Hershey News 1957-10-10

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 5 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 10, 1957 No. 41
A- TIME TO •
REMEMBER..
- October 13 is a date that
should call for a pause for
reflec ikon. _
It carries a great signif-icance
here.
It was on October 13,
1945, that Milton S. Her-shey
passed away.
But his work and
achievements continue. It
has been said of Mr. Her-shey
"His deeds are his
monument; his life is our
inspiration."
It is a time to remember.
Felton Ebersole
Re-elected Fire
Co. President
Felton W. Ebersole was re-elected
president of the Her-shey
Volunteer Fire Company
at the firemen's annual elec-tion
session last week.
At the same time, Percy
Eckert was elected vice-pres-ident;
Robert Raffensperger,
recording secretary; John
S tee n, treasurer; Eugene
Gtay, fire chief; Paul Hetrick,
Sr., first assistant chief; and
Paul Willard, second assist-ant
chief.
Warren Habecker was re-
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as rus ee,
ham Sheldon Blair as chap-lain.
Elected to the House Com-mittee
were Mario Moratti,
Peter Perin and Elmer Reidel.
The installation ceremonies
will be conducted at the Nov-ember
5 meeting of the fire
company, with Clarence J.
Speicher conducting the in-stallation.
Mr. Speicher head-ed
the fund campaign which
resulted in the procurement
of the community ambulance.
The election of Gray as new
fire chief, succeeding George
Trump who was not a candi-date
for reelection, was by
way of keeping the job in the
family. Gray, who is also a
former Hershey fire chief,
and Trump, who nominated
'him for the post for the com-ing
year, are brothers-in-law.
DOUGH FROM DOUGHNUTS
The Hershey High School musi-cal
organizations — band, chorus
and orchestra—will hold a monthly
doughnut sale to cover their an-nual
expenses, starting early this
month, the school announced this
week.
The students will, offer three
types of doughnuts which will he
delivered the third Wednesday of
each month.
CASH LOST
A lost ten-dollar bill was report-ed
to the Hershey News in the hope
that the. finder is looking for. the
owner to return it. The money was
lost recently in Hershey. Contact
Hershey News.
PAPER COLLECTION
The Hershey firemen have set
Monday, October 14, as the date
for their next scrap paper drive in
the community. The pick-up crew
will begin picking up bundles from
the curbs at five-thirty p. m.
PHOTO ABOVE—Well dress-ed
young models show cloth-ing
made in the 1956-57
classes of the- Hershey Eve-ning
School. The new term is
currently under way at the
Derry Township high school
building. AT RIGHT -- Eve-ning
school printing instruct-or
Jared Horn (left) gives in-struction
to David Fox, one
of the adult students enrolled
in the course of typographical
arts.. The big enrollment of
evening school students is
pursuing a wide variety of vo-cational,
commercial, home-making,
arts and hobbies
courses, as well as standard
evening high school classes.
Add Language Class
To Evening School
A new class has been added
to Hershey Evening School
year.. Ray _Evan
director of the evening school,
announced that a class in
Russian language is now
being taught by Professor
Rudolf Sturm. The class has
an enrollment of 17 pupils.
Mr. Evans also announced
an enrollment in evening
school of 505 and that enroll-ments
are still being added
to most of the classes.
Of this number, 162 are en-rolled
for trade shop courses;
88 in the home-making divi-sion;
86 in business education;
32 in standard evening high
school; and 137 for general
education.
Known as "The School of
Opportunities," the adult ed-ucation
program is headed by
Evans, evening school direc-tor,
with Rufus K. Eby in
charge of the standard eve-ning
high school operation.
The school covers a wide
range of subjects and has
been a popular function each
year.
It is now in its twenty-sixth
year.
This year's enrollment of
505 topped last year's pre-vious
record high by five.
The courses run from Sept-ember
24 to March 27, 1958.
Hershey School Pupils
Get Chest X-Ray Exams
Two hundred and eighty-four
Eleventh Grade students
of the Milton Hershey School
received X-ray examinations
as the traveling unit of the
Tuberculosis and Health So-ciety
visited the Hershey
school on Monday.
In addition, 147 members
of the faculty, and school em-employees
were tested also.
Previously — on September
25 -- the mobile X-ray unit
h a d tested 275 Eleventh
Grade students at Hershey
High School, along with 52
faculty members and em
ployees, including cafeteria
workers.
The free chest X-rays are
part of a current concen-trated
program being con-ducted
among schools of the
area.
ALL DIVISIONS
Of The Hershey Estates
Are Open And Work Is
Available For All
Employes
Hershey Estates.
In Big NATO Exercise
Interior Communications Elec-trician
Third Class William D.
Hesse, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
D. Hesse, Sr., of 24 W. Derry Road,
Hershey, is aboard the frigate USS
Willis A. Lee which took part in
"Operation Strikeback," a large-scale
naval and air exercise in
North Atlantic waters during Sep-tember
19 to the 28.
More than 150 vessels from the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
countries participated in the 10-day
operation. "Strikeback" marks the
first time since 1953 that forces
under NATO have been engaged
in large-scale combined fleet ma-neuvers.
Nations that took part included
Canada, France, Norway, The
Netherlands, the United Kingdom
and the United States.
PTA's Committees
At Work On Plans
For Halloween
Planning was going for-ward
this week for the big
annual community Halloween
celebration, with the sponsor-ing
group, the Derry Town-ship
Parent - Teacher Asso-ciation,
putting the tradition-al
event together for 1957.
Floyd R. Renshaw, chair-man
of the planning commit-tee,
announced that the Au-tumn
festival will be held
Thursday, October 31. Events
will include the customary
Halloween parade of costum-ed
marchers and floats, fol-lowed
by a climaxing celebra-tion
in Hershey Stadium.
All persons and organiza-tions
of the community are
again invited and urged to
participate in the fun-festi-val.
Renshaw listed the PTA
Halloween celebration com-mittee
heads as follows:
Melvin Garner, judging;
Brent Hancock, marshals;
Isaiah Bomboy, properties and
grounds; Mark Henry, prizes;
Mrs. Warren Foley, refresh-ments;
Mrs. Ralph Horst,
bake sale; Charles Bikle,
dance.
Master of ceremonies at
the Stadium will be Walter
"Stuff" Douglas.
Light Music On Program
For Hershey Hi-Fl Club
The Hershey Hi-Fi Club
will be entertained next
Thursday evening, October
17, with a program of record-ed
music presented by Rikard
Duncan of the Hi-Fi Club of
the Central YMCA, Harris-burg.
The music session will be
held in the Students' Lounge,
second floor of the Commu-nity
Building, beginning at
eight p. m.
The program will consist
of light music from well
known shows and will fea-ture
Carlo Nennotti's "The
Telephone," along with other
vocal and instrumental mu-sic.
All music lovers are invited
to drop in and enjoy the pro-gram.
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