Social notes from Scarsdale and nearby towns weekly update
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend trips, travel plans, and social events. Mrs. Lewis Fish sails to Miami Wednesday, Emma Atkinson Popham Fish heads for Europe June 3 with grandparents. Various gatherings include dinners, dances, and hospitality across Scarsdale, Yorktown Heights, and nearby addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Fish
Emma Atkinson Popham Fish
Quogue
L. L
Mrs. Fish
William H. Sage
Select Judge for Garden Club Show
Scarsdale Garden Club Flower Show on June 6 from 3 to 6 pm at the Scott House Scarsdale names judges Mrs Frank Chapman Englewood Garden Club and Mr Louis Schmidt Mount Vernon Garden Club Inquiries to Mrs D C Griffiths and Mrs J W Brewer Tickets from Garden Club members or O Farrells drug store Entries due Saturday morning June 6 exhibits at Scout House by 10 am Luncheon for committee chairmen and visiting judges at Scarsdale Woman's Club House at 1 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Garden Club
Scott House
Scarsdale
Frank Chapman
Englewood Garden Club
Louis Schmidt
Mount Vernon Garden
D. C. Griffiths
J. W. Brewer
Garden Club
O’farrell
Parkway
Scout House
Fire Damages Roof at Arthur Manor Home
A fire in the home of Mr. Thomas Tarbox on Webster Road Arthur Manor broke out Friday night around 9 30. Richard Tobin saw smoke, alerted Mrs. Tarbox, and firefighters arrived. Damage limited to the roof. origin unknown. House insured for 18000 with estimated damage of 6000. owned by Mrs. J Rooney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Tarbox
Webster Road
Arthur Manor
Richard Tobin
Judge Crane to Speak Today at Veterans Parade
Former service members and veterans of Civil and Spanish American Wars are urged to join a parade. Gar den owners are asked to send flowers to the Church of St. James the Less by 9:30 this morning. Village President Ayres presides with an invocation, songs, and addresses by Mr Ayres and Judge Frederick E. Crane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of St. James the Less
Ayres
Father Rourke
George H. Smyth
Frederick E. Crane
America
Theodore Shipherd
Engagement of Grace Freeman to H Liggett Gray
Grace Katharine Freeman of Colorado announces engagement to H Liggett Gray of New York and Scarsdale. Freeman, a Wellesley graduate and Colorado Teachers College MA candidate, is niece of Van Rensselaer Lansing. Gray, Yale graduate and Navy veteran, works with Oakley Chemical Company in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. 5S. Freeman
Greeley
Colorado
Grace Katharine
H. Liggett Gray
New York City
Scarsdale
Miss Freeman
Wellesley
Tan Zera Epsilon
Colorado Teachers College
Sigma Upsilon
van Rensselaer Lansing
Mr. Gray
Olin D. Gray
Miami
C. O. Macpherson
Rye
Yale
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Yale Club
Oakley Chemical Company
Entertain Legislators at Albany Luncheon
The Woman's Joint Legislative Committee hosted a May 25 luncheon at the Women's City Club in Albany in honor of State Senator Seabury Mastick and Assemblyman Shonk, representing women's groups backing the Shonk Mastick Bill from the last Legislature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Joint Legislative Committee
Shonk-Mastick
Seabury Mastick
Shonk
Women’s City Club
Albany
Offer University Fellowships for Safety Study
The notice invites applications for $1,000 fellowships to support safety study in progressive schools. Applicants must submit experience details, references, and a detailed plan addressing one of three stated problems, plus their preferred university for study. Mature teachers are sought and results may be offered as a PhD thesis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert W. Whitney
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety Underwriters
West Forty-second Street
New York City
Belgian Inventor Oscar Saxe Created First Saxophone
Oscar Saxe, a Belgian inventor, developed the saxophone about ninety years ago and the original instrument remains in existence today.
