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S1XTFEX THE - L E A D E R — F R E E P O R T , N . Y. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER II. 1917
Only at Frank's Seaman. Aye. School P.-T.A. Starts
Activities for the New School Yr.
, "Better Understanding of
Children Through a Wider Knowl-
Atlantic South Asks ' *
Sunrise H'y Shrubbery
At a meeting of the Atlftntic-
B'nai B'rith Lodge
In Membership Drive
Justice Lodge, B'nai B'rith, has
South Civic Association Monday j started a drive to increase its
night in the Archer st. school it j membership from 268 to 400. At
Plans for organizing a small j was voted to request the Village
R I N G S
edge of the Forces that Mold! choral group to sing Christmas
Finely fftihloacd of H
Two or three intrials in con-trasting
white, yd low, pink or
green sold. For women, too!
from 35.00
America's,
most
beautiful
initial
rings
He'll wear this
unique two-tone
14 K gold initial
ring with pride
... and so will.shc.
Make the Park
Lane initial ring
your special gift
to that special
onel It's superbly
wrought by
master craftsmen
and as new as
tomorrow. Come
"in today and
for yourself.
Them." is the topic selected by the
Seaman ave. school Parent-Teacher
Association for the next year. This
was announced by Mrs. Clement
carols at the December meeting
were announced by Mrs. Julius
Fenyo. She asked for volunteers
to join the group. Mrs. Paul
Board to ask the state ,to provide
the first open meeting of the lodge
and auxiliary for the season in.
sh...r ubbery ii nst*e adj of* j*u s1t grass Ff or I Tem_,p 'l e . B'na. i _ Israel, • David Be.c k.
Winter, program chairman, at the, Georgi, of the Freeport Red Cross
opening greeting of the year in the
school Tuesday . afternoon. Mrs.
Blazoned with
insigne of fra-ternal
order,
m i l i t a r y or
nival branch,
flanked by two
i n d i v i d u a l
initial).
Superbly set
with diamond.
Two i n i t i a l s
•stride. Also
available in
01 her precious
•toad.
Masterpiece of
jewelry craft.
Full three ini-tials
embel-lished
with
sapphires or
otter gems.
Carlos Ulry, the president, presided.
Honors were paid to mothers of
the new children who were present
for the first time, and two new
teachers, Miss Elaine Longenecker
third grade, and Miss Janet Doyle
kindergarten, were introduced.
Mrs. Carl Ruger, chairman of
ways and means, announced a
budget totaling more than $400, and
outlined several ways of peeling it
A "Rid and Reap" sale is to be
conducted In October. Members
submit articles for which they have
no use but which are valuable for
sale. When they are disposed of.
the P.-T. A. keeps a 10 percent
commission and pays the balance
to the donator. A "tea tax" of 25
cents is to 'be collected with the
membership dues to eliminate the
cost of taking a collection at each
meeting to meet the cost of re-freshments.
Mrs. Leonard D. B. Smith was
named the new member-at-large to
succeed Mrs. Horace Weed, resigned.
Announcement was made by Mrs.
Peter Guthy, motion picture chair-man,
that the bi-weekly perform-ances
would be continued at the
Plaza Theatre 'beginning Saturday,
Oct. 4, with the showing of "Alex-ander
Graham Bell." An invita-tion
for members to Join the Libra-ry
Book Review Club was received.
43 So. Main Street
At Sunrise Hwy.( Freeport
!FLORAL DESIGNS
WEDDING BOUQUETS
CORSAGES
POTTED PLANTS
DISH GARDENS
j
M N.
Duryea's
Flower Shop
Our Only Store:
FUeeport
VIEBROCK'S IS
A.
f
With a Special
STUDENTS' LUNCH c •• .. '.
Served at Lunch Time to Students Only
•- . ._ •»
Choice of: 1 ol Five Sandwiches
• Small 6 oz. Glass of Milk ' *
• Small Plate of Ice Cream
(One Dip) |
Choice of Vanilla, Chocolate, Strawberry, Peach
i
In .order to speed up service—when order-ing,
please give complete order to waitress at
once.
••i .
From Main to Church Street
Branch, announced a new course
in home nursing for Freeport.
