Mayor Sets Monday Hearing on Firehouse Plans
Mayor Peter A. Peyser convenes a Monday Village Hall session to explain construction and financing of a new firehouse. Estimated cost is $146,000 with $100,000 bonds approved amid resistance from Dr. Leonard Goldwater who urged broader public discussion. Fire Chief Guiliano backs the bond, noting urgency and funds from reserves and the 1963 budget.
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Peter A. Peyser
Forme Board of Trustees
T* Tee
Leonard Goldwater
Goldwater
Kevin O'Neill
Salvatore Guiliano
Village Hall
Main Street
Town Warns Residents on Fireworks Penalties
Town Councilman Alvin M Suchin, chairing the Youth Committee, reminds residents that creation sale or storage of fireworks is illegal and dangerous under town ordinance. Fireworks include blank cartridges torpedoes Roman candles and similar devices with explosives, with a misdemeanor ticket and up to 500 fine or one year in jail unless used for a permitted public display after written application.
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Alvin M. Suchin
Ambulance Corps Nears Final Exams in Irvington
Irvington Volunteer Ambulance Corps members take final exams at town hall to qualify for emergency service in Irvington and East Irvington. John H. Norris lauds the members for their dedication as they prepare to receive diplomas and begin operations with the Miller Meteor ambulance in July.
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Town Hall
Irvington
East Irvington
John H. Norris
Corps
Grasslands
Dobbs Ferry
Miller - Meteor
Red Cross
George Hibard
Statin Road
Hibbard
Signal Approved for Broadway Sunnyside Lane Intersection
The Trustees reported the State Traffic Commission approved the village’s request to install a traffic signal at Broadway and Sunnyside Lane. The request for a pedestrian walk signal at Broadway and Main Street was denied. Mrs. Donald M. D. Roy of Circle Drive will return Friday from North Carolina after the death of her mother last Saturday.
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State Traffic Commission
Broadway
Sunnyside Lane
Main Street
Donald M.D. Roy
Cirle Drive
North Carolina
Jast Satur- Ye
Died at 67 F W McCarthy of Meadow Brook Road
Frank W. McCarthy 67 retired supervisor of Group Field Service Insurance Co New York City a longtime Irvington resident died at Phelps Memorial Hospital He leaves wife Josephine Power a son Frank J McCarthy Mount Vernon one grandson and a brother Stephen McCarthy Jersey City Born December 19 1895 in Jersey City son of Edward and Catherine McCarthy He belonged to Holy Name Society of Immaculate Conception Church Funeral services took place Monday with Solemn High Mass at Immaculate Conception Church North Broadway Yonkers grave at St Joseph's Cemetery Yonkers Interment officiated by Monsignor Robert Brown Father Maltese and Father VanOera also conducted service at the Coffey Funeral Home in Tarrytown prior to the wake
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. McCarthy
Meadow Brook Road
Field Ser- Insurance Co
New York City
Irvington
Phelps Memorial Hospital
Josephine Power
Frank J. McCarthy
Mount Vernon
Stephen McCarthy
Jersey City
McCarthy
Edward and
Catherine Gibbrons McCarthy
Holy Name Society of the Immaculate Conception
Monsignor
Robet Brown
Church of the Immacuate Conception
North Broadway
Anthony Maltese
Cornelius J. VanOera
S.M.A
St. Joseph's Cemetery
Yonkers
Msgr. Brown
Father Maltese
Father VanOera
S. Mla
Coffey
Tarrytown
Mayor Peyser forms committee to study village pay
Mayor Peter Peyser last night announced a special three member committee to study compensation for village employees including salaries starting pay raises hours worked and related issues. William Murphy former Mayor of Irvington will chair with J Howard Marshall and Thayer Drake as the other two members. The mayor pledged full cooperation with all village departments and the panel plans to submit its report by next November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Peyser
William Murphy
Irvington
J. Howard Marshall
Thayer Drake
Peyser
Democrats Urge Greenburgh to Reconsider 63 Acre Rezoning
Kenneth Breskin, Democratic endorsed candidate for Supervisor, urged Greenburgh’s Town Board to revisit its March 1963 rejection of upzoning 63 acres along Knollwood and Dobbs Ferry Road. He noted a 1982 Planning Board report favoring office and research use and warned failure to act would seal the area’s decline into congestion and blight.
