Greenacres Ends Happy School Year With Picnic and Pageant
Greenacres School wraps a busy year with grade picnics at Rye Beach and Fox Meadow, a Sixth Grade closing program, and a poster prize gifted by Mr. Dickinson. Students recall self government efforts, celebrate dramatics, study, and athletics, and bid farewell with songs and a class yell.
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Greenacres
Rye Beach
Fox Meadow
Dickinson
Herbert Duval
Polly Gunn
Old Town Hall
Eleanor Fowles
Herbert Parker
Bob McNecille
Windsor Eveland
John Francis
Greenacres School
Babette Weil
Catherine Morfit
Charles Guinn
Tommy Fisher
Mildred Denna
Clarissa Mayo
Club Members Plan Savings and Sales Drive
Pledges for economy were secured from club members at a tea on the terrace of the Wayside Cottage on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. F. H. Bethell urged members to save or earn ten dollars before year end to help pay off the club’s indebtedness. They discussed economy and fundraising ideas such as darning and sewing, a November basket sale, and charging rides to station pickups.
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F. H. Bethell
Home Bureau Forum Discusses Reducing High Living Costs
The Home Bureau Forum at Wayside Cottage on Monday June 21 at 2 30 P M invites the public to join in a discussion on the high cost of living. Dr Benjamin Andrews of Columbia University will address the meeting and lead the informal discussion.
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Home Bureau
Wayside Cottage
Benjamin Andrews
Columbia University
Layettes to Save Babies in Central and Southern Europe
Atlantic Division sets a 50000 layette quota by September 1 to aid babies in Central and Southern Europe. Westchester County must supply 1400 with Scarsdale contributing 25. Mrs. W. G. Gallowhar coordinates Scarsdale efforts, urging knitters and sewers to form groups or work at home during the summer. Layette items include dresses, jackets, waists, diapers, blankets, binders, and a blue white bonnet pattern with specific knitting instructions.
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Europe
Red Cross
Atlantic
Westchester County
Scarsdale
W. G. Gallowhar
Wilmont A C Defeats Eastdale in Weekend Baseball
Wilmont A C beat Eastdale A C 8 to 4 on Saturday. Battery for Wilmonts was Rocco De Meo and Frank Pugglici. Frank Dilly, star shortstop, caught the last liner with two on, ending the game. Umpires Bradford Burton and John Link.
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Wilmont A. C
Eastdale A. C
Wilmonts
Rocco de Meo
Frank Pugglici
Frank Dilly
Bradford Burton
John Link
Edgewood School closes with koto concert and class day
Fukiko Osawa entertained Edgewood pupils with koto music as sixth graders presented class histories poems and statistics. Edgewood beat Greenacres 12 to 11 in a recent baseball game, and Putnam County’s grand jury discharged with no cases due to no work.
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Fukiko Osawa
Edgewood
Helen Benedict
Beatrice Doernberg
Charlotte Wiggin
George Green
Used Cars Offer In White Plains Buick Service Ad
Oakland Sedans priced at 1885 and Touring Cars at 1235. Six Cylinder Valve-in-Head General Motors automobiles and a few good used cars showcased. Brown's Buick Service operates in White Plains N Y.
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Oakland
General Motors
Brown
Buick
White Plains
Closing week in Scarsdale schools highlights year end exercises
The Scarsdale village news front pages chronicle school year end exercises for boys and girls. The edition also notes appeals for clothing for East View Hospital children, scholarships, clinics, and Red Cross aid for babies in Central Europe, plus French government certificates awarded at the All-Scarsdale Fete and patriotic commemorations.
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Scarsdale
Village News
East View
Red Cross
Europe
Inquirer
Malcolm Pirnie
John W. Dickinson
Scarsdale Third in Westchester Field Day Contests
Scarsdale High School placed third in the Second Annual Westchester County High School Association Field Day at White Plains Fair Grounds on June 12. Ten schools competed with over 300 students. Pleasantville led with 97 points, followed by White Plains and Scarsdale. Scarsdale winners included Maitland Jackson Ralph Wilkinson Louis Newkirk and others across sprint, jumping and throwing events.
