1942-09-10

              THE LEADER THURSDAYj'SEPtiWE* & 1942
Ffeeport Students
1941 Group
Exominotions
percentage of
Freepbrt. ^jMgh School students
passing thA" Regent's examinations
in June, a slightly better showing
Was made than the 95.14 mark set
last year. But the record of
95.63 set In 1938 still stands, al-though
the 1942 figures replaced
the 95.16 of 1939 for second honors
by 8 points.
Of 1,303 papers written, 1,241
were accepted for the 95.24 per*
centage. The 1942 students ex*
celled those of last year in Ovo
subjects, and fell slightly behind
in twq. They Improved in Eng-lish,
97.45 passing; history, 98.16;
language, 97.34; commercial sub-jects,
93.51 and special subjects,
97.30, while 9232 passed In mathe-
»" xnatics and 93.89 in sciences.
The percentages of pupils who
were promoted in various grade
schools were as follows: Columbus
avenue, 97.34; Archer street, 95.58;
Grove street, 95^25; Seaman ave-
- nue, 95, and Cleveland avenue, 87,
(or a general average of 94.03. i
A study of the percentages of
the students throughout the state
to whom 680 scholarships were
awarded, five for each assembly
district, by the University of the
State of New York on the basis
of their Regents ratings is an In-terectlng
one. Two Freeport grad-uates
received these scholarships
entitling them to $100 a year for
four years in any institution ap-proved
by the Regents. They were
CllSord B. Doxsee with 96.95, and
..Stanley O. Krasnoff with 9Q.80.
"'"The-best mart made by any stu-dent
in the state was 99.38 for
which mark there was a tie be-tween
Martin 'b. DarfT, of Mt.
' 'Vernon, and Anna B. Worden, of
Uticai Doxsee's mark was excelled
by 126 scholarship winners through-out
the state and six were tied
with his average, while Krassnofl
was one of six to share the 96.90
mqrk right behind his fellow stu-dent,
Outside of New York City only
36Ljune graduates exceeded Dox-
\. see's mark, buti in the Metropolis
there was one student with a rec-ord
of 99.33;.,.,19 with 98 or more,
and 71 with 97 or plus, while five
tied with Doxsee and three with
Lions to Pofticipote
In Bond-sole Porode
The Lions Club at its-meeting
and dinner in Otto's Tuesday eve-ning,
decided to participate In to-night's
War bond sale parade. The
club banner will be carried and
the members will wear their iden*
tiflcatlon buttons. Dr. Arthur
Busch, the president, will lead the
group.
Edward Hong announced that he
was going to attend a gathering
at which some of those who ar-rived
from the Orient on the stea-mer
Oripsholm would speak. He
said he might be able to obtain a
good speaker for a joint meeting
of the Freeport service clubs, and
the Lions voted to dispense with
their meeting next week, if such
an event was arranged.
Frank Flynn introduced the
speaker, John A. Ulrich, of Massa-pequa,
who represented the Sylves-ter
Oil Corp., a subsidiary of the
Esso Marketers. He spoke on syn-thetic
rubber.
Women'; Bond Unit
Plank (or Benefit
Bridge, Posh ion Show
At Elks Club, Sept. 15
For Expense Fund
F. Sfodefmoh
Hempsfeod 6r%fe
Joseph P. Staoelman, son of
Mrs. Hat tie Stadelman, of 103
South Bay avenue, and Miss Flo-rence
VanderMlnden, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William T7 Vander-
Minden, of Hempstead, were mar-ried
In Christ Lutheran Church
by the Rev. David O. Jaxhelmer,
the pastor, Saturday. Mrs. James
William Fritz was matron of hon-or
for her sister, while. Robert
Stadelman was his brother's best
man. Edwin Talbot and Charles
Schneider, ot Hempstead, were the
ushers.
Mr. Stadelman Is working for
the \urtiss-Wrlght Corp., at Clif-ton,
NSJ. The couple will live at
Mountain Lakes, N.J. A recep-tion
and dinner were given In the
Hempstead Elks club house.
The Women's division of the
Freeport War bond and stamp
stag is completing plans for a
bridge luncheon and fashion show
to be held in the Elks club house
on Tuesday, September 15 to raise
funds with which to provide the
overhead for its activities. Mrs.
Clark 1. Scott is chairman of the
division, and Miss Anne I. Eldridge
is general chairman of the ar-rangements
committee.
Mrs. Clark is handling the dis-tribution
of tickets, while the
other sub-committee chairmen are
Mrs. Leo Halpin, arrangements;
Mrs. Irving Regan, prizes; Mrs.
