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The Herald
The Sewickley Valley’s Home News Weekly
Voi. 46 No. 27
SEWICKLEY, PENNA., THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1949
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Dravo Chief, J. D. Berg, Dies at Chatham, Mass.
Former Osborne Councilman Was Army Ordnance Head
J. D. Berg, 66, chief executive office of the Dravo Corporation, passed awa suddenly last Wednesday nighty Jun 29, at his home in Chatham, Cape Coc Massachusetts. Mr. Berg moved froi Glen Osborne in 1941, to Cranston Farm sear Coraopolis, where he lived unt ™o years ago, when he moved to Chai ?am* He served on the Osborne Counc: tor more than twenty years. Service were privately held at Chatham on Fri ay Juiy lst. He is survived by his wife e iormer Martha Moody Biggert: on [daughter, Mrs. Henry A. Stout of Os sbornej four sonS) Parker> David> Robel
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Robber Gives Self Up
Richard Harris, 15 Carver Street, Pittsburgh, a member of the James Tripplet-Charles Fox gang, who were trapped through the efforts of Sewickley police, State Police and County Detectives, gave himself up to the District Attorney’s office last week.
His plea of guilty to charges of violation of the firearms act, armed robbery and larceny of a motor vehicle will be heard on July 7th. The gang, which admitted 22 armed hold-ups, was caught through a gun they left in a stolen car they overturned on Chadwick Street, while trying to elude Sewickley police.
Harris was the ‘Lefty’, who pushed people around" during the hold-ups, police Said.*
Voter’s Registration
Wednesday, July 13th
Registrars will sit at the Municipal Building, Thom Street, Sewickley, Pa., on Wednesday, • July 13th, 1949, between the hours of *12:00 Noon and 10:00 p. m., for the purposes of accepting new registrations, party changes and changes of address.
Local Salesman
Wins Bedford Outing
Climaxing a two-month sales effort, Alex Young, of Gourley Chevrolet, has been named a winner in a zone-wide contest sponsored by Chevrolet dealers in Western Pennsylvania, as well as sections of Ohio, West Virginia and Maryland.
As a reward for his winning participation, resulting from surpassing his quota, in competition with Chevrolet personnel from throughout the Pittsburgh Zone, Mr. Young will join on July 8 and 9 with approximately 450 other winners at a two-day outing at the Bedford Springs Hotel. The outing for win, ners is an all expense paid reward, with special prizes to be announced at an Awards banquet on July 8."
Watson Home Gets $5700
For Polio Therapists
The national Foundation for Infantile Paralysis this week announced a grant of $5,700 to the D. T.' Watson School of Physical Therapy in Leetsdale, for training purposes.
The grant specifically states the money is to be used for “professional education” — the training of therapists, nurses and otilers in the handling of infantile paralysis cases.
At the same time the University of Pittsburgh received $10,000 to carry out a program of virus research. The Pitt grant will be under the direction of Dr. M. A. Lauffer, research professor in biophysics. It is aimed at finding an efficient method for studying the nature of the virus which causes polio — its size, shape, etc.
All the money alloted comes from the annual “March of Dimes” nation-wide contributions.
MANGY DOG LET LOOSE
Mrs. E. L. Davies, of 357 Chadwick Street, called the Sewickley Police on Sunday, July 3rd, and informed them that someone in an automobile pulled to a stop in front of lier house and let loose a mangy and unkept dog. Officer Milligan took the crying animal to the Garbage plant and disposed of it.
Glenfield Boy Wins Tech Scholarship
Clarence L. Ittel and his son, Jack, of 138 East Beaver Avenue, Glenfield, are all smiles as Vice President J. Douglas Darby, of Camegie-Illnois Steel Corporation announces that the district y'outh has been awarded a United States Steel scholarship for four years at Carnegie Institute of Technology. Jack was graduated from West View High School a few weeks ago. He won 'the scholarship in competition with a long list of applicants, who took the pre-engineering inventory exam at Tech. He plans to study civil engineering.
Jack’s father is a veteran U., S. Steel employe, having started in the company’s wheel and axle division at McKees Bocks in 1922. At present Mr. Ittel is employed in the service section of Carnegie-IHinois’ sales department.
Underwriter Honored
KIWANIS CLUB DIRECTORS MEET
Lawrence C. Woods, Jr., Manager of the Woods Agency of the Equitable Life of the U. S., with Agency headquarters in Pittsburgh, announces that Burke I. Herman of R. D. No. 1, Coraopolis, has received, for the fifth year in succession, the National Quality Award. The award is one presented by the Life Insurance Agency Management Association, a national organization with headquarters in Plartford, and the National Association of Life Underwriters “in recognition of quality life underwriting service to the public as evidenced by an excellent record of maintaining in force and extending the benefits of life insurance.”
