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Geo. Thomas Hocker SELECTED for a Junior College Scholarship Award of $900 by Franklin and Mar- -shall College, Lancaster, was George Thomas Hocker who is enrolled in the pre-medical course at Hershey Junior Col-lege. Hocker is the son of Mr. and Mrs. 'George Hocker of Valley Road, Hummelstpwn Route 1, and is a 1952 gradu-ate of Hershey High School. One-half of the scholarship award is to be credited toward each .v.ear's tuition during his two years at F. and M., ac-cording to the notification re-ceived from Walter R. Byers, associate director of admis-sions and placement at the Lancaster college. At HJC Hocker has been included on the Dean's List for scholastic honors for three semesters. He has been active in dra-matics and in the recent In-tercollegiate Conference on Government held here. Small World Reunion In Korea For Local Lads There was Hershey talk a-plenty In Seoul, Korea, recent-ly when two local servicemen who are sattioned near the Korean capital got together for the first time since going overseas. The reunion was staged by Army Pfc. Richard K. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Miller of 70 West Caracas Avenue and Airman Second Class Ronnie Stover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe C. Stover 125 Elm Avenue. Pfc. Miller is an administra-tive typist in a headquarters company near Seoul, and A/2C Stover is a supply clerk at the Kimpo Air Base located about five miles from Seoul. Stover has been ih Korea since August 1953 and Miller ar-rived on the Asiatic peninsula i nSeptember of 1953. Neither had been able to contact the other until re-cently. HERSHEY NEWS Vol. 2 ..0.44Vea,0 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 8, 1954 No. 14 Sixty Volunteers Launch '54 Cancer Crusade Here Sixty public spirited women of the Hershey area are engaged in the important work of conducting the 1954 Cancer Crusade—a job that is measured in human lives. The local campaign is part of the effort of the Dauphin County Unit of the American Cancer Society which is mak-ing advances against the enemy of mankind on three fronts —research, service and education. Goal of the county-wide Crusade is $30,000. The County Cancer Unit pointed out that the largest share—sixty per cent—of the contributor's dollar is devoted to the work of the Division and Unit. Twenty-five per cent supports a nationally ad-ministered research program, and the remaining fifteen per cent is used by the national office for professional and public education, service to patients, statistical research, grants and fellowships, ad-ministration, fuhd-raising and program supplementation, in. that order. The local drive is headed by Mrs. Samuel F. Hinkle and Mrs. E. M. McMullen, co-chair-men. In charge of placing post-ers and donation cans are Mrs. Raymond Koch, 305 East Chocolate Avenue. and Mrs. (Continued an rage Three Esther Long A SENIOR at Hershey High School, Miss Esther Long, has been awarded a $600 scholar-ship to Catawba College Salis-bury, N. C., it was announced here last week. Miss—Long is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Long of 123 West Caracas Avenue. She is secretary of the high school band and a member of the school orchestra and chor-uns, as well as the school's Booster Club. She was awarded the scholarship on the basis of high scholastic ratings in two tests. She plans to make teach-ing her career. Hershey News Comm. Bldg. Hershey, Pa. Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID HERSHEY, PA. Permit No. 13 Good Friday Service Set By Ministerium The combined Good Friday services condutted by the Hershey Ministerial Associa-tion will be held from noon until three o'clock on April 6 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, it was announced this week. Special music will be pro-vided by a Hershey High School ensemble, directed by W. Paul Campbell, music su-pervisor of the Derry Town-ship Schools. The service will be built around the Seven Words,, with discussions by: First Word—Ro.v. J. R, Mc- Donald, pastor of Fishburn's and Union Deposit Evangelical United Brethren Church. Second Word—Rev. J. Her-bert Miller, pastor of the Spring Creek Church of the Brethren. Third Word—Rev. William Sheldon Blair, pastor of Derry Presbyterian Church. Fourth Word—Rev. Thomas W. Guinivan, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church., Fifth Word—Landis Heller, Jr., chaplain, Milton Hershey School. Sixth Word—W. Lyndon Hess, lay reader, All Saints Episcopal Mission. Seventh