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EIGHT THB LEADEB —FBEBBOBT, N. Y. • THURSDAY, APRIL 22,
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EreeportTHigh^School-Airt^^ Exhibit
Monday: In legion Dugout
,' A ten days'•.•display of work done by Freeport High Schpo.
students will be staged in the American Legion D.ugout; opening
on Monday. Mvs. Maud Constable, chairman of the art depart-ment
will be lif charge; '.The Dug-;— ——. f, —r", r~~*
- out will be open daily from 1 to ^ Many fashionable Gibson Girl blous-and
§ to 10 P.M. dally.
. - During the .afternoon, under the
supervision of teachers,- elementary
-" schoprpupiis~may~yl8it thlTexfilbit
onday there also will be an exhibit
ozf costume design in room 207 -ot
_the school. Individual work will
also be shown.
Bight grade students under,, the
supervision of Miss Helen Robert-son,
Junior High School art teach-
, er, also will havje various displays.
Posters have been made to adver-tise
the Junior'and Senior high
school art exhibit. They are being
designed by Roger Sammis, Vlasta
Schretzmayer, Kathryn :M_e.y_.e r,
Renate Riemer, John Palley, Bar-bara
Keil, Frances. Troge, Joe La-
• Fata and Joan Larson. There are
water colors, pen, iAk 'and char-coal
portraits.
Miss Sally, Harrison, seventh
grade artrteacherpwill~llSV6 if dis-play
of portraits and posters. The
seventh grade exhibit will /feature
the best work done during* tlie'y'e'ar,*
Figure drawing, sport border de-sign
and--gift wrapping design are
a few types of work that will be
" displayed. Monday the demonstra-tion
will be given in room G 15,
of painting to music, "for the par-
, ents,"
"Monday night in the School audi-torium,
there will be a style show
under the. direction of Miss Ethel
Temple and Miss Ardala'"C"ozine of
the Home Economics Department.
The theme of the fashion show will
be "Around the Clock with Fash-ions.'
The styles will be shown to
represent different hours of the
day. First pajamas; house coats
and piny timn dfess.es will" be
shown./olHVecf by-small children's
clothes. Tho jiecond croup will i-u-cludo
tJiltorofi coats?.suits; and active
•sports wear, sucli as slacks, beach"
o u t f i t s and shorts. The third -and
lounh .sections will model after-noon
drcssos and evening dresses.
LOW
OVERHEAD
es and ballarlna skirts will be
modeled.
.'Joan Coker, a senior, will sing
"Allce~~:Blue;;:;,Gown,"' written" by
Harry Tierney "and Joseph McCar-thy.-.
Between the^mrts of tbe fash-ion
shows, the 'school orchestra will
play. ,
'Guides will be provided by the
General Organization, under ,,the
direction of Henry ChemnitzV'of the
science department, to escort visi-tors
to the various rooms, Each
room will be labeled'with the name
of the teacher and the subject
taught.
Last year 1,600 persons, attended
the exhibit.
Jons International
Fo-Meet in Manhattan
Announcement was made, at the
weekly dinner meeting of the" Free-port
Lions Club' in Otto's Sea Grill
,1 on day night that the annual con-vention
of the Lions International
would be held in. Manhattan for
five days opening Monday, July 16.
President -George Bernhard and
the members hope to present some
feature for the -promotion of Free-port
in the parade which will be a
feature of the .convention.
PHILCO CONSOLE
RADIO
WITH AUTOMATIC
RECOEB
Original Cost $285.00
SACRIFICE $100
392 SO. GROVE ST. or '
FReeport 8-5139 after 5:30
COMPARE!!
iP_URE_WHITE GaJ. :_:DENATURED SHELLAC $4.10
5 Lb. Cut
:Gal, ALCOHOL $1.25
Your Container
PURE Oal.
Your Container
PURE Gal,
rlHRPJNlNE-$l
Conta^per-
KEYSTONE HOU
The" self-cleaning' property
'— stone^Kouse Paint ^-Outside
Key-
— the^carefully selected'colors used in'tKe
" ' ... - -i range of shades assure longer-fiyed
beauty^when-this-superipr-paint-is usedT—
Keystone
House Paint
. Primer
$5.25 gal
1.4S.qt
ROOF COATING
ONE COAT Jlal.
