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Lucy Park, the oldest of the Park siblings, was Valedictorian of the Class of 1911 at Nyack High School. On page 33 of the yearbook the following was reported: "Our Valedictorian this year has passed more examinations and will receive more academic counts than any other student in the history of the High School."
"Lucy...was our first president but resigned from her office early in the spring. Lucy is a great student, the "Ougii Board" says she is the brightest girl in school. Lucy is a great favorite with all, teachers too, and especially Mr. Scott. Lucy intends going to Cornell next year, so my boys -- "put a good word in before she leaves, for you know Cornell is co-ed college."
In addition to the nickname above, Lucy's yearbook records her favorite book to have been "Nearly a Month" and her favorite song to have been "A Strange Night for a Ramble". "Blarst it" was her favorite expression. She enjoyed "showing off new clothes". On page 24 she is mentioned as an actress in a school play along with her future sister-in-law's sister, Harriet Mumford Small. The two are pictured on page 26.
Lucy also wrote the class poem and the class history contained in the yearbook. Photos of Lucy can be found on pages 6 and 8. The editor contributed an interesting history of the village of Nyack on pages 35-37.
Source: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/2870/rec/1
At college Lucy was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, graduating from Cornell University in 1915. The May 1918 issue of the Key reported that Lucy was elected junior president of her sorority for the 1913-14 college year.
Lucy later served as faculty assistant to the Dean of Women at Cornell and held a similar position at Leland-Stanford University at Palo Alto, CA, before working with Harper's Bazaar and Calkins-Holden, advertisers, in NYC. The NY Times reported her attendance at a luncheon in honor of Charles Hanson Towne, newly appointed editor of Harper's.
Source: New York Times, Thursday, 10 June 1926, p. 25.
The 1930 census recorded Lucy living with her parents and a brother at 144 South Broadway in Nyack, New York. She was a 'stylist' working in the 'magazine' branch. On February 5th 1931, Lucy, at the time representing Fashion Coordination Bureau, Inc., spoke at the twentieth annual dinner of the National Retail Dry Goods Association at Hotel Pennsylvania.
Source: New York Times, Friday, 6 February 1931, p. 38.
In the October 1932 issue of the Key, Lucy describes her impressions of Asia in a two page (284-5) article. She had spent the first third of 1932 in Japan, China, Indo-China, Singapore, Phillipines and Siam. While in Singapore she found the grave of her sister-in-law's father, John Kimberly Mumford, and made the only known photograph of it. She was the last member of the family who had ever seen the grave, which no longer exists.
At noon on January 23, 1935, Lucy married James Alfred Clarke (born February 4, 1886 in Eustis, Florida to Henrietta Ring and Edmund Wright Clarke). The ceremony took place at the Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack, New York, with Rev. Ernest Churchill officiating. Mrs. George Colton Park (Marcia Mumford Park) and J. Sherwood Smith were the only attendants to the bride and groom.
The Clarkes went to South America for a two-month honeymoon. Upon their return they resided at 29 Shonnard Place in Yonkers, New York. For more information about Mr. Clarke see
http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/rene-clarke/ and his obituary in the NY Times on Wednesday, 7 May 1969, p. 47. Mr. Clarke's first wife's maiden name was Anne F. Bratton, with whom he had had three children.
In the Cornell Alumni News from March 19th, 1936, Mrs. Rene Clarke is pictured on page 360 with a group of women who were invited to speak about their careers for undergraduates.
At the end of 1940 Mrs. Clarke gave an account of her trip to South America (which she had visited with her husband in 1935) for the Monday Club of Nyack. Sketches made by her husband were supplied to illustrate recollections of the voyage for the guests.
Source: Rockland Journal News, Tuesday, 10 December 1940, pp. 5 and 10.
Among many commitments Mrs. James A. Clarke was active chairing the Yonker's section of the U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children, serving on the executive committee of the Women's Auxilliary of St. John's Riverside Hospital, and volunteering in the office of British War Relief. Her parents were British and she lived in England herself for a period of time. She was a member of the Fortnightly Club and Asst. Secretary of the World Philathea Union.
Death Notice: New York Times, Wednesday, 25 August 1943, p. 19.
Obituary: New York Times, Thursday, 26 August 1943, p. 17.
Biographical information provided by her grandniece.
