Sewickley Herald

              The Sewickley Valley’s Home Weekly Newspaper
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VOL. 51 NO. 48
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1954
Price Ten Cents
Santa Coming By Helicopter December 4th
Mr. Pierce, president, invited members of the audience of about thirty citizens to ask questions, and several expressed the appreciation of the group, and thanked qouncil for their understanding rction on die tax problem.
Three Boroughs Reduce Wage Tax Levy To 14% School Boards Levying 14%
Councils Take Chance on Legislative Action or City Schools Getting Part
The council of Edgeworth, Sewickley Heights and Glenfield reduced their wage tax rate to *4% at adjourned meetings this week and last, on agreement with the school hoards of their districts to reduce their levy to 14% on or before the deadline of January first. The borough councils acted in spite of a great deal of uncertainty which overhangs the entire wage tax issue. In the first place, the legislature may amend Act 481 to permit the Pittsburgh Board of Education, now not allowed to make such a levy, to take the other y2 of the 1% levied by the City last year. The legislature may also repeal the Act, in which case the money raised by the wage tax would have to be raised on real estate and occupational taxes.
Another uncertainty is whether or not the City of Pittsburgh, having reduced its levy by half can collect the other half of the limit of 1% from non-residents who work in the City. The courts have never ruled On that particular question, since all the suburban communities around Pittsburgh levied the full limit of 1% and so did the school boards, dividing the proceeds between themselves.
The particular section of Act 481 which has not been ruled on yet by the courts provides that payment of a wage tax to one political sub-division shall be credited toward payment of a like tax in any other political sub-division, There is no argument when both levy 1%, but when neither exceeds the limit, the courts will have to rule whether or not its possible to add the two taxes together to reach the' limit of 1%. According to City Solicitor Frank McKenna,’ die City has no present plans for taking the matter to court for a decision.
Sewickley Heights' Council, at an adjourned meeting,.on ,Saturday at noon, voted to cut their wage tax to '%%.
Unless the Heights School Board takes the same action, thé schools will collect 80% and the borough 20% until July 1st, when the school budget for next year is made up. However, the school hoard has power to reduce, hut not raise the levy during tire year.
Glenfield pouneil, at an adjourned meeting Monday night, reduced the borough rate to %% and made several changes in the wage tax ordinance,
Edgeworth and Sewickley Heights printed in full in another part of today’s Herald, but the Glenfield ordinance was held up by Burgess Richard W. Cook, who had argued for a Wfc levy by the borough before the ordinance was passed hy council, The Burgess has 30 days in which to read and study the ordinance before returning it to the borough with his^signature or his veto.
Edgeworth Council, at an adjourned meeting Monday night, also reduced the borough tax rate to %%, on the word °f the school district that they, also, would reduce their levy to %%.
The Edgeworth Council met on Mon-ray evening to conclude an adjourned neeting of November 22, which was an idjourned meeting of November 8. The nutter before council was the passage >f the wage tax ordinance. A letter was end from John Mcllwain, president of ho Edgeworth school board, in which Hr. Mcllwain stated that the hoard had ought legal advice which proved that ho school board could make a reduction roforc the end of tlio fiscal year; and hut, since n conference with the tax ■ollcclor had disclosed that enough noney would be realized to satisfy the ™ool budget as set up, the school board TOuld cooperate ' with the borough °uncil in the tax reduction, the ordinance was read by the sccre-I’l?1' nni! ft )tlol'on to amend was passed.
, ® ordinance was amended to read % porccnt, and the motion was passed * mmously by roll call of the council.
Shop Sewickley First
Already hundreds of shoppers are doing their Christmas buying along Se-wickley’s friendly streets. They are finding the greatest array of gifts ever shown by the local stores, many of which have all ready announced their later closing hours for the convenience of Christmas shoppers. Another new thing this year is the Courtesy Parking Plan, hy which merchants give free parking on the parking lots to their customers.
For the very best in Christmas gifts, please read the advertisements in the Herald. You’ll find many gift suggestions, ns well as prices as low or lower than anywhere else.
