Hershey News 1962-05-24

              ERS HEY NEWS
Vol. 10 ® HERSHEY PENNSYLVANIA, MAY 24, 1962 NO. 11
Walter K. Bailey
Walter K. Bailey, Chairman of the
Board of the Warner and Swasey
Company of Cleveland, Ohio, will
be the speaker at the Commence-ment
Exercises of the Milton Her-shey
School to be held on Monday,
June 4, 1962 at 7:30 p.m. in the Her-shey
Community Theatre.
Mr. Bailey, a graduate of Oberlin
College, was just recently elected
to the chairmanship of the Warner
and Swasey Company. Previously,
he served as President of the Com-pany.
On the Board of Trustees of Ober-lin
College, Mr. Bailey is on the
Board of Directors of Addressograph-
Multigraph Corp.; Clark Controller
Corp.; Cooper-Bessemer Corp.; Os-born
Mfg. Company and Sterling
Foundry. He is also quite active in
civic affairs,
Bishop Leech To Dedicate
St. Joan Of Arc Church
The Most Reverend .George L.
Leech, Di)., J.C.D., Bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Harris-burg,
will be celebrant for the
solemn blessing and pontifical
mass of dedication of St. Joan of
Arc Catholic Church at 10:30 a.m.
on Memorial Day, May 30th, which
is also the Feast of the Patroness
of the Parish. The Right Reverend
Joseph Schmidt, P. A., will deliver
the sermon.
..The Right Reverend Monsignor
Anthony J. Mayan, pastor of St.
Joan, has announced that a spe-cial
mass of St. Joan of Arc will
be sung by the mixed choir with
Mr. Dominic Pavone as director
and Miss Regina Pronio, organist.
Former Priests of the Parish
will assist the Bishop in the Dedi-catory
Service. Some 150 Priests
and 200 Sisters will be present at
the ceremonies.
Park Bandshell To Feature "Dennis The Menace
Jay North
Jay "Dennis The Menace" North,
television's famous young trouble-maker,
is the latest nationally-known
entertainment figure to be booked
for a personal appearance at the
Hershey Park Bandshell it has been
announced by George W. Bartels,
park manager.
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Jay North, scheduled for two
appearances (2:45 and 8:30 p.m.) on
Sunday, June 3, is a natural born
actor. The young star of Screen
Gems' new "Dennis The Menace"
series, realized a "life-long" am-bition
when he was selected to
portray the title role in the series
based on cartoonist Hank Ketcham's
famous comic strip.
- Jay's pretty young mother says
that casting Jay as Dennis, the
little boy who wants to help, and
thoroughly succeeds in upsetting
everything and everybody with
Whom he comes into contact, is
completely opposite to the lad's per-sonality.
Jay is a good boy who
seldom gets into trouble.
Also appearing at the bandshell
June 3 ,will be Joe Forte and the
Originals, popular instrumental and
vocal group, who are scheduled for
free shows at 2, 5 and 8 p.m.
The famed team of "Mr. and Mrs.
Guitar", Les Paul and Mary Ford,
will be presented in a free concert at.
the Park Bandshell on May 27 in
afternoon and evening programs.
Also booked on the program is Red
McCarthy, his orchestra and vocal-ists.
OIL' FIRE DEMONSTRATIONS were held recently at the annual test drill held by the IIershey
Fire Company at the Swatara Creek Dam. The annual drill is held to test the fire fighting equip-ment
and acquaint the men with the methods used in fighting oil fires. Entry Suits, originally
designed for the armed forces, were used to protect the fire fighters from the extreme heat of
the blaze. Since neighboring companies do not have Entry Suits, Hunimelstown, Palmyra, Union
Deposit and Oberlin Fire Companies were invited and were present with their trucks. In addition,
men from Steelton and Lawn had a chance to use the suits. In the two hours the fires were
ablaze, 22 drums of oil were used each containing 50 to 55 gallons of oil. Fires were extinguished
with booster lines from the fire trucks.
Memorial Day Observance
Speaker for the. annual Memorial
Day observance at the Derry Town-ship
Court of Honor will be The
Reverend Ira 0. Reed, Pastor of
the Derry Presbyterian Church and
World War II veteran.
