Mathias Named President Of Scarsdale Community Fund
David B. Mathias of Broadmoor Road becomes president of Scarsdale Community Fund Inc for the coming year succeeding Harold M. Eddy who moves to board president. Drive dates are set for October 25 and 26 with committee chairs named and new board members elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David B. Mathias
Broadmoor Road
Scarsdale Community Fund, Inc
Harold M. Eddy
Mathias
Archibald A. Talmage
Warner W. Kent
Lester R. Stewart
Edward D. Robbins
Samuel A. Harned
Henry Bloch
Park Road
Stuart N. Updike
Fort Hill Road
Mr. Mathias
Allen 8. Wilber
Chester R. Dewey
Arthur S. Meyer
Edward Ingalls
W. Stewart McDonald
George H. Rutherford
Robert F. Duncan
Social Service Council
Earl D. Breeding
John J. Link, Jr
Donald T. MacPhail
Carolyn Hall Grant
Scarsdale
Quaker Ridge Association
Community Fund
Williams College
Harvard Business School
Bankers Trust Company
New York
Italy
Allied Financial Agency
Boy and Girl Scouts
Scarsdale Reports Twenty-One New Chicken Pox Cases
Twenty-one new chicken pox cases were reported in Scarsdale during the past week according to the Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Health Department
News Index Highlights by Page and Topic
A brief index lists content across the paper with Churches on Page 18 Editorials on Page 12 Schools and Sports on Pages 13 and 14 Society items on Pages 16 17 20 21 and Theaters on Page 22 for reader navigation.
Merger Approved for County Trust Washington Irving Trust and Bank of Westchester
The State Banking Board approved the merger of County Trust Company Washington Irving Trust Company and the Bank of Westchester. Pending steps include stockholder approval and Federal Reserve Board consent for branch openings. The State Superintendent had issued tentative approval and final approval was expected soon.
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County Trust Company
Washington Irving Trust Company
Bank of Westchester
State Banking Board
State Superintendent of Banks
Inquirer
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Anne Wofford Wins Anne Cumming Memorial Tennis Title
Anne Wofford daughter of Mr and Mrs Harris L Wofford won the Anne Cumming Memorial tennis tournament on Sunday with a 6 2 6 4 victory over Rhoda Hopk ins of Woodhaven Seeded first she defeated Barbara McLaren of Princeton New Jersey 6 2 6 8 in the quarter finals and Anne E Drye of New York 6 0 6 2 in the semifinals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne G. Wofford
Harris L. Wofford
Anne Cumming
Rhoda Hopkins
Woodhaven
Miss Wofford
Barbara McLaren
Princeton
New Jersey
Anne E. Drye
New York
Redeemer Lutheran Church Breaks Ground For New Building
Under a bright summer sky on Sunday afternoon Redeemer Lutheran Church began construction at Murray Hill and Post Roads with greetings from clergymen and Acting Mayor Harry E. Humphreys Jr. The service on the Scarsdale Woman's Club lawn featured Rev Altman K Swihart, choir director Elizabeth Steele and organist John Gunnarson. Rev Glenn H. Rudisill urged faith and steady corner carrying as the project moves forward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Murray Hill
Post Roads
Harry E. Humphreys, Jr
Scarsdale Woman's Club
Altman K Swihart
Elizabeth Steele
John Gunnarson
Carl Mauborgne
George H. Amick
Glenn H. Rudisill
Saint Paul's Lutheran Church
New York City
Jesus
Dual Form of War Memorial Suggested for Scarsdale
The War Memorial Committee recommends a permanent World War II memorial in Boniface Circle beside a dedicated memorial room in the new Village Library. The plan includes bronze plaques and a potential design contest, plus an endowment for library books and a Memorial Day dedication target. The cost aims around 10 000 for the monument and 15 000 endowment, funded by public subscriptions and village funds.
