Lebanon Daily News from Lebanon, Pennsylvania • Page 6

jir'ijfc i itnrtr tl 1 4 orcfratt Will "nc by the school 9 -all on thrt i r-md 10:86 ttntll 11.80 riornlng, ad Herstoey, ot Balti it chief feature ot program. He Will W. TJ. HeniMl, ol Philadelphia unit team will the 3:30 o'eUMtlti i ond flfljf Mhool township Bchools colored eajpit win rade on Saturday pteiureft will bo ntSdrett at they march; -till Meet at ftt 6 o'clock and, band, will march whor fl "i'oy TOWN ppem on "Herohoy 1 i Paul Wagner, graduating class of i Mhool. Two 1 -i the smaller chll- i dob the youngsters rd HerBhey and an- Hershey pennants- steel Company's a contort at this Kllzatootli Johnson, V.M' piny several violin ogram will conclude by John Hayo, i.

the tune "Amr f.iry of and town; an In- Idca; an nntnrprlao i iindorly- I rut Idea, thn i-In "Once upon a iltho It lu foundi'i) j- really reads like IH puradoxidl, pur? 8 may bo romance Burns, and many a i -dlBgulfled In a bill the story of how jr: oil with acute business uoumoiv ii I SCIIBO OfJUStlCfir-t r.OO a. Mfcwiftg flf ate. s.oo a. flight MctJaMey, tiling fcc-torae fcr.Cttftlss (Athletic Field). 10.30 a.

Big 4fi floats; 1600 participants, 1.00 fa loo by Bethlehem Steel Co. flafld (East Park) 2.0fMo 2.48 p. Address by Thos. fiatrlft, of PhlladeU phla. Pa.

Stibjnot: "Opponunity of Man" (East na 2.30. in 4.00 p. High Fliers," a Musteal Cdtnedy (ifl Theatfef S.lfi fo fi.OO p. Hershey vs. Lebanon, at Athletic Field (with Hershey Band.

40 mpn) 4.30 to 5.30 p. by Bethlehem Steel Co. Sand (Bast Park) 5.00 to 6.00 p. flight by "Blrdmnn" MeCailey '(Athletic Field) fi.30 to 8.00 p. by Bethlehem Steel Co.

Band (East Park) 8.15 to 10.00 p. High Fliers," a Musical Comedy (In Theatre) n.00 to 11.00 p. by Hershey Band (High School Lawn) HATCItDAV, MAY 31ST 7.00 a. blowing of whistles, otc. 9.00 a.

flight-by "Blrdman" McCalley (Athletic Field) fl.30 to 10.30 a. by School Children (In.Theatre) with Bethlehem Steel Co. Band. 10.30 to 11.30 a. Sports at Athletic Field (with tterahey 10.30 to 11.30 a.

Bethlehem Steel Co. fiahd (East Park) 1.00 to 2.00 p. Bethlehem Steel Co. Band (Bast Park) 2,00 to 2.45 p. Address by Omar of Md, Siipje'ct: "The Hershey Idea," alab'a short address by'the Hon.

W. 'Hensel, of Lancaster (East P.ark) to 4.00 p. tflgh Jjniera," a Musical Comftdy (In Theatre) 3.30 to 5.01) p. P. of.JJarrlsburg, at Athletic: Field (-with '7 4.00 to 5.60' 6.00 to 6,00 p.

rruHr-A! bib Ip flight' by Field) 0,30 to Park) 8.30 p.m.—Big dlsniay of Fireworks 8.15 to p. "The High Fllnrs," a Ntiiflical Coniedy (In Theatre) 9,00 to 11.00 p. Hershey, Band (High School Lawn) lii new, MartimotJi' pdvilllon, afternoon and evening, both days i. M.bnu.mont, ti Um condition 9. anjl thh town, loh bourn his namj town of aoinj now, but ui will make vsutry's Industrial.