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Scarsdale
Westchester County High School Association
White Plains Fair Grounds
Westchester County
Pleasantville
White Plains
Rye Neck
Briarcliff
Rye
Bronxville
Hastings
Dobbs Ferry
Scarsdale High School
Maitland Jackson
Ralph Wilkinson
Charles Vilas
Louis Newkirk
Paul van Schaick
Maitland Jack
Scarsdale Girl Scouts Stage Double Play Night
Scarsdale Troop II opened with Jack in the Beanstalk directed by Mrs. Harold and Miss Majorie Dunn drawing laughs from the cow and giant’s family. Troop I followed with The Trouble that Is in It set in an Irish cottage, featuring Martha Dunlap Katherine Castle Ruth Speer and others. the show earned ninety eight dollars and five cents for the Scouts.
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Scarsdale
Inquirer
Troop II
Jack In the Beanstalk
Harold
Majorie Dunn
Elizabeth
Katrina Fountain
Jadas
Eleanor Phelps
Jack -Lowise van Doren
Negati Woot
Ida Arslanian
Troop I
Celia Galerity
Martha Dunlap
Nora Kate
Tommy
Katherine Castle
Ruth Speer
Esther Phelps
Lord Kenure
Starr Conger
Elsie Jarman
Kenure
Julia Winslow
Lester
Ober
Miss Dunn
Greenburgh School Ends Successful Year With Picnic
Greenburgh School finished the year with a pupil picnic on school grounds funded by the Home and School Association and teachers. Enrollment reached about 60 students, and two eighth graders, Emerson Stearns and Margaret Ackerman, graduate to high school next year.
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Greenburgh
Home and School Association
Emerson Stearns
Margaret Ackerman
New Scholarships and Clinics Highlight Charity Board Meeting
Mrs. Robert Walker and Mrs. John H. Katt joined about twenty others from area communities as new members of the Children's Committee of the State Charities Aid Association at a Lewisohn estate gathering in Ardsley. The program endorsed a Children's Court and more hospital facilities, noted fourteen scholarships for working-age children needing care, and urged clothing and shoe donations as demand outstrips supply.
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Robert Walker
John H. Katt
Scarsdale
Children’s Committee
State Charities Aid Association
Lewisohn
Ardsley
Adolph Lewisohn
Homer Folks
Lillian Quinn
Children’s Association
Westchester County
V. Ever
Miss Quinn
Yonkers
New York City
Macy
Clothing drive for East View tuberculosis patients urged
Mrs. Susan M. Baker of the Westchester County Tuberculosis Committee requests second hand durable clothing for about fifty sick children at the Tuberculosis Pavilion, Westchester County Hospital East View. Donations should be sent to White Plains or delivered to East View without prior notice.
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Guy Forbes
Nursing Association
Susan M. Baker
Westchester County Tuberculosis Committee
Baker
Westchester County Hospital
East View
Scarsdale
Court House
White Plains
Eight graduates with high record at Scarsdale High School
Closing exercises on June 17 celebrated eight seniors, four entering normal school and one to college. Ralph Wilkinson spoke for the class, Grace Terhune received the excellence medal, and the program highlighted music, dancing, original sonnets, and exhibit displays from Greenacres and Edgewood grades through first year high school.
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Scarsdale High School
On Castle
Grace Terhune
Margaret Dunham
Olivia Fountain
Alice Huntington
Katherine Rich
Mac Shepherd
Ralph Wilkinson
Carol Moore
Board of Education
Russell
Greenacres
Edgewood
Holds Spirited Fire Drill at Searsdale Fire House
Searsdale Fire Company No. 1 conducted a lively drill at the Sprague Avenue fire house last Thursday evening. A large turnout practiced fetching equipment from the truck and raising ladders in record time, with four-man teams coordinating to review Hook and Ladder details and overall gear.
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Searsdale Fire Company No. 1
Sprague Avenue
Searsdale
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