Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Page 97

Page 2 July 28, 1983 Easi Swissvale honors memory of war dead ir w9m Mound it Penn Hills rejects store, station Ntv kr' is I 4 Hi 1983-84 road improvement project. The project will involve changing the approach of Universal and Jefferson roads at Rodi Road. In voting for the subdivision, Mayor Phyllis Kernick said PennDOT has a bad track record in Penn Hills for not living up to road project commitments. She predicted that the highway improvement project would never get off the ground and added that the Sheetz development would at least create better traffic visibility at the intersection. Councilwoman Christine Alten-burger also voted for the store based on Damien's recommendation.

Cooncilmen John Thomas, Roy Ritenour and George Brenick voted no. Ritenour and Brenick are running for mayor. Resident Regina Flynn, who spearheaded the petition drive against Sheetz said, "I'm really glad that this is over with We were prepared to go to court if it went through and that would have been very costly. Penn Hills council voted 3-2 against permitting an Altoona, Blair County, firm from building a 24-hour convenience store and gas station across from the former Schwarzel Grocery store on Rodi Road. Council's decision was made, despite warnings from the municipal solicitor that council could be sued.

Sheetz Inc. has been attempting for five months to get a simple lot subdivision to permit construction of the convenience store. The firm has met all municipal zoning and Elanning codes and Solicitor August amien told council a no vote on the subdivision request could trigger a lawsuit against Penn Hills by Sheetz. Council however, bowed to the sentiments of an emotionally charged audience against the development Earlier, council had been present with petitions containing the names of more than 500 residents opposed to the store. Meanwhile, PennDOT has released plans for the realignment of the same intersection as part of its By Lolita Rhodes Post-Gazette Staff Writer It is not easy to forget the horrors of war, but in time even the anguish and emptiness that accompanies the death of a loved one is stored away in the files of one's mind.

Stored away, but never forgotten. Swissvale lost more men during World War than any community its size in the nation, according to U.S. Defense Department records reported in a 1946 Life Magazine article. The Swissvale War Memorial Committee is making sure that these men and women are not forgotten. The committee plans to raise $20,000 for a new monument The new monument would list the Swissvale residents who lost their lives in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

A dinner Friday night at St An-selm's Church, McClure Avenue, Swissvale, kicked off the fund-raising activities. About 200 people attended. Many were relatives of the men and women who lost their lives during one of the three wars. Each had a story to tell. Telegrams, those ominous things which so often bring news of death during war, figure heavily in the memories of the relatives who lost a loved one.

Armand Vinciguerra, of 1209 Circle Drive, Braddock Hills, remembers receiving a telegram on Feb. 6, 1945, telling him that his brother, Silvio, was missing after a combat mission. Later, Armand learned that his brother, a fighter pilot who had flown 62 missions, was dead. Silvio was a few days shy of his 19th birthday. Vinciguerra, and his wife, Jessie were there to honor his "We must never forget" Vinciguerra said.

Lt John Finegan was only 25 when he was killed in the 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge in Belgium. His sister, Mary Alice Kulzer of 2346 Caswell Drive, Bethel Park, gave a $100 check in honor of her brother. Anne McGuire, of 1610 Miriam Swissvale, still has the telegram that told her that her brother, Joseph J. Bentz, a Navy seaman first class, was killed by a Japanese plane in the South Pacific. Bentz was only 21.

"I'm glad they remembered after all those years. We were a close family, but I think the saddest part is for the mothers," McGuire said. Jennie and William Horvath of 2619 Dalgate Road, Swissvale, remember their son William saying, "Dad, I love life. I'U be back." Sadly, he never made it back. The Horvaths received a telegram telling them that their son had been killed.

The Horvaths, however, are luckier than most They have a tape of their son's voice which he sent home from the Vietnam war. They made it into a record, so they will always have a part of Billy with them. Stored away, but never forgotten. Again a telegram brought sad tidings when John F. Catanzano's family learned that he had become another victim of the Battle of the Bulge.

His sisters, Rose Cecere of 309 Oliver Drive, Monroeville; Jill Bro-zek of 1830 Outlook Drive, Penn Hills, and his brother and nephew, Frank Catanzano and Frank both of 235 Elm Edgewood, were all on hand to honor John. Every war has its heroes, and Leonard Funk of 1412 Brinton Road, Braddock Hills, is a prime example. Funk, who delivered an address at the dinner, received America's highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor, for his courage and quick thinking during World War IL "We should never forget the veterans who fought and served, especially those who made the supreme sacrifice by giving their lives so we could have a free country. They're the real heroes," Funk said. Swissvale Councilman Ollie Er-landson, co-chairman of the committee, acted as master of ceremonies.

