1948-03-04

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SIXTEEN , FEBRUARY J26/ 1948
Enter Jamaica Exhibit
Show; Work in Regional
Display of Creative '•'-'
Art ;~The Exhibitors
Art"min(|ed students qf the Jft-ee-pbrt'-
Junior-Senior High School are
represented In-the Regiohal Exhibi-tion
of Creative Art, co-sponsored
by a* Jafnaica department store,
which' was opened Saturday and
-will continue through Saturday,
March 6. It Is being conducted na-tionally
by scholastic magazines.
Miss Maude Constable, chairman of
theJVrt_D_epartment, supervised- the
work of the local girls.
Entries of the Freeport students
cover pictorial, graphic, design,
commercial, and costume art. Miss
TlnLe i•r -5C0AthiL- W11e7d JdJ"i ng --AJIn n•iversary ,„-_..;.„.,... . . - . . • . • — ----.'V- . . . . «f-
. Mr. and-Mrs, James ^..Cunningham, 93.liexington ave.', wno
tvere joaarried in 'St.-Michael's E. 'C. Churqh< Bay 'Ridge, .Brook-lyn,,
on .Washington's^l^irthd yyi 1898, celebrated :theiir 50th
annlversaryiofc-Suhday^A-mass-of
thanksfeivine,, was celebrated by
the Rey.'iJohn. J. Madden, assistam
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—Harrisonr art teachers in the-junior
high school,1 also hive submitted
entries. Students submitting win-ning
entries in the Regional Ex-hibit
will send their posters to
Pittsburgh to compete "for places
in the national exhibition In the'
Fine Arts Galleries of Carnegie
Hall Institute. There are 75 art
scholarships, 400 regional, and 860
national awards for the winning en-'
tries. Peter Kenny, the junior high
art' photographer, has taken some
excellent snapshots of the entries.
- Entrants from the senior high
include: .... - ---• •
Jack Lay ton, Tom Copelnnd/" Vivian
Hnrriftflon, Jean Freelan, Dick Wettlauf-er,
Joan Mnck, Herbert Sebold, Bob
ChambcrR, Kay Pease, Hcdy Etgon and
Carolyn Bedel],
Eighth-grade-entrants are:
RoRcr Snmmis, John Policy, Jessie
Nortwriffht, Nhtiilie Diamond, Ray Clem-ents,
Michael Bree, Frances. RUBBO, Dofj*
Sch'lndlcr. Mnry Lou Miller, 'David Lnri'o,
Walter. Wolf, Gunther Wenhler, Joe La
Fata, Dougr McLean, Frank Swanson,
GeorffO" KnndIlornirIniid"Rudy Dreyer.
Eeventh grade entrants are:
Richard Cameron, Anita Nonmaker,
Austin, Copcland, Janet Sullivan, John
—Helber,-. Michael Termnn, Dick'
and Robert Holmes.
R.C
Church7vin the .
o'clock nearly. a_hulndredirr6iatives
and friends gathered in Exempl
Firemen'gL^HaU for- ah elaborate
celebration.-
The guests incraded the 'brides-maid
of fifty yearsvago, Mrs. -,Mar-garet"
McCabe^ aunt of Mrs. Cun-tifn'gham,
who beforejier marriage
was MissiEleanor Morton. District
'Judge. Norman S. Lent, of Lyn
brook, son-in-law of the- couple;
gave the toast* Mayor Cyril 6.
-Ryan -and -Father- Madden- dropped
In to extend their congratulations
to .the'couple. -Dancing and other
forms of entertainment were en
joyed and a buffet supper w«
served. t
The Cunninghams came to Free-port
from Brooklyn 35 years ago,
and he was a contractor and build-er
until his retirement. The couple
have four sons and three daugh-ters.
The sons are Adam, 'of Wood-bury,
N. J., and John, twins; James
and Edward, all residents;_pf_ Free-p.
ort, and.the daughters, Mrs. Helen
Cerrena; of Mineola; Mrs. Mar-garet
Huebner, of Freeport, and
Mrs. Patricia Lent, "of Jjynbrook.
