Hershey To Greet Thirty Four East Side Children
Nineteen forty era article notes thirty four East Side children arrive Friday afternoon from the New York Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund. Hosted by Hershey residents including Mrs. Oscar Mathias and B F Heinerane the children will stay two weeks in the country gaining benefits beyond a vacation as they return to New York City slums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
East Side
New York Herald-Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Oscar Mathias
Harry S. Stump
Palmyra
R. H. Taylor
Grover Sheckart
Chas. Jamison
Campbelltown
E. Maulfair
B. F. Heinerane
Susan Wagner
Hanoverdale
I. C. Schlauch
Baum’s Hill
Darwin C. Heisey
John Bucks
John Miller
Earl Miller
Harry Nye
Morris Felty
Edwin Carmany
Harry Zuver
Stanley Dundore
Ben Flory
Harry B. Smith
Frank Bascom
B. Smith
Brady
John Wirth
P. Whittle
Ephram Eckert
Enos Marquet
George Schaffner
Chas. H. Binksey
Lebanon Male Chorus To Sing at Hershey Park Sunday
The Lebanon Male Chorus, sixteen voices, will headline a Sunday concert at Hershey Park at 6 30 p m as part of a Fred Pronto and His Orchestra program. An afternoon 2 4 o clock concert features selections from Aida The Barber of Seville The Merry Widow and other works with intermission.
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Lebanon
Hershey Park
Fred Pronto
Lebanon Valley
Hall
Lehar
Hershey School Opens with Staff Meeting and Student Reports
Derry Township plans a August 31 faculty meeting for assignments and materials. Students will report September 1, with grades 1–6 in the Grade Building and grades 7–12 in the new Junior-Senior High School. First chapel at 9:00, doors open 8:45, and classrooms to be assigned.
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Derry
Cafeteria Notice Delays Service for Several Weeks
The cafeteria will be deferred for several weeks as utensils have not been shipped. Pupils must provide their own lunches until an announcement is made about reopening.
School Day Schedule Details By Time Segments
Morning session runs from 8 40 to 11 50 with noon intermission 11 50 to 1 00. Afternoon session continues 1 00 to 3 50.
Transport Plans From Township Picks Up School Children
At a board meeting Thomas Fox was chosen to haul three truck loads of school children from Sand Beach and Bradley Quarry. Joseph Ulrich will move two truck loads from Stoverdale to Hummels town and two roads from Waltonville and Sunny Side to the trolley at Valley Road.
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Thomas Fox
Sand Beach
Bradley Quarry
Joseph Ulrich
Brane
Stoverdale
Hummelstown
Waltonville
Sunny Side
Valley Road
Mile and a Half Limit Stops Transport Privilege
The district is not required to transport pupils within a mile and a half of the school. In prior years northern Hershey students within the limit could ride if the bus wasn’t full. The service should not be cut to accommodate riders beyond the mile and a half boundary.
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Hershey
Two Chocolate Workers Cause Excitement
Residents along Swatara Creek from Union Deposit to Falmouth witnessed a foam and spray spectacle on Saturday afternoon. Investigators found Dill Hibschman and Allan Hagle, two local fishermen, lashing the creek with plugs trying to lure bass, but they admitted the effort failed.
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Swatara
Union Deposit
Falmouth
Dill Hibschman
Allan Hagle
Miss Wheeler Enjoys Restful Sojourn in Shelby Ohio
Miss Margaret Wheeler assistant manager of the Her shey Employment and Information Bureau takes annual vacation in Shelby Ohio. Postcards from Shelby describe it as a peaceful progressive town ideal for recuperation and rest, reflecting the pleasant visit.
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Margaret Wheeler
Hershey Employment and Information Burenua
Shelby
Buckeye
Wheeler
Shelly
Girl Reserves to Demonstrate Life Saving at Park
In Hershey Park swimming pool on Saturday afternoon August 29 at 2 30 o clock a life saving exhibition will be shown by 12 Girl Reserves trained at the girl Reserve camp near Laurel Dam under Harry Z Wilt of York Pa They will demonstrate life saving water safety and First Aid The event is free.
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Hershey Park
Theirl
Laurel Dam
Harry Z. Wilt
York
Optimism Spreads Through 1920s Business Conditions
The June to July period shows rising optimism in trade and industry, with better than expected employment, improving retail activity, lower failures, and increasing bank clearings outside New York. Prices rose across wholesale sectors while farm product prices lagged, and crop prospects point to a large corn yield though cotton remains uncertain.
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Industr
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
New York
Nature
Asay
Fred Pronio and His Orchestra Draw Big Hershey Park Crowds
Fred Pronio and His Orchestra proved a big drawing card at Hershey Park this summer. The ensemble played daily from Decoration Day to Labor Day before thousands, delivering a mix of fine music and popular jazz that energized the local community.
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Fred Pronio
Hershey High School Building Modern From Every Viewpoint
Hershey High School in Derry Township showcases a modern three story, 135 by 235 foot structure fronting Granada Avenue. Architect C Emlin Urban designed a brick and concrete building with an imposing tower, state of the art auditorium, library, laboratories, workshops, dining and domestic science facilities, all funded by M S Hershey and donated to the school board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Granada Avenue
C. Emlin Urban
Lancaster
Windsor
Derry Township
M. S. Hershey
M.S. Hershey
Wordsworth
Prohibition Echoes and Small-Town Tales From Towanda
A satirical piece laments reformers banning drink and curb amusements. It riffs on coal strikes, auto and movie bans, and a flood of odd local anecdotes about neighbors, snakes, and fruitless lawsuits as Towanda debates reform era limits.
