Chic Sale in Lincoln and School Teacher Act for Rotary Day
Charles Sale of Fort Hill road will perform his Lincoln sketch at the Scarsdale Rotary Club luncheon on Friday January 14. The act draws on Ida Tarbell's Lincoln As I Knew Him and will feature Sale’s popular school teacher routine with two associates from Gay Paree. John Palmer of the Steinway Piano Company will also appear as pianist and monologist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sale
Fort Hill Road
Lincoln
Rotary Club
Scarsdale Lodge
Ida Tarbell
Sale
Miss Tarbell
Scarsdale
United States
New York
Chester Fredericks
Sam Coyt
Lightnin
Ing
Mr. Sale
Ben Holmes
Coolidge
White House
Scarsdale Auxiliary Raises 1926 Hospital Quota
The Scarsdale Woman's Auxiliary of White Plains Hospital completed its 1926 quota, turning over 2645 dollars led by chairwoman Mrs. Leonard Schultze, surpassing the pledged 2400. A letter from Reginald P. Ray, treasurer, thanks the auxiliary and Scarsdale residents for ongoing support and mentions gifts to the endowment fund.
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Schultze
White Plains
Scarsdale
White Plains Hospital
Leonard Schultze
Reginald P. Ray
People of
Scarsdale Inquirer
Mail Delivery Expansion Planned for Edgemont and Surrounding Areas
Edgemont and nearby districts Fox Meadow Green Knolls and Uxbridge road will gain added mail delivery from Searsdal police starting January 7. The service will two daily deliveries per route, previously hampered by carrier shortages during holidays. Residents should ensure house numbers and a proper mailbox or slot to receive mail.
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Fox Meadow
Green Knolls
Uxbridge Road
Edgemont
Searsdal
Ivs
Christie Jr. Heads Dillon Read Banking Dept in NYC
Robert E. Christie Jr. of Sage ter race is named head of the banking department at Dillon Read & Co. Now with the firm since 1919, Christie, a Princeton graduate, serves on the Searsdale board of trustees and as a director of the Hartsdale Bank. He also sat on the Westchester Republican Committee and the county Children's Association board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Christie, Jr
Sage Terrace
Dillon Read & Company
Nassau Street
New York
Christie
Princeton
Searsdale
Hartsdale Bank
Westchester County Children's Association
Need Books at Penitentiary
Westchester county penitentiary cited as among the finest in the country in an official inspection on December 4. The report notes confinement terms of a year or less for locals and prisoners from southern and eastern districts. The grounds are well kept on 950 acres that also host Grasslands County Hospital and the County Home with 250 acres leased from New York City as part of watershed lands. Continued on page seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
Westchester
United States
Grasslands County
City of
New York
Board of Water Supply
Few Parkway Accidents Near Ardsley Bridge
The icy New Year weather yielded few Parkway accidents per the Police Department. The sole incident near Searsdale occurred New Year's Eve at five when John Hanusick of Yonkers collided with an oncoming car near the Ardsley road bridge. Hanusick received a summons to appear before Judge Seeley for reckless driving.
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Parkway
Searsdale
John Hanusick
Yonkers
Ardsley Road Bridge
Hanusick
Three Teachers Away at Edgewood School
Edgewood school opened with three teachers absent. Ida C. Rogers resigns due to ill health. Mildred Rogers detained in Union Iowa for family illness. Elizabeth Hermann called to Michigan for her father’s death but returned to Searsdale. Substitutes filled the vacancies.
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Edgewood
Ida C. Rogers
Mildred Rogers
Union
Iowa
Elizabeth Hermann
Michigan
Searsdale
Hike from Long Ridge to Indian Hill Bedford Hills
Westchester Trails Association led by George A. R. Mead plans a January 9 hike from Stam Ford station after the 6 30 A M NY train to Indian Hill across country to Bedford Hills then return by train.
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Westchester Trails Association
George A. R. Mead
Long Ridge
Indian Hill
Bedford Hills
Stamford
New York
Notable Accident Record Amid Severe Weather
Police headquarters report no accidents since December 28 at 12:20 A M when Joseph Benjamin of Yonkers driving for Bronxville Garage and St Norkeen of Martine avenue White Plains were in a head on collision on Feni more road at the Parkway. Radiators and bumpers suffered damage.
