Scarlet Fever Cases Reported in Scarsdale
Dr. Richard Slee, district health officer, reports three new scarlet fever cases in Scarsdale and says the outbreak is mild and manageable. He notes a broader mild spread across Westchester and nearby counties and credits Dr. Ralph Ryan and local authorities for containment and parent cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Slee
Richard Slee
Ralph R. Ryan
Scarsdale
Slee
the Inquirer
Westchester
Dutchess
Putnam
Columbia
Ryan
Westchester Airport Plans Near for Croton Point Site
Definite plans for a Westchester County Airport at the Croton Point Reservation are being prepared for the Board of Supervisors after studies by park engineers and the War Department. The project could cost about 1 million dollars and occupy 200 acres. The Croton River would be dredged for seaplanes with docks and hangars for land planes. Parking facilities and NY Central Railroad mail and passenger transfers to Hudson Division trains are planned.
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Westchester County
Croton Point
Westchester County Park Commission
Board of Supervisors
Park Commission
War Department
The
Inquirer
Croton
New York Central Railroad
Hudson Division
Citizens Camp Admissions Open for Second Corps Area Applicants
Harold Meyer Stanley Can field Stewart Kirkland J S Edwards Boris Archer and Malcolm Edwards of Scarsdale are among applicants to Citizens Military Camps. Seven thousand youths in New York New Jersey Delaware and Porto Rico will train in July and August under General Ely. 5200 will be admitted with 1800 alternates. Colonel Devereux cautions timely filing to ensure county quota and equal access across the Corps Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold G. Meyer
Stanley W. Canfield
Stewart Kirkland
J. S. Edwards
Boris Archer
Malcolm Edwards
Scarsdale
Second Corps
New York State
New Jersey
Delaware
Porto Rico
Hanson E. Ely
Devereux
Village Hall Phone Number Updated
The Village Hall telephone line has changed from Scarsdale 91 to Scarsdale 3300, updating contact access for residents and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Sealed Bids Sought for Edgewood and Greenacres Improvements
Sealed bids for additions and improvements to Edgewood and Greenacres schools were approved at a Scarsdale Union Free School District No. 1 meeting. Bids due noon May 6 at the office of Rossiter and Muller, architects, 15 West 38th Street, New York.
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Edgewood
Greenacres
Scarsdale Union Free School
Rossiter and Muller
West 38Th Street
New York
White Plains Hospital to Add 200 Beds and Nurses' Quarters
A special survey committee urged the White Plains Hospital to expand by 200 beds and provide nurses’ quarters for 175 staff. The $1.25 million project aims to serve about 65,000 people in the area over the next decade, keeping the current site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
Board of Governors
Zoning Experts to Address Greenville Club Meeting
The Greenville Club will host zoning expert George B. Ford and Matthew Eyler, chairman of the Greenburgh planning board, at Edgemont School on Friday April 26 at 8 pm. All district voters west of the railroad tracks are invited to attend. Ford chairs planning work for Scarsdale zoning and War Department airport projects. Eyler will discuss Greenburgh planning board activities. A post talk discussion on community issues will follow.
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Greenville Club
Edgemont School
George B. Ford
Matthew Eyler
New Greenburgh
Ford
Federated Societies
War Department
Scarsdale
Fox Meadow Estates
Westchester County
Eyler
Greenburgh
Fox Meadow
Greenville
Post Road
Travel Club
Ireland
White Plains
Veterans Party Hosted for 256 Patients in Bronx Hospital
Mrs William Patterson chaired a party by Col Wallace A Downs Auxiliary to Post 26 VFW at the Veteran's Hospital on Kingsbridge Road Bronx for 256 patients. The Hospital Orchestra provided dance music and Rita Barrett mascot entertained with song and dance. Ice cream cake cigarettes and candies were served by auxiliary women. Monthly events bring joy to shut in veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Patterson
Boulevard
Col
Wallace A. Downs
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States
Veteran's Hospital
Kingsbridge Road
Bronx
Rita Barrett
Post
Clean-Up Week Set in Scarsdale May 6 to 11
Scarsdale announces Clean-Up Week from May 6 through May 11. The Village Waste Department will collect most rubbish types not usually accepted, except dirt stones and trees, with bundles or containers placed along driveways. District schedule covers Greenacres areas, Post Road sections, East and West Post Road areas, Palmer Avenue, and adjacent streets.
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Scarsdale
Village Waste Department
Lower Greenacres
Walworth Avenue
Greenacres Avenue
Upper Greenacres
Farley Road
Huntington Avenue
Fenimore Road
Post Road
Farley
Tompkins Road
Fox Meadow
Richbell Roads
Dickel Road
Green Farms
Cambridge
Eton
Oxford
Park, Garden
Cushman
Reimer, Cooper, Dolma
Murray Hill
Mamaroneck Road
Post
Kelwynne
Richbell
Village Hall
Heathcote
Sherbrooke
Burgess
Morris Lane
Birchall Drive
Mamaroneck
Griffin Avenue
Grand Park Avenue
Cornell Street
Penn
Palmer Avenue
Wynmore
Secor Roads
Popham Road
Overhill
Lockwood
Circle
School Lane
Scarsdale Avenue
Brambach
Brown, Lee
Ewart
Potter
Boulevard
Eastchester Line
Sprague Road
Keke Road
Sale of Fireside Industries Planned
A Fireside Industries sale from Berea College Kentucky is set for April 25 and 26 at Mrs W Burke Harmons Birchall drive home. Hand woven bed spreads bath mats bath rugs quilts and table covers by mountain girls funding their schooling will be displayed with all proceeds to the workers. Last year’s sale was at Mrs Randolph Comptons home.
