Sewickley Herald

              
The Sewickley Valley’s Home Weekly Newspaper
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Vo). 49 No. 18
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1952
Price Ten Cents
PTA Plans Auction Sale On. Saturday At High School
Allegheny County PTA To Meet Here On Wednesday, May 7	• -
,May means activity pins to the Sewickley P.T.A. with the Auction Saturday, May 3rd, and the Allegheny County Council allday meeting Wednesday, May 7th—both events at the Sewickley High School.
Auction ... No doubt your phone rang this week, “Can you bake a cherry pie?’’ “May we pick up that table you promised?’’ Well, your reward comes this Saturday when you can cash in on someone else’s cooking and someone else’s Auction donation. Just be there good and early to get first choice both at the Bake Sale ind the Auction.	—
Special Bake Sale Feature Hot Pizza! Italian Pastries! Honie-nade Italian Bread! The Harmony ,odge, order of the Italian Sons and laughters of America, have .solicited mong their organization so that a pedal table of Italian pastries can be feature of the Bake Sale. And, an
added offer is being made — if there is an Italian pastry that you especially désire, just contact Mrs. Frank Meta at Sewickley 831-R, and the Harmony Lodge will happily oblige. Mrs. Frank Meta and Mrs. H. Curcio are' busily working as representatives.
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Celebrates 30th Anniversary
/ John M. I-Ierbst’s Service Station, at 410 Walnut Street, as it appeared ly 1, 1922, when lie opened for business. Mr. I-Ierbst is at the left, with Afred ¡up in the center and Harvey Eaton at the right. In 1940, Mr. Ilcrbst opened i modern service station at the corner ofWalnut and Thorn Streets.
hn M. Herbst Honored At Testimonial Dinner Wednesday It isn’t often that a man stays in business in the same location the same community for thirty years,, hut that’s just what John Herbst has done. In the picture above, his first service station is iwn and in his anniversary announcement in this week's Herald,
! present modern station shows the progress in thirty years. Oh ednesday evening, Mr. Herbst was honored at. a testimonial dinner Post 4, American Legion given by the Esso Standard Oil Conipany.
Refuse To Hire Playground Supervisors For Three Playgrounds In Sewickley
Authorize $22,540 For Repairs, Replacements and
Remodeling Work
Sewickley School Board, at an adjourned meeting on Tuesday, April 22nd, approved contracts for the new home-making room amounting to $10,689 and other repairs and replacements and new equipment totalling $11,851, making a total of $22,540; raised the salaries of the janitors 10%; refused to spend $800 for the salaries of two playground supervisors for the three playgrounds in Sewickley; discussed a proposal to,take in Ohio Township’s elementary pupils, hired Miss Marianne Neely; approved transfer of Miss Dight to a new fourth grade section and Mrs, Eibling and Mr. Hogue to the high school with the seventh grade; added two afternoon periods to Mrs. Chantler’s schedule of art instruction; passed a resolution levying a $5 per capita tax in addition to the $5 per capita tax levied under the school code, making a total of ten dollars and advertised the budget on view until May 27th, when it will be passed finally.
Come prepared to stay all day if you like because the Hospitality Committee have, made all kinds of plans to serve you food while you bid to your heart’s content, well, yoOr pocket book’s then! The Committee, under theVchairmanship of Mrs. George Turner with Mrs. David Klicker as co-chairman, are as follows: Mrs, William B, Sloan, Mrs, John Scott, Mrs. William Lynn, Miss Ann Kedar, Mrs, Charles Turner, Mrs. E. H. Dalglish, Mrs. Richard McPherson, Mrs. James Lee, Mrs. Belle Staats, Mrs. Archie Turner, "Mrs. Clarence Seagren, Mrs. Robert Ford, Mrs. J. J. Sambolt, Mrs. Ray Colin, Mrs. H. B. Daugherty, Mrs. Alfred Flora, Mrs. Sidney McFarland, Mrs. Harold Sye, Mrs. Stanley Thorouglunan, Mrs. - Michael Vidak, Mrs. Janies Zippara, Mrs. Rutledge Edger; Mrs. Hattie Cole, Mrs. Inez Tucker, Mrs. Corrine Branch, and Mrs. Stanley Anderson.