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Joseph Benjamin
Yonkers
Bronxville
St. Norkeen
Martine Avenue
White Plains
Fenimore Road
Parkway
Woman's Club to Buy $35,000 Fox Meadow Plot for Home
By unanimous vote the Woman's Club at Dyckman Hall decided to purchase a two acre Fox Meadow plot bounded by Harcourt Brewster Ogden and Hampton roads for 35000 with a 5000 reduction from the usual price. An option on the property expires February 1. The purchase will be reviewed by the club finance committee and attorney Clinton J. Ruch to finalize legal and financial details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Club
Dyckman Hall
Fox Meadow
Harcourt, Brewster, Ogden
Hampton Roads
Club
Clinton J. Ruch
Parkway Coffee House Expands To New Location
The Parkway Coffee House moves from East Parkway to the former Scarsdale Supply Co. storefront. It will serve 75 to 100 people with on site baking, full kitchen, ammonia refrigerating plant, and added candy cigars and cigarettes while maintaining same manager Alfred Sternberg and kitchen supervision by Mrs. Sternberg. Catering for parties and clubs continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Sternberg
Sternberg
Cards For Benefit of School Building Fund
A card party to raise funds for the School Building Fund will be held in the Parish Hall on Monday January 17 at two o clock. A prize will be given at each table and a five dollar gold piece awarded for the highest score of the afternoon. Reservations with listed Scarsdale contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Veronica's Guild
Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Joseph F. Bough
Scarsdale
Frank Fetzer
John Katt
Scars
Stevens Leaves Ascham Headmaster Post for Cranbrook
Dr William Stevens, three years headmaster of Roger Ascham School, will depart this month to become headmaster of Cranbrook near Detroit, a new country school for boys endowed by Mr and Mrs George C Booth. Roger Ascham trustees regret the loss but could not refuse release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ©. Stevens
Roger Ascham
Cranbrook
Detroit
George C. Booth
Dr. Stevens
Dulcy Tonight at Dyckman Hall as Second Play
The Wayside Players present the second bill, the comedy Dulcy by Connelly and Kaufmann, at Dyckman Hall with curtains at 8 30 P M sharp. A review will appear in The Inquirer next issue.
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Duley
Marc Connelly
George Kaufmann
Wayside Players
Dyckman Hall
the Inquirer
Crossed Wires Cause Greenville Truck Fire
The Greenville Fire Company dealt with a Ford truck fire on Ardsley road December 20. Faulty wiring sparked the blaze but responders extinguished it quickly.
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Greenville Fire Company
Ardsley Road
Car swap caper ends with swapped Willys-Knight mix up
G H Bernheiser reports his Willys-Knight roadster vanished after a misread parking spot theory. The next day Mrs Holsapple finds a sedan replaced by a roadster at the garage and a mistaken swap revealed through calls to the Woman's Club. The mix up leaves both cars back where they belong by Wednesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. H. Bernheiser
Sage Terrace
Scarsdale Inquirer
Willys-Knight
Insurance Company
Earl Holsapple
Holsapple
Woman's Club
Bernheiser
Fewer Women in 1927 Legislatures
The National League of Women Voters reports 122 women will serve in 34 state legislatures in 1927. Connecticut leads with 16 women. Wyoming has one. Republicans hold 86 seats to 31 Democrats and other affiliations.
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National League of Women Voters
Connecticut
Wyoming
Illinois
Maine
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Vermont
Hyatt elected acting chairman of Scarsdale P T A
Mrs Caleb Hyatt was unanimously elected acting chairman of the Scarsdale Parent Teacher Association to fill the unexpired term after the death of Mrs Manuel Whittemore. A nominating committee was named to present candidates at the February meeting to fill the presidential and vice presidential vacancies from the deaths of Mrs Margaret Eagan.
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Caleb Hyatt
Scarsdale Woman's Club
Scarsdale Parent Teacher Association
Manuel Whittemore
Margaret Eagan
Nine Mumps Cases Reported to Village Health Officer
Nine cases of mumps have been reported to Dr. Ralph R. Ryan since January 1 with many contacts under quarantine. The report also notes rising use of diphtheria toxin antitoxin as more families seek protection for children. In Utica a school with low toxin-antitoxin requests saw a deadly diphtheria surge despite clinics starting for 420 pupils and 25 preschoolers.
