1946-02-28

              ive Music
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9th Grode ond Senior
Girls' Choruses Sihg
For Crowded House
A large audience of music lovers
jenjoyed the Brat music hour soon-cored
by the Board of Education ^aekground of the troubled situa-in
the Freeport Algn School
There was a large turnout at the Columbus\ a]
excellent performance of Phoebe M, Reese's oA^act "ploy '
ary," by Lhe Drama Department of die; Athena 'Club ])(6nday
Mrs. Alan Carver, the de-*»— rrf -'•• ' •/ .'• ^*"
partment^ chairman, "Rave, the in-remarks,
and Mrs_Rlch-
Suger, traced the political
tlonrFran^ in the early J9th
auditorium Sunday afternoon. Leo century ipn which th$-play la based,
F. Giblyn, president of the Board
of Education brought greetings*
in a prologue.
The action tool^ plage in a room
i_Mrs. R. I. Denniston. Mrs. Peter
Guthy was In charge of the stage
settings assisted by Mrs., Gilbert
Smith, while Mrs. Carver had
Spangled Banner, and then
gave Hahn's "The Oreen Cathed-ral,"
Purcell)^ "Massing by/' and
James' arrangBme^t-^bT J "Gypsy
Choral Fantasle."""
Next the Senior High Olrlf
Chorus, sang four numbers, "Em-
-by- Schuetsky,
after which the Nfnth Grade Girl'Qj in an old house in Paris used aa a
Chorus led in the ringing of VThe convent by nuns dlspursed during
the French Revolution* In the
cast were Mrs. J* Wesley Southard,
jr.,. Mrs. Gerald Drach, Mrs. Roy
R. ppckiey, Mrs. A. Robert Purdy,
Mrs. D. D. Smith, Mrs. J. P
Thayer and Mrs. Cornelius Free-man.
Period gowns-worn by Mr:.
**Now the Day is Over," arranged; and Mrs. Smith were loaned by
by Rlngwald, "Empeipr Waltz," by
J.\Strauss, and "Indian-l*o%e Call,"
b* Priml. . . ^
'Jacqueline Miller" played 3Le-mare's
"Andantlno," as an organ
dblo, and^ Peggy Oodden and Isobel
Salter played a duet, "Soldiers of
charge-^of._:gow.ns .and;;Mrs,J3
Mam Mermanxi" was* the
panist. The .excellence of the per-formance
wasxdueto jthe eowden^
coaching of Raymond BarretS as-aisted
by Mrs.rjAndre .Norris._%
Mrs. An§n Park was hostess
chairman "for the day. She was
assisted ,J?y Mr& William Dumper,
A*rs. Raymond Young, Mrs. Stanley
Abbot, Mrs; Mermann, Mrsi vW.
Noyes Baker, Mrs. Bernard Bartho-lomaus
and Mrs. Edmund Shower.
beVan executive board
Monday at 10 A? A{L
Corp. Richord Forom
To Return to U.S. Soqn
UNITED SHATES FORCES IN
AUSTRIA — Conp, Richard. W.
playing selections from "Sari," by
Kalaman, "Simons' ^'Atlantic Ze-phj&
3," with an Incidental, trom-bone
" solo by Jack .Nolan; 6ee-thovah's
"Turkish March," Ponce's
"ZstrelUta," Fillmore's "Novelty," in
Ave ways, and Adams' "The Bells
of St. Mary's" as arranged by
Yoder.
The accompanists were: Doris
Johnson. . Emma M o r g. a. n .and
Jeannie JNewberger, while there
were incidental solos by Mary
"Esther Carman. Gloria Lizier,
Dorothy Jtay^ Lorraine Form and
Alype Malone* J. Maynard Wet^
tlauffer directed the orchestra and
Miriam Roberts the choruses.
Freeport, N.Y., has been, trans-ferred
he has
been serving in the Engineer Sec-tion
of General Mark W. Alark's
United State Forces, to"' the 293^
Ordnance Motor Maintenance
Qonipany in Furth, Oermany, to.
await redeployment to the United
States.