Reno Called Towanda of the West in Brief
Inside Information notes Reno tainted by a palm reader at a charity bazaar. A maid, promised to marry Mr Jinks, learns the ring she wears was the one the seeress claimed to have returned weeks ago.
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Jinks
Mr. Jinks
Special Sale and Station Window Inquiry at Spoonersville
A portly woman asks at a station window if the Spoonersville train has gone and the ticket seller explains the distance about seventy miles and the fare of one ninety eight, noting it may be a mark down from two dollars. The excerpt also recalls school and age with poems about September and children returning to classes.
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Spoonersville
Hon G H Moyer to Speak to Chocolate Company Employees
Hon G H Moyer, head of the State Workmen's Insurance Fund, will address Hershey area workers at a safety meeting on Monday August 31 at 8 PM in Hershey Central Theatre. The event includes two reels of moving pictures and urges full attendance by male and female employees from Hershey Chocolate Company and allied firms.
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G. H. Moyer
Chocolate Company
Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey Department Store
Hiatt Lumber Co
Hershey Transit Co
Hershey Farms
Allied Industries
Moyer
Hershey Central Theatre
Friendly Enemies at Hershey Park Theatre Delights Audiences
Sherwood Players present Friendly Enemies at Hershey Park Theatre on Thursday Friday and Saturday. The play features Karl Pfeiffer and Henry Block two Germans one friendly to Germany and one to America whose friendship and loyalties shift as the plot unfolds. President Wilson praised the work calling it a superb representation of sentiments that could grip the world and enduring endorsements from press and public followed.
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Wilson
National Theatre
Washington
United States
British Isles
Hershey Park Theatre
Sherwood Players
Britain
The
New York Times
Germany
America
Karl Pfeiffer
Henry Block
Karl
Derry Township School Teachers Named for 1925 1926 Term
The 1925-1926 Derry Township school term begins Monday with teachers listed for all grades and subjects. Supervising Principal A M Hinkel leads a staff including Angell Mathewson, Helen Gilson, Dorothy Bitner, Mary Clemmens, J R MacDonald, and many others across Hershey, Harrisburg, and surrounding towns with names of schools and towns noted.
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Derry Township
A. M. Hinkel
Hershey
Angell Mathewson
McKeesport
Helen Gilson
Carnegie
Dorothy A. Bitner
Chambersburg
Mary E. Clemmens
Harrisburg
J. R. MacDonald
Harry A. Behney
G. L. Palmgren
Lowell
Mass
Nellie Ray VanMetre
Martinsburg
W. Va
Helen F. Crozier
Ettie G. Brenner
Commercial
Millersville
Samuel N. Barrow
Bloomsbury
Marian E. Kinsbury
Nanticoke
Frank P. Wentzel
Marion A. Roth
Hanover
Virginia Browne
Newark
Horticulture to Feature Harrisburg Fair Next Month
Harrisburg-Dauphin County Fair will run September 7 to 11 at Paxtang along the Hummelstown Road. The horticulture displays promise to be among the most attractive features with divisions on vegetables and fruits from Central Pennsylvania, offering liberal premiums for first to third place. Locally grown notes and seasonal fruits like apples pears peaches and grapes will be shown across divisions.
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Harrisburg-Dauphin County
Payne Paxtang
Hummelstown Road
Pennsylvania
Sais Oe
Young Girls Enjoy Watermelon Party at Landis Home
The U B Sunday School Young Girls class attended a watermelon party at Miss Uriuila Landis’s home on Saturday afternoon. They played games and prizes were awarded in various contests among attendees including Antionette Plantadore Stella Gudanowski Anna Lehman Helen Smith Violet Carmany and many others.
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U. B
Uriuila Landis
Antionette Plantadore
Stella
Josephine Gudanowski
Fresh Air
New York City
Anna
Pauline Lehman
Helen Smith
Kater Painter
Violet Carmany
Dorothy
Pauline Spangler
Louise
Viola Landis
Big Carnival at Hummelstown Next Week
The American Legion Swatara Post 265 of Hummelstown will stage a three day carnival at Hummelstown Park on September 4 5 and 7 Labor Day weekend. Activities include music baseball games refreshments cakes hot dogs ice cream and more with the Black Cats dart game Beano Brad Heller's Stand and a chance to win a new Overland Sedan.
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The
American Legion, Swatara Post, No. 265
Hummelstown
Hummelstown Park
Black Cats
Brad Heller
Always Shining Class Corn Roast at Hershey Park
The Always Seay Clase of the First U. 2B Sunday School plans a corn roast at Hershey Park on Thursday evening August 27 at 6 00 o'clock. Hostesses Mary Hanshue and Mrs. Raymond Hinkle ask full attendance and attendees to bring a knife if possible.
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Seay Clase
Hershey Park
Mary Hanshue
Raymond Hinkle
Glaas
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