VFW national championship set for Hershey Stadium field
The VFW national baseball championship comes to Hershey next week with states champions arriving Sunday August 5. Play opens Monday August 6 and runs through Friday August 10 at Hershey Stadium, with a banquet Monday August 6 at Park Club where Bill Summers will speak. Team No. 6 leads the Hershey Employes Golf Tournament with a 4-0-1 record, Art Garrison and Paul Garrison defend Publinx Best Ball title, and Hershey Community Club Swim Team tops the Tri County standings with 3-0 record. Wally Gavett wins in Philadelphia Kelly Meets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Aquatic Club
Carol Sheaffer
Jill Keiser
Deedy Kunkel
Lynn Gavett
Hershey Community Club
Philadelphia
Aquamarine Swim Club
California
Hershey
VFW
Hershey Stadium
Hershey Park
Hershey Estates
Park Club
Bill Summers
Earl O’neal
Bill Pendleton
Roy Shaeffer
Hershey Country Club
Garrison Brothers
Art and
Paul
Pennsylvania
Publinx
Garrison
Art
H.C. C
H.C.C
Camp Hill Swim Club
Carol Schaeffer
Donna Paioletti
Greg Weir
Wally Gavett
Les Brown to Play at Park Starlight Ballroom
Les Brown and His Band of Renown return to Hershey Park Starlight Ballroom on Saturday August 4 after worldwide fame with Bob Hope TV appearances and recordings. The group, formed in 1940, has dominated dance bands with top honors from 1953 to 1961 and embraces melodic, consonant sound over noise. Li Zentner and His Orchestra join at Starlight on August 11 with other Park Bandshell acts scheduled for August 5 and 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les Brown
Hershey Park Starlight Ballroom
Bob Hope
Les
New York
Isham Jones
Red Nichols
Ruby Newman
Pennsylvania
Jimmy Dorsey
Starlight Ballroom
Li Zentner
Park
Cressona
Pottstown
Local engagements and weddings recorded in Hershey area
Janet Louise Messick and A Basil Patteson announce engagement as he plans service center partnership. Miss Messick works at Sears cosmetic department. both graduates from area schools. Marcia Jean Sinclair wed Lloyd Morgan Jr at United Church of Christ Hummelstown with Temple ties and dentistry plans ahead. Sally Ann Durborow marries John Blanshine at the bride’s Hershey home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Reagan
George Funk
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Gary Savage
Reagan
Jim Landis
Dave Landis
Longitude
the Chocolate Corp
Palmyra High School
Villanova
West
Lefty James
Howard L. Messick
Janet Louise
A. Basil Patteson
Clarence R. Patteson
Annville
Miss Messick
Hershey High School
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Marcia Jean Sinclair
Robert F. Sinclair
Linden Road
Lloyd A. Morgan, Jr
Lloyd A. Morgan
Campbelltown Road
Palmyra
United Church of Christ
Hummelstown
Karl R. Flocken
Maryland Medical Secretarial School
Temple University Hospital
Sally Ann Durborow
Earl Durborow
Hershey
John Blanshine
Pearl Blanshine
Lancaster
Grant J. Umberger
Births In Palmyra Hummelstown Hershey and Campbelltown Area
A parade of newborns across Palmyra Shamokin Hummelstown Hershey and Campbelltown includes many families welcoming boys and girls in mid July. Names listed include Leng Sullivan Karns Reed Geralds Pot te rger Zuna White Allen Blanch Hoener Wegman H ershko Bodenhorn Bricker Bowman Mar cocci Dehmler Lafferty Hein Ehrhart Gruber with several twins noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James and
Barbara
Griffith
Stephen and
Carol
White
North Union Street
Middletown
Stanley and
Rosemarie
Arnold) Allen
Palmyra
Also Mentioned on This Page
His
Band of Renown
Park Starlight Ballroom
Elaine Huber
Annville High School
Pat and Son
Cathy Morris
Russell L. Morris
West Mansion Road
Pat Trenn
Charles Trenn
Park Avenue
Jan Bomgardner
Benjamin Bomgardner
Anscot Manor
Ann Brooks
Herbert M. Brooks
Derry Road
Sweet Sixty
Central Pennsylvania
Janet L. Messick
Bassinet
Hershey Hospital
Bruce and
Barbara (Smith) Lengel
West Oak Street
Glenn and
Jane
Allan) Sullivan
Ninth Avenue
Shamokin
Lynn
Kathleen (Yorty) Blanch
Harold and
June
Cassel) Hoener
Paul and
Evelyn (Riffey) Wegman
Elizabethtown
Harry and
Elizabeth
Joyce) Hereshko
Cherry Street
Harvey and
Gail
Kline) Ruhl
Alfred and
Lorraine
Deibert) Bodenhorn
Cedar Avenue
Dolores
DeRomualdo) Bricker
Maple Avenue
John and
Elaine (Ritter) Bowman
Campbelltown
Gerald and
Landis) Marcocci
West Main Street
Earl and
Jean
Martin) Dehmler
Joan (Meyers) Lafferty
East Cherry Street
George and
Clara (Swanger) Hein
Bethel
Barry and
Patricia
Wescot) Ehrhart
Robert and
Mary
Owens) Gruber
Round Top Road
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