Hershey News 1961-04-27

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VA. 9 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 27, 1961 No. 9
AMONG the hundreds of 90th Birthday greetings arriving at the
Rectory of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church for Mrs. Clara E. Mayan
on April 17th were personal greetings front His Holiness, Pope John
XXIII, and an autographed picture from President John F. Kennedy,
whose 70-year-old mother is a warm personal friend. The Rev. An-thony
J. Mayan, Pastor, St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, is the fourth
of seven children. There are twelve grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren.
90th Birthday Anniversary
Observation By Mrs. Mayan
tailed this pleasant avocation for
Mrs. Mayan.
At that time, a daughter, Mrs.
Joseph P. Mahoney, came from
Danville, Pa.
'
as an emergency
housekeeper; has remained on at
the Rectory in that capacity.
Born in Williamsport, Pa., Mrs.
Mayan is the mother of Vincent L.,
of HerShey; Robert A., Danville;
Aloysius J ,'Hershey; Andrew P.,
Port Jervis, N.Y., Mrs. Francis J.
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Opening Day Of Park's 54
Season Proves The Finest
Under ideal April skies, with
temperatures reaching the high
GO's Hershey• Park opened for its
r54th 'season on Sunday, April 23,
with veteran observers announcing
the thousands on hand represent-ing
the finest opening day in the
long• history of 'Pennsylvania's
Summer PIayground".
By midafternoon, with the Na-tiokal
Bank's Time Temperature
Clock reading 69 degrees, • thou,
sands upon thousands were form-ing
a shirt-sleeved crowd both in
Hershey Park and at the Hershey
Rose Garden.
Engineer Dave Groy made the
initial run on the new Dry Gulch'
R.R. at 12:10 noon; and a sustained
interest in the colorful operation
existed throughout the afternoon
and evening.
Particularly colorful is the Dry
Gulch R.R. run after dark; with
special effects at Apache Pass add-ing
excitement to the trip.
Interest generated last season in
the Turnpike Ride continued un-abated
as young and old zoomed
around the 7-foot concrete strip.
All in all it was a wonderful day
in Hershey Park; with folks flex-ing
their out of doors muscles fol-lowing
a particularly hard and
long winter season.
Junior Academy Of Science
Al Milton Hershey School
Dr. Charles Boehm, Superinten-dent
of Public Instruction, will be
the featured speaker in the Mil.
ton Hershey School Auditorium on
wat ,IiAiA•41..
connection with the 28th Annual
State Meeting of the Pennsylvania
time of service to her family, her veterans Make Plans For Junior Academy of Science.
community, and her church as 90thMore than 130 papers and pro-birthday
wishes by the hundreds Memorial Day Observance jects will be presented at the
arrived at the Rectory meeting on April 28 and 29; the
The day • previously her entire Meeting at the Post Home of 'second consecutive year the Junior
family had visited with her, en- Memorial Post 3502, VFW, mem.lAcademy of Science has held its
joyed a big birthday cake, hers joined with representatives 0f state. meeting at the Milton Her-
Under the direction of The Rev.
Daniel J. Mahoney, a grandson,
first graders from the nearby
school visited the Rectory, pre-sented
a little skit rehearsed es-pecially
for the occasion.
Said Father Mayan, affection-ately,
"Mom, you'll outlive me"
.Special greetings arrived from
His Holiness, Pope John XXIII by
D. Vagnozzi, Apostolic Delegate to
the United States of America;
others from The Most Rev. George
L. Leech, and the Most ,Rey.
La wrenee 'Schott.
Once an ardent needleworker, an
Aries's several years ago has cur-
Some nineteen years ago, at the
age of 71, Mrs. Clara E. Mayan
joined' her son, The Rev. Anthony
J. Mayan, Pastor of St. Joan of
Arc Catholic Church, as house-keeper
at the Rectory.
A-week• ago -MoWday , 1".17/11
Mrs. Mayan coidd reflect on a life-
Hershey Post No 386, The Amer-ican
Legion and officers of the Her-shey
Italian Lodge, made initial
plans for the annual Memorial Day
Observance.
Representing the VFW were Com-mander
John S. Tuck; Past Com-mander
Ernest F. Drescher; Chap-lain
William L. Schmehl; George
Gibson. .
Coordinators for Post 386, The
Ameriean Legion, Commander Wil-liam
C. Meiser; Past Commanders
John D. Groh, John D. Emerich;
Ceremonials Committee members
Robert H. Schock, Brent I.
Hancock.
shey School.
State Director is Charles L.
I3ikle, of the Milton Hershey
School staff.
Competing for over $500 in cash
prizes are the top young scientists
of the state who have won honors
in regional Junior Academy con-tests
or Area Science Fairs; in-cluding
a special $100 cash award
from the Pennsylvania Dental As-sociation.
Following Friday night's meet-ing
in the auditorium, a dance will
be held in the gymnasium with
music provided by the Spartans
orchestra.
NUMISMATISTS by the hundreds attended the three day exhibition of the Central Pennsylvania
Coin Show in the Community Building. participating in opening day ceremonies were James N. Wagner,
general chairman; Mrs. Elizabeth Slick, New Cumberland, Secretary, of the West Shore Coin Club; Sam-uel
K. Ilinkle, President of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation; and John K. Mull, Hershey Chocolate
Corporation employee and coordinator of the event.
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INFORMING engineer Dave Croy that he was an old engine man
himself, Reading Co.'s President, E. P. Gangewere, donned a rail-roader's
cap, checked the water supply, the pressure gauge, announ-ced
that No. 1865 was ready for a shakedown run to Apache Pass. He,
other Reading Co. officials, Hershey Estates President J. B. Sollen-berger,
Hershey Park Manager George W. Bartels and friends climb-ed
aboard for a spin around the Dry Gulch R.R. line.
Medical Staff Al Hershey Hospital In Disaster Drill
Ambulances from Palmyra, Her-shey
and Hummelstown, backed
up by members of those com-munities'
volunteer firemen, will
rush patients from the Sand Beach
area to Hershey Hospital in a dis-aster
drill on Saturday morning,
April 29th.
At Hershey Hospital a full staff
will be on hand to treat the patients.
Patients will be Milton Hershey
School students from Farm Home
5B Glenview.
Coordinating the disaster drill is
Dr. L. G. Fetterman, Chairman of
the Medical Staff's Disaster Com-mittee.
Appreciation is expressed by Dr.
Fetterman a n d Administrator
Welch England for the excellent
cooperation by members of the
three volunteer fire companies and
the staff of the Pennsylvania State
Police Academy.
STERLING Silver. Roses for Dr. Paul A. W. and Mrs. Wallace
following his Conrad Weiser presentation at the National Library
Week luncheon in the Cocoa Inn. Dr. Wallace and Katherine Shippen
are co-authors of "Milton S. Hershey". Author of four other books, Dr.
Wallace is Associate Historian for the Pennsylvania Historical Mu-seum
in Harrisburg. He was introduced by Miss Eleanor G. King,
Librarian at Milton Hershey School; MC was The Rev. Kermit L.
Lloyd, Chairman of the local National Library Week Committee.
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