Sewickley Herald

              Sewickley Valley’s Home News Weekly
Voi. 47 No. 23
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SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, JUNE I, 1950
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First of 200 Apartment Units Ready For Occupancy
The Valley’s shortage of modern apartment housing will be met when the apartment building program of 200 new units is completed. The picture above is of the Mountaineer Engineering Company's new apartments at Peebles ajid Beaver, now completed and partially occupied. Built of brick and stone, with adequate garage facilities in the rear, the apartments present an attractive appearance, as well as serving a need for more rental housing in the Valley. The wide picture windows in the front add to the attractiveness of these two buildings.
Community Calendar
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Friday, June 9
8 p. jn. Class Night at Sewickley High School.
All Day, Field Day at Osborne School.
Saturday, June 10
8 p. m. Sewickley Academy Canasta-Bridge party. Academy Auditorium.
Sunday, June 11
8 p. m. Baccalaureate Service for Sewickley High School seniors at the Sewickley Methodist Church.
Tuesday, June 13
8 p. m. Commencement Exercises at Sewickley High School.
All Day, Sewickley Borough Clean-Up, East of Broad Street.
Wednesday, June 14 All Day, Sewickley Borough Clean-Up, West of Broad Street.
Mondays June 19
The Vacation Church School for the young people of Sewickley Valley will begin Monday morning, Kindergarten nt the Lutheran Church} Primary in Methodist and Juniors in the Presbyterian Church.
The Valley Celebrates Seventieth Annual Memorial Day
Traditional Parade Attracts Throngs To Town
Spring Clean-Up Days
Borough To
Haul Away Rubbish
The Borough of Sewickley will conduct its annual spring clean-up on June 13 and 14. On Tuesday, June 13th, the trucks will visit all streets east of Broad Street, and on Wednesday, June 14tli, everything west of Broad Street. The Borough trucks will collect all waste materials placed at the curb or property line. This will include waste paper, rubbish of all kinds, brush, and all other waste except ashes and garbage.
The Borough requests that residents help by placing the refuse in strong receptacles, not too large for two men to handle and placed on the curb where they can be reached more easily. Also, it is suggested that the refuse be placed out early in the morning, so the trucks will not have to make return trips.
Annex Missed By
Census Takers
The four persons living at the Annex of the YMCA were missed by the census takers as well as 14 people in the apartment at Grove and Centennial and Police Chief Prendergast and his wife in the Sewickley Borough Building. Anyone else missed?
Bitten By Stray Dog
Karen Robinson, 702 Washington Street, was taken to the .Sewickley Valley Hospital by Sewickley police at 4:45 p. m., on Tuesday, May 16th, after being bitten by a stray dog. The dog was not found.
Fireproof Towboat Commissioned
While Sewickley is considered a residential community, there are still some small manufacturing establishments within the borough which carry on the tradition of constructing parts for river boats. Joseph Doeriler’s Sewickley Roofing & Heating Company, 605 Beall Way, put in all the duct work on the Trade Wind, from designs drawn by William VnnSteeden, 330 Thorn Street, mechanical engineer for the Hillman Barge and Construction Company.
The Trade Wind’s cabins and pilot house are heated by convectors and hot air ducts which connect the convectors with registers in all the cabins for officers and deckhands. In addition, the pilot house has a separate unit to keep it hot enough to melt ice and snow from the windows.
The duet Work is concealed by Martin
The Valley’s- traditional sunny, hot day welcomed paraders and spectators alike as the seventieth annual Memorial Day program was celebrated on Tuesday. Some of the most interesting events weren’t even on the program, such as the precision drilling of Post 450’s new drill team on Broad Street in front of the school after "Retreat,” Nor the ‘jam’ session of tire rugged individuals of the Pioneer Drum and Bugle Corps who were not too exhausted by the marching and playing to present an informal concert on die lawn of tire school while waiting for supper. Before the parade, several units, including the Clan Douglas Pipe Band and the Meridian Girls Fife and Drum Corps, performed while waiting.
At 2:30 o’clock, on the dot, the parade started, led by the new Sewickley Police car and the magnificently mounted Allegheny County Mounted Police troop. William L. Pare of Donald T. Campbell Post 5756, V.F.W., and his aides, led the marchers. Next in line was the Governor’s band, the 432nd Army Band, Pennsylvania National Guard, in white helmets and khaki uniforms. Colonel Vincent Lupinacci, 612 Blackburn Avenue, was at the head the 218th AAA, Pennsylvania National Guard, which was followed by the Headquarters Company, 1st Battalian, 110th Infantry Regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard. Both units were armed with their carbines, bazookas and ‘burp’ guns.
