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Exercises Will Consist of Memorial Day Program With Music by the Hershey Band and With Speeches by Clergymen and Other Orators Flags are flying from the four towers of Hershey Convention Hall and the fears that- . It might not be ready for the Conference of the Church of the Brethren have been turned into congratulations to the builders that they have done their ¦work so well that it -will be dedicated next Sunday. The program is in the hands of the local churches and of the Washington 'Camp Number 705, Patriotic Order of the Sons of Ameri-ca, and they will be helped by the Hershey Band and several soloists. The exercises will begm at 3 p. m. The hall' is a noble auditorium which will attract thousands and there should be especial interest in its in-augural exercises. It is a short walk from the trolley and from the rail-road and it has plenty of accommoda-tions for automobiles. . Admission on Sunday is entirely free and a cordial invitation is ex-tended to the public. Size of the Hall Hershey Hall will accommodate great conferences, national conven-tions, music festivals, exhibitions and large affairs of-every kind. ¦- It is a. permament structure of un-usual solidity and entirely ; fireproof. In its foundations of concrete 6 car-loads of cement were used. It has a subway of limestone 16 feet wide and 14 feet high, this leading directly to the great pit as big as an ordinary hall with a gravel floor 18 inches deep. For meetings this pit will be filled with benches which are now in place and will be used for the first time Sunday. For exhibits such as poultry and cattle shows the benches •will be removed and there will be a circle larger than a circus ring sur-rounded by a thick wall of cement. From the outer side of this cement wall the tiers of seats begin to rise as in an amphitheater. Each has a flat surface of 30 inches with a rise of 9 inches and on the upper row are double lines of chairs. On each side are 17 aisles 4 feet wide; back of the seats are wide spaces which at the corners are 12 feet, so that there will be no difficulty in getting in and out.- Every seat in the Hall has a full view of the stage and of the pit. The main auditorium is 362 feet 6 inches over all and 155 feet 6 niches in width with a height of 71 feet. There are four committee rooms 15 by 25 feet, fully equipped for their purposes. The main entrance is 62 feet wide. The stage is 13 feet deep and 60 feet long. There are 18 doors, each six feet wide. The choir loft, 14 feet wide and 86 feet long, seats 600 persons. The four towers are built for chimes, which will be installed later. At each end are two big toilets, mod-ern in their fixturoH. The frame work is all steel. The sides are of tile. The four towers are tile. The roof is slag. The seating capacity has been stated at 5,000, but the builders say it will seat 7,000 and hold 12,000 and that if in the future galleries should bo added its seating capacity may easily bo increased to 12,000, A comparison may bo found in the Ocean Grove Auditorium which has 8,500 seats. Foundations wore begun in March; building started in April and no accident marred the re-markable record in quick construction. Lighting of (he Hull By day or at night there is not n dark Hpot In the Hall. The electrical lighting is elaborate, There arc six-toon 200-watt nitrogen lights and twenty-four 100-watt nitrogen lights and scores of the umml electric lights. Tho.ro nro numerous rod exit lights and the committee rooms are full y equipped, On the outside are 12 radial wave lightH. The four towers are lighted with nitrogen lights. In-side the Hall has light equal to 6,000 candloH , All the electrical service Is underground. Hershey Convention Hall Will be Dedicated Sunday Hersh ey Bells Will Toll Following the recommendation of Governor Brumbaugh the church bells of llorshoy and the boll on tho Fire House will bo tolled for live minutes beginning at noon Sunday. This will 1)0 a tr ibute to tho nation 's heroes on Memorial Day. New Cocoa Warehouse At tho northeast of tho Factory the now (locou. warehouse, u grout; atone and concrete building of four Htorloa with wonderful flexible olovntoi'H , In noarlng completion , and a pi/rt of It was occupied this week. Band Concerts and Vaudeville Have Already Begun But the Event Will be the Great Celebration of Memorial Day Next Monday. Big Crowds Hershey Park opened Monday night with excellent vaudeville and fine moving pictures and of course with Charlie Maurer, who comes to the park opening as regularly as the blue birds come with Spring. Lang and May, Bernard and Scarth and Whirl's Four Harmonists furnished the dancing, jokes, singing and gener-al comedy and all won encores. Be-ginning tonight there will be a change of the bill with Wood's Musical Trio, Scott and Marks and the Four Nelson Comiques, all standard Keith attrac-tions, who have-won unusual success in all parts of the country. They will play twice on Memorial Day, appear-ing at the matinee and in the evening on Monday. . • .¦ , '. '' Next Monday Hershey Park will throw wide open all its many attrac-tions. Everywhere there has been improvement and the grounds have reached a beauty they have never be-fore known. New this year are facilities which visitors will enjoy, new restau-rant arrangements, additions to the Zoo, the wonderful Convention Hall and other things. There is a new herd of ponies for the children. The base ball game between the Hershey and Lebanon teams of the Central Pennsylvania . League will begin at 3. There will be dancing all day and in the evening, with a special orchestra. The Hershey Band will play most of the day. Special care will be taken of automobile parties. A record-breaking attendance is expected. Hershey Park 's Big Season Will Open With Fine Shows Children to Visit Graves Will Perform a Beautiful Service To-morrow Morning . At nine o'clock tomorrow—Friday— morning the children of the Kinder-garten under the leadership of Miss Margaret Langworthy will Visit the local cemeteries and decorate