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SERVING THE ELEVEN BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS OF THE QUAKER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
VoL 71, No. 38
Second Class Postage Paid At Sevyickley, Pa.
Wednesday, September 23,1970
IN TWO SECTIONS
Fifteen Cents
Edgeworth Council Takes Up Question On Blvd. Property
THIS IS THE WAY it looked on the Ohio River Boulevard in Haysville until mid-afternoon on. Wednesday, September 16. The truck struck a parked car on the road and went through the guardrail and landed partially on the west-bound
Services Held For Duke McGaughey
main-line tracks of the Penn Central. For most of the day only one lane of the heavily travelled Route 65 was open and resulted in a half hour delay on the Boulevard. The truck also damaged the tracks, the switch tower and the control l»x.-
(Photo by John Barr)
In a rather uneventful meeting, Edgeworth Borough Council discussed the proposed subdivision of the Haworth property into three lots.
Parents to Meet Teachers
An invitation has been extended by the Quaker Valley School District PTAs to the parents of the elementary school children to meet the teachers, the parents of other students and to take a look at the classrooms.
In a letter to the parents of the elementary students. Elementary Schools Principal George Arbutina, asked all parents to come and meet the teachers to establish good communication between the school and the community.
The schedule for the 8:00 p.m. meetings have programs at the Leetsdale and Sewickley buildings on Tuesday, September 29; Edgeworth School, Wednesday, September 30 and the Fair.Oaks and Osborne Schools on Thursday, October 1.
The Haworth property was subdivided into four lots in 1957. The Ohio River Boulevard property Is part of the Lucy Haworth estate.
Council President Newton Chapin Jr. referred the matter to the Property Committee for their recoinmendations to be presented at the October 12 Council meeting.
Borough Manager Robert Lunn was authorized to purchase a new police cruiser for the Borough if necessary, provided the cost is less than $1,500. There is approximately 75,000 miles on the police car and Council feels that the blanket authorization will permit Mr. Lunn to acquire a replacement cruiser with a minimum of time.
Council gave its approval to a County police escorted march- of Duquesne University students who will solicit funds along Beaver Road on Saturday, October 17.
In other action, Council approved the treasurer’s report showing a balance as of August 31 of $106,784.35. The tax collector’s report of August collections in the amount of $4,715.05 and an outstanding balance of $12,842.
Firemen Dedicate Memorial
Services were held Friday, September 18 for Watson “Duke” McGaughey of Osborne Lane, Sewickley, at the Fitzgerald and Syka Funeral Home, Ambridge.
Mr. McGaughey died on Tuesday, September 15 at the Aliquippa Hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Born in Leetsdale Aug. 23,1915, son of the late William and Amelia McGaughey, he attended Leetsdale schools and was a 1933 graduate of Leetsdale High School.
He was associated with his late brother, Fred G. McGaughey in the McGaughey Brothers Truck Co., Leetsdale, until his brother’s death in August.
He was a member of the
Leetsdale United Presbyterian Church, serving as an elder and member of the board. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II. He was active in Boy Scout activities in Beaver Valley.
McGaughey was a member of Lodge No. 707 F & AM, Ambridge; Clover Lodge No. 348, lOOF, Ambridge; VFW Post 3372, Leetsdale; and was a Director of the Kiwanis Club of Sewickley.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Patricia Walker McGaughey; two sons, Watson McGaughey Jr., and Scott McGaughey; a daughter, Patricia McGaughey; and two grandchildren.
Burial was in the Sylvania Hill Memorial Park, Rochester, Beaver County.
Cookbook Recipes Accepted
The Herald is now accepting recipes for the newspaper’s first annual cookbook edition. This outstanding new feature for The Herald, scheduled for mid-October, will center around recipes sent in by wives of leading political, government, sports and entertainment Celebrities.
Suggestions and recipes from local women will ttlake Up the bulk of the cookbook and every homemaker anxjous to share her “special recipes” is invited to participate.
One of the features of the 1970 cookbook will be recipes from the First Lady, Mrs. Pat Nixon. Her’s will be for barbequed chicken and a Continental salad.
Deadline for all recipes is October 3.
All recipes should be typed or written legibly on single sheets of paper with nothing written on the reverse sides, Included should be the cook’s namej address and telephone number,
Recipes may be sent to The Herald, 611 Beaver Street, Sewickley, Pa, 15143 or left at The Herald office,
In a brief ceremony before the September 14 Edgeworth Borough Council meeting, an old locomotive bell was dedicated to all deceased members of the Edgeworth Volunteer Fire Company.
Participating in the ceremony were Mayor John C. Oliver, Newton Chapin, Toni Kelly and Rev. Philip Hastings.
The bell was donated to the fire company sometime between 1913 and 1920 by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The bell, to be mounted on the front of the fire truck, was too heavy and was set aside.
In 1968, William Scott, one of the department’s oldest firemen, passed away. Memorial contributions were sent to the fire ■ company in his name. It was decided that the donations should be used to establish a permanent memorial to Mr. Scott and the other deceased firemen.
The bell was the obvious memorial and sketches of the memorial were presented to Council. Having been granted approval, the fire company began working on the memorial.
Si. James AA Chicken B-B-Q
The St. James Athletic Association will hold a chicken bar-b-q at the school on Saturday, September 26 and Sunday, September 27 from 1:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
The funds from the annual event go to support various youth sictivities in the Valley.
A brief history of the fire company shows that Edgeworth has the distinction of having the first motorized fire truck in
Allegheny County. The truck was purchased from the Lang Motor Truck Company 'in 1913 for slightly over $3,000.
AN OLD LOCOMOTIVE BELL, donated to the Edgeworth Volunteer Fire Company over 50 years ago, was dedicated to all deceased members of the fire company. Taking part in the September 14 ceremony were (left to right) Mayor John G. Oliveir Jr.; Newton Chapin Jr., president of Edgeworth Borough Council; Tom Kelly, president of the fire company; Rev. Philip Hastings, pastor of Shields Presbyterian Church and Gerald Fergusin, fire chief.
(Photo by Harvey Beer)