Superintendent Shaw's Stand Before School Board
A large open hearing saw Superintendent Archibald B. Shaw receive a long ovation after he condemned recent criticisms by Dohrenwend Kernan and Brustat. He warned the attacks harm staff morale from kindergarten to grade 12 and threaten the home school partnership. He urged the board to recognize the broader impact on teachers and parents involved in enriching classroom learning. Continued on Page Twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dohrenwend
Kernan
Brustat
Nelson
National Pictorial
Greenacres PTA backs Scarsdale schools and board
The Greenacres PTA executive board states its conviction that Scarsdale should maintain an educational climate that protects administrators and teachers freedom of speech and thought. It expresses faith in the non partisan nomination system for the Board of Education and in the staff and administration of Scarsdale schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Greenacres Pta
Scarsdale
Board of Education
News Index and Page Listings Preview
The notice lists sections for Church News Pages 18 20 Editorials Page 12 Schools Pages 14 and 15 Society Page 16 Theatres Page 22 and Woman's Club Page 17 It outlines a reader guide to the newspaper’s content and feature areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Union Good Friday Service Divides to Seven Sessions
The noon to 3 PM service at Community Baptist Church Popham and Autenrieth Road will be conducted by nine Scarsdale ministers. It will be split into seven 25 minute sessions at 12 12 25 12 50 1 15 1 40 2 05 and 2 30 with business people invited during lunch hours.
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Union
Community Baptist
Village Rd Meets To Organize Work For Coming Year
The Scarsdale Village Board annual organization met at Village Hall on Monday night. Harold L. Smith appoints Karl Finsterbusch acting mayor Reeves Newson village manager Richard A. Tilden village attorney. William F. Salter remains Police Court clerk Waldemar F. Timme acting police justice. Anson McLoud receiver of taxes and assessments George W. Cornell supervisor will act in McLoud’s absence and sell village tax liens May 28. Ethel Hyde village clerk for two years with Josephine Lyons as deputy. McLoud to be village treasurer Emma Schweppenhauser deputy. Reappointed to Board of Appeals Malcolm Pirnie Sherwood E. Silliman J. Lester Van Name. Robert W. Sawyer named chairman of Planning Commission. Wood resigns as chairman Building Board to join Village Board. Henry Bousche to replace him with Frederick L. Porter. Hyde registrar of vital statistics with Lyons as deputy. Committees named: law Willard P. Scott chairman and Wood finance Theodore Sander Jr chairman Scott public property Arthur S. Meyer chairman Sander highway continues.
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Scarsdale
Harold L. Smith
Karl Finsterbusch
Reeves Newson
Richard A. Tilden
William F. Salter
Waldemar F. Timme
Anson McLoud
George W. Cornell
McLoud
Cornell
Ethel Hyde
Miss Hyde
Josephine Lyons
Emma Schweppenhauser
Malcolm Pirnie
Sherwood E.silliman
J. Lester van Name
Board of Appeals
Robert W. Sawyer
Mr. Wood
Henry Bousche
Frederick L. Porter
Miss Lyons
Law
Willard P. Scott
Wood
Theodore Sander, Jr
Mr. Scott
Arthur S. Meyer
Mr. Sander
LWV Scarsdale Supports Schools in Education Stand
The League of Women Voters of Scarsdale endorses free public education with equal opportunity and academic freedom. The board and members affirm support for the elected Board of Education and professional staff amid recent criticism, signing a statement at their annual luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters of
Scarsdale
League of Women Voters
Scarsdale League
League
Mmes Joseph P. Anderson
Jack L. Rollins
Bernard Krosney
A. deLima
John Pershing
Allen 5. Wilber
Frank Hertel
Thomas R. Callery
Alfred P
Challenged Again for Debate With School Board Candidates
Otto C. Dohrenwend, chair of the citizens committee, renews the call for a public debate with Mrs. Mortimer Rothschild and Malcolm C. Spence, candidates for reelection to the Board of Education. He asks for an immediate reply so the event can be set before the May 6 school elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Rothschild
Malcolm C. Spence
Board of Education
Otto C. Dohrenwend
Citizens’ Committee
Sports Night and Award Ceremony at the High School
The fourth annual Sports Night closed the Recreation Dept indoor centers after a year with 41,554 participants. Activities at High School Center and satellite sites included movies quiet games fencing holiday programs volleyball basketball and snackbar. An award ceremony honored participants.
