Non-Partisan Nominations Topic At Scarsdale Town Club
The Scarsdale Town Club will discuss non-partisan village official selection police and fire protection zoning and planning at its third meeting of the year in the high school auditorium. Malcolm A. MacIntyre says the Board of Governors approved a resolution to be discussed and decided by members. The agenda also covers life memberships and committee recommendations.
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Scarsdale
Malcolm A. MacIntyre
East Scarsdale Farms Advisory Committee Formed
East Scarsdale Association will create an advisory committee of neighborhood representatives, announced by president Edwin A. de Lima. A circular asks residents to nominate individuals from their vicinity to form a geographically representative group that will improve two way communication between residents and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Scarsdale
Ass'n
Edwin A. de Lima
Mayor forms panel to review master plan memo
A special committee led by Ralph Keating and David Mathias was appointed by Mayor Willard P. Scott on Tuesday night to review a memorandum from the League of Women Voters of Scarsdale urging a master plan. The mayor said the board had previously deemed it unnecessary but now favors consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Keating
David Mathias
Willard P. Scott
League of Women Voters of
Scarsdale
Scott
Waugh Urges Police and Fire Merger Study
George M. Waugh Jr. urged the Village Board to study integrating the Police and Fire Depts into a single Safety Department. His letter cited a Readers Digest article about Oak Park Michigan's merger success and was referred to the public safety committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Waugh, Jr
Oak Park
Mich
Public Safety Committee
Volunteers Are VIPS at Open Meeting in Scarsdale
The Community Council Committee hosts an open meeting on Wednesday Feb 6 at 8 15 p m at the Girl Scout House Way side Lane to feature the Volunteer Service Bureau. The program includes slides and a dramatic presentation on volunteer opportunities and rewards.
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Community Council Committee
Volunteer Service Bureau
Girl Scout House
Wayside Lane
Scarsdale Teens Named AFS Summer Program Candidates
Susan Dexter Melinda Edwards Susan Pomeroy and Terence O Con nor juniors at Scarsdale High School named as candidates for the 1957 American Field Service Summer Program announced by Principal Oliver W Melchior. Delegates will be chosen in early spring to study abroad with a host family in a country selected by AFS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Dexter
Melinda Edwards
Susan Pomeroy
Terence O'Connor
Scarsdale High School
Oliver W Melchior
AFS
Linda Ogilvy
AFL
Edwin H. Masback
Resignation of Robert E. Erskine from Library Board
The Village Board accepted Robert E. Erskine's resignation from the Library Board on Tuesday night with great regret and appreciation for his services as an outstanding citizen of Scarsdale.
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Robert 8. Erskine
Scarsdale
New Nominating Procedure For District 2 School Board
A non partisan nominating process in Scarsdale Union Free School District No. 2 births a four area voting plan for the district. Each area elects three voting members and one alternate non voting member with terms three two and one years respectively. The highest vote getter serves three years the second highest two years the third one year and the fourth becomes the area’s alternate for one year. Subsequent years will elect one voting member from each area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Union Free School District No
Scarsdale
Bers
Keating Nominated Mayor of Scarsdale in Non-Partisan Move
Ralph Keating, Scarsdale trustee since 1953, named by the Non-Partisan Citizens Committee for a two year mayor term. The committee also renominates David Mathias and H Lee Nelson and nominating Paul S Smith to fill vacancies on the Board of Trustees with Mrs Alfred P Slaner suggested for the remaining one year.
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Ralph Keating
Citizens Committee
Malcolm A MacIntyre
Keating
Cohawney Rd
Scarsdale
David B. Mathias
H. Lee Nelson
Paul 5. Smith
Roberts. Gordon
Alfred P. Slaner
Mathias
Nelson
Smith
Slaner
Sydney Krause
Willard B. Dean
Broadmoorel
Bankers Trust Co
Nursing Service of Scars
Greenacres Ags'n
Planning Commission
Normandy Lane
Wellesley College
Scarsdale Woman's Club
PTA
iShe
Quaker Ridge Pta
League of Women Voters
State League
East Scarsdale Ass'n
Scarsdale Recreation Council
Scarsdale Ski Club Sweeps New York New Jersey Races
Scarsdale Ski Club wins all events at the Winnesook Trail Belleayre Mountain inter council races on January 19. Marilyn Hilly and Ken Belding lead in women and men downhill, with junior wins by Don Gale and Peter Kraus. Hungarian refugees from Bard College cheered the team at Pine Hill celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Ski Club
New York-New Jersey
Inter‘council
Belleayre Mountain
Pine Hill
Scarsdale
Marilyn
Gerry Hilly
Ken Belding
Harvey
Gordon van Ness
Donald Gale
Peter Kraus
Belding
Hilly
Heart Fund Drive Opens Next Friday in Scarsdale
Plans announced for the Heart Fund Drive starting Feb 1 with Mrs. Gordon F. Gardner as overall chairwoman. The Junior Etettes of the Woman's Club place Heart boxes in village shops. The 1957 Juniorette committee is led by Mrs. John De Wolfe including Midgie Bagley and others. The Heart Fund Bridge at Scarsdale Golf Club on Feb 14 features a luncheon fashion show by Mayme Mead of Spencer Place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon F. Gardner
Scarsdale
Woman's Club
Heart
John de Wolfe
Midgie Bagley
Ann Barnhart
Tweedy Butcher
Carol Christie
Dorothy Gough
Valerie Griffin
Patty Hackett
Paula Nottage
Ginger Robbins
Betty Roberts
Janet Stolle
Connie Woodhouse
Heart Fund
Scarsdale Golf Club
Louis D. Fletcher Jr
Mines
Hartzell Angell
Edward Crawford Jr
Ford G. Drake
Miller McClintock
Malcolm McKinnon
Everett Noetzel
Augustus W. Phelps
Alden C. Smith
Alan Temple
Mayme Mead
Spencer Place
Adult Recreation Club Meets Tuesday at Quaker Ridge
The Adult Recreation Club will meet at Quaker Ridge School Tuesday evening for the fourth of 12 activity nights. Registration is open to Scarsdale adult residents with sessions from eight to ten. The program is sponsored by the Recreation Dept in cooperation with the Quaker Ridge PTA. Activities include badminton volleyball table tennis exercises skill tests and quiet games. One dollar per person per evening.
