Sewickley Herald

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VOL* 52 NO. IQ
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1955
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New Borough Manager Coming April 1 st
Raymond L. Howe
Raymond L. Howe, 31, a tall, ¡athery-faced former Marine lieuten-nt, will become borougli manager of ewickley on April 1st.
Howe, who holds a degree in civil agineering from Cornell University, as for the past two years worked as irector of the department of sanitary istricts for Henrico County, an rbanized area bordering-Richmond, a,, on the west, north and east. Howe joined the county’s admini-rative staff in the summer of 1949, i planning engineer. He was eleva-d to the post of sanitary districts irector when the department was eated in December, 1952.
Henrico County contains many of ie suburbs .of Virginia’s capital city id in the past few years has exper-meed a phenominal residential owth, taking most of the over->w population from the city of ichmond.
Henrico’s population has grown some 40,000 persons at the end World War II to 81,250 in 1954, unty officials estimate.
To meet this growth, Henrico has tablished a number of sanitary dis-cts. Under Virginia law, there are aas under the general contol of the unty governing body, but with aarate budgets, which pay for series such as water, sewers, street hts and refuse collection demand-by the residents.
As director of the department of litary districts, Howe has had arge of establishing and co-ordi-dng these new city-like services.
He came with the county on gust 1, 1950, a few months after graduation from Cornell. Dur-I the four and A half years he has
Tlie "Out Of The Past” Fea-arcs and Advertisements Usually ound On The Last Page Of The erald Will Be On Page 27 This vcekl
been with Henrico, he has seen the number of sanitary districts grow from less than a half-dozen to twelve.
The largest one, established last year, embraces about 12 sq. miles. Henrico now is in the process of building ahnost $4,000,000 worth of water and sewer facilities in that area—a project financed by a bond referendum of the residents of the district.
With all the headaches of his job with Henrico, Sewickley’s new borough manager is a man who always finds time to greet visitors—county citizens and others—enthusiastically.
He chatted with a reporter in Richmond about Ids new job the other day.
"Of course, I hate to leave Henrico County,” he said. ‘Tve made a lot of friends here.”
"But I’m eager to make just as many in Sewickley. I am looking forward to the first of April when I can move there and start acquainting myself with the community and its problems.”
He said he intends to make several week-end trips to Sewickley before April 1st, to establish a home there and be ready to go to work by that date.
Howe, who has no children, said he planned to have his wife move to Sewickley before he reports to work there.
When Howe himself moves to the Pittsburgh area, it will be a return to his birthplace although he hasn’t lived in the area since he was a young child. ■
He was bom in Pittsburgh on September 4, 1923, but a year later his family moved to Ütaca, N. Y., where they lived until 1928. They then moved to North Carolina, jvhere young Howe went to School. They remained there until 1935 and then moved bade to Utica.
In 1940, Howe entered Cornell and was scheduled to graduate in (Continued on Page VS)
Sewickley To Join Union School District Only If Eight Others Join
Directors of Ten Districts To Make Decision On Voting On Union District Thursday
At the regular meeting of the Sewickley School Board, held on Monday, March 7, in the grade school building, the directors heard Dr. Irons’ report; discussed the meeting on Thursday, March 17, of the school directors of the ten districts considering a union, and passed a motion that Sewickley borough schools’ participation in a union district will become effective only if 8 out of the 10 districts vote in favor of the union; agreed to pay cost of installation of two troughs of lights over the stage at the high school, a proposed gift of the class of 1955; adopted VT _ ,• , recommendations of the steering committee for the high school, Mis. Robert Sheets as Narrator. Style < concerning band, chorus, Safety Education and club meetings;,
liaif-s'izes "and’wifi’^be’nmdeled “b? ?irecti:d the ProPerty committee to meet with Mr. Richard Stites, Mama Diehl, • Patty Fike, Frances to review and make recommendations concerning needed msur-Y’cscio, Betty’Schmidt, Rose Cicero, fance on the schools and property, a simplification of insurance Pat .Owens, Eloris Beitza, Dee Di ¡.methods, and approved the purchase of a policy, cost $200 per
year, covering vandalism of school property. Mr. Becker was given permission to attend an art meeting at Edinboro State Teacher’s College on April 1 and 2; and permission was given to the Sewickley Band and Indianettes to perform at the Horse Show at Allegheny Country Club, a fifteen minute program morning and afternoon, on Saturday, June 11.
Girl Scouts Sponsor Cooking School	|
FOOD FASHION SHOW AT !
THE HIGH SCHOOL	i
A “Food-Fashion Revue” for the I Benefit of the Girl Scout Troop No, j 925 will be held at the Sewickley High School Tuesday evening, March 15, 1955, at 8:30 p. m.
The Manufacturers Light & Heat Company will present the Show. Miss Margaret Easley, as Home Service Demonstrator, will be assisted by Miss Sylvia Steinly.
