May Hop Returns to Hershey Park on May 20
The Annual May Hop will be held Wednesday evening, May 20, at the Hershey Park dance pavilion with dances every Wednesday and Saturday thereafter. The Banjo-Saxo Orchestra of Harrisburg will provide the music, well known for playing together for years and drawing crowds last season. The pavilion floor is in excellent condition and decorations will surpass previous years.
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Hershey Park
Banjo-Saxo Orchestra
Harrisburg
Hershey Park Pavilion
Meighan Stars in Tongues of Flame at Hershey Central
Supporting Thomas Meighan in Tongues of Flame, produced by Joseph Henabery from Peter Clark Macfarlane’s novel, the film features Bessie Love and Eileen Percy. It plays at Hershey Central Theatre Saturday May 16 with shows at 6 30 and 8 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Meighan
Paramount
Joseph Henabery
Peter Clark Macfarlane
Townsend Martin
Bessie Love
Eileen Percy
Miss Love
Miss Percy
Tom
Henry Harrington
Hershey Central Theatre
Burton Churchill
John Miltern
Leslie Stowe
Nick Thompson
Jerry Devine
Kate Mayhew
Cyril Ring
Meighan
Hershey Girl Reserves Enrollment Rising This Week
The Girl Reserve program at the Young Women's Christian Association marks Mother and Daughter Week with a rally at 7 30 tonight and a banquet Friday at 6 45. A vesper service Sunday at 3 00 invites the public as newly elected Tri Y Club officers are installed by Miss Swanson of Lancaster. Thirty five girls are enrolled and organizers hope to double the number within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oung Women's Christian Association
Roureney
Ells
Marion Hinkel
Hanover
Taylor
John Shay
Grace Lloyd
John Snavely
Penman
Harrisburg
Swanson
Lancaster
Outing at Valley Glen Park by Stermhey League team
Members of the Stermhey Industrial Basketball League will hold an outing at Valley Glen Park on Sunday May 17. The Wrapping Department champions will receive a shield from the Men's Club. A baseball time and other events are planned and a big time is promised for the basketball players. The main feature will be cats and plenty of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stermhey Industrial Basketball League
Valley Glen Park
Hershey Firemen Drill With New Engine Tests
Firemen under Chief Hal Boyer conducted a Friday evening drill in Hershey testing two engines and 1200 feet of hose. The event focused on equipment readiness and practice, with invitations extended to all volunteers to participate in the follow up drill this Friday evening.
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Hal Boyer
Hershey High Edges Industrial School In Tight Dual Meet
In a rain delayed Hershey Park track meet Hershey High School edged Hershey Industrial School by one point 48 to 47 after ten events. Russell Aungst led with 31 points while Ralph Abel and Eugene Rucker scored for the Industrial School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey High School
Hershey Industrial School
Hershey Park
Hershey High
Altho Hershey High
Russell Aungst
Richard Sponagie
Thos
Flanigan
Aungst
Sponagle
Penn
Niles Long
Wm. Wagner
Ralph Abel
Curtis Andrews
Galen Rucker
Millard Garver
Richard Sponagle
Thos. Flanigan
Ralph Able
Eugene Aucker
Industrial
Roscoe Warmer
Glenn Aucker
Roscoe Abel
Clarence Robertson
Harry Fasnacht
Hershey
Russel Aungst
Luther Hinkel
Russel Aunget
Founder of Wilbur Company Dies at 90 in New York
Henry O Wilbur head and founder of H QO Wilbur & Song Co died in his Bellevue Stratford suite on Saturday at age 90. Born December 29 1834 in Dundaff Pa he helped form Croft Wilbur Co in 1870 before creating the Wilbur Company in 1909. He served as superintendent of Sunday School at Second Presbyterian and was a director of the Deaconess Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry O. Wilbur
United States
H. QO. Wilbur & Song Company
Bellevue- Stratford
Mr. Wilbur
Dundaff
Carbondale
Croft, Wilbur & Co
Wilbur Company
Third, Bread and New Streets
Delaware River Bridge Commission
Wilbur
Sunda
Second Presbyterian Church
Deaconess H
Ninth and
Spruce Streets
Poppy Drive For Memorial Day By Hershey Scouts
Hershey Troop Boy Scouts partner with Veterans of Foreign Wars Lebanon to canvass Hershey and nearby areas the week before Memorial Day. They sell handmade poppies made by veterans to benefit World War veterans in government hospitals. Public support requested with courtesy when the boys call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Lebanon
Scouta
Death of Christian Stoner at Sand Beach
Christian Stoner a 64 year old resident of Sand Beach died at his home Sunday morning from diabetes. He once headed Hershey Farm No. 3 and leaves his widow and children Port Jacob Christ Carl Eugene Arthur Ann and Margaret. Funeral services were held at his Sand Beach home and at the Brethren Church Maytown with burial in Maytown cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Stoner
Sand Beach
Stoner
Hershey Farm
Song
Port
Jacob
Christ
Carl
Eugene
Arthur
Ann
Margaret
Brethren Church
Maytown
Mrs Ezra Hershey Hosts Thursday Bridge Luncheon
Mrs Ezra F Hershey will entertain at a bridge luncheon at the Hershey Tea House this Thursday afternoon. Local guests include Mrs Wm Murrie Mrs J E Snyder Mrs Ewing Cain Mrs George Copen haver Mrs John Daniels and many more with out of town guests from Springfield Hummelstown Palmyra Lebanon Annville Fleetwood Mount Joy and Elizabethtown.
