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T H E ' L E A D E R THURSDAY, DECEMBER 124~1946 r':
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Court Ste//o Moris
Has Christmas Party
Court Stella Maris, C.D. of A
will hold a Christinas party and
dinner, Dec. 22 at 7 P.M. in the
l»aragUde Restaurant in Hempsteart
Mi*s Alice Oetker? party chairman
announced this change in dates, as
the party was originally set for
next Thursday. Final plans for this
affair were mac^e at a meeting held
la Our Holy Redeemer s/^ool Hall
•with Mrs. Walter J. Kenaey. worthy
grand regent, presiding.
The Rev. John J. Madden spoke
on the welfare and activities for
the young peop le of the school
Father .Madden was presented a
donation of $25 for basketoall uni-forms
for the school team. It was an-nounced
Christmas baskets would
again be sent" to- "shut-lr. ^embers
Mrs. Leon Fassett was hor,t<3'-
to the large gathering of 80 mem-bers.
She was assisted ^-by Mrs
Joseph Riesgo, Mrs. Bernard Mc-
Sweeney and Mrs. Joseph Carlino
!2" x 2"
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Freeport 8-0354
Ex-Minister Tells
Of Alcoholic 'Arrest'
Frank Richmond, former minls-
,er and construction engineer, who
iste in life has turned to art and
has done some excellent work,
«poke on "The Rehabilitation of an
Alcoholic," at the weekly supper of
the Rotary Club of Freeport Thurs-day
night In the Elks clubhouse.
Mr. Richmond explained he at-tended
Wesley-an University and
entered the ministry because he
wanted a college education and
these were 'the only conditions
under which his father would pro-vide
the funds. He served two
years as pastor of two churches,
eighteen miles apart, in Massa-chusetts,
preaching at one in the
morning -and the other at night,
traveling between the two by horsr
and buggy. His salary was $400
a year.
At the expiration of two years,
he received a call to a church in
Boston, but the presiding elder,
now district- superintendent, re-fused
to give him the appointment,
whereupon he resigned from the
ministry. Meanwhile he had been
studying nights with the result
tlrat he received his degree from
M.I.T., and started in construction
work.
Then he became a casual drink-r.
However, he traced the be-
•innlng of his cdreer as an alco-holic
to a college dinner. Though
he continued in business for years,
finally reached the bottom of
the ladder. As a last resort he
turned to Alcoholics Anonymous
arid now as he explained his ...case
has "arrested,":.but not cu~ed. Mr.
Richmond is living in the Salvar
tion Armjy in Hempste^ad. Several
of his paintings were shown.
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COMPANIONS OF FOREST
FILL STAFF VACANCIES
Several vacancies among the o'f-ficers
of Pride of Iroquois Circle
Companions of the Forest, were
filled at a meeting Monday nigh
in Junior Order Hall. Chief Com-panion
Mrs. Phillipina Hubel pre-sided.
Mrs. Dorothy Gudziewski wa&
elected right guide, Mrs. Irene
Feltman. left guidet and Mrs. Else
Johnston, second trustee. They were
installed by Mrs. Anna Fleckenstein
deputy, with the new supreme
deputy/ Mrs. Esther Lindqulst, as
marshal. Plans were made for
Chilstmas party on Monday night
Dec. 23.
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Democrats Commend
Parking Field Plans
The Freeport -Democratic Club
at its annual meeting Thursday
night in headquarters, 56 West
Merrick rd., voted to commend the
Village Board for its action in
establishing the Henry st. parkiri?
field and in formulating plans for
others soon to follow. President
Charles F: KTg«an voiced similar
sentiments.
Mrs. Mirv Bannon. the zone
leader^ speaking about the an-nouncement
of Judge John F.
Thorp that he planned to retire
soon as County leader, said she did
not know when he would bake this
step, and therefore could add
nothing to what had been pub-lished.
William Mowdy was elected pres-ident
to succeed Mr. Egan who has -
headed the club for six years.^The
other officers are (Mrs. Marle^ I* "•
Mitchell and Jack Renauld, vice-presidents;
Mrs. Margaret Riley,
recording scretary; Mrs. Mabel -•/
Renauld. corresponding secretary; :>
Mrs. Katherine Grimm, treasurer, ,
and Frederick Weber, chairman of -;
the reception committee. The in-stallation
will take place on Thurs-day
night, Jan. 16. ' ::
Office:
21 So. Grove St.
Phone:
FReeporf 8,7668
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llth Year. No. 30 IS. \ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1946 PK1CE: FIVK CENTS A COPY
MAGICIANS TO ENTERTAIN
William Kerwin and Jay Schmidt,
high school magicians, will enter-tain
following the business meeting
of the Northeast Civic Association
tomorrow night in V.F.W. thall on
North Columbus ave. The board
of governors will submit several
recommendations for the considera-tion
of the members.
