PAGE TWO THE-BREWSTER STANDARD -. ESTABLISHED 1869 THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963

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Happenings of Yester Year1943—TWENTY YEARS AGO—1943 11933 — THIRTY YEARS AGO — 1933

- Hie Red Cross Motor Corps hasissued a call for drivers.

On (Saturday morning the BoyScouts with Scoutmaster Henthornewill call for tin cans.

Mrs. E. E. Bichie will visit her sonDouglas at William Penn School inPhiladelphia.

Mrs. Frederick Swenson of HillsidePark entertained Mrs. Robert Postof Bronxville last week.

Ensign Ralph W. Zecher, U.S.N.R.,and his wife spent the weekend withMr. and Mrs. Leon Garasey.

The Brewster Grange will meetfor a covered dish supper at the home

'• of Mrs. Laura Bloomer.

- Pvt. Charles S. Carollo is now atCamp Crowder, Mo., where he hasmet Phil Ryan and Martin Reed.

\Sgt. T. Emmett Brennan in the

Hawaiian Islands has met Reming-ton Pinckney and Jack Carey.

N Ted Turnrbse, son of Mr. and 'Mrs.Theodore Turnrose, is serving wUhthe -U. S. Mari&es in the Pacific.

Isaac Van Vlack, Jr., who was in-ducted into the U. S. Army on Thurs-day, was guest of honor at a familydinner party.

James and Edward Collins, twinsons of Robert L. Collins, are atNewport, R. I , for basic training inthe Navy.

Harry Klein, proprietor of theBrewster Manufacturing Co. has ahappy group of twenty-six personsworking at the machines that turnout zipper bags of 'the type popularwith the men of the Army and Navy.

Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Schutz, Mr. andMrs. Hubert Vail, and Mr. and Mrs.Rundle Bloomer were members of atheatre party in New York last week

lieutenant Joseph G. Brennan hasbeen made Company Commander andhas been,transferred from Camp Clai-borne, Lr., to Camp Shelby, Miss.

Gabrielle Blockley, daughter of Mr.and Mrs. Earl H. Blockley was in-itiated • member of Alpha Kappa Phi

i Teachers College. ~

John Joseph Principe, Jr., infantSOD of Mr. and Mrs. John Principe ofBrewster, was christened at the churchof St. Lawrence O'Toole on Sundaylast.

Henry D. Williams, retired train-man of the Putnam Division of theNew York Central, died at the 'homeof his daughter, Mrs. Walter Gates,in Albany.

Thomas Dwyer, Jr., who was oper-ated upon for ruptured appendix aNorthern Westchester Hospital twoweeks ago is slowly recovering.

Carpenters are building an exten-sion to the porch on the south sideof Birdsall T. Manning's house onCamel Avenue.

Edson Fowler is building a doublegarage in the rear of one of his twofamily houses on Carmel Avenue forthe accommodation of his tenants.

Walter Hope is pinch hitting in hisold store during the absence of thenew proprietor, Samuel Seifert whois enjoying his honeymoon in Havana, Cuba.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Brown an-nounce the marriage of their daug'hter Margaret Elizabeth, to Mr. ConnieFox of Union, South Carolina on December 19th, 1982. The. couple willreside in Union South Carolina whereMr. Fox is employed.

Mrs. Jennie Steacy of Brockville,Ontario, Canada, who has been Visit-ing her daughter Mrs. Alexander F.Lobdell at 'her home in Brewster, alsoher son, Dr. George H. Steacy andher daughter, Mrs. Irving S. Pullenin Mahopac, returned to her home onMonday.

Brewster Firemen responded to 52fire calls. The record shows therewere 42 calls out of town and 10 callsin the village. Of the calls outside thevillage 29 were in the Town of South-east, 13 in other towns. The fires wereclassified as follows: Grass fires 13;Chimney fires 8; Burning cars t>;Burning buildings 20. There were also5 calls in cases of drowning.

Good Wishes to Mr. SantorelliDear Addis,

Please put this in your paper. Imiss Mr. Santorelli and I hope he willbe around soon. He has been verygood to us poor people. He helpedeverybody that went to him. I neverwent hungry when he was around.

SignedProm a Poor Man of Brewster

Mrs. Dorothy Lockwood Griffin ofBrewster, was married to Mr. StanleyNack of Poughkeepsie in the parson-age of the First Congregational Churchof Ridgefield, Conn.

