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THE LE A D E R - F R E E P O - R T , N. Y. THURSDAY, JULY 24.-1947
Meister Blvd. Owners
To, Fight Variance
""""Efforts' oT the~Zbiiihg Board o
Appeals r to'have residents of Meis
ter blvd., reach an amicable settle
ment with Seymour D.' Elchen
Manhattan real estate operator
concerning his application for a
variance for a building he wlshec
to erect on an irregular lot on
that street have failed and thd
matter will have to be argued over
again at the next meeting.
Zoning regulations require a 20-
foot set-back, but Mr. Eichen asked
for a variance permitting him to
build on a Jot at West End ave.
and Meister blvd., with only a 14-
"foot set-back. He ^gnfetfded' trf
shape. an'iFsize of tljfiTpIbt did iioj
permit .the required set-back on t
Meister blvd. side.
W. E. WatshhTed the objection^
of 12 residents of _the boulevawj
against granting of the application.
Action on the request was ad-'
journed. and both sides were urged
to "get together on the matter. Mr.
Watgoti reported that Mr. Eighen
offered lo sell the lot for $300 to
anyone who would buy it, when
none of the other property owners
would agree to consent to the
granting of the variance.
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Freeport
HOSE CO. 4 MEMBERS
ON ANNUAL FISHING TRIP
Eighteen members of Hose Ctr. 4.
vent on the annual fishing trip
aboard the 'Rod'N'Gun Sunday.
They had a general good time,
though the 16 fluke that were
hauled in averaged just a little
less than one for each member of
the party.
George Liebegotz and Malcolm
Bird were in- charge of the trip.,
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hen you, or someone
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Rooms, 2 Extra Large Bedrooms, 7 Closets
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LOTS 50x1 OO^r^ SEWERS CONNECTED
as Low as $400 for Veterans
Bald/ice on 20 year-Mortgage at 4% Interest
FHA Insured . . .Civilians Invited
Steel Reinforced Concrete Foundations
Automatic Gas Heating
Steel Door Frames
Oak Floors
Insulated Floors and Roof
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FREEPQRT. N, Y., THURSDAY, JULY 31. 1947
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Gala Procession, ^- , __ ._ "
e, Going
Stream
-;. 3 Freeport Entries
To Be Shown; Many
Floats To Be In Line
Everything is In readiness for the
•--.. pageant Saturday opening Free-port's
observance of Gold Cup*
week, preliminary to the -holding
: of^ the International Gold Cup Re
, gatta, sponsored by the South
Shore Yacht Club, Sunday, Aug
10, on behalf of 'Guy Lombardo
-•-•winner of the 1946 competition ir
Detroit, Mich,
; Stuart K. Wallace, marshal of
.- the1 procession, has Issued orders
for .those who have entered floats
and the others who will be in line,
to be at ttie" starting point in
North Ocean ave., near the Muni-cipal
Building, early so the parade
can £tart promptly at 9:30 A.M.
>. ^contingent of members of the
ivNara&u. Ctounty police force will
head ;the/:|jpaccs5toa? .fallowed by .a
Benjamin Homans Observe
60th Wedding Anniversary
Group of Methodists Surprises
Them With Gifts; Both Active Here
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Homan quietly observed their uuin
wading anniversary in their home, 204 Porterfield pi., on Monday.
Iney had planned no celebration, but a delegation of members of
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FReeport 9-34121
?Jr::Lffi^r;C^]U-,Cj;B3;an.
oitf^Cotomerce,
and, Al. B. White, __
Gold Cup' week committee'; will
ride.
The Drum and Bugle Corps of
William Clinton Story Post, A.L.,
will follow, and then there will be
a Color Guard comprising members
of the U. S. Naval Reserve units
of Freeport, and a contingent from
William Clinton Story Post, A.L.
A series of gala floats will fol-low.
The Tempo VI, with which
Mr. Lombardo won last year's race
v'Ui be on one float, Joe Blerck,
try, Aljo-V, and Henry M.
i'sf Trudy, will occupy others.
Radio Station WGBB will have
a float" and the South Shore Busi-ness
Council will be represented by
cars for /each" of the 'communities
comprising the organization.
.The South Shore Yacht Club win
have a float, and Miss Gold Cup
will occupy the Chamber of Com-merce
entry. Others to follow have
been provided by ft Brooklyn brew-
-. ing_"_comp_anyv titts Pepsi-Cola Co.,
local super-market, the Dairymen's
-; League, tne Kiwnnis Club, the
' Lions Club^.'ttie AELyn Oil Co., the
Railway Express, Skylark Creations,
Radio Station WHLI, the Town
Cleaners and the William J. Martin
Coal Co,
Other entries are expected before
the^end of tlie week.
