Breakneck Hill Road in Greenburgh Sees Recurrent Crashes
Road studies by Greenburgh police and county safety engineers found 15 mph as the safe limit on the downhill turns from Adley Road to Edgemont Road. Radar checks showed 24 percent speeding. after a week 15 percent remained over limit. An 80 foot painted island pushed drivers to the right, but one in ten male drivers and one third to one half of women drivers still ignored it. The piece questions whether fines, policing, or driver conscience will curb danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adsley Road
Greenburgh
Edgemont Road
Was It You Driving 1958 Cadillac On Mamaroneck Rd
A 1958 blue and white Cadillac allegedly ran a stop sign and struck a boy’s bicycle on a Wednesday around 8 40 am on Mamaroneck Road. Police seek the vehicle and driver while urging safer driving and responsibility on Scarsdale roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamaroneck Rd
Mamaroneck
Letter confirms American Legion co-sponsorship of American Education Week
A letter from Robert E. Delaney of Scarsdale’s American Legion Post 52 contends that the Legion originated American Education Week and co sponsors it annually with the National Education Association PTA and the U S Office of Education. The text recounts a 1921 Des Moines meeting between John Ryan and NEA officials that led to the observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Delaney
American Legion
Scarsdale
Delaney
National Education Ass‘n
U.S. Office of Education
Congress of Parents and Teachers
National American Legion
American Education Week
John Ryan
National Americanism
National Education Ass'n
Des Moines
Iowa
America
Ryan
National Education Week Observance Debate
Commander Robert EF Delany of Post 62 defends his NEA announcement against misstatements by Herbert Schaumber. He notes National Education Week began in 1921 with American Legion and NEA co sponsorship, later joined by the PTA Congress and the U.S. Office of Education. He calls for factual accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Schaumber
Schaumber
NEA
American Legion
Congress of the
PTA
U.S. Office of Education
Robert EF
Delany
Wellesley Honors Two Sophomores for Freshman Year Work
Wellesley College sophomores Miss Ragna Christiansen of Edgewood Road and Miss Patricia Greene of Kensington Road received honors for their freshman year work. The announcement highlights their scholarly achievements and college recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ragna Christiansen
Edgewood Rd
Patricia Greene
Kensington Rd
Wellesley College
Dr Campbell Leads Judson Health Center Legacy of Care
The article honors Dr. Campbell, medical pioneer who built Judson Health Center from a church basement clinic in 1921 into a diverse health hub on Spring Street. Now nearly 80 with five great grandchildren, she remains director general, urging ongoing health work amid a busy neighborhood scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston University Medical School
A. Ray Petty
Judson Memorial Church
Washington Square
Thompson St
Spring St
Health Dept
Judson Health Center
Campbell
Visiting Nurse Association launches Scarsdale Hartsdale drive
The Scarsdale and Hartsdale Visiting Nurse Association public relations committee unveils an information campaign to publicize available home nursing services. Under Mrs Manuel Robbins chairmanship volunteers plan posters talks and PTA involvement to raise awareness and cooperation. The association offers professional home nursing on an hourly basis to residents of all income levels and is supported by local community chests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale-Hartsdale Visiting Nurse Association
Manuel Robbins
PTA
Frederick W. Harmon
William H. Stein
Robert Stromberg
Robert Thornton, Jr
Horace Hughes
George H. Raab
Scarsdale
Hartsdale
Fight for Sight Luncheon Today at Fort Hill Restaurant
The Fight for Light League of Westchester an auxiliary of the National Council to Combat Blindness hosts its first luncheon and card party of the season at Fort Hill Restaurant at 12 30. Proceeds fund eye research and support scientific committees studying eye diseases and blindness. Tickets available at the door. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fight For Light League of
Westchester
National Council To Combat Blindness
Fort Hill
Fort Hill Rd
Rotary speaker outlines Service Unit Arrangement for prisoners
