Exhibition tennis match opens Fox Meadow season
The Fox Meadow Tennis Club in Scarsdale will hold an exhibition match on Saturday, June 16, featuring Dr. George King and three other nationally ranked players. The event marks the official season opening with refreshments after the match. The club, Westchester’s oldest, dates to 1882 and has expanded facilities. officers and committees are listed with plans for a ladder tournament and multiple events this season.
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George King
Fox Meadow
Wayside Lane
William Rosenbaum
Luis Hayden
Kings County
Elmer Griffin
California
Bill Johnson
Helen Wills
Wills
Europe
Scarsdale
Westchester County
Rudolph Culver
Fox Meadow Road
T. Kelvin Evans
J. N. Hynson
Alison C. Scully
Edward Willmer
Andrew Wilson, Jr
Lester Stewart
H. 5. Mason
W. Rufus Brent
James Hynson
John H. Jackson
Earle Gatchell
Polo Tournament schedule set at Westchester Biltmore Club
The Intercollegiate Polo Association announced games for June 16 20 and 22 at the Westchester Biltmore Country Club Rye New York Yale faces Princeton and Pennsylvania meets United States Military Academy West Point on day one. Harvard takes on the Yale Princeton winner on day two with other eliminations and a consolidation game on day three.
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Westchester Biltmore Country Club
Rye
Intercollegiate Polo Association
Madison Avenue
New York
Yale
Princeton
Pennsylvania M. C
United States Military Academy
West Point
Harvard
Millard Addresses Westchester Bar Association Dinner
Charles D. Millard of Greenburgh spoke to members at the Westchester Bar Association annual dinner held at Briarcliff Lodge. Millard serves as association president. The event followed a golf tournament with prize winners including Senator Walter Westall County Judge Walter Otto and former Justices Humphrey J. Lynch.
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Charles D. Millard
Greenburgh
Westchester Barssociation
Briarcliff Lodge
Mr. Millard
Walter Westall
Walter Otto
Humphrey J. Lynch
Grievance Day Draws Village Hall Complaints
Property owners crowded Grievance Day at the Village Hall to contest assessments. Samuel T. Reynolds the tax assessor explained the village policy. Owners on private roads argued land on private routes bears higher costs vs municipally owned highways.
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Samuel T. Reynolds
Arthur Manor Plans Open Meeting June 14 at Edgewood School
An open Arthur Manor Association meeting is called for June 14 at 8 P M in Edgewood School, to hear Dr William Fordring of Scarsdale speak on Public Health as part of a Forum talks series. The June Bulletin will be distributed, reporting Trees and Parks, Postal Service status, and last month’s Thornycroft Tavern dinner. The paid up membership now includes a majority of Manor residents.
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Arthur Manor Association
William Fordring
Scarsdale
Edgewood School
Manor
Trees and Parks Committee
the Inquirer
Arthur Manor
Thornycroft Tavern
Quaker Ridge Hosts PTA Leaders For Stock-Taking Meeting
The Children’s Laboratories in Quaker Ridge New Rochelle held a stock-taking meeting on June 4 at Mrs. Marguerite Schwarzman’s home. Nine schools in five communities participated with PTA leaders, reporting receipts over $900 and a 22 cent deficit. Attendees included PTA presidents and prominent members from New Rochelle Scarsdale Hartsdale White Plains and Windward School and Winbrook. The group discussed ongoing supplementary work and school exhibits, with continuation planned on page three.
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Quaker Ridge
New Rochelle
Marguerite E. Schwarzman
E. C. Conover
Louis S. Ehrlich
Lee Hartman
Walter M. Goldsmith
John Lopez
Ellen M. McKeon
Scarsdale
J. D. Lester
F. A. Ballhausen
Louis Palmer
Miss Smith
Greenburgh No. 6
Frederick Allen
Edward A. Gruntal
Parent Teacher Association of
Hartsdale
Edwin J. Hiller
Post Road School
White Plains
Windward School
Randolph F. Compton
H. L. Auerbach
Winbrook
William J. Robson
Car Fire Destroys Studebaker in Scarsdale Road
A Studebaker owned by F. S. Weisse of Scarsdale Lodge caught fire on Popham Road last Friday at 8 30 in the morning. Engine No. 1 arrived and extinguished the blaze before significant damage occurred.
