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PAGE SIX THE BREWSTER STANDARD—ESTABLISHED 1869 THURSDAY, DECEMBER <strong>23</strong>, <strong>1948</strong><br />

PEACH LAKE NORTH SALEM<br />

THIS SPACE IS DEVOTED TO OUR NORTHERN WESTCHESTER READERS<br />

Christmas Party At"<br />

Purdys High School<br />

Parent-Teacher Ass'n Present Program A Very Merry Christmas.<br />

Of Local Talent. Will Vote on National<br />

Affiliation Jan. 11; High Midnight Mass will be said in St.<br />

School Library Needs Funds. Joseph's Church again this year.<br />

Following a brief business session,<br />

the well-attended December meeting<br />

of the Parent-Teacher Organization<br />

enjoyed a delightful Christmas program<br />

in Central High School, Purdys.<br />

The event was planned and presented<br />

by Alfred Hicks, assisted by Blair<br />

Muller and William VanArnam.<br />

During the business session copies<br />

of a special committee's report on the<br />

question of af&liating with the National<br />

Congress of Parents and Teachers<br />

was distributed for consideration<br />

at the Jan. 11 meeting.<br />

It was announced that 1368 had been<br />

collected for the purchase of basic<br />

and reference books for the Central<br />

High School Library and the hope was<br />

expressed that those who have hot<br />

contributed would do so prior to the<br />

personal solicitation planned for early*<br />

In January.<br />

The Christmas program included<br />

songs by the Croton Falls Men's Club<br />

Chorus with solos by Carl Formes<br />

and Fred Schultz, accompanied by<br />

Mrs. H. Tappen and directed by Harold<br />

Knapp; violin solos by Al Muller,.<br />

accompanied by Marg Muller; selections<br />

iby the brass ensemble of Central<br />

High School Band, directed by<br />

Donald Nuccia; a tap dance by Jane<br />

Luce, accompanied by William Arndt,<br />

and a slight-of-hand performance by<br />

William Arndt. The program was<br />

closed with Christmas Carols sung by<br />

the audience under the leadership of<br />

Mr. Knapp.<br />

The hostesses of the social hour<br />

which followed were Mrs. Charles<br />

Armstrong and Mrs. Ferdinand Ouss.<br />

PURDYS<br />

Miss Mary Burns, of Lake Purdy,<br />

who painted the Thanksgiving decortlons<br />

on Jones Market window, has<br />

displayed her talent again with a<br />

Yuletide painting on the window.<br />

Mr. and Mrs*. William Van Arnam<br />

and son, Billy, will leave Friday for<br />

Troy, N. Y., where they will spend<br />

the Christmas holidays with their<br />

families, the Dorings and the Van-<br />

Arnams.<br />

Miss Doris Bittner, a sophomore In<br />

the College of Liberal Arts (Journalism)<br />

Syracuse University, returned<br />

home Saturday, Dec. 18th to spend<br />

the Christmas holidays with' her parents,<br />

Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Bittner.<br />

vacation extends until Jan. 2nd. Mrs.<br />

Arndt's mother, Mrs. Robert Vogt, of<br />

Rockvllle Center, L. I., arrived Thursday<br />

to spend a week with her daughter<br />

and family. Dinner guests Christmas<br />

day at the Arndt home in addition<br />

to Mrs. Vogt will be Mrs. John<br />

A. Fisher, her son, John Fisher and<br />

her daughter. Miss F. Fisher, all of<br />

Forest Hills, L. I.<br />

Students home for the Christmas<br />

holidays are: Doris Bittner, Syracuse<br />

Univ.; Jack Brennan, Cornell Univ.;.<br />

Virginia Butler, Elmlra College: Howard<br />

Gates, Alfred College; Louise<br />

Giles, Howard Univ., Washington, D.<br />

O: Kathleen Goudey. Plattsburg State<br />

Teachers College; BJor Halvorsen. St.<br />

Peter's School, PeeksklU: Howard<br />

Johnson, Univ. of Pennsylvania; Daniel<br />

Juengst, Clarkson College; Angelina<br />

Malronl. Syracuse Univ.; Ruthanne<br />

Maurhoff, Plattsburg State<br />

Teachers College: Tony Messina. Notre<br />

Dame: Marilyn Muller. Cortland State<br />

Teachers College; Jacqueline Ooti<br />

