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Hershey Press

Location

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1926

Page

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Lyceum Course to Be Presented by Hershey High School

Hershey High School launches a five‑event Lyceum Course arranged by Prof. A M Hinkel with first‑class attractions at the auditorium. It features Loseff's Russian Orchestra Quartet, the Davies Opera Company, the Alexander Novelty Four, Burgderfer The Apostle of Fun, and the L Verne Slout Players. A house to house canvass will promote season tickets.

Hershey A. M. Hinkel Lyceum Bureau Loseff Davies Opera Company Alexander Novelty Burgderfer Apostle of Fun L. Verne Her- Shey

Prof C C Coxe to Speak at Holy Trinity Rally Day

Prof C C Coxe supervising principal of Lewistown High School will speak at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church on Sunday morning October 3 at 9 45. A cordial invitation goes to those with no church home to attend. Coxe is known as an entertaining speaker whose earnest presentation aims to inspire bigger and better things.

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church C. C. Coxe Lewistown High School Coxe Prof. Coxe

Hershey High Meets Hummelstown In Weekend Football Test

Hershey High School travels to Park Athletic Field on October 2 at 2 30 p m to face Hummelstown in the season opener. Coach Palmgren has the squad training steadily with a list of eligible players and a schedule that runs through November 25 with several open dates.

Hershey High Hummelstown Park Palmgren Toad" Warner Sam” Curry Dick Sponangle Bill Landis Bill Masimer Wagner Ammon Curry Balsbaugh Frank Purcell Gish Summerstown Lemoyne Columbia Patten Trade School Carson Long Institute Enola Elizabethtown

Gymnasium Classes Begin at Her Shey Men's Club

The Her Shey Men's Club opens its new gym this Friday with Junior classes on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 4 p.m. Seniors meet Monday and Friday at 4 p.m. Busy Men meet Tuesday and Friday at 6 15 p.m. The Qural School Boys Noonday Class runs Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday and Friday 11 40 to 1 00. Basketball nights are Tuesday and Wednesday with Saturday afternoons for general workouts and basketball. The new gym room offers equipment for fumbling boxing wrestling and rowing.

Hershey Qural School

Mr. Hershey Returns From Europe

Mr. M. S. Hershey arrived aboard the Leviathan on Monday and reached Hershey Tuesday evening after several months in Europe.

Mr. Hershey Europe Mr. M. S. Hershey Hershey

Residents Motored to Gottandburg Sunday

Sunday travelers to Gottandburg included Mr and Mrs George Koons and family Mr and Mrs dw College and family Mr and Mrs Harry Leshey and Mr and Mrs Clark College.

Gottandburg Mra George Koons Dw, College and Family Harry Leshey Andra Clark College

Campbelltown Dedicates Modern Fire Fighting Apparatus

Campbelltown held a parade and dedication for a new triple combination auto truck costing 4100 dollars, replacing the town’s old hand engine from 1854. The event drew residents, visitors from nearby towns, and a long procession of fire units, bands, and civic groups.

Campbelltown Howard Norman Gingrich Ammon Gingrich

Zentmeyer and Belser Win Bowling Prize Money

Two new bowling celebrities earn weekly prizes at the Hershey Men’s Club lanes. Paul Zentmeyer rolls a 222 to win the main prize while Paul Belser posts 160 to claim the prize in the other division. Larry Fasnacht leads the season with 235 in the big pins and Boots Rankin tops the duck pins with 174.

Tershey Paul Zentmeyer Paul Belser Larry Fasnacht

Woman's Day at U B Church Planned for October 3

The Otterbein Guild of the First United Brethren Church schedules its annual Missionary Day for Sunday October 3 at 7 30 p m The program features a special pageant and nadie event and invites all to attend at Limpervice.

Otterbein Guild First United Brethren Church Limpervice

Election of officers in U B Sunday School class

The annual election of officers for the Men's Bible Class of the U B Sunday School was held on Sunday September 6. Elected were President C H Mongel, vice president Marty Kaley, treasurer Paul Zentmeyers, and other posts filled by Irvin Aungat Edw Wigner and others.

