Harrisburg Red Cross seeks 10000 for Japan relief drive
Harrisburg's Red Cross chapter reports a district quota of 10000 to aid Japanese earthquake victims. Contributions may be sent to local auxiliaries, the Red Cross office on Second and South streets, or the Dauphin Deposit Trust Company at 213 Market Street. Governor Pinchot appeals to Pennsylvanians to give generously to relieve suffering.
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Harrisburg
Red Cross
National Headquarters Division
Hummelstown
Hershey
Upper.ee
Dauphin County
Perry County
West Shore
New Cumberland
Camp Hill
Lemoyne
Eberly’s Mills
West Fairview
Enola
Hbg
Second
Dauphin Deposit Trust Company
Market Street
Govenor Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Orient
Japan
American National Red Cross
Washington
Lebanon Male Chorus Set to Sing Sunday at Hershey Park
The Lebanon Male Chorus will perform at Hershey Park Sunday afternoon at 2 30, continuing a series of concerts. A prior July appearance drew a large audience with a varied program including arias, solos, and choral pieces by Schubert, Neidlinger, and others.
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Lebanon
Hershey Park
Schubert
Sylvia
Ccc
Ann
Schock
Watson
Pilot Lan’ de Boat
Allen Lebanon
Walter Groh
Neidlinger
Dauphin County Awards Oil Contracts for Local Roads
The Dauphin County commissioners award contracts to oil county and township roads. The project uses 67,163 gallons of road oil to surface Siahing Creek Deadate Union Deposit Hershey Mansion Round Burn Horseshoe Pike Hershey Farm 26 Oberlin Steel ton and a road between State Highway and Boyd's farm in Conewago Middle Paxton Derry Swatara Townships.
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Blane County
Dauphin County
Siahing Creek
Deadate
Union Deposit
Hershey
Hershey Mansion
Round Burn
Horseshoe Pike
Hershey Farm No. 26
Oberlin-Steelton
State Highway
Boyd's
Movie Season Opens at Hershey Theatres Next Week
Beginning Tuesday evening September 13 at Hershey Park Theatre, weekly showings continue Tuesday Thursday and Saturday, weather permitting moving to Hershey Central Theatre. Admission 25 cents adults 15 cents children. Featured films include Buck Jones Hell's Hole and The Christian with multiple one reel comedies.
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Hershey Park Theatre
Hershey Central Theatre
Myr Smith
Buck Jones
Hell’s Hole
Ham Hamilton
Knighthood
Marion Davis
Ivan Abramson
Coolidge
Roy Stewart
Jim
Paramount
Hall Caine
Thos. Meighan
Tom Mix
Allstar
Clyde Cook
Palmyra Hershey Road Praised For Smooth Surface
In a letter reprinted from Motor Mention the editor commends the Palmyra Hershey road for a smooth macadam surface. The writer notes proper curing time and stone mixing to prevent soft spots and holes, questions cost figures for concrete options, and asserts the road will be among the best in its vicinity with low maintenance.
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Press
Motor Mention
Palmyra-Hershey
Hershey
Palmyra
Hershey Holstein Heifers Sell Strong in Wide Demand
Last week twelve Holstein heifers were shipped to Raymond DeLong of Bowers Pa a cattle breeder. The heifers were an exceptional lot and a credit to the Hershey farms. Demand for these heifers is high with this year having sold over two hundred head.
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Raymond DeLong
Bowers
Hershey Farms
Loud Speaker Promotes Highway Bond Vote in State
State administration plans to urge a 50 million highway bond issue at the November election. The Highway Department may send trucks with loud amplifiers to county fairs to explain the issue. Governor Pinchot will tour the state this fall with speeches and a radio talk to back the bond proposal. Chambers of commerce may organize campaigns for the constitutional amendment.
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State Highway Department
Pinchot
Ita
Chambers of ‘Commerce
Hershey Kindergarten Opens Next Monday
The Hershey Kindergarten will open on Monday September 10 in the Hershey Central Theatre building with Miss Margaret Good of Harrisburg in charge. Over thirty children are enrolled. The piece extols Froebel’s kindergarten system and its role in promoting citizenship and education across the nation.
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Hershey
Hershey Central Theatre
Kinderarten
Margaret Good
Harrisburg
Freidrich Frobel
Froebel
United States
Commonwealth of the World
Leland Stanford
Stanford University
John Hopkins
Hershey Fire Co To Hold Fair In October
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company held its monthly meeting naming officers and setting a fair for October 19 and 20 to raise 500 dollars still owed on the fire engine. William Brinker chairs the fair committee.
