Hershey News 1958-12-18

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 6
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HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DECEMBER 18, 1958
shey's.churches in varied services,
pageants and programs_
Christmastime events in six
No. 51
Christmas Services Being
Held In Hershey Churches
- The religious festival of Christ- Church Of The Brethren
mas is being observed in Her- At the Spring Creek Church of
the Brethren, a Candlelight Carol
Service was held last Sunday, with
music by the choirs and with con-churches
were reported in this gregational singing. The service •
publication last week, and the sea- was planned by Paul G. Fisher,
sonal celebrations in other church- minister of music.
es are covered in the following On Sunday morning, December
paragraphs: 21, the Senior Choir will present a
Church W The Redeemer program of appropriate music, as-
The Rev. Glenn Rader, pastor sisted by the Junior Choir. The
of the Church of the Redeemer, Senior Choir is directed by Mr.
United Church of Christ, will de- Fisher, while Mrs. Evan Grove
liver the Christmas sermon at the directs the Junior Choir.
10:30 service on Sunday, Decem- The Rev. Dr. J. Herbert Miller,
her 21. . church pastor, also announced that
On the same day, the church will the Junior High Department will
hold its Carol-Service at 7:30 p. m., present a play on Sunday evening,
when the Senior, Junior and Cher- December 21. The play, under the
ub Choirs will sing carols of many direction of Mrs. Harold Ebersole,
nations. I will be entitled "Why the Chimes
• A - Candlelight Service will be , Rang." Taking part will be the
held on Wednesday, December 24, Youth Choir, directed by Edwin
at 8.p. m., with music by the Sen. i Beaver. At the conclusion, the Jun-ior
and Junior Choirs and a brass ior High Dept. will hold a tea for
quartet. members and parents.
At the 10:30a. m. service on
Sunday, December 28, a Prepara-tory
Service will' be held, and the
following Sunday, January 4, the
Holy Communion will be conducted
at 10:30 a. m.
Rev. Rader also announced that
the Men's Brotherhood of the
church is holding a sale of Christ-mas
trees on the church lot on Fri-day
and Saturday of this week.
St. Joan of Arc Church
The Christmas observance at St.
Joan of Arc Catholic Church will
be highlighted by a Solemn High
Mass at midnight on Christmas
iijLas announced by the ljtev.
Mayan, pastor— or the
church.
The midnight mass Will be pre-ceded
by a half-hour of Christmas
The church's Melody Choir will
hold its Christmas party on Friday,
December 19, and on December 20
the Homebuilders Class will pack
and deliver cookies to shut-ins.
On Christmas Eve, the members
of the Youth Fellowship will go
caroling.
Previously, the church held its
Christmas Family Night on Decem-ber
12, with Mr. and Mrs. Richard
King as host and hostess. The
event included a covered dish meal, •
special music and carol singing, a
film, and treats for the children.
Hospital Medical Staff
Elects Dr. J. M. Keifer
music by the St. Joan of Arc Church The Hershey Hospital
Choir, under the direction of An- Medical Staff held its annual An-thony
Gerace. Miss Regina Pronio
will be the organist. meeting on Monday, Decem-
Christmas Day Masses will be her 8, highlighted by the elec.-
conducted at 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 a. tion of officers.
m., and at 7 p. m. Elected staff president was
James M. Keiter, M.D., of
Campbelltown.
D. Lee Backenstose, M.D.,
Hershey, was elected vice-president,
and Raymond R.
Curanzy, M.D., Palmyra, was
reelected to the post of sec-retary-
treasurer.
The General Practice Sec-tion
of the medical staff met
also, and elected Frank F.
Pierce, M.D., of Hershey as
chief of the section..
Residents Reminded Of
Siren Warning System
ALWAYS FASCINATING IS THE OLD FASHIONED CHRISTMAS TREE and yard
at the Hershey Museum, shown here being arranged for the season by (from left)
Carlton Hoffer, Ned Light and Mrs. Richard Light. Only the tree itself is new — all
decorations, yard figures and other articles, toys and games are relics of yesteryear.