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Buffalo Avenue
Widening Up For
on Jan. 3
:. 100-foot Street
From Mill rd., to
Highway Planned
-The Village. Board has called a
hearing for Friday night. Jan. 3
on a proposal to widen Buffalo
ave.r from 50 to 100 reet from Mill
rd. • to its present terminus and
to-extend it at that width all the
way to Sunrise highway. It now
comes to a dead end a short dist-ance
north of Merrick rd.
• If this project is carried out it
will end the traffic congestion in
the vicinity of the Municipal Sta-dium
and provide another broad-line^
street east of Liberty ave.,
which village officials consider
necessary. In connection with this
project the Long Island State Park
Commission had granted the use
of 17% acres to the village for use
as a playground for the southeast-ern,
area. This plot is bounded' on
the west by Liberty ave., the north
by Sunrise, the east by the Buffalo
ave.t extension and the south by
a line where Buffalo ave,, now
ends.
;j.I*and,fQr -the Buffalo aye., ex-
. tension is included, in
To Our Readers
In Freeport
And Elsewhere
The strongest and most vital force in our community is (or
or most be) our genuine interest in our neighbor. "For better or
for worse" we happen to belong to one village and, looked at
broadly, our measure of happiness or peace—even success—is
affected by the quality of mind and spirit running through our
mutual affairs. Each one contributes to civic high-minded ness or
detracts from it.
If^J {simplest way to understand a community is to think of
our own personal body. % It is made up of many cells or members,
each playing a part in its total health or strength. From time to
time it may have disease to light, and then comes in law—laws of
health—for the body; laws of reasonable restraint for the com-munity
as a whole. As in the body so in the community there
are gifts (talents) of differing measure, so we and our neighbor
members are never exactly alike nor charged with the same
duties. Hence no fault-finding with each other as to the best way
to live the life of the community.
In he body is only one heart; the function of which Is to keep
all members supplied—sleeplessly supplied—with the power for
continued effort and service hi a thousand ways. Hence in the
community, if we have a heart of one accord all Is well and
will remain so.
This little statement at this season of the year Is meant to
apply to every person and every united effort carried on here—
religious, social, governmental and educational.
THE LEADER, December 19, 1946.
H, D. Smith, 84, Dies;
Married 64 Years
The Rev. Reginald H. Scott, rec-tor
of the Transfiguration P.E.
Church officiated at services Tues-wv
day1 afternoon in Rockvillc Centre
for Hugh D. Smith, 50 Bedell s'...
who died Saturday in the Meadow-brook
Hospital. Burial followed in
Greenfield Cemetery, Hempstead.
Mr. Smith was a son of Daniel
Smith, a native of the north oi
Ireland who came to this country
in 1864 and established a' ship
loading business in New York in
which his son. bom 84 years
agot was a partner.
Mr. Smith and his wife, Elmir-j
K. Smith, who would have been
married 65 years next July 16,
came to Freeport in 1924. On their
57th wedding anniversary they were
the guests of Grnvor u"i&icn -ai
the World's Fair. He was a mem-ber
of Manhattan Lodge, F. & A
M., and did experimental farming
as a hobby. His two sons, Daniel
and Hugh Ira, r.re both dead and
his widow is his lone aflrvivor.
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be- acquired. ' ~L
If the project Is carried out.
Buffalo aye., will start at .Sunrise
Highway, at just about, tbe en*
trance to where Meadowbrook cause-way
begins., and run directly to the
main entrance to the . Municipal
curve
FIRST ON EVERY GIRL'S
WISHING LIST
into Ml» rd., will carry cars into
the,parking fields outside the sta-<-
dium. Thus there will be a view
of the Stadium all the way from
Sunrise highway which ab night
when the arena Is lit up will be
most picturesque.