Earl C. Schrader addressed the Scarsdale Rotary Club on Navy and spoke about a Service Unit Arrangement program. He described ongoing classification and treatment for inmates in Sing Sing and other New York State penal institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl C. Schrader
Scarsdale
Fire Drill Trains Volunteers At Fenimore Road HQ
Twenty five members of Volunteer Fire Company 2 took part in a drill on November 12. Captain Stanley Mercer led the session with assistants Assistant Captain John Myles and Lieutenants John McCaw John Cline and W M Behrens. Captain Arthur Nonenmaker of the paid department explained equipment use on the fire apparatus at Fenimore Road headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volunteer Fire Co. 2
Stanley Mercer
John Myles
John McCaw
John Cline
W. M. Behrens
Arthur Nonenmaker
Fenimore Ra
Charter Revision Hearing Addresses County Board Size
The Charter Revision Committee heard proposals on reforming the board of supervisors to balance representation between small and large towns. Speakers cited existing disparities with up county towns holding veto power on key votes and urged a smaller, more efficient body and clearer public records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucher
Supervisors
Handel's Messiah Arrives With White Plains Choir
The Oratorio Choir of the First Baptist Church of White Plains performs Handel's Messiah on Sunday at 4 PM in Maple and Mamaroneck Aves church. Soloists Maxine Yeater Mary MacKenzie Harry Jacoby Norman Farlow join the concert, with Elizabeth B. Cross as organist and director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
First Baptist Church of
White Plains
Maple and
Mamaroneck Aves
Maxine Yeater
Mary MacKenzie
Walter Naumberg
Harry Jacoby
Aor Hillis Concert Choir
Edwin MacArthur
Norman Farrow
Bach Aria Group
Elizabeth B. Cross
Let's Go to the Library featured by Scarsdale Library
National Book Week highlight presents the new children's book Let's Go to the Library by Naomi Buchheimer with editor Mark K. Harmon and illustrator Vee Guthrie both Scarsdale residents. The book uses Scarsdale White Plains Mt. Vernon Baldwin L I and Queens branches as models while showcasing library life and children's furniture. The display of original sketches and three production dummies by Putnam's Sons will be shown in the Children's Room through December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark K. Harmon
Vee Guthrie
Scarsdale
Naomi Buchheimer
Miss Guthrie
White Plains
Mt. Vernon
Baldwin
L.I
Vleigh
Queensborough Public Library
Middlebury College
Middlebury
Art Students League
Nyc
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence
Peter Pauper Press
Freddy
Benjamin Lucky
Miriam E. Mason
Aesop With
Child Life
Elizabeth Coatsworth
New York
Boston
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Dee
Brainpower Quest featured by 36 notable contributors
Clarence H. Linder of Lockwood Rad joins 35 others in Brainpower Quest published November 19 by The Macmillan Co. The volume reviews a Cooper Union reconvocation in NYC on securing sufficient scientists and engineers for America's future, with Linder as GE vice president in charge of engineering speaking on brainpower conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Linder
Lockwood Rad
Macmillan Co
Cooper Union
Nyc
America
Mr. Linder
General Electrics Co
Residents Write His and Her Bedside Companions
Norman and Margery Lobsenz of Griffen Avenue compile His Bedside Companion and Her Bedside Companion with 30 selections from radio, magazines, and reports. Contributors include Shaw Nash Sullivan Potter Thurber Midway tale and O'Hara Parker Millay Gallico Marlowe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prentice- Hall
Norman
Margery Darrell Lobsenz
Griffen Avenue
de Maupassant
Irwin Shaw
Ogden Nash
Frank Sullivan
Stephen Potter
James Thurber
Midway
Clifton Fadiman
Schrafft
John O'Hara
Dorothy Parker
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Paul Gallico
Christopher Marlowe
Community Workshops of Scarsdale Seeks Class Requests
Community Workshops of Scarsdale announces requests for classes across subjects including carpentry for children preschool playgroups after January and various crafts and languages. The non profit group aims to publicize opportunities for local residents to register interest and participate in future classes. For information contact Registrar Mrs Robert Zimmer at 82 Donellan Ka.