nh, IB uuldiu) and This morning at 8.30 o'clock, a largo concourse of citizens, accompanied, by tho Horsbey. IJftijd, wont, to tho Mansion grounds of H. Horshoy, is rather larger 'the 'cTassic form, and its recurving, pondiint- adorned handles, are extended above tho-cup's top which was no'ver tho tlilr'toon vallav which botween Whore, H. Lobkichor, far thw case with these Grpek. vaaoa.

pftSt 8.0 yourshas 4 been 'actively Ideri-1 fPhle. surrou.nt1ed..wlUi (filed with tlie Fouunr- of Horshey, a cliaplut of, onK loaves with ucorn on boltalf of his 1700 umployooB, mid cup visible In while the shoulders of thn bowl tiro orna- uionttul with soniotlil.ng resembling, Inuro) loaf with ber- flhall wo not say that-both, tho oak and Hie Inurol are. appropriate tho rftruor of the mnn-tho oak that composed tho Roman civic crown bestow- ocl for saving Hie life of a citizen, -the Iniirel given by'tho old fireeks at their Pythian games to those who and also as a mark of him Loving Oup. It la a handsome work of art, toon Inji.heHj nmdn of silver, lliiod with gold, and 110 ouncos, It-Is a graceful, pointed oyul, In general shape not unlike tho. decorated nmphorno slvon ns to tho victorious (Ireok ath- ln their ancient Pannthenalc and like.those Is mounted nu oak-loaf ornamontiHl, niouth for wtain olTlces.

and PerlifipB HOtue may suy i that sjlnce; the sacred Lo Jupl- tpr, tlf Is Her-, IH the fol-1 lowing fiijBcrJptjQh, elegantly en-' graved In ornamentiil "Presimted S. Hershey as I a toktiii of affection and esteem by 'his' employees on the occasion of the Tenth Anniversary Cnlebratlon of the Founding May 1913; I base the whole being enclosed In a rich, satin lined mahogany case. This line piece of artistic work i Was done by the Bailey, Banks and Bidtllo Pa. i ml lea of of biillillngs, two MV, bricks of tho wprd "IIKII- to yourself "On town," and then on, dismissed the your mind. Next tliuii stop off.

It will uai course, HarBliey It eUocolnto manufaetory HtiHea, mul ono of tlie i at the kind In the i-iu la niuoh inorq than 'Hi' 1 and woof of tho but behind uutsHduftUity of man. i aud his ttwbl- at) ho has done, lie has only begun. i rue town of Horahoy i. iu of Interests. i Its heart-beat IB in factory, and all i Wlth.1t.

Its -M. t--. ao inountt uxcluvlve. suacog, wide i'i'fUla isrouod, excellent room for all who may i Herajioy InvltoB an earnest purpose to carry it out; but or speculator ai', fl, and a klniler- founded an pu'bllo school, uu Is now () roctluK ut a coat of )f ono of tho lurKimt. und bttHt appointed niodorn school I hulldlngH In the state; planned uloaauro Park BOOOIU! to noun outsldn 'Pl'ijlttrtelphla or PlttsburK, wiulppotl nloctrlo r.itlwuy.

CHIOS, aiul all klndH of uiiiuscincntK Hitrli iu, an amphlUioatro st-athiK I'ldo, dance pavilion largo enough for ififl oouplos, ailoHipr for Mid, 1( oarouBRl; and finally, a mllo from town, laid tho for an Industrial School for orphan buys which will somo day booonir a philanthropy rivalling In It' not lu wealth Indeed, Olrui'd It- Ht'lfl Is hut a burn outllno of what his work moiuiH, On tlmro striingor. oxumlnn Into tho opura- O4id philosophy of Olid HftVoral thlngx will Impress you btrlklnKly. First, you will i'm-1 that horn Is cuniniunllv Him SCOIHK to uolely on I'M own In Ittoir, und without peal to wiUlilH world. Tht-n you may be surprised lo that an onormous busluou.H, UK this, can bo prosperously conduct- workor feelti himself to bo a of one family, whom all aro atrtv- Ing togothor for Iho conuiion good which, of course, iiiPtinsthe Individual this the moat fouture thasu mVbeliavluBxUmeii when men of large wealth aud Interests are looked up- un OB little loV than you wlll.tUul the moving spirit of tu 9 man It and who cowtJnuoB to pervade it with bu who enjoyment in. others, ospoclally thqsu whu toil fpr him Strangest of all, there Is no jnook nenttoieut In his attitude.