the graves of all the old soldiers. Some of them are soldiers of the Revolu-tion. Herbert A. Newton will ac-company the party and aid in the •work, giving them the benefit of his historical knowledge. Rev. Mr, Line-baugh will deliver an address and Rev. Rentz will also participate if he is able to get home from the General Presbytery to which he is a delegate. There will be a drummer to sound taps. All children are invited, wheth-er they belong to the kindergarten or not, and this invitation also includes their parents and the general public. House For Harr y Harerstick What will be one of the most at-tractive houses in Hershey is being built for Harry Haverstick on the lot just across Spring Creek at Chocolate Avenue, It is receiving the special attention of James Putt and between his building genius and tho landscape knowledge and flower love of Harry Haverstick the result is bound to be unusual and beautiful. Builder Putt has already commandiorcd a stone fence for tho building material and Harry Haverstick is sitting up o' nights rending catalogues and en-cyclopoodins to find now varieties that will thrive along his shore lino on Spring Crook, It is a unique site for a dwelling and tho house will make tho boat of tho opportunity. It will Ho of generous proportions , 32 by 32, with a splendid atono porch an big an half tho house. Church of Brethren Services The Church of tho Brethren will hold tho following Horvicoa over tho wook-ond. Kov. J. II. Longiinockor will bo tlio older in charge. Thuradny evening, 7,30, prayer mooting. Sun-day, tho regular Sunday school lesson at 0,00 a, in, J'roaching Horvieos will bo hold in tho old school building at llorshoy, Saturday evening and will ho in charge of tho Itov, F. T. Moyorn of Huntington , Pa. Sunday mornin g at 10.00 a, m. preaching .by ]<;. ]) . Hail' , fonnoWy doitn of tho Hlblo department of Manchester College. »Sunday ovoning preaching by II, K. Ober of lailzHbothto wn. Committees Meet In Hershey and ! Complete Plans for the Ten Days. j Headquarters of the Various I Interests. . Full Commit- j tee on the Grounds j A full meeting of the committee- on j arrangements for the Conference of j the Church of the Brethren was held at Hershey, Inn on Monday and there was general satisfaction over the ar-rangements that have ' been made. The concluding preparations are being completed. The full committee will be at Hershey on and after June. 3 and will open permament headquart-ers at the Hershey Convention Hall. Rev. J. H. Longenecker ' and John Herr • have been placed upon the Standing Committee, and Elder Herr, not being in the best of health, has asked the alternate Jesse ¦ Ziegler to serve in his place. The Standing Committee will have the brunt of the important work. The conference post-office and cen-tral bureau just north of the Y. W. C. A. is ready. Here will be the offices for the Lodging Committee, Registra- | tion , Check Room, Conference Daily, ' Parcel Post and other services. Spo- j cial buildings are being erected for i baggage, etc. ! Theve will be many college men and women present. Their central office will be in the first main floor room adjoining the Hershey Free Public Library in the old public school build-ing. Tho full program of the Special Week Bible Term preceding the Con-ference will bo found on page 3 of this issue of the Hershey Press. Throe of tho missionaries to India will bo at tho Conference. Tho Brethren wish the fact empha-sized that tho Conference welcomes tho attendance of the general public and hopes all who can will come to llorshoy during tho sessions. They are glnd to soo members of all churches and those who are not mem-bers. Tlioir invitation is as broad as language can make it, Lodging For (lie Brethren John R, Zug, chairman of tho Lodg-ing Committee, makes tho following announcement ; "Wo fool that wo will have ample lodging for all who want to attend , but it might bo well , for those mak-ing application in tho future , to dis-pense with tho customary clause, 'Close to tho 'Convention Hall ,' for practically all such lodging in private homos has boon engaged. ''One of tho inducements offered by tho Ilorslioy management to have tho mooting located at llorshoy, Pa., was their willingnoHS to lodge one thous-and people. This, part of ,thoir offer will bo curried out on tho following conditions ; Tho largo throe-story public school building lias boon trans-formed Into sloopinir apartments. It Is thought that in this building alono , nix hundred persona can bo accom-modated. It; is only a ilvo-nilnuto walk from tho Convention Hull. Tho remainder of tho one thousand ar-ranged for , will bo lodged in oiio of tho largo bulldlngH in tho park. Thoro will bo no curtain apartments, hut eotn will bo arranged by roonm, and those in charge «ro endeavoring to avoid overcrowding. The .charges for lodging at both places nam-ed will ' bo ' twonty-flvo cents per night for a single spring, duck-bottom ; cot, hung in steel frame, with a double blanket for cov-er. Any one desiring a pillow can have same by paying five cents extra, or thirty cents per night. There are a limited number of unfurnished rooms available, in private homes, at a.small cost. • „ ' . ' "The committee have no tents to offer, the project not being feasible from a pecuniary point of view, but our original offer, to those having tents, to place them in sight of the Convention Hall,. free . of cost, still holds good. "Palmyra being within easy reach, at the outlay of only a five-cent trol-ley fare, will lodge 2,500 ' people. Hummelstown to the west, and Ann-ville to the east, are all within reach of trolley as well as railroad service. These, together with the smaller towns, have, helped us to solve what, at one time, was thought to be 'lodg-ing problem.' "All applications for lodging in ad-vance should be addressed to our Secretary, Bro. A. G. Longenecker, Palmyra, Pa., accompanied by the necessary stamped envelope. This in-cludes also the lodging offered by the Hershey management." Reading's Special Trains During tho meeting of the