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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1957
Page
2
A column wryly notes seasonal misrepresentation by fishermen and the Izaak Walton tradition of fishing fiction. It cites Dave Grayism about a fogbound fisherman who drifts from lake to a tree with a squirrel on the hook, praising the sport of imagination.
The Hershey Observer Post is honored with the Continental Air Defense Command Ground Observer Corps award for voluntary service in the Air Defense of the United States. Captain Cowan presented the award on the ready standby footing established by USAF Commander E. E. Partridge.
Chorus and a stringed ensemble led by Joanne Johnson Jane Brittain Ann Bible Sheila Blair Gretchen Aungst Joyce Beaver Judy Birnstiel Patricia Reese Laraine Lange Ruth Lingle and Patricia Souder earned high marks. Hershey High School music department heads were Wilbert H Hartman Paul G Fisher and Kenneth Donmoyer.
The radar picket destroyer USS Perkins became the first U S Navy ship to receive combat pay during the Korean conflict citing its frontline duties and exposure to enemy action.
Special events calendar lists free concerts in Hershey Park bandshell on May 5 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 featuring the Jack Schafer Quintet. May 24 features Pat Boone with other recording artists at the Sports Arena. May 30 on stage at the Community Theatre is Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians.
A consolidated list of morning and evening services across local churches for Sunday May 5. Entries include All Saints Episcopal Derry Presbyterian Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity First Evangelical United Brethren Milton Hershey School Union Deposit Mt View Bible Church Seventh Day Adventist Spring Creek St Joan of Arc and related pastors and service times.
Dauphin County Commissioners appoint Philip J. Fratti of Hershey as Derry Township assessor to fill the unexpired term of the late John F. Snavely. Fratti, a 1938 Milton Hershey School graduate, works for the State House of Representatives and lives at 118 West Granada Avenue with his wife Jenny and their five daughters.
Stephen Tushup received the Eagle Scout Award with John Lonergan earning the Eagle Bronze Palm Award during a rites at St. Joan of Arc Church for Boy Scout Troop 108. Other honors went to Reno Bacallao Star Scout Award and Ronald Myers Life Scout Award. Thirty four advancements were recognized with pins for sixteen Tenderfoot, eleven Second Class and three First Class Scouts.
Dr L Eugene Jacques superintendent of schools will address Hershey Council of United Church Women at their May fellowship meeting tomorrow evening May 3 at Derry Presbyterian Church. The theme is Free Schools in a Free America. Public invited to attend.
A rhinestone contour ear ring was lost near the Hershey Garage. If found, return to its owner by calling KE 4-1372 after 5:30 p.m.
The super-carrier Forrestal rises nearly ten stories from keel to flight deck and includes a five story superstructure, yielding an overall height of about fifteen stories.
Hershey News lists Dr John O Hewlett for week end care when family physicians are unavailable. He handles accident cases and transient patients. Contact Keystone 3-7400 or 3-7410 at 20 West Chocolate Ave.
The Milton Hershey School Glee Club wrapped a nine concert tour through the Pennsylvania coal region over the weekend, drawing about six thousand audience members. Thirty six boys and director Virgil L. Alexander visited Frackville, Montrose, Scranton, West Pittston, Wilkes Barre, and Coughlin High School with civic and school appearances before returning to Hershey.
Hershey High School offers part time or full time job options for students during summer vacation. Deans Isaiah Bombay and Christine Gallus encourage local residents to contact them for lawn care babysitting or other student services. Other notes mention Hershey ties to New Jersey readers praise for Hershey attractions VFW Easter egg hunt thanks and a Lions Club auction later in May with a purebred cocker spaniel puppy listing.
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