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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1926
Page
2
The Hershey Press notes its columns are open to readers for general interest articles and items every Thursday in Hershey Pennsylvania.
Palmyra Pennsylvania ends 1926 with notable gains in road work signal lights zones and traffic planning. Local industries and building show strong growth while officials plan 1927 improvements and urge civic unity.
Eugene Behm and family visit Cyrus Runkle as Palmyra High teams host Susquehanna Town ship to finish week with wins. Girls 29 9 and boys 30 15. Annville Big Five defeats Palmyra 26 19 on Palmyra school court. Many Christmas holiday notices and local ads follow including rentals sales and notices from Palmyra Bank and Trust Company and local residents.
Hummelstown items report numerous relatives visiting from Philadelphia New York City and New Jersey for Christmas and the holidays. The piece lists births hospital stays church services and social events including guests at local homes and bridge parties. Public schools reopen January 3.
Miss Miriam Mengel of Parkersburg visits her parents, and several others travel from Shamokin Mt Alto Shamokin to spend holidays with local families. Emma Reed and Ella Reed go to Philadelphia for wintering with relatives. Mary Ebersole returns to Washington from West High Street. Emma Sutcliffe visits Bethlehem and Emma Margaret McQueen and Annie Nye tour Philadelphia with Mrs Barclay. Emma Brinser injures arm in an auto accident. For sale new house on West Main Street and oil heater plus mahogany library table listed for sale on East Main Street
In Elizabethtown PA on Christmas Eve three weddings were reported. Mary Lydia Imboden and William Meyer Diffenderfer wed at Christ Lutheran Church with about 250 guests. Paul Myers and Mildred Geistweit married at Trinity United Evangelical parsonage. Emma Wampler and Rev. William John Wadsworth Jr. tied the knot at Rev. Ober and Mrs. Ober’s home.
Campbelltown area entries include watchnight services at U C Church on Friday evening. Local residents such as Ray and Samuel Clauser visited Harrisburg for Christmas, and Ezra Risser reported an automobile crank loss. A truck driven by Charles Eby upset near the Hershey Industrial School Friday night with minor injuries. The community funded a Christmas purse of 105 dollars for Mr. and Mrs. Wealand.
Bethtown College ties noted with art supervisor in Pottstown. Rev Wads worth serves Quakertown church. Families visit relatives in Allentown, Westminster, and State College during Christmas. Obituary for Miss Agatha C Lynch. Sanctioned church services in Hagerstown. Orange street family visits and gifts from California. Elizabethtown Masonic Home leader elected Lancaster Fruit Growers president. 85th birthday for Adam Geistweit celebrated with relatives from Mt Joy and Paxtang.
Scientists at Pennsylvania State College Agricultural Experiment Station install a small doorway in the first stomach of a 2 year old Holstein heifer named Jessie to sample her dinner for vitamin B. Dr. Brechtel and Dr. Amadon with Dr. Shigley report the procedure was safe and will allow testing by feeding samples to rats to assess vitamin B production by rumen bacteria. The operation, performed with local anaesthetics, is expected to heal as Jessie remains calm and pain free.
A church class records resolutions of respect for Mrs. Dora Cunkle detailing faith in God, sorrow at her passing, and sympathy for her children. It notes sending copies of the resolutions to the bereaved family and minutes, with committee signatures from Mrs. Annie M. Fasnacht and others.
General headquarters directing the fight against the Japanese beetle will move from Riverton New Jersey to Eastern Pennsylvania during winter, likely to a site between Philadelphia and Trenton. The plan includes releasing more parasites next year to combat the pest.
Officials say a quarantine enforcement office has been opened in Lancaster to supervise movement of affected products. The office covers Lancaster Lebanon and Dauphin Counties and parts of Berks County west of the Schuylkill to aid containment of the infestation.
General Hugh S. Cummings says filmy silk hosiery and shorter skirts do not harm feminine health even in winter. He notes legs acclimate to cold as hands and face and that ill effects are negligible. Women reportedly complain less about cold than men.
Pennsylvania reported total road and bridge construction expenditures of 649,125,101 dollars last year. The Highway Department received 780,081,292 dollars to cover costs, with 115,656,721 dollars remaining from 1924. Motor licenses and gasoline taxes funded about 43 percent, bonds 21 percent, and the Federal Government 14 percent. Pennsylvania led states in outlay at 62,294,366 dollars, with New York second at 49,368,770 dollars.
A statistician calculates the cash value of a college education at about $70,000 by projecting earnings of university graduates.
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