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Vol. JV SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1906 No. 16
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CHARLES STANLEY REINHART.
This portrait is of a man whose
boyhood days were spent in Sewickley and of , whose memory
there has been a. refreshment
through a' gift, made by his only
sister, Mrs. G. G. Mellor, to our
public school. At the last meeting
of the School Board it was notified
that the presentation would take
place, and on Friday evening of
last week, a large picture, a reproduction of Mr. Reinhart's splendid
picture, "High Tide at Gettysburg"
was received, through Principal
Fickinger. It was an occasion of
special pleasure to the principal, as
in his last annual report he emphasised the need and use of good
pictures at the school. The one
in question is one of Reinhart's
strongest American paintings, and
represents a hand-to-hand conflict
on the heights at Gettysburg, at
the end of the third day's battle.
It is full of life and vigor, and measures 56 by 24 inches. The reproduction is in black and white, and
is enclosed in a handsome frame of
antique oak. It hangs in the office
of the school and is greatly admired by the teachers, pupils and all
who see it. The noted artist as a
boy was a pupil of the public school
in 1856 and 186?,' when the build*
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THE SEWICKLEY SCHOOL ATTENDED BY MR. REINHART.
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ing stood at the corner of what are
now Broad street and Centennial
avenue, just where the Marlatt undertaking establishment now' is,
Reinhart was then IS or' 14 years
of age, a lad full of life and spirit.
Late in 1857, he, with, the late J.
D. Tracy and G. F. Muller, began
the issuing of.the first newspaper
ever issued in Sewickley, the "Se-,
wickley Privateer." One copy a
week was made, all written and no
type used, and for circulation only
in the school. Three or four numbers was the extent of the "Privateer," which was squelched by reason of its interference with studies.
One' copy still exists, and is the
property o'f Mrs. Mellor. It contains the first illustrations—pen and
ink—ever made public by Reinhart.
He became famous as an artist and
enjoyed an international reputation.
Ten of twelve years ago he died at
his home in New York city, the funeral taking place from the First
Presbyterian church, Pittsburg.
The portrait given here represents
him as he appeared shortly before
his passing away.
High School Christmas Program
The Twentieth Century Society
of the High School has prepared a
specially attractive program for the
meeting Friday, December 21st.
It'is the annual custom to make
these exercises before the holidays
appropriate to the Xmas season.
The essayists will discuss such
subjects as the following: "Do the
Americans Abuse Xmas?", "Children and the Story of Santa Glaus,"
"How the Poor Are Remembered
on Xmas," "A Critique of a Few
New Xmas Books," "How the Pure
Food Laws Will Effect the Xmas
Candy," "A Newsboy's Xmas,"
"The Origin of the Xmas Garol."
The program will be enlivened with
music by the High School Instrumental Glub and a carol by the
girls of the school. The debate is
already attracting public interest.
The question concerns Sewickley's
new Government building and is
worded as follows: "Resolved, that
the property of the White estate,
on Bank street, between Broad
and Ghestnut, is the best available
site for the new postoffice."
Miss Mary Materer and Mr.
Bradley Burns will uphold the
affirmative side of the question and
Miss Hilda Gundelfinger and Mr.
Leland Ball will deny the resolution.
The faculty and students extend
a most cordial invitation to every
one in the village to come and enjoy
these exercises. The program will
not be too lengthy. The time for
beginning will be 1*30 o'clock.
GAS QUESTION.
There seems to be a desire on
the part of the natural gas octopus
to delay matters in the gas controversy as much as possible, probably
thinking that public sentiment will
abate and that they will yet be
enabled to go ahead and fleece the
consumer who heretofore was unable to combat them. The councilmanic committee in charge of the
consumers' end of this fight has
tried to get an audience with "the
powers that be" of the gas company,
but so far has failed. Numerous
excuses have been offered concerning directors' meetings, etc., but no
conference. This conference was
to be held in a spirit of fairness to
both parties, and if the octopus
really cannot face the committee df
the people, who are only asking for
what is just, then the committee
will proceed with the original program and take the matter into the
courts. There is no temerity about
this committee, they heard the
voice of the people who spoke at
the public meeting, and they know
that their actions will be sanctioned
and fully appreciated in what they
do in the way of bringing this
grasping corporation to time and
asserting the rights of the citizens
of our borough.
The stockholders of a great corporation hold themselves blameless.
What is it to them how the officers
and directors procure the money so
long as they get the almighty dividend. It does not matter whether
the poor working man or woman
was held up. and compelled to pay
for something they did not get.
.There is no moral obligation in the
eyes of the stockholder,
The octopus has enlarged his
field and he has now reached out
and, grasped our neighboring borough of Edgeworth. He thinks he
can do this, as he enjoys, a monopoly at this place, but the chances
are that the wily monster will get
fooled, as the officers and citizens
of the borough are not asleep, nor
are they fools. A contract cuts no
ice with the gas people. Do they
not have* a legal department; to
make and break contracts ?
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