Dr. John W. Dodd spoSte on the
need for additional school facilities
in Freeport and especially urged a\l
to be sure to register on either
Sept. 19 or 20, so as to be able to
vote at the special election on Sept.
30.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. H. S. Purnell, chairman of
hospitality and her committee.
There was an exhibition of handi-craft
made by children who at-tended
the Seaman ave. playground
during the summer under the di-rection
of Mrs. Winter.
the mall in the center of Sunrise
highway.
Recently it was revealed the state
would be willing to plant the
shrubbery on condition that the
village assume responsibility for
If grass
is v/ill not
it in condition.
planted the village
to assume this responsibility.
It was with knowledge of these
facts the association acted as tt
did.
and Edward Lazarus were appoint-ed
co-chairmen of the lodge mem-bership
committee.
Harry N. Turansky was chosen to
head a new contributions commit*
tee, in support of Irwln Shavel.
Samuel S. Jurist and Samuel Fish-kind.
Meyer F. Goodman is presi-dent
of the lodge and Mrs. Roberta
Shavel of the auxiliary.
Shop in Freeport
BAYNOBS SURPRISED ^
AT BIRTHDAY DINNER
Orlando Baynor and Ellsworth
Raynor. 25 Dutchess St.,were guests
of honor at a surprise birthday
supper Sunday evening.
Present were Mr. and Mrs.
George Scharfl*, of Roselle Park.
N. J., Mrs. Claude G. Williams and
Miss Gwendolyn Williams, of Gar-den
City. Richard Raynor, Mrs.
Charles E. Raynor and Mrs. Or-lando
Raynor.
As usual ve are show-ing
wonderful values in
the newest models at
our popular low prices.
Prices Ranee from
$1.49 up
None Higher than
$3.99
Compete Line of Back-to-School Hatts
RHOPAHAT 3 PINE STREET
(20 STEPS FROM MAIN ST.)
Between Main and Church
Best New Home
COMPARE THESE
SPECIFICATIONS:
Steel Reinforced Concrete
Automatic Gaa Heating
Steel,]
Insulated Floors and Koof
Ornamental Flower Boxes
and Shutters
Sodded Lawns
Iron Railings Front and Rear
Combination Sink and Tub
Venetian Blinds on AU
Windows
Tile Bath Room w'th Re-cessed
Hampers and Dryers
.Copper Leaders and Gutters
Windows and Doors Metal
1 Wcatherstripped
Copper and Brass plumbing;
Throughout
Now Before Prices Increase
NEAR SALT WATER SWIMMING
6 Rooms, 2 Extra Large Bedrooms, 7 Closets
$10,750 now S9J50
LOTS 50x100 . . . CITY SEWERS CONNECTED
^
Cash as Low as $550 for Veterans
Balance on 20 year Mortgage at 4% Interest
FHA Insured . . . Civilians invited
y .,•-1-
ROOSEVELT AVE., corner RAY STREET
Phone FReeport 8-10249
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F H E E P 0 R T L I
South Shore's
Leading Week
Geo. V.
Tells Northeast
Civics it Would Be
Outstanding Tribute
FREEPQRT, N. Tf.,
PRICE: FIVL CENTS A COPY
Broadcasters to Tell
Need of New Schools
Members of the Board of Edu-cation
Parent-Teacher Associations
and civic groups are ^participate
in a series of broadcasts in sup-port
of the proposal of the school
authorities to float bond issues with
which to finance the construction
of a new building for the Seaman
A suggestion that a "Y" building [ ave. school al a cost of '$1.710.000
be erected in FreeporL as a - me- i and to purchase a site at West
niorial to the war dead of the j Merrick rd., and South Bayview
community was made by George V. ave.. at an estimated price of1 A Ijr°Ernm of adult education will
Maurer at a meeting of the North- $175.000. f be conducted by the Freeport
east Civic Association Friday night. The first of these- will be today' Board of "Education starting TUPS-in
V.F.W. hall on North Columbus -Thursday) at 6:45 P.M.. over Sta- ^ "ieht' Sepl- 3°' *nd comi»"i"8
ave. i uon WHLI, when the speakers will
Arthur Olsen. recalling that Fred- \ be Leo F. Giblyn, president of the
Adult Education
Program Announced New Seaman Ave.
th,
crick Thompson, executive secretary! board; Mrs. Lawrence Hughes An si Tnursdny- Sept
of the Nassau-Suffolk Y.W.C.A.. re- j president Seaman ave. P.-T.A'. and ''^ niRh' b y
cently addressed the Rotary Club ; Superintendent of Schools John W.
of Freeport oa the need of such ' Dodd.
an institution here, said he thought . Also tonight over Station WOBE
it was time to aul. At his suj-gc-.s- at 7::iO o'clock. Harold E/Penrson.
tiun it was voted to again refer » member of the Board; "Mrs
the matter to the Jn:er Service- Julius Fenyo, of the Seaman ave.
