1942-04-23

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Fixed; Donee ot
Yocht G#ub Moy H 6
totaling $—1—00 towards th#e
_ Chinese relief fund drive
were announced at a meeting of
Steering Committee In the
Inn Monday night. Chalr-man
Robert E. Patterson, presid-ed*
tit was decided to fix $1,500 as
the village quota instead of $2,0c»,
the figure announced at the first
gathering.
Am invitation was accepted to
sponsor a dance a.t the South Shore
Yacht Club on Saturday night,
May 16 and the price of the tick*
ets was fixed at 65 cents. Thomas
Z)eGjacomo was appointed chair-
'man of the dance committee ana
Ollntoa J. Egan will head the tick*
ets committee. Mrs. Richard o.
-MoOheaney was named treasurer
for tha fund.-
The campaign was started offl-v**
aUyT^* o^-^*<*"<*4y night and will
te continued for two weeks, con-eluding
on Monday night, April
27.
' Tea, and crackers were served by
Edward Hong and a motion picture
dealing with the World Whr, and
th'&. conflict in China In particular
was shown.
. .Chairman Patterson announced
the appointments of the following
committees:
.._6peclal Oifta — Dr. Milton B.
Waldman, Joseph H. MoCloskey
and (W. Sargeanj Nixon.
VUloge Government — Edmund
nd .Olerk William J.
Ikkwyers—Judge Kilbert R. John-and
Clinton M. Flint.
Oburohea—The Rev. Dr. J. Oor-don
Barnes, the Rev. Dr. E. A..
Pollard Jones, Rabbi B. Leon Hur-wltz.
and the Rev. John" J. Mad-
.den.
Phyaiolans—Dr. A. R. Anderson.
bentlata—Dr. Waldman.
Service Olubs—Mr. Z@an, Gerald
Oaynoxyand William Wolff,
"' Women's Organizations — Mrs.
WHliaxn J. Martin and Mrsi Isa-beile
Tree and Mrs. Johnson.
Zlks Club: and South; Shore
Yaqht OWb—^ack Godfrey and Mr.
Business ^en—Chester A. Ful-ton,
MUtoh Daazlger, Mr. Bong
:$m4 Henry Von EIni, Ohairman,
Books and Theatre*—Mrs. Hen*
ry VonZlm, Mrs. William J. Mar-i,
!Mrs. Tree, Mrs. Martin- and
j. Joseph H.Oallo^ ,
Publicity' •/— Abraham
W. Ooeller. and Leo
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B CADETS ?LAN DANCE
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The Women's Defense Corps of
America, Inc., will conduct a danoe
4%* Saturday night, April M in the
Elka dlub house for a group of
apldiers from Mltchel Field, dorp
Linstrom, of Mltchel Field gave the
%roup|. instruction in infantry drill-ing
and Morse code Monday night.
Amomn*!? €ou?t P#@ns
Cord Porty April
' * «_ \ Plans for a card, party to be
held at the nbmq*^ j%?s\ Marjory
Lumiey, 254 ^eat,K@%a avea^ue*;
on Saturday, *JJ$?%1 26, were made
at the* monthly'' meeting of Arm*
Istlce Court, order of the Amar-anth,
last Thursday night In the
Spartan Temple.
Mrs. Lumiey also was chairman
of the committee for the covered
dish supper which featured the
meeting. Mrs. Louise C. Bobrer,
royal matron, and C/ Curtis Ful-ton,
royal patron, presided.
Mrs. Irene C. Nova became af
flllated with the Court by trans-fer
from a Brooklyn court and
was welcomed by the worthy ma-tron,
who also extended birthday
greetings to Mrs. Evelyn Hulae,
Mrs. Mlna Sabln, Mrs. Nova and
Mrs* Gertrude Mueller and pre-sented
flowers to them.
The meeting was followed by
an impromptu minstrel show, with
Mrs. Bohrer ag Interlocutor, Mrs.
