Hershey News 1962-02-01

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Vol. 10 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, FEBRUARY 1, 1962 NO. 3
OPEN HOUSE at St. Joan of Are Church is being observed Monday‘through Friday from 4 to 9 p.m.
and Father Mayan, the pastor, has extended a most welcome 'invitation to visit the New Church.
Construction on the New Church was begun in September, 1960 and the Laying of the Corner Stone
took place in .June of last year. The dedication of the Church will take place-ow-MemortarThereatay •
30th, which is also the Feast of the Patroness of the Parish. In the meantime, the Church will be
used to accom&date the members of the parish with Sunday and weekday Masses and all devotions.
A Record .297,240 Visitors' Toured Hershey Plant In 1961
Another record high has been set
in the Visitors' Department of the
Hershey Chocolate Corporation it
was announced this week by Mrs.
Verna Stoltz, hostess.
This year's record showed a total
of 297,240 persons were guided
on the plant tour designed to ac-quaint
the public with the chocolate
processing and manufacturing
methods. The previous high mark
was established in 1960 with a total
of 231,206 visitors touring the plant.
The month:by-month figures "for
1961, as compiled by Mrs. Stoltz
include: January 1,704; February
1,080; March 2,841; April 9,697; May
21,908; June 44,147; July 56,594;
August 112,104; September 22,217;
October 17,913; November 5,845;
and December 1,190. -
Annually, the biggest influx of
visitors comes during the month of
August, when the Pennsylvania
Dutch Days are celebrated in the
Hershey area. This year 112,104
persons passed through the Visi-tors'
Lobby in this single month.
Forming the regular Visitors' De-partment
staff •are Mrs. Stoltz as
hostess, Jean Yingling, Prudence
Melly, Martha Feidt, Shirley Con-rad
and Joyce Mione. This group
is augmented by local girls during
the summer vacation months.
During the past year, the Visi-tors'
Dept. took on a new look.
Displays depicting the origin of
raw materials - and manufacturing
process of chocolate products were
installed in the beautifully redec-orated
rooms.
READY TO TOUR The Hershey chocolate Plant under the capable guidance of Mrs. Prudence Melly
are the following: Pam Ebling of Hershey; Albert Giglio and Joe 'Arcudi of Connecticut; Carolyn Gerhart
of Hershey; and Gerald Alan Perffeto and Mrs. Patricia Perfetto of Reading. These visitors are but a
few of the many persons who annually make the to ur of the Hershey Plant. In 1961 a record high of
297,240 passed through the newly redecorated Visitor's Department that features displays depicting the
origin of raw materials and manufacturing process of Chocolate Products.
First Mass In St. Joan Of Arc Church On
Sunday; Dedication On Memorial Day;
An Open House Invitation This Week
The Most Reverend George L. Leech, D. D., J.C.D., Bis-hop
of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, has an-nounced
that he will celebrate the First Mass in the New St.
Joan of Arc Church on Sunday, February 4th at 7:30 a. m.
He will be assisted by Rev. Daniel J. Mennitti, Vice-Chan-cellor
of the Diocese and Rev. James A. LaCross, Secretary
to Bishop Leech. The priests of the Parish will offer Masses
at 9, 10:30 and 12 o'clock and this same schedule, together
with the 7:30 Mass, will be maintained every Sunday in the
future.
Construction on the New Church
was begun in September, 1960 and
the Laying of the Corner Stone took
place in June of last year. The
exterior is built of Foxcroft stone,
trimmed with Indiana limestone.
The roof is a mixture of green
and gray Vermont slate. A large
statue of St. Joan of Arc, carved
mit of limestone, stands on the
canopy above the front doors with
an enormous stained glass window
as a background. The Main Altar
is the focal point of the interior
of the Church. It has been set
in a large imposing background
of gold mosaic forming a reredos
upon which is superimposed a
large Crucifix carved of Belgian
marble with the corpus of white
Carrara marble. Above the Cruci-fix
is an arched Baldachino of
gold anodized aluminum with a
glass mosaic soffit: The gold
mosaic reredos is decorated with
white ileur-Lie-its, symbolic of St.
Joan or Arc and France. Four
other Marble Altars adorn the
Sanctuary of the Church.
The main altar is formed of
Alps green marble with a yellow
Sienna mensa. The center of the
altar has been decorated with
symbols of the Holy Eucharist
carved in white marble. Roman
Travertine marble wainscot deco-rates
the walls of the Church above
which is a light green colored sand
finished plaster. The windows are
rich stained glass carrying out the
theme of the Kingdom of Christ
and shields of St. Joan of Are. The
ceiling is acoustical tile and the
floors are of terrazzo marble laid
in an interesting pattern of dif-ferent
colors to bring into proper
relation the brilliant colors of the
altars, walls, windows and ceiling.
Walls of the Baptistry and vestibule
are covered with Travertine
marble, the Baptismal Font, Pul-pit
and Holy Water Fonts, are fash-ioned
of Verde Green Marble.
The dedication of the Church will
take place on Memorial Day, May
30th, which is also the Feast of
the Patroness- of the parish. In
the meantime, the Church will be
used to accommodate the mem-bers
of the parish with Sunday and
weekday Masses and all devotions.
Father Mayan, the pastor of St.
Joan of Arc Church, has announced
an open house the week of January
29th, Monday through Friday, from
4 to 9 p.m., when all interested
persons will be most welcome to
visit the New Church.
National Dental Health Week To Be
Observed In Hershey February 4 to 10
In conjunction with National
Children's Dental Health Week,
February 4 to 10, the Dental Study
Group, composed of dentists of
Annville, Hershey, Highspire, Hum-melstown
and Palmyra, have been
conducting a poster contest for
elementary students up to and in-cluding
sixth grade. Prizes of $15,
$10 and $5 will be awarded to stu-dents
_with the best posters, ac-cording
to Dr. Thomas Backen-stose.
The dental group is coordinating
the contest with the art teachers of
the prospective schools, who will
serve as the judges. A $25 Savings
Bond will be awarded as the grand
prize. Derry Township Elementary,
St. Joan of Arc and Milton Hershey
School are participating in the con-test.
Purpose of the contest is to stim-ulate
interest in good care of the
teeth.
In cooperation with the local den-tal
societies, The American Dental
Association will present a program
to be shown on WGAL. Channel 8
in Lancaster on Tuesday, Febru-ary
6 at 8:30 p.m. The film will
feature Henry Fonda in "The Fam-ily."
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