- The widening and extension of
v ^ffcttfclo ave., will make it easy for
\ .As to get away from the Stadium
with a minimum of congestion after
the midget races and other events
are over. It will provide easy
egress to Merrick_rd., and Sunrise
" highway "for--motorists wlio want
to .go either west or east on these
highways. •
To Vote Tomorrow
On Pay Increases
The special election called by the
Board of Education to vote •on a
proposed salary increase of $250
each for members^ of -the- Janitorial
and secretarial services of the: de-
.BdardV fufcds to'mciJt' th.^lpp*ie|i|e;
will fce taken front surplus; sb^thcrei
will bto no" extrtt - burden on the
taxpayers this" year.
Yule Candlelight Rites
At Methodist Church
There, will be a unique candle-
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bridal rings, of
course. For, giving
or getting, fhere
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rings, no better symbols
of eternal love and devotion.
Inexpensively priced, too.
75.00
Inc. Tax
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jChrist Sunday School
Yule Party on Sunday
.A play, "The Light on the Hills"
by/Wayne Miife, will be given at
•the Christmas celebration of the
Sunday School of Christ Lutheran
Church, Sunday at 4 P.M. In the
cast are Laura Magnusson, Eleanor
Pehr, irmn Kern, Norma. Larsen,
Anna Cantllli, Jessie Kirtright, Ed-uriix.
Hegenah and Charles Maass.
Mrs. John Butt is coaching the
cast, while Mr. Butt has, charge
of the scenery.
The "Procession of the Angels"
' wfll: include Mabel Walther, M:l-dred
Graham, Shirley Herold
Emily Schuppel, Marie Adcle Bison,
Ruth and June Briggs, Joan Tres-sel.';
Dorothy Bischotf. June Liebler
Kjitiherine Weil, Patricia Lisk,
Elaine Hansel, George Von Hassel,
.Robert Olbcrdlng and Dorothy
::Breiner will be • gife-bearers. <
-.The Rev. David G. Jaxheimer,
fpscarHSlagnsson, organist, and the
Junior choir will participate in the
service. . . - • . . '
light service in
Christmas pageant to be presented
hi the Freeport Methodist Church
Sunday at 4:30 P.M. More .than
a hundred candles, one at the end
of each pew, will be used to illu-minate
the aUdltorium.
The Sunday School will give a
play, "The Place of.the Christmas
Star'" and" the choir will sing a
cantata, "The Annunciation."
At the 10:45 A.M. service, the
pastor, the Rev. C. Newman Hogel
will preach on "Two Command-ments-
hi One.'
Disabled Veteran
Loses $80 in WS//ef
Somebody may be considering:
himself or herself wealthy and
lucky in bavins found on
Church st, a wallet containing
approximately $80. But'to tbe
loser it was a catastrophe. The
money was tbe^ property of a.
50 per cent disabled veteran
who was about to enter a hos-pital
for an amputation. The
wallet ^as lost between the
\Voblworth 5 and 10 cent store
and LJtin's Bike Shop just to
tbe north on Saturday, Dec. 7.
The Veteran's Service Agemcy
has joined In the search for the
missing wallet, and Edmund A.
Robson has asked The Leader
tof lend Its assistance in the
recovery of the money. He says
—the—wallet-—contained—proper t
identification as to the owner
and that therefore the finder,
If any, has no excuse for fail-ing
to return It. It may be
turned over to the Freeport
police. Tbe 980 represents a
mnath's earnings of tbe
veteran.
E. White and Golden Get
Sportsmanship Awards
KH.S. FathersC!ut> Honors
^Eleven Guards
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Park Commission
Urges Stadium
Improvements
Point to Profits
Of Past Season
In Plea to Board
Recommendations for numerous
improvements at the Municipal
Stadium have been made to the
Village Beard by the Park Com-mission.
Members of the commis-sion,
headed by Abraham Siegel,
pointed out at the last meeting
receipts from events at the Sta-dium
had netted $48,000 tnls year,
and contended that a~s a result
the proposed improvements should
be approved. The opinion was ex-pressed
also that the entrance to
the Stadium should be modernized.
The report reads:
"In view of the fact that the
present crash fence is in a danger-ous
condition, the Park Commie-ilon
recommends that the Board
of Trustees give this matter favor-able
consideration, . - .-
"We recommend that resurfacing '
of the track be done immediately
as provision, for same Is made la .'
the school audl-
- president of the
clut>, made the presentations after
William Ashley, the head coach
explained the basis for making the-selections.
~
He aaid the coaches Bought, some
boy who stood out as;:an example
f—the^pirit-oI_toat^lLM_FLe.!L:
port High. White, he- added gave
his'best on-, tho field, every moment
he was in the game, while his co-operation
with the £eam at all
times was outo landing despite thv
fact his position as a guard did
aol him the opportunity to
those playmg__other positions
had.
