The Hershey Press 1917-04-12

              FACTORY RUSHED
WITH BUSINESS
Every Department Is in Full Swing
And Many of Them Are Working
•Day And Night. Remarkable '
Force of Men and Women'
Visitors Increasing
The great Factory of the Hershey
Chocolate Company with its 35 acres of
floor space is busier than it has ever been
and is wording day and night to keep
within sight of its orders, which continue
to pour in from all parts of the country.
The receipts of raw materials seriously
congested the local tracks. At one time
there were 72 cars. The two million
pounds of raw sugar from Cuba make up a
large part of the frieght, but there are
thousands of bags of cocoa beans and
much new machinery. Improvments in
the plant equipment go on steadily.
The main building operation at present
is the new Cocoa Warehouse; it is making
good progress. . . ¦• . •
It has been one of the severest winters
the country has known, and about half
of the employes of the Hershey factory
come from distances to their work,
using the trolley, the automobile and other
vehicles. In'spite of all this there has been
practically no illness in the force of fourteen
hundred persons.
Not long ago a Hershey man was sent
to what was considered one of the best-run
factories in the world, a plant that
boasts of its sanitary equipment and the
healthfubness of its employes. , He col-lected
the .figures and facts about regu-larity
of work, sick leave and accidents.
Then these data were compared with the
facts and figures of the Hershey factory.
It was seen that the Hershey factory led
by a margin of over fifty .per cent. It
would not be too much to say that the
Hershey factory is the healthiest working
place in America. -
This fact of health has much to do with
the steadiness of the Hershey working
force. Here they can live like human
beings. In most of the crowded places
that ha-ve sprung, up within the "past
year or so the living conditions are not
fit for pigs. Furthermore, wages in the
Hershey plant' have been increased three
times within the past eighteen months.
Hershey is a good place to work in and
live in. ,
Visitors to the Hershey . factory are
increasing daily. There have been more
within the past two weeks than in any
previous month since November. Visit-ors
obtain cards of admission from the
Information Bureau in the Public Li-brary.
.No one is shown through the
factory without a card, and the card is
good only for the; day dated .
THE NEW POSTMASTER
Announcement is made that John H.
Cope has been appointed postmaster
at Hershey. The official news has not
been received here.
Mr. Cope gets his mail from Palmyra
but his residence is in Derry Township
just this side of the line between Lebanon
and Dauphin counties. He is a citizen
of fine character, high standing and a
member of Derry Presbyterian Church.
The selection caused much disap-pointment
among the town candidates,
but all of them speak well of Mr. Cope.
FOSTER-PHILABAUM
Miss Trclla Elizabeth Philabaum and
W. Edward Foster both of Hershey were
quietly married In Frederick , Maryland ,
Saturday morning, Rev, U. S. Rupp,
pastor of the Trinity Lutheran Church,
of that place, performed the ceremony,
Mr. and Mrs. Fosler are at the Herahey
Inn.
HERMAN-WEAVER
Milton Herman of the Hershey Store
and Miss Miriam Weaver of Hanover
were married on Monday. They will
reside in Hershey.
GET AT IT
It la now a common flight in passing
through the streets of the town to see
men, women and girls busily engaged in
loosening up the soil preparatory to
plantinir seeds and stocks. 1 f the enrnest-ncsH
with which they perform their
'preliminary work Is n fair harbinger of
results industrious OUCH will not Buffer
from tlio advanced cost o( living.
The reports of the store show that not
only in Herahey but throughout Derry
Township the people are becoming in-terested
and are beginning to purchase
their necessary equipment and supplies.
The general demand, 'throughout the
country lias canned n slight advance in
the price of seeds and other essentials.
This advance however has not been suffic-ient
to deter the Industrious,
It in flic time to plant. Got at it.
I-IoliiorH wanted for pipe fitting depart-ment,
also helpers In machine shop.
Steady work. Good pay. Apply at
onco, ICmploymont Bureau, IIci Bhoy, Pn.
HERSHEY BOYS
SHOW THE WAY
Boys of Hershey Industrial School
Have Already Begun Their. Plant-ing
And They Will Raise More
Things This Year Than
Ever Before. Chicks
The sixty boys of the Hershey Indus-trial
School are more deeply interested in
their garden and farm work this year than
ever before. There is good reason for it.
