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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1951
Page
1
The Greenburgh Republican organization will miss Mrs Charlotte Miller who has stepped down from the town committee chair and from county committee membership due to ill health. The record notes her honest policies as the cornerstone of the town committee and her avoidance of political profit over governance.
The Citizens' School Committee report urges reinstating open house nights to strengthen parent-teacher ties and revive traditional eighth grade graduation exercises. Proponents argue the eight-year milestone motivates students, despite objections from some educators about junior senior high structures.
The Immaculate Conception School held graduation exercises at the Emancipation Church on Sunday afternoon before a crowd of parents and friends. Diplomas and honors were awarded to a list of graduates including Margaret Ann Cook Peter George Golden Dolores Marie Lambert and several others. The event concluded with anthem, blessing, and recessional.
Diaristal of a number of employees indicates a strike at Bert Manufacturing Company on Louis Dekhont street. Irvington police with Chief Fabermelt dispatched a patrol car to protect the plant as Gustave Trent urged law enforcement. Delegates from United Mine Workers District No 50 represented strikers, limiting ticketing to four. Dismissed workers align with the union as efforts to organize the remainder continue. management reportedly may shut the plant if operations cannot resume.
Mrs Charlotte Mille, longtime chair of the Town Republican Committee for four years and a member of the county committee for the 5th Greenburgh district, resigns effective June 21 due to ill health and a doctor ordered rest. Her letter to Secretary William J. Van Dorn cites health and a desire to step back from duties.
The Gole Estate was sold by trustee Dre McGabe and details describe the residence inclining a bronze entrance, brick stone facade, stone steps, and a reception room with a black marble fireplace. The estate includes a service wing and an office on the main floor. The second floor features a large suite with a sitting room and dressing room.
Ruth Johnson is engaged to Edward J Cashman son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Cashman. Ruth is a Trington High School and Spencer Secretarial School graduate employed as secretary for TV Films Two in New York City. Edward Cashman graduated Irvington High School and the New York Technical Institute and is part owner of Main Radio Shop after three years in the United States Navy.
Fragmentary OCR mentions a daughter and Mrs Albert E Bov son of Hoquiam Washington. Hugh Robert Bronnes of Aberfe is nephew of Me and Mrs Halas. Bronnes of sin Street with his home before leaving for the West two years ago. No date or full details available.
Beginning on the coming Sunday three Protestant churches will hold union services at 10 o clock during the summer rather than the usual 11. St Barnabas Episcopal Paul’s Methodist and Tevington Presbyterian will follow a rotating schedule through September. July 22 marks the start of two Sundays at the Methodist church, then Episcopal for two Sundays in August, and Presbyterian for the remaining two Sundays. A Vacation Bible School runs Monday August 20 to Friday August 24, 9 am to noon, with three year olds at Methodist and older children at Bishop and Presbyterian locations.
John L. Conklin and Miss Helen Wolotyn of Yonkers were married at St Michael's Greek Catholic Church in Yonkers. Rev Andrew Ulicky officiated. The couple, now honeymooning in the Pocono Mountains, plan to reside in Yonkers. Both are employed by Burnham Corporation Irvington.
A local Presbyterian church announces a cake sale this Saturday to raise funds. Proceeds support church programs and community outreach efforts.
The Irvington High School Class of 1939 staged a diplomas ceremony at Town Hall on Monday with 29 graduates. Speakers included Barbara Drake and John Rance, who urged graduates to cultivate selflessness and civic duty as they pursue goals. Rev Eugene J Callstan delivered the benediction, and the High School Orchestra provided music.
Irvington youths aged 9 to 16 are invited to join a police supervised excursion to watch the Giants in Philadelphia. Aiming to boost town morale, officers will escort the group to Town Hall at 11 30. Eligible boys from west Irvington may attend. game format may be adjusted to single or double header per Giants schedule.
Sunnyside Savings and Loan held an opening event for its new office amid a turnout of over two hundred residents. Attendees toured the lobby and vault as congratulatory messages arrived from multiple financial institutions and local officials including Mayor Frederick Kramer and Trustees Harriman Murphy Fallon.
Miss Diane Heiskel of Sunnyside Lane marries Charles T. Chapin of Greenwich at the bride’s mother’s home garden. The bride, a Barnard College graduate, and the groom, Union College alum and U.S. Army veteran, plan to reside in Greenwich after a wedding trip to Hot Springs Virginia.
Mrs Margret Connor Layne widow of Branton Layne died Monday morning at home at 14 South Ree Lane. Services were at the Church of the Trees Zoncenion with interment at Slepyalow Cemetery. Survived by Angers Mra Prances Span ng and Mis ary Lape and other relatives.
Irvington Police Department patrolman Joseph Leahey, a nine year veteran promoted to second grade, was suspended early Sunday after two officers charged he assaulted them during a disturbance at his home on East Clinton Avenue. He resigned later that morning as the case progressed.
Wendy Webb two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs P Nom man Webb of Ml Bud Avenue Hastings nearly drowned in Ardsley Country Club pool Sunday afternoon. Irving Halstead former Irvington High School athlete and pool lifeguard dived in and pulled the child from the bottom. She was unconscious but received artificial respiration and revived before arrival of Irvington Fire Department and Consolidated Edison crew. Patrolman Rudick and Rev Dr Chesley Smith examined her and allowed her to go home with her mother.
Fragmentary OCR notes name Hana Lander among 9000 future Navy officers. Mentions Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps and Michel Donald E. Landers USNR. Indicates assignment or training at a campus site, with six weeks of activity referenced. Details are incomplete and name spellings uncertain.
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