"White was all out and gave
his best for his team," Mr. Ashley
continued. "He is a fine boy,
obeyed the directions of this coacb
without kiclcing." Mr._ Ashley paid
tribute to all the members -of
team raying the selection of Wnite
for the honor was np^rellectlon- on
the other players. He said Golden
who received the VJ^VT' award, wab
the same type of player as -White
Mr. Ashley paid tribute, to ^ttu.
Ireshmesi and Jayvee ^elevens .both
of wuich hud excellent ; Reasons
adding mat il Uie teams continued
unbroken as the students advanced
througu the .school, the prospects
were Freeport w°uld have the out-standing
football sqpad in the
county. The awards .were Statues
of- football players on -% pedestal
White's beiug the larger.
In addition all the lettermen on
the Varsity cquad
windbreakers With
received red
a miniature
fooibail sewn on. The freshmen
and Jayvees got miniature foot-balls
to sew on their sweaters and
the managers also received gifts
Funds for the gifts and awards
were provided by the Fathers' Club
organized in September and. wiilch
is expected to become an importan
factor in the-athletic .lite of ihe
school. The cheer leaders also
were among those recognizedL
Sheriff-elect H. Alfred Vollmer
officiated as master, of .ceremonies.
First a group "ot varsity players
presented ft sketch of the "Life of
Bill Ashley from Birth to the
Present." Then Clifton B- Smith
vice-president of the Board of Edu-oationt
was called on to present
the windbreakers .and other gifts
President Dobbins introduced Hay
Barbuttl, former Olympic star a,-,
.he speaker of the evening.
Barbuttl recall ed"Uiatr as a-mem-her
of the Lawrence High School
eleven he played against Freeport
while a student. He called the in-terest
of the fathers in the teams
a wonderful thing, and commended
the close association between father
and son.
"Don't moke this association u
one-night affair," he continued
"Let's stay with him, jiist help than
son of yours, Int him know he can
depend on
youngsters,"
you." And to "you
he added, "don't "be
afraid to call on your dao? and
your mother.. They have your belt
interest at * heart and will look
after you."
Superintendent John W. Dodd
also paid tribute to the teams.
Following the formal program
refreshments were served to all in
the cafeteria. '
YULE RIGHTS SUNDAY
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
There will be special Christmas
music at the service of the First
Baptist Church Sunday at 10:45
AM. The pastor, the Rev. Weslev
N. Haines, will preach on "The
Circumstances Were These." At
7 P.M., there will be a joint meet-ing
of the Young Peoples Fellow-ship
and the Sunday Night Fellow-ship,
after which the members will
go caroling for shutins and in hos-pitals.
Later the Rev. and Mrs
Haines will be hosts to the group
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water will drain off after a rain-storm
and thereby prevent the
track from becoming slippery.
The commission also recommends
that the seating capacity be in-creased
and asks for an investiga-tion
to determine the most practi-cal
method of procuring additional
seats.
An increase in the size of the
refreshment stands; with a new
stand on the east side, Is urged
also, as it is maintained the vil-iage
is losing money because of the
limited facilities of the presen t
stands. Additional sanitary accom-modations
and enlarged office space
for Mr. Kedenbei g are proposed
also.
la a resolution introduced by T.
Frank Bennett, and seconded by
David J. Freudenberger, it waa
contended the improvements asked
were vitally necessary to the suc-cess
of the 1947 season, -and the
commission "therefore, s t r o n g l y
recommends that the Board of
Trustees give priority to this re-quest
and further asks the Board
to direct the Village Engineer to
furnish the required plans." A
joint meeting of the two bodies
also was asked. The commission
will meet again on Thursday
Jan. 23.
Freeport Bank Votes
Percent Dividend
in the parsonage.
ALL DEUQGISTS TO KEEP
OPEN NEXT SUNDAY
Sunday being the last before
Christmas, all pharmacies in Free
port will remain open for the entirt
day.
" T l j e Board of Directors of the •
Freeport Bank has declared a cash
dividend of IV- per cent for the
six months period ending Dec. 30.
to the present stockholders, cash-ier
W. Sargeant Nixon announced
today.
"We are having a very favorable
response to the subscriptions for
the-new 6tock,^^r^MixQaJ!pntin-_
ued "and it Is the opinion of the
management of the bank that the
dividend may .be carried on and
paid to the present stockholders
as well as the new stockholder.!
on not less than a three per cent.
annual baste."