A Wonderful Occasion at Scarsdale Christmas Caroling
Mayor Willard P. Scott led a Dec 24 caroling at the High School grounds praising Christmas as a time for festivity and hope. Karl Finsterbusch and local clergy attended as residents from Scarsdale and nearby areas joined community trees for a joyous, youthful in spirit celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard P. Scott
Scott
Scarsdale
Karl Finsterbusch
William Weinhauer
St. James the Less
J. C. Herrin
Community Baptist Church
Edgemont
Longview
Green Knolls
Arthur Manor
Scarsdale School Highlights Book Swap in This Week Feature
Greenacres School in Scarsdale is the subject of a This Week Magazine picture story on Book Week. Photos show students and teachers during the Book Swap day as youngsters bring in read out books and shop for others. The feature will appear Sunday in This Week, distributed locally through the New York Herald-Tribune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Greenacres
This Week
New York Herald-Tribune
Weekly temperatures at Popham Road weather station
Weather data from December 21 to December 27 recorded at 4 30 by John J Kappes of the Village Engineering Dept shows daily high and low temperatures with one day of snow precipitation. Dec 21 high 18 low 1 Dec 22 high 21 low 7 with 0 23 inches snow precipitation noted Dec 23 high 25 low 11 Dec 24 high 37 low 19 Dec 25 high 49 low 35 Dec 26 high 42 low 22 Dec 27 high 27 low 13.
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Popham Rd
John J. Kappes
Church News and Society Highlights Across Pages
The index lists church activities and society notes across pages 12 to 13 with theater items on page 16 and a Woman's Club entry on page 11. Editorial content appears on page 10 and a broader news index spans page 14.
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Church News
Woman's Club
Mid Night Magic Dance At Scarsdale High School Gym
The Teenage Canteen holds a New Year’s Eve dance tomorrow in Scarsdale High School gym with Hines Band. Non members from Scarsdale Edgemont and private schools may attend for $1.25 per couple. Canteen dues are $2 a season for members and prizes will be awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale High School
Hines’ Band
Scarsdale
Edgemont
Flower Symposium Chairman Named Mrs Whitsitt to Lead Five Day Event
Mrs. Vincent P. Whitsitt of Chateau Normandy is chairman of the third annual Postgraduate Symposium sponsored by the Federated Garden Clubs of NYS. The event runs four days starting Tuesday Jan 10 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Attendance last year topped 300 women from 21 states. Mrs. Whitsitt is a noted author and speaker on flowers and home arranging. Westchester residents serve on many committees.
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Vincent P. Whitsitt
Chateau Normandy
Federated Garden Clubs of Nys
Grace Rainey Rogers
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Westchester
Charles Hoffman
Chateau Lafayette
Frank Proctor
Scarsdale Manor Apts
Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc
43Rd St
Nyc
Christmas in Scarsdale 1955 a village full of cheer
In Scarsdale churches and schools overflowed during Christmas week. At the Scarsdale Community Baptist Church crowds packed for midnight mass and Christmas morning. Seely Place School staged a jet propulsion themed drama while Greenville School featured children and their animal friends with elves aiding in festive scenes.
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Scarsdale
Scarsdale Community Baptist Church
the Inquirer
John Gass
Seely Place School
Greenville
Statutory Town Board Meeting in Scarsdale
At the Tuesday night meeting of the Scarsdale Town Board routine business was disposed of. Appointments for the two year statutory term were made including Richard A. Tilden as town attorney and George W. Both Harold H. Bennett and Chester A. Dobbs as Town Board of Assessors. Ethel M. Hyde was named Town Clerk with Josephine Lyons as Deputy Town Clerk. The Scarsdale Inquirer was designated the official town newspaper.
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Scarsdale Town Board
Richard A. Tilden
George W. Both
Harold H. Bennett
Chester A. Dobbs
Sailfish Victory Tops Boynton Beach Fishing Tourney
Longtime angler Ivan D. Combe of Greenacres Ave. wins the men’s division for the longest sailfish caught in the Boynton Beach Florida annual tournament. His fish measured just under seven feet nine inches and weighed 45 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan D. Combe
Greenacres Ave
Boynton Beach
Fla
Mr. Combe
McNair Honored for 25 Years at ASA Ceremony
John W. McNair of Nelson Road receives a desk clock at ASA headquarters in New York from James L. Cranwell president of the American Standards Association and vice president of Pennsylvania Railroad Company marking 25 years of service.