confer-ence, special trains will be run on the Reading Railroad on June 5, 6, 7 and 8. Two specials will be run on each of these days. One train will leave Lititz at 6.35 o'clock in tho morning, and will go by the way of Rothsvillle , (5.43; Mill way, 0.48; Akron , 6.53; Ephrata , 6.58; Stevens, 7.05; Denver, 7.10; Reinhold's, 7.17; Vinemont, 7.24; Richland , 8.06; Myorstown, 8.11; and will arrive at Hershey at 8.45 a. m, The other train will leave Lancaster on each of tho above dates at O.fiO a. m., and will go by tho way of East Petersburg, 7; Lancaster Junction , 7.08; Manheim , 7.15, and will arrive at Hershey at 8.30 a. m. Returning, the specials will loavo Hershey at 9.15 p. in. on each of tho four days desig-nated for tho above-named stations. E. M. Baum , baker, of Palmyra, has tho contract to supply the delegates at the national United Brethren con-vention in Hershey, Juno 2 to 10 with broad. It calls for tho delivery daily of 2,000 loavos as well as hundreds of pica and cakoa, Read/ For the Big Conference Which WilTBegin Next Week Good Roads Day a Success Ilornhoy Gives Over Forty Teams to .Aid (lie Chiiho Thousands of men were at work on tho roads of Pennsylvania yesterday. Governor Brumbaugh's appeal for a good roads day asked that every ublodbodlod citizen devote yesterday to tho building of bettor highways. Ho did his share and others joined in , ho that the whole number at work ran far up in tho tons of thousands. Ilorshey promptly cooperated, Tho road supervisors found in Mr, llor-shoy and in tlio farm managers, Frank B. Snuvoly and James W. Mil-lard , mon who wore In full sympathy with tho movement mid Messrs Snavoly and Millard furnished from tho llorshoy farms more than 40 teams that worked all day under tho direction of tho supervisors. Thoro was much interest and enthusiasm in tho work and it; wont on In spito of tho showers. New Transformer House Just Com-pleted in Hershey Park is One of the Best in America. Some-thing About the New Lights. Underground The chief electrician and his force have been busy for more than a month completing the new lighting ar-rangements of the town and Park. The result is that Hershey is now one of the most brilliantly lighted towns in America. And it is all done by its own power, plant which .has been mod-ernized in every detail. The special pet and pride is the new transformer 'house on- the south side of Hershey Park just west of the trol-ley station. It looks like a graceful summer nook_^ with. its' cottage roof , its broad eves and its lattice work, but there will be signs of "Danger" warning people to keep away from it. As a matter of fact there would be little danger, because every precau-tion has been taken to protect even those who have to go inside, but here is one Hershey building in which vis-itors are distinctly hot welcome, and not only are they locked out but in-side the lattice work is thick wire netting to prevent intrusion of any kind. - .Within this, building, which is 12 by 16 feet on a deep concrete base and which has abundant ventilation so as to keep the transformers cool, is an up-to-date equipment made , by the General Electric Company and others. There are 3 transformers, of 15,000 watts each and 3 of 25,000 watts each, or a capacity of 120,000 watts that run the 2,000 electric lamps for the Park;—-There-are eight cir-cuits with eight switches and each switch has 3 main wires, so that there is direct control from this station of these 24 sets of wire. In the house are the disconnecting switches, .choke coils, lightning arresters, oil switch, fuse blocks and the other parapher-nalia, and it is so arranged that the man handling the machinery has every protection. The transformer house receives a current of 2,200 volts and reduces it to currents of 220 and 110 volts. The lighting of the Park has been greatly improved and the elaborate lighting of the new Hershey Convention Hall described elsewhere in this issue of the Press is of very unusual excellence. All the service to the Convention Hall is underground. There has been a general improve-ment in the wire arrangments and many wooden poles have been elimi-nated. When poles had to be used modern iron ones have been planted. Altogether there are about 5,000 electric lights in Hershey. Thousands of Electric Lights Make Hershey More Brilliant WEATHER FOR THE WEEK For the seven days beginning Wed-nesday, May 26, 1915 Weather Bureau, Washington , II. C. FOR M I D D L E ATLAN T I C STATES. — Generally fair weather during the week, except thundorshow-ors Wednesday night or Thursday. Warmer Wednesday and seasonable temperatures thereafter. Rev. Mr. Brown's Sermons Last Sunday thoro was an excellent congregation at tho Church of tho Holy Trinity and 58 took communion. Rev. Mr. Brown of Munlonborg Col-logo preached a strong sermon. It ia u matter of regret that Mr. • Brown |h lllling tho pulpit only temporarily, for ho is a pronchar worth listening to. Ilia sormo'na are full of substance and ho delivers thorn with groat effective-ness, llorshoy will always have a warm'welcome for Mr. Brown , not on-ly bocauso of his eloquence and Nuholarship but also because of his vcMy attractive personality. Lar ge Audience Delighted With Zinner 's Little School More Than a Thousand Attended and Added Over One Hundred and . Fifty Dollars to the Treasury of the Mother's Club. List of Those Took Part You will all kindly take off your hats to the Mothers' Club. Not only has it captured the blue ribbons but it has the cash in -the strong box to prove it. Strange as . it sounds the Mothers' Club is the child of the kin-dergarten. When the kiddies showed what good work they were doing the mothers decided that it was time . for them to get busy, but they began in such a modest way that all the public heard from time to time was that they were holding meetings. True they had a tag day but they never admitted the fact that they cleared something like seventy five dollars by it. Also they announced very quietly that they would sell home-made things in the People's Market, and something that