Hershey News 1962-10-11

              HE SHEY NEWS
Vol. 10 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, OCTOBER 11, 1962
Plans Announced For Construction Of
New Recreational Project In Hershey
Spectacular plans for the construction of i new recrea-tional
and cultural project for Hershey and Derry Township
were announced today by S. F. Hinkle, Chairman of the
Board and President of the Hershey Chocolate Corporation.
The facility is to be a division of the Hershey Community
Center and will be named "The Outdoor Club," thus distin-guishing
it from the present Community Club which will be
called "The Indoor Club." Both will continue to be in keeping
with the traditions and ideals established by Milton S.
Hershey during his lifetime and properly considered as fit-ting
memorials to his memory.
The program is being undertaken
for the-employees of the Hershey or-ganizations
and for the residents of
Derry Township, and will be built
and equipped with funds provided
b. the Hershey Chocolate Corpora-tion.
The new project will be construct-
NI on a large plot of ground located
on Cocoa Avenue and includes the
site formerly occupied by the Penn-sylvania
State Police Academy.
Among numerouS installations
comprising the new development
will be an indoor-outdoor swimming
pool, housed in cold weather by a
circular metal sliding structure
which will be retracted to a half
circle during the summer months,
thus leaving the pool completely ex-posed.
The length of the pool will be
75 feet, the width 42 feet, and its
six lanes will meet the specifications
of the National Collegiate Athletic
Association and Amateur Athletic
Union standards. There will be two
wading pool and a playground area
adjacent to the large pool.
Within the permanent structure a
multi-purpose room (60 feet x 40
feet) will be provided for indoor ath-letic
events, cultural programs and
dancing. Locker and dressing room
facilities will be located beneath
this room. Other sections of the
Club will be available for small
gatherings and there wilL be pro-visions
for limited food service.
Present plans call for the con-struction
of eight tennis courts of
approved surfacing, and space will
be available for other types of out-door
games. '
There will be parking for one
hundred or more automobiles, and
the entire area will be landscaped
in keeping with the standards of the
community.
The activities of the Outdoor Club
will be coordinated with those of the
Indoor Club and the facilities will be
available on a membership basis to
employees, their families and resi-dents
of Derry Township. Operation-al
details including program and
cost of memberships will be an-nounced
in later publications.
It is expected that construction
will begin in the latter months of
1962 and that the completion date
will permit the use of the facilities
during the summer of 1963.
No. 20
AFTER SCHOOL SESSIONS in the Cocoa Inn Cafeteria now seem to be a regular occurrence for the
high school students of Hershey. Since special snack prices have been established for the teeners and
a jukebox has been acquired to be played during the hours of 3 to 5 p. m. and 7:30 until closing,
the centrally located, properly supervised spot appears to be a teeners paradise. The new facility is
convenient to the theatre, community club and teen canteen, and is available for use following foot-ball
games or other school functions. The managers of the Hershey Estates feel they have provided a
place for our youth to have a good time and a proper place for them to gather and talk over the
events of the day. On the afternoon the picture was taken, over one hundred teenagers filled the
new cafeteria.
Thirty-Second MHS Homecoming To Be
Hundreds of former students and
their families will be in town for
the Thirty-second Annual Home-coming
of the Milton Hershey
School Alumni Association on Octo-ber
19, 20 and 21.
Association officers are Kenneth
V. Hatt '41, president, Hershey;
J. Herbert Moore '50, president
elect, Coatesville; Herbert Hueb-nrr
'49, vice president, Hershey;
Charles A. Newcomer '50T secre-tary,
Hershey; William F. Schmehl
'38, treasurer, Hershey.
In addition to the special pro-gram
scheduled by the p,arellt_as-sociation,
class groups also haVe
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HALLOWEEN PARADE
Announcement. The annual Hal-loween
Parade will be held on
Tuesday evening, October 30 it was
announced by co-chairmen, Floyd
Renshaw and Mrs. Robert Smith.
The evenings festivities will in-clude
the parade, refreshments
and a bake sale sponsored by the
Elementary and Jr.-Sr. High
School Parent-Teachers Associa-tions.
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TOP-BRASS for the community-wide door-to-door phase of the 1962
United Welfare Campaign, get-together for a planning session dur-ing
the week of the canvass. Left to right are John Aichele, chair-man
of the Dauphin County Suburban area; Ivan Mease, chairman
of the Hershey area; Joseph Gumpher, treasurer of the Derry
Township Welfare Board; and Brent Hancock, who is in charge of the
Derry Township area including Union Deposit and Sand Beach. Head
man in the Lower Dauphin area is Al Reidinger and Mrs. Norman Sei-bert
is serving as head of the Union Deposit area. Mrs. Clyde H.
