Hershey News 1959-01-01

              society. •
Red - striped unidentified
flying object was reported
over Palmdale.
C. J. Speicher and H. M.
Spangler were, elected to the
Board of Directors of the
Hershey National Bank.
• T C• • An
Wt-eiriti—erniWee of I- e Her-shey
Telephone Company,
was honored by the Keystone
Council of Telephone Pio-neers.
Frank Bybee, Hershey
Chocolate Corporation em-ployee
and former well.known
baseball player, received the
. Hershey Lion's Club award
for outstanding community
service.
Hershey Estates Laundry
began the observance of its
fiftieth year.
February.
Thomas W. Mason was
appointed manager of the
Cocoa Inn.
M. K. Huber, retired cash-ier
of the Hershey National
Bank, was named treasurer
of, the _sixteenth annual Na-tional
'Plowing Contest and
Soil Conservation Exposition
to be held in Hershey August
21-22. '
Hershey-units of the' Penn-syjvania
National Guard held
open house at their new ar-mory
at Caracas Avenue and
Ridge Road.
Derry Township Schools
were selected to inaugurate
the use of stannous fluoride
in the dental hygiene clinic
as an aid to the prevention of
tooth decay.
• Eleven truck drivers of the
Hershey Chocolate Corpora-tion
earned the Safe Driver
Award sponsored by the Na-tional
Fleet Division of the
National Saf et y Council:
George Bomgardner, Calvin
G r o h, Harry Heffelfinger,
Oliver Hetrick, Charles Lan-dis,
Anthony Scheer, Edwin
Strohm, W. P. Yerger, Rich-ard
Deaven, Wilbur Haas and
William Rittle.
Employees of the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation es-tablished
their best plant
safety record during the year
1957, it was announced by
the National Safety Council,
placing the Corporation sev-
HERSHEY NEWS.
Vol. 7 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA,. JANUARY 1, 1959 No. 1
Review Of Old Year
Recalls Happenings
With this edition of the Hershey News, we of the
community of Hershey and friends of Hershey throughout
the area have turned another corner and have set sail into
1959.
Here, at the -Hershey News office, we have unveiled our
new calendar with optimistic anticipation of what's ahead.
At the same time, we have followed the tradition of
taking another long look at the year just behind.
Digging into the Hershey News files for the year 1957
has recalled to mind some of the happenings on the local
scene. Many of them are memorable; some have slipped back
into corners of our memory and will be interesting to recall.
In order to stimulate our recollections of 1957 we have
compiled a review of some of the year's highlights. The
review is necessarily brief arid is more or less a spot check
of the happenings, achievements and progress that marched
across the local scene.
January 1958
Mr. and Mrs. M. Luther
Haldeman, 440 Elm Avenue,
won the grand prize in the
Rotary 'Club - sponsored
Christmas Home Decorating
Contest. ,
enth national A Hershey Junior College rankings
chapter was chartered by Phi among food industries of the
Theta Kappa, national junior Hershey class.
Felix Kaspar, twice world college honorary scholastic
champion figure skater, was
signed as Hershey, Sports
Arena professional.
March
Recorded music section
was added to the Hershey
Free Library.
Hershey Farms were ac-cepted
as the largest individ-vual
farm acreage ever placed
in Pennsylvania's soil conser-vation
program.
Sixty .dog owners were
"graduated" from the Com-munity
Club's annual dog
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Home Decorating
Grand Prize Goes
To G.R. Sponaugle
The grand prize. in the 1958
Christmas home decorating contest
was awarded to G. R. Sponaugle of
115 Para Avenue after a thorough
survey of Derry Township on Mon-day
evelling by a panel of judges.
The awards program is sponsored
as a community service project by
the Hershey Rotary Club.
Other awards announced by
Project Chairman George Booth:
Best window or doorway — 1.
Harry Etter, 66 Cedar Avenue; 2.
George McClees, 360,MaPle Avenue;
3. I. J. Jeffries, 260 Elm Avenue;
honorable mention — Paul Curry,
344 Maple Avenue; and William
Saye, 352 Maple Avenue.
Best lighting display-1. Benny
Clemente, 333 West Caracas Aven-ue;
2. Richard DeAngelis, 326 West
Areba Avenue; 3. J. M. Van Scyoc,
1201 West Cherry Street, Palmyra
(Palmdale); honorable mention—
Robert K. Schelhorn, 420 Elm Av-enue;
and Alger -Gilmore, 545 East
Derry Road.
