1947-04-10

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fWENTY- THE L E A D E R — FRE'EP'ORT, N.Y. THURSDAY,.APRIL 3, 19-17.
EAXIIERSL.NIGHT- POSTPONED 1 aucUtorium.....Executive board mem- T« ,-I I
The Fathers' night program of! bers and class matters gathered 11 l|£K |
the Archer st. school Parent-Teach-! for a social afternoon this week
•or Association scheduled for Tues- at the school. Mrs. Arthur Elmer
Hay night was postponed to Tues- and Mrs. Gilbert Brinkerhoff were
day night, April 16 in the -school' hostesses.
NEWLY STYLED
for
Spring and Summer
Flattery!
Gracefully Draped
Floral Prints
Sizes 18 !/2 to 241/2
Specially Priced
"In Nassau It's Samet's For Teen-Agers"
69 So. Main Street FReeport 8-4400
Add the Finishing Touch to Your New Spring Outfit
Lfc-
Also in Sterling Silver priced from 59c
Largest Selection of Charms in Frceport
"Third Generation of Jewelers"
43 SO. MAIN ST. (at Sunrise) FREEPORT
Open Ererr Erehinr *tll April 5th Member Frceport Chamber of Commerce.
Sawmq
T.p Cart
Wno-
Gun Bolt
Hand Truck
Cowboy
Sad.dla
Alarm Clo"c'<
Grand
HOSQ
Wo tar Woao.n
A Few of fhe Marty
Charmi AvoHabf* in
Each Price Group
A Complete Upset
Stanislaw Named
Captain—Results
In Other Companies
There was a complete up-set in
the election of Truck Co. 1, wh*m
candidates nominated at the last
minute were chosen for the three
principal offices of the company.
Tuesday night.
Up to the nignt of the election
it was expected Paul Falcone
would be advanced to captain and
Charles Fisher to first lieutenant,
following the custom in company
elections. However, when it came
time to ballot, Alexander Stanis-law,
who had been a candidate
for- second lieutenant, was-nomin-ated
for captain; Robert Wille for
first lieutenant, and Robert Stahl-man
for second lieutenant. They
won by substantial majorities.
Elsewhere the only contests were
for the second lieutenants, the
other officers being advanced. The
results in the other company elec-tions
were as follows:
Hose 1—Darrell Darrigan, cap-tain;
John Sutherland, first lieu-tenant;
Frank Boyclen, second lieu-tenant.
Hose 2—Donald Mittlinuer, cap-tain;
Arthur lacovina, first lieu-tenant;
Carl Pellicio, second lieu-tenant.
Hose 3—William Noll, captain:
Thomas Garrity. first lieutenant;
William Lauckhard, second lieuten-ant.
Hose 4—David Hi^ins, captain;
Gerard Griffin, first lieutenant;
John Powei's .second lieutenant.
Hose 5—LeLonard Partis, cap-tain;
Frank Santa -Maria, first
lieutenant; Eugene Huxley, jr., sec-ond
lieutenant.
Engine 1—Eugene Gelling, cap-tain;
Robert Graupner, first ' lieu-tenant;
Alfred Vclz, second lieu-tenant.
The department elections will be
held tonight in headquarters.
Frederick Buss is slated for chief;
Harry Chuisano, first deputy, and
Frank F. Smith, second deputy.
All officers will be installed at
joint exercises in the Elks Club-house,
Tuesday night, April 18.
DAUGHTER TO MacDONMJ)S"
Mr. anoVMfs." Joseph MaeDonald;"
Miller ave., have announced . the
birth of a second daughter, Mau-ra
Heloise MacDonald, on Tues-day,
March 18, in Mercy Hospi-tal,
Rockville Centre.
IKVING'S
80 South Main Street
. FREEPORT 9-3371
CLOTHIER — HATTER — HABERDASHER
TUXEDOS TO HIRE
^STORE HOURS:_
Monday, Tuesdday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9 A.M. to (J P.M
Friday: 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. Saturdays: 9 A.M. to 10 P.M
XhC :X
Js ready with a Spring showing of tip-to-thc
minute styles. Our values arc supreme.
Prices Ranging as Usual
NOW LOCATED
Itf OUR
NEW BUILDING
355 ATLANTIC AVE.
Tel. FReeport 8-5897
BILLY BLUME, Jr.
FINE
PRINTING
In All Its Branches
We have added to our
regular line Extra Fine
Quality Straws priced at
3.49 and 3.99
We Have an Ideal Selection of
Youthful Matrons' Hats
1
3 PINE STREET
(20 STEPS FROM MAIN ST.)
