The Hershey Press 1915-03-25

              Wires Are Being Placed Underground
and the New Equipment Will Take
Care of Four Hundred Tele-phones.-
Everything Up to
Date. Direct Connections «¦•
For more than a week a force of
men have been busy putting in the
¦wires for the new telephone system.
Trenches on the east side of Cocoa
Avenue: from Caracas to Chocolate
and on the south side of Chocolate
Avenue f rom Park to the point oppo-site
the new exchange have been dug
and the ducts have been installed.
The new exchange will be in the
rear part of the old Fire Engine
House, the front part being the wait-ing
room and superintendent's office
of the Hershey Traction Company.
Chocolate avenue and the pavement
in front of the . building will be tun-neled.
The trenches are about three
feet deep. , There are enough wires
for 200 telephones with reserves for
more. - . '
The exchange extends the full width
of the building. The new switch-board
has been received' from the
Western Electric Company. It is the
two-position standard, with ample ac-commodations
for ' two operators. It
can take care of 400 telephones. The
comfort of the operators has been pro-vided
for and in summer the windows
will be well screened. •
The new system will connect di-rectly
with the Bell trunk line on
Chocolate Avenue and this will obvi-ate
the delay on long distance calls
by the relay at Hummelstown. The
service Will be modernized in every
detail. The work is under the direc-tion
of Electrician Hull. It will be
completed in about a month.
Work on Telephone System
Now Well Under Way Here
Central League in Action
Busy Preparing For a Record Season
in Good Baseball
A meeting for the purpose of mak-ing
final arrangements for the open-ing
of the Central Pennsylvania
League will be held at the Paxtang
Hook and Ladder Company, Steelton
tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock. The
schedule committee will make its re-port
at this meeting and all final de-tails
for the opening of the season
will be arran ged. .The Hershey Club
will be represented by several mem-bers
of the Athletic committee of the
Hershey Men's Club and Manager
Robin Marquart,
With Hershey and Harnsburg add-ed
the league is now made up of six
teams and prospects are brighter
than ever for the most successful sea-son
ever enjoyed by any of the six
towns represented. As Harrisburg
will be without Tri- State ball for the
first time in fourteen years this sea-son
the Central Penn. club will be the
only representative team in that city.
President Stoes is optimistic over
the outlook for this year and predicts
that the race will be far bettor than
last season. All the teams are busy
signing up their players and all towns
will enter strong; clubs.
Plantin g the Tall Cedars
Fifty of Them Being Placed Around
(lie Trust Company Building
Much of the interest of the week
has been centered in the planting of
the red cedars around the building
of the Hershey Trust Company. The
work is being done by Harry Haver-stick
and his force with the expert
assistance of A. W. Deekcrt , the for-ester.
The first, troo was put in on
Monday and others have followed.
They will bo in groups at ouch corner
of the handsome marble structure and
they will add wonder fully to the mail)
square and corner of the town. There
will also bo a group tit tho sulci of the
Hersluiy Moll 's gymnasium opposite
tho bank building.
Tho kind is tho Codrus .Tuni poriiH or
rod cedar and all of the fifty trees
used in thin plan have boon selected
for th eir HtniightnosH , grace and
beauty, Thoy range from 12 to 20
foot in height find most of thorn two
almost perfect in their symmetry.
Surprise Party
A surprint ) party was bold at tho
homo of Mr, and Mrs. Edwin Sunders
of Oumpbollfuwii in honor of tho Mr.
Sander 's 4(ll. h birthday. A dinner was
served to tho followin g gnents : Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred 11 It/, and family of
Blsmurk ; Mr. and Mrs, Henry Hit/ ,
of ' Ml;. Pleasant; Mr. and Mm, Milton
Longonoekor and family of Oakland ;
Mr, and Mrs, Martin Hrunnor of Ml;.
PlnuHant; Htolliy Tennis of Bwutiiru
Station; Jlni'iy Havei'stick , of Uor-
Hhoy; Mr, uixl Mm, Hurry Bownuin
and family, Mr, and Mrs. George
Kline and family and Mr, and Mrs,
Jacob Brandt of OumpbolRown.
