Hershey News 1957-07-18

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 5 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 18, 1957 No. 29
Community's
Teen Canteen
Serves Youth
A popular regular social
event for the youth of the
community occurs each Fri-d
a y and Saturday night,
thanks to the farsighted spon-sorship
of the Hershey Opti-mist
Club and the cooperation
of the Hershey Community
Club.
The twice - weekly activity
takes place at the Teen Can-teen,
located in the game
room of the Women's Club
building. Here, Derry Town-ship
teenagers get together in
a pleasant atmosphere and
with understanding chaperon-age
provided by the Optimists.
• While dancing is the most
popular activity at the Teen
Center, the game room set-up
provides a variety of
other recreation, including
table tennis and shuffle-board,
which are enjoyed by
the young people.
Popularity and success of
the venture is shown in a re-port
issued by new Optimist
Club President John Mesza-ros.
The Teen Canteen has is-sued
approximately five hun-dred
membership cards to lo-cal
teenagers. Aggregate at-tendance
on Friday and Satur-day
nights from January 1 to
June 30 was between ten and
eleven thousand.
Average nightly attendance
on Fridays ran between 135
and 160, while average Satur-day
night attendance during
that period was between 200
and 250.
Eligible for membership in
the Teen Canteen program are
Derry Township teenagers,
each of whom is permitted one
guest.
Music for dancing is sup-plied
generally by a record-player
which was installed by
the Community Club. A tape
recorder has also been made
available by the Optimist
Club. In addition, two special
dances have been held with
music supplied by two area
high school dance orchestras.
Program planning for the
future includes a Parents'
Night event, dance instruc-tion,
dance contests and game
tournaments.
Refreshments are supplied
by the Optimists and decora-
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TEEN CANTEEN DANCERS Gary Ponzoli, Joyce Hess, Pat Lauzon, Betty Cash,
Stephanie Turato and Mike Lidle (from left) get an earful of melody from the male
quartet, the 4 Sports, as the local vocal group made a special appearance at the teen-age
recreation center in the Hershey Women's Club building last Friday evening.
The 4 Sports, from left, are Walt Zimmerman, Cy Little, John Owens and Charlie
Knerr. Friday nights are "informal" nights at the Teen Canteen, when the rules
permit the wearing of Bermuda shorts. Saturday night events are more formal and
the youngsters are required to "dress up" for the occasion. In addition to dancing,
the Teen Canteen is a popular place for the devotees of table tennis, shuffleboard
and other games.
Commends Organized Units For "Alert" Role
The local Civil Defense or-ganization,
with its faithful
arms such as the Hershey
Volunteer Fire Company and
Hershey Ambulance Corps,
w o n commendation from
Derry Township Civil Defense
Director Louis C. Smith, Jr.,
for their part in last Friday's
nationwide "Operation Alert
1957."
Smith said Monday that the
exercise was a success here,
so far as the organized units'
participation was concerned.
Communications — particu-larly
the firemen's two-way
radio network—were used to
excellent advantage during
the test, and the personnel of
the local groups demonstrated
highest interest and coopera-tion
throughout the long test
period.
The fire company radio
setup was manned from ten
a. m. until nine p. m., the CD
director announced, with fire
and ambulance crews standing
by throughout.
In addition, the local fire-men
dispatched the squad
truck to Harrisburg as part
of the special countywide
"emergency" drill in the eve-ning,
and also placed a fire
truck and crew at Union De-posit
to cover that fire com-pany's
participation in the
Harrisburg exercise.
Along with the public
sirens, the local Civil Defense
Learn-To-Swim Campaign
Offer Instruction To Girl Non-Swimmers
An important invitation to
girls of the Hershey - Hum-melstown
- Palmyra area was
issued this week by the Her-shey
Women's Club.
Area girls from eight
through twelve years of age,
who are not now members of
the women's division of the
Hershey Community Club, are
eligible and invited to take
part in a free Learn - to -
Swim program being set up to
start August 5 in the Wo-men's
Club pool.
Miss Kathleen Lewis, phy-sical
director of the Women's
Club and supervisor of the
Learn - to - Swim campaign,
pointed out that the program
is for non - swimmers only,
being designed to bring water
safety to more girls in the 8-
12 year group.
Girls interested in taking
advantage of this opportunity
should register early, Miss
Lewis said, as a large response
is anticipated and advance
planning for conducting the
sessions will be necessary.
The deadline for registering
was set at August 1 and the
registrations can be made im-mediately
at the Hershey Wo-men's
Club desk.
Dates for the Learn - to -
Swim instruction sessions are
August 5-6-7-8-12-13-14-15.
On August 5, participating
girls from the Campbelltown-
Palmyra area should report
between nine and ten a.m.;
Hummelstown - Union Depos-it
area, between ten and elev-en
a.m.; and Hershey area, be-tween
eleven a.m. and noon.
organization also gave local
warnings via the fire com-pany's
sound truck, while CD
announcements were also
made in Hershey Park over
the park's public address sys-tem.
Public response and compli-ance
with the warning signals
ranged from "good" in the
central portion of the town to
"nil" in outlying areas, it was
reported.
The local CD practice alert
was part of a nationwide
readiness exercise and was
preceded by a "signals only"
program on July 8 and 9 when
the sirens were sounded only
for familiarization.
School For Figure
Skaters Calls For
Tough Curriculum
Attractive young people
wearing skating costumes
have become a familiar -part
of the Hershey scene this
summer. They're youngsters
attending the Summer Fig-ure
Skating School at the
spacious Hershey Sports
Arena, where a lot of hard
HERSHEY'S Rosalie Haldeman
takes another point of instruction
from skating professional Ger-rard
Blair during sessions on the
Hershey Sports Arena ice.
work is going into the grace-ful
art of skimming about on
the steel blades.
Approximately a hundred
young skaters—both boys and
girls—are attending the nine-week
course ilk figure skating
which is directvd by Gerard
and Betty Lee Blair, Hershey
professionals. Three other
skating professionals are also
on the school "I‘culty."
Their student.—who hail
from many parts of the coun-try—
are occupied practically
the entire day with the ses-sions
in the Sports Arena, be-cause
their goal—to become
proficient figure skaters—
calls for intensive practice,
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