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The Daily Item from Port Chester, New York • 2

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The Daily Itemi
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Port Chester, New York
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mhjt -V Yl-HAkKlaON int DAILY UtU PUKl UHHbTUK WEDNESDAY MARCH 14 Kit HAKKlaOM fAGETWU COMFEXITION SET' floral competition and tea will' be meatured at tha Gardes Club of Harrison meeting tomor row at 2 PAL in the lectin roonLr -of the Harrison Presbyterian -Church Mrs McGee presi- dent will preside' Consolidation 4 Bill Discussion Set Tonight Mayor Grenville Sewell Frederic Locker prerident of the Rye Central Board of Education and a member of the Rye School Consolidation Commission and Roy Patterson president of tha-RvaJnwantt -Club and mem-ber of the Commission aIiUWlU speak at an open meeting discussion of the Rye Schools District inyoiU-ioii Mil tonight "at 8 in the Milton School auditorium The meeting Is under the auspices of tha Milton P-T A and is open to the public Gb Biittrick Says? Hate Has No Place Iii World "There ls-no room for hatred Si the World today hut always room tor righteous Indignation" the ItcW Dr trick pastorvof the Madison Avenue Church New York City told 'large audience last night at the Kye Presbyterian Church at the tint of three unionienlen aer- viirc in Rye' a- Dr Buttrick In discussing the threats and Wipes after the told his audience must oxer- come ftitred and one way is through prayer Another-threat is disjUuslonmenfcar'il we yield to this it Unnecessary tp -DOWNBEAT-AX HARRISON These orchestra member pictured during rehearsal are left to right Petqr Garflnkel Marion Beaumont Jean Savage Anna Tower and Fred SdiomttrL They 7 apart the new uniform! purchased Bahd BoosteirDrive-Ttarflrstrcons'-cert in the natty outfit! will be presented at 8 o'clock tonight hr the school Staff Photo Harrison Has Reached Goal fY $18000 Only Professional Pharmacy YEW Auxiliary Wiiis Thanks Of Servicemen Manv letter of thanks and appreciation have been received by foe Auxiliary nf the Curtis Seaman Read Post 3047 Harrison for cards and mondr or-dere-aent te-aervicemen at Christ-mas -Sgt John Wells now hr this country wrote "During my com paratively short Army career have received many surprises both herelrr the States and-overseka iiut I have never hid a more delightful or mort pleasant one than when I received your card aad gift 'Christmit cards from Sgt Dan Fieri to somewhere in the Pacific Tech Sgt' Lemos Hallotan General Hospital' Staff- Sgt Batella' Greenboro Tech- -J- Cenrt-Victoria KSkt Sgt LwSrBambergsrrMae DillFjekL Fla and CpI Walter Olmsted at Fort Bliss Texas all expressed their thanks tp the Auxiliary Arletter from Sgtr fcarry-Quad agno stated: "I am stationed in ago stated: am stationed in Egypt and working as an aircraft mechanic We have -a football team here which takes' all our spare time hut want you to know your card and money- order were deeply- appreciated and I thank you -enough" Haines' la Germany somewherc-ln Gf rmrX comes a letter -from Staff Sgt William H' Haines who laid: want to a express my sincerest thanks to all of It it good to know that though we are far away from home wt are Ming remembered" think I eaq explain to you Just how a GL feels when he knows he has the full support of the folks' back home' When things like- the Ladies' Auxiliary are doing happen to us our morale Jumps 10Q per cent" Pvt Frank Clpolla wrote from England while Mi brother Cpl Henry also-In England noted meeting some of the boys from home the most exciting experience being the meeting with his" brother Other he has seen recently include James Tiernan Lieut Frank FIok and Ludwig Gcckler Letters have also been received from Pvt John McLaughlin somewhere In France Pvt Mike Finrito also in France and Tech S'G Gsrmen Florito somewhere In Belgium "im" now' Tn the LleiilTJnhirT "We arrived here Just before Christmas and we are coming along fine Everyone Is working hard for the day they can go hack home This being the first holiday season I've spent in the tropics It seemed rather strange not having cold weather and snow but It was an enjoyable holiday nevertheless" A letter receiyed from Lieut Russell Klune written after hla return to this 'country says received the money order in time for Christmas but due to the fact that my vessel was constantly on the move I had no opportunity' to-write until arrival back home Thank you Very much for thinking of me: I did appreciate the thought that the gift --conveyed and feel certain that the other boys feel the same way- It ie very difficult to put Into' words Just how we feel when we know that you people are thinking of lie when we are away but I think you will understand when I say thank you smT keep up the gqod work because It does mean ao much to the boys sway from home at times' like these" RYEr -GRASS FIRE A brush fire on Maniiming Avenue Rye -was quickly extinguished by Rye firemen yesterday Wand siippry Europfytth ty- needs now and after the war must guard against slumps' in