Sewickley Herald

              Sewickley Valley’s Home News Weekly
Voi. 47 No. 6
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1950
Price Ten Cents
HI-Y Youth and Government Program
BOB GUY Clerk of House
For the past several months, the Sewickley Hi-Y Club has been working diligently in anticipation of the two days in March when the State Hi-Y clubs take over the government of Pennsylvania. On those two days, the Hi-Y boys will as sume every major position in Harrisburg and function as the government itself actually does.
The first step in this “Youth and Government Program” was taken last December in the form of a state-wide opinion' poll. This poll was concerned with various questions amftng which were the driver training program, curfew for teen-agers, and sex education in the high schools. The results of this survey were tabulated on a state-wide scale and ;ent to every Hi-Y club in the State. ' Using these returns as a basis of opera-ion, the local Club drew up two bills o present to the “General Assembly” for iction in March. They chose the driver raining program as a subject and pre-iared a bill relative to the same. In ;eneral, the bill asked that the recent chool code of 1949 be amended by add-lg the following:
“That in every high school curriculum there shall be included at least one semester each of .driver training and general safety education of such nature as to include actual driving practice together with an opportunity to secure a driver’s license from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. That such course shall be taught at least one period per week during aforementioned length of course and be taught only by teachers duly certified to teach such subjects and with equipment authorized by the State Department of Public Instruction."
lese provisions reflect the results of the 11 both in Sewickley and Pennsylvania a whole since on that particular estion, the people were definitely in 'or of a driver training program in the h schools.
3n Saturday, January 28, a Prc-Legis-ve Assembly was held by the Central ist District of which Sewickley is a mber. The purpose of this meeting i to elect a certain number of as-iblvmen and senators together with :ain special officers, the highest ■ of ch Was Clerk of the House of Rep-ntatives. In. addition, bills from
BOB BOWMAN Assemblyman
every school in the District were assembled, sent to committees and revised; combined or otherwise prepared for the final drafting committee. Sewickley Hi-Y was represented by two boys, Bob Guy and Bob Bowman. Approximately 50 boys were present from all the Hi-Y clubs in the District. Out of all the competition, Sewickley’s Bob Guy was elected to the most important position possible in the West Central District, that of Clerk of the House! In addition. Bob Bowman was elected as an assembly-man from our district. To make it a banner day all around for Sewickley, the bill which they presented was one of only two accepted as presented. No revisions were made by the committee at all so the bill will be sent to Harrisburg exactly as it left the Sewickley I-Ii-Y Club.
In March, these two boys will go to Harrisburg as duly authorized members of tire Hi-Y Model Legislature of Pennsylvania. Bob Guy will enjoy a separate trip to the Capital in February for the purpose of conferring with the real Clerk of the House and .getting oriented as to his duties.
The Hi-Y Club is proud of the splendid showing it made at Indiana. Hearty congratulations to Bob Guv and Bob Bowman who won over stern opposition tire right to help govern our State for two days.
Speaks At Guild Meeting
Reverend Francis P. Plantes, assistant at St. James Roman Catholic Church, Sewickley, spoke Tuesday evening, January 24th, on “Courtship and Marriage”, in the fourth of a series of talks in the “Preparation for Marriage” course being given each Tuqsday under the auspices of the St. Gerard Guild in the basement autditorium of St. Mary’s of Mercy Church, Ferry Street, Pittsburgh.
The talks, free to the public, are open to all couples contemplating1 marriage, young married couples' and all bthers interested in the Christian “Way of Life.” There arc 65 persons now registered in the course.
Guild To Hold Card Party
The Ways and Means Committee of the Catholic Women’s Guild will hold a Card Party on Tuesday, February 14th, at the St. James Trade School, for the benefit of the St. Jamci Building Fund.
Annual Father and Son Banquet
Monday evening, February 20th, is a red letter day for many a boy in the Valley. The Father and Son Dinner at the ‘Y’ at 6:15 will be the gathering point for Scout troops, Sunday Schools and all dads and their boys. Many men, whose sons are away or who. do not have one of their own, will serve as foster fathers for the evening’s good fellowship. Many a boy would not be able to attend without the help of these men.
Tickets may be reserved at the ‘Y’ for a father and boy (under 15 years). Since every place will probably be taken by the night of the dinner, reservations are required. Boys cannot come alone and the same rule applies to dads — with a few rare exceptions.
The program is of outstanding interest to old and young. Judge Gustav Schramm of the Juvenile Court of Allegheny County will speak, and that means an address very much worth hearing for boys and men. Games and prizes in the tradition of Dinners for years past will be conducted, and a ne\F Boys’ Secretary of the ‘Y’ will be introduced at the assembly.
Choir To Present "H. M. S. Pinafore"
Performance To Benefit Organ Fund
Last minute details are being worked out for the Presbyterian Church Choir’s production of “JI.M.S. Pinafore” which will be presented in the Sewickley High School auditorium next Wednesday and Thursday, February fifteenth and sixteenth, at eight-thirty o’clock. The entire proceeds will start a fund to bo used eventually for the purpose of purchasing a new organ for the church. Both the production staff and the set construction committees have worked hard to build an authentic Gilbert and Sullivan Operetta.
