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SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1951
Price Ten Cents
Mr. Neely told police that the store cash box was emptied. It had contained $6.00 in half dollars; $38 in quarters; $26 in dimes; $44 in mickles, and $3.97 in pennies, a total of $118.62. James Amato of Ambridge, who services the pin ball machines, estimated that $20 in nickles was stolen from each machine broken open. Another pin ball machine at the bar was tampered with but the thief or thieves punched the hole in the wrong place to reach the coin box. $4 additional was taken from the juke box and an unknown amount of money was taken from a cigarette machine in the bar room at the rear. The service man said 25 packs of cigarettes were taken from that machine. Tlie cigarette machine in the front of the store was not disturbed.
Mr. Neely informed police later in the day that valuable papers had been taken from the store’s cash box, along with a $100 Christmas Check made out on a Peoples-First check, made payable to Ethel L. McNally, an employee.
The night lights were left on as usual after the store closed for the night. IIow entrance was gained was not established, but police believe it possible that some person or persons could have hidden in one of the lavatories until after the store
was looked up for the night. Whoever it was left the kitchen door open and broke a padlock on the inside of an iron-covered outer door.
Community Calendar
Saturday, December 29
9-1 a. m. Christmas Dance of Young Women’s Civic Club at Montour Country Club. Tommy Payne and his orchestra.
Thursday, January 10
5:30 p. m, to 8 p. m. Sauerkraut Supper, Little Hill E.U.B. Church.
Wednesday, January 16
8:15 p. m. Tom and Arlene Hadley, presenting the free Audubon Tour colored motion picture, “America the Beautiful” at Sewickley High School auditorium.
Wednesday, January 30
6:30 p. m. Ham Dinner sponsored by the W.S.C.S. of the Methodist Church, Tickets limited.
More Schools Offer Driver Training
40% Of All High Schools Now Offer Courses
Driver training activities in the nation’s public schools increased markedly during the 1950-51 term.
A summary issued by the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies, based on reports from 48 states and the District of Columbia, shows an increase of 17.9 per cent in the number of students participating.
, The reports also revealed that the number of schools offering driver training courses increased 10 per cent over the previous year.
Nearly 8,000 schools throughout the county offered either classroom or classroom and practice driving courses. This represents about 40 per cent of all public high schools. Students participating totaled 662,370, or 43.9 per cent of all eligible students. Of these, 624,359 successfully completed the training,- according to an article in the November issue of Automobile Facts, a publication of the Automobile Manufacturers Association.
Mister Anon-. Brings
Psalm, Up To Date
The Government is my shepherd, I need not work.
It alloweth me to lie down on good jobs; it leadeth me beside the still factories. It destroyeth my initiative and leadeth me in the paths of a parasite for political purposes.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of laziness and deficit spending, I will fear no evil, for the Government is with me. Its doles and vote-getters, they comfort me. It prepareth an economic Utopia for me by appropriating the earnings of my own grandchildren.
Surely, the Government shall care for me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in a fool’s paradise forever.
—Anonymous, from the Stuart New*
Dink's Luncheonette Burglarized Of $214 Last Wednesday Night
Employees Christmas Check, Valuable Papers And Cigarettes Also Stolen
A burglar or burglars, who apparently remained concealed when the store closed at 1 a. m. on Thursday, December 20, stole $118.62 in wrapped, change; $20 from each of two pinball machines; $4.00 from the juke box; 25 packs of cigarettes; valuable papers and a $100 Christmas check of one of the employees from Dink’s Luncheonette, Bank and Chestnut Streets, Sewickley, according to’the report to Sewickley police by Charles A. Neely, owner of the store. Mr. Neely, much better known as ‘Dink’, called police at 7:35 a. m. on Thursday, when he opened the store. Lt. Lee S. Jones, and Officers Neely, and Milligan investigated and found that the pin ball machines had been broken by a small screw driver which was not found in the store.

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A New Year is here . . . and with it come new opportunities for making our nation _our town — ourselves, better than ever before. Our wish — that ’52 will leave fond memories for the years to cornel
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Edgeworth Decides Not To Buy Garbage Grinders In Quantity
Installation Costs Too High In Some Of The Older Homes
Edgeworth Borough council, at its December meeting, which was postponed from December 10th to December 17th, decided to give up the plan of mass purchase of garbage grinders. The idea, which has been discussed at several meetings, was for the borough to arrange a contract with the manufacturers, so individual house-•holders could purchase the grinders at a considerable savings over the retail price. Once everyone had installed a garbage grinder, the borough could discontinue its collection and disposal of garbage, at a great saving^ in taxes.