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Scarsdale
Boniface Circle
War Memorial Committee
Norman Smeltzer
Samuel E. Darby, Jr
Public Property
Board
American Red Cross
Fourth of July celebration in Scarsdale planned with multiple events
Scarsdale residents will enjoy a full Fourth of July program from mid morning to midnight. Greenacres Greenacres Field games begin at 9 30 a m, Crossways Field at 10 30 a m, and Davis Park at 2 p m with prizes to be awarded. Butler Field hosts music by the Army Air Corps Band and a Color Guard competition at 4 p m and a band concert at 5 30 p m. The massing of colors is at 7 45 p m followed by prize awards and an 8 15 p m ceremony with Senator Williamson as MC. Fireworks run 9 15 to 10 p m, then dancing. Mayor Darby attends multiple events and volunteers coordinate hospitality and receptions for Army guests. The Starner Tree Service aids in mosquito control. Contributions and tag pickups are urged at the Inquirer office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenacres Association
Greenacres Field
East Scarsdale Association
Crossways
Arthur Manor Association
Davis Park
Scarsdale N
Butler Field
Army Air Corps Band
Pliny W. Williamson
George Hugh Smyth
Samuel E. Darby, Jr
Paul Doherty
Herbert W. Hansen
Paul W. Cates
Elmsford
AAC
Rene Leveille
Thomas Schoonmaker
Darby
Crossways Field
Woman's Club
Starner Tree Service
Office of the Inquirer
Class of 47 Says Farewell To Scarsdale High School
Due to the Fourth of July holiday the Inquirer will publish Thursday morning. All church, society and sports news must reach the office by Monday. all other news by Tuesday noon. Display ads due Tuesday noon. classified ads by Tuesday four o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale High School
the Inquirer
Van Name Heads Scarsdale Bowl Committee
J Lester Van Name of Green Acres Avenue will chair the Arthur Boniface Scarsdale Bowl Fund committee this year. The Scarsdale Foundation announced the appointment and noted the fund honors civic contributors in Scarsdale. Van Name, active in village life, has led the Town Club and Scarsdale Golf Club and now presides over Despard and Company in NYC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lester van Name
Greenacres Avenue
Arthur Boniface
Scarsdale Foundation
Scarsdale
Boniface
van Name
Scarsdale Golf Club
Despard and Company
New York City
Sports Program Opens July 7 at High School Grounds
The program runs daily from 9:30 to 1:30 starting Monday July 7 on the High School grounds. Supervisor of boys activities is Charles H. Chrystal former Tuckahoe coach with NYAC Day Camp and Eastchester Recreation Dept. Grace Creavy leads girls activities with prior roles at Edgewood Camp MacArthur and Eastchester schools. Baseball forms a team to represent Scarsdale in a Westchester County tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Chrystal
Tuckahoe High School
Crystal
New York Athletic Club
Eastchester Recreation Department
Scarsdale
Westchester County
Westchester County Recreation Executives Association
Summer Reading Club Opens at Scarsdale Library
The Scarsdale Public Library hosts an Around the World Vacation reading club for children ages seven to fourteen staying at home. Interested participants should visit the Children's Room to receive a passport and join. The program begins Saturday June 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Public Library
Dr Smith Gave Commencement Address at Scarsdale High
Scarsdale High School held its 1947 graduation Friday evening with 119 girls in white gowns and 100 boys in maroon marching to Mendelssohn. Dr Vernor G Smith, superintendent, spoke on The Voyage of Life urging students to become masters of their ships through self discipline and purposeful plotting of their life courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale High School
Nelson
Vernor G. Smith
Scarsdale
Bandersnatch
Dr. Smith
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Local Community Fund
Talmage
Richard P. Windisch
Austin Brown
William J. Edmonds
Willard A. Riggins
Donald F. McCall
H. Foster Robertson
Kurt R. Vogel
Blank & Stoller
News Index
Anne Wofford
James Harry Price
Church of St. James the Less
Humphreys
Magdalen Gass
New Redeemer Lutheran Church
Mr. Smelter
Lewis M. Bloomingdale
Alan R. Chalmers
Ben R. Clark
Benjamin W. Dyer, Jr
M. F. Griffin
Charles B. Gulick, Jr
Charles H. Hammarstrom
G. Stanley McAllister
Peter J. Murphy
Walter E. Myers
Lester W. Nelson
Peter W. Quinn
Curtis G. Schillerstrom
Dyer
Gulick
Wofford
Hammarstrom
Murphy
Myers
Silverstone
Swertinger
Wilmington
Scott
Wilber
Edward Adler Weisman
Beethoven
Robert McCook Jordan
Brutus
Jobu Gass
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