Club Council of Free-par . ' P.-T.A - Mr.s. William A. deary.
"I think a 'Y' here would be the ! p.*st piesident of the Archer HI
through Dec. 4. Those desiring to
enroll may do so any time between
"ntl the open-
List Qualifications
For School Election
To be eligible io vote m uu. j
^ in person at , -SOcciftl school meeting on Tuesday,
school or prior to next 'I hurs- ! Sept' 30- u Person must be:
by mail. C"' liireiu'e O~ enr.tr is'
director of adult edu.?:niun.
The courses include uv mixed
chornl group, mentnl hyyiene. li-brary
.science, physical fitness ioi
men and women, e l e r i r k - i i v < r ; i d u
foundation e ri u c a t i u n
1.
2.
3.
l<ir a
Sp.ecial Election
Called Sept. 30
To Vote on Bond
Issues to Finance
$1,710,000 and
A citi/.en of the Uniied Slate-, 175,000 Projects
rSr^X^J^rZVS "
Ua.v.s next ' depression flu- yea,, of war.
'p erio, d ol i h i r t v- Vl''.^ IUXI depression and
or Pieced!!* .he ,neetn; , at ulneh he ; ,he Juvenile po
. . . j o m - i . s U, vote; Hml who ,n addition eon,in,,, „
sewing ' thl'i'Pto possesses one of the fullow-outstanding
War memorial any- ' P.-T.A.. and of the Central Conn-where,"
Mr. Maurer comment* d. t-;l, and Benjamin H. Heim ot the
"They're hollering about a war me- j Rotary Club will be heard
cHl ressmakinB- milhnery, liobby sho—p. ' in-» qualiiU:ations:
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11J'strumeiUal "nisie, book reviewing/
credit classes for G.I. high school
morial. Here is an opportunity to ; On Sunday, Sept. 28 at 5:45 PM ; subjecUs- citizenship and cooking.
. •*. I " * . TWf »• /""I nfr*i *»* *t*i _ u .J t*+ * .1 . _ have one that wouldNbe worth-1 over WHLI, Clifton B. Smith, vice-while."
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The association voted to line-up
»***iv«fircg+,iv ._»— . ' ^ - , • ^ - * >v;iQ: :mdirce>-tHe
.T...Road to issue 4fc.M3l.p- monthly
• •• -"/comriiutatlcm""HcReTarr6T~cBlfi'TftTir£rs"
who work fivr rinys :i week at .a
cost proportionate to the present
60-trip tickets.
Replies were received from State
Senator John D. fienneU and As-semblyman
Joseph Carliiu) to let-president
of the Board; Mrs. Carlos
Ulry, president of the Seaman ave.
a-new{
^resident-,-of,;-^ho-ixjtaminunlty . wui- be
speakers.-^' ' ''-—'^^r^'-1"'"^"''
broadcast will be 'on
Monday. Sept. 29, at 7:30 P.M.,
Mr. Oenner and Sidney Ran-dolph
of the_QUidance Department,
will bo available Tuesday and
Thursday nights to_ assist^yeteraoas.
cation" conducted by local
tions In tiie high school building
nre: South Shore Power Squadron.
over WOBB when the presidents ol ( advaliced piloting, junior and senior
the four civic associations will grnde navlgaUon ulld elementary
speak. They are William J. Albert. : pUotlng and amnll bOats; st. Mar.
a. Owns. Irascs. hires, or is in
the possession under a contract
of purehase ot, real property
in such district liable to taxa-tion,
for school purposes, b\it
the occupation of real prop-*
r^-wsawitnP
e sus-nine
'years of
i "t I'Yei'jwrt
t " Krow. {'.)p.se(]unntly
with one exception, the schools of
the village ure on the ve;{
•saturation point us tar us
r pupils are concerned.
