School Open Drive Carefully campaign aids Irvington kids
Police Chief Leo W Beck announced Irvington police join the Automobile Club of New York in its School Open Drive Carefully effort. Officers will display posters and guard school crossings to protect children returning to classes and remind motorists to slow near schools parks and playgrounds. The chief urged drivers to stop for stopped school buses with flashing red lights and noted many children will cross at unprotected corners.
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Leo W. Beck
Automobile Club of New York
Beck
AAA
Irvington
Auto Club
New York
New School Bus Schedule Takes Effect This Thursday
Irvington officials announce a revised bus plan for the coming year with earlier pickup times. Afternoon riders from Main Street School will go to Dows Lane School before boarding their regular buses. Full schedules are available at local fire stations, the East Irvington general store, Post Office, banks, and in The Irvington Gazette.
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Irvington
Main Street
Dows Lane
Pennybridge
East Irvington
Broadway
Oak Willow Crescent
Drive Carefully Look for Children And School Buses
A public safety alert urges drivers to slow down near schools and buses and to watch for children crossing. Officials emphasize vigilance during morning and afternoon commute times and remind motorists to stop for stopped school buses.
Irvington Parks Pops Concert Opens School Year
Irvington hosts the first Yonkers Pops Band concert at Matthiessen Park Friday at 8 p.m. under Mayor Peyser with a 45 member group and a Mystery Tune Contest. Rain postponement to Sunday. Schools reopen Thursday morning as 1,625 pupils and 250 Immaculate Conception students return. enrollment up marginally with one extra teacher. New elementary principal James O'Ryan replaces Dante Zacavish.
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Irvington
Matthiessen Park
Peter A. Peyser
Yonkers
Albert J. Torres
Immaculate Conception
James O’ryan
Dante Zacavish
Three Local Girls To Make Debut In Rye Cotillion
The thirtieth Westchester Cotillion will be held in Shenorock Shore Club Rye on Friday Sept 6. Debutantes and escorts hosted by Cotillion chair Mrs William Rockefeller of Rye with honorary committee members and Ardsley-on-Hudson ushers. Miss Edith McKee Rockefeller and Miss Leslie Ludington lead the Grand March with other debutantes Sally Nolan Stephanie Edens and Katherine Stevenson. Ben Cutter Orchestra to play with a later club breakfast.
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Shenorock Shore Club
Rye
William Rockefeller
Cotillion
Winfred Byron Holton, Jr
R. Clifford Balck
Leroy Frantz
Ralph P. Manny
Beaumont Packard
Brooks Johring
Frank Dan
Lackey
Charles T. Stewart
Charles L. Stover
Ardsley-on-Hudson
Leslie Elizabeth Ludington
Francis H. Ludington, Jr
Pelham
Sally Wells Nolan
Field Terrace
William J.nolan, Jr
Stephanie Talbert Edens
Robert L. Edens
Winnetka
Katherine Denny Stevenson
Stuart Davis Stevenson
Stuart ‘Reeves McAfee
Irvington
Ben Cutter
Daniel ONeill Molds Path at Indiana University Bloomington
Daniel T. ONeill, son of Mr and Mrs Charles T ONeill, is a freshman at Indiana University Bloomington planning a math major. The ONeills previously lived in Irvington.
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Daniel T. O'Neill
Charles T. O'Neill
Indiana University
Bloomington
Indiana
Daniel
O’neills
Irvington
Not a Holiday for Sanitation Men
The Sanitation Department reminds residents that usual trash collection occurs on Labor Day Monday Sept 2 and asks them to place refuse at the curb at the usual time since sanitation workers do not observe the holiday.
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Sanitation Department
Laura Schultz to Begin Freshman Year at Bennington College
Miss Laura A Schultz daughter of Mr and Mrs David Schultz of 15 White Tail Road will enter Bennington College this September as a freshman. She is a graduate of IHS.
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Laura A. Schultz
David Schultz
White Tail Road
Bennington
Nermeeta
Schultz
IHS
Two Irvington GIs Meet in Vietnam PX
Irvington natives two local soldiers, Sp4 James Brennan and Pfc Joseph Orlando, met recently at a Phu Bai PX in Vietnam. Brennan, due back in the U.S. next month, is in the Phu Bai area while Orlando arrived last month and is stationed near the demilitarized zone. They were high school classmates at Irvington High, class of 1965. Brennan is the son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Brennan of 127 Main Street. Orlando is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Orlando of 14 South Broadway.
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James Brennan
Phu Bai
Pfc
Joseph Orlando
Vietnam
Irvington High School
Brennan
Edgar Brennan
Main Street
Orlando
Frank, Orlando
South Broadway
A Loose Horse Gallops Down Main Street
Irvington in 1968 saw a rare incident as a horse escaped and trotted along Main Street. Patrolman Demersky pursued in a patrol car from Harriman Road to Main Street and into South Eekar Street where he collarled the horse and returned it to the Fatato children. He sustained a cut while slipping near a hedge and received treatment at Dobbs Ferry Hospital. Chief Beck supported the pursuit. The horse was unharmed and normal traffic resumed quickly.
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Irvington
William Demersky
Harriman Road
South Broadway
Main Street
South Eekar Street
Thomas Fatato
Leo W. Beck
Demersky
Howard Lee
Dobbs Ferry
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Laura Schultz
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