New Traffic Lights And Road Change In Parking Plans
Hershey Chocolate Corporation wins approval to straighten and widen Homestead Road between Granada and Chocolate Avenues. Curbs and pavement will aid pedestrians including students and workers, with a relocated road through the south parking lot requiring re arrangement and creating a four way intersection with the access road to new factory parking at the plant east end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
Derry Township
Homestead Road
Granada and
Chocolate Avenues
Homestead
Traffic signals planned at Chocolate and Homestead crossroads
Township supervisors seek permission from the Highway Department to install traffic lights at the Homestead Road Chocolate Avenue intersection. The PTA and Corporation advocate for student safety and employee crossing protection. The plan closes Chocolate Avenue Javan Avenue to vehicles, adds a cul de sac, and limits cost to traffic light and resurfacing south to Areba Avenue. Work to start after new north side parking facilities open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Department
Homestead Road
Chocolate Avenue
Parent-Teachers Association For
Corporation For the Protection
Javan ‘Avenue
Areba Avenue
Hershey Park To Debut Turnpike Ride With Mini Cars
Hershey Park unveils a new thriller the Turnpike Ride featuring twenty gasoline powered miniature cars along a half mile scenic course. The route uses Spring Creek terrain with new bridges tunnels and a crossover near the Park Avenue area offering an adventure in miniature car operation for older youngsters and thrill seekers alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Park
Spring Creek
Hershey Lumber Products
Park Avenue Loop
Speedco
Paul Yeagley
Pat Bracale
M. L. Haldeman & Son
Rare Birds Observed By Bird Watchers In Hershey
Local ornithologists report redpolls in Hershey during spring migration. Mrs. Arthur Whiteman and neighbors noted redpolls on West Maple Avenue as flocks appear. Evening grosbeaks, brown and yellow, bring excitement to observers.
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Hershey
Arthur Whiteman
Maple Avenue
Milton Hershey School To Host Two Outstanding Groups In Early April
Milton Hershey School will host two conferences in April as part of its 50th Anniversary. The Young Worker of Pennsylvania April 3-5 and The How of Success with Youth April 6-8 share campus venues with the Spring Conference of The Chief School Administrators of Pennsylvania April 3-5. Noted speaker Dr. William H. Alexander will address youth cooperation, with leadership forums April 4 and sessions on financing public education and youth employment. The May follow-up Welfare Conference April 6-8 advances group interaction and child welfare topics connected to the White House conference.
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Milton Hershey School
Young Worker of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Business and
Industrial Leaders of
America
William H. Alexander
Church of Tomorrow
Oklahoma City
Governors’ Coordinating Committee On Children and Youth
Hotel Hershey
Milton Hershey
White House
Washington, D.C
Washington
J. O. Hershey
Welfare Forum
Hershey
Martin P. Chworowsky
Albert Greenfield
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Hershey Junior College
Millersville State College
A. G. Breidenstine
First Church
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Hershey Council of United Church Women
All Saints Episcopal Mission
A. G
University OF Michigan Symphony
M. S. Hershey Jr.Sr. High School Music Parents Association
Charles W. Wolgemuth
Paul G. Fisher
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
John Flickinger
Roger R. Aumen
Stanley Billheimer
Robert W. Kissinger
Scouting
Pennsylvania Welfare Forum
Hershey News
Hershey, Pa
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