Police Christmas Fund
As it lias for many years, the Sewickley Herald will receive voluntary contributions from the people of Sewickley for the Sewickley Police Department. Checks may be made out to the Sewickley Police Christmas Fund and mailed to the Sewickley Herald. The system was started a number of years ago, when it was realized that the night police officers who are not seen at Christmas time as much as the officers on day duty were receiving fewer gifts. The fund collected by the Herald is divided equally between, all members on the police force.
Christmas Parade To Follow Santa's Landing By Helicopter At 'Y'
Gifts For All Children At Beaver and Broad Streets
After Parade From ‘Y’
Preparations are being- made by the Board of Trade’s Christmas Committee to hold a big Christmas parade with the Sewickley High School Band, a fire truck, a police car and Santa in a convertible, following the arrival of Old St. Nick by helicopter at the Sewickley YMCA field at 1 p.m. on Saturday, December 4th. All the hundreds of children, and their parents, are invited to parade behind Santa’s convertible to Santa’s throne at Beaver and Broad Streets, where gifts will be given to all the children. Parents, who have never seen a helicopter, at short range, and children, who never saw Santa arrive in one of the ‘whirly-birds’ are all invited to the ‘Y’ field. Police, firemen and members of the Board will be there to see that everyone is safe. The Christmas lights, which brighten the business district during the holidays and borough’s Christas tree on Broad Street, were turned on over the week-end and Santa’s throne ensconced under a canopy shelter.
Santa will be at his throne following the parade until 6:30 p. m., giving gifts to all the children. He will return, although not by helicopter, on Saturday,
December 11th and 18th, from 11 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. and will be at or near his throne from 11 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, December 20, 21, 22,
23 and 24. Christmas music will fill tiro air during those hours from the Music
Tower . of the Sewickley Methodist Church from records purchased by the Kiwanis Club and the Board of Trade.
With only 20 shopping days before Christmas, the members of the Board of Trade have stocked the largest selection of Christmas gifts ever and many are remaining open at night so that shopping, is made easier for local residents.
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Undefeated Sewickley Academy Soccer Team -1954

Front Row—Tom Richardson; Lee Johnson; Dick Hull; Peter A merman; Louis Clark; Bill Marks; Bill Lear; Jim Davison; Dave Woodford; Chris Hutchinson.
Second Row—Todd Baker, Roy Thompson; Nevie Davison; Jim S Heroy; Tim Standish; Chris Flower; Ward Wickwire; Dam
Third°^ow—Coach*(Harrow; Chris Zug; Bill Richards; Hi
Sewickley Academy Booters Complete
T??spückkv Academy Pantliors complotsd their 1964 soccer
season	8 4.S and no losses. Ms is the first nn-
defeated season	^easonfat Wardrop Memorial Field, Se-
wickleymet the Valley School of Ligonier, for the return game, and duplicated the score of them first meeting this year, 3-0.
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Hays; Craig Wilson; Dick Culbertson; Hap Schroeder; Bill Synder; Bryan Bachman; Bob Hetherington; Jay Brooks; Mr. Ribar.
Fourth Row—Mr. Heagy; Benjie Powell; Garner Tullis; Dwight Moore; Pete Keeney; Barclay. Tullis; Drayton Heard; Kim Wilson; Jack Graves; Tom Robinson; Harris Wainwi’ight; Mr, Gray. Absent—John Gibson
The second game was played on on. even footing foi the first half, with both teams playing fine soccer. Sewickley had n slight edgo over the Valley School a? they moved into the third quarter. Gibson, C.F., was the first player to hit the seore column, with a fine kick from in close. A few minutes later Wilson, R.I., hit the nets for thq second score of the game. Sewickley led 2-0.
About midway in tire final slnnzo,.
Wilson again drove the ball, through the uprights and the score ended, with Se-wicklcy on top 3-0.
In scoring 3 goals in the final game, the Panthers brought their season’s total up, to 34 goals, as compared with only 8 goals, for tha opposition.
The totals are a good indication of the fine offensive and defensive work displayed by the Panthers this season, (Continued on Page 25)