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PAGE TWENTY THE L E A D E R — F R E E P 0 R T , N.. Y ,
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To Coolidge P.-T.A.
.. .Open School Night
Also Observed by
Baldwin Educators.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1948
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The recently organized Community Dramatic Society, a
project ;pf the Freeport adult education program, decided at
« meeting held in the Columbus 'ave. school Alonday night to
Taking a cue'from the'"movies,
the Calvin Coolidge Parent-Teacher
Association .presented a double fea-ture
at the monthly meeting in the
school's auditorium in Baldwin
/ Tuesday nlglit following the an-nual
Open. School Night. Mrs.
Janet de Salamanca and Miss Ma
Than E, both of the United Nations
Secretariat, were speakers of the
evening.
Mrs. Salamanca-, who told, the
members of the work and character
of the Secretariat, is at present
lecture liaison officer for the Divis-ion
of Special Services, Department
of Public Information,'' of the Sec-retariat.
She has been with the
United Nations since its inception,
her first connection having been
through the United States d'elega-tion
and dating back to sessions of
the Executive Committee, the
Preparatory Commission and the
first General Assembly.
A native of Edinburgh, Mrs. Sala-manca
is a Bolivian cltizeif by .mar-riage,
her husband, Carlos Sala-manca,
having been chief of the
Bolivian delegation to the UN dur-ing
the first session of the General
Assembly.
Miss Ma Than E described the
work the Secretariat is doing in
the field of Education. She is a
nati.ve of Burma.
Before the meeting, parents
visite.d the classrooms in the
, school, where they met the faculty
and learned of the students' schol-astic
activities. At this time, also,
they saw a number of special pro-jects
which the students had pre-pared
in honor of Book Week and
(he speakers at the meeting.
In the lower gra'lesrthe'students
made pictures and prepared stories
about tliclr favorite characters in
books. In the upper classes, dolls
of all descriptions worn dressed to
represent characters from books
which had helped the children to
g-ain an undstanding of peoples in
the United Nations.
Many o!1 the students brought
articles from foreign countries and
arranged them In attractive dis-plays.
The auditorium was deco-rated
for the meeting by the
school's Art Club, members of this
group having made poster replicas
of the flags from the various mem
bers of the United Nations. Five
students from the sixth and seventh
grades—Kay Ulry, Laurel Seikel,
Donald VogeL, James Dougherty
and Thomas Yohe—acted as guides
during the Open School hour.
The P.-T.A. meeting opened with
a short business session at which
Mrs. Irving Cahn, president,' presid-ed.
Miss Kathleen Owen, the prin-cipal,
enlarged on work done, by
students and Harold West, Cub
Master of Cub Pack 122 of the Boy
Scouts In Baldwlq, told of the
Pack's program and stressed the
need for more adult volunteer
workers if the demand for Cub
Dens and Packs In the area is to
be filled.
Following the meeting, sixth
grade mothers were hostesses at a
social hour, during which cider and
doughnuts were served.
In February
director, an
j—
psychological
a successful
present; "Kind Lady," by Edward
Chadaror, as its first production
The presentation will be given late
in January' or early
Henry Burnett, the
nounced.
"Kind Lady," is a
melodrama, that had
run on Broadway some years ago
with Gladys George as the leading
lady. It also was made into a
motion picture.
The society has a membership of
about 35. It was decided at Mon-day
night's meeting to continue the
temporary officers, Mrs. Edward
the chairman* ami Mrs. Earl
Mark, the secretary. ,
Most of' the-'members have had
experience in high school and col-lege
theatrical productions, some
even on the stage. Mrs. Siegel, the
former Jane Young, had tlie lead-ing
role In "Big Hearted Herbert,"
with which Freeport High School
won state honors in a__dramatic
contest at. Ithaca, N. Y. Another
member is Eugene Troobnlck who
wrote the pageant produced at the
50th anniversary of tlie Freeport
High School held in conjunction
witli the annual commencement
program. Pie was the narrator. He
also took part in numerous other
school productions.
Francis R^llly. F.H.S., '37, now
coach of the Hoi'stra College basket-ball
team, who has had experience
on the stage, is a member of the
group as are Maureen Counihan,
Vera Levlnp, and Ross Ann Botwin,
former high school thespians. For
the present meetings of the society
arc being held on Monday and
Wednesday nights in the Columbus
ave. school.
by
the
Sammis is Low Bidder
For S. Bay Ave. Sewer
George W. Sammis was low
nearly $10,000 in his, bid for
construction of sewers for South
Bay ave., and vicinity, submitted
to the Freeport Sewer Commission
at' a- meeting " in the Municipal
Building Monday night, for which
tlie estimated cost was $40,6.60.
