1942-12-24

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American
No matter how deep the pits of depression; no matter how
hard the slugging on the battlefronts; no matter how great
the sacrifices an the toil —
With pur chins up but not out.
Intensity of purpose that keeps growing. The harder "the
path, the more difficult the goal, the more determined we are
to win. \
fa Meceasan/. It is part of our American way.
We have kept it alive in other tough years. We are eking it
again. We always will do it.
fAe corners/ All of them. Let's do every
blessed little thing we can think of to give our men in the
services, our families, and our neighbors some real cheer.
amf griue; jyiue end amMe/ Keep the ball rolling — the
Yuletide spirit of faith, devotion and supreme courage.
nniiir
, Is helping to put the Spirit of '76 into the effort of
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7TH YEAR - NO 30 FREEPORT. N.
THURSDAY
FIVE GRISTS
A COPY
DECKMRRR 24, 1942
"Sparkling* Kmtlllating outdoor lights? Not &h» yearl Dmiout prohibit*. But
in lieu of that, Freeport offer* you even'greater cheer—a daily progryn of
outdoor Yuletide muaic with a lilt and a lift Stroll through the downtown
atreeta and you will hear the chokeat muaic, from 4:00 to 5:30 afternoon*,
and 7:30 to 9:00 evenings. Program on page one.
Friendly Service in o Friendly Town
Shop os eorly os you con . . . Shore your co* . . /Come in groups , . . Toke your dhonge in Wor Stomps
NASSAU COUNT?
District Judge
To A#e»
Brail Contingent
George S. Johnson ^
Send-off Speaker
On Wednesday
District Judge George S. John-son,
of Bellmore, is to give the ad*
dress to the contingent that will be
sent 08 by Selective" Service Board
,717, haying jurisdiction oyer,
port and" Roosevelt,'thta Wednes-day
morning. "TKe exercises will be
held in the Court Room of the
Municipal Building, with Chairman
Peter Stephen Beck presiding.
Joseph H. Gray and George 6.
Christie, other members of the
board, will assist. The Color Guard
of William Clinton Story Post, A.
L., will advance the colors on or-ders
from Commander William W.
Davis,
, A representative of the Inter*
Mrs* Avidon Coining
In Fight for Life
Mrs. Henry G. Avldan, of 243
South Bayview avenue, whose hus-band
and two companions were
fatally burned in the collision at
Archer and Bedell streets, on Sat-urday
night, Dec. 12, still is light-ing
gamely for her life in the
Meadowbrook Hospital.
Danger of death from bums has
been passed, the physicians said
Sunday. If her heart keeps up
and she escapes pneumonia she
has a chance of recovery though
she still is on the critical 1L
The physicians said also that her
eyesight had"t>een^ave<l.
Clergy Council will oSer an
jpatribute religious lit-erature
and pronounce the benedlc-the
Conclusion of the ex-march
to
Jr. O.U.A.M. to Mork
47th Anniversory
Freeport Council 57, Jr. O.U.A.M.
will celebrate Ita forty- seventh an-niversary
on Tuesday night, Jan.
5, with a turkey supper at the
Freeport Re—d
their Induction
Members of the
Cross branch canteen unit will
serve refreshments at the station.
The contingent includes men
from other points than Freeport
and Roosevelt because some have
moved away from these communi-ties
since registering.
The list fol6ws:
John A. Brand, 63 W. Clinton
avenue, Roosevelt; Garneld P.
Burnham, 69 West Lena avenue;
Carl A. Busching, 115 Church
street; George J. Curley, 511 Au-rora
street, Ithaca, N. Y.; Levltus
A. DeLoney, 76 East Merrick road;
Robert P. Donovan, 69 Pennsylva-nia
avenue; Irwin'Boxey, 55 Pow-ell
street, Roosevelt ;-Fred J. East-man,
47 Russell street; Irving Edel-man;
123 DenhofT avenue; Douglas
Ettlnger, 195 -Lolnes- avenue, ^er-rick;
"Henry, W. Fehlau^ 3Q"Nyrth
organization's h e a d q u a rters, 80
Church street. Entertainment
numbers will be provided.
The anniversary celebration will
be for council members. Four
members who have been connected
with the council aince Its Insti-tution
on Jan. 3, 1896, are to be
J. H. Groy Instolled
Kiwonis Club Heod
District Oovemur - elect Frank
Clark, of Flushing, Installed Josepl.
H. Gray as president of thp Free-port
Klwanls Club Saturday night
at the annual charter night dinnei
in the Elks club house.
Clinton M Flint, the retiring
president, inducted Vice-presidents
Charles J. Martin and. Gerald
Howell, and was himself seated as
secretary with Treasurer William
K. Tenney by past President James
A. Warner. Past President Dam
H. Smith, now of Farmingdale, in-stalled
Frank H. Holland, Amos J.
