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BEDFORD VILLAGE NEWS The following resolution has been adopted by the board of directors of the Bedford Histor ical Society: \The Bedford His torical Society records with deep sorrow the death of Wil liam FitzGibbon, who gave de voted service to this society as secretary for fifteen years. The Historical Society and the Town of Bedford have lost a warm friend and a wise counselor.\ Mr. FitzGibbon, a partner in the New York law firm of Will- kie, Farr, Gallagher, Walton and FitzGibbon, died Dec. 5. His home was on Guard Hill Road. (Editor's Note: This newspa per is pleased to receive items by mail or phone to be used in the Bedford Village column. Ad dress North Westchester Times New Castle Tribune, 35 West Main St., Mount Kisco, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Caputo Jr. of Pound Ridge Road, are the parents of their second child, a son named Kendall. The baby was born Dec. 8 at Northern Westchester Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Caputo of Yorktown Heights are the paternal grandparents. Mrs. Edith Christensen of Yonkers is the maternal grandmother. The Mothers' Guild of St. Pat rick's School will hold its Christ mas party today, Thursday, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Joseph Raffa and the members of her committee have prepared a festive evening with refreshments, entertain ment and other surprises. The committee expects to have a Christmas tree under which will be placed a \Santa Sack\ this year for the children of St. Agatha's Home in Nanuet. All members attending the meeting are asked to bring a gift for the children, suitably wrapped for Christmas morning. 'Lighf Talk Heard By Club Women POUND RIDGE— The Christmas meeting of Basket Town Garden Club was held as scheduled Dec. 12 de spite the unexpected snowstorm which delayed many travelers in northern Westchester. The in stallation of officers, planned for this meeting, was postponed until March. Mrs. Randall W. Bergmann of White Plains, the guest speaker, talked on \The History of Light.\ Mrs. Bergmann remind ed listeners that electricity is only 81 years old, and describ ed the ways civilized man light ed his world for centuries be fore this discovery. During the May Gives Praise To Officials POUND RIDGE— Since it was his last Town Board meeting. Councilman Ar thur G. May thanked the Pound Ridge board Dec. 12 for its help and cooperation in the past. Mr. May said he \had never woiked with a finer group of people especially Robert F. Buehler. S. Hoyt Sayer, Super visor John G. Crowe and Charles 0. Blaisdell, the town attorney.\ Councilman Stanley Lomas, the only councilman who will remain on the board after Jan uary said the town \is indebt ed to each member of the board for his services\ and agreed with Mr. May's statement. Mr. May has served on the board for four years and has been active in town affairs for 21 years. Mr. Buehler has serv ed on the town board since 1962 as councilman, while S. Hoyt Sayer has been a councilman for four years. James H. Sachs will serve a third term as supervisor after a year's absence from politics. It is also expected that Charles 0. Blaisdell will be re placed as town attorney, a post he has held for eight years. cousre of her talk she displayed sketches of the earliest objects used for light, now a part of the collection of the British Mu seum, and also drawings of early Scandinavian lamps. She also brought with her many museum pieces which be long to Dr. Ernest Bettman of White Plains. Among these were an Egyp tian stone carved to hold oil, a lamp from Spain, and old ship's Annexation Decision Set For Dec. 30 MOUNT KISCO— Edward T. Salvato present ed a petition to the Village beard Monday night asking that four acres of his land be an nexed to the village property. Mr. Salvato who lives on Pinesbridge Road and Kisco Avenue, told the board the Saw Mill River Parkway bi sects his property which was, 30 years ago, all in the village. He explained that he did not receive village services be cause Ms entrance road must be reached by traversing a road belonging to the Town of Bedford. Mr. Salvato noted that eight acres of land and a large house were a burden to maintain and he would eventually consider selling part of his property. The board took the applica tion under advisement and agreed to meet in special ses sion on Dec. 30 to make a de cision. galley light, used in \Colum bus's day, made so the oil would not spill as the ship rolled. There were also whale oil lamps used by our early settlers, some of the first kerosene burning lamps, candle holders with var ious ingenious devices for rasi- ing and lowering the container and levers to raise the candles to burn the last ounce of wax which was so precious in early days. An old 17th century Dutch lamp with a clear glass contain er for the oil marked so that the hours could be counted as the oil burned. In showing these objects she pointed out how this old light ing equipment was forerunner of