Elizabethtown bear mascot

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The bear is the mascot of the Elizabethtown Area Schools.
In June 2022, instead of fully cutting down a tree, someone had a bear mascot carved out part of the tree trunk. Northwest corner of East Willow street and North Locust street.

Elizabethwown High School lobby with bear mascot

For many years the bear has been the mascot of our school. The bear, we believe, is a fitting symbol for our athletic teams and high school, since the bear is well known to be a determined and intelligent fighter. For this reason we have chosen the bear to be our school's mascot. Elizabethtown 1947 yearbook.

The bear in the lobby was donated by Barry Shaw, as avid hunter.

Hershey, PA, is 13 miles from Elizabethtown, but there appears to be no direct connection of the EAHS bear with the Hershey Bears minor league hockey team

It appears that the name Hershey "bears" started when the name Hershey "bars" was denied due to it being considered a form of advertising.

The German word "Bär" ≈ "bear".

The idea that the Hersey Bears, as a minor league hockey team, would be low on revenue, skating on thin ice, and go into hock or the hokey-poky is a hoax. [levels of hock]
The English phrase "hocuspocus" was associated in a sermon by the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Tillotson (1630-1694), as a play on words with the Latin phrase "doc est enim corpus meum" ≈ "this is my body". The same phrase appears to be the source of "hoax" and "hokey". The Latin word "iocos" ≈ "joke, jest" is the source of the English word "joker".