Sewickley Herald

              The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
VOL. 58, No; 5
SEWICKLEY; PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY I, 1862
Price Tea Cents
Freight Train Hit Truck At Crossing
The driver of this Beverly Farms milk truck wasn’t exactly crying over spilt milk, he wasn’t very7 happy about it either. He is shown, third from right, with the paper in his hip pocket, surveying the yuins of his truck and its cargo, of about $300 worth of milk. The truck, crossing the private grade crossing of the Leetsdale Auto Wrecking Company’s yard, was struck by an east-bound
Pennsylvania Railroad freight brain at* §:30 : V ■ # & #
Cargo Of Milk Spilled In twitch
Robert A. Edukas, 135 Ormsby Drive, Penn Woods, Irwin, driver of a Beverly Farms milk truck, escaped 'with cuts and bruises at 8:30 a,ih. on Tuesday, January 30th, when his truck was struck by an east-bound Pennsylvania freight train at the private, unguarded grade crossing at
the Leetsdale Auto Wrecking yard. Mr. Edukas told Police Chief Louis Perry that a west-bound freight had just passed and his view of the east-bound track " was obscured by the freight train which had just passed.
He started across the crossing, only to have his truck hit at the rear Wheels of the tractor and the front of the" trailer, knocking the trailer, wheeless, on to the "east-bound passenger tracks and spilling die load of milk onto the tracks' and into a ditch
(Photo by Jim Addison) a.m. on Tuesday. The driver escaped with a cut on the left hand, a bump on the fprehead and bruises. Help was right at hand, however, and the Leetsdale Auto -Wrecking wrecker soon had the trades cleared. The driver was Robert A. Edukas of 135 Ormsby Drive, Penn Woods, Irwin. He told Leetsdale Police. Chief Louis Perry that he waited till a west-bound freight had passed arid then started across the crossing.	-
& # & ^ beside the tracks*
• The trailer was completely wrecked, the rear two wheels of the tractor were dished in, all the glass brokfen out of the tractor, but Mr. Edukas escaped with a cut on the left hand, a cut on 'the head and bruises. He was crossing the tracks to see about an auto part and was concerned about tlie possible loss of his job for making an unauthorized detour across the tracks. .

(Voice of North Hills) Driver Erwin Klemz examines one rif the seat belts which saved four* handicapped children/from more seriops injuries when their school bus overturned on icy frost on Mt. Ncbo hill Thursday morning. ■ v -	‘	°
'35*	i* 14
Township School, Elizabeth Road, were injured at 8 ¡30 a.m. on Thursday when their special, small station Wagon bus skidded on an ley frost oh Mt. Nobo Hoad, about two Miles ftdM Camp Horae Hoad, hit an cm-
Poor Hurt Äs School tus Overturns
handicapped
on
children,
their way to special classes In Ohio
bankment ?.nd overturned.
* The driver, Erwin Klemz of 75 North Bryant Avenue, Bellevue,^v/ho was not injured, helped the youngsters out of the Ford Falcon wagon through the front window, which had been shattered in the crash,. The children were held in their seats by Seat belts and straps, except for one
(Continued on Page
What’s Doin’
DANCE, Friday, Feb. 2 - Edgeworth Volunteer Fire Department’s 53rd Annual Dance, Edgeworth elemen-
’ tary school. Music for dancing by .the Melfo-Tones, Dancing 9¡ to I» Refreshments.	(Adv’t)
Small local telephone directories are still available at $1.50 per copy, at the Herald, Murrer and Company, Sowickley News Co., and ^Scholl Insurance?	(Adv’t)
BAKE SALE - Sponsored by the Buds and Y’s of St. Matthew's A^M.E. Zion Church at the Walnut entrance of Eddie's Meat Market, Saturday, February 3, time .O A.M.-I PM.	’ (Adv’t)
LOVER’S LEAP: a dinner-dance, Sat, Feb. 17,-at 7¡30 P.M. at the Ambridgo Country Chib, will bo sponged by tfe Young Women’s Civla" dlub of Sewickley. Doctor Foster's Jazz Band will be featured. The public Is invited. Tickets are $10,00 per couple* Call MrS, Charles Rader, 741-7871 for reservations by February 10.
Sewickley To Set Tax Rate
*
At February Meeting
Increase In Assessed Valuation On Property Amounts To $977,560 For 1962
Sewickley Council at its meeting on February 19th, will consider the 1962 budget and set the millage for 1962 on property taxes. The budget is based on an assessed valuation of $11,000,000, but the new assessment for 1962 amounts to $12,011,450, compared with an actual assessment last year of $11,033,890. The increase is $977,560, which is higher than the figures published by the daily papers, which was $565,545. At 12*A mills, the $977,560 will produce an additional $12,500 in revenue, providing the Increa$e is not substantially reduced by appeals.
Since a mill in Sewickley produces about $14,000, Sewickley council will have the problem of deciding, whether or not to take the new assessment figures at face value and adjust the millage accordingly.

