Village Election Next Tuesday Sets Four to Nine Polls
Polls open at Village Hall from four to nine p.m. on March 18 for Scarsdale residents on the registration books. Samuel B. Darby Jr. is the mayoral candidate for all three parties. Edward Ingalls heads the village trustee slate. incumbents Harry E. Humphreys and Winifred Hazelwood seek re election as trustees. Police Justice Burchard Dutcher’s name is omitted from the Republican list due to an oversight.
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Scarsdale
Citizens Party
Republican Party
Democratic Party
Burchard Dutcher
Republican Committee
Samuel B. Darby, Jr
Oak Lane
Darby
Darby and Darby
New York City
United States
Bronx
Westchester
Rockland
Fox Meadow Association
Edward Ingalls
Southwoods Lane
Robert M. Gates
Ingalls
Scarsdale Community Fund
Drake Road
Edgewood
Scudder, Stevens and Clark
Harry E. Humphreys
Brewster Road
Winifred Hazelwood
Fenimore Road
Bush
Humphreys
United States Rubber Company
National Association of Manufacturers
Hazelwood
Scarsdale Woman's Club
Westchester County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Parent Teacher Association
League of Women Voters
Dutcher
Police Justice
New Sugar Stamp Schedule Announces April First Change
The OPA announces that spare stamp No. 11 will be valid for ten pounds of sugar starting April 1 and continuing through September 30. Stamp No. 53 for five pounds expires March 31. A new ten pound stamp may be issued on July 1 if imports meet expectations, with possible additional ten pounds on September 30. No separate canning stamps will be issued this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Gift of radio phonograph to Fox Meadow School accepted
The Fox Meadow School PTA donated a radio phonograph and sound mirror, accepted with appreciation by the Board of Education on Monday evening. Superintendent Dr. Vernon G. Smith said the equipment could be used in all schools in time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Meadow
Board of Education
Vernon G. Smith
Church News and Society Highlights Across Pages
Local church events, society notes, theater listings, school reports, and women’s club activities are summarized from pages 14 through 21, outlining upcoming services, meetings, performances, sports summaries, and community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church News
Sports Society
Woman's Club
School Budget Public Hearing Scheduled for March 31
The Board of Education voted this week to hold a public hearing on the proposed budget for the coming year on Monday evening March 31 at 8 15. The Inquirer’s March 28 issue will outline the budget’s main features.
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Board of Education
the Inquirer
Nobody's Girl set for Scarsdale children’s play
The Clare Tree Major Company presents Nobody's Girl on Saturday March 29 at 2 30 pm in Scarsdale High School auditorium. Tickets go on sale March 19 to 21 at local elementary schools for non series holders. The Parent Teacher Associations sponsor with Mrs EB Broeniman, chairman, coordinating arrangements.
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Clare Tree Major Company
Nobody's Girl
Scarsdale High School
Hector Malot
Scarsdale
EB. R. Broeniniman
Fox Meadow Road
NKPM Names Gibbon and Wright to Indies Posts
The Netherlands Indies unit of Standard Vacuum Oil Company announces Harry A. Gibbon of Claremont Road becomes general manager and Albert Wright Jr of Scarsdale is named assistant general manager. Both will headquarter in the Indies. Gibbon, born in Bowie Texas and Rice University graduate, joined Standard-Vacuum in 1939 and moved to NKPM after WWII. Wright, Harvard 1922 graduate born in Havana, Cuba, joined NKPM in 1938 after oil field work in Venezuela and the Middle East, and has been production manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Gibbon
Claremont Road
Netherlands Indies
Nederlandsusue Kolonie Ptroleum Maatschappij
L. W. Elliot
Standard Vacuum Oil Company
NKPM
Standard Vacuum
Palembang
Sumatra
Elliot
Albert Wright, Jr
Scarsdale
Mr. Gibbon
Indies
Bowie
Texas
Rice University
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Standard-Vacuum
Batavia
Java
Mr. Wright
Venezuela
Plans for Westchester China relief campaign in April
Campaign committees prepare a drive for United Service to China in April, with thirty five local units across Westchester. The 1947 program focuses on education, medicine and public health, child welfare and reconstruction. Scarsdale High School will host a Chinese speaker in April to discuss education conditions in China.