Assigned overseas in January,
1046, he served in combat with the
1376th Engineer Combat Battalion
and wears two battle participation
stars oh his Europe-
East The&trST'TUMbon. the Ameri-can-
Theatre Rlbbon^and the Good
Conduct Medal.
Before entering the Army in
October/IMS, he was employed by
the lalehce and Orosjean Manu-facturingyCo.,
92nd St., and Atlan-tic
aye., Woodhaven, N. Y.
Freepott O.E.S.
Smorgasbord Luncheon
A Smorgesbord luncheon will be
given next Thursday at 1 P. M. by
MEETS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Freeport Community Ooun-ell
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COURT STELLA MARKS OfVES
ST. VALENTINE CARD PARTY
Miss Rita Oanese and Mrs.
Miriam Mitten were co-chairman
of a successful St. Valendne card. COMMUNITY COUNCIL
party ;lyen by Court Stella Haris,
O. D. of A., in Our Holy Re-deemer
.School. There were 25
'tables of play.
Others on ; the committee were
Miss. France? Manuguera, Mrs.
Rose Coco, Mrs. J. E. Eldred. Mrs.
Marie Casassa, Mrs. Virginia Ty-back,
Mrs. Mary C aril no, Ws.
Antoinette Brocco and Mrs. Mark
Hroncich.
a card party. Plans for the event
were completed at the bi-weekly
meeting . in the Temple Monday
night when the installation of Wil-liam
Si -Bumey as worthy patron,
which had v been delayed because
of his Illness, took place.
There were ceremonies in observ-ance
of Lincoln's and Washington's
birthdays and St. Valentine's
In wJiich Mrs.. .Dorothy
Mrs. HUAa Hulz and Mrs.
Nelson read selections. Nosegays
were given to members whose natal
days take place in February '-by
the floral staff* The choral group
sang several selections. Courtesies
of the East were extended to Mrs.
Mildred Blacker, Mrs. Ann Lind-say,
Clinton M. Flint SntTthe past
matrons and patrons of tqe chap-ten
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Brotherltpod Dinner ^<
Next Wednesdoy Night
Thomas F. Nevrns, president of
the Brooklyn Catholic Inter-Ra^ia]
Council, will give the principal ad-dress
at the annual brotherhood
dinner to km/ given in* the Elks
clubhouse* ^ new Wednesday
The event S» sponsored b
Freeport*Inter-Falth Clergy Coun-cil,
the Rev. A. Gordon MacRury,
president, and the" Inter-Se^y^cc
Qub' Council headed by O. Brooke
Bowen. «-=^- -----------
''Three war veterans! including a
Catholic; a gehtpe and a Jew, dne
will be *j Negro? win be
guests 'at the event.- Alaybr Cyril
p. %yan will bring greetings and
music will be provided by Petet
Joy, accordlan, and Robert "fl tavis
baritone.
Reservations may be made by
calling' the Municipal Building,
"Freeport 4000.
In planning $350.000,000 expen-ditures
In the period 1946*1960 for
plant expansion, replacements, and
sejvce iimprovements, the New
York Telephone Company allot-ted
$96,000,000 for 'central office
equipment, much of It to make
room in the switching facilities for
applicants whose orders were de-layed
during th» war by equipment "* - ^ * t^l '"-f ^-"** •' -* • t- .«••'-«• & t.? .•nua&.j.jS.^.i^i.ii; ^
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308 West -Seaman ave,, the
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kntek'ed 'the* army\ in the summer;
of 49%2, and served overseas Z
surglca). ,and x-ray oCMcer
ship Wisteria, in tlie
JTorth African theatre,
theatre .of operations, and ports
embarkation-
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wife — is former
Mildrei* Shebar, .^daughter of
and Mrs. A.. Ohebar. Dr. and Mrsi$:
Berman, and their two children;/n
now make their home at the /_
Maryland ave address. :-t
Dr. Berman also is continuing...
his advance studies in X-ray at r
Meadowbrook Hospital. . ...
