Hershey News 1963-07-25

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol. 11 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, JULY 25, 1963 No. 15
THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS Swimming and Diving Age Group championships will be held on August 9
and 10 in the 50-meter Hershey Park Pool. The meet, sponsored by the Hershey Aquatic Club
and the Hershey Community Center in conjunction with the 60th Anniversary of Hershey, will
bring to Hershey approximately 1,500 swimmers from the Middle Atlantic A. A. U. District. The
Junior Olympics will be split into four age divisions, midgets (10 and under); juniors (11-12);
intermediates (13-14) and seniors (15-16-17). Roy Sheaffer of Hershey is the general chairman and
Kathleen Lewis will serve as head scorer for the events. Pictured left to right are some of
the Hershey entries in the meet: Gregg Weir, Terry Weir, Carol Shaeffer, Kay Shaeffer, Gretchen
Bierly, Jan Bierly, Nancy Bierly, Toni Clark, Diane Clark, Barbara Boslego, Bobby Boslego and
John Boslego.
Penna. Dutch Days Celebration Set For August 20 to 25
There's a feeling of pleasant ex-pectancy
among the inhabitants of
Hershey and the surrounding com-munities,
deep in the heart of the
Pennsylvania Dutch countryside, as
they make ready for their very own
special annual event. It's the happy
anticipation of being able to show
their work and skills to the out-side
world in the forthcoming
Pennsylvania Dutch Days celebra-tion.
For the 15th consecutive year,
Hershey the Chocolate Town will
be the scene of one of the most
fascinating arts and crafts shows
in the nation. In addition, there is
plenty of fun and festivities for the
entire family at minimum expense.
During the six day exhibition,
August 20 to 25, visitors will be
able to see men and women from
all sections of the state, working
at Early American crafts which
were taught to them by their fore-fathers,
Rug weavers, glass-blowers,
cabinet-makers, quilt stitchers, and
many other skilled workers will
demonstrate their artistry. Lec-tures
on the customs and habits of
the Pennsylvania Germans will be
given by well-known educators with
question and answer periods for
those who would like to know more
about these quaint folks. Featured
too, will be motion pictures and
slides in color.
Founded as a one day affair by
the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect class
of the 1948-49 Hershey Evening
School, to show the many-sided ver-satilities
of their ancestors, the
celebration was received so en-thusiastically
by the public that
the affair has gradually expanded
to its present size and time period.
According to Sho w Chairman
Carl S. Swart, a founder and offici-al
of the yearly event, there will be
continued daily activities from 11
a.m. to 9 p.m. which will be of in-terest
to young and old. Out door
interests will include live domestic
animals with their young, a Pony
Breeders show, a zoo of wild ani-mals,
Cattle shows. Poultry dis-plays
and a pond with swimming
f o w 1. An Antiques show in the
Community Center will again be
featured.
Family style meals, or a sand-wich
and soup will be available
with-in easy walking distance. Free
parking and shaded picnic areas
abound.
Opening day, Tuesday, will be
observed as Governor's Day with a
ribbon-cutting ceremony by prom-inent
State officials.
Featuring old-time farming meth-ods
with horses, Agricultural Day
will be celebrated on Wednesday.
Included among the special guests
will be Leland H. Bull, State Sec-retary
of Agriculture.
Pennsylvania State Police Day
featuring a spectacular Rodeo per-formed
by Pennsylvania's Finest, is
scheduled for Thursday. Staged in
the Stadium, the performance is
free to the public. Among the hon-ored
gue t•z will be the new State
Police Commissioner, Col, E. Wil-son
Purdy.
On Friday, Old-timers Day, speci-al
church services will be conduct-ed
in the dialect as well as a Dutch
dialect word-bee.
Saturday will be highlighted by
the selection and crowning of the
Pennsylvania Poultry. Queen.
The 15th Annual Celebration's
activities will be brought to a close
on Sunday with a concert in the
Bandshell by the famed Spring
Garden Band of York and a United
Religious Service in the Commun-ity
Theatre with Dr. Raymond L
Lindquest of Hollywood, California
as guest speaker.
