Sewickley Herald

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VOL. 60, No. 6	' SEWICKLEY', PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1964	IN TWO SECTIONS Price Ten Cents
To Open Bids On Camp Meeting Main
CUB SCOUTS AT WATSON HOME—First row, (L to r.) John Ruclanan, Bobbie Rodwick, Michael O’Hara and Jimmy St. Clair. Second row: Bandy Thorpe, Tony Adamo, Jackie Price, Tommy Vogel, Bruce Smargiasso, and John Stifiler. Third row: Mrs. Willis IX Shook, Jr., Den Mother; Charles J. Germeyer, Assis-
tant Cubmaster., Pack 255; William S. Tall-man, Jr., Cubmaster, Pack 255; Frank Yant, Assistant Cubniaster, Pack 98; Floyd Johnson, Liz Fleming, Larry Freitag, Chuck Graiier, Ellie Fleming, Tom Fleming and Mrs. Charles J. Germeyer, Den Mother. Michael Simile was not present when the photo was taken.
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Watson Home Blue And Gold Banquet
The D. T. Watson Horae for Crip-1 pled Children in Leetsdale started its Pack eight years ago. The phild Health Association, asked Bill Tail-man to be its leader. He had already been Cubmaster of Pack 168 at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, in Se-wickley for five years.
The Pack is sponsored by the Ki-
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wanis Club of Sewickley of which Bill is a member, The.Club will be the boys* guests at their Blue and
Gold on February tenth. The Boy Scout Troop 255 of the Watson Home, under the leadership of Scoutmaster Joe Blaclchurst and Pete Wilson, as his Assistant, will join the Cubs at dinner. , v *
A large number of helpers are always on hand to ‘assist the hoys, especially when working on projects. Those absent when the picture was
taken include Carol Jean Shook, Paul Germeyer and Keith Pxatley.
There are eleven Cubs tins year, all from the tri-state area. They keep rotating. As they leave others replace them.
Last year was the first the Watson Home Cubs (Pack 255) participated in Sewickley's annual Memorial Day parade.
During Scout Week some of the boys' handiwork will be on display in the Pittsburgh National Bank window.
Mrs. Ethel BaiTett, Statistical clerk, retiring after 12 years’ service at Sewickley Valley Hospital, was honored at a dinner at the Motor Inn on Thursday night, January 30, 1964. Above, Miss Marguerite M* Ducker, Administrator of the Hospital, presents Mrs*
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Barrett with a gift from her fellow employees. Also, shown wishing Mrs. Barrett well are, far right, Mrs* Ralph V. Donahue, office manager and second row, from left, Mr. Gil Grabowski, assistant business manager and Mr. Herbert Unger business manager.
Edgeworth Authority To Build Pump Station
Water Rates To Remain At Same Level In Edgeworth And Leetsdale for 1964
The Edgeworth Water Authority, at its regular meeting on Monday, February 3, accepted the 1964 budget, which continues the same water Tates for another year; decided to bold a special meeting on Monday, February 17th to open bids on the construction of a new water main and pump station on Camp Meeting Road; heard that Sewickley Heights Estates is planning to grade , Witherow Road to Backbone Road, opening 17 more lots to development and also that the Estates have sold 17 acres on the other side of the road for development with smaller houses than j those built on Witherow Road.
Albert Murrer attended the meeting tp inform the Board that he was ready to deed over the necessary property for the pump house arid the portion of the main on Camp Meeting that crosses his land, as soon as he saw the plans for the Accelerated Public
Works project.
■ The Authority also received bids from seven companies for chemicals to be used in the pumping station and referred them to the engineer for tabulation and recommendation.
Superintendent Hatton reported two bad leaks in the system. On January -10th at 5:30 p.m,, a six-inch line broke on the Singer estate, so there was no water in the tank. On January 15th a line broke at 4 p.m., resulting in water getting into the furnaces of houses on Victory Terrace?, Leetsdale. Both leaks were repaired as fast as the Authority's employees could make them.
A motion was passed to advertise for bids for a new station wagon to replace the-present one, which is five years old and has traveled 42,000 miles.
Douglas Bauman and another resident of Hawthorne Acres in Bell Acres Borough, attended the meeting to see if anything was being done about getting water to Hawthorne Acres. He was referred to the engineers to secure estimated costs of the extension, which will be treated like any other line extension by the Authority.
Mr. Murrer said that there is a problem of preparing deeds for,the property he is going to donate for the pumping station and the portion of the main which passed through his property on Camp Meeting Road. He said he hoped that the design of the line is ready now, so the attorneys can get to work on their end, especially since the Authority is going to open bids on the project on February 17th. Solicitor Carl Kercliner and the engineers were asked to get things ready.
The Authority authorized a special account to receive the Federal Public "Works Acceleration project grant and Solicitor Kercliner said all necessary paper work had been completed for both die grant and for the loan to complete the Authority's share of the project cost
The Board also established an escrow fund for pensions and instructed Secretary Wyrick to deposit it in the Sewicldey Savings and Loan Association, Mrs. Wyrik also said that the auditors had completed their allocation of billing'costs. Leet Township's cost was $1,004; Leetsdale borough's, $2,426.61 and Edgeworth's, $4,495.91. Leetsdale Authority will receive S404.21 as excess payment Total billing expense was $7,926,21.
In the future, consumer» deposit refunds will be made by check, instead of cash, and it was decided that two of each * Authority employees Would Sign the checks. A special checking account, with à $500 initial deposit, was set up to handle payments of deposit refunds for the Edgeworth Water Authority.
Tim Board was also informed, by letter, that the Sewickley Heights
estates has started to grade Witherow Road to connect with Backbone Road, opening 17 more lots for immediate development and 35 for eventual development. Also, the Estates has sold a 17-acre area across the road, for development of smaller houses than those on Witherow Road, subject to approval of the plan by Bell Acres Council, Sewicldey Heights Estates is also building a new pond, off the course, which will hold 2,000,- , 000 gallons of water for watering the course and also keeping the level of the fairway ponds up.
Bills amounting to $6,737 were (Continued on Page 13)
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What’s Doin’
JUNIOR HIGI-I P.T.A, - Thursday, * February 6th, 8 P.M. Mr, Louis Casselman will speak on Television * and Education,	(Adv't)
BAKE SALE - Eddie's Meat Market, Saturday, February 8, 1964, 9:00 A.M. until 12 Noon. Sponsored by Mrs, Daisey Crawford, benefit of Sh Matthew's A.M.E, Zion Church. !
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SMALL BAKE SALE and CLOTHES SALE 10 A.M., Thursday, February 6, Antioch Baptist Church. Also Chicken & Waffle Dinner at 5 * P.M*. Sponsored by the Pastor's Aid Club of Antioch Baptist, Church,
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CARD PARTYTt Quaker Valley Sr.
High School, (8:00 P.M*, Monday, February 10, sponsored by the Leetsdale Elementary P.T.A, Prizes and bake sale. Donation $1.00. Please bring your own cards, ; Tickets to be sold at the door.
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Join the Sewickley NAACP NOWI j ’New members are invited and present members urged to renew memberships now. Contact James	>
Cook, 741-5118 or Mildred Addi-	!
son, 741-9723.	(Adv’t) J