Bridge Across Reading Tracks Underway In Hershey Area
Construction starts Tuesday on a new bridge carrying a Derry Township road over Reading Company tracks at Hershey Park entrance. Estimated cost 27578.44 dollars shared by Dauphin County and others. 26 foot roadway with six foot sidewalks. property involved, Hershey Chocolate Co waives damages. completion due by December 1.
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Derry Township
Reading Company
Reading
Hershey Park
Jonestown
Harrisburg
Pottsville
Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Co
Public Service Commission
County of Dauphin
Hershey Transit Company
Hummelstown Gas & Fuel Company
Hershey Electric Company
J R Kreider Dies at Desk in Hershey Transit Offices
J R Kreider 71, longtime Hershey Transit manager, died of heart trouble while seated at his desk in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He previously led Lancaster Electric Light Power and operated branch lines to Elizabethtown and Lebanon. Survived by son Frank B Kreider and daughter Margaret W Martin. funeral held at 11 a.m. Saturday in Lancaster.
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Hershey Transit Company
Hershey
John R. Kreider
Mr. Kreider
Churchtown
Lancaster County
George and
Elizabeth Kreider
Church
Elizabethtown
Lebanon
Kreider
Hershey Fire Department
First Reformed Church
Lancaster
Noble Grand
Monterey
Lancaster Lodge of Elks
Ridgley
Emma Wilson Kreider
Frank B. Kreider
Elm Street
Mararet W
James P. Martin
College Avenue
Martin
Greenwood Cemetery
Local YWCA Board Holds Fall Meeting and Plans
The Young Women’s Christian Association board met for the first regular fall session to review summer Girl Reserve work and outline Fall and Winter plans. The Fall Rally and Membership Meeting is set for the week of Oct 8. Two rooms will be prepared by the Girl Reserve Clubs for exclusive use by the girls. Mrs Ray Glace resigns as secretary and Mrs Howard Romig steps down as treasurer. Mrs Irvin Slesser elected treasurer to finish the year. Grade School Girl Reserves meet Friday. Tri Y Club to hold a Tuesday business meeting.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Ray Glace
Howard Romig
Irvin Slesser
Fresh Air Children to Leave Friday September 11
Mrs Wm Hackman in charge of Local Fresh Air Fund says the children who arrived two weeks ago will depart Hershey on Friday morning Sept 11 on the 8 16 oclock train. If guardians cannot bring the youngsters to the train they should contact her for arrangements. She will be at Reading station from 7 oclock to help with arrivals.
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Mra. Wm. Hackman
Herahey
Hershey Splash Party At Hershey Park
Katharine Betty and Frantz Hershey hosted a Saturday Splash at Hershey Park with campers from Camps Owalasa and Pocono. Guests included Marion Hinkle, Betty and Peggy Orr, Grove McCoy, Eugenie Ballou Sampson, Elizabeth Kunkel, Jane Segalbaum, Jeanette Fignor, Elizabeth Fignor, Norman Howler, and Franklin Fignor from Harrisburg Paxtang and nearby areas.
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Katharine
Betty
Frantz
The Smokestack By Dee Jay Gee
A quirky verse about two youths hitching eastbound rides and returning through Philadelphia with humorous misadventures. The narrator mocks travel frugality while revealing odd glimpses of 1910 era road life, beer hunting, and a city sightseeing detour.
Why Teach Hogs to Smoke A Timely Quip for Farmers
A humorous editorial muses on teaching hogs to smoke so that after slaughter they would require no curing. It jokes about roasting pigs and moral implications of innovation in farming communities.
Liberty Cross Roads Doctor Seeks New Brightening Formula
Dr Drake, of Liberty Cross Roads, says his duty is to brighten unhappy lives amid serial number worries on dollar bills. He works in his laboratory on a new formula, striving to surpass his famed Dr Drake’s Com Syrup and Corn Licker, but has yet to announce progress. A rail yard incident follows where Roscoe, a repairman, trapped under a freight car cannot turn a bolt after a wrench is dropped on it.
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Doc Drake
Liberty Cross Roads
Roscoe
It Doesn't Mean A Thing Says the Man with the Marble Top
A quirky remark notes that two young people in a steady correspondence may not be alike in character or temperament. The line hints at broader reflections on judgment and similarity amid youthful exchanges.
Joe Rosenberg’s drunken night ends with unexpected marriage
Sobering Joe Rosenberg recalls a night of heavy drinking ending in marriage he woke up to as a bachelor. He quips that the sudden change tempered him quickly and likens it to a rapid sobriety.
