Sewickley Herald

              The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
VOI . 57, No. 29
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, JULY 21, I960
Price Ten Cenis
Twirl Around on the Octopus at the Y


Delighted, or scared, squeals echo over the Sewickley ‘Y’ field each night when the Octopus is in operation. It swings riders in a tight circle and raises and lowers them at the same time. In addition to die rides, tiiere . sre pony rides, a golf hole-in-one contest, a miniature golf course, a whole tent full of
(Village Photos) games of skill and a gymnasium full of commercial exhibits. Friday diere will be a food sale in the ‘Y’ building, Saturday afternoon diere will be an auction, and on Saturday evening, the Queen of die ’60 Festival will be crowned.
Good Crowd Attends Opening of Festival
More Articles Needed For Auction Scheduled For Saturday Afternoon
A large crowd attended die opening night of the Sewickley Kiwanis-YMCA Harvest Festival, which is being held every night and Saturday afternoon and evening at the YMCA grounds. Five new rides provide entertainment and excitement for old and young. Golfers have an opportunity to win prizes by making a hole-in-one-and Bob Angros made the first on Monday night.
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Then Wendell Fike, president of Kiwanis, welcomed the visitors and announced that diere would be a food sale on Friday in the Y building. On Saturday, beginning at 1 p. m., L. A. Mutschler, famous auctioneer, will auction off articles on the'T porch. The committee is anxious to secure more items for the sale, so bring anything you want auctioned'off or call die T and it will be picked up.
Mr. Fike also announced that the queen contest continues all week and the Queen will be crowned on Saturday evening. The candidates were introduced on the platform and Mr.
Fike emphasized that the Harvest Festival is a community event with the proceeds spent right here at home by both the Kiwanis Club and the T.
Besides the live new rides on the ground, there are pony'rides; a hole-in-one contest, refreshment stands and wagons and a miniature golf course in the outdoor tennis courts.
Inside a large tent, the Key Club members of Quaker Valley High
Five Rides Entertain Youngsters (And Oldsters)
Ami, iU^c cr0'v'd surrounded die five rides of the Gooding ,i„v SUuu'nl Company at the Kiwanis-Y Harvest Festival Mon-T,‘c.')e.lll,11S at the ‘Y’, after die Queen parade from die of tlnl i ,• sc 10c^‘ Quite a few people gathered on die streets on on bus’,1?1c,ss district to watch the queen candidates ride by —-—_ Hvcrtiblcs to music by die Emswortli Volunteer Fire
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Company’s bile and Drum Corps. Ihc field was well lighted, due to the extraordinary efforts of Frank Mens and Leo Wur-dack. The rides include from left to right: a miniature roller coaster, the Octopus, a ferris wheel, a helicopter, and a merry-go-round.	__________________
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Mrs. Anne Dnntzeher of the Experiment in International Living, spoke to several "host” families about the prograin Monday evening, July lltli at the borne of Mr, and Mrs. David Slack in Osborne. Based on the philosophy that “people learn to live together by living together”, the program was started in 1932. It is an international organization embracing more than twenty countries which each year sends some 1000 people abroad and brings about 500 to the United States for a similar experi-
ence. Under the terms of its contract with the Department of State, The Institute of International Education is responsible for arranging a period of orientation for certain scholarship students prior to the beginning of the 'academic year.
The selection of students is made on the basis of individual need based on the extent of adjustment which will be required to the American scene. The experiment program, one of the HE orientation centers, will Introduce 'these students to the American way of life, its history, culture, idiom and social habits through par-
ticipation in the everyday activities of the “host” family. ~ The students will live ns members of the family, not as guests, thus establishing an important “home away from home” feeling.
Mrs. William Cockier, the Community Chairman, and her Committee, Mrs. Robert Ferguson and Mrs. David Black, have made arrangements for the “host” families and are planning many group activities for the students who range in ago between 21 and 30. While they nro here, the students will study English from 9 to 12 daily at the First Pres-(Continued on Pago 20)
School man a number of games of skill. In one, a ball bitting a target lets a youtlifui volunteer plunge into a tank of cold water.
In the tent may also be found a swing back ball; bowling; golf; squirt with water pistols and six lighted candles; a balloon dart game; ring the cane; ping-pong and knock down tile bottle.
In t li e gym, Mineard’s pet shop has a display of fish and birds, Heg-ner Office Equipment displays office equipment, including two antique typewriters. Bell Telephone has an exhibit with talking phones and houses with phones or outlets in every room. The Gingerbread house advertises -rf cookie sale. Cleve Wallace has a bicycle exhibit, including one built for two. The Hospital lias a nursing exhibit with a cot ready for use, A white elephant sale occupies one end of the gym, besides racks filled with colorful aprons. Mrs. G. B. McComb is assisting Mrs. Irvine in’" the needlework and aprons sale.
Before and after the free show on the platform, Iris Hoffmaster and Nina Donahue assisted Warren Breithaupt in selecting the names of the winners of prizes donated by the merchants. Winners Monday were Chuck Wilson, Richard Diehl and Bill Binder.
One of the spectators was Alex Davidson, 355 Backbone Road, whose home overlooks the T field. Mr. Davidson and Mrs. Thayer Lyon were the prime movers in organizing the first harvest festival. Mr. Davidson is a former president of the Western Pennsylvania Branch of the National Association of Gnrdeners, which lias helped in the decoration of the festival since the beginning.
Went Fishin'
Editor Ross W. Ruck These five large and small-mouth bass were caught by Herald Editor Ross W, Buck, over the Fourth of-July weekend while on vacation at Grandview Lodge, Sparrow Lake, Ontario, Canada. After the photo was made, Ye od was attempting to (Continued on Pago 2)