1943-12-09

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THE LEADER/THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1P43 z^l.%*
3TH YEAR NP. 27 FREEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1943 5 CENTS A COPY
Appeals Board
Shows Discretion
At First Session
Decision Unanimous
In But One of Thfee
Variance Requests
The new Zoning Board of Ap-peals
at its first session in the
Municipal Building Thursday
night demonstrated it was not
going to be a rubber stamp and
that persons appearing befoiv-it
seeking variances' from rulings of
the Superintendent of Buildings
would have to present convincing
evidence of hardship for the
group to over-rule that official.
Three cases came before the
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RETAIL COUNCIL
Chamber of
THE W)KE TOO BDRRY, LESS YOFLL WORRY!
by a unanimous votc^of the five
members.
Theodore J, Steffek, a 'general
contractor applied for a variance
from the denial of Superintendent
cf Buildings Wallace T. Wells of
h!s application for permission to
paint a sign on each sidewall of
the building at 49 North Main
st. With Chairman Martin H.
Weyrauch dissenting, he was
granted permission to paint two
signs* each 5 by 3 feet in size,
permission to continue un-
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Supt< Barry Gross Asks Education
To Fit Veterans for Vocations
tell* Legion I* Mwst Be Gratis;
Appeals for Public Support &
"Education must be offered returning veterans at pub-lic
expense and on different levels in such specialized train-ing
as will best equip him to do well the kind of employ-men
he desires," Major Harry Gross, superintendent of
District 2, of Nassau County schools, declared in an address
at the semi-monthly meeting of William Clinton Post A.L.,
in the dugout Friday night*
Mafor Gross spoke on "What&
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'it-• f' V ^tff.^w'/ V* ^vrvS'jKs?!;!" '!r^#^M^f:^^%
to-convert
ERT home at 395 South .Long
Beach ave,, into a two family
dwelling. The Superintendent of
Buildings had refused to sanction
this step because the property
docs not meet the required area
for a two-family house in a
Residence 2 District, "^he board
allowed the variance because it
considered it would be imposing
a hardship on the owner if per-mission
was denied. However, it
specified that not more than five
persons would be permitted to
reside in the remodeled building
and limited the variance to the
time the present owner continues
to own the premises. *
... By a vote .of 3 to 2 the TSoard
refused a similar variance' pcr-mittin"
Charles"Brajm:to convert
^ % hou%e/ar?3"W6od?
side ave., into a two-family d well-
Re had-not prov-
"sb^^wdufd^be^
"-o\vl&er. Curing
the hearing it was brought out
that Mr. Braun had—purchased
the building three months ago
since which time he had spent
$2,000 in improving it.
'Mr. Wells submitted to (he
board a list of twelve cases in
which variances were granted by
the previous board jor definite
periods, at the . end of which
time., nothing _ was., done.. about
them. The expiration dates rang-ed
from 1941 to last April. He
was directed to inquire into the
cases to ascertain what action
should be taken.
The Board" fixed the third
Thursday of each month as its
regular meeting night, but decid-ed
.to meet again* on ,Thursday
.njght. Dec. 30. Besides Chairman
Wejrauch, the board comprises
F. Gordon Ed-i/
Robert B. Paterson and
Must Education Offer to the Re-turning
Veterans?" at the school
night observance of the Legion-naires.
He said educators believed 1,-
OOC,000 veterans would need to
aither thair^high xrhrW
or collegiate training after being
discharged from the various
branches of the armed forces, of
which number New York State
was planning to provide for 100,-
000. For this purpose a $60,000,-
000 program is being mapped
out, he continued.
Need for the work will de-pend
largely on the duration of
the war, Supt. Gross added. If
the conflict is prolonged, many
will pass' the age during which
they will want to continue their
studies, hq asserted.. He also
!oJEzlnatMic*
_
where the di^scharged soldiers
will receive their instruction.
In conclusion, Major Gross lis^
ted six things local agencies
should do. They are as follows:
"1 — Support a committee of
lay and professional people ap-pointed
to study probable needs
and to make an invehtSfjTof per-sonal
and physical facilities a-vailable
to meet those needs.