Timothy Cutler, luncheon; Mrs. J.
Harry Jenkins, publicity; Mrs. Ha-rold
W. Battln and Mrs. George
Binoche, special awards; Mrs. H.C.
Dixon, food table; Mrs. Alan R.
Anderson, Boor; Mrs. E. Miller,
hospitality; Mrs. W. Sargeant Nix-on,
fashion show, and Mrs. Frank
J. Wetmdre is treasurer.
Mrs. Charles Ct Whitlock, presi-dent
of the Garden Club, with a
committee from the club, is mak-ing
victory corsages to be awarded
as prizes, and also will take charge
of the decorations.
Reports of the progress of the
bond drive during August will be
made at a meeting of the division
workers tomorrow at 10 a.m., in
the Court Room of the Municipal
Building. *
The Freeport division also sold
Hofstro Enrollment
Plonned Next Week
Hofstra College will begin Its
eighth year, and first full year of
operation on a war-time basis next
week, when registration for enroll-ment
In all departments will be
held.
The registrar's office has an-nounced
that former students will
feglster on Tuesday and Wednes-day,
and that Thursday and Fri-day
have been set aside for the
enrollment of new students. Ap-titude
tests for new freshmen will
be given on Tuesday, and place-ment
' examinations on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
Registration for the late after
noon .and evening classes in busi-ness
administration and in educa-
,ion will be held from Tuesday
through Friday, In the late after-noon
and during the early even-ng.
The fall semester will start < on
Wednesday, September 16, follow*
ng a two-day period of freshman
orientation on Monday and Tues-day,
September 14 and 15.
cor$ages made of stamps,' and
bonds on Saturday. August 15 at
the Roosevelt Raceway in West
bury, and disposed of $1,168.50 in
bonds, stamps and corsages,
The group which has a booth at
the Raceway comprised Mrs. Scott
Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Knoche, Mrs
Charles Jessup, Mrs. E. B. Seattle
Mrs. Allen Gould, Mrs. Betty Wald
Miss Peggy Smith, Mrs. Regan
Mrs. William Hannlngton, and W
C, Carman, of Station WGBB.
OPERATORS
WANTED
On
Dresses
STEADY EMPLOYMENT
GOOD PAY
5 DAY WEEK
35 HOURS' WORK
GROVE MFG. CO.
107 SO. Grove Street
At Merrick Road
Monroe had a 98 and a 97; Onel-da,
one with 99, two with 97 and
one with 96.95; Oneida a 98 and
97, the same for Schenectady,
while in Westchester there were one
of the leaders, three with 98 and
four with 97.
Everybody * Wekome At
VIEBROCKS
Except These Three
OUTFITTKK& TO
HOME OF
HART-SCHAFFNER &
CLOTHES
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
ADAM HATS
In numerous counties there was
one student with an outstanding
mark ot 98 or 97. These Included
AlSanyV^ Broomt, Duchesa, JefTer-eon,
Nasg&u, Ontario, Rensselaer,
:Ora"nge, 'with 90.14; Washington.
.B&EatoeK Suffolk -and "Wayne.
Erie. boasted of one with - 98;
four with-97-aria-one^'with 9&95;
We Will Poy
FOR
ANY
OLD
^ Fouhtoin Syringe
of Hot Woter Bottle
JB THE PURCHASE OF A NEW
ONE AT $1.0(1 OR OVER
CREATORS
SAME HIGH QUALITY
HATS '1.98 UP
Response to Our New Department of
DRESSES *4"
Was Beyond Expectation
BOB^S SHOP MILLINERY - DRESSES
65 So. Main St.
PREPARE FOR WfNTER
CANNEL COM
FIRE PLACE LOGS
M an* %4 lath
GRASS SEEDS - BHEHP and OOWMANUE ^ NITRATES
FRRTUJZEBS - CHEMICAL . VXGpBO - AGRIOO
was
Ed&# Fwd & Coal Co. 85 Chbrch 86, BaMwk* 1344*
OUR CANDIES - SODAS - LUNCHES
Too Good for Them
VIE BROCK'S
40 South Main Street
Whitman — Page & Shaw — Louis Sherry Candies
ALL THIS AND MOM
6,000
Circulation
Freeport's
Unofficiol
Poper
NASSAU COUNT?