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CONSTRUCTION SWINGS into final phase on the Cocoa Avenue Plaza, which, when finished, will
be one of the country's outstanding community recreation centers. Unique in design and functional
flexibility, this new addition to the Hershey Com munity Center will provide a host of facilities
for year-round enjoyment. The most unique feature of the new facility is the circular portion of
the building, half of which is constructed on rolling wheels on a track. The motor-driven half-circle
can be opened to completely expose the pool for outdoor swimming, or it can be closed to
permit swimming in inclement weather and during the winter months. Complementing the overall
design and flexibility of the new Plaza will be the pool, which has been built to meet qualifications
for NCAA and AAU competitive swimming, and the professional tennis courts constructed of Grass-tee,
which place them among the nations finest. Combined with existing program and facility re-sources,
the Cocoa Avenue Plaza will contribute to the Hershey Community Center's ability to
offer its affiliates recreational opportunities of wide diversification in unsurpassed facilities.
Hershey Park Scene Of Public Links Tourney
The 28th annual Pennsylvania
Public Golfers Association Tourna-ment
is currently under way at
the Hershey Park Golf Course and
will continue until Saturday, July
27. On hand to defend his state
Public Links title is four-time win-ner
Paul Garrison of Hershey.
Paul won the PPGA event with a
score of 293.
Eighteen holes will be played
both today and tomorrow, July 25
and 26 with the cutoff survivors
playing 36 holes on Saturday, July
26. The Tournament began yester-day,
Wednesday, July 24; opening
with the one-day two-man team
matches. Art and Paul Garrison
were defending the title they won
last year with a record score of 64.
In all, five former champions
are playing the championship Her-shey
Park course. They include
the two Garrisons, Gordon Good-son
of Harrisburg, Bob Hirneisen
of Sinking Springs, and Andy Sz-wedko
of Pittsburg.
Hershey Park Sponsoring All - Star Family Contests
America's All-Star Family to be
chosen in November at Chicago
after regional contest eliminations
in amusement - recreation centers
across the country, will receive,
among other prizes, an-all-expense-paid
trip to and weekend lodging
at Six-Gun Territory, the new
therned amuse-ment
park at Silver Springs, Flori-da.
The Hershey Park regional con-test,
which will select a winner to
represent the area in the national
competition is being conducted on
a weekly basis at the park's band-shell
and will conclude Wednes-day,
August 28 with an hour-long,
televised final contest. Competi-tion
began on July 16 and subse-quent
contest will be conducted on
July 30, August 6, August 13 and
August 28. The regional winner
will receive a $500 paid-up charge
account plus an all-expense-paid
trip to Chicago and a chance to
share in $5,000 worth of prizes.
The contest is open to families of
American citizenship with one or
more unmarried children. Entrants
will be required to write, in 500
words or less, why their family
should be considered. Judging will
be based on good citizenship,
community, work, scholastic, and
athletic activities, individual and
group leadership, grooming, hob-bies
talent and poise.
Contest entry blanks and infor-mation
on the regional contest are
available at the office of Hershey
Park, WHP radio, Harrisburg, or
Pomeroy's of Harrisburg.
THIRTY-SEVEN American Field Service Students representing
nineteen countries, were recently entertained for three days by
Derry Township families. Under the sponsorship of the Hershey
Rotary, the students toured the Hershey Chocolate Factory, viewed
the Milton Hershey School film "A Living Heritage for Boys", and
were entertained at a luncheon. In the photo, a few of the students
are shown about to go through the "chow" line at a barbeque given
in their honor by the Rotary at the Hershey Park Golf Club. Left
to right are Mr. William Schiller, program chairman; Kirsten E.
Friis, Denmark; Use B. Hartvigsen, Norway; Yalcin Tanverdi,
Turkey; Marianne G. Kersten, Netherlands; and Lambert° Cian-forlini,
Italy.
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