Funds to Aid Little Ones Address by Macy at Westchester Meeting
V Everit Macy newly elected vice president of the Westchester County Children's Association spoke at the association’s annual meeting in New York City on October 13. He called for more public and private funds to improve child welfare and praised county efforts to coordinate agencies, avoid duplication, and raise standards. Mrs Paul R Reynolds reelected president chaired the session and minutes were reviewed before elections. continuous coverage continued on page two.
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V. Everit Macy
Westchester County Children's Association
Lexington Avenue
New York City
Macy
Westchester County
Paul R. Reynolds
Jason Rogers
New Rochelle
Mrs Palmer New Head of Hitchcock Guild
Mrs William G Palmer is the new president of the Hitchcock Women's Guild at Hitchcock Memorial Church. The group opened its winter season with sixty members and approved the year’s budget including a $25 grant to dress needy girls through the Westchester County Children's Association.
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William G. Palmer
Hitchcock Women’s Guild
Hitchcock Memorial Church
George Smyth
Smyth
Donald Ross
Scarsdale
Westchester County Children’s Association
Avent Childress
Ruth Taylor
Grasslands
F. L. Keene
Brite Avenue
Triple Tie for President's Cup at Scarsdale Golf Club
Scarsdale Golf Club hosts 36 hole matches with a triple tie for the President's Cup among R. M. Tolin R. S. Erskine and R. N. West in Class A while Class C features a tie between T. B. Gilchrist and J. F. Fradley. Women’s starting times updated to Saturday 3:30 PM Sunday 2:00 PM and holidays 2:00 PM. Cornell Alumni Association dinner draws 150 attendees with Supreme Court Justice Young as toastmaster and Dr. Livingston Farrand guest of honor. County Judge Bleakley among speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarsdale Golf Club
R. M. Tolin
R. S. Erskine
R. N. West
T. B. Gilchrist
J. F. Fradley
Cornell Alumni Association of
Westchester County
Supreme Court
Young
Livingston Farrand
Cornell University
Bleakley
Democratic Rally at Town Hall in Dobbs Ferry
A Democratic rally is set for Tuesday evening October 20 at the Town Hall in Dobbs Ferry. Speakers will include candidates for the three county offices and a band will perform.
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Dobbs Ferry
Ask for Clothes And Furniture Drive Underway In Scarsdale
The semi annual drive for collecting discarded clothing shoes furniture bric a brac pictures books and other household articles starts Monday October 19 and runs all week in Scarsdale. Committee led by Mrs Edward C Rossmassler chairs with Clare Anway and others coordinating teams across districts. Donors are asked to leave items at the Thrift Shop White Plains or await pickup by thrift committee captains. The Thrift Committee expects a large donation this year to support the Play.
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Edward C. Rossmassler
Clare Anway
Theodore Sedgwick
Herbert S. Gardner
Guy Wellman
H. M. Leydenberg
Thomas Stephens
John Glendinning
Charles Morgan
D. E. A. Charlton
Leo P. O'Farrell
Joseph Ford
Edward K. Cherrill
Scarsdale
Church Street
White Plains
Westchester History Society holds annual meeting and dinner
The Westchester County Historical Society plans its annual meeting and officer election on Wednesday afternoon October 28 at the Presbyterian Church Community House in White Plains. William L. Calver of the New York Historical Society will discuss Field Exploration in Westchester with illustrated scenes. The commemorative dinner features John H. Finley on Washington and the West and Dr. George F. Kunz on historical site preservation. Washington's Headquarters at North White Plains will be open to visitors 2 to 4 PM.
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Westchester County Historical Society
Presbyterian Church Community House
North Broadway
Barker Avenue
White Plains
William L. Calver
New York Historical Society
County Historical Society
Westchester County
Presbyterian Church
Charles Everett Moore
John H. Finley
The
New York Times
University of the State of New York
Washington and the West
George F. Kunz
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society
Washington
North White Plains
No Whole Day Parking Ban in Central Space
The owners of fourteen cars were warned for parking all day in the central space on East Parkway. The old northern half, once reserved for long stays, now allows a maximum thirty minutes use after a new space was created beyond the north exit of the station.
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East Parkway
New Ardsley Bridge Opens October 25
The new Ardsley Bridge spanning the Bronx River Parkway at the foot of Popham Road will be opened to the public October 25. The structure replaces an older bridge and aims to improve local traffic flow in the area.
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Ardsley
Bronx River Parkway
Popham Road
Bullying Husband Sought for Scarsdale Play Part
Wayside Players seek an unpleasant bullying husband in Scarsdale for The Twelve Pound Look. Cast largely set for November 7 with C N Barney, Dr Ralph Kahle, Marion Slater Keating and Ella B Hagedorn. Mrs Adair invites interested local men to call.
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Miss Hagedorn
Wayside Players
C. N. Barney
Ralph Kahle
Marguerite Warren
John Deana
Versailles
Louis
Avent Childress
Anly Briggs
Horton Heath
Mrs. Childress
Wayside
Mrs. Adair
Scarsdale Board Probes Westchester Lighting Rates
Judge W C White reports village findings on Westchester Lighting Company profits and cost per 100 dollars of current. Scarsdale consents to join countywide action, with legal representation planned. Franchising bus lines and unified contracting discussed. October 15 Bayton meeting urged.
