Hershey News 1961-04-13

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 9 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 13, 1961
SPEAKER at the April meeting of the Business and Professional
Women's Club in the Community Building's Dining Room was Miss
Elizabeth S. Johnson, Director of the Bureau of Women and Children,
Department of Labor and Industry. Program chairman, Mrs. Lorna
Sylvester (left), Miss Johnson, Donna Kaylor, recipient of the BPW
outstanding achievement award last summer; and Miss Laura Pelle-grini,
President. Miss Johnson is a member of the Harrisburg Chap-ter
of BPW.
Hershey Park Ope ns Its 54th Season;
'Ice Circus Presented In The Arena
Hershey Park opens. its 54th season on Sunday, April
23, at 12:00 noon and will remain open every day thereafter
excepting on Mondays. Opening time for week-days is 1:00
p. m. and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at 12:00
noon. -
Maynard Ferguson and his Or-chestra
will open the Starlight Ball-room
on May 13, and the Swimming
Pool will open on May 27. , -
Featured froni the Band -Shell-on
opening day will be Bob Harry and
His Orchestra from 2:00 to 4:00 and
7:00 to 9:00 p. m.
Meanwhile "Ice Circus," a gay
and colorful ice skating show, will
be .presented by The Hershey Fig-ure
Skating Club in the Sports
Arena, Friday, April 14 at 8:00
p. m. and Saturday, April 15 at
1;15 p. m.
Featuring a cast of over 200 ama-teur
skaters, the "Ice Circus" is pro-duced
and directed by Felix Kaspar,
twice the world's figure skating
champion, and skating professional
for the Hershey Figure Skating
Club and the Sports Arena.
.He is assisted in the production
by Miss Lois Thomson, former Aus-tralian
National Champion.
Featured guest skaters are Otto
and Marie Jelinek, North American
Pair Champions and Bill McLachlan
and Virginia Thompson, North
American Dance Champions.
"Ice -Circus," under the sanction
of the U. S. Figure Skating Associa-tion,
is dedicated to the memory of
the United States team who lost
their lives in the plane crash at
Brussels.
One-third of the profits derived
from "Ice Circus" will be donated
to a national scholarship fund which
has been established to their mem-ory.
Tickets are $1.50 for adults; and
$1.00 for children and students.
Beautiful Hershey Park, the
"Summer Playground Of Pennsyl-vania,"
has 1,000 acres of fun for
every member of the family, with
free picnic tables and facilities and
plenty of free parking.
In addition to the highly popular
Turnpide Ride and the new Dry
Gulch R.R., the Park offers the
comet, carousel, pretzel, skooters,
cuddle-up, twin ferris wheels, mill
chute, the bug, the whip, aerial
joy ride, miniature railway; two
funhouses, penny arcade, and a big
kiddieland.
PAPER AND SCRAP
Members of the Hershey Volun-teer
Fire Co. will conduct a paper
and scrap pickup on Monday, April
17. Raindate is Monday,. April 24.
Papers should be bundled, tied and
placed on curbs for pickup.
off
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FOR. MANY years the Feed Mill was a landmark on the Hershey
scene. Inoperative for several years, the building is to be razed. Stras-burg
Wrecking Co. personnel in Amish garb are on the scene, under the
watchful eyes of bossman Amos F. Esh, a colorful individual. Reno-vated
portion of the building, housing the Hershey Estates Farm and
Dairy supply center and the offices of the Farm Division of Milton
of course, remains on the site. Hershey School,
Diversified Display For
Coin Show In Social Room
A diversified display of monies
will be exhibited at the Central
Pennsylvania Coin Show in the
Community Building Social Room
April 14, 15, 16.
The show will be open from 9:00
a.m. to 11:00 p.m, on Friday and
Saturday and from noon. until 6:00
p.m. on Sunday.
Sponsoring the show are the Her-shey
Coin Club, the Harrisburg
Coin Club, and the West Shore Coin
Club.
N o. 8
Post Office Building To Be Razed; New
Limestone And Brick Structure Planned
John Stapf Companies, Harrisburg, is the successful
bidder for construction of a modern post office building for
Hershey. Razing of the present facility and construction of
the new post office is expected to begin immediately, with
completion due November 1, 1961.
