Sewickley Herald

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The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
• VOL. 58, No. 21
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1902
' Price Tea Cents
Sewickley Academy To Add 3 Grades
$400,000 Expansion Program For Prep School
An architectural drawing of the Beaver Street frontage of the proposed $400,000 Sewickley Academy Preparatory School. The new buildings will contain nine class rooms, an auditorium, a library, facilities for the study of the sciences and administra-
tion offices. The .new preparatory school, which will offer studies including the twelfth grade, will be located on the northeastern section of the Academy’s campus, on land bounded by Beaver Street and Academy Avenue.
Sewickley Council Delays
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Beaver Street Re-Zoning
Paper Company and Beauty Shop To Be Notified of-Zoning Violation Charges
Sewickley council, at its regular meeting Monday, again delayed passage of the proposed ordinance re-zoning the southern side of Beaver Street from Walnut to Little and the northern side from Blackburn to Pryor Way. Peter Yaqkello, 321 Beaver, just west of Pryor Way, asked why his property was not included in the proposed new commercial zone. He told council that when he signed the petition of more than 50% of property owners on the north side, he understood that Attorney Black was to speak for all the petitioners. However, at the last council meeting, Mr, Black said ,he represented only Mrs. McCready and another attorney represented another property owner. Mr. Yankello said he had been a taxpayer here since 1924 and it wasn’t fair to leave, his property out of the;new commercial zone;
Vice President Douglas Bitchey, presiding, said that Pryor Way, seemed to be a logical boundary, but that council would consider Mr. Yarikello’s protest. Mr. Bitchey also said that if ' major changes were made in the proposed ordinance, another public hearing would bejield. Minor changes would not necessitate another hearing, he told the twenty people gathered in the council chambers. -	'
- 'Robert B. Wood, 329 Bank Street, asked about real community planning.
He said there have been three plans, but nothing has come of them. He expressed the hope that council would make a real effort for a community plan which would rehabilitate die entire business district, Mr. Ritchey said ' that property values sky-rocketed as soon as any plan is mentioned and Mr. Wood said that an authority with more powers than the Parking Auth-
ority is needed to rebuild the business district.
Mr. Ritchey said council has tried to work with the overall plans but nothing has been feasible. This ordinance is a start, he said. Mr. Wood said that die Planning Commission doesn’t consider it good planning and Mr. Ritchey 'replied that council was doing the best it could for die most people.
Dr. Joseph Griffith said that not all property owners are greedy and identified himself as a member of •die private corporation which is interested in the proposed new commercial district. He assured everyone that the corporation wasn’t going td do anydiing detrimental to the community, where he expects to spend the rest of his life. The new stamp store on Broad Street, for instance, will bring many more people to town and benefit the merchants. He admitted that some owners were greedy and even negotiations through third parties are no longer feasible due to ‘astronomical’ asking prices for some commercial property,	. '
Robert Murrer said that delay breeds uncertainty and uncertainty causes more problems with the result that die project becomes a financial burden.
The hearing on Beaver Street was thèn concluded and Mr. Ritchey asked if any visitors wanted to be heard. Roy Hegner, chairman of the Zoning (Continued on Page 7)
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What’s Doin’
Sewickley Methodist YOUTH FEL-•LOWSHIP PLAY at the Methodist Çhuroh, May 25, 1962, at 8 P.M. •Family Tickets. $1.00 - Individual Tickets j$,50.	(Adv’t)
CUB SCOUT CARNIVAL, Friday, May 25th, 7 to 9 P.M. at the Edge-worth School, sponsored by Pack 243. Donation 25c. Hot Dogs, Pop Coffee, and Homemade Donuts. Plan to eat your dinner and enjoy the carnival.	(Adv’t)
SPAGHETTI DINNER - Sunday, May 27-6 p.m. at the Post Home, Veterans of Foreign Wars, sponsored by •• the Ladies Auxiliary. Members and guests. (Adv’t)
INSTITUTION AND PUBLIC INSTALLATION of Quaker Valley Assembly of Rainbow for Girls. Institution at 2:00- P.M. Public Installation at 7:00 P.M. May 26th at Quaker Valley Junior High School,	(Adv’t)
AH material fpr publication in the Hawthorne Club’s, Souvenir Book must be received by June 1st. Mrs. Ellis Blockson, •
305 Centennial Avenue Phone 741-7592
PROGRAM PLANNING WORKSHOP to be held Monday, June 4th, from 10:00 A.M. to. 2:30 P.M. at The Laughlin Children’s Center. Sponsored by Sewickley Mental Health Council. For FREE, reservations call Mrs. Somerled Macdonald, 741-8074 before May (Continued on Page 7)
John C. Oliver,, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees, has announced that Sewickley Academy will expand through the twelfth grade¿ thus creating a co-educational college preparatory school.
The Academy will add one grade per year, beginning with the tenth grade in the fall of 1963. Thus by September, 1965, the School will offer a complete secondary school program to the people of the Valley.
The decision to expand is the result of a long-range planning program started several months ago under the direction of G. W. Snyder. Preliminary exploration indicated that there was both a need and desire for such a school in this area. Then, in order to more positively determine what public reaction might be, the Trustees authorized a professional research organization to carry out a survey. The results of this survey showed conclusively that the residents of. this vicinity would like to see a full preparatory- school made available locally for their children.
Architectural plans have already been drawn up for attractive, modem buildings which will house the-upper three grades of the expanded school. The new structures will occupy the northeastern section of the Academy’s camps, on land bounded by Beaver Street and Aacademy Ave.
Two Boys Struck By Cars Last Week*
Two boys, 9 and 12, were struck by automobiles on opposite ends of the same street, Boundary, on Friday and Saturday.
Sammy Sapere, aged 9, of 820 Ohio River Boulevard, ran into the path of an eastbound car driven by James W. Shannon, 1124 Woodland . Avenue, Pittsburgh, sustaining a fractured right ankle, multiple abrasions and a possible slight concussion. He was rushed in an ambulance to tibe Sewickley Valley Hospital where his condition was reported' 'good’ on Wednesday. The • accident occurred at 5:15 p.m. on Friday, May 18th, in front of the Motor Inn, according to the police report. The boy was thrown into the air by the impact, Neither Mr. Shannon nor a passen-
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Artist's Sketch of New Sewickley Heights Golf Club House
Ground was recently broken for the first section of the proposed club house of the Sewickley Heights Golf Club, Camp Meeting Road. Hie first
section will consist of locker rooms, pro shop, caddy shop and bar and dining facilities. The above picture illustrates the completed club house.