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The Sewickiey Valley's Home-News Weekly
VOL* 59, No. 25
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1963
Price Ten Cents
Joint Schools Adopt Merit Salaries
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The first section of the new Club House of Sewickiey Heights Golf Club has been completed and is now infuse. Wall-to-wall carpeting-'is used''throughout the tastefully decorated interior, in. the dining room, lounges, pro shop and looker rooms as well, 'GaefanoV Interiors, 406 Beaver Street,
handled the" interior decoration.
The chib's JL8 hole course, considered to be one of the mpst beautiful courses, iti* the area, was designed , by James' G.‘ Harrison, nationally famous golf architect The Club House was designed by Schmertz and Erwin, registered architects..	..	•


Coùncil Refers Application for Building TeKitìit To Zoning Board of Adjustment	V ,
A request for a building permit for a 60'xW warehouse and retail bake shop was referred to thè Zoning Board of Adjustment by Osborne Council at a meeting Thursday, June 20th. The plan of the building and a plot plan, were , presented tò council by Robert Murrer, realtor, who is handling die. leasing^of the property òn;the river side of the Ohio River Boulevard, east of the dog hospital, for the* owners.’ /'	^ ( ^	; - V
; Mr. Murrer said the prospectivè tenants, Interstate'. Bakeries of Cincinnati, Ohio, who‘bake and sell Dolly Madison cakes and pastries, are planning to establish a warehouse and retail shop for baked goods on the boulevard in Osborne.' No baking „would be done thère, for the baking is all done in Cincinnati and trucked to the warehouse. Then, using smaller trucks, it is distributed to the retail outlets. Mr. Murrer said the lease is for ten years, with a five-year renewal option.
Mr, Murrer also said that the plans.
^provided for a set-back from the boulevard of 50 feet and 72 feet distance between die warehouse and the * dog hospital. .The building will be of . concrete block with the front and part of the side faced with brick* The lot has 10Q foot frontage on the ^boulevard and is 159 feet back towards the railroad, right-of-way. Solicitor Colbert said that the lease could bo assigned to someone else, according to art article jn the lease and ' that tho lease would only receive his approval if a clause Was insetted Stating that any use will meet all provisions of die zoning Ordinance,
Mr. Colbert said that the zoning 'ordinances is very restrictive and that the application should go before the Zoning Hoard of Adjustment, due to tho fact that storage is not specifically Spelled out in die ordinance as a permitted use, Restaurants are banned, So die retail shop couldn't legally sell coffee end doughnuts. Mr. Murrer said that the building should bo up by August 31st to meet the >WisheS of tho Interstate Bakeries, hut Mr, Colbert ruled that it's not within
council's province to issue a permit but that1' the Zoning Board can meet and act quickly, Council advised Mr, iMurTer to appeal to the Zoning Board from council's refusal to issue the building permit.
C. G, Frost of the Sterling VarriiSh Company attended the meeting after sending a letter to Mayor Barber Concerning fires built oft the beach at Haysville by boaters. - Mr, Frost said the night watchman had' reported one bonfire so big t h a t it was sending sparks over the tanks cofttaining -a half-million gallons of very inflammable and explosive material, During the day, Mr. Frost said, the trained crews recognize the hazards in die plant, but at night, diere are only one or two men there and a big -blaze could get started quickly*
Tho Sterling Varnish Company owns a substantial portion of thè delta on which die boats aro launched and tho Arcs built Ho requested permission to erect a sign near the Bell Telephone Company sign forbidding fires, Last year, tho boaters were there on tho week-ends but this (Continued on Pago 12)
Board Of Trade JElects 1964 Officers
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Warren Breithaupt, general secretary of the Sewickiey YMCA, was elected president of die Sewicldey Valley Board of Trade, Inc,,.at a recent meeting, of die Board of Directors. Richard D* Cole of the Cole Funeral Home, was elected vice president and Ross W. Buck, president of the Sewickiey Priming Shop# Inc., and editor of die Herald, was re-elected secretary and treasurer for the umpteenth time*
Tho Board of Directors, elected at die annual meeting of the membership at the Sewickiey Motor Inn lato in May, includes J, Robert Angros* James Bennett, Robert Bilstein, Warren Breithauph Richard t). Cole, William Davey, William ' C. Gotirley, Fred Guy, Edward 0* Harrison, James Marshall and Martin Wise, Jr* *
Mr, Breithaupt has named die following committees for 1963-4; executive committee, J Robert Angros, chairman; Warren Breithaupt, Richard 0, Cole, William C. Gourley, James Marshall mid Robert Bfistoim finance, (Continued on Pago 20)
mittee‘had asked for a sound salaiy schedule which was not in existence" when the ten districts joined. This has gradually been done, and now this reward for teachers who do outstanding work is another step. This . first year 'there will be more: eligible,- m until the plan gets started, and the decision will J>e based; after the* first two years,* on a three-year evaluation, so that a teacher must keep up his or ‘her standard.
