03 Feb 1916
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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1916
Page
1
The Hershey Chocolate Company will pay a bonus of 20 percent of salaries to employees continuously employed for six months before January 1. About 86 percent will receive the bonus, totaling over $100,000. The program includes medical examinations, insurance, and new rest rooms, with a personalized letter accompanying each check.
Hershey unveils a new milk supply with 7 cents per quart milk and 12 cents cream. Elmer Klippinger oversees northside herds while the Round Barn houses the main herd. Delivery uses cap bottles to protect purity and cleanliness as production climbs to 1700 quarts of milk weekly.
The YWCA monthly bond meeting is held next Monday evening with election of officers plus recall of treasurer and secretaries reports. A short program of entertainment and classwork exhibition precedes light refreshments. The home has been recently decorated and the event is led by President Mrs. ME 1 Aforshoay with board members assisting.
Mr Clark spoke at the Second Withied Brethren meeting in the morning and at the IMA United Brethren Church in the afternoon. He addressed themes on religious relationships and God as part of Sunday services with warm commendations from attendees.
Dr. Green delighted a large audience at Hershey Central Theater with a talk on Getting Along. D. Lee Fitzpatrick will soon speak on The Power of Song with musical illustrations. The February lyceum slate promises engaging events with no charge.
Residents from Hershey and Palmyra gathered at the Odeum in Harrisburg Wednesday evening to enjoy Kreiskler performances. Notables include W. Sehwenk, J. Colwin, R. Brown, L. Marshall, Miss Ruth Zall, and Miss Katherine, plus many from Annville and Horsley to Palngen after the hour.
The Hershey Store announces a week long pure food show starting Tuesday with top displays from leading manufacturers. Evening prizes and an auto contest will draw families. Free motion pictures at Hershey Central Theater Tuesday and Thursday, with tickets available until eight each night. Local residents invited to attend.
The YWCA celebrates its golden jubilee with nationwide observances. It notes the Boston Association's 1866 formation, the 1906 New York convention, and the National Board at 6000 Lexington Ave New York. The Hershey event includes an Annual Meeting Membership Rally and a house warming with classwork exhibition on February 7.
The article notes varied mild to severe weather in Hershey with the ground hog not seeing a shadow. Tradition predicts a week of gear weather for Lebanon Valley. It mentions dogs from the Hershey Zoo and dates referencing a late January emergence.
A Tyrone musician, Me Bitusser, presented violin selections in the school assembly room. The program included Medd trnion Phlas and Serenade, with pieces by Schubert and Doddy, performed on the piano accompaniment.
The feature lineup includes a Mutual masterwork Bha Waddie on Saturday and Cawldin Me Garden of Tes on Wednesday. Monday Broadway offerings include Dane Cawldin Out of Gad and additional selections.
A meeting of the board is called to plan the new First United Brethren Church on Chocolate Avenue. The site will replace Yingst and Hershey residences, torn down. The church fund and Easter report cap a six hundred dollar nest egg. total cost around sixty thousand dollars. Rev. N. L. Linebaugh’s revival boosted membership, with 60 decisions, 50 conversions and 10 reconversions this month. A 50-voice choir aided the revival, with an active booster choir for children Tuesdays and Fridays.
Recent guests at the Hershey Chocolate Company factory include Nowh G. Hershey and Uncle G. Hershey of Abilene Kansas along with visitors from New Jersey New York Ohio Massachusetts and Tennessee. Many diners are reported to have eaten at the Hershey Cutie during the season and the article notes visitors from Pennsylvania and other states bringing regional representation.
Fire department members met for their monthly session on Tuesday evening. President Brinker and Secretary A Newton led the group. Members voted to secure head protectors for smoke and fire safety gear amid discussion of improving equipment.
The article reports the governor Cavern Biaunhaugh of Pennsylvania marrying his ward Misa Flora Parks on Saturday. Details include Parks age and a long residence in the Bianhaugdh home.
The Choral Society schedules a Friday rehearsal on February 11 at 8 oclock. All singers are invited to participate as they prepare pieces from masters with solo work by KOJOJMIH.
A Wednesday dinner at the home of Mr and Mrs Hy Mn Witman honored Mia Amanda Witman on her birthday. Residents recalled the celebratory event, noting the guest of honor’s age and health as a focus of the gathering.
Hershey’s zoo, already Pennsylvania’s largest free private zoo, will unveil extensive changes by Memorial Day. The plans include a central amphitheater style building, new bridge, wide animal runways, improved cages for birds and predators, and expanded monkey and deer enclosures as Frantz Zimmer teases further surprises for the 1916 season.
The Hershey Free Public Library added four volumes from Hon. Samuel C. G. Todd detailing Pennsylvania's Civil War history and battlefield sites. Also acquired Smull's 1915 Legislative Handbook with election law revisions and Senatorial data. Frantz Attner donated Shumskud's five volume Nature History, plus other works on natural history, travel, and cooperative theory.
About 200 carloads of prime quality Cuban sugar head to Hershey, reflecting Cuba’s wartime profits diverted to the United States. The article notes Europe’s reduced role, Cuba’s rising beet competition weakened, and Cuban sugar buyers expanding investments in the U.S. sugar industry.
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