Village backs backhoe loader purchases and court resurfacing
The Village Board approved a total of 12 858 for equipment and services at its regular meeting. Irving Construction Co won the tennis court resurfacing bid at 3 750, with concrete footings and floodlight poles included. Pierce Co awarded the backhoe loader contract for 6 993, chosen for suitability. Additional items: steam cleaner 435 and sewage plant equipment 1 675. The board also set bids for a water department pickup, extended road assessments payments over 10 years, added five Recreation Department staff, and authorized overtime pay up to 200 yearly for detectives. Chief Fallon praised police for their work and the board retained Walter A. Rogers as a fire department member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Board of Trustees
Memorial Park
Peter A. Peyser
Irving Construction Co
Pierce Co
Ernest Stubin
Public Works
Pierce
Highway Department
Chicago Pump Co
Water Department
Hamiltton Road
Leonard Goldwater
Kevin O'Neill
Dean Stupe
Thomas Hannon
Margaret Battaly
Sally Harris
Carol Skolnik
David Smih
William Johnson
Recreation Commission
Roger Fallon
Fallon
Fire Department
Walter A. Rogers
Alex J. Jacobs
South Buckhout St
John Hannon
Robert H. Langan
John DeCioccio
June 29 Set Aside to Honor Former Mayor Gillen
June 29 is set aside to honor former Irvington Mayor Gillen and Mrs. Gillen as guests of honor at a HARPIRE GACT appreciation gathering for their civic services. The event runs from 6 to 9 p.m. June 23 at Woodline Day Camp 141 South Broadway with an outdoor buffet supper catered. Gillens long active in Irvington civic life. Mr. Gillen served two mayoral terms 1959 to 1963 and plans retirement from the New York City schools to relocate to the Berkshires. Tickets for the supper are available to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air
George Gillen
Harpire Gact
Woodline
South Broadway
Gillens
Irvington
Gillen
New York City
Berkshires
Murtha
William A. Murphy
Memorial Park
Peter A. Peyser
Corps Purchases Ambulance For Irvington To Deliver Soon
The Irvington Ambulance Corps board announced the Miller Motero ambulance has been bought and will arrive late this month or in July. Micreal F Fowler was elected secretary and B C Marcum named Training and Planning Officer, both pending Corps vote at September meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington Ambulance Corps
Nelson Kimball
Irvington
Micreal F. Fowler
Lewis Road
Ambulance Corps
B.C., Marcum
Mar
Board Agenda for June 13 1963 Fire House financing
The informal meeting of the Board of Trustees on June 13 1963 will discuss financing the proposed Fire House and engage in general discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Ambulance Purchase By Irvington Volunteer Group
An illustration depicts a Miller-M Meteor style ambulance model bought by the Irvington Volunteer Ambulance volunteers for local service. The drawing shows a front and side view detailing the vehicle’s design and features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller-Meteor
Irvington Volunteer Ambulance
Mrs George Shirk Died Last Week
Mrs Ruth Burns Johnston Shirk 73 of 41 North Broadway widow of George S Shirk died last Thursday at Dobbs Ferry Hospital after a week’s illness Born in Pennsylvania she was a daughter of James and Jane Barnes Johnston Survived by two sons George S Shirk Jr of Dobbs Ferry James J Shirk of New York City a daughter Mrs J Shirk Choate of Irvington six grandchildren She died in 1957 Funeral held Monday at Van derbilt Funeral Home Tarrytown with services at Christ Episcopal Church Tarrytown and burial in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery She was active in the Irvington Garden Club and local groups
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth ‘Burns Johnston Shirk
North Broadway
George S. Shirk
Dobbs Ferry Hospital
Pennsylvania
James
Jane Barnes Johnston
Shirk
George S. Shirk, Jr
Dobbs Ferry
James J. Shirk
New York City
J. Shirk Choate
Irvington
Vanderbilt Funeral Home
Main Street
Tarrytown
Christ Episopal Church
C. Kenneth Ackerman
D.D
Sleepy Hollow
Traffic Court Collects 260 Dollars in Fines
Police Judge John H Norris presided over a village traffic court last night collecting 260 dollars in fines. The largest 50 dollar fine went to Philip Smith of Yonkers for driving without a license. Six motorists were fined 10 dollars for speeding including Douglas E Morrison of Irvington. others were from out of town. Saw Mill River Parkway arrests contributed 80 dollars, five speeders, two banned commercial vehicles, two staying left of the right. Five 5 dollar fines for lights and a White Plains woman received 5 dollars for school law violation. Helen Greenberg of Irvington paid 3 dollars for no current inspection sticker. Seventeen Irvington motorists faced 2 or 5 dollar parking fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Norris
Philip Smith
Yonkers
Douglas E. Morrison
Irvington
Saw Mill River Parkway
Ing
White Plains
Helen Greenberg
Final Recital for A B Couper Pupils Ends Era
Clay Wright of Irvington led the final piano recital by Alinda Burnham Couper’s pupils at her Allen Street home in Dobbs Ferry. Elder brother Evan Wright followed last year. siblings Kelley and Connie Milward also appeared. Mrs. Couper will not continue local musical duties but will lead two adult sessions at the National Festival of the American Guild of English Handbell Ringers in Detroit June 25 to 29, 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Wright
Lewis Road
Irvington
Ardsley
N.Y
Alinda Burnham Couper
