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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1952
Page
1
The piece reflects on Mothers Day as a spiritual tribute beyond commercialization. It contrasts old-fashioned motherhood with modern trends, praising wives and mothers for virtue, sacrifice, and faith, and urging prayerful remembrance of mothers both living and deceased.
Mrs Dorothy Prince Jacs of Irvington died at Rectors Hospital New York on Sunday after a long illness Funeral held Tuesday at Irvington Presbyterian Church with burial at Greenwood Cemetery Brooklyn She was born in New York City in the 1880s and lived in Irvington since childhood She attended Bennett and Masters Schools was active in soil organization The Thursday Club and Robin's Nest DAR and Irvington Presbyterian Church She supported Willkie in 1940 Surviving: her son John Black Brady and sister Mrs Nicholas Jones of New York City, with local Mothers' Club card party planned for May 26 at Ardsley Country Club chaired by Mrs Peter Thomas
The Rt Rev Msgr Pigott, longtime pastor of Our Savior and builder of the Wall Street Parish, will be principal speaker at the Holy Name Society communion breakfast on Sunday May 11 Mothers Day at the Ardsley Country Club. He previously led churches in the Bronx and Tottenville and attracted thousands to mass daily. Holy Name Society members will attend 8:30 mass then proceed to breakfast.
The Get Together Club of Hope Presbyterian Church plans a minstrel show in the social hall on May 22 and 23 at 8 P.M. The event shifts to a hillbilly style this year with Jack Francisco directing the performers including veterans Pennybridge Quartet Otto’s Inn Ardsley and a testimonial dinner on May 2 in Bronx. The show features a chorus, special numbers, and a variety of songs by favorites like Bill Angus Bred Gorey and Bill Murray with assistance from the Ladies Auxiliary VFW and Bob Woods.
The Irvington Town Hall marks its 50th anniversary with a week of Golden Jubilee events. Garden Club decorates town hall, grade school and high school groups stage exhibits and concerts, and a corner stone ceremony recalls the village’s early development from incorporation in 1872. Proceeds aid local youth services and library expansion projects.
Tickets are selling for a Thursday club benefit on Friday May 16 to help local hospitals. Victor Borgo will present Concert In Comedy at Dobbs Ferry High School for the Dobbs Ferry and Tarrytown Hospital benefit. The performer combines music and clowning with a potential Wagner parody during May. Tickets available daily in Hastings Mollier Shop, Dobbs Ferry Leather Den, and Blasberg Motors Broadway show room.
Peter A. Gorey, a veteran of World Wars I and II who was severely wounded in the Pacific, urged the Board of Trustees to promote him to sergeant. The council discussed promotions and temp relief patrolman appointments, including Charles Cavanaugh for vacation-relief duty and a plan to buy a new police car for the Dobbs Ferry station.
Local officials examine the Martin property division on Harriman Road between Park Road and Lewisond to verify compliance with the 1908 Building Zone Ordinance. The deed history shows transfers to Loyd S Martin, G Dorothy Martin, and a third party, while the current ordinance dates to November 25, 1908.
Cub Scout Pack 102 announces its third annual Penny Fair Friday at 1.5 PAL High School gym. Awards will honor achievements and displays themed Things That Grow instructors note seven boys earned Webelo rank: Sam Bridge Victor Johnson John Langan Richard Morabito Jobe Smith Edward Dunn Robert Slattery.
Vanity voters attended the Irving auditorium meeting to cast ballots approving July 2 and a nearby election saw 50 votes cast. Dr. Edward M. Carney Jr. and Gerald Ivers were reelected to the Board of Education. A motion to reallocate Viziget funds for adult education classes failed, and the budget calls for a tax levy of 278814, up 28.22 from 3951. Both incumbents will begin three year terms.
Trustees will meet informally on May 18 to discuss the fiscal practices of the Village Municipal Board and the leadership of Addison Hastings amid tax concerns and calls for board abolition. Loyd S. Martin’s letter to Mayor Kramer raises surplus tax funds, water rate issues, and alleged mismanagement.
Time moves again at the Worthington Memorial Gate at St Barnabas Church. An electric movement revived the worn spring mechanism that kept the clock hands turning for years after a lapse of nearly a decade. For almost sixty years this Irvington landmark has stood, erected in 1099 in memory of Sara Newton Worthington.
W H Fallon leads a preliminary Irvington town hall gathering of local residents forming the Eisenhower Citizens committee. Roswell Harriman coordinates with Jones Vaughan Spurdes Caldwell Merek and others as Dobbs Ferry cites 1400 petitioners versus a 600 goal. Further organizing planned at 8:30 pm. in the Town Hall and a formal committee slate will be set. Chow circus party notes: Share of St Barnabas choir attends Ringling Brothers show at Madison Square Garden with Evert Maclachan choirmaster directing.
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