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HERSHEY NEWS Vol. 4 Bicycle Program Set For Saturday By Optimist Club Special circulars announc-ing details of the Hershey Optimist Club's second annual Bicycle Safety Program, to be held at the Hershey High School Playground Plaza on Saturday, April 14, beginning at 9 A.M., have been distrib-uted to pupils of Derry Township schools and the St. Joan of Arc Catholic School. Upwards of 3,000 of the circulars were distributed un-der the direction of J. William Abram, chairman of the boys' work committee and general chairman of the event. The program is open to all boys and girls residing in Derry Township. Every youth who registers will receive a membership card and a num-bered Scotch-lite safety em-blem. The agenda also calls for bicycle safety drill tests, the showing of sound motion pic-tures on the theme of "Bicy-cle Safety," and a presenta-tion by William Fisler, ven-triloquist. As a climax, a drawing will be held, at which time some lucky youngster will receive a new bicycle as a gift from the Optimist Club. In the event of rain, the program will be held Satur-day, April 21. Essay Prizes Awarded First prize of $5 for the best "Americanism" essay sub-mitted in the Hershey Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary's con-test has been awarded to Larry Witmer, a tenth grade student at Derry Township High School. Mary K. Porr received sec-ond prize of $3 and Patricia Gilman, third prize of $2. They are also students in the tenth grade. Judging of entries was done HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 12, 1956 RECEIVING KEY TO NEW CONVENT -- Sister M. Rosella, Mother Superior at the new St. Joan of Arc Parish convent, which was consecrated last Sunday, re-ceives the keys to the building from the Rev. Dominick A. Mammarella, assistant pastor of the parish. New Pumper Passes Tests Busy Season Planned For With 12 Members Aboard Juvenile Club Golfers Twenty-two members of the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company made the shake-down run on their new custom built Oren pumper last week. The local fire laddies had a try at the Hockersville road over the Sand Hills and reach-ed the top hitting twenty miles per hour. Put through exhaustive pumping tests at the Rose Garden, tie truck came through with flying colors. Later, it was loaded with $4000 worth of hose and auxil-by a committee headed by iary equipment, and is now Mrs. Mardell Strimble. ready for service. Plans for a busy season, including weekly golf lessons by Johnny Weitzel, pro at the Hershey Country Club, have been announced for the Her-shey Juvenile course by Ralph L. Hoar, director of the Com-munity Club. Playing privileges for the season are now on sale at the Community Club desk. These privileges, incidentally, are limited to juvenile members of the Community Club and members of the Hershey Wo-men's Club. No. 15 $135,000 Catholic Convent Building Dedicated By St. Joan Of Arc Parish Impressive ceremonies marked the dedication of the new $135,000 convent of the St. Joan of Arc Parish on Sun-day. Bishop George L. Leech, of the Diocese of Harrisburg,' blessed the building, with the Auxiliary Bishop-Designate Lawrence F. Schott delivering the dedicatory sermon. An open house program followed the dedication, dur-ing which hundreds of townspeople inspected the structure. The beautiful new building, built of brick and trimmed in Indiana limestone, is a two-story structure facing Areba avenue from the courtyard of St. Joan of Arc School. Fifteen bedrooms are pro-vided for the sisters, who will occupy the convent shortly. The local nuns, members of the order of Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, are primarily teachers. The main floor provides a community room, a chapel and dining facilities. The basement houses heat-ing and laundry rooms and a large, fully equipped kinder-garten. Junior Anglers Await Fishing Day Hershey youngsters a r e busy oiling up their reels for the Community Club's third annual Fishing Derby Day, scheduled for Saturday, May 5 in the fishing area of Spring Creek. Preliminary plans for this popular event call for award-ing prizes to three children coming up with the largest catches. Contest hours will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the competition limited to cadet members of the Com-munity Club. Youngsters un-der eight years will also par-ticipate as guests of the club. The young piscatorial ex-perts will be shooting at the record catch of Larry Geib, who last year landed a 22- inch rainbow trout for the largest fish ever hooked. Steve Miller was the win-ner last year, with Robert Bucher receiving the top prize in 1954. PLAN