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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1954
Page
2
The article urges extreme care from drivers during school days to protect children on their way to and from school for the next nine months. It notes the difficulty of preventing all tragedies but stresses that carelessness is avoidable and condemns reckless driving near schools.
The piece praises American labor, industriousness, and productivity as keys to national strength. It links the nation’s beginnings to hard labor and crude work, notes progress through industry and science, and contrasts with Russian development, citing high living standards due to research and production.
A group of 120 Midget baseball players recalls a summer highlight a bus trip to Philadelphia to watch major leaguers play. The fourth busload, guided by Community Club Physical Director Richard Yingling, traveled last Saturday to the Quaker City to build lasting memories for the youngsters.
The article explains changes to the federal tax code allowing dependents to earn beyond $600 while still being claimed as exemptions. Parents may claim the exemption for children under 19 or full time students age 19 or older for part of the year.
Crossing Watchman Lefty Felty announced a Harrisburg hearing set for September 7 on installing automatic gates at the Derry Road railroad crossing. He will be at Derry Presbyterian Church this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. to discuss concerns with residents.
Public service note lists Dr. D. L. Backenstose for weekend and accident care and for transient patients. Located at 73 West Caracas Ave. Phone 245 or Hershey operator. Emergency contact numbers 6003 repeated.
Ten year old Larry Linebaugh started a polio fund raiser by building a golf course with help from neighbors. The effort grew fast as adults and youths contributed, with Larry appointing his parents as custodians and mothers supplying snacks. By week’s end the treasury exceeded twenty dollars.
Announcement highlights include two school openings and a series of meetings. Hershey Education Association luncheon featured Carl Berns of the NEA. Hershey Parent Teachers tea followed for teachers and parents. Building improvements include painting, new furniture, room reassignments, and a new passage between the high school and vocation building. Enrollment is expected to be very large. Bus schedules remain the same with loading points unchanged. Parking on the school plaza will be restricted to 8 am to 2 pm daily starting September 7.
In Russia a son who follows his father into his career often ends up joining the secret police, suggesting a lineage influence on career paths within security services. The remark points to a cultural pattern of inherited state service roles.
A lively week along the Avenue and park features Dutch Days with Irish observers, a calliope for children, and signs like English Spoke Here. The piece notes Stadium cattle displays, air observer awards, a large water carnival, and local reminiscences of Hershey boating, floods, and past drownings.
A major anniversary program is planned at the local theater with a first local CinemaScope showing. The event features the unveiling of a huge screen by a Harrisburg official at seven o clock Friday evening. Daniel N. Casey of the Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce will press the button to open the curtain.
A condensed church schedule lists Sunday School and worship times for Derry Presbyterian Church Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity First Evangelical United Brethren Church Seventh Day Adventist Mt View Bible Church Spring Creek Church of the Brethren Fishburn Evangelical United Brethren Union Deposit Evangelical United Brethren St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church All Saints Episcopal Mission with pastors and service details.
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