The Ferryman – Published by the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1980, December 5
Local Churches Aid Quake Victims
From Province Avellino…
Italian Hilltowns
1980, Fall
Slides For Public School Evaluators
The Ravekes-Storms Papers Donated
Photo Exhibit At Mercy College
'Art In The Prison' Talk By Ed Margin On November 21
1980, July/August
Frances Neill, Message From The President
Grants Totaling $7,760 Awarded To Society By Three Sources
Society Seeks Permanent Charter
1981, Winter
65 Years Of 'D.F. Register' To Be Microfilmed For Public Use
Archaeology On The Hudson
Genealogy Queries: Seek Information On Lawrence, McClelland, Others
H.S. Stained Glass Windows: Society Makes Recommendation
Mr. Dobbs Comes To Town
Society's Gala: Throng Enjoys Dining, Wining, Tour & Music (1/17/81)
Photos Wanted: Stonemasons, Gardeners, Wine Makers At Work
1982, Fall
If You'd Like To Touch The Pages Of History…Volunteer.
Grants Keep Us Going
Business Memberships Support Storefront History Theatre
Guided Architectural Walking Tour Explores The Era Of The Great Estates (10/17/82)
Storefront History Theatre
1982, March
Bad News…….Good News
Grants To The Society ….1981-82
Christine Roraback, Archives Research Archibes
1983, Spring
Programs For Members And The Public
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News On Microfilm
Oral History In The Classroom
Community-Conscious
Congratulations To The Resolute Hook And Ladder Company on its 100th Anniversary
Of Service To The Village of DF
Lincoln Rothschild (1902-1983)
Searching For Roots And Other Research Requests
Collecting Consultants
1984, January
Public Programs
Historical Society 1984 Gala
Preservation Cinema
Public Support
Archives Research
1984, October
Archaeology By Chance: Can You 'Dig It'?
CCJP Interns Summer '84
1985, February
President's Gavel Changes Hands: Joanne Kavanagh Elected President
Attic Auction And Appraisal Day June 1 To Benefit The Historical Society
Projects In Progress: Documenting Glass, Theatre And History In Dobbs Ferry
1985, September
"Life Of A River Village" To Be Re-Printed
Two Dobbs Ferry Sites Received Markers As 60 Historical Spots Were Noted By
County
Kind Words And Donations
Ecco "Stucco & Stones" ! Ecco L'Italia!
NY Foundation For The Arts Artist-In-Residence Planned By Dobbs Ferry Consortium
Historical Society Annual Meeting Set Sunday, September 29th, From 3 To 5 pm
1986, March
Storefront History Theatre
Cooperative Artist-in-Residency Links Art, History And Architecture
Celebrate Lady Liberty - April 15, 1986
Fasnella's Views Of Dobbs Ferry Now Available To All: Special March Offer For
Members On Full-Color Lithograph
1986, October
Historical Society Annual Meeting (10/8/86)
A Note Of Gratitude To The 1985-86 Trustees Of The Historical Society
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'Storefront History Theatre' Project Receives Support From Local Business Members &
From The Westchester Arts Fund …
Oral History Staff Development Course Offered For Area Teachers In March '87
1988, July
Oral History Workshops Mark Community Heritage Year
Dobbs Ferry Post Office Nominated To National Register
Frances Neill, Restoration On Main Street
Tema Harnik, Now Playing On Your VCR! An Oral History Workshop
Kathleen Modrowski, Update On Early Indian Site
1988, March
Catherine and Modrowski Walter and Modrowski, Pre-History A 'The Landing' - An
Important Archaeological Site
Yesterday's News: a chronicle of 1888 : The Blizzard of '88, How RR Station Location
Came To Be, Dobbs Ferry description & its name
Kathleen Modrowski, Photo Archives Project
Evelyn Fitzgerald, Stained Glass
1989, Winter
History At Our Door Step: A Future For The Society At The Aqueduct Overseer's
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1990, February
