Sewickley Herald

              VOL. 46 NO. 50
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1949
Price Ten Cents

Sewickley Academy Ends Successful Hockey Season
GIRLS’ VARSITY HOCKEY TEAM
From left to right: First row, A. Chalfant, E. Stevens, P. Jackson, I. K.mf-mann, E. Robinson, Miss Sharp.
Second row, S. Chaplin, J. Stevens, F. Wyckoff, C. O'Neil.
Third row. P. Okie, A. Paret, I. Lewis.
The Sewickley Academy 1949 girls’ field hockey team had a very successful season, winning all regularly scheduled games.
The Sewickley Academy, team first played Leetsdale at the Academy and won, 4-0. The second game was played against Avalon, and the Academy again came out on top, 3-0. The following week the Academy heal Ellis, 2-0; and in their final game against Leetsdale at Leetsdale, they again won, 3-0. In all four games Polly Jackson was high scorer, scoring 10 goals. . Joan Stevens and Judy Kaufmann each scored one tally,
Besides playing these , four regular games, the Academy • girls’ varsity participated in the field day at Pennsylvania College for Women. There they played three exhibition games against senior varsities of Allderdice, Avalon, and Mt. Lebanon. The Academy team won, 3-0,
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over Allderdice and Mt. Lebanon, and lost, 1-0, to Avalon.
This year Sewickley Academy girls scored 12 goals against their opponents; in two years they have scored 24 tallies against their opponents. The Academy girls have chalked up an enviable record.
The team line-up was:
LW	Randy McKean
LI	Judy Kaufmann
CF	Polly Jackson
RI Emily Stevens RW	Elise Robinson
LH	Florence Wyckoff
CH	Joan Stevens
RII	Sandra Chaplin
LF	Polly	Okie
RF	Jerry	Hunter
C	Ruth	Frame
Substitutes	were:	Anne	Chalfant,
Charlotte O’Neil, Anne Paret, Janet Brant and Ivonne Lewis.
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Pfc. Ammon is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Ammon, 324 Logan Street, Sewickley.
SANTA’S CUSTOMERS NAMED
The three children asking Santa for Christmas presents, pictured on the front page of the Herald last week, were, from left to right, Pamulit Heath of the Coast Guard base; Louis Roch, of 532 Beaver Street, son of another Coast Guardsman, and Virginia Everett, of Linden Place, Osborne,
Sewickley Post Office OPEN ALL E>AY Saturday, Dec. 17th Sunday, Dec. lSth
“Steve” Pyevac, owner of Steve’s Hotel and Restaurant
Sewickley To Grow In Florida
, Residents of this district, motoring south over Route 1, will be surprised soon to see Big Sewickley Motel at Edge-water, Florida, about 17 miles south of Daytona Beach, Florida. If they are curious enough to stop, who do you suppose will.be in charge of the restaurant, tourist camp and cabins? None other than “Steve” Pyevac, who, for 28 long years, has been owner and operator of “Steve’s Hotel and Restaurant” at 505 Beaver Street^
’ Steve bought the restaurant here on July 20, 1921 and built up a large and loyal following, with the result that he has been able to survive depressions, recessions and good times, while other restaurarits opened and closed again in Sewickley. During those years, Steve remodeled his place four times, to keep up with the times. He catered to many large groups who held special parties at the restaurant. During the depression of the ’30’s, Steve gave away many Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners to unemployed people who otherwise would never taste turkey at the holidays.
Rudy Peyvac, Steve’s son, was discharged from die Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, December 1st, just in time to help his father pack and move to Florida, Once his dad is set up there, Rudy expects to go to Louisville, Kentucky, where he expects to reside. Steve expects to change the name of die tourist camp from Big Pines to Big Sewickley Motel, for he says he can never forget how good Sewickley was to him. He regrets leaving all his friends here, but hopes dial he can enjoy life a little more in Florida, where he won’t have to work quite so hard and will have a little chance to do some fisliin’, Of course, he expects all Ins friends going south to stop in and see him.