Word—R e v. Ste-phen E. Schullery, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity. Lower Dauphin Co. Red Cross Drive Goes Over Top The 1954 Red Cross cam-paign tooped its quota in the Lower Dauphin County Sec-tion, as well as in Hershey and Derry Township, it was re-ported this week by Donald B. Chubb, section chairman. Lower Dauphin contribu-tions — which embrace Derry Township and other nearby areas—totalled $10,194.80 as the campaign over-ran its $9,910 goal. Chairman Chubb credited the achievement to the "out-standing teams of captains and workers and the generos-ity of our citizens." Area chairmen in the Lower Dauphin Section were: Her-shey and Derry Township, William E. Dearden; Hum-melstown, Rev. Karl Flocken ; East Hanover, Mrs. Helen Rhoades; West Hanover, Mrs. Earl Hackman; South Han-over, Mrs. Victor Snyder and Charles Shaffer • Lower Swa- SUCCESS STORY—Hershey High-Hershey Junior Col-lege graduate David Strickler satirizes a professional photog-rapher as he takes a self-portrait in a mirror. A former official Navy photographer-journalist, Strickler is now study-ing journalism at Boston University. Below—Another self-portrait, this one of Sailor Strickler luring service in the Far East. . Set Dates For Public Display Of Ambulance Hershey's new community ambulance, purchased with funds provided by contribu-tions to the Hershey Ambul-ance Corps, will be on display at the fire hall on Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25, and again on May 1 and 2, it was announced this week. Considerable interest has been demonstrated concerning the delivery date of the ambul-ance, and the Steering Com-mittee has established the scheduled public display to co-ordinate with the conclusion of the First Aid Training Pro-gram wihch has been under way each Monday and Thurs-day night in the fire hall. As has been pointed out previous-ly, the plan was to have the fully-equipped ambulance on hand so that the men and women who will make up the volunteer crews will have "dry runs"— practice trips — with the equipment as the final phase of their training pro-gram. The ambulance is to be placed in fulltime operation — 24 hours a day, seven days a week — at the conclusion of the complete first aid train-ing period. Actual date when the fulltime service will be in- The Dave Strickler Story Local Boy Makes Good Pictures The lad who started taking pictures around Hershey Park, Hershey High School and Junior College found the photo trail has led to Honolulu, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul — and now to the stately halls of Boston University. Twenty-five-year-old David S. Strickler, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ray Strickler of Hum-melstown Route 1, is writing a local-boy-makes-good story with his camera and type-writer. Full of enthusiasm, and ap-parently not complicated by inhibitions, Strickler has kept a steady helm on course since the photography "bug" first began to nibble. Currently enrolled in the Boston University School of Public Relations, he is point-ing for a job as a magazine photographer and writer with the long-range objective of traveling, writing and "shoot-ing" pictures on a free-lance basis. His career is off to a good start. During the past eight years his published pictures and articles can be traced from the Hershey High Broad-caster through the pages of leading photography maga-zines. Besides, he has spent the past four years photo.. graphing and writing about the Pacific and Far East as an official Navy journalist-. with-camera. His files include hundreds of pictures from Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, and hundreds more depicting life in the Navy. It is his observa-tion that the best pictures of sailors are taken on dry land. Favorite Models Among subjects for his camera during his travels have been Admiral Arthur W. Radford, now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and for-mer Vice - President Alben Barkley, Patti Page, General 3547 REQUESTED IF UNDELIVERABLE tars., Mrs. Jacob Stare. • 4Coatlaae4 ea rase Twee 44>eatLaued as rage Two)
Object Description
Title | Hershey News 1954-04-08 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). |
Date | 1954-04-08 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Description
Title | Hershey News 1954-04-08 |
Subject | Hershey (Pa.)--Newspapers |
Description | Hershey News, published from 1953 until 1964, reported news and events throughout the Township of Derry, Pennsylvania (informally known as Hershey). |
Date | 1954-04-08 |