7TH YEAR NO. 16
Jap Atrocities
To be Described
By Refugees Here
oi Councilmon,
Rescuer of Morsmon
To Speok ot Dinner
Freeport jesldents arc to be giv-en
an opportunity to hear Orst
hand accounts of the atrocities
practiced by the Japanese when
two of the refugees from China
Who arrived on the Swedish steam-er
Gripsholm speak at the South
Shore Yacht Club next Tuesday
night.
N. F. Allman, a lawyer, who was
a member of the Shanghai Muni-cipal
Council, and Arthur DuK,
of Hong Kong, who assisted in the
escape of Henry Marsman, are^ to
be given a testimonial dinner by
the Inter-Service Club Council, of
which Mrs. Isabel Tree is presi-dent.
Dinner will be served at
7:30, and it will be open to the
general public as well as the mem-bers
of the four organizations com-prising
the council. The program
following the dinner will be opei
to the public with no ndmissioi
fee.
Mr. Allman was the first man
on the Japanese black list to be
slain if captured. In addition to
Joeing a member of the Shanghai
Municipal Council he edited an
American and conducted a Chinese
newspaper in that city which- were
so outspoken against the Japanese
that they long ago incurred the
enmity of the Nipponese leaders.
He was in China for 22 years
before the capture of Shanghai.
Mr. DufT is an AmeMcan who
was iong in business in Hong
Kong. He succeeded in getting
Marsman, whose stories, "I Escap-ed
from Hong Kong,' have .ap-peared
in the Saturday Evening
Post, out of China.
Edward L. Hong, who heard Mr.
Allman, Mr. Duff and others re-leased
from China speak recently,
FREEPORT N. Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1942 FIVE CENTS A COPY
Four Warehouses Stocked With
FURNITURE
RUG&-MATTRMSSMS
With 1941 Price; Prevoifing
TAem.
75 SQi MAIN ST., FREEPORT
HEMPSTEAD * BAY SHORE * HUNTINGTON
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Place Of School In War
Faculty Meeting Topk
Dr. J. W. Dodd Urges
Study of Theme
r u h 1 c ni s confronting the
schools in times such as these
wwe discussed at a general fac-ulty
meeting held in the high
school auditorium Tuesday night
and presided over by Superinten-dent
John W. Uodd tc mark the
opening of the new school year.
A copy of » mimeographed bul-letin
was presented to ouch teat'h-nr
and principal In which thp topic
was gone into in considerably de-tail,
The matter was connidcrrd un-der
the heading of '\Vhat Shall
We Do to Place the Freeport
Schools on an Effective War Time
Haeis "
"In these days." said Dr. Dodd,
"certain ideals and attitudes
should bu actively taught, not
passively dreamed of, Americans
with stamlnu cannot be created
night; the formation of
character is a slow process and
must, like a tender plant, be
watered and fed. To understand
the great task that lies before
America, it is essential that the
principles on'which America was
founded be understood.
\Vo will take advnntuKe of the
present situation lo make, young
people Mi ore nwarn than ever of
\\hai America means, ot ils hls-lory.
its geography and resources,
its inclusion of so many races
and faiths, its triumphs and achi-evements,
its political institutions,
its social and economic problems,
the international role it has play-ed
and can play in the future.
"Kadi school must study Its.
own needs, evaluate its own
strengths and weaknesses, explore
its own possibilities for service,
and effect the necessary changes.
Lut us do more effectively the
good things we have tried to do,
I KNOW I AM
WE
MUST
Women's Division
lolls $(7,777 In
Bonds and Stamps
Freeport Doy Set
For Wednesday ot
Mineolb Fair
200 More Auxiliary
Firemen Needed
became so interested, he was con-|»dj"stlng where adjustment
vinced other residents of Freeport
would like to hear them too,, and
so arranged for theni to come here.
The IntcrrScrvicc Club Council
Readily agreed to sponsor the tes-timonial
dinner. The Freeport E%j
change, Lions and
and the Froeport Business Women
comprise the council. Tickets for
#ie,,dGrner-wlircost $1.50 including
-"tax. They will be on-sale at the
SaVo"y~Tfin, .Danziger's, Ed.
ley's and the South Shore .J
Club.
Mrs. Kingett Plonjs
To Entertoin Aid Group
The April, May and June birth-day
group of the ladies Aid So-ciety
of Christ Lutheran Church
will be entertained* at the home of
TMrsr, Robert Kingett, 14 East Dean
street, on Thursday, Oct. 1.
- The unit met at the home of
Mrs. Anna Frederickson, on Rus-seU
place, last Thursday. Pres-ent
were Mrs. Frank Blssert, Mrs.
Oeorge Flock, and Mrs. W. H.
