Hershey News 1961-05-11

              HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA, MAY 11, 1961
Personnel Changes Effected In Hershey
Estates - Retirement Of H M. Spangler
With the retirement of Mr. Harry
M. Spangler, 268 E. Areba Ave.;
who served as comptroller and
treasurer of Hershey Estates for
mans, years, President J. B: Sol-lenberger
announced the election
of Mr, Wallace R. Mayer, as Treas-urer
- and Mr. Kenneth V. Hatt as
Comptroller, with Mr:, Hatt alto
serving as office manager and
Manager of Hershey Electric and
Hershey Telephone Companies.
In addition, Mr. Robert A. Houck
was appointed as Internal Auditor.
A ,native of Fontana, Lebanon
County, Mr_. Spangler started his
employment with Hershey Choco-late
Corporation on September 13,
1914., .He transferred to Hershey
Estates as Assistant Comptroller
on December 26, 1927; advanced to
Comptroller in November, 1944,
and Treasurer in 1948.
A son, Clarence B. Spangler, is
a resident of Lancaster, was for-merly
associated with Hershey
Chocolate Corporation. Russell S.
Spangler, 812 Cocoa Avenue, is as-sociated
with the Corporation's
Credit Office. There are four
grandchildren, three boys and a
girl.
Affiliated with Hershey Estates
since September, 1957, Mr. Mayer
is a native of Garden City, Long
Island, N. Y., came to Hershey
from American Airlines. •
- A graduate of Lehigh University
-'48, Mr. Mayer qhalified as a CPA
inlhe State 0f New York in 1952:
Mr. Hatt is a 1941 graduate of
Milton Hershey School; has con-tinuous
employment with Hershey
Estates excepting for three years
(two years overseas) U. S. Army
duty.
Following World War II, he be-came
affiliated with the Hershey
Estates utilities,' and became As-sistant
Comptroller in 1958.
He is a President-elect of the
Milton Hershey School Alumni As-sociation,
following twelve years
as Secretary.
Mr. Houck is a native of Altoona,
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HUMOR at the Seventh Annual Fellowship Dinner of the Milton Hershey School Alumni Associa-tion
in the Community Building Dining Room: Committee Chairman John M. Aichele '39 (left); Dr.
John O. Hershey, Superintendent, Milton Hershey School; John A. O'Brien, President, Class of '61; I‘
A. Wade Hancock '37, Altoona, Pa., Alumni Association President; The Rev. Clarence R. Rahn,
United Church of Christ, Temple, Pa., humorist; Stephen S. Russell '61, MHS Student Senate President.
PENNSYLVANIA State Police officials and Cadets visited with Milton Hershey School students
at the High School and the Farm Homes. Speakers at the assembly program: James E. Robb, Chair-man
of the Board of Managers; Major Hilding C. Johnson, Superintendent, Pennsylvania State
Police Academy; Major John D. Kime, Bureau of Traffic, Harrisburg, who represented Colonel Frank
G. McCartney, PSP Commissioner; Dr. John 0. Hershey, Superintendent, Milton Hershey School.
PS! Cadets visited Farm Homes, enjoyed an evening meal with MHS students.
Registration Dates Set Up For The Elementary School
Registration for kindergarten and
new entrants for the first grade for
the school year 1961-62 will be held
in the Elementary. School Princi-pal's
Office from May 22 to 26.
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The hours for registration will
be 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., and 1:00 to
3:30 p.m.
Policy for registration is as fol-lows:
DISASTER Drill by Medical Staff' of Hershey Hospital added a touch
of nostalgia. Out of the reserve fleet came the 1940 LaSalle Ambulance
(now officially an antique) with Thomas Sullivan (left) at the wheel;
crew members Paul A. Seavers, president, Hershey Ambulance Corps;
Miss Mabel M. Lingle.
A child must be 5 years old be-fore
Feb. 1, 1962, to be eligible for
kindergarten. .
A child must be 6 years old be-fore
Feb. 1, 1962, to be eligible for
first grade.
The birth and vaccination certifi-cates
must be presented to the
principal before a child may be
registered.
If a child attended kindergarten
in Hershey, he need not register
for first grade.
A pre-school clinic day for
parents of next year's kindergarten
children will be held on Wednes-day,
May 24. .
Purpose of the clinic day is -to
acquaint the parents with the
kindergarten program. '
It explains a kindergarten day
for them, tells them what is ex-pected
of their children. _
It also arranges for them • to
become acquainted with the auxil-iary
help .which includes the art
and music ,teaeher s, school
mirse, dental hygienist, speech cor-rectionist;
and the school psycholo-gist.
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Arrangements have been made
for the care -of pre-school children
who may haVe to 'accompany par-ents
on this day.
However, it is requested that
parents do not ask the school to
care for any children under 3 years
of age.
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Delayed by unseasonably cool
weather, the 30,000 tulips at the
Hershey Rose Garden are now in
peak bloom; and the flowering of
the tulips should continue through
May 21.
The 42,000 rose bushes are ex-pected
to begin peak bloom on
June 11. Full bloom should con-tinue
for at least three weeks, ac-cording
to John P. Meszaros, Di-rector
of Horticulture.
Prior to peak bloom, there
should be a number of roses show-ing
color.
Beginning the second week of
June, the 14,000 annual plants
start to show their colors and are
expected to be in full bloom by
the middle of July, continuing the
rest of the season until frost.
The 4,000 chrysanthemum plants
should start their bloom approxi-mately
September 10, coming into
full bloom October 8 and continu-ing
in bloom until Thanksgiving
Day.
Visitors have ample free parking
areas; and can share this beauty
at no cost each day from 10:00 a.m.
to 8:00 p.m., EDT.
ELECTION DAY
Election Day is Tuesday, May
16, 1961.
Polls will be open from 8:00 A.M.
to 9:00 P.M., EDT.
Derry Township Polling Places:
1st Precinct — Stoverdale School
House. 2nd — Brownstone Lodge
Building. 3d — Hershey Volunteer
Fire House. 4th — American Le-gion
Home. 5th — Hershey Com-munity
Building,
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DR. A. C. BAUGHER
Speaker at the Hershey Junior
College Commencement to be held
in the Little Theatre of the Com-munity
Building at 8:00 p.m., on
Monday, May 29, is Dr. A. C.
Baugher, retiring president of
Elizabethtown College.
Member of Phi Beta Kappa, and
Kappa Delta Pi, as well as being
listed in Who's Who in America,
the veteran educator and lecturer
will present "On the Threshold of
New Discoveries" as his com-mencement
address to the Her-shey
Junior College graduating
class.
Dr. Rougher taught in rural
schools ef York County from 1913-
1915; has been President of Eliza-bethtown
College since 1941, •
Ile was Dean of Instruction and
Professor of Chemistry 1922-28-41.
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