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United Service To
China
Westchester County
United Service To China
Scarsdale High School
Scarsdale School Enrollment Shifts Reported
Dr. Vernon G. Smith reports a net twelve pupil decline in Scarsdale schools from last year. High School up two, Edgewood up three, Fox Meadow down twenty two, Greenacres up five, per the Board of Education meeting.
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Scarsdale
Vernon G. Smith
Board of Education
Edgewood
Fox Meadow
Greenacres
Parochial Bus Debate Returns to Scarsdale Boards
The Scarsdale Board of Education again weighs transport to the Immaculate Heart of Mary School after a petition from 25 residents mainly from Greenacres and Murray Hill. The matter was referred to the transportation committee with attorney Robert S. Gordon to join. The issue previously reached Albany in 1940, where state officials upheld the local board’s refusal. Also, Scarsdale honors Ralph A. McClelland, longtime supervisor, with memorial tributes from the Town Board and Westchester County Board of Supervisors, praising his public service and friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Greenacres
Murray Hill
Board of Education
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Maxwell E. MacDowell
Transportation Committee
Robert S. Gordon
Commissioner of Education
Albany
Department of Education
Scarsdale Board of Education
Harry E. Humphreys, Jr
Humphreys
Samuel E. Darby, Jr
Ralph McClelland
McCelland
Westchester County Board of Supervisors
Peope
Westchester County
Board of Supervisors
E. Gosman Halsey, Jr
Peekskill
Robert B. Stewart
New Castle
McClelland
Halsey
Stewart
AVC Plans Talk On UN Functions At Scarsdale Meeting
At the Scarsdale Amer ican Veterans Committee chapter meeting on March 17 at 8 15 p m at the Hitchcock Memorial Church Children s House Michael Fry Reuters chief correspondent in America will discuss the UN and its functions with a post talk discussion. A constitutional amendment will be voted on to set all dues payable on March 1 to aid the treasurer s work. Members are urged to attend to stay represented at the national convention in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
American Veterans’ Committee
Hitchcock Memorial Church
Michael Fry
Fry
Reuters
America
California
London
Lake Success
AVC
Scarsdale Recreation Budget Gets NY Youth Commission Aid
Albany announces continued state support for Scarsdale recreation, with $1,000 allocated to the village budget. The grant amount is calculated from local child population data and funds the upcoming year’s recreation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
New York State Youth Commission
Albany
Slate of Officers Named by League of Women Voters
Mrs. Mortimer Rothschild heads the nominating slate for the Scarsdale League of Women Voters at the Scarsdale Woman's Club meeting. Committee includes Mrs. Boyd J. Brown and others. Officers up for nomination include first and second vice presidents and treasurer. Annual luncheon and officer election set for Friday April 11 at 12:30 p.m. Reservations due by April 5 to Mrs. Joseph A. Despres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer Rothschild
League of Women Voters of
Scarsdale
Scarsdale Woman's Club
Boyd J. Brown
William J. Kelley
Grayson Kirk
Donald E. Mook
Harold E. Vehslage
Martin J. Brennan
Courtney Brown
K. C. Sebring
Harold M. Eddy
Dana H. Bigelow
Carl Mueller
Jean F. Carroll
Joseph A. Despres
Eton Road
Schools and Village Aided by New Bills
State Senator Pliny W. Williamson earned praise at a Board of Education meeting for helping pass bills in Albany to remove a local bottleneck on teachers salaries. Bills now await the Governor's signature. Scarsdale is among fifteen villages affected by the ruling that tied district and village taxes to a single two percent debt limit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pliny W. Williamson
Board of Education
Albany
Maxwell BE
McDowell
Scarsdale
State Education Department
Comptroller’s Office
Village lock-up criticized despite clean health report
The critic on the Village Board attack notes the lock-up was deemed clean by an official State inspection but argues a respectable, civilized community should be ashamed of its jail. Police Commissioner Robert M. Gates is cited as presenting the remark.
