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TWENTY-FOUR THE L E A D E R — F R E E P O R T , N. Y. THURSDAY. APRIL 21. 1947
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BABY'S SHOES
In 'A Beautiful
Metallic Finisli
Tl.ni THE COLOXIALJ
PROCESS convert these tiny,'
worn little Shoes, into an impe-rishable
Metal in Bronze, Silvcrj
or Gold Finish . . . for treasured
keepsakes . . . sucli as Ash
I Trays, Book Ends, Paper- 1
•weights, Photo Combination!
Etc. '
$3.50 up
"Third Generation of
Jewelers"
43 So. Main Street
At Sunrise Freeport
Member Freeport Chamber
of Commerce
IF. H. S. Track Squad
'Beats Long Beach
i Freeport High School's track
team scored a close victory over
Long Beach by 49'- points to 45':
' on the home school's track Satur-day.
; The Red Devils excelled in the
distance events, David Howe, Lou
DeSalvo and Don Lambert sweep-ing
.the mile, while* D^k Ncu
finished first in the 880-yard event
i and Rivers second. Harry Ogden.
! Bob Andrews and Bob White tied
in the high jump, while in the
broadjurnp, Andrews and Huclack
tied for first place, and Burns was
third.
Leon Hong finished second in the
100-yard dash. Don Morant third
in'the 220. Dickmore finished sec-ond,
and Gandt third in the 440.
Burns took the 220-low hurdles,
and Chereveno was third in the
shotput. Only in -the relay, which
Long Beach won by default, did
Freeport fail to make one or more
points.
Tlie F r e e p o r t baseball team
journeyed to North Bellmore Fri-day
and lest a loosely played game
to Mepham by a 2 to 1 score.
None of tlie runs was earned. Free-port
made only one hit.
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LONG ISLAND'S MOST MODERN
Finest Quality
SMOKED FISH
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Imported and Domestic
CANDIES and NUTS
Home Made-
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KOSHER DELICATESSEN
We Specialize in Decorative Platters and Hors d'Oeuvres
Home Made Delicacies and Exotic Foods
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Trays Arranged and Delivered to Order
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90 West Merrick Road (Near Grove St.) FReeport 9-1834
FREEPORT'S MOST POPULAR
LUNCHEONETTE AND
ICE CREAM PARLOR
ub led Seat in aei
See Long Island's Largest Soda Fountain ---62 Ft. Long
Serving Our Own Make of French Ice
The SAME VIEBROCK'S for the highest quality in ice cream,
candy and food at moderate prices.
A NEW VIEBROCK'S for the comfort and welfare of our
customers—kong Island's finest for beauty and equipment.
South Main Street
Phone FReeport 9-4236
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Official
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l l th Year. -V FREEP0RT, N. Y^, THURSDAY, MAY L 1917 PRICE: FIVE GEMS A COPY
$525,774 Budget
Raises Tax Rale
Only 4V2 Points
Increases Are Due
Largely to Salary
Adjustments Made
Freeport's increase of 41.- points
in its .'tax rate for :icxi._year fixed
by tlie Village Board alter the bud-yet
hearing last Thursday night,
is one of the smallest of any com-munity
in Nassau Counly. The
rate last year, and for the previous
12 months, was 1 33, but for 1947-
48 it will be $1.375 on each $100 of
assessed valuation. This is based
on a budget totaling S822.101.36
less $290.326.77 in anticipated re-ceipts
from other sources than
taxation Icavin-j S325.774.59 to be
raised by taxation. The assessed
• valuation of all n-Al estate is
The nei budget is $26,054.53 in
excess of the $499,720.06 fixed a
year ago. Due principally to ad-justments
in salaries of Civil Serv-ice
employees made during the year
and the increase in the cost of
almost every tiling purchased, ex-penditures
In practically all the
•budget lines exceeded those fixed in
the 1947-47 budget However th«
increases were off-M-t by larger
amounts received from various
• eojiirces which totaled $206,393.98,,
or $59,948.80 more than the $236,-
445.18 anticipated in last year's
budget. While it was estimated
revenue from the Stadium would
be $22,500, it actually was $48,658.08,
and real estate acquired by the
village in tax sales and sold at
a profit also netted a considerable
sum for the village treasury.
Allowances for the Various de-partments
this year are as follows:
G e n e r a l government, $84.401.16"
protection of persons and property.