Mr. Herman has been associated with the Woods A'gency for over 19 years, has repeately qualified for his company’s production clubs and is fully qualified, by virtue of his life insurance production, to attend the 90tli Anniversary celebration of the Society to be held in Atlantic City in September. Mr. Herman'fully met these qualification requirements within the first six months of the 12 month qualification period.
Another most unusual distinction held by Mr. Herman is that of uninterrupted weekly production for 19 years, almost his entire length of service. July 18 will mark the 1000th consecutive week in which he has submitted one or more life insurance applications to the Equitable Society, a record equalled by few underwriters throughout the United States.
Ban Placed on Firm Here
The Pennsylvania Securities Commission, under the date of June 10, 1949, served a cease and desist order upon Anaconda Lead and Silver Co., P. O. Box 3137, East Colfax Station, Denver 3, Colorado, which was soliciting residents of tins Commonwealth and area to purchase stock. Anaconda Lead and Silver Co, is not a registered dealer with the Commission,
A Directors’ Meeting of the Sewickley Kiwanis Club was held last Tuesday at the home of George Bedison, 115 Victory Lane, Leetsdale. A few appropriations were passed on in addition to the regular business conducted. Fifty dollars was appropriated to the District Nurses Committee; eight dollars additional was added for prizes in the school bird house building and soil conservation essay contest, and eleven dollars was given to buy baseball bats for the Victory Terrace Baseball Club in Leetsdale. Money was also disbursed for the painting of the Sewickley Kiwanis Welcome signs posted at each approach to the Borough. A tag indicating the time, place, and date of the regular Kiwanis meeting will also be added to these signs.
Increase Hotel Room
Requirements
A law to prevent the hotel provision of the state liquor laws from allowing ‘fake’ hotels ‘to secure liquor licenses, was signed by Governor James II. Duff on Wednesday, May 11th. The new act will increase the minimum number of rooms necessary for classification of a building as a hotel. It also requires that at least a third be equipped with baths and another with toilet facilities.
Under the present law, a hotel need only to have six to fifteen rooms, depending on the population of the community in which it is located, to qualify for a hotel liquor license, regardless of the quota. No standards for the rooms were set itp by the previous regulations.
Marriage Licenses
Irwin S, Terner, 6235 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, and Jacqueline Oseroff, of Leetsdale.
A. Warren Rowell, Sewickley, and Marilyn O, Holman, also of Sewickley.
Fourth Celebration in Leetsdale Huge Success
THOUSANDS CHEER EVENTS
One of the biggest Fourth of July celebrations ever staged in Leetsdale rolled off smoothly all day Monday as thousands of youngsters and parents took part in events scheduled at the Leetsdale High School field.
A parade, starting at 10 a. m., followed by sports events, free children’s treats, movies, dancing, and fireworks, highlighted the day-long festivities.
The State championship band from the Keith Holmes V. F. W., of Coraopolis, took part in the ceremonies, as well as the Sewickley American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps and the Am-bridge Legion Junior Drum Corps.
A house-to-house canvass to collect funds for the Independence Day program was an overwhelming success. The goal of $950 was reached and topped with a balance left over after all financial obligations were met. The community can thank the splendid efforts of general chairman, Joseph Kriever, and his aides, for producing such enviable results. When informed about the high rating given toward the committees’ efforts, Mr. Kriever replied that he never saw such wonderful community cooperation in all his life. He wishes to thank each and every one who helped him plan and carry out the many events, for their hard work and generous cooperation.
One thousand ice cream bars were given away to community youngsters and over 960 rides were taken on the kiddies merry-go-round. Two hours and 45 minutes of movies were shown in the high school auditorium and Eddie Kay’s Orchestra was on hand to provide dancing.
A fireworks display put on by the Ohio Fireworks Display Company, wrote the finale to the day’s events. Featured ground pieces included a gigantic “Welcome to Leetsdale”, and reproductions of the American Flag and Niagara Falls-
Jobless Pay Increases
Unemployment benefits go to a tqp of $25 a week for workers who lose their jobs after July 1 and who have not .j. started a claim for benefits within the past year.
The Bureau of Employment and Unemployment Compensation explained today that this increase is provided in accordance with a change in the law passed at the recent session of the legislature.
All workers, according to the Bureau, who applied for jobless benefits, within the past year, will continue to draw at the old rate until one year from date of their original application. Only those who did not file a new or original application prior to July 1 can profit by the increase at this time.
Kiwanis Breakfast at
YMCA Grounds on 4th
Over eighty Kiwanis Club memhers from the Sewickley and Coraopolis chapters held their annual Independence Day Breakfast at the ‘Y’ grounds here in Sewickley. A beautiful summer day set the stage for the yearly get-together, as the members enjoyed an 8 a, m. picnic breakfast of bacon and eggs, fried potatoes; coffee and rolls. The usual opening and closing meeting formalities were held, hut aside from this the program consisted entirely of individually concocted funmaking,