Recital duo Mathewson and Silva set for Dyckman Hall
Charlotte Mathewson and Viola Silva will appear in a joint organ recital at Dyckman Hall on Tuesday evening March 31 at 8:15. Mathewson, an accomplished organist and choirmaster with a long performance record in New York and across the country, and Silva, a noted contralto with a three month New England Canada tour, will perform works by Bach Gluck Brahms and other composers, with accompanying programs including a Schumann solo and a wide organ repertoire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Mathewson
Viola Silva
Dyckman Hall
Miss Mathewson
South
California
New York City
Holy Trinity
National Associations of Organists
Wanamaker
Bridgeport
Robert Miller
West End
Scarsdale
Miss Silva
New England
Canada
New York
Princess Theatre
Dickenson
Brick Church
Schumann
Stephen Townsend
Boston
320 Towns and Cities Zoned in 1925 Nationwide
The New York Evening Post reports 320 municipalities including New York Chicago Boston Baltimore Pittsburgh and Los Angeles had zoning ordinances in effect on January 1 1925. Total population exceeds 24 million. Areas range from major cities to small villages as zoning protects property use.
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New York Evening Post
New York
Chicago
Boston
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Los Angeles
United States
Division of Building and Housing
Department of Commerce
City of
John
Destruction of Two Million Egg Masses Reported
Westchester County Farm Bureau announces nearly two million tent caterpillar egg masses burned in bonfires on March 7. Four cities and eighteen townships contributed 1,827,661 masses saved by 4,067 pupils in 147 schools, counted by teachers. Hawthorne Public School No 7 won the cup. Daniel Lehning led with 15,875 masses.
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Westchester County Farm Bureau
Hawthorne Public School
Mount Pleasant
Daniel Lehning
St. Joseph's Normal Institute
Pocantico Hills
Two Princeton students named on honor list
Franklin Bethell son of Mr and Mrs Frank H Bethell of Richbell Road is among Princeton University’s twenty eight seniors in the first honors group. Yoshio Osawa of Heathcote Road from Kyoto Japan is in the second group and studied at Doshisha College before Lawrenceville and Princeton. Osawa plans to return to Japan after graduation and must learn French through English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Bethell
Frank H. Bethell
Richbell Road
Yoshio Osawa
Heathcote Road
Princeton University
Hackley Hall
Oxford
Samuel Woolverton
Osawa
Japan
Square Club Elects Officers and Trustees
At the Scarsdale Square Club annual meeting on Friday night March 20 at Dyckman Hall officers reelected were President Arthur Boniface Vice President George W Canfield Secretary W F Salter and Treasurer George W Both. Trustee Lewis C Thompson was reelected for three years. other trustees are John Cornell and N W Fellows. A record attendance favored a new program including initiation of new members choir singing marching patrol and the Egyptian Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Square Club
Dyckman Hall
Arthur Boniface
George W. Canfield
W. F. Salter
George W. Both
Lewis C. Thompson
John Cornell
N. W. Fellows
House Committee
Buick display shows 1925 closed models in ad
Brown's Buick Services of White Plains New York advertises 1925 closed Buick models on hand for demonstration and notes 15 years selling Buicks with some used models also offered.
Scarsdale Board Names Officials and Depositories
The Village Board designated the Scarsdale Inquirer as official organ, and named Scarsdale National Bank and Westchester Title and Trust Company as official depositories. William J. Short was appointed Chief of Police at 2300 dollars, and Charles M. Carter became Police Justice at 1500 dollars for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Inquirer
Scarsdale National Bank
Westchester Title and Trust Company
William J. Short
Charles M. Carter
Fox Meadow Estates, Inc
Fox Meadow
Ayres
Jacobs
Planning Commission
Police Justice Appointed In Scarsdale At $1500 Salary
Charles M. Carter of Scarsdale has been named village Police Justice at a salary of $1500 a year. The appointment was approved at the village meeting Monday night and Carter was sworn in. On Tuesday he sat in Police Court and heard auto law violations. Several locals, including A G Hester White Plains Dominic Venuti Tuckahoe and Tony De Renzo Yonkers, were fined for driving without licenses. Vito Rigello Arthur Lorenzo White Plains were fined for speeding on Post road. Ole Olsen Yonkers had his case for reckless driving suspended. Judge Carter said the new Police Judge will enforce the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Carter
Scarsdale
Carter
A. G. Hester
White Plains
Dominic Venuti
Tuckahoe
Tony de Renzo
Yonkers
Vito Rigello
Arthur Lorenzo
Post Road
Ole Olsen
Warter
Tennis Players in Training for Annual Singles Tournament
Fox Meadow Tennis Club reports courts nearly ready for play weather permitting with frost delays possible. The annual singles tournament begins late May with rivalries shaping up. past champions Garretson and Noble, and Haywood now target the title. Freezing conditions and indoor training fill the season as players prepare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Meadow Tennis Club
Garretson
Noble
Quaid
Haywood
Framework of Present Charter Cast in Rural Mold
William J. Wallin former Yonkers mayor and Westchester County Government Commission member outlines provisions of the proposed county government act. He notes the framework was designed to serve a rural community and urges favorable action and a referendum vote at the next general election.