Great Pictures Saturda y
Feature is the Woiulerlul Production
Thai Made Qrillit.li Famous
The most famous producer of mov-ing
pictures is George (irifllth and his
latent reels are drawing people in
Now York at two dollars a seat. Tho
work that, first made Griffith famous
was his "Judith of Bothuln ," founded
on Aldrieh' s immortal book. This is
a mastorprice of surpassing beauty,
of wonderful action unci of high-grade
entertainment. It is one of the mar-vels
of tho moving pictu re world.
At unusual expense 11; has boon se-cured
for presentation In Herslui y and
It will lie shown Saturday night,
There will also bo two now Keystone
comodios . It will bo the biggest and
best moving picture program of tho
season.
At Holy Trinit y
Special intere st In last Siindi iy 'H
night Horvlco in Hol y Trinity Luther-an
Church centered in the rite of con-firmation
by which a number of per-sons
were received Into communicant
membership. Pastor Krapf preached
from John 17:20-2!! on tjio general
theme "That they may all bo ono. "
Those received last Bunday and
thoHO to be received this week will
partake of tho Lord's Supper with tho
ot hers of the congregation on next
(I ' nlm) Hunday morning, The ser-vice
of confession and • absolution ,
preparatory for the reception of thu
sacrament , will bo hold on Friday
night of this week, when tho subjoel;
of the address will bo, "A character
study of Fetor."
Fly Camp aign Going on Every Day;
Apr il 10 Will be Clean-Up Day
THIS TOWN AND DERRY CHURCH ALL MAPPED OUT,AND
PLACED UNDER THE DIRECT SUPERVISION OF SPECIAL
COMMITTEES. FIGHT IS UNDER WAY. CLEAN-UP
DAY WHILE SEPARATE IS PART OF CAMPAIGN.
A full meeting of the Fly Eradica- '
tion Committee was held in the club I
rooms of the . Hershey Fire Depart- !
ment and the campaign was mapped '
out and begun. Chairman W. F. R.
Mnrrie presided with W. L. Dubois j
secretary and with all the officers and j
practically all the members present, i
The discussions were general. |
Throughout the proceedings, which !
lasted two hours, was a fine spirit of j
interest and cooperation. ' • |
It was stated that the . Hershey j
Store would present a fly trap to i
every house in Hershey and Derry i
Church and the distribution of these j
will-be begun as soon as they are re- j
ceived from the factory.
A thousand fly swatters were or-dered
and it was promised that every
school child should have one and that
there would be a general urging of
the importance of the movement upon
the children . It was recognized that
the fight could not be won without
their work. Each child will get both
a swatter and a leaflet telling of the
dangers of the flies.
The meeting directed the use of the
fly, catechism as given in last week's
Hershey Press in the special circular
to be distributed by the committee,
and fifteen hundred copies of this
publication were ordered, these to be
placed in the hands of the subcom-mittees.
The Men For the Work
Chairman Murrie ' announced the
sub-committees as follows :
For Chocolate Avenue West of
Square—Harry N. Herr, chairman;
M. S. Hershey, W.-'B. Leithiser, J. W.
Millard, George J. Eppley.
For Chocolate Avenue East of
Square—E. J. Krause, chairman; C.
S. Maulfair, Ezra F. Hershey, Wil-liam
F. R. Murrie. ,
For Cocoa Avenue—C. V. Glynn,
ehairmajj ; S. D. Clark, J, M. Brandau,
Rev. F. C. Krapf. J
For Caracas Avenue—E. R. Mc-
Laury, chairman ; W. L. Dubois, Harry
Irnboden, Harry Haverstick, E. M.
Hershey
For Areba Street—D. Frank Magee,
chairman ; H. I. Miller, George Copen-haver,
R. F. Hull.
For Park Avenue and Zoo—A. T.
Heilman, chairman; J. B. Leithiser,
Rev. George S. Rentz, F. B. Snavely,
L. R. Meekins.
For Spring Creek—Rev. N. L. Linc-baugh,
chairman ; J. C. Hess, David
Gordon , Frantz Zinner, F. D. Keboch.
For Trinidad Avenue—E. B. Cas-sady,
chairman; Jacob Page, E. It.
Mays, Dr. F. G. Wirt , Dr. E. E. B.
Shaffe r _ .
For Derry Church—John Alwine,
chairman; Dr. M. L. Hershey, S. H.
Carman , Israel Moyer, Samuel Bncas-tow.
