Sewickley Herald

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No. 50
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1944
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23rd ANNUAL CAROL SINGING
Presbyterian Choir to Assist at the Tree
For the twentybhlird year, residents of the Valley will gather about the Sewieldoy community 'Christmas Tree ia .the circle beside the Honor Roll on Broad Street near Beaver, on Christmas Eve, which ¡Balls on Sunday this year. Santa Claus will be there, at the invitation of Post 4, American Legion, to give candy to the children from seven o’clock to 7:30, when the carol singing will begin, continuing till eight o’clock.
The Presbyterian Church choir of thirty voices, together with six stringed instruments, will accompany, with Alfred Johnson, their director, at the piano. As in all former years, Paul N. Critehlow will' lead the singing.
The live Christmas Tree will not be lighted this year, since the .War Production Board has requested that no outside lighting be used, but the -Dickens Christmas characters will be strung along the building in the rear of the circle. In case of rain, which has happened twice, the service will be held in the hallway of the Sawickley public school.
Remember—Sunday evening, December 24th, from 7:30 to 8:00 o’clock.
YOUNG WOMAN'S CIVIC CLUB
A Christmas play, “The Songs of Christmas,” written by 'Martha Bayly Shannon, will be presented by the members of the Young Woman’s Civic Club of Sewickley this (Thursday) evening in Saint Stephen’s Parish House for the enjoyment of their friends. The play is directed! by Ann ¡Eglcr, who will ¡have as her special guest Miss Jean Allen of ¡Bellevue. Miss Allen will be the soloist and Mrs. ¡Ellen .Rossi the accompanist.
A Christmas party with St. ¡Nicholas himself mil follow the program. In addition’ to the regular meeting this month, there will be a trip to. the Planetarium December 27, 1944.
The American Indian In Dance, Song and Story
Tho Song of Hiawatha and an Indian Rain Daaico will bo given by tho children in the third grade of the Sowick-ley Academy at tho Sowickloy Presbyterian Cihurch House tomorrow, ¡Friday, December .15, at ¡throe p. in.
Tho Women’s Missionary Society has chosen for ¡their subject, “The American Indian.” Interesting stories nr.d accounts will be given of the Mission work among tho various tribes and the part tho Indians of today arc taking in the life of our country.
Taking part in tho program will bo htrs. Kenneth C. Robinson, Mrs. WilJ Hem 0. Johnson, Miss Oatharino R. Miller and Mrs. James Barr Ilainos, HI, Airs. Homer E. Beckwith will olunv a collection of Indian Holies.
Tea will bo served by Mrs. Daniel E' Novin and her aidos.
Mombors of tho community are cord-lolly invited,
Successful iDeer-TCunters ì&rirtg TKome ofyeir jprizes
SEWICKLEY ACADEMY
At the left, Carl Taylor of Locust Place, with an eight-point buck he shot in Pennsylvania’s mountains. Mr. Taylor, chief of plant protection at the County Detective Sam Graham of Continental Foundry ant) Machine Co., used to hunt in ‘ Michigan. His com- Emsworth, with his biggest buck, a panions were-Jack Del Prado of Burgettstown, with the three-point buck, and 240-pounder from the Adirondacks. The Ray Butterini of Coraopolis, with a 15-pointer. The photo is by Tom Toia. rack has eight points. (Photo by Toia)
Well Baby Clinic
At Sewickley Borough Building, 2:30 P» m,, Wednesday, December 20. Dr. y. O, Martin and Mrs. Jackson1 will bo 111 charge,
WITH THE COLORS
Awarded Air Medal in England
T/Sgt. Gordon R.. Lothian, .19, .sou of Mr. and Mrs. John Lothian of Rlroades Avenue, Haysville, n top turret gunner, with the veteran 306th Bombardment Group, was recently awarded the Air Medal at an Eight Air Force Bomber Station in, England, for “exceptionally nieritorius achievement.” As top turret gunner and flight engineer of a Flying Fortress, his duties include protecting his aircraft from enemy fighter attack, and also maintaining the mechanical efficiency of the giant bomber in flight.
