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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
1
May 28 awards given by Mrs. Wiliam Usher Parsons to Red Cross workers meeting service hours. Certificates and stripes follow after first 800 hours. Message notes 60 percent junior membership funds for relief of European children in war zones.
The Boy Scouts pledged to help others and pursue citizenship through wartime service. They aided Liberty Loan campaigns, War Savings Stamps, and salvage drives, aided organizations, distributed government literature, and supported war production. They conducted 12,000 war gardens and supplied materials for gas masks, all without taxing citizens' resources. Catherine Roane, daughter of East Irvington school trustee Wm. R. Roane, suffered a knee injury at play, needing four stitches and medical care.
A county Children’s Committee meeting at Liewllyn Hall home of Mrs Franklin Q Brown in Dobbs Ferry is set for Monday afternoon June 16 at 3 o’clock. The program focuses on Protective Work for Girls with speakers Miss Ruth Taylor Westchester Co Child Welfare Dept Miss Harriet McD Daniels YMHA and Mrs L Frederic Pease Church Mission of Help Tea will be served. Also Boy Scouts hosted by Mrs Frank A Vanderlip at her Scarsborough home with Irvington scouts Morrell and Duncan in attendance. An error note corrects Morris L Owen to Charlotte M Owen in a previous list. Children of Mary are invited to St Patrick’s Cathedral New York June 8 for Vespers Sermon and Solemn Benediction under Archdiocesan Bodatities. Monsignor Charles A Cassidy will preach. Irvington train at 2 02 pm to reach Calvary by 4 00 pm.
The Church of the Open Door in Dobbs Ferry New York announces public worship this Sunday at 10 45 AM A Sacrament of the Lord s Supper will be celebrated and new members will be received Readers are invited to join as winter ends and greetings are extended to children and all ranks from the church chairperson reaffirming reassurances of Red Cross efforts
Great praise goes to the women's subscription committee led by Miss M. M. Tewey and aides for raising about $1,300 to date. The chairman and treasurer thank aides and subscribers for their generosity as East Irvington names will be published next week.
From June 1 to October 1 the Public Library will open daily and join a charity drive coordinated with the Irvington Thrift Committee. A Thrift Exchange sale at White Plains June 11 to 13 will donate half the proceeds to local charities benefiting crippled children and the Robins Nest. Donations of wearing apparel or household goods are requested and should be designated for the Robins Nest.
The fragment lists members of the Victory Boys as John Bone John Phillips Henry Havemeyer and Arthur Thinker with truncated phrasing suggesting a roster update or historical note.
The Irvington Gazette notes subscription appeals for ship bells on the steamer Irvington circulated locally. The appeal seeks small donations toward a $100 goal, urging inclusion of every resident's name in the general list. A separate item thanks Pvt. Geo L Quilisi for tobacco fund support, dated May 15, 1919.
Schedule lists East Irvington School graduation on June 18 at 8:00 PM eight grade rites at Irvington High June 19 at 2:15 PM commencement at Town Hall June 20 at 8:15 PM with numerous named attendees and notes urging readers to send in news.
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