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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1956
Page
4
The Hershey Volunteer Fire Company will hold a scrap paper and metal collection Monday evening December 10. Residents should place bundles at curbs for pickup. trucks start about 5 30. Contact numbers KE 3 2953 and KE 3 2963 are for this drive, not emergencies.
Hershey Ambulance Corps approves by law change to keep membership open at all times. New rule states the corps shall be open for membership at all times and new members receive immediate service. A thirty day probation period applies with non member rates during probation. after it ends full membership privileges take effect.
Local police hold four rings including three Masonic rings and a Millersville State Teachers College class ring. Descriptions include 32nd Degree Masonic, two Masonic Blue Lodge rings, MSTC Class of 1938. Ring owners urged to contact Derry Township Constable's Office for identification and reclaiming.
Shipstads and Johnsons Ice Follies of 1957 finish a two week engagement at the Hershey Sports Arena with three performances on Saturday. Matinees at 1 and 5 p m and a 9 p m evening show. Hershey Bears return home next Wednesday to face the Springfield Indians, then end a seven game road trip Sunday against the Providence Reds.
The Intermediate Sunday School Class of Derry Presbyterian Church scheduled a bake and novelty sale for Saturday December 8 at the fire hall starting at nine in the morning.
Joseph G Heichel ends a nearly forty year career at Hershey Chocolate, after starting in March 1919 in the Machine Shop and advancing to Cocoa Tin Can and Hot Chocolate Filling supervision. A Reading native raised in Lebanon, he lived in Palmyra before settling in Hershey with wife Sarah Mahoney and daughter Jeanette. He once pitched a 20 inning baseball game at Myerstown.
Donald M. Grider, son of Mrs. Catharine Sherrick of 149 Maple Avenue, was selected for membership in Pi Gamma Mu at Lebanon Valley College. The honor society requires a B average across twelve social science courses and top class standing.
Hershey Junior College beats York 65 59 in the Pennsylvania Junior College League opener on the home floor. Dick Jackowsky leads with 28 points on 10 of 12 field goals and 8 of 10 free throws. Ed Smith adds 17 and Jerry Long 10 as Milton Hershey School and local figures celebrate football honors.
Members of the Hunting Club of the Hershey Community Club were urged to submit reports of game killed promptly for the annual tally. Club Director Ralph L. Hoar also requested return of armbands and identification badges at the Community Club desk.
Junior College and Hershey High schedules show December games at home and away through February and March playoffs. Notable opponents include Altoona Elm, Elizabethtown J V, Mount Alto, York, Gettysburg, Shippensburg, and Central Dauphin with multiple home and away dates.
The Hershey Rotary Club met Monday and heard Major Thomas F Martin discuss highway safety. Major Martin is superintendent of the Pennsylvania State Police Training School and was introduced by Constable John H Williams. William Reilly, Hershey High School Senior Class president, was named Rotary Boy of the Month.
A reflective note on valuing purpose over expense, suggesting meaning can offset higher prices and improve daily life. It emphasizes choosing worthwhile activities and relationships to justify costs.
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