Fupu> of the Seaman aye. school
in a structure erected
&Bpk ana laciang in
of the
r«^£vr:^^^
nrta?^t^^^""?^^&A^^^
--~p£a^rr£nt* &m ~%a -^^r^nmr^^yg^ ^M&7 are located .,CVen,, ia,r^
Southwest; Tredwell H. Hopkins.
Atlantis-South; M a r k Hroncich,
garet Singers, mixed choral ^roup;
Phoro-Mart Camera Club, aiul the ZldllUlV 111U1J u«uw|J«4 -^" --- . | -
ters written after the August meet- •Northwest, and George O. Sdinei- j C;vil Air pRlroit aeroplane dyn-ing
urging them to back measures dcr; Northeast and a charter mem-•; anncs and air navlgat|on.
provKdmg for mcrea.ed state aid | ber of the Fathers' and Boeder,
fnr schools at the comi.ng session |
of the legislature. Both promised
to endeavor to obtain a fair share
of such moneys for the school dis-tricts
in Nassau County.
Mr. Maurer reported a boy and
several children who carr.e in con-tact
with poison ivy in a lot owned
by Nassau County at the northeast
corner of Broadway and Rosedale
ave., were suffering severely from
ivy poisoning. It was voted to
write to- Charles Schmidt, head of
the county's real estate division,
asking him to have the poison ivy
removed.
Leo F. Giblin, president of the
Board .of Education; CliftQn B.
Smith, vice-president; Harold E.
Pearson and Dr. .John W; Dodd,
superlntejidjent of schools, attended
, meeting, to present the matter
-Mrs.J-homas-A. Litsck
inflated values.
of the-referendum to be conducted
on Tuesday) 3ept. 30 on the pro-posal
to issue bonds in the amount
of $1,710,000 with which to erect
a new building for the Seaman
ave.. school, and $175,000 to pur-chase
a site for a building in the
southwest section of the village.
Mr. Giblin explained the situa-tion
in the present 40-year old
Seaman ave., structure, the rapid
growth of enrollment in the Archerj President Herbert M. Wood pre-st.,
district, which .exceeds the
capacity of the building, and the
need of using the Grove st. school
vfor junior high school students. He
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Senator J. D. Bennett
Addresses Exchange
Buried in Holy Rood
The Rev. John Bukey, pastor of
school nge, provided slich hece]1 n Jle Qf
shall have attended the dte- / ,,g ,mve to a f^.tlacc
trlct scliooJ in the district Jn et to „ room ^^4 wuh a
which the meeting Js held foH eiScupo rhrou h u tt.ai(Jou..
a period of at least eight , Tiu cnrol]meiu u., ()f Monday
week., during ihc year preced- I Wfls 388 Pres,dent LL.O F_ GibJvn
( l j [)l(. Uoard oj Ethlril(ion an_
Moullced u>dnVi njld u js rsUinated
pennunent, residing with him | by scnoo, allthorUies tllt, ,otaj win
a child of school age who shall to 407 wheil tha.cxudus from
have attended .the district | Lhe country is complete. Tiiere are
such .school meeting, or
Not being the parent, has
eight weeks during the year i wnich has nec.essftnLed the hiring
preceding such meeting. | of a se(.olld kindergartm-r. The
* ., *» . u i o Personal registration also is re- ; £ , kindergarten class is to be
, , „ D ,, ilmh e ^Q"U*uL JeLe>1n1 Uoi f Ltihii-e- iMviuo^stt «Huo^l y iRwonsrat.rjy qquui.rn,e edn, , fi.o ori wWwhhniticrchhn ttmhheee pnpoooliullsss iiinnn ttLhhIeIeL •: c,.onnddu, ucct.et ed^d min tthhee bbaa-nirdi, --bb, ooxx aauud,dnii--
State Senator John D. Bennett R c Cnurch, Roosevelt, officiated pnhhv ', th_ n(Lrh ,chool buildinu; , , , . . . . i j ^ ^ i lODDy OI LJie nign bCIloui UUIIUIIIH , i M f him n*; snnrinl rliisses meet on dissccuusssseedd lleegiissllaattiion eenaacctteed aatt tthhee ;; aatt aa rreeaqulieem maassss Saatturrdaay moorrnn-- „.„ * 0^«,, ,,^ c™ ^^!l°lium as Sp. ,CUl'SMS meel
last session of the Legislature and • ing for Mrs Kathleen R. Litsch,
matters due to come up next Janu-; 116 Ran(jall ave., in the church.
ary in a talk to the members of j Burial followed In Holy Rood
the Exchange Club of Freeport , cemetery, Westbury.
yesterday (Wednesday) in the Elks
clubhouse.
