County Hopes Village Reconsiders Mamaroneck Road Aid Decision
County Engineer Charles MacDonald urged Scarsdale to reconsider last week’s refusal of county aid for Mamaroneck Road. He advised a twenty-foot pavement without curbs or a twenty-seven foot option with curbs, arguing a thirty-three foot plan is unacceptable to Scarsdale and costs would rise without village consent for future control.
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Mamaroneck Road
Scarsdale
the Inquirer
Charles MacDonald
MacDonald
White Plains
Board of Supervisors
Soviet Social Work To Be Lecture Topic
Miss Elizabeth Clark of the American Russian Institute will speak before the Travel Section of the Women’s Club on Tuesday December 9 at 2 30 PM at the clubhouse. The lecture, open to the public, will cover Social Work in Russia with discussion of public health sport and recreation club work day nurseries maternity centers and prohibition and will be illustrated by Soviet posters brought from Russia.
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Elizabeth Clark
American Russian Institute
Woman's Club
Clark
Russia
Group to Study Unemployment in Scarsdale
A temporary Committee on Unemployment formed at Scarsdale Village Hall with Mayor Robert E. Christie Jr. and citizens. Samuel Woolverton, Earl T. Holsapple, and Christie named to executive roles to study local conditions and seek work assistance for distressed residents.
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Scarsdale
Robert E. Christie, Jr
Samuel Woolverton
Heathcote Road
Robert E. Christie
Belmey Road
Earl T. Holsapple
Oakway
Registration Certificates For Auto Mobiles Available
The Inquirer will have registration certificates in the office until end of December 1931. The Motor Bureau urges car owners to renew or apply for new certificates promptly to avoid plate delivery delays. Next year's plates may be displayed on or after December 16.
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the Inquirer
Motor Bureau
Greenville Club Hears Master Plan Experts
At Edgemont School Monday evening the Greenville Club heard Daniel C. Nolan Jr. and Wayne D. Heydecker discuss the Town of Greenburgh Master Plan. Nolan outlined thirty year growth, population density maps, and likely through traffic with dense areas near Scarsdale and Hartsdale stations.
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Scarsdale
Fox Meadow
Matthew S. Eylar
Greenburgh
Nolan
Hartsdale
Supervisors Consider Rates Appeals and County Projects
The Board of Supervisors took no action on New York Central Railroad rate increases, referring appeals from Greenburgh North Tarrytown and Lower Hudson River Association to the Transit Committee. They redirected 9600 for eight county home repairs at Eastview, approved 85000 debt for Eastchester Mill Road paving, and sent Yonkers building needs to budget committee. The board also authorized three relief workers for the old age pension program and approved electric fixtures for two Tuberculosis Buildings and Grasslands Hospital Children’s Building.
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Board of Supervisors
New York Central Railroad
Greenburgh
North Tarrytown
Lower
Hudson River Association
Transit Committee
Welfare Commission
Eastview
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Eastchester
Mill Road
Common Council of
Yonkers
Supreme Court
Children's Court
Committee On
Public Welfare
Grasslands Hospital
Planning Commission Meeting at Village Hall
Planning Commission members met at the Village Hall on Tuesday evening for the regular monthly session. Routine business was conducted.
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Planning Commission
Town Club Meeting To Hear Reports On Village Affairs
Town Club members meet next Thursday evening December 11 at Children’s House to discuss non political selection of village officials zoning changes high school needs and county assessment board autonomy issues plus reports on public buildings utilities and parking. Twenty four new members will be welcomed.
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Philip W. Russell
Scarsdale Board of Education
League Voters to Hear China Talk by Miss Carolena Wood
Miss Carolena Wood will speak on China's struggle for readjustment in the modern world at a League of Women Voters meeting. The session, organized by the International Relations Study Group, occurs Friday at 3 pm in the Scarsdale Woman's Club and is open to all interested. Wood, of Mount Kisco, is linked to the Westchester County Historical Society and has worked on postwar relief and educational programs across Cuba, Mexico, Central America, Japan, and China.
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Carolena Wood
China
League of Women Voters
Scarsdale
Miss Wood
Mount Kisco
James Wood
Westchester County Historical Society
Mr. Hoover
Cuba
Mexico
Central America
Nicaragua
Japan
Yangtse River
Tibet
Youth football tragedy claims Scarsdale player
Thomas D'Orazio a 19 year old Brooklyn resident died Monday after a football game injury at Scarsdale High School. He suffered a broken neck on Sundays contest between Scarsdale Indians and White Plains Steamrollers. He was treated at Dr Ambrose Gallagher's office and at White Plains Hospital where spine specialist Dr John J Irish operated.
