Sewickley Herald

              The Herald
The Sewlckley Valley’s Home News Weekly
Voi. 43 No. 11
SEWICKLEY, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1946
Price Five Cents
AUDUBON SOCIETY
SB. ARTHUR C. TWOMEY Curator of Ornithology, Carnegie Museum, To Show ¡Pictures The Audubon Society of the Se-wicklcy Valley cordially invites the public to attend its open meeting to be hol’d at the High School ouditorhim, next Tuesday evening, March IS, at 8:16 o’clock. The Society desires to bring to those interested in bird life, •big game and the great outdoors, an outstanding naturalist of the country.
Hr. Twomey is a veteran of many expeditions in, the wilds of the United States and Canada. He is recognized -as an eminent ornithologist and an expert in photography of wild life. He •will shoiw his latest motion picture on “Alberta’s .Timberline Trophies.”
“Alberta’s Timiberline Trophies” is an all-color motion picture taken by Dr. Twomey While conducting an expedition for the Carnegie ¡Museum into the prairies and high country of Western Albcr>ta. The picture opens with a glimpse of the birds of the prairie pond's and includes such fascinating species as the 'horned gretbe, block tern, ruddy duek and Franklin gull. The audience is then, rapidly taken into the heart of the Canadian Rockies, over 200 miles northwest of Jasper across the Smoky River to the headwaters of the North Fork of Sheep Creek.
During .the four months of pack-horse travel they fellow the underlying thread and steady movement of a string of 29 head of pack hlorses moving over mountain passes, isWimming swollen rivers and plowing through miles of heavy, deep snow. They view alpine meadows covered with a lavish ¡flow of flowers, .great glaciers and unforgettable mountain scenery in its varied moods. They see the smaller maan,mails and birds, the old porcupine, the coney, the marmot, the golden-manned chipmunk, pipit, rosy ¡finch, white- tailed ptarmigan, blue goose and willow ptarmigan.
Herds of Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep are stalked and photographed at close range; 98 Rocky Mountain goats are viewed at one point; caribou, moose and deer all come before the eye of the camera against unsurpassed back-■ grounds. As fall approaches, the camera records the mountains in their most vivid' hues until ¡the very mountain ¡mountain slopes are transformed into patterns of color that rival the intricate designs of a Turkish carpet.
iAH this and more Dr. Twomey brings to you in .his original, educational and beautiful depletion of this interesting corner of 'Canada. There ¡will ibe no charge for admission; and the Audubon Society is hopeful of a large and interested audience to hear Dr. Twomey.
Receives Promotion
Chester E. Frazier 20, .of Seiwiekiley, has recently been promoted to tho Navy Potty Officer rating of Ships Cook, third class. As a Ships Cook, Petty Officor Frazier is responsible for tho planning, ordering and preparing of wholesome meals for the crow of his ship. Hi» primary .duty as a crcwiman of a ¡fighting destroyer, however, is as a member of a 20mm. antiaircraft gun crew.
•At present, Frazier is serving aboard the U, S. S. Gridley, a destroyer veteran of Pacific battles from Pearl Har-ber to the Philippine liberation campaign and now attached to the Atlantic Fleet in the Mediterranean.
During Ills two years as a member of the Gridley crew, Ships Cook FrazicT has seen his share of action and has visited many foreign ports* Ho wears the Asiatic Pacific theatro Tittbon with five ibattlo stars for major engagements ranging from the bombardlinent of the Bonin» to the liberation campaigns of Loyto and the Linigaycn Gulf in the Philippines, for which ho wears the Philippine liberation ribbon with two battle stars. Ho also wears the ribbons
U. S. Troops Trained and Loafed in Canadian Rockies
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BEFORE the war, Jasper National Park in the Canadian Rockies was known to thousands of tomists from all paits of the world who came to tho mountains to play. During the war it was host to many others under greatly different circumstances Men and women of the United States Army forces, on furlough fiom arduous duty in the North Country, found Jasper a delightful place to relax in. They had their own bungalow camp and they made the most of the opportunity to swim, hike and ride horseback over the trails, or simply loaf. One of them is shown to the right, getting to know a family of boar cubs.