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Greenburgh
Knollwood
Dobbs Ferry Road
Kenneth Breskin
Hartsdale
Democratic Platform Committee
Jules Garrell
Duell Road
Democratic Club
Town Planning Board
Breskin
Planning Board
Public Hearings Set On Park Hours and Parking Rule
Trustees schedule a public hearing on July 15 at 8 p.m. to consider two ordinances. One sets park hours 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and restricts access without a special permit with up to a $25 fine and 30 days in jail. The other bans parking on the west side of South Cottend Street from Main Street to 65 feet from the intersection to reduce trade hazards.
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South Cottend Street
Main Street
Traffic Fines Total $139
Police Justice John Norris presided as fines totaling 139 dollars were collected. Four speeders paid 10 to 25 dollars, two motorists 5 dollars each on the Saw Mill River Parkway, one 20 dollars for wrong way in a one way lane, two more 5 dollars for passing a stopped school bus and wrong way in a one way street, and sixteen motorists 2 dollars for illegal parking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Norris
Saw Mill River Parkway
Village to Improve Drain and Water Main on Hudson and North Cotton Street
Ernest Stubing authorized to improve a storm drain on Hudson Avenue about 360 feet at a cost of $1000. Village to install 330 feet of six inch water main on North Cotton Street at a cost of $1000.
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Supermenacne
Ernest Stubing
Hudson Avenue
North Cottend Street
Walso
Irvington Musicians Stage Parish PTA Benefit
Three Irvington residents Mrs Henri Fluehere Miss Mary Smith and Mrs Conley performed at a benefit for the Immaculate Conception Parent Teachers Association hosted in Mrs Conley’s home. Mrs Fluehere a Peabody graduate and longtime St Barnabas organist joined Mrs Conley a Seattle and Juilliard trained musician, with local supporters including Mrs Chester Comstock Hastings and several neighbors.
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Hastings
Conley
Henri Fluchore
Oak Street
Mary Dake
Smith
West
Clinton “Avenue
Irvington
Paul A. Conley
Immaculate Conception Parent Teachers Association
Henri Fluehere
Mary ‘Smith
Irv
Ington
Chester Comstock
Hudson River
Fluchere
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Baltimore
Maryland
Nadia Boulanger
P. Tallarico
Alexander Sklarevski
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
St. Cecilia Choir
University of Washington School of Music
Seattle
Washington
Juilliard School of Music
New York City
Stephen D’arrigo
Edward Wiederkehr
John Ford
Leo Harmonay
Richard Ganzi
Clinton Clifford
Thomas Mastroianni
James Dinan
James McGrane
Thomas Richards
Eugene Kiernan
Episcopal Church and Veterans Launch Evers Family Fund
At St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Rev. H August Kuehl urged parishioners to back a fund for Medgar Evers’s widow and three children, following his Jackson Mississippi murder. A special offering collected substantial support, with organizers from AVC NAACP and Irvington groups coordinating to manage donations and administration for the Evers Fund. The Dobbs Ferry Woman’s Club Board announced a Yankee Mart Bazaar on October 2, noted by Philanthropic Chairman Mrs R M Stearns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church of St. Barnabas
H. August Kuehl
Protestant Episcopal Church
Arthur C. Lichtenberger
New York
Horace W. B. Donegan
St. John
Kueh i
Martin, Luther King
Birmingham
Medgar Evers
Jackson
Miss
Irvington
Flachere
Vilage
AVC Evers Fund
Dobbs Ferry Woman's Club
R. M. Stearns
Police report shows fines and fund allocations
The Police Department reported 112 traffic cases with total fines of 617 dollars. Distribution allocations included 280 dollars to the police pension fund, 203 dollars to the general fund, and 32 dollars to the state.
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Police Pension Fund
General Fund
State
Irvington attorney elected commander at American Legion Post 1081
Thomas H O Rourke of Irvington has been elected commander of American Legion Insurance Post 1081 in New York City. He is an attorney with offices at 165 Broadway New York and resides with his wife and three children at 361 South Buckingham Street Irvington.
