Hershey News 1960-02-04

              HERSHEY NEWS
No. 8 HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, FEBRUARY 4, 1960 No. 3
DEN CAL HEALTH WEEK. Derry Township Supervisors' Secretary -
Treasurer, Harvey M Hershey, reads the proclamation establishing
February 7-13 as Dental_ Health Week in Hershey.. Dr; Thomas C,
Backenstose is this year's Children's Dental Health Week Chairman
of the Hershey Area for the Harrisburg Dental Society'.
PROMOTION NIGHT at St. Joan of Arc Church. Cub Pack 108 Web-elos
Kevin Weir (left), Wayne Tulli, Richard Mariani and David La.
Venture with Den Mother, Mrs. Ernestine LaVertue.- 130 ,scouters,
parents and friends attended the science fair and award. night. -
SCOUTING IN HERSHEY
Troop 65—Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Troop 67—Derry Township Public Schools
Troop 75—Milton Hershey School
Troop 76—Spring Creek Church of the Brethren
Troop 108—St. Joan of Arc Church
TroOp 203—Evangelical United Brethren Church
Troop 211—Mt View Church
Hershey To Observe
Dental Health Week
There are very few _pre-school
.or school children in
Hershey without some. kind
of dental problem; according
to Dr. Thomas C. Backen-stose,
children's Dental
Health Week chairman for
the Hershey Area for the
Harrisburg Dental Society.
Problems range from lack of
proper home care of teeth to ,ne
Of treatment or irregular or
"crooked" 'teeth, he explained.
Loss than 20 per cent of the chil-dren
in this community have never
visited a dentist for treatment .or
cL) not, make regular xiisits to a
dentist for -check-ups. • They make
appointments ofily• for emergency
treatment. Many children lose one
or more permanent, -teeth before
they. are 12 years Old.
ileeause the picture :throtighout
the . nation is.equally, sad, Dr. Back- '
enstose said, on-ce .every. year a
special effort is made to focus the
country's attention on the serious-ness,
of the problem. Dates of this
year's National Children's Dental
Health Week are February. 7 to 13.
Of course, the individual must
think about dental health every
Week, Dr. Backenstose pointed out.
Three 'simple measures faithfully
observed Can 'do a great deal to
reduee tooth decay:- cutting 'down
on sweets, brushing one's teeth
after every meal and going to a
dentist periodic:My for a ehock-ilp.
A fourth way of preventing tooth
decay is to fluoridate the commu-nity's
public water supply. Studies
made in other cities indicate that
children drinking fluoridated wa-ter
from birth have up to 65 per
cent less torah decay, Dr. Backen
stoSe said. In rural areas lacking
public water supplies, topical ap-plication
of fluorides by dentists
reduces new decay by as much as
40 per cent.
If children's teeth do not have
the benefits of fluoridation and of
proper care,. what happens?
Youngsters with diseased, decay-ed-,
broken or crooked teeth can-not
Chew their food properly, dur-ing
the- years When nutrition is so
important, Dr. Backenstose ex-plained.
Their speech may be af-fected,
and the size and shape of
their faces. Diseased or irregular
teeth .may cause emotional prob-lems
for boys and girls sensitive
about their appearance.
GOD AND COUNTRY AWARDS.. (Left to right): Ronald F., Bricker, Troop 65; John C. Rodolff, Troop,
203; James A. Stover, Troop 203; Barry L. Gingrich, Troop 203; Rev. Thomas W. Guinivan, Pastor,'
First Evangelical United Brethren Church. These young men,. along with Robert W. Smith, Jr., will be
honored at the 10:30 2.111. service at First Church on Feb. 14. Some Sixty Boy and Cub Scouts froml
Troop 203, sponsored by the host church, will attend the service. Henry Stover, a veteran of-32 years
of scouting, is Scoutmaster of Troop 203. John Dodge is Scoutmaster, of Troop 85. Following a year's:
' work, the young men were approved by ,the local Examining Committee (Charles Brinser and Pastor,
Gulnivan) and the ExamMing Committee 0f the United Churches of Greater Harrisburg. -
GETTING THE WORD. Illustrious Patriarch, Kenneth Herr, of the
Quarryville Slumbering Lodge of Groundhogs, when he conferred with
the furry prognosticator on Tuesday. Earmuffs foretold six additional
weeks of winter. No word from Punxsutawney. With thanks to friend
Herb Krone of the Lancaster Newspapers and AP.
E. W. MEYERS
CHIEF CHEMIST of the Hershey
Chocolate Corporation, E. W. Mey-ers,
is Chairman of the Executive
Committee of the Pennsylvania
Manufacturing Confectioners' As-sociation.
"Candy Is Delicious Food — Eat
Some Every D-ay" is the Associa-tion's
slogan.
Meyers is immediate Past Presi-
EXCHANGE CLUB
Pancake Supper. Feb. 6th. Fie.- •
Mentary School Cafeteria. 11 a. in.
to 8 p.m. All the pancakes, you can
eat. Adults, $1. 'Children 6-12, 54
cents. Children under 6, Free.
Car Wash. Feb. 13th, School Bus
Garage. 8:00 a.m. to 5 p.m.
As a step in the fund raising ef-fort
to send the Exchange Club's
students to Concord, Mass., this
S.:wing, the Hershey Filling Station
is conducting an Ice Cream benefit
on Valentine's Day. Students will
sell Hershey Estates Dairy -ice
cream at ,the Filling Station and
will receive 10c - for -every half-gallon
sale. Free candy br the
children!
dent of the State Association and is
also Chairman of the Tuesday
Luncheon Committee of the Nation-al
Confectioners' Association, 'who
meet this year in Philadelphia.
With the Corporation since 1930,
Meyers was Assistant to Chief
Chemist S. F. Hinkle until 1947,
when Mr. Hinkle was named Plant
Manager and -Meyers was named
Chief Chemist' Mr. Hinkle then be-came
President of Hershey Choc-olate
Corporation in 1957.
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