Not only has the war intensified the need
but the directors of the school have in-creased
the size of the truck patch to
thirty-five acres. This with intensive
cultivation will produce a far larger abund-ance
of food than the school will need
and thus the work has an important re-lation
to the food supply of this neigh-borhood.
,
The boys have begun the . planting.
Twenty-one bushels of early potatoes
have been put in and if successful these
should produce a crop of about 40O
bushels,
There will be an acre of peas and a
large yield is expected.
Five bushels of early onions covering
aquarterof an acre are in the ground and
more will be planted later.
The snow that came on Sunday and
the cold of Monday and the wet weather
forecasted for the latter part of this
week have all been discouraging, but if
the sun comes out and the air grows more
genial, planting will be resumed with
increased energy this week.
Six thousand five hundred strawberry
plants are ordered and will be planted
just after they arrive.
Seventy peach trees will be planted .
Other vegetables and fruits will be put
in and it is expected that the truck patch
of the Industrial School will capture some
of the records of the State.
The work of the School goes on success-fully.
The boys have iust finished
automatic hog feeders and a game table
and it is remarkable how their mechanical
skill is improving.
Many Young Chickena
One of the profitable departments of
the school is the chicken yard. Here 300
young chickens arc just hatched and
the 274 laying hens are producing from
100 to 150 cRgs daily.
Other fowls will bo raised. 150 goose-eggs
are set and 250 duck eggs will bo set
later. The school manager is looking for
turkey eggs hut they are hard to got,
One of the new ,departments that will
be added this year is the Apiary. This is
the result of the interesting lecture on
bees delivered a few weeks ago by Miss
Harrison.
Lectures are given regularly at the
School, the most recent one was on the
Passion Play,
The boys saw the Flower Show on
Saturday, They had a lino Easter pro-gram
at the School Sunday,
One of the remarkable things about the
boys of the Herahoy Industrial School Is
their knowledge of the Bible and Bible
History,
DEMAND FOR HOMES
Thorn are more inquiries for homes in
Hornhoy than at any other lime. At
leant forty homos could ho rented if they
were available. There is a long waiting
list and whenever a report, in circulated
about anyone leaving, the applications
for the place pour in lit. once, It is un-fortunate
that the building conditions
postpone for the present , at least, any
now construction,
FLOWER SHOW
BROKE RECORD
It Had More People And Received
More Praise Than In Any Other
Year. The Free Concert Was
Much Enjoyed. Visitors
to the Zoo. Details
The climax of the Hershey Flower
Show came dn Easter Sunday. The
weather was not promising, for the skies
were overcast after the early morning
hours. It was all the more remarkable,
therefore, that fully 5,000 people were in
Hershey during the day. About 4,000
of these came on the Hershey Transit
line and most of the others by automobile.
The machines were coming and going all
day long and while they represented many
sections, most of them were from Harris-burg,
Lebanon and Palmyra. The travel
on the Elizabethtown line and by auto-mobile
from Lancaster points was much
larger than was expected. The green-houses
and the zoo particularly had. many
visitors throughout the day. Then the
people went to the Park Amphitheatre
to enjoy the Free Concert by the Hershey
Band with Mr. Colangelo as director.
The theatre was practically filled and
about 1500 were present toward s the end
of the concert. More made short stay's
so that about 2000 enjoyed some parts of
the music during the afternoon.
There was no accident or unpleasant
incident of any kind. It was a happy,
peaceful crowd. Late in the afternoon ,
Mr. M. S. Hershey and Mr. William H.
Lebkicher visited the Flower Show and
the Concert and both were warmly greeted.
On Saturday, Mr. Hershey's mother made
a special visit to the Flower Show and
Zoo and was deeply interested^
Owing to the weather the attendance
last Sunday did not quite come up to
that of the previous Sunday, The
Weather during the week was unfavorable
but in spite of it there were many visitors
every day, so that the total number who
saw the Flower Show was variously
estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000.
