Hershey Foods Technical Center completes its third addition, adding 81,900 square feet of space. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1990.]
St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church opens a parochial school for grades 1-8.
Stoverdale United Methodist Church dedicates its new church building.
Hershey Industrial School opens Ivanhoe, a new building containing classrooms, a domitory for 55 boys, trade workshops and an apartment for the housemother. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1920.]
Harrisburg Chamber of Commerce holds testimonial dinner in honor of Milton Hershey. Function is held at the Penn-Harris Hotel. 400 men attend.
Hershey Foods Corporation acquires the North American assets of Huhtamaki comprised of Leaf, Inc. Leaf confectionery products include: Jolly Rancher, Whoppers, Milk Duds, Good & Plenty, Pay Day, Heath, Rainblo and Super Bubble. As part of the transaction, Huhtamaki acquires Gubor and Sperlari.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Hershey Volunteer Fire Company is formed.
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company place two-way radios into service. They are the first in use by any fire department in Dauphin County. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in October 1952.]
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company builds a two bay addition to the east side of the Firehouse. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in February 1956.]
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company is host to the 45th annual Dauphin County Firemen’s Parade and Convention. The company also hosted this event in 1932 and 1949. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in June 1963.]
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company hosts an Invitational Rescue Competition. The event is held annually for three years. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in May 1977.]
The first Annual Chocolatetown Firemen’s Parade is held. The event continues for 12 years. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in May 1980.]
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company acquires its first Chief’s car (1979 Chevy Malibu formerly used by the Derry Township Police). [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in September 1981.]
Hershey Volunteer Fire Company hosts the first annual rescue competition. It is cohosted by Hess Ford. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in August 1995.]
Library experiences busiest February in library’s history: 33,242 items checked out. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in February 1998.]
Hershey Public Library ranks 1st among similarly sized communities in library circulation, circulation per capita and colleciton per capitita. The Library circulated 17.4 items in 1997, national average is 6.4 items. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in April 1998.]
Hershey Public Library receives a surprise $250,000 bequest from the estate of Clyde and Mary Spitler. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in August 1998.]
Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries selects Friends of the Hershey Public Library as 1998 "Friends Group of the Year." [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in November 1998.]
Hershey Public Library Capital Campaign concludes. 100% of all 3-year pledges fulfilled. Campaign raised $601,526 dollars, surpassing its $500,000 goal. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in December 1998.]
Pennsylvania Library Association Annual Conference held at Hershey Lodge. Conference reception held at Hershey Public Library. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in November 1998.]
Poser’s Department Store leases the first floor of the Hershey Press/Hershey Department Store Building. (Poser’s closes ca1990). [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1981.]
Ninth and last invitational Golf Tournament in Hershey (Hershey Open), with a $5,000 purse. (Held August 28-31, 1941).
Hotel Hershey renovates main building adding individual climate control to guest rooms, replacing all windows and carpeting and refurbishing all furnishings [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred ca. 1978-1982.]
Hershey Bears win their first Calder Cup Championship under the leadership of Coach Don Penniston. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in April 1947.]
Hershey Community Archives begins operating in the basement of One Chocolate Avenue. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in February 1985.]
Fishburn United Brethren Church (now United Methodist) dedicates its first church building
Fishburn United Brethren Church (now United Methodist) dedicates its second church building. Cornerstone was laid September 12, 1886
Fishburn United Methodist Church dedicates its third and current church building
Fishburn United Methodist Church dedicates a new Christian Education building. Ground breaking was held on June 10, 1956.
Fishburn United Methodist Church dedicates a new addition to the church complex. Ground breaking was held March 31, 1968.
Hershey Chocolate introuces Pot of Gold boxed chocolates to the United States market. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in September 1996.]
Hershey’s Ovation introduced to the United States market. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1988.]
Moirs introduces Pot of Gold boxed chocolates. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1928.]
Benjamin Moir opens a bakery on the corner of Duke and Brunswick Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in the year 1812.]
