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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
4
The Hershey Press promotes Hershey as a modern home center with garages and motoring links. It invites merchants to use advertising columns and notes the paper serves a high earning community ready to spend on autos and home goods. The issue is dated December 24 1914.
The Hershey Press wishes its readers a Merry Christmas and notes a growing subscriber list. It expresses gratitude for reader support, emphasizes service to the community, and invites readers to consider the paper a regular member of their household.
From the Hershey Press windows, apple cheeked children sweep Park hill with the wind and happiness. Dozens race downhill on bob sleds while a sleigh with bells passes, amid a contrast with busy financiers and factory heads indoors. Winter returns and sleds replace cars as Hershey embraces the season.
A discussion on urban unemployment and rising hunger cites bread lines and charity appeals while a U S senator notes the chronic shortage of farm labor and the need to return more production to the soil. The piece argues misaligned production and consumption and urges directed influence for rural renewal.
A speaker urges more interest in raising crops and the old farming spirit to improve self sufficiency and prevent future hunger. He stresses the need for enthusiasm for rural life and country despite short term hardships.
The piece extols Christmas as the festival of childhood and renewal. It urges spreading joy, kindness, and evergreen symbols to thwart war and sustain happiness, arguing that nurturing youthful spirit can transform society and make war impossible.
The author contrasts Civil War memory with present global suffering. He notes how individuals from planters to peasants face futility, while nations devolve under war rules. He urges continuing effort and trust that humanity must move forward despite bloodshed.
A poem-like snippet depicts hunger and unemployment cries heard at home and on the streets. It references Bolgalns and a mother with children, as narrated in the New York Sun.
A reflective line notes that strict sleep discipline improves health but does not bring wealth. The speaker expresses surprise at the lack of financial gain despite disciplined habits.
The Hershey Free Public Library received ten volumes of Seeing Europe with Famous Authors as a Christmas gift from John E. Snyder. The editor is Francis W. Halsey, and the set covers Great Britain to Russia with regional stops. Ten books were added to the Christmas shelf and seventeen new members joined, bringing total membership to 746.
A list of performances and participants from a kindergarten or elementary Christmas program. The program includes songs like Holy Night Santa Claus New Outfit and Reindeer Song with performances by William Wagner Harold Stilwagner Irvin Wagner and other students. Several dialogues and exercises accompany the songs.
Miss Alice Elder and Miss Mary Burch organized a Christmas party for younger juniors at the Y W C A. Twenty six children attended Saturday afternoon in the club rooms, with holiday decorations and a large Christmas tree. The children made presents for themselves and their parents and were served candy and popcorn.
A new 48 by 26 foot addition is being built to the Hershey Transit Company trolley barn to handle crowding and two new cars arriving in spring. A new repair car is also under construction for the transit company.
The Church of the Brethren held a meeting last week and elected Sunday school officers. George W. Henry was chosen superintendent followed by Milton Baschore as assistant superintendent John A. Stahley as secretary Alice Conrad as assistant secretary and Morris Henry as treasurer.
A new washing machine was installed at the Hershey Laundry this week. The unit is among the latest models and was purchased from the Columbia Machine Company in Columbia.
In the Glasgow News a writer recalls a returning traveler from India who shares a story about native converts proud of English idioms. At a missionary funeral a pastor spoke of suffering and said the hand that rocked the cradle has licked the bucket, reflecting local linguistic humor.
Rev George Snavely Rentz leads Sunday School at 9 30 a m with morning worship at 10 30 a m titled The Tender Grace of a Day That is Dead. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 p m and evening service at 7 30 p m titled The Visit of the Dayspring. Prayer meeting follows with theme Balancing the Books.
Rev N L Linebaugh leads Bible School at 9 15 a m and 10 15 a m services. Christmas sermon by the pastor. Junior Hour at 2 p m Senior C E at 6 30 p m Sermon at 7 30 p m Wednesday prayer at 7 15 p m. Services open to all with special singing and a cordial welcome.
Rev Frederick C Krapf leads Bible School at 130 p m and catechumen classes at 245 p m at the Holy Trinity parish with a 730 p m chief service and a Christmas Festival at 630 p m on Christmas Day. Palmyra Palm Congregation offers Bible School at 900 a m, chief service at 1015 a m, catechumen classes Wednesday at 345 and 745 p m, and a Christmas Festival night before Christmas at 730 p m.
Elizabethtown pastor Ralph Schlosser preaches at 10 80 a m at the Church of the Brethren with Sunday School at 9 30 a m. All are welcome to attend.
The Derry Presbyterian Church invites all to a Christmas service on Wednesday December 23 at 7 45 pm. Geibel’s Carol Service for Christmas will be used with Grace Gordon’s new carols and Adam Geibel’s music performed by the Presbyterian Orchestra. Recitations and special exercises by the Sunday School will accompany the program.
The district reports total enrollment of 698 with attendance at 94 percent. Names of students by year show varied attendance percentages from 44 to 98 with several graduates and teachers listed. Enrollment to date is 720.06 and district-wide attendance ranges around mid 90s.
The Ray C A Tefnar pastor of the Evangelical church of Palmyra was badly shaken but escaped unharmed after his automobile collided with a westbound Hershey front car passing through that place. The auto mobile was only slightly damaged.
Edward Fasnacht of Palmyra, a horseshoer, with assistant William Spangler, fitted 148 shoes on Monday and 162 on Tuesday and 188 on Wednesday at his shop, in connection with incidental work.
The annual meeting of stockholders of the Hershey Trust Company of Hershey Pennsylvania will be held at their banking house on Thursday January 7 1915 at one o’clock for the election of a board of directors and related business.
For sale a two percent story frame dwelling house near Hershey along the trolley line with about one acre of ground. A two and a half story frame dwelling house at Swatara Station and a two and a half story double frame dwelling at Swatara Station. Apply to I. M. Hershey, attorney for owners.
Notice of administration granted to Harry M. Zimmerman and Gabriel T. Moyer for the estate of Gene H. Brown of Wart Hanover township Dauphin County. Creditors urged to present claims and debtors to make immediate payment. settlement to be made through the administrators at 1286 Palmyra, PA.
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