SCRAP DRIVE Hershey firemen will con-duct a paper and scrap metal collection on Monday evening, April 16. Residents are asked to have their newspapers, magazines and scrap on the curb in front of their homes by 5.30 p. m. Boys And Girls Act As Teachers For Student Day Event Frank Tapparo served as student principal, assisted by Terry King during the annual Student Day program held by Derry Township High School students. Winifred Adams acted as dean of girls, with Wanda Oiler serving as librarian. Jean Heagy, Pat Koons, Louella Lightner and Judy Smith comprised the faculty of the home economics depart-ment, while vocational sub-jects were taught by James Wagner, Robert Gipe, Fred Walters, John Gepfer, David Keller, William Ames, William Moore, Galen Dunmoyer, Don-old Emerick - and Robert Trump. Members of the commercial staff included: Pearl Brinser, Erma Deimler, Shirley Wal-born, Grace Rhine, Barbara Day, Betty Miller and Fay Es-hleman. The junior high school teaching staff included: Ruth Waybright, Mary Ann Daniels Pascal DiMagno, JoAnn John-son, William Nixon, Ardith Curry, Eleaine Deets, Marie Kieffer, John Juran, Carolyn Hocker, Ronald Upperman, Ann Snyder, Mary Alice Hec-ker, Mary Ann Haldeman, Edith Kreider, Ken Hoover, Darlene Strickler, Kenneth Heaps, Faye Eisenhour, Ann-etta Robertson, Lona Magnelli and Joe DiBlascio. Among the students teach-ing academic subjects in the senior high school were: Lee Moyer, Carl Schiller, Cleon Cassel, Joan Lollo, Lucartha Donges, David Tapparo, Ar-thur Whiteman, Mary Kosier, Eileen Cassel, Ronald Seavers, JoAnn Bruce, Michael Miller, Nina Matheny, Anita Freet, Glenn Weidler, Harold Balmer and Louis Gruber. Hershey News Comm. Bldg. Hershey, Pa. BMA RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID HERSHEY, PA. Permit No. 13 TESTING HERSHEY'S NEW FIRE TRUCK— Several members of the Hershey Vol-unteer Fire Company are shown above putting their new Oren pumper through one of a series of tests prior to putting the equipment into service. Left to right: Eugene -Gray, fire chief; Paul Bear and Paul M. Hetrick. 3547 REQUESTED IF UNDELIVERABLE
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Title | Hershey News 1956-04-12 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). |
Date | 1956-04-12 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
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Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
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Description
Title | Hershey News 1956-04-12 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). |
Date | 1956-04-12 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | HERSHEY NEWS Vol. 4 Bicycle Program Set For Saturday By Optimist Club Special circulars announc-ing details of the Hershey Optimist Club's second annual Bicycle Safety Program, to be held at the Hershey High School Playground Plaza on Saturday, April 14, beginning at 9 A.M., have been distrib-uted to pupils of Derry Township schools and the St. Joan of Arc Catholic School. Upwards of 3,000 of the circulars were distributed un-der the direction of J. William Abram, chairman of the boys' work committee and general chairman of the event. The program is open to all boys and girls residing in Derry Township. Every youth who registers will receive a membership card and a num-bered Scotch-lite safety em-blem. The agenda also calls for bicycle safety drill tests, the showing of sound motion pic-tures on the theme of "Bicy-cle Safety," and a presenta-tion by William Fisler, ven-triloquist. As a climax, a drawing will be held, at which time some lucky youngster will receive a new bicycle as a gift from the Optimist Club. In the event of rain, the program will be held Satur-day, April 21. Essay Prizes Awarded First prize of $5 for the best "Americanism" essay sub-mitted in the Hershey Ameri-can Legion Auxiliary's con-test has been awarded to Larry Witmer, a tenth grade student at Derry Township High School. Mary K. Porr received sec-ond prize of $3 and Patricia Gilman, third prize of $2. They are also students in the tenth grade. Judging of entries was done HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 12, 1956 RECEIVING KEY TO NEW CONVENT -- Sister M. Rosella, Mother Superior at the new St. Joan of Arc Parish convent, which was consecrated last Sunday, re-ceives the keys to the building from the Rev. Dominick A. Mammarella, assistant pastor of the parish. New Pumper Passes Tests Busy Season Planned For With 12 Members Aboard Juvenile Club Golfers Twenty-two members of the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company made the shake-down run on their new custom built Oren pumper last week. The local