The Whip is installed and is called "The Whipperoo". [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1937.]

A maple floor is bought for the Hershey Sports Arena and Tommy Dorsey’s band plays there. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1937.]

Roller skating is held in the Sports Arena. Johnny Davidson is the manager and professional instructor. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1937.]

Sit-down strike starts at Hershey Chocolate Corporation. It ends on April 7, 1937 when sit-down strikers are forcibly removed from the factory.

Les Brown and his Duke Blue Devils provide the music for the twenty-third Annual May Hop in the Hershey Park Ballroom. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in May 1937.]

Hershey Rose Garden opens to the public. It consists of 3.5 acres of roses and 1 acre including a grove of mature trees. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in May 1937.]

Benny Goodman, “The King of Swing,” appears at the Hershey Park Ballroom.

Army Captain Paul P. Logan and Hershey Chocolate chief chemist Samuel Hinkle develop formula for "D" Ration Bar, and produce a limited run of product. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in September 1937.]

M.S. Hershey’s eightieth birthday party is held in the Hershey Sports Arena. His employees present him with a yellow-gold octagon ring, with 18 blue-white diamonds set in platinum, enclosing the “baby in the cocoa shell” trademark of Hershey Chocolate Corporation.

Bittersweet Chocolate introduced. Replaced by Semi-sweet bar (February 1949).

Reading Streamlined Train (Reading Crusader) visits Hershey railroad station for its first public inspection. Railroad guests are entertained at the Hotel Hershey, and the train is open to the public from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.