Con»sult the Committees
These are working committees and
most of them have taken up their du-ties
promptly and earnestly. Tho fly
circular prepared and printed in the
Press office is an attractive fold-er
, presenting in popular form tho
facts about flies, The various com-mittees
arc given in full,
It is very important that tho people1,
cooperate at once with those commit-tees.
Chairman Murrie emphasised
this need and bin point was amplified
by Messrs He it, Cassady, Suavely,
Glynn , Leithiser , l4r. Hershey, E/.ra
Morshoy, Moyer, Gordon , Dr. Wirt ,
Miller , McLaury and others,
Members of tho committee of your
neighborhood will help you in any de-tail
you do not understand, Consult;
them freely. This is committee work
and with your cooperation tho cam-paign
will bo a HIICCOHS.
Clean Up Day April 10
As a part of the fly eradication
campaign came tho idea for a Clean-
Up Day, It was placed before the
mooting by Chairman Murrie and on
tho suggestion of James 11, LolthiHor
Saturday, April 10, was selected.
Clean-Up Day moans tho spring
cleaning not only in the homo, but in
all the outbuildings and especially In
tho yards , gardens , streets , alloys and
roads. Tho suggestion Is to burn as
much of the old stuff as possible ,
It was feared that tho appointment
of April 10 as Clean-Up Day might ; bo
understood an moaning that tho fight
against, tho fllow would not begin un-til
, that, day, but It was doeldod that ,
the way to moat this was to lot the
people know tlmt ' tho fly campaign
was already bofnm and that; it would
lie continued persistently every <luy
and hour throuKhout tho spring and
Hiimm or. Tho Cloan-Up Day Is a
part of tho movomont against man 's
ffroalcmt onomy—tho fly.
' (So, kill the flioH every day. (lot;
ready for tho Cloan-Up Day April JO.
Consult with tho local commlttium
and work with thorn,
In his letter to the members of the
sub-committees Chairman Murrie
said : "At a recent meeting held , by
the citizens of this community, a Com-mittee
was appointed to handle a
campaign for the extermination of the
flies in this community during the
season. At a recent meeting of this
Committee, the community was di-vided
into various districts and sub-committees
appointed to carry on the
good Work in th^ir respective dis-tricts.
You have been appointed on
one of these Committees.
"I sincerely trust that you will
serve on this Committee and assist in
this good work, which will prevent
the annoyance caused by flies and the
spread of diseases by these same in-sects,
and possibly the saving of lives
from disease.
"The work is a good one and if we
are to succeed, we need your co-opera:-
tion, as well as the co-operation of
every citizen in this community,
which is most respectfully solicited.
"Your Chairman will make it a
point to see you in the near future,
and as he has literature on the sub-ject,
he will be in position to fully ex-plain
to you what has been outlined."
Chorus and Glee Club Unite
in Great Concert Tonight
Program Includes Many Attractive
Numbers and There is Every As-surance
of a Delightful Eve-ning.
It is Expected That
Hershey Central Theater
Will' be Crowded ,
Tonig ht the great concert takes
place and Hershey Central Theater
will be the center of interest and de-light.
The pictures and names of the
members of the Glee Club and the
Men's Chorus will be found on other
pages of this issue of the Hershey
Press. Mr. Dubois will direct the
Chorus and Miss Wingert the Glee
Club The soloists will be Miss Bertha
Wingert, contralto, head of music in
the Carlisle Schools, anil Mr. Paul E.
Dubois, tenor soloist and choir di-rector
of the Union Theological Semi-nary,
New York. Both are fine art-ists.
The program in full is as fol-lows:
1 (a) Carmena Wilson
(b) Nursery Rhyme Suite...
