Trio nabbed after burglary yields $10000 haul
Scarsdale police captured Michael Petit 20 and his wife Joan 18 of the Bronx and Paul Jacobs 20 at the Quaker Ridge Club area following a burglary at the Frank residence on W Griffen Avenue. Loot including jewelry furs and a TV valued over $10 000 was recovered from a front wall area. The trio were arraigned with Petit and the wife held without bail and Jacobs released on bail of 1000.
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Scarsdale
Frank
Lowell J. Tooley
Tooley
Michael Petit
Joan
The
Bronx
Paul Jacobs
Quaker Ridge Club
Joseph Grenan
Joan Petit
Grenan
Gray
Fitzmaurice
Griffen Avenue
Michael Petti
John Donovan
Philip Hart
Pettl
Scott Crawford
Action Sought On Future Of Large Homes
The Conference of Neighborhood Association Presidents urged Scarsdale associations to engage in study of future residential areas. The letter notes upcoming months may raise issues about private open spaces partitioning design styles for new homes and possible nonresidential use of large houses. Village officials are seen as interested, with potential decisions by the Village Board influencing neighborhoods.
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Neighborhood Association
Scarsdale
Association
Iiving HW. Dufine
Prophet of Profit Nikol as Deak of Scarsdale Uses Currency as Oracle
Nicholas Deak, Scarsdale, president of Deak & Co. Ltd., runs a global foreign exchange empire with 100 agents. He argues currencies reflect crises and politics, noting 1962 Indian rupee hoards in Hong Kong and Kuwait foreshadowed by Chinese actions. He served in OSS during WWII, later accepting Japanese surrender in Rangoon.
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Nicholas Deak
Scarsdale
Scarsdalian
Deak & Co. Ltd
Deak
U. S
Hong Kong
Beirut
Kuwait
India
Europe
Manhattan Harbor
University of Neuchatel
Switzerland
LWV Schedules Workshops On School Merger
The Scarsdale League of Women Voters set two August workshops to study possible consolidation of Union Free School Districts Nos. 1 and 2. August 10 and August 17 at 9 30 a m at Mrs Stuart Glover 30 Wayside Lane will feature discussions on history background and financial aspects then continuation of the consolidation issue with all members invited.
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Scarsdale League of Women Voters
Stuart Glover
Wayside Lane
J. Colenbock
R. Groban
Gourmet Cooking Course At Scarsdale Adult School
Lois Kaisse will teach a Gourmet Cooking course at Scarsdale Adult School on Tuesday evenings from 8 to 10 starting September 29. Classes include Paris Florence and Spain menus with tasting, a $30 fee includes $5 for food and wine, and early registration is advised as enrollment is limited. Adele Du Breuil returns with a course on Care of the Home Grounds covering plants, soil, pruning, pest control, and color slides from her garden.
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Lois Kaisse
Paris
Cordon Bleu
Scarsdale Adult School
Florence
Spain
Adele du Breuil
The
Inquirer
Scarsdale
Crossing Guard Meets Fire Over Post Road Safety
At the Tuesday village board meeting Mrs. Chilton Brown accused Huntington and Post roads safety of inadequate child protection. Village Manager Lowell J. Tooley defended the crossing guard as regularly posted despite enforced absences. He added that details were shared with the Greenacres safety committee.
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Huntington
Post Roads
Chilton Brown
Rugby Lane
Lowell J. Tooley
Tooley
Greenacres Association
Scarsdale Board rejects bids on school project as too high
Scarsdale school board rejected all four general construction bids July 23 for the district’s bond funded project citing unreasonably high figures. Architects Perkins & Will supported the decision to seek new bids with August/September aim, potentially delaying October start and impacting Edgewood renovations and the high school wing.
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Scarsdale
Board of Education of
School District I
Scarsdale High School
Edgewood School
Perkins & Will
White Plains
Chicago
William Berbusse
J. R. Stevenson Corp
Hempstead, LL
Rayfield Construction Corp
Great Neck
L. L
Polera Building Corp
Edgewood
Suit seeks to re open BOCES to all
A Westchester County Supreme Court filing seeks to force the Board of Cooperative Educational Services to negotiate with non member districts for schooling of two cerebral palsy children. The suit will guide hearings on 38 additional handicapped children and names Port Chester New Rochelle Mount Vernon White Plains and Bronxville as districts sending pupils to BOCES.
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White Plains
Board of Cooperative Educational Services
BOCES
County Supreme Court
Westchester
Scarsdale
Lor
United Cerebral Palsy Association of
David G. Osterer
Port Chester
New Rochelle
Mount Vernon
Bronxville
Alice Limardi
New Roichelle
Pasquale Giglio
Supreme Court
Brennan
Mayor Names 3 To Review Parkway Alteration Plans
Mayor Ralph K. Rogers appoints a special ad hoc committee to review the Butler Woods section realignment of the Bronx River Parkway. Trustees Delany Rutherford and Wacht named. Edwin de Lima objects to treating the project as mere administrative matter and urges high policy oversight.
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Butler Woods
Bronx River Parkway
Ralph K. Rogers
Board For Trustees
Robert E. Delany
George H. Rutherford
Jules L. Wacht
de Lima
Parkway
Mr. de Lima
Scarsdale
Film Tribute To Shakespeare At Summer Cinema
A film tribute titled Poet's Eye will close the Summer Cinema Series with two showings August 4 at 10 am and 8 pm at Scarsdale Congregational Church Parish House. It marks its American premiere and is a visual essay on Shakespeare influenced countryside settings.
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Shakespeare
Scarsdale Congregational Church
Index Amusement Ridge Church Classifieds Editorial Garden Obituaries Sports
A compact page item combines listings across community life from amusement options to church notices, garden tips, obituaries, sports results, and women's news. Readers get quick guidance on events, services, and local features.
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Amusement Ridge Church
Obitaries Sports
Seek Homes For Foreign Students In Scarsdale Area
Scarsdale Friends of Foreign Students appeals to local families to host foreign students during summer courses in the New York area. Hospitality in American homes is cited as crucial to the students' adjustment, with October 24 and 25 set for hosting during United Nations Week. Committee members include Mrs. Randolph P. Compton and others. hosting inquiries to Miss Eleanor Bacon at 212 OR 54200.
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Scarsdale
New York
Scarsdale Friends of Foreign Students
Randolph P. Compton
United States
Frederick Kunreuther
George H. Ropes
M. S. Baldwin
Eleanor Bacon
Committee of International Students and Visitors
American Friends Service Committee
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Big Haul
Jacobs
Mrs. Petti
Porter
Petti
Hungary
League of Nations
U.S
Eign Exchange
U.S. Army
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Indochina
VJ Day
Rangoon
Burma
China
LWV
Samuel J. Duboff
School District Board of Education
Edwin A. de Lima
Quaker Square
Edwin G. Michaelian
Michaelian
Central Office of Information of
Great Britain
Laurence Olivier
Chartres
Guild of the Congregational Church
Robert W. Lumby
Reading Cline
East Harlem
Testant Parish
Earl Dibble
D. Frank Hayes
John Axtell
Charles F. Taubert
Philip I. Clark
John Harvey
W. F. Volckmann
Howard E. Kremers
J. Donald Silberman
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