Hershey News 1960-08-18

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 8 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, AUGUST 18, 1960 No. 17
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ARRIVAL of the Re;vding's excursion on Saturday, August 6th,
had a special significance. It was the 50th Annual Lebanon Valley
Sunday School Picnic train: 19 coaches including a baggage car, 1200
folks plus children under 5 years or approximately 1600 people on the
train, coming from Fritztown, Sinking Spring, Wernersville, Robesonia,
Newmanstown, Womelsdorf, and Richland. Signs at the Ilershey Park
entrance and on the coaches announced the special occasion.
The 50th Annual Lebanon Valley Sunday
Schools Picnic Marks A Milestone For
Hershey Park; 1600 On Reading Speciai
In this 50th Anniversary Year of the Milton Hershey
School's founding, still another milestone was reached on
August 6th. With 14 Sunday Schools in 7 communities par-ticipating.
the 50th Annual Lebanon Valley Sunday Schools
picnic was held In Hershey Park.
Participating communities included Fritztown, Sinking
Spring, Wernersville, Robesonia, Newmanstown, Womels-dorf,
and Richland.
Consisting of 19 coaches, in-cluding
a baggage car, there were
approximately 1600 people on the
Reading special. The train arrived
at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Twas
scheduled for 9:55). Departure
time was 7:30 p.m., but there was
a slight delay. This included some
400 tots under five years old.
Special signs on the coaches an-nounced
that this indeed was the
50th Annual L.V.S.S. Picnic ex-cursion.
Having looked forward to this,
their oldest picnic, Hershey Park's
officials had the welcoming mat
out for their old friends.
A special sign was erected at
the Park's entrance and the Leb-anon
Valley noted it with expres- _
sions of pride and appreciation.
Chairman Harold M. Mountz,
Robesonia, indicated that quite a
few folks who made the original
excursion also rode the 50th an-nual
excursion train.
Robert Dunkelberger, Sinking
Spring, has been active on the
committee for the past 45 years;
and L. E. Ruth has served most
of the 50 years on the committee.
Since 1949 there has more and
more been a tendency for the Leb-anon
Valley folks to ride the ex-cursion
train, according to Mr.
Mountz; the reason being that
there are so few chances for chil-dren
to get train rides.
All in all, it was a grand day in
Hershey Park for the 50th Annual
L.V.S.S. Picnic.
AMONG the 55,000 Scouts attending the fifth National Jamboree
.was F. Scott Pierce, 13-year-old son of Dr. and Mrs. F. F. Pierce,
153 W. Maple Ave. A member of Troop 203, Hershey, Scott accompan-le!
I Troop 83, Danville, Pa. Scouts from 50 states and 36 foreign coun-tries
attended the Jamboree. Scott shows his mother some of the
swap" patches he brought with him from a memorable bus trip.
Prominent Men To
Be Speakers For
Dutch Days Show
Speakers of prominence
will be heard at the 12th An-nual
Celebration of Pennsyl-vania
Dutch Days in Hershey
August 25 through 28.
Opening programs each day will
deal with all the early beliefs, cus-toms
and habits of the Pennsyl-vania
Germans.
The Reverend Pierce E. Swope,
retired, of Lebanon, will deal with
the language barrier that existed
both in the school and the home.
Pastor Swope will pinpoint the
difficulties of parents in under-standing
children when it came to
speaking "Englisch."
A past president of the Pennsyl-vania
German Folklore Society,
Dr. Arthur D. Graeff of Kutztown
College will moderate discussion
panels.
Dr. Graeff will also present il-lustrated
lectures on covered
bridges in the State.
Superstitions of the Pennsylvania
Germans will be presented by The
Reverend Luther N. Schaeffer,
STM, of Northampton, Pa.
At the outdoor church service,
the Reverend Ralph E. Starr, Wer-nersville,
will speak on "Die Alt
Schpring" or "The Old, Run."
Professor Rufus K. Eby, Assis-tant
Principal of the M. S. Her-shey
Jr.-Sr. High School, will read
the scriptures and offer prayer.
"Some Pennsylvania Dutch Dis-putes"
is the topic of the Honor-able
James F. Henninger. Presi-dent
Judge of the Court of Com-mon
Pleas of Lehigh County.
Sponsored by the Dauphin Coun-ty
Federation of Men's Bible
Classes, a service will be held in
the Community Theatre on Sunday,
August 28, at 7:30 p.m.