Mr. Sammis offered to do the
work for $31,880. The McCollum
& Murphy Co., of Islip' was second
with $41,451.50, and the Bennett
Zani Contracting Co., of Hewlett,
with $31,451.50, and the Bennett
& Tiseo Co., of Hicksville, with
$S2.175.
The commission will take action
on the bids tomorrow night.
If Mr. Sammis gets the contract lie
promised lo complete the work
Ian. 15.
Ked^nterg.zConlinues:
'Stock Car' Racing
—Promoter—;Jake—Kedenburg—will
once again present the.new racing
sport "Stock • Cars" at the Munic
Ipal Stadium tomorrow night. The
rough.heck auto racin'g has gained
many local followers and Promoter
Kedenburg will keep presenting
these thrillers to fans as long as
they keep coming out. The end
of racing for the season is not yet
in sight, he said today.
Each race night 'finds many of
the midget racing, drivers trying
their luck in the stock and . the
latest addition to the ever grow-ing
list are Johnny Hague and
Johnny Coy. '
L.I.R.R. Offers
(Continued from Page 1)
bv
Contracts Awarded
(Continued from Pago 1)
REV. M.ARTIN J. DALY'S '
MOTHER DIES IN HOSPITAL
Mrs. Nora-*T)aly, mother of Hie
llev. M a r l i n J. Daly, formerly as-s
i s l u n t pastor of Our Holy Ke-deenier
H.C. Church for ten years,
died Sunday in the Mary Im-maculate
Hospital. Jamaica, a f t e r
a long illness. A requiem mass
was celebrated in St. Gabriel's
Church. Kast TClmhurst, w i t h burial
in Calvary Cemetery, Long ..Island
City. Mrs. Daly lived in Jackson
Heights. Sli«' was (he wife ol
David Daly.
SHRINE TO GIVE DINNER-SATURITAY
IN.NIEDE.RSTEIN'S
. Nazareth Shrine, Order of White
Shrine of Jerusalem, will give a
dinner -dance Saturday night in
Nlederstein's, Lynbrook,_wlth Mrs.
Louise Bohrer an chairman.
Others on the committee are
Mr. and Mrs. C. Curtis Fulton,
Frederick; Apfel, Charles Kehm,
Mrs. Ann Lindsay a.nd Mrs. Elma
Tatje. ' _ - " - -
MRS. MARGARET BERNS
WINS ELKS' COSTUME AWARD
Mrs. Margaret Herns won first
prize for the best women's costume
worn nt a barn dance under the
auspices ol' the Drill. Team of the
Freeport Lodge of Elks Saturday
night in the clubhouse. Victor
Bolson received the man's award.
A novelty contest award was made
to William C. Moran.
Nearly 300 persons attended the
fourth annual event of which Julien
Michels was chairman.
SALLY LUCAS JEAN TO SPEAK
AT MARCH OF DIMES DINNER
Miss Sally Lucas Jean, pioneer
in the field or health education and
whose, efforts to further a vision
of sound health for every child
have been internationally ac-claimed,
will be the principal
speaker at the 1949 March of Dimes
dinner in the Garden City Hotel
Saturday night, Nov. 20,
WOMEN'S MASONIC GROUPS
CONDUCT RUMMAGE SALES
Two Freeport Women's Masonic
groups., are conducting rummage
sales -today In Polish Hall, Hemp-stead.
They are Armistice Court,
Order of Amaranth, and Nazareth
Shrine, Order, of the White Shrine
of Jerusalem,
LOWEST
PRICES
NEVER
UNDERSOLD
main project is ?-lS,S2G under tlie
bond issue of $491.2S1, enough, the
commissioners estimated, to permit
the contract to be carried out well
i t l j i n the allowance. Of the total,
the village will 'pay approximately
one-third and the owners of 'pro-perty
abutting on the mains the
other iwo-tliirds, the same as if
they were located in a lateral scwor
d i s t r i c t .
However, the $125.ri(ifi bid for the
const ruction of the pumping sta-tions
is $fi() over the bond l i m i t .
