The Hershey Press 1912-03-21

              BOB," THE BEAR, DEAD
DIED IN HIS PIT IN HERSHEY
PARK LAST THURSDAY
MORNING
Every one who has visited Hershey
Park and has made friends with
"Bob," the black bear, will be sorry
to learn that he died in his pit last
Thursday morning. There has been
no indications that he was not well
until a very short time before he died.
As is the habit of his specie he had
been sleeping most of the winter.
His keeper, Mr. Zinner, has been at-tending
him daily, and as long as
"Bob" did not move about his pit
much, the only way of 'judging his
condition was the way he took his
food. When Mr. Zinner threw in his
loaf Thursday morning "Bob" reached
for it as usual and showed nothing to
indicate that he was not well. About
eleven o'clock Mr. Zinner was passing
the pit and noticed that something
was wrong with the bear. Before
anything could be done to save him,
he had died.
Post-mortem examination showed
that death was due to congestion of
the liver.. . The winter being a severe
one, he had taken cold even though
protected by the cement den in his
pit. His pelt has been sent to the
Frank Blake Webster Company at
Hyde Park, Mass., where it is .to. be
made into a rug. . His coat of fur was
an exceptionally good one.
"Bob" was seven years of age. He
and his made "Mag" were brought
to Hershey in May 1910. "Mag" lived
but a short time after their arrival.
Her death was. caused by tin foil
which was fed to her in different
things that were thrown into the pit
by visitors to the zoo. She was stuff-ed
and now stands in the "Press"
office at the entrance to the Park.
Since her death "Bob" has been alone
in his pit. He was very tame and on
good terms with his' trainer. He was
born in captivity. His weight was
375 pounds.
Arrangements are being made to
secure a pair of cubs to place in the
pit where "Bob" has made his home.
ELECTRIC SIGNS AND NEW
LIGHTS WILL BE PLACED BE-FORE
SEASON OPENS
Three large electric signs have arr
rived which will be placed in Hershey
Park before the sgason opens. : One
of them is two feet in height and will
be located at the cafe. The others
are one and one half feet in height
One goes at the entrance to the am
phitheater and the other at the. danc-ing
pavilion. In addition to these
other -. illuminations will- :be added.
Larger lights are being placed around
the drives which will make the: park
much more attractive at night than it
has been in the past.
MORE IMPROVEMENTS
FOR PARK
Thursday evening at six o'clock Rev
E. A. Sharp, pastor of Salem United
Brethren Church, will speak before
the ministerial students of Lebanon
Valley College. There are twenty-two
students in college who are mem-bers
of the ministerial association.
Rev. Sharp will speak on "The
Effective Pastor."
REV. SHARP TO SPEAK
AT L V. C
The attention of the public is called
to a room on the second floor of the
Y. M. C. A. building which has been
furnished for a committee room. It
is the desire of the association that
the room be used as a central meeting
place for any committee or small
gatherings of any organization that
may have occasion to. use the room.
Permission to make use of the room
must be secured at the office. Per-mission
should be secured in advance
when possible that there may be no
conflicts.
COMMITTE E ROOM
AT Y. M. C. A
MEETING CALLED FOR MARCH
22 TO ELECT OFFICERS AND
NAME COMMITTEES
The Board of Directors of the Her-shey
Young Women's Christian As-sociation
will meet in the Association
rooms next Friday evening, March 22,
at 7.30. The special business is the
election of officers and the naming of
committees for the coming year; Dis-cussion
regarding the new cafeteria
will also be taken up. Miss Hopper
will be present to direct in that.
Every member of the Board is ex-pected
to be present.
Y.W.C. A. DIRECTORS
TO MEET
FAST HORSE BELONGING TO MR
GEO. EPPLEY TO BE SOLD
SATURDAY
Dan, owned by Mr. Geo. Eppley,
will be sold on Saturday, March 23d,
at the sale of Levi Ginder, on the road
between Hummelstown and Union
Deposit.
When Mr. Eppley made known the
fact that he was going to sell Dan it
came as a complete surprise to his
many friends, and the first question
he was asked was "Are you going to
buy an automobile?" To this ques-tion
Mr. Eppley would smile.
Dan needs no introduction, as he has
the reputation of being the fastest
horse in this section, having a big
string of victories to his credit. Sey
eral years ago he had an opponent in
Homer Moyer's Maud, but Dan passed
Maud so often at various times that
Homer became discouraged and sold
the horse.
Dan is in the best condition, is
only 7 years old, and weighs over
1000 pounds. He is safe, very gentle
and a: pleasant driver.
DAN TO BE SOLD
MEETINGS WILL BE HELD AT
THE Y. M. C. A. FOR BOTH
MEN AND WOMEN
Next /Sunday afternoon Rev: B. F.
Dougherty, pastor of th& Trinity United
Brethern Church of Lebanon, will ad-dress
the men and women of Hershey
at the Y. M. C. A, While this meet-ing
is being held at the Y. M. C. A. the
Y. W. C. A. has had an equal part with
the men's association in planning for
the meeting. The meeting is for the
people of the town and a large attend-ance
is expected.
The hour is three o'clock. A double
mixed quartet is. preparing special
music to render at the meeting. The
subject upon which Rev. Dougherty
will speak is "Visions. "
REV. B. F. DOUGHERTY TO
SPEAK NEXT SUNDAY
VOTERS IN THIRD PRECINCT
WILL CAST VOTES AT HER-SHEY
IN THE FUTURE
As a result of a petition that has been
circulated among the voters of the pre-cinct
and presented to the county com-missioners,
the polling place in the
third precinct of Derry township has
been ordered changed from the Haef-ner
house in Derry Church to the head-quarters
of the Hershey Volunteer Fire
Company, in Hershey. This will be a
more central place for a greater num:
ber of the voters than the former loca-tion.
POLLING PLACE CHANGED
Next Sunday. evening - the service at
Derry Presbyterian Church will be in
charge of Mr. S. C. Boyer who will
deliver the address of the evening.
Mr. Boyer was one of the speakers
who addressed the Y. M. C. A. early
in the winter.- Those who heard him
at that time will be glad to know that
he is to be here again.
S.C. BOYER TO SPEAK AT
DERRY PRES CHURCH