Scarsdale School Board approves proscenium curtain plans
February meeting reports excellent school health with one chicken pox case and two whooping cough cases. A screened kitchen and cafeteria are proposed. A coin box telephone will be added in the high school to ease office workload. Plans for a new curtain and proscenium funded by the Girl Scouts and Dramatic Club are accepted. Mr Castle donates labor and materials for the auditorium upgrade and the School Dramatic Association prepares for the next performance will present Man Who Married a Dumb Wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Ryan
Hewitt
Edgewood
Greenacres
Girl Scouts
Castle
School Dramatic Association
Scarsdale High School Dramatic Club Presents The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife
The Dramatic Club of Scarsdale High School schedules performances on March 19 and 20 of Anatole France’s The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife. Proceeds help fund a new auditorium curtain, with partial support already raised by the Girl Scouts. The group hopes for strong community attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vyhe Dramatic Club
Scarsdale High School
Anatole France
Village Board Prepares Annual Budget and Report
The Village Board has spent three weeks forming the budget for the year and the annual Trustees’ report for March 1, 1919 to February 29, 1920. The report is at the printer and ready for distribution around March 10. Arthur Boniface and W G Gallowhur join the Village Planning Commission to replace Geo Field and Hugh Jarvis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Boniface
W. G. Gallowhur
Village Planning Commission
Geo. W. Field
Hugh S. Jarvis
Bronxville Plans Social Club on Pondfield Road
Bronxville outlines a plan to create a Social Club by converting the Olphert Hotel on Pondfield Road west into a Club House with reception dining and ballroom on the first floor and extensive amenities including squash courts baths and multiple bedrooms on upper levels. Eight tennis courts are planned in the grounds. Architect O J Gette is preparing alteration plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronxville
Olphert
Pondfield Road
Parkway
O. J. Gette
Holmes Improved Air-Cooled Cars Ad
Brown's Buick Service in White Plains advertises improved air cooled cars that solve the frozen radiator problem and offer smoother rough road handling while saving on tires and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holmes
Brown
Buick
White Plains
Village Election Date Set for March 16
Notice to voters states the village election will be held March 16 at Village Hall at the corner of Popham and Post Roads where all votes will be registered. Do not forget the date.
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Popham
Plans for Scarsdale teachers community house
The Scarsdale teachers committee met February 24 to prepare a plan and budget for a community club house for up to fifteen teachers. They planned to locate the building and open it by early September and are inviting applications for a manager with several locations under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Winslow
Conger
Fountain
Mayo
Johnson
MacNeille
Memorial service honors war dead at White Plains High
Honorary certificates awarded by the French Government to the next of kin were presented at a memorial service last Sunday in White Plains High School. The event also celebrated Washington's birthday and was conducted under White Plains Post No 135.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains High School
Washington
Notable War Dead Honor List At Hartsdale
The Hartsdale list includes Private George W. Hardy Private E. McManus Private William Pier and Sergeant Harold S. Osgood with certificates presented by Lieut. Paul F. Mousset of the French High Commission. County Judge Frank L. Young paid tribute to those who made the supreme sacrifice noting life is measured by deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartsdale
George W. Hardy
E. McManus
William Pier
Harold S. Osgood
Paul F. Mousset
French High Commission
Mary Lyon Birthday Tea and Endowment Campaign Openings
Mrs. John W. Appel Jr announces the Mary Lyon Birthday Tea on February 28 at the Women’s University Club in New York City. On March 2 the three million dollar endowment drive opens at the Cosmopolitan Club, with President Mary E. Woolley to speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Appel, Jr
Mount Holyoke Alumnae Association of
New York
Mary Lyon
Women's University Club
New York City
Buckland
Massachusetts
Endowment Fund
Cosmopolitan Club
East Fortieth Street
Mary E. Woolley
Christian Americanization Study Completes Mission Class
Twelve of the eighteen members enrolled in a mission study class on Christian Americanization by Charles A Brooks attended the final meeting at Mrs Lyden berg s home Tuesday morning. The class led by Mrs E O Dorman found the study practical and plans a resume at the Hitchcock Memorial Church Woman s Missionary Society meeting at Mrs C H Covell s home on Monday afternoon March 1 at 3 o clock inviting all interested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Brooks
Oakland Sedans for Immediate Delivery Ad
Six cylinder valve in head General Motors car offered for immediate delivery at Brown's Buick Service White Plains advertising a price of 1826 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
General Motors
Brown
Buick
White Plains
March Civics Program Outlines at Woman's Club
The Civics Section plans March meetings starting March 10 with topics on Town and Village government and City and County structures. Notable notes describe a Hartsdale rubber check event by volunteers to raise funds, including details on volunteers and an amusing mix of residents and attendees.