looked like thirty or forty ' dollars tumbled into their treasury. And then last Friday night came a thunder storm and thunders of applause and in rolled more than one hundred and fifty , dollars, making a total of close to three hundred dollars which this modest littfe club has gathered along the way of it's happy .babyhood. If it keeps on it may own all Hershey—and Hershey could not fall into better hands; But Friday night—well* if you are anybody at all yoti were at the Her-shey Park Theater Friday night and there is little use telling you what a happy time it was. You saw "Frantz Zinner's Leetle Schule," and you know what a fine success it was in spite of the storm that .tried to drown it both in noise and water. There were so many in the cast and each was so good that anybody who tried to dis-criminate would , just as well leave town by the next train. There was the most amazing medley of costumes and colors ever seen on. any stage and here was true artistry. The whole thing was genuinely good. From the start the audience entered into the spirit of fun and there was constant laughter throughout the performance. Frantz Zmner carried the burden of the play remarkably well and he add-ed a curtain speech which was as much of a surprise to the. managers as it was-to others. Those in the cast were : Frantz' Zin-her, Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey, Mrs. C. V. Glynn , Mrs. E. M. Hershey, Mrs. Ed. Field, Miss Bertha Leibhart, Miss Edna Landis, Miss May Moyer, Miss Virginia Hershey, Miss Margaret Langworthy, J. E. Snyder, Ezra F. Hershey, J. R. Snavely, D. S. Graeff , G. V. Glynn , F. B. Snavely, James Murray, Miss Alberta Grove, Mrs. L. Edwards, Mrs. D. Frank Magee, Wra. Curtis, George Hench , M. S. May, Ira Mumma, Albert Snavely, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Giles, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Clark, Dr. II. G. Mumma, E. J. Krause. The business managers of the play were Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey and Miss Margaret Langworthy. The director was Mrs. Magee and she did her work with great zeal and intelligence. Her experience was of great value. Mr. Krause arranged tho stage. Miss Esther Hummel presided at tho piano and contributed much to tho success of tho evening. Not only did tho members of tho east give their time but they furnish-ed tlioir own costumes, and so all tho proceeds wont to tho Mothers ' Club. They amounted to over $150.00. There wore more than a thousand persons in tho audience. The llorshoy Proas is aakod to print tho following: "The Mothers' Club returns its very sincere thanks to all who took part In tho direction and production of 'Frantz Zinner 's Lootl o Schulo.' Tho players gave their time and provided their own costumes and made many sacrifices for tho benefi t of our play. The result was a splendid .success and the addition of a handsome sum to the Club's treasury. All tho officers and members of tho Mothers' Club fool personally grateful for this kindness and this generous cooperation in their efforts to make happier and bettor tho childhood of Hoi'shey." Tho Mothers' Club hold a mooting Tuoaday night and congratulated everyone on tho success of tho woek. Thoy will have an Import ant mooting on tho 15th of Juno. Votes of thanks wore extended to all , partculni ' men-tion being made of tho theater attend-ants who had boon most helpful and courteous. | Hershey Convention Ha|ll is dedicated to the | service of the people. May they meet often with- j I in its walls and by their pro|ceedings and discus- I sions find wisdom. May they listen to words 1 1 that will guide them in the paths of peace and j I righteousness. May they he|ar music that will | uplift them. May they gather the products of 1 I their fields and factories and stimulate one another j | to higher achievements in a|griculture, manufac- | ture, commerce and the arts. May they learn I I more of the great principle|s of consolidation and | co-operation. May they be imbued with the j | spirit of brotherhood , of courtesy and of helpful- j I ness. May the services on Memorial Day exalt- j | ing the patriotism of our h|eroes be a true dedica- 1 tion of this Hall to the welfare of a free people, 1 I the cause of liberty, the love of the Flag and the 1 1 glory of God. I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiEiiiiiiiiiim gi;:ii;'/,r ,:1,1,,:, ^.iin1,'.:!!!;:!;'!-,1,!1,1,1!'/,'.',',':;,'!:1,1,',:1,.: v;riiiri iiiii. ii;;iir!'.iii-r!;iii;:ii, :iii: r,. i ii;, :in. in.'ii: ;i. in. me iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiii| | Dedication j YOU ARE INVITED TO THE DEDICATION OF HERSHEY CONVENTION HALL NEWEST OF GREAT AUDITORIUMS OF AMERICA AND ONE OF THE LARGEST Now batteries qf wrnpplii |r, ma-chines aro being installed at tho llor-shoy Ohocolnto Factory thia wook, Tho factory in , very buay in every de-partment . '¦•¦ - «?• ¦ ¦ - ¦ Busy Days at the Factory ' One of tho most attractive places in llorshoy is the Now Creamery at the Round Barn, It lias tho latest in its field and ia aclontiflcally complete iind architecturally charming, It will bo for motor -parties and others who enjoy pure milk. Tho now eronmory wuh put In operation thla wook, New Creamery in Operation Tho meat department of tho llor-shoy Storo Company liavo on display a sausage 50 foot in length, The length is vory unusual, It was made at tho llorshoy abattoir Tuesday last. ........ »«• ¦" -. , Next Tuoaday tlio Ponnaylvanla As- A Hershe y Sausage Hoclatlon Opposed to Woman Suffrage will open hoad (|uartorH In llorshoy. There will bo apvornl speakers and tho general public Is invltod. Tho workers doalro to got In touch' with Iho people of IIorHhoy. Ladies Coming to Hershey
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Title | The Hershey Press 1915-05-27 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 1915-05-27 |