Debby’s Smart Shoppe will have a showing of the newest in spring fashions and will be represented by
Cenzo, Carmen Molchan, Mae Di Cuilio, Mrs. Alfred Devine, Mrs, Byron Harriger, and Mrs. Stanley Anderson.
The Girl Scout Committee is headed by Mrs. George Poland, Girl Scout Troop Leader; Mrs. Louis Veseio, Chairman; Mrs. Stanley Diehl, Tickets, and Mrs. Ellsworth Baumann, Publicity.
The Committee members are Mrs. William Houston, Mrs. Ralph Williams, Mrs. Stanley Anderson, Mrs. Roy Hegncr and Mrs. Duncan Whit-'taker.
All friends of Scouts are invited. There will be food prizes and other awards, all of which promises an exciting and enjoyable evening.
For the advertisements and sponsors of the Cooking School, see pages 12 and 13.
YMCA RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION SUNDAY NIGHT
The third in a series of four YMCA Religious Discussions will be held at the Sewickley YMCA at 8.T5 p. m. on Sunday, March 13th. * Reverend T. M. Taylor, professor of the Pittsburgh Xenia Theological Seminary, will be the speaker and Reverend Kenneth H. Write, pastor of the Sewickley United Presbyterian Church, will be the local moderator.
Harton S. Semple, president of the ‘Y’, invites residents of the Valley to attend the discussion. The theme is, “The Power of Prayer in Our Daily Lives.” The meetings- close promptly at 9:15 p. m., followed by a social period with- refreshments.
GIRL SCOUT BOX SUPPER
Five Brownie -troops and one Senior Girl Scout Troop are holding a Mother-Daughter Box Supper for their annual Juliette Low World Friendship Service Thursday, March 10, at the St, James School, at 5:30.
The Brownie troops are #707, leaders Mrs. John Firth and Mrs. Richard Lord; #236, leaders Mrs. Peter Asan and Mrs. William Hays; #340, leader Mrs. Lawrence Cherry, #603, leaders Mrs. Frederic Paffard and Mrs. Clifford Nichols; and #395, leaders Mrs. Paul Swatek, Mrs. Robert Smith and Mrs. Richard McCready. The Senior Girl Scout Troop is#925 led by Mrs. George Poland.
There will be a short ceremony followed by supper and songs. Paddle Ann Fike from the senior troop will play the piano.
What's Doin'
Food Fashion Revue—Benefit Girl Scout Troop #925 Sewickley High School Auditorium Tuesday, March 15, 1955, 8:30 p. m. Adults 75c - Students 50e - Awards
The Jamies of St. James Church will hold a Bake Sale at Debby’s Smart Shoppe on Beaver Street, Saturday, March 12th, beginning at 9 a. m.
The board approved a revised, proposal concerning service and visitation of the assistant County Superintendants. For Sewickley, Dr. A. G. Clark, successor to Mr. Cassler, would be expected to visit about 50% of the teachers each year, and would be expected to give advice on one or more major fields of study each year. An extended form of the state rating for teachers will be used. Teachers will be rated, as in the past, Satisfactory and Unsatisfactory; in the new county plan an extension will cover the five , ranks of Outstanding, Good, Average, Needing Improvement, and Unsatisfactory. Dr, Irons announced the date of die annual School Board Banquet sponsored by the Tri-State Ai;ea School Council, in the Webster Hall Hotel, April
6. Mr. Bcighlea reported to the board concerning the convention of the National Association of Secondary School Principals which he attended in February; and the board advised Dr. Irons to be guided by instructions from the County office concerning billing districts for tuition students who have been absent for part of the month.
Mr. Beigblea reported that the steering committee at the high school recommends the following changes in scheduling. Band to be scheduled during the Activity period (5th period) on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Six sections of the band will meet on a rotating schedule on Friday of each week. The band as a whole or in sections will meet four (Continued on Page 26)
Exhausted Sea Gull Treated By Clarence Mineard
Photo by Tom Toia Imagine the surprise of the family of John L. Wigton, Jr,, of 4 Thom Street, when they found a real, honest-to-goodness sea, gull in the back yard recently. In the photo Clarence Mineard of Sewickley Aquarium is shown examining the bird, which was evidently blown here by a storm.
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John L. Wigton, Jr., 4 Thom Street, finding a rather strange looking bird in his back yard in an obvious state of exhaustion, on Monday, February 28, called Clarence Mineard at the Sewickley Aquarium. Mr. Mineard after examining the bird, identified it as, of all things, a ring-nosed seagull.
Considering the fact that Lake Erie is the nearest place where there are
seagulls, this bird had certainly travel led. Mr. Mineard is of the opinioi that it was blown down hero durinj the very strong storm we .-had Sunday evening, February 27.
After doctoring the bird Mi Mineard contacted the Audubon So ciety for advice on what to do wit it. The gull is still at the Aquathn unable to fly.