Between Main and Church
A FULL LINE OF
and
NOW ON DISPLAY AT
GREETING CARDS
While You Shop Have a Snack or an Ice Cream Soda
At Our Newly-Installed MODERN SODA FOUNTAIN
r Open 7:30 A. HI. for JJreakfast
Open 'Til 10:00 P. M. Frftiay and Saturday Night for Your Easter Shopping Convenience
65 West Sunrise Highway Freeport
Office:
Room 10
So. iGrove St.
FReeport 8-7668
11 th Year. No. 46
Freeport's
Official
Newspaper
FREEP0RT, N. Y., THURSDAY. APRIL 10, 1947 PRICE: FIXE CENTS A COPY
Northeast Civics
For Early Action
On New School
Favors Referendum
Though Cost is Put.
/ At About $1,500,000
, The Northwest. Qivic Association
at its meeting in the Seaman ave.
school, Monday night, voted to urge
the Board of Education to float a
bond issue for the construction of
the new Seaman ave., building in
the fall and to do everything pos-sible
to promote the plan in other
sections of the village.
This action was taken after Leo
F. Giblyn;v president of the Board;
Harold E. Pearson, Clifton B. Smith
and Dr. John W. Dodd had\ex-plained
in detail the plans for the
new structure, which Mr. Pearson
said it was expected would cost
approximately $1,500,000. However,
Mr. Smith explained the board
would have a better idea as to the
actual cost of the structure, after
bids for several schools in Elmont
are opened next Tuesday.
President Giblyn brought the
record up to date, by explaining
the Seaman ave. area had several
times- rejected plans -for" a new
structure which had. left -the dis-trict
without-adequate school facili-ties,
while other sections had tfeeh"
provided for. He told of surveys
•which showed where additional
facilities should be located.
Mr. Pearson described the plans
for the building in detail. He said
the structure would be of brick
with limestone trim and front 306
feet on Seaman ave. There will be
two wings, the one to the east 195
long and that to the west 1Gb
feet while between the wings the
building will be about 70 feet in
depth. There will be 18 .class
rooms with accommodations for ap-proximately
450 pupils.
Ip .£d.diUon there will be a cafe-teriA
capable of seating 212 per-sons,
adjoining a gymnasium witn
gallery accommodations for 250 and
an auditorium seating close to 500.
The cafeteria and gymnasium com-bined
will afford seating facilities
for 750 at a banquet or similar
affair, exceeding- the capacity of
any building m rreeport at the
-present time.
Other facilities will include a
shop, a double-kindergarten room,
a home making room, cooking
room, library._ visual education
..room and music room. Every class-
To Head Rotary
ROBERT B. PATERSON
Story on Page 7
$8,402 Raised
In Red Cross
Drive for $9,
Village Still Shy
$1,400 Of Quota;
District—Reports
Additional receipts erf $29042 re-,
potted. -at^.±he—wceiiay,y meetlng-'-oJt
district captains in the Municipal
Building Monday night increased
the total receipts in the Red Cross
campaign to $8.402.25. approxi-mately
$1.400 short of the $9,800
quota assigned to Freeport. Chair-man
Kenneth E. Vought reported.
However, he said several district
captains were known to have funds
in hand which they had ho:,
turned in. He expressed the hope
the Village would be able to report,
total receipts of $9,000 at least, be-fore
the drive is closed.
The receipts by districts are as
follows: District 34, $86.69; 35
$475.50; 36, $232.66; 37, $161.32; 38,
$212.40; 39, $184.35; 40, $207.28; 41.
$586.40; 42, $652.75; 43, $267; 44.
$496; 45, $357.50; 46, $157.50; 47,
$694.20; 48, $266.50; 49, $630.30, and
50, $669.15.
Other divisions reporting were
commerce and industry, $1,582.44;
municipal employees, $108; Red
Cross workroom, $11; clubs and
organizations, $392.09, and miscel-laneous,
$390.44.
There will be no more report
meetings, but the workers in the
Freeport—Raise Your Sights
The Freeport Memorial Day Committee under the chairmanship of
Samuel M. Gerber is busy planning: for our next holiday (let us call it
holy day) on May30th. As usual there will be the decoration of graves,
a parade and then ceremonies in the Municipal Stadium.
