09 May 1917
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Newspaper
Scarsdale Inquirer
Location
Scarsdale, New York, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
1
The Parent Teachers will hold a meeting this afternoon at the High School where the annual election of officers will occur. Mr L L Thurber the historian will read a paper on work accomplished in the year and proposed plans for the coming year.
The Parent-Teachers group schedules another Community concert this Friday evening at the High School. A promising program has been arranged and is expected to be as successful and entertaining as the recent prior event.
Mr Ramar Garmony, once with Angell and Cont, answers the call to join the Mosquito Fleet as a gunner's mate. He is stationed at a2 joint near Key West after weeks of training in Brooklyn Navy Yard and motor boating in the Island Sound. Harold S foodhouse, f miont, Taintor House mention appears garbled.
On May 17 a first class circus will tour White Plains with tents side shows lemonade and popcorn. Ten percent of ticket sales go to the Red Cross plus 25 percent of each town ticket net. A tennis tournament on May 20 at the Westchester County Tennis Club in Hartsdale raises funds for the Red Cross with $1 entry and fifteen clubs already entered.
The South Scarsdale Civic Association met at the Borough Fire House with Mr. Marsh presiding. Proposals included replacing the bulletin board, cleaning 150 feet around Carman Avenue, and residents volunteering to fund the work. The group aims to clean any unkept area, weather permitting.
A inventor offers a revolutionary coating to the U S government and shipping interests as a patriotic gift. The paint allegedly raises visibility at sea by forty percent, reducing fog and glare, with potential use on merchant ships sailing to European ports and coastwise trade.
Scarsdale May 7 1917 readers recall protests over portable school structures at a April meeting. Louise Thurber cites Frances Perkins on the proposal noting fire hazard and questions about compulsory education compliance in the community.
County Food relief plans call for 150 men to be supplied by a special committee in White Plains. The Parkway commission will provide a ploughing team to any new farmer lacking teams upon application, hoping to ease obstacles to progress.
Last Friday afternoon Mrs. Tanner and Jarman’s Terrate reported bicycle thefts. Police searched roads to White and Cobb's Terrace but found no leads. No bikes recovered as officers issue an alert for matching bicycles.
The Scarsdale Suffrage Club held a post noon meeting in Mr. F. H. Bethells garage to discuss census taking. More than one hundred women volunteered, with calls for more registrants to speed the task.
A special meeting will be held in the Common School District building tomorrow evening to decide on authorizing a new school building and a tax levy of 25 000 to be paid in annual installments. Trustees C H Schock William and F G Whitney called the meeting.
Sutliff and Special Officer T. W. Ter r olice Headquarters report a boy named Josenict Brays Fat School in Pleasant jage Hall in the afternoon and claimed the boy who was delivered to him.
Scarsdale residents have been called to serve as trial jurors for Sarrogate's Court convening at the County Court House in White Plains. Names listed include Newcomb Cleveland Magna Renz Paul R Reynolds and Bradford R.
The Community Farmers press ahead despite cold weather opening the Wayside cottage as an information center for agriculture. Superintendent Mr. Fish will move in, with a telephone to assist, while women including Mrs G Harwood Behr and others run the first day. Potatoes can be secured at 3.50 a bushel for seed purposes.
Mr J W Dickenson presented to the High School a meteorite fragment from Santa Fe Arizona that fell in 1884 The entire meteorite was about feet in diameter and plunged about 1 feet into the ground For a year the cavity could not be approached due to intense heat He also donated a tree section from the Laur le forest to be shown in the School Library for exhibition
Varin and five local residents enlist in Company A of the 22nd Regiment. John Ericson Ed Bremser and J F Lilly are the other recent enlistees from Scarsdale joining the unit.
Mr Generazzo of Scarsdale faced Judge Mercer on a charge of dumping garbage on Paul McJunken’s property. The judge suspended the sentence for a week after Generazzo appeared on May 7.
A fire last Monday destroyed a car body owned by the Lesca Garage proprietor on Igwood Avenue. Fire engines arrived and the blaze was controlled after nearly all of the body burned away. Estimated damage stands at 1000 dollars. Cause of the fire is under investigation.
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