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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1966
Page
3
The Irvington Gazette lists Matco M Roy as editor and publisher for 1937 to 1960, with Donat M D Roy as publisher, Josefh F Rowan as circulation manager, and Louis Bennett as mechanical superintendent.
A priest reflects on the Little Red School and its eight grade teachers led by Mother Theofila. He celebrates the school’s foundation, library, and community ties, notes past graduates, and commends the board and staff for guiding Irvington’s education and faith. He recalls a lesson about aiming high and serving others.
Garrard Publishing Company relocated its editorial offices from Champaign Illinois to Scarsdale New York. The outfit specializes in children's books aimed at meeting specific curriculum needs in elementary classrooms and libraries. Notable Westchester authors published by Garrard include Stewart Graff Anne Colver Elizabeth Graves from Irvington Violet Weingarten Mount Kisco Tony Palazzo Hastings Nardi Campion from Bronxville Colonel Red Reeder West Point James Beach Tarrytown Patricia Lauber and Mervyn Kaufman of New York City.
Five decades of Irvington history are sketched, noting a 16 June school board protest over parochial school religious symbols, a dirt truck crash on Peter Bent Road, and graduation plans at Irvington High School with World War I veterans among the seniors. Also listed are marriages, hospital donations, park and water works updates, and notable local moves across the decades.
A long address to seniors argues that challenges in space power computing and medicine become opportunities. It emphasizes education as a springboard, duty to country, and prudent time and money use, citing Rockefeller and Twain while urging mature, responsible adulthood. It closes with thoughts on origins, exposure, and the need to choose rightly as graduates depart Irvington High School.
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