Hershey Lions honor Mr and Mrs J Marlyn Herbst Community Service Award
The Hershey Lions Club awarded Mr and Mrs J Marlyn Herbst the Community Service Award at their annual night in the Community Building dining hall. Herbsts totaled over 5000 and 4500 hours since 1952 serving the Ground Observer Corps plane spotting post. Air Force staff sergeant Kray praised their service, noting student aid keeps the post staffed. Welch England spoke on hospital service and Edward Sakal led the meeting. William McQuay of the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind is slated to speak next.
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J. Marlyn Herbst
Maple Avenue
Hershey Lions’ Club
Lions
Herbsts
Herbst
Hershey Ground Observer Corps
Harrisburg
William McQuay
The
Pennsylvania Association For the Blind
District School Chorus Festival Shines In Hershey
The Southern District school chorus festival hosted by Hershey High School drew nearly two hundred student singers. Host director Wilbert H. Hartman led Hershey faculty with guest director William Owen Roberts, famed for Welsh chorus roots and a long career in Pennsylvania music education.
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Hershey High School
Hershey
Wilbert H. Hartman
William Owen Roberts
Pennsylvania
Roberts
Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania Music Educators’ Association
484 Babies Born Here During 56
In 1956 Hershey Hospital recorded 484 births, up from 439 in 1955 and matching 484 in 1954. Of the year’s arrivals 252 were boys and 232 girls, with five sets of twins. October was the busiest month with 52 births.
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Hershey Hospital
Catherine Krasovic
R. N
Istork
Hershey Trust and Bank Reelect Directors in 1957 Elections
Hershey Trust Company re elected directors T R Banks James E Bobb William H Earnest J J Gallagher Joseph S Gumpher Samuel F Hinkle J B Sollenberger A R Whiteman D Paul Witmer and Charles F Ziegler at a January 3 stockholders meeting. The board then met January 10 electing officers led by J B Sollenberger as president and A R Whiteman as vice president and secretary.
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J. B. Sollenberger
Hershey Trust Company
T. R. Banks
James E. Bobb
William H. Earnest
J. J. Gallagher
Joseph S. Gumpher
Samuel F. Hinkle
A. R. Whiteman
D. Paul Witmer
Charles F. Ziegler
John T. Shuey
Milton Hershey School
M.S. Hershey Foundation
M. K. Huber
Hershey National Bank
John B. Sollenberger
Sollenberger
Paris N. Hershey
Hershey Estates
M.8. Hershey Foundation
Bank
Harold W. Hershey
A. Bowman Snavely
John R. Zoll
Hershey Woman Cited For Service By Palmyra Church
Edith Harnish of 528 Cocoa Avenue received The Order of the Cross from Palmyra First Evangelical United Brethren Church at a Loyalty Day service for meritorious service and devotion to Christ. A longtime choir member and director, she is a native of Annville and a Lebanon Valley College Conservatory of Music graduate. She was married to the late Clair F. Harnish, former Milton Hershey School director of placement and Palmyra High School principal.
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Edith Gingrich Harnish
Cocoa Avenue
Palmyra
Annville
Lebanon Valley College Conservatory of Music
Clair F. Harnish
Milton Hershey School
Church
Mission preacher to lead Evangelism Week at Hershey church
The Rev Allan R Gibson of Rochester New York will serve as missioner for Evangelism Mission Week at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Hershey preaching at all services in January 2024 and guiding the church’s 700 plus communicant members. Vesper services are set for 8 p m each Sunday January 20 onward.
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Allan R. Gibson
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Reformation
Rochester
N.Y
Hershey
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Wittenberg College
Springfield
Ohio
Gibson
Robert M. Lezenby
Holy Trinity
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Philadelphia
Lezenby
Hershey High School Thanks Community for Festival Support
The Hershey High School Music Department expresses gratitude to the administration, faculty, and especially the Parents' Music Association for their help with the District Choral Festival. Community cooperation and hospitality were evident throughout the event.
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Hershey High School
Parents’ Music Association
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Nat'l, Bank
Edith Harnish
Allan Gibson
Hershey News
Hershey, Pa
U. S
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