The following is the cast of characters: “Sir Joseph Porter, K.C.B.”, Robert Redelfs; “Captain Corcoran”, Donald Shaw; “Ralph Rackstraw”, Edward Kipp. “Dick Deadeye”, Carl Kerehner; “Bill Bobstay”, Robert Deemer; “Bob Becket’ Harold Bauer; “Josephine”, Alice An drews; “Cousin Hebe”, Ruth Buck “Little Buttercup”, Gladys Lindsey. The two women’s choruses are made up of Sir Joseph’s” admiring “sisters, cousins
and aunts” and the men’s choruses are the sailors and marines. The scene, the quarterdeck of II.M.S. Pinafore, off Portsmouth, has been constructed and painted in the church house.
Reserved seat tickets may be purchased at Knapp’s Drug Store or by phoning the church office, Sewickley 699.
Parked Truck Damaged
Frank Ilegner, Jr., called Sewickley police headquarters at 4:31 p. m. Thursday, February 2nd, to report that the Hegner Hardware Company truck, parked at the Inn while making a delivery, was hit by a light green ear or truck, damaging the right front fender of the parked truck.
Chrysler Corporation Honors Local Automobile
Salesman
Photo by Howard ‘Bud’ James John Connelly (left) presenting a certificate marking the completion of a year of participation in the school conducted as a part of the Chrysler Corporation Master Technicians’ Service Plan, to Louis Trapizona, who was recently promoted to the sales department of Raymond Connelly, local Dodge-Plymouth denier.
Salesman Completes Course
Louis Trapizona, 6 Dickson Road, an employee of Raymond Connelly, 616 Beaver Street, Was honored by Chrysler Corporation on Friday, February 3rd, for his successful methods of servicing cars and trucks. Mr. Trapizona received a certificate from John Connelly, junior executive, in presentation ceremonies last week. The certificate, from the Dodge-Plymouth homo office, marks the participation in the school conducted as part of the Chrysler Corporation Master Technicians’ Service plan.
Mr. Trapizona, a resident of Sewickley for 27 years, has been employed by the Raymond Connelly agency since 1938, Ho was recently promoted from the service to the sales department. * Planning of the program, which involves over 50,000 mechanics throughout the country, included counseling with selected dealer service managers and mechanics. Framework of the course is
built around a series of instructional kits, one of which Mr, Trapizona received every month from the Dodge-Plymouth home offices. Each kit is devoted to a "tell, show, and do” presentation of a basic service problem, selected from surveys of dealer requests for information, For the "tell” part of the training session, the first item in the kit is a 20 minute sound slide film outlining basic principles of an automobile service operation, how to recognize the problem and' how to make the necessary corrections. In the "show” part of the session, large blowup charts and full information ns to procedure for the instructor is supplied, together with a list of parts and tools required for a demonstration. The mechanic cheeks his progress by means of a series of questions. Questionnaires, when filled out, aro returned to the factory for review and grading and become a permanent record at the factory, acting as a basis for future, awards of certificates to the dealer and his mechanics.
Community Calendar
Friday, February 10 8:15 p. m. "Silent Stars Revue”, sponsored by die A. Wayne Nickel Bible Class of Leetsdale U. P. Church, in the Leetsdale High School Auditorium. Tickets may bo purchased at the door or from any member of the Bible class.
. Saturday, February 11 12:30, Edgeworth School Club Luncheon
Monday, February 13 2:30 p. m. Woman’s Club of Sewickley Valley in the Edgeworth Club. Miss Helen Koues, interior designer, will speak on “Upkeep Decorating”.
2:30 p. m. Philanthropy Committee of the Woman’s Club announces the annual sale of articles made by the Pittsburgh Association for the Blind to be held at the regular meeting of the Woman’s Club.
6:30 p. m, The regular meeting of the Sewickley Business and Professional Women’s Club will be held in the Lutheran Church. Speaker: Mrs. Nina Podnieks from Latvia.
8:30 p. m. Valentine Dance, «Monday evening, at the Y.M.C.A. Open to the public. Sponsored by the Tri-I-Ii-Y Club.
Wed. & Thurs., Feb. 15 & 16, 1950 8:30 p. m. “II.M.S. Pinafore” presented by Presbyterian Church Choir. Sewickley High School Auditorium.
Thursday, February 16th 9 ’till I. Annual Mardi Gras Ball, sponsored by St. James Bowling League at Fair Oaks Grill, benefit of Building Fund.
Monday, February 20 2:30 p. m. Woman’s Club of Sewickley Valley in the Edgeworth Club. Mr. Robert Magidolf, correspondent, author and anti-Communist, will give, “Report on Russia Today.”	'
8 p. m. STATION W-FUN, sponsored by the Welcome Class of the Scwick-ley Methodist Church.
Friday, February 24 p. m. World Day of Prayer. Sowick-ley Council of Church Women. Sewickley United Presbyterian Church.
Sunday, February 26th p. m, Juliette Low Vesper Service for Western Section Ohio Valley District, Girl Scouts of America, at Coraopolis Prcsbvtcrian Church.
Tuesday, April 18
8:15 p. m. Card Parly and Stylo Show. St. Stephen’s Parish House. Sponsored by tho Welfare Committee of tho Sewickley Century Club.
Thursday, April 27th
8:30 p. m, Playhouse comedy, “Two Blind Mice,”, sponsored by the Sewickley Valley Board of Trade for their community fund, at the Sewickley High School Auditorium,