Favor Granting Lease to Woman's Club to Acquire Land
At a Tuesday open hearing the Village Board heard strong support for leasing extra land to the Scarsdale Woman's Club for an expanded building. Only Lanman Crosby voiced a concern over definite lease terms and village rights to transfer property, suggesting a one year lease plus higher payment. no final terms were set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Club
Scarsdale Woman's Club
Woman's Club
Lanman Crosby
Robert E. Christie
Crosby
New Ridgeway Station Authorized by Westchester Railway
The New York Westchester and Boston Railway announced a $75,000 Ridgeway station project to be built between Heathcote and Gedney Way, one mile south of Gedney. I M Beard supervises the work with completion aimed at November 1, featuring Spanish Colonial style, modern amenities, 350 foot platforms for six car trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ridgeway
Westchester
New York,Westchester and Boston Railway
Leverett S. Miller
Heathcote
Gedney Way
I. M. Beard
Larchmont Gardens
Boy Stops Stray Bullet On River Bank
Fred Costello, 15, of 10 Maynard Avenue Tuckahoe, saved by his arm when a .22 bullet struck him while walking with two other boys along the Crestwood Parkway reservation riverbank. Police suspect the shooting was unintentional and seek to identify the responsible party from nearby Tuckahoe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bronx Parkway
Fred Costello
Maynard Avenue
Tuckahoe
Fred
Parkway
Crestwood
Fire Chief Warns Scarsdale Residents on Fireworks
Fire Chief Dobbs warns Scarsdale residents about careless handling of Fourth of July fireworks. A single mishandled flare or flame can cause serious burns and property damage.
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Dobbs
Scarsdale
Vacation Bible School Opens In Scarsdale This Summer
Scarsdale hosts its first Vacation Bible School this July with sessions every weekday from July 6 to July 30. Ages four to fourteen may attend with no tuition. a voluntary offering is taken each Friday morning. Contact Dyckman Hall for information. The program includes Bible study, music, nature study, hand craft, and play from 9 to 11 45 A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Dyckman Hall
Hartsdale Post Office Names Sweeny Paneerase New Postmaster
John Sweeny takes command as Hartsdale postmaster on July 1. Hartsdale remains an independent unit handling village deliveries while Greenacres gains Scarsdale service with two daily deliveries. Carrier Reardon transfers to Scarsdale. Greenacres mail begins addressed to Scarsdale starting August 1 unless residents keep boxes at Hartsdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Sweeny
Hartsdale
Greenacres
The
Inquirer
Scarsdale
Reardon
White Plains
Sleep Overcomes Miss Corbin in Bronx Parkway Crash
Miss Amy Foster Corbin of 166 East Sixty sixth Street New York slept at the wheel as she drove up the Bronx Parkway this week. She awoke when the car struck a tree, the front end wrecked. The car was towed to a White Plains garage. She will live to sleep another day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Foster Corbin
East Sixty-sixth Street
New York
Bronx Parkway
White Plains
Corbin
Fat in the Fire at John Horn Jackson House
Fire in a Post road kitchen last Tuesday afternoon caused dense smoke after urease in the gas oven ignited. Fire crews arrived and extinguished the blaze. no injuries reported.
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John Horn Jackson
Post Road
Stop Traffic Rule Calls For Stops From Side Streets
Scarsdale plans a new rule requiring drivers to stop when entering certain main thoroughfares from side streets. Judge William C White will draft the ordinance which follows a system used in Washington DC and other southern cities to reduce accidents. Stop signs will be painted at designated danger points on streets such as White Plains Post road Walworth avenue Crane road Popham road Wayside lane Fenimore road East Parkway and Heathcote road. Drivers on main roads must stop to yield to side street entrants per existing state rules.
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Scarsdale
William C. White
Washington
D. C
White
Plains Post
Walworth Avenue
Crane Road
Popham Road
Wayside Lane
Fenimore Road
East Parkway
Heathcote Road
Reverting to Old Fashioned Way of Celebrating July 4
Dr. Matthias Nicoll Jr state health commissioner urges safer Fourth of July practices citing a Public Health Service report. He notes 1925 fireworks fatalities and injuries across 36 states including eye injuries from fireworks and blank cartridges. He calls on parents to curb dangerous devices and warns of home treated injuries and risk of lockjaw.
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Matthias Nicoll, Jr
WGY
Nicoll
United States Public Health Service
United States
Night service added on NY Westchester line to White Plains
The New York, Westchester and Boston Railway began night service between White Plains and New York City on June 28 with eight trains as a trial. An additional Mor ris Park Avenue to Mamaroneck train was installed the same day. President Leverett S. Miller cited White Plains demand and council support as reasons for the all night operation and potential expansion if patronage grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York, Westchester
New York City
LeRoy Gregory Post Plans First Public Meet and Parade
The LeRoy Gregory Post of the American Legion hosts its first public celebration at the North End playground on Post road near Brook Street July 5. A 2 PM parade from North End Fire House precedes 3 PM ceremonies with Elks Band music and speakers Col Frederick L. Devereux Chester B. McLaughlin and Clarence E. Lichtenstein among expected participants from local posts VFW and civic groups.
