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17th Year, No. 34 FREEPORT, N.Y., THURSDAY, DEOEWtBER 18, 1952 -SB* 3B FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Miller Avenue Aids Purple Heart Fund Mayor Doxsee Speaks
To Southwest Civics
On Village Affairs
Demand for Electricity
Is Increasing Rapidly,
He Explains' to Group
* Demands on the facilities of the
Municipal power plant .are increas-ing
at a rate of 11 to 12 per cent a
year. Mayor Robert L. Doxsee told
the members of the Southwest Civic
Association at their December meet-ing
in the new Bayview Avenue
School in pointing out the difficul-ty
the officials were having in keep-ing
up with the necessary expansion
of the plant's facilities.
He said he had just received'a jolt
bein informed that when the
Resolving to do their bit to aid the Purple Heart Fund, through which
wounded veterans in hospitals have their expenses paid for a trip
home at Christmas, a group of children on Miller avenue made the
rounds in their neighborhood and collected S35 last week under the
sponsorship of Mrs. Mabel Reiner, vice-president of the Freeport Re-publican
Club, who saw that the money was turned over to the proper
authorities. On~e"~bf the -children ^is shown here receiving a gift from a
Miller avenue resident. Bagatelle Photo
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Money, Plans, Mayor Reports
Nassau Count leginlators are endeavoring to o b t a i n funds
with which to finance the Baldwin-Freoport grade e l i m i n a t i o n
project just as soon as the plans aroompleted, Mayor Robert h.
Dox&ee advised the members of the Northeast Civic Association
at their monthly meeting Friday night in the home of Jlarry^J.
Berkowitz, 2T5 North Ocean avenue.
He eaM the last he knew, because
of tihe scarcity of qualified engin-eers
to do the work, the working
plans were only about 50 per cent
complete. He added he was doing
everything In his power to speed
matters and had asked County Ex-ecutive
J. Russel Spragrue to inter-cede
in an effort to get^ things
The Mayor also discussed the
Jones Inlet 'Improvement now under
way and predicted it would be a big
boom to Freeport when completed.
He also spoke of Improvements made
in Freeport during the past five
yea/re. .
William H. Schneider reported
that the November, fund "TSBing
project netted more than $500 for
•the association's treasury. President
'Carl C. Jensen presided.
Junior-Senior P.-T, A.
Sells Discount/Books
To latee money for its Student Aid
Fund, -tihe Freeport Junior-Senior
High School Parent-Teacher Asso-ciation
is selling ten per cent dis-count
book, Mrs. Harry Feldstein,
the president, announced this week.
It lists 63 Freeport merchants who
have contracted *o reduce the pur-chase
prices of-many items by 10
per^entptb tihe advantage of those
who buy-.-tihe books at $3 each.
Mrs. iPridstein expressed the ap-preciation
of tihe association to the
Preeport Chamber of Commerce and
the retail, merchants who made tihe
project possible. She said It not only
wouM be- of benefit .."to the book
holders but also to tihe merchants
.because of all Who use the book must
make their purchases in Freeport.
*nie* books were printed by the
Meadowbrook P&ss, The Leader's
Job Brlntlnlj Department.
Freeport Stamp Club
Plans Second Round-Up
The Freeport Stamp Club will
hold its second round-up Sunday,
December 28, from noon to 6 o'clock
[it tihe American Legion dugout on
Sunrise Highway. Dealers will be
on hand to sell stamps and sup-plies.
The first round-up, which was
held in June, was a great success
and the members are looking for-ward
to a real get-together during
the holiday season. *
on
development of 175 houses is com-pleted
in the former Milburn golf
club tract the output of a new Diesel
engine would be required to pro-vide
current for the development
alone if all the electrical ^adgeLs —-
heating, cooking, air-ronditioning
etc., were placed in operation at one
time.
