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Vol. Ill
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1906
No. 48
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Death of  Miss Steacy.
Well-known Educator Succumbs at
City Hospital, After Operation.
Miss Ella Steacy,. sister of Mrs.
W. G. Sprague, of Logan street,
died at noon Thursday, July 26, at
the Homeopathic hospital, Pittsburg, following an operation.
Miss Steacy was born near Erie,
Pa., thirty-eight years ago. She
graduated from the Edinboro Normal School in 1888, and has been
prominently identified with the
public schools of Erie and Allegheny counties for the past eighteen years. She taught last year
in the Larimer school, East End,
Pittsburg.
Miss Steacy was possessed with
the rare qualities of an educator,
and her devotion to her work has
left its impress, for lasting good,
upon the minds and hearts with
whom she had to do.
She is survived by one brother,
E. A. Steacy, of Kansas, and Mrs.
S. A. Wellson, of New Gastle, Pa.,
and Mrs. W. G. Sprague, of this
place.
The funeral will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock, from the
residedce of Mr. W. G. Sprague,
Logan street.
DAVID WILKINS. '
David Wilking, aged 79 years,
died last Saturday at his home in
Franklin township. Interment was
made in Fremont cemetery.
WILL PLAY AT BEN AVON
The Sewickley Independents Have
Several  Games Scheduled—Defeated Ambridge.
The Sewickley Independents will
play the Ben Avon team at that
place to-day. Next Saturday they
will cross bats with the Goraopolis
team. Last Saturday they visited
" Arnbridge and defeated the team at
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Four Generations. s
The above illustration presents an interesting family group of four
generations. Little Gladys Wegele, and her mamma, Mrs. Gharles
Wegele, and her grandmother, Mrs. Elizabeth Glenn, of Washington
street; and her great grandmother, Mrs. Sarah Blair, of North. Baltimore, Ohio, who is visiting in the Valley.
that place by a score of 11-2.
Douglass pitched for the Independents and put up a strong game,
while Johnston, late of the P. 0. M.
league, occupied the box for Ambridge. The Independents-touched
him up for seventeen hits, including
four doubles, two by Wilson and
one each by Sprague and Hutchison. If the boys put up this kind
of ball the remainder of the season
they will be top-netchers.
If you read the HERALD you get
All the News.
$100 Mere from Uncle Sam.
A young Sewickleyan has had
his share in the recent advance in
the salaries of postoffice employees.
The favored one is Mr. Harvey
Garroll, who has been a clerk at the
Sewickley postoffice for one year.
He merits the advance, which is
from $500 to $600 a year.
Epworth League.
The Epworth League meeting tomorrow evening at 7 o'clock will be
led by Mrs. A. G. Thacher. The
topic, will be "How the Ghurch Can
Help the World,"
Will Be o Great Day
Arrangements for the Sewickley Valley Business Men's Association
Are Now About Complete.
LARGE  PROGRAM OF SPORTS.
The outing on Tuesday, August 7th,
of the Sewickley Valley Business Men's
Association, will without doubt be the
largest picnic ever taken from the Valley. The committees in whose hands
was placed the arrangements for the
day have all been working dilligently
and the people will not be disappointed
when they reach Cascade Park.
The carfare, including the street
car ride and admission into the park,
will be 85 cents for adults and 65 cents
for children between the ages of 5 and
12 years. The tickets are now being
offered for sale by the business men,
these are for the railroad fare only and
are sold for 70 and 50 cents. The
street car tickets can be purchased on
the train. They will cost 15 cents,
which also admits you to the grounds.
Chairman Hegner of the Advertising
Committee, is arranging for a program
and invitation which will be issued
shortly. The various other committes
have about completed their work and
attended to all necessary detail.
Mr. A. H. Diehl of the Out-door
Sports Committee will have the following program carried out:
Ball game at 11 a. m. Umpire, B.
F. Campney. Grocers vs. Butchers.
Line-up: Butchers—Anthony Hegner,
catcher; Thomas Gray, pitcher; E. W.
Becker, short stop; John Bosert, first
base; George Hegner, Jr., second base;
Prank Brooks, third base; Harry Goetz,
left field; L. J. Egler, center; W. A.
Kumpf, right field. Grocers—H. H.
Howard, pitcher; John Hoffman, catcher; S. Douglass, short stop; Stanley
McElwain, second base; Charles McCullough, third base; John Downing,
right field; E. W. Myers, center; Raymond Porter, left field. Substitutes:
Perry, Pinnicum, Simon and Little.
First prize, box of cigars; second
prize, box of tobies.
Dinner will follow the ball game.
At 2.30, the field sports will take
place in front of the dancing pavillion,
These events will follow:
First—100-yard dash, (open to merchants of the Association only.) First
prize, $5.00 worth of commercial printing from the Stinson Printing Co.;
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