Derry Township achieves good mark in air raid drill response
Civil Defense Director Louis C. Smith reports Derry Township met goals of testing warning systems and boosting public interest during a nationwide June 14 air raid drill. The alert worked within three miles outdoors but indoor interference hindered reception. new sirens and more volunteers are planned to strengthen future readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Township
Derry Township Civil Defense
Louis C. Smith
Smith
Dauphin County
Ladder Of Learning At Derry Township 1954 Summer School
The 1954 Derry Township School District summer school reports a record 210 enrollments including 50 for personal self improvement. Participants come from Derry Township and nearby areas such as Manheim Ephrata Mt. Joy Lebanon Annville and Elizabeth town. Small classes provide study halls and individualized teacher attention for juvenile and adult students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Township
Manheim
Ephrata
Mt. Joy
Lebanon
Annville
Elizabethtown
Hershey Football Team Hosts Banquet At Hershey Cafe
Memory Stretchers reports Hershey football team members were guests of the Men's Club at a season end banquet in the Hershey Cafe. The celebration featured a feast of substantial foods ending with mince pie ice cream and cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey
Hershey Cafe
Child Health Group Ends Session With Crosswalk Praise
The Derry Township Health Advisory Council met with representatives from Rotary and Lions clubs Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion Business and Professional Women’s Club Derry Township School Board and PTA. They voted to thank Hershey Estates for painting safety lines at school crossings and main street intersections and discussed a Mountain View children’s recreation area. Meetings suspended until September but committees stay active over the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derry Township Health Advisory Council
Rotary and
Lions’ Clubs
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
American Legion
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Derry Township School Board
Parent-Teacher Association
Hershey Estates
Mountain View
Day Camp Sessions Open for Girls in Hershey and Hummelstown
The Hershey and Hummelstown Girl Scout Day Camp activities begin Monday June 28 and run through July 3 with the theme Pioneer in Bull Frog Valley. Buses will pick up Hershey girls at 9 a.m. at the Hershey Women’s Club and Hummelstown girls at 9:15 a.m. at Howard’s Store. Camp director is Mrs. Robert Cook and the organizing committee includes co chairmen Mrs. Frank Hutton and Miss Irene Dietrich and many local volunteers.
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Hershey and Hummelstown
Bull Frog Valley
Frank Hutton
Irene Dietrich
Hershey
Hershey Women’s Club
Hummelstown
Howard’s Store
Miller promoted to corporal in Korea unit
Richard K. Miller son of Mr and Mrs William T Miller 70 West Caracas Ave Hershey has been promoted to corporal He serves as an administration typist in Headquarters Co 8th Army Korea Miller took basic training at Camp Breckinridge Kentucky and arrived in Korea last September
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Richard K. Miller
William T. Miller
West
Caracas Ave
Hershey
Headquarters Co
8Th Army
Korea
Miller
Camp Breckinridge
Kentucky
Attend church Sunday and have your faith lifted
A brief notice from the Duncannon Record invites readers to attend church services on Sunday, emphasizing spiritual uplift and communal worship for the faith community.
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Duncannon Record
Physician List for Weekend Public Care in Hershey
Hershey News lists Dr. D. L. Backenstose for weekend and accident care and transient patients. Call 73 W. Caracas Ave or 245 telephone, or contact the Hershey Operator for arrangements during June 26-27.