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SPORTING GOODS
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70 S@p4h MAIN STRBB*
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Open Fri. and Sat. Evenings -
Urge Freeporters
To Moke Gifts q$
Lprge os Possible
AJayor Cyril C. Ryan has issued
a proclamation setting aside March
as Red Cross month and Appeal-
Ing to the- people of Freeport to
make their gifts to the 1946 cam-paign
"as large as possible to en-able
the Red Cross to meet every
demand placed upon it/
The proclatation read as follows:
"WHEREAS, the American Red
Cross is continuing to carry on
^*"k ._tbe .world
To Vote ip
The ^
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In Bdholf of Morch
Appeals for support of :*he $741,400 Benmpgt6n Park Housing
project at the referendum to be taken at Khe Village Election on
Thursday, March 19, were made by pastors of all chutches in the
Village Sunday morning.
The Rev. David p. Jaxhelmer
pas Lor of Christ Lutheran Church
preached en "Neither East nor
West," taking as his text: "Where
there is neither Greek nor Jew-bond
or free—but Christ is all in
us all", iColossians 3:11).
iPastor Jaxhelmer reviewed the
history of the efforts to have
over to bring comfort to those un-wr^
foTEunates of the prostrate and war
3MM *°rn countries, and comfort and
cheer to our own fighting boys still
ered throughout the world in
their line of duty, and at the
%% sanie time prepared here In our
^ W^ community to aid us in event of
"THEREFORE, I, Mayor of the
Village of Freeport, name March
** American^ Red Gross month and
do—hep@--and-now-ca^:rupon all
the-citizens-bf this -Village to sup*
R«k*-Cross Drive for
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday:.9
Friday: 9 A.M. t&»9 PJM. ^*6aturdays: 9
to 6 PJ&
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(ni^t the ?(ed Gross must carry a
great burden again this year, make
their gifts as large as possible to
enable the Red Cross to meet, every
demand placed upon it.
my hand - and seal
of''the Village of Freeport, this
30th day of February, 1946.
"Cyril O* Ryan, Mayor"
Timan Dodd has sent the fol-letter
to all division heads
captains.
The work of collecting $15,600
as Freepom^s quota for the Red
Cross has begun. It is a big task
and will take the devoted energy
^of each leader in each area of
the canvass.
^Most of -the war enthusiasm
%s over and many of the things
""that were; dramatized? _s& highly-
Jiave. given way tifth'e more com-monplace/
^OTes, the^ need _(ojc
jwnich the Red CroszLwa? founded
goes on" jus!" the" same. To the
jxjysJlbw_over-seas, "just.Starting;
^ e^llstment,jEB must give just
ngoj),_ and probably
more support to morale as we gave
to*, -the-toriginal lighting .-men.
Thousand^ of men are now home
with' "eV multiplicity of complica-tions
besetting them. The Red
Cross must still carry on and .help
them, as the need is not less and
have a long way to go.
"Millions ^who have given their
time during! the war years to the
Red Cross are still working with
was appointed nve years ago by
Lhe Inter-Faith Clergy Council, to
study conditions, on whose report
the Council petitioned the Village
Board to appeal to Albany to'pass
an act enabled the trustees to
name a Mousing Authority. He
Lhen traced Ohe events up to the
present when a contract, submitted
to the Housing Autho.lty by the
State Division of Housing is await-ing
approval 'by the Village before
it can become operativer
He said he understoooV-Freeport
was the @rst community ^ic
"Nevertheless," h e continued,
"the "state Is willing to await tjie
outcome of referendum, hope-ful
that Freeport may set the pat*
term for similar projects In vil-lages
all over the Island." Later
he said:
"I wonder if bhe white people of
Freeport realize how «bad living
conditions are In the Bennlngton
Park area. .One driving through
its streets in daytime can guess.
Thirteen hundred Negroes live
there; including 400 children in
243 families. There are 39 home
owners while there are 204 fami-lies
renting houses, most of which
are overcrowded; many of which
are Ore traps and unfit for human
habitation. Bath tubs and Inside
toilets are- novelties^ Znwsllgallbns
that many families liye in
___.. squalor iuhbelievable-in-a
community that calls ltw%. Chris-tian
and progressive." /..