Others came not to play hut to work. The Lord Lovat Scouts, famous commandos who fought side by side with U. S. Alpine tioops in Italy, used Jasper as a training ground Lor mountain w.nfaie and, in company w ith a mini her ot Amoi i-can C.I’s., put in long strenuous hours testing and hardening sinews and wits and putting new types of equipment through their paces. One of the Scouts is seen, to, the extreme right, rock-climbing above the Canadian National railway track.
Across the top of the layout lies Jasper Parle Lodge, between Lac Beauvert and Old Man Mountain, who sleeps serenely, come war or peace. This summer hotel, closed during war years to conserve men
and materials, will be open again this year, from June 15 to September 15. Advance reservations are already heavy.	J)
The hotel buildings and grounds were well maintained while the Lodge was closed. The celebrated golf course was re-seeded . . . partly with Kentucky blue grass . . . and in some places remodelled. The centre photograph show a new bunker, rebuilt as a replica of the Pyramid
Range which lies behind it.
Highways and trails in North-America’s largest national park . . . 4,200 square miles . . . are reported to he in splendid shape. The trout-stocked lakes promise good sport for the fisherman.
of tho North Afrcan-Europcan and tho American Theatres.
ill is present tour of diuty in tho Mediterranean. has taken him to many of the beautiful European vacation spots. Visiting such cities as Nice, Marseille lin'd yillefranohc-sur-Mer_on thie famous French Riviera, and the beautiful,''historic, Italian cites of Naples, Pompeii, and Palermo on the island of Sicily, is something ho will always remember. In North Africa ho has visited the famous city of Casablanca, world renowned site of the Roosevelt-,Churchill conference, and tho picturesque cities of Algiers and Oran. During this tour of these cities, noiv famous as World War Two battlegrounds, ho has been able to collect many interesting and colorful souvenirs “for the folks back •home.'”
Petty Officer Frazier is the son of Mr. ail'd Mrs, L. K, Frazier, Route One, Sewiekloy. Ho enlisted in the Navy shortly after graduating'from Amibri'dgo High School in ,1944.
Appointed Constable
Former Sergeant. George L. Tradd! III, of Hill Street, who served with tho Air Forces', has been appointed, constable in ,tlie> first, ward of Sewiekloy. Ho succeeds Charles H. Gord'on, a World War I veteran, who was elected to a six-year term in November, .1913, but resigned January 31st. because of ill health,
GARDEN

If you want a Victory Garden, this year, please apply at the Sewiekloy Borough Building before March 26th. No applications ¡will bo taken after that date.
Blaze Damages Car
A 1940 Cadillac club coupe driven ,by Alex O. Toner of Grove Street, was damaged' to the apparent extent of .$200 at 2:50 a. m. Sunday, by a lire which evidently started from a too-hot tiro. The tiro bccaimo overheated when the car’s wheels slipped into a depression partly Ailed with loose limestone on the old Boggs driveway at the head of Grove Street. After vainly trying to move the car, Mr. Tenor left it and returned about an hour later to find flames consuming the tiro and burning in tho upholstery in thio rear »oat, Sc* wiekley firemen were called and extinguished' the blaze, which had burned the tiro to a crisp, burned tine paint off the rear fonder and damaged the upholstery.
Quick Action Prevents Fire
Fred Menz, 544 Centennial Avenue, was traveling along on Broad Street, near tho intersection with Division Street shortly after 7:30 p. an. Sunday, when he saw that the wires of a car were blazing. Ho pulled off the wires and' then reported to Officer Willard Milligan who was in front of the movie. The officer found that the wires were still smoking when ho arrived, so he called for the police ear, in order to have a fire- extinguisher available in case tho flames broke out again. They didn’t.
