The Daily Notes from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania • Page 1

Serving Washington County Families Since 1894 WEATHER Intermittent rain or drizzle tonight. Lows tonight in the 40s. Thursday cloudy with rain likely and ending by late afternoon. Highs Thursday in upper 50s to upper 60s. 10 Cents Per Copy Home Delivery 50 Cents Per Week CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1972 VOLUME 98, NO.

10 THE DAILY NOTES SERVING CANONSBURG, HOUSTON, CHARTIERS, CECIL, NORTH STRABANE AND PETERS TOWNSHIP The Can Opener News and Views From the Editor i i i In Mekong Delta Nine Americans Die In Helicopter Crash 7 "0. Comment for today You can't judge a country by what its opposing politicians say about each other. miles southwest of the capital. Elsewhere on the war front, ground fighting raged within 15 miles of Saigon, U.S. jets kept up their bombing raids over North Vietnam and an ammunition dump explosion eight miles northeast of Saigon killed six South Vietnamese soldiers, wounded eight and rattled windows in the capital.

The Air War In the air war over North Vietnam, U.S. command spokesmen said warplanes flew nearly 140 strikes, including about six sorties (one flight by one plane) by B52 heavy bombers. -A vf i Dorothy M. Capo, Washington, has been appointed a coordinator of citizens in Washington County to Re-elect the President. Her appointment was announced today by Frank DeLuca, chairman of the County Committee for the Re-election of the President.

As a Coordinator, Mrs. Capo will recruit volunteers among Democrats, Republicans and Independents for election day and the final weeks of the Presidential campaign. Mrs. Capo is chief operator and supervisor of the PBX operations at Washington Hospital. A past Grand Trustee of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Order Sons of Italy in America, she presently serves as President of Divine Madre Lodge 1701 of the Order.

Donahue, Mayor Louis R. Bell Margaret Carnahan, wife of the Falcon Archers' president; Councilman Clem DaPra and Bill Russell. The 24-acre outdoor archery range and club house is located on Polhamus Road, about two and one-half miles from the Borough line. A NEW BEGINNING- A new beginning for the sport of archery was seen at the Open House of the Falcon Archery Club's new facilities last Sunday. Joining with officers and members of the Club at Open House were a number of local officials.

Pictured, left-to-right, in front of the indoor range instituted at the new Club are: Paul All were below the 20th Parallel at least 65 miles south of Hanoi and Haiphong in keeping with current U.S. policy to halt raids above the parallel during current peace negotiations. In South Vietnam, the B52's flew only 13 missions of about three planes each. But military sources said there was no reduction in overall B52 strikes, which number roughly 150 a day. This was seen as an indication that the big planes were busy bombarding the Ho Chi Minh supply trail through Cambodia and Laos in a drive to slow down a reported North Vietnamese buildup in South Vietnam before a possible cease-fire.

The U.S. military command does not release figures on B52 strikes in Cambodia and Laos. Ambush Reported Fifteen miles northeast of Saigon, a South Vietnamese armored force ambushed a company of Viet Cong, estimated at about 100 men, during the night and reported killing 50 of them with no government losses, the Saigon command said. Curry Field Project Redevelopment Progress Discussed By Director Sheriff Alex Debreczeni has been informed by the Criminal Investigation Division of the City of Detroit that Michael Buchovecky, wanted in Washington County for armed robbery and jail break, has been sentenced to the State Prison of Southern Michigan for a term of four and one-half to 15 years for armed robbery committed in the City of Detroit. Buchovecky and Frank Sebetich, both from Ellsworth, escaped from the Washington County Jail on May 18, where they were being held on charges of armed robbery.

Escape was made from the jail by going through the air shaft of the jail heating system. Sebetich is still at large. Bourke also said that federal approval is expected in the near future on the Monongahela business district project. 1 By Local Committee Study Commission Airman First Class Dennis J. Hervol, son of Mr.

and Mrs. Henry J. Hervol of 906 South Central Avenue, has arrived for duty at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea. Airman Hervol, a missile electronics systems specialist, is assigned to a unit of the Pacific Air Forces which provides tactical air power supporting the U.S. and its allies in Southeast Asia and the Far East.

