St Mary's Guild tea noted as thirty five years ago
Hudson Road and Mrs Stanley Shirk of Matthiessen Park attended a tea given by Mrs Clarence Conklin of Ardsley Park for St Marys Guild. The column recalls past events including visits to Detroit, New York City performances, school faculty birthdays, and other era notes across thirty five to fifty five years prior with multiple local names. It mentions Alfred DeKay and Serge Rachmaninoff in Carnegie Hall and a developing family news update as well as a honeymooning couple in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Road
Stanley Shirk
Matthiessen Park
Clarence Conklin
Ardsley Park
St. Mary's Guild
Philip Gleason
Detroit
Michigan
South Broadway
Leo Beck
Collier’s Hour
New York City
Ethel Howe
Martha Hyde
Cat and
The
Globe Theatre
Martin A. Fallon
West Home Place
Dorothy F. Henry
Rockville Center
Alfred DeKay
LHS
Irvington
F. H. Hettinger
Dorothea
Carnegie Hall
Serge Rachmaninoff
Enes
Frank Taafe
Main Street
Henry Bing
Louise
Frederick
Frederick J
Santa Claus
Thomas Connick
Arthur
Kathleen Crisfield
Raymond Harten
Helen O'Leary
Irvington Gazette masthead and staff credits
The Irvington Gazette lists Malcolm M. Roy as editor and publisher from 1937 to 1960 with Conan M Roy and Josefu F Rowan as publishers and circulation manager. Louis Bennett serves as mechanical superintendent. The paper is printed by Tappan Zee Press Inc at 1 Aqueduct Lane, Irvington-on-Hudson NY. It is published weekly on Thursdays. Subscription rates include seven dollars in advance with one year term and ten cent single copies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conan M. D.roy
Josefu F. Rowan
Louis Bennett
Tappan Zee Press,Inc
Aqueduct Lane
Irvington-on-Hudson
New York
Irvington Garden Club hears report on Audubon Camp
Irvington Garden Club members hear Mrs. Marion Olson report on her National Audubon Society Greenwich Camp in Connecticut. Olson, a Springhurst School teacher, shared how the camp’s wildlife focus and visual aids enriched her lessons and classroom work for local pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Garden Club
Marion Olson
Springhurst
Dobbs Ferry
National Audubon Society
Greenwich, Connecticut
Garden Club
Irvington
Olson
Greenwich
Garden Club of
United States
Maine
Wisconsin
Connecticut
William G. Lord
Main Street
Evergreen needles drop from drought and mite attack
Drought and mite injury are causing excessive needle drop on spruces, hemlocks, arborvitae, and white pines this fall. Infestations by mites and scale on hemlock and blue spruce worsen the damage, producing yellow foliage and brown tips. Rebuild vigor by moisture, mulch, and spring sprays with delayed dormant oil and early June miticides.
Irvington Years Chronicle Reveals Local Edits and Deaths
The Gazette’s Down Through The Years recaps Irvington life milestones from five to twenty years past. Highlights include the opening of the Irvington Youth Center in a renovated church, the death of Louis duPont Irving, school transportation disputes, a Park Road judge’s passing, and a mix of civic, church, and village events across decades with mentions of Sunnyside decorations, zoning talks, engagements, and wartime preparations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Louis duPont Irving
Washington Irving
Sunnyside
Southhampton
England
Board of Education
Millbrook Park
Tarrytown
Ralph K. Jacobs
Park Road
Mount Sinai “Hospital
New York
Community Moves and Holiday Visits Across Irvington
Mr and Mrs John Ruffler relocate to 18 North Buckhout Street and Mrs Fay of Parkersburg WV visits sister Mrs Rodney Fitz Simmons at 10 South Cottenet Street. Karen Riedener visits from Boston University for Christmas. families host students from Grove City College Carleton College Denver University University of Ohio and University of Miami. Mr and Mrs Bruno Battaly of 136 Main Street visit son Eugene in Indianapolis Indiana. May include other holiday guests from Bridgeport Conn Madison Conn and Ossining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stork
Robert Irwin
A.B. Phelps
Fred Elder
Eugene Bianchine
