Sewickley Herald

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Herald
Vol. 43 No. 44
The Sewickley Valley’s Home News Weekly
SEWICKLEY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1946
Price-Five Cents
REPUBLICAN ACTIVITIES
Workers’ Committee Meeting at 7:45 Tomorrow-Popular Pally at 8:00
Because of the Republican rally meeting later that evening, the meeting of the Republican Committee and their •workers for the entire Valley has been moved forward to 7:45 p. m. sharp. Wo hope to conclude our business before 9:00 p. m., and then proceed in a body to the meeting 'called by the Council of Republican "^Vomen, to be held in the Sewickley*' Methodist Church Friday (tomorrow) evening.. Therefore, the 'meeting of the Sewickley Valley Republican Committee and all theiV workers, and'any who may bo interested in offering their services as volunteer workers, will be held in the council chamber, Borough Building, on Thorn Street,. Sewiekley, on. Friday evening, November 1, il-946, at 7:45 p. m. sharp. All persons are requested to be prompt in order that we may dispose of. the necessary business and then proceed to the other meeting. We need your help. Why not volunteer to assist your Committee in getting out votes'? This is an American duty and particularly .rests with those who profess displeasure with the present administration. In unity -there is strength—let us Unite. Congressman Corbett, -Senator Geltz, and Representatives -Stuart and Fleming will appear at our meeting, and go with us to the meeting, of the Council of Republican. Women. Come and meet your -candidates in person.
• The 'Committee is desirous of securing 'the use of a numbor of automobiles for election day, to transport voters from their homes, to the polls and re-, turn. Many elderly people are unable to walk .this distance, and many sick people may be desirous- of voting. If you desire to -offer the use of yoiur car, please contact Mrs. Margaret Morgan, Sewickley 1233. A clerk will be on duty at her office on -election day to ■ receive telephone requests for transportation.
The polls will be open from 7:00 a. m. 'to -8:00 p. in.-, Eastern Standard time. The women arc particularly requested to vote early and assist the election, boards to avoid the usual peak rush resulting from the heavy vote between 4:00 and 6:80. Vote early!
Governor Martin, candidate for U. S. Senator, James H. (Duff, candidate for Governor, 'General Striekler, for Lieutenant -Governor, and William Liven-good, for Secretary of Internal Affairs, will appear at a meeting in the North Side Carncgio Hall on Saturday evening, November 2nd, at 8:80 p. m. Republican Headquarters has requested that we arrange for u caravan from Sewickley -of 50 or more people. How about it, Republicans? Let’s arrange transportation and go in a body, and leave no doubt in tho minds of the doubtful that» this is a Republican community.	. .
D'on’t forget our Republican Workers’ meeting on Friday ovening at 7:45 Bharp. And above all, romembor to vote; vote early; and soo that your family and neighbors vote. ■ Sewiekley VaJley Republican Committee
THE GIRL SCOUTS
Tho Girl Scout Troops from tho Western Section of tho Ohio Valloy District will hold a Vesper Service at tho St. Stephen’s Church' on Sunday, November 10’, at 3:30 p- m. Mrs. Birger Engstrom, Commissioner, of Allegheny County Girl Scouts, will speak on hWlorld Friendships.”
One Agency Supported by The Community Chest
The Travelers Aid Society is at the service of GI’s and civilians alike, giving directions arid information. Here, a local soldier, T/5 Frank Flora of 331 Logan Street, Sewickley, recently returned from overseas duty, is helped by Mrs. Helm Eckfeld, Travelers Aid worker, at the
'Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Pittsburgh. Travelers Aid Society is one of the 90 Red, Feather social agencies which merge their appeal, along with the USO, in the current Community Chest campaign. ‘ Miss Fredericka Hays of Academy Avenue, Sewickley, is one of its supervisors.
Allegheny County League 'of Women Voters
With potential ’women voters—those 21 or over if they are properly registered—outnumbering male voters by thousands, women hold the balance in this fall’s general election—if they vote, Mrs. R. 'Templeton1 Smith, president of the Allegheny County League of Women Voters, said recently.