Let us now promise to ourselves that there shall be a tone of deep
solemnity in all we of Freeport say and do on that day; for not only
arc we to honor the dead of World War II, but also World War I. and
so' on back to the Philippine Campaigns, the Spanish-American War,
the Indian struggles of the past, the Civil War, the Mexican War, the
Revolutionary- \V:ir nnrf iho K«~.*—i«»<- *—*i-_u~ -1 .. - - - - - - -
-on—•* "• •""- i***"! +"*: vi VIE war, me
Revolutionary War, and the hazardous footholds at
our Continent
our beginnings on
DeMott Appointed
As Building Head;
Others Retain Jobs;
Committees Named;
Board to Meet
Thursday Nights
Walterr J. Wood loft his post as
chairman of the Planning Board
and David X Frcudenberuer a;
! member of the Park Commission
o ». H * - 4- ii « f .. I.M .» » ' Such a list is timely to set forth. Why? Becau se *thke «n~e x*t «N„a*t!i«o«n - \ as• a resu. lt of the recent villa*g•e
wide holiday will be JULY FOURTH. The LEADER feels that I t . w i l l , election in which they supported
not- b_e_ fittin0g,jl y wce^l.e^b.»r»a»tbe«d* .u.un.lteas^s uevvecriyj uigiiuizuiiun—we mean EVC.KZ
—has something to do with the planning and makes some contribution
to the most impressive celebration we have ever had In Freeport.
We have ceased fighting, but we have no peace; every morning
shows some resistance to peaceful moves; every night darkens with a
fear of what may occur tomorrow here or ten thousand miles from here.
If we have any power to lift our sights to see things afar off, then
we dare not pirate of peace in platitudes, nor cover ourselves with tinsel
praise as to being independent. We are NOT NOW independent—we
arc in every trembling of the world's heart in the world's great body
nf mnr^v mnmliorc
—we EVERY the candidates of the Home Rule
of many members.
The Program Committee of the Chamber of Commerce holds an
important meeting soon.
What follows Is not Intended as an attempt to Influence lts pl«..»,
but merely as an immediate reminder to our village and each and. all
arm,
Party.
At the Village Boards organiza-tion
meeting Monday night TYus-tee
Wood was not reappointed to
the Planning Board, Mayor Cyril
C. Ryan and Trustee Leonard D.
B. Smith getting the assignments.
Raymond Kiernan,- a — 'resident- 01
the Northwest section, was named
to the Park Commission to succeed
Mr. Preudenberger. Robert E. Pat-terson
was reappolnted to the
—- —-""•*•*"—-*- B vuuxmubft t,u UUft VUU»£G U1LU C4»UU *H»H •»»»
voluntary organizations. (Praise be! .They are voluntary!)
- a vUIage,-a-toTivn~a-ct)untyr~a stato~xif inen and~wonien
for local needs of all ifUnda. _,.- .*
. . J]^. Jlfe. !&6Bnra&:-^^
.., -commui4tr> xaW' tfw.-two; o^eft^^
and with power to speak for every sixon" group in"FreepbrtJS-OtJR
FREEPORT—all these to meet very soon—to i>JU»n ahead—to assign
Planning Board.-
^ointment ^waa^ttyo ,v_:
return ot W".I'.FM>eMo^t
intendentr of BuUdlri^a.
years, when- the ^Economy JPfirty
definite responsibilities — and tlins approach JULV FOVR.TH In lost control In the vllin&o '/our-manner
that shall touch deeply every youth (responsible for our future), / years ago.
every affed person tinned with the wisdom of age, every citizen work- / Trustee SmJtli was appointed nct-for
the daily sustenance that Is dependent on our continued shape j:ig mayor, while tJie following re-appoint
inents were made1: MiJ/ord
F. VanRlper, comptroller; Russell
E. Hotaling, acting deputy cJerk;
Miss Marguerite Hnnsen. second
deputy village clerk; August Retry.
assessor; Mrs. .Lillian Steffens.
deputy treasurer; Martin H. Wry-
I'auch, village counscj uml acting
police justice; Baldwin Cornelius
Co., Inc., village engineers; Dr. J.
Elmer Cummins, police surgeon;
Mrs. Anna Rose, police matron:
Fred C. Berge & Co., accountants;
Michael J. -Coffey, member of Sew-er
Commission; William F. DunJter.
Examining Board of Plumbers;
Hubert S. Preyer, broker tu grcvido
Mayor Cyril C: Ryan in his talk at the rc-orpanizaliun merlin-: bonds for municipal officials; First
J '" National Bank & Trust Co., and
Freeporl Bank, official depositories.
'<$ ---- '• - • - i and The LEADER, official news-as
a nation in a world of nations.
The tumult and the shouting- dies;
The captains and the kings depart;
i Still stands thine ancient sacrifice,
An humble and a contrite heart.
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet,
'Lest we forget—lest we forget.
(Kipling)
THE LEADER, April 10th. 1947.
Ryan Repeats Flint In Appeal
For Humility By Victors
ro-orpanixalion i
of the Village Board Monday night repealed the remarks made liy
Mayor Clinton M** . Flint in cong«r,f atulatinp' •himself and Walter J.
room will be equipped for radio and
a public address system.
