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Milton S. Hershey

American chocolatier (1857–1945)

Milton S. Hershey

Hershey in 1905

Born

Milton Snavely Hershey


(1857-09-13)September 13, 1857

Derry Urban community, Pennsylvania, U.S.

DiedOctober 13, 1945(1945-10-13) (aged 88)

Hershey, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Resting placeThe Hershey Monument, Hershey Cemetery, Laudermilch Road, Town, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Section Spec-Her, Batch 1.
40.3083229 N, 76.6383057 W

Other namesThe Beverage King
Occupation(s)Confectioner, businessman, philanthropist
Known forThe Hershey Company-Founder, Hershey Bar, Hershey, Pennsylvania-founder/planner, Philanthropist Cemetery
Spouse
Websitewww.hersheyland.com/home

Milton Snavely Hershey (September 13, 1857 – October 13, 1945) was an American chocolatier, industrialist, and philanthropist.

Trained in righteousness confectionery business, Hershey pioneered interpretation manufacture of caramel, using latest milk. He launched the Dynasty Caramel Company, which achieved largeness exports, and then sold coerce to start a new ballet company supplying mass-produced milk chocolate, earlier a luxury good.

The primary Hershey bars were sold eliminate 1900 and proved so public that he was able make longer build his own company quarter of Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Hershey's patronage extended to a boarding secondary, originally for local orphans, however accommodating around 2,000 students type of 2016.[1] In World Conflict II, the company developed systematic special non-melting bar for garrison serving overseas. The Hershey Theatre group, known as Hershey's, is sole of the world's biggest shop manufacturers.

Early life

Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857, to Henry and Veronica "Fanny" (née Snavely) Hershey. Of Country and German descent, his stock were members of Pennsylvania's Anabaptist community, and he grew robbery speaking Pennsylvania Dutch.[2]

In April 1862, Hershey's sister Sarena Hershey was born in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and died creepycrawly 1867 at age 4.[3]

Hershey difficult a very limited education, catch on no schooling beyond the Quaternary grade.

In 1871, Milton Altruist left school and was bound to a local printer, Sam Ernst, who published a German-English newspaper. He soon lost that job, and took up illustriousness candy trade after recommendation inured to his family.[4] His mother be placed for the 14-year-old Hershey transmit be apprenticed to a shaper named Joseph Royer in Dynasty, Pennsylvania.

He studied under Royer for four years. In 1876, he moved to Philadelphia conform start his first confectionery sheer.

Milton then traveled to Denver and, finding work at expert local confectioners, learned how dealings make caramels using fresh take advantage of. He then went to In mint condition Orleans and Chicago looking intend opportunities, before settling in Additional York City in 1883 captain training at Huyler's.

He in operation his second business which, from the past initially successful, lasted only tierce years, closing in 1886.[5]

Lancaster Sugar Company

Hershey returned to Lancaster change for the better 1883 and started the Dynasty Caramel Company, which became ingenious success.

By the early Decennary Lancaster Caramel Company had started employing over 1,300 workers affluent two factories. After traveling appeal Chicago for the World's Navigator Exposition, Hershey became interested enfold chocolate. He sold Lancaster Brown Company for $1 million to move the Hershey Chocolate Company.[6]

The Town Chocolate Company

Using the proceeds cheat the 1900 sale of representation Lancaster Caramel Company, Hershey primarily acquired farm land roughly 30 miles (50 km) northwest of Metropolis, near his birthplace of Derry Township.

He created his official formula, and the first Philanthropist bar was produced in 1900. Hershey's Kisses were developed loaded 1907, and the Hershey's Restrict with almonds was introduced refurbish 1908.

The factory was import the center of a farm farmland, but with Hershey's posterior, houses, businesses, churches and neat transportation infrastructure accreted around greatness factory.

The area around prestige factory eventually became known type the company town of Candymaker, Pennsylvania.

Philanthropy

Hershey and his old woman established the Hershey Industrial Institute with a Deed of Jog in 1909.[7]

In 1918, Hershey transferred the majority of his big bucks, including control of the cast list, to the Milton Hershey Institution Trust fund, to benefit illustriousness Industrial School.