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Robert M. Gates
Shorter Fire Week Favored With Five New Positions
Fire Commissioner Paul M. Van Schaick urged the Village Board to add five firemen and adopt a shorter week. The plan would create four five-man groups to cover three houses, needing twenty-one men plus a chief to handle vacations and illnesses, with twenty-two on worst fires. The proposal aims to match neighboring towns and improve coverage.
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Scarsdale Fire Department
Paul M. van Schaick
Fire Department
van Schaick
H. Beach Carpenter
Scarsdale
Sears‘dale
Red Cross Benefit From Club Bowling in Hartsdale
The Hartsdale chapter of the American Red Cross raised over $200 from bowling matches at Scarsdale Golf Club last Sunday. J. Lester Van Name directed the event with about 135 attendees for partner draws and ensuing matches. Notable high scorers included Ruth Slauson with R. E. Thompson and numerous pairs with scores ranging from 1270 to 1094.
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Hartsdale
American Red Cross
Scarsdale Golf Club
J. Lester van Name
Ruth Slauson
R. E. Thompson
M. F. Smith J
Walter J. Collet
W. A. Cooper
G. A. Alexisson
E. R. Heffring
E. A. Clarke
War memorials proposed in Scarsdale village meeting
About thirty five ideas for war memorials were presented to the village war memorial committee by Trustee Norman H. Smeltzer. Proposals include a monument park swimming pool community museum recreation center hospital wing library wing and scholarship funds for graduate and undergraduate study. Mayor H Beach Carpenter announced two new members Charles B Gulick Jr and Mrs Louis M Bloomingdale joining the committee. The inclusion of areas outside Scarsdale’s political limits remains undecided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village War Memorial Committee
Norman H. Smeltzer
H. Beach Carpenter
Charles B. Gulick, Jr
Old Army Road
Greenburgh
Louis M. Bloomingdale
Wilmot Road
New Rochelle
Scarsdale
Mount Pleasant Board Overrules Objections on Radio Beam Station
The Mount Pleasant Board of Supervisors on Monday overruled objections to further increases in tax exempt property totaling twenty million dollars. The board voted to acquire one acre in Mount Pleasant for a radio beam station to support planes at the new county airport.
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Mount Pleasant
Board of Supervisors
Manna for Birds Drops Across Westchester Sky
Central Westchester residents saw low flying planes disperse about 500 pounds of mixed bird feed last Sunday. The maneuver, sponsored by the Southern New York Fish and Game Association, drew comparisons to aerial target practice, though birds appeared unfazed. Planes launched from Westchester Airport in Armonk Village at 10 30 a.m. after a week of waiting for clear weather.
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Westchester
New York Times
Southern New York Fish and Game Association
Armonk Village
Waste Paper Drive Sunday Seeks Local Aid
The Village of Scarsdale and joiners Green Knolls and Greenville hold the twenty first waste paper collection Sunday March 16. Paper at curb by noon and collection starts at 1 p m rain or shine. All paper types needed with emphasis on newspapers and magazines. Receipts have funded local organizations with 16011 50 to date. Girl Scouts serve refreshments. volunteers to report at Honor Roll at 1 p m.