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Joe Rosenberg
Joe
A Bunch of Shamrocks Yis
A quirky note likens a group to a fine bunch of shamrocks with playful asides about a necklace of beads and high manners. The speaker uses humor and dialect to tease the subject while invoking Irish imagery.
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Indaid
Mary Casey
Life Haa Ita Little Recompenses Old Man
Old Man Tate jokes about his deafness as a shield and says he uses it to provoke others without fear of retaliation. He claims his hearing is better than people think and that he supports the idea of compensation, noting sharper perceptions in a dealer’s horse sense.
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Columbia
Tate
Ode to a Freshman Poet in Sacred Muse Mode
A playful, mock epic voice addresses a freshman as a highgeared friend. The piece asks where the poet goes in gloom and mocks lines and rent dues. It blends garbled names and in jokes about graduation and a tossed line about a car.
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Alan
Sherwood Players Close Saturday at Hershey Park
Kathryn Bauer leads as Flo-Flo in the Sherwood Players summer run at Hershey Park Theatre. Eddie Watrous rises from minor part to lead while battling a physician noted health issue. Flo-Flo features popular comic Do and the cast delivering lively musical numbers across two acts.
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Kathryn Bauer
Sherwood Players
Hershey Park Theatre
Miss Bauer
W. Edward Watrous
Eddie
Mr. Watrous
Hershey
Flo-Flo
Bob Simpson
Ben Lumley
Isadore Moser
Roscoe Patch
Billy Cope
Edward Watrous
Flo Flo
Katherine M. Bauer
Zane Grey Film Recreates West of 50 Years Ago
The Thundering Herd directed by William K. Howard for Paramount opens September 15 at Hershey Central Theatre. The photoplay recreates a boom town near a stockade trading post with dice halls saloons and buffalo stampede. Cast includes Jack Holt Lola Wilsen Noah Berry and Raymond Hatton.
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Eanoas
Missouri
Colorado
Montana
Wyoming
Old West
Zane Grey
Buffalo Fields
Far West
Howard
Jack Holt
Lola Wilsen
Noah Berry
Raymond Hatton
Kinzer announce birth of son Reed Walmer Kinzer
Dr and Mrs Horace Kinzer of Lancaster announce the birth of a son Reed Walmer Kinzer on Tuesday September. Mrs Kinzer formerly Miss Clara Walmer of Hummelstown.
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Horace Kinzer
Lancaster
Reed Walmer Kinzer
Kinzer
Clara Walmer
Hummelstown
Erbs Gather in Kleinfelternville for Next Year Meet
The Erbs, 679 in number, convened in Kleinfelternville and planned to meet at Eph rata next year. Mrs Fannie Erb Grabny of Campbelltown, age 84, was the oldest attendee.
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Erbs
Aresting
Kleinfelternville
Ephrata
Mra
Fannie Erb Grabny
Campbelltown
The Wheel Inspired by Gambling Ends In Salvation
The Wheel shows at Hershey Central Theatre on Thursday September 17 at 7 30. Victor Schertzinger directs an all star cast led by Claire Adama and Harrison Ford with Margaret Livingston Mahlon Yamill ton David Torrence Clara Horton George Harris and Julia Swayne Gordon. A Monte Carlo style gambling house and a race tract frame the story of a couple torn by luck and wager and their eventual redemption.
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Smiths
Wall Street
Grain Pit
Cotton Exchange
John Golden
New York
William Fox
Victor Schertzinger
Hershey Central Theatre
Claire Adama
Harrison Ford
Margaret Livingston
Mahlon Yiamilton
David Torrence
Clara Horton
George Harris
Julia Swayne Gordon
Monte Carlo
Montague Glass
Dr. Frank Nissey Jr. Improving After Anthrax Infection
Friends and acquaintances report Dr. Frank Nissey Jr. of Philadelphia recovering after an anthrax infection. The crisis passed last Thursday and he is now steadily improving.
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Frank Nissey, Jr
Philadelphia
Card of Thanks for Roy Runkle Family
Henry J. Runkle and family thank neighbors and friends for kindness and sympathy after the death of their son and brother Roy. They acknowledge flowers and use of automobiles during their bereavement.
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Henry J. Runkle
Roy
Hay Fever Data From Hershey Rep Sparks Lively Clip
F Scott Quinn of Hershey Chocolate Company based in Richmond Virginia and active in the Carolinas sends a humorous clipping on hay fever. The piece mocks symptoms and origins with playful comparisons and verses, noting August onset and pollen triggers while praising Quinn as the “Mark Twain of the Blue Ridge.”
