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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1926
Page
4
A long list forms a social notes section detailing residents visiting relatives and friends across Reading and nearby towns over the weekend and Easter, with many travelers listed by name and home town. Several scenes reference trips to Harrisburg, Philadelphia, Lancaster, and other locales, plus a few sales and found items at Hershey.
District No. 5 Dauphin County Sabbath School Association announces its annual convention April 26 at Spring Creek Church of the Brethren. H. C. Cridland Rev Harvey Geyer and Rev Allen Nye will join the program as officials from state and county groups. The plan covers all nineteen county districts from April 19 to 29. Ivan L. Mease and Robert E. Ward organized the schedule and program.
The All Around Helpers Sunday School Class of the First United Brethren Church met at Miss Helen Strimble’s Park Avenue home on Tuesday evening April 6. After business, games and music followed a luncheon for Eloise Moyer Viola Mengle Doris Brubaker Julia Owens Dorothy Imboden Almeda Nowlen Alice Reilley Sara Leibfried Helen Ebersole Ethel Ebersole Catharine Weidler Phyllis Hamaker Marie Bauder Kathryn Nowlen Katharine Strimble Gene Etter Mary Strimble Helen Strimble and Miss Mabel Lingle teacher
A public sale at Fishburns United Brethren Church one mile south of Hershey on Saturday April 10 at 12 p m offers slate benches window frames sash heavy timbers lumber and other building materials remaining from a construction project. Auctioneer J C Tess directs the sale.
Malgbethtown Borough Council approved a 30000 loan by unanimous vote to pay debts from the new sewage disposal plant. The tax rate is set at 15 mills as Lancaster County farmers face variable weather and crop prospects.
A lighthearted notice details Mrs Newt Wiggins hosting bridge at Bridge St with refreshments. Newton Wiggins tries bridge entertainment by fishing worms for the fish. Betty Blythe visits from New York. a village Sheik opines on grand opera and jazz. The piece closes with a joke about golf balls for sale and London Times ad.
A New York newspaper ad asks for a stenographer who is good looking and stylish. It notes beauty is preferred over utility with typing knowledge deemed unnecessary, highlighting a curious bias in job ads of the era.
Moody Bible Institute in Chicago expands its radio outreach broadcasting six times weekly on WENR. Features include Dr. James M. Gray Bible expositions and pastors’ studies, gospel music, a question box, and talks by Prof. Grant Stroh. Schedule lists times for Bible expositions, music, children’s stories, and pastors’ hours.
Lykens Valley coal is misnamed it does not come from the Lykens valley but from Williams and Bear valleys. The Coal Mountain ridge forms the southern boundary and the valley extends to Loyalton with Williams and Bear valleys starting there. The Wiconisco and Little Wiconisco creeks are the main streams while the Mahantango marks the northern boundary.
United Brethren Church led by Rev A G Nye lists Sunday School at 9 15 a m Worship at 10 30 a m Junior C E at 2 p m Senior C E at 6 45 p m Evening Worship at 7 30 p m Monthly women s missionary society meeting Thursday 7 30 p m at Mrs Zentmieyer 107 Aretha Ave. Derry Presbyterian Church with Rev R H Taylor has services 9 15 a m and 10 30 a m. Junior Endeavor 3 p m, senior 6 45 p m. Paxtang Carlisle Presbytery meets Monday 7 30 p m. Old Derry welcomes worshipers. Church of the Brethren at East Areta Ave Hershey holds Sunday School 9 30 a m Christian Workers 6 45 p m and preaching 7 30 p m.
Church of the Brethren on South Water street Hummelstown hosts a 10:30 a m sermon by Elder B W S Ebersole. Campbelltown U B Church led by Rev S H Waltz holds Sunday School Rally Day all day events with speaker Seth Light at 2 00 p m and Rev Bouck at 7 15 p m. An organized Christian gathering invites all to attend Tuesday April 13 at 7 30 p m.
The colored Quintette of Lincoln University performs April 9 at 8 00 p m in Elizabethtown College Chapel with classics spirituals and folk songs. The group features solos duets trios quartets and quintets praised for tone and uplifting impact. Agriculture drives mistletoe extermination from national forests.
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