Red Cross Aids Families Of Servicemen And Veterans
The Red Cross Home Service division acts as a communications agency aiding families seeking dependent and hardship discharges. It gathers doctor statements and relative affidavits, then routes them to the Adjutant General's Office and overseas commands. When approved, the Army or Navy arranges home or dependent discharges.
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Home Service Division
Red Cross
John van Norden
Scarsdale
Home Service
Philip J. Ross
Adjutant General's
Washington
Navy
Bureau of Personnel
Republican Club Will Meet Tuesday Speaker to Address
Mrs. George McNab of Schenectady will address the Scarsdale Women's Republican Club at its annual meeting next Tuesday afternoon January 22 at two o'clock. The event will be at the Scarsdale Woman's Club on Drake Road. Tea will be served after the program.
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George McNab
Schenectady
Scarsdale
Scarsdale Chamber Backs Overhead Parking Plan
Members of the Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce at a Donnybrook Lodge dinner meeting voted in favor of Senator Pliny W Williamson's plan to establish overhead parking along the railroad right of way in Scarsdale. The group urged strict enforcement of parking rules especially against double parking. Charles Beattie became the new president succeeding Arthur Weidner with a rising vote of thanks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
News Index and Page Listings
A contents-style note lists sections in the issue including Churches Editorials Honorable Discharges Men in Service New Neighbors Obtuaries School News Society Theatres and Woman's Club across pages 1 9 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 20. The index guides readers to feature stories and community notices.
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Woman's Club
Inquirer Seeks Meeting Dates From Village Organizations
The Inquirer asks local groups to notify the office of their planned meetings. Officials urge each organization to register dates to help plan community activities and inform readers.
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the Inquirer
Inquirer
Resident Honored By Health Center She Helped Found
Dr. Eleanor A. Campbell of Ken sington Road was toasted at a tea and reception at Judson Health Center in New York as founder and general director. More than a hundred friends attended. Oswald B. Lord presented her a silver cigarette box recognizing her service to the community. The center covers 93 000 people across four health areas and part of another from the Battery to Twenty-eighth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor A. Campbell
Kensington Road
A. Ray Petty
Judson Memorial Church
Judson Health Center
Thompson Street
New York
Gertrude Lawrence
Oswald B. Lord
Campbell
Greater New York Fund
the Battery
Twenty-eighth Street
Broadway
Fourth Avenue
Frances McKee Stone
Haywood Newbold
Henry J. Spencer
Gerlach Sets County Financial Tone and Postwar Plans
County Executive Herbert C. Gerlach reported excellent finances to the Board of Supervisors. He noted rising needs for personnel and postwar projects delayed five years, the creation of a regional transportation committee, no new bonds for a third year, debt service under $75 million after amortization of 3.445 million this year, and near completion of postwar construction designs including 92 percent done and 26 percent final. Flash flood control accounts for 4.095 million of the total.
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Herbert C. Gerlach
Board of Supervisors
Regional Plan Association of New York
Gerlach
Westchester
Sproul to Speak at Bankers Dinner in New York
Allan Sproul, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, will be the principal speaker at the New York State Bankers Association mid winter dinner on January 21. He will discuss foreign and domestic financial problems of the transition from war to peace, after twenty six years with the Federal Reserve System and since 1941 as chief executive of the New York bank.
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Allan Sproul
Dunham Road
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York State Bankers Association
Mr. Sproul
Federal Reserve System
New York Bank
Hastings Civic League Leader Elected Westchester President
Civic League President George Donohue of Hastings is named president of the Civic League of Westchester succeeding Charles J. Costabell who resigned to join the Greenburgh Town Board. Donohue has long been involved with the group and chaired the Federation of Greenburgh Taxpayers Association for eight years.
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George Donohue
Hastings
Civic League of
Westchester
Charles J. Costabell
Argyle Road
Costabell
Greenburgh
Donohue
Federation of Greenburgh Taxpayers’ Association
School Census Shows 1945 46 Rise in Scarsdale Child Population
The 1945 46 census reports Scarsdale gained 206 children under age twenty from 1944 45, with 50 more dwellings reporting children though total eight to twenty fell to 667 from 703. College enrollment rose from 366 to 396 while military service dropped from 286 to 229.
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Scarsdale
Resident's Husband Wins Army Award
Lieutenant Colonel Morton H. Flaherty receives the Army Commendation Ribbon for meritorious service as Assistant to the Surgeon and as Surgeon for the Eastern Defense Command. He has served since 1941 at Fort Hancock Newfoundland and in White Plains with Governor Islands headquarters.
