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The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
VOL. 59, No. 17
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1963
IN TWO SECTIONS
Price Ten Cents
“MÒRVEN”, residence of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Okie, is one of the seven outstanding local homes chosen for the Sewickley House Tour, Wednesday, May 1st. Built of brick saved from the former Schoonmaker
house, “Morven’s” creamy elegance is surrounded by the old * terrace and gardens and looks out on to a spectacular view of the ‘Ohio Valley.
Child Health House Tour On Wednesday, May 1st
Seven Architecturally Distinctive Homes To Be Shown To The Public
Sewickley’s annual historic House Tour comes Wednesday, May 1st, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The seven homes on view are ml architecturally distinctive and their varied interior decoration is enriched by fine collections of paintings, china, silver, needlework and antique furniture. Co-Chairmen, Mrs. Hay Walker, JV, and Mrs. Frank Stoner, HI, have worked since before Christmas to cover all the details necessary to the success of this eighth Tour sponsored by the Child Health Association of Sewickley.
.Tickets are obtainable at John Linko, Edgeworth; Les Enfants, The Looking Glass, The Portico, Quinio’s and the Motor Tnn in Sewickley; Timney’s in Ambridge 'and Georgia and Genevieve Beauty Shop in Coraopolis. On May 1st, tickets will also be available at the Laughlin Childrens Center, corner of Broad and Frederick Streets, Sewickley, the Edgeworth Club, the Allegheny Country Club and all the Tour houses,. Tickets include a description of- each house and a route map.	*
LUNCHEON IS SERVED,
Board of Trade sponsors Dollar Days today,: tomorrow and Friday. The committee from left: Robert Karasek, of Tots ’N Teens; James Bennett, chairman, of G. C. Murphy Company; Burton Gusky, of Burton's Men’s Wear; Joseph Dzurec, of Sewickley Pharmacy and Lacey Rich of Rich’s Store, holding legal
(Photo by V. Paul Harrison) tender which WilT be more valuable than ever during the Sewickley Dollar Days. See this week’s Herald for bargains. Jules LevKoy, of Miller’s Shoes, the other committee member was absent when the photograph was taken.
What ’s Doin9 | Doctor's Car Collides
BAKE SALE and APRIL CLOTHES SALE, Thursday, April 25 at 10 A.M., at the Antioch Baptist Church,
Sponsored by the Pastor’s Aid Club.
(Adv’t)
SPAGHETTI DINNER, sponsored by - the “^Mothers of Girl Scout Troop 489, to be held at the Sewickley Y'ÌM.C.A. oh April 27th from 5:30 to 8:00 P.M, Donation $1.00 adults, 75c ciuldren under 12. Tickets also available at the door, (Adv't)
AUDUBON SOCIETY:
* WILD FLOWER WALK - Saturday, May 4, morning and afternoon. Non-members welcome, Transportation can be arranged for those without cars. If interested call the leader, Mrs, Alfred Johnson,' 741-5393 after 7:30 P.M. or Mrs. P, W, Chase, 741-5535,	(Adv’t)
SPRING LUNCHEON (Salad Buffet) Sponsored by The Welcome Class at the Sewickley Methodist Church, Thursday, May 9th 11:30 until 1:30. Donation $L25, For reservations call Mrs. W, J. Berry, 741-7142,	-	... .
With Motorcycle
A doctor, leaving Sewickley Valley Hospital, pulled out of the driveway into the path of an oncoming motorcycle, causing the cycle to skid and putjboth its, rides in the hospital,
Sewickley police said that cars parked along the street obstructed Dr. Charles Wolfe’s vision as*.he came out of the driveway and he could not see the approaching motorcycle.
* Two men riding tho^cycle, Robert Murphy of 191 Grant Avenue, Bellevue, and William Murphy of 3825 California Avenue, Pittsburgh, were detained for X-rays, They Were not seriously injured,	*
Sewickley Youth In Trouble Again
A 14-year-old Sewickley boy, taken to Juvenile Court earlier this month for housebreaking, found himSblf there again Saturday after he admitted stealing a car.
Officer Ford of the Glen Osborne
police department spotted the boy in Glen Osborne at LOO ¿urn. Saturday. He was driving a car that had been reported stolen from Alden Beck, 440 Walnut Street, at 10:38 p.m, Friday.
The boy said that he got into the car parked in front of Mr. Beck’s home through Hie right rear door and used a key" that he found on the street to start the ignition.
Court authorities released the boy in the custody of his parents until April 29, when he is scheduled to appear for a hearing on the previous house-breaking charge.
