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THUESDAT;;FEBRUAEY 19,1948:
Im,-and ,revlew.ed by :Mrs. Har-vey
Dean fs the story, of the unrest
experle,nce4~bb^-a-negro-ln-a-whlte
world.. , " . . . '
•u
Literary Chairpian *K
-GonductirProgra^ Y
' Featured at a meeting of' the
literature d e pa r tment of the
-Athena_Glub-Monday- af ternoonr In
Mrs.-William J.
ed "Whistle* ptffigliter.-WWa.ae/1. by
Herbert Best,-the story oTTrrandmji
•Jrru^tle aiT lip . State New "York/
/elderly woman farmer.—She^was a
'forceful- character 'wfcp :. dqmina,ted
he Community in : which stie lived,
-timeS__,found herself^in -situations
Sewanhaka Takes Lead
-H:.:
•--Building
reviews by members. The depart-ment
chairman, Mrs. Elizabeth F.
Kelly, presided. . . ....„' ^ —
. 'Mrs. John Powers reviewed "We
, Lead -a Double Life," describing It
'•V-as a double autobiography'of Ruth
jiTid Helen Hoffman" who were-lden-tical
twins, and worked throughout
_ tlieir_llfe_as_a_team._ „
"Lonely " Crusade," by Chester
mr t. NEW MODE
MJ-L-L4-N-EJHT— • ' •
Is Continuing its Great
SALE EVENT!
: f'i
I!
Thursday - Friday
Saturday
Hat
Vincent Sheeari's "Certain-Rich
^Man," /was described by Iflra^Wil-liam^
Mermann -as-the story' of a
fabulously - wealthy man who re-turned
from the War to find his
social position, changed. He had
been surrounded by things materl-and
people tha.t no longer seem-importarit
in contrast to the
dpwh, to earth men; which the. war
h&d thrown-him into contact. ."It
is a true picture of the life of man
today, painted, .against our never
changing background of greed,"
Mrs. Mermann,said.'
-^he—Meaning—pf^Treason;"-- by
-Rebecca West, was discussed "by
Mrs. EK Dr Philferlck. -She said it
comprised a group of articles which
first appeared in-the .New Yorker
and -later were incorporated Into a
book describing all the traitors to
England during World War II. The
life and characteristics of each
leading up to.;their becoming trai-tors
to their country, and-* on
through" their trials and convictions
•are traced' thmneji the volume. .
{-7-The-7-Sewanhaka—High—Sciiool
basketball '.team-seems:to^be-a^jinx*
:to the: Freeporters- that 1uqt won't
be •overcome, ! Th'JngS"~w;iBht well
^vith the 'jRed1 D.evils^untn^tliey met :6n-January 13,_ When tpe*.Floral
Parkers by freezing • the ball- for
more than a minute and a quarter,
retained-a-dne^ppjnt-lead and-woir
by.-a~rscore of-59 to 6 8 . '
1
/Values to $10..
0 Agents for Gage Hats
22 Church Stre^
(Opposite-High School)
GbEARlNG-HOUSErXiROUP-VI
MEETS IN TOWN LODGE
Group VI of -the Nassau County
Clearing House Association held its
February meeting in tne" Town
Lodge, with Chairman W. Sargeant
Nixon, ~ cashier: of - t h e 'Freeport
Bank, presiding.
Banks represented aT the^gaTher"
Ing were ,the First National Bank
& Trust Co. and Freeport Bank;
the Baldwin National Bank & Trust
Co. arid the Peoples State Bank of
Baldwin; the^ Seafqr.d National
Bank and the First National Bank
of Bellmore. Executive. officers of
the Bank qf Amityyille and Nation-al
IBank of Amityvflle were guests"
at the meeting*." -»^
—The—locals—the~n—continlied7~on
their'winning way .until* they jour-neyed-
to Floral Park Tuesday after-noon,
and lost again to the' tune of
52.to '48. ,As'a result the^victors
moved lnto_ undisputed possession
of first pface^in- sectioTT one of the
South Shore league with eight vic-
'gs.aa&JiLslngle defeat;, Freeport
is second with" "a- record' of 1 vic-tories
a n d 2 defeats. " . ' * . . •
Freeport 'started .out like a World
beater by scoring 24T)oints in the
first period, half its-total score, and
taking a decided lead. During the
second .period a Sewanhaka player,
was Injured, holding the game up
_for~a—conslderabie~period. In the
meantime the players became chill-ed
and the visitors never seemed
able to hjt*-their stride again,
"though the game was nip and tuck
until _the 'finish. - •' • '
Tomorrow .night Mephanf high
willLturnish the local opposition,
while Sewanhaka will take on the
Hempstead five which has won
only- 'one gamet on the leader's
home court.