distance
Mixed Chorus
2 In Liberty 's Name . .Gounod-Parks
Hershey Male Chorus
3 (a) Serenade Schubert
. (b) Good-Bye , Sweet Day.Vannah
Miss Bertha A. Wingert
4 Water-Nymphs Smart
Y. W. G, A. Glee Club
5 (a) I Cannot Help Loving Thee
Clayton-Johns
(b) When the Roses Bloom. ,
Reiehardt
(c) He Met Her On tho Stairs
Coleridge-Taylor
Mr. Paul E. Dubois
(i Larboard Watch 'Williams
Hershey Male Chorus
7 The Shower (from '"If Trovatoro ')
, Vordi
Y. W, C, A. Glee Club
8 (a) Good-Byo
(b) Mammy Lullaby , Tosti
Miss Bertha A. Wingert
9 Serenade Parks
Hoi'dhoy Malo Chorus
10 Absent Motcalf
Y. W, C A. Glee Club
11 (a) What Is I.ovo .Rudolph Ganz
(b) Tho Year 's At tho Spring
Hunch
Mr. Paul E, Dubois
12 Boatman 's Good Night , , , , Sehira
Mixed Chorus
Steel For the Tabernacle
All the stool for tho tabernacle has
arrived anil from now on tho con-struction
work will be pushod with
great activity, Tho arrival of the
huge trussed in special curs and tho
hauling ' of thorn to tho sltci of the
fabornaclo In north Hershey Park
attracted general utontlon , Tho work
of removal wj ih very skillfully done
and everyt hing was handled in fine
shape .
Mr. Miller Praised s
The GhrlHtUm Kndoavor Society of
Union Deposit adopted resolutions of
rospoot and praise for Ithe lato Henry
Miller and Haiil his death was a loss
to church ' work and to citizenship,
Thoy are signed by Rev. CI. W. Hull-man
, Ross Long, Hurry .'Ionoh , Mary
Hhortzor , Elizabeth Parthomoro , Paul
II. Staulfer , Noal Mlllor and Martha
CJ. StaufTor,
More Than Eight Thousand Persons
Have Attended the Different Meet-ings
Since the Season Began on
the 25th of Last October.
Dr. Seasholes on Sunday
Mr. M. S. Hershey, who is respon-sible
for the union services which have
been of so much benefit to Hershey
during_ the past five months, is sched-uled
to preside over the . concluding
meeting next Sunday at 3 o'clock. It
is planned to make this meeting es-pecially
attractive and successful.
The speaker will be Dr. Charles L.
Seasholes of Philadelphia, who will
speak on "Brains and the Bible." Of
Dr. Seasholes it is said, "He gained a
reputation as an orator and thinker
in the University, and he maintains
that high standard in the lecture
field. His lectures show careful re-search
into science, literature and his-tory."
His address is expected to be
one of the finest of the whole year.
In addition to the regular .program
there will be a round-up of the 23
local men who have acted as leaders
at the 23 meetings and with them the
others who have shown their coopera-tion.
There is cordial appreciation
of the local ministers all of whom
have joined in the movement. There
will be special music, with the .orches-under
Director Feese and several se-lections
in addition to the fine con-gregational
singing. It is expected
that the theater will be filled. All
are invited, but it will be well to come
early. The services start promptly
at 3.
Mr. Peck Pleases ;
Last Sunday Arthur K. Peck of
Boston presented "Village Life in
Oberammergau and the Passion Play."
Many considered it the ' best enter-tainment
of the year. The pictures
were beautiful and Mr. Peck's lecture
was interesting, informing and rever-ent.
He held • the crowded audience
for an hour and a half. So fasci-nating1
was the presentation that no
one wanted to leave and thus the
whole crowd remained until the end
which was just about five o'clock. This
large number of people leaving the
services at the same time made an im-pressive
scene.
At the first, lecture of the series the
attendance was less than 60. On Sun-day
it was probably over 600. This
shows how well the union services
have succeeded. The total attend-ance
at all the meetings has been over
8,000.
S. T. Bacastow was leader for the
day. Rev. George S. Rentz read the
lesson and asked the invocation. The
music included selections by the or-chestra,
the congregational singing
and a very enjoyable number by the
Men's Chorus under Mr. Dubois. The
ushers were Michael Canter, John
Zoll, Harvey Berry and Baton Marks,
Union Services Next Sunday
Will be the Last of the Season
The Easter Flower Show
Hershey's Flower Show this Easter
will far excell the shows of other
years both in profusion and variety,
Tho full announcement of its attrac-tions
will be given in next week's
Press. All who can should come to
Hershey on Easter Sunday to see tho
flowers. It will afford a fine opport-unity
for automobile parties to mark
tho day by something that thoy will
remember as long as they live. Thoy
can make a stop in Hershey memor-able
and thoy can complete its on-
1 joyment by dining at the Hershey
1 Cafe , where a special dinner will bo
| served from 12 to ], and a special
J supper from fi to (i , and whore meals
j a la carte can bo obtained at any
time during tho day,
Another Record Hike
Another record "hike " was nmdo
from this place to Reading during
Saturday night and Sunday morning
by Elmer Swartz and Paul Miller of
this place. Ralph Imbodon started ,
but a short distance below WoiiioIh-dorf
loft the party and returned homo
by train. The party left llershoy at
11 o'clock on Saturday evening, and
after walking all that night and up
until J(),20 Sunday morning ar-rived
in the city of Reading. They
returned homo Sunday afternoon on
tho 4,18 train ovor the Reading Rail-road.
