Sewickley Herald

              The Sewickley Valley's Home-News -Weekly
’OL. 52 NO. 40
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 0, 1055
Price Ten Cents
County And State Re-Studying Schools
Sewickley^Century Club Celebrated 10th Anniversary
A covered dish dinner was the ighliglit of tire observance of their :nth anniversary by the Sewickley ientury Club on Tuesday night, Sep-¡mber 28th, when the ladies met in le St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church arish House.
Special guests at the event were barter members who were invited to elp with the celebration.
The tables were decorated with hstically arranged floral pieces and ivors were handkerchiefs in the form f colonial bouquets.
Two displays were featured at the meeting by the welfare committee and the finance committee.
Books for children which were purchased with $125 donation for the Sewickley Library were shown and a display with items for sale was also featured. Articles which were on sale included Christmas cards, candles, and candy.
Special speaker for the evening’s entertainment was Miss Sylvia C. Steinle of the Manufacturers Light and Heat Company, who spoke on
food nutrition and the part that minerals and vitamins play in the health of the human-body.
In the photo are left to right Mrs. E. V. Barnes, present president; Mrs. W. II. Beiglilea, Mrs. I-I. Leach, Mrs. S. Mahood, Mrs. Bert Jody, Mrs. F. L. Wilson, first president of the club; Mrs. D. II. Bickey, Mrs. W. W. Will-son, Mrs S. K. Anderson and Miss Gertrude Smith, all past presidents of the club.
ilenfield Asking Bids For Construction Of lew Wall And Repairs To Kilbuck Road
Council Approves Light Company Plans For New Street Lighting On Boulevard
Glenfield Council, at a busy meeting Monday night, received te plans for the proposed new retaining wall at the curve on ilbuek Road and authorized asking bids for the construction; pproved the Duquesne Light Company’s plans for new street gnts on the Boulevard and heard that the traffic lights might e installed by the middle of October; heard a report that the instruction of the water line on West Beaver should be started )0n| voted to purchase a lot for right-of-way for the line; granted building permit to the school for the construction of new inside initary facilities; discussed with the engineers the improvement \ Dawson Avenue by Dinardo, Inc., in exchange for the con-nued use of the batch plant; passed resolutions requesting the fate Highway^ Department to replace the former sidewalk on »cst Beaver Street and also' to replace the former access to Hill oacl and asked the Railroad to fix the lights in the tunnel and to !Pair the crib wall beside East Beaver Street.
Fred Omar, an engineer with M. ' Frye and Associates, presented ilns and specifications for the re-acement of the retaining wall on
10	aurve On Kilbuck Street for which 1° borough lias received the promise i county aid in the amount of $11,-... Flans were drawn for either a
11	. Concrete retaining wall or' a Wcrete crib wall with the solid wall »mated to cost about $6,000 more l'm tl0 cr'b wall. The engineer commended that bids be asked for
a unit price basis, So that work o added or deducted to meet orough’s ability to pay and also io contractor be paid for exaot-v mt he docs. In that way, the
id i C?r,W1 r,ot bave to add to his o take care of emergencies.
Even though state matching funds' are being used, the state is more interested in whether the project accomplishes its purpose than in the details of construction. The plans show that 200 feet' of Kilbuck street will have to be rebuilt to get the necessary superelevation on the curve and then return to normal crown. The plans also contemplate widening the pavement at the curve by three feet. The consent of the property owners is needed only to locate tho wall where it now stands, council was told, Tho owners, even though their deeds read to the middlo of tho highway, are still subject to the use of the roadway by the public and will
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Chaplain Charles W. Beider
Chaplain Charles W. Beider, of the USAF, will be the guest speaker at tho Young Woman's Civic Club meeting on Thursday, October 18, 1955.
lie was born in Pennsylvania at Stoelton and also graduated from school there. Chaplain Beider- enlisted in tiro U, S. Marine Corps and served his country from 1942-55, spending '18 months of this time in the South Pacific.
Ho attended Lebanon Valley and Gettysburg colleges and graduated (Continued on Page 19)
Counîy School Board Grants Request For A Re-Sumy Of Facts About Local Schools
County And State Staffs To Report Back On Jointure Plans By Monday, October 24th
The Sewickley School Board this week received a reply from the County School Board to its request that another survey be made of the school situation in the Valley to determine the best method of solving tire local school problems. The County School Board stated that it had decided to have the County Office staff and the staff of the School Business Division of the Department of Public Instruction make a re-study of the problems involved and report back as quickly as possible. It is hoped that the County Board will have a comprehensive report of the problems involved not later than October 24th. Meanwhile, without waiting for the solution of the entire problem, the Glenfield School Board has let contracts amounting to about $15,000 for the addition of inside sanitary facilities to its building.
