Stop Signs Proposal In Irvington Faces Enforcement Doubts
The Irvington Board of Trustees schedules a public hearing on an ordinance to install stop signs at both ends of the Station Road tunnel under the Croton Aqueduct. The editorial argues signs alone won’t curb violations without enforcement and police action, noting long-standing disregard for stop signs on Main Street and Broadway.
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Irvington Board of Trustees
Station Road
Croton Aqueduct
Dows Lane
Board of Trustees
Irvington
Main Street
Broadway
Harriman Rest Broadway
Harriman Road
Lieut
Fallon
Two Boards Meet Dinner to Honor Safety Measures
Irvington boards review safety at a new elementary near Dows Lane. Several crossings will have police and crossing guards during peak hours to protect upper grade students walking to the theater school. Warren Benedict, longtime Dobbs Ferry official, to be honored at a February banquet for his service.
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Warren D. Benedict
Irvington
Dows Lane
Irvington Board of Education
Village Board of Trustees
Roger A. Fallon
Trvington
Hast Tivington
Pennybridge & Schools
Boy Scout Paper Drive Set by Troop No 34 Irvington
Irvington Boy Scout Troop No 34 announces a paper drive on Saturday February 1 residents should tie papers and leave them at the curb proceeds will fund scout equipment waves.
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Irvington
Irvington and Croton Prep Basketball Schedule Fragment
Readers are shown a fragmentary events list with basketball games at Irvington HS and Croton HS venues, plus a Youth Center show date. The text references Montrose and Croton locations, with dates in February and times scattered, but details are unclear.
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Irvington HS
Vsendrick Hudson HS
Montrose
Youth Center
Town Hall
Ievington TS
Croton Ils
Croton
Dobbs Ferry
Irvington Tls
Igh Seboo
Yin
North Beeris Street
PSG
Albert R. Koehl Dies in 87th Year
Albert R. Koehl died last Friday at Brandywine Nursing Home Briarelis Manor in his eighty sixth year. Born in Melsenhaheim Germany he came to the United States in 1953 settling in Jersey City then moved to Dobus Ferry to live with his son. He partnered in a wholesale grocery firm until retirement in 1962 and is survived only by his son Albert E. Koehl of North Mountain Drive.
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Abert R. Koehl
Albert E. Kohl
North Mountain Drive
Brandywine
Briarelis Manor
Mr. Koehl
Melsenhaeim
Germany
United States
Hersey City
Jersey
Dobus Ferry
Koebl
Mis
Koel, Landis Ane Hlandan
New York City
School Transportation Requests Deadline Set by Union Free School District No. 2
The district clerk, Mrs. Margaret Crawford, announced a rule requiring written transportation requests for school outside the district to be filed by March 1 each year. The deadline allows time to prepare the budget, and applications received after that date will not be considered. The rest of the text mentions local musical performances and artists.
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Board of Section
Margaret Crawford
Union Free School
Greenburgh
Board of Education
East Irvington group forms to oppose town incinerator
In East Irvington and nearby areas a letter to about 500 residents protests Greenburgh's Mountain Road incinerator plan. The February 8 meeting at Irvington High School aims to organize a formal citizens committee and decide next steps.
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Mountain Road
Greenburgh
George Brussell Jr
Brussell
Sunnyside
Lane
Taxter
Citizens Committee
Plinsford
Ainsley
Jermigton
Dobbs Ferry
Hastings
Tarry Town
Barn break in at Havemeyer property on Osceola Avenue
Police investigate a break into a barn on Osceola Avenue owned by Mrs. John A. Havemeyer. Entry was forced through a heavy wire screen and a padlocked trap door gave access to the second floor where furniture belonging to Mrs. Havemeyer’s daughter was stored. Charles Coffin of Dobbs Ferry reported occasional missing saws and other equipment from the storage barn.
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Ivington
John A. Havemeyer
Osceola Avenue
Peter Sorey
Town and county plan cross county Ardsley Road upgrade
Greenburgh Town Council moves to join Westchester County and the Village of Ardsley on upgrading Ardsley Road to a cross county highway. The project aims to extend from Ardsley Square to Central Avenue, streamline the route, and secure land for relocation costs. DPW and town officials will study financial responsibility and protect the Kepalo water pipeline as New York proposes abandoning it to Westchester Water District.