4 word it-bout tho uniMCiidtniU ot the who hag dona tlila remark fta4 UeCore whom family from a family whose oommon ancea tor a Swiss, consld- 'luniitlty of land near where the town of llorphoy now stands, and built a. homestead there, hi Hint old homestead MIHon S. llprshoy was born Ilfty. years ago. Looking-llmrk over the record of what ho has done-slnc then.

It may ho truly said he la man which may explain wh.y. he takes such a keen delight. In. helping, oth- tirti to iiiako themselves. He had no ousy tlma of In his youth.

The stock of which ho camp did not In- elude Idlors. Klrnf he wont work an a morp lad In country printing- shop, but tho business was dlstaBte- ful to Watching his opportunity, he apprenticed JUmswlf to Jostiph Royer who a con- I'lH-tloiuM-y tuisiuciss In Lancaster, Pa in AK lime rolled on, ho ernqtod factory in for the manu- i of ciu'iuueU. luul after he had don, so, and wlilliv his. success was stl'l c.r.Mii. ho flftUerlng ullor for tho business.

He HCQ.flp.tod iho uffur. hut I'OMted from the pur- t'hasirs Hluiut oiui-half of the space In fnc-lory which ho built. I TluMi ho-iiitgagml in tU(J chocolate t'usliuss. tiifii lu its and invontml, priicesi milk tin 1 which nifiil lay flreat sretches of arable and productive fajm land, and he lost no timo In ImproAfing on that knowledge. Half a mile from Dorry Church houjjlit ilfteen hundred acres of land, on olther side of the tracks i fdiuiion Vajley Division ol' tho Rending Rflilrood, No better Berry station was torn, down and.

a neat stone structure by the. Reading Company iHershey, the new station'was called, in his honor, That Company" has. also. recently 'built' 1 a trim little station on the opposite the tracks for Dip west-bound'-traffic. Thai thn railroad made no mis-' take Is (shown by the fact that in few years i Hip old Derry' freight and passenger business had increased ovor on hundred and ilfty per At this writing (1013) Hershey returns a greater total annual pfinger and business, than either of Its neighboring towns, Palmyra or Hummelstown, both four times as large! It was very handy to have the freight system, with th sidings and all the rest of it, right at the doors of the factory, but the facilities of the postal service were quite as necessary, so Mr, Hershey promptly made application to the department omcia.ls in Washington, through the Congressional representative- of tho district.

As toon as the facts were rnndp known, the was granted- President Roosevelt made th fi appointment, and Hershny ofll- clally won a. t.hd'.tnap. Looking about him for. more official worlds to conquer, as it were, this man who was rearing a community on a cake one might soy. decided ed a trolley system to connect Her- the basis of set about the taiikV of carrying to.

the mor had al- w.ay&i,; jn.r piln.d 5 factory and ria.ilroa'di.statlo'h' and tho post pne. might, have thought wb'uid -but his ambi- perhaps a has progresse'dl'ihjlhe- way. The best way to find out about that, however, is to go there. As step the train the first ohject thut arrests the attention is a handsome white I marb! 0 crowninjx the height towards 'the south like glistening on its Acropolis top. That the Hershey Trust Company 1 building.