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Morton H. Flaherty
Eastern Defense Command
Governors’ Island
Flaherty
Cynthia Mott
Walter W. Mott
Brite Avenue
Margot
Surrey-Strathmore
White Plains
Fort Hancock
New Jersey
Newfoundland
Westchester County Medical Society
White Plains Hospital
Hangar Plans Ping-Pong and Baseball Activities
The Hangar announces a forthcoming ping pong tournament open to all members and notes the bowling playoffs set for Saturday evening January 26. A baseball team is planned for next summer with members already signed up. Membership renewals rise to 1.25 dollars and run to next September. A Mid-Year Dance on February 2 offers admission with a couple. Jazz pianist Gerard Brokaw will perform and a jam session will be hosted by Charles Traeger of Greenwich Connecti cut.
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Gerard Brokaw
Charles Traeger
Greenwich
Connecticut
Village Board to Hold Regular Meeting Next Tuesday
Members of the Village Board will hold their regular semi monthly meeting next Tuesday evening at 8 15 at the Village Hall.
Farrow Returns to Scarsdale High After Naval Service
Doc Farrow rejoined the Scarsdale High School biology faculty after three and a half years in the Navy. The former department head, nicknamed by students, served as Commander in the USNR with duties spanning Memphis Station Guam and the Pacific FLleet, commanding 1600 men and 85 officers in the CASA unit supplying carrier task forces with aircraft for Iwo Jima Okinawa and strikes.
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Doc” Farrow
Pacific
Scarsdale High School
John G. Farrow
USNR
Doc
Navy
Doc Farrow
Chicago Naval Technical
Memphis
Doe
West Coast
Farrow
Fleeet
Guam
Hawaiian Islands
Johnson Island
Kwajalein
Mariannas
Third Fleet
CASA
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Barber Chair Pose Pleases Weinberg in Life Photo
Sidney Weinberg of Reimer Road sparked laughter among Scarsdalians reading Life magazine after a Life photographer captured him in a barber chair between a meeting with a director from Wall Street. He explained he had 2:45 with his barber and let the photo be taken, saying his family disliked it but he would do it again.
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Life
Sidney Weinberg
Reimer Road
Wall Street
Mr. Weinberg
the Inquirer
Weinberg
Fire Insurance Discussed As Wastebasket Burns
A demonstration during a Board of Education meeting showed potential fire risk when a wastebasket was used as an ashtray. An incomplete cigarette ignited paper, starting a small blaze that was quickly put out by a bystander. The board moved to secure a binder and study the proposed 25 percent increase in replacement values for school buildings and contents.
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Inquirer
Board of Education
George A. Marsh
Dr Gregg to Speak on Europe Visit for LWV Meeting
Dr Alan Gregg of Scarsdale and former Scarsdale Board of Education president will address the Scarsdale League of Women Voters at an open meeting on Wednesday January 23 at 8 15pm in the Woman’s Club. He will discuss impressions from a recent tour of Holland Belgium France Czechoslovakia and England. The public is invited.
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Alan Gregg
Scarsdale League of Women Voters
Woman's Club
Europe
Gregg
Scarsdalle
Board of Education
Rockfeller Institute
Holland
Belgium
France
Czechoslovakia
England
Grege
Humus Price Shock Reported In Local Yard Service
Three men in an olive colored truck offered humus by the bucket for lawns. A resident charged $275 for a service that should have been about $50 to $60, with claims it was $350 at full price. Another customer paid $165 for a small lawn coverage.
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OPA
Town Club Annual Dinner Set for February 27
The Town Club schedules its annual dinner for Wednesday evening February 27 at Scarsdale Golf Club. Charles W. Carvin serves as dinner committee chairman, and early notice is issued via The Inquirer to avoid date conflicts.
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Scarsdale Golf Club
the Inquirer
Charles W. Carvin
Miss Doris Byrne To Speak At Scarsdale Democratic Woman’s Meeting
Miss Doris I. Byrne vice-chairman of the New York Democratic State Committee will address the Scarsdale Women's Democratic Club at its annual meeting on Friday January 25 at 2 30 p.m. at the Scarsdale Woman's Club with luncheon at 1 p.m. Her talk titled The 1946 Elections Face Westchester County will cover party outlook and the state legislative program. The meeting will also elect 1946 officers and report on the nominating committee. Reservations urged by calling Mrs. Floyd H. Crews.
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Doris I. Byrne
New York Democratic State Committee
Scarsdale Women's Democratic Club
Scarsdale
Harry G. Liese
William E. Ellis
John Thies
Floyd H. Crews
First Monday in August Proposed as Peace Day
A bill introduced in Albany on January 10 by State Senator Pliny W. Williamson would designate the first Monday in August as Peace Day. The measure was referred to the judiciary committee for consideration.
