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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1954
Page
2
The 1954 Heart Fund drive in Derry Township and nearby areas stresses heart health and raises funds for heart disease research. It notes ten million Americans with heart trouble and calls for community support and cooperation to fund medical advances and longer life.
Thirty Derry Township High School students will travel to Newton Massachusetts as exchange students. The trip aims to broaden horizons and show how diverse Americans live under one code. The article praises national Grange exchange programs linking Southern farms with Midwest and Eastern farm families to foster understanding.
Six Hershey High School musicians were selected from 223 Southern District players for the All District Band. The group will assemble at Manheim Central High School this month for a concert conducted by Dr. Paul Van Bodegraven of New York University. Selected Hershey members include Suzanna Harkcom clarinet Robert Seltzer clarinet Helen Grubb bass clarinet Doris Hain French horn Eugene DiMagno percussion and Emalene Roedeffer bassoon.
The Bell family fire loss prompts area volunteers to rebuild with Chief Trump coordinating material. Hummelstown and Union Deposit fire chiefs oversee labor and finances while locals donate $50 and $30 to aid. Helpers cleared debris and staked off sites as Hess service station lumber was moved for the new house site.
Memory Stretchers announces William Penn Highway through Hershey while The Sign of the Cross plays at Central Theater. Hershey Monarchs, a young high school roster led by Rusty Clark and Willis Dressler, ready to open basketball season as contractor Al Kraft rushes the Hershey Press home. The 90 thousand structure aims to be among Pennsylvania's finest. Onward Club of the YWCA elects Miss Mary Snyder as president.
A detailed list of worship times across multiple churches. Derry Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Lutheran, First Evangelical United Brethren, St. Joan of Arc, Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, Fishburn Evangelical United Brethren, Union Deposit Evangelical, Milton Hershey School Worship, Seventh Day Adventist, United Christian Services, All Saints Episcopal Mission and more. Pastors named include Rev W Shel dom Blair, Rev Stephen E Schullery, Rev Thomas W Guinivan, Rev Dominic A Mammarella, Rev J Herbert Miller, Rev J MacDonald, and others. Services span mornings, afternoons, and evenings with Sunday schools and midweek activities.
The third annual Valentine tea by the Order of the Eastern Star takes place Friday evening in Hershey at the community building social room. A children's fashion show features models who are children of O E S members from Marita's Shop. Music comes from Lebanon Valley College Conservatory of Music students. Hats and accessories will be demonstrated by Mrs Margo McKissick of Hummelstown. Centerpieces in the Valentine theme display flowers foods and notions arranged by O E S members. Co chairmen Mrs Marion Goodman and Mrs Frances Blair lead arrangements.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mc Gowan welcomed a girl born February 1. Mrs. McGowan was Marie Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Marshall became parents to a son February 1. Mrs. Marshall is Dorothy Shireman. A son arrived February 3 to Mr. and Mrs. Jay Stouffer. Mrs. Stouffer is Mary Clouser. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Smith welcomed a boy February 3. Mrs. Smith was Ruby Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Risser announced a daughter born February 6. Mrs. Risser was Ruth Ann Rhodes.
Campaign chairman C. J. Speicher announces a fundraising drive beginning February 22 to buy a fully equipped ambulance and launch an Ambulance Corps. Estimated cost is $9,000 with building changes and insurance. Over 125 volunteers have enrolled in a first aid course. membership costs $1 and covers service within 50 miles. Residents of Derry Township and nearby areas may join.
Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Simmons of 408 West Chocolate Ave celebrated their golden wedding anniversary and sixty ninth birthdays. The event occurred Saturday night at son Galen Simmons’s home. They moved from West Virginia 33 years ago. Simmons worked 30 years at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and is now retired. Savannah Sponangle is his wife. Their children Galen Hershey, Mrs. Roy Yerger Hershey, Mrs. Howard Bergey Palmyra, Richard Simmons Highland Park Harrisburg, Mrs. Henry Bucks Hershey, and Steve Simmons Lebanon, plus five grandchildren, attended about 30 relatives and friends.
Booming membership at Hershey’s American Legion post earned national and state awards at a meeting in the Legion Home. Central District Commander Joe Huss of Hummelstown presented the honors. The post rose to 316 members, up 47 from last year, with a national award for most distinguished service for surpassing the 1953 membership by November 1.
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