They alab have eleven grandchil-dren.
R£V. C. N. HOGLE TO DISCUSS
TOPIC OF FALLING IN LOVE
The Rev. C. Newman Hogle, pas-tor
of the Freeport Methodist
Church, will discuss the subject
"How to Fall in Love Intelligently,"
> three Sunday evenings In the par-
, ish hall of the.church starting this
Sunday and continuing on. March* 7
and 14.
This serIeB~~of- informal discus-sions
is open to all young pedple of
hlgh~ school age. " --
Dominic Pellicio
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sejrgea'nt were the only men to sur-viye.
Both were seriouely wounds
ed. On his return he was -called to
Washington to receive a citation
personally from President Harry S.
Truman as t|je outstanding soldier
from this community. He also has
the Region, of Honor and Legion of
Merit (Jecorations.^and a Purple
THT eartJ.. \ -f ' - '••••• ._ ,. .
He is
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Store Opens Saturday ~~
The new^ and modern quarters of
the Pergament paint and wallpaper
store at 79 West Merrlck rd., will
>e formally opened on Saturday.
The business Is to be located in one
of—the-new block of stores across
rom the Grove Theatre..
Another Pergame&t store is lo-cated
in Franklin Square. The two
stores are reputed^to be*amohg the
most modern, and complete paint
and'wallpaper salesrooms in Metro-politan
New York. f
.captain of Company K,
New York National Guard, with
headquarters in Hempstead, and
commander of Theodore Henry
Mohr Post, V.F;W. ^^
Red Cross- workers attired In
their uniforms will attend services
Sunday morning in their various
churches. "
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17-:E. Merrick Road nr. Main •jStr^t
7- rPBeeport
Firemen Confine i',:'. *j/_;' • -'• j|-'.,vt • ,'i^ ._
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stacks of lumber. Anothfer fortu
nate circumstance -Was ^.that the
yard was free of freight cars which
would have handicapped the vol-unteers
-In their worjc. An alarm
was .sounded Tuesday night when
some smoldering ruins burst into
flames, which were quickly put out.
It was an hour before the flremek
got-t-he-'blaze' under/control, but the
last spark had not been extinguish-ed._
untiLseveral_Jiours__Jater. An
ehgine company was' called from
Baldwin to stand, by fbr an.emer-gency.
. - .
The-building,- a tw,o-story affair,
contained the millwright machin-ery
for the'yard and considerable
plywood and other materials were
stored in- the place. Major Ernest
W. Newton, of the Salavatlon
Army, arrived at the scene early
with a bountiful supply, of coffee for
;he men. Several firemen received
first aid for cUtirand bruises. .
The—lumber- company _is "owned
t>y Jack J. Rosensteln who .has
been in business here ten years. •
Miss Shirley Sutton's *
Engagement Revealed
Mr. and MFB'. W. -Vf. Button, 509
T_,ena'ave., announced the engage-ment
of their daughter. Miss Shir-ley
^Button, to John R. Morrison,
jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison,
of Oceanside, at a cocktail party In
their~home—Sunday night.. There
were about 50 present- ~~"~ ,"
Miss Sutton is a graduate of
Freeport High School. Her fiance
s an alumnus of the Peddie School
and Stephens Ihstituter of Tech-nology,
of.Hoboken, N. J,' He was
a bomber "pilot with the 15th Air
?orce in the European Theatre of
Operations wltn the rank of first
ieutenant during World'War II. .
Convert your bab/i
show intp jmf>eri$nabia"metai
. •• V Finished Jn Bronze and
silver plated for treasured
keepsakes such as Ash Trays*
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'to Combin' ations/ etc.
3rd .Generation of Jewelers
_^j(at. Sunriao Hwy) :
43 So. Main Street
FBeepOrt 8-9898
-Athena-Club
President'-s-Day Monday
'...Presidents, and representatives
of*', neighboring Nassau Clubs, and
past presfdents of Athena, will be
-Presidents^Dayj.tearMonday^atiatlS
.FJJtt*,'' Jn the Columbus Avenue
School, witKMrsrHarold E. Pear-son
presiding. ". - ...
