1949-09-22

              ' PAGE SIXTEEN T IIE L'E'A D E li — F-R E EP O R T , N . Y , THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1949
Freeport is 49th n
Villagejo Adopt
County Tax System
Gen. E. M. Podeyn Tells
G. O. P. Club; Collins
And Gulotta Speak Too
Freeport is the 49th incorporated
village to adopt the Nassau County
assessment roll, Gen. E. M. Podeyn,
chairman of the Board of Assessors
announced at the monthly meeting
of the Freeport Republican Olul
Thursday night in the Legion Dug
out. The general was one of thi>
three county candidates for office
who spoke at the meeting. How-ever
instead of talking politics each
explained the duties of his office
The others were County Judge
Henry J. A. Collins and District
Attorney Frank A. Gulotta. All
were introduced by President Ralph
L. Marshall.
Gen Podeyn traced the history of
the Department of Assessors since
it was organized following the adop-tion
of the present Nassau County
chapter. He told of how, before
that time, each of the three towns
and two cities had its own assessing
body with the result that there was"
no uniformity of fixing realty values
for the .county. On taking over its
duties, he added, the board em-ployed
a company which made a
specialty of systematic assessing, to
fix values on 300,000 parcels of land,
learned its system and has since
continued to apply it in ascertain-ing
the valuation of new construc-tion.
Village Superintendents of Build- I
ings are required by law to supply '
the county assessors all permits
issued for new buildings to enable
it to keep abreast of building de-velopments,
Gen. Podeyn explained.
He said 49 of the 64 incorporated
villages had adopted the county
system, Freeport being the latest,
with the result that when next
year's tax bills are sent out in this
community the- figures will be on
the same basis as those used in
determining town and school taxes
Judge Collins spoke on the work
of the County Court and District
Attorney Gulotta on the operations
of the prosecutor's office. He said
JVassau County was the fastest
growing county In the United States
and consequently crime as well as
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everything else increased as a re
sult. While it was unusuaj for the
District Attorney's office' ta'-have
more - than one homicide case' oh
•jts hands at one time, he added* five
persons- charged with first degree
murder were .now- detained in the
Mineola Jail.
Northwest Civics Ass'n.
Inspects New School
Members of the Northwest Civic
Association were taken on a tour of
tine new 'Seaman ave., school Mon-day
night at the conclusion of their
monthly meeting held in the cafe-teria.
Principal William S. Hughes
personally conducted them through
the building. They marveled as they
went fropi room to room at the
sumptuousness of the facilities off-ered
bhe children of the area as
compared with those in the ancient
just vacated.
'President John C. McMicJiael pre-sided.
Village Trustee Leonard D.
B. Smith explained the operations
of the plan under which the Village
adopted the Nassau County Assess-ment
system. He said Freeport would
;ake the county figures, but main-
,ain its own assessment force mainly
o keep In close touch with new con-
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THIS WEEK IS
Watch Inspection Week!
Come In-Let Us GKeck Your Watch
_WE ARE GIVING A
FREE WATCH BAND
WITH EVERY COMPLETE REPAIR JOB
OFFER ENDS SEPTEMBER 17th
LANTOITS JEWELERS;
. "Long Is/and Watch Hospital"
65 W. Sunrise Highway FReeport 8-8866
structlon and keep its. assessment
rolls up to .date. He added that if
the'county and' municipal officials
were at .variance on the value of a
piece of property, they would go into
>a huddle to determine a fair assess-ment-
on the plot.
Mr. Smith pointed out that the
county rolls close on May 1; and the
village on Nov. 1, arid "a lot of con-struction
can be done in six
months." . *
After listening to the speaker, the
association went .on record as ap-proving
of the plan- as combining
the best features of'the two systems.
RHODA HAT SHOPPE GETS
A NEW STORE FRONT
The.Rhoda Hat Shoppe, 3 Little
Pine st., is having a face lifting. An
entire new front is being placed on
the store, not only improving the
appearance of the place, but also
adding to the attractiveness of the
entire block.
SCHOOL NURSE TO SPEAK -
•Miss .Edith Walters,'.the, school
nurse, will give the principal talk
at the first meeting of the Archer
St. School F.-T.A., Tuesday," at 1:30
P.M. • '
ERNEST W. AULT TO SPEAK
Ernest W. Ault, secretary of Spar-tan
Lodge, P. & A.M., Is to speak
on "The Wages of Master Masonry
at a meeting of the Merrick Square
Club next Thursday night.
