1947-12-11

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TWENTY THE L E A D E R — FREE P O R T , tf.Y. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4, 1947
Arnold G. Yongens Celebrate
f heir 25th Wedding• ^ Anniversary*
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold G. Yongen,
70 Harris av'e., who were married
)a Christ Lutheran Church on Nov.
P.9. 1922. celebrated their 25th wed-oing
anniversary by attending a
i-erformance of "Born Yesterday"
n •: the Lyceum Theatre, Manhat-
1>n. nnd Uien having dinner in the
'icv. Friends wanted them to have
a big celebration, but they insisted
on observing their silver wedding
quietly.
The bride of 25 .years ago wa.<
Miss Lillian Larsen. and the Rev
Carl Muller. then pastor of Christ
Church officiated at the ceremony
Mr. Yongen has been a resident
of Freeport for 40 years. Before
ONLY AT FRANK'S
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40 South Main St, FReeport 9-4236
(From Main to Church St.)
becoming affiliated with the"' Muni-cipal
Water Department, of which
he is now superintendent, 18 years
ago. he. conducted the. ..Nash .auto-mobile
agency in Preeport. He has
been a member of Hose 4 for 35
years, and in 1945 was chief of the
Freeport Fire Department. With
Bernard J.' Loonam. he is co-chair-man
of the Fire Prevention Bureau
of the village.
Mr. Yongen is a member of the
State and International Fire Chiefs
Association, an organizer and presi-dent
of Frahlman, a charitable
group, which had to suspend ac-tivities
during the war, and a mem-ber
of William Clinton Story Post,
A.L. Mrs. Yongen belongs to the I
Legion Auxiliary, .Freeport Chapter, ;
O.E.S.. the Women's Auxiliary of
the Exempt Firemen's Association,
the Hose 4 Auxiliary and the Luth-eran
Social Club.
The Yongens have two children,
a son, Seaman l.'c Arnold L Yon-en,
now in Yokasaka. Japan, in
charge of crating the bodies of
Americans killed in action for re-turn
to the United States, and a
daughter, Eileen, a student at An-tioch
College, Yellow Springs, O^
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South Shore's
Leading Weekly
12th Year. No. 20
Newspaper
FREEPORT. N.Y., THI'KSIMY.
Mayor Promises
Playground Soon
Id Northeast Area •"
Names* Committee-at
Association Dinner;
Schmidt Honored
Speaking at the 26th annual din-ner
of the Northeast Civic Associa-101 the community during ih
tipn in ^Mi fee's Inn, Thursday night. Christmas and Easter vacations
The club promised to provide the
otary Wants School
en
ms
Offers to Provide Proper Supervision;
Anderson Hits Bennington Park 'Joints'
The Rotary Uul> uf !'report at it., \ \ t - c k l y - d i n n e r Thurs-da
m the KlUs clul>hoii>e voted to request the Hoard
of Hdueation t,, keep tin
.schools open nights for the youth"8*"
111 tlu1 eleincritnrv
park and playground necessary
would be provided for the area. places if
He said a committee comprising i granted
William E. Crevoiserat. Charles'
supervision for
Ihe permission
th
wa;
H. Alfred Vollmer,
Trustee Leonard D. B. Smith and
himself had been named to speed
the carrying out of the projoct.
The Mayor, on being introduced
by Leo P. Giblyn, the toastmastcr,
said he was glad to attend a gath-ering
of the "builders of Freeport,"
adding that the section had b-ien
built well and permanently. He
urged the association to "continue
A film of the New York
Youth Commission suggesting
to combat juvenile delinquency
was shown. It indicated the .home
should be first in influencing th?
3ounger generation, followed in
turn by the church, school, sym-pathetic
police, civic organizations
and the community at large.
Then Erie V. Painter, who was
in charge of the program, intro-duced
George Anderson, past corn-to
continue building this village' mander of the Morrison-Delonev
and to carry on as admirably as' Post- A-L- Mr- Anderson told of
you have done in the past.' now vears ncm Sunday
Trustee Walter J. Wood com-mended
the organization on its ac-complishments.