Iness-pWitical Wild church ethics' and against' no nation can live alone since the world is littcally on The revival oi re llgionhas not come entirely as yet people- are- still he asserted hope of the future Is in the institution of faith" Dr Rult rick stressod "A 1 1 hough the Cross may vanish in some places on the earthr-tt may' still be found1 be-v neath the earth" he asserted Pahicipatifig the service were the Rev WcndeH Phillips rector of the Scripture lesson The prayer yeas offered by the' Rev Dr Line Miller pastor of the Methodist -Church of Rye anff the invocation and benedict kn" were given by the Rev: Dr John Gregory pastor of the Rye Presbyterian Church service was under the direction of Mrs Norma Day and Mrs- Frederick's Findcisen FREE espy of Esso WarNlop III The ring of American stasl Is 'growing tighter round japan But Just when are tha places our men are so bitterly fighting for? Follow the new osImWatM nit' Clone up of the Jap aneseIslandi Philippines Eastern Russia andL China 6 cotorvir 22" Free I Bee your Easo Dealer today for your free copy Quality Meats 1 Theodore Fremd PerckBM Of' Tl In IIS ru Mra Finch and Mr McDwaln explained however that all estimated contributions have not yet been received and that when all reports era received the quota will have been exceeded by a consider-able sunt Some district workers have yet to complete their can- VUT The co-chalrmen'tiianked both workers and residenta for their cooperation in reaching the quota In the speediest drive in the et tnrbrmchrxnd reported that this yMr many 'donors had offered double their previous m-tributions before solicitars had an opportunity to ask them to do so Mrs Sdimalholx Branch chairman praised all those who-have helped reach thq 818Q00 quota at a time when thq services of the Red Cross are more needed then ever Pnrcfaaae Over Goal 'The Purchase Brandi oeeded ita War Fund quota at 88-000 havqtng received 8828410 in paid donations and pledges it announced- today hy Mra Read Taylor chairman who expressed him gratitude to the many workers who have made the drive a success Ladies Conduct' ession: Ladles' Guild iff AH Episcopal Church met yesterday at MacNaught Parish House Harrison for another In a series at all-day Lenten sewing meetings Holy Qommunlod was celebrated at 12 o'clock by luncheon hostesses for which Wert Mrs John Johnson Mrs Charles Mentzel Jdrt Arthur Morris Mrs Paul 'L Neltz and Mrs-Frank Schubert Sr' 7 Would King Cole Be Merry With Stomach Ulcer Pains! kuAjhii palai Hui ik taw 83' 9ta moout yeiibM Received STERLING SILVER and' 10 KTIGOLG S-U-N-R-A-Y JEWELRY SHOP i Halstead Ava Service Store Parkl960i Pint Chester'4200 Mamaroneck 2020 VJV The 818000 quota ln Red Crou War Fund campaign has been reached it was announced this morning by Mrs Russell Finch and John McBwain co-chairmen vt the canmalgn rifiriMTing an intensive 12-day canvau In the Town Man Hurl In Fall From Moving Car Harold Framptou'46 of 1218 Kniqfaii Avenue Mamaronedt was treated at United Hospital shortly after midnight for Injury and shock sustained when he foQ from the running board' of a car operated hy Uwin Bach 41 Post Place Harrison Police said Mr FramptoA wee standing on tha runnlngt board of the Bach car and that as the ear moved east on Halstead Avenue' he fpll -to the pavement losing conacIousnesA He was taken to the Soapltal in the Harrison police ambulance and waa lent borne after treatment- Merchants Asked To Answer Plan Bd Kyt Oty merchants were again requested to flll out and answer questionnaire! sent them by the Rye Planning Board last night at regular meeting of the Rye Board of Trade in the YJAGA Plane for an Easter advertising folder iponsored and underwritten by foe Board to bo sent to the public next week were dlscuieed as were plans fora new telephone directory next year and several Ideas for the Improvement of conditions on Purchase Street It was also announced that a committee at member which supplied trucks in conjunctloh wlth the Bqy Scout paper collection on Sunday will do so again next Sunday ADvcanamm Chapped RawSkinBegs For Ice-Mint Far kk scaflAie ska rids utriiSr kinl s5jHsS tfcs jtk il hnI Kot a tenty Mo JM its tkk (Maas riis IWMI Puss- Cirri Than la And With interest Ralph Paladino- of 83 Grace Church Street Port Chester was deluged with kitten i1 yesterday after he had befriended a stray cat on his way to Work at the Weitfhcstcr Lighting Company- The animal having been put In the hallway of hi residence-byPa1adino appropriate a nearby baby carriage as a maternity bed Fastiggi Pens -HomcThoughts From Far Asca Typical peripaps of the thinking of majority of our men on the' far-flung battlefield of the wl)l aM law Imi ftlaaliM Dfst Teakea Ifin written hy Marine Pfc John Vincent Fastiggi which he penned on George Washington's Birthday while'sitting on the scorching deck nf a shin at sea In the 'What Is it that most interests Pvt Fastiggi 22-yetr-old son of Mr and Mrs John Fastiggi 13 RaiielflTc Avenue Rye Briefly it would seem it is Our suli-frezeing weather marriages and deaths births arid engagements mail from home He skips