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Ezra F. Hershey
Bridge
Hershey Tea House
Wm. R. Murrie
J. E. Snyder
Ewing Cain
George Copenhaver
John Daniels
Ross Esbenshade
R. W. Grace
Daniel Graeff
E. M. Hershey
H. N. Herr
Landis Zimmerman
Chas. F. Zeigler
Morris Wenger
C. Wanets
Ella Keggerreis
George Lynch
Springfield
Ohio
Russel Stoner
J. Landis Strickler
M. L. Nissley
Hummelstown
Emily
Edna
Mt. Joy
Frank Muth
Elizabethtown
Hershey Store Opens Season with 11 to 6 Win Over Sand Beach
Hershey Department Store baseball team defeated Sea Shore 11 to 6 at Sand Beach after a six run Sand Beach lead. Store players rallied in the seventh inning with Bill Leithiser guiding the offense and Paddy Miller handling catching duties before an injury left him sidelined. Manager Geesey seeks future Sunday games at Sand Beach with local Office teams.
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Hershey Department Store
Sea Shore
Sand Beach
Store Boys
Bill” Leithiser
Hershey
James DeAngelis
Paddy
Miller
Hal Boyer
Geesey
Fifty Farmers Lead County Agricultural Projects
More than fifty Dauphin County rural residents head agricultural projects this year under the Dauphin County Agricultural Extension Association. County Agent R. R. Burtner notes the larger participation and lists project leaders across Upper Lykens Valley Lower Lykens Valley Armstrong Valley Powells Valley Middle Paxton Harrisburg Rural Hanover Hershey Middletown Conewago communities.
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Dauphin County
Dauphin County Agricultural Extension Association
Pee
R. R. Burtner
A. C. Kloch
Charles Hartman
George Dockey
Daniel Romberger
Charles Minnich
Aaron Erdman
Upper
Lykens Valley
John J
Clayton Gingrich
A. B. Shenk
S. T. Witmer
Hershey
Max Selcher
Isaac Coble
J. D. Alleman
L. B. Marper
Robert Deimler
A. A. Keim
Middletown
Clayton Hollinger
Ezra Foultz
Cleveland Gantz
Joseph Brandt
John L. Baker
Jacob Landis
Conewago
Miss Van Metre Hosts Card Party Honor sister Agnes
Nellie Van Metre hosted a card party at Mrs. J. B Loffman’s home in honor of her sister Agnes Van Metre. 500 was played with prizes to Mrs. T. L. Meleffey, Mrs. Mary Inkel, Agnes Van Metre and Matre. Attendees included Grace O'Rea Esther Bachman Gene Dersheimer Kathryn Serford and others.