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Quaker Ridge
Scarsdale
Recreation Dept
Quaker Ridge Pta
Urge Joint Action On Bobandal Pool Case In Greenburgh
Southern Greenville Association members urged Greenburgh Town and area residents to press a joint challenge against Bobandal Realities over a Fort Hill Road pool permit. Justice Frederick Schmidt ruled the ZBA decision legal but allowed new evidence on non conforming use with a potential new reference order. The case moves to Supreme Court for possible further evidence.
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Bobandal Pool
Fort Hill Rd
Southern Greenville Ass'n
Greenburgh
Greenville
Bobandal Realties
Fort Hill
Zoning Board of Appeals
Bobandal
Frederick Schmidt
Schmidt
Supreme Court
Charles Costabell
Malcolm Wilson
White Plains
Heathcote Association Reelects Bongard President
Bongard was reelected president of the Heathcote Association at the Jan 15 annual meeting held at the home of Mr and Mrs Carter M Braxton on Duck Pond Road Bradford. Bertram F Bongard led the officers, with Smith as vice president and Dalzell as secretary treasurer. Braxton and Deane joined the executive committee along with Joseph A Jordan and Leonard Marx on the board of directors.
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Bertram F. Bongard
Heathcote Ass'n
Carter M. Braxton
Duck Pond Rd
Bradford B. Smith
Clifford G. Dalzell
Mr. Braxton
Charles W. Deane
Joseph A. Jordan
Leonard Marx
Scientists challenge parity conservation in nuclear physics
Dr. Richard L. Garwin, a Columbia University, Institute for Advanced Study, and National Bureau of Standards physicist, along with colleagues, announced experiments at Columbia's Pupin Laboratories challenging the long held parity conservation principle. Nobel laureate I I Rabi cautioned that the foundational theory may be shattered as the pieces may not fit again. Garwin, 28, a Cleveland native, earned his BS at Case Institute and advanced degrees at Chicago.
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Richard L. Garwin
Ridgecrest East
Columbia University
Institute For Advanced Study
Princeton
N. J
National Bureau of Standards
Washington, D. C
Columbia
Pupin Physics Laboratories
I. I. Rabi
Garwin
Cleveland
Ohio
Case Institute of Technology
University of Chicago
Auditions Announced for Scarsdale Talent Show
The Recreation Dept. reports 46 acts have applied for the seventh annual Talent Show to aid Scarsdale Boy Scouts summer camping. Auditions occur Feb 1 and Feb 2. the Feb 8 show at Scarsdale High School benefits the Scout camp program. Tickets available from Scout troops and Village Hall.
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Recreation Dept
Scarsdale High School
Scarsdale Boy Scouts
Edgewood residents push leash law and traffic fixes
Improvements requested by the Drake Rd Edgewood Assn cite dog leash enforcement sidewalk maintenance and speeding in the district. They asked for a traffic light at Edgewood and Post Rd. The matter was referred Tuesday night by Mayor Willard P. Scott to the Village Board public safety committee.
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Drake Rd
Edgewood
Edgewood and
Post Rd
Willard P. Scott
Village Board
Public Safety Committee
Mothers March on Polio Urges Continued Fight and Support
Mrs. Robert Stern announces the 1957 Mothers March on Polio in Scarsdale urging ongoing support for treatment and care of polio victims despite vaccine success. Scarsdale mothers will ring church bells and light homes Wednesday seven to eight p.m. to signal the drive, highlighting continued research and aid needs for those still affected by the disease.
