Scarsdale Manor Approves School Plans and Five Election Propositions
At a Wednesday night Scarsdale Manor Association meeting at Edgewood school, resolutions endorsed the current Scarsdale school administration, village zoning, and expansion plans. Voters will consider five propositions at the March 17 village election. The group also backed a shade tree commission and urged home–school cooperation and broader association coordination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Manor Association
Edgewood
Scarsdale
Board of Education
Bishop Lloyd Urges Youth Work Plan At Westchester Luncheon
Bishop Lloyd urged immediate preparation of a church youth program for Westchester parishes at a March luncheon for Episcopal clergymen at the Cosmopolitan Club in New York. Twenty one parishes were represented as reports showed activity. The conference favored leadership for older youths and coordinated confirmation classes with corporate communion to deepen church outreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd
Westchester County
New York
William Neely Colton
St. Barnabas Church
Irvington
Bishop Lloyd
Charles W. Baldwin
Scarborough
H. Adye Prichard
St. Mark’s Church
Mount Kisco
Theodore Sedgwick
St. Andrew's Church
Yonkers
Alan R. Chalmers
St. James the Less
Scarsdale
Women Discuss County Charter Meeting in New York
A large group of Westchester women from Mount Kisco to Yonkers gathered at the Allerton in New York on Friday March 6 called by the League of Women Voters to discuss the county charter before the Legislature. They cited two main objections health and police services and excess power for the county president. Two resolutions were passed urging legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County
Mount Kisco
Yonkers
Allerton
New York
League of Women Voters
Dey
Pelham
League
Buick Models Shown In Brown's Advertisement
Brown's Buick Service in White Plains New York promotes 1925 closed and open model demonstrations. The ad notes 15 years of Buick sales experience and mentions both new and used closed models on hand for customers to inspect.
Haywood Elected President of Fox Meadow Tennis Club
The Fox Meadow Tennis Club elected Alfred W. Haywood president Liggett Grey vice president Rudolph Culver treasurer and Kelvin Evans secretary at a Monday meeting held at Arthur F. Driscoll's home. The treasurer reported strong finances with all bills paid and a $900 bank balance.
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Fox Meadow Tennis Club
Arthur F. Driscoll
Crane Road
Alfred W. Haywood
Liggett Grey
Rudolph Culver
Kelvin Evans
Messrs. Driscoll
Kent
Taylor
Stowell
Pierson
The
Tennis Realty Co
Tennis Club
Tennis Realty Company
Fox Meadow Plans Include Thirty Multi-Family Houses
Fox Meadow Estates representatives urged the village board to rezone to allow a development on about forty acres. Jacobs Bros. plans call for up to thirty large multi family houses, each one to two acres, with eighty feet between buildings and no stores or apartments without a rail station. The developers claim over two million dollars will be invested and argue zoning must consider aesthetics against legal precedents. (Continued on page two).
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Fox Meadow Estates, Inc
Scarsdale
Fox Meadow
Frederick Close
Lastchester
Jacobs Bros
Butler Tract
Andrew Thomas
Close
Thomas
New York Central
Hartsdale
Town Club Backs Westchester Charter for voter approval
The Town Club approved a proposed Westchester county charter at its March 5 meeting and urges placing it before voters in November. The City Charter Committee noted the archaic county government and recommended transferring administrative functions from the Board of Supervisors to a small group of elected officials.
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the Town Club
Westchester County
Messrs
Roderick Stephens
Thorne Baker
Frank Bannerman
George W. Field
William C. White
Westchester
Judge White
Board of Supervisors
Village Holds Egg Mass Burning Contest Winners Soon
The ceremony burned thirty thousand tent caterpillar egg masses behind the Village Hall. Village Clerk John Ross presided with Mr. Franklin Henshaw and the janitor as witnesses. Scarsdale students collected the masses for a silver cup prize from the County Farm Bureau. The winners will be announced after collecting ends.