Total number of women registered in the United States is 46,403,2i0, a most imposing figure Mrs. Smith 'said. Pol-
iticians far and wide, realize the fact that women ¡may decide the decisive battles in almost every State, and they are making an all-out effort to capture the women’s favor, according to Mrs. Smith, who added, “I hope this election will see tho biggest women’s vote yet.” There are a number of factors, she said, which will bring out a large vote by women. They are evident on every side with domestic, as well as foreign, issues,, holding greatest interest. The women, she said, meet these issues
every day in their homes and with their sons, husbands, and fathers just home from the war they realize more than ever that a nation with -a strong foreign policy will keep us in peace. Because of this they are scrutinizing candidates.
Another factor increasing women’s interest is, the spread of Communism in the United States. “The issue of Communism transcends all party and personal lines/’ J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI recently declared. “It calls for united effort, for team work.”
ANNOUNCE A MEETING
ON FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1st
Time
Place
Eight o’clock P. M.
The Assembly Room of the Methodist Church.
SpeakersJUDGE ELDER W. MARSHALL
CONGRESSMAN LOUIS GRAHAM
OTHER SPEAKERS WILL BE GIVEN LATER
PUBLIC INVITED
NATIONAL FLOWER WEEK
National Flower Week is being observed this year from November 3 to 10. Lot us take time to reflect on ■the beauty of flowers, their inspiration and how much they mean to all of us. Flowers were beloved, by the ancients thousands of years ago. And the chrysanthemums wo know today, ares^ one of the oldest of flowers. Their cultivation can be 'traced back to China more than. 3,000 years ago. Flowers of all kinds have blossomed forth in art, poetry and song, They have inspired designs for decorations of man’s inventions from tiny jewelry to magnificent architecture—but more than anything else, flowers have left their imprint on the human heart. The beauty and mystery of the flower is often, refflected in the smile of a child playing with a posy; in the friendly good humor of a man "with a little flower in his lapel; and in the proud bearing of a girl who wears a flower.
FLOWER SHOW OPENS
More than .15,000 chrysanthemum plants, ranging in size from pigmy variations, to some that aie nine feet tali, make their initial bow to the public next Sunday (November 3), when Pittsburgh’s famous Fall Flower Show opens at Phipps Conservatory under the cooperative sponsorship of the City administration and the Pittsburgh Horticultural Society. The Show will continue on weekdays and evenings and Sundays, through Thanksgiving Day, Novepiber 28.
While the Show will include spectacular displays of camellias, begonias and other flowers, and -the faï-famed orchid collection will be on exhibition, the ’mum will be tho featured performer. This is the »3rd annual ’mum .show at the Conservatory, and the two and one-half aeres of display area which make (Phipps one of the world’s largest plots under glass' will be packed with every variation of the flower which is associated in the American mind with fall, football and fur cqats.
Sixty different varieties of ’mums will be in the collection, including not only all the familiar typos but also rare and- unusual species from all over tho world. Under the direction of Frank Cunto, the City’s supervisor of conservatories, preparations have been under -way for tho Show since last January. According to Mr. Curto, this has been the most favorable growing season in several years, so that the many thousands of Pittsburghers and visitors who attend tho Show can expect to sco blooms of unusual size and profusion as well as colorful variety.
Following Uie pattern adopted since tho City and tho. Horticultural Society began their mutual sponsorship of the Show, tho flowers will too displayed in natural and artistic settings, with each room of tho Conservatory arranged as a separate unit. Gardening enthusiasts will sco much in the exhibits that can be adapted to their own yards and gardens, and grown successfully in Pittsburgh soil and climate.
Officials both of tho City and tho Horticultural Society anticipate that this season’s Flower Shows—-tho animal Spring Show is scheduled for April—will attract crowds equal ,to those of pre-war days. Approximately a quarter of a million persons saw tho .1941 oxhibits.
Floodlighting and otlior forms of illumination -make possible the ovening showings, for which a, nominal admission charge is made to -defray tlio cost of tho lighting equipment. Daytime admission is free.