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Hershey Fire Co
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company
Paul Edris
Wm. C. Brinker
A. Flowers
John Sollenberger
John F. Snavely
Dan Ensminger
Warren Sattazahn
Ervin Gordon
Harry Hocker James Murray
Samuel Golso
Chas. Palmer
Stewart Mahon
J. P. Conrad
Harry Feaser
Geo. Feaser
John H. Gordon
Geo. Schroll
Daniel Ensminger
J. R. Kreider
David Ditzler
Tom Black
Stuart Mahen
George Feeser
James Murray
Wm. Brinker
Longeneckers To Meet In Hershey Park Reunion
The twenty second annual Longenecker family reunion will be at Elershey Park on Saturday September 8. Invitations extended to all Longenecker descendants. Luncheon at noon, program at 2 pm. Welcome by Reuben R Longenecker president Bay Side L J prayers and minutes read by David E Longacre secretary Philadelphia. Performances by Longe necker Bros Palmyra Ira L Shenk Hershey Sara Bowman Palmyra Roy Shenk Hershey Miss Mamie Bowman Andrew Fleury. Special greet oldest present youngest souvenir, address Rev Christian Longenecker New Holland closing hymn.
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Longenecker
Elershey Park
Reuben R. Longenecker
Bay Side
L. J
David E. Longacre
Philadelphia
Longenecker Bros
Palmyra
Ira L. Shenk
Hershey
Aaron Lenaker
Roy Shenk
Misa Sara Bowman
Mamie Bowman
Andrew Fleury
Christian Longenecker
New Holland
Dauphin County Grange Fair to Open September 12 13 14
The Dauphin County Grange Fair returns for a second year at New Paxtang Park Harrisburg September 12 through 14. Exhibits range from prize bulls and hogs to apple butter lace and other farm products with 1000 Grangers backing the event. Neighbors will compare crops and meet friends as tents and coops go up for hundreds of high quality displays gathering from across the county.
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Dauphin County
New Paxtang Park
Harrisburg
Grange Fair Association
1000 Grangera
Exposition Grounds
Hershey School Building Too Small for Enrollment Rise
Derry Township schools report the largest enrollment in history with 1004 students. Crowded classrooms force reassignments and seating salvaged from across the building. By fall 1924 additional facilities are needed to accommodate grades from 1st to 12th and rural schools, including Stoverdale and Gravel Hill, show smaller totals.
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Derry Township
Dersheimer
Miss Barton
Bergman
Miss Diller
Stauffer
Erb
Eckert
Rambo
Miss Beale
Erford
Lady
Byer
Edwards
Foreman
Hertzler
Moore
Stoverdale
Miss Ferrow
Waltonville
Miss Hocker
Sunnyside
Balsbaugh
Gravel Hill
Hess
Our Gab Unanimously Re-elected President of Patriot Order
Gabriel H. Moyer of Lebanon Pa was re elected president of the Patriotic Order Sons of America by about 1000 delegates at the National Camp. He urged alien registration and reform to admit naturalized citizens while condemning draft dodging and disloyalty as concerns for the immigrant question.
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The
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Gabriel H. Moyer
Lebanon
Spadigue
Moyer
Upstate
Grover Aera
Philadelphia
Order
Bergdoll
Davis
Hershey Red Cross to Meet Monday Afternoon
The Hershey Red Cross will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday afternoon September 10 in the Hershey Central Theatre room to discuss important matters and plan aid for stricken Japan. All members are urged to attend.
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Hershey Red Cross
Rooma
Hershey Central Theatre
Japan
Iise
Forty Five Minutes From Broadway at Hershey Theatre
Hershey audiences have last chance this week to see Ella Kramer Stock Co in Forty Five Minutes from Broadway a Broadway musical comedy packed with music and humor The cast includes Ella Kramer George Gilday Tom Bennett and Mary Jane Jenkins with a varied program and songs from the show during the present season finale.
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Hershey
Ella Kramer Stock Co
Broadway
Andy Grey
Bruno Wick
Purdy
Helen Potter Jackson
Daniel Cronin
Thon Ruffin Kid Burns
Gilday James Blake
Frederick Clayton Tom Bennett
Clarence LeRoy
Mary Jane Jenkins
Ella Kramer
Flora Dora Dean
Lucia Blaisdell
David Dean
Genevieve Berkeley
Crabtree
Wesley Barney
Gertrude Castle
Genevieve Mengel
Zelma Mumma
Mary Gerber
Louise Hummel
Venetta Schreiber
Mary Reese
Emily Yoder
Lydia Sherk
Beatrice Lesser
Vesta Schriver
Castleton Mansion
Place
New Rochelle
N. Y
Geo. Gilday
Mary
Isabel Rown
Lucia Blaisedll
LeoFall
Katinka
Feist
Hook Brownback Wedding Joins Two Fort Washington Families
Miss S Lois Hook daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Hook of Fort Washington and J Harold Brownback son of H F Brownback of Trappe were married at Whitemarsh by Rev Dr Grobon. The couple left for a two week New England tour and will reside in Trappe Pennsylvania. Hook is Ursinus graduate and former Latin math teacher. Brownback a Ursinus graduate and biology inspector at the University of Pennsylvania.
