Editorial Calls For Nonpartisan Village Government
In 1953 Irvington editorial argues to end partisan lines in local elections, suggesting cross party voting and nonpartisan governance, noting Republican and Democrat divergences. The piece envisions officials chosen from nonpartisan groups, contrasting with one party rule and referencing Westchester villages. Published in The Irvington Gazette on February 12, 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Westchester
Nehy
Levi
Water Committee Should Rigorously Study Village Plans
A editorial criticizes the village water committee for lacking broad representation and experience. It argues the panel echoes board views, excludes taxpayers, and relies on limited figures. It urges thorough examination of all options, consulting independent experts, to reach a sound solution beyond cost-focused politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Thursday Club to Hold 38th Annual Benefit Auction
The Thursday Club will hold its 38th annual benefit auction on May 24 after a February 6 meeting approving a repeat fundraising event. Beneficiaries include Westchester Children's Association, Adoption Service of Westchester, and Irvington Youth Center, with Nevis mansion base used for proceeds. Donations welcome at Nevis on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting February 18, with receipts for tax purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cantes
Russell Weston
Columbia University
W. J. Whiteside
Us.n
Nevis
Irvington
Westchester Children’s Association, Inc
Adoption Service of Westchester, Inc
Irvington Youth Center, Inc
Carl von Berauth
Childen's Village
Tappan Zee
Hudson River Speech Center
Inter-Agency Guidance Council
Aged Resident Dies at Annie Poth Home at 85
Mrs. Hetty Brady eight five widow of Edward Brady died Sunday night at the Annie B. Poth Home North Broadway after a long illness. Services for The Companions of the Forest of America were held at Dover Funeral Home Dover Broadway Tarrytown Tuesday night. The funeral was Wednesday morning at St. John's Church Mowlet LiL with interment in Trinity Churchyard. Mrs. Brady was a daughter of the late Henry and Mary Boddy Dowsherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hetty Brady
Edward Brady
Annie B. Poth
North Broadway
Companions of the
Forest of America
Dover Funeral Home
Broadway
Tarrytown
St. John’s Church
Mowlet, Lil
Trinity Churchyard
Brady
Henry and
Mary Boddy Dowsherty
Irvington High Dramatics Debut Next Thursday Stage
Irvington High School Dramatics Club rehearsals for two one act plays progress for a February 2 production in the high school auditorium. Rehearsal and A Young Man's Fancy feature veteran and new cast members led by Kathie Amatrick Carol Kamarck Linda Muller Phyllis Lange and freshmen Eleanor Doyle Martha Hildenbrand. Tickets for the County Center circus fundraiser in White Plains go on sale February 22 with reserved seating blocks available via Mrs Woosey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Hgh School Dramatics Club
M. C. DeLormo
Christopher Aborlsy
Hilda Manning
Irvington High School
Kathie Amatrick
Josephine Davis
Carol Kamarck
Des. Yemona
Linda Muller
Brrs. Peters
Phyllis Lange
Hester
George Washington
Eleanor Doyle
Martha Hildenbrand
White Plains
Good Shepherd
Sirs
Woosey
Broken Knife Tip Key to Confession of Church Thefts
Harry Karst of Yonkers, 27, former Anchor Motor Freight worker, jailed in Irvington for stealing money from vigil light boxes at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Father Leonard identified the suspect. a broken knife tip and the December 20 case linked Karst to the burglaries. The court denied a dismissal motion and he was held for the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Karst
Yonkers
Anchor Motor Freight, Inc
Irvington Village
Norris
Thomas Leonard
Tatler
Father Leonard
Irvington
Edward Foley
Karst
John McBride
Leo Beck
Tivington
Roger Fallon
A & Efe
Myron Shon
Aly
Sounty
Trand
Seventeen Wins Voice Scholarship at Chatham Square
Sirsten Falke, seventeen, receives a six month probationary full voice scholarship from Chatham Square Music School New York starting February to continue at Irvington High School and attend voice and theory classes in New York two days a week and Saturdays Two auditions including Samuel Chotzin tf director of the school awarded the scholarship Falke youngest of eighteen voice students She will debut as a concert singer this Saturday with the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra at the Washington Irving Junior High School in Tarrytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirsten Falke
Tevington High School
Chatham Square Music School
New York
Irvington High School
Miss Falke
Samuel Chotsin Tf
Chatham Square _Alasie
Chotzinoff
National Broadcasting Company
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini
Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra
Washington Irving Junior High School
Tarrytown
Regis Parents' Club Improvement Fund Party Hosts
Mr and Mrs Gerald Reilly of 55 East Sixth Street New York City will host the Regis High School annual social on Friday evening February 14 at Regis High School 55 East Sixth Street New York City. Proceeds fund maintenance and improvements at the year old endowed institution. Their son Gerald a Regis freshman was awarded a four year scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald Reilly