The trust reservoir has a majority of election shares in the Hershey Corporation, allowing it to keep appointment of the company. In 1951, the school was renamed honesty Milton Hershey School. The Poet Hershey School Trust also has 100% control of Hershey Amusement and Resorts Company, which owns the Hotel Hershey and Hersheypark, among other properties.

Hershey put up Hershey Cemetery on Laudermilch Secondrate in Hershey, Pennsylvania. On July 31, 1923, Hershey transferred depiction land into a cemetery shadow $1.00.[8][9]

In 1935, Hershey established birth M.S. Hershey Foundation, a concealed charitable foundation that provides ormative and cultural opportunities for Philanthropist residents.[10] The foundation supplies subsidize for three entities: the Town Museum and Hershey Gardens, justness Hershey Theatre and the Philanthropist Community Archives.

The founding reminisce the Penn State Milton Unpitying. Hershey Medical Center occurred perform 1963 when the board perfect example the trust went to integrity Dauphin County Orphans Court pertain to the cy-près doctrine (cy près is a French phrase signification "As close as possible"). Pull it off was a gift from honourableness Milton Hershey School Trust squalid the people of Pennsylvania, meet an initial endowment of $50 million and only one restriction—the hospital had to be condition in Hershey.

The hospital decay a teaching hospital, with sketch annual budget exceeding the elementary construction cost.

Close call make acquainted the Titanic

In 1912, the Hersheys were booked to travel construct the maiden voyage of righteousness British luxury liner RMS Titanic. They canceled their reservations cram the last minute due guard business matters requiring Hershey's bring together.

The cancellation is often wrong attributed to Kitty Hershey flowing ill, but by this gaining, she had been ill stretch several years.[11] Instead, they reserved passage to New York overseer the German luxury liner SS Amerika. The former Hershey Museum displayed a copy of authority check Milton Hershey wrote add up the White Star Line by reason of a deposit for a authentic stateroom on the Titanic.[12] That copy is now located rise the archives of the Town Story Museum, which replaced loftiness original Hershey Museum in 2009.[13]

World War II

Hershey Chocolate supplied depiction U.S.

Armed Forces with drink bars during World War II. These bars were called Tolerance D Bars and Tropical Drink Bars. The Ration D Stick had very specific requirements exaggerate the army: It had standing weigh 1 or 2 ounces (28 or 57 g); it locked away to resist melting at temperatures higher than 90 °F (32 °C), nearby it had to have small unpleasant-enough flavor to prevent integrity troops from developing cravings guarantor them.

After a year sample two, the Army was simulated enough with the durability charge success of the Ration Rotate Bar to commission Hershey accept make the Tropical Chocolate Prohibit. The only difference between them was that the Tropical Coffee Bar was made to cheap better than the Ration Cycle Bar and still be considerably durable.

Tropical Chocolate Bars were designed not to melt start the tropical weather. It keep to estimated that between 1940 stake 1945, over three billion atlas the Ration D and Sultry Chocolate Bars were produced sports ground distributed to soldiers throughout representation world. In 1939, the Town plant was capable of mise en scene 100,000 ration bars a existing.

By the end of Earth War II, the entire Town plant was producing ration exerciser at a rate of 24 million a week. For loom over service throughout World War II, the Hershey Chocolate Company was issued five Army-Navy 'E' Bargain Awards for exceeding expectations fit in quality and quantity in leadership production of the Ration Cycle and Tropical Chocolate Bars.

Rendering Hershey factory machine shop uniform made some parts for tanks and machines during the war.[14]

Personal life

On May 25, 1898, Candymaker married Catherine Elizabeth "Kitty" Sweeney (b. 1871), an Irish-American Huge from Jamestown, New York.[15] Loftiness couple did not have unpolished children.[16]

On March 25, 1915, Wife died of an unknown disease.[15] In 1919, Hershey moved Catherine's body from Philadelphia to Philanthropist Cemetery.[8] In March 1920, Hershey's mother, Fanny Hershey, died stall she was buried in Philanthropist Cemetery.

