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THE LEADBB- THUBSDAY, APRIL 24,1952-
WiD Honor
-^D^t^Ocrk to Mark
/ 30th Year as Employe
;_Qf County Government
pub-lie
officials is to be honored upon
flhe' bticS^slori d^ his ; 30fti ;v year ^ In
oourity1 ^ .-.toploy. -bcgputy ^ Ooiint]
Cleifc Edv«itar<i'P. 'Mc&ney of Jflree-poiit
is to'^be-given' a" tesrtiinon
dinner on . Saturday night, May 3
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J
oined*' ttae^counity: service
on June 1,:1922. Less ttia.n^lO years
later ;he'~ ascenided to .Jils^present
poett., In his. duties as 'head of the
calendiar > division . of ,. Ntoss&u . Su-pr€(
me.Oourfc_he 'has made frequenr
' contatt .with many lawyers; fibm all
paints orf _the metropolitan area wtio
virft Mtotola/to fn^.ttious^mte of
acitions ctoxta. .ye&r. '/ In1
' coitffc'a na'fc-ddvlslon.;-
he
the qo|th;.of'i]cltlzei^sihip" to tens of
thpuitonids ' ' of " • new: Jtaerijeaps.
A host of ' county ^officials, polltl-
"ised- tt>; attendifa'e.4dinner,according
to Jtaes F.,;Smitttv ht>tcti Freeport
and:Newr:Xioiik attorney, who heads
tihe anungemenfts committee. While
—Meariey' Is an: onnolled Republican,
"~ many': fnornkthe '.opposing! Democrti-tic,
c&anp-wlll Be "In the group of
more Jttoan 300, Smttn^sald;
T .of the battef -speaMng
_ _ _ IV be Gmtee - Mtatton
Levy-of Ereepbift/a fbnrrier president
cf &e Na^u Cfcunty.Bar.Associa-tlotn.
rMeaney -and Levy -have -long
been close, personal friends and
To Be Given Testimonial
Requiem Mass Meld ' /
For Joseph Nestor
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' was~ celebrated
Saturday-inorning in! .St. Christo-pher?
s RjC. Ohureh, Baldwin, for
Josepth Nestor, 23 Dahlia avenue,
Baldwin, a_ former: resident of-Free-port,''
-who d^ed Wednesday, .April
16, of a heart atftack/suffered on
Saturday, April 5. Burial was in St.
Charles Cemetery, Pine town.
Mr. NeStor was born In.New York
btytarare ' exalted rulers' or tfce
of
Breeport Uodge-of
~ M&iiiey~ir'a
War f, ha-ving ^servedMn a .mine
flweSepSng unit in ttie UJ3. Navy. His
community activities includes mem-berslhip-
iii the IreeportrEegion Post,
Republican Olub and Holy Name
Soclety^ot 'Htaly Redeemer Ohurtih.
ter group.
otf the lat-
Nty, 69 yearsjigb and lived in Free-
.pprft 25 years before moving to. Bald-win.-
He was employed in the Free-port'.
Post Office.'He was active in
DeanocJdatic circles, Jftist'as:^.-mem-ber
of "~tfie- Freepoitt -Democratic
Club" and later in the 'Baldwin or-gandaaJHon.
Years ago he, was a
member of the Hottoy Players, a
dramatic group connected with Our
Holy^ Redeemer R.O. Church. Sur-viving
are-his wile, Eleanor; a son,
Leo, who is in the UJ3. Navy and
left ft>r sea duty tlie. :day oT 'Tils
father's- death, and. five grandchil-dren.
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School Budget Shows
$107,624 Increase '
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cipals' cd!flcesl instructional sup-plies/
commencement expenses' and
Other expenses of instruction, $3,200;
custodial; supplies, ''telephone,, serv-ices
and' o'tjher-operating, expenses,
$1,350; upkeep of grounds, * repairs
ocf' buildings, he»ttrig,^llsIStlrig and
replacement of other equipmertt,
$20^00; supiplies In. the health serv-ice,
first aid '-courses,, recreational
material,.' equlpttnent. for.; suininer
play^nounds, - IntalaHmural' 0ames,
$7^06,' and, %eeppnt .Meonprial Li-brciry^
lrotiteet, :$3,66o. ,:
jilDcxspEiasea^arei^SiOpS.in the cost of
improveonent ol grounds and alter-ations
of l^ulldlngs, and redemption
of bonds and lntereaitr$4,TO9.