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S. Lois Hook
Walter Hook
Fort Washington
J. Harold Brownback
H. F. Brownback
Trappe
Whitemarsh
Grobon
Whitman
Lloyd’ Yost
Lloyd Yost
Palmyra
Miss Hook
New England States
Pennsyvania
Sheltenham High School
Ursinus College
Brownback
Ursinus
University of Pennsylvania
Laying Plans For S S Week Observance Meeting
The Executive Committee of Sunday School District No 3 will meet Friday evening September 7 at 7 45 in the Lutheran Parish House Hummelstown. It is the first fall meeting and members should attend with plans for their divisions for the next year. Superintendents are urged to attend or send a representative to plan observance of Sunday School week and ensure every school is represented.
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Hummelstown
Dancing at Hershey Park Pavilion Draws Crowds
The Hershey Park dancing pavilion this summer attracted large crowds with performances by Saxo Major Botts Penn Damon arberger's and Mia Earl Fuller's Broadway Syncopatera. The pavilion looked metropolitan with notable decorations and will host dances every Wednesday and Saturday evening until further notice.
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Hershey Park
Broner
I Beg Conslatin
Saxo
Major Botts
Penn Damon
Arberger
Mia
Earl Fuller
Broadway Syincopatera
Metropolitan
Weekend Society Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travels
A long list of residents and guests enjoyed weekends and holidays visiting families in Hershey Atlantic City Lancaster Reading Elizabethtown and other Pennsylvania towns. Many traveled to attend reunions conventions and observe Labor Day with relatives and friends.
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Bass Solo
Guy Jones
Hepting
Killinger
Heffelfinger
Alberts
Hersheyites
McCurdy
Hefflefinger
Swartz
Zimmerman
Poveun Thompson
Palmyra-Hershey Road
Hershey Holstein
Longeneckers
Fred Pronio
Park Orchestra
Eaton
Mat
Pronio
Barney Google
Fred
Lebanon Valley
Gab
S. S
Grace Hess
Peach Bottom
Sarah Garver
Atlantic City
Sema P. Klaiss
Entra
Benjamin F. Bomgardner
Emily
Samuel Cladwell
Iron Mountain
Mich
Caldwell
R. G. Hinkle
Ocean Grove
A. L. Weltmer
Ulrich Weltmer
Abraham Smith
Claire
David Frehn
R. E. Sternberger
Lancaster
Harry Cake
Sinking Springs
Harry Haupt
West Reading
Wilson Cake
Anna Klauss
Noah Klauss
Gratz
Gratz High School
LeRoy Trafford
Pittsburgh
Howard Bomgardner
Clarence Ulrich
Edwin Schwenk
Grover Sheckart
Harold Weishaupt
David Sattazahn
Paul Miller
Elmer Swartz
John Brenberger
American Legion
Reading
Henry F. Liller
Dorothy Leitzinger
Wilmington
Del
Norman Stahle
Labor Day
John Funck
A. H. Garman
Garman
Elizabethtown
Norman Smith
de Ramsey
Atlantic Aly
Maria Zuver
Jacob Gerberich
Grantville
Earl Klinger
Camden
N. J
Winfield Zimmerman
Paul H
Mark
Oliver Kreiser
Columbia
Marietta
Middletown
Rose
Irene
Elinor Mahoney
Harper Snavely
Milton Basehore
Henry Brunner
Frystown
Pauline Grove
Bessie Young
Red Lion
A. O. Stine
Henry Henry
Benjamin Snavely
Herman Marks
Walter HH
Stahley
David Baker
Charles
Dora Nickey
Mae Slack
Marguerite Shuttering
Howard Baker
Pottstown
Levi Basehore
Isaac Hoerner
Progress
Grant Hoerner
New York
Samuel Wagle
Ruth Lloyd
A. L. Kneedler
R. W. Lloyd
Ross Winters
New York City
Corrine
Dorothy Ibach
Grace Smith
Flummelstown
the Chocolate Co
Clarence Failer
Sarah
Catherine
James Bobb
Margaret
Mabel Bomgardner
Martin Brenberger
Viola Duffey
Edward Offey
R. W. Grace
George Morris
Atantic City
Goldie Habaker
Labor
Cargonia Park
Paul Shoop
Clara Ramler
Allen Lingle
Trenton
Asbury Park
Lakehurst
Henry Brett
Cumberland
W. I. R. Murrie
William C. Hackman
Earl
Isabel Buchanan
Mra
J. IX. Kreider
Lancester
James P, Martin
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