The Hershey Press 1912-02-08

              Y. M, C. A. Membership
Nearly Doubled
Murne's Team Alone Will Pass the 100
Mark. Individuals Bring In Large
Numbers..
S
" IINGE the middle of last week
the two thermometers that
indicate the standing of the
¦ -I tWO teams in the membership
contest that is being carried on by the
Hershey Y. M. C. A., have taken a sud-den
rise. Up until that time the rise
had been very gradual, one or two or
possibly a half-dozen applications com-ing
in each day. Friday was the day
When the first big jump was made.
During that day 37 new members were
brought in. Saturday 30 additional de-grees
were added to the two thermom-eters,
Monday 12 and Tuesday 12. Sat-urday
afternoon, at three o'clock, the
100 mark was reached. At that point it
stood until evening, when four more
were brought in. The total up to noon
Wednesday was 140.
While the spirit of rivalry between
the two teams has run high, Murrie's
team has been in the lead in the proper
tion of 2 to 1 most of the time. The
leaders on the other side have continu-ally
insisted, however, that the final
count had not yet been made, and that
they were holding enough in reserve to
make a big rise at the last moment.
Wednesday noon the two thermometers
stood at P6 and 44 respectively. As
many as ten applications -were known to
be still out, at that time, in the hands of
one of Clark's men. Other men on each
side had enough to be turned in to make
it quite certain that the old membership
of the association which was 166, would
be doubled by the time the final count
was to be made Wednesday evening.
At Wednesday Boon the largest num-ber
of applications that had been sent
in by any one member was 16. George
Eppley and Aldus Wirth each having
that number. John Snavely stood .third
with 9. These men are on Murrie's
side. On Clark's side Bert Black led
with 11. C. L. Marks and JL Coppen-haver
following each have 5 members
to their credit.
The close of the campaign was mark-ed
by a general gathering at the Y. M.
G. A... Wednesday evening. The pro-gram
of the evening was to consist of
the annual meeting when the president
of the association presented his report
for the work of the year. Mr. J. B.
Carruthers, state secretary, was to be
present for a short address. After the
meeting the crowd was entertained - in
the gymnasium by the juniors in appa-ratus
work and a short basket ball game
between the two senior "teams. The
last part of the program was relative to
the dosing of the membership cam-paign.
Banner Indies Quartet at the Park Dancing
Pavilion tonight at 8 o'clock. General admission 25
cents; Good seats will be reserved for those holding -
tickets for seats in the amphitheater.
H
'HE gymnasium class of the Y.
W. C. A. was . organized last
Thursday evening. Twenty
young ladies were there to en-roll,
and since then ten names have been
added, making a class of thirty. This
is a good beginning and shows that the
young ladies, of Hershey and vicinity
appreciate the. benefits to. be gained
from strong capable bodies..
The class, will meet every Thursday
evening. Thirty minutes of the time
will be devoted to basket ball, under the
instruction of Mr. Kogel, physical direc-tor'of
the Y. M. C. A.
The dressmaking classes werje organ-ized
Tuesday. Quite a number of ladies
availed themselves of this privilege.
The afternoon class will meet from 2 to
4 o'clock, and the evening Class from
7.30 to 9.20 o'clock.
It is hoped many more ladies will en-ter
these classes. The fee is $1.00 for
a term of three months.
Work Begun In Young Women's
Christian Association
Holy Trinit y Sunday School Has Been Or
ganized Three Years
|rW"a|R- HARVEY A. LOSER, Super-llki
II hitendent °^ Holy Communion
|UU1 Church Bible School, Harris-burg,
will be the speaker at
the anniversary service of Holy Trinity
Lutheran School on. Sunday afternoon
at 1:45 p. m. At the festival service in
the evening at 7:30 o'clock "the address
will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. J. C.
Kunzmannri, of Philadelphia, the Super-intendent
of English Home Missdns.
There Will be special music. Holy
Trinity Bible School was organized on
Sunday, Feb. 7, 1909. The special of-fering
next Sunday will .be for the
property fund.
Anniversary Service
Harrisbur g Insurance Man Enjoys Trip From
Hummelstown to Stoverdale
H
" IN Tuesday afternoon Mr. Robert
• L. Kimbrough, of Harrisburg,
a representative of the Pre-ferred
Underwriters' Associa-tion
enjoyed his first ride in a sleigh.
He had be,en transacting business for
the company at Hershey in the fore-noon.
Immediately after dinner, he,
in company with Rev. O. •'& Romig,
boarded a trolley for Hummelstown,
where they secured a livery team and
drove to Stoverdale. Seated in a fine
Portland sleigh, Mr. Kimbrough enjoy-ed
his first ride. He is a native of
Tennessee, and in that State, snow dis-appears
about aa quickly as it fails.
His First Sleigh Ride
Five Year Old Daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Dubler, of Lawn, Lost Life Monday
E
" ITJRNED to death on her fifth
birthday was the awful fate
of little Yerna Dubler, of
.—. 1 Lawn, on Monday evening.
The child was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. William Dubler, of Lawn, and was
left alone for a short time Monday ev-ening,
while her mother went to a
neighbor's house a very short distance
away for a bucket of water. .
While alone iri the house the child, it
is thought, played too near the stove
and the little girl's dress caught fire.
Her garments were completely burned
from her body, excepting the wrist-bands
of the dress she wore. The moth-er
of the child was horrified when she
got back after a few minutes absence.
The child was given what relief could
be applied until Dr. U.-G. Risser "could
arrive from CampbelltOWn, three Ot
four miles away. While the doctor was
trying to relieve the child's sufferings
she passed away. ¦' She died about an
hour after the accident.
The damage of the room and its fur-nishings
was slight. What made the
tragedy all the sadder was the fact that
the little girl reached her fifth birthday
on the day she lost her life.
The child's funeral will take place on
Thursday, at Henry 's Meeting House,
near Hershey. Ray Arnold, of Gamp-belltown,
is making arrangements for
the funeral.
Child Burned to Death
IEGINNING Monday noon, Feb-ruary
12, soup and cocoa will
be served in the Y. W."t!.: A.
rooms in the Park frpm '12 m.
to 1 p. m., every day except Saturday
ar\d Sunday. This privilege is'not ex-tended
to members alone. Every wo-man
and child is welcome.
Soup and Cocoa served
ByY ; W. C. ji