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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1954
Page
2
The National Confectioners Association seeks a 7 to 8 foot tall woman to model as the face of their main chocolate candy. The chosen model will reign at the convention and exposition in Chicago from June 6 to 10.
A local American Legion post launches a gun safety program starting June 15. The effort emphasizes the lethal risks of firearms and explosives to prevent accidents like a six year old girl’s death when a nine year old cousin mishandled a gun. The post seeks broad community support to save lives and spare families heartbreak.
An apparatus in the new Hershey elementary and kindergarten school causes the teacher to open one closet door and four others swing open at once. The writer wonders about applying the device to Fibber McGee’s famed cluttered closet.
Hershey A A led by Patty Miller and Fred Hesse prepares the Juniors for an 18 game schedule in the Dauphin County American Legion Junior Baseball League. With Glenn Ziegler and Ed Petrucci departing for Navy duty mid June the team seeks a new defensive setup after a home opener vs Middletown and a follow on Singlestown trip.
Art Garrison of Hershey announces the sixteenth annual Publinx Golf Tourney at Hershey Park Golf Club from July 22 to 24. The 72 hole medal play event begins with 18 hole rounds on July 22 23 to cut to the low 40 qualifiers for the 36 hole finals on July 24. The Duff team trophy and Hershey Estates individual trophy are in contention.
Miriam L. Thomson a 1954 Hershey High School graduate from Harrisburg Route 3 near Linglestown is one of seven PP&L Diamond Jubilee Year scholars. She will attend Wilkes College after receiving a $500 PP&L scholarship with another $500 assigned to her college of choice. $200 of the latter amount was reassigned to Thomson. The award was given last week by PP&L vice president John S. Davidson in Harrisburg.
St Joan School graduates 37 eighth graders in a ceremony. The class features students such as Kathryn Cappelli Judith Burgner Michael Lauzon and Nicholas Plebani among many others as faculty noted achievements in English mathematics spelling and overall academy progress.
Pete Marcucci son of Mr and Mrs Guilio Marcucci of 265 West Chocolate Ave Her recently completed processing for release from active military service at Fort Meade Maryland.
The Hershey News lists duty physicians for weekend coverage when your family doctor is unavailable. As of now, June dates apply to accident cases and transient patients with Dr. Frank F. Pierce at 26 W. Granada Ave. Call 8511.
A listing of worship times and church school hours for multiple churches including Derry Presbyterian Westminster Evangelical Lutheran First Evangelical United Brethren St Joan of Arc Catholic Holy Trinity Spring Creek Church Brethren Evangelical United Brethren Union Deposit Milton Hershey School United Christian Services All Saints Episcopal Mission Seventh Day Adventist Church of God and others with service times, masses, vesper hours, and catechism classes.
At Hershey High School Commencement on May 27 in Community Theater 29 awards were given to 1954 graduates. Recipients include Anna Charlene Miller Earl Eugene Alger Helen Louise Shay Donald Richard Schroll William Jacob Sponangle Roberta Swarr Charles Day Kitty Breneman Dennis Castelli and others for civic, academic, vocational and extracurricular achievement across commercial division senior class science mathematics and athletics.
Six 1954 Hershey Junior College graduates received awards at the May 24 commencement in the Little Theater. E Marian Winters won the Dan's Scholarship for top average. Nancy Vincanne Heisey the Rotary Club Scholarship for second. Arthur M. Werner Jr received the Hershey Civic Club Award. Francis Joseph Heyduk the Faculty Leadership Award. George Thomas Hocker the Alumni Association Award. and James W. McDonald the Alumni Association Scholarship for overall good marks and leadership.
VFW post members elected Commander Clarence Jefferies Paul Hetrick Jr Larry Retz Milton Shaeffer Ross Shepler and Frank Gingrich to represent the post at district meetings.
Roger L. Burtner receives the Outstanding School Citizen award for salutatory honors in the Class of 1954. Edward L. Hitz receives the Reader's Digest Award to the Valedictorian. the Stable Award honors achievement in chemistry and physics, with a Senior Class award for outstanding scholarship in the college preparatory curriculum.
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