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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1919
Page
1
President Dickinson will present the Village of Irvington Medal to the best Scout of Troop No 1 for the past year on Saturday June 20 at 5 30 PM. The troop will parade in front of the Town Hall where the presentation occurs.
The annual convention of the League of Women Voters for Westchester and Rockland Counties will be held Tuesday June 24 from 10 45 AM to 4 30 PM at Mrs Frank A Vanderlip’s Scarborough NY. Officers will be elected for congressional and assembly districts with a luncheon to follow and speeches by Carrie Chapman Catt and Rose Schneiderman.
Money deposited on or before July 10 1919 in the Greenburgh Savings Bank Dobbs Ferry N Y will draw interest from July 4 1918.
The Sixth Annual Macdonald Memorial Contest at New York University featured Thurber H. Bierce of Irvington winning second place for his declamation Why We Fought German. Michael Richler of New York City received honorable mention and Aaron Kievit of Paterson, N J won first prize.
A large card party held at Ardsley Towers on Wednesday June 18 by the Dobbs Ferry Hospital Association proved a success. The event benefited the hospital to the extent of 800 dollars. Mrs Frederic Sayles and Mrs HV Black assisted at the tea table. Patronesses included Mrs Edwin Gould Mrs Franklin Q Brown Mrs Henry Graves Jr Mrs John J Calvert and others.
Rising ice prices amid winter shortage trigger warnings from the State Bureau of Weights and Measures. Consumers are advised to carry scales and confirm full weight, with up to ten percent underweight reported in some deliveries. Citizens can report practices to the bureau or to Commissioner Eugene H Porter for action.
Dr and Mrs Carroll Dunham depart for Massachusetts on a motor trip expected to last about two weeks The J Allen Townsend estate now owned by Joseph Cass will be occupied by the new owner next Monday The Parsons residence on South Broadway has been rented for the season to Mrs A White of New York Ground was broken early this week in the Ardsley section for a new residence by contractor John Hunter
The Irvington High School annual commencement takes place at the Town Hall with 11 graduates. President Abercrombie presents diplomas, and the program features invocation, songs, essays, vocal solos, a violin piece, and a valedictory.
Local Hastings on Hudson items report guests and dances at McAuley Keys and Tower Ridge Yacht Club, troop additions to Boy Scouts, hospital treatment, a fountain relocation on Broadway, War Department employment appeal for veterans, and Irvington High School eighth grade graduation program listings with names and participants.
In Dobbs Ferry New York the Church of the Open Door invites all local worshippers to attend a Sunday service at 10 45 AM led by Mr Bird A special choral vesper is planned with full details to follow in this issue Attendance is requested from those not regularly worshipping elsewhere. Money deposited by July 10 1918 at the Greenburgh Savings Bank will earn interest from July 1 1918
A dense ledger of May and June 1919 property conveyances. Names include Foye, Hanford, Nelson, Schmitz, Townsend, Jaffray, and Kapp with transfers to firms and individuals in Tarrytown Dobbs Ferry Hastings and New York. Ledger cites Riverview Manor and Hudson Heights parcels, block and lot numbers, and small sums.
Mortgage notices list several transactions with dates in 1919 including Grace Maher Hastings, Ackerman and First National Bank Hastings on Hudson, properties along Warburton Avenue Guarry Road and Hudson Heights, and various amounts such as 1500, 8500, 2500, 1981.49 and 1600 detailing terms of 3 to 7 year periods with interest points and property descriptions.
Less than half the required amount has been subscribed. Optimistic thought, Suavity will collect more bills than eoren Innautts.
Louis Goldblatt, once a rost member, featured in a Sunday outing where a local team beat Trojan A C from Tarrytown by 6 to 4. Joseph Lyons hosted New York relatives, and Miss Margaret Mulligan hosted a New York guest Miss Dunn on Sunday. John Hurlihy celebrated his 20th wedding anniversary. John Hutchings adds a new back porch built by Mac Alarmid and Son. A. Van Deweghe of Edgewater Park, N J, visited T. McCall.
Saturday evening a group of Miss Josephine Hurlity’s friends gathered at her home for a pleasant party around eight. They enjoyed games and dancing with delicious refreshments, and departed after midnight expressing great pleasure with the event.
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