Playground Olympics Set For Aug 13 in Scarsdale
Scarsdale hosts a multi community event at Butler Field on Monday afternoon August 13 marking the first Westchester County Playground Olympics in over 15 years. Seven communities participate for ages eight to fifteen with five events and a finals sequence culminating in White Plains area finalists on August 1 and the Aug. 13 finals.
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Scarsdale
Westchester
Butler Field
Westchester County
Westchester County Recreation Commission
White Plains
William L. Foley
Recreation Park
North White Plains
Hartsdale
Armonk
Pleasantville
Fairview
Garden Care Course at Scarsdale Adult School
Scarsdale Adult School will offer Do It Yourself Gardening and Care of the Home Grounds taught by Adele M. Du Breuil of 51 Lawrence Rd. The course covers bulbs to lawn care, soil improvement, pruning, and pest control for beginners and new homeowners.
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Scarsdale
Adele M. du Breui
Stuart C
Lawrence Rd
Paul Frese
Popular Gardening
du Breuil
New York
New Jersey
Conn
Federated Garden Clubs of
New York State
Church News Index and Society Pages Listed
The index lists Church News on page 16 Editorials on page 10 Obituaries on pages 15 and 16 Society items on pages 12 and 13 and Theatres on page 18 a planning guide for readers seeking specific sections and coverage.
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Church News
Theatres
Weather report from Scarsdale shows varied temperatures
Daily high and low temperatures from July 18 to July 24 at 4 30 pm recorded at Popham Road firehouse by Bob Crane due to vacation of John J Kappes. Temperatures ranged from 74 59 to 87 67 with trace precipitation on July 20 and 0 85 on July 21. The town hopes Mr Crane provides favorable results.
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Popham Rd
Bob Crane
Scarsdale
John J. Kappes
Trace
Kappes
the Inquirer
Crane
Mr. Crane
Rev W Russell Shearer to Preach at Union Services Sunday
The Rev W Russell Shearer chairman of the Birmingham District of the Methodist Church in Great Britain will be guest preacher at Union Services this Sunday. He will speak at 9 30 am at Hitchcock Memorial Presbyterian Church Walworth and Greenacres Aves and at 11 am at Community Baptist Church Pop ham and Autenrieth Rds A nursery for young children is provided at both services. He has served in the Manchester Mission London and Stoke on Trent and has chaired the Birmingham District since 1950 overseeing nearly 400 churches. He has traveled widely representing English Methodists at inter church conferences.
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Great Britain
Hitchcock Memorial Presbyterian
Walworth
Greenacres Aves
Community Baptist
Popham and
Autenrieth Rds
Shearer
Yorkshire
Cambridge University
Manchester
Methodist Church
Friendly Town Welcomes Summer Guests to Scarsdale
The Scarsdale White Plains Friendly Town Committee hosted 42 children aged five to twelve invited by 85 social agencies for a Fortnight in out of city homes. On July 18 the 11:17 a.m. train brought the youngsters amid welcoming crowds and banners as they began two weeks of fun and sun with host families from Scarsdale and nearby towns.
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Thomas B. Leech
River Rd
John H. Hearne
Scarsdale
Herald Tribune Fresh Air Fund
Eddy
Hartsdale
Kenneth N. Davis
John A. McCorkle
Mamarone
Manhattan
Westchester
Scarsdale Community Fund Names Campaign Leaders and Committees
Scarsdale Community Fund announces Pacemakers chair Edward Hand and Business Division head Mrs. John P. Billhardt as campaign leaders for the 22nd annual drive starting Oct 1 and Oct 9 respectively. The news also notes the death of elder statesman Cleveland A Dunn at 83 in Haines Falls after a long career with Graff, Washbourne & Dunn.
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Cleveland A. Dunn
Cleveland Arthur Dunn
Northgate
Scarsdale
Pacemakers
Sherwood M. Bonney
Carl C. Brown
Calvert H. Crary
Thomas F. Creamer
Max Donner
Gerald FE. Donovan
Louis D. Fletcher, Jr
Milton Fluegelman
William S. Hedges
Clarence W. Higbee
Eric Holzer
George M. Jaffin
Laurence S. Jones
Robert P. Judy
H. D. Kinsey
Nathanial Krass
Paul N. Lazarus
Police nab mysterious Scarsdale phone caller with NYC help
Scarsdale police and New York City officers traced a yearlong prank phone caller to a 40 year old Bronx man. He admitted making random calls with improper nature and was released after Bellevue Hospital observation, with no further charges possible under current penal code.