-The gross budget ta/tals $1,873,465'.
iKstlmated receiprts • ^ (from sources
otlher:' *iJhan ~ ftfeutaftion amount (to
$^70,00? ---wtth. $85,o6o Italcen from
suJTplus.
The now assessed valuation of the
school district will' not be arinounc-ed
by the Counlty Assessors'1 ofiflce
until ^August,?!-Dr. .-Dodd said. "On
•tfhe basis of the present assessed
Valuation it Is estimated that "the
tax rate will be about $350 per $100-
This yearte.Jlate.wai5,$256.M
The proposed budget will be sub-mitted
for adoption at the annual
5ah!TOl_meeting to. 'be' held in tine
BUdlftortum of the Freeport High
School. on Tuesday nijzh/t, May 0.
At"thfA~*tiipe~TJAT*F. Odblyn, presi-dent
of Uhe^BoanTof Education will
analyze tihe proposed expenditures
Itetn by Item.
No one can vote at the meeting,
towever, unless he-or she registers
on Saturday when the polls will be
ORIANI OPTICIANS
Oculist's Prescriptions
ALL WORK DONE ON PREMISES
17 6. Grove Street, at Sunrise
FBEPOBT 8-2040
Painting - Paperhanging
Carpenter Jobbing
CHARLES
BAMwin
opened in the lobby of the
school Auditorium from 7 AJHU to
8~-P.M. Also bnly those iwho register
win be eligible to vote for the elec~
Uoh of a member of i the Boarf of
Education -to succeed Otto Jensen
on Wednesday? May 7, when tlxe
polls'will be :open~from noon until
9 iPJff. Mr. Jensen Is running un-opposed
to succeed himself.
- .The'Eduoatttonal Review, publish-ed
by the Board of Education and
ehfcitled -"Better SchoolsTMatoe Bet-ters
catiaens,", is 'being, distributed
this"; week. Ittie.teaitujes'btf the edu-cational
.program are illudtmted by
many; pictures on health, teacWniff
of fun^pietitals, develppmeutt and
special talente," tesumworfc and co-operative
projects, .guidance, schol-arahlps
and needs 'of' the Schools.
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Here's a SPRING MIXTURE
. In good taste
Yes sir, unlike the old1 fash-ioned
Spring mixtures like
rhubarb and soda this one is
in terms of mixing one of
our spruce SPORT COATS
shown in rich" rugged new
\veaves i n shetlands and
tweeds sportingly 'tailored
with side or center vents,
with a suave pair of our gar-hardine
slacks or yours, sur-ely
a tasteful Spring tonic.
SPORT COATS
SLACKS from
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18th Year, No. 50 FBEEPOET, N.( Y.( TH&BSDAY, MAY 1, 1952 FIVE CENTS PEE COPY
Salvation Army Drive
To Be Opened Monday
With Kickof f Dinner
-Strohson Heads Appeal
To Raise $6,500 to
Carry on Freeport Work
The 1952 campaign to raise $6,500
to carry on the activities of the Sal-vation
Army work in Freeport for
the next year will get under way
at a fcickoff dinner to be given the
workers' Monday night at 7 o'clock
in tihe Klfrs clubhouse. Russel E.
Hotaling, chairman of the advisory
committee, will preside. Mayor Ro-bert
L. Doxsee, Brigadier Ernest W.
Newton, Brigadier C. E. Nelson,
divisional commander of the Metro-politan
District, and Jack Cleve-land,
a successful business man who
was saved from a life of drunken-ness
in .the_ Bowery, will, speak. -
The principal address, tttil, be de-livered
by Major iBaul Kaiser, head
of the Sal-ration ,Army candidates1
department in <the Metropolitan
area whose subject will be "Drums,
Doughnuts, .and Disciples/ Major
Kaiser was -.fonmerly ..to. charge ot
~youflh work-ta—tihfe 'territory,
: Jhas.; 'Just t returned east Bitter
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Harold F. Stroihson, campaign
chalrnian/ fwiB outline *tihe pfons for
driven ;^w3iicli .la .-; to be jcmtuiued
Dr. iMUtxm-B. Waidinan Is chalr-
, of advance gifto, Mrs. Harold
W.""Battto of special events, Mr
of clute and
JMlH.
