1942-01-08

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PA&E E&6ST TEE LEA2EE, 1, 1940
"Winnie" Johnson
Nazi Prisoner
Reported Lost, Flyer
Is Revealed Safe
In Red Cross Wire
A former Freeport man is a
prisoner in a Nazi concentration
camp. He Is Wlnlneld L. ("Win-nie")
Johnson, son of Wilbur B.
Johnson, former commodore of
the South Shore Yacht Club and
advertising executive.
Mr. Johnson, who Is thirty-two
years old, enlisted in tho Royal
Canadian Air service more than a
year ago, and .about a fortnight
ago his father received word he
had failed to return from a bomb-ing
trip In the Wellington plane
of wh&ch he had command, on the
night of November 30. This led
to the assumption he had been
lost, but news of his safety was
received from the International
Red Cross In a telegram with the
information that B- letter from the
sergeant pilot would follow.
The''s'arne^ "cfay ""OYls^ Iflf ormatton
was received, there came a letter
from Wing Commander D. R.
Biggs of the 101st squadron, with
which Johnson was serving. He
called, him "exceptionally popu-lar,"
and praised his "skill as a
pilot, his courage and his com-plete
devotion to duty." It add-ed
that the last message received
from, his plane was "forced land-
Ing in a sea near north coast
Germany."
-A—jaasbcriot conveyed the wel-
-• -— * ^r--- ^ . come information t^at word had
just been received that Johnson
was safe and unwounded in a
prison camp.
Toble Tennis Meet
At Bethpoge Pork
The second annual table tennl
championship for Nassau and Suf
folk counties will be played a
Bethpage State park starting Sun-day,
January 18. Last year's tour
nament drew 107 entries and
greater number is expected this
season.
Gerald Wilsnach of Malveme
•won in the men's division last
year and Mary Haggerty of Rock-ville
Centrg_j)roved to be the best
of the women's entries.
. .Entries-will—close at the Club-house
in Bethpagc State Park or
to the Recreational Director, Long
Inland J3tate Park Commission,
Baoylon, dn Monday, January. ^
An entry jeo of twenly^flve cents
•will be charged^ "
-%-A^%lg.^ Defense Bond"will-±er
awarded to the winner of the
men's division. Other awards of
Defense Stamps will be made to,
the women's champion and thg
runner-up in both divisions.
Episcopol School
Hos Yule Prbgrom
Christmas exercises of the
Transfiguration Episcopal Sunday
School were held in the Churcn
on Sunday evening, Dec. 21, with
the superintendent, Edmund T.
Cheshire, in charge. The rector,
the Rev. Reginald H. Scott, gave
greetings and a program was fur-nished
by the Primary Department
of which'
tendent.
It included recitations and in-strumental
numb*^ with the sing*
ing of carols by the , congraga
tion. Candy was distributed to the
members of the school.
The children also turned 11
their mite boxes containing offer-ings
for the support of home mis-sions
of the Episcopal church
Mrs. W. W. Walton gave a read-ing
and the following took patt:
Barry Hart, Patricia Carroll, Lee
McChesncy, Georgia True, Adcle
Collette and James Ballot, Cather-ine
Proc, Frank Patterson, Kay
Denham, Margaret Neubrand, Bet-ty
Woodcock, Jane and Ida May
Jensen, Kenneth Bliss. Kay Soper,
John Hensley and Martin Ker-sich.
1,ARTHUR HETZLER HOME
Arthur Hetzler, former captain
of the Freeport High School base-ball
team, who is a first class
private in/a medical regiment at
Camp Bragg, N. O., was home
recently on furlough.
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YES — WE SELL
JAMAICA
ZIBS.8TOBES
. & So. Main St.
. 4901
fey .Honse Nomed
To Phi Beto Kappa
Another 1938 Freeport High
School graduate has been elected
to Phi Beta Kappa, the national
honorary Fraternity. She Is Au-drey
Hanse, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Hanse, "of 51 Wilson
place, a student at Syracuse Uni-versity.