Nassau Elks'to-Hold
-Joinl
— - -
jQinLffiitk.the other .units- in Nassau
County '.in .a ,county-wide.\.obaery
arice^pf.Flftg Day.;'on: Sunday,; June
13, ai the Minepla^fairgrounds^The
Mitchel Fleld\ band is '.to lead a
patriotic prptfessiori to the 'grounds
The various lodges are to endeavor-
.to arrange for -the-yeterans* and
service organizations iiTjtheir.com-munities—
to—participate4—in™ the
event, •• • •'---'- . " -
Initial plans for-the observance
were made, at a meeting of repre-sentatives*
or tlte Freeport, Glen
Cove, Great Neck,* Hempstead 'and
Lynbrook^JLodges—in—Great-^Neck
Monday night.,. "Gordon-'.H., Meyer,
local epcalted- ruler,- was elected
treasurer- oi~the_ cpmmittee of- ar-rangements,
of - which James F.
Nilen,. of Great Neck, was chosen
chairman- Albert- E. Bellows, of
Lynbrobk, _ was made secretary.
Heretofore each lodge has conduct-ed
its own Flag Day sites,
r the next meeting will be held in
Hempstead on M o n d a y night
-March-22; -^——r-
Mrs. W. H. Hughes Heads
Trade in Your
Old Washer
Main'at Sunrise
..FReeport 9-2101
if;
Turpentine FRIDAYS
98cgal 9:00 P. M. Your -fcorifjtiner
WASHABLE - OQLORPAST
All Standard Brands
ANYWHER
ONE COAT ONE COAT
Gloss Paint
225$$ gal.
17 E.rMerricik Roadm. Main Street
Mrs. William S. Hughes, jr., was
elected president of the" Frfeeport
Hospital Guild, at the February
meeting held in the Crystal Lake
Hotel. Elected with her were Mrs.
Seward J. Baker and Mrs. A. 'W.
Place, vice-presidents; Mrs.-P. L.
Janssen,-treasurer;- Mrs. -F—Toner
Bean, corresponding -secretary, and
Mrsi -Richard Emra, recording sec-retary.
Announcement was made that
the Freeport ^ospitaj had been ap-proved
by the- American Medical
Association, ' " _ - , . •
The afternoon was featured* by.a
hat fashion show-conducted by the
Pom Pom Hat Shop with Mrs.
Phelma Kaufman explaining the
different hats as they were dis-played.
•;_._..—
Mrs. Karl Ruger, Mrs. Arthur
Brown, Mrs. James Simson, Mrs.
Hugh Jackson, Mrs. Emory Banta
and Mrs. Peyton Ware were wel-comed
as members.
— On the hospitality committee
were Mrs. Walcott Chandler, chair-man;
Mrs. Emra, Mrs. J. Edwin
Clark, Mrs.. H. W. Adams, Mrs.
Robert Jackson and Mrs, "E. L.
Barto.
Due to a conflict of ilates'The
next meeting wiirwheld'"in; the
home-of Mrs. Richard Porter, 234
Porterfield -pl.f on Wednesday,
March 3, at 2:15 P.M., instead of a
week, later.
