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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1915
Page
8
A large list of Hershey area residents and guests are noted visiting relatives and friends across Reading Lancaster Palmyra Hummelstown and Harrisburg. Many trips include Gettysburg Hershey Gretna and York Springs with post cards from Dundee Scotland and various family reunions.
Mrs Sue Bowman attended Lebanon on Tuesday and Miss Ida Hursh of Philadelphia visited Miss Bertha Moyer. Miss Elva Hanily and Mr Halk wed last week. Sunday school classes led by Rev Frantz and Miss Bertha Moyer plan a Valley Glen picnic. Daniel Shelly visited his father near Mt Zion and Clayton Lehman bought a car. New books were added to the Sunday school library as the missionary society marks its anniversary with an evening program at 7 15.
Rain hindered wheat binder work as farmers faced heavy weather. Milton Anspach and family of Syner visited friends. C B Pretz of Annville visited Sunday. Zion's Brethren service at Hershey Farm drew attendees. John Young lives with David Snavely. Dora Leese attended Cassell funeral at Harmallstown. Whner Held and two daughters from Philadelphia visited. Shapley family, and serenade of Mr and Mrs Heds and Mr and Mrs Hetrick occurred.
Wet conditions slow harvest as rain and frequent showers prevent drying and gathering. Standing crops stay uncut and farmers hope for a week of hot dry weather to finish.
Jury finds the Philadelphia & Reading Railway responsible for the deaths of Harriet Cassel and her family at Hummelstown crossing on July 5 1915 and criticizes lack of watchman and PSC failure to compel protection. Other grade crossing tragedies in Pennsylvania noted.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Miller hosted a Tuesday evening celebration for Mildred Miller on Aretha Street. They served refreshments to Effa Drescher Catharine Rhine Iva Drescher Tressa Magrini Ruth Von Neida Helen M Skivington Margaret Mansberger Dorothy Stover Edith McCafferty Elva Miller Esther Magrini Mary Magrini Nellie Miller Florence Sneath Pearl Shultz Edward Miller and Mildred Miller.
Miss Mary R Witmer of Palmyra wed Christian H Balshaugh near Hockersville in Shamokin with Rev I Meyer Hershey officiating. The couple were unescorted. Balshaugh works in the civil engineering corps and Witmer is active in Palmyra events. they plan to reside in Palmyra.
A Happy Forty Forty girls club from Hood College in Frederick Maryland held their annual reunion Saturday in Hershey Park. The gathering drew a fine group of young ladies who appeared to be enjoying their time together.
Announcement of the marriage between Mrs. Robert Walmer nee Metzgar of Hummelstown and John Slemons of Philadelphia. The wedding occurred June 26. Mr. Slemons serves on the editorial staff of the Philadelphia Record.
The Hershey Chocolate Company installed a fine new Kron springless scale in the past week.
Joseph Clark, of near Hockersville, is laid up at his home after a belt at the Hershey Chocolate Company conveyor drew his right foot in and around shafting. He freed himself by throwing off the belt, but the injury, to his foot, is very painful and will keep him from moving about for some time.
H T Kieffer and his team of plumbers install the Evans Admirall forced circulation hot water system at the Hershey Inn. The steam heating setup is being removed as part of a broader plan begun a year ago to equip Hershey institutions with the new system.
Regular services are set at Derry Presbyterian Church with Rev. George Snavely Rentz preaching. Morning sermon titled The Music of The Last String and evening sermon As We Forgive Our Neighbors are planned.
Reuters style note reports forty thousand attended the soldiers event at Mount Gretna on Sunday with many visitors from Hershey. Storm drenched crowds and spoiled the day, but the display impressed. More Hershey visitors are expected this week aided by frequent Lebanon trains and the Hershey Transit Company line two blocks from the station.
John Stubblebine will move this week into a newly remodeled house of the Hershey Improvement Company on Spring Creek avenue. The old house, nearly 200 years old, will be torn down to make way for a double dwelling on the same site.
A mule wandered into a guarded barn area at Hhey farm number 1 and fell through the floor into the lower level. The incident occurred at night but the animal was rescued without injury.
A worker named Stoner, number 8, on the Hershey farm badly cut a finger when a pulley turned during hay unloading. Dr. Hershey treated the laceration and pain was intense.
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