LetnAr, as guests, with Mrs. Ed-gar
Oraham, Mrs. Fred Ohms, Mrs.
'William Dunker, Mrs. August Petry,
Mrs. Henry Meyer, Mrs. Do
Brandt, Mrs.' Kingett and Mrs.
Dammas.
to be made, strengthening the
lim*s of democracy, and believing
wholeheartedly In tht* cause for
which we stand. Thin Is what thn
national emergency demands of
"Witn this bulletin are present-od
Homc suKKcstJoiis pertaining to
U.ie ychuol program for this school
year. A .teacher In any classroom!
ran put into practice some of the
suggestions— mad e.-=i»=U)eBe pages.
The principal. of a school can or-ganize
his program In such a
way that all classrooms In the
building will become alive with
interest and enthusiastic service.
And with the entre school system
functioning cooperatively, . a total
program can he launched which
will result in widespread curricu-lar
and community activities to
met war needs. Only a systemat-ic.
well-guided plan of self evalu-ation,
exploration, and coopera-tive
action will serve as a satis-factory
basis for effective work."
"Can we use this crisis as an
opportunity to set forth the rights
of the American citizen, and to
teach that for every right there
la a corresponding obligation?" Dr.
Dodd asked.
He also spoke of the need of
whole-hearted co-operation In all
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Through the efforts of the Wom-en's
Division of the Freeport War
Bond and Stamp StafT. bonds and
stamps totaling $67,777.30 were sold
during August. Mrs. Clark I. Scott,
the chairman, reported to Robert
E. Patterson, the general chairman,
this week..
Operating In the two banks, the
theatres and several stores, the
women disposed of $57,885 In bonds
nnd $9,892.30 in stamps.
At the monthly meeting of the
yroun in Lhe Court Room In the
Municipal Building last Friday, it
was voted to meet in the future
on thp first Thursday of each
month at 10 a.m., in the Court
Room.
Mrs. $cott announced she had
been advised that, members of the
Freeport Red Cross Branch disas-ter
and relief'committee and those
engaged in other^ Red Cross ac-tivities,
would receive credit for
the time spent in selling stamps
and bonds, toward their service
stripes. Miss Jessie R. Thompson
was named to keep the records
and all workers were instructed to
.advise her as to the number of
hours devoted to this activity.
Chairman Patterson thanked the
women for the part they had
taken, in making a success of the
rally last.. Thursday.. He also re^
quested -them to" take charge of
lining up merchants., and manufac^.
in the payroll allotment"
plan. They ^ agreed to undertake
the task and Mrs. Lamont N. En-sko
was named chairman of a
committee to co-operate with Mrs.
Scott and Mr. Patterson in the
project.
The members of the division also
agreed to participate in ,the drive
of the Minute Men in a house to
house canvass planned in an effort
to Induce all residents of the vll-
Over 200 more auxiliary Ore-mun
are needed to meet requlre-monta
of Freport, Fire (/hief Ed-ward
Andrews 'announced this
week. The auxiliary force at pre-number
only 45, while it
total 250.
In his appeal for additional vol-unteers
(/hief Andrews said ap-plications
might be filed with him
or Httrnard J. Luounm in head-quarters
on North Main street.
Should neither bo at headquart-ers
men willing to serve in the
auxiliary may loave their addres-ses
there. They will called when
needed.
All youths and men from 16 to
GO years of age eligible. A fourtccn-
\vee_ks training rourac will he giv-en
to unalify volunteers to serve
as auxiliary firemen. Instruction
in preliminary duties for firemen
\vill be given followed My
Twelve trailers are being fitted
up for the use of the auxiliary
Hremen, and the number will be
increased to 17 to provide on**
for each senior air raid warden's
;mst in tho village.
$1111 Counting Up
Sales of Bonos"
Al Huge Rally
$260,000 Estimote
May be Exceeded;
Movie Stars Heard
Members of the Frcoport War
bond and stamp stafT are gains
through the mass of bond pur-chases
and pledges received fol-lowing
the parade and rally last
Thursday night, chairman Robert
E. Patterson announced today.
Mr. Patterson lias estimated that
sales and pledges totaled $260,000,
but hopes that tin's amount wiil be
exceeded when all the figures are
in.
