Sewickley Herald

              Vol. 46 No. 51
SEWICKLEY, PENNSYLVANIA. TIIUBSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1949
Price Ten Cents
Community Carol Sing
Saturday .evening, 7:30 p. m., the Carol Sing will be held at tire Broad Street-Thorn Street Corner in front of the Methodist Church. Mr. W. F. Holthaus will again lead the singing this year. The Carol Sing will be transmitted over tire Chime Tower system so that many shut-ins will be able to hear it this year, Be on time. It will close at eight o’clock. Trumpeters will announce the opening of the “Sing” this year.
Christmas Eve Carol Service
St. Stephens Communion Service
The Traditional Midnight Christmas Eve Carol and Communion Service will be held this year at St. Stephens Church with special pageantry and music. The Service begins at 11 p. m.
Preceding the Service proper there will be Christinas carols played on the Tower Bells, followed by organ music played by Julian Williams.
The Procession will be led this year by St. Stephen’s new Boy Choir. Carols will be sung by the Choir and Congregation.
St. Stephen’s Senior Choir will sing a group of carols, including the following: Every Year at Christmas - Rinck Stars Lead Us Ever On
Tribal Carol of the Sioux Sleep, Holy Babe -	- Candlyn
To Shepherds Fast Asleep - Davis Go Tell It On the Mountains
Negro Spiritual The Offertory Anthem will be Pergo-lesis ‘Glory to God”. Soloists will include Ann Ranson, soprano, and Joseph Stritmater, baritone. Setting of tire Communion Office will be that of Callaway.
The public is cordially inryted to attend this service.
Playhouse Play Coming January 12
Comedy Which Got Rave Notices Coming Here
Strange Bedfellows,” a successf comedy which ran for 230 performanc on Broadway in 1948, will be present« a P' 111 • on Thursday, January 1 at the Sewickley High School for tl P ¡¡to °f the Sewickley Valley Boa: 4 racle s own community fund. Th ,, is used to reward students fi Pennsylvania Week essays, for the Ha eween and Christmas community cel rations, for needed community idenl 'Cation signs on the boulevard, for prizi n the Christinas decorating windo contest, for (he purchase of Christmi ' ,s for the Methodist church towi "sic speaker and similar strictly loc Purposes. As the special fund grow ’cr i°°ni projects will be undertake r Previous Playhouse play, "Joan i
nf n?mi'’ vvas sP°nsored by the Born 1 Undo on November 12, 1948. Th J 0aer> Plans had been made to spoi or another play, but the lead was Iran ‘ lo New York and the tour wi hav» i	ycur> so many poop'
smc i11 so kusy during the holidu li'.;01’,t]iat ^cw residents of the Vnllc coni'll 'i n'^° to soo tbe rolliekin K "«iy which was written by Florent Cmr'!lKl Colin Clements. So, th oath,,() , l''"de decided to bring it hoi Hu- nit' l u’ yt'al'< before Lent and befoi atol« r!r O-cT'vities which occur inimed »iter Lent,
Sewickley Academy Breaks Ground For New Addition
Twenty-eight Children Help With Shovels
In an unusual ground-breaking ceremony, twenty-eight children turned over the shovels-full of earth for the large new addition to the Sewickley Academy on Monday morning, December 19.
The new addition, which will increase the overall size of the school by nearly 50%, will have three floors. It will in-
clude a modern science room and laboratory, a library, a new music room, a large new kindergarten, special faculty rooms, and expanded cafeteria, study, and classroom facilities.	I
Plans for the new addition were begun nearly a year ago when a special fund-raising drive was held. Since that time, details have been completely worked out with the architects, Ingham, Boyd, and Pratt of Pittsburgh, and with the building contractor, Rust Engineering Company. More than 250 individual contributions were received into the new ^building fund.
Edward M. Clarke, Headmaster of the school, said, “This is a much-needed
expansion, for our enrollment has increased from 142 students in 1946 to 235 at the present time. When the new addition is completed in the fall of 1950, the Sewickley Academy will have the finest physical plant of any independent school of its type in Western Pennsylvania.”
Frank E. Richardson, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Trustees, acted as head of the building fund campaign and John C. Oliver, Jr., is chairman of the Building Committee. His father was chairman of the building committee for the original building.

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CHRISTMAS 1949
In far Judea many years ago
In fields where shepherds watched their flocks by night, An angel came aglow with radiant light,
And holy Christmas to the earth below Was God’s great gift to all mankind, and so This blessed day of days we must keep right,
Must clear away its dross, its gold keep bright,
Hold fast the True, and all the False forgo.
Let’s keep the spirit of the sacred day In full remembrance of our Savior’s birth.
We’ll celebrate with happy hearts and gay With never a loss in Yuletide fun and mirth;
So we may pray when the festive day is done With Tiny Tim: God bless us—everyone.
