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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1956
Page
2
A Utah mother’s letter to Dear Driver urges cautious driving as a new school term begins. She describes her seven year old son starting school, the danger of children crossing streets, and asks drivers to slow down near schools for his safety and for all children.
An old translated recipe titled Infalible Receta para Conservar Ninos describes mixing children with dogs in a field with brook and pebbles. The bizarre formula ends by baking under a blue sky and cooling in a bathtub, implying a harmful prank or metaphor.
August events include free bandshell concerts by Red McCarthy and His Orchestra from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p m on August 12 plus August 11 Claude Thornhill Orchestra in Park Ballroom. Pennsylvania Dutch Days run Aug 23–26. September 1 Kiddies Day with Baby Parade in Sports Arena. Model Circus Exhibit Aug 1. Pro Football Eagles vs Colts Aug 11. Teener Baseball Tournament Aug 20–25. Teenage Dance Aug 10 in Community Building.
A compilation of service times for multiple churches including All Saints Episcopal Derry Presbyterian Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity First Evangelical United Brethren Fishburn Union Deposit Milton Hershey School Mt View Bible Church Seventh Day Adventist Spring Creek Church of the Brethren St Joan of Arc Catholic Church with pastors and schedule details for morning worship services, Sunday School, and weekday masses.
Ezra Taft Benson will attend the eighth annual Pennsylvania Dutch Days at Hershey Park August 23–26. He'll speak at the Penna Poultry Federation closing program August 25 at 7 45 p.m. in Hershey Stadium. The event features a new day show and state fair style competitions leading to the State Farm Show, with 16 counties and six teen county exhibitors, plus a South Penn Purebred Dairy Goat Association exhibit. Prize money totals 4900.
Top ten prizes awarded at the Local 464 Bakery and Con fectionery Workers Union outing at Hershey Stadium. Winners include Rathel Oberdorf Elizabethtown for a power mower, Paul W Betz Palmyra Route 1 for a window fan, Harrison M Shiffer Palmyra Ezra B Hower Lebanon and Gladys Bush Hershey for GE Mixettes, Francis Souders Lebanon Robert Cobaugh Palmyra and Lloyd Rutter Palmyra Route 19 for GE steam irons, Dale F Wolfe Swatara Station for a food chest cooler, and Chester Zimmerman Middletown for a GE skillet. Nearly 2500 attendees, including about 1000 youngsters.
A West German Bild Zeitung photo shows a Berlin girl clutching a Hershey bar on a rural visit backed by a U S Air Force airlift. The item notes the program’s role in giving Berlin children exposure to countryside life. Navy sailor Richard Bomgardner celebrates his 20th in Yoba Japan on Seventh Fleet duty. Private Ronald Goodman earns repeated honors with VII Corps in Germany. Red McCarthy and his Harrisburg orchestra to play Hershey Park concerts. Eagle Scout Carl Habig of Middletown Troop 97 earns the award. Local note says Reuben Bomgardner and spouse recover from a Delaware accident injuries and thank supporters.
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