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Westchester Family Living
Ice Ridges Pose D riving Risks North Westchester Times New Castle Tribune, Mount Kisco, N.Y., February 23, 1961 15
By ALFRED A. DeClCCO Motorists these days are dodg
ing road holes and fighting for control while riding over ice ridges.
This winter's snow and cold nave helped to cause many accidents, several beyond the drivers' control.
Last week a woman driver on a narrow section of a road tried to go right so that sh e and an
Faculty W m Earn Dollars For Scholars SOMERS—
The annual Scholarship Show will be presented by Somers Central School on Thursday and Friday evenings, March 16 and 17.
The revue will feature experts from "H.M.S. Pinafore," "The Mikado," "Porgy and Bess," and "Oklahoma. F a c u 1* t y members from both the Primrose School and Somers Central School are already rehearsing their parts .
Donald Nuccio of Lincolndale, music teacher, will be in charge of musical direction and arrangement. Donald Cyr, also of Lincoln-dale, English teacher and dramatics director, will stage the show.
Set design is in the hands of Barney Watkins of Patterson, art teacher. Set construction will be under the direction of Burney Taylor of Croton Falls, industrial arts teacher at Somers.
Tickets for the show went on sale last week. Homeroom teachers a re distributing tickets to their pupils to sell in their communities. Tickets also will be available at the door on the night of the performance, but, as seating space is limited, Mr. Nuccio recommends that tickets be purchased well in advance of the performances.
The show, described by Supervising Principal Webster Keefe as a "fun show," will mark the second t ime in the last ten years that the faculty has puton a performance for the benefit of the scholarship fund. Small scholarships are awarded from this fund to deserving seniors who plan to continue their education.
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approaching oil truck could pass A five-inch-high ice ridge threw
the woman's station wagon against the truck. She, her passenger and the truck driver were shaken up. The station wagon had to be towed away
Blamed could be the elements, or the owners whose parked cars prevented a thorough snow plowing, or perhaps the community for not removing ice ridges.
One thing is certain: Motorists will have to use extra caution over such roads until rain or warmth eliminate ice ridges. Too many try to beat an approaching car to narrow passageways.
Another danger lies in holes created by snow plows. Repeated plowings and cold have weakened road surfaces. As a result, holes a foot in diameter and some as
Three Seized In Yorktown Tavern Theft YORKTOWN—
Three men accused of a burglary in Yorktown early Friday were nabbed an hour later when they were spotted by an alert Peeks-kill detective outside his home.
The detective, Sgt. James Nelson, had risen about 4 a. m. after he had been called to investigate another case. As he dressed, he chanced to see the three alleged burglars—two of whom he immediately recognized as men he'd previously arrested on burglary charges.
Sgt. Nelson, aided by Peekskill Patrolmen John Bottos and Perley Sloat, brought in all three men to Peekskill police headquarters for questioning. The detective said he had noticed money, beer cases and liquor bottles on the back seat of the men's car, parked across the street from his house.
These articles found in the car matched a description given by Yorktown police of items reported missing from the Yorktown Tavern on Route 202, which had been entered about 3 a. m.
The accused are : Harold Curry, 25, of Old Crompond Road, York-town; John Kinney, 23, of Ver-planck and Arthur Legrant, 18, of Station Road in Crugers. Yorktown police said this morning that all three had signed confessions.
They allegedly stole $122 cash and 14 bottles of liquor. They are being held for grand larceny, sec-ond»degree. Legrand is being held for Grand Jury action in lieu of $1,000 bail, police report, and the other two men are parole violaters from Elmira reformatory and therefore held without bail.
The Yorktown Tavern was first reported broken into at 3:30 a. m. by Yorktown Ptl. George Anderson. The case was investigated by Acting Chief Charles Valentine of the Yorktown force.
LIONETS PLAN PARTY KATONAH—
The Katonah Lionets will hold a military whist party on Saturday, Feb. 25 at the Katonah Memorial House. Proceeds will go to Cub Pack 89, which is sponsored by the Katonah Lions Club.
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deep as 8 inches pock roads. Strik ing these holes at 35 or 45 miles an hour might not only cause a blowout but throw a car out of control. Shock absorbers may need to be replaced, too.
This winter cars had better be checked for front - end misalign, ment and wheel balance. Not many can stand the beating of repeatedly going over bumps.
Volunteers Expand Aid At Hospital MOUNT KISCO—
The volunteer department at the N o r t h e r n Westchester Hospital, headed by Mrs. Clarence Woodward declared, there have been v e r s a r v this month.
During the past year, Mrs. Woodward said today, there have been increases in the number of volunteers, in the hours of their service and in the effectiveness of the service.
There also were five new volunteer programs started during the year. Hospital tours for community groups conducted by volunteers the "Candystriper (junior) program providing visitor assistance and clerical and messenger service, an evening program for business women and housewives with small children, volunteer clerical work and patient care given by volunteer nurses' aides who have received 60 hours of training under the supervision of Mrs. Edna Self of the hospital's nursing service.
