The Hershey Press 1915-08-05

              Some of the Best Picnics Have Been
Those of the Past Ten Days
Special Trains and Scores of
Automobiles. Picnics
For Next Week
. During, the past week Hershey Park
has entertained thousands of visitors
from leading cities and towns. Some
of the picnics were very unusual, and
they were, altogether enjoyable.
" Last Friday the employes of Dives,
Pomeroy and Stewart to the number
of over 500 came in special trains
and in trolleys and took possession of
Hershey. Harisburg's largest store
employs ah army of people. They in-tended
that their Hershey picnic
should break the record and it did.
Nothing like it ever came . in this or
any other direction. It was a_great,
joyous, irrepressible aggregation of
novelty and action. It was. led by a
hand in costume that was a delight
and that won honors that will never
die. There were games so numerous
that even the score keepers forgot the
count and there were more prizes
than were, ever awarded in any one
company. It was one of the best-looking
crowds ever seen here, espe-cially
attractive in its feminine ranks.
At the end of the afternoon a dinner
was served and all the fifteen items
on the bill-of-fare were popular.
Dances kept the fun going far into
the night. A panoramic photograph
of the picnic made a.: picture that ex-tended
across two pages' of the Har-risburg
papers and was a very re-markable
piece of photography. It
was taken by the Hershey Studio.
Moving pictures of the party and of
the games were also taken. It was
truly a great day and the firm is to
be congratulated on having people
who can manage a difficuult thing like
that with so much system and sue1
cess.
Saturday -was a very big day. The
Linoleum department of the Lancaster
Cork Works came in three special
trains, brought their own band, car-ried
out a crowded program of sports
and kept things moving from early
morning to evening. It was one of
the livliest days of the year.
On Tuesday Myerstown closed all
the shutters and locked the front door
and came to Hershey. It required two
special trains of 15 coaches each to
move the population here. They
found a big welcome and they en-joyed
themselves, for they set every-thing
in the park going. They had
their own band, their own program of
sports and scores of baskets filled
with food. Not an unpleasant incid-ent
marred the day.
On Tuesday, too, Selinsgrove shut
up shop and came to Hershey in a
long line of automobiles. The two
banks and the post-office were the
only places in the town left open, and
even at that Postmaster Marion S.
Schoch was the leader of the Hershey
procession , a very capable leader of
a fine looking and agreeable lot of
visitors. These visitors received
special attention , for the trip was
more than a picnic; it was to consider
and get a look at the way Hershey did
things for community progress. They
were much impresed and thought the
town a wonder. The Selinsgrove
folks dined at the Hershey Cafe and
quite a number of them remained un-til
after supper.
At the Hershey Park Theater a
special matinee was given and the
house was filled.
Today St. Marks and St. Andrews
of Rending will bo here. Tomorrow
the employes of the Globe of Harris-burg
will come on a special train.
Saturday the employes of the Noldo
and Horst Knitting Mills of Reading
will arrive, On Tuesday will be the
Iloilman reunion and on Thursday,
the 12th , will bo the big picnic of the
Ilnrrisburi* grocers.
Towns and Stores Close Up
In Order to Enjoy Hershey
An Old House to Come Down
Brick Dwellin g on Mansion Groiuum
to be Removed
Before Horshoy wan built there
were throe farm Iiouruh in the pigm-ent
limits of the town,
Ono .wuti the stone house now occu-pied
by FranU Zlnnor. It 1h between
tho railroad and the Zoo,
Another was the brick dwelling oc-cupied
by Harry Havei'stick. It in
a familiar object; on tho Mansion
grounds , in full view of Chocolate
Avenue,
Tho tillril whh tho stone house which
is now lined ii'h tho Golf ClubhouHo ,
being Just wohI; of tho point ' whoro
Chocolate Avenue cpohhoh Spring
Crook.
Tho attractive now Iiouho emoted
for Harry Ilavorstlck on tho south
Hide of Chocolate Avenue at Spring
Crook will Hoon l»o ready for occu-pancy
nnd it Ih ono of i.lio bout bltH of
architoduro in tho town.
