Twenty-Four Book Awards for Library Quiz Winners
The Friends of the Scarsdale Library announce twenty four prizes for the "Your Turn with the Book Worms" quiz next Tuesday May 13 at the Woman's Club. Frederick Lewis Allen will host questions on books authors and history to determine winners among Scarsdale residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends of the Scarsdale Library
Frederick Lewis Allen
Harper's Magazine
Scarsdale
Woman's Club
New York
Lewis Carroll
Hiroshima
John Hersey
Paul M. Angle
Treasury
Stephen Foster
Robert Penn Warren
Adelle Davis
Milfred Walker
Harcourt, Brace and Co
George Snell
Washington Irving
van Wyck Brooks
Sigmund Freud
W. S. Gilbert
Random House
Lucius Beebe
Quebec
Amy and Thornton
Oakley
Webster and Zorn
Appleton-Century Co
Samuel Chamberlain
Laura L. Hinckley
Hastings House
Eight East Parkway trees cut for road widening
Commuters report eight large trees on the west side of East Parkway between Popham Road and Spencer Place felled for road widening. Ten smaller trees will be planted in their place, curbing and sidewalk moved back five feet, with the extra space added to the east side and median parking relocated.
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East Parkway
Popham Road
Spencer Place
Republicans Plan Adjourned Caucus On Non Partisans
Grace N. Green acting chair of the Republican Town Committee announces an adjourned August caucus for September or October to reconsider the February 24 1947 resolution on non partisan candidate selection in village and town offices. The party may endorse or nominate its own choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace N. Green
Republican Town Committee
Lew Lehr to MC Children to Palestine Benefit in Scarsdale
Lew Lehr will MC the Children to Palestine benefit at Scarsdale Theater on Wednesday May 28. The event supports Youth Aliyah Hadassah and rescues European displaced persons children for rehabilitation in Palestine. The program features Dunninger with further acts to be announced, and poster contest results will be revealed next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Theater
Lew Lehr
Scarsdale
Hadassah
Europe
Palestine
the Inquirer
Lew
Philadelphia
Scarsdale Lions Club Gifts Trailer to Scout Troop One
The Scarsdale Lions Club presented a new trailer to Boy Scout Troop One to aid camping programs. Attendees included troop members, parents, and Lions led by Joseph Davis as Dr Maurice L Woodhull was out of town. Patrol contests followed with Flying Eagle, Tiger, and Sea Gull patrols earning top places and a Philmont Ranch film shown afterward. Ronald Lockhart and Gary Ormiston were noted among attendees and inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Lions Club
Joseph Davis
Maurice L. Woodhull
Gomer Reese
George Gough
Crawford Moore
James Wiswell
Alfred Malesardi
Paul R. Brown
James Cleveland
Flying Eagle Patrol
Tiger Patrol
Philmont Ranch
New Mexico
Ronald Lockhart
Gary Ormiston
John Gass
Robert Luckhardt
Troop
The
Cyril V. Miller
Davis
County Exec Rejects Union Labor Local Law Bid
County Executive Herbert C. Gerlach rejected a Build ing and Construction Trades Council proposal to require county work with nonregular employees to employ union members. He said the measure would be illegal costly to taxpayers and undemocratic and contrary to county policy.
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Building and Construction Trades Council of
Herbert C. Gerlach
Green Acres PTA elects new officers at April meeting
Mrs Edwin F Armstrong was elected president of the Green Acres Parent Teacher Association at the annual meeting held Monday April 28 at the school. Elected also were Mrs Clarke Harris vice president Mrs Edwin Nooney secretary and Mrs Arthur M Van De Water treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin F. Armstrong
Greenacres Parent Teacher Association
Clarke Harris
Edwin Nooney
Arthur M. van de Water
Newspaper sections index listing content pages
The index lists the Church News on page 20 Editorials on page 14 Schools and Sports on pages 16 and 17 Society on page 18 Theaters on page 22 and Woman's Club on page 19 to guide readers through town sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church News
Woman's Club
Edgemont District Elects Noble and Henson to Board
In Edgemont Union Free School District No. 6 Greenburgh voters reelected Mrs Liston Noble and P Truman Henson to three year board terms. They approved a 1947 48 budget of 340 720 with a 14 87 tax rate and funded 12500 for new playgrounds south and west of the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Free School District No. 6
Greenburgh
Edgemont School
Liston Noble
Lynwood Road
P. Truman Henson
Ardsley Road
Board of Education
Loring B. Andrews
Delhi Road
C. Neal Barney
Barclay Road
Edgemont
State Post-War Planning Commission
Edgemont PTA to Honor Moyle and Ten-Year Faculty
The Edgemont School PTA will honor William D. Moyle for ten years as principal and recognize faculty with ten or more years at a reception after the annual meeting and officers election on Wednesday May 21 at 8:30 p.m. in the school gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale High School
Parent Teacher Association
William D. Moyle
Edgemont
Edgemont School Parent Teacher Association
Health Report Records Scarsdale Chickenpox and Measles
Health Department notes last week two chicken pox cases and five measles cases in Scarsdale. Public health officials urge vigilance and monitoring for spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Health Department
Tax Boost Voted At Quaker Ridge
Residents of the Quaker Ridge School district voted to raise the tax rate from 9.76 to 18.75 dollars for a budget of 87 195 dollars. The boost funds a new building opening in September expanded curriculum and higher salaries as faculty grows from five to seven. Gerald S. Stone won a three year school board seat with 35 votes against Hugh M. Cor rough and Walter C. Howe Jr. Edward Rogers was elected clerk and John R. Wood Jr. becomes treasurer.
