What's Whatand. Who's Who in Hershey Area
Local column notes residents James M. Gorman of Philadelphia occupying J R Potts home on Caracas Avenue. Hershey Chocolate chief engineer and community updates include Christmas trees by Adam, Noon Hour Uplift Club officers, and a review of the film Queen of the Turf at Hershey Central Theatre. Reports on deer hunting misadventure, magazine subscriptions, lawn care at the chocolate plant, jury duty, building boom in Hockersville, and a Mummers Parade planned for January 1 1923 in Hummelstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. M. Gorman
Philadelphia
J. R. Potts
Caracas Avenue
Gorman
Hershey Chocolate Company
Adam
Whistler
Hershey
Hershey Men’s Club
Joe Clark
Paul Brewer
George Gingrich
Shorty Zulick
Bright Spangler
Irvin Gingrich
Harry Clark
Walter Ebersole
Henry Spangler
Hershey Central Theatre
John Shearer
Big Flat
Cumberland County
Shearer
Harvey Zimmerman
Trinidad Ave
Chocolate Avenue
Ella Kegerreis
George Balsbaugh
J. R. Snavely
Harrisburg
Hockersville
Elmer Erb
Hummelstown
Harry Gebhardt
Gebhardt
Joseph Ache
West Chocolate Avenue
St. Joan of Are Catholic Church
Samuel Zimmerman
Gary
Indiana
William Zimmerman
Conrad
Martin Brunner
Palmyra
Eiies
Spring Creek
Hershay Tea House
Driljing
Esther Walmer
Misa Mabel Lingle
Haines Reichel
Youngatawny
Ohio
Remember the Dance December 14 Hershey Mothers Club
The Hershey Mothers' Club invites all to a dance on Thursday evening December 14 at the Hershey Winter Dance Hall. Admission is 10 cents per couple. Spread the word to neighbors and help fill the hall for a lively community event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Mothers’ Club
Hershey
Hershey Lyceum Stages Happiness Playlet
The Elias Day players presented J Hartley Manners Happiness in Hershey Central Theatre under the National Lyceum Course to a large enthusiastic audience. Miss Dana Voorhees as Jenny captivated the crowd in a tale of a shop girl who reforms two unhappy rich people, delivering laughs and tears amid strong talent and praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Lyceum
Hershey Lyceum
Hershey Central Theatre
Elias Day Players
J. Hartley Mauner
Lyceum
Doctor Bible
Peg O' My Heart
Jennie
Dana Voorhees
Jenny
Report of Community Nurse Elizabeth High
The document records nursing activity in the month including visits by type such as instruction demonstrations and investigations, plus 16 babies at the clinic and 18 cases total. It also tallies school inspections, health classes, and health club activity with 1981 as a reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth High
Cic
Eeeeeeviss Portrate
Secceeteeeetee
Laisara
Eevee
Hummelstown Invites Hershey To Mummers Parade
The Mummers parade committee invites Hershey residents to join the celebration on Monday evening January 1923. Owners of automobiles and trucks are urged to participate in costume. The event promises music, noise, and a big turn out with prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Coatumea
Youra
H. Te Gebhardt
High School Basketball Schedule Across Area
Calendar lists games for several schools from December to March. Matches include Myerstown at home January 6 and Camp Hill at home January 20 with various away dates for Annville Robesonia Palmyra Elizabethtown Mt Joy and Hummelstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myerstown High School
Camp Hill High School
Annville High School
Robesonia High School
Palmyra High School
Hera
Elizabethtown EH
Mt, Joy High School
Hummelatown'h
Queen of the Turf at Hershey Central Theatre
The romance of the race course unfolds at Hershey Central Theatre on Saturday December 16 at 7 45 PM. A neighbor presents Alert the great horse on the birthday of the heroine. A plot to frame the race is uncovered as Dick and Bobbie ride to victory with a daring sequence of racing and dramatic scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Central Theatre
Alert
Denny
O’hara
Bobbie
Norma Talmadge in By the Right of Purchase at Hersey Central Theatre