After going jntb "conditions in
the-?ark, IMr. Jaxhelmer contlnu-
B&-ybu-won(Ier"that this area
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Full Explanation
of die Details an J Probable
Cosls of the
TARK
HOUSING
PROJECT
Also ihe two other Proposi-tions
to be voted on March 19
ft _ Soye f*
Use of Sfodmm
Subject of forum
The monthly Municipal for-um
delayed a week, will be
held Monday night *h the
Freepp^t BEigh School a^ditpr-ium
and 1)4^broadcast from 9
to 10 6'clock,
"Should the Freeport Muni-cipal
ptadiuni be used prim*
arlly for revenue or primarily
for recreation?" is the topic to
be discussed.
Curtis T. Brail and Bob Stir-rat
will speak in behalf of
"revenue" and the Rev. Martin
"T. Daly, assistant pastor of
Our Holy Redeemer R. C.
Church", and Erie V. Painter,
former trainer of the New York
Yankees, for "recreation."
Its Golden Jubilee
Delayed Year, Attend-ed
by 8 Servicemen
Child Center Sold;
30
Boord of Educotion 7
Adises Porents;
25 From Freeport
The Freeport Child Care Center,
268 West Merrick rd., has been
sold and the purchaser h%s exer-cised
"his right under the rental
agreement to take possession on
30 days' notice, or on April i, it _
was announced in the pmce of the
'Board of Education to-day. Con-sequently
the doors of the institu-tion
will be closed on Saturday
March 30.
It also was revealed that of the
present enrollment of 45 children
m"r^™=*^e^
Delayed a year an the men in
the service might return to par-ticipate,
Hose Co. 3, observed its
semt-centennlal at a welcome home
dinner given in headquarters on
South Bayview ave. Thuop^ay n&ghb
fathers of only two are still In
service. The 20 children from out
pf ''^;n ar» distributed as follows:
Baldwin, 3; Sellmore, 5; Jamaica;
2; ivieruck, 3; Roosevelt, 3; and
one each from Lynbrook, Malverhe,
Oceanside and Rookville Centre.
The cost of operation of the '-/A]^
Center for t^e calendar year
was $39,030. Funds were
from State and Federal/
parents' fees. ., .
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school system'4n the Columbus Village Trustees Borace F,f (be \Boardof\ZMuca4iod*
school Monday night? the Brst time Carpenter and Walter J, Wood.
in the history of the Board.
Entertainment was prdvjded by
a 20-piece orchestra made u%J of
faculty members under the direc-tion
of J. Maynard Wettlaufcr.
There were songs by a quartet
comprising Robert T. Tavls, Walter
Joy, Gheard Parker and Mr.
(Obntmued" on Fage 10)
New Villoge Forty ^
Enters (Locol^ Field
The Home Rule Is going to havd
opposition at the polls on Tues»
day, March 19. It Is to be known
as the New Village Party, and the
candidates are Mrs. Adele O. Smith,
i!29 Whaley street, anp Ttichard
ganders, 11 Waverly place. Mrs.
the same spirit the war-tbne pro-' »my S. Tiesler, 41 West First
ducedj All Red Cross services de- 'street,/ la the party, chairman.
Both the candidates are enrolled
Democrats.
The chief campaign issue is the
handling of the recent unfortunate
incident m which two brothers
were killed by a meniber of the
lepor* to' &ate will ge^ u? oZ to a- Freeport police force in self de-
' "^ - " ' "" gnaings of
pend on the war fund drive.
"Our Arst report meeting will be
ia the Municipal JSuilding,
ni^ht, in the oonferejpce
Boom. The ^ presence of each
:#ieadi and captain\,'with a
Wettlaufer.