Miss Hanse was among the ten
students in the College of Liberal
Arts at Syracuse who* received the
high honors, and one of two girls
In that select group. She has
been a. member of the University
chorus for three years, and was
on t^h e sophomore discussion
group. She was a junior guide,
treasurer of the- Panhcllmic coun-cil
and was elected to Lambda
Tau Rho. honorary language sor-ority,
during her third year.
As a senior Miss Hanae is 'vice-president
of the Panhellcnlc Coun-cil,
is a guide on the ball com-mittee
and rushing chairman of
the Delta Delta Delta sorority.
The other Phi Beta Kappa mem-ber
of the class of 1938 Is Henry
Stommcl who is nt Yale.
"It costs no more to CHARGE IT"
OUTFITTED* TO MEM
& MABX
GetAPhotogroph of
That New Year's Party
EXTERIOR -
DECORATIONS - Etc.
PHOTOS
OF ALL KINDS
TEI32EONE
FREEPORT 3884
EXCHANGE CLUB
HOST TQ NEEDY ,
Thirty underprivileged children
were the guests of the Freepprt
Exchange Club at its annual
Christmas party in the Crystal
Lake Hotel the day before Christ-mas.
They were taken to the ho-tel
by members of the club, after
being selected by Miss Anne M.
Laffefty, district nurse--for_- Free-port.
'
First they were treated to a
turkey luncheon topped off with
plenty of ice cream. Then Paul
W. Chem, magician, entertained
with feats of magic in which he
had the help of numerous young-sters.
While waiting for Santa Claup,
in the person of Lawrence L. Lu-ther,
to make his appearance the
children sang "Jingle Bells." and
other selections. Santa was greet-ed
with a cheer and distributed
numerous gifts which had been
donated by members of the club.
President Russell E. Hptaling
conducted the meeting and Jud-son
Ray nor marked his second an-niversary
as a member of the cluh.
EESE'S A SINCERE WISE
FROM US TO YOU . .
- Hoppmesa
4nd Prosperity
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James F/3ml#h (Smith's Meat Market)
YEP! FOLKS . . ,
Santa nearly cleaned us out
of Lighting Fixtures, but we
still have a few beauties le(t.
Ji and look 'em over.
. S, : DON]T FORGET JTO
TRY 0?RrSAME"l)2%..
ELECTRICAL SER-VICE.
ELECTRIC SHOP
200 feet eaat of Woolworth's
12 NEWTON BOULEVARD
FREEPORT
for $mort . COATS - SUITS - DRESSES
FURS AND EVENING WEAR
The Fashion Sho)p
67 SorMaih Street
Phon#392rM
Methodist Women
Honor Mrs. F. S. Lee
The July-August group of the
Woman's Society of Christian Ser-vice
of the Freeport Methodist
Church paid tribute to Its chair-man,
Mrs. Frank S. Lee at a
Christmas party given In the
home of Mrs. Wallace R. Post,
205 North Ocean avenue, on Monr
day, December 22. The group pre-sented
a gift to Mrs. Lee and
each member was remembered by
the hostess. .
Present were Mrs. Frederick J.
Porter, Mrs. David Martin, Mrs.
Charles Eastwood, Mrs. George B.
Stdkke, Mrs. Sinclair L. Raynor,
Mrs. Vcrnon B. Blckmore, Mrs.
Bertha Randall. Mrs. Clifford
Mosbacker, Mrs. Cornelius Amber-man,
Mrs. Harry M. Jackson, Mrs.
Freeman Wood, Mrs. Archie
Rhodes, Mrs. Garret A. Goetsch-lus,
Jr., and Mrs. George Smith.
H. S. Fellowship
Hos Enjoyoble Forty
The HlgA School Fellowship nf
the Freeport Methodist Church
gave a party Friday night in the
gymnasium of the church. The
evening was spent 'in dancing to
the music of Ray Felman's or-chestra
and in playing games.
There was a large attendance,
as members of the Fellowships of
the Rockville Cenfre and Baldwin
Methodist churches were Invited
and responded in large numbers.
Refreshments we^re served.