Take a few steps toward it and I the eye will sweep the left a I view of line of grey, limestone buildings extending from- those' of the Chocolat Company's office up to the circular the Y. M. C. A. and gymnasium the just across, the way from; thv track, 'fine limestone edifice with red rbofn, on whose front appears tli legend "Young W.omen'js tlon, 1 while a' Uttle further tho old baUi.

us, (pod and an a uweot Ohvlou 8 lo ri-nulri, -lils. success so Immediate, It was not IOUR Uutora tfte business had outgrown- the rqs.tr.i?j#<\ facilities pf UiiiK-uster. The supply of pure mllK was ouo of thYmPst Important r.uiislduruildn-8, and Sir. Horsliey rio-j pltU'd that he-'Would have to remove hi.s plttnl or establish a uow one spurn rK'h' m'grlcuUura'l district where, thu supnly would abundant. I his thoughts rftvprted to hU UQUJO district, the advantages qf ho knew ot' old, vw the of the ot'Hw- eJjWi 'wasn't the purpose It is ajmost exactly luklwayj between Harrlsburg.

the cnpltnl of state, and non, with half dozen smallei within easy distance. Building operations were, begun In May, the slt of a stone The of work involved was especially in fhe mutter of excavation, but thn necofisnry llmostono oxcavativl from the earth and. the Construction of factory, went, on apace. ihu ineuutiipo had been no InturruptlQii o( the business In (Lancaster. wpn thorn a.s was not until Uu now factpry hjiUdingii were ready in evory rfispoc.t the busliu'SH was.

nxgyed from, thy plm-n to -ho otb.er. Thja had consumed time, but Mr, Hershey hud ariivp in o.UiW Thn idea of making a new. 'own out of thlai fair land erected thp uew fai-'iiry ha.4 appealed to him strongly, mid IM fell siirtL he couitl do It. Ho at once the Reading 'Railway otlloiaU to give him a station ut hl.i navr towiislte; but they thinking him a dreamer, were with dilltculty persuaded to grant hh True there a little old rum- situcturtt, onlled by courtesy a station, at Derry Church, but Mr. Herahey didn't care for that.

"I want a right hero a' the factory," "and you'll And that In the matter of But I'll do more than that, give you tho Jand, if you'll Nid (he about break." So. Mr. HiTgfcey gav'e the company ettouiih nol WttU' tor a station I JWWftninjs the track' railroad was all very well for the freight traffic and passenger business from distant points, but he in view, notably the Hersjiey he raeant to construct, and wanted to get Into with the surrounding 'country. Thin was not such an easy matter, for at that the necessity for such road was not but again the earnestness ot the man prevailed, and on January 30, 1913, the Legislature of the state granted the charter for the HuniQielstown and Campbelltown Strea Railway Company, and began operations in the following Octdber, Thero were originally twelve miles of trackage and seven cars. Yhls has been increased to twenty- two and a half miles and fourteen passenger cars, besides a and a repair car.

There Is a direct connection between Hershey ant). Lebajioji, Palmyra, CarnpbeJItown and Hunjmeis- town, tqwAs lying on either side of Hershey, and a further connection- a branch, with Harrlaburg; so that to reach th larger world, on Is not dependent OR, $he railroad only, Mr. Uershey equipped with fourteen large eleptrlo cars o( the most modern pattern, spacious car harn, just adlqlnins iho factory, (n bJq usual fashion, he did not sfeimpTeyen In doing, is wot and the Hershey headquarters ot tho trolley line arp Plete and way us are the other lo this enterprise, is now as Having i nprtli you seo.the: sipping rpofji pf, the '(Were walk about tlje th uniformly large and handsome houses you, and -tha o'f smajl, ordin- tijy bujliMnftB. You w'lli also note the' wide' splices lying ''between them', and the'presenca of flne lawnSj often adorned with plants and 'a; word, the 'same 'kind of homes that one UndB lu the Hrrt class residence 'suburbs our large cities. As you approachI Horshey from the east, on your left wlll'be seen dumber of structures still mor Imposing, while at a greater distance on the right are seen the redifoofsand of the large naaneion house of the Fo'under of' The natural beauty; of the shey lowri site, Is very great; If you, have hit upon a flue'day, the general view of the surrounding country is enough to-move you.

