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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1924
Page
4
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Risser and family visit Gettysburg and Harrisburg friends. Many couples and individuals travel to Harrisburg, Atlantic City, Mechanicsburg, Pottsville, Lancaster, and Washington to visit relatives, attend events, or enjoy weekends. Births and movements noted among local residents and guests.
A party including Ralph Deibler Allen Mengl Wallace Gates Hubert Gates Ebersole Eugene Patrick Raymond Deibler Russell Min nich Richard Hoover and Darwin Heisey fished Friday at Bowers Beach Del reporting excellent deep sea fishing and a large catch. Local residents and visitors spent weekends visiting friends and relatives in Hershey Harrisburg Lancaster Philadelphia Elizabethtown and Atlantic City with various family, social, and shopping trips.
The Hershey Juniors routed Palmyra Sunday School 20 to 1 on the Park diamond. Pitcher Stover controlled the game with strong support from teammates to pile up the high score.
The remonthly meeting of the Always Shining Bible Class of the First U. B. Sunday School will be held in the Park Tuesday evening July 1. An interesting program has been arranged and every member is urged to be present.
Rev. R. H. Taylor leads Sunday School at 9 15 a m and morning worship at 10 30. Theme Fruit-Bearing Essentials. Christian Endeavor at 6 45. Rev Jas G McClure presents Life of Christ at 7 30 with stereopticon. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7 30. Choir rehearsal 7 30 Friday. Children urged to attend the early service.
First United Brethren Church led by Rev A G Nye lists Sunday School morning worship at 6:45 and 7:30 evening worship with Juniors meet Wednesday at 4.00. Midweek prayer and Bible Study Thursday at 7.00, officers and teachers meet 8.00. Faithful Workers Bible class June 26 on the church lawn at 7.30. Choir rehearsal Friday 8.00. Trinity Lutheran Church led by Rev Wachter schedules 9.15 Sunday school, 10.30 morning service, 6.30 half hour vesper with plan for mid summer communion July 11 confession and July 13 communion. choir rehearsal Friday 7.30. All invited to attend.
Local churches publish weekly worship times and activities. St Joan of Arc lists masses daily with a 7.30 a m weekday schedule and baptisms at noon. Campbelltown U B Church shares Sunday School at 9.15 a m and a 7.30 p m preaching service with a Tuesday prayer meeting. Campbelltown Salem Reformed Church notes Divine Worship at 10.15 a m with a sermon by Rev. O S Frantz and a 7.00 p m Missionary Society meeting.
Mrs Risser and Newgard announce the marriage of Miss Mildred C Schlasman of Reading to Rev Henry I Aulenbach. Rev O S Frantz will officiate at the church in connection with the morning service Sunday June 29. Members and friends of the congregation urged to attend. The Friendly Church extends a hearty welcome to all services.
John Bilotta, under the guidance of Roy Lloyd and Roy Sternberger, earned a fisherman's license and fished Friday evening in Hershey. He caught three nice trout while his instructors failed to land a fish. Bilotta remarked that fishing in America is much like the Old Country.
Sand Beach baseball club extended its win streak with a 10 to 0 shutout of Lyonsville on a Clear Springs diamond. The Lyonsville offense managed only three hits as Sand Beach pitcher dominated. Sand Beach seeks twilight game opportunities with first class teams.
The ie Band directed by H. H. Brandt will present a concert and festival on Saturday evening June 28 at 7 30 o'clock. This marks the annual observance of the band festival and all are invited to attend.
The tax bill signed by President Coolidge requires posting each taxpayer name and income tax paid on the local post office billboard. Citizens will compare incomes and automobiles, creditors will flock to gossip, and envy may rise as a broader local census of liars appears.
The piece notes ice cream was first made by a Frenchman and argues this cultural debt strengthens ties with France. It credits France with contributing to American liberty and frames the French as earning everlasting obligation from Americans for cooling them in heat.
A special meeting is set for Tuesday evening July 1 at 8 00 p m at Spring Creek Church of the Brethren Hershey to reorganize Sunday School District No 5. Old district officers from Nos 3 and 5 are to attend with representatives from listed area churches to nominate officers and plan a district convention for elections and installation.
A Friday afternoon visit to Hershey Studio found the space scorching near the 100s due to sun on the skylight and steam from a radiator. Mr. J. Baum and assistants appeared exhausted as ventilation remained off despite efforts to turn off the steam.
The Bashore clan plans a July 4 reunion at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown with a 1 30 PM program after a morning social. Secretary Isaiah F Bashore asks all Bashore relatives to register on arrival and bring lunch for a day of activities. A Revolutionary War memorial tree was planted at Donegal Church, a historic Lancaster County site dating to 1726.
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