Discussion brought out minor. . problems until -a board Tftember~ asked that a vote be taken. The recommendation was approved by a vote of 30 ayes and 6 noes, with seven boards having -a quorum /present. Haysville borough voted solidly against the recommendation, ; Leet. township; with three, members'pres-'1 ènt, had 1 no, Glénfìeld/with four „ (Continued on Page 20),.
Outstanding Teachers In Line For $400 Raises
Merit Raises To Be Based On Three Years Evaluation of Teacher*s Competency
The Quaker Valley Joint Schools Board, meeting in special session on Monday, June 17th, approved a recommendation setting up a system of merit raises for ‘good' and 'outstanding' teachers by a vote of 30 ayes and 6 nays. The recommendation was made to the Joint Committee by the Curriculum and Faculty Committee on May 20th. The vice-president, James Everett presided at the meeting in the absence of the president, Frank Hawkins.
The Merit Salary program Resolution was presented to each board member, and after a motion -and a second that, the resolution be adopted the, chairman called for discussion;
The resolution stated '‘WHEREAS several "Boards of School Directors of component districts of Quaker Valley Joint Schools and individual school directors as well, „have expressed desire for,, a merit salary plan for teachers, librarians and ‘guidance personnel that will recognize the special . tcontribution to*, education of pupils that is made byoabove-average skill, effort and performance of said teachers, librarians and guidance personnel; and ,
. “WHEREAS thè Joint Committee on May 20, 196.3, considered a' plan for a Merit Salary Program and recommended said- plan to the JOINT BOARD of School Directors;
“NOW THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED that *the following Merit Salary Program for Teachers employed by Quaker Valley Joint Schools, be adopted, beginning with thé 1963-19Ç4 school year, said program to be administered by thè Joint Committee: ' . ” The Merit Supplemental salary would be in units~a'ddèd to each eligible: and qualified teacher, each unit being equal to one salary Service increment in. the Quaker Valley Salary Schedule ( §20Q )/ A teacher eligible and evaluated "as “good"' would • receive one merit supplementary salary Unit, and a teacher eligible "and evaluated as “outstanding” would receive two merit supplemental salary Unite. The teachers would be eligible, if quaified in competency,' to receive merit supplemental salary at the beginning of thé 4th, 7th,
10th, ♦ 13th, I6tli, and I9th year of service, . and at the beginning of each fifth year of service thereafter, except that any Teacher entering Quaker Valley employment with prior teaching experience shall not be eligible to receive any merit supplemental salary until he or she has had at least three successive annual valuations of competency. In order to institute the program in' the year 1963-64 all teachers who have completed three or more successive years of service in Quaker Valley Joint Schools at the end of 1982-63 shall bo considered eligible, if qualified in comptency to receive merit supplemental salary in the year 1963-64.
Qualifications fer this merit salary shall bo determined by tho average of three, but not more than five, successive aiftuml evaluations of competency made by the Administrators of (the Quaker Valley Joint Schools in accordance with tho Factors of Competency approved by the Joint Committee in September, 1ÔG2. Tho exception will be that qualifications for the year 1963-64 shall he based on the single year 1962-63, and qualifications for the year 1984-85 will be based on *tlio -two years.
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The Board feels that this system of rewarding good and outstanding teachers is much fairer than across-the-board-raiseS, except those man-, dated by the State, The Joint Com*)
Next Week's Herald Out Early 3
I Due to the Fourth of July fall-ving on Thursday next week, the Herald Will he distributed on Tues-c day. Deadlines for news, want ads, and advertising will be noon Mondays Heralds will be available at the newstands on Tuesday morning and the newsboys can pick up their Heralds at the office op Tuesday morning after II a.m. Please cooperate by getting any news to the - Herald* Office on Friday or Saturday. The regular schedule will be resumed the week of July 8th. .
Bells To Ring On Fourth
Sewickiey will join in the, “Ring tho Bells on the 4th of July" crusade. All church and school bells will ring at. 2 p.m* on July 4th afternoon* according to Brad Taggert, who made arrangements with the- Ministerial Association and the Joint School Board. He rounded up volunteers to ring the bells When the regular sexton or custodian wasn’t going to be there.
Another Letter from James Addison On Page 2
SPECIAL CANTEEN, “Oldies But Goodies Hop"—-Tonight, Thursday, Juno 27th, at the Sewickiey Y. M. C, A* from 8-lli30 p. m. price Will be 50c with or without a Canteen Club Card. (Adv’t)
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BAKE SALE - Sponsored by Girl Scout Troop ‘489 at Eddy's Meat Market Friday, Juno 28th, 9-?
CAR WASH, Saturday, June 29th, 9 to 4 p. m, at tho roar of tho Richard D; Colo Funerftl Homo. Sponsored by Quaker Valley Ac-sembly for Rainbow Girls. $1.25— 25o extra for white walls. (Adv't)