Speaker will be The Reverend
Dr. Raymond I. Lindquist, Pastor
of the Hollywood Presbyterian
Church, Hollywood, California.
Local Scout Returns From
National Jamboree;'55,000
Scouts From 36 Countries
Attending the fifth National Jam-boree
on a ranch north of Colo-rado
Springs, F. Scott Pierce, 13,
son of Dr. and Mrs. F. F. Pierce,
353 W. Maple Avenue has returned
home with memories galore.
A ninth grade college prep stu-dent
at Hershey Junior High
School, Scott has many recollec-tions
of the trip; highlighted by
the Jamboree visit by President
Eisenhower.
55,000 Scouts, representing all
50 states and 36 foreign countries
lined the road of approach to the
immense camping area as a guard
of honor, to the President.
Then, too, there were flyovers
by the famed United States Navy's
Blue Angels; of particular sig-nificance
to Scott inasmuch as an
uncle is a veteran flying member
of the Naval Service.
A member of Troop 203, First
Church, EUB, Hershey; Henry
Stover, Scoutmaster; Scott attend-ed
the Jamboree with Troop 83,
Danville, Pa., his father's home-town.
Scott was away 2 weeks and 3
days; 10 days on the bus trip; and
8 days at the Jamboree. The five-day
northern route return trip in-cluded
a stop at Niagara Falls.
His tent mate at the Jamboree
was Lanny Lee, Espey, Pa.
Prize swap patches include Ha-waii,
Capital area, Washington,
D.C.; Valley Forge Council; Camp
Potomac; two Explorer Patches;
and Colorado's Pork Hill Scout
Reservation,
Eleventh Community Wide Observance
Of M. S. Hershey Day Will Be Held In The
Community Threatre On Sunday, Sept. 18
In tribute to Milton S: Hershey, founder of our com-munity,
the eleventh annual community wide observance of
M. S. Hershey Day will be held in the Community Theatre
on Sunday, September 18, at 2:00 p.m.
Guest speaker will be Joseph A. Abey, President Elect
of Rotary International.
Music for the observance will be annual M. S. Hershey Day observ-provided
by the Rudie' Sinfonietta, ance in the Community Theatre.
under the direction of Robert
Rudie'.
Coordinating the observance for
the Rotary Club of Hershey are
J. B. Sollenberger, A. R. White-man,
T. R. Banks, and D. P. Wit-mer.
The M. S. Hershey Day observ-ance
is sponsored each year on a
date near Mr. Hershey's birthdate
by the Rotary Club of Hershey.
Mr. Hershey was born Sept. 13,
1857, and died Oct. 13, 1995.
Last year a capacity audience
joined in the community's tenth
Tribute was paid by the First
Lady of Scouting, Lady Baden-
Powell. Musical tribute was ex-tended
by the 40-voice Cambrian
Male Choir of Cleveland, Ohio.
In emphasizing the late Milton S.
Hershey's interest in Scouting, the
M. S. Hershey Day Committee in-vited
members of the Keystone
Area Boy Scout Council holding
the coveted Silver Beaver Award
to attend the Sunday afternoon ob-servance.
Milton Hershey himself was
awarded the Silver Beaver in 1942.
Traveling Registrars In Hershey On September 1st
Traveling registrars from the
Dauphin County Registration Bu-reau
will sit from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00
p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 9:00
p.m. at the Hershey Volunteer Fire
Company on Thursday, Sept. 1.
lectors may register at the
Registration Bureau on the ground
floor of the courthouse between
9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays
and from 9:00 a.m. until noon Sat-urd
av S.
Traveling registrars will also sit
at the Hummelstown Chemical Fire
Company on Sept. 1 from 6:00 p.m.
to 9:00 p.m.
They will be at the Conewago
Township New Elementary School
House, Route 390, on Sept. 12 from
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
On Sept. 9 - they will be at the
Union Deposit Fire Co. from 6:00 to
9:00 p. m.
FACIAL for Junior High School wing of the M. S. Hershey Jr.-Sr.
High School. Opened in 1914 as "The M. S. Hershey Consolidated
Schools of Derry Township" the red brick structure takes on a new
appearance as workers for the building cleaning firm of Elkwood Co.,
Inc., New Cumberland, Pa., apply the sand and steam cleaning process.
Stepped up renovation program indicates an October target date.
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