The Worm Is Turning Editorial on Westchester Growth
Westchester County sees a building slump amid debate over upzoning and mortgage tightness. Directors of the Westchester County Association fear zoning hikes throttle growth and will investigate. The piece argues competitive bidding for local government purchases over $1,000 protects taxpayer money and lowers costs.
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Westchester County
Westchester County Association
Westchester
Greenburgh
New York State
Irvington Elementary Christmas Program Listed Details
The Irvington Elementary School will present two Christmas program performances next Tuesday with a 1:15 show for students and an 8:00 show for parents. The program theme is Christmas in Other Lands featuring six presentations with audience carols and a finale of Silent Night by the Elementary School Chorus with autoharps. Narrators include Janet Marks and others. manger scene participants and choir members are named among students and staff.
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Irvington
England
Holland
Spain
Italy
Christ
Manger
Perilhou
Hopkins
Janet Marks
Deborah Boggs
Peggy Schobinger
Sandy Lord
Joseph Falasea
Sally Danz
Carolyn Murck
Ellen Daly
Mary
Billy McLeod
Joseph
James Cullen
Michael Flachere
John Edelberg
Edward Beale
Ashok Sik
Donald Smith
Elaine Crawford
Nancy Vel
Donald McVinnes
Garry Ale
Picarellos Return From Hospital After Accident
Mr and Mrs Joseph Picarello and their two daughters Rita and Catherine returned home from Dobbs Ferry Hospital after a week due to injuries from a automobile accident Catherine remains confined at home Their Bain Street snow repair shop is open again For the Elementary School Choir the accompanists are Susan Kinne Peter Keltner and Miss Frances Valentine fifth grade teacher
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Joseph Picarello
Rita
Catherine
North Behar Street
Dobbs Ferry Hospital
Picarello
Bain Street
Greenburgh Town Cuts 1957 Tax Rate in Final Budget
The Greenburgh Town Council adopted the 1957 budget reducing the town tax rate to 77 cents per $1000 in villages and 10.48 per $4000 in unincorporated areas, with overall costs $552.45 and $155,829 to be raised by tax levy after offsets. They cut several outside budgets, approved public auctions and radar equipment bids, and discussed salaries for key officials, defending full-time roles for town attorney supervisor and engineer.
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Greenburgh
Civil Defense
Recreation Commission
Counci
Saw Mliver Road
Ardsley
Coair
Orchard Hill
Hartsdale Yond
Police Department
Dan C. Nolan
Onde
Youth Center Elects Nine New Directors
The Irvington Youth Center in Town Hall elected nine directors at its annual meeting. Seven will serve three year terms, one two year term, and one one year term to fill vacancies. New three year directors include Ruth Wink, Peter Gasparini, W G Melvin, Acho G Chalet, Willam R Roane, Richard J Fitzgerald, and Earl W Cameron. Frank Blair chosen for two years and Richard C Wels to serve one year as board president.
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Tne
Irvington
Town Hall
Ruth Wink
Peter Gasparini
W. G. Melvin
Acho G. Chalet
Willam R. Roane
Richard J. Fitzgerald
Earl W. Cameron
School Musicians To Give Xmas Concert
Evington High School hosts a Christmas concert in the High School Auditorium on Wednesday evening December 19 at 3:30 pm featuring the Junior and Senior Choirs and Orchestra. Richard Falk and Henry Conlin direct instrumental and vocal music with Kirsten Falke and Fredda Bekar as accompanists. The program includes carols, Christmas songs from the oratorio, and selections by the Junior and Senior choirs and orchestra.
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Ievington High
Richard Falk
Henry Conlin
Insrumental
Kirsten Falke
Fredda Bekar
Dorothy Hag
Berg
Camille
Saint-Saens
Max Reger
Jacqueline Vincent
Franz Schubert
Eleanor Doyle
Berni Berlin
Jac-k
Wweline Vincent
Russ Miller
Ione Kapp
Tusior Che
Hanson Russe
Moussorgsky
vumpet—Scott
Maria Shaw
M. Praetorius
W. H. Neidlinger
Susan York
George Lymn
the Harmonaires
Shane Alinka
Austin
Ervin Drake
James Shiss
Donald Cairns
Norman Bell
Robert Shave
Ava Maria
Frane Schubert
Kisten Falke
Bach
Vington HS
White Plains
Adam
Wownie Investiture for Brownies and Tweenies
Dear parents an invitation to the Wownie Investiture on Sunday December 16 at three o clock at the Poth home hosted by Glen Snetham Brownie Leader The event aims to witness Tweenies becoming Brownies with family and friends invited Also notes a Women’s Association Christmas meeting at Annie E Poth home Tuesday evening at Irvington Presbyterian Church
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Glen Snetham
Poth
Women's Association
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Annie E. Poth
Sunnyside Parade of Irving Era Christmas Decor
Sunnyside will be fully decorated in 17th to 18th century style for Christmas, supervised by Washington Irving’s descendants and garden clubs. A 2 PM Sunday display includes a madrigal concert, admissions 2.50 for adults, 25 cents for children, with old-fashioned toys, a Christmas tree, and century-era objects in the baronial hall and study.
