Panama Swimmers at Hershey Park Exhibition
Panama Canal swimming instructor H. J. Greiser tours with twenty young swimmers at Hershey Park. Free performances run daily at 2.30 and 6.30 p.m. from July 26 through August 2, featuring dives, sprints, and rope rescues. Angela Klemmer will perform a 25 second self release from rope.
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H. J. Greiser
Panama Canal
Hershey Park
Greiser
Balboa Pool
Gatum Lake
Angela Klemmer
John R. Zoll
America
The White Sister at Park Theatre July 24 25 26
The White Sister a stage and screen record holder tells a nurse nun story of sacrifice after a soldier lover returns. Peggy Hastings Helen Potter Jackson Ralph Crabtree Ruth Elliot Bruno Wick star in the Park Theatre engagement on July 24 25 and 26 with a noted cast.
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Dominican Nuns
the Park Theatre
Portress
Peggy Hastings
Bernard
Helen Potter Jackson
Bassili
Ralph Crabtree
Doctor Plere
Bruno Wick Countess
Chiarmonte
Ruth Elliot
Monsignore
Saracinesca
Potato crop setback prompts prayers and spraying
With the state’s potato crop below standard, Dauphin County growers expect more delays if rains persist. The Dauphin County Agricultural Extension Association urges farmers to continue praying for better conditions and to spray every ten days or two weeks during the growing season to combat late blight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin County Agricultural Extension Association
Dauphin County
Hershey Baseball Club Seeks Local Support from Town
Swatara resident John Zeppelli adds five dollars to Hershey Baseball Club treasury as calls grow for more Hersheyites to contribute. The nonpaid team aims to raise funds through 25 cent per home game donations or larger gifts, hoping many supporters will write checks to back the season.
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John Zeppelli
Swatara
Traynor
Hershey
M. S
Park Orchestra Sunday Concert at Jershay Park
The Park Orchestra will perform Sunday afternoon at Jershay Park featuring Overture Arcadia Girls Vera rye Barber of Sevilla Rossini Waltz The Purity Maiden Intermezzo Naila and excerpts from Romeo and Juliet with soloists. The program also includes Delibes Cavalry and Hungarian Fantasia. Lancaster County reports wheat crop value at 2 841 000 with an estimated 24 6 bushels per acre, up slightly from last year due to precautions against rust.
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Jershay Park
The
Park Orchestra
Naila
Fred
Handel Fete
Tobani
Lancaster County
Hershey Clinches Third Straight Over Palmyra
Hershey defeated Palmyra for the third straight game with a comfortable margin in Thursday’s matchup. The summary of the score line is unavailable due to incomplete OCR text.
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Hershey
Palmyra
Hershey Defeats Middletown 11 to 7 in Slugfest
The Chocolatiers beat Middletown by 11 to 7 on Wednesday afternoon. Hershey secured the win with timely hits from Menir sealing key moments in the scoring spree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Middletown
Chocolatiers
Menir
Hershey Beats Mt. Holly to Extend Winning Streak
Hershey defeated Mt. Holly on Saturday to extend their winning streak to 13. Pratt started, but Mt. Holly struggled as Hershey pitchers dominated. Hartzell finished the game, and the Hershey offense hammered the ball. Local fans were sparse, with Palmyra supporters more visible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Mt. Holly
Oating
Pratt
Hartzell
Big Cage
Palmyra Vacation Bible School Closes Friday Evening
The closing exercises and exhibit of the Palmyra Daily Vacation Bible School will be held at the Church of the Brethren meeting house on Chestnut street Friday evening July 26 at 7 20 p.m. Everyone is invited to attend.
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Palmyra
Church of the Brethren Meeting House
Chestnut Street
Welsh Baptist Church Drops Welsh for Sermons in Scranton
The First Welsh Baptist Church of Scranton decides to end Welsh language preaching after seventy-five years. Officials say the next generation cannot understand the language, prompting the shift. Seven other Welsh churches are considering the change.