Paar.'Kobert N* KUlmore aoid" Mns
Marlon Banker of the residential
committee, and Mrs. Elisabeth F
Kelly of apartment houses.
. Captains have been selected for
all but tiwo-of toe 17 Preeport elec-tion
districts, but workers have been
lined up for all districts.
District captains are as follows:
No. 4, Mrs. E. A. Anderson and Miss
Nancy Becker, 45,--Mis,.-Frederick
Welsch; 40A, Mrs. John W. Dodd;
49, Mrs. T. Redmond MoKenna; 50
Airs. Fillmore; 37, Mrs. Melvin Holl-brook
and (Mrs. Herbert Sohulze; 40
Mrs. Robert Schultz and Mrs. Fred-erick
Wertz; 40A, Mrs. Terry Huest-ler;
36, Mrs. Homes G. Hiarris;
(Mrs. .Edlwaid, Wendelboe; '35, Mns
John T. Cotter, Jr.; 38, Mrs. Regis
Benevllle; 42, Mrs. J. O'Grady and
Mrs*. George Hollander; 43, Mrs
Anna Z. Amberman; 47, Mrs. Karl
Buger and 48,-Mrs."Banker.
Mrs. Paar Is In charge of the"en-tire
southeastern section
vfllaee.
of the
Freeport Post Helping
Legion's Blood Bank -
WlfilanV Clinton^JStory. ffi"V>st, Am- ;erlcan Legion^ Is joining with the
other^(posts in-Nassau Ocrantty li
collecting" Ijlood _for men woxindek
In actlo'n in Korea. Maurice" F
Horn, ~6 iSheldon place, Oceanslde
Is blood (bank chalmuan flor the
Freeport Legion.
The Red Cross MobUe Blood
Bank un$t is to be at fthe Hesnfp-stead
Ijegion jclubhouse on Satur-day,
May «lf from 0;45 o'clock in
the morning until 3:30 in Ithe atfter-noon.
Esthonia Native Tells Club
How Reds Overran Country
Kiwanians Hear Story
•Of Communist Tactics
By Mrs. Leida Doscher
Mrs. Leida Doscher of Port Wash-ington,
a native of Efcthonia, who
saw her country taken over by tihe
Communists by boring from within,
addressed the members of the ftl-wanis
Club at their weekly supper
In the Elks clubhouse.
She told of how all the leaders in
politics and industry were taken
from their homes and carted away
without warning and set to work as
slaves for the Communists. She also
told of how children are taught bo
betray their parents if they say
anything detrimental to the Com-munistic
regime.
Mrs. Doscher said she wanted the
people of America to realize the re-_
allty of the Red menace and to do"
everything within their power to
protect this country. She was In-troduced
by Wallace .6, Campbell,
program chainnan. President John
I. Lacy presided.
Testimonial to Meaney
At Elks Club Saturday,
• Deputy County Clerk Edward F.
Meaney of Freeport will be given a
testimonal dinner on Saturday night
to celebrate the completion of 30
years of service with the Nassau
county government. Hhe event will
be held in the Freeport Elks Club
and will be attended by more than
300 friends of the official.
(Representative Leonard W. Hall
rwttl be among the speakers. George
Morton Levy, a former president of
the Nassau County Bar Association,
will be the to&stmaster.
MBS. LEIDA DOSCHER
Doxsee and Cyril Ryan Install " '" ' ~* • ' f * *. - ' -'-*- , ---C *•"*"" " . ' ^^ ' * f '•' • ' * " -'^^ 1J ' , , '• . —. . - —- ' "••• *''*"'• '•''"•••• • j ' 'Tf"Tr~'-"~'^"' ;Ti :- "•O"-'^- • ''•'-• JT- ''*• /W^vfr VtvfilYi^CViITi"t XHAii^^/iltt/^io c OXW/Tfvrli^jV/lrt'V
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.chief a^of^taeFreeport Pire . . _I— _ . . . , . - , —t-—.*- - -.. ;••-- department was anouitced -a't the installation of d«parnnen
;and Kjbmpany-officera Saurday niglit in the 'auditorium' of the
Cpluinbiis avenue schtool. They-.are ;PVank S.-Shedekerr~for 48
State Officials Laud
Freeporf s Part In
Saturday's Raid Test
Civil Defense Set-Up
Functions Smoothly;
All Groups Participate
While most divisions of the Civil
Defense set-up in Saturday's test
were simulated, the Welfare Con-trol
Center established in Salvation
Army headquarters, • 76 Church
street, worked like the real McCoy.