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F. Scott Quinn
Hershey Chocolate Company
Virginia
Carolinas
Richmond
Mr. Quinn
Hershey
Mark Twain
The
Blue Ridge
General Sherman
Hershey Man Owns Heaviest Pig Litter At Harrisburg Fair
Christ Balsbaugh of the Hershey community owns the heaviest litter of nine pure bred Duroc Jerseys at the Harrisburg Dauphin County Fair. The litter weighed 2543 pounds at 180 days, cost 252.50 to raise, and was valued at 349.65 with a profit of 141.66. Seven pigs ranked fifth highest in the United States.
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Christ Balsbaugh
Hershey
Harrisburg- Dauphin County
United States
Dauphin County
Clayton Giggrich
F. B. Snavely
Harry Sponagle
C. E. Cassel
Record Exhibits at County Fair
The fourth Harrisburg and Dauphin County Fair posted record exhibits and attendance. New fair grounds near Paxtang offered amusements and stalls alongside farms displays, with home economics building drawing diverse entrees. Showcases included cattle, vegetables, poultry, dogs, birds, and across many crafts and machines.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Paxtang
Plan to Improve Dirt Road Along Swatara Creek
Dauphin County commissioners voted to improve the dirt road east of Swatara Creek from Lancaster Tarrisburg State Highway to Fry's bridge. The route may be rebuilt as a concrete road with funding via a bond issue likely to pass in about a month. Work is not expected to start before next May.
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Dauphin County
Swatara Creek
Lancaster-tarrisburg
Dahlia King R. V. Owens Aims for Harrisburg Show
R V Owens Sr of Areba Avenue is famed for his dahlia blooms and a new dahlia strain he developed. He explains propagation from cuttings, soil, watering, thinning, staking, and annual digging and storing roots for spring planting.
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R. V. Owens
Areba Avenue
Miss Ethlyn Storey Forms Dancing Class For Little Tots
Miss Ethlyn Storey will form a dancing class for children ages five to seven, starting Thursday at 4 PM. The lesson promotes health and grace, with both boys and girls welcome, and tuition is nominal. Call Bell 8 R to enroll.
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Ethlyn Storey
Miss Storey
Hershey season ends in defeat to Richland in Labor Day game
Hershey baseballs closed their season with a 9 to 3 loss to Richland in a Labor Day contest misplayed by absences and poor practice. Storm started for Hershey, Wagner relieved, while Richland took eleven hits and built an early lead, with Moranitz Alberts and Webber among the multiple run producers.
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Hershey
Richland
Lebanon
Dauphin Counties
Suiblayne
Ream
Johnnie Miller
Angle
Storm
Wagner
Ershey Brhore Miller
Smit
Shaub
Albert
Zimmerman
Klepper
Dissney
Shertzer
Richland Abrhore Heverling
Carpenter
Basehore
Trexler
Anderson
Moranus
Dissinger
Hoffman
Moranitz
Alberts
Webber
Milter
Flite
Balla
Heverling
Putt
Attend Corn and Weiner Roast At Campbelltown Church
The A B Sunday School classes led by Charles Binkley and Miss Lucy Koons held a corn and weiner roast on the church field Friday evening September ath. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Charles Binkley Mr and Mrs Mark Kutz Lucy S Koons Mary Painter Anna Moyer Eva Marke Fannie Funck Mary and Elizabeth Drescher Kathryn Stump Harriet Bucks Florence and Mervin Bolan Marvin Alger Earle O Neal Ray Clauser Harry Snavely Grant Carmany Harold Shirk and George Blouch.
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A. B. Sunday School
Campbelltown
Charles Binkley
Lucy Koons
Mark Kutz
Lucy S. Koons
Mary Painter
Anna Moyer
Eva Marke
Fannie Funck
Mary
Elizabeth Drescher
Kathryn Stump
Harriet Bucks
Florence
Mervin Bolan
Marvin Alger
Earle O'Neal
Ray Clauser
Harry Snavely
Grant Carmany
Harold Shirk
George Blouch
Hershey Club plans ride to fair in burg on Sept 17
All members of Hershey No 364 who wish to go to Fairburg Camp Thursday evening Sept 17 meet at 7 in front of Hershey Men's Club. Full turnout expected for social fellowship. Those with machines who can furnish game will help with transportation, committee states.