Hartsdale
Thomas J. Mur
South Ferris Street
John McGuinness
Dobbstion
Ferry
Phil
Arthur Acheson, Sr
Jp McQuillan
Main Street
Boston
Mass
John Ruffler
North Buckhout Street
Helen. Fay
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Rodney Fitz
Karen Riedener
Boston University
Cottenet Street
Fred. Kramer
South Cottenet Street
Eleanor Lundgren
George Rowell
Bridgeport
Irvington Fire Company Christmas Party Details
The Irvington Fire Company will host a children’s Christmas party for the children and grandchildren of firemen. Gifts from the Presbyterian Church School to Abbott House children will be displayed in Calvin Auditorium. Event Sunday December 18 at 2 30, guests must bring a gift under 1 dollar for children under 12. Santa Claus will make a special trip to Irvington via North Pole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Fire Company
Gran Children
Irvington
Calvin Auditorium
Church School of the
Presbyterian Church
Abbott House
Santa Claus
North
John Buckhout
Presbyterian Church School Children Bring Gifts for Abbott
Presbyterian Church School children in Irvington Edson School donated gifts for Abbott House neighbors. Older students provided toys, dolls, a football and helmet, a basketball, two guitars and many games. Younger children made a Mitten Tree with colorful mittens decorating the Whitmore Room tree. The gift drive emphasized lending a helping hand under third and fourth grade supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
le Wise Men
Jesus
Abbott House
Whitmore
Diamond Lodge To Elect Officers
Diamond Lodge No F AM Dobbs Ferry will meet Friday at 7 30 p m with James W Lundy Master presiding for his last meeting of the year Officers to be elected for the ensuing year and annual reports to be presented No degree work will be conducted The prior Sunday the Lodge Hastings Lodge and Eastern Star held a large Christmas Party with Santa Claus for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diamond Lodge
Dobbs Ferry
James W. Lundy
Hastings Lodge
Eastern Star
Santa Claus
Federal fly counters and water for peace notes
Rep Richard Poff warns the Demonstration Cities bill hides a plan to pay selected people 100 a day to count flies and rats in cities nationwide. A House suspension moved a 1.2 million Water for Peace conference claim, but absence of quorum forced a roll call and no two thirds. The House later approved 900 thousand with 300 thousand in savings. Parmesan cheese, a hard ripened Italian cheese, must be grated to release its sharp flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Poff
R-Va
Senate
House
Rep. Gross
Iowa
Gross
Italy
Con Edison cites rising costs behind rate increases
Con Edison explains higher electric rates amid sharp price rises for copper cable, trucks, iron pipe, and taxes. The company notes New York and Westchester incur high operating costs, extensive underground systems, and pollution controls while pursuing cleaner nuclear power to maintain reliable service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Con Edison
New York
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Irvington Gazette
Malcolm M. Roy
Scl
the Gazette
Greenburgh
Stewart N. Storms
County Trust Company
Loren Smith
Philipse Manor
Irvington Board of Education
Roger A. Fallon
Invington
Board of Trustees
John A. Bolles
Strawberry Hill
Harry W. Hopper
East Irvington
Barbara Jane
Frank J. Silvestri
Anthony Silvestri
Hastings
Tarrytown Chamber of Commerce
Irington
Ing
Duncan
G. Smith
Columbia University
Nevis
Office of Naval Research
Philip H. Ekartd
Grinnell Street
Anna M. Kelly
Village
Luke Burke
South Eckar Street
Pearl Harbor
John J.laffan
USN
Hawaii
John F. Plummer, Jr
Ardsley Avenue
Gertrude Anna Teel
Easton
St. Mark's Evangelical Reformed Church
Nevin Broderick
Tarrytown Hospital
Frederic D. Carter
North Broadway
Yale
Gazette
Irvington-on-Hudson, N. Y
Margaret C. Cady
Buckhout* Street
Ossining
Fire Company
Abbott
William Church
Irvington Edson
Smith Graham
Rich Presbyterian Church
Ard Phillips
Hector Urqu
U.S
Don Edison
Westchester
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