Ait Main Street
Complete Plans for Cub Pack Dinner
Final plans for the blue and gold dinner of Cub Pack 102 on Saturday at 1:00 in the Presbyterian Church social rooms. Representatives of the Aergy P.T.A. Boy Scouts and two members of the Boy Scout Council will attend. Douglas Roy and Robert Fox will be inducted into the pack and receive their Bobcat pins. Nine boys will graduate to Webelos: Roger Bradbury Edward Egan Joe Falasea William Handley Robin Kaskinen Dennis Afead Billy O’Hare Greg Skok Gerald Wright Pierre G. Powel acts temporarily as Webelos Father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian Church
Aergy
P.T.A
Boy Scouts
Boy Scout Council
Douglas Roy
Robert Fox
Webelos
Roger Bradbury
Edward Egan
Joe Falasea
William Handley
Robin Kaskinen
Dennis Afead
Bily O'Hare
Greg Skok
Gerald Wright
Pierre G. Powel
Dial Phones Just Five Months Away in Westchester
New York Telephone Company will begin installing dial telephones in Ardsley Dobbs Ferry Hastings and Irvington next Monday. An 18 man team of installers will complete about 16 009 phones in five months bringing standardized central office names street dialing and two party lines to the area. Installations start for homes and businesses in the central area with a limited money saving offer on color extensions and equipment during the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
New York
Ardsley
Dobbs Ferry
Hastings
Irvington
John H. Evatt
Company Man
Ger
Owens
Greenleaf
Ivington
Fire damages Peyser home at Hillside Terrace
A fire at the Peter Peyser residence on Hillside Terrace caused heavy damage to a bedroom and its furnishings after a television set burned out. Mrs. Peyser alerted Irvington Police and firefighters, with children safely removed as the Irvington Fire Department arrived to control the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Peyser
Ailside Terrace
Irvington
Missionary Speaks At Ivington Church Women's Luncheon
The Rev William R Stackhouse a Presbyterian missionary from Africa spoke at the luncheon of the Women's Association of the Ivington Presbyterian Church Tuesday. Mrs Robert Flint presided as president and Mrs Philip W Furst led devotions. A Lent Bible study series led by Rev Dilip W Furst will be held in the church parlor on Wednesday mornings March 5 12 and 28 at 11:00 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Stackhouse
Furough
Africa
Women's Association
Ivington Presbyterian Church
Stackhouse
French
Caneroun Aliea
Robert Flint
Association
Philip W. Furst
Ers
Flint
Dilip W. Furst
Education Board Grants Leaves to Veteran Teachers
Two Irvington veterans Miss Louise Eaton and Dilton B Bjornstad were granted sabbatical leaves for the 959 spring semester by the Board of Education. Dr Philip E Sanborn was authorized to interview science teacher applicants to replace Carleton G Heret who resigns at year end. The board also named Eva L Dulty supervising first grade and discussed adding tables at Cementary School cafeteria. A proposal with Dobbs Ferry High School to buy Britannica for physics teaching was considered. Warren F Scodell and James Power will view a sample at Dobbs Ferry High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Flss Louise Eaton
Catia
Dilton B. Bjornstad
Board of Education
Miss Eaton
Me. Bjorstad
Philip E. Sanborn
Carleton G. Heret
Heret
Newersey
Eva L. Dulty
East Irvington
Dobbs Ferry High School
Iritanica Educational Gm
Warren F. Scodell
James Power
Science. In
Rador
Dobbs Ferry
World Day of Prayer Observed at Hastings and Nearby Churches
A World Day of Prayer service will be held at 1 30 PM on Friday February 21 the first Friday in Lent at First Inform Church Farragut Avenue and Broadway Hastings on Hudson. Reverend A G Bossen and a dozen local women from Dobbs Ferry Tarrytown Irvington Hastings will participate with Jane Matthews of St Barnabas Irvin ton singing and William J Couper as organist. Flowers arranged by First Reformed Church women ushers from that church. A second service follows at Andrus Memorial Home Hastings at 3 PM The theme is The Bread of Life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farragut Avenue
Broadway
Wastings-on-Hudson
A. G. Bossenbook
Henry Unger
Dobbs Ferry
Ernest Shearer
Tarrytown
Raymond Schember
Calvin United Presbyterian Church of
Hart
First Reformed Church
Howard Todd
Walter ‘Turner
Gertrude DeRossit
Ralph Towle
Andrus Memorial Home
Lastings
Reports Card Party tickets Going Fast
Mrs Francis Squazzo chairs the Immaculate Conception Church Mothers Club card party at Town Hall this Saturday evening. Tickets mailed and selling rapidly. about 20 tables expected. Reservations through Mrs Squazzo’s ticket committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Squazzo
Immaculate Inception Church Mothers Club
Selume
Squazzo
County Trust declares quarterly dividend on preferred stock
The County Trust Company of White Plains New York announces a quarterly dividend of 1216 seats per share to be paid on April 13 to holders of record on a date yet to be announced. The notice specifies the payment follows standard corporate dividend procedures and applies to all eligible shares.
