Sewickley Herald

              Go To Church . . . Have A Really Happy ThanksgivingI
SERVING THE ELEVEN BOROUGHS Am) TOWNSH IPS OF THE QUAKER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Vol. 69 No. 47			Second CUis Pa?t*g» Paid At Sewlc(cley,' p*.	WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2?, 1968		7’ Ten Cents
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
TONS AND TONS of Chrisfmas good-* ies in holiday trappings adorn the shelves of local markets. Offerings.in-* elude favorites from home'and abroad.
COLORFUL CAROLERS greet visit-ors to' the Village. Display is just part of Board of Trade program to add sparkle to Sewickley during the holidays.
GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS were busy last weekend refurbishing window boxes along Beaver Street with new greenery to match the mood of the season.
SHOP WINDOWS all over town are glistening with the joy and glamor of Christmas. "Something for everyone" is waiting for your selection now.
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"Easjer For Servicemen To Call Home
Sewickley area residents who wish to talk to servicemen in Vietnam during the coming holiday season were advised by the telephone company today that in most -instances it is ea'sier for a serviceman to call home than it is for his family to reach him,
' Art Blackmore, local manager for Bell Telephone, said “servicemen are e n c o u r,a g e d to not!-, fy their families in advance it they expect to telephone h 0 m e, particularly around the holidays.”"'
'-‘•Blackmore said more than 38,000 calls were completed between the United States and Vietnam last year, four and a half times as many as in 1965. Most of the calls were'completed from the Vietnam end because of t h e difficulty in locating servicemen when calls come in from the States.
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Old Economy Parties Start December 2
A special treat is ahead foi over 6000 kindergarten through second-grade students in the area when Old Economy begins its Christmas parties December 2 through December .20, This will be the first chance of many of the children to visit the his-, toric preserved -village and see how people lived 140 years ago. While they are visiting they will see a cabinetmaker use fee tools of the Harmony Society in'-the original cabinet shop. They Will see an expert weaver make’doth and how spinning is dorte. Some /will get a chance to try some ’of these things themselves. They' will see an old-fasliioned brick . stove in' operation and will be shown^an exhibit of modern European toys on loan from Creative Playthings. '
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No Extra "Christmas Helpers'* This Year
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Shop And Mail Early”
Prefer Training Program
Commissioners Say No To County Police Plan
rriunications system,” said Commission Chaimian Staisey, “and we plan to accelerate the training of our own county police to protect county property and serve as, back-up to local police w H en they are needed.”
The reply was to a proposal made recently by State Senator Jack McGregor of Forest Hills, who said he plans to Introduce a bill in the Legislature to create a county-wide police force patterned after other metropolitan policy departments. The plan calls for scrapping the police departments in all 129 municipalities in Allegheny County.
Two Allegheny County Com-missioners/have rejected the idea of a county-wide police force to replace police departments in the 329 municipalites.
Commissioners Leonard C. Stair sey and Thomas J. Foerster Said the policy of their administration remains to advance plans to es-. tablish a county police academy to train young men to serve as policemen in their communities, and provide in-service training for (existing police officers.
“We plan to work toward an ef- ; tlcient cooperation among the po-i lice departments through the cur-iteat study of an improved com-
Postmaster William Start of Sewickley has announced that there will1 be no extra “Christmas Helpers" this year at any , of the nation’s post offices v and that, more than ever before, people should do their Christmas shopping arid maillrig as early as possible, in making the announcement, Mr.' Start said that the U. S. Post Office expects to
POST OFFICE , CLOSED ON THANKSGIVING
The Sewickley Post Office Will be closed Thursday Nov-28. No window service or delivery service will be available except for special de-..liveries on city routes of perishable goods. Regular holiday dispatch of mail will be available.
handle more than 9.7 billion i-tems of mail or twice as many people as there are on the face Of the earth. It will be the largest volume of holiday mail ever known!
“The expected rush of holiday mail highlights the importance of using Zip Codes’’, said Mr, Start, “And while most people have been cooperating, about 30% of the mail still does not Carry i Zip Codes. This only adds to the handling and delay of getting the mail delivered”.
It is estimated that it takes about 50 billion individual handlings of holiday mail to process the total volume.
According to Postmaster Start*
letters without Zip Code are handled five and six times before reaching their destination. This creates unnecessary work and is wasteful of both time and money. If you need anyone’s Zip Code, call 644-4690 - NOW! ,
• Mr. Start has pledged that he and his staff will do their best to be good Santa helpers but des-parately need the assistance of the public so that everyone’s holiday will be a bit brighter.
In addition to using Zip Codes, users of the mails are urged to process their mail as early in -the day as possible. Early mailing assures an even flow of mail and alleviates jam-ups in the postal system. *
Everything In Readiness For Santa
Arrangements have heen completed for the arrival of Santa ClaUs on Saturday morning. St. Nick will come into Sewickley via helicopter and will land on the athletic field at the YMCA amidst the fanfare of bands and marchihg units at about <11 a.m.
The little round maft >'Will be escorted to his castle in “Christmas Park" at the comer of Broad and Beaver Streets where he will greet the youngsters until 3 p.m.
See color ad announcement of Santa’s coming to town on page \i of today’s Herald.
Community
Thanksgiving
Service
The Community Thanksgiving; Service will be held in St. Andrews Church, Beaver St., SeW-s ickley, on- Thursday, Novembers, v28 at 11 a.m. Rev. James G.;' Bell of the Leetsdale United Presbyterian Church will preach.	:j
The offering will be for th« benefit of the Union Aid Society.
A nursery will be ,provided foif pre-school children during the service.
INSIDE TODAY'S HERALD
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Births ...................... 8
Business Directory .......... 12
Church Calendar ............. 16
Classified Ads...............23
Coming Events ................2
Herald Feature Page..........10
Legal Notices................18
Obituaries ..................18
Out In The Open..............18
Real Estate..................23
School Menus................. 22
Sports ...................10, 2i
Used Cars .................. 19
Valley Echo .................15
Womens News......3, 4,5,7,17,20<
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