Mr. Smith considered1 the finan-cial
aspects of erecting the build-ing.
Should it be necessary to
float a $1,500,000 bond issue, he
said at 2 percent, the interest
would amount to $30,000 annually
at the outset plus a $50,000 annual
amortization charge, cf $80,000 in
all, equal to 20 points on the tax
rate, or $10 a year on property
assessed at $5,000. Should the in-terest
rate by 2!/i percent, he
added, the cost would .be increased
proportionately. •
After their formal remarks the
speakers answered questions asked
by members of the association. IL
was after they had finished speak-ing
that Benjamin H. Helm in-troduced
the motion unanimously
adopted, placing the association on
record as favoring a referendum
on the bond issue next fall. Presi-dent
John G. Jaeger ^presided and
jprancois Ballot conducted the dis- •^ - ' 'i •*
cusslon on the school project.
various districts, ^will continue can-vassing
until they have finished
their rounds.
Merchants Thanked
For Easter Efforts
Prank Wiesenfeld and Walter
Green, co-chairmen of the Mer-chants
Division of the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce today issued
a statement thanking the mer-chants
of the village for their co-operation
in maintaining uniform
hours during the pre-Easter shop-ping
season. This week the various
stores returned to the business
hours that prevailed prior to the
Easter period.
FRIEDMAN'S PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Friedman's Pharmacy South
Grove st., at. Sunrise Highway,
will remain open Sunday after the
other druggists in Freeport close
at 2 P. M. The telephone is Free-port
8-0001. - J—
"Wood on their elections at the or-ganization
meeting on April 3, 1944.
He said:
"Your election may be taken as
a tribute -to you and reflects the
hard work of yourselves and of
the members of the party on your
behalf, and no doubt to some ex-tent
is evidence'of a general ap-proval
of the conduct of Village
affairs by the representatives of
any party during .the past Village
ydar.
"While we may properly be elated
over the result of the election, it
should not create any great pride,
but rather humility on the part of
all of us.
"There are and will be during
the coming year many matters of
importance to be decided by this
Board, and any vanity or conceit
may seriously injure our judgment.
"One of the great difficulties we
labor under as public office holders
is our inability to always bear in
mind that we' are the trustees of
all of the people of the village and
not of any party, clique or faction
or of any individual, however Im-portant
or powerful, nor for any
imaginary, or mythical character
such the 'forgotten man.
paper.
The following groups were named:
Beautiftcatlon... Committee — Clin-perhaps
besieged by some who pre-sent
very plausible arguments for
what they want or what they think
the Village ought to give them.) ton R. Golden, chairman; Mrs.
They may be very near to us with • William J. Martin, Mrs. Charle^ C.
their solicitations and importuni- j Whitlock, George Porter Smith,
ties, and it may be hard to see on ! William Lehrfeld and Frederick
the far horizons the rights and
interests of the citizens as a whole.
"Then, again, the temptation is
very strong to ignore general in-terest
in the hope of benefit to
ourselves and to our party or to
further our political fortunes.
"We must expect criticisms, some
severe, and many unwarranted.
Nevertheless, if we keep steadfast
in mind our responsibility to the
whole village as against any private
or individual interest, we can pro-ceed
with confidence and a clear
conscience."
WORK IS UNDERWAY
IN STATION PARKING LOT
Work has been started on the
conversion of the area between the
railroad tracks and Brooklyn ave.,
into a parking field for commuters
The project is being carried out
by 'the village. When the field has
been completed room will be pro- I sucn as uic luigutuc^ WAI*.
"We shall be~approached -and vided for 280 cars.
Martin.
Citizens B u d g e t Cummitt.ec —
•Clark I. Scott. Raymond J. Miller:
W. Sargeant Nixon, Frank WilleLs,
William H. Schneider and Lionel
Gillesple.
Electrical Board -- Clinton H.'-
Walling, John H. Diemer, Chris-tian
Willig, Patrick J. Boyle and
Douglas Trayer.
Youth Commission — Mlrs. David
Kuapp, Mrs. Irving ..J.V Regan,
Harold Wilson. Rlch.i£d? Hunger-ford,
William S. Hughes and Arnold
Perlstein.
Citizens S a f e t y Committee —
Capt. Mclvln Hagen, Charles P.
Shinn, jr., Tullio Tomiselli, .Sam-uel
Israelxand Gustav J. Bcrkel.
Citizens T r a n s i t Committee —
Thomas Litsch, Seward Baker, Felix
McAndrews, J. H. McCarthy. Run-dolph
Eareckson, Orlando Raynor
and Warrea F,. Millard.
The second and ifourth Friday
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