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History     Lettens Jan30/12/20097.191 ton US Liberty ship, built 1943. 441ftx57ft. Gun on stern. In ballast, Cherbourg for Fowey. Position: In two parts: stern at 50°26´17N - 2°25´30W, bow at 50°36´68N - 02°12´43W Sunk: 29 December, 1944, by torpedo from U-772, which blew off stern. Forepart stayed afloat but was towed into Worbarrow Bay and beached. Lettens Jan01/07/2010On December 29th, 1944, German submarine U-772 attacks the convoy TBC 21 in the English Channel, 50°28´N, 02°28´W. Freighter Arthur Sewall is torpedoed and the explosion in the engine room kills one man and wounds 5. There are no casualties among the 29-man Armed Guard. Towed to Weymouth, England. Arthur Sewall is later written off as a total loss. Freighter Black Hawk is also a victim of a torpedo from U-772. The blast wounds four of the ship´s 41-man merchant complement (one of whom dies later) but there are no casualties among the 27-man Armed Guard. Black Hawk is abandoned, the survivors being taken on board British corvette HMS Dahlia. Towed subsequently to Warboro Bay, England, Black Hawk is written off as a total loss.ref. used Cressman R. J., Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in WWII

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http://www.facebook.com/notes/black-hawk-adventures/the-history-of-bethel-park-high-school/286155024814523http://www.bpsd.org/TheHistory.aspxThe Bethel Park High School Class of 2009 will be the 100th Graduating Class of Bethel Park High School and its predecessor schools.  The following is a brief history of Bethel Park High School.When the Bethel Township School District began on June 21, 1886, education at that time was provided only to students in grades 1-8.It was not until 1906 that the school district converted one of the classrooms in a three-room school house on Mollenauer Road (Bethel School near Mine Three) into a high school.In those days, high school was a three year program and students only attended school for half days and for only one semester. The curriculum was basic; there were no electives and students purchased their own books. The high school program changed to a four-year program in 1914. Extra curricular activities began around 1920.

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http://www.bpsd.org/TheHistory.aspx The Bethel Park High School Class of 2009 will be the 100th Graduating Class of Bethel Park High School and its predecessor schools.  The following is a brief history of Bethel Park High School. When the Bethel Township School District began on June 21, 1886, education at that time was provided only to students in grades 1-8. It was not until 1906 that the school district converted one of the classrooms in a three-room school house on Mollenauer Road (Bethel School near Mine Three) into a high school. In those days, high school was a three year program and students only attended school for half days and for only one semester. The curriculum was basic; there were no electives and students purchased their own books. The high school program changed to a four-year program in 1914. Extra curricular activities began around 1920. In 1908 the first Bethel High School was erected at the corner of South Park Road and Park Avenue, a building which is still standing today. The original building held two classrooms and an auditorium, employed four teachers and was constructed for $6,400. The first Bethel High School graduating class was in 1909 with 15 students (10 girls and 5 boys) as members of the inaugural graduating class. In 1927 a 10-room grade school was constructed near the high school on Park Avenue (the current site of the Bethel Park Community Center), and when enrollment at the high school level outgrew the original high school facility, the high school students swapped schools with the younger students in 1934.