So smoothly were the operations
carried through that they earned
tJhe plaudits of two representatives
of the State CD Welfare Division
who expressed their approbation to
P. Gordon Edwards, director Jor
Freeport. •
The center was supposed to har-bor
evacuees from-* a "toomtoed"
area. On hand were Alfred Price,
As the incorporated limits of the I welfare chief for Freeport; Mrs.
Village of Freeport comprise one William Schlegel and Alden P.
complete school district an portions Gleaison, his deputies; Vincent Car-of
two others, residents of the com- roll, welfare center chairman;-Jack
munlty will be paying three differ- Harris, feeding chairman, and Her-ent
tax rates during the next fiscal man Barasch, clothing cWairman.
year. Though the figures probably 1 Fred C. Berge, finance chairman,
will be revised downward when the was out of town and unable to be
hew assessed .valuations are an-1 present.
nounced,.- based, on fi&ures_for the Robert D. Campbell, deputy Wel-currenifc'year;
Jf the_l>udgets as.pro-1 fare Commissioner for \ Nassau
posed ^are adopted, the rates will be I qounty w&a present with'members
"*L tougWB-U-J:.- , 1 of his staff, as were Brigadier Br-
!•Northwestern area., .in Baldwin nest W. Newton and^gr^nij).ott Sal-.
Tax Rates Announced
By 3 School Districts
Voters to-Consider
Budgets at Annual
Meeting on Tuesday
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, — .,, .for eac^i $100
of assessed-' valuation, dii Increase
of 54 cents. -. '
'Wortheasfreim:
yatlon Army ,
Tables containing clothing--/and
set
tary of the MreTDepartntent-uou^ciij u-osepn'wemng1, 6% Jiaigine' crease of1 -
1, 27 years a fireman and for six years on the Board, of Instruc- Best fo ^Ua^e-^2j60, an increase
tors, and Clarence Grossman, also of Engine 1, with which he
has been connected for 26 years. They will all receive uniforms
containing the insignia of their rank.
Wide Price Range
In Power Plant Bids
Opening Deferred Hour
On Counsel's AdvicQ
Due to Daylight Time
Five concerns submitted bids fot
wfi-ing the addition -to the municipal
power plant—ranging In price from
$109,000 to $153,93/1 when the bids
.were opened Monday nlgfht follow-ing
the regular meeting of. the Vil-lage-
Board.
"Ehe-low bid -was submitted by the
Davlson Electric Company of 1S65
Atlantic ~ ovenuer Brooklyn, Wfcicb
offered to do.-the. .Troxfe for $109,000
IThe other four-bids were as fol-lows:
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—iDeccp Electric -Company, 239
Hempstead turnpikev-^ranklin
JSqfuare, $147,777. -
p. E. iElectric Company, 82 Chest-nut
street^ RockvUle Centre, $121,-
876. --
Noma Electric Comparer, New
York City, $115,950.
Nager Electric Company, 426
Broadway, Brooklyn, $163,031.
The Wds were referred to the en-gineers
for study and recommenda-tion
before any action is taken by
the Village Board. . • /
Holy Redeemer Drive Passes ^ - — -- -——- • . \
Initial Goal for New Sclibdl * * ' . , ' • - - .
Additional pledges totaling $24,044 toward the scbbol buil-ding
fund of Our Holy Redeemer R. C. 'Church reported (Tuesday
night by-the team captains, brought the .total to $153,340, passing
the initial goal of $150,000.
Former Mayor Cyril C. Ryan, an-onher'honorary
chief, Installed fche
company dftncers, and Deputy
Chlefs_ Prahldln A. Grempel and
William J. Noll, and presented num-erous
awards, while'Mayor Robert
L. Doxsee Inducted Chief John S.
Marra into oflfice.
