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ft I *4 4j- A WEEKLY STEWSPAPEK DEVOTED TO THI!^K|E INTERESTS /OF NORTHERN WESTCHESTER. OLUME X NUMBER Si. 46 TO SING CHRISTMAS CAROLS mqi TREE ^taoitj CtUratm Will Begii Suday fcYeuig $al Ibay An Kkpactri to Participate. Katonah 's community celebration of the holidays will begin tfn Sunday ev ening at nine o 'clock,,with the singing of Chrlitmaa carols around (he Joseph Q. Miller memorial'tree, at the junc tion of Bedford and Valley roads. As was done last year,'the tree, -will be illuminated every evening during holiday week, the work of placing the wires and lights having been arranged by Arthur M. Cornell, of the Katonah Lighting Company. The musical pro gram has been arranged 'by Mrs. Geo. A. Teed, who will lead .the community chorus. One of the impressive num bers last year was the rendition, in Latin, of \Adeste Fldeles.\ by the choir of St. Mary's and this year <t was decided to invite the choirs of the other churches to take special parts In the program. _ _ The selections to h« aung by the general chorus will be the old, familiar Christmas carols and in view of this fact and the many other activities which have demanded the attention of the village residents, it . has been thought unnecessary to hold chorus rehearsals. The carol singing will, ac cordingly, be impromptu In its nature and it is the hope of the officers of the Village Improvement Society, under the auspices of which the program has been arranged, that this informality may be one of the atractive features of the exercises. Musical ability is by no means a necessary requirement for those who attend and take part in the program, and the entire community is urged to help make the exercises successful by taking part in them in the true Christ mas spirit of real neighborllness. Following the exercises at the tre°„ the singers will take a trip around the village, singing carols in front of the homes' of those who are kept within •doors, through illness or infirmity •re*'% It- believe* tfa&thfr%fei *e done again this year. It is a.quairt custom which might well become a regular part bf Katonah's Christmas festivities. JATONAH, WE8TCHE8TER COUlfTX^K^' FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928. SINGLE COPIES, SIX CENTS. ^^^^^^ $0 <M, fe % W**k r ^^^^^^ c HISTORICAL SOCIETY GATHERS MANY NEW ITEMS. Charles J. Dunlap, president of the Westchester County Historical Soci ety, has announced the appointment of several committee-chairmen, which was authorised by the officers and trustees of the society, meeting as the executive committee last Thursday fol lowing a luncheon at the Princeton Club, New York City, at which they wera lhe_gnesta ot_the_pxesident. The chairmen appointed are* Prof. Dixon R. Fox, of the depart ment of history, Columbia University, committee on' publication; Col. Thatcher TP. Luquer, presi dent of the Bedford Historical Society, committee on historic sites and mark ers; Former Supreme Court Justice Isaac N. Mills, of Mount Vernon, committee on society quarters; Daniel P. Hays, of PleaBantvllle, committee on legislation; and Richard Webber, vice-president of the Huguenot and Historical Society of New Rochelle, committee on mem bership. Among the undertakings of the so ciety for the coming year are the marking of historic spots in the coun ty;, the replacing of missing and wrongly placed mile-stones; co-oper ation with historic organizations and local historical societies, and with schools in the study of local and coun ty history; and the ^ publication - of BEDFORD MU8T STOP 8ELLINQ PRI80N WARE8. A copy of an opinion from the At torney-General's office received at the State Reformatory for Women in Bed ford \put a check upon the ambitions of prisoners there to earn money. Major Amos T. Baker, superinten dent at the Reformatory, bad asked the Attorney-General to determine whether, in the eyes of the law, Bed ford in a penal or charitable institu tion. Under the State laws, penal insti tutions are forbidden to sell, outside of public institutions and public de partments of government, wares made by prisoners. The reply gives the legal opinion that, while Bedford is a charitable in stltutlon and not penal, any money realized from the sale of goods made in Bedford Reformatory cannot be given to the prisoners or to the Re formatory, but must be turned into the State treasury WAITING FOR TREE PLANTERS. Every home owner in Ne w York State is paying heavy freight on tho lumber of which his house Is made. Every lessee of an apartment or dwelling is paying in rent large amounts for freight on the lumbei used In the construction of the build ing in which he lives, according to the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University. The- peoalo V. L S. SHOW Dr. Storor Girts] OR InportuM to Govern \ A The small but which attended the'i the Village Improve FrHay evening was; having braved one )i pleasant nights of