In addition it w a s estimated
engineering tecs, purchase of sites
ror the s t a t i o n s and other inc.hicli-lal
expenses would add $ i n , ( M i l ) in
t i n s amount. The question of how
to meet t h i s expense was submitted
lo the village's bonding attorneys,
who ruled the Village Hoard niighl
provide the money. Consequent ly
the Hoard has voleil to provide (he
$ If),DOO in tax a n t i c i p a t i o n notes,
which money will be included in
the 1IM9-50 budget.
J u l i u s Auserchl, one of the bid-ders,
on the p'nniping station pro
jeci. advised the sewer commis
sioners il was fortunate the bids
were received prior to the election.
Had the action .been delayed, he
ex'presed the opinion it might have-been
difficult to have ' obtained
offers to do the work, and those
receiver! would have been far in
excess of the figures on which the
contracts were awarded. Many
projects just short of the bidding
stage he predicted w o u l d be
abandoned for the present.
Members of the Building Trades
and Employers Association, Mr.
Auserehl said, expect that though
there may be no immediate de-mands
for increased wages, there
will be a tendency on the pact of
labor to take advantage of the
situation by slowing up on the job.
SPARTAN LODGE MASONS
TO ATTEND SERVICE SUNDAY
.^-Members of Spartan Lodge, F.
and A.M., are to attend service In
the Roosevelt Methodist Church
Sunday night. The Rev. Arthur
J, Pennell, pastor and a member
of the Iod£e, will pleach the
sermon.
The Exempt Firemen's Associa-tion
also will attend the service.
DISCOUNTS UP TO 33 1/3%
Free Trimming of Wallpaper
Edges When Purchased at J.P. Paint Company
POLICE BOYS CLUB JUNIORS "
LOSE TO CATHOLIC BOYS, 32-31
The Freeport Police Boys Club,
Junior basketball team lost to the
Catholic Youth Organization five
by a score of 32 to 31 In the open-ing
game of the league on the
Archer st. School court Tuesday
night. The juniors, boys from 13
to 15, will play Tuesday nights and
the seniors, 16 to IS, on Thursday
nights. •
Commission, effective July 14, 1947,
and was raised, to 25 percent as of
July 1. last. This was the only
increase in commutation fares on
the Long Island since 191S. ,
* Would Boost School Tickets
The petition also asks for per-mission
to increase the price of
•lj!-trip monthly school tickets by
2f> percent; to price weekly tickets
al pne-fourth of the price of the
proposed unrestricted m o n t h 1 y
tickets, and to increase the Penn-sylvania
Station single-trip supple-mental
fare from G cents to Hi
cents, with n I D - t r i p supplemental
t i c k e t pi-iced at 75 cents. - '
Where the prices of commutation
faros—as so increased—do not end
in 0 or H. the railroad proposed to
advance these to the next 0 or 5.
"In spite of increases ..in pas-senger
faros and freight rates
which have boon authorized w i t h i n
the past two years, tho railroad's
costs, dnc to causes wholly beyond
its control, have been increasing
and aro s t i l l increasing at a rate
w h i r h is i n e v i t a b l y roKiili ing- in hi-ri
c i i s i ng d e f i i c i t s from operation."
i l u - a p p l i c a t i o n continues. .
"The not income deficit lor the
f i r s t nine months of this year
amounted to $:U2l.2ft3. For the
f u l l year. I!t1\ il is e s t i m a t e d there
w i l l he ;i net income deficit ol
$"»,(;:;_.nun. This is in contrast w i t h
[i d e l i c t i 01 $3,9!*fi.OiMi in HH7 anil a ;
( l e f i c i l of $UKs.iiii() in Ifl-lfi.
Deficits Continue to Mount
These substantial, and mounting
deficits have been and are stil
being brought about by a conlinn
OUR upward spiral of operating
costs due to increases in wages and
in the costs of railroad materials
supplies and fuel, matters wholly
beyond the railroad's control, and
which il cannot overcome except
by increased revenues which can
only be obtained from an increase
in the fares which it is' permitted
to charge."
The petition notes that, at the
Commissions direction, the Long
Island Is now making a study of the
costs of transporting its various
classes of passengers which should
enable the Commission to make its
final determination in the proceed-ing,
but this study will require sev-eral
months and cannot be com-pleted
before next Spring, at the
earliest.
