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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1956
Page
2
The Hershey News editor reflects on turning the corner into 1956 with optimism and resolve. He notes 1955 as a good year of peace and prosperity and urges carrying lessons forward into the new year with hope, determination, knowledge, and prayer.
Tuberculosis and Health Society of Dauphin and Perry Counties helped provide over 43000 chest X rays in 1955 with most offered free. President Bodwell notes more than 6000 more than 1954 and reports 379 cases warranting further TB investigation along with numerous heart and other chest abnormalities discovered.
A local philosopher claims Leap Year won’t affect girls chasing boys in Sadie Hawkins style events. The bachelor observer hints at challenge, inviting interested bachelor girls to visit the office for his name and address.
Church listings show multiple denominations with service times across All Saints Episcopal Derry Presbyterian Evangelical Lutheran First Evangelical United Brethren Fishburn U B Milton Hershey School Mount View Bible Church Seventh Day Adventist Spring Creek Church of the Brethren St Joan of Arc Catholic Church and associated pastors. Holy Eucharist, Sunday school, worship, and prayers scheduled on various days.
The Community Building Social Room hosted a Christmas season teen dance sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's Club assisted by Rotary Lions Optimist Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion and PTA. About three hundred attendees including local college students attended.
Mr and Mrs Lester Bomgardner of Hummels Town Route 2 announce the engagement of their daughter Dolores Faye to Samuel Aurand son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Aurand Sr of Middletown. Dolores is a Hershey High School graduate and attends Ken Delle School of Cosmetology. No wedding date is set.
A veteran scout for a top football club explains his method. Each summer he drives rural roads seeking boys who can plow. If the boy directs by pointing with his finger he moves on, if he points with the plow he signs him.
The Christmas Music Festival last month featured an elementary program with White Christmas and Frosty the Snowman performed by Grade III Freddie Brandt. Santa, played by Bobby Jacques, arrived by a reindeer drawn sleigh in a Kindergarten show, while a crowd discussed a 21 inch TV. The piece notes a humorous moment with a top heavy wagon and a quip about lifting an 800 pound bar by Sgt Steve Klasan of Camp Lejeune alongside Steve Allen on Hershey a plug for Tonight.
Special events calendar lists Hershey hockey games versus Providence January 7 and Cleveland January 11 at 8 p m. Community Theatre announces Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians stage production Hear Hear with ticket sales open by mail. Orchestra $3.85 loge $4.40 balcony $3.60 $3.30 $2.75 $2.29 $1.65.
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