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Quaker Ridge
Gerald S. Stone
Broadmoor Road
Hugh M. Corrough
Herkimer Road
Walter C. Howe, Jr
Edward Rogers
Penn Road
John R. Wood, Jr
Griffen Avenue
County Opposes Special Education Taxes Under New Law
Westchester County Executive Herbert C. Gerlach led opposition to county level special educational taxes authorized by a new state law. The Board of Supervisors backed the protest but postponed action to June. Messages against county taxes on retail trades, beverages and vehicles poured in with no endorsements, while concerns rose over a projected extra one million dollars needed for rising school costs next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert C. Gerlach
Westchester
Board of Supervisors
Watch Your Numbers With New Area Codes
Residents face dialing headaches as Scarsdale changes to four digit local numbers. A Scarsdale Woman's Club volunteer spends days answering calls due to misdialing from Scarsdale 3-24 instead of 3-002. All local lines now begin with Scarsdale 3 and numbers are padded with leading zeros to four digits.
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Scarsdale
Scarsdale School Meeting Honors Editorial Cooperation
Scarsdale officials praise teamwork after a unanimous decision recognizing Frederick A. Korsmeyer of 21 Donellan Road for aiding in Pulitzer prize winning editorial writing. William H. Grimes of The Wall Street Journal credited Korsmeyer with essential collaboration as the pair drafted most editorials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick A. Korsmeyer
Donellan Road
William H. Grimes
The
Wall Street Journal
Korsmeyer
Town Club set to elect officers at annual meeting
The Town Club will elect officers board governors and committees next Thursday at 8 15 p m in the High School auditorium. Medals and life memberships will honor long serving members while eight new members join. Reports from education Boy and Girl Scouts public health safety and civic celebration will be given. Retirement gifts and a social hour follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Governors
George B. Clifton
William H. Conant
Gordon C. Hunger
Robert S. Hackett
Arthur G. Bouton
Richard R. Hunter
Harry M. Lydenberg
Frank B. Nairne
Town Club
H. Beach Carpenter
Robert M. Gates
Gertrude D. Brown
Robert 8. Gordon
Ralph E. Pickett
Board of Education
Spencer Scott
Alan Gregg
William Archibald
William B. Stitt
Allen S. Wilber
Temporary Toll Booths Planned on Saw Mill and Hutchinson Parkways
Temporary toll booths of timber will be erected on the Saw Mill River and Hutchinson River Parkways to collect tolls around July 15, after delays on prefabricated steel booths. The earlier September 1 date was abandoned amid criticism at the Board of Supervisors meeting.
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Saw Mill River
Hutchinson River
Board of Supervisors
Golf Winners Tie In Scarsdale Class A Match
J L Elliot with 79 7 72 and J W Elgo 82 10 72 tied in Class A at Scarsdale Golf Club in an eighteen hole medal play event. Peter Quinn won Class B with 64 19 75. Elgo and Quinn also won the ball sweepstakes. No scores were logged Sunday as weather ruined play.
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J. L. Elliot
J W. Elgo
Scarsdale Golf Club
Peter Quinn
Elgo
Quinn
Arthur Manor Meeting Features Atomic Bomb Talk
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, noted nuclear chemist, will present an atomic bomb talk at the Arthur Manor Association meeting next Wednesday evening May 14 at 8 15 at Edgewood School. The program includes sound effects music and dramatic episodes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn T. Seaborg
Arthur Manor Association
Edgewood School
Scarsdale Board of Education elects new members and honors retirees
G Stanley McAllister and George Rutherford win three-year terms while A Chauncey Newlin and Mrs Frederick W Brown join the board. Mrs Brown receives one year to fill a vacancy. Retiring members Mrs Brown and Mr Gordon lauded for long service. Budget set at 1 114 493 with a tax rate of 17 682.
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G. Stanley McAllister
George H. Rutherford
Board of Education
A. Chauncey Newlin
Frederick W. Brown
McAllister
Rutherford
Mr. Newlin
Brown
Ralph E. Pickett
J. Newton Nash
George A. Marsh
Charles Perera
Richard Windisch
George B. Clifton
William Britton Stitt
Citizens Nominating Committee
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Friends of the Library
Plan
Children To Palestine
Benefit
M. C
News Index
Noble
Henson
Frank T. Zinn
Stuart N. Updike
Leon Leighton
Haddon Road
Samuel A. Harned
Russell C. Jewell
Mount Joy Avenue
Edgemont P.T.A
Moyle
Ruth Landis
Eleanor Mason
Alberta Terwilliger
Esther Hagar
Martha Sternal
Frances Cooper
Katharine Gerkin
Frank Dunsmore
Preston Taylor
Norman Meglathery
PTA Executive Board
Willard A. Pleuthner
Old Army Road
Health Report
Arthur Manor
Mrs. Brown
Mr. Gordon
Geo. Marsh
Mr. Rutherford
Gaius W. Merwin
Maxwell E. McDowell
Merwin
Kenneth Gould
Vernon G. Smith
League of Women Voters of
Gordon
Carret
Albany
State Department of Education
Lloyd Carpenter
McDowell
Brewster Road
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