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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1958
Page
2
Acting Postmaster Russell Zentmeyer announced changes to Hershey postal service to improve handling of increased mail. A late afternoon collection will align with the day’s last dispatch, with window services and hours posted, and multiple letter drop box locations listed across town for better access.
Gary D. Eisenberger will be among 22 Leba non Valley College students receiving bachelor degrees at a Friday ceremony. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Wallace Briel of 228 West Granada Avenue, majors in Chemistry and was a member of the Chemistry Club. He helped with a joint LVC Derry Township Schools chemistry project.
Special Events Calendar notes Hershey Park August 21 22 25 with Dutch Days tenth anniversary celebration. August 23 Sammy Kaye Orchestra in Starlight Ballroom. August 24 Keystone Band free park concerts 2 4 and 7 9 p.m. August 30 Kiddies Day and Baby Parade. Hershey Farms August 21 22 National Plowing Matches Exposition. Community Theatre September 14 M S Hershey Day Observance.
A church listing outlines morning and evening worship times for multiple congregations including Call to Worship at All Saints Episcopal Derry Presbyterian Holy Trinity First Evangelical United Brethren Milton Hershey School Mt View Bible Church Union Deposit Evangelical United Brethren Fishburn and Spring Creek Church of the Brethren St Joan of Arc United Church of Christ Hershey Youth For Christ and Seventh Day Adventist with details on sacraments, church schools and devotions.
A. Sterling King announces the 1958 1959 registration period for kindergarten and new entrants in grades one through six. Registration runs August 18 22 daily 9 30 to 11 30 am and 1 to 3 30 pm at the principal's office. Birth and vaccination certificates are required.
Palmyra households announce births on August 14 16 and 17 in the names Walter Sears Rachel Wells Mease Muench Foley Raynes and Ruth Bruce The notices list street addresses in Palmyra Hummelstown and Hershey with each birth noted for a girl or boy as specific dates August 14 16 17.
Hershey Midgets were eliminated from the Central Penn Midget Baseball Association Tournament after losses to Middletown 13-0 and Suburban Nationals 14-2 in a double elimination format. Larry Wei rich of Middletown threw a perfect no hitter in the first game as Hershey exited a 19-team field.
Mrs Paul Heaps librarian announced new rentals across fiction non fiction and juvenile sections at Hershey Public Library The additions include The Mountain Road The Longest Night The Revolutionary Time of the Dragons Common Sense About Gifted Children The Edge of Tomorrow The Battle of Gettysburg Guns at Gettysburg Death of a Nation First Lady of the South Rocks and Minerals American Aces Pennsylvania Citizen Bending the Twig Where Did You Go Out Second Nature Chingo Smith of the Erie Canal Whale Spotters Jeff and the Fourteen Eyes Whiskers of Ho Ho Chucaro Star Spangled Banner White Water My Dog and I Farm For Rent and Yertle the Turtle.
A hymn festival will be held on Sunday evening August 23 at seven o'clock on the church lawn. The Ladies Trio Geraleen Wenger Rushann Donm eyer and Marian Poff perform. the Men's Quartette includes Kline Kuntz Edwin Beaver Paul Fisher and Hubert Weaver. David Miller and Martha Ann Laudermilch will tell hymn stories. Ruth Wagner is organist. Paul G Fisher is minister of music.
The article lists event personnel for the 10th Annual Dutch Days with names of juniors Linus Fenical Amos Gantz and many committee members including Elsie D Groff Annabelle Huber Theodore Miller Harvey Reynolds Ethel Wagner and Helen Ward. Poultry Federation co chairmen A L Kish and John Copenhaver are named.
The popular Pennsylvania Dutch Days festival celebrates its tenth anniversary marking a decade of regional heritage, crafts and food events drawing locals and visitors from nearby towns.
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