225
Complete Line of 1948 Patterns
WALLPAPER
SANITAS - WALL-TEX
OPEN FRIDAYS TILL 0:00:PrU,
,Jfo FBeeport 0-3421
5% WOOL BLANKETS
PILLOWS - - - -
PURE DOWN PILLOWS - -
BATH MATS - - - - - -
PADDED CHAIR SEATS
PAPER DRAPES - - - - - - v / • - If Regular ••- • - -
CRINKLED BED SPREADS - - -
BATH TOWELS, 22x44 - - - -
KITCHEN CURTAINS - - - - -
SASILCURIAINS - - - - - -
TyP3 140,
Slightly Irregular
CURTAINS
SET
SETS
SHEETS-Leading"
Weekly
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Fteeport's
Official
Newspaper
FRJBEPOET; N. Y:, THURSDAY,, APRIL 29,1943 CENTS A COPY
Salvation Army . • * - • - • • • " " ~ . m rive ene inner
BEAUTlELILLY TAILORED
RUFFLED SATEEN BEDSPREADS
Regular $39.95 . . . . . , . . * ., s •••»
HEAVILY RUFFtEB—:~ —. —
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Came early for these fascinating Bargains !
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—Entire Stock Reduced During This Sensational
Money-Saving Sale! _ _ „„ 1. J _ „ ____ ? ______
MERCHANDISE
50 West Merridc Road
MAR T S
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Dr. Louis H. Losch
Accepts Call to
1st Baptist Church
. Amsterdam Pastor
To Begin Minister?.
" Here on First of June
The Rev. Dr. Louis "H. Losch, for
eleven years minister of the First
Baptist Church, Amsterdam, N. Y-.,
is to become pastor of the First
Baptist Church on June 1, preach-ing
his flrat sermon here the fol-lowing
Sunday. He will succeed
the Jlev. Dr; James L. Hynes, who
has been'supplying the^puiplt since
the Rev. Wesley N. Haines- resigned
to go to Keuka Park, N.Y.. last
September to become a member of
the faculty of Keuka College. The
Amsterdam :Church has a member-ship
of more than 600. r' JDr. Losch preached at the local
church on Sunday, April 18, at the
invitation of the pulpit supply com-mittee,
and a unanimous call was
extended to -him to come to Free-port
at a m'eetlhfe'6f the congrega-tion
the following Wedensday night
His ffcceptarice was read following
the service Sunday morning, by
Mrs. Arley Martin, the church clerk.
Dr. Losch has the degree of doc-tor
of divinity and doctor of The-ology.
He has served three up-state
pastorates, having been at the Main
st. Baptist .Church, Oneonta, and
Calvary Baptist Church, Syracuse,
before going to Amsterdam. He 10
,aJ!pnner president of the New York
State Baptist Pastors\Conference.
His wife, a graduate- of the Train-
Ing Institute, has been successful
in children's wbrk. Their daugh-ter
and son-in-law are attending the
Eastern Theological Seminary, in
Philadelphia, Pa., planning to de-vote
themselves to full time Chris-tian
work.
The letter of acceptance written
by Dr. Losch reads as follows:
, "I feel deeply honored* In the
confidence your -people have ex-pressed
in me through their-call.
That it wan unanimous adds to 'my
satisfaction. Jn reply, I am happy
to accept the invitation and Ibok
forward with.pleasure to my minis-try
In -Freepdrt __ _^--
"I shall read my. resignation here
on Sunday morning, (April 25) as,
perhaps, you will..be reading this
In the church at Freeport. I plan fo
resign here in time to begin my
ministry with you on the first-Sun-day
in. June. -^
• "I am convinced that the Lor'a
been leading in this matter and
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Merchants Boost $7,500
Salvation Army Drive •«
In Their Advertising -. .
Numerous ' Freeport . mer-chants
h^ve dedicated their
advcrttslntl in The LEADER
this, week to promoting the
$7,500 Salvation Army cam-paign
to-raise^fimds with which
to carry on its~welfare work .In
this community.
Workers In the. _dr.Iye,^nieet-
Ing at dinner Tuesday night In
headquarters, 75 Church st., ex-pressed
their/appreciation -to
these advertisers for their ac-tion,
and urged everyone to -ex-press
this appreciation in per-son
whfrp.,sohpping in any; of
these stores.
New Water Meters
In 1,000 Homes to
Be Read Next Week
Flat Rate Charges" ;
To Be Discontinued
In Houses on May 1
^Owners of -1,000 realdental build-lngs\
in which meters have beei-installed
since the middle of last
October will begin paying for
metered water as of May 1.,—Ten
men will make the rounds of these
buildings next Monday and Tues-day
reading the meters preparatory
to making the change. The £at
rates which these owners have
b§en charged in the past will re-main
operative until the first of
the month, so that when the annual
water bills are sent out they will
be at the old rate.
However, the meter readers will
leave tags reading as follows:
"The reading "of thja meter was
.... on Your next-water
meter bill will be 'for the
difference between this reading and
the next reading." '. ,/ '
Fr.om now on meters will te'read*
and the billsjjssued^ Quarterly.