— The drama department, Mrs;
Richard, M. Blake: chairman, "will
present'two one-act plays'. "Taller
Squares" ";by RL R. Strong, ^111 have
in the cast, Mrs. Harvey Dean- as
Mrs. Sims, MrjB..JV-Philip Thayer as
Aunt Molly,. Mrs. W, Kingman Put-name
as Becky, Mrs. John Powers
as Mrs. Bousch, and Mrs. Charles
Lutz as Woman by the "Stove.
The second play, a comedy by
James Reach, called "Good Nelgh-bors"-
wlll -be-cast-as follows,-Mrs.
Gilbert Flint aa ^.AdelaJdel'jKinlon
Mrs. Gerald Drach a,s Cicily Smith,
,Mi!S—William Mermann as Pb.ttie
Heffelfinger, Mra._ Clement Winter
as Wanda MTiHigan,,-Mrs. Dean as
Jennie Fuller,. r Mrs. J. Wesley
Southard -as Laura Drake, Mrs.
William pumper as Senora Liares
and Mrs. William Hughes as Kate
Kloppenfcerg.
The stage settings will be • by
Mrs. Roy R. Gockley and Mrs. Alan
Carver. Both play9 will be pro-duced
under the direction of Ray-mond
Barrett assisted by Mrs.
Audra Norris. -
to* be arinpuriced4ater,4-MisB^LOUlse
Flerro, a local resident, was nameo
chairman bif arrangements , at a V
meeting of • the ' Nassau County
group in Our Lady of.Loretta Club-house,
Hempstead, Friday night.
• Plans also were made to witness
a performance pf Gilbert arid Sulll-van'p"
"Gondoliers," following din-ner
In the Hotel Bryant, Manhat-tan.
Miss .Mary Byrned and Miss
Betty Carney, both of Rockvllle
Centre, are the co-chairmen. - Miss
jane Connolly, of Freeport, is In
charge of plans for a trip to -St/.
•Joseph's- Home for Children in-
Broklyn on Sunday, April' 11.
TJie -cancer committee meets
once a month~t^malfe~(lf55§illgS~foTT
patients in Nassau County. There
will be a general meeting Friday
night, March 12, -in the Loretta
clubhouse.
Albert Miller will play in=.
cidental music during the after-noon.
•
The hospitality committee under
the chairmanship of Mrs. Vernon
Bickmore_and_Jtfrs. Frederik JBort^
er will welcome all to tea following
the program!
Members and guests will be wel-comed
by the hostess committee,
Mrs. E. Freeman Miller, chairman,
assisted by Mrs. A. W. Place, Mrs.
Carlisle Boger, Mra. William Lies,
Mrs. B. M. Asch and^Mrs*-Richard-
Porter.
P.-T1 .AA. lro1 unc- "ili
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Cleary, Mrs. Robert Munkelt and
Mrs. .Herb'ert Bond.
A life-membership was presented
to Mrs. Munkelt in recognition of
the_fact thh.t the Central Council
had presented $25 to the state
group for Its scholarship fund.
Each of the local units turned in
a donation to the state association.
A musical program concluded
the evening's exercises. The Sea-man'
Choral composed of members
of. the Seaman ave. School P.-T.A.
sang several selections directed by
Mrs,"Julius Fenyo and accompanied
by Mrs. H. Carlyle Voss. 'Miss
Lynn Benedict^ played the xylo-phone
with Miss Ruth Single ac-companying.
Mrs. Cornelius .Free-man
presented, a comedy number
with Mrs. Albert Miller assisting
at. the • piano. ^ .
Mrs.. Siitermeister .was -assisted
4>y the following'women: Mrs. Wil-liam
Rablen, "Archer st.; Mrs. Ida
Grant, Cleveland \ave.; Mrs. Wil-
Miss Allen, Gnove at., and Mrs.
Harold J7 Blass, Seaman ave.
