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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
15
Groundbreaking occurred last Wednesday at Fourth and Pine streets for a new Methodist Episcopal Church, funded at about 25000 dollars with Dr D S Traver turning the first shovel. Contractor H C Wright leads the project.
YMCA committees from Enola and Harrisburg met Friday night at Enola association rooms and formed a Harrisburg Enola baseball league. Three teams from each town will compete for honors with the winning team receiving a loving cup.
The Dickinson College football manager announced a ten game schedule for next fall. The campaign begins September 28 with Carlisle Indians visiting.
The annual banquet for the Pennsylvania Railroad Y M C A basketball team in Harrisburg was held last Thursday at the manager’s home to mark the close of a successful season.
Work to sink a coal shaft at Lykens will begin soon. The 30 by 40 foot shaft will exceed 1500 feet in depth and cost nearly three quarters of a million dollars. A modern breaker will also be built.
Hotel Conewago at Mt. Gretna will open for the season on June 1 rather than June 15. The officers’ national guard camp will start June 7.
Andrew K. Stoner of Elizabethtown area felled a large chestnut on his farm. The tree measured 8 feet in diameter and about 22 feet in circumference, reportedly the largest chestnut in the vicinity.
Complete record of securities sold for the late Dr. Benjamin W. Stauffer of Campbelltown at the Eagle Hotel Palmyra. Administrator Addison W. Stauffer and Attorney P Simon Kreiser conducted the sale with bids from J Spayd H Bomberger D U Landis Michael Moyer H C Kreider John Early Joseph Gibble and others. Various bank stocks and bonds from Palmyra Hershey Trust Lebanon Valley Street Railway and Lebanon Valley Consolidated Water Supply were sold or withdrawn with prices ranging from below par to above par.
The Otterbein Men's Bible Class will meet after Friday service at about 8 30 o clock to elect officers for the next six months. All members are urged to attend.
The Ladies Aid Society of the United Brethren Church will hold a business meeting Thursday evening after service. Members are urged to attend if possible.
A Hershey Trust Company notice extols thrift as a path to steady work and promotion. It emphasizes that a bank account signals reliability and financial prudence for workers seeking advancement.
S B Romberger faces a political contest as Republican primaries proceed with voting slated for April 13 1912. The outcome will determine party backing in the upcoming election.
A customer testimonial endorses the services of R B Peffer, optician at 125 North Railroad Street in Palmyra Pennsylvania, offering a $25 reward if vision can not be corrected with glasses.
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