Hershey News 1959-02-12

              HERSHEY NEW
Vol. 7 ..-;:v;:t,„„(1) HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, FEBRUARY 12, 1959
Brotherhood
Week
Statement
by
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
NATIONAL• BROTHERHOOD WEEK
February 15-22, 1959
Our abundant plains and mountains would yield little if it were not tor tne applied
skill and energy of Americans working together, as fellow citizens bound up in com•-
mon destiny. The achievement of brotherhood is the crowning objective of our society.
On this circling planet, with nations poised for mutual advancement or destruction,
we must enlarge our spirit of brotherhood to include all men who live under the
banners of libe,rty , and -
Honorary Chairman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seavers Is Nominated For Postmastership
MERL W. SEAVERS, 20-YEAR VETERAN employee
of the Hershey Post Office, is the center of his family's
attention after receiving word that he had been recom-mended
by Congressman WalterM. Mumma for the posi-tion
of postmaster ,here. With Mr. and Mrs. Seavers in
photo are son Ronald and daughters Linda and Delores.
Ronald is a student at Hershey Junior College and the
two Seavers daughters are Hershey',High School stu-dents.
The family resides at 48 West V.\ranada Avenue.
. Merl W. Seavers—for twen-ty
-years . a member of the
Ads tal service here--was
recommended by Congress-man
Walter M. Mumma for
the position. of.postmaster in
the Hershey Post Office.
Seavers has served as a
clerk in -the • local office for
seventeen years and was for-merly
a carrier for three
years. -
Congressman Mumma said
Seavers was recommended for
the post on the basis of the
results of a -competitive Civil
Service examination held last
August.
Procedure calls for the
President to act on the recom-mendation,
forwarding it to
the U.S. Senate for confirma-tion.
The 41-year-old Seavers is
a graduate of Hershey High
School (Class of 1935) and
was employed by the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation for two
years before entering the
postal service. He is the son
of the late Mr. and Mrs'. Frank
V. Seavers.
A veteran of Naval service
in the Pacific area in World
War Two, Seavers was as-signed
to Navy postal duty
during part of his service.
He has• long been active in
the Campbelltown Evangelical
United Brethren Church and
has served as the church's
financial secretary for twelve
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No. 7
GOD AND COUNTRY AWARDS, highest religious
.awards in Boy Scouting, were presented by the First
Evangelical United Brethren Church on Sunday morn:-
ing to Barry Rodeffer (left), son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert
F. Rodeffer, and Lewis L. Maurer, soh of Mr. and Mrs.
• Lewis J. Maurer. The church pastor, the Rev. Thommi
W. Guinivan, holds one of the God and Country Awards
as the- two Troop 65 Scouts prepared to receive the em-blem
which symbolizes their extensive religious research
and study and service to the Church.
Working with the boys in their quest for the award
was the local God and Country Committee which includes
Rev. Guinivan, Charles W. Brinser and Henry P. Stover.
Participants in the special service at the church in-cluded
Mr. Stover; Leon V. Whipple, scoutmaster; and
John P. Meszaros, institutional representative and chair-man
of the Cub Pack Committee of the church.
Muster Day Observance Announced
By Hershey National Guard Units
Members of the 899th Anti-
Aircraft Artillery Battalion,
Pennsylvania- Army National
Guard, will hold their second
annual "Muster Day" in‘ Her-shey
on Sunday, February 22,
at the Armory at West Ca-racas
Avenue and Ridge Road.
The Hershey Armory will
be open to the public from two
until five p.m. when the facili-ties,
equipment, and training
exhibits will.be on•display.
Lt. Col. Daniel Rogers,
battalion commander, said
that Muster Day will be obser-ved
in connection with Wash-ington's
Birthday by Army
and Air National Guard units
throughout the Continental
United States, Hawaii and
Puerto Rico.
Headquarters and Head-quarters
Battery, Battery
"A", and the Medical Detach-ment
of the 899th Anti-Air-craft
Artillery Battalion con-sists
of approximately 140- of-ficers
and enlisted men. -
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