as
to adequate lire fighting apparatus , the
organization will not participate in the
parade , and a letter , thanking the general
committee, (or the iayitulion will lie sent
litis wev.h.
No action was taken on the appoint-ment
of a delegate to the annual conven-tion
of the Dauphin County Volunteer
Firemen 's Association, to be hold ut Wico-uisco,
on Juno H and 12
The finance committee received a few
donations during the past month , toward
tlio purchase of the new chemica l truck ,
and with the coming of favorable weather ,
the drive for funds will hv conducted with
more cut husinsm by this committee.
High School Baseball
Season to Open
The High School ball Jossers arc taking
iidvunlago of ovory opjiortiinlty to loosen
up their arms and swinij the big sticks in
anticipation of the opening gamo which Is
scheduled to ho played Willi tho .Oborlin
High School on the Park Athletic Field,
Friday, April Kith. The game will bu .
adled promptly at 4 o'clock. 1 "Jack"
Parry has been elected as manager of the
team with Edwin Hershey anil Amnion
Curry as his assistants. Conch Pnlmgren
Is doing everything possible to develop a
winning team, A very commendable
group of candidates arc reporting dully for
practice.
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The earliest automobiles were legally
classified as steam engines.
Miss Lydia Weltmer
and Harry Hocker
Wed Tuesday
,„IV\SS Lydia G. Weltmer, Ulnch Weltmer daughter of , of town, and Harry J. Hocker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Hocker, of Hockersville, were married at the Derry Presbyterian Church on Tues- day afternoon , at 2.00 o'clock. The pastor. Rev. R. H. Taylor, performed the ceremony, using the ring ceremony.
The church was decorated with lilies of the valley, palms, ferns and other preens.
Prior to the wedding, Mrs. Ralph Ging-rich,
of Williamsport, presented a piano
recital, which was featured with solos by
Mrs. E. B. Cassady, of town, who sang,
"Ah, Mystery of Life," and T Love You
Truly."
As the bridal party entered the church
and proceeded to the altar , Mrs. Gingrich
played the Lohengrin march, and during
the ceremony played Mendelssohn's "Spring Song."
The bride wore a gown of crepe Ro-maine,
trimmed with pearls, and a veil of
the coronet variety . She carried a shower
bouquet of white roses and lilies of the
valley.
Miss Kathryn R. Weltmer, a sisferof the
bride, who was bridesmaid, wore a gown of
rose colored georgette and lace, with a
picture hat to match, and carried a shower
bouquet of yellow roses. Harold W. Ris-ser,
of Campbelltown, was best man.
Ammon C. Hocker, of Hummelstown, a
brother of the bridegroom, and Paul Welt-mer,
of Lebanon, a cousin of the bride,
were ushers.
Following the nuptials an informal re-ception
was held at the home of the bride.
The home was decorated with pussy wil-lows,
greens, daffodils, etc. Following a
buffet luncheon, the newlyweds set out for
Florida" where they will spend their honey-moon.
They will be at home after May
1, at the Hershey Inn.
This wedding was the culmination of a
Hershey High School romance, both bride
and bridegroom being graduates of that
school. The bride is wiaely known in
Hershey and her popularity was attested
in the presentation of beautiful gifts,
including silver, linens, cut glass, etc.
The groom is an employee in the Me-chanical
department of the Hershey Choc-olate
Company. The' bride is employed
in the cost department.
Samuel Fasnacht 's
Onion Snow Was
Side-Tracked
For several weeks Samuel Fasnacht, the
genial utility man, employed by the Her-shey
Chocolate Company/«has informed us
that Spring would not be here until we had
our onion snow, and when it came, it would
be a real old-timer.
Indications, upon several instances,
pointed to the realization of Mr. Fasnacht's
predictions, but somehow or other the
onion snow was not forthcoming.
On Tuesday Mr. Fasnacht was jubilant
and most gleefully informed us that the
onion snow was here, and it looked very
much that way. However, the snow
melted as fast asit fell.