Norma Talmadge stars in By the Right of Purchase a social drama at Her key Central Theatre on Tuesday December 19 at 7 30. The cast includes Eugene O Brien Ida Darling William Courtleigh Jr Charles Wellsley Florence Billings and an unusually high grade production directed by Charles Miller. The plot follows a young social butterfly who marries for status then falls in love with her husband after a series of dramatic episodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Talmadge
Selznick
Hershey Central Theatre
Miss Talmadge
Charles Miller
Eugene O'Brien
Ida Darling
William Courtleigh, Jr
Charles Wellsely
Florence Billings
Neva Wiley Weds Myrl Smith in Hershey Ceremony
Miss Neva C Wiley became the bride of Myrl Smith at the Holy Trinity Lutheran parsonage on December 9 officiated by Rev M Le Roy Wachter. The couple will reside at 10 Java Avenue after December 14 and are congratulated by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Lutheran Parsonage
M. LeRoy Wachter
Neva C. Wiley
Myrl Smith
Elma Wiley
Clarence O. Wiley
New York City
Clarence Wiley
Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Company
Louis Smith
P. R.A.R
Java Avenue
Derry Presbyterian Ladies Guild Sale This Week
The Ladies Guild of Derry Presbyterian Church hosts a Thursday and Friday sale at Rev. R. H. Taylor’s home, 20 West Chocolate Avenue. Items include aprons towels boudoir cap novelty neckties crib covers booties bibs and a selection of home made candy cakes and cookies. Proceeds go to a good cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Guild
Derry Presbyterian Church
R. H. Taylor
Weet
Chocolate Avenue
Monarchs Defeat Hummelstown Monarchs In Home Match
The Hershey Monarchs defeated the Hummelstown Monarchs at home on Saturday by a score of AB to aA, securing a decisive victory in the regional contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey’ Monarch
Hyummelstown Monarchs
Hummelstown
Community Christmas Tree planned in Hershey
Hershey residents rally to support a Community Christmas Tree with Santa Claus, presenting gifts for children eight years and under. A planning meeting chaired by Prof. A M Hinkel and others will arrange registrations at the High School or Employment Bureau within a 13 mile radius.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
A. M. Hinkel
Marianna Kolman
Elizabeth High
Anna Mowery
Fred Botts
J. F. Snavely
J.R. Snavely
Santa Claus
Prof Hinkel
John F. Snavely
Claus
Chas. F. Zeigler
Olivets Defeat Manheim in season opener by 56 to 38
The Olivets opened their basketball season with a decisive 56 to 38 win over Manheim. Key players included Strine and Leithiser with strong scoring from Zimmerman and Humner as fans packed the gym. Next up are games against Cooper Athletic Club on December 15 and Harrisburg Independents on December 16 in Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivets
Manheim
Olivets Manheim Strine
Beindestey Humner Stover
C.ceeeee Fatutyial Gocheman Leithiser
Frey W Zimmerman
Hostetter
Zimmerman
Witmeyer Ellicott
Eer
Gorccceennenee
Hunter
Strine
Stover
Leithiser
Wm. Zimmerman
Elliott
Humner
Gocheman
Frey
Witmeyer
W. Zimmerman
Hyland
John Snavely
Cooper Athletic Club
Harrisburg
Harrisburg Independents
Young People Elect Officers In Dauphin County Conference
The Young People’s Conference of District No 3 Dauphin County Sunday School Association met at Zion Lutheran Church Hummelstown on December 7. The afternoon included registration devotionals talks and organizational activities and the evening featured installation of officers and a banquet. Officers elected include girls President Mary Ebersole Hershey Vice-President Elva Miller Hershey Secretary Fredericka Baker Hummelstown Treasurer Ida Shakespeare Sand Beach. boys President William Belner Hershey Vice-President Earl Hackman Hershey Secretary William Clark Hershey Treasurer Reaster Bomgardner Hummelstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Conference of District No. 3
Dauphin County Sunday School Association
Zion Lutheran Church
Hummelstown
A. S. Lehman
Ethel Lackey
Robert Ward
Misa Mae Hepler
Albert Taylor