The tentative budget has been on display in the office of Borough Manager Raymond Howe since the January meeting. The new tax assessments were on display in the tax collector’s office on Tuesday and Wednesday, but no advance notice was given, except posters stuck to poles, so many residents did not know of , the opportunity to examine the tax books. Those who received an increase or decrease in assessments were supposed to have received notices, and many did, before Monday and Tuesday.
At the January council meeting, the fire committee reported that they wore securing prices on two' pieces of fire equipment. A complaint that there were weeds in the middle of the ice on the War Memorial Park skating pond, was „ r eceived. Mr. Howe reported that springs in the bottom of the pond make mowing weeds difficult and also weaken the ice over the springs. There is about 18 inches of water in the pond, he stated. Children throw things into the water while it is freezing, making for an uneven skating surface.
, The Pennsylvania Railroad has submitted a contract for the purchase of the Chadwick Street playground and Solicitor Woodsy ruled that the contract would have to be passed as an ordinance. The borough paid $750 in hand money to seal the bargain. *	'	-
Police reported fewer; arrests for red light violations and parking, partly due ta holding back on the use of the old car and partly due to the officers being on pedestrian watching
during Christmas shopping season. v <
Mr. Howe reported that the borough had gained $175 in cash during 1981 and ended the year with a bank balance of $57,535, sufficient to cany the borough’s expenses until taxes start coming in the first cf-July, $8,000 in the Capital reserve fund was re-invested on January 4th at a rate of 2.703% by the Sewickley Office of the Mellon National Bank, the borough’s depository.
Latest indications, Mr. Howe reported, are that the State highway Y Department might Widen Route 51, west of the Sewickley bridge, sooner than expected, possibly within a year or two. Edgeworth has signed a con- . tract with the Ambridge Incinerator, which will bum Edgeworth’s refuse at about $5 a ton. In January, Martin Wise, Inc., made routine repairs to the walls of the -furnaces at the incinerator, which will be tom down when the road is widened. During .Christmas season,* the collections 'were behind, due to the large volume of Christmas refuse, but the situation had returned to normal by-the middle of January.
The Sewickley Community Center is concerned about a road easement serving five properties adjacent to their property and the Center attorneys are preparing papers for the dedication -of a strip of their land to public use to serve those properties, Mr. Howe reported.	•••
Mr. Howe also reported: “During 5 ing 1961 our sewage treatment plant handled 280,000,000 gallons of sew-
(Continued on Page 20)
Over $200 In Prizes Tb Be Given For Holiday
i
Sewickley Merchants To Reward Popular King and Queen of Hearts
Same of the Sewickley merchants want to help you celebrate Valentine’s Day, and have selected gifts worth over $200 for. a Lucky King and a Lucky Queen of Hearts! You only need.to sign your name or the name of your favorite Sweetheart on the coupon provided by the participating stores or on the one provided in this Week’s Herald, arid drop it in the box. Anyone may enter, and the names of one man and one lady will be drawn on Tuesday; February 13. The contest closes at 5 p.m. on Monday, February 12. See naire 7 irilhis week’s Herald. f»sr frill /Wnllc	^
12. See page 7 in this week’s Herald, for full details.
The lucky Queen of Hearts will * receive* from Yankello’s, a Claricon table radio; from Thomas Jewelers, a gold-filled cultured pearl pendant; from The Vanity, a Garay tapestry handbag; from Shafer’s, a floral bouquet; from Select Food Market, a Wooden bucket of famous Crosca strawberry preserves; from Gusfcy’s, a spring hat of the lady’s choice;
from Quinto, a deluxe Curlër^Comb, With three Tôlier attachments and instructions; bom Herbst’s, a $3 Gift Certificate; from Hegner Office Supply, a ball-point pen desk set; from The Fortieo, a HÎU Day'blouse; and from The Village Studio, a iraní-
made 'stained glass tutobler-candle.
The lucky King Of Hearts will receive, from Rich’S, a pair of Hush Puppies; from Burton’s, a McGregor sweater; from Hegner Office Supply, a ball-point pen desk Set; from Tire City1, 2 tire tubes, any size, plus a $10 gift certificate towards the purchase of 2 Dayton Premium tires; front Hcrbst’s, a $5 Gift Certificate, good for anything; from Thomas Jeweler, a Speidel identification bracelet; from Carroll’s Record Shop, a $3.98 record album of your choice.
Don’t forget to cast your vote for the King and Queen of Hearts, ■>