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THE LEADER THURSDAY, JANUARY 3lj 194« <;
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Marks Re-Election
As President of
Temple A'nal Israel
More 'than 300 persons gathered
In t&e_ South Shore YacBt' Club
Sunday night at a dinner given to
honor George Malslen, 155 Sweezy
aye., who recently was elected for
hia second term as president of
Temple B'nai Israel.
Julius L. Birgenthal, chdirman
of the general committee, officiat-ed
as toastmaster. He introduced
' Mayor Cyril C. Ryan who greeted
the guest of honor on behalf of
the village and introduced Trus-tees
Joseph H. Oallo and Robert
p. .Paterson. Tribute to Mr* Mais*
3en also was contained in a letter
from the Freeport Inter-Faith
Clergy Council.
The principal speakers were Dr.
Max Nemser, of Manhattan/ .who
has been acquainted with ' tHe
Malslen family since 1916, and
Harold Helser, ,who has known MT.
Maislen twelve years. Dr. Nemser
told of attending college 'with the
local Temple head, of Mr. MaJd*
]eu's high standing;*? a practicing
attorney and of hle^being an ar%.
dent religious leader. Mr. Helser
=gBoke along^jmilar _lines^ ^^ _
On behalf 6T^^Ke™^ass^nTiIageT
Mr; Slrgehthal presented""to" Mr.
and Mrs. Malslen a_ sterling silver
service. There were piano solos by
Miss Audrey Kupperstein, a niece
of the guest of honor, and vocal
coloa by Cantor Reuben Krutoy.
Dancing ^followed the dinner.
Amohy^AQxgse ^ present ^were—Mr.
and i2rs.*Max Mdlsle^, parents of
LG guest of* hono]pj§;%, *""'
Hyman Wurtzel was" co-chairman
of the general committee, while
Sidney Mlntz procured the musici-ans.
On the other committees were:
Tickets and "" publicity — Ellhu
Herman, Harry Feldman, Sam Jur-
Jst and Mr. Mintz; seating, Lester
Baumann, Rudolph Goldstein, and
Benjamin Posner; reception, J^il-ton
Danziger, Norman Kupersmldt
and Dr. Mervln Schloss, anQ testi-monial,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fried-man,
Irving Hyman, Milton Jac-obs,
Nathan Korostoff, Jacob J.
Levlne, Mrs. David 8hef(erman
and M», William
To" Fit Cbntoct Glosses
Dr. Cliafles S. Ratner, 3 West
Sunrise Highway, has completed a
.post-graduate course in the (it-ting
and prescribing of contact
leAses. These unbreakable lenses,
which are made of plastic, fit in-visibly
over the eyeball and cor-rect
eye defects*
Dc, William Felnbloom, of New
York, inventor of the invisible
spectacles which can be fitted
scientifically to any eye, conduct-
(ed the course of instruction. The
practical application of these con-tact
lenses was demonstrated in a
special clinic. Dr. Feinbloom, Re-search
Fellow at Columbia Univer-sity^
Fellow of the American Acad-emy
of Optometry, Is also the in-ventor
of the telescopic spectacles^
micro-vision spectacles . and other
devices, .all of which have aided
thousands of near blind through-out
the world. He is the pioneer in
this country in the fitting and
designing of contact lenses and
has made outstanding contribu-tions
in the field.
"Most people are familiar with
the famous expression which was
once uttered by the noted humor-ist,
Dorothy Parker; 'Men' seldom
make passes at girls who wear
glasses/ said Dr. Ratner. "While
this may be a slight exaggeration,
it is nevertheless true that the
most beautiful pair of glasses nev-r-
No ~one " realize^' tHIg" Kidre
than the nearsighted woman who
must wear thick eye-glasses in or-der
to see what is going on about
her."
FARKSES NOW AT HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Paris are
now at home,to their friends at 1
East Woodb^e^ drive. Mrs. Paris
recently rdc%ved his discharge
from the Army after four and a
half years of service. He saw ac-tion
in both the European and
Asiatic theatres of operation. Mrs;
Paris is the former Miss Mow-bray.
WithCoptoinfs Ko^lc
_ . _ - . ,»"" Edgar F/Whitmore jr., son of
Edgar F* WnitmoM sr., 88 New
York ave, who recently received
his honorable discharge front the
Army was promoted to -the rank
of captain while at the Paris head-quarters
of the Air Transport Com-maRo
by Major General Robert M.