P.-T.A. Founder's Day
Dinner Tuesday Night
An 'interesting program is to be
presented -in connection with the
annual Founder's Day dinner spqiu
sored by the Central j- Council of
Parent-Teacher Associations Tues-day
night in the WooiTcieft Restau-rant
on Woodcleft ave., Mrs. Carl
A. Sutermelster,-the chairman, an-nounced
today. _ ''
—Tire-Seaman ClToral, composed of
mothers- of pupils in the Seaman
ave. scho6r, directed by Mrs. Julius
accompanied by Mrs. H. Carlyle
voss. Miss Lynn Benedict will
Play the xylophone with Ruth
Single accompanying. Mrs. . Cor-
_n?llus .„ Freeman will present a
mmelnSt?ol^ M,I]rUs.m Abelrb teor tt hMe ialloecro,.m Tpahneir-e
„„. be -the usuaj candle^Ightlng
ceremony.* Tickets.,may be obtaln-
Tlt
-
committee • comprises Mrs. William
Rableri; Archer stTTMrSTiaa Grant,
Cifeveland aye. ;. Mrs. William Neld-ence'
Allen, Grove St., , and Mrs.
Harold- J. Blass, Seaman ave. -b
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WUbeirforce Ex-Head
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Fre^port' —^~r~F"- •
-Leading Weekly
Newspaper - -*-.!--J--J-'—I-' '•_ '•
12th. Year. EREEPOBT,,N. Y., THURSDAY,'FEBRUARY. 26, 1948 - FIVE CENTS A COPY
Dr. D. Ormonde .Walker, of'Biif--
falo, former president of Wilber-force
University, 'Wilberforce, O.,
the . oldest: Negro college in this
country, is - to deliver .the address
at—the—annual—laymen's—dinner,j.
sponsored by the Freepor.t Inter- /
Faith1 ClefgyJSOuncll and •thet_local/
-flei'viee-clubs-next—Thursday * *'•
in the Transfiguration Pa
House. ' ,
There also, will be a muslcal^pro-gram
by theGospel Chorus pf the
Bethel A.M.E. Church, Mrs. James
S. Shaw, Mrs. Ann Morgan, Henry
Becker, Mrs. -Albert Chambers and
others. ' ' .
I
MOLLOY K. OF C. RETREAT
PLANNED OVER WEEK-END
The annual George Washington's
week-end retreat of Bishop Molloy
Council, K. of C., will get under
way tomorrow at 6 P. M., when
."liner will be served in the Bishop
Molloy RefreatxHouse in Jamaica.
[t will close Sunday at the same
hour. The retreat Is for members
and officers of the council.
Walter Charwin, of Baldwin, is
chairman of^the retreat 'committee.
The recently organized*, Daniel J.
Bratlley—Goumiil—of—Bato^n;. will
be^r_ep_resented-,at_£he.
Dominic Pefficio
Heads Red Cross
Drive fo
Campaign Plans^Made
At ^yorkers> Meeting;
Proclamation Issued
'-I
BROCCOS HAVE
VALENTINE GIRL
A daughter born to Benjamin and
Sarah Ficaro Brocco, 189 East aye.,
on St. Valentine's Day, last Satur-day,
has been named Vaili -Anna
Vfarie.
STATION LIQUOR SHOP
x PETER and JOSEPH-PALAGONIA
26 BROOKLYN .AVE. FRKEPORT, N. Y.
North Side of Railroad Station
"^~ Oflfers PROMPT Delivery
OP YOUR NEEDS IN WINES, WHISKEY, COBDIALS,
CHAMPAqNES AND ASSORTED ITEMS
TELEPHONE FREEPORT 9-2323
Mrs. Cleary TEntertains
Nassau O.E;i5;:NIaG^ns~
;. Mrs. Alice Cleary, worthy matron
of Freeport; . .Chapter, D.E:S., was
hostess at the monthly _meeting^pf
.the^matrons of the Nassau County1
chapters in her-home,~22 MSadbw-
:brook rd., Merrick, Saturday, after-noQn.
Mrs.-^'Iolen Boyd, of Hew-
£tC3he distHct deputy^graiid ma-
-tron, -also attended!
Following a dessert- luncheon,
plans for a: dlnner._and reception to
be-given in Jh'oiiorc.of-Mrs.- Kathryn
Bohcn, grand matron, and' Clifford
-Willoughby, grand_patron, JiL the
Garden City JHotel,_Gar den City, .on
Friday evening, March 12, were dis-cussed.