~Leaving~the Municipal Building,
the procession will move south to
Brooklyn ave.; east along Brooklyn
ave. to Main, st., south on Main
to Merrick rdi, west to South
Grove ~st7,~ no 'to "Sunrise high-way.
theil w Rockaway
Valley Stream, north to Merrick
rd., east to Main St., north to
Brooklyn ave., west to Ocean ave.,
where it will disband. A descrip-tion
of the pageant will be broad-cast
as it passes Radio Station
WGBB.
/Though1, it is -unfortihinte ,that
the Gold Cup regatta cannot be
staged in - local waters and must
be conducted in Rockaway inlet,
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the Freeport Methodist Church had
their own ideas. -
While Mrs. Homan was out dur-ing
the morning a group of Metho-dists
arrived carrying several con-tributions
appropriate to the occa-sion.
They presented a bouquet
to the couple, which on being
opened was found to have 60
streamers attached with a dollar
bill at the end of each. Other gifts
included a huge wedding cake.
In the party were the Rev. and
Mrs. C. Newman Hogle, Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Southard. Mrs.
Joseph Gray, president of the
Women's Society of Christian Serv-ice,
and Mrs. Frederick Richards.
Numerous other friends dropped in
X) congratulate the couple during
Mr. Homan was fond of drawing
and about 40 years ago he became
a registered architect having taught
himself that vocation. He has de-signed
numerous homes and places
of business here. He also had
charge of the remodeling of the
Methodist Church several years
Lombardo To Appear
On 'Freeport Hour'
Over Station WGBB
Local merchants are to sponso
a "Freeport Hour" today (Thurs
day) from 1 -to 2 P. M.. over Sta
Won WGBB with Guy Lombardo
the band leader, as master of cere-the
day;
Mr- and Mrs* Homan were mar-
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*•wWhere^ ~th<e ^ttj^fl;r-* Jsc^hool MS" located, ^whidv'rie was-'doHt
was pastor pf tnc
Methodist Church. The newlyweds
went to live In Bay Shore for a
few months, Mr. Homah as a car-penter,
but shortly afterward they
neceived a letter from Mrs. Ho-man's
aunt, Mrs. John J. Randall,
advising them that if they would-return
to Freeport, he would DC,
given a steady job for the winter:
They've been here ever since. MrV
Randall had just started his first
development here, north of the
railroad tracks, and it was here
where Mr. Homan went to work.
Confederate prisons. .As a boy of
J2 or 14, Mr. Homan; sailed {fre-quently
with his fatliejr. . .
Mr. Homan's hobby during m;any
years was the carving of sailing
vessels of which he still retains a
considerable collection.^ Mrs. Ho-man
has been active in the Free-port
Red Cross Branc^, the Free-port.
Branch of the j Needlework
_Quild of America and. the Metho-dist
Church. :
Freeport to Sponsor
Battalion Tourney
The Freeport Fire Department is
to sponsor the annual tournament
of the Second Battalion District,
on Sunday, Sept._ 7. Decision to
be host for the event was voted
at a Council meeting of the de-partment.
Besides .Freeport, the.district in-cludes
Baldwin, Oceanside, Island
Park, .Point Lookout and Long
Beach.
Chief Fred Buss has turned the
arrangements over to Second Depu^.
ty Frank J. Smith who heads the
entertainment committee of the
Department, and First Deputy
Harry Chuisano, co - chairman.
Events will get under way at 1
P.M. in Roosevelt ave.. between
Southside and Atlantic aves.
There Will be six events, as fol-ows:
Individual ladder, equipment,
running -hook- and ladders-running,
hose, efficiency and efficiency re-placement.
A grandstand will be erected, and
there will be two refreshment
booths.
RAYMOND BARBUTTI SPEAKS
Raymond Barbutti, former Olym-pic
star and at one time a local
resident, spoke to the members of
the Exchange Club of -Freeport yes-terday
at their weekly luncheon in
the Woodcleft Restaurant.
ago. ,
Mr. Homan, whose ancestors
came here in Colonial days, was
born in Yaphank, on June 4, 1863,
and his wife, who was bom Nov
26, 1868, in New York, a daughter
of Dr. Thomas Thomson and the
former Mary A. Brown, located
there ten years later with her par-ents.
Mr. Homaa'fl father, was
Capt. Richard s. Homan and his
monies.
The program will feature the
playing of Lombardo hits of the
past on which he will comment as
they go on the air.
During the program, Mr. Lom-bardo
will be Interviewed by Bob
Stirrat, sports editor of the Nassau
Daily Review-Star, concerning the
Gold Cup regatta in Rockaway In-let
on Sunday. Aug. 10. at which
he will defend the trophy he won
off Detroit last August with his
speedboat. Tempo VI.
The sponsoring merchants are
Williams Furniture Co., Freeport
Launderettes. Swift Cleaners and
the Lamp.
