Hershey News 1962-11-22

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 10 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, NOVEMBER 22, 1962 No. 23
TURKEYS. Turkeys. 14,000 of them raised this year by the Milton
Hershey Poultry Farm. Averaging between 14 and 15 pounds dressed,
the White Holland and Bronze beauties will find their way to Thanks-giving
and Christmas tables throughout the area. Manager Emerson
Meashey (left) and Turkey Farm helper Clarence Cooper pet two
of the beauties shortly before they were loaded for a trip to the
Hershey Abattoir for processing. A test group of 50 toms, at 25 weeks
of _age, averaged 32/12 lbs., some weighing as much as 36 lbs.
SNOW arrived early this season in the Lebanon Valley, causing
extensive damage to trees whose foliage caught the wet and heavy
stuff with broken limbs resulting. Both the storm and its wintry
effect were short lived, but the memory of the damage to shade trees
lingers on. This Maple Avenue scene was recreated throughout the
village and township many, many times; as broken limbs cracked
and snapped under the blizzard-like burden.
lecord Christmas Club At
The Hershey National Bank
All-time record of Christmas Club
savings was accomplished by 13
million, 711 •thousand members of
Christmas Club, according to Ed-word
F. Dorset, President of Christ-mas
Club a Corporation.
The average member saved $115.00
each to total this huge Christmas
bonanza: ). billion, 573 million, 861
thousand dollars saved in some 9000
financial institutions tops the .1961
record by 4 per cent. „
Here in Hershey, khn S. Baum,
cashier of The Hershey Notional
Bank, announced that 2050 members
saved a record $229,678.50!
This is the eleventh year that club
disbursements have exceeded a bil-lion
dollars, according to Christmas
Club a Corporation surveys, and the
second year that the total has been
over a billion and a half dollars, Mr.
Dorset said.
• The 1962 total represents Christ-mas
savings in all 50 states with
New York leading, followed by Penn-sylvania,
New Jersey and California.
These four states account for some
50 per cent of the total membership
and an even higher proportion of
the dollar accumulation.
Surveys by Christmas Club a Cor-poration,
show that the total will be
used in the following woys: Christ-mas
Purchases 30 per cent, Savings
and Investment for Future Use 42
per cent,. Taxes 17 per cent, Year-end
Bills 5 per cent, Miscollar.us
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Starting this past Monday, the 1963
Christmas Club at the Hershey Na-tional
Bank was under way.
Candy Twins Visit Hershey
On Their Nationwide Tour
On a six-month tour of the Unit-ed
States during which time they
will visit 43 cities, the Candy
Twins, LaVelda and LaVona Rowe,
while in Hershey made a whirlwind
tour of the Hershey Chocolate Cor-poration
and the H. B. Reese
Candy Co.
Among other things, the twins
visit hospitals, orphanages and
other institutions to help brighten
up shut-ins.
In 1960, they were chosen as
"Miss Iowa City" a neat trick
since even the beauty contest judg-es
couldn't tell them apart.
• Born in Iowa City, Iowa, the
SWEET assignment for The Candy Twins, LaVelda and LaVona Rowe, representing the Candy,
Chocolate and Confectionery Institute, as they visit Hershey on a 6-month tour of the United
States. At H. B. Reese Candy Co., the twins toured the modern facilities, happily displayed a
block of Hershey's coating along with Robert IL Reese, chairman of the Board (left) and Harold
S. Mohler, Vice President of The Hershey Chocolate Corporation. The Rowe twins were selected
not only because they are pretty, charming and highly talented, but also because they have
bad actuat experience as salesgirls at retail candy counters.
HERSHEY CHOCOLATE • CORPORATION'S Main Office Building
Christmas decorations have been a source of local pride for many
years. !Personnel of the Engineering Department take an especial
pride in the design and erection of the electrical creations. Naturally,
many hours of preparation are required; then electricians, such as
James Gaspari (left) and Harold "Jiggs" Hamilton, don cold weather
gear, and finish actual installations. Prize assignment, of course,
Is trimming the tree that surrounds the flagpole atop the building.
Tricky trimmin' what with the wind a-blowin'.
Thanksgiving Service At
Trinity Lutheran Church
Community - wide Thanksgiving
Services will be observed at the •
Evangelical T ,itheran Church of the
Holy Trinity at 9:00 a.m.
The Ven. Kermit L. Lloyd, Rector
of All Saints Episcopal Church will
deliver the message, and the les-sons
will be read by The Rev.
Thomas W. Guinivan, pastor of the
First Evangelical United Brethren
Church.
Host pastor, The Rev. Robert M.
Lezenby will present the liturgy as-sisted
by Interne-Seminarian Thom-as
L. Delk.
Directed by Mrs. Nancy Walls,
the senior choir will present the tra-ditional
Netherlands folksong "Pray-er
of Thnaksgiving", accompanied by
organist, Miss Frances Bishop.
Sponsored by the Hershey Mini-sterium,
the annual Youth Thanks-giving
Breakfast will be held at the
Church of the Redeemer, United
Church of Christ, from 7:30 to 8:30
Following the breakfast, the young
people will attend the Thanksgiving
service.
Rowe twins attended grade school
there as well as Iowa City High
School. They then enrolled in the
State University of Iowa in the
school of Liberal Arts, majoring in
pre-med.
EDWIN F. WEAVER III
Edwin F. Weaver HI, of Her-shey,
has been promoted to
rank of full Commander in the
Dental Corps, United States
Naval Reserve.
A graduate of Harrisburg's John
Harris High School, Commander
Weaver served as an enlisted man
during World War IL He holds a
BS degree from Ursinus College
and his DDS degree from Temple
University's School of Dentistry.
During the Korean Conflict,
Commander Weaver served with
the United States Marine Corps
as a Lieutenant (jg) in the Dental
Corps, and later with the Naval
Air Transport Service.
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