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Albany
Pliny W. Williamson
Heathcote Road
Judiciary Committee
Edgemont Ice Carnival Postponed to January 26
The Edgemont ice carnival was moved from tomorrow to Saturday January 26 due to unsafe ice depth after recent cold weather. Officials cited public safety as the reason for delaying the event despite ample attendance anticipated.
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Edgemont
Canine danger at schools prompts action debate
Dr. Vernon G. Smith reports that school grounds and buildings are overrun by dogs. Dog fights, ball chasing and itching bites threaten pupils. He urges fencing or other solution and plans to involve Parent-Teacher Associations to seek village action.
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Vernon G. Smith
Board of Education
Smith
Green Knolls Community Association Elects Monday
Annual meeting set for Fenimore-Cooper School auditorium on Monday evening January 21. Retiring president Walker G. Hall will oversee reports from committee chairmen reflecting an active year. Eastchester issues will be discussed by a guest speaker. George Bender and the social committee will serve refreshments.
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Green Knolls Community Association
Fenimore-Cooper School
Walker G. Hall
Eastchester
George Bender
State War Scholarships Won by Two Scarsdale Residents
Richard G. Dussinger of Madison Road and William E. Edwards of Kingston Road won State War Service Scholarships from a December 4 1945 exam. Scholarships cover study at NY colleges or approved schools. Dussinger is a Fordham junior planning to continue there. Edwards will enter Columbia on February 1.
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Richard G. Dussinger
Madison Road
William E. Edwards
Kingston Road
Scarsdale
New York State
Board of Regents
Dussinger
N. P. Dussinger
Fordham
Edwards
Ellis H. Edwards
Columbia
Loom Gift Planned for Castle Point Hospital Therapy
The Social Service Council of Scarsdale schools will present a loom to Castle Point Hospital for Tubercular Veterans. The loom, bought years ago for Edgewood School and unused, will be sold to the council at a nominal price so the group can arrange the occupational therapy donation.
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Social Service Council
Scarsdale
Castle Point Hospital
Edgewood School
Vernon G. Smith
Board of Education
Health Board appoints Fisher to succeed Todd in county post
The Board of Supervisors confirmed on Monday afternoon the appointment of Mrs. Jean C. Fisher of Tarrytown to the County Board of Health, succeeding Miss Jane H. Todd, also of Tarrytown.
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Jean C. Fisher
Tarrytown
Jane H. Todd
County Board of Health
Board of Supervisors
Scarsdale Clothing Drive Aims At All Residents
Scarsdale residents are urged to donate used garments shoes and bedding for a United National Clothing Collection drive starting February 3. One item per person is the goal with trucks collecting bundles from curbsides and Boy Scouts assisting.
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B. Lester Carroll
Scarsdale
United Clothing
United National Clothing Collection, Inc
Truman
Europe
China
Philippines
Victary
Heath Ridge Club to Elect Officers at January Meeting
Heath-Ridge Home and Garden Club invites area residents to attend the Tuesday January 22 gathering at 8 30 p m at the Crossways Firehouse. Temporary chairman Thomas A Sharples will preside as officers are elected and a constitution and by laws adopted.
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Heath-Ridge Home and Garden Club
Crossways
Thomas A. Sharples
Mr. Sharples
Sharples
Chauncey C. Miller
Church Oversubscribes Fund to Pay Mortgage
The Scarsdale Community Baptist Church raised 27000 for mortgage payoff in a Thanksgiving to Christmas drive. Twenty five thousand dollars was paid to the New York Baptist City Society on December 23 and the mortgage burned. A planning committee will survey church needs for the next decade, with members Alden C Smith ay mond Brown Howard Butter neck John Ledbetter William Manee John Wood and Harold Young.
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Scarsdale
Alden C
Smth
Aymond D. Brown
Howard 8
Butterneck
John N. Ledbetter
William B. Manee
John EB
F. Wood
Harold H. Young
Scarsdale Captain Receives Commendation for War Service
Captain Eric N. Dutig of Scarsdale Manor Apartments received a Certificate of Commendation from Lt. Gen. Levin H. Campbell Jr. for outstanding wartime service though no longer on active duty. He formerly served with the New York ordinance district.
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Eric N. Dutig
Scarsdale Manor Apartments
Levin H. Campbell, Jr
New York
Health Report Scarsdale Sees Measles Outbreak
Health Department notes fifteen measles cases and one chicken pox case in Scarsdale this past week, signaling a rash of illnesses across the community.
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Scarsdale
Health Department
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Fox Meadow Road
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Gary Cooper
Dr. Gregg
Miss Byrne
Green Knolls
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