$202,892.47; sanitation and promo-tion
of cleanliness. S1C3 648 87;
Highway Department. S81.997.13;
recreasion. $55,115.70; miscellaneous.
$9.856.67, and municipal indebted-ness,
$224,189.12.
Receipts from sources other than
taxation include Mortgage Tax,
$15.000; State contribution, $72,-
530.20; dog licenses,,54.250; licenses
and permits, $3,500; building and
sewer permits, $3,800; police fines,
$2,000; interest and penally on
taxes and bank, balances, $8,800;
Incinerator revenues. $25,000; ren-tal
from, bus terminal. $2,542.50.
Stadium revenues, $50.000; rental
from light and water plant, $20,000;
amount equivalent to taxes, $19,-
554.19; contribution from light
fund. $36,000; miscellaneous rev-enues,
$2,000; special assessment
receipts, $26,000, and water and
special assessment transfers, $5,000,
for a total of $296.326.77.
Three minutes after the call for
the hearing was made by Mayor
Cytil C. Ryan, the budget had been
adopted. Ralph Pellicle, chairman
of the Unity Party compaign com-mittee
last March, was the only
speaker. He commended the board
for its success in keeping the bud-get
down. There was only a hand-ful
of .people present, and only one
of the four civic associations in
the village was represented.
There is only one Newburyport in the United States, and it is not
among the 101) most important cities of the nation. Yet thai small
oily in the North East corner of Massachusetts became nationally
known and admired in April because of Us valiant effort to stop prices
from spiralling upward to the damage of its citizens. Our Freeport
takes its hat mitt waves it towards Tiewburyport in praise and admira-tion;
for the two places are closely knit in business.. We had to_say
"our" for there are 11 Freeports scattered from Texas to Maine.
Slocum Industries, Inc., of which our Henry M. .Slocum is presi-dent;
Everett Cleveland Stevenson, vice-president, and A. A. Wachs-mann,
treasurer, has its offices in Freeport BUT ITS FACTORY IS
IN NEWBl'RYI'ORT. During World'War No. 2 it was making varied
things for the Navy (too numerous to mention here and not necessary),
and afterwards stood out prominently; for in less than a week after
V-J Day it had begun re-conversion to peace time work. It has been
busy with its varied output ever since and now certain of its products
instead of sailing the Seven Seas Mill soon be navigating the side-ua'ks
of the nation and later the world.
Late in April, Gimbels in all its branches, and Mays on the Missis-sippie
and I he West Coast, together with bicycle dealers in small cities
placet! on sale ''The New Slocum Sidewalk Bicycle" for kiddies from
4 to 9. Gimbels .said "Slocum, a fine American engineering firm, made
these bikes as carefully as they would make a fine lathe." They des-cribed
the ball-bearing wheels, the Firestone tires and the infra-red
baking of the paint. Then they listed other good points and ended
their advertisement with these words "Gimbels will deliver these line
Slocum bicycles anywhere in the United States."
So everywhere in this blessed land the happy voices of children
will soon be heard as they pedal gaily around the block—via Liberia
for tires, via Newburyport for making and assembling, and via Freeport
for daring and designing a new idea. The LEADER of Freeport con.-,
£ r ululates all the Slocum workers here and in Newburyport, the
progressive. ;
Freeport Merchants
Are Cutting Prices
To End Inflation
Many Freeport merchants im>
joining in Uie national move-ment
to reduce'prices of mer-chandise
and thus reduce the
tendency toward' inflation that
threatened for a Unu* to engulf
the country?-
They are announcing price
cuts anywhere from 10 to 35
percent.
Among those in the group
are Kerns boys' and youth
wear; Louis .Curtain Shop,
Moser iho jeweler. DcLeon's
department s t o r e, 5amet\s.
women's wear, the Fashion
Shop, women's wear; Leh-man's
Floor Covering Co., the
Symphony of Swe'els, Vlebrock's
luncheonette, Freeport delicales-,
M'ii store, Gvovc Music shop
and Freeport Outlet store.
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$304,
NORTHWEST CIVICS
.TO ELECT MONDAY
Tlie annual meeting oi' the
Northwest Civic Association will b<-
held In Hose Co. 4. Sunrise High-way,
Monday night. Dr. Earle
Brown, commissioner of health for
Nassau County, will be the speaker.