Installation: of- w*£er me'teira -is to
be continued. .iW^ere they are
placed in homes during May, June,-
July and .August Charges wUl be at
the qgat-rate .for the.- four months ao
as to change ifie "flscaT year~to cbr-reapond
tp>that of the village year,
ata^ting March 1» and ending- Feb-ruary
28. The next period will be'
September, October and November,
and then December^ January and
February. ... .
Bills issued aa^of February 28 will
be payable on or before May 1 with-
Freeport's Salvation Army Leaders
MAJOR AND MRS. ERNEST W. NEWTON
W: J; Martin-Dw«Bs^on Water Front
S. — 1 = In Broadcast on Freeport's Facilities
"William J. Martin, president. of ^thfe, Freeport Chamber of
Commerce, considered chiefly the waterfront in a^alfe^broadcast
over Stat-io'n WHLI Monday afternoon. He' outlined briefly
--poothpeurl adtieotani, lsm ouf\ n\. tihc-ei pvatli iddgeep, aIrttsm aernetas,,
stadium facilities,- schools, banks,
- fraternal^ library jind iheatre.s.
Then, he remarked Freeport has
a &reat natural asset in Its water-front.
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^—-"For generations "this "community
has been a.fishing center and today
is the, home.' port of the greatest
fleet of sports fishing boats any-where
along the Atlantic seafifoard,"
he continued. , "Some o£ tjiefc craft
are privately owned, while others
are'avallable for charter by. parties",
•on sail 'open* for the casual fisher-man
who wantage spend a day fish-
Ing^'bay waters, or out on the ocean.,
; Waterfronts Plants Increase -
"Conditions ^on 'the .waterways
have greatly, changed In recent
years.. In 1919r-for example, there
.were only two small boat yards em-ploying
about.half a dozen men,and
servicing a feV isnA.ll party boats.
Today, there j&rel^ large yards em-ploying
150 or moire jcnen,; servicing.
repairing and storing a large sports
fishing fleet, a, great number of
pleasure boats, as well as a sizable
commercial fishing Industry. - Two
of our boat yards played a very
•import^it -part "Ih^SipairTSbatbuild-ing
for *the, government during
World War II. We also house the
largest propeller manufacturing
company In the country.
"Commercial fishing boats annu-ally
bring In nearly 600,000 ponds
of fish — (excluding shell fish)
which- is valued < Approximately at
$10,000,000. It Is estimated that
each year at least 60,000 people
come to Freeport from various
parts of the countr/'to eujoy-boa't-
Ing and fishing; - / .
"It.is also worth noting that this
year the United States Atlantic
Coast Tuna. Fishing Tournament—
the Jarge^t fishing contest, in the
east; is to have, Its. base of opera-tions
in Freeport, , '-i
Dedicated to
THE SALVATION ARMY
There is not one among us who
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as not found Want indeed;
Each pathway, known to life winds thru*
Strange valleys dark with Need. *'
J%.nd hunger speaks of many things :
jLost joy . . .and lovfe . . . and care .'. .
IT ain hopes, and sad rememberings, ^
.And God, Who seemed not there.. *~& - 7™
'Ta. k,e 'he•art*! >Take time to think—ancfgive;
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f from the heart 'tis dpnef
ur gift shall help Our'People live
Vlearer_to the sun,
^ A. few small coins ... is this so gfeat?
R "*^ ±S^ . - f emember — those who plead -
ake-life their hu*m bl-*e" ' gift to wai•t
Your, every wish ... Your Need._
-^EDMUND R. WERNlCKE
THE LEADER/STAFF- . '
Chamber Asks Check -
To Promotion Schemes
To protect/ businessmen and the
public generally from fraudulent
promoters, the Freeport Chamber
of, Commerce at Its meeting-In the
Municipal. Building Monday night,
voted to Bequest the village authori-ties
to refer all requests for per-nife
—to—do- .any—soliciting- in-*-the-village
to/the Chamber for consid-eration
and report. •
Stuart/ K. ""Wallace, who recalled
about a year agof a promoter col-lected
considerable money for a car-nival
which wad to ntyve been spon-sored
by a local organization and
then<skipped town,.made the pro-
•ppsal. ..Mr. Wallace aald that had
the Chamber had "an opportunity to
check up on the Individual, it would
have discovered 'tie had a bad
record, and the Village Clerk would
have beeff^vised not to grant the
permit under which he operated.
Under the plan proposed, if the
village officials received an applica-tion
from a promoter they would.