Most original display-1. Henry
Nixon, 260 East Granada Avenue;
2. Peter Perin, 218 West Areba Av-enue;
3. Richard Arnold, 366 Elm
Avenue.
Most artistic display-1. Virginia
Strawderman, 320 Governor Road;
2. Mark Iba, 225 Glen Road, Glen
Acres; 3. Harold Stohler, South
Hills; honorable mention—Blaine
Hess, 817 Fishburn Road.
Milton Hershey School units-1.
Farm 41, Maple Lawn; 2. Farm
37A, Gro-Mor and Farm 35, Pine
Hurst; honorable mention—Apple
Hurst.
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ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF 1958 IN HERSHEY was the National Plowing Con-test
and Soil Conservation Exposition, held August 21 and 22 in conjunction with the
Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Days celebration. ,The twin events were attended by
many thousands of persons from all over the nation, as well as providing an interest=
ing period of time for local area residents. Photo above shows the huge white-let-tered
"Welcome to Hershey" on Patt's Hill below the Milton Hershey School's jun-ior-
senior high school. The "welcome" sign was placed especially for the "World
Series of Agriculture" exposition and Dutch Days. A review of the past year's news
events begins in the columns at left.
94 Retired Here
During Old Your
In reviewing the year 1958, and
with the strains of "Auld Lang
Syne" filling the air, it is fitting to
ene that a total ut 91 persons
'r'ëifred from positions with the Her-shey
Chocolate Corporation, Her-shey
Estates .and the Milton Her-shey
School during the year Just
ended. The 1958 retirees, their de-partments,
and length of service:
Hershey Chocolate Corp.
January—A. W. Ginder, Bean
Dept., 28 years; Christian K. Heist-and,
Moulding, 24 years; George
M. Frazier, Moulding, 18 years;
Charles S. Dissinger, Milk Bar, 24
years; W. W. Houghton; Cocoa
Bean Purchasing, 40 years.
February—Harry D. Drescher,
Stock Room, 45 years; Edna S.
Houser, Wrapping, 32 years; *Ar-vel
G. Deppen, Moulding, 26 years.
March—Mabel E. Spancake, Tin
Can, 34 years; Frank Eisenhauer,
Longitude, 24 years; Nazzareno
Gaspari, Plow Room, 26 years;
Howard U. Swope, Lebanon Cream-ery,
5 years. •
April—Charles S. Shertzer, Steel
Rolls, 30 years; Julius C. 'Lowe,
Longitude, 38 years; Domenico Di-
Cola, Steel Rolls, 34 years. .
May—Ray A. Curry, Printing, 28
years; John A. Blanch, Printing,
41 years; Frank DeSantis, Wrap-ping,
24 years; Irvin N. Schwenck,
Steel Rolls, 38 years; James F.
Shifflett,• Shipping, 13 years; Jo-seph
Cialone, Condensing, 29 years;
Francesco Elmi, Hulling, 36 years;-
George Eisenhour, Moulding, 39
years..
June-7C udio Cappelli, Plow
Room, 28 years; Angelo Pollini,
Longitude, 35 years; Arthur E.
Stone, Moulding, 24 years; Edward
B. Zulick, Milling,"38 years.
July—H. E. Woody, Sales, 36
years; A. C. Muscheid, Sales, 36
years; F. A. Perkins, • Sales, 25
years; Archie D. Gruber, Printing,
42 years; Albert Ferretti, Condens-ing,
32 years; Samuel G. , Eshle-man,
Wrapping, 26 years. .
August—Mabel M. Lingle, Central
Files, 51 years; Robert C. Bowman,
Moulding, 33 years; W. G. Van
Scyoc, Sales, 21 years.
September—Ben F. Sisson, Sales,
27 years; E. B. Lewis, Accounting
Office, 38 years; E. N. DesJardins,
Sales, 26 years; John H. Deck,
Shipping, 14 years; Ada B. Espen-lCuithsited
is rage row).
NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS brought a visit from
Santa Claus for the youngsters at the Milton Hershey
School's Caaba Cottage at the-Main. Photo above shows
Bobby Nelson in a man-to-man talk with the genial
red-suited gent during the boys' Christmas Eve party.
Twelve boys were guests of honor at the party at the
cottage, attended also by 20 adults, including visitors
and members of 'the school staff and faculty. The fun
• and festivity were highlighted by holiday season re-freshments
and the distribution of gifts. (Photo: Grant
Custer)
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