Scarsdale Districts One's School Meeting Tuesday
Voters in Scarsdale Union Free School District One will hold their annual meeting next Tuesday evening May 4 at 8 15 in the gymnasium of the Junior High School. Nominees for the Board of Education are Robert G Fuller and Mrs Frederick W Brown to succeed current members. The non partisan committee presents the candidates and the annual school budget of 1 373 275 seeks a tax rate reduction of .016 per thousand.
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Scarsdale Union Free School
Board of Education
Robert G. Fuller
Olmsted Road
Maxwell E. McDowell
Frederick W., Brown
Wildwood Road
Brown
Ralph W. Pickett
Fuller
First National Bank
City of
New York
Town Club
Friends of the Scarsdale Library
Riverside Church
New York City
Allen 5. Wilber
Red Cross Election Set for Scarsdale Branch May 24
Polls will open May 24 from 10:00 to 12:00 at Harwood Building Room 305 and 2:00 to 2:30 at the Woman's Club for board of directors elections. The annual meeting follows at 2:30 at the Woman's Club. Members are urged to vote and attend. Nominating committee recommends three year director terms for Mildred Prior Eliot Foot Paul Knight and Charles Johnson. Committee chair was Philip Carret with members Henry Bloch J Larned Green H Beach Carpenter and Robert Fuller.
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Harwood Building
Woman's Club
Scarsdale
American Red Cross
Woman’s Club
Red Cross
Board of
Mildred A. Prior
Eliot Foot
Paul K. Knight
Charles Johnson
Leland Yeager
Alvin E. Hellmich
Courtland Otis
Philip Carret
Henry Bloch
J. Larned Green
H. Beach Carpenter
Robert Fuller
Teachers Salaries and Fees Set for Scarsdale Playschools
The Village Board adopted rates for seven week summer playschools in Scarsdale. Head teachers will earn 300 dollars, shop teachers 250, athletic and general teachers 210, and assistants 100. Tuition: 13 dollars for the first child, 9 for the second, 5 for a third or more. weekly 2.50 for the first child and 1.75 for each additional child. Last year’s seven week total was 12.50 for the first child and 8.50 for others.
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Scarsdale
Recreation Advisory Board
Tax Anticipation Notes Sold by Village Board
Anson McLoud village treasurer reported the sale of 120000 tax anticipation certificates to the Scarsdale National Bank and Trust Co and The County Trust Co. The joint bid carried an interest rate of 0.78 percent.
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Anson McLoud
Scarsdale National Bank and Trust Company
County Trust Company
Health Department Reports Ten Chicken Pox and Two Measles in Scarsdale
The Health Department announced last week that Scarsdale saw ten new chicken pox cases and two measles infections. Public health officials urged awareness and precautionary measures.
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Scarsdale
Health Department
What's in a name for the Scarsdale Woman's Exchange
A resident sent a membership check and a humorous note about the exchange’s name. The letter recounts a houseman misinterpreting the word exchange as lacking women and jokes that in China there is only change, not an exchange.
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Scarsdale
Ch'na
Eastchester School District Election Set For Tuesday
Voters in Eastchester vote noon to nine in Cooper School for north district and Waverly School for south. Alfred L Fitzgerald Ellsworth G D Paterson and Morrell S Lockhart lead a seven‑group campaign by United Civic Associations of Eastchester. Lockhart runs for both a short term and a full term. 375 registered last weekend. inspection of registers at Eastchester High School board room through election day.
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Polly
Eastchester
Cooper School
Waverly
United Civic Associations of
Alfred L. Fitzgerald
Ellsworth G. D. Paterson
Morrell S. Lockhart
Lockhart
Robert P. Hayes
Cooper
Waverly School
Board Room
Eastchester High School
Greenville Forms Recreation Group
A new Greenville recreation committee was announced after the Greenville Community Council meeting. Chairman Matthew McCullough leads with Mrs Lyman Ford Putnam Livingston Gilbert Goold and Norman Meglathery head of Edgemont School PE department. Two junior members will be named. They plan a year round program starting with a summer project funded by the Searsdale Community Fund.
