This Day in History: 1919-03-11

Mrs. E. P. Beebe died of complications following an operation for an intestinal blockage.  She will be missed.  “Every Boy Scout in the Ramapo Valley felt that he had two mothers, his own and Mrs .Beebe up in Cragmere Park.”  She worked tirelessly in various war charities and had served as President of the Salmagundi Club.  She leaves three children, one only 11 months old.  Mr. Beebe is an official of the Iron Age Publishing Co.  He has been active in the Boy Scouts, acting as Scoutmaster of one of the Suffern Troops.

(Bristow)