And Save Money
Without Losing
Quality At
Take advantage of thes» many QUALITY
Bl'V.S now! Bo a friend to your budget
without sacrificing quality, without loss of
n u t r i t i o n and delicacy. Your children need
and deserve the best . . . and so do you!
PAST
Sherman Brothers'
SUPER MART
Grove SI. at MERRICK Rd.
Try To Beat These Prices !
WESTON'S ASSORTED COOKIES
George Inn - Ib. box C
VAN CAMPS
Mackerel - - tall can
DEL MONTE
Peaches - - Igst. can 25C
Call Us For
Free Delivery!
FReeport 9-4176 or 9-0160
MOTT'S
Apple Juice - qt hot.
Maine Sardines - 5 tins 25C
MARYLAND
Tomatoes - No.2canlQc
WELCH'S
Grape Juice - qt. hot.
FILIGREE BLACK or ROYAL ANNE
Cherries - Jlgst. cans
35c a can
WALDORF
Toilet Tissue - J rolls
KHLKRS RED BAG
Coffee - - - 2 Ibs. 89C
Ivory Soap - 2 lg- cakes 29C
medium cakes 25C
personal size 2§c
Ivory Flakes - Jg. box
Ivory Snow-• lg* box
DUZ - TID.E or
Oxyddl - - - lg,box
SPECIALS ON DAIRY, PRODUCE and
Prime Meats *
BONELESS
VEAL ROAST - Ib. 750
FRESHLY GROUND
CHOPPED BEEF - ib.
SMOKED PORK
TENDERLOINS - lb/79c
SLICED
BACON - 1 Ib. pkg. 31c
Dairy Foods
HOTEL BAR PRINT
BUTTER ••- - Ib.
KRAFT-AMERICAN
LOAF-CHEESE - ib. *vc
Fresh Produce
ICEBERG
tettuc»e - - - head
ALL PURPOSE CORTLAND
es -'.-; J Ibs. 19^
GOLDEN SWEET '-"""'
Potatoes - - 2 !bs. 1§C
EFFECTIVE THURS., FRI. and SAT.
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South; Shore's
Leading Weekly
Freeport's
Official
Newspaper
14th Year No. 18 FHEEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1949 FIVE CENTS A COPY
Archer St. P.-T.A.
Plans Conference on
Congestion in School
Committee Named to
Confer With Board
On Plans for Future
In an effort to ascertain what the
Board of Education is planning to
do to relieve the congestion in the
Archer St. School, a committee was
appointed at the meeting of the
Parent-Teacher Association Monday
afternoon to confer with the Board
of Education. Mrs. William Rablen,
the president, named to the group
Mrs. Edward M. Voelker, chairman;
Mrs. Harry Feldsteln
Arthur D. Eastwood.
and Mrs.
It was brought out at the meeting
that except for the kindergarten
enrollment, registration for this
term has come up to the figures
estimated by the Board of Educa-tion.
The enrollment totals 810, of
whom 125 third grade pupils have
been transferred to the new Seaman
ave. building fofthis year. Regis-tration
ir\" the kindergarten has
'reached 146, about 20 less than was
anticipated, but this is attributed to
the infantile paralysis epidemic, and
it is expected more youngsters will
be enrolled later.
Also it was revealed that homes
and apartments being erected in the
district will provide facilities for 350
families when completed, which cer-tainly
will add to the Archer st.
school problem within the near
future.
More than 300 persons, an all time
record, attended the meeting. A
feature was the recording of inter-views
with Mrs. Rablen, Mrs. East-wood,
Mrs. Feldstein and Mr. John
R. Willets, officers, which were to
be broadcast over Station WHLI
this morning.
Miss Edith Walters, the school
nurse, gave a talk on "Better Health
Inspection." She told of the period-ical
examination of all pupils in the
school and asked the co-operation
of the parents in following up these
examinations.
The meeting was concluded with
a get acquainted coffee hour during
which Mrs. Rablen and Mrs. Charles
Witty served as hostesses.
FIREMEN'S BALL ON OCT. 15
Members of the Freeport Fire De-partment
are soliciting contributions
for the annual ball to be held in the
South Shore Yacht Club on Satur-day
night, Oct. 15.
