Hershey News 1962-03-15

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 10 to HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, MARCH 15,1962 NO.6
HONORED GUESTS of the Hershey Rotary Club for a dinner and
an evening of fellowship were members of the Hershey Fire Crew,
Ambulance Corps, officers of the Marching Club and Fire Police
officers. The dinner was held in appreciation of the fine community
service rendered by these groups. Pictured in the photo left to right
are Paul Seavers, president of the Ambulance Corps; Percy Eckert,
president of the Fire Company; George Trump, Fire Chief; and Dr.
Ray L. Kinch, president of the Hershey Rotary Club.
Rotary Club Honors
Volunteer Workers
Speaker at a recent Rotary Club
banquet honoring the volunteer work-ers
of the community, was Col.
Edwin H. Feather, chief of the
Mobilization Planning Bureau of the
State Council of Civil Defense and
State Radiological Defense Officer.
Col. Feather spoke on "Nuclear
Radiation. Shelter Design and Con-struction,
and Decantamination."
In appreciation of their untiring
efforts and services to the commu-nity,
the Hershey Rotary Club hon-ored
the Hershey Fire Crew mem-bers,
the Hershey Ambulance Corps,
officers of the Marching Club, and
Fire Police officers. ."Our desire
was to mute the groups to an even-ing
of fellowship to show them our
appreciation for the fine cominunity
serVices in fire prevention and help-ing
the sick and injured that they
have accomplished," it was stated
by Dr. Ray L. Kinch, president of
Hershey Rotary.
Also announced recently were the
newly elected officers of the Rotary
Club, William E. Dearden, president;
Charles Miller, vice president; Robert
M. Bucher, secretary; and William E.
Landis, treasurer. Directors elected
were the following W. Royce Ward,
Virgil Alexander, Howard P. Gab-riel
and Edwin Zechman.
A SCHOLARSHIP FINALIST
William A. Keel, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. William A. Keel, Sr., of
65W. Caracas Avenue, Hershey, is
one of only nineteen Harrisburg
area finalists qualified in the Na-tional
Merit Scholarship competi-tion.
The Hershey High School
senior thus is still a candidate for
one of the scholarships awarded
annually to about 850 students.
The scholarships range in worth
from $100 to $1,500.
The Harrisburg area qualified 20
finalists last year, but only one
was named a scholarship winner
in the only national scholarship
test of its kind.
PAPER DRIVE
Hershey Fire Company will con-duct
a paper and scrap pickup
on Monday, March 19th. Rain
date is March 26. Please tie pa-pers
in bundles and place on curb
for pickup.
"Our Hearts Were Young and
Gay," a three-act comedy by Cor-nelia
Otis Skinner, will be presented
by the Junior Class of Hershey High
School on March 23 and 24 in the
high -school auditorium.
Heads State
Hall Of Fame
As President
J. B. Sollenberger, president of
the Hershey Estates, has been offi-cially
installed as the first presi-dent
of the newlk-organized Penn-sylvania
Sports Hall of Fame.
The Hershey executive assumed
the post at a recent meeting at the
Cocoa Inn when a Central Pennsyl-vania
Chapter was organized.
• Lloyd S. Blinco was named chair-man
of the district comprising Dau-phin,
Lancaster, Lebanon, York,
Cumberland, Franklin, Perry and
Adams counties. Lester Bell, of
Harrisburg, former major league
ballplayer, was named vice chair-man;
John Hopper, of Camp Hill,
a former Dickinson College athlete,
was selected secretary, and Bob
Davies, of Gettysburg, former All-
America basketball star at Seton
Hall College and pro All Star at
Rochester, was named treasurer.
J. B. Sollenberger
The Pennsylvania Hall of Fame
has been organized to perpetuate
the memories of athletes (male or
female) who have brought fame to
Pennsylvania through their athletic
prowess.
Regional chapters similar to the
Central Pennsylvania organization
formed at the recent Hershey meet-ing,
will be established throughout
the state.
HERSHEY AQUATIC CLUB members were awarded trophies for excellence in their respective
classes at the annual banquet at the Ilershey Park Golf Club. Trophy winners were — Girls —
Deedee Kunkel, Donna Paioletti, Jackie Henry, Sandy Goldberg, Debbie Griesemer and Jill Susi.
Boys — Corky Potter, Kevin Weir, Wally Gavett, Joe Solis, Joe Millikin and Butch Murray. Jack
Kelly, Jr., former U.S. Olympic sculling champion (left) was the speaker for the occasion. From
left to right rear; Rusty Owens, boys coach; Miss Cathy Lewis, girls coach; Ralph Hoar, Com-munity
Club manager, and Melvin Howell, swim teams manager.
DEMONSTRATING SKILLS learned through the local Girl Scouting
program are (left to right) Barbara Fischer, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Fischer of 334 Hockersville Rd.; Marlene Brown, daugh-ter
of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brown of 1034 E. Chocolate Ave.; Alice
Kovach, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kovach of 238 Maple Ave.;
and Carol Warrington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Warrington
of 437 Chestnut Ave. The girls, members of Senior Scout Troop No. 74,
helped with an exhibit staged by the Neighborhood Girl Scout Com-mittee
in conjunction with the National Roundup Project, "Picture
Your Home Frontier" for Girl Scout Week, March 10 to 17. Commit-tee
chairman for the event was Mrs. Edwin Zechman with co-chairman
Mrs. Leon Wrona.
Feature Clarinetist
Featured soloist for the annual
Band Nite held by the Hershey High
School Senior Band and the Junior
High Cadet Band, will be Robert
Lowery, one of America's finest
clarinetists.
Band Nite will take place on Tues-day
night, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. in
the Hershey High School Auditorium
with several choice selections from
both bands.
Robert Lowry, who for four years
has been "Concertmaster" of the
All-American Bandmasters Band,
will play several compositions, some
of which were written for and de-dicated
to him at the Bandmasters
Concert. He will be accompanied
by the Sr. Band.
Plans Are Announced For National library Week
Plans are being formulated for
the celebration of National Library
Week in Hershe? April 8 to 15. At
a recent meeting, the committee an-nounced
that book reviews for adults
and children and a poster contest
will be held in conjunction with
the national celebration.
"READ — and Watch Your World
Grow", the theme for National Li-brary
Week, will be carried out in
a poster contest for the elementary
and junior high students of Derry
Township Schools and Milton Her-shey
Schools. Also on the agenda
is a book review to be given by the
Rev. Karl Flocken, pastor of the
United Church of Christ of Hum-melstown.
The book review, to be
held in the Public Library, will be
open to the adults of the community.
Story telling and book reviews on
the latest children's books will he
given for the children of the com-munity
by Mrs. Paul Heaps, librar-ian
with the assistance of Miss Peggy
Carpenter and Miss Eve Kegerize.
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