Governor Dewey urges all peopleto help raise food. The State FarmManpower Director will list highschool pupils/and adults for full orpart time work.

Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Welch trav-elled over the "Azalea Trail" throughLafayette, La., visited New Orleans,and are headed for Pensacola, Fla.,where -they will visit some of thefamily.

Miss Miriam C. Ryan, daughter ofMr. and Mrs. J. 'Leonard Ryan, andCorporal Robert L. Owens, son of Mr.and Mrs. Thomas Owens, were mar-ried in the church of St. LawrenceOToole on March 4, 1943.

Civil Service Examinations

Information on New York StateCivil Service Examinations is avail-able to County residents in the officesof the Board of Cooperative Educa-tional Services located at 22 Semin-ary Hill Road, Carmel, N. Y.

The most recent announcementsreceived at the Board offices includepositions in the field of Senior Tele-phone Engineer, Conservation, Draft-ing, Engineering, Associate Librarian,Art, Recreation Court Stenography,Junior Artist Designer, RecreationSpecialist, psychology, Psychiatry, ap-plications for which will be acceptedup to March 4th with examinationbeing held on April 6th, 1983; PublicLibrarian, applications for which willbe accepted up to March 25th with

•examination held on April 27th; Ee-ginning Office Worker, applicationbeing held on March 23rd; PublicHealth" Nurse, Electronic Data Pro-cessing, Conservation, Library Sci-ence, Nursing, Public Safety, applica-tions for which will be accepted upto March 18th with examinations be-ing held on April 20th.

The short wave radio installed atAnderson's Drug Store is attractingnew converts every day. At presentamong the class of pupils taking instruetion in code reading from Prof.Oscar Auguston are Prop. CharlesAnderson, Louis Tarako, Jack Tracy,Eph Spiotti, George Young and HenryAnderson.

Approximately 400 guests includ-ing more than 50 from Brewster werepresent when Miss Sophie Witten-berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Na<than Wittenberg became the bride ofSamuel Seifert, son of Mr. and Mis.Phillip Seifert in one of the mostelaborate wedding ceremonies everaccorded a Brewster bride, at theLevel Club in New York City. \

A reception was tendered the castof "What Have You" in the auditor-ium of the Catholic School. The dif-ferent characters went through theirparts- to much applause, Mat Fisher,the hit of the show pulled his usualBaron Munchausen stuff "Vas youdare Shawlie." Father Quill and TomToy made very appropriate remarks.Leonard Ryan acted as official an-nouncer of the evening. Dancing wasenjoyed especially several old fash-ioned sets of lancers. A deliciousbuffet lunch was served.

In New York State today, one-fourth as many farmers are produc-ing one-third more products one ne-half as much land as in 1900.

Heart Diseases CostOne Billion Yearly

When people talk about "heartdisease" they usually mean heart at-tack. Heart attack, however, is onlyone of the many different forms ofheart and circulatory disease whichconstitutes our nation's Numberhealth problem. A listing of themajor forms of cardiovascular diseases also includes stroke, rheumaticheart disease, inborn heart defects,high blood pressure, hardening ofthe arteries, congestive heart failureand even varicose veins.

For the family, the cost \i the heartdiseases is overwhelming m terms ofpain, unguish, lost income and medi-cal expenses. For business, the costhas been roughly approximated at $1billion in lost production a year notincluding the investment in skillswhich sometimes are lost forever.

When you consider these factsobjectively, you will also agree, wethink, that your Heart Fund Gift de-serves a place at the very top of yourgiving for health list. For it is theHeart Fund which support your HeartAssociation's crusade apainst theheart and circulatory diseases.

Truly, more will live the more yougive.

Send a contribution today to HeartCommittee, Box 175, Brewster or toany member of the Committee: Mrs.A. C. Penny, Brewster, Mrs. FredDickinson, Carmel, Mrs. Leslie Palen,Cold Spring, Mrs. John Donohoe, Gar-rison, Mrs. John Dain, Mahopac, Mrs.Stanley Hoffmann, Patterson, or Mrs.Frederick Behr, Putnam Valley.

1923 — FORTY YEARS AGO — 1923

Philip Smith has entered the em-ploy of the Standard Oil Co. of NewYork.

