Sewickley Herald

              
The Herald
The Sewickley Valley’s Home-News Weekly
VOL. 52 NO. 37
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1956
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A parked car owned by Edward C. Vierling, Jr., 703 Locust Place, had the glass of the rear window shattered by either a pellet from a pellet gun or a .22 calibre bullet Saturday night or early Sunday morning while parked in front of the residence of Fred Ague, 321 Hill Street. The pellet or slug entered from the street side and went out the side nearest the sidewalk. A careful search of die wi}ll in the background failed to turn up any trace of the slug. The glass where it hadn’t been broken by the bullet, was entirely shattered. Lt. Lee S. Jones of die Sewickley police questioned many neighbors but no one heard any sound of shots in the vicinity. The car of a nurse, Mrs. Martha Rebarick, parked on Black-bum, also had a hole shot in die rear window the same night.
1 BULLET HOLE IN CAR WINDOW
Sewickley Police received a call Irom Mrs. Martha Rebarick, a nurse at the Sewickley Valley. Hospital, on Monday, September 10th. Mrs. Rc-barick reported that a hole had been
made in the rear convex window of her car. The hole, which was the size of a pencil, possibly was made by a bullet. However, the police had received no reports of hearing shots in the vicinity of Blackburn Road, where the car was parked.
Sewickley Academy Begins Thirty-Second Year
Recprd Enrollment for Fifth Consecutive Year
The Sewickley Academy began its 32nd year as an independent school in the Sewickley Valley on Thursday,, September 6, _ as leadmaster Clifford Nichols, Jr. welcomed 306 boys and girls hack from vacation. This is the fifth consecutive year that Mr. Nichols lias been present for the opening assembly program to j?eet a accord number of students. Again, as in previous years, ler.e ‘las been an increase in die number of new students at the ‘Cil“einy> with diis years total being 39.
Because of die increase in enrollment, double sections of grades mil?’ s*x’ seveu and nine have been established. In order to ,. this new demand the academy has made the following addi-n°ns to its faculty! Mr. John Comfort, a graduate of Williams r-ouege, comes to die academy from the Greenwich Country Day ,.,1 > where he and Mr. Nichols were colleagues. Mr. Comfort m ?SSU,mc tlle duties of Dean of Studies for die Upper School, 1 reach seventh grade history, mathematics and English
GuJ10 J°'ver school Mr. Robert iournf Wl, assnuu' the duties of (0ln . teacher. Mr. Cherry versL ° c 'C, A(,adomy from the Unt-
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Two Cases Of Polio Here
NEITHER CHILD INOCULATED WITH SALK VACCINE
Two children, neither' of whom received the Salk Vaccine against polio, camp down with the dread disease just before the opening of school last week. Frank J. Sacco, Jr., 837 Nevin Avenue, aged 6, who would have entered first grade in the Sewickley elementary school on Wednesday, September 5th, instead was taken Tuesday, September 4th, to Municipal Hospital, Pittsburgh, suffering with polio. Two days later his brother, Albert John Sacco, aged 5, was stricken with the disease and taken to Municipal Hospital. Albert woul,d have entered Kindergarten if his brother hadn’t been taken ill, but as it was, neither boy was in school.
The cases were reported to the Sewickley Board of Health and the house quarantined. Neither of the boys had received injections of the Salk vaccine against polio. By Wednesday of this week, their cases still appeared to be mild.
Supervisors To Repeal Ordinance
CITIZEN’S COMMITTEE SUCCESSFUL IN OPPOSITION
The Board of Supervisors of the Township of Sewickley Heights will meet at 7:30 p. m. on Monday, September 17th, at the home of Edward Quig, to consider passage of Ordinance No. 5, which repeals in its entirety, Ordinance No. 4, the subdivision ordinance which caused so much stir in the township. A legal notice to that effect is published in full in another part of this week’s Herald.
It developed that one of the supervisors, Philip J. Wilson, Jf., was not legally a supervisor when the subdivision ¿ordinance was passed. Mr. Wilson had been properly appointed within the thirty day limit by the board but the attorney who was solicitor at the time failed to comply with the law and register the appointment with the proper authorities. Therefore, when the 'citizen’s committee (Continued on Page 10)
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Miss Cerda Engstrom is again a member of the faculty after a years absence. Miss Engstrom will he leaching one section of the fifth grade.
Although work has been progressing rapidly in the last few weeks on the new kindergarten-nursery school building, much time was lost during the frequent rainy days of July, thus moving ahead the date of occupancy of those grades, Classes are being held in the main building until the new building is ready-
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W.S.C.S. of the Sewickley Methodist Church PUBLIC LUNCHEON Thursday, September 20 11:30 to 1 p. m.
Donation *•	- '	-	- $1.00
For Reservations call Sew. 1Q27-J or Sew. 2182.	(Adv.)
FASHION REVUE
AND LUNCHEON McSorley’s Colonial Restaurant Ohio River Blvcl,, Bellevue Saturday, Sept. 22 - 12:30 to 4:00 pan.