Location Covered | Hershey (Pa.) |
Type | Text |
Original Format | Newspapers |
Rights | https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en |
Contact | For information on source and images, contact Hershey Community Archives at contact@hersheyarchives.org. |
Contributing Institution | Milton Hershey School |
Sponsorship | This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
Full Text | Geo. Thomas Hocker SELECTED for a Junior College Scholarship Award of $900 by Franklin and Mar- -shall College, Lancaster, was George Thomas Hocker who is enrolled in the pre-medical course at Hershey Junior Col-lege. Hocker is the son of Mr. and Mrs. 'George Hocker of Valley Road, Hummelstpwn Route 1, and is a 1952 gradu-ate of Hershey High School. One-half of the scholarship award is to be credited toward each .v.ear's tuition during his two years at F. and M., ac-cording to the notification re-ceived from Walter R. Byers, associate director of admis-sions and placement at the Lancaster college. At HJC Hocker has been included on the Dean's List for scholastic honors for three semesters. He has been active in dra-matics and in the recent In-tercollegiate Conference on Government held here. Small World Reunion In Korea For Local Lads There was Hershey talk a-plenty In Seoul, Korea, recent-ly when two local servicemen who are sattioned near the Korean capital got together for the first time since going overseas. The reunion was staged by Army Pfc. Richard K. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Miller of 70 West Caracas Avenue and Airman Second Class Ronnie Stover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe C. Stover 125 Elm Avenue. Pfc. Miller is an administra-tive typist in a headquarters company near Seoul, and A/2C Stover is a supply clerk at the Kimpo Air Base located about five miles from Seoul. Stover has been ih Korea since August 1953 and Miller ar-rived on the Asiatic peninsula i nSeptember of 1953. Neither had been able to contact the other until re-cently. HERSHEY NEWS Vol. 2 ..0.44Vea,0 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 8, 1954 No. 14 Sixty Volunteers Launch '54 Cancer Crusade Here Sixty public spirited women of the Hershey area are engaged in the important work of conducting the 1954 Cancer Crusade—a job that is measured in human lives. The local campaign is part of the effort of the Dauphin County Unit of the American Cancer Society which is mak-ing advances against the enemy of mankind on three fronts —research, service and education. Goal of the county-wide Crusade is $30,000. The County Cancer Unit pointed out that the largest share—sixty per cent—of the contributor's dollar is devoted to the work of the Division and Unit. Twenty-five per cent supports a nationally ad-ministered research program, and the remaining fifteen per cent is used by the national office for professional and public education, service to patients, statistical research, grants and fellowships, ad-ministration, fuhd-raising and program supplementation, in. that order. The local drive is headed by Mrs. Samuel F. Hinkle and Mrs. E. M. McMullen, co-chair-men. In charge of placing post-ers and donation cans are Mrs. Raymond Koch, 305 East Chocolate Avenue. and Mrs. (Continued an rage Three Esther Long A SENIOR at Hershey High School, Miss Esther Long, has been awarded a $600 scholar-ship to Catawba College Salis-bury, N. C., it was announced here last week. Miss—Long is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Long of 123 West Caracas Avenue. She is secretary of the high school band and a member of the school orchestra and chor-uns, as well as the school's Booster Club. She was awarded the scholarship on the basis of high scholastic ratings in two tests. She plans to make teach-ing her career. Hershey News Comm. Bldg. Hershey, Pa. Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R. U. S. POSTAGE PAID HERSHEY, PA. Permit No. 13 Good Friday Service Set By Ministerium The combined Good Friday services condutted by the Hershey Ministerial Associa-tion will be held from noon until three o'clock on April 6 in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, it was announced this week. Special music will be pro-vided by a Hershey High School ensemble, directed by W. Paul Campbell, music su-pervisor of the Derry Town-ship Schools. The service will be built around the Seven Words,, with discussions by: First Word—Ro.v. J. R, Mc- Donald, pastor of Fishburn's and Union Deposit Evangelical United Brethren Church. Second Word—Rev. J. Her-bert