BAYVIEW PHARMACY
OPEN ALL DAY SUNDAY
The Bayview Pharmacy, 379 At-lantic
ave., will remain open Sunday
after the other druggists in Free-port
close at 2 P. M. The telephone
is FReeport 8-0124.
Eddie Vasil
INTRODUCE
"The American Citizen".
...Maurice J. Fox
. What is a typical American? He-could
easily be a fellow like Maurice J. Pox, president of the M.--J. Fox Agency,
Inc., of 35 Railroad ave.
* * * * , .*
Mr. Fox has been a resident and businessman in Freeport for fifteen
years. A businessman is a businessman, whether he handles big'industrial
projects or individual homes. He
is judged by his ethics, and not by .
the vastness of his enterprises.
Mr. Fox has enjoyed a reputation
for fair dealings since his first
start in Freeport. His office has
been a landmark on Railroad ave.
He has been in the insurance
field for thirty-five years. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Fox were raised in
Brooklyn. They moved to 70 Lil-lian
ave. fifteen years ago where
they have continued to reside.
Mrs; Fox operates the Ace Em-ployment
Bureau at 35 Railroad
ave. They have four children,
Mrs. Florence Fox Loeb, Maurlyn
Fox, (FHS senior), Robert Fox
(Adelphl College student), and
Cnpt. Charles D. Fox now station-ed
with the Army in Germany.
(He was formerly associated with
the Freeport Post Office.) '
* * *
Among many other associations,
Mr. Fox also belongs to the Free-port
Lodge of Elks,_Kiwanis, and
is at present a vice-president of
the Freeport Chamber of Com-merce.
He is also an alumnus of
New York's Greenwich Village Recreation Department. His prime hobbies
include producing, staging, and promoting theatrical presentations He
is president and an organizer of the Freeport Dramatic Society. He is
also a member of the National and State Guard Veterans Association ot
Nassau, the Long Island Real Estate Board, Nassau Insurance Agents*
Association, and the Freeport Republican Club.
To Mark High Holy Days
At Temple B'nai Israel
Plans for the observance of the
high holy days marking the Jewish
New Year, were Announced today by
Milton Danziger, president, of the
congregation of Temple B'nai Israel.
Rabbi Abraham Decter, is to be
in charge. Observance of Rosh
Hashonah will start tomorrow night
at 8:30, followed by'services Satur-day
at 8 A.M. and 6:30 P.M., and
Sunday at 8 A.M.
Yom Kippur rites will get under
way Siriiday, Oct. 2 at 5 P. M. (Sun-down)
with the *Kol Nidre service,
and continue through Monday, with
a_service at 8 A.M. and a special
Yizfcor (memorial) rites at 4 P.M.
Business men who participate in
the services will close their estab-lishments
tomorrow at sundown
and remain closed through Satur-day.
MAURICE J. FOX
Community Concert
Membership Drive,
To Start Monday
Hope to Enroll 1,000
Next Week and Repeat
Last Year's Success
A campaign to enroll 1.000 mem-bers
for the Freeport Community
Concert Association's second season.
will get under way Monday at 7
o'clock with a supper to be served
for the workers in the Elks club-house.
J. Maynard Wettlaufer, the
president, will -be in charge. Miss
Helen E. Ross is chairman of the
dinner committee, while Mrs. Har-old
E. Pearson is the general chair-man
of the
Yes, Mr. Maurice J. Pox is a good example of an American citizen.
During World War II he was active in the State Guard, because he was
in his fifties and not eligible for active duty. He belongs as an active
member to the Unitarian Church, and is sincerely interested in the wel-fare
of the people of Freeport and Nassau County. Mr. Pox devotes all
his facilities to helping solve the housing problem forhseople of all race,
creed, or color. He loves children, and is a model father and husband.
This is Mr. Maurice J. Pox, "American Citizen"—yet he was born in
Besarabia.
•WAiiin.m a. Mermann is tti
concert chairman, Mrs. Clemen
Winter will be in charge of head
quarters and Mrs. Arnold J. Perlstei
will handle the publicity. A repre
sentntive of the Community Concer
Association will explain the plans.
Headquarters have been establish-ed
In the office of the Freeport
Federal Savings & Loan Association,
47 West Sunrise Highway. It will
Get That Hour's Sleep
Back Saturday Night
Don't fail to get the extra
hour's sleep that has been com-ing;
to you since you turned the
clocks ahead last April. Day-light
saving: ends Sunday morn-ing,
so be sure to turn your clock
back to Standard Time before
you r e t i r e Saturday night.