Kathleen Modrowski, Wickers Creek Archeological Site Placed on County Inventory of
Historical Places
Tema Harnik, Dobbs Ferry in the Era of the Old Croton Aqueduct: 1835-1850
Bill Blanck, Village Depression Year 1933 is Documented on Video Tape
Caroline Kravath, Historical Society Sponsors Little White Church Cemetery
Restoration Project Study
Virginia Barton, Storms Family Members Identified’
Bill Blanck, World War II Dobbs Ferry Subject of Ferryman Special Edition
Bill Blanck, Flying Over Dobbs Ferry to Record 1991 Vlillage for Archives and for the
Ashford Avenue Project
1991, June
Bill Blanck, The Environs of Ashford Avenue--Then and Now
Tema Harnik, Aqueduct Photograph and Slide Exhibit Will Open This August in Dobbs
Ferry Library
Kathleen Modrowski, FOWCAS Adopts Wickers Creek, Initiative Sponsored by League
of Women Voters
Mayzette Edholm Stover, 1924-1948 Village Memories--The Winemaker, History in the
Dump, and The Gatehouse Ghost
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1992, January
Henry Walter, Clara Mead, "A Gracious Lady of the Old School"
Barbara Pearce, Clara Mead Leaves 12 Elm Street to Society
Henry Walter, Repair and Maintenance Endowment Fund Needed
1992, June
Mead House Needs "A Lot of Work"--And Money
130 Attend 1992 Historical Society Gala
1992, December
Clara Mead Eggnog Party December 13
Sylvia Brownshield, Repairs Strengthen the Mead House
Bill, Hank Blanck, Walter, Dobbs Ferry in World War II:1942--The First Year of
Sacrifice
Annual Irving Celebration Sponsored by Historical Society and Zion Church presents
‘The Changing Face of St. Nicholas’ on December 6
1993, April
Matching Grant to Make Mead House a History Center Needs $2,438 to Reach $10,000
Goal
Dobbs Ferry's Italian-American Heritage Will be Celebrated at Society's Poetry
Reading…
Reasonable Cost Modification of Mead House Can Provide for Society’s Needs – Smith
Report
1993, June
Henry Walter, Dobbs Ferry Women Organize Hudson River Equal Franchise Society in
1909 for the Right to Vote
1993, September
Henry Walter, New York Lags in Giving Women the Vote; War Aids Suffrage Movement;
1917 Dobbs Voters Favor Suffrage by 56 Votes
Mead House Progress
State Gets Collections Policy
1993, November
Community Hospital Observes its Centennial at a Gala Evening on December 4
Jean Fritz, Dobbs Ferry, The Beginning
Thank You, Filomena Riccardi!
Frances Tahnee Neill, Margarita Gallo Muller
Video Delights Two Groups
Mildred Persinger, Quilts at the Mead House
1994, March
Society Authorizes Funds for Archival Storage and Office Space in its New Home at
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the Mead House
Society Opposes Indeck Gas Line for Both Aqueduct and Broadway
Jean Fritz, The Story of Dobbs Ferry--Part Two; The Two Dobbs Ferrys: to 1765
Community Hospital: The Past 40 Years, The Future
1994, May
Spring Gala Set for May 7; 50-year remembrance of World War II is Gala Theme
Jean Fritz, The Story of Dobbs Ferry--Part Three; War Comes to Dobbs Ferry
1994, July
Jean Fritz, The Story of Dobbs Ferry--Part Four; The Hudson River in '76
Carpentry Work Completed
Hank Walter, Dobbs Ferry Hospital: The Beginning
1995, January
Hank Walter, The Story of James Jennings McComb--Part 1, The
Estherwood Connection
George Speyer Bequeaths $8,500 to Society
Trustee Emerita Filomena Ricciardi Dies at 92
1995, April
Members Are Enthralled by Valentine Program Photos
Bill Blanck, Village Thankful for German Surrender May 7, 1945: Addorisio's Letter
from Buchenwald Shocks Residents
1995, September
Special issue with photos and biographies of Dobbs Ferry servicemen & women
Exuberant Rejoicing, Parades, Auto Caravans, Street Dancing and Prayer Marked
Dobbs' V-J Day
How Dobbs Participated in World War II
Pocohontas to be Part of History Talk by Jean Fritz