Over on one side rise the nilst-icovered summits of the Qliie' RjdgOj and 1" all directions the oye rests upon a -down-try, rich wjWh vendure 'and picturesquely' punctuated here and there by brooks and rivulets, with now andithen 8 miniature water-fall- Ta early spring o.r summer, when nature is In full bloom, the spot is delightful a as you could travel. There was no of space as there is in cities, 1 was laid quj, ajjd yoy turp, you flnd grwsy of shade trees and tbe sounds, sights odors That flf place grUMHng away in Aroaaiau IS jlirtes and oftiti afi afid fat seven counties! Little c-f cultltated shour Bellow fat away amid of green ahd bfown the. sunlight falls lipdft of dark woods in evtfy i distant hills Sl6pthg fit BV'U towards the alley hefe'ttttiT! away-pff to the bulldlnfes appear Infough trees and in the opehj in the west seen the gleaming waters' of the Swatera an its sllfery threads in folds wind 1ft and otit among th trees In th Off to the south, flying along thb lowest levein Vetwrieh tM hills, one sees, th railroad engines dragging their long trains, now lost to slgiit. in, full view with their trailing banners of smok and steam behind Is to observe thn different color'value of'th far-off mountains ranged the one behind the other with softened outlines In the remoter distance or piled seemingly "alp on 'alp." At the spectator's foot just a mile'distant as the croW wlnga lies Hershey town, It 8 neat tulldlngn ad'dlng, another touch of beauty to toe''scene. Altogether It Is an inspiring prospect of varied loveliness, one which the vantage bround-of a high tower rising above ther superb; some day wlll.crown nobl hilltop, giving a yet wider will.

afford f.harmlnK panorama, of- scenic beauty seldom (surpassed. gradlnig for a trolley --line from th fi top of tMs elevation has been nearly 'n'nd the ties are now being. lald, admtrably adapted for a. ujfiR hPtel, for the lovely vlew''lj Is the coolest, breeziest spot, itifp a mile around. "The W.l!n<\"'ti rteyer weary" sonietiililg much, to desired hot days.

When wo. nrst visited.tH^lpiil. while in the stlfUng smoke was lazily curling away from talJ chimneys of the Chocolate plant, up there a tmart breeze 1 going, and while on a there was some air stirring up ther it was ''blowing as the sailoH say. Ail things, its fresh air, perfect drnjri- age, and cool breezes, 1 joined Jovely outlook, should as a i The -visitor's Imagination 'teat HUlo illllp when he quire aibout the town's street For example: "What's the name of this he asks, imagining, of coursb, it is either Main or Market street, as in the majority of places of the size. "This is Chocolate Replies the guide i', "And the two streets b-yond, tlkt He parallel?" "The flrst is Caracas the other Granada AVenue.

TJieli the four cross avenues arq- Cocoa, Ceylon, Java uiid you catch the idea' A lh to mean anything at have the names of Its streetBic( rVr that meaning? Somp of 'beans are grpwn In tjie named, in Javfi, (-tefi and Para." keeping with th 8 Hip town and yourjntorestj lated anew. After climbing the railroad tp Chocolate Avenu.e the. visitor sees on Its opposite long, two-storied, somewhat after ttie style with eaves jvitU coping the Hershty Dopirtmcn a metropolitan ajfaitf filled with stocks of variety, (quality and are worthy pig Yon tall, tpwef house, Here are kept ilrst class sleam lire online, a tfjick and several hose carts, fly Mr. Ijersljey Jhe. Jij-e a chartered cpmpftnyt'nwde up his employes are for laxation, is roomiqih the upper equipped With a pppl and ptti- er pf But town arious flr iA' stsp cafe, a der tho fua jVl, oateren jog pe Ia vr rptunda.