County Structure and Government in New York State
An outline of county formation in New York State covering the number of cities, origin of counties, and the relation of town village and city to county. It surveys executive legislative and judicial branches and compares New York counties with New England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Holland
New York State
York State
New York
New England
Waverly High School Patriotic Program Sparked Interest
In Waverly at the high school in Tuckahoe the eighth grade and upper grades staged a patriotic program. The event featured folk dance displays and musical numbers by students and several named performers including Virginia Wright Marion Bellew Martha Hoffman Ralph Fortner Frederick Buechner Dorothy Crowley and Grace B Chevalier. The program included readings from Washingtons Farewell Address presented by Buechner Ermini and Whittle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waverly High School
Tuckahoe
Virginia Wright
Marion Bellew
Martha Hoffman
Ralph Fortner
Frederick Buechner
Dorothy Crowley
Grace B. Chevalier
Washington
Amerigo Ermini
Alfred Whittle
Yonkers Savants Find Sleeping Sickness Cure
Scarsdale resident dismisses Yonkers savants as lacking compared to local fire department. The fragment suggests a local rivalry or humorous exchange about medical breakthroughs and civic services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Yonkers
Scarsdale
Village Caucus Nominates Officers for February
At the Republican Caucus held February 14 the village officers nominated were George W Field Village President Arthur Boniface and Charles E Herrmann village trustees and Arthur Herbert village treasurer One name was reported incorrectly in last week's columns. Ad for Brown's Buick Service noting a 1 1 75 General Motors Valv In Head Six Oakland at 1 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Field
Arthur Boniface
Charles E. Herrmann
Arthur Herbert
Greenacres Committee Manages Westchester Train Check Room
The three Greenacres members of the Westchester Committee run a daily check-room from 7 42 am to 9 pm for galoshes left by travelers. Service stops on Saturdays. Hartsdale residents praise the plan and some may use roundabout routes to leave items and reclaim them later.
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Greenacres
Westchester Committee
Hartsdale
Demand for County Foresters Exceeds Supply
Westchester county likely to face limits in extension work due to tight New York State College of Forestry funding. The college cannot meet more than half of statewide lecture requests or extensive spring planting efforts. With winter half gone, demand exhausts the extension fund, allowing aid only where local organizations cover travel costs.
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Westchester County
New York State College of Forestry
Syracuse
College of Forestry
Hitchcock Memorial Lenten Musical Service Scheduled
Next Sunday February 29 at 4 30 p m the Hitchcock Memorial Church Wells presents the weekly Lenten Musical Service with a program of sacred works highlighting the Lenten season at the church in Wells.
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Hitchcock Memorial Church
Wells
Village Dog License Forms Available for 1920 21
The Town clerk announces blank dog license applications for owners or harborers in the village. Forms will be distributed by the Police Department or through the Town Clerk. Licenses run sixteen months from March 1 1920 to June 30 1921. fees are 2.92 dollars for a male dog and 4.25 dollars for a female dog.