our present day flower arrange ment containers and holders, such as hanging baskets resem bling the old church hanging lanterns and modern planters like the old many-level candle holders. Mrs. Bergmann also discussed at length the most popular early lighting devices, candles. The meaning of candles and light in churches and religious ceremon ies, and Christmas customs of usin w candles in several coun tries. The speaker, who has made many candles from orig inal molds, also displayed many of these novelties and told the audience how to make them. Mrs. Bergmann is former president of the Woman's Club of White Plains, and often a win ner in flower shows. Another honor guest at the meeting was Mrs. Ernest Erick- son of White Plains, the assist ant director of the Ninth Dis trict of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State. Selling Your Home? CENTRAL LISTING SERVICE A J E Average Joint Estimate •Fairly priced thru Central Listings' Northern Westchester's Realtors co operate to sell your homo faster. Mt. Kisco MO 6-6077 Yule Arrangements Topic For Garden Club Meeting North Westchester Times New Castle Tribune, Mount Kisco, N.Y., Dec. 19, 1963 Mrs. John Marx of Rye, pre sented a Christmas program en titled \Design in Christmas Ar rangements\ at the Dec. 3 meeting of the Pound Ridge Garden Club held at the Hiram Halle Memorial Library. In her lecture and demonstra tion, • Mrs. Marx created ten flower arrangements stressing an orderly grouping of plant material and a dominant, flow ing line of design. She included in her materials fruit and Christmas ornaments as well as dried and fresh flowers and foliage. The club voted to accept an invitation from the Pound Ridge School Association to develop a nature retreat at the Pound Ridge School. It also voted to donate to this project the pro ceeds from its projected flower show to be held Aug. 28-29 at the Pound Ridge School. Mrs. Richard H. Casey, pres ident announced that the club would join other organizations in Pound Ridge in wrapping Christmas boxes to be placed under the Christmas tree at the Pound Ridge firehouse. Among the guests at the meet ing were Mrs. Carl C. Harring ton, recording secretary of the Ninth District, Federated Gar den Clubs of New York State and chairman of the Ninth Dis trict's \Day of Fun,\ a lunch eon, fashion show and bridge to be held March 18 at the Glen Island Casino in New Rochelle; also Mrs. Arthur F. Greer, president of Rusticus Garden Club, Mrs. William H. Frank, president of the Green Acres Garden Gub, and Mrs. Benjamin C. Hoy, program chairman of the Green Acres Garden Club. \MRS. SANTA CLAUS,\ a glassblower, is appearing at the Mount Kisco office of the Manhattan Savings Bank on Fridays from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admiring Mrs. Claus' technique is Mrs. Beulah Bart- lett of Mount Kisco. The dem onstrations will continue until Christmas. Pound Ridge Proposal Park May Be Named For JFK By GEROLD REISER POUND RIDGE— A proposal to name the Pound Ridge park John F. Kennedy Park will be passed over to the new Town Board, it was decid ed Dec. 12. In a letter to the board Mrs. Russell Hooker requested the park be named in honor of the late President. Supervisor John J. Crowe presiding at his last meeting said since the dedica tion of the park on Labor Day much consideration has been given to naming the park. Mr. Crowe said \We thought at the time it would be better to simply name the park Pound Ridge Park and not after some one who has passed on.\ Councilman S. Hoyt Sayer in dicated that recently \this sort of thing has been greatly over done,\' while Councilman Stan ley Lomas said he would like time to think about it. It was agreed the matter should be turned over to the new board members who will take office in January. The board moved to cancel the record of charges dating back to 1872 and 1876 on lands owned by Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jones as requested by Daniel W. Ticknor, attorney on behalf of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Jones. Charles O. Blaisdell, town at torney, told the board it was his opinion the taxes on the land in question had long since been paid. He said there was no rec ord of any leases in the files of the receiver of taxes nor in the Westchester County treasurer's office. He added that the only reason this was brought up in the first place was to establish clear title to lands owned by Mr. and Mrs. Jones. In other business the board refused payment of a $300 bill for a survey map of the town's new gravel supply on Stone Hill Road. It indicated the map was intended for the planning board's use and wasn't satisfac tory. It is expected the bill will be paid when the map is more satisfactory. Unitarian Fellowship Holds Special Christmas Service Pound Ridge Budget Gets Final O.K. POUND RIDGE— The Pound Ridj, Town Board Dec. 12 adopted thel964 bud get as it had been submitted. The total budget is $223,300 and represents a new tax rate of $17.13 per $1,000 assessed