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SERVING THE ELEVEN BOROUGHS AND TOWNSH IPS OF THE QUAKER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Vol. 69 No. 49
Paid At Sewickley, Pa. Second Class Postage
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER II, 1968
Ten Cents
5S£S£S!£ Polite Nab Suspect In
“Politically, it is easier to tax the non-resident who cannot vote you out of office than it is to tax the resident. We represent most of these 'non-residents* and we are not going to let Mayor Joseph Barr shove his SOAK-THE-SUBURBS tax down our throats without a fight,”
That’s the position of John McManus, president,of the Allegheny County Boroughs Association comprised of 83 boroughs and more than 570,000 residents.
"We do not think Mayor Barr’s proposed one percent Public Safety Tax is dead and buried. In all . probability, the one percent tax . Will be; revived in the new legislature and rammed through to salvage the City’s emergency fiscal policies,” Mr. McManus stated.
“This is .iiot to say that we do not believe that the resident who, uses a, municipality’s services should not payfor it. To the con-
'Favorite Aunt' Thrilled Over Niece's Grown
Mary B. Schurman, wife of Henry J. Schurman, Sr., 34 River Road, Haysville, and ‘favorite aunt’ Of Melissa .Babish, “Miss Teenage America”, is proud as-punch over Melissa’s winning of the title in the competition held at Fort Worth, Texas.
Miss Babish won the title over 57 other girls representing all 50 statgs plus 8 metropolitan areas of the" country. The final results appeared on national television on Nov; 30.	y	-
Miss Babish is a student at ; South Fayette High School and lives in Cuddy, Pa., near Bridge-ville.
trary, we believe the non-resident is already paying his fail1 share to Pittsburgh.-
“But we believe Mayor Barr must show some facts indicating that the non-resident is not already paying MORE than his’ fair share. For example, more than two hundred thousand sub-'' urbanites work in Pittsburgh and pay more than TWO MILLION DOLLARS through the occupation tax alone.
“When you add up the mercantile taxes, the entertainment and sports tax, the real, estates taxes the non-resident and their employers pay, and all 'the other in-come-producers for the City, you can see where the non-resident is already paying his ‘fair share’ — or more.
“This Soafc-the-Suburb tax con-' cept is a politically easy, but it is neither fair nor right unless sup-' ported by substantial evidence justifying it.' State or Federal subsidies can provide more fair solutions to these kind of problems which are regional or mulfi-com-munity in nature.'
“I simply ask the Mayor to present some facts to justify the imposition of this tax on non-residents and not just point out how much money he needs, but why he feels the iion-resident is the one who should be made to pay for his deficit.”- ,
Saturday Night Theft
Christmas ' -Fund Reminder
The Herald Office is again handling the monies or checks made out to Sewickley Borough .for the annual Sewickley Municipal Employee and Police Christmas Funds.'"
Donations should be left at the Herald office or mailed-to the Herald at 611 Beaver St. Sewickley, Pa. 15143.
LeRoy Thompson, Jr. (left) president of the Sewickley Valfey Family and Community Relations, Inc., presents check to Mrs. Joyceann Gardner, Child Development Center Director; Stanley Rideout, Sewickley Community Center Director and Edward A. Montgomery, Jr., President of Sewickley Community Center. Monies given were to augment funds-needed for continued operation of the Sewickley Child Development Center.
Plea Made For Funds For Local Child Center
The Sewickley Valley Family and Community Relations, Inc. tSVFCR) has made a'contribu-. tion of $969.00 to the Child Development Center which brings the. organization’s total donations to the local Center to $2969.00 but still $12,000 short of the
To Retire Jan. 1
'O; E, Alexander, Jr.
Edgeworth Borough Council was notified at its regular meeting on Monday night, that Patrolman O. E. Alexander Jr., had submitted a letter to Mr, Lunn stating that lie would take his retirement on Jan.^1, 1969. Mr. Alexander has served the borough as a police officer for 32 years.
Mr. Alexander began as night patrolman in May, 1936, walking , the beat for nine hours each night with one night off every two weeks. The beat policeman, in those days, had 23 call boxes to report in on each heat. Edge-worth Borough purchased its first police car in 1937 but the foot patrol continued for a number of'years.
He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1950 and served as Chiel of Police for 11 years from 1954 to 1965. When he retires on December 31, 1968, he will have served the community for 32
years. He is *a Life ’ Member ol the Edgeworth Volunteer Fire Department, having served as Fire Chief for six years> and is eligible to a Life Membership in the Fraternal Order of Police.
A graduate of Sewickley High (Please turn to Page 9)
Free Chest X-Rays At Q. V. Center
The Tuberculosis League o f Pittsburgh’s Free Chest X-Ray Bus will be at the Quaker 'Village Shopping Center today tlirough Friday, Dee. 11, 12, 13, from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Everyone over 18 years of age is urged to take advantage of this free examination, a Christmas Seal Service of the League.
.. pledge made in order to help 'maintain the Child Development Center at its present high standard.
Speaking for the SVFCR, John .Lobello has expressed the or-•ganization’s gratitude to everyone who has contributed of their time and money to the success of the Child Development Center, a project whicl), in the eyes of many, is most vital to. this community.'
“We must continue our appeal for funds from churches, individuals, organizations and businesses, to obtain tlhe monies needed to meet our. commitment”, says Mr. Lobello. “These children must not be licked before they start and everything that can be done must be done to •see that the Child Development Center achieves its expected goals”.
SVFCR co-sponsors the Child Development Genter in conjunction with the Community Center where the Development Center is located. The- Community Center itself derives its operational funds from the Community Chest (United Fund) and has‘assumed half the cost of the Development Center’s operation. The task of providing the other half is borne by the SVFCR.
The governing body of the SVFCR consists of three members from the Community Center, three members from (Please turn to Page 9)
Customers Watch As Thieves Make Off With Cash
Sewickley Police, for a while Saturday night, were busy chasing down several complaints -all of which may or may not have been related to the-same group of persons.
Chief of'Police Lee Jones, around 11 o’clock Saturday night, observed two cars filled with young men touring the streets of Sewickley and alerted his officers to follow up his hunch that the passengers of the two cars were apparently ‘looking for trouble*.
When the local patrolmen stopped the cars on lower Broad St., a call for help came from the Pizza Shop on Beaver Street stating that someone had robbed the establishment.
Police were.told that three young men had entered the shop at about 11:15 and that one of the three helped himself to the contents of the cash register and tossed the money to two others waiting on the other side of the counter. All this took place with 25 to 30 customers waiting to be served.
' A small amount of money was netted by the thieves, who according to Jones, simply barged into the shop and- helped themselves to (the money.
No one in the shop was reported to have been threatened or harmed over the incident.
One of'the suspects was readily identified by customers in the shop by the bright orange colored suit he was wearing. He has been apprehended and turned over to Juvenile Court. Police are on the lookout /or the other two men involved.
‘ The officers who had stopped the cars with the suspicious occupants did arrest the driver of one of the vehicles for not having a driver’s license.
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Legal Notices .......... 18, 23
Obituaries' ......;........ 18
Out In The Open ........... 13
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