Armour Villa

40 Pages·2017·3.43 MB·English

by  Katherine Sutton

Newsletter of The Armour Villa Neighborhood Association www.armourvilla.org May/June 2017
Armour Villa
Saturday, June 3rd
5:00 to 10:00 pm
on Chatfield Road
$20/members
$25/non-members
Kids under 12 eat for FREE!
►Pre-order tickets
online through W e’ll have a visit
All of the food

Square! from our Squad 11
will be provided.
firetruck plus the
We’re talkin’ burgers,
police K-9 dog!
hot dogs, ribs, pizza,
chicken, side dishes,
desserts and
►This Picnic is open
drinks.
to all residents of
Armour Villa whether
or not you have kids
or belong to the
Association.
Letter from the President
Steve Wagner
All around us are signs of new life. That means it’s time once again to help us
replenish our Armour Villa Neighborhood Association’s treasury. Five years ago in 2012,
we raised over $11,000 through your generosity. We have used those funds to support
many of the initiatives and improvements you read about in each issue of The Villa
Voice.

It is time again to build on that success so we can preserve and protect our property
values and quality of life in the coming years. I am personally asking everyone who can
afford it to make an investment in their future here at home, where it really matters. I
am very proud of what the Association has accomplished and, with your help, we will
continue to make Armour Villa a very special place to live and work and raise a family—
all of which give real meaning to the word “community.”

With this year's fund drive, we are hoping to meet or exceed our goal of $12,000.
We hope you will all be generous, but we also ask that you give only what you can
comfortably afford to give. Your support will allow us to continue the important work
that benefits each one of us and affirms for those of us who serve on the board and
volunteer that the work we do on your behalf matters to our neighborhood. A summary
of the accomplishments of the Association will appear on our website.

Below are the levels of giving. Those who donate will be gratefully recognized in both
The Villa Voice and on our website:

● Supporter - $50
● Friend of Armour Villa - $100
● Conservator - $250
● Architect - $500
● Master Builder - $750 (includes a lifetime Association membership)

► Information on how to donate through Square or by check is at the bottom of the next
page. (At this time, donations are not tax deductible, according to IRS guidelines.)

Thanks for your generosity,

President, Armour Villa Neighborhood Association
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these partners make The Villa Voice and all of our community social events possible.
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Join, Renew or donate!
Membersh ip Form

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Address

Telephone e-mail address

Please check:

Basic Membership - $35
Supporter - $50
Friends of Armour Villa - $100
Conservators - $250
Architects - $500
Master Builders - $750 (Includes Lifetime Association membership)

Enclosed is my payment for . These are:  NEW DUES  RENEWAL DUES  SPECIAL 2017 DONATION.
  

Make check payable to “Armour Villa” and remit to: Steve Wagner, 14 Gard Avenue, Bronxville, NY 10708

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aatt wwwwww..aarrmmoouurrvviillllaa..oorrgg.. SSiiggnn iinn aass aa ““GGUUEESSTT..””
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Snapshots

Photos by Kathleen Donaghy, Beall Circle
and Philomena Freed, Deshon Avenue
“Thanks
for the
fun
party!”
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“I like having the party at
The Olde Stone Mill! We are really
looking forward to the next one.”
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Basket
Winners
Participating
Merchants

BXV Eats
Broken Bow Brewery
Bronxville Diner
Bronxville Wellness
Carlson’s Nursery
Chelsea Piers
Dobbs and Bishop
The Doctor Oz Show
Ernie’s Wine Bar
Growlers
Noorman’s Kil
Nature’s Cradle
Pondfield Café
Pure Barre
The Quarry
San Pietro Wines
Scalini’s
Tombolino’s
Topps Bakery
Tuckahoe Paint & Glass
Tuck’d Away
Tryforos and Pernice
Wild Vine
“The best
Yoga Haven
Wine &
Cheese
ever!”
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Buried
in the
Eaves

About seven years ago, Lynn Pascucci decided it was time to

renovate the undeveloped attic space in her home at 74 Gard Avenue. She
planned to have it sheet rocked and painted so she could use it for storage
as well as a new sewing room. When it came time to insulate the eaves, her
contractor discovered a treasure trove of ancient goodies stuffed between
the old beams. From the looks of them, they seemed to have been left
behind by some workmen and also a little girl named Suzanne...or maybe
the little girl collected bits and pieces of items she found in her home and
hid them as souvenirs, as children tend to do. In any case, they appear to be
from the early 20th century, and some are over 100 years old.
In addition to the items photographed on these pages, there was a
large old paint drop cloth and a stack of New York Times from 1921-22,
which easily disintegrated when touched. One of the front pages from that
era reported the discovery of a man named Ponzi had invented a financial
fraud. Hence, the infamous “Ponzi Scheme.” He was the Madoff of his era.
To find out who Suzanne was, turn to page 10.

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Continued...
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Grace Hinton, nee Boyce, Little Suzanne turns
who Charles married out to have been the
daughter of Grace
in 1906.
Boyce and Charles
Louis Hinton, one of
the renowned
“Bronxville Artists,”
who bought the
house when it was
new in 1911. Hinton
was not only a
famous illustrator of
books, he was a
celebrated muralist,
sculptor, painter and
designer of commemorative medallions. He taught
Charles Hinton with his young children, Charles, Jr., Suzanne, and Edgar. at the National Academy of Design, Cooper Union,
and New York University. By the time of his death
in 1950, Hinton had moved to another section of the
Bronxville P.O.
We are not sure when the Hintons sold
their house to Colin and Elsie Innes, but we think it
might have been during the late 40s. When Colin,
an architectural engineer, bought 74 Gard he also
purchased the empty lot next door. In 1959, his
daughter, Adele, and her husband, another
“Bronxville Artist,” Bernard Safran, built their house
on that lot, which is now 70 Gard. [Adele died
recently at 91 and her obituary is on page 36.]
Lynn Pascucci became the third owner of
74 Gard when she bought it in 1974 from Elsie, who
was by then Colin’s widow.
Meanwhile, during all those years of
families coming and going at 74 Gard, Suzanne’s
little treasures remained secretly hidden in the
Another old photo of the Hinton children (and perhaps a nanny or two?)
attic.
taken in front of 74 Gard. These images were printed from a roll
of undeveloped film Lynn Pascucci found in her attic. When she saw
these pictures, Lynn remarked that she had often photographed
her own family in the very same spot 50 years later.

► NOTE: We did a Google search on Suzanne and
discovered that she was a graduate of Hunter
College and married Arnold D. Way, also of Armour
Villa, in September, 1940. She had a daughter, Lynn,
a son, Arnold, Jr. who pre-deceased her, and three
grandchildren. She died of Alzheimer’s in
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania in 2009 at age 94.
Her older brother, Charles, Jr, who became an
engineer, died in 2008, just shy of his 101st birthday.
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