Local youths shine at Compton Memorial tennis tourney final
Dan Mayers of Scarsdale defeated Marty Greenstein of Mt. Vernon to win the Compton singles title as 119 players entered the seventh annual tournament. Doubles champs were Carl Norgauer and Lloyd Moglen from Yonkers and Mt. Vernon. Upsets marked the event with strong showings from Scarsdale contenders and an exhibition by Fox Meadow pro Bobby Stubbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Mayers
Harvard
Scarsdale
Marty Greenstein
Mt. Vernon
Compton
Carl Norgauer
Yonkers
Lloyd Moglen
K High School
Mayers
Dean Richards
Bill Greenawalt
High Ridge Rd
Richards
Norgauer
Moglen
Mites
Tom Schwarz
Peter Gott
Bob Smith
Scarsdale Boys
T.olayers
Schwarz
Bobby Stubbs
Fox Meadow Club
Jim Ever
Page Ten
Ohn Gass
Herbert J. Lewis
Eastern Umpires Association of
EB. L. T
Paul T. Sullivan
Fox Meadow Tennis Club
White Plains High School
Randolph P. Compton
John Parker Compton
Wilson Jr. High School
Earle Gatchell
Scarborough
William L. Foley
Scarsdale Recreation Dept
Recreation Dept Announces Varied Summer Program
Scarsdale Recreation Dept offers a broad summer plan for all ages with 450 plus children enrolled. Programs include summer play schools, arts and crafts, music, sports, swimming trips from July 9, and tennis, softball, and baseball activities at Butler Field and local courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Kridgewood
Greenacres
Edgemont
Family Service Hours Announced For Searsdale Residents
From July 1 through Labor Day the Family Service of Searsdale offices at 403 Harwood Building will be open Monday through Friday nine to four. Counseling for resident families individuals and couples with personal problems is available to summer residents. Service supported by the Scarsdale Community Fund and Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Family Service of
Searsdale, Inc
Harwood Bldg
Family Service
Scarsdale Community Fund and Council
Fourth of July admission tags available at The Inquirer
Contributions to the celebration may be made and admission tags obtained at The Inquirer office 862 Scarsdale Ave on weekdays nine to five and Saturday nine to one Residents are urged to secure tags to simplify Butler Field fireworks arrangements for July Fourth night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inquirer
Scarsdale Ave
Butler Field
Six ChurchesJoin For Union Services In Scarsdale
Six Scarsdale churches join for union services from July 6 to August 31. July services at Hitchcock Memorial Church and August at Community Baptist Church, with eight ministers from named local and regional churches leading each date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Hitchcock Memorial Church
Community Baptist Church
Theodore Brinckerhoff
Greenville Community Church
Douglas F. Verdin
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church
Hartsdale
James F. Scherfee
Alan R. Chalmers
St. Mary's Protestant Episcopal Church
Green Cove Springs
Fla
Thomas Sutcliffe
Poplar Methodist Mission
London
England
Edwin H. Lehr
Lutheran Church of the Redeemer
Edward C. Boynton
Scarsdale Congregational Church
George Hugh Smyth
Wilbur O. Daniel
Congregational Church
Community Baptist and
Hitchcock Memorial
Greenville
Redeemer Lutheran
St. Paul's
Scarsdale Congregational
Red Cross Names Committee Heads for Scarsdale Branch
Mrs. John G. McCulloch announces next year’s Red Cross committee heads for the Scarsdale Branch. Roles include Blood Donor, Disaster, First Aid, Recognition, Federal Grey Lady, Junior Red Cross and service groups with members such as Mrs. Sara L. Bach, George P. Drowne Jr, Mrs. Lewis V. Hohl and others. Summer hours begin July 1 through Labor Day, Mondays and Thursdays 10 to 12 in Room 305 Harwood Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. McCulloch
Scarsdale
American Red Cross
Sara L. Bach
George P. Drowne, Jr
Lewis V. Hohl
Leonce Marx
Grey
C. W. Kuhl
Red Cross
Manuel L. Rollins
Charles G. Loeb
Myron R. Grover
Theodore Sander, Jr
D. Robert Parman
Charles E. Hilton
Linwood H. Geyer
T. Edmund Beck
Charles White
Charles D. Morgan
Maurice Levy
H. R. Thalheimer
J. O.peckham
Wirt Leonard
Mildred Prior
Harwood Building
Village board hears plea to protect new playground turf
Trustee Harriet Krantz urged residents to keep off the grass in the swale area of the new playground. She noted grass plantings and ivy on the steep bank, where 200 ivy plants were torn out within two days. The board kept several items for future consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swale
Harriet Krantz
Central Registration Urges Residents to Register
Any resident who may be called out of town on business during the registration days next Fall is urged to take advantage of central registration from now until Sept. 26. Office hours of the Board of Elections in the County Court House in White Plains are nine to four on weekdays in June and September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Elections
White Plains
Fox Meadow Association mourns Dr. G S White
The Fox Meadow Association records the passing of Dr Grosvenor S White a longtime pediatrician and former Medical Board president at St Agnes Hospitality. Born after Harvard College and Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons he served Scarsdale children and civic life with patient diligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Meadow
