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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1956
Page
2
The Hershey News is published weekly on Thursdays from the Community Building Hershey PA with Floyd W. Noye as editor and communications directed to his attention.
Hershey and nearby communities mark American Education Week with open houses and school visits. The piece urges parents and residents to support local schools including Derry Township public schools, Hershey Junior College, Milton Hershey School, and St. Joan of Arc Parochial School. It calls for frequent school visits to know teachers and student work.
The Eastern Area ARC runs a November 12 16 staff training institute in Hershey focusing on first aid and water safety. About 100 professional staff members from sixteen states and the District of Columbia participate at sites including the Community Building and local pools. Dudley Gordon directs the opening orientation at the Little Theatre.
November 15 features Professional Basketball. November 17 hosts Hershey vs Providence hockey at 8 p.m. November 22 presents Hershey against Springfield hockey at 8 p.m. November 27 opens the Ice Follies of 1957, running through December 8.
The schedule enumerates worship times across multiple churches including All Saints Episcopal, Derry Presbyterian, Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity, First Evangelical United Brethren, Fishburn Evangelical United Brethren, Union Deposit, Milton Hershey School, Mt. View Bible Church, Seventh Day Adventist, Spring Creek Church of the Brethren, and St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church. It notes services such as Holy Communion, morning and evening worship, church school, and various Mass times with pastors named where provided.
About 104 members and guests attended Hershey Lions Club Charter Night at Colonial Country Club. District Governor Lester Kieft spoke, introduced by Deputy District Governor John W. Putt. Charter members honored included Ernest Accorsi and others. five year perfect attendance pin given to Harry B. Reese Jr. and a key award to secretary Harry A. Burris.
Ruth J Mengel a Hershey Chocolate Corp home economist married J Thomas Bortell last Saturday at Advent Lutheran Church West Lawn. Mengel a Wilson High School and Albright College graduate. Bortell a radio announcer, Milton Hershey School class of 1951 and National Academy of Broadcasting alum. They will live at 50 West Granada Avenue.
Miss Mary A. Hocker of Hummels town Route 1 has been named to the makeup forum of Wilson College Kittochtinny Players. A freshman, she is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Hocker.
October donors for the Hershey Chocolate Corporation and Hershey Estates programs and the community plan at ALTSL enToy ALVPO VIVAL CHOCOLATE include Earl S. Bachman John Brucker Glenn Deimler Charles S. Fackler Clair A. Felty Marshall L. Heilman Arlington E. Heisey Eugene C. Hickerwell William C. Meiser Donald J. Nell Peter Perini Paul H. Rhine James A. Rogers Kenneth D. Thompson John B. Brosey Ralph B. Light Elsie Mae Snavely Irvin Willard Jay Brubaker Jay Curry Fritz Houser Wilson Miller Claude Seward Fay Stotz and others.
The census shows a house to house canvass across Beach Church Seventh Day Adventist Stouffer's Mennonite Church Evangelical Congregational and Non-Denominational faiths with only three persons refusing to cooperate.
Beverly Miller Betsy Hoeschele and Mary Jane Eshleman from Hershey High joined a Harrisburg TB health conference with adviser David J. Chestnut. Two sessions covered Health Careers and defeating TB. winners may be judged in a state School Press Project.
The Student Christian Association at Hershey Junior College launches a relief drive for Hungarian refugees. It asks churches in Hershey Hummelstown and Palmyra to collect cash and clothing and place containers in churches and local businesses. The appeal also extends to area service clubs.
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