KA4SERS TO~CEAD—
'SALVATION ARMY SERVICES
Ma'jor and Mrs; Paul'Kaiser, who
are In^charge of-the-work for young
people in the -Ne'w^ York District,
are to conduct services Sunday in
.Salvation Army headquartersr~T5
ti—Major-Kaiser-is-young
.peoples'" secretary-. antU—his wife
heads~the work of - the ..Women's"
Home:-Ije'ague'r.- ~ >—-^-^-^^-:.
ey will speak at the 11 A.M,
nday"School 'at 2:30
P.M., and at
"band-will play
Photoatatic Copies
of yoi^r
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" Discharge Papers
Photo Studio
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31 So. Grove Street
FEeeport B-0841
Plans Dinfier <Ap^riiy22
. The annual '.dinner of ..the Nation-al
."_ Catholic Community;. •_ S ervlce
Junior League is to' be held .on;'
iypIace-
Soufh Shore's Freepbrf-s
FBEEPORT, N/Y^jroilSDAT, MARCH 4;- 194B FIVE CENTS A COPY
Elect W.J, Martin
President of Chamber;
Lists Objectives
Back Sewer "Bond Issue;
Committee Heads Chosen
William J. Martin was ..elected
Unity Party
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active, "and be a watch dog, and by
constructive criticism build up the
party in the long run." Mr, Hop--
kins also :voiced the opinion the
group should continue to meet
regularly. * , •,
The proposed sewer bond issue
was endorsed —
To Se6k Vote of Confidence
Meanwhile the Unity Party at a
meeting in Exempt Firemen's Hall
lasLnight voted to go ahead with
Us campaign with a view-to getting
out a large vote of confidence at
the election.. Dr. George A. New-ton
^presided. Ralph Pellicio, cam-paign
manager announced the ap-pointment
of the following-election
district captains and committees:
president or the Freeport Chamber
of Commerce to succeed Cord Vie;
brock at the annual meeting held
in the offices of the Freeport Fed-eral
Savings and Loan Association
Tuesday night. Horace E. DeLis-ser
was cohsen as executive vice-president.
• Plans Tor an aggressive
year also were discussed. Advance-ment
of grade crossing elimination
plans, a bus line through the North-west
area to Hoi'stra College_and.
procurement of the national Tuna
Fishing contest I'or Freeport in
September wafe.. announced as the,
three principal projects on. which
the chamber will center its activi-ties.
Under a new_ai;rangement a vice-president
was elected to serve as
chairman of each of. the standing
committees as follows: Merchants,
Jack L. Green,; manufacturing-dis-tricj
and service industries, Robert
GoldBchmidl; real estate, M. ' J..
Fox; waterfront industries aud -in:
terests, Guy Lombardp, and public
Captains—Raymond T. Kiernan, An-thony
Kelly. George 'Anderson, Edward
Sammis, Walter Miranda, Lionel GillcB-pio,
F. Gordon Edwards, -Randolph
Eareckflon, William Lehrfeld, Frederick
Martin. Robert S. Preyer, William Ertl,
Yernon Tepe, Edmund Lumley, jr., J. H.
McCarthy and Seward Baker. {
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan and Vlllago
Counsel Martin H. Weyrauch, public re-lations
: Samuel L. Israel, treasurer; Har-old
L. Blinn and JudRo Hilbert R. Johii-son^
proRrnm: - TrustooB Horace F. Car-penter
and Joseph" H. Gallo, mall cam-paign.
NEW MODE
M I L L ' I N E R Y
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Is Now Showingf A
Complete Line of
New Spring Hats 1 ""M----.jM *^ , *
The Highest in FasMon at
Our^Usual -Reasonable-Cost-
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0-Agents for Gage Hata
was elected secretary, and Fred. C.
Berge, treasurer.
Merchants • representatives of
various groups on the Board of
.Directors are: David Levy; Joseph
Goldblatt and Frank Welsenfeld,
representing Main St.; Theodore
Spltzler and H. Lehman, Merrick
rd.t and -T. J. Murphy, Grove" st.;
manufacturing, Robert B. Paterson,
Selwyn Shook, William Allyn and
Stuart K. Wallace; waterfront,
Everett C. Stevenson and. Rene
Dqumeng; __ real estate, Benjamin
Pbsner, Bert : Seamajj and David
Daniels; amusements, Emanuel
Friedman ; banking, W. Sar-geant
Nixon and Bmii Frenger; publish-ers,
Edward F. Wiilr; professions,
Samuel Israel, and radio, Harry
Carman. Mr. Viebrock as past
president will serve" ex-offlcio on-the
"board. .., .