Mrs. Light and her aides are shown as they placed an antique toy train under
the tree. The train, propelled by steam and fueled with alcohol, is still operating aft-er
73 years.
The tree is decorated with popcorn and cranberry streamers, home made snow
and paper and glass balls. The yard set contains old cast metal animals and people,
and around the train track are various houses, a church, railroad station, and a farm-house
with barn and fence. The items in the display were donated to the Museum by
- a number of area residents.
Music Festival Is Christmas Season Event
The story of Christmas was
told in music in memdrable
fashion here on Monday eve-ning
when the music depart-ment
students of the Derry
Township Schools presented
their annual Christmas Music
Festival in the Hershey Com-munity
Theatre.
Miss Jane I. Emel, Paul G.
Fisher and Elwyn F. Spangler
directed the music organiza-tions
of Hershey Junior Col-lege
and Hershey High School
in the excellently arranged
program.
The young musicians and
vocalists gave pleasing per-formances
in all phases of the
festival, and the presentation
was well received by the large
audience. The musical Christ-mas
tribute was conducted
from a stage well and imagin-atively
arranged with appro-priate
scenery, and with effec-tive
costuming.
One of the highlights of the
music festival was the ap-pearance
of Marie Mellman
Naugle, well known concert
harpist, with the 'Hershey
High School Chorus in "A
Ceremony of Carols" by Ben-jamin
Britten, a rn odern
treatment in medieval style.
The evening of Christmas
music opened with an organ
prelude by Karl Eby Moyer,
and the chorus processional,
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring."
The combined choruses Of
Hershey Junior College and
Hershey High School joined
effectively to present Bach's
"0 Rejoice, Ye Christians,
Loudly," and "Go Tell It on
the Mountain."
Greetings on behalf of the
schools were brought by
George D.- Lange, high school
principal.
Following the words of wel-come,
the Junior College
Chorus sang "On That Christ-mas
Morn," "The Holy and
the Ivy," and "The Angel's
Song," with JoAnn Johnson,
violinist, and Gretchen
Aungst, cellist.
The String Ensemble ap-peared
in the presentation of
"Variations on a Polish
Carol," by Ades, "What Child
Is This?" "Bring a Torch,
Jeanette, Isabella," with
Marena Tighe as soloist, and
the traditional favorite, "Si-lent
Night."
Male voices then took over
as the Boys' Quartet sang
Hoggart's "Three Christmas
Carols." •
The High School Chorus, di-rected
by Elwyn Spangler,
presented Britten's "A Cere-mony
of Carols," .with Marie
Mellman Naugle, concert
harpist, as guest soloist.
A Brass Ensemble gave its
instrumental interpretation .of
Holmes' "A Christmas Sere-nade,"
followed by a carol
sing.
The many instruments of
the High School Orchestra
then blended to p r -e sent
"Three Songs for Christmas",
the popular "Santa Claus Is
Coming to Town", and Mous-sorgsky's
"The Great Gate of
Kiev," and the Girls' En-semble
appeared in Irving
Berlin's .mode rn favorite,
"W hit e Christmas," and
"Gesu Bambino".
The finale was the famous
"Hallelujah Chorus," by Han-del.
The participating organiza-tions
and their directors were
the Hershey Junior College
Chorus, Paul G. Fisher; Her-shey
High School Girls'
Chorus, Paul G. Fisher, Her-shey
High School Chorus, El-aCentlimi
at Page Fier)
Fire company and Civil Defense
officials this week issued a remind-er
concerning the siren signal sys-tem
for Derry Township.
In order to eliminate confusion,
it was pointed, out that the follow-ing
system of signals is in effect
here:
Six "rounds"of the sirens —
means a fire.
One "round" — means it. is 12
Vclock (noon) on Saturday. (The
one "round" signal also 'signifies
the time of fire company meetings
each month.)
ANY. OTHER SIGNAL sounded
by the sirens is an air raid, or air
raid drill signal.
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