house. Mary A. Burnham School:<br />

Ronald Tostevin, Trinity College.<br />

Hartford. Conn.<br />

o-<br />

In Old England coal was believed to<br />

fill the air with poisonous gasses. In<br />

1306 the English monarch issued a<br />

proclamation declaring anyone who<br />

burned coal would be put to death.<br />

CROTON FALLS<br />

Robert Shay has returned home<br />

from <strong>Northern</strong> Westchester Hospital<br />

where he had been for a few weeks<br />

for treatment of an infection.<br />

The January meeting of the Auxiliary<br />

of the Fire Department will be<br />

held on the 5th at 8 p.m. Installation<br />

of officers will take place and the<br />

Christmas party will be held. Each<br />

member is asked to bring an inexpensive<br />

wrapped gift for the grab bag.<br />

Midshipman Arthur Goudey, Jr., U.<br />

S. N., arrived home Saturday via air-<br />

| plane on a thirty day leave from the<br />

Naval Air Base, Pensacola, Florida.<br />

His sister, Kathleen, also arrived home<br />

Saturday . from Plattsburg State<br />

Teachers College. She will remain<br />

until Jan. 3rd.<br />

A Jeep skidded on the snow Sunday<br />

afternoon while making the turn from<br />

Route 100 to the Croton Falls road<br />

and went down the embankment to<br />

the river. The driver's foot had<br />

caught In the door and he was pinned<br />

there until released by a local taxi<br />

driver. He was uninjured.<br />

NORTH SALEM<br />

Anthony Ryan, who attends school<br />

at Mlllbrook, N. Y., and Deerlng Melin,<br />

of R. P. I., Troy, are spending the<br />

holidays at their homes.<br />

The singing at the Methodist Church<br />

last Sunday was rendered by the<br />

young people's choir of Purdys Methodist<br />

Church.<br />

The children's Christmas tree party<br />

will be held at St. James Church on<br />

Sunday, Dec 26th. There will be no<br />

Sunday School, but morning prayer<br />

at 11 a.m. Services will be held on<br />

Christmas day with Holy Communion<br />

at 10:30 a.m.<br />

GOLDENS BRIDGE<br />

The card party sponsored by John<br />

E. Winter, Jr. Post 1734, American<br />

Legion, was held at the fire house hall<br />

last Friday evening. There were IS<br />

tables of pinochle, six of bridge (auction<br />

and contract) and one euchre.<br />

Fred Perlini, of Brewster, won first<br />

prize at pinochle; auction bridge, Mrs.<br />

Walter E. Miller, Purdys; contract,<br />

M. Goerl, Llncolndale, and Charles<br />

Williams, Goldens Bridge, euchre. The<br />

door prize, a turkey, was awarded to<br />

Lester Ward, Goldens Bridge; a special<br />

gift went to Bill Hogan, Lake Ka-<br />

PURDYS CROTON FALLS<br />

HAPPENINGS GATHERED BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS EVERY WEEK<br />

tonah. $2,400 SCHOLARSHIP AT R. P. I. headmasters and principals in Rockland<br />

and Putnam Counties. He will<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Keating at­<br />

Christopher D. Monahan is having George Hoyt, who has been ill, is Miss Peggy Winter Is enjoying a tended the show at Radio City on<br />

Clyde S. Jones, 32 Westwood Ave., interview seniors Interested in the<br />

his house covered with Tilo shingles. much improved.<br />

Christmas vacation from her duties Sunday.<br />

<strong>New</strong> Rochelle, is chairman of the 15- competition which closes April I. An­<br />

In the Catharine Oibbs School In <strong>New</strong><br />

man committee of • Rensselaer J Polynouncement of the winner will be<br />

Wishing all readers of this column A Boy Scout Troop has now been <strong>York</strong> City.<br />

Mrs. Ethel Winter, George and Pegtechnic<br />

Institute alumni which will made at graduation. The scholarship<br />

organized in North Salem with 17<br />

gy, visited the grave of John B. Win­<br />

award a $2,400 scholarship at the is one of 32 being awarded by RPI<br />

boys applying for membership. The ladles of the Sewing Circle will ter in the National Cemetery, Long<br />

