Hershey News 1961-01-05

              HERSHEY NEWS
HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JANUARY 5, 1961
GRAND PRIZE winner in the annual Home Christmas Decoration
Contest, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Hershey, were Mr. and Mrs.
Ray W. D. Hiestand, 408 Elm Avenue. Beautiful pink trees occupied
the windows with crystal lights causing an unusually beautiful effect.
Especially attractive was the spotlighted doorway, a white spot set-ting
off the home. Supervising the installation was Mrs. Hiestand
who would have preferred a colored spotlight; but settled for the
plain spot when the desired type was unavailable.
New Officers For Hershey
Hospital's Medical Staff
Newly elected President of the
Hershey Hospital Medical Staff is
Raymond R. Curanzy, M.D., of
Palmyra, who has been Secretary
of the Medical Staff for the past
four years. He is a graduate of
the University of Maryland.
Active in the Iferphey ,llospital
Medical Staff for many years,
Wayne D. Stettler, M.D., of Her-shey,
a graduate of Boston Uni-versity
Medical School, is Vice-
President elect
Secretary-Treasurer for 1961 is
Harold H. Engle, M.D., of Pal-myra.
Dr. Engle, a Temple Uni-versity
graduate, has been active
in Palmyra and Lebanon County
Medical circles for the past 15
years.
Chairman of the General Prac-tice
Section is James M. Keiter,
M.D., of Campbelltown.
He is a graduate of the Uni-versity
of Pennsylvania Medical
School and is Past President of the
Hershey Hospital Medical Staff.
A Record 231,206 Persons
Toured The Plant In 1960
New records at the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation's Visitors
Department were established again
last year as 231,206 persons toured
the plant.
This was an increase of 25,224
over 1959; when a record 205,982
persons visited the plant.
As usual, the month of August
again taw a record set: 81,434 vis-itors,
against a record 61,101 in
August, 1959.
In review: January, 1,902; Feb-ruary,
1,465; March, 1,334.
With the arrival of Spring and
the thousands of school children
who visit Hershey, the figures in-creased:
April, 10,226; May, 19,-
776.
June is Rose Time in Hershey,
and 36,370 persons visited the plant.
Although the annual two-weeks
employees vacation closes the
plant to visitors, the Visitors De-partment
remained open and 46,-
370 visited the department in July
September, 16,001; October, 11,-
640; November, 3,546; and Decem-ber,
1,142.
Hostess Verna Stoltz and guides
Prudence Meily, Shirley Conrad,
Winners Awarded For
Decoration Of Homes
This year's Rotary Home
Christmas Decoration Con-test
Grand Prize was award-ed
to Mr. and Mrs. Ray W. D.
Heistand, 408 Elm Avenue.
Last year they were awarded first
prize for the hest window or doorway
display.
This year the awards in this cate-gory
went to Dr. Edward C. Elli-son,
238 Elm Avenue; Nick C. Di-
Domenico, Glenn Acres; Major Hild-ing
C. Johnson, 434 W. Caracas Ave.
Honorable mention was given Al-ger
L. Gilmore, 545 E. Derry Road;
Dr. Thomas Forker, 247 Cedar Ave.;
and Samuel J. DeAngelis, 717 Linden
Road.
Best lighting display winners
were Theodore Mandes, 240 Beech
Ave.; Ammon E. Patrick, R. D. #1,
Hummelstown; M. Luther Haldeman,
140 Elm Avenue.
Honorable mention: Robert K.
Schelhorn, 420 Elm Ave.; Richard J.
DeAngelis, 326 W. Areba Ave.; Le-
Roy Shertzer, 1123 W. Cherry St.;
J. J. Van Scyoc, 1201 W. Cherry St.;
Harold Sitter, 415 W. Governor Road;
Frank Swartz, Glenn Acres; Lewis
Loffreda, 107 Oak Lane.
John D. Groh, 218 Elm Ave., last
year's Grand Prize Winner, took
honors in the Most Original cate-gory;
as did Joseph J. Piconi, 443
Maple Ave.; and G. R. Sponaugle,
115 Para Ave.
Honorable Mention: Lester W.
Abel, 143 Oak Lane; Harold L. Kern,
934 E. Chocolate Ave.; William Y.
Abbot Jr., Glenn Acres.
Winners for the Most Artistic dis-plays
were Virginia Strawderman,
320 Governor Road (also the win-ner
last ear) • Raymond F. Evans,
118 rt *and Ronald D. Good;
man, 445 Chestnut Ave.
Judges Roy L. Bomgardner. Clyde P.
Stacks and Daniel L. Backenstose.
awarded a special honorable mention to
Benny Clemente, 333 W. Caracas Ave.,
for his awe inspiring Christmas display.
Milton Hershey School winners were
the Vocational General Shop's display
at the High School; Farm Homes Gro
Mor and Over View.
Honorable mention: Rosemont. Ha-bana,
and Long Lane.
Grand Prize was $50. Prizes of $20.
$10, and $5 were awarded In each of the
categories.
Coordinating the contest was Commit-tee
Chairman Edwin K, Zechman. along
with George H. Booth. Donald B.
Chubb, and George W. Miller.
Jean Yingling, Marion Smith and
Martha Feidt make up the regular
Visitors Department complement.
The staff is augumented to a 14-
member force during the summer
visiting season.
HERSHEY Retired Employees Association officers: Front, left to right: James J. Slough, Pres.
dent; Mrs. Israel Earley, Pianist; Edgar F. Schnee, Chorister; The Rev. Elmer E. Witmer, Chap-lain.
Back row: Paul L. Zentmeyer, Secretary; Roy E. Sternberger, Treasurer; Harrison Fritz, Vice
President; and Aaron K. Gerlach, Chaplain.
No. 1
NEW ROOF at the Sports Arena's outdoor skating rink reaches
final stages of completion. Unmindful of a cold Dec. 28th, Chester
Dunleavy (one of Bob Schelhorn's Milton Hershey School boys),
and Don Brown attach siding sent up by Pat Bracale. Project
being handled by M, L. Haldeman & Son, Hershey.
Hershey Ambulance Corps duct a night class,
February.
Plans For First Aid Class
Persons who are available for
daylight ambulance duty are in-vited
to attend the First Aid Class,
under the sponsorship ,of the Her-shey
Ambulance Corps, beginning
January 11 at 9:00 a.m.
Harrison Shiffer will be the in-structor,
with meetings in the
Hershey Fire Hall.
Plans are also under way to con-beginning
in
SLEDDING AREAS
Derry Township Supervisors are
reserving and barricading as play
streets for sledding by children
during suitable weather conditions
the following:
Ridge Avenue between Bins Ave
nue and Cocoa Avenue
Glenn Road between West Arebz
Street and West Caracas Avenue.
HERSHEY Hospital's Christmas Day gift to Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Layser, 206 W. Main St., Palmyra: Ross Derek Layser. Delivered
by Dr. H. M. Seitz, Jr., at 3:14 p.m.; weight, 6 lb. 9 oz.; length,
19 inches; hair, black; mother Marilyn (Kreider) Layser. First
child! Assisting: Mrs. Earl E. Light, R.N. (left), Miss Mary M.
Craun, R.N. Proud • father is associated with the Social Security
Office in Harrisburg.
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