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Studebaker
F. S. Weisse
Scarsdale Lodge
Popham Road
Scarsdale Masons Receive Charter at Mount Vernon
The Scarsdale Lodge of Masons received its charter Tuesday night at the Masonic Temple in Mount Vernon. An unusually large number attended the ceremonies.
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Scarsdale Lodge of Masons
Masonic Temple
Mount Vernon
Scarsdale Garbage Disposal Studied At Mayors Conference
Scarsdale village engineer Arthur Boniface presented at the New York State conference of mayors in Troy a paper on Results of Experimentation with a New Method of Garbage Disposal. The Beccari system, adopted in 1923, used an eight cell concrete unit to process organic waste, with air distribution and drainage features to improve disposal efficiency.
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Scarsdale
Conference of Mayors
New York State
Troy
Arthur Boniface
Boniface
Beccari
Europe
Florence
Italy
Wilmot Field Reopens Soon for Air Service
Atlantic Airways plans summer resumption at Wilmot Field New Rochelle Scarsdale area after months of inactivity. Dalrymple says land plane production delay from Eagle Rock Colorado factory sets about one month before flights resume. Neighbors failed to block the field by injunction while case negotiations continue. Atlantic Airways also secures Rye Beach Playland contract to operate seaplanes, five will be used this summer.
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Wilmot Road
New Rochelle
Scarsdale
F. M. Dalrymple
Atlantic Airways
Eagle Rock
Colorado
Wilmot
Rye Beach
Playland
Dalrymple
Scarsdale High Plans June Graduation Exercises
Scarsdale High School will hold graduation for 42 seniors on Friday evening June 22 in the high school auditorium. Dr. Samuel W. Grafflin of the New York West Side Y M C A will give the commencement address on What the World Is Going to Ask of You. Barbara Sampson is the top scholar with 90.5 average, Rollin C. Newton Jr. is second at 90.0, both enacting parts in the program.
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Scarsdale High School
Audi
Samuel W. Grafflin
New York West Side
Grafflin
Barbara Sampson
Alan Mann
Morris Lane
Rollin C. Newton, Jr
Rollin C. Newton
East Parkway
Bernard Meyer
Margaret Hudson
Cornell
Dartmouth
Colgate
Harvard
Yale
University of North Dakota
Columbia
Vassar
Mount Holyoke
Wellesley
University of Michigan
Barnard
Wells
Scarsdale Sets Lower Tax Rate for Budget
The Village Board approved a budget of $368,738 at a special session on Tuesday June 5 setting the tax rate at 7.46 or 7.47 to raise the levy. Village property assessed value stands at $49,600,000, compared with last year’s rate of 7.49.
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Scarsdale
Scarborough Stock Season Opens at Beechwood Theatre
The Scarborough Stock Company under Hamilton MacFadden presents two revivals Captain Applejack and A Successful Calamity plus new works Jade and Pre-Inde at Beechwood Theater from June 26 to July 21 with shows on Tue through Sat at 9 PM. The cast features Molly Johnson Eloise Keeler Mary Stauber Mary Alice Collins, Hugh Rennie, Maynard Burgess and Leslie Cooley, with several returning from last year.