Dinner Js -to be -served at
6 o'clock, fallowed by theTeceptioh
at 8. - , *•• . "V. •
-. Others present were: :
t Mra. Isabel '\Ynllace, Mrs. Grace Brow-rJfi
Mrs< Jftne ' Galbralthe, Mra. Belle
Klllnnr1 Mre. Lorraine Henderson, Mra.
Marlchen Werthesscn, Mra. Ruth Sale;
JHrs. Lillian tCandlc,. Mra. Clara Lnnff,
Mra.. Dorothy Gohib, 'Mrs. Mildred Orth,
Mra. Marion Allen, Mrs. 'Viola Clark,
/Shoes
METALLIZED
jfHROLTHEl
^ iPROtESS
precjoui)
ihoes Info imperishable metal . .J
Finished in Bronze and silver) .
ptatebt for treasured-keepsake*
»uch ;os -Ash Troy«^_B6bkends,! ___
Paperweights, Photo Combine^
etc. -:"- ------- —- '/'
Dominic pelllcio has been named
village chairman of the Red Cross
campaign to raise $10,000 in Free-port
during March. The quota Is
slightly in efccess of that for last
year, but Mr. Pelliclo predicted the
community would attain its goal.
Mrs. Robert B. Paterson, chair-man
~of fchg. ;Freeport Red Cross,
'Branch, Is vice-chairman of the
campaign; Russell" E/ totaling,
treasurer;. Mrs. Wallace_H.^_Camp^
"b'ell-," secretary; Jdseph^H. Gray,
chairman of commerce and Indus-try,
and Mrs."' Arthur1 Eastwood,
chairman of . organization. The
house-to-house canvass chairman
will be appointed shdrtly, with four
district chairmen..
•Plans for the campaign were an-nounced
at an organization meet-
&nfe in the^Municipal Building last
night. Report meetings will be
held Monday nights, starting next
Monday. Announcement was made
that funds raised through the com-merce
committee under a new ar-rangement
will be credited to the
commun4iy;in which they are given
instead of to the county at large
•wfc?cli;.slioul<^.IielD, considerably In
enabling Preeport' to reach ' its
quota.
.Mayor CyxM C. SyanHoday-issued,
: a proclamation calling on the
people of Freeport to help. the
American Red Cross "to continue
to carry on the magniflQ.ent-"wOTk
the world over and to^bring com-fort
to those. unfortunates of the
prostrate and war torn countries
and comfort "and cheer to"Impover-ished
people" in those "nations with
disjointed economies, and at .1
same,time be prepared here'vlri bur
community ,to aid us~in-event~of
disaster." ^-:-^K " -.:_.._'
He designate^ vMarch as Red
Cross month and called "on all-citi-zens^
pf ,.t$ils 'Village, to support the
1948 Red Cross drive for funds to
their utmost ability by making Con-tributions
to .our~Qwn~ local Red
Gross chapter, with-the-knowledge
~that-the~Red~ Cross~Tnustr^carry~oir
a great' burden again thls~~year;
make their gifts as large as possi-ble
to enable "the Red- Gross
'*!• ...
to.
— meet ey^ry— ^demand--plat;e3:"Uponr
--- it." " - ' ..'.
Pellicio participated In' an
.- attack ' wjjb-the-TQ.th. Division . on a
point— in^^orthern^Germany during
-World" War-II in ; which fiS and a
Title to Milburn Pond ParlrTract
Turned Over to by City
______ 'Board Passes Supervision' and Control' ,
ToParkCjpi^ission; Welcomed by Rickey
t Title to tlKr^t&burn Pond tract of "27^ acres"'h"as. Been
transferred to the Village of Freeport by the Board o'f Estimate
of New -York-ancJ-the-prpperty-will remain-inrpossessiori of the
municipality as long as it is used
for .park purposes. >,
. The transfer is in the form of- a
permanent easement in perpertuity
'to the surface of the water and
grounds.. It was" accepted at a
special meeting of- the Village
Board Friday night,' for. a considera-tion
,.pf $5 and the supervision and
management .of the area were turn-ed
over immediately to. the Park
Commission of which Branch Ric-key,
Jr., is chairman.. George F^
Hasbrouckr- village . clerki. was in-strucjted
to send a letter of thanks
to the New York authorities {for
making possible
tentlal possibilities at so reason-able
a cost,
$20,000 For Improvements
, Plans are under way for includ-ing
$20,000 for initial improvements
to the area in 'a bond issue to cover
the expense of providing par KB and
playgrounds' in various sections of
the village. However, work of
clearing away the underlir;ush=pEOb\
ably will be ^startetT "by village
workers, as soon as weather condi-tions
permit. In fact work was
started late last, year -when. It ;.bet
came known the transfer had been
approved;-'but: the --Hfirleis• vo£*.anxnr»
Tails that set in the_ day after
Christmas has prevented any pro-gress
^beiflg made. "
Mr. Rickey expressed elation on
learning the tract had become til-lage
property_and announced the
commission would do everything
within its power to develop the
park for the" best interests of the
community with-^the funds made
available: for .that -purpose.
