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17th Year, No. 12 FREEPORT, N. Y. THUESDAY, JULY 31, 1952
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^!» Interdenominational
Camp Meeting Opens
Its Annui
Council Committee
Announces Tentative
Full Week's Program
Historical Exhibition
At Municipal Garage
And Dinner Proposed
A committee representing the
FVeeport Community Council has
evolved tentative plans for a cele-bration
of the sixtieth anniversary
of tine incorporation of ithe Village
of Preeport which it hopes will be
made official by the Village Board.
Freeport was incorporated Octo-!
ber 2E, 1892, and there are still many
residents who can recall the event,.
The committed, .consisting . of
Judge Hilbert- B. Johnson, phair-
, man; I&T& Mabel Battin, vice-Cheat^-*'
man', John P. DeLorme, executive
secretary, and Homer I. Harris, sec-retary,
has held .several meetings
•to which old residents of the vij-
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Community Orchestra
Plans Garden Party
The Freeport Community Orch-estra
will hold its' annual garden
party and barbecue at the home of
Miss Ethel Ellson, 417 Atlantic ave-nue,
Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock.
In case of rain -the supper will be
served indoors. This is for 'the mem-bers
and their immediate families.
Due to the New York State Music
Association convention holding its
annual music clinic the week there
will be no orchestra re^easal Mon-day,
August 25.
Dances Will Launch
Elks Lodge Drill Team
Wins Distinctive Honors
The Village of Freeport, also the
State of -New York, can be proud of
(Free-port [Lodge .No. 1253 B.P.O.E.
and its Drill Team. The-men who
belong to the drill team were select-ed
to 'be the escort to the Grand
Exalted Ruler at the ceremonies
held in the Grand Ball Room of ithe
Waldorf Astoria on the eve -of \July
13. Preeport Elks Drill Team's
color guard had the distinctive hon-or
"Wednesday, July 16, of leading
the Elks parade in the Yankee
Stadium in which more than 5,000
Elks from all over the nation parr
ticipated.
The Drill Team stole the show as
"each manjperformed Ihis job to the
utmost perfection. .
After the parade the members
sojourned to the Bronx Ixidge where
they were royally entertained by
thedr brother Elks and they in ton
entertained Bronx Ixxlge and visit-ing
dignitaries1 with songs and acts.
OF
••••• (^nrniunity-iGbuncil's
Planning Committee ~"
To Start Activities
The beginning of a ^co-ordinated
youth program for the Village of
Freeport was decided upon at a
meeting of the Planning Committee
of the Preeport Community Council
Youth Commission at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer I. Harris, 170
New York avenue, Tuesday nigiht.
Attending the meeting besides Mr.
and Mrs. Harris were -Russell Terry
chairman; Mrs Elizabeth F. Kelly,
president of the Community Coun-cil;
Mrs. Ferris Mack and six teen-agers
who talked with members of
the committee regarding the needs
of Freeport youth.
It was decided to hold monthly
dances for the teenagers..at the Am-erican
Legion (Dugout. It was pointed
out that permission for use of the
Dugout undoubtedly can be obtain-ed.
It was also stated that Patrol-man
Joseph Romeika, director of
the Freeport Police Boys' Club, nas
stated that the Boys' Club orches-glad
to play at such
Reunion Year
By 10 Days
On Freeport Ground
Reunion Year is being observed
at the annual session of the Inter-denominational
Preeport Camp
Meeting on the camp grounds.
Prince and North Long Beach ave-nues,
which opened yesterday and
will continue with daily gatherings
through Sunday, August 10.
Dr. B. Joseph Martin is president
of the camp and platform director.
Speakers will include Dr. Claude A.
Rles of the Department of Theology,
Houghton College, Mel - Thomas
Rothwell, a professor of the Depart-ment
of Philosophy of Eastern Naz-arene
College, H. Willard Ortlip, who
will give sacred art messages and
lead in illustrated songs, and Mrs.
Ortlip, instructor at meetings for
children.