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John Ross
Franklin Henshaw
Scarsdale
County Farm Bureau
Department Warns Against Grass Fires
The Fire House received many calls this week about grass fires and the department urges caution when burning grass to prevent spreading to nearby homes. A weekend fire at Fenimore Country Club garage on Old Mamaroneck Road destroyed a club car and farming implements, with losses around 25000 dollars. White Plains and Scarsdale departments helped prevent spread to the west side.
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Fenimore Club
Fenimore Country Club
Mamaroneck Road
White Plains
Scarsdale
West Wit
Scarsdale Residents Pledge $500 Reward for Hit-and-Run Arrest
Twenty Scarsdale citizens contribute to a five hundred dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who, on the evening of February 19 1925 at about a quarter past eight along Post road north of Tompkins road, struck and seriously injured Henry M Lydenberg a village official while recklessly driving an automobile. Roderick Stephens heads the list with H FE Lesan of the Grange also contributing. The reward aims to curb similar accidents.
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Scarsdale
Post Road
Tompkins Road
Henry M. Lydenberg
Roderick Stephens
H. FE. Lesan
The
Grange
Lydenberg
Village Election Set With Five Propositions
Polls open Tuesday, March 17 from 4 to 8 P M at Village Hall for Scarsdale residents to elect a village president three trustees and a treasurer. Propositions include establishing a Police Justice bond issues highway improvements water service extension and a motor pumping fire engine purchase. Propositions 1 and 2 on voting machines. 3 4 5 on paper ballots.
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Post and
Popham
Police Justice
Scarsdale
Fox Meadow Road
Crane Road
Spencer Place
Parkway
Chase Road
Hearing on County Government Act in Albany
A public hearing before the Senate Committee on County Government Act will be held on Wednesday March 18 at 2 00 PM in Albany to hear testimony on proposed county government reforms. The event invites stakeholders including local officials and residents to testify.
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Senate Committee On
Albany
Westchester Night to Feature Gov. Smith as Speaker
Gov. Smith will be the principal speaker at the fifteenth annual Westchester County Chamber of Commerce dinner on Friday March 20 at the Biltmore. The event, dubbed Westchester Night, aims to unite leaders from business public and professional life with delegations vying for large attendance. Tickets reserved by mail or phone through Ivan Flood White Plains.
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Gov. Smith
Westchester
County Chamber of Commerce
Smith
Westchester County Chamber of Commerce
Biltmore
Chambers of Commerce
Rotary
Lions Clubs
Lions Clubs, Women's Clubs
Golf
Westchester County
Ivan Flood
Martine Avenue
White Plains
New York City
Murray Hill
Collin Armstrong
Roderick Stephens
O. H. Cheney
Harry B. Vincent
Westchester County Bankers Association
Fred P. Close
Board of Supervisors
G. A. Slater
Mary G. Hamilton
County
Susan Baker
Westchester County Tuberculosis Association
George J. Werner
William Delavan Baldwin
Westchester County Park Commission
John G. Agar
Westchester Transit Commission
Growth in Westchester County Population From 1786 to 1920
The State Comptroller's Yonkers prepared table shows Westchester rising from 20 554 in 1786 to 344 436 in 1920, approaching half a million. Vincent Murphy notes New York's first census occurred in times when Indians opposed road traffic. Continued on page eight.
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Westchester
State Comptroller's
Yonkers
Vincent B. Murphy
New York
Schuyler
Greta Masson Sings at Dyckman Hall Tonight
Dyckman Hall reached capacity last Sunday as Master Robert S Miller Jr performed and a film of The Twenty third Psalm played. Tomorrow at seven Greta Masson, a prominent concert singer, will perform in the same venue.
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Dyckman Hall
Robbert S. Miller, Jr
Master Miller
Jesus
David
Greta Masson
Miss Masson
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Underhill
Manor Association Inctorses
Mr. Cornell
John Cornell
Association
Ralph S. Underhill
Canon Prichard
A.W. Haywood
Andrew J. Thomas
Village Board
Town Club
Franklin Q. Brown
Chamber
Dyckman
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