Special attraction at Tronto's Palmdale Friday evening

An attraction featuring Raymond DeSantis accordion and John Wran violin will be held at Tronto's in Palmdale on Friday at 7 00. Both are young performers from Newark New Jersey and recently logged an engagement at the State Theatre earlier this week.

Tronto's Palmdale Raymond DeSantis

Hershey Donates 8000 For Florida Relief Fund

On the Leviathan dated September 26 Will Rogers reports Mr. M S Hershey of Hershey Pennsylvania sent an additional 8000 for Florida relief. He mentions a benefit show act and notes the team may break up while aboard.

Hughes New York M.S. Hershey Hershey Florida Will Rogers

Annual Fashion Review at Hershey Department Store

The Hershey Department Store hosts its Autumn Opening and Fashion Review on October 7 8 9. Living models will showcase fall and winter apparel with matinee and evening showings at 2 30 and 7. The Mannix Orchestra of Harrisburg will provide music.

Hershey Department Store Living Models Mannix Orchestra Harrisburg

East Pennsylvania United Brethren Conference in Steelton

The 127th annual East Pennsylvania United Brethren Conference met in Steelton with about 200 delegates. Speakers included Dr. Gossard of Lebanon Valley College and Dr. A C Iddall. topics covered education, church leadership, and seminary needs amid reports on membership and finances.

G. D. Gossard Lebanon Valley College East Pennsylvania United Brethren Church Steelton Wm. M. Bell Harrisburg Lebanon Dauphin Lancaster Lehigh Berks Northampton Schuylkill Northumberland Columbia Counties Philadelphia Baltimore S. C. Enck George D. Gossard Annville Christian Leadership A. C. §Iddall Dayton Ohio Bonebrake Seminary Enck I. W. Funk Elizabethville G. W. Hallman Hummelstown C. C. Hollingsworth Shoemakersville Paul Fridinger J. N. Seldomridge Oberlin William M. Bell J. C. Deitzler Millersville JC. Light Reading Edwin Rhoad Ephrata Otterbein United Brethren Church Dre, O C. OR. Belttel Selhuylkill Haven

Food sale Saturday by Holy Trinity Lutheran class

The Diakonia Bible Class of Holy Trinity Lutheran Sunday School will hold a food sale at Mrs. George Deckert's home on Saturday morning October 2 from 8 to 12. Buns pies candy and more will be offered.

Diakonia Bible Class Holy Trinity Lutheran Sunday School George Deckert

Armistice Day Observed by Hershey American Legion Post

Hershey Post No. 386 of the American Legion held its monthly meeting on September 28 in the new headquarters. Officers were elected per a recent state convention ruling, with terms to begin in October, and plans for Armistice Day observance on November 11 were approved along with fall and winter activities.

Hershey Post American Legion Department of Pennsylvania Raymond G. Hinkel Jerome H. Krall Robert Aumen Edward B. Lewis Harry E. Kaley Ivan L. Mease

Lion Hearted Tony in Tom Mix Western at Hershey Central

Tony the wonder horse stars in Fox Films Hard Boiled based on Shannon Fife's romance of the West. At Hershey Central Theatre on Tuesday evening October 5 at 7 30 Tom Mix battles crooks on a moving train with Tony running beside him. Helene Chadwick and other screen favorites co star Jack Blystone directs.

Tony Wonder Horse Tom Mix Ranch Shannon Fife Hershey Central Theatre Tom Helene Chadwick Phyllis Haver Ethel Gray Terry Iamily Fitzroy Charles Conklin William Lawrence Spee” O'Donnell Jack Blystone

Woodmen Circle Prepares For Big Meeting

The Woodmen Circle schedules a Tuesday October 12 gathering at Tsershey Central Theatre to organize for a larger event on Monday October 18 led by National President Marion Talley of Cnmithe Nebraska. Invitations go to Harrisburg Grove and Woodmen of the World members.

Woodmen Circle Tsershey Central Theatre Marion Talley Cnmithe Nebraska Harrisburg Grove Woodmen of the World

Palmdale Band Plans Saturday Festival

The Palmdale band will hold a band festival on Saturday evening October 9. Attractions include music and the choir band bath. Chicken corn soup and home raised watermelons will be served. A radio will be given away. All are invited for a good time for young and old.

