A thought for your NewsLanc series on successful leaders in business. It might be an opportune time to have your readers renew acquaintance with Milton Hershey. I would suspect that the majority of local residents do not really know his story.
He twice failed in business ventures before finding his enormous success. During the height of the Depression, he built an entire community funded with the profits of his business success. And at the height of his success, he bequeathed his fortune to endow a school for the education and training of children from broken homes. The Milton Hershey School prospers and grows today from the wisdom and foresight of its founder nearly 80 years ago.