After Harry llavorHtlck moveH tho
old brick Iiouho will bo razed anil lt«
Hilu and tho garden around It will be
added to tho MiuihIoii grounds.
Fight Has Been Partly Won. Now is
the Time to Do Still Better Ser-
, vice in the Extermination of
the Pests. Meeting of
Committee. Letter -
So much has been accomplished by
the campaign of the citizens against
the house fly that a new call for more
earnest action is now sent the rounds.
A meeting of the Committee was held
Tuesday evening at the Men's Club.
W. F. R. Murr'ie, the chairman, pre-sided
with W. L. Dubois, secretary-
Reports from the subcommittee
chairmen agreed that there were
fewer flies in . Hershey than in any
other year, but it. was also admitted
that the number had greatly increas-ed
within the past few .days. - Two
causes were ascribed, failure to keep
the garbage cans, clean and breeding
places that had been undiscovered.
The need of immediate action was im-pressed,
and the secretary was in-structed
to draw up a new letter and
to send it generally to the people of
the town. This letter was finished by
Mr. Dubois' yesterday and it is as fol-lows
:
Hershey, August 4, 1915.
Members of Fly Campaign
Committee:
Notwithstanding the good start
made to rid Hershey of flies there are
now some flies here. Flies breed in
manure, fermenting lawn clippings,
or other vegetable or animal, matter
that is in the process of decay.
Therefore there must .be some breed-ing
places around town. The flies
are not confined, to one part of the
town but are present to some extent
nearly everywhere. Since the fly
seldom travels oyer 500 yards from
its breeding place, it . is evident that
the opportunity for ' breeding exists
quite generally over town. We made
such a good start in this campaign
and were so free from flies until the
last few weeks that we have grown
careless in keeping up the fight. If
Hershey is to be a flyless town it will
mean continual .vigilance arid activity
on the part of every committeeman
and hearty cooperation on the part of
the other folks in the town. Just as
soon as everyone does his part in his
own house and yard Hershey will
have no flies.
ERADICATE OR CORRECT ALL
BREEDING PLACES. Flies are
breeding in garbage cans. All gar-bage
cans should be kept tightly cov-ered
and should be scalded out once a
week. Flies may also be breeding in
manure, in privies, lawn clippings .or
other fermenting vegetable or animal
matter. Manure should be hauled
awaiv once a week or treated with
borax. Lawn clippings and other
ref use should be disposed of prompt-ly.
Privies should.be tightly closed
all* around and the contents, if not
removed frequently, should be treated
with borax.
FLY TRAPS. Keep traps going
constantly. This is of great import-ance.
Flies multiply with marvelous
rapidity. Every fly caught now
means thousands less later in the
summer. Fly traps should be baited
with bread and milk , or brown sugar
and vinegar. The bait must always
be wet and should be renewed every
day. Care should be taken to have
enough space under the trap for the
flies to enter.
CANVASS YOUR DISTRICT,
With the above points in mind every
committeeman , not tho chairman only,
is strongly urged to canvass his dis-trict
with the next few days, try to
locate and correct breeding places
and persuade tho people to keep fly
traps in operation.
NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING,
Monday ovenir ?, Aug, 9, 7.30, at tho
Men 's Club, Every committeeman in
urged to bo there , It in of great im-portance
to every man and to every
man 's family.
W. L. DUBOIS, Secretary.
Rally Call in the Fly Fight
Anneals to All in Hershev
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1 That's the kind of a town you like , J
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jj And start on a long, long hike. 1
J You'll find elsewhere wha|t you left behind,
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g Real towns are not made by men afraid . §[
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Altar Desk Presented by Mr. and Mrs.
George Wesher. Full Program
of the Anniversary Exer-cises.
Preacher Will Be
Rev. Frederick C. Krapf
The fifth anniversary of the Evan-gelical
Lutheran Church of the Holy
Trinity next Sunday morning prom-ises
to be one of the most interesting
and successful events in Hershey's
history. Two beautiful gifts are to
be consecrated. The handsome mar-ble
baptismal font presented by Mrs.