Otherwise you will be out of
time for all your Sunday en-gagements.
Red Devils Uncertain Quantity
As They Take On Hempstead '11'
The Fropport H<'d Devils aro an uncertain Irani as they
face the Hempstead I l i j r h School eleven in the first panic of the
season in the Municipal Stadium .Saturday afternoon.
invaders outweigh the locals by a
considerable poundage, but are not
regarded as so formidable a team as
that which represented the town
seat a year ago.
The
Preeport in the opinion of Chief
Coach Bill Ashley will start off
weak on the defense but he expects
them to put up a good offense.- The
team has been weakened by the in-jury
to pave Pearsall, who broke an
ankle in an early practice session,
and will be out of action for the
entire season. Then Ossie Sadler,
who was counted on to be one of the
mainstays of the squad, decided to
quit school, so that eliminates him
from competition.
.. "So far we have not developed as
rapidly "as- we had "hoped," said
Coach- Ashley in commenting on the
team's prospects, "and we are a
long ways from being a good ball
club.
"However, there is good possibility
on the squad and I feel this, team
can be as good as it wants to be.
There seems to be a feeling that we
are intact from last yeafr which
unfortunately is not so. -We have
lost both guards, both ends and our
standout, back of last year.
"Many of last year's team are in
new positions and so far have not
mastered them. The boys are in
excellent shape, however, ano^ capa-ble
of playing real football.
"We^know Hempstead will be any-thing
but a pushover and that we
must play our top game to beat
them. ' But U we want to badly
enough we can win."
The Red Devils are expected to
take the field as follows:
L.E. Carl Simone
L.T. Marshall Rivers
L.G. Carmen Chimeri
C. ..
R.G.
Peter Lampasoni
Tom. Malinowski
R.T. .. Ed. -O<Meally
P.B. ........ ... Walt Nestvogel
Q.B.
L.H.
•R.H.
Joe Mason e
.".' Vin. Grasso
Jack Plunkett
be open daily next week from 9
A.M. to 5:30 P.M. and Thursday
ind Friday nights from 8 to 9
o'clock. Any person desiring to be-come
a member of the association
may .contact Mrs. Winter, or some
member of her committee by calling
^FReeport 8-6370. The drive will
close Saturday, Oct, 1, at 5 o'clock.
Tickets for the series of three or
more concerts, are to be priced at $G
for adults and $3 for students, in-cluding
tax. Last year when the
enrollment totaled 999, the fundi
were sufficient to finance four ex-cellent
concerts over which every
member was enthused. Consequent-ly
President Wettlaufer and his
New circulation records were set staff feel confident they will have
by all departments of the Freeport no difficulty in enlisting 1.000 mem-
Memorial Library during August, | bers, the capacity of the high school
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Kelly, the librari- auditorium.
Grade Elimination
Plans Adopted for
Submission to P.S.C. >
Weyrauch to Present
Them When Hearings
Begin Next Monday
Flans prepared by Harry A.
Strecker. jr., consulting engineer, for
he elimination of railroad grade
crossings in Freeport were approved
D.V the. Village Board at Its meeting
Tuesday night for submission to the
Public Service Commission when it
resumes hearings on the subject
Monday morning in its Manhattan
office.
The exact details of the plans
were not revealed as It was decided
o withhold them until they were
officially before the P.S.C. "^They
nre entitled, "The Village of Free-
>ort, Nassau County, New York
Grade Crossing Elimination, Public
Service Commission Case No. 7278.
dated SepT 19, 1949;"*ahd.regarded
as the most desirable plans for the
limination of grade crossings of-he
Long Island Rail Road Co., in
he Village of Freeport."
'Village Counsel Martin H. Wty-iiuch
was instructed to appear at
he hearing on behalf of the village,
:alled to hear "arguments on
imendments of the plans as to the
ocation of the railroad station and
such incidental changes as may be
•equired In the plans to bring about
such changes, and to petition the
Public Service Commission to order
such changes and amendments in
the Ordered (Cohen) Plan as will
effectuate the design as specified
and -set forth In the plans prepared
by the said- H. A...Stroc\toc..ir." .
it Aa Ytnawrv* t^ioA DJlr. "Weynwicsta.
will argue that station lacttYUes as
provided in the Cohen plan are in-adequate
and that facilities in the
vicinity of the station would be
inadequate for the parking" of cars
nnd still nJlow for the free motion
of traffic In the nren. Consequent-y
it is contended parking facilities
nust be provided In the vicinity of
,he station nnd that such facilities
hould be included as incidental to
Library Circulation
For August Tops All
Previous Records
All Departments Show
Gains Despite 'Inroads'
Expected of Television
general elimination project.
