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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
8
Hershey residents and friends gather for holiday events with guests from Lancaster Palmyra Lebanon and Harrisburg. Local officials and families welcome dignitaries and relatives while noting illnesses travels and upcoming visitors to show the town’s seasonal spirit.
Weather slows trolley line work with one steam shovel halted. Hunter Harry Rupp reports season totals of forty five rabbits twenty eight squirrels and one pheasant. Local visits include Margie Uhrich Paul Shenk family Reily Shepler and son George with multiple 409 horseshoes last week across six days.
Campbelltown Pa December 22 notes report Harvey Lineweaver injuring his ankle unloading a gasoline engine. Local visits include M S Long family in Bismark and Mrs Edward Lesher in Lebanon. Church events feature a Christmas program with a rehearsal Friday morning and a Christmas night festival. Prizes from a Saturday shooting match went to John Flory and Dan Swope. An auction is planned at Troover’s hardware on Saturday December 26.
Hummelstown will place its first municipal Christmas tree on a large platform near the Hershey Memorial Fountain in Central Square. The tree is decorated with colored electric lights and tinsel, with plans for Christmas Day exercises in the square.
Local notes report Mrs. Gee Seibert and son Merit visiting Harrisburg. Women donated to Mrs. Rebecca Stahley. County Superintendent Shambaugh praised district schools. Fasnacht butchered hogs for Jno M Baker weighing 394 and 324 pounds. Roads worsened by snow and rain. Holtzinger barn being converted to a calf barn. Union Deposit plans electric lights by spring. Fasnacht opens blacksmith shop. Christmas entertainments set at U B Church and Lutheran and Reform churches.
Bindnagles Church held services on Sunday afternoon. A Christmas festival is planned for Christmas evening at the local place. Residents and visitors including Carter Brown, Jacob Capp, Samuel Withers, Mrs. Mary Fisher, E M Baum family, Adam Yorty, W S Brunner, Harvey Bomgardner, Harry Crum, and Samuel Brighthill Jr were noted in various visits and activities around East Hanover Campbelltown Palmyra and Harrisburg.
A list of students home for Christmas from Lebanon Valley College includes Mayme Garman Virginia Hershey Esther Moyer Pauline Clark and Paul Wagner all returning from college. Additional names appear for homes in Hummelstown State College Gettysburg and other colleges with several teachers and students mentioned.
A wedding solemnized at Darry Church Sunday at 11 o clock joined Carrie Wagner to Irvin W. Knoll of Annville with Rev. Joseph Nissley officiating. Bridesmaid Ala Wagner and best man Paul Wagner led a reception at the bride’s parents home. The couple will live with the bride’s parents until spring and then start housekeeping in Derry Church. Attending were Adam Knoll, Samuel Warner, Abbott Toatetter, Samuel Kealffer, LeRoy Ebarsola and families, William Wagner and others from Derry Church and surroundings.
A large audience enjoyed the Young Women’s Christian Association Christmas Festival at Hershey Central Theater. The program featured eleven numbers in the first part, a strong Glee Club performance, solos by W. L. Dubois and Russell Clark, a hit playset by Louise Shay and Walter Strine, and a colorful junior drill. Finnegan’s Flat cast members led by Miss Katherine Mumma and others contributed strong recitations and acting, ending with the Star Spangled Banner. A substantial sum was raised for the cause.
The Hummelstown board of health held a regular meeting last Thursday with all members present. Bills were approved, health officer report approved, and officers elected: President H Wells Buser, Secretary George T Ricker, Treasurer Dr W M Shull, Health Officer Jacob Thomas. One contagious disease case in borough.
Dr C C Mitchell delivered a regular Lyceum lecture for the Young Men's Club to a large audience in the Hershey Central Theater. He spoke on the life and fate of Job as a symbol of perseverance and warned-Her shey residents to count their blessings amid national unemployment. The Hershey band performed well and Miss Marion Baliou Fisk will next entertain with an illustrated cartoon talk.
In Hershey and nearby towns pedestrians braved snow and rain. Mr W L Dubois and Miss Blanche Wingert joined others walking to Prospect Heights. Lynne W Meekins covered five miles, A Penshade nine miles, while M Mays and Eewin Schwenk walked from Palmyra to Harrisburg. Schwenk then completed a 72 mile trek to Schuylkill Haven.
A series of Church of the Brethren meetings began in Palmyra on Saturday with Rev. Ralph Schlosser of Elizabethtown in charge. The gatherings will run through the week.
A Christmas entertainment at First United Brethren Church is set for Christmas night at 7 30 with a large attendance expected.
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