lightly over fact that he wan 730 miles from Japan proper -bunwys of i n-uiudeuiilicd Jricnd presumably in the njr corps "Imagine that palooka taking part in the raids lie -gossip of -the- girl "whh-had the wicked crush on Jack" tells his toother site can "mention the fact that our ship took part in Semper Fl'clelir Faithful Always ri! Standard of Die Marine Cdfpa- Tp Fastiggi it means fkitfifUl iri'hls friends some pf alive faithful to his 'country in an unassuming way: "Dad Js right about duty although I disagree it is the place where a Marine should be" Sonte of the girl friends of his civilian day are now nurses'- apparently and some are married hut none of them he is sure ffnagino how gruesome I must look" with a crew haircut an imminent mustache Busy ait war Pvt Fastiggi is busy with thoughts of home He remembers Rye High School "the good ole days In Mr (Pierce) literature class" -In- service three-years-oh -se-livr ilmy lor two the Rye Marine would father talk of home Basiell Requiem Mass On Saturday A solemn high Reqylem Mass for Sgt John Bassett killed overseas Dec 25 will be celebrated Saturday at 10 A at the ChuVch of the Resurrection Rye Sgt Bassett 20 the son of Mrs William Bassett 122 Grace Church Street Rye was killed in the sinking of a troop ship In European waters gold records Caa ye Account? Your Reaith 2S0 Halstead Are and Ti Oil Burner Service i For joar convenlanca skfekeeplng and handling' deposit yoor coupons with tu WalotheiPlani Card Party Series Card parties for the relletfuAd of the Harrison chapter of the American War Mothers will be conducted In homes it was agreed last night at a meeting of the organization at' the home of Mrs Genevieve Riis Calvert Apartments Harrison Mrs Charles Drenckhahn vlce president presided in the absence of Mrs Daniel Cristlano president who is in Florida Letters of thinks were received from the hospitals at St Albans and Green-port ju and Hallwran GeneraT Hospital Staten Island to which tha chapter had aent donations Plans are also under way for the Day sale of carnations 0 Harrison Minstrel Show Is Planned Paul Koehler president of the Harrison Lions' Club! was named general chairman of arrangements for a modern minstrel show to be given for the benefit of the Lions' Club welfare fundT" the Smoke Fund end Recruit Going Away Committee at a meeting of organization representatives last night in -the Harrison Firehouse The show is planned for the last week liv April George Geller will be In charge of tickets and Felix Cristiano programs Another 1 meeting will be held Tuesday at 9 at the Firehouse' 153 Nursing Visit! Made Li Purchase One hundred and fifty-three home nursing visits were made in Purchase during February Mrs Bertha Holmes visiting nurse there 'reports In addition 22 were cared for at the infant pre-school and dental clink 17 adults and children were taken to clinics and doctors and 28 examination! fof Purchase School children were -made by Mrs Holmes TAYLOR MEMORIAL SUNDAY A memorial Masa for First Lieut James' Taylor eon of Mrs Katherine Taylor 42 Davis Street Rye who disappeared two years ago yesterday en route over South America in a Flying Fortress bound for the war zone will be conducted at the Church of the Resurrection- Rye- Sunday-st-11 A lt was' announced today PUMPS DAMAGED Damage to gas pumps at unused service stations in Harrison has been reported by police The two stations where daiqsge has been noted are at Westchester Avenue and Anderson Road and at Pearl and Harrison Streets Stiver Like: to 16 in YV 2500 CO OIL COInc Greenwich 2929 By ram River 9090 caiiiEiFS'iavE 'fipsffttt CowpesrlMf staid Excitement for spring mi wool tweed iuit Just agers They like die trim jacket with stitched edges -find the little jobs them selves such aD replacing blown fuses and making minor adjustments -to household appliancesf inid hot call ing a serviceman many Westchester householders help to conserve gaso-line tires manpower andother vitol hMUeriolsHof jwar Nomt the $10 Question A statement comes from ttor todtcstlng yon owTflO foe jkjrt generously pleated front "if and' back! Sizes 10 light blue or aqua Rl v4 raerchidlM yoo sr sun pgd for loiig age Ci ye Pwa yan paid? Ton caa If yw paid by cheebaad by doing ro provida a record days a Checking Account Is aTOa non awful than before Na moetMy trips to mny often to pay Mls Bank by mail whea yon ar ill whek yoP art too busy Kken stanhy weather makes' It dlfflcult to get oat And discovered that one necessarily have to be a Or ja Fhd to change a fusO for instance Mail and phone orders filled Postage prepaid ever yuhere in die tlm Mi afford td dg without Checking We hiave pamphlets containing information on the replairatTof buraedoutl fusesand the care gar- I T' ranges and automatic refrigerators' and Jf have a free copy just write or phone our nearest office WESTCHESTER LIGHTING COMPANY BEST -Ifordisis itsd KysltOI r- i I Byrain? National Bank 1 Saak of rHoedly Imsn- MiB SL Cor South Water Sfi East Port Chester Cong MsrnhW rodaral Dapaalt laaaraaea Oarperattaa I 1.

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