Hershey News 1962-06-07

              HERSHEY NEW
Vol. 10 HERSHEY PENNSYLVANIA, JUNE 7, 1962
THE MOST REV. George L. Leech, D. D., J. C. D., Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Anthony J. Mayan, pastor of St. Joan of Arc, pose for photograph-ers
following the pontifical mass of dedication of the new church.
A special mass of St. Joan of Arc was sung by the mixed choir
with Dominic Pavone as director of the choir and Miss Regina
Pronio as organist, in celebration of the Feast of the Patroness
of the Parish. Some 150 priests and 200 sisters were in attendance.
Pontifical Mass of Dedication Celebrated
For New St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church
Celebrant for the pontifical mass
of dedication for the new St Joan
of Arc Catholic Church, was The
Most Rev. George L. Leech, bishop
of the Diocese of Harrisburg. The
blessing was conferred in the pre-sence
of church dignitaries, priests
and parishioners.
Present in the sanctuary were The
Most Rev. Lawrence F. Schott, au-xiliary
to the bishop of Harrisburg
and the chaplains included the Rev.
Joseph C. Hilbert and the Rev.
Dominick A. Mammarella.
Arch priest for the mass was The
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Anthony J. Mayan
of St. Joan; and the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
John A. Maguire, formerly in charge
of the local parish, and the Rt. Rev.
Msgr. Charles E. Park served as
deacons of the mass. Subdeacon was
the Rev. Charles E. Patterson.
The dedicatory sermon was
preached by the Rt. Rev. Msgr.
Joseph Schmidt.
Master of ceremonies was the Rev.
James F. La Croce, assisted by the
Rev. V. Leonard Casey, the Rev.
Andrew P. Marinak, the Rev. Carl
J. Steffen and the Rev. Daniel J.
Menniti.
Chanters were the Rev. Walter
Shull and the Rev. Vincent Smith.
Construction on the new church
began in the fall of 1960, and the
cornerstone was laid last June in
a service led by Bishop Leech. The
new structure was completed in Feb-ruary,
1962 and the church was used
for masse with the Bishop Leech
celebrating the first mass.
Rose Garden
In Peak Bloom
This Weekend
Roses in all their splendor will be
in peak bloom this weekend at the
Hershey Rose Garden, it was an-nounced
by John P. Meszaros, Direc-tor
of Horticulture. Peak bloom for
the 42,000 reses is expected to last
until June 30.
Twenty-five new varieties of roses
emphasize this the 25th anniversary
of the Rose Gardens, symbolizing
twenty-five years of awe-inspiring
beauty — a magnificant tribute to
Milton S. Hershey — creator of Her-shey
Chocolate and founder of Her-shey,
Pennsylvania. The new varie-ties
include the two All-Americans
for 1963 — Tropicana, a brilliant
orange - red and Royal Highness, a
cllear shell pink. Both are hybrid
teas.
Some of the other new roses are
Girl Scout, Speaker Sam, Cherry
Glow, Chicago Peace and Summer
Sunshine.
The floral beauty of the roses in
this garden of enchantment, is com-plimented
with fifty varieties of
peonies, hybird rhododendrons and
azaleas, weigela and beauty bush.
Varigated dogwood join the weeping
white birch as they contrast with the
blood-red maple and the dark mar-oon
of the plum tree. Outstanding
specimens of evergreens contribute
dozens of "green" colors to create
lovely background for the 1200 varie-ties
of exquisite roses.
Hershey Rose Garden is open every
day from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Admis-sion
and parking are free.
Memorial Day Parade And Service Held In Hershey
"Our American Heritage" was the
theme of the excellent talk given by
the Rev. Ira 0. Reed, speaker at the
annual Memorial Day Services held
at the Derry Township Court of
Honor. Rev. Reed is the pastor of
the Derry Presbyterian Church and
a World War II Veteran.
Presiding at the Court of Honor
ceremony was John H. Mease, senior
vice commander, Hershey Post 386,
Hershey American Legion.
Brig. Gen. Herbert A. Vernet Jr.,
deputy commander of the 28th Infan-try
Division, Pennsylvania National
Guard, served as marshal of the an-nual
parade held prior to the serv-ices.
General Vernet also participated
in brief ceremonies held at the Derry
Township War Memorial.
Parade marshals were Floyd W.
Pendleton, Howard J. Shellenhamer,
John Biagi and Brent Hancock.
Combined committee for the Me-morial
Day observance: Hershey
American Legion Post 386 — Com-mander
Samuel A. Geib; Brent I.
Hancock, ceremonials committee
chairman; John D. Emerich; Robert
H. Schock; Ivan L. Mease; William
C. Meiser, chaplain; Hershey Me-morial
Post 3502 Veterans of Foreign
Wars—Harry Cassel, commander;
Ernest F, Drescher; John Biagi,
chairman; John S. Tuck; William
Schmehl, chaplain; Hershey Italian
Club — Anthony Ortenzi; Samuel F.
Coletti; and Vitro G. Tulli.
THE COURT OF HONOR — Derry Township's Defenders of America, dedicated by Post No. 386,
American Legion, November 7, 1943, provides the background for the post Memorial Day Observance
picture. Left to right are The Rev. Thomas W. Guinivan, Commander (Chaplain) USNR; John
Mease, Post 386, American Legion; Memorial Day Parade Marshal Brigadier General Herbert A.
Vernet, Jr., Assistant Division Commander, 28th Infantry Division, Pennsylvania Army National
Guard; The Rev. Ira 0. Reed, pastor of the Derry Presbyterian Church, speaker and World War II
veteran; and Lt. Col. Paul C. Beacher, CO, 3rd A W Bn., 213th Artillery.
NO. 12
NEW—BITE-SIZE SQUARES, made with the same famous Her-shey's
quality chocolate, are now on the market in this area it
has been announced by the Hershey Chocolate Corporation. Each
box, wrapped in cellophane, contains bite-size squares of one of
four established Hershey favorites including, Milk Chocolate,
Whole Almond, Krackel and Whole Peanuts.
"Friend -ship 7" Theme For Library Reading Program
The Hershey Public Library will
use a space theme, "Friendship 7,"
as a means to attract pupils in
grades one to six to their summer
reading program, it was announced
recently by Mrs. Paul Heaps, librar-ian.
Registration for the program
will be held on Saturday, June 9,
with the program beginning on Mon-day,
June 11.
Students will be required to read
five books to "orbit" and read and
review a book for each contact
point.
Story telling for children of pre-school
and elementary school age
will begin on Wednesday, June 13
at 2 p.m. in the library.
Registrations are now being
taken for the second year of the
Great Books Discussion Group
sponsored by the library. Inter-ested
adults may register at the
library until Friday. June 15. The
group will meet in September.
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COMBINED BACCALAUREATE - COMMENCEMENT Ceremonies for
the Hershey Junior College were held recently in the Little
Theatre of the Community Building. Speaker for the commence-ment
ceremony was Dr. Lee Ilastings Bristol, president of the
Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N. J. Ile spoke on "What's
the Big Idea?" The baccalaureate sermon was given by the Vein.
erable Kermit L. Lloyd, Chapin of the college. In the photo left
to right are Dr. L. Eugene Jacques, Superintendent of Derry Town-ship
Schools; Dr. Varnum II. Fenstermacher, Dean of Ilershey
JC; Dr. Lee Hastings Bristol; The Venerable Kermit L. Lloyd;
and Mr. E. Morse Heisey, President of the Board of School
Directors.
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