Committees yet to be
flnanpe.and membership,' traffic and
'transportation, grade crossings,
program., and" meetings and
iilrig!' . ; • . . , . . .
The Chamber went Jin record as
favoring the bond issue .to finance
the construction of sewers in the
southern 'section or the village on
whidh a referendum will be taken
in~comiection~witli~the vjllage ~elec-tion
on Tuesday; ' March 1€. , :
President Martin predicted, the
.program for the coming year would
betliu most ainbitious-eyer-planned
by the Chamber.-— ^ ":V." ' —
Brotherhood Week' Diners Shocked
As Speaker Attacks-Village Heads
Dr. D. O. Walker-Charges Politicians Killed
Housing Project in 1946; Lions'Sponsor Event '
The more than -200 pei'sons who "attended the Brotherhood
Week-'dinner sponsored, by" the Preepor.t .Inter-Faith Clergy
in the Transfiguration Pari-sh
Frcseport Rates High
In Regents .Ratings •
Figures just released by the..
New York State Department of
Educatior^ reveal that Freeport
High School Is one of the le'ad-ing
instiutions In the State in
regard -to the percentage of
Regents papers -passed—by—its-students.
For three years Free-port
has been more than 10
percent ahead of the average
for the entire State. The
figures follow:
Year State F.H.S.
Aver. ' Aver.
1945 .80.6 91.4
1946' 82.2 . 93.1
1947 . 83.8 95,94
No ona*ls excluded from tak-ing
the examinations in the
Freeport High School who is
eligible to do-so.
Mayor and Trptees
o lung oorbells^
In Red Cross Drive
Decide Freeport Must
Reach $10,000 Quota;
Main St.' Committee
Mayor Cyril C. Ryan, all the
other members of the .Village Board
and others equally -prominent in
community affairs are to ring xloor
bells in the house-to-house canvass
lo put Freeport over. the. top in the
$10.000 Red Cross ,1'und raising
campaign how in progress"? Dominic
A. Pellicio, the village chairman,
announced today.
JCach is to-take-a^disLrict in the
vicinity of his home to personally
solicit; contributions to the fund.
'The"first report meeting will -be
held .in the Municipal Building
Monday, night by_ which tim.e Chair-man
Pellicio. hopes a considerable,
amount will have been raised.
The chairman also announced,
Asher, Nickelsberg,.- of the Sunrise
Music Sh'op, had been named cap:
tain for the business district, with
Herman Barasch, William Lies,
Milton Danziger, Warrent Samet
and.._Lester -Baumann completing
the organizUtionr-^Hurry-Berkowitz*
is to take charge ql' soliciting along
the "waterfront. • -• " •
ed when the speaker departed froni
the subject Of brotherhood and de-livered
a scathing'attack on the
local village .officials over .the 'de-feat
of the proposed Bennington
Park housing—project two years
ago.
He was the Rev. "Dr. D. Ormonde
Walker, of Buffalo. N. Y., formerly
president of WHberforce Universi-ty,
Wilberforce, Or, a,Negro institu--
tion, whom the Rev*- P. A. Pitts,
pastor^of the Bethel A.M.Hi. Church
introduced as his probable bishop
after the next general" conference
of the African Methodist Church.