Teachers of the Seaman ave.
school presented a skit, "The
Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter,"
with Sylvia Vlnew as narrator, and
Marjorie Heartt, Barbara. Versockl,
Jeannette. Hofmann, Arlyi^e Mul-lins.
and William S. Hughes\in the
cast. There were readings by
Nancy ^by of the Archer^ st.
school, and -all schools were rep*
resented In the "FlqradoTa Girls,"
under the 'direction of Doris
Groesbeck. _ <
E. Pearson and Clifton
B. Smith were co-chairmen of the
committee — ot^arrangements and
theZZlatterL served as -masteE of
^ceremonies. Square dancing was
•enjoyed .and ____ refreshments were
served. y — - ----------- r
On tlie committee also were
Betty Banker, Barrier Church, Dr.,
John W, Dodd, Joan Giblyn.
Walter Hawkins, Eugene Huxley,
Mr. Joy, Irene Kinsey, T. Red-mond
McKenna and Helen Ross.
There were more than 200 present.
Chapman and Frederick Buss were Act. The Federal government
Elks to
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fence according Ao
the County Grand,, ury.
Otbpr planks include tbe im-mediate
acceptance^ of the ? con-tract
with the New York ..State
Division of Housmg for the car-rying
out of the^Bennuigt&q'
project; a
Rulers'. Night will
be observed next Thursday night
by the Freeport Lodge of Elks,
Henry P. Vlelblg exalted ruler.
Former rulers will be honored, end
wjll occupy the various chairs. In
t)%e lodge. Jt wi» be the.Argt
nominaAons* "m^ht. Other nomin-ations
may be ma^e; onrM@rch.
and the^elecQon, ok./omcers
be held , on tAe 31at.- ..... :
There will.be &. birthday party
for ; 92' members
The Mayor spoke briefly greeting
the .veterans, and complimenting
the firemen for having delayed
their golden jubilee celebration n
year until those in uniform could
be on hand to participate. -
He advised the veterans to keep
"An eternal _yjgilaace" on their
rights as Americans to insure the
continuance of democracy and the
American way of life. Chief Ar-nold
Yongen, and Deputies Frank
been the ofOoial sponsor of the
Child Care Center during
the war period, to advise you that
the Center will be closed March
31, 2946 and sponsorship by the
Board will be withdrawn as of that
date.
"The Child Care C*,iter was
started as a war project to help
relieve an emergency—war plant
labor shortage. It was established
and supported through the use of
Federal funds under the Lanham
guests also. Former Chief Ber-nard
J. LLoonam, Jr., oG&oiated as
toastmaster.
The returned servicemen present
were Edward Crocker, James Firth,
Milan Hroncich, Robert Johnson.
John MacDonald, William Noll;
DanieP Schoen and Anthony Ulip.
'Albert Grover, another member,
missing, as he_2recently was
called into service.
' Hose J3o. 3, was organized In
1898 ds the Bayxiew Hose_dbJ,J6G5
Hroncldn" is captain; ThomSs Gar-rlty,
first .lieutenant, and'Wllllajn.
Lauckhardt, second HButenant.
Mpse Co' 1 Fetes
Fohner Servicemen
Eight members of Co. 1,
gave ofnclal notice that the funds
would be withdrawn as of Febru-ary
28, 1946 as the purpose for
whidh tRe Child Care Centers were
established no longer exists.
"The Board- of' Education at that
time, with the advlcaand recom-.
mendatlon of
ter Board, decided to extend" the
operation, of .the Child. Care Center
rch 31,1946, so as to per*
mlt an orderly liquidation ox ;.pro-jeot
operations '.and services" to
families. in "its
ment — AL tle present time, a smalL
^balance in jh^ Child Care Center
Fund allows ' ponUnuatlon until
March 31. At that time? thb Cen-ter
will be onlcially closed." <
C. 0. Moore to Preoch C*im*lf J&1CMAVCAO »* a^wu*, ^*v. '@ &j a< J*a
who have returned from service | In MerhOOISr
were guests of honor at; qie 62nd
anniversary dinner of t%)$ group in O. Oliver. Moore, lawyer, will
preach at. Ihe JYeeport Methodist
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Frederick Buss, .He; 11 am Richardson, son of
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