1995, November
Arnold's Treachery, The March to Yorktown, Revolution Ends, Tories Leave, Ferry
Continues till 1944
Mead House Dedication at Fourth Annual Eggnog Party
1996, March
Second Church of the Sacred Heart Dedicated a Century Ago
Reginald A. Marra Dies—Served on Tinian When Enola Gay Bombed Hiroshima
During and After the Blizzards of 1888 and 1947 in Dobbs Ferryman
Diary May Provide Information About Dobbs Ferry Area in 1781
1996, April
Donation of Items Needed for June 1st Porch and Yard Sale
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"Dr. Dobbs" and Eighteenth Century Medicine at Dobbs Ferry Historical Society's
April 27 Gala
In Memoriam--Catherine Thornton, Ellen Thornton
Sacred Heart Church Through Two World Wars
1996, September
September 27th Annual Meeting Will Feature Video History of Mayor Nanna's Tenure
During Baby Boom
Businesses to Contribute to a Successful Gala
The Society Participates in Four Events
Church Renovation, Youth Ministry, Jewish Outreach, and Latin were Hallmarks of
Msgr. Green's and Msgr. McManus' Tenures
1996, December
Sacred Heart Today: Involvement
In Memoriam--Dr. Joseph Gelsi, Cathleen R. Polgreen
Mayor Nanna Video Draws Big Crowd to Annual Meeting
Emergency Mead House Repairs of Roof and Steam Boiler Cost Society $11,300.
Members' Help Needed
Republicans Swept Dobbs Ferry in 1896 Presidential Election
The Berthier Journal: When the French and American Armies Joined in the Dobbs
Ferry Area
1997, February
In Memoriam--Raymond Willsea and Demarest Romaine
CHAINING THE HUDSON by Lincoln Diamani Reviewed by Jean Fritz
Greenburgh Hebrew Center--The First Twenty-five Years
Dobbs Ferry Documented in Detail by Berthier in 1781
1997, April
Greenburgh Hebrew Center Celebrates Jubilee
Jean Fritz, News Spotlighted 100 Years Ago
Mavis Cain, Berthier Pinpoints the Location of French and American Armies in the
Dobbs Ferry
Area in 1781
Immigration, "Remember the Ladies", Were Society's Winter Programs
In Memoriam – Mae Pepper
1997, September
Happy Buyers at Auction Brave Threatening Weather
History of the Oceana Building and Its Land
Architect Stephen Tilly Will Describe Oceana Building Restoration at September 26th
Annual Meeting
Society Begins Fund Appeal in Wake of Costly Emergency Repairs
Clock Turned Back 100 Years at Gala
Public Health was a Matter of Life and Death in Dobbs Ferry: The Early Years
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1997, December
Our Lady of Pompeii Celebrates 75 Years
Public Health in Dobbs Ferry--Village Purchases Odorless Cesspool Cleaner
In Memoriam: John Ricciardi Bequeaths Society $10,000 in his Sister's Memory
1998, April
Warren Gardner, Nineteenth Century Health Officer a Potent Influence in Dobbs Ferry
Bill Blanck, Our Lady of Pompeii, in the War Years and Afterward--The Cancelled
Dinner for Italian War Prisoners
May 8th Gala to Feature History of Dobbs Ferry Police
Nineteenth Century Health Officer a Potent Influence in Dobbs Ferryman
Ogden Engine Company No. 1 is 100 Years Old
1998, September
Annual Meeting to Feature Ogden Fire Company
The Peaceful Visit of The Rose
Bill Blanck, Dobbs Ferry's Part in the 1898 Spanish American War
In 1785 Residents Buy Large Tracts of Land Confiscated from Tory Philipse
Dobbs Ferry's Part in the 1898 Spanish American War
1998, December
"Friends of the Historical Society" Being Formed
A Visit to the Direct Descendent of Frederick Philipse III
1999, April
Jean Fritz, A Pioneer of Women's Liberation: Fanny Garrison Villard, of Dobbs Ferry
Dobbs Ferry Historical Society and Sons of American Revolution Agree to Correct
Washington HQ Monument
1999, September
Memories of John Nanna at September 24 Annual Meeting
Henry Villard, German Immigrant, Civil War Newsman, Financier, Railroad Builder
and
Dobbs Ferry Resident.