ports of the commit* secretary, Miss Agn teresting and encouraj that the organ! safari 1 ) healthy condition. \>i Dr Miller D. St. College, made an structive address applied to small gave his hearers -a ifejf their opportunities tc** which life in a small Their community clared, fit them tqtij bilities, help to tri sound decisions look at things fro; the common good,'*! that of individual' \The center pi' the United States,' not in Washington* and in thousands CHRISTMAS 8EAL RETURNS EXCEED' EXPECTATIONS. The returns on the Christmas' Seal letters sent out by the Westcheste- - County Tuberculosis Committee have exceeded all expectations, and there is every reason to believe that the quto of $25,000 will be reached by Chilstmas Day. It would take the space of ,i whole newspaper to print the cheerful and cooperative letters coming from individuals and firms from all parts of Westchester county. The fact that the Committee has received contributions ranging from $5 to |60 shows that the public is backing its efforts, and- encourage ment of this kind is greatly appreci ated. That the quota may be- reached by Christmas, it Is hoped that indiv iduals who have overlooked sending their Christmas Seal money will do so at once. RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY RESERVE OFFICER8 A88OCN. Whereas, The Congress of the Un ited States hag, by the enactment of the National Defense Act, adopted, for the first time, a carefully considered and reasonable military policy, demo cratic and non-militaristic in principle, and Whereas, Constant and partially successful efforts are being made by a strong party in .the Congress to de feat the provisions of the aid Act, by making reductions in the strength of the Army below the limits specified therein and by refusing to make ade- ^|||te appropriations, therefore be it , Resolved, That this Unit of the Re serve Officers Association, organized In the 25th Congressional District .* favors the. maintenance of the Regu lar Army at not leas than the mini mum of 13,000 officers and 150,000 enlisted men recommended\ by tbe Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff, the maintenance of the National Guard as at present organized and the full development and! training of the Organised Reserves, the Reserve ' Officers Training Corps and the CIti-. sens\ Military Training Camp* and calls upon the Congress) not only *o refrain from enacting legislation sub purpose of the Act may be carried out, and be it further Resolved, That a copy of thtte reso _ buttons be sent to each Senator from venire of the' said Act but to make' this \State to our .Representative in such appropriations, immediately and Congress and to every newspaper in in J3»» future, that tbe 'trpe intent and thife Congressional District t < ik else\ « a year book in which will be Included the publication of original matter of historical value, transcripts of old re cords and documents, etc. The annual inventory of the Soci ety's property discloses a number of interesting items, among which are: Bible, printed in 1683, with family record of James Handan, born 1691. Records of Congregational Church In Yorktown, 1832-1865. Records of Church rn \Phlllppi 1796-1856. Records of Presbyterian Church, Yorktown, 1806-1830. Copy of baptisms, etc., of First Methodist Church, White Plains, 1766- 1866. Court minutes, Westchester Coun ty, 1687. Records of \Coneticut\ Colony, 1681- 1702. Records of Town of North Castle, 1736-1847. Eleven parchment deeds, 1684-1803 Impression of the seal of the Town of Bedford. Some of these are original recogjs and were placed with the Society for safe keeping. They are now deposit ed in a fire-proof vault. AQRIGRAPH8, All the money you Bpend on the science of agriculture will be returiW to you ten-fold in the Increased pros perity of the country.—James Bryci?. Uncle Ab says: Some farmers' handling of their own crops hurts their market more than it's hurt, by those who handle the crops after they leave the farm. Planning next year 's rotation is a good occupation for cold winter days when outdoor work is impossible; bet ter yet, make it tor the next four or five years. It's as hard to find anything new un der the sun in agriculture as in all else; artificial incubation of poultry was known centuries ago to the Egyp tians and the Chinese. Your neighbor may know you have butter and eggs to sell, but they prob ably want to sell theirs, too. Te)l the folks who do want to buy 'em by using an ad in the hometown paper. las fir, 111 on. North Carolina pine, 112 on white pine, and $20 on Imported hardwoods. The freight rate on Doug las fir which comes -from the Pacific coast Is more than the lumber costs at the mill. Thirty-five million dollars are taken from the pockets of the citizens nf New York every year for freight on imported lumber. In addition to this freight bill of $36,000,000 on lumber must be added the cost of shipping 66 per cent