Mrs. Litsch, who was the wife
of Thomas A. Litsch, lawyer with Start Marking Lanes
"He 'torn'of the Condon-Wadlin-l offices ^ere and m Manhattan . d i ed i Qn SunflSC Highway
bill enacted last year which bans Thursday after a long illness. She1
strikes by public employees, and':was born in Ne^v York 39 years | The work of marking the lanes
urged support for the proposal to ; ago a,:.daughter of the late John ] along Sunrise Highway was started
float a S400.000.000 bond issue with j and' Bridget Hayes. She and Mr.
which to pay bonuses to- the men
from New .-York who served In the
various branches of the Armed
forces during World War II.
Litsch had been married 13 years
and had lived in Preeport since
1940. """
Besides her husband, she leaves
Senator Bennett also discussed • a daughter. Kathleen, 11. and a
the need of additional State aid; son( Tonyf 10; two sisters and two
for schools to enable school dis- brotherS( Grace. Madeline, Bernard
trlcts to meet the Increased salaries , and Davld Hayes.
paid teachers under state law and ; ; *
finance building programs at highly NEW YEUUOWSHIP HOUR
PLANNED BY BAPTISTS
Viriceru^ P. O'Neill, who has sue- | .The Wednesday evening prayer
ceeded the'late Carl Nelson as a: meetmg of the, Flrst Baptist
chiropractor here, and Hubert N. Churcn hereafter is to be known--an electrical engineer.
Air were installed as members.1'
'sided.
WHELAN DRUG STORE
AfcL DAY SUNDAY
The Whelan Drug Store, 64 So\ith
Main st.. wlil- remain open after the
•other pharmacies in Freeport close
Postmaster E. A. Rice
Returns to Office
Postmaster Edward A. Rice re-turned
to duty on Monday after
-, as the Fellowship Hour, with the
Rev. Dr. James L. Hynes in charge.
He has planned a series of mes-sages
and various features will be
introduced to make the meetings
Interesting. Members of the or-ganizations
of the church are to
be invited to attend in groups.
Sunday at 10:45 A.M,. Dr. Hynes'
will be open Friday and Saturday i lhe pi,it;iorm of the- samo-.room,
from 7 A.M., to 8 P.M. Voting In motion two classes are being
on Sept. 30 will be I from noon to conciuuled iu Christ Lutheran
9 P-M. Church to relievo the congestion
in the main building.
Down at the Archer st. sclnol.
except 'that the building is morn
modern, the situation is nearly as
serious. The registration us of Mon-day
totaled 737, and the most acute
problem is in the kindeTgiiften in
which ' 141 youngsters are lit ted.
Plans hnd been made to have two
kindergarten classes, but the ex-pectedly
heavy enrollment has
necessitated dividing the HI into
four groups and holding double
sessions to accommodate all the
five-year-old tots.
When the school was opened last
week, the enrollment revealed 40 or
more .in each flrst grade. This
necessitated the establishment of a
on Tuesday when employees of the
State Department of Public Works
measured off the flrst eastbound
lane on the south side of the high-way.
When the lanes are all laid
out, the haphazard travel along the
artery will be eliminated.
WEISS' AT RENSSELAER
Paul Weiss, jr., of 105 Maple drn
Roosevelt, has entered the Rensse-laer
Polytechnic Institute. He was
graduated from Hemps tead High
School in June! He plans to become ' fourth flrst grade class, for which
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an absence of more than six sermon topic will be "The Chris-months
due to Injuries he received , tian's V-Sign."
when he fell from the roof of his ! —
garage early in the Spring. He j Spiritual torcB Is stronger than
^Sunday at 2 P. M. The telephone fractured both his ankles. He was; material; thoughts rule the -world.
is Pfeeport 8-0083. welcomed back by-his employees. —Emerson
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