Hershey News 1963-07-11

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 11 .ozvaiwo HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 11, 1963
NEWLY ELECTED Governor of District 739 of Rotary International
is W. Allen Hammond, a niember of the Hershey Rotary Club. Dis-trict
739 is composed of 38 clubs. Mr. Hammond, pictured here with
William E. Dearden, (left) retiring president of the Hershey Rotary
Club and Charles Miller, (right) incoming president, was the prin-cipal
of Milton Hershey School until his retirement in 1959. He has
served as president of the Hershey Civic Club, district chairman of
the Boy Scouts of America and as committee chairman of the Uni-ted
Fund. He is also a past president of the Hershey Rotary Club.
Rotary Celebrates 20th Anniversary
Hershey Rotary Club observed
the 20th anniversary of their Chart-er
Night at a recent Ladies Night
held at the Hotel Hershey. Over
one hundred members and guests
were present at the affair.
William Dearden, retiring presi-dent,
and Charles Miller, incoming
president, presented scrolls to each
active charter member of the club
present at the dinner-dance. They
were D. Paul Witmer, Harold Her-shey,
George Bartels, George
Lange, W. Allen Hammond and
Robert Reese.
Other charter members are:
Thomas S. Black, James E. Bobb,
A. G. Breidenstine, Carl T. Britton,
Ernest G. Brown (deceased), Har-ry
C. Chubb, John J. Daniel (de-ceased),
James DeAngelis (deceas-ed),
Thomas A. Eagan (deceased),
Harry L. Erdman, Joseph Gassier,
A. T. Heilman (deceased), Harry
N. Herr (deceased), John L. Hos-ier,
Raymond H. Koch, Earle H.
Markley, William B. Miller (de-ceased),
W. F. R. Murrie (deceas-ed),
John B. Sollenberger, Wayne
D. Stettler, Edwin S. Wagner (de-ceased),
J. Atlee Young and
Charles F. Ziegler (deceased).
Officers of the club at its incep-tion
on June 14, 1943 were John B.
Sollenberger, president; Carl T.
Britton, vice president; W. Allen
Hammond, secretary; and D. Paul
Witmer, treasurer. Directors in-cluded
Harry L. Erdman, Harry N.
Herr and Edwin S. Wagner. Ray-mond
H. Koch was sergeant - at -
arms and honorary member of the
club was M. S. Hershey.
This year's contingent of officers
includes: Charles H. Miller, presi-dent;
Robert M. Bucher, vice pres-ident;
William E. Landis, secre-tary;
John H. Krell, treasurer; and
directors, Lawrence C. Burris,
Kenneth V. Hatt, Ira 0. Reed and
Edwin F. Weaver.
Reese Candy Co.
Has Merged With
Hershey Corp.
Mr. Samuel F. Hinkle, Chairman
of the Board and President of the
Hershey Chocolate Corporation, an-nounced
that on July 2, transactions
were completed for a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Hershey to acquire the
business and net assets of H. B.
Reese Candy Company and Reese's
real estate affiliate, Reeco, Inc.
Hershey's subsidiary has taken the
name "H. B. Reese Candy Co., Inc."
and will continue the Reese business
of manufacturing and selling choco-late
covered peanut butter cups.
Officers of the new corporation
are: Samuel F. Hinkle, Chairman of
the Board; Robert H. Reese, Presi-dent;
Harold S. Mohler, Vice Presi-dent;
George D. McClees, Vice
President; William E. Schiller, Vice
President and Treasurer; and Rich-ard
L. Uhrich, Secretary.
The officers will also serve as
directors of H. B. Reese Candy Co.,
Inc., and will be joined as directors
by William E. Dearden, Products
Manager of Hershey Chocolate Cor-poration
and Samuel A. Schrecken-gaust
of the law firm of McNees,
Wallace and Nurick.
It was also announced by Mr.
Hinkle that Robert H. Reese has
been elected as a member of the
Board of Directors of the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation.