Grosvenor
White
Scarsdale
Harvard College
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University
Medical Board of
St. Agnes
Leonard receives Tufts College award for service in periodontics
Dr. Harold J. Leonard of Round Hill Road receives the Tufts College distinguished service and leadership in periodontology at the Berkshire Conference on periodontology and oral pathology of Tufts College Dental School. Mrs. Leonard accompanies him. Their son Robert Leonard earned an MD at Western Reserve University during graduation exercises in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Leonard
Round Hill Rd
Tufts College
Berkshire
Tufts College Dental School
Westover
Lenox
Mass
Leonard
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Robert Leonard
Connecticut Adopts New Auto Insurance Law
A new motorists financial responsibility rule takes effect July 1 in Connecticut requiring $20,000/$20,000 personal liability and $1,000 property damage. New York law demands $10,000/$20,000 liability and $5,000 property damage. Connecticut residents who fail the mandate risk being barred from state roads after an accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
New York
Summer hours at Scarsdale Public Library extend Saturdays
Beginning July 5 the Scarsdale Public Library will open nine to one on Saturdays through July and August. Weekday hours remain 10 to 6 except Mondays and Wednesdays 1 to 9. Sundays and holidays closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Quaker Ridge District Voting On Schoolhouse Purchase
Voters in the Quaker Ridge School District Scar sdale set a Monday 7 30 p m meeting at the Griffen Ave schoolhouse to approve buying the building and grounds for 25000 with 10 annual installments of 2500. No bond issue will be sold. The hearing runs 7 30 to 8 00 p m and polls open 8 00 to 9 30 p m. The Griffen Ave site will house a kindergarten and first grade with a supervising principal and head teacher from the district staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Ridge School District
Scarsdale 2
Griffen Ave
Board of Education
Quaker Ridge
Greenville Plans For Civil Defense
Arthur T. Sutherland of the Greenville Civilian Defense Committee says Westchester is a target area and 50 percent of wardens will be women to avoid weekday paralysis. Plans with Greenburgh officials follow a continuing program. 30 Edgemont residents completed Red Cross first aid. Schools will keep children in place and mothers home during incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur T. Sutherland
Greenville Civilian Defense Committee
Westchester
Sutherland
Greenville Community Council
Charles W. Buckes
Greenburgh
Edgemont
Russell Jewell
Greenville
Board approves three substitute teachers for coming year
The Board of Education ratified three substitute teachers at a special Monday night meeting. Martha V. Long of New Philadelphia will teach at Fox Meadow. Elvira Luboff of Jackson Heights is expected to teach art at Edgewood. Joyce Lewis of White Plains will work in the High School library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Martha V. Long
New Philadelphia
Fox Meadow
Dennison (Ohio
Muskingum College
Ohio State University
Dennison
Elvira Luboff
Jackson Heights
Edgewood
High School of Music and Art
Queens College
Teachers College
Columbia
Nyc
Anderson School
Poughkeepsie
Manhasset
Roslyn
YWCA
Joyce Lewis
White Plains
University of Arizona
Pratt Institute
Bayside
Dr. Perera Named Delegate to Quaker Conference in Oxford
Dr. Charles A. Perera of Hathaway Road is scheduled as a delegate to The Third World Conference of the Society of Friends in Oxford England from July 28 to August 6. The meeting will explore Race Relations Concription Christianity in a Revolutionary World and other themes as about 900 delegates from 16 countries attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. ‘Perera
Hathaway Rd
Society of Friends
Oxford
England
Friends
United States
Anderson elected president of Home Missions Board
Dr. Howard Stone Anderson of Scarsdale Congregational Church was chosen president of the Boards of Home Missions at the June 23 meeting in Claremont California. The household name leader has served since 1946 as a director and since 1948 on the executive committee, previously leading churches in the Midwest and Washington DC. He also chairs the Howard University board of trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
Calif
Board of Home Missions of the
Congregational and Christian Churches
General Council] of Churches
Howard Stone Anderson
D.D
Scarsdale
Board of Home Missions
United States
Anderson
University of Omaha
Chicago Theological Seminary
Midwest
First Congregational Church
Washington, D.C
United Church of Bridgeport
Woman's Exchange Publishes Summer Schedule
The Woman's Exchange will be closed Friday July 4 and open Saturday July 5 from nine to one. Starting Monday July 7 it will be open nine to one daily except Wednesdays. On Friday August 1 the shop closes for the summer and will reopen Wednesday September 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Exchange
Heathcote School Bids to Open on July 22