If you have an uncalled for article or if you’ve just thought of something you want to give at the last minute, call Mrs. Pauline Maruca, die Auction Chairman, at Sewickley 367, or President Poor at Sewickley 1702 ... or ask any passing high school student to accept it (they’ll love you for it).
Don’t miss the fun, Saturday, May 3, at the Sewickley High School.
And Then
May 7di should just about find, you catching your breath from all the fun of the auction in time for die first Allegheny County Council meeting of the Parent-Teachers Association which has ever been held in Sewickley. Representatives from various units in and around Pittsburgh will be represented, and die Sewickley P.T.A. under die chairmanship of Mrs. Ross W, Buck is looking forward to this big event;
Starting promptly at 10:00 a. m. Wednesday morning at the Sewickley High School, the business and election session will begin widi election of a new Council president, first vice president, corresiionding secretary, and treasurer. Luncheon will be served from 12:00 to 1:00 p. ill. at three of Sewifck-
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Rev. K. H. White was appointed to the extra-curricular activities committee and it was explained to the other board members that an item of $800 had been placed in the budget tentatively to pay the salaries of two physical education teachers for supervising the playground activities at the Chadwick Street playground, die grade school playground and the War Memorial Park.. Since the salary is less than die $2.50 minimum provided by the state, the school board would not be reimbursed for 85 cents of each dollar silent on supervisor’s salaries.
In die discussion, David Gilmore asked why it was a responsibility of the school board. The Child Health Association paid for it one year and the borough another year. ' He thought it should either be a public charity or placed on the borough., Dallas Irvine expressed the thought that the request was another of the increasing number of pressure groups urging that things be provided for children to do outside the home.
Janies Clarke warned that if the'board once adopted sugli a policy, it would be very hard to drop. The whole reason die board was urged to take over die
supervision was that then board could receive reimbursement from the state« However, that is only true if the minimum of $2.50 is paid. He said that the roof of the grade school building is leaking and it is essential that a new roof be installed, even if by -a few sections a year. Lavatories need ventilation; diere was an oral understanding among board •members that driver training would be installed when the board had the necessary funds; the Duquesne Light Company reported that die lights are inadequate in the grade school and last year the borough lowered taxes, while die school board raised diem. He said that if the board doesn’t start replacing the lighting in a few reoms a year, it would be faced with a bond issue to do the whole job at once.
Mr. Gilmore stated that the budget has increased from $316,900 last year to $365,000 this year and warned that taxes must be reduced as they are at the point of diminishing returns. He called for economy in die operation of die schools, saying tiiat school taxes are getting out of balance. (Mr. Gilmore is chairman of the finance committee and is also a director of Sewickley Acad-(Continued on Page 14)
Mexican Costumes Worn By Academy Students For Music Week
tecalling his first day in business, Mr. hst said lie took in a whole dollar, it came from Jimmy Gray’s Walnut eh, then a popular swimming and ition spot 'at tho foot of Walnut
Street. In the intervening years, Mr. Herbst lias made such progress that this ■year he was chosen as one df 85 station owners in tho entire United States as (Continued on Page 21)
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Ono of tho many Music Week programs at Sewickley Academy is given by the group studying Mexico. Front row, I. to r„ Barbara Weiss, Tommy Richardson, Marian Campbell, Frank Schroeder, under big hat, Sharon Ycucll and Dodie Stoner. Middle row, 1. to r., Bim Byers, Hi Hays, Nancy Gardner and Bill LcnV. Back row, Sydney Oliver, Sandy Brown, Charlie. Ramsburg, seated, Craig Wilson and Jimmy Dnv-
lson.