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HERSHEY NEWS Vol. 10 ® • • *HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DECEMBER 6, 1962 No. 24 - VARICOLORED decorations create a warm Christmas scene at the East End's entrance to the Hershey Chocolate Corporation. This night shot by photographer Bob Warrington shows the entrance and the decorations on the east side of the Engineering and La-boratory building. Folks entering Hershey from the east on Choco-late Avenue are afforded an excellent Christmas panorama, what with the decorated trees and homes along the Avenue. Highmeadow Camp To Be Opened Next May R.,.cogruirtg the growing interest In family camping, ten acres of meadowland adjacent to the Swa-tara Creek two miles northwest of Hershey has been designated as tie Hershey Highmeadow Camp. With complete facilities for tent camping, the site is ideal for the family that enjoys the freedom from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, yet is within easy distance of the summer playground of Pennsylvania. Campsite facilities, with 50 sites on the 10-acre location, include tables, flush toilets, showers and firewood, with fishing and boating available on the nearby Swatara Creek., The cost will be $2.00 per family per night. The new tenting site, which will be opened May 1, 1963, is situated a short distance from the intersec-tion of old Route 422 and Route 39 (the Airport Road west) near the Reading Railroad's underpass. An attractive map has been pre-pared for distribution to tenting enthusiasts, indicating that the sea-son will be from May 1 through September 30. Postmaster Urges Early Mailing For Christmas Postmaster Men W. Seavers said today, "Right now is the time to start your Christmas cards and gifts on their way." Postmaster Seavers also suggests, "Be sure to send your Christmas cards by FIRST CLASS MAIL, us-ing the attractive NEW 4c CHRIST-MAS STAMPS. It's especially important to in-clude your return address on every Christmas card envelope." Your local office will remain open all day for service on Satur-day, December 15th. 1*01 — • ss.,~ookr- GOING UP for the last time, the familiar plastic Christmas decorations were installed at the famous Chocolate crossroads by Eugene Gray (on top of ladder) and Allen R. Bohr. Procured for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Hershey, the decorations will give way to progress what with new street lights planned for Choco-late Avenue. By coincidence, Bohr also assisted in erecting the 50th Anniversary decorations. Christmas Party For The Hetirad Hershey Employees Retired employees of Her-shey will be honored at the annual Christmas Party to be held at 6:00 p.m., on Monday, December 17, in the Hershey Community Building.' Letters of invitation have been mailed to the retired employees by S. F. Hinkle, Chairman of the Board and President of Hershey Chocolate Corporation; Arthur R. Whiteman, President, Hershey Es-tates; and James E. Bobb, Chair-man of the Board of Managers, Milton Hershey School. "One of the mRst inspiring times of the year, the Christmas Season, is fast approaching," read the letters, and continued: "With this season comes an invitation for you to be our guests at the annual party held in your honor. It is a time when we look forward to renewing our acquaintances and friendships of many years standing." The invitations- indicate that the retired employees will enter the Community Building through the Community Theatre entrance on Caracas Avenue. The lot directly across the street will be available for parking. Following dinner, a program in the Theatre has been planned. The scheduled events should be com-pleted about 8:45 p.m., the letters point out, so as to assist the re-tired employees to make transpor-tation arrangements. Postal cards were enclosed with the letters, and are to be returned by December 7; so that tickets and additional information abOut the evening's activities can be sent to the retired employees. Concluded the letters: "We sin-cerely hope you can arrange to be with us. The party presents an ex-cellent opportunity for all of us to share the fellowship of dinner and entertainment with lif e-long friends." Hospital Has Switchboard Installation The Hershey Hospital, through the facilities of the Hershey Tele-phone Company, has recently re-vised and expanded hospital tele-phone facilities. A new switchboard, manufac-tured by Automatic Electric, was installed. This board has a capacity of twenty trunk lines with a maxi-mum of one hundred hospital sta-tions. At present, the equipment is being utilized with ten trunk lines and approximately fifty hos-pital stations. For the convenience of patients, telephones have been installed in each •patient room and patients may dial directly any numbers in the Hershey local calling area. An automatic dial system has been incorporated so that hospital personnel may dial various de-partments within the hospital. At the same time, a paging sys-tem was installed. PATIENCE and technical know-how on the part of photographer Bob Warrington resulted- in this excellent shot of the Chocolate Corporation Office Building's Christmas Decorations. Using a Speed- Graphic, Bob took a daylight shot around 4:30 p.m., (1/25 at 1/8) then took the lights around 5:15 p.m. (2 min. at 1-32) on Plus-X film. Congratulations on a fine double exposure, Bob. CHRISTMAS GIFT Fight TB With Christmas Seals 4.10,,,,MINMel.n.neurNeW,,,,, NEW SWITCHBOARD and paging system at the Hershey Hospi-tal. Administrator Welch England and operator Mrs. Jane (Warner) Curry demonstrates the Automatic Electric equipment. Telephones have been installed in each patient room and the patients may dial directly any numbers in the Hershey local callig area. The new pag-ing system, with the microphone conveniently situated for the oper-ator, has been highly praised by the hospital's staff and professional personnel. Hershey News Comm. Bldg. Hershey, Pa. BULK RATE PAID U. S. POSTAGE HERSHEY. PA. Perm it No. 3
Object Description
Title | Hershey News 1962-12-06 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). |
Date | 1962-12-06 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