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Scranton
First Welsh Baptist Church
Sunday Schools Hold Convention on Tuesday in Dauphin County
Eight of fourteen Sunday Schools in District No. 5 Dauphin County Sabbath School Association sent delegates to the first annual convention held Tuesday evening at Spring Creek. The event featured talks on Christian education and organized Sunday school work, with emphasis on Bible classes and rural cooperation with Lancaster. Officers were installed, led by President Harry Jones, Union Township, with new posts across Hershey, Elizabethtown, and Union Deposit. Children's division chief position is vacant.
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Dauphin County
C. H. Holtzinger
Otterbein United Brethren Church
Lancaster
J. R. McDonald
Fishburn
United Brethren Church
Kirby M. Yiengst
Lutheran Church
Union Posit
Ivan L. Mease
Association
Ree
Harry Jones
Noah Gibbie
Hershey
R. D
Paul R. Gingrich
Milton Basehore
youNg People’s
Andrew Enry
Paul Zentmeyer
Samuel Yingst
D. 1
Warren Sattazahn
Martin S. Brandt
Elizabethtown
Home Department
Mary Shertzer
Union Deposit
Nathan J. Basehore
Hummelstown
Noah Gibble
A. G. Nye
Children’s Division
Miners To Picnic at Hershey Park
Mine Workers' Union officials from Shamokin Girardville and Mahanoy City inspect Hershey Park ahead of a Coal Region outing on Friday August 25 a general holiday in mining areas. A Shenandoah Hershey baseball game is a feature with other attractions noted.
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C. J. Golden
Shamokin
F. J. Butler
Girardville
John Strombo
Mahanoy City
Mine Workers’ Union of America
Hershey Park
Shenandoah
Hershey
Birthday Party for Billy Miller
A delightful surprise birthday party was held Saturday at the home of Mr and Mrs W E Miller in honor of their son Billys anniversary. A number of games were played and refreshments served to a long list of guests including Paul Gray Freddy Moyer Grace Miller Vera Miller Gladys Spancake Ruth Smith Joyce Cake Randall Cake Leo Cake Fern Cake Foster Geiling Helen Gelling Bobby Owens Catherine Boyer John Hummer Ruth Bistline Dorothy Bistline Henry Fasnacht Richard King Richard Miller William Hoy Robert Hoy Joseph Heichel Rita Heichel Eloise Moyer Catherine Leibfreid Josephine Spangler Raymond Smith Allen mith Billy Schlemm Grace Campa Thelma Miller Ellanora DeLong Betty Bartels Junior Sheeley and Billy Miller.
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W. E. Miller
Billy
Paul Gray
Freddy Moyer
Grace Miller
Vera Miller
Gladys Spancake
Ruth Smith
Joyce Cake
Randall Cake
Leo Cake
Fern Cake
Foster_Geiling
Helen Gelling
Bobby Owens
Catherine Boyer
John Hummer
Ruth Bistline
Dorothy Bistline
Henry Fasnacht
Richard King
Richard Miller
William Hoy
Robert Hoy
Joseph Heichel
Rita Heichel
Eloise Moyer
Catherine Leibfreid
Josephine Spangler
Raymond Smith
Allen Mith
Billy Schlemm
Grace Campa
Thelma Miller
Ellanora DeLong
Betty Bartels
Junior Sheeley
Billy Miller
P O S of A Members Called to July Meeting
All members are urged to attend a Monday evening meeting at the P O S of A Hall to decide the where and when of the annual picnic. Several location options were discussed but no final action due to low attendance. A vote on stag versus family attendance will also be decided.
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A. Hall
Valley Glen
Williams Grove
Meadow Brook
Carsonia Park
Laurel Dam
Odd Fellows Open Air Meeting Attracts Hundreds
Shellaville Lodge No. 1080 O F held an open air meeting on Monday evening drawing more than 700 attendees. The event featured an orchestra from Ono Mia plus performers from Harrisburg and a Lebanon cast in The Bowery Night School, all in colorful costumes and wholesome humor. Special credit went to Geo D Miller and G Will Henry for organizing the success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shellaville Lodge
O. F
Ono
Mia
W. Harry Wolf
Francea
Mildred Jacobs
John F. Swisher
Harrisburg
Lebanon
Bowery Night School
Geo. D .Miller
Shellavalle Lodge
G. Will Henry
Odd Fellow
Dauphin County
Beauty Culture Shop Closed This Week
The Hershey Beauty Culture shop will close this week due to the absence of Madge Shea who left for Philadelphia.