"Your housing project which
might have helped the people to
live better was voted -down,-*—he
said. "You people cast a negative
vote, misled-by politicians prosti-tuted
by ends that were not of the
best. These politicians should he
driven out. of'office. You cannot
stand by and let the men do that
to you. you've-got to do something
about it.4'..i_' . .> H^ •
Hits C'oncentration-Gamps1
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NO MATTER WHAT YOPE TRIED
T^ITMONCHlAt
ASTHMA-HAYFEVER
Por Positiva Temporary Relief
Cmrtlon: UM Only « Directed
PHONE OR CALL ATl
Freeport Drug Shop
H. J.:COHEN .
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Furman Installed as G.O.P. Club Head
Kji^Interesting Progtam t.-:
-Republinan Olnh lias ated
brought to this country and said
~that: tfrifore the slaves were freed,
their owners refused'-: "t'o permit
them to do hazardons^work. "em^
ploying Irjshmen_instead." __LLone_
of these. employ.Q^sjwas killed, he
ad'ded, he was simply buried, while
If a Biave-waB~killed,-his-oWneiUost-political
organization need not'be composed only df- ward heaj^rs
uTid—SRlf=s_ockin g^ind i vicl unls-but" tha t" i t may
"~~ ~~' "Tbrce^'ih its'^coin-
This.was amply indicated Thurs-sons
gathered In the -Legion Dugout
to witness the Jnstallalon of Ever-ett
C. Furman as president,, with
his staff, for a" second term in office.
^Entertainment also, was provided,
followed by refreshments and
everyone proclaimed it a most en-
. County •Comptrblier '.Th'eodore
Bedell, jr.,, a member of the'club,
was tlie installing officer. He made
no formal -address! .simply^congratu-lating
the organization on the tur-but
and speaking of conditions
'politically in Freeport.
The feature of the evening was
an entertainer, who was introduced
as ,gir Bartholomew'Doyle of the
British Diplomatic Service. He
hejd his audience" mys'tifled over
some of his assertions that were
takeii seriously .until it developed
he \^aff Just putting*'oh a. mono-logue.
The act was* enjoyed. ."Mar-garet
Berns, soprand7 led in- the.
singing of "The Star'Spangled Ban-ner,"
and sang several splos includ-and"
"Alice Blue Gown," accompani-ed
by 'Edward Vieser, of Baldwin,
who also jilayed the piano accor-dion.
Ernest. -H. Behrens, was
chairman of the installation with
"Mrs. Mabel Reiner as co-chairman,
in charge of decorations. Later all
hour of good fellowship.
:Besides. President- Furman, the
officers installed were_John J. Shee-han,
Otto1 J.' Christ; and Alice
Fraser, vice-preBidents'; - George F.
Hasbrouck, treasurer;'' Ruth Neary,
.corresponding ; secretary; and An-thony
Mirabella, finaricial" secre-
. _
The follbwine were seated1 as dis-trict
represeinatives:
. Charles Fredericks, Julius
Adrih Wheeler, Anna Paul Hep., Edward F.
Mcnney. .Alvln Lange, \Villiara- A'rnhold,
Harry Bllnn. JoBeph Hughes, IS. Gordon
Simohson, Edward T. Philbrick, Mabel
Ttfbrari, .Vernon Tone/ Harry-Sullivan, Al-fred
J. Brndy, Catherine'Sonneck, George
-Groy,,Jir., and/Leslie Lewis. -
"This meeting tonight is evidence
in part of your desire and your
ministers who have organized it to
bring about better, conditions in
your neighborhood. You are only
safe and 1 am nly secure".when you
keep in 'concentration camps' out
of which we dare not venture."
Dr. Walker said Negroes were
confined where they bring vice, and
houses of ill-fame exist, and charg-ed
"you help to debase a people
you ought to kindly seek to uplift."
"But you made the mistake of in-troducing
us to Jesus Christ," he
continued. "If yo*u had not* done
Kd we would not have known the
freedom of the soul that knowledge
has taught us." ..... " \
"America has treated a dilemma,
—race. . prejudice, which we as
Christians, must solve. We shall
wage the battle against discrimina-tion
.and race prejudice on Chris-tian
principles until all vestige of
tlieir --influence have disappeared.'!^
Wants Better Communities _„
. He called for the abolishment of
"cbhce'ntraiion camps" in Freeport.