The. night was nne of the big-gest
in Freeport. Through the ef-forts
of Walter Smith, of the Cen-tury
Circuit, Inc.," thrpe of the*'
VFW Auxiliary to Dine
Gold Star Mothers
The Women's Auxiliary of Henry
Theodore Mphr Post, V.F.W., is to
give a Croid Star Mo tilers' dinner
in the club house on NorUi Co-lumbus
avenue, on Saturday night.
jSept. 26. Those to be honored are
Mrs. Rose Johnaon, of Oceanside.
who lost a son in 1918. and Mrs.
Olive B. Gardiner, of. Harding
place, whose son was killed in the
Japanese attack un Pearl Harbur
last Dec. 7.
The auxiliary gave its monthly
card party Saturday night in the
club house with Mrs. Rose Sa-vona
in charge. Therefore seven
tables of players. Awards were
made to Mrs. Daisy Pugh, Miss
Ruth Sautcr, Mrs. Elizabeth Flsk
and 'Mrs. May Dowling.
Freeport Guord
Porodes in Merrick
Company A., Frccport's own
unit in the New York State Guard,
a,p|>eared for the first time in
dress uniform at a parade in Mcr-rjck
on -Labor Day.- The men,
commanded by Capt. J. .Roger
Chevalier, a re*ldcTTt....of-%Men:ick.
turned out-more than .JO strongT
The_ parade featured a fair- con-ducted
by the Merrick Red Cross
to raise funds with which to pur-chase
a station wagon ambulance
for the use of the branch.
greatest stars in Hollywood came
to Freeport to appeal for nil to
buy bonds. They were Ann Ruth-erford,
Charles Laughton, and Vir-ginia
Gilmore. Local leaders join-ed
in the appeal and there was a
most liberal response.
Others responsible for the suc-ess
of the rally Included Mr. Pat-terson,
Mrs. Clark I. Scott, chair-man
of the Women's Division, and
Village Clerk William J.
who had charge of the
of the grand stand nnd decora Mpna
on Roalroad avenue, and Samuel
D. Gerber, grnnd marshal of the
parade.
Only n few of the larger j)tir-chasers
were announced including
$11,025 by the Exchange Club and
$5,00 by Harry VonTIlxer und an
nitial purchase of $300 in bonds
by the American Legion.
The parade got under way short-ly
after 7.30. It was headed by
Chief Peter Blur, a police escort,
members of the Police Auxiliary
and leaders of the Bond Staff
and Freeport Red Cross Branch,
These were Robert E. Pntterson,
Mrs. Clark T. Scott, Mrs. E. Free-man
Miller,, Mr&. Robert H. Enron,
Mrs. J. Harry Jon kins. Mrs. Rob-ert
B. Paterson. Mrs. William Ba-raach
and Russell "E. Hotalln#.
Next in line was the band from
Mitch el Field, followed by Company
A, Freeport.'s own New York State
Guard Company, commanded;... by-
Capt. J. Roger Chevalier, Red
Cross units, including the motor
Hubbord Nomed Aide
To Chomber Heod
cbrps_, Mrs/ George Christie,.
lieutenant r% the canteen groups,.
.with Mrs. T Elizabeth
Carlcton Hubbard has been
named secretary to Robert E. Pat-lag:
to devote a percentage of &,«»,,. president, of. the
their incomes to the purchase of
stamps and bonds. The women is-sued
an appeal for others to assist
and anounced that all willing lo
volunteer to advise either Leo
Schloss, chairman of Minute Men,
or Mr. Patterson. \
Next Wednesday will be Free-port
Day at the MiAeola Fair in
connection with the sale of War
bonds and stamps. Mrs. Scott and
her co-workers will have five
Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Hubbard la well qualified
for the post. He has had experi-ence
as a newspaper man, both in
the editorial and advertising Relda,
and has* long been interested in
civic affairs*
bot*» located at strategic points
throughout the fair grounds at
which corsages made of stamps
also will be on sale.
castla..as chairman, -and the work".
ers led by Mrs. Charlotte E. Horn,
followed by the delegation from
William Clinton Story Post, A. L..
and its auxiliary, Negro legion-naires,
a group of Klwanlans, De-fense
Cadets of America, the Ju-nior
Red Cross, Triangle Girls, the
Freeport Battalion, American Naval
Cadets, Boy and Girl Scours.
In a 1903 Pierce -Arrow road,
Jim Dopley, Cor Inn e Sales, Pa-tricia
Dooley* and Josie Rooney.
A program was given at the
grand stand prior to the arrival of
the Hollywood stars. It included
by My lea Hallett's band,. Towne &
Lee, singers, Bobby Henshaw, and
the singing of "The Star Spangled
Banner," led by members of the
St. Alaigaret Singers, while a quais
tet from the same group gave
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