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Recreation Dept
Greenacres
Fox Meadow
Edgewood
Quaker Ridge
Paul Smith Named As New President of the Town Club
Paul S Smith a lawyer of 120 Brewster Rd was named president of The Town Club for 1952 53 with Chester R Dewey of 64 Garden Rd as vice president G B Clifton and Harold H Bennett were renominated as treasurer and secretary respectively The meeting April 3 set May 15 as election date and May 1 as deadline for further nominations The board named Dr Charles A Perera to an unexpired governor term and reported Scarsdale held the second lowest municipal tax rate in Westchester with a higher school tax than ten other districts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul S. Smith
Brewster Rd
Town Club
Chester R. Dewey
Garden Rd
Grace National Bank of New York
W. Stewart McDonald
George B. Clifton
Harold H. Bennett
E. Ray Broenniman
Jerome A. Eisner
Eisner
Clarence K. Whitehill
Philip
John E. F. Wood
Gaius W. Merwin
Horace O. Westman
Scarsdale
Westchester
Backing for Edgewood PTA Lets Stand on Education
The Edgewood PTA executive committee adopted a resolution praising the teaching staff under Mrs. Aileen W. Robinson and Archibald B. Shaw while accusing the Committee of 10 methods of harming morale and loyalty to American citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgewood Pta
Edgewood Executive
Edgewood
Aileen W. Robinson
Archibald B. Shaw
Board of Education
Closing at Noon at Scarsdale Family Service Offices
The Offices of Family Service of Scarsdale in the Harwood Building will close at noon today Good Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Service of
Scarsdale
Harwood Building
Town Club to Study Committee of Ten Activities in Schools
The Town Club education committee plans a chrono logical report on Committee of Ten actions and the Board of Education response amid alleged Communist infiltration of Scarsdale schools. It will cover public impact and pledge to back two reelected trustees and publish statements from the nominating committee and the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee of 10
Scarsdale
Board of Education
Philip L. Carret
Committee of Ten
Scarsdale PTA commends superintendent over district stance
The Scarsdale High School PTA executive board votes to commend Superintendent Archibald B. Shaw for his open meeting statements on district policy. The release supports the Board of Education and its approach, endorsing participation by parents and citizens in school programs.
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Scarsdale High School
PTA
Board of Education
Superintendent of Schools
Archibald B. Shaw
District 1
Scarsdale
Shaw
Dohrenwend
Scarsdale High operetta dates shifted to May 2 and 3
Change of date for Scarsdale High School operetta Robert Planquett’s Chimes of Normandy postponed from April 25 26 to May 2 3 due to illness. Absence of cast and orchestra prompted postponement to avoid crowding Easter vacation.
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Scarsdale High School
Robert Planquett
Fox Meadow PTA backs Scarsdale schools amid tenure debates
The Fox Meadow PTA executive board issued a united statement supporting nonpartisan Board of Education nominees, endorsing the principals of Scarsdale schools, and backing teachers and administrators against criticism by the Scarsdale Citizens Committee. The group calls for continued democracy and academic freedom in schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Meadow Pta
Board of Education
Town Club
Scarsdale
New York ‘Times
Scarsdale Woman's Club Board Endorses Nominating System
At Tuesday's meeting the Scarsdale Woman's Club board reaffirmed support for the non-partisan nominating committee system and expressed confidence in the Scarsdale Board of Education and the administrative and teaching staff of the schools.
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The
Scarsdale Woman's Club
Board of Education
Navy Doctor Returns from Korea to Portsmouth Duty
Lt. A Edward Blackmar son of Mr and Mrs A E Blackmar of Northgate has returned from Korea. After a leave he will be stationed at the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Blackmar served as a Navy doctor with an Engineers Battalion of the 1st Marine Division.
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A. Edward Blackmar
A. E. Blackmar
Northgate
Korea
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
N. H
Blackmar
Navy
1St Marine Division
Open letter circulates in Scarsdale backing school board
A circulated open letter among Scarsdale citizens and civic leaders voices confidence in the Scarsdale Union Free School District Board of Education and staff. It condemns communism, criticizes the Committee of Ten, and pledges voters to support competent, loyal public school administration.
