Hershey News 1955-12-22

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 3 OVA • ; HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DECEMBER 22, 1955 No. 51
$50 Grand Prize
In Decoration
Prize Listings
Two hundred and fifty dol-lars
in cash prize awards will
be distributed in this year's
Home Christmas Decoration
Contest, it was announced this
week by the Hershey Rotary
Club which sponsors the pro-ject
in the community.
Heading the list of prizes
is the grand prize award of
fifty dollars.
Awards will also be given
in four categories, with eight
prizes -- including three cash
prizes — in each category.
The various categories are:
Best window or doorway.
Best lighting display.
Most original decoration. •
Most artistic.
The area to be judged, and
eligible for awards, includes
all of Derry Township, the
announcement stated.
Judging the home decora-tions
will be three men quali-fied
by virtue of their experi-ence
— Roy W. Deets of the
Lebanon Valley Offset Print-ing
Company; Roy H. Dun-dore,
Lebanon decorator and
display service operator; and
Frank I. Edris, display man-ager
at the Hershey Depart-ment
Store.
The judges will get together
on Wednesday, December 28,
(Continued on Page Two)
Community Prepares To Celebrate Christmas 1955
NATIVITY SCENE done in amazingly realistic fashion
is this one located at Milton Hershey School farm-home
Applehurst. Depicting the true story of Christmas, the
scene is lifelike and well lighted. Christmas decorations
in the area this week gave the town and countryside
a brilliant glow, reflecting the bright spirit of the season.
Homes, churches and business and industrial buildings
display .the glowing trappings of Christmas.
Clever Elected
To Head School Board
Clever E. Ernst, 165 West Chocolate Avenue, was
elected president of the Derry Township Board of School
Directors at the board's annual reorganization meeting held
earlier this month.
Ernst has completed one full six-year term as a school
director and was reelected to the board last November.
He has formerly served in the post of school board treasurer.
The new board president is well known here as the
operator of the Hershey Filling Station.
Also at the reorganization meeting the school directors
elected E. Carl Foreman as vice-president.
Other officers of the board, who will continue to serve
in their respective positions, are Marlin E. Balsbaugh, secre-tary,
and William H. Black, treasurer.
Paul 0. Curry, who was elected to the board last Novem-ber,
was sworn into office. Curry served as a school director
briefly on an appointment to fill out the unexpired term
of the late Earl R. Lollo who died while president of the
board. Curry now begins his full six-year term as an elected
member of the board.
Other members of the present school board are E.
Morse Heisey and Ezra E. Grubb.
Following the reorganization session, the school direc-tors
were hosts at a dinner meeting in the school cafeteria.
Guests were the wives of the directors, members of the
school administrative staff and their wives and representa-tives
of the Hershey Estates and Hershey Chocolate
Corporation.
Below—The personification of Christmas joy for
the younger set is white-bearded Old Santa Claus him-self,
photographed during one of his sessions of talking
things over with his young friends at the Hershey De-partment
Store. Little friend in his lap is Nancy Lee
Krebs, whose brother Bruce is standing by. Their par-ents,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Krebs of 278 East Chocolate
Avenue, escorted the youngsters.
"" •'):Pe•
Retired Employees Are Feted
At Christmas Season Parties
Many an old friendship was
renewed on Tuesday and Wed-nesday
evenings when the re-tired
employees of the Her-shey
Chocolate Corporation,
Hershey Estates and Milton
Hershey School got together
at Christmas dinners held in
the Community Building Din-ing
Room.
The retired persons, and
their wives or husbands, were
guests of the Corporation, Es-tates
and Milton Hershey
School at the seasonal celebra-tions.
Some 275 persons at-tended
each night.
Greeting the guests was
Mr. P. A. Staples, Chairman
of the Board of Managers and
President of the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation. Also
attending the event were
members of the Board of
Managers and members of
the Board of the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation.
Retired employees attend-ing
either the Tuesday or
Wednesday evening dinner en-joyed
a genuine Christmas-time
party, filled with a real
holiday atmosphere. Colorful
Yule decorations added to the
spirit of the occasion and com-radeship
was encouraged by
a tasty turkey dinner. Carol
singing and other music also
helped to put the party on a
ver y enjoyable Christmas
basis.
Special dinner music was
played for the guests of honor
by a string ensemble from
Hershey High School. The
(Ceathated ea Page Two)
Hershey News
Comm. Bldg.
Hershey, Po.
SULK RATE
U. S. POSTAGE
PAID
HERSHEY, PA.
Permit No. 13
3547 REQUESTED IF UNDELIVERABLE