Minnie DeGiacomo, Mra. Sabln,
Mrs. Theresa V. Thayer and Mrs.
Marlon Fulton as • end-men. All
present took part.
. ,Honor.s_ of the -throne ..were- ex-tended
to, Past Royal Matrons Mrs.
Cecilia Fulton, Mre, Marion Ful-ton,
Mrs. DeGiacomo, Mrs. Sa-bln,
Mrs. Thayer, Mra. Marie
Schwarz and Mra. Mueller, and to
Past Royal Patrons Fulton and
Claude Paul.
Chopin Club Enjoys
Musical Program
3elzer, pianist, and
Miss Peggy Singer, lyric soprano,
provided the program at the
monthly meeting of the Chopin.
dub at the home of Mra. Henry
Kranz, last Monday night.
Miss Singer played, "Summer*
time/' by Gershwin; "I Heard
You Singing," by Carte; "The
Nightingale" and "The Rose" by
Saint Saens, and "The Question"
and Who Is Sylvia?", by Schubert.
iMlss Selzer's selections were Cho-pin's
"Impromptu In A Mat," and
"Marche"Militaire''; Levitskl's "Ar-abesque,"
and Leucona's "Malagu-ema."
'
It. was- guest 'night, and Mrs.
Martin M. Mahsperger, the presi-dent,
welcomed several visitors
Mrs. F. Norman Bangel, Miss Ruth
Koster, Misa Ruth Rauter and
Miss Alice Davis comprised the pro-gram
committee.
Spatesaes were Mrs. John Hib-berd,
Mrs. Charles K. Smith and
Mrs. Robert C. Dennett. _____
Heor Tqlk
By Indidn Chief
Chief Rising Sun of the Chero-kee
tribe, and Edward W. Francis,
executive vice-president of the Boy
Rangers of America, spoke on the
work of that organization at the
meeting of the Freeport Lions Club
Tuesday night In the Crystal Lake
Hotel. The chief said that as each
acorn contains an oak in embryo,
so each boy Is a potential man,
and should be properly trained.
The President, the Rev. David G.
Jaxheimer, appointed a committee
to consider work'for boys. It com-prises
Dr. Robert Busch, George
DeFrlest, Raymond Terry and Jo-seph
H. Oallo.
A revolving fund of $10 with
which to purchase Defense stamps
for the members was established.
A large chocolate egg donated
by &?ax Belor was awarded to
Frank Flynn. ,
Stello Moris Plans
Communion Breakfast
Plans for a Communion break-fast
to be held in the Elks club
house on Sunday, May 17, were
a=de at a meeting of dourt Stel-la
Marls, C. D. of A., Monday
night In Our Holy Redeemer School
hall.
Miss Frances Keiman, the re-gent,
named a committee of ar-rangements
comprising Miss Vivi-an
Bird, chairman, Mrs. Mabel
Moran, Mrs. Louis Blewett, Mrs..
Rose Coco, Mrs. Helen Ryan, Mrs.
Lillian Holdener, Mlas Helen Cou-nihan,
Miss Helen Peronl and her-self.
Plans were made «for- a social
on Monday night, April 37, with
a committee Comprising Mrs. Mar,,
garet McAvoy, chairman; Miss
Anne Keiman, Mrs, May Kenny,
Mrs, Mary Knaup, Mra. Frances
'Kremelberg, Mrs. Mary Smith and
Mra. Eliza Nagle, In charge.
Refreshments wer& served follow-ing
the meeting.
The study club met at the home
of Misa Peroni on North Main st.,
Tuesday night.
ble < Graa* Seed*
PEAT MOSS .... GARDEN TOOLS
SUPPLIES — POULTRY FEED Feed &tdatCa, ry28l'a'*y 31
WINSHKFS HAVE DAUGHTER
A daughter, Lois, was bom to
Mr. and Mrs. William W. Winship
Jr., of East Seaman avenue, in the
South Nassau Communities Hospi-tal,
Tuesday. Mrs. Winahlp is the
former Miss Margery Loper Adama,
daughter of the late Capt. and
Mra. Ernest Adams, af London;
England.
