Perhaps the best known - and best remembered - Hershey birthday celebration is the surprise party thrown for Milton Hershey by his employees in the Sports Arena on the occasion of his 80th birthday on September 13, 1937. Apart from the hoopla, Mr. Hershey received many touching birthday letters from friends and business associates. Some of the most poignant came from students, including one from S. Frederick Laskey ’25, who came to the Hershey Industrial School at the age of four. In his letter, Laskey wrote in part, “I’ve come to the realization that for all the training, education, and very often your personal backing, I have never thanked you personally. Since it is your birthday and birthdays mean presents, I can’t for the life of me think what to get you. Jewelry, I have seen you wear little of, stocks and bonds you had and gave away, a limousine you have and do not use very much. After careful consideration I find one thing I can give... and that is my sincere appreciation and thanks for the foundation you gave me to start life with. In closing may I voice the wishes of all the lads, of Many More Happy Birthdays to you ‘Dad.’” www.mhskids.org
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