Dutch Days celebrates Pennsylvania Dutch culture in Hershey
Thousands gather for the sixth annual Dutch Days festival in Hershey highlighting oldtime arts crafts and foods. The event showcases quilting corner ball apple butter antiques schnitzel bank barn signs and der Belsnickel with pretzels and a broad celebration of German Swiss heritage in the Pennsylvania Dutch community.
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Hershey
Chocolatetown
New World
Lower Rhine River
Germany
Switzerland
Pennsylvania
Schnitz and Knepp
Schnitzelbank
der Belsnickel
Curtain Falls on Memorial Field Playground Summer
The Memorial Field Playground closed August 16 marking the end of a successful 1954 season for Derry Township School District youngsters. Instructors Raymond Evans and Carol Moyer led arts and crafts with about sixty pupils, while the area saw strong participation in games, bike parades, and events. The site served both youth and adults, including senior softball players and picnic groups, under Recreation Director John Hanshue.
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Memorial Field
Ann
Derry Township
Raymond Evans
Carol Moyer
John Hanshue
Evans
Miniature Circus Heading for Hershey Show
A free model circus exhibit on the main floor of Hershey Sports Arena will showcase the National Convention of the Circus Model Builders and Owners at Hershey Park on Sunday and Monday September 5 and 6. Over 100 exhibitors are expected, chaired by Walter G Heist of the Leonard Aylesworth Ring Harrisburg. A 30 piece Indiana Pa band will provide music on Sunday. No admission charge.
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Hershey Sports Arena
Hershey Park
Walter G. Heist
Leonard Aylesworth Ring
Harrisburg
Indiana
Funfest Winner Identifies Nelson Eddy at Her Shey Park
Mrs. Ben Whisler of Elizabethtown won 230 dollars in cash and a Zenith television set at WCMB Funfest in Her shey Park last week for identifying the mystery personality as Nelson Eddy. She is a regular Friday night audience participant at the show.
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Ben Whisler
Maple Street
Elizabethtown
Zenith
WCMB
Hershey Park
Whisler
Nelson Eddy
Miller Takes Rest Leave in Japan While Serving in Korea
CPL Richard K. Miller son of Mr and Mrs William T Miller 70 West Caracas Avenue spent a rest and recuperation leave in Japan He is serving in Korea with Headquarters Company 59th Ordnance Group
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Cpl
Richard K. Miller
William T. Miller
West
Caracas Avenue
Japan
Korea
59Th Ordnance L Group
Factory Manager Boasts 40 Percent Rise in Signs
A Russian factory manager boasts to a visitor that production in his department rose 40 percent last month. When asked what is produced, he replies that they make Out of Order signs.
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Ordey
George C Brown, 92, Hershey retiree, Palmyra
Funeral services held for George C Brown of 128 South Wind Sor Avenue Palmyra at age 92 the oldest retired Hershey Chocolate Corp employee at death last Wednesday. He leaves a son four daughters six grandchildren eleven great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
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George C. Brown
South Windsor Avenue
Palmyra
Brown
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
William Straw 85 Dies. Hershey Estates Former Employee
William H. Straw 85 of 65 West Caracas Avenue died at his home last Friday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Thomas W. Gunnivan at the Hoover Funeral Home. He is survived by son David of Highspire, daughter Olive Rouch of Hershey, brother Frank of Elmira New York, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Hershey Estates
William H. Straw
West
Caracas Avenue
Thomas W. Gunnivan
Hoover Funeral Home
Mr. Straw
David
Highspire
Olive Rouch
Hershey
Frank
Elmira
N. Y
Death of Lawrence R. Galebaugh in Lebanon
Lawrence R. Galebaugh aged 55 of Moravian Street Lebanon died August 16. He worked in the cost accounting department of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation. Funeral services were conducted at Lebanon on Saturday with interment at Cornwall Cemetery.
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Lawrence R. Galebaugh
Moravian Street
Lebanon
Galebaugh
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Corntwall Cemetery
Chocolate Firm Rockwood Deal Sold to Midwest Industrialist
Chocolate maker Rockwood and Company, a major national producer, has been sold to an undisclosed buyer described as a leading Midwest industrialist. The sale was announced August 14 by the New York Cocoa Exchange and the business will continue operating.
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Rockwood and Company
Midwest
New York Cocoa Exchange
Hershey Couple Report Birth of Daughter Nancy Marie
Mr and Mrs Charles Muench of Hershey announce the birth of a daughter Nancy Marie on August 10 in Tokyo Japan where the father serves with the 293rd Army Band. The father was a Hershey junior high school teacher before joining the service. The mother is Betty Foley formerly of Hershey Chocolate Corporation Personnel Department.
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Charles Muench
Hershey
Nancy Marie
Tokyo
Japan
293Rd Army Band
Muench
Betty Foley
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Flying Abbotts to perform at Hershey Park field
The Flying Abbotts trapeze troupe will present at Hershey Park athletic field starting Tuesday August 31. They will perform twice daily at 4:30 and 9:30 oclock through Sunday September 5.
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Flying Abbotts
Hershey Park Athletic Field
Abbotts
Physician List for Week End Care in Hershey
Public service notice lists Dr. H. H. Stauffer 104 E. Chocolate Ave for week end care when family physician is unavailable. Also available for accident cases and transient patients. August 28-29 call 6136 or Hershey operator.
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Hershey News
H. H. Stauffer
E. Chocolate Ave
Hershey
Seventh Annual United Religious Service at Sports Arena
About 4000 gathered Sunday for the Seventh Annual United Religious Service by the Dauphin County Federation of Men's Bible Classes. Rev Bob Jones Jr of Bob Jones University spoke on What's Your Salary while praising the King James Bible. The program included Rousseau and Keeley piano pieces, group singing, and prize-winning TV contestants Carl Jr and Lynda Spangler from Cocoa Avenue.
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United Religious Service
Dauphin County Federation of Men’s Bible
Bob Jones
D.D
Bob Jones University
Greenville
S. C
Doctor Bob
Bob
Federer
Harry Trefz
Russell J. Klick
Carl Spangler
Cocoa Avenue
New York City
Spanglers
Carl, Jr
Lynda
Carl Junior
Carl
Boy Scouts
Hershey
Sunday worship roundup with local church schedules
Call to Worship listings across Derry Presbyterian Church Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity First Evangelical United Brethren Seventh Day Adventist Mt View Bible Fishburn Union Deposit St Joan of Arc and United Christian Services detail Sunday School times worship services and pastors. Each entry notes service hours and clergy where listed.
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the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
Stephen Schullery
First Evangelical United ‘Brethren Church
Thomas W. Gunnivan
Mt. View
Fishburn
Evangelical United Brethren
Co. E
Y. F
Union Deposit Evangelical United Brethren Church
J. R. MacDonald
United Christian Services
Balsbaugh’s Church
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Floyd W. Noye
George Brown
William Straw
National Guard
Indiantown Gap
H. A
Hershey Chocolate
Walter Fountain, Jr
Baltimore
Donner Vetter von Domm
Vernet, Jr
Dick Seiverling
United Nations
Henry K. Fluck
Fluck
Pennsylvania Air National Guard
Thomas F. Martin
Dunner Vetter
Derry Presbyterian Church
the Church
Sheldon Blair
J. Herbert Miller
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church
Areba Ave
Anthony J. Mayan
Dominick A. Mammarella
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