Cooperation praised in air alert drill in Hershey area
Retired Hershey employee James A. Smith recalls over four decades with the Chocolate Corporation while Civil Defense units in Derry Township receive praise for a smooth air alert drill. Officials credit public cooperation and organized teams including the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company Ambulance Corps and state police for readiness.
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Smith
Hershey
Civil Defense
John H. Williams
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company
Hershey Ambulance Corps
Derry Township
J. Martyn Herbst
Russell Aungst
Conelrad Test Draws Positive Reception in Derry Township
Project Tune In Conelrad succeeded in Friday Civil Defense tests across eleven locations. Local communications chief Donald B. Chubb reported best reception at 640 on the dial while Fire Chief Eugene Gray led the fire company to mobilize its emergency plan and maintain radio contact with the land station.
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Conelrad
Donald B. Chubb
Derry
Chubb
Eugene Gray
Fire House
York
Lancaster
Funeral Rites Held Here For Hershey's Chief Executive
Solemn tribute was paid to Percy A. Staples longtime Hershey Chocolate Corp President and Chairman of the Board who died in his Hotel Hershey suite of a coronary occlusion. Funeral services were held at the Milton Hershey School auditorium with burial in Hershey Cemetery. Staples longtime public utilities executive and MIT graduate served from 1903 to 1905 with the Coast and Geodetic Survey.
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Percy A. Staples
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Milton Hershey School
Staples
Hotel
Hershey
Milton Hershey
Kermit L. Lloyd
All Saints Episcopal Church
Charles and
Maria Hay Staples
Portland
Maine
Yonkers
New York
Protestant Episcopal Academy of
Philadelphia
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
Stone and Webster
W. S., Barstow and Company
Public Utils
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James A. Smith
Para Avenue
Perry County
Louis C. Smith, Jr
Earl Kohr
Philmont
Kenneth Hoover
Hummelstown
Howard Stauffer
William Goodman
Henry Greenawalt
Harrisburg
Sangre de Cristo Range
Rocky Mountains
P. A. Staples
Hershey News
Hershey, Pa
U. S
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