Webster, commanding ATC*s Euro*
pean Division.
Capt. Whitmore entered the
army in February 1943 at Camp
Lee, Va., where ?ie attended the
Officer Training Corps. He was
commissioned a second lieutenant
in May, 1943, after completing the
course. After "serving in the quar-
"tennaster-corps at Camp Lee and
Camp Pickett in Virginia, Capt,
Whitmore went overseas in Febru-ary;
1944.
He was a graduate from Lehigh
University, in 1940, with a degree
in chemical engineering and from
the Barjard Graduate School of
Business Administration, '43, with
an MBA.
SIMPLICITY OF .GREAT-NESS*'
. Is the subject -of an <ad^
dress on Christian Science to be
presented over Station WEAF,
Sunday at 8:30 a. m.
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Complete Photographic Service
Confidential - Economical
Photo Studio
31 SO. GROVE STREET
Open Evenings Estab. 1918
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Dr. Mo99 to
At Methodist Church
The ReVrDr. Arthur.Moss, pas-tor
of the Methodist Church in
Bay Shore, will supply the pulpit
of the Freeport Methodist Church
Sunday morning in the Absence of
the minister, the Rev. Dr. Hubert
D. Jones, who is In tht Methodist
Hospital, Brooklyn, rapidly recov-ering
from his recent illness.
Dr. Moss spent some time in
India and for six years was sec-retary
of the Board of Foreign
Missions. From 1030 to 1040 ho
was pastor of the New York ave.
Methodist Church, Broqklyn.
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William Clinton Story Post
.and BicksvlUe Kiwams remain^.,*
game apart in the Nassau Basket"
ibali AlMance last week as each
won--the only game it played. The
Freeporters will meet the Lewia
Oilers, of Port Washington, to-night,
whtn .tfhp ,Klwanlans
take on the Hempstead P3^J.
The" standing:
W.
Freeport Legion .. 7
Hidcavllle Kiwanls ... 6
Hempstead PJB^. .... 6
Port Washington Oilers 4
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North Merrick^ A.C. .. 4
MerricK Rangers 3
Mlneola Varsity Club 2
Roosevelt Eagles 1
Island Park F.D. ... 0
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KEEP YOUR CAR IN CONDITION
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Campaign Leaders
Named by Df. Dodd;
Hope to Exceed Queta
Freeport has been assigned a
quota of $16,600 In the 1946 Na-tional
Red Cross campaign to be
conducted during March.
Dr. John W. Dodd, who has
.headed the successful local dnve&
-.of- the past few years has again
been designated as chairman for
Freeport.
Other division heads were nanicd
.at the organization meeting held
in the Council Ohamber of the
Municipal Building Monday nigli^
George H. Seaver is to be chair-man
of the house-to-house can-vass
assisted by John H. Dlemer
s«ma?^(^%!HWr%^LM
sell E. Hotaling will again bu In
charge of organizations, Mlkon
Danzlger of business, Robert E.
Patterson, of theatres; Dr. Rich-ard
O, McCKeaney, of speaker?;
Mrs.- McChesney, treasurer; Mrs.
Howard Fehl, secretary and Mrs.
Roy R. Gockley, publicity chair-man*
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February 34th has been deslp-natad
as Red Cross Sunday when
^the,_ needs of the International
Red Cross will be explained from
the; pulplta of, the churches - in
14 Brooklyn Ave. ' Freeport 48-49
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Valentine
Win her heart with a box of our
delicious chocolates. We've speci-ally
prepared for Valentine's day a beautiful heart shaped
box Ailed with luscious tasting candy.
FRENCH and ASSORTED
CHOCOLATES
Plain Box Ib. $1.29
Heart Shaped Box. .Ib. 1JE? -1.75 - 1.85
Heart Shaped Box ....... 1% Ib. 2.50
Heart SHaped Box 2 Ibs. 2.75
Red-Blue-Pink ,
Plush Boxes : Ib. 2.50
. 1%'lb* 3JO,
2 Ibs! 150
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^PB^^L%vwlttf^ weekiy" report meet"
,-lngs -after the campaign actually
gets under way in March.
_ ..Freeport's 1946 quota was $?4,-
000, which was handsomely over
subscribed, but the total goal this
year is only 60 per cent of thai, a
year ago. Consequently Freeport-ers
are asked to contribute $16,500,
but Or. Dodd will not be satls-
(j)ed .Unless, this figure Is exceeded
by a considerable amount.
