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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1956
Page
2
An anecdote from World War Two shows Hershey as a famous vacation spot known for chocolate, roses, and a roller coaster. A Lebanon, Pennsylvania sergeant says his town lies between Harrisburg and Reading prompting a Michigan GI to recall Hershey’s fame.
The writer celebrates St Patrick’s Day with green attire and shamrock motifs. The piece notes the festive mood among Irish and honorary Irish everywhere and playfully warns against forgetting the green tie. A playful nod to leprechauns and Sunday rituals colors the piece.
A parade of newborns dated 25 February to 4 March is recorded with parents and residences from Hershey Palmyra Elizabethtown and Hummelstown. Names include Miller Rauch Blouch Kettering Grumbine Limekin Harman Kopenhayer Patrick Gotwald Black Nye Lehman Finsterbush among others.
A consolidated notice lists worship times for All Saints Episcopal Church Derry Presbyterian Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity First Evangelical United Brethren Fishburn Evangelical United Brethren Union Deposit Mt View Bible Church Seventh Day Adventist Spring Creek Church of the Brethren St Joan of Arc Catholic Church and related clergy including Rev. Rodney Brace Rev. Kermit L. Lloyd Rev. W. Shelden Blair Rev. M. R. Hamsher Rev. Thomas W. Guinivan Rev. J. R. MacDonald Dr. Wm. Webster Hall Rev. Anthony J. Mayan and Rev. Dominick A. Mamma rela. Services span mornings evenings and midweek prayers with specific hours and parish notes.
Mrs Kinch, a teacher from Windsor and East Lansdowne, joins Holy Trinity in Hershey to premiere a new pipe organ. She is mother to Michael 5 and Ann 13, with two piano students at 158 West Caracas Avenue, and is married to a local optometrist.
The third annual Boy Scout Exposition of the Swatara District will run March 23 and 24 in the Middletown Community Building auditorium. Scouts from Middletown Steelton Hershey Highspire Hummelstown and nearby areas will present exhibits.
Mr and Mrs Charles M Blanken of East Petersburg Pennsylvania announce the birth of son Thomas M on March 1. Mrs Blanken formerly Betty Bard a former teacher in Derry Township elementary School also announces. Mr and Mrs Edmund M Blanken of Cincinnati Ohio announce the birth of son Edmund M Blanken III on March 11. The mother is Sara Stuber of Hershey.
Hershey Figure Skating Club stages Ice Fantasy of 1956 in the Sports Arena on Friday March 23 at 8 p m. The Junior Figure Skating Club performs The Fantastic Toy Shop with toymaker Bill Bible of Hershey and a Hershey cast including Debbie Koons and Bunny Blinco. Senior show theme A Day in Atlantic City features a boardwalk scene and lifeguard numbers with guest skaters John Bershak Jr Claire O Neill, plus Hershey seniors Janet Westofer Peggy Miller Robin Kirk Dan Hoover Betty Bartels Warren Shank and James Buck.
State Police Sergeant John Grosnick of Hershey 19 years on force and an instructor at the Hershey Training School will attend a twelve week FBI National Academy course in Washington D C. He will study police organization administration and new crime detection techniques.
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