Quaker Ridge District approves budget and reelects Vargish
At Quaker Ridge School District annual meeting 28 attendees faced a chastising note on participation but unanimously approved the $896,101 budget and reelected Frank J. Vargish to another three year term on the school board. Harold Smith cited low attendance as a concern and urged duty to attend district meetings.
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Harold Smith
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Jerome Boxer
Jerome Urban
Arthur Ochs
Joseph Ballinger
Scarsdale Fund Drive Names Committee Heads
Joseph B. Ullman announces the 1961 Scarsdale Community Fund Committee chairs. Kinsey leads Pacemakers, Jenks heads General Solicitation, McDonald to oversee Corporations, Hackett chairs Business and Professional, DeWolf handles quotas and reports, Kaufman leads Promotion, Cox heads Publicity. Committees plan door to door drives, district structure, and promotional material for 20 participating agencies.
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Joseph B. Ullman
Scarsdale Community Fund and Council, Inc
Hartselle D. Kinsey
Boulevard
Barton P. Jenks VI
School Lane
W. Stewart McDonald
Garden Road
Robert S. Hackett
Fox Meadow Road
John W. DeWolf
Bell Road
Lionel Kaufman
Elm Road
Edwin D. Cox
Sunset Drive
Kinsey
Greenville
Kaufman
Cox
Yonkers woman sells Boxer puppies via Trader Want Ads
Mrs. John Doherty of Yonkers sold her Boxer puppies to buyers from Upper Westchester through Trader Want Ads. She praised the service, saying she will certainly use Patent Trader again. The ad promotes selling pets fast through the Trader Want Ads.
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Supply Co Plea Near 60 Percent Signatures
After a week and a half of canvassing to acquire Scarsdale Supply Company land the petitioners report about 60 percent of their goal. The village board requires raising $180000 or 0 percent of costs by Tuesday for acquisition demolition and improvement. Original request in February sought $135000 signed by 395 people representing over 9000000 in assessment. Oscar Sachs stated 246 signatures were affixed at a Monday night meeting.
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Scarsdale Supply Company
Oscar Sachs
Wynmer
Deadline Set Monday Noon For Submissions
The Inquirer announces a noon Monday deadline for routine organization church school and social news submissions starting with the next issue. Publicity chairmen are reminded that early copy may be given preferential treatment when space issues arise.
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Mobility Unit Closes After 12 Years of Service
After twelve years serving Westchester County, Mobility Rehabilitation Services will close on June 30. The decision followed a six week study by a Mobility Board committee citing mounting costs and insufficient contributions. The center at 427 Main Street in New Rochelle opened as a pilot rehabilitation project in 1949 and expanded to include a workshop in 1952.
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Mobility Rehabilitation Services
Percy E. Landolt
Main Street
New Rochelle
Mobility Board of Directors
Westchester County Council of Social Agencies
Scarsdale Junior League
Burke Foundation
White Plains
Mobility
Elmsford
Town fundreach for overseas tour of Our Town
A total of 4925.50 has been donated toward the Our Town Overseas fund, aiming for 33500 to fund a Europe tour for 25 high school students and five adults this summer. The plan includes departures July 1 from Putney and sailings to London, Holland, Warsaw, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Oslo with at least 19 performances.
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Europe
Thornton Wilder
John Hemmerly
George W. Paulf
Putney
Montreal
England
Seven Seas
London
Holland
Warsaw
Berlin
Copenhagen
Oslo
Pauffs
Hemmerlys
Robert Haseltine
Susan Fleisher
Edgemont approves 1 395 846 budget and elects two to board
Edgemont School District voters approve a 1 395 846 dollar budget for next year in a 114 to 9 vote. Dudley Hallett wins a new three year term and Vera Goldsmith replaces Yolande Ciricillo on the school board. A floor amendment to alter nominating committee rules was defeated.
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Edgemont
Seely Place
Jules Enrich
Dudley Hallett
Vera Goldsmith
Yolande Ciricillo
Democrats Debate Non-Partisan System Revisions
Town Club amendments approved voice district preferences and a representative woman on the Executive Committee, but direct elections were rejected. The caucus considered a compromise resolution blending the Town Club and Albert Foreman proposals, expressing both satisfaction and disappointment with the revisions.
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Citizens’ Committee
Woman's Club
Democrats Pick Levin for Town Supervisor
Arthur A. Levin of Valley Road was chosen by the Democratic Town Committee to run for town supervisor in November. Levin, a Dartmouth and Harvard Law graduate practicing in New York City, has been active in local groups and once worked with the Manhattan Project during World War II.
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Valley Road
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Greenacres Association
PTA
Greenacres
Jewish Community Center
White Plains
Dartmouth College
Harvard Law School
New York City
Betty
Levins
Ted
Leslie
Andy
McLAIN STREET Tops Boulder Brook Club Show
McLAIN STREET wins big at the Boulder Brook Club two day spring horse show. The report highlights top performer and judges choice amid a busy weekend of equestrian competition.
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McLain Street
Boulder Brook Club
Scarsdale Voters Approve 1961 62 Budget 190 To 90
Residents of the Scarsdale School District approve the 1961 1962 budget of 4 817 182 by a 190 to 90 vote. The tax rate rises to 41 753, board accepts resignations of Dean Francis Dezort and teacher Luva Lewis, and Margaret Madison and Josiah Willard are elected to the Board of Education. No amendments were proposed.
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Francis J. Dezort
Luva P. Lewis
Fox Meadow
Dezort
Scotch Plains
N.J
Miss Lewis
Edgewood School
Margaret Madison
Scarsdale Board of Education
Josiah Willard
Madison
Willard
Charles H. Dyson
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
White and Case
Overhill Road
Carthage Road
Pennsylvania State
Columbia
Heathcote Pta
Parent- Teacher Council
Scarsdale High
Regents Awards Expanded Add 38 Local Students
The State Education Department added 38 Regents College Scholarship recipients from Scarsdale Eastchester and Edgemont high schools as part of a broader legislative change allowing 7,861 more scholarships. Winners include Susan N. Alexander and Peter Rothschild of Scarsdale, Victoria Bodo and Alan Segal of Eastchester, and Peter Stein and Dan Sedgwick of Edgemont. The program offers annual awards of 250 to 700 dollars for four years with possible incentives of 100 to 300 dollars starting February 1962.
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Eastchester High School
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State Education Department
New York State
Susan N. Alexander
Cynthia P. Barnett
Ralph Hl. Bloch
Rhoda J. Cohen
Stuart E. Cotton
David M. Feldshuh
Debora S. Ginsburg
Janet 5. Kadan
Peter Kinzler
Clark A. Murdock
Cynthia A. Nottage
Lucy A. Ogden
Steven G. Rockmore
Peter Rothschild
Cora D. Star
Victoria Bodo
Toni Brown
Richard J. Bulger
Carol Ann Cunningham
Donald R. Dannemann
Ronald A. Deiso
Robert 5. Doolittle
Robert C. Everett
James C. Keenan
Howard V. Lambert
Martha Menapace
Caroll. Neustadt
Diane H. Schilio
Alan J. Segal
Peter E. Bronstein
Richard A. Clinchy
Meredith Coulter
Paul M
Next Inquirer Salutes Brides Photo Essay
The Inquirer previews a June wedding photo essay following a bride and groom from engagement ring purchase to the ceremony. The eight page pictorial section promises behind the scenes access and a celebration of brides everywhere.
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