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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1961
Page
8
Renata Kumack and Luther Rose are noted residents moving through Cedar Hill and Astoria while others plan trips and returns. Mrs William Sherwood undergoes an operation soon, and families relocate to Cedar Street apartments or summer homes. Local students return from Yale and Wilson College for summer, with Miss Kittle beginning a world tour and Diane Karkee set to join Harcourt Brace this summer.
Colton elected hospital board president and 28 scholarships awarded to Irvington High School seniors. Donald Wormley announced 13 State Regent scholarships, four PT scholarships, three Irvington Kiwanis Club awards, and eight college or corporate awards. Awards honored academics, citizenship, and activities.
Registration for Ion Summer Reading Lab extended inviting students in grades 7-12 in the Irvington school district to enroll. The program runs July 10 to August 4 at Irvington High School library with four reading accelerators and specialized labs.
Irvington Junior High hosted a Thursday Play Day afterschool picnic for seventh and eighth graders. Activities included an assembly with musical acts, softball, kickball, volleyball, and dancing with refreshments. Student participants and organizers are named along with staff advisers and coordinators.
At a quarterly board meeting held at Phelps Memorial Hospital the Judson River Speech Center presented Dr John Wortley with a three fold gift recognizing ten years as director The ceremony included praise from Mrs Charles J Colgan of Ardsley Park for Wortleys service and the centers work rehabilitating people with speech and hearing problems since 1950 The non profit center employs nine professionals and offers clinical facilities to aid affected individuals and their families.
The summer issue of The Five Penny Press went on sale June 1 featuring Creative Writing. It contains over one hundred stories poems and essays by children ages six to twelve with student art and original crossword puzzles by fourth graders. The paper is produced by a twenty member Newspaper Club with a listed staff and faculty advisors.
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