However, plumbing contractors were reluctant to engage in a house-to-house installation program, since many of the houses in the borough are old and the plumbing and electrical connections for the grinders would be very expensive to the owners. Some of the plumbing is hard to reach for installing grinders and some of the pipes are too weak to bear the strain or not in the right place. The electrical connections would be very difficult and expensive in some of the older houses, so council, with reluctance, gave up the plan. However, council decided to waive the requirement of a building permit for a grinder, if no major plumbing change is necessary. Council has no objection to the installation of grinders, hut the borough is not to be placed in the position of either requiring or advising the installation.
Tlie use of rock salt for ice control, instead of cinders, was also discussed by council. Salt has advantages to both property owner and council, it was s.tated, since the use of salt saves the borough the exiiense of cleaning cinders out of catch basins and hauling them away. Salt weighs less for tlie borough workmen to handle, and, while it is more expensive than cinders, good cinders are becoming increasingly harder to obtain from a hopper. Hand loading of cinders from piles at the plants, is also hard and expensive labor. Cinders track up carpets and salt affords better traction and should reduce the number of skidding accidents.
There is some increase in the corrosion of the under parts of automobiles with the salt solution, hut it is not believed serious. The cost of salt and sand is $7.00, while salt alone costs $3.50 a mile. Edgeworth borough will experiment with salt at the intersections and perliaiis a spreader might be purchased later for use on the streets. Towns which have used salt have adopted it 100 per cent, Manager Bailey told council. The street committee also reported repairs on the retaining wall which has held up Beaver Road for about fifty years. The long wet sirring was blamed for failures in several places.
The plan of ’ Meadow Park Homes, Inc., was approved by council after the size of Lot No, 9 in the Oliver Park Plan was increased to meet the requirements of the zoning ordinance. Council also discussed the Deane Case, which resulted in a court verdict in favor of the borough zoning ordinance and which was previously reported in The Herald.
The Tuscarorn Oil Company, Ltd., was granted a permit to lay a pipe line, from the river to the north line of the borough’s property just north of the Ohio River Boulevard. Since the company has the right to condemn, the borough wanted the pipe line laid in the Little Sewickley Creek he'd as far from houses as it is possible to get, in case anything did ever happen. Tlie borough received $893 for granting the company the right to run the line over its property.
The fire committee reported that 25 per cent of the homes in Edgeworth had been inspected for fire hazards at the request of the residents. The Edgeworth Fire Department, working on the theory that it is better to prevent a lire, offered free inspection service to the residents. One fire was reported for the previous month, an apartment fire which had been reported at the time, in The Herald.
Several civil defense matters, as well as the proposed joint boulevard police patrol, were tabled until the next regular meeting, at which new officers will be elected. There will have to be provision in tlie budget for replacing between
$1,600 and $2,000 in revenue which had been received as a state grant from the gasoline taxes. The formula by which the allotments were determined has been changed by tlie state legislature. The new basis, one of population plus mileage of streets, seems to benefit-the rural areas of the state at the expense of the smaller boroughs.
Tlie treasurer’s balance was reported at $29,652.68, about $5,000 more than tlie same time last year. Tax Collector Singer reported collection of $269.45, leaving a balance of $3,423.90, most of which is the hillside property on Quaker Hollow Road. Fines of $55 were collected of which $10 went to the county treasurer for disorderly conduct, since Edgeworth has no such ordinance. The $45 for, borough fines covered 3 speeding and stop sign violations. Bills amounted to $2,944.33, of which $781.92 was for rental of a leaf loader and $688 was for two months street lighting; $125.-98 was paid to the Borough Employees’ Pension fund, as tlie borough’s semiannual contribution. The secretary’s account, which pays discount bills and payroll, paid out $3,646.76 with $905.54 from the motor tax fund.
One License Tag On
Pennslyvania Autos Next Year
The State Department of Revenue announced last week that due to shortage of steel Pennsylvania automobiles will display only one license tag in 1952. This tag will be affixed to tlie rear of the automobile.
Registration renewal applications are to be in the mail about February 8 and the new tags are to be put into use by March 31. The new tags were made, as usual by the convicts in Western Penitentiary, who had barely enough steel to complete the single plates for each car for 1952.
Herald Out Friday
Of Next Week
Due to Christmas falling on Tuesday, the Sewickley Herald will be published on Friday morning next week. Mail subscribers Will receive their copies in the Friday mail and the newstands and newsboys will have Heralds available Friday morning. Deadline tor adicts will bo 0:30 a, m. on Thursday and deadline for display advertising will be at noon Thursday, News will be accepted until 3 p. nii Thursday,