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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1916
Page
4
Hershey Press published weekly by Hershey Printing Company. Paper entered at Hershey Post Office as second class matter in Hershey Pennsylvania for November 23 1916.
President Woodrow Wilson proclaims Thursday November 30 as a day of national thanksgiving and prayer. He urges worship and sympathy for war-stricken nations and contributions to relief efforts, noting peace and prosperity at home. Proclamation dated November 17 1916 in Washington.
A columnist mocks giant budget figures from billions to chewing gum. By contrasting military spending and taxes with consumer items like liquor tobacco jewelry and millinery the piece argues gum offers mental relief and a simple exercise for the common people.
The piece discusses potato as a staple rising in price across the country and Europe. It questions U S yields and cites claims from Hagerstown Maryland of large productions while noting Maine yields and German farms reaching high per acre. It urges better cultivation and fertilization.
The Mothers' Club met Tuesday evening in the Kindergarten room with Mrs. D. Frank Magee presiding and Mrs. L. P. Williams as secretary. A talk on Training of Parents opened the program followed by a roundtable discussion and a quotations roll call. The group plans another Community Christmas tree with help from the Girls clubs of the YWCA, and a week long sale of hand painted china at Mrs. L. H. Hawbecker's home to raise funds for the club.
The Palm Lutheran Church youth of Palmyra present The Minister's Honeymoon at Iroquois Theatre Palmyra on November 27 and 28 Monday and Tuesday evenings. Cast includes Frank F. Snyder Irwin E. Spancake Henry Spangler and others with Katherine May Shifer presiding at the piano Longenecker's orchestra to entertain. Advance ticket sales at Bundel's drug store with all seats reserved at 25 cents.
Hershey in Derry Township Dauphin County Pennsylvania has grown since 1903 into a modern industrial town with a large chocolate factory dairy farms dairies a Model Town precincts a central theatre and a 1500 seat public school and park facilities. The community shows rapid growth with a large population many residents employed nearby and a transit network linking to Harrisburg Lebanon and Lancaster. The project includes a 32 department department store a Hershey Trust Company bank and a busy railway and trolley system connecting to major cities and markets.
Farm hands track repairmen milker and dairy work laborer positions listed by Hershey Employment Bureau. Office jobs include confidential clerk program through Young Men's Business Institute. Other openings: stone mason operator female cleaner and factory workers all in Hershey Pa with steady work and good pay.
C. O. Rochow returned to Hershey from Princeton after witnessing the Yale versus Princeton clash. He was a guest of friends and watched from prime seats as the season’s greatest college spectacle drew about 41 000 attendees.
Members of the Church of the Brethren from Hershey and nearby attended the dedication of the new Brethren church in Hummels town Sunday afternoon. The church was filled to capacity. Professor Ralph W. Schlosser of Elizabethtown College delivered the main address, assisted by Elder J. H. Longenecker of Palmyra, with several others giving short talks.
Two job notices from Hershey Pennsylvania call for Americans aged 26 to 35 for good wages and steady work at the Hershey Employment Bureau and for a young man 18 to 22 to run a Ford delivery truck. A West Caracag Avenue nine room dwelling is for rent with hot water furnace and bath. Inquiries directed to local contacts in Hershey.
The notice lists connected transit times for Hershey Hummelstown Harrisburg Lebanon Elizabethtown Palmyra and more. It covers first and last cars trains Sunday schedules cafe hours employment information and factory hours with connections to Conestoga Traction for Mount Joy and Lancaster.
Classified items include a Hershey store department manager position with German and English skills preferred, dairy farm and dairy work opportunities, a 129 acre farm dairyman vacancy in Lebanon, corn cutting jobs, a Caracas avenue rental, a home washing job, a found pair of black kid gloves near the Presbyterian Church, and related employment ads with contact directions.
Reverend R H Taylor leads a schedule of services at Derry Presbyterian Church with Sunday School at 9 30 A M and preaching at 10 30 A M. Inquirers class meets at the pastor’s home 20 N Chocolate Ave at 2 P M and a Mission Study Class is set for Thursday at 8 P M. Union Thanksgiving Service November 30 at 10 A M features Rev R R Butterwick. all are urged to attend.
Rev John Irwin Meek leads 23rd Sunday after Trinity with Bible School at 9 15 A M worship and sermon at 7 30 P M on The Christian Conception of the Future Life A devotional Lutheran League meeting at 645 P M All are welcome.
Rev R R Butterwick pastor leads Sunday School at 9 15 am with preaching at 10 15 am Bishop C J Kephart TD D of Kansas City Mo attends with Junior Christian Endeavor at 2 pm and Senior Endeavor at 6 30 pm preaching at 7 30 pm Theme The Things That Will Remain.
Church of the Brethren announces a Thursday 7 30 p m prayer meeting Sunday School at 9 30 a m and Christian Workers Meeting at 6 30 p m followed by a preaching service at 7 30 p m.
Hershey Exchange seeks a male applicant over 16 with a fair penmanlike hand and clear voice. Weekend hours include Sunday night from 10 P M to 7 30 A M and weekday shifts 6 P M to 7 30 A M. Apply at Hershey Employment Office.
Union Circuit church announces Sunday School at 9 30 a m Union Deposit services include preaching at 10 30 a m Christian Endeavor at 6 30 p m and revival or evening service at 7 30 p m Varied meeting times are shown for the churches in the circuit with locations 9330 and 10330 referenced in the notice
The Commonwealth Trust Company of Harrisburg acting for George J. Eppley will publicly sell on December 2, 1916 at 2 PM in Hershey Pennsylvania the property on Chocolate Avenue 60 by 150 feet with a two and a half story dwelling and a two machine garage. Also offered are eight shares of Hershey Trust Company stock. terms to be announced by the committee.
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