Scarsdale Church Buys Whistler House for Minister Manse
The Scarsdale Community Baptist Church buys the historic 4 Rectory Lane mansion known as the Whistler House from Mr. and Mrs. Harvey D. Carter for 47000 to serve as a manse for Rev. Woodrow W. Hasty and his family. Mr. Carter invested 120000 in restoration and gifts of furnishings accompany the sale. The price difference is a Carter gift, with real estate firm Cleveland E. Van Wert, Inc. handling negotiations.
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Scarsdale
Margaret Hill
Miss Fleming
Carter
Scarsdale Community Baptist Church
Carters
Cleveland E. van Wert
Cleveland E
Whistler
The
Baptist Church
Woodrow W. Hasty
Hal Costain
Two Share Bennett Award For Study At Music School
The Hoff Bartholson Music School announced the Susan Farnell Bennett Annual Music Scholarship winners for 1964 65 tied between Whitney Bisceglia 16 and Bruce Roseman 16 both juniors at local high schools. Honorable mention went to Geraldine Grayson 18. Fifteen Westchester high school students participated in auditions with schools represented including Scarsdale Edgemont Hartsdale Roosevelt St Marys Katonah Woodlands Alexander Hamilton Good Counsel Westlake Thornwood and Harrison.
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Hoff-Barth Olson Music School
Susan Farnell Bennett
Whitney Bisceglia
Harrison High School
Bruce Roseman
Roosevelt High School
Yonkers
Bisceglia
Mr. Roseman
Westchester High School
Scarsdale
Edgemont
Hartsdale
St. Mary's
Katonah
Woodlands High School
Alexander Hamilton
Elmsford
Good Counsel Academy
Westlake High School
Thornwood
All County Chorus
Harrison High School Chorus
Harrison Presbyterian Church
de Molay
Harrison
First Meeting Set For S Saturday By ILS Rights Unit
The Scarsdale High School Civil Rights group will meet Saturday at 2 p.m. at 1 Canterbury Road, hosted by Bob Zussman. William Kunstler, renowned civil rights attorney, will be the principal speaker and answer questions with a five member steering committee to follow.
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ILS. Rights Unit
Scarsdale High School
Bob Zussman
Canterbury Road
William Kunstler
Kunstler
Freedom Riders
Jackson
Mississippi
Albany
Georgia
Birmingham
Alabama
Saint Augustine
Florida
Kunateler
Marty Borgmann
Too Little, Late Is Central Tale Of 1953 Theft
Scarsdale police court tale centers on Edward Francis Lydon a New York Central Station ticket agent arrested for absconding with 1953 Central funds on June 7 He was released on bail of 1000 before arraignment before Judge Granville Pine
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Scarsdale
Edward Francis Lydon
New York Central
Lydon
Granville Pine
Red Cross Joins Westchester United Fund Appeal
Roy H Walters of Scarsdale announces Westchester County Red Cross chapter and 33 local branches join the unified annual appeal. The board cited duplication reduction and extensive reviews of Red Cross and county fund practices as reasons for affiliating with the County United Fund.
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Westchester County Red Cross
Westchester County United Fund
Roy H. Walters
Scarsdale
County United Fund
Longer Day Planned For Quaker Ridge
District 2 Board of Education unanimously approved a plan to lengthen the Quaker Ridge school day by half an hour while giving one afternoon off weekly. Classes move from 9 to 3 to 8 45 to 3 15 on four days and 8 45 to 12 15 on Wednesdays, starting next fall on a one year trial with spring 1965 evaluation.
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Quaker Ridge
District 2 Board of Education
James F. Gray
Gray
Village Notables To Be Depicted By Library
The Scarsdale Library announces a series on notable citizens with the first display on Daniel D. Tompkins, governor of New York and U S vice president. It coincides with his birth anniversary and includes photos, 19th century life accounts, clippings, and a 1807 Scarsdale Certificate of Votes on loan from Scarsdale Village files.