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Hershey
Vialt Farrinburg
Corn and Weiner Roast at Patt's Hill
Mr and Mrs Russell Haines entertained a crowd of young Falkca at a corn and welher roast Friday evening. Attendees included Mary Patrick Helen Lorst Dorothy Bohner Gladya Long Uswell Tinney LeRoy Tinney Cheater Pacts Paul Swartz Carl Smith and John Coag.
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Russell Haines
Patt's Hill
Mary Patrick
Helen Lorst
Dorothy Bohner
Gladya_ Long
Uswell Tinney
LeRoy Tinney
Cheater Pacts
Paul Swartz
Carl Smith
John Coag
United Brethren Conference Set for Mt Joy Session
The one hundred twenty sixth East Pennsylvania Conference United Brethren in Christ will convene at Mt Joy U B Church from September 29 to October 2. Bishop Bell will preside over sessions with addresses on evangelism and Bonebrake Seminary.
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East Pennsylvania
United Brethren In Christ
Mt. Joy U. B
H. S. Kiefer
Wm. M. Bell
D.D
Harrisburg
Lancaster
Dauphin
Berks
Lehigh
Northampton
Lebanon
Schuylkill
Northumberland
Columbia Counties
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Christian Endeavor
Woman's Missionary Societies
Otterbein Guilds
Bell
Bonebrake Theological Seminary
Dayton
Ohio
Ira D. Lowery
Intercourse
G. A. Richie
Bonebrake Seminary
United Brethren Ministry
S. T. Dundore
Elizabethville
G. W. Hallman
Christian Endeavor Society
Chester Hollingsworth
Landingville
Walter E. Deibler
Paradise
C. W. Hendrickson
Teelton
W. R. Funk
A. C. Siddall
Lebanon Valley College
Annville
G. D. Gossard
Bishop Bell
J. A. Lyter
O. T. Ehrhart
C. R. Longenecker
J. O. Jones
J. R. Engle
Palmyra
O. G., Romig
Victor DeAngelis and Pronio's Orchestra at Hershey Park
Victor DeAngelis, a noted accordion prodigy, joins Fred Pronio and His Orchestra at Hershey Park for a Sunday concert. The program includes a "Request Program" with popular airs such as Naughty Marietta and When You and I are Seventeen, with afternoon and evening performances starting at 2 and 6:30 respectively.
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Victor DeAngelis
Piedro
Hershey Park
Fred Pronio
Mr. Pronio
Marietta
Mr. Pro
Moving Picture Season Opens Tuesday Evening
On Tuesday evening September 15 the moving picture season opens with a large slate of attractions. The program includes The Thunder in lord The Wheel Forty Winks Hearta and Spurs The Fighting Heart Too Many Kisses and Kentucky Pride with added comedy reels. Saturday shows are at 6 and 8 o clock with a vaudeville act. Admission remains 15c and 25c.
Palmdale Nursery Opens Bright for Spring Planting
Wm. G. Wanfried, longtime gardener, invites the public to inspect evergreens shrubs and trees at the Palmdale Nursery. Prices are described as more nominal than at other nurseries. Interested buyers may request information by postal.
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Wm. G. Wanfried
Hershey Ndustrial School
Palmdale Nursery
Wanstried
Hartranft Addresses Klan Rally in Harrisburg
Rev H C Hartranft of this place spoke at an open air Ku Klux Klan gathering in Harrisburg on Labor Day. About 60 members attended with representation from over a dozen states. The next state gathering is planned for Gettysburg on September 19.
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H. C. Hartranft
Harrisburg
Gettyaburg
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Y. W. C. A. Board of Directors
Eee Hace
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Ford
William Penn
Philly
William
Freshie
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Angeline Stokes
Maye Blaisdell
Carmen Mendez
Nina Howell
Stokes
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Helen Mowery
Pedro di Seguilla
Richard Foote
Kid Pink
Tom Ritchie
Cora
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Emma Pass Maria
Mildred Frehn Maybell
Laura Flowers Marie
Isabelle Horst
Pass
Nye
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Fela
Horst
Flowers
Frehn
Long
Long Island
Billy
River Nile
Simpson
Ziegfield
Mildred Frehn
Kathryn M. Bauer
DR. Nissley
Scott Quinn
State Firemen's Association
National Hay Fever Association
Coudry
Bilgrib
Moudain
Hershey Man
United Brethren Conference
Mt. Joy
Pronio
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