Help Wanted!! Donations Needed to Defray Maintenance Expenditures
1999, December
The Life and Times of 1900 as Seen by the Dobbs Ferry Register
Dobbs Ferry 1933- First in Series of Programs Planned for Membership
Garden Club of Dobbs Ferry Donates $4,500 for Society's Lawn Improvement
1999 - December
The Life and Times of 1900 as Seen by the Dobbs Ferry Register
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Dobbs Ferry 1933- First in Series of Programs Planned for Membership
Garden Club of Dobbs Ferry Donates $4,500 for Society's Lawn Improvement
2000 - May
Strawberry Festival on June 10th
Irish Program Provides Spell-binding Evening
Proposed site of Great Hunger Memorial
Historian Dennis Maika tells of Slavery in Dobbs Ferry Area
Ireland 150 Years Ago
2000 - December
1852 Map of Village Given to Society by the SAR; Correction of Monument Described
No Fights, No Recounts, No Chads in Trustee Election by Members by Bill Blanck
Bill McHenry, a Friend and Contributer to Dobbs Ferry Historical Archives, Dies
1894 Washington Rochambeau Monument Will be Corrected by the Sons of the
American Revolution
Annual Clara Mead Eggnog Party
Villard Family at Thorwood by Hank Walter
2001 - April
History of Community Hospital (1993)
Rochambeau Monument, 1894, corrected in 2000 by Bill Blanck
Old Croton Aqueduct to Connect with Greenway-sponsored Trails
Bill McHenry Obit. Died 4/1/2000
2001 - September
Why The Trolley Didn't Stop Here by Helen Kirkpatrick
New Bronze Plaque Correcting the Washington-Rochambeau Monument Dedicated at
July 4th Ceremony
2001 - December
In Memoriam--Cecil Jack, Trustee
War Comes to Dobbs Ferry—1776--1941--2001 by Bill Blanck
What Rrochambeau's Officers Thought About Us by Jean Fritz
Immigrants to be Topic at Annual Meeting on September 28 at Our Lady of Pompeii
Hall by Hank Walter
2002 - April
Historical Society Gala - Tina Marziale, Tony Castello, and Charlie Baiano Honored
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The Great Spaghetti Dinner That Never Was in 1944 by Brian Wright
Food Was Scarce for American Prisoners of War in WW II
Founded in 1833 Zion Episcopal Church has Historic Roots by Richard McKeon
2002 - September
September 11, 2002—A Day of Prayer and Remembrance by Bill Blanck
Dobbs Ferry in 2000: A Centennial Portrait by Mary Donovan
20th Century Photos to be Featured at Annual Meeting on September 27 at Our Lady
of Pompeii
Zion Rings in the 20th Century by Richard McKeon
2002 - December
Growing Up in Dobbs Ferry1994 by Andrea Fritz
Founders of Dobbs Ferry by Jean Fritz
2003 - April
Annual Gala to be Celebrated on May 30th: Hudson Historian to Speak - Col. James
Johnson
Spring In-Gathering
Story of Dobbs Ferry Library, 1899-2003 by Bill Blanck
How Dobbs Ferry Got Its Name by Jean Fritz
2003 - September
Spring Gala a Resounding Success
Contributions Welcome for New Pathway for the Disabled at the Mead House
Dobbs Ferry Union Free School, 1857-1897 by Mary Donovan
Mary Donovan, President of DFHS Since 2002 by Jean Fritz
"The Unbrella Lady", Jean Fritz by Bill Blanck
2003 - December
Oldest House in Dobbs Ferry by Denise Wilson
Story of the Library (cont.) by Bill Blanck
