Union Picnic Draws Big Crowd in Reading
A large crowd is expected for the Hershey Churches Union Picnic in Carsonia Park Reading on Friday August 8 with plans complete. Details cover railroad and streetcar fares for adults and children plus outside-town arrivals with train stops at Palmyra and Lebanon. The day features a wide sports program including a baseball game single men versus married men and multiple races and contests with prizes for winners.
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Hershey
Carsonia Park
Reading
Reading Terminal
Park
Palmyra
Lebanon
Cyrus Garman
Paul Zentmyer
Wallis Opens Shoe Shining Parlors in Hershey
Dick Wallis, renowned Harrisburg area shoe shiner, launches a chain starting with a Hershey barber shop. He guarantees satisfaction or no fee.
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Hershey
Dick Wallis
Champion Shoe
Harrisburg
Wallis
Thomas Black Cuts Hand While Fitting Cork
Hershey barber Thomas Black sustained a deep gash in his right hand when a bottle broke as he tried to fit a cork. Dr. Zimmerman inserted five stitches and the injury will keep him inactive for several weeks.
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Thomas Black
Hershey
Zimmerman
Mr. Black
Hat Boys Edge Hershey 3-2 In Narrow Big-Game Victory
The Hershey team fell to Stetson of Philadelphia 3-2 after a wild first inning. Eisenberger pitched well the rest of the game allowing only two hits, while Hershey scored in the opening frame and again in the fifth on a hit by Forrest and a bases loaded walk.
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Eisenberger
Hershey
Stetson
Philadelphia
Brotherly Love
Hershey Boys
Forrest
Foster
S. Heagy
T. Heagy
Straub
Hat Boys
Stetson Boys
Hatters
Muffler
Heagy
Thomas
Hamilton
Mauger
Stevenson
Albert
Hershey Store Picnic Draws Big Crowd and Victories
The Hershey Store at Valley Glen held its annual picnic last Friday with employees from the Printery and Mechanical Department. A Store team beat the Mechanical Department in a ball game, followed by swimming contests and a generous dinner committee praised for its abundance.
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Hershey
Valley Glen
Printery
Mechanical Department
United States Army
Local Boy Receives Commission in Aviation Service
Lester A. Keiffer, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Keiffer, has been awarded a Lieutenant’s Commission in the Aviation Service Signal Corps U S A. He entered service after the outbreak of war and trained at Fort Worth Texas where he attained Master Electrician before receiving his commission last week.
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Lester A. Keiffer
H. T. Keiffer
Aviation Service
Signal Corps
U.S. A
Keiffer
Fort Worth
Texas
Officers Face Charge of Cruelty in Army Prisons New Inquiry
Testimony before a congressional sub committee investigating the AEF disciplinary system reveals widespread brutality in Paris and Gievres camps. Witnesses blame higher officials including General Harts and Colonel Donaldson for harsh conditions. A Penn State student described prisoners beaten to extract information, with cases of torture, chained confinement, and flogging.
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Congressional
T. Q. Donaldson
Inspectors General’s Department
Bland
Donaldson
Paris
Harts
Smith
Clarence E. Ball
Joseph C. Ryszelewski
University of Pennsylvania
Aviation Corps
Ryszelewski
Stockade
Gievres
Store Beats Mechanics In Regional Baseball Matchup
The Store Department defeated the Mechanics 11 to 5 before a large crowd. Homer Smith started for the Mechanics while Paps Zentmyer pitched for the victors. Pink Saylor made a return for Hershey, fielded flawlessly at short and collected two hits as the game raised funds for Howard Romig.
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Homer Smith
Shellenhammer
Cyrus Garman
Hershey
Pink” Saylor
Howard Romig
Stock Company to Continue in Hershey Park Theatre
Patrons of Hershey Park Theatre are assured the United Southern Stock Company will extend its run for several weeks more or perhaps the rest of the summer. The company, praised as one of the best in Hershey, blends comedy drama and melodrama with a strong versatile cast. A renewed engagement is hoped to replace a northern August tour, keeping the summer season in Hershey. Next week will feature Ten Nights in a Bar Room as the early bill.
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Hershey Park Theatre
United Southern Stock Company
Park Theatre
Hershey
Colored Giants to Meet Hershey Tonight in Twilight Game
The Harrisburg Giants a premier colored club will face the Hershey nine in a twilight contest this evening. Hershey looks to balance a 4 2 loss from years past to Rosewood and hopes Lefty Challenger will shore up the Rosewood pitching. Rosewood Club of Harrisburg, one of the oldest local outfits, backs a strong athletics program and faces a rival from Allison Hill League with a noted lack of pitchers this season.
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Harrisburg Giants
Hershey Nine
Rosewood Club
Harrisburg
Harrish
St the Hershey
Rosewood Combination
Prize Offered to Promote Child Welfare Work in Hershey
A prize is offered to the baby who best fulfills the aims of Hershey child welfare work directed by Mrs K H Becker Community Nurse. Weighing and measuring of school age babies continues Tuesday and Thursday from 2 30 to 4 30 pm. Mothers urged to bring babies to each meeting for lectures and demonstrations.
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Hershey
K. H. Becker
Palm Lutheran to Unveil Baptismal Font by Sempre Fidelis
Palm Lutheran Church Palmyra hosts the unveiling of a Baptismal Font presented by the Sempre Fidelis class. The event begins Sunday at 10 80 o'clock with a dedication service in the evening led by Rev H A Kunkle M A.
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Sempre Fidelis
Palm Lutheran Church
Palmyra
H. A. Kunkle
M. A
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