Sewickley Herald

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Vol. Ill
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1906
No. 38
Memorial Day.
Memorial Day in the Sewickley
Valley will this year be observed
with more than usual eloborate and
impressive cermonies, in honor of
the soldier dead, and exercises will
be held both morning and afternoon. •
In order to have no conflict with
the customary exercises in the afternoon, it has been decided to unveil the old cannon recently placed
at the Soldiers' monument, in the
morning, the services to be brief.
At ten o'clock the children of the
public school will assemble in front
of the school building on Broad
street, where they will march to
the cemetery headed by Prof.
James S. Gray's military band of
thirty pieces, with the veterans of
the Givil war, and Spanish war veterans as escort, the old soldiers to
have the right of line of course. A
number of the public school teachers, not on their vacations, have
signified their willingness to assist
in the formation of the school
children's line, and a number of the
young men will be in command of
the various rooms not in charge of
their respective teachers..
The exercises at the monument
will consist of the singing of "America," by the children, and the formal delivery of the cannon to the
cemetery authorities by Messrs. A.
G. Walker and Gilbert A. Hays, the
committee who were instrumental
in securing them, with several
numbers by a picked quartette
composed of Mrs. John A. Roe, Mr.
William G. Nevin, Mr. Robert J.
Gunningham.
The address will be made by Mr.
George R. Wallace.
The ceremony of unveiling will
be in the hands of four young women of the Valley, each of the fair
participants being decendents or
relatives of soldiers who fought in
the Givil war, as follows: Miss
Mary Whittier Shields, whose uncle
Lieutenant   William   Shields,  was
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SEWIGKLEY'S PUBLIG SCHOOL FIFTY YEARS AGO.
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The above illustration shows the
building which was amply large
enough to serve as Sewickley's
public school, half a century ago.,
It was at its best in 1856 and
1857. It fronted on what is now
Broad street, at the corner of Gentennial avenue, where J. W. Marlatt & Son's undertaking establishment now stands. The original
building was the foremost portion
of brick; the rear section of frame,
having been added in 1855. The
teacher was James M, Loughridge.
who died in 1893, at Oskaloosa,
Iowa. Miss Rebecca Way was assistant teacher. .About sixty pu-
pupils attended. The girls sat on
one side of the room; the boys on
the side toward Gentennial avenue.
The belle among the girls was Miss
Gelia Davidson, who married the
late John McMillen. A bright and
studious girl was Agnes M. Miller,
daughter' of William Miller. In
1871 she married Mr. William S.
Dickson, and she died about fourteen years ago. Able students
were Laura Reinhart, now Mrs. G.
Mellor, and the McLaughlin girls,
Jenny, Tillie, Mrs, Kirk: Lizzie,
Mrs, P. D. Nicols. The boys included a youth who became famous
as an artist, Gharles Stanley Rein-
hart, who died over twelve years
ago. He, with another student,
each about thirteen years old, G.
F.' Muller, got out the first newspaper ever issued in this place, the
"Sewickley Privateer." One copy
a week was made out, for circulation among the pupils, and it contained the first pictures drawn by
Reinhart. Other pupils at this
school were the late John McElwain, and the late John D. Tracey,
and S. B. McKown, who lost their
lives in the Givil War. Others
were Mr. Fielding B. Goff, now assessor; the late Samuel Little, Miss
Moore, sister of Mr. A. Moore; W.
S. Dickson, the late Harry S. Black,
a victim of the war; Kitty Black.
The majority have passed away;
but those who live can never forget
the old days at the old school.
BUSINESS MEN'S
OUTING.
Building A Residence,       "
Mr. D. L. S. Neely, the water
assessor who has lived for some
years, in the Second ward, has purchased a lot 40x125 on Ghestnut
street, near Thorn street, and the
contractor is now at work on a
dwelling which, it is understood,
will be occupied by Mr. Neely when
completed.
A Gala Day at Cascade Park on July
Twenty-fifth.   Plenty of Fun and
a Good Time in Store for
Everyone.
The first annual outing of the
Sewickley Valley Business Men's
Association, will be held at Gascade
Park, on July 25, and it promises
to be one of the best outings ever
held by people from our Valley.
Numerous privileges will be enjoyed that are not generally extended
on such occasions, and nothing is
being overlooked by the various
committees that will assist in making those who participate happy.
'A fine programme of outdoor
sports will be arranged and the
Gitizens' Band of Sewickley will
accompany the merry-makers.
There were several committeesap-
pointed at the meeting of the association held last Tuesday evening,
and when they report the detailed
information concerning the cost of
tickets and time of train will be
made public. One of the committees will have charge of the baskets,
and there will be numerous places
through the Valley where those
who wish can leave their baskets,
which will be taken care of and
sent to the station and delivered to
the owners on the grounds. This
is done to relieve the picnicers of
any anxiety concerning their baskets. There will be other courtesies
extended as the businessmen want
you to be their guests on that day.
July 25th is the date and you had
better plan now for the outing.
All the business places of the Valley will be closed and it will be a
general holiday.
Real Estate.
Mr. W. L. Freseman, who is connected with the Liquid Garbonic
Gompany, of Pittsburg, recently
purchased a lot on the southwest
corner of Gentennial avenue and
Grimes street, which he will improve by placing thereon a modern
dwelling house.
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