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Greenville
Greenville Community Council
Community Committee On Education
Matthew McCullough
Lyman Ford
Putnam Livingston
Gilbert Goold
Norman Meglathery
Edgemont School
The
Searsdale Community Fund
The Gondoliers to Open at Scarsdale High School
The Gondoliers opens tonight at 8:30 in the Scarsdale High School Auditorium. The production features 122 singers with principal roles held by Walters, Coyne, Newlin, and others, with Inez to be played by Joan Flugelman. The same performance repeats tomorrow night at the same time.
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Scarsdale High School
Duke
Nominees Named for Scarsdale Woman's Exchange Board
Mrs. Frank Proctor is nominated for president with a full slate presented at the April board meeting. Other officers include Mrs. Harold D. Whitcomb vice president and Mrs. William L. Barclay Jr. treasurer. Elections occur at the annual luncheon May 7 at the Scarsdale Woman's Club.
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Frank Proctor
Scarsdale Woman's Exchange
Harold D. Whitcomb
William L. Barclay, Jr
John G. McCulloch
Edward F. Keating
Charles F. Walden
Whitcomb
Myron R. Grover
Liston Noble
Double Barrellled Policy of Power Peace Needed
Thomas K Finletter chairing the Air Policy Commission urged a double barrellled approach to deter Soviet expansion while pursuing world peace. He spoke at Fox Meadow School, introduced by Dr Alan Gregg, with Rufus Brent and Randolph P Compton outlining a $15000 fund drive for the national effort. Finletter backed a $3.5 billion military boost and a striking force to deter Russia, while urging self denying global proposals to make military strength unnecessary. The speaker emphasized coordinating arms plans with peace aims as the country prepares to arm Russia while seeking partnership.
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Thomas K. Finletter
Air Policy Commission
United World Federalists
Fox Meadow School
Finletter
Alan Gregg
Cambridge Road
Gregg
Rufus Brent
Randolph P. Compton
Russia
Heath Ridge Association Sets Meeting on Nomination Changes
The Heath Ridge Association will meet next Tuesday at 8 30 p m at Crossway Fire House to discuss changes in selecting the nominating committee for the Board of Education and other area matters. A social hour with refreshments will follow.
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Board of Education
Heath Ridge Association
Crossway
Quaker Ridge School District Holds Annual Meeting
The Quaker Ridge a Scarsdale District No 2 School District annual meeting is set for May 4 at 8 15 p m at the Weaver Street schoolhouse. Two new trustees will be elected to two and three year terms to replace resigning Gerald S Stone and outgoing Gilbert W Merrell. A seven member nominating committee from district areas will gather suggestions. The budget committee will report and the budget for the coming year will be voted on.
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Quaker Ridge
Scarsdale District No
Weaver Street
Gerald S. Stone
Gilbert W. Merrell
Walter E. Barnes
Chandler Withington
Griffen Avenue
Broadmoor Road
Old Mamaroneck Road
Frank Coulter, Jr
Stratton Road
Carthage Road
Heathcote Road
Crest Lane
Crossway
Walter Mitchell, Jr
Penn Boulevard
Haverford Road
Girard Place
Swarthmore Road
Franklin Road
Penn Road
Arnold J. Brock
Hutchinson Avenue
Herkimer Road
Edward M. Stanley
Bradford Road
James Roberts
Saxon Woods
Parking Meters Set for Nine Month Trial in Village
Village Board approves a nine month trial of parking meters in sections along Garth Road from Popham Road to the Eastchester line and on Harwood Court and Boniface Circle. Meters operate eight to six daily except Sundays with a one cent charge for twelve minutes up to sixty minutes, limiting parking to one hour.
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Garth Road
Popham Road
Eastchester
Harwood Court
Boniface Circle
Garbage trucks cited for hedge shortcut issue
Henry Placek reported to the Village Board on Tuesday evening that garbage collectors tend to shortcut through hedges to save time. He proposed numbering the trucks so they could be reported.
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Henry Placek
Boulevard
Village Board
Three Free Rabies Clinics Planned in Scarsdale
Westchester County Health Department and Scarsdale Town Club announce three free rabies vaccination clinics for dogs. Clinics run Saturdays May 22 May 29 and June 5 from 2 to 4 30 p m at the highway and water department buildings off Palmer Avenue near Secor Road. Dog owners urged to vaccinate or bring dogs to clinic.
