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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1945
Page
1
John Hunter of Irvington died, a man of sound judgment and strong community service. He avoided public office but gave freely to the village, served as a church officer and trustee, and was highly respected by neighbors and family. The community mourns his passing.
The village and a prospective developer plan to transform the former Adam K. Luke estate on Dows Lane into a premier residential site. Authorities note Cedar Ridge as a model, praising the surrounding layout, road and utility costs, and a nearby park. The Lake property’s potential is seen as a cooperative opportunity benefiting the community and future buyers.
A long fragment details a December Christmas concert at Irvington or Dobbs Ferry High School, noting a midnight parking ban and describing the program with the high school orchestra and mixed chorus. It mentions soloists Roberta Anderson and John Ferguson, plus various local residents and staff. The text mixes event details with oblique names and dates, reflecting a local paper's society page item.
Fragmented notice outlines Swope development of $15,000 houses on the Luke estate with plans for a subdivision and fencing. It mentions permits, city approvals, nearby residents, and local officials including a mayor and board members, with references to nearby properties and a proposed six foot minimum lot line.
In Village Police Court yesterday John Doe appeared in a case over parking near the Photocolor Building. He was fined one dollar but refused to reveal his identity, maintaining the cloak of mystery surrounding him.
Dr Charles J McClure former village trustee member left a net estate of 19764 with a gross value of 36027. His Harriman Road residence was appraised at 25000 and personal property totaled 10587 with 470 in mortgages and cash. His wife Elsie Kendall McClure was sole beneficiary under his will.
Miss Kerr, daughter of Mr and Mrs Les Kerr of Mount Pleasant Lane Easter ton announces engagement to Donald Zeh ton of Mr and Mrs Robert Zeh ton Mountain Road East Irvington. Kerr a graduate of Irvington High School is employed by Brown and Company of Devington Me. Zeh attended Teilaion Fire School and recently honorably discharged from the U S Corps. Edward Zekus, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Zekus of Taster Road East Irvington, has returned from overseas and received an honorable discharge from the U S Army.
Three family memorials fund the New Tarrytown hospital building and equipment. Sylvester Balas heads the gifts committee, with $29100 raised to honor Dr Charles C Brace and the late Re Lane Brace Ward. Ward’s gifts include $9000 for the accident room and funds to place the Ward family memorial in a third floor semi private room. More units remain available across departments and beds.
Capt H B Ellsworth of Washington Avenue received the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement during aerial combat at Williams Field. He entered service in June 1941 after three years at New York University and spent a year overseas with the 90th Division MP unit. His wife is Rhoda Van Hyring. he is son of Mrs Randolph B C Ellsworth and the late Major Ellsworth. His brother Lt Actor T Ellsworth recently returned from overseas and is on terminal leave.
The mother of Mia Valentine died Saturday after a brief illness. She was remembered by family at St Paul’s Church during a service in winter time.
More than $10,000 was trimmed from the 1945 Greenburgh budget as the Town Council adopted a reduced tax rate for next year. Incorporated villages face $2.70 per thousand, outside village areas $7.30, with substantial reductions from prior figures. Reductions touched storage shed, retirement system, sponging town-owned land, street lighting, and various department appropriations totaling about $272,000 in cuts, yielding a net levy lower than last year. Public discussion at F. R. Pierson Elementary School drew criticism from taxpayer leader George Donohue over police salaries and budget procedures, while Supervisor Beel defended staffing changes as accommodating future growth.
John Hunter president of the Irvington National Bank and Trust Company and head of a local contracting firm died suddenly just after noon at his home. A lifelong Irvington resident, he had attended to bank and business the day before and canceled a luncheon in New York due to illness. He was active in community life as planning board chair, library trustee, bank director, and contractor member of several local clubs. Survived by two wives, a son and daughter, six grandchildren, and a sister in Michigan City Indiana, with funeral plans to be arranged after family arrivals.
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