We have been on the lookout for a reli-able
weather forcaster, and we were about
ready to give Mr. Fasnacht the position.
As it is, he has fallen from grace, and we
will have to look elsewhere for our for-caster.
Hershe y Marbl e
Contest To Be Held
Saturda y Mornin g
"No rounds", "no sweeps", "no cleans"
were the pass words of the morning as the
Hershey Men's Club marble snooting
contest was in full swing. The big contest
was held in the field back of the Central
Theatre on Saturday, April 3. Over fifty
boys took part in the contest and the lot
was swarmed with spectators, both young
and old , and many a' father was present
looking on and cheering for his boy.
A seven foot ring was used with ten boys
to each ring. Each ring had nn adult as
supervisor who kept things humming at all
times.
If you have never witnessed a marble
contest come out on Saturday, April 10, at
10.00 o'clock , when the champions of each
ring, both of Hershey and the Hershey
Industrial School, will knuckle-down for
the championship of Hershey.
In the elimination contest of Saturday
the following boys were the high scorers
and will play April 10th in the finals:
Harry Zimmerman, Ermano Borroni and
Joseph Henry.
Galen Simmons, Thomas Alberts and
"Dick" Murrie , who represented the
smaller boys were winners, but will not
shoot in the finals,
Laugh Night at Central
Theatre lNextJhursda y
Thursday night , April 15th, will be
laugh night at the Hershey Central
Theatre.
Manager Russel Zonlmoyer has chosen
the pick of the best laugh-provoking reels
that was possible to procure . The list
speaks for itself , which is as follows:
Topics of the Day, Aesop's Fable, Pathe
News, Steroopscopik , Muck Sennett Come-dy,
Our (Jang Comedy and Andy Gump in
"Andy 's Temptation. "
High School to Present
a Musical Comedy
The pupils of the I Iigh School are busily
engaged hi rehearsals for a musical comedy
to Ihi Htaf»;d In the near future. The pro-duction
la entitled "The Little Tycoon, by
Willard Spenser. The musical rehearsals
aro in charge of Miss Marion A. Roth ,
Supervisor of music. She is assisted by
Miss Ileum Gilson, of the English depart-ment.
The High School Orchestra will
play the musicurncores for the production.
Watch for the date.
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION MEETING
At a recent meeting of the High School
Athletic Association, a summary of th«
buikethnU season was given by the marts,.
geru. Miss Dorothy llyland and Marliq
Herbal. Managers for the 1928-27 Beaton
were elected : Manager of Boy*' team,
Samuel Curry; and of the girls' team, Lol»
Gl\man.
V
Owing to the big demand for tickets for
the Marion Talley concert arrangements
have been made by the Hershey Park
management to open the diagram for the
sale of reserved seats on Monday morning,
April 12th.
The American Nightingale, who has
taken the country by storm, will give one
of the first concerts of her tour at the Her-shey
Park Convention Hall on Sunday
afternoon , May 30th, at 2.30 o clock, and
it promises to be one of the biggest musical
events ever given in Central Pennsylvania.
So much interest has not been shown in a
musical event in Hershey since the ap-pearance
of the famed Bach and Sistine
Choirs, and it now looks as tho a record
attendance will be established for the con-cert
to be given by the sensational young
prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera
House.
Hundreds of cities have wired to secure
concerts by Miss Talley and the music
lovers of Central Pennsylvania, therefore ,
can consider themselves fortunate in hear-ing
one of the first concerts to be given by
Miss Talley, and they should lose no
time in securing their tickets for the out-standing
musical event of the season.
Tickets now on sale by Joseph Rossi,
Treas., Hershey Trust Company building,
Hershey.
Mail orders now. Send check or money
order ana self-addressed stamped envelope
for return of tickets.
Big Demand for Mar ion Talley
Concert on May 30th