The show has become an annual event
in the Lebanon Valley, and this year's
exhibition in every respect surpassed
previous ones. The UBC of the New
Horticultural Hall added materially to
the success. It is excellently adapted
to public purjwses and its location is
convenient. It is probable that the
building will bo used for other public
purposes during the summer and fall.
The show received much favorable
mention in the newspapers.
HERSHEY LIBRARY GROWS
Since Miss Zelma Hnker became Li-brarian
of the Hershey Free Library
there has been a gratif ying increase In
the circulation and in the membership,
The members are now over 1800 and at
the present rate of growth will noon lie
2000. More people than ever from
Palmyra , Hummclstown and nclRhborlng
towns arc using the Library. There ia
also an increase in inquiries for informa-tion
, especially on matters touching the
great war. For this the excellent books
of reference in tlio Library arc invaluable.
Men who want good, safe work at good
wages and with steady employment should
at once address or apply at the Hershey
Employment Bureau, Hershey, Pa.
HERSHEY FLOWER
BOOK PRAISED
Leading Newspapers Give It Fine
Notices And Commend Its Prac-tical
Directions. Printing Is
Also Much Commended
For Flower Lovers
The Hershey Flower Book is being
warmly commended by the leading
newspapers of the state. The Harris-burg
Patriot gives it the honor of a
"big head" andsays:
"A veritable store-house of practical
pointers for the lover of flowers is found
in the Hershey Flower Book, just off the
Press. This publication is from the pen
of Harry Haverstick, for twelve years
head gardener at Hershey. Advice on
the proper planting of 100 flowers is given
in a concise form, together with hints as
to the care that should be given the flower
while it is in a state of maturity.
"Considerable space is devoted to
the Care of House Plants as well as to the
care of flower beds, cut flowers and plants
for shady places. Flowers grown out-doors
in summer are the best for table
decorations, according to advice expound-ed
in The Hershey Flower Book, and for
suggestions for the proper plants for
various social functions, one needs but
to turn to this flower encyclopedia."
The Lebanon Report said : "The Her-shey
Flower Book has come to the desk
of the editor of the Evening Report and
even a most cursory examination of it will
excite admiration. It is a volume of nearly
100 pages and was written by the head
gardener of Hershey, who has incorpor-ated
in a glowing description of the
flowers, recently shown at the Hprshey
Flower Show, all of the knowledge of a
lifetime of work among the plants.
A brief description accompanies each
flower and also many interesting items
of information arc included in^thc des-cription
which makes the book one of
value to all practical gardeners and lovers
of flowers, Scattered throughout the
pages arc many photographs of scenes at
the flower show last week."
The Lebanon News calls it "A Beautiful
Flower Book" and says: "The News is in
receipt today of a flower book, compiled
by Harry Haverstick , who has been head
gardener at Hershey for the past twelve
years. It contains much valuable in-formation
about the planting, cultivation ,
and care of various flowers. In presenting
this book to the public Mr. Haverstick
has tried to make the art of (lowers and
plant growing as simple as possible, using
the commonest terms in explanation and
language, so that everyone can easily
understand. Ho has chosen the flowers
that are oldtimo favorites, together with
the best new ones, making a collection
which is regarded as the cream of decor-ative
flowers and plants,
"This book Is different, from most of
the flower books sold in this part of the
state. It contains nearly one hundred
pages of reading mutter , and explains a
hundred varieties of flowers, and can bo
bought very cheaply. The book vviiu
published by the Heiahey Press at. Hershey
and is a marvel ol the printer 'A art, "
WAS BIG DAY IN
LOCAL CHURCHES
Easter Sunday Was Unusually In-teresting-.
Large Congregations
At All Places. . New Members
Beautiful Cantatas Ren-dered.
Participants
In the First United Brethren Church
of Hershey, Easter was an important day.
In the morning there was a large congre-gation
which listened attentively to an
able sermon by the pastor, Rev. R. R.
Butterwick, on "The Indisputable Proof
of the Resurrection of Jesus." Six new
adult members were received. The Sun-day
School is increasing every Sunday.
In the evening "Life Everlasting," an
Easter Cantata, was presented under
Professor George W. Hauck, chorister,
assisted by Viola S. Boyer, pianist.
