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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1916
Page
4
Pennsylvania politics are discussed with a call to voters to exercise their ballot next Tuesday. The piece urges citizens not to assume party outcomes and emphasizes the ballot as a core freedom, urging informed participation.
The Hershey area reports strong factory activity and rising life across the town. Churches plan winter programs with renewed cooperation, aiming to avoid duplication and boost social work as celebrations this week suggest many good things ahead.
The community mourns Levi Zimmerman and Simon J. Eby aged over eighty who lived simple, contented lives. They believed in a cheerful greeting, kind words, and joy in simple music, watching a changing world yet staying calm amid haste and wealth chasing.
Rev. Charles K. Fegley, field missionary of the English Home Mission Board, will conduct the Every Member Canvas at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Thursday and Friday evenings and next Sunday. He organized Holy Trinity in Hershey Palmyra six years ago and has since organized three more congregations. He works at Wyomissing and Rosedale as part of Orthodox program. The canvas targets all Lutherans in the community and invites participation in church privileges and financial support for the coming year.
Reverend Mr Taylor, pastor of Derry Presbyterian Church, will continue the sermon series "Our Divine Savior" in the morning. He asks children to stay for the 10:30 service. The evening theme is "Christ the Head of the Church."
Katinka pleased a large audience at the Orpheum in Harrisburg last Friday.
The list includes Mr and Mrs Ezra F Hershey and Mr and Mrs H N Herr from Hershey along with J B Leithiser Edward Lewis Ralph Imboden Oscar Rochow and others. From Hummelstown names include Mr and Mrs L P Emmerich Mr and Mrs John Whittock Mrs Clara Krause Mrs Edgar Hummel Miss Bernice Nissley Miss Ethel Davis Miss Zelma Burridge R L Marquart Chance Phillips and Arthur Shope.
Revival services are held nightly at Gravel Hill in the Hess school building by the Christian Alliance denomination. The meetings have been successful and several new members have joined. Directed by John A. Hershey this place. An invitation is extended to all.
The Church of the Brethren held a full day Children s Day at Henry s meeting house in east Hershey on Sunday. Over 1000 members and friends attended the services and joined for a church dinner served after the programs.
George H. Houser of Annville a telegraph operator and ticket agent at the Hershey depot of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad suffered a severe facial wound and eye injury from flying glass splinters when an iron pin was thrown through the car window as he rode to work last Thursday morning.
The Hershey Volunteer Fire Company calls its stated monthly meeting for Tuesday evening November 7 at eight oclock amid election excitement.
Ewing Cain and P N Kasson are in the northern part of the state near Lock Haven for a pheasant hunting expedition. They will stay until the latter part of the week.
Mt Joy overpowering Hershey 18 to 0 at Park Mell with Mt Joy building early leads. Slesser Foster Zimmerman and Hagg starred for Hershey while Willis Dressler suffered a sprained ankle. After the match Hershey planned to host East End A C of Harrisburg next Saturday at 2 30.
For rent one side of a new dwelling on West Carnens avenue nine rooms with hot water furnace cookery bath vacant November 1 apply to LL W Tinney Mershey Pa. Wanted young men for Hershey Chocolate Company to work as extra men on the trolley lines apply at Superintendent's office.
A historical overview of Hershey Pennsylvania describing its founding in 1903 its rapid growth to a population around 1600 with surrounding valley influence and a peak crowd of 40 000 in 1915. The piece highlights the town’s dairy farms eight thousand five hundred acres a major chocolate factory shipping weekly carloads of products and extensive public works including a model town with 150 homes under construction a large department store a bank the transit system a theatre a library and Hershey Park with a large zoo.
Classified help wanted items from Hershey Employment Bureau list positions for track repairmen stone masons typist stenographer office boy plus farm labor milker and domestic roles at Hershey and Harrisburg with wages steady hours and room and board offered.
Detailed timetable for Hershey Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown Palmyra and connections. First cars start times 5 a m to 6 15 a m with half hourly and hourly intervals to 11 30 p m Sundays variations. Trains east and west listed with stop notes and cafe hours and employment bureau hours.
Classified notices seek a pantry helper a young dairy farm hand and cleaner staff at Hershey Pa positions include cream separator operation boiler care night telephone operator waitstaff and factory work with good wages and steady hours applicants urged to apply to Hershey Employment Bureau or John P Louser Lebanon Pa by letter for specific roles and age requirements
Rev. R. H. Taylor leads services with Sunday School at 9 30 A M and preaching at 10 30 A M and 7 30 P M. Christian Endeavor at 6 45 P M and Prayer Meeting Wednesday at 7 30 P M.
Rev. R. R. Butterwick pastors a Sunday schedule including Sunday School at 9 15 A M Holy Communion at 10 15 A M Junior Christian Endeavor at 2 P M Senior Endeavor at 6 30 P M and preaching and Holy Communion at 7 30 P M A welcome hand for everybody.
Evangel Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity announces 20th Sunday after Trinity events with 9 15 A M Bible School, 10 30 A M service and sermon by Rev C K Fegley. Canvassers for Every Member canvass to be commissioned and training meetings scheduled evenings this week. Men urged to attend choir practice and Luther League devotional Sunday at 6 45. Topic Some Personal Questions on Prayer.
Church of the Brethren announces a Thursday prayer meeting at 7 30 PM and a Sunday School at 9 30 AM. Christian Workers' Meeting is at 6 30 PM followed by the preaching service at 7 30 PM.
Union Circuit schedule lists Christian Endeavor at 6 30 P M and preaching at 7 30 P M at Fishburnn Church with evening services announced.
Union Ceposit schedules morning service at 9 30 preaching at 10 30 and Christian Indeavor session at 6 30 in the evening.
The Commonwealth Trust Company of Harrisburg will, by order of the Court of Common Pleas Dauphin County, expose to public sale on November 18, 1916 at 2 PM the Hershey property on Chocolate avenue Hershey PA a 2 1/2 story eight room dwelling and garage with 60 by 150 feet lot. Also to be offered at the same time are ten shares of Hershey Trust Company stock. Terms to be announced by Commonwealth Trust Company committee for George J Eppley a Lunatic I M Hershey attorney.
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