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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1956
Page
2
Editorial notes Metropolitan Life Insurance Company data showing birth life expectancy for industrial policyholders up to 70 years in 1955, up from 69.7 in 1954 and well above 1909 levels. Researchers attribute gains to infectious disease control and advances in chronic disease treatment, forecasting continued mortality improvements.
Hershey offers four courses total 54 holes with two 18 hole layouts making it central Pennsylvania’s golf capital. The Juvenile Country Club serves young players with regular free instruction clinics led by Johnny Weitzel at Hershey Country Club, fostering potential future Open or PGA champions.
A compact guide lists church services, schools, and pastors. Entries include All Saints Episcopal Holy Eucharist at 7 30 a m and 11 a m sermons, Derry Presbyterian worship times, and St Joan of Arc Catholic mass offerings with devotions.
Special events calendar notes a Rock N Sports Arena Roll Show featuring Bill Haley and His Comets on April 20. Hershey Community Theater runs Plain and Fancy April 23. Optimist Club Bicycle Safety Program at High School Playground Plaza on April 14 at 9 a.m.
Hershey Foremen's Club members touring central Pennsylvania facilities will visit Grimes and Hauer poultry processing plant near Fredericksburg along Route 22 on Monday evening April 16. They tour at 6 then dine on fried chicken at Hoffman's Farm Inn along Route 22. Howard Phillips and Howard Baum organized the program for the Hershey Estates units.
Charles J. Stoner, Milton Hershey School and Hershey Junior College graduate, qualifies as carrier pilot after six landings aboard the light carrier U S Saipan in the Gulf of Mexico. He is under instrument training at Corry Field Pensacola Florida.
The Drifters lead the wave of rising male vocal groups in 1956. They will headline the Biggest Rock N Roll Show of 1956 at Hershey Sports Arena on Friday night April 20. Their hit Money Honey remains on best seller lists. The piece also notes the rise of groups like Rose and Betty Collins known as the Teen Queens who wrote Eddie My Love, a top selling record.
A coin purse found on the traffic island opposite the Hershey National Bank has been turned over to the Hershey News editor for return to the owner. Identification of the owner is required to reclaim.
Dune Fisher earns second all star team nod in the AHL poll with possible selection to the league all star squad. Johnny Paine, 5, stars in Harlem Globetrotters halftime act at the World Series of Basketball. Local arts and science groups showcase paintings and a junior science club meets at Indiana state teachers college. Bill Haley and his Comets billed for Hershey Arena show. Martins arrive signaling spring as Channel 8 airs Highway No. 11.
Two 1955 Hershey High School graduates Patsy Long and Ruth Herr were capped at Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia. Miss Long is daughter of Miles and Mrs Long of Union Deposit. Miss Herr is daughter of Allen and Mrs Herr of Campbelltown.
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