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6 ; »;NE^GASTLg NEWS/FRIDAY, MARCH? 23, 1951 R.Cad JVIorcicn Tell to nandle ' a l° ne > and Plans 'have ' to be worked up on the basis of Story OH. Defense mutual aid, with one community _j _ . helping another. Westchesters 1 O \llDllC Meeting job picks up at the borderline of ^ New York City where the police * r^itrz of ™° \~j£?z t done to expedite the return oi , , , ., . -^^^ ^ - mutes r>reviouslv laid out. From Westchester commuters an d resi- - - , ^ . dents to their homes, in the event ^ e countv c ? nt ™} r ° om > & p ut ^ rl « of an A-bomb attack on New ? haw > Coui ^ Erector of Civil Defense, will assign evacuees to two large reception centers, one at the White Plains County Cen ter and the other at Playland York City, according to Bayard Read, Assistant County Director of Civil Defense. This reassurance was given to New Castle at its — - 'Casino in Rye. From there, eva- first public Civil Defense, mset- j J .. ing Wednesday, March 14, in Horace Greeley school. Westchester's role in civil de fense will b3 to provide care and accommodations for New York cuees will be fanned out to small er reception centers, and from there to billets. Up to now a great deal of time has been spent on spade work. City's homeless and injured, and Westchester County has had to to send in certain types of assist- await instructions from the State ance and equipment, such as fire Commission and New Castle has fighting equipment, if the disas ter warrants such aid, Mr. Read said. had to await an evaluation ol these instructions as they pertain to the county, .before proceeding. id. i It is also, Mr. Read said, the J Since different communities have countyVjob to keep New fork different risks, according to City going by .billeting essential whether they are target or non workers as close to the city as target areas, target areas receiv possible. Westchester has been ed planning priority during the asked to provide accommodations flr st few months in the interests for 32,500 evacuees, exclusive of,of self protection. The big tasx the county's six cities. Of these, ! facing Civil Defense now is to New Castle', through its 58% re- get volunteers for all of the many sponse to the December housing vital jobs, Mr. Read concluded survey, has offered to care for! Col. Morden, who was intro- some 2,000 persons overnight' ducted by Richard M. Bleier, and about 900 for a longer period, President of the Town Club, gave it was revealed by Col. William a resume of the New Castle Civil J. Morden, deputy director of Defense organization and accom- Civil Defense for New Castle. ( plishments to date.\ He told how Among those who heard Mr. he had appointed Clifford M. Read describe the Civil Defense Fisher, Chairman of the Red set-up from the state to the Cross Disaster Committee, as his county to local communities were' executive assistant, while at the heads of various civic organiza- same time civil defense has in- tions in New Castle, Civil Defense j tegrated the Disaster Committee officials and personnel, and out- j into its setup to handle the huge of-town visitors. The meeting j job of registration and allocation was co-sponsored by the Chap- J of evacuees. Two other assistants paqua PTA and the Town Club, are Elmer L. Fingar, who headed appreciation to the following members of the Civil Defense or- | ganizaiion: Alan Legg, who is public information officer, with Mrs. W. H. Depperman handling the actual publicity; James J. Harrigan and Richard E. Law rence who are Warden Chair- mans setting up the vital air war den service; Albert W. Graff, who has agreed to handle highways in the event of an emergency, Charles Dedde, who has accepteu responsibility for taking care of water for the community; also Dr. Paul Z. Haus, who heads com munications; and the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts who are in re serve to act as messengers if there is a breakdown in other com munications; Dr. William L. Granger, who is the medical of ficer; Chief of Police C. L. Ro- maine, and the two fire chiefs in • the Township, John M. Nash and / William H. Rieger, who are not under Col. Morden's jurisdiction. Col. Morden also thanked the Reader's Digest for printing post ers calling attention to the meet ing, which were distributed throughout stores in the town ship by the Girl Scouts under the direction of Mrs. Otto Ottesen. simple, common sense precau tions to minimize the effects of an atom bomb. Starting out with a description of the advance ments in science and medicine made possible through atomic re search, the film showed what in dividuals should do, whether at home or caught in the streets, to save themselves in the event of an A-bomb explosion. It told how to counteract the effects or radiation, and explained the dif ferent effects of air, water and ground bursts. The motion pic ture projector was operated by John Prendergast, Bill Keene, Guy Fowler, and Mack Kadel Following a question and an swer period, David Scott, presi dent of the Chappaqua PTA, is sued a further appeal for civil defense volunteers A 20-minute movie entitled, \You Can Beat the A-Bomb\ preceded the talks. Loaned through the courtesy of McGraw- Hill, which prepared the film, it gave graphic demonstrations of X-Ray Mobile Unfit Is Due at Greeley The Mobile Chest X-Ray un of the Westchester CountJ Tuberculosis Association will be|! at the Horace Greeley School 6j$£ May 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free chest x-rays will be ofMfcf ed to all students 15 years of ^j^, and over, all faculty members and other school employees. Stu dents in the 15-year and over age group will receive a chest x-ray unless a student's parent^ notify the school health depart ment to the contrary before May 17. Save your paper for the paper drive. It helps the i and it helps the country. BUYERS WAITING / HOME _ ^ffi*/ MttMBSg IF YOUR PROPERTY V ^n?\\^ IS FOR SALE OR RENT List It With ALYS MOEHLENPAH BROKER 45 BEDFORD ROAD, SOUTH OF KING STREET to acquaint the public with Civil Defense organization and the relationship of individuals to Civ- , civil defense in the last war, and C. W. Rodriguez. Col. Morden paid special tribute to O. F. Du il Defense, as reported in an early Four who volunteered to run the account of the meeting in The j News last week. The atom bomb, said Mr. Read, Civil Defense office, along with William J. Parmelee, and said they couldn't have done a better makes the civil defense problem! job. too big for any one community! He expressed his thanks and =*€= G Steel Di e WEDDING INVITATIONS tempt c ^J^eli T vet LEV GLEASON Printing Service, Inc. 2 Marble Avenue Tel. 2-0215 Pleasantville, N. Y. 3is A Newly Established Radiotelephone Message Service In Westchester \TTN 1948 MOBILFONE SERVICE established itself. MOBILFONE SERVICE has proved indispensable to businessmen, doctors and others bv its unique two-way radiophone contact be tween car and central radio exchange. MOBILFONE provides a complete radio secre tarial and message service. 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