Miss Barbara Cummins, tho
president, headed the general com-mittee,
while Robert Litwak had
charge of entertainment and Miss
Constance Peters of refreshments.
On Christmas eve, a group of
seven Fellowship members sang
carols at the homes of eleven
members of the church who were
ill after which they gathered in
the parsonage where the pastors
wife, Mrs. E. A. Pollard Jones,
Served cocoa and cookies.
VIEBROCK'S
WISHING
ALL A
HAPPY
NEW YEAR
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A TOME ANB
CON OF EVEBY LOCAL
GROUP AND
MOVEMENT
6TE YEAS — NO, 3,.. TEE LEADER, TEU&SDAY, JANUARY 8, 194% FIVE OENTS A OOPY
Assessments
Freeporl Placed
In South Nassau
Hospital Area
Accident Victims
Moy Now Be Treoted
In Thot Institution
K'Z&i^
Persons injured in accidents in
Freeport may now be taken to the
South Nassau Communities Hos-pital,
Oceanside, for treatment
This was revealed at the monthly
meeting of the Board of Directors
in the Hospital Monday night
when it was revealed that the
institution had been officially des-ignated
for the handling of emer-gency
treatments In the area
comprising Freeport, M e r r 1 c k ,
Baldwin and Rockville Centre.
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The statistical report of the su-perintendent,
Miss Mary Pier son,
showed that seventeen persons
from Freeport were patients dur-treatments.
There were seventy
patients In the hospital on De-cember
31, including twenty-seven
babies* Forty-two major opera-tions
were performed during the
month, and thirty-six minor op-erations,
while there were eighty-nine
babies bom, thirty-seven
hoys and fifty-two girls. The
first baby to arrive In 1942 was
born in Uie South Nassau hospi-tal.
Thomas C. Fetherston, chairman
of the property committee, re-ported
the hospital, which is in-cluded
in the Oceanslde civil de-fense
area, had been inspected by
defense officials, including an air
raid warden, and pronounced ade-quate.
He sal^ It also wag found
the building offered an unusual
shelter against" bombs and possible
catastrophe. Mr. Fetherson added
JLhat t&e—nurses had' been drilled
against air-raids .and—Ares and
pronounced thoroughly -competent
to meet 'any- situation, that" might
arise.,
Miss ]%rotn"y"'Walsh, for- nine
years "assistant superintendent of
nurses at the Nassau Hospital
Was appointed to a similar posi-tion
by the directors. It was an-nounced
thai) there were fifty-four
nurses on the hospital staff, thir-
' ty-nlne graduates and fifteen li-censed
undergraduates.
Dr. John N) Shell, of preeport
Was appointed chief of surgeons
on the medical staG, with Dr
Dwlght Bonham, of Rockville Cen-tre,
as cl)ief of medicine; Dr. A
D. Johnson, of Far Rock&way, as
chief obstetrician, and Dr.. Her-bert
L. EUag% 'of Rockville Centre
as chief of pediatrics.
August gchulz wag appointed to
audit the books of the institution
monthly and the; directors' meet-ing
nighf Was mowed from »t
Arst to the second Monday night
eo Jhe report of the audit for
each preceding month might be
available.
Communications Division Plans
Defense Work Demonstration
Will Try Out Rodio Equipment
At Municipol Building Sundoy
The mobile division of the Freeport Ci\il Dcfen^c Council
-up will give a demonstration Sunday at 2.30 p.m., at the
Municipal Building* under the direction of Frederick Whitchousc
head of the Communications Division.
Private cars equipped with two-3
way radios will gather in front
of the building on North Ocean
avenue. They will be inspected by
Mayor Worden E. Winhe and Dr.
Herman C. Dunker, director of the
ivil rl>efense Council. Then the
various drivers will receive orders
from the radio room set up In the
tower room of the Municipal
Building concerning mythical
emergencies which they will follow
out to demonstrate Me efficiency
of those engaged in communica-tions
work.
