Grammar School Transfer Exercises Held May 27
The Grammar School held a transfer exercise Monday evening May 27 at 7 45. LeRoy Tinney gave the welcome address and the program featured songs and short speeches by Grades 6 7 and 8 including Our Debt to France Boy Scout Movement Patrick Henry and Our Flag and the Country for Which He Stands. Teachers Arthur P Hocker and Pauline Clark led the event with choir pieces and a Star Spangled Banner finale.
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Exer
LeRoy Tinney
France
George Hocker
Boy Scout Movement
Wm Leithiser
Patrick Henry
John McKenney
Pershimg
Theodore Stondt
Mildred Miller
Edward Shea
Wrere
Arthur P. Hocker
Pauline Clark
Harry Blough
Mabel Bombardier
Charles Copenhaver
Sara Christ
Marie Cooper
Charles Clark
Margaret Deardorf
Frank Edris
Leonard Feroca
Beulah Hershey
Ruth Hofer
Charles McHeffer
John MccKinney
William Leithiser
Ernestine Niles
Theodore Stoudt
Lee Roy Tinney
Bertha Tromp
Masquerade One Act Comedy Featured Class Day
The graduate class presented The Masquerade a one act comedy on Monday evening May 87th. Cast included Little Miss Muffet Hostess Esther Snavely The Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe Kathryn Jones Geraldime Farrar Martha Keeney Historian Chester Ebersole Paderewskiy Earle Stahle Simple Sman Paul Hersher Fortuma Prophet Hilda Christ Gipsy Nell Soloist Lancelot Clown.
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Esther Snavely
Kathryn Jones
Martha Keeney
Bede
Sellgtat Chester Ebersole
Paderewskiy
Earle Stahle
Sman
Paul Hersher
Fortuma
Hilda Christ “Gipsy Nell
Lancelot
Eleventh Annual Commencement Exercises at Dery Township High
The eleventh annual commencement was held at Hershey Park Theatre on Tuesday evening May 28. Dery Township High School awarded diplomas to Hilda Christ Chester Ebersole Paul Bunyan Hershey Fannie Jones Martha Keener Roy Shenk Esther Snavely Earle Stahie Velma Stuckey Lydia Weltmer. Essays were by Christ Hershey Shenk Ebersole Jones. Diplomas were presented by A B Shenk. Principal address by Calvin O Althouse from Central High School Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dery Township High School
Hershey Park Theatre
Hilda MM. Christ
Chester Miles Ebersole
Paul Bunyan Hershey
Fannie Kathryn Jones
Martha Mae Keener
Roy L. Shenk
Esther Barbara Snavely
Earle LeRoy Stahie
Velma Luella Stuckey
Lydia Grace Weltmer
Hilda Christ
Paul Hershey
Roy Shenk
Chester Ebersole
Katheryn Jones
A. B. Shenk
Calvin O. Althouse
School of Commerce
Cetral High School
Philadelphia
William Penn Highway Being Oiled
Work began last week to oil the William Penn Highway. The road is among favored routes as authorities must have applications for oil approved by the U S Fuel Administration. Restrictions on fuel materials are due to army and navy needs, essential war industries, and Allied demands for fuel oils and coal.
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U. S Fuel Administration
Army
Boy Scout Notes and Thrift Stamp Totals
Sunday Her shey Bay Scouts biked to Blue Mountains and back via Lyonsville Grantville Manada Gap and St Josephs Spring. Walter Leibfried’s tire failure was fixed by Shaeffer and Magrini and Walter rode home. First class hikes earned by Charles McHeffey and Charles Black. Thrift stamp leaders Sando Magrini and Charles McHeffer with Kenneth Stover and Sol Purcell also noted. Grand total thrift stamps reach 2328.75 dollars.
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Hershey Bay
Hershey Men’s Club
Blue Mountains
Lyonsville
Grantville
Manada Gap
St Joseph’s Spring
Walter Leibfried
Shaeffer
Magrini
Sando Magrini
Charles McHeffey
C. von Neida
Sol Purcell
Sol
Sando Magrim
Charles McHeffer
Kenneth Stover
Charles Black
William Leithiser
Alvin McKimme
S Porcel
R. Bricker
Made in America Sale Opens Local Discounts
Bargains advertised as a great saving event invite shoppers to visit for limited space deals. Merchants claim many items priced low, urging patrons to come in and see the rest of the merchandise.