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Police Department
Parent-Teacher Association to Hold Meeting
The PTA will hold its regular meeting next Wednesday March 3 at 3 30 PM in the High School. Speaker will be Mrs W A Saltford of Poughkeepsie president of the New York State Congress of Mothers and Parent Teacher Associations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parent-Teacher Association
W. A. Saltford
Poughkeepsie
New York
Church Supper at Hitchcock Memorialraises funds
Over two hundred dollars were raised at the Church Supper held last Wednesday evening under the auspices of the Women’s Guild. Mrs. John M. Lawrence chaired the committee with Mrs. A J Mehler, Mrs. E T Holsapple, Mrs. J A Dingwall Jr, Mrs. Frederick Ont Mere Prudoe Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitchcock Memorial Church
Women’s Guild
John M. Lawrence
A J. Mehler
E. T. Holsapple
J. A. Dingwall, Jr
Frederick Ont Mere Prudoe Davis
School concert and church supper described with color and musicians
Guests sat at small tables, rainbow decorations, flowers and candles created a gay air in the Vestry room of the church for a supper. The High School boys orchestra performed, and a second Chamber Music Concert for youths was postponed to Friday afternoon March 19 at Mrs. George H. Mayo’s Cooper Road home due to weather and travel difficulties.
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Guess
Gayety
Olive Mead
Gladys North
Lillian Littlehales
R. L. Edwards
George H. Mayo
Cooper Road
Women’s City Club funds prize White Plains dressmaking
Mrs. A. L. Reynolds announces a $15 donation from the dissolved Woman's City Club treasury for a Home Bureau Cookery Contest among White Plains girls. Genung McArdle Leeney offer prizes of 25 15 and 10 for a dressmaking contest to be judged under Home Bureau and Thrift Committee, with winning dresses shown in Genung's window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Reynolds
Woman's City Club of
White Plains
City Club
Home Bureau
Genung
McArdle & Leeney
Thrift Committee
Democrats Name Village Officers in Scarsdale Primary
The Democratic Primary Election for Scarsdale village officers was held February 21. Justice Mercer was chosen chairman and William Bergin clerk. Nominees: Village President George Field, Village Trustees Arthur Boniface and Chas Herrmann, Village Treasurer Arthur Herbert. Committees named: Jane E. B. Atwater, Mrs J A Ayres, Judge Mercer, Wilfred J Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Mercer
William Bergin
George Field
Arthur Boniface
Chas. E. Herrmann
Arthur Herbert
Scarsdale
Jane E. B. Atwater
J. A. Ayres
Mercer
Wilfred J. Dunn
Dig Out All Your Old Bad Bargains
A playful critique of unused items kept for potential usefulness. It catalogs clothes and household objects that seemed perfect at purchase but prove impractical or silly in daily life. The piece leans into nostalgia and irony about consumer decisions.
Thrift Committee Seeks Donations To Benefit Scarsdale
A call urged residents to collect unwanted items for the Thrift Committee. Proceeds will be split with Scarsdale and the County Committee for charitable use, with Mrs. E. R. B. Brown serving as Thrift Committee chairwoman.
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Thrift Committee
County Committee
Scarsdale
P. S
E. RB. Brown
Tel
Ladies Missionary and Aid Society Plans Meetings
The Ladies Missionary and Aid Society schedules an executive board meeting at Mrs Dyckman's on Monday March 1 at 10 30 AM An all day session at Mrs Evans Sherbrooke Road on Friday March 5 includes sewing and a talk by W Knight Bloom The society asks members to mail pledge cards to treasurer Mrs Edward Brown before March 5 Regular meeting of Scarsdale Fire Company No 1 is set for Thursday March 4 1920.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Ladies Missionary and Aid Society
Edward Brown
Scarsdale Fire Company No. 1
Also Mentioned on This Page
Village Board
Woman's Club
Rubber Trust
James D. Lester
Dobbs Terrace
Dixon R. Fox
George H. Smyth
Vassar
Mr. C
General Motor
John Warnes
Elssohu
DOG Licenses
Women’s Guild of
Caucus
W. Knight Bloom
Congregational Sunday School Extension School
Nursing Association
Mulchffeld
John E. Muhtfeld
Scarsdale Nursing and Relief Association
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