Hershey News 1960-08-04

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Vol:8 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUGUST 4, 1960 No. 16
Hershey Rose Garden, With Its 42,000
Rose Bushes, Now In 2nd Peak Bloom
Visitors From 42 States, 13 Countries
Hershey Rose Garden, with 42,000 rose-bushes, is now
in its second peak of bloom, according to John P. Meszaros,
Director of Horticulture for the Hershey Estates.
Over 1,000 varieties display a multitude of eye-catching
colors, types and uses.
Prompt attention to old bloom
removal, weekly pest control appli-cations
and other cultural proced-ures
all have resulted in the finest
foliage and bloom.
Visitors' comments, "Breathtak-ing",
"A Dream", "Honeymooners'
Dream", "A Walk With God", em-phasize-
the exceptional beauty of
the Garden.
Since late April, when the 30,000
tulips from forty-two states and
thirteen countries (India, It al y,
England, France, Canada, etc.)
have been awe-inspired
Both professional and amateur
photographers spend hours getting
that "best shot"
Complementing the spectacular
show of roses are the 14,000 an-nuals
which present the newest of
new annuals, the All-American
Selections and the unusual.
The Rose Garden is open daily
from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Ad-mission
and parking are free.
Full-Day Sessions Slated
For Hershey High School;
NHS Opens On Aug. 29th
Conversations to the contrary,
the M. S. Hershey Jr.-Sr. High
School will have full-day sessions
this school year.
Superintendent, Dr. L. Eugene
Jacques, indicates that Teachers'
Days will be observed on Aug. 30,
31, and Sept. 1.
Students report on Tuesday, Sept.
6. Last day of school: June 9,
1961.
At Milton Hershey School, August
26 will be observed as Teachers'
Day.
Special Sunday Services will be
held on August 28; and the boys of
MHS report on Monday, August 29.
Last day of school at MHS: June
12, 1961.
DRESS REHEARSAL for PSP Rodeo at Academy drill field.
Opened last Thursday night before 10,000 in Ilershey Stadium for Lan.
caster Auto Club picnic. Will show in Stadium on Friday, August 26,
as feature of 12th Annual Pennsylvania Dutch Days.
COLORFUL Jim Lawhead, working the Philadelphia Eagles squad
on "Camera Day?' With a crushed hat, dangling bow tie, red vest,
Levi's and suspenders, and Texas boots, energetic photog kept the
Eagles in an uproar as he worked them into desired poses. No. 0,
Bobby Gordon, first year scat back from Morgan State, runs
the pattern.
State Police Show
Goes ,On.The Road;
In:Hershey Aug. 26
Having opened the season
with a show, in Hershey Sta-dium
last Thursday night for
the Lancaster Automobile
Club's picnic, • the famous
Pennsylvania State Police Ro-deo
goes on the road. - -
Streamlined. to 15 fast-moving
acts, the rodeo will
play 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
performances in Villanova
Stadium on Monday, August
15. Rain Date is August 16.
While playing the East, the show
then moves to Bethlehem for after-noon
and evening performances in
the Stadium on Friday, August 19.
As one of the highlights of the
12th Annual Pennsylvania Dutch
Days celebration, the rodeo will
again perform in Hershey Stadium
on Friday, August 26, at 2:00 p.m.
This colorful spectacle is staged
under the direction of Major Hild-ing
C. Johnson, Superintendent of
the Pennsylvania State Police
Academy, and through the courtesy
of Col. Frank G. McCartney, Com-missioner
of the Pennsylvania
State Police.
Conceived in the late 20's as an
outgrowth of competitive field
meets between individual troops,
the rodeo has remained popular
through the years to young and old
alike.
Opening with a grand entrance,
the rodeo moves rapidly through a
fancy saddle drill, gymnastics,
trained dogs, the Academy horses,
rifle drill, motorcycle trick riding,
the "atomic" car, burning hoops,
clown balloon shooting, the human
hurdle, trick riding, aerial balloon
shooting, the spectacular motor-cycle
drill, and the colorful and
moving finale.
