Sewickley Herald

              The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home News Weekly
Vol. 38,   No. 36.
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1941
Price 5 Cents
.-Approved War ^tlemorial Statue
While nothing further has been done, due to vacations and
the necessity for legal study on the part of the school board's
solicitor, the photograph above illustrates a model of the
memorial statue proposed by the plans and costs committee of
the Sewickley Valley War Memorial Association at a recent
meeting in the home of Mrs. Alexander Laughlin, chairman of
the committee.
The model is the work of Frank Vittor, Pittsburgh sculptor, and was chosen over a seated figure of Columbia. In this
statue, the flag-draped figure of Columbia stands on a pedestal
behind the young soldier, who is holding his great sword ready
to defend her. Since a statue of this sort would not be suitable for the triangle at the foot of Broad Street, at the Boulevard, it is proposed that it be placed on the grade school
lawn, diagonally across from the Methodist Church.
The statue would have to be approved by the Art Commission of Pennsylvania, if placed on public property and would
become the property of the school board, if the board is legally
allowed to accept it.   With title to the memorial vested in the
school board, it could be moved if that ever became necessary,
due to the future growth of the school and the necessity of
building a new grade school building. A new building would
probably be located nearer to Broad Street, in order to increase
the present inadequate playground space at the rear of the
school.
The next step in procedure will be for the American Legion
to present their clock-tower memorial model to the plans and
costs committee. Then the committee, which has already provisionally approved the statue, will recommend the memorial
it considers most suitable to the membership of the association
at a general meeting.
Commander Charles H. Eaton of Post 4, American Legion,
has suggested that the Vittor model be placed on public display like the clock-tower and the public asked to choose between the two proposed memorials. The Legion is prepared
to pay the expense of a public ballot to discover which
memorial the public prefers, for any memorial should have the
approval of the citizens.
POP CORN FESTIVAL SATURDAY FOR THE U. S. O.
Mi's. M. W. Hinn, Chairman, Assisted by the Girl Scouts