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W. C. White
Griffin
Tarrytown
Westchester Lighting Company
New York Edison Company
Brooks Edison Company
Scarsdale
Village Board of
Arthur Boniface
Lee Avenue
Varrytown
Legislative Commission
Albany
Scarsdale Board of Trustees
White
Poundridge to the Hunters Paradise
Westchester County Park Commission grants Westchester residents hunting four days weekly on Poundridge reservation during hunting season. Permission via Jay Downer letter read to Southern New York Fish and Game Association. Stocking by association, permits from Park Ranger William Whitman. Fishing allowed anytime. Advisory conservation council named with President Thomas E. Brady and Ray.
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Westchester County Park Commission
Poundridge
Jay Downer
Commission
Southern New York Fish and Game Association
Westchester County
Southern New York Association
William Whitman
Cross River
The
County Park Commission
Conservation
Thomas E. Brady
Ray
Private Consumers Pay Highest Rates
William C. White, Village Counsel, reports that the village plans to join other Westchester municipalities in petitions to the Public Service Commission for a full rate investigation of Westchester Lighting Company. Company records show a 46.2 percent gross profit in 1924, implying at least a 20 percent net return on capital in its electric department, while private consumer rates are among the highest in the United States with few exceptions.
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Board of
Westchester Lighting Company
Public Service Commission
Albany
United States
Eleven TB Patients Cured at Grasslands Hospital
Commissioner George J. Werner reports eleven tubercular children were discharged from Grasslands Hospital on the same day. The group, six girls and five boys aged four to fifteen, left with the disease conquered after ten to seventeen months of care. Dr. J. E. Strobel oversaw a months long open air program including rest, routine meals, and nature walks as part of their rehabilitation.
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George J. Werner
Grasslands Hospital
Tuberculosis Department
J. E. Strobel
Spaeth to Lecture on Brahms for Scarsdale Club
The Scarsdale Woman's Club Music Section opens a morning lecture series with musical illustrations. Dr. Sigmund Spaeth, New York critic and author, will present The Significance of Brahms on Wednesday morning October 21 at Dyckman Hall at 10 30. Membership tickets for the Music Section are available from Mrs. H. C. Lakin.
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Scarsdale Woman's Club
Sigmund Spaeth
New York
Brahms
Dyckman Hall
Spaeth
H. C. Lakin
Town Club Dinner at Leewood Golf Club
The annual gridiron dinner of The Town Club will be held on Thursday October 29 at 7 15 p m at Leewood Golf Club. The dinner committee includes Prof Dixon R Fox Roy S Dur stine Malcolm Curry John W Appel Jr and Frederick Woolverton. It promises to be bigger better and more brittle than ever with plenty of perspiration.
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Leewood Golf Club
Dixon R. Fox
Roy S. Durstine
Malcolm Curry
John W. Appel, Jr
Frederick Woolverton
Bacon Wins Ladies Championship at Scarsdale Golf Club
Mrs. C. M. Bacon of Greenacres Avenue Hartsdale won the Ladies Championship at Scarsdale Golf Club defeating Mrs. Burchard Dutcher in the final with a score of 75.
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C. M. Bacon
Greenacres Avenue
Hartsdale
Scarsdale Golf Club
Burchard Dutcher
World Series Scores Announced By Scarsdale Supply
The World Series scores were announced for games between Washington and Pittsburgh by Scarsdale Supply Company from their hardware store window on Eastern Parkway. The score was received via radio.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Scarsdale Supply Company
Eastern Parkway
New Parkway Building Planned on Scarsdale Corner
The Tilrose Associates Inc of New York buys the East Parkway Spencer place site formerly used by Ruggiero Auto Sales. Angell & Company will rent and manage a two story gable roof building to house nine stores and offices facing East Parkway and Spencer place. Excavation will begin soon as the project aligns with existing East Parkway stores.
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Ruggiero Auto Sales Company
East Parkway
Spencer Place
Scarsdale
Tilrose Associates, Inc
New York City
Angell & Company
Rye Beach Pleasure Park Sold for 410000 in County Plan
Westchester County Park Commission announced the 13 acre Rye Beach Pleasure Park property was bought for 410000. The deal includes frontage from Forest avenue to the beach and temporary lease with Rye Beach Pleasure Park Co Inc. Colonel Austin I Kelly oversees the lease which expires November 30 1928. Negotiations continue to extend development to about sixty acres including Paradise Park interests.
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Rye Beach
Rye Beach Pleasure Park
Westchester County Park Commission
Forest Avenue
beach h_avenue
Beck Avenue
Redfield Street
Thomas Mee- Manus
Rye Beach Pleasure Park Co., Inc
Austin I. Kelly
Rye
The
Park Commission
Colonel Kelly
Yonkers
Long Island Sound
Paradise Park
Fred H. Ponty
Joseph Haight
Port Chester
Tunney to Play Ball for Tehan Benefit at White Plains
Heavyweight champion Gene Tunney will join an all star team led by Frank Frisch of the New York Giants to play a charity baseball game at White Plains Recreation Park. The event supports Policeman Tehan’s family after his death from injuries while pursuing a speeding car on the Parkway. Tickets are on sale by county policemen.
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Gene Tunney
White Plains Recreation Park
Tehan
Frank Frisch
New York Giants
West Harrison
Last Day to Register and Qualify to Vote
Today is the final opportunity to register with in person required. Voters must register at Old Town Hall for the upper district or Village Hall for the lower district during 7 AM to 10 PM. If unregistered, voting is not possible.
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Old Town Hall
Village Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Macy
Palmer
Hitchcock Guild
Miss Taylor
Democratic Rally
Rossmassler
Thrift Committee
Historical Society
Ardsley Bridge
Village Board
Bates
Westchester
Bronx Parkway
Fenimore Road
New York Central Railroad
Hunters’ Paradise
Name Advisory Council
Westchester Lighting
William C. White
Ruggiero
Rye Pleasure Park
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