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Beautiful Hershey Park Affords Pleasure Aplenty On Decoration DayBeautiful Hershey Park, the playground of Central Pennsylvania, will be in readiness for its annual opening on Decoration Day** Saturday, May 30th. All necessary improvements and repairs have been completed and the park will be more beautiful this year than ever.Fred Pronio and His Orchestra will be the musical attraction, giving concerts at the band pavilion during the afternoon and evening. This year the orchestra has been considerably augmented and the music-loving public will have the pleasure of hearing some wonderful concerts, not only on Decoration Day, but throughout the entire Summer.The Sherwood Players, with an all-star cast, will present 'The Broken Butterfly, at the Park Theatre, at 2.30 and 7.45. This play has been one of the big Broadway hits during the past season.The Hershey baseball team will play Richland A. A., one of the strongest semi-professional teams in the State, on the Park diamond at 3.00 o’clock. Hershey has a fast and clever aggregation of ballClayers this year, and a splendid game may e anticipated.The Giant Roller Coaster, known as the Joy Ride# will be in operation and the crowds will have every opportunity of enjoying its thrilling and fascinating ride over the tree-tops, swishing down its 75-foot drop, which brings forth many a whoop and many a scream.The Banjo-Saxo Orchestra, of Harrisburg, will be the attraction at the Park dancing pavilion during the afternoon at 2.30 and evening at 8.30. The Banjo-Saxo Orchestra is a stellar attraction wherever they play, and will assuredly live up to every plaudit it has won, and the Hershey Park dance devotees will be certain to be given the best there is in dance music, both afternoon and evening.The swimming pool is in readiness and all that is wanted is a few days of hot weather to make the water just right. The shoot-the-chutes is a big attraction and will be kept going full tilt all day plunging many a fair bobbed-head and shapely figure into the pool invigorating water.All the amusements will be open. There will be boating. The miniature trolley will be running on schedule all day, carrying loads of happy kiddies and older folks,.The merry-go-round has been renovated and a new set .of music rolls has been purchased.There will be ample facilities at Hershey Park to accommodate everybody, with amusements varied to entertain everyone. Even the kiddies and the wee tots have their playground, with numerous swings, chutes, etc;Meals and refreshments will be served in the large restaurant all day. A splendid menu has been prepared which will be* served on the veranda in the shade provided by the thickly enfoliaged trees. Here one may in delightful and picturesque surroundings enjoy a delicious dinner* Bring the family and your friends to the beautiful Hershey Park on Decoration Day. If you choose to pack your lunch, you will find tables and seatsaplenty. Make a regular day of it—come early and stay late.
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Hershey Press
Hershey, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, May 28, 1925
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