of our pulpwood Into the State from Canada and other points The transportation costs are bound to grow as tbe depletion of the nearest lumber and wood supply continues and the demand increases. Much of the lumber consumed In the Bast is shipped from the South. It is estimated that In the course of ten to fifteen years, the southern field will be exhausted insofar as outside consumption is concerned. Then Ore gon, Washington, and California will have a practical monopoly of the lum ber business which will bring about materially increased freight charges to eastern consumers. Measures should be taken to over come this condition as far as it is now possible. A large portion of the lumber and other wood products used in New York could and should be grown with in the State, and forests should be planted wherever land is suitable for that purpose. More than 4,000,000 acres of idle land in New York and about 85,000,000 acres in the United States, (a tract about as large as New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Ne w Jersey) are waiting for tree planters. a balance bf ^ the financial Stanijpo ) ER1TY [Address TOWM crowd |meeting of oclety fast Erepaid for most un- er. The re ad by tbe kt, were in- Dd showed Kin a Jive, Lafayette and in- (lenshlp as ijties, and Inception ct illc service je affords, he de- responst- |Jn making them to, iwpoint of than from bment of red,' \Is itonah, nail vil- From GREAT CROWD EXPECTED AT INAUGURAL. For the first time at an Inaugural In this State, radio will be used on January 1, when Governor-elect Alfred E. Smith assumes office, In broadcast ing the proceedings not only to distant points, but to overflow crowds gather ed about the Capitol. Amplifiers are to be placed at the top of the long flight of steps leading to the front en Uraace_of the Capitol. Other amplifiers j-that elapses- -between- -the instant a-j-whieh means- * kind of -dancing for everybody who dances, from the Vis glnla Reel to the latest thing in latest thlnrs nlong the light fantastic line There will be refreshments—plenty of them And maybe—Just maybe- - there will be some surprises In the en tertalnment line which cannot be an nounced at this Btage of the proceed lngs. But, regardless of unannounced »x- trn attractions, tbe party will be very much worth while attending—and If doubters don't believe it, they may ask somebody who took In t^e one held last year And, by the way, If one doesn't dance, there is a lot of satisfaction in simply sitting around for an hour or so and being neighbors It's a good way to start off the New York Try U and see if it isn't. will be placed In the Senate Chnmber Thousands, unable to gain entrance to the Assembly Chamber, where the Inaugural exercises are to be held, will thus be given an opportunity of \listening fn\ to the program from start to finish. The Inaugural exercises will start at 11 o'clock sharp Secretary of State Lyons will open tho program, handing the gavel of authority to Secretary of State-elect Hamilton. A stfeech by ro- tiring Governor Miller will follow, ?' ter which Governor-elect Smith will tie the oath of office. Following a f Introduction by Secretary of select Hamilton, Governor-elect will then .de 'lver the Inaugural aoWess. •freparatlons are being made for a record breaking crowd Invitations to thn Inaugural, however, do not In themselves entitle the holders to ad- msslon to the Assembly Chamber, wpch accommodate but about 1,300 s. The invitations were mailed ibet 10. 'The demand for seats ;has ^pgfvt,.. r^nnprece-,. enters the new year M perhaps the best condition of ita SistO|rT. • <: The report of the nonjinafing com mittee was unanimously accepted and the following officers elected: President—Robertson T.'parrett. Vice-Presidents—William ' H . Clark, Mrs. Kathryn L . Nelson, itobert L. Fowler, William J. Doyle, pr. F. H. Williams, Secretary—Miss Agnes Hopt. Honorary Treasurer— Mrs. W. H Robertson. Treasurer—R. Benson Ray, Members of Executive Committee for thre^e years—Mrs. George Teed, Miss Marjorle VanTassell, X.JJ- Noyes, E P. Barrett, E. B. Fish. '. A committee of ladies served re freshments at the close of,\the meet ing. ) » Report of Treasurer K December 16, 1921: Balance on hand, Oct. 11 l*f 1 $320.03 Receipts > I Dues „ $218ifo Fines 34JJI Subscriptions 278 ^6 School District lSMO Carnival 1925^8 Entertainments and Xr other sources 28fill 2887.38 tary of* State Tart. THE NE W YEAR. This is what it says on little Xmas seals, sold all over the county for the benefit of the Westchester County Children's Association. A figure ot a happy little child, clutching its Xmas treasures makes the seal attractive to stick on your holiday packages—not the lugubrious sort^of \charity\ stick er .that we really feel stuck with when we buy! It's gotten out by Dennlson's —16 in a packet, 16 cents a package. Representative women in all parts of the county are selling the seals and many of the best stores are show ing their public spirit by putting them ot» sale/gratis. So if you haven't finished tying up your Xmas parcels you are urged to make them prettier and more secure by the. Westchester County Children's Association labels and to make the lives of Westchester's children happier by each label you use. $3207.41 Disbursements Librarian 360JO Rent 426JM Fuel 167 ;75 Maintenance of ,' Library 22l,H Postage & Printing.... 