Hershey News 1961-07-06

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 9 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 6, 1961 No. 14
MORE THAN a thousand glimmering Airstream Trailers presented a fascinating scene between
Hershey Stadium and Hershey Airport as some 4,000 folgs from 50 states, Canada, and the District of
Columbia visited Hershey for the Fourth International Rally of the Wally Byam Caravan Club, Inc.
Saturday morning arrivals are escorted down Byam Street with Presidents' row at the right.
DR. WM. D. McCANN
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George
P. McCann, 130 West Chocolate
Avenue, Dr. William D. McCann
was graduated with a class of 167
from Jefferson Medical College,
Philadelphia, in a history-mak-ing
ceremony.
Jefferson granted its 20,000
M.D. degree to the 91st graduate
of the class and became the first
American medical college to
reach that total.
After attending Hershey High
School, he took his pre-medical
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COLORFUL opening ceremonies Fourth International Rally,
Wally Byam Caravan Club, Inc., in Hershey Stadium last Saturday
morning. The Rev. Ira 0. Reed, Pastor, Derry Presbyterian
Church (left); Colonel Frank G. McCartney, Commissioner, Penn-sylvania
State Police; J. Lee Brown, Chairman; .1. B. Solien-berger,
President, Hershey Estates; Eric Jones, Deputy Secretary,
Department of Commerce, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; J.
Aubrey Lyon, National President; James E. Bobb, Vice President,
_Hershey Estates.
degree at Pennsylvania State
University.
Ile was president of Beta Theta
Phi, editor of the yearbook, and
a member of Phi Beta Sigma
(an honorary fraternity), Alpha
Epsilon Delta, and Omicron Del-ta
Kappa at Penn State.
He will intern at the Harris-burg
Polyclinic Hospital.
Dr. McCann is married to the
former Elva Joan Shertzer, of
Union Deposit. Daughter, Betsy
is age two.
HERSHEY Junior Tennis Tournament Champions with Charles E. Hamden, Jr., coordinator
(center). Doubles runners-up, southpaw Fred George (left) and John Chanowski, of Wilmington, Del.
Hershey's Woody Bobb and Richard Curry won the doubles championship, 7-5, 6-4. George defeated,
Curry for the Junior Singles title, 6-3, 6-2. Lads competed in humid 89' temperature at Memorial
Field Courts last Saturday, in first annual tennis venture sponsored by Hershey Community Club,
Friendly, Fascinating, Fabulous Wally
Byam Caravan Rally Al Hershey Stadium
Friendly, fascinating and fabulous are the thousands
of folks in Hershey for the colorful 4th International Rally
of the Wally Byam Club, Inc.
National President of the club July 4th was "Costume Day"
is J. Aubrey Lyon, of Hemet, Cali- with a parade at 9:30 a.m., judged
fornia, who has been on the scene by John P. Meszaros, Rufus Ho!-
for several weeks working out de- linger, Miss Margaret Miller.
tails that go with a smooth-func- The activity-studded rally came
tioning undertaking such as this to a fitting climax with the Instal-rally
represents. lation Dinner in the Starlight Ball-
President Lyon has travelled room on Wednesday evening, fol-some
40,000 miles during the past lowed by a dance to the music of
year in coordinating the 4th Inter-national
Rally, which included
three trips across the country.
Duke Ellington and his Band.
California, -Southeast and Texas
took square dancing honors in the
Stadium Saturday night.
Prior to the formal opening of Iowa, New York, Ohio and South-the
Rally in Hershey Stadium on, eastern had presented unit skits on
Saturday morning, caravanners Sunday night, following a songfest
were taking special bus tours of in the Stadium, when a thunder-storm
caused an interruption. Two
remaining units were to join with
five additional units for skit pre-sentations
on Fourth of July night:
Judges were .Mr. and Mrs. Siga
J. DeAngelis, Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Ft. Spangler, and the Editor.
There was a special mass for A special "bob-tail" show by the
the Wally tyam Caravanners at famed Pennsylvania State Police
8:00 a.m. on Sunday, and an inter- Exhibition team was authorized by
denominational church service at Col. McCartney and presented on
9:30 a.m, in the Stadium. Monday at 5:00 p.m.
Golf and horseshoe tournaments More than a thousand glimmer-got
underway on Sunday following ing airstream trailers presented a
lunch, continued on Monday, and fascinating scene (above left) be-were
concluded on Wednesday. tween Hershey Stadium and Her-
A selection of a Teen Queen was shey Airport as some 4,000 folks
made on Monday evening in the from 50 states, Canada, and the
Community Theatre with Elaine District of Columbia visited Her-
Huber Long, Mrs. John Constable shey for the Fourth International
and Mrs. J. M. Shenefelt the local Rally of the Wally Byam Caravan
judges. Club, Inc.
Central Pennsylvania: Gettysburg,
Lancaster, Ephrata, Harrisburg.
Intermingled with the Unit and
Chapter meetings were special
events for all ages, starting with
the Square Dancing Contest in the
Stadium on Saturday night:
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"SISS NOCH Unvergleichlich" , "It's Still Incomparable".
Pennsylvania Dutch Days Committee in Community Building ses-sion
planning for 13th Annual Celebration of "The Original World
Famous Pennsylvania Dutch Days", August 23, 21, 25, 26, 27 in
Hershey. Carl S. Swarr, Chairman (left1, charter members Mrs.
Miles Long, Miss Ada Geesaman, Rufus K. Eby, Assistant Prin-cipal,
M. S. Hershey Jr.-Sr. High School and originator of the
Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect Class of the Hershey Evening School.
Pennsylvania Dutch Days was founded by the 1948-49 class.
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