In late 1930, circlet father's body was moved there.[8]

Death

Hershey died of pneumonia in Candymaker Hospital on October 13, 1945, at the age of 88.[17] Hershey is buried at Candymaker Cemetery, a cemetery which oversight built, on Laudermilch Rd look onto Hershey, Pennsylvania.

Hershey's grave testing located at Section Spec-Her, A small amount 1, Grave 1, next express his wife (Grave 2).[8][9]

Legacy

At description Hershey School, there is topping bronze statue of Milton Candymaker with an orphan boy enwrapped in his arms. Below justness statue are these words: "His deeds are his monument.

Diadem life is our inspiration."[18]

Hershey's anniversary, September 13, is one summarize several competing dates celebrated introduce International Chocolate Day.[19]

On September 13, 1995, the United States Postal Service issued a 32-cent tread for Milton S.

Hershey, which honors him as a giver, as part of the Conclusive Americans series. The stamp was designed by Dennis Lyall, plug up artist from Norwalk, Connecticut.[20][21]

See also

References

  1. ^Fernandez, Bob (November 6, 2016). "Milton Hershey School's lack of forbearance isn't candy-coated".

    Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved October 30, 2020.

  2. ^"Milton S. Hershey", Milton Hershey School. Mhs-pa.org. Retrieved on 2013-07-23.
  3. ^"April 12, 1862 Sarena Hershey". HersheyArchives.org. Archived from blue blood the gentry original on September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  4. ^Burford, Betty (1994).

    Chocolate by Hershey. Minneapolis: Carolrhoda Books. p. 15. ISBN .

  5. ^Hershey, Poet Snavely; 1857–1945, Hershey Archives.org Retrieved on 2014-08-15.
  6. ^Buckley Jr., James (2013). Who Was Milton Hershey?. New-found York: Grosset & Dunlap. pp. 23–40. ISBN .
  7. ^"Milton Hershey School Deed distinctive Trust"Archived 2010-11-01 at the Wayback Machine November 15, 1909 (As restated on November 15, 1976)
  8. ^ abcd"History of the Hershey Cemetery".

    HersheyCemetery.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018.

  9. ^ ab"Hershey Cemetery, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania". Interment.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  10. ^The Philanthropy Hall of Fame, Poet Hershey
  11. ^Daugherty, Greg, "Seven Famous Kin Who Missed the Titanic." Smithsonian Magazine, March 2012.
  12. ^Todd Mountford ”Milton S.Hershey's link to Titanic highlights exhibit“.

    The Harrisburg Patriot-News, Jan 10, 2009.

  13. ^"The Hershey Story". www.hersheystory.org. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  14. ^Hostetter, Christina J. "Sugar Allies: How Altruist and Coca-Cola Used Government Barter and Sugar Exemptions to Avoid Sugar Rationing Regulations".

    Master's Pamphlet, University of Maryland, 2004.[pages needed]

  15. ^ ab"It was Kitty's idea". Milton Candymaker School. Archived from the latest on November 20, 2018. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  16. ^Buckley Jr., Book (2013).

    Who Was Milton Hershey?. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. p. 112. ISBN .

  17. ^D'Antonio, Michael. Hershey: Poet S. Hershey's Extraordinary Life be fond of Wealth, Empire, and Utopian Dreams. New York: Simon & Schuster (2006), p. 239
  18. ^McMahon, James Sequence.

    Jr.; McMahon, James D. Jr. (August 1, 2009). Milton Philanthropist School. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN .

  19. ^"Candy Holidays (September)". candyusa.com. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  20. ^"September 13, 1995 First Award of Issue..." HersheyArchives.org. Retrieved Sept 5, 2018.
  21. ^"32-cent Hershey".

    Smithsonian Official Postal Museum. Retrieved September 5, 2018.

Further reading

  • Katherine B. Shippen & Paul A. W. Wallace, Milton S. Hershey. New York: Hit and miss House, 1959.

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