John E. Snyder has been placed and
it will be consecrated first. Since the
announcement of Mrs.' Snyder's gift
Mr. and Mrs. George Wesner have
presented to the church a beautiful
altar desk and that will be consecrat-ed
next. The pastors of the church
since the first organization have been :
Rev. C. K. Fegley, 1310-1911; Rev,
F. C. Krapf , 1911-1915; John Irwin
Meek, summer of 1915. . The church
council consists of: William C. Brink-er,
Frank L. De Verter, William B.
Leithiser, Dr. H. G. Mumma, Wilson
E. Rhoads, John Shay.
The full program for Sunday is as
follows, the time of beginning being
10.30 a. m.:
Processional, Hymn 51; Chief Ser-vice;
Introit; Epistle Lesson—I Cor.
xii, 1-11; Anthem, "Gloria in Ex-celsis,"
Farmer, Combined Choirs of
Palm Lutheran Church , of Palmyra
and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church,
Hershey; Gospel Lesson—Luke xix,
41-48; Apostles' Creed; Hymn 266;
Anniversary Sermon, Rev. Frederick
C. Krapf , Pastor St. Andrew's-by-the
Sea, Atlantic City, N. J.; Offertory;
Prayer; Offering—to be devoted to
the Property Fund; Consecration of
Gifts—Baptismal Font, presented by
Mrs. John E. Snyder; Altar Desk, pre-sented
by Mr. and Mrs. George Wes-ner;
Baptism of Infants; Hymn 11;
Benediction.
Another Beautiful Gift For
Holy Trinit y's Anniversar y
The Hershe y Reunion
Tho tenth annual reunion of the
Hershey family to celebrate tlie
20(5th anniversary of their arrival in
America will be held at Rocky Springs
Park , Lancaster, Saturday, August
14. It will begin at 10 o'clock with a
reception, Tho business meeting and
election of officers , Milton S. Horshey
presiding, will bo at 10.30, Tho pray-er
will bo by Rev. Harvey S. Horflhey,
tho music by the Hershey Glee Club,
Dinner will bo served at noon. Presi-dent
Hershey is scheduled to make
tho opening address Jit 2; tho family
records will bo by Hon. W. L. Hqi'-
Hhoy, of Marietta , and tho address by
Rov. R. Moistor , D. D., of LnncasUr ,
All members of tho family are Invited
and n very largo attendance is ex-pected,
The Swatara Bible Class
Tho Swatara Now Movement Bible
Class mot at the homo of Jacob 11.
BalHbaugh , and tho secretary, Jacob
Jl. Nyo reports that it was an on-thuHluHtiu
and delightful mooting.
Contributions of from one to fifty dol-lars
to tho building fund wore report-ed,
A §M) contribu tor offered to go
to l|i 100 to purchase a boll ' If a tower
whh liuilt ,. and the p roper action was
promptly taken. An adjourned moot-ing
in tho squire 's court room was
miulo enjoyable by refreshments serv-ed
by MIhh Sara Halslmugh , superin-tendent
of tho primary class, hmnIkUhI
by Indian of tho Blbla Glass. Mr, Nyo
adds; "A wireless message was wtift-od
to tho Hocrotary 'H oai'H that the
Indies will give a cIiihh mippor aH soon
as tho door of the building Ih con-creted."
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Complete Roster of the New Faculty
and of the Teachers of Other
Derry Township Schools.
Census of the Pupils.
Courses of Study
The members of the school board
of Derry Township have been fcusy
during the summer months and their
work has been successful. They have
reconstructed the faculty and filled
all the vacancies. The new supervis-ing
principal, Mr. Peters/ has been
gathering the new census of the town-ship.
The names of all children be-tween
the ages of 6 and 16 are taken.
The school tax levy," the inventory
and requirements of books and sup-plies
and other details have been at-tended
to. The teaching force has
laid out the lines for tne season's
work. There is deep interest in all
this and the prospects are favorable.
The school building is in fine shape.