Harlem, Buffalo, or wherever they
exist, for a better_community where
l people -who are- God-fearing,
whether Christians, Jews, or -Gen-tiles,.
res'icfe'aB brothers, where they-waut—
schools -'dp en- to all, and a
ed alike. "r
:
— Dn-Walker-said-thc-slaves-weiie--
fFo'm tTie north - \ n o went-Soutli ut
a.'Kreat.sacrMce,:tp aid the Negroes
-after •tne-Glvil~Warr-aud^-doolarod
tftan 60. -years of age "who has not
received "some benefit Vrora the
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Rev. R. G. Harris Regrets
Brotherhood Dinner Talk
The Rev. R.-G. Harris, pastor
ec°c* 'Batst Church
president of the Freeport Inter-
Faith Clergy Council today ex-pressed"
regret that DK D. Or>
montfe"Walker, "the speaker of
the hour for' the Brotherhood
df finer" waJB^nfiTslnformed in re-gard
to our treament-. by our
j>vvhite friends -:"ln Freeport."
"I must say since. I have been
pastor, here for the^ last "eight
or njn.e .years, I' have worked
. side by side with them In the
interest of the village- as a ,
whole, as well as our people
here and I wouldn't wish -to
.work with a finer group - o f . '
.people." " ' " . . : • ' . ' , , .
Registration Day „
Election
Saturday, 7 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Saturday Is registration day
for the Village Election to be •
hel^.pn Tuesday, March.16.
"• Citizens of the community
who* registered for tne annual2"
general election, last Novem-
"Uferph'e^d~TTot enroll again be- .
"cause tRelF"nameFyKaye~been
__catried oyer, __AJJ_6t!tie_£s__niust^
register to qualify to vote on -
March 16. Though there Is to
'be no contest for the..twa.Jtr..us-teeships-
to be filled, a vote Is
to be take-h on six propositions,'
_ I n c I u d I n g~¥ t wo~con"c~er ntnir~eew^^
ers for the'southern section of
the village. So all taxpayers
shoufd qualify to vote on'thls
proposition.
Officers of the Unity Uarty
also are working to get out a
large vote of confidence for
Leonard D. B. Smith and Rob-ert
"L;- Doxsee, the candidates
for the two trusteeships.
All polling places will be'
ope'n from 7 A. M. to 8 P.M.'on
-registration
D,A.R. to Hear Merritt
Nassau County Historian
Jesse Merritt, Nassau. County
historian, !H to speak at a meeting
of Ruth Floyd Woodhull Chapter,
D.A.tt., Saturday -at 2:30 P.M., in
the hnmn nP Mi-s. William
ley, 160 Wallace st. Mrs. W. Carl
CriUemlen, Hie regent, will presifle.
Mrs. S. Dimon Smlth.-chalrman of
genuological records will be the
Iirogram chairman.
The evening study group will
meet Monday night with Mrs; Roy
R. Gockley, 234 Locust aye., as
hostess. Clarence Genner will show
colored films ol a 25,000 mile-UnH-4-yearB
of the country— Mrs. John W
Dodd. national defense chairman
will con'duct the meeting.
M. E. POWELL RECOVERING
.FROM, SERIOUS OPERATION
M«ryin K. Powell, 20 Oakwpqt
e., Morrick, one of tho most -nc
members of the Frroporl
McUiodist Church, in ronvalescjng
from an abdominal opera I ion p«r-formod
by Dr. John K. Shell In
the Freeport 'Hospital.
Mr. Powell is profuse in his
praise of the consideration he re-ceived,
while under treatment lead-ing
to his recovery. -:;r—^
SALVATION ARMY CADETS -
TO CONDUCT SERVICES HERE
A group of. cadets, students of
the "Salvation Army Training -Col-ege
In New York, will participate
n the Salvatloli Army. Bcrvic'cff, -75
Church nt... SundayJ-uU-4p—A.-M,.-
2:30 P. JV1: and 8 P. M., and outiloors
U 1:30 anil. 7:30.P.M.