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Fireside Industries
Berea College
Kentucky
W. Burke Harmon
Birchall Drive
Randolph Compton
Near East Relief Fund Receives $2,547 Pledges
The Near East Relief committee reports gifts totaling 2547 dollars. Eight Scarsdale residents have pledged to care for an orphan for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Near East Relief Fund
Scarsdale
Local Players Enter Contest
The Wayside Players of Scarsdale will stage The Breaking of the Calm by Dan Totheroh as part of the fourth annual county Little Theatre Tournament to be held April 23 24 25 and 27 at the Westchester Woman's Club in Mount Vernon. Cast includes Mary Lawrence Arthur Besse Robert Chamberlin Leonard Hall J H Price and Leland Stowell.
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Dan Totheroh
Wayside Players of
Scarsdale
County Little Theatre
Westchester Woman's Club
Mount Vernon
Westchester Drama Association
County Recreation Commission
Mary Lawrence
Arthur Besse
Robert Chamberlin
Leonard Hall
J. H. Price
Leland Stowe
Town Board Lacks Quorum Delays Supervisor Election
The Scarsdale Town Board did not meet Wednesday due to no quorum. The election to replace the late George W. Field as Town Supervisor will be postponed to the next meeting unless a special session is called soon.
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Scarsdale
George W. Field
Mason Named Assistant Treasurer at New York Trust Co
Charles J. Mason, son of Mrs. Charles J. Mason of Circle Road, was elected assistant treasurer at a recent New York Trust Co board meeting. The announcement notes his new officer role following the trustees' decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Trust Co
Charles J. Mason
Circle Road
The
Fox Meadow Tennis Club to Open May 1
Inquirer News Index notes Fox Meadow Tennis Club plans to open May 1 with an event on Page 1. The listing highlights community activities and calendar items across topics from zoning talks to public meetings.
Appointed Intern at St. Luke's Hospital
William Mae Shepard, set to graduate in June from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, will intern at St. Luke's Hospital next fall. A 1925 Dartmouth alumnus, he is the son of Mrs. George A. Shepard of Greenacres Avenue and the late Dr. Shepard, noted eye and ear specialist.
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William Mae Shepard
College of Physicians and Surgeons
New York
St. Luke's Hospital
Dartmouth
Mr. Shepard
George A. Shepard
Greenacres Avenue
Dr. Shepard
Post Road Width Debate Denied By Village Engineer
Arthur Boniface, Scarsdale village engineer, states that widening plans to forty feet remain only as a possibility. A recent conference with Charles Mac Donald and G. L. Nickerson led to plans for future submission, but current survey work is the extent of action. The thirty-foot width fixed weeks ago stands.
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White Plains
Scarsdale
Arthur Boniface
Charles MacDonald
G. L. Nickerson
Boniface
Governor Roosevelt Signs New Welfare Law in Albany
Shonk of Scarsdale witnessed the governor sign a sweeping Public Welfare Act replacing 140 relief laws with a unified system. The measure, sponsored by Shonk and Fearon, passed unanimously with backing from charity groups and county officials. It shifts child and institutional care away from town officials and creates centralized county administration under a commissioner of public welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert B. Shonk
Heathcote Road
Scarsdale
Albany
Roosevelt
Boards of Supervisors of
Westchester
Shonk
Parkways Plan Receives 2 3 Million Appropriation
The Roosevelt signed bill allocates 2 300 000 for Westchester County work on the Bronx Parkway Reservation. Funds cover grading and bridge construction for the extension from Hawthorne to Mohansic Reservation. Over 2 500 000 already budgeted for Bear Mountain Bridge linkage. Sections from Albany Post Road in Peekskill to the bridge approach and from Valhalla to Hawthorne are in use.
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Roosevelt
Westchester County
Bronx Parkway
Hawthorne
Mohansie Reservation
Bear Mountain
Albany Post Road
Peekskill
Mr. Corey Urges Aid for Farmers
Merton L. Corey of the Post road testified before the House Committee on Agriculture on April 5 on farm relief. An authority on cooperative marketing, Corey outlined three farmer difficulties: surplus, disorganized marketing, and costly distribution. He favored education to reduce acreage and anticipated a new bill stabilizing prices, with government involvement via a Stabilization Corporation.
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Merton L. Corey
The
Post Road
Committee On Agriculture
House of Representatives
Federal Intermediate Credit Banks
New York
Federal Credit Bank of Baltimore
United States
Tobacco Association
Corey
Florida
Citrus Growers of
Scarsdale
H. E. Lesan
Florida Citrus Clearing House Association
the Inquirer
Congress
Fox Meadow Tennis Club Announces May First Opening
The Fox Meadow Tennis Club will open on May 1 for its third season since reorganization. Trustees met at Rudolph Culver’s home to plan exhibitions and tournaments as the club, one of Scarsdale’s oldest organizations, marks its long history in Westchester County.
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Fox Meadow Tennis Club
Rudolph Culver
Fox Meadow Road
Westchester County
Scarsdale
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