Alumni reunion highlights Hershey Industrial School ties
Dr. E. E. Sparks of Pennsylvania State College praised Hershey Farm and the Industrial School during the alumni reunion. About a thousand Penn State alumni attended at Hershey Park, with speeches from John Price Jackson and Ray Smith, plans for growth, and a proposal for an annual reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Sparks
Pennsylvania State College
M. S. Hershey
Sparks
Hershey
Department of Agriculture
Hershey Industrial School
Dr. Sparks
Mitchell
Board of Trustees
Dr.Sparks
Mr. Hershey
Cuba
State College
J. B. McNarry
H. D. Buckwalter
Harrisburg
John Price Jackson
McNarry
Buckwalter
Penn
Hershey Park
Pennsylvania
Jackson
John E. Snyder
Dr. Schaeffer
Walton Mitchell
Ray Smith
Association
Penn State
J. Henry Tadt
Bair County
Hugh Hamilton
Harrieburg
Hamilton
Qld Derry
LUNCHEON AND FIVE HUNDRED AT HERSHEY CAFE
A summer social at the Hershey Cafe honored Miss Louise Weber Ada Weber and Miss Katherine Rohrer with 500 party prizes. Guests joined from Hershey Hummelstown Dubois Philadelphia Pittsburgh Harrisburg Lancaster Alaska and Alaska. Winners named May Hershey first Carol Walton second and others placed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Hershey Cafe
Ezra F. Hershey
Louise and
Ada Weber
Dubois
Katherine Rohrer
Hummelstown
C. V. Glynn
Joseph R. Snavely
Linn H. Hanbecker
H. C. Reinhold
H. N. Herr
R. W. Esbenshade
Thomas L.mcheffey
John E. Snyder
John R. Kreider
Daniel S. Graeff
D. Frank Magee
William F. R. Murrie
Joseph E. Hills
Titus Fegley
S. C. Stecher
James Fox
Edward Blessing
Frank B. Snavely
Emmitt’ Gherst
George Karmany
J. Landis Strickler
Harry Hollar
Norman Helff
R. J. Walton
Clinton Hers
Zelma Baker
Katherine Nissley
Miss Murray
Mary Fox
Elizabeth Fox
Ada Walter
Clara Cassel
Miss Collins
Violette E. Cassel
Virginia Fox
Alma Hershey
Emma Walton
Carol Walton
Bernice Nissley
Gertrude Schaeffer
Grace Schaffner
Helen Fox
Mary Hershey
Fiore’s Full Authority Over Hershey Transit Police
The Hershey Transit Company officer Ralph Fiore acts with full street railway police power. He wears a badge and operates as a detective, breaking up disorder in Hershey Park and along transit lines. Fiore has already chased three bathings suit theft suspects and driven numerous troublemakers from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Fiore
Hershey Park
Fiore
Hershey Transit Company
Hershey
Flore
Tlershey
Heat Peak Marks July Day Across Cities
Monday brought the hottest day of the year with temperatures near 90 in Hershey and around 96 in some cities. Humidity rose as residents endured heat until an electrical storm cooled the air about 8 o clock, followed by heavy rain from the mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Visit of Virginians Delayed Augusta Farmers Arrive Late
Augusta county farmers from Virginia arrived in 70 automobiles with about 250 people including many ladies. Delay due to troubles kept them from reaching Herhey until four o clock. They were taken to the round barn and to Cloverdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta County
Virginia
Round Barn
Cloverdale
Hershey Farms and Dairies overview of holdings and classifications
Article catalogs Hershey Farms and Dairies holdings in Dauphin, Lebanon, and Lancaster counties. It lists about 75 farm properties grouped into 25 farm propositions with 15 dairies, plus Hershey Industrial School farms. Total acreage about 8,500, with separate management under Mr. Hershey and superintendent William H. Lebkicher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Dauphin
Lebanon
Lancaster
Hershey Industrial School
Mr. Hershey
William H. Lebkicher
Farmlands Listed by Owner and Acreage in Hershey Area
A catalog of multiple farms and acreage in the Hershey region. Entries include numerous named farms with exact acreages such as Nissley 110, Erb 76, Swartz 10, Gingrich AO Acres, Wagner 65, and many others across farms numbered 1 through 18. The list names owners like Porter, Spayd, Holtzinger, Yingst, Laudermilch, Detrick, Ream, Withers, Baccarton, Lesher, Lands, Loose, Ulrich, Batterahnarm, Baty, Saylor, Reese, and more, detailing extensive land holdings.