John F Taxter to Be Ordained May 31 in New Jersey
John F Taxter son of Mr and Mrs Paul A Taxter of Texter Road East Irvington is to be ordained a priest on Saturday May west in St Josephs Church East Camden New Jersey and the following day June 1 will celebrate his first mass in the Church of the Immaculate Conception Irvington He is a graduate of Irvington High School and studied at Cathedral College New York and Boston College earning a bachelor degree in 2054 He will graduate from St Francis Seminary at Loretto Pennsylvania in May
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Taxter
Paul A. Taxter
Texter Road
East Irvington
St. Joseph's Church
East Camden
New Jersey
Boston College
St. Francis Seminary
Loretto
Pennsylvania
Irvington Trustees Hear Petition to Repeal Parking Ordinance
A five member committee representing 18 petition signers urged repealing the new parking ordinance effective January 1. They cited no proven safety hazard, weather and snow removal issues, and questioned benefits to residents. Trustees planned further discussion to decide next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Board of Trustees
Pred ‘Hipple
Grinnell Street
John Jamis
Aqueduct Lane
August Seus
North Behar Street
King Schaffer
South Buckhout Leet
Ernest R. Behrens
Sell Street
Edward A Gricht Jies in 63d Year at Tavemeyer Farm
Edward A. Gricht Crichton of the Tavemeyer Farm Ardsley Park Osceola Ave Irvinton died last Friday in Dobbs Ferry Hospital after brief illness aged sixty seven years. Funeral services were held at Edwards Funeral Home Dobbs Ferry and interment at Roslyn Long Island. He served with the British Expeditionary Force in World War I and later managed Havemeyer Farm in Ardsley Park. He came from Scotland born November 22 1882 and married Susan Gibson in New Rochelle in 1921. Surviving: wife two sons Peter Crichton Baldwin L I John Crichton Ardsley-on-Hudson two daughters Mrs Edward Jenkinson Mineola Mrs Edward Muntz Milford N J four sisters Mrs Milne Kinnear Dundee Scotland Mrs James and Mrs Andrew Buchanan one brother William Crichton Tampa Fla.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Crichton
Tavemeyer
Osceola Ave
Ardsley Park
Dobbs Ferry
Irvington
Edwards
Oshford Avenue
Roslyn
Long Island
Moonlay
Dr. Crichton
Havemeyer
Long Sland
Aylith
Scotland
Susan Gibson
New Rochelle
Huntington
John F. Havenever
Jeptha Lodge
HAM
Edward Jean) Jenkinson
Mineola
Edward
Belly) Muntz
Milford, NJ
Peter Crichton
Baldwin, Ll
John Crichton
Ardsley-on- Hudson
David Milne
Charles, Kinneard
Dundee
James
Bronx
Andrew Buchanan
William Crichton
Tampa
Fla
Political Parties Set Caucus Dates For Nominations
Irvington Democrats and Republicans announce caucus dates for village elections. Democrats meet in the Firemen's Room at Town Hall on Monday evening and February. Republicans convene in the Town Hall auditorium at the same hour. Two Board of Trustees seats open April 7 as terms expire for Charles M. Pateman and John W. Waterbury. Waterbury plans not to seek re election. Pateman likely seeks reelection amid rumors of other posts. Democrats plan a weekend strategy meeting to decide their ticket while complying with publication notices in The Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Board of Trustees
Charles M. Pateman
John W. Waterbury
Waterbury
Joseph ¢. Woodle
Ur. Rateman
Tere
Walter DeBrie
Pateman
Republican
Death at Nevis Cyclotron Lab In Yonkers
Archibald Edgar maintenance man at Columba University Nevis Cyclotron Lab was found dead in a chair on a Wednesday night. He was 61 and lived at 3 Project Drive Yonkers. Police and medical examiner were notified and the body sent to a Yonkers funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald Edgar
Nevis
Columba Univers
Project Drive
Yonkers
Edgar
Wareren T. Byrne
South Buckhont Weet
Mr. Byrne
Lyre
Irvington
John McBride
John Dicioccio
Peter A. Korey
Edgie
Univers
Sabaat
Forman Family Visits After Navy Release
Mr and Mrs Edward W Forman Jr and children Kurt and Karel visit Mr and Mrs Edward W Forman Sr of 30 Station Road. Forman has been released from active duty as a lieutenant in the USNR at the 13th District Naval Base in San Diego after serving a year and a half on Guam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward W. Forman, Jr
Kurt Nd
Karel
Mr. Forman
Edward W. Forman
Att
Forman
Eutenamt
Th District
San
Juno
California
Guam
Lechester
New York
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the Water Committee
Annie Poth
Rcus B
Enerit
Poyeer Home
Missionary Addresses Women's Association
Bihar
Edward A. Gricht Jies
E. W. Forman
Navy
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