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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1956
Page
2
The piece extols in school driver education as crucial for safe motor travel. It notes the late 1930s start of state programs and 1940 local school launches, emphasizing trained instructors, theory, behind the wheel practice, and lessons on what not to do.
A light column notes winter persistence with snow sleet fog and icy roads giving way to hints of spring as seed catalogs arrive and robins are spotted in a rugged winterized form. The piece pokes fun at weather woes and political schemes while predicting warmer days ahead.
A district church calendar lists Holy Eucharist and worship times at All Saints Episcopal St Pauls Derry Presbyterian Evangelical Lutheran Grace Methodist and others. It notes guest preachers pastors and class sessions with service times from early morning through evening across multiple congregations.
The Hershey Public Library has been chosen to receive one of 1600 sets of the Great Books of the Western World. The 54 volume Encyclopaedia Britannica produced edition is funded by the Old Dominion Foundation and distributed through the American Library Association to university and public libraries.
Three Hershey High School boys received the Keystone Farmer degree at the Pennsylvania Farm Show cere monies. The honor is the highest FFA state level award, with only about two percent of the FFA state membership eligible. The recipients are Robert Good, 17, Middletown, Route 1, and Raymond Fields, 18, Guantville, Route 1.
Hershey High School highlights its driver education program begun in 1940 with theory classes by Robert Young and behind the wheel lessons before and after school. Reinstated after World War II, Mrs. Sara Everhart became the first fulltime instructor in 1946. currently Charles Dewnin teachers fulltime with Joseph Wallace assisting two periods weekly as demand outstrips staffing.
Leonard D. Ferucci of Hershey, son of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard B. Ferucci, named president of the Freshman Class at Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster where he studies pre medical courses. He is a 1955 Hershey High School graduate.
Hockey games Buffalo versus Hershey on January 21 at 8 pm and Cleveland versus Hershey on January 25 at 8 pm. Gene Autry presents Hit Show of 1956 with Annie Oakley on February 10 at 4 45 and 8 15. Ice Capades of 1956 opens February 16 daily through February 28 except Sundays. Fred Waring Hear Hear show January 27. Dog Obedience Training starts January 26, 7 to 9 pm.
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