The completed list of the teachers of
the township is as follows :
Stacy E. Peters, Supervising. Prin-cipal.
Robt. S. Brown, Assistant Principal.
Ruth V. Engle, Latin and German.
Marion Spencer, . Supervisor of
Drawing and, English.
Nancy Canah, Supervisor of Music.
Arthur C. Hocker, Eighth Grade.
Ira L. Shenk, Seventh Grade. <
Sara Foreman , Sixth Grade.
Geo. Foreman, Fifth Grade. -<-¦&
Edna C. Erb, Fourth Grade.
Ruth Hershey, Third Grade.
Anna Lloyd, Third Grade.
May V. Moyer, Second Grade.
Mabel Hoffman , Second Grade.
Carrie Dressier, First Grade.
May B. Hershey, Beginners.
Edna Hocker, Waltonville.
S. S. Balsbaugh , Sunny Side.
Margaret Long, Stoverdale.
Amos E. Hess, Gravel Hill.
George Deckert, Janitor.
Hershe y Consolidated School
In Shape For Year's Work
Beautiful Scenery at Home
The scenery around. Middletown at
this season of the year certainly is
fine , says The Press of that town.
From tho Sunset farm below Royal-ton
, from Grand View farm , north of
town or from tho high point out along
the almshouse road , the view across
tho river islands , town , etc., is ono
hard to surpass in beauty. Another
is near Oborlin looking down the
Rutherford Valley or fro m the hill
north of Horshoy whoro tho million
dollar hotel will bo erected and from
which oho can plainly see into seven
different counties. All those are
hard to improve upon even by travel-ing
In foreign countries.
Big Susquehanna Bridge
Work on the 1)5850,000 Cumberland
Valley railroad bridge across tho Sus-quehanna
river at Harrisburg Is pro-gressing
rapidly .and at full capacity.
Of tho oHtimatod 5(1,000 cubic yards
of concrete nooded to complete the
piers , 7,000 cubic yards hjlvo boon put
in place in tho forni H atid the romd t
is gradually beginning to show how
tho finished bridge will appear,
A force of about, 175 men Is kept at
work dally. With a contract time of
two years to complete tho entire
bridge, the contraetoi-H are hopoful of
having the lower half built and trains
running upon it by September, 1010,
and tho work completed in 1017.
Weujiier Forecast For the W«ek No-ginning
Today
. Gonorhlly fair wouthor during tho
remainder of tho week , with moderate
temperatures prevailing for nt loaat
four or five days.
Opera Company Will Remain
Success of the Engagement Gives An-other
Week of Popular Music
So successful has the Manhattan
Opera Company been that the engage-ment
has been lengthened and there
will be another week of popular mu-sic.
'Th« audiences have been large
and it has been necessary to give
several . matinees. £.ast Saturday
night the house was filled and Tues-day's
matinee was one of the largest
given in Hershey.
In the latter half of last week "A
Trip to India" was greatly enjoyed,
principally for the excellent comedy
work of George Williams arid Wilbur
Cox. It was just the kind of good
fun that a summer audience liked and
it was a treat to see how the crowd
Saturday night took it. On Monday
"The Chimes of Normandy" was giv-en
and here the 'opportunity .for com-,
e.dy was .much less, but George Wil-liams
made a distinct hit by his ghost
act and Wilbur Cox got all the fun
possible out . of the . baillie. Gus
Vaughn was the Marquis and Jethro
Warner the fisherman, and both look-ed
handsoTne arid sang well. Bertha
Holly Was a fine Marchioness and
Edith Carlisle was graceful, piquant
and attra ctive as Serpollette. The
chorus did excellent work- and the
opera was well costumed:
Tonight "The Mikado" will be pre-sented.
It is the best comic opera
ever written in any language and it
ought to be the gem of the engage-ment.
Mr. Spencer conducted ably.
Union Services Sunday Night
Opening Was a Success in . Every
Particular. Congregation Large
Black skies and a sprinkle, of rain
drove the union services indoors last
Sunday and all were astonished to
find what a large congregation it was,
for the Hershey Park Theater was
well filled. The union choir occupied
.most of the stage and did admirable
work under the leadership of Mr.