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Scarsdale
New York City
Bronx
Bellevue Hospital
Timan
Edwin Meehan
Sears, Dale Police Dept
White Plains Man Held For Forgery
Eugene M. Washington of White Plains was arrested by Scarsdale police at Popham and Garth Roads on July 21 for second degree forgery. Det. Sgt. Edwin Meehan and Set. Phil Donahue nabbed him after tracing his license. Washington had bad checks and was wanted by other departments. arraigned before Judge Manuel Whittemore and jailed for the Grand Jury.
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Eugene M. Washington
White Plains
Scarsdale
Popham and
Garth Rds
Washington
Edwin Meehan
Set
Phil Donahue
Spencer Pharmacy
Canepa's
Westchester County
Rielly Arrested in Scarsdale Car Dealership Burglary
Thomas Rielly of Yonkers was arrested in Scarsdale for third degree burglary at Buechner Motors on July 16. A jacket left at the scene led investigators, with Det. Thomas Fitemaurice making the arrest. Rielly is a former Buechner Motors employee.
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Buechner Motors
Scarsdale
Ave
Thomas Rielly
Yonkers
Rielly
Thomas Fitemaurice
English To Return To Urban League In Westchester
Marion S. English will resume the executive directorship of the Urban League of Westchester on Sept 1 after a two year absence. English will replace J Harvey Kerns who resigned July 11. English now heads the Urban League of Greater Boston and formerly led Westchester from 1949 to 1954, when the agency grew countywide and staff rose from two to six.
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Marion S. English
Urban League of Westchester, Inc
Mr. English
J. Harvey Kerns
Urban League of Greater Boston
Boston
Urban League of
Westchester County
Westchester League
Carlton Ave
YMCA
Brooklyn
Talledega College
Talledega
Ala
New York University
Urban League of Westchester
English
White Plains Urban League
Greenburgh
Joyce
Civil Defense Exercise in Scarsdale Largely Successful
Scarsdale Civil Defense director Gomer D. Reese calls the exercise largely a success with drivers cooperative and traffic control well handled. Some faults noted include weak signals on three of eight sirens and inadvertent activations at odd hours as GE engineers work to fix the issues. Dial radio guidance numbers 640 and 1240 for area safety.
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Scarsdale
Gomer D. Reese
James M. Lyons
Reese
General Electric
Summer Theatre Presents Moliere Comedy at High School
Summer Theatre stages Moliere Doctor in Spite of Himself Wednesday evening at the High School auditorium under Stanley D Cornish. Tickets are one dollar and available at the Recreation Dept Village Hall theatre group members or the box office the night of the show.
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Moliere
High School
Scarsdale Summer Theatre
Stanley D. Cornish
Recreation Dept
Village Hall
Health Dept Reports Scarsdale Measles and Chicken Pox
Health Dept records show one new German measles case and three chicken pox cases in Scarsdale for the week ending Saturday July 21. The report reflects local health trends and ongoing disease surveillance.
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Scarsdale
Health Dept
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Weather Report
Mr. Shearer
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Birmingham
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Erling G. Nelson
George H. Ropes
Millard A. Rothenberg
Leonard I. Shankman
John F. Shevlin
M. W. Townsend
Theodore Fletcher
Stanley J. Slate
Morris Krantz
Willard P. Scott
Lillian R. Eby
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Gordon Blanchard
Rotary Club
Scarsdale Community Fund
Carl Seaberg
Maine
West Virginia
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Haines Falls
Dunn
Graff, Washbourne & Dunn
Nyc
Mr. Dunn
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Jennie E. Haines
Church of St. James the Less
Scarsdale Fire Co. No. 1
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Police Department
Westchester Lighting Co
Park Avenue Methodist Church
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Jeana
National Safety Council
Raymond V. Bell
Lyons Rd
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Alphonse A. Zacks
Bernard F. Corbalis
Daniel de Leo
Manuel Whittemore
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Summer Theatre
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