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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
4
Mr and Mrs Harry Matthews spent Saturday and Sunday with Lebanon hosts. Many families from Harrisburg Lebanon and Palmyra visit friends and relatives in the area. Notices include lost items and small ads, with references to school events and local happenings.
More than 300 clubwomen at the South eastern Pennsylvania district meeting in Lancaster last week heard a defense of modern youth and a call for a return to old fashioned home life. Mrs. J A Shafer urged mothers to set better examples to curb illicit drinking and excessive dancing and to judge their children with reason. Mrs R Maurice Snyder praised the modern girl as capable and self reliant, noting they can create homes of their own.
Hershey High hosts Myerstown High in a men’s club basketball clash on Saturday afternoon January 31. Last year Hershey won narrowly but Myerstown touts improvement and seeks an on floor upset with a 2:30 p.m. tip and a large crowd anticipated.
Mrs Mary Grove Stine aged forty, wife of Artemas Stine formerly of this place, died Monday at her home in Dallastown. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm at the house and at 2 pm at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church in Dallastown with interment in Dallastown Union Cemetery.
A list of classroom texts across subjects including Paradise Lost and The Tale of Two Cities for English Social Studies titles such as Problems of American Democracy and History of the United States, mathematics texts like Plane Geometry and Algebra, languages Latin and Spanish primers, science books Everyday Science and Practical Physics, and commercial courses covering Book-keeping Shorthand Typewriting and Secretarial Studies.
Preliminary work will begin on the Susquehanna River project at Conowingo Maryland. When finished it will generate up to 460000 horsepower at a cost of 52200000, ranking as the third largest U S hydroelectric plant after Niagara Falls and Muscle Shoals. The dam will be 3680 feet long and 103 feet high, creating a 13.5 mile pool upstream. Power will feed Southeastern Pennsylvania and connect with Philadelphia Electric Company plants. The project aims to boost industry and rail electrification between New York and Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miller of West End Palmyra celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary with a Sunday reception at home. Guests traveled from Harrisburg Hummelstown Hockersville Hershey Campbelltown Palmyra and Lebanon for an elaborate dinner and social hour.
In the Hershey Men's Club Junior League the Olivets routed Cedar Rapids five in a one sided affair. The Olivets benefited from strong all around play and good shooting. In the second game the Jutes edged a tight battle with the Scouts finishing 18 to 17 after a late surge.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Harrison Quigley Post American Legion Palmyra plans a chicken corn soup and homemade candy sale on Saturday January First at 17 North Chestnut Street the home of Mrs Wim Amole.
Mrs Mae Koons wife of Clarence Koons died at her Union Deposit home after a brief illness. Aged 25 she leaves a husband and two children Roy four and Pauline two weeks. Funeral services were held at the house and USB Church Union Deposit with burial in Union Deposit cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jacob Gipe of Union Deposit.
Dauphin County cut bonded indebtedness by 25500 during 1924 while revenue rose 145.76 and expenditures fell 398617.12. Total receipts from taxes and other sources reached 1,9370,084.14 with expenditures of 1,016,621.32. Gains came from higher county taxes 13,572.46 and a larger share of the state gasoline tax. County offices were placed on a salary basis, increasing county control over offices.
On Friday night in the Hershey Industring League, the Tarters beat Princeton by a large margin after the Royal Blues played Enola Car Shop. The Princeton team seemed lacking pep with players described as having material but little pep.
Fashion experts predict veils will be worn again this season after Dowager Queen Alexandra’s veil featuring in a royal photo. Manufacturers report rising demand for chenille veiling and fine hard veils that cover only the eyes, adding luster and mystery to any gaze.
Presbyterians, Lutherans, and other local churches announce a slate of services Sabbath School at 9.15, morning worship at 10.30, and evening devotions with themes on friendship and predestination. Union devotions begin Wednesday at YWCA. church councils meet later in the week. Also reported are farm seed demand signals, state capitol ground improvement plans, Lancaster cattle arrivals and bluebird sightings in Bloomsburg.
Sunday School begins 9 15 a m Morning worship at 10 30 with theme The Sacred Tithe Junior C E at 1 30 p m Senior C E at 6 45 p m Evening worship at 7 30 with theme Some Aspects of Christ Second Coming Mid week service Wednesday 7 30 Official Board Wednesday 8 30 Salem Reformed Church Campbell town Rev Henry I Aulenbach pastor Sunday School 9 00 a m Divine Worship 10 15 a m Sermon
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