33M Care of Parks 362J6 Entertainments and K other sources 36JS 1596.01 32 s $1611.40 Balance on hand Library Fund . Balance on hand „. $133 ,00 Receipts. Subscrlptlons \ 21.M $164.00 Disbursements t Magazine subscriptions 40.-7S Books iSM 126 76 Now, that New Year's Is approach ing, one's thoughts turn to what the new year may bring forth. Hope and ambition are always active and It Is rare when something Is not achieved, in part, even If all we desire falls to come Into our possession. Achieve ment is due, not alone to hope, for hard work Is essential, and that which comes to us unearned is of no lasting value. It is not an accomplishment. Every new year has at least this value. It lessens the grief we all must carry from time to time, and It sub dues ill feelings, either real or fancied, which we may harbor As time goes on, in our ambition to get along In the world, we forget little hurts of the year before, and as new years come and go wounds are healed by time, the most effective of all soothing balms. There may be periods when It is dif ficult to accept this philosophy, but It hns stood the test \What I will try to do next year,\ or \What I would like to do next year,' is frequently heard as the first of Jan uary approaches There is no doubt whatever that our desire to accom- ^ plish this, that or the other thing, If it is sincere, Is advanced even if It is not fulfilled in every detail. This Is the natural progress in every walk of life. The struggle, and It Is a struggle, has gone on for years, and It will continue. This- is human. But it is also human not to let ambition for material things prevent us from giving a thought to someone less fortunate or to extend a helping hand At the beginning of 1924 if we can look back over 1923 and point to some thing we did to help somebody, to make tbe load of someone lighter, »e will be compensated by the knowledge that we did something that was worth while If we cannot take inventory and determine that we did at least something of this sort, all other ac complishments, no matter what they are, will be hollow. WHAT'8 YOUR REACTION TIME? NEW QUE8TION FOR AUTOI8TS. \What is your reaction time or do you know the value of your personal equation?\ This has been suggested as a pos sible question to be put to applicants for motor vehicle driver's license, ac cording to the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture. Re action time is the interval of time sign or signal is seen and the neces sary action started A driver starts to pass another vehicle when suddenly n third vehicle appears which ma) block his path The driver must de cide whether to pass the vehicle or drop back If hlB reaction time Is slow he may not realize the danger until too late to avert an accident. Every astronomer who observes when a star crosses a hair line in his telescope and presses a key so that the time may be electrically recorded knows that he does not observe the fact and presB tbe key at tbe same time. A correction has to be mai 'c which has been carefully determined and is called bis personal equation. It varies with different people. Timers of a foot race with sijllt-sec- ond watches will frequently get differ ent results for the time of the race The reaction time of some people is very slow and undoubtely Is the cause of many accidents. Does the public safety require that such people be de nied drivers' licenses? The Bureau of thai i .t 'snoula belnvSetfgated as kpos sibje safety measure. KEEPING OUT COLD IS A COAL SAVER. COMMUNITY PARTY NEW YEAR'S NIGHT Yaugtton us* Gran-Opt Expsctoi to Take Part ii Auul V. I. S. \Get Together\ Gatkriat Tbere is to be another Community Holiday party under the auspices of the Village Improvement Society. New Year's night—Monday, Janu ary 1, 1923, is to be the date For grown folks, the festivities, which are to be held In the High School audi torium, will begin at eight o'clock. The youngsters, who are specially Invited, may come about fifteen minutes ear lier if they wish and it's a perfectly safe holiday wager that they will, for there will be a little parcel of the fun set aside for them alone—say about a half or three-quarters of an hour of It. After that, the kiddles may go bomn or hang around and watch the grown folks enjoy themselves. There will he an informal musical program, just to start things off, followed by daaclng- CAREFUL PRUNING PAYS. Balance on hand w r \ $27.25 Respectfully submitted, R. B. RAJ. Report of the Secretary toAB^fcertson T.' Barrett; / The