The volunteer department also introduced the standard processing of all volunteers, which includes their interviews, placement according to ability and experience, training and an orientation concerning the hospital and the volunteer department.
Aiding Mrs. Woodward in the coordination of the volunteers' work with that of the hospital staff during the year were Miss Marian Andrews superintendent of nurses; Mrs. Arthur W. Huguley Jr., president of the Volunteer Service League; Mrs. Pare Lorentz. in charge of trustee-volunteer liaison, and Mrs. F . R. Dunn and Mrs. Frederick Wycoff cochairmen of the Junior Volunteer Committee.
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"The Misfits" daily 1:05, 3:20, 5:30, 7:40, and 9:50 p. m.; Saturday 1:10. 3:30, 5:50, 8 and 10:30 p. m.; Sunday 2:40, 4:55, 7:10 and 9:20 p. m. PALACE THEATER, Stamford
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More than 80 per cent of auto accident injuries are sustained by the person sitting in what has become known as the "death seat" —the seat next to the driver.
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Local Girls to Dance In Ballet Production CHAPPAQUA—
Appearing with the Westchester Ballet Co. in its first joint concert with the Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra this coming Saturday at the Spellman Auditorium of Mary-mount College in Tarrytown will be Karen Lossing and Geri Molfese of Chappaqua and Honey Laber and Allison Pallila of Yorktown Heights.
The ballet company will present "Les Amours du Tailleur," with music by Rossini-Britten and choreographed by Iris Merrick, director of the Westchester Ballet Co. It tplls the story of the life of a tailor and his meetings with a living doll, a gypsy, the devil's daughter, and a tarantelle and a tyrolean dancer, and how he chooses his true love.
New 'Downtown' Retail Area Urged for Yorktown Heights
o A plan for improvement of the
Yorktown Heights business district which the author feels could make the area "the White Plains of northern Westchester" was outlined to the Yorktown Lions Club last week.
The speaker was Lawrence Bernstein, a club member and an accountant by profession, who has maintained an avid interest since moving to the community from New York 11 years ae;o. He is also vice president of the Yorktown Chamber of Commerce, but spoke strictly in the role of a private citizen.
With the aid oJ. a map Bern-stem told fellow members and their wives gathered for dinner at Nino's m Jefferson Valley, that the commercial development of York-town has lagged far behind the "population explosion."
Bernstein proposed that the town acquire—by condemnation, if necessary, vacant property lying between Commerce St. and the new Route 118 bypass for the construction of two parallel streets. This would provide a major, new shopping area, with adequate parking facilities and would attract trade from a wide retail area, the speaker declared.
Bernstein also urged the town to proceed with actual construction of "paper" roads now on the map— among them the extension of Veterans Road to the bypass.
"Let 's fact i t ," he said, "the Heights business area is the subject of a lot of gags—such as 'it 's a good place to shoot a TV West-ern .
"The town's population has expanded some 400 per cent in the past ten years and yet during this period there has been virtually no commercial growth."
Quoting official statistics. Bernstein outlined the growth of York-
town this way: 1925, population 2,385; 1930, 2,724; 1940, 3,642; 1950 4,731; 1960, 16,453 (only 1,000 less than Peekskill), with the 1970 population estimated at about 26,000.
The speaker outlined various types of shopping centers — the neighborhood center, "such as the A & P ; " the community center, of which the Beach Shopping Center is a typical example; the regional center, such as the Cross County Center in Yonkers, and the "downtown" type of center, with parallel streets.
The latter category would be best for Yorktown Heights, Bern sein contended, pointing out that such a shopping facility would "open up the town to a number of investors" and there would be "less traveling and less walking" for housewives.
"As new business firms come in, landlords of the older businesses will have to improve their facilities," the speaker pointed out. New stores would force the hand of the present land owners to kp up with the t imes."
He also observed that "the more business, the less taxes—we, the small taxpayers, have to pay."
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CASH CUSTOMER, Mrs. John Hallenbeck, is accepting her purchase from Kathy Fairchild, at the height of a cake sale put on in the Pound Ridge Elementary
Fire Destroys Resort House In Shrub Oak YORKTOWN—
The Pine Grove House on Route 6 in Shrub Oak was completely destroyed by fire of unknown origin early today. The building was not occupied.
About 45 volunteers and two trucks responded from the Mohe-gan Fire Co. when the alarm sounded about 2 a. m. The building was completely engulfed in flames when firemen arrived. The blaze was discovered by Ptl. Allen See of Yorktown while on routine patrol duty.
Firemen were at the scene for four hours to keep the blaze from spreading to other buildings and another truck replaced the two at 6 a. m. It stayed on the scene until 9 a. m.
Last year fire destroyed another building at the summer resort, which is not occupied during the winter months.
School. Members of the sales department who are watching
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Benefit Nets $260 For Somers AFS S O M E R S -
The final scores of the basketball contest Saturday night at Somers Central School were Faculty Five 47, Trader All Stars 41, and American Field Service $260.
Gate receipts from the benefit game were donated to the local AFS branch.
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