Allen S J
Howie Polmer
Dobbs Ferry
Cooper
American Guild of English Handbell Ringers
Detroit
News Director John D. Yottes Receives Award
John D. Yottes of 14 South Broadway News Director at WFAS received an award for service to The Westchester Lighthouse. He studied at NYU and gained radio experience in four years with AFN in Kaiserslautern West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Yottes
South Broadway
WFAS
Westchester
N.Y.U
Mr. Yottes
AFN
Kaiserslauteren
West Germany
Phelps Hospital Fair Sells Unusual Antiques Next Week
Phelps Memorial Hospital’s Women’s Auxiliary stages a week long antiques sale in Building 9 from Monday June 10 to Thursday June 13, 10 am to 4 pm, with a special fair on Saturday June 15 from noon to 9 pm. Featured items include Meissen kitchenware, pewter pieces, crystal and porcelain collections, vintage furniture, and Oriental and American decorative artifacts to benefit the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nourgay
Meissen
Israel Saks
New York City
India
Sheffield
John W. Waterbury
Station Road
Nicholas Vink
Ardsley Terrace
Sue
Edward J Bermingham New SBIC President
Edward J Bermingham Jr of Field Terrace has been elected president of Small Business Investment Company of New York Inc. He succeeds Kenneth J Mellraith who resigned for personal reasons and will remain on the board. Bermingham, a Yale graduate, was a vice president at Dillon Read & Co before taking the post. SBIC NY Inc is a federal licensee under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 and provides money and management assistance to small businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Bermingham, Jr
Field Terrace
Small Business Investment Company of New York, Inc
Charles W. Millard, Jr
Bermingham
Kenneth J. Mellraith
Mellraith
Yale University
Dillon, Read & Co., Inc
Sbic-Ny, Inc
Small Business Investment
Hoyos Loses License After Third Violation
Edward A Hoyos of Half Moon had his driver s license revoked for a conviction of a third violation within 18 months in a release from the Department of Motor Vehicles. Harry Beckley Sr of South Buckhout Street who underwent a major operation at Phelps Memorial Hospital three weeks ago has returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
A. Hoyos
Half Moon
Department of Motor Vehicles
Harry Beckley, Sr
South Buckhout Street
Phelps ‘Memorial Hospital
Joseph Palermo Receives Army 10 Year Pin at Governors Island
Joseph Palermo son of Mr and Mrs George Palermo of 17 North Dutcher Street received the Department of Army 10 year Length of Service pin and certificate at a Governors Island ceremony on May 23. Colonel Paul L. DeHaas presented the award. Palermo is a management analyst in the Comptroller Section. He taught music before and during his Army service including at Walter Reed and the Juilliard School with noted instructors in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Palermo
George Palermo
North Dutcher Street
Department of Army
Governors Island
Paul L. DeHaas
U.S. Army
Palermo
Irvington High School
New York University
George Washington University
New School For Social Research
Manhattan School of ‘Music
Harris Danzinger
Yehudi Menuhin
Louis Persinger
Juillard School
Irvington
Yonkers
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington,d.c
District of Columbia
Selective Service
Veterans Assistance Division
Veterans Administration
New York City
Rehabilitation Division of Education and Training
Betwen
First Army Comptroller
Air Force
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rome
Memorial Day Plaque Honors Irvington Leaders
Memorial Day ceremonies in Irvington honored three local heroes alongside former mayor Matthew J. Murtha. The new memorial plaque for Murtha joins those of Officer George Duggan and Firefighter Daniel McCarthy, with the Murtha family expressing gratitude for the tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvington
Matthew J. Murtha
Memorial Park
George Duggan
Daniel McCarthy
Irvingn
Smyth Completes 35 Years with Bell Systems
James F. Smyth of Hudson View Park marked 35 years at Bell System in the Shops Department of Bell Laboratories New York City. He joined Western Electric in 1928 and now works on cost estimates and models for telephone equipment. Smyth and wife Ma riy have lived in Irvington two years with daughters Corinne and Janie. He was elected deacon of Irvington Presbyterian Church this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Smyth
Hudson View Park
Bell System
Bell Telephone Laboratories
New York City
Smyth
Wesern Electric Company
Ma‘yy
Irvington
Daughers
Corinne
Janie
Irvington Presbyterian Church
Summer Recreation Program Begins Eight Week Schedule
Irvington residents may join the eight week summer recreation program starting after the last day of school. Registration opens June 24 for children seven and older in the Irvington district. A Taconic Babe Ruth team will practice at Memorial Park with tryouts for ages 13 to 15. The Hudson River raft swim at Matthiessen Park will have life guard William Roy. Pools open daily 10 am to 5 pm with a supervisor on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthiessen Park
Dean Stupke
Main Street
Memorial Park
Irvington
Stupke
Hudson River
William Roy
Sco
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Corps
Cum
Stoney Point
George Shirk
A.B. Couper
Phelps Hospital
Sheraton
Phelps Memorial Hospital
Edw
Hoyos
Matt Murtha
Gettysburg
San Juan Hill
Chateau Thierry
Guadalcanal
Bulge
Korea
Viet Nam
United States
Bell Systems
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