The cantata had a wide range of numbers
and of melody and the solos, duets and
choruses were all admirably rendered.
Those who took part were:
Sopranos, Mabel R. Carpenter, Efifie
M. Cooper, Edith G. Habecker, Helene
C. V. Keeney, Mabel M. Lingle.
Contraltos, Bertha M. Habecker, Cora
E. Lingle, Mrs. W. J. Runkel.
Tenors, Daniel M. Hershey, David H.
Sattazahn, Benjamin D. Walker, Harry
M. A. Wiegelt. '
Basses, Elmer F. Jones, Stewart M.
Kuhns, Claude F. Light, Warren I.
Sattazahn,
Rev. Dr. Butterwick delivered a short
address at the conclusion of Part 1.
The final number was.the hymn "America"
and it was sung with great spirit.
• On the third of May, Dr. Butterwick
will leave for Wichita, Kansas, where he
goes as a delegate to the' General Confer-ence
which is held every four years. He
will stop at Dayton, Ohio, where he will
be one of the speakers at the Alumni
Banquet of the Theological Seminary.
Dr. Butterwick's election as a delegate
came to him unsought and was a great
honor. He will be one of the active
figures of the Conference.
SUNDAY AT OLD DERRY
Interesting Service for Installation
of New Officers
A special program will feature the ev-ening
services at the Derry Presbyterian
Church this Sunday at which time the
deacons and trustees elected at the
recent congregational meeting will be
installed. The theme for the evening
will be ia harmony with the occasion,
the pastor Rev. Taylor having chosen for
his subject , "Form of Government and
Duties of the Officers of the Presbyterian
Church." An attractive song service
has-been arranged .
The officers to be installed are : deacons,
John Stoudt, Bowman Snavely, Ivan
Mease, and Paul Gingrich ; trustees, S. J.
Boyer and M. A. Gundersdorf,
At the Sunday School service last
Sunday the largest attendance in the his-tory
of the school was recorded, totaling
exactly one hundred . Three adults were
admitted to the church,
Despite the unpleasant weather last
Sunday evening the Christian Endeavor
meeting as well as the evening service
was well attended, The evening service
was featured by an appropriate solo for
Easter which was highly appreciated.
AN INCREASE OF 76
Fine Growth of Lutheran Parish
Under Rev. J. I. Meek
Rev. John Irwin Meek took charge of
the Lutheran Parish of Palmyra and
Hershey in June , 1916, In less than a
year the increase in the membership of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy
Trinity of Hershey has been 33, making a
total of 114, and the Sunday School has
190 members, In the same time the
Palmyra congregation has gained 43,
bringing the total membership to 147,
In an address at the Sunday School
exercises Monday evening Mr, Meek said
ho was deeply gratified and although
his ambition might seem a little too high
he hoped the total gain with the ending
the first year would reach one hundred .
The service Sunday filled the church
and the music by tlio choir under Mrs,
Graeff was excellent. Rev, Meek spoke
on the meaning of the day, Many com-muned
.
The Sunday School program Monday
evening was delightful . Dr. Mumma
presided and E. L. Bomgardncr led the
singing, The church was profusely dec-orated
with blooming plants from the
flower show and the little church never
presented a more attractive appearance
An excellent orchestra participated.
MR. HERSHEY'S IMPROVEMENTS
Ezra 1<\ llomhoy is beautifying his
homo in East Ilei-shey by additions of now
and rare plants iind trees. Thoy nro very
handsomo specimens and Uiey will add
greatly to the attrnctivqneaa > of his place.
The work lsbolnR done under tlio direction
of Hairy G, Hiivcrslick.
WAR DECLARED
ON THE FLIES
Hershey's Famous Committee Soon
Will Be At Work But in the Mean-while
Here Are the' Newest '
Directions for the House-holders
to Follow
Hershey's Fly Committee has not been
able to meet for work this year but its
interest is as strong as ever and it may
come together soon. . . ., .
In the meanwhile the flies are increas-ing.
They are here and they are raising
big families. The fight against them
must begin and so the Hershey Press
gives below the latest suggestions from
the best authority :
Recipes for Killing Flies
The United States Government makes
the following suggestion for the destruction
of house flies : Formaldehyde and sodium
salicylate are the two best fly poisons.