Benefit the Eastern Star Bring own cards - Donation $2.25 (Adv.)
The first luncheon of the Fall of the Women’s Guild of Shields Presbyterian Church will he held on Friday, September 21, at one o’clock, Hostesses will he Mrs. Robert Jones, Mrs. L. R. Holsingcr, Jr., Mrs. Warren Sohn, Mrs. W. W. Miller and Mrs. Wl K. McPherson. •Reservations may ho made by calling Sewickley 3180.
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CLOTHESLINE SALE Thurs., Sept, 27 - 12 noon ‘til 8 p.m. Sewickley Academy Auditorium (Tin's is not a Rummage Sale) (Adv.)
Contract Approved For Sale Of Edgeworth Water Co.
Edgeworth Council Approves Pension Plan Providing Employees With One-Half Salary At Retirement
Edgeworth Council, at its regular meeting Monday, appointed a five-man Municipal Authority consisting of Alber H. Graham, Carl M. Kerchner, F. Brian Reuter, A. Lyle Heberling and Nathan W. Pearson; approved a contract between the authority and the Edgeworth Water Company providing for the purchase of the physical part of the water company for $825,000; heard that the traffic light at Academy and Beaver would be in by the end of this week and approved a pension plan for borough employees which will provide each employee with a retirement income~-of about one-half his salary.
The members of the authority were especially chosen for their knowledge of financial affairs and bond issues, since its major task will be tire financing of the purchase. Albert II.
Graham, 312 Meadow Lane, Edge-worth, an official of the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad was elected to a one-year term; Carl M. Kerchner, of Lark Inn Fields, Leetsdale, an attorney; was elected to a two year term; F. Brian Reuter, 614 Poia Road, Edgeworth, vice president of die Mellon Bank and Trust Company in charge of Investments; was elected- to a three year term; A Lyle Heberling, Oak Drive, Leetsdale, an engineer for Townsend and Associates; was elected for a four year term and Nathan W. Pearson, 10 Wood-
land Road, Edgeworth, who is associated with T. Mellon and sons, was elected to a five year term.
A legal notice, published in another part of tins week’s Herald, states that the Borough will file in the office of die Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, September 19th, Articles of Incorporation of die Municipal Author-ity of the Borough of Edgeworth. Once the charter is approved by the Commonwealdi, the authority will he ready to complete die purchase of the water company.
In answer to questions by President Pearce, Chairman Standish of die water committee, stated that the
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Valley Schools Buy Buses
Enrollment In Quaker Valley Joint Schools Reaches 2,042 With About 700 Transported By Btises
The Quaker Valley Joint School Committee, at a meeting on Thursday, September 6th, the first item on the agenda was the opening of sealed bids for two sixty passenger buses, with Gourley Chevrolet the low bidder; Dr. Bedison reported 011 the actual enrollment, as compared with the estimated enrollment and Mr. Beighlea reported on the bus transportation and advised the Committee that efforts are being made to shorten the long day for the lower grade elementary pupils, some of whom now must leave home to catch a bus at 7:30 a.m. The Committee approved the recommendation to employ Stanley Simantiras of Monaca, a graduate of-Geneva College this year, who is teaching social studies in the junior high, subject to approval of the committee; and were advised by Dr. Bedison that expected teacher needs were all in the junior high school, to teach music, industrial arts, and homemaking, all required subjects. The Committee accepted, with thanks, the offer of the Child Health Association of Sewickley to continue the Dental Health Program in the schools, and to extend the program throughout the system, from Kindergarten through the third grade and perhaps the fourth grade; carried a motion not to giant released time for religious education during school hours; approved the names of four “head-teachers” for elementary schools, with olie more to be approved; approved the erection of a tower on the Quaker Valley Junior High School football field for the purpose of taking movies of games; approved teacher-contracts for the term of 914 months and granted either Dr. Bedison or Mr. Beighlea permission to attend the Annual Education Congress in Harrisburg on September 26 and 27. The Committee members discussed the need for a permanent secretary for the Quaker Valley Joint Schools, and were provided with a sheet of duties, qualifications for the position, etc. The election of a permanent secretary will be on the agenda at the Committee meeting tonight, Thursday, September 13, in the Edgeworth school.
At the start of the meeting,/ Mr.
Rainey welcomed the representative of the newly added district, Ilays-villc, Mr. Carl Furtdis and Mrs. Del-mar B. Epplcy, who was a guest; also the two solicitors, Wra. Howard Colbert and T. W. Neely, Jr. Mr.
Curtis Mathias, temporary secretary, opened the three sealed bids which had been received for the purchase of two sixty passetiger buses. Gourley Chevrolet Company of Broad Street,
Sewickley was the low bidder with a bid of $12,020; Witherspoon Ford Agency bid $12,140 and Raymond Connelly, Dodge dealer, bid $12,400. A motion to award tire contract to the low bidder was 0 carried. The rental charges for the days since school opened will be In the purchase price.
The committee dtscussed the payment of bills, but, since no hoard can (Continued on Page 10)