Do It Yourself Winter Fun Remembered in Hershey
The Hershey News reflects on old fashioned winter play. Kids once carved skis from barrel staves and sleds from cheese cutters but modern shortages and better store bought gear ended those practices.
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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1958
Page
2
The Hershey News reflects on old fashioned winter play. Kids once carved skis from barrel staves and sleds from cheese cutters but modern shortages and better store bought gear ended those practices.
The Hershey Junior College earns membership in the National Junior College Honorary Scholastic Society Phi Theta Kappa. Charter members are Daniel Kercher Robert Dilts Raymond Hersh and Fred Bowser. New members will be elected after mid terms to reach fifteen total as the Hershey J C Student Senate backs the program.
The calendar lists Hershey hockey games against Rochester on January 25 and Cleveland on January 29 both at 8 p.m. Also scheduled is the Ice Capades from February 13 through February 25 at the Sports Arena.
A list of Sunday worship times and church activities for multiple local churches including All Saints Episcopal, Derry Presbyterian, Holy Trinity Lutheran, First Evangelical United Brethren, Milton Hershey School, Fishburn EUB, Union Deposit EUB, Mt View Bible Church, Spring Creek Brethren, St. Joan of Arc Catholic, Hershey Youth For Christ, and Seventh Day Adventist. Services span morning matins and worship, Sunday School, Bible School, and evening prayers with sermon times noted.
Hershey's traditional Mothers March on Polio will run Friday evening from six to eight. Mrs. Frank Binner, auxiliary chair, announced the event and urged residents to light porches as beacons. Volunteers under Mrs. John Bierstein cover all town sections.
Choral music fans in Her shey look forward to the Lafayette College Choir’s concert at the Forum of the State Education Building Sunday January 26 at four p.m. The group has previously appeared on NBC TV and represented the East in college concert work.
The Hershey High School Student Exchange Club will hold a car wash on Saturday January 25 to raise funds for its exchange program with Brentwood High School in Pennsylvania. Cars will be washed at the new bus shed at the east rear of the Hershey building from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A rain date is set for Saturday February 1.
The Rev. Dr. Vincent F. Pottle vice-dean of the Divinity School in Philadelphia will speak at All Saints Episcopal Church Sunday during Theological Education Sunday services at eleven o'clock.
A concise aphorism notes that bees achieve nothing alone yet succeed through cooperation, drawing a parallel to human endeavor as quoted by Elbert Hubbard.
The November December donor list records individuals contributing blood through Hershey Chocolate Corporation Estates and Hershey Hospital community plan. It notes names from Hershey Estates and the Chocolate Corporation plus animals at Hershey Park Zoo fed nineteen times daily.
Doc Stettler plans the annual early Spring renewal of the physicians bankers match. The pairing features Doctors Wayne Stettler and Howard Stauffer against Bankers Hayes Reilly and Francis Garman. Watch for results.
Ad Altare Dei awards, the highest Catholic scouting honor, will be presented during the Troop 108 investiture and charter ceremonies on February 9 at St. Joan of Arc Church. The event will involve 33 Boy Scouts and Explorers, eight committee members, and eleven Cub Scout dens across Hummelstown Hershey and Palmyra.
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