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VOL. 60, No, 7	SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1964	IN TWO SECTIONS Price Ten Cents
•Edward P. Bakies, Jr., of 10 Pine Streep Sewickley escaped with slight cuts on the right hand from this 1962 Cadillac coupe which landed on its top at 3:29 a.m. on Tuesday, February 11th, after hitting a concrete-filled pole at the foot of the planted divider strip and flying through the air for 25 feet in front of the Sewickley Post Office on Broad . & & » ■ #
Driver Escapes in
(Photo by James Addison) Street. When Officer Tony Bruno arrived, Mr. Baldes was crawling backward? out of the wreckage and assured the officer that no one else had been in the car. He said that the crash was caused by another car cutting in front of him, but he was driving on a one-way street with chains and posts separating that lane from the other lane.
Spectacular Crash
Edward P. Baldes,* Jr., of 10 Pine Street, Sewickley, escaped with lacerations of the right hand when the ’62 Cadillac coupe he was driving hit a pole at the foot of Broad Street, flew through the air for 25 feet and landed on its top, at 3:29 a.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Baldes, who is also known as Edward P, Baker, was taken to the Sewicldey Valley Hospital by 'Officer Willard Milligan,
where his cuts were treated and he W.as released in thè custody of the officer. He was taken to Sewickley Police Headquarters and detained until he could furnish bond for a hearing on Wednesday evening. He was examined by a physician at police headquarters about am hour after .the accident,
Mr. B aides, whose former address was 1807 Mary Ellen Drive, Brunswick; Ohio,, couldn't produce an Ohio driver’s license’ and said he didn’t know where the license had gone.. He also couldn’t produce a Pennsylvania driver’s license, either.
Bill Corso, who informed Officer Tony Bruno of the accident, said that the car was proceeding at a high rate of speed and had narrowly iriissed a black Cadillac just before hitting the post. Mr. Corso said he saw the car flying through the air and landing on its top. Since the Baldes car was a hard-top, the impact smashed the rooi* down, splintering ;the windshield and leaving only a narrow space between . thé top of thé seat and the rooftop. The steering wheel was also ^crushed and police and spectators wondered how Mr. Bakies had escaped more serious injury.
Mr. and Mrs. William Boyd, Jr., Woodland Road, Sewickley, were guest? of Belgian Counsel General Andre Forthomme (left) at a reception in New York City where Mr. Boyd was decorated by decree of King Baudouin of Belgium. Mr. Boyd* ¿vice president and manager of international banking for Pittsburgh National Bank, received the decoration of
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Knight of the Order of Leopold H for his efforts in establishing better relations between Belgium and Western Pennsylvania industrial Anns. Mi. Boyd is vice chairman of the World Trade Council of the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce and chairman of the 18th Annual World Trade Conference to be held, in Pittsburgh April 23.
Last Call For Ads for the Small Community Directory Saturday, February 15th is the Closing Date If You Have Not Been Contacted, Call 741 -8200
Osborne Family Loses Everything In Blaze
Overheated Furnace Causes Damage Estimated At Nearly $6,000
An old two story frame house, which had been added onto on three sides, located on the very top of Sycamore Road, Osborne, was damaged to the apparent extent of nearly $6,000, including furniture and clothing, at 11:40 a.m. on Thursday, February 6th. The Robert A. Bryant family lost all their furniture and clothing in the blaze, except the few articles that could be salvaged from the flames, heavy smoke and water.
Three fire companies battled furiously for about two hours before bringing the blaze under control and stayed until 3 p.m. to make sure all smouldering wood was out, Sewickley was called at 11:44 a.m. and Fire Chief Wade Baltz summoned the Sewicldey Heights fire department and the Aleppo fire company shortly after arriving at the house. There are no fire plugs in that vicinity and the other companies were needed to supply water from the tanks on their trucks and to furnish more hose lines, for smoke was billowing out from every crevice on the second floor and roof when firemen arrived.
Sewickley firemen quickly connected hose lines to their two trucks and pumped water from the tanks. The first hose crews, wearing masks to protect the firemen horn the dense smoke inside, cautiously climbed the center staircase, only to find no floor at the1 top! The blaze had burned away a closet and the floor at the top of the steps.
