Sewickley Herald

              The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
Vol. XXIX.   No. 17.
SEWICKLEY, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 1932
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The Boulevard, looking west from Chestnut Street. Line of new Approach, across Boulevard toward the Bridge.
The county commissioners have de-
ided to go ahead with the work of constructing a new approach to Sowickley
Bridge from the foot of Broad Street,
according to information believed reliable, obtained by The Herald this
week. In the allocation of work to be
done by the county, this is one project
that the commissioners have desired to
complete; Commissioner McGovern has
always been openly in favor of finishing this end of the Ohio River Boulevard, and this bridge approach is one
of its important features, that must be
done in harmony with the whole plan.
A re-survey is being made to decide
the definite alignment of the boulevard
through Sowickley and Glen Osborne.
The plan made last fall, when the former county commissioners voted to
authorize plans prepared, is practically
agreed upon, with a modification of the
center line of the boulevard; tho revised plan will be presented to Sewickley eouncil next Tuesday evening for
approval.   It is hoped that actual work
on the project will be started within
two months, and the borough authorities are hopeful that arrangement can
bo made for the employment of local
labor. It is also hoped that the War
Memorial Committee may be able to
select and build a suitable memorial
at the foot of Broad Street.
According to the plans made last
fall, the Boulevard between Chestnut
and Walnut Streets will be paved to a
width of 40 feet; the bridge approach
will also be paved to the same width.
AMERICAN LEGION POST PRESENTS "CORPORAL EAGAN"
Beginning about Friday of last week,
there was a noticeable decrease in the
number of husbands, brothers, sons and
even staid grandfathers about Sowickley hearthstones. Unable to understand
the strange disappearance of Sewickley's prominent merchants, physicians,
lawyers and oven the burgess, himself;
daughters, wives and girl friends were
dispatched to And them. Arriving at
tho American Legion home, tho ladies,
themselves, wore recruited into tho cast
of "Corporal Eagen," the funniest
rookio comedy ever written, which is
to bo presented next Wednesday and
Thursday, March 16th and 17th at tho
Guildhall by Sewickley Valloy Post 4,
Amorican Legion.
It is anticipated that all of Sowickley that is not in evidence on the stage
Of the Guildhall will be in the audience,
for most every family has Some member in tho hugo cast, bo it baby
brother, a sister of high school age,
a staid father or perhaps oven grandfather in the rookio squad. "Corporal
Eagen" is tho record of tho ridiculous
antics of Red Eagen, tho dumb Irish
doughboy and his equally brilliant
Jewish pal, Izzy Goldstein.
Kcaty MeNally, as Red, and Ephraim
Shriver as Izzy, keep tho cast in gales
of laughter at each rehearsal. Trying
desperately to appear intelligent in tho
eyes of the hardboiled top sergeant,
Casey Jones, the nitwit soldiers get
put on K, P. duty. Unfortunately, Red
has already written to his girl, Sally
O'Neil, Sara Nash, telling her that he
is a captain and she comes to camp to
seo him in his new uniform only to
And him peeling potatoes.
McGooley the guard, Georgo Hegner,
suspects Sally of being the spy who
has entered the camp and poisoned tho
food so that tho boys will not go overseas. Despite tho heroic efforts of Bed
and Izzy, tho girl is finally thrown
into tho guard houso and sentenced to
bo shot at sunrise. Aftor two acts of
hilarious comedy, during which the
boys become more and moro involved
iu tough situations, the girl is rescued.
Rod then receives his promotion and
Izzy returns to Rebecca and the second
hand businoss.
During tho encampment, Michael
Eagon, Rod's father, Dan Fooly, and
Abbic Goldstein, Izzy's poppa, Edward
Johns,  come  to  camp  to  visit  their
sons. Thoy argue continually until the
nurses, Mary, Eva May Scott, and
Marie, Mrs. Hilda Bowers, appear.
Then, suddenly becoming stricken, they
go to tho hospital. Emmy, the willing
war worker, who has been looking for
the man she loves for forty long years,
tries to get all the rookies to write to
her, and, failing in this, persuades
Zacharias Taylor, the Y. M. C. A. man
to elope with her. Kathryn Brownhill
and John Houston aro the autumnal
lovers with spring in their horats.
Anthony Hegner and Ben Handy
become Kfioozey and McGinnis, two
rookies who make lifo miserable for
Red and Izzy and Steve Pyovae is tho
grouchy cook who piles up potatoes for
tho boys to peel. E. J. Ducey is the
captain and Edward Gray, Jr., the
newsboy who trios to sell Izzy a paper.
Tho big hit of the show is the famous
rookio squad of "Corporal Eagon,"
Sewickley's most prominent citizens
will portray green rookies who havo
been in tho army only a fow daysa
Sergeant Jones drills tho mon with but
littlo success and the squad is guaranteed to bo tlio most tattered and torn,
ill assorted and awkward group over
assembled under one roof. Such well
known characters as Privato C. C.
Pill, Whistling Bill, Mama's Boy,
Sleepy Pete, Ingle Bustem and others
will bo drilled before the eyes of a
laugh shocked audience.
The show opens with a patriotic
pageant in which several hundred of
Sewickley's little actors will star In
Sewickley's biggest show. Youngsters
in tho first threo grades of tho public
and parochial schools will tako part in
a scene dedicated to those who gavo
tho best to their country. Aided by
tho girl's chorus, the men's chorus,
John Morris will givo the reading,
"My Dream of the Big Parade." This
pageant novor fails to thrill and please.
What show would be complete without music and girls? "Corporal
Eagon" boasts a chorus of Sewickley's
prettiest and peppiest girls who will
appear in several danco and song numbers between acts. Tho moil's chorus,
consisting of tho better known singers
of the "Valley, including soloists of the
various church choirs will delight the
audience with old time songs, such as
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