Palmdale Choir Band Bath

Visit to Churches Marks Shank Anniversary Event

Mr and Mrs Walter EK Shank and daughter Geraldine returned from a tour of Old Salem and Charlestown churches at Valley Forge. Old Salem church founded in IBS and rebuilt 1874. Charlestown church about to mark its hundredth anniversary and records its first wedding of Mr and Mrs Shank ten years ago led by Rev Abram C F Ottey then pastor now in Philadelphia.

Walter EK Shank Geraldine Old Salem Charlestown Valley Forge Cnhurch Abram C.F. Ottey Philadelphia

Dancing classes organized in Hershey by Dolores Shaw

Dolores Shaw of Lebanon has opened a dancing class in Hershey. Instruction is offered Tuesday afternoons in the local Y gymnasium with a baby class at 2 30 and a junior division at 4 16. Misa Shaw teaches all types of dancing including baby world specialty. Private lessons by appointment.

Dolores Shaw Lebanon Y. Lcoar Misa Shaw

Keats and Shelley Return From the Pickle Jar

A reflective column recalls Keats and Shelley found after spring packing among pickles and jars. The writer contrasts worldly treasure with enduring joy in poetry and notes renewed delight in classic verse.

Keats Shelley

Will Rogers Advice Cited On Train Robber’s Political Caution

A popular magazine quotes the Man with the Wooden Leg recounting Will Rogers advised a famous train robber against politics. He warned the robber he was too chicken-hearted for public life and risked besmirching his good name.

Will Rogers

Small Town Politician Nickname Sparks Grudge

The speaker recalls a football player named Sullivan who mocked him as a “small town politician.” The taunt stung because it implied political ambition. He avoided confrontation due to the risk of injury from the taller athlete and fears his own safety if violence ensued.

Sullivan Pennsylvania

Worth While Newcomer and Bathing Heiresses At Lake

A hotel proprietor notes multiple heiresses bathing at the lake as a Worth While Newcomer named Ben draws interest though not the Oscar this time.

Oscar Ben

Wonder Why Some Men Never Call It A Vacation

The line humorously suggests men view vacations as incomplete without wives staying home. It frames travel as a shared marital dynamic and hints at social expectations of leisure and companionship.

Spreading News and Personal Snags From World War Era

A wartime anecdote shows a doughboy chasing the front, the officer threatening court martial for fleeing, and the joke ends with the general revealing himself. Also a traveler notes British signs and an American quip about manners. The piece closes with a teaser for continued discussion on page 4.

Sunlae

Beidleman Urges Support for Fire Departments at Campbelltown

Hon. Edward E. Beidleman of Harrisburg, president of the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Association, tells Campbelltown citizens that a fire company's value lies in protecting lives and keeping insurance rates low. He praises volunteer firemen, denounces curb stone firemen, and warns communities to back their local units rather than rely on neighbors. Dr. John Walter, Lebanon mayor, supports the point noting many blaze fighters lack property themselves.

Harrisburg Lebanon Hershey Fire Police Palmyra Iroquois Band Hummelstown Fire Company No. 1 Chemical Fire Engine and Insurance Patrol Company City Symphony Band Schaefferstown Lebanon County Hershey Fire Company Boy Scouts Darktown Fire Brigade Annville Campbelltown Bomberger Moyer Chestnut Hill Garfield Campbelltown Fire Company M.S. Long Paul I. Moyer Citizens Band Union Deposit J. G. Whitman J. H. Miller and Sons J. J. Hess Grubb and Miller Lineaweaver School House Lawn Henry I. Aulenbach Pennsylvania State Firemen’s Association John Walters Edward E. ‘Beidleman Beidleman Pennsylvania John Walter Curbstone

Senior Class Hike to Sander's Farm

Hershey High School seniors joined Marion Sanders for a Friday evening weiner roast at her home then hiked four miles to Miss Sander's farm. They relaxed by a fire ate hot dogs corn and marshmallows played games and returned tired but happy with chaperone Miss Gilson.

