Hershey News 1959-10-29

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Vol. 7 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 29, 1959 No. 44
Plan Community Phase
United Welfare Campaign
Twelve- team captains and
nine members of . "special
worker" groups were named
this week as the 1959 Derry
Township Welfare Board —
Tr -County United Fund cam-paign
was readied for its final
phase — the canvassing of
homes to contact persons not
reached previously in the in-dustry-
business • fund driyes
here.
The community canvass
will be conducted in early
November.
B. Francis Garman, Derry
Township chairma n, an-nounced
that team captain-des
have been accepted by:
John Kreiser, Team 1; Mrp.
William Cagnoli, Team 2;
Jain Shuey„ Team 3; Mrs.
Palmina Garganes, Team 4;
Mrs. Clarence Smith, Jr.,
Team 5; Mrs. James. Duffy,
Team 6; Edward Tancredi,
Team 7; Landis Garman,
Team 8; Russell .Spangler,
Tearri. 9; Mrs. Floyd Smith,
Team 10; Donald Chubb,
Team 11; and Mrs. Shaffer
Day, Team 12.
In addition, one group of
volunteer workers for special
assignment includes Mrs. Levi
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Saint Sing and Raymond
Royer. •
Another special assignment
group, Garman said, will con-tact
professional people dur-ing
the united welfare cam-paign.
This group includes
THE UNITED WAY
38 welfare, character-build-ing',
recreational and guidance
ag6ncies through the Tri-
County. United Fund.
William Dearden, Harold In-gram,
Earl Houser and Mel-vin
Garner.
Chairman Garman empha-sized
that homes displaying
the Tr -County United Fund
Or Lebanon County Commu-nity
Chest donor stickers will
not be solicited by the work-ers
in the current phase of the
drive.
The stickers will signify
that families have already
contribu throu • tjije-paigns.
38 Agencies
The united welfare cam-paign
provides funds for di-rect
welfare aid conducted by
the Derry Township Welfare
Board, and for the support of
These agencies carry on
counseling programs for
adults and children; provide
training and help for retarded
children; minister to spiritual
needs; give help to the aged,
homeless and destitute; pro-vide
hospital care for the
needy; operate clinics and
physical therapy centers; pro-vide
temporary homes for
children, the aged and the job-less;
give aid to servicemen;
and make it possible for our
community to contribute aid
in national or worldwide dis-asters.
Richard L. Uhrich of Herr
shey, Lower Dauphin County
United Fund chairman, said
that a goal of $62,250 has
been set for the 1959 cam-paign
in the Lower Dauphin
area.
Hershey and Derry Town-ship
are aiming for a 1959
total of $59,922.
The united way of giving
provides a convenient method
of helping many worthy
causes at one time by contri-buting
"your fair share."
contributions will be added to
the funds given via the busi-ness-
industry campaigns held
here recently.
The results of the Andus-trial
drive are currently being
compiled.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH DAYS OFFICERS were reelected at the annual election
session held last week in connection with a dinner given by John' B. Sollenberger,
president of Hershey Estates, for the Dutch Days Committee people in the dining
room of the Community Building. Eighty-three people attended.
The group shown above includes four of the five committee officers. From left:
Vice-Presidents Walter Kettering and Rufus Hollinger, General Chairman Carl Swarr,
Pennsylvania Department of Commerce representative Harold Swenson, Dutch Days
Agriculture Committee Chairman James E. Bobb and Secretary-Treasurer W. Royce
Ward. Also reelected but not present when the photo was taken was Vice-President
Raymond Evans.
Swenson, who is director of the Bureau of Vacation and Travel Development
for the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce, was a special guest at the dinner
and presented a film on the Pennsylvania Dutch of Lancaster County which was
developed by the Pennsylvania Dutch Tourist Bureau. An6ther film viewed by the
dinner guests was a review of highlights of the 1959 Dutch Days at Hershey in color.
Mr. Sollenberger served as host at the dinner, with Dutch Days General Chair-man
Swam r presiding as master of ceremonies.
Seven Employees To Rare From
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
RICHARD T. SUTCLIFFE, asso-ciate
director of the Department
of Press, Radio and Television of
the United Lutheran Church in
America, will speak on the place
of the laymen in today's church-es
as he makes an address at a
fellowship dinner for the active
laymen of the eight Protestant
churches of Derry Township.
The fellowship dinner will be
held in the Derry Presbyterian
Church on Thursday evening, No-vember
5, at 6:30 p. m. Tickets
for the dinner, at $2 each, will
be available in each of the
churches on a first-come, first-nrved
basis.
' A native of Columbia, Pa.,
Sutcliffe was educated at Gettys-burg
College and Catawba Col-lege.
A former Roanoke, Va.,
newspaper reporter-photographer
and radio reporter-commentator,
he was assistant editor of The
Lutheran from 1948 to 1954, when
he accepted his present post.
See School Facilities
At Open House Events
New science, music and
home economics facilities at
Hershey High School were in-spected
by a large number of
interested residents of the
community of Monday eve-ning
at an open house arrang-ed
by school officials.
Simultaneously, an open
house visitation was held in
the new biology, chemistry
and physics laboratories at the
Hershey Junior College which
were put into use for the first
time at the opening of the
current college year.
The new educational facili-
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The November 1 retire-ment
of seven Hershey Choco-late
Corporation employees
was announced this week. As
of this date, there were no
individuals retiring from the
Hershey Estates or the Milton
Hershey School.
The Chocolate Corporation
retirees are:
Louis A. Spaziani, 46 East
Areba Avenue, Hershey; Elec-trical
Maintenance. Employed
since March 14, 1929.
Anselmo R-affaelli, 34 East
Areba Avenue, Hershey;
Press Room. Employed since
January 8, 1915.
Mabel G. Light, 158 North
Harrison Street, Palmyra;
Wrapping Room. Employed
since March 24, 1911.
Charles E. Straw, Third and
Penn Streets, Union Deposit;
Steel Rolls. Employed since
May 20, 1924.
Michael D. Lawrence, 108
East Areba Avenue, Hershey;
Sanitation. Employed since
September 26, 1927.
Mary Forney, 211 East Sec-ond
Stree t,. Hummelstown ;
Kiss Department. Employed
since September 12, 1927.
Minnie Clark, 52 Prospect
Street, Hummelstown ; Mould-ing
Department. Employed
since May 19, 1924.
Thanksgiving Theme To
Mark November Meeting
Of Retired Employees
The annual Thanksgiving
dinner will be the main fea-ture
of the November 2 meet-ing
of the Hershey Retired
Employees' Association, to be
held in the Hershey Fire Hall
at 1:45 p.m.
The dinner will be served
by the ladies of the organizg-tion.
Rev. Elmer E. Witmer will
give the Thanksgiving Mess-.
age and as a special added at-traction
Miss Mabel Lingle
will show pictures of her re-cent
trip to California and
Alaska.
Also on the agenda for the
afternoon will be a hymn sing
and a piano solo by Mrs. Israel
Earley.
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