Hershey News 1961-09-28

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 9 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, SEPTEMBER 28, 1961
HERSHEY Chocolate Corporation Electrical Department foreman
Joseph L. Hershey stopped in the renovated Visitors Department
for open house; explained the workings of the animated charts to
-,ra• Pair of students from Chambers Hill over in Swatara Township:
Joseph L., age 10, a 5th grader; Betty Ann, age 7, a second grader;
joined more than 750 others on the special open house visitors tour
of the plant, ate cookies and drank cocoa milk provided by the
pretty guides.
Several Changes Proposed
In New Traffic Ordinance
Updating their handling of traf-fic,
Deny Township Supervisors
have placed several significant
changes in the proposed Traffic
Ordiance, which will supersede the
Traffic Ordinance passed July 9,
1956, and several times amended.
•Then, too; highways ef the town-ship
will be named, thus effecting
dispatch in the efforts of the Her-shey
Volunteer Fire Company, the
handling of volume traffic, etc.
restrie ons, according t efferson
C: Barnhart, Esq., Derry Township
Solicitor, are along Chocolate Ave-nue.
By eliminating parking on the
North side of East Chocolate Ave-nue
from the Homestead Road traf-fic
light to Ceylon Aver.ue inter-section,
movement of traffic up-grade
will be eased.
In cooperation with the Depart-ment
of Highways, a traffic lane
for slower moving vehicles, such
as trucks, will be provided on the
North side of the highway; faster
Aiesas
Camping Association Plans
A Swatara Creek Campsite
Plans are being formulated to
provide a campsite, in cooperation
with the Hershey Estates, by the
Hershey Camping Association, an
affiliate of the Hershey Girl Scoot'
Neighborhood Association.
Meeting in the Women's Club
the Association's members heard
a report of the committee,.Pro.Pos-ing
a campsite along the Swatara
Creek.
Purpose of the Camping Associa-tion
is to sponsor the Hershey Girl
Scouts and provide ways and
means of maintaining a campsite
for the use of all scouts in Derry
Township.
Camping Association Officers:
Mrs. Earl Brown, President; Mrs.
Lester Abel, Vice President; Mrs.
Aldo Modesto, Secretary; Mrs. C.
Kline Kuntz, Treasurer.
Campsite Committee members:
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fischer; Mr.
and Mrs. Lester Abel; Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Brown; Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Hess.
ALTHOUGH they have several thousand colored slides in their col-lection,
nonetheless Mr. and Mrs. Bruce L. Burtner, 239 Cedar
Avenue, Neel there are photographic fields to conquer; visited Ray-mond
F. Evans (right), Director of the Evening School in the M. S.
Hershey Jr.-Sr. High School cafeteria — as did sonic 350 others —
for first night registration for 34 courses ranging from photography
through the Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect class.
Toying traffic will utilize the in-side
lane. Week Proclaimed To Preserve Our Covered Bridges
FIRE HYDRANTS
Hershey Water Co. will flush fire
hydrants during the weeks of Oc-tober
2 and 9, between the hours of
10:00 p m and 6.00 a m.
Pennsylvania is t h e covered
bridge capital of the world. Septem-ber
30 to October 8 has been pro-claimed
"See Pennsylvania's Cov-ered
Bridges Week" by Governor
David L. Lawrence.
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Familiar bridges are situated at
Sand Beach (which will be preserved
by the Hershey Estates); the Clifton
Bridge near Middletown, and the
Fiddler's Elbow Bridge, near Hum-melstown.
WITII A TARGET date of November I, Gorman "Red" Ritchie (left), Raymond Horner, project fore-man
for the John Stapf Co's, prime contractor, of Harrisburg, and Angelo Elmi, project engineer for
Hershey Chocolate Corporation, the builder, place blue metal dot behind "Pa" on the beautiful Chocolate
Avenue native South Carolina marble and brick United States Post Office Building. Of concrete block
construction, wall behind Elmi will be finished in van -colored tile. Main patron service lobby floor is at
green terrain, with the interior floor hard wood finished similar to the M. S. Hershey Foundation Gym-nasium.
No. 20
In-Plant Solicitation Under Way For
Annual United Welfare Campaign
Under Derrv Townshio Welfare Board
In-plant solicitation for The
Hershey Chocolate Corpora-tion,
Hershey Estates and Mil-ton
Hershey School will be
held during the week of Mon-day,
October 2, for this year's
School subscribed 84,814.79 with $4,-
475.39 earmarked for the United
Fund and $339.40 for the Lebanon
County Community Chest.
Wrote Mr. Hinkle: "The time is
here again for you to respond, if you
will, to the appeal for your financial
United Welfare Campaign, support in this year's United Welfare
sponsored by the Derry Town_ Campaign: The work of the agencies
ship Welfare Board, in the Tn-County United Fund and
the Community Chest of Lebanon
Other firms and organizations County is helped or hurt by our at- launching their 1961 drives are the rt d towards our H. B. Reese Candy Company, Der- American way of life."
ry Township Schools, Miller Broth-ers,
King Kup Candies, Inc., art&
M. L. Haldeman and Son. Milton Hershey School, Mr. Bobb
!pointed out that: "These agencies are Letters to employees have
beenI11°
t government controlled but are written by S. F. Hinkle, President,1
Hershey Chocolate Corporation;
.isupported by the united efforts of the J
,Aan B. Sollenberger, President,
Hermeric people and so long as this -
clemocratic method of supporting
man, Board of Managers, Milton
shey Estates; J. E. Bobb, Chair-dhese
agencies exists, there will be
Hershey School. no government control. This is the
I real American way to take care of Subscriptions last year by em-ployees
of the Hershey ChocolateIour needy problems." ,
Corporation to the Tri-County I. Suggested Mr. Sollenberger:
United Fund through the Derry;"Therefore. I appeal to those who
Township Welfare: Fund totaled:have not contributed in the past to
816,782.80. In addition, $1O,666.6& make some show of good feeling to-was
subscribed to the Lebanonkvard their fellow citizens this year
County Community Chest. and at the same time, those who have
Last year Hershey Estates em- contributed in the past should consult
ployees subscribed $8,227.50 withItheir consciences as to whether they
$7,265.10 directed to United Fundihave really given their fair share in
and $1,562.40 going to the Lebanon:the past, and as to whether they can
County Community Chest, increase the amount of their gift this
Employees at Milton Hershey year."
WITH a current events theme, members of the Junior-Senior
PTA met in the M. S. Hershey Jr.-Sr. High School Auditorium,
conducted their business, witnessed "Seconds For Survival" as
presented by Derry Township Civil Defense Director Louis C.
Smith, Jr.
'
Chief Engineer, Hershey Chocolate Corporation.
assisted in distribution of reprints by the Office of Civil And De-fense
Mobilization: "The Family Fallout Shelter," "Clay Masonry
Family Fallout Shelters." Officers, Mrs. Shaffer T. Day, Jr..
(left); Vice President. Mrs. Frank F. Pierce, Recording Secretary.
Charles F. Ludtka, President. Mrs. John J. Lucas, Corresponding
Secretary. Carlos Adams, Treasurer.
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