In contrast, to increases in rev-enue
of $15,042,000 per year through
incerases in fares and rates since
1940. only $2,400,000 of which re-sulted
from the increase In com-mutation
fares, the petition states,
the Long Island's operating expens-es
during' the same period have
risen by $20,250,000 per year—due
to successive wage increases and
continuing increases in the costs
of materials; supplies and fuel. Of
these increases in operating costs,
?7,133,000 represents increases in
such costs since March, 1947.
that would be provided along the
railroad tracks, the proposed park-
Ing field with accommodations for
600 cars..along Sunrise Highway,
from'-"Henry st.,- to 'Benson pi.,
which he predicted could be ob-tained
as Incidental to the.Improve-ment
without cost to the-village,
and the many other features of tho
plan.
It was a late hour when-the sub-ject
was presented, an^I many mem-bers1
-had left before action could
be taken. In view of the need for
speedy action, a proposal was made
that a1 special meeting be called
to consider the matter. President
William J. Albert ruled this, was
not necessary.
William J. Martin, president of
the Chamber, and Cord Viebrock
accompanied Mr. Miranda.
Tlie association endorsed tlie"
proposal of the Northwest Civic
Association that the Village Board
be asked to set aside the ' more
lonvenient parking spaces adjacent
o the railroad station for the use
of Freeport commuters, by pro-viding
them tags or stickers to bo
affixed to their windshields.
A loll or was order sent to tjio
Northeast Civic Association regret-t
i n n g tho decision of that group
not to take steps backing up tho
Southwest, in its efforts to induce
tho village board to s u b s t i t u t e tho
Nassau County system of assessing
property for tho method used by
tho village.
"Needless to say. I was terribly
disappointed and not a l i t t l e sur-prised
that this decision has been
made by your membership." Presi-dent
Albert wrote. "Wo feel very
strongly that the .Village should
adopt the methods used by t ho
county in determining property as-sessment,
and wo sincei'ly hope
t h a t in the interest of good govern-ment
in FYooport some f u r t h e r con-sideration'
to bo question will be
given by your ' organization."
Tho lot I or four pages of single
spaced t y p e w r i t i n g , goes on to re-peal
tho arguments advanced, by
t l i e association when it broached
ib" subject mid submitted it.« find-ings
to t l i e oilier civic groups and
t h e Village authorities.
Hobert Cuimuings of the New
York Telephone Co.. gave an
address on th'p use of magocycles
in t r a n s m i t t i n g telephone conversa-tions
and showed a motion picture,
"The Telephone, Hour."
REV. R. G. HARRIS CONCLUDES
10th ANNIVERSARY SERVICES
The ReVi C. Newman Hoglo, pas-tor
of the Freeport Methodist
Church, preached the sermon at. a
meeting marking the closing of the
observance of the tenth anniver-sary
of th? Rev. R..G-;-Harris, pastor
of the Second Baptist Church Fri-day
night. The Rev. Mr. Hogol
represented the Freeport Inter-
Faith Council.'
Sunday morning the Rev. Mr.
Harris will, preach from Acts 2c3,
and his topic will be "Each Mem-ber
Has His Own Fire." Mission-aries
will be in charge of the 3:30
P.M. service, with a sermon by
Mrs. Corpus.
BOAT. WANTED — FOR SALE
BOAT WANTED for cruJHJnR - used - 30
to 34 foot. Recent' ermine. -Hull must
bo absolutely seaworthy. Sloop 4 or
f>. Mahogany nnd chrome not esuen-tiitl.
Will pay $3,000 to $5.000. Sen*d
picture and detailed dt-Hcription. Hnve
for aiile (not neceHwary to trade) 26-
foot cabin, Steelcraft. Charles S.
Burr.. Mimchoatt-r, Connecticut.
LOST AND FOUND
'OUND—Outboard motor, sunk in water
nelir Baldwin Bridse. Owner may
claim by identifying same and paying
for this ad. FReeport 8-76G3.
MARTIN M. MANSPERGER'S
ARPAINTtQ
17 E. Merrick Rozid Near Main Freeport 9-342.1
INC,
Mrs. Martha Mansperger, mother
of Martin M. Mansperger; died last
Friday In her home In Caldwell, O.
She was the widow of- Charles H.
Mansperger who died in 1942. She
leaves two, sons and two daughters.