Both are superior to arsenic. They have
their advantages for household use.
They do not poison children; they are
convenient to handle, their dilutions are
simple and they attract flies.
A formaldehyde solution of approxi-mately
the correct strength may be made
by adding 3 teaspoonfuls of. the con-centrated
formaldehyde solution, com-mercially
known as formalin, to. a pint
of water. Similarly, the proper con-centration
of , sodium salicylate may be
obtained by dissolving 3 teaspoonfuls of
pure chemical (a powder) to a pint of
water.
A simple container has been found con-venient
for automatically keeping the
solution always available for flies to
drink. An ordinary, thin-walled drinking
glass is filled or partially filled with the
solution. A saucer, or small plate, in
which is placed a piece of white blotting
paper cut the size of the dish, is'put bot-tom
up over the glass. The whole is
then quickly inverted, a match placed
under the edge ol the glass, and the
container is ready for use. As the solution
dries out of the saucer the liquid seal at
the edge of the glass is broken and more
liquid flows into the lower receptacle.
Thus the paper is always kept moist.
Other Simple Preventives
Any odor pleasing to man is offensive
to the f ly and vice versa, and will drive
them away.
Take five cents' worth of oil of lavender,
mix it with the same quantity of water,
put it in a common glass atomizer and
spray it around the rooms where flies
are. In the dining room spray it lavishly
even on the table linen. The odor is
very disagreeable to flies but refreshing
to most people.
Geranium* mignonette, heliotrope and
white clover are offensive to flies. They
especially dislike the odor of honeysuckle
and hop blossoms.
According to a French scientist flies
have intense hatred for the color , blue.
Rooms decorated in blue will help to
keep out the flies.
Mix together one tablespoonful of
cream, one of ground pepper and one of
brown sugar, This mixture is poisonous
to flics. Put a saucer, of this mixture
in a room, darken the room except one
window and in that set the saucer,
To clear the house of flies, burn pyre-thrum
powder. This stupefies , the flies,
and they must be swept up and burned .
Recipes for Stables
Borax is especially valuable around
farms and out of doors. One pound of
borax to twelve bushels of manure will
be found desirable as a poison without
injuring its manurial qualities or farm
stock, Scatter the borax over the manure
and sprinkle with water.
Lye, chloride of lime, or copperas
(sulphate of iron) dissolved in water ,
crude carbolic acid, or any kind of dis-infectant
may be used in vaults.
Kill Flies and Save Lives
Kill at once every fly you can find and
burn his body.
Observers say that there arc many
reasons to believe there will be more
flies this season than for a number of
years,
The killing of just one fly now means
there will be billions and trillions less
next summer,
Clean up your own premises; see and
insist that your neighbors do likewise.
Especially clean "out-of-the-way-places "
and every nook and cranny.
Flics will not go where there ia nothing
to cat, and their principal diet is too
filthy to mention.
The fly has no equal as a germ "carrier ";
as many as live hundred million germa
have been found on the body of a fly.
Tlio very presence, of a lly is a signal
and notltkalloti tha t « housekeeper la
uncleanly smd Inefficient.
April , May and Juno are the best
months to conduct an anti-fly campaign.
MR. COgEIS PRESENT
John II. Cope gave u bouqvet of carna-tions
to each member of Ills Sunday
School Class at Derry Presbyterian
Church last Sunday. This is Mr. Cope's
iinnual custom and was appreciated very
much by the ladies.
Hershey's Season Opens Earlier Than Usual
Over 5,000 visitors on successive Sundays opened the Hershey season ahead of previous
years. When the Easter Flower Show began it drew people only from the immediate neigh-borhood.
Now they come from every direction. The automobiles numbered hundreds and
they will keep coming from now until next winter. There are more guests in the cafes, more
visitors to the Factory, more inquiries about trips and rooms, The season of the Hershey
Park opens formally on Memorial Day, but the Park, the Zoo, and. the Conservatories, all
open free to the public, draw daily visitors in increasing numbers throughout April and May.
This promises to be the banner year in visitors.