' O. Brooke.Bowen, who directed
the Air Force's "Action Overhead"
and the Army's VHere Is Your
Infantry" shows in Freeport dur-ing
the war in cooperation with
the service organizations, will take
part in the 1946 Red Cross Fund
drive as chairman of Special
JEyents. His appointment was an-nounced
today by Henry %J*
.IBarris, Fund Drive chairman. He
Jhas named: A. F. BassattTaa an
^ assistant. ^
^__ Commenting on nisj appointment
_S,p ec.i.a.l . _ Events C..h.airman, Mg.
Lcouldi "toyhelp
work
ed Cross*!! j
to Uplan - events
preparatlonT"-for the drive.
ry;(%\
at Stadium
Topic of 'Next Forum
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y; "Should the Freeport Municipal
Stadium Be TJsed Primarily to
^roduce Revenue, or Primarily for.
Recreational Purposes?" is t%%?
,topic.se^eotejl.for conside?at*on at
t^e 'next. (Municipal Forum to be
.Conducted in the Freeport JTIgh
^ScEbbl'' auditorium on M&hday
night, Feb. 25; Chairman W. Sa?"
iareaht Nixon announced today.
.'Names of^the four*speakers will
be\anndunced later.
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OPEN'
ir v Chubbuck's Drug' Store^ South
street, at .Gunrise. highway,
open after \the other
^ Freeport close at
* . Sunday. 33ie telephone i@
Cdost Guord Reserves
Are Disenrolled
Members of the U. S. ' Coast
Gward AuxillaTy Flotilla 1306 who
served as temporary reservists on
part* time during the war received
dlsenrollment certificates- at exer.
clses held last night in the South
Shore Yacht Club. About twenty-
Ave men received these documents
from Flotilla Commander John I.
Brush.
However, the group is to con-tinue
as a civilian organization
and will meet the first arid third
Wednesday nights of each month
at the yacht club. They will go
on training cruises and otherwise
keep up with the times as aides
to the Coast Guard. /^
Hih School Oralors
Civics
Aik Aumon#y
Refer BennM^ton Pk
Housing Project to
Boord of Governors
Six Speakers Meet
In Legion Contest;
Elementary Results
Germaine de Bremont, repre-senting
the 12th grade, and Jeanne
Newberger, the llUh, will meet In
the .principal contest of the annual
prize speaking contest sponsored
by William. Clinton, Story Post,
A.L., tomorrow night In the Free-port
High Sohopl auditorium.
First they will deliver declama-tory
_ %>eohej:, • with. ,
' Charter^ *t*eelafe5 ^ Peace/
They alsb"will deliver extemporan-eous
speeches for the champion-ship
of the school.
Uhe preliminary competitions,
CynUila Smith/. eighth grade,
speak on "The Man of Sorrows,"
in a contest with Margaret Kelly,
seventh grade, whose number will
be "The Statue of Liberty Speaks,"
and Elizabeth Woodcock, tenth
grade, with "Young Americans'
Creed," will meet William Klrwin,
ninth grade, whose subject will be
"I Am An American."
The colors will be advanced and
retired by the Legion Color Guard,
after which "The Star Spangled
the recommendation of John
Hrbnclch, chairman of the trans-portation
committee, the North"
west Civic Association at its meet-ing
in the Fire House on Sunrise
Highway Monday night voted to
recommend to the "Village Board
that an authority be set up to
regulate taxicabs in the village.
Mr. Hronolch, in a report, con-tended
inadequate taxlcab service
was being given at the present
time, and that frequently during
the early morning hours, people
were left stranded at the station
.when i. there«-wa^-not7Tf oom*-4nr the?
cabs to accommodate all who
wanted to ride to their homes.
There was considerable discussion
over the proposed Bennington -Park
Housing project, with Samuel M.
Levy and Benjamin H. Heim tak-ing
opposite sides. Mr. Levy, for-mer
village council, explained how
the plan, if carried out, would op-erate,
and spoke in its favor. As
the members were unable to-reach
any definite conclusions,-the mat-ter
was referred to .the-Board of
Governors for Ita tobsideration.
.The
,of
y Wo<ye Boor;/ Gef s
Benmmyfon For&
Confrocf
The Bennington Park hous*.
