Sewickley Herald

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Voi. 42 No. 4
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1945	.
Price Five Cents
WHATS ON AT THE Y
Saturday Night at the Teèn Canteen
SAVE WASTE PAPER
“The finest thing Sewickley has done” declared J. Conway Macon after visiting the Teen Canteen with its variety of amusement, its orderly management by its governing committee of young people. What amusements? Checkers, Chess, card games; pingpong, dancing, swimmi ig. Refreshment at the “coke” machine occasionally. (These photos by Toia.)
Campaign Workers Ask Your Support
In connection with the .Annual Se-wickley Y. M. C. A. Campaign, general chairman George R. Young is telling the 200 members of the campaign organization that they need make no. apologies for the Association, for its sorvico, ,for its rehabilitated building and equipment, nor for its personnel. He states that the Sewickley Y. M. C. A; is in the enviable position of being entirely free of debt, with the largest membership •for many years', with a present enrollment of 71i7 members, an increase over last year o£ 30%, in spite :of the absence of so many young men in the services.
The Y. M. 'C. A. building is a very busy place these days1, with a wide range-of activities for men and women, boys and girls.. With the finest indoor swimming pool in the district, 22 groups and classes per week provide instruction and recreational swimming—average weekly attendance is over 400, all with expert direction and leadership.
The fine gymnasium is the center'of a multitude of healthful and recreational exorcises and games, such as basketball, volley ball, .badminton, boxing, apparatus work, etc.
A variety of clubs for high school and grade school hoys and girls furnish a democratic training in Christian living. Many outdoor .activities are fostered, such as tennis, baseball, football, soccer, field hockey. In addition, there is the brand new project of the outdoor gymnasium, for which initial fund® were provided from the proceeds of the Hai vest Fair last Fall. This promises to be popular and- useful, with its albweiather surface of over 14,000 square feet.
The social program of the Association includes the increasingly popular Teem Canteen on Saturday nights,
The Sewickley Association' is.-truly a center not only of membership activity, but also for many community groups.
The 1945 Finance Campaign will open on Thursday might of this week with a 6:30 dinner at the “Y” for all the soliciting organization, at which time 1400 prospect' cards will be distributed to the 32 teams, and full information given regarding the conduct of the campaign.. Tine first report is scheduled for Tuesday, January 30, at 7 :<30, at the “Y,” and the final Victory Dinner Meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 6th, at which time it is expected that the full requirement of $15,000 will1 bo reported.
The following division and team leaders head up an organization of nearly 200 workers: Section “A”—¡Majors, Mrs. D. F. Davis and Mrs. Roy Rose, with Captains ¡Mrs. Bcrnd P. Rose, Miss Agues ¡Black, Mrs. George McCracken, Mrs. E. Si McPherson and Mrs. Jack H. Johnston; Section “B”—Major James \V. Cameron, with Captains Thomas W. Neely, Jr., A. W. Engel, Mrs. Edward Ellerton, W. II. Beiglrloh, and Mrs. Hilda Bower; Section "C”—¡Majors L. Thayer ¡Lyon and Dr. L. Amermnn, with Captains Miss Edna Agnow, Mrs. John Dumont, Jr., Mrs. W. J. Bancs, Charles Meyer and Curtis Mathias; Section “D” .—Major Mrs. W. V. C. Bulikel-cy, with Captains Mrs. Frances Foote, Miss Grace Tracy, Mrs. Carl Wahl, !Rev. T. W. Eshenauar and Roy E. Hegncr; Section “E”—‘Major Mrs. Edmund War-drop, with 'Captains Joan Boll, Mrs, C. 8. Richards, Margaret Schiller; Section “F”—¡Major Mrs. J. S. Thornton, with Captains Mrs. Robert Pullman, James Everett, Mrs. James Dunin and Mrs. Betty Finlayson; Team No. 28, Captain Miss Harriet Crutchfield; Tcaih 29— Captain John J, Kellogg; Team 31— Captain J. C< Hiteshew an/cl Team 32— Captain Dr. Harold Irons.
TEEN AGE CANTEEN
Many Enjoy New Facilities
The new anid expanded Teen Age Canteen opened in a blaze of glory on Saturday night, January 6th. The attendance was one hundred seventy or about forty percent higher than any night before that time. Since then the attendance has increased every Saturday, reaching an alt time high last Saturday of two hundred seventy. No admission is charged but contributions are accepted.
