Hershey News 1961-02-16

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 9 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, FEBRUARY 16, 1961 No. 4
RAW COCOA bean storage elevators at Hershey Chocolate Corpor-ation
are 130 feet high. Snow removal from West End Parking Lot
created this scene on Sunday, Feb. 5th. Normal mid-week tempera-tures
melted the huge piles of snow considerably; but the memory
of the record shattering snowfall lingers on.
Renovation And Expansion Of Visitors
Department Under Way Al Corporation
Construction is under way on the renovation and ex-pansion
of the Visitors Department at the Hershey Choco-late
Corporation.
Present facilities — which handled a record 231,206
visitors this past year — will be expanded by some 75 per
cent.
, New ceilings will 1,3c suspended
A ilrgteiniktits1)Ni tfa- c '14F‘RotRiltfliers'elit " Lnd new
Building .(Bldg. No. 18); Conches mc'ms; with fluorescent lighting
have been removed; a wall erect- fixtures to be installed.
ed. Service counter in the present
Workmen of the Mechanical De- facility will be removed; and the
partment have knocked an open- space in the present Visitors De-ing
through one of the original partment will be utilized for dis-walls
of Bldg. 18; and alse through
the tile and mortar wall of the
present Visitors Department.
Thereby, a new entrance will be The animated displays will be
reated; - with steps leading from created by W. E. Sparks Studio,
the present facility. . '. Philadelphia, Pa.
Of some little interest; as the A common entrance will also be
workmen checked the ceiling of installed for the 'existing rest
Bldg. 18 they found a notation rooms.
"1908" on one of the ceiling beams. A new service counter will be
plays and exhibits, depicting ,the
story of the manufacture of choco-late
and cocoa.
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HERSHEY Park's new 24-inch gauge scenic railway will feature an authentic, coal burning, steam
operated engine, pulling a tender, two open cars and two coaches. Construction of the new 24-inch
gauge line will be by employees of Hershey Lumber Products. For many Valley residents who spent
childhood days around brickyards, soft coal and .clay mines, or sawmill operations, the new scenic
railway will be particularly nostalgic — what with the coal burning, steam hissing, whistle tootin'
dinkeys familiar to those scenes.
Past District Governor Of Hershey Park To Have 24-Inch Gauge •
Rotary On Delayed Trip
Leaving New York by air on Scenic Railway. Coal Burning Engine
February 13th, William M. Kish-paugh,
704 Linden Road, Past Dis- Last season it was the fabulously popular new Turn-,
trict Governor of Rotary Interna- pike Ride which caught the fancy of the thousands who vis-tional,
is on a long delayed busi- ited beautiful Hershey Park, "The Summer Playground of
ness and Rotary trip to Europe and Pennsylvania".
Following a natural scenic route along meandering
Spring Creek, the Turnpike's seven-foot wide concrete strip
hummed with activity as the gasoline .operated miniature
cars offered fun to driver, rider and spectators.
One never tired of watching the Metal Products Company, Wyano,
-
Turnpike Ride in operation, af- Pa. •
fording leisure-hour fun for young Construction of the new 24-inch
the Far East.
During his stay in Europe, Mr.
Kishpaugh will visit many young
people who have been summer
guests of Rotary Clubs in this area.
He will attempt to evaluate the
effectiveness of the summer visitor
program.
Mrs. Kishpaugh will join her hus-band
in Rome later, and together
they will go on an extended trip
to Egypt, Pakistan, India, Burma,
gauge line will be by employees
and old alike.
of Hershey Lumber Products.
This season, officials of Hershey Plans indicate that the special
Park have come up with another steel products — rails, plates,
Thailand, Formosa, Hong Kong, natural. With steam driven trains switches, frogs, spikes — will be
a thing of the past on the nation's fabricated at the nearby Steelton
railroads, excepting for special Plant of Bethlehem Steel Com-
Iron Horse Rambles such as the pally.
Reading Railroad 'Company sched- Target date (weatherman co-ules,
officials have on the draw- operating): The 1961 opening of
ing boards plans for the installa- Hershey Park — April 23rd.
tion of a 24-inch gauge scenic rail-
Mr. Kishpaugh will also visit way. UNITED NATIONS NIGHT
Father Maurice Buckley of the Over its track will roll an au- Hershey Lions Club will sponsor
Third Order of Saint Francis at thentic, coal burning, steam oper- the United Nations Night meeting
his mission station in the remote ated "Little Toot" .engine, pulling of the Derry Township PTA on
hills of India. a tender, two open cars and two Monday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m. in
coaches. the M. S. Hershey Jr.-Sr. High
Plans for the new line include a School Auditorium. Dormant Spraying Of Trees station, water tower and coal Speakers — Miss Florence Barn-bunker.
hart, Africa. Mr. Harry Long, Ger-
Then, too, there will be a 250- many. Mr. Eric Van Der Heijden,
foot wooden trestle, which, at one Indonesia.
Dormant spraying of trees and point along the route, will rise Each speaker will relate his ex-some
18 feet off the terrain. shrubs should begin in March, ac- periences in foreign countries re-cording
to John P. Meszaros, Di- Modeled in the era of the im- garding the people's thinking in
rector of Horticulture for the Her.
"Little
post Civil War period, terms of individual freedom and
shey Estates. Little Toot" is a Pennsylvania their feelings towards the Free
The purpose of spraying for in product, manufactured by Crown World and Communism.
ending up in Japan at the Rotary
World Convention.
While in India the Kishpaughs
will visit the home of Ruby Mo-hamed
Carim whom Hersheyites
will remember was a guest here
for ten months.
Shrubs Begins In March
sect control while. plants are dor-mant
is to kill the eggs and larvae
of the insects and dormant dise4
organisms before they reach des-tructive
stages of growth.
It is a preventive measure high-ly
recommended by entomologists,
pathologists and horticulturists.
Those of you who have elm
trees may be particularly con-cerned
because of the Dutch Elm
disease, which can destroy any
elm in one season.
installed in the Bldg. 18 portion of
the Visitors Department.
Tour routes through the Plant
will remain as at present.
Target date is April 1, 1961.
WHERE'S Bill Kishpaugh (second left) headed this time? He's
off on the road to Finland, other European countries and finally
will speak to the Rotary Club of Calcutta, India. Mrs. Kishpaugh
will join the traveling Rotarian in Rome. Bill was producer and
star of the "North To Smiths Falls" skit presented at the Ladies'
Valentine Lunch meeting of the Hershey Rotary Club. Dr. J. J.
Lucas (left) President; Speaker, C. Edward Dearnley, Director
of Rotary International, of Philadelphia.
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