Review Of ‘56 News Events Of Hershey Continues
A detailed year in Hershey highlights 1956 events. Notable items include school and community milestones, awards, new facilities, club activities, sports wins, and memorials across Hershey and surrounding townships with names like Doris Hein, Robert Seltzer, Edwin Miller, and Octavio Lalli.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Hershey High School
Doris Hein
Robert Seltzer
Richard Curry, Jr
Octavio Lalli
Percy A. Staples
Hershey Companies
Milton Hershey School
Thomas Gramigni
Andrea Doria
Nantucket Island
Art Garrison
Pennsylvania Publinx
Rochester To Meet Bears In Arena
The Rochester Americans will host the Hershey Bears at the Sports Arena for two consecutive Saturdays. Hershey then travels to Buffalo for a Sunday game with the Bisons before returning home for a week of rest and a following Saturday matchup against Rochester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester Americans
Frank Mathers
Hershey Bears
Bears
Buffalo
Bisons
Americans
Rochester
Industrial Safety Award for Hershey Chocolate Company
The Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association honored Hershey Chocolate Corporation for safety achievements in 1956. The award, presented October 4, recognized more than a million continuous man hours without a lost time accident. PMA President G Mason Owl ett presented the plaque to corporation president S F Hinkle at a meeting with plant and union officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Township
Ella J. Kreider
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Local 464
Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union
John S.baum
Hershey Employees
U. S Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Hershey Park
W. Paul Campbell
Pennsylvania State University
George M. Henry
Derry Township Welfare Board
Margaret M. Clark
U.S. Army Field Band
Hershey
Hershey Evening School
Cadillac
Hershey Museum
Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association
Herb Mitchell
Hershey Bears
John O. Hershey
Swatara
Keystone Area
Boy Scouts of America
Hershey Retired Employees’ Association
Richard M. Nixon
Hotel Hershey
Milton Snavely
Hershey Memorial
Welch England
Hershey Hospital
H. H. Hostetter
Milton Hershey School
Robert M. Lezenby
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Hershey National Bank
Hershey Junior College
Hershey High School
Fred Deaman
Fire Company
Edwin C. Flowers
U. S. Weather Bureau
South Pole
Hershey Estates
Thomas F. Martin
Pennsylvania State Police
Lillian Gallagher
Pennsylvania Manufacturers’ Association
PMA
G. Mason Owlett
Chocolate Corporation
S. F. Hinkle
Glee Club Elects Milton Hershey School Leaders
The Milton Hershey School Glee Club elects Richard Lewis as president Leonard Walden as manager John Bellis as secretary Jesse Smedley as publicity manager John Pelter as historian and Virgil L Alexander as director of the vocal group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Hershey School Glee Club
Richard Lewis
Leonard Walden
John Bellis
Jesse Smedley
John Pelter
Virgil L. Alexander
Christmas Day Births at Hershey Hospital Reported
Hershey Hospital staffer Miss Catherine Krasovic announces two Christmas Day births. Richard Willis and Lena Barbini Willis welcomed a son. Woodrow Weather and Pauline Wilson Weather welcomed a daughter. Other newborns include Joseph and Caroline Gorsic’s girl, Pedro and Gloria Gonzalez’s girl, Galen and Mary Simmons’s boy, and Russell and Pauline Shepler’s girl with several dates in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Hospital
Catherine Krasovic
R. N
Stork
Santa Claus
Richard
Lena
Barbini) Willis
Caracas Avenue
Hershey
Woodrow
Pauline
Wilson
Weather of
Lebanon
Hershey Hershey Hospital
Joseph and
Caroline
Eby) Gorsic
Harrisburg
Pedro and
Gloria (Colon) Gonzalez
Derry Road
Galen and
Mary (Murphy) Simmons
Chocolate Avenue
Russell and
Pauline (Kovach) Shepler
Hummelstown
Births in Lebanon announced for Peters and Spangler families
John J and Rosanta Peters of Lebanon route 3 announce the birth of a son at Good Samaritan Hospital on December 14. Peters works for Hershey Chocolate Corporation. Dawson and Rose Spangler of 1103 Mifflin Street Lebanon announce a birth at Lebanon Sanatorium on December 19. Spangler works for Hershey Chocolate Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J
Rosanta (Rudegeah) Peters
Lebanon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr. Peters
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Dawson and
Rose (Risko) Spangler
Mifflin Street
Mr. Spangler
Cowboy Film Horse Stops Abrupt in Western Scene
A cowboy in a Western film encounters a sudden halt by his horse provoking tense moments on screen. The moment underscores frontier peril and the stunt team’s coordination amid dusty shootout ambience.
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. Stears Sponangile
Derry Presbyterian Church
W. H. Radebaugh
Edwin Miller
Henry Greenawalt
Robert Maurer
Carl Hess
Berden Bretz
March Aspinwall High School
Arthur Whiteman,Jr
Kay Hite
Mary Darlington
Michigan
St. Joan of Arc
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company
Optimist Club
Tulip Gardens
General Factory
Industrial
Stephen Buchinsky
Temple of Brownstone Lodge
Elm Avenue
Donald C. Means
Baz Bastien
Hershey Gardens
W. Allen Hammond
Milton Hershey
Franklin and Marshall College Alumni Association
Hershey Telephone Company
Helen Prowell
Pinettes
Community Club
Monkey Island
Johnny Weitzel
Tri-County Welfare Council
Sheila Blair
Winifred Adams
William Bible
Hershey Ambulance Corps
Women’s Club
American Hockey League
TPGF
Providence Sesveeeree
Ershey
Cleveland
Rochester Nee
Springfield
Hershey News
Pat
Nixons
Une Bowman
Joseph Gassler
Glee Club
Bassinet
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