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Community Workshops of
Scarsdale
Heathcote
CWS
Doorbells Ringing To Aid Children in Need Drive
More than 3,000 volunteers statewide participate in the National Fund Drive for the Assn for the Help of Retarded Children. In Scarsdale Mrs Mark C Freer chairs the local effort with many listed volunteers including Justin Israel and Anita Ash from Scarsdale and helpers from several churches and community centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ass'n
Scarsdale
Mark C. Freer
Rectory Lane
Justin Israel
Timothy Cohane
Robert Gottschalk
Winston E. Hobbs
William Woodson
Robert Groban
Arthur Erekson
Charles Amdur
George Baron
Fred Hecht
Anton Singsen
James Wright
Ernest Inwood
Jay Meltzer
Richard Greenlee
Robert Perham
Robert Havil
John Regan
Kent Warner
Two Teens Charged With Gas Station Burglary
Scarsdale police say two teenage boys from Scarsdale and Mamaroneck were charged with burglary and held on $1,000 bail pending grand jury action. They were caught in the act at the Chase Road Service Station owned by Leo Braun after a spree of three break ins in two weeks totaling $39. Another Braun station at Post and Popham Roads was entered recently with nothing taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Mamaroneck
Theodore Walters
Chase Rd
Cash stolen from Scarsdale home pocketbook last Sunday
Scarsdale police report a pocketbook containing 335 dollars was taken from the front hall of the Harry KE. Ross home on Fox Meadow Road and found empty the next day on Fox Meadow Road. Most contents including the wallet with papers were recovered scattered around the neighborhood. detectives are investigating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale
Harry KE. Ross
Fox Meadow Rea
Fox Meadow Rd
Westchester Budget Seeks 44 Million for 1958 Capital Plan
County Executive Hopkins urged a 1958 net capital program of 38.181 million plus 700 thousand for repairs and replacements. He highlighted urgent needs at Westchester Community College and services for aging, health, and welfare, with welfare totaling 17.98 million. He called for a 30 thousand salary for the County Executive and noted debt reductions and a cash pay-as-you-go plan saving taxpayers millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westchester Community College
Westchester Community Mental Health Board
Hartford
Community College
Dunwoolie
Saxon Woods
White Plains
Hopkins
Board of Supervisors
Barrington Associates
Nnew County
Capital Projects Committee
John A. Peterson
Science and the Cell Topic at Scarsdale High
Scarsdale Adult School hosts Dr. Rene J. Dubos for the eighth session on Science and the Citizen. He will discuss Science and the Cell, outlining his career including Harvard professorships and awards such as the Albert Lasker Prize and Trudeau Medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene J. Dubos
Scarsdale
Dubos
Harvard
Rochester
Rutgers
Paris
France
America
George Fabyan
Harvard University
Pelham and Scarsdale Clash In 7-1 Football Finish
The Pelham Pelicans clinched a 7-1 season with a late surge and standout runs. Scarsdale's Donner returned a kickoff for the longest score of the year, while Bob Meshofer led Scarsdale with 67 rushing yards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelican
Joe McConnochie
Pelham
Scarsdale
Kevin Haggerty
Charlie Saunder
Gene Anderson
Haggerty
Donner
Bob Meshofer
Patent Granted for Steam Temperature Control System
Walter H. Armacost of Popham Rd and Arthur C. Fiel of Ridgefield Park NJ received a patent on a method and apparatus for steam temperature control. The application was filed July 28 1954 and the patent is assigned to Combustion Engineering Co Inc New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Armacost
Popham Rd
Arthur C. Fiel
Ridgefield Park
N. J
Combustion Engineering Co. Inc
Nyc
Joint Meeting Highlights Cub Scout Pack 23 Activities
As part of a series of joint educational meetings, Deng 8 and 9 Cub Scout Pack 23 viewed a film on canned foods history and pasteurization at Mrs. Morton Falk’s home on Old Lyme Rd. They plan a visit to the Chevrolet Assembly plant in Tarrytown next Friday.
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Deng 8
Fot Cub Scout Pack
Morton Falk
Old Lyme Rd
Chevrolet Assembly
Tarrytown
University Health Director to Speak at Scarsdale PTA
Harvard University health chief Dr. Dana L. Farnsworth will discuss The Rise and Fall of Curiosity at Scarsdale High School PTA on Monday at 8:15 PM, with a 7:45 PM coffee hour. He has led Harvard University Health Services and MIT health initiatives and authored works on college mental health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ga
Mount Holyoke College Club
Westchester
Wayside Cottage
Margaret Atwood
Paul Saintonge
Saintonge
E. L. Spennagle
Albert Kaiser
Alan Boles
James Warner
Save the Children Federation
Overseas Committee
Prof. Saintonge
Mt. Holyoke
Dana L. Farnsworth
University Health Services
Harvard University
Scarsdale High School
PTA
Outer Space
Farnsworth
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Harvard Medical School
Naval
South Pacific
U.S. Naval Reserve
Williams College
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT
Henry K. Oliver
Harvard
Harvard School of Public Health
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Psychiatric Ass'n
Group For the Advancement Fof
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Arpraarntativa
Adot Pomral
Scarsdal
Constance C
Panthen
Mwnity Paper Community Owned
Crrati Wae Lsation Quirer, Inc
Oekholder
Ardsley Road
Wellesley
Star of Solidarity
Ass’n Campaign of
Rotary
Honnells
North Salem
Pound Ridge
Lewisboro
Somers
North Castle
Yorktown
Bedford
New Castle
Handel’s ‘Messiah
Oratorio Choir
Scarsdale Public Library
Jewish Community Center
Yonkers
Scarsdale High
University Health
Harved University Press
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