Photos from Ground Zero Featured at Annual Meeting
2004 - May
Jean Fritz to be Honored at Spring Gala
Remembering One Soldier by Mary Donovan
History of Storm Farmhouse, Part II by Denise Wilson
Gabriele Grunebaum, former trustee, dies March * at the age of 93 by Mavis Cain
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2004 - September
Annual Meeting of the Historical Society Features Speech by David McCullough
History of the Storm House, Part III by Denise Wilson
When Broadway Sent Its Stars to Main Street by Mavis Cain
2004 - December
The House at 12 Elm Street by Mary Donovan
Pvt. Flohr's Time in Rochambeau's Army by Hank Walter
2005 - May
Historical Society Gala Honors Unsdung Heroes:Bill Cassella, Goldie Gernivivo, Gail
Malara
2005 - September
Historical Society Gets New Fence
"Unsung Heroes" Applauded at Gala
Private Flohr's Time in Rochambeau's Army, Part II by Hank Walter
2005 - November
Annual Clara Mead Egg Nog Party and Zion's Washington Irving Celebration to be
Held Sunday, December 11th
The Odell Farmers and their Farmhouse by Georgette Hedberg
2006 - May
The Browns-- The President and First Lady of Dobbs Ferry by Bill Blanck
L. Doris Wood: Educator, Correspondent & Friend by Meg Lauer
2006 - Sept
Old Engine Company No. 1 by Teresa Walsh
Historical Society Revieves Artifact - Plaque from Dobbs Ferry Railroad Station
2006 - December
August 1781: The March to Freedom
"You are Cordially Invited…"
1840 Odell Farmhouse and Barn: George W. Odell & Esther Emma Burfield, Part II
by Georgette Hedberg
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2007 - Spring
The Dobbs Ferry Hospital- A century of Caring by Mary Donovan
Ogden Engine Company No. 1 (Part 2: 1960 to Present Day) by Teresa Walsh
2007 - Fall
Private Flohr's Time in Rochambeau's Army (Part III)
Translated by Gabriele H. Gtunebaum by Hank Walter
The Road to Freedom Day in Dobbs Ferry
Annual Meeting Program Features Bannerman Island
2007 - Winter
Dobbs Ferry's Sea Plane Base by Herbert Donovan
The Move to Springhurst by Mary Donovan
2008 - Spring
We Proudly Introduce: The Dobbs Ferry Historical Society Historic Plaque Program
The History of Resolute Hook and Ladder by Neil Sweeting
The Little Red House- A Reverie by Larry Blizard
A Soldier's Tale: Private Flohr's Diary Part IV by Hank Walter
Dobbs Ferry Encampment, July 4 to August 19, 1781 by Richard Borkow
2008 - Fall
Annual Meeting Features Italian Community in Dobbs Ferry (9/23/08)
The Mead House - Big Changes Over The Summer
Road to Freedom Day - August 17th, 2008
Francesco Ricciardi, "Maaestro Francesco" by Mary Donovan
Fixing Youe Ols Photographs by Gerry Mooney
2008 - Winter
A Walk Through Time with Alice Denike by Larry Blizard
Tracing the History of Your Home
The Fred Staats Fund for Emergency Repairs
Private Flohr's Time in Rochambeau's Army, Part V by Hank Walter
Salvatore Primeggia Featured in Our Lecture Series
2009 - Spring
Henry Hudson (c.1565-1611)
Robert Fulton (1765-1815)
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Samuel de Champlain (1567-1635)
Spring Lecture Series
Dobbs Ferry's Return to the Hudson Quadricentennial Celebration
2009 - Winter
A Tribute to Rebecca Browning Rankin by Mary Donovan