A former student of Sewickley High School, Sgt. Lothian was employed as a service station attendant in Coraopolis before entering the AtAF.
Engineering Officer
At an Eighth Air Force Fighter Station in England, 'Captain Jack R, Harper of 53 N. .Second Street, Highland Park, 111., son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence M. Haipcr, 12.1,5 Beaver Road, Osborne, has been appointed engineering officer of the 364th P-51 Mustang Fighter Group.
no entered the service in February, .1941, and was stationed at Ft. Sheridan, 111., with an Ordnance company until March, 1942, when he was sent to the Aircraft Engineering School at Chanute Field, 111. On August 27, 1942, lie was commissioned a .second nontenant upon graduation. 1
Hd joined his present organization in June, 1943. Ho lias been awarded the Bronze Star modal. A graduate of. Morgan Park High School in Chicago and tho University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering, lie was an apprentice engineer for the ¡Bell & Howell Co., Chicago. His wife, Mary 1C. Harper, resides at the Highland Park address given above.
At aii Air Service Command station in England, Lt. L R. McMaster, Jr., soil of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. ¡McMaster of 522 Blackburn Avenue, recently completed an orientation, course' bridging the gap between training in the United States and combat Soldiering in Germany. He attended a series of lectures bv veterans, which included chemical warfare defense ami pertinent tips on staying healthy in a combat zone.
Keeps Service Trucks Rolling
T/5 Sargent IV. 'Cinikshank of Dix-nront Road, R. D. 1, Sewickley, is now serving at- an ¡important Air Service Command ordnance depot in England, where he and his fellow soldiers are responsible for servicing the Air Command’s trucks and jeeps.
Before joining tihie Army lie was an instructor in the Pittsburgh School of Aeronautics. ' His wife, Elizabeth T. Cruikshank, now lives at 277 Park Avenue, Now York.
1 Sergeant Anthony Bruno
Sergeant Anthony Bruno, Jr., son of Mr. mid Mrs. Antonio Bruno of S42 Crescent Avenue, left this country after Christmas last year and is now stationed on Guadalcanal with a Marine Corps Iractnuf battalion. Ho has seen Freddie Legato and Ross Villelln, both of Se-wieklcy, in tho Southwest Pacific area. An employee of the Pittsburgh Coke & Iron Co., Neville Island, before. enlisting in the Marines, Sergeant .Bruno married Alice Bucok of West Park in May, 1943.
His brother, Joseph Bruno, is in tho Medical Corps of the U. S. Army, now in England, and iris brother-in-law, Sgt. Charles C. Bneelt, was tho (Marino famed for Imaging by his heels to toss grenades into a cnvo-ftili of Japs. Sergeant Bucok has leceived the Purple Heart for wounds received in action.
Greetings From tlie Front!
V-mail ¡Christmas carets to The Herald and its staff were received this week from Sgt. Louis Quindo, in ¡the Netherlands East Indies, showing, cartoon-style, San'ta Claus, “Paratrooper,” all in regulation rig for the jump.
And from 1st Lt. Sam C. Aleele, Jr., showing an airplane and pilot, with the nutation “Italy, ’44.”	,
They were both most welcome, and we of The Herald surely wish both boys the best of Christmas joy, wherever they are, however they’re ‘fixed. They must surely tlidnk of Christmas and the goodwill of the folks at home!
Training Rescue Squads
A Ninth Air Force. Service Command Unit, Franco.—Staff Sergeant Robert C. Hull of Sewickley has been officially commended for his excellent work" in organizing and training Air Defense Rescue Squads.
Sergeant Hull recently completed a tour of front-line bases of the Ninth Air Force Service .Command where lie trained men in the rescue of personnel from installations struck by . . . bombs. He also assisted in the- preparation, of a; 'training memorandum on air defense rescue work which will be used by other groups under this command.
Sergeant Hull’s wife, the former Miss Florence Pearce, lives at their home, 3-16 Beaver Street, Sewickley. lie is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles IT. Hull of East Palestine, Ohio.
