Hershey News 1960-07-07

              HERSHEY NEWS
HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 7, 1960 No. 14
ALL ABOARD. Now veterans of mosquito bites, skinned elbows, knees
and legs; their arms and legs tanned; their spirits high; rmd their
singing voices in loud range; Brownies, Girl Scouts and leaders depart
the Women's Club for Camp Sweet Arrow an a big Thursday of activity.
Rain interfered with final exercises last Fri.y. Overnight campers got
an extra thrill last Wednesday night: Thunder and lighting added to the
atmosphere of Camp Sweet Arrow along meandering Swatara Creek
north of Hershey Cemetery.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Affirms
Decision: Work Stoppage At Hershey
Estates Was A Strike; Not A Lockout
The Pennsylvania State Supreme Court, on June 30,
1960, affirmed a previous decision by the State Superior
Court that the work stoppage which started at the Hershey
Estates on September 16, 1957, and ended October 12, 1957,
was'a strike and not a lockout.
On May 23, 1960, the case of Her-shey
Estates •vs. Local 464 of the
American Bakers and Confectionery
Workers, Hershey, Pa., regarding
the 1957 work stoppage was heard
by the Supreme Court of Pennsyl-vania.
The question was whether the work
stoppage was a "strike" or a -lock-out."
In the opinion of the Court, these
were the significant facts. The
Union offered to have the employees
stay on the job on a day to day ba-sis
under the pre-existing terms and
conditions of employment..
This offer, made about five hours
prior to the expiration deadline of
the existing agreement, was reject-ed
by the Employer. The evidence
clearly establishes, the Court point-ed
out, that such an offer was un-reasonable
under the circumstances.
"It must be kept in mind that the
Hershey Estates consists mainly of
service industries, i.e., a hotel,
laundry, department store, com-munity
inn, etc. The nature of these
industries is such that it would be
almost impossible to operate them
adequately on a day to day basis.
There was, therefore, more than
enough justification under these cir-cumstances
for the Employer to take
the position that it would be imprac-tical
to operate such service estab-lishments
on a twenty-four hour ba-sis."
•"We conclude, therefore, that the
work stoppage in the instant case
was caused by the claimants them-selves,
and the disqualification for
unemployment benefits contained in
S402 (d) thus comes into operation."
In. effect, since the work stoppage
was a strike and not a "lockout,"
the "strikers" were, therefore, not
eligible for unemployment benefits.
According to the laws of the State
of Pennsylvania, this constitutes a
final decision.
Travel Abroad
Offered Through
Hershey Rotary
A year of study abroad as
a Rotary Foundation Fellow
is the exciting possibility for
some student from Deny
Township, Harold S. Mohler,
president of the Rotary Club
of Hershey has announced.
Applications are now being ac-cepted
by the Rotary Club for the
fellowship, which includes all
transportation, education and liv-ing
expenses for the 1961-62 aca-demic
year.
Applications for the Rotary Fel-lowship
may be made only by stu-dents
whose permanent residence
is in Derry Township, and should
be made to Dean Varnum Fenster-macher,
Hershey Junior College,
Hershey, Pa,
Candidates must be single and
between 20 and 29 years of age.
They must have a college Or uni-versity
degree (or they must now
be in their junior or senior year),
a record of high scholastic stand-ing,
and a thorough knowledge of
the language of the country in
which they propose to study.
They must have the ability to
make friends easily, be vitally in-terested
in world affairs, and pos-sess
an instinct for leadership.
The applicant selected by the Ro-tary
Club of Hershey will com-pete
for the Rotary Fellowship with
applicants selected by the other
clubs in this district, which is coin-prised
of 38 Rotary clubs in the
Pennsylvania counties of Adams,
Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster,
Lebanon, Perry, and York.
Deadline for the receipt of ap-plications
by the local Rotary Club
is August.
HAPPY VACATION
Hershey Chocolate Corporation's
President, S. F. Hinkle, issued the
following bulletin to employees be-fore
the Plant closed for its annual
two-weeks vacation period:
"The warm summer months are
once again upon us. For most of
you it is vacation time, a period
when thoughts of rest and relaxa-tion
are uppermost in your minds.
"The past twelve months have
been eventful ones; now the im-portant
thing is to change your
daily mode of living and find re-freshment
and enjoyment during
the next few weeks.
"Your company sincerely wishes
you a happy vacation and I would
like to add my good wishes for a
pleasant time and a safe return on
July 11."
Contracts Awarded For The Renovation
Of M. S. Hershey Junior-Senior High
School; $400,000 Bond Issue To Bank
Complete renovation of the Junior High School wing
and replacement bf the stair tower in the Senior High School
wing of the M. S. Hershey Junior-Senior High School is un-der
way.
Half of the work is to be completed by October 31, 1960;
the remainder will be finished by February 1, 1961.
The School Board appointed a
five-man authority to obtain the
necessary funds in the amount of
$400,000, -which includes the cost of
construction, fixtures, the archi-tects'
fees, bond and local counsel's
fees, contingencies and the like.
At a joint meeting of the Derry
Township School Board and the
Derry Township School Building
Authority on June 21st, the entire
bond issue of $400,000 was sold to
The Hershey National Bank.
Sale of the tax-exempt bonds was
negotiated on an average interest
rate of 3.45% over a period of six-teen
years. The bonds are callable
without premium.
It was pointed out that there
will be a savings to the taxpayers
of Derry Township because of the
elimination of the additional ex
pense which would have been in-volved
in a public offering.
Derry Township School Building
Authority: James E. Bobb, Chair-man.
Oliver W. Swartz, Vice Chair-man.
George D. McClees, Secre-tary.
John S. Curry, Treasurer.
Harold S. Mohler, Assistant Secre-tary
and Assistant Treasurer.
Local Counsel: William H. Saye.
Bond Counsel: Rhoads, Sinon &
Reader, Ilarrisburg. Financial Ad-visor:
Ira Haupt and Company,
New York. Trustee: Hershey Trust
Company. Architects: Akers & Ev-erhard,
Harrisburg.
At a joint meeting of the Derry
Township School Board and the
Derry Township School Building
Authority on June 28th, the bids for
the electrical portion of the con-struction
were opened publicly.
Contracts were awarded for the
complete renovation of the interior
of the Junior High School wing of
the M. S. Hershey Junior-Senior
High School:
General Construction — Lambert
and Intreri, Harrisburg, $228,021.
Electrical — General Electrical
Service Co., Harrisburg, $26,043.
Plumbing — G. R. Sponaugle and
Sons, Harrisburg, $19,478. Heating,
Ventilating and Air Conditioning—
G. R. Sponaugle and Sons, Harris-burg,
$69,465.
CHANGING TIMES. Superintendent of the Derry Township
School District, Dr. L. Eugene Jacques stands on the west end
steps of the Junior High School wing of the M. S. Hershey Junior.
Senior High School. When interior renovations are com-pleted
by February 1, 1961, this familiar landmark to thousands
of Derry Township students will give w:vr to modernization.
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Permit No. 13
A 200TH ANNIVERSARY KISS was the theme of the Hershey Estates-Hershey Chocolate Con.
poration float in the Palmyra Bi•Centennial Parade. Pretty Jean Wolgemuth threw goodwill kisses
to thousands who lined the long -parade route for neighboring Palmyra's big moment. Cool breezes
on June 2„ith added to the enjoyment of the parade.
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