Ilol.li Millar and Swartz fin-ished
the walk in good shape, but full ;
thu directs for several days after,
Visit of Professor Bennett
Prof. M. E. Bonnet!;, tho author of
thu free hand system of . Penmanship
used In tho Morshoy hoIiooIh , spent tho
greater part of liiHt li'rlday hol'o In tho
intoniHt of the writing. Ho was high-ly
pleased with the progress mado
by both pupils and touchers. Every
up-to-date school nyst-em teaohos
writing by the froo movomont of tho
hand, Jn a few yours Hershey will
hiivu very few pupils who cannot
write a beautiful hand.
Students in Hershe y Schools
Get Practical Education
Remarkable Examples, of Their Work
in the Latin Department. Nearly
a Hundred Exhibits of Applied
Knowledge. The New Way
of Instruction. Results
In Hershey the idea of education is
to put knowledge into practice. Text-book
proficiency is all right but doing
the actual work is the real thing. An
instance of the general policy is the
upbuilding of the Latin Department
in the M. S. Hershey Consolidated
Public- Schools.
This department is under Miss Mar
rie H. Johnson. It happens that Miss
Johnson's aunt is one of the most gift-ed
Latin scholars and educators of
America* and while Miss Johnson's
specialty is German, it was rare good
fortune that put the Latin under her
care in the Hershey school, for it re-ceived
not only the benefit of her abili-ty
in language lut also and especially
the interest and cooperation , of her
aunt.
The result is a unique exhibit that
fills the walls and several ' tables in
two rooms of the school and that
numbers close to a hundred specimens,
practically all made or arranged by
the pupils, showing the actual camps,
war machines, instruments and uni-forms
of the Romans, even reproduc-ing
a Roman home and then by scores
of charts demonstrating the modern
use of Latin words, terms, architec-ture,
art and the whole ramification of
Latin in our present day life and
speech. , < • „.. ¦.• ' " . " ,
Here are some of the exhibits :
Large charts showing the meaning
of words- by examples from English
writers that contain many Latin de-rivatives;
trees, trunks and branches
of Latin words running through our
English ¦• speeelv;_ familiar abbrevi-tions;
unusual English words from
Latin sources; words seen in classical
characters; actual Latin words in
the English language; dictionary
page showing the per centage of Lat-in
in present speech ; many opinions
on the use of latin from the authori-ties
of the world, including letters
written especially for this exhibit;
maps of Caesar's campaigns in color
with references to the battles in the
presen<;,„wii£;. tribal movements; map
showing that "00 per cent of Italian j
French and Spanish come-from. Latin;
forms of literature from the Latin
writers; opinions of teachers in Eng-lish
and from leading journalists;
familiar bills-of-fare v in Latin;
many examples of Latin in our daily
speech and work ; ' pictures show-ing
the development of the
dome from the Parthenon in Rome,
then St. Peter's,' then the Par-thenon
in Paris and finally the capital
at Harrisburg; the interesting my-thology
of flowers, with beautifu l pic-tures
of the narcissus, hyacinth , prim-rose
and others ; Latin maxims quot-ed
in the courts today; earthquake
proclamation of 1908 showing Latin
in present Italian and then a modern
Italian newspaper; familiar seals
showing Latin inscriptions; Mercury
as a representative of advertising;
letters from business men to Hershey
school boys; Latin in diseases , in all
the details of life , in the. planning of
modern cities , illustrated; tracin g tho
arch from tho earliest clays to tho
Washington Arch in Now York; clas-sical
architecture in modern build-ings
, tombs and great amphitheaters;
and many others equally interesting.