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Tompkins
Scarsdale
Daniel D. Tompkins
New York
United States
Post Road
Margaret Kateley
Morgan Lewis
John Broome
Thomas Storm
Dewit Clinton
Samuel Jones
Caleb Tompkins
Daniel
New York State
Foreign exchange students to visit Scarsdale in weeks
Two groups of 41 and 38 students from 25 countries arrive by bus under the American Field Service. Edgemont High hosts a June 30 arrival with tours, Hamlet production, and farewell picnic. Scarsdale hosts seek homes for July 9 to 14 visits, with a World’s Fair trip planned, and a July 4 deadline for host-family offers. A July 6 host families meeting is set at 67 Church Lane.
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Scarsdale
American Field Service
New Jersey
Edgemont High School
United States
Samuel Gordon
Edgemont
AFL
United Nations
New York
Central Park
AFS
Tulsa
Oklahoma
APS
Robert Feldman
Church Lane
Village Property Unit Reviews Space and Recreation Areas
The Public Property Committee of the Scarsdale Village Board toured village owned open spaces for three hours last Saturday. Trustees Hobbs Wael and Rutherford joined by aides Cordy and Foley visited Davis Park, Hyatt Field, Depot Plaza, Chase Road properties and many others to assess maintenance under a new Highway Department program.
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Scarsdale
Rutherford
Highway Department
Davis Park
William Road
Tunstall Road
Hyatt Field
Depot Plaza
Chase Road
Woodland Place
Butler Field
Brewster Road
Chapin Property
Harwood Park
Cooper Green
Rugby Lane
George Field Park
Valley Road
Walworth Avenue
Scarsdale Supply
Fox Property
Local Officers Play Roles In N Y Parley
Village Manager Lowell J Tooley and other leaders took active roles in a four day conference of the New York State Conference of Mayors and Other Municipal Officials. Village Attorney Richard A Tilden presided at a session for city and village attorneys and Ronald A Craw presided at a finance officers meeting. Craw is president of the Municipal Finance Officers Association. William L Foley, assistant to the Village Manager, led a Tuesday panel on new recreational facilities through new sources of funding.
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Lowell J. Tooley
New York
Apportion Edict May Change County Supervisors in Westchester
Supreme Court ruling that state legislatures must apportion by population could add Assemblymen and a Senator for Westchester. It may alter supervisor lines since towns and cities now differ in representation, with Mount Vernon and New Rochelle each at about 76 000 population having five and four supervisors respectively. R Peter Strauss of Heathcote Road Scarsdale, a plaintiff, is president of Radio Station WMCA.
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Westchester
Supreme Court
Board of Supervisors
Mount Vernon
New Rochelle
Scarsdale
Peter Strauss
Heathcote Road
Strauss
WMCA
Village Board to Act on New Fire Code Next Tuesday
A new Fire Prevention Code with unprecedented enforcement powers for the Fire Department aims to take effect June 25 if the Village Board of Trustees adopts it after a public hearing next Tuesday night. The 53 page booklet lays out detailed regulations for many fire hazards and follows standards recommended by the New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization as part of strengthening village fire defenses to keep favorable insurance rates.
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Village Board of Trustees
New York Fire Insurance Rating Organization
Board of Trustees
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Scarsdale
Fire Department
Summer H S Opens Here On July 1
Scarsdale High School summer program to run July 1 to August 18 offers remedial and advanced courses for credit in modern subjects plus new courses in contemporary problems art foundations and an art studio workshop. Registration for residents runs June 22–26 with science courses starting June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale High School
Stefan FE. Corbin
Corbin
Agenda for Village Board Meetings on Tuesdays
The Inquirer will publish the board agenda starting this issue. Meetings are at Village Hall Annex at 8 15 p m on alternating Tuesdays with July and August suspended unless the Mayor calls a session. The agenda lists roll call public hearing fire prevention code written communications oral communications minutes resolutions reports including village maintenance, and miscellaneous bills chaired by Trustee George H Rutherford.
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the Inquirer
Board of Trustees
Village Hall
Public Property Committee
George H. Rutherford
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Bonnie Herold
Fox Meadows
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Sarah Hyatt Tompkins
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North Salem
Columbia College
New York Supreme Court
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Mangle Minthorne
New York City
John W. Jarvis
New York Historical Society
N.Y. Parley
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Westchester County
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