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Hershey
Madge Shea
Bitoni
Philadelphia
Community Nurse Drive Aids Local Red Cross Efforts
The Red Cross Visiting Nurse service invites support during July 29 30 31 with at home care education and in home visits. Hershey Inn contacts and school programs highlighted. The drive emphasizes public health work, nutrition in schools, and student health metrics from the past year, urging donations and solicitor participation.
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Red Cross
Calta
Hershey Inn
Bell
Miss Elizabeth High
Hershey Legion Posts Plans Picnic and 1925 Convention
Hershey Post 386 American Legion holds July meeting with about twenty members. A picnic at Alley Glen Park is set for September 13 with transport arranged. Delegates Norman Stahle and Robert Whittle will attend Greensburg State Convention August 21 to 23. A 1925 Hershey Convention bid is being pursued. A large Legion sign was received and placed by local artist R. W. Lloyd.
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Hershey Post
No. 386
American Legion
Post
Alley Glen Park
Ed. Schwenk
Beester
Department of Pennsylvania
Greensburg
Norman Stahle
Robert Whittle
Hershey
Legion
R. W. Lloyd
Hershey Faces West Fairview in Saturday Baseball Showdown
The Hershey Chocolatiers host West Fairview at 3 PM on the Hershey diamond as West Fairview contends for the West Shore League pennant behind star pitcher Brehm. Hershey also hosts Elizabethtown Thursday as part of a busy schedule, with Hershey Park picnic plans noted.
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Chocolatiers
West Fairview
Hershey
Meig Aes
West Shore
Brehm
Chocoatiers
Elizabethtown
Hershey Park
Hershey Chocolate Company Pays Extra Compensation to Employees
The Hershey Chocolate Company distributed additional compensation checks to all employees on a Saturday, totaling 2367 percent of wages and salaries paid for the second quarter. The average extra compensation for the first half of the year ranged between 25 and 267 percent.
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Hershey Chocolate Company
Fifteen Mile Speed Limit Enforced in Swatara Township
Swatara Township adopts a fifteen mile per hour speed limit in populated sections. Signs will be set along Intervala on the main street of the district. Police will include warning signs in schools and will arrest violators to curb accidents prompting the action.
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Swatara
Intervala
Sunday School Picnic at Rocky Springs in Lancaster
The First United Brethren Sunday School plans an annual picnic at Rocky Springs Park, Lancaster, on Friday August 1 with special trolley cars from Hershey Square at 8:00 am. Round trip fare is 1.12 dollars, free for children under five if accompanied. Tickets from Roy Sternberger Wm Geiling John Balsbaugh Harry Knoll Monroe Stover D Frank Garman Irvin Aungst Wm Runkel Paul Zentmeyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Brethren Sunday School
Rocky Springs Park
Lancaster
Hershey Square
Roy Sternberger
Wm. Geiling
Ohn Balsbaugh
Harry Knoll
Monroe Stover
D. Frank Garman
Irvin Aungst
Wm. Runkel
Paul Zentmeyer
Press
Death of Mrs. David C. Baker of Bedford County
Mrs. David C. Baker daughter of Jacob H. and Elizabeth Reininger of Bedford County died Sunday July 20 at 62 East Caracas Avenue at age 63 years 11 months 8 days. Funeral Thursday at 1 30 p m from the home led by Rev M LeRoy Wachter Holy Trinity Lutheran Church interment Hummelstown cemetery. Survived by husband David C son Howard C sister five sisters two grandsons and a granddaughter. Funeral director George Karmany.
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David C. Baker
Jacob H
Elizabeth Reininger
Bedford County
East
Caracas Avenue
M. LeRoy Wachter
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Hummelstown
George Karmany
David C
Howard C
Harrisburg
Charles Reininger
Pottstown
Dora Nickey
Middletown
Mary Slack
Johnnie Leonard
Atlantic City
Carrie and
Pearl
Sara Baker
Charles Baker
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