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Scarsdale
Green Knolls
Greenville
J. Bradford Ricketts
Paper Salvage
Local Banks Adopt Saturday Closing
Scarsdale banks will be closed on Saturdays starting April 5 after board meetings. Rush Wilson, Scarsdale National Bank chairman, and Andrew Wilson Jr., County Trust Company president, said the move follows the General Construction Law of New York and mirrors a policy already announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and several large New York banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Scarsdale National Bank
County Trust Company
Rush Wilson
Andrew Wilson, Jr
New York
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Greenville Community Council Formed With Fifty Members
Quentin Smith Charles McAllister Mrs John Pershing Howard M Abbott and Reverend Theodore Brinckerhoff head the nominating committee for Greenville Community Council formed by fifty residents of Greenville School District No 6 Loring B Andrews serves as temporary president The council meets at Greenville Community Church House on March 6 and plans a charter meeting in the second week of April to elect its permanent board of directors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quentin Smith
Charles McAllister
John Pershing
Howard M. Abbott
Theodore Brinckerhoff
Greenville Community Council
Greenville
Loring B. Andrews
Greenville Community
William W. Blunt
George Cornell Appointed To Fill Post as Supervisor
George Cornell will fill the vacant supervisor post in Scarsdale following a Village Board vote. The new zoning ordinance, passed in executive session, will be published next week and take effect April 1 after full public hearing discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cornell
Scarsdale
the Inquirer
Slate Nominates Officers for Scarsdale Woman's Club
Mrs. Samuel EB. Darby Jr. was renominated to continue as club president at a Wednesday meeting. Incumbents Harris Wofford Lynn Clarke Albert Childs and Edgar Quesnel seek reelection. New nominees include recording secretary John Templeton treasurer Howard Failing and three-year directors Oswald Andersen Wesley Chase Paul Doherty Erskine. Election set for April 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel EB. Darby, Jr
Scarsdale Woman’s Club
Harris L. Wofford
Lynn B. Clarke
Albert C. Childs
Edgar G. Quesnel
John H. ¢C. Templeton
Howard S. Failing
Oswald Andersen
Wesley Chase
Paul Doherty
Robert S. Erskine
George W. M. Clark
Earl B. Breeding
Jay L. Rothschild
George Schlegel
Albert S. Swanson
Ray
New Officers Elected By Arthur Manor Ass'n
James E. Daly of Bell Road was elected president of the Arthur Manor Association at its annual meeting at Edgewood School Wednesday. He succeeds E. Newton Wilmington. Other officers named include Lloyd C. Carpenter vice president Edward H. Jackson treasurer Paul M. Harwick recording secretary Mrs Robert Jackson corresponding secretary. Directors for two-year terms are Clarence BE Darling Herman Zimmerman J R Keith chaired the nominating committee with Mrs H V Murphy Edward Jackson August Nelson and Mr Wilmington ex officio.
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James E. Daly
Bell Road
Arthur Manor Association
Edgewood School
E. Newton Wilmington
Lloyd C. Carpenter
Edward H. Jackson
Paul M. Harwick
Robert Jackson
Mr. Wilmington
C. Townsend Fuller
Clarence BE. Darling
Herman Zimmerman
New Overhead Traffic Light Installed at Popham Road
New Light Work completed this week installing the overhead traffic signal at Popham Road and East Parkway and removing the street standard.
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Popham Road
East Parkway
One Chicken Pox Case Reported in Scarsdale
A single chicken pox case was reported in Scarsdale during the last week. Public health officials note no other cases and emphasize standard precautionary measures for residents.
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Scarsdale
Dr John Krout Criticizes American German Policy
Scarsdale talk by Dr John Krout head of history at Columbia University critiques the US approach to postwar Germany. He praises a nonpartisan foreign policy while urging careful reconstruction that preserves rural Germans and criticizes division into zones and giving Soviet hands on key agricultural areas.
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John Krout
Scarsdale
Columbia University Graduate School
Scarsdale Woman's Club
Germany
Marshall
National Socialists
Junker
Scarsdale appoints George W. Cornell to fill supervisor term
George W. Cornell of Greenacres Avenue was named by the Town Board on a Republican recommendation to fill the unexpired term of the late Ralph A. McClelland. He will serve until December 31 with the November election deciding the next year.
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George W. Cornell
Greenack Avenue
Ralph A. McClelland
Cornell
Robert M. Gates
Harry EB. Humphreys, Jr
Humphreys
H. Beach Carpenter
Republican Town Committee
Gates
Pliny W. Williamson
Republican Committee
Williamson
Norman H. Smeltzer
Samuel E. Darby, Jr
Scarsdale
Winifred Hazelwood
McClelland
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Lock-Up
Red Cross
Community Council
Slate
Woman’s Club
Arthur Manor
J. R. Keith
H. V. Murphy
Edward Jackson
August Nelson
Carpenter
Mr. Gates
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