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MEMORIAL DEDICATION lvlilfon Snavely Hershey was born in a small, Dauphin Counfy, Derry Township farmhouse on Sepfember I3, l857. Here and on a farm in ad- joining Lancasfer Counfy he spenf his boyhood. As a young man his am- bifion led him fo seek his forfune in candy manufacfuring. Affer fwo failures he achieved success wifh a caramel facfory in Lancasfer. This business he sold for SI,000,000, wifh fhe infenfion of refiring fo fhe life of a genfleman farmer. Buf fhe sfafure of his characfer would nof per- mif a life of mere exisfence, and a few years lafer he sef up a facfory amid fhe cenfral Pennsylvania cornfields fo make a liffle chocolafe. His unshakable confidence and dogged persisfence assured his success. In I909, af fhe suggesfion of his beloved wife, Mr. Hershey founded The Hershey lndusfrial School and accepfed for admission four boys. Such a venfure as fhis, creafed fhrough fhe benevolence of such a man as ifs founder, could nof buf succeed. As his business grew, Mr. Hershey gave more and more fo his boys and in I9l8 furned over his enfire forfune of 360,000,000 fo fhe insfifufion. Today nearly 2500 orphan boys have been faken in, cared for, and properly frained in fhe ideals of good living. As long as he was able, Mr. Hershey himself supervised fhe adminis- frafion of our school - his greafesf pride. lf was always wifh our happi- ness or welfare in mind fhaf he made his decisions regarding H. I. S. His posifion as Chairman of fhe Board was fhe lasf office he gave up, and by fhaf fime he had fully provided for fufure adminisfrafion and manage- menf. His passing lasf fall was mourned by all who knew him or his accomplish- menfs. We especially, fhe benefacfors of his greafesf kindness, realize our loss. Buf his nafive benevolence and unselfishness have remained wifh us in spirif, an inseparable parf of fhis living monumenf which he creafed. If is fo fhe memory of our fosfer-fafher, Milfon S. Hershey, fhaf we, in humble grafifude and in a spirif of deep loyalfy, dedicafe our Acropolis.
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