Memorial Day at Hershey Park Largest in History
Memorial Day crowds at Hershey Park reached record levels as thousands arrived by train, car, and streetcar to enjoy concerts by the Perseverance Band from Lebanon, theatre by the Hortiz Stock Co, and a busy dance floor. The park showcased improved flower beds, cleaner grounds, and a thriving swimming pool with canoeing and boating, highlighting ongoing expansion and popular appeal.
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Hershey Park
Hershey
Perseverance Band
Lebanon
Hortiz Co
Lavery
Hershey to Open Enlarged Department Store September First
Rapid progress on Hershey’s new department store shows a large workforce shaping a modern building with expansive window displays. The first floor will house dry goods jewelry hosiery shoes haberdashery meat grocery hardware drugs bakery while the second floor features furniture clothing lingerie millinery and offices and the third floor stores stock rooms and workshops with elevators and rest rooms for patrons.
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Hershey
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Farewell Supper Honors Helen Spahr at T A A Club
A Friday farewell supper in Hershey Park honored Miss Helen Spahr, recently elected club president, as she leaves Elershey. Members present included Lillian Lebo Carrie Smith Hilda Christ Naomi Renninger Vern Harvey and others. guests included Helen Landgraf of Lebanon and Philadelphia Y W C A field secretaries.
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T. A. A. Club
Helen Spahr
Elershey
Mre
Ivan Mease
Willis Dressler
Infantada
George
Ruth Zoll
Stella Bamberger
Minnie Whittle
Maude Klugh
Grace Adams
Helen Landgraf
Lebanon
Miss Osgar
Hershey Y. W. C. A
Migs Myers
Misa Deltrich
Philadelphia
Chautauqua Program For Hershey Park Nearing Completion
The Hershey Park Chautauqua season nears opening as local committees and citizens rally behind a program blending education and entertainment. Speakers musicians and performers from the Chautauqua tradition will visit, bringing public forums and a Junior Chautauqua. Guarantors Association predicts strong ticket sales and community engagement.
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Hershey Park
Chautauqua
Guarantors Association
Ciizens
A Lown
Long visit for Clarence Tanshue in Great Falls
Clarence Tanshue of Great Falls Montana enjoys an extended visit with his mother Mrs Susan Hanshue. Mr Hanshue is an electrical mechanic employed by the Great Northern Railway at Great Falls.
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Clarence Tanshue
Great Falls
Montana
Susan Hanshue
Hanshue
Great Northern R. R
Pageant by Hershey Girls Reserve Delights Park Theatre Audience
An audience of about a thousand in Park Theatre enjoyed the Hershey Girls Reserve pageant The Magic of the Deed portraying the Girl Reserve movement. many young participants are named and praised for their work The piece inspired hopes they will pursue civic and moral responsibilities as women in America.
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Park Theatre
Hershey Girls Reserve
Girl Reserve
Girls Reserve
Aliesta Slichter
Louise Shay
Treva Dise
Catharine Hershey
Caroline Mish
Ellen Leithiser
Mildred Frehn
Rose Lovinger
Alice Woomer
Grace Lloyd
May Butler Crawford
Marie Bauder
Helen Schmidt
Mary Aungst
Gertrude Schmidt
Dorothy Imboden
Martha Reigle
Blanche Ebersole
Elsie Lehn
Pearl Fiori
Isabelle Miller
Her
America
Palmyra Men’s Chorus Produces Swan and Skylark Oratorio
The Palmyra Men’s Chorus presents the second rendition of The Swan and the Skylark under its auspices in the Iroquois Theatre Palmyra Friday June 4 at 8 o clock. The 35 member mixed chorus from Palmyra church choirs features soloists Edith Gingrich Harnish Myrl Turby Ruth Spancake Grace Brewer and J R Engle with visiting soprano Viola Brodbeck of Philadelphia appearing in three numbers. Ruth Engle conducts with H G Witmeyer directing.
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Palmyra
A. Goring Thomas
Edith Gingrich Harnish
Myrl Turby
Ruth Spancake
Mis
Grace Brewer
J.R. Engle
Viola Brodbeck
Philadelphia
Philadelphia Orchestra
Miss Brodbeck
Thomas
Commencement Held at Park Theatre for Derry Township High
Derry Township High School closed the 1920 term with commencement at Hershey Park Theatre on May 20. Twenty graduates were honored, including valedictorian Elizabeth Reese and salutatorian Kathryn Balsbaugh, as prizes for penmanship and manual training were awarded by local benefactors.
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Derry Township
Hershey Park Theatre
Consolidated Schools
Kathryn Balsbaugh
Edward Balsbaugh
Charles Black
Daniel Copenhaver
LeRoy Dowhower
Lydia Fasnacht
Adaline Ferucci
Kathryn Gruber
Sara Hanshue
Winifred Harvey
Anna Krauss
Kathryn Leithiser
Edna Miller
Margaret Miller
Frances Nye
Elizabeth Reese
Eva Runkel
Paul Shearer
Paul Stoudt
Olive Walton
Merry
High School
Salutatorian
China
North America
Thomas A. Edison
Bert C. Ritz
A. B. Shenk
Theodore F. Joseph
Danville
E. L. Bomgardner
George SK. Copenhaver
George FE. Copenhaver
Bomgardner
Copenhaver
Firet
Helen Smith
Anna Blott
Dorothy Leitzinger
Merle Keiffer
Leonard Ferucci
Visiting chocolatemaker's associate visits town on Decoration Day
J. J. Hills formerly led Hershey Printing and is linked with Pabat Mig Co Milwaukee Wis. He was a Decoration Day visitor. Miss Rhoda Waldlich and Lewis Cags ady spent the weekend in Mercersburg visiting her parents.
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J. J. Hills
Hershey Chocolate Co
Pabat Mig. Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Rhoda Waldlich
Lewis Cagsady
Mercersburg
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