He previously served at Mac Dill AFB, Fla. The airman is a 1967 graduate of Canon-McMillan Senior High School. 'Yes' Vote Urged Purchase of Series and Savings Bonds in Pennsylvania during September showed a gain of 21.3 per cent over a year ago, reports Charles S. Krumrine, state chairman of the Treasury's Savings Bonds Division. In Washington County, sales were $730,074 for September and $8,206,612 for the January-September period, which is 101.8 per cent of goal.

W. H. Terres is county chairman. Roland H. Bourke, executive director of the Washington County Redevelopment Authority, briefly mentioned the Curry Field Redevelopment project here in a report on County redevelopment projects yesterday.

Bourke said work is progressing on the new bridge in the redevelopment area and eight buildings have been torn down. The State Department of Transportation has also acquired some property outside the project area for the expansion of Route 519 the new access road to 1-79, Bourke stated. DeRose Research, a plant located in the redevelopment porject area, has completed its move to Hickory, where the owners acquired property earlier this year. Concerning other redevelopment projects, the Authority approved an agreement to open up an additional 20 acres of land in the Arden Industrial area for industrial development. The ground, currently owned by the county, is located behind the Crile Machine Company on North Main Street Extension, Washington.

In addition to approval of an access road from North Main Street, installation of water and sewer lines was also approved. Bourke said the total cost of the project will be $215,000 with the county paying $100,000 and the remainder of the costs borne by state and federal governments. The land will then be sold to make up the county's share of the costs. Development of the 20 acres of land will also open up a 2.5 acre site of the Crile property for development. Budgets of $53,400 for industrial development for 1973 and $34,300 for redevelopment will be submitted to the County Commissioners for approval.

Bourke noted the board will advertise for bids on the first demolition contract in the Donora project and that the authority will meet with local business people to decide eventual disposition of the property. VETS Ambulance 73 Drive Opens The VETS Ambulance Service, Post 191, opens its 1973 Ambulance Service Drive today. Residents of the Greater Canonsburg Area who do not receive a subscription form in the mail should stop in the Ambulance Service Office, Murdock Street. Forms will be available at the office and in various places throughout the community. The Ambulance Service Association announced that even better service is in the planning.

The Association will be purchasing a new ambulance and four volunteers have completed the Emergency Medical-Technical course offered at Washington Hospital. Several members plan to attend the Pennsylvania Ambulance Course at Mon Valley Hospital early in November. Anyone interested in membership, at a cost of $10 per family covering every member of the family, should call 745-6911 or 746-1342 for information. SAIGON (UPI) -At least nine Americans died Tuesday when a U.S. Army CH47 Chinook helicopter carrying more than 20 persons crashed in the Mekong Delta and killed all aboard, the U.S.

command said today. Military sources said the toll of American dead may go higher. The Chinook crashed at dusk 35 miles southwest of Saigon. Cause of the crash was not immediately determined but hostile fire was not ruled out. Military sources said the other victims were South Vietnamese troops going from Saigon to Can Tho, about 75 Chartiers 6 Polls Changed Chartiers Township, Precinct 6, which is the Moninger area, will be voting on Nov.

7, at the Chartiers-Houston Community Library. Chartiers Precinct 7 will continue to vote at the High School. Chartiers Precinct 7 is the Allison area. Joe Muscaro, Elections Bureau Director, announced the Precinct 6 poll change. and to make recommendations for change.

"The voters, will have the final say. At local referendums later on, the voters may approve or disapprove any or all of the recommendations of the elected Government Study Commission. "The study-group will hopefully find ways to save money, to economize, to eliminate duplications dealing primarily with the structure of government, showing how it can be more accountable and more economical to operate. "Study Commission members receive no pay or salaries for serving on Study Groups." At a meeting last week, Borough Council, by a vote of 6-1-1, voted to support a Yes vote on the question in the Borough. Canonsburg Borough is one of 73 communities in Pennsylvania and of two in Washington County which have taken advantage of the new Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law, and have placed the question on the November ballot.

Voters in Peters Township will also vote on the approval of a Home Rule Study Commission and its members in the November 7 election. meetings until 1906, when they met in McNary's Hall. In 1908, a church was built. In 1949, the facilities were expanded to include a Christian Education Center, which no longer exists. In 1910, the only Jewish Synagogue was established.

