Town Board Adopts Budget and Renames Officers for Year
The Town Board approved a budget of 14800 at the December 28 meeting in the Village Hall, up 2000 from last year due to a 1200 voting machine and 500 welfare apportionment rise. Officials reappointed include town clerk Herman Sternagel deputy Ethel Hyde town attorney J Newton Nash and assessors George F Smith George W Both and Harold H Bennett until 1947 with Olga B Emerson also reappointed as social case work supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Sternagel
Edward Jackson
Ethel Hyde
J. Newton Nash
George F. Smith
George W. Both
Harold H. Bennett
Olga B. Emerson
Beatty Elected Director of Socony Vacuum Oil
C Francis Beatty, former president of Socony Paint Products, was elected to Socony Vacuum Oil’s board. A Brooklyn native and Amherst graduate, he has held posts at Standard Oil and Knox Hat, New Jersey Zinc, and F J Ross Advertising, now to direct marketing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anglers of
New York
Amherst Club
Lawyers Club
Quaker Hill Country Club
Town Club of
Scarsdale
Austin Reelected to Republican Town Committee
Samuel Y. Austin Jr. of Crane Road was reelected to the Republican Town Committee at the Thursday evening meeting of December 27. A Navy Reserve lieutenant commander, Austin recently received an honorable discharge, and Waldemar F. Timme resigned to allow his reelection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Y. Austin, Jr
Crane Road
Republican Town Committee
Naval Reserve
Austin
Waldemar F. Timme
Grayson Kirk Speaks on United Nations at Scarsdale Roundtable
Dr. Grayson Kirk of Columbia University will address the United Nations Organization at the Scarsdale Roundtable gathering this evening at 8 15 p m in Room 255 at the High School Brewster Road entrance. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayson Kirk
Fox Meadow Road
Columbia University
United Nations Organization
Scarsdale
Gas Oven Fire At Scarsdale Home
A gas oven fire at the home of the Titans at 2 Woods Lane was reported on December 29. The Scarsdale Fire Department arrived to control the blaze and prevent further damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titans
Woods Lane
Scarsdale
Holiday Road Ice Leads to Multiple Scarsdale Crashes
Rough weather caused three-car crash injuring five in Scarsdale near Tankers. Two out-of-town drivers figured in a fourth collision. December 29 incidents on Central Avenue Yonkers and icy roads in Scarsdale produced cuts, stitches, and hospital visits for several victims including Donald Burch, William Hinspeter, Carole Tresch, and Jo se Marie Crowley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Callison
Yonkers
Central Avenue
Donald Burch
Brite Aveue
Wilam Hinspeter
Mount Vernon
Louis Smith
Lawrence Hosital
Mr. Burch
Ray Walters
Tompkins
Cohawney
Edward Lohse
White Plains Plaza
Henry W. Foulds Jr
Tompkins Road
Lohse
Joseph Charles Bova
Brook Street
Walter Merson, Jr
Elmsford
Kingston
Montrose
Odell Johns
Portchester
Fred Fitch
New Rochelle
Johns
Renr
Fitch
Palmer Avenue
John T. Delaney
Valhalla
Robert Shenker
White Plains
Jane Levine
Jair Jacobs
D. Bennett
Joseph Faulkner
Edward Meehan
Miss Jacobs
Mr. Delaney
John Walder
Saxon Woods Foad
Robert E. Leslie
Chateau Apartments
Walworth Avenue
Brayton Road
Charlotte E. Brown
White Pains
White Plains Hospital
Daniel R. Strickland
Lockwood Road
Fenimore Road
C. A. Bogart, Jr
Fund Institute For Red Cross Is Tomorrow
Red Cross fund officials from Westchester gather tomorrow January 5 at the Wo mans Club for the 1946 Fund Institute to discuss this year s drive. Principal speakers include Guy Emerson former national vice chairman and William A Fine field director in the African and Italian campaigns. Scarsdale officials attending are Mrs John Van Norden Mrs M B Griffin Stuart P Snelling Edward W Stearns Jr Thomas L Burch and William J Kelley Canteen of the Scarsdale branch will serve a buffet luncheon at noon. February 24 is Red Cross Sunday in Scarsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Fund