-Robert-Mros es-AIded-PI a n~
Through the. efforts of Robert
Moses, chairman of the Long Island
State Park Commission, the__prop-erty—
was -offered to. the village-back
.in January 194.71 ' Though the'
Boar ducted promptly in^.announc-ing
its acceptance, it has taken
mQre—than^^ryear to complete the
details of the transaction.
"""The tract Is bounded on the east
south side of Sunrise Highway,
on the- .wea€^ by . the U.S. Navy-proerty
and adjacent holdings in
and on<the south' by the
north .side or^lerrick rd. Of the
total of 27-% acres, the lake takes
in 15 and the surround highland I2j^
acres. It-is proposed to. develop~_it
along the lines of Argyie Park in
Babylon arid ,the lake in, Rright-waters:
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trand and M_rs._ ,Molly -Weinatein.
^VALIANT
ASH TRAY _
Na. 109 -\ONE SHOE
t BRONZE...-$7.50
QUEEN ANN
BOOKENDS
No. 121-PAIR
BRONZE.;. $11.95
P.:„T -; .A. C. ou. ndl . , _ _.
Is Huge Success With\300 Attending
/Nearly '300 parents and" teachers gathered at the annual
Founders Day dinner sponsored by the Central Council bf Par-ent-
Teaeher~Ass0eiations-:of Preeport in the ^Voodcleft fiestau-rant
Tuesday night making i(Tone
of the most successful events In
the'. history of the -organization,
alnner .also marked-the 25th
tne- local F:.-
'"Third Generation of Jewelers" V _-^-' . ' . - %f
ag^viti <r^^r,'' i - s T.
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.FLORAL DESIGNS
WEDDING BOUQUETS
'cSRSAGES
FJbwer^Shop
Only fStor«:
8 N. Main -St./ FReieport (at Sunriseliwyj Freepqrt
anniversary of
Organization. •' . ,
Miss Helen E. Ross, the. council
president, presided until she" turn-ed..'
the proceedings over .to Mrs,-
Carl A. Sutermeister, the Founder's
Day chairman. '
The Rev. Reginald H. Scott, rec-tor-
of the Transfiguration Pi El
Church, offered grace. Mrs. Fred-,
erick Schneider, of Babylon,-Long
Island District director. Of the .New
York Stale -Congress of -Parents
and Teachers, spoke briefly.- She-complimented
— „„ ....
tlon on Its 25 .years of service,
called on It to.carry out the P.-jT:A.
program and expressed the;h6pe,"Jt
would.continue for another.^uarter- . ..r. • • • • •
of a century its work for. the chil-dren,
o f Freeport.;, : - ; •
™SlU>erintendent -of-S.chdols John
W. DoobS^jid Mrs. Christine Edr
wards,' the-^organizing.:: president,,
sent regrets over 'their inability to
be, present. Eight past presidents
j)ar$Gip"ated>.i n- the traditional
candle-lighting ceremony. . ' Th^
WeTe 'Mrs. Walter 'E. Hawkins, Mrs.
Robert H.^paron,. Mrs;r Franlc" S.
Snedeker, ^Mlss Florence . "Allen,
Mrs. Curtis ~T, Brail, -Mrs.^William
(Continued on Page 16)
ZIPPER'S PHARMACY: .