The hotel and restaurant here were taken over December 7th by Constance Josephine and Rose Costa, who will change the name to the Colonial Hotel, Alterations have already been Started by the three sisters. Constance, who was originally from Bellevue and formerly served as a hostess at Nick's Grille, in Ambridgc, comes here after three years in charge of the dining room of the Royal York. She has resided in Edge-worth and Sewickley for the past four years.
Sewickley and Neville Reserves In Floor Baffle
Photo by Bob Bowman
Spectators get a much better view of the Sewickley High School basketball games since the heavy wire cage lias been removed from around the court. However there are only about 250 Seats available and the sport is not self-supporting here.
From left to right; Kabana No. 4 of Neville; Marnnout, of Neville, No. S; Vandervort, No. 11 of Sewickley, Frischemeier and Dods of Sewickley, gathered under the net waiting for a re-bound, or a basket. Basketball is one of the sports at Sewickley High School which is supported by the receipts from football.
Small Profit From Football
Not Sufficient To Repay Loans
W. Henry Beighlea, principal of Sewickley High School, submitted a report on the football season to the Sewickley School Board at its December 5th meeting. The balance on hand in the football account, $1,491.69, is barely sufficient to pay the estimated $500 bill for cleaning and repairing the uniforms and take care of the deficits to be incurred by the basketball games, track and golf. There will be no chance this year of repaying $J200 which the school board lent from general funds for the purchase of football equipment. Neither will there be any funds from which to pay the bonus and interest on the bond issue for the rebuilding of the athletic field and the new stands.
Ticket Sales brought in the following amounts: Bellevue game, $948.95; Freedom, $583.95; West View, $758.85 and Coraopolis, $1,145.81 for a total of $3,437.56. The players, themselves, paid $120 for one-half the insurance and the sale of programs netted $84.80. Uncle Sam deducted a total of $607.92 for admission taxes; lights were $405; officials, $172.50; 40% guarantee to West View, $153.24; Vi insurance, $118.50; tickets, $47,95; gold football charms, $8.10; ticket sellers and helpers, $77; police protection, $89, ad and placards, $22.80; pair shoes, $12.84; miscellaneous, $10.62; night deposit fee, $1; WPIAL dues, $17; buses, $59.45; programs, $56.50; clean-
ing uniforms, $40, and physician, $60.
A suggestion to have the games next year on Saturday afternoons slight increase the attendance, Mr. Beighlea said, since all the other high schools in the vicinity, except Leetsdale, play on Friday nights. The expenditure for lights would be saved and some of the expense for police protection. Receipts are up a little over last year, Mr. Beighlea told the board, but are about the same as those of’several years ago.
Dallas Irvine, chairman of the property committee, suggested that the revenue could be increased by selling reserved seat tickets in advance and also selling season tickets in advance. He also suggested placing all the students in one section of the stands for a better cheering section.
Mr. Beighlea pointed out that basketball could hardly be expected to show a profit. The local gymnasium has so few seats that people are afraid that they won’t find a seat if they do attend the games. Then, too, the schools which can be scheduled include Mars, Evans City and Zelienople. There isn’t much interest in games with those schools and the bus costs $3Q a trip. Track meets and golf matches also are not money-makers, so must be supported from football receipts. The entire high school fund had a balance of $2,884, but that was from all activities at the school.
Supervising Principal Dr. Harold Irons said that without the free banners about the football games on the front pages of the Herald during the season, attendance would be even worse, Tlie board passed a motion to thank the Herald for its help.
Candlelight Carol Service
The^ Sqjiior Choir of St. Stephen’s Church, Sewickley, will sing its Annual Candlelight Carol Service next Sunday afternoon, December 18, at 5 o’clock. The public is invited to attend.
The program of music will include a list of unusual carols from many lands and periods of time. Among the enrols to be sung will be Christmas songs from the Carolina mountains, and from Lap-land, Haiti, Denmark, Switzerland and
other countries.
During the service all lights in the church are extinguished and the music is heard in semi-darkness save for that-coming from flickering candles placed in the stained glass windows,
Julian Williams, organist and choirmaster, will direct and play Christmas organ music.
Soloists will include Lorraine Prits, Sylvia Flora, Juliana Buksa, Ruth Dolan, Mrs, Edgar F. Sadd, John Dunlap and Joseph O, Stritmaier,