Scarsdale to assume Weinberg Nature Center duties
Scarsdale Village will take on most costs and administration of the Weinberg Nature Center pending agreement with the Audubon Society. The center’s curator will be a village civil service employee with tentative annual running costs of 10 500 dollars and contributions from Audubon 2 500 dollars and Scarsdale schools at least doubling last year’s 500 dollars.
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Scarsdale
Weinberg
Audubon Society
Civil Service
Rutherford
Michael Shannon
Shannon
Scarsdale Audubon Society
Mamaroneck Road
Wilhelm Weinberg
Eliot Hirschberg
Audubon
Rogers Atwood Honored At Farewell Board Meeting
Ralph K. Rogers and Bernard D. Atwood were honored at their final Scarsdale Board of Trustees meeting. Each received a silver tray and tributes from trustees civic groups and officials. A post office special cancellation for Scarsdale’s 50th anniversary was proposed with possible first day covers under review.
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Rogers
Atwood
Board of Trustees
Ralph K. Rogers
Scarsdale
Bernard D. Atwood
Emily Hobbs
Mayor Rogers
Jules Wacht
lLeague of Women Voters
Heathcote Pta
Conference of
Neighborhood Association
East Scarsdale Association
Rudolf P. Berle
Alden Smith
Robert E. Delany
United States Post Office
Strangers From Europe Find Life At Scarsdale High
Two exchange students Arja Tuomari of Finland and Eivend Kris ten sen of Norway spend a year as seniors at Scarsdale High School. They compare European and American teen life, noting stricter memorization here, a feverish pace, and social differences in dating and casual talk.
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Scarsdale High School
Alice
Alex
Arja Tuomari
Finland
Eivend Kristensen
Norway
White Plains
Scarsdale High Schools
United States
Searsdale
Europe
Arja
Scarsdale
Eivend
Barbara Hofheimer
Ross Road
Paul Lane
Claremont Road
Three New Patrolmen Named To Scarsdale Police Force
Chief James Lyons announced three new patrolmen for the Scarsdale Police Force. Donald F. Moran 25 joins March 16 from White Plains staff and lives in White Plains. Richard P. Motko and Richard L. Freda join April 1, Motko from White Plains, Freda a shipping clerk with Burroughs Wellcome in Tuckahoe, both residents of Yonkers. The openings follow retirements and transfers from late 1964 and the detective squad reshuffle.
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Scarsdale
James Lyons
Donald F. Moran
Moran
White Plains
Richard P. Motko
Yonkers
Richard L. Freda
Earsdale
Burroughs, Wellcome & Co
Tuckahoe
Selection of Men from Westchester Police Eligibility List
Index Chief Lyons stated that the Men were chosen from the eligibility list supplied by the Westchester County police department personnel office after civil service exam grades and completed questionnaires. Patrolman Mo
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Lyons
Searsdale
Westchesterr County
1.8 Percent tax rise eyed in Scarsdale budget 65 66
The 1965 66 Scarsdale budget proposes a 1.8 percent tax rate increase based on an estimated $105 360 750 assessed valuation. The plan grows payroll, reduces state aid, adds five staffers and three firemen, while maintaining service levels amid village growth and new facilities.
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Scarsdale
Lowell J. Tooley
Tooley
Fire Department
Scarsdale Tax Rate Compared With Nearby Villages
Scarsdale surveys 11 neighboring communities to compare residential taxation. In 1963 the village ranked fifth from the lowest, and in 1964 only two communities had lower rates. The 1965 results were not yet available. The list includes Rye, Pelham, Pelham Manor, White Plains, Larchmont, Yonkers, Port Chester, Mount Vernon, Bronxville, North Tarrytown and Irvington.
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Scarsdale
Rye
Pelham
Pelham Manor
White Plains
Larchmont
Yonkers
Port Chester
Mount Vernon
Bronxville
North Tarrytown
Irvington
Scarsdale Plans 1965 66 Budget for Major Village Improvements
Scarsdale trustees propose a 1965 66 budget funding over $200 000 for drainage projects including Brewster Road brook regrading and Fox Meadow area work. Plans call for park upgrades at Crossway Field Colonial Acres Park and Brite Avenue area plus lighting modernization at village streets. Vehicle replacements amount to 62 700 and highway improvements at 200 000 with sidewalks and public safety measures totaling 65 000. A new Land Improvement fund with 15 000 starts, and 150 400 reserved for a new Village Hall likely to go unused this year.
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Brewster Road
Fox Meadow
Crossway
Colonial Acres
Brite Avenue
Scarsdale Supply Company
500 March To Demonstrate Sympathy With Selma Walk
Two Scarsdale youngsters led about 500 marchers in White Plains to honor civil rights workers en route Selma to Montgomery. The crowd walked one mile from Waller Avenue to Bethel Baptist Church ending with a memorial service.
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Selma
Scarsdale
Equal Rights
Montgomery
Alabama
Jimmie Lee Jackson
James Reed
Hilary Ballon
Carla
Charles Ballon
West View Lane
Waller Avenue
White Plains
Bethel Baptist Church
Fisher Avenue
Avery D. Post
South
Publisher to attend government relations workshop in Washington
Jerome Sill publisher of the Inquirer will join almost 150 editors and publishers at the Fourth Annual Government Relations Workshop of the National Editorial Association in Washington D C. The event spans three days with Capitol Hill briefings by Senate and House leaders and a visit to the Soviet Embassy among other military and government briefings.
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Jerome Sill
The
Inquirer
National Editorial Association
Washington, D. C
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Soviet Union
Heathcote School Teacher Named TV Show Teacher of the Week
Mitchell Berger of Heathcote School praises fifth grade teacher Robert Bomze in a letter that wins on Sonny Fox Wonderama. Mitch and Bomze were interviewed on the Channel 5 segment and received gifts including a construction set theater tickets and a Selectric organ for the music room.
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Heathcote
Robert Bomze
Televison
Sonny Fox
Mitchell Berger
Mr. Bomze
Neill
Derek
Mitchell
John Gass
Albert Bomze
Heathcote School
Mitch
Bomze
Channel 5
Sonjay Fox
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Timothy D. Sullivan
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Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
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Msgr. Caldwell
Glenn Montgomery
Edward Walsh
Peter Calandro
Raymond Poirier
Ted Tutera
Women's News
Wight
Gov't News Workshop
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