work accomplished by/the Vil lage -Improvement' Seciety fifing the past year shows the* tke **«ty has I CotrttaMd on Before w£ .know it Christmas and New Year's wilfoe past and we will all be looking towards spring. Time flies, and the awful part of it is it seems to fly faster every year. The idea of taking time by the forelock Is all right, but time will go on just the same. With every one asking bow to save fuel this winter, specialists at the school of home economics are offering 8uggestlon«T some of them worked out by government experts. Weather-proofing tbe house is ad vocated. Weather stripping should be put around windows; wood and felt weather stripping can be bought cheaply and may be put up by any one. It should be placed on the bottom of doors opening Inward. Inside doors, between bedrooms and halls, may have weather stripping attached to the bot tom so that an open window in any room will not chill the whole bouse If the wall line adjoining a window or door frame is Irregular, the crack may be cloBed with strip felting. Storm doors are a great protection About ten times as much heat is said to pass through a window pane as through a well-built wall The dead air Bpace between the inner and outer panes of storm windows forms a blan ket which excludes cold winds. It <3 Well to attach a storm window with hinges at the top and fasten it at the bottom with a shutter bar to permit opening and closing Merely pulling down window shet 'ej Is a protection against cold Downstairs floors not protected by a good basement may well have double flooring. A coat of plaster may be placed between the flooring or, as a substitute, heavy insulating paper A cold attic should have a tight floor to reduce the loss of heat through the ceilings of the rooms below. Open fire places should be equipped with- damp ers which may be kept shut when tbe fire is not burning Governor Miller will spend Chrlft- mas In the executive mansion with bis family. He intends to have a quiet family time. A week later, according to rule, he will have to take part In the festivities of the Inauguration, which goes with the Job. of Governor whether a Governor likes it or not. Come to think of it, an offer of a place on the bench of the United States Su preme Court is not a Christmas present to be sneezed at by a lawyer. I Knotting the threads in needles »>e- fore sticking them into the pin cush- Ice cream is a good food all the year ion makes 'em handy to use when 'round. you're in a hurry Pruning will soon occupy the atten tion of many fruit growers thruout tho State and questions will arise concern; , f procedure under tiertsln ew York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva assert that many orchardists prune too much, without regard to the real need of the tree. It is pointed out that with trees which were well, selected whe\n the orchard was set out It is necessary to remove only occasional branches which start out In the wrong place and to remove dead, injured, and crossed limbs If the trees are bearing small fruits. If the tops contain many dead branches, or If the seasonal growth Is short and scant, judicious pruning U recommended as a means of rejuvlna tlon. \This usually consists in cut ting back many branches and in en tirely removing others,\ say tbe Sta tlon authorities who lay down the fol lowing general rules applicable under such oondltlons- \Prune weak-grow ing varieties heavily; strong-growing kinds lightly Varieties which branch freely need little pruning; those with many unbranched limbs, much prun ing. Prune trees in rich deep soils lightly; in poor, shallow soils heavi Iy \ The cutting back of all tbe branches of a tree Is practiced regularly only with peaches and some plums, accord ing to the fruit specialists. This is a' trlbuted to the fact that, with these fruits, the wood of the past season, and therefore the crop, is borne pro gresslvely further away from the trunk, so that It Is necessary to head- In these fruits by cutting back the branches In order to keep the bearing wood near the trunk. On the other hand, apples, pears, cherries, and mo3* plums are borne on spurs from wood two or more years old and with these headlng-in 1B not so desirable. Exper! mental evidence obtained in tests on the Station- grounds Indicates that winter pruning has no special advant age over summer pruning, except that the pressure of other work Is lei's during the winter months. Men are writing a lot of stuff about clothes women wear. 8ome day wo men may start writing about what men wear and the discussion should be Interesting When it comes fo frills and thrills men are not always opposed to seeking spectacular effects. Then, after the suggestions have all been submitted, we will go on suiting ourselves forgetting what the \book\ says. Evergreen needles littering the floor •round the Christmas tree can be pre vented by putting the tree in a bucket- of water or damp sand.
