The Hershey Press 1915-05-27

              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
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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
.
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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.
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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