Westchester
Woman's Club
Guy Emerson
Naonal
William A. Fine
Scarsdale
John van Norden
M. 8. Griffin
Stuart Psnelling
Edward W. Stearns, Jr
Thomas L. Burch
William J. Kelley
Red Cross
Tappin Receives Bronze Star for Valor in Germany
Private First Class Anthony G. Tappin earned the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement near Fahlenbach Germany on April 27 1945 leading a convoy through heavy fire to deliver ambulances rations and medical aid. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward L C Tappin of 1 Circle Road and a Cornell University chemistry student before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fahlenbach
Germany
Anthony G. Tappin
Edward L. C. Tappin
1 Circle Road
Tappin
Pfc
Scarsdale High School
Cornell University
Army
Fort Benning
Georgia
ASTP
343Rd
Eighty-sixth
Blackhawk
Pacific
Europe
Belgium
the Rhine
Ruhr
Bavaria
Philippines
Westchester Weather Record of 1945 Snow and Temp Trends
Scarsdale meteorologist Albert Eiddelbuttel chronicles 1945 weather across Westchester from November to December and the following months. Highlights include 7 inches of snow mid January, up to 94 degrees in June, and a cold December with 2 degrees low. Forecasts warn of more cold and snow early January and potential storms mid month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
Albert Eiddelbuttel
Scarsdale
Eddelbuttel
Almanac
Greenacres Adds Girls' Basketball to Athletic Program
The Greenacres Association invites girls from eighth to eleventh grade to join basketball starting Saturday January 5. Grades ten and eleven meet 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., eighth and ninth from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Interested players should notify Mrs Reginald Pierce or Mrs James K Crimmins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenacres Association
Reginald Pierce
Brewster Road
James K. Crimmins
Snap that Picture at Scarsdale Camera Club Tuesday
The Scarsdale Camera Club hosts a January meeting at the Scarsdale Woman's Club at 8 p.m. with a fully illustrated lecture by Eastman Kodak on the seven essentials of picture making. John R. Mitchell leads last meeting lights discussion and wins December Print of the Month. models and lighting will be featured next week and guests should bring their own cameras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastman Kodak Company
Scarsdale Camera Club
Scarsdale Woman's Club
John R. Mitchell
Scarsdale Theatre
Lifeline to China Closing Merits Ongoing American Aid
A village shop on Garth Road selling off all items with a January 7 final day closes its doors after years of aiding China. Mrs Kingsley Blake urges continued support through schools churches and clubs, while Dr James L McConaughy urges steady U S backing to help China despite its political transitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Garth Road
H. Kingsley Blake
James L. McConaughy
United China Relief
Japan
Manchuria
Lt. Cmdr. Harold M. Scott Jr Awarded Silver Star
Lieutenant Commander Harold M. Scott Jr USNR received the Silver Star from Admiral Balady for gallantry in the Okinawa action aboard the Bennion from March to May 1945. His radar picket station gun crew destroyed twelve planes and aided four more. Now retired, he works with Saint Regis Paper in Trenton, living with his wife and son in Princeton, New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Scott, Jr
USNR
H. M. Scott
Walworth Avenue
Balady
Destroyers
Pacific Fleet
Bennion
Okinawa
United States Naval Service
Scott
Panelyte
Saint Regis Paper Company
Trenton
New Jersey
Princeton
Fourteenth Paper Salvage Drive to Take Place Sunday
A Scarsdale youngster at boarding school wrote he had gone to the opera. He saw Lohengrin by Wagner, written by Edwin Kalmus from Scarsdale. Kalmus publishes orchestral scores and operatic librettos under Edwin Kalmus-Scarsdale, N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Kalmus
Edwin Kalmus
Harney Road
N. Y