200"at Cpfd Porfy
Of Democratic Cldk
More than 200 persons attend-ed
a card party given by the
Freeport Democratic Ciub last
night In the K. of C. headquar-ters,
36 Railroad avenue. Philip
LaTerza was chairman of the
committee In charge. Unique prizes
were given to the winners at each
table.
At the semi-monthly meeting
of the club last Thursday night
In headquarters, 80 Church street,
T. Bertram King, chairman of the
legislative committee, explained
lawa recently enacted by Congress
for the protection of men in the
Army, the Navy and the Marines
and their dependants.
These Include a ban on the
foreclosing of mortgages and the
eviction of famlllea of men In the
service and also defer the Income
tax payments of aucb men until
al% months after peace Is de-clared,
he aald.
Lutheron Women Plan
25th Anniversary
A service marking the 25th an-niversary
of the Lutheran Wo-'
mans League of Long Island will
be held In Christ Lutheran
Church Sunday night. Dr. C.
Franklin Koch, of the Social Mis-sion
of New York will give the
address. A choir of more than 100
voices consisting of singers from
the various Lutheran churches in
this area will be directed by Dr.
Oscar Magnusson. The Rev. Dr.
David G. Jaxheimer, of Christ
Church, and the Rev. Edwin A.
Qrubb, of Merrick, will preside.
At the, 9 a an. Matins and Sun-day
School service Dr. Jaxheimer
will speak on "On Being Content,"
while his 10.45 ajn. topic will be
"Spiritual Quickening." The Lu-ther
League will meet at 7.15 pjn.
HART-SCHAFFNER & MARX
. - CLOTHES
MANHATTAN SHIRTS
ADAM HATS
*?& owta no more to CXABGE
Don't Deone
Yon Don't
ICE CREAM-CAKC
Why, it's the perfect, answer to your
Aessert pWblem, family or party,
ICE CREAM CAKE
$1.25 - $1.75 - $2.25
Sanrtng from 12 to 20
ICE CREAM MOLDS
"$2.00 per doz.
EITHER PACKED IN DRY ICE^lOc EXTRA
?.&— FOR A SAMDWIOE or A
BEST ICE THE
Irving S^ Cohen
Sends Vie^s from Comp
Irving 8. Cohen, who recently
was Inducted in the Anti-Tank
division at Camp Craft, in South
Carolina, sent his father E. Cohen
of the County Food Store several
snap-shots 'of life as lived by the
boys at the Craft.
Young Cohen resided with his pa-rents*
at 114 East Milton street,
until inducted into service on Dec.
9th. The Leader regrets the pho-tos
sent were not sharp enough to
make a good cut otherwise his pic-ture
would be up top of this ar-ticle.
CHUBBUCK*
DRUG STORE
MAIN AT SUNRISE
PHONE FPT 5
Century Circuit
Theatre*
GROVk
L. K.
.FRI. thru THURS. APRIL 17-28
"All Through the
Night"
Humphrey Bogart - Conrad
— Plua —
"Alwoys ih My Heort"
Kay France: - Walter Hoatan
Gloria Warren
p R : : p o R T Freeport, L. L Freeport 1800
FRI. thru THURS. APRIL 17-28
"Two Foced Womon"
Gro*& GABBO - Mdvyn DOUGLAS
— Plua —
"The Man In Her Life*'
Loretta YOUNG - Canrad VEIDT
BKG ACTS OF VAUDEVILLE
FRIDAY N%GHT
BALDWIN
Baldwin, L. K/ Baldwin MM
SAT. thru TUBS. APRIL 18-21
MICKEY ROONEY - JUDY GARLAND
"Bobes on Broodwoy"
— Ptua ^
Polly"
with SLIM SUMMERVILLE and
ZAZU PITTS
WED. thru FRI. APRIL 22-24
JfJon of
MORGAN an*
BENBKKD
*7kiymo*@y*
with KAY KAY8ER and
JOHN BABBYMORE
JACKPOT
NIGHT
6,000
Circulation County Unofficiol
Poper
47. FREEPORT, R. Y., APRS, 23, 1943 ] f
GENTS A COPT
School Budget
Ml: $627,391;
$15,535 Increase
Williamson, Smith
Due for Re-election
Without Opposition
An estimated budget of $627,-
391 with which to run the schools
during the next fiscal year will
be.submltted at the annual school
meeting to be held In the high
school auditorium on Tuesday
night, May 5.