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Isg
Street Carnival in Elizabeth Town to Benefit Red Cross
The Red Cross Society of Elizabeth Town starts a street carnival on Decoration Day May 30 and continues May 31 and June 1 on Park Street first block of S Market Street. The Citizens Band will furnish music. The event marks the boroughs first carnival and is expected to attract many patrons.
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The
Red Cross Society of
Elizabethtown
Park Street
S. Market Steet
Citizens Band of
Moton Calls 12 Million Colored Americans to War Effort
Dr. Robert R. Moton of Tuskegee Institute declares twelve million colored people will support the nation in war and home front duties. He urges work on farms, food conservation, trench combat, plus thrift teaching by ministers and teachers.
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Robert R. Moton
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington
Europe
Dr. Moton
Colored Ministry
Made in America Sale at Patriotic Prices on Menswear
In a patriotic sales pitch, a retailer promotes low prices on men and young men’s suits, shirts, overalls, and hosiery. Items include 25 dollar class suits discounted to 21.75, 20 dollar suits to 17.75, shirts from 5 down to 4.35, negligee shirts 1.19, chambray and gingham shirts 88c, overalls 1.19, and lisle hose 32c to 1.25 for four pairs, emphasizing economy and patriotism.
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Freeland
Bargain Buy: Boys Wool Suits and Dry Goods Sale
Local department store advertises boys all wool suits with knickerbockers in sizes 7 to 18 at 6.75 and extra knickerbockers at 1.79. Dry goods section features ginghams satin bed spreads percale bleach muslin linens and a wide range of silks and wool fabrics with discounts up to 50 and 10 percent in many lines.
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Governent
Odessa
Batisti
Made in America Sale Promises Bargains in Ready-to-Wear
A large sale offers discounts on Spring Coats Suits and dresses with 15 percent cuts on many coats. Silk sweaters dresses corsets and lingerie items reduced with several pieces under five dollars. Hats gowns and trimmings heavily marked down to attract shoppers.
Hosiery Sale Promises Low Prices Across Infants and Ladies
Hosiery department advertises infants half hose in light blue pink and white at sale price 10c. Infants white and black hose sizes 4 to 10 at 26c each or 3 for 75c. Ladies black hose with abbed tops only out size at 39c. Silk hose in all shades from 1.43 to 1.57 with patterns and fibre silk 69c regular 75c to 1.50.
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America
Black Isle
Church Services and New Pastor Appointments
The bulletin lists Sunday School at 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship at 10:30 a.m. Intermediate and Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p.m. Evening Worship at 7:45 p.m. Mid week prayer and choir rehearsal on Wednesdays. Trinity Lutheran bids Rev. S. S. Garnes start June 2 with services at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. First United Brethren has Rev. R. R. Butterwick. services include 9:15 a.m. Sunday School and 7:30 p.m. preaching.
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Christian Endeavor
Trinity Lutheran Church
S. S. Garnes
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
First United Brethren Church
R. R. Butterwick
Sr. Christian Endeavor
Army supplies for France require vast daily landings
Captain Earl J. Zimmerman notes the army in France must land 100 gross tons daily per 100 men to sustain operations. He highlights the enormous scale of supply needs and the challenge of delivering beef, with thousands of pounds required weekly.
Supply Needs for Troops in France Detailed by Captain Zimmerman
Captain Zimmerman outlined the quartermaster challenges in maintaining a constant food supply for American troops in France. He described a garrison ration of five pounds per man per day, including utensils, with 150 million pounds of rations needed monthly for a million men, equating to about 4,000 carloads. He listed a 30 day menu totaling frozen beef, flour, bacon, beef and corned beef, hash, sugar, coffee, and butter, noting a continuous 30 day stock in France.
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France
Earl J. Zimmerman
Depot Quartermaster’s Department
Zimmerman
Camouflage Grace Ends With Thoughtful Child Exchange
A baffling wartime vignette shows a child named Harry, hungry after a meager ration, asking for grace while confessing fears about being seen as deceitful. His mother reassures him, and he mocks the idea of reading thoughts, revealing a tension between piety and honesty.
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Harry
Canvass for Brethren Conference Lodging in Hershey and Palmyra
The lodging committee reports many homes in Hershey and Palmyra have space for conference attendees. They will be in Hershey starting June 3 and seek those not yet visited or undecided on lodging. Readers are asked to report to lodging headquarters and inform if a guest leaves so another may take his place.
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Hershey
Palmyra
Brethren Conference
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Hershey Depaiment Store
Derry Presbyterian Church
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