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Washington Irving
Sunnyside
Garde
Irvington
Robert Warner
America
Europe
Madrid
United States
Spain
Sarah
Teving
Hilson Valley
Madrigal
Seale
Abe Kde
Rerbert G. Hart
Dale Garden Club
Eh Iren
Philipse Manor
Irving
Tarrytown
Faculty Student Basketball Game Draws Big Crowd
Tevington High School invites a capacity crowd Friday night for the second annual Faculty versus Students basketball game at 8 pm in the High School Gym. Student tickets are sold at the school offices. adults via committee members. Proceeds fund athletic coaching films and school assemblies with a portion benefiting the Levington American Field Service Fund.
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Tevington High School
William 8. York
Wiliam Miler
Robert C. Whitman
Clay Rice
Levington Americen Field Service Fund
Firemen Contain Blaze at 31 South Bekar Street
Fire in the living room of Mrs. William B Townsend's apartment on the second floor caused minor damage before village firefighters arrived a few minutes after 10. A curtain, furniture, and woodwork by a front window were scorched. Initial exam indicates a defect in electric wiring started the fire.
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Wiliam B. Townsend
South Bekar Street
Vilage Fire Department
Hremen
Stewart N Storms Retiring From County Trust Bank
Stewart N Storms longtime assistant treasurer of the County Trust Company Irvington office is honored at a dinner in Tarrytown marking 37 years of service. He began as a teller in Irvington National Bank and Trust, and stayed through mergers. Born in Dobbs Ferry, he joined the Irvington staff in 1916 after Wesley College.
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Stewart N. Storms
County Trust Company
Irvington
Jappan Hill
Tarrywn
Ivvington ‘National Bank and Trust Company
County ‘Trust Company
William R. Roane
Tavington
Palf
Margaret Beswick
Adele Warnock
Caroline Hagberg
Nela Shaw
Harry Biscolf
Storms
Irvington Bank
Wesley“ College
Bellewood Avenue
Dobbs Ferry
Irvington Schools to Close for Christmas Recess
Irvington Public Schools will close Thursday December 20 at 3 15 pm and reopen January 2. The high school music program, originally set for December 19, will be repeated as an assembly the following day for the students.
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Irvington
Irvington School Board Names Substitute Teacher Loren Smith
The Irv region Board of Education appointed Mrs Loren Smith as substitute teacher for Evelyn Wynn for the second half of the school year while Wynn takes a sabbatical. The board also leased Memorial Park athletic fields to the district for physical education and competitions at 1200 yearly, granted Dorothy Henry 2 credits for studies from a Scandinavian trip, and noted landscaping work at the elementary grounds nearing completion ahead of winter.
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Loren Smith Ot Vampse
Irvregion Board of Education
Arrs
Evelyn Wynn
The
Poara
Irvington
Memorial Park
Dorothy Henry
Joseph Siderits
Sibert Jr Elected Assistant Trust Officer at Bankers Trust
Rawin L Sibert Jr of the trusts and estates division at Bankers Trust Company was recently elected an assistant trust officer. Sibert joined the company in 1950 after eight active years in the United States Navy. He is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy Annapolis class of 1983 and resides in Lewis Road.
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EL. Sert, JR
Rawin L. Sibert, Jr
Bankers Trust Company
1ME
Sibert
Unitedates Navy
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Lewis Rosd
Village Trustees to Hold Public Session on Water Supply
Irvington trustees held a special meeting to review a tentative agreement with Greenburgh Town to supply water from Greenburgh pumping station Shaft 20 Delaw are Aqueduct to Irvington. The plan includes a 16 inch main to a storage tank and gravity distribution, with a $500000 cost and a 15 year term plus renewal. Trustees aim to hold a public meeting after January 2 to analyze financing and project details.
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Irvington Board of Trustees
Ll Clase
Greenburgh
Te Village
Delware
New Yorkery
Vesiges
Alred WW. Sawyer
Haven and
Sawyer
New York Conshing Engineers
Buble
Eles Re
Bommrise Coates
Wateriman Road
Vilage
Croton
Dobbs Ferry
Saw Mil’ Rier
Saw Mi
Thruway
Putnam
New York Central
Tne
Orchard Hill
The
County
Consolidated Law Company
Tuimbrook Road
Peter Bent Road
Irvington
Saw Mil Parkway
East Tivinge Lon
New York City
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Valentine Coen
Picarellos
Youth Center
Philip B. Sanborn
Donald S. Worm
Syracuse
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