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Vol, 49 No. 24
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1952
Price Ten Centy
73 Graduate From Sewickley High School
Local Riders Who Will Compete In The Sewickley Hunt Horse Show
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Miss Amy E. Kerr, English Teacher For Many Years, Retires From Sewihi
Many Prizes And Awards Announced At Annual Graduation Ceremonies?
Seventy-three seniors received their diplomas from Paul 1ST. Critchlow, president of the Sewickley High School on Tuesday evening. Paying tribute to Miss Amy E. Kerr, whose retirement he announced, Mr. Gritchlow stated that she was one of the oldest teachers in point of service in the Sewickley Schools and one of the very best. Her interest as sponsor of the' Senior Class, as faculty supervisor of the “Oracle” and supervising dramatics went far beyond the duties required of an English teacher. W. Henry Beighlea, principal of the high school, presented students with a number of prizes and awards for outstanding work.
Dr. Harold S. Irons, supervising principal, presented the class to Mr. Critch-low, who presented diplomas to the following members of the senior class:
Henry John Ammon, Normal Rachel Astorino, Martha Suzan Baker, Heywood Eugene Ballard, Henry Barrett, Jack Robert Bowman, Frank Ramond Brand,
Albert Martin Buckley, Barbara Ann Burckart, Joseph Burton Buzard, Jr.,
Constance Irene Calloway, Carol Lee Campbell, William Norbert Cannister,
Harry Gilbert Clifford, Bernice Anne Cook, Lois Jean Cook, Carol Jean Davis,
Mollie Ann Devine, Richard King Dods.
James Arthur Evans, Yolando Helen Falvo, Margaret Ann Fluskey, William Donald Frischemeier, John Merle Gam-
ber, James Anthony Gariti, Margery Lee Geiger, Nancy Ann 'Gourley, Dorothy Marie Gurgovits, Earl Jay Haffey, Byron Ashton Harriger, Jr., Joan Ann Hawes, Nancy Lou Heigl, Nancy Joaij Hoover, . Patricia Louise Johns, Alan W. Larson.
Whitney Morton Leschirie, Frank James Liffert, Florence Marie Litzinger, Richard Bruce Lohnes, Mary Jane McDonald, Sidney Mulree , McFarland, Francis McLaughlin, Richard Courtright McPherson, Jr., William Grant Martin, Leota Frances Minnemeyer, William Albert Moisey, David Kerr Murdock III, Thomas Freeman Nelson, Jadorée Old-mixon, Kevin Joseph Ott, Isaiah Benjamin Pierce, Jr.„ Samuel Joseph Pisano, Hilda • (Continued on Page 23)
Sun-Telegraph Photo
Both large and small riders will compete in the one-day horse show to be held by the Sewickley Hunt on Saturday, June T4th at the Allegheny Country Club Horse Show ring. Here are two of the smaller riders, Danny Floyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter I. Floyd, holding his horse, “Johnny Apollo” and Peggy Oliver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Oliver, patting the nose of “Cherry”. •
Daily Vacation Bible School
Sewickley Hunt Horse Show Saturday
Corinthian Class To Be Revived This Year
A number of interesting challenge trophies have been announced for the Sewickley Hunt's annual one-day Horse Show, to take place in the show ring at the Allegheny Country Club on Sewickley Heights, Saturday, June 14.	„
• The Hunt Teams Challenge Trophy, which must be won three times for permanent possession, will be presented by Major General and Mrs. Richard King Mellon. It is the first time since 1947 that this award has been in competition when it was Won by the Chestnut Ridge Hunt Club.
Another colorful class which will be revived this year, is the Corinthian Class, open to amateur members of a recognized Hunt, who are required to wear proper hunting attire. Mrs. .Simon T.
Patterson will award the trophy in this class which must also be won three times for permanent possession. Rolling. Rock Farms already has two legs on the cup, having won in 1946 and. 1947.
A new trophy to be given' for the first time this year is the Owner-Rider Memorial Challenge Trophy to be given by Richard M. Marshall in memory of R. M. Marshall, Jr., and Ashby Marshall.
The famous Stonedale Cup for Junior hunters under 21 years of age, given in memory of the late Malcolm McGiffln and which has been in competition since 1939, will again be one of the main features of the afternoon session. It was won last year by Miss Sheila McBain,
The cup was’ presented by the late A. M.
Byers and bears the name of Mr, Mc-Giffin’s famous hunter ‘ “Stonedale’'1,
There will be 19 classes beginning at 10 a, m, and lasting till late afternoon.
Lunch will be served on the grounds and a buffet supper for exhibitors arid guests is being planned for after the show, Mrs.