Unfortunately by 1952 only 28 families belonged to the Tree of Life Synagogue and it was necessary to disband completely. By 1918, the First Christian Church was formed with worship services held in homes and halls including the Graff and McNary Buildings and of Hall. A separate Christian denomination, the Italian Christian, was formed in 1926 and is now known as the Belmont Christian Church. In the earlier twenties, the South Canonsburg Community Church, the first non-denominational church in the area was founded in a theater across the street from its present position. The Catholic Churches first organized prior to 1886.

Since the people often met in homes, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact POW and MIA bumper stickers, lapel pins and brochures are now available at the Canonsburg Armory. Anyone desiring any of the above items is asked to stop in at the Canonsburg Armory. The cost of water will continue to go up, the National Association of Water Companies was told Monday night. Ralph L. Swingley, association president, told the group's 76th annual convention water costs "have to continue going up" due to inflation and the need to expand facilities to provide for more reservoir storage space.

Police Lodge Will Sponsor Christmas Show The Local Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 22, will be sponsoring a Christmas Show at 7:00 on Monday, December 11. The show will be held at the Canonsburg Junior High School Auditorium. The members of the local order would like to see as many handicapped and underprivileged children in the area attend the program as possible. The show will also be open to the general public. Tickets are $1.25 for children and $2.00 for adults, if bought in advance.

Tickets will be $1.50 for children and $2.50 for adults the night of the show. The "Wonderful World of Magic" will be the headliner for the show. Also there will be several other variety acts, and small gifts for the children. The Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 22, includes members of the Canonsburg, Peters Township, South Strabane, and surrounding areas' police departments. Your support will be greatly appreciated.

For further information please call 746-2127. Do not call the police emergency number. Deaths Stunning G. White, McNutt Houston 1 1 2 '2 early twentieth century. In 1925, they bought a structure from the Byzantines.

Today, they hold evening classes in the Greek language Monday through Thursday for children. Friday is reserved for half-hour Greek lessons for adults. The Sacred Heart of Jesus Polish National Catholic Church was first founded in 1918. Several youth classes are being formed to study the Polish language. The latest church to be established is the Bible Way Church of God in Christ, which began September 13, 1970.

Already the congregation has grown to approximately 70 members. Several churches formed in the nineteen-hundreds which are no longer known to be in existence in Canonsburg are the Russian Evangelical Christian Church formed in 1924; the Church of Christ, 1941; and the Glad Tidings Tabernacle of the Assembly of God, 1943. Although these few churches have not succeeded in town, Canonsburg has built an establishment of churches to serve many religions. Ralph J. Dikeman, Jr.

PROMOTED Ralph J. Dikeman, has been promoted to manager, industrial and distributor sales, for McGraw-Edison Power Systems Division here. He joined the company, as a sales engineer in the New York sales office, July, 1961, and was transferred to Canonsburg in January, 1966, when he was appointed assistant sales manager, power transformers. Dikeman was assigned to the Minneapolis, sales office as an apparatus engineer, in February, 1968. From June, 1969, until his latest promotion he worked in the Atlanta, sales office.

In his new position, Dikeman will plan and assist in the implementation of programs designed to increase the Power Systems Division's participation in markets served primarily through authorized distributors. He is a graduate of New York University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and his masters in Business Administration. He and his wife, Evelyn, will reside in Glencannon with their children, Ricky, 14, and Nancy, 9. They also have three other children: a son, Randi, married and living in Columbus, Ohio, and two daughters, Wendy and Cindy. Wendy works in fashion merchandising in Atlanta, and Cindy is a student at the Commercial Art School, Atlanta.

date. The Priest stopped one Sunday per month. As the church grew he stopped once every other week. Later, this congregation, to be known as St. Patrick's Catholic Church, used the Morganza Reform School for a worship center.

In April, 1907, their first church was dedicated in English and Polish. Since the church was so diversified by languages, a master of seven languages, Thomas Zacharski, was assigned to the parish. St. Michael's Byzantine was the second Catholic church to be formed and was primarily from Ruthenian extraction part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These members went to Carnegie churches until 1912.

In 1915, a misunderstanding erupted within the newly formed church causing some members to sever their relationship and form St. John the Baptist Russian Orthodox Church in 1918. St. Genevieve's Roman Catholic Church was formed in 1917, built a Sister convent, a rectory and a school which closed two years ago. The All Saints Greek Orthodox Church was organized in the Membership Reported 10,600 Mario DeAngelo, chairman, and John Kotyk, vice chairman, of the committee named by Borough Council to study and make recommendations concerning Act 62, the new Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans law, released the following statement today.