Cooper Is. in charge of the Sand Beach Drive.
slated meetings. This year's 25th
Anniversary Class is the class of
'37 of which George H. Booth was
the president and A. Wade Han-cock
was the vice president.
Special entertainment in the high
school auditorium on Saturday
evening will feature the Milton Her-shey
School Glee Club, directed by
Virgil L. Alexander. The speaker
will be the Rev. Harry C. Kehm.
Starting the week-end's events
will be the dance and get-together
on Friday night at the Park 'Golf
Club, starting at 8 p m.
Coffee time will be 8:30 a. m. on
Saturday in the Hershey Fire Hall
with a business meeting at 9 a. m.
Following the 2 o'clock football
game between Milton Hershey
School and Lower Dauphin High
School, there will be "open house"
at the new campus area south of
Homestead.
The annual banquet will be held
in the high school dining hall at
6 p. m. on Saturday; and a dance
in the gymasium follows the audi-
Girl's Camp Dedication
To Be Held October 14th
Dedication of the Catherine S.
Hershey Girl's Camp will be held
on Sunday afternoon, October 14
at 3 p. m., it was announced by
the Derry Township Camping As-sociation.
All girls of Derry Town-ship,
their families and friends are
cordially invited to attend.
The dedication address will be
given by Jefferson C. Barnhart
and The Venerable Kermit L.
Lloyd will give the invocation.
Following the dedication, an
open house will be held and will
continue until 5 p. m. to give the
public an opportunity to see "first
hand" the camping facilities now
available for girls' groups of
Derry Township.
Hostesses for the open house are
Mrs. Earl Brown, Mrs. Lester
Abel, Mrs. Joseph Fischer, Mrs.
Donald Hess, Mrs. Aldo Modesto,
Mrs. John Shuey, Mrs. Paul Weav-er,
Mrs. Robert Simrell, Mrs. Wil-liam
Moriarity, and Mrs. Arthur
Strimble.
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Fire Hydrants of Hershey
will be flushed the week of Oc-tober
15 and the week of October
22 inclusive.
Held October 19 - 21
torium entertainment with the
Spartan Orchestra providing the
music.
Speaker at the Homecoming Wor-ship
Service in the Community
Theatre on Sunday at 9:15 a. m.,
will be Melvin H. Garner '41, Di-rector
of Secondary Education at
the school.
Memorial Services at Hershe
Cemetery will be conducted at
10:45.
IIershey Water Company
Announces New Water Main
The Hershey Water Company,
Inc., is placing an additional 16"
water main extending from the
-reservoir to Chocolate Avenue
and Mill Road where it will be
hooked into a, new 12" line from
Mill Road to Cocoa Avenue on
the South side of Chocolate Ave-nue.
The digging and construction
work along Chocolate Avenue
will present little problems for
a while, but it is hoped that
these inconveniences will be
small in comparison to the util-ity
of the line.
The new line will guarantee
continued 'water service in the
event of a break in the old line,
thereby affording fire protection
continuously. It will also serve
the west end of the town and
the southwest end in a better
manner.
The contract date for the com-pletion
of the project is approxi-mately
December 15.
Shade Tree Commission
Announces New Regulation
The Derry Township Shade
Tree Commission has announced
a regulation designating the fol-lowing
named trees for the respec-tive
streets upon which trees are
now being removed or will be re-moved
in the near future:
Para Avenue from East Choco-late
Avenue to Cuba Avenue—
Amur Maple (Acer Ginnala); East
Areba Avenue from Cocoa Avenue
to Meadow Lane—Amur Maple
(Acer Ginnala); East Caracas
from Cocoa Avenue to Homestead
Road — Japanese Pagoda Tree
(Sophora Japonica); East Caracas
Avenue from Homestead Road to
Para Avenue—Little Leaf Linden
(Tilea Cordata); East Granada
Avenue from Homestead Road
West to End Beyond Para Avenue
—Paul's Scarlet Hawthorn (Cra-taegeus
Oxyacantha Pauli); Mead-ow
Lane from East Areba Avenue
to Cuba Avenue—Buisman Elm
(Elmus Carpinafolia): Cuba AVe-nue
from Homestead Road to
Meadow Lane—Zelkova (Z;_slkova
Serrata).
The regulation specified that
existing trees on Para, East Are-ba,
East Caracas and East Gran-ada,
when removed, would be re-placed
with the above named
trees at the distances specified
in the Shade Tree Ordinance.
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