Marion Sanders Hershey High School Weiner Miss Sander Hershey Mr. Sander Winona Baker Caroline Savastio Anna Martin Josephine Baum Treva Dise Ruthe Liller Lois Gilman Dorothy Hostetter Edna Smith Wthel Grubb Anna Brandt Viola Edris Kathleen Sandy Evan Tinney James Bobb Parke Spancake Roy Dundore Edward Miller Harry Schaffer Roscoe Warner Samuel Curry Matthew Sandy Dick Sponaugle Miss Gilson

Ladies' Auxiliary Food Sale at American Legion

The Ladies' Auxiliary Unit G and G will host a food sale on Saturday October 16 at the American Legion headquarters. Pies cakes and candies will be sold.

Ladies’ Auxiliary Unit G&g American Legion Hershey Transit, Co

Hershey Boy Scouts Lead Campbelltown Parade

The parade featured Hershey Boy Scouts Troup No. 4 led by Scoutmaster Rev. Pil M. Kinporta. Twenty boys formed a splendid line as they drew attention along the route.

Hershey BOY Scouts Campbelltown Hershey Boy Scouts Troup No. 4 Pil M. Kinporta

Men of the World to Meet at Hershey Theatre Friday

A gathering titled Men of the World will be held in the Hershey Central Theatre on Friday evening October 8. Attendees will receive a schedule note regarding a high meeting planned for Monday October 18.

Woodmen of the World Hershey Central Theatre

Talley Soprano Plans Benefit For Musical Training Fund

Marion Talley the young Iannan City soprano, famed since her New York debut last year, will donate part of her Decoration Day Hershey Park concert earnings to a fund aiding promising young musicians. She trained in Kansas City church choirs and believes many youths could become great musicians with proper training.

Marion ‘Talley Iannan City New York Hershey Park Convention Hall Decoration Day Misa ‘Talley Kansas City Mualclang

Sally of the Sawdust at Hershey Central Theatre Saturday

D W Griffith presents Sally of the Sawdust starring Carol Dempster W C Fields and Alfred Lunt at Hershey Central Theatre on Saturday October 2 with showtimes 6 30 and 8 30. Filmed interiors at Paramount Long Island exteriors on Greenwich Conn and Long Island. The circus carnival backdrop features a new side show entertainer and his ward in a tale of love devotion and comic mischief.

D. W. Griffith United Artists Corporation Sally of the Greenwich Conn Motor Parkway Long Island W. C. Fields Carol Dempster California Sally McGargle Circus America Griffith McGargle Sally

Hershey High Students Lead Morning Assembly

The twelfth year class at Hershey High School organized a student directed assembly on September 28. Roy Dundore chaired the class committee with Ruthe Liller, Lois Gilman, Richard Sponaugle, Parke Spancake, Samuel Curry, and Matthew Sandy. The program included Hamlet inspired acting, a modern vernacular one act, and a class song by Mary Taylor, all student written and performed without staff help.

Roy Dundore Ruthe Liller Ois Gilman Richard Sponaugle Parke Spancake Samuel Curry Matthew Sandy Richard Sponangle Polonius Laertes Shakespeare Mary ‘Taylor

Ladies Night at Men's Club Pool Event Notice

Ladies night at the Her shey Men s Club pool occurs every Thursday at 7 00 pm starting September 6 with swimming class from 7 00 to 7 45 pm and pool admission at 8 00 pm. Fees list swimming 25 cents lesson 50 cents.

Hershey Men's Club Gath Pol Lesnon

Hold Corn Roast At Swatara By Thummelstown Sunday School

The W. W. Class of the Reformed Sunday school in Thummelstown held a corn bake Friday evening at Mrs. Clyde Sailer s Swatara home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. George Balsbaugh and others such as Michael Mullin Edward Gelstwhite John Zimmer man Win Levens Lloyd Booser Paul Miller George Seller J C Dalabaugh Martha Brinser Stalla Grubb Lucy Carrato Mary Lalli Jackie Miller Louis Corrado Tony Stratom Charles Fick Meade Balsbaugh and Mrs Clyde Seiler.

W. W Reformed Sunday School Thummelstown Clyde Sailer Swatara George Balsbatgh Mra Michael Mullin Edward Gelstwhite John Zimmerman Win

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