The -Mayor gave his annual year-end
talk oh the condition of the
village to the civic group after being
presented 'by President J. Harry Me- ' damages. Donald A. Walsh, counsel
Carthy. He said that in five years i for the State Conference of Mayors,
improvements costing $3.521,135.80 In addressing the Nassau group, dis-had
fceen- provided In addition -to the.;-plnyed_A firaph portraying vlvidjy
monies raised by taxation. Among the rise In the number of such ac-the
expenditures he listed were, (Continued on Pape 2)
$1.415.909 for sewers. $4^4.372.35 for
parking fields. $900,000 on the power
house. $300.000 In placement of the
porus pikes in the southern end of
the village, $130,000 for" the new
Leonard avenue fire house, $205,500
Sidewalk Accidents
Subject of Address
When the late Franklin D. Roose-velt
during his first term as Gov-ernor
in 1929 signed the bill relin-quishing
its claim to the right to
plead sovereign immunity from
civil actions it opened the flood
pates until now various municipii)
divisions are seeking a way to stem
the tide. This was indicated at Uie
monthly meeting of the Nassau
County Village Officials' Associa-
L.on w:th the' Preepor: Board
>ost in the Elks clubhouse.
The thing that is plagueing
officials most Ls the mounting num-ber
of actions brought by persons
claiming to have been injured in
sidewalk accidents and demanding
Community Choral
WiD Tour ViDage
Singing Yule Carols
Chamber of Commerce
Provides Transportation;
Will Visit Hospital
"Hark, the Herald Angels Sing."
"Il Came Upon a Midnight Clear."
Whether these songs are the in-spiration
of the tradition of singing
carols at Christmas time, they de-scribe
beautifully why everyone
should listen carefully, whether [hey
may be in Freeport next Tuesday
evening, December 23. For between
7;30 and 10:30 that evening, fifty
enembers of the Freeport Community
Choral will be singing these and
other traditional Christmas carols
on Freeport's downtown streets, a I
tho Freeport Hospital and through-cut
(he residential areas of the vil-lage.
This beautiful contribution to n
t i u l y community Christmas has been
arranged by Robert Tavis, Director,
as i and the members of the Freeport
! Community Choral, with the co-operation
of the Freeport Chamber
of Commerce. The domtnuniiy
Choral is the organization which
has added so much to the musical
life of Freeport with such outstand-ing
shows as the recent "Vagabond
King," the "Red Mill" and many
others. Its members come not only
Jrom Preeporfc but from many .neigh-boring
communities.
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for parks, $53,900 for the*' purcfmee
Tri-Wllliams Corp. property in the
Station plaza which is to be n fea-of
the grade crossing
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Santa at Meadow Brook National Bank Christmas Party
Service Clubs To Take Turns
With Salvation Army Kettle
Dili's have been Hssitfii-'d fop the tlnys members of t i n -
service clubs are to ninn tiie N a l v i i l i o n Army kettle in front of
t l i e nickJe and dime store on South Main Street, in an effort to
increase 'th*» Christmas fund of t i n ; Army.
The Rotary Club will take over
tomorrow from 2 to 9 o'clock. Dr.
Albert H. Hammond is chairman for
the day.
Tuesday the Exchange chib is go-ing
to ..da.things in a big way and
expects to have members of the Fire
Department Band on hand td"attrac't
attention -to the kettle. "Dr. Vincent
P. Ocelli will be in charge. Mem-bers
of Hose Co. No," 1 also have'
volunteered to "take their, turn at
the kettle.
, The. clubs make it a competition
in an effort bo'raise the most money
and they usually come out pretty
even on the receipts. Funds raised
go to provide Christmas dinners and
other things. to needy residents of
Freeport.
There is a tree in the window cf
Salvation Army Headquarters, 75
Church street, under which new toys
for the same purpose may be placed.
Those desiring to make financial
contributions may^ mail checks, made
to the order of Brigadier Ernest W.
Newton, to headquarters.
A -half hour program will be broad-cast
over Station WOBB Tuesday
night at. 9:30 called "This Is My'
Story."
and his helpers, Barbara Hall (left) and Lucille Sanrocco, answer the request of five of the 1,500
youngsters who attended the Meadow Brook National .Bank Christmas Party held at the Freeport Theatre
last Saturday. Reading: from left to rlghit the youngsters are: Sharfn Vaccaro, Freeportr Sandra Morton,
Merrick; Cathy Shafferman, Long Beach; Donald BanlnJn, JLakeview and Richard lilcGuire, Wantagb.
DRUG STORES KEEP
OPEN AL LDAY SUNDAY
As Sunday is the last before
Christmas all drug stores ih Free-port
will remain qpen all day.
Christmas Day, 'next Thursday,
the Cannon Pharmacy, 6 South
Main street, will remain open; after
the other druggists close at 2
o'clock. The .telephone is FIReeport
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