Oldtime streetcar man recalls big snows and rugged trips
J Norman Cassel a Hershey transit veteran now retired from Milton Hershey School transportation recalls winters when deep drifts and heavy snow kept streetcars working through stubborn conditions. He recalls a trip lasting three nights and two days on the Hershey Campbelltown Lebanon run and the skill needed to keep the car on iron when snow pushed it off track. Cassel notes operators must be good with a snow shovel and that cars had to get through even with impossible schedules.
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J. Norman Cassel
Hershey Transit Company
Milton Hershey
Hershey News
Cassel
Hershey
Campbelltown
Lebanon
Mothers March for Polio Funds Planned in Hershey
The Mothers' March to raise funds for polio patient care education and research will be held in Hershey next Monday January 28 led by Mrs Frank Binner chairing the VFW auxiliary. Local mothers from across the community will join township wide canvassing starting at seven p m in support of the March of Dimes project sponsored by the Hershey Memorial Post VFW.
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Hershey
Frank Binner
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
March of Dimes
Derry Township
Hershey Memorial Post
Hershey Plant Tours Sets 1956 Visitor Record
The Hershey Chocolate Corporation plant guided tours drew 171 284 visitors in 1956, up from 149 543 the previous year. August 1956 saw a monthly high of 56 345, with notable school groups and summer tours, while December was the slowest month with 1 312 visitors. Tours run May through September, about 45 minutes, staffed by young women guides.
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Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Hershey
Verna Stoltz
Formal Installation Of Pastor At Trinity Church
The Reverend Robert M. Lezenby will be formally installed as pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity at 10 30 A M Sunday January 27. Dr M R Hamsher former president of the Central Pennsylvania Synod will conduct the service.
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Robert M. Lezenby
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
M. R. Hamsher
Central Pennsylvania Synod
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Hershey Women’s Club
Hershey Optimist Club
Stephanie Weir
Sylvia Corsetti
Gary Patrick
Bill Hocker
Bill Ames
Hardy Souls
Sand Beach Covered Bridge
Rolley
J. N. Cassel
Hershey Plant
Hershey, Pa
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