Hershey News 1962-07-05

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 10 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 5, 1962 No. 14
LONG AND FAITHFUL service with Hershey Estates is represented in this group picture taken
at a recent farewell gathering at the Hershey Country Club honoring J. B. Sollenberger, upon his
retirement as president. The affair was, hosted by Ilershey executives and departmental officers and
managers. Representing 181 years of service are Lloyd S. Blinco, general manager of the IIershey
Sports Arena and Park (30 years), George W. Bartels, director of recreation and amusements (46
years), J. B. Sollenberger, retiring president 48 years), Herb Mitchell, former Hershey hockey coach
and now head scout (28 years) and Harry Chubb, former Hershey Theatre manager now on special
assignment (29 years).
Hershey Estates President
J. B. Sollenberger Honored
Fifty-six Hershey Estates mana-gers
and officers of the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation, the Hershey
National Bank, the Hershey Trust
Company and the Milton Hershey
School honored retiring Hershey
Estates President John B. Sollen-berger
at the Hershey Country Club
last Wednesday'aight.
Spoken tributes were presented by
Arthur Whitman, representing the
Bank and Trust Company; Hershey
Vice Presidents James E. Bobb and
Theodore R. Banks; Samuel F.
Hinkle, Chairman of the Board and
President of the Hershey Chocolate
Corporation; Dr. John 0. Hershey,
Superintendent of the Milton Her-shey
School, and Wallace R. Mayer,
Secretary and Treasurer of the Her-shey
Estates.
Guest Speakers were: The Rev-erend
Paul Kehrn, Pastor of the
United Church of Christ, Fleetwood;
and The Reverend Harry Kehm,
Pastor of the United Church of
Christ, Allentown.
A surprise gift from the group, a
tape recorder which recorded the
entire affair, was presented to Mr.
Sollenberger by Mr. Whitman.
Also, in celebration of the occas-
Hershey Was The Scene Of Largest
Governors' Conference In History
A lavish extravaganza intermixed
with politics and key government
issues made the 54th annual Gov-ernor's
Conference a most memor-able
one with 50 of the membership
of 54 governors present including
governors from the Virgin Islands,
Guam and Samoa.
Souvenirs of all types and sizes
were presented to each of the gov-ernors
as a reminder of this record
convention. Included in the gifts
they r eceived were electric
watches, Pennsylvania Dutch cook-books,
books on Amish and Men-nonite
life, radios, and a model civil
war cannon made in York.
The Pennsylvania State Police
ion, Mr. Sollenberger was presented
with a beautiful scroll signed by
each of the men with the present-ation
being made by Ken Hatt. It
read: "John B. Sollenberger. We
thank you for many pleasant asso-ciations
throughout the years and
extend to you our best wishes for a
very pleasant retirement. February
22, 1914. June 30, 1962." The crea-tive
artist was Clyde P. Stacks of
the Milton Hershey School Staff.
put on an excellent show the first
day of the convention. The evening
of the first day of the convention
was topped with a private dinner
at the Park Golf Club.
One of the highlights of the con-ference
was a trip to Gettysburg
where the Governors were enter-tained
by former President Eisen-hower
and his wife at their Gettys-burg
farm and taken on a tour of
the famous Gettysburg Battlefield.
In addition, the Governors stopped
at the Hotel Yorktowne for a dinner
of breast of chicken on a slice
of ham.
Festivities on Monday, July 2
included a "Pennsylvania Dutch
Night" at the Starlight Ballroom
with all the Governors getting a
taste of the "seven sweets and
seven sours" plus other famous
Pennsylvania dishes.
The final day before they moved
to Philadelphia for the Indepen-dence
Day Celebration with Presi-dent
Kennedy as the principal
speaker, a State Dinner — a formal
black tie affair — was held in the
Sports Arena with roast pheasant
on the menu.
