Hershey News 1954-11-18

              HERSHEY NEWS
Vol 2 ..kEtc) HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, NOVEMBER 18, 1954 No. 46
Grade Schools Hold Successful Open House
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OPEN HOUSE last Thursday evening in the kinder-garten
and elementary schools of Derry Township gave
these youngsters a chance to show their mothers how they
put in their day. Left to right: Mrs. Daniel Seiverling and
son Bobby and David Della'Loggia and his mother, Mrs.
Martin Della, Loggia.
Parents and teachers of youngsters in Kindergarten
through Sixth Grade got acquainted at the "open house"
observance of American Education Week.
"Smile Day" Observed "Here
OPTIMISM RAN HIGH here on Saturday, and it paid
off for Joyce (left) and Pamela Beaver who are shown above
receiving a prize gift certificate from John Rineman of the
Hershey Optimist Club. Saturday was the big climax to Op_
timst Week as the new organzation went all-out to acquaint
the public with its program of youth welfare.
The plaza of the Hershey Department Store was set
up as headquarters for the occasion. Crub members awarded
certificates for merchandise, privided by local business firms,
to holders of "lucky" numbered leaflets dropped by airplane
the preceding Sunday.
Leaflets and placards proclaimed the Optimist Week
theme: "Every boy needs a man's helping hand."
Decked out in fancy hats and dinner badges, Optimist
Clubbers shined shoes cheerfully for donations to their
youth welfare fund.
Other activities included presentations of roses, candy
and cigars to passersby wearing the "broadest smiles.
(Photo: Allen Zook)
Discuss Pupils' Work
Interest of parents in the
schools was shown during last
Thursday evening's "o p e n
house" program of the Derry
Township kindergarten and
elementary grades. The ipen
house was held in observance
of American Education Week.
Elementary School Prin-cipal
A. Sterling King re-ported
that 739 parents vis-ited
with teachers and ad-ministrators
in the program
which was designed to make
for better understanding
between home and school.
Pointing out that the enroll-ment
totals 1,104 in kinder-garten
and Grades One
through Six, the School princi-pal
said the figures show that
parents of sixty-seven per
cent of the pupils attended the
open house affair.
The turnout was termed by
teachers and administrathrs
as "very satisfactory" and all
teachers expressed the feeling
that their opportunity to meet
the parents contributed to
their general understanding
of the boys and girls.
Parents were likewise re-warted
by meeting the teach-ers
and discussing their child-ren's
work. School work done
by the pupils was displayed
and the school facilities were
explained to the visitors.
The program was similar
to previous school visitations
by parents of students from
Seventh Grade through
Twelfth.
Vets' Day Speaker
Cites U. S. Spirit
Speaking to some 200 peo-ple
in the tittle Theatre at
the Veterans' Day observance
last Sunday evening, Lt. Col.
Charles S. Smith, USAF, Mid-dletown,
said that the enemies
of the United States have con-sistently
and completely
"overlooked the power of the
American spirit.
Having been in a position,
while on overseas assign-ments,
to interview numerous
college students who were for-mer
enemies of the United
States, Colonel Smith pointed
out that today the Kremlin is
conducting schools for the
teaching of "apostles" who
will go forth and teach anti-
Christianity.
"This represents the great-est
challenge this Nation has
ever had", warned the retired
veteran of three conflicts.
"Man must do as much, and
carry as much on one shoul-der,"
said Colonel Smith, "for
the other fellow as he does
and carries on one shoulder
for himself."
This first Veterans Day ob-servance
was a joint effort of
Hershey 'Post No. 386, the
American Legion, Hershey
Memorial Post No. 3502, Vet-erans
of Foreign Wars, in co-operation
with the Hershey
Ministerial Association.
NEW COCOA BEAN TROPHY, emblematic of football
victory in the annual Milton Hershey School-Hershey High
School game, will make its debut this weekend during the
MHS 24th annual Homecoming. The big new trophy, shown
being presented by MHS Alumni President William Dearden
(right) to MHS Student Senate President James Oeschele,
will replace the original "Cocoa Bean" which the alumni
presented at the outset of the football series in 1943.
The two school football teams will battle for the big
trophy for the first time this Saturday. The winning team
will hold possession during the subsequent year.
The trophy is being displayed this week in a window
of the Hershey Department Store. (Photo: Allen Zook)
M.H.S. Alumni Head For 24th
AnnualHomecomingWeekend
The welcome mat will be
out this weekend for the
alumni of the Milton Hershey
School. They'll be holding
their twenty-fourth annual
Homecoming on Friday, Sat-urday
and Sunday.
The Homecoming program
opens with a get-together at
the Park Golf Club at eight
o'clock Friday evening, with
dancing and a buffet luncheon
on the schedule.
Saturday's activities begin
at nine a. m. with a business
session in the Little Theatre
if the Community Building,
with Alumni Association
President William E. C. Dear-den,
Jr., in charge. "Coffee
Time" for wives and guests
will be held at the same time
in the Community Building's
Social Room.
At 1:30 p. m. Saturday,
the kickoff will be signalled
for the traditional Cocoa
Bean football game between
the Milton Hershey School
and Hershey High School at
the Stadium, followed by
"open house" at the MHS
high school building from
four to six p. m.
The Homecoming banquet
is set for 6:15 in the school
cafeteria, and an entertain-ment
program in the auditor-ium
will follow. A dance in
the school gymnasium, to the
music of the Spartan Orches-tra,
will top off the busy Sat-urday.
At the Sunday church ser-vice
in the Community Thea-tre,
the speaker will be Rev.
J. Warren Deardoff of the
Class of 1943.
The annual memorial ser-vices
will be conducted at
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