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Newspaper
Scarsdale Inquirer
Location
Scarsdale, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1925
Page
1
Robert Andrews also known as Robert Black from Scarsdale and now a Paramount Picture School student will play Duke Slade, champion ice boat racer, in the film Glorious Youth. Production began November 23 under Sam Wood, with sixteen students debuting.
A 450 acre tract known as Rye Ridge near Rye Westchester hills was bought by a group including Edmund Dwight Randolph Hurry Richard Strong Alexander M Stewart and Robert Kirkbride. The land once developed by the late John W Sterling as a 500 acre park was bequeathed to Miriam Osborn Memorial Home and recently transferred to Rye Ridge Realty Corporation.
Fox Meadow Estates announces Olmstead road will be renamed Butler road at dedication. The change honors the Butler family, long-time residents, and follows a village board request. The street runs between Fox Meadow road and Tompkins road, originally named for the Olmstead Brothers who designed Fox Meadow in 1900.
Westchester County Supervisor Edward Barrett proposed replacing William Delevan Baldwin as Park Commission member with W Everit Macy former Public Welfare head. John G Agar and Felix M Warburg were also recommended for reappointment. terms run to June 1 1928. Resolution awaits approval next Monday.
Silver life saving medals of honor awarded by the Treasury Department to John White Jr James Dietz Jr William Horne of Rye and Charles D Donohue and Thomas P McParlan of White Plains for gallant rescue of three men from drowning at Manursing Island April 13. The five men were involved with Westchester County Park Commission Engineering Department.
The Hour of Song Service resumes at Dyckman Hall tomorrow with The Land of Samson a sermonette in pictures. J Watson MacDowell leads singing of familiar hymns from book and screen as the seven to eight p m service runs.
William F. Canella of 8 Morris Avenue White Plains agreed to pay the damage costs for the Duryea car after a collision two weeks earlier on Post road near Ferncliff. The settlement, reached during a case before Police Justice Carter in Scarsdale on Thursday, ends the legal action.
Supreme Court Justice George H. Taylor ordered a four month shutdown of the Secor road garbage plant while experiments proceed. Two cells will be used for testing to reduce neighborhood nuisance, with agreements sought to eliminate disagreeable odors. Adjacent properties have seen gains from nearby sales despite ongoing operations and arrangements were made to handle excess waste at Eastchester during the period.
At Edgewood School Wednesday, Miss Ina Scott highlighted the Recreation Commission’s progress since its formation two and a half years ago. She noted 22 new public playgrounds opened and a Croton Point camp for Westchester taxpayers’ children at 6 50 a week. A single girl reportedly gained seven pounds in a week, bringing the total weight gain for 200 children to about a ton. A Little Theater group and a choral unit were proposed to bolster county cultural activities.
Barney Gerard of Park Avenue White Plains buys a 35 acre Scarsdale tract bordering New Rochelle from Hyman Shatz Mamora Corp. frontage on Drake Road totals 1900 feet with a 1200 foot ridge road. Located a third mile from Heathcote station. Sale totaled 225000, held at 145000. Gerard plans subdivision.
Mr. Robert R. Updegraff will on January 1 become a partner of Ray D. Lillibridge Incorporated, at 8 West Fortieth Street, New York City. He has run an advertising and editorial business from the Parkway Building in Scarsdale and will keep an office there while spending part of his time on editorial work.
The Greenacres Association will hold its annual meeting and governor elections on Monday December 14 at 8 15 PM. The event includes a special entertainment with a mystery and music program featuring a New York mindreader and quartet. All residents and friends are invited.
Postmaster David R. Dunn reports the Greenacres residents backed a mail delivery from Scarsdale with several hundred signatures. The petition and a letter from Greenacres Association president H C Schwable were sent to First Assistant Postmaster John H Bartlett. Dunn also asked Rep J M Wainwright and Assemblyman H B Shonk for support with Wainwright promising to take up the issue with Washington Post Office officials.
Arthur G. Hayden named consulting engineer for the Greenacres crossing bridge design. He also serves as consulting engineer for the Bronx Parkway Commission. Bids on the project expected within six weeks, with construction set to begin early spring.
Licenses for 1926 plates are ready at the County Court House in White Plains. They may be obtained in person or by mail. Application blanks can be secured from local garages or auto dealers. Plates resemble New Jersey colors blue with white characters and are not valid until December 26.
Rev. Alan Chalmers rector of St. James the Less will return to Scarsdale on December 11. He resumes duties after a period away from the parish and will assume his post at the church in the town.
Santa Claus has installed a private mailbox in the arcade of the Parkway Building outside the Scarsdale Novelty Shop. A red painted box labeled Santa Claus Mail Box will collect letters from local children as they wait for their parents in the toy shop area.
Dr Wallace Buttrick of Oakwood Place has been appointed to Scarsdale Board of Education to fill the vacancy created by Otis Guernsey’s resignation and move to Rye. Buttrick, noted educator and chairman of the Rockefeller Foundation board, is currently in Raleigh North Carolina.
A Southern Fashion Show at Ware's Department Store in New Rochelle drew 1,500 spectators with child and adult wear parades. Underscored by two cast members from Artists and Models, the event showcased gowns, bathing outfits, and accessories from Baths Paris and Annette Kellerman designs, with a 246 foot runway lined with palms and flowers.
Westchester County People's Educational Association will hold a public conference December 11 at White Plains high school auditorium. Topic is Better Schools for Boys and Girls in a Democracy Our Responsibility. Speakers include Dr. Albert Shiels Columbia University, Frederick C. McLaughlin White Plains mayor-elect, J C Bogers Mount Vernon Rotary official, and Mrs Anna Garlin Spencer on home responsibility.
A toy sale at the Thrift Exchange located at 10 Church Street White Plains is set for December 10. Donations are invited and accepted Monday or Tuesday when manager Miss Hubbard will receive items.
Scarsdale National Bank and Trust Co sent 244 Christmas Club checks totaling $14,126.75 to members this week. The bank announced the 1926 Christmas Club will open on Monday December 14.
Scarsdale reports a 1925 population of 5,090, up from 3,506 in 1920 and 2,717 in 1915, marking the village’s largest five year gain. Westchester county totals reach 425,798 with an 81,362 five year gain, the largest in county history. four cities plus towns show substantial increases. Yonkers, White Plains, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle together total 235,679, up 35,533 since 1920.
The board of appeals granted a modification to the village zoning ordinance allowing New York Telephone Company to extend its Post road building thirty seven feet backward while preserving residential appearance and planting. Eight hundred telephones will move from Greenacres to the Scarsdale exchange. The same board also allowed Block Inc to place a real estate sales office on its eastern village property.
Scarsdale women organize a child study class focusing on issues for children before adolescence. Sessions will discuss recreation materials and topics from authorities on child training and psychology. First meeting December 8 at Hitchcock Memorial Church with six sessions across January to March.
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