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Nellie van Metre
Mra
Lancaster Man to Address Otterbein Men’s Bible Class
C. IL Hertzler of Lancaster will address the Otterbein Men’s Bible Class at 7 30 this Thursday in Hirst United Brethren Sunday School. He is a noted Christian worker who taught Lancaster’s first adult Bible class and now leads a large women’s Bible class. Special music planned. all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. IL Hertzler
Lancaster
Otterbein
Hirst United Brethren Sunday School
R. Herter
Lancaster County
Bake Sale by Faithful Workers Class Saturday at Hershey Market
The Faithful Workers Class of the First United Brethren Sunday School will hold a bake sale at Hershey Market on Saturday morning May 16. Patrons are invited to support the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First United Brethren Sunday School
Hershey
The Hershey Chronicle Shtick of City to Farm Folly
A humorous river of vignettes from Hershey and Skunk's Corners recounts Will Weisenheimer leaving the city for a farm with five thousand chicks then failing, a jeweler's flirtatious dialogue on magnetic attraction, a post office crowd debacle, and a farm scene with Doc Drake and Wank French amid rural quips and banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Weisenheimer
Hank
Ruther
Doc
Wimmin
Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Safer Luncheon Choice
A Philadelphia social worker Miss Sylvia Bayard urges sensible nutrition for working girls noting eclairs and cakes at lunch. She praises Hershey’s Sweet Milk Chocolate and Almond Bars as nourishing light options with minerals proteins fats and carbohydrates and suggests a 10 cent serving as a practical substitute for heavy midday fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Bayard
Philadelphia
Miss Bayard
Hershey
Manhattan shown at Hershey Central Theatre Thursday eve
Richard Dix stars as Peter Minuit in Manhattan at Hershey Central Theatre on Thursday May 1 at 7 30. The adaptation by Paul Sloane and Frank Tuttle from Jeffery Farnel's The Definite Object follows a bored millionaire seeking action in Hell's Kitchen and a definite object in a young woman. Jacqueline Logan leads female role with Gregory Kelly George Seigmann Gunboat Smith among the cast directed by R H Burnside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Dix
Paramount
Manhattan
Hershey Central Theatre
Paul Sloane
Frank Tuttle
Jeffery Farnel
Peter Minuit
Peter
Old Town
Minuit
New York
Hell's Kitchen
Yong
Dixton
Jacqueline Logan
Gregory Kelly
George Seigmann
Gunboat Smith
Oscar Figman
Edna May Oliver
Alice Chapin
R.H. Burnside
Aaron
Hot Lunches To Be Discontinued This Year
This will be the last week for hot lunches as the large lunch room is needed for displays by the Hone Making and Woodworking departments next week. The lunch program ends for the balance of the term.
Rev James B MacClure to Lecture Sunday
Rev James B MacClure will lecture on the Life of Christ with stereopticon views at Sand Beach Union Church Sunday May 24 at 7 90. He will preach in Fennettaburg Pa and Burnt Cabins next Sunday May 17 by Carlisle Presbytery appointment.
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Sand Beach Union Church
Christ
James B. MacClure
Fennettaburg
Carlisle Presbytery
Midgets to Receive Shield at Elershey Club Night
On Thursday at 7 pm the Midgets meet at Elershey Men's Club for the U. of P. basketball team to be presented with a shield as winners of the Midget league. The event will feature cats games and a short hike afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elershey
U. of P
Ahield
Men Entertain Ladies at Hershey Cafe Friday
The Men's Bible Class hosted the Ladies' Bible Class of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church at Hershey Cafe lastFriday in a lively program. Rev. W. E. Swoope, Rev. Paul M. Kinports, Mrs. Lester DeVerter and Miss Geraldine Harkins led songs and readings. instrumentalists James and Victor De Angelis and Arthur Matterazzi energized the crowd. a luncheon followed with guests including Rev. Kinports and families and many church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Hershey
Grover Sheckart
Paul M. Kinports
Chas. F. Zeigler
A. M. Hinkel
Lester DeVerter
D. S. Graeff
Anna Wetzel
Greig
Nevin
Harry Harkins
James de- Angelis
Victor de- Angelis
W. E. Swoope
Trinity Lutheran Church
Camp Hill
H. G. Mumma
Richard
A. T. Heilman
F. L. DeVerter
J. F. Snavely
J. R. Snavely
J. E. Belser
John C. Hershey
E. E. Hoffer
John Shay
Ed. Miller
J. Furst
Wm. Eloy
Geo. Deckert
H. L. Kieffer
Geo. Adams
Phoebe
LeRoy Stahle
Chas
F. Zeigler
Rev
W. I. Swoope
Upstairs Win on Cassel's Triple
In a five inning game the Upstairs rallied in the final frame to beat the Downstairs 7 to 5 for the office championship. Downstairs led 3-0, Upstairs answered with two in the third and two more in the fifth before Cassel cleared the bases with a bases loaded triple off Jefferies to seal the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upstairs
Jefferies
Cassel
Jefferies Nat
Birthday Surprise for Mrs J F Leese
A Monday evening party at Mrs. John F B Lees home on South Cocoa Avenue honored Mrs. J F Leese with games music and refreshments. Guests included numerous local residents and couples listed by initials and surnames.
