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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1917
Page
1
A Hershey Chocolate Company plant near completion replaces four 1 story structures with a six story steel frame building. The expanded complex will include extensive refrigeration and manufacturing spaces and a new cocoa and sugar warehouse with 45 000 bag capacity, boosting total floor area to over 40 acres.
Hershey Park opens Monday with Dan Malloy and Hazel Corrinne at Pari Theatre for a four week company run after a prior engagement in Elmira. The season includes May 28 29 30 opening of Little Peggy OMoore and The Bluffers. Park upgrades include a new cement pool bottom and expanded bath house capacity, plus a larger restaurant and a May Hop with Myers Orchestra of Harrisburg. Dancers and crowds from Harrisburg Lebanon Reading and Lancaster expected.
Local anglers report a strong season with good catches of suckers, perch, catfish, and eels. Noted hotspots include Swa tara and Manada Creek with Conewago Creek showing top activity this year.
A Terbhey High School Alumni Association meeting will be held Friday evening May 26 at 7 30 in the Merahy High School Building. All members are requested to attend as important business will be transacted.
Beginning June 1 the Hershey Trust Company forms a Liberty Loan Club to help save and invest while aiding the Army and Navy. Subscriptions in Hershey exceed 50 000 with free handling by the Trust Company. The piece explains bond types Bearer and Registered, terms through 1947, advantages including exchange rights and non taxation, and urges wide public participation to show national spirit.
Hershey's Red Cross reports strong progress with nearly 300 members and over $54 raised at a Park dance. Officials urge more workers at the Central Theatre Building and collection of old linen muslin and bed covers. Meetings set for 4 PM today, with ongoing work Mondays Thursdays 1 to 5 and Tuesdays 7 to 10.
The first in a recital series by Miss Violette Cassel’s pupils will be held Saturday at 2 30 PM in the Hum melstown Lutheran Church Parish House. A silver offering for the Red Cross will be collected. The program features works by Hayden Mendelssohn Tschaikowsky and others performed by Elizabeth Brown Miriam Wagner Mary Binkley Katharine Brighthill Dorothy Soult Pauline Lauck Myrlie Hann and others.
Members of the United Brethren Sunday School class taught by Mrs. W. J. Runkle gathered at Mr. and Mrs. George Geesaman's home Tuesday evening in honor of their daughter Ruth. The event marked Mika Geeraman's birthday.
Hershey observes Memorial Day with a parade through Granada Avenue led by the Hershey Band and groups from the Hershey Trust, Grand Army, and Boy Scouts. Graves at Old Derry Presbyterian and First United Brethren churches will be decorated with flowers and a firing squad. ceremonies in Hershey Park include an address and music. Governor Brumbaugh urges bells tolling noon to 12 05 and flags at half staff.
W. H. Ball informs Hershey Press that Governor Brumbaugh has appointed a State Public Safety Committee of about three hundred citizens to inventory Pennsylvania resources. Local county committees are forming, and Hershey’s appointees are M Hershey and Albert Shenk.
A half year old son of Mr and Mrs Harry Scott of Palmyra swallowed salacytic acid from a household bottle on Monday morning. The overdose likely saved the child as the mother was in an adjoining room and Dr Bordner was summoned for treatment.
At a recent meeting the Hershay Woodmen decided to launch a drive to recruit members. The order shows strength in Fershay and appeals to Ahosans seeking affordable insurance benefits.
The United Brethren Church general conference in Wichita Kansas elected five bishops for the next quadrennium including William M Bell H H Fout C J Kephart G M Matthews and W H Washinger of Chambersburg Pa. Governor Arthur Capper spoke praising Kansas moral leadership and Prohibition. The church set goals of 100000 membership growth 26 percent Sunday School enrollment rise 2000 college students and 500 ministerial recruits with 160000 education funds and 1000000 for benevolent work. The move to merge Sunday School and Christian Endeavor departments failed.
Trade at the Hershey station becomes the heaviest in history as hundreds of cars arrive and depart weekly. The bulk of activity involves factory materials and Ita producta shipments to widespread destinations across the country.
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce estimates American chewing gum exports will top a million dollars this fiscal year. Through the first nine months the value reached $926,500, with potential for a record year. Exports have grown since 1894, spreading to Europe, North America, Asia, Oceania, Africa, and South America, with notable gains in 1916 and 1917.
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