On the petition of the board the
.S.C. last spring reopened the
recport proceedings and set Mon-ay
as the date for the first hear-ng
in the matter. After hearings
have been concluded, the P.S.C. will
adopt the plan it considers for the
best Interest of the future of the
village.
an, announced today. Just as soon as the campaign is
In-the Juvenile Department. 3.748 Closed, the' committee will get to-books
were loaned, an increase of , Bother to select the art sis who will
900 over the corresponding month ?PPear *n Freeport during the next
a year ago, and 131 over November, few months. Everyone is counting
1948, the Book-Week month which on having four concerts the same
set an all time mark.', for the depart- ias last season.
ment. At the Columbus ave.}
branch, there was an increase of I Elks to Observe
212960 obvoeor kJsu loyv. er August, 1948, and rprre«e«pnonrrft
The really inspiring figure, Mrs. The Preeport Lodge of Elks is to
Kelly added, came from the Adulk' observe Preeport Night in the club-
Department with, a gain of l,377fihouse tonight to entertain some 300
over August a year ago and 1,726 ! local residents who are members of
over the previous month.
..r "Those who have been inclined
feel that television has made hor-rible
inroads into family living and
has cut the cultural level and activi-ty
of the American public to an
the Lodge. Oh the committee in
charge'are. George Tydemani chair-man;
Past Exalted Rulers Milford
P. Van Riper and .Edward P.
Meaney.
Members of the Preeport Police
even lower—low—can take. heart." i Boys Club will stage some exhibition
Mrs. Kelly remarked, "Such cold bouts.
figures as - these, prove there is a
place and room for such a modern
invention in present-day living .and
that possibly it may even be helping
to rouse interest in cultural activi-ties,
such as reading, art and music."
The Library has" resumed its
Winter schedule:,. Monday,' Thurs-day
and Friday__£rom 9 A.M. to 9
P.'M; 'and Tuesday, Wednesday and
Saturday from 9 A.M. to 7 P.M.
The Columbus ave. branch is open
to adults and children' Tuesdays and
Fridays from. 1-to 5 P.M.
Arrangements will be completed
for the home coming dinner to be
given 'to Past Exalted Ruler H. Al-fred
Vollmer, who was appointed
deputy .grand exalted ruler at the
Cleveland convention of the Grand
Lodge, for . lodges in the 13th
Southeastern District comprising all
lodges on Long Island, Greater New
York and Westchester..
The dinner, is to'be'given in the
clubhouse at 7 P.M., to be followed
by an initiation of a large class of
members.
J. F. DeLorme to Retire
As Rent Control Official
John P. DeLorme announced to-day
he had filed with the Federal
Civil Service Commission his appli-cation
for retirement after more
than seven years service with the
Federal program of rationing, price
control nnd rent control.
Mr. DeLorme was made chief
clerk of the Preeport Rationing
Board when the O.P.A. opened its
Freeport office. A few months Inter
he was chosen by Augustus B. Wel-ler,
then O.P.A. County Administra-tor,
to be executive secretary of the
O.P.A. Nassnu County Executive
Committee and serving the eight
ration boards in this county.
Six months later he was called to
the O.P.A. District Office in New
York and made Field Operations
Officer with supervision over the
eight boards in Nassau County and
eleven boards in Suffolk County,
with hundreds of paid nd volunteer
•workers, which position he held
until rationing was discontinued.
He was then appointed Chief
Clerk of the Mineola Price Control
Board, where he served until price
control ended. He was then trans- -
ferred to the O.P.A. Rent Control
office In Mineola. later consolidated
with the Jamaica office.
Since July 1 he has acted as con-sultant
to both landlords and ten-ants,
serving at the Town Hall in
Patchogue on -Mondays, at the Post
Office in Huntington on Wednes-days
and at the Town Hall in River- .
head on" Fridays.
Mr, DeLorme, who was a Preeport
Village Trustee from 1927 to. 1933,
plans an extended vacation before
making future- plans.' .