Students begin attending newly renovated Hershey Middle School (former Hershey High School). [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in February 1998.]
The corporate name HERCO Inc. is dropped and Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company. is adopted as the company’s public name. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in April 1998.]
Lebbie Lebkicher’s (Lebbie’s), a new restaurant at Hershey Lodge, opens. It is named for one of Milton Hershey’s closest friends.
“Great Bear,” the first steel inverted, looping roller coaster, opens at Hersheypark.
New 231 room guest tower opens at Hershey Lodge. Lodge now has a total of 665 rooms.
Grand opening of “Great American Hall,” a 32,000 square foot exhibition hall in the Hershey Convention Center.
Hersheypark Christmas Candylane features “The Munchkins of Oz,” five original actors who played the citizens of Mundhkinland in the original film “The Wizard of Oz” (now celebrating its 60th anniversary). Thaey ranged in age from 76 to 83 years old.
In its second year, Hotel Hershey broadens its Dickens event. Gerald Charles Dickens, great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens presents a reading of "A Christmas Carol" at two hotel events: "A Tea with Scrooge" and a four-course traditional English Christmas "Dickens Feast" in the Hotel Hershey’s Circular Dining Room. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in December […]
A time capsule is placed and sealed in the cornerstone of the new Memorial Hall School at Milton Hershey School
The Spartan Express Grocery Store opens at the Supply Center.
ReeseSticks wafer bars introduced.
Hershey Chocolate N.A. and “Godzilla”, a summer movie offering, introduce a variety of “Godzilla” themed Hershey’s products and promotions.
Jolly Rancher Jolly Jellies Candies introduced in two flavors: Tart ‘N Tangy and Sweet ‘N Fruity.
Hershey’s TasteTations introduces a new flavor: Chocolate Mint.
Sherry Lambly, Vice President for Human Resources, retires.
John R. Canavan is named Vice President for Human Resources, Hershey Foods Corporation.
Hershey’s Nuggets creamy milk chocolate with toffee and almonds, Hershey’s Nuggets dark chocolate with almonds introduced.
Hershey Foods begins exploring the sale of its Pasta business.
Hershey Foods Corporation announces agreement to sell its Pasta business to New World Pasta.
Hershey Public Library celebrates its first anniversary in new facility.
HERCO, Inc. leases Hershey Nursery’s retail garden center operation to Royer’s Garden Center & Greenhouse, Inc.
Murrie residence is enlarged. (Completed in March 1915)
Frank Clayton Snavely house (246 E. Caracas Ave) is completed. It is built in the "Modern Italian School" style of architecture. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1915.]
Hershey organizes a Y.M.C.A. chapter. The Cocoa House, except part occupied by the Hershey Trust Company, is renovated for the Y.M.C.A. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in January 1910.]
Parkview Apartments (former Hershey Garage and Livery (or Stables), then the Y.W.C.A.) are razed. The location is now [2025] the ZooAmerica Animal Health Center and parking lot. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1969.]
Hershey Chocolate Corporation initiates Teachers for West Africa program. It is financed by the Hershey Fund and administered by Elizabethtown College. It sends teachers to Ghana and Nigeria. The program is discontinued in 1972. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1961.]
Hershey Chocolate discontinues embossing its milk chocolate, milk chocolate with almond and cocoa labels. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1950.]
Hershey Estates is authorized to give the PA State Police Academy up to 20 acres of land for new school location.
Milton Hershey School assumes operation of the Rose Garden and Nursery.
Milton Hershey School transfers the assets of the Hershey Nursery to Hershey Estates
Milton Hershey School students begin renovating/restoring the Derry Church Schoolhouse
Hershey Quick Lunch opens to the public.(Date is approximate. Exact day is unknown)
Hershey Chocolate Company secures large U.S. Government order to provide 2,000,000 1/2 pound milk chocolate bars for soldiers on active duty during Christmas.
