Hershey News 1957-04-18

              Vol. 5
ERSHEY NEWS
CD HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, APRIL 18, 1957 No. 16
PRIZE WINNERS at the concluding session of the popular floral arranging course
conducted by the Hershey Community Club are shown after the judging was com-pleted
at the April 10 closing class in the Social Room of the Community Building.
From left, are Mrs. Robert Young, awarded second prize for dining room display;
Mrs. Conrad Frank, first in dining room display; Mrs. Edwin Hershey, floral show
champion; Mrs. Janet Brown, first in hallway decoration; and Mrs. John Constable,
second in hallway decoration. The floral arranging course was sponsored by the Her-shey
Community Club, and one hundred and nine persons were enrolled. In charge of
instruction was Miss Nancy George, well known Carlisle florist, instructor, judge and
consultant.
SAFE CYCLING was the theme of the Hershey Opti-mist
Club's third annual bicycle safety program held
last Saturday at School Plaza for more than three hun-dred
Hershey area youngsters. Group shown here in-cludes
(1. to r.) Dennis Little, Carl Piergallini, State
Trooper Milan Sudor, Bill Rippon and Craig Hetrick.
Piergallini and Hetrick are Safety Patrol captains for
the St. Joan of Arc and Derry Township Schools, re-spectively,
and Trooper Sudor is State Police consultant
for the patrols.
A highlight of the Bike Safety Day was the draw-ing
of a lucky ticket by Trooper Sudor for the awarding
of a free bicycle to one of the 305 youngsters who regis-tered
their bikes. The new bike was won by Patricia
Ann Long, a Third Grade pupil in the Derry Township
Schools and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Long of
74 West Granada Avenue.
Easter Seal Report ported were from 363 contributors.
The general campaign of the
Tr -County Crippled Children's As-sociation
reported returns were
running slightly behind last year.
In 1956, Hershey residents con-tributed
a total of $880.95.
Sunrise Service
To Be Held With
Music And Prayer
The traditional Easter
Sunrise Service in the Her-shey
Rose Garden has been
announced for 5:15 a. m. by
the Hershey Ministerial As-sociation.
A brief sermon will be de-livered
by the Rev. Dr. J. R.
MacDonald. Other members
of the Ministerial Association
will also take part in the
service.
Cyril Little will be the vocal
solist for the Easter sunrise
pageantry, with Robert W.
Smith as his accompanist.
Choral selections will be
presented' bST the Milton' Her-shey
School Glee Club, under
the direction of Virgil L. Alex-ander,
and a brass ensemble
from the Milton Hershey
School, directed by Ray Mil-ler,
will present sacred instru-mental
music.
In case of inclement weath-er,
the sunrise service will be
held in the First Evangelical
United Brethren Church.
Cancer Drive
Set For Wed.
Hershey Park
Season Opens
On April 28
Another big picnic season
is in prospect for Hershey
Park, when "The Summer
Playground of Pennsylvania"
opens on Sunday, April 28.
Many school groups have
already •made arrangements
to hold their outings during
May and early June.
Most of the groups will
spend the day in town, com-bining
their park visit with
trips to the Chocolate Corpor-ation
plant and the Hershey
Museum.
Chaperoned school groups
are admitted to the museum
free •of charge, with guided
tours provided between the
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Wednesday, April 24, will
be C-Day in Hershey.
C for Cancer.
On that day, eighty-nine
volunteer workers of the com-munity
will make a door-to-door
drive for funds to sup-port
the national program of
cancer research, education
and treatment.
The appointed hours for the
local canvass are from six to
eight p. m., although some
homes will be visited in the
afternoon.
The 1957 cancer campaign
is headed by Mrs. Reuel D.
Ryman, with Walter Douglas
i as assistant.
Tulip Festival To
Mark Opening Of
Hershey Gardens
Hershey's Spring and Sum-mer
showplace, the famous
Hershey Gardens featuring 21
acres of floral beauty, will re-open
to the public on Satur-day,
April 27.
The gardens will be open
daily-10 a.m. to 8 p.m.—with
free admission.
First event on the garden's
busy schedule, according to
Harry L. Erdman, chief horti-culturist
for the Hershey Es-tates,
will be the annual tulip
festival held in connection
with the opening of the 1957
season.
Some of the tulips will be
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WORK OF AMATEUR ARTISTS-of the Hershey Eve-ning
School was on display among the many exhibits
at the school's first fair, held April 9 in the all-purpose
room of the Milton Snavely Hershey Memorial Element-ary
School. Here some of the paintings are admired
by (left to right) Mrs. Hiram Groff, Mrs. Audra Kohl
and Miss Elaine Huber. The fair combined an art ex-hibit,
fashion show and many other examples of work
done by the adult students. Raymond F. Evans, director
of the Evening School, estimated that some 350 persons
visited the fair.
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Hershey's 1957 Easter Seal Sale
contributions climbed to $615.25 at
the end of last week, it was an-nounced
by Mrs. John Beck, Seal
Sale chairman. The returns re-
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