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Thomas D'Orazio
Brooklyn
White Plains
Scarsdale High School
D'Orazio
Scarsdale Indians
White Plains Steamrollers
W. T. Fairbairn, Jr
Ambrose Gallagher
Post Road
Scarsdale
White Plains Hospital
John J. Irish
New York
Dunn Reinstated as Scarsdale Postmaster
David R. Dunn of 15 Hamilton Road is named Acting Postmaster of the Scarsdale office replacing Clarence F. Varian who resigned last week. Dunn previously served as postmaster from 1921 to 1927 and again held the post under Coolidge. Varian, appointed in 1927, offered no comment.
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David R. Dunn
Hamilton Road
Scarsdale
Clarence F. Varian
Anderson Avenue
Brown
Washington
Dunn
Harding
Coolidge
Varian
the Inquirer
Arthur Manor Dinner and Dance Draws Scarsdale Crowd
More than one hundred members and guests of the Arthur Manor Association of Scarsdale attended the third annual dinner and dance at The Farm on the River Parkway. The event featured community singing, novelty dances with prizes, and a program by Phil Hugel and his group. Norman W. Lacy directed the evening’s entertainment, with numerous local residents listed among attendees.
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Arthur Manor Association
Scarsdale
Bron River Parkway
Phil Hugel
Gang
Norman W. Lacy
Charles M. Carter
Arthur Boniface
Albert C. Nash
A. H. Ellison
Charles Crumm
Herman Zimmerman
Carl H. Haas
E. P. Bickelhaupt
Ralph Smith
Harold Piccot
Edward Jackson
Charles Anderson
H. D. Borst
W. G. Sturm
Henry Koch
Woman's Club Christmas Gift Sale at Scarsdale
The Scarsdale Woman's Club hosts a Christmas gift sale after its regular monthly meeting to aid the building and expansion fund and members’ Christmas lists. Home made eats, pottery, lampshades, and white elephants from club members will be offered at the club exchange with ten percent of receipts benefiting the club fund.
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Scarsdale Woman's Club
Scarsdale Choral Society Tickets Available Through Club
Tickets for the first concert of the season are distributed by Scarsdale Choral Society members and Mrs. E. M. Holden, music section chair of the Woman's Club. For the Christmas carols concert on Sunday evening December 28 at Dyckman Hall, contact society members or the Woman's Club.
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Scarsdale Choral Society
E. M. Holden
Woman's Club
Scarsdale
Dyckman Hall
The Villagers Stage Final Milne Comedy Tonight
The Villagers present the final performance of their season’s first production A A Milne’s The Perfect Alibi tonight at the Children’s House at 8:30. The Villagers describe themselves as Scarsdale’s purely amateur group led by local youths and aim to develop a community theatre with workshop space and technical facilities.
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A. A. Milne
the Inquirer
Scarsdale
Building Permits Drop In November in Scarsdale
Scarsdale building inspector Earl C. Cully issued permits for ten single family dwellings valued at 107 500 last month, with total village building operations at 117 386. Alterations and repairs totaled 7 486 with a 2 400 garage permit. eight occupancy certificates were issued and fees collected reached 256.
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Earl C. Cully
Scarsdale
Cully
Zoning Changes Proposed for Scarsdale Area
Village proposes rezoning of lands east of Scarsdale Avenue to ease business congestion near the station. The plan, developed by the Village Board with input from Edward Bassett, aims to balance border line rules and transition areas with Board of Appeals variances to protect surrounding areas. Public hearing to be held at Village Hall on Tuesday evening. details published in The Inquirer.
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the Inquirer
Arthur Boniface
Boniface
Scarsdale Avenue
Scarsdale Station
Board of Trustees
Edward M. Bassett
Board of Appeals
Inquests Held On Two Auto Deaths In Scarsdale and Eastchester
Medical Examiner Amos O. Squire exonerated drivers Charles Bogart and Otto Bielefeldt after inquests into two deaths. Bjorkegren of Scarsdale died on Post Road and Mamaroneck Road. Riordan of Eastchester died on the Boulevard November 10. Witnesses described excessive speed and poor lighting at the collision site.
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Amos O. Squire
Charles W. Bjorkegren
Scarsdale
Michael J. Riordan
Eastchester
Charles S. Bogart
Bjorkegren
Otto Bielefeldt
Riordan
W. B. Watson
Glen Road
Crestwood
Charles W
Knoepfel
Watson
Bogart
Post Road
Mamaroneck Road
Bielefeldt
Thieves Enter the Leewood Golf Club
Property valued at 250 dollars was stolen from the Leewood Golf Club over recent weeks. The theft was discovered this week after the clubhouse, closed for the season, was ransacked. Entry was gained by breaking a cellar window pane.
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Leewood Golf Club
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