In* project *a now up t@ the
VMlage Board* The oantn&ot
wMh the New York State Di-vision
of Housing, calling for
a loan of $727,000 to Freeport
to carry out the work was ap-proved
by the Freeport Housing
Authority at a meeting Tues-day
night and Immediately
referred to the Village Board
of Trustees.
The latter body may now de-cide
whether to approve the
contract or to put the matter
up at a referendum at the
annual village election on Tues-day,
March 19.
Board
mg
Case
Aed Cross Workers
orks "4nf otinatlbn
To Get Chevrons
And Bars at Tea on
Feb. 19; Dec* Reports
Mrs. E. Freeman Miller, chair-man
of the Freeport Red Cross
Branch announced to-day the an-nual
awards of chevrons and bars
-will be made to production work-f
rs^ at a tea to be_ tteld in the
workroom in the
Ing, on .Tuesday
p jp Jin! Brie also
changes *%i committee-!
'.ahipay-/y^'''-:'•
Instructs Counsel
To Tqke Action; Sets
Woter Meter Hearing
Application is to be made to
the Public Service Commission for
the reopening of the Freeport
Grade Elimination case. This de-*
clslon was reached at the meet*
Ing of the Village Board Friday
night when it was voted to In*
struct counsel to take the neces*
sary steps to bring this about.
This action does not mean the
board has adopted the Mid-Town
plan. It only means eSorts wiM
be made to gain benefits not ih^
rTT^ludctf"? fh""th6— Goheit^^pl any^ th@r
short-comings of which wer.@
brought, out so clearly in the ad-dresses
delivered at the recent!
forum on that^ subject.
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan designated
Friday night, Feb. 15th, as the
date for a hearing on the proposal
to install water meters In the
buildings in the village not al-ready
so equipped. \ Searings
bo held on the same date on, ,tlia
Banner"^ will be sung by the audi-ence
accompanied by the achbol
orchestra. There will be greetings
by Commander William* A. Snyder.
Principal Martin M* Mansperger
will present medals to
-and "Ol' Man. Riiver."
Home Rule-Forty _
To- Pick Candidates
The nominating convention of
the Home Rule Party will be
held in Exempt Firemen's, "Hall
^*U be ^dedicated 4%y n^ Wednesday night. At that
= ~*4»resenUng—th? runi^amdidatesliwul rbezselected to
win-ners
In the preliminary elimina-tion
contests. Robert T. Tavis will
sing "selections from— "Oklahoma"
school
General Organizations.
1 JudgSs~"f6F"the- contest
" B.
be
holder of the Congressional Medal
of Honor; District Court Judge
George S. Johnson, of Bellmore,
and Dr. Russell Sherman, of West-bury,
past Nassau County Legion
Commander.
The elementary school contest
last Thursday night proved a tri-umph-
far Jane Vose, of the Grove
st. Bchooixjvho recited "What the
American May Means to Me."
Little Miss Vole, a victim of in*
fantile paralyse, conquered not
only the usual aftermath of that
disease, but overcame speech de-?
fects to gain the honors she won.
Gloria Papaekpnomo, of the Co-lumbus
ave. school who' recited
Meaning of! America," /re-ceived
second^honbrs. Other
petitors*' were :Anne Yarrow, Sea-man
ave., /'American Ideals";
Lowine .Cox, Cleveland ave., "Free-dom
of Speech Now/' and Charles
Archer «t,, / "Forward
America."
as to the present status of the
grade crossing elimination project _ _ _ _ _ _
and to the Public <Service Opm-j.^^rd^ nlw
mission, asking for a hearing - on
the subject. It also was voted to
write to the Village Board request-
Ing a reply to the communication
sent some time ago urging that
a municipal ambulance be pro-vided
to be used in emergency
Erie V. Painter gave a talk on
"Middle-Age Living;" Be advised
eating to live Instead of living to
eat. He said people should not
eat while hurried or worried, rec-ommended
light exercise, such as
walking, ar%i said people of mid-dle
age require relaxation to keep
healthy. President Francois L. Bal-lot
conducted the meeting.
served so efziclenOy
named nutrition charman
succeed^Waltsr Ji yrodd-and Robert
B. Paterson %hpse""teTms of office
will expire orT April 1st. —
Other.! matters to be considered
will be the naming of a platform
committee and the appointment
of a committee on vacancies by
Dr. George A. Newton, president of
the>party. A large attendance of
party members is expected.
