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Newspaper
Scarsdale Inquirer
Location
Scarsdale, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1925
Page
1
Three homes in Scarsdale reported burglaries on December 14. Mrs. Norman Smith found a broken window and an open door with two rings missing the next day. Mr. B M Fellows reported a opened second floor window and $13 missing. Mrs. F E Church reported a gold watch and pearl necklace taken and silk lingerie missing after a man left in a Ford truck.
Electric lights along the Bronx Parkway between Scarsdale and White Plains were lit for the first time on December 11.
Greenacres Association held its annual meeting at the Hitchcock Memorial Church on December 14 with over 200 attendees. Elected governors were H C Schwable, William H Draper, George M Waugh, Donald Hills, Harrison Atwood, James H Purdy, and S Spencer Scott. entertainment featured Roswell C Peardon and the Zancigs.
Scarsdale Post No. 52 of the American Legion elected officers at its last meeting headed by Commander Owen C. Torrey. Other officers include Andrew Wilson Jr and William H Draper Jr as vice commanders, Henry S Carmer as adjutant, Harry Gunnell as finance officer, Gordon C Sleeper as county representative, Eric Wallim as alternate, Leland E Stowell as historian, William Bentley as sergeant at arms, and Thorndyke Deland David Magowan Alison C Scully Kelvin Evans on the executive committee. Nearly 100 former service men in Scarsdale and vicinity are eligible to membership and invited to join.
Fort Hill resident Chic Sale known as Chic Sale played Mr Lincoln in a Lambs Club Gambol sketch titled Mr Lincoln. The scene in a Springfield grocery drew the loudest, most sustained applause and was praised by Mayor-elect Walker and Dudley Field Malone at a post show banquet.
One hundred eighty dollars was collected at a tea and cake sale in Miss Elizabeth Carney's rooms in the Parkway building for New York City foot clinics. A large Scarsdale gathering attended with Aurelia Crane and Mrs John Bottomley serving tea. Several NYC foot clinic supporters traveled from New York to attend the event.
Copies of the Westchester County Park Commission report may be obtained at the Scarsdale Village Hall.
Angell and Company of Scarsdale offers two cash prizes to be awarded to each Scarsdale school for the best essays on The Birth of Our Country. Open to all pupils with prominent citizens as judges. Contestants view a calendar picture showing the Second Continental Congress committee drafting the Declaration with Franklin reading the draft as Jefferson has turned it over. Adams Sherman and Livingston await to hear Franklin.
A Christmas concert by the Boy Choir of St. Peter's Church Port Chester was held in Dyckman Hall on Wednesday afternoon under the Music Section of the Woman's Club. The program featured carols sung by children, a Festival March by Guilimant played by Mr. Fleming, an aria from The Messiah and These Are They from The Holy City sung by Charles Mayer, two violin solos, and the audience joined in First Noel at the end.
The Postmaster General announces a trial in 1925 to suspend Christmas Day mail deliveries. Public support rises as the policy aims to rest postal workers and treat Christmas as a holiday. Success hinges on pre holiday mailing, especially by December 24. If mail lingers on December 26, 1925, it may jeopardize next year’s holiday rest.
The St James Church choir in New York will broadcast Christmas carols on WEAF and affiliated stations on Tuesday December 22 from eight to 8 30 PM. Director is G Darlington Richards of Brambach avenue.
Judge William Cravath White attended a December conference in White Plains at the invitation of Thomas Adams to improve municipal planning and zoning in Westchester. Edward Bassett outlined four common zoning weaknesses and emphasized stronger local boards of appeals and better use of permits for future street maps.
An automobile owned by C D Ogden of 4 West Post Road White Plains caught fire Friday near Greenacres on the Bronx Parkway. The Scarsdale Fire Department responded and extinguished the blaze with chemicals.
Inquirer's advertising for the upcoming Christmas week must be received one day earlier than usual to meet publication schedules. The change affects all classified and display ad submissions for the holiday period.
Scarsdale police chief urges residents to keep houses locked during the holiday season and report suspicious characters. He warns that holdup men may target suburbs to steal money from COD deliveries.
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