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Oscar Saxe
Memorial Rose Bushes Planted at Grasslands Hospital
The Social Service Committee of the Archdeaconry of Westchester planted memorial rosebushes at Grasslands Hospital in Valhalla on May 28. The annual memorial gesture will continue, with Rev. Allan Chalmers of Scarsdale leading the service in Rev. William O. Jarvis’s absence. Roses were gifted from Scarsdale in memory of Ida Bishop Chalmers, Tiny Jarvis, and Caroline Conrad Stead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Service Committee
Archdeaconry
Westchester County
Grasslands Hospital
Valhalla
William O. Jarvis
Allan Chalmers
Scarsdale
Ida Bishop Chalmers
Tiny Jarvis
Caroline Conrad Stead
Mother Goose Party Hosted by Herters for Son John
Mr. and Mrs. M. Herter hosted a Mother Goose party for their son John last week. Adults enjoyed Still Life Groups on display while Mrs. C. Sturz of Scarsdale won the prize. Out of town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Beoker of Passaic, Mr. and Mrs. De Luka of Mount Vernon, and Mr. and Mrs. Eckes and Sturz of Scarsdale with their children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Sturz
Scarsdale
Ladies Day at Leewood Golf Club Held
Leewood Golf Club hosted its first Ladies Day on May 27 with a nine hole Blind Handicap Tournament. Mrs. N. W. Doorly of New York won first place, Mrs. B. Treptow of Pelham Manor took second, luncheon followed at five, and members urged regular summer events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leewood Golf Club
N. W. Doorly
New York
Cook and Waitress Leave Tavern Boss Says She Will Stay
Miss Smith of the Tavern in Scarsdale, who moved there to regain health and run a tea room and antique shop, offered to surrender her entire business worth sixty thousand dollars a year. She stayed to cover the kitchen upheaval by serving 129 dinners, exhausted and ready to quit, then a new cook joined and she remains at the tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Smith
Scarsdale
Carnival Benefit for Jennie Clarkson Home Held June 6
The carnival for the Jennie Clarkson Home benefit, postponed from May 16, will take place Saturday afternoon June 6 at Mrs. Winfield Loudon’s home on Tuckahoe road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Clarkson
Winfield Loudon
Tuckahoe Road
Garden days benefits Westchester CPS Cruelty to Children
Two gardens open today for the Westchester County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Mrs Hubert E Rogers hosts The Crossways in Scarborough and Mrs Arthur E Dilley opens Pelham Manor residence for visitors and donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester County Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Hubert E. Rogers
Crossways
Scarborough
Arthur E. Dilley
Pelham Manor
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C. W. van Law
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Fast Parkway
van Law
Oak Park
Illinois
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Roy S. Durstine
Cooper Road
Joseph Ely
John B. Adams
Rutledge Davis
Earl Holsapple
Alexander Dingwall
Runyon Baldwin
Circle Road
Lucretia
Auburn
N. Y
Yorktown Heights
Calvin Farley
Greenacres
Robert E. Farley
Farley
William T. Hart
Sage Terrace
Fox Meadow Estates, Inc
Eduardo Andrade
Fredei Pope
Morris Lane
Harvard
Harvard Dramatic Club
Harvard Crimson
Arthur Besse
Fox Meadow Road
Harold Davies
Horton Heath
Fred. Allen
Cape Cod
Charles Seiler
Crane Road
Lawrence Hospital
Bronxville
Franz Sigel
Angell & Co
Association of Local Insurance Agents
Syracuse
M. J. Willson
Crestwood
Bridge
Herbert Shonk
Frederick Pope
Sally Appel
J. W. Appel, Jr
White Plains Hospital
Arthur Myles
Reimer Road
Lily Pond Lake
Easthampton
L. I
Capt
Mrs
S. W. Bryant
Charles J. Mason
Harry M. Vawter
Walworth Avenue
Scarsdale Golf Club
Muscoe Garnett
Mrs. Barclay
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Ethel Simpson
Brooklyn
Caleb Tucker Briggs
Greenacres Avenue
T. Irving Hadden
Colvin Place
Lake George
Randolph Compton
St. Louis
Mr. Thomas Tarbox
Judge Crane
Grace K. Freeman
Mr. Chalmers
Leewood
the Tavern
Shoe Shine Parlor
White Plains, N. Y
C. R. Wallauer & Co., Inc
Martine Avenue
Edgar W. Preble
Scarsdale and
White Plains
Cecile
Bet
B'way
Mamaroneck Ave
THE
Hartsdale
Federal Reserve System
Capital
Scarsdale Pharmacy
J. Rotondi, Ph.g
Scarsdale, N. Y
Edith Roe
Polly Gown Shoppe
Main Street
the Home Savings Bank
White Plains, New York
Lockwood Hall
School Lane
Henry I. Tanner
Pelham
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