Perry panels in the walls and ceiling. These panels are fastened by studs so they may be removed and replaced. They are made of enameled steel, finished in any finish desired, backed by a layer of asbestos and corrugations for strength. Use of metal walls - and ceilings makes the boat fireproof. Cabins, lounges and dining rooms arc finished as luxuriously as the passenger staterooms on passenger liners.
At the same time that the Hillman Company built the 1,400 horsepower Trade Wind, it also constructed a 1,000 horsepower diesel towboat which was commissioned by the Hillman Transportation Company, Two other towbats are now being constructed by the Hillman Barge and Construction Company.
Another part of the Trade Wind, the pilot control stand, was manufactured right here in Sewickley by the Huckabee Indicator Company, Chadwick Street.
They were followed by the scarlet and grey clad Moon Township High School band, with eight drum majorettes in cream and scarlet uniforms. The jeeps and personnel carrying trucks of tire national guard rumbled along after-the band. The Clan Douglas Pipe Band, from Wilkinsburg, received a big hand along the line of march, as they marched in circles and performed other intricate maneuvers while piping. They wore dark green jackets and plaids.
The second division of the parade was led by Burgess Charles A. Woods, Jr., of Post 4, Commander of the Day, riding in a car with Colonel Alton C. Miller, U. S. Army, who was to deliver the Memorial Day address. Then came the grey and maroon uniformed Keith Holmes Post 402, V.F.W. Band followed by their auxiliary; Sewickley’s Post 5756, V.F.W., in their different service uniforms and visiting posts, including the Arthur W. Winston Post of Coraopolis and its auxiliary in white uniforms and overseas caps.
The George Washington Carver Post Band, in their brown and tan uniforms were preceded by eight strutting, almost dancing, drum majorettes. They were followed by the Sewickley Walter Bobin-son Post 450, in Legion and service uniforms, followed by their new drill team. Tire team was attired in blue - uniforms, trimmed with gold, with white combat helmets and paratrooper boots laced with rawhide. The Pioneer Fife and Drum Corps, still in its traditional wide brimmed hats and old style uniforms were followed by the Washington Infantry in their colonial uniforms, making their 51st annual visit to the Sewickley Memorial Parade. The Pioneers added one new note, five red skirted drum majorettes with white blouses. The Old Guard of the Washington Infantry was transported in cars. A few United Spanish War Veterans were still in line.
Post 4’s colorful Drum and Bugle Corps was next, with their white helmets, dark bind uniforms with gold trimming and white leggings. Sewickley’s Post 4 veterans wore both the Legion uniforms and also their service uniforms. They were followed by the scarlet and blue-caped Sewickley High School Band, with its two drum majors, three majorettes in cream and gold uniforms and four flag wavers.
Girls Scouts, in their .forest green uniforms; Boy Scouts in their khaki, and blue-clad Cub Scouts were next in line. The end of the parade was heralded by a new outfit, the Meridian Girls Fife and Drum Corps from Meridian, near Butler. They made a good impression for a first visit with their scarlet-trimmed powder blue jackets and skirts with white cockades on their red hats.
At the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument in Sewickley Cemetery, the swirling pipes of the Clan Douglas Band played the mournful tunes of the funeral march. The Governor’s Band played “Nearer My God To Thee,” as the units slowly marched around tile monument and took their positions. The colors and standards were massed on each side of the monument and then Burgess Charles A. Woods, Jr., took over as master of ceremonies. The Rev. Kenneth II. White of the Sewickley United Presbyterian Church pronounced the invocation,
The quartet, consisting of Paul Harris, William F. 1-Iolthaus, Stanley Anderson and Samuel Sapp, sang “How They So Softly Rest,” and then softly sang the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” ns a background to the reading of the orders by James C. Sehatfnit of Valley Camp
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Local Firms Do Construction Work On New Diesel Towboat

Photo By Howard ‘Bud’ James Remember all the tales about steamboats being built at Shousetown, across the river? Well, Sewickley firms arc still doing construction work on the modern, streamlined diesel towboats which succeeded the old steamboats. Shown, above is the new diesel towboat, Trade Wind, of the American Barge Company, Inc. Note the streamlined design and the radar antenna on the roof of the pilot house. This picture was taken when the new boat was tied up to the wharf in Pittsburgh.. .