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Vol. 81 No. 25
Wednesday, June 20, 1984
30 Cents
MOST OFT-QUOTED REMARK heard at the Sewickley Antique Car Shaw,	:	electric	car. On a perfect day for an outdoor event, nearly 2,000 found their
Saturday, June 18, was “They just don’t make them like that any more.”	way to	Broad Street, Sewickley, to admire more than half a hundred
Youngsters shook their heads at the thought of cranking a car to get it go-	models	dating back to 1902.. See Story on Page 5
ing; men remembered Dad’s old'Packard: and women recalled Aunt Lily’s

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Baby found at hospital
Baby Jane Doe already has more takers than a Cabbage Patch Kid.
Shortly after she was found last Friday, all 1,000 employees of Sewickley Valley Hospital wanted to take her home, and when news of her whereabouts got out, calls began flooding the hospital from all over the area with the same offer.
According to Hetty McGinnis, director of community relations for the .hospital, die concern for the newborn’s welfare and future has been tremendous.
Ms. Doe* unlike the popular doll from last Christmas, is a real “doll,” who, pronounced as a picture of health by the hospital pediatricians, does all the usual baby things: crying, wetting, smiling, sleeping and partaking of bottles of formula from doting nurses.
Baby Jane was not found in the proverbial “cabbage patch,” however. According to a Herald source, the newborn was discovered by a Sewickley Hospital gardener, who spotted a blanket in the hospital’s Blackburn Road parking lot. Reportedly, the gardener was about to pick up the wrapping to throw it away, when he noticed a baby snugged inside.
According to Hetty McGinnis, the Sewickley Hospital switchboard got a call at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 14, saying a baby had been sighted near the hospital.
Thus, began the saga of Baby Jane Doe, who was admitted to the hospital via the emergency room.
After being examined there, she was
YES SIR, THAT’S MY BABY. Nurse Kathy McCaffrey was one of many employees at Sewickley Valley Hospital.who fell in love with Baby Jane Doe, whom the stork dropped off last Thursday.
(Photo by Bob Coradi)
later transferred to the hospital’s nursery to be among other newborn peers.
When interviewed by the Herald, Mrs. McGinnis was laconic about the circumstances of the foundling’s discovery fnd Sketchy with details, explaining that the hospital wished to insure all avenues would remain open in hopes the mother will reclaim her child.
Said Mrs. McGinnis: “We at Sewickley Valley HospiNl are hoping
the mother will call us so that we may-in confidence—direct her to the physical and emotional care she needs.
, She emphasized that the hospital’s family-services department is waitingto provide any sort of assistance the new mother might want or need.
But Hetty McGinnis noted, “She couldn’t have been brought to the better place,” commending the mother on her choice.
She said Baby Jane in all probability will be taken from the hospital to the Allegheny County Children and Family Services bureau this week, where procedures for her adoption will be initiated.
In the meantime, the 7-1/2-pound brunette is getting plenty of TLC (tender loving- care), Mrs. McGinnis revealed. In fact, she said Baby Jane is “in danger of being spoiled.”
Josephine Cherin, the nursery’s head nurse, immediately put a pink bow inMs. Doe’s hair, in order to provide a comely coif for the many interviews with the press she has been receiving.
Nurse Cherin also has given „ her famous charge a pink and white frilly outfit, complete with matching bonnet.
Looking a bit wistful when contemplating her eventual departure, Nurse Cherin opined, “She’s a very pretty baby*, someone will be very lucky. There are quite a few takers here.”
In her 25 years of service to Sewickley Valley Hospital, she said there has never before been a “Cabbage Patch” baby left on the hospital’s doorstep.
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Bell Acres fire department
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Aleppo Twp. hires new policeman
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Unique Party at the Sewickley Heights Golf Club
Sewickley Community Center plans big weekend
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Sewickley Hunt Horse Show results
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