Government by drives and the waste of public notices
A critical look at weekly government press releases and land notices flooding offices nationwide. The piece argues departments chase busywork and churn out nonessential material, many items unopened or discarded, wasting taxpayer money and cluttering mail streams.
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Prilay
Washington
Albany
Zand Nation
Yates County
Herkimer
St. Lawrence Seaway
Detroit
Muchor
Mrs S Stewart Graff To Address Irvington Grads
Mrs S Stewart Graff will address the Irvington High School graduating class at commencement Saturday evening. She is an author of books for young readers writing under the name Colver and has published Lucky Four and Lucky Nurse with 4 H themes. Her husband S Stewart Graff, a lawyer, is also a writer. their daughter Katie is a freshman and son Jeremy Harris is finishing an engineering degree at Michigan Tech.
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S. Stewart Graff
Irvington High School
Alfred A. Knoph
Garrard Press
Whee
Katie
Village Trustees Approve Dog Leashing and Pool Fencing Ordinances
The village board, in a special Saturday session, unanimously passed a dog leashing ordinance requiring leashes on streets and public spaces while exempting dogs on their owner's property. It also adopted a zoning amendment mandating fenced pools with self closing gates and covered wiring to prevent light glare. Effective in ten days, both measures were published today.
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Board of Trustes
Villas
West Door
Roger Spross
Vincent Pellegrino
K. Sturges
The Other Side feature in Irvington Gazette notes
A fragment from a column by Homunculus critiques town life in Irvington. It lampoons sensational fears about dog packs and urban decay while voicing vigilance against overreach. The piece references historical tax power and independence debates as context.
Meeker B. Jones Dies Sunday at Phelps Hosp
Meeker B. Jones 74 of 372 South Buckhout Street died Sunday in Phelps Memorial Hospital after two weeks of illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in Edwards Funeral Home in Dobbs Ferry with Rev. Frederick F. Jenkins of Irvington Presbyterian Church present. He was born November 9, 1888 in Reading, moved to the New York metropolitan area in 1920, later relocating to Irvington in 1938 from Williston, Long Island. He worked in sales for Holmes Electrical Protective Co and previously for AT&T for many years. He was a member of Concord Lodge F A M New York City and Phoenix Chapter RAM New York City, and a member of Irvington Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his widow Rachel Stone, a daughter Mrs George Hibbard, another daughter Mrs Dale Patel, and three grandchildren.
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Meeker Banks Jones
South Buckhout Street
Phelps Memorial Hospital
Edwards
Omeine
Dobbs
New York
Williston
Long Island
Holmes Electrical Protective Company
A= American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Concord Lodge
F. A.M
New York City
Phoenix Chapter
RAM
Irvington Pre
Public Library Vacation Privileges Explained
Fragmentary OCR note discusses library vacation privileges and borrowing rules with unclear wording but references months and access changes. The readable parts suggest policy notes about member borrowing during a vacation period and possible changes in loan terms.
School Uses Space In Parochial School For Kindergartens
Irvington school board approves using Immaculate Conception School classroom for two additional kindergarten sections next fall. Board authorizes rental terms with Msgr Brown, discusses finances and other year ahead contracts. Harvard conference for Dr Sanborn and garden club appreciation noted.
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Irvington Schor Board
J. K. Benjamin Comunity Center
Philip Sanborn
Immaculate Conception
Robert D. Brown
Irving
Gerald J Reilly To Head Catholic Parish Census
Gerald J Reilly is named chairman for Immaculate Conception parish census efforts to survey parishioners starting June 18 with about 100 volunteers. Questionnaires will be distributed June 19 and collected by June 21. census forms will be placed in every Catholic household in Irvington. Monsignor Crown asks parishioners to cooperate and inform neighbors, apologizing for any disturbance to non Catholic friends.
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Immaculate
Cnureh
Robert D. Crown
Gerald J. Reilly
Irvington
Brown
Ig Vente
Tappan Zee Mental Health Group Holds Annual Meeting
The Tappan Zee Mental Health Center in North Tarrytown hosted its board meeting at the Ardsley Club with Dr. Thomas B. Browning speaking on group psychotherapy. Board members Barton Edalton Irvington, Mrs Richards W Knapp Irvington, and William B Marshall Irvington were noted as officers or directors.
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Nelle Bly
Herald Tribune
Maren
Tribune
Congress
Tappan Zee
Phelps Memorial Hospital
North Tarrytown
Hudson River
Croton
Hastings
Ardsley Club
Thomas B. Browning
Clini
Tarpan Zee
Harold S. Leopold
Psythotherapy Society
Cling
Irvington Youth Center drive tops goal with early funds
Richard C. Wells reports Isabel X. Benjamin Community Center Fund Drive has $2,000 cash and pledges, with total pledges to Youth Center at $7,090. He notes the campaign is not finished as a further $1,000 goal was surpassed and excess funds will aid rehabilitation of the former Methodist Church and Provident Recreation Center. Community enthusiasm underscores Irvington’s push toward the center’s completion.
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Richard C. Wells
Prieves
Irvington
Formar
Wells
Mrs Charles Gamper Hosts Panhellenic Party
Mrs Charles Gamper hosted a Panhellenic party at her Matthies Park home Monday to introduce senior high girls to National college sororities. Sponsored by the Weatherster Panhellenic Association with Mrs Gerhard Wiehurs addressing the group on rushing and sororities. Mrs George Lukes assisted the hostess as Joseph P Ringland prepared a breakdown report.
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Charles Gamper
Matthiessen Park
Natonal College
Weatehester Panhellenic
Gerhard Wiehurs
George Lukes
Irvington Masons to honor local citizens tomorrow night
Irvington residents including Templeton and Duncan G. Smith will be honored by Diamond Lodge No aM for long service and membership. Templeton, retired from Greenburgh Town Tax Office, and Smith, Irvington Wine owner, will receive pins as other members McClare Chesney Marlin Malcolm Klein and Blackmar are also to receive forty year life membership pins before summer recess.
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Irvington
Diamond Lodge
Resogatt
Masons
Templeton
North
Smith
Irvington Wine & Liquor
John McClare
Edward Y. Chesney
Ray H. Marlin
John A. Malcom
Henry C. Klein
Arthur C. Blackmar
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Vilage Board
Fevington
Pomanentus
Irvington Gazette
Express
Vilage
Taxana
Bettreen
Ax ‘Mariean
Meeker B. Jones
Phelps Hosp
Public Library
Selember
Torn Tay
Wilof Arsley Park
Pennybridge
East Ivigton
Maguire Construction Co
LaPorte
Maguire
Augustus Seus
Seus Construction C
He Br
Foley Dairy
Bordens
Olsen's
Mus
William Dixon
Patterson
Broadhead- Garrett
Hammett
Cohen, TeCarr
Kensico Sports
Strauss
Dr. Sanborn
Harvard
Gerald J.‘Reilly
Tappan Zee Mental Health Group
P. Hellenic Party
Joseph P. Ringland
Greenburgh
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