Promoted to Captain First Lieutenant William G, Barger, son of Mr*. G. V. Barger of Glen Mitchell Road, has boon promoted to Captain at Oakbridge, Teuii.*, whore he is stationed with a special Engineers detachment.
’Squire to Reopen Office-■Captain Han re wee V. Gibb, who had served in the Army Air Forces for 27 months at Lowry Field, Colorado, in Texas and in England, was placed on the inactive list due to hiis age, on November ,12th. Resuming his post as compensation referee, from which ho was absent on a military leave, Air. Gibb also expects soon to reopen his offico on Green Street, where he will resume his practice ns justice of the peace evenings and Saturdays.
Christmas Assembly The. Academy will hold its Christmas Assembly at four unlock next Wednesday afternoon, ' December 20th-. All parents and! friends are cordially invited to attend these exercises which close ¡the autumn, school term.
The- program will- open with earois by the ¡Boy .Choir arid‘thè three youngest classes. “Jeaiinette-Isabella,” a song play arranged around'.thfe old French carol, “Les Flambeaux, Jeannette-Isa-belhi,” will' then be presented by the children of the third to sixth grades, The Upper School play this year is to be. “Tlie (Ohrist-mas Child Comes In,” by Hath arine "Kester. -
At the conclusion of the assembly program, the Aluimid and) “Gld-Tinrers” are invited to the' Records 'Club annual tea.	■ '
The Winter Term. of tire Academy ^ opens Wednesday morning, January 3rd.
LOCAL ITEMS
Edgeworth Accidents Decrease
Monday’® snowstorm made, Edgeworth traffic ¡difficult; a truck across Beaver Road blocked it for a time, and the bottleneck at Leetsdale caused long lilies of waiting- ears .bo form, in both direction's; It needed Borough Manager H. F. Burkholder’s car making the rounds to collect a quorum of council-men for the regular meeting.
Routine business, payment of current bills, etc, comprised most, of the action taken, but a number of items of interest were- reported and talked over. One gratifying report was-¡the notable1 decrease of traffic accidents in blue borough since tho. Boulevard was1 opened ¡through to .Leetsdiale..- Also gratifying was the fact that the contract for extending tlie Boulevard to Anibridge was last month finally signed, Booth & Fliun, the successful bidders, ready to start work as Soon as equipment ca.ii be assembled.
Snow removal promised to be difficult in Edgeworth, since horses have become museum curiosities and the fall was altogether too deep and heavy’for tlie, borough’s mechanical plow to overcome. 'But.it was hoped to get all streets opened by Wednesday, nevertheless-.
Osborne was more fortunate; a horse was found which did a good job of snow-clearing on Monday.
Injured in Snow Stonn
Mr. and Airs. A. Paul Neely, SIS Centennial Avenue, were struck by a car driven by Ralph Dugan, Coraopolis R. D. No. 3, while • Walking on Walnut Street in front of St. James’ Church at 8:30 Monday evening. The driver, who told Officer Af'ebonnld that he had been blinded by a drift of snow, took both persons to the Sewickley Valley Hospital. Mr. Neely was uninjured, but. lost his glasses; Airs. Neely suffered a' ppssibhV fracture of the ribs and also lost her glasses. ■;
Grass Fire in December
Any month can produce the 'Condition necessary for a grass fire, for titer was one in. December, last Saturday a 0:08 p. nv, in the field at the- foqt o Walnut Street. Mrs. Janies- Zipparc Walnut Street, called police to repor th Jive-and-Officer Alillignn wont dowi to investigate, It was too. big for hit to stamp out, so lie called, firemen, wh extinguished the,- blaze with the sffinJ hose. Children had beat out most o the blaze boforefireiiiDii arrived.
Bova’s Team Leading League First Sergeant, ‘Vince’ Bova not on made tlie football team in his Medic Corps outfit, as .reported in last wool Herald, but, his1 team is leading t .football league, due- largely to Vine passes for touchdowns.


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