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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1955
Page
4
A 1915 group photo shows Hershey Store employees, the forerunner of Hershey Estates, posed in the old Hershey Inn building. The image, loaned by William Hoy, recalls familiar fashions and landmarks and invites local residents to reminisce about early community life.
The article describes Christmas events at the home for boys and girls, with four choirs performing at 10:30 a.m. December 18 under Prof. Robert W. Smith, and donations going to the Quincy Orphanage and Home. Carols and lights mark Christmas Eve at 11 p.m. The Senior Choir presents The Birth of Christ cantata, and Christmas Day includes a 10:30 a.m. sermon and baptism.
Hayes Fenstermacher and Howard B. Stauffer report a Hershey boy earning the Eagle Scout rank. The troop, led by Scoutmaster George Lazorjack and Assistant Scoutmaster Harry Kreiser, notes the recipient is in ninth grade at Derry Township Schools and in his fourth year of Scouting.
Pupils listed as participants include James Booth John Bow man James Brewer Michael Donnelly Robert Deaven Leonard Espenshade John Groff Michael Gray Douglass Henry William Hoffer Edwin Hollingsworth Jeremiah Kling Stanley Miller Dennis Ott George Welch. Also named are Susan Bible Kay Bombay Rose Burke Dorthea Bright hill Susan Catshall Donna Ferrow Maureen Garman Joan Hershey Doris Koser Carol Reese Elaine Seiverling l Giovanna Verrazzani.
Johnny Crawford’s Providence Reds, a surprise so far in the AHL pennant chase, meet coach Murray Henderson’s Hershey Berns at the Sports Arena on Saturday night. Reds feature top scorers Zellio Toppazzini Camille Henry and Paul Larivee led by Andy Brani gan. Hershey faces the Cleveland Barons next Friday December 16 with two deadlocks already this season.
Hershey Country Club pro Johnny Weitzel starts the Winter golf circuit in Miami with fellow pros including Henry Williams Jr. Weitzel, the Pennsylvania Open champion, heads to the Sanford Open after the Miami event and plans to return home for December holidays. He resumes February with the Phoenix Open Tucson Open Texas Open Houston Open Baton Rouge Open plus signs with Golfcraft Sporting Goods as advisor.
Hershey High School sent members to a Harrisburg Area Band that performed in the Penn Harris Hotel. Doris Hein, Charlene Cassel, Kenneth Seaman, Robert Seltzer, Thomas Longenecker, Sara Morris joined on various instruments while Maurice Taylor directed the sessions and a banquet concluded the day for the musicians.
A listening post item describes a Cadet deal including a bag putter three irons and a wood for 24.40 plus a year of play at the Juvenile Golf Course. Trade names Spalding McGregor and Hillerich and Bradsby offered with Christmas rates on individual items.
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