Sewickley Herald

              The Herald
The Sewickley Valley's Home-News Weekly
VOL. 52, NO, 33	SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1955	Price Ten Cents
Postpone Action On 5 District Jointure
Candidates For Queen Of The Harvest Festival, Sept. 12 to 17
One of these girls will be crowned Queen of the i955 Kiwanis-Sewicldey YMCA Harvest Festival to be held September 12 to 1/ at the Sewickley Y.M.C.A. This year, no one, including the successful candidate, will know who won the ticket-selling contest until the crowning ceremony on Saturday night. This year, the festival will feature an exhibit tent, big rides and many new features in addition to the old favorites. The Queen Candidates, left to right; Susan Nichols, Janice McPherson, Nancy Maloney, Parma Maruca, Audrey Kruest and Christine Carson.________.________
Local Student Studying In Germany
David is sharing his quarters at the Fuerstenhof Hotel, headquarters for the training center, with a boy from the German Junior Red Cross.
His first trip to Europe, the Se-wicldey youth has found meeting people from other lands' the most interesting part of his trip. He says he plans to institute some joint projects in the Junior Rod Cross at Sewickley High with JRC groups from other countries.	'
In addition to his Red Gross activities, Dave was a member of tire Dramatic Club, the newspaper and yearbook, the Science Club, Travel Club, Community Service Club, College Club and Math Club at Sewick-loy High. He will be an 11th grade student this fall.
The training center is tire first one the American Red Cross has ever held in Europe. Attending are ten JRC members from the United States, 50 students from American dependents’ schools in Europe and North Africa, ten Gormans, four French, six English and two Austrians.
The expense of the American delegates and cost of the training center is being paid by the American Red Cross.
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Allegheny County School Board To Invite Other 5 Districts To Next Meeting
Five District Jointure Termed First Step Towards Eventual X0 District Union
Representatives of Leetsdale, Edgeworth, Sewickley Heights, Leet Township and Sewickley Township School boards attended the meeting of the Allegheny County School Board Monday night to urge that-their 5 district jointure be approved. After hearing their statements in favor of the 5 district jointure and asking a number of questions, the County Board passed a motion to postpone action on the request until the Board has given the other five districts not included in the jointure agreement, an opportunity to be heard. Representatives of the oilier five districts will tie invited to attend the next County Board meeting on Monday, September 19th, on the third floor of the County Office Building, Pittsburgh.
The chairman of the County Board welcomed the representatives, saying that they had come at their own request to present the proposal to the County Board which is called upon to make a decision in the matter. School problems are everyone’s problems, but people get concerned over things which are not school problems. Dr. W. J. Hutchison, president of the proposed Quaker Valley Joint School, said that the five district jointure was the result of several years’ exploring and the representatives think tliey have come upon a plan which gives them a good educational set-up which is good for the taxpayer’s dollar and which does not include plans for a new high school. The expense of a new high school is too great, and the five districts have the facilities to form the nucleus of “what we want at this time.”
The work of forming the jointure was done over die years with the help and cooperation of Gebrge Cas-sler, who compiled most of the figures. It is a natural area for die five districts and transportation will not be a problem as diree of the districts transport pupils now. All five districts
are in excellent financial condition and a large proportion of die pupils are now in die schools as part of the student body. It appears diat any expansion will he in Sewickley Township, in die northwest portion, of the district along die Beaver County line, so Leetsdale High School is well located for die development of a five district plan at this time. He added diat he didn’t tiiink that the 10 district consolidation is too far in die future, but he doesn’t feel diat die time is ready for it. If it were to be put on the ballot, it would be voted down overwhelmingly. The five district boards approved the jointure agreement unanimously and they are ready to go.
A county member asked since a jointure was a matter of die vote of the school directors, what is die objections to die other districts. Dr. Hutchison replied tiiat it was a problem of financing and of expansion of the building program. The five districts have been in contact and" lived together long enough to know each odiers’ problems, but nodiing is known of die problems of die otiier (Continued on Page 14) .
Tofs-N-Teen Shoppe To Move Next Door




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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Karasek, who have owned and operated tile Tots-N-Tecn Shoppe at 4X7 Beaver Street, for eleven years, have purchhsed the building containing the shoppe, McDonald’s Candy Shop and the empty store room formerly occupied by the Giant Eagle Market. The purchase, from the Three Brothers Realty Company, was completed on Monday of last week and Mr. Karasek immediately began to .tear out the old fixtures and shelves left by the super market and began remodeling. The building has a frontage of 60 feet on Beaver Street and is 112 feet deep. A stairway has been built to the unoccupied second floor, which will be used for storage.
The Karascks intend to completely redecorate the store room, with new floor, new fixhircs, a new front. They hope to open about November first to the most modern and spacious infant, childrens and ladies wear shop in this district. Sewickley has been good to them and tliey arc confident of the future of Sewickley ns one of the finest shopping centers in this area.