Training done locally will allow
the veteran to remain at home.
"2— Familiarize yourself con*
ceming pending legislation and
support the move by letting youi
legislators know how you feel
about this training.
"3-rSet up a" "guidance service
in keeping witW tKat to be cs-tabllshed
by the state, either in
post -or
advis?.
Honor Roll Nears
Limit of Capacity
The time is approaching rap-idly
when it will be necessary to
enlarge the Freeport honor roll
"OH the Hawn of^tnc jMcmonal
Library for the second time.
Karl Brown, who is in charge of
the listing of Freeport men and
women in the service, advised
the Village Board at its meeting
Friday night, that the honor roll
now contained 2,010 names, leav-ing
only 210 spaces,to be filled
before the limit is Reached.
Mayor Clinton M. Flint di-rected
Village Clerk William J.
Marvin to obtain ah estimate on
the cost of increasing the size
of the frame.
Henry VonElm Slated
To Head
Henry VonElm heads the slate
submitted to the Freeport Ex-change
Club by Fred. L. Berge
chairman of the nominating com*
mittee, at the weekly luncheon
in the Elks club house yester-day.
The election will take place
on Wednesday, Dec. 22.
On the ticket with him arc
Clark I. Scott and John J. Ran-dall,
for vice-presidents; Russell
E. Hotaling, secretary; Hubert
L. Wells, treasurer, and Lewis
H. Childs, George J. Smith and
Robert E. Patterson, board of
control for two years.
$12484
War Food
both,
ing
relalive-to' what-Tsi availP
and--the- procedure
necessary to
the opportunities offered,
"4—Co-operate with state and
Federal agencies in any educa-tional
program which you, after
due consideration, believe to be
scund. The problem is national
and state-wide as well as/local.
"S—Pay cheerfully and willing-ly
all monies to be raised by
to. supppr* Jhis
"6—Let the returning veterans
know that we appreciate what
they have done for us. Let us
show our gratitude by providing
them with opportunity to get the
special training they need Jor the
employment they desire so they
cannot only be self-supporting
but they can continue to b^ able
to otherwise serve the country
for which they have already giv-en
in such % gr*at Measure of
.their devotion.".
Gross was introduced
%?y the Vfirage
night from the Department of
Water Supply, Gas and Electric-ity
of the City of New York afr
firming a refusal made original-ly
in 1935 to rectify the flood
conditions in' the vicinity of a
culvert north of Commercial st.
Village Engineer Herbert M.
Wood reported that it would
cos,t about $8,000 to remedy the
situation. He was instructed to
ascertain if a somewhat more
economical method might be
found to meet conditions.
Walter L. Lane, of 70 North
Long Beach ave., complained in
a -letter . of flood conditions fol-lowing
heavy rains at Randall
and No; .Long Beach aves. Mr.
Wood was instructed to^look in-to
this situatiorl'"also. -^ _. .
Waldman Hopeful
Of OAttlng $2,648
And Attain Quota
Though figures announced at
the final report meeting of the
National War Fund campaign in
the Municipal Building Monday
night, revealed Freeport had rais-ed
$12,454.60 falling $2,545,40
short of attaining Its goal-of
$15,000, Dr.* Milton B. Waldman,
village chairman, remarked:
"Though this is the final re?
port meeting, i% is._not to be the
>ur—effoft.V He expressed-confidence
that the goal would
ae attained in the eAd. Dr. Wald-man
explained that collections
were to be taken outside the
churches Sunday, that the house-to-
house canvass was hot com-'
pletcd and that efforts would be
made to procure credit for Free-port
from donations of the Cen-tury
Circuit and other sources.
* Added contributions reported
included $1,465.60 from districts,
$503.from William Cl&ntop.
Post, A.L,, $?0 from (fur
Edw. P. License Dies;
Was Village Official
Edward P. License, of 2? W.
Lincoln—pLr--deputy^-ass@s,sor— 4
the Village of- Frceport, died
Monday night after a long ill-ness.