Lucy Park, the oldest of the Park siblings, was Valedictorian of the Class of 1911 at Nyack High School. On page 33 of the yearbook the following was reported: "Our Valedictorian this year has passed more examinations and will receive more academic counts than any other student in the history of the High School."
"Lucy...was our first president but resigned from her office early in the spring. Lucy is a great student, the "Ougii Board" says she is the brightest girl in school. Lucy is a great favorite with all, teachers too, and especially Mr. Scott. Lucy intends going to Cornell next year, so my boys -- "put a good word in before she leaves, for you know Cornell is co-ed college."
In addition to the nickname above, Lucy's yearbook records her favorite book to have been "Nearly a Month" and her favorite song to have been "A Strange Night for a Ramble". "Blarst it" was her favorite expression. She enjoyed "showing off new clothes". On page 24 she is mentioned as an actress in a school play along with her future sister-in-law's sister, Harriet Mumford Small. The two are pictured on page 26.
Lucy also wrote the class poem and the class history contained in the yearbook. Photos of Lucy can be found on pages 6 and 8. The editor contributed an interesting history of the village of Nyack on pages 35-37.
Source: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/2870/rec/1
At college Lucy was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, graduating from Cornell University in 1915. The May 1918 issue of the Key reported that Lucy was elected junior president of her sorority for the 1913-14 college year.
Lucy later served as faculty assistant to the Dean of Women at Cornell and held a similar position at Leland-Stanford University at Palo Alto, CA, before working with Harper's Bazaar and Calkins-Holden, advertisers, in NYC. The NY Times reported her attendance at a luncheon in honor of Charles Hanson Towne, newly appointed editor of Harper's.
Source: New York Times, Thursday, 10 June 1926, p. 25.
The 1930 census recorded Lucy living with her parents and a brother at 144 South Broadway in Nyack, New York. She was a 'stylist' working in the 'magazine' branch. On February 5th 1931, Lucy, at the time representing Fashion Coordination Bureau, Inc., spoke at the twentieth annual dinner of the National Retail Dry Goods Association at Hotel Pennsylvania.
Source: New York Times, Friday, 6 February 1931, p. 38.
In the October 1932 issue of the Key, Lucy describes her impressions of Asia in a two page (284-5) article. She had spent the first third of 1932 in Japan, China, Indo-China, Singapore, Phillipines and Siam. While in Singapore she found the grave of her sister-in-law's father, John Kimberly Mumford, and made the only known photograph of it. She was the last member of the family who had ever seen the grave, which no longer exists.
At noon on January 23, 1935, Lucy married James Alfred Clarke (born February 4, 1886 in Eustis, Florida to Henrietta Ring and Edmund Wright Clarke). The ceremony took place at the Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack, New York, with Rev. Ernest Churchill officiating. Mrs. George Colton Park (Marcia Mumford Park) and J. Sherwood Smith were the only attendants to the bride and groom.
The Clarkes went to South America for a two-month honeymoon. Upon their return they resided at 29 Shonnard Place in Yonkers, New York. For more information about Mr. Clarke see
http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/rene-clarke/ and his obituary in the NY Times on Wednesday, 7 May 1969, p. 47. Mr. Clarke's first wife's maiden name was Anne F. Bratton, with whom he had had three children.
In the Cornell Alumni News from March 19th, 1936, Mrs. Rene Clarke is pictured on page 360 with a group of women who were invited to speak about their careers for undergraduates.
At the end of 1940 Mrs. Clarke gave an account of her trip to South America (which she had visited with her husband in 1935) for the Monday Club of Nyack. Sketches made by her husband were supplied to illustrate recollections of the voyage for the guests.
Source: Rockland Journal News, Tuesday, 10 December 1940, pp. 5 and 10.
Among many commitments Mrs. James A. Clarke was active chairing the Yonker's section of the U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children, serving on the executive committee of the Women's Auxilliary of St. John's Riverside Hospital, and volunteering in the office of British War Relief. Her parents were British and she lived in England herself for a period of time. She was a member of the Fortnightly Club and Asst. Secretary of the World Philathea Union.
Death Notice: New York Times, Wednesday, 25 August 1943, p. 19.
Obituary: New York Times, Thursday, 26 August 1943, p. 17.
Biographical information provided by her grandniece.
