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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1916
Page
8
A crowded weekend in Hershey and surrounding towns as Mr and Mrs D S Graeff visit Reading. Numerous guests attend visits in Palmyra Lancaster Lebanon and Middletown with many families hosting gatherings and trips.
Twelve year old Walter Fresh of Hummels town breaks both bones near the wrist after falling on asphalt while jumping rope. His parents, Mr and Mrs Harry Fresh, are listed as residents.
An enjoyable family reunion was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Stoner in Hershey. Music entertained guests and a large park dinner was served to relatives from York Harrisburg Elizabethtown Lancaster and Sand Beach including Rob Albright Eva Gil bert Martha Arnold Wm Fry Agnes Portner Dorothy Beatrice George M Bable Evelyn Anna Stoner Edna Peffley Katie Bertha Hoover Herman Sweeney and others.
The Young Crusaders youth baseball team organized by Holy Trinity Lutheran church seeks games with nearby Hershey teams. Manager Yeiser invites responses from teams aged 7 to 15 in the region.
Sunday School services drew eighty nine attendees as Mrs. Riley Shepler attended a funeral in Lebanon. The Willing Workers hiked to the Green Tree, Hershey School children passed through town, and Mr. and Mrs. Hallman visited Steck family. A bicycle theft sparked a chase. the thief, claiming Philadelphia roots, was captured by constable Snavely and taken to Harrisburg.
Prominent physicians from Pennsylvan ia industries will attend the second Conference of Physicians at the State Capitol in Harrisburg on May 18. Commissioner John Price Jackson opens the meeting. Dr. Francis D. Patterson leads sessions. participants include Dr. Alfred Stengel, Dr. J W Schereschewsky, Dr. J M Baldy, Dr. Fred S Crum, Dr. John B Lowman, Dr. J W Luther, Dr. Randolph Zimmerman, Dr. Charles A Lauffer, and Dr. William O Neil Sherman.
Local notices list visits among residents including Mr and Mrs John Rhine of Palmyra and Sattazahn family. The Bindnagles Church announces communion services for Sunday May 21 and social visits among families from Palmyra Harrisburg Lebanon and Derry Church with Isaac Long's sale noted.
The old Virginia bridge builder Miles completed the Shenandoah crossing bridge for Stonewall Jackson. Jackson pressed for a night effort and daylight completion. Miles replied the bridge was already finished, though he did not know if the plan existed.
Help wanted ads seek track repairmen farm labor waitresses milkers and other positions at Hershey Employment Bureau several wage details listed. Also rental and sale notices for two story bungalow near Hershey trolley and campbell town with landmarks and contact details.
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