"On the ballot on November 7, will appear a question which begins 'shall a Government Study Commission of nine be elected to study the charter and plan of government' in the Borough of Canonsburg. In simpler words, should nine of our local citizens study the possibility of changing the borough's form of government. "A YES vote is giving approval of the nine residents to study for nine months and make suggestions they feel would be beneficial to the Community. "The most important thing for all voters to remember, however, is that a YES vote on Nov. 7 does not commit them in any way to accept any change in local government.

"All that the members of the study commission whom the voters elect Nov. 7 are empowered to do is study what is right and what is wrong with the present governmental structures But the Presbyterians were not the only ones to develop Canonsburg. In 1833, the Blacks of the community formed the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, first begun by Richard Allen in 1787. They met in Morganza homes until 1855. The church today has an integrated membership.

In 1845, the First Methodist Church organized their services in Town Hall with a Jefferson College student presiding. The eighteen-hundreds saw two other churches organized, St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church, which will celebrate its 75th anniversary in October, in 1897, and St. Thomas' Episcopal Church in 1866. Both congregations held services in various halls before their churches were built.

During the early part of the twentieth century, two Baptist churches, Mt. Olive and First Congregational, were formed. Mt. Olive Baptist Church, 1902, worshiped in several locations including a frame school. The First Baptist Congregational Church held cottage prayer Crown Construction Company, builder-owner-developer of the Franklin Mall is changing its name to Crown American Corporation.

"We have grown out of our name," Frank J. Pasquerilla, president, said in announcing the change, effective November 1. "The word 'construction' no longer describes what we do, and, therefore, we are changing our name to Crown American Corporation to fit our bigger purpose. Crown American, headquartered in Johnstown, has built more than 10 million square feet of shopping centers. And Crown American: owns and manages more than 6 million square feet of shopping centers, including 10 enclosed malls; owns and operates it own Motor Inn Division and operates throughout Pennsylvania and in West Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Virginia, New York and Ohio.

Local Churches Serve Many Religions St. 4 Gary W. Pollard, 163-424825, formerly stationed at Ft. Ord, California, is presently stationed in Korea. His address is: HHC, 44th Eng.

APO, San Francisco, Calif. 96259. The local sodier is the son of Helen Cooklis, 528 Franklin Ave. members of Chartiers Hill formed their own congregation in the Chapel of Providence Hall in Jefferson College. In 1888, this congregation moved to Coliseum, an entertainment hall.

Since several members wished to remain in the Chapel, Central Presbyterian church was formed. In 1896, First Presbyterian Church organized the Alexander Chapel Mission or Shupetown Mission in Strabane. However, in the early fifties, this mission recombined with First Presbyterian. Another chapel, the Euclid Avenue United Presbyterian, was originally formed as a Sabbath School. When the chapel was built, a missionary was retained until the Chapel's merger with the Greenside or Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church.

Despite previous denomination divisions, four Presbyterian churches, Greenside, Central, First Presbyterian and Chartiers United, merged in 1967 to form the Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church on Pike Street. By HOPETAUCH On a clear day in Canonsburg you can see steeples forever. Canonsburg's population is 11,432 while their church enrollment is approximately 10,600. This figure includes attendance from the Greater Canonsburg Area and family memberships rather than individual memberships in several churches. It excludes Canonsburg residents who attend churches in the surrounding areas.

The churches were originally established because of three pioneer bulwarks, home, church and school. Thus, churches here flourished for more than a quarter of a century before the incorporation of a borough. The Presbyterian Churches were among the first to be established in Canonsburg. Chartiers Hill and Chartiers United were both formed in 1775. Other Presbyterian churches, Canonsburg United on Speers Cemetery site and First Presbyterian Church were founded in 1830.

The First Presbyterian Church was established when several Chartiers-Houston Community Library hours have been changed, effective today. New hours will be from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturdays.

Three Weirton, W. men have been indicted by a Beaver County grand jury in a bombing which caused $500,000 damage to the Beaver County courthouse Sept. 11. The suspects, John R. Samaras, David Link and Daniel Gonzalez, were charged with malicious use of explosives and conspiracy to do an unlawful act.

Two other suspects in the bombing, Robert Ball and his brother, Ronald, pleaded guilty to similar charges and await sentencing, scheduled for Dec. 23. A third Ball brother, Thomas, remained at large..