Sewickley Herald

              
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VOL. 57, No. 40
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21,1961
Price Tea Cents
Academy To Present Christmas
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"Sarita^s Spectacles” will be presented by the Lower School of the Sewickley Academy at 4 o’clock this (Thursday) afternoon, December 21st. Seated, b to r.y Anthony Java, Happy Hazzard, Robin Heard, Charles Booth, Betsy Boatner and Betsy Buckman. Standing, Stacey ElHbtt, Chris ^/oods, Jenny Heard,
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John Buchanan, on stool and David Standish. The Upper School will present ‘The Saint” following the Lower School’s play and at 5 o’clock an alumni tea will Be held in the new gymnasium with an informal dedication of the Alumni Gymnasium.
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Santa and his helpers, pictured Saturday morning before die Christmas Cottage was opened for business. Left to right:. Warren BrOithaupt, General* Secretary of the Sewick-ley YMCA, who handled the microphone;
Sandra Busker, Santa, homself, Sally Wother-spoon, Cathie White, Santa’s helpers and Norman Bach, president of the. SeWicldey Valley Board of Trade, Inc. Santa and liis helpers * # #• * ■
Nathan Gusky, Bob Angros, * Dick
Last
Visit On Saturday
Santa Claus will make his Inst visit to his new cottage at Beaver and Broad Streets, Sewickley* from 11 a, m* until 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 23rd. Ho will have a candy cano for each child who visits his cottage, accompanied by an adult.
Ab noon last Saturday, Joseph Dzu-rcc and his ' helpers, Bill Gourlcy,
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Colo and Ross Buck, secretary of the Board of Trade, aided by a number of children, selected the 13 winners Of the $20 books of gift certificates, This Saturday, at noon, 24 more $20 bboks yf gift certificates will be given away as a reward for shopping Se-wieldoy stores.
Last weelds winners were) Mrs* Mary Jayne McKelvy, 324 Thom
Street} Susan Quinn, 722 Broad Street, Sowicjdcy; Mts, Dorothy Smith, 330
(Photo by Jim Addison) spent a busy afternoon, until 3 o’clock, listening to the requests of children and giving each a candy cane. Santa will be hack from XI a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, December 23rd. Anyone wishing to donate to the Christmas celebration and decorations may send checks to the secretary, Boss W. Buck, 611 Beaver Street, Sewickley.
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McCready Way; Mrs* C* L. Griswold, 042 Grove Strcot; Gary Willison, Grove Street Extension; Mrs. John Mennor, R.D. Ho, 2* Box 27, Sewickley; Jeff Cohen, 2 Bex Boulevard, Moncssen; Mrs. Sarah -Harris, 304 Farren Street* Sewickley; Mario Walters, 527 Daly Avenue, Baden; M. Fenner, 622 East Drive, Edgeworth; Rickey Cohen, 2 Rex Boulevard, Monessen; Mrs. Richard. Wharton, Box 333, Sewickley, and Colby B, Bolger, Camp Meeting Road.
Jan. 15
Council To Consider Both
Sides of Beover Street
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Proposed Ordinance And Notice To Be Available 15 Days Prior To January 15
Sewickley council, after consideration of re-zoning requests for. both sides of Beaver Street, between Blackburn and Grimes and Walnut and Little and hack to • the alleys^ set Monday nighty January 15th, at 8 p.m. as the time for a public meeting in the council chambers* The meéting will have two purposes^, to con-; sider a petition for re-zoning to commercial filed by die property owners on the northern side of Beaver Street and also to consider re-zoning in that portion of Sewickley, There is à proposal before council asking for commercial zoning of the lower side of the street, so a Colonial type A. & P. may be constructed there.
The ordinance, to ,be considered, which. will be. on--public display in the borough managers office 15 days before January 12th, will include both sides of the street. Public notice will also be given 15 days before the meeting date
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also set arbitrary lot sizes in the new area and also prohibit certain uses that are permitted in the present commercial zone. President Fred Atwood opened the discussion on the re-zoning proposal by stating that council has taken no action on re-zoning part of Beaver Street and will take no action without; everyone being given an opportunity ^ to ^ express their opinions. ^
He. stated that the proposal to rezone the southern side of Beaver Sheet was. due to. a plan to build a new Colonial-type A, & P. store with double the present parking lot. Since that requires 114* acres, it is hard to find within the limits of the present commercial area. He assumed that everyone is in favor of * a new A. & P. store, the only question being whether it should be located in the commercial - zone or in the new-residential zone adjacent to the commercial zone. .
Mr. Atwood added that council has been discussing the advisability of -a ‘new type of commercial zone
more limited in permitted uses than the present one. So far, he said, there has been no meeting of minds on thte subject and council is glad to listen to any oinpions. Walter Threadgill, who lives at Thom and Little, said he thought there would be a public meeting, but the proposed ordinance must be prepared first.
Marie Parkman, 830 Thom Street, asked if the new store Is about the same size as the present one, if there would be sufficient parking space and space for exits and entrances to lessen congestion nn Beaver Street. She-was-informed that plans are not now available, but. will be 15 days before the public hearing. Later, she asked about the master plans and was told that there are 200 copies of the Hip report in the Borough Managers office, plus about 25-“copies of the a *47 master plan. However, the latest study of traffic by. the7 Allegheny County Planning Association, ^is in short supply with not enough copies of the 30-page report for councilmen
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Osborne Council Re-Enacts Wage Tax and Raises Fees
Fall-Out Shelters Freed of Building Permit
Fees Which Were Baised For 1962
Osborne council, at its regular meeting on Thursday, December 14tli, passed an ordinance re-enacting the wage tax at 1%; passed another,, ordinance which raised the fees for. building permits and^made fall-out shelters exempt from building permit fees; appointed George Rittelman as Civil Defense Director with Robert Kenetto and Michael W. Casey, as assistants;' ordered three householders to connect their sewers to'the borough sewer lines and received the. resignation of Carolyn J. Masters as secretary, effective January 31st
The ordinance re-enacting the wage tax and the One amending the building ordinance are both advertised in this. week’s Herald, along with a notice of the meeting dates for the year. The ordinance on building permits, which exempts fall-out shelters from the fees, sets up a minimum-of $5 for any work up to $1,000, From $1,00(3 to $10,000. an additional'- $2 per thousand will be charged and over $10,001, an additional $1 per thousand, Therq Will he two inspections and the charge for them was set at $15.00.
Councilman George Rittelman, whp attended the C.D. radiological course in Sewickley recently, was named as Civil Defense Director for die ‘ borough, assisted by Robert Kanetto and Michael W. Cnsey,
Owners of properties at 1509* 1515 and 1516 Center Street, will be notified by letter to comply with the ordinance requiring that
the sewer lines be connected with the ooroughs lines. About a year’s notice had been given the owners.
Mrs. Carolyn J. Masters, secretary, submitted her resignation to lake effect January 31st, 1962, stating that it was too difficult to find time to take 1 (Continued on Page 24)
What’s Doin’
American Legion Post 450 Children's Christmas Party, ages 1 to 12 years, Sunday, Dec. 24, 1961, -starting at 3100 P*M.	(Adv't)
The Western Pennsylvania Professional Horsemen's Association will sponsor a lecture and movies by Mr. Gordon Wright on the tJL S. Pony Team Competition, Thursday, December 28 at 2 P.M. in the Hunt Room of tho Webster Half Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa* Everyone is invited to attend,	(Adv't)