The "Nathan Hale" House by Madeline Byrne
Main Street Mystery: Still Unsolved! by Larry Blizard
George Washington at "Head Quarters, Dobbs Ferry" July 4 to August 19, 1781 None
How Gaby Brunebaum at Age 91, Reached Back Through the Centruies to her
Compatriot Private Georg Daniel Flohr by Mavis Cain
2010 - Spring
The Last Lord of The Manor Colonel Frederick Philipse III by Mary Donovan
The Biegens of Dobbs Ferry A Familiy Album by Larry Blizard
2010 - Fall
Dobbs Ferry Hotels from the Past by Larry Blizard
A Tribute to Paul Fix by Larry Blizard
2010 - Winter
A Land Sale Bonanza: Dividing up Frederick Philipse's Confiscated Property by
Mary Donovan
10 Reasons to Join or Renew Membership in the Dobbs Ferry Historical Society None
"That Terrible Evening in 1905" by Garrett Glaser
2011 - Spring
Isabella Niven Wilder For Thornton Wilder's Mom: Our Town Was Dobbs Ferry
by Larry Blizzard
The Corner Drug Store by Terry, Howard Schwartz, Pobiner
2011 - Fall
Teddy Roosevelt In Dobbs Ferry None
Meet Some Young Heroes: Our Volunteers None
Villard Hill: Birth Of A Neighborhood by Madeline Byrne
2012 - Summer
Father & Son, The Two Mike Todds None
Fanny Garrison Villard Civil Rights Champion at The Dawn of the 20th Century
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by Jean Fritz
Treasures In The Attic - The Photographic Gems Found In Our Archives
by Robin Costello
2012 - Fall
Up, Up, And Away In Dobbs Ferry With Movie Legends Lawrence Oliver & Vivien
Leigh
Dr. John Cochran Physician, Surgeon, and Hero Of The American Revolution
by Mary Donovan
If These Walls Could Speak… 72 Colonial Avenue by Jim Luckett
2012 - Winter
The Case Of The Missing Truck by Ellen Klein
The Hughsons Of Dobbs Ferry by Larry Blizzard
2013 - Fall
The Rededication of the Little White Church Cemetary on Ashford None
The Mystery Of Morton Paters Pond by Madeline, Alan Byrne, Steinfeld
The Choicest Suburb Of New York by Robin Costello
On The Street Where You Live… Robert Green Ingersoll
2014 - Spring
Captain William Henry Dobbs : pilot or the continental army by Charles E Dobbs
The Judson Family Photo Album by William Newman
The First Rhode Island Regiment by Richard Borkow
Mary Sudman Donovan Day proclaimed in Dobbs Ferry and Westchester Country
Trustee Maria Harris Honored as community activist
2014 - Fall
Dobbs Ferry Historical Society to receive Cabrini of Westchester's Centennial Award
by Judith Doolin Spikes
Annual Meeting
2015 - Spring
Portrait of a young officer by Ian Connett
Henry C Klein views "better Dobbs Ferry"; presents Master Plan
Summer kitchen open to visitors
The Street that never was : Dock Street by Madeline, Alan Byrne, Steinfeld
Fowl play in Dobbs Ferry by Madeline, Alan Byrne, Steinfeld
Establishing Historic landmarks and districts in Dobbs Ferry by Sonya Terjanian
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Henry Villard's folly by Mildred Persinger
The Belden behind Belden Avenue by Julia Unger
2015 - Winter
145 Palisade by Mary Donovan and Charles Geard
Oxford Market and Westchester Pigeon Club by Peggie, Larry Blizard
Italian-American Project
A recent gift…
Road to Freedom Walk, 2014
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