SUNAS- BUY HOME HERE -,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Suna, new
residents of Freeport, have pur-chased
the property at 407 Wal-lace
st. Mr. Suna Is a manufac-turer
of diamond jewelry In New
Yo.rk. His wife Is the former Miss
Perle -Wurtzel-of- this7yillager~~
Gaylahd Record Shop
"Biggest Little Record Shop
On Long Island!1
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Radio Repair - Full Line of Kiddie Records,
/ : Batons - Race Records
108 So. Main St. fReeport 8-8282
South Shore's
Leading Weekly
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Fre,e port's
Official
Newspaper
Yc-nr- Xn, 2(i KK'KEI'OliT; X. Y., THURSDAY, OV -^ -1!MS FIVE CENTS A COPT
'Grievance Day'
Session Draws
Ten Taxpayer^ ,„
Most Are Satisfied
As Assessment Plan
Is Outlined to Them
Only ten persons appeared before
the Village Board at its annual
"Grievance Day" session Tuesday
night in the Municipal Building.
Most of them were, owners of
property which had been greatly
increased in valuation in the last
year. Some thought they had been
"discriminated" against, and others
simply believed there had been
"inequalities" in their assessments.
• However, when they were in-formed
that when the assessments
were equalized at the beginning of
the year, the village adopetd a
.system of valuing buildings at
approximately 90 percent of the
amount fixed by the county, and the
comparative figures wer$ shown,
most of them went away satisfied.
Mayor-Cyril C. Ryan explained that
assessments had not been revised
since 1940--I1 with 'the result that
numerous pieces of property had
been undervalued for some years,
so when they were "brought i n t o
line" some people were hit harder
t h a n others. »
The Mayor also explained that
in Freeport land values are fix^d
at a certain amount a front foot,
depending on the area in which the
property is located. Consequently
unless there is some reason for not
doing so, all plots on a given block
are assessed on the same basis.
After hearing the various tax-payers,
the Mayor promised their
holdings would be visited, com-pared
with adjacent properties and
a decision given.
Thos.e~who appeared before the
Board were: J...Frank Armitage, 40
West Third st.; a representative of
the Lehman Realty Corp., owner of
the property at 9 West Merrick rd.,
occupied by the Lehman Floor
Covering Co.; Roger F. Horton,
Smith and Grove sts.; Herbert
Bond, 41S Pine st.; Harriet anil
Benjamin Bedell, 21 Southside
ave.; Charles J. Miller. 116 East
Dean st.; John F, Woods, 75 South
Brookside ave.; Joseph Friedman,
6,Halsey st.; Frank J. Lynch, 36
Moody ave., and Mrs. Alfhekl Boon,
173 Madison ave., owner of proper-ty
at 25 Rose .s"T7
Assessor August P e t r y an-nounced
perhaps 40 other persons
telephoned _or called at the Muni-cipal
Building during the day to ask
questions concerning property.
Toll-Free Area Extended
Under Proposed 15 P.C. Raise
Asked by N, Y, Telephone Co.
Revenue Hasn't Kept Pace With Costs
It Is Contended in Plea to P.S.C.
11* the Public Service Commission approves of rate increases
of approximately 15 percent asked by the New York Telephone
Co., this week, residence, telephone -us'^rs would pay $1.2.5 more
Mercy Ball Attendance
Expected to Top 2,000
A District Attorney and a Broad-way
musical comedy star are
amonff tlie 2,000 men and women
expected to attend the-12th'Mercy
Ball tomorrow night in the Garden
City Hotel, Garden City. The
grand march which signals the
start of the formal affair, will be-gin
at 10 o'clock.
Joan Roberts, star of the musical
hit "High Button Shoes," will at-tend
as a subscriber with her hus-band,
Dr. John J. Donlon of Rock-vine
Centre.
During the evening there ~will be
three orchestras playing. String
musicians will play in the Georgian
Room, while other musicians will
play in the lounge and dining room
of the Hotel.
A feature of the evening's enter-tainment
will be the singing of the
"Star Spangled Banner" by Mrs.
Alma Krumenacher of Hicksville,
accompanied by Miss .Evelyn Cav-a
l l a ro of WeKtbury.
South Bay Ave. Sewer
To Be Started Shortly
Construction of a sewer under
South Bay ave., will be started
in a few days, George W. Sammis,
the contractor, announced today.
The Sewer Commission awarded
•the contract to Mr. Sammis at a
meeting last Friday night on his
low bid of $31,980 for the work.
The sewer will be constructed of
vitrified pipe, with asbestos cement
house connections and brick -man-holes.
