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Newspaper
Scarsdale Inquirer
Location
Scarsdale, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1962
Page
5
Greenacres School expands learning beyond the classroom with elementary trips to nature centers farms museums and historic sites. Parents contribute by sharing slides, leading tours, and providing lectures and resources, while teachers coordinate class-specific outings and projects tied to studies in nature, history, and language arts.
Harry K. McWilliams, publicist and University of Cincinnati coordinator, leads publicity for the Cincinnati Summer Opera Association. A stream of classroom activities unfolds as students hear lectures on redwoods, Spain bullfights, abstract art, and a Tom Glazer program, with parental involvement and student reactions highlighted.
Charles F. Savage announced five division chairmen for the 1962 Community Fund Drive. Howard T. Taylor leads the central division including Scarsdale west of Post Road with six district chairs. Horace J. DePodwin heads the east central division east of Post Road with seven districts. Leopold S. Berendt runs the eastern division covering Heathcote and Quaker Ridge with five districts. L. E. Machin chairs Division I in Greenville covering Edgemont and Cotswold with four districts. O. H. Laubenstein leads Division II in Greenville covering the remaining area with four districts.
More than 100 members of Cub Scout Pack 1 attended a powwow at American Legion Field last week. The event featured an Indian bonfire with dances and skits, followed by picnicking and games. David Kimball became pack chairman succeeding Joseph Shaw, and Mrs. Robert Rohrs was named chief den mother succeeding Mrs. Marie Rogliano.
The Westchester Parents Without Partners will award its first scholarship at a Friday dance in Tuckahoe. Alice Dorries of Katonah will receive the inaugural award for a one parent Westchester family based on academics and extracurriculars. Proceeds fund next year’s scholarship and care for a recently adopted foster child.
The Town Club mailed a general booklet to Scarsdale's 4,500 families and 250 businesses. It provides history, facilities, and local organizations for current and future residents, produced by a committee led by Lloyd W. Durant of 65 Carthage Road.
Mrs. Alwyn Ogden of Clarence Road was re-elected president of the Scarsdale Parent-Teacher Council at the annual meeting. Also re-elected were vice president-secretary Mrs. Stuart Glover and treasurer Mrs. E Paul Charlap. The council coordinates PTA activities across Scarsdale district and sponsors events such as the Junior High School Dance program.
Edgemont district hosted kindergarten teas at Seely Place and Greenville schools for about 80 mothers. PTA volunteers served refreshments and introduced parents to principals, nurses, and teachers while Junior League volunteers conducted vision screenings for entering kindergartners.
A six week series will run on Tuesday mornings to help parents adapt to new arithmetic changes in their children. Details remain undecided. Call SC 3 0829 to express interest. Mrs. R A Sutherland will lead. she holds a masters from Edinburgh University and teaches in Scarsdale.
A Westchester County group of 15 professional artists forms Art Group 15 to exhibit in galleries and museums. Members include Leo Inawaite Ossining president and Sara Gelman Dobbs Ferry vice president with Doris Lubell Hartsdale Rosa Silverman Ardsley as secretaries and Agnes Janson Ardsley treasurer. Other members are Betty Bederson Larchmont Dorothy Fitzgerald New City Grace Krupenge New Rochelle Elaine London White Plains Dori Low Larchmont Mattie Maslow Hartsdale Shirley Matison Pomona Lucile Simon Larchmont and Phyllis Sussman Hartsdale.
Michelson of the Scientists Committee for Radiation Information spoke at the Scarsdale Women for Peace gathering at 31 Chesterfield Road Irving. He defined radioactive substances strontium 90 iodine 131 and carbon 14 and warned of somatic and genetic effects from long term low level exposure. He urged public education and government science agencies to enable informed democratic decisions and called for cessation of nuclear exposures to protect food and the atmosphere.
Third graders in Mrs. Evelyn Godman’s class at Greenville School will present a spring art show on Friday in the all purpose room and new wing. The event features student works in non-fired clay, wire, plaster of paris sculpture, block printing and painting.
The Scarsdale Safety Council will convene Monday at 8 15 p.m. in the upstairs meeting room of the Popham Road firehouse to discuss local safety matters.
Rev Raymond F. Sullivan M M of Scarsdale is assigned to Maryknoll missions in Korea. He joins veterans at the Incheon region Vicariate, serving Chongju area and Pusan missions, with clinics serving thousands and the Inchon area previously entrusted in 1958.
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