Charles Franklin Ziegler was born in Lancaster County, PA on August 17, 1884, to Frank and Ida Ziegler. Ziegler first met Milton S. Hershey in his childhood. According to a
George William Bartels, born on January 19, 1898 and passed away on January 26, 1964, was the fifth general manager of Hersheypark. He served as general manager from 1949 until
Merlin Cless Crawford was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on May 4, 1895, to Walter B. (W. B.) Crawford and Laura Crawford née Cless. He was a co-founder of the Banjo-Saxo
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