FREEPORT LIONS GL-UB
TO BE ZONE MEETING HOST
The-Freeport-Lions Club will be
host to the Baldwin and Bellmore
clubs at a zone meetiug.to be Held
in the Klks clubhouse ifext Tuesday
at 6:15 IJ- M. Jerry Kestler, the-
Di.strict Governor, and Carl Nieder-stein,
another local ofllcial will be
the speakers.
P.B.^B.C, Has Cut Delinquency
70 P. C, Romeika Tells Rotary
—— -Juvenile BpliTupielicy luis been 'reduced 70 percent since
the organization of the-Freeport Police Boys'..Clubs last June,
Patrolman Joseph Romeika, the director said, in response to
question asked at the supper of
a
the Rotary Club
last Thursday
night in the Elks
clubhouse.
The patrolman, had traced the
rapid growth of the movement to
a membership of 583, and told of
the crying need- for gymnasiums
to permit the boys to engage in
playing basketbajl. He pointed
out that while in Hempstead
eleven gymnasiums are available,
thus far, because of previous conr-mitments,
the Board of Education
can' grant the use of only the
Archer St., school gymnasium on
Tuesdays and .Thursday nights.
Director Romeika told of how
86 boys reported ,the first night
the call was issued for basketball
players in the Archer st. gym.
.These were divided into 12 teams
so. all . could get into the game,
he added, * but it gave them a
Dr. M. George Isenberg
Heads Kiwanis Slate -
Dr. M, George Isenberg, heads
the slate submitted to the Kiwanis
Ciub of Freeport by Joseph H.
Gray, chairman of the committee
on "elections; at -the weekly supper
last night in the Elks clubhouse.
Amos J. C. Baldwin and Julius Bir-genthal
are 'the nominees for the
two vice-presidents, and William
K. Tenney, has ;been renominated
for treasurer, president J. Sidney
Randolph presided at the meeting.
An-announcement, appearing else-where
in the LEADER that the
club took the "traveling" gavel to
the Valley Stream group Tuesday
night is an error. The date is for
a month for flat-rate • service, for
a* direct line, $1 more for a two-party
line, and 75 cents additional
for "four-party., service. However,
they would have the choice of a
new message rate service costing
$4.25, plus the federal tax, for
66 message units a month.
All business telephones would be
placed on a message rate basis
and the store keeper, manufacturer,
etc., would have to keep closer
track of his calls than he does
now under unlimited service. The
proposed monthly rate is $6.25 a
month for 75-message units.
But the company proposes to
introduce a "metropolitan service
plan" for most of Nassua County
including Freeport and Baldwin
New York City and souther)
Westchester greatly increasing the
toll-free area, William R. BUlmeyer
Hie company's local agent ex
plained.
Pending a decision fixing perma
nent rales, the company has asked
for an immediate temporary rate
increase by moans of a 10 pen-en
addition to only the local service
charge on "customers' billsi
"Present rates," said Carl Whit
more, tlie company president, "no
longer bring enough revenue to
keep pace with higher costs ol
furnishing service. We have now
readied the point where, on ac-count
of the upward spiral in costs
of material and in wages, which to-gether
make' up the company's
'cost of living,' it is simply im-possible
for us to remain financial-ly
healthy today under 1930 rates
—just as it would ~ be for an in-dividual
to live today in his 1930
wages." The present- rates were
M r. W h i 1 more then KOCH into
detail to show there has been a
steady decline in earnings due to
the increase in operating expenses,
including taxes and wages, which
have risen 9G percent since 1940
'outstripping our SO percent in-crease
in gross revenue, *T"witlT
wages advancing—329 percent,
though the present force of 70,000
employees is only about SO per-cent
greater than H was in 1940."
Mr". Billmeyer told told of the
increase in the number of tele-phones
In the FreeporNBaldwin
area, of the addition to the Grove
st. building with its Increased
facilities for serving this area.
"The plan contains the following
five advantages to Freeporl and
Baldwin customers," Mr. Bill-meyer
added:
"1—Their toll-free calling area
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FIRST NATIONAL YULE CLUB
DISTRIBUTES $204,000 TO 2,744
The, Christmas club.of the First
National Bank & Trust Cq. has just
closed with, the distribution of
$20-1,000 fto 2,744 members;". Last
year the club disbursed $196,000
among 2,849 members.
The 1949 club", will be opened
Monday.