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Title | The Hershey Press 1915-05-27 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | The Hershey Press (alternatively published as "Hershey's Weekly" or "Hershey's The Progressive Weekly") was the first local newspaper, published from 1909 until 1926, covering news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Hershey, and surrounding Pennsylvania communities. |
Date | 19150527 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
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Full Text | Exercises Will Consist of Memorial Day Program With Music by the Hershey Band and With Speeches by Clergymen and Other Orators Flags are flying from the four towers of Hershey Convention Hall and the fears that- . It might not be ready for the Conference of the Church of the Brethren have been turned into congratulations to the builders that they have done their ¦work so well that it -will be dedicated next Sunday. The program is in the hands of the local churches and of the Washington 'Camp Number 705, Patriotic Order of the Sons of Ameri-ca, and they will be helped by the Hershey Band and several soloists. The exercises will begm at 3 p. m. The hall' is a noble auditorium which will attract thousands and there should be especial interest in its in-augural exercises. It is a short walk from the trolley and from the rail-road and it has plenty of accommoda-tions for automobiles. . Admission on Sunday is entirely free and a cordial invitation is ex-tended to the public. Size of the Hall Hershey Hall will accommodate great conferences, national conven-tions, music festivals, exhibitions and large affairs of-every kind. ¦- It is a. permament structure of un-usual solidity and entirely ; fireproof. In its foundations of concrete 6 car-loads of cement were used. It has a subway of limestone 16 feet wide and 14 feet high, this leading directly to the great pit as big as an ordinary hall with a gravel floor 18 inches deep. For meetings this pit will be filled with benches which are now in place and will be used for the first time Sunday. For exhibits such as poultry and cattle shows the benches •will be removed and there will be a circle larger than a circus ring sur-rounded by a thick wall of cement. From the outer side of this cement wall the tiers of seats begin to rise as in an amphitheater. Each has a flat surface of 30 inches with a rise of 9 inches and on the upper row are double lines of chairs. On each side are 17 aisles 4 feet wide; back of the seats are wide spaces which at the corners are 12 feet, so that there will be no difficulty in getting in and out.- Every seat in the Hall has a full view of the stage and of the pit. The main auditorium is 362 feet 6 inches over all and 155 feet 6 niches in width with a height of 71 feet. There are four committee rooms 15 by 25 feet, fully equipped for their purposes. The main entrance is 62 feet wide. The stage is 13 feet deep and 60 feet long. There are 18 doors, each six feet wide. The choir loft, 14 feet wide and 86 feet long, seats 600 persons. The four towers are built for chimes, which will be installed later. At each end are two big toilets, mod-ern in their fixturoH. The frame work is all steel. The sides are of tile. The four towers are tile. The roof is slag. The seating capacity has been stated at 5,000, but the builders say it will seat 7,000 and hold 12,000 and that if in the future galleries should bo added its seating capacity may easily bo increased to 12,000, A comparison may bo found in the Ocean Grove Auditorium which has 8,500 seats. Foundations wore begun in March; building started in April and no accident marred the re-markable record in quick construction. Lighting of (he Hull By day or at night there is not n dark Hpot In the Hall. The electrical lighting is elaborate, There arc six-toon 200-watt nitrogen lights and twenty-four 100-watt nitrogen lights and scores of the umml electric lights. Tho.ro nro numerous rod exit lights and the committee rooms are full y equipped, On the outside are 12 radial wave lightH. The four towers are lighted with nitrogen lights. In-side the Hall has light equal to 6,000 candloH , All the electrical service Is underground. Hershey Convention Hall Will be Dedicated Sunday Hersh ey Bells Will Toll Following the recommendation of Governor Brumbaugh the church bells of llorshoy and the boll on tho Fire House will bo tolled for live minutes beginning at noon Sunday. This will 1)0 a tr ibute to tho nation 's heroes on Memorial Day. New Cocoa Warehouse At tho northeast of tho Factory the now (locou. warehouse, u grout; atone and concrete building of four Htorloa with wonderful flexible olovntoi'H , In noarlng completion , and a pi/rt of It was occupied this week. Band Concerts and Vaudeville Have Already Begun But the Event Will be the Great Celebration of Memorial Day Next Monday. Big Crowds Hershey Park opened Monday night with excellent vaudeville and fine moving pictures and of course with Charlie Maurer, who comes to the park opening as regularly as the blue birds come with Spring. Lang and May, Bernard and Scarth and Whirl's Four Harmonists furnished the dancing, jokes, singing and gener-al comedy and all won encores. Be-ginning tonight there will be a change of the bill with Wood's Musical Trio, Scott and Marks and the Four Nelson Comiques, all standard Keith attrac-tions, who have-won unusual success in all parts of the country. They will play twice on Memorial Day, appear-ing at the matinee and in the evening on Monday. . • .