OPEN ALL DAY-SUNDAY
st'.> will remain open Sunday after
the" . other druggists in Freeport
close at 2 P. M.* Tfie telephone-Is
FReeport &-0277,
Northeast Civics
Backs^Boiid Issu^^
For Sewers in South
Proposes Village
—Allot Sites for Fuel—
Arid Gas Storage Tanks
The -Northeast Civic Association
at its monthly meeting 4n-the^Co-lumbus
ave. school Friday- night,
endorsed the proposed bond issue
to finance tlie installation of trunk
lines, force mains and pumping sta-tions
for a sewer in the southern
section of the .village on which a
referendum Is to be held in connec-tion
with the Village Election on
Tuesday, March 16.
This action was taken after
-Tredwell H.- Hopkins, past presi-dent
of the Atlantic-South Civic
Association,- and John .Hanneman,
the vice-president, had described
conditions in the area.
•; The : association;, acting- on." a re-port
of its board of directors, voted
-to recommend to the Village Board
and Planning Commission that
some place within the village be
set aside on which to erect tanks
in which to store essential heating
mediums such as fuel oil and gas
to prevent future shortages of
these commodities.
After receiving what It consider-ed
an unsatisfactory reply from
Chartes-AT- Briiid, Jr., couuHel~orthe"
University- of the,^5tate ot.,New
York, to Its proposal. fpr-an amend-ment-
to -the State Education-Law;
concerning eligibility _to. vbte-iin
schopl-election's'^riti'VoivIng- budgets
and'. capital expenditures, the asso-ciation
referred the matter back to
the directors, pending teceipt of a
letter ' from - the local Board of
Education --- ---- — • --- -----
Brotherhood Speaker
Brotherhood week Is to be ob-served
here -tonight at a dinner in
the Transfiguration Parish House
sponsored by the Preeport Inter-
Faith Clergy_Council, and a com--
mittee of laymen representing the
various religious congregations and
the service clubs of the village.
The spe'aker, appropriately, is. to
be" Dr. D. Ormonde- Walker, of
Buffalo, -past' president of Wilber-force
University, Wilberforce, O.( the oldest Negro college in. the
country. .
.A. mtxalcol, .program. ,-wllL Include
BeleeUonn by ttoe* Gospel Chorun- ot
the Bethel A.M. Church, and solos
by representatives of the various
congregations, Mrs. James S. Shaw
Henry Becker, Mrs. Laurette Bau
mann, Mrs. Ann Morgan and Mrs
-Albert Chambers. ._
Firemen Confine
banter Yard Fire
TtrOne
Freeport Lumber-Co;; —
lyiill and Storage
House Complete Loss
Chief Frederick Buss and every
:It— is the contention "Of the asso-elation
that eligibility for voting at
school elections- should be the same
as that for municipal elections in
which only taxpayers j?an vote.
Following the January meetin~g~a
letterf^was sent to the .Board of
Regents. Itrread:
i?We"~as;~k'~body believe the
(School) law to be -obsolete, arid
Incapable of fulfllling the purpose
a'S originally-iTiteri'ded.— We there-fore
"recommend that" ^ serious "con^
slderatlo~in5el~ "given toward bring-ing"'
thls law up -to- present d.ay
standards and requirements. -
"As the law stands only the tax-payers
may vote. Neither the non-taxpayers
nor their children oVer
18 years -of age are eligible. How-ever,
. as renters, both husband and
wife can vote; This creates- in-equalities
. in favor of the renter
who is not at all interested finan-cially
in the size . pf the school
budget 'nor ther Issues at stake^-. -
— Mr-.--Brind?s~reply-read : —
."_We: have no .reason at the pres-ent
time to see any necessity for a,
change In the requirements in "re-specTtQ
vpting at the schoormeet-
Ings..^ It was not Intended that per-sons
who do not 'meet the qualifi-"
•Q&tidns set up^-by the statute be
authorized to vote." ^ J__ JJ :.'r A Communication from the HicTts-yilIe-"
CIvic .Association, urging the
Northeast 'group to" preas^thia^mat-teip'of;
46:trip nionthly commutation
tickets was referred to Arthur OU sen' <3el^gatg_ to^tKe Allle^ 'Civic
CoTincil. ^; RolanU'"M. Pridham-was welcom-edL_;
as,.a.rmerab.erfc; President George
O. Bresided.-^.-Refresh-
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jhents were served. ,
blaze hi the Freeport Lumber Co.;.