Scheduled for the Court of Honor
at 9:30 a.m., EDT, the observance
will be preceded by a four-division
parade on Chocolate Avenue. Parade
time according to coordinator Brent
I. Hancock, is 8:30 a.ni., with units
on the line in the School Plaza area
at 8:15 a.m.
Parade marshal is Brigadier Gen-eral
Herbert A. Vernet, Jr., Assist-ant
Division Commander, 28th In-fantry
Division, Pennsylvania Army
National Guard, and Director of
Labor Relations for the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation. He will also
participate in brief ceremonies at
the Derry Township War Memorial
at the intersection of West Chocolate
Avenue and U.S. Route 422 West. -
A detail from Hershey's 3rd A.
Bn, 213th Artillery, commanded
by U. Col. Paul C. Beadier, will form
the firing squad at both the War
Memorial and the Court of Honor.
Forming on School Plaza the
parade will move on Ceylon Avenue
to Chocolate Avenue; west on Choco-late
Avenue to West Caracas Avenue.
East on West Caracas Avenue to
Valley Road. North on Valley Road
to West Chocolate Avenue. East on
Chocolate Avenue to Ceylon Avenue.
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CHARTER MEETING of the Derry Township Camping Association was held recently with
members planning to conduct a fund•raising campaign from June 4 to 9, towards the erection
of 3 beautifully designed cabin by Lester Abel on its camp site along the Swatara Creek to the
Northeast of Hershey. Incorporated in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, the new
organization plans to sponsor, maintain and manage the camp site to be known as the "Catherine
S. Hershey Camp." It will be for the exclusive use of sponsored, permanently organized groups of
girls who reside in Derry Township. Pictured from left to right are Theodore R. Banks, honorary
incorporator; Mrs. Arthur Strimble, treasurer; Mrs. Earl Brown, president; Mrs. Lester Abel, vice
president; Mrs. Joseph Fischer, building committee chairman; and C. Jefferson Barnhart. Not
pictured are Mrs. Aldo Modesto, secretary; Mrs. Douglas Pearl, corresponding secretary; and
Mr. James Bobb, honorary incorporator.
Dr. Dana Still To Speak To Hershey High Seniors'
Dr. Dana Still, Assistant Dean
of Instruction at Clarion State Col-lege,
will be the speaker at the M.
S. Hershey High School Commence
ment Exercises to be held on May
31 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hershey
Community Theatre.
Prior to assuming his present
duties. Dr. Still was a Professor
and .Head of the English Depart-ment
at Clarion State College. lie
was also Chairman of the Division
of Humanities at the college.
Following his education in the
public schools of Morgan and the
village of Cumberland, Ohio, Dr.
Still earned his Bachelor of Science
and Master of Arts Degrees at the
Ohio State University. He received
his Doctor of Philosophy at the
University of Pittsburgh.
President Of Westminster Choir College To Speak
Speaker at the _Commencement
Exercises of the Hershey Junior
College, will be Lee - Hastings
Bristol, Jr., president of West-minster
Choir College, Princetor,-
New Jersey. The exercises will
be held in the Little Theatre of the
Community Building on Monday,
May 28 at 8:00 p.m.
Recently elected to the position
of president of Westminster Choir
College, Dr. Bristol was Director
of 'Public Relations of Bristol-
Myers Products Division, New
York; N. Y. He is quite active in
civic activities and is both an
author and composer. His most
recent book is "Developing the
Corporate Image" and his most
recent anthem is "The King's
Highway."
Dr. Bristol has received honorary
doctorate degrees from Los • An-geles
Conservatory of Music and
Arts, LOs Angeles, Calif. (HI-I.D.);
Webber 'College, Babson Park,
Florida (Litt.D.); Dickinson Col-lege
(hlus. Doc.); Findlay College,
Findlay, Ohio (LL.D.); and Mis-souri
Valley College, Marshall Mo.
(LL.D.). He received a Licentiate
in Organ from Trinity College of
Music, London, England.
LEE HASTINGS BRISTOL, JR.
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