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Scarborough Stock Company
Beechwood Theater
Hamilton MacFadden
Walter Hackett
Captain Applejack
Clare Kummer
Mr. MacFadden
G. Ranger Wormser
Scarborough
Molly Johnson
Modern Dress Taming
Eloise Keeler
Sister
Mary Stauber
Chicago
Mary Alice Collins
Broadway
Hugh Rennie
Scarsdale Bows to Williamsbridge in 14 to 6 Defeat
Williamsbridge baseball team defeated Scarsdale 14 to 6 after leading 4 to 3 in the third and extending the margin with three runs in the eighth. Williamsbridge pitcher Fausel received strong support while Scarsdale’s Losse struggled behind a shaky defense. Port Chester visits Sunday as manager Davis plans lineup changes to rebound.
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Scarsdale
Williamsbridge
Fausel
Police Court Fines On Various Counts
George Brooks of 123 Clinton avenue New Rochelle paid ten dollars in Scarsdale for possessing a learner s permit and riding a Ford sedan. Edward Munter 16 of Mamaroneck was fined fifteen dollars for driving at night with no license and no brakes. Anthony Cooper of New York paid five dollars for riding three people on a motorcycle built for two. Other fines included five dollars, two dollars for parking errors and five dollars for passing a signal light. Six people received suspended sen-
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George Brooks
Clinton Avenue
New Rochelle
Heathcote Road
Innes Avenue
Scarsdale
Edward Munter
Rockland Avenue
Mamaroneck
Post Road
Anthony Cooper
East 205Th Street
New York
Sen
Village Boards approve joint park land purchase on White Plains Post road
At a special meeting on June 5 the Village Board and Union Free School District No. 1 approved buying 21 947 acres on the White Plains Post road from Fox Meadow Estates for 460 000 dollars. The action includes a permissive referendum, with a 30 day window for petitioners. The School District plans a new high school and athletic expansions. the Village eyes future municipal buildings on northern land.
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White Plains Post Road
Fox Meadow Estates
Union Free School District No. 1
Post Road
Sunday Schools Track Meet Set for June 9 at High School Field
Five Scarsdale Sunday Schools compete in the ninth inter Sunday School track meet at the High School athletic field tomorrow afternoon at two. Schools include Hitchcock Memorial Immaculate Heart of Mary Scarsdale Congregational St James the Less and Trinity Lutheran. Events cover 50 yard dash 440 yard relay high jump broad jump tug of war by boys and girls. Referee Thomas R Fisher of Hamilton road a former Yale captain. Immaculate Heart of Mary has won four meets St James the Less three Hitchcock Memorial one among eight meets held.
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Scarsdale
Hitchcock Memorial
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Scarsdale Congregational
St. James the Less
Trinity Lutheran
Thomas R. Fisher
Hamilton Road
Yale
Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Hitchcock Memorial School
June match starts at Scarsdale Golf Club
The opening rounds of the June match play at Scarsdale Golf Club featured 32 entrants from Class A and B. A. B. Lee Jr captured Saturday’s Class A ball sweep with 78 8 70, F. N. Shepherd won Class B sweep 90 18 72, J. R. MacColl Jr took Sunday’s Class A sweep 76 6 70, while R. M. Craigmyle and R. C. Newton tied in Class B with 73.
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Scarsdale Golf Club
A. B. Lee, Jr
F. N. Shepherd
J. R. MacColl, Jr
R. M. Craigmyle
R. C. Newton
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Westchester
Biltmore
C. D. Millard Speaks
William Fordrung
Children’s Laboratories
Masons
Wilmot Field
League of Women Voters
Children's Village
Westchester Biltmore
Untermeyer Gardens
Briarcliff
Playland Regatta
Island
Village Board
Post Road Park
Fox Meadow Tennis Club
Page _ Scouts
Page Children’s Laboratories
Realtors
Helen Goodwin
Smith College
Edgewood
Mrs. Allen
William John Byrne
Stanley Connell
Woman's Club
William ‘T. Brewster
Clarence L. Smith
Helen Parker Ford
Thomas J. Harris
Church News
Beechwood Theatre
Hamilton McFadden
Port Chester
Williamsbridge Club
Fausel and
Fortner
Losse
Bill Trish
Thomas Fisher
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