Woody Herman Brings Band to Hershey Park Ballroom July 7
Woody Herman and the Third Herd head to Hershey Park Ballroom on Saturday July 7 in a performance described as a return to dancing. The band features 14 instruments with guest vibist Victor Feldman, famed for wartime London and Glenn Miller connections. Private Clarence T Webb of Hershey Route 1 is stationed at Fort Jackson for eight weeks of basic training with possible further infantry service or school afterward.
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Woody Herman
Hershey
Clarence Webb
Fort Jackson
S.C
Herd
Hershey Park Ballroom
Herman
Metronome Magazine
Time
Parade
England
Victor Feldman
Feldman
London
Glenn Miller
Air Forces
S. C
Clarence T. Webb
First
Army Training Center
Strickler Sails to Aid Refugees in Germany and Ethiopia
Larry Strickler of Hershey departs June 25 to join the Mennonite Central Committee in Germany to help build refugee housing. He will later serve two years at Nazareth Hospital, Ethiopia, as a maintenance worker under the Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Strickler
Frank R. Strickler
Hershey
Germany
Mennonite Central Committee
Ethiopia
Nazareth Hospital
Eastern Mennonite Board of Missions and Charities
Hammond Earns B S Degree at Lafayette College
Richard Allen Hammond son of Mr and Mrs W Allen Hammond of 246 East Caracas Avenue received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Lafayette College. He was active in intramural sports and served as intramural manager of Sales Hall. Hammond accepted a trainee position with Socony Mobil Oil Company in New York leading to Accounting.
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Richard Allen Hammond
W. Allen Hammond
East
Caracas Avenue
Lafayette College
Sales Hall
Hammond
Socony Mobil Oil Company
New York
Worker Lester Kopp Highlights Chocolate Production at Hershey Plant
Veteran steel roll operator Lester G. Kopp of Palmyra recounts decades at the Hershey Chocolate Corporation plant. He details milk chocolate processing from grinding to conching and final moulding, noting his Army service in World War II and long community ties including Palmyra American Legion Post 72.
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Lester G. Kopp
West Main Street
Palmyra
Kopp
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Hershey Farm No. 1
Parkside Apartments
Milton S. Hershey
Mr. Hershey
Fort Knox
Kentucky
88Th
Blue Devils
Quigley-Baum American Legion
Baum’s Hill
Eagles to Bring 30-Strong Rookie Camp at Hershey
Philadelphia Eagles head coach Hugh Devore will lead a 30-man advance squad, mostly rookies, to Hershey for a week starting July 16. Veterans expected among the group include Bobby Thomason, Bobby Walston, Bob Kelley, and Dick Bielski, with top 1956 draft picks Pellegrini D Agostini and Schaefer joining then leaving for College All-Stars before the August 10 Chicago game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Devore
Philadelphia Eagles
Hershey
Early Birds
Devore
Steve Owen
Ed Doherty
Frank Kilroy
Bobby Thomason
Bobby Walston
Bob Kelley
Dick Bielski
Eagles
Cleveland Browns
Chicago
Bob Pellegrini
Maryland
Frank D’ Agostini
Auburn
Don Schaefer
Notre Dame
The
Birds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Camp Hidden Valley
Brook Landis
Dale Nedwick
Rodger Maginney
Hershey Troop 76
Perry County
Berden Bretz
Baker Street
van Johnson Vera Miles
James Cagney
Irene Papas
Don Dubbins
Cagney
Dubbins
Papas
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Man
James Stewart
Vista Vision
Doris Day
VistaVision
North Africa
Carl Henke
Hershey Community Theatre
By Brent Hancock
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