Over the past week-end the
700 Pints Of Blood Given postal facilities were shifted to
temporary quarters in the former
In Corporation's Program Exhibition Building situated on Park
Avenue's "Bowling Alley Hill," op-
James N. Wagner, general chair- Since the Employees' Blood posite the entrance to Hershey Park.
man of the free event, said that Donor Program was inaugurated Of limestone and brick construe-collections
of United States Gold at the Hershey Chocolate Corpora- tion, plans include the razing of
and Silver coins, paper currency, Lion in September 1956, some 700 the present structure and the erec-
Civil War tokens, proof and mint pints of blood have been donated; tion of the new facility on the pres-ent
site:
The new-one story building will
provide some 5,000 square feet of
interior space (approximately
double the present capacity), an
outside loading platform, and
ample hard-surfaced spade' for
parking and truck maneuvering.
Specifications include new mod-ern
lighting and equipment, air-conditioning
throughout the struc-ture,
and a low, 20-foot open
patron-service counter.
Two distinct areas will be pro-vided
in the large service section
of the new building; with provi-sions
made for patron service after
regular business hours.
The new facility is made avail-able
through the Post Office De-partment's
unique Commercial
Leasing Program whereby the
buildings remain under private
ownership while leased to the Fed-today,
may save your life to- eral Government; and hence lo-morrow.
,cal real estate taxes will be paid.
sets, odd and curiousmonies will be
on display.
Numismatists from a wide area
of Central PennSylvania are ex-pected
to attend the show; ar-ranged
by officials of the three
sponsoring clubs to demonstrate
the scope of the hobby.
Quite successful with the first
show in 1960, the group this year
expects dealers from seven states
and Canada.
Derry Township Schools To
Observe An Open House
M. S. Hershey Jr.-Sr. High School
open house on Monday, April 24,
7:30 to 9:00 p.
Included are the M. S. Hershey
Foundation Gymnasium: the modern
Language Laboratory in Room 202
at the High School Building, and
the completely renovated Junior
High School Building.
.Construction, fixtures, the archi-tects'
feta, bond-and local counsel's
fees, contingencies and the like
amounted to $400,000 for the renova-tion
of the Junior High School wing.
Members of the Derry Township
School Building Authority: James
E. Bobb, Chairman, Oliver W.
Swartz, Vice Chairman; George D.
McClees, Secretary. John S. Curry,
Treasurer; Ilarold S. Mohler, As-sistant
Secretary and Assistant
Treasurer.
INVITATION
Officials of the M. S. Hershey Jr.-
Sr. High School have extended an
invitation to boys of surrounding
school districts who are interested
in .pursuing .a .vocational .school
course to meet in the Vocational
Building Study Halt at 8:30 a.
on Monday, April 17. Boys who will
be in the 10th grade for next school
term are eligible. •
30,000 Tulips In Hershey
Rose Garden Begin Bloom
John _P. Meszaros,. Director of
Horticulture for the Hershey Estates
indicates that "weather" or not the
30,000 tulips in the Hershey Rase
Garden Will begip their show of
color April 22.
Preceeding them are the 65 varie-ties
of narcissus and 25 varieties oT
hyacinths which will beckon to the
flower lovers. '
Twelve varieties of tulips shown
for the first time in the United States
are but a fraction of the 380 varie-ties.
Every color, bicolprs blend, shade
and tint is represented by the 18
types of tulips.
The blooming period extends
through May 21 by careful selection
of the Fosteriana, Single and
Double Early, Darwins, Cottage,
Lily Flowering, Parrot, Peony, Dar-win
Hybrids, Triumph and others.
Of special interest will be beds
designed as Windmill, Dutch Wood-en
Shoe and a Tulip Flower.
Visitors have ample free parking
areas and can share all this beauty
at no cost each day from 8:00 a. m.
to 7:00 p. m.
with approximately 360 employees
participating in this volunteer en-deavor.
When John A. Biagi, World
War It veteran of the U. S. Marine
Corps, and an employee of the
Sheet Metal Department donated
a pint of blood on March 22, it
represented the 14th pint donated
by Biagi since the program was
started.
His log reads something. like
batting statistics of his favorite St.
Louis Cardinals or the VFW Little
Leaguers whom he coaches in the
Community Club's summer base-ball
program.
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
employees who are interested in
participating in this program
should contact Allen M. Huber,
Employment Supervisor, in the
Personnel Department.
Remember, the blood you donate
RECEIVING congratulations from S. F. Hinkle, President of the filer-'
shey Chocolate Corporation, is Sheet Metal Department employee John
A. Biagi (right), who recently donated his 14th pint of blood since
September, 1956. Employed since August 6, 1940, Mr. Biagi served
with the United States Marine Corps during World War II and has
first-hand knowledge of the value of those who voluntarily donate
blood for the Employees Blood Donor Program. , _
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