•
Th'e following day George E.
Williamson and Clifton B. Smith
will be re-elected to the Board of
Education, as no rival candidates
have been named to oppose them
when the Lime for filing designa-tions
expired Monday at mid-night.
The gross budget exceeds thai
of last year, which totaled $611,-
866, by $16,535. The Memorial
Library Budget, fixed ,by the llbr-
..ary.board, amounts to $16.000, «WM^mmp4p*H^^
is Included In the total.
*
Estimated receipts totaling
$152,768 and $15,000 tnken from
surplus will reduce the net bud-get,
the amount to be raised by
.taxation to $459,623, as compared
to $445,363 for 1941-42, an in-crease
of $14,260.
There are Increases all the way
down the line, most^ of which re-flect
the upward trend In the cost,
of everything due to the war sit-uation.
The allowance for salaries Is up
from $.407,230 to $418,030, a gain
of $10,800; an additional $1,000
bad ben allowed for text and 11-
b"rary 'books, the figures being
$11,645 for the new year and
$10, 646 for the year closing on
June 30; for printing, a
legal service, l^psiness
and census the in crease-Is $100-i-
$2,665 to $3,965; suppAqs for the
principals, etc., s.how %n Increase
from $16,450 to $16,175, or $725?
janitors' supplies, from $6,JL36 to
$6,866,- or $740; up-keep of
grounds, etc., $10,160 or $12;333,
:•§,—or= $2,183; and Improvement of
grounds, etc., $9,780 to $11,489
or $1,709.
Ther@ Is a slight decrease In
the Item for redemption of bonds
and interest on bonds of from
$101,687 to $99,075, or $2,612.
To be eligible to participate in
the school meeting and to vote
the following day, personally reg-istration
Is required. The voting
3{% llsta are not carried over from
November as is the case with
the village election. As a result
the Board of Education has fixed
.^ Saturday as registration day and
gj% the board of registration will sit
In the lobby of the high school
<™ auditorium from 7 a. ni. to 8 p.
m., to enroll all those who pre-
3 sent themselves between these
hours. The polls will be open on
^Wednesday, May 6, for .the e)ec-
^tlon of two trustees from noon
9 o'clock that night.
PROPOSED SCHOOL BUDGET
AND THIS YEAR'S GRANTS
The following is a comparison of the Board of Education bud-get
for 1941-42 and the proposed budget for the coming year
which will be submitted for action at the annual school meeting to
be held in the high school on Tuesday night, May 5.
Item 1942-43 1941-42
Proposed for Sum Allowed
Salaries $418.030.00
Fuel, water, light and power 10,050.00
Redemption of bonds and Interest on
bonds 99,075.00
Insurance—fire, liability, compensation,
etc 4,964.00
Text books and school library books . . 11.645.00
Printing, advertising, legal services.
