Prominent Lancaster and Lebanon Officials Visit Hershey
Lancaster and Lebanon officials toured Hershey on an annual outing arranged by city clerk E S Smeltz. Mayor F B McClain and council members joined a banquet at Hershey cafe and visited the chocolate plant Y M C A building and Hershey Park. The group traveled from Harrisburg by electric car, then to Elizabethtown before Lebanon and Manheim, returning home pleased with the visit and its civic camaraderie.
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City of
Lancaster
Hershey
McClain
Harrisburg
M. S. Hershey
Lebanon
Manheim
E. S. Smeltz
Elizabethtown
Masonic
John P. Longenecker
Harvey T. Atkinson
Select Council of
D. M. Sharp
Geo. R. Pretz
Harvey Gerberich
Clinton J. Barr
H. G. Louser
Reading Transit
J. R. Kreider
Ewing Cain
F. B. Snavely
8. C. Stecher
John E. Snyder
Hershey Chocolate Co. Ships Record Amounts Nationwide
Hershey Chocolate Company operates at peak capacity as it ships ten carloads daily to towns across the United States. A solid car was sent to Denver and another to Lacrosse, marking a banner period for the famed products. The plant buzzes with unprecedented activity reflecting nationwide demand.
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Hershey Chocolate Company
Denver
Col
Lacrosse
Wis
Hershey
America
Y. W. C. A Contest Closes and Winners Announced
On Friday May 24 the Y W C A contest to pick delegates for Camp Nepachin closed. Four girls from each branch were sent. In the Hershey branch Esther Hummel from Hummelstown Elizabeth Grove from Hummelstown Helen Lineaweaver from Campbelltown and Sadie Hummel from Hershey won. The Press says the two week mountain outing will be a reward for the successful contestants.
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Camp Nepachin
Hershey
Esther Hummel
Hummelstown
Elizabeth Grove
Helen Lineaweaver
Campbelltown
Sadie Hummel
Hershey Trust Company Declares Initial Dividend
The Hershey Trust Company board announces a 5 percent initial dividend, $2.50 per share after taxes. The bank, incorporated seven years ago, shows a $100,000 surplus fund and about $34,000 undivided profits with current deposits near $800,000.
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Hershey Trust Company
School Board to Meet for 1912 13 Teacher Fix
The Derry Township school board will meet Saturday June 8 at 2 PM to elect teachers for the township schools for the term 1912 13 and fix teachers salaries.
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Derry Township
Sock Social To Raise Funds For Hershey Church
The Ladies Aid Society of the United Brethren Church in Hershey will hold a sock social on the church lawn Friday evening June seventh. Funds will support a good cause and residents are urged to attend for the planned refreshments and community support.
Readers invited to submit ideal wife views contest
The Press seeks readers views on the ideal wife with a $2 first prize and $1 second prize. Limit letters to 150 words and post by June 26. Winners announced in the June 27 issue. replies published weekly. Sign full name and address. judge is J. R. Snavely.
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J. R. Snavely
Hello Bill at Hershey Park Lights Up Season Debut
Gardiner Vincent Comedy Company winged into Hershey park theater with Hello Bill a three act farce delighting a full house. Audiences praised the ensemble as artists and laughed through the show all the way to a planned December matinee of A Country Sweetheart with evening performances Thursday through Saturday.
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Hershey Park
Bill
Gardiner-Vincent
Lyric Theater
Jamestown
N.Y
Will
Redmond
Frank
Gardner St Perkins
Carl
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Frank B. McCain
Chocolate Company
Sock Social
Burton
Mallory Weary Willie
Nat
Brown Marjorie Perkins
Claire Vincent Lorraine Stewart
Zada Mansfield Rose Watkins
Margaret Merriman
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