Hershey News 1956-05-10

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 4 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, MAY 10, 1956 No. 19
PARENTS' WEEK-END MUSIC MAKERS — These members of the Spartans, Milton
Hershey School dance band, are shown rehearsing for their part in the Parents'
Week-End this Saturday and Sunday. Left to right they are: William Abbot, Gary
Krause, Pat Mahoney, Robert Patton and Harry Mercer.
Visitor Writes Of
Her Impressions
Of Visit To Hershey
Editor's Note—Ruth Pitts,
of Lansdowne, was very much
impressed with Hershey on a
recent visit to Chocolate
Town. She recorded her
thoughts in the following ar-ticle
entitled, "Our Visit to
Chocolate Town."
By RUTH PITTS
IT you're a typical Ameri-can
family who is always on
the lookout for some place in-teresting
for a short trip or
vacation, why not plan a visit
to Hershey, Pa., as we did so
happily. No matter where you
are coming from, you could
probably use the Pennsylvan-ia
Turnpike, at least for part
of the way. The tolls are doub-ly
worth the price because
the use of the four-lane,
smooth highways that afford
steady traveling speed and the
lack of traffic lights will put
the driver in a happy, holiday
mood.
As y o u approach this
charming town, the surround-ing
mountains, the neat farms
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Safety Patrols To
Tour Battlefield
Hershey school safety pa-trols
will be treated to a well-earned
trip Saturday when
the Hershey Optimist Club
sponsors them on a Gettys-burg
tour. The trip, climax-ing
a year's service by patrols
of Derry Twp. and St. Joan of
Arc schools, will take the boys
and girls to Gettysburg's mu-seum,
battlefield, and art mu-seum.
The first of two buses
wiil leave Hershey at 8 a. m.,
with the second following at
8:30.
The trip will be directed by
Russ Cutshall, Optimist Club
Boys' Work Chairman, who
commended the patrols for
their efforts during the school
year. "We of the Optimist
Club are very proud of the
safety patrols for their out-st
anding devotion to service,"
said Cutshall, "and this is one
way that we can say 'thank
you' for a job well done."
Scouts To Sell Flags
With such important holi-days
as Memorial Day, Flag
Day and the fourth of July
coming up, members of Her-shey
Post, American Legion,
are seeking to have Hershey
residents display the Ameri-can
flag in profusion as a
symbol of their patrioaism.
Implementing the campaign
the Legionnaires have enlisted
the aid of area Boy Scouts to
canvass residents, offering to
sell them flags at moderate
cost. Edwin C. Miller, deputy corn-
Profits from the sale will be mander of the 19th District
divided between the Scout of the American Legion, and
troops of Holy Trinity Luth- Michael Morris.
eran Church, Spring Creek
Church of the Brethren, First
EUB Church, St. Joan of Arc
Catholic Church, and Derry
Presbyterian Church. ,
Two sizes of flags, both in-cluding
staffs, will be offered.
A 3 x 5 feet flag will sell for
$6, while the standard size
flag, 4 x 6 feet, will be avail-able
at $11.
The sale is being conducted
under the co-chairmanship of
Junior College Students Win F. And M. Scholarships
A. RUSSELL SHURIG WILLIAM N. HERSHEY
SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS — Two scholarships valued
at $950 each awarded annually by the Board of Trustees of
Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, have been won by
two Hershey Junior College Students. Selection of the stu-dents
was based on scholarship, character and general abili-ty.
Each award will be continued through the final college
years of the recipient maintains a satisfactory standard of
conduct and does scholastic work of high quality.
William Nycom Hershey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Hershey, of 114 Java Avenue, and A. Russell Shurig, son of
Mrs. Mrytle Shurig of Philadelphia, are the recipients.
Hershey, a graduate of Hershey High School, Class of
1954 will pursue a pre-medical curriculum. He is a member of
the Intercollegiate Conference On Government and an Hon-orary
Member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science, and
the College Chorus. He was named to the Dean's Scholarship
list for two year achievement.