¦ , '. '' Next Monday Hershey Park will throw wide open all its many attrac-tions. Everywhere there has been improvement and the grounds have reached a beauty they have never be-fore known. New this year are facilities which visitors will enjoy, new restau-rant arrangements, additions to the Zoo, the wonderful Convention Hall and other things. There is a new herd of ponies for the children. The base ball game between the Hershey and Lebanon teams of the Central Pennsylvania . League will begin at 3. There will be dancing all day and in the evening, with a special orchestra. The Hershey Band will play most of the day. Special care will be taken of automobile parties. A record-breaking attendance is expected. Hershey Park 's Big Season Will Open With Fine Shows Children to Visit Graves Will Perform a Beautiful Service To-morrow Morning . At nine o'clock tomorrow—Friday— morning the children of the Kinder-garten under the leadership of Miss Margaret Langworthy will Visit the local cemeteries and decorate the graves of all the old soldiers. Some of them are soldiers of the Revolu-tion. Herbert A. Newton will ac-company the party and aid in the •work, giving them the benefit of his historical knowledge. Rev. Mr, Line-baugh will deliver an address and Rev. Rentz will also participate if he is able to get home from the General Presbytery to which he is a delegate. There will be a drummer to sound taps. All children are invited, wheth-er they belong to the kindergarten or not, and this invitation also includes their parents and the general public. House For Harr y Harerstick What will be one of the most at-tractive houses in Hershey is being built for Harry Haverstick on the lot just across Spring Creek at Chocolate Avenue, It is receiving the special attention of James Putt and between his building genius and tho landscape knowledge and flower love of Harry Haverstick the result is bound to be unusual and beautiful. Builder Putt has already commandiorcd a stone fence for tho building material and Harry Haverstick is sitting up o' nights rending catalogues and en-cyclopoodins to find now varieties that will thrive along his shore lino on Spring Crook, It is a unique site for a dwelling and tho house will make tho boat of tho opportunity. It will Ho of generous proportions , 32 by 32, with a splendid atono porch an big an half tho house. Church of Brethren Services The Church of tho Brethren will hold tho following Horvicoa over tho wook-ond. Kov. J. II. Longiinockor will bo tlio older in charge. Thuradny evening, 7,30, prayer mooting. Sun-day, tho regular Sunday school lesson at 0,00 a, in, J'roaching Horvieos will bo hold in tho old school building at llorshoy, Saturday evening and will ho in charge of tho Itov, F. T. Moyorn of Huntington , Pa. Sunday mornin g at 10.00 a, m. preaching .by ]<;. ]) . Hail' , fonnoWy doitn of tho Hlblo department of Manchester College. »Sunday ovoning preaching by II, K. Ober of lailzHbothto wn. Committees Meet In Hershey and ! Complete Plans for the Ten Days. j Headquarters of the Various I Interests. . Full Commit- j tee on the Grounds j A full meeting of the committee- on j arrangements for the Conference of j the Church of the Brethren was held at Hershey, Inn on Monday and there was general satisfaction over the ar-rangements that have ' been made. The concluding preparations are being completed. The full committee will be at Hershey on and after June. 3 and will open permament headquart-ers at the Hershey Convention Hall. Rev. J. H. Longenecker ' and John Herr • have been placed upon the Standing Committee, and Elder Herr, not being in the best of health, has asked the alternate Jesse ¦ Ziegler to serve in his place. The Standing Committee will have the brunt of the important work. The conference post-office and cen-tral bureau just north of the Y. W. C. A. is ready. Here will be the offices for the Lodging Committee, Registra- | tion , Check Room, Conference Daily, ' Parcel Post and other services. Spo- j cial buildings are being erected for i baggage, etc. ! Theve will be many college men and women present. Their central office will be in the first main floor room adjoining the Hershey Free Public Library in the old public school build-ing. Tho full program of the Special Week Bible Term preceding the Con-ference will bo found on page 3 of this issue of the Hershey Press. Throe of tho missionaries to India will bo at tho Conference. Tho Brethren wish the fact empha-sized that tho Conference welcomes tho attendance of the general public and hopes all who can will come to llorshoy during tho sessions. They are glnd to soo members of all churches and those who are not mem-bers. Tlioir invitation is as broad as language can make it, Lodging For (lie Brethren John R, Zug, chairman of tho Lodg-ing Committee, makes tho following announcement ; "Wo fool that wo will have ample lodging for all who want to attend , but it might bo well , for those mak-ing application in tho future , to dis-pense with tho customary clause, 'Close to tho 'Convention Hall ,' for practically all such lodging in private homos has boon engaged. ''One of tho inducements offered by tho Ilorslioy management to have tho mooting located at llorshoy, Pa., was their willingnoHS to lodge one thous-and people. This, part of ,thoir offer will bo curried out on tho following conditions ; Tho largo throe-story public school building lias boon trans-formed Into sloopinir apartments. It Is thought that in this building alono , nix hundred persona can bo accom-modated. It; is only a ilvo-nilnuto walk from tho Convention Hull. Tho remainder of tho one thousand ar-ranged for , will bo lodged in oiio of tho largo bulldlngH in tho park. Thoro will bo no curtain apartments, hut eotn will bo arranged by roonm, and those in charge «ro endeavoring to avoid overcrowding. The .charges for lodging at both places nam-ed will ' bo ' twonty-flvo cents per night for a single spring, duck-bottom ; cot, hung in steel frame, with a double blanket for cov-er. Any one desiring a pillow can have same by paying five cents extra, or thirty cents per night. There are a limited number of unfurnished rooms available, in private homes, at a.small cost. • „ ' . ' "The committee have no tents to offer, the project not being feasible from a pecuniary point of view, but our original offer, to those having tents, to place them in sight of the Convention Hall,. free . of cost, still holds good. "Palmyra being within easy reach, at the outlay of only a five-cent trol-ley fare, will lodge 2,500 ' people. Hummelstown to the west, and Ann-ville to the east, are all within reach of trolley as well as railroad service. These, together with the smaller towns, have, helped us to solve what, at one time, was