8ociet:r NEWSLETTER P.O. Box 523 • Ardsley, New York 10502 www.ardslcyhistoriealsociety.org Volume 24 No. I . \Vinter 2009 OFFICERS Co-President;" Beverly Levine Ilerb Engel Vice President Frank JallO Treasurer Richard Cuilty Recordillg Secretary TIlA DIRECTORS TherLsa DiStefano Henry Groth Dorothy Kaufman Mar), Keehan Mar), Anne Matelli Rick Palladino Robert M. Pellegrino Bernhard Preisscr Newslener Editor Mary Lichtenberg Newsletter Prodllcu"on Laura Ka l..7. GREENBURGH LOCAL HISTORY by Frank S. Jazzo, Town Historian SPRAIN ROAD AND THE LOWER SPRAIN BROOK VALLEY Recendy, I asked Edith D eCecca, who lives on Sprain Road in Greenburgh , Jess than a mile south of its intersection with Ashford Avenue and Ardsl .y Road, if she and her neighbors get their mail delivered by the Scarsdale Post Otfice. She said that she has for many years, but added that she can remember that back in the 1940s their address was "R.F.D. # 1, White Plains," which stood for "Rural Free Delivery." The American Heritage College Dictionary defines "rural" as "Of, or relating to, or characteristic of the country." Also "Of or relating to far;uillg; agricultural." That fits in with my memories of the countryside alo ng Sprain Road both north and south of the easterly end of Ashford Avenue during the 1940s. I was a kid growing up in d1e Village of J\rdsley then and didn't reach my teens until later in the 1940s when Milton Berle made many people stay home on Tuesday eyenings to watch his antics on televisio n on the Texaco StarTheater. O f course, we didn't have a television set yet, but once in a while Ralph Arone's family would invite us over to watch the new invention, and Ralph enjoyed showing it off to visitors. - - '\ ~~' . - . The fannbouse under construction ., . .j .;.. , tAl. ..- .. ~ , OCR Text: 8ociet:r NEWSLETTER P.O. Box 523 • Ardsley, New York 10502 www.ardslcyhistoriealsociety.org Volume 24 No. I . \Vinter 2009 OFFICERS Co-President;" Beverly Levine Ilerb Engel Vice President Frank JallO Treasurer Richard Cuilty Recordillg Secretary TIlA DIRECTORS TherLsa DiStefano Henry Groth Dorothy Kaufman Mar), Keehan Mar), Anne Matelli Rick Palladino Robert M. Pellegrino Bernhard Preisscr Newslener Editor Mary Lichtenberg Newsletter Prodllcu"on Laura Ka l..7. GREENBURGH LOCAL HISTORY by Frank S. Jazzo, Town Historian SPRAIN ROAD AND THE LOWER SPRAIN BROOK VALLEY Recendy, I asked Edith D eCecca, who lives on Sprain Road in Greenburgh , Jess than a mile south of its intersection with Ashford Avenue and Ardsl .y Road, if she and her neighbors get their mail delivered by the Scarsdale Post Otfice. She said that she has for many years, but added that she can remember that back in the 1940s their address was "R.F.D. # 1, White Plains," which stood for "Rural Free Delivery." The American Heritage College Dictionary defines "rural" as "Of, or relating to, or characteristic of the country." Also "Of or relating to far;uillg; agricultural." That fits in with my memories of the countryside alo ng Sprain Road both north and south of the easterly end of Ashford Avenue during the 1940s. I was a kid growing up in d1e Village of J\rdsley then and didn't reach my teens until later in the 1940s when Milton Berle made many people stay home on Tuesday eyenings to watch his antics on televisio n on the Texaco StarTheater. O f course, we didn't have a television set yet, but once in a while Ralph Arone's family would invite us over to watch the new invention, and Ralph enjoyed showing it off to visitors. - - '\ ~~' . - . The fannbouse under construction ., . .j .;.. , tAl. ..- .. ~ , Z ArchiveInABox,Ardsley Historical Society,Archived Issues of The Beacon,Volume 22-33,ArdsleyHistoricalSocietyVol24No1.pdf,ArdsleyHistoricalSocietyVol24No1.pdf Page 1, ArdsleyHistoricalSocietyVol24No1.pdf Page 1