Damage to tho car, owned by George Singleton, 3372 Ridgeway Street, Pittsburgh, was estimated at about $5,00.
Smoking Furnace Fixed
Smoko in the cellar of the homo of Duncan Anderson, 132 Centennial Avenue, alarmed the occupant«, so they called police at 9:47 p. m. Saturday. Officer Willard! Milligan responded and found that the smoke was coal smoke, coming from tho furnace. He picked up Assistant Fire Chief Bemkc, who investigated, opened a closed draft door and said that the, smoko Was caused bj a back draft. There was no damage and tho fire company was not called,
EDGEWORTH MILEAGE RAISED
Borough Tax Rate Set at 11%
Edgeworth Borough has made capital expenditures totalling about $17,000L in eluding settlement of property damages along the Boulevard and, purchase of ground beside the Little Mewicklcy Creek, and also the Uphoff property next the 'borough building. This would mean th-e' equivalent of three mills on the borough’s present assessed valuation of $5,990,000, ini addition to the regular needs of the borough.. So at its meeting Tuesday evening, Edgeworth’,» council thought it sound' business to add a ¡mill and a half to the amount assessed' last year, making it 11% mills instead of 10. And the tax ordinance was adopted, at that rate.
.The budget resolution' wn.s adopted in accordance with that rate. It sets up expected receipts of $.112,466.44, including a bank balance January 1, 1946 of 819,016.44; proposed expenditures $99,S75.00, which should leave a balance of $12,191.44 at end! of the year. The January 1st balance will be reduced by the payment of $10,000 borough bonds, ■with interest; so at this meeting it was ■necessary to- authorize a certificate of indebtedness for $6,500 to carry on borough expenses, and to cover $6,700 payment for th'e Beaver Road property next the borough ibmding, purchase of ¡which from Miss Helen Uphoff and Mrs. Henrietta U. Springer was reported at this meeting completed' except for this payment; the Uphoff sisters will continue to occupy their residence on the property for some time yet, unflier the- agreement made with the borough. The certificate for $1,500 authorized last month had not been used and was now cancelled.
The budgeted expenditure»,. $99,875.00, include operating expense of the borough $65,440.00; capital outlay (purchases and damages mentioned) $17,-190.00, and debt service- $17,190.00.
Before council at tins meeting ¡was the application of William E. Mott, who operates the Mott Service Station on the Boulevard near Orchard Lana, for a. building permit for a large garage and salesroom, etc., .on the Unoccupied part of that property. His plans seemed in accordance with the requirements of the zone, ordinance, and he gave assurance that no “junkyard” or other 'unsightly use- will be made on the place; and council informed the borough manager that no objection is raised, to issuance of the, permit. Mr. Mott expects to be the sales and service agency for Chrysler and Plymouth cars, and. the garage, occupying 8,000 square feet, and roughly estimated to cost some $30,000, will be a well-built structure, with glassed-in salesroom in front, set 35 feet back from the Boulevard, and modern in every respect.
The usual bills were authorized for •payment at this meeting; $2,403.2-7, including $1,000 for payment of tho bond now due; and tho manager’s account for borough current expense was reimbursed in the amount of $2,628.72.......
The borough was in receipt of a check for $8.12.79 from tho Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, being about one-quarter of the whole amount, $3,-251.16, approved as the borough’» allotment from tho State receipts from the gasoline tax, under legislation passed last year. This check was ordered deposited in a special fund, from, which only road improvements costs may bo paid.
The police reported one automobile accident, February 11th, when a car operated by William B. McCullough of Osborne crashed info a tree on Mnplo Lane, with damage to ear and a broken leg suffered by Mr. McCullough. A small fire .011 February 31st at the residence of Mrs. John Williams', 711 Chestnut Road, was reported.
Tho elimination of selfish interests is essential to good government. In •other words, the ideal can only bo obtained when God rules in the affairs of men.—¡Sir Wilfred Grenfell