?. .Baldwin,,. AiX.%A.jJ,._Brady,_ Leon
Fassett, Stuart K. Wallace, Adf.
Joseph E. Heard and Cord Vie-brock
as trustees.
Adj. Heard gave the invocation,
and President Flint welcomed the
members, their wives and guests.
He Introduced Paul J. Leach, of
Hempstead, retiring lieutenant-governor,
and Albert Gunn, of Port
Washington, who will succeed him
on Jan. 1. W. Sargeant Nixon pre-sented
a past-president's badge and
an electric clock to Mr. Flint, There
were selections by the Kiwanis
Club,quart** and Robert T. Tavia,
baritone.
Martin H. Weyrauch wag gen-oral
chairman of the committee of
$»00,000 War Bond
Sake* Give Freeport
Two Heavy Bombers
Stort New Compoign, to Sell $100,000 More
By Dec. 3% for Poir of Pursuit Plones
Village residents having purchased mdrp khan 9500.000 worth
of War Bonds since November 1, Krecpcrt will hate two heavy
bombers named in its honor.
NAME A BOMBER,
WIN A BOND
Freeporters have purcKa"sed"mdrc
than $500.OOU In War Bonds since
Nov. 1, enough to purchase two
heavy bombers for
nghters. But these bombers will
have to be named. And it will be
worth while for the persons who
suggests titles that are chosen as
most representative of the village.
Through THE LEADER, two
prominent Freeport merchants have
contributed $25. War Bonds to be
awarded to the winners of a con-test
to determine the titles to be
i and not content with having
doubled the goal, Robert E. Patter-son,
chairman of the Freeport Bond
and Stamp Starl announced that
the drive would be continued In an
- ...to ..... .dlsppec, ___ of , .
;Merrickj"pad; Frank Greenwood, 801
Henry street; Oustsve P. Hager, 40
Stevens street; Abner Holland, 116
West Merrick road.
Also: John J. Jakobi, 12*19 Sec-ond
avenue, New Hyde Park; Peter
R. Kahlke, 7 East Centennial ave-lon,
of Lakeland. Fls., Brat
cllor; OV A. Baldwin, Qrat Anan-clal
secretary, and Fred W.
Greaves, both of Freeport and E.
V. Baldwin of- Mlneola, formerly
of Freeport, third councilor.
Freeport Council was instituted
with twenty-seven charter mem-bers.
It Is known as the "mother
council" of Nassau county, having
been the first In the territory
which waa part of Queens county
at the time. The council has been
honored by the state organization
on many occasions, members being
selected for various state and na-tional
positions. Three state coun-cilors
have been chosen from Free?.,
portls membership. They were the
late Jnmes Wr Cheshire, also a
representative; C. Wesley
Deceased, and Herbert' W.
»t. .BrespM%j&^jaat)onal-
Couhcilor .v. Baldwin,
state ju-diciary,
is now aerving. his fourth
term as state editor, also as dep-uty
of Hempstead council, which
lie organized in 1903.
nue, Roosevelt; Vincent Kelly, 72 Monroe street. Roost/vclt; Paul
Wantagh; Freddie Lambright, 10A A. Warley. 114 East Sunrise hlgh-
Waverly place; Walter O. Maus, 26lw»y; Charles J. Whittemore. 66'u
Morris street; Edward E. McMullen,
96 Sportsmans avenue; Odd Od-mundsen,
35 Independence avenue;
Herman V. Patterson, 67 Elm ave-nue,
kempstead; Albert ^V\ Rlgou-lot,
244 Pennsylvania avenue;
tin A. Staubach, 9 Morton avenue;
N.orth Village avenue, Rockville
Centre; John Wright, 83A Henry
rtreeju and Arthur J. Wubberhorst,
jr., 24 Cruickshank avenue, Hemp-
&iead. —
Only about 30 youths of 16 have
registered thus far at the local
Frank Shiner, 4 Brookalde avenue. Selective Board oQlces. Enrollment
124
is now required 6? those who at-tained
18 between Sept. T and 31J
They must all register by Thurs-day.
Then will come the final
group, those readhing 18 after Nov.
14 Sunnyside-^avexme^Sempsteadi 1. .They must get their names In
Arthur ^ H, Utzl.- jrl.. 45* Arlington' before the ofnce of the board closes
atehue, paldwin;.Kurt.?."Wagner,on Thursday, pec. 31.
East Bempsteajl; William J.. Smith,
174 Parlq avenue, Roosevelt; Wil-liam
C. Stelnkampf, 6
street; Geprge A. Swanaon,
Lillian avenue,; Patrick J: Trotta.
mi. toastmaster
Wome
$856 for Church
on
.
