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Vol. 1, No. 14 Chappaqua, N. Y., January 31, 1946 Price Five Cents EW CASTLE JAPANESE SURRENDER AT KOREA # For Youngsters Weekly Dances at Firehouse; Refreshments and Flowers for All From Neighboring Towns. 8:00 P.M., Saturday, February 2nd at the Millwood Fire House, will mark the first of a series of weekly dances. Music will be furnished for dancing by a juke box, the cost of which was spon sored by the New Castle Repub lican Club and its President, Paul R. Reynolds of Chappaqua. The juke box will give out with the latest \eager beaver\ and \hep\ records. The young people of Millwood extend to their friends in the nearby towns of Kitchawan, Croton, Mt. Kisco, Ossining, BriarclirT and Chappaqua, a friendly and cordial invitation to attend the dance as their guests — at the Millwood Fire House, Saturday, February 2nd at 8:00 P.M. Whether it snows or blows, the dance will be held. The Committee which has functioned for the dance in cludes Jean Asty, Eileen Ahearn, Betty Biggs, Doris Hensel, Mary Hutton, Clara Ponce, Lydia Rod- riques, Audrey Sleator, Gloria Warne, Jimmy and Bobby Nei- (Continued on Page 12) Saw Mill Pkwy To Be Extended It has been announced that the New York State Department of Public Works definitely ex pects to advertise for bids and to start work next Spring or Summer on at least three major highway projects in Westches ter. First on the list is the exten sion of the Saw Mill River Park way from Chappaqua to Katon- ah, there to connect with Route 22. Second is the widening of a specified section of the Bronx River Parkway. Third project is construction on the \New England Thruway\ us ng portions of the original right-of-way acquired for the Pelham-Port Chester Parkway. Under the plans, all acquisi tion of land and construction costs would be borne by the State. Morton Rosenthal Wins In Boston At the 98th Annual Boston Poultry Show, held Jan. 16th to 20th, Morton Rosenthal, of Hard- scrabble-Road, was awarded two first prizes and one second for his three golden Polish Bantams. There were over 6,000 entries in the show, which is the oldest and largest in the United States. Commander Erie V. Dennett has joined his wife and small son, Douglas, who have been living with Mrs. Dennett's sister, Mrs. Daniel J. Pykett of Hardscrabble Rd., for the past year while Commander Dennett was overseas. He saw action in many of the great Naval battles of the Pacific including Guadalcanal and Bouganville, and served as Aide to Ad miral Wright at the Japanese surrender in Korea on September 11th. Commander Dennett is soon to take command of the cruiser \San Francisco' on which he has been serving as Executive Officer to Captain J. E. Whelshel. The \San Francisco\ is to be laid up at the Philadelphia Ship Yards on inactive status, and Commander Dennett and his family will make their home in Philadelphia. Teen-Agers Enjoy \Dads\ Open House 150 Youngsters Play Games, Dance, Skate and Eat As Guests of Chappaqua \Dads\; Other Events Planned For Future; Next \Open House\ At Greeley School Will Be Feb. 9. About 150 teen-agers attended the Open House at the Gree ley High School on Saturday evening, January 26, 1946 which was held under the sponsorship of Chappaqua Dads with the aid of the High School officials and the New Castle Recreation Com mittee. At the peak of the evening, seventy-five youngsters were accounted for in the gymnasium and thirty eight in the cafeteria with small groups circulating between these two cen ters of activity. Literally the flow of soft drinks surpassed anything that the Dads had anticipated after they had practically cornered the supply in town. Surprisingly, some youngsters were slow in finding out that the refresh ments were without charge as quite a few who were on their way out came dashing back to inquire if it was true about the free drinks. The Dads' wives who bravely dispensed the re freshments expect that their successors at the next Open House will be simply overwhelm ed with the rush. In the cafeteria numerous games were set up and were in use throughout the evening. A table bowling alley proved ex ceedingly popular and was never idle. Music was provided during the entire evening in the cafe teria for the dancers and in the lower corridor for the skaters. Very few couples, however, found the time to break away from the games to dance or skate. The gym was the most pop ulous center of activity. At times so many