The following letter was received Monday by the Sewickley School
Auxiliary Plans Hospital Party
CABD PARTY, FASHION SHOW AND TEA PLANNED
The Woman’s Auxiliary of the Sewickley Valley Hospital will hold a Fashion Show piresented by. Joseph Horne’s, card party and tea, at the Edgeworth Club, Thursday, November 10, at 2 o’clock. The proceeds will be for the Nurses’ Home Building Fund.
Miss Marguerite Ducker, Hospital Administrator, will preside at the' Tea, assisted by Mrs. Ruth Khouri, Director of Nursing, and members of the Auxiliary Board.
Officers of the Auxiliary are: President, Mrs. Robert Otis Jones; Vice President, Mrs. Albert L. Fairley, Jr.; Secretary, Mrs. Edgar S. Henry, and Treasurer, Mi's. Wm, II Fowler.
Directors include the officers and Mrs. .11. E. Lore, Mrs. W. Cullen Gourley, and Mrs. Neal M. Mitchell.
Committee on arrangements, of which Mrs. Neal M. Miteliell is chairman, assisted by Mrs. James II. Marks, 'consists of: Mrs. J. D. McCord, Jr., Mrs. W. Cullen Gourley, Mrs. Paul Frederick, Mrs. George N. Powell, Miss Margaret Holdship, Mrs. William II. Webb, Mrs. Jack W. Lyon, Mrs. Manley G. Eighmy and Mrs. Clarence G. Vant.
Patty Kelly and Douglas Tweedy, ns Janie and Tommy, with Mr. Dooicy, Jr., in the Pittsburgh Chil-lon’s Theatre presentation of Mr. Dooley, Jr., coming to tho Lcetsdnlc High School on Saturday.
"Mr, Dooley, Jr."
“Mr. Dooley, Jr.”, a comedy for children, will he presented ns the first play in the 23rd season by Grace Price Productions of the Pittsburgh Children’s Theatre at 10:30 a. m, on (Continued on Page 19)
District.
Air. C. R. Mathias, Secretary Sewickley Borough School B.oard Sewickley, Pa.
My dear,Mr.'Mathias:
The County Board of School Directors has asked me to outline the developments following the petition of the school districts of Edgew'orth Borough, Lectsdale Borough, Sewlck-Icy Heights Township, Sewickley Towmship, and Leet Towmship to form a joint board.
The County Board heard the members of the proposed Quaker Valley Joint Board at the August meeting. The Board invited members of the Sewickley Borough, Osborne Borough, Haysville Borough, Glenfield Borough, and Aleppo Towmship School Boards to attend tire September meeting of the County Board to present their point of view. Following the September meeting, the County Board requested that members of the County Office staff and of the School Business Division of the Department of Public Instruction make a re-study of the problems involved and to report to the County Board as quickly as possible, It is hoped that the members of the County Board will have a comprehensive report of the iiroblcms involved in the Lower Ohio Valley not later than October 24.
Members of the County Board wish to assure you that the Board is making every attempt to expedite a re-examination of the facts from the view' of districts and from the point of view' of the State, in order that directors of the proposed Quaker Valley Joint Board may have a reply to their petition.
Very truly yours,
L. C. Moorchotis(\ Secretary
County Board of School Directors
What's Doin' ,
P.T.A. Fun Fair, starting at 6 p.m, on Friday, October 7th, at the Sewickley High School.
Admission, 25c
SQUARE DANCE The Coraopolis Business and Professional Women’s Club is sponsoring a benefit Square Dance at 'the Carnot Roller Rink on Thursday, October 13. This promises to be an evening of fun for all who attend, $1.00 per person.
AUCTION SALE Thursday, Oct. 20th, 10:30 A.M.
St. James School Hall Olivet Wright, Auctioneer •Refreshments, Lunch. Sponsored by St. James Woman’s Catholic Guild.
Benefit bridge, Horne’s fashion show and tea at the Edgeworth Club on Thursday, November 10th. Benefit of the Woman’s Auxiliary of tile Sewickley Valley Hospital, ’	$1.00