thought to be 'lodg-ing problem.' "All applications for lodging in ad-vance should be addressed to our Secretary, Bro. A. G. Longenecker, Palmyra, Pa., accompanied by the necessary stamped envelope. This in-cludes also the lodging offered by the Hershey management." Reading's Special Trains During tho meeting of the confer-ence, special trains will be run on the Reading Railroad on June 5, 6, 7 and 8. Two specials will be run on each of these days. One train will leave Lititz at 6.35 o'clock in tho morning, and will go by the way of Rothsvillle , (5.43; Mill way, 0.48; Akron , 6.53; Ephrata , 6.58; Stevens, 7.05; Denver, 7.10; Reinhold's, 7.17; Vinemont, 7.24; Richland , 8.06; Myorstown, 8.11; and will arrive at Hershey at 8.45 a. m, The other train will leave Lancaster on each of tho above dates at O.fiO a. m., and will go by tho way of East Petersburg, 7; Lancaster Junction , 7.08; Manheim , 7.15, and will arrive at Hershey at 8.30 a. m. Returning, the specials will loavo Hershey at 9.15 p. in. on each of tho four days desig-nated for tho above-named stations. E. M. Baum , baker, of Palmyra, has tho contract to supply the delegates at the national United Brethren con-vention in Hershey, Juno 2 to 10 with broad. It calls for tho delivery daily of 2,000 loavos as well as hundreds of pica and cakoa, Read/ For the Big Conference Which WilTBegin Next Week Good Roads Day a Success Ilornhoy Gives Over Forty Teams to .Aid (lie Chiiho Thousands of men were at work on tho roads of Pennsylvania yesterday. Governor Brumbaugh's appeal for a good roads day asked that every ublodbodlod citizen devote yesterday to tho building of bettor highways. Ho did his share and others joined in , ho that the whole number at work ran far up in tho tons of thousands. Ilorshey promptly cooperated, Tho road supervisors found in Mr, llor-shoy and in tlio farm managers, Frank B. Snuvoly and James W. Mil-lard , mon who wore In full sympathy with tho movement mid Messrs Snavoly and Millard furnished from tho llorshoy farms more than 40 teams that worked all day under tho direction of tho supervisors. Thoro was much interest and enthusiasm in tho work and it; wont on In spito of tho showers. New Transformer House Just Com-pleted in Hershey Park is One of the Best in America. Some-thing About the New Lights. Underground The chief electrician and his force have been busy for more than a month completing the new lighting ar-rangements of the town and Park. The result is that Hershey is now one of the most brilliantly lighted towns in America. And it is all done by its own power, plant which .has been mod-ernized in every detail. The special pet and pride is the new transformer 'house on- the south side of Hershey Park just west of the trol-ley station. It looks like a graceful summer nook_^ with. its' cottage roof , its broad eves and its lattice work, but there will be signs of "Danger" warning people to keep away from it. As a matter of fact there would be little danger, because every precau-tion has been taken to protect even those who have to go inside, but here is one Hershey building in which vis-itors are distinctly hot welcome, and not only are they locked out but in-side the lattice work is thick wire netting to prevent intrusion of any kind. - .Within this, building, which is 12 by 16 feet on a deep concrete base and which has abundant ventilation so as to keep the transformers cool, is an up-to-date equipment made , by the General Electric Company and others. There are 3 transformers, of 15,000 watts each and 3 of 25,000 watts each, or a capacity of 120,000 watts that run the 2,000 electric lamps for the Park;—-There-are eight cir-cuits with eight switches and each switch has 3 main wires, so that there is direct control from this station of these 24 sets of wire. In the house are the disconnecting switches, .choke coils, lightning arresters, oil switch, fuse blocks and the other parapher-nalia, and it is so arranged that the man handling the machinery has every protection. The transformer house receives a current of 2,200 volts and reduces it to currents of 220 and 110 volts. The lighting of the Park has been greatly improved and the elaborate lighting of the new Hershey Convention Hall described elsewhere in this issue of the Press is of very unusual excellence. All the service to the Convention Hall is underground. There has been a general improve-ment in the wire arrangments and many wooden poles have been elimi-nated. When poles had to be used modern iron ones have been planted. Altogether there are about 5,000 electric lights in Hershey. Thousands of Electric Lights Make Hershey More Brilliant WEATHER FOR THE WEEK For the seven days beginning Wed-nesday, May 26, 1915 Weather Bureau, Washington , II. C. FOR M I D D L E ATLAN T I C STATES. — Generally fair weather during the week, except thundorshow-ors Wednesday night or Thursday. Warmer Wednesday and seasonable temperatures thereafter. Rev. Mr. Brown's Sermons Last Sunday thoro was an excellent congregation at tho Church of tho Holy Trinity and 58 took communion. Rev. Mr. Brown of Munlonborg Col-logo preached a strong sermon. It ia u matter of regret that Mr. • Brown |h lllling tho pulpit only temporarily, for ho is a pronchar worth listening to. Ilia sormo'na are full of substance and ho delivers thorn with groat effective-ness, llorshoy will always have a warm'welcome for Mr. Brown , not on-ly bocauso of his eloquence and Nuholarship but also because of his vcMy attractive personality. Lar ge Audience Delighted With Zinner 's Little School More Than a Thousand Attended and Added Over One Hundred and . Fifty Dollars to the Treasury of the Mother's Club. List of Those Took Part You will all kindly take off your hats to the Mothers' Club. Not only has it captured the blue ribbons but it has the cash in -the strong box to prove it. Strange as . it sounds the Mothers' Club is the child of the kin-dergarten. When the kiddies showed what good work they were doing the mothers decided that it was time . for them to get busy, but they began in such a