Troy, N. Y. college to an autstanding this year. ,<br />

meet Thursday evening at the home Island, Sunday, and later stopped for<br />

high school graduate next June In<br />

Miss Bmella Miller and Amos Fin­ of Mrs. Henry Palmer for a Christmas dinner with relatives in Yonkers. They<br />

the counties of Putnam, Rockland and Last year's tri-county winner was<br />

ney will be dinner guests of Mr. and party.<br />

found traveling very difficult because<br />

Westchester. *<br />

Richard G. oehl, of <strong>New</strong> Rochelle,<br />

Mrs. Vincent Sproul and Infant Mrs. Herbert Travis on Christmas day.<br />

of the snowstorm.<br />

Chairman Jones personally Is plac­ who now is enrolled at the Institute<br />

daughter have returned from North­<br />

The Christmas program of the local<br />

ing application forms in the hands of majoring in electrical engineering.<br />

ern Westchester Hospital. •<br />

Mrs. Charles Keeler is spending two school presented last Thursday morn­ The Sunday School of the Method­<br />

weeks with Mrs. Charles Russell in ing, was well done by so young a group ist Church will present their Christ­<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Larkin left Rahway, N. J.<br />

of children and was very Interesting. mas program on Sunday, Dec. 26, at<br />

Wednesday for Florida to spend the<br />

Much credit is due to the teachers. • 7:30 p.m. Recitations, songs and a<br />

YOUR LOCAL FLORIST<br />

Christmas holidays.<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Travis spent<br />

short pageant. "The Christmas Car­<br />

Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mr. and Mrs. Rocco Manclnl, of ols Come to Life" will be rendered. At<br />

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart B. Knapp's Boyce In White Plains.<br />

Somers Road, Mrs. Ralph DeLina, of<br />

Brewster Greenhouse & Nursery<br />

the close of the exercises, Santa Claus<br />

daughter-in-law, Mrs. Kenneth Knapp<br />

Katonah, sailed on the Saturina on will distribute presents, candy and<br />

of Stockton, Calif., is visiting them. Miss Loraine Van Scoy, of Platts­ Dec. 3rd for a two and one-half<br />

Old Brewster-Danbury Road<br />

Phone 657<br />

oranges to the scholars.<br />

burg State College, is spending the months vacation with relatives In<br />

Miss Betty Shay has been spending Christmas vacation with her parents Italy.<br />

Has a Good Supply of Christmas Wreaths, Trees, Grave Covers,<br />

part of the holiday vacation with her in Salem Center.<br />

Cemetery Wreaths, Mistletoe, Roping and Centerpieces.<br />

sister and brother-in-law In Laurel,<br />

FLOWERS — POINSETTIA8 — CYCLAMEN — BEGONIAS<br />

Maryland.<br />

AFRICAN VIOLETS — PRIMROSES — CUT FLOWERS<br />

Delivery Service .<br />

Mrs. James Burchenal died on Tuesday<br />

In Stamford, Conn., after a short<br />

Illness. She will be remembered here<br />

as the sister of the late Mrs. Irving<br />

E. Purdy and she made many friends<br />

here on her frequent visits. Funeral<br />

was held on Thursday morning at 11<br />

a.m. from Outing and Reynolds funeral<br />

home, with burial in Delaware<br />

beside her husband. She Is survived<br />

by three nieces, several grand" nieces<br />

and grand nephews.<br />

The Christmas party of the children<br />

of St. Joseph's parish was very well<br />

attended on Sunday afternoon despite<br />

the heavy snowstorm. Each child received<br />

a gift and candy, refreshments<br />

were also served.<br />

Miss Jacqueline Oothouse, a student<br />

at the Mary A. Burnham School,<br />

Northampton, Mass., arrived home<br />

last Wednesday to spend the Christmas<br />

holidays with her parents, Mr.<br />

and Mrs. Donald Oothouse.<br />

Mrs. Philip J. Doyle spent the week<br />

end at the home of her aunt, Mrs.<br />

Howard Johnson, a dental student<br />

Joseph Murphy and daughters, Ellen<br />

at the University of Pennsylvania, ar­<br />

and Anne, Jamaica, L. I. Saturday,<br />

rived Friday to spend the Christmas<br />

Mrs. Doyle, her sister, Mrs. James<br />

holidays with his parents, Mr. and<br />

O'Neill, and the Misses Ellen and An­<br />

Mrs. D. Clinton Height. Miss Judy<br />

ne Murphy attended the musical "My<br />

M. Kuhn, of Jenkinstown, Penn., who.<br />

Romance" at the Adelphl Theatre.<br />

is a student at* the Connecticut Col­ <strong>New</strong> <strong>York</strong> City and had dinner at<br />