0. Brooke Bo wen Heods
Council "^
, of the Rotary
Club/ wa? elected president of the
Freeport Inter-Service Club Coun-cil
at the annual meeting Tuesday
night in the Municipal Building,
Hubert L. Wells, president of' the
Exchange Club, was named vice-president,
and appointed .chairman
of a committee to plan for^ the
annual Dinner to • the.
Clergy Council . v"\ "^
Mrs. Alice Anderson .of the Free-port
Business Women was
ed secretary-treasurer.. ^
chairman of Grey Ladies and ia in
need of recruits to serve in the
Northport and Mason General
Hospitals.
Mrs. Henry B, Roberts, vice-chairman
for the Junior Red Cross
is to head the committee for
several months. Mrs. Horace F.
Carpentdr has resigned as alternate
zone chairman, and her place has
been nlled by Mrs. Marion BanKer
and Mrs. Francis Zdenek.
Work in the production room has
accumulated so Mrs. Charlotte M.
Horn .has been forced to issue an
appeal for more volunteers. The
room isr open three days a week,
Tuesday, Wednesday and -Thursday.
Duilng January 102 production
workers put in 1,426 and one half
hours, during which they turned*
out considerable materials ^Thirty-two
canteen workers gave 138
hours to assignments Bj " chap-ter
house in JMineola, Camp $an-
' tin! j-Mitchel FiejoVand Lido
-__Members of
Corps, numbering 31, gave 1,295
"arid one half hours of their time,
traveled 3,961 miles, while the men
put In 500 hours and covered
1,000 miles. Twenty staff assistants
devoted 282 and one half hours
to aslgnnients of various kinds.
Junior Red Cross members filled
189 Christmas stockings for vet-erans
at Uie Northport Hospital,
In addition to making numerous
other articles for use during the
holiday season.,
groups including the
Athena Club, Home Bureau, Holy
Redeemer- jokers, the Athena
Intermediates^ ^and Freeport Hos-pital
Guild debora^ed a day room
and a mess hall at Camp Mills
for the Christmas 'holidays. '
DEMOCRATS TO MEET
The Ftgepopt Democrjatic .
will" meet' tonight In Pythian '
Reports on the successful " card
party and bunco given last Thurs-day
night will .be received, "
feet were submitted' to the
by Vilage Engineer
Wood. They were referred to/• .
Village Cbuiicil Henry P. VlelbJg.
Permission was granted for the
UJS. Army Recruiting Service "to ^
place a sign relative to recruit*
Ing aT the Long Island Railroad
Station. ——
A bid was received, from the
Nash-Lau motors offering to sell tn
tHe village two four-door sedans
for the use of the Police Departs
ment at a cost of $1,416.34 each.
It was decided to reject all bida ..
and apply for others with the f
hope of getting offers -from other
companies, ^
Police Chief Peter Elar advised
the Board that Patrolman. John D,
Grosser had received his honorable
discharge .from the Navy-'and re-turned
to dut?.
structed Village OlerXlOeorge F. ^
Hasbrouck—to. write Patrolman —
Grosser commending * him <#n the"^'
ser_vlcc he gave to'his country.^
- A :t letter- was^\-received r «f com, »-^
Friede" E. J^@r&.. secretary^pf
Atlantic South .
relative to a fence on' the prdpetry
located on the southwest cornet
of Woodcleft Avenue, and
Street, which she contended in-'
terfered with the vision of_motor^
lats entering Woodcleft
from Suffolk Street. •
Police Chief Elar cpnQrmed thla
contention. He said the fence was
erected by the Chinese groupj which
conducted the place for. gAknbiing^
until it was raided. The buJUdJog,
, .:» . .-•• v
*s now
Assessor August Petry wa\s.*$gtrucv;
ted to ascertain who . ownsJ?the\;;
property, , .. , ,,; f.vV^LJ:..jj,:''.^
A letter was received-Jfromt A
Margaret Watte, secretaryr of\.
Citizens; Housing bon%?nittee%,
questing that*.the
itotiGed of the meeting at
action ^A taken on the!.pMp^dy;••{;}J
Bennington Park! housing
ject contract .with *
Housing Commission ,an^ the'BtcitS:
Division of Bousing,' '••''',; L''-/^ yJ\- :4''-V
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