04 Feb 1921
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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1921
Page
1
Camp Fire Girls arrange a Grand Council Fire gathering at 1:30 P.M. with Irvington Tarrytown Yonkers and Dobbs Ferry groups. Tapawingo Camp Fire members to meet, a suitable play selected will be worked on immediately and aimed for early spring presentation.
A Hastings roundup notes social visits and gatherings at River View Manor and Oak Hill as residents host teas and luncheons. It records real estate transfers in Yonkers and Elmsford, including multiple lot sales and village parcel changes. A serious accident at a bed-sled incident leaves Fred Farfel with multiple injuries.
The Sleepy Hollow Country Club hosts a pre Lent charity event featuring dancing and cards to aid scholarship work. Evening includes a la carte dining option at 3.50 and tickets priced at 2.60 admitting one with light refreshments. Pastime Quartet and Bimbo head the program for the high school concert next Monday night.
A dense OCR list shows multiple mortgage actions including taxpayers such as Judith Von Campe in Brooklyn and Mabel Magee in Greenburgh, with properties in Dobbs Ferry Olinda Park Hooke Avenue and Hastings. Amounts range from 1000 to 6500 dollars, terms of 2 to 4 years with semiannual or monthly payments, and dates around January 1921.
Mr and Mrs Augustus Van Buren of Ardsley Park are stopping at the Hotel Chatham located at Vanderbilt avenue and 48th street in New York City.
The public library shelves a range of titles including The Americanization of Edward Bok Modern American poetry by Louis Untermeyer Tracks on track athletes Up-to-date Tales of fishes by Zane Grey New Industrial unrest by Ray Baker Points of friction by Agnes Repplier Modern American plays by George F Baker Main Sinclair Lewis Broke of Coventry by J G Sualth Of Zieton by Talbot Mundy Mac of Placid by T M Longstreth Craise of the Janet Nichols by Mrs R L Stevenson Potteriam by Rose Macaulay Wounded souls by Philip Gibbs A B C of foreign trade by Frank.
An American Legion notice invites Westchester County Posts to an informal dinner on Saturday February 26 1921 at 730 PM at the Hotel Breslin Broadway and 29th Street New York City. Guests include Major General Leonard Wood and National Commander Galbraith with reservations due by February 17. Proceeds support strengthening local posts as vital community organizations.
The Saturday performances drew large crowds with strong attendance and favorable reviews. The Big Show comedy delighted children while older attendees enjoyed Lionel Barrymore in Copperhead. Next Saturday, February 12, reserves another fine comedy program at the high school. Fatty Arl is noted in the fragment.
The South A street approach to the new Urban home lies in a quagmire during this season, hindering access. A properly laid sidewalk and curb would offset spring conditions and benefit traffic and nearby residents. The change would enhance the locality and safety for all. The Board of Education meeting, usually held last Monday, is postponed to this coming week with a matinee feature The Fairy and the Waif, free for all children.
Abercrombie Brothers in New York report a seasonal sale highlighting reduced prices on staple groceries. They compare a past bundle of butter eggs coffee chocolate cocoa cornmeal potatoes onions to today’s lower costs, noting cocoa two pounds for 25 cents and an 18 percent cut on canned fruits.
A dramatic Bible service titled The Pilgrim and the Book will be presented at Summerfield Methodist Church in Dobbs Ferry on Sunday February 6 at 8:00 p m. Friends and neighbors are invited. A plate collection will benefit Hover and China Famine Relief Funds.
The Fire Department plans a casual gathering with music and refreshments as a community event. The Social Committee expands to fifteen, invites cake prizes, and notes potential membership increases amid lighthearted chaos and local humor about dances, skating, and past members.
Mr John Fallon of North F street and Mrs H G Nichols of South D street were mentioned in the past week. Patsy Beale reports progress on his property with a new well built retaining wall at the rear. Advertise in the Gazette.
Audubon Society notes recount a member observing two hummingbirds nesting in a Irvington garden. A female incubated eggs while a male did not reappear. After three weeks the nest emptied as the two young fledged, the nest expanding to hold them after hatching.
Next Friday evening February 11 Union Chapel will host Irvington residents for the communitys first motion picture entertainment. The program includes a travelogue a scenic film and several other educational and entertaining shorts.
Hope Chapel presents a serial picture titled Son of Demon which echoes the Ife of Abraham Lincoln at Pennybridge Hope Chapel. Mr and Mrs Fred die host five entertainments for interested patrons with a cordial invitation extended to all.
The Athletic Association met in the Study Hall electing Ernest Joch en as president Helen Sweetman as vice president Edgar Fariel as recording secretary Marion Volk as financial secretary and Mix Dodge as treasurer A floral tribute will be sent to William Duncan for his faithful service Over eighty dollars was raised for the Starving Children of Europe enabling eight Invisible Guests to be cared for until the next harvest The girls basketball team lost to Ardsley High 12 to 8 Permelia Hayes scored all I H S points The Sophomore class meeting was postponed Tickets for next Monday's concert are on sale with proceeds to the Athletic Association Admission is 25.
Prince and Ripley through their Prt ham office sold for John Z Brook a house on James Street. G C Gibbons of New York City is mentioned in connection with the transaction.
Master Robert Plummer of Loomis Institute Windsor Connecticut is reported ill. Thomas B. deForest of South Broadway has been seriously ill for a month with no sign of improvement. Send us your news items.
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