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Ralph R. Ryan
Scarsdale
New York
Utica
Boy Drowned In Station Pond Near Scarsdale Tavern
Arthur Cushing Ash Jr. 16, son of Mr and Mrs A C Ash of Scarsdale Tavern, drowned while skating on the Bronx River near the dam in front of the tavern. Three companions formed a pull chain but Ash sank under the ice and was not recovered for an hour and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Cushing Ash, Jr
A. C. Ash
Scarsdale
Bronx
Arthur
John Canfield
Harry Ford
Bob Jordan
Harry
Arthur Ash
Republican Women Hold State Conference in New York
State wide meeting of Republican county vice chairs and state committeewomen convenes at the Women's National Republican Club in New York City. Sessions cover strengthening the Republican women's organization with plans for future conferences slated for Albany and another upstate city. Sarah Schuyler Butler announces the event.
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Republican County
National Republican Club
East Thirty-seventh Street
New York City
Sarah Schuyler Butler
Republican State Committee
Republican Party
Albany
Republican Women's Advisory Committee
Mamaroneck sewer plan gains approval and hearing
The Mamaroneck Valley trunk line sewer project costing 6.5 million dollars wins approval from White Plains Har rison Scarsdale and Mamaroneck to serve Scarsdale’s eastern ridge district. A public hearing in White Plains heard Scarsdale engineer Arthur Boniface and trustee Gail Borden. Rye and New Rochelle officials asked for time to review the plan.
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Mamaroneck Valley
White Plains
Harrison
Scarsdale
Mamaroneck
Ridge
Westchester County Sanitary Commission
Arthur Boniface
Gail Borden
Rye
New Rochelle
Bigger Xmas Mail Reaches Scarsdale Post Office
One thousand three hundred ninety more sacks of parcel post arrived in December at Scarsdale than in December 1925. Total sacks this year were 4 807 versus 3 417 last year, with an increase of 841 sacks during December 15 to 27.
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Scarsdale
Scarsdale Court Records Unprofitable Session
From a mercenary view the Scarsdale court had a poor week last week as James Casey of Yonkers parked incorrectly and paid $5. He was the only victim and no other cases are noted.
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Scarsdale
James Casey
Yonkers
Welfare Commissioner Addresses Scarsdale Rotary Club
Commissioner of Public Welfare George Werner spoke to the Scarsdale Rotary Club at the Tavern on the work of his department during their Thursday weekly meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Werner
Scarsdale Rotary Club
Pershing Praises Work Of Miss Anne McIntyre At Scarsdale Meet
Miss Anne McIntyre of the League of Nations Non Partisan Association, to speak on international relations at the Scarsdale Woman's Club on January 12. Her Red Cross service in Syria and Turkey included aiding refugees and wounded prisoners of war, and saving a battle corridor for civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne McIntyre
League of Nations
Scarsdale
General Pershing
Margaret Reid
Aintab
Marash
Dine and Discuss County Government Dinner in New York
Westchester county citizens plan a Westchester County Citizens Dinner at the Town Hall Club in New York City on Friday evening January 14. Professor Howard Lee McBain of Columbia University will address governance of Westchester County, followed by an open conference led by Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip. The Home Rule Association for Westchester County sponsors the event and an officers election is set for January 7.
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Westchester County
Town Hall Club
New York City
Howard Lee McBain
Columbia University
Home Rule Association
McBain
Frank A. Vanderlip
Scarborough
The
Manning Stires
Mount Kisco
Richard H. Lee
Pelham
Early New Year Fire Alarms at Ruggiero Auto Sale Lot
A still alarm fire on New Year morning at 5:25 A M occurred at Ruggiero Auto and Sales on Garth Road. The carbon on an oil burner sparked a blaze but caused no damage and only excitement in the vicinity.
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Ruggiero Auto and Sales Company
Garth Road
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Rotary Day
Uxbridge
Ardsley Bridge
Woman’s Club
Gal
Wayside
Alan R. Chalmers
William Gallowhur
Thomas F. Burgess
Scarsdale Supply Co
Dulcy
Joker
Willys- Knight
Mrs
Arthur C. Ash, Jr
Skating With
Friends
Pershing
McIntyre
League
Cross of Honor
Legion of Honor
James H. Nicol
Near East
Syria
Town Hall
Home Rule Ass
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