Community Briefs From A Busy Irvington Weekend
Local notes report Eleanor Kramer visiting Long Island with friends while Reed travels Ardley. Mrs Karl Smith hosted Thursday Club at Osceola Ave home. Slater family in Chicago for two weeks. Betty Wirtes and Mrs James Brown mentioned. A baby born Wednesday at Dobbs Ferry Hospital. two older brothers named Robert and Tobe. Rose Molt visited T Hagen. private Cuthbert Sinking in Germany. Frederick King on leave from USNR at Mountain Road East Irvington. Milton Bjornstad watched Army Navy game in Baltimore. Isabel Sweetman hosted surprise party for Harry Buckhost on Maple Street. several guests attended. Susanne and family renting East Clinton Ave apartment. Roys welcome daughter Ellen born Nov 27 at Elizabethtown Army Hospital.
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Betty Wirtes
Mountain
James Brown
Real
East Irvington
Clinton Avenue
Tarrytown Hospital
Dobbs Ferry Hospital
Robert
Tobe
Frederick King
USNR
Mountain Road
Irvington
Homie
Lesve
Milton Bjornstad
Cedar Ridge
Satuday
Baltimore
Isabel Sweetman
Maple
Harry Buckhost
South
Gamesman Street
Post Graduate Hospital
Newoed
Dorothy Orkey
Nancy Palmer
Esther Johnson
Carol Ann Schneck
Samuel Thacher
Susanne
Norley
Greentich
Cons
East Clinton Avenue
Home Service Department
Jor J. Tryin
U.S. Coast Guards
Navy
Irwin
Niagara Falls
Andrew Taxter
Sages
Dobbs Ferry
Presmania. Ly
Irvington Red Cross Notes and Local War Efforts
Irvington reports Red Cross activities for December with 196 blood donations at Dobbs Ferry and 43 donors from Irvington including 12 first-timers. The issue notes war fund planning for March, local enlistments like Griswold M. Hill in the Marine Corps, and residents in military service with updates on families and hospitalizations.
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Griswold M. Hill, Je
G. i. Hil
Barney Park
Rome, N. Ya
Marine Corps
Parris Island
Red Cross
Peter Ash
Treington
Dobbs Ferry
Irvington
Dr Hughes Dayton Dies After Stroke in New York Area
Dr. Hughes Dayton of Ardsley Park, longtime general practitioner, died suddenly after a stroke at Tarrytown Hospital. Services were held at St Barnabas Church in Dobbs Ferry with Rev Floyd Van Keuren. burial in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven. Born in Philadelphia 71 years earlier, he studied Yale and Columbia and served as physician at New York Hospital and Greenwich area hospitals. He left a widow, Amy B Albert of Gwynedd, and two sons, William B. and Herman A. Dayton.
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Hughes Dayton
Ardsley Parks
Goddenly
Tarrytown
iDe Dayton
Phindelgia
William Berrian Dayton
Washington, D.C
Cornelian Houghes
New Haven
Conn
St John's School
Ian Ossining
N.Y
Dayton
Sheffield Scientis School
Yale
College of Physicie and Surgeons of
Columbia
Ieteuetnc
Cornelledical School
New York Hospitaly
Tarestown
United Hospital
Porichester
Society of Cin ‘Iinnati
Amy B. Albert
Gwynedd
Marrigge
Willam B
Herman A. Dayton
Tax burden in Greenburgh town reaching four million
A reader letter to the Irvington Gazette discusses Greenburgh town taxes for 1944. The writer cites a total levy of 4,635,245.89 with breakdowns across town state and county shares and district budgets, noting taxes per resident would be about 115.46 if evenly distributed. He argues for reducing public expenditures and improving efficiency, offering to join a group addressing the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Trvington-on-Hudson
Greet Brah
Tactozis
Westchester County
Cense
Wtou
McIntyre Grout
Blake
Letters From Men In The Service Remembrance Note
A service letter dated November 26 1944 from William H Brokaw thanks Lexington readers for a Christmas box and kindness. He expresses appreciation for the effort to make his home feel closer to home and sends warm wishes for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ixington
Wiclian H. Brokaw
Irvington Fire Hazard Notes At Board Meeting
A taxpayer notes fire hazards at a school yard and nearby structures. He cites missing brickwork, a damaged roofless building, cigarette risks, and a fenced back yard as hazards while comparing to other local properties. He urges action including demolition of a barn on South Ferris Street if a contractor is found.
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Irvington
Main Street
South Ferris Street
Asa
Jie
Holy Name Branch 122 Plans December 10 Mass Meeting
Parish notices report Holy Name Society Branch 122 will meet Sunday December 10 at 8:30 Mass with all men invited. Recent branch meeting discussed not hosting a dance, spaghetti supper propose, officer nominations, and parish events including USO party at Tareytown. A letter from Angelo Maffucci concerns local property and requests fair play.
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Holy Name Society
Holy Name Hall
Sid
Us.o. S
Tareytown
Palmer
Thomas
Campbell Rey
Father Donlon
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Mies
Eleanor Kramer
Willows Street
Long Island
Onere Reed
Ardley Bak
Karl Smith
Osceola Av Cenue
Ells D. Slater
Ardsley Avenue
Chicago
Rose Molt
East Arvington
T. Hagen
Taster
Road
Herbert Vannalla
Sampson, N. Y
Grinnell Street
Belle Sinking
Cuthbert P.2
Germany
Geyalealm D. Rey
Roy
Rite Ellen
Elizabethtown
X.Y
Wiliam A. Kimbel
Athsey Park
Washington
Stuart Stevenson
Ardsley Park
Paul Wie
Lee We Iy
TarcHown
Bay
Chars
Irvington High School
Margaret Taster
Daniel Taster
North Eckar
Alysses Lorothy Irwin
Gloria Hidden
Florence and Ethel Kerr
Liberty, N. Y
Lloyd B. Gilstour
Cedar Street
Dobbs
Claudette Colbert
Gary Cooper
Teresa Wright
Richard Travis
Charles Lang
Jennifer Jones
Gene Tierney
Dana Andrews
Benny Goodman
His
Buble
Greenburgh
Dodger
Dalton
Palisade Avenue
Cnudete Colbert
Monte Wooley
Sun. Mon
Tuets Dee
Casanova Brown
Lon Chaney
Jean Parker
Die
Bracken
AML
Lled
Ireplace
Holy Name News
Thad
Igor
Angelo
Loew's
Johnnie Dhnston
Rebenels
NoClarge
Bloomingdale OM “Enterprise
Accomiostai
Phong
Enterprise 7280
Bloomingdale's
Ek Sintee Sieh
Irvington Ie
Verso
Ningdale
Lex
Ave
S9th
U.S
Pital
The
Irvington National Bank and Trust Company
Federal Deposit Insurance C
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