Leo Carillo to Appear
At P.E. Men's Club Show
Leo Carillo, star of sta/ ge and
screen and^a~£ornie^m|embeT-^ot
the 'actors' colony of, Freeport,r has
promised to appear at the "presen-tation
of "Stars Over Freeport,"
by the Episcopal Men's Club of Uv.:
Transfiguration Church tomorrow
night i:i the Freeport Higu School
auditorium. Numerous other lum-inaries
in the world of make-be-lieve
also have promised to partic-ipate
in the program.
Nat Kameron. R. K. O.. theatre
orchestra leader, will supply tho
music. Among those expected to
appear are' John Cummings and
Arlene Hill, the Arthur Murray
exhibition dance team. Fred. Wer-ner,
comedian and cello player;
Syl Rielly, Long Island comedian
and master of ceremonies; Fran-cis
Alenikoff, Ralph Donnelly, in
a novelty act. and Joe Dixon.
claronetist. Phil Clark, cf Bald-win,
an impersonator, also is> * on
tlie program, with Walter Ahrens,
radio vocalist, and Earl Fatoer,
singer and dancer.
The program will be under the
direction of Peyton C. Ware and
Florence Ware Alquist, with Ray-mond
Young as general chairman
John Calkins is in charge of tic-kets,
Arthur C. Ray, boosters, and
Hubert L. Wells, advertising. Also
on the committee are William
Wolff, William K. Tenney and
Alan Carver. The<. proceeds of the
event will be turned into the
church building fund. The Rev.
Reginald H. Scott is rector.
Only 201 Register
For School Meeting
Qut of the thousands of residents
-ot-rFreepprtrTentHlsd ~to vote at tne
TfnfiUJJl school -meeting tomorrow
night in the high school audi-torium,
only 201 registered Satur-day
when they were given a chance
to qualify to participate in the
meeting.
A gross budget of $955.747, with
a net of $687,725 to be raised .by
taxation, is to be submitted for
adoption at the meeting, which will
be called to order at 8 o'clock.
On Wednesday Leo F. Giblyn
president, of the Board of Educa-tion,
and Harold E. Pearson, will!
be re-elected to the board as no1
other candidates have been named :
to oppose them. The polls in thc_[
high school corridor, will be open;
from 12 o'clock noon, until 8 P.M.
Crosshead Engine
Is Economical to
Run. and Maintain
The Village Board has signed a
contract with the Nordberg Manu-torturing.
Co^.tor-.ttifk. installation
-next V
super Diesel "engine ~in the power
house at a cost of $304,800, Mayoi
Cyril C. Ryan announced. Already
the largest Municipally operated
Diesel engine power plant the ac-quisition
will make the plant one
of the largest of all plants in tlv
world. Funds for the payments fa/
the apparatus are available from
profits accuring from the operation
of tlie piant.
The new engine h known as the
Zenn Kaufman
Make Store Exciting,
He Advises in Talk
At Chamber Dinner
Merchants were urged to drama-tize
their advertising, their display
windows and the training of th*»ir
help in the address by Zenn K.uil-man,
merchandising man lor a dis-%
tilling company, in \\ talk on
"Showmanship in Business," fol-lowing
the monthly dinner of the
Freeport chamber Of Commerce in
the Elks clubhouse, Monday n.i;ht
Mr. Kaufman declared a depart-ment
store or a shop of tmy kind
is almost a woman's theatre, and
the problem oi" making it appeal
to the women of thu community,
he asserted, was strictly upon the
.shoulders of the proprietors.
"Make things in your sloiv as
exciting as you can 'in ffVdi'r to
make business not only lor yuui-self,
but for everybody," he .sain.
"Women like exciting shires an,l
{ so do men. And when they nnrl
an exciting store, they lind spend-ing
money also is exciting. Miike
your sales and window displays
just as exciting us you can."
Mr. Kaufman said the technique
that packs movie houses, attracts
radio listeners tfn4__drawa throngs
to baseball eamcs.antiL oilier
•flu;
advised first the use 6t"£
and mystery. He told of how one
department store owner had all
the salesgirls wear reel string on
their fingers. When asked what
it was for, they remarked it was
to remind them to \ ' a l l the cus-tomer's
attention to a .--pociM in
a certain department.
iHe also advised tt aining .sales
people to know enough abojl. ri
product so they can tell an in-be
the most efficient type for this
form of operation. The cost of
Move Naval Reserve
Recruiting Quarters
Recruiting headquarters for the
U. S. Naval Reserve Division 3-30;
have been moved from the Colum-1
bian Bronze Co., Inc., 216 I^onh;
Main st.. to the Salvation Army/
75 Church st. The telephone num-ber
remains the same, Freeport
8-2500.
