Growth Of The Nation Population Gains In 1955 Reach 166 740 000
The Metropolitan Insurance Company slide rule estimates 1955 population reached 166 740 000, up 2 810 000 from 1954, with births 2 750 000 and net migration about 250 000. California adds about 2.67 million since 1950, possibly overtaking New York by 1967. Nevada and Arizona post fastest growth in the Mountain States.
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Stork
Hershey Hospital
Metropolitan Insurance Company
United States
Pacific States
California
New York
Nevada
Arizona
Florida
Maryland
Delaware
Michigan
Ohio
Connecticut
New Jersey
Friday the Thirteenth: a day of superstition debunked
A newspaper piece of commentary dismisses Friday the Thirteenth as mere superstition. It rejects omens and warns readers not to fear accidents or bad luck, urging people to treat the day as just another weekday. It lampoons superstitious beliefs about luck and proposes no special anxieties for readers.
Worship schedules across churches at Perry area
A reader listing service times for Call to Worship Saints Episcopal Church Perry Presbyterian Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity First Evangelical United Brethren Fishburn Union Deposit Milton Hershey School Mount View Bible Church Seventh Day Adventist Spring Creek Church of the Brethren St Joan of Arc Catholic Church shows morning services Sunday School catechisms and evening programs with pastors named including Rev Kermit L. Lloyd Rev W Sheldon Blair Rev M Ramsher Rev Thomas W. Gunnivan Rev J R MacDonald Rev J Herbert Miller and Rev Anthony J. Mayan among others.
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As Saints Episcopal Church
Kermit L. Lloyd
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Holy Trinity
M. Ramsher
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Thomas W. Gunnivan
Spring Creek
Church of the Brethren
J. Herbert Miller
St Joan of Are Catholic Church
Areba Ave
Anthony J. Mayan
Dominick A. Mammarella
439 New Babies Arrived In 1955
List of newborns for January noting families and residences in Elizabethtown Palmyra Grantville and other local areas with one boy and multiple girls born on January 4 1955 including Wagner Hartman and Seaman families.
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Wagner
Elizabethtown
Frederic and
Virginia (Lebo) Hartman
Lingle Ave
Palmyra
Christian and
Lillian
Zimmerman) Seaman
Grantville
Hershey High School Band Social Planned by Parents Group
The Hershey Music Parents Association will host a social for Hershey High School Band members and friends. The event is set for Saturday evening January 21 at Park Golf Club, with dancing music by alumni and student orchestra members. Donald Shay serves as party committee chairman.
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Hershey Music Parents’ Association
Hershey High School
The
Park Golf Club
Donald Shay
VEW Ladies Auxiliary Activities and Fundraising
The Hershey VFW Auxiliary backs the post in selling blue ribble emblems for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Mrs H B Smith Sr chairs the group. An annual luncheon at the Hotel Hershey honors the national auxiliary president on April 8. A public card party is slated for February 24 in the Community Club Social Room with Mrs L B Smith arranging.
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Hershey Vfw
National Foundation For
H. B. Smith
Hotel Hershey
National Auxiliary
L. B. Smith
Post Office Exam Closing Date Extended at Hershey
The director of the third U.S. Civil Service Region extended the closing date for substitute clerk and substitute carrier positions at the Hershey Post Office. Applications are due January 17 and may be obtained from Merl W. Seavers, Money Order clerk, Hershey Post Office, with residency required within the Post Office delivery area.
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U.S. Civil Service Region
Hershey Post Office
Mer
Birds Sing Out On New Year In Hershey
A note from a birdwatching family in Hershey lists species seen near town on New Year’s Day including mockingbird crow sparrow starling blue jay red tailed hawk robin bluebird purple finch cardinal and ducks. A brown case key set was lost between Hershey Department Store and Sports Arena and awaiting return at the Community Building desk. Hershey High School Exchange Club plans doughnut sales and a coat hanger drive with door to door pickup on Saturday January 14 to fund club activities and asks for extra hangers from residents.
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Hershey
Hershey High School Exchange Club
Hershey Events Mix Hockey and Comedy Calendar
The Hershey calendar lists January 14 and 18 hockey games at the Sports Arena with Pittsburgh and Springfield respectively at 8 p.m. February 10 brings Gene Autry’s Hit Show of 1956 starring Gail Davis. Community Theatre hosts Fred Waring in two January performances. A January 14 teenage dance is planned for Hershey High Gym at 7:30 p.m.
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Hershey
Pittsburgh
Springfield
Gene Autry
Gail Davis
Annie Oakley
Fred Waring
Hershey High
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Floyd W. Noye
Perry Presbyterian Church
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W. Sheldon Blair
Fishburn
Evangelical United Brethren
C. BE
Y. F. Jr
Union Deposit
J.R. MacDonald
Milton Hershey
Landis R. Heller Jr
Mt. View Bible Church
Harry B. Luskey
Seventh Day Adventist
VEW Ladies Auxiliary
Emergency Service
Fire and
Der
B. L. Hackemstese
Caracas Ave
America
Waring
Hershey Community Theatre
Hershey Estates Laundry
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