—Edward P. Hawes
The cast of “Strange Bedfellows” includes J. English Smith, Alma Lind, Joseph Ruskin, Gloria Abdou, John Johns, Mariam Lewis, Florence Sando, Livonia Stevenson, Pearl I-Iipps, Tom Maxwell, William Leech and John Kozek. In addition to those Playhouse veterans, newcomers in the comedy are Mimi Schneider, Hannah Wolfson, Barry ZeVan, Mitzi Steiner, Kitty Muldoon and Sally McKinley,
The lusty comedy is set in San Francisco’s Nob Hill in the year 1896 and deals with the problems of Women’s Suffrage. It was the Inugh-getter of the season in New York City. As Brooks Atkinson of the New York Times said, "Mr. and Mrs. Clements have artfully put together popular comedy about a family that’s split straight down the middle on the political question of votes for women. , . . The audience laughed uproariously.”
The Playhouse is a school of the theatre, of which Mrs. Justin B. Lees and Robert Sehmertz are members of the executive board. Richard S. Rauh is president} Errett M. Grahlc, Mrs. 1L J, Heinz, II, Malilon E. Lewis and II.
S. Overholt are vice-presidents; Mrs. Royal Daniel, Jr., is secretary, Mrs. George D. Lockhart, assistant secretary; Joseph W. Oliver,, treasurer; Mrs, A. W. Schmidt assistant secretary and Paul G. Benedum, treasurer of the building fund. The players are not quite professionals yet, but are much better than the average amateur.
Zoning Ordinance Now Protects Borough of Edgeworth Populace
Okie Property Remains In Residence Area
With the third and ffnal reading, the new Zoning Ordinance, No. 257, of the Borough of Edgeworth, was placed on the ordinance books, at the Monday night meeting of Council, December 19th,
The Ordinance passed by six affirmative votes, the only councilman not present to vote on the issue being Mr. Morrow, There were no borough citizens present at this special hearing meeting. The ordinance was pnssed with the provision
that Mr. Okie’s property next to the Sewickley Academy remain in the R-l residence district. At last week’s meeting a motion was passed to include his land in the apartment area, but this was rescinded by advice of legal counsel, Solicitor John Emery.
Mr. Bailey then requested council for permission to have an engineering survey for a sewage disposal iff ant, either in conjunction with another borough or strictly an Edgeworth plant. Council agreed that anything necessary to untangle the sewage disposal question should be made as the state is pressing the boroughs for definite action.
Solicitor Emery reminded council in closing that they would be adjourning to January 10th at which time the council performs its annual reorganization, It is also the regular monthly meeting in addition to the reorganization proceedings.
Community Calendar
Friday, December 23 7 p. m. Junior High group carol sing. To meet at Presbyterian Church.
Receiving Pilot Training
Official USAF Photo,Waco, Texas Aviation Cadet Anthony A. Guido
Aviation Cadet Anthony A. Guido, formerly of 329 Broad Street, Sewickley, is receiving poilot training at the Waco Air Force Base, at Waco, Texas, according to word received recently by Sgt. Lewis of the Ambridge Recruiting Station. Mr. Guido graduated from New Castle High School, but vv'as residing here previous to his acceptance as an aviation cadet.
Many of his friends at the Greater Pittsburgh Airport will remember this fellow worker, who was an Air Corps Veteran, seeing service in the Pacific during World War II. He is at present undergoing pilot training and upon completion of his training course will be transferred to advanced training, where lie will fiy either an F-80, “Shooting Star” or the B-25, “Billy Mitchell.”
Upon graduation, lie will be commissioned a Second Lieutenant and receive the wings of a Pilot in the United States Air Force.
Sgt. Lewis invites anyone who is interested in such a career to see him at the U. S. Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Station located qn the second floor of the Ambridge borough building.
December 24, 1949
7:30 (j. ill. Community Carol Sing. Broad and Thorn Street, Carols will be broadcast from the Methodist Tower.
January 1, 1950
Bishop Lloyd C, Wieke will preach in the Sewickley Methodist Church on New Year’s Eve Five O’clock Vesper Service. The occasion is the Dedication of the Chime Tower and Church Sound System. Everyone is invited.
January 1-8, 1950
UNIVERSAL WEEK OF PRAYER SERVICES - St, Paul’s Lutheran Church, 8:00 p. m,, the evenings from January 1 - 8, 1950. Laymen and ministers will speak throughout the week.
Thursday, January 12, 1950	>
8:30 p. m. Playhouse comedy, “Strange Bedfellows”, sponsored by the Sewickley Valley Board of Trade for their community fund, at the Sewickley High School Auditorium,
Wed. & Thurs., Feb. 15 & 16, 1950 8:30 p. m. “H.M.S. Pinafore” presented by Presbyterian Church Choir, Sewickley High School Auditorium.