Two Banks to Merge With County Trust
Fleetwood Bank Ossining Trust and County Trust announce a planned merger to complete by February 1. Stockholders will vote at monthly meetings this month, with no personnel changes expected. County Trust cites greater capital funds and broader services for White Plains and Westchester communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fleetwood Bank
Ossining Trust Company
County Trust Company
White Plains
Westchester
Walter S. McClure
Fleetwood
Mt. Vernon
New York Central Railroad
Harry C. White
Andrew Wilson, Jr
Edgemont Road
Secor Farms Association Opposes Incinerator Expansion
A Secor Farms Association letter read at the village board meeting objects to proposed enlarging the incinerator on Secor Farms property. The group warns expansion would worsen property values and calls for more burden sharing, though no 1946 changes are planned and the matter is referred to Village Manager Reeves Newsom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secor Farms Association
Secor Farms
Reeves Newsom
Eastchester Community War Fund and Welfare Fund Meeting
The annual meeting of members will be held in the Bronxville Women's Club ballroom on Tuesday evening January 22 at 8 15. Directors will be elected as the meeting's special business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastchester Community War Fund Inc
Community Welfare Fund, Inc
Bronxville Women's Club
Paper Drive Urges Curbside Bundles by One OClock
Scarsdale residents asked to place well tied waste paper at curbs by 1 PM on Sunday January 6. Village trucks from highway and sanitation, with Legionnaires and Boy Scouts, will collect this afternoon and load paper to freight cars. Canteen Service of the Red Cross will provide coffee and doughnuts. proceeds aid veterans and local organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Legionnaires
Harwood
Boy Scouts
American Red Cross
Coin Boxes to Aid Polio Campaign in Scarsdale
The 1946 National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis drive opens January 14 with coin boxes in local stores. Scarsdale captains include Mrs. Arthur M. Letts and Mrs. Arthur W. Mellen Jr for placement and collection, with helpers in Heathcote, Garth Road, and Hartsdale. The Scarsdale Woman's Club Juniorettes will handle theatre collections under Miss Ann Leister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Foundation For
Arthur M. Letts
Arthur W. Mellen, Jr
Chateau Apartments
Scarsdale
Roy H. Deben
Popham Hall
Ear B
Rock Creek Lane
Heathcote
F. W. Kaestner
Cragswold
Garth Road
Arnold L. Yates
Mercer Avenue
Hartsdale
Judge Fasso Likely to Oppose Gallagher in Primary
New Rochelle Judge Thomas N. Fasso appears set to challenge Elbert T. Gallagher for county judge in a Republican primary next summer after Gallagher was appointed to the county bench by Governor Dewey. Gallagher’s term lasts until the next election amid petitions backing Fasso from over 14,000 county residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas N. Fasso
New Rochelle
Elbert T. Gallagher
Katonah
Thomas E. Dewey
Gallagher
Dewey
Fasso
Republican Committee
Voter enrolment in county falls in off year
Enrollment data show a sharp drop across three parties for 1945 elections. County totals fall from 293,727 in 1944 to 169,607 in 1945 with Republican losses from 170,418 to 101,709, Democratic from 67,617 to 41,022, ALP down slightly, and numerous blank and void registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic
American Labor Party
Scarsdale
Eastchester
Greenburgh
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Socony Vacuum
Socony Vacuum Oil Company, Inc
C. Francis
Affiliated
Photy - Conway C. Francis Beatty
News Index
Men In Service Society
Theatres Woman's Club
Lee
Fund
Institute For Red Cross Is Tomorrow
Woman’s Club
Pie. Tappin
Pic, Anthony Tappin
Weatherman
John Gass
Greenacres
Gan
Chiang Kai-shek
Great Britain
Russia
Far East
Asia
Hurley
Chungking
Marshall
America
County Trust
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