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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1949
Page
1
Editorial calls for a village pool by 1950 and urges private and public funding. It contrasts Ardsley and Hastings pools and questions Irvington progress. The piece then critiques state scholarship results, highlighting low averages from smaller high schools and urging state education reform and better funding equivalence.
Minutes of meetings on July 1 1991 and July 21 1981 outline bid results for exterior and interior painting and plumbing work at Greenburgh Union Free School District No. 2 High School and East Irvington, with contractors including Brew & Robertson Piccot and Costello Contracting Corp. The actions approve contracts totaling about 16222 and authorize heating and venting and stack replacements, pending architectural approval, with future steps noted.
Fifty Tevington boys swam at Ardsley Coustey Club pool on a sunny Monday under Police Revolver Club sponsorship. Off duty police, led by James Byrnes and John Greenan, coordinated the event amid calls for a village pool. Next Monday August 29, fifty girls will visit the Ardsley Club pool, with buses leaving Police Headquarters at 12:45 PM. dressings are not available.
The county fair moves from Blind Brooks Polo Club grounds in Harrison to Empire City Raceway in Yonkers to handle larger crowds. The event runs from Friday September 9 to September 17. Announced by John AM Houston Fair Association general manager and Joseph Goldae Westchester Chamber advisory board in a joint meeting.
Funeral services were held for William Chester Conklin a long time East Irvington resident. He died last Friday at Dale’s Jersey Hospital after a fall illness. The service was at Janderit Funeral Home in Irvington with Rev Philip W. Fart officiating. He was born in East Irvington 64 years ago, worked on estates locally, survived by his wife Theresa Habermehl and several relatives.
Sunnyside Community House organizes a September 4 picnic at Brookside Oval led by Milton Kinve with Charles Ehinter and Dist Berry reporting on adult games and Angela Reale and Mrs Reale handling the children's party. The program features softball, egg throwing, rolling pin race, horseshoe tossing and a menu of corn, hotdogs, soda and tea prepared by local hosts. Support comes from Mrs John Shatz and others including Mrs Charles Horstein and Mrs Enel Strunk with John Shute as ticket chairman.
Edwin Balmer scored for the Padre squad in a tight home win as key players contributed points and the team secured a late lead. The contest showcased scoring runs and steady defense, with Valca also contributing in the clash.
A group from the Presbyterian Church plans an evening Hudson River cruise to Stony Point tomorrow. This first general congregation cruise follows a prior Couples Club event. Departing eight o clock from the Tarrytown Ferry dock, arrangements may be made through Pastor Rev. Philip W. Forst or Mrs Joseph Rowan, the pastor's assistant.
William Leswing 20 of Maplewood New Jersey was killed while pruning a decayed tree on a vacant Oak Street lot in Spiro. A rope attached to a limb snapped and dragged him 35 feet to the ground. Dr. William R. Roane arrived but Leswing died moments after impact. The tree was being felled under orders from Mrs. Mary Feierdy of New York for removal due to condition.
A correction clarifies the temporary assistant at The Gazete is Father McGowan replacing Father Blesch who is on vacation in Statesboro Georgia. Also noted is Miss Helen Stubbe and Mr Milton Bjorn at their summer Minnesota home.
Beginning June 1 the Irvington Public Library will open daily from 10 to 12 A M and 8 to 6 P M with evening hours 7 to 9 on Monday Wednesday and Friday. The library will be closed all day Saturday.
Rush of business at Police Court on Wednesday disposed eighteen cases with fines totaling 210 dollars. Violations were split between village officers and Westchester Parkway police, mainly speeding tickets with fines of ten dollars each for numerous defendants including George Lavine New York Mayo Garnice Staten Island Ry Rakestron Yonkers Jess Verutio Yorke Jos Figeras Bron... George Abrahams Meri... and others.
Mrs. Charlotte Miller of Cliter Dince Ardsley Park chairs Greenburgh Republican Committee as it calls a meeting for Monday at 2 19 P M in the Lyceum Building Broadway at Central Avenue Tarrytown Arrangements will be discussed for the Fall Primary on Tuesday September 6 with 30 fines throughout the townships Open from 12 noon to 9 P M Date for the committee reorganization meeting is also to be decided The reorganization of the Town Greenburgh Republican Committee will follow not earlier than two days nor later than seven after the primary according to the bylaws
Patricia Headland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Courny Headland, married Laurence Ingram Radway, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Radway of Nanuet New York, in Tarmabat Church. The bride wore ivory satin with Brussels lace and carried a silver prayer hook. Escort was her father. Jane Saxon Pate was maid of honor. attendants included Paula Alice Radway and other relatives. Radway, a former Army Fire Corps captain, attended Harvard College and the University of Minnesota while pursuing graduate studies.
Louis and Thomas DiGiorgio along with Richard Tees, John Drake, and John Herlihy spend weeks at Cann Sivanoy Scout Camp in Wingate. Anne Micintosh Berguson, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Ferguson on North Dearnian Street, enrolls in Katharine Gibby School and starts classes on September 20.
Townsfolk gathered for a series of open air screenings organized by the market committee of the Board of Trustees. The events drew hundreds, showcasing community spirit and local entertainment under warm weather evenings.
Rev. Fr. E. E. Cassedy from Bismarck North Dakota will speak at all Masses at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on Sunday August 28. He will appeal for his mission under the New York archdiocese missionary cooperative plan. Cassedy James, formerly from Jersey City, worked eight years at Chase National Bank in New York before ordination.
Miss Rose Lennon of East Irvington died in Tarrytown Hospital at noon Wednesday after a heart ailment. Funeral services are set for 10 A.M. Saturday at Church of the Nesta Concentrion, reposing at Baker Funeral Home Hastings. Rev Abert A Faase will officiate. burial at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. She was 62, daughter of Tohi and Rosen Lennon, graduate of Irvington school, employed in New York. Survived by four sisters Katherine Lennon, Mrs Richard J Magen, Mrs James Lat, Mrs Elizabeth A Faase, and one brother Bernard Lennon.
Pottery making and weaving hobbyists are invited to enter the Westchester town Flower Show at the County Center Building in White Plains from September 25. Cash prizes from State Fair funds will honor bowls vases figures in ceramics or pottery and textile works including needlework and jewelry. A committee led by Mrs Samuel Berlin and Mrs Sidney Sugerman coordinates handicraft and fine arts entries with sub chairmen handling ceramics weaving jewelry and sculpture.
About 14 000 school tax bills will be mailed to property owners in the Town of Greenburgh between now and Wednesday evening. The larger list reflects growth in private residences and expanded holdings across unincorporated areas and several villages. The total tax levy across eleven districts is 231574470, the largest on real property in Greenburgh, with district budgets itemized for Tarrytown, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings, Ardsley, Greenburgh, Hartsdale, Fairview, Elmsford, and joint districts, plus Greenburgh shares of each budget.
National Service Life Insurance special dividends. forms available Monday at the Irvington Post Office. The reply postcard asks for veteran name, permanent address, signature, serial number, service branch, date of hire and policy number. Regional reps for deceased veterans and incompetent dependents noted. One application per veteran. Dividends not payable on insurance under three months or issued after December 31 1947. Payment by check.
Rev and Mrs P W Furst and their family of the Manse North Broadway have returned from a month location. Robert Stuart and family of Ekhem home from a month location North Tarrytown moved to Mountain College Poultnay New Milford Conn. Mr Stuart is the son of William C Stuart. They visited Mr Furst's mother at Lode Haven Pa and friends at Quogue LT.
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