A Bit Of Local History Is
Uncovered At 32 Java Ave.
Home Built Back In 1911
A bit of local historical nostalgia
cropped up at 32 Java Avenue.
Gilbert Lugar, Building Mainte-nance
Instructor in Hershey Voca-tional
School, is razing the prop-erty;
formerly the home of the late
Maurice and Mrs. Koser. Maurice
was foreman on the Hershey Elec-tric's
• highwire crew • for many
_ , .
years.
Lugar found a Hershey Electric
Co. statement dated October 1,
1917: "For • Electric Current fur-nished
for month ending above
date." Emanuel Gallagher lived at
32 Java at the time.
"Present State of Meter 394,"
the statement read. "Previous
State of Meter 390.". "Consumption
Minimum K.W. Hours at 12ti Cents
$1.00".
Technological progress is ever
present. According to Hershey
Electric Co. Manager Ken Hatt,
today's 'average is three cents per
K.W.!
On the wall of the bathroom in
bold script, Lugar found: "Erected
By Marshall G. Dailey, Mar. 6,
1911, Hbg., Pa."
Then, -with some wit of the day:
"Assistant Manager. Hon. DeWalt
Trenollis Kiefer, Esq., Hbg. March
6, 1911". Then an added note:
"Hershey Store Co."
32 Java is one of the nine family
units on East Caracas and Java
Avenues which will be razed. De-cision
on the utilization of the area
has not been announced.
Skilled Craftsmen Busy Preparing For
12th Annual Pennsylvonia Dutch Days
Celebration August 25-28 In Hershey
In all areas of the Pennsylvania Dutch counties, skilled
craftsmen and craftswomen are busy preparing for the 12th
annual*Pennsylvania Dutch Days celebration scheduled for
August 25,26, 27, and 28 in Hershey.
Craft Guilds from all parts of the state are sought to
show the public how the necessities of the Nation were.
hand-crafted in the good old days.
Clanging of the anvil brings to
life the chores of the blacksmith. ment, along with other modern
Candle dipping shows to what ex- farm machinery, is exhibited at the
tent grandfather went to secure Stadium during the four-day de-night
lighting. monstrations.
Basketweaving, preparing t h e Other outdoor features include
splints from tree to basket, will be an old-time auction sale of general
re-enacted by one of the last re- antiques on Friday, Aug 26.
maining White Oak basket makers There will also be a Camp Meet-in
the country.
ing form of a Pennsylvania Dutch
Gallons of apple butter, which Church Service on Friday even-in
the dialect is known as lottwa-,ing The entire worship will be
errick" or "a lot of work", may conducted in the Dialect Dutch
been seen in gleaming copper ket-tles.
manner.
Each day prominent Pennsylvan-
Among the outdoors agricultural ians will deliver talks on the fun,
exposition will be seen the poultry foolishness and philosophy of the
displays: Chicks being hatched in early Pennsylvania German settlers
incubators; a bantam chicken and their offspring.
show; swimming barnyard fowl in On Sunday, August 28, there will
an actual pond. be a united religious service in the
The Dairy Cattle Show will again Hershey Community Theatre at
bring together more than 300 head 7:00 p.m.
of prize dairy stock. Dr. Raymonnd I. Lindquist, pas-
Boys and girls of 4H and FFA tor of the Presbyterian Church,
groups will compete with their Hollywood, Calif., will be the speak-elders
for their share of blue rib- er.
bons and cash prizes. Indoor working crafts and dis-
Hay growers compete for honors; plays are housed in the Sports
while modern hay making equip- Arena.
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OLD HERSHEY Electric Co. statement was found by Gilbert Lugar,
Building Maintenance instructor at Hershey Vocational School, when
razing 32 Java Avenue residence. Business Manager Kenneth Hatt
compares the going 121/2 cents per K.W. hour on Oct. I, 1917, with
today's average rate of 3 cents per K.W. hour.
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