EXCHANGE HEARS .BILLMEYER
William B. Bijlmeyer, local dis-trict
manager for the1 New York
Telephone Co.L addressed .the Ex-change
Club at its.luncheon in the
Elks clubhouse yesterday. He ex-plained
the proposed increase in
telephone rates for which applica-tion
has been fiied-with~the^Public
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Northeast Civics
Backs No. 3 Plan
To Eliminate Grades
Favors Dirt Fill
At Columbus Avenue;
Opposes Fare Hike
The Northeast Civic Assoclattoi
came out for "Plan No. 3" foi
eliminating the grade crossings
w i t h two modifications, after r<
scinding its previous endorsemen
of (he Cohen plan al
meeting in the home
Herkowitz. 215 North
Friday night.
This action was
Mian prepared by
of (he local civir
t l i e Chamber of
been explained
Miranda, William
i l H monlhlj
of Harry J
Ocean ave.
taken after the
representative*
associations am
Commerce hat
by Waller J
J. Martin, presT
dent of the chamber, and Cord
Viebrock.
Members of tho Northeast as-sociation
are opposed to the open-ing
of South Colunr.bus ave., to
connect with North* Columbus aye.,
b,ecanse of its proximity to Ben-ningtou
Park. Consequently the
3ndorsemeni of the plan carried
i recommendation that dirt fill
be substituted for pillers al Colum-n's
ave. The, other recommenda-tion
was .thai- a tralllc circle be
trovided around the triangle
'ormed by tlie railroad. North
Main and Henry- sts., and Broad-way,
to facilitate the movement
of trafllc in that area.
The members were particularly
mpresse.d with tho provisions for
mrking in the vicinity of the
station—under tlie proposed _ plan
is compared with I he limited space.,
under the Cohen plan.
Oppose L, I. R. R. Fare Increase
The association al,s.o^_w,ejH on
record as being opposed to the
implication of the Long Island
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WHELAN DRUG STORE
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
The Whulan Drug Store, 6-i
oouth Main St., will remain open
Sunday after the other pharmacies
n Freeport close at 2 P. M. The
telephone is Freeport 8-0083.
Fears Another Hike
Would Affect Realty
Values Adversely
Says Railroad Seeks
To Reduce Number of
Persons Using Lines
At the— behest of Mayor Cyril
L\ Ryan. I lie Village Board went
)n record as being opposed to the
ippllcaliou*ol' the Kong Island Kail
Hoad to the Public Service Com-mission
for permission to impose
i second 25 'percent increase in
.•oimmtlatlon rates, school tickets
ind single trip fares at its meet-
UK Friday night.
Mayor Ryan is.a member of the
Nassau Transit Commission \\hich
took similar action at a meeting
in Garden City Friday afternoon.
"it is my considered opinion that
the Village Counsel be authorized
to send a protest of the increase
as being not in order," the Mayor
said. "I feel the Board should
take some definite action at this
time."
Horace F., Carppnter thereupon
moved that Village Counsel Martin
II. Weyrauch be instructed lo
draft such a protest. And Leonard
I), ft. S m i t h in seconding il, said:
"The Hoard is definitely opposed
lo this increjisi; in rale proposed
by the Long Island Rail Road and
Village Counsel should be author-ized
to make such a protest ac-cordingly."
The following letter was pre-pared
by .Mr. \Veyranch and sent
to the P.S.C.:
"The Board of Trustees of I lie
Village of Freeport protests the
increase In commutation rates sug-gested
by ,.the -Long Island Kail
Hoad, and/requests the Public Ser-vice
Commlbsion to deny the'uppli-
'ntfqn.
"To grant the request of the rail-oad
would be tantamount to con-fiscation
of property. Real estate
allies in the Village of Freeport to
large ex-tent' depend upon the
a c i l i t y of communication wlth.Tww
fork City, and-the reasonableness
of fares. To add to tlie increase
in rates an additional assessment
over tlie 2T> percent 'temporarily1
granted by the commission since
July 19-17 would seriously affect the
desirability of l i v i n g in this suburb
and divert potential residents* to
other localities.
"What the railroad - in effect
seems to be t r y i n g " to accomplish
is a. reduction in tlie number of
patrons on its lines, so that out of
the greater fares paid by fewer pas-sengers
a specious -pretense of
efficient management may be made.
Asks P.S.C. Deny Application
"The railroad a year or two ago
made a 'prediction' that fewer
patrons would be using its road in
the coming -years. This in the face
of the obvious fact,that the desira-bility
of Long IslantI as a residence
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