.f plant on Russell pi., Tuesday
morning deserver credit" ror~tlre Job
done in keeping tlfe blaze confined
ated.. ^. "r^—. '. ""
The flre"l)r6ke7out in
working- and storage .building, ^a
140 by 34 foot structure.jvjiichjwas
completely destroyed. It was just
before 1 o'clochUJiat the blaze w_aj_
discrjvei;ed-and tlie" -flrsT of jnreiT
alarms ^nnndnd hy the crossing
-watcJiman at Bayview ave. pes-plte
the cold, realizing that,the"ftre
.must be serious, many of the fire-men
just drew their street clothes
over their pajamas and rushed to
tie-scene.- - .... " " -
When .they reached the blaze^.
smoke rand flames were shooting
out tho roof as -high as'the wflteT
tank neacby and. all around the
sides: Fortunately th,e wind was
from the nbrUrwhich kept "the fire
frqrn^ • spreading ^to the nearly
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<fc - ' Wood Declines
Some Rule Party "i r '.- "
;Says Ideas Haven't
Beeij Carried Out;
Would Be in Minority
The Homo Rule PaKy having de- "
Ided not to put a ticket in the field .
or the village -election, on Tu'efc...
day, March 16, the choice of'the
Tnity Party candidates, Leonard D.
r~Sm!tinxmJ~Robert L. .Doxsee, for
ho two trusteeships to be filled is
assured unless some other party
nters tho field at- the last moment;
Consequently the onjy-". issue to
arouse interest -In tUe^Spring crim-
>aign is tiie refereiiHum,oiTfloating "
)onds_to_finance^theiinstallatJLoii_ol
i
runk lines, force mains and pump-ng
stations for sewers in the
southern section of the village.
"This situation waa brougnt about
Vhen Trustee Walter J. Wood re-used-
to accept a re-nomination at
L meeting, of the Home Rule" Party
n Exempt Firemen's-Hall Tuesday
night. Thereupon the Home Rulers
decided against contesting the elec- r
ion of Mr. Smith and Mr. Doxsee.
' Wood Declines to Run
Arthur Olson, party*, chairman,,
presided at the meeting. Tredw.ell
H. Hopkins placed the nomination
of Mr. Wood before the group,
asserting the village needed a
trustee "who would do something"
-. community.,. Bernard J.
Wood -thereupon declined to b6-a
candidate in a 50 mlhute speech in
which he listed 47 projects RfOpos-ed
by him during the time he was
chairman of_the~planning commis-sion
which he" said had not been
carried fhRf "effect. He also- went
Into the history of the H*ome Rule
Party J'ronr the time It was resur-rected
In 1943 by the present, ad- _
ministration. . .
In conclusion Mr. Wood listed
our. reasons for.' refusing .to be a •
:ahdidate. H<T maintained- -^that,
even if he^ was elected, as a minori-ty
member of the board he could
accomplfsh'Trothlrig; that his'plans
never l^fld been carried out; that
here..wjqre.ao.mriny^proje'cta beforcr
he board that at the present rate
of progress it would take years to
^^Uf^s^fi
put 'them into effect and that he •
vater front with my wife."
.-Decide.:-Againat_-Conteat
Carl C. Jensen^'chairman of:-ttie-commlttee,
-
said two World War II veterans
iatl-agreed-to be candidates for-the
two .trusteeships, but eTcn.if-they :
wdre^pfected they would beJln_the
minority on therboard. On his sug-estlon
It was voted not to enter
Mr. Olsen said'' he thought" the —
Home • Rule Party should remain
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BEDEUTTO- INSTALL
G.O.P.. OFFICERS TONIGHT
Evorett C. -Furman wlll-^be-in-stalietl
for .his aecon'd term with the
other officers at the monthly meet-
"ng" of . the* ^reeport Republican
tonight in the Legion Dugout,
lounty Comptroller Theodore Be-dell;
jr.," wIIT be the Installing .
officer. .Entertainment will be pro-vTded."".""
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