fire laddies had a try at the Hockersville road over the Sand Hills and reach-ed the top hitting twenty miles per hour. Put through exhaustive pumping tests at the Rose Garden, tie truck came through with flying colors. Later, it was loaded with $4000 worth of hose and auxil-by a committee headed by iary equipment, and is now Mrs. Mardell Strimble. ready for service. Plans for a busy season, including weekly golf lessons by Johnny Weitzel, pro at the Hershey Country Club, have been announced for the Her-shey Juvenile course by Ralph L. Hoar, director of the Com-munity Club. Playing privileges for the season are now on sale at the Community Club desk. These privileges, incidentally, are limited to juvenile members of the Community Club and members of the Hershey Wo-men's Club. No. 15 $135,000 Catholic Convent Building Dedicated By St. Joan Of Arc Parish Impressive ceremonies marked the dedication of the new $135,000 convent of the St. Joan of Arc Parish on Sun-day. Bishop George L. Leech, of the Diocese of Harrisburg,' blessed the building, with the Auxiliary Bishop-Designate Lawrence F. Schott delivering the dedicatory sermon. An open house program followed the dedication, dur-ing which hundreds of townspeople inspected the structure. The beautiful new building, built of brick and trimmed in Indiana limestone, is a two-story structure facing Areba avenue from the courtyard of St. Joan of Arc School. Fifteen bedrooms are pro-vided for the sisters, who will occupy the convent shortly. The local nuns, members of the order of Daughters of Our Lady of Mercy, are primarily teachers. The main floor provides a community room, a chapel and dining facilities. The basement houses heat-ing and laundry rooms and a large, fully equipped kinder-garten. Junior Anglers Await Fishing Day Hershey youngsters a r e busy oiling up their reels for the Community Club's third annual Fishing Derby Day, scheduled for Saturday, May 5 in the fishing area of Spring Creek. Preliminary plans for this popular event call for award-ing prizes to three children coming up with the largest catches. Contest hours will be from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the competition limited to cadet members of the Com-munity Club. Youngsters un-der eight years will also par-ticipate as guests of the club. The young piscatorial ex-perts will be shooting at the record catch of Larry Geib, who last year landed a 22- inch rainbow trout for the largest fish ever hooked. Steve Miller was the win-ner last year, with Robert Bucher receiving the top prize in 1954. PLAN SCRAP DRIVE Hershey firemen will con-duct a paper and scrap metal collection on Monday evening, April 16. Residents are asked to have their newspapers, magazines and scrap on the curb in front of their homes by 5.30 p. m. Boys And Girls Act As Teachers For Student Day Event Frank Tapparo served as student principal, assisted by Terry King during the annual Student Day program held by Derry Township High School students. Winifred Adams acted as dean of girls, with Wanda Oiler serving as librarian. Jean Heagy, Pat Koons, Louella Lightner and Judy Smith comprised the faculty of the home economics depart-ment, while vocational sub-jects were taught by James Wagner, Robert Gipe, Fred Walters, John Gepfer, David Keller, William Ames, William Moore, Galen Dunmoyer, Don-old Emerick - and Robert Trump. Members of the commercial staff included: Pearl Brinser, Erma Deimler, Shirley Wal-born, Grace Rhine, Barbara Day, Betty Miller and Fay Es-hleman. The junior high school teaching staff included: Ruth Waybright, Mary Ann Daniels Pascal DiMagno, JoAnn John-son, William Nixon, Ardith Curry, Eleaine Deets, Marie Kieffer, John Juran, Carolyn Hocker, Ronald Upperman, Ann Snyder, Mary Alice Hec-ker, Mary Ann Haldeman, Edith Kreider, Ken Hoover, Darlene Strickler, Kenneth Heaps, Faye Eisenhour, Ann-etta Robertson, Lona Magnelli and Joe DiBlascio. Among the students teach-ing academic subjects in the senior high school were: Lee Moyer, Carl Schiller, Cleon Cassel, Joan Lollo, Lucartha Donges, David Tapparo, Ar-thur Whiteman, Mary Kosier, Eileen Cassel, Ronald Seavers, JoAnn Bruce, Michael Miller, Nina Matheny, Anita Freet, Glenn Weidler, Harold Balmer and Louis Gruber. Hershey News Comm. Bldg. Hershey, Pa. BMA RATE U. S. POSTAGE PAID HERSHEY, PA. Permit No. 13 TESTING HERSHEY'S NEW FIRE TRUCK— Several members of the Hershey Vol-unteer Fire Company are shown above putting their new Oren pumper through one of a series of tests prior to putting the equipment into service. Left to right: Eugene -Gray, fire chief; Paul Bear and Paul M. Hetrick. 3547 REQUESTED IF UNDELIVERABLE |
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