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Greenburgh
Ardsley
Westchester
Central Avenue
Burch
Cros-County
Ashford” Avenue
Edward H. Innes
Dan C. Nolan Jr
DPW
Alvin M.suehin
Town Planning Board
Tanet
Mr. Nolan
protec.Green
New York
Westenesie Water” Distret
Nolan
Green Jarek
Kenaleo
Sunnyside Savings To Close Earlier
Sunnyside Federal Savings and Loan Association announces shorter hours from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm Tuesday through Friday starting February 33, with Friday hours unchanged in the evening. Executive officer Robert Roy says the change accommodates increased business and compliance with the new wage and hour law while keeping evening hours 6:50 to 8:00 pm.
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Robert & D. Roy
Sunnyside Federal Savings and Loan Association
Urs
Alr. Roy
Sunday Mishaps Leave Two Cars Damaged
Two Sunday morning crashes near Harriman Road involved John Brinkertott of 100 Mais Street and a Deliwood Dairy truck. Brinkertott was shaken but unhurt as his car struck a traffic light. the dairy truck skidded on ice and hit the east sidewalk stone wall, driver uninjured. Patrolman John Annan investigated both incidents. The dairy company planned to complete damages and a transfer to California for a new assignment.
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Johnannan
South Broadway
John J. Brinkertott
Mais Street
Harriman Road
Brinkertott
Thes
School Board Sets Gym Rules for North Ferris High
The School Board outlines usage rules for the new North Ferris Street high school gymnasium. Access requires advance board permission, with procedures detailing times, supervision, and equipment management under Bemis rampisation.
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Ferris Street
Ffen
Lisa Ren
Board of Equcation
Y Francisco Weds Mrs R B Stearns in St Barnabas
Mrs Margaret Jen Stearns of Irvington married Peter Yates Francisco of New York City at St Barnabas Church Wednesday afternoon. Rev H August Kuehl officiated with a reception at the bride's home. Matron of honor was Mrs Burton Biss. best man F Warren Pershing. Ushers were Laurence Bliss and Charles Adams. Stearns widow of Robert B Stearns, a Union Settlement board member, Francisco is a Pershing & Co NY Stock Exchange partner. They will live at 60 Judson Ave Dobbs Ferry after a Jamaica honeymoon.
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Laurence M. Bliss
Hastings
Charles Adams
Middlebury
Airs
Stearns
Robert B. Stearns
Union Ttlement
New York
Francisco
New York Stock Exchange
Lnm
Pershing and Company
Jamaica
Judson Avenue
Dobbsery
Village Police Nab Three Youths Over Explosives Theft
The Hongton Paice Department aided Irvington police in tracking and arresting three youths, two under sixteen, linked to dynamite thefts from contractors during last summer in East Tevington. They confessed to breaking into Irvington High School gym, stores in Tarrytown, and the Woodland Lakes Estates site, with two suspects later connected to Greenburgh cases.
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Hongton
Irvington
Sohn Rodich
Taster Road
Cneteo
White Plain Set
Rudichas
White Plaine
Roger Fallon
Ben
Irvingto
Anthony Baviel
Orvington
Joo Aes Mzege
Greenburgh
Gyrasium
Tarrytown
Woodland
Red Cross Drive Aides Named In Irv ington 1956
Peter Peyser chaired the 1955 Irv ington Red Cross fund drive and announced appointees including Mrs William Wardock Venturer Miss Jenni Buckout secretary Mrs Frank Och display chairman and Mrs Peter Peyser Jr Paul Ranall Jr public information chairmen. He praised public support and noted disaster services during the past year ahead of the drive starting March 1 1956.
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Peter Peyser
Red Cross
Irvington
William Wardock
Jenni
Buckout
Frank
Och
Peter ‘Peyser
Paul Ranall, Jr
Ivington
Pey
Veterans to Take Over Sunnyside Community House
East Irvington community group plans transfer of Sunnyside Community House to Irvington Post No 291 Veterans of Foreign Wars. Deed may revert building to Sunnyside if post uses it. building had housed community activities since 1930s with wartime drops in participation.
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Sunnyside Community House
East Irvington
Union Chapel
Irvington _Presbyterianc church
Irvington
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Sunnyside
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Community House
East Tevington
Irvington Youth Center, Inc
Veterans’ Organizais 1
Irvington Village Sees Record High 580,690 Assessment
Village clerk Wistrand notes the 1956 assessment roll reached 580,690, up 1,020,943 from 1955, driven mainly by new construction. The shift to a June 1 fiscal year creates a three month gap before 1956 taxes, financed by a five year bond issue. hearings will be held February 21 for petitions.
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Irvington
To Boards
Wistrand
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