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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
8
Hershey residents and visitors share weekend visits and social events across nearby towns. Transfers, weddings, travel, and family gatherings involve Curtis, Kalbach, Snavely, Brubaker, and many others with notes on hospitality at Hershey Park, Harrisburg, Hummelstown, and Palmyra.
A market food sale funded Y W C A Loyalty Club rings. Catherine Snavely leads a six week crocheting course. Sunshine Club to meet Mondays in the park for stories and play. Onward Club hiked to Highland Park last Tuesday and will weekly summer hikes. Up To Date Club plans an auto trip to the water works. Ayuda Club met at Miss Ottle Emerick home with Our Responsibility for the Way Others Live discussed. Irene Gerber presided as Jacob Reis life was presented.
Obed Foltz a longtime Hershey Store Company employee, and resident of Hummels town, enjoys his first vacation this week with his mother Elizabeth Foltz on Cole Brook Road near Middletown. Mrs Foltz, aged 95, is among the oldest in the area and recently joined the First United Brethren church on her birthday. Foltz plans to return to duties Saturday.
A surprise party for Stanley Gibble was held at his parents home on Monday hosted by the Gainers class. His father gave him a watch, presented by William G Houseworth, Gainers class teacher, with games music and refreshments to conclude the pleasant evening.
August 10 has been set for the Harrisburg Grocers annual picnic at Hershey Park. A general invitation goes to Harrisburg grocers and nearby towns, with the day expected to attract thousands to Hershey Park as in past years.
Thursday evening Miss Carrie E Nye a noted Annville public school teacher wed John J Lauser a Palmyra young man. Rev Wm J DeLong Reformed pastor of Annville performed the ceremony and the couple will reside in Palmyra.
Louis Rubenstein of a leading Baltimore clothing firm spent several days in Hershey and sent a glowing letter praising the town. He called Hershey the most beautiful town he had visited, lauding the climate park band theater scenery service cleanliness and said it would stand as a life pleasure and posthumous monument to the builder.
Howard Romig is again able to attend to his duties with the Hershey Store Company after a laid-up spell due to an injured blood vessel in his left leg. He sustained the injury on Decoration Day during the Hummelstown Palmyra baseball game at Hummelstown. Romig had been playing a star game for the Hummelstown club.
Five men including W. F. R. Murrie R. L. Marquart Thomas L. McHeffey Chance Phillips and Edward B. Dearie enjoyed a Sunday drive to Lancaster to spend the day with friends at the Lancaster Country Club.
One of the largest and most interesting automobile parties of its era begins to move along the routes toward Gettysburg. The event gathers enthusiasts and sponsors for a long journey with social and competitive undertones.
A Sunday morning drive from Hershey to the Gettysburg battlefields covered 175 miles with seven cars. Six Fords and one Chevrolet formed the party. they returned by 9 30 p.m. A basket lunch was taken and no mishaps occurred. The group included Mr and Mrs John Cassel Mr and Mrs John Habaker Mr and Mrs Harry Keeney and daughters Martha Roy Lloyd Mr and Mrs Ira Bacastow and daughter Edith Mr and Mrs John Zoll Mr and Mrs Harry Poorman and parents Palmyra Mr and Mrs Jerry Gipe and two children Mr and Mrs Harry Gingrich and child Mrs Cyrus Gipe of Hummelstown and Mr and Mrs Charles Zeigler of Palmyra.
The Stanley A. C. of Harrisburg is set to meet the Hershey Men's Club on Saturday afternoon. The visitors boast a strong lineup and will challenge the home squad.
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