Edgemont Board Accepts Construction Bids for High School
Edgemont-Greenville Board accepts low bids on four major contracts for the new junior-senior high school. Stewart M. Muller Inc wins general construction at 951,500 with alternates. John R. Philip wins plumbing at 67,682. Everett Hopper Inc bids heating and ventilating 164,240. Rao Electrical Co wins electrical work 102,050. Site work bids are rewritten and re bid today. bids due May 24. Tax authorization set at 543,534 with an estimated rate of 28.16 to ease burden over the next years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgemont-Greenville
Greenburgh
Board of Education
Stewart M. Muller
Yonkers
Rao Electrical Equipment Co
Nyc
Edgemont School
Garden Show With Gilbert Sullivan Theme Planned
Scarsdale Garden Club presents Spring Flower Show themed The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring on May 26 from 2 30 to 9 at the clubhouse and Studio Tea 3 to 5. Exhibits include pottery containers by club members Arrangements mimic Gilbert and Sullivan titles with classes for a wedding reception basket and a man s desk Limited to 8 entries for Class 1 and entries for Class 4 continued on Page Four.
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Scarsdale Garden Club
Woman's Club
Phi Beta Kappa Elects Mr Finney 1954 55 President
At the Scarsdale Phi Beta Kappa annual meeting on May 9 at Wayside Cottage Burnham Finney was named president for the coming year. Officers also include Mrs Calvert H Crary as vice president and Mrs John W DeWolf as secretary treasurer.
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Phi Beta Kappa
Finney
Scarsdale Phi Beta Kappa Ass’n
Wayside Cottage
Burnham Finney
Calvert H. Crary
John W. DeWolf
Margaret Cutting
Houston H. Wasson
Allen Throop
Robert Fuller
Manuel Whittemore
Roswell B. Perkins
Village Board Sets Grievance Day For May 25 Hearing
The Village Board on a Tuesday night adopted a resolution to hold Grievance Day on Tuesday evening May 25 from seven to eleven oclock for hearings on all tax assessment complaints.
Recreation league in Scarsdale pauses games this week
The Scarsdale recreation baseball season takes a break with no league games among 71 teams. Recreation Dept and league chairman O B Helffrich announce the day off to avoid conflicting with the Boy Scout Camporee organized by the Fathers Committee.
Heathcote School Dedication Set For Man May 31
Dr Walter B Cocking will speak at the Heathcote School Dedication on Monday May 31 in Scarsdale. He is a noted education figure and editor of The School Executive and The American School and University. Attendance limited to adults to accommodate local families. program begins at 4 00 PM with open building visit afterward.
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Walter B. Cocking
Heathcote
Des Moines College
University of Iowa
Columbia University
Cocking
Boards of Education and
Lawrence B. Perkins
Scarsdale
Red Cross Branch Names Mrs Roberts 1954 55 Chairman
Mrs J R Roberts of Mamaroneck Road was elected chairman of the Scarsdale Branch American Red Cross at a May 4 directors meeting after the annual membership meeting. John L Curtis described the blood program and Red Cross duties in civilian and defense needs.
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Red Cross Branch
Roberts
J. R. Roberts
Mamaroneck Rd
Scarsdale
American Red Cross
J. Larned Green
Walter M. Schwartz
John L. Curtis
Woman's Club
Curtis
Red Cross
Westchester County
Dept. of Defense
Red Cross Motor Service
New Election District 11 Added in Scarsdale
A Tuesday Town Board meeting approved a new election district No. 11 in Scarsdale on the westerly side of the White Plains Post Act. Border adjustments to other districts follow to balance populations, with the new numbers in use during Central Registration.
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Scarsdale
Scarsdale Chamber Sets Dinner Meeting Agenda
The Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce will discuss the parking survey results and propose resolutions on its position at the monthly dinner meeting Tuesday at 6 45 at the Scarsdale Lodge. Committee chairmen should bring budget proposals.
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Scarsdale Chamber of Commerce
Scarsdale Lodge
Health report cites cases in Scarsdale last week
Health Dept reports two new chickenpox cases and one infectious hepatitis case in Scarsdale during the past week, along with 39 measles cases. The update lists disease counts by illness and location.