business supplies and census 2,965.00
Supplies. 'Offices of principals, instruc-tional
supplies, commencement ex-penses
and other expenses of instruc-
"tlon 16.1T5.00
Janitors' supplies, telephone service and
othr expenses of operation 6,865.00
Upkeep of grounds, repair of buildings,
heating, lighting and replacement of
other equipment .... 12,333.00
Improvement of grounds, alterations of
b u i l d i n g s , furniture, equipment,
plumbing, ventilation and electric in-stallations
11,489.00
Supplies used iu health, service, trans-portation
of pupils, recreation and
$407,230.00
13,550.00
101,587.00
5.674.00
10,645.00
2.865.00
15,450.00
6,125.00
10.150.00
9,780.00
Estimated Memorial Library Budget
l ,
Lesa Estimated Receipts
$611,391.00
16,000.00
$627,391.00
152,768.00
Taken From Surplus
Total to be Raised by Taxation
$474,623.00
lu,OOO.OU
$459,623.00
$595,856.00
16,000.00'
151,493,00
$460,363.00
15.UOO.OO
$445,363.00
Few Changes
In Village Budget,
Hearing Indicates
Reduction in Gorboge
^ Collections Opposed;
Kommeyer in Tilt
_ Indications at the close of the
budget hearing conducted by the
Village Board Monday night were
that there would be few changes
in the proposed 1942-43 allowances
as prepared by the. Budget 'Com-mltbee,
. Mayor ^Worden E. -WInne
announced the budget would not
be adopted for a week or ten
days and that In the meantime the
board would economize wherever
possible.
Compared with a year ago, the
hearing was calm. H. Frazer Kam-meyer
had one heated pass with
the Mayor, but there was little to
stir the serenity of the evening.
Budd Morford, of 55 East Milton
sTrest.^Joseph Pierce, George E.
VanNostrand and Mrs. Ethel M.
Duryea", of "45 Grand avenue, par-ticipated
in the. discussion. .^.
Mrs.. Duryea expressed disap-proval
of the action of the board
in eliminating $4,685.20 from the
allowance for refuse aaH garbage
collections, necessitating the reduc-tion
of collections from three to
two. She expressed fear that dur-ing
the summer time odors would
elmnate from the garbage stand-ing
an extra day. Robert L.
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Surprise Blackout
For All Nassau
Coming_Next Week
All Defense Units
Worned by Thomas
To be on Their Toes
Nassau County will be thrown
into a surprise blacKputLspme night
next week, Col. Edward C. O.
Thomas, director of Civilian De-fense
revealed today. . —
All of the Cbuhty^s S*T~(!le?ense
units have been notined to "be
on their toes" for the sudden alert
which will galvanize into action
all auxiliary police, firemen, air
raid wardens and communications
systems.
Bulletins issued to chairmen of
Defense Councils list' the proce-dure
which must be followed. There
will be no simulated incidents, the
only reports coming through com-munications
centers being those of
actual accidents.
Among provisions are the follow-ing:
Keeping pedestrians off the
streets, halting of all vehicles, ex-tinguishing
lights of all stopped
cars and dimming of lights of of-ficial
cars permitted to move,
surprise blackcAit will be much
more prolonged than the"'6ne-half
hour practice of March 25th.
Sugor Distributors
Register Next Week
Registration for sugar supplies
will get under way next Monday
and Tuesday when distributors of
the product must list themselves
in response to a governmental
edict. The registration will be con-ducted
in the large cafeteria in
the high school on the two days
between 4 and 7 pjn.
Those who must enroll are
wholesalers, grocers, restaurants,
hospitals, boarding houses and all
others handling sugar except indi-viduals.
Registration of individuals will
* _ conducted in the elementary
schools on Monday. Tuesday, Wed-nesday
and Thursday, May 4, 5, 6,
and 7. See next week's Leader for
complete details.
Men, 45 to
To Enroll Over
Coming Week-end
3,500 to
Aid
To Government
Thirty-five hundred residents of
Freeport and Roosevelt wlioae ages
range from 45 to 65 are expected
to enroll In the fourth selective
service registration to be conduct-ed,
on Saturday, Sunday and Mon-day
by Selective Service Board
717, of which Lawrence L. Luth-er
la chairman.
Three schools have been desig-nated
as the places of enrollment.