Spartan Lodge, F* and A.
M., will conduct its rites in the
undertaking parlors of Chester
A. Fulton & Son, to-night. The
%ev. Reginald H. Scott, rector
of the Transfiguration Episcopal
Church, will officiate at funeral
services there to-morrow at 11
A.M. Burial will follow in Green-field
Cemetery, Hempstead.
Mr. License was bom in To-ronto,
Canada, Ja%t.'3, 1891, and
had been a resident of Freeport 1 Redeemer __ pupil*
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"*1!§!^ P**??dent^of^l thle f other employed;^ WwSf* Z^^?#^zL^j\f:
Economy Party. Mh License wa*L*atfone, $
a/3Zd degree Mason, a member fgion, $503; de/itfats,
of Spartan lodge, Kismet Tgrn-lcTana; $IWrattomeye,
pie of Brooklyn and the Scot- ial gift*, $1,076; advanced
.Vlage Board
ed to^delay until
Fourth- War _
Tfrom- JanV 16 -to /Feb.- 2? an or-der
to remove the billboards at
the Long Island Railroad station
which were erected last July to
advertise the Freeport at War
exhibition marking the opening
of the War Loan drive.
by Dr. John W. Dodd who out-lined
some of tnc things the Le-gion
has done for the country.
He cited the establishment of
American Education Week,
shortly after the conclusion of
the last World War, American-ism
programs in the schools, the
national junior baseball leagues
and the contributions that have
been made for the benefit of
disabled veterans.
The meeting was attended by
members of the Board of Edu-cation,
school officials and teach-ers.
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tish Rites lodge of Rockvllle
Centre. He was treasurer of the
Spartan Club, a member of the
Frecport Republican Club, the
Transfiguration Church and its.
Men's Club, and an air raid
warden.
Surviving are his wife, Agnes
License; a son, JLieut. Edward
Blair License, of the Anti-Air-craft
Artillery/stationed in -New
York; a daughter, Miss^Mabel
License; two brothers, Robert, of
Freeport, and Stephen, of Belle-ville,
Canada, anbVJtwo" sisters,
Mrs* Marguentk Arthurs, of To-ronto;
and Miss
cense of Freeport,
Board J6iants Funds'
" VThe Village Board at 16
Ing Friday night granted an
application received from the
Retail Council of the Free-port
Chamber of Commerce for
an appropriation of $200 with
wAich to install a loud-speaking
system on top of the Hub Build-ing
over which to broadcast
Christmas programs. ,
Announcement was made that
the plan to have the Choirs of
the various churches broadcast
over the system, which proved
so popular last year, had to be
abandoned, the broadcasts , will
start next Wednesday.
MONTKOSS RE-E&ECYED
Fred Montross; a resident of
this village, was elected president
of,the Nassau County Police
Conference for "his. seventh term
at the annual meeting in Garden
City-Monday night.
$1,251.50; women's, $200; prop-erty
owners in business district,
$305; house-to-house canvass, $4,-
004.51, and credits and pledges,.
$120.
Four More BuMdlnga
Are Called Unaafe
Superintendent of Buildings
Wallace T. Wells reported to
the Village Board that four
buildings were unsafe and action _
should be taken to having them
raxed Jor" repaired. The board
voted to *cail HEbe matter to tne
attention of the
""The- buildings a? e-Jocated
JMa%g_st,; southeast comer
""Permission! -jtaB. %r_dnted?— the
Columbian Bronze Corp., to con-tinue
the use of a shed erected
under a temporary permit which
has expired.
Village Deposits
Total .$337,883
Horace F. Carpenter, chair-man
of the Finance Committee,
advised the Village Board Friday
night that municipal deposits in
the two local banks totaled $33^
883.62.
The report of Judge HUbert
R. Johnson showed $198 collect-ed
in fines in th<q jyjllage court
Curing November. ^
Superintendent of Buildings
Wallace T. Wells advised the
board that 30 permits were .%a-sued
last month and %16 inspec-tion*
made. ^
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