Gimme a Flower Guild Story Sparks City Outreach
A New York City summer drive by the National Plant Flower and Fruit Guild distributes surplus country blooms to hospitals schools and institutions in need. Mrs. John Wood Stewart founded the guild after seeing a street child’s delight with a rose on the Lower East Side, inspiring a nationwide effort to share nature’s wealth with urban poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wood Stewart
Lower East Side
New York City
Mrs. Stewart
National Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild
Stewart
United States
East Side Mission
Guild
Special Meeting Planned to Consider Scarsdale School Land Purchase
Scarsdale Union Free School District No 1 schedules a special meeting for 8 15 PM on Monday June 8 1925 at the High School Auditorium New York Post Road Scarsdale to decide on purchasing land blocks 1 18 in block 4 from Westover property map for Edgewood School grounds and other lawful uses the price plus closing costs not exceeding 17500 dollars and a tax levy ballot will be held from 8 30 PM to 9 30 PM the land is described as lots 1 18 in block 4 on the Plat of Westover property filed in Westchester County Map 2194 dated April 16 1919 and amended June 6 1923 by order of the Board of Education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Free School District No. 1
Scarsdale
New York Post Road
State of
New York
Edgewood School
County of
Westchester
State of New York
Westover
Scarsdale Terrace Corporation
Westchester County
N. Y
Frederick W. Terlune
C. E. Andurveyor
Register of
Avis Place
Board of Fdudation
George A. Marsfr
National Flower and Fruit Guild Blossoms Across Cities
The National Flower and Fruit Guild extends through city and country branches to collect and distribute flowers fruits and garden produce. Station booths in Boston Washington New York Jersey City and Grand Central distribute bouquets to hospitals and homes while city branches run weddings windows boxes tenement gardens and children's plots. The New York Tiny Tim gardens on Avenue A serve 600 children yielding about 50000 bouquets and crops with broader civic aims.
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Boston
Washington
Travelers Aid Society
Guild
New York City
Pennsylvania
Long Island
New Jersey
Erie
Jersey City
Grand Central Station
Westchester
Connecticut
National Flower and Fruit Guild
New York
Avenue A
Radio course at Iowa State draws wide age range students
Iowa State University continues a special radio instruction course attracting enrollees up to fifty years old from states and regions beyond Iowa including California Canada and Texas.
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Iowa State University
California
Canada
Texas
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Scarsdale Union Free School District
Scarsdale Supply CO
Scarsdale, N. Y
Joseph Wyss
Mamaroneck Avenue
White Plains
Village Painting & Decorating Company
H. Niklad
Curran & Curran
Scarsdale Avenue
Nazimova and
Jack Pickford
Madge Bellamy
Pearl OF Love
Gladys Leslie
the Go-Getters
Gloria Swanson
SANS
Loew's Strand
SUN
Richard Talmadge
Evelyn Brent
Richard DIX
Comedy—News
Bridge OF Sighs
Dorothy Mackain
Creighton Hale
Sportlight
Zane Grey
Station Park
Hartsdale
C.h.brown Company
Cleaners
East
Street
Murray Hill
Etta Colin Garcia
Damrosch Institute of Musical Art and Preparatory Centres
Columbus Avenue
Hartsdale, Tel
West 85Th Street
Pondfield Road
Cedar Street
Bronxville
Picture House
Claire Windsor
Frank Keenan
Harry Langdon
Jetta Gondal
Paramount
Sidney Olcott
Solome
The
Tenements
Grantland Rice
Leatrice Joy, Ernest Torrence
Paris
Buster” Keaton
Inquirer
Scarsdale Theatre
Anna Q. Nilsson
Lewis Stone
Mary Astor
Inez
Hollywood
Aloha Land
Sportight
Rudolph Valentino
Monsieur Beaucaire
Booth Tarkington
Bebe Daniels
Lois Wilson
Doris Kenyon
Lowell Sherman
Universal News
Iris Classic
Owen Davis
Louise Fazenda
Borden
East Post Road
Lexington
Telephone
Mr. F. Sattarelle
Main Street
Orawanpum
Mitchell Place
Wm. Otten
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