Witmeyer. Rev. Mr. Linebaugh con-ducted
the preliminary services and
the sermon was preached by Rev.
George Snavely Rentz.
This coming Sunday the . services
will be at the same time, half past
seven, in front of the band stand if
the weather is all right and in the
Hershey Park Theater if it rains or
storms. The preacher will be Rev.
N. L. Linebaugh and his text will be
"The True Foundation." The preach-er
for August 22 will be John Irvin .
Meek, pastor in charge of the ' Luth-eran
Church , and for August 29 the
Rev. Dr. Ely,, of the Lemon Hill As-sociation.
Mr. Linebaugh said Sun-day
night that at the final union ser-vice
when Dr. Ely will preach an
attendance of 5,000 would be expect-ed,
and he called upon the people to
advertise the event.
The sermon of Mr. Rentz Sunday
night was a fine and deeply spiritual
message. His topic was, "Three
Great Values of the Christian Life,"
with the text, "Now faith is the giv-ing
substance to things hoped for."—
Hebrews 1-1:1. He said the marginal
reading of this verse is preferred be-cause
it defines faith in the terms of
active life . The illustrations of the
chapter are men whose lives were
moulded by this vital principle. In a
life so lived , three great values
emerge.
1, Vision. Hope is the apprecia-tion
of a vision; only those who see
with the oye of faith tho great possi-bilities
of life really live, Tho Chris-tian
life gives tho , finest vision for tho
individual and for society, because
tho Christian lives "as seeing him
that is invisible " and "looking for tho
city that hath tho foundations whoso
maker and builder is God."
2, Romance. When men actually
pursue tho vision , life bocoines ro-mantic.
Contrary to a current opin-ion
, the Christian life is tho most ro-mantic
of all possible lives, This is
soon In tho way in which it glorifies
life ; In tho enthusiasm it kindles; in
tho lni'go element of "the unexpected "
that it contains.
!l, Constructive ¦worth, Except wo
give Hiibstanco , to tho things hoped
for , the pursuit of them is vain. The
vision and tho romance must be real
and must keep In touch with tho reali-ties.
Tho Christian Is In touch with
the KiipruiiKi reality, God himself , and
lias Christ's assurance that "fruit
ahull uhido. "
ThflHd values actu'uo to those who
live in obedience to Christ through
tho power of prayer.
Flowers Are in Their Glory
In Hershey During August
Wonderful Beds in ^the Park and in the
Square Opposite the Factory!
Ten Thousand Plants in the
Beds of the Mansion
Grounds. Fountains '
Hershey flowers are in their full
glory in August. Never were there
so many of them and never were their
blooms so large. They are much en-joyed
by the thousands of' visitors.
. The first bed in Hershey Park con-tains
500 plants, King. Humbert Can-nas,
with their handsome bronze leal
and their deep red flowers. The next
bed is the Buttercup variety,: a rich
yellow. There are also 500 .p lants m
this bed, The fancy bed. to the right
has Echeverias, Alterhanthera, and
Achranthus, all fancy leaf plants and
with them are five colors of coleus,
making a wonderful picture. Farther
back is a fine bed of yellow cannas and
scarlet sage, the-Lsage; forming the
border.
In front of the Factory is a particu-larly
beautiful bed of King Humbert
cannas with a double border of yellow
maples and yellow coleus, alternate-ly
black and yellow. There are close
to a thousand plants m this bed.
Behind the gymnasium is a bed of
600 red geraniums, 400 silver leaf
geraniums, 200 yellow cannas and 300
fire-brand coleus.
Around the cafe are a hundred feet
of window boxes filled with gerani-ums,
coleus and vinca vines. There
are also boxes on the' Quick Lunch,
building.
On the Mansion grounds are 32
flower beds. Perhaps the prettiest
is the bed at the big fountain at the
top of the hill. It is very striking.
It is planted principally with the Mrs.