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Nissley
Erb
Swartz
Gingrich AO
Wagner
Gingrich
Bacastow
Porter
Spayd
Holtzinger
Eiter
Horst
A. Gingrich
Hocker
Fox
Kegerreis
Keiffer
Hess
Smith
Wm. Hess
Hoerner
Yingst
Lentz
Laudermilch
Aalen Hetrick
Detrick
Thos
Ream
Hershey
Cassel Cassel
Miller
William Berh
Kreider Bros
EK. M. Withers
Baccarton
Lesher
Lands
Loose
Bomgardner
Ulrich
Batterahnarm
Baty
Bompardner
Saylor
Reese
Classification of Dairies at Hershey Industrial School
A short listing of dairy operations connected to the Hershey Industrial School includes Dairy No. 1 at McGrann Farm, Dairy No. 2 at McGrann Farm, Dairy No. 3 at Experimental Farm, Homestead Dairy at del Gingricharm opposite the school, Meadow Brook Dairy, Longenecker Farm Valley Glen Dairy Peter Shenk Farm Brookside Dairy On Ed Stover Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Industrial School
Brookside
Valley Glen
Peter Shenk
Edward Stover
Homestead
Meadow Brook
Gingrich
Longencelser
Cloverdale
Kegerreis
Israel Hershey
McGrann
Rudy
Henry
Conewago Township
Dauphin County
Yoffer
John Herr
Carmany
H. J
Mt. Joy Township
Lancaster County
Farma
Brandt
Longenecker
Menno Hershey
del Gingricharm
Horshay Industrial School
Stover
Hershey and Lancaster crops set records this year
State College visitors and Virginia farmers report Hershey farms producing the finest crops in years with total yields surpassing earlier estimates. Lancaster County notes the heaviest harvest in twenty five years with tobacco nearing four million dollars and corn wheat oats strong. Schuylkill valley reports confirm the biggest all around yield yet with rye exceptionally high and prices edging to 98 cents a bushel as a humid summer boosts harvest prospects.
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State College
Virginia
Hershey
Lancaster County
Lancaster
Schuylkill Valley
Busy Days for James Putt and Local Developments
James Putt reports a busy summer with progress at the Golf Club House in addition to multiple farm projects. Builders plan two double frame houses on Areba Street and extensive work on Fox Farm numbers 1 and 2 including barns silos and pigsties. Additional improvements include remodeling, new roofs, a collage on Ulrich farm, and rebuilding at Rudy farm with several new structures underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Putt
Areba Street
Fox Farm
Fox Arm
Bom
Hardner Farm
Clemence
Hershey Fights Flies Trim City of Hitchhikers
A Hershey Fly Eradication Committee report notes a major reduction in flies last summer across Hershey Derry Church and Spring Creek. Efforts included education, literature, trash removal, borax treatment, fly traps, and school involvement, with plant sites nearly flyless in the first half of the season.
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Hershey
Men’s Club
Derry Church
Spring Creek
William F. R Murrie
W. L. Dubois
Murrie
John Allwine
Derry
Allwine
Dubois
Maulfair
Glynn
Magee
Millard
Bacastow
Copenhaver
Meelkins
Death of Jacob Nissley Heralds Hershey Veteran
Jacob Nissley, a respected Hershey resident and longtime farmer born in Derry township, died at his Spring Creek avenue home after a long illness. He was about 74. Survived by son Dr. M Nissley of Hammelstown and four daughters Violet Freed, Clara Imboden, Eva Moyer, and Catharine Nisley. Funeral held yesterday at 9 30 a.m. with Rev N J Jonesbaugh of the First United Brethren church officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Jacob Nisley
Spring Creek Avenue
Derry Township
Jeva
I, Moyer Hershey
Shamokin
Catharine
N. J. Jonebaugh
First United Brathren Church
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ezra ‘E. Hershey
Hershey Farms and Dairies
Hershey Farm
Anson
Mark
Ruben Clemence
Umberger
Krum
Fritz & Bomgardner
Gingrich Farm
Keiffer Farm
Smith Farm
Hoerner Farm
Hess Farm
Porter Farm
Kreider
Landis
Fight Against
FLIES
Jacob Nissley
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