Russell Shurig was graduated from the Milton Hershey
School, Class of 1954, and as a Hershey Junior College stu-dent
was named to the Dean's Scholarship list for two year
achievement. He will major in mathematics.
SCOUT PAPER DRIVE
Boy Scouts will conduct a
paper drive in Hershey on
Monday starting at 4 p.m. Pa-pers
and rags should be left at
the curb.
PLAN BAKE SALE
The Hershey Women's Club
will hold a bake sale for bene-fit
of the Water Ballet on Sat-urday
at 10 a.m. in the club
game room.
Milton Hershey School Boys
To Mark Parents' Week-End
Upwards of 400 Milton Hershey School students will
participate in a varied program arranged for the annual Par-ents'
Week-End by the school's student Senate.
Open house will be observed on Saturday at the cottage
units at the Main, as well as at the various Farm Home units.
In addition, open house will be conducted at the Milton Her-shey
High School beginning at 6:30 p. m.
The younger boys at the
etta. "Around the Campfire"
at 2 p.m., with evening enter-tainment
centered around the
high school group.
A musical revue. "Sing
Neighbor," directed by Virgil
Alexander, and featuring the
band, glee club, the Spartan
dance orchestra, and specialty
performers will be presented
in the school auditorium at
8 p. m.
There will also be a hobby
show in Room A-111, with
over 80 exhibits of arts and
crafts made by the boys.
A special Mothers Day ser-vice
i nthe Community Thea-ter
on Sunday morning at 9
o'clock will mark the weekly
religious rites for the boys.
The balcony will be reserved
for parents and friends.
Transportation to and from
the various programs will be
provided from the Community
Inn.
The program was arranged
by a committee which in-cludes:
David Fahnestock,
president of the student sen-ate;
Perry Knouse, William
Mills, John Rosarius, William
Voit, Leon Wright and Ed-ward
McDonald.
VFW Teener Ball
Tourney Dates Set
The program for the fourth
annual National Veterans of
Foreign Wars Teener Baseball
Tourney, to be held at the
Hershey Stadium practice
field, August 20 through 24,
have been announced by Jo-seph
D. Owens, national direc-tor
youth activities for the
VFW.
In addition to providing the
playing field for the tourna-ment,
the Hershey Estates
will feed and house the young-sters.
A "kick-off" dinner at
the Hershey Community Club
dining room will get the acti-vities
under way on Monday,
August 20.
ENLISTS IN ARMY
Clarence T. Webb, Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence T.
Webb, Sr. of Hershey, R. D.
1, has enlisted in the United
States Army. Webb attended
Derry Township High School.
Hershey Musicians
Score Heavily In
State Competition
Hershey students made mu-sical
history at the state con-tests
of the Pennsylvania
Forensic and Music League
at Pittsburgh recently.
Musicians from Derr y
Township High School came
home with five "excellent"
ratings, two "superior" rat-ings,
and one "good" rating.
Arthur Mentzer was ad-judged
"excellent" in serious
declamation, the highest rat-ing
given.
In student conducting,
Mentzer came off with a "su-perior"
rating in the band de-partment;
William Nixon, an
"excellent" rating in the chor-us
division, and Doris Hein,
"good" in the chorus depart-ment.
The school's stringed en-semble
was given a "super-ior"
rating, marking the
seventh time in the last nine
years that the group was top
rated.
The brass ensemble, mixed
quartet and mixed octet re-turned
home with "excellent"
ratings.
Appointive Officers Named
By VFW Commander
Appointments made by
VFW Commander Larry Wal-lace
have been announced as
follows:
Adjutant, Joseph Sopko ;
officer of the day, Paul Het-rick,
Jr.; patriotic instructor,
William Schmehl; legislative
officer, Clarence Jefferies ;
guard, John Biogi ; post his-torian,
Robert Heagy.
Paul Hetrick, Jr., was elect-ed
to serve as trustee for two
years.
Wallace also announced
that the post is cooperating
with the Ladies Auviliary in
planning the sale of Buddy
Poppies on May 25.
New members include: Rob-ert
Miller and Wallace Briel.
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