Under the direction of Freder-ick
Patterson, as a member of thu
Defense Council, and Mr. White-house,
the Communications Divi-expected
could 'be operated even if
the municipal power plant was
wrecked. Without cost to the vil-lage,
a radio room has been es-tablished
in the Municipal Build-ing.
most of the mechanism of
which has been made by hand.
Car owners who have volunteered
for service have had their ma-chines
equipped with two-way
radios to be enabled to keep In
communication with the radio
room. —Those behind the move-rnent
contend no other village has
such a complete set-up as hasten
provided for Freeport.
To Distribute Sand
Director Dunker announced this
week that beginning on Monday
the 500 cubic yards of sand re-cently
purchased by the village
would be distributed to houses
throughout the Tillage undeTtUw
direction of Ernest C. Drescher,
"manager of the Street Department.
Two pd lls" of gads TPill be allotted^ I
to .each house. • '
The sand is to b& us6oTTn the
event, incendiary bomb-s are
dropped _on homes in this village"
by enemy planes. Householders
will be expected to provide them-selves
with the necessary equip-ment
to be used in such an emer-gency.
Trils shduld Include a long
handled shovel, a hoe and a rake,
as the only thing to do with an
Incendiary bomb is to get it out
of the house.
These bombs are about 13 inches
in length and weigh three pounds.
If one lands in a house, the first
thing Is to get it onto some sand
and then onto the shovel and fi-nally
on the ground outside
house.
DraH.Board .
Move) To larger
Headquarlers
Tokes Entire Floor
On Grove Street As
Rush Work Looms
OfTicers of Selective Service
Board 717 have been moved from
the small room In the Municipal
Building to the top floor of 24
South Grove st. There the entire
floor has been taken over,. so as
.ical board and all other agencies
having a part in the draft ma-chinery.
.
The staff of the board, which
services Freeport and Roosevelt
has not been increased, and Dan-iel
J. Carmlchael will continue as
chief clerk, Chairman Lawrence
L. Luther announced.
Though members of the Board
would not comment on the situa-tion,
it seems logical that In car-rying
out the plans for an ail
out war, the work of the board
will be tremendously increased
Further, plans are underway fur
the enrollment of all men between
the ages of 19 and 65, and this
will have to be conducted by the
boardJ
In addition to Chairman Lu-ther,
the Board comprises W. W
Suttpn and Peter Stephen Bcuk
who represents Roosevelt in the
group.
TIN CANS ASKED
TO AID DEFENSE
Ne \vton boulevard haa become
"tin can alley."
Throug^ the efforts of John !}._
Easterlin, president of the Cham-ber
of Commerce, space has been
boarded of? in the parking lot in
the rear of the Open Air Market
on Newton boulevard as a recep-tacle
for tin cans to be used in
the defense program.
Mr. Easterlin has appealed for
individuals, restaurants, and other
establishments to save their cans
and deposit them in the lot for
the use of the Government in its
defense efTorts. When Aiough tin-ware
has been gathered,'the proper
authorities will b@7 notified to carry
It away. %;. •
So Mr. Easterlin appeals for all
to join in this movement.
Exchange Club
Inducts Olllcers
Fred C* Berge Heads
—tkoW l^**m?»«%W^
Marks Ladies' Night
s Really Value
For Coming Year
Defense Costs May
Boost Tax Rote,
It Is Revealed
The total assessed valuation of
the Village of Freeport has be**n
set at $36,873,947 for the fiscal
year starting April 1, Assessor
August Petric announced this
week. This is an increase o( $364.-
842 over the 1941-42 total of $36,"
509,195.
Mr. Petric said, however that
his figure did not represent tho
rue growth of the .village'as con-siderable
property had been taken
off the assessment rolls by the
action of the Nassau County ttu-thoritics
in taking over property
sold (or non-payment of taxes. As
soon as this is done, tho village
authorities arc notified and ttw
property automatically • becomes
tax exempt for three years after
HEABS DBNKEB _
Dr. Herman- c: Dunker, director
of Civil ^Defense In Rreaport, spoke
on "What Your Defense Qouncil
Is Doing," at the weekly dinner
of the Jteeport K&wanis Club In
AIR RAID.SI REN
MOVED TO PARK
(been- moved from the tower
of the Municipal Building, to the
station park just west of Ocean
avenue.