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Edward H. Kelly
Campden Rd
Cannon Mills, Inc
New York
Kelly
Tower Department
Cannon Mills
Kannapolis
N.C
Tower
John W. McNair
Nelson Rd
American Standards Ass'n
Association
ASA
Nyc
James L. Cranwell
Pennsylvania Railroad Co
Seventeen Publishes Teen Author From Madison Road
Stephanie Lang, 16, of Madison Rd, a Radcliffe College freshman, is featured in Seventeen magazine’s January issue. Her historical tale Against the Wind won third prize in the 1955 Short Story Contest, earning $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephanie Lang
Madison Rd
Radcliffe College
Seventeen Magazine
Miss Lang
Seventeen
Henry VIII
Code of Social Behavior Evolved at Greenacres
Dorothy Waldon Phillips visited Greenacres School to present a child centered code of social behavior. Sixth graders helped draft a Lansdowne style code and demonstrated therapy of laughter with parents and children. The program aimed to make good behavior appealing and teach empathy in family and school life.
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Greenacres
Scarsdale
Dorothy Waldon Phillips
Edgewood School
Edgewood
Sammy Spivens
Sammy
Phillips
Greenacres School
Burd D. Stover
Lansdowne, Pa
Village To Reconstruct Drain in Fox Meadow
The Inquirer announces drainage work planned in Fox Meadow village with upcoming reconstruction. Officials urge timely submission of news and photos for the Jan 6 issue to ensure completion before Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Meadow
the Inquirer
Public Hearings Set on Taxicab Rules Sewer Bids and Dry Cleaning
Village trustees scheduled three public hearings for January 10 and 24. A $6000 drainage reconstruction near Brite Ave and Fox Meadow School aims to curb flooding. Hearings also cover taxicab regulation, sewer contract procedures, and restricted dry cleaning in Business A districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brite Ave
Fox Meadow
Reeves Newsom
Herbert H. Benfield
Autenrieth Rd
Edward S. Hand
Walworth Ave
Benjamin Miller
Heathcote
Willard P. Scott
Miller
Fenimore Rd
Frank J. Hertel
Woman's Club
Arthur McD. Baldwin
Scarsdale Safety Council
Scarsdale
East Parkway
Garth Rd
Freightway
Westchester Cancer Crusade Sets 1956 Goal at 250000
Ira Hawkins chairs the planning committee as the Westchester Cancer Committee announces a $250,000 goal for the April 1956 Crusade. Ralph Tyner Jr. notes rising costs but affirms commitment to services, education, and support of ACS research with 25 percent of contributions funding research.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester Cancer Committee
American Cancer Society, Inc
Ira Hawkins
Ralph T. Tyner, Jr
Westchester
American Cancer Society
Tyner
Scarsdale Lodge Elects Hollmuller Master of 1094 M M
Ernest Hollmuller of Barry Road was chosen master of Scarsdale Lodge 1094 F for the new term following the December 9 meeting in Harwood Building. He succeeds Philip D. Straffin as head of Scarsdale Masons with a slate including Arnold Coward senior warden and Joseph Vernout junior warden.
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Ernest Hollmuller
Barry Rd
Scarsdale
A. M
Harwood Bldg
Hollmuller
Philip D. Straffin
Alfred Jacobsen
Arthur R. Texter
Mr. Gillespie
Robert E. Paul
George F. Stubbs
W. R. Roedel
Steve Langan Honored as Beloved Edgewood Custodian
Decades after Edgewood School began, the school honors custodian Steve Langan with a farewell ceremony. PTA leaders and former officers gathered to express appreciation for his years of service as carol singing and tributes filled the auditorium.
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Steve Langan
Gether
Edgewood School
Edgewood
Ways
PTA
Carol
Charles Perera
Morris Krantz
Gaius Merwin
Kenneth Bevier
Thomas Schoonmaker
William FE. Leidt
Sherman Silliman
Joseph P. Anderson
George Wilson
David Rumsey
Otto J. A. Grassi
Wilfred Brown
Mary Pedalue
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Finsterbusch
Weinhauer
Herrin
Weather Report
News Index
Flower Symposium
Joba Gass
Scarsdale Lodge
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