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Carret
Citizens’ Nominating Committee
Union Free School District No. 1
Scarsdale
Board of Education
Scarsdale Union Free School District No. 1
Harwood Building
Town Club
Committee of Ten
Tape Interview on Scarsdale in The Battle for the Schools
Tonight at 9 30 over Station WMCA a tape recorded interview on Scarsdale airs as the third in a five part series The Battle for the Schools narrated and produced by Dorothy Dunbar Bromley noted journalist The series ends next Monday night with a summation and conclusions
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WMCA
Scarsdale
Dorothy Dunbar Bromley
Eisenhower Rally at Scarsdale Plaza Theatre
A Monday 8 30 pm Eisenhower for president rally at Plaza in Scarsdale Theatre invites residents with no admission fee. U S Senator Frank Carlson of Kansas will speak, introduced by Sigurd Larmon, with talks by Marty Snyder and Clifton White. Hugh Thompson will sing and a 12 piece Scarsdale teen band performs.
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Plaza-in-Scarsdale
U. S
Frank Carlson
Kansas
National
Eisenhower
Washington
Sigurd
Larmon
Brite Ave
Eisenhower Group
Senator Carlson
Marty Snyder
Clifton White
New York State Ass'n
Hugh Thompson
Metropolitan Opera
Scarsdale
Netherlands Honor For Grayson Kirk
Dr Grayson Kirk vice president and acting head of Columbia University received the Order of Orange Nassau Commander from Baron De Vos van Steenwijk during an informal ceremony at Low Memorial Library. Queen Juliana of the Netherlands later received an honorary degree from Dr Kirk on Tuesday at Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson Kirk
Fox Meadow Rd
Columbia University
Order of Orange-Nassau
Baron J. A. de Vos van Steenwijk
Netherlands
Citizens Call for Board Action on Communist Influence in Scarsdale Schools
Otto E Dohrenwend, chairman of the Scarsdale citizens committee, asserts in a written statement that evidence shows communist influence in Scarsdale public schools. He says the Board of Education, not the principals, must curtail this influence and deny usage of school buildings to Dr Bernard F Riess and others linked to communist causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto E. Dohrenwend
Scarsdale
Cipals
Board of Education
Bernard F. Riess
Jefferson
Riess
Citizens’ Committee
Mrs Wood Elected New President of Scarsdale Woman's Club
Mrs John E F Wood of Heathcote Road was elected president at the Scarsdale Women's Club annual election on Wednesday. She succeeds Mrs James A Carroll Jr. Officers include Edin A de Lima first vice president John H C Templeton second vice president Donald F Sealy third vice president Edward R Huckman recording secretary L Vincent Collings corresponding secretary C Francis Beatty treasurer and directors for three years Theodore S Hirtz Frank Proctor and George H Rutherford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. F. Wood
Heathcote Rd
Scarsdale Woman's Club
James A. Carroll
Edwin A. de Lima
John H. C. Templeton
Donald F. Sealy
Edward R. Huckman
L. Vincent Collings
C. Francis Beatty
Theodores. Hirtz
Frank Proctor
George H. Rutherford
Crusade for Cancer Opens in Scarsdale Village
Westchester County Cancer Committee appeals to Scarsdale residents to support the 1952 fund. George Clifton urges prompt responses as weekend letters of appeal go out. The drive funds education clinics and cancer research, with every donation welcomed.
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Crusade For Cancer
Westchester County Cancer Committee
Scarsdale
George Clifton
Clifton
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Mr. Shaw
Greenacres Board
News Index
Union Service
Greenacres Gorillas
Paul Lazarus
John Gail
Leonard Starbuck
William Waldron
Dyas Carden
Carden
Finsterbusch
Harriette Krantz
Paul Smith
Malcolm Spence
Alfred H. Phillips
Citizens
Joseph P. Anderson
Rudolf P. Berle
Martin J. Brennan
Courteney C. Brown
Burnham Finney
Robert 8. Gordon
Kenneth M. Gould
Charles F. Hazelwood
Alfred P. Slaner
Albert S. Swanson
Allen Is
Wilber
Harris L. Wofford
John BE. F. Wood
Citizens’ Group
Scarsdale Cancer Crusade
P. O
Cancer Crusade
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