In addition to marking the 26th
anniversary of the association, the
dinner was made the occasion of
a tribute to Frank Schmidt, imme-diate
pasfc president who served for
two years as head of the organiza-tion.
On behalf of his associates.
Sheriff Vollmer. presented him, a
pen - ahd-1" 'pericll '•• rset^;--president
George O. Schneider presented a
bouquet to Mrs. Schmidt.
several years ago
afternoon basketball games were
r.eunitted ' in the Cleveland ave.
school through the instrumental-ity
of O. Brooke Bowen, then
chairman of the Freeport Youth
Commission. He said these affairs
had had an uplifting influence in
Bennington Park.
Then he turned to present con-ditions
in the area. He said; whia-
Dog's Barks Rouse
Woman As Smoke
Fills Room
Mrs. Emma O'Brien. 4'»4 At-lantic
ave., is alive today prob-ably
because her pet doe had
the intelligence to a#Aise her
when fire broke out in her
home Monday afternoon and
filled the room, where she was
sleeping, with smoke.
Mrs. O'Brien, according to the
police, started a Hre in the
plpeless furnace, then went to
sleep without removing a rug
from the radiator in the floor.
The heat started the rug
smoldering:, filling the room
with smoke. Had not the dog
aroused her, she probably would
have been suffocated, Fire Chief
Fred Buss reported.
itey was. toeing- sold private
going on in 'the'section! Saying'lie
could point out the places where
mT oast. mast.e r G—i .ib_«l yn. on
bv.e i, ng these thceo nd.i.tjioolnn.ste ..p rsehvoauil,,d hen ofca skbeed
presented by William H. Slider, I stflmped Qut He cOndemned hnlls
where juke boxes are operated.
Safety Co-operation
Requested by Mayor
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan today called
on the people of Freeport to co-operoite
with the National Safety
Board May Repair
Walks and Charge
Cost fo the Owner
Conditions of Many
Sidewalks Lead Ryan
To Point Out Law
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So many sidewalks in Freeport be won over to the plan
ar.e,, in need of repair that Mavor Senntor «»„„„,, _,.'.
Bennett Urges
Fight to Obtain
Aid for Schools
Southwest Civics
Moves to Procure
$100 per Student
State Senator Jnrm D. Bennett
advised the members of the South-west
Civic Association to g t behind
the movement to obtain more Slate
aid for the schools of Nassau
County that is to bo started at the
session of the legislature opening in
Albany next month. He said the
Senators and Ass mblymen from
Nassau and Westchester Counties
planned to introduce legislation
providing for a minimum allowance
of $100 for each student in the
schools, but expressed fuar the-measure
would face hard sledding
against up-State opposition. He
voiced the hope Governor Thomas
E. Dewey and his advisers might
chairman of the dinner committee,
spoke of some of the ^ccomplish- contending they were corrupting:
merits, of the association in the thp minds of tne children and "I
development of the section it serves, I v/ant to see thein Stamp0d Out."
Ke pledged the support of the
Legion in carrying out a campaign
to "improve conditions in the Park.
Next Mr. Painter introduced
saying that 26 years ago it was an
undeveloped area.
He then introduced the past
presidents present, Mr. Crevoiserat,
Mayor
Cyril C. Ryan asked The Leader-to
call attention of property owners
to Section 89, Subdivision 41 of the
Village Law which gives a munici-pality
the power to make repairs
and also lay sidewalks and assess
the cost against the owner.