When the siren was Installed In
the tower, it was expected it could
be heard for a radius of Av& miles.
On being tested, however, the wail
of the siren proved .entirely ^n-r
adequate to the needs of the vil-lage,
as it carried only a few
blocks. ' *
Representatives of the company
from which the siren was pur-chased
were called In and on their
advice it was decided to move it
to its present location.
SERVING ON GRAXD JURY
C. Milton Foremen and C. Fred-prirk
Steinbuch, of this village,
were swon* in as members of the
January <%rand Jury by Supreme
Court Justice Percy D. Stoddard
in Mineola, on Tuesday. The name
df Arthur H. Schneer has been
the |E&ka dub house last BlgM. added to the Grand Jury listi^
President Fred C. Berge and the
other officers of the Freeport Ex-change
Club were ins tailed at the
annual ladies* night dinner in the
Crystal Lake Hotel last night. Rus-sell
E. Hotalmg, the ctirlng presi-dent,
welcomed the guests of the
evening and briefly "reviewed the
activities of the club during the
year just closed. He presented his
successor, Mr. Berge, who appealed
for the co-operation of the mem-bers
during what he predicted
would be a trying year.
William Billmeyer then took
over as master of ceremonies. Thr
Installation address was given by
Martin M. Mansperger, a veteran
member of the club and principal
of the Freeport High School. There
were baritone solos by Aobert T
Tavls, Jr.
In^ .addition to President Berge,
the 1942 officers _of the club aru
Dr. J. Jgmer Cummins, nrst vice?
president; Henry^ VbnSlmi second-vice-
president; Lewis H. Chlids,
secretary; Clark T. Scott, treasurer;
Mr.^ Hotallng, immediate past
president, with Dr. Morris M.
Rossman, Herbert M. Wood and
Milton Danziger as- members of
the Board of Control.
Dancing followed the Installation.
During the past year the club
sponsored a police day, and sons
and daughters' day, and assisted
in the promotion of the U.S.O.,
campaign, the annual elementary
school field day, the community
Memorial Day exercises and gave
its annual party for needy chil-dren.
In his annual report, Mr. Ho-tallng
recommended tHat more
club and individual efforts be
given to Hie promotion of national
defense activities and fhat defense
bonds' be purchased with the
club's surplus f^m&rnop—that t
money be turned over to the Bed
Gross.
roJJs.
The total assessment is $7,981,"
620 below the $44,855,567 figure for
1939-40. However, a year ago after
the C. Milton Foreman interests
had succeeded in forcing a reduc-tion
of approximately 20 per cent
in the assessed valuation of their
properties by court ^action, the
Village Board directed a similar
reduction on the valuation of aU
property within the village limits.
This action automatically saved
the taxpayers from having to make
up the difference In taxes that
would have resulted had the Fore-man
group been alone in getting
the reduced figures.
However, tAiis step automatically
increased the. tax rate, propor-tionately
and the budget was in-creased
over thal_ of the previous
year boosting, the tax rate stUI
higher. As a—result there WH-t
consternation when the figures
were released.
This \ year, though, the valua*
tlons have -been retained on the
same basis as for 1941-42 so. any
Increase in the tax"~ra!e^wlll—be
due solely_to the size of the bud-get.
However, aside from the nor*
mal municipal expenditures, there
are indications that each commu-nity
will have to contribute ita
share to the cost of civil defense
and village officials have express-ed
the expectation that this will
amount to a considerable sum
that will be icflected in the tax
rate.
These same officials .indicated
they expected to have a "head-ache"
when budget making time
arrived.
V.F.W. AUXILIARY PART?
Mrs. Viola Noebel, .the presi-dent;
Mrs. Emma Rickey and Mrs.
Joseph Langdon received awards
at the monthly card party of the
Ladies* Auxiliary of the Henry
Theodore Mol*r Post,. Vjp.W., In
the club house on North Colum-bus
avenue, Saturday night. There
were Sve tablea. *% play. '
was in
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