.Philip Diehl & Son, Inc., will here-after be known at the Diehl Manu-facturing Co., Inc.

Howard Van Scoy is filling theposition at the Harlem freight officeleft vacant by Charles Makenny.

Miss Helen Wiltse has returnedhome after spending several dayswith her aunt in Pelham.

Mrs. Fred Storm, who has been atDanbury Hospital for an operationfor appendicitis, returned home Tues-day.

Donald Richie was the winner ofthe first prize, a five dollar gold piecein a public speaking contest at Oak-wood School last week.

The Misses Alice Diehl and ElsaStrong visited Miss Barbara Howe inNew York City last weekend andenjoyed a Broadway matinee.

James Gavaghan, formerly em-ployed as bookkeeper by George W.Hall, Inc., is now occupying a similarposition with O'Hara Brothers.

'Last Sunday morning Pro Mc>Meekin was welcomed by a flock ofeight robins, the first reported thisyear.

Mrs. Elizabeth Carroll and theMisses Anna and Catherine Carrollspent last weekend in Troy wherethey attended Rensselaer's prom.

Louis G. Pugsley held the luckynumber and won fifth prize, $25 incash, at the bazaar given by theEagles Club in Danbury for the smallnvestment of 25 cents.

Mrs. May Sherwood had a fall inthe Grand Central Station on Wed-nesday and her ankle was injuredso severely she was obliged to takea wheel chair to the Brewster train.

Mrs. Edith Helena, who is now aresident of Somers, will sing at theTown Hall, Brewster, on Friday andSaturdays evenings, during the inter-mission at the moving pictures.

vProfessor Jerome Fitzpatrick has

returned from Cleveland where heattended the National Conference ofheads of schools. Mr. Fitzpatrick w«spleased to meet James T. Danes whowas also attending the conference.

Baseball managers Mickey of Brew-ster, Moore of Danbury and McCarthyof White Plains will attend the meet-ing on Sunday at White Plains ofthose interested in having some pro-fessional ball games here this com-ing summer.

Last Thursday evening about fif-teen fellow workers of Charles Ma-kenny at the Harlem freight stationgave him a surprise party at his homeon East View Avenue. Mr. Makennywill resume his interior decoratingbusiness.

1913 - FIFTY YEARS AGO - 1913

Miss Louise Crosby is teaching atthe Mt. Holly School in Katonah.

Mrs. Uriah Field is resting easilyafter a severe shock suffered severaldays ago.

Mrs. John Farrell of the upperSodom district is a surgical patientat the Danbury Hospital.

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A new survey has been taken bystate officials of the prison site atWingdale.

The Empress the Theatre Beauti-ful, seating 1400 people will open inDanbury on Monday, March 17th.

Miss Luella Ruffs, of Stormville,spent a few days last week with AnnaM. O'Hara.

Miss Veda Reynolds of Rutland,Vermont, is the guest of Mr. andMrs. George HiUerman.

Charles E. Scheuber was amongthose who witnessed the inaugura-tion of 'President Wilson in Washing-ton on Tuesday.

After spending a month in Florida'swarmth and sunshine, Mr. E. 0.Everett returned to Brewster Satur-day evening.

Ganung and Austin have beenjiwardud the contract for the con-struction of a cottage on PutnamTerrace for Ernest <J. Hopkins. Workwill begin about April 1.

All children in the Brewster HighSchool above the first grade havebegun rehearsals for a May Carnivalat the Town Hall on May 2. The prac-tice is in charge of Miss Mary HelenSmith.

Rev. William A. Knox, D.D., abrother of Miss Mary Anna Knox ofBrewster, has been invited to assumethe pastorate of the Dunellen, N. J.M. E. Church for another year.

George Rich was held up by twomen on Wednesday evening about8:45 just above North Brewster. Hewas kocked down and relieved of$1.75 in money, a jack knife and abunch of keys. •

An unknown person or personsbroke into the Harlem passenger de-pot some time last' Saturday night.Entrance was made by removing thewindow pane. The^ only thing missing was $200 in

yjllageofficet^Bfltaated this week" O 3 R H R i * C ^ ' as

follows: Preside!!, Philip Diehl; Trus-tees, William Ajf Ferris and C. RalphDiehl; Collector, Wilson H. Crane;Treasurer, Frederick C. Kelley; PoliceJustice, Nathaniel Hancock.