Some sidewalks are broken, others
are uneven, creating a hazard to
pedestrians, many fail' to conform
to; the. requirements ..qt the.;.;iayr
tlTntl A t»v ?••**•******•*»*••' • w**ir^L4^..hii'-'&l_4'_*•
explained that
W. H. Schneider, Walter B. Bar-; Gene -\vagstaff in wohse store on
rett, D a v i d J. Freudenberger,
Charles Blewett, Walter Dwyer and
Fred B. Blumer. He expressed re-gret
that Edmund C. O'Meally,
South Grove st., the students ol
the Freeport High School gather
and commended him for his help-ful
influence oh . their lives. . Mr.
another past president who had not Wagstaff declared there was need
missed a previous dinner, was kept, Or a definite program for the
at home by the illness of his wife, j youth of the community. He told
Mr. Vollmer, known as a perma-nent
vice-president, since his en-oi
a friend who is in charge of
such a program in West New
trance into politics prevented his York. N. J., where 30 activities
elevatioA to the presidency, also
was called on.
Entertainment] was provided by
Scotty and his group of artists.
There was "a large attendance at
the dinner.
Lewis Chgrles Heads
Exchange Club Slate
Lewis H. Charles heads the slate
submitted to the Exchange Club of
Freeport at its weekly luncheon in
the Elks clubhouse yesterday by
Hubert B. Wells, chairman of the
nominating committee. William B.
Billmeyer and George J. Smith
have been nominated., for vice-presidents;
Russell E. Hotaling for
re-election as secretary. Emil J.
Frenger for financial secretary;
Selwin R. Shook for treasurer;
Walter J. Nichols. William Lies, jr.,
and John J. Provenzano for mem-bers
~of the board of control for
two years and Albert J. Smith for
one year.
Assistant District Attorney Frank
A. Gulotta gave an interesting talk
on his work as a military governor
in Italy during the "war. He was
introduced by C. Curtis Fulton,
program chairman for December.
President Herbert M. Wood, pre-sided.
arc conducted during the winter
months. He expressed a desire to
see Freeport set up such a plan.
He suggested keeping the school
gyms open during the holiday per-iods,'
pointing to what is done in
fhe school playgrounds during the
summer vacations.
Chrstmas holiday accident-free.
"CHristmns is tne time for tiap-plnoss,
and we must make sure
that sadness nnd grief will not, mar
our celebration." he said. "It i.s
each person's job to make certain
that his holiday season, and that
of his family, is a happy, joyous
one—and a safe one. I
"It is an easy job for us to do. j
if we will but make the effort. All ]
it takes is a little extra caution
and a little extra courtesy on the
street, in your home and at play.
'Accidents' ore nor hard to prevent;
it i.s merely difficult to set your
mind to it.
"Let's all of us in Freeport work
together to make this a joyous
holiday celebration. Remember that
Christmastime is not only the sea-son
to be merry—it is the season
to be wary us welK-"
Freeport Safety Committee
Capt. J. M. Hagun, Chairman
under the equalization system based
on the assessed valuations in the
various counties, some districts in
the State receive $200 per pupil.
while the average for Nassau and
Westchester Counties is $67, and
Garden City gets only $45.
Equalization is all right, the Sen-ator
continued, so long as it
not interfere -with.' tlie^.standard.
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FRIEDMAN'S PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
Friedman's Pharmacy, S o u t h
Grove si. at Sunrise Highway, will
remain open Sunday after the
Kenne1t.h1 ET-.I Vtr ougth-t i.r ecal,l1e d, ,h ow "olt'h ee r ,dUrJuUghgt-i st^s c„l ose at 2 P.M, .
different conditions were in Freo-.j
port when he was a boy and the j
village had not been built up. He '
referred to the former Freeport
Club, now the Spartan <Clul3,
which a youth could join for $8
a year .and have the use of the
bowling alleys and other facilities/
He introduced the motion request-ing
the vise of the gymnasiums
during the holiday weeks.
The telephone is Freeport 8-0001.