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Mold
William J. Wallin
Yonkers
Westchester County Government Commission
Wallin
Ber
Enlarged Commission
Sun's Music Editor Will Speak in Scarsdale
William J. Henderson music editor of the New York Sun will address the Scarsdale Parent Teacher Association at Scarsdale High School auditorium on Wednesday April 1 at 8 15 pm. He will discuss How to Listen to Music and invites all to attend. Henderson is a renowned music authority and author of several books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Henderson
The
New York Sun
Scarsdale
Parent-Teacher Association
Scarsdale High School
Henderson
Fosdick to Lecture on International Relations in White Plains
Raymond B. Fosdick will lecture on International Relations at White Plains High School auditorium Friday April 3 at a quarter to eleven. The talk is open to the public and concludes a winter series of Contemporary Club lectures on current events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond B. Fosdick
White Plains High School
Contemporary Club
Dinner Dance Set At Scarsdale Golf Club
The Scarsdale Golf Club hosts a dinner dance on Saturday April 25. The committee requests reservations no later than Friday April 24.
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Scarsdale Golf Club
Licenses for Minors Pass Assembly Unanimously
The Kirkland-Fake junior automobile operators license bill authorizing licenses to minors sixteen and seventeen in rural districts only was passed unanimously by the Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Assembly
Scarsdale Meeting Debates Fox Meadow Apartment Plan
A large Scarsdale audience at Dyckman Hall heard Andrew Thomas outline a Fox Meadow development featuring at least forty acres of apartment houses and twenty-five multi family buildings. Residents pressed questions on school taxes property values and zoning with strong opposition to large scale apartments.
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Dyckman Hall
Scarsdale
Westchester County Realty Board
Andrew Thomas
Fox Meadow
W. P. Johnson
Thomas
Jacobs Brothers
Community Night at Scarsdale Golf Club
The Scarsdale Golf Club hosts Community Night on Friday April 17 with music by the Hotel Majestic orchestra from 9 pm to 2 am and bridge. Proceeds benefit the Woman's Guild. a Hitchcock Church joint committee invites newcomers to mingle with long-time residents. Tickets from committee members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Hotel Majestic
New York City
Woman's Guild
Hitchcock Church
George H. Smyth
J. D. Lester
John A. Appel
Richard Hunter
W. J. Scott
Dixon R. Fox
G. W. Stapleton
Clarence McMillan
H. M. Vanter
H. C. Babb
C. B. Kowenhoven
J. H. Purdy
Bramwell Geddes
Roosevelt Place Designated One Way During School Hours
Roosevelt Place in front of Edgewood School becomes a one way street from eight in the morning to four in the afternoon. Traffic enters from Edgewood road to the south and proceeds north to Ferncliff road. The rule eases confusion and congestion as students leave the building.
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Edgewood
Ferncliff
Roosevelt Place
Edgewood School
Edgewood Road
Ferncliff Road
Scarsdale Village News and Social Notes
The Inquirer reports on Scarsdale happenings and features a personal column inviting residents to keep in touch with friends through community notices and local updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Inquirer
Scarsdale
Two Thousand Register for White Plains Music Festival
More than two thousand have registered for a music festival to be held May 14 to 16 in White Plains under the Westchester County Choral Society and the Recreational Commission. Prizes will be awarded and judges are noted musicians. People may join by sending names to 617 Court Street White Plains or to local conductors in Yonkers Ossining Mount Vernon Tarrytown Briarcliff Manor Briarcliff area.
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White Plains
Westchester County Choral Society
Westchester County Recreational Commission
Bronx Parkway
Court Street
Yonkers
Women's Institute
Morris Gabriel Williams
Mount Vernon
School of Industrial Arts
Tarrytown
Clifford Dinsmore
Ossining
James Stanley
Briarcliff Manor
Andrew J. Vos
Scientists Buy Lot for Meeting Place in Scarsdale
Christian Scientists in Scarsdale have purchased a lot at Post and Drake roads to be held in trust for a future church building. A small temporary structure will be placed there for current services, replacing meetings once held in the Tavern. About ninety members are involved in the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
the Inquirer
Post and
Drake Roads
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Congregational Church
Hollins
Martini
Gavotte
Bach
Pergolesi
Gluck
Botsschaft
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Densmore
Wolstenholme
Schubert
Horatio Parker
Dickinson
Romance
Sibelius
Valse Triste
Princeton
Square Club
Inquirer
Village Board
Short
Pleuthner
Gray
Chalmers
Waters
Jackson
Cunningham
Valentine
Gaiger
Subway Olivery
Sec
Veatter Preuthner
Heathcote
Liggett Gray
Rev. Chalmers
Alan Chalmers
Bill Waters
Westchester
Sun
Heckle
Thomason
Women’s Guild
Men’s
Parkway
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