They are the 'lobby of the Free-port
High School, the Columbus
avenue school and for men living
in the northern section of the vil-lage
nnd In KoosevMt, the Wash-ington
Avenue School in Roose-velt.
.The hours of reglatratlon will
he from ] to 6 P. M., on Saturday
and Sunday and from 7 a. m. to
9 pJ m., on Monday.
When registered, eacn registrant
must answer* the following nine
questions: (-1) Name of Registrant:
(21_Place" of Residence; ^.<3)-fail-ing
Addresd (CT other than place
of residence); (4). Telephone; (6)
Age in Years and Date of Birth;
(6) Place of Birth; (TT'Name and
Address of Person who will always
know address; (8) Name and Ad-dress,
and (9) Place of employ-ment
or business.
After a registrant has answered
all questions and signed his name
to the registration card, he will be
given a registration certificate
signed by the registrar. This cer-tlncate
must be In the personal
possession of the registrant at all
times. Failure to possess the cer-tificate,
or to show it to author-ized
persons, constitutes a violation
of Selective Service Regulations
and is considered prima facie evi-dence
of failure to register.
Men who enroll during the three
days over the webk-«hd \vlll not
be subject to military^uty. This
registration is being taken aa par,t
of the selective service plan to
place men in the bosMIone for
(Continued an XSkge 3)
Will Gel Lewe
To Accept Pod of
Field Director
Sanitation Manager
Will be Missed from
Many Posts Here
Lawrence L. Luther. under
whose administration of sixteen
years the village sewage system
has been built up. has ad%pted an
invitation from the Amerlcati Red
Cross to become n, Field Director
In Its war service. He will enter .-
on his new duties toward the end
of May, and the Village Board
plans to grant him a leave of
absence until March 1, 1943, which.
probably Will be extended from
year to year.
Mr. Luther's sal an' has been
$3,800 and in his new post he will
receive $2,400 and maintenance.
He first will attend a Red. Crosa
officers' training school In Wash-ington
after which he will be as-signed,
to some ^military.,post^Wz
assistant field dirMK)r^n@^lSE@
he wUJ become a director In som?
reservation. •
Since coming to Freeport in 1924,
Mr. Luther has been one of the
most active men In hhe village.
He is chairman of Selective Berv*
ice Board 717, secretary of the
Frceport Kiwants Club, a member
of the Freeport Planning Commis-sion,
clerk or the Vestry and sec-retary
of the Men'a Club of the
Transfiguration Episcopal Church,
And district committee secretary of
the Long Taland Section of the N"ew
York State Sewnge Works Asso-ciation
as well as a Republican.
commit teem an.
He was chairman of the Un-employment
Relief Committee until
iLs work was taken over by other
agencies, but he has 'since been a
sort of unofficial head of relief
work in Freeport. He was the
leader in the establishment of the
Freeport Boys' Club which s'.i--
pcnded-operations aJter the'Unrr
ad States entered the war. "
Since he came to Freeport Mrl
Luther-has supervised ^he^motor*
izatlon of bhe garbage trucks, and
the construction of the entire sew*.
age -syatenT"-and the Inclnerator.
His title Is manager of Depart*
ment of Sanitation. He' was born
<n N. Y. C. attended Wlngate HlgJi
School and the College of the
City of New York where he spe-cialized
in sanitary engineering
and sociology. Following his grad*
uatlon he was employed for a^tlme
by the Bams Engineering Co.. of
New York City, a firm which de^
signed and built sewer plants and
sewage systems. He resigned from,
that concern to cgme to Free-port.
MRS. RTTPPERT ELECTED
Mra. Lena Ruppert, of the Free*
port Memorial Library, was elect-ed
second vice-president of the
Nassau County Library Associa-tion
at the annual meeting In the
Westbury children's library last
Thursday night. Mrs, Elizabeth.
Kelly, of Valley. Stream, wag
naine.d president. *
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