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POUNDING THE TURF at the Hershey Track are these entries in
the July 6 Penn-Mar Pony Racing Circuit Meet. Some of the fastest
ponies in the United States were featured in the races sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Pony Breeders Association, Inc.; Maryland Pony
Trotting Association; and the York-Adams County Pony Trotting
Association. All the ponies are registered Shetland Trotters. The
Shetland Sweepstakes Race will be held at the Ilershey Track on
August 4.
Field Service Students To Arrive Here
Thirty - seven American Field
Service students representing nine-teen
countries will arrive by bus
in Hershey on Saturday, July 13 to
spend three days as the guests of
the Hershey Rotary Club and be
hosted by families residing in
Derry Township.
These students are enroute from
a year in American communities as
members of families in the com-munities
and students at the local
Little Theatre Group To Be
Hershey Community Center an-nounces
the formation of a Little
Theatre Group. The first session is
scheduled for Monday, July 15 at
8 p.m. in the Little Theatre of the
Community Center, with Anthony
Arms of Harrisburg, serving as di-rector.
A. A. U. Junior Olympics Scheduled For Park Pool
Hershey Park Pool will be the
scene of the A. A. U. Junior
Olympics to be held on August
9 and 10.
Sponsored by the Hershey
Aquatic Club and the Hershey
Communty Center in conjunction
with the 60th Anniversary of
Hershey, the Junior Olympic
Swim Meet will bring to Hershey
approximately 1,500 swimmers
from the Middle Atlantic A. A.
U. District.
An age group meet, the Olym-pics
will feature the 10 and under
and 12 and under races on Fri-day,
and the 14 and under and 17
and under on Saturday. Time
trials will be held during the
morning and afternoon with final
meets scheduled each evening.
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CHAMPIONS of the 13th annual Hershey Invitational Senior Drum & Bugle Corps Competition
sponsored by the American Legion Post 386 and the Hershey Chocolatiers Drum and Bugle Corps,
were the Buccaneers of Reading, Pennsylvania, who are pictured above during the judging. The
Buccaneers were runners-up in last year's competition. Capacity crowds watched the five champ-ionship
corps perform at the stadium last Saturday night. They finished in this order: Buccaneers;
Archer Euler "Musketeers," Upper Darby; "Rockets," Pittsburgh; Carver "Gay Blades," Newark,
N.J.; and "Esquires," Westmoreland. Exhibition performances were put on by the "Belles" or
Saint Marys, an all-girl corps from Gloucester, New York and the Hershey Chocolatiem
Formed By Comm. Center
Forty young people and adults
have indicated an interest in the
theatrical group.
Community residents are urged
to come and develop their latent
dramatic talents. There will be ad-ditional
opportunities for participa-tion
in all the various aspects of
play production.
high school, to Washington, D. C.,
where President Kennedy will re-ceive
them. From Washington they
will go to a final meeting which
will include all of this year's Amer-ican
Field Service students. The
students will return to their own
countries following this final meet-ing.
During their stay in Hershey,
host families have arranged for
visits to nearby points of interest
and on Monday, July 15 the group
will be the guests of the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation for a plant
tour. Following the plant tour, the
Milton Hershey School film "A Liv-ing
Heritage for Boys" will be
shown to the students. At noon
they will be the guests of the Her-shey
Rotary Club for luncheon
after which they will leave Her-shey
for Washington, D. C.
Community Center Announces Guest Privilege Rates
The recent announcement by the
Hershey Community Center of its
new rates and inclusions has
prompted questions by many affili-ates
concerning guest use of the
facilities and rates applicable
thereto.
Guest privileges will continue to
be available for affiliates of the
Center and their guests. Members
may bring one guest per month
and a guest is limited to one visit
per month. In the case of extended
visits by guests to the home of an
affiliate, special arrangements
may be made with the Director of
Recreation for extended guest
privileges.
The rates for guest privileges
are as follows:
Week Days
Sat., Sun.
Special
Swimming — Under 18 $1.00 $1.50
18 and over $1.50 $2.00
Golf (Juvenile) — Under 18 $1,50 \ $2.00
18 and over $2-00 $2.50
Tennis (Club) — Under 18 $ .50 $1.00
18 and over $1.00 $1.50
Game Room — All Ages $ .50 $ .75
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