Hartón S. Semple and Mrs,., LeROy Thompson are joint chairmen, ,
To Start At Different Churches On Monday
The Sewickley Community Daily Vacation Church School, which is sponsored by the Sewickley Ministerial Association, will begin this Monday morning, June 16, at nine .o’clock, and run daily, excepting Saturday, from- 9 to *11, Schiil closes, July 2, and that evening a Closing Worship Service and exhibition of handiwork will be given at the Lutheran Church,
All Sewickley Valley children are welcomed! Beginners, four to six years of age, meet in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church on Logan Street, The Primary, children having completed, the first to third grades of public school, meets in the Methodist Church, Broad and Thorn! streets.’ The Juniors, those having completed the fourth to sixth grades of public school, meet in the' Presbyterian Church, Grant and Beaver. Miss Catherine Barger is in charge of the 'Beginners;' Mrs, Rose Zorn, of the Primary, and Rev, Robert Vogelsang, of the Juniors,
Rev. G. A. Tracey is General Supervisor of the School and Rev. Lockhart Amerman is Treasurer. The School is supported by gifts 'from the Churches and interested friends. Address all gifts to Rev. Lockhart Amerman, Treas., Grant Street, Sewickley, Pa.
Osborne Resident Receives Award at. Lehigh
Estep T. Gott, consulting engineer, Dravo Corporation, has received Lehigh University’s highest alumni award..
With five ‘other prominent graduates he was presented the Distinguished Service Award for his many years service both to Lehigh and in industry. The awards were made at an alumni banquet, highlighting commencement activities at Bethlehem, Pa., during the past weekend.
Mr. Gott has served Dravo in a number of capacities, including those of manager of the shaft and tunnel department, vice president and director, since his graduation as a civil engineer at Lehigh in 1906. He has been president of his college class since its graduation —a total of 46 years.
For the past three years lie has served as a consulting engineer in the shaft and tunnel department of The Contracting Division at Dravo.
He holds membership in a number Of professional societies, is a past president of the Engineers Society of Western Pennsylvania, and a former director of the Pittsburgh chapter of tile American Society of Civil Engineers,
Mr. Gott has been prominent in civic affairs. He resides at 1306 Beaver Road, Osborne.
Sewickley High School Baccalaureate Service At Presbyterian Church
Seniors of Sewickley High School, in their bright blue robes and hats, attended Baccalaureate Services at five o’clock on Sunday afternoon at the Sewickley Presbyterian Church. The class marched to their seats to the strains of “Spring Song” a composition of Alfred H. Johnson, organist and choirmaster of the church. The anthem was also composed by Mr. Johnson. It was “God Be In My Head”. Faculty members and School Directors followed the class to seats in the front of the auditorium.
Reverend Lockhart Amerman welcomed to the pulpit for the, first time, Reverend Harry W, Henning, assistant minister of St. Stephen’s Church, who delivered the Baccalaureate address. Reverend Henning congratulated the class on arriving at a milestone in life, having achieved their mark and then being turned out into the world.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Rev. Henning said, now says that you are educated and ready to go into the world and earn your living. You are cast adrift after living a' life of guidance. You now commence a new phase of your existence and will cruise over unchartered seas. It is possible to become lost, but it is not necessary. Many centuries ago, a Barber in northern China found his iron plough pointing in a direction different than the one in which he left it the night before. Instead of assum-suming that the plow was moved by a spirit and putting up a shrine to counteract the spirit, the (farmer consulted scientists of his day.
1-Ie was the discoverer of the fact that
magnetized piece of iron will always point north. That discovery resulted in the compass, by which people ever since have been able to find their way around the world, over land and seas. Reference to One fixed spot lias since been used by planes as Well as ships, and one installed in a car might even enable one to find one’s way to Pittsburgh.
Obligations now fall on you in increasing measure, Reverend Henning stated. There are more important directions to your lives than where you go physically.
Years ago, it was discovered in Israel that there is One Will at work in the universe; One God which different people see in different ways and therefore another reference point which is always in the same place to direct people in a course of living. The physical North pole is not enough of a guide but the Revelations, properly used, will guide us where we want to go and should go.
Side attractions there are to throw us off course and little things which affect the course just a degree or so should be- watched. The difference between 91 and 94 in grade is not much and both are A’s, but just one .point between 69 and 70 means the difference between, failure and success. We have to be careful since the journey through life is a moral problem as well as navigation. Some students graduate although they ;ust „'got by’, while others worked hard at their studies. If the same course is followed in life, some will just barely make a living while others will secure the better jobs and have more satisfaction in letting God’s power flow through them to make this a better World because tliey are in it.
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