Hershey News 1962-10-25

              RSHEY NEWS
Vol. 10 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 25, 1962 No. 21.
THE TRADITIONAL Memorial Service for Milton S. Hershey
founder of the Milton Hershey School, was held in the Hershey
Cemetery following the Homecoming Worship Service which was
held in the Community Theatre on Sunday morning, October 21.
The Memorial Ceremonies were begun by Ken Hatt (left), out-going
president of the MHS Alumni Association. The Invocation
was given by Landis R. Heller, Jr. and remarks on Mr. Hershey
were given by W. Allen Hammond (right). The services were the
closing of the thirty-second annual Homecoming of the MHS Alumni
Assn. weekend celebration.
Derry Twp. Residents Write To Dauphin
And State Boards Urging Independence
Derry Township residents turned out by the hundreds
to pledge their support of decisions made by their school
board of directors to remain independent under the state
school reorganization la*. All 1,700 residents attending the
mass-meeting in the high school gymnasium, stolid and ap-plauded
an announcement that the school board will appeal
the county's school district reorganization plan.
Following a talk by Atty. Jeffer- that short letters should be written
son Barnhart, a township school with a po,,itivo approach stating
director, reviewing the board's ef-forts
to keep the district independ-ent
and its meetings and appeals to
the county school board, John
Meszaros, chairman of the Tem-porary
Community Action c6mmit-tee,
proposed a letter writing cam-paign
to Dauphin County school di-rectors
and members of the State
Council of Education urging in-dependence
for the school district.
The purpose of said letters is to
persuade the county school direc-tors
to change their minds and
move that the district be independ-ent
of the merger with Lower Dau-phin
Joint Schools in the five-dis-trict
plan adopted on October 9. A
door-to-door campaign will begin
immedidtely asking that all citizens
of the twp. write a letter to a Dau-phin
County board member and
one to a state board member.
Chairman John Meszaros said
that "we support the Derry Twp*.
school board appeal that Derry
Twp. school district remain inde-pendent."
Hershey Halloween
Parade To Be Held
On October 30th
Scores of ghosts, goblins and
ghouls will be on parade in Hershey
when the annual Halloween Parade
will be held on Tuesday, October 30
beginning at 6:30 p.m. The parade
will also feature bands, mounted po-lice
and a drum and bugle corps.
Sponsored by the Elementary and
High School Parent - Teacher Asso-ciations
of Derry Township, bands to
march in the parade include the
Hershey High School Cadet Band,
the high school Senior Band, the
varsity band from Milton Hershey
School and the Chocolatier Drum
and Bugle Corps sponsored by the
'local VFW and American Legion
posts.
The parade will form at 6:15 p.m.
at the school plaza in front of Her-shey
High School. Registration will
begin at 5:00 p.m.
At 6:30 the parade will move to
Ceylon Avenue to Chocolate Avenue,
West on Chocolate Avenue to Mill
Road, Mill Road to Park Boulevard,
West on Park Boulevard to the
Stadium, where it will circle twice
for the benefit of the judges.
Awards donated by local mer-chants
will be awarded for the best
motorized float, best non-motorized
float, best small fry (under third
grade, most comical, most original,
best impersonation, best family
group, best non-family group, boy
and girl scouts, cubs and brownies.
A Bake Sale will be held in front
of the Hershey Department Store
in conjunction with the parade, start
ing at 2 p.m. Parents contributing
John Zerbe New Director Of Recreation
John B. Zerbe of Harris-burg,
was recently named as
director of recreation for the
Hershey community accord-ing
to an announcement made
by Arthur Whiteman, presi-dent
of the Hershey Estates:
Mr. Whiteman stated that
Zerbe's job here is a newly-created
position which will en-compass
the extensive recreation
program now in operation, plus
the program of the new Outdoor
Club, to be constructed during the
coming winter and spring.
It will be Mr. Zerbe's responsi-bility
to promote recreational and
cultural programs for all age
groups of the community.
Announcement of the new Out-door
Club and sits facilities was
made previous to Mr. Zerbe's ap-pointment
by S. F. Hinkle, chair-man
of the board and president of
the Hershey Chocolate Corporation.
Prior to accepting the new po-sition
here, Zerbe, a native of Ly-kens,
Pennsylvania, served as di-rector
of recreation for Harrisburg.
WORK HAS BEGUN on the renovation of the single story building next to the Main Office Building
at Hershey Chocolate Corporation. The renovation is designed to improve the exterior appearance
and condition of this building and to begin preparation of the building as eventual location of the
new Laboratory. Present plans call for the installation of new entrances, replacement of existing
window sash with aluminum windows, and the installation of a mechanical penthouse to house air-conditioning
equipment. The exterior renovation will continue during the winter months and will be
carried out by Ritter Brothers, Inc., of Harrisburg.
PLANNING GHOSTLY EVENTS are members of the committee for
the 'annual Halloween Parade, sponsored by the Elementary and
High School Parent-Teachers Associations. The parade, featuring
bands, a mounted police detail, floats and many costumed paraders,
will be held on Tuesday, October 30 beginning at 6:30 p.m. Left to
right are Brent Hancock, chairman of the parade committee; Mrs.
Will Johns, judging chairman, Mrs. Robert Smith and Floyd Ren-shaw,
co-chairmen of the Halloween festivities.
food for the sale should bring con-tributions
to the store at 2 pm.
Refreshments will be sold at the
Stadium.
Floyd Renshaw and Mrs. Robert
Smith are co-chairmen for the Hal-loween
festivities. Brent I Hancock
is chairman of the parade commit-tee.
Other chairman are Charles
Meunch Jr., registration; Mrs. Viv-ian
Johns, judging; Levi Filepas,
prizes and Mrs. Della Stover re-freshments.
Richard Ulrich will serve as mas-ter
of ceremonies at the judging.
Window Painting Contest
In addition to sponsoring the pa-rade,
the joint PTA's will sponsor
a window painting in cooperation
with the Hershey Department Store,
the Hershey Drug Store and the
art departments of .the Derry Town-ship
Schools. The theme of the
"Paint Show" will be "Halloween,"
of course.
Students to participate in the Hal-loween
Window Painting display will
be selected by Mr. Edward Tilden
and Mr. William Batchlor.
First, second and third prizes will
be awarded by the Dept. Store
and the Drug Store. Winners wilt
be announced at the parade on
October 30.
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY and dedication of the new Cath-erine
S. Hershey Girl's Camp took place here recently with many
Hershey residents on hand to watch the proceedings. Left to right
are Mrs. Arthur Strimble, who presented an American flag to the
camp from the American Legion Auxiliary and treasurer of the
camping assn.; Mrs. Aldo Modesto, secretary; T. R. Banks, an hon-orary
incorporator; and Lester Abel, a director and designer of the
building. The Ven. Kermit L. Lloyd gave the invocation and Jeffer-son
C. Barnhart, a charter member of the organization, gave the
address. The building is expected to be completed In November at
which time Girls' groups may begin to use it.
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