valua tion, a 76 cent hike over the cur rent rate. At the Dec. 10 public hearing objections had been made about cutting $1,050 from the towns park budget and stronger op position was registered to the proposed $4,500 survey to solve the parking problem created by the cluster of business estab lishments at Scotts Corners. The general town budget is up from $56,000 to $75,100 while the highway budget is reduced from $150,300 to $148,200. The total assessed valuation for the town is figured at $13, Sidewalks Must Be Kept Clear GIVE A RELIGIOUS GIFT THIS CHRISTMAS Every Christmas Item in The Store Reduced 20% MORE INDOOR & OUTDOOR NATIVITY SETS! AMPLE PARKING OPEN NIGHTS UNTIL 9:00 P.M. EXCEPT SATURDAY MOUNT KISCO— Owners of property and les^ sees in Mount Kisco have been asked to keep the side walks of t If e i r respective buildings free of debris, rub bish and snow by John F. Cregier, chief of police. Chief Cregier has asked the press to remind everyone that vio lation of the Village Code per taining to this could consti tute disorderly conduct. The section of the code notes that owners shall keep sidewalks and lots free of all waste matter and orders the removal of snow or rain turn ed to ice within 24 hours. In the case of stubborn ice, it should be covered with sand or other substances to make walking on sidewalks safe. If the owner doesn't com ply, the village manager may direct a village employee or independent contractor to do the work and the owner will be charged for this service. ADD INTEREST To add interest to wood rail ings around decks which may be high above ground, some design ers tilt out the railing posts to give a nautical effect. 032,581 as compared with the current total of $12,604,766. James Sachs who will re place John G. Crowe as super visor on Jan. 1 will receive a salary of $7,000 the same as was paid Mr. Crowe. Lois Landt, the town clerk, will get a $250 raise bringing her salary up t $6,750 and the justices of the peace will each receive a raise of $600 bringing their salaries up to $4,200. The three new councilmen will each receive $3,600, no change from the salaries cur rently paid in Pound Ridge. We are delightfully different! Plush, cuddly, replicas of the animal kingdom. Our eyes challenge the strongest of the tiny fingers to pry us loose! We're hygienic and pliable. Some of us have a fine swiss musical innard that begs you to \TAKE ME HOME and LISTEN TO ME PLAY r from '1,00 Pox and utherland BEDFORD— A special Christmas service was held on Sunday for chil dren in the Sunday school of the Unitarian Fellowship' of .North ern Westchester. The major fea ture of the program, which was held-at t.h e Cisqua School im mediately following a shortened adult service, was the ceremony of the mitten tree. The mitten tree was a large winter branch sparsely decorat ed with real birds' nests of vari ous kinds and white birds made of wood and paper. On this branch the children, beginning with the youngest, hung gifts of mittens, scarves, woolen caps and warm socks until the bar ren branch became as bright and gaily decorated as any Christmas tree. The significance of the mitten tree was\ explained by Dr. Har ry Meserve, minister of the fel lowship, who told the children that their gifts would be deliver ed to Public School 108 in New York City, where they would be placed on another Christmas tree and given to needy children attending the school. P.S. 108 is atteded by a great many chil dren whose familes have come from Puerto Rico. Some have come to this rela tively cold country only recently and many are in great need of warm clothing. The mitten tree has become a traditional part of Christmas giving in this Unitar ian Fellowship. After decorating the mitten tree, the children sang Christ mas carols and members of the sixth grade class read the Christmas story # from the Bible. Prior to this service, the younger children had undertak en several weeks of study to help them understand the Christmas celebration. Children in the first and second grades heard stories about the possible life of Jesus as a boy, a boy with thoughts and feelings similar to their own. Third and fourth grade children studied the history of the Bible and the origin of many of our Christmas customs. On Sunday at 10:30 a.m. at the Cisqua School, there will be a special service for both children and adults, which will include Christmas music and will be fol lowed by a social time when punch and cookies will be serv ed. TIFFANY & CO. CHRISTMAS GIFT SUGGESTIONS Featured Exclusively in Westchester at.,. Chappaqua, NX 1 „ Covered saccharine bowl with rosebud finiai and tiny tongs, beautifully 'made in Tiffany sterling silver. s 9.Sd the set including federal tax X Tiffany's bookmark, .IS World's thinnest silver lighter, topped With a' tiny leaf, § J^^n one quarter of an inch' rr . i • 3 thick,.designed in basket-weave > t to keep your place in $ pattem ^ih sterling silver i & magazines and books, g mechanism. 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