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Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
Title | Hershey News 1962-12-06 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). |
Date | 1962-12-06 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | HERSHEY NEWS Vol. 10 ® • • *HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DECEMBER 6, 1962 No. 24 - VARICOLORED decorations create a warm Christmas scene at the East End's entrance to the Hershey Chocolate Corporation. This night shot by photographer Bob Warrington shows the entrance and the decorations on the east side of the Engineering and La-boratory building. Folks entering Hershey from the east on Choco-late Avenue are afforded an excellent Christmas panorama, what with the decorated trees and homes along the Avenue. Highmeadow Camp To Be Opened Next May R.,.cogruirtg the growing interest In family camping, ten acres of meadowland adjacent to the Swa-tara Creek two miles northwest of Hershey has been designated as tie Hershey Highmeadow Camp. With complete facilities for tent camping, the site is ideal for the family that enjoys the freedom from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, yet is within easy distance of the summer playground of Pennsylvania. Campsite facilities, with 50 sites on the 10-acre location, include tables, flush toilets, showers and firewood, with fishing and boating available on the nearby Swatara Creek., The cost will be $2.00 per family per night. The new tenting site, which will be opened May 1, 1963, is situated a short distance from the intersec-tion of old Route 422 and Route 39 (the Airport Road west) near the Reading Railroad's underpass. An attractive map has been pre-pared for distribution to tenting enthusiasts, indicating that the sea-son will be from May 1 through September 30. Postmaster Urges Early Mailing For Christmas Postmaster Men W. Seavers said today, "Right now is the time to start your Christmas cards and gifts on their way." Postmaster Seavers also suggests, "Be sure to send your Christmas cards by FIRST CLASS MAIL, us-ing the attractive NEW 4c CHRIST-MAS STAMPS. It's especially important to in-clude your return address on every Christmas card envelope." Your local office will remain open all day for service on Satur-day, December 15th. 1*01 — • ss.,~ookr- GOING UP for the last time, the familiar plastic Christmas decorations were installed at the famous Chocolate crossroads by Eugene Gray (on top of ladder) and Allen R. Bohr. Procured for the 50th Anniversary Celebration of Hershey, the decorations will give way to progress what with new street lights planned for Choco-late Avenue. By coincidence, Bohr also assisted in erecting the 50th Anniversary decorations. Christmas Party For The Hetirad Hershey Employees Retired employees of Her-shey will be honored at the annual Christmas Party to be held at 6:00 p.m., on Monday, December 17, in the Hershey Community Building.' Letters of invitation have been mailed to the retired employees by S. F. Hinkle, Chairman of the Board and President of Hershey Chocolate Corporation; Arthur R. Whiteman, President, Hershey Es-tates; and James E. Bobb, Chair-man of the Board of Managers, Milton Hershey School. "One of the mRst inspiring times of the year, the Christmas Season, is fast approaching," read the letters, and continued: "With this season comes an invitation for you to be our guests at the annual party held in your honor. It is a time when we look forward to renewing our acquaintances and friendships of many years standing." The invitations- indicate that the retired employees will enter the Community Building through the Community Theatre entrance on Caracas Avenue. The lot directly across the street will be available for parking. Following dinner, a program in the Theatre has been planned. The scheduled events should be com-pleted about 8:45 p.m., the letters point out, so as to assist the re-tired employees to make transpor-tation arrangements. Postal cards were enclosed with the letters, and are to be returned by December 7; so that tickets and additional information abOut the evening's activities can be sent to the retired employees. Concluded the letters: "We sin-cerely hope you can arrange to be with us. The party presents an ex-cellent opportunity for all of us to share the fellowship of dinner and entertainment with lif e-long friends." Hospital Has Switchboard Installation The Hershey Hospital, through the facilities of the Hershey Tele-phone Company, has recently re-vised and expanded hospital tele-phone facilities. A new switchboard, manufac-tured by Automatic Electric, was installed. This board has a capacity of twenty trunk lines with a maxi-mum of one hundred hospital sta-tions. At present, the equipment is being utilized with ten trunk lines and approximately fifty hos-pital stations. For the convenience of patients, telephones have been installed in each •patient room and patients may dial directly any numbers in the Hershey local calling area. An automatic dial system has been incorporated so that hospital personnel may dial various de-partments within the hospital. At the same time, a paging sys-tem was installed. PATIENCE and technical know-how on the part of photographer Bob Warrington resulted- in this excellent shot of the Chocolate Corporation Office Building's Christmas Decorations. Using a Speed- Graphic, Bob took a daylight shot around 4:30 p.m., (1/25 at 1/8) then took the lights around 5:15 p.m. (2 min. at 1-32) on Plus-X film. Congratulations on a fine double exposure, Bob. CHRISTMAS GIFT Fight TB With Christmas Seals 4.10,,,,MINMel.n.neurNeW,,,,, NEW SWITCHBOARD and paging system at the Hershey Hospi-tal. Administrator Welch England and operator Mrs. Jane (Warner) Curry demonstrates the Automatic Electric equipment. Telephones have been installed in each patient room and the patients may dial directly any numbers in the Hershey local callig area. The new pag-ing system, with the microphone conveniently situated for the oper-ator, has been highly praised by the hospital's staff and professional personnel. Hershey News Comm. Bldg. Hershey, Pa. BULK RATE PAID U. S. POSTAGE HERSHEY. PA. Perm it No. 3 |
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