lege for Women, <strong>New</strong> London, Conn.,<br />

Jane Davis. Mr. Doyle, Charles, James<br />

is spending a few days with the and Betty Doyle, and Miss Reglha<br />

Haights.<br />

Fox, of Purdys, were dinner guests on<br />

Sunday at the Murphy home.<br />

Federated Church Notes<br />

Rev. Laban H. ChamberlinT minister;<br />

Mrs. Harold Tappey, organist and<br />

Christmas exercises were held in<br />

choir director.<br />

the Methodist Church, Purdys, Wed­<br />

Services are being held in the Presnesday,<br />

Dec. 22nd, at 8" pjn. There<br />

byterian Church during the winter<br />

was an entertainment by the Sunday<br />

months.<br />

School children and a visit from San­<br />

Sunday, Dec. 19th at 8 p.m., service<br />

ta Claus.<br />

of carols and candle lighting was held.<br />

The program:<br />

Mrs. Seldel held a Christmas party The dance held on Saturday even­<br />

Prelude—"Adoration" by Borowskl<br />

for her seventh grade class Friday afing under the auspices of the mem­<br />

Violin solo—Herbert Lawrence<br />

ternoon. Many games were played bers of the Fire Department'was very<br />

Lighting of the Candles—Torch bear­<br />

with the following winning prizes:— well attended and all had a very eners<br />

Ruth Baker, Joyce Flandreau<br />

Janet Outhouse, Mltzie Melndel, Fredjoyable time. The hall was attract­<br />

Processional—"O Come All Ye Faithdie<br />

Woodcock, Geoffrey Armstrong, ively decorated with green boughs',<br />

ful"<br />

Pat Richie and Louis Oonnella. Af­ and a lighted, decorated Christmas<br />

The Invocation<br />

ter the games refreshments consisting Even the bunch of mistletoe was noT<br />

The Lord's Prayer<br />

of Ice cream, cake, cookies and candy omitted. Dancing was enjoyed until<br />

Responsive Reading<br />

were served.<br />

midnight when a buffet supper was<br />

Anthem—"O Holy Night"—by Men's<br />

served, consisting of cold cuts, pickles, Choir<br />

Mr. R. D. Knapp, who celebrated potato and macaroni salads, cole slaw, Carol — "While Shepherds Watched<br />

his birthday anniversary Wednesday, bread and coffee. The special prize Their Flocks"<br />

Dec. <strong>23</strong>rd, was guest of honor Sunday of the evening was won by Douglas , Scripture Reading<br />

at the pre-blrthday dinner party at Campbell.<br />

.Selections by the Trumpeters—Shirley<br />

his home. Besides his wife and Mrs.<br />

Archer, Ruth Baker, Ada Baker,<br />

Minnie Clark, there were present 20 The Auxiliary of the Fire Depart­ Llla Woodcock<br />

auests from Pearl River, N. Y., Yonment held a Christmas party for "O Night of Holy Memory"—by the"<br />

kers, White Plains and East Orange, children of members of both the Fire Senior Choir<br />

<strong>New</strong> Jersey.<br />

Department and the Auxiliary Sat­ Carol — "Hark, The Herald Angels<br />

urday afternoon. About 60 children Sing"<br />

Mr. and Mrs. William Arndt motor­ were present. The Christmas carols On Wednesday, Dec. 22nd at 7:30<br />

ed to Baltimore, Md., Wednesday and sung by the children was led by Mrs. p.m.. the Church Bible School enter­<br />

returned Thursday with their daugh­ Cappucci, with Mrs. Dorothy Guss at tainment was held. Exercises by the<br />

ter, Carol Ann, and a friend, Miss the piano. Santa Clause, found strand­ primary department and classes of<br />

Janet White, who attend Goucher ed on Hillside, was brought to the the school with a visit of Santa Claus<br />

College there. Miss White, who lives fire house by Chief Hughes in the fire tc all children present.<br />

In <strong>New</strong> Canaan, Conn., spent the week truck in time to distribute gifts to all On Friday. Dec. 24th, the Christmas<br />

end at the Arndt home. Miss Arndt's the children. Besides a gift each one Carolers will shv in various parts of<br />

received a candy cane and an orange the community at 7:30 p.m.<br />

and was served ice cream and cookies<br />

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On Tuesday evening, Dec. 14th, the<br />

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