Primaries Pass
and Comoro p«
100 Merchants
Join to Make
Event a Success
Goods Worth $10-$15
Going For a Dollar-
Be Wise, Be Early
More than 100 merchants have
banded together to offer values un-heard
of in the local retail trade
in connection with Freeporfs first
Dollar Day since 1942, this Thurs-day,
under the sponsorship of the
Merchants' Council ot the Freeport
Chamber ol <jorr»rj
All stores have been stocked up
or the occasion, and extra clerks
have been engaged to handle the
crowds that are expected to turn -
out for the day. it is hard to
believe, but it is true, that mer-chandise
formerly priced from $10
to $15 is to be placed on sale at
xactly $1.
However, shoppers, who want to
•ake advantage of these rematkable :•;
several districts the vote cast for
Republican committeemen was un-usually
large. Asa A. Trenchard
received 73 votes in the 34th Elec-
Prank Weisenfeld and Walter
Green are the co-chairmen of the
Merchants' CounsiJ.
Freeport's Dollar Day was origin-ated
many years ago and aiways
tion District; and W. F. DeMott, attracted tnrongs to thc vulage
72. Sheriff H. Alfred Vollmen and from communmes along the South
George V. Maurer. 43 each in the Shorc even 0Jt in Suffolk county.
35th; Moxey A. Rlgby and Peter However, after 1942. due to the war,
(Continued on Page
Columbus Avenue Takes Lead
In Playground Point Competition
Columbus ave., took the lead at thc close of last week in the
Vavation Playgrounds point competition, by a narrow margin over
Cleveland ave.- which led at the end of the previous week/"^
The headers had 9-% points,
Cleveland ave., was second with i
$%, Archer st., had 4Vfe and Sea-1
man ave., 4, J. Wesley Southard,;
director for the Board of Educa-tion-
announced '
A checker tournament was con-ducted
at Archer St., with the fpl-j
lowing results;. Cubs—Boys, flrst,
James Hahn, Coluiribus ave.; sec-ond,
Roy Ritlerf Archer st; Girls,
flrst, Markela Kayantas. Seaman
ave.; second, Jackie Koch, Colum-bus
ave.
Juniors—Boys, first, AI. Kickerson.
Cleveland ave.; second; Fred;- Eppel,
Seaman .ave.; Girls, flrst, Barbara
Riley, Columbus ave.; second, Mar-
Jorie Johnson, Archer st.
firs^ Tom Cautt,
Cleveland ave.; second, Tom R6n-ton.
Seaman-ave.; Girls., flrst, Kitty
Murphy, Archer st.: second, Ann
D£ Gesu, Columbus ave.
Results In the horseshoe tourna-ment
conducted at Columbus aVe.,
were:
Senior Singles — First, Frank
Morant, Cleveland ave.; second,
Jay Schmidt, Columbus ave.
Junior Singles—First, A. Dicker-son,
Cleveland ave.; second, A. OI-sen..
Columbus ave.
Senior Doubles—First, H. Cohen
and S. Davidson, Columbus ave.;
second, C. James and S. Soil, Sea-man
ave.
Junior Doubles—First, L. Perez
and D. Schaap, Columbus ave.;
second, C. James and S. Soil, Sea-,
man ave. —
Girls' Newcomb contests resulted
as follows:
Seniors—First, Archer st.; second,
Columbus ave.
Juniors — First, Columbus ave.;
second. Seaman ave.
badminton, girls' shuffle-board
and boys' marble champion-ships
are being conducted this
week.
At Archer St., the kindergarten
cnirdrenr did • -finger- -painting—iastr
Friday and had,an.exhibition. Mrs.
Joseph Datino, the Judge, made the
tollowlng awards: Boys — First,
Billy Broadstreet, aged 4; second,
Donald Scanchi,'-2%; Girls, first,
Marleen Muller, 6; second, Marilyn
Slttler, ?.
At the close of the fourth week
10,158 boys and girls had attended
the four playgrounds, a conslder-
Dollar Day had to be omitted. This
year it was decided to revive the
occasion and the co-operation
among the merchants has been
wonderful. The new comers who
have established themselves ir.
business joined with Die "old
timers," and all predict it will be
the most successful "Dollar Day"
in the history of. Freeport.
The stores are all decorated for
the day and also for Gold Cup
Day on Saturday, and American
flags adorn all light poles. It's
going to be a big day in Freeport.
Asks Freeport Float
In Legion Procession
Kenneth E. Vought, 'vice-com-mander
_of y/llliam Clinton Story
Post, A. L.. appealed to the Village
Board at its meeting Thursday
night to enter a float in the parade
which will be a feature of the
forthcoming national convention of
the American Legion in New York.
He suggested the float portray
sport flshing for which Freeport is
so well known.
-' Following, the. open meeting.
Mayor pyri} C. Ryan referred the
matter to Chief Accountant Milforti:"
F. VanRiper to ascertain what the
cost of such a project would be.
WHELAN DRUG STORE
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
The Whelan Drug Store, 64 South
Main st., will remain open Sunday
after the other druggists in Free-able
Increase-over last year. Regis- port close at 2 P. M. The telephone
tration passed the 1,500 mark. is Freeport 8-0023.