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The Sewickley Valley's Home News Weekly
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Vol. 39. No. 48.
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1942
Price Five Cents
Braving the threat of rain, wet
streets and chill winds, at least fifteen
hundred residents of tho Valley crowded the corner of Beaver and Broad
streets .Sunday afternoon to attend the
dedication ceremonies of the Sewickley
Valley Honor Boll. At 2:15 o'clock a
parade, led by the colorful Sewicldey
High School Band marched from the
headquarters of Post 4, American Legion, on Broad Street.
The United States Navy Color Bearers and Guards and tho 1351st Service
Unit, Military Police Color Bearers and
Guard were followed by a unit of U.
S. Coast Guard, Osborne base and the
Pennsylvania Eeserve Defense 'Corps
from Coraopolis. Then the blue uniformed members of 'Sewickley Valleey Post
4, American Legion, Post 450, American
Legion and Valley Camp 127, United
Spanish "War Veterans were followed by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, in golden
uniforms. Girls of the Motor Corps of
tho Sewickley Chapter of the American
Bed Cross in their dark blue uniforms,
were followed by the Gold Cross Ambulance Corps, in natty tan uniforms
and Boy Seouts and Girl Seouts. The
organizations lined up at attention on
two sides of the street intersection,
facing tlie speaker's platform. The
choirs from the churches were seated
on one sido and honor guests on the
opposite  side of  the platform.
The massed colors of the organizations were placed on either side of the
draped Honor Boll as J. Conway Macon,
president of Sewickloy council and
master of ceremonies announced the
opening number, 'The Star Spangled
Banner played by the band. While the
band played, Eobert Eaton U. S. Navy
and Eobert Lee, U. S. Army and a visiting sergeant, raised the flag on tho pole
in front of the roll.
Eev. H. E. Browne of Shields Presbyterian Churcli gave the invocation and
the audience joined the chorus in sing-
DEDICATION CEREMONIES
Sewickley Valley Honor Roll
ing, 'America,' led by Julian Williams,
with MiS3 Dorothy Nash at the piano.
Mr. Macon ioaid tribute to the citizens
of the Valley, from Leetsdale to Glenfield, for their efforts in making the
Honor Eoll a reality, stating that it
is one of the finest things the community has ever done.
Burgess H. T. Irwin, of Edgeworth,
Burgess Eobert L. Clause of Sewickley
Heights and Burgess W. D. Graham of
Haysville    were    introduced    by    Mr.
Macon as official representatives of the
citizens of their boroughs at the dedication. Following the rendition of
'There's a Long, Long Trail,' by Saint
Stephen's Quartette, Daniel E. Nevin,
a member of the serviee records committee, explained that Charles H. Eaton,
chairman of tho committee, had appointed a representative of the different
boroughs, townships, churches and civic
organizations to look up and turn in
tho names of boys and girls from their ,
communities or organizations who have
entered the armed services. The committee met each Sunday afternoon for
six weeks and the Herald published the
Honor Boll for six weeks, asking that
corrections be sent in by members of
the families of service men. Cards were
distributed with the programs and are
now available at the borough building
on which permanent reeords are being
kept.
The audience and chorus joined in
singing another of the first World War
sons, 'Keep the Home Eires Burning,'
which is equally appropriate to this
war. Beverend Louis Hirshson, rector
of Saint Stephen's Church, in his brief
address, carried the same theme in the
opening paragraphs of his talk. He said
that on such an occasion, we realize
that words are the least important feature; that what we do is far more important that what we say. And, what
the young men and women in the armed
services do is far more significant than
anything we can either say or do. It's
always good for a community to get
together, he continued, for a community is the people in it rather than just
streets and buildings.
The Honor Eoll is a worthy cause, but
more than that it is important in that
it tells the boys and girls in active
serviee that the folks at home are not
lacking in appreciation of what they
are doing. Northing is more quickly forgotten than the debt owed by those at
home to those who do their part in the
midst of war, to make it possible for
those at home to remain there.
The chief thing that concerns us is
that those on the Honor Eoll are giving
up safety, comfort, ease, to every gradation of sacrifice, even to death, to guarantee us something better. It rests on
us wheher their sacrfice will be worth
while or a ghastly mistake.
(Continued on Page Five)
At left:    *«ley Post 4^^ ^i^^re^ *"°
Sffi^ behind Burgess Bo,5ert L-Clause of sewickley ^^
Legionnaires stanas in wie cemui, ^ photograpns are Dy officer Thomas Toia of Sewickley.
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