More and Better Applicants for Postal Jobs Since Pay Increase
Odds Bodkins cites Scarsdale Postmaster Dunn noting a pay hike from 1400 to 1700 prompted a surge from zero to twenty one job applicants for a postal exam. He argues higher salaries widen the candidate pool, improve service quality, and bring practical benefits to the community and business world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Odds Bodkins
Robert R. Updegraff
Dunn
Scarsdale
N. Y
Visiting Team Beats Firemen in 13 to 8 Baseball Game
The Reflexus A. C. defeated the Firemen 13 to 8 at the High School field. After an 8 to 7 game in the sixth inning, errors and weak hitting doomed the Firemen. Losee pitched well but received poor support. Hawthorne A. C. from Connecticut visits tomorrow. Bob Auld may start for the Firemen with Bill Irish Jr. coaching. First pitch is 3:15 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firemen
Reflexus A. C
Visi
Connecticut
Bob Auld
Davis
Bill Irish, Jr
Passenger Train to the Central's Fair Exhibit
The New York Central Railroad will showcase a fully equipped passenger train at the 1925 State Fair in Syracuse from September 12 to 19. The exhibit features equipment and service identical to the Twentieth Century Limited and Southwestern Limited with attendants and on-board explanations. Pullman Company will place their newest standard sleeper and compartment cars in the train.
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New York Central Railroad
Syracuse
Twentieth Century Limited
Southwestern Limited
New York Central
Pullman Company
12 Towns Join in Play Day at Mohansic Park
Mohansic Park hosts the annual County Play Day with invited recreation centers and district leaders guiding groups. Scarsdale is led by Miss Marion Adler while Dobbs Ferry’s group includes Madam Rocher. activities include a Boy's Band from the Dobbs Ferry Children's Village, games, handicraft exhibition, under the Westchester County Recreation Commission led by Mrs. Chester G. Marsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohansic Park
Marion Adler
Scarsdale
Dobbs Ferry
Rocher
Elmsford
Lucilla
Hunt
Hastings
Genevieve
Jewett
Mamaroneck
Walter Ferndon
Mount Vernon
K. D. Ingle
Port Chester
Rosalind Rieman
Purchase
Reynolds Completes 3.5 Mile Island Swim Round Trip
Wendell Reynolds of Heathcote road swam from Manursing Island Beach Club to Captain's Island and back last Sunday. The 3100 yard distance yields over three and a half miles round trip, a feat not on record at the club. Reynolds is summering with parents in Scarsdale and will return to Harvard in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendell Reynolds
Heathcote Road
Manursing Island
Captain's Island
Reynolds
Manursing
Scarsdale
Harvard
Angell & Co. Expand Staff With Two New Associates
Angell & Co. announces the addition of two new associates. Charles Y. Grayson, a two year resident, brings office appliances sales and publishing background to the firm. W C Morris Wiley recently moved from Brooklyn and has twenty years in real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Grayson
Noiseless Typewriter Company
New York City
Remington Typewriter Company
Ferncliff Road
Loew Opens Large Mount Vernon Movie House
Marcus Loew adds a major Westchester cinema in Mount Vernon at Stevens avenue and Wilson place with 2500 seats. A thirteen piece orchestra and a large organ provide music while stars like Douglas Fairbanks Mary Pickford Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin are featured. The theater uses a new cooling system with soft green lighting and bright chintz covered chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
Marcus Loew
Mount Vernon
Stevens Avenue
Wilson Place
Douglas Fairbanks
Mary Pickford
Gloria Swanson
Charlie Chaplin
Scarsdale Scouts Earn Eagle Badge At Camp Curtis
Four Scarsdale boys, William G. Zimmerman, Howard F. Zimmerman, Thomas Tarbox, and Harry Hodges, won Eagle Scout badges at Camp Read Curtis Mahopac. The ceremony honors the highest Boy Scout rank requiring twenty one merit badges. The Fenimore Cooper Council presided as a new mess hall at Camp Read was dedicated with speeches, greetings, and badge presentations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William and
Howard Zimmerman
Thomas Tarbox
Harry Hodges
Camp Curtis
Scarsdale
Read
Mahopac
William G. Zimmerman
Howard F. Zimmerman
William A. Zimmerman
Nelson Road
Thomas E. Tarbox
Post Road
F. H. Hodges
Grand Boulevard
Fenimore Cooper Council of Boy Scouts
Camp Read
J. Oakley Hobby Jr
G. P. Payson
Duncan Read
Samuel Grafflin
James E. West
Abandon Baby Contest Due to Infantile Paralysis Risk
Scarsdale officials warn of infantile paralysis outbreaks in nearby towns. Parents told to keep children under sixteen at home or in cars, avoid gatherings, beaches, churches, theaters, and Sunday School. Quarantine ordered for contacts of a Hartsdale case. one paralysis case reported locally.
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Scarsdale
Community Service
Brook Street
Board of Health
Village of
Hartsdale
Walter C. Tilden
Greenburgh
Tilden
6th Vote Victory Anniversary Observed With Radio Tea
Westchester county hosts radio tea events Wednesday afternoon August 26 to honor the suffrage victory anniversary. Carrie Chapman Catt will deliver The Next Step on WEAF at four o clock, addressing suffrage and world peace actions. Local leaders gather at a New York luncheon to honor Catt and Mary Garrett Hay and recount the 1915 17 suffrage fight.