'he section reads that the Boar
"may construct. buJld, nag. surface
resurface, alter, repair, grade, re-grade,
maintain, care for and clean
walks, curb.s and gutters in public
streets; may direct, and order any
such work, repair or improvements
to be done by the property owner
or occupant of the property and on
default may have the same done by
the village nnd charged or assessed
against the abutting property; may
regulate and pre.scribs the grade,
width, materials, construction and
other specifications of any such
work; may have such work or im-provement
pei formed by the village
or by contract and pay the same
from the village funds and ass.ss
siifh t o t a l cost against the proper-ty
benefited; may provide that the
cost of any such work or improve-ment
be paid ;ii a specific lime or
in annual instiillmeiHs; may issue
bonds of the village to defray th
expense of any such work or im-provement."
UOAKD MEETS FRIDAY
There will be a special meeting
of the Village Board in Ihe Muni-cipal
Building Friday night at 8:30
o'clock.
Post Office Kept Oben
Nightly Until 8 O'clock
Postmaster Edward A. Rice an-nounced
today closing hours at the
Freeport Post Office that will pre-vail
until Christmas eve.
The office will remain open daily
from 7 A. M. to \8 P. M., including
Saturdays, to handle the heavy
mail during the pre-Christmas
season.
The money order window will be
Freeport Schools Represented
In Elementary Red Cross Group
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rived and something: "had . to be
done about tt. Troublti lind been .
experienced In cti&nfflhg the for-'
muJa of distributing state aid In
the past, he added. -BacJi time a
change was made the wealthier
areas received the worse of it, he
aid.
Senator Bennell predicted the
948 budget would b-» I lie highest
on record, probably between $750,-
000,000 and $800.000,000. duo to thi;
necessity of increasing state aid,
the assumption by the State of 80
percent of relief allm'.'unces and
other increased expenses.
The education commirter mem-bers
were insirucU-d to confer with
Dr. John W. DocHl. superintendent
of schools, concernint; recommenda-tions
lo be made lu Governor
Dcwey and Senator Benjamin
Fcinberg, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Education in support
of Senator Bennctl's proposal.
Robert L. Doxsct- guve an inter-cs^
ing talk on commercial fishing,
illustrated with motion pictures.
The films showed some interesting
types of fish cauuhi in local waters.
Mr. Doxsee said tha; last year
301,900,000 pounds ol fish cauphL
in Long Island wnK-i i .were sold
for $11,240.000,
Nine new members won- received
as follows. Warren K. Millard. G.
C. Peacock, F. K. H. Hauman, John
Brady. Harry E l l i o t t . I. Finn. B.
GiberaiuU and Ci E. Hat field.
President William Albert presided.
Lrtitia (lu.-liinon*. a sixlh grade pup il at the Cohnnlius ave.
"school, whose father, a commrnluloi, known as Ta\lor (Irani. U
heard nighlly at 7 o'clock over Station \VJX, represented Ihr schools
of Freoport at a meeting of dele-*58* " -
Elks to Open Bazaar
This Thursday Night
gates from the South Shore in the
Lawrence High School on Tuesday
at which preliminary .steps were
taken to organize a Nassau County
Junior Red Cross Council.
She also will attend a county-wide
meeting in the Nassau County
Chapter -House, Mineola, on Mon-day
when the organization will be
completed. A slate of officers will
be drafted to be presented to the
delegates of all the schools at a
meeting to be held in February in
kept open nightly until 6 o'clock, the Cathedral House, Garden City.
Cecil B. MaHood. formerly prin- ; The Freeport Lodge of Elks will
cipal of the. Archer st. school, and conduct a three-day bazaar start-now
head of Lawrence High School, ing tonight (Thursday) in the
is in charge of the South Shore clubhouse and continuing through
zone. The elementary school couji- Saturday night. Rene A. Carreati
cil will op. rate independently of is chairmaji of the bazaar com-thc
high school group, but both nilttee,
will be under the guidance of an, Funds derived from the event
adult steering commitlee. Little j will go toward carrying on tho
Miss Cushmo're was elected by the( -charitable work of the Lodge. Two
pupils of the two sixth grade class- automobiles, twp television sets
es at Columbus ave., wh^n that'and 50 other Articles are amcn^
school was selected as the one from the things to be disposed, of dur-which
u delegate would be chosen, ing the three nights.
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