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Scarsdale
Health Dept
Dr Thomas L Norton Elected President of Business Schools Group
Dr Thomas L Norton of Rod Nerney Road dean of Baruch School of Business and Public Administration was elected president of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business. He has long served as vice president of the association and held major posts in labor arbitration and public service.
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Thomas L. Norton
Rodney Rd
City College Baruch School of Business and Public Administration
American Ass'n of Collegiate Schools of Business
Norton
Dr. Norton
Baruch School
New York State
Ass’n of
Colleges of Business Administration
National War Labor Board
National Panel of Arbitrators
American Academy of Arbitrators
Police
NYS Mediation Board
Luncheon Honors GS Leaders in Scarsdale
The Scarsdale Girl Scout Council hosts a Wednesday luncheon at Girl Scout House Wayside Lane honoring 164 adult leaders. Mrs. de Westfelt will speak on The Role of the Girl Scout in the World Today. Pins for five years of service are awarded by Commissioner Quentin I. Smith.
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Wayside Lane
Scarsdale
Girl Scout Council
de Westfelt
Girl Scouts of America
Philip B, Proctor
Hartsdale
Albert Giannini
Alfred Leyinger
Albin Seidel
Westchester Chapter Formed for National MS Society
Sidney Krause and Harry G. Liese of Scarsdale join the board of trustees of the newly chartered Westchester Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. The chapter will survey patients in Westchester and plan programs, with Mrs. Liese as treasurer and Mrs. Isaac Gluckman as publicity chair. A fundraising campaign targets the national goal of 1.5 million dollars for research and clinics.
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Sidney Krause
Harry G. Liese
Scarsdale
Westchester Chap
National
Weather highs and lows observed May 5–11 at Popham Road
The Village Engineering Dept weather station on Popham Road logged daily high and low temperatures for May 5 to May 11, read 4:30 by John J. Kappes. Values include May 5 62/88 and May 11 62/39 with rainfall totals of 1.11 inches on May 8, 0.07 on May 9, 0.79 on May 10, and 0.20 on May 11.
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John J. Kappes
Popham Rd
Fox Meadow to Host Junior High Advisory Meeting
Fox Meadow School hosts an 8 15 pm meeting presenting the Junior High Advisory Committee’s work. Four topics include enrollments grade 6 inclusion, Louck’s estate site, planned class sizes, and family plan with tax impact. Archibald Shaw and board members may attend.
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William Stott
Fox Meadow Pta
Simon Breines
Leonard Marx
Fox Meadow
Fox Meadow School
Louck
J. Otto Grassi
Theodore Hirtz
Martin Brennan
John W. DeWolf
Archibald Shaw
Scarsdale Schools
Board of Education
Orchestra Concert At School Sunday
The Inter School Elementary Orchestra and Band from Edgewood Fox Meadow Greenacres and Heathcote schools perform Sunday at 3:30 PM in the High School auditorium. A 100 piece orchestra under Ira Krupenge and a 130 piece band directed by Willard Briggs present marches waltzes novelties and ensemble pieces with solos including Dwight Williams and a trombone duet.
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Edgewood
Fox Meadow
Greenacres
Heathcote
Ira Krupenge
Dwight Williams
Willard
Briggs
School District Tenants Courts for JV Tennis
Scarsdale School District 1 won access to two Brite Ave recreation tennis courts for two weekday afternoons each week to support Junior Varsity tennis play. The Village Board approved the request at Tuesday’s meeting.
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Scarsdale
Recreation Dept
Quaker Ridge Board Welcomes New Member Gordon Kehler
Gordon M. Kehler, newly elected to the Quaker Ridge Board of Education, will begin his term in July and attended the board’s regular Monday meeting.
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Gordon M. Kehler
Quaker Ridge Board of Education
Earl W Beck Named General Purchasing Agent for Socony
Earl W Beck of Garth Woods Apts an assistant general purchasing agent for Socony Vacuum Oil Co has been named general purchasing agent effective May 1 He succeeds Joseph R Taylor who retires after 36 years of service Beck will supervise all foreign and domestic purchasing for Socony Vacuum and affiliates He joined General Petroleum Corp in 1923 rose to purchases manager in 1937 and moved to Socony Vacuum in 1946 as assistant general purchasing agent.
