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Newspaper
Hershey News
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1954
Page
2
Janet Summy of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation Office married Paul L Killian Jr on September 5. The couple now reside at 158 North College Street in Palmyra.
The October Community Chest drive braces the township against social stresses by funding the Welfare Board led by Mrs. George Henry. Funds assist marital counseling, aid to the aged and ill, and emergency needs, with part of local contributions sent to Harrisburg for broader services. Civic volunteers conduct the drive and urge all to contribute.
The Nation's schools and colleges enrolled about eight million children and young people in 1954 55, per S M Brownell commissioner of education U S Department of Health Education and Welfare. The rise marks ten straight years of growth representing 23 percent of the population. Brownell praised communities for meeting school and college challenges over the past decade.
Central listings show multiple churches with service times and school schedules. Derry Presbyterian Church, Evangelical Lutheran Holy Trinity, First Evangelical United Brethren, 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, Al Saints Episcopal Mission, Milton Hershey School worship times and addresses. Service hours range from morning to evening, with Sunday schools and catechism sessions noted.
School Operation Twenty members of the Pennsylvania Public Relations Society and guests toured Milton Hershey School last week. Dr John O Hershey superintendent Albert Gibble director of student home life and Melvin Garner director of placements led the visit. They dined with younger boys at several cottages and viewed the film Milton Hershey School A Living Heritage For Boys.
The New York City Centre Opera Company to perform two operas at Hershey Community Theater on Nov 9 and 10. The 150 member company including 100 on stage plus a 50 member orchestra will present The Marriage of Figaro in English and La Traviata in Italian. Ticket sales begin within ten days.
The Hershey American Legion post received a plaque from the Legion's 19th District for active sponsorship of a team in the junior baseball program. Commander Edwin C. Miller accepted the plaque at a recent meeting. New past members include Kenneth Maruca, Kenneth Henning, Richard Fors, Albert Ruhl, Harry Williamson, and John Berkheiser.
Charles W. Rhoads of 26 North Walnut Street Hummelstown died September 20. He was employed in the Moulding Department of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation.
Navy seaman apprentice Henry Glenn Rott son of William K Rott of Annville Route 2 returns home on leave after 11 weeks of recruit training at the Naval Training Center Bainbridge Maryland He is a 1954 graduate of Hershey High School.
The Hershey News lists Dr. Wayne D. Stettler as the on call physician for October 2-3 for weekend care. He accepts accident cases and transient patients and is located at 40 East Chocolate Avenue with telephone numbers 513 or Hershey Operator.
Nearly 100 alumni and families gathered for the fifth annual Silverbrooks reunion at the Milton Hershey School Farm Silverbrook. Highlights included a 16 to 11 softball win by the alumni led by Levi Filepas, plus visits from Evelyn Ay Miss America 1954 and Navy Seaman James R. Bruce aboard USS Alvert M. Moore.
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