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Briarcliff
WEAF
Women’s City Club
Mary Garrett Hay
Westchester Committee
Westchester County
League of Women Voters
Cooper Union
New York State
Fifth Avenue
Suffrage Association
Briarcliff Lodge Hosts Sunday Musical With Local Singers
Miss Elsie Bishop principal of the Master School of Music Brooklyn will be soloist at Briarcliff Lodge Sunday evening. She will sing ballads with accompanist Charles King. Dorsey Whittington will perform a group of Schubert Brahms and Chopin works. The events attract many summer residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Bishop
Master School of Music
Brooklyn
Briarcliff Lodge
Peekskill State Camp to Welcome 87th NY National Guard Brigade
Officers at Peekskill State Camp prepare for the arrival of the 87th brigade of the New York National Guard infantry including the 165th regiment. Brigadier General George R. Dyer of New York City commands the unit to be reviewed by Governor Alfred Smith during his sole Peekskill visit this season, with Major General Charles W. Berry also present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peekskill
87Th Brigade
New York National Guard
165Th
New York City
George R. Dyer
Alfred Smith
Charles W. Berry
Woman's Club Describes Pine Blight As Saw Fly Pest
A Scarsdale estate had two pine trees studied by Westchester County Farm Bureau official Curtis who identified the insect as a saw fly rather than the feared gypsy moth. Nurserymen Bonnar and another expert disagreed initially, but Curtis confirmed the found larva is smooth and not hairy, easing fears of quarantine.
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Scarsdale
Westchester County Farm Bureau
Curtis
Bureau
Spruce
John Bonnar
Bonnar
Mr. Curtis
Mount Kisco
Scarsdale Group Seeks Garden Produce for White Plains Hospital
Mrs. A. O. Greist chairs the Scarsdale Woman's Club committee for fruits and vegetables for White Plains Hospital. She urges residents to donate garden produce, noting last year's savings of about $300 and inviting telephoned pickup for those unable to bring items to the club.
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A. O. Greist
Scarsdale
5000 Volunteers In Firemen's Parade In Mamaroneck
Scarsdale Fire Company No 1 joined 5000 volunteers in the Firemen's Association of New York State parade in Mamaroneck. About 25,000 spectators lined the route as ninety companies and thirty bands competed for silver loving cups awarded by the association.
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Scarsdale Fire Company No. 1
Mamaroneck
Firemen’s Association of
New York State
State Firemen’s Association
Mamaroneck Avenue
Palmer Avenue
Prospect Avenue
Boston Post Road
Police
Mamaroneck Elks Club
Port Chester
Elmsford
Mount Kisco
Spring Valley
Brewster
Harrison
Oceans
George W. Burton
J. F. Hunter
George Mertz
Association
Scarsdale Woman's Club at Varian's Tavern Featured
The Christian Science Monitor notes Scarsdale's Varian's Tavern historic role as the Albany Post road stop and current headquarters of the Scarsdale Woman's Club. The piece describes the tavern’s colonial furnishings and the club’s emergence as a prominent state organization.
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Scarsdale
Fox Meadow
New West Scarsdale Hotel and duplex homes planned
Parkway Associates announce a large hotel will be built along the Bronx Parkway north of Harney avenue extending to Scarsdale Station. Belmoy Corporation, led by Beeler Engineering, buys 35 acres from the Simon Estate and plans a direct highway to Scarsdale Station plus two four story Spanish architecture duplex buildings. Negotiations proceed to lease the hotel to a noted New York hotel operator.
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Bronx Parkway
Harney Avenue
Scarsdale Station
Parkway Associates Corporation
Randolph
Everett Jacobs
Fox Meadow Estates
Belmoy Corporation
Simon
Beeler Engineering Company
New York
Automobile Men Take Part in Field and Water Sports
Chevrolet dealers and sales staff from the Tarrytown zone will join 500 representatives from Connecticut New York and New Jersey for a Briarcliff Lodge outing on August 27 featuring a clambake golf tennis swimming carnival and a canoe tilting contest. Delegates from Malone and Ogdensburg will also participate under J L Murphy who heads the athletic program. The event includes a round robin tug of war with dealers from three states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevrolet
Tarrytown
Briarcliff Lodge
Briarcliff Manor
Connecticut
New York
New Jersey
Malone
Ogdensburg
Canadian
J. L. Murphy
Hall of Fame unveils two female busts
Busts of actress Charlotte Cushman and novelist Harriet Beecher Stowe were unveiled in the Hall of Fame. The event highlights notable women in arts and letters with the ceremony drawing local officials and admirers.
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Charlotte Cushman
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Hall of Fame
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Mr. Dunn
Losee
Manursing Island Club
Captain’s Island
C. Y. Grayson
W. C. M. Wiley
Greenacres
Loew
County
William
Briarcliff Musical
Peekskill State Camp
Woman’s Club
Monitor
W. P. Hospital
Woman’s Club Committee
Atwater
West Scarsdale
Simon Land
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