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The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
Vol. 34.   No. 11.
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1938
Price 5 Cents
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Evidence that the 'little red sehool-
Jiouse' has also experienced many-
changes is presented by the photographs of the modern one-room sehool
recently completed and' now occupied
by the pupils of Haysville. The^pic-
turcs show the smart lines of tho brick
building, the large windows on one
side of it, and the largo, level playground, protected by wire fenco.
Not apparent in -tho photographs,
but highly appreciated by the pupils,
are the thermostatically controlled gas-
burning hot air furnaco with air-conditioning, located in a small concrete-
finished basement instead of the old
furnace in the middle of the classroom;
the daylight streaming through the
steel casement windows and' reflected
on the white plaster; tho electric clock
above, the blackboards; tho modern
plumbing; the spacious cloakroom; the
seats that may be moved; tho modern
lighting system. There is an emergency door on ono side, of tho building,
and attractivo glass panels in the
doors of the short hall between tho
entrance door, which is protected from
the. weather, and tho door to tho classroom,
Over tho entrance is tho name of the
school in cast aluminum letters, another
of the rigid State specifications fol*
lowcct In   the building of  tho  School.
Pupils vie for the honor of raising and
lowering the flag on the pole in the
playground, which has been covered
with slag to provide a good surface.
The now building is equipped with
fifty seats, so that it will take care of
more students than attend at tho
present time.
This now, modern school did not cost
the taxpayers of Haysvillo school district a penny, except indirectly through
county taxes, as Allegheny County paid
the Haysville school board $13,000 for
damages in tearing down the old white
frame building and' using the lot for
the new section of the Ohio Eiver
Boulevard. That amount ,also covered
the expense Of transporting and paying-
tuition of tho pupils in tho Sewickley
public school until tho now building
was ready; so that the Haysville board
is  the.  proud  possessor   of   tho   most
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modern one-room school in the State,
and has no liabilities or funded debt.
School taxes in Haysville are levied
at a rate of 11 mills, sufficient to pay
all the. operating expenses and salaries
of the school district. Allegheny County is being billed for $1,023.06, the
final installment of the $13,000, and
with their State appropriation due, the
board' will ha.ve sufficient funds until
193S taxes start coming in.
Sewickley contractors did most of
the work on the new building. Nagel
& Ague had the general contract, at
$7,117; Edward Yant tho heating contract nt $700; the Sewickloy Plumbing & Heating Company did tho plumbing work, amounting to $383.51; and
the roofing was supplied by Carey,
through tho Hegner Hardwaro Company. Lumber and millwork was furnished by Ered! J. JIcMDlen; tho face
brick and concrete materials by the
Standard Builders Supply Co. of Leetsdale; and William H. LoEoy Of Sc-
widkley did the painting.
The lot cost the school district $4,000
but that, too^ was covered by tho
damages paid by the county.
-tlueh as they liko their new building,
tho pupils will probably become slightly irked next Juno when thoy will have
to attend classes to maho up tho time
lost last fall.
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