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Vol. Ill
SEWICKLEY, PA., SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1906
No. 41
Council
Proceedings.
Gouncil met in regular session in
their chamber on Tuesday evening
of this week, Messrs. Straw, Brown,
Diehl, Patton, Ghaplin, Paulson and
Solicitor Stoner being present.
Minutes of previous meeting was
disposed of. A petition was presented by property owners of Centennial avenue, for the paving of
their street, but owing to a slight
mistake in the details of the petition it was referred back to the petitioners for correction before
Council would act upon it.
It was voted to advertise for
bids for paving Maple lane.
A committee from Glen Osborne
borough was present, asking for the
privilege of connecting with the
Sewickley sewer at the corner of
Bank and Boundary streets, thus
giving them an outlet to the river.
After much discussion the matter
was referred to the Street Gommittee to report at the next meeting.
The question of improving the
borough lot—removing some of the
property, and fitting it up as a park
with benchf.s, etc., came in for considerable discussion. The Engineer was instructed to investigate
the probable cost of the work and
report before any decision would be
made regarding it.
, A new curb will be set on Fountain street, between Hill street
and Gentennial avenue, and the
sidewalks' repaired, and a sewer
will be laid on Gentennial avenue
between Pine street and Academy avenue.
•! The matter of new awnings for
the council room windows, was referred to the Property Committee,
and;settling of accounts with the
Three G Construction Gompany,
for work done in the borough, was
referred to the Solicitor.
The Street Commissioner was
instructed to hire an extra team
when necessary   in   keeping  the
sprinkling cart at work on the borough streets. Scarcity of horses
has been responsible for the idleness of the cart at different times.
The Police Gommittee reported
regarding the new force. • As yet
contracts have been made with a
chief and one officer, but other applicants are under consideration
and the force will be complete at a
very early date.
The Garbage Gommittee reported progress in their work of obtaining the desired site for the erection
of a furnace, and will have a fuller
report to give at a special meeting
to be held on Tuesday evening of
next week.
After paying the bills Gouncil
adjourned.
SCHOOL BOARD.
New  Members   Sworn" In-Millage
Fixed and Officers Elected
The School Board met for organization Monday, June 4. Messrs.
Kunkle and Reno presented election certificates and were sworn
into office. Mr. Reno having been
elected for a 3-year term and Mr.
Kunkle for one year. Mr. Walter
J. Marlatt was also inducted into
office, having been elected by the
Board to fill the unexpired year in
term of Mr. John N. White, deceased. The Board also re-elected the
old officers for the ensuing year,
to-wit, Mr. Joseph T. Nevin, president, and H. K. Underwood, secretary. The same millage was fixed
for.the new year, and was distributed as follows: For school, 4.1;
for bonds and interest, 1.3; for
library, .6; making a total of six
mills.
Mr. F. E. Fickinger was re-elected principal of the schools, and Mr.
H. K. Underwood, assistant and
principal of the high school.
The Board will meet again next
Monday evening to take up the
election of teachers and transact
other routine business.
Death of
Edward S. Cook.
Edward S. Gook, aged 30 years,
died Friday morning, at the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Gook, of Blackburn road, after an
illness of four years. Mr. Gook
was a member of Battery B, and
was in Porto Rico during the Spanish-American war. He was a
member of Sewickley Lodge, I. 0.
O. F. and of the Knights of Pythias.
Services will be held Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock, by Rev.
George D. Grissman, pastor of the
M. E. Ghurch. Interment will be
private and take place in the Sewickley Gemetery on Monday
morning.
He is survived by his wife and
one child; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Gook, and two brothers
Frank and Raymond.
Death of Infant Daughter.
Gertrude, the infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Porter,
died at the home of her parents,
Straight street, Sunday evening
and was buried in St. James' cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
A Very Comfortable Place
If you want to spend an hour in
a very comfortable place on Sunday morning, with genial companions, where you will hear an interesting talk that will assist you in
your daily walks of life, you want
to come out to the session of Mr.
Way's Young Men's Bible Glass, in
the Y. M. G. A. building, at 9.30.
This large auditorium is a comfortable one, always a cool breeze from
the valley freely circulating. You
need not wear a coat, there are no
conventionalities and you will be
made to feel quite at home, Don't
say it's too hot, you'll not find a
cooler place in Sewickley. The
class needs your presence and you
need the class.   Gome.
Business Men Meet.
Plans for Outing Will Be Completed.
Civic Committee Instructed to
Confer With Council Concerning the Sprinkling of the
Streets of Borough.
SANCTION A MOVEMENT TO PROVIDE
FOR $20,000 BOROUGH BUILDING.
Although the evening was a warm
one, the regular meeting of the
Sewickley Valley Business Men's
Association, held in Odd Fellows'
Hall on Tuesday evening, was fairly well represented and considerable
business disposed of. After the
usual routine of work was taken
care of a report was read from the
committee in charge of the outing.
The report submitted stated that
the only date on which transportation could be procured was Tuesday, August 7. This date was accepted and the committee instructed to go ahead and make the necessary arrangements. The printed
matter will be posted in -the very
near future and the various subcommittees, which were-appointed
some time ago, will now take up
matter in earnest and the probabilities are that the business men will
take a large crowd with them to
Gascade Parkon the date mentioned.
The Association some time ago
took the necessary steps toward
affiliating itself with the recently
formed State Board of Trade, and
a communication from the State
Association was read relative to the
matter. This will be a valuable
affiliation, as the State body has
already grown to wonderful proportion since its organization and it
will assist the local merchants in
getting their just dues from various
corporations that would be Uphill
work to combat singlehanded.
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