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Earl W. Beck
Garth Woods Apts
Socony-Vacuum Oil
Wofford Named Assistant Dean at Columbia Business School
Harris L. Wofford of Wayside Lane is appointed assistant dean for development and administration at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Business. An alumnus of the school he leads the Life Managers' Assn. of Greater New York and has held active roles in Scarsdale village affairs.
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Harris L. Wofford
C.S.A
Wayside Lane
Columbia University
Graduate School of Business
Courtney C. Brown
Kent Rd
Ithe School
Wofford
Columbia School of Business
Life Managers’ Ass'n. of Greater New York, Inc
Village Board Proposes Parking Meter Rate Change
The Village Board endorses a Public Safety Committee plan to replace the 1 cent for 12 minutes parking with a flat 5 cent hourly rate for most spaces and 50 cent for 10 hour spots. A public hearing is set for Monday June 7 at 8 15 PM to allow residents to obj ect.
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Village Board
Public Safety Committee
Willard P. Scott
Hariette Krantz
Police Dept
Village Board Adopts Four Of Five Law Amendments
Public hearing on three amendments was brief and approved in executive session. The fourth amendment faced property owner Jacob Marks who argued it would confiscate his land. an alternate route was proposed but the planning map was kept as originally described. The first three amendments expanded purchasing authority, banned parking on Heathcote Road, and added walls and fences to visibility obstructions. A building zone variance amendment was not acted on and set for June 7 public hearing.
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Jacob Marks
Meadow
Broadmoor Rds
Quaker Ridge
Marks
Broadmoor Rd
Planning Commission
Heathcote Rd
Heathcote Corners
Board of Appeals
Bond Issue Voted In Eastchester
Eastchester voters reelect Morrell Lockhart and Ellsworth G. D. Paterson to the Board for Education. Claude Glaser Jr. elected to replace Alfred L. Fitzgerald. Bond issue of 1 500 000 approved for a junior high addition at Eastchester High School. Voter results 891 to 48. Gross budget 1 284 280 approved 946 to 269. Net tax raise 957 395. tax rate 21 512 per thousand.
Village Board Responds to Municipal Pool Petition
In an executive session on Tuesday the Village Board approved a statement about a pool petition presented April 27 by 122 residents. The petition asked if a Scarsdale Swimming Pool Committee could be created to solicit contributions with a Board approved plan to tax or bond the balance if a set amount is raised.
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Scarsdale
Vanishing Night at Scarsdale Art Association Sunday Six
The Scarsdale Art Assn hosts Vanishing Night at six on Sunday at the Woman's Club closing the Spring Art Show. Awards will be given by Wallace Woolcott, with Eugene Spiro, renowned portrait painter, demonstrating portrait work using a lucky model.
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Scarsdale Art Ass'n’s
Woman's Club
Wallace Woolcott
Ass'n
Eugene Spiro
Mr. Spiro
Breslau
Germany
Hitler
Paris
Spiro
Europe
Latin America
United States
New York
Galerie St. Etienne
Church and society notices in weekly pages
Index lists weekly sections for churches editorials society theatres and women's club along with page numbers indicating where to find each feature.
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Woman's Club
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Edgemont Board of Education
Gilbert Sullivan
Heathcote School
Blackstone Studios
C. of C. Meeting
Health Report
Broadway Theatre
Scarsdale High School
John H.mitchell
Joon Wats
To Be! Inquirer
T.L. Norton
Wed
Gerald P. de Westfelt
Weather Report
Brite Ave
Quaker Ridge Board
Socony
Mr. Wofford
Columbia U. Post
Compton
John Parker Compton
Fox Meadow Tennis Club
Supt. of Recreation
Sal J. Prezioso
Westchester
Scarsdale Recreation Dept
Eastchester
John Reker
Hitchcock
Scarsdale Interfaith Youth Council
Westminster Fellowship
Art Association
Vanishing Night
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