The Board of Education set July 22 at eight p.m. at the High School for opening bids on the Heathcote School. Blueprints are being distributed to general contractors. Helge Johnson chairs the building and grounds committee with Superintendent Archibald Shaw and other board members traveling to Albany for final plan approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heathcote
Board of Education
Helge 5. Johnson
Archibald B. Shaw
Albany
Summer Knitting at Scarsdale Red Cross HQ
Mrs. Charles D. Morgan reports summer knitting at Scarsdale Red Cross in Room 305 Harwood Building. Lightweight yarn for size 12 children's sweaters and men's socks for the hospital is available. Office hours are 10 to 12, Monday through Friday. From Tuesday July 1 the headquarters will be open only on Mondays and Thursdays from 10 to noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland Pool
Rye
Edgewood
Greenacres
Recreation Dept
Scarsdale
Butler Field
Crossway
Robert Stubbs
Fox Meadow Club Pro
Chamber of Commerce
North Field
Wynmer Park
Scarsdale Red Cross
Harwood
Charles D. Morgan
Scarsdale High School tops honors in graduating class
Scarsdale High School reports 19 highest honors and 42 with honors among 220 graduates down from last year. Valedictorian Ann Austin, with 95 percent average, and salutatorian Elsa Weil led a ceremony featuring the senior orchestra and a new Alma Mater. Dr. Howard A. Rusk delivered the commencement address praising peaceful living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Archibald B. Shaw
Lester W. Nelson
Ann Austin
James A. Austin
Ardsley Rd
Elsa Weil
Norman Weil
Southwoods Lane
Sullivan
Francis Dezort
Herbert W. Hansen
Community Baptist Church
Kenneth Girvan Swan
Gail Wright
Rosalie Hohl
Joan Sherwin
Mendelssohn
Virginia Wessinger
Youse
Edward Parke MacDowell
Dr. Nelson
Saints-Saen
Edwin Sholtz, Jr
Virginia Weissinger
Goltermann
Howard A. Rusk
Greenacres Ave
College of Medicine
New York University
Howard A. Jr
Rusk
Elgar
Early Inquirer Presses A Day Early For Fourth of July
The Inquirer will publish Thursday July 3 due to the holiday. Deadlines shift: letters to editor and society news by Monday noon, photographs by Monday 10 a.m., all other news and display ads by Tuesday noon, and classified ads by Tuesday 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Inquirer
Chauncey Newlin Ends His Service On Education Rd
Chauncey Newlin of Heath cote Rd. ends five years on the District 1 Board of Education. George H. Rutherford lauds Newlin for forthright opinions and steady leadership during key issues like superintendent selection and consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey Newlin
Education
A. Chauncey Newlin
Heathcote Rd
Board of Education
District 1
Mr. Newlin
George H. Rutherford
Committee of Ten
Cancer Crusade drives Westchester to record fundraising
The 1952 Westchester Cancer Committee drive concluded with a June 11 victory dinner at the Apawamis Club Rye attended by 89 workers. County receipts reached $170,121.85 about 106 percent of the $160,000 goal, the largest sum in the committee’s history. Leaders from 22 communities earned awards for meeting or exceeding quotas. notable gains included Hartsdale and Garth Road participants. Local village totals varied from 74 to 300 percent of goal across municipalities like Scarsdale Bronxville Tuckahoe White Plains Tarrytown and Larchmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester Cancer Committee
Apawamis Club
Rye
Robert Denvir
Hartsdale
Albert Samstag, Jr
Garth Rd
Scarsdale
George B. Clifton
Bronxville
Tuckahoe
White Plains
Tarrytown
Larchmont
Village Activities Halted As Summer Arrives
The Inquirer notes June brides and graduation photos fill pages, forcing omission of many columns. With summer coming, village life slows and readers are asked for patience while the paper catches up in the next week or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Inquirer
The
Inquirer
Scarsdale School Board Sets Annual Meeting Time
The Board of Education of Scarsdale School District One will hold its annual meeting at 8 15 PM Tuesday in the High School board rooms on Brewster Road entrance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education of
Scarsdale
Brewster Rd
Howes Promoted to First Lieutenant in Korea
Robert A. Howes, married to Dorothy Wilkens, was promoted to first lieutenant while serving with the 45th Infantry Division in Korea. The unit, originally Oklahoma National Guard, now includes men from across the United States and has been in Korea since December. Howes is a forward observer in Battery A, 160th Field Artillery Battalion and arrived in Korea in March after entering the Army last June. He previously served in the USAF and is a West Point graduate with a bachelor of science degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Howes
Dorothy Wilkens
F. W. Wilkens
Taunton Rd
45Th Infantry Division
Korea
Western Front
Oklahoma National Guard
United States
Howes
160Th Field Artillery Battalion
Army
USAF
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Also Mentioned on This Page
Edgewood Playground
Polo Grounds
Ebbets Field
Yankee Stadium
Bronx Zoo
Rockefeller Center
Bonnie Briar Club
Red Cross Names Committee
G. S. White
Tufts
Dr. Leonard
Dr. Perera
Dr. Anderson
Home Missions National Board
Woman’s
H. S
J. Shrady
Post
Cancer Committee
Robert Howes
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