Scarsdale Police Start Up and Local Minstrel Plans
Civics Group hears Mr. Hogg recount Scarsdale police history from revolutionary times to Civil Service appointments. Thirteen officers serve the village with Chief. pay listed as 1,400 dollars. A January 11 musical at Greenburgh District No. 6 was held at Four Way Lodge due to impassable roads, featuring Dora Pardee, Kathleen Lawler, Max Froehlich, and Fred Shattuck. The American Legion Minstrel Show at Dyckman promises laughs with Laura and her Lollypops. Congress session notes a 50,000 dollar annual pension for Florence Kling Harding, widow of Warren G. Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hogg
Scarsdale
Judge Welch
Charles K. Carpenter
Commission
Greenburgh District No. 6
Parent- Teacher Association
Four Way Lodge
Tuckahoe Road
Roberts Walker
American Legion
Dyckman
Arthur
Laura
Molly Shank
Margaret Ayres
Emily Torrey
Peggy Russell
Mary Hermann
Jane Williamson
Congress
Florence Kling Harding
Warren G. Harding
The
United States
Tax Reduction and Real Estate Exemption Reforms
Mr Armstrong argues for tax relief focusing on real estate exemptions and budget reform. The State Tax Commission's 1922 report notes over twenty percent of assessed property is exempt, urging legislature to curb unwarranted exemptions and tighten policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
State Commission
State Tax Commission
Investor’s Catechism Ad From Mortgage Co
An advertisement offers guaranteed safety through first mortgage certificates from Lawyer's Mortgage Co. at 8 North Ninth Ave Mt. Vernon. It invites readers to send for “An Investor's Catechism” and notes Hillcrest operates with a phone contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawyer's Mortgage Co
North Ninth Ave
Mt. Vernon
Tel
Hillcrest
Garden Club learns pruning with Mrs Klaber
The Garden Club met January 16 at the Womans Club with 24 members. Mrs EB Klaber spoke on pruning and spraying, noting the rule to prune as little as possible and advising on wound painting and seasonal pruning for spring bloomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Woman’s Club
Jerusalem
EB. H. Klaber
Westminster Councillor Miss Mercer Visiting Woman's Club
Misa Adelaide Mercer of Westminster England, newly elected to the Westminster City Council, spoke on her lecture tour from London to study American women’s clubs. She spoke of her election victory over a Communist candidate by 1,200 votes and noted Labour concerns over the vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Adelaide Mercer
Westminster
England
Woman's Club
London
Miss Mercer
Inquirer
George
Misa Mercer
Sports and studies blend in Scarsdale dinner for athletes
Local citizens organized a January 12 dinner at Scarsdale Golf Club honoring the high school varsity and captains. Yale notables John Kilpatrick F W Lovejoy and Lysle Rideout spoke on discipline education and balance between sports and academics. The event ended with film showings and a call to make the gathering annual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Scaredale
Scaredale Golf Club
John Kilpatrick
Yale
F. W. Lovejoy
Lysle Ride
Walter Camp
White
Hugh White
Kilpatrick
Marshal Foch
America
France
Louie Newkirk
Lovejoy
Mr. Lovejoy
Richeson
Leonard
Underhill
Hitchcock Memorial Church
Otis L. Guernsey
Roderick Stephens
Three-In-One Fund Report Totals $4,155 Disbursed
The Three-in-One Committee led by F. H. Bethell reports budgets submitted for Boy Scouts 1668.22 and Girl Scouts 1000.00 plus Community Service Committee gross 4960 with cash on hand and earnings 2948 and expenses 4155.19. Contributions through January 16 amount to 4132.69 with a year-end balance 22.50. total 4166.19. Members listed include H. G. Outwater H. C. Lakin Donald R. Ross John P. Hallman Rollin C. Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Bethell
H. G. Outwater
H. C. Lakin
Donald R. Ross
John P. Hallman
Rollin C. Newton
Telephone Company Breaks All Records In Year Just Ended
Westchester district of the New York Telephone Company set all-time highs in 1923 with over 2 million dollars spent on land, buildings, plant and apparatus. The district added about 13 000 telephones bringing total lines to over 87 000 across Westchester Rockland and Greenwich Conn. New wiring reached 22 000 miles, Oakwood switching central office opened in Mt. Vernon, and toll cable links to New York expanded. A new Yonkers central office building site was begun and Tuckahoe's addition completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester
New York Telephone Company
Rockland
Greenwich
Conn
E. N. Bull
White Plains
Oakwood
Mt. Vernon
Telephone Company
New York
Yonkers
Tuckahoe
Buick Ad Promises 1924 Models With Brakes Upgraded
The advertisement claims 1924 Buicks are bigger and better with four wheel brakes and numerous improvements. Brown's Buick Service at 61 6 Lewington Ave W BP handles the sale and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Buick
Lewington Ave
Mrs Bethell Attends Women Voters Meeting in Utica
Mrs F H Bethell and Mrs C W Montgomery attended the New York State League of Women Voters convention in Utica. The informal sessions emphasized voter education over politics and showcased cross party discussions on getting out the vote and immigrant citizenship aided by foreign language press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Bethell
Women Voters Meeting
F. H. Bethell
C. W. Montgomery
New York State League of Women Voters
Utica
the Inquirer
Mia
Montgomery
League of Women Voters
Paddon
Scarsdale
Major Pope
Westchester County
Children's Association
League
Women Leaders Endorse Republican Welfare Program
Miss Sarah Schuyler Butler announces that Republican women are leading in framing progressive welfare legislation. At a conference with Butler, Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney, and representatives from the New York State League of Women Voters, the National Consumers League, and other groups, plans were set to advance measures favoring the greatest good for the greatest number. The Joint Legislative Conference praised the party’s support for a 48 hour week and cutting the waiting period for compensation from 14 days to 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Schuyler Butler
Repubiican
Miss Butler
Rosalie Loew Whitney
Republican Women's State Executive Committee
Republicans
New York State League of Women Voters
National Consumers League
The
Child Labor Commission
American Association For Labor Legislation
George K. Morris
Mary Dreier
Joint Legislative Conference
Miss Dreier
Republican Party
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Hogs
Legion
Arthur Hebard
Nichols
Kenneth
Hogg
Dora Damon Pardee
Timoe
Kathleen Lawler
Handel
Rimsky- Korsatoff
Manon Lescaut
Puccini
Protheroe
la Farge
Clarke
Cello
Max Froehlich
Widmung
Popper
Saint Saens
Froehlich
Fred Shattuck
Chamber of Commerce
Guardian of Poor
Wolf Tarbox
1924
Wolf
Women Leaders
Indorse Republican Program
George Morris
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