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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1917
Page
4
In Hershey Pennsylvania March 8 1917 a harsh winter slowed traffic yet good roads drew travelers and boosted business. The Hershey Store reports record trade aided by improving access while local events at churches clubs and unions drew crowds from surrounding areas.
Americans urge keeping out of war as sub battles rage in Europe. The piece condemns twelve Senators for filibuster blocking the President and highlights the nation’s desire for peace with honor despite looming spring drives and potential labor shortages in industrial towns like Hershey.
Poem reflecting patriotic resolve and steadfast faith as Americans vow to uphold freedom. The speaker honors ancestors who died for liberty and asserts courage, duty, and devotion across sea and sky as the nation faces peril with resolve. Florence Earle Coates attribution.
Rev John Irwin Meck will deliver the third sermon in the Universal Appeal of the Gospel series at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church next Sunday at 10:30 A M The Appeal of the Gospel to a Sinful Woman The Friday evening series on Important Questions Answered continues at 730 P M with How Can One Be Saved Public invited to attend.
Miss Matilda Ann Swartz daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Swartz of Talmage Lancaster County will wed Ira Getz Mumma of Hershey son of Mr and Mrs J L Mumma of Lancaster. The ceremony occurs March 28 at Allentown with Rev C W Heffner officiating. The couple will have a quiet unaccompanied wedding. Mumma recently moved to Hershey and works at the Hershey Chocolate Company.
Louise Mae Linebaugh former Hershey resident underwent an appendectomy Friday at Polyclinic Hospital Harrisburg. Surgeons Dr M L Hershey and Dr E L Shope led the operation. She is recovering rapidly and expected to return home if no relapse occurs. She is the daughter of the Rev N L Linebaugh former pastor of the United Brethren Church of Hershey.
Since Rev. Dr. R. R. Butterwick became pastor of the First United Brethren Church the congregation has grown. Fifteen new members have joined in recent months with more expected on Easter Sunday. Special interest centers on the Sunday School and duly work as finer sermons from Dr. Butterwick aid church life.
On the Hershey floor the York Butchers defeated the Hershey Men's Club five by 43 to 25. Strickler and Spargler led York with strong guard play and Strickler stood out with scoring and fouls. Hershey struggled to find form as Wirth Leibfried and Zimmerman contributed, but the home team misfired on many shots and could not match York’s pace.
Employment Bureau in Hershey Pa lists multiple job openings for married men track repairmen outside labor factory cleaners and a female telephone operator plus a grocery clerk machinist and other positions. Also two dwelling houses six lots for sale and a building lot in Derry Church Palmyra with legal notices.
Rev. R. H. Taylor leads Sunday School at 9:30 a m and Communion at 10:30 a m. Christian Endeavor follows at 6 45 p m with Evening Praise at 7 30 p m. Morning theme is Friendships with Christ and the evening will discuss Dr Wilfred T Grenfell's work.
Rev John Irwin Meek leads the third Sunday in Lent with Bible School at 9 15 a m Chief Service and Sermon at 10 30 a m The Appeal of the Gospel to a Sinful Woman Catechetical Class at 2 00 p m Luther League Devotional at 6 45 p m Friday Vesper at 7 30 p m How Can One Be Saved
Rev. R. R. Butterwick, pastor, leads Sunday School at 9 15 Holy Communion at 10 15 Junior Endeavor at 2 00 Senior Endeavor at 6 30 preaching and Holy Communion at 7 30 The Life That Endures is the theme Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Wednesday at 7 30
Prayer Meeting Thursday 7 30 P M Sunday School 9 30 A M Christian Workers Meeting 6 30 P M Preaching Service 7 30 P M East of Hershey Sunday School 2 00 P M South Water Street Hummelstown
Miss Lottie Harrison spoke at the Industrial School on beekeeping after displaying the A I Root honey and bee supplies. The boys asked many questions and showed interest in bees as workers, with plans announced for an on site apiary.
In Dauphin County Pa Sadie E Hoover petitions the Court of Common Pleas for authority to act as a feme sole trader The court places a hearing on April 2 1917 at 10 o clock A M at the Harrisburg Court House to show cause if any why the petition should not be granted William I Housman attorney for petitioner
C Reinhold proprietor of Keystone Holstein Farms reports a carload of Holsteins sold to the Eastern Pennsylvania Institution for the Feeble-M minded and additional cattle to Girard Trust Company Philadelphia.
An application will be made on April 2, 1917 at ten oclock A M to the Orphans Court of Dauphin County Harrisburg PA for permission to sell at private sale for the payment of debts a lot of ground in Swatara Station Dauphin County PA described as beginning at a corner of a lot formerly owned by Patrick Farley and running west to an alley south to Lot No 143 and east back to the starting point.
Allleen Garman will conduct a private sale of household goods at his home on Chocolate Avenue over the next two weeks. There will be no public sale and interested buyers are asked to call at Mr Garman's residence in the evenings.
A Springfield Republican edition proclaims funds should favor patriotism over jingoism with a strong call for fiscal support directed to national pride initiatives.
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