Biographical Information:
Lucy Park, the oldest of the Park siblings, was Valedictorian of the Class of 1911 at Nyack High School. On page 33 of the yearbook the following was reported: "Our Valedictorian this year has passed more examinations and will receive more academic counts than any other student in the history of the High School."
"Lucy...was our first president but resigned from her office early in the spring. Lucy is a great student, the "Ougii Board" says she is the brightest girl in school. Lucy is a great favorite with all, teachers too, and especially Mr. Scott. Lucy intends going to Cornell next year, so my boys -- "put a good word in before she leaves, for you know Cornell is co-ed college."
In addition to the nickname above, Lucy's yearbook records her favorite book to have been "Nearly a Month" and her favorite song to have been "A Strange Night for a Ramble". "Blarst it" was her favorite expression. She enjoyed "showing off new clothes". On page 24 she is mentioned as an actress in a school play along with her future sister-in-law's sister, Harriet Mumford Small. The two are pictured on page 26.
Lucy also wrote the class poem and the class history contained in the yearbook. Photos of Lucy can be found on pages 6 and 8. The editor contributed an interesting history of the village of Nyack on pages 35-37.
Source: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/2870/rec/1
At college Lucy was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, graduating from Cornell University in 1915. The May 1918 issue of the Key reported that Lucy was elected junior president of her sorority for the 1913-14 college year.
Lucy later served as faculty assistant to the Dean of Women at Cornell and held a similar position at Leland-Stanford University at Palo Alto, CA, before working with Harper's Bazaar and Calkins-Holden, advertisers, in NYC. The NY Times reported her attendance at a luncheon in honor of Charles Hanson Towne, newly appointed editor of Harper's.
Source: New York Times, Thursday, 10 June 1926, p. 25.
The 1930 census recorded Lucy living with her parents and a brother at 144 South Broadway in Nyack, New York. She was a 'stylist' working in the 'magazine' branch. On February 5th 1931, Lucy, at the time representing Fashion Coordination Bureau, Inc., spoke at the twentieth annual dinner of the National Retail Dry Goods Association at Hotel Pennsylvania.
Source: New York Times, Friday, 6 February 1931, p. 38.
In the October 1932 issue of the Key, Lucy describes her impressions of Asia in a two page (284-5) article. She had spent the first third of 1932 in Japan, China, Indo-China, Singapore, Phillipines and Siam. While in Singapore she found the grave of her sister-in-law's father, John Kimberly Mumford, and made the only known photograph of it. She was the last member of the family who had ever seen the grave, which no longer exists.
At noon on January 23, 1935, Lucy married James Alfred Clarke (born February 4, 1886 in Eustis, Florida to Henrietta Ring and Edmund Wright Clarke). The ceremony took place at the Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack, New York, with Rev. Ernest Churchill officiating. Mrs. George Colton Park (Marcia Mumford Park) and J. Sherwood Smith were the only attendants to the bride and groom.
The Clarkes went to South America for a two-month honeymoon. Upon their return they resided at 29 Shonnard Place in Yonkers, New York. For more information about Mr. Clarke see
http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/rene-clarke/ and his obituary in the NY Times on Wednesday, 7 May 1969, p. 47. Mr. Clarke's first wife's maiden name was Anne F. Bratton, with whom he had had three children.
In the Cornell Alumni News from March 19th, 1936, Mrs. Rene Clarke is pictured on page 360 with a group of women who were invited to speak about their careers for undergraduates.
At the end of 1940 Mrs. Clarke gave an account of her trip to South America (which she had visited with her husband in 1935) for the Monday Club of Nyack. Sketches made by her husband were supplied to illustrate recollections of the voyage for the guests.
Source: Rockland Journal News, Tuesday, 10 December 1940, pp. 5 and 10.
Among many commitments Mrs. James A. Clarke was active chairing the Yonker's section of the U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children, serving on the executive committee of the Women's Auxilliary of St. John's Riverside Hospital, and volunteering in the office of British War Relief. Her parents were British and she lived in England herself for a period of time. She was a member of the Fortnightly Club and Asst. Secretary of the World Philathea Union.
Death Notice: New York Times, Wednesday, 25 August 1943, p. 19.
Obituary: New York Times, Thursday, 26 August 1943, p. 17.
Biographical information provided by her grandniece.