At ■eight-thirty the -Canteen program, under the direction of a Teen-age committee begin® its ‘activities. The gym is used for dancing to music by the best known dance bauds played over the now public address system which .has just been installed. It is proclaimed a hugo success by all present. The pool, with the water heated to better than 80° F. and under the direction of competent life guards, is available for mixed swimming from 8:30 to 9:30. The library is occupied, strange as it may seem, .mostly by boys playing bridge and 500 under tiie competent instruction of ¡hostesses from some of the sponsoring organizations, The upstairs auditorium is used for table tennis and the downstairs game room is busy with chess and checkers. The back game room takes care of the darts.
The fine Saturday night activity for Teen Agars, with its enlarged program, has been made possible by the Initial
At the broadcasting control panel-are Dolores and Floyd Whitacre and Jean FundiS. They’re sending out the music 1
efforts of tilie Y. M. C. A. and the Child Health'Association. Other organizations of the community have accepted the invitation to co-operate by backing this project both with financial aid and personnel. The following organizations: Sewickley Council, Sewickley ICiwanis Club, Sewickley Defense Council, St. Stephen's Church, United Presbyterian Church, Child Health Association, American Legion Post 4, Sewickley Women’s Club, Young Women’s Civic Club, Y, M. C. A., Presbyterian Church, St. James’ Church, Lutheran Church and American Legion Auxiliary have contributed. Although under the Pennsylvania School law, school boards cannot contribute, school funds to such a project, individual members of the Sewickley School Board and the Academy have contributed to make a total budget of $560. Several other organizations and churches of Sewickley have indicated their approval of this program and are waiting only for executive meetings to join tiie others in helping to make this program possible,
Sums of .money have already been spotlit from this budget, for the installation of the Public Address System now in use and for game equipment needed to handle the largo number attending on Saturday night. This program is to continuo every Saturday night from S:30 to 11:30,
Valley-wide Drive Is On for Next Week
“Whether we-defeat our enemies and bring about'a victorious peace in 1945 depends largely on the ¡Home Front,” according to ‘Colley S. ¡Baker, .executive secretary of the Advisory Committee on Salvage of the State Council of Defense, in urging that the collection. of waste paper be greatly increased. Sewickley Valley, with the exception of Osborne, which has separate collections, will hold its regular collection next week and housewives are urgently requested to prepare their ivaste paper this weekend so- that it will be ready for the collectors-. ' More than 700,000 items important -to the war effort require paper in some form, for packaging purposes. -Waterproof packing -eases foT food; helmets and smaller items of equipment which are floated ashore in landing operations; separation-wrapping for smaller types of shells; packaging for all field rations; cartons to protect blood-plasma containers. To maintain the necessary flow of production and supply, waste paper must be salvaged and turned in to the (Government.
In collaboration with the -waste-paper campaign, three box cars will be placed at the Sewickley freight station to be loaded with waste ptipet from ail the communities of the Valley and rushed to the paper mills. Salvage committees of the boroughs and townships from Fair Oaks through 'Glenfield are holding their regular collection, which occurs every two months, next Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, January 29, 30, and February 1st, 2nd'.'
In Sewickley, the -Civilian Defense Council requests that paper ibe placed on the front porch, protected from the weather. On Tuesday the district above Beaver Street and east of Broad will be covered; on Wednesday, that north of Beaver and west of Broad. On Thursday, south of Beaver and west of Broad, and on Friday, the district south of Beavfer and east of Broad. Money from the proceeds of the sale of the paper in Sewickley will go to the Sewickley Defense Council for its work.
In Edgeworth, the section below the Beaver Road will be covered on Tuesday and Wednesday, January 29 and 30, and tlve section above Beaver oil Thursday and Friday. Borough trucks .will make tbo collection for the Edge-worth Council of Def ense. Money from the scrap paper will be used to further the plans for a permanent War Memorial in Edgeworth.
On Sewickley Heights, householders are requested to 'have their paper taken to the freight station directly, or to call the Heights borough office if transportation is not available.
For further information on local collection plans, residents may call the Salvage Committee chairmen for their respective localities. They aro: J. B. Ayers, Lcelt Township; II. F. Burkholder, Edge-worth; Joseph Fingerot, Osborne; William A, Fulton and E, C, Honlo, Leetsda-lo; Mrs. Margaret M, Morgan, .'Sewickley borougk; W. W. Ritter, Ohio Township; Edward Costello, Glenfield; Mrs. Viola Stevenson, So-wickloy Township) Frank G. Sturm, Sewickley Heights Borough; Charles Wolford, Sewickley Heights Township; W. O. Tlioin, Aleppo Township; and W. E. Laughlin, Haysvillo Borough.
In Aleppo Township, proceeds of the salo of the paper will be donated to St, Mary’s School and will also bo used to assist the Boy Scout troops,