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John FB. Lees
South Cocoa Avenue
Mra
Geo
Deckert
Kline
John Shay
Adams
Phoebe Whittle
Robert Stable
Jitting Belser
Paul M. Kmports
Bomardner
Howard Bomgardner
Margaret Bomgardner
Lena Leibschutz
John Blummer
John Schlepfer
Mca
Eloy
Ellin Hoffer
Wilson II
Rhoads
H.G. Mumma
Wi. J. Spohn
Richard Mumma
Vote of Thanks to Hershey Volunteer Fire Company
Mr and Mrs Aaron Gerlach extend thanks to the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company and neighbors for prompt and efficient service at the fire at their home last Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Gerlach
Hershey Volunteer Mire Company
Harold Lloyd in Girl Shy at Hershey Central Theatre
Harold Lloyd stars in Girl Shy a bashful small town boy apprentice to his tailor uncle The film features Jobyna Ralston Richard Daniels Carlton Griffin and is directed by Fred Newmeyer Sam Taylor from a story by Taylor Gray Whelan and Wilde Playing Tuesday and Wednesday May 19 20 at 7:30 pm in Hershey Pa
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lloyd
Hershey Central Theatre
Harold
Lloyd Pathe
Jobyna Ralston
Lloyd
Richard Daniels
Carlton Griffin
Fred Newmeyer
Sam Taylor
Taylor
Tommy Gray
Ted Wilde
Tim Whelan
Hershey Loses to Hanover in Blue Ridge Opener
Hershey opened its baseball season at Hanover in the Blue Ridge League. Despite outhitting 8 to 6, costly errors and poor coaching doomed Hershey 5 to 0. Storm debuted on the mound, Tapson hit two homers, and new players Snyder and Kleppes appeared at short and third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Hanover
Storm
Tapson
Snyder
Cleveland
Kleppes
Fermorrly
West Lebanon
Hershey School Exhibits Set for May 20 and 21
Annual Hershey School exhibition showcases notebook work science projects and manual arts models. Building opens 7 to 9 PM on Wednesday May 20 and Thursday May 21 with displays in the M. S. Hershey Consolidated School and Central Theatre area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
M.S. Hershey Consolidated School
Central Theatre
Erahey Inn
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting Friday At Hershey Pent No 386
The Ladies Auxiliary of Hershey Pent No 386 American Legion will hold its regular monthly meeting Friday evening May 16 at 8 o'clock in the ten rooms. All members and those eligible are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Auxiliary of
Hershey Pent
American Legion
Big feature act at theatre on Saturday
Dick Connell the celebrated xylophonist will be the added attraction at Hershey Central Theatre Saturday evening May 16 at 6 30 and 8 30 o clock. Connell is a major feature on the Keith circuit. He performs no trivial pop vaudeville. Do not miss hearing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Connell
Hershey Central Theatre
Saturda
Connell
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Industrial School
Russell Tinney
Sam Curry
Victor Tinney
Russell Aunget
Eugene Rucker
Roscoe Able
A. M. Hinkle
J. Hartman
Henry Douglas
Alex, Magrini
Earl Hackman
Hershey Store
RH E Hershey
Store, Boyer, Zentmeyer, Miller and Leithiser
Wagner and Simmons
Farmers Head
Miss van Metre
Bake Sale
Sticks
Will
Bill
Miss Briggs
Skunk’s Corners
Sweety
Eph Soper
Miss Blank
Mr. Jeweler
Manich
Lamioney
Dix
Great Picture
Hershey Cafe
Eee
Leichiser
Tinney
J. F. Leese
Blue Ridge
Ef Deere
Ee Snyder
Ey Shaub
If Alberts
Smith
Ill Klepper
Gingrich
Zimmerman
C. Storm
Terene Evans
P Fee Ene
H OE Bartie
Ifeee Smith
Rf Pene
Hartsell
Cfnthony
Dell
Kite
Schreaves
P See Nee Heehee
Heer
Wren Etwas
Beens
Bartie
Ladies’ Auxiliary Meeting
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