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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
1
Poem reflects a Red Cross relief theme with lines about a radiant star guiding shepherds to the Christ Child while soldiers endure war. It contrasts marching men with dreams of home and conveys peace on earth and goodwill toward men as bells bless all lands. The author is Hugh Findlay.
Bruce E. Thalbern of Hastings is installed as master of Diamond Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, at the Masonic Temple in Dobbs Ferry. Officers include Anton Seite and Artine Blackmar, with a community drive for waste paper and organized collections in Irvington and nearby areas discussed to support a local project.
The Dobbs Ferry Hospital boards abandon plans to merge with Tarrytown Hospital and relocate to a new site at Broadway and Van Wart Avenue. A joint statement by Frederic D. Carter and Oscar J. Mink vows to abandon the merger and keep expansion of the current hospital, urging public support amid wartime demands.
Mrs. Broderic D. Carter and guests gathered for the annual Yale Log event at their North Broadway home on Monday evening. The traditional Yale Log bringing in was the central feature of the reception with more than a hundred attendees. Mrs. ACA. Keaus In Hospital.
Two hundred attendees at the Christmas dance of the Thursday Club and Haven Club raised over 5000 for the British War Relief Society. The drive, led by Mrs. F Lewis Shrady and co chaired by Lee Robinson, gathered initial contributions as the village canvass progresses. Local banks will receive gifts for transfer to the fund, with acknowledgments sent by the committee.
Plans are fixed for a village Christmas party at Town Hall Friday evening at seven. Santa Claus will stay over to ensure no child is disappointed, with entertainment planned and fundraising underwritten by the Irvington Swains Club and local stores. Residents are urged to donate and bring the children.
Nellie Catherine Smith 38 wife of Joseph W Smith of Mountain Road East Tivington died Monday night at Tarrytown Hospital after a long illness. Funeral at Vanderbilt Funeral Home Tarrytown 3 pm Wednesday with Rev Charles Webster of Hope Presbyterian Shore presiding. Burial in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery. Survived by husband five daughters Eta Nellie Edna Marion Josephine and Joseph W Smith Jr Alphonso Smith and three brothers Jacob Meyers Arthur Meyers and George Meyers and sister Mia Williams all listed from Brooke gai North Tarrytown Brooklyn.
Christmas observances fill Irvington churches with holy communion and midnight mass at Immaculate Conception and St Barnabas. A separate accident on Broadway near Reid's Hill claimed the life of Anthony Soloviow and left Joseph G. Macey critically injured. Soloviow died at Dobbs Ferry Hospital while Macey was treated. The Utica and New York Transport trailer truck, driven by William Nelson, collided with Soloviow’s car after he failed to negotiate the curve, authorities said.
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