Early Hershey Street Car Line Visit and Hershey Factory Tour
The 1904 account details the opening of the Hummelstown to Palmyra street car line with a halt at the Hershey chocolate factory. M. S. Hershey and secretary W. H. Lebkicher join the party, and Hershey himself tours the factory on return. The piece notes a proposed town name Hershekoko, later rejected.
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Hummelstown
M. S. Hershey
W. H. Lebkicher
Mr. Hershey
Street Railway Company
Palmyra
Hershey
Hershekoko
the Sun
Hummelstown Sun
Shelley
Put your car on your Christmas list police urge winter safety
Local police urged motorists to prepare for winter driving by checking vision and traction on their vehicles. They advised windshields, wipers, lights, defrosters, mirrors, and tires with chains or good treads, and to slow down on slippery surfaces to stay in control.
Local GOC post praised at Hershey Pearl Harbor Day banquet
Marlin O. Walter senior vice commander of the VFW Pennsylvania commended civilian volunteers at the Hershey Ground Observer Corps post for their operation. He spoke at the Hershey VFW post banquet honoring past commanders and auxiliary leaders, noting cities are 4500 miles from Moscow and must maintain constant guard.
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Hershey Ground Observer Corps
Marlin O. Walter
Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Pennsylvania
Walter
Hershey
VFW
Ladies’ Auxiliary
GOC
U.S
Moscow
New Basketball Pilot At Hershey Junior College
Hershey Junior College launches a new basketball era led by coach Harry Harlacher ex Milton Hershey School staff and Palmyra High football assistant. The 1954 55 roster lists Pellegrini Cline Cake Knecht Kieffer Eisefhour Gample Davies Verdine Hoffman Williams Brehm McKinney Harris. Home games include Altoona Hazelton January Johnstown Mont Alto February Dickinson Elizabethtown Keystone York Gettysburg Freshmen.
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Hershey Junior College
Harry Harlacher
Milton Hershey
Palmyra High School
Harlacher
John Hanshue
Hanshue
Hershey High
Fred Pellegrini
Tom Cline
Philip Cake
Melvin Knecht
Richard Kieffer
Charles Eisefho
Plant Christmas Fete Set With Elaborate Decor
Decorations for the Plant Christmas fete include long tables forming a center aisle of about 1400 feet, red candles, a rotating tree with a lit star, and many poinsettias. A twelve foot wide lighted stable scene will be built with music from Hershey High School groups. Live or recorded performances will run throughout the day as the buffet opens at six in the morning and continues across shifts.
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Hershey High School
Name Chairmen For Fur Fashion Show
The Hershey Business and Professional Women's Club plans a fur fashion show and card party in the Community Building social room. January 21 committee chairs include Esther Tinney tickets Laura Pellegrini prizes Janet Magrini refreshments Beatrice Downin publicity Leah Risser check room Romayne Shelley tables Pauline Copp tallies General chairman Irene Dietrich.
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Hershey Business and Professional Women’s Club
Esther Tinney
Laura Pellegrini
Janet Magrini
Beatrice Downin
Leah Risser
Romayne Shelley
Pauline Copp
Irene Dietrich
GWU names 1955 co captains Gaspari and Sturm
George Washington University selects Dick Gaspari and Bob Sturm as co captains for the 1955 football team. Gaspari, a junior end, earned All-Southern Conference first team honors and was the 1954 team standout with a gold watch award given by Colonials Inc.
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Hershey
Dick Gaspari
George Washington University
Bob Sturm
GWU
Washington, D.C
Gaspari
Sturm
George Washington
University
Colonials, Inc
Worship schedules for local churches listed in brief
A compiled notice lists worship times for AW Saints Episcopal Mission Church Derry Presbyterian Church Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity First Evangelical United Brethren Church Fishburn Evangelical United Brethren Union Deposit Evangelical United Brethren Milton Hershey School Mt. View Bible Church Seventh Day Adventist Spring Creek Church of the Brethren St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church United Christian Services and related community programs with service hours Sunday School offerings and evening services across multiple locations.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
Luther League
Stephen Schullery
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Thomas W. Gunnivan
Fishburn
Evangelical United Brethren
Union Deposit
Evangelical United Brethren Church
J. R. MacDonald
Spring Creek
Church of the Brethren
J. Herbert Miller
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Hershey News
THE
Pennsylvania
Floyd W. Noye
Guardian
Jr. College
Elizabethtown JV
Keystone Junior College
York Junior College
Gettysburg
Dr. H. H. Stauffer Telephone
E. Chocolate Ave
Melvin Deets
Cornwall Methodist Home
Lancaster
National Association of ‘Cost Accountants
Sylvester Conrad
Dwight M. Noble
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Clarence Jefferies
Hershey American Legion Post
Ernest Drescher
Raymond Wise
Pete Wallace
Frank J. Gasper
Milton Shaffer
Alpha Sigma Kappa
Hershey Fire Hall
Bob Lollo
John Witmer
Ken Ernst
Dan Strickler
Mel Knecht
Tom Gamble
Long
Milton Hershey School
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce
Ross G. Witmer
Samuel E. Witmer
Witmer
Navy
Port Lyautey
French Morocco
Betty Schalow
Icé Follies
Sports
Harrisburg
Miss Scalow
AW Saints’ Episcopal Mission Church School
W. Lynden Hess
Derry Presbyterian Church
W. Sheldon Blair
Landis R. Heller Jr
Mt. View
Seventh Day Adventist
St. Joan of Are Catholic Church
Areba Ave
Anthony J. Mayan
Domminick A. Mammarella
United Christian Services
Balsbaugh’s Church
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