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Newspaper
Irvington Gazette
Location
Irvington, New York, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1963
Page
4
Immaculate Conception School staged a musical before a full house with a standing room audience showing strong praise. The lively presentation featured student performers delivering energetic numbers amid warm community support.
Local residents share life updates from Europe and England while newborns add to families. A large elementary school musical revue showcases each grade from first through seventh with themed dances and costumes, celebrating May as spring and travel abroad.
The Slington Recreation program lists activities at the Community Center Elementary School and Memorial Park. Events include art for grades 4–6, junior prom, midget and Pee Wee baseball matchups, and Archery Lessons for 8 and older with times from morning to evening across May 20 to May 29.
The Board of Trustees appointed Mrs. Kenneth Henshaw of Riverview Road to the remaining post on the Recreation Commission for a two year term. She joins Richard C. Wells Edward Brandt Lawrence Kuntzler and John Baas who were previously named. Henshaw has been active with the League of Women Voters Irvington Girl Scouts PTA and the Women’s Auxiliary of Phelps Hospital.
The program featured four colleens performing a lively Irish jig with songs and high-step dancing. A final visit to Italy followed as students presented a humorous concept of Sunny Italy. The eighth graders impressed with clear, harmonious singing. Representing each class, a final finale closed an enjoyable evening.
Food offerings list for Dows Lane and East Irvington High School spanning May 27 to 29. Mon to Wed menus include orange juice grilled cheese turkey and gravy on rice roast beef and soups with milk, vegetables, fruit, and sides. note a packed lunch option in HS cafeteria.
About 250 guests attended the Annual Spring Dance at the Banner home sponsored by the Hudson River Committee for Planned Parenthood. Music by Michael Carney's Orchestra and a midnight buffet followed indoor and outdoor dancing. Funds support the Planned Parenthood Federation of America as world population climbs to six billion by century's end.
The Board of Trustees closed a public hearing on Hamilton Road improvements assessed to benefitted property. Objections remained to including a storm drain and legal/acquisition costs. The village will pay the cost difference between a six and eight inch water main. Two resolutions were adopted: water main $7,149 and road improvements $28,395 per the prior assessment schedule.
Members of the Irvington Recreation Department’s art course for boys and girls in grades 4 to 6 participated in an art experiment on Monday afternoon May 20. Led by Mario Cooper, a member of the American Watercolor Artist Association and instructor at the Art Students' League and the Academy of Art of New York, students learned a new expression method using sponges cardboard strips and tempera colors. The program was made possible by Mrs. Oksana Chaves, the group's regular instructor.
Gage McAfee of Matthiessen Park, son of Mr and Mrs Horace J McAfee, was selected as a Yale Harvard track team member to visit England in June to face the Oxford Cambridge squad. He placed second in the 440 yard run at the Harvard Yale meet and is a Harvard sophomore regarded as a top middle distance runner.
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