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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1919
Page
1
Hershey Men’s Club officials plan multiple baseball teams as warm weather returns. The main team will bear the Men’s Club name, a younger squad called the Olivers, and a third team likely drawn from Boy Scouts. Organizers urge all who can play any ball to report this week for quick roster setup.
Local audiences will see three major pictures over the week starting March 1. Vita graph presents The Dawn of Understanding with Bessie Love, a five act Blue Ribbon feature, plus Bums and Boarders in a fast two reel comedy. The next night The Romance of Tarzan opens, eight reels, with Elmo Lincoln and Enid Markey, plus wild jungle creatures.
True Birches available with spring meaning early planting of seeds and bulbs. Hershey’s amateur farmers prepared for annual production. last year about 150 lots rented free for corn potatoes cabbage beans and other staples. Plots run for one summer and must be rechartered annually under John Snavely at the Employment Bureau. Fertilizer at $1.25 per load available from Charles Clark.
Early Monday three men were spotted near the Morris residence by Fred Clark around midnight. Neighbors alerted others, but the burglars vanished before pursuit. Local theory points to vagrant bands. residents vow a close watch until suspects are caught.
The Olivers crushed the Big Five 64 to 31 to clinch the Hershey town basketball championship in a two-game series. Clark led with nine field goals, Stover added twelve from the line, and Bordner starred for the Big Five despite teammates' struggles.
On Wednesday morning four butchers at the Hershey Store Abattoir killed and dressed 30 fat hogs and had them on sale that afternoon. They also killed six fancy fat steers wintered on Farm 19 and fattened under Hershey Farm office supervision. About 200 such steers remain to be killed. Hershey Meat Dept. customers will have good beef for some time.
Thousands braved the weather to attend Hershey Department Store’s George Washington Day Sale last Saturday. The event set new records for crowds and receipts, with an estimated ten to fifteen thousand dollars in one day and four to five thousand attendees, despite a small sales staff. The store praises the community support and notes the sales milestone as historic for a country store.
Hershey girls defeated York Collegiate 21 to 9 after a delayed start caused by a broken car en route to Marietta. Miss Stuckey led Hershey with four baskets while Miss Gerber and Miss Garman stood out on defense. York’s best were Miss Miller and Miss Frey. Hershey advances to Hanover for a game tomorrow night.
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