played on the volley ball course that the ball never seemed to have a chance to fall out of bounds. Two badminton Chappaqua Is Leader In Clothing Drive Tops County in Record-breaking Finish; Quota Exceeded Three to One as Entire Town Unites in Successful Project; Addi tional Donations Will Be Accepted After January 31. Geo. Sokolsky, Louis Waldman To Speak Here Republican Club Announces Meeting at School, Friday, February 8th. As clothing donations continued to mount during the clos ing days of the Victory Clothing Collection for Overseas Re lief, Chappaqua had gone over the top in a record-breaking finish. This year's quota had been set at one piece of clothing for every resident. It was exceeded in Chappaqua by more than three times this goal. Since so much clothing is so urgently needed, however, ar rangements are being made by the collection committee to re ceive, pack and ship the additional donations which are expected ® even after the drive closes. Mrs. Louis Sobel, chairman of the committee has announced that plans will be made soon to con tinue the collection at some point other than the post office. The committee will continue to func tion until all donations are in, and will announce its plans for cont'nued collection soon. The drive itself is a testimon ial to the achievements which can be realized when the entire township cooperates oh a pro ject. The clothing committee, which was formed at the sug gestion of the Chappaqua Com munity Council, which sponsored last year's drive, included mem bers representing every organ ization and church in the com munity. In commenting upon the re sults obtained here, the region al director for Westchester County said, \It's amazing. I have never seen better coopera tion, or the ground covered so well.\ In addition to organization and church sponsorship, Chap paqua merchants donated ad vertising space to the drive. The entire community worked to gether to achieve this record- making goal. Mrs. Sobel and Mrs. Ralph Haus, co-chairman of the committee expressed their thanks to all who contributed and urge those who still have contributions to make to watch the papers for an announcement of where the collection will con tinue. (Continued on Page 9) In line with its announced program of bringing speakers of prominence to Chappaqua, the New Castle ^Republican Club will present two distinguished lec turers. Mr. George E. Sokolsky and Mr. Louis Waldman, at the High School on Friday evening, February 8. The public is in vited as guests of the New Castle Republican Club. Mr. Sokolsky who will speak on \The American Dollar\ is currently a columnist for the New York Sun and other papers. He is the author of many books among them, Labor's Fight for Power; We Jews; Labor Crisis in the United States; and The American Way of Life. Born in Utica, N.Y. in 1893, Mr. Sokolsky attended the School of Journalism at Columbia Univer sity and shortly after graduation became editor of the Russian Daily News in Petrograd. Well launched on a successful career he became associated with a number of publications in China and the Far East. Upon his re turn to this country he wrote for various papers among them the New York Post and the New York World. Mr. Louis Waldman will take as his subject, \The Road To Industrial Peace\. Mr. Waldman is one of the nation's leading lawyers numbering among his clients great labor unions as well as corporations and is con sidered an authoritative analyst of current affairs, especially of government regulation, full em ployment, unions in politics and prevention of strikes. County Leads Westchester County, with the exception of four New York City counties, was highest in the State last year with 441 incor porations. This was double the amount in 1944. Of the 2,074 new enterprises formed in the State last month, 71 were in Westchester. CAR SKIDS At 3:50 P.M. on Jan. 27th, on the Millwood-Kisco Road, a car operated by Jean D. Carey of Mount Kisco skidded on a turn, and collided with another car driven by Nora H. Williams of White Plains. The damage was slight. Fuel Price Rise An increase in the price of fuel oil, the second within five weeks, was announced by the OPA on January 25th. Westchester dealers were authorized to raise the price of Number 2, 3 and 4 fuel oils from 7.7 cents per gallon to 8 cents. The increase was granted, it is understood, in order to allow refiners compensation for their losses in producing fuel oil instead of gasoline.