Miller, pastor of the Spring Creek Church of the Brethren. Third Word—Rev. William Sheldon Blair, pastor of Derry Presbyterian Church. Fourth Word—Rev. Thomas W. Guinivan, pastor of the First Evangelical United Brethren Church., Fifth Word—Landis Heller, Jr., chaplain, Milton Hershey School. Sixth Word—W. Lyndon Hess, lay reader, All Saints Episcopal Mission. Seventh Word—R e v. Ste-phen E. Schullery, pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity. Lower Dauphin Co. Red Cross Drive Goes Over Top The 1954 Red Cross cam-paign tooped its quota in the Lower Dauphin County Sec-tion, as well as in Hershey and Derry Township, it was re-ported this week by Donald B. Chubb, section chairman. Lower Dauphin contribu-tions — which embrace Derry Township and other nearby areas—totalled $10,194.80 as the campaign over-ran its $9,910 goal. Chairman Chubb credited the achievement to the "out-standing teams of captains and workers and the generos-ity of our citizens." Area chairmen in the Lower Dauphin Section were: Her-shey and Derry Township, William E. Dearden; Hum-melstown, Rev. Karl Flocken ; East Hanover, Mrs. Helen Rhoades; West Hanover, Mrs. Earl Hackman; South Han-over, Mrs. Victor Snyder and Charles Shaffer • Lower Swa- SUCCESS STORY—Hershey High-Hershey Junior Col-lege graduate David Strickler satirizes a professional photog-rapher as he takes a self-portrait in a mirror. A former official Navy photographer-journalist, Strickler is now study-ing journalism at Boston University. Below—Another self-portrait, this one of Sailor Strickler luring service in the Far East. . Set Dates For Public Display Of Ambulance Hershey's new community ambulance, purchased with funds provided by contribu-tions to the Hershey Ambul-ance Corps, will be on display at the fire hall on Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25, and again on May 1 and 2, it was announced this week. Considerable interest has been demonstrated concerning the delivery date of the ambul-ance, and the Steering Com-mittee has established the scheduled public display to co-ordinate with the conclusion of the First Aid Training Pro-gram wihch has been under way each Monday and Thurs-day night in the fire hall. As has been pointed out previous-ly, the plan was to have the fully-equipped ambulance on hand so that the men and women who will make up the volunteer crews will have "dry runs"— practice trips — with the equipment as the final phase of their training pro-gram. The ambulance is to be placed in fulltime operation — 24 hours a day, seven days a week — at the conclusion of the complete first aid train-ing period. Actual date when the fulltime service will be in- The Dave Strickler Story Local Boy Makes Good Pictures The lad who started taking pictures around Hershey Park, Hershey High School and Junior College found the photo trail has led to Honolulu, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul — and now to the stately halls of Boston University. Twenty-five-year-old David S. Strickler, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Ray Strickler of Hum-melstown Route 1, is writing a local-boy-makes-good story with his camera and type-writer. Full of enthusiasm, and ap-parently not complicated by inhibitions, Strickler has kept a steady helm on course since the photography "bug" first began to nibble. Currently enrolled in the Boston University School of Public Relations, he is point-ing for a job as a magazine photographer and writer with the long-range objective of traveling, writing and "shoot-ing" pictures on a free-lance basis. His career is off to a good start. During the past eight years his published pictures and articles can be traced from the Hershey High Broad-caster through the pages of leading photography maga-zines. Besides, he has spent the past four years photo.. graphing and writing about the Pacific and Far East as an official Navy journalist-. with-camera. His files include hundreds of pictures from Hawaii, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea, and hundreds more depicting life in the Navy. It is his observa-tion that the best pictures of sailors are taken on dry land. Favorite Models Among subjects for his camera during his travels have been Admiral Arthur W. Radford, now chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and for-mer Vice - President Alben Barkley, Patti Page, General 3547 REQUESTED IF UNDELIVERABLE tars., Mrs. Jacob Stare. • 4Coatlaae4 ea rase Twee 44>eatLaued as rage Two) |
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