Hershey Chocolate Corporation converts a portion of the Meadows into a parking lot.
Hershey Creamery revamps creamery to switch from round to square milk bottles. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1951.]
Air conditioning is added to the Hotel Hershey Dining Room, West Lounge, Cocktail Lounge and 102 rooms. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1955.]
Milton Hershey School begins construction of an underpass of Rt. 322, near the Homestead.
The Hershey Fund, a charitable trust created by Hershey Chocolate Corporation and the Hershey Trust Company Board of Trustees, buys a 10 acre tract on Cocoa Avenue for recreational purposes. (Hershey Fund Board = Hinkle, Mohler, Schiller and Whiteman)
Hershey Quick Lunch closes. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1920.]
Hershey Industrial School students begin attending Hershey’s public high school.
The deer (sometimes called elk) statue is placed at the entrance to the park. There is also a soldier statue (Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders) but the soldier statue is later moved to the rose garden.
The "boy and the leaky boot" statue is part of the fountain in the swimming pool. It is later moved to the Rose Garden. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1915.]
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.]
Plans are drawn up and construction for the Hershey Rose Garden begins.The first plants are put in November. It is directed by Harry Erdman, the horticulturist for M.S. Hershey. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred during June-November 1936.]
Hersheypark Animal Garden, a petting zoo with baby animals, opens. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1972.]
The Animal Garden sustains damage from Tropical Storm Agnes. Most of the animals are saved by park employees. The baby elephant is taken to the Arena box office. It is kept under the Stadium until flood damage is repaired.
The Sunken Garden, the electric Fountain, and the Miniature Railroad are removed. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1973.]
Bill Bowman, the general manager of the Hershey Nursery, is chosen for the director of the Hershey Rose Garden. He spends 4 years expanding the Gardens by adding 6 thematic garden areas. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1976.]
Hersheypark opens a new children’s area called Kid Stuff. It replaces the Animal Garden. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1981.]
The Hershey Gardens is upgraded as part of the 50th anniversary celebration. New areas include an old-fashioned rose garden and a small Japanese-style garden. The old tulip beds are replanted for a Tulip Festival. The swans are returned to the small lake outside the gift shop. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in 1987.]
Hershey Gardens is placed under the ownership and operation of The M.S. Hershey Foundation.
Rose Garden is formally dedicated by American Rose Society during its annual meeting held at the Hotel Hershey.
Original High Point rose garden is moved to the Rose Garden as a memorial. It was moved when the Country Club swimming pool was added. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in Spring 1942.]
Home and Garden Store Bargain Barn opens.
Hershey Estates closes the Cocoa Inn.
Milton Hershey School leases Rose Garden to Hershey Estates.
Work begins on the newly renamed Hershey Gardens, featuring six theme gardens. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in February 1979.]
Hershey Gardens opens six new themed gardens: Fountain Garden, English Formal Garden, Colonial Garden, Rock Garden, Japanese Garden, Italian Garden.
Hershey Gardens hosts the first annual HersheyArts Festival of Fine Art. The festival is held September 20-21.
HERCO begins massive restoration of the Hotel Hershey formal gardens. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in June 1990.]
Robert Stets, Esq. is appointed the first general counsel of the Milton Hershey School.
U.S. Post Office begin direct mail delivery to the student homes on the campus of the Milton Hershey School.
Milton Hershey School appoints a Study Committee to study possible uses or disposition of the Senior Hall Building. Committee is chaired by Richard Zimmerman. [Specific date is unknown. Event occurred in March 1997.]
Board of Managers of the Milton Hershey School approve the Religion and Spiritual Development Policy for students
Milton Hershey School breaks ground for the new Horticultural Center, part of the School’s Agricultural and Environmental Education Program. Dedicated March 28, 1998.
Milton Hershey School’s Vocational Education program is validated as substantial and meaningful, thereby meeting the requirements of the Memorandum of Understanding between the School and the Attorney Gerneral’s office of the Commonwealth.