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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
4
A collage of quotes from various papers including the Colorado Springs Gazette and Detroit Free Press. Items remark on wages for teachers, aging motorists, nostalgia for old towns, canning season and voting patterns, with a tongue in cheek note about Martinique elections.
The Derry township Board of Education enforces compulsory attendance from Oct 18, 1920 to Apr 20, 1921 with legal excuses limited to personal illness quarantine impassable roads or dangerous weather. Principal notes early arrivals. morning and afternoon sessions start 8 40 and 1 00 with 15 minutes pre-entry. Dr J G Pentz praises curricula after a school survey.
Derry Presbyterian and United Brethren churches list pastors Rev R H Taylor and Rev R R Butterwick with Sunday School at 9 30 a m and 9 30 a m respectively. Morning services at 10 30 and evening services at 7 30 with themes The Worlds Greatest Mystery and The Open Door. Junior Endeavor Westminster Guild Holy Trinity Lutheran Bible School and midweek prayer meetings are also noted.
East of Hershey prayer meeting Thursday at 7 30 p m Sunday School at 9 30 a m preaching service at 10 30 a m Christian Workers meeting 6 46 p m preaching service at 7 30 p m
Hershey and Middletown A C battled to a 7 to 7 tie on Middletown’s field. Nick Purcell starred for Hershey with repeated charges through the Middletown line and Shenk Swartz combined for speed and power to support a stubborn Hershey defense.
Hershey High and Lebanon 2d played to a 7 to 7 tie on the Hershey Park Athletic field. Lebanon led early with a second quarter touchdown, while Hershey answered with a first quarter touchdown. The game featured back and forth action and ends with Lebanon in Hershey territory at times.
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