Mrs. James Boughton, concert
soloist, Gong leader and pianist is
in charge of the music. She is lead-ing^
an orchestro-xxjmposed- of -young
people/ attending^the meetings.. \lY-t
- The daily pfdgraih^liras """'"'
7—A/MV rlsfng bfen';''"7&6; prayer;
8, breakfast; 9, children's meeting;
10:30, Sacred art message; noon
dinner; 1 P.M., prayer bell, three
minutes of quiet; 1 to 2, rest period;
1:30, prayer in tent; 2:30 preaching;
5:15, supper; 6:45, ring meeting;
7:30 evangelistic service, and 10, re-tiring
bell. At the children's meet-ings
there will be periods for Bible
lessons, hand work and singing.
Churches in Preeport and vicinity
are to be represented by delegations
at meetings on various nights.
The Preeport camp meeting is
one of the few that toave withstood
changes that led to the abandon-ment
of a majority of institutions of
this type; A generation ago there
were hundreds in camp meetings
Crickets Are Chirping;
Get Blankets Ready
The crickets and katydids are
strumming their merry tunes these
nights helping to lull people to sleep
despite the uncomfortable humid
atmosphere.
Time waa when the "sounding off"
of these insects was supposed to
come six weeks before the' first
frost. With Che change of climate
now in progress, however, their ap-pearance
has ceased to be regarded
as the harbinger of fall weather.
tra
events.
The ultimate goal of the commit-tee,
Mr. Harris stated, will be a com-prehensive
youth program for all the
young people of Freeport under the
supervision of a trained, full-time
paid director.
•throughout the United States, but
St. Rocco Festival
Starts Friday Night
Program Will Conclude
With Fireworks Display
At Randall Park Monday
The St. Rocco Catholic Club will
hold its l&th annual celebration at
Randall Park starting tomorrow
night and continuing through Mon-day
night. A bazaar will be con-ducted
in conjunction with the event
with numerous booths being stocked
with salable products. The "_grounds
will be1 brilliantly ^ illuminated! ".,,""
Entertainment ••will' be provided
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At Special Meetings
Held By Two Boards
Weller Says Kielmann
Will Join Institution
If Plan Goes Through
A proposed merger of the Meadow
Brook National Bank and the Peo-ples
National Bank of Lynbrook was
announced this week by Augustus B.
Weller and William A. Kielmann.
presidents of the respective insti-tutions.
Special meetings of the two bank
boards were held Monday night and
both unanimously approved the pro*-
posal and authorized their manage-ments
to proceed to obtain the con-sent
of banking authorities and pre-pare
a formal agreement for merg-ing
the Peoples Bank Into the
Meadow Brook National Bank. If
the consent of the Comptroller- of
the Currency at Washington is ob-tained,
meetings of stockholders will
be called to ratify and approve the
agreement.
Mr. Weller, who would head the
merged banks, said that if the con-solidation
becomes effective ,-ttie
Meadow Brdbkr-Natl6nai-Bata-1wiH -
_haye_assets; in excess .of &
morning the members of the society
will at/tend the 8:30 o'clock mass in
Our Holy Redeemer Church, which
will be celebrated by Mons. John
J. Mahon, the pastor. Then there
will »be a procession from the church
to the park led by the Freeport
summer school band. At 4 o'clock
an Italian band from Inwood will
take over and there will be other
forms of Italian entertainment.
St. Rocco members will again
attend the 12:15 o'clock mass on
Sunday. This will be followed by a
procession around the church with
members carrying the statue of St.
Rocco. led by Delmonico Alicostro,
president of 'fire- club and'chairman
of the committee of arrangements.
At 6 o'clock there will be-another
only a minority of them are ^ln ex
istence-today. -
Chamber Buys Enough Flags
To Decorate Entire Village
The shortage of American flags for decorating the streets
of Preeport on holidays has heen eliminated.
Starting next Monday all the tmsi-ness
streets of the village will be
lined with American flags on side-walk
standards. In recent years
there have been only enough flags
to use on Main street and Merrick
road, but this shortage has been
eliminated by the Betail-DiviBlon.ot.
the Chamber -of Commerce, which
has just purchased flags enough to
decorate Main street. Sunrise High-way,
Merrick road,-Church street,
Grove afreet Brooklyn avenue and
Railroad avenue. . - ; '-
Donald G. (McLarea'executive sec-retary
or the Preeport Chamber of
Commerce said that while Monday
Is not a national holiday the Chant-ber
has decided to put out all its
flags- to show the merchants of all
the retail streets that the dearth has
been eliminaed and that he busi-ness
section will be completely dec-orated
in the future at "times when,
the occasion demands it.