:ake the matter up with the Cham-ber,
the officers 'of which, would
" H i Mrs. Matthew A. Ryan Dies,
Mother of Freeport'Mayor
. Mrs. Rose A. Ryan, .wlfe-of Mat-thew
W. Ifcyaa-and mother of Mayor
Cyril* C. Ryan, died after a pro-longed
Illness Monday in her home,
37 Washington Square, Manhattan.
She was born in New York.73 years
ago, and formerly live^ in Freeport
f or-32-years-bef ore-retyfDliwTip "tji§:
city ten years afco. - ^ "
Mrs. Ryan is survived by four
sons, Mayor Ryan, John and' Noel,
of Manhattan, and Carlton, of Burl-lriftpn*__
Vtj__and- three datughters,
Mrs. Audrey^" Keon7^MIss—Muriel
Ryan-;and .Mrs. Jacquelin Congal-ton,
«11 of .Manhattan. . -
. A requiem mass was celebrated
yesterday morning In St. Joseph's
R,C. Church,"Sixth aye^and Eighth
at., Manhattan. Burial followed in
Calvary Cemetery, Queens.
Workers Organized
To Put Campaign
Over Before May 31
Chairmen Enthused,
Report on Plans;
Activities Last Year
The $7,600 fund raising campaign
of the Freeport Corps of the Salva-tion
Army was formally gotten
inderwajr with a supper In head-quarters,'
76" Church at, Tuesday
night. It was one of the most en-thusiastic
group of workers ever
assembled for the event, as the re-
.ports of the leaders indicated the
mechanism for conducting the drive
had i been almost completely set up
and everyone was ready to start off
Saturday In high gear with the ac-tual
collecting of funds.
Charles J. Martin, the campaign
chairman, who is 111, was unable to
attend, butJUra. W, W. Sutton, the
vice-chairman; - announced she and
Mrs, I. Clark Scott had taken over
as co-chairmen with Mr. Martin.
Mrs. Sutton predicted that the goal
In the campaign 'would be -reached
before the time set on Monday, May
81._ There will be weekly report
meetings for the workers starting
Monday night. May 10.
$11,413 Halved Elsewhere-
. The $7,600 quota set is only, about
40 percent of the cost of operating
the Freeport Corps. The budget for
the ensuing year totals '$18,913.22,
of which $11,413.22 will, be raised
by the Salvation Army outside Freo-port*
The balance when raised will
be used almost entirely for the
work in Freeport. A break-down
of the -budget JB as follows: prop-erty
maintenance and repairs,
|2,850 ; furnishings and replace-ments,
1700; cervices and supplies,
|7SfO;- publicity. $300; salaries and
wages, $6,777.30; revival activities.
$2,290.32; welfare activities, $1,600;
group activities, $2,180, and sundry
'expenses, $1,425.,
Mrs. Sutton presided and called
on-each division chairman, all of-whom
revealed they were ready to
start action immediately. •
Chairmen Announct Plan» _,
~_ MrgrRbbert H. "Earon._chalnnan
of the house-to-house canTAtfa, Hated
her .co-workers as follows: North-east
eection. Mra. George V. Maurer
and Mra. William W. Bedell, co-chairmen,
with .Mr. and Mra. George.
Tydeman,x Frank Curley and Mrs. "
H. Alfred Vollmer, district cap-tains
; — Northwest7~~MrB; Marion
Banker and Trustee Leonard DTBr^
Smith^. co-chairmen;' Mrs, O. B. ..
Roger's, M. Gordon-;'
Simonson, Karl Ruger^and. Mra.
"C.'lJL Pallaa, district captains;
Southwest, Robert- N. Flllmore,
:chairinan ; Mr., and Mrs. Nathaniel
WheeIer;_Frederick Bartlett, Mrs.
E.\:T. Dipper and Mrs. Lyle Haw-
.kina^— captfljnai--nnd— Frflflport— Ray-
Estates, Walter Brown. Leaders
in- the Southeast remain to be
named. ^' . ' .-
' Mrs... William- Of. Martin, chairman
for the .business area, announced.
her lieutenants as Horace ^E. De.-
IlaBer, Melvin Baumann an*d Cord
Vlebrock. She added an appeal for
every businessman In the communi-ty
had been prepared and wan ready
to be -put in the malls;
check up on the applicant and after
a careful' Investigation submit a
favorable, or-adverse report to the,
yjQlage Clerfe, on which he could
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'^ Mrs. Harold T, Battln Is chairman
of special events, with Jacob Ked-enburg
and Samuel L. Israel, a
park' commissioner^ as her associ-ates.
Mrs. Battln announced plans
had been made to take up a col-lection
at the Stadium on the open-ing
night of the midget races, Fri-day,
-May. -21* Mr. Israel reported
he-.was planning a 'baseb'air game '"!
between , a , team of local, .all stars
and aome ;• semi-professional nine.
the , date, for which he would an;
nounce later. """.''. '"
Robert -E. Patterson, chairman of
special- gifts 'was not present, but
Mra. Sutton said he had a 'letter
ready, to mail to numerous persona -
from whom it was hoped to receive
liberal ' contributions. Russell E.
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