New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02
NEW ROCHELLE.

The BOARD OF City Development OF New
poch.ua has approved the plan OF Lau-
renee l.. Barnard. one Of Its members Tor
civic centre. which Is TO embrace the two
blocks bounded by Rose street, the New
York. New Haven &c Hartford Railroad
Bridge street. Lawton street and the pro-
posed extension OF Anderson street.
II is estimated by the Board OF City De-
yelopment that the property for the plan
will cost about $4,000. II is proposed to
erect a City Hall and an extension TO the
courthouse The new postoillce bullolnB
VIII be erected on corner opposite the
proposed plaza. The New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad Company IN
tends To erect a new station on It's man
line opposite the proposed site or the new
CITY Hall which Will form part or the
group OF buildings In the civic centre.
fashionable audience witnessed the
performance OF the seniors OF the College
OF New Rochelle i'm their annual campus
play, on Wednesday afternoon. The play
was King Rene's Daughter" and was pre-
scented by the following cast:
king q; lula aIs, s Tn6Ss
Sir Godfrey Of Orange ....... Edith Jettinghoff
Sir Almeric. .................. Roberta Figuet
Eon Jaha. a Moorish physician Helen Kounts
Ioanthe. the blind daughter OF King Rene.
Mary simpson
Martha. wife Of Bertrand ....... Grace Monahan
A fly killing campaign will be conducted
I'm New Rochelle by Mrs. Herman Won
Wetter and Mrs. Alpheus w. Hoyt from
June to u In an effort 10 eXterminate
the house pest Prizes will be given To the
three persons bringing the largest number
Of dead flies to the city Hail on June Is
nj and will Ia
taken from a contribution of $500 by Co
lumbus ODonnell lselin to the Woman 8
club Of New Rochelle for the general
cleanup movement.
The flag OF the Huguenot Yacht Club on
the lower harbor. was run up last Satur-
day afternoon as the club gun was fired.
and New Rochelle Harbor was instantly
ablaze with flags on one hundred yachts
The clubhouse and grounds were decorated
and Illuminated at night with lanterns.
Women were entertained with a concert in
the afternoon. and in the evening there
was dancing
The club has l2O members. and this year
Will have the largest feet OF yachts In its
history. a total OF seventy sailing yachts
and motor boats. The most notable OF the
iiiotoi tldlt arc tA-,OIllulOuOlc "a oaH-
ford's new Palmer cruiser, the Viking; the
Patricia, owned by Herman Hirschberg,
which is the largest boat in the fleet: the
Lola. owned l.. V. Marquette, and the Wee
Peter Pan. speed boat. that can make
twenty-four miles an hour owned by
George T.. Vigoroux.
The officers Of the club are George W.
Rear. commodore; Theodore |. Coe. vice.
commodore: Herman T.. Williams. rear
commodore; Henry Myrick. secretary.
Flandrebu Post. G.. A. r.. and Flandreau
Camp. Sons of Veterans, did not partici
pate In the regular Memorial Day celebra-
ton. as It's members claim that the mod
ern celebrations have lost the Oldtime
spirit and that the day is desecrated by
patriotic organizations. They decorated
the graves In the morning at which time
the Flandreau Woman's Relief Corps held
water services at Bonnefoi Point, Hudson
Park in memory OF the sailors and sol
diers who we're buried at sea The school
children had a prominent xskS N w. 49,,