A horse owned i by William Cun-ningham strolled out on the highwaynear Reed's crossing last week di-rectly in the path of William Lyon'sautomobile. Before Mr. Lyon couldapply the brakes the horse slippedand fell. The car went completelyover the prostrate beast. A few sec-

PUTNAM RED CROSSTO RAISE $13,029

Kegelman Heads Fund Drive Aidedby Three Branch Chairmen andCommittees of Professional Per-sons. Campaign Opens March 1

A financial quota of $13,029 hasbeen established as the goal of the1963 fund drive of the Putnam Chapter, American Red Cross, it has beenannounced by Edward J.of Brewster, fund chairman.

The campaign is scheduled to getunderway throughout Putnam Coimty the first week of March.

•We ask everyone's support," Mr.Kegelman said. "By this campaign weare hopeful of replenishing funds thathave been depleted by the more than$2,000 spent in assisting victims ofthe fire of last October in Brewster,and through other assistance through,out the county." .

Meantime, Mr. Kegelman said thatthe committee has named branchchairmen to handle each of the townsunder the direction.of himself andthree vice-chairmen, namely DonaldHurlbert, of Mahopac, who will super-vise Southeast and Putnam Valley;Robert W. Schreiber, of Carmel, whowill handle Carmel and Philipstownand Rudolph Spreckelsen who will becharge of Kent and Patterson.

(Branch chairmen and their areasare:

Carmel: Lloyd Mitten and Mrs.Nicholas Chapis; Mahopac; EdwardDwyer and Mrs. Leslie 'Dodge; Sedge-wick Club, Roland Glover; Kent Cliffs,Henry J. Walker, Jr.; Hill and Dale,Mrs. Alexander McLeod; Gipsy Trail,Mrs. Robert Godridge; Lake Carmel,Mrs. Harold Barger, Mrs. James Thre-keld, Mrs. Thomas DiMaio; Luding-tonville, Mrs. Frank R. Barbarita;Southeast, John Whally; Putnam Val-ley, Bruce Adams; Putnam Lake,John Foley; Patterson, Donald B.Smith; Garrison, Mrs. Lucien Hold, Jr.

A new innovation this year pointedout by Mr. Kegelman is an effort tosolicit the aid of professional per-sons. As a result committees are be-ing formed among physicians, lawyers and bankers. Named as chairmenof these committees are the follow-ing:

Dr. Gene Szutu, of Carmel, for phy-sicians; S. Barrett Hickman, of Ma-hopac, for lawyers, and Merritt H.Ryder, president of the Putnam Coun-ty National Bank in Carmel, who willhead up the banking division.

"In addition to seeking to replenishour funds, "Mr. Kegelman said, "Weare hopeful that we shall help rebuildour vital service of t blood supplywhereby each county resident is eli-gible for three free quarts of bloodper yeir:.Tt cbsTiipward 6*$8T«pro-cess one. of these free quarts."

Dr. Harold Nomer is chapter chair-

Brewster Elks Lodge No. 2101 willhold their 4th annual Spring ClamBake at their home on Route 22 onSunday, March 24. Breakfast will beserved at 10:30 a.m. and the Bakewill begin at 2:30 p.m.

onds later the beast jumped up andcantered off. Mr. Cunningham reportsthe horse is of no further use forfarm purposes.

Student OrchestraTo Perform March 10

A teen-age symphony orchestra, aworld-renowned conductor, and asemi-professional chorus are the in-gredients in the recipe for an after-noon concert to be sponsored by theLions Clubs of the Northern West-chester and Putnam County area, onSunday, March 10.

The orchestra is the Tri-CountyYouth Symphony, an organization ofteen-age musicians from eight areahigh schools. This new orchestra is inits second season and rehearses everySaturday morning.

(Howard Barlow, the noted conduc-

tor, is the musical direeto'Jot theorchestra, and his years of experiencemake each rehearsal a unique musicalexperience.

The Manhattan Savings Bank a o r -isters, a singing group which has be-come familiar to we« rendeafcthrough their many «uest appear-ances, will sing with the orchestraand present a group of choral compo-sitions. The Choristers will be dlrtctedby Michael Terry, an assiitant Treas-urer of the bank.

The concert has been scheduled forthe Yorktown High School Auditor.ium,*t 3:30 p.m Tickets to the con-cert can be obtained from Lion d u bmembers.

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