PROFESSIONAL GOLFING stars Ed Furgol and Lew Worsham meet with Governor
Paul Fannin, of Arizona, during the special Sports Night program presented during
the Governors Conference at the Hotel Hershey on Sunday night. The program was
arranged and presented by Sports Illustrated and Time, Inc. The golfing greats pre-sented
exhibitions of their skill with a series of shots during the evening program
which presented. nationally renow,ned.arvI, world-famed sports celebrities, past and
present, to the governors.
J. B. Sollenberger Retires
The retirement of John B. Sollen-berger
as president of Hershey Est-ates
concluded an active career of
nearly a half-century of loyal and
distinguished service with the Her-shey
organization.
It started in a humble beginning
in February, 1914, and climaxed
with his recent retirement as chief
executive after 47 years, 4 months
and 6 days of devoted service in a
lifetime career of achievement.
Progress and expansion have
marked the numerous and varied
operations embraced within the
scope of Hershey Estates, and the
retired executive's personal intro-duction
s, efforts, direction and
supervision played a key, role in that
expansion, particularly within the
past thirty years.
Among the numerous operations
introduced and developed into high-ly
successful ventures are the skat-ing
and ice hockey programs.
The present spacious Hershey
Sports Arena is a monument to the
success of that 30-year-old venture.
The general expansion has also
brought major professional football,
basketball, baseball and golf, as well
as high grade amateur and college
sports to Hershey over the years.
Much of that phase of the general
expansion can be credited to the re-tired
executive as a sports enthus-iast
who also believed in the role
they could play in the general prog-ress
that has highlighted his long
and diligent association with Her-shey
Estates.
He has been president of the
American Hockey League and still
heads the league board of governors
as chairman. He is an executive of
the big 33 football operation, and
holds directorships in Ice Capades
and International Ice Attractions,
Inc.
His immediate future plans in-clude
some traveling with Mrs.
Sollenberger, but he will retain and
maintain his Hershey residence in
retirement.
Arthur R. Whiteman Named
New Pres. Of Hershey Estates
Mr. John B. Sollenberger, retir-ing
President of the Hershey Es-tates
and• other Hershey compan-ies,
announced that at the Direc-tors'
meetings held on Thursday,
June 28, Mr. Arthur R. Whiteman
was elected as President of the
Hershey Trust Company, the Her-shey
National Bank, the Hershey
Estates and its subsidiaries.
Succeeding Mr. Whiteman as
Vice President of the Hershey
Trust Company, is Mr. Samuel F.
Hinkle, Chairman of the Board and
President of the Hershey Chocolate
Corporation. Mr. John S. Baum,
Cashier, assumes the additional of-fice
of Vice President of the Her-shey
National Bank formerly held
by Mr. Whiteman.
• In addition to the above, three
persons in the Hershey National
Bank were advanced to the posi-tions
of Assistant Cashiers and As-sistant
Secretaries. They were
Fred D. Hesse, Hayes H. Reilly,
and Robert D. Sheaffer.
In the Hershey Trust Company,
Mr. Joseph S. Gumpher, Treasurer,
was elected to the additional offices
of Secretary and Trust Officer,
having served heretofore as assist-ant
in these latter positions. Mr.
John T. Shuey will serve as As-sistant
Secretary, Assistant Treas-urer
and Assistant First Officer.
Carl W> Scheetz was named as As.
sistant Secretary in addition to his
duties as Assistant Trust Officer.
A graduate of Milton Hershey
School, Mr. Whiteman was the first
recipient of Alumnus of the Year
Award, given annually to the out-standing
.alumnus of the school. He
was graduated from the Business
College and American Institute of
Banking and entered he employ
of the Hershey Trust Company on
September 3, 1924 as a clerk.
Mr. Whiteman became treasurer
of the Truit Company on January
4, 1934; director, secretary and
Trust Officer of the Trust Company
on May 11, 1939; and Vice Presi.
dent on July 26, 1956.
Married to the former Helen Jane
Muth of Hummelstown, Mr. White-man
has one son, Arthur, Jr., 23
years old. His son is employed by
the Philadelphia National Bank.
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