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LeRoy Gregory
American Legion
North End Playground
Post Road
Brook Street
North End
Elks Band
Scarsdale
John L. Grogan
North End Hose Company
Diamond A. C
Sons of Italy
South Scarsdale Civic Club
Frederick L. Devereux
Westchester County Military Training Corps
Leonard S. Morange
Bronxville
Chester B. McLaughlin
Clarence E. Lichtenstein
Westchester County
Captain Gormsen Wins State Rifle Championship in New York
Captain Harald F. Gormsen of the 102nd Engineers wins the New York State Individual Rifle Championship among over 200 entrants with a season high 426 of 450 at the Thurston Trophy event. He also takes the 600 yard title with 99 of 100, leads the 102nd Engineers Rifle Team to four of six wins, and earns state eligibility for Camp Perry in September alongside brother Alfred.
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Harald F. Gormsen
102Nd Engineers
Scarsdale
Gormsen
McAlpin
71St Regiment
Headquarters Brigade
New York
Alfred
Olaf Gormsen
Alfred Gormsen
New York State
Camp Perry
Ohio
Bring Your Flags and Join In Singing Patriotic Songs
Briarcliff Manor Band plans a July 5 Independence Day event at Scarsdale High School grounds the program runs 10 45 to 11 with invocation by Rev William C Rourke and a reading of the Declaration by Charles Dunlap followed by community singing and talks by Rev George Smyth and Rev Alan R Chalmers, Boy Scouts distribute flags and 1200 post cards were mailed. seats and rain plan noted.
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Briarcliff Manor
Scarsdale
Town Club
David Beecroft
William C. Rourke
Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
George
Charles Dunlap
Alan R. Chalmers
Boy Scouts
Handbill Copies of Independence Circulated in Westchester
News from White Plains notes the July 9 New York convention action on Independence with orders to publish in Westchester and send 500 handbills statewide. A handbill survived a sale for over 800 dollars and is now in Huntington Historical collection. The July 11 reading at White Plains, a Harker painting, and a commemorative monument feature figures Morris Jay Van Cortlandt and General Thomas.
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New York
White Plains
Westchester
Westchester County
Pacific Coast
Huntington Historical Collection
Court House
George Albert Harker
Westchester Title and Trust Company
Lewis Morris
John Jay
Philip and
Pierre van Cortlandt
John Thomas
Man Distracted by Farm Stop Crashes Car Near Kensico
Joseph Jacobson of 1897 Washington Avenue New York City took his eyes off the road to gaze at the Farm log cabin restaurant near Kensico Dam. The car struck an electric light pole breaking it in two injuring his five year old daughter who was treated at White Plains Hospital. Jacobson offered to pay for the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Jacobson
Washington Avenue
New York City
Kensico Dam
Jacobson
White Plains Hospital
Look at Sign, Is Struck by Car at Murray Hill
George W. Field Jr of 23 Auton ieth road collided with a man who jumped from a truck to look at a street sign at Murray Hill and Mamaroneck roads. Field took the injured man to White Plains Hospital and then continued home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Field, Jr
Autonieth
Murray Hill
Mamaroneck
White Plains Hospital
Firefighters Rescue Kitten From Tree At City Corner
The Fire Department rescued a kitten from a tree on Tuesday morning at the corner of Post Road and Boulevardi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Road and
Boulevari
Prize for Some Lucky Boy Scout
A yearly award called the Old Timers' Token will honor a Scarsdale Boy Scout. Rush Wilson announced the plan at a local Scout committee meeting. A five man committee funded the prize and Scarsdale Foundation, with Scarsdale Bank as trustee, will manage the endowment. The prize persists while Scarsdale Scouts exist and the exact test or prize details are yet to be decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Boy Scout
Rush Wilson
Boy Scout
Wilson
Scarsdale Foundation
Scarsdale Bank
Scarsdale
Philip Russell
John Dickinson
Donald Ross
Alexander Crane
Westchester Park Commission Names Assistant Counsel
Arthur D. Brennan of Mount Vernon is appointed assistant counsel for the Westchester County Park Commission. He will handle contracts deeds and closing titles for the Bronx Parkway extension funded by the 1924 $15,000,000 state park bond issue. The 26 mile route runs from Kenisco Dam to Bear Mountain Bridge area via Mohansic Park and Bronxville.
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Brennan
Mount Vernon
Arthur D. Brennan
Westchester County Park Commission
Bronx Parkway
Kensico Dam
Mohansic Park
Bear Mountain Bridge
Peekskill
Henry R. Barrett
Parks Commission
Court House
White Plains
Legal Department
Thomas M. Smith
Yonkers
Park Commission
Bronxville
Mr. Brennan
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Westchester and
Boston Line
Sweeny Paneerase
LeRoy Gregory Post
H. Gormsen
Kitten
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