The Hershey Press 1912-04-25

              HERSHEY STORE
DRAWS LARGE CROWDS
NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PEO-PLE
VISITED THE STORE
DURING THE BIG OPEN-ING
LAST WEEK
Last .week was truly a big opening
week at the Big Department Store in
Hershey. The opening began on
Wednesday and closed on Saturday
night. While in all of the depart-ments
the clerks -were busy all day
the extra crowds filled the store in
the evenings. It is estimated that
there were nearly 3000 persons at
the store during the week. Nearly
1000 were in the store at one time on
Saturday evening when the prizes
were being awarded.
The special attractions each even-ing
were the concerts that were.given
by the Hershey Band. The concerts
began each evening at 7.15 and con-tinued
until 9 o'clock. , They were
held in the open, space in near the
entrance to the annex where there
was room for all to see and hear. The
program was varied on Friday night
when the music was furnished by the
Hershey Orchestra and several selec-tions
were sung by the Y:. M. C. A.
glee club.
The floral decorations in the stoijfe
rooms were beautiful. The space oc-cupied
by the musicians during the
concerts was set off by Bay trees and
smaller plants in a manner that gave
a garden effect. The view that met
the eye as you passed through the
hall into the annex was the most
beautiful of all the effects produced
by the decorators.. There in a long
line straight back from the door were
large potted plants set off in the mid
die by a beautiful cluster of pink
blossoms. The beautiful arrange-ment
of the decorations in this part
of the store attracted the attention of
all who entered the building.
Other special articles of interest
were the drawings by Joseph Wells
and the scroll work by Aaron Slesser.
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NEW MACHINES RECEIVED
HERSHEY STORE COMPANY HAS
RECEIVED TWO CAR LOADS
OF MACHINERY FROM J. I.
CASE T. M. COMPANY
The Hershey Store Company on
Tuesday afternoon received two car
loads of machinery from the J. I.
Case T. M. Company, of Racine, Wis.
Wednesday morning it was unloaded
at the J. H. Moyer siding ati Derry
Church. The List, of the machines
received follows:
One road roller weighting 21,285
pounds; one 36 H. P. engine; one rock
crusher with stone bin attached, will
separate stone in four different sizes;
one 60 H. P. traction engine, can be
used for all purposes.
The road roller and other machines
are the latest improved models. With
them Hershey will be equipped with
the best machines in this section. L.
W. Dunkel, representative of the
Case company and two experts were
here to unload the machinery.
ALLISON GARMAN
SPEAKS AT MYERSTOWN
TOOK PART IN "INGATHERING
SERVICES" AT UNITED
BRETHREN CHURCH
i Last Sunday was "Ingathering Day"
at the United Brethren Church at
Myerstown. The day is an annual
affair when those who have been con-nected
with the church in the past
gather together for the services of
the day. Allison Garman, of Her-shey
was a member of this church
thirty-five years ago and since leav-ing
Myerstown has never missed be-ing
in attendance at the annual gath-ering.
At the meeting last Sunday
Mr. Garman was present and made
one of the addresses of the day. He
was one of four who were present
who had been longest in connection
with the church.
SECOND OF SERIES OF MONTHLY
MEETINGS TO BE HELD SUN-DAY
AFTERNOON. OPEN
TO PUBLIC
Next Sunday afternoon beginning
at three o'clock, the second of the
monthly meetings that are being held
under the auspices of the Y. M. and
Y. W. C. A. in Hershey, will be ad-dressed
by Rev. S. A. Martin, D. D\,
principal of the State Normal School
at Shippensburg. The meeting will
be held in the Park in the Y. W. C. A.
building, and will be open to both
men and women. A chorus of mixed
voices will lead in the singing and
render special selections.
The last meeting which was. held a
month ago at the Y. M. C. A. was well
attended, and even a larger attend-ance
is expected at the meeting next
Sunday. #
REV. S. A MARTIN, D. D. IS
SPEAKER FOR SUNDAY
Invitations have been issued to the
members of the Hershey Volunteer
Fire Company to a banquet to be
given to the members of the company
and their wives by Mr. M. S. Hershey,
on next Tuesday evening, April 30, at
the Hershey Cafe.
FIRE COMPANY
TO BANQUET
-Friday afternoon at 5J30 the Board
of Trustees of the Y. M. C. A. met for
the purpose of organization and in-suring
the new furniture that has been
placed in the building lately. A. W.
Snavely was reelected chairman of
the Board for another year, and E. L.
Bomgardner was reelected secretary.
Insurance on the furniture and. the
apparatus in the gymnasium was
placed with S. C. Stecher.
TRUSTEES MEET
BEDS AROUND THE MANSION
ARE FILLED WITH BLOOM-ING
SPRING FLOWERS
The flower beds around the Mansion
grounds are now in the height of
their blooming season being filled
with different varieties of. spring
flowers. At the present there is noth-ing
more beautiful for the sightseer
at Hershey than these beds.
' At the greenhouse are three beds
all beautiful in their different colors.
One is a large circular bed of red
tulips, a second is full of hyacinths of
all different shades and colors. The
long ribbon bed between the green-house
and the spring contains red and
yellow striped hyacinths^ In all of
these beds the bulbs are all of an; even
growth , and each stalk bears;. a
flower. ¦ :
The most beautiful sight is the
large 35 by 50 foot bed- near the
fountain. It is filled with, red tulips
surrounded by a border of white ones.
Near it are two triangular beds with
centers of yellow tulips -and borders
of pink ones. On the flat below the
large ribbon bed is filled with red and
yellow stripped tulips.
BLOOMS MAKE
BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY
Monday morning after bringing the
plants that had been used at the Her-shey
Store last week in th% decora-tions,
back to the Park conservatory,
Gardener Haverstick placed several of
them outside to be refreshed by the
rain that was falling. It was not long
unitl one of the plants, an azalea
which Mr. Haverstick values very
highly, had disappeared. The person
who took it is kindly requested to; re-turn
it to the conservatory.
AZALEA TAKEN FROM
CONSERVATORY