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Thomas H. O'Rourke
Irington
American Legion Insurance
New York City
Mr. O'Rourke
Broadway
New ‘York City
Buckbourn Street
Irvington
Irvington High to graduate 55 at Saturday commencement
Fifty five Irvington High School seniors will receive diplomas Saturday evening at Memorial Park. Adele Warnock, board of education president, will deliver the principal address. Examinations ended today and students report tomorrow at 1 pm for report cards. Buses depart Pennybridge and East Irvington at 12 45 pm. return trip from the high school 1 30 pm. The ceremony will be held in the Dows Lane Elementary School auditorium if no rain. Joyce Parker leads the honors group with a 90 plus average. Elaine Donnelly will speak for the class. The program includes Pomp and Circumstance and the Star Spangled Banner with Rev H August Kueh delivering the invocation. After speeches by Parker and Donnelly, Joseph A Casadone will introduce Warnock. The graduates will sing the alma mater and benediction follows by Rev Donald Dunkerley.
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Irvington High School
Memorial Park
Adele Warnock
Board of Education
Pennybridge
East Irvington
Dows Lane
Joyce Parker
Elaine Donnelly
South Africa
H. August Kueh
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Miss Parker
Miss Donnelly
Joseph A. Casadone
Warnock
Donald Dunkerley
Hope Presbyterian Church
Wormley
Joseph Casadone
Marcella McCormick
Lynne ‘Teplin
Irene, Bartlett
Karen “Beck
Bruce Cameron
Susan” Fler
Mein
David's Gamper
Diane Holt
Rochelle Kuhn
Willow Levi
Ruth Fleischer
Daniela Fragiacomo
Linda Johnson
Laura Kotoski
Barbara MacIntosh
Eve Marder
Constance Milward
Mary Ellen Murphy
Patricia Murtha
Janie Reich
Lorraine Spoerte
Gail Versfelt
Irvington High School Honors Assembly Highlights
Irvington High School held a Senior Honors Assembly in the gym for grades seven through twelve. Scholarships and awards were announced for seniors and underclassmen, with 49 graduates planning further study. Principal Donald S Wormley praised 60 seniors and listed numerous new awards and top scorers on state tests.
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Irvington High School
Donald S. Wormley
Schol Katileh” Guehtler
Joyce Parker
Jamies Ranney
Kiwanis
Donald’ Edelberg
Robert Engelke
Susan Flerstein
Laura Kruse
Helen Stubbe
Kathleen Gilchrist
Joseph Casadone
Bausch and Lomb
Lynne Teplin
J.P. Ludington
Susan Fierstein
James Ranney
Joyce Parke
Maitland C.delormo
Betty Crocker
Candance Wiggins
Sixth Grade Stages Western And Murder Mystery Plays
The sixth grade class of Ver non Rivers at the Irvington Elementary School presented two plays at an intermediate assembly on May June 14. The Case of the Reluctant Corpse a murder mystery featured Donald MacIntosh Ellen Birnbaum Anne Van Leer and David Versfelt. The Tall Stranger a Western mel ler drama starred Warren Goodell Pen ny Peyser Carrie Errico Janet Press and David Jenkins with David Ivers Mike DiChiara Alan McGriff Jeff Venut Bobby Murphy Arthur Langelotti and ushers and announcer among the cast and crew.
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Ver ‘Non Rivers
Irvington
Donald MacIntosh
Ellen Birnbaum
Carrie Errico
Diane DeKoot
Janet Press
Mamie Shanks
David Jenkins
Pop Sickle
David Ivers
Slippery Ellum
Mike DiChiara
Running Water
Alan McGriff
Ace High
Jeff Venut
Montgomery Blackstone
Bobby Murphy
Arthur Langelotti
Debbie ‘Teplin
Library aides and PTA volunteers receive service badges
Library aides from grades four through six earned service badges from librarian Mrs. Eleanor Stapp. They shelved books filed cards and served at the circulation desk before and after school and during lunch. Four PTA members assisted with cataloging typing and inventory tasks.
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Eleanor Stapp
PTA
Edward Lawson
Edward Birkner
Artur Leipziger
John’ Stuchell
Jand
Put New Surface On Tennis Courts
The Irvington Construction Co began repairing and resurfacing Memorial Park tennis courts yesterday. Work is expected to finish by next Wednesday if rainfall stays light. Steps included cleaning, removing old material, fixing drains, patching rough spots, and applying bond and final coats. Total cost listed as $6,750 with a 45 day schedule.
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Memorial Park
Tos Morro
Also Mentioned on This Page
F. W. McCarthy
Wash Amag, Avenue
Chester Comstot
Town Board
Episcopal Church, Veterans Start
Thomas O'Rourke
Erican Automobile Association
David Gamper
Lincoln Center
Marcia Stone
Margaret Lawson
Wayne Marti
Irvington Constriction Co
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