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Scarsdale
Westchester County Health Department
Public Health and Safety Committee
Nominees Named for Friends of Scarsdale Library Officers
James A. Stewart is nominated to continue as president of the Friends of the Scarsdale Library. Other nominees include Mrs. James N. Hynson for vice president and Mrs. Donald McCall for secretary. Harold M. Eddy is listed for treasurer. Executive committee nominees are Fessenden Blanchard Alan H. Temple and Allen B. Wilber. The annual meeting is set for May 11 at 8:30 p.m. at the Scarsdale Woman's Club with a program of Scarsdale authors.
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James A. Stewart
Friends of the Scarsdale Library
Scarsdale Woman's Club
Scarsdale
James N. Hynson
Dana Ferrin
Donald McCall
Henry Bloch
Harold M. Eddy
Robert G. Fuller
Fessenden
Blanchard
Alan H. Temple
Allen
Wilber
Charles C. Jordan
J. A. Bogardus
William J. Edmonds
Hynson
Manuel Whittemore
Budget Passes as Hearing Ends Overnight in Village
More than 100 residents attended a two hour hearing on pay as you go policy with petitions totaling 460 signatures. The Village Board, in executive session, approved a budget setting the tax rate at 11.664 per thousand, funding capital projects including 95 000 for public buildings and 30 000 for drainage. Supporters of maintaining pay as you go cited former Mayor Carpenter and others, while George B Clifton urged financing via bonds and a referendum on changes.
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Inquirer
George B. Clifton
Clifton
H. Beach Carpenter
Carpenter
J. Lester van Name
Town Club
Robert 8. Gordon
Ralph Keating
Warren W. Cunningham
Laura C. Burgess
Norton Jackson
John K. Starkweather
Theodore Goetz
Harold Herrick
Carl Reker
Worth Wade
Frank J. McGrath
Lloyd Carpenter
Arthur Manor Association
Malcolm Pirnie
Garrett Mott
Norman Smelter
George J. Brady
Town Club Taxation and Finance Committee
James E. Daly
E. Newton Wilmington
Arthur Manor
Scarsdale
Mount Vernon
White Plains
Edgemont District Proposes $3 416 Tax Rise for 1948 49
Edgemont School District asks voters to approve a total $302 283 to be raised by taxes at the May 4 meeting. The rate would be 18.29 per thousand, up from last year’s 14 874, reflecting higher instructional costs. Two board seats open and an election to increase directors from five to seven may be approved.
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Edgemont
Greenburgh No
Edgemont School
Seely Place
Stuart N. Updike
Fort Hill Road
C. Beverly Benson
Highridge Road
Updike
Nicholas L. Englehardt, Jr
Bryan Place
Benson
John H. Thompson, Jr
Club Way
Eugene Exman
Old Army Road
Frank T. Zinn
Zinn
Scarsdale Delegates Take Part in League Skit
Two Scarsdale delegates at the national League of Women Voters convention in Grand Rapids acted in a skit titled 100 Years a Growing celebrating Seneca Falls. Mrs Bren nan played Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mrs Krantz portrayed Lucretia Mott. The league president Miss Anna Lord Strauss is a Lucretia Mott descendant. Another Scarsdale resident Mrs Howard L Wilson is a descendant of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Scarsdale
League of Women Voters
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Seneca Falls
Martin Brennan
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Morris Krantz
Lucretia Mott
National League
Anna Lord Strauss
Howard L. Wilson
Harold L. Smith Resigns as School Director
Harold L. Smith presented his resignation as school director for the second supervisory district to the Town Board Tuesday night citing his election to the Village Board and automatic Town Board seat. The resignation was accepted with regret.
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Harold L. Smith
Conference on Developing Leadership in School Administration
Archibald Shaw assistant superintendent of schools in Scarsdale attended a New York University Education School conference on problems and methods of developing leadership in school administration. Dean Ernest O. Melby of Stoneleigh Road delivered the chief speech at the dinner meeting, the second of three sessions, on The Preparation of Educational Administrators and Supervisors.
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Archibald Shaw
Scarsdale
New York University
School of Education
Ernest O. Melby
Stoneleigh Road
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