The catl£ta^_ari^^NapmJ Kuhe,
Rutli Iv'inB. group, ord'erly for the
lay; "Blanche Chavarry, Mildred
raisenberger,- Martha- Wirikley and
Betty Jane
JR. -VARIETY GUILD TO GIVE
—Freeport's Junibj; Variety Giiild,
omposed oj high schooj students
\v3iol _lL.a;V-.e — acgani^ed'.n..a • Juirtuir
ohiey.emeni^_£ r o u p und^&r- th o
llrection of Curtis T, --BralTTTwll
a program at a fathers'
TTgh t m ee t i n g" of the 'Pa ren t-Teach-
Association, of the Itose ave.
school, Roosevelt, Monday night. -"
cohduct a quiz for the P.-T.A. mem-bers.
Officers will be elected at-a
busineBs meeting 'proceeding, 'the.
program. .''".'• .
March is Red Cross Month. Give
generously to .YOJJR :Red Cross;
fepayeirslo Vote
OirG Bond Issues
¥I nvolIv i*n tgfC 1$£ 5I1H6,M9%!
$29?j996 f orTSewers;—
$150,000 Watermains;
;~Other"Improvements ~
? 7 r |
propopitions-..j>roy.ldins . f.or,
liorxd- te!3Ues totaling ?5i6,S9lB~jt9
flndnce public improvements >vill be
submitted to the taxpayers of Free-port
at the spring: election on Tues-
Mrii;eh 16. "
TwcCconcern the proposed sew-ers
for the southern end of the vil-lage.
Proposition No. 1 covers the
ost of pumping stations and -force
mains estimated to cost ?125,000.
No. 2includes $167,996 for trunk
lines, to be borne by the village as
;i whole, and $323,221 to be charged
igainst the abutting property own-ers,
who otherwise would haye to
organize their own lateral_sewer
[1 fell-let. Consequently, the entire
iimount chargeable to the village at
large totais"$292;99G: ""'
.The third proposal provides $26,?.
;)00 to defray the cost of resurfao-litg
South Long Beach ave". froni
Atlantic ave. to Front st.*, and
Wootlcleft ave. from Front st. to
the end of the water, with grading
where necessary, shoulders and
widening of the"roadway.
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Next to the-proposed-
1 involves the largest expenditure,
$150,000 for replacing water mains
and extensions to areas. not now-equipped
with them.
The fifth proposition Is for new
apparatus for HoB*e '1, on Sunrise
highway, to replace its pumper
which has been in service for 18
.—-The cost is $23,000, ....
Finally t Ire - -ttlxth proposition
totals $26,000; divided $11,000 be-tween
the Department ot ^Sanita-tion
and $15,000 for the Department
of Highways* ._ p
One refuse truck, estimated to
cost $8,000, which Is .needed to
speed up the collection of garbage,
and a bulldozer priced at $3,000 are
asked Cor the Sanitation Depart-ment.
For tho Highway, Depart-ment
It Is proposed to buy a swaep^
er,-a weed culler, a chain saw, a
crime 1'or cleaning out catch basins,
«-ohe .and a half ton__truck' and a
runabout for the superintendent..
•There are estimated to be from
100 to 500: rotting trees along tub
streets, of the village-to cut down,
'or which the-chain saw. is asked.
Most.of these trees would be sawed
off at t|ie giibund level, eliminating
the need of pulling out the roots,
which operation costs about $150
eaclutree. .-.The estimated costT~
of the^aw is $-100.
Mm
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_l]liQ costs ;0l* all these projects
i as" been Tigurcd ' dh--"pr'icea.'in....a.
luctuatiiig markejL.anu.
jflletete- hope much'of._ the money
nay be saved when olds -ore—re*:
Delved anil contracts, awarded?—
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KAPPA_MU.EESlLTaN- u , ' '
ADMITS HAROLD GAME . ,^,_
eftld-ftqmf*,. 11 InRal' youth, ling
>6en selected a member~"bf^Kappa
Mu—J3pBilqn_L:ftt_JEfoffltra-i-- College.-
cliolce wan made on a basis
;HUBBUCK'S DRUG STORE
OPEN ALL DAY^SUNDAY
Chubbuck's Drug Storei South
Main st., at Sunrise Highway, will
remain open Sunday * after the
other pharmacies In Ereeport close
at 2 P. M. -The telephone Is FRee-port
9-3333. ' '
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