The fire spread through the partitions to the space under the roof and set fire to tar-paper roofs which had been left there when newer roofs had been built over them. The burning tar-paper produced a thick, yellow, choking „smoke which rose from the house in a thick cloud. Plaster-board partitions, clothing and furniture also added tp the” smoke.
The- Heights firemen used high pressure fog to extinguish the fife between the roofs and between the walls, after holes had been cut in partitions and in the siding of the house, to reach air space between roofs. It was necessary to tear down the ceiling on the second floor to get at the flames raging under the roof.
Aleppo Township firemen added two more hose lines and worked in a different part of the dwelling. There were a total of eight hose lines in operation at the height of the blaze, all pumping from tanks on the trucks. The roof over the kitchen and bedroom in one of the additions became so ‘ weakened that Sewickley firemen were called back from its center. Chief Wade Baltz made good use of his new electronic loudspeaker to give audible' directions to the hose crews on the roof, inside and outside the house.
Mr. Bryant, an employee of the Aliquippa works of Jones and Laugh-lin Sleel Company, was at home and sleeping when he was awakened by the smell of smoke. He tried to. extinguish the blaze, which was smarted from an overheated furnace, but it spread too rapidly. Last fall, there Was a fire in the same house, also caused by an overheated furnace, but the damage wasn’t so great.
The Sewickley pumper was refilled with water at a hydrant on Glen Mitchell Road and then returned to the scene. Red Cross Disaster Chairman James Bennett was notified of the fire and so was the Union Aid Society. Tim family stayed with friends after the blaze had practically ruined their home,
The firemen did an excellent job in Saving as much of the house as they did, for experienced observers thought the house was beyond saving when firemen first arrived.
What’s Doin ’
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER, Friday, February 14th, at the Sewickley Methodist Church, Broad h Beaver Streets, at 2:00 p.m. (Adv’t)
BENEFIT BASKET-BALL GAMES, featuring the Sewickley Y.M.C.A.
against the Community Center All-Stars, and the Scyvickley Community Center Board of Directors against the Sewickley Community Center Staff, on Friday, February 14, 7:30 p.m„ at Community Center, 15 Chadwick Street Admission adults, 75c; students, 85c, Teenage dance will follow the ‘ games.
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MEAT LOAF DINNER at American Legion Post #4, Sunday, February 16, from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M. Adults, $1.25; Children 75c. Public Welcome. For information call 741-9123.	(Adv’t)
MEMORIAL SERVICE honoring 4 Chaplains who died in the ¡sinking of the Troop Transport “Dorchester” after giving up their life jackets to others. Father Savage, Rabbi Mark man and'Reverend Odom will participate. Also showing of World War II documentary film “The Day of Infamy”. 8:00 P.M. February 20, 1964. Sewickley Valley Post 4, The American Legion, 246 Broad Street, Sewickley,	(Adv’t)
FISH FRY, sponsored by. St. James Guild and Christian Mothers, at St, James School, Friday, February 21. Serving from 5 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. Take out dinners available. Ad-. mission $1 adults, 50c children. For tickets call Jane Steup, 741-6045 or Rita Herbst, 741-7815.
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LUNCHEONS~lo~ be^held at tire Shields Presbyterian Church School on February 21st, March 20th and April 17th, at 1 P.M. For reservations call Miss Maude Seaman, 741-4272. Sponsored by the Women's Association.	(Adv’t)
February 24th, 6:30 p.m. at the Y.M.C.A,, FATHER AND SON BANQUET. Football films, plus Dr, Joe Griffith and his “Japanese Beetles”. Please call the T with yóur reservations. Fathers, $1.75; Sons, $1.25.	(Adv’t)
FASHIONS A LA CARTE - February 27 - 8.P.M, Fashion Show and Refreshments. Quaker Valley Sr. High School Auditorium, Leets-dale, Pa. Sponsored by Sewickley Chapter #439, Order of Eastern Star. Fashions by Southgate’s. Donation $1.00. Public cordially invited. _____________ (Adv’t)
Join the Sewicldey NAACP NOW! 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)
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