•Drills will continue to be held
every Wednesday night in the Le-gion
Dugout.
BERNHARD'S PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Bernhard's Pharmacy, 5.4 West
Merrick rd., will remain open Sun-day
after the other druggists in
Freeport close at 2 P.M. The
telephone is Freeport 8-0008.
Incidentally, the druggists of
Freeport. have joined in an an-nouncement
that as long as. the
telephone strike continues, calls to
any pharmacy will be through by
the emergency operators to protect
the health of the residents of the
community.
MJEB-CHANTS REQUESTED
TO RETURN QUESTIONNAIRES
Frank Wiesenfeld and Walter
Green, co-chairman of the Mer-chants'
Council of the Freeport
Chamber of Commerce, today is-sued
an appeal for members to
send in their answers to the ques- j
tionnaire concerning the best time :
for the meetings of the g-roup.'
•Numerous merchants have failc:!
to do so. they indicated.
crosshead type, considered, accord- i telllgent story about the business
ing-to Mayor Ryan, by experts to which lh°y arc employed. He said
this could be accomplished by con-ducting
quiz programs for the help
-maintenance and operation, it was and "iviuS prizes to the winners
said, will mean a saving of $2 per
kilowat compared with engines oi \ everybody
other types. Thomas Moore, en-gineer
at the power plant, who ac-companied
Trustees Horace F. Car-pented
and Joseph H. Gallo on «:
midwestern tour to observe several
of the engines in operation, re-ported
that he found installation
of the crosshead type of engine
would mean a saving of frjam 30 to
50 percent In maintenance cosls
The 'engine will have a Westing-house
generator and exciter,
Tlie new installation has been
made necessary by virtue of; .the j
increased demand upon the Muni-cipal
plant for service and the fact
that the present equipment was
operated during the high pressure
of war years without replacement originally used.
assertion was that
likes a conflict whle'i
might be in the form of competi-tion
of one sort or another. Ho
also told of the necessity uf put-ting
life and human interest into
thel'- efforts and also to use pic-
Lures and stories in the'ir windows.
Mr. Kaufman asserted that when
a salesman comes to the belief he
is the hero in the business he is
on the? way out. asserting every
effort, must be set forth to give
that role to the customer. He also
said that salespeople must even be,
tactful with people who seek t'j
return articles. He told of how
the Bell system Increased* its long
distance business by substituting
distance" for "toll calls,"
J. J. BAGSNAW TO START
ADVANCED FLIGHT WORK
Midshipman .James J. Bagsnaw,
U. S. N., son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
J. Bagsnaw, 26 Cottage ct., has
completed his primary and basic
instrument flight training at the
Naval Air Training Base, Corpus
Chris: i. Tex. He will be sent to
Pensacola. Fla., for advanced
flight training-
-or substantial repairs. Trustees
Carpenter and Gallo on their re-turn
from the trip reported to the
Board that their observations and.
Investigation convinced . them the.
Nordberg engine was the best of
all the various types available and
that the operation of the new
engine would within a very few
years completely repay the village
for the cost ot its installation.
WALTHROP TO SPEAK
David Walthrop. of the Employ-ment
stabilization Program of the
Industrial Relations Department of
the National Association of Manu-facturers,
is to speak after the
weekly supper ofThe Rovary Club
of Ffeeport tonight
clubhouse.
in the Elks
Mr. Kaufman quoted Oscar Wilde
who said, "The average, man falls
in love with himself at a very
young age and it's usually the be-
"ginmng of a life-long romance."
While showmanship is not every-thing,
lie saiq; it definitely had iu
place in developing business.
"Business is a ,,great and con-tinuous
show," he said. "The cur-tain
goes up every morning at 9
A.M." He also spoke of the neces-sity
of observing the Golden Rule.
At the outset of his talk. Mr.
Kaufman cautioned against any
merchant doing anything to turn
away business In his store, assert-ing
that in doing so he endangered
all other stores in the community.
Conversely, he added, any e
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