Sewickley Herald

              QZÌje iktoiride
The Sewickley Valley’s Home Weekly Newspaper
. SE iv, v*	\
*	* V
D «■'<«*» W» M
*	T-* q
*	*
* * «
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1954
Price Ten Centi
Driver Escapes Serious Injury As Truck Is Hit At Haysville Crossing
fr,
Records of favorite disc-jocke>s impiie litn-.igus to plan .1 big ironing .U «“The Night of Stars” at the Sewic.kle\ YMC \ on S.1I111 du\. Fohi"u,ii\ 27, in jibehalf of the Y’s current fund-raising campaign He go Coulic iWYlSWj ol ( 01 die |and Co. will be Master of Ceremonus ami will inhoduco loo Doan ikO\ j. Vi [Fallen (WVVSW) and others who will make poisonal appeal antes al the dance ■Helping to formulate plans are, left In light, Beth \nn Mamca. Icnuinc ioluison, ad Mary Ellen Brand.
* *

¡What's Going On lilt The 'Y'
On the agenda of the ‘Y’ this week is |a program that should please all tastes.
For those who like to make the world f'a better place, especially their own com-yjjinunity, there is the ‘Y’ Operating Fund IsjCampaign, now in full swing under the indirection of Harton S. Semple, President o§pf the Board of Directors; Frank G. jlTuerk, Campaign Chairman, in-charge-Ibf industry and business; Mrs. Frank R, ■'■JSStoner, Jr., Chairmqn of General Solicitation, and G. Whitney Snyder of tho ^Committee on Advance Gifts.
The campaign got off to an auspicious tart last Sunday, on the birthday eve Saf a great American, George Washing-fiton, wlio believed in giving in its high-
1
J

IT WAS A MISTAKE!
In order to get the record straight on the advertisement published on Page 20 of the Herald of February 18th, by W. Ervvin Sclmette, there was a mistake in the date of the ticket, which was issued on Saturday, February 13, instead of Wednesday, February 10, the date noted on the ticket. At 6:10 p.m. on Saturday, February I3th, it was illegal to park on Broad, or any other street with the new meters, without putting a coin in the meters. However, neither the Herald nor the public was ever officially notified by the borough that the meters were to run until 9 p.m. on Saturdays, so the advertisement was published in good faith on the part of the Herald Staff, who were convinced that the ticket was issued after the closing time for meters whether Wednesday or Saturday.
Ordinance 727, passed November 16, 1953, amending a section of Ordinance No. 643, passed February 19, 1941, which regulated the use of vehicles on tho streets of the Borough, states, in part:
. . . “'each meter . . . must show on its instruction plate,the proper charge and the time permitted.. . . Each instruction plate shows the charge and the time permitted, but NO PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 9 O’CLOCK HOUR ON SATURDAY WAS EVER MADE.
R, W. Buck, editor.
ost sense Enily letuins indicate that more people are contributing to the drive than ever before.
“We feel this is important”, Mr. Tuerk said. “In a community project like the ‘Y’, it is better for a hundred people to give a dollar than one person to contribute a hundred dollars. .It makes it all so much more worthwhile if everyone shares ¡1 civic responsibility together.”
“Please don’t wait for a member of the committee to call at your home”, Mrs. Stoner urged. “Send in your contribution to the campaign headquarters at the YMCA building and you will be saving many weary footsteps and doing our workers a great kindness.”
The public is cordially invited to attend the “Open House” which will take place at the ‘Y’ tonite (Thursday, February 25), when many of the activities will be in operation including the weekly classes in bridge instruction and oil painting girls’ calesthenics, swimming, weight lifting, gymn practice and other programs'which are a part of the regular ‘Y’ program.
“Since we are asking the community to help support the 1954 operating costs of tho YMCA, we should also like people to know more about our functions”, said Mr. Semple. “We are proud of our facilities, which were entirely done over several years ago, with amazing results. The women’s committee, under tho supervision of Mrs. Edward K. Klingel-hofer, did wonders with the re-decorat-ing. We now have one of the most attractive and best equipped YMCA buildings in the country. We are anxious to show the results to your friends.”
Another group who is working hard for the campaign is the Youth Division, made lip of members of the ‘Y’ who have been assigned a budget of several hundred dollars as their part of the fund raising project
A committee from the Saturday night Hi-Y Canteen group, headed by Betty Ann Maruea, Jenninc Johnson, Rick Toin and Jim Bianchi, will stage a dance this Saturday evening, February 27, for which there will, be an admission charge, All proceeds" will go to the campaign.
Rege Cordic, . . WWSW’s ingratiating' Star of Cordic & Co,, well-known to the early morning risers, has donated his services to mo tho program. Taking part Will be some of Pittsburgh’s favorite disc jockies, such as Art Pollen, Jo Deane (Continued on Page 7)
Uk.
m ■ -
& .
. Hi
'	«■	4 W'
„	Photo by Bob Wallace, Daily Citizen
standing on the trader, behmd the smashed cab is a very lucky truck driver, William C. Brisentine, 503 Madison ¡street, Fort Wayne, Indiana, who escaped with minor injuries shortly after 7:20 a.m. on Friday, when the rear of the trailer was struck by a passenger train at the Haysville grade crossing. The truck and trailer were catapulted into the creek beside the road leading to the Sterling Varnish Company's plant, but Mr. Brisentine jumped before the crash. Damage to the truck and cargo was estimated at $10,000 and it took until midnight Friday to remove the big rig from the creek bed.
Driver Escapes Serious Injury
BIG RIG PUSHED INTO CREEK BED BY COMMUTER TRAIN j
William C. Bristentine, a 30-year-old buck driver from Fort Wayne, Ind., leaped from the cab of lus Interstate Motor Freight Company truck-trailer outfit, just as the big' rig was pushed over the railing of the bridge into the creek beside the Haysville Railroad crossing at 7:20 a. m. on Friday. The driver escaped with three minor cuts on the right hand, a puncture wound over Lire left knee and a sprained shoulder. He was taken to the Sewickley Valley Hospital, treated and released.	j
He told Constable Coukart of Hays-1 ville that he ‘got the light’ and started across the crossing. However, he could not quite make the sharp left turn to South Avenue and as lie was maneuvering to make the turn, the. bells' started ringing, the lights started flashing and the automatic gates came down on the side of the trailer. Mr. Brisentine found it impossible, to move forward and he didn’t want to move back, so he just sat there for a moment, hoping that hi-'
(Continued on Page 7) .
resent State Department In Formosa
i:
GREEN STREET LOT OPEN
The Green Sheet Parking Lot, with a enpneity of 37 cars, and enhances from' both Green Street, opposite the Sewickley Theatre and from Walnut Street, is now open for both day and night parking, with the meters operating 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Lights will he on all night, as on the Division Street lot, for the protection of porkers. Meters on the lots permit three . hour • parking, instead of tlfc"'hvo hours permitted by parking meters on the street, Pennies may be used on the lots, os well ns street meters, with 6 minutes of parking fr encli penny; thirty minutes for a nickle and one hour for a dime.
Mr, and Mrs. Joseph A, Angros
In Washington last Thursday, February .18, Mr. Joseph A, Angros of Sewickley News Co, was administered the oath of office for a position with the State Department for Foreign Operation Administration. Mr, Angros will leave along
Photo by McCandless
with Mrs. Angros about March 1st for Taipei, Formosa.
While there he will maintain contact with high level Chinese Government and Military leaders, For security reasons, (Continued on Page 7)