The stolen car charge will probably also bo considered at the hearing on the 29tli,
CAR DOOR DAMAGED IN 'GREEN STREET LOT A woman, whose car was parked in the Grécn Street parking lot April 13, reported to Sewickley police Friday that'Considerable damage had been done to her car while it was in the lot, Joan Plofchan, of the Virginia Terrace Apartments, Baden, told‘police that someone had struck her brown ’62 Lark about 10 a.m, On the 13th, denting the door on the driver’s side and leaving a large Scratch,
MADAME The Allegheny Country Club and the Edgeworth Club will -be open for luncheonl2:00 to 2:00 pan. Advance reservations must be made. A luncheon fashion show will be an added attraction. (The Edgeworth Club’s will be staged by the Looking Glass and Allegheny’s by the linen Shop. The clubs* flower decorations will be done by Hahn’s of Babcock Boulevard and Shafer’s of Sewickley and Coraopolis, A special buffet lunch will be served at thé Sewickley Motor Inn for which . reservations must also f be made. No advance decision is needed in order to eat at the Shields Presbyterian Church, where a first-come first-served buffet will be held,
THE SEVEN HOMES ON THE TOUR
1. Mr, and,1 Mrs. B. F. Jones,.3rd. ■Creek Drive, Edgeworth A stately Georgian house set among lovely gardens. Inside there is a remarkable free-hanging double circular- stairway in the front hall, Other highlights are: the antique mantels from London; in the living roomj thé portrait of - “Felina” by Sir Joseph Reynolds, and “George Washington” by Rembrandt Peale and upstairs a fascinating collection .of old prints, drawings "and photographs of steel mills.
Mi1, and Mrs. Frederick W. Okie “Morven”, Backbone Road, Sewickley Heights Standing on part of the foundations of tbe former Colonel Schoonmaker house, this “southern Georgian” home was Completed in 1962. Its design was influenced bÿ “Morven”, -an historical house in Faquier County, Virginia. Inside, there is a charming collection of Crowell decoys and miniature- bird carvings, some Thomas Whieldon Pottery and varieties of needlework including a handmade cross stitch rug from Portugal.
Railroad buffs please note : Outside there is a small switching engine built by H, K, Ported Co, in 1897 and still in first rate running condition.
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3. Mr, and Mrs, James A.‘ Drain “Oak Ledge”, Blackburn Road, Sewicldey Heights “Oak Ledge” was originally one of the first summer homes of Sewickley. It has been remodeled By several owners and finally Mr. and Mrs. Drain, The,outstanding feature inside is the collection of southwestern Pennsylvania furniture of the Federal period, Two of the -most interesting examples are a grandfather clock, its face and casé made in Pittsburgh, its works in England, and a walnut desk with delicate inlay work# in the middle of the slant top there is an inlaid Pennsylvania Dutch hex sign,
4» Mr. and Mrs. C. Snowdon Richards “Brandywine”, Merriman Road, Sewickley Heights Hero is a country estate of great elegance. The entrance hall is domin-
ated by ;a sweeping curved staircase copied, as were the moldings and brasses, from the Wye 'house on the Easton shore of Maryland. In every room antique English silver and furniture create an atmosphere of grace and beauty. A fine assortment of horse and sporting prints, watercolors and oils are hung throughout the house.
5.	Mr. and Mrs. William W. Collin, IH
Pine Road, Sewickley
The most fascinating feature of this house* is the way Mr. and Mrs. Collin . have hung their modem pictures, in the traditionally styled rooms. In the, entrance hall is a gouache by Lanskoy, a gouache abstract, by Jean Miro hangs, in the den. The sünporch is decorated with an abstract ‘ oil * by Robas and contains a mahogany sculpture by Tresillen, a Haitian.
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6.	Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Kaufmann
Beaver Road, Edgeworth
This home was converted from- the three-storied main house on thé Crittenden estate to' a one-storied residence. Old cornices, moldings and walls were used to retain its original elegance. The house is a treasure-trove of English and French antique furniture and objects d’art. The master bedroom has the painted doors and mantel from the Kaufmann’s previous house “Pine Hill” in Coraopolis Heights.	.
7.	Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm F. Macfarlane Thom, Street, Sewickley
The Macfarlanes’, a delightful Victorian house, is literally æ collection of collections; its walls a gallery of pictures with some exceptionally fine primitives. Everywhere are tiny cabinets, the best of which is a miniature chest-on-chest in the living room. Complementing the miniature cabinets are doll-sized silver tea sets, candlesticks, etc. Snuff bpxes and scrimshaw work enliven odd comers and an impressive collection of guns attest the owners* varied interests; even the kitchen has its own collection of decoy birds. There is a • water clock dated 1635 and upstairs a wonderful toy. elephant that has delighted many generations, of children.
N.B. The car agencies of Sewickley are providing shuttles to the houses whose driveways make prívate parking impossible,
LOCAL RESERVE OFFICER IN TRAINING
Fred L. Buswell, Jr,, 208 Orchard Lane, Edgeworth, left home Saturday morning, April 20th, rfor Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, for two weeks of active duty with the United States Army, Buswell is a Lt. Col. in the Army Signal Corps and has been active in the US Army Reserve for the past 24 years. While at Fort Monmouth, Col. Buswell Will be attending training classes On Higher Echelon Communications Systems and the Army’s Utilization of Automatic Data Processing Systems.
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