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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1956
Page
2
The Hershey Optimist Club will repeat its Bicycle Safety Program on Saturday April 14 at the Hershey High School Playground Plaza. Expected are over 500 youths learning highway safety rules for bicyclists. Registration aids police in recovering stolen vehicles, with 40 recovered last year due to initial registration.
Hershey earns praise as Rotary Lions Optimists Club Business and Professional Women American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars join to sponsor teen dances. Volunteers chaperone and refreshments are provided ensuring wholesome recreation for area youth.
A directory of worship schedules across multiple churches. Events include Holy Eucharist, Morning Prayer, sermons, and evening services at Call to Worship All Saints Episcopal Church and others. Denominations listed include Presbyterian, Lutheran, Brethren, Methodist, Adventist, Catholic, and more with pastor names.
April events include Bill Haley and His Comets at Hershey Community Theater in the Rock N Roll Show. Week of April 23 features Plain and Fancy about the Amish, with further items at High School events.
Hershey Lions Club will elect new officers at the community building meeting on April 17. Nominees include Irvin Hess for president Samuel De Angelis for first vice president George McCless for second vice president David M Uhrich and Richard Mack for third vice president B Francis Garman and Ralph L Reese for treasurer Harry Burris Gethin Kurtz Warren Habecker for lion tamer Ralph Gish Immanuel Groff Robert Schaffner for tail twister Harry Reese Jr Robert Rodeffer Robert Payne and G Walter Dulebohn for directors.
The Hershey Park Golf Course will reopen on Saturday April 7 for the 18 hole layout with a par of 35 36 7 1. The course, closed since last Fall, will operate daily for pay as you go golfers.
Hershey Women's Club Junior swimming team closed the season with three victories and a third in the Inter-Y meet. At York the YWCA meet drew seven teams from York Norristown Central Philadelphia Wilmington and Washington D C. Linda Burns led with two firsts and two seconds while Sharon Pool claimed a breaststroke win and a freestyle third. Jackie Henry earned a diving medal and first diving title among all ages. Pat Souder and Nancy Wilson added backstroke podiums. Outstanding youths named were Linda Burns Melissa Edmonds Sharon Pool and Jackie Henry. Kathleen Lewis announced September restart.
Top recording artists will appear at Hershey Sports Arena on Friday April 20 1956 headlined by Bill Haley and His Comets Clyde McPhatter The Teenagers and The Teen Queens. The event showcases current jukebox favorites in a major coast to coast concert.
Elwood E. Witmer of 101 W Granada Aver has been discharged from the Air Force and now works in the Longitude Department of the Corporation.
Ralph William Marquet profiles Bill a veteran Hershey Park roller coaster operator who has built and run thrill rides for 30 years. He recalls early work on Mill Chute and Comet, test runs with passengers aboard, and projects from Baltimore to New Jersey. In 1945 the Comet construction used 12 carloads of lumber and 500 gallons of paint for a half mile of track. About 30 000 guests rode his coasters last summer.
Hershey participated actively in the third annual Scout Exposition and skill show in Middletown. Troop 76 demonstrated hiking while Troop 65 showed coin and stamp collections. Troop 211 demonstrated signaling, Pack 203 presented sea lore, and Explorer Troop 265 showcased advanced skills. William Ames and Henry Greenawalt from Troop 211 performed a wrestling exhibition. Hershey residents contributed $465.45 to the Easter Seal Sale for crippled children.
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