Alfred Connard cannas ,with a border
of Uhlberg cannas, a pinkish red, a
very unusual color. The first border
is Beckwith's Gem coleus and the sec-ond
border Golden Bedder coleus. On
either side of this large bed are two
triangular beds composed of White
Leaf Maples with borders of red
Achranthus. Below the rocks there
are new scrolls, fine examples of car-pet
bedding, with wonderful wealth
of color.
, The extent of the floral work on the
Mansion grounds may be seen from
the fact that there are over 10,000
plants in the various beds.
The beautiful Italian garden at the
south of the Mansion has fully 5,000
plants, and they are now in the per-fection
of their lovliness.
A most attractive place is the old
fashioned garden around the old stone
schoblhouse. in the Mansion grounds.
Here is where 'M. S. Hershey first at-tended
school and there is sentiment
in the preservation and beautification
of the old building.
Another beauty spot is the foun-tain
in the woods with its wealth of
ferns and tropical plants and the sur-roundings
of pergalos and vines and a
pond with gold fish. And then the
red squirrels in the trees around make
up a delightfully interesting picture.
Union Sunday School Picnic
Hershey Will Have a Great Time Next
Tuesday at Boiling Springs
Tho Hershey Union Sunday School
picnic this year promises to be the
largest and best over hold. It will
take place next Tuesday. Baskets
will be collected at tho street corners
at 7 a. m. The special excursion t^ rain
will leave at 8 a. m. and the run to
Boiling Springs is about one hour'.
Returning tho train will leave at 7
p. m. The rate is 80 cents, with chil-dren
between five and twelve at half
price and all under five free.
A big progra m has been arranged.
At 10.30 there will be a baseball game
between tho girls and tho married
men, At 1 p. m. the following sports
will begin ;
For young girls: potato race, pea-nut
race, running race, and tug of
war,
For older girls; wheelbarrow Jaeo,
tug of war, running nwo i nati driv-ing,
ball throwing ,
For women: candle race , nail driv-ing,
ball throwin g, whuolbarraw race.
For boys : tug of war , shoo lacing
contest , rooster light , running race,
bag ruco , three-logged race,
For men: running, jumping, fat
men 's racu.
At 2 p, m. thoro will bo a baseball
game between the W. O. W. of Her-shey
nnd Boiling Springs. It will bo
a grout day.
Coppenhaver-Roberts
Miss Irono Roberts) daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J, W. Roberts of Lebanon
and Carl Copponhnvor also of Lebanon
wore marriedI on Monday morning at
tho Cornwall Methodist parsonage by
Rov. W, W. Dlddlngton. They wore
unattended. They will spend several
weeks at Atlantic City, Wildwood and
Now York City. Mr. Coppo'nhiwor Is
well known horo.
Tho homo of .lolin lleclcort on
Spring Crock avenue is being Improv-ed
with a coat of paint. Harry Lan-dis
and his force of men of Palmyra
are doing the work. Mr. Hockort ,
who has ono of the finest farms in
this vicinity, has made many Im-provements
about tho farm during tho
past few months and his place makes
a lino appearance , Mr. Ilockort owns
several other proportion on Spring
Crook avoini o which wore recently
painted and improved,
Mr. Becker's Improvements
A special mooting of tho Board of
Directors of tho Young Womon 'H
ChrlHtlan Association will bo hold
next Monday evening A ugust 0th nt
8.15, to which all moinlmi'f) of tho As-sociation
are invited,
Reports will bo given by tho dele-gates
who wore sent to tho Confer-ences
at. Silver Hay and Camp
Nopahwln.
Wial MAAtfn « Y W T A
MiHH Sarah II . Swords , of Lancas-tor,
whh married to Rov. Paul F.
SclmfTnai ', of Hiiininolslown on Wed-nesday
of last wuuk. Tho ceremony
took place at five o'clock In tho First
Rofomui d ehilrch , ,tho Rov. Stuart
Cranior , pastor of tho church , ofllcl-atliiR,
assisted by tho Rov. Mr. Dif-feixkrfor.
of Easfcon , Pa.
Schaffner -Swords