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Hershey News
D. L. Backenstose
Caracas Ave
Hershey
Church Service Listings for Local Denominations
A compilation of worship times and programs for multiple churches including Derry Presbyterian Westminster Fellowship 6 15 p m worship 7 30 p m Rev W Sheldon Blair Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity 8 a m worship 10 30 a m evening 7 30 Rev Stephen Schullery First Evangelical United Brethren 8 a m worship 10 30 a m Y F 6 p m Rev Thomas Guinivan Joans of Arc Catholic 300 W Areba Ave Masses 6 7 30 9 10 11 a m devotions 7 p m Holy day masses 5 7 8 10 a m Rev Anthony Mayan Rev Dominick Mammarella Vacation Bible School June 14 25 7 9 p m Fishburn Evangelical United Brethren Sunday School 9 30 a m C E V F 6 45 p m Union Deposit Evangelical United Brethren 8 30 a m worship 9 30 a m United Christian Services Balsbaugh s Church Sunday School 9 15 a m worship 10 15 a m All Saints Episcopal Mission Worship 10 45 a m choir 7 p m Rev Charles A Lewis Jr vicar Seventh Day Adventist Saturday 2 p m Room 206 Community Building Spring Creek Church of the Church of God Brethren 2 30 p m Sunday School 9 30 p m Hershey Fire Hall
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Derry Presbyterian Church
Westminster Fellowship
W. Sheldon Blair
the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity
The
Church School
Stephen Schullery
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Thomas W. Guinivan
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church
Areba Ave
Anthony J. Mayan
Dominick A. Mammarella
J. Herbert Miller
Vacation Bible School
Fishburn
Evangelical United Brethren
Union Deposit
Evangelical United Brethren Church
J. R. MacDonald
All Saints Episcopal Mission
Charles A. Lewis, Jr
Spring Creek
Church of the Church of God
Brethren
Hershey Fire Hall
Two Hershey Men Among 1954 Lebanon Valley College Graduates
In Annville 102 seniors earned Bachelor of Science in Music at LVC's 85th commencement. Kenneth C. Donmoyer of 14 West Derry Road and Prowell Seitzinger of 504 Park Avenue were among the graduates. Dr Mil lard E Gladfelter of Temple University delivered the address.
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Lebanon Valley College
Hershey
Kenneth C. Donmoyer
West Derry Road
Prowell Seitzinger
Park Avenue
Donmoyer
Seitzinger
LVC
Annville
Millard E. Gladfelter
Temple University
Stork News List Recent Arrivals At Hershey Hospital
Palmyra and surrounding towns report a string of June births. Names include Aldro Nardi and Ethel Campbell’s daughter, George Fisher and Helen Miller’s daughter, Jerry Hersheberger and Norma Roger’s son, Leonard Mader and Helen Falk’s son, Richard Eckert and Janet Walters’s son, and several others at Palmyra Campbelltown Hummelstown and Royalton.
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Aldro Nardi
North Green Street
Palmyra
Nardi
Ethel Campbell
George Fisher
Route 1
Norma Roger
Leonard Mader
Grantville
Helen Falk
Mader
Richard Eckert
Eckart
Janet Walters
Richard Teets
North College Street
Teets
Martha Bowman
John Wise
Main Street
Campbelltown
Wise
Arlene Barto
Charles Henry
Hummelstown
Ruth Henry
Henry
George Westinberger
Harrisburg
Westinberger
Pearl Hanshaw
Russell Ehrhart
West Maple Street
Ehrhart
Edna Frrsbie
Robert Weirich
Penn Street
Royalton
Ruth Hammon
Weirich
John Nye
Nye
Helen Hein
Robert Schwartz
Ett
Vernaia
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Pennsylvania
Floyd W. Noye
Derry
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Metropolitan Edison Company
Hershey Press
Ira Shenk
Eddie Slesser
Abe Dearolf
Curtin Hollingsworth
Paul Zentmeyer
Howard Romig
Daniel Ensminger
John Sollenberger
Homer Dressler
Gabriel Moyer
Edward Lewis
John Leitzinger
S. D. Clark
Frank Saylor
H. G. Mumma
M. S. May
George Copenhaver
Albert W. Snavely
S . Newton
Ralph Mauffair
William Curtis
J. M. Randall
Hershey Transit Company
West Chocolate Avenue
P.N. Hershey
Lebanon School Board
J. Ammon Gingrich
Chocolate Factory
United Christian Services
Balsbaugh’s Church
Kenneth Donmeyer
Stork News
Hershey Hospital
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