Edward Taylor
J. S. Heffner
la Vene Grove
Romaine Sadler
Mildred Burkholder
Mary Ebersole
Elva Miller
Hershey
Fredericka Baker
Ida Shakespeare
Sand Beach
William Belner
Earl Hackman
William Clark
Reaster Bomgardner
Hummelatown
Pie and cake sale by First United Brethren Sunday School
The Faithful workers class of the First United Brethren Sunday School will hold a pie and cake sale at the Market House on Saturday December 16. Proceeds support church activities and missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faithful Workers
First United Brathren
Corn Potato and Poultry Show Heads to Hershey
The second annual Corn Potato and Poultry Show for Lower Dauphin County will run Thursday through Saturday in the old Hershey Store building. Exhibits include corn potatoes chickens eggs with special displays from Hershey Park Zoo Hershey Store Company and Hershey Chocolate milk department plus a dog exhibit. Admission is free and State College specialists will visit Friday and Saturday to speak on corn potatoes and poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lower
Dauphin County
Hershey Store
Pennsylvania
Hershey Park Zoo
Hershey Store Company
Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey
State College
Hershey High School Banquet Honors Football Team
Hershey High School held its second annual football banquet hosted by the Domestic Science department led by Miss Florence Dersheimer. Sophomore girls prepared and served a formal menu while coach A. K. Snyder handed out letters to players led by captain Swartz as the team and faculty gathered around a Capitol H table setting with Christmas colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey High School
Florence Dersheimer
Dauphin County Potato Growers Organize in Harrisburg Area
R B Shenk of Hershey was named temporary chairman at a Hummelstown High School meeting where fifteen growers drafted a motion for temporary organization. The group plans county canvassing to recruit members toward a permanent charter under the 1919 Agricultural Cooperation Act, with R R Burtner as secretary and John Curry as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Shenk
Hershey
Dauphin County Co-operative Potato Growers’ Organization
Hummelstown High School
Agricultural Cooperation Association
R. R. Burtner
Harrieburg
John Curry
Swatara
Farm Bureau
Recital Pleases Large Audience at Grace Church
A Hershey concert by the Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church choir of Lancaster, 45 voices, performed in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church last Thursday. The Advent program featured fine enunciation and timbre with a standout quartet "Come to My Heart, Lord Jesus" as Mrs Ray Tall presided at the organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
Lancaster
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Hershey
America
Lord Jeans
Mra
Ray Tall
Allentown Fair Profits Amid September Exhibition
The Allentown fair posted a profit of 28422 from a September exhibition with over 125000 paid admissions and similar free entries. Receipts totaled 146305 against expenses of 117882. Major revenue came from admissions 50920 grand stand 32686 and concessions 40128, while the society carries a 7000 debt excluding recently bought farms for a new million dollar fair.
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Allentown
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Miss Neva Wiley
Hummelsto
A. K. Snyder
Swartz
Hitz
Mgr
H. Long
Belser
N. Long
Hackman
Aungst
Shertzer
Wiley
Dauphin County Potato Growers’ Organize
Lebanon Valley
The
State Highway Department
Berks Criminal Court
Pinchot
Capitol Hill
Poconos
Hazelton
Wilbur Miller
Edenburg
Miller
Lehigh County
York County
Berks
Erie
Potter
John A. McSparran
National Grange
Wichita
Kan
Pittsburgh
United States
Grange
Lititz
Ephrata
Columbia
Mount Joy Marietta
Strasburg
Quarryville
Berke
Steelton
Bethlehem Steel Co
Delaware River
Market Square
Third
Walnut
Capitol Park
Polly
Bethlehem
Middletown
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