Doing the Real Thing
But this is not all. Tho girls of the
classes have constructed with card
board and other. materials tho Roman
home. Witli a baker 's dozen of dolls
they have reproduced tho Roman uni-forms
and have learned tho names of
costume details. It is hardly fair to
discriminate among; tho 7!) members
in tho Latin classes, but it happens
that Frank Smith , Earl Brown , Harry
Eliy, Martin (Stable, Hnrvoy Horshoy
and some of tho other hoys have dono
very unusual work in mechanical re-productions
of tho Roman machines
and articles, Largest of those is
Caesar's Bridge built by Amos Leh-man
, tho ronl thing capitally dono
in all its details , Including the abut-ments.
Tho big towor by Frank
Smith is four stories , with bridge, ar-row
slingor on top and all tho details
---a most craditublo piece of clover
construction , Interesting is tho big
bullistu built by Harry Eby. This is
an excellent piece of work, The. sumo
may bo said of the groat catapult
iniule by Frank Smith , tho small tow-er
mado by Martin Stable , tho tostudo
by Earl Brown and ofchor objects
made by tho boys.
Then thorei is tho Roman camp com-plete
in cardboard touts and all tho
details. '
Tho poopla of Dorry Township
should sou' this exhibit , It will inter-est
thorn. 'anil It wll| Increase their
prldo In- tholr boys and girls and In
tholr school.
Child ren Intoiented
More children go to »oo tho now
ponies than all tho other animals In
the Zoo.
Hold Meeting in Hershey and Re-ceive
Plans For Extra Facilities
at the Local Railway Station.
A Great Attendance Ex- |
pected. Steel Arrived
While the great steel trusses for
the tabernacle which is to seat 5,000
people were being unloaded at the
station the committee of arrange-ments
of the Church of the Brethren
were meeting in the Hershey Inn and
perfecting the plans for the confer-ence
in June. Hershey is a central
point of the country in which the .de-nomination
is strongest ; there are 20,-
000 membez's within its radius, and
so the local interest is unusually keen,-
but tens of thousands will come from
other states and from points as far
away as the Pacific Coast,
The committee of arrangements
are: I. W. Taylor, chairman; Samuel
H. Hertzler, secretary; John Herr,
treasurer; J. H. Lorigenecker, Jesse
Ziegler, John C. Zug, G. N. Falken-stein.
Mr. Mauger, Traveling Passenger
Agent of the Reading railroad, met the
committee and received the sugges-tions
of the committee that shelter
sheds.be erected at the station for the
protection of the crowds who will .at-tend
the Conference in June.
The train service will be improved
by several extra trains. There will be
a special excursion rate between Har-risburg
and Lebanon. The P. & R.
has also promised to provide an ex-tra
baggage room and bureau of in-formation
on the north side of the
track for the occasion.
The programs for the various ac-tivities
of the Church, are nearing
completion and will be found of un-usual
interest to members of the
Church and all Christian workers.
An effort is being made by the
Lodging Committee to procure a num-ber
tents to be erected near the audi-torium.
On the whole the commit-tee
is specially pleased with the uni-form
kindness and courtesy of the
Hershey management. Everything
looks favorable f or an early.completion
of all arrangements necessary for the
accommodation arid comfort of the
thousands who are expected:
Publications of the Church of the
Brethren show that the coming annu-al
conference in Hershey will be a
truly big event. They contain many
pleasant allusions to Hershey. The
Brethren Family Almanac for 1915
just issued has a half-tone of Hershey
with this inscription : "Hershey, Pa.,
where the Annual Meeting for 1915
will be held. The accommodations
are said to be splendid. Here the
Standing Committee will meet and or-ganize
on the morning of June 3,
while the Conference proper opens
June 8. An excellent program is be-ing
arranged for the occasion." The
new almanac shows that the church
has 3,002 ministers ; that its mission-ary
receipts are $100,000 a year; that
it maintains more than fifty mission-aries
in India , China , Sweden and
Denamark; that it has seven great
church boards and that it maintains
fourteen homes for old folks and or-phans.
Tho church is i ncreasing con-stantly
and this year it is experienc-ing
a general revival , with many ac-cessions
to its membership.
Committee on Arran gements
Getting Ready For Next June