Lucy Park, the oldest of the Park siblings, was Valedictorian of the Class of 1911 at Nyack High School. On page 33 of the yearbook the following was reported: "Our Valedictorian this year has passed more examinations and will receive more academic counts than any other student in the history of the High School."
"Lucy...was our first president but resigned from her office early in the spring. Lucy is a great student, the "Ougii Board" says she is the brightest girl in school. Lucy is a great favorite with all, teachers too, and especially Mr. Scott. Lucy intends going to Cornell next year, so my boys -- "put a good word in before she leaves, for you know Cornell is co-ed college."
In addition to the nickname above, Lucy's yearbook records her favorite book to have been "Nearly a Month" and her favorite song to have been "A Strange Night for a Ramble". "Blarst it" was her favorite expression. She enjoyed "showing off new clothes". On page 24 she is mentioned as an actress in a school play along with her future sister-in-law's sister, Harriet Mumford Small. The two are pictured on page 26.
Lucy also wrote the class poem and the class history contained in the yearbook. Photos of Lucy can be found on pages 6 and 8. The editor contributed an interesting history of the village of Nyack on pages 35-37.
Source: https://cdm16694.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/nyacklib/id/2870/rec/1
At college Lucy was a member of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, graduating from Cornell University in 1915. The May 1918 issue of the Key reported that Lucy was elected junior president of her sorority for the 1913-14 college year.
Lucy later served as faculty assistant to the Dean of Women at Cornell and held a similar position at Leland-Stanford University at Palo Alto, CA, before working with Harper's Bazaar and Calkins-Holden, advertisers, in NYC. The NY Times reported her attendance at a luncheon in honor of Charles Hanson Towne, newly appointed editor of Harper's.
Source: New York Times, Thursday, 10 June 1926, p. 25.
The 1930 census recorded Lucy living with her parents and a brother at 144 South Broadway in Nyack, New York. She was a 'stylist' working in the 'magazine' branch. On February 5th 1931, Lucy, at the time representing Fashion Coordination Bureau, Inc., spoke at the twentieth annual dinner of the National Retail Dry Goods Association at Hotel Pennsylvania.
Source: New York Times, Friday, 6 February 1931, p. 38.
In the October 1932 issue of the Key, Lucy describes her impressions of Asia in a two page (284-5) article. She had spent the first third of 1932 in Japan, China, Indo-China, Singapore, Phillipines and Siam. While in Singapore she found the grave of her sister-in-law's father, John Kimberly Mumford, and made the only known photograph of it. She was the last member of the family who had ever seen the grave, which no longer exists.
At noon on January 23, 1935, Lucy married James Alfred Clarke (born February 4, 1886 in Eustis, Florida to Henrietta Ring and Edmund Wright Clarke). The ceremony took place at the Grace Episcopal Church of Nyack, New York, with Rev. Ernest Churchill officiating. Mrs. George Colton Park (Marcia Mumford Park) and J. Sherwood Smith were the only attendants to the bride and groom.
The Clarkes went to South America for a two-month honeymoon. Upon their return they resided at 29 Shonnard Place in Yonkers, New York. For more information about Mr. Clarke see
http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/rene-clarke/ and his obituary in the NY Times on Wednesday, 7 May 1969, p. 47. Mr. Clarke's first wife's maiden name was Anne F. Bratton, with whom he had had three children.
In the Cornell Alumni News from March 19th, 1936, Mrs. Rene Clarke is pictured on page 360 with a group of women who were invited to speak about their careers for undergraduates.
At the end of 1940 Mrs. Clarke gave an account of her trip to South America (which she had visited with her husband in 1935) for the Monday Club of Nyack. Sketches made by her husband were supplied to illustrate recollections of the voyage for the guests.
Source: Rockland Journal News, Tuesday, 10 December 1940, pp. 5 and 10.
Among many commitments Mrs. James A. Clarke was active chairing the Yonker's section of the U.S. Committee for the Care of European Children, serving on the executive committee of the Women's Auxilliary of St. John's Riverside Hospital, and volunteering in the office of British War Relief. Her parents were British and she lived in England herself for a period of time. She was a member of the Fortnightly Club and Asst. Secretary of the World Philathea Union.
Death Notice: New York Times, Wednesday, 25 August 1943, p. 19.
Obituary: New York Times, Thursday, 26 August 1943, p. 17.
Biographical information provided by her grandniece.
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