$100,000 worth of bonds before Dec.
31, so two pursuit planes also
might be named in honor of the
village to protect the two bombers.
With figures incomplete, Mr.
Patterson a n n o*u n c e d Saturday
night that not only had /the
$260,000 goal been reached but
doubled. Figures available at that
time included the sales at the JP&rst
National Bank & Trust Co., the
Freeport Bank, the Post OfRce, the
Freeport Federal Saying* and Loan
to t»» War Depart-ment
for the bombers. They., aria
Carol Greens and Williams Fur-niture
Co.
MaU all entries to Contest
Five groups of the Women's So-ciety
of Christian Service of the
Freeport Methodist Women earned
?856.7L which they turned In to
'he church treasury at the annual
Christmas party in the social hall
Thursday afternoon.
An appropriation of $82 was
voted the Missionary group. A
Christmas play. "Mother of tho
World." by "Maude Taylor Savis.
TVns presented with Mrs. John
Low as interpretative reader. In
the cast were Mrs. Alfred J. Brady.
Chinese;—Mrs. Frederick Richard^
EinnWh; '.Mrs; Frank Blrkett, Japa-nese;
JWrs: Edward "Yung, Gccman;
Mrs. Everett gpcker. Mary?., aritf
Mrs. Edgar E. Mapes^r.,--Joseph
There were vocal -solos by Mrsy J
Mnynard Wettlaufer accompanied
uy Mrs. John T. Cotter, jr..
Announcement was made thai
r'hi'iMmas baskets would bt; pro-vided
for 35 shut-ins. Mrs. Frank
Schwarz and Mrs. John T. Cotter,
sr. poured tea. The February and
May group will conduct a food
.ale at the January meeting.
ft- "' ^, 1%
Saturday mgnt; Jan;
entries must be postmarked
later than midnight that day. Each
person may submit one name for
Fteeport, Orove aad PI
Theatres. -- —
Mr. Patterapn and Mrs! Clark X.
Boott, enalrman of Ihe Women's
Division, both were profuse in^ex*
pressing ^ their "appreciation (@r
the. residents of ?reeppryhad
Chairman Patterwn on
announcement Mw&t the
bomber. Be sure your entry Is campaign would be continued:
accompanied by your name and "As Freeporters have
Address plainly printeo} or ^written, 'bonds In the amount of $50@,000, j
A committee of
named by Robert
judges to be 'enable the village to have
E. Patterson, heavy bombers— we feel we shajd
chairman of the Freeport Bond and have two pursuit planes to protect
Stamp Staff will select the win- ! the bombers. Consequently start)n%— =:
nmg names, and they will be an- ' on Tuesday and continuing through
Wednesday, Dec. 31. we will en-deavor
to dispose of $100,000
nounced in THE LEADER at the
earliest possible date. Should more
than one person submit a dupli-jtionnl in bonds to. purchase these
Late of a name that is selected, nghter cruft. If, however, the salek,
bond will ..b? awarded to the reach $150,000, that will be enough
the cnrlleat post mark, to purchase a ll»ht bomber. And
shpu]g. th*-y go to $250.000 jmg^
could have a third bombm*. "'" —
..... Air, Patterson "fiblnted "out that
Frcepoi'.Lg.e.t5. jij'Mit "for ^only .bonds 1
sold . tbrouKli loral in»ti[ul'l6ns an*
c o_n js c q u c n 11 y the achievement 7=-
%'hlcli exceeds that o[ any other-
Nassau County community is all
the more remarkable.
The HHimuncoments sent out
with the Mpctrlc light bills last
month brought the matter to the
attention of all residents of the .
Ullage. Mr. Patterson said many -
householders sent their orders for-T
bonds 'directly to him, showing the 'J:1
K, OF C. YULE PAK^TY
Bishop Molloy "Council K. of
staged' a Christmas.party for
children of the members Sunday
afternoon in htmdquai'tcrs. 35 Rail-road
avwmc Th<?re was a Christ-mas
tree from which Santa Glaus
sifts to the youngsters.
Grand. 'Kniqht, James P. McHuyh
Pntrirk J. Hoyie. chairman of the
ommittee of arrangements, and
*\tl. Napolitano looked after
welfare of the young guests.
thp
Desfrobf e G* 7"OOf
P, O* Box 385, Fteeport.
For th« $2.O
by mail for one yebr to:
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ADDRESS . . ..... ,
effect these
public.
notices had on
CROWN A LIEUTENANT
Daniel F. Cronln, who was
into service after spending, i
on Uie Freeport
just been commissioned a
lieutenant of Infantry at
Bennlng, O@, He entered
March 17, 1941, anet,
vprk at Port Belvolr, Va.
the son of Mr,
Cronln, of
Aar.
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