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Voi. 49, No, 16
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1952
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Be Sure To Vote At Primaries On Tuesday
Form New Line For Variety Show
■	.	Photo by H. E. Winne
The ‘‘Chorus” line for the Variety Show this Thursday and Friday. Left to right, Frank Vlasic, James DeVincent, Roland Casasanta, LeRoy Cananica, Frank Wallace, Gus Rengas, and Bill Weber. These members of last fall’s championship ‘Y’ football team will take part in the Minstrel Mimicks and Variety Show at the Sewickley High School auditorium April 17 and 18 as a benefit for the YMCA Athletic Fund.	...
Tonight and Tomorrow Night
.The stage is set and the cast is ready to give ypu the laugh of your life. Good miisic and merry comedy will hold forth at the ‘Y’ Minstrel Mimics and Variety Show of ’52.
The young men and senior men of the YMCA, after weeks of practice, are at last ready to prove to the public that they have talent for things other than athletics, The cast, made up entirely of men, many of them taking the part of beautiful young ladies, bring to Sewickley talent never dreamed of up to now.
The show is made up of two parts.
The first half, “Minstrel Mimics”, will present such masters of black, face comedy as; Alex MacDonald and George Gibb, Norman Rupert and Rocco Tucci, William Fulton and Louis Vescio, with Fred Skrip acting as “Mr. Gentlemen be seated” in person. The group will be supported by a fine chorus of other men members of the ‘Y’.
The second half/under the direction of the Peggy *Ann Studio of Dancing, will produce a club scene complete with chorus girls and all. You must see this show to know what a fine production it is. WHERE?. . . HIGH SCHOOL and THURSDAY and FRIDAY, APRIL 17th and 18th. Curtain at 8:15 sharp.
Three Edgeworth Estates To Be Sub-Divided Into Building Lots
Less Rigid Building Regulations Adopted By Borough Council
Subdivision of the estates of Robert F. Shannon, E. A. Woods, and J. E. McKirdy was approved by Edgeworth Council at their monthly meeting on Monday, April 14. A resolution concerning the relaxing of controls on building regulations was accepted by the Council and a more modem communications system for borough police was also discussed at the meeting.
The Robert F. Shannon estate bn Edgeworth Lane received the permission of the Council to subdivide its 200 foot wide property in two 100 foot lots.
The only barrier that prevented the Council’s immediate acceptance was the probable future street planning by the borough. The Councilmen felt that in the future, a proposed street in the rear of the property will effect approximately ten feet of the estate. T. W. Neely,
Jr., attorney for the Shannon estate, did not agree to the owner’s giving ten feet of the property for borough use, ns was suggested. It was then decided that the matter of the street should be dropped and the sub-division ¿Ian was approved.
Representatives of the E, A. Woods estate on. Woodland Road was given permission for sub-division of the entire property and the sub-division of the McKirdy Estate on Maple Lane Was also approved. *
The Council has studied the possibility of relaxing controls on minor repairs and installation of equipment for homel and
buildings in the borough. A resolution was adopted by the council, which authorizes the borough manager to waive the requirements of the building ordinance for permits for minor work such as: replacement of plumbing fixtures; re-decoration of interior or exterior; replacement of roof covering with the same type material; replacement of windows where no framing changes are necessary; repairing of porches and steps; installation of new appliances such as dryers, garbage grinders or washers where no plumbing changes are required, but if the cost of such work exceeds $500, the code shall be followed ns originally adopted,
The Borough Police Committee made recommendations to Council for a more modern and efficient communications system.
John Bailey, Borough Managor, has (Continued on Page 24)
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Daylight Savings Starts Soon
Daylight Savings Time, with its increased number of daylight hours in the evening, Will go into effect on Sunday, April 27th, ’and continue until the last Sunday of September. Train, 'bus and plane schedules will be altered to conform with the new time, which gives city dwellers, especially, more hours of sunshine for' both outside work and recreation. Rural folks do not like daylight savings time as > a general thing, for they are usually up early in any event. '	1
Presided At Eagle Scout Dinner
Raymond A. Tucker, Camp Meeting Road, advance chairman of the Allegheny Council, Boy Scouts of America, presided at the annual recognition dinner Monday evening in Hotel William Penn. Each of the 43 Eagle Scouts were sponsored by a man successful in the field of work in which the scout is-interested.
Two Slates Coritesting For Positions As County Committee Men and Women
Voters Can Express Preference For Presidential Candidates In Two Ways
The present County committeemen and women of both the Republican and Democratic parties face a fight at the primaries, April 22nd, to retain their posts. The offices are particularly important during a presidential election year as it is the duty of the County Committeemen to see that they get to the polls on election day. Naturally, the committee people are more anxious to register voters belonging to their party and favoring the candidate they favor. The County committee, as a whole, directs the activities of the party workers in all the communities of the county through the county committeemen and women in the different boroughs and townships. Usually there is not much of a contest for the committee places, which are up for election every two years. Outside of Sewickley, there is only one such contest, in the second district of Leetsdale.
In Sewickley, however, there will be primary , fights for nearly every place. The candidates fOr Republican committee are: one man and one woman to elect: 1st district, 1st ward, James P. Cronin and Thomas C. Bemis; 1st district, 1st ward, Elsie S. Jewett and Marie A. Trudell; 2nd district, 1st ward, Hugh W. Nevin, Anna Rupert Iorio, who will r,un on stickers, and Clara Rice; 2nd ward, Ralph Bollinger and Elizabeth D. Lee and Mary R. Culbertson, and 3rd ward, Robert Handy and Stanley V. Fowler; Mildred T. Abercrombie and Marie A. Reott.
The Republican committee as constituted since the last election, May 16,
1950, was 1st district, 1st ward, Thomas F. Cronin and Marie A. Trudell; 2nd district, 1st ward, Hugh W. Nevin and Pearl Simpson; 2nd ward, Malcom F. Macfarlane and Elizabeth D. Lee, and 3rd ward, William. McC. White and Mildred T. Abercrombie. Only four of die present committee are seeking re-election to the posts.
The Democratic Party has just as many contests for the various posts. The Democratic candidates, one man and one woman to elect in each district or ward, are: t1st district, 1st ward, Ross Rogers and Antonio Trunzo, Rose Scalercio and Lois Sambolt; 2nd district, 1st ward, (Continued on Page 24)
Huge Maple Tree Falls On House On Maple Lane, Sewickley
.	.	,	, . ,	. , ,	,	Herald Photo by Howard T. Tames
The heavy windstorm which accompanied the passing of n cold front over the Valley last Thursday nftemoon about four o’clock toppled an ages-okl maple tree onto the roof and porch roof of the brick house of Lee B. Purdy 709 Manic Lnnc, Sewickley. Mr. Purdy was alone in the house at the time, in the kitchen. One huge branch crashed to’ tire ground between his house and the one next door, squashing a metal swing like it was paper. The jar of the branch hitting the ground shook the house, but when the tree itself smashed into the roof, the shock was not so apparent, The tall chimncv on that side of the house was smashed, a hole was knocked in the roof, as well as the roof the porch and a window in the third floor dormer was broken. Damage^ was covered by insurance, Mr. Purdy said. The tree was pronounced sound several years ago, but the intenor of the trunk had rotted away an;l was inhabited by large numbers of white grubs