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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1924
Page
4
Florin and Penbrook households visit the Hallgrens while many relatives travel to Harrisburg, Lancaster, and Elizabethtown for family gatherings. The item also notes births, moves to Campbelltown, theater outings, community meetings, sports, and assorted classifieds in Hershey and surrounding towns.
Hershey School reports Miss Mary E. Haeseler of grade six confined to Emergency Hospital on Pat's Hill with diphtheria. Substitutions arranged. other staff absences noted. District Institute attendance cited. upcoming Lyceum matinee Nothing but the Truth to aid the Senior Class Washington trip fund.
The Hershey YWCA millinery class taught by Miss Eva Bomgardner has completed twelve lessons. The students express high satisfaction with the instruction and rapid progress achieved in a short period.
Roy McKissick, a former Hershey resident known as Mac, was injured Saturday in Lancaster when a piece of iron fell on him during bridge construction. He suffered eye damage and facial injuries. an operation at Lancaster Hospital aimed to save his sight and was reported successful.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and others announce Bible study morning services evening messages and special programs. Events include Luther League meetings, catechetical classes, choir rehearsals, and a county concert by Lebanon Valley College Glee Club. Also Derry Presbyterian and First United Brethren list midweek gatherings and a Home Talent show.
Sunday School at 9.30. Church services at Campbelltown U B Church led by Rev R S Arndt with Christian Endeavor at 6 30 Revival services continue next week. St Joan of Arc rector Rev P Je Phelan offers Sunday Masses at 8 00 and 10 00 and a sermon at the late Mass Baptisms at 12 00 noon Confessions Saturday 4 00 and 7 00 Weekday Masses 7 30 am Holy Days Masses at 6 30 and 7 30 am.
The funeral of Dorothy E. Brown 14 of Union Deposit was Sunday at 2 PM at the U B Church with many floral tokens. Relatives and friends attended and Union Grammar School classmates came in a body. Interment followed at Union cemetery. Pallbearers were Herman Marshall Emanuel Groft Miles Long Paul Long John Kunkle and Alvin Wise.
Mr and Mrs Samuel D Brown of Union Deposit thank neighbors and friends for kindness and help during the sad bereavement of their daughter Dorothy.
The piece highlights a Lititz man W M P Plautz marrying his son's sister in law creating a tangle of in laws and uncle relations. It also records 375 dwelling houses built in Harrisburg in 1923, up 70 from 1922.
Report of the condition of the Hershey Trust Company at December 31 1923 shows resources of 3 185 650 16 with cash on hand and in banks 907 662 66 loans and commercial paper 314 424 27 bonds and stocks 1 141 182 32 other assets 12 763 58. Liabilities include capital 125 000 00 profits 218 605 15 treasurer's checks outstanding 25 308 other liabilities 1 299 17 trust funds 81 933 00.
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