modest way that all the public heard from time to time was that they were holding meetings. True they had a tag day but they never admitted the fact that they cleared something like seventy five dollars by it. Also they announced very quietly that they would sell home-made things in the People's Market, and something that looked like thirty or forty ' dollars tumbled into their treasury. And then last Friday night came a thunder storm and thunders of applause and in rolled more than one hundred and fifty , dollars, making a total of close to three hundred dollars which this modest littfe club has gathered along the way of it's happy .babyhood. If it keeps on it may own all Hershey—and Hershey could not fall into better hands; But Friday night—well* if you are anybody at all yoti were at the Her-shey Park Theater Friday night and there is little use telling you what a happy time it was. You saw "Frantz Zinner's Leetle Schule," and you know what a fine success it was in spite of the storm that .tried to drown it both in noise and water. There were so many in the cast and each was so good that anybody who tried to dis-criminate would , just as well leave town by the next train. There was the most amazing medley of costumes and colors ever seen on. any stage and here was true artistry. The whole thing was genuinely good. From the start the audience entered into the spirit of fun and there was constant laughter throughout the performance. Frantz Zmner carried the burden of the play remarkably well and he add-ed a curtain speech which was as much of a surprise to the. managers as it was-to others. Those in the cast were : Frantz' Zin-her, Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey, Mrs. C. V. Glynn , Mrs. E. M. Hershey, Mrs. Ed. Field, Miss Bertha Leibhart, Miss Edna Landis, Miss May Moyer, Miss Virginia Hershey, Miss Margaret Langworthy, J. E. Snyder, Ezra F. Hershey, J. R. Snavely, D. S. Graeff , G. V. Glynn , F. B. Snavely, James Murray, Miss Alberta Grove, Mrs. L. Edwards, Mrs. D. Frank Magee, Wra. Curtis, George Hench , M. S. May, Ira Mumma, Albert Snavely, Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Giles, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Clark, Dr. II. G. Mumma, E. J. Krause. The business managers of the play were Mrs. Ezra F. Hershey and Miss Margaret Langworthy. The director was Mrs. Magee and she did her work with great zeal and intelligence. Her experience was of great value. Mr. Krause arranged tho stage. Miss Esther Hummel presided at tho piano and contributed much to tho success of tho evening. Not only did tho members of tho east give their time but they furnish-ed tlioir own costumes, and so all tho proceeds wont to tho Mothers ' Club. They amounted to over $150.00. There wore more than a thousand persons in tho audience. The llorshoy Proas is aakod to print tho following: "The Mothers' Club returns its very sincere thanks to all who took part In tho direction and production of 'Frantz Zinner 's Lootl o Schulo.' Tho players gave their time and provided their own costumes and made many sacrifices for tho benefi t of our play. The result was a splendid .success and the addition of a handsome sum to the Club's treasury. All tho officers and members of tho Mothers' Club fool personally grateful for this kindness and this generous cooperation in their efforts to make happier and bettor tho childhood of Hoi'shey." Tho Mothers' Club hold a mooting Tuoaday night and congratulated everyone on tho success of tho woek. Thoy will have an Import ant mooting on tho 15th of Juno. Votes of thanks wore extended to all , partculni ' men-tion being made of tho theater attend-ants who had boon most helpful and courteous. | Hershey Convention Ha|ll is dedicated to the | service of the people. May they meet often with- j I in its walls and by their pro|ceedings and discus- I sions find wisdom. May they listen to words 1 1 that will guide them in the paths of peace and j I righteousness. May they he|ar music that will | uplift them. May they gather the products of 1 I their fields and factories and stimulate one another j | to higher achievements in a|griculture, manufac- | ture, commerce and the arts. May they learn I I more of the great principle|s of consolidation and | co-operation. May they be imbued with the j | spirit of brotherhood , of courtesy and of helpful- j I ness. May the services on Memorial Day exalt- j | ing the patriotism of our h|eroes be a true dedica- 1 tion of this Hall to the welfare of a free people, 1 I the cause of liberty, the love of the Flag and the 1 1 glory of God. I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiEiiiiiiiiiim gi;:ii;'/,r ,:1,1,,:, ^.iin1,'.:!!!;:!;'!-,1,!1,1,1!'/,'.',',':;,'!:1,1,',:1,.: v;riiiri iiiii. ii;;iir!'.iii-r!;iii;:ii, :iii: r,. i ii;, :in. in.'ii: ;i. in. me iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!iiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiii| | Dedication j YOU ARE INVITED TO THE DEDICATION OF HERSHEY CONVENTION HALL NEWEST OF GREAT AUDITORIUMS OF AMERICA AND ONE OF THE LARGEST Now batteries qf wrnpplii |r, ma-chines aro being installed at tho llor-shoy Ohocolnto Factory thia wook, Tho factory in , very buay in every de-partment . '¦•¦ - «?• ¦ ¦ - ¦ Busy Days at the Factory ' One of tho most attractive places in llorshoy is the Now Creamery at the Round Barn, It lias tho latest in its field and ia aclontiflcally complete iind architecturally charming, It will bo for motor -parties and others who enjoy pure milk. Tho now eronmory wuh put In operation thla wook, New Creamery in Operation Tho meat department of tho llor-shoy Storo Company liavo on display a sausage 50 foot in length, The length is vory unusual, It was made at tho llorshoy abattoir Tuesday last. ........ »«• ¦" -. , Next Tuoaday tlio Ponnaylvanla As- A Hershe y Sausage Hoclatlon Opposed to Woman Suffrage will open hoad (|uartorH In llorshoy. There will bo apvornl speakers and tho general public Is invltod. Tho workers doalro to got In touch' with Iho people of IIorHhoy. Ladies Coming to Hershey |