29 Mar 1923
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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1923
Page
1
Fragmentary local notices describe social visits and family events. Mentions of Ford coupe sales, factory staff changes, and several residents visiting and attending gatherings in Harrisburg and Friedhainesborg, with numerous garbled names and dates.
Hershey prepares a two day celebration June 16 and 17 featuring Creatore's Band and a proposed Bach Choir of Bethlehem. Plans include two Hershey Park concerts, potential Bethlehem Bach Choir performances, and a fireworks display. The event seeks to surpass the tenth anniversary in scale and memorability.
The Hershey Schools faculty rehearse for a second annual concert on Thursday evening April 5 at the Central Theatre. Proceeds fund graduates’ Washington trip. admission 35 cents. The program includes solos duets and choruses by staff and aims to showcase teaching staff and support student travel.
Ai lodge members urged to attend Thursday evening meeting at 4 o clock in Hershey Park Hall to plan moving from winter quarters. All affected lodges to follow change arrangements as advised.
Classified notice seeking men for outside labor at 35 cents per hour. Steady work with good pay, hour rate to be discussed. No date or location specified.
The Hershey Chocolate Company plans a 35 ton per day ice facility using pure fountain water from reservoirs near Hershey Park. Dealers are urged to place orders for Hershey Key ice with delivery to households via the Department Store, promising clean hard ice with no germ risk.
The Fox production The Footlight Ranger stars Charles Jones and Fritzi Brunette. A oil field adventure drama set in Oklahoma with romance and comedy, a dramatic escape scene, and a surprising finish praised for photography and Jones new screen vehicle.
At a Hershey School meeting, Swatara Christian Endeavor outlines district goals for the year. The plan includes forming new junior senior alumni and intermediate societies, recruiting 200 associates, 100 tenth legion comrades, and 126 quiet hour comrades, with shields and points awarded for members and activities.
The Derry Presbyterian Sunday School holds a 9 15 Bible study with an Easter Day service at 10 30. A Dawn Divine service features choruses recitations hymns and infant baptism. The Easter celebrations continue with Lutheran and Brethren church programs and various student performances.
A film feast of a thrilling drama The Third Alarm shows at Hershey Central Theatre praised as among the greatest silver screen productions. The story follows firemen a romance and brave rescues twelve stories above a blaze with dramatic danger and heroism.
A detective drama unfolds with Jack Boyle known as Boston Blackie foiling Romanoff diamonds theft in a plot where Grand Duchess Tatiana’s fate and royal jewels tie to the conman hero. The photoplay The Face in the Fog plays Saturday night March 31 with a strong supporting cast.
Lebanon Valley College Men's Glee Club performed before a several hundred in Hershey Central Theatre on Thursday night. The program featured humorous musical dialogue by Evana and Ziegler and the closing Love or Race sketch by Yang Welk Fenell Werner and Troutman. The Otterbein Mennonite Bible Class of United Brethren Church sponsored the concert with pieces including Alma Mater Good Bye Dana Mister Boogaman Rolling Down to Rio When Mable Sings Dilly Dally Laughing Song Rose of Heart and Little Reach among others performed by the Glee Club and soloists.
Notes on a Conowingo power plant estimated at 25 million dollars and rapid Lancaster real estate sales at Center Square corners. County crop values top state metrics, immigration limits affect Mennonite refugee work, and traffic safety measures arise near Hamburg. Rail stockyards receive 50 thousand dollars in improvements as hog pen and sheep barn planned.
The Hershey Department Store presents a flower exhibit with fiery tulips in red orange white yellow and mixed colors, azaleas pink and white single and double, hyacinths in all colors, and white Easter lilies. The display is a riot of rainbow tints inviting everyone to enjoy at home on Easter morning.
Hershey School notes announce a short recess to Thursday and return Monday April 2. Director Frank Wentzel was absent due to his father’s death, with burial in Wilkes-Barre on Monday. The Hershey Hiking Club resumes under Miss McKinstry, with a spring hike to Hummelstown and back attended by seventeen students.
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