Thanksgiving Inter faith service in Irvington firehouse
Irvington hosted a traditional inter faith Thanksgiving Eve service in the Main Street firehouse with the Irvington High School Glee Club performing hymns. Clergy from Immaculate Conception Church, Church of St Barnabas, and Irvington Presbyterian Church attended, reflecting the community’s early multi faith Thanksgiving observance.
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Main Street
Irvington
Irvington High School
Robert
ZIP Codes help post office deliver Christmas mail
Postmaster William A. Murphy urges use of ZIP Codes on all Christmas mail. He says five-digit codes shorten routes, reduce handling, cut damage risk, and prevent gifts from going to the dead parcel office. ZIP Codes can be obtained at the Post Office.
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Murphy
William A. Murphy
Santa
Greenburgh Anti Poverty Director To Speak At LWV Meeting
Mrs. Phyllis Shearer, executive director of the Westchester Community Opportunity Program serving Greenburgh and nearby communities, will discuss The Goals and Achievements of the Community Action Program at the Irvington League of Women Voters luncheon on Wednesday December 7 at 2 PM. The talk will be followed by questions. Invited are League members and friends. luncheon hosted by Mrs. Louis Goodkind at the home of Mrs. David Diener in Jaffray Court. RSVP to Mrs. Clay R. Smith.
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Greenburgh
Phyllis Shearer
Westchester Community Opportunity Program
Anti-Poverty Agency
North Tarrytown
Eastcle
Larchmont
Mamaroneck
Irvington League of Women Voters
Shearer
Acts
Erty
League
David Diener
Jaffray Court
Louis Goodkind
Clay R. Smith
Edgemont May Become New Village In Greenburgh Town Action
Greenburgh Supervisor Edward N. Vetrano ruled the Edgemont incorporation petition meets Village Law requirements. He noted withdrawals of 43 signatures and that some signers were not eligible voters yet found a sufficient number of valid signatures to proceed. The decision followed a November 10 public hearing and review of tax rolls and voter lists.
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Edgemont
Edward N. Vetrano
Greenburgh
Vetrano
United Fund Nears Midway In Drive
The Mid-Hudson Division of the United Funds is at 43.7 percent of its $95,445 goal after three weeks. The division includes Ardsley Dobbs Ferry Elmsford Hastings-on-Hudson and Irvington with $26,292 allocated by the countywide drive. Hastings led locally at 10,571 or 42.9 percent of its goal. Irvington 8,596 38 percent. Elmsford 879 31.4 percent. Dobbs Ferry 763 5.75 percent. Ardsley 96 1.5 percent.
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Mid-Hudson
United Funds
J. Gordon
Divi
Ardsley
Dobbs Ferry
Elmsford
Hastings-on-Hudson
Irvington
United Fund
Westchester
Hastings
Dobbs’ Ferry
Thanksgiving assembly spotlights poverty and privilege
Rev William Jones, Irvington High School alumnus, spoke at a Thanksgiving assembly on world poverty and American abundance. The program featured Mozart Divertimento, Satie Gymnopedie, Lerner On a Clear Day, a Dutch 17th century tune, and a Work Song by Herb Albert. Soloist Eleanor Frachtenberg, Mary Williams on piano, and the state band with Jellinek, Frachtenberg, Sheridan, Graham, Wright, Fox, Goodell, Samuelson performed. Jones traced his Far Eastern studies and mission work, urged student awareness, and noted high school facilities. The Mixed Chorus, directed by Henry Conlin, offered Invocação, Thanksgiving Psalm, Quando m'en no seletta, and The Deaf Old Woman, finishing with the Prayer of Thanksgiving.
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Irvington High School
Eugene Sprague
Moazrt
Sterck
Kindler
Satie
Eleanor Frachtenberg
Lerner
Herb Albert
Paul Jellinek
Katherine Sheridan
Helen Graham
Evan Wright
Robin Fox
Warren Goodell
Arthur Samuelson
Mary Williams
Mr. Sprague
Irvington
America
Henry Conlin
Mozart
Taylor
Puccini
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Wm. Jones
Yale
Okinawa
Kwansei
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Anglican Seminary
Kyoto
International Institute of Japan
Kwansei University
Jones
Union Seminary
Columbia University
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