Hershey News 1958-02-20

              HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, FEBRUARY 20, 1958
HIGHEST SPIRITUAL AWARD for Boy Scouts of the Catholic faith,
the* Ad Altare Dei Cross, was awarded recently to six Scouts by
the Rev. Anthony J. Mayan, pastor of St. Joan of Arc Church. Five
of the recipients are shown-above—from left: James Nelson, Dennis
Little, Carl Piergallini, William Yakstis and Michael Barry: The sixth,
absent when the photo was taken, is Timothy Stohler. The presenta-tions
took place during charter and investiture ceremonies at St. Joan
of Arc Church on Feb. 9 in connection with National Boy Scout Week.
National Guard To Be Host
At Open House On Saturday
The Pennsylvania National
Guard's Hershey units have
. announced an open house at
their armory a t Caracas
Avenue and Ridge Road on
• Saturday, February 22. The
armory will be open to the
general public from two un-til
five p.m., when the armory
facilities, equipment a n d
training features' will be
shown.
The program is being held
to mark "Muster Day,': in
-commemoration of 'General
George Washington will° fig-ured
prominently in t h e
founding of a state militia.
The open house event will
also note, the establishment
in Hershey of the Headquar-ters,
Battery A, and the Medi-cal
Detachment of the 899th
Anti - Aircraft Artillery,
28th Infantry DiVision, Penn-sylvania
National Guard.
New Enlistees
• The National Guard also
announced that four Hershey
area men have enlisted since
the units came to Hershey.
In 'addition, two Hershey
Guardsmen were transferred
from 28th _Division Head-quarters
at Harrisburg to
Battery A at the local armory
in order to be near home.
Local area enlistees are
Earl Robert Lollo, Jr., 240
East Granada Avenue, Her-shey;
Donald C. Smith, 312
West Maple Street, Palmyra;
Samuel V. Shull, 261 West
High Street, Hummelstown ;
and-Harold H. Shull, 636 West
High Street, Humnielstown.
Harold Shull enlisted with
the rating of corporal, attain-ed
in previous military serv-ice.
.
Transferring from -the 28th
Division Headquarters to the
Hershey unit were James and
John W: Price, Jr., 135 East
Caracas Avenue, Hershey.
Rotary — 53 Years Old
The Hershey Rotary Club on
Sunday, Feb. 23, will join with its
fellow clubs around the worla (in
102 countries) in noting Rotary's
53rd anniversary.
Rotary's universal appeal is that
it offers a practical means of en-larging
one's friendships, Partici-pating
in community - betterment
undertakings, promoting high stan- A young male cocker spaniel dog,
dards in business and professional blonde in color, was found recently.
life, and advancing international The owner may call XEystone
good will and peace. 4-1894.
NAMED HONOR SCOUT of Boy Scout Troop 65 last week was Carl
Spangler (at extreme left). Carl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Spangler,
also received his Eagle badge at the ceremonies held during the Lad
and Dad Dinner of Troop 65 and Cub Pack 65 in the. Community
Dining Room Feb. 10. In the picture, left to right, are Carl Spangler;
Mrs. Spangler; Assistant District Commissioner H. Barr Snavely;
John Flickinger,' new Eagle Scout; his mother, Mrs. George Flick-inger;
Dayle Stare, 1957 Honor Scout; former Troop Scoutmaster
Donald B. Chubb; and Scoutmaster John Dodge.
HONORED for long and
faithful service as house-parents
at the Milton. Her-shey
School last week -were
Mr. and Mrs. Abram Koser
of MHS Rosemont and Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence Wenger,
MHS Longmeads. The`Kos-ers
have completed 24 years
as houseparents, while the
Wengers have 22 years of
service.
In the.
photo'
above, from
left to right, ire Mr. Koser,
Hershey Farms Supervisor
Harry W. Engle, Mrs. Kos-er,
Board of Managers
Chairman D. Paul Witmerl
Mrs. Wenger, Milton Her-shey
School Superintendent
Dr. John 0. Hershey, and
Mr. Wenger.
The Kosers and the Wen-gers
were special guests of
•honor at a recognition din-ner
held at the Milton Her-shey
School dining room at
The Main on Feb. 12. The
event was attended by the
members of the school's
Board of Managers and ad-ministrative
staff, along
with the various head
houseparents.
. MOVING UP from .Cub Scouting to Boy Scouting were
these four, boys who received their Webelos awards at
the Lad and Dad Dinner of.the Holy Trinity Lutheran
Church-sponsored Troop and Pack 65 last week. The
I "graduating" Cubs are, from left, Greg Pfirman, Paul
Flowers, Eugene Sijeski and Martin Kieffer. At left,
rear, is Cubmaster Bob Kissinger and at the right is
Scoutmaster John Dodge.
Six Boy Scouts Receive
Catholic Church Awards
Ad Altare Dei Crosses, highest
spiritual award accorded to Boy
Scouts of the Catholic faith, were
presented to six boys recently in
connection with National Boy Scout
Week activities at the St. Joan of
Arc Church.
The recipients were Dennis Lit-tle,
James • Nelson, Carl Piergal-lini,
Timothy Stohler, William Yak-stis
and Michael Barry. The honor
was bestowed on the Scouts by the
Rev. Anthony J. Mayan, church
pastor..
More than 300 Scouts and parents
attended the charter and investi-lContinued
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Boy Scout Troop Holds
Annual Awards Dinner
Carl Spangler, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl R. Spangler of 650 Cocoa
Avenue, received the Honor Scout
award of Boy Scout Troop 65 last
week at the annual Lad and Dad
Dinner held in the Community
Dining Room in connection with
National Boy Scout Week.
Also during the evening's cere-monies,
Honor Scout Spangler and
his troopmate, John Flickinger,
son of Mr. and Mrs. George Flick-inger,
received their Eagle
awards. -
Troop 65 and Cub Scout Pack
65 are sponsored by Holy Trinity
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