Sewickley Herald

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VOL. 52 NO. 8	SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1958	Fries Tea Cents
Both School Jointures Voted Down
New Minister At Shields Church
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The Reverend Clifford E. Simpson-
Mornmgside Pastor Comas Hère
Reverend Mr. Clifford E. Simpson, newly called to the Shields Presbyterian Church, was bôm and, reared in the East End district of Pittsburgh, He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Class of 1939, and the PittsbUrgh-Xenia Theological Seminary of Pittsburgh, Class of 1942. Following bis graduation, he was called to the pastorate of the Zélienople United Presbyterian Church and the old Union United Presbyterian Church near Mars, Pa., until 1944 when he entered the Chaplaincy of the United States Army.
Upon his honorable discharge from the Army in 1945, Mr. Simpson engaged in graduate study at the Seminary until he accepted a call to the Momingside Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. In 1950, Mr. Simpson was called to the First Presbyterian Church of Gibsonia where he served until his recent call to the Shields Presbyterian Church.
Mrs. Ella Mae Simpson is also a former resident of Pittsburgh and at the time of her marriage was a member of the Bethany Lutheran Church of Pittsburgh, Rev. Simpson’s father, Mr. C. E. Simpson, Sr. also resides with, him on Church Lane, Edgeworth.
Community Calendar
The Annual Meeting of the Sewickley Community Center will be held at the Center, 151 Ohio River Boulevard, on Sunday afternoon, January 22, at four o’clock.
Leet Township Notifies Other Districts Of Intention To Withdraw From
Five District Jointure
Ten District Jointure Defeated By A Vote Of Six To Four Last Wednesday Evening
Leet Township School Board notified the other four districts in *he proposed five district Quaker Valley Toint Schools, at a meeting Sunday afternoon, that it intended to withdraw from the Quaker Valley Toint Schools. At a meeting on Wednesday night of last week, the proposed ten district jointure was voted down hv a vote of 0 to 4 hv the representatives of the school districts of the Vall°v and Heights.
The decision of the Leet Township Board to withdraw from the five district jointure was based on the facts and figures .presented in the survey of the ten districts by representatives of the County Office and the State Department of Education. In the survev. the ner nunfl cost was $350 27 under the five district plan and $376 27 under the ten district plan, so the five district jointure would raise the nvllage in the outlying townships almost as much as the ten district jointure.
The change in the method of figuring state a>d has altered the formula to such an extent that the school districts with lesser resources now find it less exnensive to continue to pav tuition to districts with high schools rather than combine in jointures. The union plan, however, nlaces more of the burden on the districts with more resources but does call for a uniform tax rate for all the districts, which was objectionable to some of the districts. Legislation is being planned to correct the condition under which the district with fewer resources finds it less costly to continue as they are rather than form a jointure.
The vote of the districts at the meeting January 11th, was Sewickley, Edgeworth, Sewickley Heights and Glenfield in favor of the 10-district jointure contract as amended
and Leetsdale, Haysville, Osborne, Leet Township, Aleppo Township Sewickley Township not in favor.
Aleppo’s representative said that at a meeting, their board felt it would not be prudent to sign at present,
Ground Broken On Sunday For New Sabbath School Addition To The U. P. Church
Ground was broken for the neyv addition to the Sewickley United Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning, just before the morning service. Harry Middagh, chairman of the congregation is shown turning a shovel of earth. Just above Mr. Middagn’s head may be seen Fred H. Ague, contractor, who will build the addition. In the center of tile picture is Edward Bürgener, of Bradley, Patterson and Burgener, Sewickley architects* who is
supervising construction; James A, Purdie, chairman of the finance committee; the Reverend Kenneth H. White, pastor of the church; Woods Lindauere, with his face hidden; Roland Tiaver, who conducted the financial campaign and Robert Lindauere* of the Economy Plumbing and Heating, who did some work on the present church building.	(Story on Page 11)
Photo by McCandless
since their calculations indicated that their bndsret would increase from about $17.000 to $27.000 a year. The increase of nearly 50 per cent would' be due to less state reimbursement under the jointure and it would cost the taxpayers from 10 to 12 mills additionally a- vear, pins the chartre for any new buildintr. The Aleppo Board suggested amending the jninture contracts to limit the payment of increased costs by the districts with less resources.
Solicitor Colhert of the Leetsdale Board suggested that the per capita cost ner puoil of $376 could be reduced bv putting all the state aid in one fund along with per capita taxes to reduce the percentage of the rise. The same problem faced the other districts.
Havsville said that the jointure would add 11 mills to their present 25 mills, without adding the percentage of nnv new construction.
Glenfield representatives said that they were ready to sign the 10-dis-trirt ioinhire contract.
Edgeworth was unanimous in thpir opinion that the agreement is all-right as a basis on which to work out a 10-district jointure or a lesser
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What's Daini
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Aleppo Township Volunteer Fire Co. will hold a bake sale at Sewickley Hardware and Paint Store, Saturday, January 21, starting at 8i30.
DESSERT CARD PARTY sponsored by Young Women's Civic Club of Sewickley 8 p. m., Monday, February 13, 1956 American Legion Hall Benefit of Scholarship Fund
The Wesley Brotherhood of the Sewickley Methodist Church are sponsoring their annual Turkey Dinner at the church from S p, m, to 8 p. m, February 16th.