'iThe -Fire Department (Band direc-ted
toy William J. Dayton gave a
concert before Ohe formal exercises
started. Past Chief Harry J. Ohul-sano,
as chairman of the installa-tion
committee, opened the program
and the color guard composed of
one mejnber of each—of the com-panies
advanced tihe colors, follow-ing
which all Joined in a salute*-to-the
Flag and in singing one stanza
of "The Star Spangled Banner," led
by Mrs. "Clififord^Brown. The-Rey.
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of 14 cents.
The proposed budgets will be sub-mitted
to the voters of the three
districts at,tihe annual school meet-ings
Tuesday night at S ofclocSc.
Baldwin's gross budget totals $1,-
839.776. as compared to $1,577,216,
this year an Increase of $263,560-
Anticipated receipts of $46,000 from
various local sources, $637,095 in
state aid and $25,025 taken from
surplus reduce the amount to be
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in Mine<M?:Ifoey were warmed up
and served' witn'.cocCfee to all pres--
ent and Civil Defense woricers from-other
groups wfao dropped In. About
50 persons were fed.
Preeport, also had Its-own "In-cident,"
an enemy-"plane, again
theoretically, crash landed and ex-ploded
at Grand -avenue and Web-erfield
place. The warden in cKarge
of the sector notified -headquarters
by courier, specifying toe exact
damage suffered. Through the
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Boy Scoots Helprln Air Raid-Test / — ~ • . - - ~ : " "~ .-^ I - - - „ . . . - . - . ~-— _ _
Chamber of Commerce Seats
Officers at Lombardo's
A record crowd witnessed tho installation of Joseph Gold-sclimidt,
of th<vFreeport Chevrolet, as president of tlie Freeport
0hamber-o£ Commerce with his staff _at a buffet supper in Guy
Lombardo's EaaL Point House Tuesday, night; -rr-|=--"*'.-
„__—______-_._. i .with-Mayor Robert LrDoxsee as
(EHiring the final' two weeks of the
campaign ending Tuesday night,
Slay 13, efforts are to be made to
reach itihe $250,000 mark so as to
be AS- (near tlhe actual- cost of tihe
project-as possH)le.^ Those making
complete p
Memorial pledges "have totaled
$84,060, and the rest of the pledges
were .reported by 'the ten team'- cap'"'
tains; William Mullooltf, jr., Tbomas
Reed, James: Gilbert, John J..Mul-downey,
- Daniel, Hencliey, ' Herbert
Healy, James .Klelt^Thomas
Be^nald. 33&ieyille
^Joseph - M.
Charles
the memorial's committee.,
Boy__8couts served as couriers In Freeport daring the Connty-wlde air
raid test last J3atai^;r./F\^^r^
Director, Is shown here preparing a (message for tonsmlsslon by' the
"Scouts." " ... .;..-:•-•;• .'-•-•--r •, . _ -_- • ;.
the Installing, off leer, the following
ofiher-officers-were. IndiwxtSi: Sam-uel
L.^Israel( Louis' Grantt, Don Wel-ler,
WUbert^B. Watson, ^nd' Wairen
Saanet, vice-fpresidents; Harry Mafe- "
Idsoii, treasurer, ana Mrs,^Florence
J. Ramsay, Secretary,
Officers of the Menchante' Divis-ion-
1 (were seated as follows: MHton
Freilich, chairman; Louis Grant,
Milton Jaootoson and Jack Green,
vlce-<ih^lrinian; Miuamy Evans, sec-retary,
and Frank Kleiner, treasurer.
Ian J, Murray retiring president
who presided as toastanaster intro-duced
[Mayor Doxsee who made a
forief in^rimttonal pep"before' In-trtalllng
the new officers. The Mayor
said 'he'thought a new day was
wning ' for the village. ,
MrV Murray also Introduced Mr.
Donald,G.,McLaren, line new:-execu-tive
secretary as the - principal
speaker,' John F. Demlng, Regional
Director of the New Yorfc State
Department of Commerce, nailed
!*reeport'fl move in employing a full-time
-Executive Secretary land wel-comed
Mr. McLaren to Long Island.
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WHELAN'S DRUG STORE
OPEN AIJC. DAY SUNDAY ;
* The .WJielan Drug store, $4 South';
Main street, will remain, open fcun-; •,
flifl other pharmacies In
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3Rreeport .close at 3 .oWock.-
telephone -te FReeport' 8-0083;, .- .. .-^^ %*v : • - • _ ; • . . .iiV •>• •-• . . : -. •