Raible evicts six from Wilkinsbtirg home see better," Raible said, when asked to describe what conditions are like. Raible said the building is owned by Rebecca Miller, an elderly woman from Pittsburgh, and managed by her nephew, Earl Surloff, who was fined $25 a day for non-compliance with the borough's ordinances. Post-(iazette photo President Harry S. Truman decorates First Sgt. Leonard Funk with the Congressional Medal of Honor on Ang.

23, 1945. Wilkinsburg officials evicted six tenants from a dilapidated house in the 500 block of Campbell Street after District Justice Eugene Raible ordered the house closed up and its occupants moved elsewhere. Raible said the tenants were evicted last week. "Come look in a pigpen and you'll Wilkinsburg to dedicate war monument State Sen. Frank Pecora, D-Penn Hills and chairman of the Pennsylvania Military Affairs Committee, was the keynote speaker at the dinner.

William Davies, a Korean War veteran who now works as a postal carrier is the chairman of the committee. Davies is the momentum behind the Swissvale War Memorial Committee. For about two years, be has been doing research to find out the number of Swissvale residents killed in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Davies' research has revealed that 83 Swissvale residents were killed in World War IL six in Korea and three in Vietnam. "The first thing that moved me to initiate this was the death of my neighbor, Dennis Greely," Davies said.

Greely, who was killed in action in Vietnam, was the last person from Swissvale to die in combat for his country. feet wide, will be held at 11 a.m. in front of the borough building. Pete Dalmasse, chairman of the World War II Memorial Committee of Wilkinsburg Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts, said the monument cost about $4,000. On Saturday morning, Wilkinsburg will become the first community in Allegheny County to erect a monument honoring those who served in the Korean and Vietnam wars.

Dedication of the granite and marble monument 6 feet high by 6 mjfw" State OKs bridge overhaul By Thomas J. Porter Jr. Post-Gazette Staff Writer After more than a decade of "Band-Aid" repairs, the deteriorating Jefferson Heights Bridge in Penn Hills has finally won state House and Senate approval for a major overhaul. Penn Hills, which is responsible for maintain-- ing the deck and drains, has been notified that $357,000 has been earmarked for the project in this year's capital budget Jefferson Heights Bridge spans the Parkway East into Wilkins Township. There are about 30 Penn Hills families living in a small section of the municipality on the Wilkins Township side of the bridge, according to Penn Hills Manager Harry Mclndoe.

"This has been a pet project of mine since I've been manager," Mclndoe said. "We've been making Band-Aid repairs to the deck for at least 10 years. The state is responsible for the superstructure." He explained that under an old agreement apparently dating back to the construction of the parkway, the state assumed responsibility for the bridge superstructure while deck and drainage maintenance was turned over to Penn Hills. Mclndoe said Penn Hills hired a private engineering firm to conduct a study of the bridge recently and the engineer report concluded that more than a third of the decking was in a state of serious deterioration. Mclndoe credits two local legislators for pushing through an amendment including the appropriation for the Jefferson Heights Bridge project to the Capital Budget Bill.

"We are fortunate to have state Rep. Anthony DeLuca (D-Penn Hills) working for us in the House and state Sen. Frank Pecora (R-Penn Hills) in the Senate," Mclndoe said. DeLuca was the prime sponsor of the Jefferson Bridge amendment in the state house and Pecora fought for it in the Senate. The legislation sets aside $325,000 for the base project and $32,000 for designs and contingencies.

The appropriation, however, is not part of a $1.4 billion bridge repair and reconstruction package in the state budget State Department of Transportation spokeswoman Bettina Ferraro said Jefferson Heights Bridge is not one of the January list of 979 bridges slated for attention by PennDOT. "The Jefferson Heights Bridge is not on our bridge program. The only thing the appropriation means is that the project can be worked on," Ferraro said. "Penn Hills will still have to make application for it through the SRPC Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission But that's OK, according to Mclndoe. "Knowing money is available, and knowing that permanent improvements are on the way, we feel more comfortable making temporary repairs," he said.

Name irritates official (Continued from Page 1) discussed for nearly three hours at a Tuesday night zoning hearing. The other two commissioners, Leonard Cunic and Bernard Casey, did not attend due to illnesses. A court reporter will have a transcript of the hearing in about seven or eight days and the full three-member commission will review the transcript before making a decision, Cioppa said. If Drunken Springs gains the approval of the zoning hearing board, the plan will still have to go before borough council and the planning commission, Cioppa said. BY ANY AMOUNT.

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