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Stern
Robert Stern
Scarsdale
Eastchester Teachers Urged to Match County Median Salaries
Eastchester Home School Association on Jan 17 urged the Board of Education to raise teachers' salaries to at least the Westchester County median. A committee report warned current scales are below the county median and need widening to attract and keep qualified staff. Plans were announced for an Eastchester Fiesta in March to fund a scholarship, with a daytime event and an evening dance for parents and faculty. The evening program featured the play Tomorrow Is a Day by the American Theatre Wing Community Players.
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Volunteer Service Bureau
Scarsdale
Eastchester
Ass'n
Board of Education
Westchester County
A. J.kuczma
Ways and Means
Joseph B. Jenning
Bronson Ave
American Theatre Wing Community Players
School Masterplan Put Into Effect
A four year masterplan for eighth grade subjects at Scarsdale High School is being implemented by deans Miss Frances H Smith and Louis W Bender. The plan lets students map a personal program to meet graduation and college entrance requirements. Student plans are decided in a conference with the dean and parents, with parent letters sent February 1 to schedule appointments.
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Scarsdale High School
Frances H. Smith
Louis W. Bender
Health Dept Reports Weekly Scarsdale Disease Totals
In Scarsdale during the week ending Saturday January 19 the Health Dept. recorded one measles case nine mumps two chicken pox and one infectious hepatitis case.
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Scarsdale
Health Dept
Non-Partisan Survey Proposal By Scarsdale Town Club
The Republican Village Committee asks the Town Club to form a commission to survey all voters on non partisanship and village governance. A Jan 15 vote supports a joint effort with representation from both political sides to study the system earlier, with a aim to improve efficiency and public will.
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Republican Committee
Republican Village Committee
Scarsdale
George W. Cornell
Arthur van de Water
Edward D. Bolton
Barton P. Jenks
Franklin J. Bowman
J. Larned Green
Halliday Clark
Floyd W. Mundy, Jr
John F. Cl
Codification Completed of Village Ordinances for Hearing
The village finishes codification of local laws after years of work. copies are in the village clerk’s office for organizations. A public hearing is set before the Village Board on Feb. 26 to discuss the codified ordinances.
Scarsdale Players Start With Enthusiastic Community Turnout
More than 200 residents attended the Scarsdale Players organizational meeting at Dyckman Hall. Interim officers include Mrs. Lewis P. Stanton as president and Joseph Walhandler as vice president, with plans for spring and fall productions and monthly small shows.
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Scarsdale Players
Dyckman Hall
Lewis P. Stanton
Joseph Walhandler
Robert McDonald
Erling G. Nelson
Elmo Legg
Joseph P. Anderson
Rudolf P. Berle
Alan R. Chalmers
Belmont Corn, Jr
Henry H. Dean
Ben Kranz
Paul N. Lazarus, Jr
Kranz
Deane
John Hemmerly
Scarsdale High School
Nancy Meredith
Joel Kate
John Harvey
Stanton
Berle
New York State
Lazarus
Scarsdale
National Award For Chas. Wilson at Hartford Dinner
Charles E. Wilson of Hampton Road former GE president and current chairman of W R Grace & Co will receive the national human relations award from the National Conference of Christians and Jews at a February 20 dinner in Hartford Connecticut. The Connecticut Western Massachusetts regional group sponsors the event for his outstanding contributions to good human relations in American industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Wilson
Hampton Rd
General Electric
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Hartford
Conn
Massachusetts
Wilson
W. R. Grace & Co
America
Scouts of Cohawney District Elect Acting Village Officials
Ten troops of Cohawney District Boy Scouts of America meet tomorrow at Scarsdale Village Hall to elect one Scout from each troop as acting village official for Government Day during National Boy Scout Week in February. Harry J. Ford directs the program as district vice chairman.
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Cohawney
Boy Scouts of America
Scarsdale Village Hall
Harry J. Ford
Village Accepts Hancock Estate Land for Road Widening
The Village Board accepted a gift of land to widen Mamaroneck Road on Tuesday evening. The parcel from the Hancock estate was donated by Mrs. John M. Hancock and her daughter Mrs. Gordon Hunger to the village with thanks.
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Mamaroneck Rd
Hancock
John M. Hancock
Gordon Hunger
Snow White and Rose Red at Scarsdale Theatre Cast
Grimm tale adapted for children presented by Equity Library with professional Broadway actors. Sponsored by the PTA Council, the show performs tomorrow at 2 30 in the Scarsdale High School auditorium with Chap Theatre of New York and Scarsdale cast members in attendance.
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Snow White
Rose Red
Prince
Broadway
Children’s Theater of Scarsdale
Pet Council
Equity Library
Chap- Theatre of New York
Dale High School
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East Scarsdale Farms Advisory Committee
Department of Safety
Mr. Erskine
United Fruit Co
Jacksonville
Conference of Christians and Jews
Clarence Rd
Town Club
Ski Club
Heart Fund Drive
Adult Recreation Club
Heathcote
Bongard
Eastchester Rd
Health Report
Chas. Wilson
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