"This-Is In-line with the Cham-ber's
policy • of" serving ihe entire
Village of Preeport in any manner
that presents itself and is within the
means of the Chamber," Mr. Mc-
Laren stated..
Yacht Club Abandons
Its Moonlight Cruise -
A moonlight cruise planned by the
South Shore Yacht Club tias_been
cancelled because of the absence _of
numerous members with their boats.
Instead, members have been invited
to provide steaks and other viands
and—bring their own grills to be
cooked on the beach. The moonlight
will be there just the same.
The Ladies Committee bridge lun-cheon
is scheduled -for Tuesday
afternoon, August 12. Mrs. Amanda
Greene is chairman in charge. A
millinery show will be put on by a
Hempstead department-store.
Entries for the annual tennis
tournament to be started on Satur-day,
August 9, will close.on Satur-day
with Chairman ^Thomas Howard
of the tennis committee. There will
be individual events 7fo~f boys and
girls, and a douoles tournament for
men for which the contestants1 will
be drawn from a hat. Trophies will
be awarded on Labor Day, Monday,
•September 1. Thomas Ddughton is
in charge of the men's doubles.
_ I procession at the park and more
Italian music and entertainment at
night. Again Monday night .the pro-gram
will be repeated and at 10,
o'clock the celebration will be con;-_
eluded with a display of fireworks.
The Women's Auxiliary will join in
the activities of the affair.
WHELAN DRUG STORE
OPEN AIX DAY SUNDAY
The Whelan Drug Store; 64 South
Mato street, will remain open after
the other pharmacies in Preeport
dose Sunday at a o'clock. The tele-phone
is Freeport 8-0083.
Brook' 5hoWed"a5seis above ,$52",000,-
000, while the last statement of ttie
Peoples bank showed assets in ex-cess
of $14.000,000.
Mr. Weller stated that Mr. Kiel-mann
would remain with the mer-ged
institutions In a capacity to be
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Midgets are Returning
To Stadium Saturday
Lee Willard, 1951 victor in the
famous Indianapolis 14500," will
start his comeback when the AAA
midgets return to the Municipal
Stadium on Saturday night.
Wallard, seriously burned in a big
car race shortly after capturing the
Indianapolis grind, will be making
his first start in a race since his
year-long siege in the hospital.
The race, >to be climaxed by a 50-
lap championship affair, is sanc-tioned
by the AAA Contest Board.
More than 9,000-doodlebug fans-wit-nessed
the race last July 5 at Free-port.
Time trials will g&t underway
at 7:30 o'clock. -
Rockville Centre Eliminates
Freeport's "All Star" Team
The Preeport Little League "all-star" team was eliminated
ic Rockvllle Centre American League "stars" by a
W t W
out ofHhe Infield, while off the com-bined
deliveries of -Thomas Teuton
of the Rockville Cewtre^ P-BiA-,
team and Charles Mbnnlle"of the
same squad, Medaglia.-~and Vogt
clou-ted resounding
Billy "Watson and
pinch-JUtting in the sixth, batted
out solid singles. Madden's bunt-hit
in the third, was the only weak
doubles and
Paul Hoertz,
safety.
Teuton was not defeated
Rockvflle Centre league competition
and Mormile hurled e perfect no-hitter
in one of his starts on the
mound. .
Richey Vogt, the FreeporV ehort-stop,
was walked to start the game.
by the . ... ~ .
3 to 2 Tuesday night at Hiekey Field, Rockyille Centre
Freeport out-hit the winners, by'
5 to 3 safeties. Mike Madden, the
Rotary left-hand crossfirer, did not
allow *tiie opposition to get the ball
score of
Madden forced him, pitcher to
short, and Frank Medaglla, center
fielder, did likewise to Madden, and
took second when shortstop Antto-pny_
PeBrita, of Rockville Centre
overthrew firsU Mlllard Gardner
fanned "to end tW inning.
First'Bun Unearned1
Stan Fox, the first home-team^
batter, beat out a bunt, and con-"
tinued to second and third as a
result -odt passed-baUs. When -Jay
Pratt, the (Freeport-catcher,-sent, a.-
belated toss to Roger Cipttf at third,
and the ball rolled into the outfield,
the runner continued Home and ,
scored when Jimmy (Miranda's throw/
was wide of fthe plate for. an
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